WHEN BABY PRAYS,
When baby by her crib at night
Enfolds her little hands to pray-
Dear little handa so soft and whit
I listen while the sweet lips aaj:
"Now I ay me down to s'eep;"
. I p'ay the Lord my sonl to tff
And listening, years are backward rolled:
The past la as a tale nntold.
And standing by iny mother mild
Dear mother with your hair of whits
Again I am a little child.
And say again as yester nightt
"If I s'ould die before I wate,
I p'ay the Lord my soul to tate;
And half it seems in baby's plea
The olden faith comes back to me.
Ah, me! I know my faith is bnt
A phantom of the long ago.
Yet when my babe, with eyelids shut.
Repeats the words I used to know:
"Now I 'ay me down to s'eep;
I p'ay the Lord my soul to teep;
Some way, some way the world-doubts
flee;
The old sweet faith comes back to me.
It comes again, the old sweet faith;
It is my own, it is my own.
And doubt has fled, the gloomy wraith.
Before a baby's word alone:
"If I s'ould die before I wate,
I p'ay the Lard my soul to tat "
So for a baby's lisping plea
My thanks, dear Lord, my thanks to thee.
San Francisco Examiner.
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REVENGE.
HF you please, ma'am, could I speak
to you for one minute?" asked Mrs.
Locksley.
Theodora Dale started from the deep
reverie in which she was burled, and
looked up with large, startled eyes.
"Certainly, Mrs. Locksley," said she.
"What Is it?"
"It's about the rent for the roomn,
Mrs. Dale," said the landlady, drawing
herself up with a little jerk. "Two
good months you've occupied 'em, and
It stands to reason, ma'am, as a hard
working widow woman, as has only
herself to look to, wants to see the color
of her money. Not as I would have hur
ried you, ma'am," with a half -relenting
glance toward Theodora's deep mourn
ing garments, "while the poor major lay
ill, nor yet while he was being burled.
But "
Theodora looked pained. The deep
scarlet dyed her cheeks.
"I am sorry to have inconvenienceil
you, Mrs. Locksley," she said, "but I
was, of course, obliged to settle the
undertaker's bill at once, and that has
taken all the ready money which I had
at command. I have written to my hus
band's relatives, however, and I expect
""-'vjiitfj very shortly, which "
-siey compressed her lips.
- --thing from mj
ment. junt
Lionel Dale sa . .
Springs. He madi some cureless
qulrles about the yoing beauty with tb-
gazeue-ime eyes, scariet nps ana oiue
black hair that clustered so liw upon
her forehead, and learned, in an inci
dental sort of way, that she was an
orphan, training at the expense of Mme.
Bonmercl herself for a governess.
"Hang It!" said MaJ. Dale, "she's too
pretty for that! I'll marry her!"
Little Theodora Mayder, who had
scarcely left off playing with her dolls,
and was heartily sick of Mme. Bon
mercl' 8 exactions on the one side and
the unconscious tyranny of the children
on the other, was half frightened, half
pleased, when the handsome, middle
aged major proposed matrimony to her.
"But I am so young!" she pleaded, the
carnations and lilies succeeding each
other In her cheeks.
"You are the prettiest little half
bloom rosebud in the world," the major
made answer, gallantly.
Mme. Bonmercl spoke a word or so of
warning to her.
"My child," said she, "beware what
you are about. He Is three times your
age he gambles. It is true that your
life now Is a hard one, but "
"I shall marry him," retorted Theo
dora. And she did.
At the end of three months Maj.
Dale's favorite horse, Meg Merrllies,
ran away with him and killed him, and
Theodora, not yet 10, was left a widow.
Naturally enough she wrote to her
husband's relatives, whom she had
never seen, and now, upon this October
evening, she was expecting an answer
to the letter.
The color mounted to her face as the
postman paused under her window she
caught the letter from his bands and
tore It eagerly open.
It contained nothing but her own let
ter, returned to her with these words
penciled across the envelope.
"Mr. Chandos Dale's compliments to
the young lady who beguiled his broth
er Into a secret marriage, and he is con
fidently of opinion that her talents In
the husband-hunting line need no as
sistance." And this cutting taunt, this gratuitous
insult, was all.
Theodora sat pale and silent. She
knew that her husband did not care to
refer to his relatives much, generally
avoiding the subject when she broached
It, but she had never dreamed that be
had allowed them to think hex a mere
adventuress who had contrived to en
trap him into a disadvantageous mar
riage. She had long ere this discov
ered that Lionel Dale was a thoroughly
selfish man, but she had never dreamed
how selfish.
But the blow, sharp and sudden as It
was, nerved her to further exertions.
She put on her hat, went out to the
nearest jeweler and sold her watch and
chain Lionel's wedding present for
probably about one-third of its worth.
With this she paid her bill at Mrs.
Locksley's.
"Begging yoar pardon, ma'am," said
the lodging-house keeper, "but what be
yon going to do now?"
"I am going to give music lessons,"
said Theodora.
She had a full, fresh, voice, like a
lark's, and she knew that she could
make this one gift of God a bread-winner.
"It will be a life of drudgery, shi
told herself, "but I would starve soonei
than apply again to the Galea for as
sistance." And tha years crept by and the 10
year-old widow who stormed the citadel
of fortune so bravely won ths day.
I
TEiilnra PHU JtalJUvs
not beard her yet," said Chandos Dale,
Indifferently. "But they say she la the
best Marguerite we hare yet bad, and
I have sent to secure a box for to-morrow
night.
SIgnora Dalll was In ber beat voice
that night when Chandos Dale, her
brother-in-law, sat with folded arms in
the proscenium box. And the half
blown bud of five years ago bad ripened
by this time into the full-blown rose ol
loveliness. Ber blue-black hair floated
like a Jetty, glimmering veil of bright)
ness down her shoulders; ber eye
shone like midnight stars, while the
radiant pink and white of ber cheeks
owed none of their beauty to cosmetic
arts.
And Chandos Dale, sitting there witl
Intent eyes and an artist's soul, all alive
to the flutelike richness of ber voice,
thought she was simply the most beau
tiful creature he had ever seen.
The mayor of the city where the slg
nora was singing had a little private re
ception in her honor, after the opera
-was over. Chandos Dale, of course,
was among the Invited guests; and then
SIgnora Dalll knew who he was.
"I have the advantage of him," said
'.rheodora to herself, "smiling a curious
smile. "And I shall take care to retain
It!"
Just a month afterward Mr. Dale pro
posed to make the beautiful slgnora his
wife.
"Are you really In love with me?" said
the slgnora, opening wide her almond
shaped eyes, where the Jetty flres seem
ed to burn with sleepy luster "with me
an opera singer?"
And Chandos, about as hopelessly In
fatuated as It Is in bis nature of man to
be, vowed that he would commit suicide
If she didn't have him at once.
"Put it in writing." said the Signora
Theodora Dalll, with a laugh.
"Why?"
"It is my fancy."
"Your will Is my law," protested Mr.
Dale. So he wrote a very pretty and
poetic declaration of love upon tinted
paper and sent it to the slgnora's suite
of apartments at a private hotel.
The same evening he received the
very letter which had come to Lionel
Dale's widow that October sunset, with
its penciled bit of sarcasm. And under
it was written:
"The young lady who beguiled Chan
dos Dale's brother Into a secret mar
riage has needed no assistance from his
relatives. The Slgnora Dalll other
wise Mrs. Lionel Dale returns the In-
closed compliments, and has the honor
to bid Mr. Chandos fa re well !"
i Theodora never enjoyed anything sc
, much In all ber life as she did tht
writing of this letter.
' She had conquered her own fortune
I now. She was Indebted to no one. And
the next month she was married to a
I young English gentleman who had fol
lowed her bright eyes half over twe
i continents.
While Mr. Dale had the satisfaction
; of knowing that he had wrought out hh
wji destiny.
MANY LIVES
peu .
a and 9 feet in
uicn an 18-Inch pipe 20 feet
udes.
' -Joys may be seen at the light
mrtment storehouse on Diu-
- - -,.nd, where buoys of air kinds
and shapes "fire-kept, ready to be placed
over some rock dangerous to navigation
or to replace any which may be damag
ed or adrift. This long pipe, which
runs down into the water, Is what fur
nishes the power for the whistle. When
the buoy Is In the water the rolling of
the waves up through the pipe and the
pressure on the air in the tank forces
It out through the whistle and the well
known dismal sound Is the result
Whistle buoys in different ports of
the coast are given a different pitch in
order that the mariner may, on a thick
night, be able to know his locality by
! the difference In the sound. It Is the
! rintv nf the. fiffleera tn nrl1nr thp nltch
' ff thood vhlotloa irlian thav .r.i, nut rt
tune and they have become so expert
at it that they can detect and remedy
j the slightest variation from the correct
, pitch. The adjustment of these whistles
must be made while they are In place
j and sometimes the great necessity of
i the marks on dangerous rocks obliges
the men on the buoy boat to make these
S repairs in very rough weather. The
j repairing crew usually Includes the
j mate and one man, who are towed up
to the buoy until they are able to grasp
the rings on the side and clamber up
! over the side to the cage which protects
! the whistle. Perhaps the most danger
ous duty which falls to the lot of the
buoy tenders Is that of replacing the
heavy buoys during a storm or while
a heavy sea Is running. With the
steamer rolling her rails under the
greatest care must be taken to avoid
accident, and many are the stories of
narrow escapes related by strong, rug
ged men who perform this dangerous
work. Augusta Journal.
Knew Ada Rehan at School.
It was one of the most dismal of rainy
lights. Had a water tank burst in the
sky it could not have poured harder.
A soaking man hailed a trolley car in
Brooklyn where one of the dark streets
leading from the Atlantic dock crosses
Van Buren street.
In the car sat a dignified woman with
classic and mellowed features. She
wore a tailor-made gown and carried a
ttrick-colored umbrella. Beside her was
a l&ht-halred man whom every drip
ping policeman, fireman and Red Hook
resident who entered the car addressed
as "Arthur."
"Do I know the tall lady? We!!. I
guess I do. She's Ada Rehan," said the
conductor. "Ada Rehan ain't her right
name, though. She used to be, when I
knew her at school, Bridget Crehan.
She was a great singer and reciter.
"Her mother lives In a two-story brick
iouse In Coffey street, near the German
American stores. Her children have
tried every argument toget Mrs. Crehan
to move to a more fashionable locality,
but the old lady says Red Hook is good
enough for her. That's her brother
Arthur, and everybody around here
knows him."
Can the trolley conductor have been
right? Miss Rehan's biographies show
that ber name was once Miss Crehan,
but no literature of the stage gives the
Information that the brilliant star of
the Daly productions, thm Impersonator
of 160 character and the guest of Lord
and Idy Mtracmster was ever known,
as Bridget. .
When In town Mms Hehan crosses
the Hamilton avenue ferry every
ihm lltlo HbA TTnnk honu that wis nrtcp I
the great actress' home. i
Virtue is slow to see vice In others. I
TRUMPET CALLS.
(am flora Sounds a Warning Not
to the Unredeemed.
LITTLE, with
God's blessing, is
sufficient.
You can't whine
and shine at the
same time.
Striving to save
drunkards. will
not atone for
making them.
Christ's aid is
more than asslst-
ince; It Is strength.
To tolerate sin Is to sin. Apply this to
he saloon.
With Christ in view, dying Is not part-
I ng, but meeting.
Some graves are more potent to per
made men than many pulpits.
A small church full of piety, has more
xtwer than a large one full of pride.
Men who come hungry for rlghteous
less cannot be satisfied with rhetoric.
God will not make the crowns for His
lervants on the basis of church statis
ts. The minister who works only for the
;lory of man, gets neither glory nor
men.
The uttermost of our ability exactly
reaches the extremity of God's asslst
ince. The value of the artificial light is de
pendent on the vanishing of the sun
light. Let the "Joy of ths Lord" show forth
.n your face, not by length, but by
ttreadth.
How many of us dare pray: "Lord,
io unto me this day even as I do unto
sthersr
We Americans scoff at the rule of the
bayonet, while we smile under that of
the beer keg.
God will not build the temple of a
lovely character on the foundation of
anforgiven sins.
Don't let your hatred for hypocrites
?ause you to be their companion
through all eternity.
Frequently the people who are most
careful of the gilt on their Bibles, care
east about the gold within them.
A RELIC OF ST. PAUL.
Frags
ent of the Fmaa;oa;ue In Which
the Apostle "Reasoned."
Had anybody foretold, when we be
pan excavating at Corinth In 1890. in
absolute ignorance of the location of
one single object mentioned in the de
scription of I'ausanlas, that at the end
of the first campaign we should have
the theater, and at the end of the sec
ond. I'irene, I should have said that it
was too good to be true. In excavation,
as in fishing, luck plays a great role. As
all the archaeologists in Athens are fe
licitating the American School on Its
luck, we may as well rejoice openly. I
would rather be the discover of Pirene
than "lake Quebec." . . .
To most people the name "Corluth"
' conjure up a picture of Its nn
.nd honorattiriilstory from the
-hen It founded Syracuse.. a ml
jyra until It was destroyed by the
inns; it Is rather the place made sa
by tho residence and loving labors
. St Paul.
In our first year's work, while exca
vating a bouse evidently of the Roman
period, we had sportively called It the
house of "Sosthenes, the brother," Kttle
expecting that we should ever come up
on anything which we could attach to
the great apostle except by the slender
est cord of fancy. Accordingly. It was
rather startling to find, on turning over
a block of marble found at a depth ol
about ten feet, an Inscription of Roman
times, rudely cut and broken at both
ends, running, "synagogue of the He
brews." The thought arose, and would
not down, that this stone was a part ol
the very synagogue in which Paul
"reasoned . . . every Sabbath, and
persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.'
when "he continued there a year and
six months, tcachlug the word of Goi
Among them."
The block was elalwrately carved ok
one side with a row of deutils and
higher bands of moldings both above
and below It, and bad undoubtedly
formed a part of a fine entablature of a
building In the older city destroyed by
Mummius; but In the synagogue it hue
been used as the lintel of a door. It:
show side, with the elaborate carviug
had been turned downwards, so that it
could be seen by looking up as out
passed through the door, while the in
scription was cut in the edge now
brought to the front which, being
plain, was well fitted for the purpose.
We have not been able to identify
any of the walls found near by witt
the synagogue from which the block
came, although we may subsequently
give it such a setting; nor can we say
with certainty that the inscription if
not later than the time of Paul. Bui
the probability is the other way, and It
Is at least not unlikely that he passec
and repassed under this very block
We could hardly have found anything
more closely associated with him.
Century.
Oriental Advertisers.
Some of the slmilles used by orients:
advertisers are remarkable. Here ar.
one or two specimens which have re
cently appeared in East rrn newspapers
"Goods dispatched as expeditiously a
a cannon ball." "Farcels done up witli
as much care as that bestowed on hei
husband by a loving wife." "Pnpe.
tough as elephant's hide." "The print
of our books Is clear as crystal, the
matter elegant as a singing girl."
"Customers triated as politely as by
the rival steamship companies." "Silks
and satins smooth as a lady's cheek and
colored like the rainbow."
Small Coin In Greece.
The smallest coin now current In
Surope, and the one having the least
value, Is the Greek lepton. The
lepton is, according to the dec
imal monetary system, current
In all countries belonging to the
Latin union. Some idea of this value
less little disc of copper may be gather
ed from the fact that the lepton is the
one-hundreth part of a drachma. The
Greek drachma usually passes for tl.c
value of 20 cents.
A Famous Eagle.
The eagle which originally decorated
the stern of the famous schooner yacht
America which first won what Is now
known as the America Cup Is now tht
sign of the Royal Eagle Hotel at Byde,
Isle of Wight, overlooking the scene
nf triA Trrssail'a rrtnmnh nmr nor TTCn,
h atom fn 851.
PhSosophers and pretty women are
! apt to be enamored of their own re
Becownsj.
Tip tt waiter and he uwnm jtm
right,
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS
THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.
Quaint Sayings and Cat Dotage Of tha
Little Folks BmTwacrCi Gathered
and Printed Here for All Other Lit
tle Ones to Send.
Get an old tin can, and by sooting It
31 the tire melt off the ends, first one
then the other. Then cut the cylinder
apart and flatten It out so that you will
have a perfectly smooth piece of tin.
From this cut a piece the shape down
in the picture (a), five inches long and
one and a half Inches wide In the widest
part. This work can easily be done by
a pair of old shears.
Now, procure an empty spool, one
with a large body If you can get It, and
In the top drive two wire nails (b), and
with a file cut off the heads of each.
In the narrow part of the strip of tin
make three smooth holes (5, 6 and 7),
two of which (5 and C) will fit snugly
over the nails in the spool, and the third
(7) will be directly over the hole in the
spool.
Now give the corners (1 and 4) a
slight turn downward, and the corners
(2 and 3) a slight turn upward, and
having placed the strip of tin on the
spool, fitting It down over the nails,
1 you are ready for your first experiments
In flying.
Get a brad-awl or a small knitting
needle fastened into a stout handle of
' wood, and pass it up through the spool
1 and through the center hole in the tin.
I Then wind the spool with a piece of
string Just as you would wind a top.
When this is done hold the awl handle
in one hand and pull the string sharply
with the other.
Of course, the spool will spin, and
you will be surprised to see your tin
machine whizzing through the air like
a thing of life. If the weather is calm
It will sometimes go to an astonishing
height, but you can't have as much fuu
with it In the wind, for then It will play
all sorts of pranks, turning and twist
ing and finally coming down to the
earth with a rush.
1 Timothy Brown,
i Oh, Timothy Brown was a terrible
1 scamp, and lessons he voted a bore!
French, grammar, geography, history,
j sums, he vowed he'd not learn any
, more.
At the end of a year he knew nothing at
I all about anything under the sun
French, grammar, gc-ogphy, history,
sums, he'd forgotten them every
Joe day a rich uncle said, "Timoth
j Brown, I'll ask you a question or
j two.
.f I'm 45, and you're yonnger than 1, how
j much am I older than you?"
(Veil, Timothy Brown, he thought for
j awhile, nnd at last he discovered
' this fact.
That he hadn't a notion how long he'd
I been born, and he didn't know how
I to subtract.
"Come, when is your birthday? I'll give
you a tip," said his uncle, and pat
ted his pate.
But Timothy Brown he burnt into tears,
' he couldn't remember the date!
' That's the end of the story of Timet hj
j Brown A story that's perfectly
' true.
ind perhaps there's a moral for no one
j nt all, and perhaps there's a moral
for you!
-St. Nicholas.
j An Acorn.
j Noma had been sick a long while,
: anil she icas so tired of lying in bed
I that all the family tried to amuse her.
I I'apa brought her a little musical box,
land mamma gave her picture-books;
Tom bought a new game for ber, and
Dotty a bunch of grapes; even baby
offered her an acorn which he picked
up under the great oak-tree.
What a beautiful little thing it was.
fitting neatly in Its tiny saucer, and
what a dainty saucer, too, with row
after row of wee brown scales folded
so prettily over each other.
Mamma tied a string around the
acorn, hung it over a glass of water,
and told Noma that now she could see
it grow.
"But how can it find Its way to the
water, mamma?" asked Norna. '
"Watch and see," said mamma, smil
ing. The next day Norna thought the
acorn looked a tittle larger, but soon
after that, oh dear! there was a dread
ful crack all along its side.
"It Is spoiled, mamma," sighed Norna.
"It will never grow now."
"Watch and see," said mamma again.
Noma did watch. At last she saw
something white and something green
coming out of the crack. The white
shoot grew down into the water and
made a root, but the green shoot grew
upward and made two little leaves.
And so the acorn turned into a baby
oak.
And Noma so enjoyed watching It all
(hat she forgot she was sick, and was
almost as happy as If she bad been out
doors In the sunshine.
"Your little girl is much better," said
die doctor to mamma. "She Is well
enough to play in the yard. This new
1 medicine has helned ber.'
And nobody knew that the little acorn
bad helped ber as much as the medi
cine. Youth's Companion.
A Game Full of Excitement.
Get a large sheet or tablecloth and a
small feather. Have the company take
bold of the edges of the sheet and form
1 ring. Then some one blows the
feather Into the air and all must aS
their part to keep It in the air and not
!et it touch any one, and so it Is blown
from one side to another, while the ef
forts made to keep It floating are very
funny. Sometimes. In the excitement
)f keeping the feather up, some one
will forget all about holding the sheet
p. and then more excitement and fun
follows.
Must Be Engaged.
"Mamma," said 5-year-old Johnny,
'Mr. Singleton Is engaged to sister Nel
ie now, isn't he?" "Why, what makes
rou think he is, Johnny?" asked his
nother. "'Cause," replied the small
bserver, "he hasn't given ma any
andy for a week and yesterday he
licked the dog."
Meaning of Lasy.
"Bobble," said the teacher to a smah
upil, "what la tha nlng at the word
3 w 7
luyr "Lay," answered Bobble,
"mean what a fellow ought to do him
self, but coaxes another fellow to do
for him."
at X.-TTTTHR THEATRE.- PHILA
DELPHIA.
. . .t.ioh haa more natrons
JIUUBC " ...- - -
from this town than have all the other
Quaker City Theatres commute.
t WAAir nrftPTmme will De
headed by "The Girl with the Auburn
Hair." the best cara ever P'""
fl ..a .n rv.rin the first five
weeks this act has been the talk of
New York and more people .? '
nessed it at Keith's than have observ
ed any other theatre in Gotham. She
will be seen for the first time in Phil
adelphia on January 1. The entertain
ment which will last from 11 A. M. to
10 30 P. M. daily will be the greatest
ever presented on any Philadelphia
vaudeville stage, embracing no less
than three great stars The Girl -with
the Auburn Hair, Cissie Loftua and
Mme. Hermann, widow of the magi
cian. Miss Loftus" performance dur
ing Christmas week was seen by assem
blies that sacked the house from pit
to dome twice daily. It will be un
questionably the best entertainment
in . Philadelphia, notwithstanding the
fact that it may be seen for 15, 25 or
SO cents.
Stand Up When Trying on Shoes.
"People would find less difficulty with
ready-made shoes," said the experi
enced salesman, "If they would stand
up to fit them on instead of sitting
down. Nine persons out of ten, par
ticularly women, want a comfortable
chair while they are fitting a shoe, and
It is with the greatest difficulty you
can get them to stand for a few min
utes, even after the shoe Is fitted. Then,
when they begin walking about, they
wonder why the shoes are not so com
fortable as they were ait first trial. A
woman's foot to considerably smaller
when she alta In a chair than when she
walks about Exercise brings a larger
Quantity of blood Into the feet, and th?y
swell appreciably. The muscles also
require certain space. In buying shoes
this fact should be borne in mind."
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Though the star should be quench
ed in a moment forever, it is good that
the star should shine its brightest to
the very last. This is the instinct of
the brave and healthy heart that is
faithful to its truest imnulses.
Attention is called to the very useful
articles contained In the premium list
of the Continental Tobacco Co.'a ad
vertisement of their Star Plug Tobacco
in another volume of this paper. It will
pay to save the "Star" tin tags and so
take advantage of the best list ever
issued by the Star Tobacco.
Good literature is as necessary to
the growth of the soul as good air
to the growth of the body, and is just
as bad to put weak thoughts into a
child's mind as to shut it ud in an
ur.vetitiiated room.
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lu operation or delay from business. Coosulia
IU.U iree. Undorsements of physicisna. ladie
nnd prominent cilizena. Scad for circular. Omce
l.oui.UA. M. to 1 r. M
Might is right, say many; and so it
is. Might is the right to bear the bur
dens of the weak, to cheer the faint,
to uplift the fallen, to pour from one's
own full stores to the need of the
famishing.
Pirn's Cure for Consumption mUeres the !
moat obstinate couKhs.-Rev. D. Bitchmciu,-
leb. Lexington, Mow, February M. 1H94.
WHERE GOLD GROWS.
I resh Deposit of the Precious Metal
1 very Year.
There are localities where gold mny
be said to grow every year, or. In oth
er worda, where fresh deposits of the
precious metal are to be found annual
ly, says Answers.
One such district Is in the Edmonton
country. In the Canadian Northwest,
where, after the spring floods from the
same banks and "benches" of the
Saskatchewan River, there are' taken'
every year considerable quantities of
gold by a few diggers, who make their
living out of the business.
But the most conspicuous and Inter
estl 11 g case of this sort Is to be seen
near Ichang, in the province of Hupeh,
in China. For many centuries past each
year gold has been washed from the j
banks of coarse gravel on both sides of j
the River Han, and In the midst of the j
auriferous district there Is an ancient
town called Llkutlen, which means
"Gold Diggers' Inn.' Its Inhabitants
subdivide the gold-bearing ground
among themselves annually, staking
out their claims with partitions. They
pay no royalty and appear to earn no
more than a bare subsistence, but this
may be doubted, as John Chinaman is '
an adept at "layln' low and say In'
nuffln." I
The annual river floods bring down
millions of tons of mud and sand from '
the mountains, and this mud and sand, 1
which is charged with gold, both "fine" j
and In flakes. Is deposited to a depth
of six Inches or more on the banks of
gravel. It Is In the winter that the
gold is washed, and it Is said that sev
en men work about twenty tons of the
"pay dirt" In a day.
The Vaatnesa of Ijondon.
The vastness of London Is becoming
more and more striking. The real Lon
don Is comprised In what is called the
Metropolitan police area, and In that
area there Is a population of 5,633,806,
which is as great as the combined pop-
ulatlons of fonr great capitals of Eu- j
rope St Petersburg, Berlin, Paris and
Rome. Already London extends eigb-!
teen miles from Charing Cross all
around, and the mind cannot grasp the :
idea of the London of fifty years hence.
In Its streets, houses, workshops, riv
ers, 66 persons die from various kinds
of violence every week; so that nearly
8,500 men, women and children every
year meet their deaths from accident,
negligence or design.
Growth of Trees.
The elm tree is full grown at the age
of 150, ash at 100, and the oak at 200
years. The growth of an elm Is about
2 feet per annum; that of an oak less
than one foot.
. After a girl passes 25, if a serenad
ing party stops at her house, she Is
conceited if she doesn't decide that the
young men have made a mistake In
the bouse.
The discovery by the neighbors that
a girl had a promising voice, costs her
father a thousand dollars before aha
settles down and forgets bar aaabitloa
In marryiBsV
JIM WARPNEH CP IDAHO.
Uave Name to Two Tow as, Lost Fosnr
Fortunes, and After Aaother.
"Jim Wardner, of Idaho and all
ver," said a visitor in Chicago from
the Pacific slope, "ought to be some
where In New York city at this rery
minute, for I beard he had left for
the East on a prospecting trip, Just be
fore I got down from Skaguay. Ward
ner Is a genius that cannot be downed,
and besides having one town named
for him In Idaho and another In British
Kootenai, he has made and lost four
fortunes In mines, and Is now starting
In on bis fifth. At least, bis fourth
Is gone, and he only makes a fortune
when he happens to be out of one. His
last venture was big. but it went
wrong. He had two steamboats on the
Kootenai, and started the town of
Wardner, which went with a boom,
and Jim started to win a million.
"There was a rival town across tht
river, but they had to depend on Jim's
steamboats for their stuff, and, nat
urally, under the circumstances,
Wardner had the bulge on Steelton
the name of the other town. One day
when everything was coming Jim's
way, both of his boats went on th
rocks and sunk, and Jim wasn't yet
In a fix to replace them. In other
words. It busted him, and he got out
of It the best he could, which was tc
go off to Toronto and trade his town
site for a stock of goods. These, to
the extent of $40,000, he carried up to
Lake Bennett and started with It down
the river for Dawson. Evidently Jiin'f
luck wasn't on the water, for bis boal
load of stuff was wrecked, and he only
saved enough of it to bring him in
$9,000. when, if he had had luck, his
$40,000 would easily have been sold
for $400,000 at the usual Dawson
profit That sort of thtngs would have
knocked out most men, but Warduer
went right on, and now, I understand,
he has got something to present to the
notlco of capitalists better than any
thing he ever struck.
"Ills 'black cat farm was one of tb
things that gave him a reputation foi
wealth. This was a farm on an Island
in Puget sound, where he raised, ac
cording to his representations to an
Eastern journalist, such vast numbers
of black cats that their fur brought
him In a fabulous revenue. Of course,
it was a fabric of the fancy, but the
story was told everywhere, and Ward-
ner's black cat farm was one or the
features of the coast on paper, al
least.
"Another story Is told on him of f.
time when he was between fortunes
and wanted to get to New York for a
grubstake. He was at Vancouver, and
as be couldn't swim, nothing was left
him to go on but the land, so he struck
the Canadian Pacific Railroad. He
stated his case to the agent and asked
him to telegraph Mr. Shaughnessy, the
general passenger agent at Montreal,
to the effect .hat Sir. Wardner was at
Vancouver, and unless he got trans
portation he would have to walk. The
obliging agent sent the message and
asked: 'Shall I Issue the transporta
tion?' Later the agent received a re
ply: 'Don't let Mr. Wardner walk,'
and that same night Mr. Wardner was
flying Eastward on a Canadian Pacific
train. Arriving at Montreal Wardnei
went to Shaughnessy to extend his
thanks, and when the general passen
ger agent saw mm ne tnrew up nit
hands.
" 'How did you get here so soon?' h
asked.
"Over the Canadian Pacific, 1
course, responded araner.
" 'But how? Didn't the agent get
my telegram?
"Yes, and It said: 'Don't let JL
Wardner walk, and I didn't,' smiled
Jim.
" 'Great Scottr exclaimed Shaugh
nessy, that telegraph operator left out
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ftir Men Who Found that on One Day
Each Year They Lied.
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aid thetnlkative uitiu. "1 ni uncross one
bis afternoon that I lo not think has
jver been duplicated. 1 was tak.ug
Lunch in a downtown cafe to-day, jmJ
it the table next to me were seated four
men. They were strangers to one an-
.other, but under the spell or what the
.Wfliror hml a.t lifrr tliom irvrn tnlfc
lug like old friends.
- u .By jOTe gaij one 0f tnem sudden
. ly, this Is my birthday ?
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. mine'
j " 'Mine, too,' said the third.
" 'And mine, too,' added the fourth
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. moment and then the first man said:
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"'Why, that is my age, exclaimed an- aioiliciu.es calculated to turn the aver
other. nse doctor's hair pray with Imrror.
" 'Mine, too. said the third man Wine is an ingredient of every 'ere
" 'Gentlemen,' exclaimed the fourtL scription. In fever cases it is alvoyr
man, that is my age. too!' the predominant one. The rreiid
"A strange thing about my birthday,' peasants faith' in fermented r:ip
said the first speaker, 'is that I once Juice is truly beautiful. If hi
broke my arm upon that day, and since uren are stricken with the measles In
then my arm always pains me upon that gives them wine, well swectetieil witl
day.' honey and highly spiced with pepi"
" 'What birthday was it?' asked the For a severe cold he administer s
second man, in a strange voice. quart of red wine and a incited tail n
" "My seventh,' answered the first j candle mixed. For scarlet or brain 1
man. 1 ver he gives eggs, white wine and
" "Gentleman, shouted the second 1 well beaten together,
man, "I broke my arm on my seventh
birthday, and ever since uuon that day
my arm has pained me!'
" 'I have had the same experience,' re-!
turned the third man.
" 'And I also,' said the fourth man.
" 'I fell from a hay mow,' said the i
first man. i
" 'So did I, came from the three in 1
jne voice. j
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'it lacks but one thing to complete this
strange coincidence. Upun my birth
day I always find myself unable to
speak the truth.'
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" 'Here too,' said the third.
"And the fourth man broke the spell
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lodged there. He was hurried to Dr.
Blecker, who attempted to reach the
pin with a small pair of forccDs. Before
j he could do so the pin slipped down the
throat. It gave no trouble after that.
Mr. Smith forgot the Incident after a
time. Last week his little finger on the
right hand was slightly Inflamed, and
what appeared to be a small sliver ap
peared in the Inflamed part. Mr. Smith
tc.i a needle and started to take out
wnat he supposed was a splinter of
wood. He opened the Inflamed part
sufficiently to get hold of the supposed
sliver and after some trouble drew It
out. when it was found to be the pin he
had swallowed In the summer of 1896.
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