\ SLEEPY manila \
.......
Little Improvement Since:
WEST INDIAN SUPERSTITION«,
Belief In
the Vampire and
"Bolling Calf.”
in
the
: HOW TO FORETELL THE THUNDERSTORM
The French Islands have two super­ ♦
♦
stitions which are uot rouud la soma
others of the West Indies These are
cur about twenty-four hours apart, aud negative, always try to unite. The
a lielief In a sort of w ere wolf or vam­
,
,
♦
HE weather uiau does not kfep that being apparivutly the time nes*es- aseenditig |>ortloiis of the air and the
pire. which lives ou the blood of way­
all his wiMiom a secret, nor all the »ary for them to accumulate suffi -lent clouds generally are charged with neg­
farers. upou whom It leaps when they
tricks of bls uiaps. They are moisture to bn*ak. So If a storm series ative electricity, while the surface of
are abroad in the nighttime, or of yours aud all the world's for the read i*egtns in the afternoon, the remainder the earth over width they swim ar**
sleepers whom It finds in lonely huts; Ing The "weather tnau" has pointed of the serie« will likely take place in charged with positive electricity. Each
ami a second tielieve in what is known «mt the atmospheric conditions, th«’ fea the afternoon, white if It begins at | seeks to unite with the other. The ma­
a* the British islands as the "roll ug tuies of the sky and the clouds, and the night the storms are likely to coutiuue jority of the particles are not strong
calf.” a monster with bias
eyes, time of day which must be takeu luto to be at night.
enough lu electricity to span ttie »pare
which prowls at ulght. cla
ng a consideration w lien attempting to fore
It la considerably easier to foretell of air lying between, and cau do so
cliaiu which hangs al>oiit Its neck, aud cast the approach of a storm, aud accurately the arrival of a thunder only under high tension. As the frl -
at whose touch men die The follow­ w hleh. if rightfully iuterprete«l. are storm than to explain It after It has tiou Increases, electricity accumulates
ing description is given of the typical certain Mgus Tlie leailiug conditions come. Wiser than auy man now know n ou the brluia of the clouds and the pro
obeah-man:
to be evusldered are the aspect of the would l*e be who couhi follow under J«*ctions of the earth's surface, trees,
"There ia something so Indescribably western Uorlxou, the presence or ab­ standingly the magical metamorphosis house« and mountains. The currents
sinister almut an obeah man's appear sence of the cirrus aud cirrus stratus of the charming summer landscajie of air become sturdier. They bend the
ance that he can always be picked out clouds, the temperature, with sultri­ with Its lake like glass and air as mo boughs of the trees. s«*ourge the wave»
by anybody who has had much to do ness and humidity, aud the distance tlonless aa marble, from the time the lash the ships. The last feeble sun rays
with negroes Dirty, ragged, uukempt. front the turning point In the day's tern tirat misty sultriness arises as the breaks through the massy clouds, cas'
diseased, deformed, there is yet almut p«r.iture. If these different «‘omlitions threatening breezes begin to stir; as the Ing an unusual, threatening, and un
him an air of cunniug authority. His are correctly understood there should sk.v darkens frownlngly the winds canny light over the scene. The clouds
siiuill, cruel, piercing eyes peer vic ous be no difficulty, In’ says, In foretelling break bolst«*n>usly from their fetters, gather men* ami more thickly, tr.iu«
ly at tlie witnesses arrayed against a thunderstorm.
the cloud stream» p>>ur out In cataracts, forming theni-velvvs from the light
him lu court, for all the world like
amt the tires of heaven Illuminate the cumulus clouds to rain clouds
The
an
uncertain
There,!» on«1 feature of
those of a cornered rat. Black men
ty. hewevrr. al«>ut the actual appear­ tempestuous night with their terrible struggle of the negative aud positive
may be seen to turu as gray as ashes
ance of a storm correctly predicted, aud play. And finally, aa the elements pel«*» of electricity bn«me more sav-
under the terror of that baleful gaze, this la du<* to the fact that all thunder again «•alm theuiselve», the sun breaks age. If a metal tutti la charged with
aud ofteu It Is only with the greatest storms are distinctly local features, out and revlvltled nature becomes electricity only the surface becomes
liffi.-ulty that incriminating evidence having to do with extremely limited doubly lovely.
magnetic. The Interior Is not electrl-
can be dragged out of them. The wiz­ ureas, and all of short duration. This
tied, similarly the microscopic drops of
First Hlgn of Storm.
ard's awesome presence, however, does renders It possible for one to s««e a
The tirst clew to the mystery of s water forming the clouds are elo-tricnl
not appal an unsentimental British storm coming and really ou Its way storm comes from water. If a glass of only on their surface. Through the ever
judge He orders him "twelve months’ but to lie disappointed of Its arrival lu water is stood on a window sill on a greater condensation tbev come near« r
Xif-Jl*KE than four years hare eLip» d since the invasion of the Philippine« by the American forces. One would im-
hard" and a sound flogging Frequent­ one's own locality, its energy has been hot day It gradually evaporate«. The and nearer, and finally many together
|kV/|| o-’ine. write« a correspondent, that in that time the natives would have picked up and clung to many of the m.«u-
ly the obeah man appeals agalust bls speut before It has had time to come hot, dry air sucks It up. Similarly tho form one large raindrop. This larger
¿JUiluers. customs and habits of their white-faced brethren from over the seis. But such is not the case. I he
imerican has infused no fresher blood into the ways of business, lie tried U tor a while and then sat down under the
senteuce to the higher court, aud In sufficiently far Thunderstorm» rarely hot, dry air atxxve a large body of wa- raindrop contains all the electricity of
of a tree and rested just as the Filipino does.
Jamaica It Is not at all unusual for cover more than thirty to forty miles ter sucks up Its water, transforming It the many smaller drops, but as Its sur­
** It is true that sanitary conditions have been improved somewhat; that mercantile establishments display their good»
him to get off on some technical point, lu a stretch, generally uo more than Into a tine vapor, which imparts a mis­ face Is more limited than their com­
,re attractively than before; that American money is commoner than Spanish coin; that some of the women who travel
owing to the defective drafting of the eight miles, while soul«’ are much tiness to the atmosphere. The distant bined surfaces Its electricity Is of great
T Streets peddling fruits, tortillas and tamales have been induced to wear shoes; that Kentucky whiskies and spirits
law. Of course be tells the Ignorant shorter. A hailstorm, which always atmosphere now gradually screens It­ er power.
L, in cellars of Chicago «nd Denver saloons have, in a measure, substituted the native drink, but otherwise Manila
negroes that he procured freedom by signifies th«* exi*endlture of tremendous self In a veil of vapor, which becomes
“ the same old sleepy, indolent, care-free town that it was ten years ago and will be twenty years hence.
Htorm in All Its Fury.
Ids magical powers, and thus their xu force, seldom cov era more than ou«*- thicker and thicker. This leads to the
“ I’erhaps when peace is perm silently established with all the islands Americans will be more conspicuous, but as a
The
raindrops,
too large nnd heavy to
I perstItiou Is strengthened.”
alter of fact little American capital is being invested. There have been prospectors and men w ith money to land here
eighth of a mile. Less seven* storms next phenomenon in a thunder storm,
British law punishes obeah with ar«* sometimes no longer, in looking Every one know s that when steam hover In the air, fall to earth. As tb>*
Uikine f‘,r places to put In some cash. But in nearly every instance they have returned home with all they had when they
flogging and Imprisonment. Neverthe­ for a storm tlie we»terti sky Is tho only cornea in contact with cold objects It clouds merge, raindrops form more and
i.ft except, of course, that which they spent for passage and food. The price of all foodstuffs has risen correspondingly
«i'h the reported advances in America No one in ordinary circumstances can afford to patronise the better class of
less. obeah Is practiced by the white sky point of value. This Is beeaust* condenses, finally forming tiny drops more rapidly ami the rain falls more
rttsurants. and as for beefsteak such a« one could get in the cheaper rests lrants in Chicago they are not here at all.
planters almost as a matter of neces­ storms always have been kuown to and resuming Its original form of wa violently ami copiously. The storm a
Perk chops are almost unknown, stuff that '» called veal tastes like boiled shoestrings, and as for lamb and mutton the
sity in order to frighten the negroes travel from west to east, if you see a ter. In the same way on a warm sum now fully develop«*«!, uml unburdens
neat smells like a dog pound and lias a flavor that is a cross between dogwood blossoms and a bunch of jimson weeds.
and prevent them from stealing the storm «lite north or due south, It Is mor» mer afternoon the upper layers of the Itself with fury. Brilliant flashes of
Here one engaged in business usually reaches his office about S o'clock; at noon he has lunch, after which he takes
light prodnee«! by powerful electric
produce of the plantations.
than proliable that ft will not reach atmosphere are cooler than those Im sparks Illuminate the darkness, and the
»“nap." lasting for two or three hours.
You
may
walk
through
your
friend
’
s
mediately
above
the
earth.
Hence
the
All traffic is practically suspended between 12 and 4 o'clock p. m. Later cornea dinner parties, that is among the
your locality, but if It Is due west or
. "coco-piece" or banana plantation ami west of north, or perhaps west of south, higher vapors rising as they come In i ’ thuuder grow 1» In the sky. The tension
neb The hour is 8 o’clock. Calls are s ldom if ever made except among the closest friends after that time, but are con-
between th«' surface of the earth anil
uotlce
a
skull
stuck
on
the
top
of
a
[
fined to the earlier hours of the evening, when chocolate is served by the lady of the house.
you may look for its arrival unless it eoutaet with the cool air condense
stick, a small bottle full of dead cock Nllollhl happen to expend Its euergi«*s on thickening Into tlie form of clouds, l that of lite clouds has la'eotu«* stronger.
The tracts of air which at first were to«»
roaches tied to a branch, or a tnlnla
which are nothing else than condensed vast to bs traversed by electricity are
And he did.
Burghminster beauty might have been ture black coffin placed on a little 1 tin* way before reaching you.
THE CONCEITED COINS.
steam. The particles of water forming now th«* pathway of lightning, not
Diana did not appear at the sale the the blackened optics of a liorough ama
I.ook Out for Mares' Tails.”
mound. "Hullo, old man!” you say ; I
tlie clouds are so minute and light that ,
next day, neither did site put in an ap­ son, so small their attractions to the I “working obeah ch? 1'11 come and
Tin just as good ns silver!”
The clouds w hlcb foretell a atorm they float In the air The movements of I only betw«*«*n earth ami clouds, hut also
betw«*eti clou«! and clou«!, negative unit
pearance at the dinner table. Where­ stony-hearted Bellairs.
The Nickel proudly cried;
see you flogged at the Jail.” He tries are the cirrus eloudt, "Siners' tails” the
He now took long objectless rides to laugh It off shameliieedly. saying e untry f«dk call them hair like shreds the vapor aa It rises and the action of 1 poaltlve poh*s meeting whenever strong
fore. In the evening, Mr. Bellairs or­
"Tile head of Madam Liberty
Is »tamped upon my side. -
dered the dogcart, hade his friend alone on Demon Dandy, whose natural there la really no other way to make threade«! across th«* heavens, later gatli the cooler upper strata of air tqioti .t <*nough to cross the n«H-e»sary spaco
1 im as white and shining
farewell, and returned to his home depravity of character had almost dis­ "those wretched niggers” keep their ■ ring Into the cirrus stratus, white and generates currents of air. the wind The lightning comes In three forms.
As any dime can be—
appeared under the Influence of a long thieving hands off the crops. That Is gray cloud sheets, which are the true Tills at first Is Just strong euougii to Zigzag lightning with Its crooked,
with a sorrowful heart.
Hr needn't put on any airs,
•
•
•
•
s
spell of hard work. Sometimes. In the true. It la needless, however, to go to rain clouds. The atmosphere Is always ripple the surface of the water and stir branch like forks, la pro«luc»‘d when
I'm twice as thick as he!”
A year elapsed and found him still course of these rides, he would puss file trouble of placing these things heated witli a sultry humidity. It Is the foliage of the trees. In the mean­ el«ctrlclty amassed In small proportion­
Miss Huntingdon, who would greet about the plantation. If some ulght warm mid moist, thick, heavy, muggy. time. another eleineut Is at work. Ev­ al |Mvlnts opposite each other wishes to
sorrowful.
“I'm every bit as good as gold!”
All his male friends declared 1dm to him with a cold uml distant bow, and prowler has stolen your best yams or It sometimes almost feels w«*t. I’eople ery one presiippsses an accumulation mwt. The electricity seeks to spring
The Penny blustered loud;
have become a mysogynlst, while all n-lio. when be was safely out of sight, bananas, nil you need do is to say next ofen then s|H*ak of "feeling" the rain of electricity nt a thunder storm. Elec­ a«Toxs by the shortest rout«* in a
■That tiny, thin, gold dollar—
his acquaintances of the softer sex. would indulge in the feminine luxury morning in tlie bearing of tlie negroes, In the air There Is rarely any wlud tricity la present In the atmosphere all straight line, but lx hindered by the re­
He needn't feel so proud,
the time. but. as baa been otmerved. It
wlio might have been his friends but of tears.
For all his airs and graces
"It's nil right; I don't care. I've got preceding a storm for any length of lx always more powerful when any sisting masstM or air and clouds. Hence
for
this
painful
peculiarity,
declared
having
no
tears,
would,
Bellairs.
I do not give a fig;
the foot print." You will see them time; the air Is exceptionally still, As strong perpendicular currents of air are ft goes as best It can. leaping to those
that he was a heartless brute.
spots charged with electricity, whereby
by touching Demon Dandy with the whisper among themselves in an awe- the tempest approaches nearer, how­
I'm burn shed just as bright as he.
In action, such ns cyclones, tornadoes,
The peculiarity was made all the spur, incite him to rebellion.
And half again as big!”
stricken way. mid presently one will ever. a soft? thick, "wet" sort of volcanic eruptions, watenqiouta, tliun It assumes Its characteristic aspect.
more unbearable to the eligible dam
The fights that followed were of ben
Llahtnlna Flashes 17,M» Yi«r«ls.
come up to you. nearly weeping with "whirr.” characteristic ns a harbinger der storms. Electrical manifestations
sols of Burghminster society by the ettt both to man and horse.
But when the Cent and Nickel
Flashes a thousand yards long are
terror, and confess himself tlie thief. of the rainstorm nt Its heels. Is felt are always accompanied by the down
Went out upon their way.
fact that Jack was considered a good
Nevertheless, every time he met The superstition is that if you dig out stirring abroad. Tills Is most familiar
pour of water. This means that the tiot rare, while those 10,000 nnd 17,000
Ala«, the world still held them cheap.
“catch.”
Diana Huntingdon she could not help i the earth upon which the robber has to all those who lune made a study of condensation of vapor In closely con yards In length have been seen. The
Whatever they might say.
noticing that be was growing thinner impressed his foot mid throw It into weather conditions nnd ns easy of rec­
neeted with electricity. Why la tt not vast force of these long flashes may la*
The Bouille Eagle smiled. "You'll find
I
and paler.
1 the tire he will waste away mid die ognition ns the awful oracles of th«* an Instance of electricity generate«! by gnesxed at when It 1» known that a
He said, "that par is par;
He. too. thought the same of her. till, ! unless he gives himself up and takes weather prophet monstrosities on f««et. friction? Bub two pieces of paper vig­ streak a yard and a half long Is the
It doesn't matter how you boast,
one one occasion, the thought proved ills punishment. New York Comuier- The time of «lay when n rain Is most orously against each other and elec­ largest thnt our stoutest apparatus per
But what you really are.”
too much for him.
likely to fall Is about 3 o'chx k In the tricity Is generated. Open the safety mils our eye» to Inspect. Be»ld«*s th«*
! clal Advertiser.
-The Outlook.
She had just disappeared round a
afternosin, or ngiiln between 2 nnd ') valve of a steam engine giving out vs familiar destruction of the bolt lu
The Golden Fleece.
bend In the leafy lane, walking slowly
o'clock In the morning. These are the por and electricity Is produced by the houses, trees, beast, and man. It has
HH-e+++-;-:-+-*-+-}-++++4-+++++^'+<
The King of Spain lias conferred the two turning points In the day's tern friction of the steam and valve. In u l«e«*n known to charge Iron fems*» with
and with drooping bead.
T
*
Bellairs, overcome by bls feelings, 1 order of the Golden Fleece on the perature. At 3 o’clock the maximum thunder storm electricity may thus be magnetism. A single flash, na a sci­
! DLM0N DANDY |
clapped both spurs Into Demon Dandy, I I’rince of Wales. The boy King is de heat usually has Iwen reached for af­ generated by the friction of Individual entific man lias calculated, if utlllxe«l
facto one of tlie grand masters of an ternoon. while nt night the coolness has particles of water which have been with customary Illuminating appara
a direct challenge for an equine strug
l i t! »* 1 *4*4*4*4* l i *r » »4 ♦>»♦»♦»♦ I T
order which was instituted, at Bruges, thoroughly set In. In case of a succes­ driven about by the wind.
gle of the most violent character.
tun. would yield enongh |>ovver to light
by Philip, Duke of Burgundy, who was sion of thunderstorms they usually oc-
Demon Dandy answered the chai
The two kinds of electricity, positive a city for a month.
lenge by rearing wildly, then falling styled “the Good." as far back ax Feb­
URIN'G Ills visit to the Hunting
in) dons lie had fallen hopelessly in
backwards with a heavy crash on to ruary 10, 1420. Tlie other grand mas­
No one an w the act. but everyliody on means of earning a living, so that she
ter of the order is. of course, the Em­ TWAIN WANTED TO BE A PILOT.
Ills master.
love with the beautiful anil im­
Bellairs was conscious of a glimpse peror of Austria. Tlie Fleece went to Had Kudina to Cherished Ambition of Ixiard heard from It In alsiut a minute, might not be a burtleu ou the gencroa-
perious sister of bls host, It was the
Mark Twain, »lone In the^dlot house ity of her friends. By chance there
of Demon Dandy's nose against the the llapaburgs "by arrangement." af
night before the sale that the subject
the Noted lliiniorixt.
aud
still pondering th«* «lire things he drfft«*«l Into camp a ranchman with a
ter
the
death
of
Charles
of
Burgundy,
sky.
Then
a
flash
passed
before
bis
An interesting yarn recently spun by
of tlte Offington horse sale was
the "fighting Teineralre.” In 1477, b.v an old 8t. Louis riverman seems to be hxd heard of burning xteanilmat». ex. herd of ninety Augora gonta for sale.
eyes and lie knew no more.
iiroaelieil by Huntingdon.
When he came to himself lie found the marriage of Mary of Burgundy a solution to tlie long mooted question pecially when they happened to be Nobody caretl to buy them, for It was
"1 see they are going to put up that
his
lost divinity bending over him.
with tlie Archduke Maxmlllmi, after­ aa to why Mark Twain never followed load«*«l with cotton, wax horrlfled to »ee thought there wa» more uiouey In cat­
began
limo-
brute Demon Dandy,” he
With genuine lututtton
He
bail
a
vague
Idea
that
she
was
wards Emperor of Germany. So It got out Ills cherished ambition of betxuulng smoke (muring from Ids end of the tle raising.
cently.
xpcnklng tube.
Mr». Armour looke«l a. «wei«- stlkeu
calling him "Jack” and her "boy.”
to Spain. When the line of the Span­ a Mississippi river pilot.
"Why brute?” queried Diana.
Tb«*ra wax but one thought In hl» coats and kuew that they would be
A half hour elapsed.
ish Hapxburgs had become extinct.
Ac«’oruing to tlie obi man Mnrk 1 wain
Bellairs, for her benefit, recounted
mind. Tho Imat wax on tire. Dropping valuable.
Bellairs
said
little.
He
Just
lay
there
Austria
claimed
the
sole
grand
max
’
er-
never became u full fledged pilot ami
the bistory of Demon Dandy's ex
But »he hadn't any money and didn't
happily, explaining matters and recov xlilp. ahd diplomacy had to Inter’ene. never stood a night watch alone. In the wheel, which spun around and
ploits.
around as It left Ills hand, be gra»pe«l want to borrow. Ro »he mails a prop»
In
the
result,
the
grand
mastership
i>e-
erlng
bis
breath.
other
words,
while
be
bad
a
pilots
It
finished
the
harrowing
When he bad
"It is Just as well that 1 did not let came a dual affair. To wear th.- Golden cense, bis mastery of th«* great river the rope by which the big bell was ■Itlon to take a »mall flock of the goats,
recital with a thrilling account of how
tend ilium and care for them aud breed
vou
buy Demon Dandy,” he said at Fleece of Austria you must ’.* a sover­ craft on which be rode wax always llm
Demon had beseiged a stableman In
them, and at the end of Hie year divide
eign. a prince of a reign1.ig house, or Bed by the understanding that an older
last.
tin- loft for a space of twelve hours,
the proflts with the owner. The propo­
since
you
are
".Inst
as
well
dearest,
ami
more
ex|a*rlen«-ed
lieu«!
wa»
within
a
most
illustrious
nob)'.
I*r<
sumably,
tnd ho« lie bad kicked two loose boxes
sition was accepted. Rhe took her goats
will
"But
you
not
killed."
said
Diana,
you
must
also
profe-.«
the
old
religion,
easy
call.
This
wax
no
discredit
to
th»
into uiatcliwood in the same space of
aud her children aud went up on the
not ride him again?”
till the latter point Spain la less exact­ young pilot. Ou the occasion lu ques­
I time. Diana Huntingdon lifted her gio
mounlaln »Ide, tl.OtlO feet nbove the sea
fer ing.
“
I
won't,
”
ejaculated
tion.
It
matters
nod
what
the
year
or
I riou» dark eyes to bls.
'1 AM GOING IO UVY THAT HOHhL
level, where the scrub oaks grow In
vently.
—
Chicago
Tribune.
Imat.
the
steamer
to
which
young
Clem
­
"I think 1 should like to buy that
lilprning of Cheese.
profusion. Thus she secured the nec-
ens wax atta<bed as cult pilot was
hors«." she si^ld.
Burghminster mammas, with mar­
A
hitherto
unknown
element
In
milk,
An "Exsentl.il Oil.”
«•«»ary fodder, and as for shelter the
bound
up
stream
with
a
heavy
cargo
of
“My dear Diana.” expostulated her riageable daughters, were of opinion
Ernest Ingersoll fa as quick at rep a new ferment, has been discovered, cotton At the ofll« era' table the flrat
goats needevl none.
Rhe located a
brother.
that a woman hater had absolutely no artee as lie Is keen in bls observation of called galactose, which is proving of
claim, built herself a ranch, and set­
"Don't think of it,” said Mr. Bellairs right to own such a home as Bellairs nature. It happened some time ago value in the ripening of cheese. The day out from Naches, Miss., the talk
tled down to work. At the end of a
Diana hud a will of her own. This did. and that a heavy tax should be that bls daughter asked him a question properties of this ferment are similar turned upon what to <lo In sud«leu emer­
year her success was such that she had
gencies.
and
especially
in
caaa
of
Are
‘light but ill timed opposition called It instituted to dlscournge such flagrant concerning the difference tietween es­ to the secretion of the pancreatic organ
money enough to buy a fl«K-k of her
on a steamer l«iad«*d with cotton. Ths
into life.
examples of cast Iron bachelorboo«!.
sential and fixed oils. He explained at In the human body. Old cheese la a matter wax discussed In all Its iwar-
own and start out Independently.
He
was
decoyed
away
Into
discreet
pre-digested
food,
and
the
digestion
.»
“I’m sure I should like to buy that
some length.
Rlnce thnt time each year has added
Ings, each of those present giving Ills
torse," she reiterated, with a rising woods, where dovelike eyes were
"Well,” said she. "to which class does wrought by the gnlactoxe. It was found Ideas upon the subject. Msrk Twain,
to her prosperity. Rhe now employs
flashed upon him; where tiny well sknnk’s oil belong?”
that the galactose would go on working
color.
twenty goatherds to care for her fl.vckB.
like most of the others, held to th«* no­
"To both.” was the prompt rejoinder at very low tem(ieraturea. temperatures tion that It was the pilot's duty lu such
More opposition followed from the gloved hands grasped his with tender
The greatest precaution Is required to
appeals
for
help
at
the
slightest
olista
men.
"It's essential to the skunk and fixed nt which bacteria were practically an emergency to emulate the now fa­
protect the goats from the Inroads of
Inert. Cheese wan put Into refrigera­
H t brother grew angry at the Idea, cle in the shape of a stile or gurgling on the man.”—New York Time«.
tlie mountain Ilona, or cougars, which
mous
Jim
Bluds«i
ami
"bold
her
noszle
while Bellairs, who would hlmsell brook.
are so numerous that the ranchmen
opportunity Is said to knock at every tors and kept frozen for months Other to the bank till the last galoot's
But
all
In
vain.
Only
one
person
sat
cheese
wax
kept
Just
above
the
freezing
mount and ride anything between a
have to organize bants to get rid of
man's door, but It is the usual experi­
nshore.”
Immediately after dinner
I buck-jumper and a xebra. grew alarm on the stile, and the brook gurgled on, ence that b.3 throws a poster over the point It wan found that the fluent t Temena went to the pilot b«ius« to
them.
mocking
the
aspirations
of
uiatchmak
cbeene Is cured at from 4o to M degr.-ea
| cd and almost angry w ith tier, whom
Through her Industry and persever­
gate and runs by.
Fahrenheit. Practical cbeene manufac­ I st a ml bls watch.
be worshiped in private as almost a Ing humanity. The dovelike eyes of
ance and pluck. Mrs Armour has made
Among
those
at
the
table
was
me
s»
turers had maintained that ■’*• degn-ee
divinity.
sounded ami began pulling like a »ex herself wealthy. Rhe has sent he«- eld
wan the lowest temperature at which alxtant engineer, a young man whose
"1 aui going to buy that horse.” said
«xperiewe of life had taught him to ton. at the name time raining ula vol«* eat »on to college, where he Is now
STRANGE
I Diana Huntingdon at last, with an an
cheese could be worked without lie­
In a cry of “Fire! Fire! Tb« boat's ■tndylng law. an<1 her four other chil­
coming bitter and worthless The new doubt the aldllty of human nature to
try flash in her eyes.
carry out the projects of Its more lioa»’ aflra!” Here the officera of the Imat dren attend school In Kingston.
discovery will. It is lielleved. revolu
I Then out of his love and fear for het
ful moments He went tielow at the and the passengers are naltl to have
tlonlzei heese manufacture, doing away
Bellairs forgot bls manners, which, as
< hlcago Iron Workers lieep tiiga.
same time that Mark Twain went aloft, found him. after hurrb-dly ascertaining
with all curing rooms, the cheese i*lng
’ reneral rule, were perfect Worse
W. Abraham. M. P. ("Malion"», tn
but the two coutlutted to think of the that the alarm wan false, still valor
sent directly to the refrigerator. Scrib­
•"11. he also forgot diplomacy.
conversation Just cloae«l. The more the onaly determine«! to “nave th«* ship." .» spe«-eb on his American experiences,
"I don't think you will succeed.” he
ner's
_
engineer thought aliout It the less credit The Imat, relieved of the rudder's guld say» that on rubbish heaps of the I'nt-
•aid. coolly. *
HutMtltnte for Bleep.
be was dlapoaed to give to tlie cub pil­ ance. had In the meanwhile swung te«l Blates, there are thousands of tona
Then a hot flush came up from his
A Ixindon paper says that the health ot’s xi lieine. however nice It might ap around In the current and dashed full of machinery thnt In England and
hn,,t*. till he blushed In agony to th»
of people in fashionable society la be­ pear in poetry or the newspapers.
n|>eed on a sand bar. from which It re Wales would have been used for ten or
frown of his head.
ing dangerously threatened by a new
qulred half a day to drag her. Ami even twenty years longer.
As
everyone
knows
tin*
plkit
house
Indeed?" replied the girl, with a
In Chicago. In one large ateel works,
drug which la popularly regarded as a ■ nd engine r««om of s st«*sinlx>at are Mark Twain, having lost bls nerve, left
note of scornful. Interrogation In her
the men. after being paid on Sundays,
substitute for sleep Very discreetly conn«*cted. not only with 1*11» for sig the river.
rolce that caused bls heart to sink
stepped Into their gig», which were
It declines to name this dangerous »Ub
baling, fiut with a »peaking tut*,
w’thin him.
there by the wore, and drove home.
stance. Whet! tea was first Intpidiiced through which the Important function
WOMAN 8 BIQ GOAT RANCH.
'„,tu thinking of buying him my-
Could they Imagine Rhondda colliers
into Europe It was commended for the arte» who operate above an«! I »low can
said Bellairs, desperately.
name virtue, aud It was believed that dis- u»» the weather an«! politics In their Her Flo«k» of Aagoras Bring in driving home In their working doth«*»
U2A,<MM>
a
Foor.
Indeed?” replied Diana, with an al-
In their own gigs on pay day»?—Lon-
’ it would no longer be necessary to ■ pare moment. The mouth «if the tut*
*** Imperceptible lift of her eye-
Mrs. Armour, lu Sierra County, N M., «ion Mall.
waste seven or eight hours In sleep. at the upper end is but little larger
owns
a
hen!
of
more
than
25.<x*>
An
But extended experience lias shown the than the human mouth, but lu the en
Farmers in Alabama.
To shoot---- " exclaimed Bellairs.
disastrous result» of cutting snort ths gin«- room It ha» shape of a funnel as gora g«*te. from which ah* la making
The total nnmtier of farms In Ala
An angry flush crept across her face
•25.000
prvflt
a
yrar.
Her
"Columbia
period of natural rest and kwpiug big ns a half-bu»bel measure. \! uUf
I m ma fa given at 223 221*. of which 12V.
"he swept from the room, gazing
awake by «he help of tea. and there ia ,je aaalatant engineer was pondering Paacba” Is the most valuable Ang«>ra 137 are op«*rat«*d by white farmers afid
•ngrily tiefore her.
no reason to suppose that chemists will the emergeu y question be was also lu America, am! worth 81.fi»>».
' "J re quite right. Jack." said
In 18t*t she was left a widow pennl H4 08.1 by colored farmers.
ever be able to devise any substitute wlplug off s portion of the machinery
ng<! n. sym|Mthetlcally. as his
lens
and with nine small children <le-
foe sleep which will not In the long with a bunch of cotton waste, ami as
An old bachelor, when be feels blue
returned disconsolately to the
run bring nervous break lown Spring- be reached the month of the »(waking peodeat ui her for support. The ranch and discouraged, always r«-greta that
p '-*-
But I'm afraid you've upset
1 ì B,/»
field (Maas i Republican.
tul* It was the work of but a moment men and miner» took companion on he baa no wife to whine to
»he s a bit short-tempered, you
to t<^>« h a match to the Inflammable the deal!tuts family an«l contributed
Ham smells better when It ia frying
n, w I«o you reaily mean to buy the
A man Is usually doing the very best
water for first time. Well. that's queer
material In Ida baud aud thrust it far a »mall sum fur their Immediate »«lief.
onjt*?*’
Old Hm (seeing her brood go In
Then she pluckily cast about for aotne be can, or else the very worst be can.
like that when 1 wa* young -Chicago than it tastes alien brought to the into the tube.
1 T" replied Bellairs, "and to ride 1 am sure we never did anything
| table*
«.a,, too."
American.
ican Forces.
I
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