BILL r.Yti WOE&.
of ,i. oiMWknasMa Om Mwii
' Hid Kniftd.
I had every ,ry", "M"1''''1" hut week.
1 ptiimLM ftttal. i ted boa
.'urns ill tllu """"'" '""gut
brain ua " '""' "" T
'iWfii1 ' " r""'" H'n i errrrtd
"retired MM much Mpt I had
... ... hri (in V III' curetullv locked
JJJJJ (Ml left the ki'.V l 1061 Unit I ho
111
curio""
fiiUltl Hl IO"h 111 l,llhM "ir HVUl'ilS
, I Is) I here I Slid Hi . I.. ,i
MIDI " , -
Z .... ...in: iii of me
. . HIH fU
,(. i lu-re was n slight rattle nt the
get a JTOU hear lien u cliuiulsM'iiinid
t,, i.Heei hole in the uarpet ami till
IIHS full f debris I smiled t myself,
!"' L own key wa in the dour, ami I said
.fib as 1 liutlied DJ tduabillg fMtUNt it
"r "Abel aim ye cannot enter
' But sMOUOtigtasd t" ruttleawny witb
!".'r ke and I KXM1 MW, wi,, bomr, that
.!?, ,,ii was bojjiiiniiii; to lose it- grip, nnd
Htfflih It fell to tot flonr arltb a loud report,
Iii iii1' '" pushed out of tha look fniiii the
"Ui hardly dm III tho horror of my sit
(.1,1,1- ami pirfumorjf over the traiii.au In
i,r ind taor"W l"'r' 11 " "1"u"1' '"'
r Other relativt in whom she hud My WD
."eniv lmteer, to tro away I thought Of
Jm ,,, tbt d.wr uml U'llmt; her that art bad
heller 0 through lift' a nearly as K-ilile ,
gjanM rOUttS, anil that I needed rest really
more tUun I did wxiety. but I dU Dot dare to
el out of lioil for fear the diair Would Dptfl
i irst arise, for it 'lid now burnt open, s
I had ftartd, and a toll girl in the prima of
Ifg rltb gashing eye ami distended nostril,
mnm Into tbt roOta With a wild shriek I
rorared my bead with tot heorlothtt, thud
derbtf till my us'th, which were in a tumbler
uf water near liy. chattered together
Go away, you hateful taiagi" I wild, "and
aever, BtVtr come liaek unuin any inore."
"ilu't I want to clianp.' them nheets," hlw
"(Jo away," 1 unJd nsain. "Even your
tolot i hateful In my sijjlit. Take my h,u
dfui Srtta Tboaat silver watch if you will,
baLobi go away, and heaven will raward
noaran '"'"er than that."
gbt that alunk from the room, hut it was n
,,ns tun,' before I could go to sleep. Kvei.
iliea mv ilream were troubled ami my mlttd
li;, -I with upprehension. I thought I was
aanf punutd by a rod eytd nnirorn with a
nivv bint loniach and a Chinese lantern
lad to bis tail. I tried to shako him off, but
leoaU "t- Ht led dm down lato tht in
hrnal rogioDt, and insist l on ibowiog me
the iron bridga and tho bigfa school, uml
(poke of tbtgraat prOgraMOf the place, und
soul tbal they were likely to (jet a new and
gODipetlnj) road in there this summer; and
lnjiownl tut the library und walkisl meout
tola fair grounds nnd down on the lake
haft, ft that 1 could take a sulphur bath,
MJ silio of the desirability of tbaellmata
(Or ptopja With bronchial nffections, and
nattd aw to ntajb of it hi my letters to the
,., nnd saiil h would pay me well for It.
Just thou I heard a knock oil my door. 1
Mi 10 glad to have anybody knock, instead
uf tktifiOg tbt lo'k, that I atktdl "Who's
taartT A rasb. manly votot rtplltd, "Me."
ItatcifdtO hear the welcome voice of
ooo of iuv OWQ tag, nnd so I undid the door
fur the i; ittlemait trttb great alacrity. Just
h wa btmntling llgktly back toward! my
conch with a merry UingVi the party strolled
into the middle of the room bow ing n smull
hut rare collwt ion of cliuumy, MttOllagluouj
towels. Bhe wt a beary tet cheinbtrtwid
with terror cotter hair and a batl voice.
IdonotcompUtln. 1 do not niurntur I do
not rtplut. Hut I snv that a ohauibtrtnafd
ttgbt not to dn that wny, A obambannald
who hai a las' voice ought to sc -k oat ttNOt
other calling, flic may put a guest's slipior
Mfar under the bad that ho cannot get them
without calling Ottt the U'Xk an I bidder com
puiy. She may weep over his letter front
u wife, or drown her sorrows in blabay
rum, bul -ho ought not to take a bass VOico
into u hotel anil expect to escape criticism.
M.i . or Petton, now of Urtutd Baplda, b
f .re h- b sM'ne wealthy was a tjewapapey
aaa in Denver aod natd to stop at the ok!
Planters' hotel, lie bad a ininiiig ileal to
wnte up ior the iaptr, and oOQIMOttd With
the deal wnsa Hcorgotown MIIMrbltaQdeDl
afctnt We will address OB Julius H. Cavryo
Mr. Cavwo wat to furnish the particular! to
Jlr. Wanton, but early in the day he began to
lyt oi l acquaintances and to cement their
frifnd-lnp by moans of n powerful solution
known :i- mbalmlug lluid.
mal II o'clock, Mr. tVtatoo put Juliu
IL Carryotn rest on his own little ut too
fhittri' and went out to prueecute bht n
MrdM in relation to the Bold Dp Mining
nut Improvement coniMtny. The old Plant
rs' hotel Has not exactly like the Hoffnuut
kfltaor the Uilsey house. JTetJ couiil tell
iMdllftrenoe abnoat us soon as you sat down
at the table. If you tsko to the Waiter
ahmt the tenacity of tho steak or the longer
It? nf tho butter, he would you a tart reply.
Md yon would bare to get along w ith that
ftrdaaart One man murmured about tho
teak and slid it was too tough, so therefor.'
Of would not eat it.
"You won't eat ItfT calmly replied the
l110 jointed WaitM, "You say you won !
eat it C
"I say so because I can't cut it. No man
ranrut that steak. You cunt cut it with
eaa Bo I won't it."
"Well, you will eat it," said tho waiter
Mnahnj around us if in tho act of adjusting
aahartlu. 1 You will out it or I'll wear it
out Oil Ul!l!"
He ate it
tat anoua other ihioaa the was a Ua
alarm b.-;i in the tower nt tlm Plnntprs'
hull wu wout to riic for tin's, fuueralsuud
other out, i iaiiuuents. The roue huug in tho
'uiiu.nl Wuen the help of tho )pulace was
r-r din order in 1114a nM Hia 111 a riot.
eft man to the boll roue saluted lh.
I ': mminittof the Ibx-ky mountain with
uu.i iilarin.
wag Mr tVeatonwaa trettin'; his Infor
aaatnoatbt trvete, the great iwii awoke
I'aeaiiiie, in he fustmwsw of tho canyonn
lay uiiletaway, nnd tha excitad nufaiMan
arnl to the I'lantcrs' to learn w hat meat
I I i ll Is-falleti the uew city Mr
'"will 'it tllere ut hist uml out of bretli
rl"l up to his room. In (ha hall be found
'""It l.ntvii riii'-hi - the Is'll. Hi-sus
Ipmln-x i,.,,. ,1, ,.,. 1 I ..,.,,1 w,.,.-,Pi.
IP'romlUaehJa ami the tip of his Veue
Nretlnoej
Watt baa happtatdr pante.1 (fatte,
llr'' fun riugino mat ball for. Juliu(''
tTtU. Thai ,1.. vmm !'...: lufcw
IJjj. j"o ini I ill liUSUli, n
U ' I nui nugui)? for u clean towel or a
Ct lr I get the towel there will bo BO
-aaenu, b,it i 1 r.u iu 1... .
Cnnd i';i Bhrayoa the Urtt view of tho
"Hl ir v.iur hrbrkl n,i ,., '
-Uill
"11 .N, a York World.
A r, rtaeeh
K 'r ' ' : "-Ton'ra on the wrrng traiu.
,7 " i-r Muutreau HVre goiiuf to
t Pl. r, . n
I, I ' 'O'H e ureal Heavens- ;on
MJ ' Hue -in li ...ut..., 1 . ,.r, at.
I0W I.' n r ' I u.., ... , . ',
, It all right. I'll never be su!iectoJ
Herai,j
' ' " to go to St. Louis. cat-
F.. il ..,!..,. I, i. ....
i. ,:,,,:-,,,. in-
fn : lyer mkmli iMmeii ataataamtri
ily
1 he easi, I -.nil-.. ; .. a ., i .,
IV 'I. mmml -j...
It -1. :,l,..'. at
n-' !:it ITa.-al a
jT'' d in the book, but the last
"rats ,,f -
-omen. rent and small.
-mm 'II 1 : UT IU'-
-Journal of Kdueatif
te" (Ui man he has jm Jt
' I llO lw.. I . J
fur d.-ad di(j xhey, WeI, h()W
.'eeiBo.r- Half-hanged mau
'"isirunf . "-Boston Be, on.
LO00N DAY BY DAY.
Tha anion mi, rasu, ,o;,lnw.
Th- few, n,..i ,,;, "
A.11J ln , ,i,.,lv, rip,,
" 1-nn.lun oat 1,, ,u.
Ut MM kteami hM Uw g
And BMktl ...wnor dre.,lt n,hk
In (ashloo um ,, ,.WVMrm
""Utea., io.,-li;uus,u.aiert,
WluU'Hol.'rt .n,lle.,ipu,,h,,hwt.
In UaJou J, u, j4)
J " ' 01 Iron, ..moo'.
Aud oath. Hk,, om. tomnZ5
In lindon da) h)- ju,
Wealth rtOUItamad rxxxm.
tt hilethousandv a,sl p,'nDlle,
Btana Id Ihe nggbtf wilderness
01 l)iidoa Uv day
Wrong rouU, ,v lu w(cliMl
Wlul.,llit!hisNide.e,,iu1 Uan.ar.rwd.
Aim aliiuKard Jaatiai lies auwt
lu Undoo day by day
The liar trlmnnim. nd tbr Luav.
Kid buoyuut oa the rulhiu; av
And l.iu-nj makes many a slave
In loudou day by day
Vet II TniM and Faith and Ura
Mjj ( ...I tah doners fioin above,
hlill Und a brum h. like Nouli's rlova
In lawdee day by day
And onward atlll, Ihouen kuh UM DMa
resj pJtartaM l oui raml old race
ho tout the Kbtbl will, tm set ta.s.
and sbed Tnith . Ibjht by Uo.f nog (naM
O'er Lomtofl day bv day
-Ueorite R
Th v7roaaj n,,,,.,
Ho was a keen, sharp looking roun(.
man, und he Raid to tho lady ol the
house 011 Second avenue as ho stood in
tho hall
"Madam, I have called for the suit of
clothes which needs brushing aud li.
tug."
'What fttit?" she asked.
"Your husband's Sunday suit, ma'am
lie culled as ho went down thia morn
ing."
"And ho said I was to let you hart
thotnT
"Yes'm."
"I)id be npptur in good health und
spirits,"
"Why. certainly."
"Look and act natural?"
"Of course Whi do vou ask-V
Because he hot been dead eiirhtMtn I
years, and I have souio curiosity on the
subject!' i
i-i nave mano a mistake. iK'rliaixi'' I
stammered the young man
"Par haps you have. The man you saw
go out of hero an hour ago is my brother
You may hare better luck in the next
block with the old fashioned oonfldence
gaino. (iood morning!"-Detroit FVet
Prune
a ut Parwata ami vitality ut Ohliiiren.
Mr. J Korosi, din-clor of the Hu luna
rian bureau of statistics, recently read a !
uicuiuii m ioie uro uungaruui Acailoinv I sieeu.
of Bcienoea upon the "influenot of tho I In about two hours ho returned, und
Age of Parent! Upon thu Vitality of hit face wore a sort of puzzled expres
Children," and in which, inking M.000 1 tioa "Hare you got the frotTtT' aald hit
cases as a basis, he reaches the following j master. "No, sor," said tho faithful scr
conclusions; rant.
Children whoso father is lots than in' "Weren't there any there?" Inquired
yearn of age have a weak constitution : the Clover club man, meekly, "Shun
Tho issue
of fathers of between '.'"i and '.
40 years are the strongest, while the de , they w ere iron frogs." "How very stupid
tcendanta of fat lien of over 40 years are of mo not to have mentioned tho fact lie
weak. The healthiest children are those j fore," remarked tho w icked joker us he
whose mothei has not yet reached 8A departed from the hotel. Philadelphia
yean Those born of mot hers ol bo I Ttmee,
tween oo and 4U years of age are 8 h. ; Vllrfc HMava vhmittrx.
cent weaker, and .hose of niolhers ol j in lllot.ourilw of , wn.
over 40 are 10 per Dent weaker Hie vcrsation will, an eu.i.ient inatheniati
ch.ldren of aged falhei-s und roimgei cian, askpi in H seriousnest whether
iiioi iters nave, us u general Hung
strong constitution, but if lite parents
are of the same age, the children lire
less robust. Rente bcicutiiiijuo.
Iteformeil I'timilllclutlou.
The question Of "What's in a name?'
has been the subject of discussion around
one of the principal hotels for some lime
and an Knglishman named Pugh is the
cause of it Mr Pugh is an iron hrokei
for tome eastern or foreign concern, and
more than this he isu thorough English
OOCkney , to w hom the letter II is an en
tirely useless invention Two mutual
friends of this gentleman met one day
in the hotel and one usked the oilier il
he bad won Pugh The icrson qucs
tinned appeared not to knOVI the gentle
man by that name, and be usked
"Who?" 'Why. that littlo Englishman
you know who I mean. Pugh. I have
teen you lalk w ithliiui moro than once,'
replied the first. "Oh, you moan Pug,'
said the other, "ho must be Pug accord
mg to hisowu pronunciation, for ho ul
ways leaves olf his lis." Among a cer
tain clique nowadays Mr Pugh is only
known as "Pug "Chicago Herald.
Surprlsil Young Ladles.
Miss Celia Childs, of Seattle, was sur
prised, to say tho least, when somebody
dushed u bucket of cold water in hei
face us she was standing in a drug store
A hanging cigar lighter had touched oil
the inllaniniable forest of millinery sur
mounting her bonnet, and an excited
clerk adopted that mode of extinguish
ing her
One of the most accomplished young
lodies of Selma, Ala., was hailed on the
strit'l by u bystander, who very politely
knocked a rat oh her bustle, where u
was enjoying a delightful ride. As tin
vurmiiil struck the ground aud the ladi
saw that il was actuully u live rat, she
had a lively foul nice for some dislauce
-Washington Avalanche.
Testlnt Dianioiula.
It doetn't nsUire uu expert to tell
whether u diamond is genuine or not
The leal is rerj simple, and cau Is? made
in an place and in a uiouienl All you
eed is a piece of paper and a lead pen
cil With (he latter make a small dot
on the aia-r. then look at it through the
diamond If you can see bul one dot
vou can doH-nd upon it that the stone is
genuine, but if the mark is scattered, or
sh-ws more than one, you ill be per
fectly safe in refusing to pay ten cents
for a stone that may be offered you
at e-VK) A blue stone may lie tested by
a bath m alcohol. Many ytllM stones
are lliade blue by an application of
anulme. and thii i overcome by the
Blcobol. - Kt l"Ui ;tW.e-f niorrnl
X ,i,,riU Oeattwaa-
The Mle mg incident itrelail on the
tuthorityol W L Hnght M P . "M r
Bri "ht went mto un agricultural JistriU
one dav and he had to walk from the sta
tion a bag av into iho village On the
i n mhn was dflfinl
av a cii-i. ." " ; -
di carl came up 10 mm -
to nun ano
, l,u urn
men isu-a'd the lime 01 una '
1 ..irieVr nricht into
aMr Bright-e
.-T OVa Ivrevman was a lory and
be bad lws,o reading a speech Mr. Bright
bad made the previous night, and turn
ing to Mr Bright hesaid: Uareyouawee
the uiliers to-da. Sir.
Vea. said Mr Bright
What's Id
them!'
'' 'V. that rascal John Bright has
ueen making aJtOtht) tpatotl.'
" 'And what was it about:-" asked Mr
Bright
" V hy, so-and-so and so-and-so. and
he went 011 10 relate, tho incidents of tin,
eech They dtscassisl the topic uml
Mr. Bright s;iid
" "W5l it u jiut ossible that Mr
Bright may have beM right and that he
was only expressing hia honest convie
turns There may bo something in it
" "Oh. 110. there can t lie. aai.l the irate
etotnman If I had bin rd feci
just like shooting him.
: "Neither revealed his identity, but be-
uie may Mpa rated I ha clergyman in
ritad Mr Rrigbl logo to his church next
morning, and Mr Bright promised to
go And he kept In, word, as be always
did The ciergj man took for his theme ,
Mr Bright a apaaoh, and at tht) ooodn
, ston Mr Bright thanked him for hi. very '
able sermon As he w as going home to
lUnnara friend of lite clergyman met
htm aud aaidt 'You Uavo Usui preaching
lindardiatinguk !:,il patronage this morn
mg them
" 'No.' wid the clergy man.
" 'Oh, yes, you have," eaid tho friend ,
You had John Bright among the con
gregation You must have noticed bin
in tha front in the middle pew. I know
umparieotly.weU.aiid 1 assure you It
was Mr. Bright.
" 'Why. said the clergvman, 1 dwve
um to the village yeatarday in my dog
cart and called him a rascal nnd age
Onttd him in all the moods and tenses :
and he never laid u word lie kept per- 1
! fectly calm and cool I have insulted
him. I must go and upulogize at once.'"
St. James' tiazette.
Not Ileal Ufa trojs.
A good story is told concerning the
proprietor of the Hotel Hellenic and one
of tho well known wits of the Clover
club. It iipisars that some timo ugo n
private dinner was ordered in tho hotel,
at which frogs' legs a la Hulet was to
form an important oourae, On tho day
of the dinner, by somo DMM of ill luck,
it was found that the supply of frogs had
failed, and the question of where to ob
tain any more liecamo an iuimrtant one.
"n this emergency, aa the nroDrietnt of
lll,tl'1 WU!l Is-'wuiling his hard fate,
our Clover club friend anpitMOhed and
ush,nl " 11:11 i mutter. Ho was
told the sad stale of affairs,
"Oh!" said he, sweetly, "if you want
frogs, thill's all right. I have two dozen
largo ones in the fountain on my place in
QerUUtntOWn. You can have them if you
like. Send your man out now und I'll
give iimin note to my gardener. The
oiler was accepted I tf effusive thanks.
The man w as dttly Called, given the note
and dispatched lor the frogs, und both
proprietor
and guest wished him god-
there was, sor." laid tho other, "but, Mir,
he could give mo a definition of iiuithe
mat ics that would convey to my mind
even a faint idea uf tho object in view in
mathematical iu vest igat ion llereplied
"It is Impoaaible to givo such a definl
tion as impoaaible as it is in tho cuso of
chemistry." "Hut," said I, "I think I
can give a deliuilion of chemistry which
would have somo valuo;" and then, with
a littlo time to think, 1 suggested a deli
uilion. which elicited this remark: "I
could pertuinly givo nn equally liald defi
nition of mathematics. I have fre
quently thought of this subject since,
and have w ondered whether it is possible J
to convey to the minds of those who nro
not chemists a clear idea in regard to tht 1
work chemists uro doing. Thodiftlcullies
are great as great, 1 suppose, us iu the
MM of mathematics, for chemists uru no j
longer engaged in tho study of famihai
phenomena, but are dealing with matters j
which lie far lNyoiid tho limits of ordi
nary bbetf ration. Tbt Popular Science
Monthly
A New Ailment frutu Wheat.
According to Lo Uenio Civil, Or. Du- i
jardiu-ltoauuietz recently exhibited at
the Paris Academy of Medicine u new
alimentary substance "fromentino"
which it obtained from wheat by the aid
of special millstones. Fromentine is the
euibrvo of w heat reduced to Hour and
deprived of the oil which It contains.
Tho substance contains three 1111114 more
nitrogenous substanco than meat, und a
strong proportion of tugar Thus, the
amount of nitrogenous mutter in it is 51
percent,, while that of the richest meat,
mutton, is but 21 er cent., and the pro
portion of digestible substance reaches
b7 x-r cent, of the total weight. Heuce
it would appear that it might udvan-
tag Iv replace swdered meat as a
concentrated food. It can be used for
making soups, und even for making bis
cuits, the taste of w Inch would not be
disagreeable.
The wheat germs employed area by
product in the Schwietzcr process of
manufacturing a flour which can Is) kept
for a long time without deter-atiuc
11 Wm fStvtata
wOe, BMtt, I'm going (o be mar
Maniii
riwl!
Snsii Are you?
laxnl '
Bare you bad a pro-
Miami' Sn; but I Imve Just leariwsl ty
writing - Tid Hits.
the Qeeal saag Hie n,i.
Ai-ril 1-a pleasant month,
I'uiks aud ilartislils,
FVeey rAotata aul uairfal abowaraj,
B.I.- ami loer pills.
- WasMnirton CTItla.
A liHii'.-eroiift I iiflertaltlnc.
Life In. urrftte s- A' iit Mwlain, our com
pany has aever faihsl to pay a single claim,
and w hen you consider that outniixlu of our
holders die every jear, you
Mu,uuii-So inauy iliel Knally, I rant
think of taking a policy; I don't th.uk it
woul'l twa.ife llaqs-r's llazar.
"All Thbn! ( onie to Thus Ui Walt."
Foreman of Printing Koom-The "devil"
ba fallen in tlx- but press an' is allihewad up!
It, a, YjMi -That a oin'thirig lika. I'rt
geO - .jm
awviu
The fcMta.on'a hang.
Ttie air will auoo ua full of aoog
t rum IspIs Slid (ealka Dlla.
We II carle our cUaat prmecus' fjr
bUl ai. 11 UuuUS aaikv
Htif tm lli.w.r
"Camp meeting" Joiin Allen nan
always ready with n retort for friend
or foe. sometimes tcatlm!?. ami al
ways humorous. Alter his oniver
ion. lie met uu ohl niiinsler. who plied
bin with very w,m htti. gjUCgUong us
'.) the getitiiiiencs.H of his o.ieneiice,
und lbe young mun complaiitctl of the
vverilv of tL is catechism
"If tlio tree he well rooted." said the
minister, "it will not lie binned if we
shake it
"Bul," said the convert, "the Mas
ter suid to his disciples, 'Feed my
lambs, not '(Jo and shake tlietn. ' "
At another time, when Mr. Allen
was about to begin his sermon in a
new place, a former pastor said to
bin i
"Arc you a long pivucherl"
"Five feet seven inches," was the
immediate reply.
At u meeting of ministers, a Baptist
was invited to give his views on the
subject of Methodist economy, and al
once rose, saying llial, although there
were ninny excellent things in Motho
Uism, it seemed to him to have loo
mucb machinery.
Mr. Allen was on his feet in a mo
ntenl
"The Methodist church may have
more uiaclntierv thu tho Baptist," he
rcplietl, "hutituoesn't retpiiiv as much
water to run iL"
A lawyer of opposite politics mid to
him, about the same time, "Mr. Al
leu, on w hich sido are you going to
vote) for I shall vote against ou.
"On the right side," waa 'the an
ewer, "Which side is yours)"
One morning ut a Methodist cunm
meeting u young man arose, aud said,
omK)iisly :
"1 do not believe in singing 'Oh, to
bo nothing.' I proose to bo some
thing, nnd 1 iranl people lO know it."
Brother Allen iiHtuully ruse, and
rt'iieultHl the verses.
''If u man thinks himself to be some
thing when ho is nothing, he deceiv
cth himself. But let every mini prove
his own work, ami then shall ho havo
rejoicing in himself uloue, aud not in
another.
The question of ambition was not
discussed further that day. Youth'
Companion.
A 1 1 01 HaJr Suaka.
Tho horso hair snake is a common
aourco of error. Tho creature that is
usually culled by tbut name originates
und hn.Hu life's history as follows: A
smull lUth colored mito is in water. It
changes to a purplish leud color and
comes to tho lop of tho water, where
it sKji ts lor 11 lime, and when looking
across water of u still evening, esie
cially if lookingiowurdthcscttiiigMiu,
one can see masses of tlieso tiny
creatures that look liko smoko ou the
water. W hen ihey reach this stage
of development they leuvo the water
und get out on the grass. Here, as
opportunitt oilers, they attach them
selves lu tlie leet of largo insecla es-m-cially
of gTOMhoppera, katydids, eto.
1'lic legs of these insects being hollow,
they craw l 1111 them, where they grow
until they (ill tho legs nnd sometimes
tho cavities of the bodies of these
lurgo insects. This accounts for the
fut, clumsy condition of many of these
InaeoU, After a ruin, in which the in
m i is drown, the full Hedged horse
heir anakea come forth to delight the
mall boy, und to interest the student
of nature, after which thev luy eggs
in the water, if itdoes not dry uu toe
soon, ami curl nmuud them for a
time, and about the timo the eggs
baton into the littlo Uesh covered
mites Brat described, the snukes die.
Exchange
lliIE' ICyeslght Haved.
Mr. William Kerns not long since
had a visit from n friend from the
east, who wished to puichasu land
und locate somewhere in this slate. 1
Mr. Kerns soul his friend out to look
al the Umpqua valley, and he return
ed witli a wonderful tale of tho sec
tion ho visited.
II" said tliut be visited a furmei
who hud 11 great drove of hogs, all ol
which hud Tost their tails. Helnouir ,
ed how this had happened, und the
fanner suid the caudal uiipcndagei
hud been amputated, and when il wu
asked why Ihit wus done, lie was told
it was to prevent tho uiiimuls from he
coming blind. Thia startling an
nouqpenwnt led to further inquiry
und explanation.
The farmer slated that the soil on
his farm wua what is known as black
mud. It is very rich and also very 1
adhesive, nnd the pigs in wullowiug !
around get their tuilsdauhed with it,
and u clod liuully accumulates 011
each pigs U11I, which grows byuccre
lion uml accumulation to uu immense
si.o, and becomes so heavy tliut it
drags back the pig1! akin so far that
thu uufortuiiuto annual is 110 lollgci
ublo to shut its eyes, und soon becomet
blinded front the glare of the sun. By
cutting off the pig's tail thiseutastro
pho is avoided, und the pig soon growl
fat. Portland Oregouiau.
Tha Valilpplua Post.
The institution of the whipping
poet, which still survives in Deluware.
did nut go out of fashion in Kiigluiid
until Ihe close of the last century. Un
Muy .". 113, the cororatiou of Dun
easier directed that u whipping xat be
set up for punishing vagrants and
sturdy beggars. Threo centuries age
tins punishment was curried lo a cruel
extent Owing lo the dissolution oi
the monaateriM by ilcurv VIII, a
large number of M'rsons who depend
ed ou the charity of the monks were
throw 11 upon the country, and pari in
incut hastened to check tho increasing
vagrancy by un act passed in 1531,
which declared that every vagrant
should lie carried to some market lowu
or other place, and tied nuked lo the
end of a cart aud wlnpM-d through
tho streets nil their wnolu laxly ue
bloody Kaarl y iu the last century
the price paid for whipping was four
pence, and ihe constables' accounts in
eluded eucfa items us arresting a dis
tracted WCaraUt, watching her ami the
fee for Imving bef whipei Whip
ping ui ihe curt's tail, as provided for
by the Itatnteof Ih nry Vlll. went out
ol Use in I.V.HJ. when the whipping
post was sulxatituted for the curlr
method. -Philadelphia Timts
ail-er, theaii.
S,e, it.n.i uiiid'T (tewt our rllraa
Til- fWH. in ftfrrn are dre'rd;
gpatt Ik-i bawsiriner of lha time
W he. 1 lite UeOUlua t JMftl.
-Boat Courtar
More Mfetee Than Owpeelwl.
Mm lxsitbere.-e - Pra-e Inklaa I'rtey'a wtmt
I al '-ml a bn'.tHi, di.-tah
Dr Uhuljurb Well, th.n i nothing srri
aaialsait that.
Mrs. Iv'lvmlge. f r ralntl H'nraatn' I
ells yo' rUl de trtltto.l will 'tactual to 0114) ot
Va ajoea. Ueu wtiayl ) aayf Tad BKa
tlngagcd an 't,r
Dr; Goods Merchant- Volf huvceallH la
repoua to our atertiiurni a flow
walker I Wall, sir, w hat am your uuahdoa
lions for the sition
Apphcaut-1 am i lie fathar of threw pain
of twuis.--Bo.tou Courier
A I . , i, i ton, ,n
Mr. Wivplelgh iwho has isuna aroiunl thf
corner uiM)Xwtillyi 0l inoruig, L'uele
Philip:
Curie l'liili H.ssl morula', aqulrK, Rsl
Morula', Mkl I war JIMaeOMUt' up to yo'
bouia-fer ter warn yer dnt dey'su new fainblv
oh issnis mortal in ohar oo d' bill, an1 daya
U'ble ter lie fond oh ,-hick'ns. Bow's yo'
lionhorns a gitlm' long, saht Judge.
Tii.-ir Huthavn
M boy sat kitting Mral,;lii nil,, 1 ho .swU,
K111111 Ills stool al lu fis'l one ,lny.
A ii, I ili tlrvlirfM liuriilHliisI ttiticurljr tii,t,
Alia palunsl taeolattet sith a ilasli of ltd,
AM trlgaUtatd bit Vtn ''yi, as ha aaiii,
in a MMaeagMaatJel " u
"Maiiuua, Ithluk, sle'ii I'tn a growu-up mao,
1 ahall have jiut two lillli Isiys."
I amilisl. lie nas sin I tun he ,b,l 11, it see.
An,! 1 mi, 1 "Yet, tee slot that win i:
But If tet etrt a Krl. Il ws'ins lo uie.
It would atlil lo your Insinohiil,! iya."
"Well, ym." o'flivtlo'ly, "that WOUkl tie uUsa,
All'l I'll tell you jMtt nhal I II Jo;
I'll Daineoui, Uotihiti, for me, you know."
Then Ihe liri;lit eyeaslione with a iieeier tlow.
"And there'i Just the two of iu how. ami so
Pg aaaMtbtgtrt Annie, for you."
"But how woulil their mother like that)" I aakml
"Do you think that she eoaM tvurea
For 11a Ush lo hae iiaiius, while siieha,l ntne"
Willi the niysillle,!, isiuleil look uf ihis
Wholly I..; .,,..1 Hal,! my logiual mm,
"Their mother! Why, who la she?"
-mood llousfkei'piuir
Not M Pimperima. A Her All.
At a religious convention lull in a w, stern
town each minister s 1 ispunsl to givn au
aiHsiunt of the ei unlit Ion of liia charipi, and if
pi-wsriiig ns'i'ive congratulation, or, if uot,
to receive advice ami eiusniragonionl, witb
perhaK alii.
In his turn arose very ilelllH'iate ssakei
and risirtl that In. congregation wai
liaikin' up." llefnro he isiuld adil aunt hoi
remark tho next deltgeM In order as callisl
for his report, ami so 011 until all awt lieanl
from. Then eamt tbt cbairtnanti resiarki t ;
MthaMtgaMi When he ennio to the afore I
aald deliberate s'aker ho said he must con 1
grutuliitc In-, brother from the far west usm
bis lailug ubl" lo rtperl that his isiiiKrrgalioii
was "looking up." wliereiiiou the delilieraU j
K'nker arose and saiil that ha akoulil prot
ably have aililisl that, as they nrn "flat 011
their buck- it acta the only way they iMiihJ
look." -I'liilailelpliia frees,
' ,, 11, ,1 1 1 1 1 1 ..... 1 . 1 , ,
Al. Say, why are you always treating
that Miss l.a Kutus) to ice cream in winter I
Kd. because isild isintracts, ynu kuow,
aud 1 thought by applying it inside wheu
the weather was apph mg ItcnttUt, I might,
'i Imp., get her rtdllttd so as to put my arm
arouuil her - Detroit PTM PrtSS
Kaplalni'il al laat.
Maliel (juustng the NVIiipierKuapier club)
Mamma, dear, what doali Hman men alwaya
it at that "In, low for, I wonder f
Mrs. N.-They sit in that window, pel, in
order to let all of us see. that they hava that
window to sit In. -Ufa.
Mr. Vanderlilli tiol In.
A good story la told ulsiutoneof tho Maine
Central engineers, bud MimmtT when thu
Vsnderbilt car was at liar llsrlxir, the
niunager of the M ,.0- 1 'entral sent an engine
down tlivre to take tlie car lo Poi ilaml. The
run was mado In very uiilck time, anil at
Brunswick the train MOpptd to lake un water.
Whilolhero Mr. Vanderlnlt Kg out and said
to tha eaghMW that h liln't want lam to
drive an fast The engineer, the veteran
Hlniiw)ii, looked M hUB a quarter of a lain
ute, and thou said: "1 am i .inning this train
under orders from Payson Tucker Ui bo In
Portland at I Oi. If you want to stop here
all right. If ynu want to go hi Cortland get
la." He got in. -liaugor Commercial.
Hell, .ue Treallnent of i lloenla.
The other day a western eongi essiiian rama 1
inbi thu senate restaurant with two eonatitu
euts, good men, but a littlo rustic in ap ar
ari' oaiul manners and unused to convention
alities uml points of etiipietbi that uro un
known in Waylaick. Tim restaurant was full
of ladies and gentluineu. As the congressman
tested himvlf he of course removed his bat.
A moment or two lab-r ho iiotleisl that hla
untutor,s frleii'U had not removed their
bats. Mh hastily put hit own hat bock ou la,
Kami! mm, I Uoi'm 1, liorlitu tin. ioi.mI I ',,. .'.., '
fiekl isrukl not uave ilono anything liner tbou
that. - Wasliiugton Cost.
A -"' in "
"Vou see, my hoy, tluit oven tlie nobis lo
oomotive, the ruggasl iruti horse, seldom Isati
over thirty years, from being a constant
smoker,'' said a wist father to hia tempted
son. "Yes. dad," replied the hoy, "but It
don't stem to work that war witb some of
i lu- ii' ,i i- chiiuneya we bar read of that
bars stood it over three hundred years.
Raadinesso reply lu young people la alwaya
aob-ruinlrg -Button Oloba,
A - t ,.,
Tramp (prbsilyi-I'leavs helps far rrls-I-
Kiml Okl fiViit ihsndlng hint s,
- H,'-- mr, why, of oouraa llow are yoa
crippled, m v r fellow I
Tramp tjatMhs toe nuney) Financially
ciiij.led, air-New York Sua.
She a,ks t Hiss.
Book Agent -How do you do, msibiml
Will your dug Intel
Madam-Waal, I reckon bt will.
B"k Ag-nt- Would you bars tha good
ness to spnak Ul III in f
Madam -i 'eruialy Back X Tlgaa, ai k 'm.
Harper t Haja".
! it l
WW
t'oliT IKloill 1
Tbt rref ii i run ent hot made a
rraui , i ggft UOU j y0ut to defray the aa
pens,, f ihe I'ameui inttltute. In Purls
:he coal of fuiitidiug which several bun
i,-fi ihousand dollars--waa cotilribuled
uy various govern meiila and private in
llviduelt The purpoM of tniii inethuM
is. as all know, the proaecution of exM-rl
mental natrarch aitin viow to the cure
f hydiophobia -in any country a verv
raiv diM'tiM) Oipbtheria. scarlet fevet
uphold lefter nienslea. yellow fetrM
cholera and ether preventable disease
on the UthjM hand, count their viciims
by llioiisainls. , there is iu 110 conn
try a special ristahllavhment in which
any one ol them can he KlMtlttcally
studied and U tlei means ul rived ul for
theii pnn iiiion iii 1 hell oure, and arresi
trout tprvading All aontaghriM d lata tet
an prvventalde rortheh derelopinent I
two tilings aie rispured Kirsi. the:
ipecial germ which pruduoM then, eee
mid suitable budllj eonditiont to allow
n 10 Bouriah
If we could deatroy their genus, thej '
arould oeatt Um 10 do thia trouid at
Deteitate unlviisul isxiperalion on the
partoi all Indlriduan in tbeoommmiity 1
which it practically Impoaaible The Urt-1
ter waj is to secure such bodily condl
tions m will prevent then devatlopnient
The euoceaw that baa attended vaccina-
lion foi tmallpua, and is now attending
raoci nation rot Itydropitobet, points to
the likelihiasl ol aebieing litis by Mime
prOOCM of vac, inallon loi illpiithellu. j
typhoid fever, seal let fever, etc. Why)
will tiol Rome large minded und phil.in
thropic (h isuii 01 H'isuns endow un in
ttitute 01 Inatltutet in ibis oountry, us
nidi) Iduaut and gitvernmenti have dono
hi Krunce, lot Ihe purpose of studying
these more latal and common diseases,
which kill then tens of thousands here
hydrophobia carries oil a single case?
In so g.- .1 ami eminently practical a
work America should not lag behind.
lloslon Herald
airaug Aiiluials,
It cannot hedonhsl that "a rose by any
oilier name would smell us sweet," but
certainly it would uot tie as available for
KH'li v if called by some pretentious. Ml
entino term Indeed, Ihe names of sci
ence, w hen heard by ears unfamiliar
with their meaning, hare often a terrify
ing sound
Two young men were studying, under
the nUOroeOope, the bacteria found ill
ditch wilier, and one of them propoeed
that they should take their work homo
from the class i,, in, after the usual hour
for remaining then One of them, w ho
lived with a maiden aunt, snid that ho
was sin , she would allow them tu use her
dining room table, where they would
have plenty of light, uml on arriving al
the house be Dade bis request.
"Why don't )ou look ul your live!
thillirSllt si I I .'Mill I, Ho III,. Ill II,,-,,. '' I
the inquired, with manifest dietaate for
the whole subject.
"Hoeuuse we've found such bMUtiM
tislay, wo can't bear tOttop hsiking,"
said her nephew U't us buvotho ta
ble, won't youf
"Ye jes, vou muy have Ihe table," was
the MMee hat grudging rcsH.uise, nnd
the young men, wondering why auntie
was so peculiar, set towork. Presently
she anpeared again, ibis time holding
her skirls gingerly alsnit her uiiklos, tliut
they might not touch the ROM
"llovs," said she. taking n caret ul
glance in every direction, "do Ivo careful
of tlioMt) tilings, won't you'.'"
"What, the bucteriu'r"
"Yes. Don't let any of the creatures
get out, mid bide about tho room, eo
tbut you can't catch them." Youth's
C'ompniiion
rt urn lie Would nave gatat,
A certain lady in I'urisgivea H'iiodlcal
dinners, nt which assemble most of the
la'si known wiUband Literati ol tho day
The rule of Iho mansion is that while
one a'rson discourses no interruption
w hatever cull Is- permitted It is said
thui M. Renan once attended one of theet
dinners, aud, la'iug in excellent vein,
talked without a break during the whole
repast Toward the end of the dinner a
guest wus heurd to commence u sentence,
but ho wns instantly silenced by the
hostess. After t liny hud left tho table,
however, she ut once Informed the ex
tinguished Individual that, as M Renan
had DOW llnishcd his conversation, she
would gludl hear w hat ho bud to say
The guest modestly declined) tbe hostess
insisted. 'I um certain it was some
thing of conseipience," sho said "Alas,
madame." he answered, it was, indeed,
hut now it is too late. I should buve
liked a little more of tliut iced pudding. "
Sun r'ruueisco Argonaut.
Homed al Ihe Slake.
What a little way we are, after all,
from the durk ugcsl llow many of my
renders uro uwure thai II is only IOC
years this month since the last criminal
was burned at the slake iu 1uidou and
that criminal u w oman' Here is the ac
count of that event which a corressin
lb nt has sent not "Ou the 18th of
March I THO, nine wretches were ex
eculcd ut Newgate four for burglary,
one for theft and threo men and one
woman for coining After the men
were 'turned off, as the phrase went
the wretched womun was brought out
tied lo a stuke, and bunusl lo ashes,
after the form of strangling her hud
Is-eii gout through by removing Ihe
stool whereon she stood und so throwing ,
her weight on the cord yvhich hound her j
throat lo the stuke Christian Murphy j
was (so far aa I can discover) tlie last:
woman burned air. , in London, though :
possibly a later victim muy have been ,
executed in some country loyvu Ixm
don Truth.
Ihe Mint Valo.lile llStai
"If I guyo you a pound of metal and
ordered you lo make the moat out of il.
w but kind of uietul would yuu select"
asked a well known jeweler 'Hold, of
course," was (he prompt reply "I'd
prefer a i- I of steel," suid the jew
eler, "and I'd have it made into hair
springs for wati hea. A pound of siu-h
springs would sell for an even fUO.OUa"
j Jluffslo Express
she u , .,. , ti,H(
Tlie maiden lm. ilorT.sl her mil aaisikw,
For llv urUrlit ,1U, . of rlna- luiie eome haeijus
Ami .he eeatj pat"'" rheqilo
Her lerwoii n, ,e ,iie
If lo- funis will .o.ulu i), aiixsiiua.
-rVaitoa Owirler
ra la l'hllalrlphla.
Omaha Ivor Did VM have uim h tun last
Fourth of July
Chils-lelJila H,ir-!o: we're not slluwe,
Viahs flrecraekep, an' things oil tbe Kourtb
In l'hiladelana
" Ytai're iHr
"Xo. an. I we rn't blow h'lTTtt Of make any
aoiae (i New Yi-avr'a ere, either."
"Br gum! What do tbey let you rlnr
"Well, tbev allow ua In plant traan on Vr
tax day "-(eaUaa Wurti
BARGAIN DAY.
Wh) Ilia I i,i. failed to Malrh Ua, Nmm-
kins ami in, i ,,,,,, I
'Ilurguin duy" is pnaluctive of ull
sorts of gnnoyanOM In a lurgo store
the burguins are conllued to only a
few of the deiurtmeiita, and ihe pur
chaser who doea not secure ull she
yvunls of a thing, deciding to come ul
another lime ami get more if she needs
il. generully gels left. To illustrate:
A lady bought a half doxen uupkinsut
a bargain She concluded u lew days
after ili.it they were quite pretty,
and as six would be scarcely enough
lo go round lor "company," she
would gel s many more. Back she
goes lo the store, bul when she comes
lo buy them she liuds tho price is
marked up lifteeu or twculy-llve
cents above what tho paid. She
protests, and afler milling the lent
K'i of the clerks and working her
self iutou mild fury the fuel liually
comes lo the surface thai she intuit)
her pureliaMon 'bargain da Out
she uOUUCOt, determined to wait for
airOthei Uirguni duy, and sho daily
watches Ihe advertising columns of
the HiNrs lor liargaiii duy ut this par
ikuilar atoea It epoearg on the next
Friday or Monday, uml without Mop
ping lo observe llial Ihe deMirtliiciit
in which sho is interested is mil includ
ed in the bargain sales, away she goes,
iiiilliug mil blowing, her whole soul
bant on getting unolher half doten of
those mipkiua Arrived al the store,
she lea i ns to her diagUt. thai lliera
are no lurguius al llial counter thai
day. She e presses her disgust, too,
and lowers al the iftoor clerks just as if il
were all (heir fault
Having bad her say (here, sho goes
into tho dress giasls department and
buys, say, eight yards of a peculiar
shude of blue goods, and then goes
home with Iho satisfaction (but, if sho
didn't get the napkins, she ut least got
a bargain in u dtv.ss. Next bargain
day she appears al the store again,
this time to gelu couple more yards of
"tluil dress f got hero last week," she
sayslolho young huly behind thecoun
ter, ami mil" thinks it unttrdouuhle
ignorance on the purl of the girl thai
sho docs not only not ifineinU-r her,
bul also (he imrliculur piece of goods
from w Inch she bought her dress.
Willi a "What do they keen such
pcoplo in stores fori" query, she pro
duces u sample of the good. The
young woman examines the sutnplo
uml informs her that that particular
goods is nil gone
"Well, but 1 want that and nothing
else," sho suya.
"It is entirely out of stock," replies
Ihe girl.
"Hul I must have it," sho says, with
some BrtnnoM
Hhu is again told thai il is not in
stock. Then she makes ustruight diva
foru lloor Walter, and lays her cum
plaint before him. Tho young ludy
Who WM 00 discourteous i() as to DOt
hell her wliut was not in slock is called
up. Sho explains, and then tho wo
mun is informed tliut they will prob
ably have some more of il in u fow
days. Hut she is uol MtifAod, Sho
wanders nwuy, ami tells a cash hoy
she Wants to see the manager The
boy giHis for the manager. In a mo
ment ho returns with Dm very man
she made complaint lo. Sho looks ul
bint, excuses herself, uml goes Wick lo
the napkin department. Napkins ure
slil! high, and she goes homo mad,
and declares she will uol patroniM
such a Iioiiku again never.
A fow days more roll around and
she makes up her mind sho will go
and pay tho regular prico lor a half
doen morg nankins to complete her
sci Hut her ilaut rati nation to get a
bargain 1ms blocked her. Those par
ticular napkins are all gone "just
sold Ihe last of lliem this morning,"
the clerk says to her. and expresses
grout sorrow ut lieu lisapHiiutmenl
Tu say llial sho is now furious would
bardly express it. She deliberately'
makes a snow of herself ami then
flounces oul, with iho inward wilis-
faotion of having told them what she
thought of tho whole lot Now York
8lur.
I'nstuge Stamp Curlualtlea,
A certain well known gentleman in
the city owns a valuable collection of
pu-.lage stamps, which lias taken him
twelve yeum to gel together "My col
lection isn't complete, ' he suid, with a
sigh, "and it never will he. Why
BeOtUM it would reipiire $1110,000 to
make il so. There are ubout (1,000 dif
ferent deecriptioae of poctage nantpain
existence. The museum of the lici'lin
(hi,!,, Mice alone eotltaini latweeu 4,000
and a. lino specimens, of w Inch half are
I mm Kuroo nnd (llO remainder divid
ed between Asia, Africa, America uml
Australia. Some of the alum s bear u
cool of arms and other emblems, im
partially borrowed from the heavens
above. I bo earth beneath and the
wuters under (he earth, stars, eagles,
lions, horses, serKnU, railwuv trains,
dolphins and other fearful wild fowl
There are, moreover, tho vignette ef
figies of llvecmcrors, eighteen kings,
thrceqiieens, one grand duke und many
presidents Somo of these stamps cm
nut bo purchased for $3,000, while
others cannot he purchased for any
sum. I (ell you the lifeofaatump
collector isn't unlike that of Tanuv
ine "Cincinnati Commercial.
Slj-let lu Shoes.
Button and lace shoe are not only
going out of style, but out of use. The
only thing that can save the lace shoe
will bo the invention of a fastening
for tho cuds of the lucea which will do
away with Iho tie ami at the same time
le Hiptihir. There have been several in
ventions of tins kind, bul none of them
were practical. The priucipul trouble
with the gaiter hitherto has been the
bad quality of the rubber used in the
sides or gores. These are now being
made with a now kflid of rubber, in
vented by a Connecticut man, called
"kelgum." Il it made of vegetable
oilt, and is said to bo much more
durable tliut i the rubber that hat been
i "i The gaiter ia popular because
it can be put on and taken olf au
much more rapidly than Ihe other
alyles of shoe, end phyticiana recom
mend its wearing because it doea not
weaken the ankle aa the lace and but
ton shoes do. - si Louis Globe Demo
crat. A Mod.wt nVqueat fhey were
going home ft'oui thu opera, und as she
hml iH'ciipi-il the mint prominent seal
In the Imx. enriying his $12 bouquet
and Ixsen seen by every one she knew,
she was In a most amiable mood.
"Di-hi- Charles,," she said, softly, "you
have been very kind to-night Is there
any thing (nestling closer) that I can
do tor you before you go' "Yea,
Mabel." was ht eager reply, aa be
looknl st her rosy lips, "you can, ii
you you will, iend m ten cents '
pay my ear fare houia" -Philadelphia
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