A 6F.RVIAN SONG,
li !;
I ,-f lltUI I.Htrny L.I!(tf.
I tilt' l "MwthK to Uie,
U rft 'rf. tti'tttaiTi ar.l..riff
m ! Mob lllOU. Wxaulhtf.
V I. mi . nni Itrr luivr Llf way.
Id .lW !.rr Uwir itUi
jit lliv nip ti ilratua by
ir ll. lamp b burnt at bitfuW
t..iti-r, v titr,
Jlilt tif ti till t'P,
J t...i brt, bt mine:
)r inu-l h-l ti mtt'l tti,
J Mill k'l ' kiM for win.
tt.il lit) r t. ftltml litfM Itiro tu b11
-ll. if. MMtUrtJ 10 Ctuturr
oVKIICONTIDKNCK.
j, n ycai ago in u certain k km iiit-J
t.nui in Pennsylvania there lived a fain
,!v whom I cull Mitchell. The fulii
,; v .-, .i-i-t I f husband, wifo and two
, ..u : r -ti. t latter Ising a ImpV agitlfive
m: ! a girl seven. Mitchell wa a pri
VJ:,. Iiiiik-r. known to Ih In unit, re
f. .table und worth a char f llti.ttHj. 1
ln 1 1 1 1 ! r nothing uIhiiiI the family
i. i til certain incident iKTiirnil. One
,!..v In-' wife ' fatally i i: j 1 1 r- 1 in a
t.u'.roal collision ut iiit uImiiiC fifty
n,i fr-'in home When lio reached
), r. in ri'-ii! to n telegram edit by a
itranger. In1 four had been removed
t,i it In''' I uud vtaii Is-ing tenderly cured
f. r by a woman who gave her Hume M
M:. A. H. I iray, of Philadelphia. Shu
w.i- on the tram, hut suffered no injury.
Mr- (.iray, n I iiiik lit in well 1 1 yon
. AV, W.I ) tltl. glKxl 1'X'klllU'. gll
talker, ami iii general way enptiva
line The fact of her taking charge of
Mr-. Mil' h' II li hit lui'l done proved
ii. r tender heart. She tol.l Mr. .Miti-h.'U
1 1 .i 1 I" in n widow eighteen imiiitht
in.. I n ptacti.allv iil"iii! in the wurlil,
though In- w.w I 'lril-'iifil with grief
hi. .1 .uiM' iy. Ii ili'l ii"t fulfi l to th.ink
) , r I, r li' r r'i't kiiiiliHM uiul to tuko
l,,-r .i'lilf. M'' ri'iiini'il Iht juiirm-y,
mi 1 lit' t'"k hl w if') lioini) to il lo of lirr
injillli' It Wa tlili'w work hftcr ln-r
.. i'Ii th.it I runic into tho cav. Afti r
iii i vlliiii' m I'Vi-r tho liil'-lminl ulil
i.iil iliMi.vi-rr'l that hit iliml wifi'ii
j. w iry was uiii-Miii; Sho liml with ln-r
vili'ii th m'fi'h'iit tk Jiluro ahunt
f 1 .imki m.i'li "I .liaiiiuinU. Thi'V lia.l
1:-.im in 'I. ai". win'ii lit- cumu to run
nvi-r i vt'iits in hit iiiiiiiI ho coiil'l not r"
ii.i in In r that they h.nl t-oiiiu lioino wi'h
l,..r Mrt. liray lucl turiifl out to him
.Mi Mitrlii'll'ii iurw) ainl a few otln-r
iliii.i, hut n pair of ihainoinl cunlroM.
two ruit uii'l u pin wt-re lniiiiiK.
I an rinph t i i to r"Ci rii In tlm M-'liil
f ih.i lair ai ri'li'iit a n 1 wfk totrai'fthu
ji-wilry, Th" colliiuii hail oei'iirrl
ru'ht at tho ih'iot in a unull town. I'ihv
j. In almiit t'li- ilfnit ami tlo- hotfl iisnirfl
mo that Mm. Mitrhfll lui'l Iht jt-wi-lry
mi w hi'ii taki'ii to tho lioti-1. Th laml
l"ri' wifi wit Hr-itivf, ami tho ihn'to
uho was ralh'il in wag iHnitite, ami
whi'ii I lui'l workitl tho i iimi out I ro
turm'il h"ine to r'ort to Miti lu ll that
iioInxI) hut Mii. tiniy coiilil have tuki n
tlia jewelry. Il was atonihi'l ami in
ilii'iuiiit, final not only vigorously ro
imiliatiil tliu iiiipliration, lint ili.-x-liiira-l
mi' from tln i';i' with the a-K-rtioii that
1 was a noviro in tin- mfi'!"ioii.
1 wi nt nUiit otln-r hii-iiie. mnl it
wim nlxiiit four montlm Ufuro 1 wtw
Miti h' II ui;aiu. Then ho neiit for me in
mi oflii-ial t'li parity nifiiiu. No ri'fernre
will iiimli! to my previiuis work, hut
fn.-her ami oiher lioiihli hml rouie to
l.iiu. A inoiitii after Ihe ileal li of hi
wife ho h.i'l o eiieil rnrreioiiilenre with
Mr, (iray. iiiel Ihe reult w.m that fho
h.i'l roine to t iKo rhar'i? of hi linuf.
Il wan without relative, or at leat
w uhout tin"") who roulil ai'l him ill hi
it u :tt i ii, ami klie rhiuneil to m fnn in
1" r iii'.veiiieiiti. Vnii will (.ii-pii't ju-t
in l ili'l, that i-hn h.'nl raptiviiteil him,
Imt In' fought shy of any arknowlixlg
Ilielit nf the wrt.
I li.'iveti't tohl oil almt the hank. It
u.i m 1 u:ii.l jn-t a Miiaro from hi
lii'ii-v ami I'H.u'tly in tho rear of it. Tim
Ih'iim' fr.'ii'eil mi mio street ami tho bunk
on another, ami there was no ulley lio
iw'-iii. la. I. i'i tho rear yaril of tho
limn." htl ri-lit up to tho rear door of
tho hank, ami Vitrhell u-ed to I'uinii up
a'l'l go through thu jard. In tho rear
of :!i'; Inhklli' riMius. divided otf l.v tho
imial railing, wtro thu pnvato ollirm
ai.d the vault. A hurlar alarm n.i
1'oiim.i'ttd with the front ihrnm uud win
ilowt, hut none wilh the hark. A lan;e
ami leivnyo do j.'narilel the rear, having
a keiim l rloM to tho door.
What tho banker wanted to urn
about wii thin: lie had nut only inisn-d
money from hi walh-t nt niclit, but on
two occa-ioiifl I'liuiiderahlo miiim of
ni'iiiey had U en taken from a nin.ill mfo
whirh stiHul in hut oflii h outiido tho
ault. lino of the interie was in tho
takiiin of tho money. Il rmployoil a
tellerand a Uiokkeepi'r, neither of whom
had a key to safe or vault, unit ed it Wat
.'i'liiihr.ile tnade w ithout hi knowl'iK'".
Neither had tlm word of the combina
tion of the vault. and It wemed iuipoii
I'ln that they roulil have taken tho
money, even if o inrlined. Uoth woro
'rfertly hone-t, no far a any one know,
Hid Mitchell was all tangled up over
I ho mystery.
He hadn't talkod to me liv minute
tili'n I would havo taken uiy solemn
alii that Mr, (iray wna the unil'y
; .uty. hut of t 'iuro 1 didn't drop 4 hint
f my niispii lull to him. She wm-lv,
prudent and apparently all right, uml 1
l.i l put in a mouth on tho r:ie ami
uiado if) ili ruvi-ry when tho rmt-i l
safe w.m rohU-d a-:Hii. A d'nisil and
s um; bonds had tome 111 at tho last lino
luei.t and h.l been placed there for the
l.U'it. The whole thin amoimteil lo
atmt f'""'. and Iminl and jrtwtibin k
were iniiti next inonnn. Tho safo
h id not only b-011 t'iiied with a key
hilt tho blllllf had l-'ll entere. by un
l' kinir tho rear d'T. No olio rould
have eiiter-l l.v tho fr..nt witho'H
s-.ur.Jiii.' Hti alarm. No stran.'i r roi.l l
have entered by the bai k on account t f
'liml..,'. ii.i.ti w-.ile awake and all
rtrl.t.
Wh-n M:rbll s. nt f .r me to iriro ni
te tiew I ws p tf'.xtlr mt-it J liut
Mm. Gray wa t..e utility party, i '
I rv-d ). had ti.e r.erv to mter hil
r'm in the ni.-t.t. so, t:r tho keya and
t'.-n ulip thr -n.-T the back yard, entor
t ie hunk and ;n tho fe. Wh-o I
1- ..mo. that the . i a ifreat faror
i of hem this L ; .. f i a certainty. I
;::.'!, f .r rea- 1 already Ml
a word to M.t i,' i: aU.ut this. He want-
I t u;-. t I.i two fTiipw.""". bnt
:.i'3ii Ld ca:ivl tim li.atlor l.
wa made t . fthat it waa ait-'gethor
r.i.l.nelr that t. ifT of thoiu a jui'.ty.
IvHU aUjin the Unk bon
t- iuA m,tix cauit la, A&i !
ion knew wiirra tho drpit wat
plai e-1
Miat did I il. 1 tun.ed to Mm. Gray
ayaui, and In alwut a week aoinrthiiitf
huppMio,! to prov that I w. on tho
rtlit trail. One of the street rar hue
of tho town ran downlo tho railroad
depot, li wiia Mm. Uray'a habit of an
afternoon to rnlo on tin lino with th
little Kirl aa far down aa a certain tik,
and to ait near tho fountain aud ro.id
whilo tho girl rourMd aliotit with other
children. 1 had dowdy watchtsl her
while m thu park, but no one had over
come near her aud her demeanor had
lieen perfection.
On the third afternoon after tho rot
bery the occupied her Usual teat fur an
hour without aiitthiui; happenim;. I
tat on a l ni li in th rear of her and
alut thirty feet away, and by and by
1 iiolkitl that shewa writing a note
with ncil. Sho did it ki deftly that
one sitting in fn nt of hercuiild not have
told w hat the w at at. H.-s.u her wan a
lure iha.lt) tree, and aa near a I could
make out the dis'sed of the liote, when
folded tip, toinewhsro alsiiit tho tree.
When the left 1 followed her for a limit
distance, and looking hack 1 taw a
young aud well ilr.-.d man ocrupyiuK
tho placo vacated by her. An hour
later, w hen I could t lailillio the tree, 1
found a hollow in the trunk just alsmt
on a lino w ith her thouldem aa the tat
on thu bench. One trnt looking for it
would havo tat there fifty timet and dia
Covered nulhiiirf.
My theory waa that tho had an ac
complice the young man w hum 1 had
ecu. Tho hollow iu the tree was their
sistuftice. Next day I wan at the park
half an hour lieforn her usual time, and
behold! the young man wa occupying
that lieiicli. Ai tho apl'iirii ho got up
and took a tout a hundred feet away, and
by watching closely I saw that the took a
note from tho tree, before, leaving thn
wrote uud "tooted" one in reply, and
after tho hud gone 1 taw him get it. I
waa now certain that 1 wat on tho right
trail, uud 1 went to Miti hell to tecum
tome particular 1 w ished to know. 1
told hllll I had a clew, but Would Hot re
Veal which way it htl. I learned from
him that the combination of the vault
door had four n 11 in be m, and he alone
know it. It hud been changed alsmt a
mouth after Mm. Oray't arrival, and he
hesitatingly admitted that tho word wa
"Anne," which waa her Christian nam"
Ho would not, however, admit that this
fart was known to her.
Kor two week after nt eiving thin in
formation I hardly got tight of Mrs.
Uray. Kor Homo reason tho ri aiaine.1
very chely at homo. I found out from
Mitchell in a roundabout way that the
money needed to uty the men at the
coal mine and also at a largo factory
Waa deposited with hllll oil Ihe I Ittl of
every month. It waa tun ply assod in
to him to be Imkod in the vault over
night, as it came up from l'ittbtirg by
ineMteiiger. I reasoned that Mr, (iray
would work this information out of him
iu toino way, or that her accompli'-u
would discover it, and that if tho had
the combination of the vault tho would
make her strike on the night of the 1 1 1 11.
On Aug. 13 the exchanged note at tho
lumk, also on tho 13tli. On this latter
date 1 thndowod the young man for
three houri and berami) sati-fiisl that he
waa from l'ittnburg and a "slick un."
Among the thing's ho did waa to go to
tho deit and inquire alsmt varioua
night tram, and particularly one which
pasMtl over tho road half un hour after
midnight.
1 promised Mitchell that climax
would toou I mi reached, and then staked
my all on what might hapjien on tho
night of tho 1 It It. At S o'clock on that
tvoning I threw s piit-o of "ilnted" meat
to bin dog from 11 iieighlsiring yard, and
nt ID 1 softly climbed tho leiico to lind
tho canine in hit kennel und tick enough
to remain there. I lay down within ton
fit-t of him, hidden behind n bush, and
it waa uu hour and a half U-fore any
thing happened. Everybody iu the
neighborhood w.is iu bed uml asleep by
that time, and I waa not greatly sur
prised when a female figure, which 1
knew to lie that of Mrs, (iray, suddenly
p-ared and passed tno live f't-t away
filing toward tho bank.
She ktoppotl at the keiiln l to tjieak to
I ho dog, and then opened tho rear door
and entered. I did not move from my
hiding place until thn reapH-arod alsmt
1 wt'iity miinite later. M10 carefully
lot ked tho bank, and ll the passed luo
un the way to tho houso I followed
quickly behind. The keyt tho laid on
the lutiik ste, softly opened the tide
gate, and I let her reach tho it reel bo
fore I brought fnnt tern to a climax. She
waa only out of tho guto when the waa
jollied by a man, but when 1 rushed to
LeUA them ho got the alarm and wa off
l.-fore 1 could grab him. 1 got her,
however, and the had a bundle under
her arm which I took charge of a bun
dle containing about IIU.uoO in freeo
Utck. What a nervy woman the wa! She
just simply laughed a bit aa I led her up
the step and rang tho ldl to aroUMt
Mitchell, aud when 1 had told him all
and had the money and the key to
prove it alio just hsiked up ut him with
a sinilo and asked:
Well, what of itr
The what of itT wa a corker.
Mitchell couldn't let the public know
that hit bank could be to easily rob!ed.
und he couldn't let society know that he
had lieen dnjs-d by an adventures, aud
ufter a consultation he actually gave
tnat little adventure ','.(t in cash to
1 lour out. Sh" went, and a I left beT
at the dejxit she said:
(iive the n'd man Iny love when yotl
get lurk t the hon-e. and ak hlin if he
never heard of Tony Welb r- adwee."
Colninbui I
Vol a Ootxl KnlMtllul.
Guide- Ladb and gentlemen, right
bore among th.-e cliff la wonderful
echo. A pi-t.i shotl related 11 time.
I there a gentleman herefrom the wett.
If so, will he plea-e discharge his pistol?
Man From Keiitui ky 1 don't go
mm h on a gun, but if you can u a
leten un h Is.WIO kmfo 1 h got OIIO
right 011 hand in my Isst. American
ludu-trie.
KrrJi of t.lephaat.
siirGerild I' .rtal s-tth.it Utwoen
the co.t aud Cganda the supply of ele
phant tn-ka In Africa la "apparently al
ni.t itieihati-til lo." Etiorinons nnrn
U r- f el, phimt are in the country still.
One i f the itVera of hi eiilition.
vhile exploring the country wt of
34, ng.i, .aw tin r- than 3 in on herd.
Th l.it..ry of gard.ning fr m the
Boot am o nt d i- I. fly to U illnt-trat-d
at Vt-r-ailiea during the great
1'ari. einiliti'.u if H''- There U
plentr ii ipa-e in the gr -utnl. whilo
tbo lak-a would an.ple " for tbe
displav of C- at.r g-r b-ti tu- b aa tbe
Axtoca aiJ the .uiui lovtJ to arran
THKFttlEXn I.S .SHE I).
IflVISO 5 ITOHV Of TMC "BUSTtO"
ACTOR-3 GOOD SAMARITAN.
A RetalMltrctM U kirk tsMtats) la Teack
Ike H'lalor't lUart-Oaro He Wat Very
fear atul I tkauaa, kal Xaw lie It RUk
aa4 lataaat la All 1-aatta.
Tliv place waa rutr room in roxr
house in a uii t ttreet off the Mr and.
London. The time wa Saturday; the
..iir. midiiiiiht. A company of piufit
tloual men, it hishs of s,.iie i f tho
lawyer, dit-tom. ne.i,iHr men and
actum wh'ste nmin are t.iinoii mi Isith
tide of the A I Irtiilic. w a scattered III
groiii alsiiit the r""in sin. .king and
1 hatting alter the Nttunhiv night tup
n r, which had Imniur a sliimhird I list I
tntion with llieui. Iu a shelten d ror
inri'ier by the fireplace tat a small
knot of lin n, every one of whom had
reached the tup, or at b ast the front
rank, of hi profession. The talk, drift
ing iu asnnsith, ib-siiltory, half thfpy
way from phase to phase, had gradually
assumed a rotnepective hue. From one
to another the story had pasea-d, each
tilling the t.li'of 1111 empty stomach, or
an empty ickot, nr a hopebt tramp
of Hit mile or an in thin tin- along a
(iiowlaiuud load in ti arch of employ
ment. Henry Irving, thoughtfully smoking,
with an air of h'p attention, had not
spoken and did Hot ts ak until the
other, having eihausteil their stork,
turnitl to him. Ho bad erienced
harder luck than any of them, and they
knew it. Ho h. kid up at tle ni for a
moment and then, alter a pause, taid:
"The rerolht tii 11 up'rmost iu my
111 lml just now, whilo you Ihh have
Ist-n talking alsmt tramping and w inter
I Mad and all that, it of a rerlain Christ-
iniw dinner at which I wa present. I
wonder whether any of you remember a
HM.r fellow, long sllicedead Joe Kohlll
who playitl small part iu Loudon
and outside it. und w ho undo tho one
big mistake of hi life when he entered
the profewkoii. Joe had tcn in tho
ineu 'a underwear businoM and was do
ing well when tin amateur Ix-rfoiiimnre
for a charitable object wa organised,
and he waa cast for the part of the
clown in a hurlis-pie of 'Uuy Kawkee.'
Joe belonged to olio of thn lsiliciu.au
clillst, and on the night of the show hi
friend among tho actor and journalist
attended iu a lly to give huu a 'tend
off.' Ho played that part capitally, and
the mischief might havo unlet! there,
but tome one compared huu to (iri
inuldi. Ilia fate wa fuh-d. lie told In
stis k, went oil the stage, and a few
month Inter I came us.n him playing
general utility 011 a amall salary in a
mall theater in Mam lii-sti r. Oneti lhi
of hi happy duya still remained to him.
Ho had retained thirts, collar aud tin
dorwear iiitlicieut to lust him for a gon
eratioii. "Hut if Ji lucked ability a an ac
tor ho hud n heart of (fold, lie would
loud or give hi last shilling to a friend,
and piece by piece liiasti kof under
wear had diminished until only a few
shirtt and uiiderclothe reiiiaiuttl to
huu.
"The Chiistmu of that year tho
your in which wo playitl together wa
perhap tho bitteri-et 1 ever knew. Ji
had a part In the pantomime. When
tho men with whom hodriset! t'k oft
their stnt t clothe, he taw wiib a wng
nt hi heart how jMN.rly tome of them
wore clad. One poor fellow without an
overcoat shi vi red uud shook with every
breath of the wind that whisth-d through
thn cracked disir, and a hedresseil them
wa disclosed 11 suit of the lightest sum
mer gauze underwear which h" wa
wearing in the depth of that dreadful
winter, l'oor n J wa. he wa deter
mined to kit p up hi annual custom of
giving hiscoiiiriiih- a Christina dinner.
1'erhap all that remained of hi st.s k
of unilercl'ithiiig went to the paw -n bro
ker, but that I neither hero imr there.
Joe rais. il the money somehow, and ou
tlm Christ mat day wa ready to meet
hi giu-st.
"Among tho crowd that filed intotho
nsiin was hi friend with tho gauxe un
derclothing. Joe tt kuiied him into an
adjoining lt room, and siinlmg to a
chair silently walked out. On that chair
bung a suit of underwear. It waa of
comfortable scarlet color; it waaof silk
and wiMil; it was thick and warm, and
it clung around tho actor a if it had
heeu built for him. A the thirt fell
over hit head there wa suffused through
hi frame a gentle, ih liciou glow that
thrilled every fiN r of hi Italy. Hit
heart awelled aluuft to bumtiiig. He
coined to be walking on air. Ho taw
all thintT" through mist of team. The
faoin around him. the voice in hi earn,
U10 fuiiMliur dlijct tu iu his tight, tbo
cry anow falling gently outside the
window, eociiied aa tho shadow of ft
dream with but one reality - the unit of
uuderwear."
"Ilia Jet-ling w-ein to have entered
your heart," aaid one of the listener.
"They might well do no." replied Mr.
Irving, "for I watthat xr artor."
New York Tribune.
Valnalile I'uaips.
Thelivdranlictiumi at theComblna
fton abaft ciait :t,inil.iMiii; tho first aot
pot In cost 7!n,iMHl. Thotnrfacepiimp
plant at the tame thaft cost (KiO.liOO.
That at tho I'liioti shaft cost H50.000.
At the Yellow Jurket thaft tho st. Jim
pomp plant ciet nearly oii.(hio, whllt
that at the Foruian thalt ct I'.mi.rioO.
!Ratltini dhow that the pumping ma
chinery on theCoinst.s k l IH't only tbe)
mot rostly bnt tho iwt powerfnl t
the world. Virginia, Nov., Knterpri.
There i a ripe tide to the orange aa
well at to the peach. The stem half of
tho orange it nsually not to tweet ami
Juicy a the other half, not because it re
ceive e tUlithlue, bllt Jss,.y ls
1 ) the juico grai!le t.jlhe loiter
half, aa the orange coiniiioiily hang l
low It tlelll.
The re t ib I t f New York t ny 1.
fl'io I1" Chicago' 'b-l't I- l
no'i.iiio, fi,:li..elphia' t.'.'.io.i.'smi.
its-ton ooo.ooo, New 111 lean
$11.ixi.'""l. Cniimntr f.'C.no'i.'i'M),
Baltimore s :h.oo0.i"i'i. Washingf'tVi
jjn.noo.i and I'.rtsiklya' til."'"'.-
oo.
Wild fobani.ha 1 -en found gn lu
in Tela, and It I Lniued that for deil-
M. Cl.. ..ll.,.l 1...I tl.-
I t try 1 ! j.rmii,e in, 1 -w n . ...
plant is 11. I sur;a- I by tel real Ha-
tana.
Froiij ( ami ridgec. in" thit definition
uf a popular gau,, " F'tbail it the
puM4it of llown UatUi fcy Ikwu bu
tuatity. '
C. r.u b His UWN MtDlCINt
a f-srt Kasr,ts V ha trW4 tilt rieat
tlur a Itisss t1 ISfBaaaHa.
P is 1 ii,.r.t. 1, lion of laughter Iv1n
I'. 1 s 1 'i ii in in. 011 liilee. si of I lie nit lit
1 v .1 1. ,ii ai Hie I tile Y, t wat f in rally
I ' i .1 I 1 . 111 11..1 so nun h In Hie. harac
I. r . f lie .mm. I If a. in I lie fart 1 1. at
1 .1.11. Ill i.illleule. I' e I anil I pigraJM
ni.nl-t of ananlit. was a Ti. 11m lo the
11. 1 In sis of wl.iilili, lout rtpn-sseil ap
pD.t.tl M r.illl'n.le. aim, lir Ihe war. '
I I T' ao of age. en)'.. a tmslileriilih- ea
LOT
M. T tll.lUI'l:
0 tat lun as a s. I ninlawlt in Isiheiiilan
1'arls, nliln.iiiili. as n.s,irs from an at
.unit of hliu gitcn in 1 lie bun. s an itll
lion of Ihe New York Herald, ho .! not
by any means la-long to the liiias iiiilous
rlaea ..f IJuarller Ijiiiii lersitler Ho has.
Ill f.u t, an Huh 1 intent (orliine and ran
atTunl a louts for hit dinner al a fashion j
ble restaurant whenever he ficl to In
cllnitl.
For m long 1 1 me M Tailliadt. wrote on ,
nieillietal siilijis ta with. nit allnw ting any .
particular attention outside the i In le of (
hit a-naiial frtriids Then he puhltaheil a
lik .all.st ' 'a) du Millie," aud hit ta
tirl. al n fi n n.-i-s to many would tfllttcra j
leiim by treiiiltig him eneinl. ImMight
him In a measure of fame To th.'gntsl
Isslr of Ihe linl. lie, however, ho Wat last.
known b his In a ril.-s. n fi nini- loan
an hr and Ita met h, sis ''What mailer the
Vli lllns, " he said, n fi rrllig lo Valllalit'
explosion, "If Ihe died la' line'" and ttlt
(utlillv ri lnarkisl that Ihe ' distribution of
depillt't by dynamite over tho ipiariler
waa of small tiiiaitiaiiec" so long aa Uie
dynamiter "IniaiiiiHsl thai he waa acting
fur Ihe general gisst " He ha slius' tried
lo fipluln that In making phnusa of 111 la
kind ho was only trtliig lo Is-deter w Ith
out Intending aiitlsaly any harm Al any
rule, he has ret isisl hlatlewaof Ihe disv
trine of di-si rin Hon and mlmlit Uml tlyua
mile may st.iiiellui,- r mlsaipllsl hy the
pn.Mtiauda.
Now I lint he hits I. as lulu notoriety
many other of M. lallliiHle't Mttlliga
some of III. -in witty, some simply imperti
nent or silly an- ts'lug timlitl I'erte
t'ulatl and miulo hoe lo hy a tery Ugly
woman, heolsaTved to her. " M ulaine, you
m ale Iu 11. v Im-itst the pun-si ,,f sentiment
a hormr of lireitklng the seventh com
mandment "
Then ho ground out an Impertinence al
the rla'lisc of . bliille i.la al tho latn
iin t of the ' 11 11 mi'. " Turning to the fa
moil tioM'llsl, ho reuiarkisl.
"It s a pity you dun t write la-lter
From h, my son, for then, an some pn
Mtgta In your Issiks thai tttv 110I half tawl. "
To aotno one who asked hliu what lie
thought of himself Tallhade olsterved: "I
am a man of the world who wrll.s, teraes
Just an other go In for horsemanship. To
mo literature Is a piece of jewelry, a ring
thai I wear on my linger "
M. Tallhade has olio very devoted ad
min r of his verse This l Mine. Julia
Mlnlle. who wits dining with Mm win Q
the explosion lsk phw e. silie hna la-en va
riously drserilssl as a milliner, a rtrcaa
liiaker and a h i. s, and her mtdnt I tho
Mime as hi, .-he Is a very pretty young
woman of :'o, know all M. Tallhade'
psaiii off by heart, and, what I mom,
Miiks a great deal of them It ha lss-n
it,iij,s-iuntl I'V sum.' thai the I.. mil waa
lnteinl.il as tally for Tailhailo hliiitelf,
Ihe iii.iIIm' of Ihe atlelllil la-iug JilllollsV,
of w hlrh roiing Mine. utile was Ihe mil
SEVtVtTV FEET IN THE AIR.
Iltta aa oltl ankee l-lvr la a Tree 1st
Isias n lllueltrlils.
One of the fain. ills alt nut ions In HI 110
flelds, tlm Nlramiigiiaii low n over which
I'm In .Sim and John Hull have lss-n hav
ing a tllspulo lately, It an old house that
I l.aausl In a Ins- Tu feet from the
ground It wa built by an eccctilrtti Yan
kee, w ho I familiarly known Iu Itliirfleldt
a''l'ap" Wllderwm. What are known a
elsitnsagmw to imalerate height and pn
h in ixiia In lhal roiinlry. This tree fur
nishe ens'lleiil hunt wis lumls r. and It
Isrars a nut from w hich an oil I extracted
tlutt I usetl f..rl ah lulirtiatlng and na.k-
I"ap wttjiKkstiN1 inmK.
Ing puntste. old I'ap Wilderson, by the
aid of ingenious mis lun.-rr. tuwitl off an
ctai tnt, at a js.lnt Tu f.s i fnun the ground,
aud with Ihe long trunk of the tree a a
foundation roiisi rin nst a house up In (be
atr. The two storiisi of the house rise abrre
the 7'lf.sil trunk of ihe tree The honae t
nav hiil l.jr an el. at.,r that runt alongntde
to tn The it iiOT of the house ret OB
tbe free trunk, while support run froitj
a. h corner down to I lie ground.
fi thl Ingenious Yankee otitallitat frOQTl
Ihe ela Ire the luiidaV with which
build his lwiiss- un Un trubk of an elai,
and the elm nut fnriil-lnd Mm with tnl
wMeh he lias lo lutieWe the rf of
M eh raitsrand In e.iklng hi men I a AnV
or all, old PapWdderton nan give a literal
rlawnf bow the Hlueflsld etise look
si loan up a Ins- "
Tk t.real I'arls l.lhrart.
M. Manl.al. th" assistant librariau
of the liil.h. th.ine Nutioiule at I'trit,
ha finisbttl the general inventory of
that library, on whi. h bo bat Iss-u at
work with a lark-, stuff of assistant,
tine l'. V The tu'ure given out thu
far show that th National library of
France contain I '.o.oou volume
Thl nmiil-r d.a let 110 lude tho CoV
lectn ii of Freic h provincial newspa
pers, who h it still lu au uiilaiuiwl form
and tould lle-refofe to A be counted
amirtig the volume - Philadelphia Led-
ti Zf siGNj at vnick. '
Tk. I aat.aa Arekaat traaa4 HkUk Ka.
asaaee Tklrkl) lutlera,
III th heart of Venire, 1s t ween tfi
nugiithVeiit palace nf luo d. gt and the
grim wall of the old prtoti, flow the
daik water of the ltiu .1. 1 'alat.i nr'.
a. r.sta the canal stret. he tho Itrnlge f f
lght - coti lie, ting link l-tweeu the
i.eii.lors of a palace and the terror of
tlm dtitigtsin. the toiture chtmls-r an.V
the heading I bs k 1 1nn of the nnet no
tut able points alsmt tin bridgn i the
fact that it It cI.sm.I in, thus proving
ill st.. r of tun iib r. iiiniltt.sj fpiia
It to ls fabiiloiit.
Tin fart rol thn llrnlgo i f Sigh of
miii i.i It timet romantic ass.a iation -ot
it pietty legend of grief la. leu mor
tal heaving their last sigh iis.n it
ptrt and ending ttnir sorrowing
livia in the bla. a water beiieatli It.
From without the budge, with it arch
like f. tin. it ornamental ttoiu wotk, it
gtot.-s.jn, y carved head ate I it small
wpiare windows tilled 111 with iron trac
ery, present a rather fine up arance,
hut tho interior i strictly devoid of or
11:1: 11 nt and ha lml the tliglitest pro
fusions to la-attty.
lliiring our tisit to Vi iii'-o of course
we III. III. I. si the doge' palace and the
dungis'ii in our piogramme. After
wamb ling for tome tune through the
vatt hall and 1 t niit i f 11 1 sal.s.n of the
old Venetian palace we passed over tho
Itri.lge of high 011 our way to the
gl.s.iny e lls. The bridge tut-mod to be
little tuuie than a narrow passage be
tween two thick wall of stone, and uti
les you stepH. up onto the slightly
raised stone wot k which run ah tig !
Heath the tiny window on either aide
and caught a gniiiv of the canal with
out oii might easily take It for an ordi
nary passage within the palace. At the
far end of the bridge our progrew wa
barntl by a glim ba.kiug oaken iba.r
nail at ml. led, ago blackened and of im
mense thii km-na guarding thoeiitrutiie
to tho dung. s ms. (Uir guide came to a
bait. There wu a Jingling of key, a
lighting of torrhr; then tho grout dr
tw ting slow ly bark, and we pastl into
the darkneva Isyotnl. When next we
passed tho ancient ihs.r and croaMtl tho
llridgeof Siglu, it w as with tho memory
of tin.' terrible colls, tlnasc fearful dun
geon where tho haplos prisoner eii
duritl the inistl horrihlo torture that
tyranny it mid devise or brutality In
flict. I nineinlar strolling, on the latt
evening of our holiday tu Venice, along
the 1'iuzza San Marco aud making my
way to tho I'otite della I'aglia to take a
farewell liaik at tho llridgeof Sigh. It
wa a summer evening, hot und tultry,
while the fast gathering cloud, dense
and inky, la-tokcned au approaching
storm. 1 had jutt readied tho l'oiite
della I'aglia and wa gazing at the
ltndge of Sight when a treuioiidoii
M-al of thunder rent the heaven, eeem
ing to shake tho city to it very founda
tion with it violence.
Suddenly a blinding flash of lightning
lit up the palace, bridge and dunge.iu
with it lurid Hare. For an instant tho
binlgn stissl out with dazzling distinct -nesa,
while the lightning playitl mi it
ttaceried window; then all aoctucd
dark. And thl wa the last I saw of
the llridgeof Sigli. Newcastle Chron
icle. A fatltaaa't lira! AtUMpt.
A route u given to you. and just
alxiut this time it Is gin to dawn nsm
you that pi rhap you could not cover
the route in half the timn tho regular
man did, and Is fore you got half bha'k
away you got mixed up Isvauso you
couldn't work your (.a per In with your
letteiN, I'liuiy nothing of teveral amall
puckagi- in your l ug. You lotind yotir
aelf chasing up and down the ttreet,
aud in order to muko up tlm timoyoii
wore being ymi la gan to plunge, and
the more you plunged the more you got
mixed up and the hotter yi 11 got, and
once, wheu you ttiaal Mill hsiklllg fori
titimlier, a liltlo ly asked you whom
you were liaiking for. Ireailful, wasn't
itr
Ami when you got back an hour or o
la hind tho regular man' time yod
were sure it wa the heaviest route in
the ofth-e, and yon felt like tainting
when you wore told that it wa the
eaaieal. And owing to your Inability to
make time you bad to double up with
your partuer, ao that you workitl all
duy long, from la foro unrie until long
alter tu m t. You got no lunch except a
few mouthful you grablatl in passing
from a free lunch counter, and when
you got home you wore ao tired, 'to hun
gry and an disgusted with your first
duy at the busine that you would have
resigmtl forthwith, but, aye! there wa
tbo rub. Piattal Kcoord.
tblaaee Vlallln Card I.UOO Year Age.
ThoChlniste, who teem to have known
tmait of our new idea, tiaed visiting
card 1,001) year ago, but their card
were very large, and not really the pro
totype of our visiting card, aa they
wore ou aoft paper and tied with rib
boo. Venice tecum to have la-en tb)
flrat city in Euross to uae card. Houit
dating from the latter part of tbeelx
tocntti century are preaerved in a mo
tolllll there. The (ietllian ritle fol
Iwwttl tho Ve.netiaii custom In l'i year
Ufo, theu London followed toll no
lually followoil uit, for the first Vialt
Ing card in Great lit ituin were pla
illg card, or part of tuch carda, beat
tug the name of the beatower un Utt
taxek. They were first tua-tl in Fngland
about I7ti). We do not know wbeu tby
were first used in thi country, prolatly
uoi long after their flrat iiitroductlca
lutoUritisu aociety. SU LoulUUita
Ouuocrat.
aparrlnf M Hiisloa finaaistt
Two black boy not more than thir
teen year old were thecenterof interest
for all who chanced to v tint mail,
long the Common, near the I'ark ttreet
gate. They worn rsiiipatl with tet of
boxing glove, and having taken up
position on the lawn where tho gra
Waa longest they pr-eeded to how how
skillful they were on the attack and de
fence. Afi r a brief hit of aparnng,
ring of interested sartator wa formed,
and the bout rapidly la-came more excit
ing. The gisal naturoof the combatant
wa never ruffled, for whether it waa
tharp blow mi the lua or tinart rut
ninb-r the ear, tho victim alway recov
ered instantly aud stepped up again with
a tmilo thai showed hit glistening ivorie
from ear to ear. No guardian of the
peace chanced along to interrupt the
tjairt, and tftut.r and principal 0
Jo;ed It With relish. When they bad
tparred to their heart' content, th boy
drew off their glove and ttarted i4T
Uvwa town. li. m ton Trocnpt
ODDTIITMiSlTAXES
OOVEnNMENT DUES DERIVED FROM
MANY QUEER IMPOSTS.
lalrltaaef Teinl la k.iraa fan of f klaaa
tot Hraail tail Meal Hate Had ta ft,
tribal lo lit Ueteaur - I's-tet Ikebreal
lslrU a Tat aa lU-arils.
lu linir (st It was deemed warranla
ble to tat stii. lamllcs, l.i tier, brn k,
fruati. a'arch. 4tMraml lu li'....' rtrn tiread
and meal. IVt. r the i-r.i,t of llusala lev
litt a lax ou Is-nltls. with ihe laodalde 0I1
jret i f making his suhjt-eta wash their fi-e ;
and shnte. Iti'nss token are still tots
ls,iit;ht In that loimtry Is-artuu the wor.lt
"llorailii pik-naia tiaaula." which lorali
the Is-anl ln has Inn utnl ' Mr. F. '
li I' I. uud). 111 "'Ihe I'U. al I'liilatelitt," ,
gites wtrlu uliirs ut the llriti-h list tat of
I ;l. re,llli lliu hatters Intake out license
and tnissinii an ad valorem sinmpduty
ou every hill sold lu tlnsH dn revriiue
ultli mis meeimu a 11111 with au null
ceiistil lint 11-e. I to lniiiire, in tliewnr.U
of the comic s ng, W here did you get
that liar" In old limes. .., the Scotch
aai-ratnrntal certtllcaloa nse.1 to Inar a tlx 1
M iiiiy stain). A lax 011 reliKimi alma
liar, glass, slime l.ltl,s and advertise (
lueiita wa amolikt Iheflstul .lilt lea of th
st. i
There wa l- a tax on the "light of 1
heaven" I11 Ihe sl.as-..f an ltnss,t mi win
ilowt until far In the pitsM-ui ceiilurv.
Thl imIiuii and insanitary burden caused '
architects and builders In ertt-t house
with a few windows aa possil.le, and to '
earni,' the lav the w md'wof many house t
were l.lis ke.l up Some of these dark and I
dismal alsHleare tit til In existence in Kng
Inn. I The Itusaiau K.neriinu nt a few year
ago decided to lax kenene oil u. inali Il
ea virtually a tax on light.
In ttim part of China a tax I linpnaed
nu all women entering the Isnnlsof matri
mony. Traveler to 1 lussr iarl arenbliged
Intake a wife, and w hen they leave Ib
ladle lake fresh hiishaluls, lo th ta-urflt
of the revenue Th.su. who follow th ad
vtee nf the late Adah Isaac Menken and
"marry too tig aud often" are an acquisi
tion to tiirh a state. In S-rvia vaulty I
taxed lu the shaf nf ladle' hustle. In
Mellaiiirne Christ mas rani are laved one
lift ll -rocnt I hristinas. New Vear, Kaa
ter and hlrttulny rsnls would doubtloaa
pnnluce an apprcrtnhle revenue In F.ug
laiid. It ha Int-n tlatetl lhal In Weimar
the ailthnrttiea levied a duty on mutral
iwrties. The regulation were not given,
but tliiuhtlcse solus, duets, Irlist and quar
tet are tuhjtt-t to proportionate rate. VI
ollni, cornel and Ihe tint should lurur
tpecial rlinrues. (Julie lately an anuual
tax of 10 fra lira hat tssrn luiasHt on pl
ain! Ill France. Music ha paid tribute to
taxation In other way. A musical tns.p
recently crotaiiig the frontier (if Saxony
carried with them a crown of laurel
wanted t hem at a triumphal a-rfnroiaiic.
Tbertiatom hulls otllrer taxed Ihe laurel
a spice. Massenet, the tuiaster, it I re
lated, wa also charged duty on a crow n
of laurel ou the lierman frontier. In lit
rat the wreath of fame wa deemed to 1st
woven of "medicinal plant." lu Mon
treal organ grinder uty a llreute of l.'O
and are only allowed to play at ttated
lime, lu Vieiiua they are alao liceiiaed
aud regulatitl a lo hour. In France a
cert I Ih ate of ehararler, a illslim live lutdge
and llmitatioii of hour are Insisted usn.
No llieiise for stn-et iiiiislciniia have las-u
Issued for nine tear in ioruiany.
In SI. I'eleptliurg no oiitdisir mutlral
a-rformer are riultte.l. Imt In nuiianllo
Italy there I a very prartlral regulation
excluding thisw under 11 year of age
from Ih privilege of a license, lu New
York wandering minstrel contribute to
the revenue l each and are prohibited
from playing w ithin a certain distance nt
tsrtlled hull. Hints or dwelling ami nut
allien ted hour. Ilnml music In theoa-n
I lint allowed lo exist In sunny Spain, but
"gayly the tnnilatdour twanu hi gui
tar," for which, however, a license a re
quired. The Rtatarlnaiicca In liuaaia are recruited
hy a graduated luituno lax, coiiiuieiirliig at
1 per cent on Income 1st ween I, out) ami
11, oik ruhlea-a ruhle equal .1. id. and
Increasing at the rale of one tenth percent
ou every additional I.inmi or fraction of
l.tssj rtililea. A duty of a quarter kopeck
alaiut one tenth of a s-iiny - la also lin
ts sted nu the rugs of all kind of mltry,
which tax nil baal real ilea teveral million
of r 11 hi .a. C) clean re auhjert to a tax of
N thllllngsj in France and of aliullar
amount lu llralatut.
"They do theae thing heller iu France"
worae. Advert lemenU lu Ihe form
of astter and placard are required to
hear a tax tlamp In France, w hlrh I dis
tinctly a tax on trail and publicity. In
Italy, where the people complain that th
taxea are rxorldlant, Ihe voltiul iry taxes
paid by the saicer classea in Ihe fia-iu of
lottery ininiiita In a year lo over AS.txm,
OOU. At laxlerxa the Italian recently
broke out iu o-n revolt against the inn
nlrlMillty, which had lucreaseil Ih hearth
tax and took Iherlvlo building hy aa
aault, wnuiidliig Ihe tyndlc, hut they do
not agitate against th lottery lax. "lu
old Madrid" lu I "Hi there wa a terrible
and fatal rioting among the men and wo
men who bawk vegetables, fruit and other
article in the at reel aud market, owing
to th imposition of a tax on Spanish
hawker.
In Ihhu M. fliintjewskl, tbe Austrian
minister nf finance, w ho waa dearrllatl aa
"the nimblest politician III th world for
Inventing new taxea," decided to tax th
total Isateur, or betting agendo. Total
la ten nt areestahllshed on all Herman and
Austrian rar couraea. The syttein I to
divid all the money invested on the bo
lug hnrsea among tin- wbo harked tb
winner after dr acting per cent eomnils
ioa for th agency. There I no cheating
or welshing poaalnle In tb plan. A 10 per
rent duly on w lulling s dec reed. In
t rance the pariinuiiial, a similar tytlein
of belting, is taxed 7 per cent, 5 per cent
of which I devoted to the relief of th
Pols', linokmakera are alto taxed. There
la also a uiuulclpal tax of lu per rent de
ducted from the receipts of theatrical and
public entertainments, which Is alao a
signed fiar the lament of th unfortunate
Tlit revenue la principally distributed In
tb hst of gra out to public chatitle and
hospitals, thu making pleasure mm tu
Ike rescue of poverty and Ihe relief of pslu.
la Sweden commercial traveler visiting
that country have lo pay l1"' kroner
about A3 II. fif every month r part
then f they may rem In for tb prlvlletre
of transacting their buslueat Temple
Bar.
If Iks Isssb Ha l-saraea.
If the tuggeative contrast of quality
lu the building of the eisi:ion thould
erve ui higher purp than aa an oh-jii-t
b-sson to our legislator, teaching
them that their repotiihilitiea in respet t
to ourpiational an h.tt ture are not projs
erly dnsthargrtl by maintaining aomtly
anhltetittiral factory in Washington,
the untulsttantlal geant of Jmi kmm
rsxrk will not hav been in vain. Cetr
tary.
r.lerlriellt la Itesaalag I asssx.
An account of electricity a a life
saver come from Stlaiil, wiier) a
laall, win' bathing, waa seized with a
taaiup and !. being two minute ta
low water. When rescued La waa
lltvtlbt to be dead, but aU r two apl
oal 1--if nf th elet-trk.' luiiclst aiiimae
lerll Was fcttturetl Tlst tlal tai.t Waal
til 1 U tweea lb Dss u lUa kavilaaisi
last Istaft Ex1.bax.4a.
tA-ftlSGS Of BEG0AR3.
the I'refrasiMnsIs la l.aatloa aa4 Tart
I'll k I a a IommI l.ltlng.
The professional Is-ggar i not a imal
eru 111110vatn.il hy any mean. Iteador
Hi. 1) r. cail S ant row. the fainum Im-
h il l'gi::ir. w h', having disabled hllll
self in his ru it en, a-ke aim all day
lu order t.i i,et 11 w arm tupi'-r at night.
According in John Timlm, the It iflh r,
of whom we often hud mention lu the
literature of the seventeenth centnry,
Were trisipsi.f idle vagrant who inflat
ed Lincoln' inn fields.
They us-niiicd the character of
maimed soldiers who had tiitTeritl ill the
great rel 1I1..11 ami found a ready prey
tu the pic of fashion and quality who
drove l.v. Indeed it is made clear by
i'ouletusrary allusion in roiucdic that
tin square vt as the r gular haunt of Ise
gli iri ples who lititl by 1111 iidiramy,
which they nr..i on lit the most bare
fared and even mtimnl ittng manner. It
is n lattsl that ( I,--' IV, w hen prince of
Wab-s. ..m e attended a 1- i.vat'. truival
in l.ii. Ion tiicoLtiit.". lie had imt Ist-u
there long when tin-chairman, address
ing the comaiiy und pointing to tbo
prince, said:
"I cull Usni that 'ore geiniiian with a
thirt for a mug." The prince, a well as
lie could, got excused, llsi a friend, ll"
it. cotiipaiii.'.t huu. promising to sing in
stead, which tho latter did amid great
applause. The health of the prince ami
hi friend having lf 11 drunk and duly
r-s anted to. tin y depart. -.1 in or h r to
altord tho roiupaity an opportunity to
fix their different route fur the ensuing
day' business, for at that time the pro
fessional Is ggarsof London used to havo
a general meeting several tune during
the year, ut which they were divided
into companies, curb compuny having
ita particular walk.
in tin -so day their earning varied,
tome getting a much aa 5 shilling a
day. Most of tho prof.-tsional laggur
in IaUiiIoii tislay- and their Hume It le
gion emanate from two or three com
mon balgllig house. The must populous
of these, which it known at The Dis
pensary, tupa.rt un individual known
aa a aenver," who earn a living by
manufacturing the pathetic mgiilasird
which the sham cripple ami the bogu
blind iiioii carry round their neck, in
Fan, a i well known, tho professional
la-ggur hold regular weekly meeting,
at which tho rntihti to la) followed by
the nieinls r of the guild are mapped
out by a standing committee.
They havo an organ of their own,
called The Journal ilea Mendicant,
which apr twice a week. From a
recent issue the following advertisement
i taken: " Wantitl To engage a cripple
for a acuaidn resort. (1im1 reference and
a small dejsssit ptpuritl."
Thl ipiivr uuiiouiicoiiiciit i explained
hy the fart that the proprietor nf hotel
ami boarding house of fashionable
French watering place ussiitue that vis
itor would lav ditsl to give aim If
an ipMirttinity were afforded them, and
aa they cannot very well do the bogging
Ihelllselve they engage professional lasg-
gar to whom they grunt permission to
olicit alms on their prriui., ami the
la ggar iu return pay them one-half of
their daily receipt. North Ainertcau
Keview.
I'rsak Csafeaala.
Iloliert Chainlfr. the large hearted
and honest publisher, one night appeared
at hi club after a short alim tire, and
there delighted at least one iiioiiiImt J,
C. Jeaffreson by a deliriously frank ex
pression of opinion. Jeaffreson In'gna
the conversation by asking:
"What have you been doing aince I
saw you last
"I huve j.assl Ist-n tH'iidiug the time
iu Scotland with my am -.ple. and for
my diversion I have been readijig yet
again Scott's novels. I went delils-rate-ly
through thn w hole lot o' tliem. What
do you think o' a 111011 o' my yenrs spend
ing the greater iirt of thn long holiday
in sic a wuy';
t wa in that way that I first uuule
aiqtiaiutanro with the Waverly novels,"
waa the enthusiastic reply, "in a broiling
hot tiiinmer and atituinn. How you
must have enjoyitl yourself !"
"Weel, wifel, I caniia tay," retiirnitl
the hcottish publisher and man of let
ter. Then ho haikeil warily up aud
down the risiui to make sure of not luig
hard by any brother Scotsman and con
tinued: "I caniia say I enjoyed the bulk ao
much aa I did in my younger time. I
would not say it aloud in Adinhro, but
weel you ladieVH mo when I tay that Kir
Walter Isn't what be used to be to me?
To iule you tho truth," he added, lower
ing hi voice aliuB.t to a whisper "to
tale you the truth, 1 found him rather
prissy 1 Ayo, but diuna 1 laughing, or
the lad there will la) asking what I said
to you. It 1 the truth thai 1 tale you.
I tuotavt conface I fund him at time a
leetle prusyP Youth' L'otiiiiioii.
riearlHg ll Oak
A schoolmaster bud been severely cor
recting one of Ida boy and finished by
saying: "Now ait down aud write a let
ter to your parent telling them bow
much you are taught bore and bow lit
tle you profit t herefrom. 1 should be
ashamed to tell them." The boy cried a
giaal deal and then wrote:
Iltta r'sVHta-l ara vrr tiuHd, tanoxk
I liar It iai.ni to b learnt hers thsu aiiywlarra.
TNa lao's lour' fuur lait (o to one bast six
tarda nst one attic, sinl fuur altlrt Btakt oea
rll Tenlllaotl and si.uoiiiled ttarBia; durnil-tia-f.
On round of Ln-ad sail huiur taakrs
one breakfast, and ttrrjf Us autkes llsowa
Ua-r.
"This time," luid the master, "we will
or overlook your conduct, and yw
needn't send tlutt note." (Me bail lareu
overbaiking.) Luudon Tit-ltits.
Tbe Msklag ml kbabatstara.
"An old crippled woman whom I knew
iu Leamington, KnglamL" writeacor
reepon.b'iit, "used oftou to amuse uie by
ber original ideas and apeeclte. Speak
ing of Siiakes-ar one day, I said J
would like much to visit Stratford upou
Avotx. 'Lawf aaid the, with much
acorn, 'who waa be (my a plow boy.
and be waa uev-r thought liothin of till
them Auienran came and t's.k hliu
at..'"- Ikaston Transcript.
A Retaarkablo waa
One of the in.stt novel Wedding pres
ent which Prince Mario of Edinburgh,
i to receive w 1.1 be from the ptsticai
qneen of Ronmania Carmen Sjlva
and will l a pleasure barg in th form
of an imineiis twan. It will not otily
be built to imitate a twan, but it U to
twitn lik a twan and be like a twan in
every Jatrtirnlar of 111 'I Kin. The) feet
ara to Is to cMitnve.1 aa to take tb
place of oars. The neck and bead will
rust to a height of eighteen feet and tb
body will form a cabin large enough to
bold Wa irois. Exchange,
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