I
emlnbHeoea mi Old tlajt HbW Crtae
llna Rated. -
It -bamieiiwi in the old crinoline
days. My aunt who was then living
lit a country tow u. had pine out shop
ping one morning and was standing
til High street, talking to a lady
trind. a Mrs. Gumworthy, the doc
tor's wife. She (my aunt") had- on a
new criuoline that morumg. in winch,
to use her own expression, she rather
fancied herself. It wasa tremendous
ly bis one, as stiB as a wire fence. U
set oeautifutly. I tier were standing
tu trout of Jenkins, the draper's, and
mv aunt thinks thai it (the crinoline)
must have got caught up in some-
.i.,.r n..,i,,r tW lr. i i
(f" ...
ui ujr ucruiiu iu
tliAl an absurdlr larsre and powerful
bulldog, who wis footing round about j
there at tbe time, managed, Bomehowr ,
or other, to squirm in under tnyaunta !
crinoline and etlectualtr unprmon
htmseir beneath it Finding hitnaclf
snuut-uly in a dark and plooniy chain
her the dog, naturativ enough, got
irujutened and made frantic rushes !
pel out But whichever way lie
clmrged there Was the crinoline lit
from of lmn. As he new, he of course,
carried it with him, and with the
crinoline, of course, went mv aunt
lint nobody knew tiiecijlanalion. My
aunt heneif did not kuow what had
happened. Nobody had seen the dog
creep inside the crinoline.
Ail the people did see was a staid
and eminently respectable middle
aired ladr, suddenly, and without any
apparent reason, tiit-ow her umbrella
u,wn in tbe road, fir up High street
at the rate of ten miles an hour, rush
across at the imminent risk of her life,
uart down it aain on the other side.
ruh sideways, like au excited crab,
imo a grocer's shop, rush three times
round the shop, upsetting the whole
stock in trade, come t ut of tbe shop
i ..j i.i. j......,.
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on ihecurb, and tbenaway up the hill
apaiiuas ifshebad only just started,
a.uiewuueKrenu.u.goutatuiBwp
ofhtr voice fors.eb,Kjy to stop her.
t.f course erervbodT tiiought that she
ai, mad. The peo'Dle flew before her
lite cl!aff beforethe wind In less i
i,,..t, i nl. Hitrh cmm !
iwert The towusfoii scampered into I
l-r shops and bous and barricaded
A DOG STORY.
toe doors, isravemen uasneuoutana j wuOT,fai.w.jirMMMu, i?uuun, di.au,
raujrut up litUe children and bore . heBOopm. ounces, 6U3: dydrasrine
"ibem to piaees of safety amid cheers. hydrochlorate. onnces. (I W.80; papay--t'arLs
and carriages were abandoued, i onn. used as a solvent for the diphtber
while the drivers climbed up lamp , itic membrane, 18 ounce bottles, per bot
jitKts. What would have happened j tie, 1S9.S0. Besides the above there
had tlieshow gone on much longer j are various prejiarations made from the
whether myanut would have beenshol, : Calabar bean the cost of which is amas
or t'ne fireengiue broujht into requi-, ing. They are chiefly used in diseases
sition against her, it is impossible, ' of the eye.
iavmg regard to the terrified state of j One is callrf physostigmine alkaloid,
me crowu, to say. rorvuiiawiy iur
l . i i. -;.!.
ni.T. sue uecaine huuuhcu. iiu
0D
oespainng snnes sue gave way, ana
.idown on the dog. and peace reigned
Mce mom in the sweet rural town.-
TuuJeysHagaane.
..-.,, , , , for this pvrawid of cuetlv stuffs, which
Sur Nicholas kemeya, Bart of Cefn ; atnruiothe m8tomer wUo te ahto
Mab v. was accounted oue of the . . ... , , , , ,
aWgM men of Ins dav.an'da tT-ttheremmMhtim.-.-J
nt lnm.rnrmhor.tiva of h f or a 2 ounce pbial.-St Louis Be-
grcat su-engrtli, still exists in Glamor-1
g-Aiiiihire. Tbe story runs that one j
sainmer evening, as eir xvicnoias was
wiping in tbe SXr puk Gdn
Jiaoiy wiib some guests, an latmeuc .
man Idling an ass, upon whtch was
luting the compan
humbly Mippoeed that the lince gen
tienian heliau the uonorot auuressmg
was the strong. Sir Nicholas Kemevs.
Trie sirauger being answered in t'lie
affirmative, declared himself a noted
Goniii.1. wrestler who had never been
t 'trown. and that having beard from a
AVek-lmian, whom he had met at
Bristol, of the great bodily strength of
bir iticbofas. had made this journey
to see his honor, adding that, if it
were not asking too -great a laror, be
trusted Sir is'icholas would condescend
to "try a fail" with him. The baronet,
smiling, assented, but advised the
Comisbman first to go to the buttery
and gel refreshment '
Tne Orv.islimaii declined with
many thanks. Baying he was quite
fresh; so they fell to wrestling, and in
a moment the Cornishniao was thrown
urns ha hack. The baronet assisting
km to arise, asked him if he was not
satisfied of his strength. The reply
was, "not unless you throw me over
the park wall !" The title continues
to say that tins was readilr complied
with,- when the unsatisfied wrestler
entreated thai Sir Nicholas would
tnrow lius as after him over the wall,
winch was accordingly done!
A place is still shown in the ancient
twit wall as the scene of the exploit
A hue picture now at Ofn Mably, in
the possession of CoL Kemcyt Tynte,
represents Sir Nicholas as of great
sv.turesnd apparent giganticstreiigth.
He was si.iuw-qiK-r.lly killed at Chep
slowca&tle, in defending it against the
troops of Cromwell, having slain
many of theeneuiy with his own band
in the sortie in which he fell 81
Lout Gkbe Democrat
A Widow's Ettoeommoat.
laura Did you ever know of any
' one suite so wise as Constance Weed!
Lditb Wise! Wbr, she's a widow
1 again, in deep mourning.
' LaaraThats just it She found
teal sue locus best in black, (0 she
larnea a freii-ht brakenuiu everr
HARRY JEWETT.
II I Ukelv to Wla a Ma ta law
, Sooata rfcomoloMftejIa.
As the time for the National cham
pionship panics craws n-.ar, specula
tion is rile as to who wilt win the sev-
era! events. As nstml, great Interest
is centered in the luoyard dash. This
event promises to he as close and ex
citing as it was lust year, when John
I wens. Jr.. of the letrolt Athletic
eltth. heat L. H. iarv, of the Manhat
tan Athletic cluo. by six inches, break
ing the world s amateur record of tea
seconds by one-hnh of a secand,
Owens will not run this rear, nut
u Athletic club will send a
""""J -ur . u. narry
JeweM. who they expect and depend
Son to defeat tary. Jewelt twenty-
.ud weiphs in runnin costume m'
- tnniim: u. k.. . .twtt umt I
0f natural speed, and there ckd be liV
tie doubt that under the able tuition
-
' jfnm .Ls1H
l-feVvf '"'I ;
of Hiae Mnrphf. bin trainer, he has
or a ainrpm
learned to start fawt It he hu maa-
txTfd the be wUi piT. Cry ,
jTr'
''.. ttiy Umja.
A d ye might
iwiiw ind th. diSerent sised
rL, , , T "r. v .7 .7Tj
bottles and plnals n which they e d:
AMncm- . o. -ts 1. .a; eolo-
evntlun, 8 ounces. $114..a; eonune
bydrocbJorate, M onneea. e.S; eycla-
t . n.vo; uigiwun, i
and cwrfs iiEI.jO ner ounce nh at Phv-
r -
sostigmioe crystals are still more expen-
, rtTe mii Sj om)Ce bottle, at I
, of M mi motiim prepani.
VMmr -a phTOHtlgmilMI
'athcvlate crystals, an arUtocratie drug
, that surely famishes a fitting cap abesi
Pnulic '
mM km inxl... to fa
Alliert Boehm, of thiscity.ii
mttlitiiiiatmaht Hehasalarge
of 1 Iia d
ice o( ahim tbBm
fair, and had his museum in a tent on
i oe j - o-
j ""TP1 b-T tuf ,t aai
taaV ' coons which were til tea stake
near tu entrance. He did not know
what the animals were and asked the
j professor, who told him they were coons,
! and said: "If you will give metes cents
! and come insidsTue tent, when you come
j out yon will know more about natural
history than any of your normal profi
sore." The offer was a good one. but the
gentleman refused and turned away.
Professor Boebm asked a bystander who
it was, and was told, "Professor , of
the Winona normal school." La Croats
Leader.., - 1 . ' .
The Kef. Came, .
The climax in golf has come is Eng
land. It is not simply men who work
chiefly with their brains judges.clergy-
men, artists, josmalists, members of
parliament and novelist that have
takes to it almost en masse, and are
sever weary of singing its praises as the
sole perfect cure for dyspepsia, the mea-
gnms and worry. Young athletes are
abandoning cricket and football for golf,
and are competing with each other as to
who can "drive tbe longest ball Ex
change.
Is the United Kingdom 30,000,000
hens lay on an average ninety eggs each
per amrnm, of which ten are reserved
for botching. It follows that the home
product is 1,600,011,000, which added
to the number imported gives 2,700,000,-
000, or seventy-three per inhabitant
Data of tbe trials of three large steam
ers, showing the comparative merits of
large and small screws, show that pro
pellers of small diameter have in each
case proved the more economical and ef
fective, both increasing tbe speed and de
creasing the cool consumption.
Olives by conraion consent are taken is
; the fingers, and it is also permissible to
A Astasia riotvT.
Fn round ml roofs Muni) runutt mark straw; i
Ilompw&rd from ftkmntiijr tn Ui wuWily wbaet.
High Ofwlxad Ui tuimh rook tautrth Uow,
Ami cuiiotw acortw cracter nth your ft.
No brraws bq Lrwuti, Ytwrwt. Ur MHttouw
Iroodt,
Whenr the faint smofa flfaw frajrrTriUy awty;
And id ill uu&untw U batf iuuy wood
tikiw ttitb Slip borrrn glory of tWjr.
Vainly the bramble kUrivf to (irai itw hffdg.
Whone fetUteM mim ufiow many an empty iw-t;
Thv ebtll fwol mUuduIm ruund lite waded ndga,
Aud as thw budihh aanlUrut in tbi tttut
FunuKoJ mm come enwpiup 3wti ttte dala.
And Mluwd Autumn wwiw twt)ind br nil.
A Ural Austin la Saturday Bevte.
Tw Eneilah Aathonw
I reached Loudon just too late for the '
annual authors dinner, whirl, ia one of
the events f the aeason there, and on ;
this account, and because my time was
almost entirely taken up by the bw
Zt ' l;, ; " " i
busrne about which 1 had pone over, I
did not meet as many of the literary ; Jmr ynr, a(r N ,(ler having spent
men as I should have liked to meet. 1 Years in traveling in foreign countries,
saw a good deal, however, of Edmund ; he poMiessed a style of conversational
Gosse, who is one of the most polished powers that was fascinating and in
and delightful of men, and has always resting.
been verv kind to me. His faonrn is a
sort of center, his Sunday evenings being
delightful
occasions where one may
meet a score of writers, sculptors and ' ,wt. but was informed of her engage
painters. ment to Mr. Uinirham. Too honorable
Occasionally I met him at lunch at his to urge his suit further after learning
club, where he would get Austin Dob- this. Winter took his departun for
son, who is, like himself, in an official Europe and spent two months there on
ia-ii.i...ii A nM.in. businesa. While in Paris a cablerram
r..., h. .nw(i.i0',rf lit. Kiu
Die mm to cmnv toe muses on soms-
inmg a nine oeuer man -wen reeo. ,
notn iwDaon anu uosse are oirecuy in
line for the laureateship when it shaB
fall vacant, though no one knows who
will get it 1 am indebted to both of
tlum. f.- much mmiraiij lr,..,u. flea
is a ood sued, handsome man. of the
blonde English type, with the cheeriest
face and voice, anu wherever he goes it
grows warm ana oomiortauie. imdsoo
is somewhat older. Both of them strike
me as being among tbe most cultured
men I ever met They have English lit
erature at their fingers' ends, and dwell
in an atmosphere which is redolent of
tbe masters. Thomas Kelson page is
Richmond Times. ,
stole Boats from a Oeaieterj.
That too ingenious person who stole
bronxe and marble busts from the ceme
tery of Montparnaime, touched them np
and sold them as efflgie of famous he
roes, statesmen or orators, has at last
met with the ponishment which bis
lugubrious labors deserved. Moreau,
fur so the new kind of "resurrection
man," to adopt the phrase of Dickens, is
called, came op before the eighth tri
bunal of police, and was soon sentenced
to three years' imprisonment
The singular thefts perpetrated by
Moreau in the cemetery lung passed on
perceived. He was accordingly able to
make some money by his dismal and de
plorable transactions, and it is consid
ered probable that many of his trans
formed bnsts now adorn not only the
humble homesteads of artisans is Paris,
bat also the libraries and museums of
some provincial towns. On one occa
sion he is said to have sold tbe effigy of
4 worthy professor of tbe Sorbonne as
that of a famous general of the revolu
tion, while on another he passed off the
bronze presentment of a departed grocer
as that of a Demosthenes. -Pari Cor.
London Telegraph. .
tore gortltooo m a xtog-.
Many of the sportsmen of Wilming
ton will perhaps remember Sailor, the
fine pointer dog of air. J. A. Brown, of
(Jhadbonrn. He was an extraordinary
hunter and retriever, with almost hu -
man tact, and Us owner valued him at
,.,, . .
several hundred dollars. A few days
ago this fine dog was run over by the
train at Chadbonrn, and his left fore leg
was crushed off, leaving a pieoe of the
bone protruding.
MrJ&rows hated to kill his valuable
and faithful dog. so he got Dr. A. Mc
Kinnon to amputate the crashed mem
ber. When the operation was perform
ed Bailor obeyed the command to lie
down, and never even gave a whimper
when the work was done. The poor ani
mal's muscles were contracted with
pain, bntwith a few sympathetic ca
resses from his master he lay perfectly
ttiil until the amputation was perform
ed. Wilmington Messenger.
Full of EntororlM.
A boy with a mowing machine called
at a house on Second avenne the other
day, and asked the woman if she wasted
the grass cut
"Mercy, nor shereplied. "No one cuts
grass at this season."
"Ill contract for next Bpriug,H contin
ued the boy.
"But I may be dead by that time.
"Then I'll contract to sea that your
grave is kept green!" Detroit Free
Press.
AsehfovtheoMeetclc
iOIUHW BUU" UW Villi OVUM ilU-
ott, vicar of Bandwick, will he 100 in
three months, t Be preached np to die
age of OS regularly, and occasionally last
year. He goes to church 'now regularly
every Sunday, and occasionally visits
parishioners.
Tbe 5th of November, which, eves in
the memory of those who do not con
sider themselves old, was generally ob
served ia England as "Gunpowder Day,"
is said to be now almost ignored, even in
London.
After exhaustive experiments the
French postomce has decided to sobsti
tnte a coiinar coated steel wire in nlaco
of the ordinary iron wiro for telegraphic
and telephonic ser .
A GEORGIA i ROMANCE,
How Ifcartral Winter HU
TjOt takeit ttome (iieer tumft. So
muat think Tuorwald Winter, whowoa
marted last week to Misa Anderson,
au heiress of Brunswick, ia. Two
weeks before Mim Anderson wu to
huw be ome the wife ot K. W. tiiug
ham ol the ; a cue place.
Winter was mmmuned from raria,
where he wa on a tour of Europe, to
act as be&t man. and now be has be
etme the prine.pal. The sudden tor
mioatiou of the enirairemeat was the
action of litnjrhura iti calling on his in-
tended the day before the proposed
weddiuif. while intoxioitted, and at-
mptini? o kiss hia propsed mother-
in law.
Ihe tale of W inter s disap-
f l.V ""
in hi love affairs
Anderson is interesV
tntr. .Vtnt'fii lit film mnntrv
" v '
eraon and it waa a caw of love
ui, w km. ki.
announced the date of Miss Anderson's
ninrriaireto llintrham. and W inter re
tnrn(Kj Dnme ,c, tt b st Dun. Ht
,rriT1)d American soil in good time,
kna n-u M0n speeding toward Itruns
wluk. Arriving there he made all
preparations to act his part in the
ceremmy, hut was surprised when
calling for the rehcur'al to learn that
t.ne bride n"""! "ad teft the city for
- tl SZZIZZ.
.i,.,,,.. ..j, m.r,.ii
SHE TOOK THE TOWN.
A BalUshora Sorter Ctrl
Society Prowa.
raves
Baltimore is ringing with praises for
alias Minnie liraclioid Washburn, who
JfissJiimrirenasukink-
braved the scorn of former society i
sociates and appeared in t'ghts in "In
digo'' to relieve her parents in distress.
.Miss tVashb.trn was formerly a
leader in society, eiome months ago
the firm of Townsnd A Washburn,
stock brokers, failed leaving ber
father, Lansing .0. Washburn, penni
less. Then the daughter decided to
go on the statre. first as a chorus girh
then as anything to which Iter talents
1 and success might entitle her. Her
debut was made lust week. The thea-
j er was paused to its uttermost fcvery
1 time ,b male hr appearance before
tli't W wu a tumult of
applause that shook the house. Hhe
'r ; . ... ,r h ,.,,
but many will say at the expense of
ner nwuesty.
A Cheek Cor tl.000,000. ,
The largest check ever drawn in this
country was that given by Jay Uould
to Tbomu Allen for the Iron Moun
tain railroad He paid S'.'.ooo.ooU for it
and handed Allen a ch-ck for that
amount upon bis acceptance of the
offer, Allen looked at tiie paper that
represented this vast amonnt and said:
"Isn't this a good deal of money for
one man to bare hi one bank?" 1 don't
know,M replied Gould. -'Ferhaps it is.
Let me have the check." Alien then
handed the cheek back to tiould and
he handed It over to hU office boy, say
ing: "Hera, boy, take this check to
the bank and have the cashier certify
to it" And the boy went out and did
it ,
A too IsJaiMl airatery.
Hempstead, L. I., has a mystar
which seems to be exciting a certal
neighborhood there. The other nigh
Precills ana Jennie Wood, aged 14 an
In, left their home. The folio win
morning their mother found two le
ters on the center table biddinir th
parents good-by, telling them not to
j be anxious about their whereabouts.
..I ... -
said, bad been made very unpleasant
for them of late. Ther had packed
np articles of clothing ia satchel and
emptying their mothers pocket-book
of its contents lert with no further
directions. They are attractive girls
of good figure, not is ttte least tor-
ward Is their manners, and their
acquaintances are nnable to account
for their disposition to leave home. No
trace oi tuem can tie touna.
PaaaM Over tbe spoils.
The granting of permission to the
starving B ussian peasantry to use tbe
Imperial forest bas led to many burg,
iaries and depredations on tlie Imper
ial, farm, the famisning people fighting
i & K"e le shading blood over
I the spotis.
: 0m
A PRETTY ROMANCE.
4 Glftea Boa Fraaclioe Toanc Woman
Artist Moit M Intormtloi Start
People who noticed is The Examiner
window a splendid oast of the head of
Sitting Bull will be internted to hear
he pretty romance of the young artist -
whose work i t was.
It was modeled by Miss Alice Hide
out, a young lady of less than 18 years
at age, who has already shown such tal
ent that she bids fair to take front rank
among the host of artists that the Pacuio
4ope can claim as its own.
Her first start in her chosen profcssicin
an he directly traced tn a large English
mastiff owned by her family, although
iter artistic aspirations date hack to her
early childhood. One day, while accom
panied by the mastiff, she passed the
inen door of a sculptor s studio, 1 he
animal rnshed in and, with apparent de
liberation, knocked over the pedestal (
upon which was placed for exhibition
the artist's latest work. An arm and
leg were shattered, and the piece lay a
seeming wreck on the floor. The at
tendant was wild.
The girl endeavored to make excuse
for tbe dog, but nothing would answer.
Offers were made to pay for the damage.
but to no avail. The man, dreading that
upon the artist's ret urn he would lose
his position, was inconsolable. Tbe girl
begged to be allowed to repair the piece,
and after repeated entreaties the man
consented, with the remark that while
he did not believe it conld be fixed, he
hwas very certain she could not injure it.
He mixed the clav for ber, and watched
with interest the nnpracticed fingers
doing the work that the accomplished
artist had so lately finished and taken so
much pride in. As hour passed with
most gratifying remits; the arm was re
stored and was perfect; the attendant
was happy.
Another honr the leg approached com
pletion, when lo, the artist appeared on
the scene. He took in tbe situation at a
glance, and unnoticed by tbe occupants
of tbe room watched the work. Fin
ished, explanations are in order and
given. The artist is charmed, declares
the work of restoration has added new
charms to tbe piece, and having heard
from the girl tbe great ambition of her
life, went with her to ber borne and in
sisted that her parents should allow her
an opportunity to learn the art for which
she evidently had so much inherent tal
ent lias Francisco Examiner.
Oimltmco.
How few people realise tbe results of
extensive drainage, such as a highly civ
ilised country present. No inconsider
able changes are wrought by artificial
drainage. Much of surface water, in
stead of being left to form marshes, sat
urate the soil or be taken np by evapora
tion, is larried away underground
through drain pipes. Consequently the
air is not so moist as formerly,' and the
soil, instead of being constantly chilled
by evaporation, is rendered warm and
genial This result has been particu
larly noticed in England and Scotland,
where very extensive arras have been
artificially drained.
- Holland has bees, one might say, re
claimed from the sea. The water has
been dyked out, and many parts of the
country that were the bottom of the sea
are now dry land, and though below sea
level form tbe homes of happy and in
dostrions coiumnnities. Yeats sgotiiere
were along the lower banks of tbe Mis-
sissippi "drowned lads," subject to over
flow and nninbahitable, ooveringan area
larger than the state of New York.
Many of these lands hare been reclaimed
by means of levee. Thus, by man's in
genuity, are the surface, climate and
general physical Condi tun of the earth
being changed. New York Ledger.
Antiquity of i'loylu Cards.
The game of cards was first played in
tbe east, and seems to have had a mili
tary origin. Cards were introduced
from Asia into Europe at tbe tune of the
Crnsade, and were first used by necro
mancers to foretell fortunes. They soon
became a popular amusement in the
south of Europe, where tbe Saracens
and Moors taught the people how to use
them, and card playing spread to all
parts of the continent. The state records
of vtirmany mention the fact that Ku
dulph 1, in was f ond of the game
and played with his courtiers.
After the invention of paper the manu
facture of cards became extensive, but
docliued somewhat when card playing
was forbidden by several of the Qermau
states and by tbe English government
tm account of the supposed immoral
tendency. Before the era of paper, cards
in the Orient were made of ivory, papy
rus and canvas, less frequently of the
precious metals, and quite commonly of
wood. lit Louis (ilobe-Democrat.
Careful.
A wise parent thinks twice before an
swering a bright boy's question.
"Papa,'' said Johuny, who bad re
cently joined a debating society, "is it
correct to say, 'The noes has it,' or 'The
noes have it?"
"It depends,, my son, on whether yon
are talking about a vote or about a cold
is the bead." Youth's Companion,
aoador Than t)i Borneo Juliet Com.
Miss Bond Alas, Comte, papa says I
shall never marry you,
Comte de Hani-sou And did mademoi
selle show monsieur se proofs sat 1 am
a Comte de Sanssou?
Miss Bond Yes, and he said if you
could have proved yon were an impostor
ac might have given hiscontufc-
vie, man t been out of black crepe help one's self to cut sugar with tbe uig
'"' jears. Pittsburg Bulletin. , its, although the nse of the sugar tongs
I is preferable, - -
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