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'A FANTASTIC TALE OF THE GREAT SHOW IN KOBOL-LAND.
WRITTEX FOR THE DISPATCn
BY FRANK R STOCKTON,
Author of "The Lady or the Tiger," "The Spectral Mortgage,"
"Xegative Gravity," "The Late Mrs. Xull," and
Many Other Fine Stories.
SYXOr.SIS OF PKKVIOCS CHAPTERS.
Id the Klncdom of Tanabar reicned Cliamian and Lis cousin Milllce. equal partners to the
throne, ueinc children of the twin Kinirs of that land. Thoush tbey had not quarreled the peo
ple feared they would, and so wished them to marry. The Minister or Agriculture. Grotnllne.
didn't want them to marrv. for ho saw in the future a chance for himself it the jounc people
cuarreled Besides, the foyal houses had always been opposed to a wonderful plant he
liad crown and hicb he called "The Cosmic Bean." This would B" and yield beans at all
seasons of the Tear These beans bv Uitferent styles of cookinz. would come on the table in the
shape of meat, fruit, bread, or anwbins else desired: or. treated in other ways, they would pro
duce vine coffee milk or anvotlier drink. The Cosmic Kean would, of course, do away with all
jnecessit of laboi. and the ro'val houses and the nobility saw that they could no lonecr maintain
'their exalted positions iT peoDle dul not ork for them. So they opposed its cultivation. Gmm.
'line consulted a sorcerer who advi'cd him to jet tip a bic show in Kobol-land. at which Chamian
and Millice could meet Prince Alio and Princess Llsta. of a neishborms kingdom. A double
weddinc was the anticipated result of the meetinp. Kobol-land was neutral crnund, and inhab
ited hv monies, clfs, lnuwnieo and what not. The tlav or the jreat show cameand.it was all that
could be lmaemed. Kins Chamian and Liita soon became pood frlefias. Queen Millice and
"Prince Atto. however, were a little backward. Uromline liasiened to make tnem -acquainted.
Ibm Etill ihincs did not :o smoothly. Prince Atto thought to win the Queen's cood graces by
takinc part in the athletic contests, though he-was anything but an athlete. Acriffin came to
jhis relief and promised to carry him on his back in the sports. In his desperation Atto agreed,
'end the ;rreat races took place.
CHAPTER IV.
TRIXCE ATTO A XI) THE SIKEXS.
As Prince Atto approached the rocks, the
sirens, who had not seen a person upcu the
'lake that day, everybody having gone to the
show and the races, wire greatly pleased and
animated, and they sung more sweetly and
touched their harps more melodiously. Atto,
who had given up all hopes of finding a sub
stitute, .:nd expected every moment to hear
jtlie griffin rushing through the air in quest
of him, thought he might as well enjoy him
self white he had a chance. :nd rested on
'his oars as he listened to tiiis charming
music.
But this did not suit the sirens. They
wanted him to come nearer, so that his boat
might be wrecked upon the rocks. They
(sung the most delightful love songs, in
Hvhicli they called him by name, and ten
'derly reproached him for refusing them his
THH THRKE JUDGE'
delightful society. But Atto smiled and
shook his head. He bad read about sirens
and ikiiiwrecked sailors, and he was not go
ing to be caught in their trap. Bat he was
quite willing to enjoy what might be called
a free concert, and o kept at a safe distance
and listened wrth great satisfaction.
After a time the fair sincere perceived
that their souks would never lure this wary
youth upon the iock, and their music
cease-. The Prince now begun to row
away, but the sirens did not intend to let
Lim off so easily. One oTtiiim leaned over
the ick and called to him.
"Fir Prince," said she, "one moment
stay, w pray you. AVe have heard of your
real learning, and o. your quick wit, aud
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we had hoped, by our sonzs, to draw you
sear to u, m that we iniat put to a ques
tion which has ci catty puzzled us, and since
Xre first heard il, has kept us awake night
after night. We believe you (o be the only
pnein all this region who cac solve this prob
lem for us, and we humbly prayyoflto
listen to it and give us the answer."
This interested Prince Atto. He was
proud of his ability to work on? problems,
and was always willing -to show it, so he
stopped, and then rowed a little nearer to
the rocks.
"What do you want to know?" he said,
"speak plainly and I can hear it at this dis
tance." "The puzzle we wish you to solve for us
is this," said the siren who had before
spoken. "lam composed of lour parts, but
represent 1,551 separate portious. My first
part is far greater than the other three, but
my second is as good as any one. My first
will go twice as far as my last, 20 times as
far xi my third, and yet my second can see
farther than all the rest put together. My
third it the square root of double mr first,
.plus my fourth. My whole it soft and gen
, tie. and yet my second and third have only
to change places, and there is a falsehood in
Siy very center."
Atto's eyes sparkled, as he heard thit
puzzle.
"That Is truly difficult," said hr, "bull
think I can work it out for you.-" and so say-
" """q "
iug, he drew in his oars, and took a piece of
paper and a pencil from his pocket
"Tell it to me a-ain,"he said to the siren,
"and I will write it down, then in a few
minutes I will give you the answer."
The siren obeyed, and the Pritice went to
work on the puzzle. He worked and worked
and worked, but he found the problem a
good deal harder than be had expected it to
be, and the time passed rapidly, without bis
knowing it. As he sat completely absorbed
in his occupation, one of the sirens took the
wire strings from her harp, and fastening
them together, made a little hook in one end
of this cord, which she deltly threw into the
bow of the boat without Atto perceiving it.
Then, very gently, she began to pul) him
toward the rocks, the other sirens breath
lessly watching her operations. If they
could wreck and drown the Prince it would
be the rarest fun far them.
The slender cord was palled in so gradu
ally that Atto did not feel the motion of the
boar, which slowly but surely approached
OF THE GAMES
some sharp points of rock, which could not
iail to penetrate the delicate and lragile bot
tom of this little bark.
But the sport of the sirens was not unob
served; the company of dryads who had
taken up their quarters in the oak grove
nearby, and who had not ventured among
the ciowds nt the races although thry had
all seen the flow er show, had watched with
.nuch interest the solitary boatman on the
lake and had been greatlv concerned far his
sa'ety Iieti they found that the sirens were
endeavoring to allure him to destruction.
It had delighted them to see that the Piince
as aware of his danger, and that he pru
dently kept away from the rocks, but now
that the sirens were taking an undue ad
vantage of Mm the dryads grew very angry.
DUEI. BETWX'.EX THE PRINCE AXD THE XTSICOVSt.
and slipping gently between the trees they
approached the shore.
The siren had now drawn the boat so near
the poiuts of rock that a strong jerk would
knock it against them, and her eyes and
those of her sister's were glistening with the
anticipation of the delightiul scene which
would follow- But one of the dryads, run
ning ahead of the others, sprang behind the
siren who held the cord and gave her a vig
orous push, which sent her headlong into
the water.
Atto. startled by the great splash, turned
quickly, and imagining the sirens were
jumping into the lake to capture bim by
main force, he seized the oars, and pulled
rapidly to a safe distance and then stopped.
"Heighol" he cried, as the unfortunate
siren rose to the snrface, and betran to swim
toward the shore, "what is the meaning of
all this?"
The sirens themselves scarcely knew what
had happened, for every dryad'was now be
hind a tree, but they called-to'tbe Prince
that he need not be frightened; one of their
sisters had accidentally fallen into the water.
That was all, and tbey besought him to
come back, and tell them the answer to the
puzzle. But Atto believed that the siren
had tried to jump into his boat, and he
would not again approach the rocks.
Turning around he began to row toward the
place where be had fonnd the boat
"Come back, come back," the sirens
screamed angrily after him, "and tell us the
ansirer to the puzzle. You have no right to
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cheat us of it" Atto stopped rowing for a
'moment, and called back:
"I have the answer," he cried, "and it is
very different from yon, for it is the word
'mild,' and you are anything bat mild,"
and laughing at them he quickly pulled
ashore.
It was dark when Prince Atto reached his
tent.
"Those sirens were really of great service
to mc," he said to himself, "for not only did
they sive me a very interesting puzzle, but
they kept me out of the way till the games
were over. I suppose the griffin found some
one else to ride him, and 1 hope he has for
gotten all about me."
That evening there was a grand display of
fireworks, and this consisted entirely oMhe
performances of 12 or 12 fiery dragons,
who flew through the air around andaround,
darting upward and downward and in every
direction, and all the time shooting showers
of sparks and jets of flame lrom their nos
trils, while their red-hot tails described fan
tastic figures in the air. It was a great
scene. The whole Dimmer-Glade was
lighted up by the sparks and flames of the
swooping, snorting monsters as they circled
overhead.
Everybody was nut of doors, and Prince
Atto stood by his tent, greatly impressed by
Some of the Spectators.
the exhibition. Presently he heard his
named called, and turning his eyes from the
sky to the earth, he beheld the griffin stand
ing by him.
"Fine show, isn't it?" said the winged
creature. "It's a great success, and they are
going to do it again to-morrow night. That
big dragon up there, the one whose tail glows
brightest, and who shoots sparks in every
direction at once, will vary the performance
to-morrow bv carrying a man on his back.
The man is to hold a great bouquet, and the
dragon will keep the flowers lighted up all
the time he is flying. I have recommended
you for the rider. It is a great idea. A
prince on a firework! Such a thing was never
seen before, and will probably never be seen
again."
Atts could not say a word. A chill went
down his back, and his legs gave way be
neath him, so that he sat suddenly upon the
ground.
"Of course," continued the griffin, "if
you should perform your bare-backed feat
with me to-morrow afternoon, you would be
too tired to rid: the dragon in the evening,
and it would not be expected of you."
"Didn't you perform to-dav?" gasped
Atto.
"Ob, no," replied the griffin. "I
wouldn't be so mean as to go through that
act without you, unless, of course, you
would like the evening per.'orniance."
"Oh, no, no, no," cried Atto, "I would
rather ride you. I prefer that, I assure
you."
"Very well, then," said the griffin, "be
ready at o o clock.
The next morning, Atto met Gromline
and to'd him what bad happened.
"I Leg you will not trifle with that griffin
again," said the Minister. "I never saw
such an angry monster as he was yesterday
afternoon, when it became necessary to post
pone his act, because you could not be
found. If I had not pacified him by order
ing the judges of the flower show to give
him a hrat prize for his chrysanthemum,
there is no knowing what violent act he
might have committed, so do not fail to be
on hand to-day."
"You may he sure I shall not," Atto an
swered, dolefully. "He spoke gently to me,
but I could see the fire in his eyes."
During the morning Queen Millice again
visited the flower show, where she met King
Chamian, who was selecting a bouquet for
the Princess Lista.
"Are you going to take part in the sports
to-day?" she asked him. "Oh, yes," he re
plied, "this afternoon is to be devoted to
games of strength aud aeility."
"If you do engage in these contests," said
Millice. "I hope you will not allow yourself
to be beaten. You rode well yesterday, but
I did not like to Eee von come in second
best."
"Why, cousin!" exclaimed Chamian, "I
did not suppose you cared fqr such things."
"I care very much lor the honor of the
family," said'tlie young queen.
Sho'rtly afterward Millice encountered
Atto. He was in low spirit.-, but he biigbt
ened up a little when he saw her.
"I have a puzzle which I will put to
yau," said he; "1 know you like puzzles
and this is a iresh one which I heard yes
terday," and then he told her the siren's
puzzle.
Qiirt-r. Millice w much interested, and
asking Atto t- repeat the puzzle, she sat
down to solve it In about 15 minutes she
succeeded.
"That is an excellent puzzle," said she,
"do you know any more as good as it is?"
"Oh yes," said "Atto. "I have at least a
dozen of them in a little book. I will bring
it and read them to you."
(To be continued next week.)
FRIEDEL'SJABTER.
TEANSLATID TOR TUB DISPATCH.'
Among the Alps there is one very high
mountain, called Untersberg. It looks
down upon many green meadows, where
goats apd sheep can be seen grazing, and it
stands like a great protector above the little
village nestled at its foot In the dense
forest and rocky caves dwell many a mock
ing echo, repeating again and again theories
of the shepherd, leading his flock through
the valley. From the mountain side gush
forth cold, crystal springs, refreshing for
both man and beast Within the mountain,
as everyone k'nows, dwell the mountain
dwarfs, who seldom allow themselves to be
seen by the villagers or travelers.
Many, many .years ago, there lived in this
beautiful land a shepherd boy, named
Friedel. .His parents were poor, and their
PITTSBURG - DISPATCH,
little cottage stood in a narrow valley, far
from the village. In theummer, Friedel
tended the sheen in the sunny meadows, and
in the winter he helped his father with all
kinds of curious wood-carving, which they
carried for sale into the city. On one of his
trips into the city, Friedel saw the King'a
palace, and many of the splendors within.
From that time, the boy's mind was filled
with the thought of riches. He no. longer
enjoyed the beauty and grandeur of the
mountain scenery around him. The care of
the flocks became tiresome to him, aud the
climbs up the steep mountain side after rare
Alpine flowers had lost all their charm for
him. His constant thoueht was, "If I were
only rich." His desire for wealth became
so great that he neglected his duties, and re
ceived many word ol reproof lrom his father.
One day, "as Friedel led his flock through
the valley, he thus talked to' himself: "If
I were rich, I could live like those grand
people in the city. They have joy and hap
piness, while I must liye in poverly, and
work from morning until night. If Icould
see one of the mountain dwarfs, I would
ask him to help me."
"Here is one now," said a shrill little
voice, and Friedel saw standing before him
a tiny man, carrying a golden wand.
"So you want to be rich?" asked the
dwarf.
"Yes, rich, very rich," stammered the
astonished boy.
"Nothing could becasier," said the dwarf,
twirling his wand in his hand," "Follow me
and your wish shall be granted."
Friedel, forgetful ofliis flock, and his de
sire for wealth conquering his fear of the
dwarfs, followed the little man up the steep
mountain side and into a narrow cave.
Here the walls were so low that many times
Friedel had to crawl on his hands and
knees, and it was so dark that he could see
cothin?, and thus often struck himself
against the rocks.
"Can we not have a light?" asked Friedel,
as he received a severe blow on his head.
The dwarf raised his wand, and cried,
"Come, fireflies." And at once such a
swarm ot insects buzzed about, each carry
ing his tiny lantern, that the cave was as
light as day. The passage through the
mountain was long and winding, and was
crossed by many other ways. Finally,
the fireflies departed, and in the
distance a glimmer of light was
seen, ' which continued to grow brighter.
The narrow path widened, aud at last led
into a large garden, lighted by unseen
lights. There were flowers of many colors,
and trees having leaves of silver and gold;
but nowhere was any bright sunshine, nor
the beautilul green ol the grass and trees on
the mountain. In the midst of the garden
was a lake, whose waves washed ashore,
strewn with sands of gold and pebbles of
pearls. Many gaily-decked boats, filled
with dwarfs, floated on its smooth surface.
Near the lake stood a stately castle, with
high towers and strong wall, built wholly
of gold and studded with gems. On the
low, drooping branches, which shaded the
avenue leading to the castle, hung fruits ot
diffcreut kinds.
"Eat of the fruit," said the dwarf, "and
teli mc how you like it"
Friedel needed no second invitation, and
when he had tasted the fruit he cried: "It is
delicious. I could live on such food for 50
years."
"Do you really mean that?" asked the
dwarf.
"Of course I do," laughed Friedel.
"Then you shall do so," said the dwarf,
"and this castle shall be yours."
Friedel's delight knew no bounds, and he
thought:
"Now I shall be rich like those people in
the city, only my house is much grander
than theirs."'
He then followed his guide up the broad
steps and into the wide hall. Here were
many dwawfs in rich attire, who bowed low
before Friedel and called him master.
"These shall be vour servants." said the
dwarf, "and they will always be ready to do
your bidding.' '
Then the dwarf vanished, leaving the boy
to enjoy his new possession. After-Friedel
had entered the diniug-hall and had par
taken of the feast there, one of his servants
led him to a couch. hunr with silken cur
tains. And as the boy lay there and viewed
the luxuries about him he could hardly be
lieve that he was the same poor shepherd
lad who a short time ago was tending
sheep and was so eager for riches.
Friedel was very happy in his castle
under the mountain. He seemed to have
no thought of bis home and mother, and he
spent many hours in his treasure room
counting his gold and admiring its beauty.
, How the time passed he did not know, for
he had no clock to. tell the hour, and no suu
rose and set to mark the days and nights.
After a time the boy began to loug for a
sight of the blue sky and the snow-capped
Alps, and he thought he would willingly
give up all his wealth for one glimpse of his
mother's face. Although his servants were
just as attentive and his castle just as
beautiful, Friedel became very unhappy.
He called the dwarfs to him. and inquired
the uav out of the mountain: but no one
knew, and the dwarf who had brought him 1
there had disappeared, and bad not been
seen there since.
Friedel now gave himself up to finding
the dark passage through the mountain.
He sought in every direction, but always
with the same result; for ufier wandering
about until weary, lis would again find
himself in sight 6f his castle. One time,
while walking on the shore of the lake,
Friedel spied in a boat, gliding over the
w..ves, the dwarf who bad brought him
there. As the dwarf reached the banc,
Friedel seized the little man, aud cried:
"Now I have you, aud I shall not let you
go until you promise to lead me through
the mountain."
"Have you uot a beautiful home here?"
asked the dwarf, "and do you wish to return
to the little hut in the valley?"
"I want to see the sunshine, the blue sky
and my parents," answered Friedel.
"Vcrv well," replied the dwar;', "I shall
show you the way to your home; but you
must leave all your wealth here, aud return
to poverty."
Friedel was so anxious to be gone that he
bade the dwarf to say no more, but to show
him the way without delay. He was sur
prised to find the entrance to the passage so
near his castle, and lie wondered why he had
not discovered it before. The swarm of fire
flies again lighted them through the dark
way. Friedel gave a cry o! joy when he
once more saw bright daylight, and the Alps
raising their snowy heads above them.
Scarcely waiting to s iy goodby lo the dwarf,
he started off toward his home. As he
pirsed through the village the church bells
were calling the people to service. Every
one was carrying floweis. Even the little
children had hunches of suondiops and
lilies of the vallev.
Friedel now knew that it was E ister Sun
day, and Le thought that before going home
he would go into the church and hear the
Easter hymns. Instead of seeing familiar
faces about him, Friedel met only strangers,
who looked curiously at him as if to say,
"Who are you?" Friedel though that he
must certainly be dreaming, and leaving
the church he hastened along the well
known path to his home. When he arrived
at the little cottige he si w sitting before the
door a boy, who was a stranger to himr
"Friedel nnnroached and said: "Who nri
you? You are at my home, and yet I do
not know you.
The boy laughed aud replied: "This is
not your honi-; for I have lived hen five
years, aud I never before heard of you."
"Have you never heard of Friedel the
shepherd boy?" asked Friedel.
"Ob, yes," was the reply, "my grand
mother has often told me about the boy,
who nearly 50 years ago disappeared, and
his flocks were found wandering over the
mountain."
"Fifty years," cried .Friedel In astonish
ment, "can it lie possible that I have been
away so long a time? No wonder that the
people in the church did not know me."
At that moment, an old woman hobbled
to the door, and the mother's loving eyes,
although dimmed with age. recognized her
boy, who was restored to her on that bright
Easter Sunday. There was a happy re
union in that humble home, and Friedel
now devoted all his energies to making
happy the last days of his aged parent".
Paysie.
A policy better than that of a"ny gov
ernment, take Df, Bull's Cough Syrup in
time.
"SUNDAY. MARCBC 29,
SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS..
Puzzles for Uie Little Folks That Will Keep
Their Brains Busy for Most of the Week
If They Solve Them Correctly Home
Amusements.
Address communications for this department
to E.R. Chadbourk. Lewiston, Maine.
1478 OBEEK DEITIES.
V. M. H.
1470 anagram.
A silly and weak-minded churl
Adored a pert and sprightly Rirl,
Though hapless was the fellow's fate.
For she did not reciprocate.
And everything be did to please he
Seemed onlr to provoke and tease her.
The nose-rays that he sent her, she
Would toss aside quito scornfully:
She would not walk with him from church
But always left him in tbe lurch:
When her as partner he would choose
At dances, she would flat refuse.
Poor fellow ! ho was sadly grieved.
By the harsh treatment he received,
One last resort there seemed to be:
'Twas in the way of poetry,
Ha thought it would be wise and witty
To indite an "amorous ditty."
(Others with more brains and sense
Have oft committed like offence.)
In ibis lie missed it altogether;
His verses were but tbe last feather:
She sent them back, and told him that
Tuny were insipid, silly. Hat,
And that he was a stupid foot
Who ought to eo awhile to school.
"1 Had Girl." very mad, was she;
His chance was spoiled by poetry.
NELSOXIAir.
1480 TWO TUITKY MEN.
I.
Archimedes, old annals prove,
Onco confidently vaunted
His lever would tho world more,
Aud but a fulerum wanted.
'His boast remained an idle threat,
But Erin ages after
Produced, wo know, a lover great
That moved the world to laughter.
IL
Poor Erin often has displayed
A crape upon her hatchment
For some brave lover who had paid
With life for the attachment.
And 'mong the band who round her stood
What heiress had a greater?
A laughing lover found who could
For her amusement cater.
W. WILSOW.
1481 FHONETICISMS.
1. Carry all the tea out or a city in China, and
you will find a cathedral officer.
2. If you chance to he in the garden ot a high
church dignitary, pull up his peas, and all that
remains will be a piece of a hoc.
3. If you undertake to brush a bee from a
wall ornament, you will make a great noise by
so doing.
4. If oa can be so heartless to a preacher as
to put out one of his eyes, be will at once go to
a monastery. Ethyl.
1182 ENIGMA.
I'm popular on every hand,
In every clime, in every lar.d:
Tbe greatest cities of tbe earth
To me directly oho their birth.
You find me under foot, 'tis said;
You also bnd me over head:
I'm oft avoided often sought;
1 stop decay; I also rot.
Sometimes I kill both man and wife;
At oilier tiuios I give new life.
I'm full of life while dealing death.
I'm full of death while giviug breath.
One mortal enemy have I,
To work against me ho doth try;
But he to me Is like tbe child
I curb him in his gambols wild.
Another foe quite strikes m: cold
lUhn... T fual Ma ttilllln- linlrl
A short while in his grasp I cower.
Ana then I undermine his power.
C.L.E.
14S3 TRANSPOSITION.
The one addicted to thepfme
Exnocts a two at any tinii.
He's never safe from anxious fears:
la debt, no doubt up to his ears;
Striving to make a liow on naught,
Kotknouiug tthen he may be brought
Unto the last resource ho knows;
Ne'er thinking to pay uliat be owes;
By no one trusted or believed;
hon the two come, by no one grieved.
Such is the devotee of one,
A person honest people shun.
Bitteh Sweet.
1434 A GREAT BLUNDER.
A servant girl, who was always making blun
ders, was dusting the parlor, in lncli was a
bust of the lady for whom she worked. In
some way she pushed it from the pedestal to
the floor and tho head was severed from the
shoulders. In her terror she attempted to re
place the head, and mads another blunder by
putting on, nut tbe bead, but something that
caused pain. Just then she heard her lady in
the hall, and half beside herself with fear she
snatched another an iclc and placed it upon the
headless bust, and found that it tuen repre
sented a lock ot the lady's husband's hair. The
lady hersolf just then entered ilic room, and
her indignation caD be better imagined than
described. Ethyl.
1485 CHARADE.
A pirate bold uai first the rover;
The skull and cruas-liones flag he showed.
He sunk a last in the Straits of Dover,
And sailed away with his booty stowed.
B-it be ran afonl of a nag next minnte.
Fur a man-of-war loomed up in siht;
He fought for life, but ho wasn't in it.
And total struug him up that night.
Iron Mask.
1486 AMPUTATIONS.
Behold a noble animal;
His bead from snoulders sever.
And what is lelt will. In a sense,
Bo just the same as ever.
Replace this graceful creature's head
Ills fleih with fear will quiver
Cut oh his tail, and what is left
Will be a foreign river. MRS. E.
1487 REVERSAL.
Some think that whole's a final drink.
With them I can't agree;
ir I indtllged in it, I think.
'Twould get tbe best of me.
Some think that whoU's a final drink.
That there is none that's better,
Bnt soon they Sad, to their dismay.
Il binds them with a tetter. Horizox
ANSWERS.
HG9 The Inevitable is bound to occur.
("Tlie" in "evitable" is bound to .i cur.
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H71-Kind-led.
1472 Pitchers, chairs (chares), check, tables,
stand, ranges butter-dish (but a dish), side
board, urns (ems).
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A. 'POSSUM'S POCKET.
Provision Nature Has Made for the
Youngsters Born in Trees.
THE POUCH OP THE EAKGAK00.
Modern Engineerinc Skill and the Seven
Wonders of tbe World.
PLEASANT TALK FOB Y0UXG PEOPLE
IWR1TTE TOB THB DISPATCH.l
There is oue species of wild animal in the
United States that might naturally excite
tbe envy ot the very small boy. It is born
with a pocket uot such a pocket as the boy
cets in his early stages of trouserhood, barely
large enough to squeeze a top into hut a
capacious pocket that would hold not only a
top, but also a knife, or whistle, an assorted
lot of strings, a dozsn marbles aod all the
other valuable property that the average
small boy loves to freight himself with.
It is a harmles; little animal, this lucky
one with tiie natural pocket, but it puzzles
tbe naturalist more than almost anything
else of animal kind. It is tbe opossum,
found only in America, the very mention of
which will cause the mouth of a Southern
negro to "water." The wonderful peculiar
ity of this little animal is the arrangement
which nature has provided for the period of
babyhood. Although the full-grown opos
sum is as large as a cat the young ones, at
birth, are
Not Bigger Than a Pea.
But this is not the strangest thing about
the little 'possums. They have a sort of
double birth. At so early a stage of their
life that tbey look as much like a pea as
like an adult opossum they arc trauslerred
from the normal birthplace to a secondary
one. The latter is a pocket or pouch on the
exterior of tbe female's abdomen. It might
be likened to a patch sewed outside on the
knee of a gamin's trousers, with the top left
open. This pocket is lined with fine hair,
and it opens or closes at the will of the ani
mal by an arrangement of muscles and
bones suited for the purpose.
At a very early stage in the existence of
the young opossums, and they average a
dozen at a time, tbey pass into this pocket
and each finds a fountain of nourishment
ready, to which it at once seals its lips.
There is an old adage about the desirability
of sticking to a good thing, and the infan
tile opossum seems to understand its im
portance. Although they are only about
the size ot a pea when they first appear
in the pocket, as remarked before,
the youngsters take possession of
the founts and never let go (night or day)
for several weeks. In fact they hold on
until they are big enough to travel, to
emerge trom the pocket and frisk about in
early attempts to gain knowledge about the
queer world of 'possumdom.
A Retreat in Time of Danger.
But if danger appears while the young
ones are taking their early outings the
mother gives a shrill signal, and the little
fellows scamper lo her and tumble headlong
into that capacious and very useful pocket,
something like the retreat of a brood of
chicks under the old hen's wings when the
hungry hawk is looking for a breakfast of
spring chicken.
There are other very queer things about
the opossum. It seems to love a very soft
couch to sleep on, and to gratify this whim
it often sleeps in the air. It does this by
twisting its tail around the limb of a tree
and then banging head downward. It also
assumes this attitude for catching small
hnimals, hanging motionless from a limb,
with one eyefopen, ready to pounce on any
thing that, from an opossum standpoint, or
.rather hangpoint, might seem good to eat.
The tail is a very important part of the
opossum's anatomy. Sometimes the mother
may be seen trudging along with ber whole
brood dangling lrom her neck by their little
tails. J. his candal appendage is very strong,
almost hairless, and so rough that it will not
slip when employed for hanging purposes.
jS'ot much can be said tor the legs. They
are verj short and the animal is not a good
traveler. But it is an excellent climber.has a
pair of very sham eyes aud is liberally sup
plied with teeth an even four dozen of
ordinary ones and two very large ones in ad
dition. Its bead is shaped something like
thatofal'ox. Its flesh is oily with a pun
gent odcr. In addition to the colored peo
ple in the South some whites regard 'possum
as a delicacy, but if the reader should have
courage to tackle this delicacy tbe con
clusion would probably be similar to that of
the person who "could eat crow, but didn't
hanker a.ter it."
One Other Natural Pocket.
Beside the opossum there is one laree
animal that has tbe strange pocket residence
for its young ones. The kangaroo, found
only in Australia and the neighboring
islands, has a counterpart of the opossum's
pocket, although the twoanimals are utterly
unlike in other respects. Tbe kaugaroo
grows as large as 200 pounds in weight, and
has an enormous tail, which serves it as a
sort of fifth leg. It has very long and
powerful hind legs, although its lore legs
are .hort and comparatively puny.
When moving slowly it walks on all
fours, but when in a hurry it moves by leaps
on it hind lees, and can thus travel as fast as
the fleetest horse can run. Its average leap
when pursued i about 15 teet, but it has been
knonn lo make jumps iil3ofoet. There is no
crowding of the pocket home of tho unng
kangaioj. Sometimes there are twins, but
ordinarily one of these queer creatures has the
whole apartment to itself.
The Wonders of the World.
The greatest, or at least the most massive of
the ancient wonders of the world were the
pyramid of Egypt. Although built ages be
lore Solomon's wisdom decided tbe first his
torical question of baby ownership, before
littlu Moses flatcd in the wicker basket among
tne bullrushesof the Nile, and even long before
Abraham was born, tbe 70 pjramids were
silently watching the moving panorama ot the
world. But there is nut an expert civil engi
neer in the United States who would not take a
contract to iliiulicate the whole 70 for the Chi
cago World's r"air if they would avrree to make
the date four years instead uf one year after
the four hundredth anniversary of Columbus's
discovery. Five year's time and amulu money
wmild beau me engineer noniu asK, aiiiioncn
the G.zeh or Great Prraiuld was SOvears b'lild
iiic with a force of 1W.000 men. Bnt all the
work on tbe pyramids was done by human
muscle. They had none of the modern iuo
rliauical appliances. Their ork is only won
derful because auder these circumstances they
were able to pile enormous stones upon ono
another to a maximum height of i&) feet.
The hinging gardens of Babylon would not
bo much of a "wonder" iu our day. Their base
was a square of four acre, rising on stone ter
races to SU0 feet at the iuiniuit. Load slice-) to
retain moisture above covered the stonewoik,
with earth on top. Trees, shrnhbery, flowers,
fountains and the like completea the misnamed
'hanging" eardens. Tbe Colo-sus of KUod ea was
a statue made of fnetal plates, like tbe Statue
or Liberty in New York Harbor. It was about
VO feet high, less than one-third as hili as Lib
erty Statue. The Temple ot Diana, at Ephesus,
was a bmldinc 25 by i25 feet at the base. It was
chiefly noted for its pillars. 127 in number, and
writhing 130 tons each. Every one of these
pillars a a present from a king, ri-preseiiting
127 kingdom, and this fact added : the fame
of the 1 etuple. Bnt fame finally ruined it. An
ambitious youth, with the object of making a
short jump to fame and immonality, fired the
Temple in. the night, when all Eiihesns was
carousing over the birth of Alexander, and it
was totally destroyed. The Pharos uf Alexan
dria was a Iif-htlii'Uso at the entrance of the
harbor. It was 4U0 feet lii-'ll, and n substan
tially built that it lasted 1j6U0 years. The statue
of Jupiter at Athens was a creditable work of
art, aud the Mausoleum which Artemesia bnilt
for the remains ot her departed husband, the
King ot Carta, was doubtlei a very clever
piece of sepulchral architecture. But the only
one of the "seven wopdeis" in existence to-day
are Ihe pyramids of Egypt, and we hare many
great monuments of engineering genius, con
structed within the memory of the present gen
eration, that dwaif the greatest achievement
of tbe ancients. Tbe money and scientific
knowl-dge that have produces oar great rail
ways, mountain tunnels, ocean steamships and
so on, could quickly reproduce all tbe ancient
wonders, and add a great inauv "modern Im
provements." J- h. V KBB.
Dangles In Their Caueo.
Some young men affect bangle canes.
Into their thick English walking sticks are
irregularly-inserted half dimes with the
engrJviuo; removed and replaced by the
monogram of the fair giver. Of course, the
value of the cane is enhanced by the num
ber of sbiny disks to be counted, and when
yon meet a young fellow swinging a stick
studded half way down to the ferrule, you
may know he is very popular with bis young
women friends.
MEALS F0R0NE DAY.
3Ienus for Breakfast, Luncheon and Sinner
Iteclpes for the Different Dishes
Value of Sj stem in Cooking Some Gen
eral Directions for the Ilmisokeeper.
fwniTTKr Ton thk DispiTcu.i
However excellent a woman's judgment
may be.and however experienced.her house
hold affairs must be carried on under sys
tematic rules. She may in the matter of
her cooking become almost, perfect by a
system of her own, not in so many words
deducible to rule; bnt in this she is an ex
ception. In these days much is to be learned from
print. Iiecipes and formulas of new and
novel mii-lyres of food are constantly given
out by professional cooks. In the prepara
tion of these, rules are given, which mnst
be literally and accuriiely followed. Iu
some instances the least deviation from tbe
prescribed formulas may mar if not destroy
the combination, and the attempt made iu
reproducing it may hopelessly fail. Where
an exact recipe is given, it should be exactly
followed. If rules are to be observed tbey
must be strictly and literally followed, else
they are not in the proper sense rulei at all.
1 give to-day another set of meals:
Breakfast.
Ilaked apples. Cream.
Broiled s eetbreads. Crambed eC
: tewed potatoes.
Easter biscuit. Coflee.
Luncheon.
Tanned oysters.
Tubi bread and butter.
Stewed fruit. Wafers.
Chocolate. Tea.
Dinner.
Clear soun.
Celery.
Mnshroom sauee.
rilletof bief.
.Browned parsnips. whipped potatoes.
Veal salad. ' Mayonnaise dressing.
Cheese. Wafers.
Banana podding.
Coffee.
The recipes below will help the house
keeper: Crumbed Eggs.
Boil one-half dozen eggs for 20 minutes. Re
move the shells and cut in rather thick slices.
Spread with melted batter, sprinkle with sitted
crambs and fry brown. Serve on squares of
toasted bread, with a dressing of drawn butter.
Easter Biscuit.
To five well-beaten egg3 add one-half cnpfnl
of buttermilk or sour milk, a tablespoonful of
melted butter, a little salt and a half teasponn
ful of snda dissolved in a spoonful of tbe sour
milk. Add flnur enough to mix ratber stiff.
Cut in pretty shapes, gash through tbe center
and fry light brown in bot lard.
Banana Pudding.
Lino a deep dessert dish with slices of sponge
cake and alternate with thin slices of banana
and caka until tbe disb is full. Ponr over the
whole a pint of cold-boiled custard and heap
with whipped cream.,
Here are some general recipes that will be
found reliable:
Apple Short Cake.
Make rich biscuit donrh. Bake in jelly cake
tins. Split and spread between sweetened
apple sauce, flavored to taste.
Banana I'ates.
Line patty pans with rich puff paste, Fill
with raw rice and. bake until crisp. Remove
the rice, and when cld fill with the banana
mixture, made as follows: II ix a bait dozen
minced bananas with a half cupful of wblpoed
cream and two tablespooiifuls of sugar, dar
111311 tbe tops of the pates with whipped cream.
Bice Pies.
Wab and soak a teacupful of rice. Pat into
a stewpan with a quart of boiling water. When
quite tender add a quart of milk, a teapoonf nt
of salt, a grated nutme; and five well-beaten
eggs. Sueeten to ta-ile and press through a
sieve. Bake iu pic tins without upper crust.
Cream Pie or Cake.
One egg beaten light, to which add by de
grees one cupful of trranulated sugar, one
tablespuonful melted batter, one cupful ot
milk, a little nutmeg and a pinch of salt. Sift
two tcasnoonfuls of baking powder into two
cupfnis of flour in a separate dish. Add this
by degrees, beating well, to the other ingred
ient?, dropping in one-half teaspoonfnl of
lemon or vanilla at the last. Bake in one loaf
or drop on three jelly tins. Spread jelly be
tween layer', or cream made as follows To
onepiut of milk when bulling add two egv:s,
one tablespoonful of corn starch, two table
spooululs of granulated sugar and a pinch ot
salt. Add flavoring when removed from Are.
When cold puc between larcrs. Flour maybe
used in place of corn starch.
Graham Bread.
Three tablespoonfnls N. O. molasses. Two
cnpfuls lukewarm water. One teaspoonful of
salt. One half cupful of yeast. One capful
flour and grabam flour to make a stiff batter
which will cling as it drops from the spoon.
Put ingredient. together as above, except that
you add the flour after patting a little graham
in first Beac well and set to rise. In morning
when light add one heaping teaspoonfnl of
saleratus, dissolved in boiling water. Stir in
well and put in pan to rise.- When lizbtputln
hot oven and cover to prevent burning. Bako
from three-quarters to one hour. Tbe same
recipe serves for blscait in gem pan, except
that least is omitted, and use licjDin? tea.
spoonful hiking powder robbed dry ia the
mtal and flour. Drop at once in tins.
Padding or 31 ush.
Stir graham flour into boiling water to which
a little salt has been added. Stir well, and let
boil for one-half hour. Serve with cream or
with molasses or maple syrup.
Brown Bread.
One cupfnl of sweet milk, one cupfal of mo
lasses, ono cupfnl of graham flour, one cupful
of flour, one teaspoonfnl of baking powder (or
saleratus); put in mold and steam lor three
hoars.
FMiballs.
Take equal parts of left-over codfish and cold
mashed potatoes a pin: of cacb; stir iu a
beaten egg and a little flour: sbape into balls
and glaze with egrr: roll in crumbs and set
asiilo for 30 minutes; immerse in smoking fat
for 10 or 15 minutes; drain and serve.
Lobster Salad.
To a quart of boiled or canned lobster, cut
into small pieces, add three tablespoonfnls of
vinegar, two of oil, a ica-ipooiitul of salt and a
halt teasooonful of pepper; set aside for an
hour, when a cupfnl of mayonnaise or cream
dressing may be added. When about to serve,
arrange on lettuce leaves.
Eixice Serena.
GOLD IS INDESTBTJCTIBLE.
A King of To-Day May Have Been a Piece
of Itomau Jewelery Once.
Sew York Telegram.3
"Gold is one of the few things in this
world that is practically indestructible,"
said Albert S. Ellis, a well-known assayer
of Denver, Col., at the Hotel Imperial last
night. "There is but little wear to it, and
even this little arises from friction. When
a jeweler melts down a piece of manufact
ured gold, say an old watcb, he eliminates
the baser metals, anil the gold is
resolved again into its earliest purity
with. but a minute loss. An ounce of pure
gold is worth to-day 20 80, and as" gold
comes from the earth it is ordiuarily nine-teen-twentieths
fine, the impurities being
silver, copper, quartz, sand, etc. To re
move these various processes are resorted to,
depending o"n the nature of the impurities.
The usnal way is to have recourse to chem
ical baths, acids being taken, in which gold
is not soluble, but which dissolves away the
copper and silver, leaving the pure gold.
"A karat is one twenty-fourth of the
chosen standard, and thus an IS karat ring
would consist of 18 parts gold arid G
parts silver and copper, the latter being the
u-inal alloy usid in jewelry. No doubt
there Is gold in our every day jewelry that
formerly existed in one way or another in
the old. Roman days, or even be.ore, and has
come down to us through all these centuries.
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ANovel Toa Service Being Jtfade for tho
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Pall Hall llu'df-et.
The Princess of Wales is a first-rate
photographer, and Jlortlock's are making
her a tea service which is to be orna
mented with photographs that she took while
in Scotland. The ground of the china will
be ivory, and the pictures will be orange.
A dinner service in those colors was made
for the li luce of Orange by Wedgewood in
the last centuy.
. The Princess has supplied Jlortlock's
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be finUhed in about a month. It will not
be an expensive one. The cops will be
pear-shaped and very small, and the plates
will have scalloped edges etched with
lines of orange. Both will be ornamented
in ihe center with a picture. Any amateur
photographer who wants a service like this
can get her ideas fully carried out for a 10
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Philadelphia Ire.5.1
The Chinese have but a vagne idea of tho
meaning of the English language. One on
North Fifteenth street has in his window a
placard inscribed, "$10 reward to any na
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