.tLlflf , m;iivi:k:k. VOL. XI. VII tux: oonhtitdtion-the dnion-and the enforcement of the laws. Editor tvmd ProprWtor. M1FFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PKNNA.. WEDNESDAY. OGTOIIEU IS. 1SD3. NO. 41. Ill . ii;. TALMALiR ;, . , I INK'S M X- t w -! i;Hi. . i i. ..irdoin of the Sen- ! o.'.ouf m V - I 1 v hi the ..-t. I hoi I ei-at from !. nn I within l hni-.- not only r.iro--.-i. flow- vr fro-n J ru.-i-at; flowers trorn 'r :i l'.--t Imriv, flow r u t he Y.il.cyof Je - in 1 wil 1 mik'no vi.-i-n'n-, emo-prni.-"- and i-i- fascinated by t ; n It It is a new i- 1 .sta---.-nt of tlx t i - into another .i Is.. h ; v.-": : : tie tt .i : ' :' . v W :i v ' hrM " -at r r T!: tr"-: k2Jcl "-.! -r tV-v : ti t-rir I teach y t-i- tr ; ' fcr.j i:f- ' " U 1-M-t T.'.r.t r- P'l ", my f..t Evh t-f r- iral'.-.w-- i :. Ti-js-..-: ofviM.ai. .,r 1!.'T v. iwilk.-f" 1 : th" I r. iwp a: ecu, i ' etr.y t-.t eyH-.-al.' . a in t r. iiw c.r er i 1 v- rvwh. re" on "1'he : i r. Go 1 Anions the ; -vy of the J.ibl ; or, - s ." "Tin Iehthyolog-i ' V". irj the F.he ;" ' : or, (i l Anions :i ! v of the : !i. "Th r, ( i 1 1 Ar. the v ' v '.l nt out "Th r. ( I in th (i.irxlons I "irpx.'!r take this ' .TP i r': ,',.i't oSrv ! ! of u'l i'i l-! iii:c-a) - , -.v -..i'iI I'u 1 ::icou- - .11 T. v u i iip.ir:',5 where vra - . u . -t to ! e proffssoM r. i'".r.ii hl-tory. PUy-i.-sl t .;ir it t y sid with ' - i n (i' I who lnsplroi nl w ir'A as the p:w ol -. '. lint a fT''fhninj up : -T'non to ro9 into .t ' 5I''Jit-rru!ionu ;a :' 1 Ii.ivj f.w.T gtrmons 1 r.nr b!eMd I orl. Hint, w.f woul I r a I'rojf fly, or n hfjj -. r o 'rvtil of sV.t tlasf ; ri" it i -s of religion. , i ii l'i r.saiiy of our thoo ti wh i nr po lry them i. I t f-'op'.e to co:n r :'- ,li p.ro now trying to . to f.rM'Th, and tho 'it '' . '''-'li two rat pn'ssea ol tr.- na t ! i'i""iod until thre ! !:i iiVf the poor vlcti:n : th i'.'t my of th Bil.li. .:: : i:u; ;tr.;i"t thf roor-'.tut ' - ' --rrli.-n. liropp'l overtha if: ' ! rr iii'-'iri raiiip, he ank . -. : . .:. -.v. into ft tempestuous in, r p.:. : -r tha rr.iin-;t r of ti3od'p i M ' , ' 'v ent m,-l'.' 1 in seawee-1. : f i; .'.-.-p thre .v thuir cordHCfe .i. : ".r ! iiim. Eon.e oithU st-u- ' r l to th? bottom of the v. it. ! ev. le of it w is afloat nn l i i y ,it ffi mon-itfr.so thru, f r. ; h-t was at tiie bottom of the rhj tn horribly lxprisonp.-l he :i!-r. pr. i ill 1 ex'"l;iim in the wrrjp w Is were wr.ippeJ abou' "r-t to ro?orl thnt thera iregT'-Tt'-. ;;r--.n tu" boiton of the aa M w?li m u; i i vi 1. Tii first pl-tt'iri I over OTei w ! a h:m ifiil of g-a wends prosse 1 on -fif- az i I "ilied thorn "the shorn locks o!.'-!-:u:i " Those products of the tioep, wbeth-r I r i vn or ren or yellow or pur pieor r-1 r intershot of many colore, ftr-i iiitinjr. i ccy aro QisiriDiito l nil ptnsanJ Irom Arctic to Aatarctin. thinl.s w"ll of them I eonclu-la D03t fi crur tli" u TLat d A !Ma the ' of tV-i. ire it! the 5'-i. M'.t !e ;. On t-i ? -. 2 w iziiT'.'..' rti'-. : ui Irs ar r. : 4p:hs o' ; t'rs an 1 ,- tii-r Ein ".a '. eatr-.r; the Go i birthp'.r. tiat ro "''i 10 utjtt .i Thtr-? of the lion?, t: itar, .'.--r.j liec-ytr.-. fajchii.-,-' d?p t r.ir lis go:,-. iea3"--: tisstur- -ca!isft-. v 'naar ill-;. o. f;-rav-r:.: : : tir.- ::.!'. (f-r..--- - cicty ;r. th- t-T ! o!t:.- :i ' prvit-: :? w-i Iri'-n -. o-jr ;r-Uvii.-.: kin'.r-.! the a- : J"a! .-.J : if th v' tba . trcu' : soc-! hav,' -Whv Uv4 Into ( rxi.-h.--ait ! Ia tr. cor, sway fnr t nlfath-r- - dorn in r, :r ar :io Ur-- Aurr-., t-an's-.' 1 r.-. ! intho t-foua-i-r.-'i a an 1 -r-.c--: i. n a.t-n Th-v r, fruS'ra r, th Sierr'.. iEavr, 1 ia a .ahi- iouallan'!. t tli .t he has made 0000 spMies li nes th"93 water plants 7 ij f. :t ion?, nn 1 they c.-iblf 'ti - ;r--i:iiea has a KfOrt'1 o rt .v" -t s'lore of our country i? a ::: i ,vs thirty or forty feet ion-:, r-,- s.-a otter makes hw ho.ne, : 1.' "a te Ijuoyan-.y of tho le.if T.; rhielfit Jungles of the trop-::.--: fu'.l of vegetation than tue ' -. T iero are forests dotrn i-t rr.i'ri s all ni-loo-n, nni Ood aj :;e waited In the Gnflen c .- ccoi o! th dar." Oh, what nr. th: u' aqi'-'ous world! Oh, ."r. wiiers of the seaweed! Its ? a r of crystal. The cradle t !s ; tor:n. Its .;rave Is asar :: t-r.-l nu l Fipphire. There if ; -r T.fir of God on the l.otton. 'i -.rTr i"ted that, Ptrewn all : ,'-e a rl: ramrit tte-pretit with ' 5 liti 1 ftalaxies of impos- 1;; ' f.-atuerl a lamplishter. t "3 1- f-.a elc'ir.'jian, a". I he is w!r. e', tr'.eiiy nad nial-es tho .t with th" lik'htr.in? of thsa. "i-'v.- liko jewels. There aro i- a- ei7-.- with"!i;t. Tiiere are if: t:.e ::.7rri'''.i, so called be ' i.r:':::y bug'.st stellar anJ j--a. .: A- . 1 : 1 1 . lantern, of the ocean --:oa of flame over the ":? : th-is'J Illuminations 1 an ','T t'.i'i f m : tiiese ?rl e. !-;, ,q of t!io Al-iT'.v.-rM ! j'lse author oT !: ' the hid'len retrotatiou !t. wh ther or not he ftp :v, in he eried out, "Tna - 1 a'Hjv.t my head." e'.e..r ;,;i taoe who ha 1 i'.-...n t urle 1 ftf sea or In -.a lak-s. V.'hleh of us .'.t.a-.tie v-st ha3 not ha 1 rei' therei We had f t:i::'i':!:i tnat they were !:u p'.avj. Wesnid : "Oh. ! t i eortie nliore and ha 1 an a!',-Tiation of our '.!, 1 e. a to put them in :: plot, where we coul I rsanltr'es over then." : r for the-a than we coul 1 "ra. They were let down r lens. )efor they ha I .: th v had ;'ariauds a'ou' : i i to ar. 1 adorn ! j.!a--o than, . rde 1 t'ae-n thev were put -. h-n-tT. H-tr 'it, mothers - ili r boy ; whoj ship went i t A;uu-t hurricane! Thero v.- i-i or Laur d Hills or Mount aarif-t! on the 1-ui 1 as thereare rnt and yeoope 1 an 1 hune; 'j!lhi'bii. Tue bodies ot our i sv.p.k.-n fri.-nds are girdied . an 1 housed with sueh glorior ill t .. -ro)o'.!. v.t:r.p.j.I in lif-hoats, or they 1-iVtii sands or l'Mil beach or an 1 wore never heard of, ordis h tae City of lioston, or the Ville the Tyai! ria or were run down - a-i that put out from New- ":t r.liij v.i:r T.rvloit frloom eoat the horrors of oeean entombment. "pa .-.-stop'jl was b-;i-el in tho fi?.o-r-r.-L'U war, Prineo Ment-:htkof, com "aa lir.; th Ku-sinn navv. saw that the Oa.y W'.vto - the rn.-H'i out of the har- te !ait all t'm iias-iian ships of war r-ad-tcal. and so 109 vessels sank, 't : the war was over, our American '. wan. descended to the depths it was an Impressive Bpeo b-jr in th When w?in. Inai tade. Oai) haa 1 buried ships ! But it is that H?7 Er,ir;.-.. a.l aeross the Atlnntio Ocean. "p3 nink r . .t by coroxnnl ol admirals, the command of cyclones. I had 'ihlime. burial, and tne sur- a-ii l which they eioep tne last ?in :re 1-r.posin? than the Tat Mahal, US.-:-":-n u'irh vi:illa Incnurtftl with Ptiot;5f:.ri-.s and built by the great mogul "'iaa o.r his empress. Your departed Uae i f,:r lit 1 V iiat tl.. , Kcn.iin the hii ti.05.. Ie.-r, o ttVlC.' .eirie! latin pardens of the sea, ' 'e-V -s of coralline, t iit obsequies ever known on tha ti:--.fp of ioses, whore no one but r- s -:it. The sublime report of that it i- ia th book of Deuteronomy. 1 him, and of 1 iv, that th.. Lord burie -e s .r.e rlown to slumber in the tu lyb.-e-iid. "Tho i,ord buried iiri-t v.-as buried in a irir.len.so i--.-,-;,. i frien is and those who tar ..r.D till they reached lort wure A - ( r: lown amt.l tHden...-Q th. mUul a, tne en r Ion tur -. epnlchrr." It ro ilwir. t n ny.terr what was the r-irti-ul.rm.e by waie Omriro t ook- -ii. th" pM nt or tor of th-. M-thodM h..r. h and the rbvlaln f the AmrWn ; i.i nrr .mlmriiinc lot - " -'.nn. ntr.e.tean-,!.lp Tnesldent, Man h llth. nH. The.hln nev-r .rrlvM In ix.rt on rver .LrnalM h,.r. . i s .i t ,.. .an It ha. for tlfty y b.. n our, tione j w,mt be.-ine of her llut thi. I know nU.ut I ookman that whether It wax l-itrc ... o'liuitniunu miiiw or collision he had more c.arirdfi on hi ocrafi tomh than If, piriurf on land. r,-h of hi million fri-n li. Ha l put a bouiue on hi. casket. In thf nt.lst of tho irarden was hi. n-pnieh -r. I'ut that l.rliiir. me to notice the monomer in this Jonahitie expreesion of the text. The propht not only made a mi-take by tryin -to ro t. Tarshteh when C.o.1 toi.i h. .1 ...1 to Mn.'v.ih. but he ma.le a miitsiu a ... .... styled as weMst hcee irrowth. that oti-.vr.ipn.vl h.m on tho day he . a w i9 omw. thins that i ue.-es. It U eoinethinn v..u throw out from the gard.in. It U wmothinir that cnok". tne w'noar. It n ,mtZZ bo :rui.h.vl out from amon the ootton It is something unsiithtlv to the oyo. ltiaan nvador of ttie ren table or floral worl.t. Hut this (rr-wth that rpranir up from the depth of tho Mediterranean or floated on its urraeo was among the most beautiful thin., that (tod eerer makes. It tu a water plant known a. the red colore.! aUa and no weed at all. It cornea from the loom of iniinit iwinty. It is planted by heavenly love. It is the star of a s laen firmament. It is a lamp which the Lord kindled. It Is a cord by which to bind whole (heaves of practical iiiirrctlon. It 1. a poem nil whoss cantos are ruiiir by Divine goodness. Yet we all ma'.o the mistake that Jonah mado in regard it and call It a weed. "The weeds were wrapped about mv head. Ah. that is the trouble on the land a', on thi ml Ve caUthow vteedstha are .flower. Pitchea np on the beach of society are chil dren without home, without opportunity for mythtn? but sin. seemingly without Oo.L They are washed up helpless. They arecalled ra -vnufflns. They are spoken of as the rakinirs of the worl.t. They are waifs. They are street arabe. They are flotsam and jet iam of the social sea. They are something to be .eft alone, or something t J be tro I on, or something to give up to decav. Xothimr but weeds. They are up the nokety stairs oi that garret. They are down In the cellar o: tnat tenement house. They swelter In sum mers when they see not one blade of green -rr.ns, and shiver In winters that allow thotr uot one warm coat or shawl or shoe. Such the city missionary found In one ol our city rookeries, and when the poor woman w.is asked if she sent her children to school i'.ie replied : "No, sir, I never did send 'err lo school. I know it, they ouht to learn. but I couldn't. I try to shame him some times (it is my husband, sir), but he drinks and then beats me look at that bruise on my I.tce and I tell him to see what is comiu' lo his children. There s Peggy goes sellln' fruit every night In those cellars in Water ilreet. ana they're hells, sir. Bhe's learnlu' all sorts of bad words there an t don't pet back till 12 o'clock at night. It it wasn't for her earnin' a shillln' or two In them planus. I should starve. Ob, I wish they was out o! the city. Yes, it is the truth. I would rathei have ail my children dead than on tho street, mt I can't help it." Another one of those poor women found ly a reformatory association recite 1 her story o' want and woe and looked up r.n I s ii.i, "t feit so hard to Tose the children when they died, but now I'm glad they're gon"." Ask any one of a thousand suel children on the streets, "Whoro do you liv?" and they will answer, "I don't live no when:." Tney will sleep to-night in ash bar rels, or under outdoor stairs, or on the wharr. kicked and bruised and huuirry. Who cares for them? Onoe in a while a city mis sionary, or a tract distributor, or a teacher of ragged schools will rescue oue of them hut for mo3t people they are only weeds. Yet Jonah did uot more completely mis represent the red alga about his head In th Mediterranean than most peoplo misjudge these poor and forlorn and iyin$ children ol tho street. They are not woods. Thoy are immortal Cowers. Down In the deep sea o wo . but flowers. When society and t'u ca-ir?h ot God come to appreciate their eter nai value, there will be more C. L. Braces and more Van Meters and more angels o1 mercy spn ling their fortunes and their five In the rescue. Hear it. O ye philanthropic an 1 Christian an I merciful souis not weeds, but flowers. I riojuro you as the friends of all newsoy' lod,.ag houst, of all Industrie! a thools. of a'l homes for friendless pirls, an I for the many, reformafories and humane associa tions now on foot. How much they have al ready accomplished ! Out of what wretch einoss. Into what gool homes ! Oi 21.0U0 oT these picked up out of the streets an 1 s-nt into country homes only twelevo childrer urael out badly. In the last thirty years a number that no man can number of the vagrants have been lilted Into respectability and usefulness and a Christian Hie. Many of them have homes of their own. Though ragged boys once and street girls, now at the head of prosperous families, honored on earth and to be glorious in heaven. Some of them have been Govern ors of States. Some of them are ministers of the gospel. In all departments of life those who were thought to be weeds haveturnel out to be flowers. One of those rescued lads from the streets of our cities wrote to another, saying : "I have heard you ore studying for he ministry. Ho am I." My hearers, I Implead you for tho news boys of the streets, many of them the bright est children of the city, but with na chance, l-io not step on fheir bare feet. Do not. waen they steal a ride, cut behind. When tho paper is three cents, once In a while give them a Ave cent piece and tell theaa to keep the change. I like the ring of the letter tho news' oy sent back from Indiana, where he had been sent to a good home, to a Sew York newsboy's lodging house: "Boys, we should show ourselves that we are no fools, that we can become as respectable as any of tho countrymen, for Franklin and Webster nnd Clay were poor boys once, and even tieorge Law and Vanderbilt and Astor. And now, boys, stand up and lot them see you have got the real stuff in you. Come out h're and make respectable and honorable men, so they can sav. 'There, thnt boy was once a newsboy." Jly hearers, join the Christian philanthropists who are changing organ grinders and bootblacks and news boys and street arabs and cigar girls into tho3e who shali be kings and queens unto God forever. It Is high time that Jonah finds out thnt that which is about him is not Tyeeds, but flowers. As I examine this red ala which was about the recreant prophet down In the Mediterranean depths, when, in the words of my text, he cried out, "The we Is ware wrapped about my heaL" and I am led thereby to further examine this submarine world, I am compelled to exciaim, v uni a wonderful Ood we have ! I am glad that, by diving bell, and "Brooks' deep sea sounding apparatus, and ever improving machinery, wo are permitted to walk the floor of tho ocean and report the wonders wrought by .he great God. Study these gardens of the sea. Easier and shall the orofounds of the ooean be come to us, and more and more Its opulence of color and plant unroll, especially as "Vil i.......hmRHna boat" has been construct ed making it possible to navigate under the sei almost as well as on the surface of the sea and unless God In His mercy banishes war from the earth whole fleets of armed shins for down under the water move on to i.iU, nn the arcolea that float the surface. May suoh submarine shlDS be used for lovinir open the wonders or itou s worum- muo ereat deep and never for human devastation 1 On, tne marvoi. oi iao .. . imwM.l are the nasture fields ana the forage of the Innumerable animals of the deep. Not one species of them can tie spared of nature. Valleys and -.nro.ts.in. .ml nlants miles underneath the r nil covered with flora and fauna. Sunken Alps and Apennines and Himalayas i n.i.ih nnd Paeiflo ocean. A continent that once connected Europe and America, so that In the ages past men oamo on foot across from where England is to where we now stand, all sunken and now covered with the growths of the sea as it onoe was ii- rrith prowtns or toe i.aou. , . England and Ireland once all one piece of land but now much of it so far sunken as to make a channel, and Ireland has become an Island. The islands, for the most part, are only the foreheads of sunken continents. The sea conquering the land all along the coasts and orumbllug the hemispheres wider and. wider fceoome Jhe subauua&us do- SOG OT A BEAK t. b.iM-k milli fr tenlinv thiiii' IVnr h.-.rt, dear heart. 'er yo.i! tcir heart I love you! when ple it." .re rleiinitnir iSh.I ur. to me. and lew'i w.m.l.-r if i.od iuM'li.-r light, are .trvitin- In-ar heart, dear heart, o'er you? Hear heart If life had only one bright bio men. One nwe to m-el the dew J. ki It. rliiuhinir to your restful boii And Hear ii thorni. f.ir y.m! AIIiihIii (Vnifi(uiuil. niiniona. Thank Col is aii.i k. rtroTrnphcr have made a. m.ns and charia of tiio rivr. an I Ink, an I sea. and shown IfVar heart I love ron! all I lie us something of the wore of the eternal .!... I If-ki rv rii-h nun blue. 'n the water world. Than Ood that the groat Vlrplnl in, I.ln l"iwuit Maury, lived lo give ns "1 ho riivslonl Oeogranby of tho Sea." and that men of genius have gone forth, to study tho so-called o.l that wrapped a'out Jonah', head and have f.vin I thoai to be corona's of beauty, and when the tide recd.-.t t.iosa scieiitbus have wadoa down and p.eko.1 up divinely pictured leaves of the v,in, tho naturalists, tike and Hooper and Walters, gathering them from the bea-h of Long Island Hound, and Dr. IHoi.'.et preserving them from the chores of K.-y West, and Professors Emerson and Gray finding tbem along Boston harbor, and Professor Gib! gathering thorn from Ciiar.eston harbor, and for all the other ir.umptis ol algology, or the science of sea veod. Why confine onr"Ivs to theold and hack neyod Illustration ot the wonder workings of God, wha there are at least five great eas full oi illustrations as yot not marshaled, every root and frond nnd cell and color and movement and habit of oceanic vegetation crying out- "God ! Ood ! He made us. He -lothed us. lis adorned us. He was the God of our ancestors clear back to tho first sea growth, when God divided tho waters which were above the firmament from the waters which were nnder the firmament and shall be the God of our descendants clear town to the day when the sea shall irive no its dead. We have heard His command, and we have obeyed, TraUe the Lord, dragons ind all deeps." " 1 aero is a great comfort that rolls ovei upon us from this study of the so-called sea weed, and that is the demonstrated doetrlns of a particular providence. When I find that tne Lord provides in the so-called sea weea tne pasturage lor the thronged marine world, so that not a fin or scale In all that ocoanio nquarium suffers need, I conclude He will feed us, and If He suits the alga to the tnimal life of tho deep lie will provide the food for our physical and spiritual needs. And If Ho cloth.-s the flowers of the deep with riehness of robe that looks bright as lull en rainbows by day, and at night makes me nn lerworl J look as though the sa were day tempest I won .b r and ith on lire, surely He will clothe you, "O yo of 'ittle faith!" A n.l what fills me with unspeakable de light Is that this God of depths and heights, of ocean and of continent, may, through Jesus Christ, the divinely appointed means, he yours and mine, to help, to cheer, to pardon, to save, to Imparadiso. What matters who in earth or hell is against us If He s for us? Omnipotence to defend ns, omnipresence to companion us anil luflnite love to enfold and uplift and enrapture us. An 1 when God does small things so well, 3eeniiDg!y taking as much care with the coil of a seaweed as the outbrancbing of a Lebanon cedar, and With the color of a veg etable growth which Is hidden fathoms out of sight as He does with the solferino and purple of a summer sunset, we will be doii : mined to do well a'l we are called to do. though no one see or npprvriate us. Mtghty Go 1 1 i.oll in upon our admiration and holy appreciation more of tho wonders of this suomanne worl.l. My joy is that alter we are quit of all earLhiv hindrance we may comeback to this w-jr. ! and exp.ore wnal we cannot now fully Investigate. If we shall have power to soar into the at mospheric without fatigue 1 think we shall havo power to dive into the aqueous without peril, and that tha pictured and tessellated sea floor will be as accessible as now is to the traveler the Jor of tho Alhambra, and all the gardens ot trie deep win men swing open to us their gates as no to the tourist Ch itsworth opens oa puhlio days Its cas-ades an 1 statuarv and conicrvatories lor our en- tran-e. "It doth not yet appear what we snail be. lou cannot make me believe that Jol hath spread out all that garniture of the deep merely for the polyps and crustaeei o look at. And it tho unintelligent creatures of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic ocean He sur rounds with such beautiful grasses of the deep, what a heaven we may expect for our uolifte 1 and ransomed souls wnen we are unchained of the fl"9h and ris-i to realms beatific! Of the flora of that "sea of glass mingled with Ere," 1 have no powerto speak, but I shall always be glad that, when the prophet of tho text, flung over the gunwales of the Mediterranean ship, descended Into the boiling sea, that which he supposed to be weeds wrapped a hout his head were no Feeds, but flowers. And am I not right In this glance at the botany of the Bible in adding to Luke's mint anise and cumin, and Matthew's tar -s, an. John's vine, and Solomon's cluster of cam phiro, and J-rem'ah's h.ti.n. and JoYs bul rush, and Iae i's t- r e.imu. cad Hosea's thistle, and Kzeltiel's e"dar, an 1 "the bvssop that spriugeth out of the wall." and the "rose of Sharon aad lily of tho valley," and the frankincense and mvrrh and cassia ivhleh the astrologers brought to tho man- rer at least one Btalk of the alaga of th) Mediterranean. And now I make the marine doxology of David my peroration, for it was written about forty or flity miles from the place where the scene ot the text was enacted The sea Is His, and He made It, nn 1 His hands formed the dry land. Oh, come, let us worship and bow down ; let us kneel be fore the Lord, our Makor. For He Is our God, and we are tho peoplo of His pasture.' Amen. The Meekrat of South Africa. The meekrat of South Africa bears a resemblance to tho American pruirio dog, but is more easily domesticated It is a tiny little creature about as big as a rat, very intelligent and nttection ato as a dog when turned. It barks and chatters and purrs, is an inveter ate thief and spends much of ita time standing upright. Its tur is gray, marked somewhat like a tabby cat, and it ia wholly without fear. The dog ia its favorite animal, and when tamed the meekrat invariably attaches itself to the most good natured dog in the house. When wild these little animals live in colonies as the prairie dogs, burrowing their homes -under ground, living on roots. They ex press supreme satisfaction by lying flat down ana Btretciung memseives out so that they seem like a flat skin without any bones inside it. The lit tle creatures have black circles around their eyes, a stripe running under neath their bodies for its entire length and long, curving black clnws on their little forepaws. Chicago Herald. More than 31,000 petitioners hare been presented to the British Parlia ment at this session, a number only onoe exceeded. If von want people to respect yon you must respect yourself. A constant friend is a thing rare and hard to find. It is easy in solitude to live after your own opinion. Bad luck is the only thing that comes to people that truht in luck. The fairest action in onr human life is scorning to revenge an injury. Why should we think with painful anxiety about that on which onr thoughts can have no influence? f Let your right hand know what your left is doing and pull together. The man who goes too fast or too slow is about as reliable as the clock hat has the same speoilic weakness. Everything m tiie world may be en dured except continual prosperity. The diamond has the most sparkle, but window glass does the most good. Troperly thou hast no other knowl edge but what thou hast got by work ng. There is a foolish come r, says Aris totlf , even in the brain of a sage. THK DAUGHTER'S MISTAKE. BY IIEI.llS i oi;uit CHAVES. TIh-iv, put awuv the things, do; I'm tirod to death!" TlnHnlora Kvolyn tossed her failed ball-lHHKiuet on one side, and her white nsliniere om-ra-i-l'iiii'k on tne ome-. while she herself sank with an air of litter weariness iinn a sofn drawn in ' front of the lire. Sue was a till, briUiant-coniplox- ioned blonde, with big Muo eyes like a doll's, if'ldVn hair, and a lovely re 1 mouth that put you in mind of a clus ter of dead-ripe searlet cherries, and her dress was of white niist-liko tulle, lonjie.1 up by bouijuets of blue forget- nie-nots. and Ilo.iting blue ribbons. Mrs. Evelyn stood patiently by, pu-k- mj; up the Mowers, louung tne ojiera- cloak with showv silk lining on the outside, anil stirring; the lire that it might blaze up with a more cheery luster. Will you have a cup of toa, love. liefore you go to bed? she asueil, witfnllv. "No, I won't!" answered the young lady, undutifully. "Thank goxlnes I'm not such a bundle of whims as you are, mamma. Why don't you take out my hair-pins, instead of standing star ing there?" I didn t know you were reiuiv. dear," said the mother, advancing with nervous haste "Yes," nsscnted Mrs. Exelyn, who had learned through the long tutelage of dire cxerienee lo think very little of Iter own wants mi l requirements; "anything will do for nie." It's such a bore, your going at all," muttered Theodora, with nn mi grations toss of her iH uutiful blond.; head. "I'll teach St. Einil a thing or two when I have bin) safe under my win;--." Miss Evelyn's costume as that of Iinna, for the private mas.piera.le bull, was a decided success, lier silver-green tunic, triiiime.l with gold fringe, the fillet that Ixiun.l her lovely yellow hair nnd the (ireeian draperies "that revealed even while they bid the con'.ur of her perfect nrnis, made her look even more beautiful than her or dinary self, and Mrs. Evelyn gazed ilh pride ti)ii the transformation which had been for the most part wrought over by skilful and industrious fingers. For oor, harassed Mr. Eve lyn had absolutely declined to "shell out, as his il uigtitiT gracefully ex press'al it. "It's out of tin; iuestion, Mary utterly and entirely out of the ques tion," he had answered when she had applied to him for "a little money." "I have to steer carefully to avoid sheer bankruptcy, nnd I cannot siire a single cent from my business just now!" So Mrs. Evelyn, having sold a pair of opal ear-rings, her husband's gift in their courting days, to buy the costly mat. -rial, had herself sat up night after night, and day after day, to make the dress which Theodora loudly declared she must have to appear as the inq-er-sonation of Diana the Huntress! As she reaped a mother's sweet, un selfish reward when she saw how sur passingly lovely Theodora looked in the exquisite Cireek dress. Mr. St. Einil had selected "Hamlet" as his character, and very handsome he was in the plumed cap and velvet doublet of the voiing l'rince of l)en- ' mark, but Mrs. St. Einil preferred no I more attractive costume than a plain Hr in.. tli.-r more ilis.aiuiu:iy than ever. "Tor," shes iys, with more acrimony than logic, "it was nil timmma's fau't that I lost ti.-.int St. Emil." METEORS AND COMETS. a soid cr TOIEKJ. 1'r.ir. I'ost.r A'lvaiif o. site w l.t.it. In ICllil U, Thrill. In the discussion of the evolutior of worlds, I have assumed that ul Indies in the universe arc of the same nut lire, composed of tho same materials, and in their growth, gov. erni'd by the same laws their only ili!Iercncc being in age, size and de grees of maturity. The meteor cor responds with the infancy of the hu man kind, the comet Is the youthful stage, the satellite or moon is com-j parable with early manhood, thej planet with maturity, and the sun' with that age of the Individual that1 gives him most power among his fcl-' low men. Evidences upon this sulv ject aro here in order. Are tuns and planets grownup meteors? l'rof. Lockycr, an orthodox scien tist, says: "The existing distinction between stars, commets and nebula1 re ts on no physical basis. They arc all mi-tcoric in origin." A standard cyclopedia, Alden Man-fold, says; rbTo'. . yi1r:r- f .iind In tb fl-ovin. l lb ailloM i. I hill lr-lc on tie- bar-.: And . .el in lh- -k v Oi.tt l llnov. tig A vail -m lue Ih.-c ol I In -tur. 1 b.-re's a n..lt' lltiit l mi .--I In the -intring C'f -.inir- that w.-re ten.l.-r hii-I ... !, Aiel ileiuh in the lm-i- ui'-i-rin-.-uii: I roin the m.-i.-l-o.-i thai .Ir.-.iin ut -.ur feet. And life -k-em-i n i .en i-...!ne torv. Hut lt rii.-l. lilt.' 11 -.'lii'ln.-. ill re:i-e; t.r it ilriiu m uti it- I..I.M.M1 t.tt.1 its k-lory 'lo a lim.-ii ol tuMnte (.-.-. ! Atttutt'l C-mxf ituti'ttt. :hakity that cost nothing. Opt Jaell' Crawford. Adventure ntth a C'onfl-tonro Mad. C'apt "Jack" Crawford, the loot of the plain", tells a story un himself that will 1 ear reneatititr. The ( ap i.iin, it may be stated for thi in formation of tho?e who never saw him, i-i a tall, muscular fel uvr, who wears his roal-l.lack hair down over his shoulders a la Joaquin Miller and Tui'.-ilo IJ!1I and pro-cuts a strik ing appearance. He is .is mil l a man as ever drew breath, with a heart as tender as a woman's, but to a porsnn who docs not known him In; looks as though he ini;ht eat a giant raw j every day for brett'ilast. 11h tout ensemble is that or the hero of a yellow-backed romance. Well the tap- tain was on his wav to lunch one "No new substance' day when a seedy specimen accstcd has come to us from without. Iron him with a re uc-t lor a nuarter to i largely predominant in icrolitcs. 1 buy a meal. "There!" ejaculated Theodora, tart- , black silk domino vrapier and mask, ly; "you've torn my dress-trail with j ..j am jK,st ,ny acting days," she your clumsy feet. I've a great mind -j wuu ft 8Weet, pleasant laugh not to let you come near me. when Thco smilingly demanded why I'm very sorry, darling, apolo- I gne too wu9 ll((t ;u character, "and 1 gized the meek matron, turning ml j .,iarj derive my greatest pleasure to and pale as she began to take down night from watching others!" the luxuriant masses of llieouor.i s -Darling mania, 'cried lheo. turn golden hair. i jng with' ostentatious tenderness toward "What good dots it do to lie sorry?' snapped the girl. "It's what you al ways say. IK) make haste; uiun l i tell vou I was tired." Did you have a pleasant evening, Theo?" ventured her mother, after a few minutes of silence, during which the beauty yawned several times. "Tleasant enough," was the un gracious reonse. "Was Mr. St. Emil there?" "Yes, said Theo, roused into some thing like animation at the mention of that name; "and that piece of pink-and-white wax, his lady-mamma. Oh, how anxious he was that I should make a favorable impression on the old woman!" "And you!" "Oh. I tilnved sweet simplicity' to perfection said 'Yes, ma'am' and ! 'No, ma'am'.' " nnd Theodora laughed boisterously at the recollection. "How delighted St. Emil yvas!" "Then he is really interested?" "Interested? Of course he is. Mark my words, mamma, I shall lo Mrs. St. Emil yet." Mrs. Evelyn's eyes sparkled at the alluring prosiect. "Oniy went on Theodora, languid ly, surveying her pretty face in a cheval glass, "the idea of such a mother-in-law almost daunts me. He thinks so much of due reverence being paid her, and I, for one. can't fall down and worship any old woman alive. But its just as well, I suppose to keep up the illusion until after we're married. "Oh. certainly, certainly." said the discreet mother, eagerly. "How St. Emil would stare if he heard me hauling you over the coals sometimes," cried Theodora, with a laugh, "lie thinks one's mother is next door to one's guardian angel, the fool!" "Theo, don't talk so," said Mrs. Evelyn, a contraction as if of pain passing over her pule, worn face. "I'm sure I've heard you call papa a fool!" "No Theo, you haven't." "Then the more goose you," said Theo. yawning fearfully. "Do make iiaste. Aren't you most through?" 'Just through now, darling." And Theodora Evelyn, dismissing her mother just as she might have dis missed any hired and and pensioned slave, lay down to her prayerless pillow to dream of wedding rings and a bridal Hilar wreathed with yvhite blossoms. For she was quite sure of lirant St. Emil now. "Mama," called Theo. the next morning, and Mrs. Evelyn meekly obeye-d the summons, comming from the back room, where she yvas busily engaged in ripping apart the breadths of a rose-colored dress lielonging to Theo. wiii. h that voting lady had taken a fancy to have altered. ".Mama, here are two ti.-':ets to the private mas querade at Mrs. Almy's, with Mr. St. Kmil's compliments one for you and one for me. How ridiculous! The idea of you ut a masquerade!" Mrs. Evelyn's face had lighted up. "I should really like to go for once, Tl.eo," she said hesitatingly. "I have never had an opportunity of see ing you in society, darling, and---" "t)h, Ixither!" interrupted Theo, "as if that made any difference. But Grant thinks a young lady shouldn't attend a masquerade, of all places in the world, without her mother's chap eronage. and I suppose I must humor him. What shall I personate, mam ma? I should like to go ns Diana with her bow and arrows, if you can squeeze enough money out of pajw for a d-cent costume. "I will see what papa can spare you, love. "He's awfully stingy of late,' served Theo, with a shrug. "You shouldn't sjieak so of j-apa, Theo," remonstrated Mrs. lyn. "Business is very dull just and our expenses are heavy. "That's the very reason you shouldn't be tagging after me to all the masque rades in town," grumbled Theo. "But I suppose we can't very well slip aside of it. Any old black dress and a satin domino msuk will do for you." heart Seven other metals copper, tin, nickel, cobalt, chrome, manganese and. molybdcna, enter Into the composi tion of terolites. Soda, potash, mag-! !.. .-Hi..-. ..l..,,.ir... ......K,.n i iiu.-i.l, lout;, mil. a, uiuiiiinii, ou'phur, phosDhorus hydrogen, and other substances are found In a-roli-tcs. All the a-rolitic substances ex in the earth." The Ward's Science Bulletin says. "Known facts and scientific thought point to the conclusion that the dif ference between comets and meteors or shooting stars; is analogous to the dilTcrence between rain and mist" l'rof. l'rontor says: "In all prob "Indeed, mister, I haven't had f. bite to eat for twenty-four hours," he put in api calingly as he saw tiie long haired Westerner hesitate. "I am here on expense, and can't right well spare a quarter, but I am going to get something to eat myself and if you will c due along with me I will give you a squ-ire meal." The nan followed sn'kily ai they entered a cheap restaurant, where the, Captain ordered two big toiled dinners, lioln ' hungry he soon dis patched h.s own dinner, when he chanced to look over at the mendi cant and was surprised to see the bi'ity Jupiter is not constituted dif- latter nibbling his food daintily, not f . a t .L .. .1 -1' it nil ll!-a n b.in.ri-n tonn ob- your her mother. "You see vou are in tne fashion after all! I tried my best, Mrs. St. Emil, to induce this mother of mine to don a character dress, but she would not consent. Oh Mrs. St. Emil, is it time for the waltr. already? Mamma, if you're quite sure it wouldn't tire you too much to hold my bouquet!" And Theodora Hotited away on Grunt St. Emil's arm. Once, during an interval in the dancing, Grant came to his mother's side. "Does she not look beautiful to nigl.r'. "Who? Miss Evelyn?" "Of course. Whom else could I possibly mean?" "Yes, she is beautiful; and you, Grant," Mrs. St. Emil added, with u half smile, "you are falling deeper and deeper in love with her. All the arrows in her nuiver are piercing your through and through, my d; iir boy "Mother, you don't like her." "I shall trv to do so for 'your sake, Grant," said the lady, sighing softly- "You still iersist in thinking that she is not unliable. I am sure she is." "I like her manner toward her mother, Grant," said Mrs. St. Emil: "it is very affectionate nnd devoted. Now go they are waiting for you to take your place in the second set of the lancers." And as he hastened away she thought almost sadly to herself: "I must learn to love her, for Grant's heart is set upon her, and he is too good a son to marry without my cordial consent." "Mamma," whispered Theo, toward the close of the evening, "you'll have to come upstairs and help me takeoff my tunic. The St. Emils have gone, and there's no fun in staying any long er. Hurry up!" Mrs. Evelyn nod. led obedience, but she could not explain to Theodora that she would probably be detained a few minutes longer bv the talk of . . . . , , . i i . i gossiping menus wno s:u dcmuu iier. "Theo will wait for me, thought. Theodora, however, was also detained a minute or two, murmuring soft adieus to 6ome:of her gentlemen friends, and when at length she Hew into the dressing-room she yvas breathless with haste. "I am tired to death," she said, petulantly, as In -r eye caught the figure in the black domino standing at the window. "Mamma, why couldn't you have come after me, instead of chat ting ayvay among those old fools by the door. You might as well have staid at home and minded your own business, if you couldn't bo a less clumsy chaperon. I'm tired of your stupidity." No answer but Theo never turned her head from the glass where she was contemplating her curls with the golden fillet banded through them. "You're sulking now, I supiose," she said, shrugging one alabiister-yvhitc shoulder. "Well, sulk away to your heart's content. I don't care! I shall get rid of these airs and graces when I am Mrs. St. Emil, nnd " She stopped short, for in the glass she sayr another domino-draped figure en tering the door back of her her mother's figure. "Mamma!" she shrieked. The other domino advanced quietly from the recess of the window, and, to her inexpressible dismay, Theo recog nized the slender figure and aristocratic bearing of Mrs. St. Emil. "There has lieen some mistake here," said that lady, composedly. "Miss Evelyn has mistaken me for hermother. I am not her mother, nnd" she spoke with quiet emphasis "I hope I never shall be." She left the room, and never saw Miss Theodora Evelyn again. Grant St. Emil, thus unexpectedly enlightened as to the character of his lovely divinity, left town within a week or twoami yvhen next Theo heard of him, he yvas married to a fair little damsel, more like a human snow drop than aught else. And Theo is etill husband hunting, aud treats her slu ferent from the earth aud sun, and we know that meteors contain the j same elements that exist in the sun and planets. We have every r'ea-on . u Geneve inai an me pianeis are constituted ot the same elements. The present state of the solar system is regarded as the result of a process of development, and not of special' creative fiats." I might give numerous other evi dences, going t) prove that the growth of worlds is very similar to the evolutions of animal life. In both i cases, the big fish devour a large' proportion of the little ones, and our earth, our sun our solar system, our. cluster of stars, are all moving into new space, feediug on the attenu ated ether of space and the meteors ' a rolltes and comets that have grown I up In that otherwise chaotic ether and space, as a her4 of Buffalo would move at out in droves, feeling on the pastures of the plains. Each planet is catching its share of i these "lesser bodies, and we desire to ascertain whether coal, lime, iron and other minerals laid down in strata in t he oceans mav not have come from the great comets that have struck our earth, instead of from vegetation and the shells of sea animals. Our standard cyclopedia says: "Re cent in vest igaiions have proen that new-fallen meteorites contain six times their own bulk of gases, ot which 32 per cent, is carbonic oxide." This substance Is composed of one half carbon, and one-half oxygen, then-fore, 1(5 per cent, of the gases mentioned as belonging to meteorites is carbon, in bulk three times asgreat as the bulk of the meteors 1 have shown that meteors, comet-, and planets are composed of similar materials, and the above quotation shows that meteorites contain three times their bulk in carbon in the ..n;wi:u form, nnd therefore we must I'oiiciuoe mat. comets contain iut; same proportion of carbon. As I intend to bring proof going to sliuvv that our own moon was once a comet, struck the earth, leaving with the latter the moon's water and at mosphere, 1 will here state that the same prop irtion of diffused carbon accompanying the moon when a comet, would, if condensed into fuel carbon, and depsited on earth, make many times more coal than is now known to exist in the carboniferous strata of the earth. Therefore if a comet as large :ts the moon ever did strike the earth, its carbonic oxide would account for our coal beds, its atmosphere added to ours would so :.-!.. j o, r.. oorwl i I ione ns tn.lectr.iv nfinrlv all animal life, its waters would cause a Noah's Hood, and our oceans would be increased in depth, all of which, geology proves have occurred. The astronomers say that the spec trum reveals large quantities of car bon in the comets. In fact, If it were not for the carbon, we could not see the comets, for carbon is the sub. stance that furnishes the light. at all IUe a hungry man. "Look here," said the host, lean ing over and speaking n a low voice to his guest. "I brought you here because I believed you ve:e starving. You lied to inc. Now I want to say- to you that if you dn't cat eveiy bite of that boiled dinner ar.d polish the platter I will give you the cussedest lickin' a white man ever got Now get to work. "i'he man obey with tcrror-lnjpired alacrity and swallowed his c rncj beef and cabbage like a starving har vest hand. The wait jr, who had overheard the Captain's threat, to d the proprietor of the restaurant, and he shook his fat sides as he watched the gastronomic performance of the frightened tramp When the meal was dispatched the Captain called lor pudding and ice cream for two. The fraud gave a great gasp, and throwing up both hands turned be seechinglyly to the poet with this supplication: ".;'av, Cunnel. let me off this time, won't yon? I just got up from a squate meal when I met you. It yvasn't something to eat I wanted, but something to drink. Tlease, Cunnel, have pity on a fellow, won't you?" The "Cunnel" told the fellow to go and be quick about it or he would kick him through cverv street iD town No second invitation was needed. The gorged bcsrirar ".skated." When the charital le Captain tried to pay his bill the lolly Teutonic pro pr'et r refused to let him liouidate for the tramp. "Why not?" asked the astonished gentleman from the far West, j "1 pays half dollar for a good laugh ! any dime. You h;:f gif me a good i laugh." Chicago Evening Post, from th" centipede's attentions th! was pn.babiy due t. some inflamma tory condition cf the blood In the In ii' i.lti ii, or possibly l-y the transler lente of scft'caemlc matter over v hi. h the insect might recently have cr.iwiol. Most peop e touched by a 'e,,t i ede experience a tesuitant fever an 1 nausea, which is g eatly mitl- : -1 ly treatment. Interna! an I lo cal, with ammonia, or even ly the I r ie.;si employed by t'.ie uiu'cteer cl.i-s, namely, rubbing the affected I art yvith garlic The centipede Is easily detected in the dark, as it uakes a phosphorescent trail. flow Animal. Amuse lliem-iol-ios. Iii animals the faculty of amuse ment awakes very early. Our four- footed friends seem to be aware of this, and make it a part of their par ental duties to amuse their young. A ferret will piay with her kittens, a cat with hers, a dog with her puppies. A mare will piay yvith her foal, though the writer has never seen a cow try to amuse her calf, nor any birds their young. If their mothers do not amuse them, the young ones invent games of their own. A I'.ock of ewes and lambs were once observed in adjoining fields, sep arated by a fence with several gaps in it. "Follow my leader" was the game most in favor yvith this flock, the big-ge-t lamb leading around the Held and then jumping tiie gap, with all the others following In single tlle;any lamb that took the leap unusually well would give two or three more e nthusiastic jumps cut of si eer exu berant happiness yvhen it readied the other side. Fawns played a sort of cross touch from oneside to the other, the "touch" in each case being by tho cose. Little pigs are also great at com bined play, which generally takes the form of races. Emulation seems to form part of their amusement, for their races seem always to have the winning of the first place for their object, and arc quite different fr-rin those combined rushes for food, or cause'.css stampedes in which little pigs are wont to indulge. Racing is an amusement natural to some ani mals, and, being soon taught by others, becomes one of their most exciting passtimes. Many horses, and all racing dogs learn to be as keen at winning as schoolboys. Birds delight in the free and fanciful ue of their wings. Then; is all the (Inference possible between the flight of birds for '-business'' and pleasure: pml many kinds on line days, wilt soar to vast heights for pleasure alone. The O rls and the Men. "Men arc peculiar creatures," said fhe girl in white as she nestled closer to the big pile of sofa cushions. "I have noticed that the shy, bashful, self-conscious man can be captured twice as easy as the chatty man who thinks girls are the dearest things on earth and usually tells them so. I have known men that coul Jn't but ton a girl's glove or help her on with a wrap without an embarrassed man ner that was absolutely painful march up to a girl and prop-.o-i without a bit of hesitation. Yet the man who is called 'a confirmed old maid' will make love to every girl he meets, and unless an exceptionally smart little woman angles for him he spends his days in bachelordoru. It is those men of whom every one says: 'Oh, he'll never marry; he hasn't enough courage to ak a girl to be his w ife,' that sends a whole community into universal heart disease by calmly tell ing them of his engagement. Now, 1 can't understand it at all unless it is that the bashful m:in takes it for granted that women are angels and the otlicr man knows v. hat artful creatures they are." "I remember a man who always took two or even three girls to parties Has the earth been struck by great,1 and simply wouldn't become the pi op- comets? It has been struck by great meteors, and therefore why not by great comets? Dr. Dick, the astronomer and phil osopher, gives the following: "The fall of mete-oi ic-stones is much more frequent than is generally believed. They are. sometimes of great magni tude, the volume of several having exceeded that of a body of seventy miles in diameter. One which passed erty of any oae of them." said the girl in pink. "If he gave one a box of bonbons every other girl in the set had a box, too. He certainly was the most unimpressionable person I ever sayv in my life. All the girls were head if. love with him and he yvas finally carried o:f by a domineer ing little per on who kept him busy obeying her orders. And how that ! girl did crow about it! The very day within twenty-five miles of us, was ! after he proposed to h-r she visitel estimated to weigh 600,000 tons, and to move with a velocity of twenty miles a second, a fragment of It alono reaching the earth." This was a monster meteor, and )o will be difficult to draw the line di viding meteors and comets. The every one oT those other gins ana asked them to be bridesmaids." Uecord. The Crawl of the Centipede. I have not known of any person dy ing from the crawl of a centipede, says a writer in tne San 1 rancisco. cyclopedia states that the tails of j thou ,h thcse creaU,res have a sad these meteors have been known to continue for an hour after the meteor had disappeared. Copyrighted. W.' T. Foster. And Ho Mnllc.l a Sickly Smllo. The young lather stood over the cradle, critically inspecting his first born. 'Of course it's a healthy, weli formed baby, Lucy," he said to his wife, "and will be a credit to the ramily when It grows older, but it's awful homely just now." "Dear litt'c thing!" cooed a neigh bor who happened in a few moments later. "It's the very image of its papa." Chicago Tribuue. reputation in many parts of Mexico. "The crawl," I say, for the centi pede's venomous principles is con tained In the" glands of the feet, and Is distributed as he runs. The riahu is that he manes a series of footholes as he runs. Into which he injects his venom; but 1 think this Is inaccurate- I never succeeded in finding any appearance of puncture in l'e-h tracked by a centipede; and Isistead of a double red line, such as his two lines of feet might be expected to produce, only one red trail. There fore I think that he simply exudes or leposits an acrid fluid, which Irri tates and inflames the flesh. In those cases where persons have died -Question ot Legal Interpretation Only. It has not been so very long since the old English court rules passed out of observance, and. when they were in vogue, nowhere were they ob served more strictly than in South Carolina. The rules provided that a lawyer when he spoice In court must wear a black eown and coat, and that th? Sheriff must wear a cocked hat and sword. On one occasion a law yer named 1'etti.grue arose to speak in a case on trial. "Mr. rettlsrue," said tho Judge, "vou have on a light coat. You can not speak, sir." ', your Honor," Tettigrue re plied, "may it please the court, I conform to the law." "No, Mr. I'ettigrue," declared the Judge, "you have on a light coat You cannot speak.," "But, your Honor," insisted the lawyer, "you niisinterp ct Allow me to interpret: The law says that the barrister must weara black gown and coat, does it not?" "Yes," replied the Judge." "And does your Honor hold thai it means that both gown and coat must be black?" "Certainly, Mr. Teltigruc; certainli sir," answered his Honor." "An 1 the law further says," con tinued Mr. I'ettigrue, "that the Sheriif must wear a cockei hat and sword, does it not?" "Yes, yes, Mr. Tettigrue," tht court answered somewhat impati ently. "Anrl do you mean to sav your Honor," queried I'ettigrue, "that the svord must be cocked as Well as the hat?" "Eh!' cr h'm," mused his Honor. 'You cr continue your speech, Mr. retti-jrue,-' Louisville Courier JournaL Man eM.jects. In the name of all that is good, why should girls, who are dowered by nature yvith a hundred charms which make them sweet and loveable, copy rude man? Do you find anything in life so detestable asa womanish man, girls? Well, then, you know exactly i onr feeling yvith regard! to the man nish girl. And yet there are few things we enjoy that you have not gathered unto yourselves. You wear ! our clothes as nearly as the police reg ulation will permit. Our coats, our shirts, collars, cravats, and gloves have been made yours; you cut your hair short and surmount it by a boy's hat. You adopt our slang, and, ala. k-a-day! even points; many of your pretty lips are familior yvith the taste of the cigarette. You plav cards for money, bet on horses, and talk shop at the races. I don't know but all this contains a certain moral lesson for the man if he doesu't like the copy he should improve the orig inal. Nevertheless, he objects to tin; method of instruction. Hold to the old-fashioned charms which consti tute your real power, girls, and let. a!one the feminine imitation of a bad masculine model. A Strange Illuniler. French law governing marriaget. requires a straight record of each in dividual s identity from birth to mar riage, to make sure that it is marry ing the rih i. persons. The other day a man and a woman presented them selves at the Mairie. Fjvcrything was according to "rule, all tiie official documents were in readiness. When these cam to be examined, the bride's record of baptism had set her down as "one male child." There could be ro going behind the returns. The Mayor refu ed to perform the cere many, and the despairing couple went off to consult a lawyer as to how thi bride could substantiate her sex lu the eyes of the French law with this ecord against her. "lJI'1Mai -rrry sa,jiA memf-m T TT1 Tiff'TI Iff .... MUtiil.ii'tr-r.nmkn,;'.,.
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