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Job work cash oa dtltvtry.
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Juvenile crin have increased in
France from 10,000 in 1B00 to 31,000
io 1 890.
The Baltimore News believes that
there is nearly $150,000,000 of Haiti
more money invested in Southern
securities.
Ono ol the important matters to
which the New York Sua is directing
attention is whether to nay "tooth
brush" or "teeth brnith."
According to the Taris Itovuo nor
ticolo, the Inrgeft forests in the world
nrein Central Africa, Southern Siberia,
North and South America.
Public Opinion thinks it is matter
for congratulation that the teaching ot
English in our schools and colleges is
at Inst beginning to get a modicum of
tho atteution thnt it has long de
manded. The Allahabad Tionecr, tho princi
pal journal of British India, and the
one on which llu.lyord Kipling began
his literary career, reoently contained
a paragiaph in the "want" columns as
follows: "Situation wauted as tnnke
charmer in respectable family. P. S.
No objection to looking after the
cornel."
The status of tho fiancee has reoently
C3ino up in Texas. A railroad man
had his life insured for the benefit of
his betrothed. He died from injurioe
in a wreck. His family enjoined the
insurance company from paying the
money. In Missouri the Supreme
Court has decided that such imarance
is invalid. The family got tho money.
Thnt it costs something to launch a
big bntt'csbip is shown by tho state
ment th at the rxpento of getting the
Victorious, the latent addition to Eng
land's Meet, afloat was about $10,000.
She is a sister ihip to the Magnifloent
and the Majestic, and is 390 feet long,
tcventy-five feet beam, and 27 feet
draught. There were used np on the
ways over which she slid into the water
7000 pounds of Russian tallow, ICO
gallons of train oil and 700 pounds of
toft eoap. The gross weight of tho
hin, equipped and ready for sea, is
15,723 tons.
Rev. Dr. Talinnge, in n recent ser
mon, speaking of our near approach
to the twentieth centnry, said: "Only
four summers more; four autumns
more ; four winters more J four spring!
more, and then the clock of tinio will
htriko tlio death of the old century
and the birth of the new." It is easy
to forget, recalls tie Pathfinder, that
there are f till five more years before
dnwu of the twentieth century. The
nineteenth century will not end, re
member, till midnight of Desembor
31, 1900, uot 1S99. You must spend
your 100th cent before vour dollar is
gone, ami it is to with the years of the
ceutury.
The Atlanta Constitution remarks:
Out in ludiaua nu old lady ot seventy
four offered $20,000 for a young hus
band. An enterprising fellow of twenty-six
came forward, but the woman's
family sue I out a writ of lunacy to
prevent her from marrying. The jury
pronounced her fane, and she eloped
with her jnrchase and married him.
The Chicago Record in commenting on
this case makes the point that a short
time ago a youug woman in New York
wanted a hubband with a title, and got
him after n big cash sum of several
million dollars had been settled upon
him by her relatives. Nobody hinted
that the Now York girl was insane.
On the coutrary society thought that
the Lad distinguished herself. Our
Chicago contemporary thinks that it
makes a difference when tho pur
chased husband is an imported article
with a title. If he is a home product
the woman who offers a good price for
Li in is supposed to be crazy.
' The Italians imported by Austin
Corbin to become hind owners at Sun
cyside, Arkansas, are represented in
the New York Pott to bo superior in
morals and intelligence to the Italian
laborers with whom people in other
parts of the country are more or less
familiar." They are reportel to have
been carefully selected from a very re
spectable and prosperous class. At
Louie they were small farmers, gar
deners and fruit growers, and the
methods of farming and careful culti
vation to which they have been accus
tomed are expected to bo great ai
to them in their new surroundings.
They have strong religious inclina
tion!', and their first act after arriving
lit their new home was to conduct re
ligious exercises in thanks to God for
tho kindness bestowed upon them,
'i'hey were heartily welcomed at Suu
uyside, and nt once announced their
intention to become citizens. Other
khip loads of immigrants ure expected
lo follow this lirst importation.
DY THE FIRE,
V7lthln my door, good Dams To-day
Rplns by tlio hearthstone bright,
Ami keeps me at my task alway,
Till tnps my nolghhor Nlgii' ;
Thau brushes aha the hearth, botime,
And bills the wheel lie still,
And, with hnr gossip Duty, climbs
The path up yonilur hll1.
Whilenoigt bor Night and I, alon ,
li wlde the hearth's low flame,
Bit hcnrkeijliig the wind's wild moan,
But speak no word nor name;
For neighb r Night, right young Is ho,
Aad I have hoard It said
That, hnply, he will some time bo
With gay To-m jrro.v we J,
And I am old. Each hour I track
The stop of Watchman Time;
Bo soon will Dame To-dny oomebnek,
Then farewell dream and rhyme!
But now. with neighbor Night, a spaco
Is mine, he'll not gainsay,
To brood awhllo upon a face
Sly lost love, Yesterday.
Virginia W. Cloud, In Bookman.
A TEST OF THE COMMON.
PLACE.
HEN Clinton's en
gagement to Miss
Lanston had been
broken because of
Greta Morrys, con
jeoture grow and
thrived in all di
rections as to
whether or not
Greta was be
trothed to Mr.
Clinton. That he had asked her to
marry him, even before the break with
Miss Lanston.was certain, but whether
she had said yes or no, nobody was
ablo to say.
Her manner to him was the same as
before a brilliant coquetry that be
longed to her alono aud nobody dared
question her.
When early in tho week it became
known that r rancis Greyford wns oom
ing down from liar Harbor to Squirrol
Island, apparently for no better rea
son than that Mus Morrys was there.
those interested made sure that at last
thoy would be able to solve this rid
die.
Then, the day before Mr. Groyfold
came. Clinton went oil to New lor It
There was a whisper that Le went to
buy Greta tho handsomest diamond
ring at Tiffany's, but those things are
rarely to be bolieved, and the hotel
realized with a dull throb ot aiBap
pointmeut that now, perhaps, the rid
die could not be solved.
There were, of course, several girls
ready to toll Greyford about Clinton,
but he did not seem to mind much,
and only this morning he had been
heard to ask hor to go rowing, in spite
of tbo stormy sea, because he liked to
be with her whero nobody else dared
go.
She had laughed at him caressingly
and looked out at the windswept ocean
thoughtfully before she answered
"Yes. lot us go ; it will be an experi
ence that will forever after prevent
surface acquaintance between us.
He gave her a quick glunco. "Do
you wont it prevented?"
"Y-es. Surface, acquaintance with
a man cannot be anything but com'
monplace, and I do not like man who
is that.
"Will you toll me, Miss Greta, what
kind of a man do you really like best ?"
Greyford' handsome eyes were very
earnest. Ureta pondered a moment ;
then, with a little laugh, she brought
her eyes back from the stormy sea to
the man at her sido.
"I would rather not," she answered.
"Why?"
"Because there is ft possible chance
that you are that kind of man, and
that would be an embarrassing ad
mission for me to make."
It she was really betrothed to Clin
ton, Greyford thought, she would
hardly say a thing like that.
Greyford spent the half hour she
was getting ready anxiously watching
the water. He was afraid be had been
unwise" in asking hereto go out, but
when she came downstairs ready to go
she was such a charming picture he
forgot his anxiety. A slim figure,
gowned in 6age green, with broad
collar and girdle of white, she held a
green hat, with white clovers on it, in
her hand and let the brisk breeze stir
hor bright hair into a hundred little
ringlets around her face.
As they strolled down the sandy
road to the beach Greta toachfd again
on the theme they had been discuss
ing.' "There are, after all," she said,
"few men who are net common
place." "No man is always commonplace,"
he replied, gravely. 'There are times
in the life of even the rnoHt ordinary
man when he is unusual. Those things
depend too much on environment to
generalize about them."
She gave him a surprised glance,
which he did not notice, for they were
close to the beach now and his oys
were on the sea.
"Would you think me very com
monplace if I were to tell you that it
will be most unwise for us to row
round the island to-day?"
"Yes, I should," the answered,
tersely.
He frowned impatiently.
"I should not have asked you to go.
Look at that sky and wind ; it is going
to storm frightfully in about half au
hour."
"I shall like that," said Greta, reck
lessly. "When I said I would go I
told you it was for the sake of the ex
perience." "You will not like it when it turns
over the boat."
"An, I can swim, quite well, too,
and think how exciting it will be out
in the midst of that angry water I"
"I do not like the responsibility,"
he observed.
fir
I
She threw back her head and looked
nthim through half-olosod lids. "How
does it feel to be afraid?
He cava her n wrathful glance and
moved awny to the long, narrow boat
waiting on tbo bench. Without a
word lie helped her in, took no the
onrs, and with the long, steady stroke
of a Harvard crew man swept out into
the ohanuel. It may have been that
the group of girls watching them from
the piazza had something to do with
Greta's persistence. Now, however,
tbey passed out of view, and Greta s
attention was claimed by Greyford.
Sho watched him admiringly; tho
broad shoulders, the proud poise of
tho head and the annoyed determina
tion of his face; then she laughed
softly.
Greyford looked at the lowering
storm-oloud and then at tho expressive
face of tho girl before him, into which
no touch of seriousness had come.
"If we go round the island," he
said, "we take our lives in our hands,
probably to dash them to pieces on
the Hypocrite rooks. ' He rested on
bis oars, still looking st her.
"J hnvo nover been near death,
said Greta, thoughtfully.
His UD3 came together firmly.
will not take you near it. Have you
never a serious moment in your life?
Is there nothing more to you than ef
fervescence?'' She had said truly that in snob, an
experience as they were now experi
enoicg conventional acquaintance
would vanish.
Very gravely Bhe looked at him now,
with all the carelessness fled.
"Yes," she said, simply, "there is
much more to me. Because it has
nover been put to the test in your
presence, you ought not to think it
lacking. The effervescence would not
be attractive if its foundation wero
poor."
"Thank yoa," he answered. "I am
glad. It is time, then, that we
stopped this madness; we will go
back.
Greta made no answer, but tho wo
man in her approved of his quick tone
of command. The boat swung round
nnder his skilful guidanoe. They wero
almost a mile out from shore, with the
wind and tide against them, and
Greyford s teeth set firmly as he saw
the little heidway they were making,
A wave of foam-crested water rolled
over the boat, dashing itself np into
Greta's face and over her gown, but
she did not even start. "Most girls
would have screamed," thought Grey
ford, with an observant look at her
quiet face, with the olustenng curls,
that the water had not straightened,
about it
Suddenly one of the oars gave an
ominous craok, and Greyford' face
whitened almost to his lips.
"God I" he muttered. "This thing
cannot stand tbo strain, and we are a
half mile from shore.
Greta leaned forward to the white,
detormined face. There was no terror
in her own ; the Morryses had not
been need to lose their heads in peril,
"It is my fault," she said in a low
voice, "You would not have gone but
for me. Before anything happens,
yoa must let me ask you to forgive
my selfishness, and to thank yoa with
all my heart for the friendship of a
mun that yoa have givon me. -
He met tho bright blue eyes with a
new light in hie own the approving
look that bravery gives to courage,
"There is nothing to forgive," he an
swered hastily.
Another long stroke and then onoe
more that ominous craok. c or an in
stant Greyford paused ; then again the
oar swept through the surging wator.
It shivered and splintered in his grasp,
Greta's face grew paler as the broken
oar tossed oat on the wind-lasned sea,
The boat swayed around in the waves,
rocking and shivering.
Greyford looked up.
"I oan do nothing with this one oar
in such a sea. I loaned Dale the other
pair yesterday. "
"And the storm will break in a few
minutes," answered Greta, looking
from the dark sky to the island, whore
all the girls were doubtless drawing
for dinner, and then at the mass of
water that lay between them and
safety.
The boat had been swept around to
the south shore, where there was no
chance of their being seen or assisted ;
the hotel and its people had long boen
out of sight.
"There is only ono chance'' Grey
ford's steady voioe paused, and he
looked at her oritically "for life,
We must swim for it. The tide carries
the boat further out each moment,
and if the storm overtakes us there
will be nothing to hope for."
For a moment she did not answer.
Perhaps she was thinking of Clinton,
for her eyes grew tender. Then she
threw off her hat and said :
"1 think you are right. If it means
life or death, I must do my best to
make the swim easier ; my shoes and
aud-"
A faint color crept into hor white
face.
"Yes," said Greyford, gently. "It
will be hard battle and we must both
of us do without our useless clothes."
Ho pulled in the other oar aud
turned his back to her to remove his
own shoes and coat. One moment
Greta hesitated; then her shoes came
off and the long outer skirt. She gave
a little gasp and another look at the
wator to be gone through ; then she
loosened the full blouse of her gown,
removing its girdlo and what other
impediments to her free movement
that she could. She wrapped her
clothes into a bundle swiftly and gave
a few deft touches to her costume a
whito skirt and a green and white
blouse.
"I am ready," she murmured.
With ready tact, he did not look at
her when he turned, but carefully
lifted the bundle of clothes and put
them in the locker --a svtayiu?, un
steady performance.
"If we got the boat back they will
bo unharmed," he said.
The water gurgled around then and
over them, tho stinging waves losliod
their faces and tossed their bodies to
and fro. For many minutes they were
almost at the mercy of tho waves, but
at length the long, steady strokes told,
and both wero carried slowly forward.
It was true that Greta was an expert
swimmer. Juacb. summer unit nan
brought her to tho coast had proved
it. But the strain now was almost too
severe. Slowly they battled on, gain
ing, gaining. The shore could be seen
between tho great waves that the wind
lashed over them.
"Can you last five minnes longer?
he asked. "We will reach it then
if only the storm does not break."
Greyford s voice over tue water
sonnded singularly tender.
"Yes," she sighed, though on ner
face lay an almost mortal weariness.
She rejected his oiler ot help, and
they struggled on. "What a womon
you are I" he muttered.
"I lam giving out r sue said in
low gasps.
"k loot again, ho answered, "until
yoa are rested."
"jo, she said, "no progress.
A great wave dashed over them,
drowning his answer, and low peals of
thunder broke on the air, lashing tho
woves to wilder fury.
Greta's arms fell powerless to her
side and, with a faint cry, she felt tho
water close over her head. Only an
instant of that awful sinking down,
down into death ; then his strong arm
wont around hor and buoyed her up
a choking, breathless burden. She
made one last effort and then her feet
touched land. Sho staggered and fell.
With his face gray with the struggle
that was not yet ended, he lifted her
from the shallow water and carried her
bodily up the sandy beach out of reach
of the waves. Another crash of thun
der pealed through the air and tho
storm broke over son and land. Far
out on the water a tiny boat swayed
and rocked under the storm oloud.
Some minutes they rested motion
loss, exhausted, the salt water drip
ping from their hair and clothes. Then
he spoke to her, with that new tender
ness still in his voioe, and from their
friendship for eaoh other the oommon
plaoe lied forever. Chicago News.
Chinese Mail Servicp.
The mails in China are different from
the postal arrangements of any other
country in the world. In China the
mailservioe is not in the hands
of the Government, but is left to pri
vate persons to establish postal con
nection, how and wherever they please.
Anybody may open a store and hang
out a sign Advertising that he is ready
to accept letters to be forwarded to
certain places or conu tries. The re
sult of this arrangement is that in
Eopuloas towns there are a great Darn
er of persons accepting letters to bo
forwarded to all parts of the country ;
at Shanghai, for instanoe, there are
not loss than 3503 stores competing
with each other and carrying on a war
to the knife as far as rates are con
cerned. This system, although having great
faults, has some good qualities. Thero
are several parties accepting letters in
one certain town. The Cliineso mor
ohant who writes letters two or three
times will patronize several of the con
cerns, and asks his correspondent to
inform him which he got quickest.
Having experimented for awhile he
will select the firm giving the best
service, but ho always has the ohoioa
of several mailing agencies for his
correspondence. Philadelphia Rco
ord. Warts Are Cota?lotH.
Warts are supposed to be somewhat
of the nature of a cancer, and are be
lieved to be contagious. It is a matter
of common experience that a person
who milks a cow having warty teats
will often have warts on his hands,
and that the warts spread from one
place to another is quite certain. This
may be, however, the result of some
constitutional tendency to these dis
eased growths, but, as it is best to be
on the safe side at all times, it will bo
wise for a person having warts on his
hands not to milk cows, or one who
milks a cow with warty teats should
wash the hands before milking an
other cow. To get rid of parts is not
a dirlloult matter. Any kind of caus
tio applied to a wart, so as to corrode
it to the healthy flesh, and tbuu an
application of carbolated vaseline to
the sore, will make a cure. New
York Times.
Burn iu the Tower of Lou 'o i.
Mrs. John Heaton, historical per
sonage of the Old World, and a highly
respected and early settler of Yiigiuia,
111., died tho other morning, aged
seventy-sir years. Her maiden name
was Mary J. Fullcrtoo, aud sho was
born in the Tower of London, Eng
land, February 29, 1820, when her
father, Major James Fullertou, was iu
command of the tower. All visitors
to this famous prisau of tho Old
World were shown the room aud es
pecial attention was called to the fact
by the guides thut Mary J. Fullertou
Heaton was tho only female ever born
in the tower. HUj leaves a husband,
Captaiu John Heaton, aged eighty
five, and nine children. Chicago
Times Herald.
A farmer's I'ledicanieiit,
A farmer near Eaton Rapids, Mich.,
recently purchased a suit of clothes ot
a merchuut there. Wheu half way
there he thought it would be a good
scheme to put them on. Ho took o!)
his old duds and threw them into the
river. But wheu he came to foul for
his new clothes they had disappeared.
He presented himself ia negligdd at
tire. Tbo next morning he found his
new suit hanging to tho brake of the
wttgon. Bystwn Cultivdtyr.
TIIE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE
STORIKS THAT ARB TOLD B7 Tm
FOUNT MEN 03 THE PHE3S.
Tlio I'tunl Kplsode Compnratlvo
Sadness Old Enough A treason
able Inference, Ktc, Ktc.
"An estate worth many millions is awaiting
your command."
8o to n verdant person wroto n lawyer
shrewd aud blaa !.
But ho added thin brief postscript: "You will
have to send n fee
tUcasa forward drnft for dollars 'sleen mado
payable to mo."
The veniaut porsou told his luck to every
i ono ho owed
And sent tho draft without dclny. Thus
closed tho episode.
San Francisco Examiner.
OLD Exonon.
Winobiddlo "Boston is two hun
dred and sixty-five years old."
Gilderslccve "So wonder eho
wears ppectacles." Judge.
COMPARATIVE FADNFS3.
"This is a sad occasion for yon, sis
ter," essayed tho comforter.
"I allow it is," assented tho widow.
"Bat it is a heap sadder for Bill,"
Indianapolis Journal.
A 8ANCTT Ar.7.
Student (hurriedly accosting a mnto
of his) "3apporlot, there arencouplo
of creditors close on my heels."
Fellow Student "Quick, run into
the savings bank over the way ; na
body will look for you there."
A OKIM REALITY.
Merchant (on discovering a man ia
his cellar) "Who are yon?"
Stranger "The gas man. I havo
come to seo by your meter how mneli
gas yoa havo used during the last
month."
Merchant "Good gracious 1 I vraa
hoping you wero only a burglar.".
A r.EASONAnLE INFERENCE.
Manchester "I think Snnggs hn3
concluded that it is about timo soma
of his daughters were getting mar
ried." Birmingham "Did ho tell you so
himself?"
Manchester "No ; but ho has given
away his two do&e," Fittsbarj
Chroniclo-Tolcgraph.
OUT WITH IT.
Judge "Remember that yon nro to
tell the truth, i tbo wholo truth, and
nothing but the truth."
Witness "All right, my lord. Tho
fact is, I wanted to keep it to myself.
But if I am bound to state the wholo
truth then I must confess that you
nro tho ugliest inau I ever clapped
eyes on in my life. "
AFTF.n THE FRENCH,
Soo the young woman. Is tho young
woman being suddenly and unexpect
edly kissed?
Ah, yes.
And does the young woman raise n
hue and cry?
The young woman raises a slight
hue, but no cry.
No. Detroit Tribune.
didn't worry niu.
An old man aud his wife were lust
summer sailing on a steamship be
tween Blackpool and tho Islo of Man.
As tho sea was rather rough, and tho
old woman unaccustomed to sailing,
she said to her husband :
"Oh, John, this ship in going
down I"
"Well, never mind," said her hus
band, "it isn't oars." Tit-Bits.
A SEVERE TEST.
"Do yon think Algernon and Ethel
will get along nicely when they aro
married?" said one lady to another.
"I am sure of it," was tho reply. "I
took caro to find out shortly after they
were engaged."
"How?"
"I gave several whist parties, and
arranged that they should play as
partners. Thoy nover quarrelled
ouco." Tit-Bits.
AS EPICURE.
Waiter "I can't satisfy that guest
nohow. ITc says tho steak doesn't tusto
right yet."
Cook "Whero's ho from?"
Waiter "From tho West."
Cook "And tlii is Western beef."
Waiter "I told him so, but he said
it didn't taste right somehow."
Cook "Oh, I see. He's used to
steak cooked on a soft-coul fire. Hold
it over that lamp chimney awhile."
Boston Budget.
A r-EllPIXXEb INVESTOR.
Old Friend "Well, how i your
flying machine getting nloii!,'?"
Inventor "Getting along? I fin
ished that twenty years ngo. F.ery
detail is complete. Thero it stands
reaily to go."
"Cracky I Why don't you thow it
to the world?"
"Can't. All men nro foole."
"What's tho mutter?"
"Cuu't find man unywhoro with
sense euou?h to clmib tin a steeple und
try it." Hurper's tVeeUly.
A 11AD nox.
Among stories told by country dos
tors, this one ccrtniuly deserves a
place, Tho doctor had prescribed for
un Irishman, and vidtud his cabin tLo
nest day to seo how ho wu.s getting
on.
"Well, Patrick, nro you better to
day?" ho asked pleasuul ly.
"Oh, murtUer, no I'm worse, with
turribhlo pain in mo iu: aids !"
"Why, didn't you tal.o tho pills I
ordered '"
"I did that, nu' I'm worn ; but
maybe the cover luvtu't come off tho
box yet I" Argonaut.
StlESriFIU AM) INDUSTRIAL.
A new photograph of the heavens
ehows 63,000,000 stars.
It is proposed to run ft street car
line in Richmond, Va., by compressed
eir.
Over 150 ambulances are provided
in London for the transport of porsons
injured or suddenly taken ill in the
streets.
Noot's foot oil, purifie l by strips of
lead and sunshine, has baen found by
an English cnomist to be tho be it lu
bricant. There is no reasonable foundation
for the belief that pine from which
the turpentine has been drawn is of
inferior strength aa l quality.
Eighty varieties of mierobas, some
entirely new, havo been discovered by
M. Van den Steen in Amsterdam
drinking water. Nono of them are
cholera bacilli.
Tobacco stems were long considered
almost a wnte product, but will soon
be utilize 1 in many woys other than
for fumigating greenhouses aud to
make sheep wash.
Mineral waters, presorves, eto., aro
now sealed electrically by simply elec
troplating the cork aud the upper part
of the neck of the bottle with a thin
deposit of copper.
Washington City is now bavin?
trouble with its water pipes. They
ore being rapidly eaten up by electro
lysis by the trolley currents turned
loose in the ground.
Not less than 700 cases of prematura
burial have been collected by Dr.
Franz Hsrtmann, of Hallien, Austria,
nud are claimod to be authenticated.
Particulars of more than 10 J are given
in a work now in press.
Lieutenant Baden Powell, ot the
British Army, claims to have made
successful experiments with a mon
ster kite of 500 square feet, supple
mented by three smaller kites, the
team to carry a man aloft. The tests
were made only wheu gentle winds
prevailed. The device is to serve as
an occasional substitute for tue cap
tive balloon.
It is well known that sugar and al
cohol cun be extracted from wood,
But now comes a chemist and says
that far better results may bo squeezed
out of peat. He has found that by
judicious treatment 1000 pounds ot
peat can be made to yield as much
nlcohol as can be won from 5 )0 pounds
of potatoes. So that, in future, peat
will warm poor men outside and burn
them inside.
Those Ooo I Old Una N.
It appears from the following from
ft correspondent, tho "gool ol I Ro
man roads" are pretty much liko the
"enormous pippins" so many old peo
ple handled "when thoy were young."
Ho says: "At page 187 it is stated
that travelers tell us thnt the old Ro
man roads are far superior to the mod
ern road. If they say so, they do not
toll the truth. In going to the top of
Vesuvius, the usual route is from
Resina by a route path several miles
to the foot of the cone. Oa tho way
you go for several hundred yards over
a pnrt ot tho Appia via one of the
longest of the old Roman roa Is. It
is uot and never was a good road. It
is ubout fifteen feet wide, paved with
blocks ot trap rock of irregular size
and shapo, varying ia diameter from
six inches to two feet. Trap is a very
hard voloauio stone wearing suiootU
by use. The rood is perfectly pro-
served and is as good foi travel ns it
ever was. The stones aro polished by
the ancient trarlio, and are very slip
pery and unsafe. Thero is no ditch
on either side of the road. No good
road is possible without good drainage
ditches at tho side." Meehau's
Monthly.
A Model Industrial Village,
George Cadbury, one of the most
active members ot tlio celebrated cocoa
firm, has just entered upon a novel
experiment for the benefit of his work
people. He recently purchased nearly
20) acres of laud adjoining the works
at Bouruville, near Birmingham. Tao
estate is to be divided into 800 plots
for buildlug purposes. Semi-detached
villas will be erected, anl a sixth of
au acre will be apportioned to each
residence. A 90J years' lease ot tho
ground at a nominal rental will bo
given, aud the Sl'2) necessary for
building purpose will be advanced
on mortgage by Mr. Cadlinry's solici
tor. A park, a publio building, baths
aud several playgrounds will bo es
tablished. The tenants, by weekly
installments, repay the cot of build
ing and become owners. Westmiuster
Budget.
Spamwi Losinr Thilr I'u'rjiaeily.
The English sparrow is evidently
losiug some of its pugnacity, or tho
other birds are learning that tho spar
row's "bark is worse thun its bite." A
few years ago tho quarrelsome immi
grant had drivou out all t io n itivo
lougsters, but thuju havo now re
turned, aud are living iu the same
groves with the iutru Krs iu apparent
buruiouy. Tba queerest iustanco re
ported is from a Maine town, where
tho bluejays brought tho sparroivj to
subjectiou by hiding iu thickets and
iuiitatiuur the noted of a hawk, after
ward coming out into the open with
tho fame cry, which continued to
prove effective. Chicago 'i'iincs lltr
uld. (ioJ Nam lor u folio IKir.
A collie dog did nu excellent bit of
constabulary work iu Ulasgow, Sj.i;
laud. Tho stiop cirl of a dairy unties d
young mm behiu 1 tlio OJiiuter n
tho till. As ho had no right to bo
there tho called ".iolpl Help!"
Luckily that was the uauio of au ad
jacent collie, who promptly stepped
up and pinned the thief ly tho leg,
nud handed him over to tlu polieu. It
us well sometimes to give a doj a
looI U-'iiue. Ncv Budget,
THE FROST QUEEM,
Qneen of the frozen ot reams.
Wlteh of tho glistening sn jw,
While we are lost In dreams
Over the earth you go.
And the window-pane Is cur'.et.
The sky has a glistening .li"ea,
For the faw of tho winter w irl I
Is ohanjd by the gru it Frost Q jeeru
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A dress does not make a woman, but
often breaks a man. Texas Kiftiugs.
Some of the modern chairs havo alto
gether too many good points to Bnit
us. Pack.
Tho Iamb and the l'.on may lie down
together ; but the lion will bo the only
one to get up.
"I guess it's timi to go."
K t-narke 1 nt last the bore,
"An ex,;ollout gu i," sho nnswerej,
"Why didn't y u gue-s bjfortVr"
Will somebody ploa o tell me whv
our lawmakers are never arrested for
passing worthlessbills? Boston Tran
script. "Boy, are there any fHi in this
pjad?" "Idon't know, sir." "Why
are you fishing in it, then?' "To find
out, sir." New York HeraM.
She "Did Maude lose her heart
when yoa proposed to her?" He
"No. I think she must have lost her
head ; Bhe said no." Buffalo Commer
cial. When Shakespeare wrote "The ap
parel oft proclaims the man" he may
have just been looking at a pair of
bright chocked trousers. Somerville
Journal.
The Heiress "I'm afraid papa will
never consent." The Impecunious
"Is your father down on me?" The
Heiress "No ; he says bo's up to you."
Boston Courier.
She "He soys his greatest trouble
in Paris wns to make himself under
stood." He "He should have learned
French before he went over." Sho
"He did I" Chicago Record.
Customer "Can I buy an engage
mentringon the instalment plan ?"
Clork "Yes, if you can give us any
security." Customer "loan give yoa
the name ot the girl's father." Paok.
Proprietor "Where is the book
keeper?" Office Boy "Ho isn't in.
His wife sont him word that the baby
was asleep, and he's gone home to see
what it looks like." Louisville Truth.
Builder "d.ren't yoa afraid of hav
ing yonr tools stolen when you leave
them around bd carelessly." Carpen
ter "Don't yoa worry. All those
things will be found in your bill"
Philadelphia Record.
Jayson "Say, Wilson, do yon ever
expect to pay me that ten dollars yoa
got from me some months age ?" Wil
son "Certainly not. Don't you re
member you said not to pay it till it
was convenient?" Life.
"Oh, Edith, there's that lovely es
cort you had last Bummer, the Count
do Lusk, selling ribbons at the itir
ther counter." "do it is. Don't lot's
recognize him, dear. He will prefer
to remain incognito." Detroit Free
Press.
Mr. Dunn "I called to see about ft
little bill I left here about a month
ngo." Mr. Short "Oh, it's all right ;
you needn't be alarmed. I've laid it
away where it won't bo disturbed. No
need for you to call again." Boston
Transcript.
Violiuist (proudly) "The instru
ment I shall use at your house to
morrow evening, Moin Hcrr, is over
200 years old." Parvenus "Oh, never
mind thnt. It is good enough. No
oue will know tho difference," Har
per's Bazar.
"I am exceedingly modest in my de
sires, Miss Maun," said young Mr.
Trivvet. "My wants are very small."
"Indeed?'' replied the maiden, with
questioning iulloction. "All I aspire
to is as small au objo3t as your pretty
baud." He secured it. Town Topics.
"I suppose yoa are a socialist, or
nnarohist, or something?" asked the
lady of vague ideas. "Aladam, repliod
Mr. Brokcdown Baldwin, "I am a pas
sive altruist." "What in tho name of
common sense is that?" "I believe ia
being helped all I can." Indianapolis
Journal.
Magistrate (to witness) "I under
stand that you overheard the quarrel
between the dofen.laut and his wife?"
Witncsi "Yes, sir." Magistrate
"Tell the court, if yoa cao, what ha
seeuiod to hi doing." Witness "He
seemed to be dciu' the listcniu'.
Pearson's Weekly.
Whero Thinss Will Keep.
In the polar regions seal oil is
buried in the ground in bags of skin.
Meat is heaped upon platforms built
uiuoug treos, which are peeled of bark
in order to keo; bears Irom climbing
up them. Little sticks with sUart
points upward are buried in the ioo to
distract the atteutiou of the bear!
from tho provisions overhead. Au
other kind of storehouse is iu the
xhape of a strong pen, tho main tup
ports of which are standing trees, with
briuh aud logs piled ou top to keep
out wild animals. '
During the salmou-oatchiug season
in Arctio Alaska, the heads of tho tUU
ure out off nud put into a hole in the
ground. When they nro half putre
fied tbey aro dug up aud eateu, beiug
t-steeiued a grout delicacy. Suu Fran
cisco Chrouicle.
II - lUiryiii; Ui'iiuii I.
For nearly forty years there has
beou a dos' burying ground at the
north end of llydo l'urli, London.
Hero people have been allowed to bury
thoir cauiue favorite, and many of
the dead doggies havo been honored
with small tombstones. Now, th
cemetery being full, the Duke of Cam
bridge, iu his capacity as tho ranger
of ilytlo Park, has closed it, and pet
lovers are seeking a new cemetery fuj
tueir dumb fricudd.