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The Internal revenue recepts are steadily Increasing. j nrtford (Conn.) Theological Seminary line Vencd its doors to women. ; - A matrimonial crazo has broken out nmong tho royal families of Europe. I - Tho- world's coinngo for 1688 was $293,502,045, against $283,645,000 in 1887. ! Michael Davitt asserts that tho idea of separation would die out in Ireland were Parncll's measure to go through. It i an interesting fact that the pro portion of blind people has greatly de creased' during the last two decades. Tho Legislature of California, at its hist session, amended tho Slato revenue laws so as to exempt fruit trees and gntpo viues from taxation. The Indian population, since placed on reservations, has increased faster than the black or while, while the rate of mor tality has steadily decreased. "It is estimated," says the Indianapolis Journal, "that 200,000,000 of British capital has been invested in the United .Flutes during tho current year." r Tho railroads of India have almost - dono away w ith i-astc. All sorts of re ligions" now have to mix up, and it hasn't hurt 'em a MrT )n tho contrary, . fanaticism is List disappearing. Says tho AVashington Star: "How many fcirl graduates of tho season havo written their commencement essays on tho 'Coming Man,' nn:l how few will find him like his portrait when ho comes 1" An eminent Knglish surgeon says that n kiss on the lips ought to bo felt for at least twenty minutes afterward,' and that kissing produces a sensation which the system require! to keep it in a healthy 6tatc. Since tho phylloxera has so ravaged Fraucc, Turkey is looming up ns a wine producing country. Some of the south ern provinces nrc said to be excellent ns ino growing districts, both for climate and soil. A Cnntaiu in the Rnaonn Am,v 1 bceu cashiered for saving ho life of a Jpcasaut woman, "and thereby lowering hi standard as a gentleman." In this country such an act would havo raised a soldier's "standard" ns a gentleman.. The man who seems to have made tho most but of the Oklahoma boom is cx Gove'rn'or Crawford, of Kansas, who re ceived ten per cent, of the amount paid to tho Creek Indians for tho lands, on account of his services as au attorney iu negotiating the sale. It is n significant commentary on tho uselcssncss of univcrsalexhibitioiis as pro moters of permanent peace, muses tho Nowlrlenus -Timet Democrat, that tho "War I'alaee" in the great Paris show Ibis year is more popular with the French visitors thau any other department. "When the Sjminolc Indians of Florida - elect a chief, they choose the biggest fight er and most successful hunter of the tribe. If there happens to be a tie between two J candidates, their method of deciding it ' -is-to have each candidate place n live coal oil his wrist. The one who flinches first loses the office. It is the immemorial privilege of nn ... alien domiciled in England, if he be ar rainged for a criminal offence, to demand . that ho shall be tried by a jury, oue-hulf of which shall consist of foreigners. In the jury which tried such a man a few . ' ' weeks ngo, it was discovered near the end of tho trial that one of the members, a , .Freuchniau, could not really understand English nt nil, and the proceeding went for naught. . The Board of Visitors to tho Annapolis (Md.) Naval Academy, recommends that '. i ' ' ' tho academic tout-so bo reduced from six V . . to'four years, and that at tho end of four years the cadets bo commissioned as eu- . signs. It also recommeuds that the max imum limit of age be nineteeeu instead . of twenty years. The board thinks it would be desirable for the Government to " . . ) Jlnd occupation for mora graduate cadets than ure ' now taken annually into tho nnV$irvice, and suggests that Congress - mtnrijoung meu into tho marine ser ,r vice. i The metric system is slowly, but surely, becoming established throughout the ' . civilized world. ",Tite .English-speaking count rifV. ever, are blower iu adopt ing it thau those of other lands, and iu our own country there is a yet compara tively little use of tho system excepting in. scientific cjrclcs. That it is exteud jujg, however, is shown by figures pre k utud at a recent meeting of the French ..Academy of Science. Countries repre senting 302,000,000 of people have ivptsd it,, a gain of 53,000,000 in tea ir. ' ".' THE OLD CANOE, Where Hie rocks are gray and the shore Is steep, And the waters below look dark and deep; Where the rugged pine, 1n lta lonely pride, I yeans gloomily over the murky tide; Where the reeds and rushes are long and lank, And the weeds grow thick on the winding bank; Where the shadow is heavy tho whole day through, There lies at IU mooring the old canoe. The useless paddles are idly dropped, Like a sea-bird's wings that the storm has lopped, And crossed on the railing; one o'er one, Like the folded hands when the work Is done, While busily back and forth between The spider stretches his silvery screen, Aud tho solemn owl with the dull "too whoo," Hetties down on the aide of the old canoe. The stern half sunk in tho slimy wave, Rota slowly away in its living grave, And the green moss creeps o'er it dull decay, Hiding its moldertng dust away, Like the band that plants o'er the tomb a flower, Or the ivy that mantles the falling tower; While many a blossom of loveliest hue Springs up o'er the stern of the old canoe. The currentless waters are dead and still, But the twilight wind plays with the boat at will, And lazily in and out again It floats the length of the rtL,ty chain. Like the weary march of the hands of time, That meet and part at. the noontide chime, And tho shore is kissed at each turn anew, By the dripping bow of the old canoe. Oh ! many a time with careless haud, I have pushed it away from tho pebbly strand. And paddled it down where the stream runs quick, Where the whirls are wild and the eddies thick. And laughed as I leaned o'er the rockine side, 6 And looked IhjIow iu the broken lido, To aee that the faces and boats were two, That were mirrowed back from the old canoe. But, now as I lean o'er the crumbling aide, And look below In the sluggish tide. The face that I see there is graver grown, AU the laugh t hat I hear has a soberer tone. And the hands that lent to the light skiff wings Have grown familiar with sterner things, But I love to think of the hours that sped As I rocked where the whirls their white spray shed Ere iUe bom waved or the green grass grew O'er the nioldcruig stern of the eld canoe. MATTIES CHOICE. If any one had hinted to pretty Mattie Woolston that she would ever figure ns n heroine in a story.sho would have opened her brown eyes wide in amazement. 8hc was the only child of good old Dr. Wool ston, of Grey port, a thriving town in Yorkshire, and iu tho circle of local so ciety was considered at oacc a belle and an heirc. Hair and eyes tho color of a chestnut when first the burr uncloses, a complexion as soft as satin and white ns milk, with the prettiest rose tint of color on tho round cheeks, white, even teeth sot in a pretty, smiliug mouth, a figuro tall, slight and graceful, were the attrac tions in appearance of tho village beauty. But those who knew Mattie Woolston wll were wont to say that her pretty face and figure were the least of her charms. She had a low, musical voice, n manner graceful and easy, high-bred by intuition of what was dignified and maid enly; sho was the neatest housekeeper in Greyport, and nil her taste, full dresses and hols were the work of her own deft fingers. Sho had read intelligently, und could converse well. So it is no matter for wonder that Mattie had many lovers. But foremost upon tho list, to all appearance, was hundsomo Ned Gordon, who had been to the University, and whoso father shared tho aristocratic honors of Greyport with the doctor and clergyman, being the only lawyer in the town. The clergyman was a bachelor of nearly forty years of age, who had come but recently to Greyport to preside over the church where tho Woolstous nnd the Gordons had each a pew. Ho was a grave, reserved mau, whose face bore tho impress of sorrows and cares conquered, and succeeded by the serene peace that is far above the carelefs content that has never known interruption. He wns not a handsome man, but had large, tender eyes under a broad white brow; and these would irraditito his homely face with a light almost divine, when, he preached with au eloquence and simplicity rarely combined; so that men went from his church, slowly and thoughtfully ponder ing upon truths that wero but homely, evcry-duy facts, but suddenly had been illumined' by earnest eloquence into paths to salvation. One of these men, young, wealthy and full of talent, was Ned Gordon, Mattie's ardent admirer from boyhood. He had left her in sobbing pain of lovo to go to a boarding school, had felt his heart torn wheu college took him again from Mattie, and had becomo moro devoted than ever when he camo home "for good," to find her grown to womanhood, fairer than ever. Ho had been wont to say of himself, when he considered the subject at all, that he "was not a bad fellow, ns fellows go," being simply au idle hangcr-ou to his father's wealth, a desultory student of musty law-books when the mood seized him, floating carelessly down life's stream doing uo especial harm by the way, but assuredly doing no good either. Of his personal responsibility in the scheme of creation, hu had never thought "until tlio Rev. Harvey Stillmau was ap pointed vicar of tho iiue old church at Greyport, where Ned's tine tenor wus quite a feature iu tho choir. It must be confessed that, uudur the dull prosy preaching of Harvey Stillinau's prede cessor, the choir seat had been a gather ing pUic for much quiet flirtation among the belles and beaux of the town; and Ned's chief magnet was the certainty of sitting near Mattie, and hearing her clear sweet soprano join his own voice. But before Harvey Stillman had been a month nt Grnyport, Ned was uneasily conscious that many of his words were as dagger thrusts nt his own aimless, use less life, nnd waking to this conscious ness, he also awakened to another disa greeable fact namely, that Mattie was nlno perceiving that life was a moro earn est, real thing, than she had before pic tured it to herself. She bad never been a drone in the hive, but sho had become more nctively useful outside of her little house-world, visiting in a quiet, unostentatious way, among tho poorest of her father's pa tients, doing good in nn humble spirit, but with asincerc desire to help, ns farns possible, those who needed her gentle ministrations. Ned loved her more than ever for the gentlo self-denials she practiced so quiet ly that only those who wero benefitod knew of them, but, to his great dismay, there camo a little gulf between himself and his love, widening so gradually he could not tell where it had commenced or would end. For tho first time since he wns a mere boy he saw that Mattie gave him only the wnrm friendship of years of brotherly aad sisterly intercourse, where he had given the first nnd only lovo o his life. She seemed drifting from him, nbsorbed in her new duties and leaving but little margin of time for the recreations they had shared for years. He was appalled by tho fear of losing hei, nnd yet she kept him from telling hor cither his hopes or his fears. "She thiuks I aui nn idle, good-for-nothing fellow," he thought, "and I never get nny chance now to tell her I mean to buckle on my armor, too, and do my sharo of work. I am studying hard, and father will give me a start iu my profession, that can be made a com fort to tho nfllicted and a light to the down-trodden. I'mcnn to bo all even Mattie can wish mo to be, but I can't get a word with her now. Last evening she was with that poor dying child of Cross man's, nnd to-day sho is trying to com fort his mother. The last time I called she was at the National School, nnd when I do seo hcrshe is not the careless, merry hearted Mattie of old. She thinks I am the same, though, nnd despises mo ior an idle good-for-nothing." Some such pondering was in Nod's mind, when, driving his phaeton up the main street of the town, he overtook the Hev. Harvey Stillman going iu the samo direction. He reined iu nt once. "If you are goiug my wny, Mr. Still man," he said, "will you let me drive you to your destination?'' "I am afraid I am going too far for you," was the reply. "I ntn on my way to Hawson's place." "How fortunate I met you ! It is fully three miles.. Get in, nnd Black Prince will soon carry you there." "But you?" "My time is vours. Do not refuse me!" The elcrgymnn accepted the invitation, and before he fully perceived what he was saying. Ned was making him n con- liilant of nil his perplexities and resolu tions, till even his love story came out in earnest words. Led on by the quietly expressed sympathy in nil Ids resolves to enter upon a noble and more useful life, im petuous JNc(t,ly a sudden inspiration, said : "If only Mattie could know how much it would help me to feel sure of her love? I cannot say if sho ever cared for me ns I care for her; but if I could believe she would be my wife when I deserved her, it would stimulatcme ns no other hone on earth coud do." "You think she loves you?" Tho Hev. Harvey Stillman's very lips were white as he asked the question. "I did think so once. Now, I would give nil I own to be sure of it." There was much more to the same pur pose, till Ned, with n sudden gleam of hope, asked the clergyman to plead his cause. "No one has so much influence as you have. Sho looks up to you as to n father," said Ned, never seeing how his listener wiuced nt the comparison; nnd if you were to tell her how her love would aid me, she might bclievo I do not always mean to be the idler she has kuown. "I will see her," was the gravo reply. "If sho loves you, sho shall have the happiness of giving you the encourage ment you desire. But when the drive was over, and tho clergyman entered his study, tho quiet gravity of his face broke up into an ex pression of keenest fluttering. He had borne many sorrows in his life. Death had takeu his nearest and dearest ; pov erty had laid her heavy hand upon him; temptation had assailed him, only driven back by prayerful struggles. lie had hoped to tiuil in Greyport, rest, after a long battle in life. His living promised him an easy competence and some leisure for studies he loved, without neglect of his higher duties. But before ho lwd been in his new home many weeks Mattie AVoolston's sweet, earnest face, her gen tlo goodness, her unobtrusive, sincere piety had wakened iu his heart an emo tion he had never hoped to experience. Love had been a fur oil possibility for huv picr lives, and he had not perceived that it was scekiug entrance into his own till Ned Gordon roused him to conscious ness of what his deep interest in Mattie signified. He loved her.audhe had undertaken to plead tho cause of another to her! Thought became such torture that ho re solved to have the dread iutevicw over, to know tho worst at once. He found Mattie iu the parlor of her father's hand some houso, and, fearing for his own strength, told his errand gently. Tho girl looked at him with white cheeks and a startled expression, as if she had received a sudden, unexpected blow where she had looked for kiudness. her great brown eyes had a hunted, pite ous look that it went to his heart to see. She struggled for composure before she trusted her voice to speuk, and it was low and tremulous when sho laid I "Since ou an Mr. Gordon' arahauudon. tmll him, from mc, Hint lio lias my most sincere good winhes for his success in his new life, He has no warmer friend, no more earnest well-wisher than myself. But I ran never bo his wife. I do not love him. We have been like brother and sister since childhood, and I can give him my sisterly affection, nothing more." "I think he is sincere in his resolution to make his life moro earnest nnd useful than it has ever been," tho Hev. Henry Stillman said, his own pain urging him still to plead Ned's cause. "I hope he will persevere in his resolve. Ho mnv make a noble man." "But his love" "I enn never return," rIic said reso lutely. "Pray leave me now. I I am not well." Ho left her. Only a few feet from the door he turned and retraced his steps. He had satisfied his conscience; had pleaded the cause of the younger, hand somer rami. Faithfully he had placed be fore Mattie all Ned's pleadings, nil licr influ ence might do for him, nnd he had won only a steady refusal of the suit he urged. Now ho set his teeth hard, nnd went back. Now ho would risk his own fate! But nt tho door he pnuscd, for Mattio had thrown herself in a deep nrm-chair, nnd with her face hidden, was sobbing with a perfect passion of grief. Was it for Ned? Did sho already re pent her decision? Irresolute whether to retreat or advance. Harvey Stillman stood in the doorway till Mattio neither seeiug nor hearing him, felt she was not alone, nnd looked up. In a moment she was on her feet, nnd for the first time the clergyman saw her eyes flash witli nnger. "Why do you come back?" she said. "Have you not sufficiently humiliated me?" "I!" ho cried. "I humiliate you?" "What else is it to como to mo to plead Mr. Gordon's love? Is he nn idiot that he cannot speak himself, but must make my name a byword by prating of his love to every stranger?" "Miss Woolston, you misjudge him and mc me most of nil if you imagine I de sire to humiliate you. I, who honor you above nil other women ! I, who came tearing my own heart to plead ngaiust it for your happiness! Do not judge mo harshly, Mattie, for my love's sake!"' She had so visibly brightened as ho spoke, such dewy happiness rested in tho brown eyes, such tremulous smiles gath ered around tho small mouth, that the Rev. Hnrvey Stillman felt his own heart swell with sudden rapture. 'OIattie,"he cried, "I am many years older than you nre, nnd yet I love you with all the strength ot my heart 1" "And I love you." Simply as a child, she told the trulh of her own henrt. He was not a mau for nuy outburst of rapture. Tenderly he folded her iu his arms, saying softly. "Thank God, darling!" Nobody but Mattie nnd her betrothed knew why Ned Gordon resolved to pur sue his studies in London instead of re maining with his father in Greyport, but years later, when ho came back to tho couiitry town to take his father's prac tice, tho Hev. Harvey Stillman felt, with grateful emotion, that the good resolu tions had not faltered, but had ennobled nnd purified the entire life of his old ri val, while Mattie gave a cordial welcome to tho pretty blue-eyed wife, who had won and keps the heart of her old lover. Iron ns Fish Food. An extraordinary " find in n fish " was made in the Market Hall by a fish dealer named George Smith, who owns a stall there. Among the many consign ments of fish which he rcotived was a number of large conger cols sent from Skibereen, County Cork, Ireland. The conger is known to be n very vicious fish, but one could scarcely believe that he would swallow two pounds nine ounces of irou. Yet such was the morsel found in tho stomach of ono of the eels. Mr. Smith was cutting up the fish when his knife encountered something hard, and on opening the stomach ho found n large iron bolt, which had evidently been part of a ship's tackle. The bolt is about a foot long, and at the end is a large ring, two inches and a half or three inches in diameter. Tho bolt itself is ns thick us au ordin ary Malacca cane. The eel weighed about two stone ami was a yard auda half long. His swallow ing capacity may be judged from the fact that a good-sized mackerel was also found in the stomach. The bolt is eaten away by rust, nnd is of n type decidedly out of date, so that it had probably lain on tlio bottom of the sea n long time before it was swallowed by the eel. The hitter's stomach nnd back were considerably in flamed, and there is little reason to doubt that it would soon have died from indi gestion. A curious feature of the caso is that the fish was bliud in one eye. In spector Latham told our representative, that many curious things were oftentimes found in the stomach of fish sent to tho Market Hall, and instanced his remarks' by stating that a short time back the arm of a child was discovered inside a large codfish. There may, after all, be truth in the old stories of missing rings and jewels being restored to the light through this agency. llhvniwjlinm (HuijlunJ) Mail. Vsiiijr a Whale for a Target. "Old Creedmoor" is a big whale that plays around Passainaquoddy Bay, about two miles from town, every summer. At least, it is positively asserted by fish ermen that the same old fellow has made his app-arance annually to feed on the schools of herring that frequent the place in the summer season, and this is how lie got his title. Iu times past when some of the crack shotsof tho Frontier Guards were too tired to walkout tothc rillo range they would take a boat, and sailing down the harbor at a certain time of the tide, would be quite certain to lind his whale ship playing around the bay. Theu they would make use of him for a target, as a part of his big carcass frequently rose above the surface a long distance, pit. Au ex-member of the guards says you could always tell when he wus hit for he "kicked like a stsor." Euitport (Ye ) Senliiui, HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. , TrlE ATTIC. I There fs not one house in ten that hai nn attic, nnd more than one-half of the houses that havo one, there is no way to pet into it. They are always a source of anxiety to tho good housewife, for she never kn j when the house may catch fire in that very place, and no way to get to the Arc to put it out. Even when she steps out for a few minutes' chat with her next door neighbor, the attic is sel dom out of her mind. She tells the children to be sure not to make a fire, in ense the chimney should catch lire and sho generally turns n pail of wnter into the stove before going nway. There should be a way to get into tho attic, no matter how small the nttic is. It would not bo very expensive to have a door made, and hung; or a trap door would be better than none. Tlio housc wifo could then inspect it once n month. Brush down nil tho dust Hnd cob webs; there is nothing that catches fire so easy ns cob webs and they will smoulder ever so long, and see that there is no defect in the chimney. Once or twice a year it should bo rubbed with a damp cloth. Take an old broom nnd tie a cloth over it nnd wash the wnlls, but do not have the broom too wet; it will clean it so it will not smell musty, ns nttics generally do. The cham bers nre thus made healthier t.nd moro pleasant to sleep iu. The housewife will then go round with a smile of content ment on her face instead of the weary look of nnxiety thnt wns there before tho door to the nttic was made. Somo women will, when they have a large attic, have it full of things, such as the spinniug-wheel, and swifts and n box of patch-work. Now this should not be done. Have nothing in the attic that can be avoided. I will now tell you nn excellent remedy for bugs, and that is common salt ; put nnywhere so they can eat it. Farm, Field and Stockman. SOMETHING FOlt DESSEBT. There is so much to entice one out ol doors now, let us save time in the heated kitchen by preparing plain desserts. The recipes here given havo been thoroughly tested, and nre well liked. Hice, we consider wholesome, economical and easy to prepare; three important points to one who has to consider the outlay of both money nnd strength. Hice Pudding With Eggs One quarl of milk, three eggs, one cup of boiled rice, a good pinch of suit, one half cup of sugar, raisins and flavoring. Bake half uu hour. Boiled Hice With Cream Sauce Boi! a cup full of rice the usual way. Foi the sauce take one pint of milk, yolks ol two eggs, ono-half cup sugar, a pinch ol salt, und two tablespoonfuls of Hour oi cornstarch. Put the milk in a double boiler. Beat the eggs, sugar and floui together with a little cold milk, strain nnd thicken tho boiling milk. Add vanilla or lemon flavoring when cold. Have the rice and sauce as cold as possi ble when served. Pcquot Pudding One-half cup of sugar, two tablespoonfuls melted butter, one egg, ono teaspoonful soda, two of cream tartar, one-half cup milk, one and one-half cups flour, one-half cup of seeded nnd chopped raisins, one cup of stoned cherries or currants, and any berry may be substituted for tho raisins, and now that we are in the midst of the fruit season we wnnt to make the most of it. Sliced apples nre excellent in this pud ding, but instead of stirring in with the flour, cover the bottom of tho disli nud pour the butter over them. Sauce for Above No. 1. Butter size of an egg, nnd as much sugar as it will take up easily; flavor to taste. No. 2. Two-thirds cup of sugar, small spoonful of butter, one cup of hot water. Boil to gether, and thicken with a heaping tnble spoonful of corn starch or flour, ndd ouo teaspoonful of vinegar nnd flavoring just before serving. Cookies or cakes can be mndo in the curly morning, and with fruit, makes a good dessert. We have tried a good many recipes for cookies, but find none so easy and satisfactory as the follow ing: Sugar Cookies One cup of sugar, ouo tablespoouful butter (heaping), one egg, one teaspoonful soda, two of cream tar tar, one-third cup of sweet milk, flour to make as soft as possible. Bake in a hot oven. Cookies should be made and baked as quickly us possible, and handled light ly don't knead them. If you want to please the children both big and small put a thiu frosting on them; you will be repaid for the extra trouble. We some times add chopped raisins or currants to the cookies, und cull them hermits. As a youug friend of mine remarked, after u taste of them," they taste moreish." Peqtiot Cake For a good cuke that can bo made a dilferent way every day in tho week, and which never fails, at least nt our house, let mc recommend one cup of sugar, but ter, size of nn egg, ono teaspoonful of soda, two of cream tartar, one-half cup of milk, two eggs, two cups of flour. Beat sugar aud butter together, ndd the eggs, then the milk with the soda ami cream tartar stirred iu the milk until foaming, then tho flour. This can be flavored and baked in a plain loaf, or iu cup cakes larger cake, ribbon cake which is made by taking one-third of the mixture and lidding fruit and spice, bake iu three layers and put them together with frost itig. Or baked like marbled cake. One cup of raisins or currants, or both, and spices added makes an excellent plain fruit cake. Chocolate Pudding Oncquurt of milk ouc-half cup of sugar, two egg's, two tublcspoonfuls of corn-starch, one-quarter cake of chocolate and vanilla fluvoring. Put the milk iu double boiler, beat the i'gs;s and sugar and corn-starch together with n little cold milk, strain ami thicken tho milk, have the chocolate well dis solved, uud ndd slowly also the vanilla after taking from the boiler. Set on the. ice and servo with cake. Atio York Ob tercet: Strawberries as, large at tea cupi gr t wild la Africa. A MIGHTY BEAR MJNTER. THE GREATEST LIVING AMERICAN SLAYER OF BRTJIN. His Home In the N'ortb Cnrolina Moun tains Some of Hi Narrow K capes and Darius; I cats. Around Ashcville, N. C, arc many in teresting points, but none so highly novel as the homo of Big Tom Wilson, the most noted living bear hunter in America. Big Tm has killed up to the present writing just three hundred nnd fifty-seven bears, exclusive of the cubs ho has cap tured and killed. lie was born nnd raised nt the foot of Black Mountain, one of the highest peaks in western North Carolina, and has been hunting bear since n mere boy. It is worth the ride of thirty-five miles on horseback tlaxmigri the mountains from Ashevillo, to vtsit the homo of, nnd sec nnd talk with, Big Tom. His is a typical mountain home, a small log hut with stick and mud chimney nt the foot Blnck Mountain and on the edge of a small stream konwn as Coney River. There is not another house within ten miles, and to any but the most expe rienced mountain guide the place is inac cessible, there being only one small gap through the mountains by which it is possible to reach the place, for Cancy River a short distance below the hunter's mountain home is suddenly lost from view and appenrs above ground ngnin miles nway on the other side of the moun tain. Tom litis a wife nud fourteen children, all of whom live in the one room of the small log cabin. But children nre not tho only live stock thnt Tom has, for around his home arc three largo black pet bears. These nre his dogs or his hunt ing companions. Tom is a great burly fellow, six feet four inches tall, with broad shoulders and muscles of steel. His beard is long nnd blnck, slightly tinged with gray. His hair is as straight ns un Indian's, and hangs down over his shoulders. His eye brows nre long and bushy, while bc ncath.thcra is as piercing a pair of gray eyes as one could imagine. Ho is n per fect type of the ideal mountain hunts man, nnd a mere glance nt him would indicate to the most conservative that he could grapple with and conquer, empty handed, the most ferocious bear. But Tom lias had ono tussel empty handed nnd snys ho never wants another. As a consequence his face nnd body nre covered with scars nnd one linger of his right hand is gone. It was in the fall of 1882. He had been hunting over the mountains, and having struck no game, had rested his rifle against a tree and lain down for n nap. He awoke sud denly to Cud n big black bear on his hind legs with the gn clutched between his paws nud almost over him. Tom jumped to his feet in an instant. But the bear was equally quick, and, dropping the gun, made for Tom. They grappled, nnd ns Tom ex presses it, "there was the greatest hug ging match for half an hour you ever saw." Tom held his own admirably nt first, but the bear bit mid tore nt his clothes until they were nil oil, nnd then tore the flesh from his shoulders iu hunks. Tom Wits choking the bear with his great hands of iron nnd the beur was hugging nud tearing at his nrms nnd shoulders. He was bleeding from a dozen different wounds and rapidly growing weak when ho stumbled ou a rock nnd fell, with tho bear on toj. His back struck some thing hard. It was his rifle. His hopes nro?e, and w ith a great ef fort he turned, caught the muzzle of the rifle with ono hand, pressed it ngainst the throat of the bear and quickly pulled the trigger with the other. The ball crushed through the neck nnd bruin of tho bear nnd he fell over dead. Tom was saved, but to use his Own expression, he "will never tackle another bar without ole trusty," his rille. . Tom was never known to trap n bear. IIo says that is taking au unfair advan tage of the "critters." Just nfter his single hauded experience with the bear Tom got three large ones out of one tree. He and his boy were going over the mountains unarmed. They were nine miles from his cabin and it was late in the afternoon when he spied three bears in the limbs of a chest nut tree eating the fruit. He immedi ately built a large fire around the trunk of the tree and sent his boy home for his rillo, while he remained to keep up tho tire and prevent them from getting away. The trip was a long and rugged one, nud tho boy did not return until the next morning, but Big Tom kept the lire burn ing aud watched all night. At sunrise the boy had returned, aud Tom got all three in that many shots. Big Tom don't hunt ns much now ns he used to, but he never returns without game. The thr.-o bears he hits nt his home he raised, laving captured them when cubs. TI.ey are ns obedient to his command as dogs, and always accompany him on his hints. He t,s they never fail to find baar, and as a wild one seeing them will approach he can kill them without difficulty. Two of them ure scarred uud oiltcti up quite badly, tor sometimes Tom carries them out to seo them tight with and kill the wild ones around tli.' mountains. They sometimes, however, have very tough tights, and ou one or two occasions Tom 1ms been coin clled, in order to sue bis pels, to enter the melee untied w ith a knife and ussht them iu tlio light. At home they tiro generally chained, but the big man's children play aioutul them mid the little ones often ride on their backs around tlio cabin. Tom says he is netting old now, and id going to give up huntiug after next win ter, but those who know him say he will never give it up in. til he i) loo old to climb the mountains. He is now appa rently about fifty-five years of age, and perhaps tlm most perfect fpecimen of physical manhood to be found in this country. Atlanta I'Mistitutiun. Sir Lepcl Grilltn proposes to colonize Cashmere with with 3,000,000 Englishmen ns to the Iudiun Empire, a bulwark MATIN SONO. The bee is beginning to hum tn the flower, And the blossom to break on the vine; The clock in the steeple is striking the hour, And the sun is beginning to shine Beginning to shine on the factory tower, And to kindle the crest of the pino. There's a Wee wren that sings at your pane; Twice, thrice, she has sung there to you; I woke, and I wondered, so sweet was tha' strain, But the dusky wings fluttered and flew; She has gone where the reapers are gleaning the grain, Whilo the berry Is swollen with dew. Rise up, little heart; oh! be joyful, aad riso While the morning Is misty and red, For the sun will grow mighty and blaze hi the skies, And the primrose will bow down her head The hy la will slumber ad sleep where he lies, And the locust will shrill there instead. Rise up, for tho owl is adoze, nis eyeballs are dazzled with day. Oh, come! for tho waters are crimson and rose Where the river winds down to the bay, And the littJo brown boat, where the sweet corn glows, Is waiting to bear us away. Dora 11. Gootfule, in Young People. HUMOR OF THE DAT. Cool treatment a plate of ice cream. Want of principal is the principal want of many people. Boarding-house people ought not to expect dressed beef in hot weather. Love is blind, which probably accounts for the spectacles some young lovers make of themselves. Everything is smooth sailing with us when we haveio difficulty in raising the wind. jYetc York Atr. Plenty of sleep is conducive to beauty. Even a garment looks worn when it loses it nap. Binghamton liepubliean. A modest blush suffused her gentle faeo, For she had just been asked to wed, AiH she replied with sweet St. Louis grace, "SVhy, cert." she said. It is refreshing to see how a tramp who finds n woodpilo will pull his coat oft' and lio down to sleep. Merchant Traveler. Nnmby "I hear, Pamby, that you possess au cstimablo wifo." Pamby (sadly) "No, she possesses mc." Yankee Blade. "I like Von Jones, he can always seo the points of my jokes." "Indeed I Since when did ho become a inicroscopist?" Men's Outfitter. The lad who fuils in his effort to run away nnd bo a bandit docs the best ho can,, and gets a situation ns train boy. Merchant Traveler. As tho butcher ndds his hand to tho weight of tho stake, he piously sighs to himself, I lovo to steal, a while, a weigh. Florida Timet-Union. "How long do mosquitoes live?" asks n correspondent. That depends a good deal on the kind of fellow they light on. Burlington Free 1'rett. At school. 'Now, my little dears, can you tell mo the plural of child?" Young ster (frantically raising his arm) "Yes, ir; I can. Twins "l'ari Figuro. 'Tis nn evidence quite certain Of a wooing ralher r&sh When you see a tinge of Kwder ; On A young man's dark moustache. Hoston Courier. Mrs. Parvenu "No, I don't like sea bathing. It ulwaysgets my hair so wet." Mrs. (Jnicklyrich "Why don't you leavo it in tho dressing room?" Burlington I'ice l'rtst. Mr. South Church, of Boston "Tho dickey birds tell me " Mrs. South Church (interrupting with severity) "The Richard birds, Mr. Church." Kete York Sun. First Omnhan "Aud did sho return your love?" Second Omnium "She did even better than that. Sho returned tho ring I gave her nud all tho letters I had written." Omaha World. Appropriate Mrs. Nuborder "That's a very pretty motto you are working, Mrs. Browne-IIaitsh. 'Learn to Say No.' Is it for your sou?" Mrs. Browue-Haash "No; its for tho dining room." Bot ton ilazctte. Dude (to doctor) "Anything seriously wrong with me, doctor?" Doctor (slowly) . "Your condition is serious, but not necessarily fatal. I have discovered evi dences of n growth of brains." Philadel phia. Inquirer. Sitting Bull, who has been seriously ill of pneumonia, is reported "much im proved." He can now lie regarded as a member of the Improved Order of Red Men but at the same time he Is not. Norristoicn Herald. Adorer "Oh, how your words charm me! To think that you should daily dis cover more similarity between me und your sainted husband. Mjy I ask how I resemble him?" Young Widow (gravely) "You have all his bud habits." Hat ami Poll Parrot. Chris 1'huro owns a poll parrot that is a dandy. Tho other Morning a rat, lured by the luscious smells of the bako shop, left the stenches of the cellar and sewer, aud clitiihing tip stairs, made a raid on cream puffs, gorged down u few tarts, nibbled the macaroons, uud sam pled the pies and gingerbread before his Jepredatii us were discovered. Then li: was hustled oil with a vengeance, aud rushing into the room where the parrot was, succeeded ill blinking into Polly's cave. Polly was playing circus with her claws and bill, aud when she spied tho rat she came down on his back with both claws and held it firmly to the bottom of the cage. The rr.t rolled over aud twisted its head around, sqiiealiug like mad us Polly pecked at its eyes und soon had them both out. The rat snapped and tore out some of Polly's feathers, but she held fast to the varmint and succeeded iu killing it. Then mounting her perch and rullliug her feathers about her neck, kb kiinuuced : "Polly wants a cracker." Cincinnati i'r.yuittr, A ft
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