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IIESTI SESOFrOKTJtY .BEAT ENGLISH LAWYER TELLS US RL , tuCV ABC. VVtlAI ' to Memory Advantages " .. u k.n Memorliad Com- ,. KoIUh "" l""ir,n,""l"n . umjm 01,1 iwy'r 1 tjy " f, compare in usefulness with 'f,v 1 accurate memory. It 1h in 1 . il'.nt' tlii faculty f'l ""J """Mml "t the best methods of "" "X, 1 u It l the '",blt "f .irfOitfU""" . 1... r -,... .Mil,, ' ..1. are lt to umitnitui It 1 1 I JT" . ,. t that period of life nre mifc 'r"",,BI ...... v"7": . ..... ......1. .1. i krrn i, tl nre impressioiia ,tVrh.tlied III noble language we are .n a store of Intellectual pleasure f Me for enMmc.it at the o,b huiT of ve to "nw oW- ,f We ' ',. ..... 1 ,il nlinu'lVM. Utnff it. 7b"lnl.-nt of the world fade away, !'l tl.e fashii'ii ' beauty of it vanish ik md time coiih-h when we fd tbut ' Tli nicf t tl'"' "houlil pauw awhile Yfr e piitniT lltln mortal roll. Awl In tl'" at HIni-- of old ce on ur rartl.ly pllitriiime. At Mich time the recollection of jrrent .LoUitbtH. lov.-ly Imiiik. of niUKicnl .ni.fi to u with a comfort, with Innocent plea-uro which it In dimcult 101 t ...I . all, illl.l Villi karnf Mk".' K""'-"'" r"J" 1 to lesrn that which ztU-nm-n yon "" " . .1 . . 1. 1- 1. ...1 11.. . 1.. tiitatit lu verv vnrieil. and 1b.1t bk-h commends Itself to oie man .rlam r.'l" l another. My own taste you !iit into Jn-t for what it is worth. Uut lrtviri( nut for obvious reasons all Greek j ind iJiti" writers, before and above every i nf imliiiliiiKtlieni, I should myself place , Sink"""'"- n Inexhaustible storehoiiHe u(Mciin, Instruction and exciiiaite dio- i Hod lii(linwillle to any one who has wytbinn to do with sH-akln or wrltinR. ! Nnt Sliiiki"peiire I for one should put Milion. Have any of you not heard the n,.uniflieiit fliMiuencoof John Ilrlnlit? lie . IJ me hinisilf that he whs built on Mil- ; irti.snd if ymi heard him nay, even If yon Mj br.ii.vo'l can sec that he is steeped j lu tbe fi.irit of this K"iit pm-t, and that, ibouuli he dmn not imitate Milton, he fik after Milton. And next for line ; veo.fur tliiily use read Wordsworth. .Much uf Wordsworth hns passed into the lan-j HiiaKf. t lie poet of nature and of lofty spir iiuiil thoiiL'ht, whoe verse makes brltht tiling lirihter and happy men happier, 1bfn.a1.rf whose son Matthew Arnold Mix mat wneu ne pose ouU'nJ.nl.UlToTou-rVnaL'h'.d on M'lrltn that I.h.I lonir boon dead, 1 hplriiKilil.-.l up and closely furled, The freshness of the early world. There is one mn 11 in English literature -lierbnps there are two who wrote too link, limy is one. Kvery word he wrote Upiwi.ius. lie has the perfection of dic tion an.l of melody. Kvery line contains a ibraiL'lit or a picture complete in Itself, ami you cannot change a word without ninrrimj its perfection, i be other perhaps is W olfe. Kvery one knows his lines on tbf "liurial of hir John Moore," of which, io my judgment, 110 higher praise Is posxi- I Inin to say they are worthy or their wilij.i t. Hut he wrote also "Ho, rorget .M.," and "If I Had Known Thou Couldst Have Died," two poems now but little know n, but of which, if it is too much to Kiy they are ns line as the one on Sir John Moore it U not ton much In luiv tlmt tbev Oai nnrtliv. of the pm t who wrote It. The bine uouM fail me if I were to svnkfl t IhikiIi of Shelley, of Keats, of Scott, of Bid J.iiisnn, of Ford, of Massinger, of Dnili'ii, I'nH' and Young, not to mention nmrv riKviit authors. Coleridge I omit, of course Tennyson 1 omit, Ix-cause I know ; that nny estimate which places him, as I lioiild place him, in an order of men far Wow Shakespeare is at present the mark ; of a Philistine. i Ilruniiing I omit, because, though I Lave inlniired him since I was a boy at mIuxiI, I have not liecn so fortunate as al- ' says toiinilerstnnd him. He once rebuked ins hi a nny which I relate for thecomfort ; of those small striving souls who watch , lii flights mid try to follow his course in vain, till he disappears from them iu 1 clomls. He was so kind as to give me many of his volumes, and he knew I hon- i .il',n-nd them. Soon after one had thus 1 liu given nm he asked me how I liked It. ; I rrplinl that what I .conld understand I; lirartily admired, and that parts of it, I tlimildit, ought to lie immortal, but that j " to much of It I really could not tell whether I admired it or no, as I could not J .iiiiH-rsiniHi it. "Ah, well." lie sal. 1, "If a trailer of your calilx-r understands 10 per I , f r , dy ijHictors for the whole Zn ,WrUe'' ,U1,'kbeoU1,tt0iortyheUnit,siKinU.n.a.,dit was i,u- Whether for present or future comfort I cannot too earnestly recommend your ac ".iiaiiithig yourselves with good books. ; Thry nre the best of companions. In I idiicss, In misfortune, in sorrow, in sleep- : Im uinhts and days of pain, you will find ' your recollection of great aud wholesome , literature a constant solace and refresh- j "wit. And as a man Is known by the I company he keeps, still more truly is j known by the books be rends and , Jm authors he loves. Rend only the j M books and never read bad ones. Good . """M will nerve you for the work the so- I nous nml earnest work, which is the lot of triio und good men. For, to quote a KTOt writer, Dr. Young, the author of the 'Mglit Thoughts," not from that book, I However, hut from his "Satires," a book 1 tuucli less known: 0 Tl'is la the acene of combat, not of rest. Jlan's Is I, a.irious happiness at lest, tin 'his sklo .lean, iia labors never cense. His Joys nre. Joya of conquest, not of peace. I-ord Coleridge In Contemporary Review iu Kiiilmmtion, of Ilia Ocean's Salt. The Pythagoreans held that the sea M salt by reason of tho toars shed by fcriiuos, father of Zeus. According to wo old Hebraic tradition, the ocean was M'Kmally a great body of fresh water, jot whiv-h was mndo suit by the abnn "aut tears of tho fallen nngols. Oue Beet Buddhists believe thut Lot's wife "'' is to say, tho "pillar of salt" W1cb W!W 0IK.e tbB wifa of t()0 hnuiUt0 K'-'itlemau named above lies at the '"em "f tho ocean in n certain narrow 'trait, and that onco each year the wa 'Ms of all oceans 0o,t through thut nnr w channel. Tho Talmudio writers t.ay that it was ucvor salt nutil Moes wept 'vpeiitanco after breaking tho tahtoa of ,u"'e -St. Louis Republic Helen A. Rl.afer. Miss Helen A, Shafer, president of ellesley college, who died recently of nentnonia, was born in Newark, N. J. bb left thut city with her family while W a mere child and made her home in he west. She never attended the public liools, but waa educated at home and in i rrtvato .1,.1. ... i. ii i here she obtained the degree of M. A. XI' Shafer taught in St. Louis for 10 rs, having charge of the department of "UlinrillAtlea In llo Cmlr 10. 'h :ol- At the end of this time she wai iiled to the chair of mathematics at "edifhy iS77 wher9 he tfUT. M became president, which office she at the time of her death. SUCCESSFUL WOMAN DRUMMERS. l,r'""" Tr.d. lt,Pr..,.,.d b, Hear Headed Traveling Hlnmamra. "I ho woman dramwer has come to st ly. and we men won't be -in it' in a short lime." The ubovo is from thn lament of a cor tuiii traveling salesman, wio cofid,.j somo fact about his business ton report er the other day. Ho is mournful, it in true. ns who would not be when he saw hi vocation slipping mvay from him? lJut ho seems to feel that open confession In good for the soul yn.l accordingly do scrilss. with exactness, burrowing to the souls of other commercial travelers, the full extent of thu success of his feminine rivals iti trade. "There is a young woman of the name 01 Ldncoln. lie wivs. With die- 1 r..o.r. i3utif,,XI,,t X "i . . , r"t0 1 am ob"" .u .10 nu) 1 mug on my route I am obliged " r "u " r. or wuoii kiio strikes a lowu suu curries away every order in it. 1 must confess lilllKt confess that these women 'knights of the i?rii. an you ncvhacr folks calls us. do much better than tiis men in the same li They are strong, clear sighted and clear headed women, some of them very pretty and all of them perfect ladies. Some of them do exactly us men do visit a merchant in persou und solicit his orders. Others eni-ti a sample room in the hotel, and after noti fying the merchauta wait ami receive them there. There is another dais of feminine travelers who are very swell nd cater to individual custom. 1 know of several from New York who pursue nils met nod entirely. "Probably thu best known woman on the road is Miss Virginia Pooh of New York, who sells nothing but perfume. She .?ays in a towu sometimes two or three weeks, and she does a big business. There is Miss Arline Caison, who sells millinery in all the largo cities east of the Mississippi and north of tho Ohio. She sells over $100,000 worth of goods a year and gets a big salary. Mrs. K. 13. Henry is a well known woman drummer. Her husband formerly traveled for an underwear house of New York, lie died and left her with several children to sup port. "She went to the firm and asked for his route. They had never sent a woman out, but they gave it to her, and sha made such n successor it that she is now a member of the firm. She goes out on tho road occasionally, and I heard a good story altout her not long ago. She was t the Weddell House in Cleveland and , , . , .i.,i.. I.. wl.i.il. t, v.t,.i . ' went to her room, put on her travelingdress. paid her bill, ordered her bnjegage down, called a carriage, was driven to the depot live blocks away and caught her train. There are mighty few men who could have done that!" and the drummer subsided into sorrow ful reflections. "One of the women travelers who de pend on individual customers is Miss M. A. Wilkins, who travels for a Philadel phia house that deals in children's wear. She carries eight large trunks. She mails a letter to each of her patrons, saying that she will occupy a certain suit iu a certain hotel on a certain day. When the time comes, her customers drive up iu their carnages and are shown to her room, where, 1 can tell you, they leave a lot of orders. Her trade is worth $73,000 a year to her house, I know of one wom- 8n wi,0 sells chewing gum, another laces, another buttons, another furs, I have even heard of a woman who sells coflius. I'll liet she Bells so many that the undertakers have to make kindling wood of them to get their stock reduced." New York Sun. lrlatetle Women Inspector. A question put by Mr. John Durns in the house of commons raises a point which ought not to be allowed to drop. Mr. Durns asked whether it was not the fact that there were 50.000 female oper atives in the factories of Belfast and no female factory inspector. Mr. Asquith's , answer was eminently official. "Women factory inspectors," ho said, "are not as signed to any particular district. They are peripatetic. Miss Abraham has vis ited Belfast and will probably go there again." Further pressed by Mr. Sexton t to say whether it would not be possible to have a lady inspector resident in Ire- j land. Mr. Asiiuith said thut thero were possiblo to spare one io resiuo htiuu nently in Ireland. "Then why not np appoinP more lady inspectors?" Mr. Burns persisted, but got no answer. London Queen. 0 For Pannij lTaiila Women. The Pennsylvania Woman's Suffrage association makes a prize offer as fol lows: ' Three prizes of (15, 10 and respec- I tively nre offered for the best article on ! "The Political Equality or omen ewrx-o j ten by a resident of Pennsylvania. The i I article must not contain more than 1,500 j I words, must be written on one side of ' the paper and by a typewriter if jiossi ble. No ni tido must lie signed, but the I name and address of the writer must be ' inclosed in a sealed euvelope and placed, I j together with the article, in another en- ' j velope. Articles must be sent to the ! j chairman of the committee of awards, ; : 1820 Arch street, Philadelphia, on or be- ; fore March 1, 1S94 Mary Graw, L. L. f I Blankenburg, Jane Cumpbtll. Philu- 1 ! delphia Ledger. Smoked Cigarette Thirty Tears. I "Penplo talk nbont cigarettes being ! nnhealthful. but the fuct that I am still ! alive is proof to tho contrary," said a omidc'le aged man. "I began smoking them 80 years ago, before they were : niudo in this part of tho country and w hen fowwero Imported. It is a far cry ' to tho time when thero wero no Ameri- cau cignrettes, and I feel old when 1 look back to it. I ought to add that 1 ; have never inhaled the smoko of ciga rettes, which p'Thaps accomits for their ! not killing mo long ago. I may also add. : iu strict confidence that tho reason I ! lmvo smoked cigarettes is that cigars ' and pipes make mo sick." Now iork Sun. Trlrd to Itrare Tp. Wife Yon'vo been drinking! Aud you told me you were going to a prayer meeting 1 . . . itnshnnd -e s. m' dear, l wasn ne- lnyed at zho prayer meeting, nnd I (blcj knew you'd make big fuss hon t my (hie) eomin homo late, and I-I (hlo) tried to brace up for zhe ordeaL New York Weekly. Many towns iu Europe have local hol idays commemorative of some Impor tant evtut iu their b'.tory. HAXCilXGTOAlHMDLE . THRILLING ADVENTURE IN THE BIQ HORN MOUNTAINS. 4 Hunter llrld Ovrr a lliiltiiuilrt Canyua by 111. H.iM'a I-.rl.ll. Itrla-Tba'stys. ery 11 f To r.lllr Mint I illnl -How Lee ( Irarrd tl.e I'atli. QD During tin. fallcf is;;, just after tho txpedirlon which had resulted iu tho running down and capturing of Chief Joseph ami his band of warriors, my troop was ilitached to make a scout from Camp Drown down through the Hattlcsiiitko rang.i to thu Platto river Hid from tlur.) to tli.i Yellowstone by way of tho Cooso Creek trail. Whi n we camped ru I'lear creek, a Miiiradn named Lee und I started off for a day's hunting among tho high peaks of tho Liig Horn mountains, ex- 1 to get it few sheep. Loo was n man of cxtra irdinary strength mid was noted in tho regiment for his feats of muscular ability. V.'e ascended the mountain by a doer trail, Leo tilling in advance. Tho trail led np n "hogback" until it ran out Kgainst tho ride of tho mountain, hen wo had to pick our way over tho sido bill until wo struck another trail wind ing iunzigag manner toward thu sum mit. Wo dismounted and led our horses, for tho trail ran dangerously close to the edgo of a cliff that formed 0110 sido of an immense canyon, whoso depth wo conld only guess. Narrower nml nar rower grew tho trail as wo n.lvQioed until it Fcetucd to terminate, at a point o:ily a short distance in front of us. We moved forward cautiously, for on one rido tho mountain appeared to riso from und. r our very fe t into a wall of solid rock. On thu otlur sido we looked into tho depths of tho great canyon, which wool. I prove nu eternal gravo to either of us should ho lose his footing and top plo into it. Tho nppannt termination of tho trail was duo to a curvo at that point, to round which required steady nerves. Wo passed it safely, but had not gouo 2(1 yir.ls when both horses bent their ears Vil wTird, snorted and showed evi dences of tho greatest terror, lieforo I could ascertain thu causo of it, being in rear of Leo's hurso ami unablu to seo beyond it, a shot was tired thut nwoko ten thousand echoes. What followed tho sound of tho shot happened so quickly that j did not ie alizo danger until I found myself hang ing between lifu nuil death. My horse, unable to see whnt was in tho path ahead of us, but whoso instinct warned him of tliq presence of somo dreaded wild licast.'i.ad stopped in terror, nud, when tho shot was tirod, suddenly threw an his head nud began backing. I had pulled tho reins over his head w hen I dismounted and held them In my right hand, to which fact I owod my escape from instant death. Thu rapid hack ward movement of tho horse und tho sadden tossing of his head threw mo off my balance, nud before I could recover I was falling over tho cliff. Instinctively I tightened my hold on tho reins and endeavored to grasp tho edgo of the cliff with my left hand ns I was rolling over. I did succeed in check ing tho shock of my fall somewhat, but could not secure a hold sufficient to sus tain my weight. For a moment I hung suspended over tho terrible abyss, my whole weight resting upon my right arm. Quick as n flash I grasped tho reins w ith my left also, and tin to I bung, expecting death every instant, for I knew that my hurso would not stand long iu tho position ho then held. I could se li i in standing above, mo, and tho beauty of his pose and tho rig idity of his position, as lie stood braced against tho weight dangling nt tho end of his bridle rein, mado an impression npon my memory that will never bo eradicated. I asked myself how much longer it was possible to bang by so frail a sup port as a bit of teat Iter. Tho grip of my hands was so tight thut my linger ends wero tingling und burning as though touclnd with a hot iron. Suddenly another shot rang out, awakening a myriad of echoes that soeinod loniiH-k mo with shrill laughter. Again that backward movement of my horse, nud as I felt tho reins drag along tho edgo of tho precipice I thought I must surely let go und fall. Siraugo thoughts began to flash through my brain, mental plcturos of loved ones long sinco dead appeared to whisper prayers for me, thero w as singing in my ears, nud I realized that my strength was giving out. Just then I heard my namo spoken. At first I thought it was but tho voico of ono of tho visions my excited brain had conjured up. But no; thero it sound ed ngain. It was Leo's voice, calm, col R'ctiSFand inspiring. Ho was whisper ing words of caution. Opening my ryes, I saw his faro nhovo mo what a whito, scared faro it was, I thought I Slowly, oh, so slowly, his hand stolodowu tho reins until it rested npon my wrist. Then thero was a quick grip of powerful fingers, an exertion of wonderful strength, and I was iu safety. Lee told nio afterward that I was un conscious when ho stretched mo out on tho trail. Tho first shot had been flrtd nt a mountain Hon that crouched iu tho trail a short distatico ahead and had sent it crushing into tho depths of thu canyon. Hearing my cry of fear ns I toppled over the brink of tho cliff, ho had shot his horso to clear n path to get back to whero I was nnd bud been in timn to rescue mo. W. P. Coulter in Sau Fran cisco Argonaut. 0 r.MA7 V': , ; ,..o' milieu ll. ...... - other day, ho called on Colonel Wheel- wriirht and Mr. Winslow Warren. "How do you like congress?" lie was asked by Colonel Wheelwright. "Oh!" said the Seventh district con gressman. "It's tho funniest placo I ever saw. In thu hoii.se they have g"t tl rules so fixed that you can't get any business in, und in ths senate tin y have them so arrang-d that yon can't get any business out." Boston Glolie. r'.ill.mlns l'ruilirt. A false prophet has arisen on the island , of Jamaica. He' teaches that U.xl has given him piwer to make a neWlVtli. da of a small river on the island. I - . ery Wednesday he stands on a rock in the stream and blesses the waters, which are then suppmed to have the power of healing any disease. belief In the new prophet, and 30.000 pll- i ,. a dnv bathe In the waters. -Chi- The natives are crazy in ineiamuic a- - ' Wgo Herald. SHE SMOTE THE MASHER. A OaWaliiia Army Knuskrd IKina 11 liiiHTtlurnt t'hiil. Miss Marie llmwuelle, dainty, pretty, not quid. 17 yours old, educated In the most fah!iina!!i seminary of II".. state, caused a seii-sil i.m a few month ago when hi. Jolii.sl Hie .Silvatloii Army and ex pnsiMit the Intention of becoming nn oili er. Now she has won the ndinlrntion of all who know her by soundly thrashing an iliiiertiuent fellow who attempted to show herself and mother unsolicited intentions. Naturally Miss llniwnelln is one of tho attractions of the Salvation Army, says it-s MAlttK nnovNi'i i n. 0 tlwFap-.Francisco Examiner. A few davs ago she appcnns.1 at the head of nil army pnses.h.n on Market street dreMil all in while with silver spaiigl.1. Hie was the "snow iinvu" and marched the stnvts to ndvertlse the "leu cream festival" which tlie nriny was giving to raise funds funds with which to prosecute Its work of reliev ing distress and soothi sulTering. Thu men alsmt town had a g-ssl den) to say iilxint the pretty young girl in white and spangles. Hie furnished a new toplo for their jail. si timiplnalioii. Had they rivclvccl encouragement sin. might have Ik come quite a fad and reigned as tho "queen of the dudes." From now on, however, her admirers will keep at a respectful d I si 11 nee. Tim avalit coutviir of the chappies 110 rsmil his attentions Ih far, was kii.s-k.sl down in the street, had lilscycgla-ses shattered and lica! a retreat which had lu It licit her grace nor dignity. Miss llniwnclle was p.l,, ,omr int night with her mother. 1 he Isildest of lier ad- nitrcrs, who had Isrn hanging alM.i.t tho iinnv's meetings. lcp,.sl up, adjusting his glassi's, lifnil his hat, smiled Inslnimt- Ingly, tiKik the mother's arm, leenil Into the face of the young lady and asked, "May I aecomiany you hoine?" The next Instant the angry fist of the pn tty girl shot Int.. his ogling eyes, his rveglasst were shut tenil and Hew one way whlh. hlsh.it went the other, and bo was knocked coniplotclv olT his f.vt, falling on his back. As he rose, daisj and sheepish, the young lady struck htm another blow, and he was glad to slink away without further cast igat ion. uiss immi,.. mi is.ru in ii. .111.1111... There her father was the captain of a MtniuitT l'twiiu it'll it u tiiiit'n'iib in landsof Hawaii. Ilewaswell todoand ... sent Ids (laughter to I iillforulii to receive her education at Mills seminary. Shu completed the courso at that fash ionable homo of jMilitu learning mid was duly graduated at tho close of the school year lost summer. The career which oH'ii cd Is'foro hersccni.d little dilTerent from that toward which her schoolmates tended. Her father had diiil, but had left to Iter mot' erand herself a comforlnblo property. She was bright of mind and pleasing to tho eye. Tho Indications were that sho would ('.nine and llirt and ho a sis-lal but- terlly, mako her match and settle down to the duties of a society matron. Hut ids. nt three months ago she liccamo Interested in Salvation Army work and was completely converted at one of the meetings. Sho sikui expressisl n desire to enter tho training homo and Ixs'oino an ollleer, her ambition Is-lng to huid in the Army work nt her old Hawaiian home. In entering upon this career of loader- ship it was necessary for her to make a Kicrlflco. She was told to put away her Jewels, which were of conslderahh; value. At once sho put them sway. 'lhey ara now IiM-kisI mi. nml klioold slio iMS'oine nil (.nicer they will bo sold for tho benelit of the Amir. PIOUS ON HIS FACE. A Bible Trit Tattooed on an Immigrant'! Forrhra.l. As his nainii indicates, Kiigeno Ilrus- I ...I... l...l.ul I., v...- V..rb rm.... !..- tonlani, is of French origin, though he was ' borniiiAntweni.lt. ilhiiii. Ho Is a tall, rather handsome young man, ami stated, when examined by tho board of Inquiry at Kills island, that ho was a sWlll.il iron worker. The only noticrahlo peculiarity In his npiH'iiraneo was his bangs, which ho wore down to his eyebrows, bis forehead Wing completely hidden by tho adornment. When ho npcurcd In Mr. 11.1 ward Mo Sweeny's ofllco, tho commissioner noticed this singularity and asked the young man NABAE3tJMttEtl) Kl'OKNK nttt'SSAItt). klsiut It. Ilrussard looked cmharrassi-d for a moment aud then replied In French that he wore his hair In this manner to hl.lo a murk on Ids lmif. j "What Is Iho markf" ho waa asked. lie tossed his hair back and exhlbltisl a ' skillfully executed plecfl of tattooing, I which, on examination, proved to boa text from the Hlble, done in mliiutohtit perfect letters. It was In French and read: I "Hleuest moil llcrgcr; Je n aunils Iswoln dn rlen." (Thn Iord is my shepherd; I shall not want.) Ho stated that the talt.silng wasdotio at . ,r .u..t h wa. a li ycur ohl Isiy. Votes Nut Worth Having. Somo people's notions of Hodge's ideas of politics are illustrated by tin. soliloquy of a lalsirer on his way to tho poll: "Yes, yes, uiiuistouo wus a great man, but I maiu think ho was too outo for us pi sir folk. Win n wotes was worth a H'pnu note, he k p tin ull to hisst If, and now, when Uvy ain't wrath a far den, wo all has unt Ah, ho wasniain t.si clever for us!" So lie mnrches In and Votes for thu squire. London Star. Avoided the SllldTt, Winks Did McKIck have much to sny on tho subject of railroad monopoly whilo you wero there? Minks Well, no. Yoq sis-, just after I called, a rartman drove np with a bo for him. Tho railroad freight on It for 100 mile, was a quarter; the cartmau's charge for hauling t six block, was DO cents Nu York Wueklr. IML. iJTs. 1 If. WILD 15 MAST WHIMS. FIERCE ANIMALS OF THE FOREST WHO HAVE PREJUDICES. o tVolvrs, luiillirr and llran Kriolllvs Alx.ut l ur Otri-roKla-Au Aid Milllvitn t .nml y Hunter T-llt Mourn Krrl. iiri- lllii.tr.illi.ij Tills lii.rer K. t. "A 1 1 nr cr a nuther can't stand tho I'ght 1 f n wolfskin or n coonskin over 1 i:it," mid 1111 ii;i. liluiter of Sullivan cruiity, 'jiuii both nlso.lisliho tho looks r.f nn iiv. rcoat made of buiTnlo skin. Tiny becomo enraged when they see a hunter itriding through the woods with 11 fur coat on. They will start for him t'.io instant they get sight of him, and on less ho slops 1 1 1 ft 11 with a ritlu ball or charge of buckshot they will invaria bly tackle lii 111. A wolf or even n pack of tin m will nlwuys tutu tail and run away from a hunter that wears n, wolf skin coat, but they will chaso a man who wears a coat of any other kind of fur and will nlta k him it they get a ."banco. In tho winters early in tho for ties I hunted panthers, wolves and bears, killing n deeroucu iu nwbilo for a change When tho weather was "bitter cold, I wore a cooiiskiu overcoat until a (Qillur ruined it, and hero is what is leltofit. "I killed 1111 even dozen of panthers and a soor-jcf wolves while wearing that coat, it was iu January, 1 S-l 4, that I had to stop wearing it. One very I'olil morning I put on my hiiowsIioos ami started lor tho head of Kitchen's creek to hunt panthers and wolves. Tho snow was tbriu feet deep in tho woods, and tho wolves nud panthers werg slaughtering tho deer at a frightful rata In a spruce ravine to tho right of tho creek 1 saw a movement iu 1111 ever green tree and raised my ritlo for what I thought might be a panther. "I hadn't been standing a minute when I beard a twig snap back of 11111, mid lieforo 1 could turn half way round something struck my back and drove 1110 forward 1 y hands and knees. Of courso I instantlv realized that 11 panther , , , , , , ,k , fc , , . . 111 . , l!""" '!' 0 U kll'k "s hind feet, snarling and teaiing at tho coonskin with its teeth. I knew in a second that the only thing for 1110 to do was to throw myself back- ward, nml tills 1 did at once, burying ,lu ,,llt.r t, . I.eneatll me, T, , a toot.rt,,ul but ,, , . , . . . .. : ,"" n""y wwrIiJ ki'l t from making much noise. It continued to daw grea.J rents iu thu coonskin coat until 1 stabbed (3 threo t'Jnos in tho side, when it stopped kicking mid began to gasp. I knew that tho point of tho kmfo lwi touched a vital spot, so 1 lay 8tj n ,, p!lll,her stretched out dead. fin t 111111... 1,"u' 1 K"t up an.l pulled tho beast out tllAk Ajtuiktlin I lui loll I ' il IkikH.llH of the snow by the tail. I'd hardly dropiH'd it on the surface than tlieru was another movement in tho evergreen tree. "This timo I spied a pair of eyes on a limb nlsmt IS feet above tho enow and bla.e.l away at them. A panther tumbled out, began to pitch nml divu iu tho snow, soon turning up its toes. Then I pulled off tho overcoat and discovered that tho panther had ruined it. Thu claws hadn't touched my flesh, though, for 1 wore three thicknesses of deerskin and two of wool under tho overcoat. On that trip of three days I got live pan thers and four wolves. "Tho sainu winter I surprised a puck of wolves that had cornered threo deer iu a pen np iu tho Mehoopany country. I had on a wolfskin coat, and tho worYos legged it out of the pen tho moment they got sight of mo. 1 pulled off tho coat and put it behind a tree, and thu wolves, wheii they stopped to lookback, acted jf ,,,, bm, .,,, ,)V a filIs0 ,. . ' "" ....v.. coat wasn't in sight, thoy didn't caro any moio for mo than for a sapling. They immediately returned to thu deer pen as bold as you please, nud I shot thn wholo flvo as fust as I could load and lira "Ono wiiter Joel Wri,it, who used to hunt and trap all tho way from tho Isiyalsock to thu Mohoopany. rolled up Ills coonskin overcoat ami plaeeil u oil tChig in tho woods till ho could go over a knoll and look at ono of his traps. WL''i ho got to tho top of tho knoll on his way back, ho heard a bear hollow ing down in tho hollow, as If It was challenging another bear to fight with him lu a mintitu Joel caught sight of thu noisy bear, but couldn't mako out whero tho other ono was. Tho challen ger wus slouching toward tho log on which the coonskin overcoat lay in a bunch, nud Jisd made up his mind that tho bear had got scent of tho coat and was about to tucklu it "Joel had a better fur coat at homo, and ho didn't earn much what tho bear did with thn ono on Iho log. Anyhow ho was going to watch tho bear, and, if he got tho better of tho emit, nil right Ho conld seo that tho follow was angry beforo ho got within ten rods of tho log. Rushing up to tho log, tho bear seized O thu overcoat iu his paws and began to squeeze and shako it ns if it was a thing of life tnt hu hold nn old grudge against. Joel tramped down thu knoll then to simi all tho fun at short range, nnd pretty soon tho bear gave tho coat a dreadful hug, let out a yell, foil' over backward and went to sprawling and rolling iu tho snow Jcul knew whnt thu trouble was but ho didn't say a wind. Tho bear'd had his own wny, nnd ho was as dead as a flint when Joel got to him. Joel's hunting knife was iu a pis'ket of tiie overcoat, and tho point of it had pierced tho heart of tho angry animal when ho hugged thu coat to his breast in a fit of r.igo. " Serauton Letter lu New York Sun. Not a Ihmdy. Littjo Miss Mugg(proudly) My papa U going to buy ln a J'i''ycla l-'ttle Miss Heckles (loftily) I've hail ono for a year Liltlu Miss Mugg (disdainfully) Until 1 wouldn't bu seen riding a last year's bicycla Ool Now. A Cultivated Cnuvlrt. Prison Missionary My frluiid, are yea not repentant for your past mis deeds? Convict Repent iiawthinl You bet ter go back to school an finish y'r cdica tion "My friend, I am thoroughly familiar with the liiblo." "Aw, coma off I Just yoa study ap tho science, of sociology, an you'll find I nm simply a product of environment that's the sort of a hairpin I aiu. " Now York Weekly. " HADSHI IZZET HATED CHRISTIANS. Dut a Consul One Mda Ilia I'aniimi Turk Uh liovcrnur llsirrt Ulna. Somo time ago there died in Adrian oplu one of tint most famous and origi nal of the subjects of the sultan of Tur key. He was Hadsbi Aelimed Iz. t, pashn governor general of tho valayet, or irovince, boi.leringon the lllack sea. lladshi Izzct was an ideal Turk of the old school, a strung" mixture of Solo monliko wisdom mid childish foolish ness, energy and npnthy, cruelty nml mercy, truth mid deceit, generosity and avarice. In tho ryes of tho ruler ami ruiitem- I poraries lie was a In t.., and it was with a purine ch ar to many that his majes- ' ty appoint. Id 1iim governor general of Adrinuople and k'V't him for us many years at the head of that important prov- ' Incetih" gateway of the Uttoinii em pire. The pasha was born moru than U0 years ago and rapidly climbed to places commensurate w ith Ins name and the in- 1 llueticeof his family. At tho turn, of his deatli he was the dean of thu Turkish vi.iero. Almost countless tiro the nmvdotes told (if the pashn, who was known and respected from tho Turkish lhin to thu Turkish P.ccrshfha. His hatred of thu "Chiistiati dogs," as he always called tho people of the west, was Imundless, j It was invariably his custom, when force of circumstances obliged him to give his hand to a "dog, " to wash it upon withdrawal while in the presence of his guest. It is said that Hadsbi izz. t laid aside his habit only once. ! I hie day a consul cf one of tho greatest Euiopean countries was obliged to seek an audience with the sultan's lieutenant in governmental affairs. Ho had al ready been insulted once by the pasha's ' washing his hands after the greeting and determined that he should not I so t-entcd a second time if lie could Missi bly prevent it. The consul was a thor- j oiigh imistct of the Turkish tongue, mid foi this reason had a great advantage over many of his colleagues. When the servant i f lladshi Izzet re ceived him at the palace threshold, be spoko as follows in a voice which ho knew would reach the ears of tho gov ernor in his office near by: "tlo and tell thy master that I wish to speak to him. Sayn hi in thut 1 shall also do him the honor to give him hand, but shall crack n'J lint over my his ears if he attempts to wash his hands alter shaking mine." The servant started away to announce thn visitor to his master.0 Hut the gov ernor had already heard thu im-ssnge nml came, smiling, toward the Oaring consul. While he placed bis right hand in that of the foreign representative he said: "Thut was rij ht. You please me, elTeiuli. You at least have courage." Tho hands were not washed until tho consul hud left tho palace. San Fran cisco Chronicle. Taylor'a rrrparalliin Fur Hum VI. ta. I refer to Zachary Taylor, whoso rec ord in tho Mexican war was something phenomenal! Ho fought the battle of IStteua Vista with onlv 5.0XH) men. al though he was attacked by 25,000 men under the leadership of Santa Anna, who wiib tliu gre.Vst military leader the Mexicanshavoever known. Santa Anna went to the batllu of Buenu Vista witli tho avowed purpose of exterminating thu entire army of thu United States, ami there was no doubt iu t'.io mind of Santa Anna that this great feat could beacconi plished with coinparativo ease, (leiieral Taylor, with his 5,(mio men, prepared for the unequal contest, aud not only de fended himself successfully, but won a substantial victory from bis uggressivo antagonists and drove them from the battlelield of Buena Vista. Some time after thu batllu waa fought and the Mexican war concluded General Taylor was criticised for having made no preparations for thu retreat of Ins army in the event of defeat, (l. nerul Taylor promptly replied: "I tmido evory preparation necessary for the battle of Buena Vista. I wroto my will, and so did nearly every man in iny army. If wo had not won that battle, we would huvd needed no lines of retreat. It was, from our standoint, victory or annihila tion. Tho only preparation necessary for the contingency of defeat nt liuena Vista was Hint wo should write our wills." Boston Transcript. Gaulua and Heredity. O Tho world is not going to suffer through tho deelinoof maternity ainong thu upper classes. Out from tho ranks of thu poor und unlettered will spring statesmen or actors, musicians, poets, I scholars und reformers, who shall keep the great machinery of thu world in mo tion and who shall in their turn, accord ing to a natural law, diu without noto wort liy offspring and give place to others to ririi trom nn looked for smitcis. Did great brain prodiico greater brain, did genius piislnce greater genius, from oue generation to another, tho earth would soon groan under tho oppression of ty rants of colossal intellectual power, as it now groans under tho tyrants of inher ited thrones and foitunea. It is well for humanity at largo that genius cannot bo entailed. Timo is doing away with thrones, and may Ood speed tho day ' when great wealth, tisj, shall reach its limit w ith each generation, and a mo nopoly of human rights becomo an Im possibility ! Flla Wheeler Wilcox. , Ths t'onrederate Cant. ' Thero was only one complete die ninde for the purpose of coining money by ths Confederate Stalin of America Hint for a I cent piece, which was made by Lovutt, the l'hilnilelphla engraver, In 1HHI. After , he had finished the dim Mr. Iivett found that he was unable to send them to the persons that bad ordered the work done, and becoming alarmed bu "struck oft" l!i nickel cents and then carefully secreted both coins and dies. For 13 long years the engraver kept bis secret, which wns dual ly revealed through an accident. One day In ho went to the hiding place of the rare coins nud selected one for a sicket piece and within the month passed it out unknowingly to lla.eltlne, the Philadel phia restaurant keesT. This man, know ing the piece to 1st Ixm-tt's work, sent it to J. C. Randall, the coin collector. After somo llttln trouble Haseltine and Randall succeeded III buying ths die, and from It they struck 55 copper pieces, 13 In silver aud T in gold. Tills accomplished, they mutilated the die, and cola dealers now bold Confederate cents at ur. St. Inils Republic very high fig Method In liar Madneaa. Clarissa Why, yon silly thing I What ara you putting your dsmp bauds out on thu w In. low sill for? You'll get thum all rough nnd red I Aanr 1 Yes, I know. But Mr. da Million thinks that every woman ought to do all sortsof housework, and I'm getting my bands ready to show off tuuight, New York. World. TIIKAWFlTJ.W;iZZAUr 7 AN UNMERCIFUL NOf i'i COD THAT RULES TH PLAIN3. No IVriou t an I n. la aland What Trrrllils TI.Iiiij. Tlu-y Art I nlll lla llaa Ho. a One-W illi All I lun'a Car, Thry Ara Mill Ilia t'iiru.,u.rrd llnrilllra. The bli..ar as tho plain man's tit titieiilar desiiates tho prairlu snow norm, is iirly Ineoinprehensibln In nun who Ii V not experienced it Gen erated In .m great storm breeding re gions ofy larron Uritisli America and iwcpt f, iin tiu M ists along tho vast level reaches that stretch eastward from the Kocky mountains, with no forest to break its force, It become a demon of lOe air, second only to thu cyeloiio or tornado in dotrttctiv.-ness. The moisturo is ground as Ixtwccu mill-tones, hurl ed with I n 1 U 1 1 1 kit eiiergv over huiidreds ot miles if level plain, nud ilually, transformed into yeasty sleet by tho sof tening edi cts of lower latitudi a, falls in bleak showers on thu ranges of Tons and No Man's Laud. Lack of cheap building materia) an 1 thu brevity of the winter season on the prairies contribulu to make thu settler's cabin a poet refuge. When the hlizanl comes, every resource of fuel is hus banded, ami it is faei.l with a grim do termination to see it through. Dut not aft are prepared even so well as the settler Occasionally a Ik dated ! emigrant, cu route either to a cho-.ni claim on thu frontier or toward thu pleasantly remembered east, win ro ho liopi-s to 11 ii I old Irieiids and helpers, is caught by thu blast. Ho may have a liny stove Inside tho canvas t.qes'd prai rie sehooni r, but its heat can do Itttlu against, the power of tho storm. Slit I ' tcred by thu low bluff of s.iuiu raviuoor j water courso ho may weather thu dun ging hours of suffering, but tho chances ' tiro that team und driver w ill Q found a ghastly monument to thostorm king's strength. Thu farmer who has hurried 10 or li miles 1. 1 thu iienreft village to sccum ! supplies for the imp. niling visitation is ti! ti ii overtaken befoio n aching bis waiting family and v risheson Mm mad, . for no matter how wi II bu knows thu path when the blizard rages bis way ! that of thu mariner without a com pass At the pi.ilriu seliivillioii-es, where j Ihu settlers' childn n are guthclttd tr.mi a territory covering many miles in cv . cry direction, thu blizz ard brings terror ' ti tliu pupils n well ns to their parent.. Ite'iio is impossible until the lull comes, nml nwlul possibilities lurk lu tho Ixisom of (ho storm. A Dakota schoolmistress failed to dismiss her scholars In timo for them to nn li hoinu nud found herself and them pris oners from a blizzard's approach. A night ami n day nt least wi ro beforo Inr, during which her littlo charges must bo protected. Deliberately slio apportioned thu food remaining in t lit dinner pails, divided tho larger boys into squads to keep tho liro burning steadily, and when darkness came put "in young, r pupils tosloep on thu U ncli es. I hen through the. hitter night sho sang, declaimed, told stories, invented games ami kept tho frightened children amused and cheered ns best sho could. The following day passed much the s:-.me, but still no abatement ot Hie s'orni nor any rescue. Tho second night was dreary indeed. Tho children cried themselves to sleep, hungry and cold. With her own hands tho teacher broke up desks nml hlacklmnrd to food tho vo racious stove. With morning came a shout nt tho door us tho settler, shovel j ed away tho snow, ami then tho plucky girl to whom tho children owed their lives showed her womanliness and fainted. ' Thn loss mining stock on thn plains by each blizzard is appalling. There is less expostiro of herds and (lock, now than In earlier times, yet every season causes tho destruction of thnnsaiids of head of eattlo and sheep on tho ranges and in thu nnshelterd corrals. Soveral years ago, during tho height of tho Texas eat tlo trade, a blizzard in wustern Kansas early iu December destroyed tnoro than half or 1100,000 cattle Hint were being herded on tho ojhiu prairie. At ono rail- wny station, lifter tho storm, 1)3,000 hides wero slilpisid, at another SO, 000. a Ono ranchman, found but 225 head alive nut of 7,500 that had boon grazing bo foro tho catastrophe. Several hundred ponies nml a scoro of herders also per ished. Tho blizzard is a permanent feature of thu prniriv winter. Nothing but a (lu cldc.l cllmatio revolution can secure to tho grunt trausmlssissippi ruligou im munity from Its death bearing presence. Better preparations nro yearly being made to withstand its fury and to pro tect moro generously tho dumb animals who suiter equally with their masters. The signal service is rendering aid in warning communities reached by tele graph of the storm 'i approach, whilo thu lettlers, taught by bitter experience, tako with each season better precautions and provide moro intelligently for their timo of need, which is stiro to coma. But, with all man 'scare and defense, tho blizzard remains nuoonqnerori. It 1. cruel, relentless nud unmerciful as some Norse god, from whoso kingdom it comes. It is ono of the west's posses sions which Is wholly and irredeemably dutostable. In its forefront is apprehen sion; at its height, terror; in its wake, desolation ami suffering, lometliue. death. Dutrult Froo Press. Cutting a Hailstorm la India. During a severo hailstorm iu the Himalayas our nittivo gardener brought out n hatchet nnd placed it, edge up ward, in tho garden, to "cut the storm," as ho said. Cutlln, iu his "North Amer ican Indians," describes a ceremony of tho Mandan Indians, in which hatchets and edged tool are sacrificed to the "spirit of the waters" to avert a recur rence of the great do In go, of which the tribo bns the tradition. Note and (Queries. tiovernmaitt Cala. ' Several hundred rata are maintained by tho I'nlt.d States government, slid tha cost of their support is a regular Item on the accounts of the ixwtoftUe department. They are distributed among the postolllces In the chief ell lis, where they perforin I their duty nt keeping rata and mice from destine'"." rs-wM r"itf"r and mail sacks. 1 llotlonlana. Muinma Now, dear, the doctor gone, what can I do to aniase yon? Emerson (aired 5. wearily) If you vVaml, mother, 1 think 1 should like to go to sleep and reduce my temperature. iFact.r Vogue.