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T1-I33 INDEX.
I. W. PAT5E, Pr?ritor.
mr:as.: imk.i:. haiumaii Co.. kanx
TIIK 77. 7 K SIGHT.
Vtr lwh Ikh h!(rh .r .
Hon ith tin 1 of in.lt nit men.
And w mil lh. -r of rnrli.-r He!
In ir itiill 't'ir roii ii 1 1 twain.
Ami ti l kmirhl uT .i- rut J I
In i-liiritli jr Hii tin- Ani'-rii in.
! it"t fn (tir-nt jointer ImirtM,
.nd II unit h l.wl t i t..r tle-p-,
lint In il-r f..nn f i inirnr
M- how t N n .li't.-rrntl-il mrf.
I (ml Hi iul I ill hl'Hlfo In tt-t ill Mr re,
WIiii U imiti i-m fi miiiii.hi feel ni'mllliil
ch.ir.".
II" Hry lift i-hnl.nir fur 4 In (III)
To It h' l i'ir mc off ir i r.
1 1 ' v pnn i in m ht ln tn -h and rrurl
Tin' I 'iii U ii n I liTiof n( hia lot i
Ni.l ! .l-i.i'l !" l. Iit hr M r'vrrnt mien,
ll' ir hi iUI li'iiuni' to lil 'H'i ti.
Il m x n't h,ne wii r.mrtlr KWf
Hill ) Iii k i 'il. rixi I f ul mr
1 1 m.n.n-1, h ii-.i pr h"r I'Ijm-" l,
ll inliilii I i- II IT Kin himi'l ahurr.
", lur I li' i M nli li. 1 1 in-r i' Hi'iiinn,
bun nil. vi jr. mir w n ,.'i H an
t.u- thr.i,r, in .i. r tun.
1 UK SMil.KlOVN STOI.V.
Ii i tin. mile nho.-vl in ln foot-hills
- Iu initi'i of pun it-i tmf ami r"'kv
q.i.e. T.. the li-ht the . ft Ix Lircf.
ii Hi. Pilling pra r i. 'I hi biortd val
l y strikes tin Mti : Nevadas and sfop
:ii if ii w .ill li:i I I ii buil' mi T4 it.
W li.it ii it t'ti tli grass.' A skull here
a rib tie tv Ih-iii h i :ij,iTi il :iUmt as
I!-. will l.- M I-. I. ft ll III llfl'T til inr
lill fm-t. 'I'Ih rli nii-! ki'ij skull
IT' ''"'I .tares- cwry tuytM a in I .cat
irrcil lock .f hair li;n if trv of a
IragcjU.' Aid H hat tnil theso rel
ir !oie limn x -nut. c iil. riil. Init
iniu li'.i' ;i Hrlini w ith ribs nt
l ii h. il a ll."!!! kiill I'li'.-n liin-x nu
ll. t tin Miiiiinrr sun. WhIvi'h! Yom.
I nilllt tin' I'l .IpS nf I tl4 Hll'l m will
lind ri.'.SI J V - H- Mun. )ll Imi-iH hp
i Ui 'I iii at Miviuilli in itl rr 1 1 fo- imp
ln t' I'. tny ll r'r M-rri t. Ski lrtont
ii fn'ih'l iimiii tin- ii.'iiri.', 1'iit 1 1 n v lr
: ,i;iiii -lory l ll'.iio win li.ilt U-.s'nli
I Tn in . I"t u li-l'.'ii:
Awnv n'f t'tli. rilif yti i nn sir
I -tni.x. Aw nil' to tin" It'll 31111 can
" tin' lain.' ilit. Tin' skrli'tiiti in in
liiii- In twn ii tin lu Miinti. !! It ft
hi.' ri! t. tlii'tln r. Toril'!
Vi t.rulv: a mil" aw a ii tin vkcl. tun
i.f a liir' r jnuli'. 'Jln' l.i'.ul f!t ami
win I. ft tln'if. If In I. -ft tlirrovo nt
liiMiti In t i nit. I liavi' Ihtii vil'iin a mill
f tl.M put nt .lii'k. It i thrn-fon
I'l.iiu t lint In- .1 l it li'.nc until ini.l
nftTn...ii. or m-iiliy nt il'i.ik. Si ;n
'f IiKli.iii innv li:ni .Iriu'ii liini from
liN frnpji'm:-';riiii.l. r imj h:ip ho lial
li.iii-t.'i (lie jaine nii'l :ih .liifiinj to
lu'w I'h IiU.
It i. iii-'Ii'Im -inn' tltat ril., ami tin
li:iil liii In i n n! . ruti .l. Wi n it
'llu rv ii", an. I n to. ik it up from tin
"pot biTu lli sk I von lnr innv li.i,
u fouM tin I tli. la-i 1 1 rt or four
lnil niu.li tit a In iii.'iiil.nin paci.
"Stip! .lrp! li ji! '
AVh.it in it .n ktir- han atln rpil
i. r mountain ami prairif at Hie hunt
i r jiri al ii;; im r tin l.n.krn .Touml.
Ovrrfu'iil thf count !r. far look i'n
upon him - ar.Hinil him ii the p:ill of
inrM. iii. ii'u.H ihi patt. r of f.M.t-
M.'ps mi th
p. er : minnl
too ii i i for
for alarm.
Tatter! y
' There it I
I r v ran. i. Inlti ami
liini. Imt tin ilarkiu'ii in
liitn to irorr any t auv
ill. r! patter! '
aam: It n not lift v yards
from where hi
a t halted. Tlie stem
are loo lig'tt tor those of an Indian. A
grizzly would rn-h tiou hii iet.in with
a T"ar of lUlianre and ireor. A
paiUhcr would hurl hinnelf through
Ihirl feet of npaeewith a r-ercanMo
iiiiii- rve the hardiext hunter.
" olv.'s!" whisperi the hunter, as a
howl oiiddciily breaks upon hii ear.
ole! 'I he gaunt. grilv woUei
of t'e f.H.t-hills thin, an I nn.r. and
bmigry . and navage the e r, in ...
t In in. M.t 'i full i.f tn th that can ci.u k
the 'li.'iil.li'i-.borie of a bulla!.!, lie can
e tin ir dark f.irnu iVtting oui point
In m. inf f,,. t, ,f, r ,,f ii.,.:- I,,,.. .... ,i...
pan-ml gr
i 1 1 . -.
pro ei that h i sur-
N.lXS tl;. ;,.(
'hfltrr imt ill,
begini. Th- re U no
gi"e ii reielud. Iii
MUn I "-'lul.'. li , r. .'in. I li'i-i..r hull..
Imn nuh s ii Ii . whip a hum:ui hand
n. v. r w. ,.-.. I). r spu e through
ll .- :-!. M mi. altmi.t ai i't ;4 ., ,rnixv
'' a.Mnmg .:.,d. b., a dark line
l.'llow,. A line of ..i spreadi out
to tl.r li-1,1 ;,, I,.f,t ; .rll,,,,., uf,,.r
Imi.-ii. iouI eei I'ad.i'.g giratllakiM
of (.. .ii. i:iug baek to I loti h stone and
-n" ""I l.ne a trail to be followed bv
Hie COM a Ml COMitl'1.
.irn ri-le thus onlr when life s the
Ma ve. A hot... puti f .-th Mich
oiilv M:. n tn-mr foll-wi rl.... Iiehiml
i n I eau.ei eerv nene (o lighten like a
v:re iiraxMi nut, I tl. ejatch of a linger
iM.iK. i ii i-uor.f wnn a wail id despa r
. pi:eun eouiil not k:tn Ihe all with
so h riftheii. and r the wings of fate
me ai.n.a.i, ami i,,,,-, :u,, ,r,.,4 tj,,,
line istiiere- au: it 11 gaining! Inch
by in. h it creepi up. and Ihe red eves
i mr on a more savage gleam as the
hunter cries out I his hone ami mx-ns
.... . ..... in- u ini t cri. a wotr t.iiii on
the right -a second on the left.. I).
the wind fea-e blowing I came it meets
n f.ircst? Ihe fall of one man in a mad
nion simply incre.-vnu the determination
of the rest.
With a cry so full of the deM.air that
Mi lls im from the heart of the stn ii '
man wnen ne gives tip his struggle for
me mat. ine hunter ahmwt Ih Iu vcs
ei nipanion rnlei lM i.de him. tho J,ors'
Ma.-gers reeoers plunges forwan
ians io .ne earth. It was a glorious
tiiij;n-, l ill no ion.
i ne wmgs of hii dark line ohli.pie to
.i.. .. no i lucre is a ennluieil heap o
....iioig, iigiuing. inailil-neil leasts.
B"'i "' one rushes forward aain
Su.Mle. bridle and blanket nn in sRn'd
ine n.. rn a skeleton. And now the
ehaie natfer the hunter, lie has half
a mile the start, and as lie runs the
eim (.taint out, the muscles tighten
anu ne womier at his ow n speed. U-
iiiiki mm are Ihe gaunt IsHlies and the
" " leg. loner, closer, ami now
he Is going to face fate as a brave man
should. He has halted. In an instant
a circle is formed alsmt him a circle
.it reil eyes, foaming m niths an
V'llow fangs which aw to meet in hi
llesli.
there Ms an interval -a breathing
pell. He looks up at the stars oul
aj on the night. It is his last Imnr, but
there is no imaking-no crying out
:ne night to semi him aid. As the
wolves re-t a Hash blinds their pic.
eeeud-a third - and a fourth, am! they
Zivr way hef ire the man they had look-
M upon as their certain prey. Hut it
onlv for a moment. He sees them
fathering for the rmh, and firing his re-m-kining
bullets among thetn he seizes
lis long rifle by the barrel and braces to
meet tho shock. Kven a savage would
Live admired the heroic tight he made
rrlife. lie sound Ihe war cry and whirls
i s weapon around him. and wolf after
olf falls disabled. He feels aUranro
xnltation over the dciperate combat,
Ul . !. I'tk Pv Wly cbre his
Jilht r blown a p.,ni f.f hop, ,prin;:,
Jp in his heart. "
It Is only Lr a moment: then the cir
ri narrow, disabled beast is
rpiYf,Ub-r thrve whlch bunger for
pi. oil. TliereU a rush-a swirl-and
the cry of despair Is drowned In th
tha'iailt 'narU th0 rck' fiRl,t OVcr
Th!I K"!1 morning-ihi. tualieht of
aoondsy-the stars of evening will look
lown upon gnnning skull anefwhiteninjr
Jones and the wolf will return to
KUPch thm again. Men will not bury
Jhcm. Tliry will look down upon tfiora
m o look, rcal the Htory a.t we have
rnvl It, ai ri!o away with a ft-clin
that 'tii hut another l.trk ?cn?t of tin
wotnlcrfnl irairi. Ik Iroit Free I'm..
Monti? Carlo.
S'neo the death of M. Illane. th" pnv
tuoterof the gaming tahhx at .Monte
t'nrlo, which iceurrI a f w yvnt ag,
(that of Mme. lUanc tranpired ir
the Casino ronlinues to rox'i
in the inott uurpriiing manner. Tl.o
now in United in Ihe und-rtaking an
the memlx-m ,f the I51ane family vi-t
Almond Itlane, son and heir, "and tin
Primes Kadziwill and Koland I'. 'tia
parte, who married daughters of M.
Iilane. They are the prine pal har :
lioldi'rs; nTrrtheii. a few shares an I
faid to c in the hands of the Haor ol i
Nice and other high-standing function- '
aries ( that citv. i
Thio are tlm hundn-d of tV '
nharrs, ra.-h on representing one linn- I
dred undivided parts. Kach share at
the outlet was orth.V.'Kifratn-); theii .
a lual lalue is dillieult t tell. At al
rnt. If offered for nalethey would at
tain a fabulous price, feeing the phe
iiomenitl profitj annually n alicd hy tlx
roul. tte and card taMei. Hitherto tie
owners of the Casino have appeared U
iatified with their annual prol'il.
Hhi.-h Krmitte. the daughters of M.
I'.lane to U linn-em! with -. , i:
francs each, irns:Hi-iive of the enor
inous nTenun which fall to the lot nt
each shareholder. J'.ut although nt
openly debated. Ihe l.!.-i ..f ,v i.iiin. I-i
coin has for a Ion" time been iu.-d tatcd, I
ami the fo!!nin-w r..i. ...,ii;., ..i
the scheme:
The three hundred shares as they now
stand (one hundred undivided part?
:i li) aro to be converted into siU
thomand coupures (therebr doubling
the thirty thousand undivfded parti),
and then coupures, or coupon", wl
then Ik ofTervd to the public at the prict
of l.fNMi francs each. The operation i
uuiiieHtionably a bold one; n'-verlhe
less, deipite its fantastic proportions, il
will evidently find favor with the French.
And why not? The rei-eipts for last
year amounted to 1 ..i H m . m m francs.
This project for converting the ("asi
no of Monte Carlo into u public affa'u
has U'cn renerallv approved bv Ihe ac
tual stockholders. M. Itlane's dignilv
sutlers fnun the f:u.t ,at n. Mirce iii
his revenue is a gambling hell. Prince.
Pionaparte and Kadz'twill partake ol
uiai view, nun vvouiu not be loath tc
sever their connection, oner and for-
ver. with the institution .f M,.nto ('-ir.
lo; nlMive nil. under miu-Ii fjivor-ilih nu
pices, Prince Charles, on Wing aprisei!
i imsreiiiution,wassonicwlintstartled.
aturally dreoding the revolution ir
his affairs that such a transaction would
ntail. However, he was brouirhl
around to the views of the majority by
the judicious counsel of his father con
ssor. and was even led to take a inori
lecided step. Ho has I'iten bis eoiisent
o relimiuishing all further interventioi
in Ihe c ncnis of Casino, and in return
for lids abdication his yearly jM'ti-iot
win oe increased to I.INKMrH) fran s.
The contemplated issue of the new
han-s may be expected smm. Tin
late of issue will be settled at the ncx
inecfiigof the shareholders, which wiL
ike place in Pans.
I lie liiairnilicent Cas no of Monte I'm.
l ii annually visited bv an avemn-,. .,-
i ll s h I foreigners, who olav more oi
less nt roulette or trente-et-.piaranl
and this number U steadily on the in
rease. The impuhitv wit fi which ram
bling is carried on at M m.ico tuav U ev-
plained by tho fact that any attempt tf
upprcss it would lie CMiiivalcnt U
ouching the prerogative of Charle!
HI., and anv such ib narture would sus-
itate nn "international nuestion."
which neither of the neighlKiring jmw
crs is inclined to open; a mieslior
which, probably, would lead to serioiu
oinplioations. Moreover, Ihe inde
pendence of the pr lu ipalit v is fully as-
surcd by treaty.--IW. A'. I". Tri'mnc
The Itiisfp.att I'mplre.
Who is that man with the bag,i
troineri Manding U'hind the cali ber."'
'That's the umpire, dear."
"Does he enjoy life?"'
"Oh, ei, iK-casionall v.'
"When?'
'When he is not umpiring n baf
game.
"VV hat are Ins iialilicationi?M
"They are supposed to be honesty anc
ibility."
I)o they send out detectives to lint
such ineii. or do ttiev select them frori
Cioi eminent olliees?"
"Neither; umiires obtain their nosi
lions through inlllleuce.',
What is intlnenee?"
"Intluenco is the wife of power."
"It Is g. m m 1 to have honcMy and abil
itv. isn't it?"
Vus, in the case of a clerm nian oi
bank cashier; but nn umpire is tK
lioncM to want both, and is contcn
with either one or the other."
YV hat ijuabty predominales?"
The other oite.'
"Why are Ihe spectators Ins.siri' the
umpire
ltecause he is tninir to be imnar
tial."
"If he were mt?'
"He would be abused by lioth play
ers and spectators."
"Has ho ho redress?-'
"Yes; when a player insults him am'
ills him n liar ami horse-thief h(
sometimes fines the player as much a
live iioiurs.
"Why not fifty dollars, or ever
inorer .
Iteeanso he knows when the sensor
closes the player will .find him alonr
oiii." uiik ii'giii. ami ouneii ii
hea.L
"Am th"? spectators ever impartia,'
critics?"
"Individually, scMom; collectively.
never.
"Where tlo they get their knowletlg(
oi iaeoaur
"Mostly from tho morning papers."
"What is an 'error' column?
The column in a newspaper devotee
10 nme-uau njwrvs.
'Is the umpire married man?"
"Usuiklly."
"In -which city des his wife re
sult? . "
"My child, let us go anil cut a watermelon."--
Amrrian Fport.
CouMnU Stand It.
lho MnllHTton ami the Ginsley lami-
ii.-- i ii.-iir iivijjuiHjrs. i ney nyi m
the suburbs of Austin. There is. oi
should Ih, a lnnd of unitv let weer
them, for thy are both very slow anc"
deliberate in spending money, lloth ot
the families mentioned keep very fniga
inoir. jir?. luioenon thought i
would be a tine stnke of policy to sen
i . :i i . .. !.. r
hit cuutireii over io ine iiinsjev man
moo. jusi noon, supper ume. ine re
sult w-as entirely satisfactory, for th
nm iimp ine laaies met, ..Mrs. ilulber
ton asked
" Why don't you send your little dears
over io my house every evening.
"I couldn t think of it. Thev com
home hungry as wolves, anil would eal
me out ot house and home if they wer
to keep it up."
There is now a glacial epoch existing
between the two lamilies Texxi Sift.
inj..
Justice Gray, of the United State?
Supreme Coarthas ridden over thre
hundred miles on horseback on consec
utive days this summer withput fa
tigue. As the Judge weighs three hun
dred pounds. Ids horse ho not com
out bo well. Chicago Jcmritf.
m The Germantown Ttltqrajh .
lievcs early autumn to be the propei
time to trim fruit trees.
The nnral Masses In China
A family, C. P., consiotln of piht
pt raon. owns an acre unl n half of
t.mtl. The lanl was bought ly tlie
ramlf.ithcrof the irccnt au".l h:w
icvcr bern MbIiv'.u'J since nor aUlel
:o. Hi pnw.i about. sen-nty binlu-N of
rice ami thirty-live of wheat ami onjo
e rtablc.i and cotton Ih'-Mo, worth
i together in money atout fifty dollar.
II Ka two nephews who work outside
md hrins home something to help, and
I n that way they get alon. Init th'-y
tre very xr. lie pays (ioveniimuit
i land ta" to the extent of one dollar and
, !ifty cent t a car. lie. aad nil hiit
n-ij;lilKrs wear native Mue loth, -puu
' and wove in the family ly the women
. from cotton grown by thcniM lvcs. He
; never wore foreign cotton. The coat
he had on (a well-worn affair) had liccn
made two years prcvioti-lv, and it would
: last two years more. It nerved him at
; night as a coverlet as w'cll as a coat by
J Another family owned four acres odd,
only part of which was Miitahle for rice
j culture. Tln ir inconi"? was about eighty
j liu-hcls of wheat and one hundred and
j fifty of rice, about a fourth of which
tiny could usually nell. They pa:d
i oiii. tliing over thruo dollars a year as
I llovcriiin.'tit land ta. They also grew
I more cotton than they cou'.d u-e, and
j 1I ever' year alont ten dollars worth,
i 1'hey were hctter off than some of their
j in;gi!ors, Imt never waved any money.
I'hey had fifteen mouths to feed.
Th foreg' 'ng cases are given lccauc
Ihey rcprcicnt lairly tlie average
reprcM-ni iainy me average con
llnn 1,0 m n,r:il -in:i. ine
irreater iiumU-r of cultivators iM-loagto
Ihe class of t -nants. Some say the
proMirtion of tenants to peasant propri
etors is as seven to three; others put it
as three to two; but, whether tenant or
proprietor, the. condition of tho cultU
vator is much the same that is it rare
ly rises alove what is just enough for
tlie have necessaries of life. My own
observations hnve lieen mostly confined
to this and adjoining provinces, and I
exclude the cultivators of tea, silk and
ripium, who, growing a commodity
mnn ami more in demand and cosily
transportable, nn in a far better posi
tion than th' ordinary peasant; but
speaking for the greater part of China,
I believe I am not overstating tho ease
in saying that for lho working agricult
ural masses it is a daily hand-to-hand
struggle with want. In a Muvession of
good years they are very comfortable,
Ihey have enough to cat and to wear,
ami they have few other wauts; hut
Mipulation is ever increasing up to the
food limit, and when a bad year or two
comes they die off by hundreds of thou
sands. Two or three causes may readily bo
named as having mainly conduced to
inn nuui: . limits causes which are
generally to Ikj found among Asiatic
races. I he rule prohibiting the devolu
tion of property by will, ami making
division compulsory among nil male
children, tends readily to reduce nil
holdings to a minimum that is, to the
very lowest unantity out of which it is
possible to make a living. Here, a
everywhere else, energy and good luck
raise iiuiivmuais to a imsit:onof wealth.
who may, if Ihey choose, become lar.;
laml-owncrs; Imt in the course of a few
generations this universal equalizer,
ante. i iy the apathy of the ordirnary
i uiiicsf wnen in coinioriaiiie circum
stances, will have reduced things to the
lornier ucail level. Another equally
poieni xacior is the habit of too early
luaiuagcs. i arems ucem it a religious
duty to provide matches for their chil
dren as soon as they are of marriageable
years, and the young people golo the
altar in much the same way as they go
to school in Europe. It never occurs to
Ihem to ask fir-t whether they have Ihe
means to marrv or whether -there will
lie enough to fill tho mouths that may
i'oino afterward. Iht; evil is further
iggravated by the joint family svstoin,
which takes the responsibility oil one's
jwn ihonlders and puis it 'jointly on
mai oi naii-a-iio.en others. When
man Knows that he will irct an final
diaro of w hat is going, whether he earns
it or no, ami that the lieneht of his deny
mg himself nny particular indulgence
win accrue to others as well as himself,
i great motive, for thrift is withdrawn.
In one respect Ihe Chinese peasant is
in a Is'lter position than the Indian
ryot; be is not in debt to money-lenders.
Hut I do not know that that Is a virtue
for which lie is entitled to much crrdil.
."i muic is no ciass oi money-ictiiters
to whom he could get m debt. Indeed,
;iiu hoi Mire mi no is noi inemriv in
less advantageous iosition. for when
nam years come he has no means of
pledging bis property, which, if bo
could,- might save him from sheer
starvation.
It is a melancholy thought, but it
'ins inevitable, both in the case of the
Lhinese and Indian feasant, that the
great i hi ik shonld necessarily 1m in
tate ol constant poverty. The f.MMl
pro luction is limited. A good, stable
Government mav remove m.inv natm-il
checks on the latter, with the object of
improving me condition ol the people
.-..v .i I.- .i. in, ii, ii n mm, is nny real
kindness. It only postpones the inev
itnl.t.. n.,.1 .I-:--. .1 ' .... . ..
Mima iiiciu on io ennuier
.neck all the more tcrnblo beea-is.. de
layed. Emigration and self-restraint,
Ihe only true remedies, are hojH'loss in
lealing with an ignorant population
quilted by hundreds of millions.
twr. I. uwli m Time.
Hie Egjpllan Army.
There exists a considerable diversity
f opinion about tho national character
:f the fellaheen, but on one point alt
suthorities have, been hitherto agreed
I hat the fellah is one of the most nn
warlikc types of mankind and heartily
Ictests military service. Any one who
travels in Egypt during the time of the
conscription must be painfully im
pressed with this fact. In the villages
no may lo often roused at night by a
violent altercation outide, w hich bee-ins
with gruff, bass male voices and culmi
nates in shrill, hyMcrical, falsetto tones.
The first time he is so disturbed he
probably assumes that it is a cose of
burglary or manslaughter, and rushes
out with the intention of supporting
rigorously tho party of law and order!
hut he finds to his disappointment that
it is nothing mon serious than the
capturing of a recruit for the khedivial
truiy; and though it may be mi'.te true,
is the women d -clare. that the villa0
-iieiKU in making the choice of his vic
tim has been influenced by considera
tions of baksheesh, tho arguments pro-
...... pio aim con involve such contra
dictory statements of fact and such
complicated considerations of law and
morais mat as a stranger he can hardly
iei jusuneu in interfering with the
i?tion of the authorities. Iu tho prin
cipal towns, where the recruits are col
ccted. similar scenes take place on a
i.igvr scaie. ine conscripts are
brought into the public .square under an
scort of kavasscs, armed with sticks
nd switches, to be examined, bv the
nietncai ouicerand the military authori
... . ini.u- mem are a goo, i many
representatives of the halt, the maimed
ind the Hind, ami these, after being
separated from the others, are allowed
x return to their homes. Of the re
mainder a few conduct themselves with
the apathetic, dignitied air of the true
Mussulman, but the mVority en
deavor to prove by wordy argu
ments, solemn asseverations, express
lye gestures, or revolting contortions,
that they arc totally unfitted for mili
tary service and, when arguments fail,
importunate entreaties.heart rending ap
peals, or Indignant pnztesU are em
ployed. In vain the kavasses. with the
id of their sticks and switches, en
deavor to keep order and impose si
lence; tho obstinately importunate per
ujtently break from the ranks and have
to be put back into their places by for
till at last a rough assortment has been
made. Those who have no glaring cor
poral defect and who have not succeed
ed in privately conciliating the author
ities are then marched off to prison, to
be kept there until the arrival of the
irain or steamer which is to transport !
il,im in i"o? vi a. I . !
wicm 10 vairo. v nen tno nmmont ..i
departure arrives the most extraordi
nary heartrending scenes are to be wlt
ness 'il. Here it is hot the conscripts,
who appear now resigned to their fate,
but the women, young nnd old, that
jil iy the chief paM. Kach conscript ha
an iron collar round his neck, and by
means of n long chain, whL-h passes
through a nng in the collar, they are
bound together in groups of ten or a
dozen. Around them stand their fe
male relatives, weeping and Wailin"
As the moment of separation approach
es the excitement of the women in
creases, their moans lieeome louder s.nd
their .shrieks more shrill, until, rs the
tra'ii or steamer moves off, there Is a
terrible moment of climax. The. wives.
mothers and sisters sit down on the
ground, throw dust upon their heads,
ejaculate, shriek and gesticulate likr
maniacs, whilo the more excitable, il
not restrained, literally rend their -ar-ments
ami show all the nvint.toms ol
the wildest despair. A spectator igno
rant of the cause of all this excitenieiif
and grief would naturally suppose tliat I
the men in chains had lieen condenincil
to death and wero licing taken to Cairc
to bo executed. t'ai'rw (A'yyf'O Cor.
Lowlun Times.
A St. Louis Melodrama.
A story comes from St. Iouis havni
all the elements of a thrilling melo
drama. A young boardinL'-scliool miss
wanting her watch repaired went to a
small establishment ' near by. There
were two men present, one of whoiUi
apparently the worse for liquor wa
resting his head upon Ihe show-case.
She handed her watch to the other man
standing by. rivinr directions as tc
tat should be done with it. He, ap
parently on purpose, let it fall, break
ing the crystal; but n his piomising tc
mako it good she left it with him and
departed.
Subsequently she returned and asked
for her watch. Th proprietor, whe
proved to be the man whose head waf
resting on tho show-case, denied hav
ing it. The man to whom she handed
it had disappeared, and had not re
turned. The proprietor gave her an
other watch, which she was to keep un
til sho recovered her own. Dissatisfied
with the arrangement, the police wort
called in. Tho proprietor of Ihe stort
insisted thai the watch was not in "lib
possession but had been taken away
by the man to whom the younp
lady handed it. Pressed to ex
plain, he admitted that the missing man
was a friend of his, but that he hac
proved false and treacherous. When
the young woman came to his store
and found him leaning on the show
caso he was nearly insensible. In com
pany with his friend he had been drink
ing a good deal ami subsciucntly he
smoked a cigar with him. The dgat
was drugged. He becalm stupefied,
and while In this state his friend had
not only taken the young lady's watch,
but haij robbed the money-drawer of it
change, the safe of two hundred dol
lars, and his pockets of their contents.
The proprietor awoke next mornina
from his bed in a room adjoining his
shop, and found himself stripped ol
much of Ids properly, with his friem!
Inissing. He has not sen him since.
He made, he said, t he best Reparation ir
his power by giving the young lady
a wetch as valuable intrinsically as
hers, although as it was a memento o
her dead mother, it possciseji a value
which nothing cr.uld replace.
If his explanation is tmc it is as ro
mantic as a play or a story; if untrue,
it does equal justice to an imnginatior
which could invent it so readily. Zv
iroit Free I'rcsn.
Ialy Telegraphers
The otlicc telegrapher of the tiM
sat listening to tiie tick of his instru
ment with a peculiar seraphic smile or
Ids face, when a reporter interruptct
him with the remark: "I'll bet len tc
one t hero's a female operator on the
other end 3f that win, and what h't
rending is a special for you and not foi
tho paper.''
"It is certainly a lady who is send-rc
the message," said tlm telegrapher,
"ami sho is doing it very wcll.'-indccd
There aro many excellent operator
among the women, and though they ear
not do mch hnl work as a man, thej
send Messages in very good shape."
"Are vou sure just who it is that is
sending?"'
Certainly. I can tell as quickly as
I could recognize a friend's hand
writing. Each operator acquires a p
miliar btio of handling; a key, ami there
is not much diflicillty in recognising i
icuder when once his style It knowif tc
you.'
"Where do all the operators come
from?"
"The - city telegraph operators art
supplied mostly by voung men whe
have learned tho business in country
olliccs. In mntr c.asljs the son of "?
country telegrapher learns the art from
lus father in spare moments, and finally
succeeds him in the business. For n
time ho is satisfied with his position,
and the novelty of buzzing' a female
operator in a town thirty miles distant
is very pleasing, but soon he pets tc
talking with city operators over the
wires, and When he finds out what they
are paid ho fo'comcs dissatisfied with hi.,
own little salary of not-to-nothing a
month and find himself, and so desert
his post for the city. These young fel
lows from the country make Very go-xl
operators, for as a rule they begin tc
learn when they are thirteen or fourteen
years old, ami that an operator should
begin young is positively essential to his
success. They say a person can nevet
b a good violinist unless he begin
when a child, and it is much the same
with a telegraph operator. They begin
early and generally leave the buslnes
before they are old; not that they retire
on a fort-une, but they drift out intc
some other occupation," as most of then:
intended to when they first bean tc
handle a key." Boston Ulobc.
A Santlcal Curiosity.
John Crankshaw, Jr., an ingenious
young man of Frankford. has construct
ed a curious little canoe with heavy
muslin and barrel hoops. The craft is
fourteen feet long and twenty inches
wide in the center. The stem and stern
posU are sawed out of pine knee knots,
and tho lateral slips over which the
ribs are fastened are also of pine. The
rest of the little boat is constructed en
tirely of muslin and ordinary Hour bar
nd hoops, the latter being one-quarlei
of an inch apart and Listened to the
lateral slips, which extend from stem
to stem. Over this skeleton the mus
lin, having been thoroughly soaked in
oil, i stretches . Two water tight com
partments are made fore and aft, by
stretching the oil soaked muslin entire
ly over the canoe, thns making a deck
which can not be penetrated by" the wa
ter. The paddler's place contains a
small seat, ami f pa?e enough to clear
the occupant's leg and feet. A lio-bt
board floor keep the latter from knock
ing holes in the craft's muslin bottom.
When the canoe had been completed,
but not painted, it weighed only six
teen pounds, but has since been given
several heavy coats of white lead? and
now weighs thirty-eight pounds. It has
been successfully put to a test, and its
owner, with his double-bladed paddle,
uses it almost every day on tle river.
Philadelphia BeconU .
Modern Sources of Tin MoneT.
There arc hundreds of ladies in tht
:ty of Albany, far removed from no
ressiiy, w ho turn their skill, ingenuity
ind energy to" account in these -esthetic
inies, of whose handiwork little is
iuowri except to themselves, but the
.,-. ...w:u : I 1
rotit on which is a very handsome
MMiny," said a gentleman whose rcla
ions with nn enterprise in this city
itakes a large amount of information
ivailnble to him. "I have means of in
.irmin myself regarding the extent of
h's thing, and have been surprised to
ind it general a praclio ., Ten year3
igo a lady who worked with her hands
.votild be fmwrted down in society.
Sow many ladies cultivate some of the
ine arts for no other purpose in the
.vorld than to replenish their purses by
he employment of leisure time. P:int
ngaud embroidery an? the most popular
forms of art work, chiclly perhaps, bc
ause anything good in these Jibes par
iculftrly that created by the needle,
inds ready sale at good round prices.
The decoration of menu cants anil
;hina is also a remunerative occupation,
yielding excellent nay for line work.
The art rooms of ltoston. New York,
Philadelphia and our own city accept
.lies' products ort commission. I under
stand that a young lady living in Al
bany wields orie of the daintiest brushes
n aPl,,.v'n colors to menu cards
-he
lisposes of all her work in New York,
l.y means of tho Decorative Art Kooms.
cveral ladies not only do embroidery
for sale, but one or two of the. deftest
jive lessons In the art, and get a nic
return for teaching others what they
know It sounds odd. but some of the
nicest people in AH any sell their handi
work. They do it occasionally as a
gratification of their pride, to convince
themselves that if put to it they could
arn their own living. These are what
arc railed in polite circles aristocratic
arts.'
"Is not Ihe prevalence of the custom
Tatal to its probable continuance?"
It is Very apt to be. that is true, but
within a year a new art has been devel
oped calculated to relieve the pressure
on the embroidery and painting busi
ness. High art has been intndueed into
the preservation of fruits and the baking
:f cakes and sweetmeats. This, too, has
become a popular employment with
people who ere, nblc to ficqltiri1 the skill
llccOssary. At the various art rooms
now you will lind canned fruit and fancy
hake'stuffs on exhibition, made by ladies
for the most part who do it to employ
their leisure time. These g ods com
mand Ihe highest prices, being bought
lit rates which dealers in the stores
would not dare to ask. The ill-success
of so many people in making their pre
serves makes this business supply some,
thing of a want. Cake-baking, ttvo, is
an equally profitable venture. I see
advertiseif in the Albany papers the
wares of a lady resident in u ity iff
Central New Yorki W ho supplies cakes
to .a vast number of customers. She
made herself famous by baking what is
sailed 'Angel's Food.1 She is a mem
ber of a family who were once immense
ly wealthy, but are now reduced to
straitened circumstances. Her business
is worth five thousand dollars a year to
her at present, and is growing all the
lime. Another case is that of a lady
who puts up canned fruits, She is tlie
.laughter of an ex-CoMgressman, and is
married 10 the son of the e real est diplo
mat America has produced iii recent
cars. There is no iiced of her apply
ing her pkill in this manner, but she
w as induced to ruakc a 1 tlsiness of what
was a pastime by the urgent solicitat:on
of friends who ate her preserves; She
now geta very handsome rcvetnnJ from
the work." Albany Journal.
The Weight of Great Men.
A curious letter is just brought to
light by the Bangor (Me.) IlVy ami
i.'onriir, in wHcH i fceorded Iht
weight vA ferlain revolutionary officers.
Who were together at West Point ahum
dreibyears agof The letter was written
by Joseph May to General David Cobb,
of Revolutionary fame, and is hs fol
lows :
TIoston, All trust jl, is-JO.
lion, rinvt.l oUK ;iu:.1stom.is:h:
My Dear lienr-rat: Vmir teller of" 2s:t
March, written when conflncilto your luuisf
by iii'lisposiiion, mjU mi, for a moment, fei
unhappy 'twin puintiil tint 1 have loo inuet
iesK't-t for y.i t' iiutiiV weak tears, when J
s' you nassintr the nllottiM limit of Inimnr
life: ami tho' you tlml nomo "labor ami sor
row"; Hint ttio' ' the Hocks ami the hcnls nITiiri
less pleasure tlinn formerly" yt. ynii rejoice
lit th vct'iiul Miil-y.nl lire etieere'l by tin
Vive. of rrioiiilshi)!. ami wle-n not excreiscc
by ili'tli.11 paht. your t'Ki nTrH hiirh rnv
p'.Oyiiif m and cnjoyiiimr, wliieh tlie strana-ei
Int. rim ilil lee not with. We ure ninreliinir to
Ii IksI-.t country, my dear liCucral, who-,
nfter a well-spent life, we juay ho; n,?aui ic.
associate with t lie wise uml po-xl w hom w
have known here where Hii.l h w it is to bo
1 am not anxious to know; certain of this, it
will Ik the ttttest niul lust that infinite wis
ilom nn 1 infinite iroolnes can proviite.
Mir fnenil Hayes has lately v isitcl us. He
Ppoke of you repeatedly as of a mnn whom he
loved and respecti'd. Lookintr tojrether ovn
sumo papers in e.cnernl Jackson's pocket
bonk wp found a euriou" paper, f which
(five you a copvi
Wiifhetl at the sea'Cs at Westpoint, 19 Au
Cii"t. 17SS:
Jeneral Washington 2r.l pounds.
(ieneral Linen'n pounds.
fienernl Knox 2S0 pounds.
fit neral Hun'.inirton 1: pounds.
fieneral fireattm l'W pounds.
Colonel Swift--;iu pounds.
Colonel M. Jackson -5 1 ounds.
t'olimel II. Jclison-'i:iO peundSi
1 .ii-ut cimnt-t 'oltinel 1 1 u n t injrton pound.s
I.ieutenant-t'o'oncl Cobb lsi pounds.
I.ieut'.-tiiint-e'olonel llunnlirl..s "Ml p Hinds
1 send you n couple oT pamphlets which inaj
amuse you.
our.i, affectionately, dear Cencnil,
J. Mat.
How to Travel Wilhout a Ticket.
A Traveler' Writes In Lomton
Truth: "Perhaps the following story
may be interesting to. some of yout
readers, if they ever should bo undci
the necessity of traveling without a
ticket: The other daj-, on the Rail
way, a man got into one of the car
riages and presently began talking tc
a follow-passenger. Atter a time hr
asked the gentleman if - he had heard
the story about how a man traveled
without a ticket. Thd gentleman said
he had not; so the Man asked him tc
lend him his ticket, that he might show
him how it was done, and began fid
dling about with it, but pretended that
tlie story had suddenly slipped out ol
his bead, but that he would be sure tc
icmember it soon. After a time the
train got near Ixmdon, and as the man
still could not remember the storv he
returned the gentleman his ticket. This
struck the gentleman as being very cu
rious, and so he watched the man.
When tho man got to the barrier and
was asked for his ticket he said he had
given it up, but the ticket-collector de
nied it, and after a good deal of alter
cation the man pulled some silver out
of his pocket and was about to pay foi
his fare when hesnddenly said (prodtic
jng a small piece of ticket) that he could
prove that he had given up his ticket,
because he rememterd playing about
with it in the train and tearing off a
?mall piece, and that if the ticket-col-lctor
looked he would find a ticket
with the piece torn ofl. On looking the
ticket-collector found a ticket with a
piece torn oft. and of course immedi
ately begged the man a thousand par
dons."' A correspondent of thePhiladelph'a
Wm, noting the sudden rise and rapid
ZTOwth of towns along the line of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, says: "Ten
years ago there was hardly a hut on the
long line through Dakota, The great
majority of settlers came on the "rail
road, not as the first pioneers. The
pioneers of to-day cross the Alleghanies
and the Valley of the Mississippi with
ill their Eastern civilization as thor
Dughly developed as at home. The la
dies dress in the fashion of the day.
I heir china ware and glassware are fine,
nd they eat with silver forks. Some
piano-fortes have already arrived, and
others are ooxaing.' -
TERSOXAL AM) LITERARY.
General McClcllan will hereafter
ivo in Washington.
Henry Phillips, aged sixty-two, and
tlattie Olmstcad, aged fifteen, were
uarried at Greig, N.Y., recently.
George Alfred Townsend has writ
n a novel, "The Entailed Hat,"
arh'ich tho llarpcrs liave accepted.
Spurgeon, the famous London min
i'.er, has but two children twin . sons
- and they arc both Baptist clergymen.
--Will Carlcton has written a poem
)n a mortgage. It is easier to poem a
nortage than to mortgage a poem
Uhtea'jo Inter Ocean.
Bartholomew Tarn?) of Bath.
Stent cn County, New York, signalized
ais one hundredth birthday the other
lay by walking three miles.
M'ss Maud Banks, daughter ol
General N P. Banks, goes on the plat
!orm this season as an elocutionist. She
a as lieen studying in Europe.
Mr. W. I". Howclls lho novelist, is
forty six years old. He loves quiet and
tmnie and shuns society ana ncio sporu.
His revised and interlined proofs "are a
terror to tho printers. A. Y. Xetos.
Mr. Walker, tho colored lawyer
niKinted by Governor Butler to the
bench of the Charlestown City Court, is
a Woman Catholi belongs to the choir
:f St. Vihceilt Church, and has A whito
Wife.Z'o.sftm Ist,
Dr. Mary Walker must find some
compensation for the slings and arrows
i)f outrageous fortune in the 2(M0 left
her by the w'd; of an eccentric Massa
L'huse'tts man who died the other dayi-
Indianapolis Journal.
It is reported that throughout ono
nf his books John Money insisted upon
printing the nam? of the Deity without
a t'anitab whereupon ono of his review
er's published his Critique with frequent
mention of tho autuor as "mr. john
money "
The first newsboy who ever sold
5ojvy of the New ork Sun in the
streets of New York became fauiotts!
ind rich. lie was ten 3-cars old, anil
from Cork. His name was Bernard
Flaherty, but he was afterward known
as Barney Williams, tho comdian.
Julius Nathan, a member of tho
New York Stock Ex"hangc. has had his
nanlo changed to Jnlitts Newton. Ho
litis done this because, as stated, many
people abroad wanted to know if he was
111 any way re;aicu to iue Hainan iam
ily, that was made unfortunately con
spicuous by the death of the late Benja
min Nathan. A. i. Iimc-Oi
HUMOROUS.
In Bordello phraseology: ' What
has went" with all tho cooking clubs?
If brevity is the soul of wit, there
is a good deal of fiin iii a dudes coat
tail. Curl rtftzfl s It vekhj.
"Why are vou so distant?" saitt
tramp to a beefsteak in the restaurant
window." Chicago Herald.
It has been suggested that a fitting
ppitah for Captain Webb would be: "He
was not a favorite in the pools. ' Mer
chant traveller.
"What are you writing such a big
hand for, Pat?" "Why, you see, my
ypMidntoLher' drtto, and 1 m writing it
loiid let t her to her.' Detroit I'osL
Miss Kate Field believes in hot
water as a cure for dyspepsia. Well
yfs. You let a man get into hot
water lind he'll ft.rget all about dys
pepsia; Boston i osti
VV hat is that is It a circus acrd
bat? Oh, no, my soiij thai is a mail
w ho is kicking himself. What niaki
the man kick himself? He has been tc
a masiiueradc party and flirted with
his wife all the evening. Toronl
Grip.
An attorney, about lo furnish abil
nf co-Is, w'as requested by his client,
baker", ,tb makiJ it as light Its possible
"Ah!" replied the attorney, "that1
what you may say to your foreman, bul
it s not the way 1 make my bread.
X. Y. (Jrajiliii:
'Come here, Matilda, and ke'Ci
these quinces frMm burlibtg while I gc
nnd make up the bells;" said ah indul
gent mother who had been stirring the
boiling fruit for some minutes while
her daughter stood idly considering the
lily anil the sunflower in the front yard
'Ni, mother, I shan't stir," replied the
languid maiden, who had recently been
reading evcr some Pccond-liand puns in
nn ancient almanac; 1 onkcr s Stales
man.
The Professor, from his ofiicia
chair "We who ourselves dedicate to a
noble" Career fiitd necessary .o the com
plete fulfillment of our mission it lsrg
development of the body, as well as a
powerful unfolding of the intellect. Oui
duties are laborous and painful.. W
niu-t accustom enuselves to perform
them without helps extraneous r arti
fieial. Tho good engineer, like the
skillfill mariner, must be able to shave
himself in the dark without a looking
glass." A pupil "But. if jn the dark
Low might a looking-glass aid him?'"
The Professor "Silt nee the mouth, sir.
You come here to learn." Citi of Mcx
ico Monitor.
A Joke on a Thief
There was a man on the State Fait
"rounds vesterdav who was so tickled
that he set a dozen people round him tc
laughing, and when asked the cau-c of
his merriment it was some time before
he could answer:
Such a joke it nearly kills mo!"
"A joke on whom?"
"On a Unci a pickpocket. 1 cat
irst imagine his ha! ha! ha! feci
ings!'
How was it?"
'Well, vou see, I brought fifty elol
lars here with me. About an hour ag
a stranger asked . mo to change
twenty-lonar-l'.ll for nun, ami in so
doimr" he must , have seen how mud:
money I had. In fact, I mentioned th
sum to him, and I took notice be
Watched where I put mv wallet. I felt
sure he was ft thief, anif I determined to
givehimalittlesurpri.se ha! ha! ha!"
"Did you have him arrested on sus-
picion?" '
Arrested! No! But I fixed a plan
to take him elown a little. He took me
for a greeny, and I wanted him to find
out that I "had my eyes open. Well,
sir ha! ha! ha!" and he laughed un
til the tears came.
"How did you do it?"
"Why, I slipped anwnd in the crowd,
look the money emt of my wallet and
shoved it down my boot-leg, ami then
went back and rubbed around him. 1
Cretcnded to be gawping arenind like a
aysced, and pretty soon we got into a
jam. Then the chap presseel me hard
and lifted my old wallet and dug out
like a flash, lie thought he had that
fifty dollars, sure, and how his jaw
must have dropped when he found ha!
ha! ha! when be oh! but I'd have
given ten dollars to see it!"'
"Was there nothing in the wallet?"
asked a man with a squeaky voice.
"Why, of course !"
His grin died away all of a sudden,
his eves began to bulge out and in a
minute his chin cmildn't keep still. He
looked around in a dazed way. and
when the question was repeated he
slowly replied:
"I had a mortgage and six hundred
dollars worth of notes in there and for
got to take 'em out! Where are the
police?"
Everybody laughed and laughed, and
one man fell down and choked and
kicked in bis delight, but the par y who
had saved his fifty dollars never et en
smiled. He amply grew pale and
breathed hard and glared around h'm
until a friend otTeredto take hira out to
the cattle pens and kick him four hun
dred times Detroit Free Fress,
Our Young Readers.
THE CAT AND THE ROB IX.
j is Ptissy sat on tho lowest bough
Of a waving hickory tret.
Whisperitur softly: " I'll have you now,
You srtty little robin, you'll see!
Th old hcu watches her chicks thirteen.
And has such a fearful way
Of Hv-hk at one, that I haven't eeca
A Pit o fresh meat to-day."
But Master Robin twtttora away.
As she srealtirly creeps atoinr.
Join tnjr in as the thrush and Jay.
Chirrup a mornluj; son-f.
Glancing sidewise once and ajraln
eut of his saucy eye.
As if to say: " You will cnt -h mo. then?,,
Well, madam, suppose you try!" .
I hare four lej?s." Bald Pussy Cat,
And you. sir, liave only two;
I have sharp claws, depend on that.
And they 11 tret the better of yoil;
I'm stronjier. too. thnn a dozen birds
book nowl and sho quickly springs;
Cut the robin laughed as he soared away
lla! ha! butjou liave no winrs,"
Yimth'a Comjtanton.
a Wonderful tree.
Mamma," said little Robbio Wood,
5tto elay, at the dinner-table, "how does
Dutter growr'
Oh, ho!" cried out his brother Har
ry, before mamma could answer; "what
goose you are, liobl butter don t
rrow.
Mamma looked across the table and
jaw.it little Hi) quivenna, for Robbie
hated to be laughed at. Harry saw it,
too, anil was sorry.
"No matter, Rob." said ho: "I had
oo business to laugh at you; but it was
such a funny idea ; ' and Harry had
hard work to keep bacK. another shout.
"1 suppose you would think.it was
very funny," said mamma, putting
some milk into her cup of tea, "if
told you that there Is a country
w here the people get milk from trees'
The great tears in Robbie's eyes for
got to roll out, ami Harry stared at his
mother to see if she. was joking.
"It is true," said she.
'Now, mamma," said Harry, in a
very coaxing teme, "yem are. going to
tell us about it, aren't you f It will
make silch a splendid story'
"I haven't time now," iilamma said;
"but come to me after" supper ami you
shall hear it1
The boys went out to play that after
noon, ami perhaps you think they forgot
all about tin story; but they didn't do
any such thing, and just as soon as sup
per was eivcr, and mamma bail taken
her so wine- and sat elowu to the table,
the bovs orought their chaxs and sat
down in front of her.
"Now, mamma, for the story'
"Well' began mamma. Some way
or oilier all mamma's stories began
w ith "well." The boys lind b'arned to
like it very much. It was like stiicllhift
hot ginger-broad when they went into
the kitchen; they always knew then that
mamma would give them a pic; o. So
when tihuniria began a story with
" wi 11," thej- knew something iiico was
comingi
"Well' said mamma, "far away
from here so far awity that, people go
in ships, tossing up ami tlowil on tno
waves "
' That must be great fun. I'd like to
go," sa:d Harry.
"Don't talk, Harry," said Robbie,
with hi- eyes on mamma's face.
' So far away' continued mamma-
"that very few travelers go there,
there is a country very dillerent from
ours. There is never any e-old weather
never any snow or ice. There are Won
tlcrful tilings there. The lishes are of
lovely eolors, blue ami yellow and or
ailge and red; you can see them shining
far down in the clear water. There are
sharks, afid alligators, and crocodile",
too. and they arc not lovely at all."
Don't they eat people sometimes?"
asked Harry.
"Sometimes," said mamma.
Rob looked frightened, and mamma
hurried on.
"But the birds are even more beauti
f til fh.'iu the lish s, stme of Ihem are as
white as snoW, ami sonte of them are
as pink as baby's checks, am! somo ef
them have bright red wings; s!?me of
them are green and gold, with lovely
drooping tail-feathers a yard long. One
of ihem has a cry that sounds just like
rt child In trouble it would make you
sad to licar it; and there- U erne that has
a spur as sharp as steel tihrlur his wing4
so he can tight his enemies. Tliefe are'
a great many gay little humming-birds
that lly in and out among the trees, and
everywhere green and purple dr.igon
flies dart about in the bushes.
'Btlt the plants ami trees aro tho
most wonderful of iilb Th n- is a How
cr called lho fever llower, bccilurc til
certain times in the day it gives out
heat; ami there is a plant called the
pitcher plant, because its leaves are
folded up into little greeu pitchers that
hold water. Oi:C of Iht' plants has a
very big flower that jii.st before it blos
soms looks like a swan held by its bill,
but when it is all epcn it turns into ft
liberty-cap with a violet lining. The
vines climb 'way up to the tops of the
tall trees and blossom there; and ferns,
that grow close to tho ground here,
grow there till tluy art! as high as trees.
You would like to "go to walk there and
see the strange trees: cofl'ec-trecs, with
shining evergreen leaves, and little
white flowers, very sweet to smell: cocoa-trees,
very tall and straight, with a
cluster of leaves nt the top great
leaves twenty feet long; and orange
trees, with loaves ami blossoms and
green and ripe oranges all on the Ire;
at once. But I think you would like
best of all to see the cow-tree only
you would have to climb up very high,
for it likes to live on high pia;es.""
"1 wouldn't mind that," said Rob
bie; "I can climb."
"(Jucssyou would get tired," said
Harry.
"No, I wouldn't, either," said Rob
bie. "Would I, mamma?"
"If you lived down in the valley, it
would bo a long walk." said mamma;
" for tht se trees grow 'way up on the
sides of tho mountains. "Sometimes it
ilocsn't rain in that part of the country
for weeks, and weeks, unit months, anil
the leaves eiroop, and the poer eow-trees
look as if they were dead; but if you
were to cut a little place in the trunk, of
e-nc ef them, what do you think would
?ome out? Nice,' sweet milk!"
"Is it jnt Bke cow's milk?" asked
Harry.
"Not just exactly like it," said mam
ma, "but almost like it,, and jut as
good to drink. You would think so if
you could see the little boys and girls
there drink it Tht: milk runs fastest
at suurise. and so when the sun rises
:ver the mountains the people come,
men, and women, and children, 'with
their bowls in their hands, to get tho
milk. They only have to hold the bowl
close to the" tree, and the little white
stream soon fills it. If they like, they
can set it away when they get home,
and in a little while it will turn thick
like cream'
" W bat a wonderful tree!" said
Robbie. " Does it look like any com
mon tree?"
" Yes," said mamma: only it is
very tall a great deal taller than any
of the trees here. It has beautiful dark
(rrei'Ti lenves. nointed at the end. and
; longer than my band; and tiny little
flowers, and s mall round fruit with a
little leaf on the top like a cap."
"But, mamma," said Harry, "you
haven't told us where the country is
where all these strange things are."
It's among the Cordilleras, on the
coast of Caracas." answered mamma.
But 1 don't know any better now,"
aid Harry. " I never heard of that
place before."
" I know it said mamma, smiling;
but you can take papa's big atlas to
morrow and find It.
'Oh, please tell us now," begged
Robbie.
But mamma only shook, her head and
j ixniid. agaisi.
That's iust like rou mamma, said
Harry.' You always leave something
for us to find out for ourselves, ana j
like it. Rob and I will have a good
time to-morrow hunting up that place.
'Very well," said mamma, "rnow
scamper to bod, mue men. mrs.
Larbce, tn Cimstian union.
A Tiny Sheep
The very smallest of all tho kinds oi
sheep Is the tiny Breton sheep. It ' is
too small to be very profitable to raise;
for, of course, it can not have muck
wool, and as for eating, why, a hungry
man could almost eat a whole one at s
meal. It is so small when full-grown
that It can hido behind a good-sized
bucket. It takes its name from th
particular part of France where it is
most raised.
But if not a profitable sheep, it is a
dear little creature for a pet, for it is
very gcntlo and loving, and, because it
is so small, is not such a nuisance about
the house as was -the celebrated lamb
which belongetl to a little girl named
Mary. It would need to Ihj a very
large little girl a giant girl, indeed
who could take an ordinary sheep in
her lap and cuddle it there; ti.it any lit
tle girl could lind room in her lap for a
Breton sheep quite as easily as for one
of those very ugly little elogs called by
the ugly name of pug.
One of this little creature's peculiari
ties is its extreme sj-mpathy with the
feelings ot us human friends, when it
has been brought up as a pet in the
house, ami has learned to ebstinguish
between happiness and unhappiness. II
any person whom it likes a great eleal
is very much pleased about anything,
and shows it by latighiug,the little sheep
will frisk about with every sign of joy;
but if, on the contrary, tlie person she'd
tears, the sympathetic friend w ill evince
its sorrow in nn equally unmistakable
way. A kind worel ami a loving caress
will also HU it with happiness, while a1
cross word or harsh gesture will cause
it evident distress.-John It. Coryell in
St. Xieholas
' How He Wan Caught
" When I was a boy," saiel an old
man, "we bad a school-master who bad
an odd w ay of catching the idle boys.
One elay he calleel out to us: 'Boys, I
must have closer attention to yoiti
books. Tho first erne that sees anothei
idle I want you to inform me and I will
attend to the case' ,'
" Ah," thought I to myself, " there is
Joe Simmons that I don't like. I'll
watch him, and if I see him look oil' his
book. I'll tell. It was not long before
I saw Joe look off his btwk, and inline
eliately informed the master.
"Indeed," said he, "how did yeu
know he was idle?"
" 1 saw him," said I.
" You elitl? And were your eyes cn
your book when you saw him?"
" I was caught, ami I never watched
for idle boys again."
If we are stillicicutly watchful over
our own conduct, we shall have nc
time to lind fault with the conduct ol
others.
Timber and Houses In Skje.
Throughout the isles timber is a rare
nnd jirccious artie-le, inest frequently
the gift of ocean. The man who se
cures a good log ef elriftwexiel has olh
taindd a prize Worth having. It may
have been ft brave old tree, tempest
torn from its home In omc distant for
est, carried to the sea Iry rushing tor
rents, and perchance tossed by the
waves and wafted to and fro by many a
current, ore it drifted to its rest on these
far isles, Or It may be the mast oi
spars, or perchance tho cargo of sonic
wrecked vessel whatever its story it it
treasul'tMrote, ami most eleeply valued.
Though inertisfcd with barnacles 01
riddled by pholades it can all be f urneei
to good account; the smallest piece wili
ll):ke a stool or a settle, eir a box, ei
part of ft door? while large timliers be
come rafters precious heirlooms, for t
voting coliplo can not wed till they have
aeeuirtilhiled enough rafters to supiovt
their thatch, atld hoilld ihey have oc
casion to "flit," the Only part of I hei l
bothy that commands any pecuniary
compensation is the roof, not the wooc
werk only, but also the heavy that 1
salurafod with thick greasy peat-rcelf
(in other words with ft (hick coating o:
soot). Till-, when broken up, forms 8
valuable manure for the unfertile croft
Poor, indeed, aro many of these isl
and homes, generally e-ori.sistnif only d
I wo rooms: an outer byre for the eattl
rind n inner room for the family; ant:
until recent years all such bothies hat"
a lire-place m tile Middle eif the floor,
round which the whole: family mlgb
gather ami cpually share its comfort
But now most house's have the fire-plac
at one end of the house, and though th
smoCe generally contrives to wonder a'
will among the rafters (forming a blu
haze stiligitt to the unaceustoraeei
eyes, and at last resolving itself into the
rich browns so eloaf to the artistic
mind), it dews sometimes lind a wide,
open chimney prermreel for its escape
But mor frequently a hole in, the thatct
is the ofily means of egress, a lude ier
haps crowned with an old herring-barrel
in lieu of ; chimney-can; this, how
ever, is an elegant superfluity, to whict
few aspire. All, however, must take
the precaution of tying on their 'rooff
With a network of ropes, and weight
them with largo stones, in order to re
sist the wild gtists of wind, which would
carry off any ordinary cottage rewif.
As a general rule these liothios an
too wretched to be even picturesque,
yet here and there. I recall erne, which,
bappilv rendered- on canvas, mighi
yield to the artist more gold than tin
inmate's ef the hut could hope to ears
in all their lives, Temple Bar. -
Death of a Baby Orang-Otilang.
Kiltie, the seven-months -old orang
outang of the museum in Arch street
died at an early hour yesterday morn
ing. She had wen ailing almost sinci
Her maternal parent, se.'ing that th'
was sick, tried to cure her by beating
her about the head and swinging hei
around the cage to such an extent that
hey hail to be separated. She and
Tommy" were therefore put In a
compartment by themselves, but th
devoted brother, with almost human
sagacity, discovered very soon that sh
was defenseless, and sjent his vacation
slapping her face and hitting her .with
a stick that ho wrenched from a board.
When he tired of this bo would stand
her on her head and hold her by th
hels, a proceeding that did not con
duce to her good health. Finally shf
was placed in a small box by herself,
where she lay in a little bed lookina
very miserable. A phyrician visited
her daily, administering nauseoui
drugs, which she swallowed with an
gelic composure. Her diet consisted
almost entirely of beef tea. Orang
outangs in this country usually die
sooner or later of consumption, and
f igns of that disease were looked for,
but not found.
When Kittie had ' breathed her last,'
the remains were taken to the Jefferson
Medical College and handed over.te
Professor Henry C. Chapman for post
raertm examination. He discovered
quite a deep abscess on the side and
under the surface of the tongue, which
bad caused death. The heart and lunei
were perfectly healthv, resembling
those of a child, as did the brain,
which was large and well developed.
It is said that Kitty got the abscess on
ber tongue through trying to talk.
Philadelphia Press.
If a bicycle rider wanta to be very
aesthetic he wears an olive green suit
and attaches a music-box to his wheel