SULLIVAN JFFIA REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY. Publisher. VOL. XII. Only ten per cent, of the sugar we tonsume is grown in this country. This is an estimate in the Atlanta Constitution : The wealth of the South in 1860 was $4,000,000,000, and in 1890 about the same. The war cost the South about $2,000,000,000. Sho has just about recuperated. Tests of modern rifles are being made by using human corpses for tar gets. "This sounds brutal," muses the San Francisco Examiner, "but it really is less brutal than making the tests on bodies that are not corpses in the be ginning." M. Gault states that the Rus sians, since their occupation of the district embraced by the valleys of the Syr Daria and the Zarafshnn, have given a very great development to the cultivation of cotton, and have intro duced several American varieties of the plant, notably the upland. At first the natives were so prejudiced against the new plants that the experiments failed, but the Russians persevered, and, whereas nine years ago Turke stan produced only 3300 poods of cotton worth $1433, the quantity ex ported iu 1890 was about 2,000,000 poods, of an estimated value of 87,000,000. Word has been sent to the courts of Europe that the Shah of Persia intends to visit Berlin, St. Petersburg, Berlin and Vienna next spring. He will start on his journey in May or June, and will remain in Europe several months. The rulers whom he is to honor are in an unhappy state of mind already on account of the proposed visit, alleges the New York Tribune. No living sovereign, in all probability, is a more unwelcome guest than the Shah, but his cousins in Europe are obliged to receive him with all the honors due to his rank. Entertaining him is more expensive than entertaining any other monarch. His retinue is almost n legion. One of the latest and most popular developments of New York society is the lady lecturer, who talks to an audience exclusively feminine upon the topics of the day. liiese "talks," as they are called, are held only in private drawing-rooms, and are listened to with the most intelligent interest by n score or more of women who have clubbed together to engage some well informed woman to post them, viva voce, upon all subjects with which they should be conversant. This is a charm ing way to acquire knowledge, and one which will undoubtedly grow more and more popular among those who either have not the time or the inclina tion to study for themselves. That typical Arizona town, Yuma, will probably soon be lifted from Ari zona into California, where, it is claimed, it has always rightly belonged. Up to about fifteen years ago the point was often contended between the local authorities both sides the disputed line, but since the arrest, in 1877, by the Arizona authorities of a San Di ego (Cal.) tax collector who tried to collect taxes in Yuma, the question lias been dropped. The land office authorities have always evaded the question. Recently William Hycks was indicted by the Federal grand jury for selling liquor to Indians in - Yuma. He denies the jurisdiction of the court to try his case, citing the authority of the treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo and the recent, reports of the international boundary commission to show that Yuma is in California. It is thought out there that Hycks may win his case and that the town will soon be Yuma, California, instead of Yuma, Arizona. The dismantlement of World's Fair »• structures has in one respect, proved a godsend to the poor of Chicago. In Jackson Park there were recently 2000 wagon loads of excellent firewood which the officials were glad to get rid of. The Chicago Relief and Aid So ciety obtained permission to cart the wood away, Bud put up the following sign on the purk fence near the Sixty second street gate: "Free Wood for the Poor." Any person with a horso and wagon is now admitted to the pnrk and allowed to take away nil the wood his wagon will hold, the only condi tion being that be shall present a per mit from the society. The pile of debris through which the wood is scat tered has,, length of 300 yards, n width of 100 yards and a height of twelve feet. It consists of baskets, boxes and barrels. The man in need of fuel has only to delve in this pile to get as ser viceable kindling wood as could bo found anywhere. The applicants are foreigners for the most part, and judg ing froin their ragged coats and pinched' faccK, they could git the means of warmth for their families nowhere elMb A SONG TO THEE. • The springtime hath its winds that kiss { The roses, white and red : Nor shall one sweet wind go amiss Where any rose is shed. And summer hath her sigh and song, But I love t heo the whole year long! The winter hath its frost And roses, born of spring And summer's tlow«rs in iee are lost, And birds lorget to sing ! Ah! winter doth a grievous wrong, But I love thee the whole year long ! Life hath but little space , Men love, and then they go For all their glory and their grace— Beneath the stars and snow. O. Death ! it doth a grievous wrong, But I love thee a whole life long! —Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. ! TWO MOUNTAIN WOLVES. I BY MARY ANNABLE FANTON. f)rfn j?. /Tis a wild venture, Wy Nan °y ou^ ° n *' ie prairies fl'ke this, with the 6 \&tsr ground as soft as 11 s l ,on f> e the w ' ll( ' still blow flr w U d W ing straight from the south. Why, the road takes you directly under the bluff?" "Yes, yes, I know,"the girl answered impatiently. "I know the ground is bad, but the road is safe enough. The last wolf was killed three winters ago. And, in any case, it does not matter, father, for Jack has come for me and his mother is dying. Think of it, father, not a woman to speak a last word of love or comfort, only the doctor and perhaps, the Bishop. She needs me this very moment, and with Jack how could I be afraid?" Nancy's voice was brave enough, but her eyes wore moist as the color deepened in her cheeks, .lack's heart beat- quickly with love, the love of a brave man for the woman who trusts him. James Hardwick was a genuine ranchman. He loved the life well. It had brought him health and home, and besides, was not Nancy's mother buried at the foot of the knoll just back of the ranch? True, there was no white stone to tell her name and age to curious strangers, only a clump of red cedars with a rustic bench circling their roots, and in the summer roses and wild camellias in profusion, transforming the grave into a flower bed. Here Nancy had grown from n grave, pretty child to a gentle, beauti ful woman, the morning star of her father's life, and until the past six months had thought her life, with its monotonous routine, perfect. Early in the past summer Jack Du Bois had come from the East with his invalid mother, whose physicians had ordered ranch lifo in the Far West as the only remedy for weak lungs and failing strength. Jack was to gradu ate in the spring, but his ambitious were put resolutely aside, and his mother's remonstrances met with a tender, reassuring smile. And now she was dying, his efforts had all been vain. The heavy sacri fice had only been the preliminary to a heavier sorrow. When, in the morn- j ing, the doctor had rendered his final verdict, Jack's first impulse was for Nancy; he would start at once and bring her back before sunset. But Nancy was away when he reached the ranch, and did not return until the prairies were gray and the last ray of orange light had trailed down the ho rizon. Now Nancy was begging earnestly I togo with her lover, who was blind to , any possibility of danger, knowing so | well his own strength and courage. 1 And, above nil, far away in the cabin j was the loved "little mater" dying, i The time seemed very precious, and, ! in spite of himself, lie shuddered visi- ' bly. Nancy read his heart, as quickly as though his lips were voicing every change and pleaded with her father until his reluctant consent was won. "You were always too much for me, little girl," ho said, "It has always been, 'yea, yea,' where it should have been 'nay, nay.' You are all I have, Nancy child, and to-night my heart is on the ground (an Indian expression for 'the blues'). All day the wind has moaned in tho clump of cedars. I can't shake off the feeling of fore boding it brings me. There, there, no tears. I know you would be wretched not to go. • God keep you safe." Then he turned abruptly, and, fac ing the inan who had taken so much out of his life, said curtly : "If aught happen her to-night, Jack Du Bois, remember my life ends with hers, and both are in your keeping." "Father I Father!" Nancy cried, throwing her arms about his neck.- "You are breaking my heart. You shall not speak so to Jack. He would give his life for mine." The frown that had deepened in Jack's forehead disappeared at Nan cy's wolds. "Nancy has spoken the truth,"he answered quietly, speaking her name slowly, caressingly, as though each sylla'ole were a mystic rite. In a few minutes the horses were nt the door, Hardwick helping Nancy to mount. As she watched him examine every strap and buckle, solicitous as a lover for every trifle, she began, for the first time, to comprehend a little of the jriin her new happiness had brought him. Hegardless of prancing horse and impatient lover, she again threw her arms about her father's neck. Neither "112 them spoke, but when Hardwick re-entered the ranch bis fa-e was wet with t?ars. .lo''k had come over the mountain road in the morning, when much of the moisture had drained off. and bud not thought the lower oad couid be LAPORTE, PA.., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1894. so bad. The constant Btiotion of the alknlinc soil kept the horses irritated beyond words. It was slow work to anxious hears. Half the distance was past and the shadow of the bluff over them before a word was spoken. Beyond them in every direction to the edge of the hor izon the prairies were bathed in a cool, pale pray mist. The wind in the shining, low drooping pines murmured a perpetual requiem. Suddenly Nancy's horse shied, near ly pitching her from the saddle, so un expected was the lurch. .Tack pulled the beast up sharply, astonished as he watched him quiver and tremble. "What happened him, Nancy?" he quiried. "There's nothing insight." The girl made no response, but grasped the reins tightly. With her body bent forward and her neck stretched out she scarcely seemed to breathe, in her concentrated effort to hear. As Jack would have touched her hands she drew in her breath murmuring, "Hush, Jack, lis ten I" Her lover leaned forward, but rather to be near her than to hear, al most smiling at her in the death-like stillness of the night. But, as he listened, the smilo died away. First came the soft, thick sound of a padded footfall on moist ground, then the sharp, crackling noise of broken un derbrush. A moment's silence was followed by the shrill, savage yell of hungry beasts. The wolves had scented their prey. In an instant Jack was on the alert. "Nancy! Nancy!" he cried. "Don't sit motionless like that. They are almost upon ns. Use your whip; strike Modoc square between the eyes. He must die for you to-night, if need be." The horses quickly responded to the unaccustomed touch of the whip and broke into a smart gallop, in spite of burning hoofs and quaking ground. At the sound of human voices two ravenous mountain wolves broke through the brash and settled into a steady trot, in the horses' trail. They seemingly made no effort to lessen the space between them, following at an even distance, like two mocking, sinister shadows. But the space grew less and less, for the horses were be ginning to weaken. The whip, coax ing words, even caresses from Nancy's soft little hand were of no avail. The hoarse, oft repeated cries of the wolves affected the horses like ague. As Jack watched Nancy's face, the deathly pallor, the drawn Hues at the corners of the sweet mouth, he knew there was no need to explain the situ ation to her, but not in the face nor in a single line of the supple, young body was there a trace of cowardly fear. What if she would not listen to him : would not let him save her !" "Nancy! sweetheart! No, no, do not stop," ns she drew her rein at the sound of his voice, "*%iivo Modoc loose rein and plenty of whip and then, dear, listen to me. Listen with your heart and swear yon will do as I say. Nancy, we can't both get out of this alive. Let me live up to your trust iu me." Then, as for an in stant, the girl's lips quivered child ishly. Jack's voice broke and he put his hand on his throat to choke back a groan. ''Don't child, don't," he said, unsteadily. "I can save you, oh! so easily, Nancy, if you will only listen and do as I say. Modoc has some strength yet. He is afraid of the whip and will keep up if he only has time —time." He repeated the word half deliriously, it seemed so unattainable a thing. "I will manage this way, dear. I will leave my horse, it will stop them for a little and then," as Nancy shook her head resolutely, "I can keep up with Modoc for—-Nancy, you must, you shall for my sake, for your father's." So earnestly was Jack pleading he had forgotten how the distance was narrowing at every word. Now, as he jumped lightly to the ground, a yell of ferocious triumph rose up, almost at his very feet. "On, Modoc, on!" he cried as ho snatched the reins from the girl's still hands and struck the horse wildly on the neck and ilanks. The frightened beast plunged furiously for a moment, then darted across the prairie, but unincumbered, for Nancy bad loosened her dress and dropped from the saddle to her lover's side. The beasts were now advancing in fantastic circles, fawning to the ground and opening wide their mouths with hideous yawning sounds. Jack stood rigid, as one suddenly awakened from heavy slumber. The horror of it all was upou him. If ouly he were alone it would not be so hard, just the sharp pain, the short struggle and the farewell thought of Nancy and the "little mater." But "Nancy! Nancy?" he moaned her name aloud in his agony. At the sound Nancy flung herself on his heart. "Jack! Jack! forgive me! I could not go, darling. Heart of mine, it was worse than death to go. Kiss me, Jack, once. Good bye. 1 can almost hear them breathe." Jack took her close in his arms, pressing her face to his breast, "Shut your eyes, sweetheart. It was nothing," as Nancy started. But he covered her face, lest she should see that the horse had gone down before them. .lack stood with his back to the snarl ing beasts so that to the last moment Nancy might, be spared. As he stood facing the south he suddenly realized 1 that on the road, coming rapidly to ward him, was a dark shape, too lurge for a wolf and if a horse, riderless. "Nancy," he whispered, "lookup, not back, but straight ahead down the road. Can you see auything moving?" "Why, -lack, it is a horse and, I think -yes, it is Modoc, coming back to us." As Jack, to get m beHer view, un wittingly stepped aside, Nnucv saw, in its hideout, completeness, the horror from which slio hail been shielded. The wolves, hftlf tired of their prey, were looking up with fierce, wild eyes and dripping jaws. The night grew black about her, and earth and sky seemed rolling away together. Then, with a sudden inspiration her mind cleared, and grasping .Tack's arm to steady herself, she began to whistle, soft and low. but clear as a bell or the plaintive morning cry of the meadow lark. The wolves listened mutely, but the hoise pricked up his ears and broke into a gallop. He had known the call since a pony. As Modoc reached her Nancy threw her arms over his foam-covered neck, and Jack just heard her words : "Quick, in the saddle pocket at the right. (I had forgotten all about it.) There I there ! nearer the girth. Oh, Jack, the wolves are moving 1 Can't you find it, the pistol you gave me in the fall? It is loaded. Quickly, as you love me I" But Nancy's strength was gone, and she lay very still at Modoc's feet. One of the beasts had already crawled over the prostrate horse, but his temerity cost him dear. The bullet from a clean, straight aim took him squarely between the eyes, and he fell quivering on his prey. At the report his mate sprang high in the air, but her uglv, revengaful cry as she vaulted toward Jack was cut iu two by the second bullet: then a third, a fourth, not until the revolver was empty and both wolves motionless did Jack throw aside his weapon and turn to the living. It was past midnight, when, with Nancy in his arms, he staggered to the door of the little cabin. The kindly, white-haired Bishop was first to meet him, and lifting the exhausted girl, he placed her tenderly on the couch, ministering to her gently as a woman. The doctor grasped Jack by tho hand, and, with a warning gesture of silence, led him to the sick bed, where to his infinite joy he found his mother alive, and sleeping like a little child. A stroug hand on his shoulder, and ho heard the Bishop say : "My son, it is like a miracle. Twice to-day we thought her dying, but now the doctor bids you hope. God has been very merciful this night." And Nancy, who had come back to life in the warmth and light, crept to her lover's side as she said "Amen." — The Voice. (•real 1111 man Endurnuce. 'President Jeremiah Head of the sec tion of mechanical science of the Brit ish Association for the Advancement of Science in his annual address calls attention, among other things, to the power in man to withstand varying at mospheric pressures. "Thus, al though fitted for an extremo atmos pheric pressure of about fifteen pounds to the square inch, he has been en abled, as exemplified by Messrs. Glaisher and Coxwell in 1862, to as cend to a height of seven miles and breathe air at a pressure of only three and one-half pounds to the square inch and still live. And, on the other hand, divers have been down into tho water eighty feet deep, entailing an ex tra pressure of about thirty-six pounds per square inch, and have returned safely. One has even been to a depth of 150 feet, but the resulting pressure of sixty-seven pounds par square inch cost him his life. Thesoare, however, extreme cases. Most men experience great inconveniei.ce at any altitude over two and one-half miles, and few can stand tho rarefied atmosphere above the thrce-and-a-half-mile limit in the Andes or Himalayas. So, too, with the increased pressure ; few can long withstand the benumbing effects of fifty feet below the surface iu water, although this knowledge of tho case with which the normal pressure may be again reached lends courago and assurance, very important factors in such cases, to the daring experimenter, while the extreme labor of ascending mountains or the uncertainties of balloon action are deterrent in tho other direction. Transient Islands in the Pacific. The Western Pacific is a great place for islands that emerge from waves un expectedly and as suddenly disappear. Sometimes they come up aud stay, but more often they have an existence merely temporary. The wonderful skipper misses a familiar laud mark, by which he lias been accustomed to yet his bearings, and perhaps tho next day he runs his vessel's nose upon a brand new piece of territory that has sprung up out of the water since he last came that way. The region south of Japan is so given to this sort of eccentricity that ships avoid it. Volcanic action is respon sible for such phenomena. Beports of them will be noted on the pilot chart in every case, though they aro not always reliable, because backs of sleep ing whales and schools of fishes run ning along the surface are frequently mistaken for islands and shoals.—Sail Francisco Examiner. Animals ami tho Weather. The tortoise is particularly sensa tive and fully twenty-four hours be fore rain falls will look for a conven ient shelter. However bright the weather may be, whenever tortoises are observed making for shelter raiu is certain to fall shortly afterward. This presentment, which exists in many birds and beasts, is doubtless partly due to the increasing weight of tha atmosphere when rain is forming. In our own country the robin is saidj by its peculiar movements to give cvi dence of an impending change in the weather, while in America tho oat bird is notorious for its unerring in stinct in giving warning of an ap-j proaching thunderstorm, its method! is to sit on the lowest branch of a tree! and utter peculiar mites which iti never appears to use exoept as a storm' signal. j SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. The average man uses twenty-nine pounds of sugar per annum. A scheme has lately been devised to use electricity as a fertilizer of the soil. The largest meteoric stone was found in Greenland and weighs 50,000 pounds. The purer tho water the more active it is in corroding and pitting iron or steel plates. The water that trickles into the Comstock mine, Nevada, near the bot tom of the shaft is heated nearly to the boiling point. One of the African Steamship Com pany's vessels recently steamed for sixty miles near Senegal through lo custs that thickly covered the surface of the water. A substance that is expected to excel ivory—iu point of cheapness only, of course—is being made out of milk, coagulated, mixed and submitted to tremendous pressure that renders it absolutely solid and durable. The average quantity of salt in the open water is about- 3} per cent. It has been estimated that the total amount in all the ocean area is equal to $4,419,360 cubic miles, or fourteen and one-half times the entire mass of the continent of Europe above high water mark, mountains and all. A sort of autidccay apparatus has been invented for preserving pictures. It is a glass tray with solid back, and the picture is put inside and hermeti cally sealed. The air is then ex hausted with an air pump, with tho result that in this vacuum the paint will preserve its pristine freshness pretty well forever, unless the thing leaks. By exposing lien's eggs to the vapors of alcohol for periods ranging from twenty-six to forty-eight hours, M. Ch. Fere has ascertained that their development is much retarded and often results in the production of monstrosities. In some instances al coholized eggs of nearly a hundred hours were hardly as far developed as normal eggs of twenty hours. A curious method of resuscitation in vogue among the miners of Scotland in the case of insensibility from ex posure to choke-damp, and which is said to be very efficacious, is as follows: The half-suffocated man is placed face downward over a hole freshly dug in the earth and ullowed to lie. until he showed signs of consciousness. The idea involved in this proceeding is that the fresh earth draws the foul gas out of the lungs. Trees are felled by electricity in the great forests of Calieia. For cutting comparatively soft wood the tool is in the form of an auger, which is mounted on a carriage and is moved to and fro and revolved at the same time by a small electric motor. As the cut deepens wedges are inserted to pre vent the rift from closing, and when the tree is nearly cut through an ax or hand saw is used to finish the work. In this way trees are felled very rapidly and with very little labor. he Steamship of the Future. Sir Nathaniel Barnaby, the late Chief Constructor of the British Navy, has given the weight of his high rep utation to the possibility of construct ing a ship for Atlantic navigation which will be 1000 feet long and 300 feet broad, with engines of 60,000 horse power and an ocean speed of fifteen knots. This ship ho described as a-"steel island," jvhich will be in capable of entering any dock, at any rate as at present constructed, having several engines working side by side. He thinks that a draught of twenty six feet of water need never be ex ceeded, "I do firmly believe," said Sir Nathaniel, "that wo shall get the mastery over the seas, and that we shall live more happily in a marine residence, capable of steaming fifteen knots an hour, than we can ever live in a seaside town." This project is not, however, intended to shorten the dur ation of a translantic voyage, but to make it more tolerable while it lasts. Most of the efforts hitherto made to deal with the problem of Atlantic navi gation have aimed at speed as the first essential, and have left out of account, the possibility of making such me chanical provisions against mal de mer as would enable the most squeamish of passengers to contemplate an Atlantic voyage with perfect equanimity. In this direction the achievements of the last half century have been truly mar velous. —Manufacturers' Gazette. Hygienic Value ofr Perfumes. Dr. Anders, of Philadelphia, a few years ago made the interesting dis covery that the ozone in the atmo sphere, the element which is the great purifier, was mainly supplied from blooming flowers—and for this reason blooming plants were healthful in dwellings as well as attractive. Some interesting experiments with the odors of flowers have been made in the old world, and it is found that many species of microbes are easily de stroyed bv various odors. The odor of cloves has beon known to destroy these minute creatures in twenty-five minutes; cinnamon will kill some species iu twelve minutes; thyme, in thirty-five. In forty-five minutes tho common wild verbena is found effec tive, while the odor of some geranium flowers has destroyed various forms of microbes in fifty minutes. The essence of cinnamon is said to destroy the typhoid fever microbes in twelve min utes, and is regarded as the most ef fective of all odors as an antiseptic. It is now believed that flowers which are found in Egyptian mummies were placed there* more for their antiseptic properties than as mere ornaments or elements in sentimental work.—Moe han's Monthly. Terms—*l.oo in Advance ; 51.25 after Three Months. UNCLE SAM'S LITTLE ZOO. A CURIOUS BRANCH OF THE CUS TOM HOUSE SERVICE. llow Animals Confiscated for Non- Payment of Duties Arc Cared For Until Sold at Auction. MONG the many other estab / \ lishments in this city which 112 Uncle Sam owns, is a board ing-house for animals, or the ' 'Animal Castle Garden," as it is known among shipping men. It is not to bo inferred from this that our dear old Uncle is fond of pet animals, that he has set up a separate establishment to keep them in. The aim of the place is much more business-like. In fact, it rather disappoints one to hear that the quadrupeds housed here are some what tainted with the mark of the out cast, for they are not honest animals, like those seen every day; they are animals which the Custom House offi cers have seized from those who were about to smuggle them into this coun try. "It is only a few days ago," said one of them, "that we had a sale here of four French poodles and three English pugs which had been seized on board the steamer Weimar by Custom House Inspectors Hussey and O'Neil. The officers were searching for something else, but stumbled across these seven bow-wows and promptly gathered them in." As soon as any animals are confis cated in this manner they are at once forwarded to these stables. The prin cipal work done there is in handling of horses and cattle which are on their way to Europe. When found neces sary to have a boarding place for tbe smaller fry the old animal place was naturally selected as the most conven ient one. When such animals are brought to the stable the United States Liive Stock Appraisers inspect them at once and appraise their value. They are kept a week or two and then are dis posed of at auction. The owners of the Btahlcs charge from thirty to fifty three cents a day for keeping an ani mal, and it is necessary for the au thorities to get rid of the boarders as soon as possible in order to escape enormous charges. When not sold at once the charges for keeping an ani mal frequently exceeds the price it brings at the sale, and then there is unpleasant language all around. One dog which was brought to the stable when the animal boarding house was tirst instituted remained there so long that the charge for his keep amounted to nearly $101). Meanwhile, from the effects of the long confinement, the canine, a magnificent mastiff, had be come bowlegged. Hence, when he was finally put up at auction, he brought just seventy-five cents. The top floor of the stable is de voted to keeping the animals, and here, in all the hay and straw, they have a very snug nook. The younger dogs are kept in a large cage and, to judge from their appearance and lively actions when taken out they lack neither food nor comfort. Of course, these quarters are not always avail able, as when a drove of hogs is brought in by the inspectors. The last time this occurred five large porkers were domiciled in the cellar under the establishment, where they thrived and became wonderfully fat, so fatted that it was with ditlicnlty they could be moved up the stairs. But dogs and hogs are not the only animals which take up their quarters in this establishment. It would really be impossible to name all the known and unknown creatures which have passed through here. A bright-plumed West Indian parrot hangs in the office, which was bought at a recent auction sale by the owner of the stables, who took a fancy for it while keeping it for Uncle Sam. Then there have been cats and sheep and white mice, and everything else imaginable in the quadruped line. But the palm was carried off some two years ago by s monkey, a chattering, nervous, high strung society lady of a monkey, whose hair was snow-white. This peculiarity was not from old age, either. The Simian was a young one, and the only ono of its kind ever seen here. It was claimed by its owner, who paid all the charges and bore her away in triumph. There is considerable inducement for people to try to smuggle in ani mals, for the import duty on them is never less than twenty per cent, ad valorem. The sailors are the greatest offenders in this respect, for they see a chance to have a playmate during their long voyage, and, afterwara some profit from selling it. It is all right as long as they stick to one, but greed obscures their common sense and they take several on board. Their plea of "personal property" falls flat with the Custom House officers and the animals are carted Bway to the board ing-house to be finally disposed of for the benefit, of Uncle Sam. The scene at the stables on an auc tion day is an unique one. There is always the crowd of hangers-on, who come to every sale simply because it has a sort of fascination for them. Then there are the speculators who make a business of buying and selling animals. Last, but not least, are the people who Bre interested in the ani mals about to be sold, generally their former owners, who endeavor to ap pear as unconcerned as possible. They deceive no one but themselves, how ever, and a good deal of the rough humor of the auctioneer is directed at them. The boarders most feared by the at tendants at the stables are the large apes. They are the hardest animals of all to handle, for they aro generally very vicious after the long sea voyage. —New York Recorder. Franoe's oyster industry is the larft Full loth to lose a ray. The smiling groves, the fruitful trees, Deserted by the wand'ring breeze, Fade dimly on the eye that sees The gently dying day. The mountains bare their storm-boat brea't In gladness to the golden West. And every shining height i Ambitious rears its joyful peak l'o satch the last faint golden streak Of slowly waning light. So dies the day, and as it dies, Fair Luna mounts the Eastern skie?, Calm, cold, majestic, as to say— •'Why mourn the slow-departing day? Let grief for fair Aurora's flight Be lost in rapture for the night." —John Sansomfe. HUMOR OF THE DAY. "Why do you call your father-in law 'Silence,' Markliam?" "Because he gave consent."—Truth. It is impossible to have the last word with a chemist, because he al ways has a retort. —Boston Courier. '■Pretty is as pretty does" Is an honored saw , But it's one for which the girls Do not eare a straw. —Kansas City Journal. "She is the girl of the period." "Well, I thought it was about tima for her to come to a full stop. --Boston Gazette. "Come to stay?" asked the fish. "Oh, no," said the worm. "Just dropped in for a bite."—lndianapolis Journal. A man who unconsciously does much to sour the milk of human kindness, is that fellow who snores in a sleeping car.—Ram's Horn. "Did you say, Aunt Sarah, that your nephew was studying theology?" "Yes, he's a bibulous student."— Cleveland Plain Dealer. She (reading)—" Bells are now mado of steel in this country." He—"Yes; but the finest ones are made of silk and satin."—Detroit Free Press. Sarah—"She's worth a million, and just the right age for you." Jerry "Any girl worth a million is the right age for me."—Detroit Free Press. Not till twenty-live will women Vote or for office run . Why ? Because she will not sooner Own that she is twenty-one. —Kansas City Journal. Wibble—"The fellow that invented the pneumatic tire got 011 to a soft thing, didn't he?" Wabble —So do the fellows who use it." —Indianapolis Journal. Jobbers (unhappily mated) —"I wonder if all men whtf get married lead lives of endless torture?" Enpeck (bitterly) "Oh, no. Some of them die."—Chicago Record. Clara—"Us girls are getting up a secret society." George- "What's the object?" Clara—"l don't know yet, but I'll tell you all about it after I'm initiated."—Good News. Teacher—"Can any of yon tell me what is meant by 'home industries?' " BHly Bright (promptly)—"Up to our house they're mostly sawin' wood an' carryin' in coal."—Buffalo Courier. "Cholly inherited a good deal of moi-.ey from his parents." "Yes. But not much in the way of brains." "That's true. Tliey left, him all dol lars and 110 sense."— Washington Star. Caller—"ls Miss Sweete at home?' Servant—"No, Sir." Caller—- "Please tell her I called. Don't forget, will you?" Servant—"No, .sir; I'll go and tell her this minute."- Tid-Bits. 'Tis now the prudent mdtlier, Lets her children wildly rove I,est they hoar their father talking When he's putting up the stove. —Atlanta Journal. Mr. Westerly—"l dreamed about you last night, Miss Wolcott." Miss Wolcott (languidly) "Did you really? Well, I'm glad to hear that you have pleasant dreams."—Somerville Jour nal. House-Owner—"How does youi furnace work this weather ?" Tenant "The exercise of raking it keeps mt warm enough, but the other members of the family complain."—New York Weekly. Professor—"And now. my boy, what is your ambition in. life—the law, the ministry, politics, science—' Johnny: "Ef I can't be captain I wanter be halfback f"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Friend—"l don't see how, on your income, you manage to winter in Florida and summer in Maine.' - Sharpp—"You forget that by thai plau I dodge both coal and ice bills." New York Weekly. Yeast —"I wouldn't believe a man who goes about proclaiming every thing from the house-top." Crimson lieak "Why, I should Ihi(ik you would consider that, high authority." —Yonkers Statesman. "What on earth did yrfur uncle mean by marrying that old. dried-up thing?' " "Well, you see, he's been a collector of curios and bri» a-l>rae so long that the habit was too strong to resist. "—Atlanta Constitution. "Hullo, Chimmy. Isdey eny more good books in do 'Young libery?" "I dunno, but I hear tell abo it a story bv George Eliot what dey call 'Daniel do Rounder.' Shouldn't wonder it dafc. : ight be pretty good."- Brook.'yu Eagle. Algy Softleigli—"Would you weally wecommend a person, r.ie for in stance, to—aw—think twice *b«fore speaking once?" Miss Bhuitington— 'Why. no ; Mr. Softleigh. You don't deem mi so cruel as to wan't to strike you dumb, 1 hope."—Bus»lo Courier, •'t