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An English physician advances a the
ory that will be antagonized by the den
tists. Sir Henry Thompson holds hat
artificial teeth are an evil in those of
advanced years, because they enable such
persona to masticate flesh. When the
teeth fail naturally it is nature's design
that the individual should subsist on
vegetable diet.
A Mr. A. P. Van Tassel, of San Fran
cisco, has made a balloon of a capacity
of 150,000 cubic feet, with which ho ex
pects to uadortako a journey across the
continent from ocean to ocean. Tho
sreutest difficulty is apprehended from
the Rocky Mountains, which modify the
movements of the air currents over a
largo share of the continent.
There is at least one "forehanded"
citizen in Massachusetts. An -old man
of West Salem township, Mercer county,
is engaged in making his own coffin and
hearse, and he is building tho posthum
ous articles regardless of expense. It is
aid that he conceived the idea out of
pique at a remark of a neighbor, "that
when he died he wouldn't have money
enough to bury him."
The Madrid court shoemaker has been
ordered by Queen Christine to make a
pair of shoes for his infantilo Majesty
King Alfonso XIII. They will be made
of white leather and elaborately em
broidered with gold. Before tho young
King puts his feet in them, tho shoes"
according to old usage, will" be sprin
kled with holy water. Queen Christino
has given orders that, together with her
son's first shoes, 300 pair bo made for
poor children and distributed ia her
name.
The New York Lumber Trade Journal
predicts that cherry will hold its own
and continue to be a favorite cabinet and
finishing wood because there is so little
good cherry left j it wiil not have a chanco
to become too common. There is none
worth mentioning North of Pennsylva
nia, and in that State its owners know
its value. There is a good 1 deal left in
West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennesee, and
North Carolina, but most of it is where
it Mill cost a great deal to get it to
market.
i
An Indian girl has had a remarkable
eiporienqo, according to a Pike County
farmer. Tho farmer explains matters
thus: "A young lady who was watch
ing my binding harvester at work fell
upon tho table and was carried up with
the grain. As the girl was of about tho
size of a bundle, tho machine did not
recognize the difference,- and so the came
through with a neat little string around
her waist. One of the harvest hands
caught her as tho machine 'kicked' her
out and set her on the ground right side
up, when it was found that she had been
more frightened than hurt."
The magnificent diamond, belonging
to a syndicate, and recently submitted
to Queen Victoria for her inspection, has
and more valuable than was at first sup
posed. Iu its present complete shape it
weighs one hundred and eighty carats,
is of the first water, free from all imper
fections and of extraordinary brilliance.
Experts declare that it surpasses in size
aud quality all the historic diamonds,
including tho Regent, the Star of the
South, the OrloU, and even the Koh-i-noor.
Its value has not been deter
mined, but must be cod nted by millions
of del ars. The celebrated diamond be
longing to tho King of Portugal should,
if genuine, of which tome doubt is enter
tained, be worth, according to tho rulo
of computation, some $28,000,000. If
tho new diamond has a greater value
than that, it will need to bo brought
over here. Nobody but an immensely
rich American would be foolish enough
to purchase it.
The difference between what appears to
be and what is is sometimes curiously il
lustrated. While a menagerie was en
tering the city of Portsmouth, in Eng
land, lately, a large elephant broke away
and ran into the barracks. From his
terrific trumpeting, the snapping of his
eyes, and the nervous energy of his
movements it was supposed that he was
angry aud bent on dangerous mischief,
and this impression was strengthened
when, meeting a sentry, he removed the
soldier by winding his trunk about him
and tossing him to one side. Nevcithe
les3 the intentions of the elephant were
quite peaceable aud ordinary. After up
setting the sentry he galloped across the
barrack square to a bench upon which a
dibh of potatoes and a bucket of watei
were standing, and having eaten the
potatoes aud drunk the water, returned
quietly to his place in tha menagerie
line. If the sentry had not happened to
be between the hungry elephant aud this
. bit of free lunch he would not have been
upaot.
THE NOBLE NATURE,
It Is not growing like a tree
In bulk doth make man better be;
Or standing long an oak three hundred year,
To fall a log at last, dry, bald and sere.
A lily of a day
Is fairer far in May,
Although it fall and die that night
It is the plant and flower of light,
In small proportions we just beauties see,
And In short measures life may perfect be.
Ben Jonson.
A JUDICIAL "CRIME.
BY WILKIE COF.MNS.
Just prior to the American revolution,
Bristol tr..der arrived in the harbor of
Boston, having one passenger on board.
This person was a young English Woman
named Esther Calvert, daughter of a
shop keeper at Cheltenham, and a niece
of the Captain of the ship.
Some vc.irs before her departure from
England Esther had suffered an affliction
associated with a deplorable public
event which had shaken her attachment
to her nativo land. Fiee, at a later pe
riod, to chooso for herself, she resolved
on leaving l-.ngland as soon as employ
ment could be found for her in another
CoulT2ry. After a weary interval of ex
pectation, the sea-enptain had obtained
a situation for his niece ashousekeper in
the family of Mrs. Anderkin, a widow
lady living in Boston.
Esther had been well practiced in do
mestic duties during tho long illness of
her mother. Intelligent, modest, and
sweet-tempered, she soon became a fa
vorite with Mrs. Anderkin and the mem
beis of her young family. The children
found but one fault with tho new house
keeper she dressed invariably in dismal
black, and it was impossible to prevail
upon her to give the cause. It was known
that she was an orphan, and she had ac
knowledged that no relations of hers had
recently died, and yet she persisted in
wearing mourning. Some great grief
had evidently overshadowed the life of
the gentle English housekeeper.
In her intervals of leisure, she soon
became the chosen friend of Mrs. Ander
kin's children; always ready to teach
them new games, clever at dressing the
girls' dolls and at mending the boys'
toys. Esther was in one respect only
not in sympathy with her young friends
she never laughed. One day, they
boldly put the question to her: "When
we are all laughing, why don't you laugh
Esther only replied in these words :
I thall think it kind of you if you
won't ask me that question again."
The young people deserved her con
fidence in them ; tliey never mentioned
the subject from that time forth.
But there was another member of the
family, whoso desire to know something
of the housekeeper's history was, from
motives of delicacy, con ealed from
Esther herself. This was the governess
Mrs. Anderkin's well-loved friend, as
well as the teacher of her children.
On the day before ho Eailed on his
homeward voynge, the sea captain called
to take leave of his niece and then
asked if he could also pay his respects
to Mrs. Anderkin. Ho was informed
that the lady of the bouse had gone out,
but that the governess would be happy
to receive him. At the interview which
followed, they talked of Esther, and
agreed so well in their good opinion of
her, that the captain paid a long visit.
The governess hud persuaded him to tell
the story of his niece's wasted life.
But he iusi-ted on one condition.
'If we had b.-en in England." he said,
"I should have kept tho matter secret,
for the sake of the family. .. Here, in
America, Esther -is a stranger here she
will stay and no slur will be cast on the
fam ly name nt home. But mind one
thing: I trust to your honor to take no
one into your confidence excepting only
the mistress of the house."
Tu t was Esther a sad story :
In the year 1702, a young man named
John Jennings, employed as waiter at a
Yorkshire inn astonished his master by
announcing that he was engaged to be
married, and that he purpoed retiring
trom fervice on next quarter day.
. Further inquiry showed that the
young woman's name was Esther Calvert,
and that Jennings was greatly her in
ferior in social rank. Her father's con
sent to the marriage depended on her
lover's success in rising in the world.
Friends with money were inclined to
trust Jennings, and to help him to start
a D isiness ot his own, if .Uisi Calvert s
father would do something for the young
people on his side. He made no objec
tion, and the marriage engagement was
sanctioned accordinglv.
One evening, when the last days of
Jennings's service were drawing to an
end, a uenllemau on horseback stopped
at the inn. Iu a state of great agitation,
he informed the landlady that be was on
his way to Hull, but that he had been so
frightened as to make it impossible for
him to continue his journey. A high
wayman had robbed him of a purse con
taining twenty guineas. The thief's
face (us usual in those days) was con
cealed by a mask, and there was hut one
chance of bringing him to justne. It
was the traveler's custom to plae a
private mark on every gold piece that he
carried with him on a journey, aud the
stolen guineas might possibly be traced
in that way.
The landlord (one Mr. Bruuell) at
tended on his guest at supper. His wife
had only that moment told him of the
robbery ; and he had a circum tunce 10
mention which might lead to the discov
ery of the thief. In the first place, how
ever, he wished to ask at what time the
crimo had been committed. The trav
eler answered that he had been robbed
late in the eveniug, just as it was begin
ning to pet dark. Ou hearing this, Mr.
Brunell looked Very much distressed.
' ( have ;ot a w aiter here named Jen
niugV he said, "a man superior to his
station iu life t;ood manners and fair
education in fact, a general favorite.
But, for some time past, I have observed
that he has been rather freo with his
money in betting, and that habits of
drinking have grown on him. I am
afiaid he is not worthy of tho good
opinion entertained of him by myself and
by other persons. This evening I sent
him out to get some small silver for me,
giving him a guinea to change. He came
back intoxicated, telling me that change
was not to be had. 1 ordered him to
bed, and then happened to look at the
guinea which he had brought back. Un
fortunately, I had not at that time heard
of tho robbery, and 1 paid the guinea
away with some other money, in settle
ment of a tradesman's account. But this
I am sure of, there was a mark on the
guinea which Jennings gave back to me.
It is, of course, possible that there might
have been a mark (which escaped my
notice) on the guinea which I took- out
of my purse when I sent for change."
"Or," the traveler suggested, "it may
hae been one of my stolen guineas,
given back by mistake, by this drunken
waiter of yours, instead of the guinea
handed to him by yourself. Do you
think he ia aslceo?"
"Sure to be asleep, sir in his con
dition." "Do you object, Mr. Brunell, after
what you have told me, to setting this
matter at rest by searching the man's
clothes?"
The, landlord hesitated. "It seems
hard "on Jennings," ho said, "if we
prove to have been suspicious of him
without a cause. Can you speak posi
tively, sir, to the mark which you put
on your money?"
The traveler declared that ho could
swear to his mark. Mr. Brunell yielded.
The two went up together to the waiter's
room. ,
Jennings was fast aslof p. At the very
outset of the scarch they found the stolen
bag of money in his pocket. Tho guineas
nineteen in number had a mark on
each one of them, and that mark the
traveler identified. After this discovery
there was but one course to take. Tho
waiter's protestations of innocence when
they woke him and accused him of the
robbery w ere words flatly contradicted by
facts. He was charged before a magis
trate with the theft of the money, and,
as a matter of course, was committed for
trial.
The circumstances were so strongly
against him that his own friends recom
mended Jennings to plead guilty, and
to appeal to the mercy of the court. He
refused to follow their advice, and he
was bravely encouraged to persist in that
decision by the poor girs, who believed
in his innocence with her whole heart.
At that dreadful crisis in her life she se
cured the best legal assistance, and took
from her little dowry tho money that
paid the expenses.
At the next assizes the case was tried.
The proceeding before the Judge was a
repetition (at great length and with more
solemnity) of the proceedings before the
Magistrate. No skill in cross examina
tion could shake the direct statements of
tho witnesses. The evidence was made
absolutely complete, by the appearance
of the tradesman to whom ' Mr. Brunell
had paid the marked guinea. The coin
(so marked) was a. curiosity; the man
had kept it, and he now produced it in
court.
The Judge summed up, finding literally
nothing that he could say, aa an honest
man, in favor of the prisoner. The Jury
returned a verdict of guilty, after a con
sultation which was a mere matter of
form. Clearer circumstantial evidence
of guilt bad never been produced, in the
opinion of every person but one who
was present at the trial. The sentence on
Jennings for highway robbery was, by
the law of those days, death on the scaf
fold. Friends were found to help Esther in
the last effort that the faithful creature
could now make the attempt to obtain
a commutation of the sentence. She was
admitted to an interview with tho Home
Secretary, and her petition was presented
to the King. Here, a?ain, the indisputa
ble evidence forbade the exercise of
mercy. Esther's betrothed husband was
hanged at Hull. His last words declared
his innocence with the rope around his
neck.
Betore a year had passed, the one poor
consolation that she could hope for, in
this world, found Esther in her misery.
The proof that Jennings had died a
martyr to the fallibility of human justice
was made public by the confession of the
guilty man.
Another criminal trial took place at
the ussi.es. lh ) landlord of an inn was
found guilty of having stolen the prop
erty of a person staying in his house. It
was stated in evidence that this was not
his first offense. He had been habitually
a robber on the highway, and his name
was Brunell.
The wretch confessed that he was the
masked highwayman who had stolen the
bag of guineas. Hiding, by a nearer way
than was known to the traveler, ho had
reached the inu first. '1 here he found a
person in trade waiting by appointment
for the settlement of a bill. .Not having
enough money of his own about him to
pay the whole amount, Brunell had made
use of one of the stolen guineas, and had
only heard the traveler declare that his
money was marked after the tradesman
hid left the house. To ask for the re
turn of the fatal guinea was more than
he dared to stiempt. But one other
alternative presented itself. The merci
less villain insured his own safety by
the sacrifice of an innocent man.
After the time when the sea captain
had paid his visit at Mrs. Anderkin's
house, Esther's position became subject
to certain changes. One little dorne-tic
privilege followed another so gradually
and o modestly that the housekeeper
fo.md herself a loved and honored mem
ber of the family, without being able to
tra- e by what tuccession of c'cnts she
had risen to the new place that she occu
pied. The secret coulidcd to tho two
ladies had been strictly preserved : Esther
never tven suspected that they knew
the deplorable story of her lover's death.
Her life, after what sho had suffered, was
not prolonged to a great age. She died
peacefully unconscious of the terrors
of death. Her last Words were spoken
with a smile, She looked at tho loving
friends assembled around her bed, and
said to them: "My dear one is waiting for
me. Good-byCi'
First Fight Between North and South.
I was up to Dickinson College the
other day, and as 1 crossed tha campus I
came to a spot where two paths meet and
cross each other. It brought to my mind
a story told me by an old Dickinson
student who was Bt the college when the
war broke out. At that time there were
a number of Southern students in attend
ance in fact the numbers were pretty
evenly divided between North and South
boys, and you know what college lads
are. They have their own opinion of
things and generally express them vehe
mently. It was only natural then that
there should bo considerable clashing be
tween the students from the two sections,
and, while there was a good bit ot chin
music indulged in, there were no open
fights. Things kept growing warmer
and the feeling waxed more bitter be
tween the lads until at last one evening
a dispute as to who was right in the
seceding arose between a powerful
young blonde student from Philadel
phia and a black-haired, fiery
Southerner from Virginia, a youth
of much muscle. The language grew
sulphurous, the lie was given and the
two fellows went together, the Northener
bent on climbing his antagonist's frame,
and the Sotherner with the single pur
pose of tramping on tho blonde's neck.
The fight took place just where tho paths
intersect. Instinctively the students
from the two sections took sides, and
ranged themselves behind their respec
tive champions. It was no sparring
match with so many minutes to the
round. It was a determined, continu
ous bulldog fight, a regular rough-and-tumble.
Both were men of science and
good wrestlers, aud they gave and took
without flinching. At one time the
Philadelphian was mopping the earth
with the Virginian, and then again tne
Virginian was threshing the gravel walk
with the Philadelphian for a flail. All
this time tho two sides looked on and
never interfered except to utter in a
quiet way a word of encouragement to
the contestants. It would have been
death to have interfered then, for there
were a good many revolvers in the party.
Finally a last clinch was taken by the
two fighteis, who, breathless, bleeding,
exhausted, almost stripped of their
clothes, stood pantiRg in the path. The
young Northerner by a quick back turn
threw the Virginian and fell on him,
and before the latter could turn the
blonde youth caught his antagonist by
the long hair and bending his head back
so that his face was upturned boat him
insensible. Then he arose, looked about
him, panted out: "We've won, boysl"
and dropped like a log to the ground.
Each side carried away its man and
nursed him until he got well. How
typi al were these two young fellows of
their sections. The Southerner never
cried "enough" all through the fight,
and he only stopped when he was in
sensible. The South stopped fighting
only when it was beaten into insensibility
by superior force. It never squealed.
And so, too, the North was utterly ex
hausted at the close of the war. But,
you say, that was quite natural. Very
true. But wasn't it a little singular that
theiirst fight between the North and the
South for supremacy took place on the
campus of, a Northern College? Harris
lurg (Penn.) Z'elcgraph.
JTke Natural Bridge.
A correspondent of the New York Star
who has been visiting the Natural Bridge
in Virginia thus describes this great piece
of Nature's handiwork:
A sudden turn to the right, and di
rectly ahead loomed up the Natural
Bridge in bold and rugged outline against
the Western sky, lightened with all the
glories of a southern sunset. Imagine an
immense mass of solid rock, some forty
feet thick and fifty feet broad, spanning
a chasm seventy-five feet in width at a
height of 210 feet. On the eastern side
is a jagged place where an immense mast
of rock has fallen. When it fell it is im
possible to say, but it must have been
centuries ago, as not a particle of debris
remains iu the chasm below. The rock
is a bluish limestone, streaked with faint
lints of white. 'ihe grain is very fine
and firm, and one loses at first tho iin
pressiveness and majestic grandeur of
the bridge in speculating on the tre
mendous force that scooped out, as it
were, the immense mass of rock and
earth that at some time Tilled the glen.
Ou the under side of the bridge, and al
most in the centre, the lit hens and mosses
have so grown as to almost represent the
American eagle, with outstretched wings,
clasping the shield in iu talons. Well
authenticated records state that this pe
culiar growth existed in the middle ol
the eighteenth century. Standing about
a hundred feet west of the bridge, and
looking back under it, a well-defined
profile likeness of a young woman may
be teen. From thu road above, the
bridge caunot be seen, nor is there any
indication of its existence, unless one
leaves the roadway and goes about twenty
feet to the west. From this point the
small stream rushing through the glen and
under tho bridge may be seen some 200
feet below.
Her Answer,
I asked for ber hand aud
hbe murmured "Oh, my!"
And Rave iu a smile from
llr love-swimming eye.
She gave me ber baud, while
CHiessmtr berrMxxlle,
Anil taid, I am yours, sir.
If you' to gut the biHsile.
Loitun Courier,
WISE WOttDS.
The certain way to be cheated , is to
fancy one's self more cunning than
others.
Help somebody worse off than your
self, and you will find you are better off
than you fancied.
Every man who observes vigilantly,
and resolves steadfastly, grows uncon
sciously into genius.
The men who do things naturally,
slowly, deliberately, are the men who
oftenest succeed in life.
Love is the most terrible, and also the
most generous of the passions; it is the
only one that includes it its dreams tho
happiness of some one else.
Perfection docs not exist; to under
stand it is the triumph of human intelli
gence; to desire to possess it is tho most
dangerous kind of madness.
A good man is tho best friend, and
therelore is first to be chosen, longest to
be retained, and indeed, never to be
parted with, unless he ceases to bo that
for which he was chosen.
The roses of pleasure seldom last long
eusugh to adorn the brow of those who
pluck them, and they are only roses
which do not retain their sweetness after
thay have lost their beauty.
Judge no one by his relations, what
ever criticism you may pass npon his
companions. Relations, like features,
are thrust upon us; companions, like
clothes, are more or less our own selec
tion. Tho mind should be accustomed to
make wise reflections, and draw curious
conclusions, as it goes along ; the hab
itude of which makes Pliny the younger
atli m that he never read a book but he
drew some profit from it. ,
The most agreeable of all companions
is n simple, frank man, with' ut any high
pretentions to any oppressive greatness;
onewholjves lile and understands the
use of it; obliging, alike at all hours;
above all, of a golden temper; and stead
fast as an anchor. For such a one we
gladly exchange tho greatest geuius, the
most brilliant wit, the profoundest
thinker.
A Millionaire's Pleasure Skiff.
In his recent visit to thjaountry Mr.
Vanderbilt, of New York, bejng struck
with the high finish of the Thames boats
exhibited at the naval exhibition at
Liverpool, commissioned Messrs. Messum
& Sons, of Richmond, to construct for
his private use one of their very finest
pleasure skiffs. The Idle Hour, as the
well-known millionaire has chosen to
call his new craft, the name being painted
in gold on a blue ground on each side of
the bows, is twenty-six. feet long, , four
feet four inches wide, and will draw
when immersed under a full complement
of passengers and rowers fully sixteen
inches of water. Tho boat is mot sub
stantially constructed; the keel, stern
and stern post and ' timbers are all of
hrst English wood, the skin being of
mahogany three-eighths of fin inch
thick, the top being three-quarters of an
inch. Every metal part of the fittings is
nickel plated, so that the craft has an
exceedingly bright and somewhat daz
zling appearance. She is arranged for
two pairs of sculls, with rowlocks rising
high from the gunwales, on the well
known skiff system still preferred on the
Thames to the level arrangements in
gigs, and the mast will, when stepped,
allow her to dance merrily before a
breeze under a balanco lugsail, though,
of course, she will not be much use in
turning to windward, not having either
keel or centre-board. The lines of the
Idle Hour are very sweet, tho sharp bow
tapering gently to the midship section
without any straightness in the floors,
and running out into a nice clean stern,
with quarters like a racing yacht. In a
few days sho will bo shipped to New
York, where possibly she will be placed
on board Mr. Vanderbilt's big now steam
yacht, the Alva, where in smooth water
she will always be preferred to the
heavier boats of the usual type from her
general lightness of construction.
Murrey England) Comet.
Practical Qualities of Aluminium.
No metal heretofore in use has any
thing like the number of practical quali
ties possessed by aluminium. Compared
with the precious metals, it is equally
ductile with gold and silver, tarnishes
less than tho latter, resists the attacks
of all acids except hydrochloric, and
melts at a comparatively low tempera
ture. Compared with iron and steel,
its specific gravity is nearly three times
less, while capable of resisting a tensile
strain equal to the best of iron. It casts
well, and can be forged with facility,
never oxidising even at a red heat. It
is b ss sensible to variations of heat and
cold than must metals. Compared with
tin, it forms alloys with every other
metal, imparting to that metal many of
its own remarkable qualities. Compared
with copper, for electrical purposes, it
greatly surpasses the latter in its con-
ductability. The ores of aluminium in a
more or less concentrated state are
abundant in every part of the globe;
and yet, with all this, so far up to the
present time, tho refractoriness of these
ores has been such that their reduction
has been, if not impossible, at least at
tended with such great expense as to
render the cost of the metal prohibitory
to its general introduction. Until re
cently, the only known successful process
for the production of aluminium bar
been that invented by the French
metallurgist, Deville, which consisted
iu reducin the aluminium in an atmos
phere of chloride of sodium. The ex
pense of this was necessarily very great.
Now, however, that electricity has been
brought to solve the questiou, there is no
doubt that the problem of the production
of cheap aluminium has been solved.
tn'jine'rintj a.ui Mining Journal.
School property iu th.; Northern States
is valued t VbVJUO.ijuO.
A MILKING SONO.
When from the sea, at morn,
Breezes are blowing,
And through the tasseled corn
Lightly are going;
Vhon In the meads the dew
Brightly is showing;
When at the bars no few
Cattle are lowing,
Then from the house a maid,
Gaily a-singing,
Cometh cut to the shad
Of high trees, swinging
Shining pails on each arm.
For the ia-bringing
Of the creamy tides warm.
Frothy foam flinging.
Then in my heart, anew,
Cupid arouses.
"Hasto," saya the wight, "and woo
While the herd browses.
Bee I seel there la a bird
That now espouses
His love with ready word,
As he allows his
Bong to thrill the cool air.
Never despairing,
riuck thou this wild rose fair,
Meet for the wearing,
Swain like thou art, alone,
Needs wifely caring.
And a heart like her own,
Husbandly sharing. " -.".
Charles Q. Blanden, in the Century:
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
A cool baseball player The ice pitcher
A fire-place has a grate opportunity.
Carl Pretzel.
The ties formed at sociables sometimes
lead to matrimonial knots.
The questiou of the hour is always one
of great moment. Pittsburgh J)iatch.
A western paper says there some pretty
tough nuts in the army. Does it refer to
the kernels ? Life.
If everybody would mind his own busi
ness w wonder how a lawyer would
live. Lowell Citizen.
A new scientist says man is destined
finally to change into'a bear. This must
give us paws. Texa 8if tinge.
It doesn't make any difference to you
hew good a horse your neighbors has, if
you can't borrow him. Homerville Jour
nal. The people in the far north eat candles
when they can get them. This is one
way of making a light meal. Boston
Budget.
CAN AFFORO IT.
It is the girl whose pa is sound,
Financially has lots of boodle
, Who with a ribbon dregs around
The city'a streets a tiuy poodle.
Boston Courier.
The Coral bell is getting to be rather
stale for marriage ceremonies. Why
should not some enterprising couple be
married under a pair tree. Boston Bul
letin. Eating onions is said to insure sleep.
It may in the fellow who eats them, but
how about the other poor chap who tries
to sleep with him. Germantoien Inde
pendent.. There was ayouug lady named Vaughan,
Who treated her lover with gcaughaa,
And he gave up the suit
When her father' big buit
Shot him hastily forth on the laughau.
Lif.
j). patent medicine man asks: "What is
the dark shadow?" There are so many
of them hovering around that one must
think before replying: but the darkest
of them all is certainly ihe young lady
who sits down to tell you about the White
Mounta;ns and Tings in a dozen pages of
the guide book in her narrative. Ntie
York Graphic.
A Valuable Otter.
A teamster came down to Chico, Cal.,
oone day recently from tho mountains,
bringing with him a live otter, which at
tracted a great deal of attention in town.
The man said he got the animal some
time ago from some Indians, who caught
it in the Columbia River, Oregon, when
it was very young and only as big as a
rat. It is now about thirty inches in
length from its noso to the tip of its tail,
and weighs fully fifty pounds. In coloi
it is a dark brown. The otter is very
tame, aud will follow its master about
inxn lik-eR line, never otTuiinir to run
away. He and a few friends went down
to the river with the animal after fish.
It had been trained by its former own
ers, the Indians, to catch fish, and iti
performance is said by those who wit
nessed it to be truly remarkable. When
thrown into the river the otter would
make a sudden dive into the water.
After a moment it would reappear on the
surface with a fish in its mouth, which it
would bring to the bank to its mast r.
Then it would repeat the operation,
never failing to bring up a fish when it
dived. In this way tho pirty got over a
hundred fi-h in two hours' time. The
teamster values his pet very highly, but
wanted to sell it, as he has to be travel
ing around the country all the time. He
considers h worth 100.
A Valuable YelL
The church of Meixotl, Mexico, is said
to contain a veil of great value. For
nearly three centuries Spaniards were in
the habit of vowing a jewel to the veil
of Our Lady of Meixotl if they returned
safely from a voyage to Spain, until in
Maximilian's time' tho veil was bejew
eled to the value of '.'00,000. Three
Oerinan ad venturers with Maxmillan de
termined after his failure to carry away
this veil. They made elaborate pie;)ra
tions, succeeded iu taking the te.l, but a
pursuing party had marly overtaken
them when they made a sUud in a nar-
ow puss, where two of them were, how
ever, kill d with their horses, the third
making oil under cover of darkness, bui
without the veil, which was recaptured
and restored to the ultar, to be moi
vigilantly guarded than ever.