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, i, LET ALL WOKK flyr-farf lM Iht HJtftwiMtMlJ O ONf fiMCH tIMll riMINfy, trtrt1 rt - INDl.Pl'NDENCiv POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, lt'03. Five Cents l'er Copy. X. VOLfX. $2.00 IVr Year. 2 TOT ru in 1 ii i n n Ay a i)iii:Ain:n imhatk BLACKBEARO LOOKED ENOUGH LIKE SATAN TO BE A BROTHER. Th Feriu Robber f the r Mad rhio t timing iiimwir i tM Hideous ud llepttUlve MunMtr j of Ml HueeMful vl)eae ; Pamlico ond, now haven f lh ; toriu toesed mariner Mini the home tr ; peaceful Itnluatry, w once the theater' of far different scene. Iu the beginning S of the last century it plaeent water re- j fleeted fhtg which truok terror to' thousand uf heart miiI paralysed th j commerce of the New World; Hi thick-, ly clustering vives inl luxuriant growth . fringing it shore concealed, Ilk th I origiual Eden, m hiding devil, the foe uf i God and wiiii lilackbeard, th pirate, ! From m atrange tendency of human na-, ture th life of the pirate pn-ou-ssi-a a fas-' dilating interest, not only fur the small 1 boy who devour th page of hi half, dime yellow back novel, but also for tli ' reader of stronger judgment and bettor" taste. Indeed some of the greatest' writer have been unable to resist th - fasciuatiotl Of till Wide Mild tempting field, i Sir Walter Scott, Marryatt and Cooper thought It not nnworthy their mighty ' pen. hikI th gcnin of Byron attained i ewe of It highest flight in the de-crip-; tion of the Jirisonor I'olirml in the lonely turr-t, Imriin; his U ann to the iiiiiliiivjli't ; torui ttiul di fyiuu tiie lijihiniiig of of fon.l.sl licuvoit to twnstU him. Of all thi unholy lhKnl lllju klwiinl wnsfn'ile ! lirinceiw, Milton of ,t;m, I? ; merit nsiseil to that pininen-e." tt I wiw u Araliii' trmliiiKn, rcl.nive to th I tret unknown Ailmitw tht th giwrliHl mi l Ikiiv IuiihI of the ilevil nwe ' from out the wuw of the ) of rlrk 1 lies toavui' (In i iimniitiiouK niuriuer, Mini iu his tliiilmlio cir'er lilm-klwfuil eemetl to lw the iiu)ei-Mnaiion of thi ' mystic uion-tter. IVrhajxt m ((""'r tie Won never prowled the or walked the enrth In hmiiiin form. Ei'eu iu persotml MpMranc ha wa hidtMUd muJ npuliv, unturu Imvlnit itivmped him both m jihynicnl nnd monj mounter. The mane hy whirh he was known throughout the world wii derived from iiiKulr rircuiimtMiiiD, :' which illustrotes h Hrtv-o fenirity. His nutuntlly dark Mud forhiildins; fmW WM covered Hlliuwt to lii tien-e, nelintl- otw eye with nimttgy hlaok U:r reurhimr ludow the waUt Tt t. i.i- ... K O it' PA PA Ml, pi;. 4 j TV FAMOUS r.y nXE::::AT::i Arnioits, GIVEN FREE A3 PHEMIUMS TO NEW SUBSCRIBERS. READ OUR LI3ERAL OFFERS OCLOIV. It in tlw tiiportuuliy of iiMtnt to ttfcure h Mttvvtiun nf tttntniunt ior '.-K ami mn vxwtlvnt pfriinlUuit at a mmtUiat r No. Amhor, TMc i Wilkie Cflir V'p-if !Tfnry . v Yf"i" I Mt, s Walter ltesutt-'i I ft hmitiihnK ui tiie M''tn bitn i, 5 Ctwrtcr T)l"V((nn 1 lw Murtfsf rap"r, 4 Wil' ! CnHiiw -T!ie Sf itjic S(r:ti U, 5 Imrlottc . i, r-n'tne a tr' Love, 6 M. K, lr:ul.!'Mi f tf k c ' 'nlfn-Ul J .U', 7 S. T. CukrKlc The JWii'iito ot tli AiM.tw.il Mariner, I TlfornHt Jcrne rjorn-wtti Thr U'r.lt!lif March. q ftcHitiit fcii't Vi u l h' ' i ii Vt..tn uutl 'l. iunt. to (.lurk l-'tc:.v-n-Mrfrhf of aw C'jmj-Ics. ii Mrt. K"frcit!f In a (, amtry IIcUsc. t R. K. I'rtn:tilm-Kstlfr hhc. ty Kmilc Gab riait V.ux t Vnrr ii'j(r. 14 Ourlf (iilrhun In Vatiurr- t.rfcn. T4 lhMtiiif Ibr-JyU tut, ihe Mu phcnlii Saw, 16 Mary ( ei:iir;tv-In M-c HpIuUivh, if Captain M.'irrvat Tiie Tftrre uttrrn. ifi Helen B. Mailwri I he I-nU o' tu I-tal, No. Author. Title. 19 MIm MulckIn HntiM R"l. 00 Mr. Olijiham Rarthtx-utwl. si Ouirla I.ittl Oranrl and the Marthinn(-na. 1 F.W, RnbiRnon The Har-maiclat llaltli-ti-n tj Alfred Iird Tennyon The l.nver't iale, nttin Tarkeray m ol Ihc Wurld. 5 Annie Thomas The MyHcry, and other Storlcn. t Mine MulnkThe Self Seer, 3Mr. J. H. Kiddell MiM Molloy'a Mihap. Katherlne S. Macauoid Poor Mnifer, 9 The "IJucheM" Row SnK-k (iot I hit Of tt 30 A Conan Doyle My Friend, The Murderer. 31 Charles Dirkena The (.'bimea. 3a Charlotte M. Hracme A (iililed Sin. 33 Beaantand Kice Shepherdaall aitdMaldena Fair. 34 Helen B. Mathers-A He Cornell Up The Stair. To vry dellnctuent uborlber who will pay up betwrtnn now and January 1, 1893. one book glvrt for svery month over nix month In arrears. TEN BOOKS GIVEN FOR DIE ii SU33D3I3ER, Paying one year In advance, One thouiarid volume have been ordered from New York and will arrlv he about December 20, 18S2. - .GjP?-r? The circulation of Tiik CoMl Lcadlu? Tcnturcs fcr 1393. Ilcvca Serial Sturles. ' Over ISO Larce Tacij, nearly I.ooo Illustrntloiiii. Th Best Short Stories. Bmvtntr uf thi Kea Pulldlng in colorj, Tree to JtLn. 93 wtiHOHient, ol winch he wn very proud, mid which he cultivated with nedulou cm', he wiih luvuMoined to braid with i ribbon nnd to twW lnit hi ears until tt hukhI forth like projecting hortm. Into thrtendnof themi Imsim k numll, nlowly burning fnitu, wliou nulphuiKtu fuiiKHi voUjhI him in Itii id hue nnd rendered him n not uutUtiii)( jvpttwiiu Hon of thesHtutiU' ide.il, wIiom? chiinu ter he no Miiccnufully eitmhiteil. In tlmeof Motion boitlmis n round his neck a nciuf into which went tht'ttrtt thltse liructw of pistol. Our render, even those who rt not endowed with l)inieiue power of iuiniimllou, Hlid esjHH-lnlly our femi nine friend, van tvmlily fancy th tin preiou iuli MU (iect would Cltltl when met upon the lonely ocean, with the black thix llnittTlnn nimve hi head Mild lit tuei'cil fuc lihtitiK up with M;liimof demoniacal' j,,y a hi help. Us victim walked tho fatal plank, Tho realtmuin of thl tunu w Ed ward Teach, ud he wm m imtivu of Bris tol, Knittutid. Uf hi early career uoth tiijt dcliuilw in kuowu, lie Hrt emerged from oUicniily m coiiiiiioii nailor on board a privateer commanded by Cup tain lU-iijiitiiin II. -illiquid, ailtii) from Jamaica ami prey hut upon French situ meiiw. In that humble capacily he dU tinKuUhml hium-lf by hi skill and com Mce, which ltracted th attention of hi not over crupuUaicommauili-r, who noon intrusted him with prue ho had capture.1. In 1117 thc two choice Kplrit pread their tail from I'l-ovi-denco (Miiapiciou name!) for America, capturiiiij en voyait thn- ve I la-h-n with wuie, Hour and titicel!rtniHit car ltitv which they Mppropriated t their own Use Mud turniHl the crew adrift. Til peed of their venw-l Udusj crip pled by foul bottom, they cleaned litem unn th eotit of Virginia an. I wont in ijiu-! of fn-h IhHity. t in tlo crui-e Uiey wtirwl the inol valuable prtue yet raptured, lare Fri-uch t)uii:fa uiau, richly freijthh-d, luud for ,Mr tinupie. At this Jmictniv lloinlold' Mvarice wh-iii to have bti u nati-tled, or inoi likely hi heart failed him, ft-r, taking the woveid with which th-y ortyiually Mailed, h returned to I'rovl deuce ami availed hitmi-tf of a par l.-u offfied liy the kil't! to all pirate who hoiild vnrretider in a Hpeo'ti. -I (.me. Teach, however, only mU.ld. tted by ticces. now -iiuie.l tut iidc-mlat character nnd U-jjait lhatcaiei rtif criin which rendered hi name o infaiumiit. Kicbmond Time. Klir,ll ami Gentry. The klu-llve, tliity enoit-b for an rt enlal, did lt"t win-U, but nl v,y- i-nriml V-'.'V1 NOVELS. No. .ilth-r. Title. 3j Anthony 'I rullj(w Why Fran Frohmanrt U;iira Her I'rlre. 46 CttarleirtlrVenS -Three Detective Atiecdotea 17 Vi. -let Wythe A averittif liniiye, 'jg Mrs. ForrcstcrThe Tuta o Fortune' Wheel. y) T. DeW'Itt Talmnpe- Nigltt Side of New York. 40 MIm MinVk-HI Little Mother. 41 KatherineS. Maeijtioid 'the AwnVenlnir. 4a Miiry t rtd Hay Ueiiiinff the Whirlwind, 4j Mrs. Forrester - ittiren Klialietli a toirdeil, 44 ( h.irleit Itirkens-The rtatlloof Life, 45 Wil'ue t'-illins A Sh-tUin(( Story. 46 Ouiila-- Himhl. 47 Mix Mulnck The I.nal of the Rutlivcna. 48 MaryC'e- ll Hay - A Little Aversion. 49 Oui'i The Little Furl, 50 Itt'Mant and NiceThe Case of Mr. Lucraft. ES Ell III fk isfc. IBS WM3s iSf $ . IS w 11 .1 '.aV T..-.I Tj-1 tr ,fj ? M '.. ! I'.stt m w e . -t,,- ,ery, u n Ht ' sa Hi'. ' II W .ta - Atnos; la &l0,litunle weekly. Sund for Spcctmen Guila (itul Full A itnouiiccment Froo. $d,M0 Prke Etorit;. 100 Clerics of iivcatnre. HMtLly Ectilu frair.bers. Cbarmln CM'.'lrra'J i1.., e I... I - To New HiilisrrilH'rM tvlio will eat ant end send fhls slip with name, mtdresa and tM.7- vvn vnl aeiid "tho (;nipnnlnn Free lo Jim. 1, 'fl.'t, aiol v a fi ll yi-ir frn-n linn dine, tneludlntr the ttonli o Ilullday number ut Christinas and New Year, h The Yoitii'O Companion, Boitton, Muss. V - r Xii:..' Tlireit (2 paiet. tent on nnrtpt of tlx cenfi. or FltKK to any one cigarette cae, and delighted in utter lii it Hltd lllllu piwieut uf money to th Iliisilbli aetttl'le plactnl on uiintd Mtmd hi palace when Hint Cairo wa occu pied by the. ilt iiiah. 'J'hti klntllvw wit tin early Her, nml wa iu the habit of wulkiiix In hi gar den early In the tuoriduK, One day, retuntlnif from uch a walk, h wa toplnl by a entry, "Yer can't (Co iu hei-e, yer lniow,Hulil th man of war, with the Dilion'a anna bl contempt for a fat little foreigner. 'Hut t belotiK to the palace," faltered the khetlive, delltthtetl, "t h, do yerr tot a tnul placer "Very KtHal," WMH the luodeat reKlle, "Ah, yer look like it, Nothln to do and plenty to vat, 1 wouldn't mind nerv ing your imi.-iter. What ott of a feller i lief And then, alu, th 'ergeant voiuliijt itli'titt rccoHuiiicd anil xalitted the khe tlive, to the vaittditcoinfort of theaeiitry a well it to tli clniii rin of ht htuhm-w, who would have Ik-i-ii 1mI to hear mora about hiuwelf, Youth' Contpjiilott, til MllU t. !...: ,. "tt 1 acoiiMlaut ttipiln to me," (aid a man tho other day, "that a woman with a palpably uttly hand will call everybody"! attention to It by haimtng her llntjer with fparklltiu ring". A cer tain intuitive vanity that i common to men Mild women Mlikn oottht to teach Iter h-tter. Freckle, big knuckle ami Utily or ill kept uatl ate all Ncceiittiiitcd by howy vtitjt. I've uwii a woman who. roiiifh. red hand mn-t I her ever present, thorn In the lUith lond It with bitt diamond, the whii ttnarkl and dull gold netting of which Inn-tut-lied the rvdues ami coarsenes of the Bilker they euctteled, I loliK to t"ll inch a on to put her jewel at her throat, on her arm, In her Lalrny where but m her hand, "In contradiction to thi I recall a womnn of my actpiaiutaitce who hw email brown hand like a K'y'. Hh ha evidently tutlted It llitiitttou, for h wear never more than one rimt, ami that alway of ld destxn. I'vetteen hr wear a l-lie k itrl unk in dull ilver, htHip of carbttttcle or nil old Kuliah ritt of hammered Kohl, but she nflenretl wears a iiiH-rlatlixanilrite that ho black til lumte lt(hl Mttd deep nentfreen lit other. I MlwayMppland her wisdom iu bili!hint H-arls, emetald ud di uioiid or any conventional style frmn lierruitf box."-ller lii of Vie In Nw York Time. Vtei-4 MaiM In (ierroany. The (leiiiiaiis have iiiio elin tonl Ith-ii which we iu thin country have bor rowed with profit, and then r mill other which we tnitfltt lw wise to adopt. Ainomt them no dotilil are th w!l tliaM of ilitiVri til sjs ctes of ttlfi-r"f. tttc !, which hang in schoolrooms whr-rn the chit-In U catii' tllemasloiiK lhy ytt ! M-ttlKl. A ptiii ttr.il Idea underlie the diply inij of iiiie mii. It i't well known l! at farmer are prone to t reat all werd alike, and baldly to observ any diffiir niest If-lweelt them, when-as the nature of w ls iliiTi-r a imich a the natures of other plititt do, and the ort of treatment which will ettteriiiinat on will 5-omeiitm Im ri-it-e ami multiply another It iitHtrtlitlliereforethiitthefil'Ht er atll t tril- ll-r ehotlltl itmlerstalld tint w.-r-ds which they an. trying tointi-rmi-tiaie. It i here that these definite wall ump otne in. They show colored pic tures of the most tlferou weed. In ull M :ii;es of Ki-owlh, mid lso the way in which they scatler their eed and ptopaut tlieins-lve. By leariiiuK thmii thorotiwltly, tluotiHli m-eing them day by day mi tint walls, the child grows op with a knowh dfjo of the liet way to ux-ttii-iniitalo them. Youth' Companion, l,lt'a i)'J frelege. Tho Kii-tit phiuist, who Wa passion alciv font! of lite Kypsii-, once endiv ore l to coueete nod civili.e a K,vpy lad, but failed itfiiniiiliiMisly. The wihlt-plr. it of the It.ttitril of Cotilitless Ketleralioila toiM tint he taii:el, nml though m a chi-I lii. in ( Ilia novelty of the new life the intii,,' li.vp'y milimitlrd, but with a bud e.aci-, to thi' itiM ruction of lUe tc.'.- iicr L,l zi provided, hu sism bri l;e oi.'-, i rul iKHitni" iirroftiml mid lit-.r-tlinatciy lot.ctitcd. However, hw no-till--ted pla.viltll Wit excellent, Blld ltd beeaiuu pet of those foolish women in r ; y v.-ba pro hut on th lookout, for Mittiu new ciitZM to feed their Highly craytii;; nllei- variety. 8ku thu child of Hill lire pitied for the freedom of the Held uii-l Ntv.ieiy, and mi he went, He ran av. ay i In ee time and wiut bronchi lick, gin! l it. It Li:t let him K' for K' In aft ei- year lt turned up Hptui in mi-.' of i:' iit'iiicroti v.'.imii'riiijf i;yiy on iiep.i. 't, kit, he van only then a mull. One player in: Unction lliltl llctUlilljf l;ii d l 'hi real al-, lily Unit ns a child h hud poo -eiti !, wan tiluitli'ivd one of th" o iititH of l.isi-.l' life; hu learned tin; '. a siivajjti man could nut be iniiied tp-i: . n i .ly,-1 it t avittfn hciisl., it miiiiy 'it-il i.. co.-uud before him. Iieli;nivla, A l'!li-ale and ri.oiuerinis Tt-eataieat, A t-eiliiin curt! for freckle i carbolic it 'til, nnd it I'lfi'id ui'u lint only cet'tain, biitonick. The akin mnsl lii'Mt bewnshetl llioio;t;;l'!y In warm water, and then ilvltid with tiaoft townl. Each freckle, or lunch of llieDi, iniiHt lw dealt with ep.Tiititly, Htfett.'h the ultin with the fiiiKer, itttti touch the freckle wilh a drop of pin-it cat'liollc itt'iil. Allow thi to dry on thuitkin, mid iu u few mhiulo it will bin ii nml grow while.. Tho kln thtiH biirm.-tl will full off in a week or an, nnd leave a new rtwy while ttkin in placuof the ffcukle. To prevent bum from beiiiK very pitinful nut from ltniv intr u bad near on the nkln, the hllU.ra forinctt tthoultl bo pierced wilh a ilk thread 8oaktid in iihlimattiultitlon. Leave the thread in ptmitltm while tho ontHido of tho blitnr I covered with a 30 per emit, wlnUou gf lutlufonu viwe- aT!S tfitffl (tit It l' '-j.j "ft "V-' -'.1- ,M I, , 1 - l f'cfct; .uc-.," - The Youth's Companion Nsw Mulldlna. amen of flnoTt mri imHrrlu mi TheCimiumUin. rs luntlnti it wha mniJa a tulMinijiftnn, Hit. . Fresh lv ltoulil t ppfid dully, ami uu palu will be xoibiiood, nml veni contraction aud wrluklliiK of I he skill after the wound In healed will lie pieveuted, Yankee Wails, The KBOrl f New Vurh Orgaa ItallUrr. What lh New York tu'nau Imllthtr tell me most emphailcitlly I that urKiiiia are now tuailn In this country from tut art tandHiiiit rather than a trade stand point, They have uiven up trying to liiitke littlrt (lutlilc catlit'dritU of thuor tttin case. "Hpcud you money on th work," they tell their customer, "th plain case I lit handsomest cms. " Mont mullei n American orH'au have little or no wotHlwork hIkivb th fit t of thu front plH,.Cor. New Yui'k Time. Tenojiana ami Auisrle. Timyou wa extremely eager toKO to AmerlcM, and toucliink- thi point a tory i ridatwl lo th effect that Mar iiniii offered him anemirmou tmi to no there, thoiiKh piobably not a on of the attraction of th "Krentest huw on earl h.M "All you have to do," said liar tt u nt . "la to stand on a phi l form and have your hands will shaken," The pl, however, dwliuml the tcmptluK .dter.Cor, lloeton llnraltl. TITLES OF ENGUSH WOMEN. ttlsltHvtlima Ttist May Mw ftsihsr Cine- t'lli'i.tfj lu an Aiuerk'K. It 1 tittle wonder that foreiittier ban lilntnerour title a they do, when iu our own pttbltu ieeche Mtul newia ei It Is ofii-n itiiide plain tlmt many do not understand how to use Ktisllsh title. Fo.' Instance, maripil' daughter ho mart u d a man without a title keeps the title of "lady" and her own Christian tuiiiiw and add to the the husband' atl.'imme, Thus, when Lady Kvelyn FiUmanrlce, the dattttbti-rof the ManpiU of Lauda dowue, Hint r led Mr, Victor Caveudth lie liecume J,dy Evelyn Caveinllsb; but the Loudon dallies poke of "Kftdy Victor rveudlsh ' Koimt away drtwa,' The only case iu which a lady of tltlo Is called by her husband' Christian inline as well as hi vurimine ta In thu case of the wive of the younner on of duke and maripiisn. These nun beaf courtesy title of "had" Wore their Chritin name and urnnuie, a Lord tieorit lUmil ton, Lord t'imrle ltenford, d f on, aud the only corns t way of ahlrrsln( or speakliiK of their wive is the name way, imtiliitf "lady" In tb plc of "lord." To call Ihe wive of younger on Lady Hamilton, Lady Uercaford, or whatever t the mtrtiamo, without tb male t'hrlsilaii name, bt a Incorrect to cull Lady Kvelyn Cavendish by her husband' lull name. t m the oilier hand, the wife of a hr om-t or of a knlht I "lady," with his atironiiie alone after It. Confusion rows in many mind from the fuel that any pei-resa (under the rank of a duchess) U also siketi of, and to, by her iiptal as mendy "Lady H aid-t" the liaitie added, however, not l.eiorf the family nam, but th till of tho htinlatnd. Thus no eiptal would nay, "I saw th Miuchioness of Salisbury" or "There U tbeCouniessof Lathom," it would be Lady Salisbury nnd Lady Laihoiu. A duchess, the highest rank In the Mint;e, 1 lh only eer.-s whoesca tlila etinaluy of title in the everyday littiKtitii,'" of her i tpials In (society, Kh t never called "lady" only, but I spoken of as "th l)iichi- of Ko tid-o" in full always, ud 1 addresssd In con vernation by Iter friend tw "tluches," the name of the peeniu'e led added. Moreover, every other laily of title, from a kniitht' wife (which I not a real Mile), right away up to a march UmvsM, i eipially "my holy" to hro cial Inferior. Sir John Smith' wire i Lady Smith. The wife of Lord John Smith, who I a jst'i-' younger son, is Lady John Smith, and if you know her on teruia of equal ity you may call her Lady John, but never Lady Smith. Lady Mary, daugh ter of cither the earl or the marquis, or tho duke of somewhere, and the wife of Mr. John Smith, I-t Lady Mary Smith; cull her Lady Mttry If who aeeiit friend ly, lm! not Lady Smith or Lady John Smith Tin-wife of Lmd Smith, or therl or tan iminpii of Smithville, yon limy cull Lndy Smith or Ltttly Mmlthvillo, n the rase tuny lie, bill if Sinlthvilhi la a duke on no nccount cftll hi wife Lady Sniitlivillii. If you think that h will not nub you us tist familiar, you may call her iiuply "tluches." You uniysay'Dttcli ch, may l get you noine tea?" for ex ample. Hut till you know her woll, or feel on tpiiln friendly term, It hail bet ter lw, "Will your grace lake a cup of tony" Finally, the oldct thingof All, if fate should make you ncipiainted with a prince or pilucet of the blotal royal, you will acorn very second rain if you keep atiylng, "your royal hlghiitm" Yon must nay "sir" nnd "ma'am." Not, if you plcane, "iiiiulani," but "iim'uin," a your housemaid nay to your own meek ltter half, Mr. Smith. Even a duellos eitll a prlucnt "ina'iiiu." London Letter. Inlertnarrlatre In F.urnala. There i no remtiUi chance of KnriiHla ever bt-ing reitliaorbed by ellhnr of It oriimil chuni-uUii tho pivjudloe of both European and native are far too vigor mi to permit of much InleiumnluKe with a people who hid neither one nor the ollmr. Oceiutloniilly no np country planter, predoatlnc d to a rnniote and "jungly" oxhdenoo, come down to Calcutta mid thaw hi bride from tho upper circle of EiiniHia this net o often now u formerly. Uocaaionally, too, a young Mhopmnn with tho red of Scot Itiml f ii'hIi in hi choekM lu cnrrind off by hi hintlkdy's daughter, while Tommy Atltins fall a comparatively eay prey. Tim Kigbtof a native with a half oate wife Ih mmih rarer, for there Eurnsinn hh well uh tmtlvo ittilipftlliy come Into operallon. Tho whole conHt-itms In clination of Eurii-iiiui life, in liiiblts, titHie, religion nnd most of all In ambi tion, I toward tho European and away from the mtlivo stttnilitrilii. Sura J, Duncan in Popular Bcionce Monthly. Virus and Venom, The difference between venom and M vim ia very marked, Uoth aro poittoiiH, and both of oi ganio origin, hut a venom I produced in secreting organ, com monly called poison glands, mid i Intro duced into theHyaluin by mean eHp3cinl ly mluptod for the pm-poHe, Bitch hh iking or fuuga. On tho other hand, a virus i tho niKiiH of diw'ttHO or putrefaction, and generally pohsuhhch the property of excit ing in the njHlcm inl.ii whicjj it is iptio." dticed th disease which produced the vlru. A vlrtia commonly produce lit tle, If any, local disturbance a venom generally causes great )alu, often never ililbniini ttlmi and swelling, Vvliotn baa a marked IihuI effectt vlru cameta general illhturlmuc of th ystoltt, St. Louis Ulolw DeiiHK'rat, jr Iobs. Fortieth Friend (luc brekft) By Jove, idd fellow, you've got a fearful cold. What are yon taking for it? Sufferer (luNtraely) Advice, New York Weekly, A rhssn Thai rllM. I hear a pretty giwd on at th rttpsna of a Harvard Isiy who ha been having aa nneomntouly gwat time In wl sitan net lately, ill rnjoyitiniit wa tirstty . pensive, nml It tltmlly oulru ill allow ance and other resource w nttieh that he wa In Itnniliimt Uewt of aid, Ho bt wt down and wroi to hi fnther tliut "DRAM I'a- 1 had the Mtlsfnrttin to be upset n a boat while out, on th Char! river, and Iwt th Iwatitlful watib you gav in. 1 would like Mini nitiitv? to em ploy a dlvr lu rveover It, Year alfsethue ate mm. Tilou." Tb old gnitlstiisn wa bo fool, 11 r plleili "Il I not worth while diving fur It. It mllthl well 1st In aok lu ou pl In another." MusWit Record, Th 'rell f War. An Itu'lib-iit related In th bingrttpby of Sir I'Mvrt Wall!, admiral of thellrit Uh fleet, brin, home to the reader tb cruel nature of war. It occurred dur ing tb wr of HI J, An American cap tain had Ukmi a fine ship to LlsUm, where (he had ob her cargo for the Una of th Ilrttisli army tinder Welling ton, ami received evetl'l thollsauiU of dollar lu return, which were on board. Mean II me war had been declared, ami uu hr homeward voyage she fell a vic tim to th lirlllsh titadron. (Ineof the principal nbject of br cuptor wa to obtain tiifoiumtion. The American rp talu wa sent on laiaril th Shamiou which afterward cuptur.nl the famous Cbesaa-ake but was kept in igiioruce ofh war nd of tiie fact that h wa a prisoner. He answered unreservedly all thqui tion put to him, and Cailili iiroke, who greatly disliked the deception be had been obliged to practice, now felt It difficult to mki) the prisoner acquainted with th net tep wbii h must lie taken. At length h forced himself to yi "t'aplaiu. I must burn your hip." The American, overcome by eurarbtti. faltereil, "Hum herf" "Indewl I uiust," "Hum her for what. Will not money save her? She is ll my ownand all the properly I hv in tiie world. I It war, thenf "S'e,"ald Broke. Ihdh pariie were painfully moved, ami the sci-n did not end without a tear from eeh, but duty wa duty, and the prle wa delroyed. Yunth' t'oiu patiiou. A reel In WrUli.aj. John J, Taylor, of Sireator, 111,, one wrote 4.100 word on Ut blunk ibi of a postal crd, This wa te-nl to Chicago paper, which hei aided the tory to the world liellig the imt wonderful ph' of pen work ever executed. A a matter of fact Mr. Taylor effort ha been di couitled on several occasion. Ueedle, thepenuian of Ottery St. Mary, Liver IsHd.onc wrote the following piece en tire, without the slightest abbreviation, all npon a piece of cardboard 8'( by 8'jj Inchea in sue: UoldMiilth "Traveler, "The Deserted Village," "Kssay on Edu cation," "thstre of a Disabled Soldier," "Th Tale of Anliii," "JustifC.' "0n eroity,""lrresoiutionof Youth," "Frail ty of Man," "FriemUhip" and th "Ue Itlti of Love." In the center of the card there w a erfoet picture of littery church, all of the hde and line belli- formed of part of the writing. A a kind of tale piece he added theiintheinof "OodSave the Queen," eiuldlihed itwithneventy two slurs, lifty-oue crescent and nine teen crossen, Unfailing tho whole by draw ing a picture of a ernt which inclosed the whole of tho miraculous prodttotton. If you wish to ascertain exactly how much Ileedle' effort exceeded that ol Mr. Taylor, count th word lu thu Ooldsmilh piece catalogued above. St. Louis Hi'piihlic. Whj- It Was It.Jrrtrd, The farm eilltor rei-elvnl th following story ami sent It to the curio column col lector, who returned It because he knrw It atalfd fst-le nd not flctlnn: A horticul turist hurt missed many apple vry night. Finally It net watch, expertlng to trap hi pelghlmr' Imvs. In tlt dim night light hs saw limb of apple tresa slinking, and thru ha heard the fruit falling, lie hnd sn tin on entsr the orchard. Non plusfd, h erept up close to lit hklng tree, 11 w a hedgehog iiretvnd from t he tree, roll over on th ppl until II lan k wa fadsn with th fruit, altachrd by thoqiilll,nd wabble off, Th farm editor ilidti't ilmihl the alory, but wontlrreil what an IriMct fating animal wanted with ap ple. "For th worm," trluinphuntlyexplnln ed thactirlo mail.-Imllaunpoli New. What Wat l.stt, "I that Ralph Iliiwnnw, who wa men tioned In his late uncle's will." "Ye; $l.P00,(KXIweiit toclmrlty, and what wa left of th estate wont to Kalph." "Intti-ral, nnd whut w lefM" "Halpli."-I,lfe, Hho Knsw Hew It Was Ilenelf. A tilmtaitllal ltaiktng oottntry woman went Into Woodward avenu fnrultur tore the other day and asked to ace a par lor chair. "How1 thi one, madam f" Inquired the clerk, wtMiig out a weak wicker affair. Bite took the chair and shook hor head. "How do you like this heavier onef" h askt-d, Urngglug up another style. Shu t-book it and shook her hciid. Then ho showed her a lot, each a little heavier than the one rejected, lintl all wet' prononoi'fil too light. "Good bnavvuH, nmdiun," esolatmed the exanpfi-nt.i(l olork, "do you tvutit au Icon sentt'il brick chair, with a stone founda tion r" " YLHi.Umk'ii IU Uua'a IU." ulnuikU iit- " If. "Yoii , my girl Sumo has got I -' elatnps onto ialy eotnpany thi fall, an i be come vertr night, nd between V 1 they've brnk down every olialr tn th p lor; aud now, before INI dav my bran n milt ainnshi-d or th engsweniMit btlat- I'll get rlntlr strong uongh to carry t If I Itav tn niortange my Ituiise nd far I wa a gl ou mystilf, aud know ho Tb clerk took her onler for a to, frjuiiilalioti tyI.letrolt Free I'raaa. LUNCH IN THE HtLUb, Bins kr soil aiiti' lilnaainl nramthl. Ami rest ri'iitn ths reaiiln, Ami til lu lit s hoot sura Ilia south rlai lu (ruatreniiw awestilng. While Is Ih Ill-mil thai III mJlf Khali her for th Inkier, t'usrsi-1 Ih timf that their huntd-f finds aswl la th brMkln. Oiilitvit th vas ami th flairua Ills rut ln Is slllliiKt Rmls is the i up fur Ihslr it rink lo, I'll Ibtsk fur lhlr nilln. Ills Is lb txsil and th slia-low, Th tftilit ami Ih gtienlotit Theirs ta Hi lien ilew uf lslH, 'I'h heel atwl lb bunt. Vt whlls Ih (treat skr elvmi tilustlug, Th lil s-.iniliu-r s-sallo-r, iiiKj.iof tut air thvjr sskln-- 1 hey are Osretherl -llsrrl.t p, )siord 111 Uarpr'l rVuar. A SERVIAN SONa Miatisr, (Iter hill Isd Ah.a IIimukIi tlx ufa-ht la eiweptaaa Hu has hut tits -mi so-l Is twit 1 hear to in ((.iferly wM-filtuc, I kmie hs Is IHiieUifl In fuof (in to llm t.sr nail sm. Iiniiuliti-r, wonisu'a nuilolnn I to Is wng e-lilieut euoin. Wheu sli itiwt lo-r kvr half war, lie holih. her fa,,r iht Aa Ih rot- he itraliu lr ilsy, t)r Ih laitti hs burns at iiight. Hhahwr, no more, lint ets-it ths ihsif; I lisvs hi lo art, h llilnol lit- tuust Is, lanrseU Rtnl fetlj I will ill v.- him kismsi fur ii. ii-l cs shall Unlit him lo lsll it. ie. tis.(aril lii4Vlur. ruutball aa Ihe (ilrls K. It, I tmk Hi (i-oil AiinsM 'l o am a fisittaill mm. Atel thua aiito a trlsad of hr lint ah drserlb th winisi "(ili. Msr. rtnt skonltt hen Iborn elari l'was auelt hivelf sls-bt) A nil thiiuvh tb Or.t (sin I hail B I unilfr.Ht mm. Tlrst ram lb Vslrs, all drMsed la Maei Th Hrirrit ram In red; On fslluw xrll. J, th rest ail tried 1 o Jump Hmu hi Ufs.1, "And than on frllii ateppsd and inioiitst. And all Ih rest got rutted. Aad svery fellow atopNMl Mid atoopvd Aud loekid bard at thvyruutid. "And then aiiollur fallow jtellr.1, A nd ssrh man, tt her h slusl, Ju.l hit and struck and knueknl and kicked At vry ou b could. "And thrn out- fell tlpuu bla nwk, Ami sll Ih otlo-rs ran, Aud nit tils protie ml pr.su rale form !.d rv hleiuwd Disa, "And then lb sinliulsnes ilrov on. And loadlot ap with tiieu With twislod ttsrkaend hrko tun Wmii driving off wain. "till, tool bod's just Ih rlltmt inl It rannot Uf urpital! (let vet II n alli la a sham Te use up turn so fast." - Huston Courts. Iloth I Ikt-d tb rhena. Friend- (ilven up hotisrkeeplng nd gon to a hotel, eli How do you like hotel lifeP McTiff First rate. Nver wit o happy in my llle. "Indeed! And how doe your wife Ilk HP "Finil cfa." "Where re you Maying'" "I'm l Ihe tt, Charles, and he' at th Bt. Jaine."-Nw York Weekly. A Dwarf. Clinker Vht do yon think of this Prince Alla-rtf It was my brother's, and 1 had It made over for mo. Calloway Don't you think you are too short to look well In a Prince Alla-n f Clinker I am ton short lo gel anything else, New York lierald. A rarseelng llof. First lloy (dropping In for a call)-Wot. are you tloln with your hat au coal an gum boots on In Ih' house? Hecond liny Minmi.n is piitlln thltiK to rights, an I want to kci-p these thing where I ran Ibid Viu. Uiajd New. At th Funeral. First 8htcr--Why don't you cryf Second SisterCan't. 1-fl my embroid ered handkerchief at home. Tt-xa Sift burs. A Misleading presaliut. In a street car the otherday two wom en were talking of a sick friend when a little girl sitting at the side of one of thorn interrupted wilh: "Mamma, wlmt I the point of death? Will it hurt Mr. Locke'?" Bo many such expressions are widely misleading to the groping, literal child mind. New York Times. A rteaMtit tiitrodiioilon. Mr. Brown (to Mr. B.) Paul, dear, let m tntroduc Mr, Yontig. Ho was tho gentleman 1 was engaged to when I mar ried you, you know! Truth. TOO MUCH. K ratrlotl Cttlsvn Could fit and Su.fh a Utsgraee. '"Tlnt. food," ho urged he ambled along beside a Tribune reporter crossing City Hall park, " 'taint even beer." "Then i ' four or live small children, all tarvlng," suggested the reporter. "No, 'taint," "Sink wife maybe sirk for two months. No doctor iititl no medicine. Want a dime to get both?" 'No, 'taint." "What I It, then." ssked the reporter, looking wilh sotve t-iii'ioslly nt the small and dilapidated Individual beside him. ' I have no wife, and I have no ohlldren," nld the small man u-.IWly, "but my old mother keep house for nip over lit Brook lyn." "Case of mother Instead of wlfo," mur mured tho reporter. "And J Hnd myself In a horrible situa tion.' t-iitit 1 luu-il llio Hinitll man, Ignoring t he Interrupt Ion. "As I was ttlJOtlt to start for my humble home I suihlftily thought of the comet," "Tho whatf" "The eonit-t this dreadful monster ap proaching through Ilia heaven." "What of that?" "What of il ? Why, that eoniot 1 40,000 mile In diameter." "Well?" "It has a tall R, 000,000 mile long," I'ttuyuo It has?" - - .. - IIIghett of all In Leavening rower, Latent U. S. Gov't Report MM ABSOUUTELY FUU2 'Do'yai reallne why, my dear lr, do you realiw," ejaculated the mall man, ob-ntnly removing the pretm-l lind rem. nsnt which did duty toil, "that that eoinrt 1 now only ),t),(X mile away and traveling 1,M miles a second head on for tb United Siateef" The t)siru-r atlmliled tlmt th situation was grave. "Yon see," continued th mall man earnestly, "there I no telling when tb kliis k limy come. I am on inf way borne, t and a I tuiv no money 1 retist walk all the way, Mlii'l, I am not asking tor cash, Imh hio.0 1 never drink. beer, and I like to walk, but while (.list mlgtitr comet I fleshing toward u through th realm of Pee 1 want to ask you a soleiuu qne liou" "Out with It." "My dear ir, would you ts wtllinsr heaven and i-art h,whi a horrible thought! would you be willing tohaveku American citliu-u hit hf a foreign coitiK without on ecut In hlclolhtf" New York Tribune. No Muill. The orthoihi clergyman of a Kvw ng bind village, recently placed In trying Hi ion, acquitted hltiisi-lt with unusunl caution, If nut with perfect iit-ces. Tb occasiou wa the funeral of Mr. FolU-t, the third husband at Mr. Knl let, a wom an inueh ymuiKer than he. The Kol lets' regular clergyman wa aitay at lb time of Mr. roller's death. In till emergency lb fainiljr called iiion the orthodox cierKy man, who wasalmost trtir. A neigb Isir liutrticted him hastily as to the wliul rahlr qnslitli- of the decenard and hi fam ily relations. During the funeral discounts nooutsidei would have susie-ted that th clergyman had not been a lifelong friend of the let Mr. Follet. When be cant to mention the widow in Id prayer, however, It wa evi dent that his data hud become somewhat confused. II mill, "And now w com mend to thy car this widowed hndmald, who ha been bereaved again ud again and again" then lo-sitntlng an Instant h killed, "itul pcrbap again. "--Argonaut. llrln ou Vour Deer. Josh nillitiKS H-nt a nuiblier of tim mrrs at a fatnott White mountain hostel ry at the f'sil of Mount Washington. Ull 111 way to Kmerald pool, one of the numerous "point of Interrm'' near th ho tel, tin nature's nohlrtun hail Improvised a spring of crystal purity, sn-l embellished It with some of Id Inimitable verses and the warning: Whoever sleaU thi llttt cup Will by bears lw lcil up. (in day the cup was miming. On th pier of birch bark lielow the poet's line some thirsty soul had written The cup is Bone, I don't know where, Aud now, Josh Hillings, hrln en your bear. Harper' Uaitar. Toe Amor. The barroom loafer hnd raten 100 big oyster In forty minute, and thereby had won a wager for a professional sport who had backed him to the rxti-ut of Uf ty Uol Ur. "You needn't have exerted yonmelf o much," aalil the HHirtlng iiinn, rolling up hi winning In a compact nml and pocket lug the pile. "The bet waa that you could eat IT5 oyster In an hour." "I know it, boMi," replied the oyster tr apologi-tirally, "but I hadn't hut anything to eat for four hour, aud I wa hungry." Chit-ago Tribune. Quite the Contrary. Daughter Pa, did my friend call on yon last evening to gel your ultimatum in the mailer of his suit? Pa-He did. Daughter And yon expressed yourself with your whole soul, 1 how. POn the contrary, my dear, I ex pressed him with my whole sole, Beaton Courier. A lltiaalan Joke. At a country lutll ".My dear sir, yon hrtv just tepid on my part iter's foot-, I demand satisfaction!" "Oh, certainly! Yonder sits my wife; go and step on her fH)t."Pi'ierbttrKskaya liaM-ta. ERVetnal. Husband How is It Unit the cat didn't trouble us lasi night? Wife 1 threw out one of your new neck ties. Truth. A Neore. Hani Pp Gent Say, boss, can't yer give feller a few cents to help him nlongf Mr, Delawuey Why don't you do some thing fnw yaw oun living? You had bettcf sk for hwains Instead of money. Hard Vp llent Well, boss, 1 asked rer tor what 1 thought yer had the most of. llrooklvn Life, How to Kenovate (illt Frames, Aloiaten a ngo with oil of turppn tine or spirits of wine and nib the frame lightly, lotting it dry by itself. ftitnplitnent wntpii-slmiM-dbotttos,stttmr Coated, iiioti llilo Ik-mis. fo. pet- tsittle. A K AIR ATTORNEY. Aliui! Ih world hns inmo swry Klnco I'onsin Lillian entered college, for alio has i;ro n bo learned I lift tremble at her woutlrmi knowledge. Whene'er I dare to woo hor now ho frowns I lint I should so nnnoy her. Anil then proclaim, with lofty brow, Her mission la to be lawyer. Life glides no more on golden wIiirs, A sunny waif from 101 Dnrmlot Pvti learned bow true tho poet Binics, That comltiK sorrow ciwls Its shadow, Wheu tulll frill tt lost Us spell I felt some bidden grief Impended; When sho declined a oaramol I krew my rosy dream had ended, Blie paints uo more on chin plaques, With lints tlmt would hsvc ornwd Mnrlllo, BtrnttKe hinls that never plunu-d llteir haeks hen Fnther Noult braved Ihe billow. H'-r fancy linins, wilh brlghlerblush, Tho aplenilul tJ'lttntihs Hint await her, 1 Whiut in Hie court a breathless hush lilies unman to the quot-ti dubalor. Tis sod to uteut sitelt ortishbig noes li'i-titii nyes as blue its Hcnttlsh heathen 1 1'lssnd a iniiid wilh ehftek ol rose hliould have her heart hound tip In lealheri "f Is wnl to keep one's pusnloii punt, ThouijU t'allas' arms the fair envlront But won o to have her quoting Kent Wheu ouo is toiidly bi'i-atliine Myron, nr. Wheabllllsahtlit-eitsedattbela" ' , . Il.ir fsoie, be sure, will ll forr,n j Ko lrrlster will pick a i In bstleeetremljr eleven j Tb sberllf will fura-nl bu nap , To b-asl upon the lovnly vblon. j And e'en the puts' will set Ms cat, At her and dresin of lov rJI)lan. -ctamtutl l. I' k ill t'ral.clsio .IwouauL, otl KoJis Keltif l.lonlil. " Sir Walter Hcott i an cxaiivl ot a great Uiau, who, an far a we cu jnd,. enjoyed paying the penaltle of I. is ' greatness, even lu hi hour of de.it Ii, i'J wiut great enough, but theu be w.is tlt.-t kiudof a man, and llm circi.astumt among which he lived were lavoral.e-. That wa before the day of the pci.i-y pott, of the elwtrlo telegraph, of rail way and of the interviewer, and in bi prime he lived at Abbolsfoid; v inch is eillvaleut nowaday to sayiug tliat lo in ed at Joppa. Uo seem to have been singulnrly free from the f-ualtU- of great tie, which have enoriuotuily in creased since the Wizard of the North went homo, aud uch of them a came iu hi way he ecm to baVe heartily en joyed. " . ' lie ftpi-sr now and then to have relished ladng turned into a rare show, aud to beiug pointed at wherever be went as Walter Kcott. Indeed thi be iug pointed at se-em to have been rel ished by many men whose groatnee waa undoubted. Thackeray seem onie time almost to have resented not being puiuU-d at. All the Year Bound. The "leer of "Maud." Few jsvtple knew Tennyson and hia peculiaritii- better than did hi neigh bor Mr. Cameron, the well known pho tographic, artist, who made a fine erie of character portraiw by photography to illustrate Tennyson' poem. Tb history of her aearch for and aelection of model for these character! ht inter esting. Maud wa a etarving Irish girl, who served her both a model and wait ing nttiiiL . The aeqnel to tb story of Mr. Cain- . erott's Maud is too pntty not to be gi ven. NY ben Mrs. Cameron held her exhibi tion In London, Maud wa scut np with a chaperon to explain the picture to the public, A gentleman cam in one day, and after having asked several ques tion left. A year or two afterward he passed Into the Indian civil service, but before starting for the east he went down to Freshwater aud knocked at Mr. Cameron' door, begging for Maud' band. The beautiful Maud wa willing, and they were married. New York Tribune. ' Travel la the East, How wonderful and ever present ia the contrast iu eastern travel to all life aud movement at home. No heavy curt ami lumbering wagon jolt to and fro between the farmyard nd the fields. No light vehicle find swift Hpupages dash past on uinraduimzfd road. Al;'.n! there are uo roads ami if no roads, htvv much less niiy which or wagons. Thatched roof and tiled cottit-e. h.nes aud hedgerow nnd trim lie!.!, rivet, coursing between foil bun!;. l.e'.tpl is! the roar and audttt-u totoky ft: it of tue train these might ;.ot t si; ; i :.k- wot-'tl at all, mid do not c:.i t in lilt- world of tho Persian, stiuitt-m -l mid t tuiitctl, but Inexpressibly tntinjuil iu In existent'. Uere all i moveiueti; nud btiHtle, flux , and sjieed; tbero everything is tmper turbablu, immemorial, iiutnutuble, alow, 'Persia ami the Persian sjneauon.", -i.t A Hoy rriiua Banna, ' - First Boy You ought to come to the concert our tnusio teacher I goin to " give. " ' .Second Boy You goin to be in? "Yep. Pin one of the primmer don na. We're goin to give a cantata." . " Wot' that'." "Oh, it's all about lunshlue and storm and picnics and harvesters and all sort of country things, It' great "Do you iug all that?" "N-o. I'm only in the first scene, , 'Early Moruin on th' Farm.'" ; "Wot do yon do'r" "I crow," Good News. YVoinru Kith No ClillUrao. ' The fact that the total population of the United State has fall below the popular estimate of M,0O0,OOO ii likely to cull attention to the fecundity of Atneric.tu women. Not long at;o a newspaper took a census of the children in oertntn fashionable quarter in New York city and brought to light tho fuct that comparatively few children s;l xl'ticn alio spaciou homes of Murray bill, rtwl that the birth rate there was ahivuiinly low. Tho lust state censu of MaKtuchr., nett bring out some iittcrestinc tnctxin relation to the percentage of ; airicd women having no children. lie e i table compiled from the Ma8s,:vhnsu!ts census showing the percentsge f.f native and nf foroign born women h.iving uo children! Native Foreiu'U born, bot-n. The stale U M.!T Barnstable W.M M.;T HerkshirB... 1T.I !MH liilslol 19.01 l.t Dukes. , ai.W H.) Esses , 10.19 )'i.l Krnnkltn .IB ll.lM Uarupilea , . U.M lliimpahlre 80.','J IS.tit Middlesex , 1CW RSS Nantucket ,. 17.-M H7.l Norfolk H.IB ll.7 I'lymouth 1H.H8 W.-i sttlt'olk St.w H.o Worcester ;, 10 W Here we find that one-fifth of the mar ried women of Massachusetts are child less. It is said that in no country save France enn n pimilar condition o affairs be found. Ou tho other hand, instead of over SO per cent., only 13.S7 per cent, of the foreign born women of Massachu setts are childless. What is true of this , state is undoubtedly in a greater or less . degree true throughout the oountry, I The time hn come when we must fuce the fact that the increase of population by birt h iR decreasing that the tendency of the times among well to do Ameri can is to small families, and that one fifth of our native married wf-nea are childless.--Chicago Tribune, ' 'General Philip Koarny left an arm in Mexico, and was known among to mou as "Una Armed Phil,"