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nuttwt -s Killing tho Fob We had hnutod op and down the tides (or the greater part of aduy, and finally, with the scent at its hottest, we seemed to have lost the fox in the neighborhood of a little cottage, with a pigsty tacked on to it. The hoauds were giving tougne aroand the pigsty, .while its oocnpants protested with no less noise. The hub bub was tremendous, and the tumult in creased tenfold when the second whip climbed the sty palings and begun to search the tenement for the missing fox, There was no sign of him. Still the hounds kept giving tongue around the dwelling as if the fox were there. The whip, after druwing the pigsty blank, knocked at the cottage door and, receiv ing no answer, entered. The sole inmuto was a bedridden old woman, who pro tested with vehemence equal to the pigs' against this invasion of her privacy, adding that no fox could possibly have come in, for the door had not been open ed since her grandson had gone out to work in the morning. The man in. pink was about to retire with apologies when a bold bound burst in through - the' door, with a terrible burst of melody. He stopped to ask no questions of the poor old lady, hut went under the bed like a tiger. More1 hounds dashed in there was a scufilo aud u worry under the bed, shrieks -from the poor old woman- that lay on it, furious death notes of the hounds and; in a second or two all was over. It took a deal of silver and consolation to make the lady realize that the bounds bad not killed her as well as the fox. She still protested solemnly that the fox oonld not huve entered the cottage because the door bad been shut all the time, but it was obvious enough, from the goutiness of the old fellow's coat, that his way in had been, not through the door, but down the chimney. JVIucruiiluu's Maga zine. . Not to Bo Done. It was in a Brixton tram car. He took out a piece of paper on winch there were many figures and suid : "I've been trying to invent a puzzle to put on the market, but I can only get so far with it" "What is it?" asked the other. "This represents a tram car. There are 1 3 men on oue side and 8 womeu on the other." "I see. You want to get 10 on a side. " "No, I don't Another woman gets in the car, making 9 women to 13 men. " "Exactly." " "She must have a seat She looks at the 13 men, and" "And one of them gets up and offers her a seat, of course. " "Yes, of course. Now what I want is to place her among the 8 women. " "My dear sir," said the other, as he turned away, "you had better tackle the problem of perpetual motion. It can't be done. If there were but 7 women it couldn't be done. Either make your 9 women get off and take cabs, or let one of the men go, on the . top and catch cold." London Fun. All tho Vowel In One Word. There are but six words in the Eng lish language which contain all the vow els in regular order viz, abstemious, arsenious, auenious, facetious, materious and tragediouB. There is but one word which contains them in regular reverse order and that word is duoliteral. Besides the above there are 149 Eng lish words which contain all tho vowels in irregular order. Twelve of these be gin with the letter a ; 7 with b, 23 with c, 16 with d, 14 with e, 4 withf, 7 with g, 1 with h, 6 with i, 3 wth j, 3 with m, 3 with n, 3 with o, 13 with p, 1 with q, 6 with r, 9 with s, 3 with t, 15 with u and 6 with v.' St. Louis Re public ' BETTER THAN REFINED GOLD Ii bodily comfort. This unspeakable boon ti denied tn many unfortunates for whose all menu Hostetter's Stomach Bitters if a prompt ly helpful remedy. The dyspeptic, the rheu malic, the nervous, persons troubled with bili ousness or chills and (ever, should lose no time in availing themselves of this comprehensive and gonial medicine. 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Bold by dra1toat 25c. oho tDr.Botaak Med. Co, faila. fa. IUL ia firca. Tamaooosk vsei IPik r Baking Powder AOiolutely Pure . Shakespeare's Heroines. The fuct that boys acted his heroines may have impelled Shakespeare to pre sent his Rosalind, Imogen, Julia and Viola in doublet and hose, because in male attire the boys must have looked and acted their best. It is more easy to conceive a male representative of Lady Macbeth than of Juliet, but we, with our advantages, can never be wholly reconciled to the idea of a woman played by a man. The greatest revolu tion in the history of the modern drama was the introduction of women upon the stage. This change was caused not merely by art considerations, but arose in part from the laxity of morals aud of manners at the restoration ; but never theluss what a mighty and beneficent chunge it was I . What gifts aud grace, what loveliness, purity, tenderness. genius, charm, have been shown to the delighted world since women have been played by women within the confines of the magio wooden 01 Bow did, how could, the players of Shakespeare's time procure boys of such intelligence, beau ty, delicacy of mind, that they oould worthily personate pure, lovely, noble women? Could we now tolerate any youth in snoTi parts as Imogen, Desdeniona, Ju Hot? Still it must be remembered that the boys who first acted such characters were probably trained, inspired, in strncted by the muster himself, and he may well have done wonders. It was a hard condition, and twin born with Shakespeare's dramatio greatness, that he should see his women played by lads, Could he ever have beeu wholly satis fled with the result? Gentleman's Magazine. He Was Too Realistic. , Last winter a number of literary peo pie indulged from time to time in ama teur theatricals. During February they produced a comedy. One of the actors played the part of a burglar, and had to climb up the outside of the house in which the entertainment was given and enter through the window which was at the rear of the improvised stage. He hurried round from the dressing rooms and valiantly commenced to struggle up the wall, when a policeman grasped him by the neck, thinking him a veritable burglar. He started to explain, but the minion of the law would have none of it The audience was wondering in the mean time why the play did not proceed, and the young actors and actresses on the stage were eagerly waiting for the bur glar to enter and give them their cue, when they heard shrieks, yells, oaths and threats from the garden. Bushing out they found the master burglar thrashing wildly about the grass, while a brawny policeman sat on his shoulders hammering his neck into the mud. Strand Magazine. ' Carlyle and Scott. "To read of Scott," says Temple Bar, "makes most others, even of the noblest and best, appear small by comparison. " The writer illustrates his meaning by pointing to the contrast between Carlyle and Scott in the mutter of sleep. Noth ing, he 6uys, short of a "treacle sleep," in which ho could lie "sound as a stone" for hours, could satisfy Carlyle. . His naps were serious things, and if any inroad from without or within were made upon them, anathemaB and "wues me's" would be sure to follow,; while constant nights of waking and aching would be met by Scott with scarce a grumble or by a playful one. A dog, whose yelping hud disturbed his slumbers, moved Curly le to the jo cosely savage wisli that he hud the ani mal by its hind legs within reach of a stone walL "Bilious and headache this morn ing," notes Scott, under the influence of a like infliction occurring in the very midst of his sea of troubles. "A dog bowled all night and left me little sleep. Poor cur!" with an outgoing of sympathy toward the unconscious trou bler of his repose. "I dare say he had his distresses, as I have mine. " Po Birds Understand Muaio ? This question has recently been dis cussed among naturalists, and Dr. G. M. Gould, of North Carolina, asserts not only that katydids keep time, but that they produce a kind of music which may be described as orchestral Both Dr. Gould and another observer have listened to two orchestras of katy dids answering one another all night long. Sometimes Individual perform ers were noticed to drop out of time, but upon the whole the strldulation of these insect bands is harmonious and in a regular key. Observers do not agree on the point whether or not there Is a difference of pitch between the notes of two orchestras. Tall Buildings. A year or two ago a lecturer describ ing the royal oalace at Madrid, which Is 470 feet square and 100 feet high, jokingly remarked that a modern New York architect would probably have made It 100 feet square and 470 feet high. This was not such very great exaggeration, for the new building just completed at the corner of Pine street and Broadway is nearly four times as high as It Is broad. From the sidewalk to the coping It rises 314 feet, but It Is only about S3 feet square on the ground. Its steel skeleton is clothed with thick brick walls. From the roof one looks down to see the cross on Trinity steeple. THE COKN. A song of the corn, the sturdy corn, wbica i brightens thin land of uuml IU tender greon, In tho I'lirly Hiring, la fairer i thun bloiwominK llowcm; ' IU amber silk, with IU glowy sheen, is tit for I a fairy's luora, 1 And dcarur Its dtmpliil. guluVn curs tlmn the roue or lily's bloom. For they bear tho prciiilwmf huppy bourn to 1 tlm man who tuiU for liri'irl, When ho need not fi-ur tlmthis litlluomminuxt go to thuir slit'P unfed. There aro lovely Cowers In tills land of ours, wherever the foot m:iy full, The tongue and tlm ear ulikuwouldtire should I trv to tell them nil, From tho arbutus on Atlantic shore to the golden poppy 'h itleums. As bright as tho iuet.il which ilea at it roots by Californiuu Htreiiius, But never a flower KUi li gifts hus gained from tho nun unci dews of mom, Or atnnds more fuir in tlm summer air than the blesseu, gulden rem I Ninette M. Lowator. . , . 4 PEARLS FOUND IN SCOTIA. On From Aberdeenshire Raid to Form One of tAe Queen's Jewels. ' One is so much accustomed to associ ate pearls with the eustern uud gold with the Fouthwestern countries of the world that the discovery of pearls in Scotlund unci gold iu Wales seems some what opposed to the order of things. Thut gold exists in Wales is of course quite a recent discovery, and the small and unprofitable quantities found have now resulted in the abandonment of the mining operations commenced by Rich urd Morgan, But I lie pearls of Scotland have quite a diifcrunt history. For centuries pearls huve beeu found in the river Ythan, in Aberdeenshire, and only last year an Aberdeen manmude some notable hauls, which lie disposed of to jewelers of the northern towns. It was recently stated in a London paper that a pearl taken from the river Ythan is believed to form oue of the queen's crown jewels. It is to be hoped thut the belief is well founded, for in that oase it may be reasonably claimed that the precious stone in question is the only one con tributed by the British islands, a thought calculated to gratify onr na tional pride, for Scotland might be worse represented than by of pearl in the national regalia. A story is told of an Aberdeenshire farmer who found a very large and perfect pearl in the shell of a mussel taken from the Ythan. Happening to visit London some time afterward, he displayed his trtVsure to a west end jeweler, who, struck with the Bine and beauty of the gem, asked the price. The farmer demanded whut possibly he re garded as a big price viz, 100. Now, thia wus in the days when Scotland had her own coinuge, and a ponnd (Scots) was equivalent to Is. Cd., so thut the 100 he asked would only huve repre sented 8 6s. 8d. English money. His surprise and delight may be im agined, therefore, when he received for his peurl 100. It is doubtful, however, whether the English jeweler would have shared these feelings bad he known the exact meaning of the "hun ner pun," demanded by the owner of the pearl. However, he had no occasion to complain, for he is said to have sold the gem subsequently at a large profit Scottish American. A Panper Who Owned Johannesburg. Few people are aware of the fact that the site of Johannesburg and a large tract of the surrounding land were onco bought for 850. But such was the case, and the purchaser now lies a confirmed invalid in the workhouse infirmary at Guildford. The old man seems to have had a most remarkable career, having been in the service of the old East India company, fought in the Crimea, being seriously wounded at the siege of Sevas topol, and afterward passed through the Indian mutiny. He then went to South Africa, where he fouRbt against the Zulus and the Boers. Before the Trans vaal was made over to the Boers he pur chased for 350 some 16,000 acres of land near the source of the Crocodile, better known as the Limpopo, where he made up his mind ultimately to settle. But war broke out, and he took up arms against the Boers and formed one of the party which held Pretoria. In. 1880, when the republio was declared, he re fused to accept service under President Eruger, the result being that bis land, now estimated to be worth many mil lions sterling, was forfeited. West minster Gazette. Appreciation. An anecdote, illustrating the urbanity of Dr. Max Norduu's character, as well as his keen sense of humor, is told in connection with a story of L ZangwilL Dr. .Nordau hud never met Zangwill, but was a great admirer of "The Chil dren of the Ghetto" und its author's lit erary cauteries. One day a friend, know ing this, cume to him und said : "Mr. Zaugwill has been writing about you in The Pall Mall. " "Indeed," faicl Dr. Nordau, with an air of great intercut. 'He gives a perfect appreciation of you, the friend coutinned. "Do tell me whut he said," said the author, relaxing into an attitude of pleasurable anticipation. "He says you re an idiot. " The funny purt of the story is that during a recent visit to England Dr. Nordau met Mr. Zaugwill und told him the incident Next to Ice. Mr: Hankerson John, did yon ic? two dozen bottles of champagne, as.l told you? The Bulter No, sorr. The J.iebo wasn't big enough for more tbun 20. Hankerson What have you done with the rest? The Butler I set the cook and maids a-fannin 'em, sorr. Illustrated Bits. . It is my opinion that a man's soul may be buried and perish under s duug heap or in a furrow of the field just as well as under a pile of money. Haw thorne, s The manufactures of Brooklyn axe Annually valued at $228,000,000. FHOM UOAT TO JOAT. Even the festive goat in his vernal Ma ton bag bit field sport on the common with a tin can or the butt of a log, From the sporl 61 the goat In the spring to the varied porta of the early and late summer, what a world of amusement and what a scene oi nmsuulur activity. In all this, ever so helplul, from the bat In the ball field to the oar of the bout and the clatter ot the turt. there comes tn a large amount of penalty in the shape of aerioui sprains aud troublesome bruises, but no man is a good athlete, nor does he develop well from euoh exercises without his lull share of both. It is a good tiling, therefore, that there is provided something which, if al ways kept ieay,ls always ready to cure promptly thete sudden and painlul mis haps, tit. Jacobs till, without question, passes among all sportsmen as the thing to have, pa' excellence, in all kinds of sports. It has gained its best reputation from iu beat cuies of this nature, and the man who would enjoy ireely the summer spurts would he almost foolish not to keep s bot tle about him. Phil A. l)el-An whs your friend's death tin exicul. AH'.oiih Pete No indeed. He bail been a horwililrf lor years. 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After taking one bottle, it is sufficient to recommend itself." Mas. J. E. Smith, Beloit, Iowa. Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggist, ft. Prepared only byC. I. Hood & Co.. Lowell. Mass. ll rws ii-cure all liver Ills, bilious- SURE CURE FOR PILES lublUK ud Hllu4, Hu-rdiQK ir rruiruriiui! P1klM Imm ! Dr. BO-SAN-KO'S PILI REMEDY. Hwp.iwli. Wo. Urussiiu or mt!. UK. HOSAMtO. Pklla Pa. v The Germ Theory.' What the world owes to Louis Pasteur the world's great vocabulary ia incom petent to express. Through his re searches, und thoso of the students who have come after him, the light has been turned upon what has hitherto been to tal darkness. Doubt, experiments and uncertainty have given way to precision and accuracy in diagnosis. As the farm er knows that the chinch bug is the cause of his withered crops, so the phy sician knows that the bacillus of certain diseases brings about certain symptoms. The microscope is the physician's reli ance. A few drops of blood, a' bit of tissue, a little perspiration brought un der the eye of this magio assistunt will tell him at once the cause and progress of the disease. And it is not alone the physician who benefits by this knowl edge. The farmer, the vineyardist, the dairyman, the stock raiser, the cultiva tor of the silkworm and the enthusiast on bees are alike indebted to the dis coverer of tha germ origin of disease for iuevitablo aids in their business. A necessity of the near future is an im provement in ' microscopes and their cheapening, so that knowledge of germs may become more widespread. Every township should have its bacteriologist 1 i j j i : ,. . . fpu. V ana KB microeuupiu equipment, mwo is no study more interesting, and none that is so important to humanity. New York Ledger. She Saw a Scowl Then. Minnie I never noticed before that this mirror had a wrinkle in it. Mamie I thought you were able to see wrinkles in any mirror you looked into. 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If I choso to wear a dress suit, I would feel free to put it on in the morning or evening, or at noon, just as the funcy dictated. It seems to me thut the society rule which attempts to regolute a man's dress is autocratio. The rulo prescribing dress originated in the old customs of the court nobility. We are simply imitating (hose old aristocrats when we bar a per son out of society becuuso he docs not dress in the fash ion. If nion showed more independence in the matter of dress, they would soon be ablo to break over the society restraints, and after thut anybody could wear whatever he chose to, so long as be conformed to the law of the laud and wore something. So far as I am concerned, I shall con tinue to wear whatever suits me and at the same time meets the approval of my wife." Rank Growth. The fond Washington mother Last found a new simile for her developing youngster. 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