KING KIRBY M'C [Robert Turney in Chiea In the balls of fathers stand, And we dream of the bri Wien King Kirby McC ties and land, And was worth fifty With his sword in Divil ¢ Dare mi ro Tribu our enraptured wo TARE i) ef hun For with on He laid fifty And puta whole ¢ With his He b and politely act as sex Howed ms and enjoy their lers were a acainst wond sh sleep on except lobst vour mind Again, the Wyoming Mes mittee discreetly say i cause of ance of eI OAs or i life-sized statue of her faithful and this is soon to be lawn at Balmoral in full view fr windows of the castle She announced her intention of marble tablets to his memory George's chapel and the royal n leum. Though Englishmen were {oo sensible and too loyal to pay heed to inane tat tle about this burly Scotchman, they were annoyed during his lifetime by the constant association of his name with the royal household. They were weary of hearmg anecdotes abont his arrogance and officiousness, and of seeing his name in the coart circulars and the society journals, They breathed more freely when his decease was announced, think- ing that they had heard the last of John Brown. They little knew to what lengths the queen's commemorative mania would carry her. Here are marble tablets in the celebrated chapel conse- crated to royalty, and, in the vaults where lie the ashes of England's kings: and yonder in the Highlands, almost face to face with the prince consort, is to stand the life-sized statue of stout-hearted and big-fisted gillie. If John Brown while he lived in ne way or another a standing joke at the expense of royalty. he 13 to go <lown to posterity in all seriousness as the friend of the family } +} Hnve ile d On has 16} his became Adalterated Tea, {Inter Ocean, ] Few people, while engaged in strengthening their nerves with a cup of toa, imagine they are swallowing pul- verized charcoal, bone-black, clay, terra alba, pulverized soap-stone, tale, Pros sian blue, gravel, and other undesirable commolities, Such is the tific experts employad by the New York board of health have found in the green teas sold in that city, The best grades of black teas are pronounced the safest, and the verdict is rendered that “none of the green teas are pure.” Barbed Wire vs, Fox Chasing. [Inter Ocean.) So insidiously harmful has the use »f wire fencing—especially in patching hedges—become in certain parts of Great Britain, that many hunts have get apart a regular fund for replacing it with something which may be seen and avoided. The tearing of hounds’ hides, not to speak of any worse mischief, li the barbed wire of this modern fencing is especially a cause of complaint, Needs of the Lone Star State, [Dallas Cor, Cincinnati Enquirer.) The growth and development Fexas nnot bo exaggerated, Worth eigh ined i 1 BRO, of Mors bh $7 4,000 Ro nt wii} ig. Mr Was it, the nt on the when hows CWArd. The Amerviean Hip-Porket. % 1 Ti : to hold tied ou him ti re ! } agent 1nd and that f the others arel Anot called “ \s of the mi added the I never heard rican duel” until I came to this coun and have been greatly ridiculed therefor. “Why,” said a gentleman, “is it possible von are an American and have grown up in ignorance of such a f Instead of shooting principals draw lots gether Whoever gets the ber must take his own life vear. Neither must tell of it suicide Ie uyes no act. er C1 « that of “iy eriean immed ry amied while alone fatal num within and explanation of f hue The Lying Business Overdone, {Prof. David Swing! An agnostic is, therefore, the legiti- mate product of # mendacions age. He has been swindled until he distrosts his grandmother. Bore a hole m the ground with your cane and set vour dog to digging there for game aud he will dig tremendously in the first ex- periment; on a second he will dig a hittle bat with less zeal and hope: but about the third ! attention to a possible rat in the ¢ wien at and then will lie down KTass . 11 then the vou, on philosophic peace. Yon have made your dog a skeptic. Thns our times have over done the lving business, and there are a few millions of persons who do not repose any confidence in anything or body not well backed up by collaterals, i C008, green Ornamental Teeth, [Popular Science News, | The teeth, we are told, rarely escape beautifying among the negroes of equatorial Africa; for they file the edges into notches, in some cases, until they resemble the serrations in a saw, The Africans, however, are excelled by the Malays in their artistic treatment of the teeth; for not only do they stain them black, but the latter file them into fantastic shapes. And in Borneo an elaborate process is adopted: the front surface of each tooth being drilled in the centre, and a round or star shaped knob of brass inserted in the hole. These knobs are kept bright by the ac- tion of the lip, and are supposed to be highly attractive, i 1 WAS POSTED ON THE LAW. flow an Little Oldinady Gave n Brook Iyn Buteher a Nervous Fit, { Brook] ; little old 10.1 oreod hier wav 5 ak OTH ii srrated in ing eon s yOL, the s 40 the » tent and mourned for door of gestures. The body given him, and thereafter he retreated, beanng it with every expression ¢f sorrow, in his arms, The Gibbons are said t fully to injured no notice of dead has also k ne to another which | from 8 vessel There are which indicate both great re poster amd great was AWAY. y attend care- bint n onkey a cord verboard companion take friends been wn to extend indead woning the part ires. of these interesting little creat Bismarck and Lord Ode Rassell, [New York Lord Odo Rus api 1, while calling upon Princes Bismarc! dort time asked him how Le managed to rid self of that elass of nofortunate vi whom he could not well to but whose room he found preferable to their compan “Oh,” replied the chancellor a very simple method. My wife ago, him nltors refiise “I have knows they are with me, she generally con- trives to come in aud calls me away upon some pretext or other.” the door, and saul “Otto, you must come and medicine, You onght to have had il ten minutes ago.” Wild Pigs in the New Hebrides, {Chieago Herald, | A long letter from the New Hebrides save that this is a dry season, two tons pigs makes cultivation impracticable without pigs-proof fences. By one shot at night thirty at least were put to flight, passing almost between the shooter's legs, who was 80 dazed that he made no second shot. The country is described as fabulously fertile, well watered and specially adapted for grows ing sugar cane, It takes about eight tons of iron to make the wheels, axles, bolts, nuts, ete, of an ordinary freight car, Every fifth Mormon is a polygamist. How a Pig Made nn President. Boston Globe, About this time in knots sunny corners oy wonind hotel wii ! i order. you old ut ahont the lepot wid fandliord’s Verdict, Webster's Spelling Bool. compre: when he was to i Boom od gible end Those who, in beginning to read, discovered that “She fed the ” “Ann ean hem my cap.” “Fire will burn wood and coal” “A tiger will kill and eat a man.” and other similar facts, little izlit that in all after life nothing ight learn wonld ever seem oO nz and significant. incompreher ther old hen the thie $0 § : Mints te Talkers, {Chicngo Herald.) If the ministry were better versed in the art of eloention they tedly make more converts, that art hold that the wonld un Writers ond der to persuade one must be clearly understood, This refers to a clear enun- ciation of speech. There is perhaps not one minister in fifty, even in cities, where they have all advantages, who «peak clearly and distinctly enough to be understood by even their nearest auditors, They may speak loud enough but the articulation the meaning ig lost in the sound Agide from the prevalent habit of “ranting,” consequent upon emotion, a being indistinet, to understand that it is necessary to open their mouths to any extent, but “chon oft” their words in their great haste to the next This rapid gpeaking or “telescoping” words makes nuthiog of the “chopping off” process, which omit tood, no maetier how slow he might To be heard is not always to be nnless the auditor sion or conviction Matlrond statistics, { Detnorest’s Monthly. | According to the most recent statis tics, by the closeof this year the United States will ave 115,000 miles of rail way, which is 10,000 miles more than all Europe combined. Should we con tinue bmlding at the present rate, in five years’ time we will have nw ore miles of railway than all the rest of the world put together, The world consumes 3,000,000 tons of tobacco n year, PASSED INTO MERE MEMORY. a Merehant Privee Have V Alr. anished into ri ad is jet te the word ith added the first } AM expiorer the second ARing it M France to this dav, 4x pi, and soit remains with onl; y added the other has overed, but he must American, for at the time of the purchase of Louisiana the name spelt in the colony with One p.” The man wi ie Voy been dis have wen an Was generally No Brigands in Spain, Cor. S8an Francisco Chronicle. What a spot for brigands! I thonght of this silver watch, after the example of Washington Irving, to my jealous bosom. But the fact 1s brigands in Spain now. vears ago the country was inse- and clasped mv £3 there are Fwents no Now such crimes are (rood highroads have been constructed, The guardas civilis, or policemen, consist of army veterans, picked men, noted for high moral traits and physical pre-eminence. No finer sonstabulary exists anywhere, These highway. Better security has railways—not in these parts particularly, bul generally kingdom. Spain is not rapidly, but it is progress- anknown Progressing ne. Great Ediflees Abroad, Monthly.) the law forbids the Hes ore than Demarest’ In Pari of hence thers erection five stories high; none of the eight and are these great edifices are forbidden on the ground that no land owner has a right to éxelude his neighbor from the hight and air, In English cities Legal sagneity, {Detroit Free Prose) “My ron,” said o Chicago father, “I have just made my will, and left all my property to you, with Smith as ex- ceutor,” The smart youth replied : “Then changeit. Leaveall the prop. ecutor if you want me to enjoy say of i." ‘ Arkansaw Traveler: A man's awk- ‘preciation ob de finer pints ob life. A ole black bear ain't patty, but he's pow- erful fon’ ob honey. AT COPENHAQGE! Peseription of Denmark's Charme ¥ ing Unpital. Lightning -Roed Prefits » kept bery under rod peddlers than s life 18 wor ountry on wagon. Aetually, they ne out of Dodge wunty two vears ago with dogs, At least 1 thought they were after me, but [ found out after I got out of the county alive that a pack of hounds be- longing to Van Brunt, of Horicon, a fox. Bat 1 want to say to you in con- fidence, that when 1 heard those hounds and saw the men on horseback no streak made better timse than 1 did with that lightning-rod It was after f greased hightning ever Getting Out Yermont Marble, Herbert Tuttle in Harper's Magazine The final rupture between a block and its apcient bed is an interesting Let us suppose the two cuts w be made, one nearly vertical, and the or horizontal one, OTOCURS at right angles one or two foot deep, A then inserted into the openings, and a man with a heavy hammer along tapping them lightly one after another. As they are driven in, the men listen sharply for the effect, the erack widens, the great mass of stone begins to heave and swell under the strain, the quick ear of the experts detect the eritical moment, and a simultancouns blow on all the wedges throws the monster loore. Now and then, of course, a failure is made, and a block splits in two. But the FOS gradually sorroct, and the bloek is generally Ingersoll on Interviewing. {Inter Ocean.) 1 tell von what you reporters ought to do. You ought to make out a regn- Jar list of questions and have them so that the man vou are to interview questions. When I was in New York, I'll tell you what a reporter for a Brooklyn paper did. He came to me and in one hour and a guarter took down in short hand what 1 had to say and made out not less than six evlumne of matter. XI read a proof of it, and din not make but one correctiop, 1 believe.
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