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1 riiAn,wvamwVa 3 ifOlV .55' AND $ SAVED THE FRUIT. 5 f r T seem most aa big m a real II river," said Bees, who u sitting od top of the beaped-ap earth be tide the bis. Dew Irrigating ditch, bag ging her knew tailor fashion. "It th water only didn't roll ao awful faat wt could most ride a canoe in it, eh, Teddy r Teddy was not at all handsome. Hla bair waa red and bia noae turned up, and be waa much freckled. But there was a great deal of sympathy In bis greenish eyes as be looked np at bis sister. 'You do miss Canada and the lake and boating and everything, don't ye, Bess?" be said. "I was such a little feller when the folks came west, an' I can't remember much about It But, gee! It must uv been Jolly fun swim uiln' In a reel big lake. An' pa said he would take us all back when the fruit trees bore." "Yes," said Bess, staring thoughtful ly at the yellow, rolling water. "But it aeems an awful long time to wait, somehow. Last year it waa frost and year before worms, and year before that the blight and it doea seem as tho' pa would lose most everything be bad before the ranch paid. And to think one good bearing would make us rich! Rich, Ted! Just think!" Teddy crawled np to the top of the bank of earth and looked far down the valley. He saw long rows of trees, hardly twice as tall as himself, and he was only a 10-year-old boy. But the slender little branches of the trees were covered thickly - with little green bunches, and these bunchea meant thousands of bushels of luscious fruit . Bess could remember when she first saw the trees. Tbey were then only rn rovsn a small "cATte-is." long lines of little bare sticks In the sandy and dry-rooking earth, and she could remember bow her mother broke down and cried because she waa home sick for the big ahady trees and green grasa and bushes at "home. Idaho did not seem like borne. They lived there six years, and the sixth year was the "bearing year" for Western fruit ranches. But, as Bess said, the frost and the worms and the blight bad kept the fruit back, and three years longer tbey Bad waited. And the father bad grown to look old and anx ious and the little mother more and more wistful And they now watched the green promise of fruit with anxious eyes. Would anything happen this year? Or would the rich premise at last not disappoint them 7 The new ditch helped mightily this year," said Bess. "The trees never bore ao heavily. And all the fruit Is perfect the prunes and peaches and cherries and everything. Ob, Teddy, I believe we will really see Canada next year!" Sue sprung to her feet and threw her arms around the neck of a little bron cho that bad been nosing at the back of her head while she talked to Teddy. She kissed the horse's shaggy bead and bugged hlii) lovingly. Then she put her foot In the stirrup and swung her self lightly into the saddle. "Houie, Teddy I" she cried. "Catch Soda!" Soda, another sturdy little broncho, capered gleefully around her - mate, Brandy, a few moments, then permit ted Teddy to mount and soon the live ly little hoofs were beating a quick rat-tat-tat down the white alkali path to ward the ranch home, far down the valley. The sun was bright and the sky cloudless, aa it had been for all the loBg summer months. The clouds would sail towards the mountain tops, but there they would stop and dissolve over the per s, where the snow gleam ed white almost till fall And no rain fell in the valley. The alkali dust lay thick In the alfalfa, the rich grass that grew so strangely green out of the hard, dry earth, and the dust lay thick In the trees and on the prickly cacti and gray sagebrush that grew on the lonely foothills. tf "Father will Irrigate,, reckon," said B "- loped ' rotind ng badly." -rttln' perty late," re- aff, "1 neara pa taiain' to tne uan, and they wua say In that '' there wus signs of frost The frnit is ripenin' bully, but there may come a nipper, an' ef they Irrigated it well, it would mean another year, that's all.' Besa looked soberly at the baked looklng earth. It looked so thirsty, and the great ditch rolling along beside them seemed anxious to turn its rich torrent Into the little ditches that ran like velna up and down between the trcee. ' 'Well. I auppoae It would be risky," ttsrsld. "But, myl the trees do want . J VI" .. .... . f : WM waiting for them, and Mod avly to them as -' - -1 i" to the door. r.'r'rit at the store BRANDY J tomorrow and spend the day with her," be said, aa they sat down to sup per. "Oh, may I go, mother f cried Besa. They were great friends "Jess and Bess," aa they were called by the ranch and village peopleand the fruit farm wound down the valley very close to the sheep ranch of Jessie's father. "Why, yes, yon may." said Mrs. Har ris. Beaaie's mother. "Did Jessie want her to stay all night John?" "Of coarse aa usual," replied Mr. Harris. "But I (upas yon can spare her that long, eh, mother V "No, I need you, dearie. But you can have a long day together and come bom In the evening." said Mrs. Harris. So next morning Bess shouted a gay good-by as Brandy danced around the mounting block, and ah whirled the long thongs of her quirt merrily around hla flank, which Brandy promptly re sented by bringing his four little hoofs together, rising In the air and coming down on hla Xurdy little legs with a 1st that nearly sent Beaa out of the saddle. "Oh. you'll buck, will your she cried, while the rest cheered Brandy. "Walt till yon want some sugar." Brandy repented and stretched him self into a swinging, rocking-chair lope that carried him swiftly down tht trait The air waa sharp and clear and tinaled through Bessie's veins, while the cold turned her cheeks rosy. "Frost to-night, Brandy," she cried to the broncho, whose ears twitched back at the sound of her vole. And the frost came. The girls had a long, merry day, and as the moon rose In a clear purple sky Bess turned Brandy a willing nose homeward. 8he turned up the collar of her heavy little coat and pulled on her bnckakin gloves, for the cold waa already growing sharp. And, calling cheerily to Brandy, she flew along the trail toward home. It was cold and clear and still, and she rode along a little aleeplly, while Brandy's hoofs made the only sound that broke the stillness. But soon another sound star tled her Into wakefulness. She had reached the water gate on the big ditch, and through the stillness came a low tinkling and gurgling that aounded like fairy music. But the fairy music sent all the color out of the girl's cheeks, and with a frightened cry to Brandy she slipped out of the saddle and ran to the ditch. Brandy meandered along after her with lazy curiosity and found her kneeling beside the gate with her arms plunged down into the cold water. And when she stood up her pretty bright face had grown still whiter. For she had found a small "cave-In" near the gate, and the water was trickling through in a steady little stream that waa steadily and quickly growing larger aa the earth broke and crumbled and gave way around It In a very short time that cave-in would send a volume of water rushing and leaping along all the ditches through the ranch. and by morning what? "Oh, the fruit the fruit Brandy r Bess sobbed, wildly. "It wlU be killed and mother's heart will break!" She wrong her hands aa she looked down the long road gleaming white and lonely in the moonlight Too late for that 'Before she could go a mile to ward help the ranch would be flooded and the ruin complete. Again she plunged her arm Into the water. If she could only stop np that bole I She looked on all sides helplessly, and Brandy moved closer with a sympa thetic and Inquiring whinny. She looked at him despairingly, then sud denly sprung forward. Ia a moment she was tearing wildly at buckles and straps, and then, to Brandy's profound surprise, she dragged the heavy pig skin saddle from his back and rushed with It to the ditch. There she went down on ber knees and plunged the saddle beneath the water. She fumbled with it a minute or ao, then listened breathlessly. The water gurgled and tinkled un certainly, then slowly, very slowly, it grew fainter. And soon there waa only a faint whisper and drip from one or two tiny waterfalls that slipped and slid down the bank. The weight of the water had sucked the saddle closely against the earth and the hole was stopped. So much. But the night was cold her arms already ached and pained cruelly, and she did not dare leave the saddle lest It slip. Would tbey search for her? Or would they think she had stayed all night with Jesi? If she could Uy get word home. . Again she looked at Brandy. Then sne cauea mm to ner, suppea lue loop of ber quirt from the pommel of the saddle, and, raising ber arm out of the water, she turned Brandy toward home and then brought down the lashes with stinging force on his flank. "Home, Brandy I" she called. And Brandy, outraged and Indignant, kick ed Up his heels, bucked three times, then tore down the trail toward home, resolved to tell Soda that his young mistress had gone crazy. Fainter and fainter sounded the hoof-beats along the trail. And soon she could hear them no longer. Her arms ached cruelly, and sharp pains began to shoot through her body from the cold. Now and then she would take her arms out of the water and swing them and beat her hands together till they stung; but only for a moment, then the saddle bad to be held in place, The time seemed horribly long, but ...4... , jmfh, ir-n iher nounded louder, and ah sprung to her Net wtta gasping little cheer as four horses , galloped madly to the ditch gate, and all in a minute four men bad dragged her up from the water, torn off her wet Jacket and asked twenty questions. Brandy had reached home riderless and waa now galloping back with Teddy, whits and frightened, clinging to his bare back. The fruit was saved, thanks to Bess and Brandy. The frost did very little .I..... t. . . MUh mnA aft la of th '."rS", T.i IZ " -:, following summer, lu far-off Canada. Teddy and Beaa splashed In the waves to their hearts' content while "mother" , looked on happily and Mr. Harris told old friends all about fruit ranching "out West' "It was a close call" he would say, hut Besa and Brandy aaved the fruit If the ditch bad burst through that night and flooded the roots it would : have meant ruin." And Beaa, fully recovered from th heavy cold that followed ber little ad venture, waa surprised to And herself a heroine. Chicago Record. LONQ LIFE. Soasht by Member ot New York , Haadrad-Xear Clab. To discover the secret of long life about a hundred professional and scien-! tiflc men and women of New York City have organised what they term the Hundred-Year Club. These people be- lleve that under present conditions life, but of temporary residence and were should be prolonged tor a century, j able to give almost no luformatloo eon Tbey do not seek to keep man alive jeerulug the land aud Ita produetlve- merely aa an exhibit but to make biui.aesa. The schedules wbtch were after a useful memoer or society up to tut day ot his death. , They have not pledged themselves to live In accordance with any particular ; set of rules or to apply the secret of ranges, which were valued at 220,000. longevity to themselves If It be dlscov- j D00 pesos, or about 1200,000,000. The ered. Neither are they vegetarians, ! Christlan Scientists or RaUtonltes. Tbey do not pretend to say they will live to be centenarians, but they hope tbey may. Prominent among the members of the Hundred-Tear Club are Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Theodore Sutro, Dr. Carleton Simons, Dr. H. W. Wiley, Di rector of the United States pure food display at the Paris exposition; U. W. Smith, Albert Turner. Mrs. May Banks Stacey, John De Witt Warner, Dr. John R. Hayes, ot the United States Pension Bureau, Washington, and CoL E. P. Voilum, U. S. A., retired. Dr. Simons, chairman of the Commit tee on Statistics, baa secured the names of twelve cltlsena of New York City who are over 100. Incidentally, the club has learned that In Ireland there are 675 centenari ans; In Germany, with Ita vastly great er population, but 75, while Servla has fully 600 over 100, 120 over 123 and three over 135. Dr. Simons Is trying to discover whether these figures can be attributed to the difference In the diets of these people. China la the only nation, ao far known to the club, that sets a premium on old age, granting special honors to persons who are tW or over. Albert Turner, In discussing the men tal phase of longevity, said: "One of the elements In long life Is a conviction that It la our duty to live; that It la not right In Itself, aside from other motives, for ns to shuffle off this mortal coll until we bave filled out a long term. It will I think, be teen that the Importance of this Instinctive love of life cannot be overestimated In Its relation to health, disease and long life." SUPERSTITIOUS WOMEN. They Place, a Croat Deal of Confidence la Dreams. It doesn't seem possible that In this enlightened age superstition could be rife among the educated, but there are nevertheless a number of young wom en who converse fluently, If not elo quently, In throe languages, and who read Spencer and Browning and Emer son, but who place a dreambook with their Bible on the table beside the bed and consult it in the morning the first thing. With a credulity worth a darky mam my, if their sleep has been visited with unusual visions, tbey seize this volume as soon as their eyes are fairly opened and look for an explanation. If misfor tune ia foretold by It, the seeker after knowledge assumes a bravado she Is far from feeling. "I don't care," ahe says to herself, by way of bolstering np her courage, "I'm not superstitious anyway, and I don't believe In such arrant nonsense." But she's nervous Just the same, for a cou ple of days, until other troubles bave driven this mythical one out of ber mind. There's one young woman known to the writer who never dreams of a young child without shivering and shaking for days after, In fear ot some dreadful thing happening to ber. She has not consulted a dreambook on the subject, and so she doesn't know how Infanta and bad luck became connected In her mind, but nevertheless, after she's had a visitant of this sort while sleeping, ahe says prayera of unusual length and then makes np ber mind to be patient under afflictions sore. She's an Intelligent woman, mind you, but she doesn't attempt to explain the terror that besets her at this par ticular dream. She doesn't call herself superstitious, of course no woman doea, not even the one who won't walk under a bidder, but ber friends do, and make light of her until she exposes some fetich of theirs, when the subject la carefully avoided afterward. Baltimore News. Potatoes aa Penwiper. A certain new xoru hotel uses a bushel of potatoes a year for penwipers on tbe tables In tbe writing-rooms. Ev- compartment of tbe pen box, and after 24 hours the potato Is removed and an other put In. Pens In pen holders are stuck Into tbe potato half a dozen at a time,' giving it the appearance of a porcupine. It Is claimed that a potato penwiper is tbe best preservative against rust and mildew that can be secured for the pens. Tbe women believe a man should fact every misfortune with cheerfulness, ex cept tbe death of his wife. -Every, one in jovejuu a right to T K DTTSTRI ES OV CUBA. w AGRICULTURAL HISTORY Of THE ISLAND REVIEWED. Land Uwntn, Formerly Csttt Ores r. Are Now Baccoaafal IMaaUra FrulU aad Vegetable Are Flus Sugar aad Tobacco, Agriculture, which I. tbe main lulu r.,.1... I...- I.. .1... I). l,mt l""" careful attention In the United Mates lrWt, whico baa but recently uet-B issueu. xoers ant several tors In the bulky volume whlc'i have been devoted to lbs subject of agricul ture with Interesting and valuable re sults. Special schedules were prepared for the taking of censua statistics from the Plantations. Eveu ao the greatest tmmcuity waa experienced in procuring 'accurate statements, since the majority of the farms had been abaudoned throughout the war and were still uu j settled. Travellug over miles of rough : country the census enumerators fouud everywhere devastation and. ruined I homes, still deserted and uneared for. Tending to complicate matter also waa tne ract that many or the plantations had been divided Into small natcbea of ground In order to avoid the taxes levied even on the smallest subdivision of ground at the rate of $3. The ma- Jorlty of the tenants resulting were muon wora reiurneu merer ore ire somewhat defective. Previous to the last war there were IB Cuba BO, 000 plaptations, farms, orchards and cattle only manufactories were those proauo- CUBAN NATIVES AND PLANTATION EQUIPMENT. Ing cigars and the sugar mills produc ing raw sugar, molasses and rum. Cattle-Kalelng Formerly General. In the early days of the Island cattle raising was the principal Industry, ag riculture being very generally disre rarded. The land was held In great open ranges, privately owned but an fenced and almost unguarded, like one jreat wild country. Tbe chief agricul tural products of Cuba are now tobacco and sugar, with some rruit-raislug, which of late years haa depreciated ow ing to the almost universal fruit-growing of California. At present there la careely more coffee raised than la re quired for bom use, although tbe soil ind climate of the eastern provinces ire particularly adapted to coffee-rais ing, and It Is believed that the minis try will again be revived. It Is like wise believed that the growth or mm for exportation will receive a new stim ulus and that Cuba will rival California in the raising of limes, lemons, oranges, olives, pineapples and many other AOBICUI.TUBE IS CUBA. fruits and vegetables. Oranges will grow In any part of tbe Island and are unrivaled for their delicacy of flavor and amount of Juice. Tbe largest of the banana farms are In Porto Principe and Santiago, from where tbey were shipped in large quantities to the Uni ted States before the war, The grow ing and preparation of sugar and to bacco for the foreign market are the largest and richest of Cuba's Industries. Statistics for th years from 1803 to 1800 for tbe production of sugar are as follows: 1803 815,894 1890 ..... 225,221 1804 1,054,214 1807 212,051 1805 1,004,284 1808 ..... 800,000 Tbe report contlues: "We could bave ground that year more than 1,100,000 tons of sugar bad it not been for the war." United States the Main Market. Statistics showing tbe distribution of tbe crop for tbe year 1807 Is a fair es timate of all preceding years. They are as follows: Ton. Crop of 1807... ,...212,051 Exported to the United State... 202,703 Exported to Nassau 83 Exported to Spain 1,337 Local consumption, whole year. . . 88,000 Tons of 2,240 pounds. For many years tbe tobacco trade of Cuba was a crown monopoly, with a royal office and warehouse at Havana and branch houses throughout the provinces. In these storehouses tbe planters could store tbelr tobacco, re llsbed by the crown for each crop. lo later years tbe tobacco monopoly was sold to private companies and was again resumed by the crown In 1700. Finally in 1817 by a royal decree the trade and cultivation of tobacco were declared free on payment of a tax by each planter equivalent to one-twentieth of the product Since that date tbe taxes bave varied, but bave usually been very blgb. Tbe average production of tobacco, In bales, In 1894-5 wa In the neighbor hood of 560,000 bale of fifty kilos, or lonf . ralnad St $22,000,000. Of this amount nearly et per cent was retained for borne con sumption aud used Id the manufacture of cigars aud cigarettes, sod this U about the proportion with normal crops. Since 1SU5 the crop has been as fol lows: 1897 S7R.000 ISM S'.HUXX) 181W 83,000 1000 400,000 The amount of the exports to the United States during those years Is thus given: Pounds. .. 4.410,07a .. 4.001,450 .. (M02.UT4 ..11.813,451 Value. i2,80u,OU7 4mo;s U,Ultt,KH0 0,704.331 1807 1808 1S00 1UO0 Except for cigars aud cigarettes the numerous forms In which tobacco l used are not manufactured In Cuba. Tobacco la raised as an article of com merce !n but four of the six provinces of Cuba. Pluar del Rio, Habaua. Santa Clara and Santiago de Cuba, although there la no question but that It could be advantageously raised In the other two. One of the Industries which Is now practically dead, but which was form erly the source of wealth aud fa um to the Island, is coffee raising. It Is one of the Industries for which a great fu ture Is promised, sluce It Is known that for richness, flavor and the productive capacity of the trees the coffee of Cuba la not surpassed by that of any other West India Island or by South America. tl'storjr of Co (Tea Production. In the years KH3 and into violent hurrlcanea visited Cuba and seriously damaged the coffee crop. Owlug to these disasters the Increased coffee trade of the East Indies aud South America aud the larger aud more cer tain profits of sugar cultivation, the coffee Industry of Cuba rapidly de clined and by 1S50 the atnouut export ed waa but 102.000 arrobaa. The cof fee plantations were converted to other uses and the trade In coffee practically disappeared. The world's estimated coffee crop of WOO Is 15,283.no0 bag of 13414 pounds each. Of this amount Cuba Is credited with 130,000 bags, not enough for home consumption. A con sideration of these facta may result In the revival of tbla important Industry, which, uuder free Institutions, It I be lieved will regain Its former position among the agricultural resources of Cuba. The raising of stock, which oned to be one of the Important resource of the country, is no longer of any Importance, excessive taxes having driven the land owners Into other brandies of farm production. There are, however, few better countriea for stock-racing than Cuba and future promises are bright for those who again undertake It A Jualnt London Custom. It Is curious how few persons have noticed tbe ancient and quaint cuotoiu which Is observed every evening dur ing term In tbe walks of the Middle Temple of sounding the call that warns members of tbe Inn that It Is time to dress for dinner In tbe hall-at six. The custom Is as old as tho Middle Temple Itself, where It alone exists. At about fire-thirty p. m. the warder on duty emerges from a side door of tbe ball wltb an old fashioned cow horn, richly ornamented with sliver, and, commencing In Fountain court, blows a miKiitlned blunt on II, which he repeats In New court. Essex court. Brick court, Pump court, Elm court and at the entrance to Crown Olllce row. Tbe whole operation lnt ahout ten minutes, ami when It Is over the warder, who Is a kind of beadle In plain livery, returns the horn to the butler's pantry. Nobody seems to take any notice of the born blowing except small boys and ticket porters, who occasionally . m it- , i ii . , . Why Hi, Was Pleased. When tbe children attending a cer tain school reassembled after the sum mer holidays one of the teachers naked her little pupils if they were pleased to get back to school. "Yes," was the almost unanimous re sponse. Taking the boys Individually, tbe teacher next asked: "Why are you pleased to get back to school r "Because," answered the bright youth, "I gets a bit o' rent at school. In the 'olldoys I just runs herrlu all day!" Some gave one reason, some another, but It was reserved to a little tot at the will again find enough money to pur bottom of the class to startle Hie . chase another pound. Ills former ap- teacher. "And now, Johnny," said tbe lady, kindly, lifting the youngster onto ber knees, "why Is Johnny pleased?" "MustI tell the troof?" asked Johnny. "Of course, Jobuny. Now, why are you pleased?" "Because I ain't, so there!" replied the incorriglble.-London TIt-Blts. , Moved by Kleotrlo Power. A bouse In Wellsvllle, Ohio, waa re cently moved by electric power taken from a trolley line. Tho bouse was being moved along the street where there was an electric car line. Two cars were hitched to the house by a rope, and It was quickly pulled to Its new destination. Chinese Newspapers. There are ouly fifty-six Chinese newspaper In China, When a man is having a particularly bard time bla kin like to bunt him up and tell him to try and be "patient a little longer." Every man you meet Is willing to ad mit that be was once a fool. OLDEST MAN IN THE WORLD. lUate Mabjr Has Lived Una Haadred aad Tat j-ala:ht Years. Lu the poasesalott of all his faculties, practically unimpaired, there Uvea a man In the poor house at rlaluflsld, N. J., who has seen 128 winters coma and go. "Uncle" Noah Kaby enjoys the distinction of belug the oldest man In the United States. Not far behind him In point of years Is Mrs. Nancy llolll- Aeld of Elleuboro, N. C, who has reach ed the age of 117. Mr. Baby Is said to be the oldest man In America, If not In the world. He has been for thirty years an iumate of the New Jersey In stitution, aud seems conteuted with hla lot. Noah Raby waa born la Eatontoa, Gates County, N. C, In 177:1. UU moth er was a native of North Carolina, but his father, Andrew Bsas, was an In dian. Though the blood of an aborig ine la In his velus, Raby's ikln Is per fectly white, Plscataway'a poor fru 14 altuated about four miles from New Market, la the Btelton highway. When a cor respondent called at the farm "Uncle Noah," as he Is familiarly called, waa In his accuatomed place lu the sitting room, quietly dosing In a large high back rocker, where he always sleeps, Ue never goes to bed. fearing a ruu of blood to his head might prove futsl. He Is almost totally blind, but Is In full possession of bl other faculties aud aeems to enjoy Ufa. I "I'uclt Noah" smokes almost Inces santly. On pleasant days In tbe sum mer months be gropes hla way about the dooryard and mingles with tbe male Inmate. His thin, gray, almost snow-white, hair and his bent figure denote his great age. though his mus cles are firm and be appear quite ac tive. He ha a remarkably clear intellect and his mtud I retentive on nearly all subjects. The most noticeable thing about the old man Is bl slight frame. He Is quite thin, weighing less than 100 pounds. The population of the earth doubles Itself In 200 years. Prof. Lloyd Morgan, in a recent ad dress, stated that be had found thai young chickens, taken straight from the Incubator, could swim very well, the power of swimming being perfectly In stinctive. As seen from the moon, the earth would appear four times greater lo diameter and thirteen times wider lo surface than the moon does to us. The Illumination of the earth la fourteen times greater on the moon than that of the moon on the earth. Tbe oldest public building In New York City Is St Paul's Chapel, at the corner of Broadway and Fulton street It was built lo 1700, ten yesrs before tbe Declaration of Independence. For some years Oen. Washington was a reg vlar attendant of the church, and bit I silll pointed out to visitors. Tbe people of tbe Southern Ap- palacblan mountains number about two million, their descent being from th Scotch Irish, French Huguenots, Eug lUh and Uemnn. Tbey have been lo these mountains since long before the revolution. Tbey love their homes and mingle but little wltb the outside world. A frequent cause of the olllness oo the outside of lamps Is thnl the wick Is kept too blgb when unllguted. It should be remembered that the wick draws tbe oil to the surface, and If It projects too far above the burner. It I will soon accumulate oil there, which will find Its way alowly over the out- Ido. OUAUU uibbvib vi UCTru.ire uivtv Cll' Saxon makers of needles drove En- Other Germans are catering to th fondness of Russians for red In tbelr dress. France recently learned how distasteful green Is to a Chinaman, but It cost a good deal of money to mak the discovery. A Thoughtful Professor. "Johnny found a half-dollar to-day and bought a pound of ehocolnte. Wasn't be lucky?" asked the wife of the cranky, analytical professor. "Lucky?" auswered the professor, slowly. "Let us see. He has now cre ated an appetite for chocolate. Tlier ' la not one chance In a million that be petite for gumdrops and cheap candle is now gone. He will turn from them wltb scorn, yet will not possess enough money to buy chocolate. Would you call him lucky? Always remember, madam, that we are happy with the simple things until we taste the rich and grand. Tell the cook, when you go down, to not aerve any more health foods to-day, as I am feeling unwell and need a change ot diet" Indianap olis Sun. Two Creed In One Church. In the city of Heidelberg, Germany, there Is a church called the Church of tbe Holy Ghost, Which 1 unique In Its way, being tbe only church In th world In wblcb tbe Protestant and Catholic services are held at the same time, a partition wall through tbe cen ter separating the two congregations. Doctor In China. A Chinese doctor's fee ! perhaps th smallest In tbe world, ranging from 2d to 6d, but this can be accounted for by the fact that any on can practlc aa doctor or physician. V.VCt.a NOAM KAV. NAO A ROUGH EXPEwiENOt, t Coavlatod lbs JiMluetaat Kaae Msa MUM Ha Beat to aa Aajrlaas. U. U. Chetwyud, of Philadelphia, la oemmvutlug on a recant case wbera a sane person was released by the court frotu an asylum where he bad been il legally con tilled, (old the followlug story: "About twenty year ago a law yer of promlueuce got Into a contro versy on this very point with an equally well known Judge. Th lawyer main tained that It was the easiest thing lu th world to get a sane persou con lined la an asylum. The Judge, while admit ting that It might be possible, held that It would be very difficult aud that the dllllcultle would lucre lu pro portion to the posltlou In society of the lutcmled victim. 'A peraou' (lauding In th community prest ut no obstacle,' aid the lawyer. 'Why,' turning tud deuly to hi cumpaulou, i could eveu get you locked up In an asylum If 1 wsuted to.' 'Nonsense,' atiiwcrcd th Judge, and then he lauglied aloud at th abiurdlty of the Idea and th discussion for lli nouee wa dropped. "It occurred ou a railroad train, which, stopping a short time later at a station, th lawyer suggested to th Judg that they stretch their legs on th platform. They bad not got tuu feet from th train when the lawjet suddenly burled himself upou the Judg aud at the am ttui cried aloud for help. A half doteu byataudvr rmlied to th lawyer' aid, and be for Hi Judg realised what bad happened h was held by a doaeu bauds. 'All right; thank you,' said the lawyer to Hi men who had com to hi aid. 'I t bis haiiil behind bl back, fur lie' dangerous.' This wa too much for th Judg. 'I'm Judg So aud So,' be began with digni ty, 'and this outrage' Jut then h felt a rope ou hi wrist aud his self possession deserted htm and he fairly raved at tit ludlgnltte that wer being heaped upou him. It resorted lo lan guage not usually beard from th bench or vmptoyvd by th Judiciary. Hut th mora b said th less effect It suemt'd to bar on hla captor. "Finally b paused for breath and th lawyer In a quiet voice said: 'Are you satisfied now that I was right In lb argument Y 'Satisfied!' began th Judge, hysterically, 'satisfied!' But b got no further. 'Yes, dn you!' was lb man ner lo which h lowered his color. "A few word aud Judiciously distrib uted colna among bis cspiors by th lawyer released th Judg and enabled him to get upon th train Just aa th conductor called 'All aboard!' "lo the town wber they bad Hupped wss tbe State lunatic aylum and lit advent of lunatics waa a part of th town's dally routine. Hence the alac rity with which the Judtf wss seised. Hut It was a pretty rough object les son,' be complalmM when be bad wov ered sufficient equanimity to enter luto sonversatlon with hi companion, 'Per haps, but It proved what I said,' was the reply, 'and who knows but that tome day It may prove of great valu to you and enabl you from that ex perience to prevent or else to right a treat wrong.' Th Judge made no re but lost himself In thought" Mud Mountain. The principal railroad of,Cota Rica, now but 117 tulle long, Is Jut llni titemied to reach from Sail Jose to the Pacific coast, Tbe general manager of the road, lo speaklug of the euterprlae recently, said: "There hi one place on tbe road which tin given the engineer a great deal of trouble, and which has cost many thousand of dollars every year alnc the road was built. This pbu-e Is about forty -five miles from Port Union, aud Is called Ulueuiud. For alMut 000 feet tlie track runs aloug a ledge on the side f a mountain, with the Hirer Iteveuta Zoo below. The mountain bt compoacd it a bluish clay, which turns Into mud luring the rainy m-nwui and keeps con itantly sliding d-'-wn on the track. W have to keep a big gang of men at work day and night cleaning the Mad of this blue mud, and w hen the rtiln ire very heavy the trultlc has to bu sus pended. In July so much of the mud slid down over the roadbed that w rould not run trains ther for three weeks, "To add to the difficulty there Is a lake back of the mountain, ami the water from tbla lake percolates through the mountain aud keeps It constantly wet The lake was drained by the en flnecrs, but they discovered that It was fed by springs, and still the mountain wa kept In a wet state and the mud kept sliding down over the track. "At last they obtained what Is known la the mining region of California as a hydraulic giant, and which throws a very powerful streom of water with great force. Tbey rigged up this hy draulic giant, and when 1 left Costa Rica they were actually washing the mountain away with It Into the river." Friday HupcrstlMoii. A row of natlneri' houses, vert nentt" designed, has juat been eroded ft Ahnaracle, Mr. Rudd, of Ardnamur chan, having advanced a considerable sum for building purpones to the pariah council on caay terms. Accommodation Is provided for ten persona. A few days ago II. MatThersou, luapvclor ot poor, visited Ahnrncle In order to su perintend the removal of the ten select ed female paupers to the new cottages. Tbey all occupied houses which wore lu a wretched stateof dlMropalr, yeteucl) of them resolutely and peremptorily re fused to "tilt" In vain did the Injec tor dilate on the Increased comfort aud convenience to be Injoyed In tho new dwellings. The aged dames were In vincibly proof against all argument nor did threats of compulsion and sher iff's warrants have any terror for them. At length It wm elicited that tho dis inclination to remove was based simply on superstition. The day of tho week happened to be Friday; and It appears that to change quarters on that particu lar day constitutes a gross and wanton violation of all the canons governing highland "IllttUig." On (Uncovering that the perversity manlfcstod by the old women was mainly attributable to "connclentlnti scruples," the Inspector at once agreed to humor them, and the removals were postponed until the fol lowing day, when they wove accom plished without any opposition or de mur, Edinburgh Scotsmin, Tbe real proof of tbe pudding Is In the possession tuoreof,