lb. IN NO MAN'S LAND. Two shapes wore walking on the strand One starlight night in no man’s land ; Two shapes that during mortal Gave hato for hate, in deadly stri They mot Each pinned the other through snd throug! But neither fell. For mast Swift forth their falchions flow ; Again they strove and madly drove To right and Nor sour left their falchio A BOY Cry profaned thao night. Thr As thr let, casqua, and visor, too, air thoir sw Until, sma Aud or thev stood aghast, 1ds their weapons cast, Then | The pa d they both at mortal strife, dream of earthly And cl each the other's hand, ; shades of no man They wi - Fa ' 8 Clarence Harvey, in the Academy, Ther What it was in the case Hicks-Brown What I know most about is the end the pen iX. f course all the avs 4 beginning to an end of Mr. and Mrs I do not pretend to know 3 newsj brutalit) Mr. Hicks A Was CSpH y dilated upon, weeks thi fiend in human and om orm this br was an obj on ail Mrs. | snmIserat tor Ms erae are held up the knowing me ieties, he and hing of into this day; ar Brown had been anytl i of a very ric > 4 been invited $.13 11.1: r a public building plans { were and accepted by the mittee, which, : to hi and den t home in the late day Now, it so happened that Vie, the pug aforementioned, was of an inquiring turn of mind, and she noon for part of ¢ however, returned them certain important alterations, laid on the table in ot ittended to when he returned afternoon of a certain were chose this very after he house, When Mr. Hicks-Brown entered his den about 5 o'clock he saw at once that portions of his plans were missing, and, supposing that his wife had taken them to show visitor, he hurried down- stairs, “Where are those plans?” “What plans, dear?” Mrs. into some he asked. one check and still keeping yellow-back novel in her lap “What—what plans? Do you mean to say you didn’t take those Calumet build- ing plans from my table!” asked Mr. Hicks-Brown in some agitation, “Oh-h!"” said his spouse, mildly sur yrised. ‘Why, it must have been those that Vie had.” “*“That—VYie Brown. “And now." “Don't get excited, dear. had!" howled Mr. Hicks pray where are they with them awhile ago: but 1 supposed they were some you had thrown into the arc you going to do?” But Henry did not answer, ing Vie was taking her afternoon siesta, neck, and, despite his wife's hysterical protests, opened the door and kicked the owling animal into the street, and, not satisfied with this, when Mrs, Hicks. Brown would have rushed to rescue her set, he took her hy the shoulders and orced her into a chair, noting with grim satisfaction as he did so that a couple of street arabs were making off with Vie. That day Mrs, Hicks-Brown went home to her mother, and two weeks Inter she was a member of the divorce colony in a western city, seeking freedom from matrimonial bonds on the ground of “oruel and inhuman treatment,” which she expected the court, wien her ease was presented, to understand as having been applied to her instead of to Vie, In the state where Mrs. Hicks-Brown sought her divorce, it takes only thyve months to establish a residence, and the | legal formalities consume very little | time; but, strange to say, Mrs, Hicks Brown did not find it easy to pass the | time, The first three or four weeks, in | her flurried of mind, she did not | but, after that, time passed very | slowly, indeed. { life apart from state notice Strange as it may seem, Mr. Hicks-Drown was | very, very dull—and lonely. Yes, she | had been hasty—too hasty—but there | was no turning back now, She had mi burned her bridges, and besides, eYer a Loved: retraced Qi step once taken? No! And she held her pretty nose a little higher and tried to look haughtily don't-care-ish, all the time feel i Everything seemed to conspire to add to her load of She was pointed out on the street as a al hough she met, through the pastor of ie church she atte nded and at the home of her attorney, mary of the people in the city, she almost en tirely ignored in a and it galled her immeasurably Jove ves, and a Hicks Brown: for ever ‘ who had bestowed the | work for a living, a name to be proud of —to be tracized by thase insignificant people, hi If men among whom od balls in Prince Albert or cut ' The idea! As if she cared! et she did care, a great deal And Mr. Hicks-Brown? He away as though 1 rave himself a moment, if he for thought. Ni word passe i between him + the day eo very miserable, indeed. SOTTrGWwW, Henlonist and, | + ni Osi wis social way She, a if the man wmme on her did wus coun awny And wis work fighting tir had Lovedale had flung and returned to ecard she had + and it made him winee, set} outl gone t tightly and There and * Was + he } iis 1 nore still h arder In were not pieasant fay } tl Da and po ments would receis ply stroe discussing ways and mother at their | slimly-furnishe break fast next morning, saw this advertisement. “It's the very thing, mamma, and I'm tbout it to-day. Something must be done, and [ am the one to do it, 8d» means table going to mew “But, Mabel, it seems so-—so— why. | the idea of B | “There, there's no use saying a word, | mamma We any { more.’ And so it was settled. At 4 o'clock that afternoon Mabel Hicks-Brown rang the door of the house i street indicated in the adver tisement and was admitted by a trim maid, who seemed to know her errand, and ushered her into a pretty drawing | room on the right. Somehow the room had a familiar look | At least there were things in it that ’ can't be choosers in Grove | dark corner—she must have fore, She rose to look room. Tnrning, she with Henry Hicks-Brown, For a full half-minute they stood staring at each other, stunned. Then Mabel, weak from the strain of the weeks ing sob aad sank to the floor. of strong arms about her and a very face close to her own, while a deep, tremulous voice whispered: “Mabel, can't we-—can't we make it all up? Tell me, little girl." She told him, right then and there; and half an hour after that they stood in the study of the parsonage close by-—- Hicks Brown would have it so—for all the world like a pair of elope, and what had taken nearly five months to untic was retied in five minutes, And that was the real end of the cele- brated Hicks Brown divorce case-the part that only a small minority of the newspaper reading public knows about, — { Argonaut, Yondon's Cabs and Cabmen. London is so vast that it is difficult to realize the immensity of its every-day sta- tistics, The capital eontains sufficient eabmen, eabowners, and others enguoed in the hackney carriage trade to popu- late a large town Here are the latest figures: 3,600 pro- prictors, 15,500 cabdrivers, 4,000 OT ers, horsekeepers, and stable helps—total 23.100, It is estimated that the value of the 24.000 horses and the 11,500 licensed cabs employed, and the appliances, ex- ceeds £3,000,000,—[ New York Journal, OLLA PODRIDA. OFFICIAL SLANG. —Official slang and political slang have a tendency to use the fow est number of words to express an There is the use of istend of dismissed mean that successfully induced to do “pull” to signify influence, and official friendship; » what happens when to make the word the word “made” | “hroke’ sCrviee, i pr ymoted, instead of from the Yaot at” to been SNe ono Has something, favoritism “pulled” to sum uj a squad of policemen make a n from the same place; that there has been undertaken demolition mber of | prisoners at one 1 down" to show final failure in wha lone up” in the sensi and crushing of some one. These are a few samples A little thought will en able to add a number of others They show the tendend y of ond public sl any one class of r to brevity and sententious- NESS, Woon { There are within the limit o sixteen, Warten iq Tar IN 413 species of United States trees ia riectly season are so heavy sink in water heaviest is th 15a iron wood (Conda lin ferrea), found only in Southern Flori d 0 whicl is more than 30 per heavier teen, the cent other fif Agnum vi and the Man Texas anc Cruaincum sand Rhizpors mang! Mexico, lands full of i walking and » homes i i bout one and cs heavier than water and if 8 species oO which 1s § +r B t } Crater aa iv fed by na £ +} ai the vater on the margins ym 180 to 210 de he middle, exactly more than 300 ial oy ¥ nx ranges ar or * a} sshd t fer grees Fahrenheit in t over the gas vents, it is dle {Tees Where this action takes place the water rises and sometimes as high az four feet above the general level of the lake, the cone often dividing so that the orifices through which the gas escapes are legions in number. The commotion | over the gas jets causes a violent disturb- ance of the lake, great waves of the boiling water continually lashing the shores, and though the cones appear to i be the special vents, sulphurous vapors i rise with equal density over its entire Contrary to what one would naturally suppose, there seems tobe no violent action of escaping gases, such as explosions and detonations ‘he water is of a dark gray color, and, having been boiled over and over for thousands of vears, has become thick and slimy with sulphur. *‘The Boiling Lake of Dominica’ is justly reckoned as one of the greatest natural wonders of the world and is vearly visited by thou- sands of sightseers, two, three, surface, Naval authorities assert that rams will be the most coffective weapons in the naval conflict? of the future. In the building of every battleship nowadays much attention is given to making the stem as powerful as possible, in order | that she may ram an adversary off ctively. Methods of conflict on the sea are re- verting, curiously enough, to those prac- ticed 2,000 years ago, when Rome was mistress of the waves, Then vessels of war were propelled by two or three banks of oars; now they are driven by two or three screws, Then, ns now, the most deadly blow was struck with the ram. Then, as now, the commanding officer stood in a ‘‘con- ning tower,” directing the movements of the ship, issuing orders for the launch. ing of missiles agninst the enemy, and ut the critical moment “giving the stem” to an opposing craft. In order to con- ceive the power of the modern ram, imagine a ship weighing 5,000 tons driven at a speed of fifteen miles sa hour against a floating antagonist, APR “Is this a healthful portion of the State I" asked a traveler in Arkansas, “ Well, I should say it is, There has been nobody hung about here in three months,” BUDGET. i OF THE PRESS, A Reader of Women ~The Correct Reads | Ing Value of Small Boys Anticipats ed Him, and He Was Mad, Ete, Ete. A BEADER OF WOMEN. - “1 don’t think there is any chand me with Miss Daisy. “Why not? fishe thon sit about me.” “How does she treat 5 “leily and haughtily, Every low she kindly, but guess there's no chance Why, man, you are You're in luck if vou Ni¢ Ww y 'n Pri 8. she treats me —well, THE CORRECT LF Judge } OU are, Prisoner— And vet I've been ti when [ was a boy that “God helps who help themselves,’ Judee The applic ition ourself, SMALL BOYS, we breathed breezes soft and bland Bank President The Bank Very well, sir: I shall have one before evening And-—by the way-—You will have no ob jection to the ceremony taking place in Canada?—| Life THE I took the ple Alas! 1 kept it not "Twas the pawnbroker that kept it, And still that pledge he's got Jud Cashier {leaving PLEDGE ge the other dav * TOO SMART YOR CHOLLY “H@dirls know too much now-a-days “What makes you say that?” “You remember when | asked Miss Brown to copy me some verses? In real ity I only wanted her handwriting to read her character by." “Well?™ “Well, here are the verses, but she's copied them on the typewriter,” —| Brook 1/n Life, THE QUESTION ANSWERED. line of a patent medicine advertisement in a newspaper he has picked up)—Docs what you eat distress youl Weary Watkins Naw, much as wot 1 don’t ea‘. Life. { Brooklyn ALWAYS POPULAR. There is an old, old story, Which many a heart has stirred, And no one murmurs “‘Chestont, Whene'er this tale is heard, HE KNEW HIS BUSINESS, “Bay, Bill, why don't you marry Miss Smithers?” “Oh, I can’t.” “Yes, you can, You're well off and she's willing, I'll bet.” HBut ee “Oh, 1 know all about bachelors’ rights, but you've no idea of the com- forts of a home. Now go in for her like a man,” “Can't think of it possibly.” “And you won't marry her” “Why not?” “I've already married hor. "[Chicago News, ROT ENOUGH, 1 i A kiss for each violet,” 1 said, Pointing to those she wore And her eves divine | into And grief and pain Tooke mine t hie Then as she turne d I thought | saw And I beat mv head as she “There are but two dozen herd New York Herald, DID YOU EVER THINK oF IT 1 When like the 3 Some folks swear like n furnace shines the felon: brings the gr Georgian waterm “You refu and istian?” he said What's th other bill for me kod the EHOORK HIM ( RUTHER fat} atl | 44 dows, 10 avoud Mr. Newwed dear Mrs | washerwoman and Newwed girl I will do Mr Newwed love Mrs. Newwed | of imported traded them wo boxes of cheaper ones Mr Newwed | Economy is a good thing, | need of oming ¢ | fanatical monomaniac on the 5. Now, seo here! but there is no vour ax unreasoning, TO wWios! She was a spectacled young woman { from Boston visiting in Virginia for the | first time. In the evening an owl in an old tree down the road began to “To whoo! to whoo!" came the | and lonesome call | The young woman | open window to listen | “To whoo! to whoo!” came | again, “What's that?" she inquired. “An owl,” sald her hostess “Indeed,” and her spectacles went up critically. “Well, all I have to say is ite language is {rightfully ungram- matical.” hoot weird the wi¢ pped to the call THE SAME TROUBLE. Philanthropic Visitor (at the jail) friend, may 1 ask what brought here? Bad Dick (from the slums)- Yes, sir, Same thing that brings you here. Poking my nose into other folks’ affairs. Only gener'ly went by the way of the basement winder, {Chicago Tribune. you NOAH OUTDONE. Jenny-—Tsn't it nasty to have such fro. quent rain? Bello-—Yes: but then it's much here than in England, May-How sof Bete Because they have had » steady reign there for sixty years, KEPT Hin Ur Mrs. Bingo What made you stay out #0 late last night? Bingo-1 went to a christening with Bilter. Mrs. Biogo--Why, he hasn't any chil nicer Bingo (meekly) No. dren that want christening. ut he har 8 new suit. New York Herald, | MOSQUITOES AND THEIR BITES, Timely Hints About One of the Greats est of Summer Pests, There are people who attempt so deal with mosquit.ses as they do with other ins seems to be the general mile the i ars early in near the sea shore, very fow feTranoCe + laces in pa iid (isan mountains this i July, but in lowlands he takes up his quarters for Ther appears to be no effectual for this pest a nyroysl. The essential “rug stores is hardly fresh herb itself. A smoke, Hy disagrecable : Yoct The h an out with the additional fact 1 dog did not hesitate, nt wwtly to where it had fallen, was plain evidence of the fact that the first dog had told the story and given direc 1 ] that was i» finding li ROS “tons for trouble.” Did the Pelican Count? Houzean de 1a Haile tells of a pelican living in a fisherman's family at Santo Domingo that fed upon the refuse of the fish.cleaning. Every weekday it would go to the looking for the food which the boats were bring in. Now the owner of this pet pelican, al- though a romgh fisherman, was of a pious turn of mind and always observed Sab- bath. The pelican pot long in leaming this and the fact that he was unwillingly made to observe a forced fast every seventh day. Within a very short time he had such a clear idea of the reg- ular return of the day that he would sit motionless all day on Sunday on a tree near the hotise without once attempting 10 go to the boas h for his daily nilow. ance of refuse fish trimmings, Mme, Royer, in commenting on this remarkable exhibition of reasoning faculties in a bird, SAYS: “It is not necessary to suppose that the pelican had learned to count the six days, at the end of which time its mas. ters would not go fishing; but, while it really estimated daily the time when it must make its excursions to the besch, it was informed of the return of Sunday by what was going on at the house, as, for an instance, the fishermen putting oa their Sunday clothes. In the same way a dog knows vhen his master is ready to start on a hunt by secing him with gun and game bag. “In such instances animals show that they have the faculty of associating ideas and of observing consecutive facts, Thus they show that they are capable of estab. | ROTC wiire 10 Was things, which demonstrates not less ine telligence than actual acquaintance with the six or ten signs which express the fret als ob tu saber, or the wee of syrtem of coumeration to ox larges numbers, "—{8t. Louis Repu a Rf ERT oH
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