SUPPOSE.
Suppose, my dear, that you were 1
And by your side your sweetheart sate;
Suppose you noticed by avd by
The distance "twixt you were too great;
Now tell me, dear, what would you do?
I know-—and so do you?
And then (so comf. riably pacell)
Suppose you only grew aware
That that dear, dainty little waist
Of hers looked very lovely there;
Pray tell me, sooth-—what would you do?
I know-aund so do you!
Then, having do ie what I just did
With not a frown to check or chill,
Suppose her red lips seemed to bid
Defiance to your lordly will;
Oh, tel mo, sweot, what would you do?
1 know
aud so do you!
{Engene Field,
Hunting a Flosnshiner
BY M. M. FOLSOM,
“ We were very much puzzled over a
the Blue Ridue Mountains,” said
back in his chair.
that whisky was being made in
was the habitat of the moonshine
There had been a distillery that
peighborhood some ten or a dozen years
ago, run by a noted moonshiner—old
Reub Davis—but times had become so
hot for him that he sinddenly decamped,
giving out the report thut he was going
to Texas. It has been so long since his
disappearance that
gotten him,
“Still we were puzzled. Our deputies
could find evidence unimpeachable of the
existence of a contraband distillery by
banging around the little cross roads vil
lages and attending the
ings where ‘corn juice’ and
were plentiful; although
supplies could be traced almost tot
taio head, the exact
never be found, Maoy and many a weary
tramp did we take among
ravines,
in
people had almost (or.
:
differ
but 4 base of
hefoun
place of deposit could
those rugged
mountains
day, in sun and 1
batfled.
“Finally we decided on making a reg
ring hunt for the culprit, and brigh
early one morning I started out with
determined
haul before night or els
and dark night and
: » *1ll +o
gill, DUL BUHL ¥
ree of my keenest depuiies,
make a
the frosty
two of the men in one i
out across the Cut Log ridge
Donald
“Heachi
hit a whill of the
bean to look around for some
clue as to it Perched away up
the mountainside, overhanging a
brawling bro that came
down across the road we were traveling
.
spend
I sent
rection wid sot
with Me
nicht tt 16 woods
Bigat in ta i i
familiar flaver, and
§ source.
on
K imbling
i spied a shabby-looking cal v hiten
would have appeared uniohabited
for a little curl of smoke
iazily from the rough
Bidding McDonal remain with
horses, | clitabed t
pre aching the low doorw iy I
old woman who was looking
household work. Everythis
noceut and unsuspicious as if
not a drop of contraband
of the spot.
* ‘May 1
I asked
“*“Ya-as: wait a minit and
you a splinter.’
* sNo, trouble
in and get it myself.’
* ‘Oh, the house ain’
come into,” she repli
Pe igusiy.
¢* “That's all right, ma'am.
to that sort of thing.
**As I said this 1 stepped in, and, ad
save
ascending
FOCK
:
Lie
: t
the mou n, aud sp
ted an
after her
on
g
ton't
LUE
occurred to me that the chimney
pnususally thick in the back wall.
** *Your old man isn't in? I said,
* ¢] bain't got an old man.’
“ ‘You're a widow, then?”
““ “Yes, s0 fur as 1 know.
man went off more'n ten
Said he were a-goin’ to Texas,
bain't hearn a word
day till this’
*“*Why did he leave?
“ *On acconnt of the revynue men,
see he used to make a little
was
My old
years ago
and |
to skin ont.”
** ‘What is your name?’
““ ‘Davis, Sarah Ann
havin’ a hard time of
Davis,
after me but myself; but thank the
Lord, I've managed to keep soul and
body together.”
All this time she was talking in such
a meek and innocent way that my sus-
picions were half disarmed; but still |
was unsatisfied, as that whifl of savory
name of the woman, coupled with the
history of old Reub. Davis, had aroused
my suspicions,
** ‘1 suppose a traveler couldn't get
a little drum hereabouts?” 1 remarkea?
** “God bless you, not as I knows of. 1
never tech it, for I'm a strick church
member and ef 1 did I wouldn't know
whar to start to git a drap of licker.’
** * Much obliged. Good morning.’
“2 Good-by, sir. Wish I could accom-
modate ye, but 1 can’t.’
“Descending the path I met a gawk-
ish-looking lad driving an ox team,
loaded with wood, up a crooked road
toward the cabin. He eyed me askant,
but continued his toilsome journey with-
out stopping to speak,
+f McDonald,” said 1, * you may think
what you please, but we're right close to
the den, il we only knew how to locate
id
“Then I related all the circumstances,
all the time casting about for some solu-
tion of the mystery which I became more
and more convinced by some vague in-
tuition existed mear by. A few steps
from the road that led from the woods to
the cabin there was a thicket that ob-
structed the rude track just belGw where
it iotersccted with the road we were
travelling,
“ ‘Mack, wait here a minute; there is
80 harm in a little investigation,’ and I
made my way down to the thicket, in
which I noticed an old door shutter ly-
lng negligently, half concealed by the
brambles. Making my way to it, I care-
fully lifted it up, and to my surprise,
found the mouth of a cavern, which,
though narrow, showed signs of recent
use. Calling to McDonald to fasten the
horses and join me, we were soon ex-
ploring the cave. A descent of a dozen
Steps brought us to a turn in the cave
and a rough door, 1 gave it a kick, but
there was no response, except a hollow
reverberation which indicated a cone
siderable apartment beyond.
“Get me a rock and I'll break it in,’
I called to McDonald, but just then I
was startled by a shriek in the rear.
“Don’t kill him! Please don't kill
him!" and down came the old woman |
had seen at the cabin. ‘If you won't
Kill him I'll let you in.’
replied. ‘So go ahead.’
*‘She produced a rusty key and un
ngainst the rock as it turned ou its rude
wooden hinges.
out,’ she cried, but no Reuben answered,
‘Oh, you've geart him clean to death,
fur he weren't well nohow,” and she
dived into the cave and we at her heels,
guided us,
mong tubs and
which we dragged
“Wake up,
i light,’ said 1.
4 ‘Mister, I'll go, ef you'll pre mise not
to hurt me,’
‘t ‘No danger of that
“Well, sir, he was
and specimen
ever saw, He
seen the light
he hardly had.
in the cave since he
for
i
kegs, from among
the body of a man,
oid man, and kindle a
Come on.’
the forlorn
most
of mooashiner |
us if be
vears, and 1 think
He had spent his days
pre tended
Texas, venturing forth only at night,
and then with every possible precaution,
**The cave, partly natural and partly
artiticial, extended as ns the center
of the main higl which ran along
the side of the i i
abject
looked hadn't
in ten
to leave
PAL
point, and
y hundreds of
pe from
nd by a
unter-pi
» y 3 > » ¥
steam to and up the rear of
pe, conveyed
chim
Him thus concealing
let the slo
ney,
thove Below he ps down by
itch to a point where the
and
& subterranear
little
Woo
a wild
CHLOE,
brook
led glen, broken by many cas
30 that 'po tra liscovered
in that direction
“The mouth of the cave =» RO CAre
iily concealed that in wood a
w sticks could be thrown
lent, and carnied down after
+ raw materials {
same n apuer the ligu
is a1
dark, as
r the dis
ery,
sr could
carted
and
hame to d
up, Lis
£ mash overturs
is safeguards «
the world, He was sen
but he did no
ery
nf
aud
reed habits of
Rain in Japan,
summ
yers
the er Season
dro iz fare fre jaent, an i tl
! Gelds, | beautiful, presen
i they do all the different shades
innumerable, gradually lose their brilli
ancy of color, turn yellow and parched
and threaten the total
| crop Not only does the
ithe wells
| carrying of water
| So a drought in Japan is indeed
calamity,
:
fore so
3 »
destruction of the
rice
suffer, but
dry up and necessitate the
fe
f
rom long distances
a great
After waiting
{| downfall of rain,
long and ho
the people turp en
masse to evoke the power of their deities
| to send them the saving showers. A pro
| cession is formed of perhaps 200 men,
nearly vaked, who, carrying straw em.
| blems representing the sun with the rain
| pouring from it, and with long streamers
having prayers written on them flying in
the wind, proceed to the nearest river or
| bay, where the whole company wade into
ping for a
| water until they are waist-deep, and,
| surrounding the emblems, pray aloud and
{ throw water on the images with both
| hands,
After doing this several times the pro-
| cession is reformed, when it proceeds to
| the temple to pray again. This cere
mbny is repeated several times, and
should the rain come in abundance
prayers are offered in thanksgiving:
| should it be only a shower they blame
tions until a downpour takes place.
Another form of devotion for the same
the prayers by the regular beatings of
tom-toms and gongs. Sometimes at
the weird sound of the tom-toms and
the voices of the men gradually growing
louder and louder as the boat approaches,
each man bending to his paddie in regu-
lar time as it passes us swiftly and grad.
ually disappears in the darkness, and is
soon lost to sight and hearing.
All About the Human Heart,
The human heart isa hollow muscle of
a conicle form placed between the two
lungs and iaclosed in the pericardium,
otf heart sac. The ordinary size of the
heart in the adult is about 5 inches in
length, 8} inches in breadth at the broad.
est part and 2} inches in thickness, and
its weight is 10 to 12 ounces in men and
8 to 10 ounces in women, The increase
in size is greatest and most rapid during
the first and second years of life, ite
bulk at the end of the second year being
exactly double what it originally was,
Between the second and seventh year
it is again almost double in size, A
slower rate of growth then sets in and
continues during the period of maturity
of other portions of the body. After the
fifteenth year up to the fiftieth the an.
nual growth of the heart is about , 061 of
a cubic inch, the. increase ceasing about
the fiftieth year, [Chicago H
p. a - RP SAN
Ceylon’s Wily Crocodiles.
The following is a fair example of
how cunningly crocodiles, in common
with all other wild animals, can conceal
themselves in moments of danger: After
a happy week spent in the jungle with a
friend of mine, we halted for breakfast,
before making the last stage for head.
quarters and home, at a place oalled
Poonarhyn—Anglice, Garden of Flowers
~and while at breakfast were amused
by watching a number of crocodiles, about
eight or ten, sunning themselves on the
surface of a small lake or tank, as it is
there called, of about an acre in extent,
A sudden thought struck me,
“I say, Murray, what fun it would be
to try and catch some of those beggars
'** “Bravo,” said he, ‘‘Let’s try
presently. Appu, send the horsckeeper to
to the village and tell him to bring up all
some long fish-
ing pets. We will give a good san-
present),
The villagers scented some fun, and
with the further stimulus of a santosum
It was now 11 o'clock
pond was situated.
we knew, includi
eighteen
tied tw
long «
It was breast deep,
about a foot or
heavy mud, We
nets together so as to make one
nouch to re i
thirty yards, and this was he
weighted alon » bottom and
to be drawn with long
shore
as
nr
ine i
inches of
+} i
fq h Heros Lace RE
nhout avi
rrange
ropes from each
Immediat
line of men
long, pointed poles
the mud along ti
and so drive
into proper position in front { t}
My friend, f
entered into the joke
to thie soe
about
} prod
the
vy mali
uw net,
wid line into it we all now
splashing, houtis st
and hauling, but——s
did re find of
had
came to the ed ] Ww
i that at bia an {
for
went, ampings,
not a sign
» Drutes
that we
dragged
wara
minster Gaz
Evolution of the Book,
leaden 1
wi
#1 10 Kees
re afterward £2
inws of the Cret
the
y y
Oras on
Homans et
brnses
tablets
rr
dius, a;
preser ved at L
iets have been dug
Treaties between the
and
estates, for
over on this endur
York DHspatch
graved 1 : 3
tah
Tuseany.
Spartans
and
ere made
ing material. New
Ons, Yerait nize
Jews were writ brass
fuptdpe % % 3
velter ITIRY, W
Not a Tyrant,
Iy is truly annoying to a plain every
day citizen, to bave
rights infringed upon by a great person.
age. It 1s easy te understane
of mind of the hungry traveler confront
ed by pomp and power, as is related in
this true story
Tired and hungry, a traveler whom we
may call Mr. Smith, entered a village inn
and ordered a roast chicken. He sat
down by the fire and took great comfort
spit and thinking how fine the flavor
would be.
strange looking individual entered the
kitchen. His costume was eccentric,
but it was undoubtediy that of a great
porsonage,
To the innkeeper he said with an im.
Mr,
Smith, insufferably haughty air, “Well,
William, will that chicken be roasted
soon?”
‘“Sir,” cried Mr. Smith sternly, “that
is mine. 1 ordered it
you.”
“What is that to me!" said the per-
sonage harshly,
“What is that to you!" cried Mr.
Smith, faint with hunger and just indig
nation,
Then the intruder
more gently,
spoke again aod
I am going to represent the Black Prince
ot an entertainment at the Town Hall
this evening," «| Youth's Companion,
———— AO
Accomplishments of a Montana Girl,
Paul Van Cleve, a member of the Mon-
tana Legislature, own s a big sheep
ranch in that State, His daughter
Helen, aged fourteen years, is his con.
stant companion in his rides about the
ranch, and is reputed to be one of the
most accomplished riders in that part of
the country. She is a picturesque figure
on horseback, as she dresses somewhat
after the cowboy style, wearing trousers,
colored shirt and broad sombrero, and
rides in the true cowboy fashion, often
bareback. She is also a shot with
the rifle. Although living in an isolated
spot, Mr. Van Cleve has had his children
carefully educated and his home is one
of refinement, being in fact, a favorite
social [Enthering place for ranch-owners
Gr miles aroun
I 4510 HS Se A FSIS
An Iagenious Cloek.
ew" ——-
A firm in Calcutta, India, has lately
completed a very ingenious timepiece in
the shape of an cight day clock, which
strikes the hours on a large full toned
gong and chimes the quarters on eight
bells, In connection with the clock
there is a perpetual calendar, which gives
the correct days of all the various months,
including the twenty-vine days of Feb.
ruary io each year,
There is a military procession worked
by the clock, representing various
branches of the British army, consisting
of artillery, cavalry and infantry, and the
staff in review order. There is also a
sentry on duty who salutes, a drummer
who beats the drum, and a bugler who
raises his bugle to his mouth every few
minutes. All of these figures are ar
ranged at the top of the dial, A musi
cal instrument plays while the procession
is marching in review
Near the bottom of the clock is placed
amilitary band, which is concealed by a
the music is piaying and the procession
moving, and falls again immediately
fter the eolock has struck, and remains
until the next hour, The
chonized mahogany, is about 6
3 feet 6 Inches and
ieep, higl Orname:
td ae hi iv
3 Py BIZRIS
Cun,
wide,
6 inches
i wl
n the show
nse Crystals,
His First Experiences,
instrument.
ti $ ¢ Ie }
ng th i i the Dell he §
reccis rd his empl
fmation
was und
hax
IRINess John
that as his employer
y y r hit 3
like an ancient
marin
MIpence a nig
He
his answer int
in
Came ;
“
"bh sine a. ROCK
The answer
d you at all Nmith
and again. but with no
A happy thought struck
him when be had recovered his wind
after the tenth blast: and he softly
whispered to himself: “] wonder
i easased again
| better result.
if the
{ old idiot is deaf.” His hair rese slowly
| on end as he heard the sound of his
governor's voice coming softly from the
““No, John, the old idiot is not
deaf, and you can take a fortnight's
| notice.” John declares that
telephones are frauds —! Pittsburgh Dis
i pate h.
feceiver
now
A Difficult Operation.
Daisy Bedwell is the sixtenn year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 8. G. Bed
| well of Yazoo City, Mass.
| was four and a half years old she lost al
| side by necrosis. That side never grew,
| her right cheek,
| her of this hideous deformity.
| place at Roosevelt Hospital and was per.
{formed by Dr. Frank Hartley, and
| George Howe Winkler, professor of
operative dentistry at the New York
| Dental School.
| An incision was made in the neck, the
bone sawed squarely in two, and the
{ chin forced around to the front and held
there permanently, On the lower jaw
an upright bolt was soldered which slid
up and down in a gold bar soldered
to the upper jaw. A plate of teeth was
pluced on the right side, and Daisy went
ome a happy and pretty girl, —[ New
York News,
——————
A Novel Business,
One of the novel bhudiness trades of
Boston is that of a dealer in secondhand
late glass. Nearly all of this glass is
ught by the dealer from insurance
companies. The large plates of this kind
of giass are insured when put in a win.
dow, and when any of them is broken
the owner of the injured glass usually
prefers that the insurance company
should replace the broken piece rather
than that he should be paid its price:
The dealer in the secondhand glass con.
trives to utilize what remains of the un.
hroken part of the glam. —| Chicago Her.
THE JOKERS BUDGET.
JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY
MEN OF THE PRESS,
Ought to Sauffer—-No Change in the
Name—Clrecumstances Alter Cases
Natural Sight, Ete., Kte,
GUGHT TO BUFFER.
Barber Does the razor {eel sir?
Patron (groaning )—Umph! I hope it
does, It deserves to.—| Chicago He
ord,
KO CHANGE IN THE NAME,
Scene on the deck of a muil steamer at
Kathetic Passenger (to Old Salt
Can you tell me, my good man, the
name of that fine bird hovering about?
Odd Sal That's a balbatross, sir.
Ai. P.—Dear me! quite a rars avis, is
seca,
0, 8. Dunno, sir
a haibatross
X. P.~—Yes, yes, my good fellow, but
I've always heerd
f
), Bb, indigoantly) 0h, do wou?
J
wlbatross, just the
bi
coming humbu
el
1
i
’ ‘ 3
vaat a 3
calls
sumeas | calls you a g
physician on
i felt the pulse
“Ah!
ww than he wa
r than De wa
he ex
the
Answered
: patien
nthe heavy
quit that two me
trade
egraph,
CHE eS
has caused 3
fH as
Weil a8 Ine;
she g if rie 1,
nd a dag
etvor, responded,
or a day.”
as City Journal,
%
3.
ii
MATTER OF
Your former
to hire her.
Mr. F
wanis me
servant gird
is she honest and
Hable
Dressmaker
it
[ can’t say. [I have sent
her wa with your bill five or six
times, but she has never brought nue
k my money. —| Texas Siftings.
io ¥
Lata
WHY Nori
Bobby Pa, do
eagle an eaglet?
Pa-Yes:, Dobby
Bobby==Then | suppose a little bull
is a bullet. —| Judge.
they call a young
J 3
AX UNBLUSHING CONFESSION,
I held her hand, her little hand,
So soft, and small, and white,
I pressed it often to my lips,
And clasped its fingers tight,
That loving clasp my love declared,
And | was not ashamed
To own 1 loved her, for who could
For loving her be blamed!
She let her hand, her little hand,
test lovingly in mine,
My tender pressures she returned,
Like tendrils of a vive,
Her little fingers clasped mine close,
And her affection told,
And why not! She's my daughter, and
To-day she's four years old.
—{ Somerville Journal
NO ESCAPR.
I dreamt I dwelt in marble halle;
I felt at ease, with life contens,
Till fancy brought the landlord's call ;
He came, alas! to get the rent,
«{ Buffalo Courier.
A NICE DISTINCTION,
Tourist] notice you charge different
prices for seats in your omnibus, How
is that!
Omnibus Drive-~It's this way. When
we get to a hill the first-class passengers
may keep their seats, the stovud class
passen must get out and the third.
class eth rs mu** shove behind, —
[Fliegende Blaotter,
THE GIFT OF A SKARON,
Sir Edgard Fitz Wales Your Amewij."
pans aw so chahmingly thoughtiul, ye
now."
Mr. Hobbles--In what way!
Sir Edgard Fitz Wales Why--aw--
after you've had your own summer, yo
know, you have an Indian summer--foh
the h natives, I su «{Chicago
Record, PPOs.
A PORT-BUPTIAL DISCOVERY.
“Why don’t you want me to call you
‘dear?’ V
“Because it makes me feel so cheap.”
-{ Puck,
CLASK IX GRAMMAR,
Teacher Parse the sentence,
tan is a penipsula.”
Pupil (who never could understand
grammar, anyhow) Yucatan is a proper
noun, nom'tive case, second person sing-
UAT nn
“How do you make that out?”
“First person lcatan, second person
Yucatan, third person Hecatan: plural,
first person, Weeatan second per
“(x0 to your seat!” [Chicago Tribune,
“Yuca-
LIKE TWO PEAS,
Hicks — Speaking of the Fogiesby
twins, are they really so muel alike!
Wicks—Yes, indeed: when
them lies, the other will swear to
Boston Transcript,
of
one
it.
A CARY IR POINT.
A late judge, whose personal appear
ance was as unpreposessing as his legal
knowledge was profound and his intel
female witness,
good womant
* sald he.
the wo
lect keen, interrupted a
“Haombugged you
know how to explain it
| called you a hand-
humbugging
say, don't
[ De-
Farmer
That's the
Hu Enos
in New
literary
Wer wrote
ing & consul-
doctor, who
an’t think of
the family.”
when the
liy took tie
ANY more excuses to give to
—{ Detroit Tribune.
Case. |
A PLACE TO SHIUS
He-1 like the room, and perhaps Pll
hire it, I hope no one iu the house
piays the piano
Landiady—Only my youngest daugh.
ter, and she is only just begioning!—
| Fliegende Blatter
st
but
MONEY GOING ABROAD.
‘My wife has an absolute genius for
making money go a long way, especially
in the matter of dress.”
“Indeed!”
“‘ Yes; she buys all her
now,”--! Detroit Tribune.
gowns in Paris
ROT EXCOURAGING.
Nervous passenger— Why are you
steaming along at such a fearful rate
through this fog!
Ocean Captain (reassuringly)—Fogs
are very dangerous, madam; and I am
always in a hurry to get out of them.
[| Tit-Bits,
RELY SATISFIED.
Figg-—-What! you don’t call Muliman
an opinionated man?
Fogg—1 consider Muliman, as the
world goes, a fair minded fellow. He is
never biased in favor of other people's
opinions, and he is entirely devoid of
prejudice against his own convictions. —
Boston Transcript.
Queer Bridal Feasts,
Marriage celebrations and marriage
customs follow in the new world
many of the customs of the old world.
Sack posset, the drink of Shakespeare's
time, a rich, thick concoction of boiled
ale, eggs and spices, was drunk at New
England weddings, as we learn from the
pages of Judge Sewall's diary, but it did
not furnish a very gay wassail, for the
Puritan posset-drinking was Jreceded
and followed by the singing of a m
~and such a psalm! a long, tedious,
drawling performance from the Bay
Psalm Book.
The bride and groom and bridal party
walked ina little procession to the meet.
ing house on the Sabbath following the
marriage. We read in the Sewsll diary .
of a Sewsll bride thus ‘‘coming out,” or
“walking-out bride,” as it was called in
Newburyport. Cotton Mather thought
it expedient to thus make public with
due dignity the In some com-
munities the attention of the interested
public was further drawn to the newly
married couple in what seems to us a
very comic fashion, On the fol.
lowing the wedding the gayly dressed
bride and occu a nent
seat in the gallery of
Nd in he gle of as un they
rose wly turned round |
*