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THii OLD GTOPY. I stand b»Kiiif- 1 li•• w!r.5ow here An«: p.'i'.'.tr a: Johlj and May, As in ii.ll, u: lu-td:!is auirht, Tlu-y w::.ti tiiir wcolr.K way: jAnii, oh, It tji inss ire baik tin- days, Erii agu had ehanscd my vitw. And ivory tuH I heard or told I sii)l bfc!iirVi.d was new. Go or., ko cn. rr.y hnijpy boy, iLr.d rtad yor.r romance: Tout!) is the time- for love and rhyme. So do not lo.-x- your chance. The joys that b'.i s=rd my early days I would not keep from you For soon you'll (ii.d the- happy tale Won't always seem so new. We used to stroll, long year: ago, About th'- same old way You were a blushing maiden then, And I a lover nny. I t'old you how my heart was yours, And that I'd prove it true, 'Twas un old, c.-ld tale 1 told you, Kate, But r.J:, we thought 'twas new, I And as I stand and watch them here It all comer: back to me: The shady walks, the loving talks, In days that/ used to be. There they go walking slow, ab.sorbed, Just as we used to do: It's an c'.d, old tale he's telling, Kate, But, ah, they think it new. But can it be that I am wrong, Have I grown crabbed with age? Let me turr. back life's closing book, And vic\v that older page. I'm partly wrong, I'm partly right, Love's story's old, 'tis true But though 'twas born In earth's first morn, Love's self is ever new. —Paul Laurence Dunbar, in Good House keeping. •!. yMj. Mt. JjVi, yM/y •?», yMj. .Mi. vMt. Watching a Troop of I Elephants by Moonlight fe By E. Vaughn Kirby. tit- LET me endeavor to describe the camp and its surroundings, so that the reader may become a participator ill the thrilling 1 events, and share in imagination the feelings of awe and wonderment, with which I gazed upon a scene such as f-jw hunters have wit nessed. A clear, limpid stream, 30 yards wide, flowing over a smooth sandy bottom, between low banks cov ered with reed- ten to twelve feet in height. On the right bank the reed fringe, dense but narrow, separates the stream from a wide level terrace, cov ered with short grass, straggling bush, and here and there a tine spreading in chenga tree. This terrace—which in Hood time is covered with water—runs back for a distance of 3D yards to the real flood bank of ihe stream, 20 feet above its present leicl. On the top and edge of the bank, under shelter of a huge inclienga. camp is pitched. Forest trees surround it, and in the branches of those nearest to the tent are hung masks and skins dry or dry ing, skulls and horns finding a rest ing place in some trees at. a greater dis tance from the tent, while on a plat form of logs, under grass thatch, is a pile of tusks. IJeyond camp stretches an extent of park-like forest. Across the river there is no open bench be tween it and the flood bank but a broad and almost impenetrable area of reeds, growing on the sandy ridges j.tid in the intervening hollows, through which at times brandies of the stream flow. Above, on the opposite high bank, the forest is excessively dense, full of low, thick jungle, and lacking the park-like appearance of the country on the right bank. In the tight of day the view is a color-scene of great brilliancy, for it is now nearly midsummer, and the green reeds are in flower, the aca cias in blossom, and hung with sweet scented balls of pink and gold flowers, many of which give forth delicious perfumes, are spread in clustering spangles through the vivid green of the young grass, or hung in festoons of color from the larger trees. The forent itself is a wealth of fo liage and color, to which my descrip tive powers cannot do justic. llrilliant, butterflies flit from flower to flower, while every now and then a black and yellow swallow-tail darts through the forest openings, skimming past the tent into the forest beyond, and drag on-flies of startling color dart on gauzy wings among the reeds. Iflngflsliers seek their food among the arching branches, sweet-voiced birds at morn and evening court, admiration, while myriad's of insects swell the murmur ing voices of these solitudes even in the intense heat of noonday, r.ut now the sun has set in the glowing west, ancl the threatening thunder-clouds have passed away the troops of th "monkey-people" have drunk their fill and sought their resting places among the topmost boughs in the forest doves have coned their evening lulla by. ancf francolins uttered their cheery good night the brief twilight is past, and the moon is over all. hanging like a silver shield in p. sky of blue, stud ded' with stars, whose brilliancy the dweller in northern lath tides cannot know. Tn the open it is still as light as day, but in the shadows is the dark ness of night. It was a moonlight night, such as might be experienced in any other part- of the tropical zone, and confirmation was yet required that the scene was that of a hunter's camp in the wilds of Africa. About 9:30 p. m. 1 had finished 1 he various little du ties which have to be attended to in a eamji after the day's sport is over, had eleaned my rifles, written up my diary, and. having smoked my evening half-pipe of tobacco, had turned into my mosquito-net. both ends of the tent remaining open. Perhaps there was less talking among the boys that night—at any rate he camp seemed quieter than usual—and in half an hour I was asleep. Suddenly awoke, conscious that- a loud, bourse sound like—yet unlike- that made by a lion when seizing its prey, was ringing in my ears, followed by a rush, a crash and a plaint ive cry. such as a buffalo calf utters when deprived 1 of its dam. I sprang up in my cot. listening, and saw a dark form creeping toward the tent, and then Doiambi, one of the carriers, crouched at the open doorway. "A lion, master a lion! It has caught a buffalo!" he whimpered excitedly. Wc listened again no longer con id we hear the bleating cry, but twice or thrice guttural sounds were borne on the gentle wind. I jumped out. courting the attacks of myriads of mosquitoes, which pierced through and through my pajamas, and, taking refuge in the Mnoke of the fires with the awakened natives, listened in tensely. The sounds appeared to em anate from a spot about a mile up the river, ann the boy:? said that a couple of lions had seized a young buffalo out of a troop in the reeds, and, hav ing dragged it on to the opposite bank, were devouring it and growling be tween whiles. But 1 was not satisfied, for I had never before heard a lion without recognizing the sound be yond all dotibt, whereas in this case I had many doubts. Later on we heard a renewed crash- I ing among the reeds, and grunts I failed to recognize. "That's no lion," I said "buffaloes would never con tinue moving about and feeding eon tcntedly in the reeds close to where a lion had attacked them. I believe it's a trocp of elephants." I ordered the boys to remain quiet, and keep the fires low, as it was evident some big beasts were advancing in our direc lion. A quarter of an hour later and the question as to their identity was decided, as the slumbering forest rang with the shrill, trumpet-like notes of an elephant then a brief pause, dur ing which the echoes still vibrated on the caim night air, and once moie pealed forth the shrill, defiant chal lenge. How that sound electrifies a camp, and what a thrill of excitement it sends through the heart, of the hunt er! The grand music of the lion's voice lias its special and unequaled charms, but it silences a. camp in a wonderful way. The boys cluster round the fires, speaking with bated breath, and glanc ing fearfully behind and around them into the darkness or the deceptive moonlight, as they strive to make the dying fires blaze up, hardly daring to look one another in the face if the beast be close at hand. But the shrill chal lenge of an elephant excites and ex hilarates. for every one realizes that mighty though his strength is, huge his bulk and loud his voice, yet the merest child need not fear. To slip int my tent for two rifles and ammunition and back into the fire smoke to await events, was the work of a moment and how anxiously 1 watched that wavering smoke as it blew sometimes straight across the river, then in the opposite direction, responsive to the shifting currents! The elephants were still leisurely feeding toward us, the bulk keeping in the reeds and the bed of the stream, but a few apparently moving through the forest, on the other side, still had hopes that as the bank on our side was above the stream, fortune might favor us, and the ele phants come within sight, so that I might have the novel experience of tackling them bv moonlight. We had not long now to wait. f«r every moment the crashing of reeds and branches as the huge animals passed through became louder, till at last we could hear the splashing of 1 lie water as they walked down the stream, some collecting it in their trunks, throwing it over their bodies, and blowing through tlieir trunks with a sharp, rattling sound. As I took up my position on the bank in the shadow of tent and trees, with my ten-bore rifle at hand, and my double metford— on to which 1 had slipped the enamel sight—on my knees, there enters the first of a vast troop of mighty crea tures. With my eyes fixed on the spot, among the moonlit reeds, which stretched away like a silver Viand be tween the somber forest, where the constant crushing and deep rumbling indicated the advance of the elephants, I marked the waving of the lofty stems, among whose feathered heads several black, sinuous objects, twist ing and twining about Kke great snakes, were visible. Then from the stream bed rose a dark mass and stood on a high sandbank, a huge figure, deep black in the shadows, glistening gray in the high lights, with iwo small points of white where the moonlight shone on the tusks. She was only an ordinary-sized cow, but in the spectral light she. looked like a monster, stand ing for some moments with trunk up lifted testing the air. then outstretch ing it in front of her she sounded a low call, heard doubtless by every mem ber of the troop, and simultaneously all moved forward. The scene becomes grand beyond words. One by one, and in compact, black and gray masses, the huge crea tures seem to glide into view, till tho whole stream-bed is alive with their massive forms, and their gray shad ows pass across the open moonlit spaces in the otherwise deise forest on the other bank, while the whoie air is full of deeply reverberating sound*, and the crackling of the reeds and crash of the branches fall sharp and clear on the ear. Once when the lead ing elephant^ were abreast of the camp a trumpet, loud and clear, rang out from among the, dark masses a hundred yards back in the reeds, the forest caught up the sound and car ried it to the stony slopes of the Piri, and thence to the gorge-rifted heights of the range, which reechoed it in ever softening cadences. 1 seemed to live a lifetime in that brief hour during which these mighty creatures visited our moonlight encampment, and- I felt when all was over that there was nothing more to live for.—From Sport in East Central Africa.- Motive* and Mnnlfontntlon. Mrs. YVipps—I liate winter, but tny husband revels, simply revels in cold weather. Mrs. Dipps—Oh. he doesn't look so full-blooi?oil. "Oh. he doesn't enjoy winter be can=e he is so full-blooded, he enjoys it because he's so full ot' contrariness." —Washington Star. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. Johnny—"raw. what is a probltkH no\el .'" Fat her—'"One of the kind that you can read clear through with out finding what it's about."—.Sau Francisco Call. Editor—"Ah! here's a contribution from a poet of the right stamp." As sistant—"(iood stuff, eh?" "No hut he incloses return postage."—Balti more American. "Please, papa, give me a quarter to see the big snake in the menagerie." "Morris, my dear, nere's the magnify ing glass, vio look at an angle worm."' —Fliegende Blaetter. "It is a pity so many children look so stupid, isn't it'.'" "Yes. it is."' "Just sec that one across the road?" "Hold on. That may be one of mine." —Cleveland Plain Dealer. I No Substitute. The Missionary— "Why do you drink this awful liquor?"' Hungry Ned—"By gosh, parson, it's the only licker in the camp. We have to."—Philadelphia North American. -Magistrate (kindly to prisoner)— "I'll give you another trial." Magis trate (to same person next morning) I —"What are you here for?" Pearly Sam—"1 'specs 1'se here to get da1 udder trial.'"—Green Bag. ".My visit, sir. may be a little ill timed." remarked the poet, "but 1 trust you will hear me out." "Of course I will," replied the editor graciously "in fact, you can be surf of it if you just bang the door a littlf as you go."—Philadelphia Kecord. He—"Here's a collar I bought foi the dog. Isn't it a beauty? Only cosl $l.,jii." She—"What! for that worth less cur? 1 thought you wanled t: get rid of the beast.'" He—"That"? my idea. Somebody will be sure tc steal liim now with this collar OE him."—N. O. Times-Democrat. COFFIN FOR A TRUNK. A MaHHiiohuncitk .Vunogennrinn Trav el* nltli a Queer Iluis gage ltox. Anthony Simpkins, a nonagenarian of Lanesboro, Mass., started one (.lay lately for Hopkins Station, Mich. Tin nearest railway station to Lanesborc, is in Pittsfield, anil when Anthony ar rived in that city, with his blooming wife of years, he created a sensation of considerable magnitude. It was neither the nonagenarian nor his wife. however, that was the real cause of the excitement, but a peculiar article of baggage which the aged traveler had wiih hi in. When the baggagemaster came to look over the traveling equipment which Mr. Simpkins unloaded from a wagon and offered for transportation lie was somewhat surprised to see, in the midst of bandboxes and carpetings. a coflin. with all the usual funereal adornment. The collin apparently con tinued a body, for the sturdy old man handled it as if it were heavy, and with the greatest care. The baggagemaster at once asked for the death certifi cate. "I guess I don't need none." said Mr. Simpkins. grinning. "We can't take the body unless you show a certificate of death."' said the baggagemaster. firmly. be." The bii{rraffoman admit tcl that ho: would like to look into the cofiin. and straightway Anthony unfastened the lid and exposed the articles which he had mentioned, and many others as well. The controversy had attracted tIn attention of the people who were waiting in the station, and by the time the owner had raised the lid of the collin he was surrounded by a large and curious crowd. Somebody asked the old man how it happened that he used a eoftin as his trunk, and he explained the matter in this way: "Three years ago I had an idea that I waif goin' to last much longer, so I thought I'd better make sure of a good coflin while 1 had money to buy it. bought this coffin then, but 1 ain't had no chance to use it until day 'fore yes terday. Then Mary told me there wan't room enough in the trunk for all the things v.e wauled to take out west, so I said thaf coffin would make a good trunk. I wanted to take it I along, anyhow." Despite Mr. Simpkins" plausible ex planation, the railroad officers refused I to accept his coflin trunk, and with good deal of grumbling he and his wife transferred the contents to a dry goods box.—X. Y. Tribune. ••nnaltlns" Monneliomi I.like. Moosehead is now "bushed" from Greenville to the carries. Many who never happened to visit a larjre hike in winter do not know that "bushhisr" a lake is planting- a line of trees on the ice for guidance of horse and man, else they niitihl lose their way. and an unbushed lake has many of the terrors of an ocean or desert. The trees are placed about 50 yards apart and are frozen firmly into holes cut clear to the water when the ice is not over font inches thick. They are set out by eye and hold wonderfully true courses from point to point. Quite a job. too. to thus plant the 1.500 add trees now direetini the traveler's course from Greenville, 40 miles to the carries. They are no shrubs, but stand six feet above the snow.—Lewiston (Mo.) Journal. BokImii'k Cathedral. The Church of the Holy Cross at Bos ton, Mass.. is Jarjrer than many of the old world cathedrals, covering- more than an acre of ground. It is tm im posing- edifice, and there are but twe in America that can be compared with it—the cathedrals at Xew York a:.v! Montreal.—Detroit Tree IVess. 4 4 MOTIVES MISUNDERSTOOD. Dovr tlie 1'pronrlovis Hosiery of Swell Young Mnn Struck a Simpkins grinned again. "There ain't no corpse in there,"' said lie. "There's jest some of my wife's dresses, and velopment of the younger minds, thus after some chiny and tinware, and the big Hotel Clerk. There is a young business man who has more hosiery than he knows what to iio with, lie was quite recently on a business trip, and happened to stop for a roupie ot days in Philadelphia, lie wanted tn pet some advertising, hut he was not tixt-d In pay for it, and he had read about the "kin# of the dudes" and other freaks who manage to get some brief notoriety because of their antics. He had ten dollars to spare on a scheme, and he accordingly went to a bar- gain sale at which they had kit of last sum mer socks at 50 cents a pair, lie spent the money on these things, and lie went out of his way to pet the most outrageous combina tions of color and the most bizarre effects that were in the place. He succeeded won derfully. He had socks which made the asphalt sidewalks curl as they do under ex treme heat. His extremities fairly shrieked. Then he spent the day in the corridor of the li-otel sitting in a conspicuous place showing off the socks. He would wear a pair for about 20 minutes, go to his room, change, and. coming down, show off another design for about the same time. He 1 id this for al most ten hours, and naturally attracted quite a good deal of attention. That was what he wanted, but he could not break into the newspapers. The clerk when he was paying his bill said: "You ought to patent that invention." "What's that?" asked the sock man with an anticipatory stnile, as lie expected some thing complimentary about his scheme. ''Don't you do that for cold feet?"—Pitts burgh Daily News. Misnlng CttmiiiniMliitcnts. The brilliant young preacher, when he makes his parochial calls, endeavors to cultivate an acquaintance with the a Bible and some of my hings. I guess other ahernoon while he was waiting 1 don need no certihkit for them, do drawing-room of a beautiful Cass I I'd jest as soon show yer what they avenue residence for the delayed appc-ar- 1 1 fashion keeping tab upon his Sunday anee of Elsie's mamma he was entertained by the little daughter herself. Taking her upon his lap, he began a review of the church lessons that had been given to a little maid of five. "Can you tell me. Elsie, how many com mandments there are?'' "Yes, sir: seven or eight." "Oh, no, dear: there are ten." "Yes. 1 know, there used to be, but I heard papa tell mamma yesterday that you had broken two or three of them at least, and that would leave only seven or eight, you know."—Detroit Free Press. Too Great a Strain. Muggins—Poor Wigwaghas gone insane. Buggins—You don't mean it! "Yes. he started to calculate how much alimony Solomon would have to pay if he had lived in Chicago."—Philadelphia Rec ord. Backaches of Women are wearying beyond des* cription and they Indicate real trouble somewhere^ Efforts to bear the dull pain are heroic, but they do not overoome It and the backaches continue until the oauso Is re moved* does this more certainly than any other medicine* It has been doing It for thirty years• It Is a wo man's medicine for wo man's ills* It has done much for the health of American women* Read the grateful letters from women constantly ap pearlng in this paper I Mrs* Plnkham counsels women free of charge* Her address is Lynn9 1 Massa The Chief Justice of Samoa Says Peruna is The Very Best Catarrh Cure. Court Room Scene where Judge Chambers maintained the supremacy of the United States in Samoa. In a recent letter to The Peruna Medicine Co., Chief Justice Chambers says the following of Peruna: 1 have tried one bottle of Peruna, and I can truthfully say it is one of the best tonics I ever used, and I take pleasure in recommending it to all sufferers who are in need of a good medicine. 1 can recommend it as one of the very best remedies for catarrh" W. L. Chambers. ALABASTINE Is a durable and natural coating for walls ami ceil ings. made ready for use by mixing with cold water. It is a cement that goes through a pro cess of sottinp, hardens with age, and ran bo coated and recoil ted without washing off its old coats before renewing. Alabastine is made in white anil fourteen beautiful tints. It is put up in five-pound packages in dry form, with complete directions on every packages Willi coinpiei/e uirecuuua uu cvnj ALABASTINE S not be con foii with kal- eomines, as it is entirely different from all the various kalsomines on the market, being dur able and not stuck on the wall with glue. Alabastine customers should avoid getting cheap kalsomines under different names, by insisting on having the goods in packages properly labeled. They should reject all im itations. There is nothing "just as good."<p></p>ALABASTINE Prevents much Bickness, particularly throat and lung difficulties, attributable to unsanitary coatings on walls. It has been recommended in a paper published by the Michigan State Ifoanl of Health on account of its sanitary feature1: which paper strongly condemned kalsomines. Alabastine can bo used on either plastered walls, wood ceilings, brickorcanvas, and any one can brush iton. 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