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PROTECT The machinery of the law has not been put to work too speedily against the fraudulent use of ammonia and alum in Baking Powders. Both health and the pocket of the people are demanding protection The legislatures of ' New York, Illinois and Minnesota have taken this matter of adulteration up, and especially that of Baking Powders. It will be in the interest of public health when their sale is made a misdemeanor in every State in the UNION, and the penalties of the law are rigidly enforced. There is no article of human food more wickedly adulterated than that of Baking Powder. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is the only pure cream of tartar powder having a general sale that is free from ammonia, alum or taint of any kind of impurity. It makes the sweetest and lightest bread, biscuit and cake that are perfectly digestible whether hot or cold. It costs more to manufacture Dr. Price's than any other baking powder. It is superior to every other known and the standard for forty years. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is re ported by all authorities as free from Ammonia, Alum, or any other adulterant. In fact, the purity of this ideal powder has never been questioned. ABSENCE. I struggle, shrined w-lthlu a deep content. The liiiur I go cnniMiiloules of Mice: For we bnve V-.tv. t i ::-ihcT love U meant To make c.i -a u..i.i.a 1 mellow husbandry. So. 'mid the acres of this teeming earth. Where once I Uillod in barrenness of soul. And scorned each dry niece, and taw no - worth In dreary pieces of a dreary whole Now. with thine Image, w hen thysclfs not by, I hold com in ii n ion. and my iilep Id light; For thou dun! cliitinpion each feat I try. And oft i Iiiuku uloiiil in my delluht. And catch my own voice saying oftcnwhlles, Ti thus her eyes are, and 'tis thus she miles." Owen Whiter in Upplncotu . , A Woman Stops a Ituuaway. Mrs. Rul 1 in M. Squire, who in one of the noted horsewomen of New York, wm out riiling in Out nil park one day recently, when n runaway middle horse . dashed by her. The rider, white faced, had dropped his ruins and was clinging to his pommel for dear life, while the Animal was bolting along at his topmost iieed. Mrs. Sipiire's saddle lyirse, ilarker, is one of the best trainee! ani mals in the world, and as intelligent as a human being. He wheeled about, even before his mistress could lightly pull the rein, and as she gave the word followed after the runaway. Ilarker is a Ken tucky thoroughbred with tretiieiidoiu speed and soon overhauled the bolting horse. Mrs. Squire quietly seized the fallen reins, and as the two horses ran along , together brought them gradually to a standstill, Ilarker doing his part as if he had been in the business of stopping run aways all his life. The scared horseman was all confusion and thanks, of course, but the mounted policeman, who came slowly np, was both philosophical and complimentary, as he touched his hat and said, "Begging your pardon, Airs. Commissioner, for laving yez the bad job, but I saw yez would get to him first and I slowed np a bit, becaz I knowed you were good for the baste." New York Press. i Remembering a Wealthy Widow. Much is said and written about the re f .onsibilities and disadvantages even of great wealth. Still, there must be times when to be able to do things en prince has its compensations. One of onr lovely young American matrons whose resi dence has been in London for a number of years enjoys an intimate friendship with the daughter of one of England's richest peers. Recently the husband of the New York woman died in London, And later the bereaved wife came back to her native land. From the moment of her affliction until she sailed away to be with homo relatives her friend lavish ed upon her the most delicate yet sumptu ous attentions. Boxes of rare orchids and otherexotics came daily from the' magnificent con servatories of the English woman, to-' frether with hampers of choice fruits from her hothouses. Every day a visit, A message or a gift to testify to ber con stant thought and sympathy. Loving letters followed her to this country, and a few weeks after the widow's arrival in New York she received a package from her friend which when opened disclosed a rich jewel casket Within it lay a necklace of superb pearls, and on i!io giver's card was written, "I send yen the tears, congealed, which 1 have shed with you in yonr sorrow." New Yo; !; Times. Princess Louis of Denmark. Princess Louise of Denmark, who is expected to marry Prince Eugene of Sweden, gets her name and some of her blood from the Queen Louise of Prussia, the most beautiful woman who has be longed to the Berlin court. The line of descent is: Queen Louise; her youngest daughter Louise, who married the Dutch Prince Frederick; Princess Frederick's daughter Louise, who became queen of Sweden; the Swedish qneen's daughter Louise, who married the crown prince of Denmark. Princess Louise is said to have inherited a good part of the beauty of the famous queen whose name she bears. She is sixteen years and three months old, and is the third of eight children. Her prospective husband, the Duke of Nerike, is twenty-six years ow, anu mo fourth son, although only the third son from the Swedish throne, as the second mm gave up his right to succession od iBajrying a woman outside of the pale of Tovalty. He has studied industriously Willi the best painters in Paris, and is an su-tistof high abilities, as well as a man of more regular and abstemious naoii XhAU the average European pnnce.-raru , J:ter. OUR BREAD. Modem Eastern Single. The Inst issue of The Journal of the Anthropological society of Bombay con tains a curious paer by Mr. Itehatsok on twenty of the branches of eastern magic, all of which are in voguo at the present time. The first of these is the "Arcana of letters and of names," by which let ters and figures are combined into magic squares, incantations, etc. These derive their power from the "arbitrary use of them made by the spirits governing the natural world, in such a war that the ninety-nine beautiful name of God and other divine words formed of letters con taining the Arcana, which pass into ma leria) substances, intercedes." The ma gician, of course, is the sole interpreter of the uses and significances of the com binations. Alchemv conies next, and Is followed by astrology, the most popular of all the Eastern occult sciences. It is practiced on all occasions, to discover thefts, to foretell the result of a journey, the fu turn of an infant, etc. Another popular practice is soothsaying from the sacred looks by opening one at random and placing the finger on a line. This is al most the only one of the sciences which costs nothing, and which every one can practice. The selection of davs is a sub ordinate branch of astrology, and is em ploved to ascertain what Huys aro lucky or unlucky for tho commencement of certain enterprises, tho wearing of new clothes, and the like. Divination and the interpretation of dreams are common everywhere. Sum moning and subjugating demons is the most fearful of the tuagicid sciences. There are two kinds one dangerous and embracing unlawful magic, the other re ligious and consisting mainly in con fining demons in (lame, so that they are compiled to obey the commands of the magician. Geomancy is practiced by means of dots made with a pencil and arranged in complicated combinations so that they answer questions. The art of invisibility appears to be only known by unme to Mr. Kehatsek, for he does not desire it. Jefr is a sci ence which is only known to one family. It is defined as "the general science con cerning the Tables of the Eternal De cree and of Predestination," and enables adepts to know all that has happened, is happening or wilt happen iu the most remote future. London Times. Feathered Policemen. . The description given by The (London Globe of the cariumaa or sorieuias, lo cated in the eastern aviary of the Zoolog ical gardens, will amuse everybody while it should not surprise any one. That there should lie among birds a species which is lilted to perforin among its kind the duties undertaken umong men by policemen is fact for which all ought to lie prepan . Why should not each variety of created things have in its midst the same sort of functions and functionaries, modified according to cir cumstances and habit? More thun one pictorial artist as, for instance, C. IL Be;inelt in this country has shown us what marvelous resemblances birds and animals can lie made to bear and actually do bear to man. and it humanity finds it necessary to have policemen, why should not the "feathered trilies" tie similarly impelled. . . The cariama seems particularly well lilted for the post of public guardian. He jw-rauibulu're his cage with all the regu larity and hauteur of his human proto type on his "heat." and if nt intervals he emits piercing shrieks w hich seem un calliil for, he only the more faithfully curried out the analogy. This, no doubt, is his way of blowing the whistle, and u In n he dues it in his cage it is probably from instinct or from immemorial cus tom, lie has already been acclimatized in the poultry yard, where he faithfully is-iform his duty as the preserver of order. If two young cocks assault or batter each other he steis in between them anil stops tlie combat "by a series of pecks divided impartially at the beads of both." Impartiality, of course. Is an excellent quality in a policeman, whether he be bird or man; would there were more of it. The origin of the cariama is, it seems, lost in obscurity: but it is admittedly ancient, and possibly he may be A lineal descendant of the judge birds of ornitho- : logical antiquity. Denver Kepublican. Miss Mane B. Schiller, who will be one of the three women to visit South America for the purpose of interesting the women of that continent in the World's fair, is highly educated And ac- luhei (;yakiiiz Spanish. French M flaentiy as she does Ea- I glUh. Sh is a PhilAdelphiao. OREAMS. la dreams I wild in pleasant wave, fly lm-U stream In sunny dells. Where pear alulr ami brainy dwells And ti'-mltirs glow through happy daya I drxatn of Wen, Is wlewe faith Is fast, I dream of love thai i-annoi fail. Of ra thai aer lire nur Of nope that Itvkon (ill the hue In dreams I hear Ih- songs uf bint. I sue I lie shores uf bauey land, I feel the churn uf kiting hands, I catch the ill if I of tender words They are hut dreamt, and I. alas, Awake to weep my tsnMi.-d bltesj awake to feel the truth of this- Taat dreams ran nsrer came to ua. I sometime uh I ne'er had dreamed about the ttiin" I lung for so. For then my heart might necr know How dear their sweet fulllllmeiit seemed. Will lei me dn-am. for oftentimes I tie path is drear, the day t Weak, My soul sosad, my heart so seak, I fain would near the happy I'hiukta. The happy chimes that fancy riiiki Across the dreary moors of hie; I fain would see amid my strife The icavful visions fancy hrlnca. ta tHuiakUnii in Button Courier. MARTHA. "She's a gcod gal an' deserves to lie happy ef anybody does!" Old John Compton gave the wheel of his wagon an emphatic twirl around the axle which he had been greasing. His brow was trouble, his voice betrayed emotion. Itemoving his funnel shaped hat. he wiped the moisture from his wrinkled face. Behind him was his cabin, and in its entry his wife was at work. In front of lutu lay his crops exulting in the sun shine. He took the prop from the axle: Hu ll lie joined his w ife. 'Mother," he said, in the same dis quieted tone that had characterized his sohlispiy a moment before, "mother, you think Martha's made up her mind about Berry Bradley an' 'twouldn't do no good to reason furder w ith her?" The woman turned from the churn, and drew near to him. Her movement was slipshop, her face as grave as his: sighing, she said: "Do any good? Not a particle. I've been agin it. John, tho Lord's my wit ness. i ve suuered torments; not a nacherl night's rest in a month have I had. Hut what's to be done? It's the Lord's will, I reckon. You don't know nolliiu' about a mother's feelin's a man cayn't, it aint natur'; but I've got somen to tell you; you re her father an' orter know, though sech mutters kin pass 1s t ter betwixt women folks, kaje they un -rstand one another. "last iilgnt 1 cotihln-t rest, ion was sound asleep. I thought I heerd some'n' a-stirrin' in the child's Yixitii. I got out o' bed and crept 'cross the entry, un', a-standiii' thar nt that crack, I heerd her a-ervin' an' a-pravin' in thar to herse'f, thout a sign of a light. "I iieeiied in at the door, au' saw the pore gal s face in the moonshine. In all my born days I hain't seed sech misery on a human countenance, sua was us dead white as a corpse, n-settin' on the side o tlio bed with her arms crossed, lieudiu' for'ard an' back'ard, a-inoaiiin an a-praym in whispers. I knowed twas kase wed been talkin' agin' Berry, un' I went to her an' tuk her up in my lap she's a pore, frail little thing anywar; she never was overlv stout. "After awhile sho told me all about it from beginnin' to end. Berry uster tote her dinner basket an' jino her on the road to school mighty nigh everyday- three year ago fore he tuk to drinkiu , blie liegun to love mm men. Miu never opened her mouth about it, an' you know lie dnln t come to the house even as often as Clem Craig, so how's we to know? "She don't dispute, that he's triflin'. He's al'ays lieen kind an' lovin' to her, she says; an' has promised time an' agin to stop drinkiu . She thinks she can get im to give it up. He proved to her, ut meetin , yesterduy, by liudd Logan, 'at he haint teched a drop o' nnything in toxicatin' in over three weeks. He savs he never will agin; but the's no tellin' bout them that's tied to liquor. He inout start agin, an' w hat ud come o' err The buskiness in the woman's voice got the mastery of her articulation, and she went silently back to the churn. She continued her work, but the dasher in her unsteady hand struck against the sides of the churn with unwonted force. She was wiping her eyes on the skirt of her bonnet. The subject of the conversation just reported was the only living child of the old couple; their other children had died before they had passed the s-nod of in fancy. Martha was the pet, the joy of the humble household. More thun once the neighbors had expressed themselves against what they considered to be dot ing over indulgence of the girl on the part of the father and mother. Shell be eternally spiled," quoth one. "She's the ouly gal in the hollow 'at in auord to wear shoes in summer time; next thing you II hear o her havin' a boss an' buggy," said another. "They put her to school six months last year. - The most 'at common folks gits fur th'r children is a month 'twixt layin'-hy time an Christmas, com plained an old crone with a ragged brood of ten children dependent on her. His wife's graphic recital of the girl's unhappinem touched the old farmer deeply. He could frame no reply. Walk ing restlessly acrowi the puncheon floor he shaded his eyes from the glare of the afternoon sun and gaaed westward, where he descried a couple advancing along the road through the fields. It was Martha ut d her lover a slight, girl ish form in a homespun gown, a burly voting countryman with a slouching 'walk. They came to the cabin together, both silent. The girl's feature were regular and pleasing, her face deep and serioui; she was about IS years of age, the young loan S3. "Wou't yon come in an' rest?" she sked, in a restrained tone, with a dubi ous and stolen glance at lier parents. He complied, manifestly aba-died, gav the occupants of the entry a gaw ky bow and a mumbled "Howdy," and took a eat on an empty soda keg against the wall. hich. in hi immediate vicinity, was frescoed elaborately w Ith string of red pepja-r ps!s hung up to dry. The titillating dust and odor from this vegetable made him long to sneeze. His excessive timidity or bashfulneas, how rer, thwsrted such an outbreak. As a rule, young men io this region when they go "a-sparkin' " nave little U say. Berry Bradley, bile different in Iiiuiiy rv:,MH U from the average "Sprout ......... .,., .... r,rpo lm rule. If you lis. I seen lutii. as he Kit .. ... . II. ,! j ,i iiw.r luaen nun tor ail i immutable mute. The pepiirr pod hail united ins eyes to leant, y ( lie did not have the courage to nlt r his mi,ition, but sat looking through (he blur us im- li.-nt us a statue in a fog. Ik-sides, no other seat Invited occu pancy save a dismantled candle lx near Mrs. Comptoit's churn. Theiliscouifoits arising from the peper ls were pref erable to a nearer approach to his mother-in-law in proMct. 1 lie goiHl woman finished h.-r work nt u e cnurn. ami. m.oui glance nt the vi-iitor, went moodilv into one of the rooms to arrange the table fur the even ing meal; m here iiki!i Berry moved slightly, got his feet and hands into a less tense posture, and w iped his eyi-s on his coat t-leeve. Tho farmer picked up his Kisket, and went out to feed his horses; the visitor sneezed with a kind of bray, and left the pods. "I'd lietter U' a-goin'." be remarked to the girl standing near the steps. "What's your hurry?" she naked, with a quick, troubled expression in her eyes. "IViyou think a man orter wait tell ole llabe blows his horn in his vear 'fore he takes a hint? My room's wuth inoie'n my cotiipiuiv in this shebang," he re plied angrily. "I cayn't he'p It, Bcrrv," she nnswer- ed, with a sigh. "I've done all I kin. You oughtn't to blame inn fur it." "Well, it makes no odds. I'll meet you at meetin to-morrow night, an II fetch you home. No, I'm to blame furt all, but you'll nee. You've said vou'd try me, an you shan't lie sorrv His tone was very serious, and ho walked awav without another word. It is mi small wonder that such u man as llerry llradlev could huve won the maiden tho most eligible in every re spect in Sprout Hollow. RcckloHs'ntid improvident us tins man was, void of physical attractiveness or educational advantages, lie held tho girl in his power by her heart cords, und through her he held her parents. Keluctantly the old people consented io tne marriage. Kerry renewed Ins promises to reform with doubled earnest ness, and the wedding dnv drew to hand People for miles around gathered lit the Compton cabin that bright summer afternoon. The cabin was not large enough to accommodate the guests, so the space under the tree in front of the house was utilized for their accommoda tion. Neighlmrs brought chairs and stools; planks and rails were laid across stones to make benches, ami various other articles of household furniture and outdoor rubbish adapted to the iiuriKiso were brought into use for seutiug the crowd. Many of the men stood up; some sat on the rail fence of the cow lot near I iv. Everything became so still when the parson stepH-d from among the crowd into the entry that the drone of the Is-es around the hives at the end of the cabin could he heard. Berry led his bride from one of the rooms, and they stood Ix-fore the preacher. Her gown was of plain white muslin. A mass of glossv browii hair fell in waves over her shoulders. A few smiles, such as touch faces al fashionable weddings, even though void of sincerilvwould not have been out of lace, now that the girl's step was irre vocable; but tho simple minds of the spectators were unlearned in such subtle arts, and the upturned countenance mutely and firmly stsiko disapprobation of thu match, und sympathy for the parents, for the bridegroom's character was well and unfavorably known by them ail. At the feet of the bride sat her parents, their gray heads uncovered in tho spray of dancing sunshine w hich fell through the tree branches. Truly pitiful was the feeble semblance of approval w hich they strove to keep in their euro worn faces. The ceremony was over. The most friendly of the neighbors shook hands with the newly married pair; then tin throng melteir away. Intense and f-in-barrossing silence came to the household with the departure uf the guests. Martha was to go forthwith to the cabin that her husband had made ready for her on some land a few miles distant, which ho had rented for the next year, Berry brought out Martha's liox and a bundle of new quilts her dowry and put t)i-ui In a buggy. The young brido kissed hersiieechlcHS mother, and tw ined her arms tightly around tho wrinklis) neck. With eyes brimful of tear she went to her futher, as he leaned over the fence looking fixedly at nothing, He turned w hen her hands touched Ids arm and put his rough, sun browned hand against the side of her face. He did not kiss her; sho did not intend to kiss him. Such a mark of ulfcction had never passed between them, but a deep feeling was evinced in his dispirited do meunor, and revealed in thedimmed orbs beneuth tho shaggy gray eyebrow s, that more than sufficed. " You'll be over soon, you an' your you an llerry, l reckon, he snul uis connecte'ly,wilh twitching lips. "You're ally's welcome as long as me n your mo ther has a roof above us. I'll have Tolsi Banders drive your cow over early In the moriiin'. You'd better take Hook, I reckon; she seems to be your favorite. She's a good milch cow, au'll give mors'n enough milk for you two." For a few moments after the bride and bridegroom hud driven away Farmer Compton remained where she had left him. Mr. Compton sat in the entry alone. Hhe rose firmly and went to kin dle a fire in the chimney. Her husband approached her as she knelt in the ashes on the w ide hearth. Never uiiud, mother," lie said, plain tively, "I haint hungry. Lf.-'s make out with a colli sii.-u k this time. It's been many a year s'-nce we've gone 'thout warm supper, but 1 don't feel much like eutiu', an' I reckon you don't nuther." Nothing reluctant she consented. They sat In the door and watched the sinking sun draw away his gold from tho clouds, and saw the gloaming darken fiie low lands und dni( thu hills in gray. Tliey sat closer together than they had sat for years In-fore. Bcrrv U-gan his married life in a much more exemplary manner than was gen erally expected of him. His cabin was well equipped foroi-cupany. He straight way went to work to bring hi soil into fit condition for the planting of crops. Winter passed; spring rolled brightly on. Martha was liaonv. Her husband was, indeed, very kind and attentive. and she loved him more than ever, and secretly enjoyed the knowledge that tier friends were now finding out the errors of their prophesu-s concerning her wel fare. But. alas! this happy time was short IVrry had gone to lite village to poll his vote ui a local election. He did not re-( I ,llrn nilJ,r,y , U, ,,,, wo) m ,., , , vi,a , ti, ,i, .,i...i .i.i.... 1.1 i i, 'll.i; n.Mg .1.111 IIIIUI iiikIiI had fnlli-n. Shu heard the clutter of horse hoofs, und lie rode up, his horse foaming with perspirutiou. He alighted, l.ading the animal bimgliiigly to the tall. The voting wife shrunk with Instinct ive dread into the cabin. Once before ln-r marriage she had M-en pr.s iw lr that Unsteady w alk, that languid drooping of mini and shoulders. Nio knew well what it Moke iii-d. she made haste t place the liiM-r ll the table. She could Ilia ITU 111 III II tin mlist liml Ibunt u.i.iiid t,mn , ,ia T,iK h mlM :. ..,,.,. iti.-d sensitiveness on his entrance. Throw ing himself clumsily in a chair. he glowered at her as she shrunk before him. The cmisi'ioiisiiess that he had broken his promise uf i,,t i abstinence was npicrmont in his mind "A man cayn't tirh a drap 'thout you u tbiukiii' 'ut he's inline to take to it reg'lur." ho s-iid, w iili a thick tongue. "ines rca-oii m eer thing. , man haint wulh Unit" tiling to snap his lingers "Hint cayn t drink on a jmrlic ul.ir c i-i. in hko tins tin .tit making hog o' hiss f." With the table 1s t ween her and him sue skkm, liaio ami quivering In everv lils-r. unable to answer him. "Iist yore tongue, 't seem. 'Lection's over, Pete tlrogan's our next sheriff stayed till votes counted out. You kin jest stan' thar like a st till it thunder ef you want (o. 1 won t make You be lieve what I in a-telliu you. "llerry," she said dess-rately, moving a ciinir to ins place al the tulile, "supwr Is fea.lv. Uoinn before it a cold, "iKin't want nosttpiier," he said, tes tily; "ain't gwine to eat at uotablewhar I in looked on like u brute. Cuv n't tech a drop w ith olo friends I iu foteh up with llioul (lie whole world belli up set. He rose ungtily and slaggered out of doois. She heard the gurgle of a bottle, mid when he came in she noted the bulge of a capacious whisky flask in his ms Let. He n -slimed his chair without sH-aking. Hours pasm-d by; he was Ixvouiing more deeply inebriated. 1 Io sat, an Inert human mass, with lolling head waggling, now and then, on his breast, and was in gte.it danger of tumbling to the llisir. The last pine knot was Dick ering in the chimney. When It expired ilarknees would fall. She shuddered ut the situation. Something must lie done; she must get him iiih.ii (he bed, She lunched his feverish head with her cold hands. He paid no heed to her, breathing very heavily. Sho pulled at his arms: "Berry I" she called gently; "Berry, git on the is-d; He raised Ids head with Inflamed eyes and u bestial growl. Sim tried to raise him again, praying inwardly. He got to his feet ami plunged tow ard thu door, With all her strength she endeavored to pilot him to the Is-d. Maddened by the restraint her hands put iism him, he threw back his arm with lirutal forco and struck her in the temple. Then he plunged into thu darkness without and she fell to tho tloor. Tho giavish lilit of dawn stealing over thu lull loiis Into the ciiliiu fell on the face of u dead woman, A few hours after sunrise a neighbor chanced to look in ut the door urn discovered her. Immcdiatelv he summoned his wifu and daughters, and sent a Uarer of thu tidings to the Comptoiis. Before the mother and father arrived, Berry Brad ley's Is sly was found in the river, not fur from the cabin. In his blind wander ings he hnd fallen into the stream, and drowned helplessly. In consideration of thu circuinsiiinces attending his death, and the dentil of his wife, it wus deter mined that his remains should not bo brought to his cabin. There are few things in humun nature more sublime than tho patient fortitude uf the simple people iu the region In which these events occurred. The dead girl's parents drove up to llmcaliiu about noon. W bile the old man, with trem bling hands, unhitched his mules, his wife stood waiting for him, with her buck to tho cabin. Tears hud not dampened her check that day. The women standing around the rough coflln retired as the old couple entered the cabin. Neither of the two shed tears even then, though their aged frames trembled violently as their eyes fell ujsm the dead. Slowly mid gently, as if Martha was sleeping, Mi-s. Compton raised the brown hair from the bruised smt at the temple und softly stroked the pallid cheek. "Hhfl loved lilin nloru'n she did us. Poor liulo Maine'" 8ho relied the lit tle bow of bluo ii hi m urouiid the pule neck and went outside the door und wit down amongst the old women, ond a few moments Inter they liore the body of the duughter she loved to its lonely grave on the hill hid". Will N- llurbcn in x outh s Companion. Tonsil Old Zulu Chiefs. The old chiefs in South Africa know nothing about trekking, and on several occasions becume so impatient that they started oil on fisit alicud of the wagons. One day they had to walk thirty-seven miles liefore reaching water, ond then had to writ two duys on scant rations before we came up w ith them. One of these men is "3 years old, but thu tough old Zulu (the Mulabelo rulers are of Zulu origin) was none the worse for the esca pade. On another is ia-lon, In spite of our warnings, they left us, iiiinod only with assegais. In the worst part of the lion country. hen we followed a few hours afterward we saw to our horror that their footprint hi the sand had been partially ohiitcrnted by tho spoor of A lion. Fortunately, however, he had fol lowed them only for some hundred yards. und then, prulmbly not being hun gry, he wandered off toward a pool of water. Such vagaries were to us a source of constant unxiety, for how could we face tlis king w it'-oul bringing back his In dians? Out - - n liven would not have 'bi-en safe V. should liave been pro claimed a- u.jjio-ters or accused of witchcraft Howe ne managed to divert their minds in.', k -p theui employed nt the wagon by shouting twenty-six gray monkeys for I lie in. The skins of this particular species are only worn by royally or big chiefs.- Cor. London Tele graph. A cnehmere shawl doe not depreciate by age; on the contrary, it gains a cer tain mellowness, for the coloring be comes toned by time. The true worth; of the vegetable dyee which are em ployed may be seen In otlier deacriptios of shawls which are Imported. HOW GREAT MUSIC 13 WRITTEN. Hd Tune l-icked I p b Ihs ( laasl C poser and Then Worked Over. A complete edition of the works of Handel has been in com se of publication during the last few yearn under the chief editorship uf Friedrich Clirvsunder. It is illustrated with ull the Information w hich can Ih colli-ctcd ulsnit each work ami each step in the great comiwuter's car.-er, im hiding tho circumstances Which g ive birth Io each work and un der w hich it wus put together, not for getting the source laid under contribu tion by the master for the accomplish luent of hi task. The supplementary Volume, of tins edition, published in the stilt si in ti of last year, contains a collec tion of earlier pieces which served as sources fur several srtions for the "Israel in Fgypt." It is from this vol ume and its note that Julius Stock hauseii, a writer In The Frankfurter Zcilutig, draw s the materials for a brief but interesting coinuiiiiiicntion. One hears often the complaint that this or (hat piece of music is not "original." It Is charged ugiiinst the coiiiKMr that he has borrowed from others, sometimes even from himself. If we hud the cur rent criticisms of tho preceding period we might he uiiitiscd or surprised hy finding similar iliatriU-s on the contem porary musicians and their w orks. Trac ing up the history of musical composi tion into the Middle Ages we rind that even the must distinguished coiiiKMcra hud neither difllcully nor scruplu as to borrowing from the works of those who hud gone before thetu. One uf the great facts of the history of music is the free use, the very much too free use, made of popular tunes by the couqioscrs of church music down into the Sixteenth century. Themes neither reverent nor edifying were made the basis of a muss, develotHil into fugues or canons, so (hut the less devout mem bers of a congregation might have their pleasurable faculties fullv gratified. chanted hy tho choir or rolled out by tho organ while they wero assisting at a religious service. Kven tho great re former himself, Palest riua, borrowed iu more thun one way. Ho himself w rote church uitisiu on prots-r themes; ho re constructed, if wo may say so, more than one work of a former comiswer, just as SliakesK-aro judiciously edited an already existing play, and he directly borrowed, a when hu turned the "Ave Marin" of the Spanish composer, Fer nando do las Casus, into a piece for sev eral voices. No oiio dreams of Imputing as a fault to Pulestrina or the other earlier conipoeers of church music this free use of materials ready to their hand, any more than we should now censure M. Gounod for developing a theme of Bach's into well known religious piece. Stockhauscti, proceeding on tho infor mation and the actual coses given by Chrysunder, puts before his readers a list of the piece from which the beet known and most favorite passages of the Israel In hgvpt aro borrowed. Han del was a great admirer and dtfyj.'ut student of Italian music. This is uot to be wondered at, seeing that thoro was praciically little other music at the time, at least Iu so advanced and organized a condition, It is not, then, surprising that A "Mugnillcat" of Krba, published about 10U0, and a servitude of Strudclht, who lived uliout the sumo time, have been pressed Into the service for the Israel. Tho editor, Clirvsunder, also cite a -"Te l)'uiii" by Urlo as having furnished material. But the "Magnifi cat" and the serenade are published in the edition or Hamlel works as an ap pendix, whllo the "To IX-uiu' bus not yet appeared. It will be now and pos sibly disappointing to many lovers of Ilandellau oratorio to be told that no less than flftivu numbers of the "Irael In Fgypt" have been taken from t!f 'Mugnillcat" und the serenade, as any ono muy verify by cvmpuriaou. The writer gives A list of the pussuges em ployed in the oratorio by Handel. Nine numbers have been taken from the 'Mugnillcat.' Among them are: The chorus: "He Is my Uod." Bopruno uueti "iiie Uira la my strength. The chorus: "Ho rebuked the Red sea. The fragment: "Thy right hand, O Lord." The great duet for two bases: "The Lord is a man of war. The churus: "Thy sendest forth thy wrath. Chorus; "And with a blast of thy nos trils." Duett "Thou In thy mercy. Chorus: "The earth swallowed theuj." Six number are taken from the sere nade. But there Is this difference, that while the possAge from Krbu's "Magnitl cut are usually transferred will! little change, Slradellu's music furnishes ordi narily only the theme or suggestion which Hundol works out. Among those are: Chorus: "He led them forth like sheep;' and the chorus: "Ho spoke the word." The "Hailstone chorus seems to huve been taken from 'both authors. Chrys- andcr shows how Handel tsk more than the suggestion of his "Italian chamber duets" from an Itulian comKiser, Hteff ani; and again, copying from himself, burrowed from those very duets some of horusesln "The Messiuh; among them, i'or unto us a child is born," "His oke is sweet." lie. gives an astonish ing Hit of liloce by great composers taken from a plain Liregoriun "Amen," among them a "Uratius Aglmiis," by iiach; "1 will sing to the Lord," from Israel In fcgypt, the "Hallelujah" cho rus, almost no to for note, In "lhoMes- iuh;" the "Chorus of the Furies," in Uluck't "Orpheus," the opening of the "Kyrle, lu Woiuirts "lleiiuiem. Ami he cites a set of duets by Uuranle, pub lished bv llrellkofl, of Leipsio, w hich are taken w ith little change from Scarlatti, lint ho also invites musical readers to note the magnillceut work Handel has produced out uf the slender materials which he found ready for him, at the close of the "Hailstone'' chorus and the duet, "The Lord is a Man of War." Hurely the great master who produced such work csu never be churged with merely copy ing, because he made sach splendid use of his material. Nor should it ever be forges-ten that "Israol in Egypt" was be gun and completed in twenty-four days. Any couiwwr who can do likewise need fear no criticism. Saturday Itcvlew. Killed a Whit Mink. A white mink of good size was caught recently In the excavation of a sewer on Third street, between College and Hall, ' by Mr. C. Dundee. The little quadruped ! was full of tight, and could not be taken alive. It is an unusual thing to find this I valuable fur producing animaJron this cotut. The writer hs had much experi ence in the wood along the takes and rivers of western Oregon and Washing ton for thirty-five years past, but this Is the first time he has ever known a white mink to be seen in the region men tioned. Portland Oregon iuu, 1 THE COLLEGE GRADUATE, fin can rive tl laws of ft .Ion, lie urn draw the Mug of Colon, Be oan write a llnhrlimlan I (Ut; lie ean nmkn a writ in German, He can draft a Turkish Urenian; Bnl the KntrlHh eoninion law b never knew. lie can write bis nam In Rpanlxh, He ean make a speech In (Uintah, And recite aueh Sanscrit aa would turn jrour brain! The Muslhikal Antlilc He can si an in fort yllahtc; But be voaldn'l u-U ol-l Hhaltesiear from Hark Twain lie ean fathom all the mystery Of old t.thlnki history; Bs ran nam on llejusaud Nora king-mors or k-Mi: He can msrk the Roman bound'rl. And aeacrlli the Altec foundries; But has nerer seen th "Statutes of 0. H" He can trace Hi radius vector, Vi I h a Keuuielrkj sector. And can goe the mom's diameter In feat; lie can analyse tn arum. Classify the Coptic carurc; Bui he cannot tell cahbaire from beat. -I'blladelphls Republic. ni. Misuse. Kditor You want to run right down Into the press roiin and get raiiglit In a belt. It will le an easy dentil compared with Ins on you will have otherwise. iToofreitiler Vt by, what's up! F..litor-U 'list's ui.f Why, hi Ibis account of the Co-iieiifT's lull, iu the Uearriution of II im Tetentetc dress, the copy she arav ms read, "trimmed with a jalsit of pal ssra pliiinp,"niid you let it go -trimmed with a Job lot of pale a-rspliane." Oo on down tnirs ami commit suicide I'll write up a Rood account uf your death. Philadelphia itcpuiuic Johnny's Idea of Keaalekneas. Here Is a khI description of seasickness by s tt-yieir-ohl Uiy: Little Johnny had been visiting lately at a place wher they have a big swing, which Is highly popular with the rising generation. tYlieu he returned horn hu father asked him: "Well, Johnny, did you swing In th big wlngf" "Yoa, a little, papa, but it mode my bead aeliv Iu my stomach so that I hail to stop." boston Transcript. A Strange Case. "It's singular, very singular," mused old Pr. I'lller the otlier day. "What's sliigtilnrr'aaked another cemetery flilnruer. "Why, you know old Mrs. Sktuuon. Well, fifty -two years ago she ran a need) into her right elbow, mid yesterday" "Kinctly," put in another; "It came out of her left eltsiwi" "No, it didn't It cam out of the back of her grandson's heed. That's what beats ml" -i'hihtdclpliia licpublio. Aa Honest liar Trader. Marley (furiously) See here, you scoun Irell 1 drove the horse thnt you told m down by the railroad, and when the cart cam along he nearly broke my nock. hslwt-ll ery likely. 11 never didlike the sound of an engine. Marley Hut you said ha never saw any thing thnt frightened lihu. Hsslwcll Certainly. But I didn't say h was uever frightened. The fact is, h was born blind. Muuscy's Woukly. On Idea of It, Former rtallfence Just thluk. Maria. 'Squire Hawkins has built himself a fc)U,UOv bom and I'll be blamed if he's got auy de cent kIiim In tho whole of It Maria What's he got, Kphralml Fanner Rnilfsnce 1'apa tavi stained slass from cellar to 'garret Nice glass, Maria, wouldn't have cost but little mors thau a lot of worthies stained stuff. Rochester Demo crat Th Cblel Attraction. Dork Bess, 1 bav three millions and I love you. Ilea No mistake about th three millions. la tlierul Eioch. Th Office Clock. !0ipnutc.t4 -Ufa, HI Narrow Escape. Chief of Lynching Tarty-W will give you just on minute to aay your prayers. Captured Horse Thief (appeallugly) May I say them lu my own way I Chief Certainly. Uor Thief You promise not to Interpose auy obstacle! Chief We promise. Horse Thief (with dignity) Then I must bar a prayer book. Will sum gentleman In th crowd pleas lend ms cue I Chicago Tribune. Crushed Hope. "And what answer do you make to my ap peal f he asked, ss he knelt at her test "James, I will be frank with you," she murmured. "Oh, tpeakr be implored, "and relieve me from tills agony of suspense," "Then lot ui say it canurt be." "Why uotf Oh, why not!" "Because, James, I do not feel able to sup. port a husband." Boston Courier. Klpi of th I Kow siicimi summer puts to root And chilly winds to blow beglnt Th Ice cream Juke is folng out, Th stovepipe Juke la eonun; la tUchanjw II Tickled Him. Mend Are you hsppyt Spirit (through medium) Perfectly so. Friend What ha pleased you most since you left tut Spirit Th epitaph on my tombstone. It both smatos and delights me. Boston Cou rier. It Worst r eat era. Visitor What Is th most objectionable thing you Bud about prison lifel Convict Being kicked up. Manser Weekly. Well. Rather. Could he know the mighty rumpus Msde about hi fair, WooMn t Christopher Colombo (itaad and ataref - -Bambriuir fit T ) RepahUcsa. Imprisoned for Contempt. An interesting case has been concluded before the Austrian court of appeal. At the funeral of thecrowa prince the mayor of Iloritz, in Itoheniia, called together the town council to rasa a vote of con dolence with the imperial house. After having addressed the town councillors, the mayor asked them to rise as an ex pression of their grief. All rose except one councillor, who remained seated. This was regarded as an offense to a member of the imperial family, and the Councillor has been punished with two mouths' imprisonment. Philadelphia Ledger. 8Afvri? i