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GIGANTIC 1S-ESTS. WONDERFUL MOUNDS BUILT BY THE MALLEE BIRD OF AUSTRALIA. They Ar. a* T*ijr Jis a City Block and Arc Occupied i>r Vast Numborn of Feathered j Kamille*?The Young Scramble Out ol ' Their Shells an Best They May. The mallee hen of Australia lays It? eggs in a huge nest. The nest is real? ly an artificial mound of gigantic pro? portions for the size of its maker, and the purpose it is to serve. The arti? ficial mound is a co-operation incu? bator. It is built by many pairs of birds, male aDd female working alike to construct it. These same pairs or flocks of birds annually repair and en? large the queer looking cone which rises up like a turret dome from the level prairie. Sometimes these tunnels attain a height of fully fifteen in the perpendic? ular, with a radius or equal measure- | mont. Ma?y of these nests have j A JfF.ST AS BIO AS A CITY LOT. measured as much as 50 yards, or 159 feet around their base. That would give the largest one measured a diam? eter of about fifty feet. These mound nests are entered through a sort of funnel cavity at the top of the cone. The hens of all the building and repairing pairs lay In this Immense nost. The eggs are deposited ubout six feet below tue surface. While each hen lays, her ogg In the family mound, no hen drops her egg closer than twenty inches of that of lief neighbor. These eggs are deposited in a cavity made for it wherein it is placed in a vertical position, carefully covered, and the surface as carefully smoothed over by the hen before she quits the nest. Contrary to the usual practice of the bird and fowl species, these mallee hens lay at night instead of in tho day. Several days elapse also between tho dropping of Vwo eggs, j The eggs of the mallee hen are out of ail proportion to her size. They tire as large as those of a goo.-^e. and of large hens, are very much larger. The eggs thus laid and covered in this great sand oven In the hot dis? tricts nre never again disturbed by the hens. The eggs are hatched by tho heat the sun bakes Into the soli where they lay. It has never been known "h?w tho young chicks are excavated from their egg grave, for the eggs ar? deposited fully six Inches below the surface, and the hardening rains do not aid their exit very much. The hen Is so very shy and vigilant that no one Is able to study her ma? ternal and domestic habits with satis? faction. As she lays her egg at night, and transacts most of her affairs in the night watch so that no naturalist or curious Individual can ferret her out, possible she steals to her expected brood under cover of night also, and gives them the parental unearthing which they must surely need after the pipping of the eggshell. Hush naturalists have been curious to know how this peculiar fowl builds Its nest. The birds have been seen working at It, and the mounds have been inspected, but the piling of the dirt Is not from the immediate vicin? ity, for that is undisturbed. Small springs and the like enter Into the plastic masonry, which stands storms and heavy rains, when they do fail, without serious injury. These huge cones stand for years, to be annually nested In by the same flock which originally constructed the family incubator. When detected the hens emit a pitiful little cackle, and flutter away like a wounded Innocent. The young of a covey either root un? der the sand or hide behind some mound or object of a friendly color. Victoria'? Oldoul Subject. ? InTTlittle cabin at Owen Soiind.-C?n^ ada, lives Queen Victoria's oldest sub? ject. He is "Daddy" Hall, and he claims 114 years. He Is a half-breed negro and Indian. He was a scout in the war of 1812. He is remarkable as the man to whom nature vouchsafed a new set of teeth and a new growth of hair at the age of ninety-five, when his first supply left him. He has been married four times, and Is the father of nineteen children. Bold Bi.rglurt. Burglars recently robbed the general store of John D. Davis, near the Ohio line, at Jamestown, Penn., of about $200 worth of goods. The thieves then retreated to the United Presbyterian Church, where they built a fire, using the Psalm Hooks for fuel, and then cooked a meal. In Weston, W. Va., there is the youngest page in the world. lie is Robert Chidistex, aDd he Is five years old. He has been appointed pajje to the Circuit CourL Royal Eyri. Cleopatra had large, deep-blue eyes. Frederick the Oreat had large blue eyes with the luster of polished steel. The Emperor Nero wj? excessively near-sighted and used a small gem in the shape of a lens to see at a dis? tance. Mary Stuart was not exactly cross? eyed but one eye moved more than tho other and gave the Queen that appear? ance. Elizabeth of England had clear, li? quid blue eyes and always glanced sideways at the person with whom she "m ronversfne. OLD GRADDLES HAD APHASIA A I>?iuion-tr?Moii In Nervous Fatholom That Cost SS. 40. Old Hardy Graddles, who had limped around In the Teton Basin for years or a muscle-tied foot, at last wearied ol tho wobbly exertion, went down to Salt Lake to have the defective mem- j ber treated. He camp back after a:' absence of a month, and his no!g:iboi * gathered about him to hear the Siran; tales which he would have to tell ol experience In a great city. He describ? ed the Temple and the Tabernacle and the Dooley Uuilding. and quite en? chanted thcui. "What was the finest thing you see?" finally asked Si Redce, iu recapitula? tion. "Well, men," said Hardy, "the best ?reely the best?thing I see was a fei? ler in tue hospital. lb- In-trusted me a iot, an' I bcerd ail about him. 11; had aphasia," Bpe iking the last word with a proud deliberation. Itedee look? ed at Watts, and Wutts glared intently at Hod Pete liable. The last mention? ed broke the spell. "What's that? A for'n country, ain't it? Kecioa I beer,I of it afore in a jog glfy." "Maw," said Hardy, scornfully. "It ain't a place- -it's a thing, tfometb.lt?' out o' gear, you know." But they did not know. They were even worse confounded than before. "Like a Russian thistle, mobbe," said Pete, dubiously, still clinging to the geographical theory. ".No such. .'? man fergits bow to talk or somethln'." "Deef an' dumb man? I seen"? "Nuw. Nuw. Man that kin talk Jia' fergits how. Ferrits everythln'." "It can't be did," declared Tote with decision. Hardy looked at him pityingly. "Log it all. I say it kin; I soen it. Here?I'll show you. Who's got a ?1Q note?" Among them they got together 8S.40, and Hardy said that he could illustrate to some extent, perhaps, with that amount. j "Now," he said, taking possession of the money, "you all know that you j give me this money, don't you?" They did and f-ald so. "Well," rolling his eyes and assum- ; leg a rigid attitude. "I've forgot It. Fer- ' got all about it. That's aphasia." i "Humph!" grunted Ruble, "Seems a fool of a thing, don't it? tllmme my ?2.40." Hardy gazed at him in a stony, va? cant way. "Give me my $2.40," Ruble repeated with some show of sternness. "I?1?seems like I heerd somethln' about a sum o' money somo'res," Har? dy responded. In a hesitating way. "There's a dollar and a hall coinln' to me," Redee uttered fiercely. "Gents." said Hardy, sorrowfully, "I can't remember it. I'm sorry. I don't know what you're talkln' about. I've got that there aphasia," They gathered around him, clamor? ing for their funds. They now hogan to understand. Hut they could not con? vince him. "I'm sorry, as 1 say, gents," Hardy said, meekly. "Hut its Bclentifick. It1 ain't my fault. On the subject of any money you might 'a' give me?an' meb be you ditl give me some, p'raps?my mind Is like a blank sheet o' paper. I am a poor victim of a pc-cti-liar disor- j der, as you might say. Good-day." He was a man of six feet, four inch es, and, although along In years, ho had been the hardost and best tighter in the Hasln. eveu in his crippled time. They looked at him gloomily, therefore, as he walked away, and no man dated say him nay. Otjly Red F'ote Ruble expressed the general sen? timent when ho made certain feeling and torrid remarks which imparted to the world at largo the fact that he was ; utterly disgusted with science in all Its I forms. Intensely Practical. Harry Dountown (to country sweetheart) ?Miss Milkyweigh, do you play and sing "When the Cows Arc in the Corn';'" Miss Milkyweigh?Lord bluss you, no. I get the dogs and chase 'em out. A Pollll, ?I Trip. Should it he your one ambition to wrilp & humorous verse, pick out some ancient subject and express in language terse. The"editor ^, may reject it, if the me ?_j ler's out of joint; ^fck^-. but if you fashion iStf^i. he'n R?rely I "'-ir^ f-'.'j.? ' seethe ' point. A I..10,0. Rmployment Agent- "Seo hero! How s this? You stayed two weeks In your ast place. How did that happen?" Domestic?"Sure, 01 dunno. Oi must iv overshlept meself."?Now York j (Veekly. Kccaperi by a Hair's Itre-urith. Dulby (would-bo novelist)?"I've Just Sclshed a now novel. If you have a moment to spare I'll show you the proofs." VViiby "Oh, never mind tbotit the pronfs. I'll take your word !or it."?Chicago Record. Illicit Terry'? Parrot. Miss Ellen Terry's parrot, Mr. Pigott, Is known familiarly as Nell. Miss Terry bad acquired It for the sake of its green hue. its mauve head, scarlet beak and pink breast, and it hail Juet arrived, hut its accomplishments were an absolutely unknown quantity. Sir Henry living called, and Miss Terry said, "This is a marvellous bird; talks beautifully!" and placet] it on Sir Hen? ry's finger. Quoth the bird instantly. "Henry!" and its fame was secured, It only knew two words, and this was one of them. I THE IDOL OF HA YAW iTHIS BULL FIGHTEII A GREATER MAN j THAN OLD BLANCO. A Spectacle to Cause One Who is Not n De- j vot.ee of the Nut lor iU Sport of Spain t?' \ Kub Ills Eyes?Who i the Vrcal Ma/.r.an tlne Dines. Four privates of lite Orden PuMico . Corps, armed with eword and revolver, I reinforced thesolittry little policeman 1 who usually moons up ttuti down in | front of the Hotel [nglaterra, In Ha vana, Cuba, a few i ights ago, writes a i war correspondent, und the American colony began to whisper that trouble \ was brewing among tho volunteers, j The wisdom of this precaution became apparent when, during the dinner j hour, it was seen tint the gendarmes were only able by the most heroic ex- I srtions to save tho hotel from being | carried by storm by a mob, whose ob- J |ect, however, was so obviously of a j pacific character as to quite disarm the I apprehensions of even the most tierv ous of the guests. * j By the time the Llrltish Consul, who : Is Invariably the first man at the table, \ had taken his seat, all the wide doors and windows of the restaurant opening j on the street were choked with an ex- j Sited throng, in which soldiers, sailor.-, i volunteers, smart young clerks, respec? table elderly citizens and professional mendicants struggled on terms of per? fect equality for front places. The attention of all these was rivet? ed on a table in a remote corner of the j restaurant, and it was noticeable that i the attitude of the crowd was not that j of mere vulgar curiosity, but rath' r of j Seep, reverential awe. 1 noticed in the j front rank at the door two blind beg? gars from Obispo street, who. on yield? ing their places to the pressure of the crowd behind, vanished with faces il? lumined with a "now leitest Thou thy servant depart in peace," expres? sion. Some of the more enterprising en? thusiasts tlodged through the cafe and gained the rear of the restaurant, whence they enjoyed an linobi tructed view, but these were speedily discover? ed and hustled out by the police. Mow and then the gendarmes would clear tliu sidewalk with a sudden charge, after which the whole squad invariably lined up in the doorway and quite lost themselves in reverential gazing until rudely aroused to action by the surg? ing of the crowd. The cause of till this commotion was a tall, powerfully built, midde-aged man, with a smoothly shaven face, a j laughing eye and a queer little wisp of i hair sprouting from the back of his i bead, and (fattened down In a black j coil that stood out in startling relief J against the shiny while expanse of a ; bald pate. At his table sat a ring "of Spanish officers In full uniform, and without that a second and a tiiird ring, j ill of whom kept silence, with eyes reverentially fixed on the great man. When he smiled, whic h he occasional? ly condescended to du, they all smiled, and when lie spuke, whh h he usually did with his mouth full, they all ob? sequiously nodded assent. In the cir I :le were generals, colonels, majors and captains, bedizened with flaming or I ders and medals, and showing, every I aiau of them, that the occasion was one of the proudest moments of his life. It was perfectly apparent that in j ;he eyes of all the big man with a fun- j j ny little wisp of hair was a per- j j ionage of infinitely greater importance I than Hie Captain General. On Iiis part the great man accepted ! all this adulation with the air of the j j most deliriously affable condescension. 1 ? Occasionally he even deigned to be stow a word on the proprietor of the J j hotel, who stood humbly behind Iiis j rhalr to receive and present with his own hands the various dishes brought by the waiters. One officer, evidently an old ac j quaintnnce, was honored above his I brothers, for, as he entered the room, the hero saw him, and spring? ing up and striding dramatic? ally forward, clasped him in his arms with such fervor as to sadly dis? arrange hi* little wisp of hair, where? upon, on his attention having been railed to the fact by half a dozen ad? mirers, he we.l his lingers and carefully plastered it upon his pate before re? suming his seat. Marvelling who the man could be who commanded the obeisance of the highest officers in the Spanish army, 1 demanded information from my wait? er. The fellow gave me a look of un? disguised contempt for my ignorance, j and then, with a smile of pity, whis pered, behind his hand in awestruck accents, "Mazzantini, the bull fight? er! " "A great man?" I asked. "The greatest In the world!" An Amerie.nn IVefrrn Abroad. The highest grade of negro is the piivate car porter. He was such a ne- ; gro, young and with many flue man- j nerisms and some money, who decided to take a trip to Europe. In London \ he made the acquaintance of several English-brod negroes. By these ho was shown the sights and introduced into society. One evening lie was in? vited to "sit in" a little poker game. ; lie was well acquainted with the game as played at home, and did not hesltato to play. His limited acquaintance with English money cost hlin several good (tots. At hist lie got four aces and knew exactly where he was, for four ares have their value the world over. His opponent "skinned" Ills hand care? fully after cards had been "doled" and said: "Ah'Il just bet yo' a pound, MIs tah Johnsing." "Well," said the Amer? ican, "Ah don't rightly know how much a pound is, but Ah'll just raise yo' a ton." To clean Shetland shawls dip in a lather of boiled stmp, slipping gently through the aands. Plunge into clear j water and pin on a sheet to dry. UugaMant Delaware. The Supreme Court of Delaware has decided that women cannot become law student, nor practice in that State. Bleaching the Hair. It is an unsettled question whether oleaching the hair IihuIs to softening of the brain, or softening of the brain leads to bleaching the hair. TWO ROYAL CHILDREN. I'rlnco Carol anil Princess Elizabeth Con? soler. <?r Roaminla's itnfm. Among Queen Victoria's numerous great-grandchildren are the little Prince Carol und Princess Elizabeth of Ftoumania, whoso mother, tho wife of the Crown Prince, was Princess Marie, the eldest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Coburg. At the time of the Jubilee the dangerous Illness of the Crown Prince prevented Prince Carol and his sister from going to England. Instead, they were intrusted to the care of the Queen of Itoumania. Since the Queen of Roumania. bettor known to tho world as "Carmen Syl va," lost her only child she was always unha] ] y until the son and daughter of her husband's heir came to console nor in her s rrow. Her Majesty Is never so happy as when the Prince Carol and Princess Elizabeth are In her exclusive charge, and under tho influence of the little companions, her attacks of deep melancholy have entirely disappeared. Prince- Carol is a manly boy who al? ready sc :ns to give evidence of great mental ability. His most striking characti rlstic is his devotion to his tiny sister. The Princess Elizabeth ro sembles her mother, who was tho handsomest of the four Coburg sis? ters. She is named for her grandmoth? er. When the royal children wore last in England on a visit, they lived at Os borno Cottage, on the Isle of Wight, with their Hub' cousins of Hesse. The illustration shows them In the nation al costume. Women's Hrnss Hand. A musical organization which la meeting with great success in the State ' of Oregon, is the Ladies' Brass Hand of Heppner. Its membership is made up entirely of the fair sex, and includes tho maids and matrons of the most prominent families in the town, whose social standing is pitched with the bon ton. Tho band was organized a yeal ago. It was to be a self-supporting or? ganization entirely. An soon as or? ganization was perfected ways and means were canvassed by which funds could be raised for uniforms and in- j struments. it was decided to give a concert, which proved a grand success financially, at which the band made its first appearance in public. The audi? ence mildly enthused over their play? ing?it was so much bettor than was expectod. The ladies' band was a j great suc< ess. Then when the Prosi- ' dential campaign opened they were at once in demand. The Ladies' Brass Band became the fashion, and no can? didate ever thought of making a speech iu their neighborhood without first having secured their services as an at- ! traction. Their popularity led them Into church socials, picnics, &c., until now they are famous throughout the entire State. Mary Anderson liefere the, t'amera. Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston, who has just come home from Europe, litis brought with her a series of inter? esting pictures. She spent several months in out-of-the-way parts of Eng? land, and visited the village of Broad- J way, whore Mrs. Mary Anderson-Na varro's home is. Mrs. Navarro is an old friend of Miss Johnston's mother, who was a dramatic critic in Baltimore where Mary Anderson made her de? but as Juliet. For one whole day she posed before the young photographer's camera, though she had not been pho? tographed more than once or twice since she left the stage. The trunks that hold her stage wardrobe were dragged from their attic corner, and Juliet. Perdlta, Rosalind and Galatea lived again for the camera's benefit. The wonderful Navarro baby was photographed In his beautiful mother's arms. and Miss Johnston declares that Mrs. Navarro Is really much more beautiful than Mary Anderson ever was. A Quoeu'a Circus Riding. Queen Henriette of Belgium, by birth ?n Austrian Archduchess, continues, in spite of her snow-white hair and rank as a grandmother, to occupy her time with circus riding. A year ."go she gave in the riding school of the royal palace at Brussels, a semi-public per? formance, in which she and her daughter Clemintlne put their horses through all kinds of fancy paces and trick riding with the skill of profes? sionals. They leaped their horses through burning hoops and over flam ing hedges, and her majesty jumped a pet horse over a dinner table covered with flowers and lighted candelabra. Then she drove a team of twenty-in hand herself, mounted on her favorite mare. rtaelielor M?l<:s l orin a Trust. A number of young unmarried wo? men from the liest families of Cape May, N. J., have banded themselves together In an organization which they have named "The Bachelor Maids' Club." Us object Is mutual protec? tion of their interests along matri? monial lines. They have adopted a con? stitution and by-laws, with penalties for violation. One rule, which was adopted by a majority of one after a heated debate, is that no member can accept an offer of marriage without the unanimous consent of the society. A social tea will be given the mem? bers onto a month. Young men gen? erally regarded as good catches will be entertained at thes,e functions. Hair llrusheH. Hair brushes should never be loft with th.e bristles up. They are ad? mirable dust collectors. [?' irthermore, in these days of jrcity and inexpen? sive toilet utensils there are few wo? men who have not brushes with more or less ornamental backs. tre.de Oil to Kindle Fires, Tic- Baltimore and Ohio Southwes? tern Railway Company for some time lias been experimenting witli crude oil for kindling fireo in locomotives in place of using cordwood, and the re? sults obtained have been so satisfactory that it will hereafter he used on the who!,, line. During the month of No vember, 1S07, at the company's shops, which are located at Washington, Ind.. and Chlllicothe, Ohio, 1,22C fires were starie,i With crude oil at a cost of $17.:S2, or 1.11 cents per fire. To have started the same number of fires with wood would have cost $306, or 24.Oil per fire. This reuresents a saving of S288.G8. A KITCHEN ON HA TL, THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TO MAKE A NOVEL EXPERIMENT. The Dominion IIa? Constructed a Commis? sary oil Wheels Capable of Providing Kations for More Than a Thousand Sol? dler? in Case of W?r The Canadian government has just had built, in accordance with designs furnished by the military authorities, a car that will play an important part in any future warfare in which Cana? dian soldiers take part. The car is a gigantic kitchen, capable of furnishing meals, on a pinch, to as many as 1,500 soldiers without overtaxing its capaci? ty. The immense extent of territory which it would be necessary to protect in case of a general war has been for some time a source of uneasiness to the Canadian government. It has been evident that the sparsely settled couu try, so different from the thickly pop? ulated states on this side of the bor? der, would be a very weak basis for a line of battle. While the United States would have rich foraging should supplies run short, the British would find only barren hills and empty wastes ill a large part of the region over which they would be spread to guard the frontier. To provide against this emergency it was decided to build a ear that would be a gigantic kitchen on wheels, and to make a careful test of its capacity for feeding troops with a view to ascertaining how many of such ears would be required in time of war to feed the entire military force of the dominion. The car is now finished and experi? ments will begin at once. A train is to be dispatched over the Canadian Pa? cific railway from one side of the con? tinent to the other. On this train there will be a body of soldiers which will depend for subsistence entirely upon the rolling kitchen that accom? panies them. Meals will be served ac? cording to a carefully prepared sched? ule, and the officer in command will take notes of the incidents of the trip, in order that the government may have the fullest possible data to guide them in their calculations to determine the value of the idea. The ear from which "Tommy At? kins" will draw his sustenance in fu? ture fights?and on excursions and field days in time of peace as w?ll?is known as commissary ear, No. 1S99. It Is an unusually large one, being longer than the ordinary baggage ear, from which it differs in construction by hav? ing a vestibule at each end. The sup? ply room is entered from the fronL Here all is in readiness for the com? ing experiment; there is room in the car for supplies capable of sustaining 1,000 men for a period of ten days. From the store room entrance is obtained to the kitchen, which is the most interesting feature of the ear. Down one side runs the range, which is in reality two ranges, with a total length of twenty-two feet. Everything is up to date in construction and planned on a large scale. It would be I beyond the strength of one man to lift the immense copper kettles in winch will be stewed the beef that "Tommy" is supposed to revel In, and they are to be raised by means of derricks and chains fitted above the stoves. With these ap? pliances the kettles can be manipulated with the greatest ease, and swung over to the tables, ready for the distribution of their contents. Opposite tin; stoves Is a gigantic water tank, capable of holding 2,500 gallons of water, and directly above the stove is another tank. In the rear i Of the car are sinks, with hot and cold water, and the various applian? ces necessary in preparing meals on a largo scale. Yet only five men are re? quired to operate this plant. The cooks have been carefully selected, and no stone has been left unturned to make the experiment a success. The car is set upon double trucks of six wheels each, and is constructed ; with a view to securing the smoothest j of running. It would not seem to be ' tin easy matter for the cooks to handle huge cauldrons filled with scalding j soup while the train is running at full '?? speed, but with a proper use of the ap j pliances provided it is thought that no I mishap will occur. The greatest diffi 1 culty, however, will be experienced at I such times. When stops are made? I and several have been arranged to test the value of the ear kitchen as a base of camp supply?the cooks will havo an easy time. Across China on Bicycles. The three English bicyclists who left London in July, 1S96, for a ride across Europe and Asia have just ar? rived in Shanghai, having traversed 14,322 miles. They say the roads are. very poor in the Celestial Empire, and that they were obliged to carry their wheels hundreds of miles on t7le.tr backs. Armed with voluminous pass? ports and red visiting cards several incites long, with their names in Chi? nese characters, they went from town to town, interviewing mandarins and missionaries, and living on pork and rice. They penetrated China from up? per Burmah. Throughout the jour? ney an officer rode on ahead, giving or? ders tit all military posts that their safety should lie looked after. The worst tho cyclists had to rontend against was the desire of the Celestials to show what they could do in the way of cycling. _ t Euhrclln Handles'. To have a small purse attached to the umbrella handle, instead of a tas? sel, is the Winter girl's newest wrin? kle. _ It lias been decided to build the new capitol of Pennsylvania of white mar tile, to be quarried ib the State. Russia the Home of Platinum. Platinum Is worth not quite h:i]f as much as gold, weight for weight, and the product of that metal comes almost entirely from Russia, where it is found in the southern Ural Mountains. At present the increasing demand for platinum has caused a sharp advance In the price of the metal and a corre? sponding increase in its production. 1'ostag^ Stamps.' The various countries of the world now use 13,400 different kinds of pos? tage stamps. 6??.o*>e? i sl<?*><"- '?? > Re aril.-. LUCKY LARRY LONN1GAN, A Fairy Shtory for the Chlldher. Sure, chlldher, 'tis a larng toima since I tould yez a fairy shtory. An' It's wondherln' I am if I lver tould yez about Lucky Larry Lonnigan. Be mo sow! thin, an' he was th' caution to cats. Egobs, sorra bit of bad luck 'u'd set upon him at arl at arl. He lived In that paart of Oircland that yoj san't find on the map. Whin he was a young lad about six? teen the fursht of hie good luck fell up? on him, an' the way of It was this way: Egorry, an' a vi'lent, crass woman was his mother, always boxin' his ears for no thing at arl, an' so wan day whLo Larry med the innerclnt observashin that divvie a bit more wood would be cut up, th' ould woman ralchcd out her oogly roight hand an' gev' him a cuff. . j "An' Is it a cuff ye gev me?" says he, rubbin" his ear. an' wid that he leps out of the doo-r an' starts fer j town. Now some byes would ha' cried | at resavln' the cuff, but Larry was not | I the crylu' kind, but bein' of a shrewd ! tlmperamintality he noticed that the i ruff bad ? handsome button In it, an' ] he thought he'd take It an' sell it to I the Jewolery man that 1 tould yez about one tolme. An' egobs! the jew ! elery man gev him two shillin's for it. j Well, Larry felt that rich that he wint ! to the fair at Lantrim, in the county ; of Buscobble. i 'Tis tho fine booths they do be hav ; in' at that fair, an' Larry soon spint tho whole of his money until he had i but a happenny. An' wid that he i bought a beautiful peach. I ! An' thin he thargbt what a big : omadhaun he was to be spin diu' arl his money upon the belly of hlra. Fer i It was cakes an' pies an' sweets was i Inside of him till ye could not rlsL j Well, he wint on atin' mechanical loike ! an' wid his moind annywhere but in ' his head till he kem to the pit. 'Twas ! tho fursht paich he'd lver aten. an' the I pit surprised him. But he'd halrd till 1 of the fortunes made in pits an' wid i out so much as sayln', "Here's an' alsy dear, to you," he wint down in the pit widout a light. 'Tis as brave as a sparrer, he was. I Egobs! chlldher, 'tis lucky he was. ! for he found that at the bottom of the j pit was a mine of soft coal; coal that soft it would plaise yez to bnnap ag'icst j it. an' he kem up to the mouth of the pit, an' seein' an English capitalist handy, he sold him the roight to mine In It for noine hundhred an' noinety ? noine yairs for a hundhred thousan' i pounds. CHARLES BATTELL LOOMIS. Tale of Two Citizens. CHAPTER I. "Hosklns, lend me a dollar, will yon" I want to buy some postage stamps. I came away from home carelessly this j morning, with only 25 cents in my I pocket, and that went for lunch at ; noon." "Sorry, Lusk, but I've got only ; enough money to pay my carfare home." CHAPTER II. A few hours later. They met again?accidentally. At the box office of a theater where a sparring match was on the bill of fare tor the evening. "It seems to me, Hosklns," stiffly re? marked Lusk, as he threw down a sil? ver dollar and picked up the bit of pasteboard the ticket-seller gave him In exchange for it, "that this is no place for a man who has only enough money to pay his car fare home." Having exchanged the dollar he held in his hand for a similar pasteboard, Hosklns turned to his friend. "Lusk," he said, in a tone of mingled ladhess and reproach, "If you paid out all the money you had for lunch, and louldu't even buy a postage stamp, j what the St. Louis are you doing aere?" What She Needed. She was looking over a fashion pa? per when he entered. "Trying to make up your mind what rou ought to have?" he asked. "No," she replied; "1 know what I night to have." "What?" "Money." It is always unsafe for a man to jest vlth his wife upon any subject oon iected with raiment and such things, rle knows that now. The Old Man Knew Him. An old Georgia negro, hearing that lis former master had decided to enlist n the Cuban arnitf, said to him: "Marse Tom, doan you do no sich 'ool thing ez dat?doan you do it?" "Why shouldn't I?" "Kase, Marse Tom?" and here the ild man lowered his voiee?"you'se got i touch er de rheumatism, en you can't un ez fast now ez you run en-durin' er le war!" A .Taundlced View. "I don't see why it should be deemed i disgrace," the youthful bachelor re narked in the course of the conversa :ion, "for a woman to ask a man to narry her." "It isn't a disgrace," replied the el lerly maiden. "Idiocy is a misfor une." SPattence Rewarded. Iis first love's age was Just twenty five. When at twenty in marriage he sought her; le failed; but again at forty did strive, And this time he married her daugh? ter. Lofi by the Wayside. "Is Miss Passay single from choice?" "Yes; all the mon she knows hay* hosen other girls." ?The Hiiltlnn (Jrnrrnl's Glans] Bye. A Haitian Generu.l having lost an eye in battle sent to Paris for an artificial one. The maker sent in return one of his best. Shortly after the General returned It, with the remark that the eye was too yellow, and recalled to his mind the Spar.ish flag, adding at the aame time that he would wear on? ly an eye having the colors of his own country. The maker thereupon made one with red and green predominating, (these being the Haitian colors). This so pleased the General that instead cl wearing the eye as originally intended, ha added it to his collection of medals. USEFUL TO SHOPPERS FRENCH NAMES TOO GENERALLY USED IN DRY GOODS STORES. Explanation of r. Number of tho Term* Ap? plied to Commonly Used Article*?Few Veoplo Who Know That Thon? Marne* Ever lind Any Meaning. Many of our fabrics and dress goods have French names?and we use them without much idea that they originally had any meaning Armure is a material woven so that the cloth has the effect of being wovea with small seeds on the thread. Barre refers to a fabric crossed by bars of a contrasting color. Bayadere comes from the dancing girls of the East, whose garments are made of stuffs crossed from selvage to j selvage with stripes, and when worn these stripes appear to run around the body. j Beige?Composed of yarn in which j two colors are mixed, j Boucle?A fabric having a marked i curl or loop in the yarn, which is j thrown to the surface. Boucle la j French for curl. Bourcette?This puts a lump Instead of a curl on the surface. The word comes from Bourer?to stuff. Carreau?the same as checks, car reaux meaning squares. Chene?A printed effect. Crepon?A crepe or crinkled effect. Damasse?A figured fabric showing a contrast in lustre between the groundwork and the figure. We have ! the same idea carried out in damask i linen. ' Drap d'ete?An all wool fabric with a twilled face and broadcloth back; woven as a twill and finished as a broadcloth, with the gloss showing on the back of the fabric. Drap de Paris?A twilled armure. In the weaving the seed-like effects are given a twill effect, as in a serge. Etamlne?Openwork effect. Frise?A fabric in which the pile stands up from the surface in uncut loops. Friser Is to curl, or, as we say, to frizz. Gloria is a silk and wool material, Jacquard ? A weave called after its inventor, in which every warp thread can be made to move independ? ently of any other, Intricate figures be? ing thus produced. All such complex figured fabrics are classed under the broad name of Jacquards. J Matelasse?A fabric whose face Is broken Into rectangular figures and puffed up so as to resemble quilting. Matelasse may best be translated as 1 tufted. I Melange (literally, mixed)?A fabric produced from yarn that has been either printed in the wool or dyed of j different colors and mixed together be ! fore being spun. Satin Berber?A satin faced wool fa? bric with a wool back. The effect Is one of finish rather than of weave: Satin Solell?A satin-faced armure i fabric woven with a ribbed effect. I Sicilian?A plain weave fabric com? posed of a cotton warp and mohair All? ] Ing, with the tilling threads less twisted : and broader on the surface than in a I regular mohair. Twill?A raised cord running in a I diagonal direction in the fabric from left to right. Any fabric with this weave may be called a twill. The number of twills to the inch in cash? mere and other standard fabrics is ort? en used to indicate their quality. Vigoureux An elect produced by printing the y irn of which the fabric Is conipo-ed -nd c ing it without any regard to oi. tr or resign. Zibelir.e-' wool material used in imitation of s:;hie 'nr. It haB on the face long hairs that give it a fur-like appearance, and may be produced in several ways, but all give the same dis? tinguishing feature. A "camel's hair" fabric. Ex-ljueen LH'?Crier. It is reportol that the grief of the de? posed Queen of Hawaii, Liliuokalani, is very deep for the loss of her royal robe, THE ROY VI. ItOBK. a gorgeous garment make from the feathers of an extremely rare bird. The robe is very valuable as it took many years to col? lect the foatftrs. The Dole, government confiscated the garment when it went into power. Vetorinary Surgery Not for Women. Women may cot be veterinary sur? geons in London. The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons haB refused to admit a lady to examination, asserts lng that all Its charters and its rules were drawn out on the assumption that men alone would seek qualifica? tion, and that, therefore, it would un? duly strain the statutes to admit wo? men. It Is said that the lady thus re? pulsed intends to appeal to the law courts. Paris Forbids Hlg Hats. M. Blanc, the new Prefect of Police it Paris, has issued an order forbid? ding women to weer high hats In the iheatres. Every man who works in a drug store is finally known as "Doc" A .Motable Violin. If the best violin is tiiat made from the oldest and best seasoned wood. Franklin Richardson, of Canton, Me., must have a marvel. It Is made from a panel of the cabin door of the Consti? tution, taken out when the old ship was repaired at Portsmouth Navy Yard, thirty-five years ago. The pan? el was given by one of the carpenters to Mr. Richardson about thirty years ago. It is a beautiful bird's-eye maple, and the instrument is of remarkably clear tone and has great carrying pow? er. The violin ia worth several nun dred dollars. . ...