Brother Gardner is Imposed Upon by a Fakir, when the sound of the triangle had a@nlled the me Brother Gardner arose and said that Prof Bum «1 Henry Clay of the deliver a led “Why Ar’ Dis telling how Ht thought the therefor ing to order, the color Was wall « olub on bo Jo. es, south, ture Thus?" seauld ciub might chance it, ordered show who has had a cold tne lus wis relegated to the hall had grown quiet when the Clayful lecturer and thi philosopher Ii's ny to before tl There wis no pan on but he and the reception mmittee Samuel the head for the gentleman in elevel veurs, just pack seats, and the introduexd in ore time [ike all were down ot wis motions, hig shoes elbows frayed, and his carelessness on his part as to whet great heel, true tie his knees out of general appearance proved ht-end first or i he got up rig not in tl morning. He thusiastic applause con Baker Toots a vigorous Kick cident. As Ii buttons were heard to strike the behind him, and his collar made ¢ termined effort to ris “My frens,” began the voice rich with auticipat ing chicken night I bed "long If we hey two hours wis received with during whic! muanager bowed antlnt Appause above hon arable | on ol we o'cloe nd it may you yor. go to bed for you What do dat it Yes, hut why You tumble backs an’ of de when mg kick wisi Yo fo meant dat 3 to give 1 YOU Sige is hekase nat de muscles de fur awhile wiloeeh can dis bottle, ox brain orator de cl sudden des de cit we nl an’ an’ tion.) isfuch vent dis globe Preventat mover,” my ren gem’ two bit old app! As other pint grin on alo ipereased by Brother seen that hel for again Sone Sa adam Jones position elub “My fr the houo been put vest, an’ an de back, } bank and drs de mawnin keer two cents on toast or turl breakfast, You wid a cole sw lent beatin” of your soul dat a ban of anarebi hidden under de bed to take your On sartin occashuns 1 wid a piece of chianlk a’ a figger up how much a yar it you to rent forty $1 each. You is dance away from you. Your eyes him and you jump up in alarm if de dog owls in de back yard. You right along jist de same, however, nebber stoppin’ to inquar’ into natural causes, an’ de fust thing you know your friends am gathered around your bexiside to you expire, i Decided sensation all over the hall) My frens, it gives me de utmos’ pleasure to he able to inform you en dis auriferous oc: easion dat I am de sole owner of wimt is called “De Wellington Cuare-All Plas ter,” which I warrant to be composed of gixteen different roots an’ de best Norf Carolina tar. Dese plasters sell at twenty cents each, or six for a dollar, and de President of dis United States had one on de small of his back when he entered de White House fur de {ust tone. Arter diz meetin’ ix ambuscaded 1 shall be mons’ happy to see you all in de ante-room, an’ [—" YO Sot shingle will ¢ poszoffice boxes stuck, In figgers LO ile Boe wanted to see him outside important business, oli very ascrriain his business, only half concluded.” put Wn never came back. Two sites Inter his volee was heard saying: “Boy, be keerful whar yon put dat yours! 1 doan’ low nobody to fool wid mel” And n little Inter: +1 nebber skipped a town yit, an’ 1 won't begin now.” Thon Paradise Hall jarred and vibrat- od, and the plaster fell in spots and the wide Somes bumped on the stairs and fell the alley, followed by a racket as if a dray horse was gil life In minutes Giveadam Jones returned, the leg of and his breath coming hard, and stove door swung open thing “kersquash” into lon'ne for his three or four right his trousers split to the Knee, as he sat down Brother Gardner arose and said “My philosopher an’ a difference between a fakir is SO pOWel ful tine dat de best of nen are It's my frens, de sometiney dat we got deceived olnnyol animal, but dere’s no i reckon he wo it * U8 RO ore, a : iH oIew grains will F with his prey wher stepped up and took fleece At that hie cupation the pollee station the m had for quite a nid an } nniqne hive carried on this long thie, and the meat to the varions butchers Botanical Clock. the curiosities which Pave Among pee lately explored by naturalists, is a botanical clock. It eleon, although more methodical the morning it is white, at noon it is rd, and at night blue, and the aiter- natiors of color are so regular that tint of the flower. [It has been suggest. od that if it could be acclimated in a tomperate zone it would be a very wae ful flower in public parks, Blind Cyclists. Cycling is one of the amusements at the National Institute for the Blind in France, A species of home trainer is used, the wheels of which are so ar cuted on a dial, so that races are held, and some of the inmates have estab lished records. The machines also give audible signals at various speeds. GOLD HOARDS. 000 OF THE METAL. India Contains Interesting Figures. for withdrawing hag been ever so of Russin hoarder gold, | own but also the and gold bars imported into the coun Hardly she receives annually mines, | try. any gold while from out it. That she has got together a gigan tie heap of specie by draining f the nu The according to the New about channels o netary « Treasury of York Jour world contains not known why Russia this policy of hoarding Leen fx the t and fir mining world is stead progressive]; The yield for greatest in ste to come the 1505 has been history, L200, 000 Gin probably ex- comling The I nited States alone produced about 50.000, 0060 of this total, an increase of $11,000. (MM) aver 1500, It is estimated that the world's an nual consumption of gold in the arts, chiefly in the manufacture of jewelry, fs somewhere between S50,000,000 and £00.000000, Probably about 821.500. 000 worth of gold coin of the United States is melted yearly for such em- ployment. This government makes | fine gold bars of five ounces and up- {| ward for we use of fewelers and other manufacturers, | milar bare are turn: i=l ont by private refineries, Of such bars $10,000,000 worth are bought and used In this country every twelve month, A French anthority has figured that at the end of three confuries from now the cemeteries of the United States will contain gold to the value of 8150. 000,000, represented by tooth fillings. Every year the Americans have $500, is buried with them when they die. Hnusewives Should Know, TLat If the refrigerator is not Ip or feu good sealdings and scrub Wings durie the genson the shonld ror wiping looking glasses, It i to the glass into house peren line lustre I ster shel's should be washed yin hand, as two or thre boiled in the ty 1tkettle once ent the formation of iro when a baked potato is deae towel ne The po menly i his way be wrapped in a «1 until it tatoo will That hard bursts open alwavs be rendered witer may be distilled drop the kettle water by nee phial into {s vill adhere to the bot fatron manniacture: t paint a rainbow arching over ¢ «aid, “with the name medicine upon it Lepage re Then 1 will not pay you a son for The price of his pic ture meant bread for months, and the inter had long seeded bread. » pleturel” p £ sinall. He hesitated the salon. It was admitted guccess insured Lepage a place in pub lie recognition. and his later work a place among the greatest living ar tists, An Improved Racing Sulky. A new iden in racing sulkies has been overroire the tendency to upset while being drawn quickiy around the curse body of a pair of wheels mounted on short Independent transversely pivots ed axles, with connected levers ar ranged on opposite sides of the seat, with as he leans over to one side. By ‘his means the wheels are placed at an angle with the body of the wagon. { Rome day, perhaps, companies will be | AB OER organized to mine the cemeteries and | Magneto-electro machines first were {made in Paris in 1532; in London in Lis recover the gold secreted in the jaws | of dead ancestors, NOTE AND COMMENT. There will be no further effort on the part of the War Department to enlist the red soldiers Indians, as a fallure as Hien Gave proved BH ocorde: that a law people wi New Yorl jit 4) Goff, of should be on to THINK declaring *cean calls H no other sin a thie an r $2 ~~ ral weeks nter Mr. Mattison that swing to the ocean gion the what rattled and had mistaken the $20 for 85, of £15 he reverend gentioman sent tis check for the required amonnt to correct the error. but this was not sufficient. 1 geeoms, in the old man's thind venture tiiree months were all that was reguir- ~d to exhaust the glamor of matrimony. and life with him had onge more simply a matier business Consequently, he demanded that the minister pay him interest on the $15 The request was immediately plied witli, and a second check was drawn for the sum of 15 cents, and swhen the voucher was returned a few days ago the minister caused it to be framed, and it now hangs in his study. red excitement of aged hridegroom was some- and demanded a rebate become of Com. John D. Rockefeller’s latest scheme is io cut the top off a mountain, Million- aires have a way of fixing things to snit themselves, but this is the first time one of that interesting class has undertaken to give nature pointe. Mr, Itockefellor is he owner of a baronial estate back of Tarrytown, N. Y.--1,000 acres—which be will convert into a hinge park at an expense of no one knows how much. On this estate is Kykuit Mountain, From its summit can be viewed a scenic panorama that ix not likely to pall on the vision even af the man of many millions. Mr. ftockefeller made up his mind that this was the place for Ns baronial resi jut Kykuit Mountain had not heen lald out for a residence wite, Ite summit was too sharp, Bo it was de- cided off Ariny small work now per No- finer Hlostra. Here 18 » Hie to word to cut the op and a are hard at singular operation of men forming thi counld he tion of the potency foun man using 1 # tradition—welding into a herewith to shave the crests off everlasting hills.” Mohammed, uled millions of men, wns compelled 1 n tockefsller, doll mountain to descend to his 1 3. mn Ww ilior millions of compels the chosen When a new (Czar : $ ve to six hundred th # irom Pris « and distinctive t t peculiarity of Chinese inners does form material, but in their marks. The) dif- for from the European game in the ab- of blanks not fie. however, in their or Nee the a set comprising twenty-one different pieces, formed by the permutations of two dice. in the common form of Chinese dominoes, as ordinarily sold twelve pieces are duplicated, making thirty two pieces in the complete set, The duplication of these pieces constitutes the chief problem presentd by the game, eleven of the Warriors Enjoy a Joke. General MeAlpin always relishes his little joke. and he always has a good Now, Captain A. A. Yates, of Schenectady, is another great joker, and is never so happy as when propounding an apparently unanswer- able conundrum. The Captain's friends know this, and never lose an oppor tunity of firing conundrums at him. The other day Captain Yates called at general headquarters, and had the fol lowing launched on him by Genorsl MeAlpin: “Why is Police Commissioner Roose volt like a milor?” “Aunty” pondered amd poled, and finally reluctantly gave it up. “Why. that is the easiest of the eas fest,” sald the General “Because be made the saloonkeepers close”
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