A mOODLEMll) MAN
The Remarkable Record of Char
ley Hughes, Desperado.
r.TOLlTlON OF A HOBSE TMEF.
frees a Tenderf-sat Geattler te a Baaie-
Oesperadw- The Career ml mm Opera
llaumt Outlaw Tbal Teratlaaled la
Ural Tragedy.
A iloclilrtlty uh!qu bad roan was Charley
Huglm, wbo terrorized tha catira north
western sett ion of Texas fortwo years with
out thedillng a drop of human bltaxl. Ha
nciuinl au amount of ootoriety In LI
business out . .. . proportion tu the capital
Invested. Hughes nc-nt lo Texas in 179
and hired out aa a cotton picker. Where
b came from u not known to bla neigh
bors or th Brlcbervlll eorreandent who
rrcriiiljr mii an account ot hla exploits
furthest. Louit Globe-Uemocral. Toward
the lattrr part of November bt took aoina
M odd dollar In eftsh and a beautiful bay
criARirT was nnr mccii ixteuestkd.
mare that ba bad bought with part of bla
ootton picking procmtnd atartcd to Hen
rietta to tea tut sight. Of course ba took
bl wlncbeater and bia alx bootr along.
Tbe first sight tbst attracted blm was a
very agreeable gentleman named Tom
Boyd, wbo was exhibiting three piece of
paatelarird to an admiring crowd and
showing them wbat an easy thing It would
be togueaa wblcb ona would coma upper
mot In com b were to throw them dowu
on tbe table Charley was very much In
lrrtrd In tba matter and felt confident
of bla ability to tell exactly wblcb card" It
would be. So confident waa ba tbat before
bekin ' hvl lost aver cent of bit
monc) ba ..... .. oil that perversely Insisted
ou doing Jut wbat be axpected them not
to I.Ike all men, bowever, w bo aiiccaed la
tbrlr special Una of business, lit bad tbe
Courage of b! convictions, and banc of
fered to bet bia mare against IV) tbat ba
could guess the rtulil card thia laat time
anyway. Mr. Boyd waa kind enough to
accept bla proposition, but tbe card were
not ao kind and again refuted to do what
it nil' obvloiitly rlgbt tbat tbey should do.
Tbat Slight Charley Hughe wa In a bad
coudiilon. He wa ant ranger In a strange
Inml. without money, without supper and
without even n bora to go home on. Wbat
hould he dor He pondered the subject
awhile mill then mnde up bi mind. Lato
tlmt night be went to Boyd's aubla and
atole out tbe fleet mat that only a few
hours before bad been bia own property.
Ity hard riding bt reached Red Hirer sta
lion before daylight and sprnt tba real of
tbe night there.
Meantime Boyd bad discovered bla lost
and had Interviewed tbt tberifT of Clay
couoty In regard to It. Tbat official aeetn
to have lien busy about something tlae at
the time, M be coinpronilaed matter by
deputizing lioydand telling him to attend
to hi own can Boyd wa a professional
gambler, it I true, but tbl fact did not
Interfere with bi being made a special
deputy. He got on Hughe' track by somt
mean and reached the station dii hours
before noon. Hugbea heard nf hi arrival
anil concluded to travel fart ber east.
Boyd found Jack I'ollard, a Montague
onu in y drputy, and four other men, and to
gether tba posse started out iu pursuit.
After they bad traveled aoma ulna milea.
Just a they were crossing particularly
larel reach of prairie, the figure of a horse
man suddenly appeared over tba ria of
hill half a milt to the emit. It wa Charley
Hughe, and bt bad bl Winchester at bla
afaouldrr. Ting! ping', went two leaden
balls, and two horses aud their riders were
down iu a struggling, confused bean.
Tu say thnt thre shots demorallied tba
posse would'be to put it lightly. However,
when tbt dual cleared away. It waa found
that two ponies were writhing In tbair
death agonies, wbila their riders wert un
hurt. Tbe distance was too great for any
effective shooting In ret urn, aud. moreover,
Hughes disappeared aa suddeuly aa ba had
appeared. The posse, two teas In number,
followed mora cautiously than before.
When tbeyuext caught sight of their game,
he fired ut them, and then, waving a quart
bottle of whisky at them, shouted la sten
torian tones:
"Awful good old stuff, fellow tl Come on
and take a drink, won't your"
The pursuer reniemlatred Charley' locg
range shooting and decided that they would
not.
All day long a running battle waa kept
no. Nobody was hurt on either side, prin
cipally becauattbe pursuers kept at a re
apectfuldlstanca. Back and forth tbey ruced
over tbt prairie, covering near SO miles lo
II. Hughe wa not Oiakiug any special
effort lo get away, but was trriug to reach
tbt fringe of timber oo Belknap creak, from
nxo! nxoi wcsttwo iiadm ballx
wblcb tha poe bad him cat off. After
awhile Hollard's borsa gave out and IJovd.
with two other, followed alone. Nearnigbt
(all Hughea' mart gave out, and ba bad to
take it afoot. Tbt pot fs.t tare of their
Baa oow, hut tbty wert oeercoofldeot.
Hushes, though on foot, shot viciously.
Finally Hughe reached a long, high wtrt
fence, lusidt of wblcb a young man named
Morgan wa driving a team bitched to a
load of wood. Hugbea waa by tbt team la
an Instant, and drawing but gun dowa os)
the driver be shouted:
"Hare, young fellow, cut out your
horsa for me. uuickl"
Morgan pivmptly obeyed, and Tlugbet
ga;lopd oj. ill pursuer bad to BUAt np
the gate to tbt wtrt fence befcrt tbey coaid
follow. Tble gsvt hi 04 t start, aud h
frrsb horse, together with the fr.endly ccr-
r of night, took blm out of all harm's way.
Had be been aa expert at keeping awa.f
as be was lucky In getting away. It would
hset beta a good thing for blm. f Dforta -
Darrly, scch was not ttecaaa. la tbt twrlj
part of thcDicbt a driullng rain sat ,
and before ui.dn;,'bt it was ponrtog dowi
in torrent. Hughes, bewi.dered by 11
!arkneis and ra:n, lust hi way and trme-
eieu aimo( in a com ji oni
r-U jt he paasrd by Wueeo s peak, eome
mile from where he nipped bit punoera.
Int Jjst about daybreak ht rod up ta
f raw' ranco. Dot aver two mile from td
K.vr ataxioa, where tbe thsa of the pre -
II ere h called fur breakfatt, wblcb was
r ven him. W bile be wa eating. VYasb
haw recognized blm and rode over to tbe
station to notify tbe officers. A poastof
U men had already beeq collected lo renew!
tbt chat, and wbeo tbey found wbnW
Hughes waa they started Immedlata-ly after
blm When tbey surruur.drd tbt bouse,
llugbet showed si?.so( offering deaperalt
reitaur, but as bisweapoiia ami ammuni
tion had been Injured by the rain of tbatnrt
redlng night be was unable to do anything.
He was raptured, bound band and fJol. and
conveyed for safe keeping to the Jail at Hen
rietta. Tha Jail at Henrietta wa not no elabo
rate one, and aa It was evident tbat so des
perate a mail as Hughes reulreal safe
keeping be was toon removed lo tba more
pretentious structure at JsrLU.ir. The
ptiMinrr rondesivtided to remain lo It fur
exactly two weeks, at the em) of wblcb time
bt kicked out not tunneled out or broke
out, but literally kicked out and mailt bit
escape In company wltb bis only fellow pris
oner, a man wanted Jobu hluvan.
Hughes and blovau seem 10 bavt been
kindred splrtta They suited each other so
well tbat tbey Immediately fnrrurd a kiud
of professional copartner hip. To begin
wltb, tbey vlnited Hughes' old employer,
Qulnaeuburg, stole eiuhl of bis brst horses
andtnadefor tbe lied river, luteiifliug lo
take their horses to the territory and dls-
poetoftbem. Tbert hail been brave rains
In tbe west, bowever, and before tba part
ners could reach I be river It bad risen so
blgb It was Impostihla for them to cms.
Nothing daunted, tbey concealed tbrir
horses In a small canyon aud struck camp
not mor than 14 miles below tbe station.
A posse of '.D men waa collected to cap
ture tbt two worthies In their encamp
ment. They, however, were expecting
suchavl.lt aud made preparation for IU
Tbey bad UMistructed a regular barricade
out of trees from the sparse innge oi tim
ber tbat sHrteil tbe river and stociea from
tba low c.fa near. Tbey bad so arranged
thlnir tbat tbrr were well sheltered, while
their assailants would bavt to fight oo tbe
open prairie. Tbe posae arrived about sun
rise, and then began one of tbt most re
markable battlea In tbt history of tbt
Texas frontier.
Tbe noma dismounted at loug rang and
deployed on tbt open pralrif, taking; auco
shelter a tbe small depression lo tbe al
most nnbrokro ground anonled. t rum
morn till noon, from noon till dewy eve. a
summer' day, th crack of wlocbtMersaud
tbt pop of heavy alx shooters resounded.
W hen nlgbl cam, a consultation or tna at
tacking party waa held, and (otbt surprise
of tvery oue not a man bad been wounded.
Tba men wert nearly worn out, several
horses bad been killed by stray shots, but
nothing further bad been done. Never was
tba potency of a nsmt mor forcibly lllus
DE IXDICATID HU COXTf PT FOR THE Otfk.
tnited. Had not Hughe been regarded as
ucb a desperate man, the posse would bavt
approached within short range and brought
matters to a speedy conclusion. A it was,
a detachment waa seut to the fott at tbe
station to ask for a piece of artillery, while
tbe other kept up a Art all through tbt
night
Mrauwblla during the night tba be
leaguered men kept up their courage by
shouting unpleasaut name at tbe poaat and
firing random shots that bad a vicious
whirring to them. Finally all waa quirt.
Next morning all was still quirt, and on In
vesilgatton the officers found tbe barricade
deserted. Tba river waa still dangerously
blgb, but tbe two men bad swam It during
the night. Hughes soon apprarrd ou th
opposite sldt In full sight. Bending over,
bt made certain gestures at tbt posse in a
manner tbat might fairly be construed at
contemptuous. He thought be waa out of
gunshot, but Henry Newbury, ou of the
posse, bad a long range buffalo gun. While
Hughea waa still indicating by signs bis
contempt fortht posae, Newbury raised bit
sights and fired, tbe ball going Itetween
Hu Libra' leg.
Wltb a yell of astonishment tbs bail man
took to tba woods and waa seeo no more
for tba Unit being. Ueforc iwlmmlnst th
river bt and Movaii bad abandoned1 tbeir
gun and horse. Tbt latter wert diacor
ered bid In a canyon. Tbi-y wert allowed
to atay there, though, aa every out bad Iu
thmat cut
For about a year a lar this Hugbea and
Slovao terrortied tbe whole district. Heavy
raw arils wrreoffertd for their capture, but
nobody aver captured them. If they atole
all tba alock tbey art credited with, tbey
bad a enough to stock a large raucb.
Hughe was considered a desperaui uian
and a one shot, but somehow be never kill'
rd anybody aud never teemed able to bit
aoTbodr
All things bavt an end, bowever. and
Hugbea waa no exception to the rule. If
any reader of these line far Is attracted by
bis drsptraU but bloodless career, lei blm
Dot tbt and of It. On ona occasion Hug-be
and Slovao stole a yoke of oxen aod
wagon and drove to Denlsou to dispose, of
tba outfit. Hugbea stopped wltb bia oxen
ou tbe outskirts of town, while Slovaa
went in to negotiate a trade. Some one
recognlxed him and informed tba officers.
Ht waa arretted Just aa btbad Informed
a prospective purchaser where tbt stcert
wtrt. Wbtu tbe officers reached tbt place
designated, tbey found Hugbea asleep on
tbt wagon. They covered him with tuebr
ettna aod then awakened him. n nco nt
took lo tbt altoatlua b made a grab) tat
bia Winchester, but tbt officers were ton
on lea for blm and filled blm full of lead.
buck waa tba bloody death of tbe osvy
bloodies bad man Trxaa ever podm4
Bsslbsrat'i Lltarwre Usughlee.
Now and then one see la New York tbt
Ml IT surviving daughter of .Nathaniel
Hawthorn. She is Mrs. Uthrop. tbt
wife of Urnrtfe Parsons ljuhron. Th
ttbroo home is In New Iximlon, Conn.,
and here the eutlre year la spent by tbt
literary twain They live comfortably Id
a pretty borne, and few Instances art tbe re
which so thoroughly shatter tbt accuaa-
tloa that literary marriage are unhappy
Mra. Ithron mar be called a pretty worn
an. 6b Is a blood, with a perfect wrauih
of kalr aod a profile of bead that la ewpe-
cUllv allnuvtiie Her manner Is vivacious
and baa sU,i,t It all the freal.neaa of
youthful diuuttiun Her fare Is a laugh
ing one that is eeldom in repoaa.
Ocasaiufiallr she cornea to New Fork for
' , frw oj-, 0 "Uiop" or perfect some liter
. arT BITalU.nH.nt. Tf ,t,rafy talent is
j perfectly developed, and she I versatile
- rooogb todrop with eae Into prose, fiction
, rrsa. but doew not overwrite, and bar
I coatnbutiooa wbeo she does write are
j Tbe beat magazinea poblteb
t,(r varr. aod she cocnananda excellent
te depends la own npoo bar
father' nan to help ber, her own lalrota
carry ber work suctesafully Into tbt Jessd
Ing editorial offx.es. 0Tba daughter of
Haarthoree Is a bright woman la her work
mB m caannlcf womaa lo her prrtooailty
' aaard Vt. fiok la BrooaJra Svaodaxd-
)U:dicalmajoiuuds
THEY RIVAL THEIR BR0Tm9rS OF LI-
r.AL riMc in raK1 rrr
O
ease Kaerateas laeaase Twat Are
joyed by that If I la Their parllee
rjufesslea la Mew Terh-Uew. la C
treat, th Cematea Herd rare.
An f ngllsh JoumlM vl.lilng t hit coun
try a few yrsrs ago sa.d of New York that
it was "a market w here all dealrable w are
are certain to bring a fair reward for lb
trouble and exprtia of producing them."
While Ibis Is as true tislsy as It was I Inn.
tbrr are critic who find Isultwuh tbe
scale of prices and give point to t he old say
ing tbat it la impumihl to sat lafy every
body. A reporter boa Inveatigatrd tbt subject
of lrofrinal Inrotnie meived In tbl
city, and In the course of tin. investigation
baa dlMorrvd tbat, if th figure cited by
President Harper art accurnte, blscollrut
profrasors are doing unite as well aa tbt
average lawyer, doctor and clergyman In
New York. He slates tbat III til colleges
having from iu to iM aludrnta, the salaries
of the mMkl highly ald profeanors avrrage
alwul tl.ts.il), and that In colleges having
more than SM atuuVut the average la
ll.f 10.
Tbe average business man who makes 8
per cent on bis Invested capital thinks tnat
La Is getting a very fair return fur it. Tbt
capital of tbt prufrasiiHial man Is bis edu
cation, ao that I'resiilrnt llarper'a prufeeaur
receive au income about eounaleiit lot hat
derived from t&.uuU tuveated at a ier cent.
Many doctors and lawyers have coufeaaed
to the repisTtrr that they would It glad to
feel sure of realising that profit aa tu r
ult of a year labor.
During tbe laat ' or 40 years tbe rate of
compensation for the heavieat cases of work
In tbe three learned profrsaions has greatly
Increased, llefore tbt war tbt lawyer who
received a fee of f.'.UO. IS.tM) or I j.oxO w as
regarded as a specially lucky fellow. To
day it is a common thing fur well kuown
member of th bur to charge aud obtain
ucb sums for a particular service.
During tbt famous hnt litigation.
brought about by the transactions of Flak
and Gould, David Dudley Field, tbrlrcoun
arl, is said to bavt received a retainer of
tlOU.000. At no time during tbt period
when tbat cuiineut Jurisconsult waa at tbt
summit of bis fame and in tha midst of an
live practice did h derive leas than 1100,-
OU) per annum from his professional labors.
Mr. Kvsria income was quite aa Urge, and
Mr. (. Inure, l.: partner, la today In receipt
of o::e i. i i.ii.nol be uiucb lee. bilt
t hcao tjM , i...- exceptional, there are. It la
estimated, U-.. veo 800 and 400 lawyers
biro whose average annual earning will
exceed 110,000.
Against these, which may be classified aa
of lawyers of exceptional tateula aud
opportunities, art to ba placed the coses of
thu tbouaauds of less fortunate oue, mauy
of whom barely mauagt to earn a upport
for tbvruaelves and their Uiulllea. Tut law
Is a crowded profrsaiuo, aud fur tbe Uian
who enter It without brief or frieud an
unprofitable one. According loan estimate
glvm tbt reporter by a nieuiU-r lo loug
practice, tbe average Incoma of tbt New
York lawyer 1 between tuuu and 11.000.
Tbt same condlt ion art to bt observed Id
tbt meilicul prufua-iiou. There, too, uicn
of tbt highest attainmenta and reputation
areearniug yearly sums that half a century
ago would Lav becu regarded aa a fortune.
A list submitted to the reporter of physi
cians whoae iucomes exceed tJO.OM) con
talned, among others, aucb namea aa Dr.
Loom It, Dr. Flint, Dr. Ssyre. Dr. Satterlee,
Dr. Stlmson, Dr. Mark' o. Dr. l'eters. Dr.
McIJurney, Dr. Hamilton, Dr. Delafleldand
Dr. Weir. Th list of those whose Inoome
are In tbe neighborhood of IIO.OuO embrace
tba namea of nearly lioO practitioner.
Doctors lite Ixximls, Flint and Say re hold
tbt same relation to tbt practical of medi
cine that lawyer like I'boate, Kvarts, Car
trr and Field bold to tbe practice of law.
Tbey art Hie "major Rials" of their ro
frssion, and their remuneration Is grad
uated according to tbt public appteciatloo
of tbeir pre-eminent skill and lolrut. A
physician who bus been associated with Dr.
Lootuls iu niiiny Important csm-s Is of tbe
opiulon that hi profession J leld him aa
much a frto.uo orlTO.uoo a year. Iu former
timet, when a doctor bad mora business
than be could attend lo. he turned some of
It over to an assistant. Although that U
till done, the moat popular of th leading
physicians correct the excess by luctvaalng
their charges or by adopliug tba role of
consulting physicians
A quarter of a century lack f3. 30 wna tbt
usual fee for a visit. Now it is Iu some in
stances It, In other llOimd In still other VW.
When a ph) aieiau who baa abandoned tht
practice of visiting bis patient and become
a consulting pbyaiclan make an exception
under special circumstances, ba charges fur
a visit thus madt aa much as be would for
a consultation. Doctor of the grade of
Say re, fcilimaou, Flint, Lootui aud Mc
llurney, wbru actiug aa cotiaultiug pbysi
dana, receive as blgb aa K0. T1 aud tluu.
In tbe third or lowest grade of tbt pro
fession tha Inromra taper down from 1.1,010
to a few huudreda. I bis of course la the
most numerous grade and baa tbt priuci
pltof tbt turvlval of th flltect aa illua
trated by ex prtieuoee that art often posi
tively harrow ing. At tbe tlmt when the
paaalon for painting plaoqura waa most In
tensely developed in tbl city, a cynic ob
served that, "Of placqucs and doctor there
la no end." Ht alluded to tbt multitude
of "sawbones" yearly graduated In apltt of
tbe fact tbat New York baa bad for years
more doctor tbao It know what to do
with. Dy tbt profession the opinion la al
most unaulmously entertained that the
beat correction of tba evil Is to raise tbt
standard of qualification. Ileduct tht
quantity and Improve tht quality of tht
supply. New York News.
rilrtatloa.
It la through flirtation, wblcb baa ad
vanced to toinetblng likt a Out art, tbal
many marrlageablt young folk lost tbeir
cbanot Id life. Flirtation destroy confi
dence between tbt persou who indulge lo
It; it prevent th natural growth of mutual
esteem; il it not a thing of good faith. It
It ao error to suppo that lovemsklng
and flirtation are Identical; they are. la
truth, antithetical, tavemaklog la ten
der and ennobling, while flirtation la cruel,
foolish aod demeaning. Tbt out -It the
prelude to wedded htpplueas; tbt other la
inimical to Ik Young men and women
should exercise their reason while on tba
lookout for auluble lift partners, yet mauy
of them glvt encouragement to flitters
silly flirt r who art takeo up and thrown
off, with result that art ofteo griteoua lav
daexi. PsopI s Journal
Tbt bluaer Table.
Every dinner tabls should be decorated. A
Kof growing fern It always a thing of
uty. It can bt bought for 14 cents and
rot to table In a picturssqut ginger Jar, a
sheet of llssut paper nr a fresh napkin.
vtry dinner tvtry day in the week, com
pany or no company, should begin with a
clean, squarely folded napkin. Fantastic
napkin folding 1 out of dale. Chicago
Post.
peat Oaly Oss.
LitU D"t Mamma give mt two
quarter bue candy, Int I oo!jr yfit
one f them.
g ather-Tlaf. aotnetUna like Kow
rU girt yoo another quarter to put
WUk tbt other.
Little Tot Tbatk yon, but I can't:
i. (.v. .,- f e.,l it It
5 ' 7 . . - n 7,7 7r to
0ppe4 OTtUiirrt tswirto
tat candy tor.-Vooa frwk
MAGAflA'S FASCINA'iCN,
Aa iMleMrlbabl AllrselltM Well
r?H
Irresistible la ls spvelalur.
Not every visitor to Niagar.1 fulls baa f r
bis bene fit a full tiux'ii erv u.fchl and a
brilliant n by day. lit tell melli.tt1.
grand time lo see Niagara la at iuiilwuit-r,
when huge Inns of lie go thumb-ring bit .
tbt cataract and the lower fails are on
mass of siarklltig b Ides Hut olie cauiiot
are everything, and Nia-.'iira In summer
time la quit g'"l enough f ir me. Arriv
ing la tht middle of lb nlgbl, with Ihe
kioon at the full. It waa lin,.l.!e run
then to resist the faacinatli-ii of Niagara's
deep diaiaxiB sound of weli -uue.
We waiidrreil out. Ihe uii:bt us V.kUi s
day, under acres of while l.l,-oiii, lo s
lheiip,N'r lorrrnl la ( ire it falls ou r Hie j
pn-iue. Till was to la- nil. The n-t
waa lo be left to Ihe lina.iiii.il I.. u. You
rannot eoui-rive Ihe effect of I bat midulghl
ramble the eternal thiuli f lha eii.a.ul
empliaaulug th ilillruua aileliev of t!
night, htsnillug aa I did ou lbeel,:r of 11."
green gsnh llnu I lie American sule, lisikiu
over to Ihe deep Bil l aoiiila r U lt of plnen
oil the opaaite llaud watching ami eter
nally watching these angry w litem li.L.d
into fo.un and hurry ing I" tiieir d nfall
la-low. It did uot Mel, l to n,e at lirt that
this cuiinaratlvely uurnnv course (nuhl end
Iu a triumph of uiagiiillivuce.
Hut there waa no vestige or ah.tduw of
disapMiiitmrut In Ihe morning. How
should there bef The apple Ino-aums were
waxen, the grass of emerald green, tlie sky
was blue, the suu was I 'I I be heavens. At
last It waa all right with the wort! So I
took the picture gradually piie li p.i-ii-,
like a llilsrr. I llftexl the eutlnin gi ...l.i.tlly
aud a-rprd al III wouderfnl scene point by
point and bit by bit. The plan waa lo walk
by '.he side ot tbe torrent and lo pause al
tvery resting plain -lint, lha very edge
where the water bre.iss (ivm its narrow
bed Into Immeasurable distune aud la
comes a mighty cataract; nrvt, a little
lower down, where can be seen a effect of
the great fall, tna majesty of w.ocli seems
iucuuiparublr; then a little funutr down,
w here you llud that Ihe lirat falls are mero
child' play compared lo the liuaty majeiv
Of the Horseshoe (alls. '1 lie proportions i f
rrr.i iii . .. . , , . i
this ludeacnbable picture are so equal and
admirable thalalbrsl, asntSt. leter s iu i
Home, you are apt to be a littl disap
pointed. You cannot he convinced of the
maguiflcence of M. l'eter s uulesayoii k
to the top of tbe highest dome. You cuu
Oot bt completely persuaded of Ike aston
ishing majesty of Niagara uuless you da
tceml to th very bottom.
Modern enterprise allows you this experi
ence. Formerly you had to slaud on n slip
pery rock In a mackintosh and go literati)
under the falls. Nowadays a plucky little
steamboat plunges int J tbe very heart of
tba torrent aud takes you so war tht fall
ing mas of glittering aud rainbow tinted
water that you gat? fur breath. This ex
pedition should Ik- uiuwcd by no one. You
cannot see tbe fails or understand them
without It.
You will ask me, what Is thetffectof
Niagara falls on tht tpectatorf To uie they
bavt an indescribable ut traction and fas
cluallou. While resting there I could uot
get away from them. Tbe roar iu the dis
tance seemed a c:ill which I nut bound to
answer. All day long I was strolling about
Goat island or standing ou the la-idge, or
over on tht Canadian side silting aud balk
ing at the rainbow and the wave of the
opposite fall. Try as I would, I could uot
tear myself away from tht attractive cata
ract. Tha most hideously fascinating cor
nor of nil Is the exact brrak where the rush
lug water falls sheer down Ihe precipice.
One-half step here and death would (jreet
you In less than a second. This In a corner
that ought to be barred from the eight. If
il ia neceaaary to heighten the Imrru-rs of
Clifton suspension bridge, it should be
doubly right to bid thea (acliiatuig cor
ners of Niagara, where the roar soothe and
the rushing water allures. Hut for all that,
bilbrr suicides eternally come. Niagara has
been the uepeiubu of m.iiiy a weary soul.
It I were to visit the place a hundred times,
I should still be found all day long w alking
round and round the falls and rapids, and
walcbing lb everlasting rush from peart
of lakt to turbulence of whirlpool. Ni
agara it lo my mind ona of tbt most fasci
nating spots on earth. London Telegraph.
Aiaasaers of Hooks.
On ba a kind of contempt for tbe col
lector who baa uo speciulty mid buy with
out discrimination aud eveu without in
spection. Mr. lleber, tht brother of lbs
bishop, was a purchaser of this ila "A
book Is n book," ho suld, and lie If : ;lit all
tbat came In bis way by cartloads and ship
load and Iu whole libraries, on which, in
somt cases, ht never cast his t-)es. Tht
most xealous lovers of books have smiled at
bis duplicates, quadruplicates aud multi
plied saclineus of a single edition.
Kawlinsuu, auot her English collector, bad
tba sauis Insensate craving, aud if be bad 1X1
copies of a book would always buy another.
"His covrtoiisuesa liHTeMstsJ as the maaa of
bia library was multiplied, aud as be lived."
said Uldjs, "so hedled' among dust and colt
webs. In hi buudles, piles and bulwarks of
paper."
Of a similar disposition was tbe fur mora
famous Autoclo Mugllahecchl, w ho Is said
lo bavt lived on lilies and Indexes, aud
whose very pillow wa a folio. "Th old
bibliomaniac lived In a kind of cave madt
of plica and masses of books, w ltb hardly
any room (or hla cooking or (or tbt wwaleu
credit lined with pampbleuwbicb lie slung
between bi shelve for a bed. Ht died in
1714. in bl eighty-second ear, dirty, ragged
and a happy aa a king." Another Floren
tine of tbat ceulurj jiovanul Ijiml Low
ad tba tain devotion lo hooks, aud died
with a manuscript. In bis arms. " 'Tit hard
to part when friends are dear," asys Mr.
Darbauld, and death for tba bibliophile hat
aa additional pang. Loudon Mpeclaior.
luOaasasable Uullusa.
Tbt progreaa of aclence la not without
Its dangers aa well aa Ita benefit to man
kind. Tbe employment of a preparation
If solidified gun cotton as a substitute for
ivory, awl, when colored, for tortoise shell,
born, tic., has long been kuown to he at
tended with a certain amount of risk.
L'nder somt conditions the compound Is
tvtn txploalva, and may lw rrganled gen
trnlly aa Inflammable. Mr C. V. Hoy,
trf the lU.yal College of Hcience. baa pule
llahed a letter, recounting a singular aucl
fenl which occurred lo a lady who waa
standing uewr a fire, hhe found brpwlf
suddenly enveloped la smoke, and a gen
llenian who crushed the ignited portion of
kerdresa bad bis hand lavlly burned Tht
! Ire orlgluated where a large fancy uuiioc.
I I ml lun svbli-h I.Mfl HISMiiTaartNl
Th following text of the Inflammability
f one of the bu'l'HH. shows th dancer of
this stylt of oniamenl A phosphorus
match and a piece of a button were placed
on a piece of Iron hesu-d by a gas flan.a. In
live minute the button igtuu-d. awl in
twelve mmuue enher pus double the
'distance from the flame, while th nisi' h
'remained uiilgnited for more than a quar
br of an hour Another leiltou. attached
lo a duster and pin-ed l-for the Tire lia
poailloo a lady tlrea might taci.py. l. k
Oreandlgniied the ilu-u-r Iu a few min
ilea. Mr. Hoys points out the obayaia
'moral, anil cautions persons ui lo use
articles made lo Initial horn. Ivory or lor
tola shell, without adoptiog due pmau
, Hon not toposuein to Uat Lonuon
tluo.
as r.iplaaaiiu.
TrtcbeT..F, . njM1 an.t work, and
w , mui Wbllt u tb.
I Inn i l that line. Tuiumr Fnr? w
Z . . .
l .
l T..n.n.w It n.na T Tl : m . tr 1 ST, h.l A I
wor- t0K "X,oTr.,Da t women
Vo cry U lure the rata wlU divide
mnh ;m.-.lit4isj'A ;urusJ.
tm: study of a word.
'Che 'liHik'in ! t ail-1) eftfurasetlea
It Is I Ik, I) iu I wriilsh.
T'..e i t. nt : i l.i i:i.tn ate a library in
tlieti.w U, lull. ili an rxliailatlt-sa
si.uisw f i..i.'iiiMiu'ii. A study if a
naif wt-ni like ir.'i in llie tVnlury
lii tu nury ei.i'Wsilie re I'l.rcts and va
nity if t. rtn.it :i " tlmt ijf iiinhar
word may 'i nn-. ?l:erv nie l.'i( i-o-niiitis
el 1 1 1 f,ii w i'td and llscctu.
Imu.l'i t . T; .en- si,- VI pictorial lllus-t-iii-
t .'.'1 in i.'l tl.i re i tv -'i7 ililfer-
r t v. i ) !. i ...c'.i ( i t i ( i nv-s lih'lfliaie
l, U-.li i.i.. In ti gf uM'xf.iril l)ir-
l.ollir Hi. K.I'- il p.l.'is given III tlii
w. r.l, i r iw ii i' rt i:m b its in llie(Yn
I'irv. In li'i f'Tiinry tlu study Is
liil.'... f.i .. i. 1 n-uro 1 1 raiin .il
ly ti.iVt-ii lit Mia il tu tin it ikiisv to the
word il .f
ll'o f i : ;itint:..l ' a Is, of r'i:rst
tLo t roe", li i i m lor 1 1 in .lyint:, Imt il
bus toiuo I i i.-i.- u turn ly i f tin ninng
u a iiioiiiiiui nt, u t'liicitit, tlio iilotii
im iit, liio tlii iaiiaii rili.ioti itself, uny
nilli ring fi-r l l.nl' sul.e. i.ni thing tlmt
tliwnri.il r i'Xi-, a iiiixin : of brwds III
i"iin:;il Ireolitig, il ten:i u -h1 in cliulig
,ug t'lanta, it joint in a ia', the. aci'l-
dental loiiturt i f to liu tric win-, u
sMittiiuin l.ruM- fur u i-onti-st dialmu
mtly ilivbleU.
Tin n cross I in nn Miti urji rtive, with
si v rul nn uiitux, tia lulling, athwart,
imping fri in uiie of Inn p nitiuiia, s-r-Vere,
i-tc, to ti e i tin r. U-ilig upp"el.
Iicitig im-ii or lii ilul, ill teinanil,
ihorotigbly s t tit rut v . in the breeder's
oc.ibiil.iry. Tlnii it lavuiin-saii ndverb,
ineauiiig trui.svi mm 1) t.raiht rw'ly. Then
il Utt lin sii Villi, with all kinds of sig
nified lav, from thu tunning of a line to
rrort a tlat.g, to iuIutI by t-roaaing, lo
ITof one's h If iliilevotioli, pnsain from
side lo m!i' ( f u limn, lo ;o over n laxly
i f w ati r, to id sirui t, to cuiso to inter-
fere, to t iffs i limu, lo l.oiat from the
i.ei k to i!a I irio i n ti.e must any nt tue
1 '
Il'j?.t,r ,,'ri1"', . , ,
men iii' ro is tni'i P ianiuoii,in ruling
cro-a loinii ry t r v nlking; t rss-ut. All
this With tlio ellll) li word iltelf, which
goe cavorting from tlio tiustt tarred
thought III tlio WurM ti the lireesli-r't
aud the BHrttuuirt l.uiguai;e of the
coop and ruiicli.
After tin thu mysteries begin. There
aru rrosar uuserati-U, nn '.lunr, betau
ly, liretestr?, culoovd, coiiitnisAe, cre
nelo, estoilr, Ctclie, lleury, gnugole, lam
beaux, uioliue, iiowytil, nylc, itiatre
foil, saltier, tunle, rctinelod. Tlitn
thero r.ro tbo iliutlliierablo CoUliajUudsof
ci us from cion.-1-iirineJ, croat-butitl,
crots-bitcr, croa-)iir and trtass-liuii.
through cross-flucun, cruas-rufT, cross
tower und troi-i kit to crosa-wort.
Tbi-u thero oro cro-gTalued tet of
cross, tilth at crortnrcl.iual, cros
trchus, crotsotto, crcssojiiiml, cronsop
terygim, croaaopu-ryginn, i-rosaopterygi-djo,
crossiiptery gii, cnjiijitt-ryKia. en
oplerygium, croasopus, i rossorliined and
cro lorhiiiuiuo.
It is iucointircbenaible tb:.t a word to
tlinplo should liuvo Kne rolllfkliig all
over tlio earth, into thu bowel of the
earth, into tlio depths of the sea, among
thu fowl cf tbu mr, tlio but so upon the
turf, to r.inl tablo, to tlio sliipt iiKin the
tea, to tbo fisbt iu their gli, to the
hurkt in tbeir fenvity, to fie an-liitivt
and iiluuiber, to tbo farmer iu liii bur
rowing, to tbo railroad in il buili'.iiig,
to tbo engine in iu wording, tot '.iem-jin-
tress In her lalairs, to tho ider in bit
wubliing, to tlio spinni r ut bi loom, to
tbo lawyers ill tlu ir ple.iilur-, touslirew
iu ber xvr.inliiv to tlu giiuiii r in tbe
fort, tu tbo miner nt bis lode-, to the
Turk as bo nits, t i thu sword of the glad
iator, to tbo expert with bis ttilcecovas, to
tbo woman in In r guzin and in bet
ilruttiu, to tbo iillilrli-t i:i their wrea
tllug und lo tlioswiiidli-r ut bisurta. A.
C. Winsliip in Journal of Education.
Queer rbeiiinneua of l alllag HiMlle.
I am unablo to say who fust nutlets
tbo peculiar rnprir.-n of n atone or other
heavy body dr.j d from tlio top of a
bi'll tow-i r, but it is lieverlln lea a curi
otu fact tlmt aurlii.lijirta invariably full
slightly to thu east of tbu rja-n licular
lino, rerton of iiinuiiing turn of mind
who ask why thia ia u it i limy Und nn
answer iu thu following: All falling laid.
ir partuko of tlio earth' eastward mo
tion to a preateror lexniT extent. There
foro during tlie time M-t-npied by a Hlutie
in falling from Dm top of a high tower
or other eiiiiiit'iH-etbo earth's rotary mo
tion bus earned it an appreciable tlis
tauco to tbu east. Tiie initial inipottia
of tho stono baa curried it to the east
ward also, then-fore it slrika the eurlh
to tbo east of the a-rnillcul ir, vary
injiu degree aceopiin to thu height
from which it boa fallen.
A curious nrtli lo on tins subject mar
bo found iu the Leipiic Zoitttng of May
9, !Ho9, page U. Tho author of tbe ar
ticle, who baa given it the titlo of "The
Nonporpenilltulurity cf High Tower,"
claiiua that the tower on bt. Peter's ta
tboilral at Homo lean IS iucbee to the
ant. St. Lomt Republic.
A aiugular Culawldawca,
Tba chaplain of an American jail
vouches for tbu following;. A little boy
waa taken by bis rvarent ! visit tbe
Criaon, aud on paa-uig; oue of the cell
i which a notorious criminal bad been
Incarcerated bit father playfully pushed
bun in and closed the door upon biui.
Tbo child, overcome by tome vague ter
ror, screamed aloud and could scarcely
bo comforted by bit mother's carew.
Years pasted. The tail half thought
leaaly full into crime abd was only re
called to bi better nature on finding
himself, bavin? been sentenced to a term
of imprisonment, in the Identical cell
Into which he had been tuomeoUrily
thrust as a child.
kite Oav lllul a ttisck.
"Dut for my hutband I might bavt gont
to jail ciio ," laugbtd a blight little uusf
neaa sgi.nu th other day. "It waa lo
boiieyino-ii lime, and like many bride I
thought all my husband's belongings were
mine and what waa mlnu was my own, aa
tbt saying goes. During bis absence a man
called w lib a bill for i40. I gut tbt check
book aud made out a check, signed my
husband's name and paid tbe account
Tbt next ls a bank messenger came In
wllb what he said a forgery, aud for
asruile the air was blue. Finally 1 our
tared eoorime toetplaiu, but since theu I
bavt never signed my husband's Hams to a
Check or opened his letters. I find the rule
'mind your owu nutiness,' works a well at
borne as In tbe store." New York faun.
Tbt basse, Oaly ItiaTereas.
Mr. Colman of Norwich, before be was
made a kulghl. was one day in a I'ant ho
tel, wbru an inquisitive damsel asksd,
"Art you Ihe Mr Colman who baa wade
al IUIICU unairi un , v, in smm-..-, "wss-
eff Uii sides ot our platesr ".Mi. " waa
lL, Ul.rr. -, llu the Mr CoIiom who
ney out of th. mustard you leave
M u s.des of your pie."-Arguuak.
WILY 1 1 KIT Y (-HKEN.
PECULIARITIES OF A WOMAN WORTH
tC0,000,C03.
ah lsl4 laslilnsiesl la itKearaaee, Bsv.
serel) 11 al h la Kress, bul lha I'ersoalO-eall-sa
ut bbrew-Jaes It he a I laaaelal
Traasaetluws Are lavtsltie-J.
Not a mmll mrt of tlief nneuf ItriMik
ly it run be laid to tht' rredlt of Ihe re
tuarknble woiin-n who have lived and
live now within itslsirdi-rs women who
l ave taken rank mid honor in almost ev
ery walk of life. It ia it well known fnct
that it very lur.-o proportion of tn real
estutii of the city is held ill tun tiaiiiea of
woiiien. It is imt a widely known fact
that the wom.in who is reputed tube tho
richest ill Ihe I'liiteil Stati-a lives ill the
City of Churvln mid ri,'lit In the i lua
lf seetlon known as thu heights tiai.
Her w fii I III is variously estimated ut
from fl0.i-n0.tMSi to ftilu.isNi.isal, and lu-r
iiume is Mrs. Hetty tins-ii. Her name
and personality uro iimrv fatiiilinr to
Wall street than they are to Unaiklyn
society. That is iMi-mise Mr, (ins-n h.u
rliish ii to devote all ber time to theiiiiiu
Iptilation of ber fortune and bus let so
ciety get iilmig without her. H'-tty
tlreeti at an llis toiii;a ball would cre
ate a s. n-.itioii iiiiltssl, but it is not like
ly that silt-li an is i u-loli will ever Is re
eordisl by ws b-ly wrtlers.
llt'sts nf -uple luivii blllshed ellaiw
with a shrewd and rather calm fui t-il
Wollllin, niarelitly IWl Vinrs old, rather
hurt, weurmg a plum, old fiudiiinied
shawl and a bonnet so fur 1 yoiut fash
ion' palu that lu one would ever su s et
it had lirfii in it, wen year agti, No
Ualy ever saw her w ith a ilresa which
wa not severely plum, and seldom has
she lat-ii not it-n il w In n alio did uot carry
sn old style and well worn blin k satchel.
Her up'Hram-e would never cnue the
uninitiated to think that she was any
thing more extraordinary than an old
fashioned Woman of moderate) lui'llll
and aiiuplrt tastes, who was on her way
to the corner groeery or the Isikcry ou
the block la-low. Yet, if money is pow
er, tli1 saiim staid haiking persou is 0110
of the moat Jam erf ul liumaii la ing in
the country.
In an obi fashioned bouse on a corner
In Iierreioiit street Mrs. llreen and her
daughter tjylvia buvo lived fur several
year. The modest npnrl til they oc
cupy aro biretl from pleasant faced
woman, who keeas the bouse and who
boa an admiration for Mrs. (Ireeii,
which tho doe not roiieeiil. Thu rich
est woman iu thu United State baa a
son, who ha U-en tpeiidiu-r aoiue timo
in Florida seeking to improve hi health.
Mr. Oreen bus been a widow for many
years, nnd ber tlaii(;liter is about
years old. Since tbe tleatli of her hus
band Hetty Urecli hua beeoine a finan
cier of unuMiul shrewdneaa. Hlie hua in
diruted by her act ions I hat she has siiiull
fuith in brokem, nnd thnt if alio wants
anything done tho best way it to do it
herself.
The weather benten satchel has carried
eeruritiee representing million of dol
lar. It hat knocked aliotit New York
and Brooklyn and other big finamiiil
centers with previous bunlens, and Het
ty Oreeu has always bad a tight grip oa
IL She doe dot believe III Ss-iiibug her
money nn things she dta-a not want, and
as she want very little she spend but
little. Her cliildreti and ber fort nne are
the tole objiTta of ber solicit ode. Mrs.
Ureen is auid to 1-0 very anxious to luiva
her daughter U-coino one of tbe leading
ai tnra in the fuiiiotis Four Hundred of
Manhattan bilnnd. Suinelhing of an ob
stacle iu the way of this 1 tlie daughter
herself. according to reja-rt. Mise Ureen
i credited with caring aa little for the
daixle and iiewsiaT notoriety of so
ciul career as ber mother. Miu ia a girl
whoae tuste are quit-t ami to whou
drew la uiatter of little consideration.
Mr. Ureen, by way of a foundation
for her daughter social debut, mini
time ago settled a largo sum of money
on that young" woman in government
bouda. Tho amount 1 staled to be
$.1,0OU,000.
Incidents in tho career of this remark
able woman have atauiped her as a bold
yet caution operator in Blocks and e
cnritlea. When the flnuiit iid anto ot
1SH otrurreil, Mr. Oreen had a large
(li'lajsit Iii a firm of Canadian Irnuker
named Cisco & Co, of New York. Iu
foruiatiuu reached her that the bank
waa in an unsafe condition, and without
waiting to hear more she went to the In
stitution and withdrew her entire do
jasuL The Arm Uud uo alternative, and
after paying her her money waa com
pelled to suspend and finally failed com
pletely. Hetty (Ireen is the birgvst
property owner in the city of Chicago.
She holds title to block after block of
land in tbe business section, and her sou
assists in looking after her interest
there. For many years she lived in the
western wet ropolw, and she spend much
of her time there when aw ay from Brook-
ro
ller cliaracteriatio bargain with ex
Judge Llenry Hilton is fresh In tbeutludr
of financiers. The money which the
Judge wanted so badly is generally eon
ceded to have 1-eeu tusnl in buying out
tha InU-reat of his son, Henry U. Hilton,
in tbe dry good firm of Hilton, Hughe
at Co. and Hilton Droa. He went to
Mrs. Green, or bia lawyer did, and made
request fur a loan of $1 ,2.'-0,000 in cash.
Mrs. Oreen waa willing to lend, but in
sisted on having mortgage ou the mar
bit palace at tlie corner of Broadway
and Chambers str-set. New York, tbe
Stewart building, which, with the bind.
ia snppoeed to be worth $.1,000,000. She
would take no other security, and after
two months' search of the title the lar-
gcat mortgage ever given on a tingle pier
of protsrtr in New l orx was recorded.
But Judge Hilton noeded the money be
fore the search bad bee-u concluded, and
after be bail placed In the hands of Hetty
Urwm tit It dee.lt representing I3,000,IXiO
worth of property tbe advanced blm
fCO,(JQ0. And in adtUtloo to this the
shrewd speculator forced him to sign a
paper agreeing that she should hold tha
deeds Dbtli the mortgage was tzecntea.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Oawre Ella.
Ocorgt Eliot suffered from mrlanc hol
lo moods, and from her thirtieth year
had severe attacks of besvlacbe. As a
child sbe was poor la health and as
tremely sensitive to terror in tbe night,
81 remained a quivering fear through
out her wholo life. New York Tlmta.
Wky She LlbssJ TTkews.
' Boston Woman Oh, I do to love tba
Beirut of our Ntw Dig land fa wna.
New York Qlrl-Wby.
Boston. Wwaaa Becanse tbey or SO
ruiUrated, jv know. Button CovrUt.
NORA TOOK Off HER 8TOCKING4.
II Was ft Wue.ler tha tlltla'l I aler
sla-s-J 1U sbe II aa) Ta.
') cblmptalist hatl Just niuvrd Into bit
new parlors. Iwiore his arrival tbey bad
been is-ellplld by a dentist. ThlrilgU aa yet
ii. labile marble fia-t iiam the pavement
Hifi-rmed Iheiiiilnltlnled that within dwell
in oi-eratur Hmhi rorns and bunions al a
reasonable rale, jet siieh was Ihe case.
A rt)iiing businrsa had la-en in pn-gresa
all the morning. At ni-n Ihe chironatlat,
a rather tinil'l anil youtiiful ap'ararlng msn,
Uartetl In go out to bis lunch, when tht
Jir npi-iiisl and a yonug v'rl linpilied if
Ihe diattaT was In. Mie waa alMit 10 years
sld.aud with her was a young woman slmiil
1 1, evidently her mmd.
"IKsrtor," said Ihe child, "yon hi le. mt
M nun h six iiioiiilis agi that mamma sug
gested that I bring Noiatlown here. Hit
is in very great p.nii."
The t'.ia tor did not quite n-cull w hat work
be bail done for the child, bul politely re
quested Norn In wsik Inio tht operating
room and gt-l P vly. This, Iu the laugiingo
of the chinisaliat, niiuns lo remove lha
shoe nnd sin king. Thu child sealed her
self III Ihe outer (mrlor, nnd the rhiro.t
dial, after waning tho iisiud limit, njlsed
Into Ihe little room aline Nora wiu s sit
ing him. Tht re she sal leaning Is-u k la Iht
big chair with a nervous expression upon
her face, but without any change In ber at
tire. Tbe doctor was a trifle surprised, but
he supposed I hla Was anew experience to
bis lament.
"Just reiuoee your shoe and stock Inj,
please," bt said as he walked over lo tbt
In, lots-,
Nora absolutely grew ale with fright,
hut complied with his reiplest, tskiug
both sln-es and taih slorkliiga.
hhe waa a very unhappy lia,kiui( young
woinau aa she sal luer In the high operat
ing t hair with lagb her feet daugllng Ju-t
above the lliair.
"Now, where do you feel tbe greateat
pain" asked tbe doctor.
Nora threw ber head bock, opened herei
psnsivt iiioutn very witic anil panning
with out of her fat, red Angers to a wladoui
tooth In ber up-r Jaw, exclaimed: Tuere,
tbs tor. llh, II I something aw ful!"-M.
Louis l'osl Dispatch.
Curlou kbuwer.
M. I'rltler ha put a frog shower on rec
ord as having hnppeiied within his own ex
perience. He speaks of seeing tht frogs
fail on tht rails of lha houses and rebound
thence oa la Ihe pavrnirul below. A mud
shower occurred along tht Union l'ariflo
railway at Ouaga on tbe 41b of April. Tbt
raiu, wt art assured, commeiiretl early In
tba day, and soon tbt south aud east sides
ot all tbt bouse wert covered with yellow
clay.
A I nion I'aciflc train w bleb ran through
tbt storm had il wiudowa covered, aod
lb headlight waa so completely plastered
that Iht light waa abut In, and the train ran
lo darkueas luto lloasville, where lb mud
bad lo be scraped otf. As fsr east aa Tope
ka the windows showed tbat Iht edge of
tbt mudslorm bad exl-nded tbl far. It I
aid to bavt been even more sever 10 milea
north weal.
Blood rain aud black rain are only vans.
ties of this pbetiomcnou. Of tbt latter we
bear uothlug worth apeaklug of uowadaya,
but an almost biatoriu show er of this aurt
(ell at Montreal in the earlier -art of thia
century and enveloped tbe lla-u youthful
city In a black pall, wblcb must bavt been
worse than a prima laindnu fog, seeing that
ilgave the iuliabilauta the idea thai Ihe
last day had come, or was al least on tbe
point of touting.
lllood ruin Is caused by tba prtsetiot of
Infinitely little plant, auluiaculea, or min
trala in tbt globule. Iu oue instance of a
shower tbat fell al Bristol and in tbe
Bristol channel, tha analytical examina
tion showed that lha red color was dut to
Ivy berry seeds. Iu meilio-val limes blood
rain waa a prodigy. I u the east It was con
uectesl wltb tba belief tbal mau was pro
duced from blond thai fell from htavto.
Chambers' JouruaL
Tbe lilaeevery ef Caffee.
Toward tbe middle of the fifteenth cete
lury a poor Arab waa traveling in Abys
sinia, l lmllng hiuiself week and weary be
elop-a-al ueor a grova. Being In waul of
furl lo cook bia rice be cut down a tree,
which bappeued to be covered wltb dried
lairrira. Ilia meal being osjkcd and eaten,
tht traveler discovered thai these half
burned berries were fragrant. 11a collected
a number, aud on crushing them with a
at out ha found Ihe aroma Increased to a
great extent.
While wondering al Ibis, he accidentally
let tha Biih-a.mce fall into u con which con
tained bit Beauty supply of wulvr. Lo,
what a miracle! Thealuiosi putrid liquid
waa partially piirilled. He raised II lo bia
lips. It wa freah and agreemble, and after a
abort real the traveler so far recovered bit
strength and energy as to be able lo resume
his jourury.
Tbe lucky Arab gathered as mauy berries
as ba could, and having arrived al Aden in
Arabia ba luformed tbt mufti of hit discov
ery. That worthy was sn Inveterate opium
smoker, who bad been suffering fur years
from the Influence of the polnououa drug,
lie tried an lufusiou of Ibo roasted berries
aud waa so delighted at tba recovery of his
former vigor thai In gratitude to tbe tree
be called It cainuha, w iilrh in Arabia signi
fies force. Brooklyn bogle.
llulwer't Oatragsoa freak.
When Iord and Bady Lytlon ware t me
aling In au opeo carriage through Italy not
lung after their marriage, Ixml Lytlon waa
dressed In somt fan Uuilo cost umt which bt
affected al thai time. 1'assiug through oue
of the many villages close to the tea tbey
not lord a singularly bandsnnia girl etaud
lug at a cottage door, llulwer, turning to
bla wife, with ill concealed comptaoaucr,
aid, "Bid you notice bow that girl looked
aimer" Tbt only, with an acidity which
developed llaelf later In life, replied: "Tbe
flrl waa not looking at yuu In admiration,
f you wear that ridiculous dietav dowoo
drr people star at you." The ondegrootu
theraupoa, with an admirable anus of log
ic, said: "You think tbal people stare al
my drew aud not at Bie, 1 will give you
tbe nioai absolute and convincing pruuf that
your theory baa no fouudallua." 11 Ibaa
proceeded to divest himself of every parti
cle of clothlug except bia hat and boot,
aod taking the place of the Udy's maid
drove fur 10 mil la this nueuiai oocaliltasV
Argouwut.
Oel mt rrwawetlssa.
"This la a queer town, thia Bottoa," said
an old couutry gentlemaa who arrived
from a rrmot rural district for a visit to a
friend in Box bury. "1 bad lo pay ii cents
dowa town for a litllt duut ot white lot
cream, and thea I rodt mils and milea oa
out of tbt new faugled cart (or ft cents, I
gavt tht man Ut ceuis, and I shouldn't have
thought anything of II if I'd gut back ao
change al all. It waa worth Sd cents Just
to bitch up lo go so far. Only i cents for
ail tbal ride, and x3 cents lor two apooar
fulatf white lot cteaml guecr Iowa. UlaT
Bostou Transcript,
l'sels-ea rarcbstes.
Two eminent French gentlemen, who
were great friend, uses! to relate an
amusing story of their Imptcuulooa
days. Neither fame nor fortune had
co rue to them, but tbey were always
boprfol. The years had weighed heavi
ly enough npon Julet, however, for ham
to have become entirely bald. One day
Alpbubte wet hint withe beaming coun
tenance and cned jrtiT ly: "What do you
think. Julet! I have been buym a
strong UxT Then. Alphon." re
plied Julee firmly, "I shall hoy a bv
hmah. " AxguBaaU . .
aw ing day Lad bagua.
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