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Night had fallen on the, forest-elad
slopes of the mountain, and moon,
light, breaking through the feathery
leaves of the tan, dark hill -pines,
fell hint cataract of radiance over.
the edge Of.ea,precipitous gorge, fill-
ingnfor a time, the gloomy depths,
and losing itself at last in the foam -
in g water that inai hod the passage
of the liVer below. •
"fall -way , up; the mountain -side
there was a Space of cleared land, so
steep that it seemed almost to stand
tin edge. i,ii ,,its midst a spot had
been levetted to give footing to a,
tiny •cabin. Around LTie cabin the
-younge!Corn waa growing. Far off in
the eastward, a single light burned
likmadstae, and from the window of
ehegoabin another light seemed to
answer.
A woman leaned from the cabin
window watching that eastern. light
—a light that located for her the
gaol in the -courthouse town ten
miles away, .
Behind, it ela,y the sharp, curved
ridge of Croaglimoyle, on 'whose
heather slope this woman had been
born. „Te -night she" wished that she
had died there, on that rugged,
shelving "spur," long ago, in the
days when her cheeks were red and
her lips *ere ripe, , when life had
seemed full end joyous to• young
"tand laughing, Moyra Carey,"
Now she was Moyra Carey no
longer; and, she was old. She
net kncitvii haw, old she was until
these last fewdays; for it is not the
,passing of years. that makes for
age, but the passing of joy, and the
light and the sweetness of living.
The woman watching the distant
light was aldne, while that for
which she lived was yonder, under
that light, in the gaol of the town.
Alone in her sorrow -the woman sat
there, oppressed ,by the mighty sil-
ence. Involuntarily her mind sought
relief in wandering back over the
days of her life, lingering, here and
there on well -remembered sconce.
Among, her memories, was that , of
summer days Of her fresh young
wonninhood„ -how, when the suns,e,t
came, and she WaS stirring to -mor-
row's breakfast porridge, there came
also the tall young lawyer ,fram
ahat wonderful city, where the peo-
ple knew so much, yet strange to
say, knew nothing of the ways and
the thoughts of the mountain folk.
,How queerly he had looked at her;
until her bright; black eyes grew
shy and timid ; and once. when Ile
had' caught her hand, and seemed
about to speak, she, with ;becoming
maidenly -modesty, had broken away
train 111111, and ran down the path.
She had looked over her shoulder
and laughed at 111111 ; but. he had 310t
„rd(ollowed. Ifhe had,. how different it
Alell might have been !
Again, she thought of a time, when
the trees were bare, and the brown
leaves, lay tliiek 'on the frozen
ground. The cold wind moanea at
the. eaves of the dwelling, and sighed
in the tops- of the trees g'but the
fires burned brightly, and there was
good cheer within doors, for it was
her wedding -night.
The summtv was past, and she
was but a w„oinan, ,after all. Barney
Nolan had a farm at Ilialleycroft,
and Barney was a good man,' so
everyone said. He had a "still,"
and made whisky, of course, ; but
that was an right, provided he was
not caught by the Constabulary.
So she had gone away with Barney
to his place itt Ballycroft, and there
the baby bad been born.
She looked up quickly at the dis-
tant light. What mattered it that
the babe, had grown to be almost a
man ? IIis little hands had twined
ii- themselves in her flowing hair, his
little arras had clasped about her
neck, lia$ little cheek. soft and warm,
had pressed itself close to hers. I-fer
a baby—yonder, under the .light !
For when Barney had gonea-killed
In a fight 'with the Constabulary—
and the "still" had been broken up
. and the farm sold, she had , come
away up here with her child ; and
herethey struggled gin, poorly and
feeblY enough, but happily, because.,
they had each other:,
• But last Year the pigs had failed,
, 'and for the first time -they lacked
money for the rent. Then she had
told the boy something, thief; she had
kept to herself' through all.,these
years, lestea tinee like this should
como ; for away ofe down, there in
the valley, .under the shadow of the
shelving die's, and hedged about by
Mee heather and 'the tangled bushes,
Ace she had helped Barney to hide a.
cask of whiskey, burying it in the
earth, and trailing the bushes cute-
ningly over their work. .
The 'whisky was old and valuable,
and the rent, money might „surely be
, had. 'How could'she know that when
the boy", with the instinct of a barn
,mountain,eer, had unearthed it, and
.sold it stealthily, ancl paid the rent,
SOIne0/1.0---a spy, perhaps—wo-uld re-
port him, and set the Constabultime
milvijai- his track ? She had hidden hine
when this came to, pas; far back in
the ,wildseof the mountain -side
elle night 'they had followed nee as
,ehe slipped away to carry him food,
end 11007 11O W a s yondere
Hungrily she watched the light.
It seemed tc be -telling her of him.
Suddenly it weat out, and there
were, only the moon and the pale
'stars' teat hung 0101' the Clark -1)100'
rimeSes of the distant "spues,"
The day 'wnicifi followect Lae
Man's yigil waS el.onday morning of
eotirt week, and the little slow -go-
ing mounte,in town was filled with
the loose-jointecl inen
end -sallow, a p11 1,1 etic W.0111011 who
came from '`Croaahmoyle way Or
e
' the asier psloiee of Ball a glia -der -
Out in tic iron tan '0 r sh.
Ditaliee" from the 101510)11 and :mare
10 4,011)119111(1 coun tea Ilacl established
timself, 1 al wns busily foieting his
I0a108 *11 ge 1) i g crowd. Just
behind filmsitting in the door of
110 hotel, 1 group 01 leavy ere ,
black coats arel neat white ties,
SMOked their cigars, and laughed
heudlY at johes ameng, the country
folk.
They, too, were all from the
"great city," for the village was
too poor to allow.' aught of its
own in the legal line, save a few
'0 t tourneys
AParL from all, breathing the
heavy scent of the heather bloom
that drifted in With the breeze, and
gazing thoughtfully out -at the moun-
tains, sa.t the judge—a new man,
here for his first court.
And 'vet this'ittle mountain, town
was familiar ground to "his honor,"
"How 800n men grow old, and are
forgotten. !" he thought. Why, it
seemed to him but yesterday Sillee
lie, a briefless young barrister, had
come down here to obtain a little
rest and quiet after an unsuccessful
struggle in the Dublin law courts.
Ab, what days The. judge smiled
'broadly as he remembered them, and
With them the schoolhouse, and the
uncouth, coatless urchins who 'came
thither „ to see the "Dublin attour-
ney."
How like ntamed things those
urchins were—lithe, shaggy -haired,
restless, and shy ! Ifow they alter-
nately dreaded and scorned this de-
licate young barrister, who preferred
to it outside his cottage door,
studying law -books, rather than fol-
low thd hunt on foot. How little
they, or he, then thought that in
after years, when their heads were
growing grey, he would come • back
again to sit in judgment upon goase
of them ! '
There was a restful somnolence in
the odour of the. blossoms, and `the
breeze blew fresh and. cool. The
judge leaned back and shut his eyes
that he might enjoy it at his ease.
The strident •voice of the Irish
Italian grew softer, and the laughter
of the' lawyers drifted farther and
farther away. The pigs we're still
grunting at the back Of •the, little
cottage ; and, in his imaginatioh,
the judge was there again. ..
Ire could almost hear „the boys at
Play on 1110 steep -slanting hillside,
almost feel that it was afternoon
instead of morning. Presently he
would go out and drink the clear
cold water that gushed. from under
the rocks, and, then he would go on,
,pushing his, way through the prickly
blossom -covered heather that cum-
bered the path, until he crossed the
"ridge," and came down through the
apple -trees and the clover to old Pat
Carey's, where Moyra. Carey was
choppiug the nettles for the chick-
ens' morning meal.
Illoyiet Carey ! His face flushed
when he thought of her. Once he
had thought-- Ah, well 1 No
mattee what he had thonght, nor
what Moyra had thought. The ways
of the mouutain folks were not his
ways ; so he had gone according to
his traditions, and she according to
He had not thought of her for a
long „time ; but to -day he almost
wished that he hacl never left this
place, and with it shy, dark -eyed,
ignorant Moyra Carey.
*
Court was open, andethe third case
on the docket was about to ,be
tried. The acensed had no Counsel ;
there was no chance, therefore, of an
exciting legral battle.
The .charge was a comnion enough
one in this region. The prisemenaa
mere lad—had told a piteous tale, it
is true ; but all the prisoners told
piteous tales when their misdeeds
were aired in open court. What
would become of the law if every
lad whose mother needed money for
'rent was allowed to retail unstamp-
tit was ' hot in the courthouse, and
the air was laden ,with stale odours.
The judge glanced envieusly at the
retreating lawyers, tend plied his
handkerchief •with testy vigour. Be-
neath the Open windows a dog fight
was in progress. The snarls of the
curs and the excited cries of their
backers disturbed the quiet of the
court, so the clerk of the Court, with
well-asstuned dignity, leaned far call
to hide the crowd—and to see which
dog won.
Presently the prisoner—a thin,
awkwardelooking lad—was pushed
into ,the dock, where he sat gazing
stupidly at the faces of the tired
jurymen.
'The clerk, in a •rxionotonous, drawl-
ing voice, read the indictment ; but
the judge had forgotten him, and
was gazing at the downcast features
of the bo. Surely there was some-
thing familiar about that face ?'
Whatever it was. it troubled him
and he frowned impatiently•
Then a low sob caught his car, and
lie looked quf6kly across the rows of
the court seats at the place where a
woman was sitting. fie hated. wo-
men who came. to his court -room to
snivel and to cry. She was old—he
could see that—old and tired and
worn. Hdr brown shawl had fallen
off, and a, wisp of grey hair -strag-
gled across her forebear!. affer eyes—
motherly eyes, for all that they were
faded 'iind sunken and dim—Were On
the boy, and 1161. bone and kpoited
fingers clutched nervously at the seat
on front, ,Suddenly she arose and
spoke :
``May Oi soy: wan -WOrrd, yer
h011.01'
• The judge started as if something
had arightened him. From Under
that wisp of grizzled hair, from
behind that wrinkled, yellow mask,
a voice had called to him—the voice
of smiling, black-eyed Moyea,4Varey.
He raised his hand, and the clerk,
who was movin(1 to hush her, drop-
ped late a seat, amazed. The wo-
Man was talking ,on.
'1711i1.1.1, 3111' it'S himself, i$ the on'y
Wall 1 lias. ;eel' 111)11 01','' she said.
'An', 511050, 0711511't le to giinnie a
hand that he sold thlin ?
Fro's a good boy, yer worship ;
ther's,'nobody but itieself left eow to
111oind the pigs end cut the -turf,
lioney judge, lave Ji 113 Wict 'hie, fid
ginone wan inove eltanstadist Wan
100e0 clian.at
Slie sat clown. Tlic 'noise of tlie
dogs ceased, 101(1 their cavilers
streablled loudly 0001' the result of
tile encl the judge Trioved tale
pat,ieility. All tine, Nvas irree;u1e,r,
and lie dh11k0d irveguler° proceed-
inee Ire was troubled, too—
troulilecl liecause he was old., .nxid 110-
00.e9e Wroyra, Carey- was ()Id, eild, be-
8110 lead a boy who ought ,r.)
be tried.
Why 1V1A9 she here ? Why veasnc't
elle at hoine—at old Pat tlarey's—
cutting the nettle, as she 'used to at
the end of tbe 8111111ner afteelloctil,
when lie came grasping at the wood-
en Intnelle to 14e11) her, it/id eatching
her warm brown one instead ?
"air. Clerk," he said suddenly, '."re-
lease that prisoner, Wit11011.1„ nail, to
be Preeent at the next terrii of the
court!"
The clerk started up and leaned
bacla The Constabulary had had
tf•oulile catchieg that boy, arid lie
thought that he ought to be tried.
''Your worehipt' lie whispered,
"yon don't knolv these folks ! That
boy'll never conie back !"
'['he judge's face flushed an angry
"rEe'll be a cursed fool if lie does!"
he said explosively., "Call the next
case I"
A.13OUT RUBIES.
What They Are and in What Es-
,/ . teem They Are Held.
Rubies are growing scarcer. The
most beautiful come from C,leylon,
India. and China. The mines of
Peru are nearly exhausted or but
little worked to -day. The regions
where they are situated are danger-
ous of approach; besides, in the
states of the, Grand Mogul the expor-
tation of rubies is forbidden until
they have been exhibited to the sov-
ereign, who retains the most beauti-
ful. ,, The ruby of 'Siam is distin-
guished by its deep red color, some-
what resembling the garnet.
Carbuncles, to which the ancients
attributed fantastic properties, were
in reality rubies. They served,. it
was said, to 'give light to large ser-
pents or dragons Whose . sight `had,
been.s enfeebled by age; they bore
them constantly between their teeth,
and laid them down only for e•ating,
and drinking. It was even claimed
that the carbuncle emitted light in,
darkness, and that the thickest
clothing could not stop its rays.
Without all the exaggeration of such
•legends, it was believed for a long
time that; rubies contained luminous
rays: The truth is that they have
double refraction and send out red
rays with unequalled brilliancy. Tree
versed in a vacuum by an electric
current, they are illuminated with a
red lire of extreme intensity. The
greatest heat does not change their
form or their -color.
The largest ruby known „in Europe
is 'said to be one that the Russian
caravans brought from China, with
other precious stone e in exchange for
their peltries, and which forms to-
day one of the rarest °mai-emits of
the Imperial court of Russia. The
one of which Cardin speaks with ad-
miration was of splendid color, and
bore engraved the name of the shiek
Lephy. That of the Shah of Persia,
of Which Traesenier made a drawing,
weighed 175 karats. That of the.
King of Visa,pour was sold in 1653
far nearly S15,000. The one pos-
sessed by Gustavus Adolphus was -as
large as a small egg and Of the most
beautiful water. ;aft was presented
to the Czarina on the occasion of
Gefstavus Adolphus' visit to St.
Petersburg itn 1677, ad -
THE PROFESSOR WAS TOUCHED
"I look upon you as a disgrace to
the college," thundered the irate
professor. t'Aied were it net for my
lifelong friendship with your honor-
ed father I would expel you, sir."
The present had been, about the
tenth time during the term ,that
young Fulano had been reprimanded
for infractions of the college rules,'
and it was very appanet from the
old gentleman's voice and manner
that he WaS about tired of it.
Had the present offence been merely
of the usual character he might not
have felt so indignant. Participa-
tion in the. lively escapades peculiar
to collegians, if not carried too far,
he was disposed to wink at, if not
overlook. But to do as Fulano had
now done—actually , sell his text
books and those of his small, libra-
ry' in order to assist in a , grand
jollification—was something, he
thought, that *lick at the estab-
lishment's very foundation.
lieilano, as one having no defence,
offered not a word of explanation or
apology.
'`And to think that you. a schol-
ar's son and aastudent at this col-
lege, should deecend se low as ,to
sell all your books 1" ended' up the
learned but angry man with a fine
bursa' of scorn.
"But 1 didn't sell them all,"
feebly answered Paden°. "1; have I these immediately takes him in a
ono left.'' ''d
"Oh, ,you have, have you ?" s-ar-
dastically. "And, pray, what is
that ? Patent Office Report ?"
"NO, sir," and the youth blushed
as though conscious of showing a
weakness of ,feeling. ''It is the pre-
sentation copy of yOlir Own 'History
of Spain' with which -you honored
me on my arrival here.''
The professor was touched in a
tender spot. 1 -Te was naturally proud
of Ins authorship. hlte also loved the
son of hisold friend.almost as his
and now that the boy had spar-,
ed. that one book while sacrificing the
rest showed there was something
good in him after all.
"Well, John, my boy,"' he finally
said, in a gentle tone, putting forth
in "all youth has its faults,
and f foru ; give yobut why, why
(11(1you not sell that book like-
wise ?"
"1 tried to, professor, but nobody
Would buy it."
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TE{E 13 T 11ET S BITTEN,
DUPES VVHO GET THE BEST 01?
CLIfl te katto aincd t111111 desetdbe
ea 0711011 he does open, At, and finds,
instead of notes, that it le full of Notes of Interest About SoiiQ
s--eawdust. a Great People.
THE BARGAIN.
' 'Bo 1 these eharpees sometimes have
PERSONA'. TIT -BITS,
ow the Dentist Got Even With a
YounJooMdcm
asna-a'IIleoGg. reen
A youeg man, fairly well dressed,
quite recently dropped in at a Lon-
don West -end dentist's, and when ha
vited into the coneulting room, after
negligently disposing himself com-
fortably in the' dentist's chair, said
he 11119 afroid he had carelessly ne-
glected his teeth for Somti
e me, and
wanted the dentist to look at thern
and give such as needed it the best
treatment and filling lie could.
Upon investigation the dentist
found that no fewer than five of them
-ficd, adeds filling, anthat very badly.
He OlTered to make an appointment.
t'0111 but that Would never
objected the young man. "I shall
be leaving town to -morrow for a
while, and I want to have them (Mee
before 1 go." •
As the case seemed argent the den-
tist deferred to the young nean's
wishes, and set to work immediately.
'He spent several hours On' the job,
and filled every, one of the teeth with
gold.. His surprise can be imagined
when, having completed the task, on
presenting his bill the young man
nonchalantly informed him he was
afraid he couldn't pay it, as he
hadn't any money.
"Do you mean to say," said the
dentist,• "that you deliberately came
here, knowing you had 110 money to
practise fraud?" •
"I'm very sorry," \I replied the
young man in a cheeky fashion, "but
awfully short, and as. I couldn't
stand the' pain of my teeth, as they
were, there was nothing left for nie
to do but get them filled as best I
could. You can prosecute inc if yeti
will. but that won't make you any
richer, and it might make you poorer
by taking up your tune."
THE DENTIST SCORED.
The dentist contemplated this mon-
umental impudence for 501.110 mo-
ments ill silence while he thought
things over; then he said:
"It's easy to see you're a gentle-
man, and I suppose one, ,day when
you have got the money you will
come in and pay then; eli?"
"Ohl yes!" replied the young man,
eagerly. "111 do that of course."
"Well, that will be all right,''said
the dentist; "only if your teeth pain-
ed you in the meanwhile you might
think differently. Pm afraid I hur-
ried ,the job a little just now, but if
you'll sit back in the chair I'll put
caps on, and they will insure the fil-
lings lasting." ,
The young man readily complied,
and then that dentist, one after an-
other, deliberately pulled the fillings
•
out of, every one of the teeth and
left all the nerves exposeel. When
this was done and the young man
rose from the chair he found out his
mistake, for, if the pain had been
great before, with the nerves exposed
the suffering-n-111st have been awful.
"Now you, 'can `go," said the den-
tist severely; and 'the young man
went. It is safe to assume, if he
lives thrbugh the awful sensation of
the exposed nerves trying to hammer
his head off, he will hardly ever' try
to be smart again.
THE; '`GIWEEN-CiOODS GAME.",
111the United States there are re-
gular gangs of swindlers who perpee
trate what is 10100711as the "green -
goods game." What they do is to
lure credulous farmers and general -
store keepers of the small towns and
villages into one ,of the large cities,
principally New York or Chicago, by
the aid of tempting n
circulars. I
these they assure them, in confidence,
that they have printed off some ab-
solutely perfect counterfeits of the
PaPer money hi general circulation
in the States. This Money is known
as "greenbacks,'' from its color;
hence the term greea-goods" The
supposed counterfeiters further de-
clare that their notes can' positively
not be detected froni genuine treasury
notes, and the victim -woule0 do well
to beconle one bf their distributing
agents. If he will come to the city
they make their headquarters, he can
inspect the notes for himself, and if
satisfied with them he may. buy as
1110311 as $15,000 worth for $1.000
of legal currency,
When the victim snaps at the bait,
and comes to the city to meet the
supposed colliers, he wearstsome pre-
arranged symbol, such as a rosei in
his button -hole, and is met at the
station by the sharpers. One of
roundabout way to some premises
that will have been just engaged,
where the ,,transaction is to take
place. Arrived there he leaves him
alone in the room, bare of any 101'-
niture but a table and a couple of
chair's perhapsfor a few moments,
whell he retires to a room at the
back, or behind a hastily -constructed
partition, to fetch the goods.
Presently he returns with a small
satcliel containing 15,000 dollars
worth of real legal. eurrency, in notes
of all denominations, which lie repro -
scuts as counterfeits. The prospec-
tive purchaser handles these, and
comparing them with notes from his
pocket finds that he cannot detect
the slightest dicier ellee• .113 hardly
ever fails that a bargain is then
struck, and the victim pays his
YO CNC SIdHTSEhRS.
Berlin has a, child exchange.1110
poorer people of the city- who cannot.
afford outings send their children to
country peesants and receive in re-
tiree for an 01001 length, of time
peesent, chilcIreu who want to see the
city, The plan has, Worked so well
that the chitritable German 070111011who -(nagineted it would lihe to ex-
tend De r.rhere i9 even talk of e0-
1,000 DOLLARS DOWN.
The sharper. Pockets this; carefully
puts the other money back in the
beg, Wind then, arguieg' that he and
his Confederates can only alloW the
puechaeces of their notes to dispese
of them in their OW11 CliStrietS, to 111. -
Sure this, undertakes to escort him
back to the station and hand hi)11 the
bag once he is .eaSely .00 bowel his
hoinealeound train.
The '`new ageht,'' as this was pre-
viously SLI 111)11910(1, does not demur,
and they immediately go out. But,
as they do so, anknown ,to the vic-
tim, a chenge Of bags 38 effected
When safely aboard, jitst 001010tile
changing cliildrcia, 1.)et\ee(3n neighbor- train pulls out, the 00111 terfell, beg
iir, countriesso tivat 111033 will gain is handed the victini by 13110 sleerper,
sti'll 11101..6 paluable expe,rieeice, with the strict, telueet,ion 1110,1 Ile
___......_ should liet oPell 'it tintil 110 arriveS
A lienny on tha 'British ancoiri „as lionie. Aral to , this the victim
preeents 1.331,560alt0 ageces. -His sill'Ill'ise and cliagehi
the tabltori
id tured on them; and gen-
erally by former victims.
On one oecaeion some of them made
their temporary premises an empty
shop near a busy thoroughfare, When
the bag (e)ntaining their morley was
brought out the intended.' victim be-
gan looking it over, when, suddenly
raising his head, he said solneene
had called from the back room,
'Did they?'said the sharper under
whose escort heowas• "I didn't hear
it. Wait. and ['11 be bock in a min-
ute.''
But the moment he reached the
back room where his confederates
were, there was a great crash, and
on IrurrYillg into the shop found
their bird had smashed the front
Plate -glass- window and fled, carry-
ing their 15,000 dollars with him-.
They knew better than to pursue,
and, as this large sum of money ,was
their "working capital," those par-
ticular '.'green -goods" men Went out
if business for some, time after.
On another occasion the intended
victim, on the pretence of looking at
the ,notes in a good light, moved to-
wards the window. This he prompt-
ly opened, and threw the bundle to
friend waiting for them in the street
below. As murdering hill) wouldn't
bring the money back, the sharpers
had to let their °atwitter go—taking
however, the 13000 he carries with
him first. But the man, who had
been swindledsonce, didn'tobject to
this, and said he would be willing to
make the same exchange every daY;
SALMON RIVER RUNS DRY
,
Fish Waiting „ler a Chance to A
cend the Ffiramiehi.
. The news that comes from the Mir-
amichi River, N. 13,, one of the
'greatest salmon, streams of New
Brunswick, must prove somewhat
tantalizing to fly fishermen, who
found ahe sport rather below the av-
erage there this season. Now the
lower waters of the Miramichi are
teeming with splendid fish. This is
due to a most unusual state of af-
fairs. •
No ramn. lias fallen in the watershed
of the Miramichi for the past three
months, and the northwest and
southwest branches are extra,ordinar-
By low. For nearly 2.00 miles, in-
deed, they are almcist dry, so that
the salmon are unable to move up
to their accustomed spawning
grounds, The fish have gathered in
unprecedented numbers. in the tidal
waters of the river, and the atten-
tion of the Department of Fisheries
has been called to' ,the fact that there
is likely to be wholesale destruction
of the salmon unless measures are
taken to prevent it. ,
Nothing like the present condition
of affairs has been known on the
river for mere than twenty year.
Moreover, the runs of fish on the
Miramichi have been greater this
season that they have since the faL
mous runs of 1893.
MORE SCHOOLBOY HUMOUR.
There is invariably a gread deal of
emuseenent to he iound in school-
boys' examination papers. Here are
a few recently written. :—
A kitten is remarkable for rushing
like mad at nothing whatever, and
stopping., before it gets there. e,
Alias means otherwise. For 'ex-
ample, he was tall and she was
Soap is a kind of stuff made ieto
nice -looking cakes that smell 11°011,
but: taste awful, Saapjuice always'
tastes the worse when you get it in
your eyes. My father says. the Boers
don't use soap. I wish I was a
Doer.
Hens is a curious animal. They
don't have no nos10 nor no -teeth,
nor no ears. • They swallow their
vittles whole,' and chew it up in
their`crops inside of them. The 'out-
side of hens is all feathers, and is
sometimes put into pillows or •made
into' dusters. The inside of hens -is
sOmetimes filled with marbles and
shirt -buttons and swell. A hen is
very 1011011 smaller than a good many
other animals, but -they'll dig. up
more potatoes and eat more corn
than anything ' that isn't ot hen.
Hens, however. is useful to lay eggs
for plum -puddings. Hens have got
wings and legs, and can fly when
they are scared out of the garden.
Hens sometimes makes very fine
speing chiekelle•
A DOUBTFUL_COMPLIMENT. ,
A Parliamentary candidate for a
Scotch 'constituency came across 0
crofter, who seemed to be dissatis-
fied with both candidates.
'It's nae use a-talkin' to me, sir",
said the man to his- would-be repres
*seatatit-e, in Parliamenta-'`not a bit
o' use. Tlie kind o' man 'we went
here is 11 rielit-doon rascal—one that
disaia, care a rap for man or beast !"
Hopeless as the 'case appeared to
be, the, Candi clato bravely- p er isted
in expounding Ins views, and soon
succeeded 'in interesting the seeming
itgeconcileble. :Enticed, the crofter
WaS so carried away by the earnest -
11055 and enthusiasiT1 of the vote -
seeker that, glowing with satisfac-
tion, and anxious to enake amends
for his first reckless remarks, he
seized the candidate's hand, and ex-
claimed
"Sir, ma vote's yours ! Ye're the
very man for* 119 1•
WORTH OP Ra fLWAYS,
The, railwn./0f 1ICWO1.11 me t
0-
day woeth lrom ;C5000,000,000 to
.C.6,000,000,000. This probably rep-
Ieeents one-tenth of the total wealth
of civilized itations, and one quarter,
if not ono -third of their invested cap-
ital. The, world's whole stogie of
money of ewiee- kind—gold, silver erel
pa.per--would purchase only 0, third
of i ts rai 1 ways .
In the West of Engenntl. ,espeeially
Cumberland, the greater part of, the
rain falls in winter ; but in `the east
the fall is beevier in the slinereer
half of the yeala
Mark Twain's tobacco aecouiii
Mllst be a large one, for lio con-
sunies• aver 3,000 cigars in a year.g-,
Ile is said to allow hiniseill :300
cigars 31 1110511311.
ft ie related o Tali Caine, '
1.100eliSt, that lie once worked in the ,
Laxey lead, neiriee, in the Arw•tx
111()01111t.:10ilssiiti1011119Uff-ioLl,thla.
iaeleofa Younman
g'
who was ill, to keep tha young fele
1w,s
,
AlllateUr photography is a iaa witn
the Shah of Persia, arid he has be-
come quite skilful in the use of the, .
camera. Be 1111S a positive mama
for being taken in every conceivable
attitude and dress, and line even
been photographed in bed.
Jt is stated - as "0 011110118 feet"
that the languages ueed by the czar
and Czarina in their priyata iatee-
course are Englislt and Geamaa—
French and :Italian being ." seldmu
spoken by their Majesties wile!)
alone. The CZarilla C11C1 1101 learn
Russan unt/il• after her betrothal,
but, though ' as yet she speaks it
very slowly, it is with a good asceat
and great distinctness.
Mr. John Dolton recently- com-
pleted fifty years' Service as 11 parish
clerk 'of Coppenhall, 'near Stafford,
England. Be has never been late for
any church service, and has only
been absent ,on two Sundays, aad On --
those occasions owing to illness,
has served under four view's and
four 'churchwardens. It, is some -
What remarkable that during his
half -century of office' the, -entire pop-
ulation. (about ei(1hty) has changed,
there being no peveon or the des-
cendant of any person in the parish
now who resided there in 1851.
The' ctirioas sight of 11 clergyman.
transformed to a miner was evit-
nessed in the Chase district recently., I,
The vicar of Cannock, the Rev. IL
Stuart, attired in miner's dress;
with a red handkerchief round his
neck, union badges in his cap, and
wearing heavy boots and black
trousers, has been working oil agleep
seam at a local pit. In an inter-
view he said he was doing it for ex-•
perience.„ I -re intended working to
the end of- the week. When work
was over he was escorted home by a
number of proud fellow -workers.
King Leopold recently delivered
himself of a boo mot. Chatting ,
after a public reception 'with one of
his familiars known to be on easy
terms with the extreme sections, the
King asked jocularly what sort of
impression he made on the "Soeial-
ists. "One of the leaders observed
to rae" was the rep/y, "that if you
had not been King of the ,Belgians
you' might have been President of the
Belgian Republic." "Thanks, very
math," said the King, with a laugh;
"but tell 'me, you, who are a tloc-
tor, how Would you like to be made
a ‘a'eIv.e.Dt'el1L'isse, the French Minister of
Foreign Affairs, who has had ea
much to do with the arrangements
for the Ozae's visit to France, is a
journalist who has wet1 his way to
his position straight from journal-
ism. journalism an France is 'one of
the high' roads to political rank ;
witness MM. Brisson, Dupuy, Del -
ease% ;end others less known out of
France. Delcasse began life in the
'Republique Francaise,' and made
foreiga affairs his specialty. He has
been in the 37rencli Parliaruent fop
only twelve years, but he got , hit°
office eight years ago.
Very few people can be left who
knew Dr. Livingstone long and ,inti-
mately. There is an old retired 111111-
ister, still hale and hearty, living in
a London suburb, who was at col-
lege' with the great missionary, and
displays with pride a walking-sticle
of Afriean wood given to him by
' ' Older stili, and more
closely connected, is Miss Kate idv-
ingstone, a cousin' of Dr. Livirer-
stone, who has just completed her
1061319 year. g'he famous exploree
used regularly to visit her. She
lives at Glenaroa, Mo1b, and as now
very infirm and feeble both in body
and naiad. , •
The hobby of electricity ridden. by
Lord ,13lythswo,odis shared by an»
other ' notable-Sco tarn a n , Lord
Kingsburgli, the Lord Justice Clerk,
better known to many- as Brigadier -
General J. A. Ma,cdonalch Of
the thirteen Scottish 'judges, Lord'
Kingsburgh is the most versatile.
His interest in electrieity- has led to
several inventions,.. which have been
duly patented. Ile is tilao an, expert
shorthand writer. His lordship is an
enthusiast in Rugby football, and
every volunteer and soldier lenows of
the interest he has -taken inthe
volunteer movement. He is the nu-
thor of a icrork which inspired the
Isystein of tactics adoptell in, the 13rit,•:'
ash army for many years. -
MiSS.: Clara, PolZaky, is a Russien
inventor, whose forte is' aerial navi-
gation. The Czarina, recentlyThonor-
ed Miss Polzsky Witlither presence
at a dress rehearsal of the high,
'flying machine Mise Polasl-v aaa
designed . her .airaniachine on dis-
tinctly original tines -, she uses eao
gas, but has .her , egg-shaped air,
ship just epencdat the top, and
fitted. at the base. with art eleetrie
motor apparatu8. Accompanied by
a -little girl, the lady ascended to a
height of about 430 yards at her de-
.
monstration meeting, a, 81111
gra001011y Lis. sh0 rose in the air,
and af ter. remaiaing' 'there poised for
a 'while she ,descended in her ship,
proving that it weo perfeetly amen-
able to control and a very promising
illventril
NleicYn.hrie been corapilitre, a list
of the favorite scents used by reign- ,
Mg' monarchs, The Kaiser, she
says, prefers —Garden of the Parish.
Priest," but occasiOnally uses Yde.vg-
Ylaug, corylopsis, and iris, The
i'7,1"Ora'CISS AuguSta. Kietoria. peaces§ '
hey -scent, and fee her privat3 rooms
ean de Cologne. The Czar hare a
weaUness for ecents, but his especia,1
favorite els unkuowm The Czerine,
„ ,
armors violet peranne ioe the hand-
hei•ellief ; her 1001/18 and 00)')' dos
010 S1)1'1111006 07111 jonqui1 and ists-
Thine. The queen Doweger of 1t31 13',
'Nrargbcrita, nreferS eau de Cologne.
The Cr owe 'Uri lice f m a a, S •
f on d of e ()se -we ter 911)11111
110.1111(.1 hus h (1011 011 t.e taste, for he
1l)(1914g08 in a m)Uterre of lilacs aria
v 1 01 e,