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CHIPPER CHESTNUTS.
"What is the proper way of addressing
the admiral of thofieetf" ' Your warship."
Tit-Bita.
ABiddeford peanut man says his busi
ness is "at a standstill." Lewiston Jour
. nal.
As with others, the "hum of industry"
also means work with the Jersey mosquito.
Philadelphia Times.
"Say, Dick, do you really think Tom Is
in love with Fannie" "Well, it looks like
it. He goes to church every Sunday."
Boston Beacon.
A cyclone iaone of those things thatmake
a mau feel blew. Binghamton Leader.
Facetious Friend If I should ask you to
lend me 5, what would happen? Pros
pective Victim (tersely Oh, nothing. Tit
Bits. ,
"Civilization is ruining my business,"
said the museum keeper. "The supply of
wild men u getting bo low I hardly know
where to look for them." Harper's Bazar.
The Debutante (aside) How many verses
shall I singf The Professor Bo you want
an encore? The Debutante Of course.
The Professor One. Boston Budget,
v He Wifey, love, I am taking part in a
balloon ascent tomorrow, HheI have no
objection, love, only don't forget to bring
me somet hing nice when you come back,
Fiiegende Blatter.
First Dear Girl Charley gave me such a
lovely stnug of pearls yesterday. It was
my birthday, yon know. A pearl for every
year. Second Dear Girl Dear me! How
awfully expensive! Philadelphia North
American.
"That remains to be seen," as the boy
aid when lie spilled the ink on the table
cloth, Loudon Answers.
"Humph!" grumbled the clock. "I don't
know of any oue who is harder worked
than I am 24 hours a day, year in and year
out." And then it Btruck. Tit-Bita.
Two Stories of I Broban.
One day on leaving the stage Augustine
Brohan happened to hear two fellow artists
discussing a subject which seemed to be ex
tremely engrossing On questioning them
as to the topic of conversation:
"We are speaking of the creation," they
aid.
"I was not living at that time," she an
swered, smiling, and then added, with a
very serious face, "you had better ask Mm&
Allan about ft"
This lady, who was one of her rivals on
the stage, was often the object of her jokes.
Of course Augustine Brohan had many
adversaries at the Comedie Franca is.
The nnsparing nature of her wit and her
brilliant Buccal aa an artiste were sufficient
to give rise to petty quarrels. 6be used
tier power of repartee to rid herself of her
assailants.
On one occasion one of them came to her
- and said laughingly, as if she had a joke
to tell:
"My dear, let me tell you some stupid
thing to make you laugh."
"You have only to open your mouth,"
aid Augustine, with an assumption of
calm indifference. Chicago Post.
- a Where He Worked.
The prisoner was before the police judge
for the greatmanyth time.
"Well," said bis honor, "you hereagainf"
"Yes, your honor," responded the pris
oner. "What's the charge?
"Vagrancy. Same as before, your honor."
1l seems to me yon are here about half
your time."
' "A little upward, yjur honor."
"Well, what do you doit fort Why don't
you work?
"I do, your honor, more than half my
time." i
"A w, now,"bak1.&U honor good natured
ly, "if you can tell me truthfully where
t you have ever worked, I'll let you off."
. .. "At the houseof correction, your honor,"
' mi led the prisoner, and the court kept its
t word, Detroit Free Press;
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The Xntlietle heme In Animals.
Animals possess iu an appreciable moil
ner certain tastes indicating an elemen
tary sense of the beautiful. This sense
is not present in all animals, and those
who do possess it manifest it in different
degrees. But it is sufficient to know that
its existence can be recognized. Birds
are particularly gifted in this manner.
They have a taste for bright colors and
melodious sounds, and most frequently
the male subjugates and fascinates his
mate with the beauty of his plumage or
the flexibility of bis vocal organs. There
are besides other birds who show this
esthetic sense in a singular manner.
One of these is the bays. He has a
passion for brilliant and variegated ob
jects, and he has a habit of ornamenting
the entrance to his nest, which is built
with infinite art and elegance, with a
variety of objects, gathered by bits from
all quarters, which lutppen to strike his
fancy. Among them are brilliantly col
ored feathers of other birds, bright bits
of shells, bits of staffs, and the bird
struts about in the midst of all this witii
evident pleasure.
Insects also possess a marked eestfaetic
sense. They prefer certain colors, and
the plants which depend upon them
for fertilization enow an entirely differ
ent variety of colors from those of plants
whose fertilization is affected by means
of the wind. Musical sounds also affect
different animals in a marked manner.
They have their preferences and their
antipathies. Review of Reviews.
Early American Sculptors.
It is worthy of special notice that when
Bush began to model in clay not one of
the artists who have given celebrity to
our native sculpture bad seen the light
of day. Frazer was not born until 1790,
nor Ezekiel Augur of New Haven until
1791. The latter was originally in the
grocery trade, but failing in that took
up modeling and wood carving without
any guide except his natural instincts;
but like the majority of our early sculp
tors, with the exception of Bnsh, his ef
forts are interesting only as evidence of
what talent entirely unobstructed can
accomplish.
It was not until 1805, long after Cop
ley, Weflt, Mulbone, AHaton and Stuart
had demonstrated our capacity for pic
torial art, that Hiram Powers was born.
The same year Horatio Greenough first
taw the light of day. In the remote
wilds of Kentucky Hart was brought
into this world in 1810, and Clevenger,
Crawford and Mills followed in 1812,
1818 and 1815. Thus we see that, with
out hereditary genius or predecessors
from whom to copy, Bnsh achieved his
artistic results, and succeeded in win
ning for himself a European renown
which made him the equal of some of
the leading foreign carvers and sculptors
of his age, and at the same time well
earned the title of "father of American
sculpture. " Lippincott's.
Virginia' Only Slave.
The state of Virginia once owned a
slave the only one probably the com-
monwealth ever did own. He was known
as Ben the Bell Singer of the Universi-
ty of Virginia. The university only had
$200 left over when it was endowed, and i
,t was BffpMdto buy a newith that
amount and keep him as a bell ringer.
They bought Ben, and in his time be be
came a great character at the university.
Be knew everybody and was very useful
to everybody. Ben used to get very
drunk on the liberal and constant fees
he received from students. He died in
the Albemarle poorbouseat an advanced
age. fiichmoud State.
A PEACEFUL NIGHT.
A Remedy For SeMicltneu That Worked
Like a Charm.
"Some people," said an old Rett captain
the other tiny, "are afraid of urasicknewi
and hesitate to travel by wator because of
this fear. A friend of mine came on board
the steamer Plymouth the other evening in
a very buppy frame of mind. He had been
troubled for a long time wtacu off South
ampton by a feel i n k of nausea, but now
he was positive that be had found a way to
avoid It by going to bed as soou as he came
on board and remaining there until he ar
lived at his destination.
"On this occasion he bade me a hurried
good uigbt, climbed into his berth and in a
few minutes was fast asleep. He slept like
a top uutil 7 o'clock the next morning, with
never a qualm of mal de mer to disturb his
slumbers. lie arose delighted, satisfied
that he had at last found a remedy for the
disorder which had caused him so much
misery. He went down Into the dining
room and ate a hearty meal, though some
what surprised that so few passengers were
stirring. Going on deck with a satisfied
look on his face and a toothpick in his
mouth, he met me.
"Say, old man he exclaimed, that
sleeping racket of mine worked like a
charm. Never had a touch of it all night.'
"1 smiled.
' 'What are you grinning for?' he asked
in surprise.
' 'Because,' I answered, 'the Plymouth
has been tied to her dock all night. Hlie
has not moved a foot. There was something
the matter with hor machinery, and we had
to transfer the passongers. No one sus
pected that a man would go to bed at 6
o'clock, and so you were overlooked in the
tnuiafcr." TU-Bita.
Interested,
IT.
-Truth.
Felt Better For the Bide.
The fuueral was over, and a few Demons!
friends were taking dinner with the be-
naved widow,
"Won't you have some more of the roast
kPKftVMh T lw1,.
, u back bu
given me an appetite." Texas Sittings.
Kothlng Surprising.
Mm Ekidmore (readinzl Phllisna Faw-
tett. who won such great distinction as
senior wrangler at Oxford, Is still unmar-
tied. .
nr. Detroit
mr. BKiamore rtowonaex. iwrouf raw
Press.
EUGENIE.
A triple crown, O living Nlowe,
Wait thine: rare-set with priceless Rents
Unknown tu mlno nr mart the illatlema
Of beauty, mutherlioml ami royalty;
But with the (lays of empire waned thy bloom
O flower of a throne anil hearts a. won.
To Pmnuo the hour of destiny befell
Ami thou wert left alone beside a tomb.
When he, last scion of thfo kindly line,
Perished by sword of rutblem Zulu slain.
Thy tnnlhor heart could brook no further
pain.
But refuge sought In the all love divine.
Where faith and conaeoratiun walt.to.ee
The lifted veil of immortality,
Isadore Baker lu SprlflKlletil Homestead.
What Chinese Kplourns Eat.
A Chinese mandarin litis forwarded
the nitron of a gplradid lianqnet given
at Peking to the foreign diplomatists.,
which follows: First came four classic
dishes namelv, swallow nests with
pipeon eggs, shark fins witli crabs, dog
fish with wild ducks, duck unci cauli
flower. Then succeed delicocies served in
cups placed before each guest, swallow
Hints, shark fins, plain morels, vegeta
bles, nmshrooms with duck feet, fried
purtridge, pigeon in slices. Then there
appeared four dishes namely, ham in
honey, a puree of pens, vegetables and
dogfish: four oido dishes, haricot cheese
with bamboo buds (a kind of asparagus),
roots of bamboo, chicken, shellfish,
four hors d'opiivres in duplicate, ham
and chicken, fish and gizzard, pork tniw
and vermicelli, dnck and pork outlets.
Each guest had also placed before him
plates of almonds, pistachio puHte, pears
and oranges. Finally the following were
the roast and boiled meats: Bucking
pig, roast duck, boiled chicken, boiled
pork. There was a profusion of Eu
ropean and Chinese wines. No opium
was Bmoked, for ofiiciaJ China is not yet
reconciled to the drug which it owes to
the East India company. Asiatic (juar
tcrly.
Has Its Good I'oliita.
In some villages in Japan rubber are
tried and convicted by ballot. When
ever a robbery is committed the ruler or
the hamlet summons the entire male
population and requests them to write
on a slip of paper the nume of the jier
son thev suspect as having committed
the crime. The one receiving the largest
number of ballotB is declared duly
"elected" and is accordingly hanged. This
system, like all others, has its peculiar
advantages. It insures the punishuieut
of somebody for every roblwry commit
ted, whereas under the system in vogue
in moHt civilized countries in nine coses
out of ten no punishment is inflicted on
anybody for the crime. Of course they
may not "elect" the guilty person, but
dispose of some other character equally
as bad. There is much in the system to
commend it to other nations. Pomona
(Cal.) Progress.
An Emperor's Strange Faney.
Strange fancies have tukon hold of
some men regarding the manner in which
their bodies were to be disposed of after
death and the ceremonies to be obsorved
at their funerals.
The great Eniperor Charles V had the
curious idea of celebrating his own fu
neral. Shortly before his death he caused
a tomb to be made in the chapel of the
monastery of Estremadura, to which be
bad retired after his abdication, and on
its completion he was carried to it a
though dead. Placed in a coffin and ac
companied by procession, he was borne
along, while chants were sung, prayers
said and tears shed. After the solemn
farce was over he was left alone in the
chapel, where ho rumained a short time
before rising out of the coffin. London
Tit-Bits.
Curling by Electricity.
The electric curling iron is very sim
ple. The wires conduct the electricity
into the little stand into which the tongs
are thrust. The latter are made the
proper temperature by heat, which is
generated by the resistance of the wires
to the current The stands are about
two inches high and are usually nickel
plated, although some of those manu
factured by a firm in Berlin are plated
with gold and have handsome handles.
Is traveling the iron and stands occupy
only a very small space in a satchel At
tached to the stand is a silk cord, which
may be adjusted to an incandescent wire
after screwing ol the little globe. New
Turk Telegram.
Why Fish Should Be Cared For.
Migratory fish are hatched and partly
matured in fresh water. They feed and
grow in the sea, but they are never
caught there, so that their protection
and preservation should be in the hands
of those who are so deeply interested in
making them a salable commodity. Be
sides all this there must be some consid
eration for the sportsman, who without
question spends in the neighborhood in
which he fishes 10 times as much money
as all the fish be catches, if sold, would
fetch., -Fishing Gazette.
Thre is a tribe in central Africa
among whom speakers in publio debates
are reauired to stand on one let-while
sneakinir and to sneak onlvas Ions- as
they can so stand,
,
' The 'air we live in is gaseous at and
near the sur ace of the globe, but if M.
de FouHelle is right at an elevation of a
few miles above the ground air is either
liquid or solid or both.
It has boen calculated that the annual
income of the London Hebrews is nearly
6,00t),0OQ, whioh means that they i e
H tiineje?char than the Gentiles,
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bottle of August Flower. Itseem
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strength and flesh rapidly. I feel
now like a new man, and consider
that August Flower has cured me."
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