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UUHTMM. STKIkEs Hol SE. Milkt a Nogro Boy. Ksk*eks Mrs. Earl ' Mouottk v>uh( !?-., and Shock* j. C. Street, Branch\ille. July 1 ? Tonight about t.S* th* house occupied by J. d Street and Earl Smoak on the north end of Main street was struck by lightning A negro boy, about 15 years old, who waa In the kitchen, was killed Instantly . Mrs. Smoak was aeverely shocked, being unconscious for ovsr an hour, but will recover. Mr. Street's right side was para? lysed for SO minutes. Mr. Smoak, Mr*. Street and a baby were only ?lightly stocked. All of the lights on that end of town were put out by the shock. It appears that the lightning either w?nt In the house over the etoctrtc wire or came down a chimney, striking; the boy. who waa standing In front, and escaping by way of an eiectrlc light about a foot above the aegro. TO ATTEND HIMMER SCHOOL. TmtmMj of St. Joseph's College, Ever aWokhapj the Bent, to Study New ?daravatonal Method!*. Ever the i hamplons of what Is noblest and best In art and education, the Sisters of St. Joseph ! College wtll at**nd the Summer School at the Ca? tholic Unlveralty. Washington. D. C, where they will be In touch with the fjreeteet educators of the present day. and will have unparalleled op? portunity to Imbibe the latest and moat scientific Ideas In teaching, and conducting a college. The Sisters' aim has ever been to maintain their college to the highest standard, and they Intend by this means to provide their pupils In their home town, and State, with every advantage- that they would enjoy in any of the larger Institutions of An,erica. AUEN AND RELIGION MEETING aatrgv AadUMv*' of Men and BoyH Near Meant . R. D. Kpp* and C. L. Cmtlao. A 'arg* audience of men and hoys, with some ladles In the gathering, was at the First Baptist Church Sun? day night at 8.30 at the meeting for the Men and Kellglon Forward Move? ment organization In this city. Two good addresses were mnde along the lines of the movement by Mesars. It. D. Epps and C. U Cuttino. both of which held the attention of the audi? ence and Impressed upon them the coming together of all demontnatlons for the food of the city in the for? ward movement. Excellent music w& furnished by the picked choir, which added much to the Interest of the occasion. The neat meeting will be held on the next nfth Sunday. - Will. <.<> TO PROVIDENCE. Anneal All Dn> H?ne? ami Banket Ph nu Will Be Big Attraction*. _ As usual Providence Springs will be a scene of unusual gaiety and mirth on the Fourth of July. An all day dance and bu.tket picnic has been arranged at that place for that time and a large crowd of Sumter people have expressed their determination to spend the day at Providence in ??rd? f t (,..? ? ? ii. ,| ii, r,? and pa ? nic and at the same time to drink Pro\ I de nee Spring? water and esjos the cool braes** of the pa\ 11 ton. i Providence has always sttracted a good crowd on jh. Fourth, hut this year, with addition of the sumter band to furnlxh the mttSSC for the dancers It Is probable thai the crowd Will be even gr? at? r than in r??< ? rit years. The committee Ii.m made ar? rangement* to have a ipsulal tffg take i?om?- of th. who Wtatl to , from Sumtt-r uul to have everything as nice us poaslble dor ng the d iy. The Sliding Heat. A sliding stroke was adopted by Ena> lieh oirsmen long before movable seats, but upon what the Americans called the "buckskin end butter" plan. Newcaatla scullers used to slide on a long, highly polished thwart by the free use of grease or soap, their row tag trousers being strapped at the seat with wash leather. This device was introduced to the Themes by Robert <"*>.ambers when he sculled s match with Harry Kelly In 1865, and was used by the Tyne crew when they rowed 8t. John, New Brunswick In 1170 In 1871 the Tyne crew, who h id tsloed a knowledge of the movable seat during their visit fen America, used sliding seats at Newcastle; and they were fitted to the coxswalnlcss four In which the Lorn! n Kowlng ' !uh b**st the Atlan a crew, of New Ynrk. In 1871. After the success of the new arrangement at Henley, sliding seats were s.dopted by both universities for the varsity boat race of 1873 Knowledge Broadens Him. The more a man knows about this eorld (he more wtll.ug he is to put up ?1th the petty faults sad vloea of his tsUowa ?Detroit free Press. RECORD STILL CV^DS FEATS OF AMERICAN WAR H?R:" ARE UN8URPA88ED. Captain May's Black Tom Said to Hova Made Prodigious Laapa? Onoo Ridden Up Flight of 8tepe and Into Hotel. "Only less celebrated than Old Rough and Ready's favorite white charger," writes Oen. James Grant Wilson, "was Capt Charles Augustus May's Black Tom, a magnificent coal black geldlog. Captain May waa the beau sabrour of Taylor's army la Mexico. "At the head of hie aquadron of the Second United Stai.ee Dragoons, Cap? tain May led a gallant charge against a Mexican battery In the battle of Re eaea do la Palma, May 9. 1846, and, leaping Tom over one of the guns, cap? tured General La Vega and the entire battery of six pieces. "May possessed in unsurpassed mil? itary recosd for leaping with Tom. and It la quite possible one that has never been equaled In the hooting field, or eveo on the race course. My friend, the late Hon. Francis C. Law ley, perhaps the highest British au? thority on the subject, gives 34 feet as the greatest distance ever covered by so English horse In a steeplechase or elsewhere. "Black Tom jumped 35 foot on a wager during the Mexican war, and three yeare later May made another bet that with a flying start of 60 yards he could leap Tom across a canal 86 food In width. They came thundering along at a terrific speed, the jet-black steed nearly 17 hands high, and May more than six feet, sitting like a cen? taur. Tom gave a mighty jump, but fell short, and, of course, man and horse had a very sudden and cold bath, for the attempt was made In midwin? ter. "For a Charlie O'Malley leap over a cart loaded with a cord of wood, stand? ing In front of the city hall, tho colo? nel was flood In a Baltimore court On another occasion the dashing cavalry? man rode Tom op the steps of the leading hotel of that city, cavorted around and through several of the principal spartmenta and then coolly aede out again, as If It waa an ordin? ary, every-day occurrence. "Thoroughbred Tom waa a spirited and rather difficult horse for sny one hut his master to ride or control. A Maryland friend, wlehlng to mako a fine appearance before a Baltimore belle, borrowed May'a etoed, but bear? ing too hard on tho hit when near the lady's residence in Cathedral street. Tom began bucking, finally tossing the unfortunate lover Into tho street and galloping back to his stable.?Bulletin of tho S. P. C A. Speaking of Colde. This Is precisely what folly two thirds of the people In this part of tho country seem to be doing at this par? ticular time of year and under such weather conditions as have obtained for the last few weeks. This morn* Ing the New Englander who can sound a nasal letter clearly and unob structedly Is apt to be an object of envy among his or her associates. There appears to be no escape from the suggestion of a cold. It Is even cold comfort to be I told by Dr. J. B. Huber. In tho New York Medical Journal, that colds seem to be the ex elusive privilege of civilization; that the human race did not snuffle mur i until It began to build houses ami to wear clothes, and that an essential element In the catching of colds has been the disturbance of equilibrium In the body through constantly pass? ing from the superheated homo Into low temperatures without the house. Tho fact remains that the human race, or that portion of It which Is found In this latitude, does build houses and wear clothes, and that It finds houses and clothes Indispens? able, even when winter is engaged In so mild an occupation as lingering in tho lap of spring.-- Manchester Union. Referred to an Expert. A stylishly dressed woman In a smart-looking brougham narrowly averted running over a messenger boy riding a bicycle. Tho woman stopped her car and opened the door of the electric to express her sympathy. But the hoy was ahead of her, and in a harangue that for emphasis would have made Captain K1dd or any of the old buccaneers green with envy, told her exactly what he thought of the in cldent The woman closed the door hurried? ly, and. turning to her eight-year-old son, who, dressed like Lord Fauntie rev, sat demurely beside her, said in a shocked voice: "I never beard auch language In my life." "Oh, that's nothing." the little fol? low told his mother. "You ought to have beard the cook talking to the neighbors about you the other day." Ro-iry of Gold Nuggets. 81xty-four nuggets of virgin gold made up a rosary whhh Patrick Rurke, a Wallace. Idaho, mining nan, has given his wife. The value of thV chap lets exclusive of the work done by a Plttsburg Jeweler, is $500 The gold pieces were sent east and connected by a fllig-ee chain exquisite? ly fashioned. The cross is made of four of the larger beads of the native gold weld? ed. Each of the Prternosters is a lump of lesser size and the Ave Marias are still smsllcr. The string is ended in a Olotia Patrla, beautiful In Its original luster. NOT S?FRAGETTE NOW LITTLE GIRL LCSES DISDAIN FOR THE EOYS. Conversion Comes Through Disaster to Her Doll When She undertakes to Throw a Brick at Marauding Dogs. "Do you see that little girl?" asked the old bachelor, as he leaned upon his gate and halted me in my morning walk. "Yesterday she was all for woman's rights, but today her views are of a different complexion." He nodded toward a four-year-old who was wandering with lonely and disconsolate air along the edge of tho sidewalk. "She lives In that little shack over there, and she hasn't much to play I with, but she's well brought up and l her mother has taught her to flock by i herself and not chum with street boys ' and girls. Some one gave her a doll and doll buggy, and she's been out I with It every fine day as proud and happy as a queen. She's scared to death, though, of two small dogs that live across the street and come sniff? ing around her and her baby. The boys, too, tease her sometimes, but they throw stones at the dogs and chase them away. "Yesterday she was pushing her buggy along and singing to herseli when the dogs ran out She halted and watched them approaching. Then she made up her mind she'd chase them herself Instead of squealing for the boys. "So she stood In front of the buggy and picked up a piece of brick. It was pretty* heavy for her, but she threw her arm back the way she'd seen the boys do and hurled it with all her might. She shut her eyes tight as she threw, so as not to wit? ness the annihilation of the dogs, I guess, and probably she thought the crash that followed was the breaking of their bones, but when she opened her eyes the enemy was unhurt and coming right on. Then she turned to fly, but when she looked Into her huggy the yell that arose brought peo? ple to the windows for a block around. "She had thrown the brick behind her and smashed her doll to flinders. , "Her mother came and bore her off, wailing at every step, and today she Is quiet, as you see, but It Is plain her heart as well as her doll is broken. "Yesterday I thought I would teach her how to throw stones, but today I've changed my mind. I'm going to get her a new doll. I think she'll leave the dogs to tho boys in future." Walla That Don't Transmit Sounds, j Experiments have recently been car? ried out in Germany with the object of discovering methods and means for rendering walls and ceilings capable of effective resistance to round trans? mission. Ono of the more recently devised methods involves the use un? der the ceiling, or parallel to the wall, as the case may be, of a network of wire stretched tightly by means of pul-1 leys secured into adjacent walls and i not touching at any point the surface to be protected against sound Upon the wire network is plastered a composition formed of strong glue, plaster of paris and granulated cork, so as to make a flat slab, between j which and the wall or celling Is a cushion of confined air. The method ? described is said to he good In two re- 1 spects: first, the absence of contact 1 between the protective and protected surfaces, and, secondly, the colloid na- j ture of the composition recommended ( for the plaster. Keeping the Children Amused. A delightful way to amuse children, and incidentally their parents, is by ' illustrating a fairy story, the title of I which is guessed by those watching the performance. Select a well-known story and di Vide it into short parts, or acts. Then lot tho children act the various pans I in dumb show, using gestures without speech, which are not hard to teach j very small children. The idea 13 a good one for bazaar ! or school entertainments, where a pub- ! lie performance can he the climax of SOVeTSl rehearsals. If possible, dress the lltle actor3 in costume and let the performance bo given to the accompaniment of sug? gestive music that will holp them make the right gestures at the proper time. Without having to think or lines to recite, children learn post- I tions and gestures very quickly. Used Fraud to Gain for Charity. A strange psychological phenoXnO OOn is disclosed in the case of Sister i DandldO, t French nun who was re? cently convicted of swindling Parisian Jewelers in order to raise money for charity. Sho systematically secured jewels of Kroat value and then pawned them, using the money thus raised? .-vor $1,000,000 In all -to carry on va lioiis charitable enterprises. She ap? parently did not t . aliae the gravity of her offense, and BOUtonCQ was sus? pended by tho court. Picture by Telegraph. a miracle of modern science was performed the Other day In Herl'- by Professor Qlatsel, who transmitted a picture in fifteen minutes from Berlin to Montr Carlo, where it was received at tin* longdistance photography sta? tion by ProfeSSOf Korn. The photo? graph, which waa one of the Prince of Monaco, was so good that it WSI ex hibitetd at the Casino the same eve nlng / BETTOR HAD MONEY COMING But Then. Chariey Is Hard'y Likely to Live Four Thousand Weeks, You Know. We'll conceal bis identity under t>.? trade name ot Charley, say* the New York correspondent of the Cincinnati Times-Star. He is a telegraph opera? tor, with a professional knowledge ot the ponies. When times were better in this town, in a sporting way. he used to take the racing results in a a poolroom. When the Western Union refused to serve the rooms in town any more, he had to take just an ordi? nary wire-snapping job. As a rdde is? sue he used to run a little handbook. "I'll take the bets at track odds," he announced to his friends. "You all know that I haven't any bank roll, but I'm honest. If you hit me too hard, I'll have to pay you off out of my sal? ary, at the rate of two dollars a week." That was satisfactory to the lltt'e bunch of operators who handed him dollar bills dally. Charley went on, luck being a little better than even. Operators are pretty wise players, as a mle, and they hit him almost as often as they lost. But on the whole Charley was ahead. Then, one day a friend put a five-dollar bill on a four horse parlay. "I dor**' like to ta.ke this money," Charley protested. "I don't know what this parlay may pay if it goes through. No way of getting the track odds here. If you win, and I haven't enough money on hand to settle, you'll have to take it out of my pay, two dollars a week." The other fellow agreed?and the four-horse parlay went through. The lucky bettor won $8,000 from Charley, and spent $150 of his own money in celebrating the eyent Next day he went around to collect. ?'This," said Charley, -is to be paid off at the rate of two dollars a week. I will get through paying you in Just four thousand weeks." According to the other bettor, the second Christian era will be dawning before he gets his money out of Charley. He wanted to take Charley's typewriter for it, and call it square, but Charley refused. "I'm no welcher," he protested, indignantly. "I'll pay you every cent?if I live that long." Domestic Pets. A healthy dog, living a natural and healthy life?not the life of the parn pered inmate of a harem?is a dis? tinct asset in a household. He not only helps to smooth the rough places and give us interests and protection, but very often he compels his owners to take their due share ot exercise and lead more open air live! than they would do if left to them selves. j We owe him a heavy debt of gratt tude and we should lose no opportun ity of doing him a good turn, but tb? I lady who lets her pet eat from he* own plate, sleep In her own bed, ever, teaches him to take morsels from hei own lips, frequently kisses her pet's muzzle, and allows him to lick hei face with equanimity in return, Is se verely warned. These, says a well known doctor are most dangerous practices wher. one realizes how all dogs perform their own toilettes and where the> poke their muzzles, and also how the germs of certain disease may be trans mitted. The Oldest Egg. t Not so long ago a party of explorers j members of the Archaeological society of Mayence, found, during their exca? vations in the ancient Moguntiacum. a j hen's egg which was estimated to have been buried for something like nine teen centuries. . Moguntiacum waa built by Drusus, the son of the Roman Emperor Augus- i tus, in the year 14 B. C. Upon the site 1 of the ancient Roman Castrum or en- j campment near the city the excava tloni in question brought to light many interesting relics, including some water cisterns* of Roman make. 1 It was in one ot these, which was lo? cated twenty feet below the ground, that a damaged Roman clay pot was found containing the shell of a broken egg and also a whole egg that had j been kept from being smashed by a shred of the damaged pot, which cov? ered it. The ancient egg was turned over to the municipal museum.?Harp er's Weekly. Women Knights. It is not at all well known thai knighthood has constantly been con ferred upon women. Many English ladies received the accolade and many more were members of such knightly orders as the Garter and St John When Mary CholmondOy, "the hold lady of Cheshire," was knighted by Elizabeth lor "her valiant address," on t ie queen taking the command at the threatened imasion of Spain, did she know that a whole city of Spanish women, the gallant women <>t Tortosa, had been knighted for saving thai city from the Moors? Mary ami Elizabeth had both been knighted al their coronation, hut by the time Anne, the second Mary, and Victoria ascended the throne it had been quite forgotten that according to English law a al use a. woman who filled a mill's office acquired all its Privileg? and wai Immune from none of Its duties. Confusion of Effects. "Things didn't seem to work togeth? er in your series of dramatic represen? tations" "They didn't." admitted Mr. Storm Ington ltarp.es "When we played trapedy the box-Office receipts were a farce, and when we played farce ttuy . ere n tragedy." ALGERNON IN DISTRESS HAD HE G'VEM HIS OWN PILLS TO HIS SICK SISTER7 Apparent Mlxup In "Medsums" Alarm? ed Him Exceedingly, for It Might Have Killed Her, and "Life la Very Scarce." "Good ebenin', sah, good ebenin*." responded Algernon to Mr. Topfloor's greeting, but his voice sounded dis? traught and Mr. Topfloor glancing at his troubled countenance, inquired: "What*a the matter, Algernon? Ele? vator on the blink?" "No, sah, dat ain't it. Pi mos' dis? tress, an* ['? mighty glad yo's come in. 'cos I wan' ast yo' advice 'bout a mcj* ser'ous mattah. I was to my doctah's dis af'ernoon to deport to him 'bout vie condition ob my sister, an' w'ile I was dere, I fought I might's well git some medsum fo' myse'f. too. So I ast him to gib me some pills, or a lotion or a tonic, or some'pin ob dat kin'. An' he say, 'Wot yo' wan' medsum fo', Algernon?' he say. an' I toP him dat fo' de las' free days I b'en troub'e wlf a sort o' dizziness in my feet dat was nros' 'noyin', 'specially w'en I'm runnin' de elehator. So he say he gib me some'pin fo' dat, an' den he nan' me a box pills fo* my sister an' a box pills fo' myse'f. He didn't put no name on de boxes, but de one dat was my box, It had de leases H'l brack speck on de side, so of cos' I know which It was. I let' de medsum at my sister's do' an' didn't take notice dat I lef her de wrong box till af'er I ben fceah 'bout a hour. I's f'aid, Mistoh Topflo', dat my pills wouldn't be de kin' fo' her an* dat dey mebbe kill her ef she take 'nuff ob dem, an' I's jes' b'en mos' crazy 'bout It! Wot doe:3 yo' fink, Mistah Topflo'?does yo' fink dat pills fo' dizziness in de feet would be baid fo' amonia ob do lungs?" "I can't say, Algernon, but I think they might be," replied Mr. Topfloor; ' you'd better go to your sister's house as quickly as you can and tell her not to take them." / "I cayn' leabe dis heah elebator at de presum' time, no how, dere's too much 'pendin' on me fo' dat. Yessah. I could ast de janitor to run it fo' me fo' a half hour or so. I nevah fought o* dat. Yessah, dat would be de va'y bes way. I know yo' 'vise me so I fin' some resolution ob de question. Yes? sah, I go raight down to de janitor an' tell him de state ob de 'fair. Min' yo' step, sah, de elebator ain' square wlf de flo'! Yessah, I come tell yo' de 'suit ob de vestigation, des' soon as I know myse'f, t'ank yo' sah," concluded Al? gernon as the elevator passed down the shaft out of sight. An hour later Algernon appeared at the Topfloors' door and announced beamingly: "It's all right, sah. De jan? itor he resented to run the elebator fo' me w'ile I went to 'vestlgate 'bout de pills. It's a mighty queer fing, Mistoh Topflo'. My sister she hadn't took one ob dem pills ob mine. She say she has de queeres' ticklin' in de p'am of her rai&ht han' dat toi* her de pills wasn't hers, an' dey couldn't git her to swal ler one, no how. But de queeres' ob de whole cucumstance am dat I fern' dat. de box I lef her was de rsfeht box] af'er all! So de whole fing t ;'n out. fo' de bes'. But ef it had a-be'n dem pow'ful pills ob mine. 1 reckon she be daid now an' I'd a-b'en mighty soi'y, 'cos life is ve'y scarce, Mistoh Topflo'?very scarce." ? New York Press. , A Greek Name. Greek may have gone out of fashion, but Greeks have not. The being who used to live lor us only in the pages o? ancient history is now a familiar fig? ure in every American city. "Mention the name of some well known Greek," said the teacher of a juvenile class in history. "George," spoke up a curly haired little boy. "George who?" "I don't know the rest of his name, ma'am. He comes round to our house every Thursday with bananas and oranges.** Such a Nice Time. Dorothy was so homesick at her first party and cried so bitterly that the hostess's mother suggested that it would be better for her to go home. Dorothy accepted the idea, but a few minutes later, upon answering a timid ring at the door, the hostess's mother found Dorothy bathed in tears. ' Well, Dorothy. I am glad to see you again. Did you decide to come back to us?" "No'm'ni, I forgot t-to say I h-had such a uice time!"?Browning's Mag*? zine. Heirlooms. "And is this an heirloom, too?" ask 5d the visitor, picking up a brick that lay on the center table. "Yes." said the lad) of the house, "That is the brick my mother threw at the prime minister.' "Ah. Indeed, how very Interest!] said the visitor. "And whose portrait is that on the waH?*' "That is my mother herself," said the lady. "I tee,*' said the visitor. "1 he power behind the thrown, as it were.*'?Har< per's Weekly. Discovered. "That man bas an idea that he un? derstands women, lie's a widower, I believe." "Nope If b<'s ? ol any such idea as that he's a ba< h? lor." RHYME OF V.021?V MARINEF Being tJ-.c Btery - ' ;ne r*s&cut of Cap? tain Blake's So" From Watery Grave. Captain Blake is a mariner bold, and hi? r.V.p is the Mary Ann. His crew consists of his wife and child and one able-bodied man. Hit boat is a barge which lies near Pier B on the Jersey fide, and yesterday lie left he there at the dock, securely tied. On the deck of the barge his little son, not yet 12 months old, was playing about with a terrier pup called Rag-Tag. His moth? er was taking a needed nap in the cabin, where all was dark, when her dreams were broken rudely by the dog's staccato bark. When she rushed on deck she saw the pup with his fore feet on the rail and his eager eyes di? rected toward an object that was a sail. She looked and saw, then al? most swooned, but gave a frightened scream when she saw the baby sailing off on an ice floe in the stream. "Go get him?save my little boy!** she screamed, and in a trice the faith? ful pup was swimming toward the floating cake of ice. The mother's cry was heard by men upon a vessel near?the steamship Oceana, which was tied up at her pier. An officer named Lindsay looked and saw the baby's plight and soon had manned a boat and gone to save the drifting mite. Before he reached the dancing cake the dog was on it, too. The ioe floe bore two passengers, a captain and his crew. The baby and the terrier were taken in the boat?a tiny pair of marinere, too young to be afloat. And with the child safe in her arms the mother wept for Joy, but not a whimper pass* ed the lips of the small sailor boy. But when his father, Captain Blake, re? turned last night and heard his wife relate the story just as it had oc? curred, he pursed his lips and whistled long, then gave his head a shake and said: "This surely is a fact from me that you can take. That kid of mine a sailor's life most certainly will choose. He's breaking in to learn the game by taking his first cruise." Then, thinking of the cake of ice which waa the baby's boat, he said: "That boy will navigate the biggest ship afloat. He's got the first requirement, and he can't be called a fool; for whatever else he might have done, he certainly kept cool."?New York Times. Greater London. A description of London as a mu? nicipality is found in a report which has been sent to the department of commerce and labor by United States Consul General John L. Griffiths, sta? tioned at the British capital. Instead of having one mayor and several borough heads as New York has, Mr. Griffiths points out that from a governmental point of view London Is a very complex organization, crt slating of 29 cities and boroughs *> 1 with separate administrations. Each has its own mayor and council, there being, however, an authority whose jurisprudence is co-extensive with what is known as the administrative County of London, called the London county council. "It may assist to a better concep? tion of the work of the London coun? ty council," writes Mr. Griffiths, "to point out that it has Jurisdiction over the public school system of Greater London, the fire department, the street car system, asylums, bridges, highways, department of health, parks and building regulations. "Theve are 10,800 employes *.n the tramways department, which has been under the jurisdiction of and op? erated by the council since January 1, 1899." Taxes That Never End. The surprising fact is announced that the London city corporation is etlll paying land tax for the houses which existed on Old London bridge, houses that disappeared ( about the year 1755. It has at last been decided to re? deem this ancient tax, which by act of parliament has been levied ever since the old bridge was demolished. A copy of the old act is in the city archives .The amount of the land tax Is about $1,800 a year, and the city will be able to aecure a redemption by payment of a lump sum of $55,000 or so. It may seem strange that rates and taxes have been paid for so many years upon houses which disappeared so long ago, hut it is not generally known that It is the custom when houses are demolished to make way for public improvements to include in the parliamentary authorization a clause compelling the authority con? cerned to make good any loss occar sioned to the rales.?New York Sun. Daffodil Poison. The poison of the daffodil is the plant's meaw8 of defense. How effec? tive it is may be judged by the fact that rabbits, rats and other small pests wblch devour hyancinths and crocuses with gusto, leave the daffodil severely alone. Nurserymen, too, will tell you that the men employed in gathering Lent lilies suffer from noisoned hands. After working a little while their hands become sore, and pafhful gath? erings form under the finger nails and wherever tho skin is broken. Despite of all this, however, west country house wives brew from the flowers a decoction warranted to cure all human Mis?possibly by killing the patient. Cause and Effect. Peacon A?What our people need is Bermons that will , ake them up. l^eacon B?No, brother; what they need is sermons that won't let 'em go to sleep.?Stray Storks.