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DADDY JOHN'S
f-uiKKE bad been n royal 11
jP jfmMy John's rul)ln, nud
IX was t 111 a great bed of glo
I ii hi daughter Liz cnllei
f innrr Paddy warmed liU
liml been n royal flru In
there
lowing
I'd lilm
. iiiimiv unruled urn iiii.i.
. . i 1.1.1 ...i,.
f. buii.U ot tho flro nml the sw.-c
. of the mm polio nml the fin
ot the coffee were very pleas
Jut to him. His old. wizened In. o
(rrinklfl into something uiennt for a
.n
tm" . . Mnr'l l,ny..ni.,"
"Tlie ilociur wui.i.iu -
- (.I'll It on juiu i j ""k' "
.iilled LI. "'r 1,,rk weather U0U.il
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'm M""'-
-Cuiiii' mi ''in oiiiuer, uiMi, "
Tin nconiiu , ijiiin.-ivu mi' .i......
Ltterlug forward aud pulling nlotr,' "
'fl, splint chair.
"Whnr tnei piece er sauun-
lilmi-
,.?" lie croaked.
I lied It it rldlu' Pomp," declined
J""1- .. .....
Voll fit It Uilgniy quica, sum imp
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,kI brought 0 tattered aiiecpshin
.I... old innti carefully loli hi I in
She chair nnd then sat down.
Tlmt part f Pnddy John1 appaid
1,1, It nunc In contact w ith tin l p
ikln was ho iitt.-iiunted im to fabric
I lint the Interposition of the worn lleece
ran must comforting.
"I've got ter hcv some new noes,
x:i Ul Paddy, presently.
Klio lucked nt Hud.
"Itml wants some new rloVs powerful
,q,. too. hilt he enta Serb n heill). 'pears
like I enyu't never git him noun. '
Hud kin Bit iTlong," wiiu tne oi.i
twin, testuy.
"Don't vou reckon the doctor won:-
iu'd not eloYs lu her imr'l?" asked I.I..
I reckon. Itut incbby ther uiu t miry
ftlilng fi-r mo."
Kf you should go up tlmr
I ain't er goln'," Interrupted the old
h,!in n iiioki nuuruv. imw num-
pn's al'n.vs been pood ter we litis nu' I
don't hIiii ter nx her rer nry tiling.
1 1 1h feeble baud trembled 08 he took
bp IiIh torn but.
She Rot ideiity of everytliinc. aiu
Liz. milleiily.
"It don't differ. I nln't goln'I"
Piiddy Johu went out. ,
I!iil nl'nys whs er fool!" unwed Mx.
nlie lit her pipe.
"Vou go nn' help yer grnnihiJ pick
BP tntew" she called to Dud.
I Bud. sauntering lazily toward I ho po
tato bank, Raw somebody swinging
Slmig the mountain toward the cubli..
"Jhnr'8 the doctor womau's nigger
r eotnlu' ntter you, grandad," be called.
I Paddy John set bis spade down bard
pud leaned forward on the handle.
1 "Couiln' ntter me? louse a I'linn
kljlt. Hud
j Hut he stared from under his shaggy
brows and breathed hard as the baud-.
iome yellow womnu came up,
I "Howdy, Sally!"
.ti .. T.I.IH
"Howdy. Daddy John. Hauklu up
yer taters?"
I "I reckon."
4 He was shaking all over and felt U V.
I "Got some permnters j it, daddy? HV
ie some! I waut a permater pie, I
loes."
V'Vls, yis," said the old man, aliorlly.
"Doctor wants you to come up Miar,
iMy. She's got suiuUu fer you'se out-
her bar'l."
Vessum. I'll come alter I git my
tors done banked up."
Sally started off with her tomatoes.
Tell her I'm obleeged to her," caiu-l
ddy's cracked voice.
"What my missis wants to throw
way good clo'es on that pore wblto
ish fer, I don't know," grumbled Sal
. "Mo and Jake could er make use
nil o' tliem things."
Daddy John went on with his work.
"Alu't yer er goin', grandad?" cried
ml.
t' VIs, I'm er goln' right now."
He toddled off to the cabin, washed
lis bands at the porch and dried them
?u a bit of burlaps. The doctor was
latching for the old man. He feave a
jueer pull at his tattered hat brim as
le came near.
j "Howdy, Paddy Johu! I'm -lyht
;lad to see you. Come In!"
He stood at the edge of the hearth,
fuzing at the barrel. The doctor siuil-
il.
Your hat Is getting pretty old, da Id.'.
he brim Is torn and there's such a big
iole In the crown!"
"Yessuui. Hit's plum worn out, sure
uff."
"Never mind," said the doctor. "I
iave such a nice cap for you," showing
i to blm. "Made of soft fur and with
sr lappets to tie down."
The old face altered. It lost ten
ronry years.
"Try It on, daddy! Now, Is It uot
lice? You won't freeze your poor cam
his winter."
"No, ma'am! Tbank'ee, ma'am. I
eckon I'd better go now."
! "Walt a bit. You need some shoe
Inddy. Here are some good ones."
"Mighty fine shoes, mighty fine."
Bumbled the old man.
"Now, you need some soft wnrm
locks. Here they are. You want to
?ut them on, don't you? Come In here.
And now I must go go oh, yes go to
Jeed my chickens. But there's one thing
tiore. Here Is a Dice pair of trousers!"
uoctorr
It's all rleht Daddv! Thev will
3'ist Dt you, I'm sure."
i Such a droll figure awaited the doc
tor's return. A little gray old man, his
,mall spindle legs rattling around In
Jlie fine black trousers, bis ragged, fad
fd calico shirt abashed In such corn-
soy. He looked at her speechless.
Is wrinkled face working.
ene smiled at him.
"I have a vest here for vou. Paddy.
na 1 11 gire you a clean white shirt to
ke home."
I "Doctor!" the old man gasped. "1
Wyn't "
"Don't worry. Daddy. Try on the
test"
1 Pot It on, tugging weakly at the
NEW CLOTHES
"Jem w lint I UiM-dcd," be muttered,
hiiHklly.
"Vou look very nli-e, PinMy. There's
only one thing mure, and line It la
the tlucHt. wannest eoat lu IIiiuihuiIk
County."
Hhc held It up by the kIioiiIJit and
drew it on.
"Now, In not that n lovely eoat'"
He stroked the hoft . Intli gently, pull
ing nt the friiiim wlfti Lis tubby lin
ger. "It's lined with ullk," said .the doe
tor. "Paddy. I Klioul.lu't know you."
lie looked down at hlinnelf in a'dazed
way. Then he started.
"I'd better go home now." he said,
hurriedly. "I never had nary suit o'
cIoVh afore. Cod bless ye, doetur."
He caught her hnml.
"I'm so glad to give them to you.
Paddy." she wild softly, with tear.
The next day Jule I'raley came up
to tueiid the roof and while he warim-d
himself at the tire be told i.ie story of
Paddy's return home.
"We wux a pullln' corn, nie so' I.lz
an' Hud, on' I ee the old mnn er com
In' dowu tlie bill, an' I nays: 'Look you,
LI! Is thet yer dad?
"'Xaw!' kiij ... "Thet ain't dad.
Look like ole Preaehcr Freeman.
"Sure nulT-ho did look pint blank
like ole Preacher 1'rceman. An' we
watched 'im tell be cinssiil the branch,
an' when he ell in' up the bank he stag
gered a bit yer know daddy's mighty
oiiNtlibly on bis legs ou' 1 'kuowcd
who bit was, an' I said:
" ' Tl yer daddy, Liz.' An' Liz were
plum outdone 'at she didn't know her
own daddy." concluded Jule, Indulging
lu one of those silent laughs peculiar
to bis kind. lie went up on the roof
presently and lL' doctor came out to
overlook the work, always charmed In
to lingering by the wonderful beauty
of the landscape. The house Kit upon
one of the foothills of the great Appal
achian range, east of the I'retieh
Proud. Looking west one saw a wood
ed, undulating country, rolling away to
the valley and there stayed by the mas
sive wall of a great mountain that rose
far into the blue. Along the mountain
side the railroad made Its way over
high trestles and red clay euibank
melit, and at times one caught the
sound of the whistle, the rumble of
wheels nnd saw the train rush along,
small lu the distance like a child's toy.
All at once there was a shout and at
the same Instant a shot rang out.
"Thar's a convict got off," erled Jule,
when the doctor appeared. "1 saw him
jump off the tralu."
The doctor shivered.
"And they didn't stop?"
"Wbv, no, but the guard fired on him.
I They'll send a party back when they
gits to Hlltmore, an' offer rfHH) reward
fcr him, likely. Pou't I wish I c d git
It.'
Will he get caught, do you think?"
"I reckon. They gln'ally does. He's
tuk ter the woods now. They ol'ays
does when they makes a break. Hut
he'll git an outing, anyhow. Dog goned
ef I blame 'Im."
"Mr. Farley, where do they go wheu
they escape like that?"
"They lays In tho woods. Mebby
they know niggers that'll feed 'em and
give 'em clo'es. They're al'ays lu a
mighty hurry to git shot o' their striped
suit, an' ef they do sometimes they git
away fer good."
Paddy John eame once to visit tho
doctor, wearing bis new clothes, and
then he paid visits to all his kinsfolks
nnd old neighbors, nnd the queer, pa
thetic figure In the fine black suit,
weakly climbing over the hills, became
a familiar sight.
Then one night a terrible calamity
befell, and tho next morning It was
known all over the settlement that
"Paddy John's new clo'es 'at come In
the doctor womau's bar'l had been
stole."
Horsemen riding to town drew rein
and discussed the theft for hours. Kv
ery other woman put on her suulionnet
and called on her next neighbor, and
then the two went together to see Pad
dy John. So It happened that when the
doctor arrived she found tho bouse so
full that two of the women rose and
sat on the floor to offer her a chair.
There was a curious stillness In the
bouse. One of the women whispered:
"Hit's Just like a buryln. only thar
ain't no corpse."
Paddy John was sitting by the Are,
huddled together, the picture of mis
cry. "I've lost my uew clo'es," he quaver
ed. "I'm so sorry, Paddy John," said the
doctor, taking his bard, bony, hand. .
"I never bad no new clo'es afore,"
he croaked, piteously.
A few frosty tears dropped on his
grizzled cheek. Liz took up a corner of
her apron and wiped her eyes. All the
other women dipped snuff.
"They wuz sech Due clo'es!" mused
the old man. "The coat bed a silk Un
lit'. Doctor said It war silk. An' the
purtlest buttons!"
"An" them clo'es could a' lcn fixed
up fer Bud when dad got done with
em." said Liz.
The old man paled with sudden pns
sion. "I ain't er goln' ter git done with
"em!" he sahL In a high voice. "Bud
shan't hev 'em. Doctor woman give
'em ter me. I never bed no new clo'es
afore. But I alu't got 'em now. They're
stole."
He broke down Into tearless sobs,
that shook the old chair.
"Don't cry, Paddy!" all the women
called In uiilson, and they shed a few
perfunctory tears and passed the snuff
boi around.
"You don't use terlmcro In any form,
do yer, doctor?" asked one.
The doctor admitted that she did
not. and they looked steadily at ber.
trrlni? to realize the phenomenon.
Weeks passed and Daddy still crooned
over the fire In utter dejection, uiu age,
novelty and loneliness, unhappy trio,
wcr his sole comDanlona. It was now
believed that the eluthM woutJ nsvsr
lie re.-overi'd,
Out In the woods one frosty morning
a heavy f1M1t rrusbtil Into the dead
leave, and a bin chestnut, foiling,
struck the owner of the foot on the nose.
lie raked hi bbu k face toward the
tris'tup.
"Hi: pry's drapplu' nil dn tlms now,
an' dey n heap better'n co'u."
lie sat ,iWii lii bis tracks and tilled
his pocket and shirt fruut, eating vo
raciously the while.
"Iteckon I'd better be gwlue now," he
said presently.
Itlslnit, be picked his way. like a cat,
thmiiijli the underbrush, climbing con
lamly till lie reached a ot where a
huge bowlder cropped out and over
hung the mountain side. It crest com-niiinili-il
the whole vulley, and It shelv
ing underside umdo a cozy shelter.
Tblik pine crowded up ii lid concealed
the entrance. The convict bad lceu so
sharply liimt.-.l that he bad been un
able to cMcapv frmn tlie uelghlMirhood,
ni'..l It was lu tlie lioblne of despera
tion that he bad chosen his retreat so
m ar the State road that he could hear
I lie voices of tlie country folk as they
passeil tu nnd from town.
lie sat dow n to cogitate. "F-f I could
git word to Kosy. or git to Uosy, I'd Is
nil right; but. Lordy! I cau't do unry
one on 'em."
The train whizzed out from a cutting
ami whistled sharply as It tore along.
The negro grinned with pleasure. He
was so uiueli a savage that this nomad
ic exist, nee, though bunted and tortur
ed by fear, was sweet to blm.
"Howdy, geiiinieu:" be chuckled, as.
peering through tlie pine Isiitghs, he
recognized some of hi fellow-convict
on tlie train. "Pun't you wish you was
me? Plenty grub, benp o' new clo'es
and no work to do. Ho, bo!"
He rose and drew out a bundle, undid
it, viewed it contents with a series of
laughing explosions, and then present
ly doffed his strlKd suit nnd arrayed
himself anew.
".Mighty line clo'es fer a fac'; cost a
heap o' money."
He softly patted bis limbs, twisted
his tiii k to get a glimpse of his back,
and creased nil his black face Into olio
big smile. A mirror would have made
hi rapture perfect.
"Itosy won't know nie In deso yere.
She'll tek me fer a preacher Jest from
confunce."
He changed back to hi striped suit
and tied up bis bundle. A sharp wind
sprang up aud drove before It Icy drops
of rain.
"(Solly!" muttered the darky. "Alu't
It cold? I'll resk a tiro arter dark."
Down to the doctor's farm everybody
was hurrying to get the crops under
shelter. Tho last load had gone In'
when Jule I'raley looked up at the sky.
The clouds were rolling up like a cur
tain, showing the far mountains a deep,
intense blue etched with an amber sky.
"Diirucd ef It's going to storm, after
all," said Jule.
Suddenly he straightened himself.
"Hud!" he called shandy. "Look
you on the mountain. Ain't thet
smoke?"
Hud could see as far as an ludlan.
"Yes. Thefs smoke."
"Tlier' alu't no house thar?"
"Naw. Nary bouse."
Jule walked away briskly.
Two hours later Ave men parted the
umbra goons pines aud tip-toed cautious
ly toward a small opening under a great
rock on the mountain side. A whiff of
warm air stole out to them. A great
bed of coals glowed redly, and, with
his feet to tho fire, a uegro In convict
dress lay sound asleep. The men had
their guns ready. One pointed his piece
upward and a shot tore through the
tree tops. The uegro wus on bis feet lu
an instant.
"We've got you!" said one.
lie looked from one to the other and
his dark face grew a shade lighter.
"I surrender, geinmeu!" he said,
calmly.
Shortly after this event Daddy John
reappeared lu his new clothes. He wore
them almost constantly for a few
week, and then they were suddenly ro
tlred from public observation, and Dad
dy went about looking as If the scare
crow lu the cornfield had stepped down
from bis perch and toddled off to seek
winter quarters. The doctor was puz
zled. When, nt last, slio questioned
Jule Fraley, Jule shook his bead mys
teriously. "I reckon I kin tell yer ef yer won't
be put out about It."
"Well, well! Do so!"
"I reckon," In a hushed voice, '"at
he's keepln' of 'em ter be burled In."
New York Tribune.
A Publlo Reservoir. i
I saw an Interesting sight while In
Venice. Filtering a little square shut
In by high houses, aud, like most Vene
tian squares, dominated by the unfin
ished facade of a tlmc-stalued church,
I noticed a singular activity among
the people. They were scurrying In
from every alley, aud hastening from
every house door, with odd-shaped
copper buckets on hook-ended wooden
bows, and with Ilttlo colls of rope.
Old men and women, boys, and girls, '
all gathered closely about a covered
well curb In the mlddlo of the square;
nnd still they hurried on, until they
stood a dozen deep around It. Pres
ently the clock In the church tower
slowly struck 8, and a little man forced
his way through the crowd, passed
his ponderous Iron key through the
lid, and unlocked the well.
There Immediately ensued a scene of
great activity. The kettles went Jan
gling Into It, and came slopping out
again at nn amazing rate, and the
people trudged off home, each with
a pair of them swung from each shoul
der. The wells are deep cisterns, which
are filled during the night, and It la
out of amiable consideration for those
who love their morning nap that they
are given as good a chance as their
neighbors of getting an unsolled sup
ply. It Is the first Instance that has
come to my notice of a commendable
municipal restraint um the repre
hensible practice of early rising. I
found, on closer Investigation, that the
water was of excellent quality. i
Insects on Hawaii. j
Prof. Albert Koeliele, of California,
has made a three years' contract with
the Hawaiian Government to destroy
the Insect pests of the islands. Ills
method Is to get Insects harmless to
man to kill noxious Insects. j
A school teacher goes through a book
or uewspaper looking for grammatical
errors with aa much fierce Interest u
a mother goes through her boy's bead.
.fMlr
Pollit I'rlr.ilruiti.
It Is reported lu Science that M'i
slcur Do Huiny. a French naval oitl
cer, ha luveuted a process by which
petroleum can be converted Into :m!1.
blocks, as bard a antlir.iche .'.in I.
Common petroleum oil, It U asserted,
ha been thus sollditled, and the block,
In burnlug give off Intense heat and
are slowly consumed. (Hie ton of sol'd
petroleum used a fuel Is said to Ik
equivalent to thirty ton of coal. The
comparative cost of the two forms of
fuel Is not given.
Mraalirlnu Wind by Musi.-.
Pr. Carl Hani ha recently shown
how the velocity of the wind can be
reckoned by noting the musical pitch
of tlie sound given out when wind
blow across a stretched wire. The
principal elements ou which tlie calcu
lation I based are the diameter of
Hie wire and tho temperature of tho
air. Tlie length of the wire I Imma
terial, to lung ns It Is not clmng.'d.
Kvery variation In the wind's velocity
I faithful represented by the rising er
falling of the pitch of the note sung
by the wire.
Giant riant on Monntaina,
Recent explorers of the Caucasus
Mountains have reported the existence
there of a peculiar race of gigantic
herbaceous plants growing at a height
of i.early tt.iMni f0Pt alsjve sea-level.
Plant belonging to the same botanic
families, but growing at the bottom
of the valleys below, do not attain an
extraordinary size. For Instance, a
specie of campanula -our ordinary
harebell I a campanula grows only
two feet high In (lie valley, but on
the mountains it reachc a height of
six feet, and It stem becomes thick
aud rigid, like that of a small tree.
Arm Irs nn Ire.
Army engineers In various countries
have calculated the thickness of Ice
necessary to sustain certain weight.
Ice two Inches thick I deemed strong
enough to bear a man's weight, ac
cording to a summary of the army
rules on this subject published In "Fn
glneerlng Mechanics," and on such Ice
Infantry may inarch If the distance be
tween each man I properly spaced.
Cavalry and light Hold gun can rros
Ice four Inches thick. Slx lncb Ice
will sustain heavy Ibid guns; eight
Inch Ice artillery batteries with horses;
and ten-inch Ico "an army or an Innu
merable multitude." (n fifteen-Inch
Ico railroad have been laid aud oper
ated for months at a time.
The Flunrnacnpe.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison has Invented
an apparatus, called the H Horoscope,
by the aid of which a surgeon, In
stead of photographing with the X
ray the bone or other hard substance
concealed under the skin aud llesh of
a patient, may actually see them.
The machine depend for Its action
upon the fact that the X rays possess
tlie property of rendering luminous
certain substances, which chemist, call
fluorescent. Mr. Kdlson llrst deter
mined, by experiment, that the best
fluorescent substance for this purpose
was calcium tungstate. The tungstate
Is spread In a smooth layer upon a
piece of pasteboard which forms the
bottom of a small box, having holes
for the eyos at the upper end. A
Crookes tuUv, enclosed lu another box,
Is excited by a current of electricity,
nnd If the hand, for Instance, Is to be
eramlned, It Is placed upon the box
containing the tulie. The observer then
looks Into the viewing box, whost
tungstate-covered bottom I placed di
rectly above the hand, and sees, with
startling distinctness, the hone nnd
joints, showing as dark and delicately
graduated shadows, while the flesh I
only faintly visible. The reason the
bones appear Is because they Inter
cept the X rays, and thus prevent tho
tungstate surface from becoming fluor
escent where their shadows full.
The Kanner of the Ktin.
The expedition which will go from
the Lick Observatory to observe the
eclipse of the sun In Japan next Au
gust will carry a novel photographic
machine to picture the great coronal
streamers that are seen around the
sun when Its globe Is hidden behind the
moon. The sun's corona has bis'ii pho
tographed during previous eclipses,
hut a It light is much stronger near
tho sun than at a greater distance, the
photographs have Invariably been over
exposed for the brighter part of the
phenomenon when so timed ns to catch
tho Image of the fainter parts; and,
conversely, tho outer portions of the
streamers have bn'ii lost In tlie photo
graph when the exposure ha been
made short enough to give a good Im
age of the bright Inner portion. Mr.
Burckhalter, of tlie Cliabot Observa
tory, Oakland, who will accompany
the expedition referred to. thinks be
lias contrived a machine that will
equalize the exposure for all parts of
the corona, and thus enable him to
get a perfect photograph of the won
derful display around the sun dining
tlie eclipse. The principal feature of
his Invention is a rotating diaphragm,
driven by chx-kwork and provided with
a peculiarly shaped hole for the pas
sage of the light, whereby the faint
outer part of the corona will get a
much longer exposure than the brill
iant Inner part
Astonishing Matemrnt.
A certain woman novelist writes !n
so nmnsing a fashion that the ninny
blunders which mar her work are not
discovered by Hie critical. In one of
ber novels will be found a horse win
ning the Derby three years In succes
sion; guardsmen sitting up all night
drinking bard, smoking perfumed cig
arettes, gambling for fabulous sums,
and starting forth In the morning after
breakfast of ortolan and green Char
treuse, fresh as daisies and prepared
to do deeds of prowess In the bunting
fl.ld or at the cevert side; and that
great feat, too, performed by a man I
"" " " ,v
i a "tawny mustache ami (lank I
:i greyhound," who, while slils '
with
like
riiootlng, espies un cattle, " a dim mh k 1
III III.' I'lbeleal vault." What cares be
that bis caiiiiil.'es only contain tiny '
snipe shot? He bung uway Willi llil
tniug it t tit. and "slowly t!u king .if
blnls, with bis glorious pinion out.
Mretcbed, sinks nt bis feet a coii.'."
Ill another of ber Ismt-s a geiiilemiin
performs n similar feat, but this time,
lor the sake, f variety, with a rllle bul
let. An F.ugllHh novelist. In describing
river side people .iys. "They go lo
church but three times lu their lives-,
when they lire baptized, when they a"e
mar lied, and when they are buried.' It '
U otlly people lu Hovels w ho go to be
biiiic.l .luring ib.lr lives. Mr. IthbT
lliugnrd. In bis "King Soloiimii's
Mllies." made an eclipse of the moon
take place at the new moon instead of
at the full, when the earth Is IhIvc.:i
the sun and the moon.
STANLEY AND THE CONGO.
The I '.rent : i.torcr Telia of II la Klrat
Journey Down the Hlvrr.
The geographical world was anxious
to kitow what was this mysterious river
the quest of which had occupied Liv
ingstone's declining years. Tlie Loudon
Pally Telegraph Joined with the New
York Herald In defraying the cot of
till second expedition. Tlie story of
how I set out a second time from
Zanzibar, circumnavigated the Victoria
Nyanza. discovered Lake Albert IM
ward, voyaged atouii.l Lake Tangan
yika, and reached Livingstone's far
thest point Nyaiigwe--ou the banks
of the l.nalali.i. lias been told lu de
tail In my book "Through the Park
Continent." it nic relates bow, after
a tedious land Journey parallel with
the river, I made ready my I'ngllsli
boat, collected nbout a score of native
canoes, embarked my follower, and
how, after a course of nearly I.nmi
mile, we reached tlie Atlantic Ocean
at tho mouth of the Congo. Hy this
river v ova no the question which had
puzzled Livingstone for eleven year
was solved. It I a noticeable fact that
w hen I ls'gtin my descent of the Congo
I was the only white man excepting
my companion. Prank Focock -lo be
found between the Zambesi nnd III.'
It.ihr el Chnzal, and between Zanzibar
and the luwer Congo.
It may easily lie umlerstooil why, on
returning from the discovery of the
great African waterway, I should be
auxlou that Kngliiiiil should avail her
self of It. In lSltl P.ngland had dis
patched a naval expedition under (.'apt.
Turkey to ascend the Congo, but It ter
minated disastrously lis l miles Inland.
In Is;;! Cnpt. (Sramly, another F.ngllsh
ottlcer, had attempted the task. In
1S70 Admiral Hewitt' .x,ieHlon bad
suppressed the pirate of the Uwer
Congo. For over sixty year Knglaml
bad kept watch over the Congo slaves.
Half of the expenses of my expedition
bad been contributed In Kiiglainl. She
was nlso rich, tender, and Just toward
tne natives, and her people were the
Ix-st colonizer In the world. All these
fact were, In my opinion, claims that
might Justify Fngland in stepping for
ward aud taking possession. --t.'ei'Miry.
Training the Hainan Tody.
By those who will exercise the re
qulslle patience, the body and Its vari
ous functions inny be brought under
perfect roinioainl. Even the vital func
tions of the body inny be affected.
There bavo been not a few exhibitors
wbo could actually control tlie heart
bent, making their pulses noticeably
slower or faster according to their
pleasure. The seemingly miraculous
feats of acrobat are simply the result
of continually placing particular set
of muscles under complete control of
the will. We should do well to try to
appreciate how Important, to our phys
ical being nt least, the gaining of a
complete control over bodies may be.
The student who ha before blm a dif
ficult pnssage or problem must, if he
would succeed, exerclKo'sutrloleiit will
force to place everything else lu bis
mind second to Hie task before him. It
Is much the same In our dally life. Mul
titudes of petty thing tend to make
us forgot our purpose lu living, and if
we are to rise above them, we must
remember to unburden our minds of
the "worries" that we may have room
for the "realities." We must shun ex
citement of every kind. We must live
an even, temperate life; and we can
do this easily enough If we have gained
perfect conl rol over ourselves.
Not Quite Correct.
In telling a Joke, II I well to under
stnnd It thoroughly. A party of men
were wont to amuse themselves nt
table by relating anecdotes, conun
drums, etc. Mr. Archer was always
greatly delighted at these Jokes, but
be never related anything himself, and
being rallied nu (lie matter, he deter
mined that tlie next time be was called
upon be would say something amusing.
Accordingly, meeting one of tlie wnlt
era soon afterward, lie asked him If he
knew any good Jokes or conundrum.
Tho waiter Immediately related the
following: "It I my father's child,
and my mother's child, yet It Is not my
sister or brother," telling blm at the
same time that It wa himself. Mr.
Archer Isire tbl In mind, nnd nt the
next mooting of bis friends propound
ed It. "It Is my father's child, nud my
mot her child, yet it I not my sister
or brother," throwing a triumphant
glance ni omul the table. "Then it must
be yourself," said one of the company.
"I've got you now," said he; "you
are wrong this time; It Is the waiter."
A shout of laughter Interrupted Archer,
viio perceiving the mess he bad got
Into, acknowledged his error, and told
the company that be would pay for the '
wine. It was hi last effort.
Working; Their Way. I
Pining the past summer a number of
Mudoiit who nre working tli.ir way;
through the Philadelphia colleges ob
tained employment a car conductoi
In Hint city, and proved to be rclluMj
and trust worthy. A railroad olllcial
say that they were thoroughly honest, I
Intelligent nud xdiie, and ns their du-'
sire w:i to earn ns much money during j
the summer a possible, they were,
vlways willing to work extra hours nud
lako out siH'dnl car. They lived eoo-'
comically, and have probably savi-d
something like i:H encb, which will
go a goxl way toward paying their col
lege expenses next w li.t.r. This Item
speaks for Itself, and needs no com '
meuL I
A PARSON AND A PIQ.
What Was Hffrtl in One Caaa Was
TrlJ in tli Other.
A poor woman came to the parson of
I lie pill lh with the request: "Please,
pass'u! my ou'd ;.ow lie took cruel bad,
I wish now, you'd Is' an good a to
t ome aud say a prayer over her."
"A prayer! tioodness pn-aerve u! I
caiiiiot route and pray over a pig-a
pig. my dear Sully- that l not possi
ble." "Her be cruel bad, groaning, and
won't eat her meat. If her die, pass'n
whailver shall we do I' the winter
wl'out beacon side and ham? Oh,
ilea r I Po'y, now, pass'n, come and say
a prayer over my eld sow."
"I really, really must not degrade
my sacred ofllce. Sally! Indeed, I inut
nut!"
"Oh, pnss'n! do'y, now 1" and lite good
creature began to sob.
The parson was a tender hearted
man, nnd tears were loo much. He
agreed to go to fie cottage, .e the pig,
and do w hat he colli.
Acordlngly, be visited the patient,
which lay groaning In the stye.
The woman gazed wistfully at the
pastor, and wallet for the prayer.
Then tlie clergy mnn raised bis right
baud. iNilnted with one finger at tlie
sow and said solemnly: "If thou ltvest.
O pig! then thou livest. If thou diest,
O pig! then thou dlest."
Singularly enough, the sow was let
tcr that same evening, nnd ate a little
wash. She was well, nnd bad recover
ed her appetite w holly next day.
Now, Il happened, some months after
this, that the rector fell very III, with
a quinsy that nearly chok.il him. He
coiibl not swallow, be could hardly
breathe. Ills life was lu Imminent
danger.
Sally was a visitor every day at the
rectory, and was urgent to see the sick
man. She wa refused admission, but
pressed so vehemently that finally she
was suffered -Just to see til 111. but she
was n mill not to speak to blm or ex
pect blm to speak, as he wa unable to
utter a word.
She wa conducted to the sick room,
and the ihxr thrown open. There she
beheld the pastor lying In hod, groan
ing, almost In extremities.
liaising her hand, she Hliited at htm
with one linger nml said: "If thou
livest, ( pass'n! then thou live)! If
thou dlest. O isiss'u! then thou dlest."
The effect on the sick man wss-sn
explosion of laughter that burst the
quinsy, nud hi recovery.-Sunday
Magazine.
Wimt Water Can !.
The effect of the hydraulic motor,
w hlch I now used for the purpose of
removing masse of earth, well nlgli
passes belief.
A stream of water issuing from a pipe
six inches In diameter, with a fall be
hind It of three hundred and seventy
live feet, will carry away a solid rock
weighing a Ion or more to a distance
of 'fty or one hundred feet. The ve
locity of the stream Is terrific, and the
column of water projected I so solid
that If a em who r or other heavy object
be thrust against It the Impinging oh-Ji-rt
will be hurled a considerable dis
tance. Hy tills stream of water a man would
be Instantly killed If he came Into con
tact with It. even at a distance of two
hundred feet.
At two ho in I red feet from the uozzln
n six Inch stream, with three hundred
and seventy-live feet fall, projected
momentarily against the trunk of a
tree, will In a second denude It of the
hen v lest bark as cleanly as If It bad
I n cut with nu ax. Whenever such a
stream Is turned against a Itank It cuts
and burrows It In every direction, hol
lowing out grent cares and causing
ton of earth to melt and fall aud be
washed away lu the sluice.
Indicating; Weather Change.
In many place (he crow Is looked on
ns a weather prophet nf the highest
distinction. On the approach of rain
a whole community will rise from their
nests or perches, and wheel about for
some time, longer or shorter, according
to the duration of the coming storm.
The peacock screams loudly when rain
Is coming. Swallow fly high In fair
weather, and when they fly low, skim
ming the surface of the earth, wet
weather I at hnml. Gulls and other
far flying bird do not venture far from
home wheu heavy weather la approach
ing. Italn may be expected when
ducks bathe, (leese chatter loudly
when a storm approaches. Pen-birds
fly early and far to eastward when
line weather may lie expected to hold,
but they fly Inland In search of food on
the approach of storms. Had weather
1 heralded by wild fowl leaving the
marshes for higher localities. The
guinea hen flutter Its wings end gives
fearful screams on a change lu the at
mosphere. Addition to Our Navy.
Another formidable ship bas been
added to the active list of the I'nlted
States navy. The double tnrreted mon
itor Terror has gone Into commission
at the Urooklyn navy yard. She I heav
ily armored and ha four ten-Inch guns
In her turrets which will throw steel
projectiles with accuracy and effective
lies nine miles. The Terror hns a low
free-board ami ber turrets are low, for
which reasons she will offer a poor
target for hostile men-of-war. She
could bring all four of ber guns lo bear
on a ship which, at a considerable dis
tance, would have great dlfflculty In
hitting ber at all.
Taking; Advantage or Science.
An Ingenious man bas Invented a de
vice for feeding hi horse, and he doe
It with one of the ordinary alarm
clocks. For Instance, If the horse Is to
have Its morning feed of grain at 5
o'clock the alarm Is set, and when the
luornlng come the horse gets Its break
fast before Its owner's eyes are open.
It is so arranged that the alarm pull
the slide, letting the grain run through
a sluice to the manger.
IrfM-oinntlvee Are Heavier.
Ten years ago the heaviest locomotive
usedou the Pennsylvania expre train
weighed forty to forty eight ton. Now
the through express train are each
hauled by an engine that weigh from
flxty llve to seventy tons.
We should Imagine that people must
enter their ttf'h or sixth love affair
v 'tb the same feeling that the man at
su eating mateb begins his twenty
t qualL
0
Theret
Here I am sick with thinking and with
dresnn;
With memories nf struggles, lately put.
Here rntne to nie the town's sharp, fretful
trraius
Of J.irrlng sounds -that all nwt iounil
UlltlllSt.
There In the wood's shut krsrt is tp-
linn enlm;
Ani vast, Jii'p sllrnov; suJ sweet
pleery
Shed ilowriiw'srd from tl' Juky pine tike
linlin
(SihmI to sad soitis that ache for sym
pathy. There, from the o.pi mouth of oue cool
spring,
The gurgling laughter brenks In silvery
slresms
Too tuft lo uiock the quirt of ttuaiso
thing.
Helile It resting from 1st fever
tl reams.
There tsgue, fresh sirs uplift, like Anger
Hps, The matted rurls from off the throhhing
brnln:
And vnpory kisses from the mist's light
ll.
PImoIv upon t ehcek lu flue, sweet
ruin.
There Is green shadow, shot with threads
of gold
Too mellow-toinsl to strain a aching
eye-
A ml there a he ret. nf bluets, on a wold
Fsr up the sloplnz hlllshle that lies by.
There ran one catch, too prune In emer
sld gloom
Semblance of dswn; rose billows, foam
ing fair,
if s is-aiii orchard full of clustered
bloom
That blows pink flukes s far-Would I
were there!
Lulu Itagsilnle, In Harper' Magaitue.
The Old liar. i.
Low, swallow-swept and gray.
Between the orchard and the spring.
All Its wide w billows orerflowlug bsy,
And crannied doors a-swlng,
The uld karu stands to day.
Deep In Its hay the Icgborn hide
A round, wuile nest; and, bumming soft
On roof and rafter, or lu log-rude sides,
' Black In the aim allot loft,
The building iome: glide.
Along Its corn crib, cautiously
A thieving linger, skulk the rat;
Or, In warped stall i of fragrant timothy,
(Inaws si some loosened shit.
Or passe shadowy.
A dream nf drouth made audible
Hfforv It door, hot, smooth, and shrill
All day the locust slug What
other spell
Shall bolu It, hisler still.
Than the long day's, now tell 7
Dusk and the cricket aud tlie strslu
Of tree-toad and of frog; snd star
That burn shorn the rich west' ribbed
stain; I -
Anil dropping pistur bars.
And cow bell up the lam.
. v.
Nighrand the moou sud katydid.
And leaf-list of the wiud-touche4
boughs
And msiy shadows that tat flrv-flls
thrld;
And iweet breath of th cow;'
And the lone owl here are bid,
Madison Csweln
A Sonnet.
Come, sweetest sprlugl Too long hath
winter old
Held o'er the froten earth his cruel away;
Too long hath Burets bad hit blust'rtng
way,
And chilled our heart with hi embrace
bold.
Tht annw yet ll on plain and mountain
cold,
The tree lift up bare branches to the day,
The fettered wsters fret at thy delay,
The songful bird their presence at III
withhold.
Oh, ennie! replace the ley northern blait
With balmy sephyn blowing o'er the lea;
Melt the dreir suow; bid flower spring
at Inst,
Crorut and vl'let; et the wsters free;
Clothe the bar trees; aud bring ou Joy
ou wing
Tin bluebird snd the robin, sweetest
spring!
- F. F. Harding, In Brooklyn Standard
I'ulon. Mia Hwsathaart.
My sweetheart she Just loves me through
every shining day;
She's s rose to me In winter au' tb sweet-
est rose In May;
1 never mind the sesaons; they're always
fair to see;
A rainbow's In the heavens, for my sweet
heart she loves met
My iweetheart still she loves me; oe
matter where I roam,
I se ber eye. Ilk bright blue ikies, that
woo an' win me borne;
And never where my footsteps stray
wherever I may be.
Will any skies seem dark, for still my ,
sweetheart she love met
My iweetheart she Just loves met I se
In her bright eye
Ail tlint I've heard of heaven, and It's
nearer than Ibe skies!
Th sesious change, but what to m I
fruit of flower or tree
When we go through life together, and my
sweetheart she love Die1
Atlanta Constitution.
A Dream Dreamed Over.
The music was throbbing and pulsing;
The flower and the palm and th light
In smooth, waxed floor wrr reflected
That glorious gula night
With the fragrance of rose about her,
In her dainty, pure white gown.
She was, a he whispered to her,
"The prettiest girl In town."
She mulled snd flushed and denied It,
A a prtty girl must do.
Hut by her hesrt's deep contentment
She knew that he thought It true;
And they danced to the thrilling musle-
II, life wis rapture then
When she was tlie prettiest girl In town
Ami be ws the tint of tueu!
They psrled with anguished orrow;
Time cleared the clouded k)r;
Hut at last night' ball she lived again
In the charmed .lays gone by. '
Hi "n snd her dniu.-hter were dancing.
The girl in a pure while guwu.
Ami she heard him say, a they psased
her,
"You're the prettiest girl in town!"
Oakland Eeboe.
"I bate a man wbo chews tobacco,
but I chew." Parson Twin.
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