- CHAMPION HILL.
Fair Play.
It was in the midst of one of the
hottest fights of the civil war—Cham-
pion Hill. We were in the thickest of
the fight and had suffered dreadfully
under the fire of the enemy, when sud-
denly there came a momentary lull at
our immediate point in the lina We
bad fallen back a few steps under the
partial shelter of a little rise in the
ground, but were even then only a
few yards removed from the enemy,
80 close, in fact, that but for the noise
of the battle we might have been able
to converse with them in un ordinary
tone of voice. The confederates had
done exactly as we had, and the move-
ment of both forces had been made very
quickly. In some unaccountable mao-
ner a man of each command, a con-
federate und an Eleventh Indiana
soldier, had failed to keep in the
line, and when their comeudes fell
back these two soldiers faced each
other, several yards in ad vance of their
regiments, and only a dozen yurds
apart. shall never forget the sight
of these two soldiers as they stood
there glowering on each other, al-
though it was only for an instant they
remained inactive. Their faces were
80 begrimed with smoke and powder
that they were scarcely recognizable,
and both fairly panted from the ex-
ertions they hud been making. Any
member of our regiment could have
shot the man in gray had he cared to
do so, and any man in his regiment
could have killed the gallant young
Yankee where he stood: but there is
where the spirit of fair play came in
Both sides realized at a glance that
the two men stood on an exactly equal
footing, and while not one of the com-
rades of either failed to entertain a
wish that his comrade might come
out victor in the duel that was sure to
follow, not one raised a gun to bring
down his foe.
The two men evidently realized and
fully appreciated the situation.
The gun of each was empty. A Con-
federate ran out from their line with
some cartridges in his hand. which he
stuffed into his comrade’'s box, snd
I did the same for our man, and both
of us retreated unmolested. You nev-
er saw men load more rapidly than
did these adversaries, for both knew
that the slowest had rammed home
his last charge. It was the workola
moment only and ourboy won. The
Confederate waited to withdraw his
ramrod and this lost him his life, for
the soldier of the Eleventh never
stopped. Quick as a flash when the
charge went home heé raised his mus
ket his eve glanced along the barrel
and in the very act of raising his
piece the brave rebel —for he wasa
brave map—fell dead at his opponent's |
feet, ramrod, charge and all having |
passed completely through his body.
The victor ran back to our
shook his hand, but nobody spoke. A
few moments later we were all hotly |
engaged again.— Indianapolis Journal. |
io .
Be More Than a “*College Man, ™
When you get out of college, young |
man, get clear out. You can get back |
half a day or so at any time—at a boat
race, a football match, at commence-
ment—whenever there is a reasonable |
line. 1]
excuse; but in your daily walk and cou- |
versation be something
college man—be a citizen.
an alderman, if you can. Take the |
world to be yours, as Bacon took ull |
learning to be his, and don't forever |
Hmit your view of it by whut was once |
more than a
or in Cambridge. Go and be a man |
somewhere. Don’t be satisfied to bea |
mere ‘graduate’ for all time. Of
course you owe your alma mater a debt
that yoid are always ready fo pay, and
a loya'ty that should have ne breaks in
it. When you have grown to the size
of Daniel Webster, and your Dartmouth
asks you to defend her in court you
are going to be proud when you do it
That is all right. You can't do too
much for her, or do it too well. If you
accumulate any reputation that is
worth having, feel honored indeed
when she offers to share it with vou,
but don’t be toe persistently anxious
to strut in her plumes to the disparage-
ment, it may be, of worthy men who
have no claim to any similar privile
Scribner,
vio
»
A ——————————
Lawyer and Robber.
A lawyer awoke at midnight to find
a robber standing beside his bed and
already in possession of his jews
money,
“Why, man!” eried the lawyer, after
a closer look, “y not the robber
whosg case | ple aded in court only two
py
iry
and
‘e
Ou are
or three days ago?"
*The same.” i
“And my ples was so successful that |
the jury acquitted you!”
“You
“And, alas! you now tome to rob |
me. your benefactor!
“Businéss is business," replied the
robber. “] hired you with cold cash
to plead my case. | must now rob you
to get back what 1 paid you
“But I'll send
this."
“Perhaps, but I hope not. This!
time my spoils will enable me to em- |
ploy even a better attorney than you |
are.
ter.’ :
Moral:' Business should always be
done for spot cash.
pions.
Pon't fate to.
The Rev. Lyman Abbott says that
‘the women of to-day care not for their
domestic duties as did their grand-
mothers,” But the Detroit Free Pros
declares that they don't have to. Even
the Rev. Mrs Lyman Abbott don't have
to. The Rev. Mr. Lyman Abbott's
graudinther worked for eighty cents a
ay, slept oh straw. lived on 2 rk jrud
corn and wore homespun. His nd~
son doesn't seem er be fol 1 be in
that lize,
you to prison for |
Fomale Curiosity,
Wife— I think I shall advertise for
my mipsing purse.” Husbiod cv As itv
was probably stolen, you will not get
1 buck unless 344 ty shat! ne pot
ons will be asked.” gs 12
Not ask any Aioations? 0 % do you
for? Do you think Pm
BLUEBEARD'S EXECUTION.
Children Will be Glad to Know
That he Me: His Deserts.
Gilles de Retz was condemned on the
25th of October, 1440, to be strangled
and afterward burnt, writes Louis Fre-
chette in the Arena.
Now the whole population of the town
of Nantes fasted for three days to ob-
tain the remission of his sins, and the
children were whipped that they might
never forget the memorable event,
The different monastic orders in the
vicinity followed the criminal to the
place of execution, chanting hymns
and dirges
The strangled body was thrown on a
woodpile, but not allowed to be burnt.
By permission of the duke of Brittany
noble damsels—no less — carried it
away, swathed it in burying clothes
with their own hands—wus it not a
touching specwacle? —and had it re-
moved to the Carmelite monastery,
where it was interred in great pomp.
I wonder what more could have
been done if, instead of abusing and
killing 140 children, he had sacrificed
10,000!
O, middle ages! To think there are
those in this nineteenth century who
sincerely revere ye, and regret ye are
no more !
There still remain vestiges which
recall the trial and punishment of the
malefactor. First the tower of Le
Bouffay, a construction dating from
the tenth century, in which the dra-
mautic scenes of the famous trisd were
unfolded; and next a small ruin of a
peculiar kind.
There is to be seen at this day at
the entrance of one of the bridges at
Nantes the remains of an expiatory
monument, erected on the spot where
Gilles de Retz was executed. It isa
niche in which there was a statue of
the virgin commonly known as the
Virgin of Cree-last, a name originating |
from the popular superstition which
attributed to the Madonna the power
of giving milk to nurses. The statuette
was destroyed long sgo, but the niche
still preserves its reputation. and often
enough small offerings are to be seen
on it
Now, by what process did popular
tradition identify the atrocious slayer
of children with the savage baron whe
killed his wives as fast us he married
them.
It would be hard to say.
The historical facts are the crimes |
and execution of Gilles de Retz.
aarp
i
REED’'S LONGEVITY.
A Story of a Man's Inhumanity to
--Woman.
i
Man's inhumanity to man is nothing |
compared to his ichumanity to wo
man, says the Chicago Herald. The
MRS.
Mrs Margret Graham was a young and
marriage of from a wealthy man whom |
she was disposed to wed. But she was |
and she had money, she
B.
Reed, in whom she had abiding faith.
He told the widow |
the i
SO
because he wanted
wile was She |
would not live long. Could the widow
She could and did. Oue year |
roiled itself up into a bundle and took |
its place on the shelf of the dusty past
Still Reed's wife ate three meals al
3 Three years added their chips |
to the jack-pot and drew out of the |
game when the betting got too high |
for them. Mrs. Reed slept and
woke with painful regularity. Five
years purchased tickets in the lottery
Mrs
lungs filled themsslves with pure air
every five seconds. Seven years took |
to themselves wings and went to find |
the north pole of foregetiuliness. |
This was too much for Mrs. Reed. She |
went, 100. And Mr. Reed who had
borrowed the widow's money all those
years, took WwW himself a young and
blushing bride. The widow is a widow |
still”
rich Why
her himse His
man,
if.
id
9
teed “
16
— he
The Wife He Wanted,
She-—1 confess, William, that
proposal gives me much
your |
pleasure. 1 |
would be foolish to pretend that it does |
not, yol-—
He-—Yet what? What possible ob
jection can you have to becoming my
wife? You know that | love
am able to provi
She-~Yes, but | fear that 1 would
tit BOreY useKee por
He--Why so? :
She (weonif a
have
He
better,
6 [Or VOU
be
¥
ou fie
bitterly)— Because I |
never been Wa
All the dearest; all the |
battap
better,
"
Sha
He
All the better?
Yes, You will
Soaking
stay at home |
instead of
and on the
You the kind of
Boston Courier.
: *a
wil
RC
culinary art Are just
a
Cirenmstantisl Evidence,
Coroner—*'When did you see Editor
Witness
o'clock.”
“Pid he have anv great
of money with him that you
about?”
“Yes, sir.” (Sensation.)
*Then you think that his death may
play?”
“Yes, it may have been."
“Now, will you please tell the
what amount of money Editor
had when you saw him?’
“Three dollars.”
i
The Result of Recklessnoss,
A Chicago man took a Turkish bath
on Tuesday and his funeral took place
on Wednesday. This will be a warn.
ing to the Chicago people who are in-
clined to take up with the new fads too
suddenly, They should work up w
the Turkish bath gradually, teginain
with an application of tepid soaps
to the neck, :
Yesterday afternoon at 4
amount
Know
ary
all
ois Moths Would Know Better,
© "Visitor—Say, Juck, what makes this
Boarder—Hush! Don't let Mrs
Hashley hear you. She puis them in
&
hor in sumer to keep the
in Mail hobs Bo
WOES OF THE DENTIST.
In a Confiding Moment He Tells
Some Secrets of His Office.
“A man might as well be a hang-
man as a dentist, as far as expect
ing any gratitude for his services,’’
remarked an aggrieved member of that
unappreciated profession to a Boston
Globe reporter. “I have worked for
hours over a back filling in a woman's
mouth, where I had to nearly dislocate
my neck and tie my backbone into a
bowknot, and at the end, if I ventured
to straighten up with a single relief, 1
have been rewarded with u stony glare
of indignant condemnation.
“A woman will stand
than a man, for a woman has
born instinct of showing herself to the
best advantage,’ he continued. *A
rubber dam or a mouth stretched to its
utmost capacity is not conducive of
personal beauty, and therefore a wo-
man will not add the further disfigure-
ment of lack of courage.
“I had ruther a funny experience
the other day with an old darkey who
wanted a tooth pulled. His face was
elaborately tied up in red flannel and
his expression was the embodiment of
woe. The tooth was a hard one to
handle, and just as I gave it the final
yank he gave a prolonged howl and
fairly shot himself! through the open
window out onto the shed roof beneath.
He rolled over this roof still howling,
finally dropped from it
ground all doubled up like a
rubber ball.
ing him, served to help his
ww
apparently sound in wind snd
and quite regardless of the fact that be
had not pald me
“] had a mun once give me
than 1 wanted for pulling his tooth.
He was a big, steapping fellow, and I
thought the tooth would never come.
The forceps slipped off three times,
but the fourth time I clinched it
man pever moved or made a
until the tooth came out, when
doubled up his fist and landed a blow
on my chest that slapped me
against the wall as flat us
putty. Then he took his hat
stalked out without waiting to
whether I ever got my breath agsin
or not.”
- s—i
Exercice for Chest Development,
Exercises of strength lead rapidly to
n increase in the size of the
It is the same with the
speed when they need
thorax.
chest as rapidly as does running. unless
chests
opment la mounts neers is due to
causes which act in the same direction
which the air is rarified. The
of
the respiratory need: respiration
rarified atmosphere obliges a
in
man
ment by the quantity of alr breathed,
i ae: Ro ve * % el
insufliciency of its vivifying prop-
aries,
Singers, with no other exercise but
singing,
power and a remarkable
the dimensions of their chosts
Numerous
acquire great
rease in
if
observations prove that
in th
ocentime-
tres. —Science Monthly.
-—
New Jervey's Problem.
$4,000,000 and doesn't
snd not
of the annual
part
has
its
the
constitution guarded sacredness,
Meantime it is piling up every year,
and the commissioners are at their
wits’ end to find an investment for it
a
support
throughout the state
. it is said, would take £70,000. .
it is generally be.
better the
schools
rectly provided for by local taxes,
interest in
they have to pay for.
re enough to
3
schools
entirely
and, beside,
1 - 3 % { ¢
lieved that it is for
systam to have the local
cme
The Politician,
1 pray that in one year more I may
find some
from this
unblest custom house, for it is a very
way of escaping
I do detest «il of-
least, that are
rriovous thraldom.
gr
ficos-—all, at held on
a politic
todo wi
wither
bowl los,
to India
Their
out of
th politicians,
away and die
rubber, or to soma
as black as that and which will stréten
as much. One thing, if
have gained by my custom-house ex-
perienca-to know a politician. Itis
# knowledge which no previous
thought or power of sympathy ecounld
have taught the animal,
or the machine, rather, Is not in na
ture. Hawthorne.
msn is Mp I AAR -
He Knew the Correct Thing.
In the senate restaurant: '[xouse
me, but as an old friend, I want to re-
mind you that it isn't considered real
first-class etiquette to eat pie with
your knife."
“I know it just as well us you do,
and I never do it when I'm in society;
but when I'in eating by mysell its dif-
ferent’ | never could get any satis
faction shoveling the stuff into my
mouth with a spoon.”
Worth Trying.
Softleigh (walking in the Boston
public garden)-—Look at that sign,
“No Dogs Allowed in this Garden!"
Friend - Well. what of it?
. Boltleigh—I'm going to have one of
those on my next
ve
wie: Decats
was
have seratched up.
.
SCRAP BOOK CEMS.
Of Not Much Importance, But
Worth Saving for Reference.
There are 2,760 languages.
Boston Common dates back to 1634.
The Mormons founded Nauvoo, lL,
in 1840, and left there in 1848,
Until 1776 cotton spinning was per-
formed by the hand spinning wheel
At Granson, near Neufchatel, Swit
the Bold, Duke of
On a raft in the River Nieman the
Emperor Napoleon and Alexander I.
The bottles mentioned in the Bible
were made of the skias of anlinals,
and such vessels are still used for car-
rying water in Asia and Africa.
Nitric acid, a compound of nitrogen
and oxygen, formerly called aqua-
fortis, was first obtained in a separate
state by Raymond Sully, an alchemist,
about 1287,
The ancient Greek and Roman combs
were made of box-wood, but later,
Romans, as they had
among the Egyptians.
long before
been devised as a substitute for the
of the old heathen festivals.
cotlection of Eng-
carols bears the date
of 1521.
Nottingham, England,
in the civil wars of
1173 parliaments were held tpere
1347, 1886, 1394 and
Nottingham Charles L
standard May 6, 1642,
The Celtic
ancient origin, all
a literary class called
was burned
1140, 1158 and
in
At
his
1347.
raised
literature is of very
the old Celts having
“bards.” The
of
:alied the Ogham. The people
Gaul have left comparstively few in-
scriptions, and these are
Latinized,
The earliest
Sanscrit, the *‘Sutra.” of
sections, was made A. D. 67,
several centuries there was
activity in this work
‘
oilen much
translation from the
and for
constant
This catalogue
list of 2278 separate works which had
The "Bonnet Piece"
50 called be-
is doecorated
ns crown. It
the king's head
with a bonnet instead of
1630. “lo beauty and ele.
workmnship,” says De
the
loman coins, and vervm sch
al the coliaage at thst
ince
of
“it approaches
surpasses
———
AN EMBARRASSED CAPTAIN.
His Oration on Recovering a Flag
for His Company.
ner of 1863, says the Lewiston Journal,
a company of volunteers being about
«lute
to depart for the
on
Capital, were
up the g
otic members of the local sewing
bie presentation speech
ner was received by the eaptlala of
company, who haonded Lie
bearer, a wW.olly un
ing the worthy pastor and his fair flock,
J
the
the color
i%
iv
¥
irishm
and indies-
which 1
"Reverend sir
soe before me
i
beautiful flag
id captain,” inter
rupted the color-beuarer
“Which I see behind me.” amended
‘stands for some-
a pow-
er! is beauty's tribute to
It
ul nation
the hearts around me. In
ladies, we pledge
ourselves faithfully to defend it
the close of the campaign those of us
will bring this flag
back to you uniess it is blown to atoms
1%
we'll—we'll -
“We'll bring thim back the pole!"
¥
of the superior officer.
tt
A Story of Senator Sawyer,
When Hon. Philetus Sawyer of Wis.
consin began to hew out his literary
lake region, says the Washington Post,
land put up at auction.
notions of what was
nok Accordingly,
hey outbid him.
and
Accurate
valuable and what
returned
The
for
with biasted hopes,
visited
dined by Mr.
sven then mention
nothing that was good,
apparently
later
were
ndders
purchases, and
Sawyer He did
that he bid on
side of the Boston auction room to do
biddipg for him. They learned,
——— :
Garbage of the Mieshesippl
According to Dr. 8 8. Kilvengton,
the Mississippi received during the past
108,550 tons of night soll and 8766
dead animals from only eight cities;
tha Ohio, 46,700 tons of garbage, 21,-
157 tons of aight soil and 5100 dead
animals from five cities: and the Mis
souri, 36,000 tons of gar , 22,400
tons of night soil snd 31, dead ani
mals from four cities. Dr. Kilvington
urges the cremation of most of the re-
fuse, and twenty-three out of thirty
five heaith officials consulted by him
favored the plan.
A Paying Job,
Reformer (to conviet) ~My dear
feiond, why did you break into that
i A" Canne there was money in
fHE WAY OF THE WORLD,
He Neglected to Produce Even
the Twenty Dollars From the
Wad,
“Well! Well! he exclaimed, as he
halted while crossing Union square
the other morning and shook hands
with a man sitting on the bench, ‘*but
1 was thinking of you this very sec
ond.”
“Yeu?”
“It is was just such a morning as
this, ye .rs ago, wheu we sat on this
very sume bench. Do you remember
itp”
*1 do.”
better commit
You spoke wo me ina kindly
way. and we began tw talk. Do you
remember?”
**Oh. yes.”
“1 told you I was a struggling young
actor, und that circumstances had
downed me. 1 was peoniless and
without hope. You reached over and
Rememuver?”’
Oh, yes”
‘*And you spoke kind words. You
You predicted
climb w the top of the ladder.
“Yes”
**And you did not stop there.
have it
Am |
a $20 bill, and wid me I could
until able to repay sbe loan.
correct?
“You are.’
“That noble action of
aged me. | went
last effort, and it was a success.
yours encour-
and made A
Three
To-day
Hw ay
*
§ f } ". -
ago: sal here 4 Degrar,
But
moldering
monds. | owe it all to you.
vou | should now be in
a
suicide's grave,
here Think of
This is
that memorable
in
change in
my pocket
my situation.
meeting since
daily. Put it there, old man!”
*Y es '
**Haven't forgotten you.”
“No
“And I never shall. God bless you!
(ol an engagement at
He passed on.and the other sat some
in deep thought All a
rose up and looked alter the
vanished man and exclaimed:
“Yes, but he didn’t even offer to re-
turn my $20, without interest.” —New
York Sun.
of
>
ABOORER BORED.
Fastened to the
Floor with a Centerbit.
One of the most extraordinary cases
Just the
' Fa
0: the ali
record has come belore
Seine
In
a %
OOuUrs s BAYS
Messenger, July last a
tue Traversiore, and
a swinging lamp.
fix it he began
ceiling with a centerbit,
at work when the
some of tenants
up
In order Ww
in the
was hard
hole
concierge and the
rushed into the
him tw asserting that he had
ng and impaled the
tenant who occupied the room above,
went upstairs with them,
found the tenant in question,
sitting fixed 10
in
The instrument was cautiously
drawn from his flesh, but the injury
Mflicted was so that he was
con fined hree months,
#lop
the ceili
and
a violin-
maker, the floor, and
agony.
with-
serious
to his bed fort
but the
was only awarded
compensation for
loss of work, while Dubois
16 francs for negligence.
should have been sitting
on the floor exactly above
where the hole was being bored
extraordinary. But that his
should not have been heard by his tor
mentor is still more remarkable.
i
A High Jumper.
Roden, the present English
at
in court to
violin-maker, who
francs
evyervone
SoA
months
was fined
hat a
three
man
thie spot
is
cries
G. W.
amateur champion high jumping,
jumping line at Cudleig
when the followfang feats per
the New York
Jumping through a hoop
eighteen inches in diameter held six
feet from the ground: jumping on to a
were
a bar raised nine feet from the ground;
jumping in and out of barrels; jumping
on the handle of a sword, the point be-
jumping over a man's head
his shoe;
chairs, two atl a time,
sideways and forward. each spring and
nexd with the spike of
itech being from a brick,
jumping on and off jars and
backs of two chairs and there remain-
and also on Ww the shoulders of x
man; jumping on and from & man’s
face without injuring him: clearing ten
Necessity of Sleep for Brala Workers,
Some people require more sleep than
others. The more nervous the tem-
perament the more sleep is required.
Sleep is better than any stimulant.
If all those who work mentally would
take time in the middie of the day say
for half an hour and would accustom
themselves to go 10 sleep, they would
find that they would wear better, last
longer and do their work much better,
Sleep 1s a remedial agent. Brain
workers require more sleep than phys.
ical workers
No Confusing Ba vironment.
Miss Edith (to evening caller)
‘When I write | have to be entirely
ing to disturb
ta. Idon't see how one
oan dictate to an amanuensis
Mr. Goodfellow— “It's very easy, 1
letters”
my
a ———
LOOKING AHEAD.
| The Ocean Steamship as It May
Be In the Future.
She will be over a quarter of a mile
in length, Buys Once a Week, and will
do the passage from Sandy Hook to
| Liverpool in thirty-six hours, being
one night oct. She wiil be driven by
| electricity, and in such a fashion as to
| keep railway time, despite of storm or
| fog. Pussages can be secured by flash
| photo, Edison's patent, and the ticket
will include an opera stall. or a con
cert ticket, or u seat in a church pew—
{ the opera-house, concert hall, sad
church being all on board. A covered
ring for horse exercise will also be
provided, and & racing track for fast
| trotters. A baseball ground and tennis
| courts will also form a portion of the
| attractions. For business men a stock
| exchange will be operated, the quota-
tions being posted from thes tickers
| every two minutes on the vibration
| system. The leading papers of all
countries will be reprinted each morn-
| ing by the electric reflection system.
| A spacious conservatory, containing
| the choicest flowers of all climates,
| will afford an agreeable loungingplace
| und bouquets will be provided gratis.
at Monaco and Monte Carlo, a
| suite of apartments will be laid out
| for play, to be kept open all night a
sumptuous supper, with costliest
| wines, free. English tailors and shoe-
| makers will be in attendance and
clothes will be made and finished dur-
i ing the passage. The military depart-
| ment will contain the French fashions
{ of the previous day and costumes will
| be confectioned while the ship i= en
| routs compiele on ar
| rival Accommodations will
be furnished for 10,000 passengers,
i As
and delivered
at dock
“
i -
SIXTY-TWO YEARS IN
Remarkable Life of a Connecticut
Woman Whose Death Occurred
Recently.
Miss Chloe Lankton
| Hartford Jan. 17, in
| She was born in 1812. At the age of
16 she attacked by a malady
which had kept her ia bed ever since.
She lived sixty-two in bed.
| The sick-room was cozily arranged, so
| she could help herself to many things
| About thirty years ago the story of
{ her life was written and published in
| the Bunday-School Union. When her
| parents died she was cared for by
| friends. She never complained, and
| was ever cheerful and patient. Ono
{ of her great troubles was the difficulty
{of having her bed made. The late
| John C. Smith of New Haven invented
ittle derrick. The patient would
a strong canvas placed beneath
which was attached by a simple
tackle 10 the derrick, and she co
| swung off from the bed as if in a ham-
| mock. Mr. Sm built for
ingenious
BED.
died in New
ber 77th year.
was
years
{8 3
| have
her,
iid be
ith also her
which was a
comfort made it
nearly wanted.
| About a year ago an sttack of erysipe~
las destroyed the sight eye,
' and added greatly 1 her infirmities,
i but did not affect her sunny d
| tion. Opium in one
been her chief
{ an
! great
f hald
hold
cupboard,
0 her,
every
as she
hing she
of one
SPOS
form or another
meqicine,
| has
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Sobriety of Conductors,
Railroad conductors
| little nowadays. The man who drinks
| even when off duty is not the
party to intrust with the li a
| great number of people. It is rAre
| thing 0 see one of them in a bar room,
the Richmond Ind.., Palladium,
if seen there he does not tarry
i “A man will often hesitate be-
| fore doing a wrong which will send
| him to the penitentiary when he has
| a wife and children at home look
{ after and care for,” remarked rail-
| road superintendent recently. This
{ led him to say that the fatigues of a
i long run made the conductors aaxious
i for the pesce and quiet of home, and
| when they have one they can nearly
always be found at it
dissipau
* very
Dro:
proper
ves of
a
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| and
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Misnamed Fishes,
Prof. Molbius has proved, as lately
stated to the Berlin Physiological so-
ciety, that ihe anatomical arrange-
ments of the flying fish's fins and mus-
cles make flight impossible. The fish
simply shoots up out of the water when
| frightened, and is carried along by the
| wind The buzzing of the fins, which
| has been urged as proof of real flight,
is produced when a stroug currentof
air strikes the fins of even a dead fish,
and the rising over the crestof a wave
or the bulwarks of a ship is explained
| by the ascending currents of air pro-
| duced whenever a ontal
| wind strikes an elevated object like the
wave or ship.
strong hori
PAs a
Ropes Made of Womens Hair,
{| Speaking before a meeting of Meth-
| odist ministers, Bishop Fowler told of
a new heathen temple in the northern
part of Japan. It is of enormous size,
were hauled to and
present position by
ropes made from the hair of the wo-
men of the province. An edict wendy
forth calling for the long hair of the
women, and enough was obtained to
| make two monster ropes—one 17
inches in circumference and 1,400 feet
long, and the other 10 to 11 luches
around and 3.000 feet long.
eit ca ————
Sad Memories,
“Ah,” said the gray-eyed wayfarer
at the railroad lunch counter, “This is
the old place. 1 recognize yonder lands
mark at once.”
“What landmark?” ssked the cashe
ter Somnus IY won I N
“Forty years Ww was trave
ing over this pr continued the
r in a choking volee, *'I carved
my initials and the date on yonder
piece of apple pie. 1 see you have it
still. Excuse an old man's tears.”
timbers
in their
and the
| placed
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She Let Him Down Hard,
Mr. Case (who has married his type-
writer) —Well, my dear, I suppose I
must be looking around for somebody
to take plate in the office." :
Mra. ( -*Yes, I have boon think
of that, My cousin 1s just out of
Case—* What's her name?
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