BAHAMA TREASURE.
IntarMlluc Kipcrlencaa of Selentlflo
Turfy from roiinaylvanla.
The 111 tin party of biologlt sent out
by the Unlvcuiiy of Pennsylvania to
make lnvctlgatlon mid researches
have returned with abundance of glory
And several lioxci. tub and tank full
of curious BM'climTi.. Tho primary
purpose of tliu Jaunt wai to give the
party an opportunity to determine upon
the Bahamas an tliu hIio of u biological
marine station that the university do
ilrof to establish Hiid hopes to have in
existence within three yearn. It already
ha a considerable fund Urtliat purpose.
The resilience of the party during
their Hay was at a comfortable house
three miles from Nassau, almost on the
wator's edge. They lived in commu
nity, each member taking charge of the
men in turn. The cost w;w extremely
modest. Tlio men went to work nt
once, taking advantago of such assist
anco as tho people roundabout could
afford. A young boatman and diver
named Iirown was found to be of great
uso, having already served three dis
tinguished naturalists Prof. Gardnor,
who was sent out by the English Gov
ernment; Prof. Welden, of Cambridge,
and Prof, Brooks, of John Hopkins.
All the party were good swimmers,
and soon learned to do their own
diving. Each provided himself with a
crowbar and a water box, a small box
with a plate-glass bottom. Tho glass,
quieting the ripples on tho surfaco of
the sea, enabled them to see far down
into the depths, many times to the very
bottom. When anyone saw a bit of
rock-hearing coral, anemones, sponges,
or other objects that he wished to so
cure he tossed tho glass aside, dived
down, and pried the desired speeiuum
loose with the crowbar and carried it
up under his arm. Practlcu en
abled them to stay a long time
under water. Mr. Marshall frequently
remained two minutes submerged. Dr.
l)ol leys says that nny man can re
main under water a considerable time
if he will only simply make up his mind
to do so. There is an intense feeling of
oppression at lirst. but Dr. Ijollcy says
that it is simply nervousness, and soon
passes away.
Several medicinal plants were securod
and experiments will bo made as to
their therapeutic value. Among them
is a curious bean that animals are very
fond of eating. At first the animals
grow fat and sleek. Hut in about two
weeks their tails and manes drop oil; In
another week their hoofs ami horns, if
they havo horns, go. Then they
grow weaker and weaker and finally
die of fatty degeneration. Hut even
tuj the end they eat tho beans with in
illnlto relish. There are other plants
in the collection that are used by the
natives in the treatment of rheumatism
and dysentery with apparent suceers.
Tho doctors are "bushnion," who havo
learned the medicinal ijualitiesof herbs
and roots nnd trees by tradition.
Governor ltluke, fur the party, sailed
to the island of Alaeo one day and
settled the question as to whether
flamingos sit in or stand over their
ivpsi. a question about which natural
ists have been In dispute these many
yeais. Dr. Dolley says Governor
lllako reported that flamingos sit in
their nests like other birds. Tho party
went swimming nt night in a wonder
ful phoqili orescent lake. At every
stroke the swimmers created waves of
lire, and when they climbed out upon
their boat their bodies seemed covered
with myrlatjs of flaming sparks. The
"sparks." of course, were myriads of
copepods, the littlo glowing creatures
that give the npponrauco of tiro to tho
surface of the lake.
Some skulls of th Luyeayans, tho
original Inhabitants of tho islands, who
were exlerminiitud within thirty years
after their ' discovery by Columbus,
were found ,ln a cave. Philadelphia
Timci.
WHAT A MAN EATS.
Aliment of Solid mill Liquid Komi Con-
I m in oil lijf t',rrf luillTliliml.
ias been calculated that on tho
average eni(h man who attains tho ngo
of three score and ten consumes during
the course of his life twenty wagon
liwuls of food, solid and liquid. At four
tons to the wagon, this would corre
spond to an average of about a. hundred
ounces of foifH per day, or say someone
hundred am twenty ounces per day
during ailidt lifts and, about eighty
ounces durhig Infancy and youth. Most
modern doctors agree In regavdingone
hundred and twenty ounces of food prr
day, corresponding to live or six half
pints of liquid food, and seven or eight
pounds of solid food, as In excess of tho
real daily requirements of a healthy
man or woman. " " " .
Yet, probably most of us tako more
than this, In one way or another, dur
ing the day. Dr. Lankcster, from an
extensive analysis of the dietary of s4
diers, sailors, prisoners and llw better
paid classes of artisans and profession
al men in Iondon, found tho average
dally quantity of solid and liquldfood
to be 148 ounces. Doubtless many take
much less;, but unquestionably many
take much more than this. When
twine one mentioned before Svdnoy
Smith the twenty wagon-loads of food
calculated for each man's allowance,
he turned to Im Durham, who, like
himself, was corpulent (and not with
out sullicient reason), with the quaint
remark: "1 think our wagons, Durham,
must be four-horsed ones." There are
members of the London Corporation, to
wek no further, whoso wagons must
lie iix-horsed ones and well loaded at
that, H. A. Protior, in Cotinopolitan.
He "Now that we are married we
are one, ami shall insist that this be
the last time you appear in a low-neck
dress." She "Wo may bo one, but
you are only half of us, and I shall
dress my half as 1 pleaae. "Host on
Deacon.
ENSILAGE RATIONS.
Motes anil SMtlon Submitted by so
Kipcrlanesd Afrleulturlat.
The individual practices of the silo
owners of this country are so varied
and tho plans of raising silage so dif
ferent that it is dillicult to lay down
any definite rule in regard to silage
feeding. The original idea of ensilage
was to pecure by some moans as great
a growth of fodder as possiblo, paying
no attention to grain bearing along
with stalk growth. By this plan sllago
was largely "groonness and wutor,"
and in feeding it a great quantity was
necessary for a ration, and so, perforce,
grain in form of oats, bran. linseed
meal, and liko nitrogenous foods had
to be fed to give a balanced ration.
Under this system we heard of cows
consuming bushels, each, of silage per
day, and a large grain ration in ad
dition. In the early days of ensilage
men told me they fed from sevonty-flvo
to one hundred pounds per day to
gnr.ru animals, aim tho effect was
much as it would be to gorge an ani
mal on any other sort of dilute food.
It was not long before the advocates
of exclusive sllago feeding discovered
that tho ration was too bulky, and that
not only was it better to direct tho
growth of tho silago fodder towards
grain-louring, but that thcro must bo
a rotation of crops on tho farm. This
implied somo clover and tamo hay, a
certain amoiiutof stalks from Held corn,
which should bo fed along with the
silage; and so from these causes there
has been a reduction in tho amount of
tho daily silago ration; and to toy
knowledge last winter from twenty-flvo
to fifty pounds, along with other feed
ing materials, was about tho aver ago
amount fed.
Necessarily thcro was a curtailment
of tho silage ration when the idea of
grain growth was made prominent in
tho raising of ensilage fodder. Grad
ually, in this, the amount of ensilago
seed corn Iris been reduced to about
twelve to fourteen quarts per acre, and
tills thinning out not only gives a strong,
lusty stalk in place of tho spindling
one, but a big, well developed car of
grain on about every stalk, that adds
fully one-half to the ration, pound for
pound. This season I drilled in my en
silage in rows throe feet eight inches
apart, a kernel each six or eight inches
In the row, and the result has been
more like fit Id corn in its development
of grain not attempts at ears, but
full-sued ears, with filled and plump
kernels. Tho stalks growing twelve
and fourteen feet high, will average
twenty good ears to each twenty-five
stalks, and as we cut them into the silo,
the silage as it came falling from the
"snoot," seemed white with its mixture
of corn, and must make a ration that
has moro than twice the feeding value
of silago that bears no grain for tho
latter is largely lacking in sugar and
starch and a proportionate smaller
amount must have equal feeding valtto.
The outcry against silage for the
dairy has ceased, and no one now dis
putes the excellence of milk made from
a good bilago ration and to do so
would bo to fly in tho faco of facts
and so how to feed silage after it has
been "cooked" in the pit, is of some
moment. Tho silngu is rendy to feed
as soon as the tomperaturo has fallen to
about eighty degrees, which it scorns to
do roadily In about three weeks, after
putting on the covers. A very desirable
thing to do, when ready to commence
feeding, is to remove the covers all off
from one pit, and remove the silage as
wanted evenly from the surface. This
method gives tho silago a chance to bo
como "aired" and lose its fresh, and
often "somewhat pungent, odor; and
then it can not givo to tho milk any
foreign flavor. In feeding tho silago
should bo removed from tho surfaco of
tho pit so frequently that thcro is no
chance for any chango to occur in its
chemical .character; and observnnco of
this rule, even with what is known as
sour silage, prevents any deterioration
in tho milk.
When bran is fed, it is desirable that
tho amount should bo divided nnd put
on the morning and evening silago
feeds. The two are then eaten together,
and go, through the animal laboratory
together fordigestion and assimilation,
and no known method of feeding can
better this.
Ilandiness in feeding si'.ago is great
ly promoted by using a two-wheeled
wheel-barrow. Such a barrow is not
inclined to tip over, and if made to
hold about livo or six bushels, it will
contain silago sulllclent for about
twelve cows. By woighiug a few scoop
shovelfuls one can quickly learn to
weigh a ration hy tho eye and hand,
and tho work of feeding a stable of
cows or steors is quickly performod,
and the bran can bo added to the sil
ago in the manger, and tho proportion
for each animal can be varied as cir
cumstances may warrant, John Gould,
in Rural Xew Yorker.
Little Georglo used to say his even
ing prayer while sitting in his mother's
lap. One night ho hopped down, and
dropping on his knees, raised his hands
in a very devotional attitude, and re
peated: "Now 1 lay me down to sleep,"
Charmed at the manifestation of rev
erence, his father askod: "Georgio,
do you supposo God likes to have you
say your prayers this way bettor than
the way you used to?" "0, 1 don't
suppose God cares anything about it,"
the child replied. "I was thinking of
tho kangaroo." Ho had been to the
menagerio and seen the animal sitting
on its haunches with its foie feet placed
together somewhat as he placed his
hands in saying his prayers. Boston
Post
Allow no cruelty to domcstio a ni
di a b.
"PRIMITIVE PEASANTS."
The Social Condition of tha Slmpla In
habitant of tho Atom. .
On our way through the country we
saw wheat being troddon out in the
old-fashioned manner by yokes of oxen.
The Scriptural injunction in regard to
not muzzling the ox was more honored
in the breach than in the observance.
This laxity on the part of tho inhabi
tants can bo excused, however, when
the high taxes under which they labor
are considered. Tho Government ex
acts and rigorously collects an exorbi
tant toll from every farmer in the
islands; bojides this, he is taxed for
personal property, for maintenance of
a doctor in his district, and for school
ing, if obtained at night, which amounts
to the same as taxing him for day
school, as under the circumstances it is
hardly possiblo for the young Azorean
to spend much of his time during the
day in the idle divor.sion of the threo
R's. The Church, of course, comes
in for its share, although this last lux
ury is nominally free.
The pay of a first-class workman is
usually 50 to 60 cents porday, including
meals. Farm laborers are not paid so
well; thoy got 25 to 30 cents and many
are glad to work for a bare subsistence.
Tho dream of a peasant's life in tho
Azores is to be ablo to get to America.
This Is his El Dorado, and whole families
deny themselves for years so as to save
enough money to send tho younger
members of tho household to tho land
of promise Fifty dollars is accounted
a large capital with which to start the
happy youth in life. If this can not be
raised beforo ho reaches the ago of
fiftoon he either has to leavo with less
money or not leavo at all, as no ono is
allowed to emigrate after reaching that
age.
Tho utmost care is taken that no one
breaks this law, but here, as in most
cases tho world over, "Where thoro is
a will there is a way." Many peasants
whose families were too poor to provide
them with tho necessary dot before the
ago of restriction, by steady industry
and frugality accumulate sutlieient
money to pay their passage to America
in somo of tho vossels trading between
tho Islands and the States. When tho
vessol quits port with a clean clearanco
from tliu local authorities she immedi
ately proceeds to put as much distance
between her and the island ns possible,
seemingly.' But onco beyond tho view
of tho sharp-eyed ofllcials speed is
slackened, nnd under cover of tliodark
ness sho returns toward tho island and
lowers a boat when off somo pre-arranged
spot to take on board tho runa
ways. At other times another plan is
adopted. A vessel touching atone island
nnd bound for another of the group
takes on board somo of tho natives as
passengers for tho latter place. This
is perfectly legitimate and nothing is
dono to hinder her departure. When,
however, it is found that these natives
are not only ready, but anxious to fore
go the pleasure of landing at tho second
port and signify their willingness to
proceed with tho captain wherever he
is going, even to America, and will pay
their passage, ho usually ends by find-
mg
mo weaincr too Dau to mane tno
port originally intended, and lands his
passengers in America under a certifi
cate something to that effect,
Atsixtcen tho Azorean youth is liable
for military duty and tho glories of a
soldier's lifo are thrust upon him for five
years whether ho is ambitious or not.
Tho pay of a soldier in tho Portuguese
servico Is not calulatod to lire tho heart
of even tho poor Azorean peasant with
martial longings. Two suits of uniform,
consisting of a dingy brown surtout, a
stiff shako and a very baggy pair of
brown linen trousers, complete his ouU
fit for ono year. Three cents per day
is allowed him to purchase bread and
tobacco. If after five years of this lux
urious kind of life he is still found ablo
to bear arms, he is put with tho rer erve,
whore ho remains live years longer, sub
ject to bo called upon for duty at a
moment's notice by the military authori
ties. Cor. San Francisco Chronicle,
HORSE-MEAT FOR FOOD.
An Artlolo of Diet Which In Quite Popu
lar In I'arli and Ilorllo.
English-speaking pooplo havo never
taken kindly to the idea of eating horse
flesh, although some per.ions in this
country and many more in England
have from tinto to time strenuously ad
vocated its use. The bidicf, however,
that largo quantities of horso-flesh are
fraudulently sold , for moro orthodox
moats, in the latter country, has re
cently provoked the pooplo of Manches
ter and Salford to call a publio meeting
and petition Parliament to pass au act
to oompcl butchers who soil horse-flesh
to label it as such.
In Paris, Berlin and Vienna the pop
ular consumption of horse-flesh seems
to bo constantly increasing. In 1877
there wore slaughtered for food in Paris
10,619 horses and mules, and in 1878
the number Increased to 11,819. Iq
the winter seasons of these two years
there were slaughtered in Berlin about
5,000 horses, the flesh of which was
mainly used for sausages. Tho central
horse-slaughtering establishment of
Berlin comprises au acre of land, upon
which are buildings for the inspectors,
stables, etc Every morning the horses
to be slaughtered are mustered for in
spection, and such as appear diseased
are condemned to the knackers. It is
stated that good horses are generally
bought for this purpose, the butchers
buying many young horses from the
farmers and breeders which, for Tarions
reasons, are not considered desirable
to raise. Range Journal.
When a lamp burns paorly boil the
metal burner in soda and water. Gum
my accumulations from the oil will be
removed and the light will burn as
brilliantly a ever.
""' HOW TO TELL STORIES.
Am Aeoomptlihmonl PoMd by But
row Mortal.
In all ages and in all lands the art of
narrating a story by word of mouth or
bythereadv pen has been practiced,
and a few 'individuals among the rest
of mankind have been gifted with this
faculty, which they have exercised In
preparing food for tho fancy of their
hearers or renders in fable, epic or the
modorn novel. These are akin to the
artist who differ from tho mere por
trait painter. The last named can pro
duce a resemblance which may be per
fect in light and shade, and even in ex
pression; but though this may glveais
pleasure it does not stir in us the admira
tion that we award to one who can pro
duce a situation calling forth our emo
tions. The faculty which can produce
this is much more rarely met with.
A well-told talo is ns rar us a per
fect day. It is tho result of happy In
fluences, and, like a well-developed
man or woman, requires favorablo cir
cumstances for its development. . It
owes much of Its interest to the lan
guage used in telling it and tho skill
with which it is illustrated, as in the
plays of Shakespeare. Tho plots of
many of these plays are not original,
but the way in which tho author has
made, from what wero originally but
phantoms, galleries of life-like figures,
Is a striking proof of its power, A
similar effect is often produced by
writers of tales.
It shows great merit in a story whan
the incidents of it linger in the memory.
"Silas Miu'ner," by George Eliot, is a
remarkable instance of this quality.
Any ono who has read this tale must
have noted tho case with which each
incident may bo recalled, even a long
time after it lias been road, and this
characteristic seems to result from its
being free from superfluous matter,
from the way in which tho main inci
dents are grouped, and from the
beauty and simplicity of tho tout
ensemble.
Love and war, with tho troubles re
sulting therefrom, form the materials
of most of tho ancient stories, while tho
situations of the modern Aovels are the
results of complicated difficulties inci
dent to a moro advanced state of civil
ization. Life abounds in incidents for
the modern tale-writer. There are
many people who confine their gener
osity to what they consider their own
class, and who spend time nnd money
in deeds of charity, yet think nothing
of wounding the feelings of those a little
beneath them in rank. They are kind
after their own fashion, but would sac
rifice their dear friends rather than lose
an inch of their hard-won social posi-j
tion. Such pooplo are common both in
real life and in novels, and when tho
story of their doings is well told it ex
cites in the reader much interest.
To read a good story lias a similar
effect to spending a few hours in pleas
ant company; it cheers and relieves tho
mind; the small troubles that may have
vexed lose their hold upon us, and when
we return to them we are so refreshed
and invigorated by the action of chango
that thoy weigh but lightly upon us.
Sometimes an incident recalls to our
memories somo of tho pleasures and
pains of that brief season of early youth
of which we all liko to prolong the re
membrance. Stories from other lands
havo a great charm for young peoplo
and children. There is for them tho
novelty of learning about foreign cus
toms and seeing that human nature is
alike in its deep experiences under very
different outward ways and manners.
Chambers' Journal.
FIERCE DUST STORMS.
Imprrsalona Made by a Hot-Wind Day In
AuRtrwIla.
With strict impartiality it speeds
alike down the butter's chimney,
formed of old kerosene tins, and tho
Elizabethan stacks of fashionable subur
ban mansions, charges up the busy
streets, flashes through tho omnibuses,
in at ono window and out of the other,
like the clown iu tho pantomime. But
not a!! of it! not the six bushels! Shako
yourself and see. Then it spins along
the suburban highways, pounces down
on the scavengers' heap of tlead leaves
and other odds and ends of unconsid
ered trifles, and they are gone, and
their place know them no niorer
Poets seeking new tropes and figures of
speech should try what can be made of
an Australian dust storm. Every win
dow in the cities is closed, and the
heated blast chafes and howls about
the casements in a frenzy of impotent
rage. Should any one incautiously
turn a street corner particularly
sprucely dressed, straightway it makes
for him. Tho air soon becomes a com
bination of atoms as lively as aerated
waters. The whole surrounding coun
try seems shrouded by an atmosphere
which has been whipped into tho con
sistency of pea soup. One side of tho
street is sometimes as completely hid
den from tho other side as by a Novem
ber fog in London. Woe to the unlucky
housemaid who has inadvertently left
open a singlo window! Repentance in
sackcloth and dust is her condign pun
ishment. And thus the enemy speeds
up and down the day through. The
heat is stifling, but peoplo all seek to
close every avenue of approach. Bat
ten down and stew is the order of the
day. Of two evils it is hy far the least;
indeed, the only defense, and every
port is closed as on biard ship in bad
weather. Should the demon succeed in
effecting an extrance he sweeps through
the hall, rushes up stairs, and bangs
every door like a maniac. The hotel
kitchen is a subject of special anxiety
to the functionaries concerned, and cer
tain vendors of perishable commodities
close their shops altogether. Murray's
Magazine. ,
There are twentv-one bureaus of
labor in the United Stiites. Four years
ago there wcr ouly seven.
CALIFORNIA MONKS.
Tho
Foundation, I'roo-ro anil Decay of
ffanta Barbara Mlaston.
It makes little difference how one
enters the Santa Barbara Talley, for
the mission which overlooks it is tho
first objoct that attracts attention. It
occupies an elovated site at the head
of tho valley, and Is clearly outlined
against a background of hills. The
church was begun in 1780. and finished
in 1822. In 1812, and again In 1814,
It was nearly destroyed by earth
quakes. It was intended by Father
Junipero Sorrano to build the Santa
Barbara Mission long before it was
really begun, but ho diod Deforcing
more than select Its location ami vuu
secratetho ground; From 1822 until tlWht aV. ? . V'
iooo .!... t,. .Q,..i..intiniil . . na
was passed, the building was the cen
ter of great wealth and power. The
fathers wero temporal as well as
spiritual rulors of tho land, and their
church was tho best' and
largost in California. Tho walls
were of stono, six foet thick,
and plastered with adobe; the
roof was covered with bright rod tllos,
and iu the lowers was hung a trio of
Spanish bells. In the rear of the mis
sion tho fathers had their gnrdon a
shrub-grown half-acre, completely
Isolated from the outside world. From
the west tower a long L extendod nt
right angles to tho body of tho church,
and facing this was an op on corridor.
The Indian converts Uvea in huts, and
tho fathers raisod lane quantities of
grapes and olives. When war was
niiule upon tho Franciscans, the Santa
Barbara brothers wero tho only ones
who dared remain at their posts. That
they did so is duo tho excollont preser
vation of tho old building. Timo has
changed it somowhat, to be sure, but.
has mollowed and softened rather than
destroyed. The stono slops lending to
tho facade nro tracked and moss
grown; only ono of the original six
fountains is left; tho Indian cabins
havo disappeared. A few Franciscans,
shaven, nnd dressed in long, conrso
robes belted at the waists, still inhabit
tho bare narrow cells, and loiter about
the corridors and garden, and regular
servico continues to bo hold.
Thcro was a decidedly musty smell
to tho church, nnd both tho visitors
spoke in whispers. Edith's guide
showed her nil the paintings, and gave
tho history of each who this was done
by nnd when, how it camo to Santa
Barbara, nnd other facts, of interest
Just beyond tho choir woro two small
chapels, each with its altar pictures
and ornaments, and a few steps from
that on tho right of tho nave tho father
stopped beforo a high doublo door
way, and begun unlocking tho heavy
door. When he had thrown thorn
open ho crossed hlmsolf, nnd leading
tho way. asked Edith to follow. Doing
so, she foui d herself in a walled ill
closure overgrown with rank grasses
nnd rose-Lushes. Above the doorway
Edith saw threo whitened skulls set in
tho wall, while under tho oaves of tho
church, which projected upon thick
buttresses, the swallows were Hilling
back nnd forth from their nests of sun
baked mud.
"This is our cemetery, sonorita,"
said tho father, nt last.
"Are the skulls real, father?" asked
Edith.
"Yes. child."
"And aro many people buried
bcreP"
"Oh, yes, very many. Wo do not
use it now. Thoro is not room, to tell
the truth. You need not dig deep to
find skulU and bones in hero."
It was not a pleasant thought to
Edith to feel that sho was walking
over the resting-place of she knew not
how many pious fathers and Indians.
It was very quiet. A high wall com
pletely hid tho road to Mission Can
yon, and on tho west was tho church,
above which roso the towers. Thoro
were several vaults, nnd ench had its
wooden cross and vines. Doves wero
cooing on tho eaves, nnd tho swallows
chatted iucessantly.
On leaving the cemetory tho father
and Edith returned to the church, nnd
passed up tho long nave to tho altar,
which was covered with a snowy cloth,
and decorated with tall candlesticks
and other ornaments. Behind it, fill
ing tho end of tho room, was a wooden
reredos, elaborately carved, and hav
ing fino life-sized colorod statues
before each panel. On either side of
the altar, set on while pillars, were
two other statues, and-between them
was a large cross, with the Christ upon
it To the right Edith noticod a curiously-shaped
hat hanging upon tho
wall, which was covered with dust
"It belongod to Garcia San Diego,
the first Bishop of California," said
tho father, when ho saw Edith looking
at it "His body is entombed here,
as the tablet says. Ho was a patient
worker and a godly man. Would 1
could be buried here, in the very walls
of the church I serve!" Edward
Roberts, iu Harper's Uaqazine.
Living Mastodons.
D. II. Summers, of Denver, Col.,
who h.- s spent somo time in Alaska,
says that tho existence of living mas
todons is not the fabrication of North
ern furriers, but the Stick Indians told
him positively that they had seen such
animals. Ono Indian related that he
had been attracted by a huge track
and followed it up until he camo to ibe
animal which made it II j described
the beast as being larger than a house,
with shining yellow tusks and a mouth
large enough to swallow him at one
galp. Many similar stories are cur
rent among the natives. Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
A great many good men have
missed the top of the ladder by at
tempting too many rounds at tho first
lump. Shoe and leather Reporter.
nqentSa
-ThoEnglishmf
SingwM "'armle.,
armful.,-
The first frost U Ui I
brings down the c'w k,'H.!
quitoiV. U"n Mt
Man attrily J u. , ,
bad luck and'... 1Jfl "'"Kl
thoTeVn.!;,2j
apakingM,, . ''-S
noticeonasuireXd-H
Lann.. .... ""M
guage, then, hr he 0
conceal. to- 'Min
' a ,
for robbing hacki.,PS.9,Rf
criminal of extrao,,..?
PhUoyklphia Inquirer k-
-When a man attempt A.
bands over a hotel rLl ,
time to.inquire into hi, 1' J 1
tlon.-lllotelMuil. D"m
-There is no law to preTeM
making a fool of himself, n .v ' '
some men would be at a U?
pass te tlmo.-7eM, 8ijUm
-Two women have, he i, I
get along pleasantly In theU"?i
ior several months, butlti 1
that one of them was bliZf1
other was denf and dumb. "
-First Citizen-"! say,
a queer April, isn't it?" sJZ
zen-"Ycs, rather; but is iu
than usual?" First CMua. T1
so-a good deal; I haven't lost u
umbrella yet!"-Acw 7fo, v.3
Her Father "Young man k,
object to your calling 0WiJ
iuy daughter, but you nm
late. It Was twelvn ,'n!l.i ...
" vu:i WIN
ueiuie j on got away." Ymwi
"Got awav is vere irnnA .:. , .
uuu iu Biay or get my coat torn,"
Customer (to groer)-"i
tho market quotdons that ori,
change has Kmn place In the u.
butter," Grocer (startleil)-ij J
or (in cieric; dames, mart
butter up fivo cents." (W
"The prico hasn't advanced, it J
oroppeu. urocer "Oh! (to c!t
Mover mind. James." TemiSiih
a owuei itiaiii s viiory.
She kissed her pug-wlth haste mm
And ruined upon that croature'i tm
K storm of osculations wee:
Tie sweU reclining at her feet
Remarked, as he looked lidcwayiup, 1
i wish iaav i a wen oorn a pup."
Then, milling coldly from her thron
She said: "And were you horn lullrm'
Once upon a time a lion
thorn in his foot. He was M
lustily, when a poor peasant, ittrv
by the animal's cries, came aWi
extracted the thorn. The lion
quite ovcrcomo with gratitude.
he: "Good friend, you have doc
a service which 1 can not forget
never consent to part with so g
friend." And ho devoured the p
on tho spot Moral There are
folks who will uso their friends k
they aro worth. Better let utiifel
howl till thoy burst. They're w"
it Help thorn oiioo, and tluVrtp
mortgage ou you for all time. 4
change.
SERVIAN MURDERERS.
Thry Confess to Havl.ic Dnlrqrf
LI res of Slxiy t'emoiu.
Much sensation has been cansW k
the detection in Servia of an orjsssl
band of murderers. The discovenn
made under remarkable cirenmstta
About a fortnight ago a Russian cup
merchant named Abramoviw inra
at Pirot to make his annual prck 1
Ho took up his quarters at one ol ft
largo inns of the town. Toward
o'clock, while ho was making nwr
with a party of friends, two gendtr
called at tho inn and ref "
Abramovios to follow them to tLefr-
fecture. Although Abramovics n ;
hibited his passport in proper ori
he was taken by the gendarmes to
police station. When he wnMir
he was shown a warrant of arrest
sued against him charging him ti
spying. Ho was told that he mf.
have to bo taken to the Bulgar ,.
frontier, and that his effects had bj;
sent on before him. Ho was put '
a one-horso conveyance, but instead " n
being driven to the Bulgarian frof m
he was taken to the intrenching to
murdered, and robbed of onethonakni
five hundred napoleons. On ttj
lowing morning somo peasant! ft
his body. Information was gi"'
the Deputy Prefect, who forthwith ,
troops to arrest tho Lieutenant of j
armerio and all his men. ;
prisoners are said to have coaie -that
during the last two yean K
people have been murdered ,
same way. Twenty-two gold V ,
and a largo number of rm!
lockets wero found at their W x
Two correspondents of French
papers who wero at Pirot dunj
war are supposed to be among
victims. It is believed that a no?
i . i i.n, tins been k
lunging IV Uliu Ul
and a wax impression of it n
sent to France, One of PriDC?'T,
ander s grooms, on his way
Germany, was murdered by be
band. A telegram front Senilm
that the Lieutenant of SenihTm(Z
der arrest charges tho Dopu'.'
of Pirot with complicitv th
Ho has likewise been taken
into en1
ana is rcponeu 10 umo --
3 I A- L
confrt
leging that in the case oi
and of another murder he ac
e ti v mM tv -rrl ! IE M uui1" i.
from the accounts received w
present that in sereral instances p
cal motives were at tho botto
crimes. An official romrotew"
vestigatiou has been dispatch
Belgrade to Pirot.-O - -