SULLIVAN JU& REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. XII. Life insurance in more popular in America than in any other country. Almost five-eighths of the steamers in the world are under the British fag- An advocate of electrical cooking claims that of every 100 tons of coal used in a cooking stove ninety-six tone goto waste. The Atlanta Constitution figures that Massachusetts produced 89,06*2 poems last year, New York, 49,827, and the country at large, 2,888,954. It appears that the detailing of offi cers of the army as instructors in col leges is growing in popularity both with the educational institutions and with Congress. One hundred domestic servants aro killed annually in England in the pro cess of window cleaning. An inven tion recently patented is a window of which tin: outside may be cleaned without exposing the cleaner to any chance of a tumble. Dr. Bertillon, author of the French system for the identification of crimi nals, says that, as a matter of fact, it is impossible among 100,000 individu als to find two persons with ears exactly alike, except, in the case of twin brothers. This is one of the reasons why he was able to start a new era in police science. Robert. Moore, a Water Works Com missioner of St. Louis, made some re marks at the recent meeting of the Engineers' Club of Kansas City, which deserve more than passing attention from the co nmercial men of New Or leans. He said : "You ask me to talk on Missouri River navigation. It reminds me very forcibly of the chapter on snakes in Irelanil. There is no Mis souri River navigation, and conse quently I know you will excuse mo from expressing my views on the sub ject." He added that the freight traffic on the Southern railroads was making river navigation even on the Mississippi almost a lost art. The polyglot character of the Aus trian army was abundantly shown the other day when the ancient custom of solemnly swearing in the recruits in the presence of the troops was re vived, after having been discontinued since 1868. In "Vienna alone the for mula of oath to the colors had to be administered and read out in nine languages, to wit: German, Hun garian, Croatian, Bohemian, Polish, Rutheniau, Roumanian, Servian and Turkish, while the religious part of the ceremony was conducted by Ro man Catholic, Creek Catholic and Greek orthodox priests, Protestant pastors, Hebrew rabbis and Mahome tan uiema. In answer to a recent inquiry made of the Secretary of the Interior by the Commissioner of Education in re gard to a division of the fund to agri cultural colleges in the South, the Secretary has decided that the division of the fund as already or hereafter to be made by the various State legisla tures hhall be approved by the depart ment, itules* it is apparent that stteh suggested division is inequit able and that iu eases where the Stab legislatures havt not yet proposed an equitable apportionment that the basis of division now in force shall re main till the legislative mteut regard iu« the mutter is iuad<- kuown, in the east of South Carolina tin- aet of Con gress of July UHth, IHiHI, applies nut only to the sum ilite th Stale at the time, but to all mum* becoming due under tin it *t ol August >Otb, IM'.IO, A Washington (viler *av» Surpre iug ilea?* ha* reached th*- (airmail of \ i tbnology rw|i>HlU|( th« r. -i ut dtsen luakawil of tin- eouquurof, I'umro, ! jii l'..»u It •weitM that th. corp.. . * titbits e> rtam al>n>>r mailt Ut* which sr. ' < llreuiely intrr< *tm«; .iu the point i ol of anthropologist >, lh> akillt j f* %*-al*»all ItiM tirtrli') of th** criminal * t>p«, a. d b> w. da*. ( Aa afcttwn t'V it th> uttfilart it. to, ... j aur*hqii •! and in. red rt«M uo* I South Atut.ru « mitrd. luti* an i I M»>dlbii«M In ut» lin , rauiuui has «V«|| li». ae. . .1 |^,M4 1»| ..... auieh ii,»ib ru ' W»t. novo «U*o»,„.| .». H i m ,„n lltiut.lsit t habitual >:«.■ intta »,| MH , i< |* Ihi 4 ill to abuotiu«ll« In ij 1,, auai*.>»t< .*! |«. 1 bat >1 > k* ti« m »t*p. nfcii tit* mli»rti>l»i tlj Ui*u III* l«4t< < ma* al* «t-il- •> Id* , tihiiH* < t b %ti4« .it tit |*gm 11.11 1 - t>f4 V» » - bt* . •- 'nh h I* t« »». I tbi il. » ih»t l'i»,n « . 4 bttii Mi' 'Mi «*;« 112 »#♦»* 4-1 «iM>% km ( Jm4 I IN SHADOW-LAND. fho pennon at his prow to flout No breeze along the islet sweeps; But round and round the swaying boat The indolent, slow eddy creeps. If yester eve or yester-year He drifted on this idle strand Who knows? Time has no measure here In Shadow-Land. For oue perpetual season flowers. And knows no change of sun or moon To mark the never-varying hours From dnwn to dusk, from night to noon : Nor song oT bird, nor broatli of rose. But still an 1 far, on either hand, The lily blows, the water flows, In Shadow-Land. That soft, unceasing ripple rocks The keei that with it seems to glide, And to his dreaming fancy moeks The motion of an ouward tide. Dim shapes his half-shut eyelids fill. Ho hears the wave wash on the sin 1, Nor guesses that he lingers still In Shadow-Land. Awake, O dallier with a dream That only in thy fancy dwells! PuiU out into the open stream Beyond these poisoned honey-bells ! Let the strong win'! asunder rift The drowsy fragrance round thee fanned, Or perish of its deadly drift In Shadow-Land! —Kate Putnam Osgood, in Independent. DAN'S DISCONTENT. BY S. A. WEISS. don't know what's BP come over Dan," ». H said Mrs. Dawson, )■ as she placed they, y, steaming coffec- J IH>t " n t * le Sunday l>reakfast-t a b 1 e. \\~*T 1 "He was always "' ; : Jf the brightest and best-tempered of my children, and now lie's that ™ downhearted and discontented that I skeercely know him. He hain't seemed to take any in terest in his work lately, and uow's talk ing about goin' to sea, or 'listing in the army. "I don't know what we'd do without Dan'l," added the mother, with tears in her eyes, "and Teddy wanting to stay a year longer at. the 'Cademy school." "If Dan wants togo, mother," said Maria, a bright-looking girl of twenty, "why, let him go. He's got no cause to be discontented, and I believe he don't know himself what he wants. Let him go, and my word for it, in six months he'll be glad to get back and have a fatted turkey killed for him, since we don't raise calves." And Maria laughed, as she went to call Dan to breakfast. Pan, meantime, WHS leaning over the front gate, gaziug absently down the road toward the village. He looked listless and moody, and yet he was a young man iu the prime of health, with a comfortable home and kind relations. He did not know why he should feel so restless and dissatis fied, and as he stood there, chewing a straw, he turned round, faeiug the house, and, with his hands in his pockets, looked moodily about him. There stood the cosy, little brown house, with itsdeep vine-shaded jioreh ; there was the well of delicious cool water, under tin- big elm tree, and the row of bee-hives by the garden fence, and the little orchard iu the rear. A pleasant picture it made to the eye of the passers-by, and it had always teemed pleasant to Dan until this uu acoouutable mood of discontent had come over him, itud made him restless and liuhappy. He tried to persuade himself that his present life was not the right kind for him, ami that he could do better out iu the world. If it wasn't for his mother belli# op posed to it, he said to himself, and Toddy away at echini I, In- would have gone long ago. And just hero it was that Maria j raised the window and Milled ; "I'M, breakfast ready !" Her light, carcltnH tone irritated him. She knew that he was Uot in good spirits, aud vol never sveiuud to ha\e ttuy sympathy with hint- So lie took no notice of the sum mons. and presently aha called aKaiii : "Dan, are you couiiug, or must i mother and 1 keep tlw breakfast warm ' and wait for you' 'bother' he muttered, in reply, \el he walked slowly t'i tile Ittltlse, , and when his mother had said graee, t<»>k his place at Ito loot of the hm, table. •'V..11 dot* t to rsltsh your Ibn aktssl, I'au, Ml*. I >aw soli oui.i i"1 tl|utti.'bl urn >1 ltk< tho Ir.-.li ckk" | and in* potatoes, and the eak* % \ oit're 1 so fottd of," "It » a good breaslaot, luolln t, bul Ihat' iii i much i ait appe|it< ''.%t"eiit v1I|| wilt, I»»u ' nlt> tit j |m». I •mmu.lv "Sot |utftii'iilaili ttioihi i, I think I I It. r. .. a pn « r, ail .-oin.fa •nil of fei I a kind of mu|)tllii W|il Intuitu ««, ! Mid I t ail | I Well* ,t, .. (Ik It, but II «< n.« t. tak> a»a> u,t and •tpiMtiU I»i tint, thinking that i ioatbt Id U tie fln ...tut. Mi|| u | it unn tin do tin IftHrlha laughed tnartlM*!*, that .all i..u» ,filiation, Da- Kus ku . a t I 111 >« I It at a 'ld « •« •!. * , !#.*••» tiii k out tils, and ion i<*ok «toni and 'lioMg i •.•'Hgh t hmm*:lt >h.-|di. li , it, i, 11, | »„t t l»a., lb.. m u. . ! lit .tt#dfc # ti-»-t 2 a»i. i*, I. o> . It,, 1 t. • , I I- • nil . . I 111, LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1894. Matilda, he said, was bold and loud, and Sophia vain and affected, and it would take a very nice girl indeed to get him in love. "It's 'most time to get ready for church, ain't it, Dan?" said Martha, glancing at the clock on the chimney shelf. "Matilda 'll have on her now bonnet to-day. I tell you she'll be worth looking at." "Stuff! I'm not going to church." "Why, Dan'cl!" said his mother, reproachfully. "What's the use, mother? Just to see old Deacon Ball asleep, and hear Miss Beckey Jones screeching the hymn out of tune, and listen to Par son Tanuer's tiresome—" "Dan'el!" interrupted his mother, severely. "Well, mother, I'm tired of it all. I believe I'll go over to Radway and see Bill Brewster. He's going on a voyage next week—bound for the West Indies—and wants me join him. But I haven't made up my mind yet about the army-recruiting business that the boys are so crazy about. Bon Howells says he'll enlist if I will." "Oh, Dan'el!" said his mother, tears starting to her eyes. Dan was very fond of his mother, and it went, to his heart to seo her in tears. "I don't say that I'll go mother, so long as you oppose it. But I wish you'd consent." "Do let him go, mother 1" said Maria, sharply. "It will likely do him good." It was late that evening when Dan, who had spent the day at Radway, came home to supper. He noticed that the parlor windows were lighted ; but that was always the case ou Sunday, when Maria's beaux were calling on her. As he stepped into the kitchen entry he was greeted with a savory odor of pies and cake, and saw that the table was nicely set with the best moss rose bud tea set. Maria, who had heard his step, came to meet him. "Oh, Dan, I wanted to tell yon! We've got company arrived—mother's cousin Lvdia and her daughter Dora. They've been visiting Uncle Erasmus, in Huttonville ; and to-day he's brought them over to spend some days with lis. I hope they'll stay longer, for they're such pleasant people ! Step up stairs and brush yourself up, for stipper'll be ready in a minute." "Bother I I won't go into supper. They needn't know that I'm here." "Now, Dan, I wouldn't bo doing anything more t<> vex mother. Hhe's worried enough about you already; and I've left her in the parlor with Cousin Lydia to talk over old times; and Dora's helping me to get supper. She's the nicest girl!" Maria disappeared ; and Dan, as he stood hesitating, had a view into the neat kitchen. There he saw a slender and very pretty girl, with dark eyes and hair, arrauging the cups and saucers, and ho noticed how daintily she handled them, and how light and graceful her mo tions were ! Ami also her sweet voice, as she laughingly replied to some re mark of Maria! It struck him that he had never before seen the kitchen look so bright aud cheerful. He stole up stairs, ami carefully brushed his hair and put on a more becoming tie. Then he came down and was introduced 1o Dora. She stepped forward with n snide and gave him her hand, and us Dan met the clear, frank eyes, it scorned to him that a sort of sunshine stole into liis heart, partially dispelling its gloom. And as ho sat and looked at aud listened to her, his face gradually soft cued and assumed a cheerfulness which it had not worn for many a day. He did not go out after slipper, ill though he had half promised Hen llowells to have a talk with him about that enlisting business. And next day he hung around the house on some pretense or other, getting little glimpses of and brii l chats with Dora. Maria saw it, but prudently said nothing only mauuging to throw them together as much as possible. "Dan, she said, next day, pre tending to be in a grout burly, "can you spare tun. to help Dora shell those peas'.' I'm so busy, aud tho peas must be ou the lire iu tell miu lltes to be ill time for dinner. ' So Dan sat down, and while shell lUg the peas, watched Dora's deft tin gt-r» a-i they split the crisp pots all I dropped the little, shilling Kit i U balls into the la>wl, "1 gUew you're Hot Used to Work much, h> said, noticiug how wlul. tlte hands Wct'tr, " tint I* tin ,tid, IsugluugU "Just ask mother about that Ido most of th> work at hone help to cook anil clean* and I mh , aiei tin I tIUM to plat on the |itt»uo. "Do ton aid Ilan. wl, . as. V.it b>nd ol music *'l wiih that Maria ha l a piano, but sh* never eared tii lean, to |da« " ••V.MI Will nolle tt IHI. ait. lot stMWtdwtdy, tloia, withallth- -m »ie..|t, (itishui. lit*," Mutii, »ud Dttu (flan- .d up, with a »Hili|i li twiltue tlf J. lloit.. Hi *..|, bte l it • It. wet. cl»k*a,,l'd , Itof ltd hu Ul eh i i.it mi 1,., .mm until In bad I. hi in d flout Cotton lilia luistll thai though l*ora bid pi*Mt »112 Umit »b. '» it, 'Da it. ' «atd |l- t» as th tionkin# I „oitt i t hk .>1 . hlititsii l.i 4 I 11.l V 1 I. , ' I* aid h a pit. 112. h. #> , % ll HU bail i..»* i i&j i>. iU mi.. t Iti' : know exactly what I wanted. T guess I needed a change of some sort. But ! I'm getting over it now." "I hope you are. I don't see how i you couid wish to leave this pleasant | home for the hard life of a sailor or soldier." "Do you think it pleasant?" he | asked, with a sudden light of interest i in his eyes. I"1 think it ono of the sweetest homes I have ever seen," she answered, frankly. Aud then there was a moment's si lence. "Bora." said Dan, slowly, "if you think I'd better not go, I won't." And then he blushed at his own boldness, and strangely enough, Dora blushed, too. A day or two after, Mrs. Dawson said to her sou: "Ban'el, my son, you were talking about wantinga tonic, and I've spoken to the minister's wife concerning you. She says you're needing quinine and calomel, or gentian." "Oh, never mind, mother! I guess I wou't neod it now. I'm feeling so much better." "But, my sou, how about that feel ing of emptiness and all-goneness, and not takin' an interest, in anything—" "Oh," interrupted Dan, hastily, "I think I'm getting over it! Don't worry about me, mother, I was just out o' sorts, and didn't know what I wanted—that's all." And as ho hastily left the room, Maria laughed. "I guess, mother, Dan's all right now. He's discovered what it was he wanted, and I think he's found it." "Why, whatever do you mean, child?" "I mean that he has found all lie wanted in Dora. Why, can't you see it yourself, mother? Depend upon it, Dan will never be discontented any more or wanting togo away from home. Why, just look at them in the garden there—how happy they both are!" Ami as the mother carefully adjusted her spectacles and viewed the unsus pecting lovers, a mist dimmed the glasses, and she murmured : "Godbless 'em!"— Saturday Night. I'aint Used bv Indians. Much speculation has been indulged in by theoretical writers regarding the source of paints aud the means by which they were originally discovered. As in all theoretical explanations of simple matters, the plain facts have been overlooked aud complicated ex planations have been entered into. The earliest record of paint, used by the Indians tells ot a mixture of blood with charcoal. From this it was an easy stop to the ferruginous clays which produce yel lows, browns and reds. Ited chalk and red and yellow ochre are to be found over wide areas and are easy of access. Black micaceous iron, of graphitelike consistency, is to be found in many parts of the mountains, while the blue carbonates of iron and copper furnish many hues. Ureen fungus growth are sometimes used, mixed with the white infusorial or chalky earths to make shades of green tinging into pure white. The sulphuret of mercury to be found about the mineral springs, especially the hot ones, forms an abun dant supply of paint, while the juice of the choke cherry makes a beautiful red. In the Dakota* many colors are produced from the use of plant juices mixed with earth. Since the advent of traders among the Indians native paints have been al most entirely supplanted by those sold in the stores. There are still some of tin' isolated tribes that use their own paints, but these are becoming more rare with each succeeding year. To day the paint bag, which formerly car ried a bit of red chalk or black graph itic iron, contains a bit of manu factured ochre, i>r prepared lamp black, for which probably* hundred times its value lias been paid by the man «hi> formerly obtained it through al most a minimum of labor, (ilobc- Heiiioerat. Iti'i.|ii>*l >li'iiil Mini* in ihi- Murlil, I'hi' l uiU'il Sliiti•* tm* iiuw, w« bt! liivi, tli. iU'i'|Hnt iiit tiil inino in th* wurhl. Fur *.iim tiiini tliut i-Uiui linn lui ii ntinli fur ill. \liiriu »lmlt, ut tln« ■nun *ut I'rf.il'iitut, in Aii*tvttt, mli nil wit- .'III7I liil lit lutt tin KiirlHt't ut tlif Hun ut tin. Krt'iit tin lu IH'J'J; mill UutbiliKi *»' In lit vi% lihm Im'«u liuttt ll|Mlt! it Ollll'l' tlint tIM«. it lilt* uutt ii. a iiijii ..I in illt J -tli, tlmt t»f m il miii* Hi Ht mm, fur witit'lt Ummi (■.lu. Imiiti I l.ti. nit I'tiiij) utnl V|iu ItiK Jixiltinl. 11l ItlHU't | tlkttuWH t MUNIr). 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TYRELL, of the Geological Survey, and his party, Hays ivn # Ottawa correspondent of the New York World, tell marvel ous stories about the game they saw on their recent journey through the great "barren grounds" of Canada's Northwest. No one dreamed that, Canada possessed such immense herds of deer as were seen by Mr. Tyrell's party. "The sight at times was marvelous," said Mr. Tyrell. "When we reached the edge of the woods north of Lake Arthabasca, in about the beginning of August, we commenced to meet a few deer every day. One evening, just after going into camp, a deer was seen standing on a little island not very far away, and my brother went over and shot it. It was very poor in flesh; nevertheless we found it made pretty good meat. On the fol lowing day, as we were paddling along a moderately large lake, ono of my half b.eeds drew my attention to what he thought to be the earth moving some distance away, and on looking through my glass I saw that it was an immense herd of reindeer. We equipped our selves with firearms, paddled ashoro and walked toward them. There were thousands in the herd. They were in bands of two or three hundred each, and crowded as close as possible together. It was presumed they did so in order to partially escape the tor ture of the black flies. Walking in between a couple of bands wo opened lire, and they stampeded in every direction. One of the party was ob liged to take refuge behind some heavy brush to prevent the deer from tramp ling upon him. We killed about seventy of them. Many were too poor for us, but the fatter ones furnished rich, juicy meat. The choice meat of each deer, when dried, would average only about twelve pounds. "After remaining thero two or three days, during which we were engaged drying the meat, wo started taking photographs. We could walk right into the midst of the deer. As we did so they would push a little way to each side to allow us to pass, and then close up the ranks immediately behind us. The sight was amazing. There we stood, surrounded on every side by the deer, swaying their long, Blender horns to.and fro. As far as we could M?V there were countless herds, covering about twenty acres each, and standing as thick as they could mass together. "As we proceeded further north herds were constantly met with graz ing on the sides of the hills. The weather was something like that of November hire, but the ground was always wet. In the summer the deer live on grass anil in the winter chiefly on moss. After the month of August we shot very few, the old ones we saw being wild and almost unapproachable. In the fall and winter they make their way to the edge of the woods in order to get shelter from the fearful gales that blow over the barren ground. "Those deer differ considerably fr«nn the ones in this part of the coun try. They are about the height of the Virginia deer, but somewhat stouter and heavier; their horns are larger and more branching. They shed their coats in July, aud at that tune are often very rough in appear ance and poor in flesh ; but towards the end of August, when they g,. heir new coats, they begin to pick up nml fatten. Their skins are good aud warm, but the hair, being brittle, breaks oil' aud renders it valueless as fur." \|te\ ttf Kriiirsilit}'. A wealthy hiul very i«tr»iiiiotiiom» who ri i'cutlv dit'y his rc latltiiia III* •ludth, Iwcmitt ho preferri'tl jiii'ilto ulmritiuH to tin- 11 in 111* ill. Wltn lillttl l»f Uttl'llillllK thontrtlM, Mini nil iM-etiuut i>t lii* very greut re gard for luh health nhwnn t.iuk hi* nvi ruiiut with hint. 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(• ml nmuitiiiia l.itl* • r tll> I'lmt "I bt • |t||»|t»a« Its til l U luiiu l |-> |n lih |i< i ti< ill bi tin tnu. |i..|,.,»Wl| III* llil' l. VI till »w|k |Hu Jit- I *•* >t <1 l|tmlll 1 l||t 1.. til. lii .an.ls oi tin- Hulk. I liil* u in»t* >• I m.lt tli- ■ it*. i|| til. tilti Wnl Imt 11. 4 H« '1 |. > ..ttimit t It. t «i ... . ill .llittk* utu* U itniil l« n»j rfl ikl Myb»r«« yiii .It tllitllt till*, in mm i, 10 i|m,: < nil. *1 |» itit mi If) Ittti I - 4l| .|! IV- t >ll • *#| I' "» * tin ill* f>t«t II I . I » IV (!• II II . tie I , . », • i. .. I t. H , | i (>• HMitt ti. ii.i • .i tfc < ||i , u. m i> itf tfaa viDH' i I U*4 W- t 112 Terms---SI.OO in Advance ; 81.25 after Three Months. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL, Dust is responsible for many ex plosions in coal mines. Granite is the bed rock of the world, being the lowest on the earth's crust. Dynamo machines were in 1878 ordered by the British Government for the Lizard light. The planet Neptune has the longest year, consisting of more than sixty thousand of our days. The young of the polype grow from the body of the parent like buds, and when almost grown are separated by a sudden jerk. Two Scotch scientists have figured out that power equal to 145 horses would be required to propel a whale through the water at the rate of twelve miles an hour. Professor Dolbear says a powerful searchlight could project ft beam to Mars in four minutes which could be seen and responded to if they have the apparatus that we have. A current of electricity does not always kill when it appears to do so. It simply produces an appearance of death, from which the subject may in many cases be restored by artificial respiration. In water in which decaying vege tables have been infused the micro scope discovers little animals so minute that ten thousand of them would not exceed in bulk a grain mustard. Yet these creatures are supplied with organs as complicated as those of a whale. It is believed that whales often nt tain the age of four hundred years. The number of years these huge crea tures have lived is ascertained by counting tho layers of liminm forming the horny substance known as "whale bone." These laminao increase yearly, just as the "growths" do on a tree. The prevalence of crimson colors in certain fishes on the New England coast on portions of which scarlet and crimson seaweeds abound, is explained by Professor J. Brown Goode by the red pigment derived by the crusta ceans from the seaweeds they devour, and which in turn form the food of the fishes. A Tacoma (Wash.) man, George R. Cowls, is said to bo the inventor of a process for making illuminating gas out of wood. From one cord of wood he gets gas and products worth $ so it is claimed. If this be true, then Washington State can use up all its long tree stumps in tho manufacture of gas and get so much clear gain out of them. Tho thiut part of a soap bubble is where the'"lack, or rather gray, tint appears just before it breaks. This thickness has been calculated by the laws of optics to be less than one one hundred and fifty-six thousandth of an inch. From this minute amount the thickness of the bubble may in crease up to quite a perceptible quantity. Bricks are now being burnt by elec tricity. This promises to revolutionize the industry by greatly reducing the labor and cost. The kiln-drying pro cess is entirely dispensed with. The wet clay is put into a sort of covered iron mold, which holds about 1000 brieks, and a strong current of elec tricity is then turned on.and in a very short time the bricks art! dried and burnt and all ready to be turned out for sale. The II it in in i u Itinl at Home. While spending t lie winter in Cali fornia, writes Frank Ford, in the Magazine of Natural Seieuee, I made my tirst acquaintance with Madam Hummingbird "al home." In the tirst place the location could not have been improved on. Ju-t picture in your mind a lawn dotted with orange, lemon, tig and palm trees, with here I and there a giant century plant, or | bunch of pampas grass, and no cud of (lowers. While a cypress he Ige, over ! shadowed by stately eucalyptus and j pepper trees, separated the lawn from ; the street. One day while pit tiering oranges, I was startled by the rapid | and angry darting of a humming bird i near my faec, which led me to look i closely 111 that part of the tree, which ! resulted after a little search in the discovery of uiy first htiiuuiing bird's j liest. It was placed ott a twin; not in- I large as a I-a t pencil, ou out) of the ■ lower limbs of the orango tree, and it ' »a« so diverts! with lichen* the mhu> | Color as the burk of the tree thai It : was difficult U> tiud it agaiu eve* altet ! I knew wboiit where it w>t*. the iivnt ' la about the MMit of tie burr oak acorn | cup, built alttlost elitirch of the i lent Inn plumes ot Hie pampas grit**, ' euv«r«d Willi green llchells, a lid all • held lugelht r, and ih limb, with 1 MiiuittiiitD gristly ftuMMtlilUiK »|itdt| well. Within tlu« "man. I .4 ton htruciiou tfeft two wiui tran.pwi cut ! t Kh's. altuosl too small to dt« übt and lay effort* to u*< tin bl.mpipt on I lie tit lb, in nil to Mil it ill tltllut IS. I. I. l*kt»K Mil Ut »| I Halt) .I \|.td .m Uutuinti. I>u I«. %. i«i In.i , u|t i Hi H iii*4< rtlutt Main li.it *iHl 1«.1t.. .1 .till. I tut bII p« is titlia, > tin |«i tin. t lv%wt|.iu ab.m il, ». 4 Uei it. lUllltit wat. i Ml* intwlaiih si 4i'4 'laMfv** I' m* U 11.1. I. IM U> I *t -'•»« 4*4l> . . it til til. i W- »I|.-, 1M M lit at it*, i.,...„ mit it.l 4». »* i 1 il. ttr ii> - it« •#; i- » »' t* It jjMJlt 4 «*t I NO. 22. A. MODERN LYRIC, If you could only always know. When the door-bell rings, Just who it is that stands below, Making tho door-bell jingle so, Quite frequently you wouldn't go When the door-bell rings. It isn't sure to be a friend, When the door-bell rings ; It may bo "Umbrellas to mend?'' Or some one with line shoes to vend. Whose flow of language has no end, Wheh tho door-bell rings. It's always at your busiest time, When the door-bell rings. Your hands may be are black with grime t In such a case your language I'm Quite sure I'd never putin rhyme, When the door-bell rings. But to the door you always go, When the door-bell rings. You see, you're curious to know Just who is on the portico, And so outsiders get a show When the door-bell rings. —Somerville Journal. HUMOR (MT'FHE DAY. Cut rates —Surgeons' fees.—Truth. The good hackman is known by hi« carriage. —Florida Times-Union. A kiss is a song that should always be encored.—Florida Times-Union. Binging a belle —Putting a noso ornament ou a Kafir woman.—Hallo. The pawnbroker never gets so old that he takes no interest in life.—-Bos ton Transcript. Some people do not recognize their obligations when they meet them.— Galveston News. No, my son; a doctor doesn't know everything; but he thinks you think he does.—Punch. People who think before they speak always manage to economize on talk. —Washington Post. When some people want counsel they proceed to cousult their own in terests. —Galveston News. The dentist who devotes himself to pulling aching molars is necessarily n pains-taking fellow. —Buffalo Courier. Motto for the Shopping Fiend : "If you see what you want, price a dozen other things before asking for it. Puck. A man breathes, on an average, ten thousand quarts of air a day—and talks about I,ooo,ooo.—Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle. The woman who can pass a mirror without looking into it has the heroism of which martyrs are made.—Florida Times-Union. A local dealer advertises "a new stock of walking-sticks for gentlemen with carved wooden heads. —Phila delphia Record. Mrs. Shopper—"Why. all these toys are old." Shopkeeper—"Yes, madam, but then you know most of the babies are new."—Vogue. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; that is to say, tho druggist is likely to chargo just as much for it. —Puck. When a man claims that grip is only a vagary of a deserted brain, it is pretty ife to bet ho lias never had it. —Ph. , lphia Record. tiieago man who hail just sur rendered his watch to a foot pad, wat moved to remark that lie didn t know when lie had been so pressed for time. —Washington Star. The doctrine of heredity is a ao;u I forting theory. It is so pleasant, yor I know, to be able to lav our faults and ! foolishnesses on our forefathers. —• I Boston Transcript. The jealousy of physicians is re | uiarkable. No sootier does one of them ! discover a disease than lialf-a-doaeii I more concentrate all their energies upon its ■uppression. —Puck. Traveler in Missouri -'"I want tc find the conductor. Who has clutrgo 1 of this train?" Trainman "Can't tell | till after wo pass the next strip o wood*. '• Cleveland I'laindealcr. "Do von believe that practice al ways makes pcrb -t '' "No; it haVn t made anything but a row ever since that idiot upstair- commenced •ith his tlilte. "--Chicago Inter -Oceaii. livers -"What wa-> your ideit in Letting Mice unit. lon your rheiimatto arm' St-1 let "Kcouotiiy of pain. Il . couldn't make tin arm hurt worse thau | it did already" Chicago Tribune. "Ihat youn widow Flistiit i» quilt i attaching er.i.ture, tliuit you think.' "J gu. »s ion aft ri 111 Hht dashed 1 lit\ liopec most i lit et when I asked hei lo uiarrv int." 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