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R ST f The rayiug outlook ia the Klondike ooean transportation business is that the steamships will oatoh about as many coming oat of the country as they tako in. Ought a schoolmistress to go to her Hchool on a bicycle? This is the question the Peris Municipal Council has had to decide, and its decision is in the negative. 'Washington society has decided that it is good form to bo patriotic, and is really making a fad of the sentiment, according to W. E. Curtis, in the Chicago Record. An Austrian ongiucer claims to have discovered that sea water can be made drinkablo by forcing it through a tree trunk. This being the case, all that thirsty shipwrecked seafarers need to do is to mako for the first forest and strain the brine through the trees. Day by day it appears more proba ble, announces tho New York Tribune, that the richest Yukon gold Holds will be found on tho Alaska side of the boundary line. But that is only an other argument for definitely marking that lino at the curliest possible date. It is gratifying to tho American Cul tivator to nolo that none of tho South American republics side with Spain in her attempts to crush Cuba. They are ( Spaniards in origin, but all remember too well tho oppressions to which their countries were subjected while still colonies of Spaiu. The following, from the London Daily News, is, in the opinion of the St. Louis Star, a true indication of the estimation in which Spain is held by all civilized nations. "Spain can ex pect no support, moral or otherwise, from England agaiuttt the United States. She has ruined Cuba, as she has ruined or lost every other colony, by the , grossest corruption, cruelty and maladministration; ami she must be left to settle the account for it with thoso whom it, nmy concern, without any aid or sympathy ou our pnit." In nuswer to au inquiry V. E. Cur tis, tho well-kuowu Washington cor respondent, states that the purchase of Alaska is supposed to have been an acknowledgment of Federal obligations to Russia for placing a fleet at the dis posal of President Lincoln during the dork period of the Civil War, although there is no official reeord of that fact. The late Secrotary Seward nade such an intimation a great many times, and all of the other statesmen of the coun try who were familiar with the inside affairs of the Government at that date occur iu the opinion. Instances are multiplying of the sur vival of human beings after injuries to vital organs which hitherto were eonsidered fatal. The latest case of this kiud is reported from Bingham ton, N..Y., where a chicken thief shot himself in the bead. The man remained unconscious for a week, and the surgeons said his death was a matter of time only. Finally, his right eye bulged out, and it wbh re moved by an operation. With the eye came a thirty-two-oalibre bullet, which had been iu the man's brain for six weeks. He is on the way to recovery. Warfare has become au exact science. It is no longer a question of bruto force. A thousand men with modern arms and projectiles could resist 100, 000 such as fought the battle of Water loo. The big coast guns are handled like telescopes, and require a mathe matical calculation before they are discharged as complicated as that which determines the altitmlo of a star; and while there are millions of farmer boys and clerks in couutry stores who would willingly offer their lives iu defonce of their country, they would be helpless until trained in a modern fortification or npon a battle ship. Since his return from abroad Genera; Miles has made some changes in his full-dress uniform which make it handsomer and more conspicuous. About the sleeves and collar of the coat a conventional design of oak leaves is embroidered in gold, and this design again appears npon tho belt, which is of KuBsian leatherpiped with Rold bullion. The epaulettes have been laid aside for the flat and more modern shoulder-kuots charac teristic of the Russian uniforms. They bear the coat-of-arms of the United States and two stars indicative of the rank of a major-general. A scarf of gold is worn draped from the right shoulder to the left side, and no .handsomer or more soldierly figure passed in review before the President 'at the first official reception of the season. A SONG IN THE STRIFE. Far out through the mists of the Now. In the Illy-loved regions of Then, Are the hills of the After Awhile; The lights and the shadows lie soft as sleep In the overworked eyes or men On the bills ot the After Awhile. The day Is as deathless as truth and love; unheard Is the sound ot no more The music of lutes ring out, responding to joy's encore Now full on the ears entranced, now faint on the tropical shore, And the hills of the After Awhile, The bills ot the After Awhile. God fashioned them out of the loss ot the pleasures of Paradise The hills ot the After Awhile ..j gladon the spirit that tires of the world the world and its tear-laden sljhs- Tbe tears ot the After Awhile. O, fresh as the smile ot a friend, when tho patlenoe of hearts seems raiu; As bright as a steadfast splendor aglow In despite of tho rain; As deir as the eyes we havo loved, come bae In a dream again Are the hills of the After Awhile, The bills of the After Awhile. -Will T. Hall, in the Chicago Tlmes-HeraU. 1 STORY OF Dy HELEN URELY the moon never witnessed so rare, so strange, a sight as that which its own rays served to produce. On a desolate space of laud, a short dis tance from a for lorn hut, where it cast its brightest beams, a young girl of some fifteen summers, the only figure in the soli , t a r y landscape, waved aloft her arms as she danoed merrily to and fro, singing aloud to her own shadow, now here, now there, now everywhere, tossing back the luxuriant hair, which fell in unkempt profusion over her face, the moon revealing it, lit by a pair of large, dark eyes, almost elfish in their brightness. "You're here again!" she said to the shadow, stopping suddenly in her soug. "I'm so glad to see you. Are yon goiug to the festival to-morrow? Why do yon always come to ine in the moonlight? See, this is a new dance I have learned. Stop a minute; don't do just whut I do. Are you hist! What's that?" A sound of weeping breakiug upon her delicately attuned ear, as turning quickly she discovered a lad some few years her senior seated on a stone, crying bit terly. "Ah, it's you. Claude, aud what's the matter? What briugs you to the old witch's cottage at this hour of the night?" "I have lost my way." the boy an swered, "aud I am cold and hungry and unhappy. Fritz don't love me any more. He's iu love with the law yer's daughter, the belle of the vil la?o, aud ho don't care any more for me." "Ha, ha, ha, ha!" langhed the girl, mockingly. "So yonr handsome twin brother is iu love, and yon are so un happy that you ninst needs wander off to the witch s door. Take eare, Claude. She'll look at you with the evil eye, or if she don't I will, and I'm her grandchild. I've inherited it." "Dou't Fauchou, don't!" the boy answered. "Oh, dear, what shall I do?" "Do? Go homo! My, what a time thero'll be, the whole country search ing for you. That's the way, up over the bridge. You can't mistake it. I will take you part of the road, and and if you are very linngry" draw ing a piece of dry bread from her pocket "take this. I'm not hungry at all. Oh, no; of course not, (aside) it's only my snpper, shadow. I dou't want it; I never eat dry bread; oh, no; but, see here, Claude, in future leave my chickens alone. "There, shadow, he's gone now. I've left him on the hill. It's well for him Granny didn't see him. She would beat me, shadow, if she knew I played with you." "Fanchon!" Her name caused her to start. It was Fritz, Claude's twin brother, the wealthy farmer's other son, who stood beside her. "Well!" she auswered, jeeringly. "I have come to see your grand mother, Fauchon, to ask her to help me. She hates my father, I well know, but gold is gold, and I hope this will tempt her to disclose for me my broth er's hiding-place. He left home yes terday, foolishly jealous of me, and we cau find no trace of him." "So you come to the witch in your need, do you? Perhaps, Mr. Fritz, you need not go so far!" "Fanchou, what do you mean? Can you tell me where he is? But show me and I will do for you anything in tho world." "But with the world turned upside down, surely when the great man's son in asking favors of the witch's grand child, Fanchon the despised, Fanchoh whom even the village children laugh and jeer at; Fanchon " bnt the voice a moment before so mocking held sound of tears, and there was suspicious moisture iu the bright eyes as her hand dashed across them, and she once more began her grotesque dance in the moon light. "So your brother Claude has gone, eh?" rihe continued, with regained possession, "and you want to know his whereabouts. Look for him, Mr. Fritz. Perhaps you'll find him. I don't .oiuk Granny will help you." "Bnt you will, Fauchon, if you can. Here, take this gold and tell me!" ' With imperious gesture, worthy a princess in her kingdom, she raved the money back. "Take your gold!" she said. "Even gold, Fritz Glenroy, would not buy me. Yes, I kuow where your brother is. Yon said a moment ago yon would give me anything I asked. Give me your word to grant my first request, wherever made, aud I will lead you to him!" if IP. . FANCHON. DEEKMAN. S iS4 VKfc ftifc ifca "On my honor, as a geutleman, Fanhon, you have my promise," and in another moment her lijht footsteps were springing up the glade to the spot where the foolish truant was to be found. "Ah, shadow, you are here still!" she exclaimed, ou her return. "Wait ing for me, are you? I have my re venge now. xo-morrow is tne iesnvai, aud I am goiug, dressed in my best, and and" bursts of laughter issuing from the red lips "I shall make Fritz dance with me. Me Fanchon, and she will be there, she whom he loves" the laughter died now "and he will have to lead me out before them all. he " '"Fanchon! Fanchon! Come to bed this instant!" called out a sharp voice, weak with age, and with a kiss thrown at the shadow, who returned it, Fan chon disappeared as the moon retired, wonderingly bohind a cloud. It was tho May Day festival, and all the lads and lasses of the village were gathered npon the village green, the youths in their holiday costumes, the girls in their sweet, pure robes of white.when suddenly a cry of derision rose in their midst, as a strange little figure, dressed in a flowered gown, her ds -k eyes brilliantly flashing, her hair falling loosely over her shoulders, ap peared among them. "Fanchon! Fanchon!" passed from month to mouth. "The witch's grand child! How dare she come here?" But on one face a sudden pallor grew, as spyi.ig Fritz she walked boldly to hiH 'side, addressiug him in a tone so low ouly his ear could catch the words, "Are you ready to make good your promise? I want a partner for the May dance. I have chosen yon." For a moment the pallor gave way to a crimson flush for a moment he half turned away; but the scene of the night previous arose before him, his manhood shamed him, and he turned bravely and took her hand. "Fritz!" cried a voice, "what are you doiug?" It was Miss Bell, the lawyer's daughter, who spoke. "I have an engagement with Fan chon for this dance," lie answered boldly, and with a toss of her bead and scornful smile . the young beauty turned away. "With Fanchon?" the rest exclaimed. "We don't dance with witches. Where did you get your frock, Fanchon? Out of the witch's cupboard! And what have you strung round your neck? Come, show ns. Ah, you are afraid," as one slender hand clung convulsive ly to the black ribbon about the throat. "It is the evil eye," called one. "Come, let us take it!" But in a moment Fritz had stepped before her, while with one hand he thrust her behind him. '"Take it or touch her at your peril!" he cried. "She is under my protec tion now, aud you will have to answer to me." But in their excitement they surged forward. "It is the evil eye.. We will have it." But another defender now stepped upon the scene their cure, who had approached unnoticed. "My child," he said, addressing Fan chon, "I know what you wear about your neck. I command you, show it them." Iu silence, reverently she obeyed; then raising it so that all could see, she spoke: "It is my mother's prayer, which you yourself, "M. Cure, have blessed." In a moment each knee was bent, each cap reverently doffed, as Fan chon held the sacred relio aloft; then once more slipped it within her dress. "Come, Fanchon," Fritz said, kind ly, "we will dance now." "No," she answered sadly, "I will go home, Fritz, and release you from your promise; but you kept it, and I will not forget it!" And, turning quickly away, she fled lightly over tho fields back to the desolate hut she called home. "The old witch is dead! The old witch is dead!" was the startling news in the little French town, some six mouths later. Poor little Fanobon! She had received only crusts of bread, only harsh words and blows all her life, but none the less when she fol lowed, sole mourner, to the gravo, she felt as though her last friend had de parted. It was Fritz who came to cheer and comfort her; who told her of the money they had found, which would give her a handsome dowry one of these days Fritz, who somehow made her ashamed of her ignorance, and taught her how to conquer it. Books were natural enemies, but she clung o them bravely; bravely bore the jeers and scoffs of the children at the village school, until they forgot to jeer in ftdmiration. Bnt her life was very sad aud veiy lonely, and as, little by little knowl- ass I l)Ctn ede dawned npon her, it but showed more plainly how apart her life was from others. Something of this she told Fritz, as they strolled forth one evening, the same moon so qnietly looking npon them which and that night wituessed her strange dance. A moment's silence followed; then he took and olasped her hand within his own. "Fanchon," he said, "you are not alone, as you suppose! Look!" as they stood beside a clear lake. "What does the shadow in the water tell you, dear? That you have grown beauti ful? Can it not also tell you that, as once you asked of me to grant you one request, so now I ask in turn of you. But, darling, it is yourself; you who first taught me to be a man; who first showed me the path of honor. Fan chon, will you give yourself to me will yon be my wife?" The dark eyes were raised bewil deringly to his, her heart beating so fast, so loud, she olasped her little hand convulsively upou it as she spoke: "Your parents! What would they say? Ah, Fritz, they called my poor old grandmother a witch because she learned the secrets of the herbs, and sold them as medicines; but she left me oaly a legacy of shame." "They shall ask you, darling; they shall seek you. You shall enter no roof unwelcomed; but if they add their entreaties to mine, Fanchon, what will then be your answer." "Oh, Fritz, I should die of too much happiness!" But joy rarely kills, and, eveu as Fritz had said, their boy's happiness was nearest the parents' hearts. Even Claude forgot his jealousy and added his prayers. So, in the sum mer time, the village churoh was crowded with ' happy faces, as Frit received from his own father's hands poor little Fanchon, rich at last. New York Ledger. Tbe Demand For Ilornei. This country in 1897 exported 39, 532 horses and 7473 mules, the total value of which was $5,314,000, making a rather important item of foreign trade. The exports of ' horses havo increased over fivefold since 1893. There were i ever as many as 5000 sent abroad prior to that year. The increase is due to the decline in the value of horses iu this country result ing from their displacement by cables and electricity on street car lines, and the general depression in the country. There is, undoubtedly, a surplus of horses in the United States and prob ably this will continue, so that ex ports are likely to go on increasing. The agricultural department is doing all it can to open foreign markets for American horses. There is no doubt that horses cau be raised in this coun try as cheaply as anywhere else in the world, and every country which needs to import horses ought to get its chief supply from the United States. The average farm value of horses is barely half what it was five years ago. It is rather strango that prices of horses have not advanced iu tho past six months, especially in Kansas, where there certainly is a greater demand for them, and less disposition among farmers to sell them. The increased profits of fanning ought to have the effect of greatly reducing the number of horses for sale. Kansas City Star. - A New Llfe.Bf.lt. Swimmers are generally very suspic ious with regard to life-belts, for un less .these contrivances are well made and properly adjusted they are posi tively dangerous in use. Some are so bulky that they impede all action. This defect certainly applies to the cork waistcoats adopted by tho Na tional Lifeboat Institution, and it will be remembered that in the recent fatal capsizing of a lifeboat at Margate the men had not donned their corks ou this very ground. A new kind of belt known as the Louiton float is de scribed and illustrated in a French journal; and it has the appearance of a conger eel with conical ends. Made of sheet rubber, it passes round the neck, across the chest and round the waist, and can be inflated in one min ute by the mouth ; and its weight is about one pound. The lifo-belt or float is flexible, light and easily plaoed in position. Itcan be worn without inconvenience, and is designed, among other purposes, for the nse of swim ming schools. Chambers's Journal. Syrup For Bore Throat.' A soothing preparation for an ordi nary sore throat is a lemonade made without the addition of water. Grate the rind from one and squeeze the juice from two lemons over two heap ing teaspooufuls of sugar. Be very careful to grate only the yellow, as the white gives a bitter flavor. Add the juice and grated rind of an orange, a blood orange making it even more de licions. Let this stand ten to fifteen minntes aud theu strain through a. cloth. This result is a syrup with a refreshing and delicious taste. More sugar can be used, bnt the sourer the mixture is the better it assuages the thirst or irritation in the throat. New York World. Clan Umbrellas. It is rnmored that before long glass umbrellas will be in general nse that is, umbrellas covered with the new spuu glass cloth. These, of course, will afford no protection from the rays of the sun, but they will pos sess one obvious advantage namely, that they can be held in front of the face when meeting the wind aud rain, and at the same timo the user will be able to see that he does not rnn into unoffending individuals or lampposts. Buttons For New York Police. The New York police, 7500 men, are to have new uniforms, and each oue will require for his two uniforms and overcoat seventy-eight buttons. This means 585,000 buttons, pr four tons of brass. THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Spring Flehlng-The Moat Plea.ant One Financial Kerenge Softening th. Blow Hard to Pieaee Literally True Both to Go It Alone The Jteal Thing, Etc. The angler soon will lie In wait To tempt the trout with flies. Meanwhile, If he Is up to date, He'll eke revamp his lies. Philadelphia Record That spring is here Doth not appear To me by growing barn-yard cackle, Its proofs I And In that my mind Unconscious turns to fishing tankle. Boston Courier. The Moat Pleasant )ne. Inquiring Friend "Wlich is the best route to the Klondike"" Returning Klondiker (hoarsely) "The one coming home!" Puck. Softening the ltlow. Madeline (indignantly) "He said I was an old flame of his? The idea!" Jnlia (soothingly) "Oh! I don't think he meant that you were old at that time." Puck. Both to Go It Alone. "I should have thought that Bagley would get a tandem for himself and wife instead of two single wheels." "Oh, no; Bagley has been married sixteen years." Judge. Financial llevengo. "They say that war scares make trade good." "Yes, when my wife gets mad at me she goes downtown and spends every cent she can lay her hands on." De troit Free Press. Literally True. "Hello, old man," exclaimed his friend; "how's business?" "Well," replied the poet, as ho thought of the unbroken succession of rejected manuscripts, "just at present it's a case of small profits and quick returns." New York Journal. Proof Positive. "Do you believe there is really any thing in phrenology?" "I do. I had my head examined by a phrenologist once, and the moment he oame to my first bump he told me that my wife used an old-fashioned rollin(j-pin." Clevelaud Leader. Hard to Please. "I remember your wife as such a dainty and pretty little thing, Humly, and yet they tell me she has turned out a fine cook?" "Turned out a fine cook? She has turned out half a dozen of them with in the last three weeks." Detroit Free Press. The Ariiona Way. Stranger "Do the officers of the law here strictly attend to their duties?" Arizona Al "They haf to. Sus pended the Sheriff for lotting a boss t'jief escape." Straager "From office?" Arizona Al "No frum a tree." New York Journal. The Real Thing. Author "How do you like my new play?" Critic "It's Bimply great. The robbery in the third act is the most realistic piece of work I ever saw go on the stage." Author (pleased) "Do you really think so?" Criti 3 "Of course, I do. Wby, even the words spoken by the thieves are stolen." Chicago Daily News. A Generoua Foe. It was not to be. The gods and she had determined otherwise. Ho was persistent. She was firm. Yet kind. "And it is goodby?" he said. "Yes." "And we are to part?" "Yes." "Forever?" She hesitatod. "No," she answered, slowly; "you may make it longer, if you wish." Life. Making llu.ine... The proprietor of the shoe shop sat 'on a packing case and looked envious ly at the rival establishment across tbe way. "I wonder why it is that he is get ting all the business," he said. "He has gone over his entire stock," explained the clerk, who had taken the trouble to investigate the matter, "and has renumbered the sizes. As a result a woman who ordinarily wears a No. 3 shoe cau be fitted with a No. 2 in hia store." Then, of course, it was apparent why nine out of every ten women in town absolutely refused to patronize any one else. Chicago Post. Internal Kvidence. Lawyer Sharpsett found he would be unable to go homo iu time for sup per. His typewriter girl having quit for the afternoon, he sat down to the machiue himself and succeeded, after half an hour's work, in evolving the following note, which he sent to his wife by a messenger boy: attheOffice 5 30p.m! DEar miLLi e::: I shlnl not be xxxxx xxxxx athOrac t his evnennenig untli until vrey veryxxxxxx lato do not. wait fr for mEA a A clien t w ho Has Aclient with whoM i hnev an apo pointmen t is xxxxxxxxxo is cmoing to cnosnlt consultme k it will taKo al al all eqenxxxxxxevening your lvoiug husgxxxxxxhusbnd. j: hiraM($? "I know Hiram wrote it!" ex claimed Mrs. Sharpsett after she had read it. "Those x's are where he pwore." -Chicago Tribute. SCIENTIFIC AMD INDUSTRIAL. A municipal council in France has ordered its proceedings to be reported by phonograph. We cannot see the sun itself, we see only the cloud or vapor shell that covers it, like the niautlo of a Wela bach burner. It is announced that Italian experi ments ou vegetable life with Roeutgen rays have shown that the effect is identical with that of sunlight. Tho Belgium Government is con templating the establishment of an overhead single-rail between Brussels aud Antwerp. It is expected that a speed of about ninety miles an hour will be obtained. Professor Elmer Gates, of Washing ton, has recently improved the per formance of the microscope, aud it is now possible for the human eye to see an object magnified 3,000,000 times. Heretofore 10,000 has been the limit. Four of the Montana villows, with ono from the island of Unalaska, are the smallest shrubs of Salicaceic iu the wjrld. One of these growing of ten ouly half an inch high, is believed to be the smallest species of willow ever known. If the laud surface of the globe wer divided and allotted iu equal shares to each of its human inhabitants, it would be found that each would get a p!ot of twenty-three and one-hall acres, but much of it would not b worth having. Tho sun consists of three parts, the central portion, or nucleus, which it gaseous, but rendered viscous undei tho enormous pressure and high tem perature, the photosphere of incan descent metallic vapors, and tho cor ona, which is only observable during the time of total eclipse. Dr. George Ardin Stockwell says that the danger of rabies to any one human being is only as one in a mil lion, and that in fifty-live years, dur ing which he has examined every case reported as ocourring in North Amer ica, as thoroughly as possible, he has not been able to find a single one that was not open to tho gravest suspicion as to error. M. Phisalix announced to the Acad emie de3 Sciences, Paris, some time ago, that cholesteriue injected into the blood of animals made them resist the venom of vipers. Doubts were thrown on his results, becauso he had used cholesterine of animal origin. Since then he has rereated his experiments with crystallized cholesterine extract ed from carrots, and found it as effec tive as that from animals. Moreover, be has obtained similar results with crystallized tyrosine extracted from the dahlia and even with the sap of thr dahlia. A Faacinatlng Island. "Of all fascinating places under the sun," said a gentleman who has trav eled much, "the island of Tahiti, one of the Society Islands, is the most fasciuating. Iu that country, n little earth lost in a vast ocean, nature has done everything to make indolent sonls happy. The climate is temper ate and eveu all the year round, the vegetation is luxuriant, the women beautiful, and the nights, full of per fume and mystical light, stir the most practical mind to love of meditation aud dreaming. The influence of this dreamy, lazy life is very insidious. It is not necessary to work, as tho island furnishes food Avithout the la bor of tillage. I kuow a number of Americans aud Freuch who have gone there for a visit, and have become so enraptured with the languorous exis tence tint, like the visitors to lotus land, they lio dowu and forgot friends, homo, ambition and cverythiug. I remember how I used to feel the iu flucnce steal npon me. Many a timo I wished' earnestly to cast my lot with those languorous people. I cau look back now and see myself as I lay one night against a coeoauut tree iu u sort of ecstacy of meditation. Over head was a sky bright with a million stars. Sounds came to mo in a strange fashion, blending into a murmur. A short distance away a group of na tives, girls and men, wore shouting the rhythmic chant of tho upunpa dauce. I thought of myself on this little isle, with ocean on every side aud New Orleans so many miles dis tant. Nothing seemed real to mo but that spot in which ono could hear in distinctly the chant of the singers and the sobbingof the waves; a mysterious charm possessed mo." Mexican Herald. BuMy Was Very Homesick. Dr. J. A. Smith, a Wabash physician, reports a well-defined case of a home sick cow. Tho doctor two weeks ago bought a fine milker from a Wabash Comity farmer. She was brought in aud placed in his stable, but from tho first day refused to eat, and spent the days and nights iu melancholy lowing. She the first day or two gave an abun dance of milk, bnt soon afterward be came "dry," aud the doctor became fearful she would die. Day before yesterday he returned her to the far mer. She appeared overjoyed to get back to the old home, began to eat voraciously, and is again giving milk. The doctor attributes it all to home sickness. Iudiauapolis News. Urc-nt llritaln'i ltlat Fnrnarr. Tho number of blast furnaces built in the United Kingdom to December 31, 1H1I7, was fi(i!), of which 3H'2 woro in operation. On September 30th last there were 375 furnaces in blast out of 74 built; on June 30th, 380 out of (iH2; on March 31st, 379 out of liH3, and ou December 31, 18!K, 372 in blast out of (185 built. The list, us usual, includes a number of old furn aces which will uevcr bo put iu blast again. Polyglot Itnrxia. Sixty laiiguuges are spoken in the empire governed by tho C.ur of Russia. LOVE'S HROMISE. Aero?s tbe main, and far away. Where the river joins the sea, Where blows the broom at break of day, My true love waits for me; llis brow is sad, his eyes are sweet, 1 Ami bis heart both brave and true, O, when, my love, shall we e'er meet. My lonely self and you! "Ah, maid most dear," his Hps reply, In the north laud far away, "We ue'er shall meet tilljeternity Breaks through life's cloudy day; Wo ue'er may take love's lastjadieu, Ere Dentil begins his flight. But I, for aye, will still bs true. And so, my love, good night." Johnson McClune Bellows, in the Ledger. HUMOR OF THE DAY. "Were you born iu a foreign ooun try, Mr. Jones?" "No, I was born in my native land!" Teacher "What can you tell me about the rabbit?" Papil "Its left uind-foot is lucky." Puck. . The early bird which has such ex cellent qualities is not the one you eat at two o'clock in the morning. In almost every case of marriage oue of the parties ill time looks the rabbit to the other's wolf." Atchison Globe. The Able Editor (ironically) "Is this poetry?" Contributor "Didn't I begin each line with a capital let ter?" Boston Traveler. "Yes; there is plenty of room at the top, 'tis true," said tho parental fish to its offspring; "but I'd advise you to slay down where you are." Willie "Miss Dollie, you are look ing like ajfull-blown rose." Dollie Footlites "Gowan! You're just blowing." Cincinnati Inquirer. "Fauuie'has such a sweet new bon net." "Yes. Fauuio has charming talent for making things over." Browniug, King & Co.'s Mouthly. Old Mr. Surplice "I hope you ob ject to dancing on religious grounds?" Young Miss Featherstitchiug "Oh, uo; only on unwaxed floors.'' Rox bnry Gazette. "Poverty," said Uncle Eben, "am like riches in oue respeck. Whethuh it's any disg. ace or not depends a heap ou how you happens to git dar." Washington Star. Miss Gnshington "I, too, Herr Slevewski, should like to become a great violinist. What is the first thing to do?" Herr Slevewski "Learn to play." Harlem Life. Owiug to the denth of my wife, n seat on my tandem is vacant. Candi dates for the seat may send iu their names to Scorcher, iu care of this paper. Fliegende Blaetter. Teacher "What do you know about the early Christians?" Tommy "Our girl is one of 'em. She gets up in the morning and goes to church be fore breakfast." Iudiunapolis Jour nal. "Will I have to bo identified when I come here next time?" inquired Mr. Jagway. "Not uuless you swear off iu the meantime. I should kuow that nose again amon a million." Chi cago Tribune. German Professor (iu his lecture u water) "And then, gentlemen, do Lot forgot, if we had no water we could never learn to swim and how many people would be drowned!" Vienna Freindenblutt. OHico Boy "The editor wauls tho proof of his editorials.' Proof Reader 1- "What for?" Office I'oy "He wants to' read 'ein." Troof Reader "Humph! No accounting for tastes." New York Weekly. "I don't thiuk the members of your church would be willing to sell all they have and give to the poor." "Hardly.- They might bo persuaded to sell all they have and invest tho proceeds in something else." Puck. "F,f do average young man," soid Uncle Khun, "ud bo willin' ter go froo as much hahdship ter git useful knowledge as ho did lenrniu' ter smoke his fust cigar, dar wouldn't be nijhez many regrets iu dishero life." Washington Stur. Mike "How old are yon, Tat?" I'at "Thirty-siviu next monf." Mike "Yez must bo older thau that. When were yez born?" Tat "In 18151." Mike "I hivo yez now. Sure, yez told mo tho same dato tin years ago!" Tit-Bits. "Oh, oh!" moaned SH's. Weeks, who was suffering from a decayed molar, "why aren't people born without teeth, I'd like to know?" "Why, my deur," exclaimed tho husband, "do you happen to know auy one that wasn't?" Chicago News. "I'm afeard," remarked Farmer Corutossol, "thet the period of useful uess fur that politician is about to bo , .1 rawed to a close." "What's the mat ' ter?" inquired his wife. "Is it a case )t overwork?" "No," was tho an (wer; "'tain't nolhin' so onusuul as jverwork. It'ti a plain, old-fashioned case of ovortnlk." ashingtou htar. Tho garbage is collected every Mon day on tho street in which tho D.'s live. One morning little Helen D. proposed discarding for good a rag doll of which she had grown tired. "I thiuk, mamma," she said, "that I'll put it out for the garbage man to carry oft. Ho can take it to tin gar bage woman, and she can tlx it up for the little garbage children to play with." Harper's Buzar. Great ltrllitin'i Kpene. Tbe expenses of Great Britain ero now about &j(iO,(Mlil,t00 yearly, or nearly 91 ODD per niinuto, but every lick of the clock represents an inflow .if a little over 10 into the British Treasury, thus leaving au auuual sur plus of about S'20,0l0,0l0. Law to Prevent Overwork. In Holland women and persons of either sex under the age of sixteen are now forbidden to begin work earlier than 5 a. in., or to continue at work after 7 p. ni.,uor may their work exceed eleven Uoiu's a day iu all.
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