IF YOU SHOULD FROWN. ; pr 2 If you should frown, Though all the world seould smile, What seas of grief could drown. What joys beguile? Sad skies would weep, The sun be clouded o'er, And would in darkness keep | Until you frowned no more, If you should smile, Though all the world should frown In what a little while Would care die down! Laughter would rise And ripple round the earth, And the transfigured skies Exult and shine in mirth. aette. THE MAD ELEPHANT OF MYSORE. > RRRERRRRRRPREERRRRREY NNR Rererrre Day dawned bel of the Western Gh breakfast, i his guest. the ground, ff peaks ere, atter cherry-wor hands in loung edly panthers— kind—th the wail “T will pair,” decl; SWer he add temptis cuts daily lal through the ope them loom next insta hands had timber gate. mankilling Quin, <ome upon my ihe mad elech ally the property had lurk about here for Brahma, preserve An idea had taken root in Quins roused from ¢ mber, seized his rifle and hurried to the veranda. He was joined here by the zemindar and several of the servants, and they listened for a moment to the tumult. A pounding began on the stockade, and a voice called loudly: “Help! help! master! The gates are He has killed Jahan and is at village, tacking our homes, “How came the Rampal Singh. “Sahib, this is surely deed of treachery.” “We won't stop to talk of that now,” Quin exclaimed. “Come, we must pro tect your people.” The zemindar was pale with fear and man. lowed. gate, slipped through, the street The din They unbarred the and pushed down and clamor moon the terrified natives, men, 1d children, were seen fice abruptl hives, Quin stop y $ 04 ped wy must gO back he =aid. found and | siranpeg trappe ing the chamber mnfuriate his rifle, and zs ke leaped out ¢ ne way he knew that Pet had ne home. With the roar of the gun, great brute stag- the bu form with the zemindar, who harangued the natives, bade Jahan keep the gates fastened, and gave orders that no person should pass out of the village that day. Then he tottered back to his house and sank into a heap of cushions. “You must have the brute killed.” re- marked Quin, as he puffed complacently at his pipe. “Soul of Brahma!” cried Rampal Singh. “How is it to be done? My men are armed only with matchlocks. And they are cowards, Quin, sahib, You are a mighty shikaree—rid me of this pest.” “For a consideration, yes.” “I will sell you the panthers for 300 Yupees.” “Not much you won't. I'll tell you what I will do though. I'll give you 1350 i i | with those pea-shooters,” e5'd “They were badly needed, old man.” “1 knew they would be.” your message.” Thus terminated the career of the rogue elephant of Coorg. Gooroo Khan in due course received his just dues from the law, confessing to his crime. which the watchman was a sharer. The craf- ty brute was doubtless waiting close out. tide and dashed in so quickly when the gates were opened that the unfortunate but guilty man could not escape. As for the rogue elephant in the bargain.” After some haggling the crafty old Hindu accepted the offer, A few minutes later Naryan the na- tive shikaree who had accompanied Quin to Harikar was smuggled over the rear wall of the village. He was the bearer of a letter addressed to Carruth- ers and his instructions were to hasten with all «peed to the camp, Darkness fell and by degrees the peo- ple dwindled away to their beds, leaving Jahan, the watchman, to keep lonely vigil by the light of his flaming fire. This wag a matter of course. Cates and walls were much too strong to be forced by even a mad elephant, and Rampal Singh and his guest, doubly protected within the stockade, went to sleep with un- troubled minds, The night wore on peacefully until about two o'clock, when of a suddes the silence was Shatin by a single, blood- curdling ocream @f anguish, Quin, rested with Quin illiam Graydom, in Unique Monthly. Murray Wise Wit, a man will turn his back on for- in contempt she will begin to woo him. But by the time a man can act thus Fortune has nothing to give him that he cares for. It is much easier to let a thing go than to make it go. There is more to be learned by listen- ing than by talking, that is why the ma- jority of us learn so little, Competition is the life of trade, but often death to the trader, Honesty is often the impediment which the succestful man has cast be- hind him, and to that his success is due. New York Sum, If tune As the British coins that bear Quees Victoria's portrait will soon cease to come from the mint, if they have not already done ro, the coliectors have be- ann to bard them, WCRK OF A TORNADO. ‘«: wo—— Curious Details of Destruction Wrought Near Naper, Neb. seldom repeats its freaks. Here is other day: Killed one man and seven children and injured two others. Every bit of cloth- Rolled up a man's body inte a ball, twining the legs and arms about the Killed twenty head of stock, tearing the horns out of the heads of a third of Stripred the feathers off every young chicken in a flock, while the feathers of One of the small children of a stricken imber, Almost immediately the cloud descended timber and threw it killing her in to pay for 1 Was carrieqg } } ing has been Furniture Made of Match Boxes. €i Kooper out west d T& minute examin 4] of furs '1 oo alle - - a I uraily attracting much Hure are attention, ant 3 keeper care y sound A cig 1 ] to dispose of ¥ nuch higt n gher i i rola sen obtain a hi inarg furni- paid for ord York Herald How the Dinner Turned Out. A tiny girl of seven gave a dinner par. ty the other day. for which ers were laid, and that maidens twelve cove : mail down to dine. a8 a dinner, ttle is at the head of the table. She had teen very to 5 § sal do everything as it should be done “Mamma,” she asked, “shall we say “No,” said mamma, “it will be a very not do that” That meant one less ceremone to be gone through, and was a reef bot the Little lady was anxious to have ali her small guests understand it. So, as they were gathered about the table, she ex- plained : “Mamma says this is such an infernal dinner that we need not have grace to- day."—~New York Mail and Express. Wanted More Vacaticns. More time given to innocent pleasure and healthful recreation jis the very thing that the average American needs to offset the hurry and worry of his business life. He needs it to keep his head clear and his heart true. He needs it to prevent him from degenera- ting into a sordid, sel dry-as-dust, with no thought nor ambition above that of money-grabbing. Rightly considered and properly spent, the vacation period may claim a place in every well-ordered life as truly as the time devoted to busi. ness duties, No other view can be taken of the matter by any man who has ra- tional views of the reali objects of hu. man existence.~Leslie’s Weekly, It is better © be honestly mistaken and own wp than to blindly continue in the same olf way. : i WHICH DEAD MOTHER PASSED. Hides Away Rare Treasures Simplston. “Down East” in Maine, The fact that Charles Oakes, of West Hampden, Me., always enters and leaves his home through a window instead of through the door is not the only pecu- liar thing about the man, and his actions are a continual source of interest to the neighbors, A few years ago Oakes was a healthy, bright young hiving mother in one of the largest and finest farms eastern Maine. He has the f{: buildings, but old mother farmer, with his in still rm and its the y i and death es in the hurchyard, her ta C Lately y hunters ha ven Oakes seems t changed mind, for every few the with a or some other bit of the ¢ pocket, offering to though he has no Another recu although his credit ic good for thou- sands, he will not owe any man a cent over night. The other day he came ints Hampden vill and purchased pro- visions to the amount of $3.27, and when he came to settle found that he had just $3 in his pocket. “Oh, well,” zaid the storekeeper: into village cup and saucer lection in his sel} for need of money. mio ge ww all right But Charles would not do any such thing. He made storekeep. er take out a little from each package until the value was reduced to exactly $3. and then he chouldered his bundles and trudged home. He 1s by no means foolish, nor so in- capacitated as to warrant the appoint. ment of a guardian for him. “He's just a little queer,” the villagers say. But they would like to know what he nas done with his “money from out West"... that's what they would like to know, The Latest " Craze.” At last there is something new under the sun. Fads and crazes and enthu- sinsms of many kinds have arisen and have swept through the world, whirl. ing the most sedate off their feet. But never before has humanity seen a true “rich man's craze for giving.” It has always been known that ex- ample, whether good or bad, is conta gious. But who ever suspected that the example set by a few rich men a few years ago would develop such an in- tense rivalry in philanthropy among the very rich? In this country the passion for Purposes, to especially for strong. It back there when a few cler public ig 1 BY ed cation, has always been i gan away the founding has sho and tor It grant taxes fo of Harvard Col 1 ries 1 itself in ege public wi ENOrMmon enormous levies of b tal hospitals as and w their schools, colleges, like. Also generously the given little, Therefore it is not surpri we devel ped a men of omen much ing that a -~ of SOON as cla malts millionaires, giving should begin on the scale, Sut r this ri to make 1 1 $0103] as ‘ pt a CHANCINGC A RIVER'S FLOW, Cunnison's Torrent to be Sent Through Mountains feet ugh to erage of 2800 feet of rock in the A Typical American Lad, Jim John Rippertoe was born on a Kansas farm. When his education was finished at the country school he decided that t know much, and so he worked his way through a high school. Finding that his knowledge was still de- he didn’ GT worked his way through Stanford Uni- scourged with the “divine discontent.” With quered, approximately, of course, and the lucky accident of his peculiar name, the future holds out great possibilities for this typical Western American lad, Tears. Bottled Tears. A physician who has recently returned from Persia says that the natives still believe that human tears are a remedy for certain chronic diseases. At every funeral the bottling of mourners’ tears is one of the chief features of the cere. mony. Each of the mourners is presen. ted with a sponge with which to mop his face and eyes, and after the burial these sponges are presented to the priest, who squeezes the tears into bottles, which he keeps.~Family Doctor, - Refisction of a Bachelor. Romantic love has been put away in camphor along with the rest of our grand-mother's things~New York Sum, PENNSYLVANIA NEWS. The Latest Happenings (leaned From All Over the State. CHURCH A PREY TO INCENDIARIES. Methodist House of Worship im Clearfield County Set on Fire at Several Different Maces--High Schools in Townships -To Take Land for Sehool--Two Men Lost tn a Mine Race Discrimioation Suit--Other News. The following pensions were granted Pennsylvz tarr, Wash- ington, $6: Pottsville, Pottsville, ans: George Thomas 1. Charles A. Kershner, yd, Wesley Barker, New Haven, R. Hudgins, Harisburg Arnold, Towand ” Houtz, Lemont State Soldiers $6: Chas. $12; Seneca L Cornelius D. Edward Pentz rie, $12: Glenn $6: Caroline Phebe Keil Rung, K Mitchell, Kel- ¥ Ma- W. Christy, E 1, Wavn atherine Smith, 4 ry npson, D s, Pitsburg, Carlisle, $8: $10; Jacob irg, $10; Liber Lr YY. l.anagan, Monongah A dng tabiish are likely avoed makin townshiygrs where N ’ viol wirse of study ugh schools now and the experiment In Ingh school cannot succeed or sudden reco MICCT ot alec in The Methodist ch Ay east The work arrived at the fetected an odor wis evedent that the ved at several differ- face a2 foundation had been removed directly under } found ablaze savsng the the clmrch stone the frame wark Several organ. E had just been comy Arthor Sevmour, a voung oodored man, entered complaint against John B. Peo- Nes, manager of a roof garden in Lan Gl ster nm wilh vsolaung an act of i88y, which 1 5et men Xichosive wh tietors i to any color oF Peo- hearing were issued at the State De- iolkows : 1 Star Street Railway Company, Mechanicsburg, Com- beriand County. The line is theee miles long to Bowmansdale and the capital is $1000, South Bethichermn anf Center Valley Street Railway Company, six ale he i i to Soudersville, to Colesville, to Pried- to Center Valiew and return, Capmal, 823.000 The School Board of Nether Provi- dence has awarded the contract for a new $12000 school building. The ste has been selected, but the owner of the land refuses to sell at the school board's figures. The board intends to take the i i 1 i i i Three blooded besfers straped from the farm of David A, Verne, in Up per Providence township, s-veral weeks ago and diligent search Tailed to reveal their wherenboms Their carcasses were found in an anoccupied house on the farm of Samuel Morrow, (wo miles iroan Verner's place. There was 3 heavy storm just after the hetiees wore miss. ed, and it 1s supposed that they ht sheker in the building and being unable to get out died of thera and banger. Alired Jones and Frederick Heize. man wers shat off in a gangway at Burnside Colliery by a isdl of rock. Not being amiliar with the various passage: ways they lost their way alter climbing into an abandoned breast. From there they walked slong various gangways and openings unl they had covered fully filteen wiles. They grew exhaos- ed toward morning anf! {caged they would starve to death. A: they had aboot given wp all hope of besng found a rescuing party appeared and took them to the surface. H. C. Seivert, a butcher, of Mahanoy City, was returning from a drive Sirough uakake Valley and as he neared Vulcan Hill the horee became frightened and dashed down the hill On crossing a railroad track Seivert wat thrown into the road on his head and his skull was fractured. Mrs, Mi- chael Leazy, who inppeasd to be Groat, ing the street, was knocked down and dragged a considerable distance, sus- taining cuts and bruises The Springfield Water Company has begun Jroceadings to condenm the water of Crum and Ridley creek for use in ite business,
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