TIM MURPHY'S FLYING BALLOON. | Whin Tim Murphy wur out av a job He Invinted a flyin’ balloon, An’ he sailed away-—that's what Bay For a trip to the land av the moon, He sailed and sailed away Iver so fur, to the stars, An' he sint this word they heard “I'm ditchin’ they that's what canals in Mars!” They wur plinty av work to do, But ditchin’ hard, they say: An’ terrible soon in his flyin’ balloon He sailed and sailed away He had worked at the jeweler's trade, An’ could wind a watch with springs, An’ he sint this word—that's what they heard “I'm in Saturn, rivitin' rings!” is They wur plenty of work to do, But tejious it wur, they say; An’ terrible soon in his flyin' balloon Tim sailed away-—away. He had worked at the An’ a Limerick engine could run, An’ he sint this word-—that's they heard “I've a fireman's firemen's trade They wur plinty av work But firin’ 's hot, they An’ terrible scon in Tim sailed away—away He sailed away.to the An’ kissin’ his wife, “In their hivenly But 1’ the —Srank L. anton, flyin’ his world, sez he, the stars is fire world r me!" in Jn ing home » f fe wdge, ar St Just Like a omen, wr Jamford had gone Her half-sister, Ellice St at her holding white, emaciated hands “Guy Charter has broil vi,” i, “and I will one object of [ upen him for y: “Hush, Ellice ing girl, in a not ours. He ly repaid without make your life 1 such thoughts for giving my heart But Ellice sat with face, and presently, when ¢ she stood solemaly loo her dead sister “1 swear to searct she cried, “and to wreak ven h I will break his heart as he has broken hers!” It was a rash wicked home bedside she sai f my 1if holding im"' upon LEER K L 4 sense less, a best of people do rash , aud wicked things Stormont She had never knew | about exceptic seen Guy ( was no little him, except heard of him was and, in performan who was her a considerad French capital She soon found ¢ left the gay city, at M le for 1 be poses to irneyed on to pality; but there his marriage with who had taken however, obtain of this; but it Le had returned Undismayed, she again, and, putting secret work, presently hearing that Guy Charter was at the famed west coast watering place Shoreport, 1 that he« not married. Immediately she went ing companion t up at the Hotel among the names inscri ftors’ book she saw Charter.” Ellice was of rather a re temperament, carrying her dispoaltion : she generally wore plain habi companion, was startled table d’hote clad in a superb style that wus quite unusual to h tiful, the heretofc rather plain-looking Miss Stormont with whom she had been traveling? It hardly seemed possible. But the reason Was soon apparent. Guy Charter proved to be a good- looking, manly, open-faced fallow of about J0-—quite the last man, otie would have thought from his appearance, to trifle with a woman's affections. Hav- ing been mueh abroad, his conversa- tion was much sought after by his fellow guests, An introduction tock place between him and Miss Stormont in due cours», and it soon became evident that had found favor in his eyes, It was noticeable that whenever op- portunity afforded he was naxt to her at digner, and he was, by some strange coinfWence, constantly running across her path out of doors. At first Ellice was frigidly polite Then, little by little, she allowed her manner toward him to thaw until the intimacy got to be guite cordial, and. before many weeks, she had the satis. faction of seeing him hover around her like a moth round the flame of a candle, She was acting a2 part, and a most consummate actress she proved. But Cupid's darts are sharp, and there is an old.-proverb that it is dangerous to play with edged tools. Alas! she found the truth of it but too well, for what | had at first been pretense became | reality. Not only had she entangled the amiable, good-looking Guy Charter | $rve JO appear to England hastened ho agencies rewarded mao no tn she was stayin centainly ant was with a travel- i 0 Shoreport Metropole, 1 3 0 that naturally inclined /OY o r dress Meg Her what ts therefore, SOME when she appeared at Could this beau. er queenly girl be she . io in the meshes of the net she nad) spread for him, but, in doing so, she | had herself got as fast fixed as her | prey, She had fallen hopelessly in love with the man upon whom she | had sworn to wreak her vengeance! Yet her purpose never faltered for an | instant. She had started the game for | revenge, and revenge she wonld have 4 even at the cost of her own life's hap- Then Guy declared his love. | pil ess | | raul | “Walt | till Monday next,” sho a sweet way, that was in- | convey assent without ex-| “1 have to go on a short! I will then give you my | an- | in tended to pressing it. visit, and answer.” The next morning Miss Stormont and companion left Shoreport; but Guy | talt assured of success, and for the few that intervened he walked on and saw through But there came roae-colored spectacles, a rude awakening. When Monday arrived Ellice did not return, letter “1 know you but came gpoke the truth when me. [| meant that and, as you broke Vi Bamford, I ur hall a you you said loved vou should love me; the of my star have broken y« marry “ELLICE STORMONT.” heart si hope 1 8. [I shal Th gevere one work had For a day do Ho indeed a Etii sful he blow was for Guy Charter ce's LOO succes only too broken to Was oken Fea: Had he d vl endadeavoread London, hat 03x of poor and doing w the suffering stor Fille 8. . wos 1d tollsome of them ellow worik- would axe aiaip, want and neglect with ness Taking I've seen bett that a nephew ¢ hould come ¢ vet he won't ne, and cast me off in oar my misfor Kenelm Charte r quiringly You" “Sir Kenelm Charter, know him, ma'am ft of hb ail his I'm Charter.” looked lice i pe if it could possibl there was no nead resemblance What Were there two Guy ephews of Sir Kenelm same name? Aa her, the room and seemed to whirl around have fainted effort she rose from trace of a 1 it mean? oti le Tourn n iwon both of Charters Charter, the the i everything in it her, and she that by a mighty her seat and walked about the apart- ment. “Haas 8ir Keneim Charter two neph-! ews named Guy, then?” she asked. quietly, 2s she resumed her seat, “Yes.” replied the man savagely “There's a prig of a fellow, a cousin of mine, who calls himself Guy. I'm tha gon of Sir Kenelm's elder brother, and ha's only the son of a younger one, But he's the favored one now, and! he'll get all the money, while IT am left to starve, I've met with misfortune and the old hunks has cast ma off!” He did not say how generous and kind his old uncle had been to him, | and what a base return he had made Sister Ellice finished attending to her patient; and as she left the room she beckonad to the husband to foi-| low her. | “Teil me,” she said sternly, when! they had got outside the door, “did | you know a Miss Bamford?” i The fellow, dirty and degraded as he | was, blushed and hung his bead. | | “Poor Vi!” he murmured. “Yes, I] fnew her.” : Ellice made for the stairs, but ke; dea occured to would but followed her, The chance of getting a shilling to buy whisky with was too good to be lost, “Can you spare me a shilling?" he asked, And, to be rid of him, she gave him one, This, then the offender. This was the Guy Charter who had mortally murdered her sister! Truly vengeance had followed upon him quickly, and without human ald, as Vi sald it would, And Ellice, in pursuing her rash vow, had wrecked au man’s happiness, and her own, too, She never knew how she managed to reach the “Sisters” Home; but when put to bed, was had innocent stricken with brain fever, In threa months’ time the ordered Ellice "to the seaside, She chose Shoreport. She hardly knew why; but she felt a desire to return to the place where her happi- ness had been shattered, There she gradually gained strength, and as warmer days came on she was able to wander on the beach that reminded her of her great mistake One morning ventured little further than usual, and finding herself of sight of t} parade and the people, she sat down bowlder to think. Pre gently doctors she a out 16 upon a bowed her head and ghe wept “Oh might 1 nave besn such Guy!" she aloud { bed n that it coud Guy | 73 Knt oy not ave ‘oun were too noble | or a thing; was blind, Oh, where are > of a soft felt a hand snom lider, ghe | 3 she loved been aware and Happines she had pai months for ments Two Things the Kaiser Does Not Like. The Kal [ crown to robes o« mostly German Bs hth + * CUea pes st ¢a 4 tha anacial one iRGer 106 BPpeCial care « ia which Here a for ¥ He of white hese are time to a Fa small bh pair “life.” woe be like a Fiove permitted taken off, it ybe and there tiny. The orders and decorations are kept in an nt in 5 million to on” is never has been wa to the closest rade to the rds SCT gafe, and repress a 1’ Lil {sazette value about marks. ~ Pall iron one at ha Mall Some Sources of Things. The to old Egyptian days when shaved their hair close to the head in time of mourning and then put on caps to avoid taking cold, The popular cultivated roses is La Reine, which came out in 1843 The General Jacqueminot was offered to the public In 1858, and the Marechal Niel was perfected in 1864. La France came in 1868, The belief that a branch of palm is a protection against lightning is of Spanish origin. In Madrid good Cath- olics take the branches they receive in church on Palm Sunday and fasten them in front of their window bal. conles, there to remain for the ensu- ing year The phrase "Peace with honor” which is usually attributed to Lord Beaconsfield, was original with Ed- mund Burke. The sentence “First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen,” applied to Wash- ington, oceurs in the resolution adopt. ed by Congress on the death of the widow's dates back can » penile peopi oldest of used the phrase in a subsequent eulogy of Washington. The famous Bonanza Creek and the more famous El Dorado Creek, where are very like ordinary everyday creeks in appearance. “Stick George” Cor- on the creek for dinner one day, and somehow got to digging and washed out some gold. He went to Forty Mile and made claim for discovery, and soon the news soread lke wildfire, MONSTER MAGAZINES. | WHERE UNCLE SAM KEEPS HIS POWDER DRY. Thousands of Tons of Ammunition Stored Away in Solitude in the New Jersey Woods-<The Largest in the Country and the Government Has its Heaviest Re serve Supply There. Scattered about here and there in a long, narrow valley which is perched high up in the mountain reglon near Plecatiny, N. J., seven great glants are nleeping. If they were roused to fury and all the pent-up villainy within them let loose—and the tinest spark | would do {t—a goodly portion of Jersey | would be torn out by the roots, and scattered in dust and chaotic frag- ments the four winds of heaven. The very mountains that girdle the Lo valley all about would fairly reel in their rockribbed foundations, and even | New York, D0 miles away, would quiver | under the terrific jar. ' | For the bowels of these seven sleep- | 28 filled with thousands thousands of gundpowder and gun cot- ton, which years back United St Government has been quietly and unobstrusively storing away there! in the event of thers suddenly ari some history-making cris in how n are upon | of { or tae ates sing is the na- Just ny thousand concentrated his noment stored away atiny mean n t} a ia West id sireteh of level ground su sides rugged by great iwoulder hrough places by iountain stream st ed at varia 4s Cory mn bridgea gpann A main high- 10 © Govern. ment road leads from the about handsome at fact Way, a mile Away, iron ston But posts [4] the that ateway enfrance for the the gate upright eanon gates them- tial desig ] be 1 that on of the the ir the first Impression would hat millionaire a private park ilderness Wat guards it 48 you enter the gre restrictions as to in these critical aiways conscious eyes are upon you and at wide in- and in no} regular are silent sleepers for whose benefit all this wide! expanse and profound solitude have | been secured. Very quiet and harmless they look lead-colored brick buildings, with red tiled roofs and red iron shutters and doors—doors and shutters partially thrown open in fair, dry weather that the air may get through the buildings wheres the in- cased explosives are stored. Water, | well as fire, has to be guarded | against in the storage of powder, and dampness is water, One reason the! high mountain region was selected waa | together away from the moist air of a | lower level, | The navy powder is stored away and | apart from that of the army, and the! buildings are all painted in dirty mud- | dy yellow, which, for some reason, is | traditional with the navy. They are in a set off tract of 340 acres, and on | a mountain side above the valley prop- er. A branch of the Morris County laliway runs up to the reservation. Cars are backed up to the magazines at various points. Two hours after ammunition ig put aboard them it may be In New York, If there is need of s0 great a rush, They are filling shells now in the navy magazine, and car- load after carload of them have been sent away since the war scare began, It is Major Buffington. the inventor of the disappearing gun carriage, whiei has worked such a revolution in coast defenses, who is now In charge of the Piccatiny powder maga- tine. He has been at the post about some recluse hi Ww wt and meeil away hful evervwhere unds. Th visitors are abe are n tering, but you watchful fe QO en. times; that even are attered here there apparently the tervals apart, order, geven 1 fall, as a year. Comparatively few people know there is such an establishment as (h removable ammunition depository in existence, Lying right at the very gates of New York, not one New Yorke er in thousands knows of its exlstenca, As for the country people in the vicinity, the fact of tne powder magazines’ has long been an old story with them that they had practically lost all interest in ft until the recent war excitement came But now, the humblegt mountaineer to be found within of ten miles visibly swells with patriotic pri at the mere mention of the great Gov. ernment depot. They obviously tes) that the great temple of Janus is right at thelr doors, and that they have a sort of personal responsibility for the Whaehington who live existence 80 on, a radius Star, TEST FOR YELLOW FEVER A Discovery That May Be of Great Use to Our Soldiers. Local medical circles are excited over y of a successtu man scertaining whetuer or not a pa- tient fy was has yeil made physicians successful LO 1nvest physic i there is no 4iM termining, as the malaria 11 known having been desc malaria phed hundreds of tin mies mocrat Orleans Ti Dem Raising Hares for 11’ wy ire 3 What appears to i fos ody wy * INGUSLTY on radix Kansas spe. than raising f« of the Ys Kansas jack r.obbit, whose meat even finer than that of the chicken or turkey George Lamphier, an em- ploye of the Memphis Railway Com- pany, and W. W. Simons, a preasman, are the originators of the industry in Kansas City. They have built a rab. bit barn on a lot adjoining Mr. Lam- phier's home at Kansas City, Kan, fami L the which they purchased in the East from imported breeding stock last fall, they now have more than 100 bares to start with. Several other nansas City peo- ple are now purchasing breeding stock and it is predicted that in a year or about Kansas City than are running wild in some of the big prairie coun- ties in Kansas, But there is a good demand for the meat of the Belgian hare, which sells as high as twenty-five cents a pound in the Eastern cities, and some of the packers at Kansas City say if the industry is well developed they can dispose of all the meat that can be pro- duced at fancy prices. The hares are killed when four months old, when they will weigh from four to five pounds, although they frequently grow much larger, some even weighing ten or twelve pounds. The fur of the Belgian hare is valuable and each pelt will bring | i twenty-five cents, ROB ERT FULTON'S TORPEDO. | The laventor of the Steamboat Also Con structed Submarine Explosives. Before he turned his attentiontonav- igation by steam, Robert Fulton inven- ted a marine torpedo which he endeav- of to 1 United Succeeding in interesting James Madison, then of State, in the matter, he obtained a small appropriation from the govern- ment for purpose conducting | some 1 experiments. In the | mer of 1804 he invited the high digni- a number of prominent citi- New York to Governor's the torpedoes and with which Lis to made lecturing on blank which were empty cylinders, hi a | ored to dispose he Btates Government Becretary the i! shld gum taries Zens | Island t the machinery | experiments were i While } torpedoes, and of A) Be be his large ie Was » i fe Ae s aim siter awniie | copper # IMerous | tors crowded around irned to a copper ci f old attachs The New Bridge at ar 1898 will he N witness the Niagara see a wonderfal rge sing awaj 2 that iagara g in of the pa bridges in ap : he the world ite I IE A the ind ina in i beauty i= expected arch recently completed the Grand Trunk Railway downstream. It will be erec zite of the upper suspensi which structure, when it is down, is to be rebuilt on the site c! the old Lewiston suspension bridge seven miles down the stream Tle Engineer, teel two miles $ 7 # 5 ted on a Er] n bridge taken Formation of Gold Nuggets. Concerning the theory that gold nug- gets are formed by the depositing of the gold around a nucleus from solu. tion. Professor A. Liversidge, the gold expert of New South Wales, Australia, has made investigations which he thinks disprove it. By slicing the nug- get and examining the cross sections obtained he found no traces of con- centric coatings, but that the gold was always more or less crystalized., the crystals being in some cases very large and with well defined boundaries. Some of the nuggets also showed cavities and inclosures of quartz, although in many cases none were visible on tha rolied surface of the nugget. American forests have produced dur. ing the past sixty years S24.000 000 (00 feet of lumber, valued at $25.000 000 000, Ss lemon extract has become a favorite beverage with the Ponca Indians, owirg 10 the quantity of alcoho! whiah it cof- tains. - Nam ae = -
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