Michigan cast four million barrels
»112 flour on the waters of traffic last
year.
Alphonso cannot be blamed if he
lets down all allusions to "happy
ihildhood days" as rank nonsense.
Yellow fever is a Spanish warrior,
out Yankee skill will conquer him
iUst as Yankee valor conquers Spanish
Jeets and battalions. American sci
ence will do for the pestilence precise"
y what American gunnery did for the
memy's ships at Manila and Santiago.
A young wo.nan in Elizabeth, N. J.,
•ecently broke off an engagement
vhicU had been in force for eight
rears, and the disconsolate lover
irought suit for §25,000. Well, why
ihouldn't ho be reimbursed for the
ce cream and soda water expendi
>ures '?
The postoffice department of the
Dominion of Canada is rejoicing in a
lurplus of not less than 81,000,000
'or the year ended Juitf 30 last. This
s a uew experience for the Dominion,
ihere having been previously a defi
:iency annually since 1893 amounting
n five year* to some 80,000,000.
"Within twenty years," says
Dharles Denby, Jr., formerly secreta
ry of the American legation at Peking,
3hina, "there will be twenty thousand
iniles of railroad in operation in
Dhina. The internal development of
she Orient has just begun. America's
ooting in Oriental trade will be
broadened, and our prestige in the
tlfairs of the Far East greatly in
ireased."
Universities on the European model
tre to be established in China under
•he direct initiative of the Emperor.
The old exclusiveness of the Middle
Kingdom appears to be giving way at
ill points under pressure of the con
fiction that only in that way can the
oational life and welfare be preserved.
I'he imported methods of scholarship
»re to be introduced in a land of
»3holars, where learning flourished
lot only before such comparatively
nodern schools as those of England,
France, Germany and Italy were
'ounded, but before art and letters
were taught in Bagdad or Allepo, or
ior that matter, in Alexandria or
Athens. The Western graft of cul
'.ure on the ancient Eastern stock
ought to produee a particularly valua
ole fruitage, and that is what it prom
ises to do, thinks the New York Tri
bune.
The vegetarians are making a great
ido over the alleged triumph of their
theory in the long-distance test of
■valking endurance, seventy miles, in
3-ermany recently. The twenty-two
barters included eight vegetarians.
The distance had to be covered within
sighteen hours. The first six to ar
rive were vegetarians. The first fin
ishing in fourteen and one-fo(wth
hours, the seconl in fourteen and one-
Ualf hours, the third in fifteen and
one-half, the fourth in sixteen, the
fifth in sixteen and one-half, and the
sixth in seventeen and one-half. The
two last vegetarians missed their way
and walked five miles more. All
reached the goal in splendid condi
tion. Not until one hour after the
last vegetarian did the first meat-eater
■ear, completely exhaustsd. He
was the only one. Others dropped
off after thirty-five miles.
Congress at its last session passed
a bill enlisting army cooks which will
be welcomed by the troops every
where. The measure has been advo
cated for years, but the actual pres
ence of war seetns to have been need
ed for its enactment, thinks the New
York Sun. Commmisary General
Ega ), in urging the bill, pointed out
that during the civil war the com
plaints ma le against the rations arose
largely from the fact that in each com
pany o'.ie or two men were detailed to
cook them, and that these men might
be very imperfectly suited to the busi
ness. Under existing regulations, he
said, food supplies are issued for ten
days at a time, and through inaxperi
euce or unskillfuluess in cooking,
these supplies are sometimes used up
by the seventh or eight day, and then
complaints are made that the govern
ment does not furnish food enough,
"whereas what is supplied constitutes
a ration that is more ample than any
other in the world,and fully sufficient,
if properly cared for and cooked, to
meet all the needs for nourishment."
The new bill authorizes the enlist
ment for each company, battery or
troop, regular cr volunteer, of "a
competent person" as cook, who
should have the rank and pay of a
corporal, and should instruct Other
men who may be detailed to assist
him. This step must have a good ef
fect on the health, comfort, and en
tertainment of the troops in the field.
America practically supplies the
whole world with clocks, nearly every
civilized country importing tbem.
Sunday will go into hißtory as naval
sinking day. Montejo's and Cervera's
fleets were both sent to the bottom on
that day.
Farm laborers are so scarce in some
parts of the West that they find ready
employment at S3 per day. No man
should go out there looking for work
uuless he is willing to take it.
The slaughter in the battles before
Santiago seems dreadful to us, unused
as this generation is to the butchery of
war, but it was trivial compared with
the wholesale destruction of life in
our Civil war thirty-five years ago.
The inventor is steadily striving to
make war more deadly, but thus far
the tactician seems to be keeping
ahead of him.
The growth of the railroad system
of the United States has been marvel
lous. Seventy year.* ago the United
States did not have a mile of railroad
track, while now her total railway
mileage exceeds that of any other
country of the world.' This mileage
is 118,717, while the balance of North
America has 24,000 miles besides.
Europe has 155,284 miles of railway,
Asia 26,790, while Africa, laggard
though she is, actually now boasts of
8169 miles.
The impression appears to be gen
eral among intelligent observers that
America is being discovered a second
time. Our kinsmen of Giyeat Britain
are beginning to find us out, are just
learning the true inwardness and en
terprising outwardness of Amjrieaus.
Evidently the idea that Americans are
but half-cultured people, intensely
provincial and largely rustic, is wear
ing away in Englaud. 'lhis is well,
for a better mutual understanding
may pave the way for a closer union
of hearts.
"In the harbor of Santiago de
Cuba," says Maturin M. Ballou in
"Due South," "a sunken wreck is
poiuted out, partially visible at low
tide, not far from the shore. Only
the ribs and stanchions are still held
together by the stout keel timbers
and lower sheathing. This wreck has
laid here unheeded for years, yet what
a story these old timbers might tell,
had they only a tongue with which to
give voice to their experience !—liter
ally the experience of ages." Refer
ence is made to the remains of the old
St. Paul, one of the ships of the great
Spanish Armada that Philip II sent to
England in 1588, being one of the
very few of that famous flotilla that
escaped destruction at the time. What
a historical memento is the old wreck !
After a checkered career, in which
this ancient craft had breasted the
waves of innumerable seas and with
stood the storms of nearly three cen
turies, she was burned to the water's
edge here iu the harbor tjf Santiago a
few years since and sunk, where her
remains now lie, covered with slime
and barnacles—a striking emblem of
the nation whose flag she once proud
ly bore.
Interesting data about the occupa
tions of the American people is given
in the bulletin of the eleventh census
recently made public i» Mines and
Minerals. It shows that the total
number of people engaged in occupa
tions of all kinds iu 1890 was 22,735,-
901. Of the whole number of work
ing people the females form 17.22 per
cent. Divided by classes %he work
ing people of the country are as fol
lows: Agricultural, fisheries and min
ing, 9,013,336; professional, 944,333;
domestic and
577; trade and transportation, 3,326,-
122; manufacturing and mechanical
industries, 5,031,293. Considerably
more than four-fifths of the illiterate
male population of the country, and
over one-fourth of the illiterate female
population are working. Over 59 per
cent, of the workingtnen are married,
over 27percent, single, over three per
cent, widowed, and one-quarter of one
per cent, divorced. In manufactures
and mechanics the carpenters and
joiners, numbering 611,482, make up
the greatest element, with dressmak
ers and milliuers following -with 499,.
690. There are a little over 1,000,000
bookkeepers, clerks and salesmen,
690,658 merchants and dealers, 5,281,*
557 farmers, planters and overseers,
and 3.004,061 agricultural laborers,
349,592 miners, and only a little over
60,000 fishermen and oystermen.
Professors and teachers aggregating
347,344, form the most numerous
the professional classes. Physicians
and surgeons, 104,805, came next;
then lawyers, 89,630: clergymen, 88,-
203; government officials, 79,664; mu
sicians, etc., 62,155; engineers and
surveyors, 43,239; artists and art
teachers, 22,496; journalists, 21,849,
and actors, 9728
COLPENROD.
Spring Is the morning of tho year, I think the butterfly and bee,
And Summer is the noontide bright; From distant meadows coining back,
The Autumn is the evening clear Are quite contented when they see
That comes before the Winter's night. These lamps along the homeward track.
And in the evening, everywhere But those who stay too la e get lost, j
Along the roadside, up and down, For when the darkness falls about,
I see the golden torches flare Down every liglued street the Frost
Like lighted street-lamps in the town. Will go and put the torches nut!
—Frank Dempster Scerman.
3 112
< OCHE, THE CHICKASAW. ►
The colonel was in command, and
it was our business to obey orders.
His mouth was straight and firm, and
his small,gr/»y eyes were set unusually
close together. His chin was clean
shaven, on either cheek be wore
a thic. and formal whisker. Perhaps
if was to this severe exterior tbat
Colonel Bailey owed his appointment
as deputy sheriff of Guthrie district;
but be this as it may, everybody knew
him to be capable and fearless, aud
so when an elusive young Chickasaw
bandit was seen in the vicinity of Le
high it was the colonel who was chosen
to run him down.
Colonel Bailey selected me as one
of his associates. For the other he
picked out an nusociable fellow,
known in the community as "Frozen
Pete." I suspect that he had no
great confidence in our ability to catch
tbe thief. For when we reached- Le
high aud fouud the outlaw under lock
and key.be seemed very well satisfied.
It merely remained for us to bring the
prisoner safely to Guthrie and lodge
him in the county jail.
After a short delay, we started
on our return journey, and so it
happened that one breezy autumn
evening we four encamped in a
hollow of tbe Washita Hills, Okla
homa, with more than half our ride
behind us.
Our prisoner's name was Oche—a
Chickasaw word meaning "all right."
Never was name less appropriate. Ex
cept in his youth, bis vigor and tbe
marvellous quickness of his motions,
Oche was anything but "all right."
Though he stood five feet ten in his
moccasins, his extraordinary leanness
left his weight scarcely a hundred
pounds. He spoke little English and
was wholly without education, but his
high reputation for cunning had been
thoroughly earned. A pair of frayed
buckskin trousers and a diugy blanket
made up his simple costume. He
looked a typical Indian outlaw, but
his face was kind, and there were
men who said bis gratitude for a favor
was keen aud lasting.
As a professional horse-thief Oche
had small claim upon the kindness of
honest men, and he must have ex
pected the severest justice at official
hands. But at the outset the Indian
had reason to be surprised, for con
trary to his appearance Colonel Bailey
was generous to a fault, and bis kind
consideration for a prisoner was in
variable. Frozen Pete and I followed
his example. We had no wish to be
discourteous, and it Beemed only nat
ural anil right to offerOehe such little
attentions as were within our power
to bestow. I remember in particular
that last night when the Indian was
shivering luneath his scanty blanket
how the colonel drew off his heavy
weather-coat aud spread it carefully
over him. Oche merely raised his
head and stared bard into the rugged
face of the sheriff.
The hollow in which we had baited
was a natural basin, situated on the
west bank of a branch of the Washita
river. Eastward between us and the
stream a very narrow wall of shaly
earth rose precipitously to the height
of full 30 feet. To the north and
west the low hills were almost perpen
dicular. Thus on three sides the
fcisin was eutirely shut in by cliffs.
On the fourth alone to the southwest
tke view was open, and through the
gap we could see stretches of the il
limitable prairie.
The tall prairie grass grew abun
dantly on the lloor of our camping
ground, and here aud there along the
hard, dry walls clung an occasional
patch of stubbly buffalo grass or a
sickly cluster of yellow cacti. Cer
tainly it was not a pretty spot, but the
tall banks were a rampart against the
chill breezes of the northwest, aud
the basin had long since beer; a favor
ite halting-ground for travelers.
On this night, however, tbe wind
had veered round until it swept unre
sisted through the mouth of our three
walled flat. All night long its vio
/ence steadily increased, and when
Ibe colonel wakened us by loud shouts
of "Rouse! House!" it was blowing a
gale.
I started up and began to draw on
my heavy boots. The colouel was al
ready making coffee over a glowing
heap of brush sticks. By chance my
eyes wandered to the opposite side of
the basin, where we had picketed our
four broncos. They were gone.
In blauk amazement I pointed to
the spot The colouel followed the
direction of my gaze and understood.
Then by a common impulse we ran to
where his overcoat lay. He snatched
it from the ground. Beneath were a
blanket, a piece of heavy rope aud a
pair of locked handcuffs. Oche had
gone, too.
Had the blow been less severe, the
colonel might have given expressive
vent to his feelings, but as it was, he
merely dropped upon the blanket and
began to examine the discarded man
acles.
"There are times," he muttered,
weakly, "when a man who calls him
self a man insists upon being a mule.
Thia is one of the times, and I'm the
man."
"How was it done?*' I asked, kneel
ing opposite him on Oche's blanket.
"Done," he replied; "there wasn't
anything to be done about it. All he
had to do was to get up and walk.
You know how slim he was? Well,
he's turued out to be one of those fel
lows whose hands aren't a particle
broader than their wrists. What do
you suppose they care n'xmt things
like these?" he added, r ttling the
handcuffs viciously. "Whi ewe were
sleeping here, like the gentle lambs
we are, he slipped his hands out, un
tied tbe rope from his ankles and left,
taking the broncjs along as mementos
of a pleasant trip with fools."
"Then let's follow him !"I exclaimed,
leaping up; but the sheriff gripped me
by the trousers.
"I'm thankful," he said, earnestly,
"that I'm not the only idiot in this
camp. Why, you dummy, can't
you comprehend the difference be
tween people on horses and people on
foot, and don't "
Fro'.en Pete had been quietly but
rapidly pulling on his boots, button
ing his jacket and tightening his belt.
His mauuer was generally so deliber
ate that now we both stared at him in
surprise. My view embraced the
»ruouth of our camping-ground, and
between the black walls I saw, with
horror, a long, unbrokeu line of leap
ing flame. Extending the entire
width of the bottom, its dancing yel
low crest was just visible as it rose
over a long knoll lying in its path.
How the tire started 1"to not know to
this day. Perhaps campers on the
prairie had set it going accidentally.
It could not have been burning
long, for els« we should have noticed
the glare in the night sky. Complete
ly hidden by our walls until within
the last few moments, the terrible
danger had crept upon us unobserved.
The tire was already within 300
yards of us, and the rough wind was
sweepiug it nearer with frightful ra
pidity. There was no time to start a
counter fire. The sheer walls on three
sides of us blocked our retreat. A death
of torture was rushing straight at us.
Pete and I stared at Colouel Bailey,
while in that awful moment the sheriff
stood, with bent head, thinking how
to save us.
"This way, boys," he cried,sudden
ly, and ran straight across the canon
toward the creek. We followed and
quickly reached the narrow bluff op
posite. The sheriff glanced rapidly
along its base. He had seen such
formations before and hoped to find a
hole through the wall.
I was by his side when we reached
a spot where the tall grass bad been
worn down. He stopped, dropped on
one knee and then pulled me bodily
to the ground. To my astonishment
I found myself looking into a wolf
burrow, perhaps 18 inches in diam
eter. At its other end, scarcely 15
feet away, I could see light. Some
enterprising coyote had dug a passage
through the narrow wall to the creek
beyond.
"See if it's wide enough for you,
boy," cried the colonel; "maybe we
can get through, maybe not. If we
can't "
I lost the rest of the sentence as
with both arms extended in frout of
me I thrust my head aud shoulders
into the opening, aud digging my toes
violently into the ground I shoved
myself forward almost my length.
There I stuck fast. With no room to
bend Iny arms or use my knees, I was
helpless. Writlie'and squirm as I
would, I could make no progress. In
despair I struggled back into tha
basin.
"I feared it," said the sheriff,husk
ily. "If we could use our elbows we
could make it, but as it is. God help
us."
For some seconds we stood motion
less. The fire had advanced full 50
yards,and the infernal roar was buzz
ing in my ears when Pete suddenly
thrust out his hand toward the west.
Opposite us, on the verg • of the bluff,
was the rascally bandit, Oche. We
could see him distinctly in the in
creasing light. There he sat astride
the colonel's pony, stolidly watching
us and apparently finding a ferocious
joy in our approachiug destruction.
We had hardly time for thought,
however, before Oche dropped to the
ground. Holding the lariat coiled in
his baud, he cut it from the bronco's
neck aud sprang to the edge of the
bluff at a point where the wall was
slightly less steep. Instantly he
squatted down, lurched his weight for
ward and slid down the bank into the
basin below. The descent was almost
gs rapid as a fall, but Oche reached
the bottom uuharmed, and springing
to his feet he came bounding toward
us, his lank, wiry body shooting far
through the air at every leap.
The act of the bandit in dropping
from safety to apparent death utterly
bewildered us. In the nature of
things it would not be to attack us.
The roaring of the flames grew louder,
we could hear the crackling of the
tall, crisp grass, yet we could only
stand and Btare.
The Indian presently reached us.
"Throw away guns hats!" he
cried.
"Do it, boys," commanded the
colonel, and as Frozen Pete threw
down his belt, pistol and sombrero
Oche pushed him prostrate to the
earth. Pete fell just in front of the
burrow, and Ocho sliding past him,
strung the lasso on the grass. Pete
understood and grasped the rope neai
its centre, while Oche, dropping full
length upon the ground, wriggled his
naked body into the burrow. Thanks
to his extreme slenderuess and to his
Indian blood be crawled through the
tuunel with all the dexterity of an
animal. Holding one end of the lariat
at his back he drew tbe slack rapidly
after him, and in less than a minute
he stood on the narrow strip beside
the creek.
Pete crawled into the tunnel as far
as bis own exertions would permit, and
now the Indian, drawing the rope
taut, pulled him along with nil the
strength of bis lithe body. Twisting
and turning,the cowboy scraped safely
through.
The colonel grabbed the end of the
rope which had almost disappeared in
tbe burrow, and running back with it
15 feet he ordered me togo before
him. Tbe tire was within 50 yards of
us. The wind drove sparks and smoke
against our faces. It was no tima for
chivalrous deference.
Dropping to tbe earth I grasped tbe
lariat as Fete bad done and was trying
to compress my bulk just a little
when I felt myself.jerked forward with
a vigor which told me tbat Oche and
Pete were hauling together at tbe
rope. In half a minute I was by their
side, and our united strength dragged
Colonel Bailey rapidly through tbe
tunnel. But just as tbe sheriff's bead
emerged from under tbe bluff Oche
sprang from us and running along the
bank of tbe stream stopped some five
rods away. It was hardly strange
that neither Pete nor I thought of
him as a prisoner.
Colonel Bailey got on his feet and
took a step toward Oche. The out
law stood motionless. The sheriff
made another step. The Indian shook
his head, then turned and walked
slowly away, conscious of his perfect
security. He bad seen us throw down
our holster pistols on tbe other side
of the hole, and as an Indian he did
not fear our pursuit on foot.
The sheriff watched Oche until he
has passed a beud in the ridge, then
turned and walked toward us in si
lence. Halting at the wolf-burrow he
bent down aud peeped through it. As
he did so his trousers were drawn
tight across his hips, and I perceived
the outline of a hard obje.t in his rear
pocket. It was the butt of a derringer
pistol; but lam not the man to criti
cise the colonel. Til Tilford, in
Youth's Companion.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
A map of Jerusalem iu Mosaic, over
1500 years old, has been found in Pal
estine.
A night-blooming leguminous plant
of Trinidad is pollinated by the agency
of bats.
There are houses still standing in
Nuremberg, Bavaria, that were built
in 1080.
A pen carrying a small electric lamp
to prevent shadows when writing has
been patented iu Germany.
Prisoners when arrested in Morocco
are required to pay the policeman for
his trouble in taking them to jail.
The Roman bride, when being
dressed for the wedding, invariably
had her hair parted with the point of
a spear.
A pedestrian succeeded the other
day iu setting foot, in the course of
tive hours and forty minutes, iu seven
German states.
Simla, India, is built on the side of
a steep hill, and the roof of one house
is often on a level with the founda
tion of one in the next tier.
Grasshoppers attain their greatest
size in South America, where they
grow to a length of tive inches, and
their wings spread out ten iuches.
The Japanese are curiously alike
physically. Recent measurements
taken of an infantry regiment showed
no variation except two inches iu
height or 20 pounds in weight.
An early Anglo-Saxon custom,strictly
followed by newly married couples,
was that of drinking diluted honey
for thirty days after marriage. From
this custom comes the word honey
moon, or honeymonth.
Safety for Miners.
A recently invented device for
miners will no doubt result in lessen
ing the loss of life. It is designed to
render the miners immune from the
deadly effects of carbonic oxide in the
after damp which follows gas ex
plosions iu mines. It is a helmet
which will enable the wearer to live
for at least half an hour after such an
explosion takes place. It is worn over
the head and face, and is constructed
of a special asbestos tanned leather,
or cloth, rendering it proof against
tire, heat, steam, boiling water and all
poisonous fluids. It comes down close
over the shoulders, and is held firmly
in place by meaus of two straps pass
ing under the arms. At the back of
the helmet is a metal reservoir, from
which the wearer is supplied with
fresh air at the natural air pressure
and twmty degrees cooler than the
outside atmosphere. The tank has a
capacity of 100 pounds' pressure of
compressed air, and is always ready
for service, the same pressure of pure
air beiug retained for months. The
amount of air in store can bfe seen on
the gauge attached to the reservoir,
which can be quickly changed by au
air pump. A lever on the top of the
reservoir forces the air through the
supply tubes to a poiut inside and di
recty in front of the mouth and nos
trils. The supply cau be adjusted to
the comfort of the wearer. The ueck
gear has an outlet for the foul air,and
the two lookouts are constructed of
double plates of clear mica, with re
volving cleaners and protected by four
cross wires. The side or ear plates
have spteial diaphragms, or sounding
discs, which give perfectly distinct
hearing.—Philadelphia Record.
THE WILLOW BOWER.
I know a bower made of willow trees, !
Low leaning from the grassy waterside,
The long leaves drooping in the rippling
stream.
Like lady's fingers trailed In cooling tide.
Within the bower la never seen the sun,
Though fiercest rays assail its leafy
screen,
And, save for lowing of the distant herd
And lapping waves, the silence is serene.
Herein I sit within my little boat,
Soft-cushioned us in dreams of weary
men;
And little reek I that the world without
Is full of care and strife of sword and
pen.
With eyelids closed and pillowed cheek on
hand,
I dream the happy, idle hours away,
Till twilight comes and goes, and night has
come,
And then I leave my bower, fain to stay.
—Hay Belle Willis,in Boston Transcript.
HUMOROUS.
"Do you regard late rising as in
jurious?" "It certainly shortens one's
days."
Judge—Don't let me see you here
ngain. Prisoner—Where shall I sea
you, Judge?
"Mine, miner, minus!" This is
the general upshot of speculation in
mining stock.
Hob—Saw Tom and his wife out
wheeling yesterday. Will—Taudem?
Bob—No; perambulator.
Aunt Harry, do you love your
baby brother? Harry—What's the
use? He wouldn't know it if I did.
A great many girls say "No," at
first; but, like the photographers,they
know how to retouch their negatives.
"What's the matter, old man? You
look hot and excited." "Just beeu
trying to dodge a cross-eyed girl on a
bicycle."
He—Poorman says he is convinced
now that the world does go round.
She—Well, he doesn't look as if he'd
got very much of it yet.
Mamma—Oh dear! Jimmy, I don't
believe you know what it is to be
good. Jimmy—Yes, I do, mamma.
It's not doing what you want to do.
Little Pitcher—l don't think my
papa loves me as much as he'loves my
mamma. Mamma says papa tells her
fairy stories. He never tells any to
me.
Clerk—How did you discover that
the man in 35 was Slaan, the great
detective? Pell Boy—He had to ring
for some one to hud the towel for
him.
Husband (angrily, alter a somewhat
heated argument with his better half)
-Do you take me for a fool? Wife
(soothingly)—No, John! But I may
be mistaken.
"Pa, can Igo to the circus?" "No,
my son; if you're a good boy, you
won't want togo to the circus."
"Then, I'd better go while I'm bad
enougn to enjoy it, hadn't I?"
"I say," asked Jinks, as he walked
into Blinks' store, sample case in
hand, "can a cowhide in a shoe
store?" Blinks wasn't at all slow—
"No," he says, "but calfskin."
The Cabman—Gimme your bag,
ladv, and I'll put it on top of the cab.
Mrs. Oatcake (as she gets in) —No;
that poor horse of yours has enough
to pull. I'll carry it on my lap.
"If you had an apple, Johnnie, and
your little brother asked you for a
piece, you'd greet his request with u
cheerful smile, wouldn't you?" "Yes,
ma'am, I'd give him the merry ha,
ha!"
"Lady," began Mr. Dismal Daw
son, "you see before you a man whose
name is mud—m, u, d." "There runs,
be some mistake in your calculations,"
replied the lady. "It takes water U
make mud."
Mrs. McCall—lt's too bad of you.
Ethel, to worry your mamma so.
Ethel (aged 5, tearfully)—Oh, well
Mrs. McCall, if you'd lived with mam
ma as long as I have you'd know whu
of us was to blame.
He—l had a queer dream about yo
last night, Miss Louisa. I was about
to give you a kiss when suddenly wi
were separated by a river that gradu
ally grew as big as the Rhiue. She—
And was there no bridge or no boat.
"If it wasn't for your father," saiu
the wrathful citizen, "you would have
starved to death long ago. Yon
haven't sense enough to pound sand."
"Haw," answered the chappie, "I
had sense enough to be born into a
wealthy family, and that is more than
you had."
The Pioneer* of Colonization.
The pioneers of colonization were
pirates and marauders, fishermen and
navigators, hunters and traders, ex
plorers and discoverers, missionaries,
runaways, adventurers and convicts.
It is easier to rob others than to pro
cure spoil or food where they found or
reared it, and so privateers and ma
rauding adventurers may have pre
ceded fishermen and hunters. The
earliest Qreek and Roman colonies
seem to have been founded by just
such bands. The Spanish and Portu
guese colonies of South America were
hardly more exalted in tlieir origin.
The Dutch East Indies were colonized
by a band of landless resolutes from
the Texel—disorderly youths (says the
old chronicler), "whose absence was
more desired" there "than their pres
ence." The gentlemen adventurer*
who founded Acadia, like the two La
Tours, the renegade Frenchmen (like
De Castin and his half-breed son) and
the forest rangers who "blazed the
track" in Canada for future Settlers.
Kipling's "gentlemen rovers" and
"lost legion," Mr. Cecil Rhodes him
self, when he seized Matabeleland, are
types of this class. The Jamieson
raid was only the last of the daring
burglaries by which ancient and
modern colonial empires have been
built up. —Appletons' Popular Science
Monthly.