BIRDS OF PARADISE.
The birds /f paradise
In white and silver go,
And when they shed the white feather
There falleth down the snow,
The birds of paradise
Wear wings of living green,
And when they drop the wing feather
The days of spring begin,
The birds of paradise
With rosy plumes are shod,
And when floats down the rose feather
I'he roses are abroad.
ls of paradise
» crests are gold and light,
hen sails down the gold feather,
utumn burning bright!
Pall Mall Gaze
Mary's Jission.
nrofessor
!
i # "
ous on
He
room ar
lown
here he four a
The
his eyes
uid fall on the queer In
the
‘Professor,’ said
the kid,
erall the way
messeng
profe
dare to take off the 1
they
y
up object on
gh
sofa.
messenger,
and sound.
myself,
dy, she is. Her trunk
Wot'll 1 do with it?"
‘Bring it in and put itin the
room upstairs.’’
While the man was out of the
room the professor walked to the
empty fireplace and stood gazing into
it, painfully aware that his every
movement was solemnly observed by
two coal black eyes.
He could not have told how he
knew they were black, but he was
morally certain of it.
The man returned with the trunk
and deposited it in the small room
beside a brand new iron bedstead.
“That's sll O. K., professor,’ said
the man, pocketing certain bills. “I
bope you'll like the kid, for she’s a
yim dandy.’’
A strange intonatioz in the man’s
She's
sin
small
There was a dismal silence for sev.
treble volee said:
“Is you my Uncle Art'ur?”’
The professor started, turned and
found the eyes looking up at him.
There was no mistake; they were
as black as a crow’s wing. B5So was
the hair that hung in tangles around
the olive brow,
The lips were red enough and the
were dreadful.
“1 am your uncle, Mary,”’ he said,
feebiy.
“Mamma said you'd be dood to
me. Mamma's dead.”’
There was a queer monotonous
[ pathos in the speech.
{felt a new emotion, He did not
{ know what it was, but it made him
{ bend down and lay his hand gently
{ on the child’s head as he said
“1'11 be good to you, Mary.”
“Den take off my tings,”
was more than the professor
had bargained for, so he called the
old woman. But the child refused
to be touched by her,
“Do "way, she said, with a most
malienant ‘*do way.
Wants Uncle Art'ur to be dood to
me. Don’t want ole womans. I
serateh ole womans,”
The professor was fain to make an
attempt to take off the * 2» He
struggled bravely and got the point
En which drew
ation.
Pin tick?’ gravely inquired
Mary.
“It did
professor,
The professor
This
expression;
‘ings
0
fron
pin
in his finger,
1 him a rude excel
iam
say 80 naughty
Mary, 3
My mamma
Sor
mven
h I was.
$ +
nears
He
called
Mary!
What you wants?"
shrill answer from the
the fence.
There was Mary, comfortably
seated in Mabel Rikers lap, while the
girl affectionately patted her tangle
of black curls
Ee Ls pt
the
of
came
other side
beg pardon,”
you
when 1
soo
was
stammered the professor;
—well=—ghe went away
not looking.’
I quite understand youranxiety,
professor,”’ replied Mabel, a pretty
flush mounting to her cheeks. *'I
should be anxious if I were in your
place She's such a sweet child.”
“1 wonder if she's making game of
me?’ thought the professor. Then
he said “Now, Mary, you must
come home; you mustn't bother
Miss Riker.”’
“Oh, but she doesn't,’
Mabel.
“Wants to stay here,”’
‘‘Let me keep her a little while,
pleaded Mabel.
the professor's entire world.
““Oh==why==of course, certainly, if
| you like."
“Uncle Art'ur’s dood to me,” cooed
Mary. ‘Let's mo g'eep in he's bed,
and I kiss 'm.”’
“Ha! !
’
Hum! Good morning,’’ sald
confusion.
| of her time with Mabel Riker, and
| the professor's hours of studious re.
| tirement were not greatly abbre-
viated.
child came trotting in at meal
Ness.
“Yes, Mary,”
cally one day,
the world.”’
1.00 Mary treasured that astound.
ing declaration and in the
remarked to Mabel
“You'se dood to
girl in de world.”
“Oh, Mary !'’ sald Mabel; '*
too mueh; you mustn't say that
“Will say dat. You'se best girl in
world; Unele Art'ur says
“Oh-oh-oh! Mabel in
§ softening and her
he
‘she's the best girl
said, emphati-
in
afternoon
me; you'se best
hat 'S
de
you is
suid a low
tone, her ey
COIOring.
sho suggested it
Mary. !
t is extremely
mother. I'l]
it.”’
““Oh, thank you,’ exelaimed Mabel.
“How good--1 MEAN ==} Owe] |=
please let me know what the doctor
BAYS.
And she departed in
and in evident confusion.
As for the professor he would have
worshiped her more than ever had
that been possible,
The doctor
sented to the removal
urgad that the child taken
to the Riker house at for he
himself was at a loss to cope with
the disease without a woman's help
So Mary was very carefully wrapped
in blankets and Uncle Arthur carried
her to the little bed which had been
prepared for her
and your
speak
J I
to the doctor about
some haste
be
once,
“I don't==I don’t know how to ex.
my gratitude to you, Miss
Riker,”’ he said, with feeling, ‘The
“Don’t speak of gratitude, pro-
Mabel seemed
her duties as nurse with bright eyes.
oud. Sometimes she called for Ma
bel and sometimes for Uncle Art’ar
She toid Mabel over and over again
he was handsome, because Mabel had
80 decided
And there was much confusion
two anxious minds.
In the course of time, however, the
in
disease passed its climax and youth-
ful nature triumphed. The burning
ward, the face
than ever, w
of
raven hair.
After
valescent,
caving
pale
ith its startling contras
paler
black, shining eyes and
a time li
a time jit
exploits simiiar 1
There draw
Charles 11.
John's callege
is nD
posed of min ite written chara toe
which at a
the lines of anengraving. The head and
the ruff are
of Psalms
sma {istanee resemble
sai contain the book
in Greek and the Lords
Prayer. In the British museum is a
portrait of Queen Ant ]
larger than the hand.
ing are a nu
scratches, whicl
prise the entire cor
folio.
New Road Making Prolust.
At Hornsey, a London suburb, the
dust of the district is collected and
burned, leaving considerable residue
in the shape of clinker, and the
conrser of this is found to make ex-
cellent material for road making and
will easily sell at HO cents per load.
lime or cement is
but
there is still a great deal left and
mixed with a fair
quantity of Portland cement makes
mixed with
the cost of those purchased from the
A sec.
tion of Southwood lane, Highgate, at
has been laid with this paving. It's
said to be very hard and wear exceed-
ingly well.
———
A colonel in the English army may
marry.
DISCOURAGING TRAIN ROBBERS.
A Louisiana Convict Invente a Bullet
Proof Tender Turret,
Frank Ryan, a convict in the Louls-
fanaa State prison at Baton Rouge, has
patented an Invention for the preven
tion of train robbers, which, he says,
is bound to revolutionize
business. He points to the fact that in
the years of 1801 and 1802 there wer
twonty-two trains rolsbed on the dif-
ferent roads throughout the United
States, and that In nineteen of
1
robbers boarded engines and
the express
these
the the
Photographing on Text les
is treated
to wat. of
nitrate of soda strong with sul
phurie or hydochl * acid
thoroughly wasl
damp is exposed under negatives con
taining the designs, 'ialf a
minnte’s exposure to the clear, bright
sunshine, or, in cloudy weather, a long
er exposure under the arc-light
the pattern. There Is then a process of
development and fixing that brings
and that are unap
proachable by any other method A
wide mange of shades and colors is
possible by this means. Red is pro
duced by an alkaline solution of naph-
thol; yellow by an alkaline solution of
phenol; browns of various shades by
naphthol-sulphonic acid: and orange
by resorcin, When one considers the
resources of the photographer and the
exynisite half-tones that are the charm
of fine work, the application of this art
to cloth printing Is suggestive of grat-
{fying results,
a— Cis II
desired
gives
out tints tones
Sympathy.
Scene~-In front of Mrs. R.'s house,
Mrs. R. (paying the cabman)-You
look all right to-day.
Cabman-—Ah, mum! my looks don't
pity me. 1 suffer from a tarpaulin
liver,
Mrs. R. (correcting)--A torpedo liver,
you mean. (Cabman accepts the cor
Put It Out,
What a little spark ean do is {liustrated by
npparatus for putting out great fires, The
spark too enters the human family with de-
vastating effects; hanes we hear of 80 many
deaths by accidents with fire among careless
cooks and children, This is another field of
operation-—but 4 bottle of BL. Jacobs Oll is
the apparatus to put the fire of the sys
tem, Jsed mccording to direction it will
soothe, heal, curs and save no ugly scar bhe-
hind. The healing process gives new surface
and kindly does its work.
out
the
Almanor,
uver in
iinrulst
nabad
4 {wont at different
5 iyi vil ASTON
Bost of All
To cleanse the system ina gentle and truly
-
al oo rer. wh he Brringtime «
A manner when Lhe Mi ringtime
omnes,
rue and perfect remedy Syrup of Figs.
le will answer for all the family and
HM rents: the larye size $1.
ired by the (
a od
pleased, Manufa
yrup Co. or
$100 Reward,
’
#100,
Bend
gy & Co., Toledo, O,
iy (Cy
SIX WEEKS IN THE WATER.
A Hospital Patient's Prolonged Bath
snd the Saccess Which Attended It,
» 13 » ® wn 3
¢ ied ORRY ¥ y I D
govel one
Che
doubtless
CASe is 4
inangurate a new
ating abeesses, although
hh surgeons ax the Bicetre have
similar to
he Frend
wdopted a
this one.
“It feels queer to have the water flow-
ing over you all of the time,” said Hen-
nessy last evening. “Some of the time
I imagined I was drowning, and some.
times I thought 1 was a diver. I got so
used to hearing the rippling of water,
though, that 1 cannot go to sleep with.
out hearing it now. There is no music
go sweet as the constant sound of fall
ing water. I have heard it so long that
it has become just as indispensable 10
no as a bed when I wanted to go to
sleep. 1 wanted to stay there longer,
but Dr. Marks told me that if I did fins
might grow on me, and then 1 would
have to be put in a glass case, so 1
thought I would not object to coming
out.”
cure somewhat
Bismarck and the Namber Three.
Prince Bismarck has a curious su-
perstition in connection with the num-
ber three, and apparently not without
reason. He has served three German
Emperors; he has fought in three
wars: he has signed three treaties of
peace; he arranged the meeting of the
three Emperors and established the
triple alliance,
sn i bs
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