mar .-IS T:'-. JK
yW'6IRRIS TH6 C00K.
WE had been at work on a sur
vey la the Bitter Hoot Mouu
tainssinceearly in the spring,
and the autumn Uad found us nil dis
gusted and homesick-all but MeGiu
nls, the cook. Besides, we were fam
ishing for news. Our mail and the late
papers and magazines should have
been sent to us every two weeks, but
for nearly two months nothing had
been seen of the old trapper who acted
as mail-carrier, and no messepger or
message of any kind had reached us
from the outside world.
Every day we exacted from the cook
a promise that he would bring our let
ters out to us in case the carrier should
arrive while we were at work on the
line. Then we would watch Impatient
ly till evening and hurry back to camp,
more than half-expecting that the post
had come In spite of the non-appearance
of McGlnnis. Expectancy was tor
turing us. Disappointments repeated
every evening for several weeks deeply
affected the spirits of the party. We
became restless and unsociable. We
tried to Imagine what had happened
out In the world since ' we had lost
touch with It, and each feared that
some one dear to him had been seized
by Illness or had met with misfortune.
We worried and fretted and tormented
ourselves with Impatience.
One night after supper we lounged on
our damp beds, ten of us In one tent,
waiting for bed time. The work of the
day had been unusually hard and the
hours long. We were too leg-weary
and heavy of spirit to do anything but
the little patching that was regularly
Decessary and to lounge.
McGlunis came over from the cook
tent to tell us one of his tales of forty
years ago. His stories possessed one
rare quality. They were reminiscent of
the wild life of the mountains In the
earlier days, but McGlnnis played no
prominent part In any of them. We
were all curious to learn something
about the old man, but our curiosity
was never satisfied. Frequently as a
story In which he figured gave promise
of showing his younger self put to a
test of strength or of courage, he would
break off suddenly or change the entire
trend of his story. But he enjoyed
spinning his yarns, and our silence of
late had afforded him the opportunity.
"Well, I see yous are the same merry
crowd as ever," he said, cheerily, as he
took the only chair In the tent. "But
which of you is it that's couiln' up the
slope yonder, I'd like to know?"
Several of us looked at him wonder-
ingly. Those who were busy paid no
attention whatever. "
The camp dog stretched, went lazily
alert and began to bark. Almost In
stantly ten heads were crowded be
tween the tent flaps.
Sure enough,' some one whom we
could not see clearly In the dim light
was coming up the valley. It was evi
dently a man, following the line of our
survey higher up the mountain slope,
though only a short distance away.
We finally fell over one another In
our sudden excitement. Every one
seemed moved by the flame Impulse. A
half-dozen pairs of wet and worn-out
boots disappeared from the passage be
tween the two rows of bunks at the
same instant. Some one ran out and
shouted to attract attention. Then
everybody else shouted, because there
was suddenly shouting in the soul of
each.
McGlnnis went quietly and lighted
the fire he had laid for moruing In the
cook stove. The head cbalnman made
a place near the tent opening for an
other bed.
The rodman and the "stake-artist'
fell to wrestling, and rolled about in
the tent and then out of It with most
unexpected agility and high spirits.
A voice said It was not the old mall
carrier, and we became still more curi
ous. Not a member of the party doubt
ed that It was some one bringing our
mail.
Two or three of the boys went to
meet the newcomer, and the rest of us,
half-ashamed of the eagerness we had
shown, went back Into the tent, threw
ourselves down on the beds and assum
ed attitudes of Indifference.
We heard McGlnnis calling: "Come
over to the cook-tent and eat before
the boys start you to talking; they'll
never let you stop after.
"I've e't," a strange voice answered.
We Inside sat up again, our antlclpa-
tion reawakened. A short, heavy-set,
suuare-Jawed man, without grub-pack
or blankets, limped painfully Into the
tent and sat down on one of the beds.
He was evidently much travel-worn
but his small, bead-like eyes were In
tonselv brleht and their glance from
n. t nnnther of us was rapid and
8in renins.
"Didn't you bring any malir asked
the rodman. abruptly.
We all looked at the stranger eagerly
and waited.
"No," he answered, In a disinterest
edly calm voice that lingered uupleas-
antlv In our ears.
The stranger felt In the Inside of bis
nocket
"Only a letter i rouna in me iruu u
ne said, quiei
my foot was so lame I couldn't get far
through the brush."
There was a sudden movement In the
tent, but no one spoke. The boys shook
out their coats and put them on. Every
one understood what was to be done.
Those who owned rifles took them
down and provided themselves with
cartridges. Every weapon In camp was
hurriedly put In readiness for use.
The chief of the party had come over
from the instrument tent when our
guest arrived.
"What kind of tracks were there?"
he now asked.
"I couldn't make out," the stranger
answered.
"Take the lanterns and plenty of can
dles," said the chief. "And, Turner, you
stay to watch camp."
1 1 stay, too, said the stranger;
"I'm too lame to travel. You'll have no
trouble finding the place."
"I'll stay and read my letter," an
nounced McGlnnis, quietly, to the sur
prise of every one, for old Morton, the
trapper, had been a friend of his In the
earlier days.
A moment later only the stranger and
Turner were left at the sleeping-tent.
The searching party was well down the
valley, and McGlnnis had gone to the
cook-tent. Presently he came back with
his hat and spectacles on.
"It's from my little granddaughter,"
he said to the stranger, as he opened the
letter. "Would you mind readin' It to
me? My eyes was never much at hand
writin'."
The man read It a child's note of
only a few labored lines, chiefly words
of love, but he read It unsteadily, for
the cook held a lighted candle before
his face, and whenever he glanced up
from the page the old man's eyes were
Intently fixed upon him.
"Ah, it's bad business bad business!"
repeated the cook, as he put away his
candle. "Now 'at I know what's In the
letter, I think I'll go on down an' help
find out what It all means all this
blood, here."
Turner grew uneasy after the old
man bad gone. The stranger said little,
but he watched his companion closely
and waited till the sounds of the cook's
footsteps had died out in the distance.
Then he got up, and without limping
Into the sleeping tent, where tfc-rf
were lighted caudles.
"1 never liked this one's looks." Mc
Ginuis said, by way of explanation, as
be wiped the blood from the face of the
man who had brought the letter. "lie
looks like he'd set a bait for you, an'
that's why I wlul away an' come back
unbekuownce to 'em. I seen 'em whin
I got to the cook-tent, and whin they
come over I was waitin' for 'em wld
the bear-trap, the only thing I could
find."
Both men soon returned to conscious
ness, and after an effort to free them
selves they sat In dogged silence.
In a Unit half an hour several of the
searching party returned with our
HOBSON'S FIRST PLAN.
fllerrimac to Fly Fpnnish Colors and
Feign a those.
Lieut. Richmond Pearson Ilobson Is j
writing for the Century Magazine his i
story of "The Sinking of the Merri- I
niae." Lieut. Ilobson says, after tell- I
ing of the decision to sink the Merriniac
In the harbor entrance:
Various plans were considered. That
of feigning a chase suggested . Itself
from the fact that Spanish colliers were
supposed to be on their way to Santiago.
One had recently been captured by the
St. Taul, and from her It was learned
that others were soon expected. By
this method the Merrimac would ap
proach by night from the eastward;
pouch of mail, but most of the letters when about five miles away she would
had been opened, and many of them be discovered by blockading vessels.
were1 torn and almost destroyed. Soon
after, others came, accompanied by
three or four strangers, carrying a limp
form, which they laid carefully upon
one of the beds.
The prisoners looted on Intently and
with unmistakable signs of fear.
Morton, our mall-earrler, had been
shot In the back, and, though danger
ously wounded, was still living.
"Is he dead?" asked the smaller
prisoner.
At the sound of his voice Morton,
with a convulsive effort, sat up and put
his hand to his side as If to draw his
revolver, but it was not there.
The men who had come back with
the party relieved the old cook of his
prisoners and took them out to civiliza
tion. They were deputy sheriffs, part
of a large posse that for nearly a week
had followed the trail of the two desperadoes.
The old mall-carrier, unavoidably de
layed, had fallen In their way when
they were hard pressed for means of
escape, and they had shot him for his
horses. Then, learning from the letters
of our presence In the neighborhood.
they had played at a bold game to ob
tain provisions and had lost.
We felt that we knew McGlnnis bet
ter after that. Chicago Record.
A FOOT-BALL STORY.
immm
OS TIIE TRAIL.
walked to the tent opening. After
standing there a moment he whistled
and Budenly turned upon Turner with
a drawn revolver.
"Keep still and walk outside," he
said, quietly.
Turner obeyed promptly. He had no
weapon with which to defend himself.
and he was badly frightened.
In a few moments a second stranger,
lean, raw-boned and taller than the
first, came out of the brush leading two
horses, one saddled, the other bearing
a pack. The rising moon shed but a
dim light along the mountain side; yet
Turner saw at a glance that the an!
nials were the old mail-carrier's.
"They bit easy," said the shorter
man, with a low laugh. "There's no one
at camp but this. Now hurry."
The last arlrval emptied the grips
and bags and selected whatever was of
value. He also took a couple of pairs
of blankets and all the ammunition the
boys bad left behind them. Then he
began to make a pack of what he had
taken,
Never mind that," raid his compan
Ion. "Go over aud lay out all the grub
you can,
The tall stranger went to the cook
tent. The other knelt down, laid his re
volver on the ground, kept his eye con
stantly on Turner, and made a roll of
what the first had put down,
When he bad cinched this onto the
pack-horse he marched Turner before
him to the cook-tent
The flaps of the tent were slightly
parted, but there was no light Inside,
and everything was quiet. He stopped
before the opening, gave Turner the
bridle reins and made him keep bis
hands above his bead while at theame
time he held the horses.
Hurry up with the stuff," he ex
claimed, looking Into the darkness of
the tent He waited a moment, and,
getting no answer, pushed aside the
flaps and started to enter,
But be had put only one foot Inside
when the sound of a heavy blow was
The Player Performed a Great Feat,
but Didn't Know It.
Harper's Round Table contains a
capital football story. In which the fol
lowing vivid description of the sensa
Hons of a contestant in a game between
the Harvard and Yale teams Is given
by one of the Harvard players:
As the play was started I was shot
forward, tipping the opposing guard
completely over, and we all went down
together. I can only remember scram
bling savagely over two men, jumping
wildly from one man to another, with
the ball just ahead of me under the
legs of what seemed to be a thousand
people. Then I heard a wild, unearth
ly yell. Nothing like It had ever come
to my ears before, and I remember
wondering what It could be. It swelled
and grew with each moment. Now It
died away; now It spread out stronger
than ever. I had a queer feellug of
wonder If I were still playing the
game. Nobody seemed to be near.
Then a black-faced, fierce-looking fig
ure rose tip In front of me. I must get
out of his way at any cost. I moved
aside and thrust my open hand straight
Into his face, caught his hair and ear.
and scrambled all over him. He seem
ed to be the only one out of the game
except myself, and the maddening feel
ing that I had made some mistake lent
me the strength to throw him rolling
away on the ground.
There was that same wild, exultant
yell again. It swept over the field as I
have seen a cloud of dust sweep up a
street. And then all In a moment I
knew the cocaine had given out and my
strength was gone. I got a swinging
blow on the head, and lay quietly down
with the feeling that I was tired out
Still there seemed to be no explana
tion for my being alone, and I started
to get up, saying between my teeth,
"Get 'em low, Jim, get 'em low!"
"Oh, Jimmy, my boy! Jimmy! Jim
my!" cried a voice, and an arm went
round my neck and lifted me up.
"Low, Jack, 1-o-w!"
"Oh, Jimmy," said Jack himself, hold
Ing me up, "It's over, and look at the
crowd!"
I could scarcely see, but over to the
right somewhere there was a wave of
red color that swung back and forth.
Then I looked up at the faces about
me, and 4hey wavered, too,
'Teter," I cried, with tears rolling
down my cheeks for the life of me I
couldn't help It "Teter, get me up!
I'm all right. We'll stop 'em yet. They
can't get over that line."
lie's cone," said somebody; "bes
mixed. Take him over to the bouse."
But I couldn't let them take me off
now. It was too critical a time.
"Why don't they go on with the
game? I'm all right, I tell you."
"Go on, man, go on? Why, don't you
know where you are?"
I looked up and saw goal posts over
my bead, and the next Instant there
was another wild, wavering cheer and
a ball went sailing over the cross-bar.
"What Is It, Farragut?" I asked.
"Good heavens," said some one near
by, "he doesn't know Why, man,
you've run the 130 yards of the field
through the whole team, and that s a
goal from the touchdown r
searchlights would be thrown towards
her, and fire opened, care being taken
to Are wide and throw the lights in
front and on the sides, to show the
splash of striking projectiles.
The Merrimac, upon discovery, would
bear In toward the shore to within
about two thousand yards, apparently
to seek the shelter of batteries; she
would throw pitch on the fires to make
heavy black smoke, as If forcing to the
utmost. She would head In towards the
entrance and turn full down the course
for entering the channel, blowing her
whistle In blasts as of fright and dis
tress. The searchlight would flash
across and show a Spanish flag at her
peak. On approaching, the lights would
be thrown on the entrance to facilitate
her navigation, but carefully avoiding
resting upon her. The shore batteries
opening on the chasing vessels would
be replied to and kept diverted. It they
opened on the Merrimac, searchlights
would be thrown In the gunners' faces.
However, an examination of the chart
showed the difficulties of navigation to
be so great that no sane captain would
attempt to take in a collier at night or
under circumstances that did not ndmlt
or toe utmost aeitueration. It was
known that tugs were used by single-
screw vessels of any size on account of
the turn In the channel abreast Estralla
rolnt. The chances seemed to be
against the enemy's being deceived, and
navigation depending upon searchlights
would entail chances of failure.
This plan, and various other plans In
volving the co-operation of the fleet,
were discarded In favor of the simpler
plan or going In alone by moonlight,
just before the moon should set. Sur
prise, under any condition, could be
only partial at best, since a certain
amount of light was absolutely neces
sary for navigation. The conditions for
surprise would be more favorable to
ward daybreak. Moreover, a flood-tide
must be chosen, so that, In case of
breaking the anchor-gear, the vessel
would be set Into the channel and have
ample time for sinking before the ebb
could tend to throw her out, while the
chances of being carried by the tide
through the whole length of the narrow
channel Into the inner harbor seemed
Improbable. The "establishment of the
port," or time of high tide, was about
eight hours and a quarter, so that the
tide would be running strong flood as
the moon set. The moon was then ap
proaching full, and calculations showed
that It would set at Santiago about half-
past three on Thursday, June 2. We
were speeding at about thirteen knots
the Oregon had demonstrated her
ability to maintain that speed and we
would therefore arrive off Santiago
early Wednesday morning and have
most of the day and night of Wednes
day for preparations. Thursday was
therefore set for entering, though the
admiral expressed the opinion that it
would be found Impossible to complete
the preparations In time. The special
advantage of Thursday was that there
would be an Interval of darkness of
about an hour and a quarter between
the time of moonset and daybreak,
while on Friday this interval would be
reduced to about half an hour, and on
Saturday day would break before moon
set. It will be understood that an Inter
val of darkness, though short, might be
found of advantage for completing the
work or for making escape.
Preparations were therefore begun at
once, the greatest amount of detail be
Ing required for the process of sinking.
York Tribune man, "1 whs surveying
the route of a proposed railway. An
old farmer with whom I stopped for a
time, admitted one day. when he saw
me figuring In the field, that mathe
matics always seemed a wonleifu!
thing to him. Being young mid enthu
siastic. 1 began to enlarge on its won
ders, telling him how we could meas
ure the distances to different planets.
and even weigh them; how we could
foretell accurately the coming of a
comet or an eclipse years in advance
of Its actual occurrence, determine the
velocity of the fiercest projcet'.le, as
certain the height of mountains with
out scaling them, and many other
things which I meant should astonish
him.
"You can Imagine how he set me
back when he replied to this brilliant
array of facts by saying: 'Yes, yes,
them things dos seem kinder cur'u.s,
but what alius bothered me was to
understan' why you have to carry ona
for ev'ry ten. But If you don't the
durned thing won't come out right.' "
FINCIO LOVE MATCHES.
Burled with Military Honors.
At the breaking out of the ten years'
war m lstia, the Spaniards in Cuba
adopted the sparrow as the symbol of
their pertinacity and fighting qualities,
and applied the name of "cat" as the
most contemptuous word to the na
tives. In March, 1809, a Spanish sol
dier saw a cat seize a sparrow with
teeth and claws. Clubbing his mus
ket, he disabled the cat and took the
dead bird from Its mouth. The occur
rence being reported, the cat was tried
by drum-head court-martial and sen
tenced to death, while the body of the
sparrow was ordered to be burled with
military honors. The best known
Spaniards In Cuba were ordered to at
tend. There were eight battalions in
Havana,, and the wrlfe of the com
mander of each sent large offerings of
flowers. A bier was prepared and the
sparrow was placed on a fragrant bed
of roses and lilies. The drum was
muffled and the 0,000 soldiers were
given the order to march. With sol
emn tread the long line proceeded to
the cemetery on the outskirts) of the
city, and there the victim of the cat
was committed to the earth with mili
tary honors.
Bacteria in Dust.
In a recent number of the Annales de
Micrographle, Dr. Mlquel gives the re
sults of some Interesting observations
made by him In respect of the vitality
of disease germs. In May, 1881, he
took some earth from the Montsouris
Park at a depth of ten inches below
the turf. This he dried for two days
at a temperature of 30 degrees Cent!
grade, and then he placed the dust In
hermetically sealed tubes, which he put
aside In a dark corner of the labora
tory. When taken the soil contained
an average of 0,500,000 bacteria per
gramme. After desiccation the nuin
ber had fallen to rather less than
4,000,000. Sixteen years later he st:il
found 3,500,000 per gramme, and he
was enabled to Isolate the specific mi
crobe of tetanus. The Inoculation of
this soil In guinea pigs determined
death from tetanus after an Incuba
tion period of two days, showing the
remnrkable vitality of pathogenic mi
crobes under - favorablo couUllluUB.-"
Philadelphia Record.
An Ape Heading.
Sometimes much amusement Is cre
ated at the expense of some unsuspect
ing person by a situation or quotation
which places him In a ludicrous light.
"When 1 was a boy," Mr. Bellow said,
The Bicyule In German Po'.ltlcs.
A somewhat remarkable movement
is being started by the devotees of cy
cling In Germany. It Is nothing less
than a demand for the due representa
tion of cyclists' Interests at all elec
tions, whether municipal or state.
Wheelmen In the Fatherland have
cause for bitter complaint against the
police regulations, which In many
cases are not only vexatious, but also
nonsensical. They differ too so much,
not only In the various states, but even
In the towns, that no wheelman on a
long tour Is able to master them. The
taxes Imposed upon cyclists too have
approached the Intolerable point. As a
consequence of all this every candidate
for a parliamentary or municipal seat
will henceforth be asked to answer the
question, "What are your views re
specting the cycle police regulations
and the cycle tax?" That the move
ment is a formidable one may be seen
from the fact that one In every four
electors owns a bicycle.
How ome Koman Youths "elect Their
Brides.
Among the myrlud charms of Rome
are the patches of fertility which spring
up here and there .imid the sea of brick
and mortar. The most conspicuous of
these Is the Pineio axd its surround
ings. Here nature has ably seconded
human skill, the altitude of the gar
dens and the magnificent view they af
ford make them unequalled by any
other public park. True, their area is
is small, but what of that? It brings
its visitors ail the more In touch with
one another. And this Is the secret of
its charm for the Romans, whatever
may be Its attraction for strangers.
For let the truth be told, the Piucio is
the great flirting ground of Rome. Nor
should this horrify the reader. It Is In
tended en tout bien tout honneur.
It Is probable that the Pincio sees the
Inception of half the marriages In
Rome. It Is a curious sociological fact,
but the explanation of it is simple. It
has been commented upou by number
less writers that Italians are exclusive,
though not In the usually accepted
sense of the word. They are prover
bially open and friendly, especially to
strangers, tae commercial value of
whose visits to their land they appre
ciate. But this cordiality, even to their
own countrymen, has its limit. In no
country more than In Italy Is a man's
home his castle, and, except In the high
est circles and where there Is no pov
erty to be concealed, be Is chary of his
hospitality. This Is especially true of
Rome and Naples. Therefore, If
neither she nor her parents receive
many visitors, how Is the Roman girl
of the bourgoolse class who is not "In
society" to meet the Inevitable lover
for whose advent and her consequent
emancipation from parental tyranny
she longs more ardently than young
women usually do? The answer Is:
The Pincio."
On Thursdays and Sundays, when the
band plays (uncommonly well, by the
way), and the pnrk Is In consequence
rrowded to overflowing, ttie signorina
'who Is the fortunate possessor of a be
coming costume dons it and demurely
accompanies her mother to the munic
ipal pleasure ground, where each ex
pends 10 centimes for the temporary
right to a comfortable chair Ingenious
ly constructed as to be springy, though
fashioned entirely of Iron. If she be a
wise maiden, she will so maneuver
that the chairs will be placed on the
main pathway where everyone must
pass. This being achieved, she may
await developments. And, If she have
pretensions to beauty, she will not long
be left in anticipation. The young
men who pass will gaze at her approv
ingly; and flunlly one, to whom she may
especially appeal, will detach himself
from the crowd and take up his stand
before her. Thus Is Initiated the first
chapter of the romance. From that
moment, without a word or sign, and
even with scarcely a look from her, he
becomes her swain and faithful knight.
Week after week he sees ber at the
Pincio; he even follows her about the
streets. Having ascertained her abode
and her name, he generally soon man
ages to find a mutual friend who per
forms the Introduction. The rest Is
have acquaintances In common, when
the silent love-making has progressed
far enough, a demand for the damsel's
hand Is made directly to her parent.
Then, as a sedate married couple, they
revisit together the scene of their woo
ing. This procedure, as I have said, Is
extremely common, and Is considered
proper among respectable members of
the middle class. I have been told ttiat
marriages thus made turn out, as a
ule. as well as could be desired. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
tlvely slight, and that the general out
lines of great land areas have changed
very little for millions of years.
A writer in Knowledge describes a
method for mounting the eye of a dragon-fly
in such a way that, with the aid
of a microscope, photographs can be
made through the leuses of the insect's
eye. The photographs thus produced
are multiple, because the eye of the
dragon-fly consists of a large number
of minute lenses distributed over Its
surface, each bringing the rays of light
to a focus Independent of the others.
In fact, every dragon-fly carries In its
eye about 23,000 minute and perfect
lenses, each of which, when properly
manipulated. Is able to produce upon a
sensitive plate a photograph, micro
scopic in size, but sharp and distinct
PULLING TEETH AT SEA.
Dentistry and Physic for Poor Jack
Tar hlie Afloat.
When a sailor on a deep-water ship
has a toothache he Is likely to go to
the captain. The capttfin gives him
something out of the medicine chest to
put in his tooth, and if that doesn't
cure it perhaps he pulls It. It Is a com
mon thing for sailors to pull their own
teeth. Their method Is to put a string
around a tooth and pull It; but dental
forceps are carried on deep-water ships,
on some vessels a fair outfit of them.
A ship captain of long experience said
that In the course of his life at sea he
had pulled 200 teeth.
The ship's medicine chest on large
vessels is like a closet or cupboard, -with
a glass door, built in the ship. In
this cheat the medicine bottles, gilt-
labeled, are arranged on shelves that
rise one above another In receding
tiers; it is practically a well-appointed
little drug store. There is supplied
with the medicine chest a book explain
ing the uses of the medicines. The cap
tain Is likely to have some other book
on medical subjects which he has read
nnd studied, and he is likely to have
had a good deal of experience before
attaining the rank of master of the
ship."
The sailors are generally healthy
men, but, when occasion requires, the
captain prescribes; he Is the. physician.
Limbs broken at sea are of course set
there, and there might be circum
stances In which the captain would not
hesitate to perform a surgical opera
tion. New York Sun.
A Legend of Laoe-Maklng.
Manv are the myths handed down In
"I had just arrived on leave from the reiatlon to the origin of laee-maklng
training ship, and was a conspicuous
oblcct In my cadet's uniform In our
family pew. close up to the chancel
rails. The reverend gentleman who
Tbe Origin of Scalping.
At the annual meeting of tbe Balti
more Folk Lore Society Miss Alice O.
Fletcher gave an Interesting contribu
tion In a paper entitled "The Signific
ance of the Scalp Lock; a Study of the
Omaha Tribe." The Omaha Indians,
like many other tribes, have peculiar
Ideas regarding a continuity of life and
a kind of spiritual link between ani
mate and Inanimate objects. They be
lieve a piece of any article connects
tbem with tbe entirety. The hair is
thought to hare a close connection
with life, and one possessing It may
work bis will upon whoever or what
ever the hair belonged to. From this
Idea came the custom of scalping ene-
niles.-Boston Evening Transcript
Quinine In India.
There was a time when the govern-
y as he again searched us with his beard, and with a muflled cry he fell
nm-ill restless eyes. forward on bis face.
....I m nnp named Patrick Mc- Instantly McGlnnis emerged from
Ginnis" be continued, holding up an the tent, and the surprised Turner saw
" La tor 'm drag out both strangers, almost to-
U"T I:..,':' M,r. iret.her. and dexterously bind their
Th old man reached for his letter ham's and feet A new vigor bad come ment of India bad to Import annually
.nil Itlentlv held It to the light of the Into the old man's frame, a new alert- $250,00 worth of quinine and did not
ana iieuuy m. nuroose and positive- cet enough of It even then. After s
nearest canaie. iueu ' " , ..V. nf - , , rrM.Piniptl, ,h rnitivatlm,
i, ... pnn.nled and deeply stainea. ness iu ui ' ' Y .
,V ..0 , - - , LI. ...I,
n, .nulnf P. II KHJkS line I HlHIUl UIO wca..
. . , .. - .m f m Jinn!, slowlv. When the men were secure be looked
u was blood, too. and at Turner. The latter suddenly cam-to
read the lessons on that particular day
was a very tall man. Immense! That's
the word. He was big all over. Ills
very head was huge. Ills chest was
like the front of a bull, gigantic; but
he got bigger as he went down, and
when you arrived at his waist he was
enormous. 'Standing on ms stool at
the lectern he looked a giant Dressed
In his surplice be cut tbe most gro
tesque figure I ever saw. I bad not
seen him before, and was making all
sorts of calculations about bis height,
girth, breadth of beam, and so forth.
while be droned out the lessons. At
last he came to the lines I shall never
forget them: 'The Lord hath fashioned
me behind and before, I am fearfully
and wonderfully made.' I looked at
my father, and Irreverently winked. It
was too much for him. I saw his mouth
twitch. At last It had to come. He
pretended It was a sneeze, and got his
handkerchief to his face Just In time
to save his reputation. After the ser
vice I got a wigging. But be bad a
good laugh all the same."
Feed I nil the Kan of Holdkr.
A returned volunteer tells a story
which goes to show that officers were
not feasting while the men were living
on ordinary army rations, says tbe
Philadelphia Press.
One of our Generals In Cuba enter
tained some visiting officers at his Held
quarters near the fighting line before
Santiago. The fare resembled In sim
plicity the legendary roasted sweet po
tatoes of Revolutionary times, but tbe
and of the number one has to select her
choice and pin her faith to, discarding
the other stories as mere fab'es.
Here Is a very pretty myth, In fact (lie recognized when It Is even 200 miles
Every language contains such names
as cuckoo, peewit wblppoorwlll and
others In which the sound emitted by
the animal Is Imitated as the name.
The beautiful colors seen In the soap
bubble arise from the fact that tho bub
ble, being very thin, reflects light from
both the outer and Inner surfaces of
the film,
While lightning may be seen and Its
.illumination of clouds and mist may
one of the prettiest of all the legends,
perhaps: It tells of a Venetian sailor
who, on the eve of a sea voyage, gave
to the woman be loved a piece of beau
tiful seaweed to keep during bis ab
sence in memory of blm.
He sailed away, and tho girl care
fully kept the gift with tender love,
and the endurance of his love for bet
depended upon Its preservation. When
she saw the seaweed drying up and
falling to pieces, sbo caught the leaves
and branches with a One thread against
a piece of linen, and thus Invented lace.
Tho lace-maker's art can be traced
back to one thousand years before
Christ The finer laces appeared nboul
the first of the sixteenth century.
Abstemious at Banquets.
Ex-Mayor Latrobe of Baltimore Is In
the best of health, although ho has
attended 000 banquets during the last
twouty years. He says: "I always
had a good time wherever I went But
I didn't eat much banquet goers
should remember that aud I didn't
drink much, and that is why I have
not developed any of those many dis
eases which are lurking In the atmoa-
pherc surrounding the gourmet."
Thouuht Me Meant 8upendra.
Mrs. Keelcy, the veteran English
actress, tells an anecdote of a young
actress who, In the play, Is a boy. She
Is taken before a Judge, who asks stern
ly: "Now, where are your accom
plices?" And tbe young actress, by a
happy thought, Improved on the author
. ,. 1,1 t,a mirantror.
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found It and the bushes beat down. I oners before tbey regained conscious,
found it ana we .nrthlnff. but ness. and wltU Turner's help got tbem
himself nnd pot down l.ls hands. M-
of the cinchona tree was made success
ful In India, and now there are 4,OOOf-
000 trees In Bengal, and every rural
postofflce In India sells a fivegralo
packet of the drug for half a cent,
while the government makes from
$2,000 to (3,500 year out of the profit
host's hearty welcome, and, still more, ' and answered In artless tone: "I don'
his weulth of good stories, carried along wear any. They keep up without."
the meager menu.
At length there came a pause. The
guests were awaiting "What next."
when the old negro servant was heard
to hiss Into the General's air: "Give
'em another big one, General. De cook
dun scorch de hardtack."
gait fur the World.
There Is a salt vein In Kansas at a
depth of 000 feet containing, accord
ing to a local statistical enough salt
to salt the world for a million years.
What Puzzled Him.
"When 1 was a young man," said a
well known civil fojlaier to New
It Is no longer proper to call a girl
"Sis," If you don't know her first name.
Call ber "Mausellu" If you want ber to
thaw.
distant, thunder Is rarely audible more
than ten miles. The thunder from very
distant storms, therefore, seldom reach
es the ear.
It has been shown that, acre for acre,
water is capable of supplying a much
greater quantity of nitrogenous food
for man than land can supply, Tho cul
tivation of water areas Is called aqul
culture, aud Its products, In contradis
tinction to those of agriculture, are
fish, crabs, oysters, clams and other
edible marine animals.
A very pretty line of experiments Is
earrled out by floating bicycle balls
niercury and bringing a strong magnet
near them. They arrange themselves
symmetrically under the Influence of
.the stresses, and assume very curious
positions, verylng with their number
and the Intensity of magnetization. It
Is a variation of an ntl expci'lem
known as Mayer's needles, In which
needles were floated In water by bits
of cork and were subjected to tho In
fluence of a magnet.
The sacred oxen of Ceylon are do-
scribed by a recent writer. The largest
specimen never exceeds thirty Inche:
In height The Marquis of Canter
bury has one presented to hltn In 1801
which Is now about ten years of age
and only twenty-two Inches tall. Not
withstanding their sinallness they are
very useful In Ceylon, where, It Is said
four of them are able to draw a two
wheeled cart with a driver and 200
pounds of merchandise, sixty or seven
ty miles in a day.
That the great mountain chain
which corrugate the earth's crust are
the product of shrinkage has long wv
believed, and It Is almost as well under
stood that the continents have bee
developed by the same process. But
Prof. Khaler observes that until thirty
years ago It was common to suppose
that the alternations of level which
continental areas have undergone had
leen extreme, whereas now It Is deem
ed orobable that they were compar
The Cost of Solomon's Temple.
Few people, even In these days at
palmy extravagance aud millionaire
displays, have any adequate Impres
sion of the cost of the great temple of
Solomon. According to Villapandus, tbe
"talents" of gold, silver and brass were
equal to the enormous sum of $34,309,
110,000. The worth of the jewels Is
generally placed at a figure equally as
high. The vessels of gold, according
to Josephus, were valued at 140,000 tal
ents, or $2,870,481,015.
The vessels of silver, according to the
same authorities, were still more valu
able, being sot down as worth $3,231,
720,000. Priests' vestments and robes
of singers, $10,050,000; trumpets,
$1,000,000. To this add the expense of
building materials, labor, etc, and we
get some wonderful figures. Ten thou-
won luWinr culana ilft O.IH1 hnAunNa
burdens. '.80.000 huwera at auuo,
,300 ovrseers, all of whom were em
ployed for seven years, and upon
whom, besides their wages, Solomon
bestowed $73,000,850. If their dally
food was worth fifty cents each, tho
urn total for all was $310,385,440 dur
ing tho time of building. The materials
n the rough are estimated at $12,720,-
085,000.
To Ton to mi I Puss.
Hereafter ,the aristocratic dogs and
cats of New York will bo Interred in a
cemetery reserved especially for their '
use. The canine cemetery, as It Is
called, Is a very well-kept park of three
acres In Hartsdale. It has been pro-
ided by a woman conspicuously fond
of animals. Tho graveyard Is not a
potter's field, and a fixed system of fees
Is charged for each Interment. The
prices are five dollars for a single In
terment for cats and small dogs and
$8 for a large dog. The burial plots,
If ono wished to buy them outright,
cost ten dollars or fifteen dollars, ac
cording to their size and location.
When a plot Is purchased the owner Is
allowed to bury several pets In tho
same grave. Tho graves are marked
at present by wooden shingles care
fully numbered aud stuck up at tho
beads of the mounds. Several tomb
stones, however, are building by local
stonecutters, which will commemorate
the names and deeds of the pets. The
Hartsdale canine cemetery Is the only
one in tins country, it is modeled
after the famous dog cemetery of Lon
don, where thousands of dollars have
been expeided In tombstones and decorations.
Feeling the Karlti's Pulse.
The fanciful notion which men used
sometimes to entertain that the earth
Is, In some sense, a living thing would
probably have derived support from
the recent observations of Professor
John Milne and others on the shivers
and quivers that frequently run
through Its iocky frame, but escape
notice except when watched for with
specially constructed and exceedingly
delicate apparatus. Professor Milne
reports that apparatus of this kind has
now been mounted In Canada, British
Columbia, the United States, South
Africa, New Zealand. Java, India and
Argentina, as well as in England and
at various places on the continent of
Europe.
Gold in tho Vatican.
The gold contained In the medals,
vessels, chains nnd other objects pre
served In the Vatican would make more
gold coin than the whole of the present
European circulation.
No City Councils There.
Under the laws of China tho man
who loses his temper In a discussion is
sent to Jail for five days to cool down.
We have noticed that when birds on
bats are not In fashion, the women are
more fierce at their meetings In de
nouncing the killing of songsters to dec
orate hats.
When a man wants to be particularly
entertaining In company, the only Jokes
and stories he can recall are those best
suited to men ouly
A traveling man's honeymoon lasts
four times as long as that of the aver
age man, for the reason that be Is not at
home so often.
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