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JUPITER : JENKINS,
Schoolmaster.
i.
"jovl imn Placet" wrote the red
L'lrl In the back unit of the
i i.. I,Ioiil- school room. Harrison
'uklu. Hie presiding genius of tliL
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pityingly up to bis dark face, were
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The lesson hail iHt-n poorly prepared
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the room, "la this what you mini'
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in If thlB was uu lutitltutlou for
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in- nimctuntcd evcrv sentence with
bat echoing thump on the ilr.sk whlrh
be ii. in. Is of each boy ami girl before
in
It was then tlmt the rcd-hcuded girl
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(ieraldlne Colllu was .Mr. Jenkins
uch never appealed In the little com-
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ouiiil lu her hltt greatest Irritation.
Villi.- Mr. Jenkins In 1.1 the whole of
nrv of, Geraldlne bad given him the
in' in J i i Her. a ml I Hi n su we I
It wan at ouee adopted by ull his
abjeotn.
"When he pounds hi- desk and that
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lie hud been told ho by ndmlrlm;
anil lie was.
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l I i .i M I 'I I Mllll Ulltll llil.k nut in i..l
"! i-"iin uiin liri Ilium,
'any umlrrttmd and Blorl nwav.
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nuuiu .tlll llirill
Iltlt MUlt
Juplirr Jrnklns wns umistomiMl to
inui nanny more timn oiu rlillil In
II.
Ho Iiml come to comnlaln to C,vn-
dllle's I.:.,f),..r flf.f It. it A. ..... .
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p ' offln, whto I would not t&kt Um
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. -in- in'a-f-in nerseii. ii Mil-
now9 you and I are oue In this mut
. sue w ll nil en re tn irmi h ,. tw m
HfKlii lliii; to iret her lessons."
toTuldine'g mother was as nmrh Hat
ff'sl as any other woman would be,
an. I m .
uu, or course, Jupiter Jenkins was up
"CM. Thus he dealt with tJeraldlne.
onelous of his power. He endeavored
'make her full ii ti,l tvhi.niit- .1- ulltk ,11.1
BIlt' U.is . in 1 1 1. .1 1. 1 t.v Piimnlii nft.ir
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Miool , gtt nor e8song
ot, with a wonderful mind, there
a a somewhat wayward nature la
'wtextureof Geraldlne Cotllu's lH-rson-
Ull. . n. - . ' .
"j. one wns orten roURli ami boy
wnlsh, and she caused no end of trou
M. With the dep Interest the young
Miter took In her. a sense of power
ueveioptMl. When Mr. Jenkins luppM
he had her solidly In his control,
'here would burst forth a Ot of "don't'
a'" In her which astonished and
aliinned him.
Then the thunderbolts flew to punc
tuate the mosterg fluent words of In
"'irnntlon. "When one has the mighty
ft'ft of brains," he thundered, "and
life's road Ilea before to choose what Is
w-st and highest, to be lazy and lnn
uld. and not ta reach the arm to grasp
'be golden apple of llesperldes, Is the
ffeatest wrong."
'I was then thnt Humliltim hor onlnr
lightly brighter and her bend a trllle
higher, would return to her seat and
Write, "Jovl non placet" "It la not
Pleasing to Jupiter."
Therii were certain rare facts about
raldlne that Jupiter Jenklna, In bis
''Wher'a entbuauiam, bad not noticed.
.All 1 -M0
One of these wns thnt she was a very
pretty girl. Ilut If he had been Imper
vious to this fnet there were ul hers who
had not, and among those were some of
the big hoy In the school.
(ieraldlue was growing, and she was
DOW tall and lithe of BgOTB, with her
big blue eyes clearer and more express
ive, as she looked at people. The true
soul of u rather designing maiden wus
showing forth from them. She was
gild to receive attentions, and It smote
Jupiter hard when he ODMTTCd that she
walked with one and then with another
In the still and balmy spring evenings.
Just why It smote blm as It did Mr.
Jctiklus never knew uutll a few years
later.
Ilut It did, and Ceruldlne's face seem-
ANT IT WAS SIMPLY THIS I IOVRI) Vol'! I WANT Yul' ALWAYS
isl iii have framed Itself into the center
of his thoughts. She recurred to his
conodouanoai constantly, and when he
thought of these big boys he was truly
uncomfortable.
He had another conference with Mrs.
Collin, in which he suggested that (ier
ahline had better be kept In the I se
nnd made to give closer attention to her
les-.uis. W hen he called her III recite
Hons he was also doing his best in
make the girl fall. Ami when she did
fall he did his liest to make It uncom
fortable for her. She had to remain
after school and get the whole lowon.
Jupiter made her recite It all, "precept
Upon precept," so to senk.
He had conceived the ambition to
make a teacher of the girl. He broaebod
the subject to Mrs. Collin, "(ieraldlne,"
bo began, "Is cut out to lie a teacher."
Mrs. Colllu started lu astonishment
"Yes she Is," he atllrmed, with n thun
derbolt, "uud she ought to bo sent to
a normal school. I never went to one,
und what I kuow nbotlt teaching has
been gained by experience. Hut there
Is no mistake. The learning of meth
ods means something In these days, and
I'm sure thnt If (ieraldlne Is sent to u
normal school she will make a Urst-ratu
teacher."
Mrs. Collin thought It over for a few
days, nud then came to the conclusion
that Mr. Jenkins was right. That was
the usual conclusion ubout Mr. Jenkins
In the little vlllnge. The Idea wns
placed before Geraldlne, and when she
beard of Jupiter's proposal she smiled
n smile thnt made her mother look at
her twice. Hut Geraldlne hnd the key
to certain kinds of human nature which
was fur beyond her years. She thought
she would like to go, and it wns a gn at
Joy when she came to Jupiter's throne,
nnd In her sweetest nnd calmest man
uer thanked him for his kindness, and
snld she would do her best to deserve
It That was the happli-st day that
Jupiter had ever had lu ti e school. He
did not understand It, but there wns n
singing In his Ijenrt as homelike ns the
singing of a tea kettle aud as soft as a
cut's purr.
Geraldlne took new interest In school.
She tried no more of her subtle ways to
disturb Jupiter, find the Istys found a
change In her, which at once set their
former Interest nt naught.
"She nln't no more fun." they nil
agreed, and they troubled her no more.
III.
Geraldlne entered the normal school
and passed her preliminary examina
tions with extraordinary success. Bbe
was one of the highest three out of a
large class. The veteran principal of
tbe school knew human nature at a
glance. He wrote to Jupiter a letter
which continued all that worthy had
said about the wild, nomadic Geraldlne
When Gcrnldlne returned at the end
of her Brst year the townspeople begau
to relent In the hard opinion they lmd
MlttrtalMd of her, and saw another
ptflM lu the tall Dd earnest young
woman who hml appeared boforr tbem,
Juplier Jenkins bad rmtM Ma work as
schoolmaster lu the little seaport town.
Me had been studying law, and was
now tm Ploying the same forensic tnl
nts he hud umsI before his IcBMlfOOn
In a more lucrative If not n higher
ourt. lie was "up In the city." and
was making n name.
When (!erahl!:ie hnd (Ints!ni1 her
course In the normal schistl she received
the highest commendation, and the old
principal happeiicO to Had a gn.nl place
for her In the same city where Jupiter
was making his way.
When (ieraldlne hail come Into his
ofllce at the end of the first quarter It
was the llrst Intimation that he had
received of her presence lu the city.
She said she had come to make a pay
ment, and while she ipoka pour Jupiter
was turning nil sorts of ruddy colors.
"Hut I hadn't board yon were here,
tierahllne," he said. "I have bOM
thinking of you, list ,nnd wondering If
I should hear from you. Of course. 1
knew 1 should. Hut somehow 1 cannot
get yon out of my head, girl." This w as
pUBCtnrod with one of the old time
thumlerlNilts. "Fact Is, Cerahllne. I've
only Just found out why I treated you
so hard w lieu lu KOOoL And It was
simply thls-I loved you! I want you
always; 1 want you to make me bappyi
' to lie my wife!"
(ieraldlne smiled ns she ral-isl her
face nud received the salute from tils
lips.
"I knew that was the matter nil the
time," she said. Cincinnati Cominer
elal-Trlbune.
KI1 Notices.
The follow ing notice Is displayed In a
hotel In Norway: "Hath! Urol class
buth. Can anybody get. Tuahbath.
Warm mid cold. Tub !ath ami shower
lmth. At any time. Kxeept Saturday.
By two hours forbore." And this Is the
notice thut was posted up recently in an
art exhibition In Toklo. Japan: "Visit
' ors are requested at the entrance to
show tickets for Inspection. Tickets are
i charged HI ecus ami 2 ceils for lite spe
j rial ami common respectively, No vis
itor who is mad or Intoxicated Is a!
' lowed to enter In, if any perUOU found
! in shall be claimed to retire. No visitor
Is allowed lo carry In With himself any
parcel, umbrella, stick, and the like
kind, except his purse, ami Is strictly
forbidden to talk within himself dog.
' or the same kind of hcasls. Visitor Ii
! requested to take good care of himself
from thlevely.
PR LIFIC LIFE IN ALASKA.
Full of l'n i In a i i n.: Anlllltiln iili.l
Posthofod i ottgalses.
John liulr, who has summered ami
wintered lu the Alaskan lands, toward
which all men's eyes ami many men's
feet are now turning, says In the At
lautlc: Nowhere ou my travels so fai
have I seeu such warm blooded, re
Juicing life as In this grand Arc lie res
ervatlou, by so many regarded as deso
late. Not only are there whale It
abundance along the shores, and in
numerable seals, walruses uml white
bears, but great herds of fat relndeol
ou the tundras, and wild slnsvp, foxes,
hares, lemmings, whistling marmotl
and birds. Perhaps more birds are
Isjrn here than In any other region of
equal extent on the continent. Not only
do strong-winged hawks, eagles aud
water fowl, to whom the length of the
continent Is ouly a pleasant excursion,
come up here every summer In great
numbers, but also many short-wtnged
warblers, thrushes and Bncbes, to rear
their young lu safety, re-enforce the
plant bloom with their plumage ami
sweeten the wilderness with song. Hy
ing all tbe way, some of them, from
Florida, Mexico and Central America.
In thus going so far north they are
only going home, for they were lrn
here, and only go south to ipend the
winter mouths, as New Knglanders go
to Florida. Swect-volced trOUbadoOrS,
they slug In orange groves nnd vlne
clnd magnolia woods In winter. In thick
ets of dwarf birch ami alder In sum
mer, and sing and chatter more or less
all the u'ay back and forth, keeping the
whole couulry glad. Oftentimes In
New Knglnnd, Just as tbe Inst snow
patches are melting and the sap In the
maple begins to flow, the blessed wan
derers may be heard alsmt orchords
nnd the edges of fields, w here thej- have
stopKd to glean a scanty meal, not tar
rying long, knowing they have fnr to
go. Tracing me Io"isiei ui ,ri!lK.
' they arrive In the tundra homes In Juni
or July, and set out on their return
1 Journeys ra September, or as soon as
their families are able to fly well
The free lunch attracts mure men
than the church festival
OUR NAVY IN A NUTSHELL.
Intereatlns Facta Concerning Uncle
Haui'a Murine KIbIiIIiih Tower.
The Darted States Is the tlfth naval
power In the world. The nartef of
Great Britain, Kraiu-e, Itussla and Italy
rauk ahead In the order named, (ier
niany and the United Stati-s are alsiut
tied.
Our present effective lighting force
consists of four battle ships of the
first class, one battle ship of the sec
ond class, two armored cruisers, eigh
teen cruisers, fifteen gunlswits, six dou-ble-turrvted
monitors, one ram, one dy
natnlte gunlmat, one dispatch Imat, one
tniiiNimrt and eight tOfpedo boats,
The Iown weighs nearly l'J,un) tons,
nnd as twenty tons Is the average load
of a (Night car and twelve cars Is n
good load for a locomotive engine, It
Would take fifty locomotives to haul
the grout sti-el structure.
The powder used Is brown nnd In
chunks toe size of u OBnunel A charge
for the Uggvst guus weighs ,"(iO pounds
and Is hoisted to the bnivh by a der
rick, tin' iHjwdcT being sewed up In
burlap lings.
Armor plates are tested by llrlng
teal prOjOCtflea weighing from 10(1 to
1.B0O iounds at them from guns charg
ed with Rot) pounds of powder and at a
dlstamv of nlwut a city block.
The biggest guns lu the navy an- for-ty-nlne
foot long, big enough for a
nuin to crawl Into; four feet In diame
ter at their largest part and weigh 185V
COO . in. I- or therenbouts.
Then- are six rear admirals In BOtlfS
Mr Vice, The ofllces of vice admiral
nnd admiral are uulllled, so there Is no
bend of the navy excepting Secretary
Long.
Our battle ships have n speed of from
fifteen to seventeen knots an hour.
Cruisers make nineteen to twenty-four
knots, while the monitors can travel
only five to seven knots.
Harnacles form on the hull of a ship,
Impeding Its speed. A six months'
cruise win decrease the speed of a ship
IB peT cent., uud It must go. Into dry
dock. Sixty-one merchant vessels belong to
tbe uuxlllary navy. These ships are
subsldlzeil and Iry contract must Ik'
given to the Dotted States ou demautl.
Some of the guns In the navy can Ore
a shot twelve miles, farther timn n
man enn sec, for the guns are aimed
aud sighted by machinery.
The tint expended by the navy
aspaillUUHl In 1807 was $34,5(ll,Mil.
This Is a larger sum than has beeu ex
pended In any year since 1800.
Iu a buttle the woodwork aud aril
clcs of wood are elthiT slowed lielow
or thrown overlsiarxl lest the men be
Injured by splinters.
The origin of the navy department
may lie said to date from Oct. 13, 177f,
When Congress authorized the ejuli
ment of two cruisers.
The fastest vessels In the navy are
the torpedo boats Porter and Dupont,
each of which ran travel 27.5 kuots an
hour.
Hat tie ships cost from $2,500,000 to
3,750.000, aud cruisers from 11000,000
to $3,000,000. A good torix-do boat
costs over $100,000.
Hat tie Willi are for the heavy work;
cruisers are commerce destroyers; mon
itors are useful only for coast defense.
The Indiana could lie outside San.lv
Hook and throw 1,200-pound shots In
to New York at the rate of four a mlu
ute. Those artists who show smoke In
their picture! of naval battles are whol
ly wrong. Smokeless powder Is used.
All of the cruisers are named In hon
or of cities, and the luittle ships, except
the Kearsarge, In honor of States.
The "grog" ration was abolished In
1868) nnd since then the crew ha.s licen
forbidden to drink while on duty.
Marines are the sillce on Isiard ship.
Originally they were employed to pre
vent mutiny among the sailors.
The guns of a battle ship can enrry
from six to twelve miles, hurling n Jhot
weighing half a ton.
Only ' Ier cent, of the onltsted men
are Americans, and a smaller percent
age yet nn1 native lrn.
Projectiles thrown by naval guns are
shnrssl much ns the bullets shot by the
ordinary rifle.
A big battle ship has on board nu
electric plant capable of lighting a
town of 5,000 Inhabitants.
The boilers of the Iown have a heat
ing surfuce of eight acres and hold thir
ty tons of water.
Great Itrltaln has 204 torpedoes and
torisslo-bout destroyers; Uncle Sain
has only eight
Flvo hundred nnd twenty six men
and forty officers nre required to mau
the cruiser New York.
Battle shll8 are covered with nrm..r
of nickel steel from five to seven Inches
thick.
We hnvc four armored Imttlc ships
the Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts und
Texas.
A submarine torpedo boat to bo
known as the Plunger Is now trader
construction.
At present the total enlisted force of
the naval militia Is 3,870 Ofllceri and
men.
Behind the heavy armor there Is n
padding of either com irlth or cocoa
husks.
It costs $500 every Umo one of the
big guns on board a ship Is fired.
The Brooklyn and the New York are
our armored cruisers.
Sailors ore paid from $0.50 to $12..V)
per month and board.
An not of Omgrcss In 1872 abolished
flogging In the navy.
The American navy has practically
all be-n built since 1MK3.
A captain lu the navy ranks with a
colonel 1n the army.
The oldest Iron vessel Is the Michi
gan, built In 1H44.
l ive battle shlim nre now under con
struct Ion.
We have only one ram the Kntnh
din. The ships are painted white. Frank
Lee In Chicago Times Herald.
With Pros ii uml
WumVerful are the decisions some
time, mad.- by Mexlsan Justices of the
tH-iiec, nee' of whom are mesgerl)
aqolpped In knowledge. One such ad
:ii!nlHtnit.r of the law, after a man
had la-en tried and found guilty of
murder, deltvt-rd a long lertur to the
I murderer upon the hdnouaneas of bis
I crime, anl warnul hlrn never to apnr
1 In bis court agiiln upon such a charge,
i Then he lmpplvely pronounced sen
tence live dollars and coats and dis
missed the tourt. his tace beaming
. . . i . I u.lUr.i.lli.n MH lila
WIIB prHH aasi
oratorical effort. Ibfore another Mei
lean Justice of the peace there cams
a Mexican man and maid to lie tied In
wedlock. The Judge looked them over
critically, and apparently had doulrti
atHiut the compatibility of thctr tern-
tors, for he put a lime limit Usin the
coinliliuiilon, and a he pronounced
the words which mmle them man and
wife he added, with emphasis, "For
the Ipsce of two years only." As they
went away be told Ibem if they wets
dleastlaflnd with their venture before.
that time to come back, and he would
divorce them for the same fee. BIIU
another of thSSS wiSS jUdgSS tried a
man for some petty offense, found him
guilty, nnd Inod him live dollars nnd
costs. Ilut this was ton much for the
prisoner nt the lir, who iVvlim-d that
he could not juiy the line; that he had
not so much money In the world. The
Justice looked hltt over with line, large
contempt for any one so "ornery."
shrugged his shoulders, and turned to
the marshal with the nonchalant alter
native: "Very well. Then take hlin out
on tlw mesa and shout him." Muni of
these Mexican Justices cannot k
P.ngllsih. Ilut thut Is nut so much of a
disqualification ns II might apis-ar, for
the Territorial law commands all court
proiiiNHngs to Is- Baffled on In both
Bngllsh and Kiniilsh. Kvery Sew
Mexican court has Its official Interpre
ter, and every word sisikiHt In dtlier
language by Jmtgc, lawyers or wit
nesses Is translated aloud luto the oth
er tongue.
It Is said that Mr. Huysmans. the an
thorof that striking novel, "l'n Koute,"
Is abOUl lo enter a monastery.
Mls.s Florence Mnrrynt Is publishing
n novel with Che title "A Soul on Fire."
It has In It an element of spiritualism.
A new novel, named TOOT Max," by
Mrs, liannlngton OaSya (lota) is to be
Issued shortly. She Is said to surpasi
In It all her previous novels, and to
have left the sex problem lu the back
ground. The degree of success which has at
tended the publication of "Hike n Oal-
lanl Lady," by Kate m. Oleary, sister
of the late noted dramatic critic, K. I.
McPheUm, has ticcii such ns to Induce
that lady to Is-gln another story which
will shortly Is- given to the public.
Frank B. Stockton's now novel, "The
Girl at OobhtCTt," H ,0 'K pubUsbed
shortly by the Scrlbner's, nnd will be
the fresher for the fact that It has no
where speared serially. It Is a love
story, In which n matchmaking crot
chety old maid and a French cook at
tempt slmUHaneOUSly (O lead the hero's
nfTivtlons lu different paths, with the
customary Stocktonlnn whimsicality of
effect.
Joseph Conrad's new story, publish
ed within the last few weeks In Fn
gland. Is doing very well then-, In splto
of lis ungainly title. The Bookman
says that Mr. Oonrad Is delighted with
the title given lo the American edi
tion, namely, "The Children of tlm
Sen," wlileh fits the Istok to a nicely,
whereas "The Nigger f the If arete
siis" means nothing to the nverngo
mlndi Mr. Conrad was stoutly advo
cated for the Academy prle which
was obtained by Stephen Phillips.
The enterprising new mngar.lne cnll
ed Success contains an Illustrated In
terview with Anthony Hope In which
the Bngllafa author-lawyer Is quoted as
saying that he bad tba usual asperl
nee Of "wasting good stamps ou re
turned stories" Is-fore his writings b.
gan to bring him enough to live on.
"But nfter I left the low for litera
ture," he says, "I wouldn't go hack;
pride alone settled that" Ills Idea of
the chief thing necessary for n man's
success In story writing Is the ability
to Invent plots. "It's Isirn with a man,
of course," he says. "Study will devel
op and work perfect n style, but It
won't give n bent to It. The ability to
Invent a plot Is a gift. I don't Is-llevo
any one could train his mind to ou in
veutlve state."
Titles In Job I a its.
Heretofore American girls havo
found It a comparatively simple matter
to buy titles, but the American men
hove Ixs-n compelled to remain plain,
unadorned cltltons, without handles to
their names, All this is to is- shanged
if u bin which tbe Italian government
prosises to submit to parliament Imj
comes a Inw. According to the provi
sions of this bill any oue desiring to
become u prince may secure thnt tltlo
by planking down $H,0(i0. Flvo thou
sand dollars will purchase the title of
marquis, $4,000 the title of count, while
titles of baron will be sold In Job lots
at $1,000 ench.
Here Is nn opportunity for that class
of Americans who pine for the murk
of nobility. Perhaps, however, if they
wait a little longer other European
governments In straitened circum
stances will enter luto competition with
Italy and titles will Is- sold ou bargain
counters nt big department stores.
Troy (N. Y.) Times.
A Mttln inn- 1. Garden.
I passed by u gurdeu, u little Hutch gar
den W in-re useful and pretty things grew
Beartssaai mid tomntoei,
And pinks and potatoes,
And lilies and onions uud rue.
I row lu thnt garden, that little Dutch
gsnlen,
A chubby Hutch run n with a spsde.
And a rosy Hutch frau
With a shoe like a scow,
Aud s laaSB halted UttlS Hutch maid.
There grew iu that gurdeu, thut little
Iluteh garden,
Blm- flair flowers, lovely and tall,
And early blush ron-i
Aud little piuk posies
But Grvtcticu was fairer timn nil.
My heart's In that gnrden, that little
Dutch garden
It tumbled right In as I passed,
'Mid 'wllderlng mnwe
Of spinach and dnlslvs,
And Gretchen Is holdlo It fast,
Boston Pudgat
W li. n There Was Only One Paper.
In the year 1700 there was only one
uewspaper lu the Culled Htatvs.
FIDDLED FOR LIFE,
fun. I from Hear t r (llvlnu Thcni a
Gewoovti
When Henry Itaker, a lad of 17, did
not Boms home to dinner the other day,
says the llufTnlo News, his father start
ed out luto the cattS patch, half u mile
from the house, to look for him. When
he got there he heard the sound of
ilililllug, and know ing that his b iy gen
erally took his llildlc along with him
to beguile the time when he got tired
of work, he thought the youngster was
having u time all by himself, and he
got rather mad Inh-uusc the Isiy did not
remain b0f the time und come to din
ner promptly.
Pushing his way through the cane, he
came upon an opening, and nesting
through lot ICattetad stalk-, he saw a
most astonishing scene. Perched npOfl
a stump was his s-u riddling away for
dear life, with tri-nma of perspiration
siiirlug down his face, while his coun
tenance expressed the utmost fear.
Itlght lu front of him were three
Im-iii-m, all leafed OB their haunches,
seemingly as If enjoying the mush'.
Whenever the tune was lively all thris1
would nod their heads and move their
bodies, and seemed to Ik- the most lu
tOfested critics. Whenever the vloilU
Ist's hand grew tired aud the music
slackened the bears growled and
showed their displeasure by opening
their savage looking mouths. Then the
buy's arm would move inure rapidly
uud the stralna would start up again,
evidently much to the pleasure of the
bears.
The Isiy's father was so dumbfound
ed ut tlrst that he could not move, but
n seioud later, recovering his self jhm
session, he turned and ran to the house,
und he and the hired man gut their
guns and started back to the cane
patch. They got there Just III time, ns
the Isiy hud fallen forward ou the
Stnmp In u ihud faint, und the two
larger hears were moving toward hlm,
growling as If disappointed at the stop
page of their musical treat. Both the
men tircvi simultaneously! bringing
down two of the bears, while the third
oue shuttled off Into the forest.
Young linker was taken lo the house
and soon revived. He stated that Just
as he wns getting ready to go to the
bouse, lulling his bow lu Ills hand, the
ts ars 111 uu- upon hlm very suddeutly.
As they advanced toward blm, growl
ing, he started lo run, but thought he
COOld not get away. Instantly his
hands touched the strings of his vio
lin, and he BOttCOd that the Is ttrs slots!
up ns If listening. Hit by o happy In
spiration, he Jumped upon a stump and
beguu playing. He wns delighted to
see the Isiirs were greatly pleased at
this and they sIimmI off at a distance
nnd he Bddlcd nway for dear life. Sev
eral times he (tOppSd, ami whenever
he did so they growled so ominously
thnt he Is-gnn playing ngnlu, hoping
with every breath that help would
conic from the house.
It Is a qtteet story, but young Baker's
father voueln-d for the truth of It, ami
he istliils to two big Is-nrsklus on the
parlor Ihstr as evidences that should
convince anybody.
LIVED ON FUNERALS.
A Bslatlsa Vi'ho Mmlr Ilia l.lvlnu na a
(riivi-yiiril Orutor.
Wast de Kelkow, a It. I.-'. in of aristo
cratic descent) has fallen on evil days
lu Paris. He has given himself up to
the iKillce so as to avoid begging In the
streets, an. I has been iiecoin inoil.itetl
with a temporary home In the Central
Depot. Ills story Is ll strange one. Af
ter having spent his patrimony he had
to live by his wits, lie accordingly set
up as a graveyard orator. Ills plan
was to follow a funeral ami to Inquire
iiImiiU the life and career of the dead
person. Then when the Interment wns
ever he stoisl up ut the graveyard ami
descanted on the virtues of tin- do-
is used. This caused the mourners to
regard hlm ns on old friend of their
defunct relative, so they thanked hlm
tearfuly and Invited him to the ism-
jnuots prepared for them ot some res
taurant near the cemetery.
The Belgian was thus ambled to live
on funeral baktsl meats, otherwise cold
sausages, ehnreuterle, ami ts-ciislonolly
chicken. The supply wns usunlly so
copious that Wast de Kelkow put Trag
incuts of the feast In his sickets, so
that he could subsist uutll another
funerul gave hlm a chance of obtaining
more food, as well os money, for he
wns occasionally tipped by mourners,
who relished, or were UOVed by his sep
ulchral ehspicnee. At last, however,
tin- Belgian found thai his black dothsa
were becoming too seedy, ami as be
could not afford a new suit of the sol
emn color he surrendered to the hIIis
charging himself with having obtained
money Under false pretenses, lie is
now thoroughly enjoying the shelter of
the depot, ami looks forward to finish
ing the WtntSf In a snug prison, free
from corking care and from the MCSS
slty of delivering funeral orations over
dead iM-rsoiis whom he hail never seen.
Australian Land Grants.
The Australians resemble us In hav.
Ing an immense truct of lund nt the
disposition of the stnte. They came
Into posessloti much Inter, when wuste
lands were much more accessible, and
lieforo they were covered by traditions
of any sort, ami when the air boil Is-
come charged with tin- spirit of experl
mentation. They have accordingly
tried to do various things with the
land, which we never thought of.
South Australia, for Instniirc, hud the
plan of giving grants of lund to small
pirntlve associations, to be man
aged by trustees, and suplled with cop
Ital by a loon from the state of not
more than ') a head. The state, In
short, agfeed to do What our Popu
lists think It ought to do- lend money
to the fanners at a low rate of Interest.
Some of these associations were plain,
ly communistic, and the memlsrs were
often brought together simply by ov
erty. As n whole, they have not suc
ceeded. Some have broken up. but oth
ers remain, nnd pay the government Its
litti-rest, but no one expects that It will
ever get bock Its principal - Atlantic.
Troll. far Ainliulanissa.
Trolley car ambulances are to be In-trislueis-1
In the city of 1 Mttsburg, run
ning independently over all the street!
car tracks us called for.
A mini kicks more from habit than
from actual necessity.
due man's calmness Is frequently
the csuec of another mini's storm.
MEI HODS OF INDIAN CRIMINALS.
KoIiIhtt liy the l.'ac of liruas He
lui t-il to a Fine Art.
Judglnu from a passage In an Inter
esting report on the police administra
tion of th nt nil provinces, which has
just bean leaned, it would appear that
while Introdnciag Western methods of
government Into Asia we have also
brought Into the Host some of the
choicest growths of Western clime. It
Is recorded that ot Khumlwo a guileless
OOOly employed on the waterworks was
aeeoated by a friendly fakir, who ex-
pressed a desire lo see what govern
ment rupOM were like. The unsuspect
ing Innocent liandtsl over a couple of
pod mettl to the fakir, who dexlerlous
ly substituted raise cuius for them
when handing then back. Kurely this
Is an Oriental version of the old famil
iar "Colllldetice trick," Which Is ployed
III various forms lu the purlieus of Lon
don every day ! Ilut lu this Instance the
conly wns able to turn the tobies on his
deceiver, lie did not discover the fraud
lor some time after, ami w hen he found
he had been dUs-d he "lay low and sold
imiiiii." one day he again net the
fakir, who tills time osktsl for change
for a rapes. He promptly etned the
holy man and gave hlm luto custody,
and a falsi. rii being found In the
laklr's possession he was deprived of
his Utterly for the space of two years.
Hut the pages of tlte criminal records
of the central provinces alao contain
examples of numerous crimes which
are H-cullar to Hie Hast. I'or Instance,
at JUbbttlpore recently a man felt high
ly Indignant at the severe t real incut ho
hail SOSt Tod at the hands of his land
lord. Accordingly he Mined his own
rhtlil by the legs, ami dashed It on the
ground, killing It Instantly, In the be
lief. It Is supsisisl, that Its Mood would
be on Hie head of Ills persecutor. Such
oppolllug attempts to secure reVettgS
by vicarious sacrifice ore, happily, un
known to the Western world nowa
days. Dacollles, of course, form n promin
ent feature lu the rcstrt, uml lu nt least
two Instances clever captures of dan
gerous gangs wen- effected by tin- po
lice. Bobberies nfter administering
drugs, thoiiKh by no means unknown In
Europe, ore practiced In a far in. in- a) s
fsniatk manner lu ludla. Oue particu
larly daring offender was brought to
UatlCS in the central provinces last
year. He "wondered iilsiui the district
poisoning peopli right and left," and
afterward relieving them of their be
longings. Ills usual method was to
strike up on CCJUalntaUCe wlth a trav
eler, nud surreptitiously to Introduce
drugs Into the fissl. Ills most line
(need exploll wns carried out right in
the center of the market place at 1 1 1 II-
gnnghntj w here he drugged threa men
with dhatnra ami got clear away with
their valuables.
The Hlngiinghnt outrage, however,
was his lost, for his career as a poisoner
en to an end directly afterwartl In a
remarkable manner. In his illsguUM of
respectable traveler he hod dHVOfl
nr.. uml the Wonlha district In n cart
dnwn by n pair of bullocks. After the
robbery In the market place he appears
to have concluded that he hml accumu
late,! enough sp,,!s to warrant him In
retiring Into private life, and he disap
peared, leaving his cart behind hlm. A
constable drove the conveyance round
the district seeking the owner. While
ou his wanderings he came to a placo
Called Khaprl, olid us he was passing
through It a woman rushed out of a
house and declared that the bnUocka
In-longed to her husband. The consta
ble discreetly retorted that they SOW
belonged t his ancle, 1111,1 Quietly went
to iiii adjacent railway station and tel
egraphed lo his Inspector, who came iy
the next train. By a singular coinci
dence the poisoner Joined the same
train nt o wayside station and on
alighting at the point nearest his na
tive village he was rSCOgnlOsd by the
Inspector owing to a curious bracelet
he wore. He hnd the proceed of the
robberies In his tosscsslou nnd his
wife's Innocent exclamation will cost
him fourteen years' Imprisonment -
Times of India.
Itui-ksaw for a Hunker.
Herman Kiiulhi. a bookkeeper employ-ad
by a Meridian street Jobbing
firm, bos sent his father, who Is presi
dent of Ho BoyaJ bank of Stuttgart, an
old fnshloncd bucksaw. Several years
ogo Mr. Koulln's physician recommend
ed that for exercise he use n sow every
day. In Germnny the bucksaw is un
known, the single ban. led one being
used altogether, In some manner Mr.
Kuulla heard of a saw the use of which
requlri-d Istth hands. He ordered olio
In Stuttgart, and the dealer sent hlm a
cross cut snw. An Indianapolis gentle
man traveling In Germany called on Mr.
Kuulla alMiut the time he was trying lo
get a saw that suited hlm. He told hlm
ul... ui the bucksaw, and when he re
turned to Indianapolis he related tin)
drenmstanoes to the son. yesterday
the son purchased one, and it was start
ed on Its Journey to Germany.- Indian
apolis Sentinel.
IMsi-overlng the I'naeen.
The most remarkable bit of calcula
tion ever done by human Itclng Is that
iittvlluiicd to the famous llrltlsh as
tronomer. Prof. Adams. The scientist
bad observed certain peculiar perturba
tions of the planet I'mmis. He could
explain the phenomenon only by the
presence of another great planer, un
known to science, somewhere In the
heavens. Then liegun the "figuring"
referred to. When the calculation had
la-en completed lr Oalls, of llerlln,
pointed his big telescope at the placo
In the heavens Indicated, and there a Mt
the gigantic planet Neptune Slsgf
times as large as the earth uml 2,MK1,
OOti.fKMi miles away from It. Sclentlfb)
achievement like this seems to border
ou the supernatural. Pittsburg DIs-
putcb.
Vsuilevll'slny.
"You tell me," sold the gentleman
With the bald wig. that the matt was
taken with Jaundice ami inortlllcat Ion
set In? I don't believe It."
"But you see," explained the genth
tiuin with the pea-green whiskers, "this
man was on Irishman, and be was
mortllled on account of his color."
Cincinnati glaqnlreri
Hale of Chinese Children.
In the poorer re; Ions of China many
old women make a living by buying
children at H to '-' apiece, and after
word selling them Into n life of slavery
or vice. .
Every married woman has prouilaml
her husband to some oh maid, as
Joke