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How Do You Like These Prices
I'm- 1-liMtrOil ("It illi, 1 yar.l wiile,
I im- l 'l-.riiil (.'lt.lli, U yaitls wi.le,
I'iiu- r'liHir til fluth, "J yarils itl-,
rim- Taltif Oil t'lmli, :Lssi.rt .!,
$4.00, $5.00, $6.00 AND $7.00; FORMER PRICES, $5.00,
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and Dry Goods House,
SLANG WORDS AND HH RASES.
Tlie Oriein tf t.(::,,.i,or,- fVoirrn
t : llinl I'imi 'I lilii."
"-Iii;i" is a witrtl wlittsi- iiu-aniii" is
ii.iw known tt i-vi-rvt iiif ulit umli-r-st:iml
tin- I'.iii'lish lan'iniLro. Altmit
t'.if Ittiriiiniii ttf tin- t-iiit nry. says tlit
llnsttiii IVist. a i-inista Itlc in lnirlalu!
naiiifit .lithii I hui ln-f.inif t-t-lfltratfii as
a tir-st-ilass i-ttili-ftur if lml an-i unit .-.
Inn itJlurs wmilil fail ttt i-i ilK-it a lta-1
,1.-1.1 . Dun v.miltl ! siir- t J4't-t it nt
i.f tli.- il.-litor. It simii pass-il inlit a
nrrciit pliraso tliat x lu-n a pi-i-sni
nv.i'il iiiiuit-y anil iliil md pay vln-n
iiski-il. In- wmilil havt- t Ik- " 1 limiH il
il. iii-fil stum U'tuiuo i-i iimiit n in siifli
i-:!t-s t. say: "Ymi will have to iluii
Sii-aml-sii if yi'U wisli to rnlli-ft juiir
im iiit-y."
niil tin- iiitmiiiatioii of Franklin
I'ifffi- for tin- pi-i'sitlt-m-y tin- word
" hi t sii li-r" WHS IllllillOW i.. 'I I If folll
mil t t-f t m -r-tlt-nt ials -a im- t o maki" its
t.-pitrt and foul.l not jvt into tin- liall
ln'iinw nf tin- ,-ritWtl of pt-itplt- who
wi-rf not itif.-n'ii-rs of t lit--t hi vt-nl it m.
Tin-chairman of t In--oiivt-it ion a-skfl
if tin- i-itiniaittt-t wa -. ready to report,
and t he chairman of t he commit tec a n
swered: "Vi- M r. 'hatrman. 1-ut the
commit tee is iiiiahle to jrft insitlc on
a- nut ff the ci-nwd and presnr-of
t!ie utiti !i-r.."" The nt,ii;i;ir' reMirt
ei s : ' :.t tin- w . iv. I ami t: -! it
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in - I i:s "i.i t .. pc;-;;. id" in tli.- mi.
-:;! !i-:r a pt-r-oii :: tlai in tin-
. .;-.r.-s- aiiiftratioli ainl :tt the ::si:i
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rrri.' i :s so iimo.-ciii a'ld hms
.i -.;!td My d.'.ir 'ot.pc;-,ii Id. (;,
i'ai i f III'- licld are noi fresher thai
'llfi tiiin" was .'ivcii -iri'ciif"
.ie:ii ler II St cplit'lis. tf t if .r,'i i .
t nit .-d States co.itrre i.i I .
S inn aie.'iiiters hatl made a reply to
Mr. Stephens, and the latter had his
chair w heeled out ill the aisle, and said
in that shrill, piping voice which al
ways commanded silence: ".Mr. Speaker,
t he L'ent h-man's argument s are gratu
itous assert ions made up of w hole clot h
ami elolh. sir. so jfau.y and thin that
it will not hold water. It is entirely
too thin, sir
I m- r thr --nntt.
Mr.lohn Mactloiialtl, the first prime
in'.:iister of Canada, was fond of relat
ing this story to illustrate the need of
an upper house.
'Of w hat use is tin- senate? ' asked
Jefferson, as he stood In-fore the tire
with a cup of tea in his hand, pouring
the tea into the saucer.
"You have answered your own ques
tion." replied Washington.
"What do you mean-.'"
"Whv ditl you pour tea into the
i saucer'.''
"To cool it."
Kveii so." said Washington, "the
senate is the saucer into which we
pour legislation to cool." Y outh's I'om
pan'.on. Not to Ite T:ik-n Too Srrlout.Iy.
ne of the curious outcomes of Mark
Twain's assertion that there are
only
thirtv-t hree jokes in existenci- is
tin
fact that he is constantly receivmsf
letters from men ami women who de
sire to refute his statement by sending
l.ini an entirely new and uriifinal joke.
Taking Mark Twain too seriously is of
itself a joke.
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1'-"m-. kt yaitl.
IWtt: pt-r yanl.
.Vm-. p-r yaitl.
"(i:. j-r yanl.
A PEASANT MATCHMAKER.
K:r niiic.l ;ili Siiii-iii-1 hv, 1 livn l.avo
ilim the W ruin; i.rl.
SjH-akiuir tf licrmau weddings, a
writer savs: Asa rule sons aim iaiitru-
tcrs ltorn and bred in slavish obedience
iio not even murmur. .iiiiusin- inci
dents do occur, and that quite often,
tine of t lies,- was comical eiioiiirh to
Neeiii worth reiH-atiny. A iK-as;iiit
with four daiiLrl.tei-s. all of them de
ci. teiily unat tract ive in It k tks. tlisposeti
.f his sec -md and least homely one at
the marriage last year. When tli.
Vt'illlur fellow, however, came to the
tld man s house, tin- sly old fox led out
his tirstltorn. tive years older t hail the
iri-ooin and eiioiiffh to frighten anyone
away.
Ther-uon a stormy interview, a
lengthy tiisciission, and at last after a
tleal of ha;irliut- an atrr,-emeiit was
reached, simply by iuereasin the ma
ture old ni iiilen's dow ry by a thousand
marks (.rJ.lni. Ami I saw this couple at
the fair cooini like turtle doves and
happy as can Ik-. Odd. isn't it'.' Yet
that is the rule with these marriages
eoin-liitlcd in such ultra prosaic fash
ion. Nearly all of thciu turn out well.
1 am credibly informed. Y oil see these
K-asants from around Tel tow are much
like those Xola so jrr ahically paints in
his novel. "I.a Tern-" - with souls that
have no room for anything In-side tie
thirst for more land and more jrold.
ir. to put it in a more complimentary
way. they're not tjuile so finical as we
city-bred people are. N. Y. Ailver
ti.se r.
(litii-ne litntlitrlii.
Chinese mandarins of the second
class wear a button of coral red, sur-n-stcl
by a cock's comb, since the cock
is the bird that adorns their breast.
The third class an- frorjeous, with a
mltc on which a iteacock is emblaz
oned, while from the center of the red
frin-re of silk umii the hat rises a sap
phire button. The button of the fourth
class is an opaque dark purple stone,
and the bird depicted on the robe is
the M-liea:i. A silver pheasant on tin
robe and a clear crystal button no tin
hat are the rank of the. fifth class.
The sixth class are entitled to
w ear an embroidered stork and a jade
stoiie button; the seventh a partridje
aml an embossed eold button. In
the eirlitli the part ridfjv is reduced to
a quail, and the tfold but ton becomes
plain, w hile the ninth-class mandarin
has to be content with a sparrow for
his emblem, and with silver for his
button.
PERSONAL TALK.
Miss Kn.v O'Connki.i., in religion
Mother Mary Ilenina. the -raiiddauirh-t-Tof
1 laniel O'Coiinell. died lately in
tju- I'rsuline convent at Waterforil.
)U. IlA V.. Hu'HAKIisox, of Philadel
phia, is one of the most successful
women physicians of the country, her
income ix-iu estimated at ?lo.0(M a
year.
Ki:v. Kuwakd Davis, of Oakland.
al., is said to Ik- an actor preacher, a
word painter, a patron of the wait., a
sponsor for "bean " poker, and the most
I- tpular preacher in the city.
TliK Misses Swanii are three Louis
ville firls who have made a sueeuss as
desitrners and carvers of choice furni
ture. They pre) la re work only on or
ders, ami seek only the best tra.le. No
duplications are jM-rinitted. The de
signs, the construction, the carving',
are all done by the three sisters.
THE I 'LISTS i)V INDIA. I
Insects That Render tho Livea of
Europeans Miserable.
Hotlrntu That llrtiwtut I Mn Onr'a Hair
autl ICeptllea That Am Nimieroiia
and Soclitlde An l'ntlt-niralj
J'lHce tt Live.
"Alontr with the intense heat." says a
returned Kast India travcl-r to a New
York Sun man, "there jro many varieties
of noxious insects. The mosquitoes
swarm the y-:ir round. 1'very lu-tl is
covered with a tent of imtsqiiiti . net
t i ii o-. and it is the business of ymir Imiv,
after having made the bed in the morn
ing', to scare out all liiifcrin;f mo-..ui-ttH-s
and then tlraw the rau.e curtains
close and tuck them under the mat
tress. On ffty'iins tt lied you make a lit
tle hole in tin tent. fS' l in quickly ami
tlraw it tivrht ajrain. House liicsarea
constant nuisance, and there are threat
llyinr 'tf k roaches, two in. hes ' Imi:'.
which sometimes bite, ami at et rtaii:
seasons leavi- tln-ir .rr-at w ini's lvinr
alMtut the house. They , -at one's patent
leather shoes. Flying ants, jrcat black
creatures, conn- in swarms and al-.
leave t heir w injrs over everyt !iitif.r. The
cent iM-de. an inch ami a half aii-1
more venomous than that of ihis i n-
try, trets into the house and often
crawls upon the sleeM-r. So 1 . -t i as
one keeps still there is no dan-.rer. but
the creature, if one moves, is lik.lv to
ditf his claws into the tlesh and make
an iinptcasaiit sore. Scorpions at t. tu n-1.
They coine out of old Woodwork, ami
you lind them ill luniks that have l.ui'
lain unused. Their bite is poisonous,
ami soiiictimes fatal.
"Alon- with the insects come the
serH-nts. The cobra is tin- nios; da:i-e-erttus.
It seldom comes int.i tin
houses for some reason. thoiirii my
small sister slept upon a pile of mats
unilt-r which a sleeping cohra. wa.- aft
erward found. The cobra, however,
comes into the compound and often
bites the natives. Kuropcaiis are sel
dom bitten by the cobra or other
snakes, because the Kuropean j'oes
about in boots that jrive the serpt-nt
not ice i if his coining'-, and also pci-ii:u
jiroteet him from the bite. Asa m.-'t:
of fact :-erK-M-coiiHiit mly met in India
do not voluntarily e;o after l::m::n
prt-y. but are prolta bly more afraid of
man than man of them. A harcf. i.ii,-d
native, treading' noiselessly, jrives tl..
serpent no notice of his approa: h am!
may unconsciously step upon hiia. and
t hen t he -rt at lire bites in s-lf-le' n-e.
I knew a native e-artlener to Im- bitten
by a cobra. lie tilled himself with
whisky ami walked to keep himself
awake. An Fiiirlishmaii w In mi 1 kiiew
was bitten by a cobra, and his friends
promptly applied the same remedies.
They walked him all liirht against ht
drowsy protests ami his earnest in-ayer
that he lie permitted to sleep. Mi- lift
was saved, but he never really reco -cred
from the shock, thoiiirh he lived
many years after. Tho brae-let snake
is a familiar ami venomous lit t le w re I .Ii
that takes pleasure i:i coiiintr up in
one's I h iot durinir the nirht or in jret
tin into the holes of imi-'s pirnii':i!.
tine soon learns to shake tine's b.M.is
ln-fore putting them on. Thcnativts
have a curious aversion to kiHiiiL'
snakes, ami they have a siijn'i-st ition.
shared by some l-"uron'ans, that if a
cobra be slain its mate will come to
avenge the act. Of course, t here is no
foundation for it. save jh rhaps that
widowed cobra coaies in sear, ii of h. r
mate ami incidentally meets the slaver.
" bats abound in India ami tcl into
houses ami swarm a'niar.l a ship. One
(fr-at Indian rat, the ba in ii. wiiii a
snout like a pijf, vi.sitsoiio's bed at nitrlr
and chews the ends of one's ha'1-. 1
knew a red-headed fellow on bo;id
ship who used to e-rease his hair W'i-i
oil or bear's crease. He was vi-.it. d on.-
nijrht by a bandicoot, ami came upo;
deck next morning with the inl.h-si evi
dence of the bandicoot's barbei-iu;-.
The inuskrat swarms in India, trc: - ir.it
t he In Hi-n-s as all sorts of wil l cr.-a . ii: 's
tlo. since the lt mrs are mt r. iy ua. ;..-e.l
openings. His smell is somet hin r
t re-
neliiloiis. ami when he merely
the cork of a soda water Imtt
s -
f he
seems to se-lit the nlil-lits.
"The bite of an insect, even though
.lifht. or a small sore of any kind that
would soon lu-al in a tenen-rate . !i
mate. may han on f.ir days or v.ecl.:.
in the heat of India, and a sli"-':t ill
ness jrreat Iy w,-r kens one. Kuropean -luckily
schloiii take t he nat ive V .
uinl. thoiiL'h cholera is constant iy pr
ent in India, it is only in cases of p
c.iliarly widespread epidemi -s that i
reaches the l'uroH'an populat i.in. Th 't
is iu yellow f-v-r then-, but si::ail;s -.
ravages the natives. It is ap.;::-.'.i"
to see how many natives are po '.
marked. The natives have suial' f.i'tl:
in KiirojM-an dtn-tors. but they :. .-..;'.'.
take the KuroK'an eholeia inixture. i
course m KnrojM-an submits l.iai -. If t
a native iloetor. Abscess of tiie liver
is the trroat terror if the l'ur.i:t a:i.
though the land breze comes I.i h-ii
with all sorts f horrible possi'.iiii if:..
'The chane-e of t limate as t.in- jrot'.s
fA'om the coast into the mou-ila'iis i..
li'-:c maiic. n tin- journey up fsom
l'ombay tt Materan one start, with
R 1M
oeketfu! of I ntlian cigars, t ri.-lru-ti Mi
ll, cheap loiin- rolls of tobacco i-. i.n a
straw throiifrh them that they may
draw. This is because they an- ex
tremely wet, but when one rea. hes
Materan he finds his trichhiiopolis as
dry as a punk. The thin atmosphere
of the hciprhts has sucked them dry of
all their moisture."
IN PUBLIC LIFE.
CKiiltltK W. M( T'tUIPK, who succeeds
Senator Dolph. is 41 years of arc. a
native of Oren-on, a man of "vnial and
attractive iiianners, and of unques
tioned ability.
Kx-tioy. UrssKI.I. is one of the busiest
lawyers in Massachusetts. He iitrurcs
very little in public dinners or c-nt.r.
inrs of any sort nowadays, but devotes
himself strictly to business.
N'okman A. Moki.v. of Missouri, is the
younprst member of the new house of
representatives. He was born on a
faiNii in lsi'iii. and worked as a farm
hand until lss7, when he had educated
himself sufficiently toteach school uinl
study law.
Ilnx. Mks. Clara CitKsstiii am. one
ttf the three feminine statesmen in t he
Colorado legislature, has introduced a
bill in the lower house of that lnnly to
create a stat- lmard of arbitration ami
mediation for tin? purpose of settlin";
labor troubles.
PERIL OF THE NORTH SEA.
i
Full f Alli-fy lit the N;, Iculor mil
I'm-iimiiiii.ft l l.t---itt;4-r.
The passage cf 1 he -Nort h si a. or ( ler
maii o.-ean -for it is cqua'.'v we'i
known by boih titles is iq m ti i
with dread by the n:i viiratm v ho have
to brave its dangers, s.is the boston
Transcript.
The sailors of the North iermaii
I.lt vtl call it the Sea of Murder, in al
lusion ttt ihe marine disas-,-s. with
w hit h it s history hri-t Its. The a p' a in
of t he liner v. hose des'. iuat i' m is l.ivt r
p.H.l feel- that t!:' n-ri!sol'
aire are pra.-t i.-ai !y o,-r when h
reaches Juei-i i st, .w n. 'I hce . .mm.. :..let s
of t h- sister siiips of the Kilt-, on the
other hand, realize that 1!.e m. ;
daiiL't roils part of their journey is et
1 1 1 t oine. f. H-a In a d of t he in is ih.- nar
row and crowded 1 "iitri isii channel and
t he t-i i ua 1 !y t-i-ow tl.-d and t tin ; .est no;i -North
sea. These iinruiy waters are
open t.t tin- tierce swetpof tin- wind
that is so dreaded u: Ktii-ipe. taa!
whi.-h is from the norl ! n-a-? . Onl;
tlntst- wh have cvp'-rii-in-i 1 th.-s.-aia
rrt iw-i-hi ' 1 i iiLr. pin - is nioiiia-brt'ci ! i n '
' lasts ca n rea 1 ie 1 In ir a uy.-r and their
over. The til f st rea ni. v. iiit-h siirt.'1' '
i p t he e'.ia n ml and arteuni he iiorlh
( rn eii.l of t he Ilri; ish Ish s. meets th -i.-y
eiirrt-nt- from the arctic regions.
Storms, varied by dense f . re-ult
'fri tm t his eouil.inat ion. The t a-t f,.at
of l"n'!a!id fi.nus a thadly lee shore for
t he shippisie- caui; ht in the pre va i i i n;r
winds. In atltli'.iou to these natural
(laii'ers. t he North sea i in.nl and
i-t-t-r. tsed b- tl. ieiis of s eaiat-r ' "hi lies. '
It is also t he se tit of the jrrcat herrniu''
i'l-h, ries, with their thousands of
smtteks and s-hooners that. iyi:t'rr at
am-iior hei'e. t here and every w ht-re. ar.
are by no means the least of t!e- tlan-e-ers
which menace the uti yi ra i or.
Here, tt n i. 1 he re are hu in! reds of S.-i it c'i
a I i.i 1 '.iiLr;i-h eoa - t iier era f" . hii ii s' a n 1
well to ea to a oi 1 l hf i la u-j-f rs of si nn-e
lines. And. la -t ly. the mouth of the
'1 hames spreads f u n iiel-1 ii:e into tin
North sea. addinir to the total pt-riis
wit h its tleets of incoming' and oiit'oiiiir
Vessels.
SONGS
THEY SING.
How I lie lira- uti.l i Kalvtlitl Make
Their !a-ic.
Man v insect s make a noise of some
sort, at least most of t hem do. Ami as
this noise is of ditVerent kind ui ditTer
ent animals, sit it is pi-mlm-cd in ditVer
ent w:iys. Sear.-ely any two insects
make t heir music in t he same manner.
There is the little katydid. You all
know the katydid, of course. It is in
color a lij h'i e-rceii; its w in-s are tiu.y
and beautiful, .lust w here t in- w intr of
the katydid joins the b.xiy there is a
thick riiiu-c. and another ridj.'e eorrt
sjt. .utlinr lo it on Ihe wiiiL'. On t hes.
ridges i- stret. iu-.l a t" in but stroier
sliu. w hi h makes a sort of drumhead.
It i-t In- riibbii! tori-t in-r of these two
rithres or d ru m Heads which makes th--ttiieer
noise w .- hear from t In- ka ' . . ! 1. 1
It is loud ami tlistiin t. but imi very
1 ni-.ii-al. till-1 I In- next t ime we he i r I he
soninl "Katy i i . 1 ! Katy didi-. t:'" y.ni
may know t his katydid is rubbii-n; th.
rit! fes tf her ldv ln;'rt h-r a ml tier
h.ips en joyinir doimr it. The i.io:a.-nt
it is tlark she and till her friends b.- j-iu.
l'erhaps s-me of them rest s. unci i.-nes.
but if they do there are plenty more to
take up the music.
Then there is the ln-e. The bee's hum
comes from under its wiiiir-. too. but is
produced iii a different way. It i- th
air drawing in a ml out of t In- a ir t u Ins
ill the bees quick lliu'ht which makes
the hunimiiiLr- The taster a bee tiies
tin utler he limns. Da r1 i p ba k a ud
fortii. he hums bus-l .-. beeaiis,- he can't
belli it. until presently ho lights on a
lb iwor t ir even a
fence, ami ail at
he is st ill airain.
LEARNING BY
SIGHT.
Mtnlclct- frttfll
The !Mrvelt(is ttrk a
iciimry.
Dantou. the celebrated
had a wonderful power
fr-mi memory. Alter one
carn tit ui-tst.
ot 111. delilliT
h hilt h t 'Ii at
ills .subject. lit' CoUli
ami ma kc a bust tpiit t
st :-.l ian -e.
-1 tn lli- st Utlio
H-nect ill its n-
I 'lie tl.-y a i
sa. illli that Ins
lo ill.-, a tni t ha
iiiiir man catiie to hitn.
sister was iii ami about
I. although the famiiv
wi.-hed l:cr bll--l Ultnleled. th-cV tl.llf.l
not excite her by mt u' ioniiij- il. Would
he lllldel-takt to -ep:-tnlllce her leal 11 res
a f ler rin-j- I.-. r once . I la 1 1 . til ;iL'i-rol.
and next May the brother inf tt-mt-tl his
sistir that he intended to pi ese::t her
with some jewels, ami that a yoiinn
n:.:ti won It I briuir some specimens for
ln r a ppi' iva 1 .
Dantou I. i-ou t.' ht in the jewels, ami.
tt-oiii; In me. I in n it let: a bust ( -f st i i kin if
It-sfiublaln-e. Next y ca r a 11 oh I nelit le
mai.. tin- failn-r of t he younir w oiua n.
came to order a bus' of the brother,
who alsc. had died. This, t.m. was ;i
ma rveh his success.
The result t-f such pi a n ni iil'. how ever.
was pot always as std ishn tory to hi.
patrons as in These cases. , j.f.-1'.t It-man
whocollltl not n-i-suaile his v. ife to sit
a-d.ed 1 'a .!ti n t o e.iier a certain omni
bus one day. and fix in his memory the
feat Hi t s of ( in- lady opposite him.
1 le did so. mt nlclctl a bcautif'.'.l bust,
ami sent it home. It proed. However,
tolf. not Ihe mistress, but the maid,
w ho had also taken t he trip in the om
nibus. On.arr iiiic ir:iiit- hy Mre.
At I la He'll h tre. in southern India,
praiiite slabs as larjje as sixty by forty
feet and a half foot thick are quarried
by nutans of wood tires. A narrow line
o: lire, about .seven feet hue. math- of
ilrv loirs of liuhl wmni. is e-radualiy
lcae-thciictl ami moved forward over
an even surface of solid rock. It is
h ft in jmsitioii till strokes with a ham
mer show that the rock in front of tin
lire has become detached from the
main mass beneath; the burnintj wood
is t In n pushed on a few inches. The
rock keeps splitting about live inches
below the surface. It takes about
eiirht hours ami one thousand live hun
dred weight of wood to st t free a slab
mcasurinn; seven hundred and forty
square feet. Afterward the plate is
easily cut with blunt chisels into st rips
two and one-half feet wide.
Snow In Trotieul A f ric.
When Stanley in lsss crossed thedark
continent in search of Kuiiu. the na
tives reported t he moll lit a in llowenzor"
as covered with white metal. When
tlu'V reached theelcrital snow they rev
eled in the novel phenomenon, but
would not .ro further when they found
the snow would melt. for they thoi'jrht
the mountain ln-witched.
SOME nZr.'..H'.ACLE PZTS.
V rir.l ;rtin lit I lie : t" i.-ity tf lttm Ani
11 IX I s I. .1.1 Ol lit.- N.-w -p:4fs.
Ae-o.nl thine- maybe earrietl to ex
cess, and t-m tarm-st and persistent a
dwelliiiir on the iaijn irt aiice of t he
mi in ir ir! lies somet lines has an -iVeet
contrary to that intended. A little jrir!
w ho is uniformly kind to animals, and
who ha.- been k now n to make 1 he tour
of an extensive nci'hln trh- nl. much
ovei-b i.idetl w it ii an armful of sacred and
elawimr st ray cat . w hieh she . 1 1 -1 i i i . -. 1
to relinquish until she could do so in
the assurance that her burden had
found a eo.nl home, was heard to ex
claim t he ot her day with indignant em
phasis: "I'm so tired of 'our dumb annuals
ami satracioits pets" and "the friends of
man.' that 1 ln-licve 1 shad puil the
ea.t's tail as smm as I irt-t home and tie
a tin can to the puppy's!"
Sin- did neither, h.ivinir su tth'eiit l.y
relieved her feelings in Ihe i.i;lltiir-t.
but it is not hard to sympai hi.- w it h
her. Our jn-ts are doubtless o'ten sa
r.ifioiis and oft.-ii int r.-s-inv. but f.tra
( ha n n-e. sti vs a writer in Mnilti's Com
panion, one would like oeea-it ma i ly to
In-ar of a liohh- N ev tl ti: mi!:i lid that
was ltorn itlioti'- or a fc eble-m: n-hsl
kitten that did not know cream from
soaiisiit's.
The i rrepress- i.!e - f i! n n y 1 1 i.i :i" of t he
new spa pi rs. how t er. is not yet weary
of animal s-i-.-tn-ity. n t he t-oi.t i-i ry.
In- has re. -cn: iv. furnished s-tine strikiiiLf
( xamph-s v.hif'i weirive tn-ltev. mere
ly sij;'i'. st inn- t hat if the readt r d.n-s
not eiij-iy caricatures he hail bcUcr pass
t he 111 by.
Not lonir iilto. he tells us. a e-entle-maii
in In tia owned :i tame spake of a
harmless kind, of which be was very
fond ami which returned his affection.
hi one o -.-.isioi!. at the approach of a
daic-crou:. t ri i.-al t n. !e rst t nil. t he
in! t-1 i i j,-nT rept i'e overheard its master
exprc- 1 1 1 ; r h's f.-ais. and proved in
stall t iy c p::i 1 to 1 he emergency. Wri1
;ri i u s sw i n ly to the In-art h. it ran up
t he chimney ami st 1 t-n its heat) at
the top. with it s t a peril. if tail elevated
toward the cloii.ls. The liLr,'t iiiiiir rod
tints improvis. tl answered the purpose
pt itet-i I . ami tin- peril w as a verted.
A ja'.n. a ct-ii'. It-m.iii in New York
was the promt pos-ess. .r of a b.-.-i ut if i 1
and amiable tor oi-e sln ll cat. in-'abN-alike
for f. line soun.'- ami sound
ft iilie set i sc. Ollf t . 1 11 1 n st Hill's Ili'llt
her owner, ret ii in imr late and weary,
eo, iid in it find a bootjack and was un
able to !-et off his hca v. wet b.mts.
1-u-
- Ulntcist
, I
he situation imme
diately, and runniii-jf li'ht ly dow nstairs
slipped t nit of d. n irs. and mount iii;.' t he
clothes drier t'iii:"i'il In-r very ln--t
Inc.-. 1 ioinl. hniir draw n. mela tn ho'.y
and in -1 . in. At oi. e a show t r of U n .t-ia.-l
:s ra ! tie-1 ti. .a ii t :-om 1 in- w i ri. low s of
irate in i ii I oi-s. ai d she had but to se
lf. -t the most -nitahl .- ami carry it
iii 1 n-r In- 'i. t h t i ! .cf i 1 r s feel . Sin
now wear- a si i t r . i..I la r in comiiicm-
.in . i-.ri ..f her sara--ity.
The thir.l pet. the funny man de-claij-s.
Inioi.L'.-d in 1 .t .ml--n. Ib- was a
pt;-f iloif. who. 1-ee. iiniit s ae. it leu ia i ly
.sepiHateii frttm his master and lo.-in-"
his way in the irreat iin.ti-njn.li-. en
tered a t a b w h ieh he i .bservetl st a in li n;r
by tin- curbstone, and refused to leave
it until driven to the address on his
collar!
AMERICAN FOOD AND COOKING.
Stiint- IteiteirkitltU- SI ill emeu I - in H Kecent
I r iich ICi t it-, ; t !-.irtn- IItiI liv I in-K
The iy-noit: nee of French w ritcrs who
treat of mat iers relat i:'e.r to t In- I iiio-tl
Siatcs is t-eiii rally very mm h in evi
dence. One of them ina recent i tit
of the I'eVUe Scie lit I iii tle. ,'. lit i n' U "HI
the sui.ject of our edible turtles anil
im i-ieiit a i ly of c.nikerv in t his count ry.
makes I he stat emeu t that irreeii t 'i rt lis
are taken ill ihe lleiuhbot innni of Nt'W
York from there to I lorida. lb- also
asserts that it is only iii ailments oi
aquatic ot-i;fi;i tiiai o'.tr f. 1 products
are Ml t l i. a- to those of I!ufon-. that
our ti -ln - are a 1 nitn in n t a ml trcn.-rtil ly
l'i1. but thai mir culinary treatment
of tht in i- inferior. As regards our
t.iieats. ntiilry aii-1 ame. the i rein h
ii. all tiisniis-es t ln-in as lit t le worthy of
attention. if ihe first two it may In
conceded, says the New York Sun. that
the average q tality is not so htu as in
Fraii -e. Misestimate of our :rat:n- is
probabl y based upon 1 he eon iit ioli ill
which it rca-hes I i-arojn-a u markets,
where it is so'd i:i lar tpiatit ii it s in
the close
Ii d a fair
of our a
HI ben
Thi-
. s; in-.at e is
. inasfiiicl
w i i i 1 1 e-e
s almost all
abroad has.
;reioll- to shiplneiit. luill held for
IlltiT't hs ill t old stol aTe W ;il( II-Ulses. In
its deterioration In-'h in quality and
llavor. As regards our nativ.- ctn.kery.
the i rcii h writer a- t its thai there is
not mu. !i in it to tempt a Kai'on-au
pa rl a i. la i ly . and es n-. ia 1 ly ;i I n in h
laali. lhtU-this may be t rue eoiiccrn
inir the ( ai lit '-y at la r'-e. a n except ioli
must be made in favor of the native
etmkery of Marviainl andea t.in ir
e;'iiii:i tintl that of thecreole n . j u; i a t i. n
of l.ouisiana. which, within its con
i;iss. i.secoiiti to in me. The fact musi
init be lost siirht of that ill t he last
decade curinary skill with lis has made
Treat atlvaiices. the results of which
would not In-apparent to a mi i n-rticial
foi-eie-n observer. A case in jmiiit iilus-trativ.-of
our progress in this direction
is otr. red in the aiiuieiitary depart incut
of our exchaiiires for woman's work.
Within the restrictions which it im
poses, the edibles there on sale, tin
work of ;i it ive fern ini ne bread w iiiners.
are prompt Iy lnuurht hy discriminating
purchasers, so far are they siijn-rior
to forcie-n preparations of a similar
character.
WORDS FROM GREAT MINDS.
Kl.ooi K.xi'K is vehement simplicity.
Cecil.
Al.i.Kltitv is the metaphysics of arilh
lin t i-. St.-rnc.
Coop ot-tier is tin- foiimlat ion of al
JT-tnnl thing's.- P.urke.
Wiia i s ('(tiie timl past help should In
Kist e;ri. f. hakesteare.
Oi-i'os i iox iiifiatiies the enthusiast
never converts him. Schiller.
I.KT I rance have '-Hnl mothers am
she will have fTmnl sons. Napoleon.
Oxi v :n t it tiis n-ivc life st rcne-1 h; only
moderation (jives it a charm. Kit-liter
N ATI in: is tmi t bin a screen: t he yh -ry
of the One breaks in everywhere. Km
erst m.
Passion, in its first violence, con
trols interest, as the eddy for awhile
runs aeaitist the stream. Johnson.
Mopl.-1'Y is p-onirtiolu-(l to thcin-ca-sioiis
of life, and strongest in youth
when imssion is so too. Jeremy Collier.
A EUP.CLAR'S CONFESSION.
Womeu ami Itocn llctiln-r Ilim Miirrllian
-Vi r ii W lit. In t sli.Mtt -
A man sii'iiin; lsis name "11. Ilan
dolph llie;irins.tii. of 1 lost. in." w ho atl
mits that he has ln-eii eommitt insf bur
glaries in Atchison of late, semis the
follow in;r card of t ha nks 1. 1 t his office,
sjivs the At i I lis. m iloln-:
"Although my rt-ceipts in Atchison
j have ln-eii coiiiitaratively small. I wouel
not have the citlciis think me u 1 1 irra t e
ful.and hereby extend t hanks for what
little I take away from the town. My
stay in your city has been pleasant, ami
I have In-t n treated with such courte-v
by the ln-st n-oph-that I may return at
another time. I have enjoyed veiy"
mt.n-h the vi-tt -, to s. .me .f your homes,
and my only reri t is that I did not
have my w ife ah tiir to en j iy the fun. I
re L' ret to notice that Jim atelier
values the watch Itmik from bi- resi
lience at fifty dollars. If he really paid
this amount for the watch he was
rohln-tl ami otiirht to crack tlow n on tin
th aler who sold it to him. I tried to
jkiwii the watch in St. S.n-. but was
ml y offered two dollars and seventy
live cents for it.
"It is a shame fttr a p-mnl citizen t
In- rob I ed in this maimer. I was talk
11115 to a ni!icemaiia few days ai'o who
informed mo that the ladiosof At-.-his.iii
do not lirii. Il.mrr- niul pie and cake
to prisoiu-rs in the coc.ntv jail. Ac-cortline-ly
I L'avi- ti.i- oilieers no ..pj-.r-tunity
ti arrest ami keep me in the
county jail for a time on suspicion. I
don't know whether I ouirht to five
away professji mal secrets or Imt,
but will say that the irleamimr dai.'L'er
some claim to have seen nn- brandish
inir was really an icicle. Duriuj- tin
twenty years I have ln-eii in the busi
ness I have never injured a human
beinir. I have too tmit-h resjn-ct for t tie
tcai-hhiLTs of the Dibit- to.d.t such a
tiling. I never have any t rouble from
the men. not w it hstaii.lii.iT their talk of
sin mt ill"; me full of holes. The ot !y
trouble I ever have is from s.-rea ml air
women and barkins do;, s. ll.-'.iri- rls
iie.f I. must say that the peopie shoe
not eciisure me tmi severely. T hey
must remember that all the (.'.n-ls 1
take are second-handed."
CALIFCl.tdAN GOSSIP.
A HllnTllUt ff 1 'resident I It tie. of 11a-
wan.
a Iru.t e-r.twer ai i.ncrsi.ie.
Cal.
Ca I.tl'ol.M a s trade w ith
lands of the South Pacific
the far is
is steadily
"rn tw ner.
Till- allfornians are almost solidly
in favor of tin- a nm-xat it -n of Hawaii.
San Fr; nciseo's trade with Hawaii is
very larire.
Tut' California h-'.'islat tire has passed
a bill rt-.i-ntat ine- the lmurs of laimr in
the hiLTi'imr camjts. and otherwis.- ir.i
tcel'mT the lulntrt-rs.
I.os Axt.llls claims to have recov
ered from the iii effects follow inn- the
( ! lapse i if the ercilt Inmlll there. Ulld
is now i.thw in steadily.
Mot N I' W ill I N KY. in California, is In
liev.-d to In- the highest lllolllltaill in
tha Fiiitcd States outside of Alaska.
Its heiirht isatntut H.'.'tM fee; .
(tnl.ii liiitii ii-r has bad a irrcat revival
in California, the product last year hav-iii-
risen to frj.inMi.tmii. Money has
come recent ly frntu Kuropefor invest
ment in California t-old mines.
Sx Fi:X(si (i now i-l.iiius a .puhi
li.tii of :'..Vl.Oi'ti. exclusive of its suburbs.
It i- tive times as larire as I.os Aiiireles
ami Portland. Ore., which are tin- next
largest cities on tin- Pacific coast.
I AI lltiiiMA people claim that tln-ir
state could support Ju.non.nim people
with the resoiirecsof itsown soil. T hey
thinkthat if tlit-ybatl more railroads
to the cast their p. tpu ;at ion would in-
cn ase much faster.
I'ltKKK are still ;-rrnt unexplored
tracts amoiiiT the lofty mountains of
alifoniia. ami every year t lie exph trers
liinl new waterfalls and precipices and
valleys and canyons of surpassing
beauty and e-rainieur.
FAVORITE SONGS.
"Tiik Cami'Iiviis auk Comix"" is a
very o'.tl Scottish air. Copies of it. dal
intr back to p'.-jii. are know u to exist.
"F.M.oNi:. Dt ll. i'aiik." i-. -tver three
hiiiii'o'ed years ohl. The mcl.nly was
formerly know n as "The ijmn-n's .lie-.""
'OXK lit Mil It AT P. i;n." is one if
the ls-st of Moore's convivial sttHL's.
Tin- tune was called "Moll Ktn- in t be
Morning."
"HiMil.N on Tilt: Uuixk" was written
by Mrs. Caroline Norton. The music
w as coipposed by- Juds.ni 1 1 ut t h ills. .11
alniut lsjs.
-Wllo'l.I. HI'. KlXti HIT Ol Alii IK?"
came frotii the jh-ii of "a ml ina fiiphant.
The air is from a collection of ohl Si-nl-tish
ballads.
-o lint s.i'Miuv Me I.oNti" was one
of Foster's later stmt's. It was written
in IsM. ami immi diately attained a
w itlc p. ipularity.
"Tuosi; liviMMt 15m.l s." one of
Moore's most popular stmu's. was sutr-iTeste-i
by a melody entitled "The I5eils
of St. Pctersbur-r.""
"Wakk N'ii ciukmi s." a very jvtpular
soiiT durinir the war. wa-. written bv
lb-nry '. Work, the author of "My
t iraiulfat her"s Cltn-k."
"Tiik Swolin uF Pit'XKKi: 11 II I." cairn;
from the tn-n of William IIoss Wallace.
a Kciititckian. The inu
work of Dernard "overt.
th
IN THE LITERARY CET
Jl t.KS Vkknk. who is now s4-etity-eiirhl
years of aire, thinks! Tiarb-s Dick
ens the trreatest KllL'lisll lloveiist.
Oi i.kn Vit iiii:l is thhikiiiir cf creat
ing; a bterary order for Kn-laml. It
wjis an idea formed by the prince con
sort two years In-fore his death.
Tiik last daughter of lk-tlitia von
Arniiil. tin- friend of lim-the. died a
few days a'o in P.crlin. atrcd scveii'y
sevcii. She was married to ('mint
Maxiniillian von Oriola. ami was a
trreat favorite of the jnn-t in her yo.itii.
I r seems that the mime of tin- moun
tain in whose crest Stevenson's jrrave
is cut is not P.ila. as some of t in- tele
irrams from Samoa ha ve indi --a ted. T In
real name of t he hill is Y-ea. w it h t he
three vowels proii.um -e.l separately,
as ill Italian, ami t lie accent on t he e.
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