——
NOW.
Break now the alabaster box
Of sympathy and love
‘Amid the cherished friends of earth
Ere they are called above.
How many burdened hearts are here
That long for present help and cheer
The kindly words you mean to say
When they are dead and gone
Speak now, and fill their souls
oy,
Before the morning's dawn,
"Tis better far when friends are near
Their saddened hearts to soothe and |
cheer,
with |
The flowers withheld till after death
Has closed their eyes in sleep
If proffered in life's weary hours
Would still their fragrance keep.
While hearts can thrill and ears
hear
Let loving deed and word bring cheer.
James J. Reeves.
can
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PPI IPTOSPSTTTIIPIIOSS
I fdventure Wim a i
§ Cougar. i
5 I sah
WHF 4 APPR IPOS HEHE ON
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Wherever
|
ERRRRRRRY §
8 abound,
a timid,
fighting
hunters and dog
the cougar, if found at all, is
shrinkin voicele brute,
only when brought to bay. learns
and finite Hence
the beast fallen into a certain con-
tempt; latter-day naturalists even deny
that it gives voice to the long, quaver-
ing hat was formerly attributed
to it. But I have often heard that cry,
and [ know, that the tamed, man-
hunted cougar differs from its con-
genes mountain wilds, some-
what Moravian Indian differed
from Shawnees of old.
The about to relate
occurred near French Creek, in
Blac} of Dakota, in August,
untrodden by white
58
It
caution.
practices in
has
cry 1%
too,
of the
as the
the
adventure I am
Savage
the
1875
a
men,
had recently g: sed ong this
and expedit
eral Custer an rofessor
in g
the
ever:
of h«
were
persti
in th
so that
riginal 1
sient.
There
atmosphere
ness
seldom
pine
and cocked its head witl
big, dun mule-deer
pros with ops need,
gaze not stopped by
would often yme within a
of The grizzly bear
bands of mine
except
al
ons
Jenney.
they
guarded
by thousan
though
pproac h is
They themselves
traditions and su-
g with-
pines;
venturin
their
3 from much
ows of black
und there
ions, permane
no trace of abo
iia nt or tran-
and wonderful
primitive wilder-
by men,
The
of bush or tree,
suit fear. The
approached the lone
unscared
approach.
upon limb
curious
a bullet,
few
actually
ed, for he had
by
there cougar,
fear of man
warm Sune
hi
left
steps
came into camp to be |
never found hi
living ¢ And
never 1, knew not
fF k ur cami 1 a
ftern far a atroll
i am
path barred
res.
the
lay
on ong the
is,
and frem force of Sunday ha
oy gun in my tent. As
a revol I i
I w
in
nats
bits |
e to feel
I dislik
against
came
ut upon
highest
cap-
hill-
oe of
sured rocks grew
and raspberry
ruit. Many
had
ber
been
but
ries
gathered by
enough yet re:
to furnish me with
dinner re
When |
solved to
nore
| luscious
a palatable after-
had eaten all I could, I re
climb a summit of the
rocks, that I might get a more ex-
tended view of the beautiful region.
But to reach those lookout heights was
no easy task. I sought for a great cleft
or split In the rocks, which offered an
arduous line of ascent along one steep
and rugged face.
Along the fissured
cleft I advanced slowly and cautiously,
going up slantwise, now on my hands
and knees, and again drawing myself
up bodily by clutching rocky projec-
tions with my fingers. As I passed
along the face of the cleft, it deepened
and widened, and the ascent became
still more difficult and perilous. Below
me lay two steep inclines, each with a
chevaux de frise of rock points and
scattered pines, reaching to a dizzy
depth.
Finally, when | almost despaired of
climbing farther, and when descent
seemed equally dangerous, | reached a
flat surface of the rock, where there
was a thin soll and clustering juniper
busi, and there I saw an easier way of
climbing to the summit, still fifty feet
or gu above my head,
After | scanned the ascent I lay, puf-
fing with exertion, tired and heated,
flat upon my face, to rest. A cool |
breeze blowing through the cleft fan-
ned my cheeks, and | enjoyed in an- |
ticipation the grand expanse of horizon |
which awaited me on the heights. 1
had lain thus several minutes, when I |
became aware, with a quick and creepy |
thrill, of some magnetic presence close |
at hand. What sort of creature was it
which could thus make itself felt?
I ralsed my head, turned my face
instinctively toward the wall of rock
upon my right, and found myself look-
ing directly into the yellow-green, |
scintillating eyes of a great red cougar,
The great cat had crept steaithily
out from a shelter of bush and rock,
and lay upon its stomach, facing me,
to
surface of this
were pricked forward, and
watching me with intense and
curiosity. The big eyes,
it
3 VA
with dilating
l
i
stare.
There was no movement of the cou-
gar's body or head, save a slight quiv
ering about the muzzle. Its great paws
and guid
Ber
ied my movement by that dan-
signal. When the tail switched
too nervously,
and lay inert,
Hitehing myself
actually suc
inch
in delaying
forward
wweded
#
a footing for a leap. Well out of
reach of a single bound of the animal,
den in the soft fur which
them. The tail curved upward in
curious twist, not unlike the hook
an interrogation point.
of
one of half-fierce, half-wondering
questioning. It was as if it saw in me
a big and probably harmless reptile—
perhaps a huge kind of lizard or turtle
I cannot recall that cowardice was
ever attributed to me, even in child-
but looked into the
I was afraid
afraid. I dared not get to
and thus invite immediate at
had PF possessed
Was no way to run.
a small and
ket-knife,
recourse was to lie
as | eves
terribly
for
there
I had no w
worse ha u
eapon, save
se less poc
in
should
if
animal
and haply,
off
10
perfect quiet until the
grat its
hungry, take tse
I had not lk
was a sudden unshe
1 the
It came toward me
ify curiosity
until there
the
ng wait
athing of yel
and « leaned Heht
et
low claws ONE:
ly to its fe fear
lessly,
its
Sick
with a slow, cat's tread, holding
its tall
helplessness, |
and lashin
of
head sidewise
with a sense
could only lie inert, waiting to grapple
beast,
movement
ce to the
re.
the final
to
D the
to
bareh with
resort.
anded,
My
a8 a
only was
soil and clas
K with both
lower
hands
the outset
led down at me
Then it gave
houlder—a tenta-
{-playful stroke, in
my
apparently
back of my n
f
prevent a fatal 2 at
in
me
The cougar snar a
a
to test defensive
me
of a
brute « took
oolly
my woollen
me over ¢
tu hes hh 11 YE 13
its heart thump
its red lips parted
at the
for
hard soil as if
a banquet!
d keenly
If over the «
1y despair | regrette
flung myse
my
lown its steep,
taken chances in a terrific
ragged she
30
|
resolved to mak he desperate |
yrtunity should offer
igle whi nust come,
There co » no doubt of the
intention of ti The cougar was
in a bit of cat
4 x 3 3 2 3
when this shou anda, yald
an Opp
lve
y ly indulging
play, and
fre
a cat does
thrust
at me as a mon
its head
its big eyes na:
and its hot
my face. Its tail
and forth, lashing first
boots and then my head, from
the hat had fallen. In every
the creature there
180
animal down
lewise and
gid
rowed
1
switched back
Was a
under the
I felt
vy. and
word muscles
i Was strong
by the
it over the ledge
1 beast
» from such
a lar
a rash
AT Was ge one
e famed
it
it
of the varie
lion
as the moun
tain id instantly
Iy
asunder if 1
wou
with {
nd seratehed with
hind claws,
side, tore my
sliced me painfully.
ordeal 1 lay in perfect
breath and appear-
tear me grappled t
The brute snarled a
vehemence
against
and
this
my
ne
quiet, ing
ance of animation.
the cougar sprang to its
ped litl away. I turned
in a great hope that it would
abandon but only to see it sink
behind a spray
yards distant.
ing visible the light play of its
tail. Despite its great size, the animal
was still young enough to be eager for
play with a too easily caught victim.
Was it poss the
finally go away and leave me? No;
amid the cedar sprigs |
caught the gleam of. its yellow-green
eye—an eye fastened upon me in cun-
ning, waiting cruelty, Evidently 1
was expected to move, and furnish
sport in the killing. Without doubt,
too, the cougar shrewdly suspected me
playing the part of the turtle or the
porcupine,
1 thought of trying to escape now.
How far and how fast might I go? 1
rolled cautionsly over until 1 could
look down the steeps
To throw myself over at that point
would be destruction. The descent
but quite ap-
SUDDres
suppres
Suddenly
and lea
my face,
feet ely
me,
There it lay, with noth-
save
ible creature might
clusterin
of
flance, and jumped outward with all
my might.
projecting rock, and instantly
for the pine top below. There
dizzy swoop of twenty feet
crashed among the branches
was a
and 1
and
lodgment.
I could, if nimble enough, leap down |
upon a jutting point of rock, and |
thence into the thick of a pine beneath.
What lay immediately beyond was hid-
den by a projection. It was a deaper-
ate chance, even if I might crawl so
iar in safety—simply a chance of out-
doing the cougar in daring a perilous
descent, .
I crawled slowly forward along the
rim of the declivity, keeping a close
me. By sheer luck,
lodged head downard
tangle of lower limbs which
turned aside in their growth by
face of the rock.
Before there
as it
seemed, 1 in
was time to move, 1
ghs over
the snapping of a big limb and a
muffled thud upon the
Then, clinging face downward,
but few limbs to intervene, 1
enemy, the cougar,
in a light
ting at the
eared
head,
slope below.
with
Saw my
go down the
ning
and Epil rocks
app among some pine tops below,
Two minutes later, safely seated,
aw my enemy, now limping.
i bottom of
oping tail, al
i mg the
The
cougar had survived
i » courage
I had no
much scrate
I had no
by the hard
it | got safe iy
Then, thankful
and
bones, It
st kind of scram
to the top of the
gh for life
way back to
mn.
hed
broken
'Y
enou
nade
my
Compan ic
WAYS OF HUNTINC SPIDERS.
Some Stalk Their Prey and Others Build
Rafts to Seek it on the Water,
web,
its own image
dead leaves,
pursuit of
rafts not
which are
the
i do
ompare with their nests
shaped, lined with the finest water-
f web with clusters of
the mother
upon her
ntangled in her
and bu
air bu
wed
which
wn by diving
ith the bubble «
flog
Lies
{der takes do
Ww
the siz» of
omething
No in
workman-like wi, al
young spider
» creatures have from in
two
yes each youngsters ap-
se their spinne
as children bu
Spiderwebs
rots
uch i doll houses
2 Ereat vogue
were held specifi
. 4 1 TT; |
once pad
They
ption,
medicine.
consum and certain fevers, as
They have
Even spt urting
if
well as the best
il that a
terial
wholly
ful of
of styptics
8 use
blood may be checked not
by a generous hand-
cobwebs held bard against the
staunched
Spiders are wonderfully weatherwise.
They will neither bulld new nests nor
repair breaks In old ones in face of a
storm. They have, moreover, a cer-
tain prescience which foretells weather
changes. Wherefore, f you see a half-
destroyed web, with no spider-body
making haste to build it over, though
the sun may shine and windk caress,
be certain stormy weather is not twelve
hours away.
Few more wonderful adaptations are
geen in the whole round of nature
than the webs spiders spin to entrap
the wary ant. They are not high-
hung, lacy affairs, caressing every
breeze, but low-set silken tubes
stretched in the grass, the crevices of
rock, or about‘tree roots. Ants of ev-
ery size creep heedlessly into them.
The spiders eat them with relish. but
occasionally a very little spider and a
very big ant engage in a duel to the
death. If the spider can bite the ant
can sting--and does it with a right
good will. The spider does not try to
get rid of such an ant as he does of a
wasp or bee too strong to be safely at-
tacked,
ens destruction to the web, is often cut
out of it by the web-builder. The en-
web-rays neatly snipped in two, first
go of such a captive means destruction
to hall the nest.
wiser than some people. They know
not merely when they have enough, |
but when they have too much.—~New
York Sun.
To widen a business street, the
round tower in Copenhagen-—150 feet
tn height—is to be bodily moved a
distance of 50 yards,
Attar of roses sells at $100 an ounce,
which ig exactly five times
5
A CREAT CONVENIENCE TO THE
PEOPLE OF THAT CITY.
ost $5,000,000 and Took Three and a
Half Years to Build ~Manner in Which It
Was Constructed and is Maintained at
Present.
Boston's
thirds
loop
two-
track
subway is one
miles long, with
systems at each
of one-half mile
double-track
it, thus
greater
and
double
end for
and an addi-
system straight
making four tracks
part of the entire dis-
W. H. Hills in the Chi-
a
| tance
| tional
through
{ for the
| tance, writes
Record.
cost $3,800,000, exclu
CARO
it
lamages
of land
totaled
sive
which
reckoned as a
five miles run
length Lo
whereas
and purchases,
Its trackage
track,
i $1,000,000,
| single is Cars
in eight
on the
| through entire
twelve
face tw
its
five minutes
in twelve
thes:
required t was built
tions
sfireet
has
the
thoroughfare hs
the
retail
ave materially
taken
ng the huge build-
ht work
atwo ac
and $1
ACK ©
and $2,307
of
ty
oh 000
damages and
irances
’
ohtpad
rel aul
and equ
throughout
and venti
y being supplied
A third-rail system is being
on the two straight tracks which
clear through, this being designed
when the “L”
construction, is
will run
Nowers ating «!
aft ma it
vy power by motors
introduced
run
for
the elevated cars road,
now in process of
pleted. The “L'
Roxbury to the southern entrance
the subway, and there, by a sharp de-
cline, enter the tunnel and run
and one-quarter miles underground,
when the cars will emerge at the north-
ern end of the subway and again run
overhead across the Charles river
bridge and through Charlestown to
Sullivan squar:’
vated tracks of five miles,
The subway was built by the city un-
der legizlative authority, a commission
being given full power. The city leases
it at an annual rental that is equivalent
to 4 7-8 per cent. interest on the net
cash. The city raised the money at a
fraction less than 3 1-2 per cent. on
forty-year 4 per cent. bonds, which will
be paid at maturity by the accumulated
rental of the subway, which goes an-
nually Into a sinking fund. The city
keepa it in repair, and after this ex-
pense ig met there is a handsome mar-
gin of profit from the lease.
The success of the subway has led to
road
to
ones
the harbor connecting the island of
| East Boston with the city.
{this has begun. This tunnel will cost
| approximately $2,500,000. It is about
| one mile long. Other subways are con-
| templated, and legisiative enactment
has been asked for the construction of
lone the entire length of Washington
street—the most congested thorough-
fare in the business section-—running
parallel with Tremont street, another
from the Cambridge bridge through the
woeat end section, and stili another
| through the Back bay and under Bea-
con hill. These projects have been
agitated for a couple of years. They
| represent stupendous undertakings, and
it may be years before a sanction for
| them is secured, the lawmakers and
merchants watching the present sub-
Yay and studying out improvements
a
thereon which will yt ideal
rapid transit,
Up to date
the
bring abc
with a trial of two vears,
has proved equal to all
it, has to large
the of rapid
with growth the
in business and population another
similar subway will unquestionably be
needed within ten years, even allowing
for the relief which will be afforded by
road.
ubway
upon and i
olved
But
problem
transit the of
POLITICAL SPOTTI™C.
A Recent Development of an
Involving Millions.
Political spotting a recent devel
of the profession, but it has
necessary in the establishment
of political gning as a
enterprise millions of
Enterprise
is i
opment
become
campni business
involving
al
doi-
BCien-
jars’ and 1%
Lilie
has
WOrKers
f41)
capit on strictly
principles Every State chairma
at his command a corps of “trus
» money where
in others,
JUrsers
hether the
other
than
tter wherein the
minor officeholders. Others hope
lition to the
for their
and
5 a week
others are
managers the
are doing the confi-
H.
draw $10 or §
while still
stili
but
hope
work
Nobo iy
know
dent
Adams
voiunteers
the maelves
mon
wk of a
Ainelee’s
campaign. —8.
An Amateur Savant Fooled
The stories ommon enough of
fire engines being turned out to quench
an and, her hand,
has not seldom happened that a very
mundane conflagration has passed
muster for a “celestial display.”
the memoirs of Baron Stockmar
amusing avecdote is related of
Herr von Radowite,
the
information.
went to an evening
fort, where he expected to meet Herr
von Radowite,
barn burning, stopped his carriage, as-
sisted the people, and waited till the
flames were nearly extinguished, When
he arrived at
found Herr von Radowite,
previously taken the partly
of the bullding to see a
ing on terrestrial magnetism,
ity, eto.
friend,
ar «
aurora, on the ot
most of easily
to ihe top
dilat-
electric
Radowitz asked Stockmar's
“Have you seen the beautifol
He replied, “Cer
tainly; 1 was there myself; it will
soon be over.” An explanation follow
Radowits
was silent some ten minutes then he
took up his hat and quietly disap
peared. Knowledge.
i aurora,
There is the story of the bullying
colonel who turned on one of his aids
during a battle and cried, “Captain
you are frightened! You are,
gir. You are seared!”
“You're right” replied the
“and if you were half as scared as I
am, you'd be six miles in the rear. wa
Richard Harding Davis in Every:
body's Magazine,
Coral, both white and red, is found
on the Florida coast.
yo
FHIUMAN NATU
fat,
“He was far too and an awful
bore:
oft While round he
Bhe n thought.
carried
Conviction of her lack of brains, Pe
fore
Long they
fle
were happily married,
Puck
EEBLE IMITATION.
society
Why ne
“He takes
ardon,
inher
isla
market,
: Se -
a money market?
gains ?"—In-
Oh, d
Are
Gian
there bar
apolis
He isn't teeth
Maybe |
that hur
's his
him!
Friend-
through
Bachelor
kalir coming
-Puck
MISTRESS S
ma
JOKE.
rry the police
THE
“So you're going to
“Yes, mum.”
“1 suppose you'll
trouble with him i've
band.”
“Shure, what's that, mum”
“Oh, he won't give up his club. =
Yonkers Statesman.
NO GROUNDS FOR COMPLAINT.
“Yes, we aré receiving and answer.
ing messages from Mars every day,”
have the same
had with my hus
“But, if you cannot understand the
asked the Obtuse Person.
“Hub!” replied the Eminent Scien
tist, “they can't understand the an
swera, either.”-—Baltimore American.
TESTING THE THEORY.
Mr. Kerrigan—Kape shtill
minutes, for th’ love av hivin!
Mrs. Kerrigan (six children, crying
and fighting)-—Phat fer?
Mr. Kerrigan—O! want to givé this
moind-cure book a fair trial. Ol want
to see can Of convince mesilf thot
there is no such thing ez matrimony!
Puck.
NOBLE CONSIDERATION.
“Why did the bride insist that the
bridegroom’s present should be a
necklace of twenty-one pearls? Does
she think there is luck in odd num.
bers?”
“No, | guess not. You see she had
been engaged that number of times
other fellows, and, being one of
kindest-hearted girls in the
wanted the necklace as
folve