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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:
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until vrey veryxxxxxx lato do not.
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pointmen t is xxxxxxxxxo is cmoing
to cnosnlt consultme k it will taKo al
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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.