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Georgia ranks an our flrRt State in
the production of watermelons, second
in that of rice mid third in that of cot
ton.
1 United Hilton Consul Nowson, nt
Malaga, reports that it is possible for
b very poor man to live there on five
cento a dny, while n very rcspcctublo
dinner inay lo had for a dime.
Tho salary of tho Mayor of Abilene,
Kan., in a dollar n year. For thin rea
son it in thought by the New York Tri
bune that next year the oflieo will week
tho woman, since there in nothing in it
for a man.
The London Tinien calls Captain A.
T. Malum, of tho United States Navy,
"the most dii.tingiiishod living writer
on naval strat -ry and the originator
nnd first exponent of what may bo
called tho philoHophy of naval his
tory." Tho Puke of Argyll has been making
a special study of tho "seven centuries
of Engl inli misrule" in Ireland, and has
just completed a work in which are to
bo brought to light many new and un
noticed facts bearing on thin subject.
Tho work in to be railed "Irish Nation
alism ; An Appeal to History."
Railways never would have been per
mitted to exist in England, writes
William M. Ac worth, had they been an
recklenn of human life and as careless
of tho inconvenience they indicted on
individual an American railways have
bceu and to a grent extent still are.
"An Englishman can only stare with
astonishment w hen he seen for tho first
time trains running through crowded
streets of cities such us Now York and
Chicago."
Tho complete statistics show that the
production of beet sugar in tho United
States lias more than, doubled during
tho past ytmr, although there has been
no increase in the number of factories.
Tho total production of tho six factories
was 27,0S3,322 ponuds, against a total
of 12,004,838 pounds last year. Ex
periment in growing sugar boots have
been tried in a number of the Western
States, aud tho success hns been so
great that tho number of factories will
be increased. .
Tho Hankers' Monthly avers that
, our banks on tho frontiers of Canada,
have, nt times, it is said, paid out, or
technically, put in circulat ion the bills
of Canada banks that float over for
border purchases und expenses of
travel, etc. On these they are liable
'to pay ten per cent tax to the Federal
Government. The only way our banks
cau get rid of them and avoid the tax
is to ship them to Canada, and havo re-,
mittanco made to New York for ac
. count of tho American bank.
Tho New York Herald thinks, that
the danger of contracting disease' from
microbe-laden bank notes is very much
underestimated in this couutry. It
suggests that, as most people who aro
' taken with contagious discuses are not
able to tell how they aro contracted ;
perhaps in many cases. the malady has
been contracted by handling microbe
laden currency. It may bo so, com
menls the New Orleans Picayune, but
so long as this same currency is a legal
tender, and one cannot refuse it with
out forfeiting his claim to payment,
what is a poor fellow to do? It is a
case of neck or nothing.
Tho Njw Orleans Pieayuuo maintains
that "American cotton mills, and more
particularly Southern mills, having the
supply of raw material close at hand,
and being equipped with the most per
fect machinery, should bo able to un
dersell Lancashire in all tho world's
markets. We can raise cheaper eotton
"than any other cotton-producing coun
try, aud, with the looms and spindles
located in closo proximity to the cotton
fields, we ought to bo able to furnish
tho world with cheaper cotton than any
other country. It i.s therefore, very
evident that the. near future must wit
ness a wonderful development ' of our
cotton goods exports.
Says tho New York Press : The ob
stacle to- tho general substitution of
aluminum for iron nnd steel in the arts
has been the high cost of extracting it
from tho4iative clay. This has been
partially overcome by progressive im
provements in the process of manufac
ture, but still aluminum remains too
cobtly to be thought of as a substitute
for the baser metals, notwithstanding
its advantages in other respects. .Tho
reported discovery of extraordinarily
rich deposit of aluminum clay in Ala
bama and Georgia indicates a long stop
forward for tho white metal. Six coun
ties in these two States are said to be
underlaid with bauxite ore, some of
which has yielded as high as forty-eight
per cent, of pure aluminum. If the
reports from these counties are reliable
'.: Mumiuuui ago is opproaching.
Chicago's mortality statistics show
that a surprisingly largo number of
residents of tho lake city live to bo
over ninety.
A capital of $25,000,000 is invested
in tho nursery interest in 172,000 acres
jf land. In all horticultural pursuit
tho entire capital is estimated at over
11,000,000,000 by the census of tho
Agricultural Department.
The New York Herald notes that tho
instalment plan of selling bicycles,
which all tho leading manufacturers
havo adopted, has vastly increased the
nnmber of devotees of the silent steed
and to tho same extent tho advocatcB
of good roads.
Frances Willard, temperance advo
cate, has somewhat astonished English
peoplo by suggesting in all seriousness
that tho "grill" behind which all wo
men except poeresses havo had to con
ceal themselves to listen to tho debates
in the Houno of Commons, be placed
in the British Museum as a relic.
A Mr. Snasball, of Washington,
D. C, has recovered from tho Metro
politan Street Railway Company of
that city $143 as a recompense for tho
loss of tho services of his wife, through
an injnry that she received in 1888 on
the cars of that company. He is said
to be a wealthy gentleman from Wis
consin, and his wife did tho family
washing. Of course her services were
very valuable.
In 1892 the total nnmber o persons
employed in and about all the mines of
the United Kingdom was 721,808, of
whom 0009 wero females, working
above ground. There were 802 acci
dents during tho year, occasioning 1034
deaths ; one death for every G79 per
sons employed, as against one for every
668 in tho preoeding year.
The sibilants in the language of the
Northwestern tribes canpot fail to be
noticed by tho travoler in Washington
and British Columbia, although their
speech is described as "a choke and a
splutter." The Indian names of places
that aro still preserved there are full
of hisses and s's. Examples:
Squallyamish, Spatsum, Spuzzum,
Scuzzy, Snohomish, Similkamcen,
Sumass, Sweltcha, Skomckan, Hyosk
wahaloos, Squim, Swinomish, Skagit,
Samamish, Snoquaimie and Suokomish.
That versatile and industrious statis
tician, Edward Atkinson, has made a
calculation as regards tho "bill for our
Civil War. " He figures up, as the ex
penditure for war purposes and re
construction, some $4,000,000,000 ;
and as to tho' probablo cost of war, in
money, ito tho South, of $2,200,000,
000. To these he adds the pension
roll at $1,800,000,000, and the esti
mated cost of future pensions, accord
ing to life tables, at about $2, 000, 000,
000 more. This, together with tho in
terest allowance of about $2,000,000,
000, swells the total cost of the Civil
War to the sum of $12,000,000,000.
An examination of the statistics of
horses, horned cattle, sheep and Bwine
of the country shows somo surprising
things to tho American Dairyman.
Placing our population at 65,000,000
we find that there is but one horse for
every four and a small fraction of our
per capita. That there are but a trifle
over throo-fourths of horned cattle for
every unit of population, while there
are about two-thirds of a sheep for
every person of the population. From
this we can gather the importance of
the labor of the farmer. Without his
crops we should soon be on the verge
of starvation. With this condition con
fronting us, civilization would Boon
disappear and man become a barbarian
if he did not descend still lower in the
scale of life. This should teach ns the
importance and dignity of the farmer's
, calling and our absolute dependence on
his labor.
County names in New England and
middle Atlantic States are almost ex
clusively of English or Indian origin.
In the border States of the South they
are chiefly English ; in tho gulf States
English and Iudian, with French in
Louisiana and traces of Spanish origin
in Florida and Texas. In the Missis
sippi Valley they are again of English
and Indian origin, with some French
names coming down from the Jesuit
explorers. In the liocky Mountain
States they are again English and In
dian, with a larger proportion of tho
latter than elsewhere, and on the Pacitio
coast of Spuuish County names again
crop out. Texas has a Deaf Smith
County, about the only instance of a
aickname having been fixed upon an
important political division. The Chi
oago Herald thinks a pretty fuir history
of the political and social influence at
ftork in the early development of a
State could be written from a study of
county names,
WHAT 18 BEYOND,
The blue sky and Cm blao lak9
Meet together
In sunny weather,
But what, oh I what Is beyond?
I know this side the horizon line,
With Its purple hillsides, broad and line i
But the country beysnd, has It lakes like
ours,
And trees of grandeur, and fruits BDd flow
ers? Wbnt, oh ! what is beyond?
Tho gray sky and the gray lnko
Meet together
In sombro weather,
But what, oh ! what is beyond?
I know these homes, with their loves and
woes,
Their buried hopes from which patlenoe
grows ;
Are these broken affections united there?
Are hopes fruition, and answered, prayer?
What, oh ! what is beyond?
The blsk sky and tho black lake
Meet together
In stormy weather,
But what, oh ! what is beyond?
I know the currents that thrill the earth,
And flash the sky at tho thunder's birth
But what of the circuit tor souls between,
And the central power In the Great UnBeon?
What, oh ! what is beyond?
-Sarah K. Bolton, In New York Independent
niE COWBOYS' COLLECTION
T was Sunday. The
little church bell
had summoned the
congregation to
morning service,
though a few late
comers were still
hurrying toward
the con secratcd
'ilr ' 1
npot. The Sabbath
was observed and
respected by nil tho
residents of the
town, excepting Jan
3ebhardt. This citizen, despite the
pleadings and persuasions of the little
parson and different members of the
jhnrch, refused to close his saloon on
Sunday, for upon this day he usually
realized his biggest profits.
Many laborers from tho surronnding
ranches, farms and mines spent their
Sabbaths and week's wageB at Oeb
hardt's tavern, and tho passing traveler
was sure to rest there over night if he
arrived on Sunday, and this was, of
course, another source of revenue for
the proprietor. This morning Jan was
standing at the door, placidly smoking
his pipe and looking away toward the
mountains with a solf-satisneu expres
sion. The beauty of the landscape be
fore him might bavo awakened the soul
of a poet or an artist, but Jan was not
of a sensitive, emotional disposition.
The scene presented to his phlcgmatio
mind simply earth, vegetation and air,
while in the clear, propitious weuther
be discerned alone the promise of ex
tended patronage.
As he stood thus, wrapped in pleas
ant anticipations, lie heard a faint, low,
steady rumbling as if of distant thun
der. He lookod up quickly. There
were no clouds in the skv. What
could it mean? It was gradually be
coming louder and more distinct, and
seemed to issue from a largo gulch or
pass to the west. Jan took the pipe
from his mouth and listened. Suddenly
a shout, accompanied by the report of
a number of revolvers, startled the
echoes far aud near, and there issued
from the gulch a black mass which
shortly resolved itself into a body of
horsemen bearing down toward the
town. Jan watched them lazily,
thinking of tho money he would be able
to realize from them.
- Nearer and nearer sounded the clat
tering of the horses.' hoofs, until Jan
eould almost hear each separate foot
fall, and presently they slowed and
topped outside his door. Smiling and
ducking his head, he wished the visi
tors good morning and invited them in.
They accepted his invitation, and were
soon standing and sitting about the bar
room, while the obsequious Jan served
them with drink. One of them, a burly
fellow, asked him for a certain kind of
liquor, and after the keeper of the tav
ern had taken it from tho shelf and
turned about, his smile was suddenly
transformed to a look of horror, for he
found several revolvers levelled at him.
"Mein chenelmeus, fhat you goin' to
do?" cried the affrighted man.
"Dutchy," suid the burly fellow,
"don't you know you're desecratin' the
best day in tho week by keepin' yer sa
loon open?"
"Veil, how con I helps it, cbenel
mens? It's tho pest day for peesi
ness." "Business or no business, old man,
you've got to reform. We're the Sul
vatiou Army, wo are, and don't you for
get it."
"Chenelmeus, cheueliueus, don't do
noddings to me," cried Jnn, wringing
his hands in anguish, as he looked down
the bright barrels of half a dozen re
volvers. "Fetch down them bottles from that
shelf," shouted tho cowboy.
The trembling Jan obeyed. "Now,
then, " said this strange avenging angel,
"set 'cm up across th' room ; every
one's a bull's eye."
Jan hesitated, but the revolvers com
pelled obedience. Before the cuvul
oade moved on he had been obliged to
see the destruction of a large purt of
his wares, and the unfortunate man was
left stuudiug amidaconfusion of broken
kegs, neckless bottles and pools of
wines aud liquors, w ringing his hands
and calling down maledictions upon his
persecutors, who were now continuing
their mad career, down the street.
The cowboys soon came in sight of
the little ehui eh, standing iu a lot sur
rounded by a rough picket fence, while
a few smull poplar trees seemed endea
foriug to cast a little shade itliort the
building. The sweet melody of one of
(he old hymns floated out to them, ami
tkoy uuooUbciiiUoly paused uiid liiU uv;',
1
ICfP
and when it ceased rodo on to the gate
way. "Now for some fun, boys," said Billy,
a graceful, lithe young man with mis
chievous brown eyes, as he reigned np
his horse ; "yon fellows just follow Spot
and we'll see something interesting."
Spot, who had been spokesman at the
saloon, urged his horse forward and
they slowly rode into the yard and to
the door of tho church.
The congregation wero kneeling in
prayer, while tho pastor, standing in
the center of the platform, his arms
uplifted, his face writhing in tho most
4 ludicrous contortions, was moving his
body np and down, keeping time with
tho shouts ho emitted, which were sup
posed to be the prayers for tho salva
tion of the souls of his sinful brethren
at least so Billy surmised, as he
watched him with an amused smile.
As the pastor was gathering for the
culmination of his prayer, the leader
turned to his companions, and said in
an undertone, "Now, then," and their
horses' hoofs resounded on the wooden
floor of the chnrch. Tho startled con
gregation, rising with ouo accord, be
held Spot, the cowboy, riding solemn
ly up the aisle, followed by his com
panions. "Don't be alarmed, ladies 'n' gentle
men. We're only come t' join in the
services, an' 'ill trouble you t' sit still
they're over," said Spot, with a smile
manufactured for the occasion, as the
people seemed inclined to depart rather
precipitously. Seeing themselves thus
at tho mercy of tho cowboys, they
were obliged to resume their seats, al
most overcome by fear and apprehen
sion. 'An as for you, parson," said Spot,
pointing his revolver at tho trembling
man, "don t stand there snivelin .
You're a pnrty kind er shepherd 1 I'll
bet there ain't one in th' flock as big a
coward as you, 'n' yet you think you
kin buy off th' Lord by shoutin' V
pretendin' t' save souls a heap better'n
yourn. I'll give you sompiu' t' do iu
earnest. 1 Bin t had noone to pray fer
me since I was a little kid at my mam
my s knee. You jis git down on yer
knees n pray fer me now.
The parson hesitated, threw up his
hands, and rolled np his eyes in depre
cation. "There, parson, dont take on like a
fool about it, but git down t' business,
or I'll give you a lift t' a better land, a
service y'd no doubt thank me fer."
The little man did not seem quite
ready to depart for a belter land, so
covered by Spot's revolver, ho was ob
liged to sink on his knees and begin
his prayer.
"Lord," ho prayed, in a quavering
voice, "O Lord forgive and protect
this poor sinner "
"See here, now I don't want you
givin' th' Lord no mistaken impression
'bout me. Yon tell Him about th'
benefit I am t' this yere world." And
again the revolver figured as a per
suader, and the little parson changed
the nature of his prayer.
"He's giving Spot quito a 'send
off,' " said Billy in an undertone to one
of his companions, "we're not in it.
The parson prayed for some time,
then prepared to arise.
"That ain't enough," shouted Spot,
flourishing the revolver; "I'll be
hanged ef I'm not goin' t' have enough
prayin' t' last me a week, and then
here's all these boys ain't been prayed
for yet."
So tho parson resumed his prayer.
Several times ho attempted to finish
ana arise, but every time hpot com
hT'od him to return to his prayer.
At lost, when he was out of breath,
stiff in every joint and sick with
fright, Spot condescendingly said :
"There, little 'un, that's enough. And
now we're goin' t' take up a kerlection.
Boys, take yer hats 'roun,' V don't
let any guilty man escape."
Two of the boys, each holding a hat
in one hand, a revolver in the other,
passed about the church compelling
every member of the terrified congre
gation to give some contribution.
Those who had no money were obliged
to give a watch or a ring, or some
other jewel or trinket they might hove
about them, and finally it was all
brought to Spot, who turned tho col
lection over to Billy.
"An' frien's," said Spot, "we're
much obliged t' you fer all this yere
stuff, 'n' the pardon fer his prayers.
We only wanter ask one thing more o'
you. We ain't no low down thieves.
We ain't takin' up this yere money 'u'
gewgaws fer ourselves. We're going t'
good with 'em. Now we'll trouble you
t' tell us who's th' most deservin'
charity in this yer town."
"The widow!" said- several voices in
chorus.
"And who might bo the widder?
There ken be more'n one widder in a
i town. hut's yer widder s name?
Nobody seemed to know, but ho was
told where she lived, and the caval
cade of cowboys turned their horses
around, and passed from tho church
into the bright sunlight.
They wended their way down tho
road, laughing boisterously over their
recent escapade, and soon found them
selves iu the little lune leading to tho
widow.
Tho horses had been trotting brisk
ly, but upon Hearing tho little, half
decayed shanty standing alone among
the sago brush and wild flowers, their
pace slackened, and they finally came
to a staudstill before tho broken gate.
"Whoso a-goiu' t' take the money 'n'
stuff in t' the widder?" asked one of
the boys. They all looked at each
other iu some perplexity.
" 'Pears t' Spot ourter," saidauother,
"he's bin headiu' th' gung all day."
"It was Billy got up th' fun," said
Spot, "so 'cordiu' t' my miu' ho ourter
be th' one to' do th' cla rity act. '.Sides,
he's a lady's man, uu' a talker from
way back."
Hilly made some reiiiont-triinces, but
was dually prevailed upon to undertake
tho commisHiou, and, banning his six
shooter and belt on tho fence, he
:t di".r. A feeble voice.
said: "Come in." Pushing the floof
open, ho stood irresolute tipoh th
threshold. The light in the room wa
dim, and ho could indistinctly see a
figure ntrrched on a low couoh in the
farther corner.
"Will yon come in, sir?" said the
same feeble, gentlo voice; then as
Billy stepped in with some embarrass
ment nho continued, "What is your er
rand, sir?"
Ho tried to think of a means by
which ho could delicately and accept
ably deliver his message of charity, but
finding none he was obliged to make
known his errand as simply as possible,
trusting to the inspiration of the mo
ment to help him out.
"You are a widow, are yon not? he
asked.
"Yes," she repliod, raising herself
hastily on one elbow as he spoke.
"You must forgive a stranger,
madam, for coming to yon with so little
ceremony and asking snch a question,
but the truth is, I we "
Tell me, sir," she interrupted, do
you live in this part of the country?
Are yon a cowboy from one of the
ranches? Excuse me, I om partly
blind."
"Yes," he said, "I live here and I
am a cowboy."
"How long have you been following
this ocenpation? How long have you
been in Colorado? You were not born
in the West, I know, for you have
neither tho speech nor manners of the
people. Where did you come from?
Tell me, I implore you."
Billy looked at the form dimly out
lined before him in blank astonish
ment. "Why, madam, I'm perfectly will
ing to tell you. My home was in
New Haven, Conn., God bless it, and I
came West eight years ago. Since
then I have met with many varied ex
periences. I've tasted the sweetness
of prosperity and the bitterness of ad
versity. About a year ago I had a
comfortable sum of money ana was
preparing to return to the East, whin
by ail unhappy speculation Host it all ;
then I drifted into my present situa
tion. But I mean to accomplish some
thing before I go home again to my
dear old mother. There was a charm
ing youthful ring of hopefulness in his
voice which his eight years of trying
experiences had failed to obliterate.
Tho widow dropped back on her
couch and was perfectly still.
"But I am forgetting my errand,"
continued Billy. "My friends and I
have brought yon a little offering,
which I hope will be acceptable. It
should be, for it is a present from the
good church-members of the village,
who beg you will accept it with their
compliments."
He advanced to the side of the couch
and bent down to place the contents of
his hat in her lap. As he did so a ray
of light stole through the half-closed
blinds nnd fell upon the woman's face.
"My God I" Ho started book puler
than his companion, while the hat
dropped heavily to tho floor. The
next moment he was kneeling beside
the couch clasping the wasted form in
his Btrong young arms, his frame
shaken' by violent sobs.
"Willys, dear Willys, I have been
seeking you all over the West for tho
last five years. Thank God, oh, thank
Him a thousand times that I have
found you at last."
In the meantime his companions out
side were becoming impatient.
"Wonder what's keepin' th' feller so
long," said ono of them ; "ho could a
gave the widder th' money a hundred
times over during th' time he's been in
there."
"I should think he could. Tell you
what. I'll just ereep aronn' t' th' win
der 'n' see what he's up t'." said Spot,
suiting the action to the words. Drop
ping on his knees, he cautiously peered
through tho half-closed blinds. Tho
next moment he had fallen backwure,
and was soon hastening to bis com
rades with a curious expression on li s
face.
"Well, what's up, Spot?" he win
asked.
"I du' know," replied Spot, scratch
ing his head' " 'peurs like Billy's gouo
and got mashed on th' widder. He's
down on his knees 'fore th' bed a-hohl-iu'
her in his arms."
A hearty laugh went round the
crowd. At thut momeut Billy ap
peared at tho door with his sombrero
pulled well down over his eyes.
"Boys," ho stammered, and the
strong man's lips quivered "boys
there's uu old lady inside w ho wants to
know my friends. Come in. It's my
mother." Tho t'uliforuiau.
England's Plowed Laud Diminished.
During tho last twenty years the
area of laud iu England under tho
plow has diminished by very neorly
'1, 000,000 acres, or over fourteen per
cent. Tho amount of arable land in
Wales has diminished twenty-ouo per
cent, iu the same period. Iu Scotland,
on tho contrary, it has increased by
7t,000 acres. This difference is partly
explained by tho relatively largo areas
of laud in Scotland retained under
clover and rotation grasses, more thuu
one-third of the whole cultivated area.
In England tho proportion of culti
vated lund so occupied is little more
than one-tenth of tho whole. Chicago
lieruld.
To Locate Metals Iu Flesh.
An electrical instrument has recently
bceu invented w hich is sutlicieutly deli
cate to detect tho presence of ouo
eightli of uu inch of steel or iron wire
at u distance of six inches from itself.
It is intended for use iu locating smull
pieces of niagneti.ulile metal, such as
needles, tacks, steel and iron chips,
etc., that may havo entered tho humuu
body unawares und hidden themselves
in t he skiu or deeper tissues. It will
probably prove to be of great servioo
where the ordinary methods of detect
ing the presence of foreign metallic
substltnct-s are ineffective nnd unruli
uble. American Farmer,
FEfifiETS IN NEW YORK.
OYER A THOUSAND OF THEM
IN
tTSE IN THE CITY.
They Drive Away Rnts - Harmless as
Kittens When They Are Not Hungry--Their
Habits.
FERRETS aro becoming popular
as pets in many of the big
business houses of New York,
(. and in houses in the city and
suburbs. It in not necessarily the
ferocious little animal it is supposed to
bo when it is brought np amid quiet
surroundings and is fed regularly every
day. Its fighting qualities, however,
whon attacked by the big rate that are
brought to this port from South
America, are shown to great advantage.
There is no pluckier little fighter in tho
animal kingdom.
It is estimated that over 1000 ferrets
are owned or hired by the proprietors
of big buildings in New York and
Brooklyn thot have been infested with
rats. These animals, which havo been
trained carefully to do their work, will
answer a call or a whistle the same as a
faithful dog, and will not leave a build
ing in which they have been placed
until taken away. They are affection
ate little animals aud appreciate good
treatment.
The ferret's original home was in
Africa, and some come from Kentucky,
but many of the ferrets now in New
York have a pedigree that runs back
to the importation of ferrets from
Ireland nearly a quarter of a century
ago, and have been raised not far from
New York. They breed twice a year,
from one to ten at a time. Tho mother
resents the handling of her young. If
ono of them is touched when it is only
a few days old, she will at once devour
it.
From seven to ten yearn in the or
dinary life of the ferret, but after five
years' existence it becomes stupid,
parsing most of tho time in sleep, and
is no longer useful or interesting.
In order to bo valuable in ridding a
building of rats the ferret is trained
not to catch the rats, but only to urive
them away. The ferret's presence in
soon detected by tho rats, and unless
the latter are particularly large and
vicious thev will scamper off in short
order. The use of ferrets to chase
rabbits out of holes is well known, al
though it is against the law in this
State. Many ferrets, however, ere
sold from Thanksgiving to Christmas,
and after the ferret has routed out tho
rabbit from a hole a fox terrier out
side does the rest. If o ferret, in tho
course of training, persists in biting
rats it becomes necessary to muzzle it
or cut its teeth. The reason is that
ferrets do their best work on a com
paratively empty stomach and if one of
thorn ato a rat it would make it so
sluggish it wouldn't do any work for
three days. Trained ferrets bring
$7.50 a piece, and untrained ones
$2.50.
"Tho details of tho training of fer
rets," said B. Isaacsen, who has been
training these littlo auimals for a gen
eration, "are, in a measure, a business
secret, and no two persons train them
in precisely tho tome way. But I will
tell you about one good method. Put
some rats in a cage in a room and then
turn the ferret loose in tho room and
don't give him anything to cat until ho
finds tho rats. He will soon learn on
what his meals depend. TheBo ferrets
here answer as I cull their names, and
are glad to see me. Tho best of the
three, tho dark ono with brown eyes
and very bushy tail, and tho two light
colored ones with pink eyes, aro as
gentlo as pet cats or rabbits, and any
child may play with them without the
slightest danger, especially after they
havo been fed. If they hsvo nut euten
anything for a numlier of hours pre
paratory to setting out on a ratlin,'' ex
pedition, they may snap a stranger's
fingers placed near them, but they do
not give a poisonout; or painful bite.
If tho teeth closed on a linger, tlwy
would let go at onco on pinching tho
bottom of ono of their feet, which arc
very sensitive."
Ferrets are quite blind in tho day
time, but nro guided sw iftly and ac
curately by their keen sense of smell.
When they are attacked by tho big
sower rats they quickly get a fatal hold
aud exhaust the life blood of th'-ir as
sailants. Then they will cut tho brains
of tho rat3 if not called off. On ono
occasion, Mr. Isaaei;c n used s;x ferrets
to rid a vessel of a large colony of rats,
homo of which rauged .'roin a pound to
a pound and a half in weight, und
were big enough to look like small rab
bits. About 100 rats showed fight
against the six ferrets, who pluck ily
kept their ground for a time and killed
at least a dozen rats, but tin y would
have been overpowered if reinforce
ments had not come to their rescue.
After the rate wero scattered, the fer
rets succeeded in driving them from
tho ship. New York News.
America u Students iu Frame.
There aro from 1500 to 2000 Amer
ican students in France. Some of
these are working to perfect themselves
in tho language, some aro studying
vocal music, some architecture and a
few sculpture, but tho majority aro
working at the eiist 1. The schools and
studios of Paris ure open to the whelo
world, and, with a few exceptions, even
tho prizes of tho grind Salon ere ac
cessible to foreign students. The art
student may couuec himself with a
private school, or, if his dm wings aro
satisfactory, he muy old: in eduiinnion
to l'Ecolo des Beaux Arts. In the Ju
lian schools a work-room is tiiruiuhed
ill which the student can w rk for a
Certain number of hours each d-iy, nnd
cau have the best of artisti" criticism
twice a week for about live dollars a
month. Public Opinion.
Tho Pennsylvania llospitnl, i-i I hila
delphia, is tho old-i-t l.ot-pital in tho
UiUlvd fcitutva. It van twill m 1755.
"HOW DID YOU PEST LAST NlOMTi;
"How did you rest lant ninht?"
I've heard my gran'pft.B f
Them words a thousand tiuies that's
right
Jes' them words thatnwsy !
As punctchul-like as mornin' dart
To ever heave in siht.
Oron'pap 'ud alia half to art
"-.."How did you rt, hut niuhtJ"
Us young-uns used to grin
At breakfast, on the sly,
And mock the wobble of his chin
And eyebrows helt bo high
And kind. "How did you rest last night?"
We'd mumble sn' let on
Our voices trembled, ami our sight
Was dim, and hearin' gone.
Bad ss I used to be, k
All I'm a-wantin' is
As puore and ca'm a sleep fer mo
And weet a sleep ns his !
And so I pray, on Jedgemont Day
To wake, and with its light
Bee his face dawn, and hear him say
"How did you rest, last night?"
. Whitcomb Kiley, in AtlantalXiualitution.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Small talk "Yes" and "No."
A lump sum Damages for a club
bing. Whatever one's lot in life, ho should
have good deeds to show for it. Phila
delphia Times.
We never knew a man so good that
his wife didn't often say: "Oh, pal''
Atchison Globe.
When a man finds a woman that
there is nothing too good for. hp wants
her to take him. Galveston News.
It wasn't until woman started in to
improve her mathematics that she be
gan to count for much. Troy Press.
Said tho hen, "Thoughts expressed
In slang will not do.
But it must le coiifeasisl,
I am laying lor you."
Washington Star.
"I will now write something iu a .
light and airy vein," suid the clerk
who makes out gus bills Washington
Star.
Don't offer to bet with an elevator
boy unless yon mean business. He has
a way of tuking you up. Buffalo
Courier.
He "No, they don't pay mo more
than I am worth." She "How iu tho
world do you munago to live on it?"
Funny Folks.
Singers must bo particular about
their diet. This is owing to the close
relation between their bourd and their
timbre. " Binghaintou Leader.
Life Is real, life is earnest. V
But it might be more sublimo
If a mnu were not kept busy
Dodging mlcrubos all the time. v
Washington Star. v
Treebog "Did Joblots leave any
last request?" Humphite "Yes; he
wonted tho fuuerul procession to drive
around by tho way of tho ball grounds."
P. & S. Bulletin.
Nervous Passenger "Are you sure
thero is no danger?" Oflicer "Not
bit. Tho Captain's just gone to take a
nap, because it's too foggy to sec any
thing." P. & S. Bulletin.
Frolmbly the first cooking school
product on record is the famous pie
whoso four aud twenty black birdj
wero so done that they began t'V sing
as soon us it was opened. Wushiugton
Star.
Burleigh "It's my opinion that
Brown hasn't half the brains he thinks
he has." Wagleigh "Probably not;
but did you ever think how nicely he
could get along with even less thou
that?" Detroit Tribune.
Nervous Passenger (on New Haven
steamer) "There's a very peculiar
noise in the water to-night. Do you
notice it, Captain?" t'aptaiu "Yes,
madame; that's thereg'lar Louglslund
Sound." New York Mercury.
It lu sear.-H of a name that's bound to be
lueky.
Lot til" next buttle ship bo called tho Ken
tueky, For it's sure that her guns would do terrible
sluugliter.
And though shot fullof holes she would novel
t.iko water.
Chicago lfcconL '
Cuniso (to Threds) "Not counting
you, how many clerks are there in this
store who can't tell the truth?" Turedi)
(highly indignant) "Sir!" Ciunso
"Oh, well, don't bo cross about it.
How many ure there; counting you,
then?"
A Permanency: A young couutrywo
inan iu Burgundy, w riting to the parents
of a little girl w hom tdie has in charge,
woundup her letter in this affectionate
strain: "I remain, with respect, mon
sieur ami madame, your wet nurse for
life." Le I'haro du Nord.
In a Picture Gallery: A "Unit's a
newly iiini'ricd collide." B -"How do
you know ?" A "Ho is always step
ping on her dress." II "What does
that prove?" A "After he has bceu
married some time and found out what
a dress costs, he will be more careful."
Fliegeude Bluettcr.
Sho "Do you love mo as much us
when we firnt became engaged?"
He "As much? Why, my darling, I
love you a thousand times more." Who
(uuxiously) "1 don't know, George, I
wish I were sure of that." lie "You
can be, dear. Jiiht think of all 1 huvo
invistcd iii you." Brooklyn Life.
Lite Cliuiiiflcon for Ornaments.
The importation of live ehuiiu Icons
from l'loridu is becoming quite tho
fashionable thing with returning
tourists. A gentleman who reached
New York hint week utter a two
months' sojourn in Florida ays that
almost all of the women coming homo
from the winter resorts iu that Mate
bring with them from two to a dozen
of tho little creepers with variegated
colors. Iu some cases the clenml-ons
are attached to tiny gold chains and
worn as personal uruameuts. New
l'ork Times.