)1 STAY, STAY AT HOME, MY HEART. Btay. iiay at nome, my In-art. mid rmti ilouin kitiiiliiu tii'iirtH are Iiaiiient; ftur tlionu thtti wander (liny know nut where . Am full of tnnililti utiil mil of uare: To stay hi iiuiue in ukhu i Weary awl htniitlk and dlturewted, Tiiey waiitl.tr uiwi. they wHixlar wont. And are bafttwl it ml Ixtiuini and blown about By the wimU ( Hie wtlduriiutm of doubt: To stay at Iiihuh l hunt Than may at Ihhum. my .mart, i The bird in .rnt In Uh nwtt; i nwti O'er all Dial lluttr thiilr whip, and fly A bawk la ImvtM-liiK hi th sky; To May at homo In heat. Longfellow. HIS DUTY. Beniiie Waters got up ut dayltKht that morning to build the lira and warm the room fur his mother, who was tint strong, and found the keen air of the eiirjty Mprliig very trying in their rudely built cabin a few nilles out on the plains from the vil lage. All the time be was about thin labor of love be was Uilnking of the fortuuute opening likely to be bin that day. He bad been nearehiitK for something to do lit the vtllitgo, for m attorn were getting eriousiu their little home. The mother bad been wick ho low, and their ex pen Hen bod been so heavy, Unit the little they bad saved against a time of need wiih now com pletely gouo. Next to nothing remained for tli ii u to live upon; und, if possible, he must lind work of Nome kind to keep actual want from the door. So for two or three days previous to tide morning he hml been looking for work, but without success. He wan either too young or not strong enough, or they had no work ! lor a boy, and he bad liecome well nigh discouraged. The evening before, how ever, just hm he waa about to give np trying further lor that day, be had stepped into the store of field & Swinburne, hard ware dealers, and asked if they reeded a boy. He was shown Into the oftice, where lie found Mr. Swinburne alone, That gentleman, ufter making some In quiries as to Heuule's age and where be Jived, aaid: "Yea, we do need a boy; but Mr, Field is now out of town. You may come tomor row morning at 9 o'clock, and we will see what can he dune for vou. Mind, now, and be on time, as we Khali hire the first boy that comes along." ' "What wages would you be apt to pay V fiennie ventured to ask. "Oh I two or three dollars a week," an swered Mr. Swinburne cureleasly. "It de pends altogether on how well you work." So Beanie built the fire, und busied him elf in cooking the putiitne all that they hod for breakfast happy at the prospect before bim, and sure tbat he would do bin best to earn the highest wages suggested. On that amount he felt confident his moth er and himself could, with proper care, live comfortably until she waa able to work agaiu. Tbe breakfaat If a diah of potatoes can be called a breakfast onoe ready, he went to the door otyiis mother's room and nailed her. "Only think, mother," he exclaimed, as they sat down at the table, "I'm to have work today; and if I'm worth it I'm to have three dollar n week, aud that'll be nough for us to live on." "Yes, indued!" responded bis mother. But I fear you are loo young to under take so much; above all, to take your long walk after each day's work." "Oh, I can stand it easily enough, mo ther," he asserted confidently. When the poor little meal waa finished he brought in several huge arm fills of wood, and arranged oh far as possible for hie mother's comfort throughout thedHy. and then put on his coat aud started. "Here is your scurf, Huttuic," anld his mother, calling him back, "it will be chilly as yon walk borne tu-ulght, and you will need It, He laughingly took it, not nalbring theb ;. hm it urm.lfi tin at .iMi-n tn him u . little later. . ' .. A11 little later. It waa not yet 8 o'clock, and he had ample time to reach the village before the appointed hour. The most direct way was down the railroad track, and he hurriedly tripped over the tiee.au happy as jt boy could well be. made a sharp turu to the rigbtujid entered what was known tut lieii way's cut, where tbe roadbed hU lawn blastim through solid rock for a uumhnr of rods. As Bennie reauked the curve he, aa a precaution, glanced hidiik tne mien to iw sure tne bho pamniKw w on was uowncre in Kut. ami then entered luecutnwuy if,-; ' ! , h. .uddenly atopped. for In Iront of h.. lay a lar. bow.der which had fn.len frj.. t he c rT above, am uomii ete v b ooked th , .. , passage. tint It was possible to clumber over It, and Bennie began to do so. Then he aa quickly gut down awuin. The thought had come to him Mutt the train, No. tt?, coming around the curve at full speed, would not have time touome to h full stop before reaching the.obHt.rtictiob,'nnd nsmashup, more or less terrible 111 iu resultH, was in- evittdile nuleMinutueotie-gaVe tlie.waniing. Ylv . .1 . out ti ue-waiR-U; to wm'ii titeain oi its Aiuimtr 'Im fitili IH rrot rniid h I. if viHatre at the uppoiltt-wl hour.' anil place. .-Indeed,, ,Ir. hw tluctly said it I if was u't luev siiontu ntre Hume otlier uovu I 1 here ww not .ttuie' enough tiO'go on to the village and luv whim one seat to 'lag the train. At least tt would be a , tremen dous risk todo mi The liist hoime lmck,tip the track, was a full mile away, and to no there and leave word to atop the traiu would also make bim late ut uie sluiiu. l Kor a mnmiHtil tit hnHlMtti-d. Mora than this, he actually lelt the cutaway ami went .1,,,- ,11........... ,.i. ..i ut n.ui T, ... , , i . .i tlie .hlKbmur. Then be came back to the track niul with ipiivei iiiK hp mil down. Ho knew It waa Ills duty, whatever the per- onal aacrlllce, to stay there and warn the train. , "lean't lenve here," .be resolutely said, If 1 do not mmm and w.,hav. t. r?:. . . . I I lie train was late.tbat morninx, .ana near v aiL.iuiirinu iit tnei'u. ne uew it, must be nlreadylto'ulouk.anil he wouuerea If eome other boy ha.l laaiu hired to till tbe plane I had oilmu. hour, ilioforg bmu so tire of. In spite of himself the grant tears would come to h ix e ytw. iJ Znrr t !la Ht,S.ll 'I Touaed him from tliedCMpair into which he tvas fast falling. Springing to his feet he exclaimed: I "1 wish I bud a red flag, an I'd atop the train easy enougn. ' Then his eye fell onhisnnrr. It waft large, and of a bright reu coi'r The next moment he bad cut a lonu stick and stretched but acarf to It widest capacity jover one end, forming a wide flag. He jnow hurried do Mi the track toward the ru uie coming train, rnoviug the acarf to and fro an be bad often Keen the flagmen do. fin rnmP thft train. Nnw It. wo nnar 'noughfortbeenglDeertoplainlyaeebim. hw old home after a long absence and The next Instant a prolonged whistle M ftnmsine the WW with ante, which Bonnie knew meant "down brakes," ot8. rang on the air. and he jnmped from the "He is about 'seventy years old," con track, tinned the speaker, "and he has had The cam shot by him, but name to a little or no education and is utterly Hi tandstill near the curve. The engineer capable of preaching a sermon. Hebe aprang from his cab, asking; -j Kevea everv word, letter and mrnctua- "Well, my boy, what l .;;?" eeforyourHelf'auHweredBeunle. i The engineer, fireman, conductor and a crowd of passeugers hurried Into tbe cut- j away, and a moment later atood by the j bowlder. "It is a bigmorniuR's work you have 1 Bone, my lad," the conductor at length aid. Had we come around that curve and stove full force Into that rock, there would ; u urn, owiii in ,iiinj bite uuivc, nuv ihu H have hifflti tarrihlfl wnrk hnnt. Hnv pnmit i you to discover Itf" So Be utile briefly told his story. "I was going to work for Field & Swin burne down at ScottKViile this morning at 9 o'clock, and left our cabin back here a couple of miles to go there Wheu I got . h,ere ' ""7 the rouk Hnd 1 k"ew ' .uht 10 stay to give you warning, though 1 a pose 1 have lost my place by It. ' he added re gretfully. "How Is that)1" asked a tall, finely dres ed gentleman standing by. "Why, Mr. Swinburne said 1 was to be thereon time," answered Hennie, "or sine they should hire some other boy."- Tbe conductor, uow decided that, with enough meu and proper tools, tbe obstruc tion could be removed in an hour or two at tbe farthest, and dispatched a measenger to tbe 'Tillage for tliem. He also advised the paHseugent to returu to the earn and make thetnslves as comfortable an possible UU""K Wl , t , Then a gentleman poke up enthtuiaa- tlcally "Let us make up a purse for the lad. Here is five dollars toward it." A hat was piuwert among tbe passengers, and a few minutes later the geutleuien an nounced: "We have got a hundred dollars. Now where Is the boyf" He could not be found, but a brakeman finally said; "1 aaw him go off toward the village 'with the man the conductor sent down , there." j "He'll lie back this way by and by likely as not," aald the conductor. "If not, It can be left at the Scottxville depot for him." t it was trne Bennie had bitKiened off to the village, hoping be might even yet reach the store lief ore some one else waa engaged. But in thin be was disappointed, for aa be entered Mr. Swiubuine's office that geutletnau looked up ut bim and curt- . ly said: "You are too late, sir, 1 engaged another lad half an hour ago learn next time to be punctual at the appointed hour.1' Poor Be'jniel Without offering a word of explanation, he left the store aud bur I lied off home. He had uo heart to look elsewhere Tor work that day at least. He knew he had done right, that his mother j Would approve of his course. Still, he i could not get over the great diaappoiut ; ment tbat bad come to him. What in the ! world Bhould they now do for bread? As he reached the cutaway, be found tbe Ineu busy blasting the bowlder to pieces, rriT . T . ul . MUO, w"UH,il"r "Look here; youngster," he said, "aren't you the boy tbat stopped the train r" "Yes, sir," promptly renponded Bennie. "Well," be went ou, "there is a gentle man up at tbe cars that wishes to see you." Wondering what could be wanted of him, Into the tyre lor oar and asked: "1h there i(iuau here who warn to see "Yes, sir," exclaimed a gentleman, drop ping bis paper aud spriuging to his feet. "We ail waut to see you. We want to tl,llnk you (or ,llKl,uKt, conduct this niorilW( lllld , w vu tlllH rel, o( mB Utdkeu oi:uur, appfeciHtion of your act" I di Tuo, l"aid Bennie I JXZl m i .1 ... .. . ;lIiiiMr...u.ii.uiwiiuli. "We can well afford to ive this money hi juu, rHniuu I-ue iibiviiian aiuuiy; "for some, of ,us would have doubtless lost our Uvea but for you, and had the over turned cars taken tire in tbat cut nous of lis oouUi have eMuiiped." n With joyful,heart HetinlB now hastened home. Jior.wna IiIh joy any lesk when his mother, after liHeuitig to his story, stud 1 1 wuuiu 1 I would rather a sou of mine should do blg duty BVBU if it foawi ua , beg, than to l i.u: .1... .1 .11.1 1 u i,u .,-u m,.ti ,.in,i P the door a ueut leman rode up ami i asked: "Are you Bennie Waters?" "Yes, sir," replied the astonished boy. "Well, here's a letter 1 was asked to leave Here,' said uie man, handing it to him. I wuureHwuauwui viuraocowiuourue," and read: HCOT8VIU.B, Kf. Mr. Heiialo Watum: I)EAiiSia-.Mr. Held, of our Arm, was upon tho train you wt uravoly warmul of lis danaer yesterday. reKiirdluHM ttf your loss. We have JuU e Imve a lic. In our .tor. for tay uke j.u. wM rurnlHli your mother ,i.n.m.ni In the village rent free, ami allow you at llrst live ilnllara a week. I trust you ( will be niiwniinlniyim eiirawli lo ovorliaik ray BniMrilonablei eurtiMiw of yesterday, for nad affuSS "Ttll'u ISS US ' Hour eai'llwii iimiveiiiniii'u let us know your de- Keapootfully soma, - timim . hi.m. U KOIlUK A. 8WIMBDHKI. Flrra of Field ft Swinburne. Sennit and his mother have already .inirlir lwi) tliO . . .. owuba i.iu w muvuva " U1U utiuii HVNWIIJ it UimiNVIV NJ IIUrtLI Kuan 1 - - nitglil I0M) t ie orahieact." tha tluia a,,,,,, n i - .-it.i nA thJ.u.. A man. on tho other bund, travels tho rail- inburne; bad dia But the irowt Howinir forth from Bennle's j t ' v..,t,. t uLm i?u..uriUr. nmn. road of reason, where there are manr there on time ' n(1,m.h "di'd .mr. ...ui ir vw lu 1 LU uur UUWH r ' U,T . . ,fM. 1 T'TTi ,Y'rr wnn, ,i , n ,t,r.bn rfonftl moved Into their comfortable hotne at tne i village, aud he Is busily at work in tin' "T Hett.i.lihr.U.vnlnK?.n.l l1on. m thnvnm'v inntr rha hiiKiimxH lie hn ' entered. He nays: "1 just did tbut morning what I knew wamy duty, aud all cameout right in Uio end. So It will always. Sunshine. Inter protl n jr the Scriptures. "There is a queer old preacher down in mv country." said a native born Mary- .mAm .,4. .-, j u r"r' , " '"" . V " , mi hattan club one evening last week, i he j OiaU had JUfit returned irom a V1S1E 10 ! tion mark in the Bible is inspired, and ... . - . ,. , a i . ma mowoa m vswmng me nwK w w read fnm the Scniture and expound nd explain his readingto the best of hu ability. "Of course the good old man quite fre- quentlv runs up against some passage most difficult to interpret. Hia method extricating mJ11Helf a8 i have reason . , . . . :nir ul' ,l his exposition of Solomon and all lug glory the other Sunday and wondered how he was going to do justice to the great king is the mutter of his thousand odd wives. All of a sudden he came un- on the passage, which he read through slowly. Then he paused, mopped nil brow and said: " 'Brethren, we have come across a difficult passage. Let us, however, not shirk our duty. We must look the diffi culty firmly in the face and pass on to the nest verse. And he promptly pro ceeded to do so, to the evident satisfac tion of his flock." New York Herald. A Typical MluUslppl Steamboat, f The City of Providence was one of a long line of Mississippi bouts edging tjhe broad, clean, sloping levee that fronts busy St, Louis. She 'was by far the largest and handsomest of the packets, but all are of one type, and that: is worth describing. They are, so far as 1 remember, all painted white, and are very broad and low. Each carries two tall black funuelB, capped with a bulging ornamental top, and carrying on rods swung between the funnels the trade mark of the company cut out of sheet iron, an anchor or an initial letter! a fox or a swan, or whatever. i There are three or four atones to the so boats first the open main deck for freight and for the boilers and engines. then the walled in saloon deck, with a row of windows and doors cut alternately close beside one auother and with pro fuse ornamentation by means of jig saw work wherever it can be put. and last of all tbe "lexas,. or officers quarters, and the "bureau." or negro passengers' cabin, forming tbe third story. Most of the large boats have the big square pilot house on top of the "Texas," but othere carry it aa part of the third story in frout of the "Texas.' The pilot house is always made to look graceful by means of an upper fringe of jig saw ornament, atid usually carries a deer's head or pair of antlers in front of it Julian Ralph in Harper's. A H tint a fur Decorations There are Frenchmen, according to M. Simon, who collect decorations just as others collect postage stamps. In cer tain official positions it appears the one thing is hardly more difficult than the other. "1 knew," he says, 'two public officials who had this inoffensive mania. One waa fat. The chain on which he hung his medals spread across his ample chest and struck downward and was lost to view in his waistcoat pocket, in tho interior of which the imagination pic tured further honorary insignia. The other was thin, to his great disgust, and he could only exhibit some thirty deco rations in a row. Some one advised him to wear a double line, just us unruly convicts wear a double chain. He did , and he was quite right His breast collection of all the animals of eti to gold, diver and e.amel. It j . i.. ... i...,i n .i,j .wuoto jmc iu .w. ... o.i uuf w u. he was sneaking, and they were very glad of this little distraction, for he was an ass. London flews. j ,' ' Tho Shape of the Shoe. Our Puritan fathers wore shoes tnod- erately peaked. About 1G 0 square toes made their appearance. In tbe reign of Mary, who died in 1608. there was a proclamation issued . tiiat no person common, and peaked onus less, accord- ing to descnptiojis given of shoes on runaway Blaves and servants. From 1787 shoe toes continued in a small pro- portion and bociune mostly pointed, This shape lasted nearly a hundred years. Square toes began again iu 1820, and in 1S3U were snuoeeded by round toee. Boston Horiild, 1' ' litoiitlB lu History. Henry VIII of. England, ifl the earlier P&rt of his reign, .posed as tt aunt He thought himself a great theologian, and u long M he wus surrounded by bru- .ttal ,.,, plinv .,. devote(1 to th, Creator than to an human being. Bnt when the fair Aune BoleYn came nrxin the sueue he. too. foil a victim, and It !ta not worthy of remark that noittor ah. nor JaneW-r.Anneof Cee or Catharine Parr could be called a bru- aette. Mew York Herald. TO CONTEST EDISON'S PATENT- HPyW1:lalniBTlm, ,,, ' . Inonndtwnt Kmnp Thirty Yoarn Ago. V I1U 111 V (.'II lt" I I I It: I IK lllKll'rCrlll' IHlIlJf nn ' toHhe electric light, it would hetn.eenough to say tbat no one invented it, for It exists in nature, and many met hods of develop ing it have been in tine formally years. Hut the incandescent lamp which gives the light permanence who invented that 1 This question la anon to be tried once more in the .New York courts, as the Mi inure in i c itw i ok uixiriis, n me ru- mr, compauj w deterum.! to hnt up the ! works of the Heacon company and all oth- ire manufacturing the lamp, and the law. HENKT GOEBEL. yers for tbe defense have brought out an entirely new claimant, or rather a claimant so old that he had been forgotten. His name is Henry Goebel; he is 74 yearsold; he is a native of Hanover, Germany, and he is a pauper! That is what it amounts to. for he is an inmate of the German Masonic home in Tappan, N. YM and has been for two years. 1 His history w a romance in applied science. In boyhood he was apprenticed to the watchmaker's trade and for many years worked only enough to secure a meager support and devoted all the rest of his time to experimenting. He invented an entirely new set of tools in his trade and many other improvements, but was so ignorant of or indifferent to business that oepateniea uoneonnem. j.ueirouoiesoi 1848 drove him to the United States, where he begun to experiment in electricity and soon had an arc light in operation on top of his house. He insists that the fire depart- mem. was caiiuu oiu. ui ni uicauuesceut lamp hesays: ! "My first filament was fine copper wire, -i This did not do at all. so I tried filaments of platinum wire. I got a little glow, which was encouraging, but that was all The wire melted. Tbe vacuum was very bad in-1 deed. 1 saw it wouldn't do at all, so I set J to work to invent an air pump which would work. I "The result was tbe invention of the mer- cury air pump. I not this patented after- ; ward, but not in the improved shape they ' use it now. Hut my pump worked all right. I fastened a long, slender glass tube to my cologne bottle and filled the whole thing, bottle and tube, with mercury, Then I turned it upside down, and the mer- cury settled down in the tube, leaving a beautiful vacuum in the bottle. Then I sealed the neck t:p with a bunsen burner, That waa all right, but my filamentwas all wrong. Every sort of metal filament melted as soon as it got hot enough to give any satisfying light." He gives in detail the experiments by which he was led to use carbon, just n ' ! ki Edison did. Being a very impracticable " i"v" " the father of 14 children, of whom seven are living, an oo poor 10 gr n imm a goou homo. Sinra the nwrm wot hold of mm. however, he has been lodging tn a tene- ment house in New Vork city with his and lively old gentleman, extremely popu lar at the Masonic home aud always at work on some mechanical contrivance. The Edison company's lawyer smile when the story is mentioned and add; "All this was brought to our attention in 1882, and we were asked to buy Mr. Goebel's work, but thet e was really nothing to buy. He Is a wonderful old man aud has doue much curious experimenting, but in this lamp affair bte wo to f no practical value whatever and ban ,,,, legal .landing. All uiis is set ..own , u m. o, , sou company for 18M." Oddly enough for a born inventor, Mr, Goebel takes theMame I Tiew of the money value of his work, but. I T '"i' w,'t,8e"tim0',lf It. As KK),0O,00O or so are i '"SSXS oon artir tut tmcovuy 01 yu anism oir , a nn,k nvV mmilcd the vo ta c arc. In 1812, by using a battery of 8,000 cells, be produced an intensely brilliant arc measur- Ing five inches, but it waa pretty nearly as trust a pwwtical impossibility, since tno expensive as burning diamonds, lu differences of temperament preclude a per Professor Dumas of Paris produced a bril- feet understanding. A man .can never sea liant light which was much cheaper, cost- woman entirely as she is or as one of her 'X""?? f,? 1 " Vlti Xl Z U0U9 ftn(i chean Sixtetai veara later Staits and Foucault in Kngland prwluced an elec- house. Iu IS78 tbe, Jablochkoff candle was ..a ;..t.. i i u.-uti.... parii J v . Mtt ii;.-. mnhil nrvri. 'Mmtihl, aA i iHn vniinn wiivwi h,u problem. Tbe interests tn vol veil may be judged from theae figures: The United States then bad $400,000,00(1 invested in gas, New York and vicinity owning about tA- OfjO.OOO of it: Kngland hail 60G,(X0,otJ0, of j wuicu f.A',inA,inju n an iu .jutiuu, rmia alone had f40,(XK),00(), and Germany some 160,000,0(10. i Greeting Friends In PubUo. I a woman is sometimes annoyed by the Informal maimer in wUch some of her in- .,..... er ia aMio. W may he . brother or a cousin who passe. her on the stieet with a nod or a oner Iford, but a strantter, noticing the greotrng,' JyTZ woman wouio hkb tue same appeurauce ot respect that she would expect from a 1ms btimate friend. Manchester Union. losses In fH(f Hotel A well known hotel man Raid recently: In all my experience I have nevor twen able to explain to my entire satisfaction, , . 1, . 1 '1 - T. 3 ... . . J , M, n . the articles in their rooms public property and persist In carrying them away. The losses to a large hotel such as the. Grand Pacific, of Chicago," be added, "run high in the thousands of dollars annually from such pilfering. No article is too insig nificant to escape the attention of the . , . . . . . ,eve9' nor '";ra Via waahstaud that may not be carted away. Knives and forks, towels and bed cloth ing are, however, tbe articles most fre quently removed. Still everything has to be watched, from the- soap in the dishes to the French clock in the bridal chamber. I ciui recall several instances of thefts of the last named article, and aa for rugs, there is scarcely a hotel proprietor In the country . who would leave one of any value in a ' room. "John Hoey was an exception to this rule, however, but after the first season or ' . so that he ran the palatial Hollywood at Long Branch he was compelled to have itemized lists drawn up of the articles con tained in every sleeping worn and auite in his house. When any guest departed an account of the contents of the room vacated was at once taken and compared with the list, and this waa done only because ex perience showed it to be necessary. "I do not know how the thieves have the face to use the marked articles," said the man in conclusion, "but the fact remains that thousands of articles are taken annu allv. and I believe that an inspection of the effects in tbe bomes of many a traveler ' would bring to light a most curious assort- W ment ol Hotel stuir picaea up aero ami there in journeying over the country." New York Herald. origin of an Indian Name. (.., One of the most prosperous clubs with" suooosed Indian names, in whose members- - can be traced no blood of our aboriginals, the "Poor Lo'h" of the school books, is the popular Wawayauda club, to whom thou- sands of their friends are indebted for the ; jolliest days of their lives. ' Their hospital-,, jty, lavishly displayed at their handsome i outoftown clubhouse, Is proverbial. In explaining the origin and meaning of the,ir title a member of the club win leu you that, "once upon a time," a noble red man- , stood in silent majesty upon the Very ground upou which the clubhouse stands, H gazing with melancholy eyes at the setting , guIL ye was thy only relic oi a great moo , of peaceful aborigines who had been swept 1 from the face of the earth or despoiled of their lands and exiled by the wicked white man. A paleface approached him with the inquiry: "Where is your tribe, noble chief?" "Way, wuy yonda," replied the red skinned lover of "fire water, That settled it, and "Wawayanda" be- came the nume of the club for want of a ' better one, for all the Indian names avail ' ftbie had been distributed among other or- . ganizations, including Tammany. There to be a touch of original sin and Ananias in the always ready explanation , but the hospitality of the club soon dispels the doubt and makes tbe visitor acknowl- " edge that, with such a welcome and good " cheer, a club by any other name would not be as enjoyable. New York Times. i . , Tbe Largest Baby Ever Born. The baby which for general size, height and weight takes the cake as being "the largest on record was born m uuio on uie 12th day of January, 1879. The "average j baby to niue i This giant infant's weight was exactly MJW pounds. He (it was a boy) was feet in . Q ht '(the common ninof bttbieB - tJQ mdj(,3 ,n heit,ht) aild had tt 1 . , .. I head measuring 1!) inches. Its cute little pink foot measured Sis inches and was an thM Q, verng8 elKhte(.n. months-old child. About six years priorto this extraordinary event the same womau gave birth to an eighte:: n pound baby which was 24 inches in height. , Although this may be thought to bo a wonderful story by those not informed as to the real facts, it will be shorn of some of its seemingly Mulhattonic marks when it is known that the parents themselves were two of the largest ptoplo in the United abov&thl.v wre Mr8, mA Mr, M. v. .Data., (oIm kmm M tl:e. "Novtt Scotia Gi , tUo -Kentucky ; ,,,,, M .,,.,..,;. lvmcmni. is not at fault, she died live or six years ago) 7 feet 1) inches ill height, the father of the baby giant being about two inches less lu stature. tit. Louis Hepublic. How u Woman Judges. Confidence between man and woman . must always be comparative and absolute aTeUUd ycH man and his motives than he is to comnre-. hend her, for a woman, while more scnsl- tively sympnthctic, judges instantly by in- may upset the whole tram of bis logic, in Iiidirlnir n wnmnnV ittotivfiH ami fpehnira A , man argues from his own, and deduces con- elusions which arc. mora often thannot. radicallv erroneous. "Woman Through a Man's Lyeglass." It Puzxles the Naturalists, The peculiar breed of cats found in the Isle of Man differs (rom others only in that mey nave no uwia, uim .u. wub ui.ilii 10 the Insoluble puzzle to naturalists. Since j It has become the fashion to explain every- j lu W "P" UC1P' L'Z ,1",.',, r'?'1 nve1Deeu onerm-one, ran oning h" 'jjinMioiil ! omuM! aQ SWtXtt Z .,dim! .nniiiir. tint iha and liecame rudimentary; another, that the primitive Manx cut off all their cats' tails ind In the course of time developed a taiU .SJ M a thav l.ouo tj.il hli..cn Eij ' neraio.