I
THE WEE P mi R O’ SHOON.
WHAT HE SAW IN MONTANA.
i,, them caunie iloon. Jamie,
• tak' them frae my sicht!
‘ mind me o’ her sweet wee face,
l’ ,parklin* ecu sae bricht;
jav them »aftly doon beside
.e’l.'ck o' silken hair;
the darlin’ o' thy heart an’ mine
‘ill never wear them mair!
Amateur
olpqtaphq
oh' the silvery voice. Jamie,
hat fondly lisped your name,
the wee bit hands sae aft held oot
i' joy when you cam’ home!
oil. the smile—the angel smile,
ia: shone like simmer morn;
the rosy moil’ that socht a kiss
'hen ye were weary-woru!
i castlin' wind blaws cauld. Jamie,
■he snaw’s on hill and plain.
, flowers that decked my lammie's
grave
(re faded noo, and g.-ine!
dinaa speak! I ken she dwells
n yon fair land aboon;
t ,air's the sicht that blin’s my e'e—
■hat wee. wee pair o' slioon!
nines Smith.
A PARTING.
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ELL, dear, what do you think
of it?” said Ja"k Trevor. Joy
fully. as with shining eyes he
ew a letter on the table. His pretty
fe laid down her sewing, a flimsy
of lace work, and crept dost to his
Je.
■It will separate us. Jack,” was all
e said, with quivering lip.
■Hut. Alice, look what it will mean
us”—to me, be bad almost said,
[ere have 1 been slaving for a mere
Italic«, and now this pieve of good
i-k comes at last; it is simply glorl-
s ’’ Then, casting a look at the sor-
ivful face at his side, lie said, in a
„thing tone, “it will only be for two
ars at most, love, and then.” in a
„thing tone, "we will be as happy
the day is long. You will be pa
nt. dear,” he added, putting his arm
Dund her. but still glancing at the
ter on the table,
•Yes. Jack, 1 know It Is for your
»d,deed, but It is so hard to bear;”
d then scarce able to represa her
trs. she crept from the room.
Left to himself. Jack paced restless-
to and fro.
"Poor Alice,” he said, and then his
[oughts flew away to the quaint little
filing village on tlie west coast of
eland, where he bad met her two
■ars ago. Being attracted by her
ondrous beauty, fell in love, and well
had married her, and been promptly
slnherlted for his pains.
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He had gone—and, oh, the desolation
lat had crept Into one loving, lonely
■art. For three month3 she had
arcely left the house, dark rings
lowed about the lustrous eyss; she
andered listlessly to and fro, looking
any little memento that might re-
Ind her of him, her husband, her
isband, her darling; wondering why
e sun shone and looked at hearts so
irrowful as hers. But one day, with
s familiar rat-a-tat, the postman left
letter. It was from him, her Idol;
le could scarce see it for blinding
ars, yet all at once the world had
irnad into a bright and joyous place,
ien. after a blissful half hour spent
i deciphering it, she rushed for pen
id Ink to answer. But now the sweet
ice clouded.
"I cannot do It—I cannot do It prop
ly.” she murmured, a slight pout on
■r red lips. “They would laugh at
Jm when they saw my letter.” and
lot tears gathered In the brown eyes
n<l fell one by one like little Jewels
pon the unoffending paper.
She bent her head upon her bands in
ejection: a sunbeam stole through the
rlndow and kissed her rippling hair,
nd as If It had lent an inspiration to
er troubled thoughts, her face sudd, n-
f cleared, she sprang up. the glad light
■nee more In her eyes.
"I'll do It!" she cried. “I was always
Jood at lace work. Miss Crickmay shall
each me. I'll educate myself on the
noney Jack sends me, and keep myself
■y my lace. Lady Severn always bought
t. and maybe in a year I can save
Bough to take me out to Jack, my
ack. and it will be such a surprise to
dm.”
And all the time with trembling
Inger* and fast beatlug heart, she ar-
anged her hat. preparatory to 'going
o the select School for Young I.ndles.
■ver which Miss Crickmay presided.
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Far away in India a young man was
/■•tiding over his desk. Just signing a
flourishing "Jack" to a letter commenc
ing "M.v dear wife.”
"She must never come here," he said
sadly "It would break her heart to tie
slighted. What would Lady Winton
say to her. I wonder? Not that she isn't
far more beautiful.” he ended UD.
• •ut on the blue Mediterranean a
great steamer pulsed and panted on
ward. ever onward, la-arlng Its freight
of human lives, and In a cozy nook on
the deck Alles Trever sat and thought
of Jack. It would not I m * long now,
and how surprised be would be.
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Lady Winton’s ballroom had never
been surpassed; soft lights, glorious
exotic plants, beautiful women! Jack
felt the spell as he stood apart for a
moment, listening to the sweet strains
of the opening waltz. Suddenly he
turned pale and almost staggered,
clutching a chair for support. A beau
tiful woman had Just entered, and was
being presented by Lady Winton to a
few select friends. Gentlemen crowded
round, anxious for Introductions and
dances, to all of whom she was gra
cious as a queen; but ever and anon an
anxious look came Into the glorious
*?es. as if there was a someone or a
something missing.
Jack soon regained hla composure.
8o like.” he said, "yet so unlike
wby. Alice Is thousands of miles away:
besides, she never could act like that
even If «he were here," he added bit
terly.
v She had turned and looked at him:
“♦ stifled with a cruel hand a certain
sweet wildness that bad sprung up iu
bis heart at that look. He moved a little
•’’■•rer—be would, he must have a
dance; be need not deny himself that.
•■Bly to bold her In hla arm« »me, »ven
’bough tt would be short.
A sudden boldness seemed to take
Experience of an Eastern Man Among
the Mountains of the West.
iïnr.PEOP
A Detroiter who had been spending
two or three months in Montana ar
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rived home the other day, and when a
reporter called at bis house to inter
view him the little affair was found to
be typewritten and all ready for in
stant delivery. It reads as follows:
It Is for this that we have schools and churches. It Is for
I "1 gained tifteeu pounds.
GOOD HI ID I OR AMI RICAN CAPII AL.
this that we have tariffs. It la for this that we have law.
"Haven’t felt so well for ten years.
nr tkcmav Mast, late I - 8- Consul beoeral at Suaragull
Ecuador is reasonably healthy. esi>e- And it is for this that the republic must lire or bear uo
j “Climate of Montana Is the most glo-
rious in the world.
clally iu the country, the prevailing dis life.
"Saw many Indians, Saw mauy lu-
eases being malarial fevers. One soon
gets acclimatized, in Guayaquil and PRAISE AND HL AME BOTH 01 VALLE.
dians playing poker.
"Bought an Indian blanket to bring
along the coast the climate during the
Jame, P. O'Brien.
home. After boiling it for a week or
wet season (from January to May) is
The two greatest factors In securing the best
" hat are known as "invisible photographs” may afford a great deal of so it will be left out about forty nights
very unhealthy
work from employes are praise and hiatus. I urn
amusement to the amateur. These pictures can be produced very easily, and to freeze.
The chief industry of Ecuador Is cacao
sure that neither alone will answer the purpose.
when prup rly made the paper on which they are printed shows absolutely
growing, which Is extremely profitable.
"Bought several Indian arrows stain
Tlie man who must I m - scolded and found fault
no trace of the picture or other matter. Immediately upon being dampened, ed with blood. Didn’t ask whether it
The world's supply of cacao amounts
with continually is of little value in any position,
however, the picture, which has already been impressed ii|x)n its surface, was human or cow’s blood. They never
to some IHi.tMM' tons, and of this Ecuador
lie Is In disfavor with his superiors In otfico be-
appears plainly, only to fade away again when tlie paper becomes dry.
make any explanations in Montana.
produces 27.000 tons, or about one third
cause they cannot trust him to perform his duties
of
the
total.
I.nnd
can
be
obtained
at
"Rode a bucking broncho. Usual re
T homas Ntur.
faithfully. As for the man himself, his many
A tasteful method of mounting prints Is by indenting a plate mark some sults followed. Broncho also broke his about $1 iH-r acre, It requires about live years to bring a
delinquencies
cause him to lose confidence In his
what larger than the print into the surface of the mount itself. This may neck at the same time.
cacao estate into bearing, at a cost of 15 to io cents ¡>er own ability; he lieeomes careless and forgetful, and filially
easily be done In the following manner: First, secure three pieces of zinc
"Was Impressed by the mountains tree. Tlie trees yield on an average one pound en< li For
or heavy block tin, two of which should lie of the same size as the mount to Have returned home dissatisfied with s plantation of loo.ooo trees it costs to bring into liearing. loses Ills place altogether A too frequent use of praise In
tlie management of employes Is productive of undesirable
be treated and the third of the exact size and shaiH* that the plate mark Is Michigan because she lias none.
Bay. $17.500. At tlie ■ ml of five years It Is worth $50.0110;
results of a different character. The man who is continu
desired to I m - when finished. The edges and corners of this third plate
"Saw many genuine cowboys. Was St seven years, $75.000, etc. The production of liKl.000 trees
should be carefully rouuded. Then select the card and pass it severui times rather disappointed to find most of would be 1« m ». inm » pounds, worth Jll.lks) at present. The ally praised after a while becomes Imbued with the idea
through a clothes wringer between three or four sheets of blotting paper, them d< aeons of churches, but was as cost of putting this Quantity on the market, including labor, that he Is "IT." He has an exaggerated idea of his own
Importance and Is liable to assume a patronizing air toward
which have been thoroughly wet. After the mount is evenly damped in this sured that they couldn’t help it.
etc., would be $4.ooo, leaving a net profit of $7.000.
his associates and customers that is not at all desirable—
way place It between the larger sheets of metal with the smaller piece on
Estates are easily sold at the above figures, and if a cap
"Was out for grizzly bears several
top of tlie card, and In the exact position on the mount where the plate mark times, but obtained no interviews. Was italist can wait for results for five years he Is sure of a ill fact is decidedly harmful. Such a num is almost certain
Is desired, ami bolding them tirmly run them through the wringer backward | told that this was the season ve lien good Income. In the mentline. "catch crops." such aa rice in the end to become so Intolerable that he is at last noti
fied that Ills services are no longer required.
and forward three or four times.
they retire to the tops of the highest or corn, can be grown oil Un same ground, which Is so
Too much praise or too much blame is therefore equally
never
neees-
rice.
etc.,
it
Is
fertile
that
for
the
growing
of
trees to hibernate. 1 did not argue the
harmful,
though in a different way. A Judicious use of
Winter affords excellent opportunities for the amateur photographer to matter. They never argue in Mon sary to plow; a hole is simply mad<- with a machete and
both is highly desirable. When a salesman makes a good
secure pretty views, and to thoroughly appreciate what a beautiful art pho tana.
the seeds put In. and good returns are obtained.
sale, it pleases him to receive a word of commendation
tography Is. Outdoor work is very interesting, and allows one plenty of
The planting and growing of rubber trees Is considered
“Heard the howl of a mountain lion
chance for experimenting. If before taking out his camera for actual work one evening when returning to camp. one of tlie best investments; but very few have been from the manager and it spurs him to do better. On the
the beginner should make it a practice to observe the surrounding snow Wea lnformt*d that be was howling to planted, on account of the large supply of wild rubber and other hand, if be is impolite th a customer or does some-
scenes whenever an opportunity is offered, he will learn a great deal about pass away the time, and that lie prob the fear that some artificial matter might be discovered to thing he ought not to do. he should be reproved gently but
light and shade. I often, on observing an attractive snow scene, stand still, ably hadn't heard of my being out take its place. There are plenty of good opportunities in firmly. This will make him more careful in the future,
and in the cud lie will be more valuable to himself and the
and closing the left eye entirely and the right eye partly, survey the scene there. Made no remarks. Remarks Ecuador for the Investment of money.
firm.
carefully, so as to get an idea of what it would look like as a picture. At the don’t go in Montana.
Much depends upon the manager himself. If he pos
same time 1 carefully note the effect of light and shade on the snow In differ
“Saw the tracks of an elk. Might LABOR’S RIGHI 10 COMBINE.
sesses good common sense, has a fair knowledge of human
ent directions.
have seen the elk who made the track« 1
Senator Hoar, of *tu oil huxetr«. nature, and has personal magnetism, he will have no
Newly fallen snow will not make a very good picture, as the white ex if I had followed the trull three or four
1 cannot see why if capital may com trouble with his employes. If. on the other hand, he Is
panse is too monotonous. The deeper the snow, and the more tracks it con weeks longer. Was neither encouraged
bine in cor|M>ratlons. labor may not com unjust, hard, and unsympathetic, he will be unable to keep
tains. the better are the possibilities of securing a good negative. 1 always nor discpuraged by the people. Thev
bine in labor unions. Every corporation good salesmen or saleswomen in Ills employ for any length
endeavor to show the shadows well In photographing snow, and this, of let you do as you want to in Montana.
and every partnership is an aggregate of time. No one of spirit will submit to being cursed and
course, can only be done when the snow is broken up in waves, and when
"Saw a man bung for stealing
of individuals. So when a single work reproved before his shopmates by the man from whom he
the sun is out. Without direct sunlight, as much detail cannot be obtained. horse. It wasn’t clear whether it was
man desires employment he lias to make ri-eelves his orders. Dissatisfaction la certain to show it
It is best to take snow scenes with the sun rather to the front or at the side a horse or a steer, but as he wanted to
his bargain not with one employer, but self among the other employes, and the entire force soon
of the camera. Beautiful effects may be secured with the sun slightly to be hung they didn’t split hairs over it.
with many employers acting as one becomes demoralized.
the front of the camera, as the light shining through the top of the snow The people of Montana are an accom
He is also at another disadvantage. Tlie
makes a very pretty effect. Pretty pictures may also be secured when the modatlng lot. They would have liung
thing he lias to sell Is Ills day's work If
trees are covered with ice.
me had 1 requested tt.
lie goes down in the morning to make . CHOOSING AN OCCUPATION.
Backed plates give good results for snow scenes, or If one cares to bother
“This is all. Do not full to speak of
■r Hamilton D Maivell.
Ills engagement, the thing lie is to sell !
with double coated non halation plates they will give even better satisfac me as an eminent citizen mid one SENATOR Ito A11.
Many a young man falls to make hla mark In
Is perishing with every hour of delay In
tion than the former. The latter are especially good for photographing largely Interested in the future of De making ills contract. These associations of capital fre
the world because he does not make a choice of
snow scenes at night under electric or by moonlight. Any good Isochromatlc troit. and see that tlie proofs of tills juetitly extend through the whole country ami control under
occupation. Thia I b a very commonplace remark.
plate may be used for snow work.—Camera and Dark Room.
and so also is the inquiry why is a choice not
article art* rend twice anil Hre clear Of nne head and with one will every establishment in the coun
mistakes.”—Detroit Free l’ress.
try iu which a skilled workman might hope to find em
made?
The pnlnful fact is that the young men who
ployment. So 1 can see no reason why the workman should
possession of him. He pushed Lieut.
The means is an ordinary cannon,
think and consult about the future, and come to
not combine to make his bargain as to the rate of wages,
Faversham slightly aside, bowed, and from which a “dispatch boom" can be
some well-defined plan of life, are in the minority;
I as to tin- hours of labor ami as to the comfort and safety
with his heart thumping against bls tired to the distance to which a shell Í! WHY THE EEAVES TilEMBlED
while the mtn who take things as they come, care
of his occupation.
side Inquired If she was engaged for Is sent. The projectile is a cylinder or
little
for
tlie future, and plan less for it, are in the ma
But.
on
the
other
hand,
lie
lias
no
right
to
interfere
by
the next dance. A color soft as roses sphere so constructed as to Insure its
violence with tlie freedom of any workman who does not jority. But there are a large number of men who are in
spread over cheek and neck, she hand flight, its explosion at the proper time,
Savages are supposed to have keener choose to belong to his union. Of course where men act perplexity about the future. They almost wish some over
ed him her card without speaking, and its breaking into harmless fragments
senses,
especially a keener sense of in masses and are under excitement there will la* occa whelming circumstances would force them Into an occupa
he had scarcely written his name when and at the same time unfolding a trail
ing streamer of auy color preferred, sight, than civilized races. The author sional anil sporadic instances even of unlawful and violent tion or a profession.
the music began.
Man ig endowed with the power of choice, and we must
of "Idle Days iu Patagonia” does not action. These will always occur wide human nature re
Rising with a smile, she laid her hand containing the message.
mains
unchanged
ami
are
not
to
be
considered
too
seriously
decide
for ourselves. True, a man's choice will be modi
accept
this
theory.
He
believes
that
A dispatch at nlglit could be made
upon his arm. "I do not wish to dance;
or too harshly. But a republic cannot live if any body of fied by circumstances not In his Immediate control, but,
savages
have
no
keener
senses,
but
let us sit It out In the conservatory,” of luminous ribbon, so as to be readily
men undertake to impose their own will upon the lawful after all, one must act for himself.
found In the darkness while the shell that they pay closer attention to what
Bbe said softly.
The power of choice does not, of course, prevent the ask
comes within tlie range of their per freedom of others.
itself
would
be
so
pyrotechnic
in
char
He glanced at her quickly, a faint
Subject to this condition 1 believe the sympathy of all ing for that wisdom from above which will' be liberally
ceptlon.
As
an
instance
of
quick
re
glimmering of the truth dawning upon acter that It would plainly Indicate Its
true Americans Is on the side of labor and its attempt to given to those who devoutly seek it.
course while in the sky and be easily sponse to an impression, he tells the
him.
better Its condition. Unless tlie American workman shall
The first inquiry la: What can I do? I may be able to
following story:
seen
at
its
explosion.
The
shell,
which
they
"Alice," be almost gasped, as
have good wages ami leisure and comfort, shall have books do several things, and do them reasonably well, but there
On
March
12.
1881,
a
company
of
can t>e timed so as to explode at any
reached a quiet spot. "Is it you?”
hunters were camping beside a grove In his home, shall send his children to school, can provide must be a selection, and hence the second Inquiry: What
But two soft, pleading eyes were all point desired, is so arranged that when of willows in Patagonia.
About II comfortably for his old age. tlie republic Itself will I m * no inn I do best? Then follows the question of opportunity.
explosion
takes
place
the
sides
of
the
bis answer, and then two lovely arms
Where and how can one find not only opportunity, but
o'clock that evening, while they were longer worth living in. Capital and wealth will In the end
projectile
will
fall
apart,
releasing
the
went round his neck, with "Jack, my
take care of themselves, but to the elevation of labor, the largest opportunity to do what one can do beet? The
seated
round
the
tire
roasting
their
love, my darling, see what love can ribbon on which the message is writ ostrich meat, Sosa suddenly sprang to which Is but another name for the elevation of citizenship, man who finds “the largest opportunity to do what be can
make me do.”—New York Evening ten and allowing It to trail on the his feet nml held his open hand high the whole force and power of the republic should be bent. do beat" lias chosen hla work, the method and the field.
ground.
News.
This method will obviate the diffi above his head for some moments.
“There Is not a breath of wind blow
I
culty which so hampered t»oth armies
WHAT HE WAS AFRAID OF.
SHE CLAIMS $40,000,000.
during the Civil War. Captured cour ing," he exclaimed, "yet the leaves of
Confession of a Small Messenger Hoy iers have been the reason
of one the trees are trembling! What can The Sum Left by the Mun she Married
to Chance Companion.
on Hi, lieuth Heil,
branch of the army being delayed or this portend?”'
In all prubablllty Mrs. William LL
The other stared at the trees, but
He was a little fellow to be out at routed through their Ignorance of or
HE National Geographic Magazine asserts that do other govern meat
night on business, and his brass button ders which were intercepted, while the could sis- no motion, and they Iw-gan Bradley, of Tomahawk, Wls., will
In the world does so much as the 1'ulted Ulate, to promote the agri
ed messenger’s uniform only empha bad results of such orders falling into to laugh at him. Presently he sat come into possession of the $40,000,000
cultural Interests of thecountry.
sized Ills tender years and the likeli the hands of the enemy cannot be over down again, remarking that the trem left by her husband, William H. Brad
bling had ceased; but during the rest ley, a pioneer lumberman and the rich
hood that thia must be bi« first year estimated.
Through its efforts ten Is now being successfully grown In South
of service.
Had the French during the siege of of the evening he was very much ills est num In Wisconsin. Three days be
Carolina.
fore bls death he married Miss Marie
turlH-d
in
Ills
mind.
He
remarked
re
who
was
out
late
and
The woman
Paris by tlie German army employed
Through Its encouragement Connecticut will soon be raising all the Su
Hannemager, who for twenty years
had come from the brightly lighted ave- such methods they could have sent peatedly that such a thing had never
was hla private secretary and who matra tobacco consumed In the United States $tJ,<MM).(MN> worth annually.
nue into the dark side street was glad messages over the heads of the enemy happened In Ills experience before; for,
A new variety of long staple cotton, having nearly double the value of the
known more than any other person
right lntq the hands of friends. The he said, he could feel a breath of wind about his vast estate.
of his company.
old. bus been created; new wheats and new rices, and even a frost-resisting
before
the
leaves
felt
it.
and
there
had
"Don't you ever feel afraid when go confederates could have signaled over
Bradley was as eci-entrlc ns he was orange has been evolved. And these are only samples of what has been
ing about so late at night?” she asked, the Union lines In the Civil War at the been no wind, He feared that it was wealthy. He was a native of Bangor, done.
on learning that the small messenger assault on Fort Fisher, while at the a warning of some disaster about to Me., where his father, as the son
The American farmers have an invested capital of $20,000,000,000. Thia
worked habitually until midnight.
Investment of Fort Morgan, after Far overtake their party.
Is n great agricultural nation, and Uncle Sam doesn't forget It Glance at
proved to be, wax a successful lumber
was
not
for
them.
On
The
disaster
“Oh. no.” he answered somewhat ragut's fleet had passed Inside, and the
man. In the early 80s he went to Home of the things he does to help and protect the farmer:
loftily. “There ain’t nothin’ for a fel fort was entirely cut off from the Con that evening occurred il the earthquake Wisconsin and entered the lumber
The bureau of animal industry made last year nearly 80.000,000 ante
which
destroyed
the
distant
city
of
low to be afraid of. If there's a fuss federates, the latter could have sent
business In n small way. Then be got mortem lns|>eetlona of meat animals and about 30,000,000 |>ost-mortem In-
Mendoza
and
crushed
twelve
thousand
or anything, all you’ve got to do ia to dispatch bombs over the Federal lines
In with some Mllwflukee ciipltallsta H|M*ctions. The meat Inspection stamp wns a filled to over 23,000,000 pack
cross over to tlie other side of the slreet without a single message being Inter ¡M-ople to death beneath the ruins. That and begnn operating near Muskegon, ages of meat. And this is only ¡>art of the bureau's wqrk.
the subterranean wave extended east
cepted.
and keep on about your business.”
Mich. This venture was very profit
The land grant agricultural collages have an attendance of 42,000.
At present the navy Is experiment to the Plata and southward Into Pat able, and made
“I tell you. though.” he confided later,
wealthy.
The export trade in fruit and vegetables is assisted by ths Introduction
agonia
was
afterward
known;
for
in
when the two had walked two long ing with wireless telegraphy, says the
of Improved methods of handling. Inqiorted food products are examined
blocks In company and his reserve hail Washington Post, which, of course, the cities of Rosario and Buenos Ayres
fur Injurious substances. Important Investigations have been made In ths
clocks stopped, and a slight shock was
thawed. “I tell you when I do feel can be used as a means of communi
sugar lalioratory with a view to Improving tlie quality and quantity of table
also
experienced
in
the
Carmen
on
the
bothered, and that’s after I’ve got home cation even with an enemy Interven
syrups. Weather bureau warnings are of the greatest aaalstancs to agri
Rio Negro.
culture. The Department of Agriculture Is a worker for forestry, the bureau
of a night and am going up the Inside ing. but there are many points about
the bomb which render it efficacious
of forestry being a part of It. The bureau of soils employs over 175 persons.
stairs.
The Tartar qiirur.
The department published last year 757 different publications, with a total
"You see. we live on the top floor. It s In places where the telegraph could
Herbert Allen Giles, in "China and
circulation of 10,588,580. Although th« cost of publlcatluns amounts to
a long way up and pitch dark, and I'm not be conveniently utilized.
the Chinese,” says that there are
$8<H).iMa> a year. It la Inadequate to supply the demnnd.
always thinking there’s something
strange
misconceptions
as
to
the
mean
llutterflies as Food.
there on the landing that's going to
e<l W 8. Crouch of Tacoma, Wash., at handle sword or lance. About fifteen
Millions of butterflies are eaten pt Ing of the Chinese queue, which lias
Jump out at me. One night I heard
the Raleigh.
years ago a tomb was opened at Ca
really been worn by that nation for
ery
year
by
the
Australian
almriglnes.
something move and heard breathing,
"The other night, shortly after ar pon. which contained a remarkable
only about 250 years.
The
Insects
congregate
In
vast
quanti
anil thought sure I was done for.”
riving here, I got Into an accidental specimen of a well made artificial leg.
It was Imposed by the Manchu
“And was it nnytblng?” the woman ties on the rocks of the Bugong Motin tars, the present rulers of China,
talk with a gentleman who chanced to It wan composed of thin sheets of
tains, and the natives secure them by
asked. Interested.
I m * my vls-a-vls at dinner. He was a bronze, riveted together, and fastened
badge of conquest. Previous to
kindling
fires
of
damp
wood
and
thus
"I can't tell." he said. "It was too
stranger, and as 1 was In the same cat to a wooden core. Iron bars connected
the Chinese clothed themselves
suffocating
them.
Then
they
are
gath
dark to see and I went on fast. It didn’t
egory It was pleasant to have someone •he leg with a bronze belt round the
dresM-d their hair like the modern Jap
get me. if it was there. But I’m on the ered In baskets, baked, sifted to re anese; that la. like the Japanese who
to chat with. Moreover, be was evi waist of the skeleton, and there were
move the wings, and finally pressed
lookout for it ever since.
dently a gentleman of standing and re traces of a wooden foot. The Iron hand
still
wear
what
I
b
incorrectly
known
as
W.
n.
BRADI.
KT.
“It wouldn’t be any use to tell mother Into cakes.
spectability and looked like a man of of Gotz von Berllchlngen la historic,
the "beautiful native dress of Japan."
uor to move nor nothin',” he added.
Butterfly Buns.
As a matter of fact, the Japanese bor moved to Milwaukee, but the inactivi good Intelligence, lie was well dress but among the German knights of bls
"We can get the top ro >ms for cheaper
Millions of butterflies are eaten pt - rowed their dress, as well as their lit ty of city life palied on him and be ed and his whole aspect betokened pros time there Is record of one who had
rent and I have to stand ft. But I mind ery year by the Australian altorlglnes. erature. philosophy and early art. from decided to found a city In the primeval perfty.
an Iron foot which weighed nearly ten
goin' up them six flights In the middle The insects congregate In vast quanti the Chinese. The Japanese dress Is forest.
"lie found out that I bailed from the pounds, and with this pedal extension
of the night more than anything else ties on the rocks of the Bugong Moun that of the Ming period in China, 1388
He traveled up the Wisconsin valley West and the Information pleased him. he could kick so bard that bls servants
till he reached the place where Toma T like Western people Immensely,’ be finally stole It and threw It Into the
tains sml the natives secure them by to 1044.
I have to do."
The woman changed the conver«atfon kindling fires of damp wood and thus
But where did the Manchu Tartars hawk now stands. There be built a •alii. 'They are not so ceremonious and Rhine. He had a second made which
to brighter themes. But when the way suffocating them. They then are gath get the queue? They depended, as a saw mill and a large hotel, with ap so hard to get acquainted with as those shared the fate of the first, and bfl
ended that they could travel in com ered in baskets, linked, sifted to re race, almost for their existence upon pointments equal to those found In who live In the East. 1 am a Western then contented himself with a foot
pany and the boy had said good flight move the wings, and finally pressed the horse. Tlie Accepted theory is that, large cities. lie started a newspn|>er, er myself and am tickled mightily to made of German oak. The servants
and scudded off on his affairs, her into cakes.
out of gratitude and res|M*ct for hi* built and stocked a general store, and meet you. Come here, waiter, and take and retainers of hla castle did not ap
noble ally, the Tartar, so far as be then waited for the population which tlie gentleman's order.’ As I was Bay parently mind being kicked with
thoughts reverted to childish days
Testeil Him.
when she. too. was afraid of the dark,
could, took on himself the equine form, he was sup* would follow him. As ing. being from the West myself, It Is oaken foot, but they drew the line
"What kind of an Impression did vov and grew a queue In Imitation of a the timber about his mill was cut a real comfort to run across you.’
and believed that It harbored bugab . s
Iron.
and specters ready to spring out on un make on Miss GotroxT*
*' 'And may I ask where your borne
horse's tall. This somewhat grotesque down an<l sblpia-d to market he built
railroads,
adding
miles
and
miles
aa
Famous Frosaa In Kn*lan<l.
"Dunno;
result
rather
ambiguous.
I
offending children —New Y'-rk Sun.
IsT
theory might fall to ’lit ground, nave
The lowest temperature recorded
told her I would die for her.”
“ ‘My home, air, la Pittsburg. Pa..
that it is supported by striking evi he needed them Ev< rythlng he touch
ed seemed to torn to gold, and invest I am proud to live in auch a great and Ixmdon during the past forty years
MESSAGES SENT IN BOMeS
"Yea?”
dence.
ments which to others seemed the enterprising city,’ Later on, when I was in January. 1*17. when the ther
"Well, she smiled sweetly."
offiical coats, as seen ln
i’
Dl.p.tche. Placed 1« C.nnon and
height of folly brought him fortunes.
“Of course.”
mometer fell to *7. or nearly 28 de
the present day. are made with pe . u
Hurled to Their Deallnat on.
While Tomahawk was still In Its In told him that I balled from the town of grees of frost, but this undesirable
"And begged me to try another piece liar sleeves, shaped like a horse s leg.
Tacoma,
be
asked
me
If
I
was
in
One of the most Intereating «ugges
famy Mr Bradley established another
of her cake."- Baltimore News.
and ending in an unmistakable h<s>f. town at Mpirit Falla, and In this, too, Washington Territory, and seemed sur record was almost equaled during the
tlons recently submitted to the mill
covering the hand, which are known he was successful. He became fabu prised when 1 told him Washington bad famous long frost of 181*5. when for
tary authorities Is that made by Cap
Not a Nmooth Hoad.
as
"horseshoe sleeves." Em a«ed there lously rich, and the fortune left his t>een a Ntste for the last thirteen years." one whole 'lay In February the mer
tain Hardin Beverly IJttl-pnge at
Prudence—I should hate to go riding
cury never roue above 8 degrees. The
In.
a Chinaman’s arms look mm-h like widow Is estimated at $40.000,000. — — Washington Post.
present employed In the dlvls-n of In Freddy Richly’, auto- he's always
coldest December was In 1800, tbs
a horse's fore logs The tall completes Utica fllobe.
navsl war records In the Navy Depart runn.ng over someone.
coldest February In IMAI and the cold
Artificial l.lmba.
ment. It •» “ n,>w method In the for
Prunella Yes It must be terribly the picture.
est Mach In 1883 The warmest De
The
manufacture
of
artificial
limbs
Hla AiSlon of the West.
warding of iHspBtcbes In the time of bumpy riding. Smart Net.
A talaable Pearl.
"This surely Is a great country, since Is of very ancient origin. Tbs grand cember occurred tn 1*18, the warmest
war. . system by which tinje will be
A p»arl fisher of Western Australia we have arrived at the point that father of Catiline tn early Ilfs lost bin January In 18M. the warmest Febru
After people pass 50. when they
almost obliterated, while there will b*
han found a ¡warl slue»- lalue ., esli- geogrsbplial terms no longer convey right hand In battle, but made himself ary Io 1*W and the warmest March la
tx> danger of the courier falling ¡»to laugh. It Bounds as If It were d-nalag
■is ted at $75.tM<i.
suy adequate idea of location," remark an Iron substltata with which be could IM*
up
out
of
the
cellar.
the tiand^of the foe.
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