SULLIVAN JSSLH REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. XTI. "The blarney stone at the World's Fair was a sham rock," according to the Rochester Poet-Express. The production of cotton yarns in Japan h«s increased from 1,000,000 pounds in 1888 to 04,000,000 in 1892. Three-fourths of the earth's surface is unfit for cultivation on account of mountain ranges, deserts, swamj:>s and barren ground. The cost of the world's wars sinco the Crimean war has been $13,265,- 000,000, or enough to give a 310 gold piece to every man, woman and child on the globe. Dr. Forbes Winslow, tho expert on insanity, seems to be veering round to tho idea that suicide is an epidemic and that mental contagion is as possi ble as physical. Something like $100,000,000 is now invested 111 cotton mills in the South, as compared with $(>1,000,000 in 1890 and $22,000,000 in 18G0. There has been au increase of about 450 per cent, since 1880 in capital, spindles and looms. President Eliot, of Harvard, says that there is scarcely a single subject taught nowadays in the same way it was taught thirty years ago aud that even law, tho most conservative of studies, is now treated in an entirely different method from that which pre vailed in former years. The method, he adds, is being adopted all over the country nnd is making its way into the English universities. Then, too, the teaching of the sciences and lan guages has been greatly changed. Some queer stories are told by the Chicago Herald about the United States cruiser Charleston. The plans were purchased in England aud now it turns out that tlioy were a very sorry lot of drawings. Not only that, but the machinery plans were so defective that the entire scheme of motive power for the ship lmd to be remodelled. The English plans were practically oi no account, aud hence the charge that the Charleston is a ship of English de sign is absolutely without foundation. New York is now wondering at the arrest of au express robber in a way that, in the opinion of the St. Louis Star-Sayings, wipes out all the detec tive stories in which Sherlock Homes, \ idocq, Lecocq and their kind figure. More than $30,000 was stolen from an express package in transit. The com pany had possession of the envelope whieh contained the key to the safe irom which tho money was taken. This envelope had thumb marks on the seals which hail been broken. Im pressions of the right thumb of seven men who had handled the envelope were taken, and an official of tho com pany was hold in SIO,OOO bail on the evidence furnished by the microscope of the iines in liir right thumb. A correspondent of the American j Dairyman asks for the annual value j of the agricultural products of the ' country. The question is one of the j most difficult to auswer. The census of 1890 doos not do it satisfactorily, aud since that date the aggregate value of farm production has steadily increased. President Harrisou, in one of his latest messages, estimated it at $4,500,000,000 annually. The present Secretary of Agriculture, in his lute report, is silent on this point, although he does say that there are six millions of farms in the country on which thirty millions of the population live. Our opinion is that the Secretary's es timate of the number of farms exceed by a full million the actual figures. To auswer our friend's query, nothing better than an approximate estimate can be offered, and his own is about as valuable as any other. The whole thing iamere guesswork. The cost of transportation has been on the decline for the last ten 01 twelve years, and even for a much longer period, remarks tho lloston Cultivator. Tho decline in rate* per ton per lulle oil all the railroads of the country has been from l.'Jiltl emits to ,SWJ7 cents from lMj to M'JJ The. decline for this period was the le-ist 111 the middle and o*utral northern htatea, and the great.-.t in theHoutu Atlantic an I Gulf Htate* and tli northwestern States, lln latter em braced the Granger system*. I'll, r . ( of these heavy decline-. it*. I. . u diaaatrou* in litany instance*, Iwu.g more than tli« railroad* could Ikwi\ It goes to shiW. however, tliat 11, . 1 I trausporlati I Miw.n l, I per Mils of transportation ar« gr> at aj ueiea lu . pialmurf pu »in Jtftwi vnl iiwiiU SPRING FEVER. Spring fever—ain't no cure for ft - I have it once a year ; It takes me in the city, And it makes me drowsy there. And I nod, And I nod, Like a Oeorgla flshin'rod. When it feels the trout a-pullin' 'Fore you land him on the sod! Spring fever—don't know how it comes. And no one ever know : And all I know is when it's here, It creeps all over you I And you dream, And you dream That you're floatin' down a stream; Floatin', floatin' like a feather Where the water-lilies gleam! * —-Atlanta Constitution. AT CHARITY'S MERCY. BY FRANK H. SWEET. x "1 HERE was no pret ), j j tier piece of land in 11 all tho country J I round thnn that oc cupied by the Tin ker County poor farm. It sloped to the north, to be sure, anil that did not add to the comfort of such paup ers as were able to work in winter, but in compensation it liad splendid woods and a line lake front. The lake was deep and clear and dotted with small islands. On the opposite slope, nnd half hidden by noble trees, were the outlines of a country mansion ; and in the distance were blue bills which might almost be mistaken for mount ains. But it was not on account of natural beauty that the Tinker County poor farm had been selected. The town of ficers were hard, practical men and did not care for such things. When it was decided that it would be for the town's advantage to farm its paupers instead of selling them at auction, tho select men looked around for a suitable place. Tho Bowen farm had the reputation of being the poorest in the town. It was rocky and unproductive, and had already ruined several small farmers who had been imprudent enough to trust their little to its keeping. Of late both purchasers and renters had given it a wide berth. But it was just tho place the select men were looking for. It was off the highway nnd was cheap. They ap proached the owner cautiously and found that he was anxious to sell--so much 30 that he accepted their first offer. The next thing was to rent the farm aud tho paupers to the lowest bidder. This happened to be Sim Pratt, u man who had always been au unsuccessful farmer, because ho was too stingy to become a prosperous one. He was not a bad man; but he was poor and covetousand narrow-minded, and all these pointed to a questionable future for the paupers. Aud as the years went by all the indications were fulfilled. Pratt had been keeper of the form for ten years now, and in all this time there had been found no one to under bid him. The pay was small, the farm poor and the paupers not very desir able, even to men of dull sensibilities. No one tried to succeed him. But Pratt liked to rule Before his advent to power 110 had never been able to hire help. Now he was autocrat of a small colony. In a few months he had fixed upon the maximum work which could be had from each of the paupers. Some were able-bodied, some could only work part of the time, some could not work at all. But, us a rule, it was the able-bodied who were the hardest to manage; it was their laziness which had brought them to the town farm. Tinker County hnd little money to spare its jumpers for clothing, and Pratt and the farm needed all the work they could give. Consequently there was much suffering during the winter. When it was too cold to mend Btone walls and fences, the strongest were sent to tho beaeh after seaweed. All the rest who were able to work were put into the baru aud sheds to stamp out beans and shell corn. It was nothing unusual for a pauper to die, and the town physician sometimes expressed his views very decidedly. But a physieian's views hud little weight with tho practical gtiardiuu of the county's finances. One afternoon several of the old men were at work in the lower field. The wind was sharp and cut through their clothing until their teeth chat tered with the bitter cold. All of them were thinly clad; aud at last a little, round-shouldered man begau to fiuger nervously at his coat which wan already bit ttoned. "I 'lou't tall thin much chanty," Ur pruiuMetl, ili-roiitinU'lly. "MCI'IIIM LIKTT TIN' towu INIV( lit lot UH have nver- I'oatu Mt-vk |H'kky oulil Weather. Wluit aav, Squirt V" Tbo man atlilri'KM il iliil not auwer. Lifting a heavy forkful of maweek lit «|IIINMI it thinly over th« groninl. V» l»u rutiiriiDil lor another ioa-t the little uian wont on, |ieevi»bly "S. . IUJ, lit, fni'tx might IMMutvr l'l» 111 a Jtlin■. ||k< thia ' 11»I ii 't Ul 11 nil we've m>l tor |iv«- ter, anyway, ilmt j>ark< t, an' kimml ri«Maiire whin tin 11 In Ur taker liriliga bl» bo*. KcttliM lik« an might |.i« k what rruntha «, eoiil'l ullt«U Ihi iHiliw.it>. " The otlw r man illil not M •|i|<*a I, an Ihe waa r. « Illil ,4 for More when t ho llttla mall aU |>|»> >1 IN fConl of him "Can t y« an»wi r a man # ijii'l' hi- aokrtl. irritaMy "Vuii am i u>> wuiii ili i l n I ttw, aw* I iu itlllm ifk mi 11*• •lot it |l,'ia I»« !#• ii« imiHi in with you ui'if ii two yuMM. an' ymi ain I WTMLT IIEI| >| oka la I IMD W|«T LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 4. 1894. you's 'bleeged ter. 'Tain't decent! I'm a sosherblq, man myself, au' I don't like bein' tied to a stick." The Squire gazed at him vacantly for a moment. Evidently bis thoughts had been far away, and he was bringing them back by a powerful effort. As he straightened himself up to his full height he looked very tall and thin; anil there was something pitifully incongruous in his rough, ill fitting garments and his clean-cut, scholarly face and snow-white hair. "What is it, Thomas?" he asked, gravely. "I was thinking, and did not hear you. We old men," with a slight smile, "have so much past and so little future that we are apt togo wool gathering." "Speakin' fer yourself an' not me, then," said Thomas, hastily. "My past ain't a good place ter gather wool, au' I don't goto it 'ceptin' I'm 'bleeged ter. But that ain't here nor there. I didn't want nothin', Squire, only jest ter hear you speak, so't I'd know you was 'live and not a purnambulatin' machine." He spread seaweed for several minutes in silence, then once more leaned upon his fork. "Come ter think on't, Squire, thero is one thing I'd to ast ye. When I come ter this place I found you was a'ready here, an' 1 got to callin' ye Square-cos the rest did. But down 'n the kitchen last night they told me 'twas raly so. Is it?" "Is what?" dreamily. "That you was high-toned oncet, an' had money an' things, like rich folks?" ''l had all I wanted, I believe." "An' owned that house acrost the lake, an' had horses an' stables an' servants an'—an' Government bonds?" excitedly. "Yes"—a slight tremor came into the grave voice—"but we will not speak of that, Thomas. Suppose we goto work. We will freeze if we stand here talking." They set to work vigorously, each taking one side of the long row of piles which the wagon had left and spreading as fur as the seaweed would cover. But occasionally Thomas glanced furtively at his companion. "So it's raly true," he muttered under his breath, :, son gambled an' run off an' old man paid his debts an' come here. 'Tarnal pity ! fer the old feller's a good sort, if he don't talk. An' the sou—well, I guess it's them kind o' sons as makes hangiu's." All through the afternoon they worked, and only stopped when the shrill call of the supper hom came across the field. As they passed through the barn yard, a great, hulking figure slouched from one of the sheds. "Hullo, 'Sias!" called Thomas, jeer ingly ; "got over bein' siek, have ye?" "Ye-as, 'baout," the man answered, sheepishly. "Well, take ear' ye don't git down ag'iu when it's time fer work." At the door they met Pratt. "Jest the fellers I'm lookin' fer," he said, briskly. "You'll have ter go back an' do up the burn chores. Bill an' Ike don't seem to think they're lit. You see t' the horses, yourself. Squire," he added, as they turned to do his bidding; "Thomas ain't per tickler 'nough." It was late in the evening when they returned to the house. Thomas went into the kitchen, but his companion was too tired to cat. He climbed slowly to his cold room in the garret. In the morning he was awakened by the rough voice of Pratt. "Come, git up, Squire ! Bill's down with cold an' you'll have ter drive his team ter-day. Step lively !" The old man dressed hurriedly and stumbled down the dark staircase. It still lacked an hour of daylight. Pratt stood by the kitchen door. "Take a bit o' suthiu' au' be gittin' off soon's ye can," he exclaimed, im patiently. "It'll be daylight fust ye know. I'll be boun' there's a dozen teams on the beach already." "I don't know as I shall be able to make a load without help," said the Squire, doubtfully, ' I sprained my back a little yesterday. "Tut, tut! We've got shirks 'nough on the place now 'thout you tryin' to join 'em. You're all right. Git some vittles an' be starin'. We can't 'ford ter board ye here for nothin'." The Squire untile 110 reply. Taking a few piece# of cold bread he ate them mechanically, and then opened the door and weui out. It was bitterly cold, and he took a handkerchief from his pocket and tied it around his neck. When he reached the baru he foiiud a puce of old sacking, and this wan made to do ditty as au overcoat. It did not take him long to yoke the oxen, and presently the heavy wheel-, of the wagon were creaking sharpU over the frozen ground. When the sit 11 rose he was well 011 his way to the beach. Moon after he drove across the low ridge of sand liillx which had been washed up by succes sive storms, lint, early an tin wan, s« v < ral teams were ahead of linn. The lieal of the Seaweed had been thrown into piles, and the lueu Were iiow load III,; it into their wagolis. As the wind was oifnliore there wa* no fresh sea Wee I coining lU. The Squire took III* i.'fk from the wagou and drove slowly along the bcifi, picking up stray luiiiiln here and tin re. Sometime* he slejjped into the Hater and rescued HIMK » which Were lie IUK floated oil by the risttiK tld Hut 1. * tut alow, hard work 'l'll. > titer team* h ft aud new arrivals took 'ten |.'o'e» last ho threw tils fork Upon the load and drove away. It wai long past noon Hack through the natid lull, and •eroMI Urn pant urea to ttla HtalH NNmI, wii I theii up hill and down until ha can. in *ight tlu town fariu tin top ~1 the U»t hill l»» 1-a'OM.d to let Nta« lion thu )..* I hranehad, aa 1 mill ol Ike folks eufv I away into lln wo . Uand aixuttU !ak« til. ..H eyes grew wistful. It was the road which lod to the mansion among the trees. As he stood there he saw a carriage approaching. Driving his team to one siue he waited ; but the carriage stopped as it came opposite. "Does Squire Burke still live at the old place ?" a man asked. "No;" he left many years ago. At the sound of the voice the stranger started and glanced at the old man sharply. Then he sprang from the carriage. But as he drew near ho paused and bowed his head, like a man waiting sentence. "Richard!" The Squire tried to keep his voico steady ; but it broke as the young man sprang forward and caught him in his arms. After a few moments they stood back and looked at each other. "Where have you been all these years, Richard?" the old man asked. "What have you been doing?" 4 'ln South America—working. After you—disowned me I wandered about tho country for some weeks and then shipped on board of a vessel as a com mon sailor. Finally I drifted into a place where I obtained a good situa tion. After a while I went into busi ness. Then I wrote to the man whose name I had—forged and told him I was able to pay some of the money and would pay the rest as soon as I could. He answered that it was all paid. Of courso I understood. After that I worked harder than ever. I determined to repay every cent, and thought that if I could make you be lieve I was not all bad yon might— perhaps—change your opinion." The Squire raised his hand deprecat ingly. "Don't, Richard ! I changed it many years ago. I was harsh—cruel—un just !" "No!" in eager protest. Then, for the first time, he seemed to notice tho Squire's garments. From them hie eyes wandered to the oxen. "Surely you are not so—so"—• "Poor? Yes'; I have been on the town farm nearly ten years. I was ill, and could get no employment. There was nothing else." The young man's face whitened. Stepping quickly to the carriage he said something in a low tone to the driver. Then he returned and toek tho whip from his father's grasp. "I will drive the team," he said. "The carriage will come for us in an hour and take us to the hotel. To morrow we will see the owner of the old place aud buy it back. But you are cold!" Removing his overcoat, he threw it around the shivering form ; then he took off his gloves aud forced them on the toil-worn hands. The old man's eyes glistened. As his gaze wandered across the fields to where the paupers were at work he said, eagerly: "There is one thing we must get, even before we buy the old place." "What is it, father?" "Overcoats for all the men on the farm."—lndependent. Frightened to Death. There are several well authenticated cases where fright was the cause of death. An English surgeon tells of a drummer m ludia across whose legs a harmless lizard crawled while he was half asleep. He was sure that a cobra hail bitten him, and it was too much for his nerves and he died. Frederick I.of Prussia was killed by fear. His wife was insane, aud ouo day she escaped from her keeper, and, dabbling her clothes with blood, rushed upon her husband while he was dozing in his chair. King Frederick imagined her to be the white lady, whose ghost was believed to invaria bly appear whenever the death of a member of tho royal family was to oc cur, and lie was thrown into a fever ami died iu six weeks. But perhaps the most remarknblo death from fear was that of the Dutch paiuter Pent man, who lived iu the seventeenth century. One day he ivent into a room full of auatomical subjects to sketch some skulls and bones for a picture ho intended to paint. The weather was very sultry, and while sketching ho fell asleep. He was aroused by bones dancing around him, aud the skeletons suspended from tin- ceiling clashed together. Iu a fit of horror he threw himself out of the window. Though he sustained no serious injury, and wus informed that a slight earthquake had caused the commotion among the ghostly sur roundings, he died of nervous treiuer. The Million. Karl)' I..union Street*. Iu tho seventeenth aud eighteenth Oi'utiiries, when a Lou lon street was newly formed, iti name uud date were fl 1 queutly recorded on a tablet built into the wall of u corner house. The houses themselves were also sometimes ■listinge 1-died by initials, names or •l.itin, either placed like the street tablet* or 011 a ram pipe or inside the building, 5 nil" of these relics still survive, but there is constant danger of their il. ntructiou, for ■ very year many old houses are leveled with the groitud, and streets, once important, cease to < \i*t, are merged iu other streets, us lose their importance by being re named Loudon Notes and lotteries. I'uttrr »i Ini'elgH Police, The Vienna poller have general eh*fge of all u«w*pap..ra, and keep records of all pr< ».. * au I publication*, maintain a cci.*or.ldp ov r all theatres and plats. Issue been— for the publi. callou and sale of ail book*, magaSlunS and periodical* Alt plav*, dialogues, •oug*. dauc.m au I » uii lUinmuni* by •octet!**, club* or individual* mu.t be I'.n.itl. d lo Ik. p dun, and ahptofed tfe Lift! |'« w t i -li Hwf Jatftf' INDIANS OF NEW MEXICO. aUEER CUSTOMS PRACTICED BY A PECULIAR PEOPLE. I'ew Changes In Their Life Since Pre historic Times—Land is Held tu Common by This Peaceful Race. / yr CATTEREDaII around through New Meiico and Arizona are ito be found Indian villages, called pueblos, where the red faced Americans live, almost as their ancestors did hundreds of years ago. The habits and customs of these Indians are interesting, but most in teresting of all to the ordinary tender foot from tho land where idolatry is looked upon as dead and gone long ago are the idols which are to be found constantly in many of the pueblos. Oue hears of the heathen from China and occasionally from the ends of tho world of benighted men who arc idolatrous, but in New Mexico, within three days of New York City, are to be found men and women who, it is claimed by many, are Christians, but who not only make idols, but keep them in their houses. Whether they worship them or not is a question which is much discussed, and it looks very much as if the testimony to the effect that some of the Indians do worship their idols outweighs that to tho contrary. The idols of the Indians are most ridiculous looking concerns, anil are a source of constant and vary ing amusement to the Easterner who loves to dig about in old villages and museums. The Indian pueblo nearest the city of Saute Fe is theTesuque pueblo, and here a man may buy a whole bagful of gods, large and small, for a dollar or so. The Indians are not very much in love with their gods, for a hundred gods mav be made in an hour or so and exchanged easily for ready money. The people of the Tesuque peublo are not a bad sort. They live in com paratively well-made houses, mostly of adobe clav. If you say "Good day" to them in Spanish they will repeat your greeting; it' you remark to a gray old buck, "Hello I" he and his lit tle ones will cry out, "Hello, boy! Hello, boy!" There is no sense in being bashful when surrounded by the squaws. They certainly are not. The majority of them have no reason to be so; their ago and ugliness are sufficient protec tion. But among the women are to be fouuil four or five very pretty ones. These young ladies are from fourteen to sixteeu years of age. They are not very tali, Int their figures are good, and they are as bright and as pretty as any of the darlings of New York, Philadelphia or Baltimore. It. is true they are decided brunettes, but then some men prefer brunettes. Their features are regular, their eyes bright and Hashing, and never dazed and heavy-looking from too much dancing or too many cups of tea. Their teeth are white and regular aud there are not half a dozen chunks of gold and silver scattered about among them. The girls do not louugc about iu hammocks or read novels all daylong. They get out and rush about and play with their brothers or help them at work, nnd if they don't like what is said to them floor the young men with a good right-hander from the shoulder. It is difficult, iu fact impossible, to get the Indians to talk about their gods, their religion aud their tradi tions aud superstitious, uuless one lives a great time among them. Several gentlemen, in the interest of science, haved lived auioug the Indians, but as they say very little iu their writings about the superstitious beliefs and tho gods of the Indians, the chances are that the Indiaus managed to keep their secrets to themselves, it is not pleasant to live among the Indians. There are very few Indians to be found in the larger towns and cities of New Mexico and Arizouu; they prefer to keep to themselves. They live in their pueblos or villages in the houses which were probably built liuudreds of years ago. The Indians have changed but little in the few huudred* of years since the Spauish conquests. Their pueblos are built 011 almost tho same style as those found by Cortez. Their habits have changed very little. The ludians speak but little of any tiling but a patois of Spanish. I heir women are not fond of overmuch dressing. They work pretty hard, much harder than the lower claas ol Mexicans, whom they despise and look down upon with coutempt. They farm and make very good pot tery, uml shoot aud sell their furs and carry wood 111 turn to the towns, where they sell it or exchaugt it for the ucccKsarics 01 life. iu olden times, laud is held in common, aud there are chiefs, just a» of old, who goveru the pueblos. Kadi pueblo is like a little republic ..I itself, and it is very seldom that au Indian malefactor ever Kctn tUto the ollUldc court*. The Jill UL*httic lit illeted out to WIoUk diM'r* by the head* ol the talttllv iu the pueblo ia xeuerally just, aud one rarclv or never hears of family mat ters i.eiuK taken before the white men for adjustment The people, oil all subject* but their religion, talk freely aud ptoaa antly to strangers, aud haveu t the ba»t object 1011 to a mau * walking all over the jiucblo. I lie Wouteu aud eblldren follow Mm visitor around, and when he leave* hurrah f»r him ami wave their hand* at liih. until he | M |.**t to sight —Niw Voyk Muu Mluali lit' to gr»MMrt) "ll you plea*. Mt Wellbv luv mother wants "Hut MI littb ' mau. » ir mi< Mm«*H |l..t V., M> tt.Hi til tilt* Terms—-SI.OO in Advance ; 51.25 after Three Months. SCIENTIFIC AXI> INDUSTRIAL. There are aluminum bath tubs. Incandescent lamps now sell for twenty-five cents apiece. More than 16,000 Hindoos have been inoculated for the prevention of cholera. Illinois physicians indorse the theory that sun spots and smallpox ure connected. The human skin is exactly like that of a fish, as it is covered with minute scales overlapping each other. Peach stones find ready sale to be used in manufacturing perfumes, flavoring extracts aud prussic acid. Illinois University is to have a sum mer station for the natural history laboratory and the study of aquatic fauna. Opticians say that the eye can de tect tho color produced by adding but one-millioneth of a gramme of fuch sine to a glass of water. The projected Pan-American Rail way will be from six to ten thousand feet above sea level, and a good many long and expensive tunnels will be necessary. The largest passenger engine iu the United States belongs to the Cleve land, Columbus, Cincinnati and In dianapolis Railroad. Weight, sixty five tons. Zoologists claim that the strength of the lion in the fore limbs is only sixty nine per cent, of that of the tiger, and the strength of the hind limbs sixty-five per cent. Tho cylinder head of a Connecticut locomotive blew out while at full speed. The train's momentum carried it to the station, five miles away, without a pound of steam. It is said that Paris will build a tubular railway eight miles long for the exposition of 1900. It will be for passenger service and electricity will furnish the motive power. Josiah Hoopes, of Westchester, Penn., has been collecting American birds for forty years past, and now lias curefully mounted what is believed to be one of the finest collections iu the United States. It numbers ti'JOO sjiecimens. As to where man first appeared it is beyond doubt that his earliest home was in southern Europe, or Asia, or North Africa. No earlier traces of him have been found than those found in the area that is uowEnglaud, France and Spaiu. Professor Otto Lugger, iu charge of tho Minnesota experimental station at St. Anthony Park, Minn., has discov ered fro.)i numerous experiments that if the animal is healthy no rise in temperature will follow the injection of Koch's lymph, while, if alilicted with tuberculosis, even in its incipient stages, there is an instant rise in-tem perature. vjn tests last year in the German town of Dessau it was shown that cook ing by wood and coal costs a little more than twice that done with gas. From experiments continued at Leip sic for several years it is estimated that a consumption of 700 cubic feet of gas per mouth is sufficient for pre paring the ordinary food of a family of four persons. Dr. Kopjien, of Hamburg, has com municated to the United States hydro graphic office liis method for calming the waves about a ship in times of storm. He recommends the use of soap suds. G. W. Leiitehales, assistant United States hydrographer, says that it is the particles of air un derneath the water which result in tho formation of waves. He also recommends soap suds for preventing the growth of waves. The IMleious Muraeujas. Have you ever eaten maraeujas? If not, 1 advise you to make the experi ment as soon as may be. I had never seen them till tho other night, when I was diuiug out, and noticed what at first I thought were oranges nestling on the dish beneath glorious bunches of purple and green grapes. The fruit wan arranged on low silver eperjrues and mingled with flowers, as is now often the case. I soou, however, dis covered that the skin of the fruit as well as tho shape were quite dis similar to that of au orange, the ex terior being shiny and "papery," and the size and shape resembliug that oi II very large Victoria plain. I found that maracuja was nuother name for the fruit of the passifu flower, and a* soon as I ha I beeu toi I this 1 recollected that even 111 Knglau I the shape aud color of our own passion flower fruit is exactly similar, though it becomes no larger than a good-sixed damson. Those to which I was introduced the other evening <*i.iue from Jamaica and the south of Maderia, and were obtained at a We* Eud fruiterer's. It requites a little pluck to eat theiu, a* the interior 1 rather a shock. I'lie fruit is like a collection of dark Kray seeds iu silver-colored gelatinous syruji, aud does not look sppetuiug, but the flavor is dulicioii*. r. -cmbluiK a uioi>t beautiful h"thou*c melon. If uniraciljas were better know 11, I am sure they would be a favorite nd.liti.ui to our dessert. Loudon Ocutlewoiueu. tin' rtMiitutn ill* ol liliti'iei Ha), Ihiriug the p*»l eight or teu »<• »r* a mm- is phenomenon ha* been hm lath observed at Glacier Bay, Alaska It always occurs mune lisieli after the full moon of Juua aud at' u.. other tune dIIr Ifl till' Ytar, audi* *ai It > bs directlv 'over the bat A .'uncut (AU-k* |.li' l ',(ia|.ii. 112 It** taken pie lure* of it on tour tlilTor* ut 1 l> Mtlly a s'Mtfte una ui th« gko*tly iMlltdlltg* otilllUvl wu In* |d I tea. Lvuts I»U ''die- NO. 30. DEVELOPMENT Tog, people change ; we did, yon fcrsow ; Last August, just a year ago, You wore red poppies in your hair That night at Brown's ; I called you fair, And you were pleased X thought you so. The music, throbbing soft and low, Seemed filled with joy—or was it woe? I could not tell, for you were there— Yes, people change. To-night your gown's like drifted snow ; Tho wedding-march peals softly, slow ; For Tom a bridal wreath you wear, And I—some way I do not care. I should have cared a year ago— Yes, people change. —Helen Nioolay, In the Century. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Experience tries to teach some very slow pupils. —Puck. Fogg refers to his glasses as an over sight.—Boston Transcript. If advice cost anything we wonlil all spend money to get it. Atchison Globe. Gossip is talk about other people's affairs which are none of our business. —Truth. It is hard to be grateful to the man who fought your battle for you and got licked.—Sittings. Necessity may be the mother of in vention ; but, more often than not, she is childless.—Puck. It is useful, often, to hold your tongue; but far more so to know how to hold your pen.—Puck. Teacher -"What is it, Harry, that stings like an adder?" Harry—"Tlio end of a leather strap."—Truth. "You've the advantage of me, sir," said Pompus, loftily. "Naturally, as I'm not you," replied Secus.—Puck. "Delay is dangerous," remarked tho train-robber, as he requested the pass engers to hand over their valuables.— Puck. Waiter—"What kind of fish will you have, sir, bluefish or whitefieh'?" Guest —"I don't care; I'm colorblind."— Hallo. "Does Flagson practice what ho preaches?" Great Caesar! No; he never gets through preaching."—lnter- Ocean. When it transpires that a speaker has only one idea his audience is always anxious for him to carry it out.—Dallas News. Jillson says he has noticed that when a discreet man goes to the pawn broker's he generally puts up and shuts up.—Buffalo Courier. Her tastes were so expensive, 80 inclined to prices steep, She was uniformly silent From the fact that talk Is cheap. —Puck. "I fear," sailly said the postage stamp, when it found itself fastened to a love-letter, "that I am not sticking to facts."—lndianapolis Jour nal. Teacher—"l don't suppose any one of the little boys here lias ever seen a whale." Boy (at the foot of the class —"No. sir, but I've felt one."—Brook lyn Life. Irate German (to stranger who has stepped on his toe)-—"Mine frent, I know mine feet vas meant to be valked on, but dot brivilege pelongs'to me." - Tit-Bits. Yager—"l made one ringing/speech in my life, anyway." Chorus (de risively)— "Where, when?' Yager— "The night I proposed to Mrs. Yager." —Buffalo Courier. Lady (in a book store) "Can you tell me where Packer Institute is?" Clerk (trying to think) —"I'm not sure, madam, but I should say it was in Chicago."—Detroit Freo Press. If men were true to their first love, ns stage heroes, novels and women de mand that they should be, every man would marry the cook who made him little cakes when he was a boy.—Atchi son Globe. First Sanioau Belle—"What horrible instincts those Christian women must have." Second Samoau Belle—"Why, dear?" "I am told that they actually wear live lizards for ornaments."— Indianapolis Journal. Ambitious Young Person—"What do you think is the first strp one should tako in order to become a poet?" Experienced Editor (thoughtfully) "Well, 1 should say take out a life in surance policy. " —Somerville Journal. "The next gowu I shall issue," said the ladiea' tailor, "will be the triumph of the oentury." "Indeed," said his huiublu assistant. "Yes, indeed. It will be impossible to tell from its shape that there is s womau in it at all." ludiauapoli* Journal. It' you would know the difference in the speed of the shooting star and the canal mule, quietly observe a mau in the act of taking mouey from a debtor and tliriistiug it into his pocket; and then watch hiui as be takes a dollar from his pocket to shower upon a creditor. I'uek I'endragon "Hello, Wordleigh, you're looking way up. Where d you get you're good clothes?" Wordlelgh "tth, I'm doing finely. (letting n. ii. rndnfM 'Why, hMi 1 tkd The last time I >a« von you looked like a tramp, ail.l complained that you couldn't get an article accepted Wordlrigh "Oh, yes; but now I'm reading a wriM of unpublished maim script* before the 11. I lam v Literary Club " Mr Kikly ti Life "I.ook here, I have come to the eon elusion that It Is all humbug witti your vegetarian principle*. Tin othei ■ veiling I »a» at a vegetarian club and, true as I am alive, luosl of tbe Hum l„rs present wis actually gorging lhciu»clves *»» li beetstoaks !" "That is easily eiplameJ Any ia«ml»ei ai riving late uu a club night i« con !