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Lm nDin II u M r n 1 1 1 r AI In
Many Star Itmlle ore Thought In It Hid-
dn Under th Iehrln-l'rierty ! AVIII
AfgrBtTcititr .MIWonntl.aU Work
at lUbullillnic Ilrgun.
f St. Louts, Mo.. May 29. When dark
jicii tempo willy Interrupted tho
search (or worm vtettma to-nlg-ht 315
jpegplo were known to bo dead on both
iilaes o( tho river, and although tho
oompleU) death list will nevar be
known, It I hellered that It will np-
prorlnvtto 400 In the two letloi. The
number of Injured In oven larger, and
many u uio iiuumoti oniuiui nurture
The properly lose -will reaoh well Into
the mlllloni, lnrt Insurance people,
firemen and rvolVea alike refuse to
k iftuard oven a guees at ooeumte fls-
rmres. The uncertainty regarding lots
of life and property Is due mainly to
the wldo extent of the Imvoo wrought
by tho etorm, tho miles of wrecked
buildings as yet unexplored and the
numerous collapsed factories towards
the Investigation of which little pro
cross has been made may hldo almost
any numbor of bodies, as tho police
luavo bcon unable to soouro anything
llko an accuraito list of Uio mtslng,
In tho factory districts many of tho
onloyen on duty at tho Umo the
storm broke were without relatlroa In
the city and their disappearance would
certainly bo noted ovon though they
be burled In tho ruins. It Is believed
by the police, too, that owing to tho
suddonnoss with which tho crash canio
many tramps or homeless ouos sought
abetter among tho buildings, and that
nothing win be Known of tnoir dcaut
until, perhaps, wooks honee, when Uieir
bodies are found. The list at 0 o'olook
of known deacd In St, Louis Is 109,
and in BaM St. Ius 148.
The olty la In dorknem to-night.
All Jrer tho ntrleken dWtrlot Uio de-
bris-onokou streets are crowded with
ght-aeers and through tho dim gasllt
orgiiM. through tho out cud of Uio
Ity and morgue at Twelfth street, a
nstant stream of people Is urged for
ward by aisles of plotca. Hundreds of
omos are in ruins, dozons of men and
lozens of buslncs houses aro wrecked,
IMany steamboats ara gone to Uio bot-
am oi uie river nnu outers aro uis
nantled. Railroads of all kinds havo
ufforcd great loss, and wlro and pole
talng companies havo weeks of toll
find largo oxpondlturoa of money to
l.i. tl.. a.lll I ' In luillulnnln.u
hapo again.
Tho most furious work of tho storm
Van tjjong Hutger atrodt, Lafayette and
httt AlfAtilin itut nnntli-iiniiH
horoughfarca coat of Jofroraflh ave
ue. Tho housi nro in a atrcots
rlth Uie roofs underneath, burled by
lii. MM.t trH.iu . i. I. i .1.
4iUA UIU I11UIUM. U'UUW 1I1U WIMilV
d mortar aro housettold goods of
ory,.dwKirlUon ami on lop of all
-o upnbtod trees and tangled inasseti
wires.
There is not a tree or building stand-
1g In LaFVyeMe park. The wreok
t ti .!. t..tl1 la on n ,1n.l
wu km j uu3iiia, tm nu ftinivuimm
wreckago that It Jb barely possible
reach it. Uy far the most remark-
lo freak of tho storm m at this
iny winged house. About two hund-
11 patients wwe scattered through.
wards -when tho tornado struok,
t alUiough tho entire upper story
cut off clean and one wing razed,
i one Inmate was killed. The vie
wt located in ono of' Uio upi.-.r
fries and was killed by a flying
ok In tho demolished wing. Tho
Ells fell out, Uio roof canto straight
fvn upon the foundation, and there,
Stlo$ upon Bound bed oastlnsM, oa-
led Uio patlots to bo toieued wlth-
1 serious injury. T4io entire build
warondeml useless and the tot
nx walla will bo torn down and a
tftuaturo btsllt.
'any of Uie hansomo residences on
u-teenth Btreet nad about I-Fy-park
ore ruined, but the most dam
was done on Blxtb, Seventh,
U and Ninth, south along Chateau,
n-g the tenement district. I loom
yto be seen in all r.sw of demoH
n from Iom of roof to complete ds
ptKOOft, In some of them the
t waHa had fallen out owl the
nts porfonned their lKMishokl du
oared forfhel njured ami mourn
tholr lead an full rtw at tho
ds In the U-eets. Protn dhe doors
pany partially wrecked houses
Srel Me blae4c lilr of mourning
mreftly a house In all Ujh dlstriet
did not have soms Injured rela
frisad or nniglvhor HiM Hm
baetej-ed walki.
p path of the a'ornt l about a
tuNe -wide aiwl over four miles
matins Utrougli Che thlsMy
iMtsd muitorwtti port loo o'
$( MroM t0 1e9r
I. yMlw'me, rm imrw "of the
tt Meyers tobaeeo plant which
wreoked avtlmatetl tho anttre
rty damage at J2S.000.oao. whisk
mi, t m, almost a total lost,
: to th laek of oj-clone Insurance.
otti!HM range from 16.000,
f 30J00.0OO. but the nwlorhv
i
to that mule by Col. Wo tt more
VMngtlili llnllrtlnt.
lon May J9. Thi'.ndering of
te ungllsh newspaper men ore
o was illustrated yesterday, in
planner not explained the news
led here to day an ntwounur
Jfli that 'Htifl stsier St. IkiIi
-iL.i..u- i .i . ...
.nucn u iwai a tnvaaqaa lives
toit.V The 8t. Iouis is foored
iloiks at New York, but this did
ome known until the snaousee-
bad ereated eotiildKaUa uelte
A Tuaehlng Frsytr,
Waahfneton. Mar 29. The bond bill
was further discussed In tho senate
yesterday. Mr. Daniel's torrent plso.
tor Oliver oroVed an etilliulaiiUa
demonstration. Mr. I'effer a4so siioko
of tho bill. The resolution nuthorlxlna
the ecorrtnry of war to loan tents to
me torwwo nunerers was passed, al
though Mr. Vest, of Missouri, thought
Uit tet unneeessary. Tho ohaplaln's
prayer made eloquent reta-eiien to Uie
hu Liouis caiaatroiilie.
Tho t. Loau Is horror was the thorns
of ft touohlu ami cloauent prayer by
Jtov. Dr. Mllburn, the blind ohapkttn
of Uie sonatc. at tho openttkg bf tho
esMon yeAtenMy.
'Oh. Ood." ho itrared. "wo shand
oglKurt at the awful tokons of thy pow-
or and maJoetr. The earth It shaken
anad trembles and tho foundations of
thto hills aro shaken."
Dlvlno mercy was Invokod for tho
etrieked olty of 8U Louts, aueeor for
the maimed and oioted, strength to
uicmo admlnurterlne rawer and pro
tootlon from another visit of dlvlno
wrath.
When tho houio resolution wui- --
eolvod authorizing tho seere.ary of
war to loan tents and render aid to
tho mayors of fit. Louis and Host Bt,
Imls, Mr. Palmor. of Illinois, asked
lmmedlato oonslderaUon,
Mr. Vont llorposed tho suggwllon
Uitat wJillo It might seem ungracious
for him to lntorposo objection, yet In
viow of late reports showing Uio Usual
oxajrgerattom attending tho first hor
rors of fho calamity, ho did not con
Hldcr this action necessary. To poo
plo of St. Louis, ho said, could toko
caro ot tbemsolvcs. Although tho reso
lution could do no foarm, yet ho dep
recated the tondoney to ruah 1mpul
slvoly to sources for roller.
Mr. Harris (dem.) of Tennestco said
he fully sympathized with this view
although tho resolution being here It
should be acted upon and made Joint
Instead of conourrent.
Mr. Ctillom, (rep.) sold he felt from
tho last report that thorn wtM ncaneoes
ally for tho pasmgo of the relief reso
lution and that Uie neoplo would bo
able to tako caro ot tha wounded.
Vol, ns tho houto had acted,, air. Cul
lorn urged that the scnato should an
on It.
Tho rwei&utlon was amended to ho
Joint Instead of concurrent, thus re
quiring presentation Wthc president,
and avas then adopted.
In III Home
Washington, May 29 In the hmiso
yesterday proceedings wero overshad
owed by tho 81. Louis horror. A roso
lntlon wai passcddlreetln tho secre
tary of war to placo at Uio disposal of
Uio stricken olty a auflloloat nr-ibor
of tents to provide for Uio onr. .ary
nocoMltlas ot tho homeless and to
render such aid as might be In his
power
Mr. IJarthold of Bt. Louis, who saw
Booretary Lamont ynaterday, sold thero
wis olgM or ten boats used In the
Mississippi river improvements wliloh
might bo nblo to render asatetanee,
and Uieso will be ordered to the Beeno
of tho dhtaetor If necessary.
Senate amondmenia to the sundry
olvll bill npproiUng $125,000 for tho
public building at St, Paul, and $13,000
at IjUtle Ilook wero adopted.
Tho Johnson-Stokes confuted cIm
tloti case, from Uio sovenlih South
Carolina district, was debated, but not
doeldod to-day.
Movement of Troiiii.
Havana, May 29-Iteport reach here
of two more trains being destroyed
wVth dynamite bp Inaurgenta, No Uvea
wero lout.
Col Sionaoada roports that In nn en
gagement with tho insurgents yester
day tho Jattor lost 30 klllod and bad
120 wounded, and Including tho Insur
gent leaders Ooinvo and Agramoato.
Col. Albert has been engaged with
Uw Kioiirgeata near ongo prorlnao of
8anMao do Cuba. The onomy left dot
on klllod and two wounded on the
field. Tho troops oonturod and des
troyed the Insurgent oomp, burning 100
houses. Col. Albert followed and an
ofl.gem4u laatiig two hours re
sulted. Itetreatln. the inlurgeou left
30 killed and oairiod away 90 wounded,
The troops lost a lieutenant of guer
illas, killed, and nine soldiers were
wounded.
Uunimvrdlitl Truvntnr.
GineJnsalJ, o., May 29. With an ta.
xneniely large attndaB9e the national
convention ot the United Commercial
TmveJers opened yesterday, the fore
noon being derotBd to addreiie. and
reports in the afternoon. MayortCald
well weleonied Mia deies, Then
ihere wore oddressM by tho presi
dent of the ahamber of eoawlerco and
otbr repratentatlres,
The Mystlo Order of Bapnen It
meeting here In connection wii the
Order of United Travekra. Th teas
iom olose with a parade on .Saturday,
SUUIltlM IKtMtfHl.
nuluwayo. May 29 A portion el
Copt. Napier'a column, in a sharp
brush with a force ot 1900 MaUbeles
In the Inaza district, routed the natives
killing 300 od wounding many oVhen.
The troopers had two killed and tares
wounded in the engagement.
A bill lias been reported favorably to
Increase the imy of the mall carriers
throughout tin United States.
Mlalstor Taylor is about to rctur
to bis mt at Madrid
THE JOKERS' COItNEK.
.wcbklv aniBT pon oun lean
nEADuna.
A OIm ot Oolil A rnlltlrnl Aranmt nt
from lh Tammsnjr Hlnnilpntnl
rrmr lUlttil unit tlm .lw
Ilorrowtd unit Orffflnal Jokt-i.
OLTSAM ot gold
her trosflos
eattght,
That alt their rip
p 1 1 n g meshes
wrought
To fine spun sun
shine, soft as
sighs.
8 h o murmured,
while her dusky
oyta
Were tender as a twilight Uiecht,
Into my saddened heart rke brought
The promise afh lore Z seught.
Llko sunshlno rifting darkened skies,
A gleam ot gld. .
And suadpW"roy llfo was fraught
With gladnefls, for I dreamed that
naught
Could win from mo my one sweet prize,
Tho mnlden's heart tilt ovor wise,
I learned by what her love was bought,
A gleam of gold.
. Thayer House In To Date.
Mlsiiiiy tiiiippifitiuii.
From tho Washington Stnr: "Hezo
klnr," snld Farmer Stnoklns to his son,
whom ho was visiting, "how bo yo
goirn- 'long Willi this collcgo eddloa
tlon?"
"First rnte, father."
"Aro yo a good foot-ball player?"
"No. I dovoto alt my attontlon to ray
studies."
"An' yo don't play base ball?"
"Never."
"Nor row a boat?"
"No."
"Weil, I s'pose It's all right. Ilut I
dtinno how yo'rt) goln' ter let folks
know yo'vo bcon tor college when ye
git back among tho nolghhors. They'll
say they don't sco no reason fur yor
comin' an this way Jos' tor set down an
rend books."
til 7miitrmt.
From tho Indlnnanolls Joiirnnl- "Ah
um really, you will havo to oxeuso
mo," said tho young man to whom tho
young womnn was nuout to soli thrco
ucKots ror a mush nnd milk supper
"I have n pressing cngngomont." And
ho passod on.
.A tow minutes Inter nnd n tow doors
further on sho saw him dive Into n
"trousors-crcnscd'Wlillo-you-wnlt" cs
tnbllshmont.
"A nrcsslni: rnirneompnt?" nhnniiiBmi
"I wonder." sho continued, relapsing
irom lingiisii into chlmmlcfnddon,
wonder It ho was Joshing inc."
Ilait llnrom tr.nnlniiniii.
From tho Washington Htnr- "Th
baso ball season will ho In full blast
very soon." romnrkod tho enthusiast
"Yes; I Bunnoao so."
"YOU don't act OS If VOU were irnlnir
to tako your old-tlmo Interest In the
loriunes or me Home team."
"Well, you sco, horotoforo, I'vo boon
Impressed that they woro rushing
things too muoh. Wo senrcoly get
tnrougu looking after Raster eggs bo
foro wo'ro called up to turn our nt
tcntlou to gooso oggs."
It Wi it tw II Approreil.
From tho Indianapolis Journal: Oro
gan And fwhat d'lo thine nv the Inn
thoy have bon maklu' In Now York
mat a eaioon cannot bo wldlu two hun
dred fato nv n church!
Hocnn Hiiro, an It's n cood thlnir.
.f titer tho man comes out nv tho saloon
It gives him n two.llllllilrml.fnnl wntk
for him to find out ho do ncod nnothor
drink bofoor ho goea Into th church.
Vallti( n Hrnnon.
She Hut I detest Juno weddings,
"Why?"
"They moan a whole summer wast
ed."-Lire.
A rutltlral Arsuma
Pat (soliloquizing, behind the fence)
There's a good Tammany goat tor
yezl L'ato 'm alone an' he'll make a
Dlmoerat o' that PopulliL Truth
tt tipmlit Upon Ulio Wm Yhcia.
From the Chleago Post: The blonde
has evidently made up her mind.
''As for bltureatM garments M the
began.
"Yea?" said tks. briwstte, expectant
ly. don't think nett of them, as a
general rule, but, ej eewse, there are
exceptions,"
"Ot course.
"I am not at all ojpei W bKurl
oated garaect with a mm In ft."
if
Th HAn tot th rise.
rinton You have called to secure Us
position ot porter?
Applicant Yes, sir.
Duron Wna there not some one fa
tho nnteroom as you onmo In?"
ppllcant There was, sir. There
was a nan with a bill against you, Herr
Hnron, but I threw him out, Flicgcndo
lllaotter,
One Mnr Trlnmphsnt,
The barber shop porter was manipu
lating (he whisk broom after tho man
ner ot his kind, nnd after many flour
ishes nnd'axtrnvngant gyrations bowed
tho customer out.
Thero was n look ot triumph on tho
faso ot the latter ns lm said to himself,
glancing nt his overcoat, "Ho nover
touched me." Judge.
A Wtrrn Nhrrlnrk Ilolmrt.
Ohlaa'gD Man I gueea New York has
n very unncaiuirui eiinmio. i think
the people there hare n cold about All
the Umo.
"Why so?"
"Well, When I was thero last summer
Uiey pnt a hnmltrehlet by everybody's
plate."
Skillr.
Though Uio west bo vory woolly, there's
a woman that I know,
Who'd regard that faet ns doubtful, tin-
flOnVlnfleu that It wan so,
Till shoM drawn a throad 'In secret
from Its selvage, warp or woof,
And with n match hnd kindled It and
nut It to the proof.
II V .Ink Writer.
FencerA pojiny for your thoughts.
Ponser!'!! go you. That's hlghor
than tho nvcrnga editor's valuation.
A MotIhb Slitter.
Mr. Holsodo You'ro a swlndlcrl Jes
look at thorn pantsl Shrunk noarly
foot!
Mr. Lovy Veil, I don't vondorl Dey
vos ashamod of doso bootsl To Date.
A New Bnnnym.
Gumso What do you think ot Cawk
or?
Fnnglc Cnwkor Is n Maud Mullei
sort of a olmp.
Cunmo What or earth Is a Maud
Mullor sort of a '.inp? ,
Fsnglo A rako, ' "
i ' "
In Murilerrr't llutr.
Thug I wish doy'd got n movo on on
try an' ofc?vlot mo.
Slug I)oea yoz want 'n oreak as bad
as all dnt?
Thug-Croak? Wot's allln' yor link
tnnk? W'y, dun mo admirers ud pe
tition do guvnor for mo pardon, an' dt
hull muss'ud bo over.
"I'd hate to llvo In Clilongol"
"Well, ir thoy keep on extending
their limits, I don't know how you aro
going to avoid It."
"I might Commit sulslde."
"That won't sovo you. Bhcol la one
of their suburbs."
A Hurt Laugh.
First New York Horso What are
you laughing at?
Soeond Now York Horse I was
thinking that on Sundays tho human
beings hero aro no better oft than we
arc. They havo to drink water,
I.umlnou.
Mrs. Hopvlne Here Is a long piece
In this paper about tho wedding of sir
Henry1 Inlt, D. O. L. What does D. a
L; mean?
Mr. Hopvlne Dog-oatchcr ot Lon
don. In the ".Sw ratur.
She Your pies don't taste like
father's did, They
He I don't enrol I wjih I'd never
met y
She I eould never oat hts at alL
I'artly Tol.l.
Miss Slereleaf I know that ago Is be
ginning to tell en ffle.
Miss Caustlquo Yes, dear; but you
needn't mind so very muoh. It Isn't
telling tor whole truth. Truth.
Feirt llaillleil.
Lady Teacher James, what Is the
favQorlte rood or the Ohlnese?
James (deelilvely) Rutsl (Teweher
lutahes her skirts nnd leans to the top
ot a desk with a sereesh ot terror.
Mure la II,
Kllduff A seat In the New York
stoek exthaiige oomes high,
Taddells Yes, It Boats more to buy a
seat thero than to endow a chair In a
college.
Juttlrr.
Mr. Pint Fuanyman don't get credit
for the Jokes he furnishes the papers.
Mr. Needle Ner for say thing els
It the people kaow him.
A tlooil Hin.
Jennings Why do they
mlslilv rinllllF
say AI
ShHlings- Ucause they art
Might bard to get
CHILDREN'S COMER.
INTBnitSTINO 8KHTCHE8 FOH
OUR DCY8 AND QIHLS.
UlfU nt th Anlmnlt gmH llnj Aliroml
.1 (Inoil akcleli mm th Annul
Arent A l'rllr Kuraery funs ami
tllhor Starlet.
LUCIC, CliWCK.
olutk," said the
lion,
" Tie time this lit
tle ehlok went
In bod,
Or you'll live to be
n fowl
Whlsh In the night
will prowl,
And be taken for
an owl," she said.
Then without n single petp
Tho ehlak went alt to sleep,
sort tusked In Its warm fenthtr bed.
"Purr, purr, purr," said the eat,
" TIb time this little kit went to bed,
Or youll grew to bo a eat
Whleh cannot oaten a rat
Anil you wouldn't much Ilka that," she
said.
Than tho kitten In n trloe
Blopt, nnd dronmed nt entailing mleo,
Wrupped In fur In her basket bed.
"Dow-wnw-wow." tnld the dog,
"TIs time this little puppy went to
bed,
For playing In tho dark
Will tnko nwny your bnrk,
And you'll novcr raako your mark,"
sho said.
Then tho puppy stopped hU play,
And went to bed straightway,
Curled up on his clean straw bed.
"Como, eome, come," sold irammn,
" 'TIs Umo this little boy went to bod,
To sloop throughout tho night,
And with tho morning tight
To awaken frosh and bright," sho said
Dut that hoy did tease and tonne
"Let mo sit up this oneo, please,"
And nt Inst was enrrlod pouting oft to
bed.
(till of th Animal.
"I have a now gamo for you," snld
Aunt Holla to tho children ono rainy
day. "You must alt In n row upon
your tlttto benches, npd I will ask you
quostlons. That does not sound vory
amusing, dons It? Hut you will grow
Interested after nwhllo, and tho ono
who answers tho most quostlons. shall
ordor lunoh for tho party. I shall bo
gin nt onco and not wnsto time. Polly,
havo you anything that the animals
gnvo you?"
"Yes," said Polly, promptly. "I've
got n sewntoh wight on my arm that
my pussy gavo mo when I wouldn't
let her drink my milk." And sho rolled
up tho alcovo o? her apron to show It
! Thoy all Inughcd, and thon Polly arlod
Then thoy kissed her, nnd Aunt Uelln
snld:
"No pno laughed nt tho serateh, Pol
ly, and yoi shnll havo another ques
tlon. Try to think of something nice,
something Hint you llko to havo, that
an nnlninl gavo you."
"Not a slnglo fwlng." said Polly.
"Think, Polly," sold Aunt Holla.
"What havo you got on your recti"
"Shoes nnd stockings. My yamb's
wool stockings and my brown kid
shoos," snld Polly, kicking her root.
"We!!, Polly, tho llttlp whlto lambs
gavo you tho wool off tholr backs for
the stockings, nnd tho pretty kids gavo
their skins for tho shoos."
"Oh I" cried Polly. "I nover rrought
or tat! So tey did." Thon sho lnughod,
and tho others foil thoy might, too, and
Aunt Holla continued:
"Now tho rest must answer In tholr
turn, only thoy must not toll or tho
winio gifts Polly has told of. What
havo tho quadrupeds or birds or fish
or Insects given you, Tom?"
"Well," said Tom, with his hands In
his pockets, "tho tailor said my suit
wus 'strictly all wool,' so tho cheep
must havo given mo that, nnd my hat,
too: and oh, nn alligator gavo me my
shoes alligator skin, they are; and I've
got a knife In my pooket that a shell
fish gave mo the handle for It, nt lesst,
beamiso It's mother-of-pearl, nnd that
Is tho lining of a aholli nnd I guess
Hint's nil I romembcr Just now."
"Now, Tilly!" said Aunt Uella.
"Oh." said Tilly. "I am under ob
ligations to tho silkworms far my dress,
for It Is mado ot Japauoso silk. And
a tortoise gave me my hairpin. And In
my posket I bave something a ll.tlo
blind mole gave me a moleskin purse.
I suppose some animal with horns gave
me these utile red buttons, for I think
they are bone."
"An animal gave them to you," Bald
Aunt uella, "but in a very curious way
Those buttons are made of bullock's
blood. There Is a great factory In
some part ot the country where they
take all the blood that Is gathered from
tho plaees whero they slaughter bett,
and turn It Into something like boue,
ot which they mako buokles and combs
and breast-pins and lots ot things. You
may Know tuetn by their red color.
Very few people guess what It Is."
"Now, Fanny?"
"A seal gavo mo my cap and mutt and
ollar," said Fanny: "and the feathers
In my hat an ostrloh gavo me oh, I
nave a lime snaico-skin poeketbookl"
"And you, Lilly?" asked Aunt Dells
"Ob, a monkey gave me my cane and
muff," said Lilly, "and a kid gave me
my gloves."
"Now, I am going to ask you all to
look about the room and see what crea
tures nave helped to furnish It."
"Of course, sheep have, for there la
wool la the earpct," said Fanny "and
siiKworas, tor t&e curtains have silk In
x&em."
"on, and norses." Mid Tos, "far
were is a norse-hsir sore."
"An elephant JteluisT.' aaff Ttllr
6h, yes. and a camel, net exacttr in
turn lining, but as tcr ftHtf t The-
porffotfo en th dealt Is trMo ofoanvn'ss
skin, and the paper-knife It Itory, and
vory Is made from an olopliant'a
taakx"
Oh " raid Tom. "we've fergotlen tho
big hlaek bear who gave ts that rug,
though ho Ilea there, head nnd '.daws
nnd all; and tho little white Boat that
gave us that small rug."
"Oh," laughed Fnniiy. "the roosters!
What did the rooster give us? 1 know;
dees any one else?"
"Tho reather duster, or enure," said
Tilly; "and n poaootk gave us his tall
for that screen."
"A deer took oft his head nnd antlers
so mat wo could nave mm rmrK tnai
holds grandpa's rllle," mid Tom. "For
my part, I cannot sea anaUter thing
that the birds and boasU and insects
and reptiles gave us."
"I da." said Aunt Delia. "I see some
thing that really and truly belongs to
a duck. I do net suppose she Intended
to give tt to us. I know she did not, in
Met. Hut here It Is." v
"A durkl" cried all tho children.
looking about "When Is anything a
duek gave us?"
"Under Polly's ke4.H said Aunt
Helta.
"That llltlo cushion?" queried Tom.
"I thought that was silk?"
"There Is older-down Inside of It."
sold Aunt Holla. "Whon the older
duck makes lior nest, sho linos It with
down from her own breast. The down
hunters know that, and oomn In tho
night nnd atwl It. Tho poor little duek
Is very sorry to And It gone, but sho
pulls out moro down nnd makes tho
feather-bod over again for the dusk
bablos who nro to eomo out of her big,
green oggs, nnd nnco more tho hunters
eomo nnd stoat It. Hut sho wilt havo
tho ducklings comfortable and sha
pulls all Uo down from her brofist this1
time. Thoy tot her keep Hint, and tho
poor llttlo duck, with her breast baro
and bleeding, Is still glad that her
bablee are warm." 1
"Ob, poor llttlo mamma duek!" said
Polly, crying. "Tako back the poor
duck's fevvers!"
"Don't ory, Polly." said Aunt nelb.
"All her fsoUiers grow again, no doubt,
nnd sho has mado lots of nests for lots
of little ducks slnee then."
And then, as they woro all ready for
lunch, thoy had It eosoa, and Jam
tarts, and tongue sondwlehes, nnd
plenty or buns nnd plain omko.
' 'i
Small llojt Ahmad. "
Wo didn't get Into London until
about sovon o'clock Wednesday night,
but It was lino traveling coming up
rrom Southampton. You'd havo thought
tho cars had rubber bicycle tyres un
their whcols see that word tyres?
that's English for tires I saw It on n
sign. They rodo along Just as smooth
ly as a bloyclo would on n tar pave
ment, nnd go Jerusalem how'they did
gol That llttlo toy engine whon onoa
she got started Just loapod ovor tho
ground. You'd almost think you woro.
traveling on a streak ol lightning and'
lo n packing box. That's nil tho cars
arc, Just llttlo packing boxoa petitioned
off Into stalls nnd Uio guard they call
brakemon guards over horo tho guard'
locks you In and oR you go. U Isn't a
bit llko travollng In America, and I
don't know as I llko It quite as muoh
atho Amorloau cars with alilos down
tho mlddlo or 'cm because tho broken
mixed candy and bnnona boys can't
walk through and sell you thlngsl
Havon't scon a broken mlxod oandy
and bannna boy ovor horo, and It's all
bcoauso tholr cars havon't any aisles.
Thoro aren't any comic paper boys
clthor but I guess that's a good thing.
l'op bougnt n copy or ono of tho Eng
lish comic papers and ho nearly ruined
tils eyes trying to sco tho Jokes, tholr
points wero sn awful fine From Har
per's Hound Tabto,
loBcnlnat.
From the Ananias Argus: There
may bo a basis of fact In tho Oriental
story or a beetle, with a thread tied U f
one or Its logs, crawling to tho top of a
castle tower, nnd so becoming (ho
means ot a prisoner's escape. The
servlco ot tho smaller creatures, by ac
cident or strategy. In situations where
human hands are helpless, forms an
Interesting and not unfrequont Inci
dent In common llfo.
The well-known power or an eel to
find his way through mud has been -utilized
to clear out a clogged water
pipe, and In a story of a recent case ot
a similar kind we find that a tuouso has
been cleverly been made use of,
In a French town, In which the tele
graph wlrea are laid underground, a
telegraph line was Interrupted. The
workmon pulled out tho wire and re
paired It, but then discovered that they,
could not pass a wlro through the pipe,
by means or whleb they could pull the -telegraph
line back Into plaoc. A labl
orer. however, bit upon an Ingenious!
way ot overcoming the dlflleuUM
He caught a mouse and tUsV Its'
tall a. very slender wire. ThTjHTput
the mouse In the pipe. At first tho
mouse refused to submit to what It
perhaps regarded as an Indignity: but
when a big cat was brought, the mouse
ran for dear llfo through the pipe, drag
ging along the slender wire, by raeini
of which tho workmen pulled the wire
through.
Why Ram Rl
TJ. Fay Mills, the well known eva&gjf - - l
llst. recently told how to destroy tjS
liquor traffic and why It Is not dons. Ha
said:
l'l! tell vou what's tha matter. It's
eorrucMon of the chureh. It Is thr
proressed Christian who gets dowa op
nls knees and prays the Lord will close
tip the bars and then deliberately goes
t the polls and votes to perpetuate
tnesa to ttrew them wldcjtpcn."
Aa oath on the Hp shorn that tti
levll to la Mart