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RE
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There are fowor donths by railway
accidents in Persia than in any other
country.
The Fronoh have invented an occult
soioneo ot arithmotio which they call
"nritbmomaney."
If the United States had as great a
relative population as Japan it would
hove a population of 900,000,000 peo
ple. Scientists say now that beauty in
more than skin deep. TTulf of the
charm of pretty face, they claim, is
imparted by tho little mnsclos of the
skin.
When civilization rotwhes a higher
standard than has yet boen attainod,
the New York Advertiser is convinced
that there will bo a law mnkirg it i
ponal offense to fry instead cf broil a
chop.
The number of American horses in
Italy, England, Franco, Germany and
Tlussia is already quite largo, is rapid
ly increasing;, and the result of croft
ing thorn with the native stook has al
ready proved far more satisfactory
than almost any one anticipated.
From a tubular statement published
in tho Japan Guzetto it appears that
Japan has altogether 39,001 doctors,
of whom only 10,503 are qualifiod oi
modern principles; the rest, over two
thirds of the total, being old stagers
of tho purely native school, tho chain
pions of frogs' toenails and burnt joss
paper.
There are 20,000 woman cyclo riders
in New York and Now England alono.
If possible, tho latter staid and con
servative locality is more wheel mad
than Now York, maintains tho Dis
patoh. The enthusiasm has spread to
the tiniest towns, and a littlo moun
tain hamlet of 300 or GOO souls will
have iis quota of wheel women.
It is said that horses are choapor in
Idaho, just now, than anywhere else in
the world. Ordinary unbroken, ranch
bred horses have boeu sold at auction,
' in Boise City, during the last sunnier
at seventy-live cents a hoad, and
horses broken to harness and tho
saddle as low as $3.50, although, as a
farmer remarked, '.'if you want a good
team they aro surprisingly scarce."
-To reach the north po'e, au archi
tect, M. Ilauiu, has proposed to the
Geographical Society of Paris tho
construction of wooden huts one or
two days' journoy apart. He considers
Greenland the most favorable locality
for an experiment ot this kind. Each
of the hnts would become in its turn
a base of supplies for the construction
of the next. As tho distance to lie
covered is about 900 milos, a score of
huts would be nooessary to establish n
route to tho polo.
The saored cattle of India take moro
roadily to American ways thau do tho
people of that land, acoording to the
caretakers of the National quarantine
for cattle at Garnold, N. J., whore
there is a small herd of tho animals,
imported for Oliver 'II. P. Belmont.
Said one of those men: "Mr. Bel
mont sent over for tho cattle some ot
the native feod. It is a grain or berry
which when ground up resemblos
ground chicory. The oattlo ate it all
right, but after a few days hore they
became sickly. Tho superintendent
gave thoin some Yankee food, on
which they immediately began to
thrive, and now they won't touch tho
feodsonVovor with them."
Among tho reasons for tho almost
uinterrupted suaoe is ' of Japan in
prosecuting tho proseut war with
China is the spirit of sacrifice and
generosity exhibitoc" by her people.
Voluntary contributions amounting
to almost $15,000,000 havo boon re
ceived by the Government. Tho
Bauk of the Nobility, which has given
$1,000,000 outright, has also placed
$15,000,000, interest froe, at tho dis
posal of the authorities. Tho noblo
luou and wealthy merchants have boon
most patriotic, and a number of thorn
have contributed more than $100,000
oach. Victory under such conditions
is comparatively easy and certain.
Publio spirit in Chiua with rofereuoo
to the unfortunate conflict presents a
melancholy contrast. Uuhappily for
the Chinese, the sume spirit of indif
ference to use no stronger word
seems to pervade a great part of the
army aud navy. Admiral Ting hiiv
self had to report that seven of his
ships remained ooueeuled during; tho
fight on the Yuloo ; thnt several offi
cers had to be court-martialled for
cowardice, and that it was deemed es
sential to behead Cuiituiu Foug, who
fled before the beginning of the tat
tle. It appears to be a hopeless task
for the ChiuohO to fl-jht the domo:i-
"'1014 lu then- forces.
C1AININO Vv.iXO'.
A twig whero olung two soft conooas
I broke from a wayside sprny,
And oarrtod horn, to a quiet desk
Where, long forgot, It lay.
One morn I ohnnoed to lift the lid,
And lo I ns light as air,
A. moth How up on downy wings
And sottlod above my ohnlr I
A dainty, bountiful thing It was,
Ornnge and slWery gray,
And I marvelled how from tho loafy bough
Buch fairy stole away.
Ilnd the othor flown' I turned to soo,
And found It striving still
To free Itsolf from the swathing Doss
And rove the air at will.
'Toor little prlsonod waif," 1 said,
'You shall not struggle more j"
and tenderly I out tho throads,
And watched to see It soar.
Alas I a fcoble chrysalis
It droppod from Its silken bed '
My help had been tho direst horui
The protty moth was doad I
I should have loft It there to gain
Tho strength thnt straggle brings t
Tls stross and strain, with moth or mnn,
Thnt freethe folded wings I
Edna D. Prootor.ln Youth's Companion.
SAUNDERS'S ROMANCE.
AUNDERS had
read dime novels
as a boy in New
York. In tho after
noons, as became
home from school
he had bought
them from some
street oorner ven
dor of "penny
dreadfuls," and
had gloated over
thorn as only a small boy,
born and bred in a great city, can
gloat over talcs of tho West, lie had
not been discriminating, of con r so,
and had had a natural leaning toward
tho most blood-curdling recitals ; but
he had chosen always something in
some way connected with army lifo.
The army was to him a beautiful
dream, a highly varnished pioturo,
and to be a part of it a major part,
of course, something like a Gonoral,
or, at the very loast, a Colonel had
been from tho first his ono ambition.
But destiny, in the shape of parents of
stern and old-fanhioued mould, the
kind that thought, and accepted it as
a convenient creed that, having fu
ll ic ted lifo upon their offspring, thev
were entirely nt liberty to ruin that
lifo this destiny ordninod that he
should have a profession other than
that of arms ; in short, that ho should
be a lawyer.
Now, Saunders was of an age to
judge for himself, and ho knew that
he was not the stun of which lawyers
aro mado. .Not tho slightest vestigo
of eloquence had he; he was blunt
and truthful to a degrco. Ho disliked
a lie for its own sake. All this and
moro he told his paronts, but he was
answered by tho logio which has re
tarded the world's progress through
bo many generations, that they were
older and therefore wiser ; that he
was their son, and they knew bettor
what was good for him than he could
possibly. Saunders, moro from a sense
of duty shan a fear of being disin
herited of his father's goodly estates,
accepted their decision and began the)
reading of law.
About this time ho chose for achumt
a youth whose only possible reooin
mondation must have boen that hoi
could boast of army relatives. lie
had visited in his sallow gosling days
at a garrison, aud was full of highly
Bpiced tales regarding the wild daring J
aud fasoinations of a soldier's life.
Sannders would drink in all theseJ
storios, and despite his valiant efforts
to forget thorn and put temptation,
away, they would come back to him
as he sat over the inexpressibly stupid
folios relating to the law.
One summer this chum of his invited',
Saunders to visit him at his country
house ou the Hudson. Sannders went
and spent the happiest two weeks of
his life. For it was there that ho met
Madge Kean, the bewitching little
daughter of Colonel Keau, of the
Tenth. Saunders caught his first
glimpse of her as he walked with
young Milton up the driveway. Madge
was armed with a Flobort rilio, aud
was teaching the little son of the house
how to aim and pull the trigger.
Thore was something in her very pose,
in the fact of her knowing how to
shoot, that appealed to Saunders at
onoe. He could not see her face, but,
nevertheless, he said to Milton that
she was a "mighty pretty girl." Mil
ton replied with purdonablo pride
that the young lady was his cousin,
had just come from the far West, was
of the army, and a "mighty pretty
little flirt." Therefore, before Saun
ders had even been introduced to the
fair Madge, he was perilously near to
being in love.
When ho stood beside her and Mil
ton was saying, "This is my chum,
Saunders, Madge ; Miss Kean, Mr.
Saunders," when her bright eyes
glunced at him from under her
long lashes just like an untamed
mustang's when she smiled and
put out a hand all smutty with
powder, Saunders thought her the
most bewitching woman he had ever
seen. And Madge, in her turn, made
note of the fact that Saunders wastull,
blond and extremely handsome, with
that unmistakable air of self-pofses-
sion and refinement of a New York
gentleman. She determined that he
would be much better material to ex
pend her fasoinutiouson thau that milk
sop of a cousin of hurs. Shejwus glad he
had onme, and said so. Kuuuders an
swered, in a tone which curried con
viction, thut he also was glad she had
come, and Madge blushed through one
of those clear, tuuued skius which
change color with every emotion. Not
thut she was shy and sohoolgirlish iu
iijuy wero not a result of
timidity.
Cupid did not hit Sannders s heart
with the traditional golden arrow this
time. It was the tiny bullets of load
which wont from tho muzzle of the
Flobert straight to the bull's-eye of
tho target that made the wounds which
are inflictod sooner or later on every
man. By the time the wee cartridge
box was empty Saunders was hope
lessly smitten.
In the course of tho noxt fortnight
ho oame to that point whero ho would
have even studiod law with pleasure
had she expressed an admiration for
law students. But she did not. He
had confided to her all his bafllod am
bitions; had told her how his soul
yearned for shouldor-straps ; and sho.
in tarn, told him that the lifo of a
soldier was the only ono worth liv
ing. He was too old for West Point ; why
didn't he try for a civil appointment?
This had never oocurred to him ; he
would think it over. no asked her
somo questions, and confided some of
his ideas of garrison lifo to her. She
laughod at them and told him that he
was a "dchr old tenderfoot." If it had
not been for the tone of voice in which
sho said it, for the roguish, half fond
glance from her mustang eyes, Saun
ders would havo been terribly cut up
over that soornful word.
"Tenderfoot tondorfoot," he ! After
all he had read on the subject. Could
it bo that his source of information
was bad? He did not ask Madge this,
however ; he nover put forth any of
his ideas on the subject again, to her ;
asked for no further information; he
knew ho was missing golden oppor
tnnities for enlightenment, but he did
not care to be laughed at. He was
aware that nothing would so much in
jure him in her eyes as to make him
self ridiculous. And Madge in that
fortnight exerted, first, every charm
she possessed, every vower she could
command, to bring him to her feet,
Having succeeded in this, she used
quito as much skill in keeping him
from asking her to marry him. She
didn't want to bo married ; she didn't
even want to be engaged, and be was
only the pastime of a summer s jaunt.
Nobody took sucn flirtations seriously
that is, nobody with any sense. If he
couldn't see she was in fun it wasn't
hor fault, was it? She wasn't account
able for his being dofioient in powers
of preception, was she? A New York
man ought to know how to take care
of himself.
Well, the littlo summer play
over. Saunders went back to town
with the secret determination to cut
loose from the grind of the law read
ing to go into the army. He had not
told Madge of this ; somehow, looking
back on it, ho hadn t told her any
thing that he had meant to ; he had
been half afraid that she would laugh,
It would nover do to have hor laugh,
Of course, there was a big row at his
home when bo announced his determin
ation. But the breath of free air that
he had drawn in from contact with
Madge mado him Bee that he should
have something to say in tho matter
of his own career. Moreovor, he had
the strength of love to uphold him,
Ho surprised his parents by assorting
his freedom of action, and whon they
mado it too disagreeable for his self-
respect to allow him to stay under
their roof he loft it, with paternal
and maternal maledictions 'following
him. He started in to obtain a civil
appointment, and learned moro, be
fore he realized bis failure, of ttie
nature of human beings and of the
strugglo for existence than he had
ever known before.
It oame about that he obtained no
civil appointment, and he knew that
his father had done his beet, covertly,
that he should not obtain it. This
one thing he could not forgive.
Meantime he longed for Madge with
the whole power of his heart. lie
wrote to her and received no reply.
So he supposed that she had not got
his letter. The thought that she had
ignored it did not come to him. Tho
final refusal of a commission was a
blow from which he did not recover
for somo days he had lost heart for a
time; but he read in an Army and
Navy that Miss Kean had been des
perately ill. That afternoon he en
listed as a private soldior, and the
next morning wore the blue.
This was not being a Colonel or a
General, but men had risen from the
ranks to sudden fumo aud honor in
tho books he had read; besides, he
was at his last penny. A little wave
of disgust run over him as he learned
that $13 a month, with clothing, bed
and board, would bo his share of the
world's goods. He enlisted with that
vague notion, which the average citi
zen of that day had, that officers and
men inhabited peacefully the same
quarters ; thut the barrack-room was
a sort of happy-family cage, where
shouldor-straps and chevrons went
side by side. He had not stopped to
think that the West was wide, and
that ho might be assigned to a post
several thousand miles from the one
which his lady-love lighted with her
presence. It was not until the deed
was done that this came to him, and
then he could only hope aud pray.
As luck would have it, he was sunt to
the very post where Colonel Kean was
stationed. This did not exactly sur
prise him ; he took it as a matter of
course thut Providence should inter
fere in behalf of Saunders of one of
the handsomest aud most popular fel
lows iu his set. He wondered what his
friends at home thought of his esca
pade. Then he settled down to the
discomfort of second-class accommo
dations iu a railway car. Fortunately
for hiin, the garrison to which he was
ordeied happened to be very near to
the railroad, and he was Hpared a
cross-country trip of a hundred or two
miles.
Words cannot paiat the miseries
that Saunders went through. They
were not physical miseries, for he was
well sheltered, well clothed, uot over
.t P.:'; -it
worked, and wan rparcd tho humili
ation and pain of the raw recruit, who
earns for the first time to bestride a
bare-backed horse. Saunders was an
old hand at steeplechase and had lit
tle to learn, save a few technicalities.
He did not even see Madge for thre
days, but was induced to overcome hii
predetermination to call upon her. II
saw within an hour after ne bad
stopped upon tho reservation that h
would hardly be welcome. It was bad
enough not to be ablo to see his di
vinity ; it was infinitely worse when,
at last, he met her. Sho gave a great
gasp and start, blushed, and rctnrnod
the bow, with just the slightest nod
andjeondosconding smile. He saw with
dismay that he was to her simply
menial that be could not dare t
overstep the lino which divided them
He got over his desire to shoot him
self every time he was given an ordei
in her hearing after awhile. He
watched her flirtations with a' gorge
ous first lieutenant in bitterness ot
spirit, and the thought dawned on him
that she was not true ; but he hoped
she would leave the first lieutenant
whon he (Sannders) should have woo
his spurs. But even the spurs soemed
far away ; he had come to understand
that the jump from the uniform of an
enlisted man into that of an officer is
a difficult feat, or was in those days,
and no chance for physical prowest
ptesentod itself. Morally be was as
brave as only a man in love can be,
He would havo killed himself had he
not been.
More courage than to carry a stand
ard to the cannon's mouth did it take
for him to obey the first order to "po
lice," with a fatigue party, tho back
yards of tho officers' quarters. To
"police is army for cleaning up, and
it is loft, as a general thing, to the
prisoners who happen to be in the
guard-house. But at this time there
wore very few prisoners, not more
than ono or two, for the men had been
upon their good Mihavior, it boing al
most two months since the paymas
ter's last visit, and no cash left to be
expended upon whisky at the sutler s.
So Sannders sallied forth in fatigue
suit overalls and coat of canvas
and ho ncljjfd the others to sweep
with stable brooms and to shovel up
the back yards.
In the Colonel s yard he was merci
fully spared meeting Madge it would
have been, he thought, the last straw
and he did not know that from be
hind her filmy curtain she was watch
ing him with amusement and pity, the
while she turned about on the third
finger of her left hand a large solitaire
ring, and wondered what he would
say when he heard of hor approaching
marriage to the dashing young lieu
tenant.
Then the polioe party went on ite
way and came at last to tho yard of
that very lieutenant. J. hero was
half sheet of note paper in one of the
piles of dust and rubbish which had
been swept up. Saunders noticed thif
noticed, though it was crumpled,
that the writing upon it wa Madge'
pointed scrawl. He picked it tip and
slipped it into his pocket. It was not
an honest thing to do, but he did not
stop to think he only wondered what
a note of hers was doing in this man i
baok yard and what was in it.
When he got back to tho barracks
he read the noto. Thore was enough
therein to make him understand that
Madge his Madge for whom he had
given up everything, for whom he had
endured so much humiliation, was to
be married in one week to that firs
lieutenant ; that she was in love des
peratoly in love with him, and di:
not hesitate to suy so. Wiis the man
in love with her? If he was, why did
he crumple up and throw away a note
for which Saunders would have given
his very soul.'
Then Saunders looked about him
with eyes opened by despair. He saw
at last the barrier of caste in all ite
height aud strength ; ho saw what he
had done, and he shuddered. There
were but two ways out of this unless
he waited until his enlistment were up
four and a half more years am
that he could not do. He could kill
himself, but he was young, remember
it was cot to be lightly done. And
he could desert. To his mind a de
serter was not what it is to iMuan wha
has beeu long iu the servico all the
disgrace of it did not occur to him.
it had been explained to him he could
not have grasped the full horror of it
So he waited his chance for four
days, and then "bolted," us his com
rades termed it. He went away from
the railway, thinking that he would
put those who were seut after him of
the scent, and after a day or two circle
round to reach tho iron road, which
would load him fur from all this.
On the third day, as ho trudged on
ward to the railroad, dodgiug like
hunted criminal behind every clump
of inesciuite or groesewood, he was
overtaken, his hands tied bohtud him,
and marched buck to the post under
guurd.
At a turn of tho road the party
drew aside and wuitod for an ambu
lance to pass. The soldiers sainted
the officer inside.
Saunders could not salute ; his
hands were tied. He knew the oflicer
it was tho first lieuteuuut; ho was
goiug to the station with his bride,
Madge looked out and saw the do
serter saw him and turued hor head,
Sun Francisco Argonaut.
Fig (i renin if iu California.
For 18'Jl the output of cured figs
in California was doU.OOD pounds,
iho increase since that time has not
been as rapid as in other brsuehes
production, so that it is not likely
that a million pounds of merchant
able figs aro vet produced in thu
State. The quality of tho produc
has, however, greatly improved, uu
the prejudice in favor of the import
ed article is slowly giving way,
that all conditions are iavorable to a
almost unlimited produutiou. Nun
York World.
sciExiinc ash industrial,
Cinnamon kills the typTins microbe.
Children's first teeth have a great
effect upon the second sot.
Soap is one of the best known uteri-
izers of water suspected of infection.
Substitute for glass is made from
collodion wool and is flexible, not
brittle.
Tho fiber of nettle weed is being
nscd in tho manufacture of textile
fabrics.
The phosphorescence near the Cape
Verde Islands is at times so bright
that one can easily read the smallost
print.
Spontaneous combustion occurs in
many substances because during fer
mentation heat is evolved and inflam
mable gases are engendered.
A closed room is bad for sleeping,
because air once breathed parts with a
sixth of its oxygon, and contains an
equivalent amount of carbonic gas.'
Tho France Militaire says that tho
French and Spanish Governments have
agreei to the boring of two railway
tunnels through the Pyrenees to con
nect the two countries at Saint ChiroD
and at Oloron.
It is estimated that 12,000,000 tons
of coal are usod for gas making annu
ally in England. A train of coal
wagons three miles long, each wagon
holding a ton, would be required to
bring into London tho coal for an
hour's supply of gas.
That lizards will catch and eat but
terflies is stated by Jane Frazor in au
article in a London entomological
journal. In the Samoan Islands she
saw a "skipper" butterfly when
lighted caught and instantly Bwallowod
by a beautiful golden-green lizard
with a bright blue tail.
A living spocimen of the largest aud
most deadly snako known (Ophiop
hagus claps) has been added to tho
Zoological Gardens of London. It
grows twelve to fourteen feet in
length, and is hooded like the cobra.
It occurs in India, Burm-i and in tho
East Indian Archipelago, living in for
ests and jungles and readily .climbing
trees.
It has been discoverel that mi
crobes oapable of germination exist in
the ocean everywhere except at great
depths. They seem to be more plen
tiful in tho Canary, Florida and
Labrador currents than elsewhere,
and are not detected in the ocean bed.
Thoy are, however, plentiful at a
depth of 1300 feet, and are found as
far down as 3500 feet certainly deep
enough for all practical purposes.
Some of these microbes are phospho
rescent, and are found on the bodies
of living fish.
LI Hung
Chang aud Foreigners.
It was never an
easy matter tc
transact business with Li Hung
Chang, the Chinese Viceroy, and yet I
always found him a man of his word.
He would turn a question over and
over again look into it minutely
quick to detoct the slightest error iu
your statement. It was never safe to
go to him without having your case
prepared. He would take nothing foi
granted, nor accept "assurances" oi
"understandings." No Kialto usurei
was severer in tho reading of tht
bond. Blandishments or menace
were in vain. He knew the tension
which each State would endure what
was meant by Gladstone or Salisbury
ascendency in England, and tho mean
ing of Democratic or Republican ad
vent to power in the United States.
He knew how to play one against the
other when to give a significant
smile to the Ambassador of one power.
or a no less significant shrug to the
envoy of another power. . He nevci
overlooked the relations between Ger
many and France, nor noglected the
jealousies of Russia and England. Bui
when once you had an understanding
with Lii a complete accord the mat
ter was done.
- ne nover professed affection for
foreign powers, aud was free from sen
titucut so fur as they were ooncerued.
If ho ever hod sentiment as legurds
foreigners, it was toward General Gor
don and General Grant. But to the
average foreigner Li was the man be
hind the counter his business tc
make the best bargain. icu came
there to serve your purpose ; he would
servo that of China. Ho hud uo pride
of opinion as against a fact, aud once
the fact became pateut, he would fol
low it to its conclusion with logio aud
courage. In this Li was unlike any
other statesman I ever met in China,
and it gave a reason for his prolonged
tenure of power. Review of Reviews,
Cheap Meals.
Two English institutions, framed in
the interests of workingmon, might
well be adopted in our largo cities. Iu
London, Liverpool and half a dozen
other places there are located iu tho
main streets han lsome coltbo puluces,
whero a cup of tea or coffee, with
sugar and milk, and a slice of bread
and butter can bo obtained for threo
cents. There are othor cookeries to
which a workman takes the slice of
raw meat ho will bring with him from
home iu the looming. Iu tho noon
hours this is cooked for him on a grid
iron, aud he is supplied with knife,
fork, suit and pepper for three cents
Six ounces of bread with butter cun bo
added for six cents. St. Louis Star
Sayings.
An Eccentric Millionaire.
According to the Puris Figuro Mr,
Coutes, thu American millionaire, dur
ing tho whole of his lifetime has never
taken any medicine. Ho has eon
stuntly consulted doctors and chemistN,
aud ull the medicine thoy preb -ribeJ
for him ho put away iu a room. Tlx
result of this strange fancy is tliul
Mr. Coates has now 1900 bdtlua oi
medicine, 1370 boxes of powders aud
H70 boxes of pills. Atlanta Constitution.
xiIE STREETS OF CANTON,
picTUREsaxjE eroirrs IK THI
BUST CHINESE CITT.
Thronged With People Narrov
Thoroughfares Funerals Ilavl
the Right of Way A Ilusy Scene.
FLORENCE O'DRISCOLL,
member of the English House
of Commons, has a timely ar
ticle, "In the Streets of Can
ton," in tho Century. A second
paper will describe life on the river.
Of the street scones in Canton, Mr
O'DriBColl writes :
Little if any sunlight strnok down
into these ways. Their narrownesi
would havQ prevented tho intrusion o)
any but vertical beams, or those slant
ing parallel with the street, and, tc
guard against even these, a shade
loving people hal hung matting over
head. This gave the city the aspect
of a huge straggling bazaar sheltered
beneath a great ragged roof.
The thorougfares in the older por
tions of tho city vary from about foul
to six or seven feet in width. In the
newer quarters there are frequently
ten and even fifteen feet of space be
tween the houses on each side.
These narrow ways were thronged
with tens of thousands of people;
looking along them it seemed almost
as if one could walk upon men sheads,
bo close were they. High and low,
rich and poor, all rubbed shoulders,
Uoolics, carried, on each end of a six-
foot stick, water, firewood, and bur.-
Acns of various sorts ; whon an excep
tionally heavy load was to be carried,
tome four coolies bore it, slung on the
middle of a bamboo, two at each end
Df tho pole. Peddlers carried their
wares in baskets slung at each end oi
a stick, or in flat trays hung like an old
fashioned pair of scales, with tho pole
or beam on their shoulders. Carriers
thus bore creels of fruit, fish, and all
sorts of esculents; live rats, cats, and
dogs in wicker baskets; fat pigs in
wicker cylinders, sometimes with their
legs hanging out ; aud boxes, bales,
and trays of toys. Through the throng
exalted Chinamen, fan in hand, in
silken gowns, and with qtioues pen
dent far down tho back, made then
slow way in dignity. There were
plenty of women and children alsq in
tho crowd, some of tho women hob
bling painfully along on their
tortured and distorted feet,
which, from the tight binding,
were so shrunken and diseased that
their shin bones had beoome flcsliless
skeleton supports covered with a
wrinklod parchment skin, and their
limbs scorned to bo little better thau
guarled aud knotted stumps. Occa
sionally an empty chair was seen in
this crowd, or a chair in which sat
some mandarin, with awning and deli
cately fashioned luttice-blinds closelj
drawn, or a man who hawked small
wares or sweets for sale, and carried
in one hand a littlo flat metal plaU
and a string with a small weight tied
to one finger. With each ktwitch ol
his finger a clear, musical note rang
sharply in the air. Ping ! ping ! ping I
souuded his little gong, heralding hii
approach from a Jong way off. Whc
knows? Perhaps from this primitive
but artistic applinuce has in the
course of ages been evolved our muf
fin-bell sweet music in tho ears of
those setting forth iu quest of five
o'clock teas. Anon our progress was
checked by a funeral procession, which
struggled past us amid a blare of dis
cordant trumpets, beating of gongs,
and screeching of striuged instru
ments, tho mourners bearing aloft pa
per and tinsel dolls, bright streamers
or littlo travs of food aud sticks of in
cense.
The coolies, who had their queues
knotted up, wore, for the most part,
a hat shaped like a flat lump shad
about two foot across. A little cup
shaped wicker basket fixed under
neath it held this covering over thoii
heads, and it served mora as a sun and
rain shade for the body than nn actual
head coveriug. Clerks, merchants aud
well-to-do people carried thoir queues
loose, and were either bareheaded ot
covered with a bluok satin or very
hno black wicker skull cap with
coral button on the top.
i'very one seemed busy ; no one
seemed unhappy; eueh individual was
polite, and prepared to make way for
another. To keep to tho right was tht
rule of the road, a rnlo strictly ad
hered to, without which all progress
would have beeu impossible. As 1
looked ttloug tho crowded .way, 1
could sco aHvuye two long lines of poo
plu in single tile, passiug one another,
and kcepiug close to their respective
right sides. Iu places tho streets so
narrowed in that passers-by rubbed
shoulders. Every one stood osido for
tho passage of a inner il or a priestly
procession, after which tho aeknowl
edged order of precedence wus first a
chair with a passenger though even
this move 1 aside to allo w a passage to
the lowest class laborer staggering be
neath' a heavy loud thou uuy persou
currying a loa I, and lastly those who
were unencumbered by burdens. A
munduriu on foot, or a wealthy mer
chaut with u richly embroidered
gown, moved asido to allow thu coolie
wooil currier to p iss uioiu iiuinter
ruple 1. There were no policemen ut
corners to regulate trulho ; old estuli
lishe I custom, bjse I ou a policy of
mutual obligation, took thu place of a
mull in blue.
The I'd) II u'e l)rip;'il Dead.
A dealer iu horses recently took to
Clyde, X. V., a lot of horses thut had
been iu use, ou u New i'ork street
railroad. 1). 11. Cu ly purchased ono.
He wus driving it home when a traction
engine, Inch horses ualive to Clyde do
not notice auy moro than they would
a sheep, met them iu tho roa I. Thu
city home stopped, looked wildly at
the strange thing for a moment, gave
a shudder aud fell dead iu its tl'usks.
--C'hicugo Herald.
TH B MERRY BAIN.
Sprinkle, sprinkle, comes the rain
Tapping on the window-pane,
Trickling, coursing,
Crowding, forcing,
Tiny rills
To the dripping window-sills.
Laughing raindrops, light and swift,
Throngh the nlr they fall and sift
Dancing, tripping,
Bounding, skipping
Through the street,
T
With thoir thousand merry feet.
J
Every blade of grass nround
Is the laddor to the ground, ,
Clinging, striding,
Slipping, sliding,
On they come ...
With their bnsy, pattering hum.
In the woods, by twig and sprny,
To the roots they find thoir way,
Hushing, creeping-,
Doubling, leaping,
Down they go i
To the wnltlng life below.
O, the brisk and m - ry rain.
Bringing gladness In Its train 1
Fnlllntr, glancing,
Tinkling, danolng,
All around
Listen to Its cheery sound ! '
lihvmes for You and Mo.
HUMOR OF THE BAY.
Lives of great men remind us of
'ittle episodes in our own. Puck.
Every cloud has a silver lining, but
many oi them fail to turn over.
Peck s Sun.
The Chinaman loves solitude. Even-
the soldiers seek thoir retreats.
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
Sho "It takes two to make a bargain,
you know." He "Yes; butonlyono
gets it." Boston Courier.
If tho bass drum could think, it
would probably wonder why it has to
to keep still so much. Rain's Horn.
To lose a chance for a free advertise
ment is the Kansas man's idea of fu
ture punishment. Kansas City Star.
My shelf hold books of many an age,
And many are books ot price and tame,
And writ on many a tltlo-psgn
is many a aillurent owner s name.
Judge.
Marriage is tho hereafter of court
ship, and people never know what it
will be till they get there. Detroit
Free Press.
We nover soo a citron without
thinking it should be arrested for try
ing to look like a watermelon.
Atchison Globe.
It is said that a photograph can bo .
takon 000 feet nndcr water. We have
seen several that ought to bo taken
there. Chicago Dispatch.
I've studied women sweet for years
And got to know them so I
For now Just what they'll do (the dears !)
J know that I don't know.
Judge.
Pastor "You ought to be ashamed
of yourself. Even animalsknow when
to stop drinking." Toper "So do I
when I drink what they do." Flie
gende Blaettcr.
One of the greatost sorrows of age
is that, with increasing years aud ex
perience, a man loses that blase feel
ing which was such a pride and com
fort to his youth. Puck.
Kashera "Why don't you put a
check to that fellow who is ever
lastingly dunning you?" Bilker
"Whut'd be tho user The bank
wouldn't pay it." Buffalo Courier.
"Hello !" said the chestnut to the
robin, "What are you?" "I'm a little
bird," said the robin. "What aro
you?" "I'm a littlo burred, too,"
said tho chestnut. Tammany Times.
StufTer "You know that girl who
refused mo? Sho has just insulted
me by inviting me to dinner." Dash
away "What are you goiug to do?"
StulTer "Swallow the insult." New
York Sun.
An absent-minded South wark woman
went to the bauk tho other day to
have cashed a chequo her husband
sent her. She indorsed it thus
"Your loving wife, Mary Miller."
Philadelphia Record.
A man who would bo indignant at
being called a grumbler will accept
without disfavor the name of pessi
mist. Nevertheless, most pessimists
are, after all, only chronic grum
blers. Christian Inquirer.
"So you lot the prisoner off on his
word for a couple of days, did you?"
asked tho captuiu. "I did," answered
the lieutenant. "Aud do you think
ho will come buck on it or go back ou
it?" Indiauapolis Journal.
"Why didu't yon givo tho alarm
when you awakened and suwthe burg
lurs iu tho room?" Mr. Nupah "1
suw they were entertaining the baby,
aud what was a paltry $100 compared
with thut?" Chicago luter-Oceau.
"Purker uses a great deal of co
logne, it seems to me. Awful bad
form !" said Hawkins. "It would be
in you," said Hicks, "but it's family
pride with Hawkins. He conies of
old oologniul stock. "- -Hurper's Bazar.
Mrs. Flatter ''Georgo, dear, the
cook is goiug to-morrow." George
"Why, what is the matter with her?
I thought she liked the place." Mrs.
F. "That is the trouble. Sho suy
she is too contented with us." Brook
lyn Life.
"Everything thut is douo iu this
house is always blamed outo me,"
sni tied the small boy, "uu' I'm jist
gittin' tired of it. I'll run away, that's
whut I'll do. Dog-goue if I mean to
be the Li Hung Chang of this family
any lunger." Cincinnati Tribuuo.
Stiuuger "Would you kindly thow
me the way to tho cathedral?" In
telligent Native "Thut is not difficult
to tiud. You just walk down thut
street yonder, aud at the further end
you will sue a small provision shop ou
your loft. The cathedral is exactly
upposito," riioirendo BJuettur
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