teeming with oil? It can lie fouud al­
UNDEFINED.
PRECIOUS STONES.
most any place you wish to bore. • Y es,
Who can define love? Not the little child
The Methods by Which They A m
sir, Texas and California will lead the
Who liftfi hid tuft eves from his mother’s knee.
Tested by Experts.
TO DISPUTE A BILL IS TO MAKE
THE NOVEL PENALTY A JUDGE IM­
Three Klnu« lie Cort* \ Ifiorla,
Fulfilled with innocent tranquillity,
itiii I oil-producing States, aud we are not
In
a
lecture
on precious stones re­
Sor
that
poor
knight
who
went
where
Venus
ONESELF AN OUTCAST.
POSED UPON TWO MEN.
Victoria ascend il t!.e throne at an In­
afraid of the wood or any other famine
cently delivered before tbe Industrial
smiled
auspicious moui-nt. K'ugsbfp had fall­
on this coast. It’s God's own country,
Ind strove, by after suffering beguiled,
association of Berlin, Dr. Immanuel
en Into a miserable disrepute. The
rhe Brasilian Capital la the Easiest
and when one thing gives out, there’s Both Priaonera Were Cundeinued to To sing the meaning of its mystery;
Frieillaender said that the testing of
last three monarchs who had sat upon
Nur
can
he
tell
whom
love
hath
crowned
or
he
Flace In the World to Get Credit
Miss Helen Gould is again heading a pretty sure to be something else to Jail I ntll One uf Them, u College from very pain of love undone made wild.
diamonds
la comparatively simple. The
our throne had done little to make
and the Hardest Place In Which to
Graduate, Taught the Other How to Sot the wan nun who at the whitedChrist’s feet
common test for hardness suffices. If
their office easy or glorious. George III scheme for the advancement of man­ spring up to take its place." “There Read aud Write.
Dodtte
a
Debt.
Offers the world as one poor sacrince
the stone resists strong attacks, it is
bad obscured whatever virtues were kind. This is the announcement that would never be any wood famine if you
Nor the sad tide that follow» where the iwett,
"Rio is the easiest city In the world certain« to be genuine; If it does uot,
his by an obstinacy of opinion which one of the daily papers makes concern­ people were only progresssve enough to Along In the seventies the late Judge Swift moon allures it from the circling skies.
to get credit iu,” said a. New Orleans the damage la Insignificant, as only au
not from time or joy or suffering
lost us a vast colony und which might ing the subject: “Miss Helen Gould, plant trees instead of cutting them all Arnold Krekel was holding court at Kay,
brought that we may know thia tnan who lived for awhile at the Bra- Imitation lias been destroyed.
This
well uar* enslaved us to a foreign John 1). Rockefeller and Andrew Car­ down and neglecting to plant others to Jefferson City, relates an old timer, h knowledge
thing.
capital, "but It's the worst place test, however. Is doubtful with rubles.
power.
negie are going into the saloon business take their places," said the stranger, a When there appeared before him two —Theodo8ia Pickering Garriaon in “Brown Book tlllan
In the world In which to dodge a debt. If a ruby can be affected by a steel
men charged and indicted for a viola­ of Boston."
George IV hud died unwept and uu- in the worst part of New York. Miss little sarcastically.
All business there is done on the semi- file or by quartz, it Is surely not gen­
tion of the Ijilted States laws, one of
pltled. As he bad made his distin­ Gould and two eminent eo-adjutors
innual account system, and you can uine. but such a test with a topaz Is
s fiom will be called Brown. He was
SNAKE, EGGS AND A JUG.
guished office a scandal, as lie laid have decided, after long and careful
Polly agrees with the stranger. There charged with cutting timber on the A Mocvaain'a Appetite and Lack of get anything you want and have it Hable to Injure a valuable stone.
made Ids throne ridiculous by a deplor­
The test for hardness Is of no avail
charged without difficulty, but the end
able levity of taste and conduct, so he consideration, that there is always is no excuse for not planting the trees public domain. Brown was about 40
Sense Led to 111« Death.
of every six months is settlement day, with emeralds, as this stone is uot
had forfeited the affection of his peo­ room for more, and if their present to take the placesof those that are being years old and had been reured on the
A party of Jacksonville mechanics
ple and alienated their sympathy long [dans are curried out, and there seems destroyed all the time. In some sec­ Imrder in Arkansas and never had any were at work on the Matanzas river anil If you are not on hand with the much harder than quartz and in addi­
cash—well. 1'11 give you a little experi­ tion possesses the quality of cracking
ipport
unities
for
schooling,
hence
was
before death overtook him. ‘'There to be no reason why they shouldn’t lie, tions of this State and around some of
raising a sunken dredgeboat. They
never was an individual,” proclaimed the doors of the saloons of Gould, Rock­ our most progressive and nourishing unable to read or write. In his en­ lived on board of the big lighter on ence of my own to show you what hap­ easily.
For examining rubles and emeralds
pens.
deavors to get a living lie had cut tim­
The Times but it few weeks after his efeller, Carnegie <k Co. will swing open
which they worked in a small house
“1 went to the city as the representa­ the optical test Is best. A glass mag­
death, "less regretted by Ids fellow before the end of summer.” The re­ little towns there is not a native tree to ber suitable for making ax handles on on the deck. One noon their bill of
creatures than tills deceased king. port of the champagne cork will not be be found for miles around. No trees United States lands, which led to his fare was somewhat strengthened by tive of a well known American house, nifying about 100 times suffices. Ev­
have been planted to take their places, arrest and Imprisonment. The other some wild turkey eggs which had been and at the outset I was surprised to ery expert knows that almost all pre­
What eye has wept for him? What
heart has heaved one throb of unnec­ heard in the land; the frothy beer with and the result is that bare sun-burned man will be called Jones, for the real found by some of the party while bunt­ find that it was practically impossible cious •»o* — s have little flaws. Nearly
essary sorrow?” Ami The Times ex­ its white caps, flowery wines and hills surround the town. The native name of both men are not known In ing on shore. After the hungry en­ for me to pay for anything. 'Don’t every ruby and all emeralds lui'T
about that, senhor,' the store­ many defects, which are so charactei
pressed in those bitter words nothing drinks like absinthe, etc., will be ban­ trees are fast disappearing, but it would the memory of any one who witnessed gineers had destroyed a heavy dinner bother
keeper
would
say. T will make an ac­ Istic that tbe genuineness of the stouo
the*
incident.
ished
to
the
background,
or
at
least
will
legp ihan the popular judgment.
they left their dining room and return­
not I m * so bad if something were planted
of It.’ Of course my American Is readily established. Such a test I.
Nor can It be said that William IV not find favor in this resort of Gould A to take their places. Polly is in favor Jones was charged with and indicted ed to work. Toe doors and windows count
friends soon explained the system to very necessary with rubles, because
graced tlie throne of Britain. Loved Co. Instead there will lie ginger ale of arbor days, wherein the children for having sold liquor to the Indians. wert* all open, aud tlie cook did not me,
and, while I didn't like it, I thought the Imitations are very deceiving.
Mr. Jones was a native of New York,
for bls homely virtues, he raised a and pop, soothing sweet elder and re­
clear off tlie table for some time.
best
to conform to the custom of the Their color Is absolutely durable and
a
graduate
of
Union
college
and
was
may
enthuse
and
do
some
tree
planting
smile of kindly contempt by Ids lack freshing milkshake, flavored with va­
In tills interval a large water moc­ country without rendering myself dis­ often much finer than tliat of the gen­
for a lawyer. He possessed
of dignity and his frank misunder­ nilla and a dash of nutmeg, sparkling of their own accord. Nothing beauti­ educated
casin
of
near
six
feet
crawled
on
board
uine. although it may be stated that a
fies a place more than trees along the a highly cultured mind, a good Latin­ the lighter ami wriggled Into tbe din agreeable by kicking.
standing of kingly ceremonial. On the
“About two mouths after my arrival somewhat yellowish tint is always sus­
ist and thoroughly scholarly In all
day of his accession be escaped from sodas with their fruit flavorings and streets and roads, and nothing makes it sorts
of books. Not succeeding In his ing room through tlie open door. Iu 1 went to a native shoemaker’s one picious.
his council and was found throwing ice-cold, as well as ice-cream sodas. moreuninvitingand uninteresting than profession
in his native state, more his prospecting tour lie climbed the day, ordered a pair of English riding
The only reliable way Iu which gen­
Strictly
temperate
is
the
liquid
menu
shillings to a noisy crowd In a back
thelack of trees and shrubbery. 1 have from lack of application than other­ table leg. and here, witli a snake's boots, aud, as I had been used to wear­ uine rubles can be told froui Imitations
street, and never did be acquire the of these saloons. It is file purpose of always had a good deal of respect for wise, he left that country and plunged fondness for eggs, he went in for a ing ready made footgear. I mentioned,
rudiments of tact which should be the Miss Gould and her partners to make the little woman who defied the city into the great west and located no­ least. line of Hie turkey eggs lay Incidentally, that my number was 8*4- Is by the minute air bubbles of tin* lat­
ter. which become clearly visible un­
first wisdom of kings —Blackwood’s.
the resorts so attractive that it will be trustees who had ordered her trees cut body knew where, but he drifted Into alone by a plate, and the rest were in The shoemaker gravely made a note of der the magnifying glass. These are
difficult to ]iass them by. Good music down, by sitting on the sidewalk with the lower strata of society, and to ob­ a dish ou the other side of the table. the fact nnd promised to send around uot to be found iu the natural gem.
A Mcottlah Echo.
In Hie center stood a large water jug,
The late Sims Reeves was fond of will be furnished in each and agreeable a shotgun in her hand. “I’ll shoot the tain the necessaries of life be resorted and right here tlie wily serpent slipped the boots as soon as they were done. On the other hand, the imitations luck
Several weeks elapsed, when, one morn­ certain defects characteristic of gen­
to
"bootlegging"
among
the
red
men
recreations,
so
that
the
time
will
pass
telliir.* a story that related to an early
first man who lays a hand on my
up. After swallowing tlie lonesome
engagement in Glasgow which was ar­ as swiftly by as it does in the gilded trees,” she said grimly.” Tlie effect of the Indian Territory border. Ills egg. lie started for the main supper ing, a porter came staggering Into the uine rubles—certain vacuums, whose
office almost burled under an enor­ outlines are much more indistinct than
ranged through a metropolitan agency. halls where wines and intoxicating was like magic. Her trees are still arrest and imprisonment followed.
und In his artless manner crawled mous load of English top boots. 'Bo be those of the air bubbles In Imitations.
The
two
men
were
arraigned
before
One of the items on the programme beverages flow like water. Games of standing. Others begged and implored
through the handle of tbe Jug. It was
True emeralds have similar charac­
was "Hail. Smiling Morn!" and of different kinds, like chess, checkers, to spare their trees, but it had no effect. Judge Krekel and the Indictments a rather tight tit, and he laid to stop exact, he bad 17. I was thunderstruck,
read.
They
both
pleaded
guilty
and
but as he could give me no explanation teristic defects, such as Inclosures of
course Mr. Beeves was [iut down for dominoes, etc., will figure in making
about halt' way through on account of
the solo portion. The chorus consists the places attractive. Here they can Words and tears were useless. The threw themselves upon the mercy of the egg. which enlarged him some­ except that they were mine I rushed liquids and curious dendrites. Sap­
of an echo, and the London agent as­ meet and lie an all-round good fellow only thing that appealed to their cour­ tlie court. The court questioned both what. So, stretching forward, he bolt­ Immediately to the shop, where the phires also show peculiar uetllke for­
proprietor received me blandly nnd In­ mations.
ageous and sympathetic hearts was a prisoners at length and drew from
sured the soloist that n satisfactory
without going home intoxicated. They shotgun wielded by a very determined each Ills history. He recounted tlie ed another egg and thereby fastened sisted that he had merely sent what I
choir bad been engaged.
wrongs they bad been guilty of against himself.
l>ad ordered. 'You said that you de­ SOUTHERN MOUNTAINEERS.
The whole matter was settled hur­ can indulge in the dangerous treating little woman.
On each side of the jug handle was sired them to the number of eight and
society. He did Hits In a kindly tone
riedly. Mr. Beeves was at tlrst disin­ fad without being much the worse oil'
mid manner, suggesting In a mild form an egg on ills inside, aud lie could a half.' he added, 'anil I accordingly The Part They Played In the War
clined to accept, as other engagements for it, except in pocket-book. Here
Between the State*.
that both might have been useful mem­ move neither backward nor forward, made you eight pairs and one boot, a
BRIEF
REVIEW.
prevented him from rea< king Glasgow they can enjoy a quiet smoke while
practically riveted in position. He was right, which, if you desire. I will ex­
It Is odd lo think tliat the southern
bers
of
some
community
had
they
in time for a rehearsal with the choir. they are indulging in jokes and anec­
sought honorable means and methods soon found In this peculiar situation change for a left.’ ‘But, good heavens,’ mutmtaineer was not discovered until
Diary of Major Andre Discovered.
“Don't worry about that, my dear dotes and stories. When they leave to
by the cook, who speedily killed him. 1 protested, ’you ought to have known tbe outbreak of tbe civil war, although
The diary of Major Andre, after lying to secure a livelihood.
sir," said the agent. "You will And go to their different homes it is with
The reporter was shown tlie skin of there was some mistake! Why on he was nearly a century old then, und
Tlie court seemed puzzled how to as­
the choir perfect.”
hidden for a hundred years, has been sess
the snake witli a crease still In the earth should I order half a pair of It is really startling to realize that
a
punishment
that
would
meet
the
clear
heads
and
steady
feet.
So
inter
­
The concert was a success, and In
discovered in England. This interest­
middle from the tremendous pressure,
wlien one speaks of tbe southern moun­
due course "Hull, Smiling Morn!" was esting will these new saloons be made ing find was made by Lord Grey while ends of Justice and protect tlie govern­ and he was also permitted to gaze on boots?’ He shrugged his shoulders. taineers he speaks of nearly 3,000.000
ment,
its
lands,
its
wnrds
ami
society.
‘That was not for me to Inquire,’ he
called for. When tlie soloist rattle to that [lersons who have been in the he was going over a lot of old family
[M-ople who live In eight southern
Finally, sitting upright in his chair, the Jug whose handle proved so fatal. said.
the lines requiring an echo, lie deliv­ habit of wending their way iuto the
—Florida Times-Union and Citizen.
"I realized that tbe fatal reputation stales Virginia and Alabama and tbe
ered them in bis best manner—“At other resorts that do business behind papers that probably hail not been dis­ looking over his glasses as both men
for eccentricity which Americans en­ souiberu stales between and occupy
whose bright presence darkness flies closed doors will tie no longer tempted turbed since the conclusion of the stood before him, In a voice little loud­
Wimt I m n "I.lcli Gatet”
er
and
more
positive
than
usual
be
joy
world over was partly respon­ a region equal in area to the combined
American
war
of
independence.
Lord
away.” Imagine ids horror when the but will find themselves strolling into
A lieli gate Is a shed, generally of oak, sible the
for
the muddle. Still It was an ureas of Ohio und Pennsylvania, as
echo repeated Ids words In the broad­ the new retreats from the busy world. Gray’s great-grandfather was a com­ said:
"Mr. Brown, it Is the sentence of the over the entrance of a churchyard, be­ Inexcusably stupid blunder, and, after big. say. as tlie German empire, and
est Scotch:
mander of British troops in America at court
that you be confined in the Cole neath which tlie bearers paused when vainly arguing for an hour, I put him richer, perhaps. In timber and mineral
It is safe to say that no diabolical
“Flees awa’, flees awa'I”
that time, and Andre served on his county jail until you are educated to bringing a body for interment.
deposits than any other region of sim­
schemes
that
are
proposed
and
fostered
Yet Sims Beeves averred that not a
Here the clergyman met the body on notice that I would only accept one ilar extent iu the world. This region
staff, and this accounts for the diary read and write." The Judge then turn­
pair.
"When
I
returned,
I
sent
back
the
until
the
wicked
purpose
of
the
villain
person In the audience smiled or ap­
being in the possession of the present ed Ills eyes upon tlie other prisoner at and read the introductory part of the other 15 and considered the Incident was aud Is an unknowu laud. It bus
peared to see anything Incongruous. is carried out will be brought to light,
burial service as he preceded tlie funer­
been aptly called Appalachian Ameri­
When tie talked over the matter with and you will not hear of the now so [>eer. The diary is apparen tly the orig the liar and. possibly in a louder voice, al train Into tlie church. Examples of closed. I heard no more about it. In ca. and tbe work of discovery Is yet
a bnilie after the concert, the good man common knockout drops being given inal, but in order to make sure that it said. "Mr. Jones, it is tlie sentence of old llch gates are still to be seen in fact, until exactly six months later, going on.
tlie court llint you be confined in tlie
when 1 received a bill for 8'/2 pairs of
assured him:
to the unsuspecting in these resorts of is not a copy, Lord Grey is sending over Cole county Jail until you have taught many country churchyards. In Wales rldtug
Tbe Amerlcau mountaineer was dis­
boots at $15 each—total, $127.50
to the United States to secure samples
“Tbnt's nothing at all. You were a Miss Gould & Company.
they
are
more
modern
and
are
usually
covered, 1 say. at the beginning of tbe
Mr Brown to read nnd write, and I
gold
—
and
a
polite
notification
that
7M>
little wrong In your pronunciation, and
of Andre’s handwriting, none of which etij
war, wben tbe Confederate leaders
tin upon tlie keeper of the Jail to built of stone.
the echo was correct. You see, It was
can be obtained in London. The diary afford you every facility possible with
Some of tlie old lieli gates are formed pairs awaited my pleasure at the shop. were counting on tbe presumption that
“
That
made
me
furious.
I
sent
the
a Scottish echo."—Youth's Companion.
To Polly’s mind Miss Gould A Co.'s is a story of the campaign, day by day, 'lie safe keeping of Ills prisoners.”
with one wide door turning on a cen­
Mason and Dixon's line
tbe divid­
manner of dealing with the saloon ques­ during the years 1767-1778. It simply The lawyers and spectators In court tral pivot and self dosing by means of man my check for $15 and told bls ing line between the north anil south
Took Him at Illa Word.
a rude pulley wheel in the roof and n messenger to sue me and be banged.
tion is better than Carrie Nation’s and
formed, therefore, the plan of
“Men on newspapers often have her little hatchet. It is certainly a but interestingly told from the soldier's looked witli astonishment at each oth­ stone weight inclosed In tin iron frame, But lie didn't sue me. They have a and
marching au army from Wheeling to
er
os
the
sentence
was
concluded,
and
standpoint, and is accompanied by
lunch
more
effective
method
down
peculiar experiences." said W. A. ftilr-
a primitive but effective piece of ma­
some |>oiut on tbe lakes and (bus dis­
there.
chlld of Chicago, "ami such n one be­ more peaceable and womanly way. Andre himself with a skill that would ilie marshal led the prisoners out of chinery.
severing tbe north at one blow.., Th**
tlie
courtroom
She
will
win
by
gentle
measures
and
make
him
the
equal
of
any
hydrograph-
"Within
a
week
every
tradesman
fell a friend of mine some time ago.
In Herefordshire they are also called
It was t lie seCond teisn of the court
plan seemed so feasible that It Is'StrfP-'-
witli
whom
4
did
business
advised
me
The friend In question was city editor cause less bitterness and ill-feeling than er of to-day. The diary ceases too early liter
lids Incident when the marshal "st allage." or “scaUenge gates.” “Lieb courteously that he had closed iny ac- to havF materially aided the sale of
of a great dally, and in the course of Mrs. Nation, who moved like a cyclone to throw any light u | h > ii the motives reminded
Blown ami Jones Into court, gate" is derived from the Anglo-Saxon courft—meaning that my future cus­ Confederate bonds iu England, but
his manifold duties It fell to Ids lot to carrying destruction before it. The which prompted the tragic ending of
It was announced by tlie court lieli. a corpse; hence tbe north country tom was uot desired. Moreover, the when Captain Garnett, a West Doin'
take to task one of Ids reporters. The correction of the evil may lie slower his career, but it gives interesting and
Brown bad completed his educa- "lyke wake.”—London Answers.
foreign colony all gave me the cold graduate, started to carry It out be gol
reporter In question was an English­ and more gradual, but if properly man­ glimpses of the personality of one of the Hint
lion-ready
to graduate able to read
shoulder, and when I dropped In at the no farther than Harpers Ferry. When
Bunkoed.
man, slow of thought and action and aged the temperance saloons, carried to
and write. Judge Krekel looked over
be struck the mountains, he struck en­
"His name was Alexander, and his club the frost was something awful.
miserly of speech. Through the tirade the successful completion that Miss historic figures of the Revolution.
til« glasses nnd asked that the prisoner weakness was tin* horses,” said tbe re­ “At last I sent for a particular friend. emies who shut at bls men from am­
to which lie was subjected he said
give him an evidence of his being able porter. "Surprising as it may appear, ‘Look here,’ 1 said, ‘I want you to tell bush, cut down bridges before him.
Wales a Pioneer in Iron Trade.
nothing, and when It finally ended be Gould al ways does everything she has
anything
to
do
with,
will
revolutionize
Byron wrote in his “Childe Harold” to read Browu stood up and read a he won sometimes and enjoyea a brief me frankly why I am getting this ta­ carried tbe news of bls march to the
left tlie presence of Ids superior with­
the saloon business and close the doors that he “stood in Venice on the Bridge few paragraphs from n newspaper to nodding acquaintance witli fortuue. boo.’ ‘Because you haven’t paid for Federals. aud Garnett himself fell
out any comment.
the satisfaction of tlie court, when lie
with a bullet from a mountaineer’s
"But, as the result proved, he did of many that are prospering to-day. of Sighs, a palace and a prison on each said. "Mr. Clerk, will you let him sit Wlicii (lie bookmakers got it back your boots.' he replied. ‘But thlB Is squirrel
rifle at Harpers Ferry.—Scrib­
again,
lie
took
to
drink
and
In
tbe
end
monstrous!
’
snld
I.
‘
You
know
very
some tall thinking. City editors when George Washington and his little hand.” Merthyr has got something at a table and write me a letter?”
ner
’
s
Magazine.
wont
about
trying
to
pick
out
a
good
well that I never ordered 8'/2 pairs of
'riled.' as is well known, are not par­ hatchet were al) right, but Carrie Na­ almost as famous, according to the Taper, pen, ink and a seat were fur-
iu which to kill himself.
boots. ‘Of course not,’ said he, ‘but
ticularly choice or economical In the tion and her little hatchet are a terror
ulslied Brown, who went to work to place
The Honorable Board.
“
History
of
the
Iron
Trade
of
Wales.
”
"lie bought a drink In a cheap hotel, you’d best pay for ’em all the same. It
language they- bestow on their unfor­ to evil-doers which is not believed will
write a letter to the court. For some
Sam Rawson occuslonally said a good
tunate reporters, and among other be lasting, many noil-sympathizers of Penydarran works have been cleared time Hie poor fellow struggled with and tlie quality of the liquor led him ruins a man here,’ be went on to ex­ thing, and one of these occasions chanc­
away to the last brick, and now on one
things the Englishman bad been told
tlie task, and in the meantime Jones to believe lie had found tlie place. He plain, ‘If he allows any bill to pass set­ ed to be the town meeting. The peo­
that lie was no better than—111 fact, Carrie’s believing that a few imprison­ side stands the electrical power-gener­ was very nervous, fearing he would wished to do no man injury, but auy tlement day. No explanation is per­ ple of Sam's village could not under­
was—a crazy man and that bis proper ments and convictions on the charge ating station, and oil the other a pros- fie compelled to go back to Jail and one who sold tliat sort deserved to find mitted. and everybody Joins In cutting stand bow the money appropriated for
habitat was a lunatic asylum and not of malicious mischief, attended with lierous theater. From this spot went "take up school” again. Finally the a dead man on tin* premises. He hired Idin. It seems bard, but we have to do tbe roads bad vanished with such poor
the ball bedroom of a Chicago board­ fines, will end the reign of terror umong away the first rail that was ever made clerk said. “May It please your houor, a room, small, bleak, well calculated to It to sustain this credit system. If we results.
ing house which he occupied.
the evil-doers that she has created. A in Wales—that for the Liverpool and Hie prisoner can write, but cannot form make a man willing to blow out the didn't, we’d all be ruined by bad ac­
A stretch of road running past Sam's
gas, even if he had an aversion to It. counts.’
"The Englishman took this part of well-known temperance worker re­ Manchester Railway, the cable for the sentences to make It intelligible.”
house was In notoriously poor condi­
which
Alexander
had
not.
”
1
groaned
In
spirit
but
I
sent
the
the city editor’s remarks as his text and marked theotherday: “CarrieNation’s
"Mr. Clerk.” said the court, not tak
although Sam declared that be
“He plugged the apertures, closed shoemaker $112.50 and told him to let tion,
acted upou them. He promptly went heart may be all right, but her judg­ bridge that spans the Menai, and from Ing bls eyes from tbe court docket he
had paid liberally to have It put in
it
started
the
first
locomotive
engine.
tin*
transom,
bung
his
coat
over
the
me
have
tbe
rest
of
my
boots.
I
was
to an asylum, had himself thoroughly
was looking at. “you will dictate a let­
order, and there was genera) in­
keyhole, turned out the gas and lay so mad I could have worn out tbe good
examined by three or four alienists ment 1 b pretty faulty." A prominent
ter for him and see what headway he down.
terest
when Sam rose to make bis state­
member
of
the
W.
C.
T.
IL
says:
“
Mrs.
Then he lighted it again and whole 17 on his anatomy, but 1 pre­
and secured from them an official cer­
Russia’s Great Railway.
makes witli that.” The clerk dictated a
ment before tbe selectmen.
wrote
n
few
foolish
letters
of
farewell,
served
my
outward
calm
and
was
tificate to the fact that he was sane. Nation has done us more harm than
“I’d Just like to say one thing,” be
It is nine years since tlie Transsibe- letter that the prisoner wrote quite so lim'd Is It for even a tired mortal to promptly reinstated socially and finan­
With this be appeared at the office of good. It remains to lie seen what the
readily, which subsequently was pass­
drawled,
heedless of the fact that be
rian
Railroad
was
commenced,
and
at
quit
with
no
word.
Then
he
put
out
cially throughout the towu. Later on had Interrupted
Ills [taper the next day. und, entering iiarvest of all this will be." Others
ed up to tbe court, who read tbe same,
an indignant neighbor.
the
present
time
3240
miles
of
rails
have
the editor's sanctum, lie slapped it express themselves the same way,
and after giving the prisoners a short the light, saw dial the gas was flowing I used seven pairs of boots as Christ­ “1 don’t want to make any fuss, but
mas presents to friends and gave tbe I'd just like to ask tbe honorable board
down before Ids astonished and dis while Carrie Nation has her followers been laid, showing an average of 360 lecture both were discharged and fn*i*ly and lay down.
"He noticed that it was ten minutes one odd one to a one legged beggar
mayed superior. 'Now, you go ami get who would delight in Joining her in miles a year. The connection between walked from tbe courtroom free men
to 1 o'clock In the morning. He fell on the plaza.”—New Orleans Tlrnes- of highwaymen”—
one,’ was Ids only comment and for her raids on the saloons. They would Europe and Vladivostok is now fully —Jefferson City Tribune.
That was as far as be could get A
asleep, certain It was all over. (Obliv­ Democrat.
once that city editor capitulated.”—
assured by means of the steamship serv­
roar
of laughter swept over tbe town
like
to
see
every
woman
favoring
the
ion.)
New York Tribune.
Flal» Tlint Change Color.
meeting and showed Its effects In the
t'nnppreclnteil Efforts.
tern iterance cause wearing a little gilded ice in the center of Siberia. The jour­ It has been found that certain
"He woke. The sun was streaming
Unselfish goodness Is seldom appre- red faces of the “highwaymen.” —
A P m I r of Lover«.
hatehet under her little bow of white ney from the continent of Europe to prawns, common along the coasts of In. It was high noon. Yes; he was
Two Amerlcnn men In Venice spent ribbon. Surely the white dove of peace Vladivostok occupies about eighteen England, change their color nt least alive. He could not understand it. elated In this world of ours. There was Youth’s Companion.
their first evening loafing round tlie would not pereli on their standard. days, and from London to Paris three twice every 24 hours In order to bar There was no gas in the room, yet it that man In tin* electric car, for In­
Compinloii In Mlaery.
lagoons In a gondola It being moon Miss Gould’s way of dealing with the and a half weeks, as against six weeks inonlze witli tlie stronger or weaker was still turned on. ne finally discov­ stance. Having rung up three fares In
“I am not especially sensitive,” said
Ills
efforts
to
stop
tbe
car
for
the
Indy
light, of course, and all the rest of tlie saloon question will doubtless bring via tlie Suez canal. When the line is light prevailing near the surface or in ered that In hotels of that sort they
that sat ou the opposite side, he tossed the man with the billiard ball pate In
sentimental, charming tilings It is al
finished it will have a length of 5282 the deeper water. As evening ap turn the gas off at 1 a. tn. ‘Bunkoed!’ after her the umbrella that belonged talking to friends with scanty hair
better results.
ways In Venice.
be
said
and
went
cheerily
on
bls
way.
”
miles, and a still greater saving in time proaches these fish lose their distinctive
to the little gray whiskered man on tils who bad been telling experiences, “but
“Here comes a gondola.” stage wills
flay colors, and all assume a transpar —New York Sun.
will
be
effected.
right.
Neither tbe gray whiskered man 1 confess It rankled when an absolute
The
people
of
Sweden
are
wideawake
pered one American to the other, '‘that
ent azure hue. The change begins with
nor
the
conductor liked tbe thoughtful stranger hnlled me as ‘Old Baldy!’ I
Both nt Rent.
probably contains a pair of lovers See when it comes to realizing the value of
The fifth centenary of the death of a reddish glow, followed by a green
“I suppose.” said tbe stonecutter, Sarnarltnn for his altruistic efforts - was sprinkling the lawn one hot even­
bow absorbed those two dim figutes tree planting. Tlie residents of Orsa,
tinge which gradually melts Into blue
ing last summer and had laid aside hat
evidently are In each other Gondolier, Sweden, have sold in the course of Chaucer will occur October 25th and an I lie day and night change has become "you’ll want 'Requfescnt In pace' at tbe Boston Transcript.
and coat I was somewhat astonished
bottom
of
your
wife's
monument?
”
other gondolas, the witchery of the twenty-five years $4,600,000 worth of attempt is being made in London to so habitual that specimens kept In per
on looking up to see a stranger hanging
Accepted.
“No.” replied the bereaved Mr. Beck;
moonlight and tlie place—to all of It timber of!'their lands, and replanted so induce the court of common council to petual light or perpetual darkness nev
over the picket fence Intently watching
”
1
am
a
self
made
man,
”
said
tbe
they are oblivious. Oh. what a spot for Judiciously that they will draw just as erect a statue to the poet in the guild eribeless undergo the periodic altera "make It 'Ilequlesco In pace.’ ”
"That means '1 rest In peace,' doesn't pompous Individual, with bls chest ex­ me. I continued to play the hose, but
sentiment! The nir Is full of Itl”
hall or the library. The author of “The tlon of color.
when I looked up again the man was
panded.
ii r
And as the two gondolas glided past much revenue from their forests during Canterbury Tales” was a Londoner by
still there studying nnd with evident
The
other
looked
at
him
critically.
the
next
twenty-five
years.
’
Tis
a
pity
"Yes.
nnd
I
want
you
to
sign
that
Dlrlnry
Repartee.
each other tlie Americans beard tlie
"Your excuse Is satisfactory,” he amusement. I glared at him.
unmistakable accents of a fellow coun that the jieople of California are not as birth, but no suitable memorial of him "I think," snld A. Bronson Alcott In 'Husband.'“-Catholic Standard nnd
“'Hello, old Baldy!’ he shouted,
said.
—Brooklyn Life.
exists
in
the
city
of
his
nativity.
one of Ills conversations, "when a man Times.
tryman, “I'll see your three and raise wideawake to the value of tree plant­
making a profound bow.
Ilves on beef, he becomes something
you five.”—Philadelphia Becord.
ing. Tin* destruction of the trees is
Adversity’s Round Rebln.
It is the law in Maine that double like an ox. If he eats mutton, he be-
Before 50 the most healthful occupa­ " ‘Are you spenkfng to me. sir?’ I de­
going on all the time and then* are
tion
Is that of tbe clergyman. The manded.
Mot Anllonn,
“
This
la
a
cold
world.
A
man
can't
bounty
for
bears
must
be
paid
when
the
■omes sheepish, nnd If be feeds upon
get a job unless he has a good suit of doctors and tlie lawyers are close to­ " ‘nello, old Baldy!' he repeated.
"You have quite a number of the very few trees lieing planted to take animal's nose is shown, and in New pork may he not become swinish?"
" ‘Why. you verdant chump,’ I re­
gether. After 50 years, according to
poets.” said Goodby. who was inspect­ the places of those that are la*ing cut Hampshire the money is payable on "That may be." said Dr. Walker, clothes."
the figures, it Is more healthful to prac­ plied. rushing toward him. with the
ing Woodby’s library. “All, there's down, and even the roots that might exhibition of the ears. Some enterpris­ 'but when n man lives on nothing but
"Well, that's logic.”
Browning. Do you understand him?” possibly send out new shoots are dug
"Logic? He can’t get a good suit of tice medicine v tbe law than It Is to nozzle. Til turn the hose on you!’
vegetables I think he Is apt to be pret-
“ ’No, you don’t,’ he answered, re­
preach.
"No; I don't.” snld Woodby.
clothes unless be has a Job."
up. “ What are you people going to do ing sportsmen who live near the Imrder •y small potatoes."
moving his hat with a flourish and
“Ah,” said <7oodby, continuing Ills for fuel later on, if you keep cutting of the two States get a double bounty
The Retort Courteous.
A Pound of Core.
The forests of the Philippine Islands making another low bow. 'I'm the lim­
examination, "have you Freed?”
your trees down?" asked a visitor to by collecting on tin* noses in Maine and
“No. I have nothing for you," said cover an area of shout 40.000.000 seres it,’ be said. I then saw there was not
“My son." said the family man, “Is
“Certainly not. What's the use of this coast recently. "You are cutting on the ears in New Hampshire.
nnxious to become a pugilist. I'm do­ tbe housekeeper sternly. “Aud don't The Island of Mindanao, with au aren a hair on Ills head. We went off to­
praying? I ain't anxious to under- '
all your trees down and not replenish­
you come here after dinner again.”
of some 20,000,000 acres, has Immense gether and bad a drluk.”—New York
■tend him.”—Philadelphia Becord.
It is a Christmas custom in Atlanta ing my best to prevent him.”
Bun.
ing them. Judging from reports there
“
Beg
pardon,
lady,"
replied
Hungry
"Let
him
go
ahead.
”
said
the
friend
tracts of almost nnbroken forests
Jnveniir IHarou mice turn t.
will come a day when a coal famine to release all prisoners charged with of the family, “and have some one Hawkes, “but I didn't suppose you’d
The pubric prfnter~of Minnesota beat
In tbe course of tbe demolition of tbe
Elsie—Mamma, there'«i a funny old will strike this State as well as other offenses against city ordinances.
pound him You'll find a pound of have dinner over dis early in de day. gasometer in the old town gas works all records by Issuing the laws passed
man In this Pickwick 1 >ook that's al [daces. What are you going to do
cure worth more than an ounce of pre­ Yon ain't very stylish, are you?”—Phil- at Mayence a large bale of cloth, well i by the recent legislature within two
ways telling Ills son to lieware of the
The |>eat ls>gs in Sweden, many of vention
Philadelphia Record.
then?
”
“
Oh,"
re[4ied
the
Californian
According to an apparently authentic preserved, and a great number of days after adjournment. They consist
widows. Why Is Hint?
them
eight
to
ten
yards
deep,
cover
an
carelessly,
"this
State
can
always
tnke
article
in a French periodical, not less French bayonets and cbassepot rifles of 481 general laws, 14 special laws and
Mamma—Well, a widow is supposed
Candy makers calculate that the
2 constitutional amendments. They
care of itself. When the wood gives area of about 8,048,000 acres.
to i>e skillful hi «.itching a husband.
price of their products should be put at than 20.000 aristocrats are at present were found between the Inner and out­ comprise 140 columns of type set In
confined
In
the
prisons
of
Europe.
Rus
­
er
containers
of
the
gasometer.
They
Elsie—Gracious! I wonder If I’ll out resort to coal, and when that gives
double the cost of the material, which
nonpareil and agate. When "made up.”
have to be a widow before I can get out there will be oil for fuel. Haven’t A prizefighter is at his prime at from will allow them a fair return for rent, sia stands first, with 12,000 blue blood­ must have been there for at least 30 they make 20 pages of an ordinary dai-
ed
lawbreakers.
years.
married.—Philadelphia Tress.
labor and interest.
you heard how the Pacific Coast is just 20 to 26 years of age.
I ly newspaper.
BANDON RECORDER.
if»;
irs
til
A UNIQUE SENTENCE.
POLLY LARKIN :
QUAINT WAYS IN 1110,