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I i " l f THE OTHER MAN. aastfttjittttiit a mwmmmm BIS i. E stood on the brink of tbe preci pice end looked over. Three huu- ired foot below blui ine e orua.e on the somber rock. The man's muscles tenatoned sud he drew a deep breath. What u easy way to eud It all! Just one Wile step those rocks below were no buugers; they would make no uils:ake over their work, aud the sea would tell no tales and then-then he would be away rrom It all, aud would never have to bear the agouy of heariug that she was married to Everett. Married to Everett-married to Ever ett! The words clanged lu his ears. He groaued aloud aud beut hastily over the edce. A mist came before his eyes and his breath rose in a choking heave to his throat; the grouud rocked slckeulugly beueath him, aud for oue dlxxy second he thought he was falling-falling down that lntermluable space Then the mist passed, the ground stunned rocklug and he gasped with relief to Bud himself still staudiug safe aud souud on Arm earth. He turned away with a scornful laugh at his owu weakness. , Home again, he Bung himself Into an easy-chair aud lit his pipe, resolved to give way no longer to morbid uuag He picked up a magaxtne, but hts thoughts tlew off at a taugeut to the dance which was to take place thai rrv evening, to which he had been Invited. He bad vowed not to see her again till he could settle ouce for all the dem on of unrest within him. and a crowded balltoom was the last place for iuipas iloned avowals. He thought how cool and beantlful she would look In her white muslin. with her fluffy golden balr fram ng her sweet little flower-l.ke face. Perhaps be would go. after all. Then a second figure rose up to spoil the picture handsome. bamy-go-luckj Everett, with a merry word for everyone, dancing untiring attendance on the fas- coating hostess aud uever leaving her side for a moment. How dared he take possession of her tn that way! And how could she put up with It, unless His pipe-mankind's universal baby bottle for once failed utterly In Its mission of soothing. He tossed It an grdy across the table and burled his face In his bands, lost in a whirl of uils- arable conjectures. BssHiveniioii wat fun, ill Ihla, for th mt (riant, but I don't btlicve uy of tia could compute',' If we tried, the deep-down Joy It M the bootblack!," Chicago , Inter Ocean. j stooping figure waa to death o near that one touch-Just one little motion of the foot and he would lose bis bal auce and so speeding, tpeedlug down those smiling cliffs and be burled to pieces ou those cruel rocks beneathl His breath came quickly. Suppose It had happened accidental Iv? Even as he thought he knew ue was a coward. Even then he was thluklng of his own skin. Suppose a sudden uolse made the man start! Al most unconsciously he opened his lips, and a harsh "Hallo!" broke from him, Everett's nerves were atcel. lie turned his sunny face aud aiulled over his shoulder. "Hallo, old man!" he responded amla b!y. Fraser came and stood dumbly beside hhu, holding his hands tightly together behind him to hide their ehakiug. He had forgotteu Everett was a sa.lor. He watched him furtively leaning down further aud further, till It seemed Impossible be could retain bis balauce; and the waves below reached up hun gry white arms to catch him, aud fell back again with a murmuring thunder of anger at their failure. A little further. Fraser caught his breath. You'll be over In a minute!" be said grutlly. Everett laughed easily. "Not I!" be said confidently. "But, t say. old chap, you might Just haug on to my legs for a minute, will you? I want to reach that great bit Just there, aud It's Just beyond me." The waving pink bloom nodded Im pudently up at them Just out of reach. Kraser stood luotlouless, molsteulug his dry lips. Everett looked around. "D'you mind, old man 7" he said. And mechanically the other stretched out his hand aud obeyed. Now now! oue movement of bis tin gers-just the opening of his hand He fought the thought back, gasping for breath. Everett leaned still farther. He half glanced back. "They're for Dolly, you know," be said, "to wear this evening." The lingers opeued aa If by some iud denly pressed spring. There was a sud deu cry. and then then something weut rolling, rol.tng. striking aud bouuding slckenlugty down that steep Telephonic communication haa been established between lit. Michael auu Nome by nteaua of a temporary ub marine cable. The toll la t'2 for ten word. It baa teen demonstrate! by actual experiment, observes Scieue and In dustry, that mauy of our wild forest planta produce needs that when ouneu lu the earth leialu vitality for ten to thirty year. Recently an Institution was opened In Belgium for the alleged cure of tu berculoma by the exclusive raw meat diet. After trial of a few mouths the exnerluiout waa abandoned, a It was found that there was no effleacy In the Ulchet cure. " ' Varloua scientific department Id En ),,, i rMwmiv tiild a eonl'ereuce in which they sought to obtain govern ment power for protecting the delicate luatrumeut lu the Kew aud Given wlcb obsorvatorlea from any luuguetlc dlsturbaucea that arise from the work tng of eloctrle trauiwaya aud railway lu their vicinity, The bumming noise produced by .the bit and tiles exoresse a musical no tation Thua the common bouse By ofteu produce the souud V. In order to do thi the creature must vlbrute lu wing ai.lit) time a mluut or 333 times a aecoud. The honey be ire queutly produce the souud A. aud vibrate It wings iM.400 time a min ute or 440 time a aecoud. la tbt way one can ascertain the number of vlbra tlou the little creature are produc- luir with their wing by Budiug out what uote they are humming. The Hcv. J, M. Raeou, F. U. 8., pro pose to make a balloou ascent during one of the thick, Impenetrable fog which vllt London during the winter month. He propose to asceud to the higher Uuilta of the fog and to expbir cleutlflealiy It constitution. He a w propoav to dlacbarge small cartridge of guueotton at great belgbta. In order to ascertain whether me eoueuas.oo will dislodge or disperse the fog lu any way. He ha carried out everal ex pertinent with similar cartridge for ,snili-al miroosc. at varying am tudea. Mr. K. N. Buxton, tn dlculng the question of the preservation of bg game in Africa, point out the great difficulty of protecting elephants, on account of the high market value of their tusk, aud then avers that per sonally be I opposed to the destruc tlon of elephauts at alt. on the f round that, valuable as they are for their Ivory, they might be still more valuable na n-eleht carriers. The Idea or em ploying elephants a domestic animal of burden Is uot new, aud many have testified to the patient and effect! manner In which they apply their enor mous strength In the service of man. An age aa great aa 6,000 yeara ha ! sometime been ascribed to the giant I tree of California. Prof. Cbarle K. Besaey. of the University of Nebraska. YELUOW MEN IN SIBERIA. Chlaete Arm Ha d la H Ovetflowl Inti Asiatic Knit t, Recent luvtlgatton have shown that wbtl the whit emigration to Si beria haa been considerable, It has been neither permanent nor betielteiul. lu 18lfJ, according to recent consular re port. It amounted to 22U.IKM soul, but In the first sit mouths of the lame year OVERCOME BY GOOD LUCK. rrtach Peasant h lirew a Prist el tlCKM)) i rla4. Before tbe closing of tb Pari ex potlifon the last groat lottery connect d with tbta ttupendou bow wn drawn for, the winner of which, a poor ocas ut. found himself the richer by half million fraues-ihnt I. ltw.0J0. 'Ihe drawing for this great prise wa Axed for H UU o'clock III the afternoou. At 2 o'clock the gnat hall wa deusely .y.-kud with a mixed but auxUu crowd. Duke, duchesses, eouun niiiinL liualnc men of all diMit rlntloii. workmen lu their holl- d.iy attire, work wen In their working RED OOOOLES ON A BULL CANAL IOEA IS AN OLD ON. rraakef lchleoB HI ftarly laeltr lleee4 CaMlac a, stavlaa Hovla Leaatl 1 t Ukaia r faataasa. A set of vrtaiMD goggle on a bull The advantage of canal or navifa combination at rare a It la b'aarre, ble channel through tbe utntnu ei i.ut iii. I. lust exaVtlt what JohO An Panama la so obvious turn h is bvi icbuts, of tow Townblp. Pa, rao priitig to Ond tb Idea of nch a water ,.. -.I... At whan be went out av waa seriously considered In tbt to take a look at hi black and white Mri, day of KpaoUli couquet la the bovine, Dexter. Tbe bull wa inueoiro world. tar hia nw ornament to fvy oi the year va the ramoua von., mtu.i,i.mi. bora, who wanted to dew WD ibeu Id Mexico (or New Spain), A Phenomenal Success ! CabtU-WM onatrate tb generally rece.veo sui mree snips on a w h - the thtrlke ucceT Caldy-lt waa. that gnythlng refl renaer a - jimuwa in cuarg vi ....v if,),.. k-i.. .t wMk wa auo atratwroua. paaveora. i oe espvuiuuH w. . - m a tuni vMwwaaa i - - - - . - . . . . . . caded In Ittln' back our loba.-Puck. When Dexter woke up tbe next worn. rortouet one, a two or in au.p. w " " I . . .1 k. .1 as jlaaidila'A ..a .(.. . M, M . at ml HllVfti Mistress tevrely-lf aucb a thing tng be aaw every.u.ui u- - - --7--"': ay eaaeas over mm returned pcuulle. to Hun- j,,, ttlrv. work won In their working mistres. twT.re.,r-ii - - . .,m, n Hij P(,mt d dlJ 00. W cgrr, out B, nt0B. sla. having failed to Bud a livelihood. cotbe.-all went to make up a vivid 'j T ,"7.h tb. conclusion that every object he WoD ot returning by way of tbe city of n. ln.ih work fer gaxed on bad onac-oiintably b"ea V,Uan.a, on the PaclBc lde. and tuenc another avrvant would; there' easily enough work rer two of u.-Tll lilt. She-Have you read that continued tory lu tbe paperT lie-Not all of it Bhe-llow far did you get! u-i nu- Those who remained are deaciibed a Hmi muiisiuIoiihI picture, pauperlaed by their piiviiege and do omi iwusaut told the writer that n lug little or nothing to develop the couu- imj traveled !iiK) mile In order to be In try, Ou tbe other baud, the Chinese are in, U time to see tbe "draw" for tbe everywhere overrunning the land. At ,vt fortune, and to make sure mat th white man either olijectt to work .11 fuiri ituue. altogether or n-qulre excessive wages, A, xWk of half-past 2 o'clock the Ubed the "synopsis of preceding cuap- Cblues labor baa become a necessity, committee, compoaed of tui'ti of lire ter."-Urookl)D Lire. On all Ihe public work It Is employed. ,ront-jibie character-men of tbe high Q0if iUj chess: Fool-I suppose iMiiig pnm les tuan uau m prat or ,,M, atnndliig-BUHl III. ine general 1 tou gr, willing to aumlt tnai goir is au white labor. secretary of tbe bnuk. M. Houxel, pre- intellectual pastime? Huuker-Yea, Id In the wake or the workman comes v.,,(i, the Chinese peddler, aud eveu the Cbl- t,,f,ire the "drawing" he explained nose inerchant. The movement la fed , the people that the Brat would win by an Immigration and colonisation nisiUM) franca, tb second and third tb Bve following l.tum scheme founded by the Chinese govern ment In Manchuria aud Mongolia, which has proved fur more successful than the almllnr ltusslnn orgtiulsution In Si beria. At oue time It was thought Hint, owlug to the futility with which the Uusslaua consorted with Asiatics, the result of this Immigration would lie Hie Slnvlalng of the Chinese. It now seem more probable that the Chinese will ab sorb the Wave. A very distinguished Uusstan traveler told me last year that on the frontier the liussnin ewomsia had already forgotteu their owu tongue, while In Irkutsh a pigeon ltusslnn i freely spoken. "In short." ho added, "while we Uusslans have tceu medita ting th political conquest of China, the Chines have begun the economic conquest of Siberia." The worst of It la that Itussla baa no remedy at hand, for ahe cannot exclude Chinese Immi gration without compromising the eco nomic progress of Sllierla and abandon ing her friendly polity at Peklu.-Port-ulghtly Ilevlew. AMERICANS ARE FAR AHEAD Maeklntsts or 1hU Conntrr Have No I- qiala la Any Hlhrr t an I. One of tbe greatest obstacles to Ihe general Introduction of American ma chiue tools Into continental Europe l the Ignorance of the average European machinist. This Is especially true of the higher classes of machine tools. Th Intelligence which enable an American mechanic to understand and operate a machine seems to be dor mant or entirely wanting In hi Eu-roiw-an brother. The American Manu facturer quotes Ihe sales manager or to.iHKl franca. friinea. aud UW other W franc each. The upreme moment ba arrived. Two bov are each placed In-fore n wheel, tbe boy on the rlght'glvlng the aerlea, the one on the left giving the number. Ther are 3:'o aerba of ID.OOU number each. The silence la painful. The fneee of the people lu tbe ball art all auxloua. and lu many casea quite drawn, The wheel are turned. Tbe boy each take a number. The prlxe-the fortunela decided. No. SKW of tbe alxteentb rle Im won. aud the owner of thl come into iHissesslou of Wh),(S0 francs. "No, '.'MO, wimier of the Brat prlxe!" Is called out. A cry from the center of tbe hull -at weird, unnatural cry-and the possessor of ticket No, '.'ftllt) fall back, etnggera, and I carried away senselesa. II la a poor peasant, who for yeara ha never earned tuoro than 20 franca a week. Now? It la Interesting to learn that the win ner of tbe great prise for IHiiH-a worn- anbaa not yet been paid. Thl ludy won the ftoo.tMS franc prlxe. but had cut off a amall portion of her ticket Now tbe law regulating these lotter ies I that the ticket must be presented Intact. Should It be mutilated In the slightest the winner Is barred from re ceiving the prlxe until thirty year have elapsed. bout th tame sense that chess I an athletic game,-Boston Trausciipl "What kind of a man la this John Bmlth?" "Oh. be' the klud tuat thinks he cau hold ou to bis umbrella transformed Into rarmlue he became Ima the Isthmus. Ilia view wat that furloua. lie noticed that bit cattle coin- tt anama be "might unlade the cloves and merchandise that be baa, mat to lu cartwt It might be carried acrose the tilalu fouer leagues, to tb rtvr 4'hagre, which they sty It navigable, gunning out Into th North Bet not far .from Nombr de Dlos. where the tblpi ride which come out of Spalne." In hit "Discoveries of tbe World" (published In 15."5 tnd translated by lltkluyt and published In England Id HHU), Antonio Ualvano, governor of Terns te In the Moluccas, tayt of 8save dra: "If be had lived he meant to hart opened the land of Castllla de Oro and which by having his name eugraved on th -n"ululul ,m) u ,Hkeu ou the new color, haodle."-Ncw York Evening World ,ong,r srr,n. Simrisman (to rimiin. wuo 1 iii n,. inMu-siit bid wd ' r""'" brought down a alugle bird all dayi- h orcv.uing tiut. and then be Imk-bih mlgbr-fctv Uon done In four place- Do you know i-ora rrrauam nmnu- a iyi,,, lunatic. To cap in conn Oh. dear, yes; I've often shot at hi h, iMW n WIU nMr , Urn cbe to n-d fence, and that tbe milk mam wa PURE AIR THE BEST MEDICINE. t) ! house. Sportsman-Ever bit in-run Lucky lllugles: "Bluglea It a lucky man; bit lime goee right on whether he la waking or tleeplug. akk or well "What I Mingle' business?" "Watch maker."-Columbua (Ohio) Btat Jour mil. A tclentlst at work: "How did you rania in Im a urofessloual lieggar?" "I ain't uo professional beggar. I'm em played to git up statistlca on bow many heartless people they la lu tbia town Chicago Kccord. Home growu lustre: "Then you dou't bauk much ou ancestral pride?" "No; It la more to a mau'a credit to start from nowber and be somebody than to start from somewhere aud be uobody. -ludluitapolls Journal. The exact truth exacted: Caller- You look like a good and truthful girl; tell me-1 your mlstresa realty ouw Domestic-She Is, ma'am. Callcr- Uio.ra? Domeatlc At the elbow. ma'am.-Chlcago Tribune. Well. Borua," is Id Naggua, Ihe em Inent literary critic. "I ee you begun tbe new ceutury right." "llow' iliir' asked Borus, the struggling author. I dou't understand," "lou U.iin t wrue any porin altotit lt."-Cblcago 1 rlbune. A Bubetdy Detlued: "I see so much lu the newspaper about subsidies. What does a subsidy meau. Johnr' "A sub- a a red tirL who carried a red bui k.t and tbrce k'gged atool or tne same polar. Now. be wa lmply a pent np voua no In cow sklu. and th troutne in-asn iitftnely, from the Uulfe of Ht. Michael to Crabs, which Is tweuty five league. or from Panama to Nombre de Dlo, lielng seventeen leagues distance; of through Zaquator, a river of Nic aragua, which sprlngeth out of a laka three or fouer leagues from the South Hea, and falleth Into tb North Bea; Caas of CuoaaiMpitttrt Cera I dour 'irtmnt. Consumption, that scourge of Eastern Massachusetts, Ithode Islaud, Cuuueci; ... ... . . . . . 1 . . , ....... .. . ittt . .. . ............... .. . ..... ...... ..ub u .... .. U l..Pu,fc lilttf 1I1MI I .l.lu VlrtW IN m'ii,,rM I H I. 1 U.I one or tne leaning mnnuiecwncs i vm, new ..mv, . .mj, j,.,, - mn.iiin- i.w.l. In this couutrv at say- some of Its terrors of late, Itecent bug- dollar for going to see your uiouu-r .. I,,.. Dsn exiM'timcuts uave snowu tuni cuu- teti or usviog uvw wiuw . in.i.tt . Ana machine In a shun on suutPtlou almost always is ueveioiH-ti na 1 iienver r-ews. . ... I... 1 .1. I ... . I I i ...MM. I.M. it,, niinant an tinlex t ie maker a result or overcrow 111 ua ami u an. mo couaoiing: ijnit"""- has tent with It from th works an ex- lake a boy of slightly Inherited ten- jU,t Ueked a member of the hunt, who nert to break the dunderheads Into the dcucy to consumption aud put him at WM fu0wlng too iioely-Ou, I'm so . 11. ..Ill ...,l.,.l,lu a. a 1. . It .II.Ih'I bust Vnill using of It the chances are three to side. For an Instant the white face was up : rPCllrtg thla estimate as very much ex- turned, j aggetuted. He says that be once "All right, old chapl know-accl- ! )Unted with reat care tbe rings of Hi thoughts new back to that dance 1 dent!" Boated up brokenly, aud tl.eu Krowta 0f a tree felled In 1M3. and .t . It.. hl.l.iAiia atinil ami thaa I . . . ... . rm ... Jl.. . one week ago one week to crowaeu mere w a ii 1 which wa ruiiy n or vt teei id uiamo- with hopes' and fear that it seemed a waves ciuieueo greeuiij i .uc, llfot'tue ' osulxable prey aud drew It under. Ami lie remembered those two dances, the swooping seagulls shrieked wildly Uie music, the scent of flowers in the aud circled upward, co-iservalory. and. more distinctly than Eraser stood as If turned to stone, a!! the laughing face of Dolly. gaalng with distended eyeballs at the TUc'i thM few overheard words gurgling eddies where tbat-tbat thing rushed through his brain. He clinched had uisappeareu. Murueren .nurui-ivi. uiuviv. The waves lashed It at him. the sea gulls shrieked It. the whole living aud Inanimate world Bung the awful woru at bun. He stood paralyzed. Had he done It he? What bad he done? Ue uem nis hands vaguely and piteously out before him, asking them mutely. Murderer: Murderer! Murderer! Yet. It wat true his fists and his face flushed at the rec ollection. He had drifted from the bail room to tbe conservatory. Would she consent? That was tbe quesUon that throbbed In his brain. Should he say the words that would decide his future life and hers? He had puffed at a ci garette, and stared at the thin wisps of blue smoke. Would his hopes fade Into nothingness as that fragrant smoke faded and vanished Into air? And then be heard people talking. Ue recognized the voice of Everett, awl then Dolly's. They were seated on the opposite side of the conservatory, and had not seen bim as he sat almost con cealed behind a. tangle of palm leaves. "Dolly." Everett was saying, "you must say 'Yes. My w hole life depends upon It. We have been chums so long. Say you will and make me tbe happiest man in England not to speak of Scot land, Ireland and Wales. Say 'Yes!' 1 know what you want to say that we ought to be getting back again. And there are all those loathsome people u ho want dances. Confound 'em. You will? I knew you would " Eraser bad sat there, almost unable to mo.e. He did not know bow Ion Tlip music from the ba.lroom Boated out into the conservatory, mingling with the laughter and chatter of the guests. All hope, all interest lu life wa gone snatched from him by those few overheard words. People were asking for him. What did It matter; nothing mattered now. A voice aroused hiui. Ue looked up. aud saw Everett before hitu Everett, who was his rriend: who was now bis rival hl eenmy! 'ilailo. Eraser, old man, you eeem to be ten tat boms deep In the blue dumps wiini'a thp matter now? Come ani have a smoke wlih me. I've been look Ins tor you half the evening." And that all happened a week ago. A nsoii the most miserable in his life. And now he was trying to forget bcr What a fool he was! II. The thought of that steep drop down tc the sea kept recurring to his m nd airain and again with a fatal fasc.na tlon nut It away from his as he would Through all his brood:ngs Its somber invitation stood out dear aud distinct He could see even now the Jagged -nr.l. im-kinz below, drilling with snrav. looking for their prey. At last he got up. It was no good Maying in. Inaction was torture to i.in, in hia ni'csent frame of mind. He would try and walk it off. He started off rapidly, without any definite aim or Intention, but uneon sciously Ifls steps turned toward the coast, and presently he found himself mifo in ci re ascondinz the steep little path he had traversed that morning, A he neared the summit he per celved that there was a man's figure before him, stooping perilously over the dangerous edge, evidently gathering some ulant from the cliff below It was a foolhardy thing to do, and pviclentlv bespoke a strong brain. A little nearer, and he stopped short i.,,ntiv The stooping figure was mi 1 1. 1' j - -Evprett. All his love and bate surged up with i.t. nvoiwtt. the man who bad U m. - ter, to that lit ttump erve as 1110 floor of a dancing pavilion. The rings mini Itered 1.147. and that number would represeut the age of the tree In year. Prof. Betsey add that he gravely doubts whether auy of the ex isting tree approach the age of 2.000 year. i TOLD BY THE OLD CIRCUS MAN. Giant Uii a Llttla Fun on ilia Own Ac count with llonlblacWa. Sometimes," said the old circus man, "tbe greatest of all giant would have a little fun on his own account; meblie with the bootblacks. I don't suppose 11,,. 1 oiivihlni? ever feszed a boothlark. -true! His hands told uim-hia hamlx nrobai,y ,e'j offer to black the boot that be had opened, (iod! They were 1 . , ul ai) t tuurci, ueple and blood-red-stalncd with blood! The I wltn gu(M,g ai as tle meeting bouse grass was red-the sky-tne very sea j lf one cme ng way. jUti ayhow, the was blood! ! hootblacks used to offer to black the He flung up his hands with an awful ,,., .i10p- wi,en tLsa great man took cry and sprang blindly over that fatal ; ; . a)lt through the town. Just at edge. I say. old fellow, do wake up ami stoD having the horrors! You don 1 one that the perfect mechanism will be a wreck Inside of forty-eight hour, after the power It applied to It. Ac customed to work with toots that are crude and simple, compared with the Ingenious tnd Intricate American lu- tentlons. the operating machinists or Europe are slow lo comprehend the latter and often do them a lot of dam age !y stupiu iinniiiiiia. 1 iM-Fr ! are so well recognlxed by our machine tool builder that when giving an cMi mate on any considerable amount .r work care I bad to add enough to the price to cover the sending 01 a man. or men. to Install the machines and stay with them until they have proved their merits." know how beastly awful you look!" Eraser opened bis eyes slowly and stared In blank terror at the handsome tanned face looking down at hlra. He wondered vaguely whether he was dreaming now or had Just awoke from a red nightmare. Tbe voice went on: "I only looked In to say ta ta. I've had a telegram calling me back to Ire land Immediately. Old Chris Murdoch lias relented and consented to our be ing publicly engaged. And all through Dolly, too-bless her little heart! Sties Meg's dearest friend, you know, and she's been moving heaven and earth 10 soften the old chap's heart." He waived an airy good-by. "Ta-ta!" he said merrily. Kraser eiized sneechlessly at him, the tears still standing thick on o,s while ; Jljat own were iure to be right around they would offer to black any man't. "Soraetimea the giant would look down on the boy and then at hit own shoes, and then back up against the Kldewall of some building somewhere, where there was room and no awnings In the way. and get his shoe Hacked Tbe giant alway considered It a tort of Joke on tbe boys to accept their of fer, but the boys never appeared to be put out by It; on the contrary, they were always ready, as they would have been, as I said. If he had been twice as big. And It was more fun than you could shake a stick at to see the way they went at It, and the giant enjoyed this at much at anybody. "Of course, no one box would tupport the giant's foot, unless he balanced It on It very carefully, and the boy that eot the Job always, Invariably, called In other boys all the bootblacks In face. Everett turned back, half-laughlng. "I wish yon wouldn't lpok at me as though 1 were a ghost:" he protested. So loug!" Hhe Waited. Even a Scotchman cannot always be Humorous, If he would. Like other peo ple, however, he is sometimes funny .vithout meaning to be. The Scottish American thinks that the mes.sage sent hy a young man in Peeblesshire to hi uniting bride may have kept her from tvorryiug over his non-appearance, but that she must, after all. have received it Willi mixeu leeuugs. The bride elect lived In a village some ilistance from the home of William the bridegroom. The wedding was to he at her home. On the eventful day the young man started for the station, but on the way met the village grocer, who talked so entertainingly that William missed his train. Naturally he was In what Is known as a "state or iiiuiu. sometiiing must be done, and done at once. So he sent the following telegram: "Don't marry till 1 come. William." If the bride elect knew her William, she probably knew bow he felt when he sent the message, and forgave the mental confusion which resulted lu what she must have looked upon as a needless request work ou a farm sud he will probably Norryt I do Imp It tUdn 1 nun youi e.oim. th dines himself aud have I m,.-. .iii-ti a aeutle thing, and could healthy children. If he goes to work lu nlv have done It In tbe merest piay 1 - w a bank or dry good stole he la almost . know.- Punch certalu to coutract Ihe disease. uuies T0,,a-"Tht boy of Jones It older , d rf)1 BOga( dropped from ... ...nllll, rH1n for to lone be I very careful In bis out of door ,na, , ii, i.u't be? Browoe-I ., ,w,.tv,, eye. Mr AniH-hutt ha .,,. 1. to have been dei hour lo seek outdoor pursuit. ,on't n,iutt to, Why? Towue-I saw Iin-rP4 a reward for the arrest of ''ie Tbcse fact suggest what I known a B(U oia .kutiug to day, and he never bloody-minded hoy. With a tnort be mad a pa at a traw whereupon doe talle great bark and tack that was the color of t brick- era y era. Tbe other place la from To- yard, but failed lo knock I'. Into th eoantepec. th river of Vera Crut In next county, though be bad tbe supreme the Bay of Honduras, which also might satisfaction of witnessing the termini t opened in a ttraignt. wuicn. u antics of red chickens, red geese and er then they might alle from red duck In their wild endeavor to get th. Cuaile Into lb Maluco under out of hi wy. th xodalke In a temperate climate, la Without stopping to enjoy hi " less time and with mucn lease aangir, faction In having turned a peacerui ltian to tade about tne t ape or ion barnyard Into a cyclnne-twept pralrl Hperansa or by the Htralght of Magi he butted up against th weatherboard- !, r t,f the northwest." Ing of lb barn, making th red spun- , ji.iQg CORPSE KEPT FIFTEEN MON IMS. l&lrwS. ' ,',MU Vlrsinl TonkU U Is iWf& jF ' for vr Year. IKI After lying fifteen month In tat JfeH al ,u home of the parent, little u- . .i.M.1 .. 1 1 11 Klnlt TOIlkin, youngrai vuiiu u. . Tonx n. or uswego. N. Y, was consign ed to the tomb. Eor fifteen month th body lay In It pur white casket In th same room which the child occupied when alive. Vio lets, her favorlt flower, were visi ble everywhere. All these long mouth the family - .1...... !..( VINOlMA lOMklM. wo auuui ..:,. dally task lu the tame old accustomed way. It Is seldom that death la regarded in tbe light In which It Is looked upou by the Toukln family. Instead of feeling It a gruesome, awrui tmng mat uie in tits limine. It seema to have been deemed s ter fly like straw in a whirlwind, and accelerating the flight of th red headed girl Into a bright red epring bous. Next the panela of the red fence tuc- CUmtUHl 10 ine mnuua uu-i.-a--. - meadow with red gran waa crosaeo. and Mr. Bull found himseir on ine nana of a stream, the waler of which waa aa red aa blood. Here, after an hour of unspoken mis ery, the poor bull sank down exhaust XJ7 the outdoor treatment of phthisis. Dr V, W. Burton Fanning report that sue cess follow Its use lu a very large per ceittuge of (Bses, even where there Is considerable lesion of the lungs. Tbe fever Is reduced. In some cases yielding wholly lu a mouth, lu other pcrsM lug for several mouth. Appetite liu- once tried lo see bow uear be could go to the danger sign without falling iu.- Phllndelphla Pres. t'teiek: "You d.du l submit qu'etly to the.r gngglug ) )',,uT B"kl'" 11,. .,m,..-r. utio bad hurried to III u-eii as soon a the robbery wk over. No!" gaH the victim; "I chewed tu proves, sleeplessues vauisiies aim 0f course, but w hat good did lliat uigtit sweat uepari 11 me pnui-ui ao,r,i, ago Tribune. hpra. and I've often seen Bve boot blacking boxes under one of the giant' feet at one time, and live boy at work on that one shoe. They'd get the giant to raise that foot, and then they'd put four boxes under the sole and one by Itself under the heel. And then they'd get at It. The boy with the heel box would stay at that end and black the heel and rear end of the shoe. The boys, one on each tide, with the two boxes under the sole nearest the stian of the shoe, would work on the tides nf the shoe from tbe shank up, and thp two bovs with the boxes at th forward end, one of. these always be ing the boy that had struck the Job, would bang away on the upper. "With so many of 'em at It at once they'd make a fairly quick Job of it, notwithstanding the sle of the glnnt't shoes, and when they'd got through the four boys that had been called In would shoulder their kltt and ttep away, unconcerned as could be, and the boy that had got the Job would shoulder bis kit and wait for his pay. Three cents was the price of a shine In those days this was before the war and I don't doubt the boy would have taken 3 cents for this Job and never said boo. But there was not anything mean or small about the giant. He didn't give the boy 3 cents and pass on, nor 3 cents to bother blm a little, I and then give him a quarter; but he'd Just hand blm down five pastes to the Conundrum What It higher and handsomer when the head It off? A pillow. When It a lady't trm not a iauj s arm? When It is a i.iue unrei What It that which catt have mat nothing else has? Kittens. When may a chair be said to a si ne you? When It cau l bear you. What sort of countenance is wexinni . ... . .1... 1. t.. 1, .1 to an suctioueerr one mai .umu ding. What does s lamp post become wneu the lamp la removed I A tamp i gmer. Where waa Napoleon going when tie was 3l year old? Into hi fortieth. What letter In the alphabet is most useful to a deaf woman? A. because It make her hear. Why It a clock a symbol of modesty? Because It covers Its face with lit hand and run down Its own works. What nation doet a criminal dread moat? Condemnation. Why wat the first day of Adam's life the longest ever known? Because It bad no Kve. What did the spider do when he came out of the arm iook a oy son wew home, K on to Ha rope, from man." A frtend of the baron's went to an evening pnrty at Frankfort, where he expected to meet Herr von Kndowlu, who waa somewhat Inclined to pie as a scientist. On his way he saw a bnrn burning, stopped his carriage, asulslcd rhe people, aud waited till the Barnes were nearly extinguished. When he arrived at his friend's house he found Herr von Itadowitx, who had kept out of doors literally all the time, winter and summer, Of course a dry, warm, sunny climate has usuully It advantages for such a purpose, but there are reasons why a radical change of climate la not always advisable. Huch resorts as are found lu Cornwall, England; or Atlantic City, or Houth- amptoii. U. I., lu this country, probably answer quite a well a Ihe Ulvlera or Florida. Of course the open air treatment does not lu any way mean that the patleut burnt live an active life out of doors. This would be a great mistake, except bs a prophylactic In mild cases, as nil the vital powers are needed to throw off the disease, aud too much exercise lower the vitality of the slek. The preferred plan I to put the sick Into "What do you flud lu thai stupid old naner lo keep you so busy?" petulantly aaked Mr. Yoimgeouple. "I ws Jllut looking at Hi money market, he au iwered. "Oh, do they bav a money markait A r there ever any bar- galnsr-lndlanapolla Press. Bobbery: Clt!en-My hoti at No. iiiniTlH I'ueasy street was robbed last utubt!" Police Captain (to clerki- Btnlth, please look In your book ana see If t permit was Issued to anybody to rob the premises at No. 4.UIU.115 m easy ttreet. last night."-Puck. Mr. Hobhtlc-Well. Willie, your sister haa alven herself to m for a uirisi mas present; what do you inina or that? WIIHe-Huh! 1 nai 1 wuai so dn fur Mr. Brown last year, an" h gev her back before Easier; l bet you 11 MRS. BECKWITH DIVORCED. Orandd.iDBhter of Abraham I.lnciln ril from vr tat UnncJ. Mrs .Jessie U Beck with, daughter of Hubert T. Mucoln. of itiicago. aim granddaughter of President Mncolu, who In IH1T married Warren Beckwlth. a baaeball and football player at Iowa Wesleyan I'nlverslty. ha . been di vorced from her husband. At the time Mis Lincoln met Beckwlth be was beautiful thought. Dally the mother brought her work tnd sal beside th collln, Dally, It Is said, a tray coina.n- -Ing the tliiug of which the child wat most fond was carried to her room to e returned with the remark that "Vir ginia doesu't care for anything to-day." Animals Their Own Doctor. Almost everybody Ima seen dogs and cata eat grass, but few Hrsous ar aware of the extent to which the lower animals administer to their own medl enl and aurglcal necessities. At time open tents; in summer and In pleasant o b Philadelphia Itecord. weather lake their beds and hammocks out of doors. A moveable wind shelter which enn be turned as required Is a valuable adjunct to the treatment. Klcebinir rooms must always have their windows fully open In winter and summer, according to Dr. Burton Fan ulng. Ho long as the patient Is proper ly clothed he need Hot fear i.T.mp or cold. Consumptive patients are less "Man. said the up to uuie uuum-ii, ta but a mixture of arrogance, tobae- sv a till foot ball tatlhtlc." "Woman." v wi pm answered the eud of Ihe century num. "la no more than a compound of vanity cosmetics, and golf poses." And then they were married.-Del ro't Free Press. Walker-The bride wa quite a popu !,. .t.tff ami eat eat tlieillcllllll blnilt a plylug on the Iowa Wesleyan football (,nM,,)cii tne jog selecting ear grass, aud tlie cni mowing innnrun tor valerian, inaruin and catmint They vary thla treatment with au occasional dose of ashes or cinder Just as th crocodile Ilxard and some birds swal low gravel aud stones to counteract a fit of Indigestion. Both practice per aotial cleatillues at a preventive, and their unfailing bnblt of licking bruises, cuts or wounds to keep them In the condition most favorable to healing Is a familiar characteristic. The elephant uset its trunk cleverly In dressing wounds, and by thla means applies water, mud or dust to the In Jury. Blr Samuel Baker saw an ele phant plaster up a bullet wound with mud and frequently observed th readiness with which small sores wer attended to In this way to prevent being fly blown. Fleree cnrnlvorout animal, when trapped, frequently act aa aiirceona and bite through a limb eleven. Bhe wat then vltltiug her t0 fwe themselves, and the anlt licks grandfather. Senator Harlan, aud It It arA reKulnrty resorted to by deer and said asked for an Introduction. Mr. 0nM, 10ri,Vornus animals to keep l MRS JKSSIK L. HKISWITK. Inr girl, wasn't she? Watklnson-Ye. L,m.0n ,red to break up the courtship, themselves In health. Indeed; the Evening racrmeer arm ... bl), n ViUl( am1 (r, ouminatetl in an 1 l..,l.,.ul I lit ft vl'llllllaT nnil I HI P' l ft . i 1 at , I V All I til 1 1 I SMI III M II liable .0 nasal i catarrh man are con - . ,,, , ""'" iooo MM lxinM Holomon'. Judgment. . imrat.ve.y hen.my peop,e.-ew ,o.a . of "n,j Ver. half a column , l e dghter return.-d borne. Beck- The Independence Beige suys a mag- Quenched. Journal. ,onR un,ier the heading "Among Those " " ,,, , prlvuIe w borate recently found himself lu an nowledge of any sort being built ; All)0 ii -8t. Uul Post Dl- ' " ' ' r ,,,,rtl,h lott.a Volunteer, embarrassing situation. Two young ,U,dy and research, the pretender Vankeo Hu. U H. A, , S In women each claimed .0 1, the mother possession generally lias a sunn - '-' T" V. .,, Prlma t)0nnn (after the first act) 7" . n..,-uiih had an- of nu Infant of six nmntiis. 1 tie magis- r.!rr:;,n s -sintsa j-sr-.s-ss atMEn has tills to say on Its opening page 11 n der 'Topic of the Day": "Eveu those who are not actively In terested In matters connected with the turf must, during the past few mouths, have awakened to the fact that a very bitter controversy Is lu progress con coming Ihe respective merits of lCn Kllsh and American race horse trainers Nor can the Impnrtlnl observer have reached any other conclusion but that, nnrtv hysterics! The Malinger (In aurprlsei I dldu't hear any noise, , The Prima Donna-You didn't? Why, they en cored thnt upslurt of a contralto four tlmeal-Puck. Htrauger-Whnt It the population of Chicago now? Chlcngosn-Two million and a half! Stranger (nstouuded)- on the groundi support. Beckwlth la now a brakeman on the Burlington road and Uvea at Creston, lows. ,1 It I .1 ,,:,!. ,V, .nl1. I la stolen his love from hlm-tbe man who had made his lire a uiaua nuu , " . . , maA tat IVIinti unn'ln AlaplnBlta a (AC-rat It IB waste. A thousand nevus m - - loose within blm. How very near iw aiways win icmog eu-.-.. Archbishop's Apt iletort The archbishop of Dublin recently show, one for each boy performed a marriasi In tbe family of "Of course, be couldn't have done wealthy insn distiller. After tbe anything that would give tne noys breakfast tbe distiller thanked the more pleasure. And the whole busl archbishop effusively for bis share of nc8g was a great experience for them. the proceedings and said to blm at he They got passes to the show, and they took his leave, "The Iord be with eot them from the glnnt, and they were easily the star bootblacks in the town, for they bad Just successfully com pleted the greatest Job In tbelr line that anybody baa evsr neara ox. 11 previously taken a party to the top of Judging by results, there s a grant deal he building to see what he supposed to be said on the tide of the Americans, to be the aurora borenlls, learnedly dl- A horsey-looking Individual who was Iliy fCHOW traveler lor minis uinuu after leaving Liverpool street the other day, and who was evidently on his way to Newmarket, provided me with $ ready-made explanation. It teems to me worth quoting. American train ers,' said be, 'are successful, uot be cauet they have any patent or secret method of dealing with their hor.os, nor because they are cleverer or more . vltMtt All FBI llllt 111 111 til V Thing the X-ltay Can't Roe. Knowledge..... -""- ,.- ..... , ,.nHini. M,tn... ni,i liecause inej mum.. XilKfV MIC ll,.J tlllllKEI fllfUll, . , ., X-ray. which teem to puzzle even the Juat the d,ff?re" ?e" Ria-nne Rri.iii .i.a ima Enicllsb and the American mcchnn.c. alway energy there latlng on terrestrial magnetism, elec tricity, et cetera. "Have you seen the beautiful auro ra?" be said lo Stockman's friend. "Certainly!" was the reply. "1 vHs there myself. It will soon be out," During the explanation which fol lowed Herr von Radowltz quietly stole away. scientists. Slgnor Hiigultl, who hat been making experiments with them at Rome, says that the visibility of a sub stance to the eye Is no criterion of Its visibility to the X-rays, The rays cannot see through glass, which Is transparent to the eye, whereat alum inum, which it opaque to the eye, Is transparent to the X-rnyt. The rays can tee a splinter of glass In the hand, but not a splinter of wood. Most Inks are transparent to the X-rays, Includ ing printer's Ink, but tome of them are opaque. The raye can tee through a postofllce directory, but if fl paper with words written on It be put In the middle of the directory the raya will reveal these words and nothing behind them. .'..I-.' you have It In a phrase. Early and late tiiov are exercising or ibi.ui.ib men No trouble It too great for 11"! CTVSW " " - thorn to take. Waking or sleeping, they have but one thought, and that hht Is "horse."' Thla doet not annnd very sensational, but to one con versant with tbe American character It la at least reasonable. A wlBe old tiller of the soil speaking of the relative value of gralnt sayt grains of common tente are tbe most valuable. Few men have sufficient confidence In their own ysraclty to bellsv all thay say. An Ideal Kitchen. The electrical kitchen It uot ouly ad mirable, says Alnslee's Magaalue, It Is ideal In Its amillcatlon of heat. It duel Why, I thought It was only about one not gU,al 0Xygen; It does not foul the million six hundred thousand? Chi- u , Bteauy; it enn be directed to Oh. that was several weeks .... , 0(),tm a,i a,lct of the thing cairoan ago, when the Inst census was iiikcu. Town Topics. Klrat ICmano pallon Iceroe. The llrst emancipation proclamation 1. ..,1.1 n i,n nn tho gravestone at Con cord of John Jack, native of Africa, cooking lie done when the fire Is In the wl young farmer of the Germnn type to be cooked, for It doet not depend upou the combustion of fuel or the con nection of hot air, but upon the resist ance of Iron to electrical current. In stead of having to plan so that the knife, and. placing the child on ms table In front of him, declared his In tention of dividing It and giving a half to each of the vociferous claimants. "Dou't do thnt!" they shrieked; "keep tbe baby yourself." nnd Immediately fled from the courthouse. The magis trate, It la said, hits solved the diffi culty In which he was placed by pro visionally adopting the child. Had HI Own CJIrl. One of the churches In a little West ern town Is so fortunate na to have a young woman as Its pastor. She was called to the door or the parsonage one day, and saw there a much-embarrass- who died In 1773, aged (10. It begins "God wills us free; man wills us slaves. I will as God wills; Hod's will be done. Though boru In a land of slavery, he was born free. Though be lived lu a land of liberty, be lived n slave, till by range, the electrical kitchen It ready at ..rPy gAld der minister llfed In dls any hour of the day or night to nuke or 10ue," he snld. Yes." replied the fair pastor. "Veil m I I vant to kit men-It!" "To get married? Very well, I can marry you," said the mlnlatresa, en cournglngly. nh. but I got a girl alreaty," was broil, set the stewpnn to slr..llng or the hot water urn to bubbling, to brew the 5 o'clock tea; to temper the chill of the square bed or warm the toes under the bit honest though stolen labor be ao desk; to beat the curling iron or the n.ci,-,,,! the source of slavery which smoothing Iron, all these appliances gave him his freedom." The rest of the being connected by a flexible wire cord the disconcerting reply .-Broklyn Mfe. epitaph which must hnve been written to a socket In the wall whence conies by a forerunner of Weudell Phillips, It the energy. It Is nn exemplification of equnlly biting. - the wholesale principle; Instead of a twrtinnnd cntmney ruiukuik m a no mendous sncrlflce of coal, there need be but one big Are, whose heat It, turned into motion, that Into electricity, and that, in turn, back to heat again. Why the Diamond Glomus. The diamond Is full of phosphorus. This quality has been known for cen turies, and still there are many who do not kuow It, Thnt Is tbe reason often that gleams of light are seen Issuing from tbe stone In tbe dark. To this quality alone attachea a great deal of yalue. The most phosphorescent stone Is the one that Is the best cut. If there It phosphorus In the stone It la greatly enhanced by proper cutting, so that Its tclntlllatlng faculties are Increased. Time Is a Bis that wears, but makt ao noli. A Prolific Mother. The London Lancet tells of an Eng lishwoman who bad become tbe moth er of nineteen children lu tweuty years of married life. She never had twins. It Is said that time will tell-yet peo plt are constantly taking you what tint It It. Ijondon'a Chlel" Magistrate. The city of London Invests Its chief magistrate with the most extraordinary powers and prerogatives. He Is not only chief criminal and civil Judge of the city, but likewise generalissimo of the city militia and admiral of the port of London. But before entering upon bis twelve months' term of office It com pels him to sign a bond of $1,000,000 for the safekeeping of the Jewels forming part of his Insignia of office. It's as easy to get wool from a hy draulic ram aa It is to get Information from a bank teller. It Is not tbe correct thing In polite to titty to return tbt vltltt of a physician.