The herald-advance., July 11, 1890, Image 3

About The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922

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"HING VERY FUNNY.
:i•, and a
I*
lii.
if-
..the pie it «.1
carneil
Hon b"rr'
,nl upot)
\-ith
the
ourseif, wo ought
to breathe a mo-
Milk in
v- pruwilnr
n X-I)OLLAR BILLS.
W
ning Point in th3 Fort\m- s
of tho Morwins.
.se. Ma£gi'-, I'm clean
a,r^aret n
at tier husband as he sat on
la, his elbows on his knee* and
in his hands. Mie knew there
new trouble. ,. i 1 d.e ar 1'
what it was.
two had mai 1 'I'! '. V' a"
world: !.
alth aid (•-•.. 1
,.sy ta-..
,• :.iinily a:.--. i a f..:-:
was a, i
m-
w
td
.. ug, Mai a.
Ik:
Mt
i
of f: v V .1
IT than u'.ea
iid grown in
ix, and her or
!.ue. a happy.
W
n
Ms
11 :i
She was a handsome lit',le
with bip black eyes and a
dark hair--tho very i-iot..re of
ier, people said.
she had her father'- fac she
have bis temporari n a more
wlu/lesome, contente 1 n.»' ."e it
e hard to find.
»vas already a preat heln to her
and could rouse her father from
•ody dej.-etion when all else
The neighbors bad no ildren,
was never lonely, i riblren
inner lifo of w':,.-:. prown
v droam, for 11• to
11
a i ... realities which
in
i
friphten tl.ern,
us
replbd, with
nr-'-n-.^anio.!
"M •, iy Mi t\\ i n,"
till' Sthiln W i I i i Mi
her word
"And ,•
"Datli" V. ...
"All, 1
cradle?"
"My 1 Oiuiiivi don'i you wa
see hi
in?" And stopping lightly
'•radio Molly lifted thf
ting. which kept ilie flies fn
i ing the baby, who lay thei
yellow hair clinging in
iibout his forehead, one
tucked wilder his chin and
hand lying with pin It, up!
•n the pillow.
nodded nevera
and ret»rmn •.
mosquito
A-
iown, "i .:..r
ae inor •, v ,:
When M..: iret ret
rrand gul.r
.illdali" irhtelle
•.s it she
He
with ap
o i 1
at Mi
chuckh.
Tlancinjr ove
with a griij
oil »iiT u*AV:
actions
rned to
Half
appeara
u a
Mai'},',
bi!
1
and tli'
a da/.e
keepm
Ileal'!!)
Worth i
month
man a.'
come
family
listen
fits of •.
11n" i.T" a i
had home tne di^courape
ller cheery, trustful nature
throuph hard places where
rave up
piaK/.a,
a1, -brim
ii'din^
him.
..•nehed
plax.'.a
-t
ier
and prew desperate or
ir. Dan sat still on tin
iiiodily from unde his 1
of yellow bill tort'
iinp in the sunshine
to rose, and with hi
cssed hard apainst tin
d, in a dry, expressionless lotic:
nj won't lot that run any Ion
says he must have the money
ir month,'' and, turninp. he left
d, Marparet sank down on a
a little proan. Ilow was that
bill of fifteen dollars ever to be
own the road, some !•.«• beyond
se. was an apple orchard, now
with pink and white blossom*.
ie of the larpos trees lan had
swinp. and here Molly was to be
they "got
udencv beca
tke case
W i ti tho latter kind Molly
i do, a, swayed baek
iiii forward, lier bare, brown
•et just brushinp the tops of the
is happy as tho birds and bees
•s "ins .i w ero bor oompant'-T'.s.
you pet mo a drink of water,
y looked up. A man was leaninp
fence among (he. green apple
lie was an old man, short and
et, with a bushy shock of irou
ir and sharp, restless eyes, lie
vi rv shabby clothes and a torn
a o e e a s a n e i o
thus suddenly in tho lui.i.stoi
'inp freshness.
Mvdiy was not frightened. She
up at him with a smile and an
his question with a ready "Oh,
rS" Stopping the swinp with a
un, she jumped down and started
the house, but turned and said:
ips you'd rather havo milk?
11,1 believe I would," was tho
frequent, and when, last year, I visitea
the pleasant Western farm. wclHtoekeo
ami mortgage free, I found Jamio s
sturdy yoiingsfr of ten summers and
eleven winters, and Moliie a bright gir
of sixteen, as hpht-heartod and a*eo1
Ui. 1 tearless as she was ten years ago.
N. \. Tribune
DE COSMOS' SPEECH.
Tlir I.0HC'»
a A»semblj.
'i ne longest speech on record is be
lieved to have been made by a in em bet
of the Legislature of British (Vnunbij
named Do Cosmos. It was in tho in
terestof settlers, who were to be oustec
from their lands. De Cosmos was inth«
hopeless minority. The job had beer,
held back un'.il near tho end of the ses
sion unless Irpislation was taken be
fore noon of a certain day the a-t oi
confiscation would fail.
The day before the expir
limita". ti 1 'e Cosmos got
n
\ves. When Molly brought tho
u- drank it
slowly,
WEDDED HAPPiNE.
I I I .KMlftH III
i! 1
turb
i his
rings
fist
.ither
palm
as sue
•id two
niri{f-
pokf
len-didlar
board.
"Whv. m, v.,
you pet
"1 ninu it in tne oaoy's era
Lr' 'lie old man dropped it, mar
"I /uesH ho must have, thou
didn't look lil a 1
so inucli mom y .. v f..'
have to find i.i-,, if ar
havo
will
eturn
"«i
d: "I
ephen
what
•ley, a':
ke tha* '1'
n purpose !,.•
ildren.
i i .• a own,
ripiit.'
'••aving Dan its
advice, aftei
tnight withou'
aiM"
he tot
tnoney
the owner, and a.st(»nisheci
paving his bill within
tiiver h'
of 111*
ten a. m. =ud began a s
the hi 11. 1 Itose. in favor
eared but lutlo for what tnev supposet
would be an hour or an hour and a bal
speech from Cosmos, tl
would have ',r.-ihlo
its passage
One, two. f'
still l)e
thinking that the
pi ing it or
'as he as through
fivo o--. k came
!'l« frequ-nt and noisy interruptions
,H.n saw that th:aonly!rave nm«
ii""-ess and make bis talk les.
laboriou-i
slipped
y crept through the fence and
the old man in the road. ou 11
o po up to tho house." she said,
uutiuna ivill get you some.'
when they reached tho house
was no one there but baby Jamie,
in his cradle.
ver mind," said Molly,
lk." Brown
old man sat- down, looking all
11• i ml Kraul. in
tt.Ptlise
tilP ide
this in
ne a v
world 1
-uii, especially tne
o have had small
will he sleeked that.
keepll
wife
am no'
.hateve
i-\t r.iv ,i
inds of
ild not
hi
all
rd from the old
ng-point hac
the. Merwir
by hard, pro*
itjoad." Dan's
",.e less ami less
shot
Ttie value
ssmo-s talked as tnough he hac
to finish his remarks. A•
lie
,Sin
"produced a fearful bundl,
e,
Six o cbn
of evidence:
suspicion of
jority—De I
til noon of
adjounuu'''"
n
for tho first time, s
,dawned upon the ma
a..is intended t° speak un
day, tho timo fos
an 1 thus kill tho bill
s ioat him down witt
At midnight th, member}
'„t to lunch and returned only
their seats still 1*
lav dawned over th!
ith tired looks and
to fall asleep
Cosmos went on
kept tin of adjournment
ho
0!1, 1
was saved. I
!I10S
Jones
I can get I ""n n'frain from stealing f°
1 ai i, will tcfra
u8
now
'he tidy kitchen with his shari. Jones- ...
Sing 1S
seeming to bo „,
iat's your name?" Le asked ab-
had spoket
twenty-six hours
i Don't"crowd th» Maurncri.
If the New
list. Louis Republic,
York
oflicials havi
'ntlcnianiy"instincts at all thej.
aawhile.
hll
8
hould they bold uj
t-n'-ause the prison at Sing ,^p,,
l-i. We
are most in
».
1 thinps.
hlv mar
life-Ion^
i Inch in
forgive
t^Lrmeut.
A!
Vve
tiiVj
inea:
i- All
Mo
u
AROUND THE MOUSE. I
In- \'irt.in of i
||,IW tu C'I».IH1 limit"* l.iit'fi
Tlll'lll'I'tllH' 111 I Ilf II
A prudent houseif-- is
e statoment 'ha a
handbj, when ii.n
ivico as Ionsr as one thai
re- upon the floor. Ste
through tin handle of
ponds it by a "I'd from
wall, after a' r.s dipping i
s ..Is after sweeuilig the I'•
ority fo:
i U
It.tent on fancy work,
w i.en have the habit of i
i iirhou
agains
the bil
1
(.f
s
i any holes in my ears.
S(-fU
„..\
Vhv
Sittings,
overcrow
jt
hurry, and still looking about! -There is house ac me.
hing like a baby In i
that nothing
19
picayune.
THE GILA MONSTER.
iiicnt) with thp
Vi»nt)iiion« I ,i/,»
"Y.
1
rung." said
iat kill-4 peoi
thn* a s'ng
.ture do i-
breat'
woma i
breath na
y kind
ishand
.red to
"That may he."
saw a inan die fron.
that i
a rati
"W
ecret
e me if
•vas it?
lie it.
tit him
srrah at
hit tin
iu stor,
lie of
a foot in lont":
n
,f
I V
las
1 lowed tO
es a !."le
.p-
i e
.e
mouth in
t-.s
•itttilo. it kees s
troe from in.see*
ightly over
hold is wfl.-ni.:
riosets and
and hup .. it -.n .n
A spoonfm
•a a it makes an
•. an I it renders
],.. v- and in tllf
i.i.!,1.1 to a pail of
|.M- lent i ill II t. eb
clothing impervious to mothsduring tt.
summer months. As well does turpi n
•tine soothe- burns and afford relief f"f
rheumatism and sore throat.
imp choice laces will beeom -"ti
1
Hi-re is an a Iniirable method o'
c.e
tns
inp them. Tack the lace, lightly, in a
bheer cloth, dipped in cold water: then
let it lie in a strong lather for a whole
dav: change tho water and leave it in a
second lather all nigiit. Then put into
:i saucepan a piece of white soap, the
size of an egg. six lumps of sugar, two
tablespoonfuls of liquid standi and a
quart of ordinary soft soap: in which
bail tho lace for ten minutes, then
throw it into fr 'sh water and iron care
fully, when nearly dry. Hy followidp
t„is rule carefully old lace, yellowed
and soiled, may be resto-cl to pristine
whl tenoss.
Little Rosetta to Emily (both under
V1.i—"Why
U1{(1
for i :isn't
don't vou wear ear-rings
,. Little Emily-' lJccause there
un an
v holes in mv e Little R'
don't you have some holes
I put in there?" Then came the crushing
nS(
a3
from little Kmily —'"\Vell. if
want( anv
1
whims l«t.") of the body, t.liU:,..si:'., and cliiii
I O I entire body seemeii n is' 1
coated armor, .marl.'d
yellow anil black.
monster is sluggish and slow
•nt. in this respect being ci.
„,,
.Kf. tribe in gen-
•s own !.ii.n*ry the anitiial
:i't v!',. especially in 'the
jious continuous to the l'
•onfinenient it has the hab. s
tr allitrator more than an
The int' rest which centers
"ilf! a. his the poison tl. at
i t.. i k :n its bite, and
r-
•i i :.a».giv«n rise ti v
imaginary sto i--s.
s an I some ignorat
T|
-s
Its 1-r. a
1 s
poisono .s.
iat
uk 1
ad
hat av. ..t,,,. touch tM
igi 1 t.' .odernia
,i ,:t ate! only t::,•
t* 1 I s, 11 animals 1-V
.111 i1 a !'.•« years:®•/
i" ",r i who wire traveling
..!• i.e.:.:,''I :.e story, was
•s- i.e i .i, i .• s,.\eral •were
the pets.,
-'.'tl lierriOtlStra'' d. A liafir
e s,• simian "as 11,•'i ti. ,e
taking effect ickly t,:,at
irelv time t,• i-aii for he.
11 a
1 s soon led a f' e being 1 •.'
as se,i,vti 'hat human be
rer- iin conditions, mipi.t
t' I'll t,e e tVeetS Of tile hi t'
-on of the heloderma has been
examined by Messrs. Sfitehell
Ke-.c tiers
.•st anti
a lit'
I he vain
the experts, who an
physiological action of
u 11
re
1 v i ff e
rent from
nee th i"
poisot.
r. of sna.o s.
paralyzing
le the pois
The latter destroys life
the respiratory center,
in of the heloderma at
attacks and affects the heart, par
.. .ting it:.
Among the l-u'erest tng exoertieents
'i.at of inj*ting 'be poison suih-ii
a on sly has befi',1 tried. There was no
al effect, the heart being at once af
te.-'od. slowly contracting, the spinal
.i: 1 finally becoming paralyzed.
1 is probable that the condition of u
i ••ini or his general health would have
ii .ch to do with the question of death,
if a man was in a poor condition and ru®
Oown he woiild possibly die. while a
healthy man would not be seriously
troubled.
Specimens sent to lbirope were ex
imented u on by Sir .lohn Lubbock.
A frog Wtten by the lizard died in a few
seconds in convulsions. A guinea pig
bitten in the hind leg passed away in
three minutes, and other animals died
equally as quick, creating in the minds
of the observers a decided respect. If
the teeth of the specimen at the Na
deau House tire examined they will no
found to have curious fissures, and a
furthe ami closer look into the mouth
of the. monster will show at the base of
the grooves small dents from which the
poisonous saliva flows. The heloderma
is u interesting creature, and whiie not
a i ways sunt death, it is well to keen it
a- a distance and handle it with the are
ati 1 respect, due its unsavory rev,at.at..ui.
1. s Angeles (Cal. i Tribune.
of
ri'-,Mi \Mtli whicn
Sanitary News
faet that silk
i'e of lead
ie .s" who
of eutting off the s
:iev are sewing.
tits warninply
*.i ejid is soaked
-.ase its weight
otT or moisten
i,-cading re" p. -,
.i-i' 1 -poison i n lt.
To ItMlflm VVtirn Cl tliint
Take, for. instance, a shiny old c.'r.
s- or pair of pants, of boaddoth.
Journal of Health.
holes in my ears He
Uu
-In Chicago carpets are being sowed
through the agency of electric power.
ca--,-
ere or diagonal. The seotirer milk' s i
strong, warm soap-suds and
plunges
--The remark of Walter Hesant. in
"The Bell of St. Paul's." that "this is
an age of Apollinaris water," is forcibly
illustrated by the statement that no less
than JS.W.VirtO bottles were filled at the
Apoilix&riH spring in the year 1SS8.
It is much safer to salk in the path
of a cyclone before it is made i han while
it is being made.—Kentucky State «»if
uai.
O.iCLt 5Atv'l'S COAL.
N.-ii it to liiiu at oat far the
suhr of Ailvrrtislnif.
is no money in supplying tin
•. il," said a big dealer in
a Washington Post
cle
th.v
por
W .• »ho contract to deli
turns of the vast, quantity of ant!,:a
i and bituminous fuel used the de
pa tnieiitn figure on oar bids so a
coti" .• without loss, and that is ih
Nr. ,i nt, as a rule, do w» expec to
ma liv do we accept the job. tie n"
•v :Ip 1 V fo' And yet. to be frank
th you, -nit tor glory in an ordin
sense. I ill he putting it plainer
'.hat the award
1
i a i: res ted
wooden
onster of
li/.ard in
i 1 of sand in a
1: .i uh the famous
1
i
na, the only poisonous
orld. and as ugly and disagreeable
ti.a.s. n .woking creature as one could imagine,
villing The head was long and :'..nr. the ey
please black and b'-ad 1 ik•. th i ilf
.ivernii
chant i
ir busii,
for coal give#
ulvertises his i
.: ti, I
e the pe»n'
Stuff.''
u's uses
h" Interior
mo.nt.il. .Next comes tne I lis LricL liu v
i rntnent. which uses in its various build
ings, including the public schools, U.OO0
•ens. Tne navy yard consumes fi.OOO
tons. In the insane asylum 1.000 tons
annually are burno I. Tho building of
lie State. War and Navy uses :i,"00 tons,
and the Capitol H.ooo for both wings.
I Acnty-five hundred tons are consumed
i y the Quartermaster's Department and
-.00(1 bv the Treasury. The Uureau of
Lngraving and Printing burns ti.OOO
tuns, the (iovernment Printing Ollice
:. "oo. the Post-Dtliee 1,000, hi- Freed
•nen's Hospital :ioo, the Hotanic tiardeu
'Ml, and the V\'ar Department bureaus
".'in. (Mils and ends here and there will
ake up the total to 50,000 tons easily."
"What is the average pr paid by
no (iovernment for its coal'.
"For bard coal ?r, ami f. t'.e soft,
winch comes from Cumberland t'ounty,
Maryland. Probably (he Htnern
men: pays StilO.OOu for coal annually,
•soft coal is used at the navy \ard,
where it is preferable for running he
machinery in the shops also, in tho
Uureau of Engraving and l'rinting and
ne (iovernment Printing Ollice for the
same reason. Three-fourths of the coal
,sed in the Treasury building is soft,
the heating being done by steam. Hard
•oal exclusively is consumed at the
Capitol, both on the House and on the
Senate side. Sometimes we make our
contracts with I'ncle Sam on a sort, of
gambling basis. That is to sav, we
make our bid at the current market
price
jf eoal goes up five cents a ton we
lose, while if itgoesdo.\n live eenis we
earn something."
FEEDING HER YOUNG.
IntvrpfltiiiK Oliwprvh! iniiK I |i»n a Mother
If uin in i ii K Itiril hikI ller Nest liiiffft.
In the Auk Mr. William Hrewster
records some novel and interesting ob
servations upon a mot her u mminp-bird
and her young. The two eggs were
hatched on the 4t.h of duly in a gentle
man's pardon in Concord, Mass., and
Mr. Krewster was taken to the nest
three days afterwards. The young bird*
were then almost as large as their
mother, although they did not le.avo the
nest till they were exactly two weeks
old.
The little ones' bills were about a
quarter of an inch long -not half as long
as the bill an adult bird of the same I
species. Mr. Krewster took a position
at a distance of about ten yards from
the nest, and with a strong field-glass
watched it for two hours.
During this time the mother visited
the nest three times At. her first com
ing she fed the young, and after brood»
i inp thorn for foriy-flvo minutes, buzzed
about in tho tree- not mice leaving it—
i for about a minute. Then she returned
i to the nest and fed the young again, one
of them twice in succession.
i.
garment into it. souses it up and do'/.:,,
pnbs the dirty places, if necessary
through the second suds, then rinses
it through several waters, and hang* it
to dry on the line. When nearly dry ne
..fjesit in. rolls it up for an bout or
mo. and then presses it. An old co"oti
cioth is laid on the outside of the coat,
and the iron passed over that until the
wrinkles are out: but the iron is re
moved before the steam ceases to rise
from the goods, else they would be
shiny. Wrinkles that are obstinate are
removed by laying a wet cloth over
them, and passing tho iron over that.
If any shiny places are seen, they ara
treated as the wrinkles are: the iron is
lifted while the full e.oudof.steam rises,
and bring* the nap with it. Cloth should
always have a suds made especially for
it, since in that which has been used lor
white cot ton or woolen cloths lint will
be left ami cling to the cloth.— liaU'i
Immediately afterward she flew off out
of sight and was absent sixteen min
utes. At the end of this time she came
directly to the nest, fed each young bird
once, brooded both for six minutes, and
then flew away again, and did not re
turn while Mr. ltrews-.er remained.
Her manner of feeding her offspring
was as follows: Alighting on the edge
of the nest, her tail pressed firmly
against its outer side in the manner of
a woodpecker, her body erect, she first
looked nervously around, then thrust at
least three-quarters of tho total length
of her bill down between the upraised
open mandibles of the young bird. Next
she shook her head violently as if dis
gorging something then, with their
biils glued tightly together, both birds
remained ftr Several secon' s perfectly
immovable save for a slight, rapid, puls
ating orquivering motion of the mother's
throat.
The actual contact of the bills lasted
once four seconds, once six seconds and
twice eleven seconds, the 4,inie being
taken with a stop watch. The father
bird did not appear at all. The young
were perfo*dy silent. The mother in
brooding them kept .moving restlessly
about, as if she were tramping on theim
The close and prolonged contact of
the bills, the shaking of the mother's
head, tho subsequent quivering motion
of her throat, and. above all, the fact
after sitting on the nest for nearly an
hour she fed the young a second time
without leaving the tree, convinced Mr.
Hrowster that the humming bird's
Cietnod of feeding her young is by re
gurgitation. That is to say, the hum
ming bird, like the pigeon, transfers
partially digested food from her own
crop to tho crop of her nestling
PUNGENT PAHAGF?APH3.
'Pi. U a-id the height
if .1 ill', A hison
I her weep,
v .. a score:
.i •. n h'-r sleep,
a n o o e
iii .. •.m i aiuel m-
lear-it i
than ai
ding
nent
lu.-n luii.i-iiii iiu W i'.ij
inspectors out of our own pocket. N •.,
can see thatthoir work is not unpn
b!e when you consider the fact, that tUi
Government uses .MMlOO tons of coal each
year This allows *10.imhi for inspection.
In fact.
a io mal('
"Which
n«peetor«
ie money ei
,.o depa:
1
Puck.
i11 \V11V di"-.-, that .laimdittt
Always wear lilies of the valley?" Slio
"1 can't imagine jiarticularly as 11ower«
(-,f r,'-i*n
w.-'-i'il hf» mn.-h more ap*
I
M" \.!\ I'll In the word* Ol
'.he jTeal putLosopner, iet nie make thn
sutiirs of the nation, and I care mt wlia
makes the laws." Mi*. Fiat
i: .• .-t th.-
Justitia
Voxy, 1
tiii Week.
I 1 "A
s. i.. „.|i i.o is so
!..i*
oksun i
tig his
"I i. y in belli e,
day. "i no s,,
:.
1 nail tl .111 I
being s" a'i
there a s.n.-.-es
great a: more
intfton r'si.
as mora
i- rouble
', mate thin to
,r, i n's Matra/.in^v
"I'a: a Mr. Toney ia
."•. i tii-1 s I'.is suit
CI I' I I 1 'I' 'es tho
,\ i' i-i ailiatic-a
li iston (Iirl
-ti ,*s he is bound
i N. Y. Ledger.
i' fellow for ro*
a a tish'-rman.
.. -d a friend one
hat truth is stranger
don't know about it*
«as tho renlv, "but
w:• i'• i it is a
U.-\ i,-cted."--WftSh-
I cost the cigarette men £.*»((,000
i-' '.ear to supply the packages wi'h
|i.ctes, and all have now combined to
do awtiv with them. They have prob
ably concluded to kill the boys without,
corrupting their morals with uhroutes,
and for tnis much the country should
be thankful.. Detroit Free, Press.
Tom--"Look here. Dick, enough
joking about this. I'm in earnest now,
and I demand, sir, that, you pay me that
ten you borrowed." Dick -"So you'ro
getting on your dignity, are you? Well,
go ahead. You can't pet blood out of a
turnip, you know." Tom--"I'm not try
ing to am trying to get money out of
a beat." Munsev's Weekly.
Miss Debut "You know every lady
is e\ .el-ted to wear her favorite flower
at i• reception Tuesday eveniup." Mis
Old ma vd "Indeed! And what shall
you we.iv? Miss Debut,--"O. a rosebud,
I thitir \liss Oidmayd "Dear 1110, I
P.a'* Un. a what to wear. Can't yon
si,
r'•s:
iiethinir Miss Debut
ii a I a spray of older (lowers
"What- this mending and
re i, i: n un panv a' n advertised in
tie- papers, .lohn?' Husband "It is a
company that has been formed to meet
a long-folt, want, tiarments in need of
repair and buttons and things are taken
ia and fixed for a small sum.'' Wife
"A pood thing for bachelors, I should
say." Husband -"And for married men,
too, my dear: for married men, too.''
Th"ii. after attaching his pantaloons to
bis saspender with a safety-pin. he went,
out, on the stoop to see what kind of a
night it was. -I'.oston Courier.
THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES.
What TIlis Hnil Otlier I'tmioiin SIhIiihi
Have I'rnlitthly Cost.
The famous Colossus of Rhodes, which
'.\ as made of bronze and was seventy
cubits (or about one hundred and five
feet i in height, was twelve years in
making, and is said to have cost only
oo talents, or 'about A'T.a.ooo. if wo
reckon the Attic, talent, or .CIO'J.OOO il
we reckon the other talent, and proba
bly the other talent is to be reckoned in
this case. At all events, the so-called
Colossus of the Sun, in the Capitol,
which was a bronxc figure of Appolla,
only thirty cubits or forty-live feet
English high, brought by Marcus Lie
culiusfrom AnpoUonia, in Pontus. cost
five hundred talents, which, if reckoned
even as Attic talents, would bo over
Alltia.uo i. and it wmild hardly bo proba
ble thai the Colossus of Rhodes, which
was twice its height, could havo been
executed for so much less, iiut, tfcis is
a trille compared to the price paid for a
colossal statue of Mercury, made for the
city of Averni, in (iaul, by Zfnodorus.
On this work he was engaged for ton
years and the cost of it was Jt :i:i.'i,0D0.
What the gold and ivory Athena of
Phidias in the Parthenon, or his Zeus at
Olytupia cent is stat- by any ancient
author, l'he gold employed on the mov
able drapery alone of the Athena win
over forty talents in weight, of unalloyed
gold, according to Thuc.vdides, whose
exactness in such matters is above sus
picious. This would be equivalent to
SOUK? I'll l.ooi) in coin, while a single
lock till he head of the Zeus at Olytnpia
wt igh"d six mime, or about the value of
nearly t'a.oilll. For the famous statue of
Diadumenos. whi -h was a bron/.e figure
of life ,i/e, representing a youth tying
a til let round his head. Polv-leitus re
ceived 1 Oil talents, or ah iat. 5,000.—
1.51 ackwood's Magazine.
BREAKING IT GENTLY.
A RmtjiK-nt Which Wait Nut
tii«
HO
Hnd
Old (irntli'iiiHii !i«M't«l.
Two soft white arms go stealing
around his neck, and a fair, peach-like
cheek is rubbed caressingly against hia
own. Faintly whispered "Dear papa,"
and "Darling old boy.'' and "Don't you
love your own caramel?"' reach his
startled ears as he vainly attempts to
pull himself together and avoid the
loving, sugar-coated attack which ho
well knows is corning.
"Well, daughter mine," he finally
asks, "what is it? Not another new
dress, surely?"
"0. no, papa darling."
"H m- in, that's good. And It can't
be the milliner f-gain?"
"No. papa love."
"H —m —in, bettor still. isn't the
florist?"
"No, you dearest papa,"
"H -m—in, grea, Scott! Yon don't
want a trip to Europe, do you?"
"No, you lovely old dear."
"Well, what in tho name of goodness
do you want, my little girl?"
"Darling papa mine, /don't want anj
thing—ah--that is—Jack wants »t«."—.
Munsey's Weekly.