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B. F. SOHWEIER,
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XLV1I.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 8. 1893.
NO. 12,
OH. DARLING. WHEN YOU LoVb I
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a titi I r.f : i is lit.
1 tlfh;s ire W:iik am. -01i-Ml,
I I tr -!iivM lie tt'N tls are St-re;
1st' 1 ;' n ht. Vt-i-,
Aiid tk.iih is very mar.
Oi
li'ir. alw.'iy l've in!
i he . s Kick to yon ;
' lit M.- :mv in ft;r hiddirm
1 1 t oiut' i i.f or Id i tit blue.
Ti " kii ih'- it. si? in glory
And in.ikt' iln -:i:io.v sf'ay,
Auo lifild Hi" i f i ever
ai MiiHiiti i' crowu;ui d;ty.
THE VLMCE OF THE EAST.
LV K. C. TAIT.
' ho b not hear J 01 the ale of . They are the gondolas of Snnugar, bnt
CasLiue-re?" Kt of the many who have very different in appearance, and'very
herd of the famous valley bat Jew inferior in comfort, to the gondolas of
ki.ow, eveu by mime, its i ictureaque j Venice. Tbeieore no seats, s yon
im. iiil, Sriuagur the Venice of the eit or recline in tie bottom jf the bout,
l-u-t. I taking care to supply yourself with
1 he a!e-of Cas! mere eaav be shortly plenty of rugs and cushions. Ycuaie
ibn-riled us a shrunken lke, whoiTe protected from the sun bv gra.ss mats
witters once xtemled to the steep, stretched over a lifht frame-work of
kr.eti, pine-clad hills thut form the bamboo. In this little craft, propelled
Hitler wall of the 'liai'den of .Asiu." ,l . the paddles of four or live oarsmen,
l'.eyund these h lls is no outer Wr.er you skim lightly ami swiftlv over the
of pr cipitoiis lnoiiLtHU.a, their mm- , water, nndi r bridges, ia.st houses, and
nuts covered with snow, the'r faces temples, aud grven bugliH dotted with
,l..rk ith precipices i r qliwtebiug g!a- white tetit, ou through the hhal
nets; n:id from every point iu the Dnrwaza, r water-gate of the city,
u U-y t ie v-ew is Pounded by this along a lovely water avenue bordered
iuoy range wl ieli tppars to encir. lo with willowx," Into the beuutilnl jdl
theborizoii. l!ete. n tl e--e two ranges girt lhnl Lake.
tre nuuierons lovely fcido vaUeys.gieus, briuagar in situated in the broadebt
ravines and gorges, varying In length part of the Vale of Ca.shmere, the hills
from fourteeu to forty m;h s, uud iu nd mount, ins t.tig at some dUt inee
vu.ith lr m To n m ica to a lo hundred fr.,m it: bmtliecity is dominated by
ur.ls. ea.-:i the channel of a foaming ' two isolate.l hills, the lower one crowu
torr.nt wlncu in remote au'ts led the ed by the fort, the higher one, which
vat lake, und now stll the river r ses 1,00:) feet al.ove the valiev, by an
h.ltim- li, e hi i hw,iy of C'a-hmere. : ancient Hindoo Temple, bulltofmas
Wheu the Jl elum foiced its way sive nuheuu stones. This hill Takht
Hi .-ugh the southern tud of the :i onu- Kuieiman (o:omou's Throne) well re-
aj harrier the luko was gradually ! pavs the climb for the view it sffards
ma ted. IU hij-her 1, vels have becon e over the whole valley of Cahhmere. At
tr.ves an.i orcn. ri, men lows, uml nee
r.ehlH, parks und guidons gnen v.itli
the softest gra.-p, blight witu the g,i -
1 bt flowers. Ills of snowy white mid
legal purp'e, n sea varying in hue from
tho J alest shell piuK to the deepest
lutiy, clematis and jusuiiuo enit) ucing
every trie, and erti ining the uir with
tl eir iragrant garlun.is ; luscious witu gate, whote wood, u doors open in the
Iruit a lUssert 'w.ti.out money and j water, lie the "shining levels" of the
wit: out 1 rice" spread lor every comer; Dl 1 Lake with Chenar I.daud turning
inullierr.fcS sud cht rr:es, apricots ai,d colde.j iu the sun-x-t till it looks like a
j iaehes, apples and walnuts, each in toi az rlouting ou the sapphire waters,
tb. ir season lain down trom ti e trees An 1 swoy bevond the outermost folds
aud give color to tl e leg. ud that here of the steel, hills that shut in this peer
mdeed whs the (iar.leu o! E.Iea. j K-s lake.is so -ri a streak of silver wh ch
The lower levels still spread their f is the far-off Wulir Lake, the home of
waters, en auiling in some p'aces into ' storms, the mirror of eternal snows,
lakes, surrounding and intersecting Turning to the other siile you see be-
the city and toimiug its btiee s und
lanes.
Siinaiar is situat.-d in the center of
the valley. The Jhclnm, the great
highway of Casimrre, wlin.li Hows light
through the "Vale, ' divides ti e city
into 1 wo almost eqnal portions, branch
ing offintonr.mert us urrotr channels
whiihwind their toituons wnv through
a lab riuth of houses and shoos, tem
ples and mosques, emerg ug again to
flow past iragrant hardens ami laden
orchard?, and green "baghs" shaded
by chenars the most nrnirageous of
trees.
The High
i street, or Crand Canal, iB .
T seven bi iuges, all built of
a nniUd bv the trunks of j
spanned by
piles of log
trees, having planks ucross laid and
protected by a railing. Tho wood cm
ployed is deodar, which is alu,ost in
destructible, so that the I ridges aro
perfectly site, as well as extremely
r. . J ,r. .
picture sque. The narrower canals are
croesed, some by stone bridges with a
single pointed arch, others byslimler
wooden foot-bridges; bnt this is all
that is required, for there is not a
wheel in Srinugar.
And all thise waterways ore lined
with picturesqne three-storied houses,
some built on piles driven into the l ed
of the si allow stream, others a little
retired from the river's e.'ge, leavmu: a
space where Ih' dark-eyed women come
down lo fill their red earthen pitchers,
and the little broun children dry them
selves in the tun after their bath in the
clear tepid water. The houses are
built of Min-dri.-d bricks, with project
ing wooden balconies ar.d carved 1st
tice6; they Lave overhanging pent roofs,
all, from the palace to the hovel,
covered with waving grass m:Dgle t
with Bowers. No more delich us har
mony of color cun be imagined than
may be seen here on a ae ornmg ;a
spring, with the warm brown of the
houses, their green roofs gemmed with
me crimson 01 me P"pp.v BU" luw lMli
pie of the iris; tho goldcu dome or
gli'tering pvramidul roof of a temple
gleaming through tiie dark green foli
age of the chenars; the canopy of de.p
blue flecked with white above, the opal
water beneath, and all around, framing
the lovely picture, a g'ist.'niDg line ot
scow.
ah trie iramo 01 mis inscin . nog city
is carnod on by means of boats. A .
boat conveys you from Ruramoulhi, at
tho entrance of the enchanted lnnd, ' o
is center, Srinsgar. and as you 1-j
jiiuutij iuq 111 j iuo ott'i I'l'oeaia aiioiv
with boats. There are the largo grain ; j)V ut
bouts slowly punted by a dusky half- nj
naked man; barges level with the water ; (;ariie
proach the city the river rppears alive
with boats. There are the largo grain
and laden witu the fettilizn g river-
weed or the river grass, which is dried
and woveu into nuts, thick and warm
and impervious to rain. These mats
form Iho roof and wulls of the dttngait.
or travt lhng bo.its.
They are lonr,
narrow, flat-bottomed boats, roofed and 1
iiitnu wim ;rass nuns snspeu eit nuia
a light s nlloldiug of biimboo pol. a.
The dnnca is divided into three 1 arts:
a tiny fleck in fr, nt jiibt large erough
to hold a 'able nnd a couple of chairs;
abroad, low step, which maktsa com
fortable seat, leads down into the mid
dle compaitiuen , which is curh iued
off with grass mats, nnd foims tne l e.l
room; in a full sized bout two camp
beds can s' and tide bv side with abO'i'
a foot spuce between them. Beyond is
the "bold,"- where the 1 oatnian's
family lives, for the boats are
ILeir hoirep. For married coi pie, wi h I
a little preisnre the i'nm ly will tnru j
ont, when the "hold can be nsed as a
dri ssing-room. Many visitors keep a
dtnga during the whole of tbeir stay
in Cashmere, employing the crew as
eervantd when they are in the higher
valleys. It can bo made to look very
posy with a lit. Jt tronble: a few hang
ing baskets tilled wit i llowt rs sus
pend 3d freni tiie bamboo poles, and
the addiiiou of some of the embroid
ered cnrt.iins, cushions, and felt ruc;,
or numdns, w hich cuu be bought so
cheaply iu Srinaer; then the bouts are
always perfectly clean, and often bean- I
tifudy carved inside. o they repay a
hmuuid iu saurDmeDt.
ine boats are propelled iu three
ways either by punting, paddling, or
towing, according to the state of water,
tbe condition of the bank, and the di
rection in which they are going; the
Tomen and all children over twelve
form pnrt of the crew, and the latter
seem thoroughly to enjoy their 8hare
of t.ie labor. The rate of progression
is oitremely Blow a mile an hour go
ing up stream, and about double that
spee.d coining down, when, however,
the boatinen are apt to become very
lazy and trust to the current to carry
the boat along. There is a kind of
lur.y enjoy nient on a he t day in the
blow, even motion of a dnra as it
glides between the green level banks of
the placid river, with the view of the
eucireling ehaiu of mountains on every
eide; but jon soon get tired of it, and a
unnga is not comlortable home; yoa
gladly change it at tbe end of your
voyage for the more stable and com
moUious shelter of a tent. Then lastly
t litre are the small light boats called
"sbinarries,'' in which yon are paddled
up and down the canals on sh ppmg,
VlsitinOr. or Richt-upeino- aTna.liHnnu
vour feet lies Jhe brown city em
bofomed in preen trees, snrrouude.1 bi
ver. ant meadows or bat-hs, shaded b'
by
ciieuar-trees aud dotted over with
largo white mushrooms, whieh on a
closer inspection jou see to be ten! 8,
intersected by blue water-ways fringed
w;th green. There, 'beyond the city
low you tu ; winding Juelum coi.mg
its shining readies round green
r.eadows uud te tuing orchards, its
pr.icefnl curves sugges ing to the Cash
miri artists the famous "shawl pattern."
And aroni'd on every side the towering
range with its dark precipice and
gleaming snow fields, that encircles the
en' hnuted valley like a wall.
There is one element of pic'uresque-
ne8H wanting in ririnagar which is
foiiU'l in almost ad Oriental cities the
dress of the natives; here it is dingy in
the extreme. This is tbe result not so
much of poverty as of fear. The nu-
certainty of tax ion and the desire to
ete,,I'e "f l,utu 80 grf". that the
,,,,J'ia uvo"' "I'Pa't 'gn of pros-
"-iii, ueui o 11111. hui ni'iuiifr reign
triumphant in their persons and houses,
for the r st th' y are a light-hearted,
humorous, mendacious, and extremely
I 1. f f
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nn Sriuaaar. liy a i,leasant fiction
all visitors are the guests of Hia
Highness the Maharajah, who provides
them with "quartern" in pretty one
storied bungalows facing the river.
T hese used to be rent free, but owing
to the ii.rlni of visitors a small rent Is
now charged. Rut these picturesque
bungalows are fur too few to accommo
date the numbers who now flock into
Coshmere us soon as the "leave season"
commences. Nine-tenths of these are
milnury officers, j much so that the
natives s cuk id the visitors collective
ly us "ellieers," aud a clergyman who
had entered his namo for an ordi r in
one of tbe merchants' books wss asked
to add his regiment.
In default of other accommodation
most people either live in their boats
or camp. The latter is far more com
fortat'le, unless yon happen to have a
house-boat. The various baghs or
meadow orchards in the vicinity of the
. available for
,,(1erltlg a lovely cr
j , d . ' fl
camping, una
rve of the river,
by niHguiGcent chenars, is
devoted to bachelors: another, scarcely
less 1 euutifnl, is allotted to married
couples. Two at opposite ends 01 the
city are neutral ground and accommo
date a mixed society. One, Ram
Munshi R.igh, is a peninsula encircled
by one of the wonderful sweeping
cnrvi s of the .Iheltim, and is covered
; with mnlbi rry-trees, which rain down
thf jr ri,ie i,ck fruit upon yon as vou
i( .' .i,,i ti, th.,
1 ni.icS 0q- js
'",,,' ro
cnTeted wit
is Nussim Ragh, tbe queen of
iroun la a grove of chenars,
tlli f ha anftoat frra.a fijlr.il
j ith ,,, aQ(1 wllite iris and' washed
;,,,,, ,..; , ,..., ,u ni.ot r -to
1 . ---- - -
i hoso head lie the famous Slialimar
.'ens, the scene of the "Feast of
I Rosi s." In all or aDy of these lovely
spots a delightful time may lie spent.
ttstin" after the "jonrney iu" or after
a "march" through the higher valleys.
Vi.art.op ilil.B r t n nloAn a. OOA 1 1 0.3 H in
,,, ,i 11,. t mnr luultiiv
... ',. . mln.i ,ni) wl.
t' an tue open air life of a curap.
l'ou ri-e early for tho mornioj wuifc
so conducive to health in the somew hat
relaxing nir of the Va'e, couiini? back
to your nt frenco breakfast with an ap
peti'e which dot s pisticc to a meid sub
stantial enough to carry you on to four
o'clock tea, "and in tiie interval you
enjoy a delightfully lazy time, sitting
nn.'er the tiees wiih your book or your
work or your eciibblmg, as the case
may be. Perhaps a visitor strolls up
from a neighboring tent to make your
acquaintance. l'ou discover mutual
fi lends or exchange experiences of
coolu s and boatmen, and bewail t'je
rapacity of your respective khi-nsam-.
Or, if the day is still and warm, and
your morning walk has leen long, r
than usual, you may doze peacefully,
uudiidurbed by any of the sounds
which tie vicinity of a metropolis
might suggest, fot in Srinngar neither
machinery nor vernacular traffic dis
turbs the tranquil air by their unpleas
aut vibrations. Awakeuing.yott perhaps
find a tnrbaned figure equating close
to you, armed with a huge ledger aud
a still larger pack. Ha is an emissary
from one of the city merchants, who
deal in tbe beautiful and artisiio wares
of .Cashmere. Vou say languidly that
you don't want anything, but he is not
eo easily repulsed.
"Only look. No buy!" h entreats.
Ho, assuring him that you do not intend
to purchase anything, yon submit un
der protest to lie shown glistening sil
ver bowls and cups, flagons and trays
of exquisite design and workmanship,
some unadorned silver, others deli
cately outlined with gold. The ehopis
are copied from nature, or from tbe
domestic art of the country. The
beautiful chenar leaf is fashioned as a
buckle or a brooch. The lotus tiower
and the water lily are suit cellars. The
duck is made to do duty as a claret jug.
The kaDgrees, or fire basket.", whi; h
the natives till wi'h charcoal and carry
under their clothes in cold weather,
are copied as tea eti, sugar basius and
cream jugs, and the tiny lamp that
lights their boats through the narrow
and tortuous canals is fitted with a
socket and makes a candlestick You
ask the price of tbe glittering wares,
and are answered with the mystical
words 'by weight," pronounced in a
solemn Pharisaical tone. They mean
that the silver is weighed against ru
pees, three or four annas in the rupee
being added ,on for workmanship.
This sounds very fair and and above
boardneverthelecs the Cashmiri prices ;
are 'U'rix fixe, avec quelnue rulmis." ,'
If you decline to give an order he is
notin tho least offended, but treats vou,1
with an earnestness worthy of a better
cause, to wrue your name at the top
of a blank page in his ledger. "Only i
name! ' he implores, till yon feel it '
would be churlish to refuse so simple j
u rtqufRt. He Rota away quite happy, ,
leeting sure that the magio inscription
is k nest egg which will bring orders iu
its wake. i
He makes his "Salaam," and with a
sigh of relief you return to your book,
but not for long; another vendor has
been lurking in the background, not
ventnrin2 to come forward untii his
rival has departed. He now ap
proaches you, ledger and bun do in
hand. He brings stones from V.rk
hand. Creamy moonstones, and ruddy
garnets, and lovely pebbles in red,
blni, green or grey, or delicately pen
cilled with the semblance of mossis
aud ferns. Or it may be a cloth mer-1
chant, who brings rolls of soft push
mimt cream aud tawu aid grey, made
frjm the pusht or nuder-fleece of the
long-haired Cashmere gout. Of this
the embroidered ehawls are made, tho
pattern worked by hand in silk the
same color as the material. The Cash
miris are wonderfully clever at this
embroidery. An ordinary Dirzeo who
works for you at eiiht annas (nine
pence) a day will embroider your gar- !
mi nts for you with any pattern you
JIe-e.
Rut -to return to the peddlars. A
coppersmith comes on the scene, ne
bungs lovely objects in beuleu and en
amelled copper. In the. former arej
hanging liuios trays, bowls and (plaint
camile-ticks, ornamented with exquis
itely wrought bas-reliefs. In the lat
ter, jars, long-necked bottles, bowls,
vases, boxes, in which the copper is
completely covered with eimni.1 in
tiirqnoi-'e and sapphire, nTbjd iu with
gold. Next appears a dealer in papier- ,
niache, very different in appearance I
and workmanship to tho material we '
kuow by tint name, with lis shiny
black ground inlaid with impossible
flowers in motlier-of-pi arl. The
papier mache of Sriuagar resembles
inlaid w iod, to which has been given a
satin gloss. True, some of the color-'
ing is very crude, nnd the animals'
heads with whicn they are fond of
ornamenting it, and which look like in
ferior woodcuts, are no embellishment;
still much of the coloring is soft and:
delicate and the shapes artistio Trays,
jars, brackets, milking s'ools and small
double octagonal talib s are m 1 le iu it.
Or perhaps it is only a humble mochee,
or leather-Btllrr, who solicits your ens-
10 in. ne introduces Mmselt as
sheepman, bv which he does not iutend
to convey the idea that he deals in the
flesh as well as the in of the sheep.
tint mat ne sei.s ins goods mr.rb nudcr
their real value, and
intention ou your
ing them Nevertheless lie will be
found to be open to n ofler of about
20 per cent, less than the nom nal price '
of his goods, whicT are excell, nt of
tbeir kind, being rendered soft and ;
durable by a peculiar method of tan- '
ning. He will bring writing-cases aud
portfolios, bags, and fate! els, ami last
but not least chaplies, the unique aud ,
comfortable Cashmere shoe, made only
in Srinagar and its immediate vicinity,
and for which, when once worn, all
other footgear will be eliscarded.
Chaplies consist of two parts, a took
and a sandal. The sock is mode of
very soft unlined leather, it luces np in
front and should come well above tho
ankle. The sandal is an on, flat,
heelless shoe with a curie! toe, a net
work of strars crosses the upper part
of the foot, while a broader strap pass
es ronnd the ankle through a loop at
the heel and buckles at onu side. The
eoles are thick and slightly roughened,
so that they are equally good for walk
ing on rough or smooth ground. At
first sight they look uncouth aud un
serviceable, and von feel as if you
were walking in Rath slippers, but a
short trial soon convinces you of their
merits, the soft flexible leather makes
them the coolest and easiest of shoes,
and those who wear them habitual, y
declare that they are also the safest;
moreover, they corabine cheapness with
excellence, f jr yoa can get a p iir for
2s. Pei haps some one of the various
pedlars may have induced vou to niuka
. .... .
purchase. Then he will rennest von
to enter it under your name iu his 1 every seven years. It is hemmed in rRu nee, draw an eno-iuted circle
book. If you have beaten him down j on all sides by the tombs of departed around bimself, which cannot be en
much, he will ask yon not to enter the sheiks and other worthies who have tered; and Mephisto, who is shown the
prioe, and solemnly charge you not to lived out their days In that region of cro8s '0 strike i,im t.ierewith.deliberate
tell any other olHcer or mem sahib, as ; scotching sun and burnin " sands, 'y "alks out of the enchanted circle,
the case may be, at what a ruinously ! Once each vear. on June 3 which is abandoning his advantage. S'ill, the
low price probably 2 rtr cent, more according to Arabian legends the a t
than it was worth-he let you have 1 it. niverary of the death of Abel the
Then be will ask you for a "chit or , aoori of tnc temple, which form a
. " " n ..."7. ,
nt u juu ou mo jnuu. ui VOUJ position
t. rimtj.tin to v.... tl, t..rma At
recommendation: "You write I good j
man. or 1 sheepman, or my work best."!
You laughingly decline to put your
name to such unfounded eulogies, and
content yourself with entering your
purchase. At last you have got rid of
tbe importunate tribe. The air is
sensibly cooler, the shadows have be
gun to lengthen, aud the kitmutghar is
filling the kettle for afternoon tea.
The famous shawls which furnish
Her Majesty with so many wedding
presents are not hawked about in this
manner. To sea them you
must
jay a visit to one of the many
shawl merchants whose shops line
the Graud CanaL Tbey are made in
the villages near Srinagar. The hair
of tho Shawl Goat is spun into tine
threads and stretched npon a rude
wooden loom suspended irom the ceil
ing. This forms the ground, and is of
the natural color, cream, fawn, or
black. Lpon these threads the pattern
is woven br hand. Innumerable bob-
bios won nci witn biik ot ev ry nue are
passed in and out of the mesh. To j
watch the prooeis r - the impression
or inextricable co i i, bnt slowly-
the tiattern grow r the hand of ,
tue worner. il l e. year o mate a
full-sized shawl ..n finished thoy '
are wa-hea in the river, ana men
stamped, for they pay a tax to the ,
Maharaj ih. They have sadly deterio- J
rated iu color.crude I la e i and maenUs
oeiug now woven iu wuu iuo oon ou-
euuii coloring.
LUCK OF A PEARL FISHER.
uo Hrlven Ov.rboanl by it Itrutal Shlp
ur, but Now it Vo4ul Owner.
Koocrt J. Holloway, who is a peart 1
ilsber hailing lroiu Thursday Island,
was recently in San 1 race! co on his
way back to his sea-girt home 011 tho
other side of the Pacific. Mr. Hollo
way gave a Chronicle man some highly
interesting facts relative to his dan-
gerous but occasionally highly lucra-
',ive occupation.
'I scaicely know what made me
take to fishing up oyster shells as a
profession," he said, '-but I supiiose
it presented opportunities for advent
ure and excitement which fascinated
me. Twenty-three years ago I was
an apprentice on boatd an English
ship trading In the Polynesian Archi-
pelago, and used to envy the pearlers
and inter-island traders their free and
careless lite among the beautiful
tropical islands. As is often tho case,
I had a brutal skipper.and this helped
me t. resolve to run away from the
vessel and throw in my lot with the
(), ai I fishers. One dark night when
we were at P.atavia 1 dropped over
Hie side and went ashore. Here 1 had
no didieulty in getting employment
on one or the small luggers which was
to sa l at daybreak. 1 spent two years
on this little vessel and saved what I
c:irued. and having by that time
c. one, 1. .ue 1 a,iK uy ma u,i,
what I ttiojght sutlicient experience,
I started iu a small way for myself J
pearling atid trailing in -Decne ue .
tner' with the natives. Sometimes own, be viciously abused and attacked
we had trouble with the savages; but. it.wbich could not bnt make him many
taken all through, the risks incurred "id powerful enemies. Wagner had
were wll compensated for bythei'10 additional misfortune to have:
latge prollts in tlii trade.
"In lSTylha l become the owner 01
a line lii-ger and 1 employe I eight
divers, all Kanakas, who Used no div
ing apparatus whatever, and can re
main under water for several minutes
at a time. This season I was operat-'
ing in tho bay of Carpentaria and'
was cxueniely
pearls, althoU'4
fortunate in getting
hi lost three of my
men by sharks. These men take
great risKS, seeming to have to fear; whom he hul made his enemies and
of thij Rvvai ins of sharks that mfest (tliey had lieen more diplomatic so us
the water. T he divers have a largj ' uot to reply, not to discuss, not even
stone attached bv a cord to the boat. ito mention his (Wagner's) mini) f, r
With this weight In their hands they ' S-,V,M "r. evl1, 1,0 u,"-i '"Te ''p
dive overt oard and sink rapidly to ;'' '"l to death, for the tumult which
the bottom. Then grabbing all shells Ui "" c"'1 feept going
within reach thov ttll the network I ","3, ' vtVb!ilK !? c mflUS i!
. , , . , , his name. M. Charles Gounod, in dis-
La hung around their 'necks and position q,.ite-t he c, nv 0Ite, bis natural
501110 to the suiT.ice with their target" , pliabuity.his ektilful humoring of those
"What percentage of the shells rra.tiK oues whom ha met and whom
contain pearls?" asted the reporter. jperchuuee he fancies may ba of ue to
"Well, there is no ruie," explainef. j bim. This so.-ml quality one calls
.Mr. Ilollo'.vav. "Somctiines we don't j Jiplomacy.is btylel Jesuitism tymauy,
get u decent pearl in a I .oat load, and which met in a consummate union of
again we make a rich haul iu 2 'tho two in Talleyrand. This velvet
handful of them. The small opaque ' tiger's-paw tonch of every dangerous
pearl is common enough and of reality
little v line. One good big pearl is
worth a pailful of them. After fish
ing on tin; coast of West Australia for
a couple of years I tried the New
Guinea fisheries. Here I was veiv
succet-srul, and in ;i 1 settled down
at Thursday Island, determined to
make that my headquarters while inv
boats went in dilTerciit directions. Ry
this time I bad three large pearling
vessels and ernplovcd about tlftv
I men. At the present time I run
c;evcn boats and pay about a hut)-
tired men. Of course, all the vessel;
are not equally successful, some ol
them often running mc into hs lor
so to ditarru any the: year. Pearls arc now very 'asii
purt ot" cheapen- ionablein Europe, and thete is anient
demand for the best sorts. I have
j ust, been to ienna; Paris, and Lon
don, where I have disposed of some
extraordinarily good specimens at
prices which I have not received foi
years previously. I do most of in
business with Amsterdam, and I have
it ou authority of niv- agents there
i that three of the finest pearls in 9
necklace worn by the Princess o.
Wales are from my fisheries."
The Tomb of Mother Eve.
The Arabs claim that Eve's tomt
is at Jiddab, the seaport of Mecca.
The temple, with a palm growing out
of the solid stone roof (a curiositj
which is of itself a wonder of tin
Orient) is supposed to mark the lasi
resti tig-place of the first woman. Ac
cording to Arabian tradition Eve
measured over 2W feet In height,
which strangely colnciCes with an ac
count of our Brst parents written by a
member of the French Academy ol
Sciences a few years ago, who alsc
claimed a height of over 200 leet foi
both of the tenants of the Garden of
Eden. Eve's tomb, which Is in a
graveyard surrounded with hib,
white walls, and which has not been
opened for a single interval for ovet
I a thousand years, 1
s the shrine of
I thousands of devoted Ishniaelites,
wl10, accordinji" to Notes and Queries,
..... i 1 ni 1... i... .. . n 1, .
uiaite a pilgrimage to the spot once
canopy over this su
py over this supposed tomb ol
.t"r mtuucr, remain open an
night, In spite of the keepers' efforts m'n'.vm of classic art, the libretto tub
bo close them. Terrible cries of an- bile i its purpose it provided M. Goo
?uish are said to emit from them, as no I with rare opportunities and s tua
though the memory of the first kuown tions for musical treatment, which all
tragedy haunted the remains which
blind superstition believes to be de
posited there.
Prutsic Acld.
Prusslo acid, which in a mild way
is used to flavor sweets and Is a very
common medicine, is never sold by
chemists except diluted with fifty
times its own quantity of water. The
pure acid is such a deadly poison that
supposing a small bottle of It were
broken in the center of a crowded
theater, only those nearest the door
wood escapo with, their lives. In
halation of the fumes alone would be
u indent to cause Instant death.
doesn't
A cat with Its fur ruffled
temt fur-straight.
MUSICAL FLA-.UE9 FKOM
ABROAD.
BT DR. WALDTERN PBOJ.
It is a remarkable fact that very few
nmrwuAri r f Iho tiraaurl rutriiul
cmUe(l Bnon antagonistic controversy
a8 M CLarie8 Gounod. One begins to
wonJer ,ud be mHZed at these violent
contentious, and tnen one d- am that
pf ciarlce ,7 ia comr to
P": ; ?
rity is to
one of the condllioti of oelel
' I hArloa I tiinnr.il Ima tt n a.
innumer
able, been wantonly and absurdly as
sailed, he never, thought it worth his
while to retaliate, and it gives him in- I
niark-, in lir. iia in n,.i i,
has never attacked anyone. In contra
distinction I will mention the German
composer, Richard Wagner. The
reader must distinguish between the
kind of contention provoked br M.
M - ounod and that caused by Richard
1 Wcgner. One is api to think that the
most powerrui enemy 01 itichard Wag
ner, the being who contributed more
than anvone to delv the reroffnitin ..f I
bis qualities, ana who oinsed tbe I
dragging to the surf-toe of Lis many
defects at the cost of the recognition of ,
- . . "
I Lis abilities, in a word, this man who
tso impeded his own progress in the!
1 pro;ession ana nis came irom being
. more universally esteemed, was
v agner uimm ii. ne was ever giving
way to his unreasonable, blind passion.
continually railing aguinst and con
demning almost every contemporary
composer, ridiculing and striving to
defame those composers who bad
gained great reputation as tbe result of
tin ir undoubted merit Richard Wag
cer showed the most revolting in
gratitude to Meyerbeer, this grand
genius bad kiudly htjped him 02
neri and supported hiiu wceu the mu
sical world looked with ineffub.e con- 1 ,
tempt npon him, and no one would ac
knowledge his works aa meritorious.
luohard Wagner assailed everyone
who was not of his opinion; egotism I
apparently was grafted into his very ;
Richard Wagner assailed
very
ooces, and sny worn that waa
not his
irieuus ana patrons, wuo as malici
ously assailed works that were not hi',
as Richard Wagner had done himself.
Had it not been for the everlasting 1
cry which all these polemics aroused, j
aud which caused aguer to be tne I
...... t .)..... .i ........... n ;
I UfUll Ul-VUDCCU .VUIJU9LI, I'" I'oniiiiijr 1
(kept tic ore the public, whetusr rid-I
. icuied 1 by the ei.emies he Wucuer had
made, or seriously assaiie.l. it did cot
matter which. Had Rich.ird Wagner
met with professionals and otherwise
subject of conversation, the unbounded
'amiability of a disposition nearly always
1 of tho opinion of his questiojer, have
made Cnarles Gounod many friends.
nnd not of that charming, tweet kind
from whom one ferveutly prays to tue
Lord to deliver one. The public as a
rule ihmk all authors are enigmas well,
it will do ns no haim to let them con
tinue thinking. Rut there is a do, bt
concerning the ago of Chailes
tiounod. Tbe year he was born is
: iven by Vupereuu and Fetis, the year
lsls.aud this was copied in all journals
jud dictionaries. This is an error,
is 1 have I card him declare he was
boru in tho year loll iu Paris. Charles
Lionno l's memory is singularly unreli
able as to dates aud he is not quite sure
whether tho year w.is 1SH or 1412,
bis father It-trig a painter and his
mother one of thx most distinguished
ladies of the period, it was she who
?ave Charles Gounod his first iustruo
i lion in music, lie e ntered tho Cou-
itrvatoire (Paris) in tho year lMtj and
tn Is.'i" won a second piiie; in 1S19 he
won the first prize, the prix i li'inx-i
which entitled bim to the journey to
Italy. He took with him a mass, thj
forerunner of his early favorite iur
init. sacred music.
He waa a pupil of famous old Elalevy
m contra-point, and Reicba in harmony.
Hi- second mass he wrote iu the vear
; I S4 L w is a deoi led success, and gamed
U'.ni the title of Jluitre da C'tap'llo
tifttioraira for lif, a di-tinctiou until
then never conferred upou a pension
lair 9 de VAcadcmie. M. Gounod
began lite very successfully, although
it 'irst he composed many operas with
out attaining the desired object. Rut
tt least Ooethe's grand conception and .
masterpiece, "Faust," was adjusted to !
itds requirements by Messieurs Rar
1 bur aud Michel Carre, who in many
! instances copied Ooethe's wonts ver-
Oatim. w but I mean is, the authors (
t auslated Goethe's ideutical words;
but ibu abruptly changed, aud, in
stead of gilding ci pper tiiey coppered '
Igol l, transform Dg scenes of gior ous
J 1 hlosophy into insignificant farce.
cor instance, why dots Meph'.sto, when
j Valentine attacks him with his sword.
'ud his sword is instantly shattered
j wit bout any visible reason, that hia
I . . 1 : t. . . I . .
lorap inions begin to suspect evil in
companions 01 uleuune, indignant,
eXusi crated almost to frenzy, elo Me
pl.t ?to co harm I However, one must
admit that, whatever the faults of the
libretto (or book, I abouli biv) and
tbe heresy of ilesecratiiitr a mnna.
thorough librett'sts strive to make. If
there are no natural opportunities
furnished by the librettist, how can a
libretto be skilfully treated by the
composer or be snccessfuL "Paust,"
no matter wtere it was performed, was
a great suociss. I he beautnnl duo iu :
the garden scene, the music "amour'1
in the second a t, military mns-'c in the
third ct, the sacred element in tbe
fourth act, and the heroio trio in the
prison scene, act last, are all splendid
scholarly conceptions indeed. "Mi- j
irelle," the opera a la coufmr locale, j
M. Gounod wrote after "Fans," is
perchance a more homogeneous work, ,
although not so strikingly efleotive as 1
"Faust." It made, strange to etate. i
little sensation in Paris, ana it did not '
Kaiu the favorable opinion that "Faust"
aehiered. tiaoh, sometimes, is the
fate of fine works. M. Oonnod hns
written over fourteen ope: as (grand
and comique) and only one really had j
a universal success, whereas two com -ique
operas, Mdicin Milgrelin" .
jd -'l'hileiuon and Baucis," are con- j
structed skilfully and have that original j
fine 60 and charm which show tl e
composer U a consummate master of the I
divine art. It jras, I think a onrions
s:gn of the period when he obtained
. .. . 1. . t - , 1 1 .
(f 10.0) (twentv thousand dollars) each
u .1.- u .i;-1. .ii. . ' t i.;.
for tbe .English right of two of his
oratorios.
lie called the "Redemption," his
la-t oratorio but one. "ovum vitue
meat," he called the one that followed
"inort tt vita," now, one, is almost
afraid nothing will be described but
the ghastly terror of Hades.
1 may add Charles Gounod's elevation '
of style in his sacred works resul s
from the intense serious studies he
pursued at the commencement of his 1
career, and his minor works he has :
composed are varied and full of re-
freshing originality, and minor only
quantitatively, and not by any means
u quality. Uharlea Oonuod's sjper-
TIB11I(T m
posing a melody, of which he was the
Cr.st to conceive tbe idea, to the first
preludium in Rach's twenty-four pre
ludes and fugues, was originally
composed for the pianoforte, vi
olin and harmonium for his friend
Letebure-Wely, an admirable per
former on the organ. This work
met with unbounded success. Then
he set to musio the words of
the Ave Maria, for soprano voice; it
was performed at Baden-Raden, Mrue.
Miohtn Carvalho being the vocalist,
Vienxtemps performing on the violin,
grand old Thalbergon the pianoforte,
and Berlios conducted the chcrus,
four harps accompanying. It ;as 1
gigantic success. Another admirable
work is his song entitled "La Serenade"
ith Harmonium acoompanimenr.
I This song has been haokneyed to death,
all over the world from the time Gou-
1 110J gained his prix de Rome. For over
k " r"r " ;
?Jf0e"' b,tlw.M? .ny.'-rs 11 and
.mm rv u' or acquaint-
ances knew where he was or what he
did. The buy bodies of the public.
of course, circulated "sweet pleasant
fairy ta.es" accounting for bis disap- j
Fearence which did not do much harm. ,
u a certain coterie a pretty (very) and j
romantic explanation fnd of interest
has been gently wafted about. I will '
not relate it because I am not quite
sure it has any true foundation, and I
question the ibjioicy of the act should
any brother or s ster artist divuige it
and make this private alTaT an open
secret, between friends and brothers, ,
abiit invidid.
This subject will bo continued in a j
future is ue. 1
THE FOUR SEASONS.
k UID-WISTtB LCJtCHEOSt.
' winter table" was all white in
The
decoration, with the exception of itscen- '
tre-piece of holly, the dish conoealed by ;
a wide w hile sutiu ribbon, writes Mrs. :
Rurton Kiugd.md, in a charming de
scription of a luncheon representing
the tour seasons in the Februury Xa
dim' Jlome Journal. Many thought
this the prettiest table of all in its
cLiiste simplicity. ,
Tbe name-cards were white, glisten-;
ing apparently with frost work, the
efiect produced by mica, and painted
in one corner of each wasaspii. of;
bright holly berrie-. On the backs
were quotations
instance:
a iii t the teuson ; f or
"Kalr Wto'er, clal In bridal white
Cbaaia virg o ol the year!"
"BliiH old Winter, brisk and Jolly,
Bringing Christum in his Haiti ;
Crowned wttb spruce and or uud boiljr
Welcome back aguitil"
The ice cream represented enow
balls, perfectly round, and coated on
the outside with colorless lemon ice.
The favors were round boxes, white
and glistening, surmounted with sprigs
of artificial holly.
pusTnta shads tbbfs.
Under this Lead the American Aa-
riculfuratUt, gives the following
timely advice: The two best seasons
for planting shade trees are early
spring and autumn, and we would em
phasue the "early" in both, although
in practice to delay is the rule. For !
most hardy and bard-wooded trees
early full planting, or as soon as frosts
have killed the foliage, is not only safe
tut often (referable to the spring, le
cause the lute rains in autumn and win
ter will thoroughly fettle and pack tbe
earth about the roots, and in spring the
trees are in a position and condition to
to make an early growth. To set out j
trees just as tbe (. ronnd is freezing up ;
is vol a safe time, lerause they w.ll not
get the benefit of tbe usual autumn
rains. The elm is a more rapid-growing
tree than ti e sugar maple, bnt tbe
latter is certainly prelerabie, because it
is a cleaner tree in tbe way of scatter- j
icg its leaves in summer and the wood '
is more valuable; besides its roots will I
not tea all over a farm in search of '
food and moisture like those of tbe
e m. The imported elm leaf-beetle
libs for several years been at work on
the elms in many of our Eastern States,
acd will probably migrate westward,
and when it does you will not care to
have many elm trees for shade or other
I purpotes.
HTDBlXOIAS. !
If any one were to ask me to name I
the most popnUr hardy shrub, says!
Eben E. Bexford, in January Succent
With Flower, I would unhesitatingly
1 reply, Hydrangea panicutata grandi- j
: flora. It is being planted everywhere.
I It succeeds under almost all conditions
and kinds of treitmeut. It is to tbe I
shrub garden what the Geranium is to j
i the window garden. Those who only j
' see it growing on tbe lawn, in single i
' plants, get bnt a faint idea of th pos. 1
I sibilities of tbe plant. They should '
, see it growing in field as 1 saw it last :
j Fall; row after row of it, like waves i
crested with w hite foam. It was a sight
' not easily forgotten. When seen in '
masses, as I saw it, one understands i
that in order to produce the b st re
snlts with it, it must be planted in '
clamps. Four, five, half a dozen 1
i plants, should be set so closely togeth- '
er that, when developed, the effect
' may be that o' one large, spreading
. plant. Planted in this way, yoa get a
moss of branches four or Lve feet in ,
height, and ten or twelve feet across,
covered in blossom-time with great
panicles of white flowers that make the
stalks bend beneath 'their weight.
Then you have a plant or, at least,
what appears to be one plant that
produces a grand e fleet, Siugle plants
are good, bnt very weak in effect com- .
pared with a group of them. In order
to grow this shrub well yon must give
it a rich soiL Dig old, rotten manure
in about its roots, in Spring, and keep
weeds and vrass away from it.
UUM0R0LS &ELECTI0XS.'
GATHERED BY OUR
REAPER.'
PATENTED
JoVres or Pr.achert, Lawjfin, Doctor,
aud Kditors om. o( Thorn V.rr Lry and
Other Somewhat Ju.oy lliey Villi AM
liKOtlon If IVruieil Alter Meal lo
Not Kaud Tlivtu IT'Oii iui Luiptjr
itomwh. .
A SRt'.-ty Cyclone 1
"Ever had a cvclone here?" asked
a Kansas man who was visiting a
country aunt in the East "A cy
clone! Of), yes,' said his aunt. Dea
con Rrown's son brought on- from
I'osTori a spell tigo, hut. law! he
couldn't ride it. Tumbled off every
time he tried it " Southron.
The Trla Was Nar Enough. j
Mrs. ieiders You told me the lot
i bought was ouly a stone's throw from
the train. The station is fully three
miles up the track. Landslide
Well, well; I dldu't say the tram
stoppen, did I Rrowuing, Kingi1
Co. "a Monthly.
I'einenino couumya
ATrs. Rargln Ilenry, I saved a
leati to-day. 1 bought a wiutcr
coat for J-5, wiilcb had beeu re
duced from S30.
Rargin Rut, my dear, the seasot
Is over for winter coats, and the
moths will eat it up before next
winter.
Mrs. Barpln Ah, I was too sharp
for that! I added 3 f) the J25 I
saved, and benight a cedar chest to
Wceu it in! Puck.
A Keal lrofcsor.
Stranger I noticed you called your
! fried professor. Is he really a pro-
fessor? Rowerylte I should say s
Why. 1l.1t feller swollers a sword !
eighteen inches, stands on his ear and !
eats glass tut of a churn. Professor!:
Well, I should
just smile. New
York licruld.
'ot in So Mniiy Word.
Dr. Thirdly Surely Enpec didn't
say lie wished his wife was dead?
Elder Ecrry Not in so many words.
He snid nothing would please him
better than to contribute to the
church a new memorial window.
Lrowniag, King & Co.'s Monthly.
An Cnlui-ky 'umber.
Mrs. Rough'.ake Mrs. Breaker is
so su)ertitioi.s .atcly. Mrs. Seawall
in hat way? Mrs. Roughlake
Here she i? rca'ly hesitating about
petting a divorce just because it hap
pens to be tho thirteenth one she has
applied for. Exchange.
For Economy's -alco.
nusband Mercy! what have you cot
all the gas turned ou :ull force for?
Wife As a matter of economy,
John. 1 want to consume $1,00U
worth this year ss. to tfet the dis
count of 10 cents a thousand. Bo
ton Transcript.
I Tine Writing.
Mrs. Ca hmere Your husband
Wl ve.V ea llv, does he not. Mrs.
Rarnes 1 wife of literary per on) My
hu band writes easily? You ought
to see how hard it Is for bim to write
t ut a check! Browning, Kiutf&C'a's
Month'y.
She NtumH Corrected.
Photoirtaph-seror, saturated with
modernism, to fair customer: She
Have you a photograph of Washing.
ton Irving? He Yes, ma'am! But
If you will pardon tuv correction, his
fltst uaiu is Henry. Southron.
The lionest Iealer.
Coal Dealer lim, how much did
you send Mrs. Goodheart for that last!
ton? Jim Seventeen hundred pounds. :
" 1 T" 1 'T-1 . . ' L. . V ....... n
U'itl iCiiail lUdkiUllUU .S U W
and paint these pebbles black.
Tude.
tlow Ihose Girls Love One Another.
Prlscilla You never seem to like
any man that-i like. Piunella No.
Isn't it a lucky thing for you?
vruth.
A Tarting Injunction.
Young Cal'.owe I expect to start
.for Loudon and Paris to-morrow. Can
1 1 do any th.nir for you? Prunella
J Ye-: be sure not to tuLs your steamer.
! Life. .
T2 TrIftntrnlalon f fashion.
Life.
Advice Js Heady Made.
Mrs. Primmins Mvdear, If you
111 let me give you some advice j
Miss Giddiogs Will you alter it to
.fit, without making a fuss? Puck, j
Very Vie. j
Mrs. Tonsey Whom did you dance
with atdanciugschool this afternoon? .
Little Edith Robby Norris. Mrs. !
Tonsey And was he nice? Littla ,
Edith Oh, yes, mamma! juet as nice
as a giri! Puck. j
I
VThnt It Sonn.l.rt tike.
Mre Windlelgh Gracious me! that
stoce-crusher sounds like pandemon
ium. Courtney I think, mama, !
t that it sounds more like a dentist
i buzzing a hole ia your tooth. Puck.
ipSti
NEWS IX BRIE?.
Du ty Is soul's fireside.
The new year ages rapidly.
Ocean cables stretch 120,250 miles.
The new year is only the old pro
IcngeJ. r-
Ojod resolutions ought to kee-p but
diey don't.
Every town in Mexico has a public
oath house.
Thtyrtfoot stockings in iglau&
st a small eipeate.
Thei e are a great many promising
people who never pay.
Miuy a man whr is honest enough
to apolog'ze Is too stubborn.
A horsefly will live for hours after
its head has been 1 ull-d off.
Genius is u dependentof its tempor
al ud material surroundings.
Let ns rsolve that we have done
better; and that we will do better.
The man who ia too good for any
thing Is apt to be good for uothli g.
Wine la frequently us-d Instead of
water iu Spain iu mixing shoe blacking.
A little learning Is a dangerous
thing, but not half as bad as none at all.
If a man could have a wife made
to irder he would find fault with her.
An electric railway in Russia from
St. Petersburg to Archangel is being
planned.
The forests of Germany pay an
ann ial Government revenue ot nearly
$25,000,00;)
An Aljska Indian declares that
within a year he has seen a live nmBtc-
d 'U running wild.
-More mushrooms are raised In the
vicinity of l'ar.s than in any other
place in the woild.
Brussels, Belgium, boasts of a clock
o-hlch is never wound by humau hand.-.
Wind power dees It.
The receiving reservoirs of the
I Crotou Aqueduct have a joint capacity
1,180. UUJ.U00 gallons.
Six localities have been proposed
f t the Paris Extortion of VM
Auteuil being apparently the favorite.
Many of most appeilz.ug soup:: that
deli. hi t ie palate of man are said to
have been invented lu tlie middle ages
Dvorak, the composer, thinks every
body ehoiiM learn to play some sort of a
musical instrument.
The claim is made that there Is ar.
.ncie;i-ing number of willful bachelors
both in Euglaud and this country.
An English grape grower hai
iweuty-five acres of vines under glass.
! He gets titty cents a lound for hie
crapes.
The most, perfect block system on a
railroad will not secure it from accident
unless it is accompanied by ceabeless
human vigilance.
A huoting horn In Limoges enamel.
made iu li'M, and believed 1 1 have foi-
uierly belonged to Horace Walpole, was
sold recently tor S3; ,600.
The h's'oiie cuateau, at Cirey
France, has bteiiF.il l to a rich uunu
factuter for f "0JU0J. It was ouce the
home of Vlt tire.
Capt.iiu Samuel Barron, whotli d it
Xorlo k, Va., recently, ws a grandson
ot Commodore James Barron, who
fought the ceiehrated duel w.lu Stephen
Decatur iu which JDcCitur was k lied.
There is a tribe iu Central Africa
iiuona whom speakers iu public debater
aie required to a' and ou one leg w hile
speaking aud to speak only as loLg as
they can so stand.
Thete are 4870 student? at the
Cniversiiy of Berlin this term the larg
est uumber in ihi history or the lnstl
t.tlon. This is about 2000 more tnau
are in attendance at Harvard.
Boston is to hive a new Union
Railway stAiion for the north end
10 ids, which will have for notable
features twenty tracks and a train
looby tearly five hun lie t feet wide.
Hie famous thoroughfare of Berlin
Cuter den Linden, is the best lighted
sir ft In the world. It is illuminated
by three liaes of electric aro lamps
which are sepeiaUd oy two lines of lime
tn es.
A tax on street organ grinders is
iiroposed ly two London Veelnes.
Th-y suggest that the holder of the
license s-hould exhibit a number oc
his organ for purpjses ot Idc-Lt loca
tion. The Nebraska Commissioner of In
Just rial Education has collected nt'.
swer. tj inquiries concerning the cost
per acre ot uuJUng a crop of cot n from
every county in the Sim-. The aver
age of all the figures is f j.41 per acre.
Agriculture in Houg Kong, China,
,s, and always will be, of small import
ance. 1 he rocky, mountainoi s naMue
of the lsiau 1 and Its dependencies limits
the amount of arable garden laud to
small patches, In which only vegeta
bles for hi me cousuxptii n can be
raised.
The 1 1.igue f wolves in Shen? i, a
jiountaiuoud province of Nort.'i Central
China is becoming more aud more
alarming, A correspondent in that
part writes that In tne village in w hlcu
be is ooj'iuri'lng they bad heard of
eleven per.-ons carrier off by these ani
m. Is in teven davs.
Two cows, the property of Hill
Costellow, of Windsor, is'. C, weie
found dead with the ueck ot cue fast
bttw en the brrns of the other. It is
supposed that thay were lighting, and,
being Caught in the above pos t.o ,
broke one anothet's neck.
Tom Malana broke 10 i0 plass bal's
in forty-fi.nr minutes at Rock ford, Hi.,
the other day. He stood thlity feet
from the thrower and his feat breaks
the world's recoid. OH marksman say
Malaria is the steadiest man with a ritle
they have ever seeu,
The ship; ii g tonnage of the Can t
oTan Maratime Provinces has fallen rt
froui 8U0.810 tons lu USi to 630,700
tons in
Tohn L!s'er, of Pa faic Falls, N. J.,
Cgurgs In the Wh'-el as tl e olde-t act
ive bicycler In the country. He is over
sixty, a veteran of the war, aud oc
rode ISO m hi ou his machine in two
days. S'bce last January he has cov
( red nearly four thousand milts.
Believed In BereUlty.
Weery That baby over the way
seems to Inherit Its voice from both
parents. Cheery How so? Weery
W eil, it makes a great noise, like its
father, and keeps it up all tbe time,
'.ike its mother. Puck
The Great Kid. Ho.
"Aftcrall," remarked a disciDle of
Jie great tninker, "wh.it is life?"
"Th, t, sir." replied Diogr.Ues, "is a
riddle which, in tbe end, is given up
y everybody." Life.
Many a man thinks his
pining when she is rettily
ssleen,
wife is
sound
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