WHAT WINS.
The world hn full many n hero:
Go read what those heroes hare done,
And you'll tind that though oft they were
tin filed
Tbey kept up their courage, and won.
They never lost courage In failure,
Diving up. as tho wcuK-hcnrted will.
Hut said: "Ve will try und keep trying,
And conquer all obstacles still,"
And this they have done, the world over,
Their taRlts were accomplished at last
IJy often-rcpentpd endeavor.
The joung oak may bend to the blast.
But It springs to Its place when It passes,
And grows to new strength every day.
And In time !t stands tlrm In tho tempest
Whose wrath whirls the tall pine away.
Defeat makes a man more persistent
.' the right kind of courage is his;
He determines to conquer, and does It,
And this is what heroism is.
Strive on with a patient endeavor:
The steadfast of purpose will win.
Defeat comes to-day, but to-morrow
May usher the grand triumph In.
Eben K. Hexford. in Wlde-Awake.
ABOUT ELEPHANTS.
Interesting and Amusing Anecdotes
of tho Hugo Boasts.
They are AnVctionate, l'onil of Delicacies
and Knjoy a ,Iole; Hut Their Auger
u Something Terrible Some
Celebrated Klophllllts.
The elephant may well be considorei?.
the head of the menagerie. Young and
old are never tired of watching theso
wonderful creatures; they are so k'uow
ing, so loving, yet so terrible in their
anger. An elephant can tear oJT hugo
branches of trees with his trunk, or
stamp tho life out of a tiger with his
great feet; yet ttio same trunk can bo
trained to pick up a pin. and tho
mighty feet to trend gingerly over tho
recumbent forms of sleeping or intoxi
cated keepers. Strango as it may ap
pear, an elephant's skin is very sensi
tive; mosquitoes annoy him greatly,
and a beating is a terrible punishment
for him. Courageous as ho is, an ele
phant is very nervous, Ho will light
.my other hugo beast, yet a mouse is
said to make him shake with appre
hension and trumpet with terror.
Elephants are very inisehk 311s and
inquisitive; they raisu latches, open
.loors, and enjoy immensely their own
practical jokes, though so ready to
resent indignities to themselves. Sensi
tive as regards insult, their affection is
warm and lasting, and dogs, horses
and other animals aro often tho objects
of their attachments. Elophants aro
pleased with gay colors, delight in
sweet perfumes, aro dainty in their
tastes, and revel in tho water like an
Englishman in his bath. Thoy prac
tice theft with tho ingenuity of the
"Artful Dodger" himself, aro as med
dlesome as monkeys, have the caution
and cunning of a diplomatist, and the
memory of Magliabeohi.
When born, a baby-elephant stands
about three feet high, and is not con
sidered grown up until thirty years
old. Accidents excepted, he is likely
to livo about ono hundred and fifty
years, if not longer. Though delicato
in its tastes, an olophant likes quantity
as woll as quality, and at his meals
makes nothing of bales of hay and
gallons of water. His ingenuity in try
ing to enter for himself is astonishing,
and often amusing. An American
showman saw an elephant pull up a
stake to which ho was chained, "goto
a feed-bin containing oats, wrench oIT
tho lock, raise tho lid, eat all he want
ed, put down tho lid again, return
to his place, poko tho stake back into
tho same hole, and stamp it down with
Ins foot, and, when his keeper came,
look as innocontas a lamb." A twinkle
in his cunning eyes showed his enjoy
ment of tho situation when tho man
stormed and raged on discovering tho
robbery.
An incident of an olophant's mvmory
Is said t have occurred somo years
since, when WomhwoH's menagerie
was exhibiting at Bolton. Four years
before tho sumo collection was in the
town, and ou that occasion, on being
released from its van, a large elephant
walked across tho Town-Hall squaro to
a public house and protruded its trunk
into the lobby. Tho bar-maid supplied
lhe animal with refreshments, and tho
keoper, who had been in search of his
charge, then conducted him back to
his den. On being released at
tho breaking-up of the show on
tho second visit, tho samo elephant
broke away at a brisk trot In tho di
rection of tho hostelry, and tho un
wonted charge upon tho promises
greatly alarmed tho inmates. Tho
former barmaid, now tho landlndy,
arrived on tho sceno, and rocognlzlng
her old friend, onco tnoro regaled him
to hi heart's content Tho elephant
then submitted to bo led awuy by his
keopor.
Although elephants will not submit to
nbuse, they aro not dllllcult to teach,
and at lirst aro fond of going through
thoir tricks on their own account.
Porformlng-olophnnts in Koi n woro
taught to dance by tho its'-.' .Uon of
music and a hot floor. A ' ..ek nnd
pulley is now sometimes u- d in train
ing an elephant to assumo various po-
sltions, and tho word of command
given as if it was doing tho trick of its
own accord. Good treatment with
firmness is nccossary in teaching thorn,
and any reboliousness must bo checked
by tho whip. Thoy cry out when sub
dued, and the trouble is then
over for tho time. Even wild ele
phants aro said to ho easily
taught when onco subdued. Most of
us have admired tho wonderful agility
of such clumsy-looking nnimnls In bal
ancing themselves on inverted tuba,
and so forth. At Astloy's, elephants
used to delight thousands with thoir
performances. Those hugo croatures
won miiilo to stand ou thoir hind log
with their forefoot poodlowUe dangling
in tho air. Auothor stood its head
with its hind legs raised perpendicu
larly. Placed on pedestals thoj
wheeled round rapidly, or balanced
themsolves on tho side-legs only, am
gavo other evidences of wondorfu
training. Well-trained baby elephant!
arc great favorites. Ono was taught
to sit at table, fan herself, and dc
numerous tricks to delight children
nnd their elders too. Tho two clevei
baby-elephants "Jock and Jenny" wort
marvelously trained. They mado theii
bow to tho audience, and then ono ol
them walked on tho tops of a double
row of bottle. On a plank placed
over a trestle they see-sawed
like a couple of children guess
ing tho required equilibrium
with almost human exactitude.
Playing on an orirnn and drum
and dancing in timo to tho jingles ol
bolls, were amongst thoir other accom
plishments. The habitual cau tion of theso Intel
ligent creatures is illus trated wher
they are traveling from show to show.
Should several be in a car togother,
ono of their number will remain awake
on guard while the others are sleep
ing. Som . years ago experiments
wero mado in tho transport of elo
phants by railway. Ono of the ordi
nary cattle-wagons of tho East India
railway was tltted up for tho purpose,
and tho animal was placed in tho cen
ter space of tho wagon, between six
shafts, a breast and back bar. and se
cured in addition by anklets on the
fore and hind feet, united by couplings
transversely and longitundlnally, and
further by four diagonal morning
chains passing through holes, and
lashed round tho corner pillars of the
wagon. The first elephant loaded,
having his head free, took tho oppor
tunity to romovo with his trunk a por
tion of the roof of tho truck; it was
therefore found necessary to put a collar
round tho neck of the olephant, with a
vortical chain leading through, se
cured to tho floor. In this way a suc
cessful experiment was nindo to Pnn
dooah and back, tho animal showing
no signs of fear, or making any at
tempt to frco himself.
Many interesting nnd famous elo
phants have been favorites of tho circus-going
public long boforo tho late
Jumbo's successful debut. Ono of
these, known as "Canada," was a dos
perato character. When in ono of his
tantrums, "ho did as much mischief as
a tornado," to use a showman's words
tossing hacks into tho air and tear
ing down signs and lnmp-jwsts. He
vas sent with tho rest of a menagerie
io a farm, and when there, hud ono of
his mad fits. Hushing into tho stable
yard, "in a few minutes ho killed two
butTaloes, a sacred cow, a couple ol
elks, several horses, and a camel. He
would soizo an animal, toss It In tho
air, catch it on his tusks, and then
cither jam or trample the life out of
It." Ho then sallied out for tho town,
and tho popular excitement can be
imagined, "A trap was sot with a
long ponderous chain with an onormous
corner-stouo at its ond to entanglo tho
animal's lfgs and hold him." A man
then ran out in sight of Canada, and
tho elephant instantly rushed , after
him. "Tho trap was successful so far
as making tho chain and stone
'ast to him. but ho kept right
on, and would havo caught tho man,
who was a fast runner, had the lattor
not jumped down into an unfinished
collar of a now house, ami ran up a
narrow flight of stops on tho opposite
side. The elephant jumped down after
him as easily as a dog would, with tho
big stono clattoring behind him."
Fortunately, tho stono was largo
enough to stick wedged against tho
walls on each side of tho stairway, and
Canada was fast, but it was a close
shave for tho man. They managed to
seeuro tho savago animal with more
chains, and then wont to work to con
quer him. As tho account graphically
describes it, "thoy woro out big clubs
r him, fired loads of buckshot Into his
.funk and oars, and beat and tortured
him for hours, until he howled In token
of surrender. Tho moment ho was
loose, however, ho gave a yoll of rage,
dashed out of tho collar, and started to
kill. Every one flew for his life; but
he was tired, and took up his position
under cover of three haystacks,
hunting all who ventured near
him. "Buckshot fired Into his head
only checked his wild rushes, and
whenever ho thought pooplo woro on
the other side of a stack from him, he
tried his best to topple tho hay over
on them. Tho fight went ou for throe
days and nights, during which timo ho
had not a bit to eat for he was too
angry ovon to take any of tho hay
around him and not a drop of water."
At length, despairing of saving him,
tho shot-guns wero exchanged for
heavy rifles, and several big ballots at
close range finally put an end to him.
The first live elephant scon in Lou
don was in the reign of Henry III.,
nnd tho citizens closed their shops nnd
donned their holiday attiro In Its hon
or. King James I. had a private men
agerie in St Jamo's Park in which
wius kept tho olephant presented 10 him
by tho King of Spain. It cost somo
hundreds a yoar to keep this
animal, besides "tho wyno he
must drink from April to
September, a gallon tho dayo." An
other celebrity was 1" hugo elephant
"Chunoo," whoso tragic end during a
strango attack of moatal aberration
kept all London in a ferment for sev
eral days. If wo recollect aright, a
show-elephant in London was the
mother of tho first olophant born in
captivity. A largo olophant, weigh
ing honv'er than Jumbo, though not so
tail, was rocuutly on viow in Liver
pool, whoro theru was quite u run on
liis photographs.
ElophauU, being so powerful and !n
telligent, are worso than any wild ant
Onal when in one of thoir sudden fits of
ungovornnblo rage. Tho amount of
killing thoy take is incredible. Heavy
rifles that kick tremendously often
have llttlo effect in stopping thoir wild
charges, and in ono instance, in India,
oven ,;i field-piece, fired repeatedly,
failed for a considerable time to put an
end to tho career of a mad elephant
Chambers' Journal.
MR. CLUGSTON'S ESCAPE.
An IMIIor's I.lfe Saved br tlir Proper Ap
plication of u TurlfT Article.
"Is the editor In?"
The person who spoko was a tall,
raw-boned man. with red hair and n
freckled face. Ho had a hand like a
canvas-covered ham, and was cross
eyed. Mr. Clugston. tho editor and pro
prietor of tho Doodlovillo Yolpor,
looked up.
"Why ah good morning, sir," ho
replied, with a frozou sort ol smllo
contorting his face, and a Manitoba
wave careering madly up and down his
spinal column. "It's a tlno day er "
"Not particularly," said tho visitor,
in a rasuing voice.
And it wasn't It was a raw, blus
tering, rainy day, and the wild geese
wero flying southwestward with a reck
less, On-to-Oklahoma, get-there-Eli
movement, and a hideously-profane
emphasis in their hastily-warbled
music.
"That's what 1" began Mr. Citig
sxon, as ho noted with a sinking fool
ing that his caller stood 'in tho only
doorway affording an exit from his
8x10 sanctum, and that thoro wasn't a
weapon sharper than a paste brush
anywhere within sight to defend him
self with in case of an attack.
"No, it wasn't," was tho snoerlng re
joinder. "It wasn't what you meant
to say, and you know it wasn't! You
don't know what you intended to say,
you white-livered, pop-eyed, tow
headed disliguror of white paper! You
lean, cheap, boarding-house cut from
tho shank of a starved mutton! You're
scared to death, and you know it! I've
come to polish you off, sir! I'm going
to knock your two eyes into one, and
chuck your No. G head In your twn ink
keg!"
"Wh-wh-what havo I dono?" nsked
the editor, in a trembling voice.
"What havo you done?" echoed the
largo, red-haired man, coming nearer.
"Do you pretend you don't know, you
washed-out fragment of a man? Do
you pretond you didn't mean me when
you printed that pieco in your paper
last week about 'How to Mako a
White Man of a Strawberry Blonde?'
Do you"
"That article," oxclaimed Mr.
Clugston, earnestly and nppealingly,
"was printed L'97 miles from hero,
and"
"That's a littlo too thin! That may
do to tell somo olm-peoler from Krold
lor's Mills, but it won't go down with
mo. Your pupor. sir, ain't edited and
published 2'J7 miles from Doodlovillo.
I'm going to show you, sir, how to mako
a mop of a Doodlovillo editor!"
Ho threw olT his coat kicked over
tho editorial chair, and mado a fierce
grab at tho frightened journalist
In moments of great emorgoncy
something like Inspiration comes at
times to tho assistanco of hard-pressed
humanity. As his antagonist lunged
6avagoly at him, Mr. Clugston cast a
wild, despairing glanco around the
room. His eye fell on somothlng lying
on tho table something that
hml hitherto escaped hi.i notico.
Quick as a
and brought
on tho head of
flash ho seized it
it down squaroly
his assailant. For ono
brief momont tho gigantic framo of tho
red-huired man stood motionloss, and
then with a crash that shook the
Yolpor otlico from back-door to awning-post
In front ho fell prostrate
"Carry out this unsightly object,"
said Mi-. Clugston to tho olllco hands
who camo running In from tho back
room to see what was tho trouble; and
with tho cold, sovoro aspect of a man
whoso timo was too precious to be
wasted on triflos tho editor of tho
Doodlovillo Yolpor sat down at his
I tablo again and resumed tho work ol
writing a lurid description, at ton
cents a lino, of Mrs. Van Sampson's
millinery opening.
Ho had knocked tho bi, frecklo
faced man sonsoloss with an editorial
ontltlod "Tariff on Wool." Chicago
Tribune.
Gladstone on Washington.
When I first read In detail tho "Life
of Washington," I was profoundly im
pressed with tho moral elevation and
greatness of his chnraoter, and I found
myself at a loss o namo, among tho
statosmon of any ago or country, many,
or possibly any, who could bo his
rival. In saying this, I moan no dis
paragement to tho class of politicians,
tho men of my own craft and cloth,
whom, in my own land and my own ex
perience, I havo found no less wanting
than other mon of lovo and of admira
tion. I namo among thoso who soom
to mo to como near ovon to him. Hut
I will shut out tho last half century
from tho comparison. I will then say
that if, among all tho pedestals sup
plied by history for publlo char
acters of oxtraordlnary nobility and
purity, I saw ono higher than all tho
rost, and if I wero required at u mo
ment's notico to namo tho fittest occu
pant for it, I think my choice, at any
timo during tho last forty-fivo years,
would havo lighted, and It would now
light, upon Washington. From Glad.
stono'H J.ottor to G. W. Smalley.
.... .i .i I,..
A Wisconsin woman describes hor
runaway husband ua "an ordinary
looking man, troubled with a short
breath und a long mustache.'
PITH AND POINT?
O
It Is only tho unlucky who think
fortune blind.
Dignity is expensive, anil, without
other good qualities. Is uot particular
ly profitable.
Every thing is smooth sailing with
us when we havo uo difficulty In rais
ing tho wind.
Character- like porcelatn-wnro,
must be painted before It Is glazed.
There cau be no changes of color after
it Is burned in.
Because a man sleeps well Is no
sign that he has u easy conscience.
Ho may havo got tired oat committing
sin. Somervlllo Journal.
Pay your bill twice rather than go
to law. There aro as many lawyers
clamoring for tho wrong ns thoro aro
lawyers clamoring for tho right
Atchison Globe.
It is only natural that the man who
nover has time to do any thing never
seems to get any thing done. Mer
chant Traveler.
It ain't true dat sorrow 'volops all
do good p'lnts o' er man, fur do pusson
dat grows up In sorrow is llko do stalk
o' co'n dat grows up in do shade. Ho
mout bo jest ez tall, but ho won't be
nigh so healthy. Arkansaw Traveler.
Somo men will not shave on Sab
bath, and yet thoy spend all tho week
in shaving their fellow-men; and many
think it Tory wicked to black their
boots on Sabbath morning, yot they
do not hesitato to black their neigh
bor's reputation on week days.
Becoher.
Whon Drexlllus was asked by a
friend how ho could do so much as ho
had done he answered: "Tho year has
throe hundred and sixty-11 vo days, or
eight thousand four hundred and sixty
hours; in so many hours great things
may be dono; tho slow tortoise mado a
long journey by losing no time."
Bishop Home.
A llfo without sulTorlng would bo
like a picture without shade. The
pots of Nature, who do not know what
suffering is can not realizo it, havo al
ways a certain rawness, like foolish
landsmen who laugh at tho terrors of
tho ocean because they havo nolthor
oxporionco enough to know what thoso
torrrors are, nor brain enough to
imagine them. Humerton.
A difference botwoon honorablo
nnd dishorablo competition is tho con
duct of tho victor to tho vanquished.
Somo mon riso abovo others only to
crush them others to lift and oxalt
them. Somo boast with noisy triumph
and scorn thoso who aro loft behind;
others havo 'a way of making people
fool comfortable." One artist who has
risen high in public favor uses his in
fluence to dopreciato tho works of his
brother artists; nnothor takes them
by tho hand and gives them cour
ngo for fresh endeavors.
MAKING FRENCH WINES.
Amuslnc Story of the Alleged I'ulslllou
tlon of C'liireU In I' ranee.
Tho falsification of winos is onco
moro becoming a burning subject in
Franco. It is notorious that millions
of bottlos of tho vln rougo which is
consumed at homo and sent abroad aro
guiltless of ono drop of tho julco of
tho grape. Concerning this wholesale
"falsification" of Bordoaux winos, I
was told an amusing story this winter
by a French gentleman who was my
travollng companion from Marselllos
to Paris.
Horo is tho story: A farmor In Nor
mandy, Booing a wine advertised by a
firm in Bordeaux, wroto for a couplo
of casks of it, and forwarded the
money. A fortnight afterward It ar
rived at tho station, and ho sont his
carter to bring it homo. Tho carter
brought two casks, but, to tho farm
er's astonlahmout, only ono cask was
full; tho other was empty. An
examination of tho cask showed
that It had not boon tampered with,
and thoro was no traco of leakage.
Evidently nn empty cask had been sont
by mistake. Tho farmor at onco wroto
to tho Bordeaux wlno morchant to
complain of the carolessncss. In duo
courso a reply was recolvod, which
was as follows: "Dear Sir I am sorry
for tho mistake mado by my man, but
$q1 can easily rectify it. If you will
fill tho empty cask with wator and
leave it for a fortnight you will find
tho wino all right. Tho ingredients
aro ut tho bottom of tho cask, but my
man foolishly admitted to add tho
wator. Waiting your further orders,
I am, sir, yours, etc."
My French frioud assured mo that
this was a fact Tho story bocama
public through tho Norman farmor de
manding tho roturn of his money, und,
tho wino mcrchunt objecting, tho case
camo boforo tho law courts. Aftor
this, what price for "vln ordlnalro?"
If that's what thoy glvo political pris
oners, no wondor Boulangor ran awuy.
George It Sims, in London Ilofereo.
They Would Be So Nice.
The ladles of Church woro pack
ing a box of clothing to sond to tho
wife of a Western missionary.
Mrs. A My dear Mrs. H, what can
you bo thinking of t ) send off thoso
lovely stockings of yours? Tho very
newest color, too!
Mrs. B It does break my heart to
part with thorn, and I shouldn't think
of It if I hadn't just road something
about tho dyo stuff they used to got
this particular shade, being liablo to
poison ono frightfully,
Mrs. A Oh, horrors! Let's got thorn
out of our hands quick! Hero, there's
room for them right down In this cor.
ner. Munsey's Weekly.
Tho leap your privilege is said to
bo CCU year old.-
LAST OF HARI-KARf.
An t'npTppcteit Incident Which Wilt Irtl
nlilr Change tlm Mlkiuln'w Method.
Tho ancient Japnneso custom of
Harl-Ivarl. or- Happy Dispatch, has re
ceived its death-blow. For centuries
It has been usual for any exalted Jap
anese dignitary who may havo mor
tally offended his sovereign to receive
a polite official Intimation to the effect
Hint his suicide will bo pleasing to the
authorities; und until recently It has.
been tho unvarying practice for the of
fender to acquiesce resignedly, and,
after summoning his relative around
him. to formally disembowel himself
in their presence. If tho cuiprit hap
pened to bo of exceptionally high rank,
the sovereign would, as itmrlc of
honor, send him a jeweled sv. ord with
which to operate upon himself. But
all theso things aro now of tho past
Not long ago the Mikado was grtev
lously hurt by tho words and conduct
of a high court official. The man was
nn old and very valued servant of tho
crown, but his crime was unpardona
ble. Next day, therefore, an olllcor
brought him tho fatal sword, a mag
nificent weapon, with a blade Inlaid
with gold and a handle Incrustcd with
diamonds, together with a sympathetic
intimation that his early death would
bo regarded as a benefit to tho emplro
in general and to tho Mikado in par
ticular. The culprit received tho
sword with all proper respect, but as
soon as the emLsnry had departed tho
wily Japnneso in whoso mind Euro
pean habits of thought had evidently
taken linn root walked down to tho
quay, went on board a small steamer
that was bound for Havre, and upon
reaching Paris Incontinently sold his
sword of honor for jCt',000. Wo novor
mot with u better Illustration of tho
eminently practical nature of the Jap
nneso character. It Is exceedingly un
likely that the Mikado will over again
trust ono of his subjects to execute
himself. Still less will His Majesty bo
inclined to favor exalted criminals
with jeweled swords of honor. Tho
office of a lo d high executioner will
probably bo called into requisition in
stead, and wicked nobles will, for tho
future, bo saved tho trouble and
anxiety of having to bo thoir own
butchers. London Globe.
PRACTICAL EDUCATION.
How to Sal Ut)- the Kver-Cirowlui; Demand
fur Hard I'iicIh.
While we hnvo novor Insisted that
work-benches will bo Introduced into
overy district school In our land, wo
do insist, and havo insisted for years,
on tho introduction of sonso-oxercises
and sensible expressions of sense-exorcises
in evory school, high and low,
rich nnd poor. We are living In an
ago of realism. Thoor'es uro at a dis
count. Hard facts aro In demand.
Tho education that touohos tho llfo
that is, is highly valued. In this ma
terial ago of ours wo must not loso
sight of tho spiritual, but wo must also
not loso sight of tho fact that tho
spiritual of tho prosont largely comos
through tho matorlal, and that
by tho material tho truo
spiritual llfo of an Individual
becomes practical, oarnost and useful.
Wo bollove in God, but wo also bollovo
in man. Wo believe in tho Kingdom
of God, but wo believe also that to tho
kingdom of man Ho has committed tho
aro of this lower world. Horo in tho
midst of things wo light tho battio of
lifo, and it is by moans of things that
wo handle, see, feel, tasto and smell;
and so become lifted abovo tho ma
teriality of the world, Into highor,
spiritual, oarnost, practical, ooinmon
senso religion. Tho groat heart of the
world throbs in unison with tho work
ing men in It. Tho timo for luzy, dig
nified do-nothings has passed away,
and tho timo of active, oarnest labor
ers In tho shops, on tho farms, among
tho mountains, and in tho rooms where
tho thinking is dono, has fully como.
Wo are going to say, ovor and over
again many moro times, lifo is real.
Let us mako it so in all our schools!
School Journal.
HER ENGAGEMENT RING.
rimt Hie ltaslifnl Fiancee. Trlen to Hlilo
It, Hut She Soon (irowi Hold.
Did you ovor havo a chanco to ob
serve, iiuobsorved, a young womau'H
conduct toward her newly-acquired on
gagoment ring? It seems so strango
upon nor hand that sho can not refrain
examining it a dozen times an hour,
always, howovor, on tho sly. On tho
first night sho sits up an hour later
than usual to ndmiro it boldly in tho
seclusion of her own apartment A
frequent kiss is administered to tho
shining band and its glittering gem,
and during the night sho dreams that
it has fallen into u stream, and awakes,
clutching tho finger to assure herself
that tho precious pledge is still secure.
Then, on tho following 'ay, sho
wears It only In secret, tai. -i,: euro to
transfer it to hor pocket . table nnd
when in the company of inti
mates, but place hor among strangers
or among casual acquaintances who
can not bo inquisitive, and how brave
ly will sho flaunt tho token boforo
their eyes us ono who should say:
"I may not bo tho lovllost creature
Sn tho world, but you will observe that
I get thoro all tho samo."
Gradually it assumes Us place in
hor dally llfo, and hor blushes grow
less olont with each succeeding ex
phi ttion of its Insignificance und each
extravagant description of its donor's
attiilutes. But boforo It finally bo-cr.s-n
u part of herself, as It woro, hu
nniit, of course, leave it a dozen times
ut least upon tho withstand, ;id suf-
for In consequence of u dozen violent
attacks of paljmtatlon of the heart tin
til it li rocovoroiL Washington I'oaL
THE GIRL BACHELOR.
BTie No I, oncer tlomriU, Hat Tke r?n
nil Live Without a Clmperon.
I was counting on my fingers lost
evonlng tho girls I know in New Yorli
who havo set up apartments or In
stalled themsolves In establishments ol
their own. I ran over the digits on
one hand, and thou of tho other, and
reionted tho operation so often that
lost all track of my reckoning. The
girl bachelor grows enterprising. She
no longer boards, sho mnkesa bachelor
home. Sho takes rooms. Sho lives in
thom without a chaporotu Her con
duct Is unquestioned. There Is no
limit to tho pluck and) the independ
ence of tho young and unmarried and
perfectly decorous and entirely dollght
fill unmarried woman. She is no longer
an unprotected fomale. Sho has found
out that after all a clrl's beat protection
is a girl. Tho last decade evolved a
phrase. The present decado is now
at work evolving another. Bacholor
suites Is established in tho language.
Maids' suites or Dorothy apartments,
as somebody In conversation tho othor
day christened thom. are going to find
place before long.
Yesterday I drank n cup of tea with
brown-eyed Dolly. Dolly has a small
fortune and Is twenty-two. Her father
died, her relations with hor only rela
tive, an aunt, worn stralnod. Tho two
did not thrive under tho samo roof tree.
Tho kettlo sings on tho hearth most
morrily since Dolly has hired a flat and
a butler, and set up a buffet and re
ceives calls on her own responsibility.
Novel situation. Piquant oxporlenno.
Delightful days. No surveillance and
no "larklness." Dolly is a lady and
behaves llko ono. Sho is caroful whom
sho entertains. Sho Is as domuro us a
Puritan damsel, ns jolly as a Parisian
bohemienne. Sho pluya ut houskooplng
most ehoorfully.
Gray-oyod Dolly is a young wood
carver. Sho supports herself by one
of tho newest occupations found prac
ticable for women. Sho has throe
dainty rooms In tho last placo you
would droam of, ovor a stable. Do
llghtfully pretty rooms thoy aro, whoro
brio-a-brao picked up in all mannor ol
odd places, summor sketches and winter
studies, old plaster casts nnd now
panels, Inoxponsivo hangings with sud
den flashes of color In scarlet ribbons,
stained floors and Koula rugs make
one forgot that such things as Turkey
carpets, silken divans, Louis XVI.
chairs and old Sovros china woro ovor
by anybody deemed deslrublo. Gray
eyed Dolly is wholly solf-dopondont.
Sho hits supportod horsolf sinco sho
wasllfteon. Shotlrod of hall bodroomo.
Sho doesn't like tho droary atmosphoro
of tho avorago city boarding house.
Sho doos llko hor own llttlo nest of n
a stable homo whoro sho has a cat and
nn open tiro und can follow tho Inno
cont Inclinations of hor own swoot will.
I havo known hor whon a callor wont
away to offer him a cigar, N. Y
Lottor,
A WELL-TRAINED OWL
tin Iluitm I.Ike a l lttlo Tiger When HU
1)1 ally I Itiiltl il.
My own bird is at liberty. This ho
uses to tho very host, of his ability,
making tho third mombor In our small
house. Ho is by no means tho least
important, for ho claims and recolvoa
tho groatost attention ut meal tlmos.
Ho stops from his porch ou to tho hand,
sits on tho placo appointed for him,
and chatters till tho time It is in prog
ress. Sometimes, by wny of a change,
ho will run about Inspecting all things;
ho is very swift on foot and most in
quisitive. Very nffcctlonato, too; h
shows that plainly. Ho is about more
in tho day-tlmo than In tho ovoning or
night, and he will sit In tho full light
of tho sun. All through tho hot sum
mer of 1887 ho has done so as u muttor
of choice.
Ills food consists of mice of all kinds,
birds of tho finch trlbo, old and young.
Starlings, blackbirds and thrushes he
will not oat. nor Insects such as chatters
and others of a similar kind; ho will
not ovon look
ways possible
ut thom. It is not al
to procure birds and
mice for
him;
then ho will content
himself with tender, lean hoof, quite
fresh. Ho is so particular in that mat
tor, though, that ho will not oat fresh
pork. Ho soldom drinks water, and
novor uses it for tho purpose of wash
ing, proforring to roll and scratch
about in a lump of drift sand llko a
domestic fowl. In flno feather ho now
is, and he keops himself beautifully
clean! ills legs uro long, nnd ho uses
his toes and claws with tho doxtorlty
of a monkey; in fact, when ut his llttlo
games he is moro llko a little monkey
than an owl.
Ills conversation, kept up continu
ally, Is u croon and chatter, und when
in high glee ho will puff, the feathers
of his throat out nnd lobs: Intently at
mo with his bright yellow eyes and
treat us with a solo sounding llko the
gobble of somo tinfortunnto turkoy.
If I ask him us a particular favor to
change that tune, ho will glvo n suc
cession of shrill barks like a terrier.
Ho roars llko a tiger whon his dignity
Is ruffled, nnd squeaks llko u pig. This
does not occur very often, nnd whon II
docs tho fault Is my own, It generally
happens whon he .Is introduced to
strangers, which ho hates. As a rule
ho Is most amiable. If I wanted to
cure u man of moluneholy ' and never
smiling grief I would present him with
a llttlo owl, the Piinohinollo of blj
trlbo. Cornhlll Magazine.
It Is stated that tho smallest steam
ongliio ovor mado wus recently com
plated, after two years of labor, for tho
Paris exhibition. It Is composed of
180 pieces of metal, is n shade under
throo-tlfths of nn inch in height, und
weighs less than one-ninth of an ouncu.
A watchmaker tnuao it.
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