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YOUNG FOLZ$.
A Bad BegIttihad+
Old Mother Fox 01la evening looked
From out her den of rooks,
" Ceme here, me pretty Bushy Tail,"
$he called ber11bte fox.
" You're getting larger every day,
You're growing etrong ;1. feel
'Tie time that you ehould leave your play
Anti should begin to steel,
"The former's eye le meek and keen,
The Chielten-rortets tweleigh ;
The Bbbi, he ir; daat o foot ;
The Pertridge, site is sly.
If you would live upon your Witte,
Yen MAIlt be eery aly ;
You'll have to watch before YOU POULIOO ;
YOl; MILO be very ely."
"Yea, mother," said young Bushy Tail,
"1 know just how you feel,
But I've begun to prowl about;
I've really horned to steal,
The Rabbit runs, the Partridge flien
The Chicken -roosts are high,
Heel shall wait a chance to pounce;
I shall be very sly.
I omen to live upon my wits;
I Mail be very sly,"
So eff they both together went,
And left the den of rooks ;
Ana which one of the two wee worse,
The big or little fez.
IfAkr/dreHINQ BRASS,
Semis reeetteel Meta for eugentene Roe
awe Wrist
A plain and unattractive piece of brasa
can be rode into 4 beentiful, els well se
artioto with Elk light hemmer me four
simple tools.
The tools can be purthesed from 4 hard -
were snore for from 20 meta upward. One
is& piece of ateel oiled A tracer, eix inseam
Jong, and eloped towards tbe edge until a
Ito stele onneighth of an inols wide le prse,
dined. The edge should be about tie share;
an a &crew -driver.
Another tool is made by roughening the
end of & piece of steel by filing diagonally
and mom it. Still another too la allapeci
like it gauge with a acrewdrtver's edge, an
gemlike a shoemakeres awl with a blunte
eed, Them teak are mammary, ime other
will be found tuella m our work programa
Fromm; a piece of broom the thickneas of
BrIatel board and anew ft down on e tabl
or bead. Now for a dmign; Ulm a clove
leaf e draw et ou the braise with & UharP 1044
petted. Take the tool that resemblea a
screw -driver in one hand, holding it with
the thumb mid &et fiuger, and peeling it on
the .tern of the led, with & constant tap.
/dug of the hammer Move the tool along the
tie e.
ter you Uwe atiffielently beaten the edge
of tbo clover down, with the tool that has
the crone -filed end beat the background
down, when your work ehould stand, out In
relief. Gnomons go around the clover with
the tracer to make A clean edge.
After two or three euccestful leaves, try
Were' leaves sensinged on kround piece oi
brass, with one end a halt inch remain.
When it is done take It to a tinemith end
have 4 OltUdlealek rode out of b. Other
pretty ee well as useful thine thee can be
made out of brass ere match -boxes, picture -
frames, smoking seta, thn
d
4
it A Severe Test.
I
• Two little girls, retwnieg hand in hand
.4 from school, sew A small tied very tired -look,
0 log clog lying crouched, with half -tamed
r eyee, at the feet of A hainfaraisheid bagger
on the greet ooruer. The &le atoppod,
beat lauriously and pityingly over the dog
mid began to speculate se to whether he wtut
blind,
"I done; believe be can am us," mid one
of theme "Re demean: seem to tote any
notice, He's blind."
"Perhaps ita only becauee hide no tired,"
the other suggested.
The Ipoor dog slowly opened and closed his
eyea, but patio attendant° thee:Aileron,
" NO " Meld the emend of the girls agebe ;
be lard:blind. I'll eitow you."
Bending down close to the dog with her
lace full of the utmost good faith, the eland
opened eor little band before hie °yea, and.
mid :
"low many fingers ?"
tykes; so 1,11 juin wait here and you can
bring the wether to me, but mind and pick
one niee and f t "
Yes the man would, be euro to do that
and thanked the Fox nanole for hk help. So
when he had put up Debbin he went across
to the sheep atoll.
"Whither away 4ow ?" asked his old
dame,
"Ole" said the man. "I'm going to the
theepetell to fetch a fat wetlierfotit'eeI
t.
het
entunng Fox who set our Dobbin
gave him my word I would."
Wether, indeed," meld the old dame
never a one than the thief of a Fox get
Haven't we get Dobbin eisfe, and tee Bear
into the bargain; and as for the Fox, I'll be
bout:alien stolen more of our geese than the
wether is worth; and even if he hasn't
stolen them, he will. No, no; take a brace
of your witted hounds in a seek and Blip
them loose after him, and then, perhapa, we
shall he rid of thia robbiag Reynard."
Well, the man thought thee good advice,
so he took two fleet red hounds, put them
into a sack and set off with him.
"Have you brought the wether ?" sald
the Fox.
"Yes,come and take IV mid the man,
at he utied the stick and let slip the hound+,
"Hun" said the Fox, and gave a great
wing ; "true lb is what the old saw oxeye,
Well done is fte U paid f and now,
too, I see the truth of another saying. 'The
wont foes are those of one's own house."
That was what the FOX mid as he ran off,
and saw the red foxy hounds at his hetet,.
ahlidren's gayings,
uttio Cherlie whom grandfather le te
Baptist ministerAtook dieuer at the par -
ammo the other day.. Ile lived at a hotel,
and before hie venerable grandparent began
the binning Charlie had begat, eating vciaam
"Ob, don't mind me, grandpa,"
be observed between mouthfets when the
latter remonstrated, go right on with year
blessing,"
George bit little Cellen finger while they
were playieg. Oa being molded for it be
it he said, by way el explanatien: 44 Reay,
mamma, I didn c know Where -my month
was going,"
Little Apple OW a bit of turquoise
ID her cousin Imes ring "Why," she
obsetweti, "you've a piece of thy in your
ring haven't you le
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Well Dtme and Ill Paid.
Once on a time there was a man who haci
to drive bis sledge to the wood for fuel. So
a Bear mob Men "One with your horse,"
said the Bear, "or lel strike all your Sheep
dead by Sommer." "Oh !heaven help me
then," mid fireman "there'd not a atake of
fire -wood in the home. Yon must let me
drive home a load of fad, else we shall be
frozen to &ail, bring the horse to you
toenorrow morning." ea;Yon these terms
be Dalin* take the wood home—that was a
bargain; But Bruin mid "If he didn'e come
back he would loot all his plump by Sum-
mar.'
So the man gob the wood on the aledge and
rattled homeward, but he woman over -
pleased at the bargain, you may fancy. So
just the a Fox met him. "Why, what's
the matter?" sold the Fox, "Why are you
so down In the mouth?"
"Oh, if you want to know," said the man,
"1 mob a Bear up yonder in the wood and I
had to give my word to him to bring Dobbin
back to -morrow, at this very hour, for if he
didn't get him he mid he would tear all my
sheep to death by aummer."
"Stuff—nothing worse than that: V' said
the Fox; "0 you'll give me your fattest
wether lei soon see you free, see if I don't."
Yes, the man gave his word, and swore
be would keep it too.
"Well, whenyou come with Dobbin to- mon
row for the Bear," mid the Vox. " make
a clatter up in tat heap of stones yonder,
and so when the Bear asks what that noise
is you must my 'tie Peter the Markman,
who is the beat shot in the world, and after
that yen must help yourself."
Next day off set the man, and when he
met the Bear something began to make a
clatter up on a heap of stonea.
"Hieb !wile* that ?" said the Bear.
'0h 1" that's Peter the Marksman to be
sure," laid the man; "he's the best ;hot in
the world. I know him by his voice in the
weed."
Have you seen any bears about here,
Erie?" ehoutod out a voice in the wood.
" Say no," said the Bear.
"No, I haven't seen any," said Eric.
"What's that there that stands alougaide
your sledge?" bawled ont the voice in the
wood.
"Say It's an old firestunp," amid the
Bear.
"Oh, it's an old firestump," said the
man. •
"Such fir -stumps we take in our country
and roll them on our idedgert," bawled out
the voice; "11 you omit do it youreelf I'll
come down and help you."
"Say you can help yourself, and roll me
up on the sledge," said the Bear.
'No, thank ye: 1 can help myself well
enough," said the man, and rolled the Bear
on to the pledge. "Such finstiunps we al-
ways bind kat on our sledges in our part of
the world," bawled out the yoke. "Shall I
come and help you 2',
"Sy you oast help yourself, and bind me
feat, do," said the bear.
"No, thanks; I can help myself well
enough," said the men, who eat to binding
Bruin kat with all the ropes he had, so that
at butt the Bear couldn't stir a paw.
"Such fleet -turps we always drive our
axes into in our pare of the world,' bawled
the voice, "for then we guide them better
going down the steep pleches."
"Pretend to drive your axe into me, do
now,'' said the Bear.
fe Then the man took up Ma axe and at one
blow split the Bear's skull, so that Bruin
lay deed in a trice, and so the man and the
Fox were great friend+ and on the best)
term. But when they came near the farm
the Fox said : i've no mind to go right
home with you, for I can't pay 1. like your
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Observant Florence.
Florence (six year' old)—tdariune, do dogs
get marrieel
Mother—No, my dear.
Florenoe—Then what right hes Hark to
growl at Jennie when they are tutting their
breakftiet?
Differently Constructed.
A little girl of this village was crying bit-
terly the other evening 'about aomething that
had happened, when her mother endeavored
to soothe her. She told her to "hush" and
"never mind" and "atop crying," when the
little ono answered, between her teem ; "lo.
etude mamma, 'muse I ain't built that way.'
A MILITARY BLUNDER.
Damage Done by the Foolish Order of an
Anatrlan Commander.
Attempts have been made to husb up a
deplorable military blunder, says a Vienna
letter to the London "Timea," by -which a
soldier of the thirteenth Hussars ban been
killed, while twenty-six of hie comrades and
eighty-seven horses were more orieas injured.
It seems that July b0 the thirteenth Hussar
regiment, which is quartered at Budsipeate
was being inepeoted. The exercises lasted
two hours, and were well executed, but when
men and horses were quite exbausted from
their work, Col. von Illes unexpectedly gave
the command for a charge at full gallop.
The animals were too tired to answer to the
spur. Many of them broke down, others
tried to jump over those on the ground,
others shied and dashed out of the ranks.
All this paased no rapidly that before the
trumpet; could sound a halt the ground was
strewn with dismounted troopers and injured
horse'. Beside the human who haft died,
there are three inhere in the hospital who
are not expected to recover from their
injuriee, thirteen who are reoovering from
fractures and ten from 'lighter wonndit. Oat
of the eighty-seven chargers which had to
ID consigned to the veterinary hospital, a
consideiable number will no doubt be unfit
for further service.
A Settler For Him.
A new member of Congress for one of the
rural dietelots of Miohigan was ambitions to
oistinguith Mint/elf by his oratory, and ace
cordingly watched for a fevonrable oppor-
tunity. At length an occasion presented it-
self, A motion was mede in the HOWIe for
enforcing the execution Of some statute;
whereupon the orator in embryo rose up
solemnly, and, after giving three lou
, d
" spoke as follows:
"Mr. Speaker, have we laws, or have we
not laws? If we have not laws, and they
are not observed, to what end are those km
made 1"
So Flaying he sat down be. °held heav-
ing high with coneolons conerquence. In-
stantly Cox, the wit of the House, with a
twinkle in his eye, rose and delivered Ma
thoughts thus:
"Mr. Speaker, did the honourable gentle-
man who spoke last speak to idle purpose, or
not speak to the purpose? If he did not
speak to the purpose, to what plummet did
he speak ?" That particular orator never
troubled the House again.
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Circumstances Beyond Oontrol.
Professor Vio Lincello—" Look here, sir,
those strings I bought of you are continually
breaking— snapped by the dozen at my bene-
fit last night. What do you mean by cheat-
ing me?"
Moses Einechwie (musk dealer)—" Vele
mine vrient, vet gen I helb ice? Dot was
not mine fauld. Berhabs dose gate die of
inflammation of dor bowels; vas dot my
beeenese re- [Toledo Blade.
9 D5AT11 01' A WOMAN
epaulets Belle, one or the Worst ofWomen,
e Dead at the Age or 81. •
A notorious woman, known all over the
Pacific coast as "Spaniels, Belle" died at
Elmore, Idaho, last Sundae, aged 87 yearn
There is scarcely 4 mining camp on the coast
that this women did not visit durhet its
prosperity since the days of 1849e Her his-
tory, if correctly told, would 411 a largo
volume; and lb would be e, volume of bad
deeda only, for no good deeds heve ever been
attributed to her be the knowledge of those
few who have known leer history for tire past
forty ewe. It seems that ems gloried, in
the crimes she corambted, and during her
couvivial momenta would relate some inci-
dents of her peat life.
From this source it: la gathered that at an
early age in her native land of Central Amer
-
ha she bloom; the mistress of a noted sea
pirate named Vahan whose vessel was a
terror to the rnexchent shims plying tbe
waters of the Pacific Ocean. She boasted
that her duty was, when the ship tietchored
se aport of prominence, to decoy .rieh men
aboard the vessel, where they would surely
be robbed and murdered. She followed this
criminal career until the dimoverg of gold in
California, when he kb her pirate para-
mour, and landed in ean Francleco In the
summer of 1849. She aooneiriftei to the gold
mince and followed every exciteinenb from
that dicta until the time of her death, plying.
her nefarious calling, and a terror in the
community in which she happened to cast
her lot. It is mid emenish nelle boasted of
haying murdered four men herself alone for
money* one la Idaho, and two women of her
own Bort who Veer° ao Ilniertunete aa to ex,
oite her jealousy. It hi chimed that she WM
buried with a finger ring belonging to one
of her unfortunate victime. The men whom
be ban one almost unto define in Boise
Basin, Ationtia, Booky Bar, Idadce Eureke,
and Virginie City, Nev., are too numerous
to mention.
7442 in her career of crime, tide woman,
by her devilioh ounnhog remove:1 to mope
jnob puniahmont by law. In her young days
the wee douhtleso A hall4SOMO woman, and
at her death did not look M be over 00
yeare of age. She was quietly buried Sun-
day (teeniest about 7 &mock, with but one
solitary person following the remain* to
the grave.
Bottlauger's Bxtradition.
The law of extredithe between teatime is
What two or mere netiena agree to make ite
There may be no extradition law, or one
that will aurrexider an alleged offender ou
any ground nixie which he might be arrested
and Mold to answer in the country an which
the offense was alleged to have been com-
mitted. 17suelly, however, ib is only the
graver claws of crimes for which extradition
to provided. Tho conviction on General
Boulanger for tremors will roue a question
18 Enelemi as to hie right: of issyluIrt as *
political refugee. The crime of which the
French Senate bats found bitn guilty 18 in in
self ft capital offense in all countries. But
treason In, unlike murder, theft, arson or
• forgery, in a metteure political offense.
The moot fatuous potrloto hove been at one
stlsge of their career declared guilty of tbe
creme of treason. Boulenger claim that
the September election will diasipato the
charge the Senate him made agelnat him.
Of worse the election cannot determine the
queation of guilt or Innocence, bub one may
define the view the people take of the mote
Nahloh the Senate has declared to be treason.
In the present sensitive condition of Enrc-
pean polities a denaani upon the Engileh
Government for the surrender of Boulanger
out -
add to the chances of a geeer
mighbreak. If war ormurs, probably it will not
t; al I
be long before Franco and Resale will be
engaged against the triple alliance, with
which England is now reported to have mob
her fortunes. If a demand for the extrade
tion of Boulanger and hia meet:date'', Dillon
and Rocheforte, if refined, as it probably
Will be if made, the French will conatrue it
as an unfriendly act. Should the September
election show an increase in the strength of
the Carnet Administration, a refusal to our -
render tt man whom that Government tau
deolaree guilty of treason might not be taken
in good parte
A Big Battler.
Oath Whitney of Whitt ayville ia an old
snake hunter, but; he had an experience the
other day the% caused him more alarm than
all the snake fights he has over had before.
He bad promisedMise Ione and Miss Bertha
Stone and Leonard Eaton a day in the moun-
tains when huckleberries were ripe, and lase
week all four of them started to Aterah
Creek. They climbed the mountains near
Asaph Run and picked berriea until the sun
had almosb hidden itself behind the Bud
Eagle Mountains. They were returning
down the steep billaide and on a direct
line with the place where they had left their
horses and wagons. It was nob far from the
base of the mountains when suddenly the
party heard the loud rAtie of a snake. The
reptile was soon discovered and it proved to
be a monster in size. It was coiled up and
ready for a hard fightr, but three huge atones
dropped on its head put an end to ite exist-
ence. Ib meatured five feet and seven inches
In length, was ten inches around the body,
and had seven rattles. While these measure-
ments were beingtmade the natio of another
onske was heard ohm by. Its hiding place
was under the atone on which Capt.
Whitney was standing, and its death
followed in there order. It had about the
same size as the fireb one killed, and had the
same number of rattles. The party wee in a
rooky ravine, a very uncomfortable place to
mee6 a rattlesnake. They were just leaving
it when the rattle of a third snake was heard.
' The party retreated rapidlyeand for some
distance away they heard the continuous and
defiant rattle of what aeemed to be a kin-
dred snakes. Capt. Whitney is 66 years of
age and is one of the beet known snake
hunters in %Yoga county. When he lived at
Corning he spent many days in the moun-
tains hunting the reponse, and he has cap-
tured many rattlesnakes alive with a piece
of cord. He says during this lain experience
he was soared for the first time.
Advice Good, But Unnecessary.
A middle-aged coloured woman who occa-
sionally worked for a lady in a certain
A.merloan oity one day biformed her em-
ployer that she could not do any more work
for her, as she Wended " modeled."
"Indeed 1" exclakted the lady. "So you
are going to be married
Yenm, I is, fo' sartain."
"Weld, I hope. Rose, that you have given
the matter careful consideration?"
"Von m."
Finding her in a receptive mood, the lady
thought it an excellent time to give some
advice on the aubject of matrimony, and she
improved the occasion. Rosa listened pa-
tiently, and then said,
" Dat's so, lady—dat'e so 1 I tell yo' die
gittin' mah'ied ain't no triflin' business ! r se r
been mah'ied fo' timea already myself, lady,
an' I knows dat w'ab you done say is a mi-
en= fee
PEALS OF TBUtii.
(4 string of opinions is no more Chriatia
! faith than a string of beads is Christi
praction
dome with to treat friendships delude
but with Xetigheat coinage, for when the
are real they are not like gloms threads
frosnwork, but the aolidesb things we kno
an
w.
Perbape the moot eellghtful friendehip
are those in which there is mach agreeme4
Meth disputation, and yet more person
I
8 TbA Lebel -rifts is still an uncertain fact,
t, jading by the continued, experiment* of
al the French Government with other petterne.
A band of brigende haa been terrorizing
Macedoole, which, upon final capture, was
found to Include several priests, a Greek
Archimandrite, the superior of A monastry,
and three "ledics, "
There have been many original reethode
of getting to the Paris Exhibition from din.
taut places, but perhaps the moat interesting
were ehe three recent arrivals of wluelbar,
rowieta. They started from Vienna about
the first of July, one eitting in the barrow
and one rolling him. Tbey took a mouth
for the journey,
Jtletice gaWkins ilea juab had occasion to
eib in the cant 91 a prize figbter 'who struck
his opponent e. blow which caused, the latter'a
death, He wan adjudged guilty of men-
el:wetter. The fact that a man elute up hia
Monte for defence or offence amine to be 4
illetlagatinn for a blow when the partim are
in the pries dog.
On a recenti visit of the geeen Regent of
Spain at Castle Greneacins, she hadher three
children, the young Ipartiele Xing and his
two little eietem, weighed on the kitchen
ecelon The Xing tweed the melee At 15 idle,
the Peineem of Asturias 21 kilo, the Tufautitt
Donna. Merle Therese at 26 kilo. The Q40011
Regent weighed 55 kilo. Altogether the
Speeieh royal family weigh 117 islio, jun: the
weight cif Queen Ifiebelle Ile the greed
-
mother of the present King.
The folk lore of Soathern Inmate me be
pardaily hoogined from a case which came
before a Judge of Odesaa, A mon applied for
a writs to compel Ida daughter to leave the
house. beeettse when/ohs minted her parente
aim diel not bow to them, Re said that go
would, withdraw his application Rabe would
aels pardon and make the regular obelus:ice.
'The girl agreed, She asked pardon ; but when
she hewed thfo hither cried, "Lower. Down
with you head 1 dome below the girdle 1"
She replied, "I won't; bend as bowas then
nob 0 1 lime te leave the bonen" The Judge
thereupon ordered her to bow, but oho gave
us dually and bowed her head to the girdle
A recent otatiotical publication of the city
of Hertel givea information concerning the
ember of panting who daily pus slung the
most crowded theroughfaxee of Berlin,
'tendon, and Parin In the Leleelger etrastee
Berlin, betweee the Leieziger Plate and the
Wilbeim attune, in February, 1878, wore
43,014 portions every elehteen hours: CM the
Jannowitz Bridge during every eighteen
houra in Deoena'ber, 1883, were 36 000 per -
sone. At temente time acme 80.000 ?orient
were panting over tho Orme= Brtdge. In
April, 1884, 08 743 passed every Paxton
bonze tbrough the Mum etrasee between the
Grenadier and the Kaiser Wilhelm mane,
In tbo same month the number of pedeie
treine in a Abort etroteh of the Getraudten
a trasee woo 47,506 every aix Wen hours, The
daily travel at pedestrians over the London
bridge is eutimeted to bo; Over London
Bridges 110.525; Blaokfttars, 79,193, ;
Weetrainster, 44.460; Waterloo, 32,815.
In tho work, "Les Travenx publice de
Fromm," Paris, 1874, the number of peceoue
daily crossing the Pont Neuf, in 1842 already
80,000, is eettrneted to be about 150,000,
roarpig NEWS.
, The Prnme IDe lied hie large bedroom &lied
with pinging birds.
Swetzniand hag bunt 1,000 inns since
tourists began 18 visit her.
The tennis bell now' bounds in Cbina,
though 4h -IL eourte are mere frequent than
liking.
I have seen manners that melte a shollar
impression with personal beauty; and, in
memorable experiences. they are quddenly
better than beauty. But they must be
marked by fine perception, they remit all
ellesv self control. Then they Benet he
apired by the gocd heart.
IdhertY k the word that all the good have
spoken. It le the hop te of every loving heart,
the spark and flame In every noble breast,
the gem in every spiendld Noun the many -
colored dream in every honest brain. Tbis
word hao geed the dunge.on with its holy
light, has raised the cornett far above the
king and chei even the scaffold with a glory
that dimmed and darkened every throne.
Honore Wou bY a Bright English eitl.
Men Mary Louisa Worley is tl3e daughter
of a medical man residing in London. No
+sooner were her 'theca years over than Mies
Vsorley began to look to college as the
641 for the further development of her
power*. She did urn, be the drat instance,
Aim, at Oxford or Cambridge, out direoted
her attoncion by preferenoo toward the
examinations of the Loudon Univeroity.
Strong evidence was afforded from the
OUteet that the yoczug student: would 49
fnU justice to the Admirable lute/lea-12ml
trainsug oho had received,
In that exoctiog A114 diffieule ex-
amination, the Landon Matriculation, Mies
Worley not only named, one came out
third On the liet, and as an Inevitable
result elm was immedietely awarded an
exhibition and the Gilchrist aohelarship.
But not conteut with the honors that
London coulebestow upon her* A year later,
viz., in 1884, ahe tried for and won a
aoholarship at Girton College, Cambridge.
This energetid young lady now pu reued
double academie career. In 1886 she gradu-
ated itt clessical honors at Inn don University,
and die the emu; thing at Carobridgo in 1858.
To he proctioally bachelor of Arta in twist
enivezitiee week* have eatiefted the =Wm
of moat perique, but not so with Min Mary.
There still remaleed one mare attakettle
height. To beectrao a London =liter darn+
was the kat and greatest victory, for Min
Worley poased the examination So brilliantly
that she took the first place, and at the same
Vilna won the gold undid for climates. Mies
Worley has resolved to devote her exception-
al taleute to the profit:talon of teething.
United Orates Bailways.
The Tutor State Commerce ()postelection hoe
obtained tome intereeting figures regarding
the railways of the 'Jolted Stites. Tney
ithow tbat in thin country there aro 140.901
miles of track, cquel to ono mile of road to
every 20,14 *quare miles of country. The
tette amount of stolen,' bond* and atber
outstanding debts' of 136 883 Intim of road ie
$8,129,787,731, or $69 892 per mile. It coots
es railroad 2 042 cent,a to carry a pationger
one utile, stud 0 63 cent to Mimi a ton of
freight; filo same distance; the revenue from
the farmer 18 2.349 ciente, and from the latter
1.001 -cents. The average coat of running a
paaeenger train one mile 18 84,601 cents; e.
freight bran, $1 038.—(Toledo Blade.
From Different Points of VleVr.
First Traveler (looking out through the
car window)—eThese continuous rains are
bad for the business of tine country."
Second Treveler—dNob at all, sir. They
stimulate Dade in many ways. The far-
mers—"
"Bather the farmer 1 What business are
you in!"
an umbrella -maker, sir, if you insist;
on knowing."
"And I'm a stockholder in a professional
base -ball club, oorafound yen 1"
It Was Boss Job.
Daring the Charleston earthquake, a few
years back, some very funny and ridiculous
thine happened, as well as the more sorrow-
ful ones, and one of the former I recall to
mind j ae b now,
just after the first shooks were over the
teepees crowded the open %name and held
impromptu prayer meetings, and one old
deacon ob de church offered up the following
prayer in all sincerity. After calling on the
,Lord to help them, etc., he ended by saying,
"And do, good Lord, do help des people In
de hour ob 'kr need, and do, good Lord,
please come your own self. Den't send
your eon, Jesus Christ, but come yourself.
Dia am no time to fool wid chilrun."
Stuck to the Truth.
Summer Boarder—Your catalogue said
there were no morquitoes hereabouts, Mr.
Makemoney, but I killed seven last night.
Makemoney—Yes, eh ; no doubt, sir.
But them there oatalogues were sent out in
March.
No Trimming.
Undertaker—"What kind of trimmings
will you have on the cetera I"
Widow --"None whatever. A plain oasket.
It was trimmbos that killed him."
U.—"What ?"
W.—"Yes. Delirium trinunins."
What a Baby is Composed of.
A baby is composed of a bald head and a
pair of lunge. One of the lungs rests while
the other is running the establishment and
letting people know that lb is boas. The
baby is a much bigger man than its mother,
though it does not weer pante. The baby
likee to walk around with its father, especi-
ally after night. The father generally does
all the watking, while the baby le singing
the grand march.—Arkansas Valley Demo -
crab.
Her Great Backbone.
Foply —" Min Slymlymme shows could -
able nerve ht oppetering so deaollete, don't
you think so Dadely—" She shows a
great deal of backbone, in my opinion."
ess
Tommy (to the beehiut young man palling
on alater)--Hello, Mr. Blush. Yea ain't
ceughb yet, are yon? Mr. 131ush—Caughe 1
Why, what do you men, my li181e man?
Tommy—Nothing, only sister said the fool -
killer would °atoll yon OW of *tee day.
Maiden esertis—You display a great d.cal of
agility at tennis, my deal6 If lhad t5,kitm
such exercise wintu I was yen anttlmi ID
a happier 'woman 110?1, ;sk
en flatter me, aunt, bui) I au,t•-,.:ev,,, you are
right. 1 in4 two prootbs o. ,eg..euttdo
yesiolay and ono to•day.
HifttleD 811petatitkel.
Tito Hiudooa are early risers. In the
warm season—extending from April to Oa.
tober—they sleep either upon the housetop
or in the courtyard, or in the verenda, if
rain ahould be threatening, and are 'usually
up at five (Meek or earlier in tho morning.
In, the cold weather, when they amp within
doors, they rise later, but they are out len
fore aeven. Bidet( in the naorning -while but
half awake, the Hindoo ropeate the name of
Rama several times. Happening to yawn
ID immediately fillips his thumb and middle
fluor, though he does not know why.
He promote for his morning toilet Tie
plucks a twig from the bitter Neem tree,
breaks off a span length of it, oreehes one
end between his teeth, and extemporizes a
tooth-brueb. He next draws up water from
the well in the yard with an iron bucket,
and prepares to mien his handsand face.
This is quickly done; he then throws on an
extra garment, the thicknes and texture de-
pending on the season and weather, lights
his hooka, takes a few pulls with his ;euphon-
ious hubblebubble. and is ready to go out.
With a passing "Ream, Rama," to friend
or acquaintance, and a neighborly postip by
the way, he termini to hie place of business.
While going he will sedulotislyfavoid those
signa and sounds which may augur ill for the
day. Should one einem, or should he bear
the cawing of a crow, or the cry of a kite,
or :should he meet an oil -man, or one blind
or lame'or see a oet cross his path he would
be gretstly distressed as to the day before
him. On the other hand, if a fox orosaes his
path, it he hears a gong or shell summoning
him to worship, or if he meets a Brahman
with hie hear uncovered he would rejoice,
hailing it as anspleious. Scme are so super-
stitious that if any evil portent means on
the way they would return home, have a
amoke, or chew a betel leaf and proceed
afresh.—ESelenoe.
• Made Him Toe the Mark.
George was a bashful lover. He scarcely
dared to touch his lady's hand. He loved
her well and she was worthy of hie affeotion,
for she was modest, intelligent, meet and
lovable ; bub like all good women, be yearn-
ed in +AIM George worshipped her. He
might Mae the hem of her garment, but to
kiss her lips or cheek—the very audacity of
the thought made him tremble.
They sat together by the sea looking out
upon the track of the moon'a light which
wbite-winged yachts were oroseing now and
then:
It wan a witching hour, a scene
For hive and calm delight.
himSu. ddenly else moved slightly away frozn
"Phase. George, don't do that," ehe
"Whet ?" he tithed in genuine surprise.
"0/* 1 you needn't tell -me different; you
were jusb going to put your arm around my
waist and'—and were going to try and kin+
meet
"Dear Arabella—"
"Oh 1 you needn't tell me differeub ; you
weriegoing to do it—Well, after all, I sup-
pose you are not to blatneIb is just what
a lover would do to bie sweetheart and I
suppose I mint not be offended if you do do
it."
And Cherie grasped the situation and did
tnraotly what Arahalla supposed he would do,
encl the moon grinned and the stars winked
and the wavelets latt7hed and a mosquito
that VMS ahaSit tO light on the mataen's
oheek flew away and settled on the nose of
a grass %Wow who was sitting near the band
etand,
MARCEAU,
The Exhumation or molten...oho orthe
French General,
The remains of Marceau, which have been
deposited in *the Pantheon, were kX440;;04.
at Nice ",% orkmen there slowly raised the
slab which covered the tomb untaieing the
ashes of the general and the bodies ot his
slater and brother•ii•law. As the ground
was being carefully aurehed, Neel -
Parfait read aloud the minatee whioh related
to the burial of Maeceett ie 1837. Serie the
workmen brought to bight n broken 'rase
in red pottery +severing AA urn in white .oleins
wheel wee eke fractured, mei which:Vixen',
ed to be filled with earth and coal. M. Noel-
Perfele urged the workmen to take the
greatest care over their Sash, *lei asked fee
newspeuer for the purpooe of toolooing
the broken urn, A men, of the Petit Mar-
eeilleet wee bended te bine. In the middle
of the nen was an oblong leaden box„2.5 ow*
theatres by 10, bearing a copper plate with
the following inecriptioit "Merome, Gener-
al of the Republics. Ali present sun:ores-04
their heads as the box was brought to the
surface. 14, Noel -Parfait delivered * short
apeech ift feeling terme, adding "Ilia ashes
are there, but ele name is everYWbere."
The authorities preaeut divided the debris
of the 17480 among themselves ; and M. Ned'
PArfait took possession of the leaden boa la
the name of the government.
The Oare of the Finrec, Rads.
The half-moon, which le esteemerlZhe
great a beauty, if oarefolly attended to, will
increase in tonne* and MU when it leo
been almoot obliVrated, will grow to be
very beautiful. onya " Medical 0losaleo."
Melly people think that ruching Om okin
beeit from the ;soil will ahow it more, 4A4
that by this praotice the deticato hem, AA
we 011 is, which holde the upper and under
okin s together, to totally deotroyed, and
tho ends of the gegen have on ugly- yellow
growth eroffroling the nail inetead of the
delicate framework which nature intended.
Then the way in whish the nalle la mat can
tot:idle ;Mange the thtepe of the desists. By
cutting the nailelm at the sides and
keeping the corners from adhering to
tho akin, hareenelle can be Avoided.
Where the mile ere thin AEA inclined tO
break, frequent nibng 18 neoeseory, and
ohould never be polished except Om WM0
oily substance le Med beside the powder.
Thia keepo the nails more pliable, and AO
matter bow thin they are, ff properly treat.
ed they are AO Mere liable to brook then
thicker cum Another thing that to hod for
Oa natio to pollohing them too rough]
They obruld be lightly touched audnist ra
bed until they boom bested. TWA is one
cute cf whit c spots corning on the nen and
marring lia beauty.—[Er.
Heat andilvdrophobla 18Rroala,
An Odetnacorreapondent writes r--Weeer
within the memory of the oldest Brit:Iola
resident hero has ouch intolerable heat
prevailed In this; region of Southern Russia,
Dcotho from stuustroko occur almost daily
even Among the native labourers. For the
last ten days the thermometer hae never
registered lets then 144 defame at noon. One
day last week le wait 13018 the tibiae, Oat
of roach of artificial irrigation ell vegetation
is parched and withered. Tbe long acorch.
leg days, unbroken by even a passing
thunderstorm sauced each other withperfeot
regularity. Even after iturleven there is no
breeze; and the nilhts are so sultry that
aleep is impassible. A sunehade is nacos-
ary an early as five a.re. On one day atone
21 cases of hItta from tom dogs were
received at the station. and during the het
20 days nofewerthan 3Soases.of hydrophobia
000nrred within Om city, and were treated by
Pasteur's system of inoculation.
An Adyentoxesome Lady,
14 18 reported tram hill= that the BArell•
eas Cautoni, a young lady of nineteen, cele-
brated for her beauty as well as for her
atartling originality,has announced her tn.
tentless of underbaking a journey into the
interior of Africa, She will bo ucompanied
by a relative, an elderly lady belonging to
tbe Attetrian aristocracy, and attended by
several male and female servants. An offi-
cer itt tbe Iterlian army has undertaken to
lead the expedition, and is already busily
engaged in reeking arrangements. The
party will set out on November 1, and the
tour will last for a year. After a millet
Aden, Massowah will be visited, and thence
the Baroness with her followers will pane.
trate into the interior of the continent.—IN-
Y. Pest
Surprise GOMIS*
Surprise gowns, sage the Landon "Court
Journal," are the latest thing of the moment.
The one included in tide trousseau had two
aspects, a pretty, tender green cashmere,
with a rather plain skirt, and a double-
breasted jacket to match. When, hey 1
presto 1 the two fronts of the Aire open and
are fastened to a button at the back, show-
ing a pink silk akirb yore boldly embroidered
in black and gold, and also the revers. The
jacket turns back also to ahow a waistcoat
and linings equally resplendent. Armed
with such it gown the wearer is ready for
any emergency.
Uncalled-for Shook.
Minnie —1 had such a shook lo,st evening.
Just as I started to go into the house a great,
horrid man jumped out from behind a tree
and tried to kiss me. What do you think
of that? Mamie—I thixtk it Wee the most
causeless and uncalled-for thing I ever heard
of.
A Total Failure.
"Excuse we, ash," paid a fashionable
barber to one of his clubmen who was in the
chair being shaved, " ef 1 was inyourplace,
sale 1 wouldn't eat no moah Limburger
cheese. It's bad on de digestion."
"I'll nob do it again," feebly responded
the sufferer. "1 only did it this time hi
hope it would compel you to keep quiet
while shaving me, but I perceive that it has
failed."-- (Texas Siiti'ngs.
His Great Astonishment.
Lecturer—All statistics prove that the
blonde women are more difficult to get
along with than the brunettes.
dominated man in the audience (skirting
tm) —Are you °Went of that ?
Prefesaor—It is a feet. tee eel
Astonished Man—Then I believe my
wife's black heir is dyed.
A Warning.
In a recent sermon a Western antetobatho
oierygman put the matter in tideway :—"It
is well understood, my brethren, that We
shall continue to do in the next world what
we most enjoy doing in this world. There-
fore those who smoke in this world • will
smoke in the world to come, yea, they will
smoke with the fire that quencheth not."
This is an original as well as startling ex.
egsle.—[N. Y. Tribune.