THE Ki ss AT THE DOOR.
Im the days of the lance and the spur,
When the hero went forth to ihe
fight,
Oft he carrled a token from her
Whom he worshipped as lover and
knight,
And when fierce
around,
And when close pressed the mere!
foe,
"Twas that token
spair
And gave
blow.
surged the battle
less
that drove off de
victory's strength to his
Not a
But warrior
Where the lance
pen,
And the lady I serve
Yet a token 1 carry each
Full as precious any
Ard Li
rig
GOO,
am I,
industry's strife,
that I wield
hero of knighthood
a in
is 1m)
is my wife,
day,
of yore,
wr the fray;
at
as
wart fi
morning
stoutens my I
my love's Kiss the
his faith
By the sunset
At the blast of
Is the
But whatever
For myself |
As prompter
han t
endure
For
; 8 Inspir'd,
gle and fire
ry fired
soldier t gallant
exalt,
others
nothing
worthiest deeds
| bi > + ¥ ¥ »
He KISS ia 1 rot a
Newdnrk
the door,
Advertd
Ne
ant
that
him for
ash and
ly
ey had
wiiter to
ti run
get
sharks
or anything
overboard pon one
shark had alm
by rising up under
Iriven off only
iri
te}
i
his wi
t capsized
i
it,
as
add the or
aiuare
repented blows
Was «
upon
Ort
by
the oars
ath
water was
of all
oo ivy
in
=
back
th
ii F
on © of a1
bay not a bre
was stirring, but the alive
with innumerable fish
and sizes, that leaped flash
air, or darted to amd fr
depths below, Over
expe
"4 kinds
to the
clear
red ty
in
o in the
ther hove
riads of noisy, gulls,
fol man-o-war hb
flapping peli
their victims, they plunged one by ope
with unerring aim, shortly
from the water with a writhing,
tering fish in each beak.
At the boatlanding
hurried glance into
with its score or
turtles, awaiting an opportunity
shipment to Key West, whence
would go by steamer to New
Then, launching Dick's small
hall” boat, we jumped in
off, each pulling a pair of short sculls
Across the main chaunel that leads
by the cape into Biscayne Bay we
rowed until our oars touched bottom
on the shoal at the opposite side. Then
following round the edge of it, keeping
in shallow water, we soon reached the
vicinity of the turtle
As we drew near to it, Dick exclaim
ed: “What in the world in that
net? It must be an awfully big fish of
some kind!”
Indeed, a large body was splashing
and throwing the spray high in the alr,
while something that looked like
broad, flat blade of an ore was wav
ing to and fro three or four feet above
tie surface. We approached with eau -
ant
awks and
Ast
Krave
ponderous,
ans hese birds chose
to emerge
giit
we took a
turtle pen,
more of large
Dick's
Kreen
for
they
York.
“White
fet
is
Then he said, excitedly, “It's big |
sawfish, all wound ap in the net!
That's his saw sticking up in the air!”
Sure enough, & monster sawifish
(Pristis pectinatus) had become en-
tangled in the net, and in twisting and
i
holes by thrusting his saw and fins
Tody In a large ball
Dick sald the sawfish was at least
fifteen or sixteen feet In length, and!
we could see that his body would
mensure fully four feet across the
widest part. Hig saw, on each side
of which large, strong teeth were ge!
at short distances apart, extended
about four feet forward of his head,
“If we don't kill him pretty soon,’
sald Dick, “he'll tear the net all to
pieces and ruin it. But we Raven’ a
thing In the boat to kill him with’
“Can't we pound him to death with
the oars?’ [I inquired.
“No,” replied Dick, “It Is dangerous
to go near him. He can strike a blow
i with saw hard enough
| through the anywhere;
ides, he might us a
tall. No, plan is to go back
home and get our guns, and an axe to
chop off his saw--you'll want his saw
ry with you, We'll
him
his to smash
hont and be
give
our best
home
we the
the
to
and
from
back
guns
quickly
and
with a
pulled
our
warning
that t}
we approached
the
resting
those
1 hen,
{6
got
| | be epet mal
dea i
©* Sire
I Wis bef
him
ele,
Ool'e
1100 close, we went ba kK to
The
ton the
Of
mi
sawiish was now quietly
with his back
ad, including
”
SHW,
surface, and the
is li the
whole
Ie
top Ii
of his out of
held
fastenad
in
fo
I elalimed
I hie i
cartri
hy
To
he first
position
the net,
i!
Dick's
rane |
L308
on
slipph
iges int
When
ped
gion
wa wi
th nt ins
made a rush,
like
% aver
the
lightning
back of
of
fnwse
fie up
and fastened
Tugging nt
bull
and
At
first time a
aud flerce
his into
it with
dog. he
gulped
this |
realiz
Hess
all his might, like a huge
tore a large
it down at
experienced for
piece ont
one swallow
the
zing sense of the power
of the
“Get out your oars and help me pull
the
I
mosters
where can't get
fo Dick
rod five or
round us, and
closing in on us,
numbers, Again
the sawfish:
which
Riaiue
shoal
shrieked
now
up on they
at us!"
There
IX of the maneaters
they were gradually
if emboldened by
{there was a fierce rash at
this time by two of
upon
and pulled in opposite direc
We sat as If spellbound, wit
nessing the horrible struggle without
making an effort until sud
denly there was a grating sound under
the keel, and our was liftad
bodily several inches out of the water,
If Dick had not promptly fallen down
Lin bottom, we should in all prob
| bility have been capsized,
One of the sharks had d
{the boat from th inosite slide to
tack the sawfish, and as he rose
strock Keel with his back.
An oar which I had put over the side
jand was holding on to mechanically.
was torn from my grasp and snapped
(in two by one of the monsters,
appes to be
is
the sharks,
fastened the carcass at the
instant
tions
tO escape,
boat
the
arted
at
had
vo
% i
the
ing up my gun fived the remaining |
{charge of buckshot into the exposed
[ back « of the nearest shark, It was an-
{other most successful shot, The chiirge
| evidently penetrated to the backbone,
jas the shark’ instantly became paral-
yzed and began to sluk, slowly turning
lover and exposing his white belly to
view,
He was almost immediately attack.
ied by his companions, and In a few
| moments the sharks, living and dead,
{and the sawfish, or what remained of
(it, were all mixed up together in a
Lwhirling, tumulivous mass,
| The water above them, as the hor-
Lads ‘and 1 unhesitat'ngly pronounce
rible feast progressed. bubbled and
"| bolled lke a huge ealdron, rocking our
| boat, and combining with the current
{to drive us farther away from on
1 enemies,
| ‘Now Ig our time, Dick! I sald,
we quietly took up an oar apiece
{ softly paddled up to where the water
| hit ten inches
we were safe from the
muaneanters
only elg
i There
lof the
| The reaction now
{down completely. Burying my
{my hands, for I could
{on the horrible se ene,
pull to the
| possi I had been through a terrible
experience, the n
Sut
was or deep
set in,
faee
no longer look
I begged Dilek to
biaek lighthouse as fast as
ble,
and the strain for
much for me
reached the Hehthouse |
wvered from my
ous exhaustion,
10
| ent Wis too
time
had gomewhat
cite
tlong b
by
the we
rev
nery
nightfall had completed ar
rangements with Dilek to take a
{up the beach in ses turtles’
Dick always insisted th
the net
made
saved our
“ex
ment and
elare
stroll
CUTER
irch of 4
at my
overboard
fast to this
and I be
Keeper ar
We
IRE nan
prop
tion in throwing
id eniting the line
lives,
the
equence,
It had
TH
ro with
Con after
immer
and
tater
backbone, as
he sawtish's snout, in my nat
history collection fit Lome,
HUNTING THE CHINCHILLA
Dysamite Used Ip ths
Far Bearing
Capture of the Lifts
Rodeat,
re clubbed to de
3 waiting Ind
ry odd
shrubs
of the
bodies of
V £5
The immedintels
and pla
Hoy
fo dry
srap pers
the slain
on
nl
consists of the
eat of
tender. The heart
given to the ferrets
their work
A great part of the trapping
the chinchilla seldom
the day time, The
and clear, and there being
vegelntion at the height
where the ehinchilla are caught, the
mountains are for a long period each
month Hlominated by the rays of the
moon, enabling the Indians move
about with great agility for their prey
The chinchilla lives principally on
herbs, and often when they come out
to feed are trapped by the Indians
Four times a year the tribes descend
the semi-ecivilized village at the
of the mountaing with their
There they are met by the
agents of the various European for
houses, One American house has its
representative there, too. The ocea
gion of the Indians arrival is usually
made a religions festival,
George Herzig, the only American
{agent there, s.vs he paid «ne tribe
of thirty Indians for the firm hy
whom he was employed as much as
£80.000-in native money, which is
equivalent to $80,000 in American
money last year for skins
Indians converted principally Into
mule and Hama stocks, by which they
estimate their wealth Chicago
1 ies Foerald,
A ALI AML HOPI
A Handy Rule to Koow,
3
i
evening me often
rowd
white and
the latter
reg
which i=
of
Us 0
ents, the ni
are
tor
“
ital
is done
being
nights
at night,
visible in
are cool
but little
to
into
base
skins,
what day of the week any date of this
century fell. Divide the year by four
and let the remainder go. Add the
add 3 more. Divide the result hy 7
2 Tuesday, and so on, For the last
all 2 instead.
A Massachusetts undertaker redeem
the other day by
saving a man from death,
houses
children
Progress,
school
Brooklyn
make
With portable
traveling school
ut least to
men, like
a rattle.”
end of
« that
with
the
A popular writer
children,
Not much
snake,
Kay
“pleased
it in at
are
if
Shah Persia,
£5,000 day,
sOtie people “x
fifteen
of
The
been
ekteemed
living on i in
growing thin, And yet
fellow got
has
pect a to along on
cents!
that Bra
fifty
at present,
Afri
are
show
furnish
than
explorations
if
Recent
zil
cont,
could, pushed per
more ry rubber
and that the
an rubiwg
itless
iW
ies of as
a
lim
$1884
Proms init
exporting continent
i ”
nll
HponL
In
doors
feud
ning
tnx |
fey
01
i
France
and
Onris
i “ upon
vindows
: ¥ 3 i
Hens Hl DoUuses,
sired { and
mills
ERt
throughout the nn
fin ROUree
ed FIN 0M
oer ¥ii
AR TeEal
iat al
day
eX posed
discases
Recent statistics show
the
ter
the
of
seaman of ut
for
DIrese
and
forme
Jom
cared
seamen of wr days,
the have in
in the British navy
pleurisy,
respiratory organs
and invaliding for bronchitis,
pneumonia,
doubled
gone
since masts and yards
One of the curious and suggestive
details in the latest report of the Swiss
factory inspectors relates to the atti
tude of the operatives in a certain fac
tory in regard to an improved venti
lating apparatus. They objected to it
because it would breed rheumatism
Two years later the same laborers re
fused to go to another building be
cause it lacked that ventilating ap
paratus,
In France gardening is taught, prac
tically, In 25.000 primary and elemen
In Sweden even as long
22,000 children received
in horticulture, and each of
den attached,
ago as I8V1,
instruction
for 50,000 persons. In ROME Cases an
many as 150 persons of all ages and
both sexes live in one large wigwam,
The Duke of Abruzzi,
King of Italy,
nephew of the
has written his
By
|
her
reaching a latitude of
minutes he surpassed
and got about nine
teen miles nearer to the pole than any
expedition done, It was a
way, but
what good
Wash
We told that the
sulte «f the expedition were
most satisfactory, but it is doubtful if
to of great
nent
ir
would be
explorers,
degrees,
Nansen's record
has
cnnnot but ask
help
Ntar, are
scientific re
be
Kl
are
will prove
ull
there
any
selentists
any, fm
after
that
value
aver
oy if
itself resched.
not
e11 the pole Were
Certainly they are commensurate
with the expense and dangers involy
ed. The Duke
considered
that
weren't
of Abruzzi’'s expedition
to been very for
live
three
pave
1 only three ®
those lives
hrown away?
A
“31
faivirg
novel projected by
gy
won placed bwfore i
es Evans,
Peet
Char
Mine
is
i
Coal | § saves that
: 3d that
has passed bevond the ex
have the
Pennsylvania
he
Process SUCeRs, ana
the work
perin ental
taken
near
“and 1 unhesnatingly prosounce
of as fine a qual
there,” If
a complete
stage ul “een
the
was a
from
where |
coke
ovens, ined”
adds,
the Missouri article
ity was manufac
further developments fulfil the prom
for result will mean much to the
coal districts of Missouri, and those of
as tured
the
same kind of coal. Hitherto the great
districts of the west have im
ovens of Connersyille
For fifty years Detroit and Milwan
to sixteen acres. Not a day Ia
borer but conld tell the names of trees
and paots and even weeds,
Late English criminal statistics show
that Glamorgan, after Monmouth,
county in the
the population. The drunkards’
fhe
county for drunkenness, London and
the parallel being
then one furnished
Paul and Minneapolis. Half a
ago the Michigan city led by
DOR, and it closes the century with a
lead of only 380, In 1850 Detroit had
a population of 21.019, and Milwaukee
20061. Ten years later Detrok had
grown to 45.610 and Milwaukee to 45,
246. Between 1860 and ISTO Detroit
ter of population,
the
century
i
i
tial lead of R127 over Milwaukee, the
figures being 79.577 and TL 440. Bat by
1880 Milwaukee had almost closed up
this gap between them, awl Detroit,
with 116.340, was followed closely by
115.587, the rivals
holding the eighteenth and nineteenth
positions in the list of American cities,
In 1800 this pair had gained the fr-
teenth and sixteenth places, with
populations of 200,876 and 204.468, re-
spectively, By the present census Des
tute of Rome, Professor Oelll, has
written a book In which he declares
that the peasants of the Campagna,
mans, Then they were mostly slaves,
and there are only about B00 houses
315.
The Speed of the Cloud
The average velocity of the tiny
fleecy clouds of the upper atmosphere
is about elghty-nine miles an hour;
while In winter they have sometimes
been known to travel at the rate of
250 miles an hour. They are com-
posed of lee dust,
a
i
i
A TOA
THE JOKERS BUDGET.
A Query,
“Why do they call them sleeping cars,
Bince people always keep
Declaring when they ride in them
That they can never sieep?
“Why do they call those places barns
Where trolley are kept
Bince never a single horse within
The arching doors has stepped 7
Chile Times-Hera
Cars
ARO id.
Bifold Qualification.
“What § of
woman
“Well,
who
¥ your idea 2 club-able
Portia 7"
club
sometl
, find
wants to
a able woman is
and
good clothes a:
Puck
one
has ny
wants
it vl
she ht
show them.”
He Was Experienced.
pre
posing to
town Liave
up
Press
Iw troit
Her Best Day.
Unorofessional Suddenness.
His Cuarantee.
iv
liar
watch
awful
“Gow blamed
stopped an
jew
“What's the
“1 left
charged
atter’
for him to fix. He
and said it
1 now.”
the thing
the Thing
or
me two dollars
rm
5 hat
ike a
All Sound.
wild waves saying?”
an as she stood on
of the mighty main.
Maria,” replied the man,
are like some people
nake a great deal of
anything.” -Tit-
“What are ti
ue
the wom
silver lining
“Nothing
Hey
murmured
the
hoarsely:
know
but
they
don’t
we
say
Bits,
Could Remember It Anywhere.
“Ray, old i your
own town”
“Did yon? Why,
meet her?”
“Never met her until this morning.”
“Then how in the world did you
know her?
“1 recognized
cago News,
man, saw wife
when did you ever
your necktie”-Chi-
The Mother's Limitations.
“Mamma,” sald three-vearold Flos-
sie, “1 guess you don’t know muoch
about raising children, do you?”
“Why do you think that?” asked her
mother,
“Because,” replied the little miss,
“yon always send me to bed when I'm
not sleepy and make me #ot up when
i am sleepy.”
Colt.
“1 tell you, golf is going to be the
salvation of the nation, It is going to
make athletic men and women oni of
sur puny offsprings, and lengthen our
days by decades
“But our ancesters didn’t go in for
golf.”
“And where are they now? Doad!
All dead” Boston Journal,
on
The average depth of sand in the
fdorerts its OF Afefte is from thirty to for-
ty : he