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Lug JLJ 'iiit-riro fewer Boraan Catholics, proportionately, in Swo.len than iu ncy other European eonulry only 810 out of a population of 4,741,000. Thcro nre about 2000 perron i;i France who nro eat down ns Annrch ' niiil nro nudof the couslnnt w.ite'i " the polioo of tho various r.iin.p. in i:ntrief. Offinf r ! ii, thp 1 -'It - :'l !,:! 'i I'l MrrnT hence- ! i (V;ht duels when MO J pi.KOll td tllO ' r- tu t, indeed ; hut i (ii-ii tii'-y io sntisfy ' inai vein the New Or- A Spanish matador recently wrMo to r Lonlon paper to protest against the English habit of denouncing bull fights as cruel, lie snid the bulla were always killed in a humane manuer, find for tho If ; reef, it was a work of compassion to put an eud to their ex istence I j The Stato of Washington ij on " t in the "task of roal.iiin.ing ,,,vl acres of desert land within ioj t iiuo limits. In ordor to render the soil fottilo it will be suUjoote.l to a thorough prooew o.f irrigation. For this purpose a canal 150 miles in longth will be constructed within the noxt few months. Only a part of this immense tract will be irrigated at oooo and if the plan euoceeds, As it no doubt will, it can bo very easily ex tended. At present tho land is nso-h-iH, but wheu fertilized it will sup ,rt "m-Uiing like 8300 families. '''i'n,i parallel can be instituted ' tiio PfcaiJout-cloct and his ...ice-wor, James K. Polk, notes -ten T. Handy in the New York ' Tail and Express. MoKinley and Polk both sprang from the dominating Heotoh-Irish race; they both served iu their State Logitdatures ; both en- red Congress young, Polk at thirty, " fi-K iuley at thirty-four; both served pnrao length of tirue, fourteen nnd thry werb bolh Chairman mil Means Committee, r venue policy of ihoir tmo Speaker of the . uKiuley barely missed j retiring from Congress, .-u:uo Governor of bis State, v; they bad preoisoly the tamo live sud exceulive experience re being elected to the Presidency. . ; teen years havo elapced since the phis Lord Bonconsfield passed from i si:cne of his earthly career, and t tho great English statesman is 'l without a biography. In view of txeollent position which Lord Boa i ".eld occupied for eo many years Prime Minister of the greatest ; .iu on earth, it is strango that no hiis iiris-ju from among the num l or of his Mirviviug" as?oeiates to perform this fervioo to Lis memory. Aside from doing honor 1o. the illus trious dead, however, it seems that o life of tho great leader should be written as a contribution to tho his tory of England. . Unless the volume makes its appcaranoo soon many in teresting incidents which - ough' ' b.i ineui ornted in the story w;l! bo overlooked and for lu J tTLracli been an Ameri observes tbo AtlautaConstiiutioD, would doubtless be in existence, itt this time no lew than a dozen biographic of him, and the fuct that iMiglaud has waited so long to put tho narrative of his career into tangible form emphasizes a marked difference between tho two countries. Tho whnlo has been described ns a ! rgo ambiguous animal with no hair Mover it; V-ilvordiug to report, " . iiiuiii' 'ave been discbv- ' i -i i" ' fields Of Alaska which t.!'i;wl 4 of pubeBucuce as copious us thoho displayed by the relics of the -'lu-rmQ ninmmoth sometimes found ii-iK.btd iu ieebergH, which have pre i rvod them from primeval ages. Tho ry hicks confirmation, like tho one cciitly put about that a North Pa- .'.'.a whnlo had swallowed Captain ' v Mi ron, of Southampton, Long Isl- ;.!, promptly rejected in view of the lured oQiriul measurement of tho ; ciituoenu gullet, showing that .. h,. ( f iutiiniuicnt calibre to take in iKiiiablo teamen and barely largo icm.li to admit Lis compass am tobauco box. The anatomy of the ani- iiaul iu B:liral times, according to the record, gnvc it nu ampler receptivity, but modern sentiment is opposed to the idea of makjug the case of JonAh u precedent, es tho testimony oi tcieuse is opposed to giving the whale u lur, overcoat. Both narrations nre piour.bly. fiiuciful, belonging in the ctlegory of ordinary il-h Btorios,which lire intended to iimuso rather than convince. Ouy juuiiucs believe them, even when they arc decked out iu all the !iga of plausibility, as these cua la no wiso id to be, ." WINTF.Il Vhn thu wini! Willi a fnir.v'i, An.l II, O! t'i I5ni fr-tit r", V:,.-n tli.1 :..., .... I i,f r l!1 flrU!!lC!l ir.) l.i;ln;:!!.low. i ' liiiivv cti tho pwami', ri.ini niy Cuzy, Kof-V, poay " I J!y with Puralan pomp.' Oh, my f i!rlt' tirllit Rn.l Minny, And Jay's rohoei tn ma wake, Whon I pour tlio shining honey On tho Biiek wheat eslso. Oh, tho frosty air Is blttor,: Aud the poodlu's eyeballs shine, ' And the chicken, Zero-stricken, r.oonts upon tho ho.tse's spine. Oh. the snowdrifts gleam and Rllttor With a gkvralnp, glnring gtlt, And tho sparrow, To his marrow, - By old Boreas t hit, Yet I IMon to him chirrup la the brnmble and the brake Wlillo I pour tho maplo syrup On the . Buckwheat cake. ' Ob, I watoh the dumpy poisam,"' ' As he wags bis tatl in glee, While he's rooting, Or a-oooting. To escape the frloassee. With his nose a frozen blossom Doth the small boy now appear At the gateway, . And be straightway Moulds of snow tho deadly sphero. And I see tho man who passes On his ear that snowball take, While I pour tho rich molasses Oq the Buoknheat cake. -P.. E. Muuklttrlok, In Nowlork Journal. THE BANK UYSTEKY. TTDQE, I've come to ask if you'll let me tell you what no one on earth don't - know but me; 'bout that back mystery. "yes, thank von, I will sit down, A fine fir6 feels cood ou a night like this. Tain't olten such as I have a chance at this kind of com fort and luxury. "Whut do 1 know about the bank mystery? Land sakes, Judge, time they opened the bank that day ten years ago and found the bank vault broke into and the safe blowed np and not a dollar gone, I oould Lave told it nil. Tho people of Tiverton ain't done talking and wondering 'boot it yet, and there ain't never been no one livin' as oould tell what it all meant bat me. "I bought aotno papers here they arc, Judge where it's all written down and I can swear to it it yoa like. I don't want them never used, though, uulcss I die and something comes np oi would make it host for my family to know, though there's things in it I'd ruthor dio than have 'em know. If it's all the same to you, Judge, I'd like to tell it to yon. Seems I'd get rid of a load aud would be happier and die easier feolin' I'd spoken it all out to one livin' human. "You'll be glad to listen That's good of ypu. 1 knowed you was a kind man and a just one ; that's why I oome to you. No, thank you, I don't smoke; I put oil that money away for me wife and children. "Do you hear that storm T Outside seems like all the evii powers was let loose. ' You can't judge 'bout it here. It comes kind of muffled like through those thiok curtains and it don't shake this great house as it docs some. "Jt'a this kind of night as makes men huddle- together, Judge; and plan hoir to get rich and have fine things such as the likes of you. I've been through it all ; 1 know. I've felt as if I had as good a right to 'em as any one and I was bound to have 'em, too. I warn't brought tip to no trade nor nothin', aud fair meaus ecemia' to fail, I took to the other. "Yes, Judge, I started out in life a thief and a robber. I prospered fairly in a small way, and no one didu't catch np with me for some time. Then 1 joined a gang in for anything. Lord, but it was fascinat ing I It was liko drink; I couldn't give it np and I couldn't get enough of it. I was iu prison and out then, the old story, till I married and be gun to have little ones. "Then, Lord knows what helped me something did and for the bake of my wifo and children, I broke loose from everything aud came here, where no one. didn't know me, to start oyer again. I bad some money and opened tho restaurant just oppo site the bank. "Long as 1 didn't read tho papers I got ou well ; but let me seo them and I'd hunt through 'em for the robberies and I'd be crazy for a whilo, aching to be iu it all again. Seein' 'bout my old pals gettiu' in trouble didn't ruaku no iliflerence. "Time came, though, when I begnu to enjoy life differently, and to tec! myself more respectable.. The love for the old life begun ter go till I oould road about it without gittiu' all tired up. I thought thou I was all right. "Then thoy emiw hero, part of tho gang I'd belonged to. First I knowed of it was sceiu' 'cm in tho restaurant. 1 'epioioncd they weren't here for no good aud it most took my breath a ir ay. They Luowcdinu quick cuough, too, and uotliiu' woiil lu't do but I must jiu 'cm. I was the very in.au they wanted, 1 could help 'em and 1 whs ballad to 'em. Tus thu bijKtt thing tUtyM undertaken vtt; the Lauk, They'd come oa to examine the - -0. : situation, knowing t!x3 Mr. Dnrkee, tho new mill owner, would make a big payment soon and the money for it would be in the bank here. Jf there warn't anything else, that wonld be a big haul, a haul worth havin,' and mo bein here decided em. "I do think the devil brought all bis friends and relations with him that night to tempt me. I forgot hotv to go to sleep, and just couldn't stay in bed. I wonder I warn't in tatters by mornin' with the devil tuggin' at me as be did and trym to keep me ont of the room where my sleepin' children lay. "Yer see, them bank rteoplo oome over to my place for lunch -boBt part of the time, and they all knowed my little people, and tho mill people knowed 'em too, My oldest boy workod in the mill and they'd been as kind as could be wbeu he's sick. Christ mas time they's good to him, too, and there warn't a bank officer but had remembered my littlo people, even to the watchman. Seemed like rob bing my own people, somehow. I's bound not to inform on the gang, and they's bound ter rob tber bank ; but I cursed 'em in my heart for comin' just when I was gettin' rid of the old life for good and all. Twas awful 1 "Well, Judge, yon know how them rooms over the bank was rented to start a new daily paper. I made 'em swear solemn as my name warn't to appear nowhera. I'd plan it ail out and givo 'cm points and be on hand at the last, but I had to be cautions. "They fonnd out when tho'inoney was to be paid and 'greed on the night before for the robbery. I hod it all muppod out for 'em where aud how they was to loosen np the boards of the floor in their twin above, so we oould break through and lower our selves into the vault when the time oome. Then yer seo we'd only have the safe to get into And the great iron door between ns and tho watchman. "Everything was ready, and we wus pretty sure the money was paid. "Do yon hear that storm now, Judge? l was like that ten years ago to-night, dark as Egypt, with the rain and wind a perfect hurricane ; a terri ble night; the kind of night for any sort of crime. The men chuokled to themselves. 'Twas a forture sure this time, and they'd all bo on the way to comfort and safety before day. I ain't never seen em so excited. Nothin hadn't gone wrong and nothin' could n't now. "We had sentinels stationed round to give the alarm, bnt there warn't muoh danger on a night like that. "We had planned so as to have the doors of the Bafe ready to blow open when the watohman went down cellar to see to Lis fires. I knowed the time of night ho did bo, seein' him often from my house across the way through the window of the bank; but to make sure wo stationed a man where he could give the signal at the proper time. With the watchman downstairs and we shuti in that vault, with solid masonry below us, 'twarn't in the range of possibilities for no human to bear up. 'Twas planned that when we broke the oeiling mo and one of tho others was to go down first with the lanterns and tools and got the door ready for Jim Oroogan, the leader of tho gang, to como down and nse the dynamite and bo on hand to take out the money. "It was just the night for such a piece of work, and after I had exam ined to Bee if all was safe, knowin' the dangers hotter than the others, we broke through the door and lowered the ladder, and thero we was right in the vault. 'Twas well for me I'd hit it right, for my life warn't worth much if any o' my planum' failod to work. "Tom Doolan in hurry went down first and when I was half way down he started baok, sayin' iu a hoarse kind of whisper: " 'Who oalled me?' " 'No one, yoa fool said Jim. i - " 'Then,' he said, and he ran' past me on the ladder, 'some one is down there. Twicet I heard some one say : "Go back, go back.'" " 'We'll gag him,' said Jim, and me and him went down and turnod our lanterns round, lookin' everywhere, but there warn t no one there. - " 'What's the matter with the fool?' growled Jim, and went baok and tried to send him down again, but he just wouldn't go, so Jim oursed him and come himself, aud ho and mo boguu to get the safe door ready to blow np. "ihat s a thmg as takes time and oare, Judge, but wo weut at it with a will and never a word. It was bo still yon could almost hear your heart beat, when all of a sudden oome a smothered cry liko a woman's. We stopped work and looked at each other, Jim's face white and scared. "'What was that'' he said. " 'I often hears 'om on tho street like that,' arid I. "'I hat warn t on the stroet; it sounded close by, said Jim.' We couidn t bear nothin outside in this place. " 'NonBonse,' taid I, 'don't yoa make a fool of yourself, too, and spoil all,' and I went to work again. "I could see how his band trembled for a while and then got steady again. " 'That mubt havo come through the room upstairs,' he said presently. 'Queer, though; it sounded so close.' "Then we worked on and there warn't nothin' more to bo heard. Beet of the gang might all havo been dead mcu, for all the souud they made, and we didn't say nothin'; and eo the night went ou. "At last vo had it all ready, and were only waitiug for the signal to blow it up aud then monoy enough to ranke us all rich. Tuiu't such as you can realize, the excitement aud tho strain of such a moment. To know it's all thero, rtudy. uu:l then to have to wait! It's easier walkiu' over rod hot coals. It's ull right to go on aud wirk, but to Htuy still und ouly tireitho :iud listeu gives a man thu shivers. ."Presently Jim caught niy arm, " 'Say, I thought I hoard voioes, did you?' he whispered. " The men upstairs, I eaui.1 " 'Sounded down hero. IIaveyour pistol ready.' "I took my lantern and went round the vault again carefully, aud then held it np to examine the walls. Than I shook my head. There warn't no way wo could bear no one. 'It's the queerest plaoo I ever was in,' said Jim, 'and, by Jove, I'll be glad when we are out of it. Why don't that signal come? Suppose there's any hitch? I swear I hoar voices again.' "Just ftien como the signal and Jim begun to apply tho dynamite; but bis bauds trembled so and his eyes looked eo wild and excited his own wife wouldn't know him. " 'The money, the money,' he whis pered, 'we must have it now.' "We got out of the way jast in timo aud then out came the door. " 'lhe inside door, quick,' said Jim, but the explosion Lad made that fall inside, and we could just lift it ont. " 'Have the bag ready,' said Jim, as he leaned forward to haul ont the great piles of bank notes and silver we oould see by the light of tho lanterns. " 'Hands off, or you are a dead man.' "It was a voice that would most have waked the dead. I dropped my bag and Jim drew back his hand, oanght hold of me with a grip like iron, aud we began to go slowly back to the ladder. " 'The combination is all right; we have them now, they can't escape ns.' "We were half np the ladder when we heard the click, oliok of the lock, and as we drew the ladder after ns we1 oould hear the' rasping of the hinges of tho iron door. " 'Ely, fly, for your lives; we are discovered, said Jim, as he went round to warn tho men ; and iu the darkness and tho wind and the ram they went awayjand I ain't never seen one of 'om since. I heard, though, a.f when they fonnd there warn't no ond there and the bank people didn't know nothin' 'bout it till the next morning, they just believed as the bank wan haunted, sure. "Do I know what it was, Judge? There ain't no one else as does know, that's sure. 'Taint much after all. "Yer see, playin' round with my littlo ones, I found as I conld make 'em Leer all kinds of noises anywhere I wanted, aud people cryin' and laugh in'. It was fun for them and I often done it ; ventriloquizin' I believe yoa call it ; but that night's the last time. Yer soe, none of the gang didn't know 'bout that, and I don't keer ever to have 'em know it now. It saved tho bank without my informin' and that's all I care for. "Oh, no,r)udgc, the bank don't owe me nothin'. You'll take 'care of the papers? Thank yon. I'm obliged to yoa for listening, too. It kind of makes me feel easier. "No, uo, thank you, I won't stay and take no more of your time. Don't get np ; I can find my way out. "What's that you say, Judge? You honor and respect me mo? And the bank Land Judge, twarn't me; 'twas my wife and children saved the bank, and I'm proud of 'em proud of 'em, Judge. Good night." Philadelphia Times. V.-i MIuoimI Wealth iu Siberia. D. M. Ivan and Peter Kulahoff, mem bars of the Russian Geological Survey, who havo been for some time past in vestigating the mineral resonroes of Siberia along the route of the great Siberian railway, arrived at San Fran cisco, Cab, reoently on their way to St. Petersburg. They traveled a vast distauoe of mountain region. Their duty was to explore the country for 100 miles on the strip along whioh tho road rnuB or is surveyed so as to get a good idea of what the oountry afforded. "We found it a wonderful oountry, both in point of soenery and resources of gold, silver, copper, lead, coal and other minerals," said one of the gen tlemen. "It was alt we oould have desired. We collected many speci mens of different descriptions of ore which we are takiug back with ns to St. Petersburg. Besides the minerals there aro many acres of magnificent agrioaltural ground available chiefly for growing wheat, oats, barley and other cereals and vegetables. The great river3 of the oountry afford tino opportunities for commercial develop- I nient. It has a thousand interest than can only be alluded to." New York Mail and Express. Black and Whlto Pepper the Same. "It has always amused me," re- ; marked a botauuionl expert, "to Lear i peoplo talking of their preference for ' blaok popper over white, and the various explanations they give for the same. Jjittle do they Know ttyat both blaok and whito pepper grow upon the same shrub. Over the pepper seed grows a black covering. The seed itself is whito, or nearly so. To make black pepper tho seed and its external covering are ground up, whilo whitj pepper is tho seed alouo ground ! up. Whito pepper is milder than bjaok, tho greater part of the pun- I gency being in the ooveriug. A pep- 1 per made of the coverings alone would be such to use u slung term hot stuff thut it would burn the mouth. ' Tho black covering of the peppur seed contains most of the oil." Washing- , ton Star. First Use ot Niagara's Power. ' Tho firbt use of Niagara's power wai made in 1725, a primitive sawmill beiug opuratod. Nothing more was dano in this line until 1812, wheu I Augustus Portet conceived the pluu 1 of hydraulic cauals, aud iu lHtil ouo wai completed. The Cataract Con- etruotion Con:pauy, from whose plaut power hai just been delivered iu UuIIjIo, was incorporated iu lbBJ. Hflientiflo American, .-; J THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE, 8TORIKS THAT ARE TOLD BT TUX FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Attest Candor on Canvas Sterllnjj An Inference Possibly Ills I-x perlence, Etc., Etc. Hms.ll profit If we mnke our mark, And demonatnite our llln, Unless, acknowledging the deed, The worul should lie a wltnenf. Wood Lovolt Wilson, in Life. 8TEnilN(l. Cholly "I lost five pounds coming ovah." Dolly "Seaaioknes." Cholly "Naw pokab." Pnck. CANDOR ON CANVAS. Artist---"How do you like the por trait ?" "Well, I don't exactly like the none. " Artist "Neither do I but il'a yours." Judge. ' AM INFEHESCE. She "No ; I never met her." He "Then, why do you think sho is passee?" She "I Lave frequently heard fcer described as 'kittenish.'" " HIS EXPERIENCE. Visitor (in Bnburb) "Do you find this a good location for a physician r" YoungJDootor "Not particularly. They all know what to do for malaria, and they never seem to have anything elso." POSSIBLY. Dramatist (wearily) "I tell yon if William Shakespeare were alive to iay he'd find it diffioult to get his plays read." Friend "Shouldn't wonder, con sidering Lis penmanship." A SELFISH POINT or VIEW. Lady "But it seems to me you ask very high wages, when you acknowl edge that yoa haven't had much ex perience." Bridget "Shure, marm, ain't it harder for me when I don't know "low?" Life. A DEFEOTXVK OBACfi. Jackey "But mamma, it's not about what I'm going to receive that it's so bard to be contented." Mrs. Earlo "What is it then, lackey?" "It's About what I'm not going to receive." Life. AT THU RESERVATION. The Missionary's 'Wife "And will not Laughing Water try to be like her white sisters?" Laughing Water "Laughing Water is trying. Laughing Water now has her feet cramped into moccasins that are three sizes too small." Puck. AN IMPHOVEMBXT. Mr. Younghusband (reading) "Ha I they have finally invented u machine that will photograph souud." Mrs. Younghusband "Well what Sf it?" Mr. Younghusband "Why, I think the bjby would tako better that way than any other." TOILET NOTIT. "Miss Powderpuff must have a -very highly colored imagination," said the young man with the chrysanthemum in bis coat. "Why?" askod the other with the geranium. "Because she spends bo much time in making up her mind." Detroit Free Press, A RETROSPECT. Pilgrim "Is this the one o'clock troin?" Tioket Agent "No; this is last Tuesday's ten o'clock express. We're three days late now." Pilgrim "Well, if I take this, whon will I get to Denver?" Ticket Agent (consulting table) "You will get there day before yester day evening, according to this table." KNEW THE LINUO. An evangelist who lives iu the mis sion is bo devout that he no-ver per mits himself to think a secular thought, aud his tongue cannot frame a worldly word. The salvation of souls in peril is his single thought, his sole occupation. The evangolist has a very bright lit tle daughter, live years of ago. The other day she answered the door bell and found the coal man there with n bill. "Papa is not home," she informed him, "but if you will come io, you poor, perishing foul, niuinuia will pray for you." San Frauoisoo Post. CHANGED HEB OPINION. Mrs. HinHcy "I never could bear that Mrs. Darley. She seems to be always saying such foolish things." Mr. Uiukley "My dear, I agreo with yon. I met her downtown this morning, and she gushingly informed me that she saw you aud your sister yesterday. Wheu I told her thut it must have been you and your daugh ter the exclaimed eo that everybody within a radius of half a mile could hear that she didn't think you oould be old enough to have a child so largo. Of course, it was all mere gush I" Nevertheless, tho friendship that has reoently sprung np between Mrs. Uinkloy aud Mrs. Dailey has caused people who kuow thorn to marvel much. Clevelund Leader. The importation of spirits into Mex ico has diminished on account of the increased domestio production. The Uuitod States exported to Mex ico in May, lH'Jii, over 8300,000 more merchandise than in May, 1895, SCIENTIFIC ASI) ISDUSTMAL. Glycerino ia derived from tho lye (eft after making soap, which for ages was considered of no us. Dropping or striking a steel magnet, or causing it to vibrate by any other means, diminishes its magnetism. A scientist claims that there aro only cventy-two different kinds of ven omous snakes in this country. A new hypnotic Las probably been found in the Jamaica dogwood. Tho fluid extract has been found efficacious in dentistry. It is said that dew will not fall on some colors. Whilo a yollow board will be covered with dew, a red or black one beside it will be perfectly dry. A chemical dyeing school for instruc tion and research has been built at Crefeld under the auspices of the Gor man Government, at a cost of about $100,000. Aluminum is now used instead of magnesium for "flashlight" photogra phy. The light is said to be equally actinic, while the metal keeps better and burns away more completely. The preparations for the exploration of the South Polar regioas by M. de Gerlaohe, a Belgian naval officer, are almost oompleto. The crew of the Belgica will be chiefly composed of Norwegian sailors and barpooners, bnt of the three officers holding responsi ble positions, two are Belgians. Three Belgian scientific men have offered their co-operation, and will aosompany the expeditioo. Bookall, a desolate granite rock ris ing only seventy feet obovo tho sco, between Iceland and the Hebrides, in to be made an English meteorological elation. It lies 250 miles from laud, the nearest point to it being the littlo island Of St. Kilda, 150 miles away, and itself nearly a hnndred miles from the main group ot the Hobrides. Bookall is in tho path of the cyclonic disturbances on tho Atlantic, and tho station there would give timely warn ing of storms approaching tho British coast. At Klausthal, Germany, a bolt of lightning instantly melted two wire nails 5.82 inch in diameter. To melt iron in this short time would be im possible in the largest furnace now in existence, and it could only be accom plished with the aid of electricity, bnt a ourrent 200 amperes aud a potential of 20,000 volts would be necessary. This eleotrio force for one second rep resents 5000 horse power, bnt as the lightning aooomplished tho melting in considerably less time, say 1-10 of a second, it follows that tho bolt was 50,000 horse power. ' America Kick In Wild Plant), Nearly all onr grasses and forage plants aro introductions from other countries, and every once in a while Borne botanioal novelty is introduced with a flourish, and predatory ruus made on tho slim bank accounts of the agriculturist, who comes eventually to find the dearly-paid-for article no bet ter than it should be. The botanists of the United States Department of Agriculture havo recently shown that onr own country is rich in wild plants ot this character, aud might add largely to profitable cultivation if only onr progressive men conld te induced to give them patient tests, so as to im prove a littlo on their wild character istics. Tho idea is that some far fetched article must be acclimated be fore it oau be valuable. The depart ment Las recently issuod a valuable publication,- profuecly illustrated, showing that there are over two hun dred wildlings or natives of the United States which aro worth trial as forage plants, many of which would possibly prove mines of wealth to thoso who would intelligently undertake their culture and improvement. The differ ent species of Hosackia it especially notes as worthy of trial. New York Independent. Whore Horses Aro Scarce. "In a good many parts ot the South horses are soarce," said L. A. Warner, of Knoxvillo, at tho Howard, "and tho work usually performed by those beasts is done by oxen. Iu fact, tho latter are preferred, notwithstanding tho slow progress they make. I was in Western North Carolina a short timo ego, when I met a man whom I knew to be amply able to afford horses if he wanted them, driving a yoke of oxen and carrying a ritlo on bis shoulder as Lo walked by tho side of his wagon. I stopped and talkod to him, aud in the course ot conversation asked him why he used oxon instead of horses. 'Why,' said ho, 'it tukes just a day to make the trip to town with tho oxen, and on the way I always kill enough game to cook for supper when I got baok homo. If I drove horses I could never kill any game. It would take all my time to drive, and I would never see anythiug to shoot.' "Washington Stur. Wears Bull's Clothes. Suninel Donaldson, ot Camden, boasts of the smallest baby in Jersey, She is only five days old and weighs 'J J ouuoos. Her head will go into a teacup without touching the Bides. Her hand will about cover a cent. Her bed is on a down cushion placed in a chair. When sho first opeued her black eyes they appeared like spark ling piuheads. Dr. Frederick PfeitTor says tho mite has every prospect of liviug. Sho is as pretty as a French doll, with a wealth of very dark hair. Donaldson i-i a barber, and his wife is tho daugh ter of Thomas J. Frauds. They live at 3J Broadway, and have one other child, u girl of threo years. Tho mother aud grandmother had prepared for a larger addition to tho iumily, aud tho pretty whito things they Lad speut so inuuy hours over were entiruly too large. Clothes had to be tukeu from Sister Ethel's bisque ,Uvil t9 tit her, Now York News, t THANKFULNESS. Let us bo thankful. Life Is not so long) Fast fados the day to nlcbt) Half Is but heartache; tut some flower of son HUH lilts Its loaro la liuli'. IM ua bo thankful. Wo shall oue flav gain The summit crowned and hiRh;- Conenth us leave tho lightning and the rvlo And face the clear, starred skj-! Chicago Tlmes-Eorald. 11U.HOK OK lHK WAY. On the Sick-List: Notice in a Swiss pass: "No echo to-dav." Fliegonde Blatter. She "Everybody in tho choir de tests the organist." Uo "Yes ; I un derstand thnt he is despised as a non combatant." Puck. She "3he is doiuj her be9t to fascinate that widower. Of course ho has considerable mems. " He "Per haps she thinks the means justify tho end." Pnok. His View : Brown "Do yon believe in civil-service reform?" Jones (who has failed to pa-s an examination "I do. The questions should be mode easier." Puck. "We must get little Bobby a foot ball mask." "What for?" "He is going down town with nurse, and J don't want him to ruin the shape of bis noise on the shop windows." Chicago Beoord. Toung man," raid a wealthy city man to his spendthrift nephew, "I laid the first foundation of my fortuoa by saving oab-fares." "I didn't knew yon ever drove one, uncle," remarked the youth. Tit-Bits. "Here, what does this mean?" shout ed Whooply, as he found his youngest riding a broomstick over the top of the piano. 'This is all right. Mam ma said if I'd stay in I could play on tho piano." Dotroit Free Press. The Thing for Him: "Don't you think I onght to take iron?" laughed the big fat man, who thought he wonld bo fnuny with the doctor. "Certainly ; and I would reoommend hoop iron." Detroit Free Press. On the Veranda: "There goes Mrs. Chatwicks. What does she oome to Florida for?" "She wants to get lid of her rheumatism." "Bat why does she bring her three daughters along?" "Oh, she wants to get rid ot them, too." Truth. Sho "It's no use, Mr. Blimly; in my present state of mind I wonld not aocept the most Attractive man in the world." He "No, 1 seo you won't; bnt, at any rato, yoa will have the satisfaction of knowing thut he has of fered himself." Tit-Bits. xie "xoaiiaveno utoa oi tne ex tent and force ot my love. I could dio for you." She "Yee, I suppose so; but dear me, what a craveyard I ehould have if all the men who wore willing to dio for me Lad been taken at their word." Boston Transcript. In tho Museum : Aunt Hetty (look ing at tho Wild Men of Borneo) "What a pity wo can't ccud out more missionaries to civilize thorn crittura." Unolo Josh "I duuno ! If them fel lers was civilized, thoy mightn't bo able to git seoh a good job." Puck. A Yacht as a Monument. It is reported that the cabin of tho old yacht Dauntless, tho "floating monument," was entered by thieves, ond that many articles of value wtro taken. Soon after the death, a few. years ago, of tho owner of the Daunt less, Commodore Caldwell H. Colt, his mother, Mr. Samuel Oolt, of Hartford, had tho yaoht taken to Essex, Conn and moored 'in a covo. xno rigging was stripped irom tne vessel, but no ohanges were made io hor interior, and tho big saloon and staterooms present the came appoai anco that they did tho last timo Com modore Colt trod her decks. This was in accordance with the expressed intention of Mrs. Colt to retain the Dauntless as a floating monument to the momory of her ouly child. Many oilers have been made for tho yacht, bnt sho has rufusod them all, and has announced that nevor again . shall the auchors bo raisod or a sail bent to the spars. Every summer sinoo her son's death Mrs. Colt has journeyed down from her Hartford homo and Bpent two weeks aboard, aoooinpanied only by her sorvaots and refuting to entertain any callers. New York Press. How Seeds Are Distributed. Tho whole subject of tho methods by which seeds are distributed is at tracting considerable attention just now. It seems almost impossible to construct any genoral law by which to explaiu the reason for things in na ture. It dues seem, for instance, safe to say that wings are given to seeds to enable them to fly far away from tho parent tree, aud thus extend tho area ot territory occupied by t ho speoiea. but iu many of tho large seed pines the linduu, and others, the hollow teeda ouly are the ouos blown away. Tho solid, per'oct seeds remain around the parent tree. Thj objectors to every thing arguo that wiuga are given to fan out tho light, usulcss material. But this surely cannot always be. New York independent. He Fishes With au Ax", The Chtyeuno (Wyoming) corre spondent of tho Chicu;;o Tribuuo writes: Coloue! W. J). Piokett, raucucr on Gray Bull Creek, has a natural refrigerator ou his ranch. Duriug tho recent chiuuok ia the Big Horn Bivsiu tho ioa broUs up and gorged a little valley ou his pbvj,tbea froze over ftolid, iiupnviuiiig aud freezing thousands of t-u'innu tiout. Now tho Coloue!, wheu ho wants a muss ot 11 all, just in out with an axe aud hacks tham out ot thu ioa. The gorge gives promiso of remaining in it present stato fur a mouth or mora,
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