LADY BTJTTON.EY.ta,
Wltea tie busr it doan
And my weary liitlo oc
Bocketh gently toand fro ;
When the nlent-winda softly blow
And the crickets in the glen
Chlrgynd chirp and ehlrp again
When upon the bannted Rreea
Talrfca dance around their queen
Then from yonder misty skiea
Cometh Lady Batton-Eyea. y
Th rough the mark and mlat and gloaa
To on." quiet, eosy homo,
Where to staging, sweet ad low,
Bocks cradle to and fro ;
Where the clock's doll monotone
TeMeth of the day that's done ;
Where tho moonbeams hover o'i T
Plaything? sleeping on the floor
Where my weary wee one lies
Cometh Lady Sutton-Byes.
Cometh like a fleeting ghost
From some distant eerl o const ;
Never footfall can yon hear
As that spirit fareth near
Never whisper, never word
From that shadow-queen Is hoar J.
In ethereal raiment digbr,
From tbe realm of fay and sprite
In the depth of yonder slcli-s
Cometh Lady Button-Eyes.
Layeth she her bands tipon
My dear weary little one.
And thoso white hands, overspread
Like a veil the curly head,
Seem to fondle and caress
Ivery little silken tress ;
Then she smooths the eyelids down
Over those two eyes of brown
In such soothing, tender wise
Cometh Lady Button-Eyes.
Dearest, feel upon your brow
That caressing magio now ;
For the crickets in the glen
Chirp and chirp and ohlrp again,
While upon the haunted green
Fairies dance around their queen.
And moonbeams hover o'er
Playthings sleeping on the floor
Hash, my sweet ! from yonder skie
Cometh Lady Button-Eyes I
. Eugene Field, in Chicago Becov
TWO PIECES0F SILVER.
SZ LEWIS H. EDDT.
iTJEBTEalos grin
gos I
Black Rosa's
mall, angular
form shook with
rage. Her face,
prew blacker
than its natural
hue, if that were
possible. Trem
bling in every
nerve, she glared
viciously, and
shook a long,
bony finger in
the faces of the
gTOwp of miners who, with jests and
jeers, had met her supplications for
charity.
"Get out of thisl" one shouted.
"We have had enough of you."
"She's got plenty of money," cried
another.
"Wears diamonds in the city,'
sneered a third.
"Get out I No beggars allowed 1"
they all shouted.
"Muerto a los gringos!" repeated
the woman, with a shriek which would
have chilled tho blood of men unused
to her vicious ways. The crowd pushed
and jostled her, and laughed at her
murderous denunciation.
Manager France, of the Ball Do
mingo, heard the disturbance between
the miners and the miserable old wo
man as he came up the gulch.
"Here, my good woman," said he,
"here are two silver dollars. Yon had
better not t-taj around here," he
added, kindly, as she took the money
and called blessings upon his generous
goal. "The men ore not used to giving
alms, and they will only treat you uu
Ijindly." "He'd a better be Bavin them two
dollars to help out the pay-roll of the
Bull Domingo," remarked a saloon
keeper, who had been keeping a slate
for nearly three months for the ac
commodation of workmen on that
property.
"It's a woman as always breaks
sucker's heart" urged a miner. And
then the crowd fell to discussing the
material affairs of a camp, and for a
time forgot the Mexican woman who
occasionally came up from Darango
on a begging expedition.
Senora Bosalina Ortiz once enjoyed
a happy homo in the City of Mexico,
her birthplace. She had all the op
portunities of education, both in
Spanish and English, and in her early
married life had traveled much. But
misfortune came to her in the death
of hor husband and two of their three
childron, after the loss of all the prop
erty they possessed. They had for
several years made their home in the
United States, where Senor Ortiz had
died, leaving his widow penniless.
Poverty and sin were her undoing,
and when the Colorado mining fever
filled the mountains with fortune
seekers of high and low degree, Senora
Ortiz drifted to Durango. She had
sunk so low in vice and crime that
she was accounted well fitted for any
thing from begging and petty thiev
ing, even to the cutting of a thront.
She was married to a hardened char
acter known as "Bobber Dan," an
American whose life both in and out
of the penitentiary was a series of
misdeeds. He had earned his title as
she had earned hers. JTheywere well
mated in their criminal career.,
though the woman thus far had known
no more of prison life than is afforded
by county jails.
The ill-treatment she had received at
llio hands and tongues of the miners
at Bico had burned into her soul like
a hot iron, though the wound was
largely healed by the soft words and
jilver so kindly bestowed by John
France,. But. since she was not likelV
jver to be able to carry out her threat
f death to all save her own race
ind equally incapacitated to insure the
blessings which she had invoked,
either her curses nor her prayers
ere heeded. However, none who
knew her had any faith in Black Rosa's
possession of good will toward anyone
if American or European blood.
Even Bobber Dan's male companion!
In crime who formed the most no
torious and daring band of robbers in
Southern Colorado did not escape
the vindictive spirit of Black Rosa.
But the woman was useful to them ;
and, when plentifully supplied with
drink, there was no crime too black
for her wicked heart, nor scheme too
deep for her cunning brain. If ahe
possessed a single redeeming trait, no
,ne had been able to discover it.
Duranzo was ablaze with the glory
of frontier life a glory which comes
but once in the lifetime of a new town.
Bat there was then little regard felt
for the future by the fortune-hunters
who swarmed the streets and filled up
the hotels and held high revelry in
the aaloons and dance halls of that
lew camp.
Honeat men with capital, seeking to
double their investments in m fort?
lUtion. with, thfib.prte tWfMto
M 1
road agent. Km prompter and
ramblers drank over the tame bar.
The crack of tha stage-driver's whip
was but the echo of the pistol shot.
John France stood leaning with his
back against the end of the bar in the
loloon attached to the leading hotel of
the town. His hands were thrust into
the side pockets of his sack coat, while
his face wore a puzzled look. John
France's handkerchief was missing,
rhat was a mere incident, yet AS) eon
tinned to look paused.
"Going back to tbe mine in th
morning?" asked the clerk of th
hotel a minute later, as Franco ap
proached the desk and aakod for writ
ing material.
"Yes, sure 1"
'Stage leaves at 2 o'clock."
'Well, call me a half-hour earlier,
and don't, for your head, let me mist
the stage. I mnst be at tbe mine to
morrow by all means. By tbe way, 1
have lost a large, white, silk handker
chief, with a black border. Xiook out
for it."
A few minutes later, while France
was still busy writing. Sheriff Barney
approached him and presented a little
Mexican chap, in whose possession had
been found the silk handkerchief.
"What shall I do with him?" asked
the sheriff!
"Lock him up," answered the
manager of the Bull Domingo, sternly
'lock him up I That is the little
rascal who came to me m few minutes
ago begging for money. I gave him
two-bits, and he shows his gratitude
by stealing my handkerchief.
The attention of the loungers about
the hotel office was attracted to these
Ioudlr spoken words of John Franco ;
but they did not hear what he said in
hurried undertone to tne snerui, so
there was a murmur of indignation
against the man who would seek the
punishment of a child for stealing
a silk handkerchief and that after it
had been returned.
John France laughed and went to
his room, while the sheriff smiled, a
he always smiled in danger- and out,
and led the boy away. The crowd
looked puzzled.
"He had my boy lockeu up, did
he!" shrieked Black Bosa when the
details of this little episode were re
lated to her. The face of the little
Mexican woman seemed ablaze with
indignation. "He shall pay for this !"
"Senora forgets the two silver
dollars 1" taunted Bobber Dan; "1
thought the senora might feel sorry
that we had planned, to rob this nne
Americano. But it's all right no
is it. dearest?" he added mockingly.
"Bob him 1 Murder him I" yelled
Black Bosa, and she staggered from
her chair as if she would carry out bei
own command, but fell on the floor is
a heap.
Dan and his pals lifted tho woman
to a bed. and the leader remarked
that she would sleep till morning and
be neither help nor hindrance. It
had been known for twenty-four houw
that the money some ten thousand
dollars for the Bull Domingo pay
roll had been received, but, until an
nounced by Manager France, it wai
not known when that gcntlemaz
would start for the mine,
At twelve o'clock that night fom
men, heavily armed, rode out of Da
ransro.
Two hours later the stage followed
them, with one occupant on the inside
and the driver alone on the front boot.
It was a lonely ride. Bloomer, the
driver, might as well have been en
tirely unaccompanied so far as the in
side occupant of the coach was con
corned. But be was used to these
lonely rides, and when a passengei
preferred to be exclusive it simply ex-
hibited to Bloomer the poor taste oi
the passenger. So he talked to hii
horses, and sang to them, and passed
the lonelv hours as comfortably as il
he had been snrrorinaca fry a nan
dozen paFrengers, and soon forgot ths
fellow on tho id side.
Coming to a bend in the road, whert
the ascent of the first steep mountain
is begun, Bloomer fell into a reflective
mood, and remarked to the nigh
wheeler that the fellow on the inside
might possibly "risu to an apprecia
tion o the society of a trtage-drivex
tnd him bosses if the muzzle of s
double-barrel shotgun should happen
to appear at the window of tbe coach.''
Of coarse Hlooaier was not really
expecting snch a surprise for his un
sociable passenger; so when the ahot
pin appeared, with three others, and
lecarnpsnied by sn order to "throv
icrsra them ribbons and throw up them
hand," he was himself so completely
nirpriaed that he obeyed without
srord of protest.
If he
was tv-pr rr
i ,t Ms .a.'--
appearance or roaa-agents, ne was
really dumfounded at what followed.
For five minutes there was a rattle of
shotguns, as if a miniature battle were
being fought. When it was all over,
two stage-robbers were fatally wound
ed and the other two surrendered to
Sheriff Barney and the man of straw
on the inside was literally shot to
pieces. And this is the way it all hap
pened, as Bloomer himself was fond of
telling it :
"You lee, they didn t put me on.
Sever seen a sheriff yet that thought a
stage-driver hod nerve enough to play
his hand out in a game like that ; an'
I don't know but a feller would git a
leetle bit rattled -wonderin how he's
-goin' to come out at tho end o the
game. It s purty ticklish Dizness to
be a-sittin' on a stage through the
long, dark hours o the night n a-
guessin' whether yer goin' ter drive
back er ride n a box. But the way it
all happened was like this :
lou see that kid ra t stole tbe
handkercher done that fer a blind. His
ol woman she put him on. She writes
a note ter France 'n' tells the kid ter
drap it in bis pocket 'n' steal his hand
kercher er anything else he could erit
his hands on, 'n then kinder loiter
'roun' so's to git caught. Well, sir,
that ol' Black Bosa was a corker. She
gives the whole snap away in the note,
V she tells France ter have the boy
put in jail, 'n' that'd be a tip fer her
that he gets the note. Then she sets
up a howl 'n' throws the gang off, an"
havin' bin drinkin' considerable 'n,
feelin' a leetle bit skeered that her
play wouldn't win, she was knocked
clean out excited V fainted on the
dead square.
"So France, w'en he gits the ol' wo
man's note, he just quietly lets Barney
in, n Barney he tells him his system,
n' they plays it to win. Wen France
he goes up to bis room, Barney he goe
'n' gits his team 'n" meets France at the
back-door, 'n they goes out n layt
for the gang. 'S only one place on
the road where a job o stage-robbin'
could be done 'n the robbers git away,
an' Barnev he knows the place, an'
that's where they camps 'n waits fox
the gang an' they gits 'em dead to
rights.
"That inside passenger's w'at knock
ed me cold. They puts the stage-
agent onto the play, n he fixes up
straw man w'at ye calls a dummy
'n' he loads him into the stage so s to
fool me n' the road-agents both.
"I reckon Black Bosa didn't know
how near she was a-callin' the turn
w'en she prescribed death for gringos.
She didn't git the one. she was after
Keatfc of her el man 'n Fete Johnsv
united her notions better, w'ea shi
come to size up the job, fer they waj
both srrineus one was American v
t'other a Swede.
"They say them Mexicans has el
rfavsgot a grudge ag'in' somebody,
but never remembers a kindness : but
the war that play was made, it look)
like ol' Black Bosa didn't fergit Johi
Franceta kind words to her w en tbf
miners was a- ioahin' her.
"Yes; perraps the two silver dollar)
did have somethin to do with it ail
ver was a great power 'n Colorado 'l
theindays. " San Francisco Argonaut
Cawaedt trj Qtm Bwnw
The story runs that a. man was found
tying dead upon a conch, his life bar
ing been destroyed by a ballet di
charged from a gun lying near. Tlx
circumstances of tbe matter positively
proved that the cape could not have
been one of suicide, and. therefore, tbs
only alternative which could be reason
ably suggested was that be nad been
murdered. An acquaintance wm
cliarjreu witn me crime, uui mwiu
proof of guilt was not lortncommg
One of the parties engaged In tbe case
was so far Interested In tbe pecullai
facts of the death as to seek a different
solution of the affair than that accept
ed by popular belief. The result of hit
observation and deduction was rerj
curious. The rays of the sun ha
trained In at the window of the apart
merit in which the man bad encoun
tered his end, and had been concentrat
ed directly upon the explosive chambei
of the gun, by which means sufflcleni
beat bad been engendered to warm' the
cap and powder and cause a discharge
The gun having been quite Inadver
tently placed in such a way as to point
to the unfortunate man, be received
tho bullet while he lay placidly sleep
lng, no doubt meeting with tnstao
death. Strand Magazine.
BLUNDER OF A BRIDEGROOM
A Misplaced Kl-" Kept Iflra Briny ta
rn Day Mukinu Excuse.
There Is a young Kansas bridegroore
who Is explaining. From a casual In
vestigation of the circumstances It must
be conceded that explanations arc lr
order. These are the facts; One daj
last week there arrived at the Coatei
house a jmir of young people. It dli
not take a Sherlock Holmes to see thai
they were recently married. The sun
flowers In their hats betrayed the name
of the State from which they had jusi
emigrated. The newly married couple
were shown to a nice parlor on the third
floor, not the best In the house, nor th
worst, either. The young husband
?eemed to hare plenty of money, buz
he did not "blow It In" promiscuously,
though ho confided to the clerk his In
tention of celebrating the ausplctoui
event In a properly elaborate manner.
After some persuasion the young fel
low Induced his wife to leave him long
enough to enable him to superintend
the removal of their trunks to theli
room. With many waves of her hand
kerchief the blushing and happy bride
ascended to her room and there await
ed eagerly for her better half to put h
m appearance.
A maid was sent to the room t
"brush up the room." and the younf
bride had a nice little chat with h
while the touches were being put on.
But presently a manly step was hear
lust outside the door.
"There he lsl" exclaimed the bride
rapturously.
"I guess I'll get out of herel" cried thf
maid, coyly. ,
And she got
She got Just as far as the door. A
srreat bear of a man, whose eyes were
blinded by the light he had Just left
aught her In his arms as she opened
the door, and a pair of Kansas llpi
came down upon her mouth In a hearty
smack, while the girl struggled In hit
irms. find tho man exclaimed soothing
'y: "Did I scare you, love?"
All this took but a minute. Then r
third voice smote the air:
"Ain't you ashamed of yourself, Johi
Peters?"
That was all It said.
But the young husband had found hit
eyes now and the mold had escaped
leaving the Impulsive young Kansai
to console a weeping bride as best h
could. He tried to explain. And he li
probably trying to explain yet Kan
os City Journal.
Silent Men.
Washington never made a speech. Is
the zenith of hts fame, be once at
tempted It, failed, and gave It up, con
fused and abashed. In framing the
constitution of the United States the
labor was almost wholly performed In
committee of the whole, of whlct
George Washington was, day after
day, chairman, and he made but twe
speeches during the convention, of s
very few words each, something like
one of Grant's speeches. The conven
tion, however, acknowledged the mas
ter spirit, and historians affirm that had
It not been for his personal popularity
and the thirty words of his first speech,
pronouncing K the best that could be
united upon, the constitution wouW
hare been rejected by the people.
Thomas Jefferson never made a
speech. He couldn t do It napoleon,
whose executive ability Is almost with
out a parallel, said that his greatest
difficulty was finding men of deed,
rather than words. When asked how
he maintained his Influence upon hli
superiors In age and experience when
commander-in-chief of an army In Italy
he said, by reserve. The greatness of
a man Is not measured by the length
of hi speeches and their numbers
Philadelphia Ledger.
Swallowing a Pin.
I have often looked with alarm at
the amateur and professional dress
maker, who invariably makes a pin
cushion of her mouth, regardless ol
possible consequences, and in my ignor
ance I have wondered, "Now, if one-
of those pins lodged in that dress.'
maker s throat, how should X attemp
to extricate it"
To-day I am wiser. If there were
brisk fire at hand, I should instantly
proceed to make a stiff little dumpling
of flour and water, bake it till it was
quite hsrd, and then give the unfor -
tunate victim a piece about the size oJ
a small walnut to swallow.
The chances are that the point ol ten miles, and the condenser tubas more
the pin would adhere to this, and loose than twenty-five miles. The total num
its tension of the flesh. Another thing her of separate pieces of steel In the
to do in the event of swallowing a pin main structure of the ship Is not less
or tack is to make a stiff poultice and than 40,000 and the total number of
to swallow quite a quantity. The Geiy 'eublc feet of timber used in the con-
tlewoman. f itructlon Is more than 100,000. The
' ' total number of rivets Is not far from
Strange Source or 3ae. ' 1,250,000.
In France a very good gas Is made -A- distinguished marine engineer ot
from the fatty material contained In th England once estimated that In a ship
soapsuds, after washing wools and ' thls Ize- u Rl1 the steel which com-
ysrns. The wash Water of a woolen Poea It were made Into needles and
mill with 20,000 spindles wlU annually placed in a line, they would reach more
yield enough of this substance to pro- than ten tlmea around the earth, or the
a 1 inn nnn foot nf ens. Distance to the moon, 288,000 miles,
duce 1,100,000 feet of gas. tf
The life of moretha one girl ha, Wp were propeUed by gaUey oarstnea,
been blighted, because she had l ta "rf tt wonAd
mother who made her go to church it torc? f f "' a continuously at
a faded gown, and a last year', bonnet. OTk develop the same power tha
- ths engines of tblgihia wUlaroflneA,'-
" Iac:s x'er irresCTikera.
You m iy say what you pleu3
ibout tbe merits of the various fashion
able interliniugs," remarked Madame
E. H. Fowler, a high-class modiste, of
Brooklyn, New York, "but my con
viclion, created by experience is, that
no other material hat tha enduring
outstanding qualifications of fibre
chamois, for in my tests this summer,
no other interlining has so effectively
held its own when subjected to tbe va
rious conditions of journeying and so-
jnurneying by tho sea shore and on tne
mountains.
Many of my customers who bad me
ase other sleeve interlining in the
ipfing, have sent back such bodices,
svith the request that . I remove the
wilted or crushed lining, or the hair
piercing bustle, and refresh the sleeve
with fibre chamois, for fibre chamois
cannot crush, or break, or wilt, for it
Is not loaded with gum or starch, the
iesirable outstanding quality of the
shamois being created by fibres which
tr olnsticor nlisble. and no pressure
!a crusn tnem nor can dampness
iffect them
The real fibre chamois, which bears
Jie name imprint, for there are imi
ations, comes in black, ecru, brown
ind slate color, in three weights, each '
ind all at 35 cts a yarJ, and if the
manufacturers would only create a
pure white fibre chajnois, I should be
lositively happy.
"It is also well, she continues, for
some dressmakers to know that bias
Velutina, which comes in black and all
solors, forms the most durable skirt
binding. Effective dress trimmings
tor fall costumes consist of bias bauds
f Velutina."
COST OF RUNNING A GREAT SHIP
About S)80,000 Consumed for Expcn
ca In a Round Ocean Trip.
The cost of running a big ocean grey
hound to Europe and back reaches Into
the thousands. A trans-Atlantlo liner
Is really a floating hotel, and everything
on board Is conducted on the same
scale of lavlshness that Is found In a
fashionable Fifth avenue hotel.
Clement A. Grlscom, Jr., son of the
president of the line controlling the
St Louis, now on her maiden trip,
agreed to give some figures to a re
porter covering the expense of her voy
tge to England and back. He figured
for some time and then said that the
expenses of the round trip of a steamer
Ike the St Louis average between $t0,
X0 and ?S0,00O, according to the sea
on.
No single Individual on the St Louis
rets a large salary. Tbe captain heads
the list getting about 5,000 a yenr.
Captains on smaller passenger steam
ers only receive $3,000 a year. The
thief officer of a ship like the St Louis
jets $l,fj00, and the bulk of the heavy
work really falls on his shoulders. Tbe
lecond officer's pay ranges from $900
to $1,200, according to the size of the
hip, while the third and fourth officers
enly get from ?G0 to $000. All of
these men have to perform duties of a
responsible kind, nnd as there are no
tonuses attached to their work It car
ie seen that they are not overpaid.
The crew of the St Louis numbers
110 men. Two hundred of these are In
(he engineer's department and all of
them are directly under the authority
f the chief. The steward's depart
ment Is the next largest, numbering
170 In all. The sailors. Including the
Jeck officers, number forty.
The engineer's department Is the mnst
expensive on the ship, owing to the
Immense coal bills. The St Louis burns
more than 300 tons a day, or about
1,500 tons the round trip. This means
sn expenditure of $15,000 alone. The
salaries of the men, the engineering
lupplles. Including the thousand and
one things needed for tbe vast machin
ery of a great ship, will require an ex
penditure of $5,000 every round trip.
The chief engineer draws $3,000 a
year, and his Immediate assistants re
ceive $1,500, $1,200 and $1,000, respec
tively. The stokers, or firemen, aver
ege about $30 a month, and the fur
naces of the St Louts require 180 of
them working In different shifts. -
The purser, who Is a most Important
person on board, does not get much In
the way of salary, as the company. In
Axing his pny. figures on the large bo
nuses he receives for changing money
ind performing the little services which
the wealthy traveler does not hesitate
to pay for liberally. Ills salary Is only
$1,000 a year, but he makes another
f-2,000 In fees and sometimes consider
ably more.
The ship's surgeon only receives $900
ayenr for the same reason. lie Is
brought In contact with numerous real
and fancied Invalids of the wealthy
class, and, although no one Is compell
ed to fee him, few fall to do so, and a
big, popular ship like the St Louis If
worth to him at least $3,000 to $4,000 $
rear.
Tbe steward's department Is one of
the costliest on the ship. The provis
ions for a round trip cost In the neigh
borhood of $12,000, and the salaries
of the steward's men amount to $3,000
more. The stewards are the least paid
of any on the ship, for the reason that
In the fees of the passengers they col
lect a considerable sum annually. All
the pay tliey get Is $20. a month, but
they take In $-10 a month In tips. The
teaslck man and woman are always
willing to give their last cent for some
little service.
The chief steward receives $1,500 a
year and also comes In for his share of
the tips, as it is within his power to
place many delicacies In the way of the
liberal tourist Tbe chief cook Is a
great man on the ship, almost as great
as the captain, and In all makes $3,000
a year out of his Job.
The breakage and wear and tear on
the ship and Its furniture are very
heavy, requiring an expenditure In In
cidentals of about $5,000 each round
trip. There are countless things to be
replaced and a comparatively little
thing like the washing of the ship's
linen means an expenditure big enough
to support a man for a year In the laj,
of luxury.
1 Here are some odd facts about th(
1st Louis. There are fully 1,000 tons
ajof piping of various kinds In the ship,
The condensers will pump op at least
50,000,000 gallons of cool water in a
Jay. The furnaces will consume no
,ess than T,500,000 cubic feet of air in
n hour. The boiler tubes, if placed
In a straight line, would stretch nearly
Come Queer" IaOabiesV
; ' Such lines as these the Chinese
mother chants over her infant:
. Bnail, snail, came eat and be fed,
fat oat your bona and then your head,
Aad thy mamma will give thee mutton,
Vor thou art donbly dear to me.
The Arab tawny treasure seems to
be easiest sent into dreamland with the
following bucelio verse :
Sleep, my baby, sleep
Bleep a alnmber hale. .
Sweetly reat till morning light.
My little farmer boy, so bright.
And the little Zola goes to :
Hash thee, my baby.
Thy mother's o'er the mountains gone ;
There she will dig tha ltttla garden patoo,
And water she'll let oh from the river.
The) ancient Bomans hod a Trambex
i lullabifs. One began :
Lalla, lalla, lalla.
Ant dormi, ant laota.
History oi Coixrtahlp. .
Met him met him again In love with
him. Met him again no longer In love
with him. but he Is In lov.e with me be-
ause 1 am so beautiful. Met bim ngain
he Is still in love with me, not only
because I am so beautiful but because
I am also so good. Sorry for him.
Again I met him he Is colder than he
wsa. Think he has furg tten my b a ny
and goodness. I, however, am Inclined
to think that I am In love with him after
alL How lucky he Is, and how angry
mamma will bet Mamma proved to be
strangely pleased. Makes me angry,
for I know she Is not a good Judge of a
young girl's heart Flirted with him
outrageously to make mamma angry
didn't succeed. Engaged to him glad
Married him sorry. English paper.
Curious Anatomy ot the Snake.
. The anatomy of the snake is pe
culiar, and has much to do with its
peculiar motion, The libs are loosely
articulated with the vertebra?, and are
movable. By banding the body in
lateral curves, which is the only mode
of motion, and not tbe vertical bend
ing, as many think, the scales, which
are attached to the ends of the ribs,
are separated, and, by -their free
edges, take hold upon the. ground.
When the body is straightened out,
the ends of the ribs approach each
other, and so foroe the body forward,
then, by the bending of the other aide,
this movement is repeated, and so the
tnake glides along. The same move
ment ot tho ribs and scales forces the
animal through the water, as it swims
with the head above the surface, and
with its body slightly submerged.
New York Times.
Many Csee for Mushrooms.
Not only human beings, but cows,
sheep, squirrels, and many kinds of
birds, are fond of mushrooms. In
many places mushrooms are dried Just
a5 our grandmothers once dried apples,
strung on strings, and hung from the
celling for winter use. Some European
6peoies are used In coloring. One yields
a yellow dye, another an exquisite
greeu which colors the tree on which It
grows; and from this wood Is manu
factured the celebrated Tunbridgs
wr.ro. The poor people of Franconla,
Oennany, dry, press, and stitch to
gether a certain kind of mushrooms,
which Is then made Into garments; and
In Bohemia a large round toadstool It
dried nnd the Inside removed; It Is turn
ed bottom upward, fastened to the
wall, and used to hold a beautiful trail
ing vine, which grows luxuriantly. St
Nicholas.
THE LADIES '
The pleasant effect and perfect safety
with which ladies may use the Cali
fornia liquid laxative Syrup of Figs,
under all conditions, makes it their fa
vorite remedy. To get the true and
genuine article, look for the name of
the California Fig Syrup Co., priuted
near the bottom of the package.
Howqtrck there would be war among
the birds, if tho owls and pelicans
should intist that tbe robins and blue
jays should behave as they did.
A thorough study of underground
water course of Long Island is to be
made by the United States Geological
Survey,
The prime of life in a man of reg
ular habits and sound constitution is
from thirty to fifty-five years of age; of
a woman, from twenty four or twenty
five to about 40 years of age.
One GItm Rrllrf.
It l to eat? to be mistaken about Indigestion,
and think there Is tome olh.r trouble. The cure
is Klpans Tabulcs. One t.bule gtves relief. Ask
any drucglaL
In experimenting to find the effect
of sunlight on disease germs it has
been discovered that such spores are
killed by the blue and violet rays of
sunlight in a few hours.
I cannot speak too highly of Ptso's Cure tbr
Consumption. Mrs. Frank Mobbs, 215 W. 2M
St., New York, Oct. 29, 1e94.
Minneapolis, (Minn., capitalists are
planning to spend $1,000,000 upon
a dam below tbe falls of St. Anthony,
to utilize waste water power.
Drlaj-s are dangerous. A dollar spent for
IfrtfuVa K ran Tia H H a nniv mav nrArant lllnaas
which will be expensive and hard to bear. Kow
is the time to take Hood's Saraaparllla.
Hood's Pills cure all liver ills, relieve con
stipation and assist digestion.
The pupils of the Chicago Manual
training school, have completed a
tower clock, the market value of which
is said to be $5,000.
Aloert Huron, West Toledo, Ohio, says:
Mall's Catarrh Care saved my life. Write
him for particulars. Sold by braggista, 7to.
When the Gulf Stream passe, out
of the Gulf of Mexico its temperature is
about seventy degrees.
Ft. Kilmer's Swinr-RooT curat
II Kidney and Bladder troubles.
1'amplet and Consultation free,
laboratory Ulnghamton, X. Y.
TtiA volar nf tbn TaHitApranaan
contain, a greater proportion of .alt
than mat oi me ocean.
Mrs. Wlnalew SooCMBg Brrwp for ehnOrea
teethlnc. aofteas the (am, reduces lnftaucm
ttoo. sviUr aMin. curaa wlad eastc Set boule
A device is needed which shall indi
cate, by ringing a bell or turning on a
light, when the speed of a trolley car
exceeds the legal rate.
If afflicted with core eyes nse Dr. Isaac Thoms
on's Eye-water. Druggists tell at 26c pet bottle
oea aiiuuu usvs Deeu auuwu w
live for three or four years without any
nourishment save what they extrao
from the water.
Say Ay ' Do ' tad Ye'll He'er fas Buried." Don't Re
fesa 11 Osr Adilce b Use
SAPOLIO
Indians Fes Modem
-Indian, sometime, face W ?
arms with great courage, but they fight
shy ot the attentions of any weapon
that .end. a large projectile," said CoL
F. A. Blake, who has had wide experi
ence on the Western plains. ."Th
rush and scream of the heavy bullet
frightens them, and they prefer to keep
away from their range, 'xo mat
unreasonable prejudice Is due the fact
that the buffalo hunter, of the early
TO's. who In following their business
were constantly exposed to the attack,
of hostile Indians, were molested com
paratively little by them. The long,
heavy rifle, with telescopic sight, and
the knowledge of the deadly certain
ty of the buffalo hunter", aim, almost
invariably served to make the red man
keep his distance, and set him tempo
rarily free from tbe notion of .calf
Hunting.
1 "One buffalo hunter, by the name of
unnindi. that I knew, waa creeping
upon a herd on the Staked Plain when
he spied a band ot uomancues riuing
tnu-nnl him. He Instantly leveled his
gun upon them as a warning that they
should not approach too near, uct-h-lng
his warriors, the chief of the band
pointed with his hand to a buffalo In
tli d'.atnnt herd, then mentioned In the
Indian sign language that the hunter
ahould shoot It Murdock fired as the
chief indicated and the buffalo fell. The
Indians gave a loud 'How' of approval,
wuvmI their hands, turned their ponies
and swept on past the hunter, leaving
him to pursue his shooting or uie Dur
falo unmolested." New York Sun.
Bo rr .11 Sot Crown nimseir.
(.From Vim Troy, JV. T., Time.)
. W. Edwards, of Lanstngburgb, was pros
rated by sunstroke during the war and it
Las entailed on him peculiar and serious
consequences. At the present writing Mr. E.
Is a prominent officer of Post Lyon, G. A. B.,
Cohoes, and a past aid de camp on the staff
of the comrhander-in-chiof of Albany Co. In
the Interview with a reporter he said:
"I was wounded and sent to tbe hospital
tt Winchester. They sent me, together with
others, to WashinRton a ride of about 169
tulles. Having no room in the box cars we
Were placed face np on the bottom of flat
tars. Tbe sun beat down upon our unpro
tected heads. When I reached Washington
t was insensible and waa unconscious for tea
lays while in the hospital. An abscess gath
ered In my ear and broke; It has been gath
ering and breaking ever since. The' result
of this 100 mile ride and sunstroke was heart
disease, nervous prostration, insomnia and
rheumatism; a completely shattered system
which gave me no rest night or day. As a
Inst resort I took some Pink Pills and tbey
helped me to a wonderful degree. My rheu
matism is gene, my heart failure, dvspepsia
and constipation are about gone, and the ab
scess in my ear has stopped discharging and
my head feels as clear as a bell, when before
tt felt as thouKh It would burst, and my onee
shattered nervous system Is now nearly
found. Look at those flntrers," Mr. Edward's
raid, 'do tbey look as if there was any rheu
matism the icy" He moved his Angers rapid
ly ana ireeiy ana strode ainut tu room like
S young boy. ,4A y.-ar i:;;o iliuse fingers were
Cnarled at the joint- and so stiff that I c.-uld
Hot hold a pen. My knees would swell up
and I could not straighten mv legs out My
joints woum squeak when l moved them
'that Is the living truth.
"When I came to think that I was coin it
to be crippled with rheumatism, together
witn tne rest ot my ailments, 1 tell j-ou life
seemed not worth livincr. I suffered from
despondency. I canrot begin to tell you."
rata air. tawarus, as ne drew a long breath,
what mv leellnor fa nf nwnt I fhtnlr i
you lifted ten years right off my life and left
me prime and vigorous at forty-seven, I
could feel no better. I was ad old man and
eould only drag myself ralnfuily about the
house, how I can walk off without any
trouble. That in itself," continued Mr.
Edwards, "would be sufileient to give me
eause for rt joieing, but when you come t
consider that I am no longer what you
might call nervous, and that my heart is ap
parently neatly healthy, and that I can sleep
nights, von may realize why I mar appear to
sjieak In extravagant praise of Ylnk Pills.
Ihese pills quiet my nerves, take that awful
depression from my head and at the same
time enrich mv blood. There seemed to be
no circulation in mv lower limbs a year ago,
my legs being cold and clammy at tiir.eu.
Kow the circulation there is as hill and as
brisk as at any other part of my bodv. I
used to be so light-headed and dizzy irom
my neryous disorder that I frequently fell
srhlle erosslng the floor of my house. Spring
is coming and 1 never felt better in my life,
and I am looking forward to a busy season,
I work."
Had the Evidence.
Fannie Herring, the ouce populaa
emotional actress, Is now ending her
career In a Bowery dime museum. To
day one e-f thoso old men who wear a
little bunch of whiskers on their chin,
and are ever on the lookout for some
thing connected with boyhood days on
the old farm, heard that Fannie was
still back of the footlights. He Invest
ed a dime for old acquaintance sake,
and, nlthough he had not seen tho ac
tress since 1847, when she toured the
Maine circuit, he recognized her. Then
he struck up a conversation with one of
fie attaches of the house and pulled
from :1ip foMs of a grrny o!tl pocket
book a photograph of Fannie, on the
back of which were written the youth
destroying words "Born June 11, 1S22."
When the actresses of the present gen
eration pass around their pictures no
such nonsense accompanies them.
Plttsburg Dispatch.
A If orweiga farmer has gone into the
business of canning and freezing fresh
milk for shipment abroad. It is said
that the milk will keep entirely fresh
for a month.
An Indiana man has invnnteda mo
tor which is operated by the expansion
and contraction of metal.
Tbeareates nedlcal Discovery
of tne Age.
KENNEDY'S
Medical Discovery,
DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROIBURY, MASS.,
Has discovered In on of our common
pasture weeds a remedy that cures every
kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofult
down to a common pimple.
He-bss tried tt In over eleven hundred
eases, and never failed except in two cases
(both thunder humor). He has now in
his possession over two hundred eertllt
eatea of Its value, all within twenty nvUat
of Boston. Bond postal card for book.
A benefit is always experienced from the
first bottle, and a perfect eurets warranted
when the right quantity Is taken.
When the lungs are affected tt cause
shooting pains, like needles passing
through them ; the same with the Llvor
or Bowels, This is caused by the ducts
being stopped, and always disappears In a
week after taking It Boad the label.
If the stomach Is foul or bilious it will
eause squeamish foelings at first.
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best yon can get, and enough of it.
Dose, one tableapoonful In water at bed
time. Sold by all Druggists.
A Good Appetite
. - ... .... flt.n...B
. . . , " , .1 ,;;nft nt lha iri
incucates a nesiwviuuuiuvu.. j-
tent and the lack of it shows that tho
stomach and digestive organs are weak
and debilitated. Hood's Saiiapanlla ha.
wonderful power to tone and strengthen
these organs and . to create an appetite.
By doin? this it restores tho body to
health and prevents attacks of disease.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is the only true blood purifier promi
nently before the public eye to-day.
Hswwt'a, O.'lic the after-dinner pill ano
iiirvna a r mo family catharuo. ue.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIG-HORN.
It ton Kill One of These Too Stay
Call Yourself a Sportsman.
At last we havo reached that gallant
fellow, tbe mountain sheep or big-horn.
A truo cliff-dweller Is he. Born under
tho shelving rocks of a beetling cliff,
sometimes actually cradled In the snow,
1 and reared in the stormy atmosphere
of high altitudes, ho is a typical moun
taineer. Wherever you And him at
home, depend upon It that you will
also And the finest scenery of the dis
trict This animal also loves a blrds-eys
View of a mountain landscape as well
as does a member of the Geological
Survey. A steep descent, with a nar
row, level valley and a thread-like
river spread like a relief-map three
thousand feet before him Is his delight.
In former times he was venturesome,
and often wandered miles away from
his mountain homo to explore tempting
tracts of bad lands; and, being unmo
lested, he sometimes took up a perma
nent residence in such places. But the
venturesome Inhabitants of low. Iso
lated mountains and shelterless bad
land, have paid with their lives for
their pioneering, nnd now a mountain
sheep is rarely found elsewhere than
amid mountains worthy of the name.
Kill one fine old mountain ram by
your own efforts In climbing nnd stalk
ing, and we will call you a sportsman,
with a capital S provided you save bis
bend for mounting, and his flesh for the
platter. But no ewes, mind yon! Ewes
and Iambs count against you, rather
than to your credit. Can I ever forget
how I once traveled all the way from
Washington to Wyoming, killed Just!
one superb mountain ram amidst grand
scenery, preserved him, carried his
"saddle"to Washington, and called my
pleusnre trip a complete success? Hard
ly. Even the recollection of It Is worth
four times the money It cost
That particular mountain sheep stooi
four feet three Inches In h!glit at the
shoulders. He was four feet ten Inches
In length of head and body, and his
girth was three feot eight Inches. He
leaped off a low ridge of bare rock, fell
dead on a foot of snow In the head of
a rock-walled guloh, and oh, boya! how
fine he was! Up In the mountain park
he hud been pawing through the snow
to get at the spears of dry grass that
were there obtainable; and In spite of
m, Him.,it r.r i. r. oh .i,a.'the monthly magazines had foucut it
. . .
t. ... ......... -j.. v. . .... i I. a . . .1
astonished bevond monsure nt finding
that his stomach contained fully half
, , , . ., ,
n uuMiici oi mm (mine Kniss. ne was
not only In good flesh, but positively
fat; and from the fact that to save our
lives I'lomlng, the packer, nnd I, both
muscular men, could not lift him upon
a mule to carry him to our camp, and
m . ......
for other reasons, I am certain that he
weighed at least three hundred pound
-St Nicholas.
AN ELASTIC NUT.
It
Takes the Place of the 6o-Called
Jam-Xut, or Lock-Mat,
This Ingenious device Is designed tt
do away with the necessity of putting
two nuts on a bolt that Is to be kept
tightly In place. The old plan was to
put on one nut -and then another to
1-OCK3 ITSELF.
keep the first ono from unscrewing,
the second nut being called tho Jam
nut, or lock-nut'
The elastic nut, however, locks Itself.
It Is made from spring steel, being cut
from a bar and then beut Into a ring,
the ends Joining In a dovetail split
The ring Is then pressed Into hexagon
shape and tapped a trifle smaller than
Its bolt so that when It Is wrenched
on, the split opens slightly, making .
firm and constant hold on the bolt
A Hard Task.
Gen. Geary tells a droll story of k
Jot Pcpperton, a high-toned, ante-bel
lum, hair-trigger South Carolinian of
tho old rcgimo, who lived on a great
estate at Ulucficlds. The coloDe! went
down to Frog Lovel, a place much fre
quented by sports. Ho approached a
table where Cnpt Bill Sykea, the great
card sharp and terror, was docling, and
Intimated his desire to take a hand In a
little gamo, at tho same time laying bis
six-shooter down on the table in front
of him. The captain looked at the
colonel, who was known te be a dead
shot and then remarked: "Colonel, I
haven't doled a fair game In twenty
years, but under tho circumstances wilt
try to do tho best I kin." Washington
Post
Frozen by Heat, Melted by Coldf
In Germany, tho land of scientific cu
lositlcs, a substance has been produc
ed by chemical exportment. which
seems to contradict the law that beat
melts nnd cold solidifies.
Tho new substance 1. called "cryo-
staz," and Is formed by combining
equal quantities of phenol, camphor
and saponino with a little turpoutlne.
When Its temperature Is lowered be
low the point at which tho water
freo7.es. It becomes liquid, but whsn It
Is heated It turns to the solid state.
Whenever enterprise get. thorough!
m the air It ceases to be a matter of
wind only.
A woman ahnnld nt Inn of iaa .a..-.v
- un , 9 VUVU5U
mthu.lasm to indicate what nlaasuv
her.
Don't feel ashamsd if vm
iie piano; be proud of it
Scientists Sav that hut tor ; tha mnat
nutritious of all article, of diet, with
bacon a good second.
C!ll rrin (TP nmnatlarl V. 1 4T T .
derived from a. stnnura haltaMt
common in Berlin.
HematitA ia
- v - aavM via
fit for jewelry.
The crocodile's pott ; .wt .:
"BO ""v.. lUO OliC
of that of the goose.
The nrosrresslva man liv tVi ...
ful traveler, never lose, his grin.
PROVED A BOOMERAWO COKR
Professor Black I e Once Fooled '
with an KnallaU Reporter.
.
Many good stories are being told
ibout the late Prof. Blackle, and some
others will doubtless see the light As
amusing episode occurred at the ban
quet which followed the laying of the
foundation stone of tbe Wallace mono
ment on the Abbey Craig, near Stirling.
Prof. Blackle was one of the principal
peak era, and prepared a set oration,
which was put In type from his manu
script at the Scotsman office before
Und. '
At that time there was more mystery
about these things than there Is nowa
days, and it was not until Blackle be
gan to speak that the late Thomas Paul
chief reporter of the Scotsman, inform
ed his colleagues on the other papers
that he had proofs in his pocket with
which, by Prof. Blackle's Instructions,
he would supply them. The grateful re
porters ceased from their labors, but
were amazed to-flnd Mr. Paul himself
taking hastily to his notebook and
putting down every word as lie signaled
to them that there was something
wrong.
The secret was soon out for Troi
Blackle made no secret of It He was
delivering an entirely different speech
from that which he had written racy.
witty and entertaining, flashing with
Jeux d'esprltand glowing with patriotic
ardor but having no more relation to
the speech supplied to the Scotmiuin
than the character of Queen Dido to the
causes of the potato famine In Ireland.
The professor pulled himself up from
time to time, saying, "But this Is not the
speech I meant to give. That does not
matter. You will see my real speech
In the Scotsman to-morrow. I gave It
to the editor." This Joke, which re
curred at frequent intervals, until
Blackle at last sat down as well pleas
ed with himself as his audience were
delighted with him, gave satlsfactlor
tt the time all round.
Next morning It Is possible Prof.
Blackle laughed the wrong way, for Mr.
Paul reported the speech delivered, and
all its numerous interruptions, with
photographic accuracy, and it waa
printed In parallel columns with the
more elaborate written essay, whlcr
waa by comparison stiff and dull.
Theaverage weight of 1,000 women
in Paris is 110 pounds; in BussialL'J.
? so vco
Old Rip Van Winkle we..t up into the
Catskill mountains to take a little nnp of
twenty years or so, and when lie wakened,
he found that the "cruel war was over."
over.. tlie s.con(j time and "blown up'
all the officers that had participated in it.
Tins mucu is History, and it is also an his-
'o'lM' that, it took the same length.
time, for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical iJis-
covery to become the most celebrated, as
it is the most ettecuve, Liver, lilood and
I.ung Remedy of the age. In purifying the
blood and in all manner of pimplrs,
blotches, eruptions, and other skin and
scalp diseases, scrofulous sores and swe ll-
I mgs, and kindred ailments, the "Gold.-n
Merfic-al Disrnvcrv" Tnanift-sts. th most
positive curative properties.
Forhdirhe (whether rtrk ornervoii.,toothfrh
tiuralgia. rheumatism, luiiiliateo, h.ms uii-1 v,tic
nH In the hack, spine or kMntn s, pittimarixiii'l th
It ver, pleurisy, swelling of the Joint ani patna r all
kltnlK. the application of lUulw-ty s lO'ly lU?lUf
will afford Immediate ease, and lis cuutmuui use lor
a Jew Oavs effects a peruiaueuC cur
A CURE FOR ALL
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DYSENTERY, DIARRHEA,
CHOLERA MORBUS.
A half to a teappoonfull of Ri-a'ly Itelief In a hilt
tumbler of water, repeatnl aa oftnii as the 1t'h:irt
continue, and a flannel saturated with lifit-ly it-li f
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tllute relief and soon effect a cure.
Internally A half to a teaapoonful In faalfa turn
Mi r of water will In a few nilnutea cure Cr:ini.-i
hpasuift, hour Stomach, Nausea, Vomiting. Heart
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