Butler citizen., November 12, 1896, Image 1

VOL. XXXIII
HIIOAUati'O FALL AND WINTER SHOES
11 libel lUll o A » Carcful
WE SHOW YOU
More Stylish, Servicable. Lower Priced Footwear
Than Any Other Shoe House in Town Besides
The Greatest Variety to Chose From.
Yon can examine every particle that goes to make this line of Shoes from the
bottom up. We show them in every style of toe-Bui Dog. Razor, Needle and Lon
don, Double Sole and Extension Kdge. They are up-to-date. Patent Leather,
Enamel, Cordovan, Willow Tan Calf
Besides this line our Men's Working and .
Dress Shoes at fi.oo, $ 125, f 1 50, $2.00 and .
s2.y> are great values and find ready sale. /
Boys and Girls School Shoes—Made
strong, servicable, stylish, heel or spring. *f'/
They are water and cold resisters; they will \ \
carry a boy or girl a long road to schoo 1 . '5. \j>
We have them in oil grain, kangaroo, box yl
and crack-proof calf, kip, unlined, veal calf, 1
in button and lace, at 75c, SI.OO, #1.25, $1.40. /?'
and 1.50.
Ladies Fine Shoes in all thAiewest lasts, —C"
all widths,at 85c, SI.OO, $1.25, fi.so, $2 00, \ i*
$2.50, #3.00. See our welts, heavy soles, at J J
|2.00, . 3.50 and $3.00. 'mSnJfmtf' P
Li-oiis'Warm Shoes and Slippers, flannel I ' , -i ■
lined, at 45c, 50c, 75c, fi.oo and $1.25. \\ —f ri f« /] f
They 2re Crumbs of Comfort. \
Men's and Boys' Boots and Heavy Shoes,
high or low instep, box toe or plain. Men's
at 75;, SI.OO $1. 25, fi.so, #2.00 and £2.50.
Boys' at 75c, SI.OO, 11.25 and fx.so.
If you watt gocd, servicable Footwear >t one price and
where your dollar will buy as much as your
neighbor's dollar will, go to
-H-Bntler's Leading Shoe Hora-tf-
Opp. Hotel Lowry.
B. C. HUSELTON.
Faultless, Every One
v—
\ —j Oioursnoesarefaultless in materia , in
j I workmanship and in style. Our customers, and
■ N e ' r num ' jer s l " o *' da y. no au ' l
\ with the prices we ask for reliable footwear.
/ f I£\ lAm Going to Offer
l\ Some Record
Breakers.
"If TT'XTCJ Mens Fine Shoes, Lace or Congress #1.25
jyjL H/i.l io Mens Working Shoes 95c
Mens Box toe (double sole and tap 1.35
Q I J A L 1 G Mens Heavy Beavtr Bals 1.75
fcJAJ. V/J-ikJ Mens Heavy sole waterproof Cordovans 1.90
__ T A T\l Tj l CI Ladies Waterproof Oil Grain Shoes £i.oo
JL/l-lliO Ladies Kangaroo Calf Shoe 85c
Ladies Fire Dongola Button Shoes 90c
Q"LT/'\"lj , Q Ladies Warm Lined Shoes ( Leather trimmed 80c
kJll\J JJj k3 Ladies Warm Lined Shoes I Leather trimmed) 50c
Boys Fine Shoes in all the late style toes $1.25
f~v Ci Boys Working Shoes -
J3V/ J. Youths Fine Shoes <f JC
Q-r-f We have on hand 42 pair Boys heavy grain waterproof
nH ( I Tin shoes, double sole and tip on toe, Sizes 13, 1 and 2
which we bought cheap, and will at 50c per pair
they are fully worth SI.OO. Call early for this lot will
not last long.
MISSES iMisses Fine Dongola Shoes ""j
Misses C r ack-prorf Sroes ICXJ
Misses Heavy Oil Grain Shoes, waterproof 85c
OAJv/HiO Misses Satin Calf Shoes
Our stock of felt boots and rubber goods is very large,
and prices are the lowest. Examine our stock before
you £uy, it will pay you.
JOHN BICKEL,
128 South Main St, Butler Pa.
A«f Friday, Saturday, Monday,
ULI. 15, 16, 18.
SPECIAL SALE OF
FINE MILLINERY!
\ Bonnets at $3.00, $4.00 and f /vVT ,' r SSfr' Worth *5.00, $6.00, ami #7.00. \
Hat* at $5.00 $7.00 and $9.00 Worth *7.00, fy.cxj and *12.00. C
/ Children* Hats $1.50, $2.25 and $3,00J22 Worth $2.00, $2.75 and $3.75- /
i
I LadiesJNatural'Wool Underwear at 75c j
the kindjjyou have
M. F. & M. MARKS,
113 to*M7 South Main Street, Butler, Pi. J
1
T. H. Burton T.H. Burton j
There Is a Difference of Opinionl But Here isa Landslide, ,
Regarding the When they vote ;
proper man for on the best place
President. to —^ _ '
WHICH WAY ARE YOU HEADING?
Not in Politics —but where are you going to do you fall buying?
ton want the Best and Most for Your Money, Don't You?
You can get it. We give it.
Hats, Caps, andGcntsV
Furnishing Goods.
All departments complete and well stocked with
The Newest Styles, the Finest (ides ami Best Values I* lb Money
These are hard times and our prices demonstrate how bad we want business.
Political Speakers Are Wrangling Over the Basis of Values.
Come in and get our prices and we will show you the Jlasis of \ alucs in our line in
side of a minute
WE 'nave a complete assortment of splendid goods
They are yours at prices that will make our competitors speak of this sale as the
crime of '96.
It will be turning down good Bargains if you don't come.
T. H. Burton T. H. Burton
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Much in Little
I Is especially true of Hood's Pills, for no medi
i cine ever contained so great curative i>ower in
j so small space. They are a whole medicine
Hood's
| cliest, always ready, al- ■ ■ ■
ways efficient, always sat- ■EI
| isfactory; prevent a cold 111
or fever, cure all liver ills,
Sick headache, janndice. constipation, etc. r JZc.
1 The only l'ills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE. 4
PENNSYLVANIA 7m.
Western "ernsylvams Division.
Schedule in Effect May 18 1890.
South, —Week Days
A. M. i. M A. yt. I*. M. I- M
BVTLKK LeaveCjf> « ><O 11 JW 2 4.>
S;t*on*)'ire. .Arrive c 54 «2" n43 3K> "■
rf'l'lfr .Ir'T . . 727 84* 1207 335 5.V
Butler Jet
Natrona Arrive'. :« »«.*- '2 21 345 *■ u.
Tarentlira 743 !>O3 12 2<! 3«2 C l>7
Sprlnifdale 752 912 1238 tO2
Ciar.'Wor.t <n: !<2"> 12 '>3 4 li" 62"
Sfcarr*t"irg 814 931 10l 422 CM
Allegheny City a 25 9U 114 433 «42
A. M. A. M. P. M. r. M. P. V
SHSDAY TRAlSS—Leave Bntler lor AH»-
{,h< tij City atni pilnclpa! lnternie.dlute sta'loi
7:40 A. V.. ": «J and 5 (10 I*. M.
>ortJi. . —.— Week Days —' —
A. 3». A M. A. M. P. M. P. M.
Allegheny City..Lv. 700 900 1125 300 530
Sljarpphurp Til 912 1137
I'laren'Out 9if 1145
Spmifcdale 930 11 59 557
Tirentura.... 732 939 ?208 330 Co 7
Niiirona 737 943 12 13 334 t;il
BntlerJc't Ar Jtt aso 1223 340 CJo
Butler Jet Lv 745 950 12 34 345 62"
iJCILEB Ar. $35 10 38 ISi 435 710
A. M. A. M, P. M, P. M. r. M.
SUNDAY TRAINS- Leave Allegheny City lor
Butler and principal intermediate stations
A. M., 1230 and7:is F. M.j
Week Dayi For the Kat't Days,
p. ra. a. m. a in p. m.
245 625 Lv BITTLKR. .. Ar 10 02 12 56
3U5 727 Ar Bntler Jc't LV 953 12 42
340 745 Lv Uutler Jc't Ar 940 12 'J4
34G 749 Ar Freeport.. Lv 930 12 30
350 753 " Alle-'y Jc't " 933 12 25
400 804 '• Leecbbarc.. " 920 12 1 /
419 821 '•Paulton(Aiiollo" 905 11 ."5
445 851 " .Saltubitrg "8 37 11 32
518 922 " Biairnvilie...- 805 11 On
527 930 '-iJlairsville Inc'n"7 45 10 15
SSO 11 35- Altoono "3 40 8W» I
100 310 " if»rrisburg..."ll 55 3 !'•
430 623 " Philadelphia. 1 8 50 11 20
a. nv p. in. p. ni. p. ni.
Tbronph trains for the ea»t leave Pitt*
bnrg (Union Station) a.-; PO'IOWH: —
Atlantic Express, daily..—3 10 A. It.
Pennsylvania Limited " —..7 15 "
Day Express, " .....7 30 "
Main Line Express •' 800 "
Philadelphia Expreps " 430 P. I'.
Eastern Express " 705 "
Fast Line " 810 "
For detailed informatiou. a.ldre s "hos.
P Watt, Papa. AgD. Western Dii"rict, COJ
?ilth Ave. aid fcmithlield St., Pittsburg,
/a.
S. TKEVOST, J. K \VOOD,
Gejeral »na>:er. Oen'l A iteiil.
| pITTSBUKG & WESTERN
Railway. Allegheny Short
Line. Schedule in effect, July 19,
1896.
utler Time, Depart. Arrive
Allegheny Accommodation..! Bliam, 9 25 am
Allegheny Kljer 8 15 -»rrj 10 IJO nut
■ kn>n Mull. « 15 am 7 »> pm
New I aMle Accomo jS 15 Mil' !» 25 am
Alle|Eltet,) Accoino |0 Oft im u uo |>m
Kxpress 2 65 pßi 4 55 pm
Chicago Express :i :« pm 12 20 pm
tUegbeiy Mhii I • stpn 7 Mm
Kllwooit Accoino : U of) pin 7 3t' pin
icauo txpress i c 05 j ui :» 2". am
AI leg lien} Kxpress '■ ! s On pin
Kwne and Hrndiord Mall ,10 05 om :• 'M pie
'■'arlon Accon.o 5 1 > pm; y SOaiu
Koxburg ACComo 7 35 ( m, 8 05 an.
SrNDAT Tr.AI??3.
De Forest Jcf. Accomo 8 IS am 7 :» pin
lleKllenv Accomo I 16 00 an
r'hiraxo Express 3 35 pm] 4 55 pm
Allegheny Afcomo 6 o.7pm 1 55 pm
ttiliinaii BulTet rileepitjg <'ars and .irst-cla*
')a\ eoai-lies run tliriugb between liutler arid
' "Jlcago dailv.
For through tlchetii lo points . Tll '■ \V«*i
Northwest or K.mtli*e-,t apply to
A H. CKOUCX. Arent
Kutlcr, I'a.
Trains leave the B. in O. depot In Pittburt,
.or 'lie Kant as rollers.
JTor Washington If C„ Baltimore, I'hltaoe]
plila. ii Nev. York. 7:M au'J UKo p. m
•Jiimticrl 'i»d. ,;:10. 7 a.m. I :UJ. p. m.Coi.
• Nvliu,, f:4O, 7:30. a. IE. 1.10, 1.30. 1.4"., 10,
u m Urilouli'Wli, 1. .0 a. m , 1 10. 1.30 5.30 p. in.
Clilonto"ti. Morgat tu'v and tairnniui,7,3o, a,
-ti. and 5,31 p. m Mi .Heaijaat (i.40, 7.3" a. Pi.
10 and 4.311 pm Wn-I>egieli, I'a. 7.40 aim
30 a m., 4.(X'.4.4. r > and S.oo. 1i.55 p. m. Wbt*i
PK, 7.40. and 1.30 «. m.. and i.oo y.oo. 11.55 1
.. Cincinnati, st, Columbus and New
ark. 7.40 a. m., 0.10. 11.55 p, in.
For Chicago. 2.40 ai. l ».3o p. in.
i'arler ana sleeping ears to Baltimore Wa.»h-
Iniflon. finclnrjiiil and Chicago.
H. O DuNKhK, Gen Supt. Allegheny, P .
W. KA-SKTT. A.G.I'.A Allegheny, I'a
It. P. UfcYKoLtis, Supi... Poxbarg, I'a.
rpllE PITTSBURG, SHENAN
*- GO & LAKK ERIE KAILKOAII
TIME TaRLE —Iu «(It Vomlnv, Jure
2b, lfttHi. Trniui- a r e 1111 lij Standard (Jen
rai Time (90<b Meridian),
IIII.NO NOHTII. 601*4 BOOT 11
to |l4 1* h'l ATio.sa 8| 11 i'J
p..u prn p.m. Ari Lv'ea.m .em ri.
.... I 4 .v> 230 ....PuflalH s 3 1
.. j 3 m 1 oc IMm kirk \ 11IM 14
a.m.| 1 1
7 U0 l 4'.' U 48 Krle fi in 8 35 3 35
li 23 1 01) 'J IS . Wallace Juliet. 04' » 15 I U
6 20: 1 04j all .. Clrard 0 soj fID( 15
1; y.i 12 Si! s 511 ... Lockporl. ... 700 9■« I 21;
11 I,'2:|y J»; 8 51 Cialie-vllle 7 <l-1 :i sh 4 .14
143 1" >.i LI ( (.11111 i"' lv . .1 . JIJ 1..
3 10 I 7 P. lv ar 1 fi 1..
5571214K 45 ar Albion W. II »41 4 I'.
a 41,1*3'! S3! . Mlude I.md. .. 7 21: a 53 4 .1
' 4" 12 30 1 2> ... hprlllglHlrO. .. 7 27 !l MS 1
5 i.'i 12 21 s *"|..COliheantvllle.. 7 34|10 03 5 93
5 0-|:2U>. *OO .. Mca'V'lC Jet.. S <w||o 2»| S *
4 571 •• I.- hO7 ir. KxpO.PatS IV 8 07, l» If 4 57
4 57|10 15| 7 34.1 v ar SO7
4 56.10 02 '1 '2o|lv»Conu't I.akrt 'lo'll 1 11,
Its 2* 1 H 10 ar ar S li 0 50 R 3j»
4 20 <j 35 1; 45 v. Meadvllie .I'. :> 35 * '2O
.. |l!i 171 8 42i ir ai s 1 ■ 1 25 11 i.j
doe 11 51 i 42 . Il'trtslo.' 1.. Nt» l 'l. :» . ■,
.... II 10 7 37 .. .Adamsvllle lo II -|3
. ..11l 38 7 27 Osgood i 0 64j 5 5,
25 II 30 7 1R1... Oreelivllie... 1, 3011 o/| «o
li IS II 20 7 05 hllenaligO 1. 40 II 20 1. 2
i. 00 .0 5: i! 45 KreUixiU... 70311 14 ii 3"
5 44 10 4.1 M 25 M< recr. ... 7 22 IV "4 7 0'
30 lOCJ tf 10: Paruoe 7 3>; 12 22 7 i*
5 I'J 10 20 li 00 ... Urove city. .. 1 17 1 7 .r
. 0»> 10 »s 5 48j . . Harrlsvlllc.... 7 5S|"2 45 7 3"*
45i |0 -i) 5 ■ 0!. .Brain I on. ... * 01, "2 54| 7 1 •
■ Ml. . .1 s 11. iv .Brand,lou.ar 7 lUII2 10 ..
0 -151 1 H55 ar...Billiard. .lv c 2*f ■ 1 is| ..
1 53i 8 s»| 8 '45'.v.. .keii.i rs"!77. "s iiii.2 58; ;i
--1 .«>| a 42 521 .. ..hii< lid 8 22 1 1 12 s 1.1
4 tn| l» 15J 4 |o| .... BMW s S!l| 1 421 532
1 20 TII i Utoctol) PlWll mI 3 VII ....
NOTK -Train No. 1 starts ironi Exposi
tion I'ark at 5:45 a 111. Mondays only. No
2 rims to Exposition I'ark Saturdays only.
Trains 15 anil l(i *'ill run Sunday only
between Butler a.el Lxpo.-dt'or. l'ar .mak
.ni! all stops IJV Huilwr u 7:30 a m Ko
'drniug leave Exposition i'ark 0 p.m.
J.T. BI.AIK tieni i ll Mainger. <>recu\llle. ea
W II *4 \ l(i.' \NT i; ' A M.-liinnii-, Pa
HUNDREDS
of papers in dillerenl
for correnpondence Box pa
per, tahletH and erivelnpeß to match
Paper by the pound or ream.
AT
DOUGLASS'
Near P. O 241 S. Main St
BUTLER,
?.UTLER, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 189 G.
DELICIOUS RUSK.
How Tlii* Dry and Sweetened Bread li
Satisfactorily Made.
A dried rusk is a pastoral sort of
bread, recalling the feasts of Phyllis and
Corydon under the green trees, with
plenty of berries and flowing bowls of
milk. These dried breads »'ate back to
the earliest classic times, when for con
venience large quantities of were
fcaked and prepared so that it would
ieep a long time.
German rusk is usually slightly sweet,
but the time honored recipe here given
is made without sugar and is especially
delicious when served with a creamy
glass of iced milk in summer. It may
i be eaten fresh, as it is an excellent bis
j ouit
Add half a cupful of butter to a pint
of lukewarm milk. Sift enough bread
(lour, with a teaspoonful of salt, to make
i a batter about as stiff as you can stir it.
j Beat in half a cupful of homemado
yeast or half a yeast cake, and finally
add two eggs and beat the batter untu
jit is in blisters. In summer it sinuii 1
not rise over eight or ten hem , ace-ord
-1 ing to the weather. In the nit rniug add
■ merely enough flour to roll cut the
dough. Let it rise two hours; then roll
it out until it is a little less than h;:lf
au inch thick. Cut it into small cakt s
and put one on top of the other until
they are all paired, and let them rise
for half an hour longer. At the end of
this time bake them for about 20 min
utes in a quick oven. When they are
cooled a little, separate the cakes and
pile them loosely in a large dripping
pan, with their soft side up. Set them
in the closet under the oven, to become
thoroughly dry, for a day or two and
thin hang them up in a bag in the
kitchen near the range, to "cure," for
three or four days longer. Where there
is no range closet under the oven, the
rusk may be put in the oven at night
after the fire is covered and the drafts
turned off and le ft till morning. They
will not be very much bro%vned—merely
dried and crisp. Like all rusk, these
biscuits are better for keeping a week
or even a fortnight. Philadelphia
Times.
A CORDON BLEU.
How the Title Wan Flrnt Given to a Fine
Cook.
Although the late Due de Nemours
had no pretensions to being an epicure,
he was the last "cordon bleu" in
France. We mean by this that ho was
the last survivor of the Chevaliers de
St. Esprit. Ho was also of the last
creation, that of 1829, when there were
only two knights made, the Dnc de Ne
mours and the Count de Lecce. The
Order of the St. Esprit was created
in 1587, was suppressed by the revolu
tion and was revived by Louis XVIII in
1814. To speak rightly, Louis XVIII
considered that tho order had never
ceased to exist, for he had given two
collars during his exile, in 1810, th*
one to Francis I, king of the iwo Sicl
lies, and the other to his brother, the
prince of Salerno, tho father of his
brother's wife, the Duchess d'Aumnle.
The ribbon of this order was a lig£
blue color. It was worn around the
neck in the reigns of Henry 111 and
Henry IV, but was changed by Louis
XIV, when it was worn across the chest.
The Chevaliers of the St. Esprit were
always known under the name of Les
Cordon Bleu, and this was the supreme
honor during the monarchy of France.
It was from this that the title of "cor
don bleu" was given to a first class
cook. A gf-ntlemivj' /?"i declarcd
after a good meal, that he who nau
cooked the dinner had proved himself a
"cordon bleu" among cooks—in other
words, the master of his art. The title
became quite the rage, and is now al
ways used to designate a good cook with
out the persons who use it knowing
what it means or still less the origin of
tho title*. —Exchange.
The Waltz In Africa.
The dancers een at Kambuidi's were
Bisa and Luangeni. There were four
drummers and one old man with rattles,
who gave a very picturesque perform
ance. Tho drummers had small, barrel
shaped drums, with tightened skin at
either end. The drums were suspended
by rope from the left shoulder. The
dummers played to any crude, untrained
songs in splendid time, and while play
ing and singing danced about most
gracefully, some steps resembling close
ly the waltz. All wore long loin cloths
of bark, reaching from the waist almost
to the ground. They were wonderfully
active, dancing and singing vigorously,
whirling round on one log and spurring
the ground with tho other foot. They
sang, drummed and danced in perfect
time. The old man had two rattles,
each composed of five small, round,
dried wild fruits with noisy, rattling
seeds. These were threaded en brochette
on thin sticks, one of which the old man
held in each hand and kept time with
the others, besidoa doing his share of
the dancing.—From tho Journals of the
Late E. J. Glavo in Century.
A Thirty Story Ituil'llng.
A HO story office building is to be
erected on Park row, Ntw York city,
on the site of the old International bo
te:! and will be 386 feet high from the
curb line. There will be 27 main floors
and 5i floors in the sido towers, 30 floors
in all. The foundations consist of piles
driven into the sand, cut off below the
Water line and covered with concrete
r.nd masonry bases for the columns. Tho
outer walls will be carried by eantale
vers, as in many other tall buildings of
this character. —Engineering News.
Most leaves contain some nourishing
properties—in particular, those of the
acacia tree. It would be quite possible
to subsist on leaves if the supply were
not stinted, and the shipwrecked mari
ner will keep in very fair condition if
he chew them as he would his quid of
'' baeoy.''
Ths new moon falling between 4 and
fi p. .w., whether in winter or summer,
mean* fair, pleasant weather.
TELEGRAPHERS' TALES
A Ncnfouudland That Kept Watcli—Vain*
or ISroiled Muitkrat.
Telegraph operators have queer ex
periences at limes, taoecially at tho
lonely railroad station*where travel is
light, hours long and the work is done
at night. An experience meeting of
sailors, so far as the yarn spinning is
concerned, is as mild compared to a
telegraphers' social session as milk is to
It tar's shore leave. Several nights of
the key were sitting about ~ table down
town after hours recently, when tho
tongues began to wag about experi
ences. Gil Bradley started tho ball.
"I was sent one night to sub on the
Texas and Pacific at a little station
called Gordon," he said. "There was
one hotel of four rooms a milj from the»
telegraph station and two or three
cabins about the same distance off. The
regular operator had his rooms over tho
station and freightliouse, where sup
plies were received for tho coal mines
several miles away. It was tho loneliest
place I ever struck, but I had to work.
After fixing things I lay down on a
bench to wait for the next freight. I
suppose I dozed, for I jumped up with a
start ut feeling a cold, wet nose sjipved
into my face. There was a big New
foundland dog wagging his tail as ms r
rily as a buzzsaw cuts through soft
wood. Well, that dog ran first to the
lighted lantern on the door, then back
to me, and t hen pretty soon I began to
think something was wrong. Up I gut.
and he led me all through the freight
house, up tc fhe operator's rooms and
back to the office; then calmly went to
sleep with one eye open and one cur
pricked up. I %vaited for the train, but
before I heard it he began to bark.
"The next night the same perform
ance. Well, after that I used to go to
6leep, and for the week I was there that
dog kept watch. You see, the regular
was fond of sleep at night, so he could
play poker all day. I never told on him,
i but that was a well trained dog."
"That's no experience," said Billy
Marshall. "There was only half athrill
: in that. "Why, in 1888, during the bliz
j zard, I was holding down a night job
in New Jersey. It was the dreariest
spot that a railroad official could pick
out for a station. It was so quiet in the
daytime that yon could hear the sun
light glint i.r.d at night tho shadows
fall. It was snowing when I went on
at night, and all trains were blocked,
and by morning I was almost buried.
My lunch was lci:g ago gone, and I felt
like grinding my tcr th into some break
fast. Dinner time came and went, sup
per hour passed, and no relief arrived.
I chewed on l- .:d pr noils and rubber
bands nntil I i: it like a girl bookkeeper.
I pulled in my l c-lt and nearly cut my
self in two, but the old hunger was
there just the JV-EC. SO I tried to sleep,
but there was no sV» p in mo with that
gnawing at my stomach.
"All at once I saw three muskrats
come up through a hole in the floor.
Muskrat was bitter than starvation, so
I made for them with a poker, killed
one, and the others got away to freeze
to death. Skinning that fellow and
dressing him didn't take long, and with
wire I rigged a broiler. You bet your
life tho smell of that cooking rat was
just great joy, and I'm no chink either.
It just tickled me so that I fell aEleep
and only woke up when he was so burned
that the odor nearly choked me.
' 'The snowplow came along soon,
however, and when I got filled up again
I was sort of glad I hadn't pnt down
the old mnskrat after all. Ho might not
have agreed with me. " —New York Sun.
The Science of Smiles.
Tho gentle art of smiling is tho latest
thing which science has been meddling
with, tracing back to its very beginning
and pointing out with something like a
sneer how this facial expression first
came to adorn the face of primeval man.
Mr. Edward Cuyer, in a recent lec
ture in Paris before the Societe d'An
thropologie, stated that our smiles, how
ever winning to outward seeming, are
simply records of our very remote an
cestors' selfishness, greediness and pug
nacity.
The passion that dominated all others
in primitive man was th« desiro for
food. Tho animals of those days were
lingo and fierce, and the implements of
hunting few and crude. The naked
hunter, therefore, was forced to go oft
times with an empty stomach, but
When ho made a kill ho gorged himself
With meat. Tho anticipation of the ap
proaching satisfaction of his hanger
caused him to open his inouth and show
his teeth, partly through pleasure and
partly through au instinctive impulse
to get himself in readiness for the im
mediate stowing away of his food.
With the progress of civilization,
however, this facial contortion grew to
bo caused bv ijthui-, nleasnrahle thinps-
OUQ men came the souna of audible
laughter.
The graceful smile of the hostess,
therefore, as she receives her guests is
merely an inherited expression of satis
faction derived from a savage progen
itor who anticipated a good time when
he had people to dinner—or for dinner.
Again, the open smile of more open
pleasure is simply u survival of the gap
ing mouth with which the semisimian
prepared to tackle roast grandmother.—
Now York Journal.
MEN AND MONKEYS.
THE DWARFS AND THE LEMURS OF
MADAGASCAR.
A People Who Average Only 3 F«-et O
luclie* In Height—Queer Utile Animal*
Wlil<-li Arc Consiilered Connecting I.IIIUH
Between Monkey* and Lower Order*.
There are at least two distinct tribes
«f Malagasy dwarfs, who are among
the smallest people in the world. The
Kimos average only 3 feot 0 inches in
height. They aro rather light in color,
have remarkably long arms and aro
bold in defending their territory, using
spear and bow. Of pastoral habits, they
excel in certain handicrafts. They dwell
in the southern center of the island, at
a high elevation above the sea.
Even more monkeyliko aro the Be
hosy, who occupy a densely wooded
country umong the hills of Bemaraha.
They jump from tree to tree just like
monkeys and are not easily followed,
inasmuch as their territory is exceed
ingly rocky. They are very timid, and
it is said tliat they die of fright when
captured. In the northern part of Mad
agascar is the most remarkable natural
fortress in tho world. It is occupied by
a tribe who call themselves the people
of tho rocks. The fortress is a lofty
and precipitous rock, of enormous size,
1,000 feet high and eight square miles
in area. Its sides aro so steep that it
cannot bo climbed without artificial
means. Within it is hollow, ami the
only entranco is by a subterranean
passage, a portion of which is so narrow
that only one person can pass at a time,
while on either side of tho path is deep
water.
There is plenty of room for explora
tion and fresh discovery in Madagascar,
which is the third largest island in the
world. It is nearly four times tho size
of England and Wales, having an area
of 230,000 square miles. The most re
markable animals found -there are the
true lemurs, which exist nowhere else
in the world, though related forms oc
cur in Africa and India. They are re
garded by naturalists as links connect
ing tho monkeys with the lower mam
mals. There aro about til) species, and
the collection made by Dr. W. K. Ab
bott contains one that is entirely new
to science. Tho biggest aro about three
feet long.
Ono of tho most remarkable Kjiecios is
called tho "specter" because it is pure
white, and in going about at night lias
a striking and ghostlike appearance.
Other kinds aro black, with bands of
yellow and red—in fact, they aro very
striking looking animals. liouglily
speaking, they are divided into two
groups—tho long tailed and the short
tailed. The latter do not survive cap
tivity for any length of time, but the
long tailed ones havo been brought to
Europe and havo been induced to breed
in cages, especially a peculiar ring tail
ed species.
Thero used to be lemurs in North
America long ages b> fore man appeared
on tills continent. Professor Cope, tho
famous paleontologist, found the skull of
ono in Colorado a few years ago. He
regards it as tho mor-tprecious object in
his great collection of fossils. The skull
is not bigger than a squirrel's. Anato
mists classify animals by their teeth
more accurately than in any other way.
The jaws of this small lemur are pro
vided with a dentition so surprisingly
humanlike that cue might actually im
agine the teeth to be those of a minia
ture man.
It is thought that the lemurs may
have originated on the American conti
nent and spread westward to Asia over
a land route which has since disap
peared. That is only a speculative the
ory. It is practically certain that there
was anciently a laud connection between
Madagascar and Africa. A great geo
logical convulsion having separated the
island from the mainland, the lemurs in
Madagascar found conditions favorable
for their survival, while elsewhere they
j disappeared. Thus it comes about that
this strange group of mammals is re
stricted to Madagascar today. They are
very monkeylike. In fact, they might
be called low down monkeys. They live
in trees and feed on frnits and insects.
The lemnrs wandered about in flocks.
By means of their strong hind legs they
are able to leap from tree to tree dis
tances of ten feet or more, so that they
look as if they were flying. Occasionally
they betake themselves to the ground,
walking for short spaces erect and wav
ing their arms over their heads in such
a way as to present a remarkable effect.
Toward nightfall the forests resound
with their startled cries. They eat the
eggs of birds when they can get them.
Though disposed by nature to be shy,
they are quite harmless and tamable to
some extent in captivity.
At night the woods of Madagascar
are vocal with the wailing cries of the
lemurs, which sound like the lamenta
tions of human beings in distress. These
creatures have heads more foxlike than
moukeylike, with sharp muzzles and
large, expressive eyes. The smallest
species of lemur is about the size of a
big rat. Another kind has white whisk
ers, and yet another is provided with
a bushy tail, which in repose is usually
coiled around the animal's neck like a
comforter.
Borrowing la India.
India is a nation of pawnshops, ac
cording to General Booth. The people
think the cleverest man is he who de
vises the largest number of ways by
which to borrow money. They put in
pledge their lands, oxen, jewelry, them
selves, their children and their grand
children, and cases have even been
known where a father, to obtain money
to defray the expenses of his daughter's
wedding, has pledged as collateral the
first child to be born of the union.
And Kxpeuslve.
He—What a frank, open countenance
Miss Murdy has.
She—Yes. It's eternally open when
I'm with her.—Detroit Free Press.
HE SAVED THE BABIES
But the Story Wan Tol<l In Two Widely
Different Ways.
Heroism and modesty proverbially go
hand in hand, but there are few mora
striking examples of the combination
than that afforded by the captain of a
wrecking tug in New York harbor. His
own account of tho affair was thus set
down in the tug's log: "Jan. 30—Left
Jersey City 7 a. m. Ice running heavy.
Captain Joe stopped leak in ferryboat."
Mr. F. Hopkinson Smith, in his "Day at
Laguerre's," tells tho story more fully.
The Hoboken ferryboat was stopped,
midway of its early passage, by tho ice
pack. At this juncture an ocean tug
shaped gash below the water line. A
panic ensued among passengers and
crew. Just then the wrecking tug lieli
ance ran alongside, and Captain Joe
Smith jumped on board.
He dropped into the engine room,
mot the engineer half way up the lad
der, compelled him to return, dragged
tho mattresses from the crew's bunks,
stripped off blankets, racks of clothes,
overalls, cotton waste and rags of cur
pet, cramming them into tho great rent
left by the tug's cutwater uutil tho
space of each broken plank was replaced
except one. Through and over this
space the water still combed, deluging
tho floors and swashing down between
the gratings into tho hold below.
"Another mattress, quick! All gone?
A blanket, then carpet—anything!
Quick, for God's sake!"
It was useless. Everything, even to
the oil rags, had been used. Little by
little the water gained, bursting out
below, then on ono Bide, only to bo re
calked and only to rush in again.
Captain Joe stood a moment as if un
decided, then deliberately tore down
tho top wall of calking ho had so care
fully built up, and before tho engineer
could protest had forced his own body
into the gap, with his arm outside,
level with tho drifting ice.
An hour later the disabled ferryboat
was towed into the Hoboken slip with
every soul on board. When they lifted
Captain Joe from the wreck, ho was un
conscious and barely alive. The water
had frozen his blood, and the floating
ice had torn the flesh from his protrud
ing arm from shoulder to wrist. When
the color began to cieep back to his
cheeks, he opened his eyes and said to
the doctor who was winding the band
ages :
"Was any of them babies hurt?"
DOLLY MADISON'S TACT.
flow Slie flared at Kane a Itattled Vlitltor
ut the White Hou»e.
It was the tact and genuine kindli
ness of Dolly Madison that made her
ono of the most prominent American
women. Several episodes mentioned in
Mrs. Almon Goodwin's "Life of Dolly
Madison" are significant of this. At
one of her levees her attention was
drawn to a rustic visitor, a youth who
was evidently suffering all tho torments
of embarrassment. Ho had at last ven
tured to help himself to a cup of coffee,
when Mrs. Madison walked up and ad
dressed him. In the surprise of tho mo
ment tho lad dropped the saucer and
strove to crowd the cup into his pocket.
His tactful hostess took no notice of tho
accident, except to observe that in such
a crowd no one could avoid being jost led,
and straightway turned the conversa
tion to the boy's family and ended by
sending her regards to his excellent
mother and bidding tho servant to bring
another cup of eoflee.
On another occasion two old ladies
from tho country arrived at tho White
House while the family were still at
breakfast. To the surprise of the rural
visitors, the woman they came to see ap
peared in a stuff dress of dark gray
protected by a large- housewifely white
apron and with a linen kerchief pinned
about her neck, ller simplicity of man
ner and attire completely swept away
their awe, and before parting one of
them found courage to ask, "Perhaps
you wouldn't mind if I kissed you—
just to tell the folks about!"
.tluuu lleat.
Many people suppose that moonlight
possesses great potency and has a won
derful influence on or over animate and
inanimate things on our planet. Such
persons should remember that moon
light is only ri fleeted sunlight, and that
the quality ami quantity of tho light
thus reflected is not what is generally
imagined. In fact, it is a truth which 1
has often been demonstrated by the
speculative astronomers that it would
take 018,000 full moons to afford an
amount of light equal to that emitted
by the sun, and, furthermore, there is
only sky space for 75,000 such disks.
Some heat comes from moonlight.
However, it is in quantities so small
that it cannot measured by ordinary
instruments. Flammarion says that the
uii. ' heat emitted by a full moon
while ut . nith cannot be more
than one-eightj .. drh of the
amount that the sun t-- r ± ' ' r hen
standing on the meridian on a favorable
day in July. Such being the case, it is
leally surprising that intelligent people
should consider that the moon has such
a wonderful "inference" over terrestrial
3ft'airs.—St. Lotus Republic.
Utilizing Old Slim**.
Old shoes are not waste from the
standpoint of modern industry. After
they have done their service and are dis
carded by the first wearers a ?■ ooud
hand dealer restores the worn • •••., to
something like th- ir fo, .aer app .. ..nee,
and they are sold again, to bo worn a
little longer by the poorer class* When
the shoes are finally iiscarded by l hem,
they are still good lor various purp
In France such shoes are bought up in
quantities by rag d. alers and sold to
factories, where the shoes are taken
apart and submitted to long manipula
tions, which turn them into a paste,
from which the material is transformed
into an imitation leather, appearing
very much like the finest morocco. Up
on this material stylish designs are
stamped, and wall papers, trunk cover
ings and similar articles are manufac
tured from it. Another French industry
using old dilapidated sh<®; is the trans
forming of old into new footwear.
This is the principal occupation of the
military convicts imprisoned in the for
tress of Montpellier. There the shoes are
taken apart, all the nails aro taken out
and then tho leather is soaked in water
soino time to soften it. From those
pieces that can be used aro cut the up
pers for children's shoes, and parts of
the soles are similarly used. The small
est pieces of le. :er are applied to be
used in high X- ais XV heels, which
were so much in style a few years ago.
Even the nails of the old shoes are used
again. They are separated by a magnet,
which attracts the steel nails, while the
copper and brass nails are carried on
farther. Tho price received for the old
copper nails alone almost pays for the
first cost of the old shoes. Clippings and
cuttings of the leather are also used, be
ing turned into a paste from which arti
ficial leather is made, and what is not
good enough to serve for this purpose is
sold with the sweepings to agricultur
ists in the neighborhood, who use this
paste with great success as a fertilizer.
—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Counting Treasury Note*.
One of the most singular and interest
ing manufactories in this country is
that where tho United States treasury
notes are made. The paper differs from
any other, and it is kept under guard
from the moment of its manufacture
until tho printed notes aie issued from
the treasury. These sheets of thin paper,
both before and after printing, are
ccmnted and recounted by officials
whose fingers, from years of practice,
havo become so deft that thoy fly over
their work with the rapidity of light
ning.
A visitor, watching a woman count
ing apparently endless heaps of notes,
said, when the workor stopped to
breatho:
work of counting, continued for years,
would bring 011 a disease of tho brain."
"It would," promptly teplied the
official, "if we thought of it. Bat while
I counted those notes I was planning a
holiday for my little hoy. I repeat tho
numbers unconsciously, as a musician
touches the keys of the piano. It is a
habit. It was not always so," she said,
laughing. "When I began tho work, I
was tertified by its importance. The
officers, pacing up and down, robbed
me of self control. I touched the sheets
with shaking fingers. I was working
for the government. I went over the
pile again and again, and even then
mado mistakes. I never make a mistake
now. I have tho habit of counting."—
Youth's Companion.
llarririhipt* For an African Explorer.
I have always something tho matter
with mo which interferes with my effl
oienoy. Now it will bo a wretched ulcer
near my knee joint to hinder my walk
ing ; at another time one near my right
elbow to weaken my arm and give me
unsteady aim in shooting. Then lam
cured of these, and feel miserable anil
feverish; but snap shots of deafening
quinine make mo strong and cheerful
and lit to bear tho strain of a few days'
visit from malarial neuralgia, which
seizes my head, makes tender every
tooth, and stabH me unmercifully with
aoutest pain, till the head is ucliiug with
hammering throbs, and the eyes, through
pain, are curtained by a mist. 111 due
time I recover from this, and become
dyspeptic, or cannot wear my largest
shirt because of a swollen spleen. I
gradually reduce this, and then blisters
011 the feet and erysipelas in the ankles
make walking tho worst kind of agony.
Illness to me in Africa is as tho bubble
in a spirit level—it moves anil changes
its position, but never ceases.—"(ilavo
111 tho Heart of Africa" in Oentury.
Traveling Alone.
Did you ever ride in a street car at
night when you were the only passenger
for many blocks? It is a peculiar experi
ence. I got 011 a Broadway car last
or, rather early this morning, at
i'ark place, and I had the car to myself
as far as Actor place. I didn't havo a
paper with me, so I had nothing to keep
me busy, and I didn't want to go to
sleep. If there had been somebody in
the car to look at, perhaps it would
havo been nil right, but as it was I
don't think I ever felt so lonesome in
my life, and if I had been the solitary
passenger much longer I would have
gone out on the platform and talked to
tho conductor out of shee>r desperation.
If 1 were a railroad president, I don't
think I would care for a private car if I
expected to travel alone.—New York
Times.
Nnver talked I'olltlea.
"You say ho never talks politics?"
"I've known him ten years and I
never even heard him mention the sub
ject. "
"And you seem to think that it's
creditable to him?"
I da "
"Well, I want to say that any man
who lives 111 this country and doesn't
care enough for its welfare to discuss
the political questions that arise is
not"—
"But this man is dumb."—Chicago
I J OI»t.
Wood of the Croft*.
The people of the different countries
have their various traditions concerning
the wood of which the cross was made.
In Kngland the peasants say that it
was of elderwood, and that lightning
never strikes that tree. Dean French,
in a note to his "Sacred Latin Poetry,"
declares that it was made of tho wood
of the aspen, mid that since the day of
the orueitixion the leaves of that tree
have never ceased to shudder. **
A Wise Head.
Trettr Daughter—Mother, when will
I be of ape?"
Mother—When you are 18.
"Can't I get married before that?"
"Indeed you shan't! Not a day."
Homely Daughter—Must I wait until
1 am IS, too?
Mother—No-o—er—my dear. You
have such an old head on your shoul
ders that I am sure you will choose
wisely. Marry when you like.—X. Y.
Weekly.
Next Door to the Truth.
"Catherine, you are a brunette. I be
lieve?"
"Yes, madam."
"Are you engaged to the coachman
next door?"
"Why, no, madam—l never saw him." !
"But there was a red hair in your
soup last evening."
"Ah, madam, you forget that mon
sieur, your husband, has auburn hair." .
; —La Monde Comique.
The LoQg-llfaded Gardener.
Oh, the gardener fortune doth find
Who not until noon fondly slumbers,
j But rises at sunrise to mind
His Pease and Q-cumbers.
NOT A FRENCH BARBER.
Distinguished Foreigner—Have you
nevaire met my cousin, ze Duce le Mont
morenci, ven ho vas in ze NewYorl?
Plain American—No, I always shaTe
myself.—Texas Sifter.
All's Well That End* Well.
How is that feud between you and Jim
McSnif ter getting 1 on ? Is it as bitter as
ever?"
"No; the whole thing 1 is happily
ended."
"I am glad to hear that."
"Yes, I am out on bond and the coro
ner is sitting on James right .now."—
Texas Sifter.
A Barfaln Sale.
She—Just look, dear, I bought 200
papers of tacks for 50 cents.
He— What in thunder did you do that
for ? Tlicy ore cheap enough, but what
are wo ever to do with 200 papers of
tacks?
She—Why—ah—oh! Maybe some day
somebody you don't like will get a bicy
cle.—lndianapolis Journal.
What She Would Bay.
"■What would you say," she asked her
dearest friend, "if I told you that I was
engaged to the count?"
"I'm sure I don't know," replied the
dearest friend absent-mindedly, "I
wouldn't be exactly surprised, you
know, because I never Aid think much
of his taste."—Chicago Post.
What Made the Difference.
Mrs. Meiuiitall —Don't you think If it
woman could have a whole house full of
just as the Turk has a favorite wife?
Mr. Shrucleleigh—Of course. They
would not all have the same incomes.—
Brooklyn Life.
Domestic Repartee.
"After a man baa reached the age of
40," said Mrs. Disbrow, "he thinks every
pood-looking- woman he sees is in love
with him."
"I am sure, my dear," retorted Mr.
D , "I have never accused you."—
Detroit Free Press.
She Needed It-
Mrs. Crimsonbcak —That Miss Fussan
feather is putting on a heap of airs,
nowadays.
Mr. Crimsonbeak —Well, I saw her
at the opera, the other night, and I'm
glad if the poor girl's been putting 1 on
something.—Yonkers Statesman.
Three Wifei.
"Well, of all the impudence I Asking
me to help you because you have three
wives to Bupport!"
"They don't belong' to me, mister;
nothin' of the sort. Tbey belong 1 to
me sons-in-laws." —Indianapolis Jour
nal.
A Dead Glve-Away.
Charlie Bondclipper—l haven't got
anything for you. Why don't you bor
row from your friend?
Johnnie Fewscads—What's the use
of asking him? lie always expects to
bo paid back.—Texas Sifter.
Not (Jnduly Puffed Up.
"It has been frequently remarked,"
writes the editor of the Spiketown Bliz
zard. "that wo look like the emperor of
Germany. This simply goes to show
that the emperor of Germany looks like
: us."—Chicago Tribune.
Only One of the Kind.
"Most extraordinary man."
"In what way?"
"I think he's the only man in the
country who has such a manufacturing
plant of any description and hasn't be
gun to malei! bicycles."—Chicago Post.
Mutation.
"I was asked yesterday," said Brown,
the ladies' hairdresser, "how a girl's
hair, which is now called 'red' by the
young men, could be changed in color.
Get rich," said I, "and everybody will
then call it 'golden.'»—'fo Date.
A Good Excuse.
Louise—llarry, I hate to ask you,
but tell me, do you snore in your sl<ep7
Ilarry—Sometimes, darling; you
know an active business man doesn't
get time to snore when he's awoke.—
Tit-Bits.
Mere Nothing.
Judge Gary has a dry wit with him
that is oocaslomdly the cause of his
grim courtroom being pervaded by u
very audible tittering.
The other day one of the attorneys
was airing his indignation. 110 had
been robbed. Yes, sir, robbed. It w*a
shameful the way things went right
there under the eyes of the law.
Finally Judge Gary noticed the fum
ing and fretting one.
"What's the matter now?" he asked.
"Matter? It's a compound outrage.
Had my overcoat stolen right from this
room."
The judge smiled a little.
"Overcoat, eh?" ho said. "Pah, that's
nothing! Whole sulta are lost here
every day."—Green Bag,
lie Would Help 111 m.
"Didn't you tell me thit your father
hod expressed a wish t'J die with his
boots on?" asked Mr. Lingerly, gloom
iJy.
"Yes, George," replied Miss <~:'.>od
nite; "but why?"
"Because," returned Mr. Lingerly, "if
I meet him again with the same boots
on with which he saw me last night,
lie will. That's all."—Brooklyn Life-
No. 45
r-M>. :
THE HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE*
It I* la No Way Related to tht CM*
man.
I utterly fail to see •where English*
men have received the impression thM
the Hungarian language is a sort oi
underling dialect of German, says *
writer in Nineteenth Century. Qgf
man and English, as is well known,
are Aryan languages. Hungarian is no
Aryan langaage at all. Its very char*
ecter Is opposed to that of the Germaq
idiom. If German or English maj;
fairly be compared to n tree, the
branches and fruits of which are in*
deed visible, the roots of which, how
ever, are underground and hidden away,
♦he Hungarian language is like a tree
the roots of which are almost visible!
and by a kind of linguistic Roentgen
photography we can almost watch the
sap of the roots rising into the stem
and branches. It is, in other words,
agglutinative.
The first syllable of each word
sents the root of the word; tenses ot
pronouns are soldered on to the roott
It is originally the language of nomad
and roving tribes anxiously clinging to
their word roots for fear of Ir-'-j all
means of understanding one : other.
Of German words in Uunf-ari:-i there
is only a handful, and they ; e used
mostly as clowns and rs In
the courtly avenues of Hungarian sen
tences. The Hungarians do not detect
ijie Germana, but they do not like thorn,
either. The German, known to tli«
Magyars chiefly in his Austrian mani
festation, does not appear a model
worth imitating. The Austrian is po
lite, amiable, industrious, iut, before
anything else, pleasure-loving.
A LESSON TO GLOUCESTER.
Smallpox Epidemic Teaches People tike
Value of Tacclnatlon.
The recent outbreak of smallpox in
the slums of Gloucester was, according
to recent reports in the London Stand
ard, a very serious affair. Eleven per
sons are known to have been, removed
to the hospital in two days in one par
tfeular court. Tho neighborhood re
ferred to is In an exceedingly dirty con
dition, and crowded to excess.
A medical man states that not one
single person who has been successfully
revacclnated has been admitted to any
of the hospitals suffering from the dis
ease.
Every facility is now offered to the
working classes to be vaccinated or re
vaccinated, free of expense, with
lumph if desired, either at their own
homes or at the numerous vaccination
stations which have been temporarily
opened in all parts of the city.
The effect of the epidemic on xnaas
trades was disastrous, business In
some cases being almost at a
Drapers, tailors, dealers In furnitures
etc., were greatly affected, while there*
ceipts of tram-cars were little mora
than one-half the amount talrwti at of
dinarj' times, and this notwithstanding
the fact that on the windows of eaon
car a notice was posted stating that tha
conveyance was regularly disinfected*
With reference to the cost of the epi«
demlc to the city a prominent official in
formed me that, judging from past ex
perience, he estimates that this will be
at least £IO,OOO or £12,000.
OF POLITICAL IMPORTANOC.
Rapid Increase of Population In OWBUI
—Meed of an Outlet.
The rapid increase of population in
Germany, due, it is believed, to the in
crease of manufactures, is becoming of
political Importance says
of the census, taken nn ikMmbu c,
1895, the empire now contains 52,244,-
503 inhabitants, while France contain!
only 30,000,0j)0. Tho Germans, more
over, add at least 5,000,000 to their
number every ten years, while the
French may be said not to increase at
all. As Ik>Ui countries train every
available man, the German army must
always be greater than the French, and
in another generation will be greater
by more thun a third. Again, It la
doubtful whether Germany, which la
naturally a far poorer country than
France, can long sustain its population,
which must, therefore, either emigrate
In increasing r. ibers or burst out is
some direction inu> lands less over
full. It is believed to bo a clear per
ception of these facts which makessome
ruling men In Germany so eager for a
dependency into which German*
might swarm. They woold not swarnl
even if they got one. Tho idea of the
German emigrant is to escape official
dom, not to replace himself tinder it in
a country beyond the seas.
Purrhiulng a Monkey. ,
A dealer in stuffed animals who also
kept a few live creatures for sale, gave
his shop boy, who was permitted to sell
the stuffed specimens, orders to call
him when anyone asked for any of tha
living animals, says Youth's
One diy a gentleman called and de'
manded a monkey.
"Anyone of these?' asked the
who wua in charge. He pointed to the
stuffed specimens.
"No—l wont a live monkey," an
swered the customer.
The boy stepped to the door of tht
back shop and called to his master:
"You're wanted, sir."
Karnlnga of English Lawyers.
It is observed in England that moit
young men fresh from tha universities
are abandoning tho study of law fox
medicine. Perhaps this is not so strange
when the London Telegraph calculates
that "if tho money earned by practic
ing barristers were equally divided
among all counsel, practicing and hon
orary, there would remain tho mu
nificent sum of 13 guineas a year tot
each." 1
Life In tho Deep Sea.
In many of tho soundings made bjl
Bir John Boss sea worms, or annelids,
were brought up from depths varying
from 119 to 1,000 fathoms. At a depth
of 800 fal homs his nets caught a beauti
ful specimen of the caput medusa. The
specimen was preserved and is now in
the British must-urn in London.
Driven to lti
"Women, If your hats were doffed
Bo men could seu tho staffs,
Tho "lords" would not go out so oft
To quench their burning rags.
—L. A. W. Bulletin.
KXCCSABLE ERBOR
ft**
"Since when have you become
bereated in chemistry?"
"Nonsense. That's my wife's toilet
table." —Fliegendo Blaetter.
Justice.
The crime Is charged before the bar;
Th« Jury then doth sit
To see which one ut them
■> murderer ot-lt. r