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Ill- CHARLES EDWARD BARNES.
The royal Malay tifrer is no peutle
man. If be were, the following would .
never have been told.
Punda-Tsanjf was an innkeeper. He
was sole proprietor of the ISallawari
l)ak, which is a very bit name for a
very small native hotel about sixty miles
north of Tenantf, and on the high road
to the hunting steppes of the Uukit, or
hill country. The quaint little hospice
clung to the mountain side like a
swallow's nest, high over the jungle-iH-dded
Sungvi, whose foaming, crash
ing torrents came down from the upjier
mountains like an endless charge of
vhite cavalry to the sea. l'unda
was a good sort of a Malay, w hich
means a bad sort of anything else.
That is, he would plunder only on the
securest principles, and never tjuarrel
wilh a bigger man nor a better armed
one than he. In this he differed from
other Malays, who would plunder and
!.nife ujion no principle or provocuion
whatever, if they thought there was a
ten-anna piece in the job.
P.ut a deeper reading of this prosier
ons lioniface of the jungles revealed the
fact that he was capable of love yes.
even a tender, human affection; and
that little Iali, his five-year-old daugh
ter, was the object of a worship in his
heart even more fervent than that
which he In'stowed uion the five home
made clay gods lefore which, in a dark
corner of the dak, he burned a vast deal
of ill-smelling-punk. The second year
of Tsang's married life had hardly le
gun when his beautiful wife was bitten
by a yellow viper while gathering heal
ing herbs down in the valley. When
they found the poor creature she was
dying1 with a little newborn babe in
her arms. This calamity the bereaved
huKiKtnd regarded as a direct visitation
of the clay gods in the corner; only the
ilty lie fore he had robbed a Kling hunt
er of his rille, leaving the poor fellow to
make his way unarmed down to the sea.
w here he ran upon a pair of half-starved
kukangs, a vicious species of Malay
ohitnpanezec. in fleeing from which he
fell over a cliff and was dashed to pieces.
One tlay two British naval officers
stopped at the dak on their way dow n
front a hunt in the hill country. We
w ere seated under the palms In-fore the
bungalow after tiffin, smoking cher
oots, while I listened to their exploits
with interest. Suddenly four native
Malays approached, wheeling a live
tiger in a clumsy wooden cage, anil
halted before the dak. They were go
ing to dispose of him to a naturalist
down on the coast, who had a method
of killing and stuffiing animals by
v which the. marvelous luster of their
skins was preserved. The forest king
was certainly a magnificent specimen.
I f you have never seen a live tiger fresh
from the jungles, take my word for it,
the ordinary caged tiger at the Zoo is
as much like the former as canned
strawberries are like the fresh, lustrous
fruit of June. The Englishmen evi
dently thought so, too. as they con
eluded to buy him, and swear that they
had' captured him, and then to present
the Wast to the London Zoo. Thej
liought the animal for 40 Mexican dol
lars, sent the natives back rejoicing
and started down towards the coast,
while Punda-Tsang, not contented with
exacting 50 tier cent, commission
from the poor fellow s for using his dak
for a tiger mart, committed the mean
est act of his life. He slyly sawed one
of the cage bars nearly through in four
pliiees. Then he went to work plan
ning to waylay the tiger on his way
Lack to his haunts after he should
break loose, which he knew would hap
ien lefore the Englishmen could get
many miles down the valley. He quiet
ly pursued his planning until late that
night, when he heard upon gotnl au
thority that, the tiger had broken jail
ami nearly killed one of his owners.
Here we reach the illustration of the
first-mentioned fact, of which Tsang
was teady to take advantage that the
Malay tiger is no gentleman. He knew
I hat the least will never walk up
leisurely and take his bite like a smooth
;inI oily clubman at a free lunch, but
that the very instant that he smells
blood he wiil drop flat, and even if the
feast is a mile away will begin a slow,
creeping journey towards it, wasting
hours perhaps, and working tip a ter
rific hunger in the meantime. When
he has approached within 20 feet of the
prize, quiering with desire and terri
ble with greed, he will leap into the air
like a cannon ball and plunge down
"upon his victim. Punda-Tsang knew
all this; so he dug a pit ilown the valley,
constructed a network of brandies over
it and laid the quarter of a bullock upon
it. Then he waited for the tiger to
scent the blood and make his slow,
crawling journey, knowing that when
he made the. grand 20-foot leap he
won hi go crashing through the net
work into the pit lelow. Then Tsang
planned he would starve the beast, let
down a cage baited with more fresh
neat, and sliding the. bars from alove
haul the captured tiger out and sell
him over again. All of this might have
hapiieiied, but it didn't. Events some
what stranger and more terrible for
Punda-Tsang interfered, doubtless as
another direct visitation of the ven
geance of the little clay gods in the
bungalow corner, half concealed in
clouds of punk smoke.
As little Iali was the innkeeper's con
staut solace and companion, she went
with him to the pit digging, her father
explaining to her the manner of cap
turing the "four-footed jungle god,
which facts, instead of frightening the
child, only helped to increase the
stock of her play gods and demons
which she molded deftly from the red
clay of the ravine. With the appear
ance of the new moon, that mascot of
the orientals, the pit was baited. For
two days nothing was heard of the
tiger, and Punda-Tsang began to fear
that he had gone back to the hills by
oiiother route.
On the afternoon of the third day
I sat on the dill's edge, watching the
mists rise from the roaring river bot
tom, a phenomenon which always ac
companies the closing day. Suddenly
there was a great shuffling of sandals
about the compound, and 1 knew some
thing extraordinary was taking place.
1 turned quickly; the big form of Punda-Tsang,
the innkeeper, burst upon
uie suddenly, his flat face as pallid as a
demon's, ferocious, but with the
ferocity of nameless fear.
"Iali!" cried he, hoarsely. "Have
you seen Iali?"
"To!" I replied, almost in a whisper.
He did not wait, but sjied towards the
so-called bullock shells, which were re
ally caves cut in the solid rock beyond
the dak. I had lecome attached to
the child, whose marvelous beauty had
charmed, and whose weird ways mysti
fied me. Hut I had never been alone
with her, knowing that any accident
hapjxning to Iali while in my keeping
would result seriously for me tM-rhnps
cost me my life. The coolies were Hy
ing hither and thither, making the air
ring with their loud wails. Such agi
tation on the part of these vugaltonds
roused me to a realization of the child's
danger. Suddenly I turned my eyes
and thoughts in the direction of the ra
vine where the tiger trap lay. I re
called vividly the child's interest in the
"jungle got!" who was to le raptured
in the deep pit; and, knowing the lit
tle ereature's absolute fearlessness,
thought that., acting Uton some child
ish impulse, she might have strayed
down the narrow path to the pit.
Meanwhile the wailing about me in
creased. The distance to that tiger pit seemed
to le doubled, and the time that elapse
lefore reaching it everlasting. The
crackling of the leaves and tw igson the
moss iM-ncath my feet added to my trejr
idations. Almost U-fore I realized it
I had reached the big trap and then
halted short, thrilled by the sound of
something human. I looked up.
Through the deepening mists and in
tervening lKughs I saw the little child
figure of Iali creeping out utMu the
withered branches over the pit. For
the instant I had no jowcr to move, nor
dared I speak, lest, overcome with sud
den fright, the frail little one might lose
her foothold. Suddenly a new horror
disclosed itself. What were those two
glaring, cold, yet fiery mints just le
yond the pit. burning their way through
the shadows? My Cod It was the
tiger, lie was lying flat on the ground,
eouchant, paws extended, quivering,
ready for the fatal spring.
In moments like these one's reason
ing Kwers become superhuman. I
saw that in all probability either Iali
or I was to e sacrificed; which one de
jiended entirely ujion the caprice of the
wild Wast. I had heard that the calm,
steady, fearlessstareof a human is more
terrifying to wild animals than guns
that kill. On the instant I resolved to
practice it; it was my only expedient.
So 1 stared at those two coldly bright
and glowing points of light like a mad
man, without a quiver, without a doubt.
Suddenly 1 saw the little figure waver
on the dead branches over the mouth of
the pit, and then oh, horrors! with a
weak cry Kor little Iali had lost her
foot hold and slipped slowly through the
yielding boughs into t he cave W'tieath.
For a moment all was silent. Then I
heard her childish prattle. The soft
sand had broken Tali's fall and saved her
life, while 1 was brought face to face
with the most awful problem of my life.
For what seemed hours I stood like a
pillar of stone, the sweat jiouringdown
my neck, my tongue hot and parched.
One show of fear would, I knew, W fatal.
The "jungle gods" are keen, like
demons, measuring strength with man.
How long could I keep up this madden
ing strain? how long force ujoii the
king Wast this illusion of my superior
will?
Suddenly, as I stood like one in a
trance, facing this growing problem, I
was conscious of a stir in the reeds and
underbrush at my right hand. Though
the sound caused me to tremble, I dared
not take my eyes from the crouching
monster Wyond. The next instant, a
strange, huge shaiiecrept stealthily out
of the underwood, and advanced into
the clearing toward the pit a jionder
ous black monster with the body of si
lieast, but lifting through the grass the
head and shoulders of a human colos
sus. It wasa mammoth orang-otitang!
The tiger .crouched lower. Ht
scemed to W as nonplussed, as st until
by the intrusion of this huge interlojxT.
as I was. In motionless silence, lie
transfei red his burning gaze to the
mammoth monster.
Advancing to the very edge of the pit.
the huge aje slipiied, but he recovered.
Sly Wast! He saw that the branches
were only a blind. Then he walked
around the edge of the trap, and knelt
down like a human Wing, slow ly. ddil
erately reaching out his long hairy arm
till his giant hand clutched that luilloel;
Wne. Oh, what joy that calm, provi
dential deed, brought to my heart!
Then, to my intense relief, the orang
slow ly dragged the great mass of flesh
oft the network of branches upon the
solid ground.
For a moment longer the gleam of
those two terrible eyes now like iieep
holes into hell, followed the unsiispect- ,
ing pilferer. Then came a rustle, a
strange shriek like sudden thunder, a
bound, and a roar, and t he "jungle-god"
had sprung into the air, ami came down
like a flashing avalanche full upon the
broad body of the kneeling orang. A
single paw struck the mammoth ajie in
the small of the back, and never shall I
forget the sound of that blow which
broke the bones of the orang's spine
like a cannon hall. With an almost hu
man groan, the rescuer of my life and
her's I came to save, gave up the looty.
together with his own life. Then the
tiger, with a final flash of eyes full into
my own. snatched up the carcass of the
bullock in his flaming jaws, and slid oft"
into the thick of the jungle.
I have of ten wondered since how things
would have turned out if that tiger had
Wen a gentleman. The Black Cat.
Judicious Taffy.
Bridget (applying for a" situation)
Oh, yis, mum. Oi lived in my last place
free weeks, mum.
Mrs. Van Xoblra And why did you
leave?
"Oi couldn't get along with her, she
was so old and cranky.
"Hut I may be old and cranky, too."
"Cranky ye may W, mum, for faces
are sometimes deceiving; but owld,
niver!"
And Bridget got the place. Pearson's
Weekly.
"So your mother keeps the strap
she whips yon with in the woodshed.
Don't you think that's a queer place for
it?" "Oh, no; that's where all the
burning material ia kept." Kast's
Weekly.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
"They say that Cholly has lost his
mind." "Is that so? Does he know
it?" Boston Courier.
"He said 1 was his life's sunshine."
"I guess you w ill find that all moon
shine." lioston Courier.
Prisoner "What, that man is go
ing to defend me? Why, he couldn't
bring an innocent person through!"
Fliegende Blaetter.
"Tell me, guide, why so few people,
ascend that magnificent mountain."
"Because no has ever fallen off it."
Fliegende Blaetter.
"Well met, colonel!" "I'm not a
colonel, sir!" "Pardon me! I w as un
der the impression you had Ihtii in
Oeorgia six weeks!" Atlanta Constitu
tion. Her Choice. "What kind of a tie do
you ail 111 ire most?" he asked as he made
his regular call. "The marriage tie,"
she answered truthfully, and without
hesitation. Detroit Free Press.
Hoax "V011 worked your way
through college, didn't you?" .loax
"Kight." Hoax "What" did you work
at?" .Toax "The other students prin
cipally." Philadelphia Kecord.
SlobW "Jenkins told me Miss
Beacons t reet was an old flame of
yours." I'.lobW "An old flame? Im
possible!" "Why iniIM)ssible? "She's
from Boston.1 Philadelphia Record.
A "When I see you I always think
of the proverb: To whom ;k1 gives an
office, to him he gives understanding."
R-"But 1 have no office!" A "Well,
don't you see how that fits?" Flic
gentle Blaetter.
Mr. Spinks "Well, Willie, has your
sister made up her mind to go to the
concert with me?" Willie "Yep.
She's made up her mind and she's mak
in up her face now. She'll W down in
a minute." (Jreat Divide.
Miss Kost ique "Do you know when
I see you looking so happy it reminds
me of what a great, jioct once said."
Cholly Saphead "Indeed! l'vvay. what
was it?" Miss K. "Where ignorance
is bliss." Philadelphia Kecord.
He "1 have never loved but once
in all my life." She "What?" lie
"Fact, 1 assure you. It has somehow
always happened that I never was quite
free from the one girl by the time the
next one came along." ludiauaolis
Journal.
Confident of It. Bady of the House
"I should think you would Wafraid to
come around in the liaek yard. I no
tice you didn't do it last week on ac
count of our big dog." Tramp "No'm.
But I knew that dog wasn't here any
more." Ijidy of the House "How do
you know it?" Tranijj "I let him
have that piece of pie you gave me."
Detroit Free Press.
TURNED THE TABLES.
How a Sharp Drummer (jot the itMt of a
.Mexican ItniMllt.
"From some of the rejiorts circulated
in the east," said (ijriimn P. Tetnew.of
Calveston. Tex., the other night, "one
is led to Wlieve that the western, par
ticularly the far southwestern, citizen
is a pretty bad mdn, whose chief amuse
ment and means of gaininga livelihood
consist of highway robbery. But I
think the finest piece of 'holding up' I
ver heard of was accomplished by a
young New Yorker who traveled in our
state and Mexico for a druggists' fancy
articles manufactorv.
"Thisyoungman,"he continued. "w as
traveling in the state of Coahuila. Mex
ico, aWut two years ago and went one
night to Saltillo, the capital of the slate.
It was the first time he had Wen in the
town,' ami, after transacting a little
business, he started out to see the
sights. As he entered an isolated street
he was suddenly confronted by a brig-andish-looking
fellow, who. in glib
mongrel Spanish, demanded his valu
ables, with accompanying gestures that
made his meaning jicrfectly intelligible
to the intended victim. The highway
man held in one hand a long, sinister
looking knife aud waved it aWut in a
suggestive manner which implied the
necessity of ready compliance w ith his
wishes or a tragic result.
"But the salesman wasa man of quick
wit and ready resources. Instead of
handing over his proiierty "tie thrust his
hand into his jiocket, and a moment
later the cold, shiny barrel of what
seemed to W a revolver was pointed at
the would-W robWr's head.
"'Excuse me," said the young man,
'but this is my game.
"Naturally, the surprise caused by
the unexiected production of the snj
j.osed revolver produced a change in
theeonfident manner in which IheroW
Wr had confronted the New Yorker,
anil he started back. Instantly the
salesman knocked the knife from his
hand, stooped down, picked it up. took
the highw ay man ley the collar Wforc he
could escsijie and marched him lie fore
the jiolice authorities. At the prelim
inary trial of the would-W robWrthe
follow ing morning the guilt of the pris
oner was already established, and his
commitment was altout to follow when
he asked if it were not an offense for
strangers in the country to carry con
cealed weapons. lie was told that it
was. Then he demanded the arrest of
the young salesman, charging him with
carrying a revolver. The native jus
tice asketl the salesman if the charge
was true. This was admitted. He was
then asked if he still had the weajion
concealed on his erson. The young
man said he had. but pleaded that its
jossessioii had the night ln-fore pre
venbil a robWry and possibly murder.
He was informed that such a circum
stance did not alter the case and that he
had violated the law.
"The prisoner smiled sardonically on
Wholding the tight place into which
the authorities were seemingly draw
ing the New Yorker, but his mirth
turned to disgust when the young man
pulled the revolver from his oeket and
laid it down before the magistrate. It
was nothing but a cologne atomizer
fashioned in the shape of a revolver,
such as wej-e manufactured in quanti
ties several years ago." Bait imore Sun.
Borax is extensively used in pre
serving foods. Dr. Fere, of Paris, has
tried it to cure epilepsy and finds that it
is injurious to many persons. It causes
loss of appetite, with burning pains in
the stomach; favors skin diseases, es
pecially eczema; produces baldness,
and, above all. brings on kidney disease,
converting slight disorders into fatal
rases.
PETROLEUM WAGONS, i
The Now Motor Carriages and ,
Their Cost. j
Cheapness One of the Advantage of tbe
Novel Conteynce-Kecelted with
Or eat Favor In This
Country.
The practibility of these carriages
seems to W placed Wyond doubt. Sin.-.-1'.)2
they have ln-cn growing ii, favor
n France, ami the only wonder is that
we have not seen them over b. -re Wforc
now. The future would npiM-.ir 10 In
long to them, if all W true, an 1 we car.
hardly doubt the Wna fides. They :ir--as
easily worked as a" tricych proW
al.ly easier. A nov ice, as many w "t ijcss.
is able upon the first trial to drive his
carriage over 2tK miles in ' days of
lit hours apiece. Tourists hav. wan
dered over half a dozen depart it. ruts in
them, ami the taste is spread in c very
day. Soon the enthusiasm wi'l;e:uh
England, and then well, it is i:,::eu!t
to say what will lia;.H ii tin 11.
For among the great advaul: s of
the pet roleuui carriage is its rem:: ! r.:i ;
cheapness. The cost of a car;". r- :
not much in the first instance. They
are built, as we have said, wilh to'1 ! ii:ir
fidelity to old forms. There is tl. -cart,
the wagonette, the phaet..-..
"break" and the "my lord." oir
French friends have it. From n !;rcly
lay contempiation of these vehk ' s. we
are not disposed to think that l'nalitv
has Weu reached in regard to their
shape.
When the first railway carriages were
constructed, either out of lovii ,r con
servatism or from a desire not to of
lend, they were built Uoii the ilpe of
the stage coach and colored to match.
In time they achieved their own ":-V-pendenee
and individuality. Mrssrs.
I'anhanl and Wvassor will prohal '.y find
lime and exiericnce ripen th ;r in
vention in this respect. At pi'-s-i.t a
voiture si deux places cost A.' :i
voiture a quartre places forme !. irea rt
costs C2oii; the phaeton, t." 2 1 -'. a ml
the "my lord" heads the price list sit
C210. These cannot W reckoned ex
travagant prices. And when you have
once purchased ii voiture to your isiste
t he ssiv ing sr-ems amazing.
To Wgin with, two horses can Wdis
carded; and horses, we Wlieve. ;i--roughly
estimated to cost t 2.1 or L'.'.ii
si yesir sipii'ce to keep. A purchaser of a
petroleum carriage reckons t hat it cost
him from l.'.af. to 2f. a day. Then ami
fact urer's reckoning is -le. per kilometer
for si 2-sesited carriage and 5e. for a
1-seated carriage: let us say. on an
sivcrage. somethii-sr between a half
penny and :i farthings a mile.
Compare this with the expenses of
horses. I-ct us say a cab horse costs
some f.'Ji'i. and is available for t'ree
yeais; inai constitutes a yearly charge
of U12. Add to this 2.1 for food :o; 1
keeping, and we get a total of t t;T. The
initial outlay on the chicle ma W ig
nored, as we are also ignoring t he initial
cost of si voiture. A horse, year in ai.-d
year out. would hardly do more than 1.1
miles si day. Out of t liese tiguri s. w hich
are, of course, roitv'h. one may deduct
something like twojience :i mile si;- t!,e
cost of si horse csirriage. The a-Uan-tage
is in favor of the ietrolei:i:i ear
riage by 3 to 1. London Ssitmd.iy Be
view. SUPREME MOMENT IN A LAUNCH
It Is When the Vessel first 4ietH Into the
Water.
That a i.iuneh is si matter of m::?!i"
nuitics, sis well as of great skill :an! !a
Inir. is siiovvn by the fact that the niaa
of science " ho hsis l he mat ter iu ehargo
si i ways 1t1s1l.es si set of ea let: hi t ioi.s ow
ing the strain on the ship :ind i's pre
cise condition at practically every foo.
of the journey down the ways. If r.
Wat should get in the w;iy. or :1 ii
should lake sin unusual lepgth of tire
to knock out the kccl-hlocks. or i f a v
one of half a dozen t hings s!io:M cause
serious delay, the seientit'e n-.an kttov. s
.("list how long he can wait, and j;.st how
fstr the limit of safety extends.
There .s sslvvsiys one supreme iti uiietit
in a lsm.ieh. and it is at si time t'tat s
ca-s 1 he a verage st-et a t or. It iswhen
t he vessel gets fsiirly well into 1 he w si ter.
Tills is when an in; port a nt fsietor Ivttown
sis the moment of hiioysmcy con.es it",;
plsiy. H you can imsigine :i vessd t ii!
ing iov 11 sin incline without sinv v. :t -r
into v, lii-h to drop, you can see 1 hat tie
vessel would tip down sudden!;," a; t I
end v. 1; ich has left t he wsiys. sind v. on !.!
rise s.t the end still on the ine!:: . I'm
tcsillv, in successful launches, the i-t.-rii
of the vessel is gnidusilly lifted 1 !' l-y
the water, and this throws the v. L ;
forward on that part of the .-!ih siil'
rt stin:; on the ways. The f..ree of iti.
wsitcr is called the "moment of buoy
ancy," and the natural tendency of the
ship to drop to the lottom of the stream
is called the "moment of weigh t ." Now
the moment of buoyancy must stlwsiys
W gresiter than the moment ofweitrht;
but it must not W very much gresiter.
for if it were it would throw too much
weight forward on the part of the ship
still on the ways, and might bres: ! t hem
down, or injure the plates or '.eel of
the ship. When the great l-:n;;iisi
battleship Biimillies was launched, t hi-,
did really happen; and so great v-sis th--strsiin
near the Imvv that parts .f the
cradle were actually pushed rii'M into
the Wt torn of t he vessel. It is t 1 is ca ti
ger of disaster that causes the sriei,i ;ri(.
hinicher to make the most rare fid c:;l
cu'at ion?, sis to the conditions surround
ing the ship at every foot of her j :urney
into Ihe water. Frank Matthews, in
St. Nicholas.
The -I"arttnr Stone.
Among the old landmarks yet re
maining in the Koxbury" district, one
of the most interesting is si large stone
sst the corner of Center and l.'.ixbiiry
streets, known as the "Parting Store.
On its northerly side it directs Jo ( sim
bridge sind Watcrtow 11, and on its
southerly side to Dedham and Bhode
Island. The front inscription is sis fol
lows: "The Parting Stone. 171 1. P. Dud
ley." It is said that Iutl Peary's sol
diers read its inscription as t hcj passed
it by on their way to Wxington one hot
April forenoon, and it has afforded in
formation to the tired wayfsircr for
msiny a year. This isa durable and vis
ible "memorial of a man whose Wncfac
tions to th church, to the school and
to the tow n of Koxbury were frequent,
and were gratefully acknowledged.
science t uo industry.
Perfumes sir-" now extensive ly man
ufactured in the I'nited .-"tates. sin;! the
natiie articles ; re ssiid by rxjH-rts to
compare favorably with foreign mstmi
i act x: res.
England m: nufactures -rf umes
on a i-ry largest -de.import ing many of
the materials t'-nm other countries,
but a!so mssklr? large use of home
grown herbs ar.l flowers.
Msir.y woods h:ne su:":r smd gum in
t heir coii-jxisit i 1. iw.A t he presence of
these e!ei:e-ins g r.ersdl y shown by
t he att ract "on l'. e wood seems to hate
for many kinds finsevts.
Tin- wbc t ; ic!d in the Ceresee
v alley, Idaho. 1 . season is immerse. .
N. f.ibli thrsi-le 1 bushels oft of -Oil
.icrs, liter;.,.' ..-.tit 4.1bi!i istothe
aere. Dan lb;. ; cut and thrashed 14
su-res of w heat :,;:t went 7.2 bushels to
the acre.
A Misso'-ri 1 ..tilesnakc at the mu
seum of cot :itive zoology at Cs.m
bridife has b 1 observed 1t !: h'.s
shin twice si v. -r and to add :i r;:'tle
for every f-k 'i. ln-t'-std of i'"i;ii' the
ratt'..-s as he dt-. the skin, they sire re
tained by the t 1 -sing of the inner etid
of the old ratti over the ki.ob of the
new one, ssii'.l ;;..-eid-lits Sieccj -ti-d. the
snake Wars with him this record of his
S!Te.
The trade in California sweet wires
is show iusT si gr:-. J i fy Inir incn-sise. The
total esthuate-.l product for t!.:s co.r is
;;.iKii'.oii .';.;;. lis. which is 2." ;titiiI.
more thsin w:is msiil.t-d he-t year.
Hen-tot ore then- l.a Wen l;tt!e profit
in t he v int siges I ca use of t he fierce com-H-tit;on
of grower--, but ihe producers
have i.ew made arrangements v.ith a
svveet-wiue s i: . ieate which will con
trol the entire product t.f the state sir.d
give all concert. ed some shsire in the
profit.
In America it has lioen observed
that ln-es often 1-ore tubular corolla in
order to get ;;t t'-e nectar of flowers, in
stead of cntcrii g by the mouth, .is
humblelx cs do in Eunijx. In es-:iv sou
the crossi'ert iii.ttioii of flowers, th's
siij jx.st d anomaly has been the subject
of much comment. It rov. si ; .pears t ha t
t hi h u hi bid mi's of Europe si ::il A tneriea
have identical habits in regsvrd t. Ihe
manner in which visits to flowers sire
made, sit-.d that ii is the clsi-s of insects
known sis the estrt ci.t.-r We. or the
1 xirer. v. lii.-h wo: ks in t he out sale ma li
ner indicated.
The 1 p !. 1 ion of the Ir.f.lirln'i- of 1 he
size of seeds ii"-n germination suid i:t
!'. the size of the j-'s'itis tli.- t spring
thercfioni has !;-!, ty We:i studied
;i::ev by Mr. B. ib is. How :. v. si summary
of whose coiv" i.sm -us i"1 !-r;ve:t ly 1 he
aideti. rs 'hroniele. Tie w. -:it s: id
.- ize of the seed areof ir resit Jr.ip--riauee.
A la l ire - ei ! l'ci r i !.; t s i .et t er ;.-:.' i:i re
j':!'-! J v . si i:d wi i .i i? one e:: n core l uy.. :i
having s:t the sst :r.e r. nt fr.-.i i s.1 to
'.'i per ct-r. t . of 1 h tot ,- ! cro : i.e. . " v 5 1 1i
.-!:;:. !1 seeds the -Top reaches mat urity
oiiiv in sticcctsi .i' periods i f ti;-'.-. so
that stt to ir.or ert 'n fnth.-rinir the
crop in toto ctu hi we have the same
projortion of the whole. Besides,
where with small seeds f.'.'ir ueeessive
crops sire obtaii ed. we have
; x with
"arire seeds, their evolution occurring
with greater rapidity.
THE GIN-EATER.
A Curious tunrri! Kii Which Obtained
In V. .!.-
The prineipsili; v of Wales has w ithin
living memory posse: cd Sill olncial
Know ii sis tho " Iii-catcr." It was the
practice for si r I.itive usual iy a wom
an to put on tie breast of a deceased
j-ersoii si quantby of 1 resid sind . hoese
and beer, ami tlr- sin-i ati-r w as sent for
to consume them sind t.. pronounce the
everlasting rest tu'the departed. It w sis
WHcved that in i-olng t Iiis he absolutely
ate sind a; i ! 'j ri ; ie;l to himse f 1 he sins
inholized by t i e viands, ami t hereby
prevent ed t heir t' it urbing t he rejmse of
the sinner who had coil;n::11ed them.
Such sin arrsii!'.' - tnent w oul.l eb iotisly
icave nothing 1o W desired em the one
side, but 'now it -v orhed on t he ot her we
sire pot to.J. What ws's s.t fa si to W
the condition ot this s;.:iiii:al untler-
taker sifter the
eluded? Did hi:
Icsul man's sins "
sini'dat ion of t
rcm.uiy was con
ip; -ropriatio.il" of the
;ip!y a sort of moral sis
.eia. answering to his
;.t I.ll of the bread siml
. -M ion w or id obv iously
, ort ;ii:ce to si s In -.-si ter
If lite respoitsiliilS-
physical ass ini ;,
cheese? The
be one of so; . i:
In large pra-t
ties of his pro;
t ies of his prof ,
on were as giesit sis
.sicii wi n sis great si.-
wotibl r.ced to retire
hvioth'.-sis, ii
from it esiriv . s. ad. to d.-vote si eonsider-
sible Mrtioji of his dosing years to re
jentanee and g tl works.
Again, it is i.. :urai to ask what hav-jH-ned
sit the d.-eesise of a Hpi;lar or
"fashionable" s' n-esiter.- Would any
one simoi'ig his professional Lrethre.i
undertake to es t his sirs, even in the
first f!us;i of ss; t is fact ion produced by
stepping into l is shoes? If so. then,
indeed, has the epithet of "gallant"
liecii rightly Ws'tOwcd upon lit ie Wsiles.
It is sis though t-ne doctor suet-ceding to
a not her's pract it s-ioa id consent to as
sume the moral responsibility for his
kite co!ic::gue"s trtattr.er.t of ail his de
ceased patients, in aeldit ion to his own
similar burdens.
We yield to n ne in admiration of the
quiet and homely heroism of ihe medi
cal profession. 1 tit we doubt whether it
would ensibh them to face such tin or
deal as this. As to the Welsh practi
tioners to whon we have conismd
them, we shrink from pursuing 1 he stn
silysis further. It is evident that, sis in
the se-hoo'imy game of "conquerors."
where a stone which csin smash the
smasher, of. ssiy. 4.1 other stones tsikes
over all its conquests, and Wcomes it
self a "forty-fourer." so the responsibil
ities of these unhappy men might Sie
cumulate at an a'arminsr rsite. One
hardly dares to contemplsite the inter
nal condition of t he sin -eater who had in
life attended a long series of ot her sin
eaters. The cheese would W sihnost
converted into Welsh rabbit Wforc he
had got it down. London Times.
A Oowa H orn ror Wirwr.
Policeman And are the folks act at
home, Biddy?
Bridget No, indade. Mister Rounds
man; they hare all gone to the theay
ter, and it's one of Wagner's opcrsxs, I
hear. God bless the man. lie wrote
such large pieces that I'm all alone in
the house for the nixt three hours
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