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THE DEMOCRAT. II. H. ADAMS, PablUher. CAPE GIE.ARDI2AU. MISSOURI. IN THE SHADOW. Ofe walk within the shadow, and we leel its micKonmg told 1 hat wraps us round and holds us close, cloak aeainst the r-r.M- "The day is growing somber,' and the joyous And beneath our feet the road is rough, and ciouas are overhead. We sit within the shadow, and in that si lence oumo, " s " sortened echoes remembered voices come: Dear eyes that closed in slumber once, dear nanus mat straightened lie. Awaken temler yearnings as the day wanes siuwiy oy. AVe rest within the shadow, though the nurryine people eo On errands swift for gold and gain, be- yona us, to and fro: we have no care for transient things; we wisn no more to strive As once we did; we rest, we dream, we feel but half alive. Our resting and our waiting, and our plod aing on the way. Avith the sunshine of the past casting darkness on to-day, "With no caring for the future, while the heartache holds us fast. With no thought for any pleasure ah! 'tis well these cannot last. Tor the shadow always lifts, and the sun light glows again; There are sudden gleams of brightness, sweet clear shining after rain: And we gird ourselves for action, strength cned we arise and go From the sanctuary outward, where the reet tramp to and fro. Life must have its sometime sorrow, but tne years that drift along Touch the minor chords but seldom; there are spaces blithe with song. Sometimes we must face the shadow, where the wind blows keen and cold. But the shadow fades at dawning, and the east is necked with gold. Margaret E. Sangster, in Harper's Maga Zlne. THE NEW TENANT. 0V, Mary, I hav spoken!" Mr. Peel threw himsel back in his chair as if that settled th matter once for all. I heard vou, dear," sweetly r spondtd Mrs. Peel "and now, listen t.j tr.e. I have accepted Heir Schmidt offer, and he will enter the adjoining Louse as tenant to-morrow." "Not if I know it, madam!" shouted Phineas, jumping1 from his chair and bringing his fist down on the table "Do you think I am going to have Hhyd cottage turned into a menagerie, am my garden into a howling wilderness The house may remain tenantless for ever, but Herr Schmidt and his moi; etrosities shall not enter there." "Herr Schmidt, my dear, is merely a naturalist." "I know it!" stormed Phineas. "I've heard of these plaguey naturalists be fore. I've no desire to come down stairs some fine morning to find a ring tailed monkey sitting on the window sill, acting as referee while the kanga roos and crocodiles play leapfrog over the flower beds. No, madam! Xo liaturalists for Phineas Peel!" Pretty Mrs. reel never allowed he temper to get the better of her. S!:' laughed softly at her husband's font find did not alter her determination in the least. "Has it slipped your memory. Thin fas, sue asked, that luiyu cottage is a portion of my property? If I choose tc let it to a naturalist even though lie Ik? a foreigner I am perfectly jus tified in doing so." This was true enough, and Phineas calmed down. "Ilerr Schmidt's collection of 'mon Rtrosities, as vou call it, went on Mrs. Peel, "proliably contains nothiti more dangerous than a death's head moth in a bottle. Anvhow, I have no intention to disappoint him." "But I" "You will treat him with the respect due from one gentleman to another. Phir.eas," broke in Mrs. Peel. "And now, dear, we'll dismiss the subject." Phineas Peel was though at times he doubted it a luckv fellow. He had carried off a youngand handsome worn n from a host of suitors. Why Mairy Marsden had chosen to Jestov her hand and fortune on such NATURALISTS FOU PEEL. riilNKAS a plain, everyday sort of fellow ns the diminutive Phineas Peel was always a mystery to her acquaintances. The vedding was an accomplished fact be fore her relatives had recovered from the shock caused by the announcement of her engagement. Mary appeared to be happy enough, too. Phineas, taken am a whole, was not a bod sort of fellow. He was jil ous, that was true, but his wife came to regard that as an extra proof of bis devotion. Had the proposed tenant of Rhyd cottage been an aged, decrepit, broken down old man, Phineaa would bars 4 setched out the right hand of fellow ship. But alas! Herr Schmidt was young and handsome far too hand some, Phineas thought. "Very well, Mary," said Phineas, tak ing his hat from the peg and inakin for the door; "you have overruled me as usual, and must be prepared for the consequences. In less than a week w shall have the house and garden over run with every conceivable variety of reptile from the beastly lizard to the boa constrictor. And Phineas stalked indignantly forth with the merry laughter of h wife ringing in his ears, 7l7 A month or more hod passed, and so far the fears of Phineas had proved to lie groundless. Herr Schmidt's "mon' strosities" had been kept veil withi bounds, and as yet Mr. Peel had not seen so much as a strange caterpillar in his garden, which never looked bet ter. However, he was not happy. He had taken an aversion to the new tenan from the first, and would never be sat isfied until he had got rid of him. "Confound the fellow," muttered Phineas one evening, as he sat on an upturned bucket behind the peasticks, he s prowling about on the oilier sid of the hedge :.gain. Hope he won't catch sight of me, for I'm about tired of hi oily tongue and eternal smile. Hullo what the deuce is the meaning of this?" Down the garden path tripped Mrs. Peel. The naturalist was evidently ex peeting her, and greeted her with smile that almost brought tears into the eyes of the furious Phineas. "Goot. efening," he said. "You vos joost a leetle late!" It was evident that this was not th first chat indulged in over the boundary hedge. Though Phineas strained his ears, he could not catch the drift of tl: conversation. Like a flash he remem bered that M iry had often of late taken a stroll in the garden at dusk. Via this the explanation? Phir.tas had been glaring at the couple from behind the peasticks for ten minutes or so, when he saw his wife take a rosebud from his favorite tre and hand it cer the hedge with charming smile to the delighted Herr Schmidt. Then, with a pleasant "Good night," Mrs. Peel tripped lightly into the house. "iou villain! hissed I'hmeas, sav agely, jumping from his seat and shak ing his fist after the retreating figure in the next garden, "I'll pay you out for this." The race of Mr. Peel was something to lie remembered. Nothing but blood he vowed, would obliterate his wrongs I!ut he would be cautious, lie would smile and smile and murder while h smiled. Seizing a peastiek he tragic allv buried it in the heart of an unof fending cabbaire, and played havoc with a stately row of sunflowers, Half an hour later Mary saw him take down a huge old-fashioned duck gun from the hook in the hall. There's a German vulture in the neighborhood, he volunteered. nrcssivrlv, "and I'm going to bag him at the first opportunity." However, as not lung short of an earthquake would have induced the old gun to go oil in anv circumstances and Phineas had made assurances doublv sure bv dropping in the shot first and powder afterward the "vul ture" in ouestion was not likelv to be riouslv damaged, and Mary contents herself w ith expressing a hope 1 hat her husband would not hurt himself. On the following evening Phineas took lip his old position in the garden with murder m his heart. Herr Schmidt, however. Old not put in an ap- pearnce. After waiting some time Phineas reentered the house and i ared his duck gun up in the hall in a ion- spicuous position. He had almost decided to run up ir own and consult his brother John, the detective, with a view to havm the movements of Herr Schmidt atched. when he was startled by tin click of the letter lxix. A scrap of paper lay on the mat Picking it up. Phineas glanced at it. turned deadlv pale, then hurried into the garden. Scribbled in lead jieneil on dirtv paper was the following "Peel has discovered everything. He inve not a moment to lose ami must lear out to-night. The front door is unsafe. Will meet you at the back 10:30 sharp." There was no signature. "Good gracious!" ejaculated Phineas, after reading the note for a third time. I'd no idea matters had gone so far. Oh. ves. Mr. Schmidt," he added grimly "I'll meet you at 10:30 sharp, III. It vas about 10:45, and raining heiV- ly. riiineas Peel, seated on a wall overlooking the back of IJhyd cottage, with his duck gun laid across his knees. was iieginning to feel uncomfortable. The note said 10:30," he muttered. It must be after that time now. Whai'3 that?" Phineas had caught the sound of eavy feet moving cautiously over the ravel. He grasped his gun and peered nto the gloom, but could distinguish nothing. Suddeuiy he heard voices, evidently at the front of the house. He was about to quit his position, under the impres sion that Herr Schmidt was leaving by he front door, after all, when one of he buck windows was cautiously raised and the lithe form of the naturalist dropied lightly tc the ground. Creeping along the side of the wall ou which Phineas lay, he presented an xeellent mark. Mr. Peel, however. could not bring himself to shoot a man own in cold blood. He would give im a chance. "Stop, you scoundrel!" he shouted. The effect of the challenge was scarcely what Phineas had anticipated. Herr Schmidt darted forward ami Dei zed the barrel of the gun. He was much the stronger of the two. and Phineas waa pulled from the wail j la m twinkling. Lying ou tht broad of liuae - bis back on the gravel In a half-dazed' condition, he saw the tall form cf Schmidt standing over him with tho gun raised. "Keep your tongue still, you fool, he hissed, "or I'll brain you. Now, q ick, help me over the wall." Phineas hesitated, but the threaten ing attitude of the other induced him to rise. However, he had no intention of giving in. Obeying his instructions, he caught hold of Schmidt's foot to give him "a leg up." Before the naturalist could grip the top of the wall, however, Phin eas saw his opportunity. Bracing himself for the effort, ho exerted all his strength and pulled Schmidt bodily from the wall. He fe!I flat on his face, and before he could re cover himself Phineas jumped on his tack and seized him around the throat, emitting a yell that would have done credit to a Sioux Indian. The next moment Phineas was dragged off from behind and found him self in the clutches of a burly member of the local police force. Four or five others seized Schmidt, who struggled in vain to free himself. "What am I arrested for?" gasped rhinens. "There's your man!" Phineas would no doubt have been led off with the other prisoner but for the timely arrival ou the scene of the last person in the world he had ex pected to sec his brother John! "Here, what on earth is the meaning of all this?" he demanded, when, as the result of John Peel's interference, he found himself free. John stayed behind a minute or two to explain that Herr Schmidt, the "nat uralist," and Kdward Harper the no torious forger who had defied New Scotland Yard for the past six weeks were one and the same. "It was a smart dodge of Harper's," said John Peel, "and he might have got clear away but for that clever wife of j ours, Phineas. Mary suspected the man from the first, and supplied me from time to time with valuable infor mation. It is to her entirely that the credit of the capture is due. Tell her I'll cail round and thank her myself to morrow. P.y-t lie-by, the gang of which hevas the head got wind of ourinten x 6 " TT "STOP, YOU SCOUNDREL." Hons, and a man was dispatched with, a warning. IlarjK-r doesn't appear to have received it." Then Phineas began to understand things a little more clearly. I snpimse this wil! le it," he re marked, producing the note and hand ing it to his In-other. ion see, tho neasenger left it in th:? wrong door, md I er I thought I might as well see the inn. For some little time after Phineas was of the opinion that he had ir.ade a fool of hims.'if. Lately, however, he iias taken a inherent, view of the mat ter, and is neer tired of relating how literally "dropped on" Harier. the r. alias Schmidt, the naturalist. nv; i.jor. tasswls Saturday Jour ii:.l. Another Mother and Man. The truth of the adage about tht hand that rules the world being the cue that rocks tiie cradle is airam ex- tnplifiid, but this time not in the world of statesmanship, but in that of science. Nicola Tesla, who ranks with lisoa in electrical invention, was, as boy in Montenegro, full of mischief, and also under the guidance of a re markable woman his mother. He or.ee went by himself to a chapel in the hills back of his native town, and man- iiged to get himself locked in it at night. A search was made for him, but there was no clew until, clear and sharp on he night air, rang out the tones of he chapel bell. Nicola was cold, nerv ous and hungry when found. On an other occasion, when up to some boyish iranks, his mother suddenly appeared on the scene. He was so startled that he fell into a kettle of fresh milk, spoil ing the milk and his clothes at the nine time. Like many other men who have become famous along one line of usefulness, young Tesla was started in ife at another line. His father want- d him educated for the church, but is mother encouraged his scientific tastes, and finally had her way. She waa a woman of unusual ability, force f character and ingenuity. This las: haractcristic was developed in her em- roidery, which was of artistic and original designs, and made her famous 11 through the part of Montenegro in which she lived. To his moUier's love nd influence Tesla attrihutat much of is manhood's success . Harper's ound Table. Afraid lie Would lie Koll.ed. When Spenser had finished his famous poem, nie rairyyueen, necarnea it the earl of Southampton, the great nitron of the poets of that day. The luaruscript being sent up to the earl, le read a few pages and then ordered is servant io give the writei 20. Reading on. he cried in a rapture: Carry that man another 20." Pro ceeding further, he exclaimed: "Give im 20 more." But at length he lost 11 patience and said: "Go turn that fellow out of the house, for if I read fur ther I shall be ruined." Chicago Trio- HUMOROUS. She "Why do you love bk, dear sat?" He "Er why because you a not like other girls, for one reason." She "Who were the other girls?" Cincinnati Enquirer. Open to Discussion. He "They say that ill-temper will make a woman grow ugly in appearance." She "More likely it is the other way. Losing her looks will make a woman grow ill-tempered." Indianapolis Journal. "What is the matter with the din ner, Mary?" asked Mrs. Hicks, impa tiently. "It's an hour late." "Yez said to have cold roast beef for dinner, ma'am; it's cookin' it's been uptotwin ty minutes ago." Harper's Bazar. Bigson "I once possessed a splen did dog, who could always distinguish between a vagabond and a respectable person." Jigson "Well, what's be come of him?" Bigson "Oh, I was obliged to give him away. He bit me." Tit-Bits. The Lost Adjective. Count Le Fraug (rapturously) "Zere is only vun vord in ze Eenglish language to descr-r-ribe your beauty, Mees Gold rox." Miss Goldrox "Oh, count!" Count Le Fraug "And unforchunate ly I half forgotten vat ctt ees." Har per's Bazar. Kichard "They say that kissing is dangerous. Do you believe it?" Iiob ert "It is when any third person hap pens to see you. It is more than likely if that woman over there had not been witness to a transaction of that kind. I should not have been her son-in-law." Boston Transcript. -Counsel for the Defense "You have heard the testimony of Mr. Brown for the prosecution. Now, did you ever hear Mr. Brown's reputation for truth and veracity questioned?" Witness "Not directly; but he has a baby at his house, he owns a dog and rides a bi cycle, and he is an amateur fisherman." Counsel "That will do, sir." Counsel for the prosecution "We do not care to cross-examine the witness, your honor." Boston Transcript. OLD BUILDINGS IN SARDINIA. The Mystery of Tlielr Construction No Vet Penetrated. For centuries past the ingenuity of learned men has been exercised on the Noraghe of Sardinia, but to this day they have no more been able to discover the origin of these famous buildings than had the Komans before them. They were unable to say whether they were used for tombs or fire temples, for trophies of victory, for observatories, or merely for human dwelling places. More than 3,000 of them have been counted in Sardinia, standing on arti ficial mounds 30 or 60 feet high, and measuring at the base 100 to 300 feet in circumference. They are usually in the shape of towers, built with im mense blocks of stone roughly hewn with hammers. No cement is used in their structure, nor is there any in scription to indicate their origin. A low entrance at one side leads intc a long and lofty passage, communicat ing by a very low door with a domed chamber beyond. On either side of this small cells have been formed in the walls. A spiral staircase rising steeply from the dome leads to another but somewhat smaller chamber above, and again beyond this to the broken top of the Noraghe. Nothing has been found within these buildings, and to this day their exist ence is a mystery. In the same vicinity other buildings have been discovered which are no less puzzling to antiquaries. The general opinion is that they were built for the purpose of burying giants. The most interesting archaeological mysteries of this country are the Penes of Essex and Middlesex. They are per pendicular shafts sunk in the earth, with lateral caves at the bottom, but the purpose for which they were dug out has never been discovered. It is possible, however, that they might have been used as grrnaries or even as places of refuge in time of trouble. The Bathes of Kerry form an inter esting study, the only conclusion that has been arrived at. however, being that they were inhabited at some re mote age by a race of dwarfs. The dis trict is covered w ith hundreds of grpen mounds, beneath which, when the earth has leen removed, it is seen that there are tiny underground buildings. A small opening, through which a man is barely able to crawl on his hands and knees, gives access to the inclosed and walled-in space lieyond. which is divided into several smaller chambers. Each one communicates with the other by a small hole, a similar aperture be ing made in the outer wall for the pur pose of ventilation. A rude fireplace is sometimes found in a remote comer, but no outlet beyond the holes for ven tilation is provided for the smoke. Very little more than this 5s known about these mysterious habitations. London Tit-Bits. A Meneflrent T.ake. According to Prof. Forel. of Lau sanne, the Lake of Geneva, lying in the deep valley between the Alps and Jura mountains, performs a remarkable work for the benefit of man. During the summer its waters store up a preit quantity of heat, which is slowly radi Rted into the air in the cours3 of the following -atumn. Thus the freezing currents descending from the snow topped mountains around are warmed and tempered, r.r.d the atmosphere along the shore of the lake is main tained at a moderate temperature. The excellence of the grapes which produce the celebrated white wines of this re gion is thought to be largely due to th influence of the lake upon the condition of the atmosphere. But the remote de scendants of the present inhabitants will experience quite a different state of affairs, for Prof. Forel says that in 64,000 years the river Khone will have turned the lake into a broad plain, by means of the soil it is constantly car rying down from the mountaina Youth's Companion. THE DRAWING-ROOM. How to Make the Company Room Cheer ful and Attractive. The term drawing-room, formerly tho room in which company withdrew from the dining-room, is a much more ap propriate term in its origin than the more common parlor, which was the room in which the sisters of the old cur series met to gossip and parley. It has been a practice of late to decry the necessity of a separate room in an or dinary dwelling house for the recep tion of company. In a large house, where there are plenty of servants to look after the house and control the depredation of children, there is really less need of a special room than in a plainer home where the mother and housekeeper does her own work. The plea which some such housekeepers make, that they must have one room that is kept in order, free from the in roads of dust, and which will always be In readiness for the reception of the casual guest, is founded on reason. It is not possible for any woman with a large family, and one who does her own work, to keep every port ion of the house in that ideal state of order which can be nttained with sufficient and capable household help. She does not care to display the necessary makeshifts of her housekeeping to the critical eyes of casual friends. It is not necessary that this "company room" should be so ele gantly furnished that the rest of the house is bare and uncomfortable. It may be simply and tastefully furnished at a comparatively small expenditure of money. A simple matting, with a few bright rugs of tastefully-chosen rag carpet, makes a more desirable floor covering than a gaudy tapestry Brussels. Any carpet in an apart ment which is not in general use is likely to be attacked bv moths. Cotton Sraperies are now found in most at tractive colors in "velvets" and tapes tries, as well ns in sheer colored mus lins and Madras cloths in stained glass effects. These tapestries and hangings, in the designs of the English art decorators, are no more expensive than the showy. cheaply-made chenilles, and will last much longer, either as furniture cov ering or as drapery. An open fire is an agreeable feature of a room of this kind. If one lives near the mountains, pine cones and knots of pine supply a beautiful fire, readily kindled when needed. If one lives near the seashore a supply of driftwood can be easily obtained, and it is unnecessary to rehearse the beauty of this opalescent flame. A few simple vases of bitter-sweet and fluffy swamp grasses, ferns ripened to a golden hue and bleached a ghost-like white, supply the most beautiful decoration. Good casts of masterpieces are even cheaper than good photographs, and both are to be preferred to inferior oil paint 'ngs. X. Y. Tribune. PAT AND THE PRIEST. The Former Found a Way Out of the Latter's Dilemma. A clergyman was standing at the cor ner of a square in the city on Thanks giving day about the hour of dinner, says the Philadelphia American, when one of his countrymen, observing the worthy father in perplexity, thus ad dressed him: "Oh, Father O'Leary, how is your riverenee?" "Mighty put out, Pat," was the re ! "Put out who'd put out your river enee?" Ah; you don't understand; that is jlIst n am inviu.a to dine at one of the houses in this square and I have forgotten the name and I never looked at the number and now it is nearly six o'clock." "Och, is that all?" was the reply. "Just now be aisy, your riverenee; I'll settle that for you." So saying, away went the good-natured Irishman around the square, glancing at the houses and when he discovered lights that denoted hospi tality he raug the doorbell and in quired: "Is Father O'Leary here?" As might be expected, again and again he was repulsed. At length an angry footman exclaimed: "No, bother on Father O'Leary! he is not here, but he was to dine here to day and the cook is in a rage and says the dinner will be spoiled. All is wait ing for Father O'Leary." Paddy leaped from the door as if the steps were on fire and rushed up to the astonished priest, saying: "All is right, your riverenee; you dine at 2145 and a mighty good dinner you'll get." "Oh, Pat," said the grateful pastor, "the blessings of a hungry man be upon you." "Long life and happiness to your riverenee. I have your malady and only "vish I had your cure." Chicago News Jfew Fasnementerlee. Many of the new passementeries are open patterned like the lace insertions of the summer, and are, as a rule, with straight edges, so that they can be ar ranged as insertions over bright satin rl'olon. Jacket bodices are trimmed with these passementeries and ribbons with charming effect- The short jacket effects still continue to appear, with the much-liked variation of making them double-breasted all or a portion of the way down. Many of these jacketsnre part of the waist, being attached to it per manently, and are most often of wool over silk, with sometimes a plastron placed at the throat covered with velvet St. Louis .Republic. Scalloped Maflhrooms. Peel a quart of button mushrooms, put into a saucepan with half a tea cup of butter, a teacup of cream, half e teaspoonful of salt and salts poooful of pepper, thicken with cracker meal and let boil down. Put this mixture iu a baking-dish, cover the top with grated cracker and bit of butter. Set In the oven until brown. Ladies' Hodm Journal. SCHOOL AND CHURCH. Eev. J. C. Plumb baa recently be come pastor of the Congregational church in Joplin, Mo., for the third time since its organization. An effort is to be made this year to raise the minimum salary received by the ministers of the United Meth odist churches of England. Schoolma'ams are getting the up per hand in Great Britain. While 20 years ago there were 11,616 male teach ers to 14,901 female, last year the num bers were 26,270 men and 60,310 women. Mrs. C. H. Spurgeon's little tract: "A Protest Against Bazars," states that many English pastors and their wives consider the bazar "a bondage and a burden." The unexpected sale of 12.000 copies appears to confirm Mrs. Spurgeon's thesis. Cardinal Satolli denies indignant ly the recent report that he has learned to ride a wheel. He says: "I never scorched a mile in my life, because I never rode on the wheel. The clergy in Borne are prohibited from riding a wheel, except those priests engaged in parochial work." Scotland is about to enter into the delights of a Presbyterian controversy over the "Higher Criticism" in Biblical study. The divinity students at Aber deen university, disapproving of the teachings of Dr. David Johnston, tho orthodox professor of Biblical criti cism, who denounced the higher criti cism in his lectures, and having failed to convert him by disorder in the class room, shuffling their feet when he prayed and throwing Bibles at his head, complained before the university court of the lack of method in his teaching. . The court has decided that their charges are proved and recommends that the professor be retired. As he is appointed by the crown, there are diffi culties in the way, so that all the ele ments for a pretty and lasting theolog ical fight are at hand. GUESTS SURE OF COOL WEATHER Uotel at Spitzbergett Where the Thermom eter Never Kises to Fever Heat. I mentioned in my last article the hotel that had been erected on the little spit of land in Advent bay, and as a hotel in latitude 78 degrees north is a novelty, it may interest some readers to have a description of it. It is, ol course, built entirely of wood, and is of the ordinary type of Norwegian chalets, with a spouted dragon on the gable in default of a signboard. The bedrooms are cozy little cabins, with portholes for windows, for, as there is no sun to let in during the dark months, and one's ch'.A aim and ob ject is to keep his rays out while the sun holds all-night sittings, the smaller the aperture the better. It only took about a fortnight to put it up, and al ready, besides some of the members of Sir Martin Conway's expedition, it has had several staying visitors. An enthusiastic Norwegian sports man had made it his headquarters, apd there were also some English ladies pat ronizing it. Once a week the Nor wegian company which put it up runs a small boat, carrying passengers and letters. It has its own post otlice and its own stamps, which, however, only frank letters as far as Tromso. Those who have stayed there report very fa vorably as to the comfort and food, and as the charge is only ten kroner a day it is by no means an extravagantly dear place to stop at. The Norwegian sportsman referred to had had very fair sport, having killed two polar bears, reindeer and a walrus; but the walrus is difficult to secure. Unless he is shot in the throat, a wound which for some reason prevents him from div ing, he disappears into fathomless depths when mortally wounded. For the ornithologist Advent bay repre sents many attractions, and at present the birds are by no means shy. What the result of constant incursions of trippers may be is another question. The scenery all around us was very grand, but the hotel, flaunting its Nor wegian flag Spitsbergen, though claimed by Bussia and Norway, is real ly no man's land almost forbade the belief that- we were actually in the re gion of the pole, yet we were then a good deal north of the spot where Franklin and his gallant crew died. The name of the most conspicuous mountain in view, towering over a gigantic glacier Dead Man's Ear savored enough of romance and ad venture to cancel, at least in part, the incongruous effect of the neat little icn with its post office, and even the empty champagne bottle which betrayed the picnicker and tripper. There is coal, by the way, in the neighborhood, and one of the party secured a specimen of a ligenous-looking character, and peat there must be in abundance, for the promontory was of a very Irish bog like description. Norway Cor. London Telegraph. Midnight Hot Bread Lunches. "Do 3-0U know," asked a policeman "what that crowd of young society peo ple is doing at the bakery over there ?" It was just before midnight in the West end, and a group of young folks bad gone, chatting merrily, into the doer of a large bakery. "They will wait there," continued the blueeoat, "until the first batch of bread is taken out of the oven, which occurs about 12 o'clock. Hot-bread lunches seem to be getting all the rage among the swell set, for every night about this time I see group after group go up to the door of the bakery and procure the freshly-baked bread, so hot that it scorches the paper. They take it to their houses, and there it is eaten with plentiful spreading of but ter and preserves. To be thoroughly enjoyed it must not be cut. but pulled apart with the fingers." Washington Times. Account of Hie Injury. Fogg The train at the time was go ing at the rate of 60 miles an hour. 1 was brushed off by a porter. Fenderson Were you Injured? "To the amount of a q oar ter-" Boas tot. TransctipL