THI FOREST REFDBLIGAN b aabIM' thj WUmnihi, J. E. WCNK. OfBo la Braaaibau(h St Co.'s BuHAlug SLM ITUIT, TIONBSTA, r. ratis or A0vEnri8iMai REST REPUBLICAN On Bqaara, on inch, on IniM Llua. On 8qura, on Inch, on month.. . On Kquar, on Inch, tbrae montat. On Hquara, on Inch, on jar . . . . . 'i wo Hqur4, on yr Quarter Column, on year....,.,,... Malt Column, on yar '. On Column, c.n yar . r . .1 f . . . WW . 1S00 soo& , 600 . W9 o Trma, ... g 1.89 1 Lcal jriTrtiMtnMit tea cati J arh inaartkra. Afarri&fa and daath aottoaa gratia, nhmtptioM raw! ret f I mmim Mrio t thr nth OrpdM Klltt4 ft, al aorta f th All blili foryearly ad vera mna s 4 quarterly. Temporary aavera; cnnnirf. HU a-ui laaaa ef aa oamniucaueas. o nymoiu VIII. XXVII !"W I I .1 i 'I ' I I I IV H . i I . I ' , IV K. 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His alleged preservation is attribotod to the oonnivanoo of Wel lington. A wide-awake member of tho South Australian Legislature has made a profit of $75,000 on a shipment of onions to the miaou in Western Aus tralia. He probably had had some cxperienoe of the wents of people on freshly opened gold fields. His ex ample has been followed by n number of other enterprising traders, and ac cording to In te advices there is quite o smell of onions about the famous Coolgardie fields. By the time Alaska is ready for sot "tlnmeut its rosonrces will probably be xnuoh improved, which is far better than to have a great wave of immi gration to destroy them. The Siber ian reindoer taken- to Alaska axe in ' oreasingrapidly, and this domestioated animal will be in invaluable help to settlers. If the waste of fish and game along the coast could bo stopped, the Chicago Herald believes, the big Ter ritory wonld be in excellent shape. The famous Bnrlin professor, Tir chow, is a most outspoken opponent of tho Darwinian theory aa applied on the Continent to tho dosoent of man from a lower order of creatures. At the International Anthropological Congress at Inusbrncb, of whioh asso ciation ho is tho veteran President, the New York Observer statos that he again poured out his vrala of wrath and acorn on the advocates of this thoory. He claims that Darwin him self originally abstained from apply ing his theory to the descent of man, and that only later tho ape theory was adopted. "Men might as well have invented a theory of the descent of man from a sheep," continued Vir chow. He Tcgards the problem in volved as one that can never be scien tifically solved. The Board of Supervisors of the Boston Public Schools has reported in favor of vertical, instead of slant, handwriting. The report statea that the adoption of vertical handwriting in number of European schools has proved to be a remedy for various physical defects, and thut it has the innTnnnifint itf . nnmlui. t : . . I tional hygienic congresses. The Board therefore makes these recom mendations: "That vertical penman ship be introduced at onoe into a cer tain number of schools designated for that purpose, and that it be permit ted in all of the schools. That all pu pils, in writing, face the desk so that a line juiuiug the ahoulders shall be parallel with the front edge of the desk. That all paper need in teaching writing be rnled with a single line, as for ordinary correspondence. ", A Vienna scoundrel named Shapiro. bp been working a green goods swin '.. j$n the greedy and credulous of that city with great suocoss. Ho has improved on the American game very -c)dedly. His scheme is to sell orilyauaine notes. Of course the buyers had no trouble in working them off, and soon his wares came into great demand, and he received orders by the score. AH meetings for the delivery of the goods were arranged to take place at solitary spots .on the frontiers. When the orders were for small amounts, Shapira allowed them to go, as baits for more business, but when the sale was large, the transfer would no sooner be consummated than polioeinen would appear and arrest the parties, confiscating all the money, The swindlers would be held, but the swindled would be allowed to go, as having suffered enough by losing their money. The polioe, who were confederates of the swiudlerB, would then return the money to the cfdoo of thofir' '-jotne of the dupes oaught on to tV' "(cheino, but they were afraid to oouaplain, as they were criminally connected with the transaction. When rumors of his crooked work reached the ears of the authorities, bhtpira absconded. Ho was arrested recently jn Rotterdam. WHICH f VThloh are the hands wa love the best, Thoie that are folded between our own, Or those that move us to strange unrent Hy feathery touch that ts'qalokly Down? Whlab, ah, whioh, do we love the best, Hands oaraslng or hands oarossel? Which are the eyes ws most adore, Thoie reflecting our evary thought, Or those whoso glance our hearts Implore, Whose Ore will nolther be tamed nor taught? Which, ab, whioh, do w lor the best, Eye adoring or eyes adorod? Whioh Is the heart of hearts ws prize. That which swavs with a pntslonrte power, Or that whioh yields us a eaorlfloe, Oeutle and goneroua, day and hour? Whioh, of all, do w hold above, Hearts most loving or he.arls we love? The Century. 1N OLD MAN'S DARLING. ATE SOMEK3, my old school mate and dear friend for years after we entered upon our lives as matrons, invited me to spend the summer with her at Star Point, a little sea-ooast village, named from a peculiar conformation of jagged rooky points whioh stretched into the ocean in the shape of a mammoth star. Kate had lost her husband and only child of oontagious fever during the winter, and I waa alone during the absenoe of my liege lord upon a business trip to Germany ; so we were desirous of avoiding the crowds at gay watering places, and spending a summer in soolusion and comfort. Star Point, Kate wrote me in June, after she had been there three weeks, was almost a solitude, where we could sew, read, write and ohat without fear of intrusive visitors, and where sea air could be enjoyed without the necessity of ten or a dozen changes of dress in one day. So one July morning found ns sauntering along the little strip of beach between two high rocks, talking quietly. As we stood looking out upon the water, calm and sunny, rolling in with onrling waves, there passed ns the prettiest trio I have ever seen. The central fignre was an immense dog, black and shining, with long curling hair. . Upon each side of him was a golden-haired boy, . of three years old, dressed only in a close-fitting suit of scarlet flannel, whioh left the round white arms and legs bare. The little ohubby feet pattered by the side of the great dog, the little hands holding fast to his shaggy blaok sides, till with a merry shout the boys plunged into the water, and swam out from shore. They were buoyant as littlo duoks, sporting in the waves, and evidontly at home there, but the great dog watohed them constantly, roady to catch either, if the onrling golden hair should sink for moment. "Did you ever see anything so pretty?" I cried. "I knew you would say so," Kate answered. "I have seen thorn every morning. - They live in the cottage you see beyond that great rook, with a young mother as pretty as themselves, and an old man, who I presume lit their grandfather." But the occupants of the cottage were nearer than Kate supposed, for as she ceased speaking, a suppressed chuckle behind ns made us both look round with a start, to face the pretty young mother and the venerable old man, who said respectfully : "Beg pardon, ladies, for laughing, but," and a broad grin spread over his whole faoe, "those are my boys. This is my wife, Margie." Margie blushed and dropped a cour tesy. "John is so proud of the boys," she said, as if apologizing for her hus band's tone. "Well he may be," I said ; "they are beautiful children. Are you not afraid when they are in the water?" "Oh, no; Bover goes with them al ways, and they were taught to swim as soon as to walk." "The ladies are wondering, Margie, how you are my wife, and not my daughter," said the old man. "You cau tell them while I go down to the nets. I'll bring the lads in, if the ladies will rest after their walk." Margie half bashfully led the way to the oottage, and gave us each a seat in the neat sitting-room. When we were near the house, we saw that it was a pleasant sized dwalliug, made by throwing two little cottages into one, and the furniture and appointments proved that the oocupanta were in easy circumstances. With true coun try hospitality, Margie offered us fruit, cake and milk, and Kate, while eating, delicately led the conversation back to the point where John had left it, "Well," said Margie, blushing prettily, "John seems always to think that it looks odd for me to be his wife, when I am but twenty-four and he has turned seventy; but nobody that knows him oun wonder at it. You see, my father lived in the half of this cot tage, when it was two houses, and John Martin, that-is my husband, lived in the other half. . I was but a bit of a girl when my mother died, and I used to go with father and Uncle John, as I called him then, everywhere. They were both fisher men, as all the men are around here, and both made enough money to live on in comfort. But twioe a week we took fish to market at M , where the train stops, four miles inland." Kate nodded to signify that she knew the locality mentioned, from whioh Doint wn had been driven in a I cub hired at the i""", to Star Point. "You may have noticed," said War ! gie, "a largo brick house on tho right of the road, just after yon leave the town?" We had both noticed it. "Here father and Uncle John al ways stopped to leave fresh fish as we went to town, and I was very often in vited to stay all day to play with the ohildren, Anna and Frederick Hall. I must tell yon here, that my mother was not from this part of the country, but had lived in Philadelphia, and had come to Star Point for her health the summer she met my father and married him. She had a sister living in Philadelphia, and when I was ten years old, my aunt wrote to father to send me to her for a few years, that I might have an education. When Mr. Hall hoard of this, he made arrangements to send Anna also, and for six years we were at boarding school in the city, my home being at my aunt's during the holidays. She was very kind to me, and I was very happy, but I was very glad to come home again to father, Unole John nd the sea. I can never tell you how I fretted for the sea. But in the six year that I had been away, father had grown very feeble, depending more and more npon Unole John, and grow ing weaker every year. "So it was that I began to carry the fish to M , and we started a little cart and pony for the journey to and fro. I was young, and when Fred Hall, who was only five years older, began to smile at me, and find excuses for lingering at the cart, began to bringorders to the oottage for partic ular lish on days that were not market days, nobody found fault. 1 was but a poor fisherman's daughter, itistrne, and his father was a wealthy manu facturer at M , but we were all equals in position, for this is a primi tive place, and I never knew anything about high and low, or money making one bettor than another, exoopting while I was in Philadelphia. "But though Fred Hail was young and had been to college, though he wore handsome clothes and had money, I never cared for his fair whiskers and bright face as I did for Uncle John's white hairs and gentle voice. I never thought of love. I only knew that I was happy with Unole John, and mis erable away from homo. I was seven teen when, one morning, I went with Uncle John to fish from a rook we oall the Camel's Back hereabouts. There were but fow who fished there, for it is a dangerous point, though the fish are plenty in the hollow beneath it. You see, it was a high arohing rook, r.nd hang over the water, whioh was very deep directly nnder it. To pull up a net or a line, one must almost hang over the odge of the rook, and below the waters suck tho fish down, so that it requires a strong arm to pull them in. -v, "Uncle John and I, however, often fished there, though he never allowed me to pull the fish in. But npon this particular day Fred Hall joined us as we were going across the sands, and Unole John kept a little aloof. He thought we were lovers, and never kept very near me when he fanoied Fred was courting. And I did not un derstand then why this vexed me. On this day it nettled me more than ever, and when I felt a strong pull at my line, instead of calling Unole John to help me, I leaned over the edge of the rock and tried to land my own fish. Far a moment I succeeded in holding the line, then there was a sudden Btrong jerk, and losing my bal auoo, I went over the Camel's Back into the water. I could swim, bnt in falling I -struck my head against a point of the rook,' and lost my con sciousness. ' ' "Fred stood still and screamed, but dear Uuole John, never thinking of his own danger, ran round the rock, aud, at the base, plunged into the deep water after me. I cannot tell how we escaped, but I was dragged ashore by Uncle John, and Fred had sense enough to run to the house for the pony and cart. It was many days before I could go for fish again, but in those days I knew that I loved John Martin, that for his sake I could leave all the world, if it would make him happy. But I knew, too, that he looked npon me as a mere child, his old companion's daughter, and I blushed at my own presumption in thinking he would ever love mer. "I did not know then that John Martin had once been a gentleman of wealth and standing, had traveled in Europe, had studied in foreign col leges; but I did know that he was un like any of the other fishermen at Star Point, even my own father. He first taught me to spoak correctly, avoiding all the provinoiulisma of the people around us, and he would tell me of sights abroad, that I supposed be hud read of, instead of having seen them. Onoe he told n;e that a f ulse love, a false friend and sudden loss of worldly wealth had first driven him to Star Point,' but that he had found rest and peace here, and hoped to die here. I never asked him any more. "I was getting well of uiy injuries, when my father was takeu suddenly very ill, and for two years I cursed him, through a gradual decline of his whole system, till he died. . When he died there cams a dewlutiou into my life beyond even my orphanhood. "I must leave Star Point. JVIy aunt wrote me to come to b,er, promising me a laving welcome and a home. Fred Hall, iu the taoe of the approach ing separation, asked me to be his wife, but John said nothing. Day af ter day I lingered, keeping with me the woman who had attended to our house after my father's illness required all my time. Day after day I saw John, with his pale, sad face, his tender, subdued manner, and he never spoke the words to keep me beside him. "With a breaking heart I folt that I must go. The stilling city, the rou tine of fashionable life at my aunt's, the exile irom home and the ooean, all pressed upon me, and Fred urged his suit whenever he could. "Weary and heoit-eiok, I went one day to the Camel's Back to bid fare well to the sea, for I had rosolved to go away the next day. I was standing on the edge of the rock, when, looking down, I saw John Martin at the base, sitting upon a rook, his head bowed upon his hands, his whole frame con vulsed with deep sobs. "I knew then he loved me. I can not tell how I knew it, but I was sure then, a I am now, that be was weep ing for me. It took me bnt a moment to skirt ronnd the rock and stand be side John. I never thought about be ing nnmaidenlv or bold. I never re membered that he had not spoken one word of love to me. I only knew" that the coming separation was breaking his heart as well as mine. I knelt down beside him, and pnt my arms about his neck. " 'Oh, John,' I said, 'don't lot me go I Keep me with you. ' " 'Margie, little Margie,' he said, 1 would gladly keep you, if I could.' "Then he looked in my face, and said : " 'No, no. I am an old fool, dream ing, mad I The child cannot love me. ' "But I do love yon." I said, cling ing oloser to him, "and you love me. And now nobody oan take me away." "But, Margie," he said, very grave ly, "there is bnt one way you oan stay. You must be my wife, or I can not keep yon here. " "I know it, John," I said. "Yonr wife I To cook for yon, sew for you, love yon I" "But Fred Hall?" "Fred Hall 1" I said, contemptuous ly. "He is nothing to me, John. Yon are all the world." "Your aunt?" "She can adopt somebody else." "Yon see," said Margie, laughing and blushing, "I was doing all the oourtiig, but there was a look in John's eyes that told me he was plead ing against his own heart, and that he loved me even when, for my sake, he thought it right to send me away. "He insisted upon my going to Philadelphia for a year, to test my own heart, and then, when I was homesick and wretched, he came to me. "He knew then I loved him for all my life, and he loved me, dearer even than he bad loved the woman who was false to him in his youth. So we were married, and came to Star Point, to the home where I was born, and where I hope to die." Here the sound of laughing voices reached us, and looking out, we saw the golden-haired twins, all glowing and driping, coming over the sands, one astride of the black dog's book, the other upon his father's shoulders. The old man was prancing like a horse, the dog barking and trotting beside him, and the twin boys shouting end laughing till the air rang with their merriment. We rose to go, thanking Margie for her story, and firmly convinoed that there was one woman in the world who, for true love's sake alone, is an old man's darling. New York News. Four Feet of Snow In Eight Honrs. "I have seen four foet of snow fall in eight hours," said Conductor Cobb, of tbe Maine Central, Thursday, "and yet it was so light that you could wade through it just as yon oan through water. "It was in the Sierra Nevada Moun tains a sort of frost-like snow tha. falls in the night, burying everything. Twelve feet away from another man you oan just see him, with a sort of halo around him as though somewhere the sun was shining through the storm. In these storms it is impossible to tell direction or distance. One is simply lost when only a Bhort distance from oamp. "In the morning we walked down into town. One man went ahead breaking the snow, whioh came nearly to his armpit", as he moved through it. He would tread until tired, when he would drop to the rear and some one else would lead the procession. As we walked into the valley it grew less, and down below in the town there had been no snow and all tho tiruo the sun or the stars had shone. Such a snow goes like the dew disappear?, evaporates." Le wist on (Me.) Journal, A Bemarkable Family. -On a pretty ' little farm "high up among the hills of Calhoun County, Alabama, 1000 feet above the sea, lives a most remarkable family. Their name is Sadler. The family consists of a brother and four sisters, and the youngest has already turned her ninety-first year. The oldest is several years more than a oentury old. None of them has ever married. The Sadlers were born in the Old Dominion State In 1831 tbe family moved to Alabama and Culhoun County, about fifteen miles east' of Annison. Two years later ' they became possessed of the property on which they now live, and there erected a log house, whioh domi cile they have since inhabited con stantly. Years ago tbe father and mother died, the former at the age of niuoty-oue, the latter at the age of seventy-five. Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times. Cola Dies Destroyed. Sledge-hammer blows, delivered by powerful employes of the Mint, ou Wednesday destroyed the dies in use during the lost year. There were M2 iu all, and of these 71 were for double eagles, 97 for eagles, 32 for half eagles, 4 for quarter eagles, 12 for dollar pieces, 21 for half-dollar pieoes, 50 for quarter-dollar pieces, 3 (J for ten cent pieces, 80 for five-cent pieces, and 108 for one-ceutpieoes. The dies are steel, and to destroy them it be? comes neoessary to heat them almost to whiteness. Then they were taken from the fire aud pluoed upon an an vil and two blacksmiths with sledges struck them upon the iuce. Philadel phia Timed, THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE. 8 TORIES THAT ARB TOLD BT THE FXTITNT MEN OP THE PRESS. There Is No New Woman-KMquctta vs. Cynicism C. O. D. The Dis tinction, Etc., Etc. Kew womnn? Oh, M j you, she Isn't new, Though she's willed so, at any rnte, Bhe shop Junt the same ns the olil ones do, And asks It her bat's on slrnlgtit. She's as carious as other women are, And a big hnt wears at a piny, And she always steps off a trolley car With her lace turned the other way. New York Press, SUPERSTITION, Toet (with Ma) "What floor is the editorial department?" Elevator Boy "Thirteenth." Poet "Good day." Puck. ETIQUETTE VS. CYNICISM. Novioe "When a man and a woman become engaged, which one is it proper to congratulate?" r Cynio "Neither." Chioago Rec ord. H19 ATTRNTIOJI DIVIDED. Mrs. Jones "John, you didn'tkeep yonr eves on the preacher all the time." Mr. Jones "How could I? I had my umbrella with me." Life. TOT DISTINCTION. Teacher "What is the difference between victuals and viands?" Scholor "We have victuals on wash days and viands when we have oompany. " Detroit Free Press. A FAMILIAR EXPERIENCE. Plugwinch "Tell you what, old man, if I'd my life to live over again I'd marry money, wouldn't you ?" ' Enpeck (decisively) "No, sir I Money talks I" Philadelphia Life. OH, TES I CERTAIN!,? 1 "Now, yon will have to ask papa for his oonsent," said Miss Willing to her accepted suitor. "Oh, yes I Cprtainly I" replied Jack Coy. "Of course I Er has he a tel ephone at his office ?" Puck. o. o. d. -' Willie "Marjorie, you have re turned my written proposal marked O. O. D. Tell me, what does it mean?" Marjorie (blushing) "Why why, 0. O. D. means, Call on Dad." Truth. VANITY. Mande (at the piano) "I do hate those finger exercises. I think they're just horrid. Edith "Why, I think they're love ly. They do show off one's rings to such advantage, yon know." Boston Transcript. end rr ALii. Cholly Chumpleigh "Miss Coldeal. our friendship has lasted a long time. If I should ask you to marry me will you promise to think it over?" Miss Coldeal (rising) "es, Mr. Chumpleigh, I should think it was '""er, at once." A WAY THEY HAVE, Mrs. Hicks "Dick was sick all night, and, as a consequenoe, Mr. Hicks is ill in bed from worry and loss of sleep. " Mrs. Dix "Where is Dick?" Mrs. Hicks "I sent him after the doctor." Puck. A SUPEBIOB ATTRACTION. First Small Boy "Come over and play in this mud-puddle." Second Small Boy Nope ; yon come over and play in this one." First Small Boy "I wont. The water's dirtier in this puddle than it is in yours. " Judge. HEB IUNOBANCB. A five-year-old, who went to school for the first time, came homo at noon, and said to his mother, "Mamma, I don't think that teacher knows much?" "Why not, my dear?" "Why, hhe kept asking questions all the time. She asked where the Mississippi was." Philadelphia Life. VERY TJNKOBTCNATB. ' Whimsious "I always knew that thirteen was an uuluoky number I Jol licus gave nil awfully swell dinner at Del's the other night, and there were just thirteen at table." Flimsious "Woll, what happened?" Whimsious "What happened? Why, I wasn't invited 1" Life, TUB MYSTERY. First Depositor "I suppose there's no telling bow the bank's money went?" Second Depositor "Oh, yes I That has all been cleared up. There's only one thing thut isn't dear, now." First Depositor "What is that?" Second Depositor "How they came to leave any assets." Puok. A FLAl'SlBUi EXPLANATION. "What do you Western people mean by 'rounding up' cattle?" asked the Bostou girl. And the Chicago girl, who would not admit that the didn't know it all, replied : "OU, that is a sort of slang term for the fattening of them of course, that makes them round in out line, you know. " Cincinnati Tribune. White clothing is cool, because it reflects the heat of the sun; blaok clothing is warm, because it absorbs both heat and liiilit. Iron bedsteadd are safe duriug a thunder storm, beeuuse, being good conductors, they keep the electricity from tL boJy. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Arterial blood is red because it has just been purified in the lungs. I The eye is not sensitive to cold bo cause it is so woll supplied with blood vessels. The sea-nettle stings its prey to death by means of a poison secreted in its tentacles. A recent industrial innovation in Switzerland is the manufacture of floor mosaics from wood pilo, ; The Board of Health of Tekonsha, Mich., has ordered tha dogs and cats killed belonging to families afflicted with diphtheria. Action of sea water has so loosened the joints ol the aluminium torpedo boat reoently built for the Frenoh Navy that it is in danger of falling to pieces. The Secretary of the North Caro lina Health Board cites many instanoes of towns whioh had been almost uninhabitable from malaria becoming all right when pure water was intro duced. Professor Williams, of Edinburgh, after a period of investigation reports that the danger of tuberculosis spread ing among human beings is very much greater from the milk than from the flesh of oows. One of the balloons reoently sentnp by Frenoh scientists with automatical ly registered thermometers and ba rometers reached a height of ten miles, when the thormometer registered 110 degrees below zero. A German scientist says : "The ere should never be rubbed save with the elbow," meaning that it should never be rubbed at all, for the reason that this most delicate organ should al ways be handled with the utmost gen tleness. ' The eyelids close involuntarily when the eye is threatened in order that this organ may be protected. If a man had to think to shut his eyes when something was thrown at them he would be too slow to save the eye from injury. To prevent the spreading of oonta gious diseases through the telephone the Paris Faculty of Medicino recom mends the use of a specially prepared antisuptio paper. Diphtheria is said to be one of the complaints most easK ly propagated by telephone. , Iron, through its use for oleotrical purposes, seems to have developed a new quality, magnetio fatigue. In tests made of transformers lately in London to asoertain the open cironit loss, it has been found that the loss increased steadily for the first 200 days until it reached a fairly constant value of forty per cent, more than at starting. The rapidity with which certain species of insects move is something truly astomsnlng. The oommon house fly is known to make 600 strokes per second with his wings, and the dragon fly 1500. In the case of the fly the uuu stroKs causes an advance move' ment of twenty-seven feet. These are figures on ordinary flight, and it is believed that the fly is capable of in creasing both the strokes and advanoe movement seven-fold. It is now well established, as a re sult of the studies of Le Conte, Hunt, Sponoer, A. Agassiz and others, that the winds and ocean currents very largely dotermine tho position and shape of oiroular coral islands, or atolls. In the case of plants, besides the action of gravity and of light, their shape is doubtless iutlueucod by currents of air. And these physical causes have also a potent influence in determining the plantlike shape of fixed animals, like Bponges, polyps aud all animals when symmetry is ra diate. Russia Has Large Cavalry Forces. A German paper states that the cre ation of the new Kusaiau army corpt in Poland will lead to the concentra tion of such masses of cavalry an are found in no other army in the world. In the Government of Warsaw thero will bo three divisions of cavalry, three regiments of Cossaoks, and cor responding batteries of horse artillery. This great mass of cavalry will face the German frontier and have its centre at Warsaw, its right resting on Plotz and its left ou Lublin. It is re ported that some time ago secret maneuvers were held in tbe Govern ment of Wilna to tost the possibility of handling such masses of cavalry, with the result that the commander-in-chief expressed an opinion that no troops oould stand before them. This may be true, Bays the German critic, but how can such numbers be marohed about any country and fed altogether Handling them would be an easy mut ter compared with the commissariat officers' work to provide food. Chi cago Herald. Care ol the Fan. A prominent physician says that more than half of the ear trouble from whioh people suffer during the cold weather cau be traced to the habit of picking at the ears with tho fingernails or hairpins or some other hard sulstance, which irritates the delicate inside of the ear. Instead ol this injurious "picking," tho ears should bo washed out with wurui water aud a littlo good soap, aud thor oughly dried after the operation. If the ears are sensitive a little cottou may be put iu before going into the open air, though this is apt to make them even more sensitive. In ex tremely cold weather before venturing out a good way to cleau the ear Is to wrap the corner of a. towel around the finger, and with a little oold cream carefully wipe out the auricle. It will remove every particle of dmt uud will really protect the ears from the oold, but it cuu souroely be recom intuded for regular Usi:, New York World, ANOTHER SPRING If I might see another spring I'd not plant summer flowers an I walk Td have my oroeuses at onco, II y leafless pink mezerons, My ohlll-velnod snowdrops, choloer yet, My whit or asure violet, Leaf-nestod primrose ; anything To blow at once, not late. If I might see another spring I'd listen to the daylight birds That build their nests and pnlr and sing, Nor wait for matelees nightingale i I'd listen to tho lusty herds. The ewes with lambs as white as snow, I'd And out muBlo in the hall And all the winds that blow. It I might see another spring Oh, stinging comment on my past That all my past results In "If If I might see another spring I'd laugh to-dny to-dny Is brief j I would not wait for anything ; I'd use to-day that cannot last Be glad to-day and sing. Christina RossettU IIUJIOK OF THE DAY. Gossip puts two and two together and makes whatever sum it desires. Cobblers report that business with them is mending. Hartford Journal. A man's second love is generally worth more money than his first Puck. In striving to get ahoa 1 of others look to it that yoa do not fall over yourself. Puck. When Cupid breaks the ice between two people, he never puts up the dan ger signal. Puok. Nobody can help noticing the short comings of the man who is always be hind time. Dallas News. The man who "has his price" will be very oaroful about showing his cost mark. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "They sell water in Cairo." "How interesting I And do they have tho milk ticket system, too?" Puck. The would-be meddler with "green goods" is reminded of his youthful ex periences with the sour apple. Puck. The difference between a man and a horse is that the latter never goes on a race track until after he's broke. Statesman. The older a man is when he gets married tbe sooner he commences tak ing his lunoh 'at. noon downtown. Atchison Globe. Fred "Was that a iJoeton girl you were talking to a minute'ago?" Ar thur "Yes. Didn't yon heh mo sneezing?" Life. "v A ilinn rt Inlr maw t.-tmmnnd aA. tention ol nundieds. Particularly if it is on your polished shirt front Rockland (Me.) Tribune. Weary Waggles "Dere 'sev'ral courses I'd like te persoo. " Tiredy "Wot er dey like?" Weary Waggles "Dinner courses." Syracuse Post. "Does your daughter Bing?" asked Mrs, Jinglegilt. "No," replied Mrs. Old fan. "We have taken great pains in educating her not to." Washing ton Star. Customer "What in the world is that unearthly howling overhead?" Clork (smihrxg) "Thero is a pain less dentistry establishment upstairs, sir. " Statesman. Tough "I want a dozen eggs, an' I wants 'em bad, see?" Grooer "Go to that grocer across the street. Everything he keops is bad." Phila delphia Inquirer. Editor "In writing up the foot ball game why do yoa say it was hotly ' contested?" Reporter "I don't see how it could be otherwise, when it was played on a gridiron." Norris town Herald. "Here," 6aid tho new missionary, "here are somo tracts and sermons, translated into your native language." "Thanks," yawned the King of Ebwpka. "By the way, have yoa a translation of Trilby ?' " Indian apolis Journal. "This may be justioe," said the de feated defendant, "but it strikes me as being a pretty fishy verdict." "That shows that it is justice," retorted the plaintiff. "One of the most conspicu ous features of justicj is her scales." Harper's Bazar. "It is wonderful what progress has been made in the way of machinery," remarked Mr. Figg. "I tee that there has been a machine invented that can make a complete pair of shoes iu six teen minutes. Why, that is even fast er than Tommy can wear them out." Indiagnpolis Journal t - i A (jut-en's Curious Ways. Madagascar's Queen, acoording to all aooounts, has many curious ways and traits of character. She is always dressed in the latest Parisian style. Her private expenses aro met by a fund called the "haeina,"- to whioh all who como iuto the presence of her Majoatyare required to coutiibute a five-frauo piece. It is tho duty of the youngest member of tbo royal family to present a hat, into which the coin is dropped. Moreover, whenever the Queeu travels tho inhabitants of all tho towns and villages she vidits are expected to contribute to the same f uud either in money or kind. She is very fond of games', particularly of lotto and billiards, and idio Hatters herself she cau fly a kite higher than anyone of her subjects. Chicago Herald. Wood Pulp Tublus. Tubing male from wood pulp is oouiiug iuto use for underground purposes, owing to its hii;u tlectrical resistauco and its freedom from tho action of eurlh-returu currents which seriously injure gua r.ud water pipes in cities wuere electric cars ie the ground to complete their circuits. It is also freo from dillieultiea duo to expansion and contraction CLiea'O Herald.
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