! The Ago at which most suicides take
t.lace in this country according to the Chi
cago Hi rail, is thirty-five. It would seem
that in curly middle life the disappointed
hope nro most keen nnd t lie effects of
an ill spent vouth most disastrous. At
thirtv-fivo imtti V Americans feci tho !
wciirisomoncss cf old age.
According to the official estimates of
the 1'niicd States Uureiu of Statistics t
thero were P O.noo.oiio tons of coal
consumed in thi I nitcd States lust year.
Tin- nmount of coul displaced by tho use
l,f tiufiiriil n ! tint nt tl. (11)1). (MID. nnd
v PV-' - I '-- - .
yet the consumption of co.il in I" ex I
ceedstlnt of is(j by I7,1S.','.." tons.
These figures show at whut an astonish- I
ing rate industrial development is going '
on in this country. .
TheneW paper, IV 1)1 ri ' Ilnjur, of
the City of Mexico, in a recent issn.j
iiys thut tho Prince of Wales nnd Mr.
(lOh' ii, the ( hiiicellor of t h ; Knglih
lixthc pier, own eight site of hind, well
Itocko 1 with h rses mi l cattle, in the
Statu of fjoahuilu. A native ha 1 n small
piece of laud situat" 1 in tho property,
valued at not over ",)". To g"t rid of
him he w.h bought out for Die round
sum of tiyiiMl mi J in tie happy.
l'r. lb'tining, a ticrma'i o'li Inl, pub-li-h"S
the interesting ciaim that it is a
mistake to nssiimo that the word P. rig
laud is derived from tin) Angles, or their
district in Schlcswig. lie insist that
tin; worcl originate.! from th ! Kngerii,
who were a numerous ai l powerful
Savon trihe from th'! banks of tho
Wcser, ami probably forme 1 tho h ilk of
the Saxon settlers. Mis theory is very
intcicstingaud plausible, asserts tho New
York Tim- -, anil a good (lea1, of proof
is marshaled m its support.
LOSS AND OAIN.
I swwri tbat ttm golden day was dead,
Jts Itfcbt no more tbe country aide adorning ;
But whibt I grieved, behold I the East crew
rtd
k With morning.
I sljjhed merry spring was forced to go,
And ilolt th wreath that did o Woll bo
re xt fcr;
But whii I murmured at hr atisence, lo!
'Twns snminer.
I mourned became the daffodils were killed
l'y burning skiet thut scorched .my early
posinn;
Hut whilst for these I pinod my hands were
niksJt
With roses.
Half broken hearted I bownilod the end
Of friendsliis tlian which none ha 1 oni-o
ss'nn.! nearer;
Put whilst I wept I found a nowor friend,
An I denrer.
And tlius I learned iM pleasnresnrerstrnnged
Only thnt something better may Iio given;
Until at last we find this earth oxck ingod
For heaven.
Ojol Jl'orJs.
a grox of mango trees on the bank of a
ci-ik, when a ryot, or common laborer,
T.assed through our camp on his way to
ai villagi, about five miles away. Tho
ruins were in a heavy jungle, but ho told
tne how to strike a path which led near
Ihetn. But for his excitement he would
not have betrr.ycd tho location. n about
three hours ho returned to tell me that
lie h.vl beer mistaken in the location,
whir.'j vrni io tne south insjond of the
west, arid if he ha I said ruihs he meant
rocks. 1 w.m not deceived with his sec
ond stntemcnt. He wanted to keen mo
aw ay from the ruins, and of course I was
determined to visit them.
If vent, I must go aloao. Neither
I hung over the chest for pethnps half
f.n hour, hardly during to breath for fear
it would fly away. I was rich, rich bo
tond the wildest dream a poor man ever
had. This was loot. It was all mine if
1 cou'd keep tho lind from tho (iovcrn
nicnt olichtls. I could not remove it
without help. I was n stout man, but I
could not have lifted one end of tho
chct ciour of tho ground. I took a
paper containing four diamonds, a pack
age of gold coin which counted up nbout
1H .V1C, and a couple of bnrsof the metal,
and started ha k to camp on a run. I
hnd I pen so taken up wiih my work
thnt I hnd given no attention to any
thing clso. 1 now discovered thut the
the Professor nor his young men had j heavens were rapidly darkening, and I
ever Mem ai anyimng more ferocious i had only just reached camp when a tor
than an jrcknl, and they hnd no idea of riblo storm set in, and never let up for
riskirg themselves with a tiger. I had a moment until afier midnight Tho
killed two of thec during my jaunts story of my discovery, told only to the
about tho country, and was quite certain white men of the pnrty, created intenso
of my nerve in caso of nnoiher meoting. I excitement, but the storm and the dark
The native had described this tiger as ! ncss pnsynted any move. As soon as
nn o'd man-eater, who had t arried oil daylight catno, however, wo were off,
many villaucrs. and, as I must visit the : but a terrible diannointuient was in
ruins by day, ho would certainly be nt storo ' us. Tho chest was thero
or the A men can i
piotes M. ianci al i
The latest bulletin
(leogtaphical Society
lis showing that the world is not jet
overcrowded. Allowing I'ne ncres t
each inhaUita-it, he lindstliat llurope has
room for aa inhLlioual population of
1 l.VKMi.ouo, Al' iea for I,.: !'i,ui)ii,o ',
A-ia fur I, I u.'. (i io,(i:ei, ere. nica for
o..,n 10,1100, nml Ain. iie'i f.,r '.',oo i.ooi.l.
Tlie fro'en ngioiM of Aii aiel Puropo
(ire ileiluete 1 trom the available sp.e e,
but A re ;ie Atiieriea is somewhat lustily
li.isuiie d lo 1 e lit for cu.tivatiou.
home, llright and early next morning 'as I had left It, but everything in tho
I was ready to start. My excuse to tho shape oi' contents had been removed.
ProftMor was that 1 intended to look for i Without 1 doubt, some nati.o had been
rpTr, TTr.Tr,r. ! a certiin bird wliich he hal been ve-y spying on me tlie day before as I worked,
llili liUitiLD IKLAoUIIE. ' nnxi""8 ,0 "ct'"r! 0,,l n" nov,r noticed I and hehml given the alarm nnd brought
that I took my heavy rife instead of ahot- a party to the spot during tho night. I
' gnu. 1 also had a revolver and knife, and g( t $j.0iw out of it as it was, but it
I.e. ore the occupation of India by tho it was not more than an hour artersunnso only served to annoy me. At five o'clock
llrtish it was the r.chest country in : when 1 set out. 1 followed the creek down ' in tho afternoon I had the wealth of two
gold, precious stones, raro jewels, fine to where it branched, and there I struck or three kings In my hands. At sunrise
doth iindcutle-y of imy on cuith. Wlnlo the path whi. h the native had described. ' next morninir all had vanished - all but
I r '' miserably poor, tho As near as I could de'erminc it had been tho tritllo I had carried nwav to prove
i ......(.. .aI. ri'i.... . . .. -
eii.-cij i .in. inn, kij inane ny wiiu nnimais coming ami going tho fa'-t of mv l h-covcrv. It was mv
uetween mo jungle nnn tno creeK, nnd first nnd Int Una in India, and I never
at the lirst soft spot 1 found the im- , think of it without being Inconsistent
prints of tho tiger's nws. They were enough to hope that every dollar of tho
fresh, too, and thero was no doubt of his , spoil caused tho death of a native.
being at home. As 1 procicdcd, tho -
path wound about in tho most eccentric I,urioiis Peach,
manner, while tho iungle grew thicker. . , .' , . .i t .
One could not s. c U feet in any direc v Wh' 0 $,n8 al"n tro
tion. and the air was Khut off. cw ork r,,l'or."f ni a
Tho t.r-t hint that I had reached the nwaro peach grower superintond ng tho
ruins came in tho shai.o of a block of unloading of a cargo of tho fruit, lie
iook iiiuigs uusy uuu luini'u uj iiiu
even up to the breaking out of the great
mutiny. When the Uritish troops were
fairly in lino to strike at tho lebell.on,
I ho watchword was: "Pevcngo and
loot;'' It was understood nil through
the service that whatever a soldier could
lay hands on should become his plunder.
Tliey didn't light any the wor-e for that,
but they struck a double blow nt tho
Indians. They crippled them financially
lis well as in a military sense, ami tho
people have never recovered, nnd never
(an. 'Hie amount of loot taken out of
India (lining tho rebellion and directly
afterward has been estimated at
V.'iNi.diMi.noii. As much more was
contributed to the rebel cause by those
who could give. Twice or tluee times
an much w.n lost by lire and sword.
yard.
"Where did tho peach or'ginate?"
aske I the reporter.
"No one knows for a certainty, though
its origin is generally credited to Per
sia: some careful investigators conclude
it to bo re illy a native of China It is
one of tho fruits earliest cultivated: some
botanical writers think it is derived f,om
the nimoiid ; tho iduiii-kernel nnd the
leaves, you know, have n bitter almond
twang, the kernels in both nro often
double, nnd it rather n curious fact that
The l vv topographical III 1 1 of M l-a-(Inisetis.
which was began iu is-;
under the d rectioii of tin I'cdcral (iov
friuiH nt in conjunction with the Sl.ito
iiuthoriiii s, i-a iimst o upleted. It will
oiupriM- ti.'ty-live she ds. each of which
is tilteen minute of latitude and longi
tude Sipiare. The lit Id work is already
lin'ohed and the drafting of the remain
ing sheets is now being doiio in Wash
..i7 ington. Tho map idiows tho streams,
tii'k'. -rfir,wi!i and streets, twenty-foot contours,
wood-lands, marshes and swamps.
Talk about scaUMn saeques they aro
wonderful institutions Hero is a !ov
incut rep irt just ls-ue 1 which shows t hat
the A!aia Fur Seal Company, which
has had ihu privilcgt! of taing fuis in
the waters of th it Territory, ha paid
over- s .mi i.ooo to th ioveniiuent since
they began -ealing operations. This is
irl.uoo, !!)!) mole than the country paid
for Aladii, with tlu seal iil.iuds thrown
in, and every vvoiu iu who can w:np her-m-lf
up ilia sealik.n a ii'i h is helped t
pay th.1 money -an I has d mj it gladly.
A curious idea as
given by the pub
tn relative values is
cation in the name ,
iMie of a M. Paul iii".vv.)T of two lo.
cal court hem i, one of which states tint
a certain railroad compa iv has been sued
for ("i n) ) d image, by the administra
tor of a citi.'.eu who lo-.t his life, it is al
leged, by the lii'gligeiiei! of same of tho
company's employes. Tho secon 1 item
is t ' th c.Te t thai another railroad cor
poration has been sii -d by an engineer
w'uo wishes to obtain :o,o i;l us recom
pense for tlie loss of his foot, which was
bally injured while was temporarily
in ting as a luakeuiau.
drc sed stone lying tightneross my path,
As I stepped n on it a great, cobra
wriggled slowly away from my fict, nnd
I saw half a doen columns and lengths
of wall nrising ninong tlie bushes,
l ifteeii years before here had been a
clearing of perhaps a hundred lien s, with
u village of several thousand oeonle. nml
. . i . . .i : , , . ...
i.ngiana reasoned inai an imioverisne(i a temple covering hair an acre or gi ..;oi I.
people could not rebel, nnd loot was a A liian eating tiger now held sole pos-
part of her war diey. Ten years nfter session, while the clearing had grown up
tho mutiny I was taking with n .Mahara- to jungle, and tiro or explosion had laid
jnh in th! 1 cu. nb about tho limiiicial the great temple in ruins. Ten feet
i li.iMod i'l ibe f'oliilit :oll of the liemiiii fil..itil ..f u-,i n u......,,! 1.l,...lr t
and he said : i u,-cd to that, and then the i.atn turned !'L,1U '! is IM,t "n V"m",1 1 ,c.li"'l.
At the outbreak of the war our peo- to t!i right nnd tan over a fallen wall. h,u tcTvnco to tho almond is fre-
plc bur. i d or hid away nt h ast a liundn il As 1 icaclied this latter place and looked I111'"1- . ..... ,
m llioa dollars. I do not bebuvo that, around, the tiger was stretched out un "It grows in every place but it is only
the t.-nth pa;t of this great sum has yet tl.o earth bclo.o me in a little open in this country that good peaches aro
Icen iiMK. r.d. Those w ho K cretcd it space. His legs were drawn ill. and he cheap enough for poor people to buy,
vveie.lead beloie tiie close of the war, was gasping, and though I was greatly "lid only in the reg ons iiiinie.lmlely ad-
,111.1 this va-t tr. asur,! is lo.t to us." startled for a moment. I soon realized '"' I-"""1 l"'lu "V(',,I,"H. ,H t,1! ,n-l
I did not tell hi n that I h id put in a that he was dving. Indeed, ho did not ll!rt'' 1 lrt f,;'Vl " "t'l,11""1, cv.
year b India, and spent upward of live above two minutes a ter I set eves tho best K-asons, sokI cheap in the Mid-
$.000 looking fo: some of that ticasiire. on him. As 1 afterward learned, tl.o l'e and Western "t Plenty or
Sin b was tbe fact, however. A couple natives had poisoned tho bodv of a man J",;"'lie'4 l,ro hiped but the best sell
nf Kiiglishmen and myself, forming an he had kdled and only ha f 'devoured, 'Nfw ork ,' n f;vored city,
ie .uaintauee in liombiv and having a and in iinisbing his repast ho had met They re cheap enough heie for anybody,
ipirit of adventure, pooled our cash, aud his fate. He had doubtless jiit returned 1 "hould say a regular peach lover a
i.IIowimI up several pointers looking to from satisfying his thirst at tho creek. I I"ri,die; I suppose no lrint has so
'juried treasure e had thus far failed It was well for me that I did not como a I ,n,,"' extravagant lovers as the peach.
;o make any discoveries, and our pint- few minutes earlier. 1 examined tho', ,"fSl"" persons would like it better ir
i. iship had bu n di-solved and the men body closely, nnd found tho ti -er to bo it had a smooth skin. I have a little,
and returned to liombny. I was in the old ami mangy, with many of his teeth irl w,ho w"" ' Clit, 1 r''''',1' ""less its
(Vii i.b on business connected with nil decayed. Tin i so wero sure evideuccs that ,'cr. and she can t bo induced
moiicaii lioiie, ami had given up tho ho was a "solitary." and had no mate. t0 anill them in tho lkct; says tlio
;r. asur.! business iu di-gust. Tlie words 1 need, therefore, have no fear thit any ! Ux7Z s,'.ts hvr M on. C(,0' hk0 u "our
af tno Maharajah recalled nil mv enthu- other animal moro snvago thai a hyena ' BIM)'" "ov '?ur hoth-
liasm, however, and within an hour alter was concealed in tho near vicini'.y. "Tho trc0 ' not naturally short lived,
I left him 1 was determined to have ono ! Tho templeseemod to have been blown though it is subject to so many mlsfor-
nore null for fortune, and t r,. ir. m. with riii,i.,u-,l..r Tl. v,.ll .m tn.n : tunes that It has gamed that reputation.
ilone. I his dcteriiiiiiation was hastened and rent and knocked down in nverv li. There nre trees in irginia well on to a
m l solM died by another incident. 1 rection, nnd column and block and
s-as talking with a captain of a unlive carved work lay heaped together in
nfantry ;i giiueiit regirding some ruins strango confus on. 1 was bewildered to
I had cucouiite'cd, and he said: see the vegetation growing up through
a on may have lo: t a doen fortunes the ruins so profusely, nnd it stood me
jeliiinl you. At the out lucak of ilie war in hand to inovo carefully in such a
'.hese j ulc inmculcd a great d -al of snake-infested spot. I picked my way
:heir wealth in caves nnd temples, am a caiefnlly to thu center of the ruins, nnd
sgshareof it is there yet. When you here 1 got a pretty fair idea of what the
it iinilile on a liile oi ruins looiai irivi. tin, liiiiiilin.r Ihl.1 I.iw.ii II.. p.. u-..m il.n re
place a good looking over lor loot." mains of a tdniue or altar, which had cality which lias developed them. Most
lt.it the natives have doue that a oik o been the eleane-t of marble. It was ot the standard varieties in this country
hundred times over, I should my." now stained and moss. grow n and cov- h ive origiua'ed here.
"You i in- wrong. Where thevknew ere I with creeper.. To look for buried "In (daces where the climato is too
)f treasure they may have unearthed it, treasure in sucu a jumble was like look- c,11 ,,r ollt('l)"r K'owlh the pcae.i is
led the- tight shy of rambling about ing for amedle in'a haystack : b it I had grown in houses. 'I hose peach houses
iiiij.li.i a-.i. Tln-v believe all ruins to be come for that purnose, and felt that I are not heated, protection trom the outer
tiaeiit (I. and even if thev nre not. von must imikn h I miin". Klin.r ,,,,. air being suthcieiit. '1 lie trees are some-
vvdl be ci I tain t(j lind hyenas un I serpents eral stones into tlie bushes to frighten
tibo'it." any lurking serpents away, 1 put down
I H ive you ever heard 'f any treasure my gun and began lit the creepers. In a
being recovered.'" i nkcd. lit'tlu while 1 uncovered what 1 said was
"Half u docii insiii'iccs, sir. The i-A altar or shrine. It may not hive
fiiimer Captain of this company went been. From the stone floor there was a
home with .11 1,111111 nflei doing t wo hour's solid wall, about six feet high, enclosing
work in tho ruins of a temple teur a space about six feet s.piaie. The stone
I hanlpiil." which rested on t'ueo four walls was u
The next da I started for Delhi, and foot thick, and carved around the edges,
thero a bit of good fortune waited me. 1 I could not tell whether the walls cu-
fcii in with a iicrnian naturalist who was closed a space or tho whole cube was
making a collection for a national solid as a support for a pillar, but after a
museum, nnd when he learned that I had close inspection I discovered a spot
hal co' sidevabie experience, in that lino where the end of a lever might bo in-
h" engaged mc a- assistant. He had two serted. I'had brought a hatchet to heln
hundred years old, and thero was ono in
pranco thought to bo older.
"Tho stem-kernel, ami not tho stem
itself, is tho seed. Fruit is usually bomo
the fourth yeai after the stem is planted,
though sometimes in sixteen months.
The seeds inrely produce their own vari
ety, so that numberless new sorts are all
tho time growing; some of these will
thrive anywhere, other only iu tho lo-
times planted iu tubs, and kept trimmed
down to about tluee feet; when these nro
full of fruits they're mighty pretty to
look at. There are somo tine pencil
houses in this country, but more in liu
rope. Tho tree is truined oil walls there,
too, to protect it.
"The best peaches never reach market.
A peach is not perfect unless ripened on
the tree, but if we were to pack them
ripe they'd be rotten when opened; even
one soft one iu a crate will spoil the lot,
so we have to pick them when hard.
1 i.d you ever notice basko's with small
green branches of tho tree at top
and bottom f Thoso aro 'sprigged.'
party of foil , and when v.c struck to the cut and trimmed a small tree, and after
soiitlr.vi st oi I lelhi, intending to take in much e Tort 1 loosened tho capstone until
ous couiiil lints to I the plains Hud inngl-js between thut city 1 could see that tho walls enclosed a
1 .n. .... . . . . - . , .
i, o .. oiijon, nuinei i ii.i'ive servant space, wu mo suriacc oi tins cipstouo
to en1 ry i he baggage. Coir progress was 1 clealy made out where tho foot of a
i low and easy, as it was his intention to pilinr, which hail probably helped to
make a very full collection. The coun- support the roof, li.nl retted. It lay
try over which we passed had no lines of near by, but was broken by its fall,
railway then, nnd was unknown to white It was not more than eight o'clock in
men exe pt as they had hunted through the morning when I reached tho ruins,
it. There were tivcrs and other wild but it was two o'clock iu tho afternoon
game in plenty, and it seemed to be tho before 1 had tho heavy stono slewed
nuiscry oi at. ma a tor serjieiits. I hero around tar
were davs when we could not march ev. librium ami
cent as the ground was beaten bv the in a tremble of excitement from tbn i handsome lawn tree; tho fruit is only
natives in our front. There was a thin first, and as I slewed tho stono further ! P",,tl for cooking. Tho branches droop
population, with the villages far apart, I aud further around I felt more nnd moro i l'k those of tho weeping willow; it was
but as an o!lset tho natives wero glad to ! sanguine of a largo cavity beneath. I i originated by a New Jersey man. Tho
render any uid, especially as soon us thev ! would not look in, however, until tho I blood leaved peach is wonderfully strong
Icriud that we did not belong to tho stouo was clear off. When I did bend ! n spring.but tho leaves bleach out iu
ruling race. Tho bate they felt for tho over tho wall ami look down it was to
Knglish was something terrible. This ; lind a wooden chest occupying nearly
district had been almost depopulated all the space. I sounded it with a polo,
and (piito impoverished by tho war. and it gave back such a solid echo that
Petty rulers had been deposed, taxes 1 I saw I must null tho wall down to get
from Crctiot, Franco, where nil electric I l0V10l u,tl1 hea y hand, and tno natives at it. ibis took mo an hour or more,
, . ' i f ' . . s . t, i i. . worked thenisolves up to tlie highest 1 as tho plaster was as hard as the stone,
furnace is used for .juickly h-otin.' ;,,.,, ,lf :.: ,;' .i.,.. .r,L...i ' i... l i. i . n. ,.w.. il
Ilditor I.ab )'i 'hero, of I.oudo i Truth,
is br'ui zing somc' cur
llglr as ti tho feeding of tho Britis'i
soldier, ii see ns that th(i stipulated
inn cult and ijnl ty of food is not
f.'i'ed "Touini,' Atkins." and a in niber
of the Army a id Na. yClub avers that
if the public could bul look into a bar
rael; room during the distribution of the
soldiers midday meat they would bo
simply shocked to see how tho-o who
happen to be o.I duty feel compelled to
stint theni-clves for thoiO on guard,
l.aboiichero says tho Italian soldier ii
better fed and .carol for tliau tho
liiitUh.
"Klectrie pros;ration'' may bo callol a
new disease. It trouble workers under
ele. tr.c light, hevere cases are reported
BUDGET OF FUN.
nUMOTtpta RKKTCItE FIIOM
VAIt lOL'S BOUIIOK9.
A Cannibal Mtl Valnft Horlveil
lOdncnt loont Item A Reader
of Character liarly or
J.nte, Ktc, Kic
A cannibal msldon loved too well
A mimloimrv goo I,
And Im lovwd her, but dare not tell
His love tor thus it stood:
A rnnnibal she and a clergyman ho,
And their creeds were wide apart;
And how could he tako, (or a sentiment's
snkn,
A rnnnibal to his heart?
Oh, 'twas a problem vexln?, verr,
For tho cannibal rnnld and thn missionary
Indeed it was.
But tha cannibal maiden's love grew bold,
For she was n simple thinu;
And thus her love to hr love sho told;
"Oh, marry me! lie my king!
For 1 lovs vou, my sweet, wed enough oh,
to not!
Tis a terrible thing, I know;
But 1 must le your bride, or encompass you
tru-d
Oh, I must, for I love yon -:"
Oh, 'twas a problem vex'ing, very.
To tha maiden, but mora to th" missionary
In hied it was.
He looked in tho depths of h"r dnrk brown
eves,
With their wnnlth of love and trust.
And Im cried, in tho Hush of a glad sur
prise. "Ah. well, if I must. I must:"
They wern wed ou that day; for 'tis evor tho
way
Thnt pHinn mnt enn'pier creed.
And a happier pair it's remarkably rare
To discover- it is inden t:
An I so 'twas s.'ttli. ntiflv, very,
For tlis cuuinbul maid and tln missionary
Indis'd it was.
Lhicajo Mu U
?-.tWererl with tremulous palho
offended yoiif ,
"No, tloorgo, you hare not."t '
"then why are you so tilcntf I
no notasK me."
'But darling, think, you havj
scarcely twenty words in the last , y
cannot near tne gloomy quiet. ;f
you noi BpesK i v ny uo you riot t
-jiecau-e, i.eorge, i want ra r.
a woman and I am trying ton
rccoru. jucrcnnnf, jraceier.
nun in' iniirnc to A, ft I
one of his coat button. ,itb'n i.l
JVl IOH I V I
"Ves, Jlamlo." he answered
looked fondly down on her irold'..i
thnt wns pillowed on his manly ,J
says riio i msourg !',
inn in mu jcbi viiuj iiiu pro
is dono iy tne young ladies!"
"Yes."
I hope you don't expect me to
to you?" 'I
"Why, Mamie, dear, I never
matter a thought 1 cr to-tcl
truth, I've only known you for
to say '
"I'm Kind you didn't ox-wrt
propose. Im not that kind tl
N'o, dohn, dearest, I couln't k ,1
modest. I am going to let yon
proposing yourself in the old f.
way. Tho old-fashioned way jl
cnougu for mo."
And the gentle maiden gave I
a Iio lining smile, and yet th.
rejoiced that ho had found suchf .
of modesty.
Matrimonial Item.
An old Ccrnian played it rou-
sou in law. He had freiiieiit,tl
tliat ho -vas going to givo hu
2i,()(i() lifter she was married.
she was as homely as a stone fi
ou the shady side of thirty-live.
lovers three times three, and
Vnluo llecelveil.
Wife "The laundrv-man didn't pet a
very good polish on your shirt-bosoms gatlu rod in n good looking you
this week, t.corge." I bate. After they had been
Husband "Well, it's as good a polish about a mouth ir occurred to
as I could expect for tho $1.43 1 owo j member that a motion to Ink
him." Ju 'if. appropriation bill would he
vv nen lie nail snccee.ic.i in n
solid old father in-l aw compr.
situation, thn old gentleman
tioiisly shelleu out a whole d-.i
The young husband still tin.
ho was waiting lor tho perf
go on, but the old " an rang
curtain by saying: "Ya, 1 g;w
OHO, but not' all at voni t. I
: won dollar every venr."
A Itendcr of Character. 1 "So 1 f0"'1 -!!t n1,1 Mt ,n
Mendi, ant-"PIee help a poor blind rU , .
man. .. ... . ,
Kind Old In.ly-"niind? Why, bless uu ""rf ' ut"r l'"'
mo yes: there's a di.i,uf..r you '' j A H,VM ,.arr
.Mend i n it " I hank, vc. henrtl'v. : n .- .
, , , ' . .. , ' Once iu on a tune, usth y.
ma am. I knnwi'il thn niintnr I unit vit 1 . . ..' . '
rmy crossed the .
j steamer. In the next room I
spm-ter, of a
IM iicnt innal Item.
Pirst Student "You haven't cot anv
idea of what a contemptible opinion i
have of our professor. " 1
fecund tudent "Humph! I guess
that's the reason you didn't answer any
of the questions lie asked you yestciday '
at tho recitation." t iny i.d: Jll.tvttcr.
fwiniin vn U'hi ii L t n.l -1 1, ... t-t ... 1 n..tti.,n ' '
... ; i States
l'UL,l,
ceitiliii age, a
good as the Major was wicki-
tliem wero accompanied l?
largo convcrsasional power.
xv .is taking a parrot to Kngl ir.
it to a friend in tho P.nglish
spinster npparently had le
the bird as a travelling com;
lloth birds vere excepti.
linguists, but their talent!
. . , ... molded in opposite schools.
"" r . ; Ibinl swore liko a trooper J
"" - v -"J time, whdo tho spinster's i
VL'linttt ti tin r ! it lint' tlm lfiutut viul : , - .
Ti . r . , ." ,, j praying witn lorty-parson
wi take for that b.rd r ' to make matters worse, the
j'ii.a nuuiui fiii-jr uouiir, sir, 14
rock bottom."
Parrot "Como off.you'vo tiled to soli
me for twenty!" .(.
I'nrly or l,no.
Mamma (the next morii'ng'. "Fdith,
my dear, I don't think you should havo
such late callers. Mr. fimpkins ftayed
here until nfter eleven last night!"
Kditli ''Why.mamma! How can you
call him a lato callerf I'm suro it was
only a few minutes after seven when ho
called :(,.
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A Tender-HenrtiMl Millionaire.
A trcmp calls on a rich banker and
describes his sufferings so graphically
that the banker, shedding tears copi
ously, rings for his servant, and iu a
voice choked with sobs, says:
"Kiie this tramp out into tho street.
He makes my heart bo bo bleed. Iio ho
ho!" (itinji.
Itoth SniltlcHt When Ho Sine.
Mr. Sampson (finishing songi "Do
you know. Miss Smith, that 1 am always
saddest when I sing.'"
Miss Smith (gently i "I feel very
much that way myself, Mr. Sampson."
Mr. (anipsoii "Ah, then you, too,
sing sometimes:"
Miss Smith "No, I never sing."
n day in tho forecastle wi:
teaching it to of"rgato the
in tho next cabiii. The con
that the next evening tin
astonished to hear a voice r
Confound that old woman t
Hut how enn her disgust
TXt;n her own bird, devo
f.uiii the l-'.piscopal l.itu
"Hood Lord, wo beseech
us!" Sso l'urk Tribune.
Co" rt ship of Kat;
In the twilight of even
tion has been drawn, say
tho ('tiinitiiii'U'in, to iii:t
sy I labia sound ka. ku, k
repetition was sharp and i:
cuting that the inusici n
and full of life, nml why
conn ile to the sentence
did it aroused my'urio
to incite an investigation
Stcppingouton the veramh
.uihs IXUIJ on a vine im
pia..a, surrvunded iy a
fnnts. Whether she wass
had brought tho inilieti
of so many caller(s. or win:
own inherent loveliness u
I
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Of till
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tduui
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vounL' men with him. thus tion. in r n me thmu'di the imi.rl,. Wiih tln.'l The choice iieaches are marked that way.
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illicit iiiu iriui. is uu giiuicieii iiiiiii uu
orchard we fertilize nnd plough tho
ground and prune the tree.
" Tlii! amount of peaches canned is
something tremendous. Tho process is
just the reverse of the kitchen method.
A woman heats tho fruit, then cans it,
but in tho factory it is canned, and then
heated to expel tho air.
'Sonic peach trees bear double flow
ers beautiful as roses, but the fruit is no
good. Tho dwaif peach is a tjucer little
r enough to upset its cnui- tree that 1 cars fruit whon only one or
id force it to fall off. 1 was i w0 ft high. Tho weeping peach is a
A Careful Mother.
Had Little Hoy (to good little boyl
"Hey, Johnny, doesycr wau' ter tako a
hand in do ball game.'"
. I 1 . T .1. ' " " llll.
.oo.i i.iuio iioy o. j inai K yen; ut,ni,.te(1 K0 man, at tho t
, .,., ,, . i,,m u.. ... i 4..,., nt for lnu to know; I i
'"' ""J"' . . the resit t of somo aw
nan i.mio iioy -- uai s uo mailer
does ycr nn Pink you'll make do bad
boys wuss,'" Li i':
ouctto which wns inexp'ii
There wero fivo of ih-
look in' precisely alike,
. - . 7. . . I could sou, no preference
Xai rn I... f n.ifll.lp.A.1 .i
. V . . . - , ono n)0ro uiaix to nnou
i rienn -l near, inariey. mat tno Katy wlf wa, 8t.att.,l
pretty .iiiss Argylo is engaged." ' honeysuckle and cmiiovvc
t hurley (with a g isp, "I-.ngnged ! hanging cluster or belatr
i.riun dcoii, j 'wi, i win uiui gin mj , v , , wa ked around
"-''.V. . . . i courtly manner, with tlici'
l riend "1 got it straight. '1 ho en-1 yxn,, .tmight back ovc
gng( iiieni wus itiauo at naraioga nisi jjut L.vt.rv ;tt0 while om
rtugust."
I barley (relieved) "llinnk heaven! j
It won't count." A't'w Yuri: Hun.
metals. Tim light exceeds 10 ,0dd cand o 1 about it.
power, and th- in mi suilVr from it, not
liom the heat. After ono or
the workers havo a painful
the throat, face, and tetanies, too s'vin
becomes copp r re 1, and an cyo irrita
was closed but not locked, and as I
.viy ono ooject wns Mined treasure, : inrew up tno lid my eyes uohcid such a
lit ns will seldom como to man. That
chest held a good solid ton of loot,
how many tons of thousands of dollars'
to make inquiries of unlives. This, as I j worth I cannot say. There were all thu
afterward learned, wns the worst, policy gold coins of India. Thero wero brace-
r two ho.irs I While doing my duly by ihu Professor, , sigl
,. in 1 bud opportunity for extensive rambles ! chc
fceiistt.iou iu I 0,r t)i() , U(! 0( m,llclli UIll j WVPr fljiltl(1 - how
ins th i. list for'y ei ;ht h oui's, I 1 could lia adopted. J.vcr.v ruin was
Cot) oils i B " rl 1 l" ui,'ui. nun every wuiio mail
1' . hm n (boiler. In ii mi ri in well biivn
tion b
the discharge of te.in bein
Af cr live days tiie skin peels off. Hark
colored gt is es sonewh it mitigi'.e tho
effects of this tremendous li Lit, but no',
mitirely.
asked tlienito forgive caste as to have
expected them to locate tho.ruius of a
religious temple for a white inun. Wo
had been out about twenty days, nnd at
this tunc, wcio ir. u poimauuut camp iu
lets and rings, and earrings and
charms and bars of gold. Thero wero
diamonds and pearls ami rubies and
other precious stones. Some were in
leather bags, some in parcels, some tied
together, ami on tho lid of the trunk
was a list of articles with tho natucs of
owuurs.
summer.
"Tho tpieerest fruit produced by the
peach comes from ( hina. Ono sort is
called the crooked peach, but it's so
sweet it can afford to bo : rookrd; the
other has tho pulp all on the sides, the
ends of the stein having nothing over
them but skin. That's tho Hat peach,
or peeu-to."
An Eccentric Interment.
John A. Hobinson, a wealthy and eo
centric citizen of Norw ich, Conn., died
recently. His will provided that his
body be kept throe days before being
placed in thu grave, it was further or
dered that tho grave bo so m ido that an
exit from it would be easy. A hammer
was to bo placed near his right hand,
aud a lamp kept burning iu tho grave
for three days and nights. These direc
tions woro carried out to tho letter, but
with no startling result.
'Oiislioil Hope.
"And what answer doyon make to my
appeal.'" ho usked, as ho knelt at her l OVOr his back and fall in I
tho number would polite.
bringing forward liisanti
waving it over her; tu
tho sharp chorus of voice
all talking ut once,
would subside and repl'-
feet.
"James, I will bo frank with you," she
murmured.
"Oh, speak," ho implored, "and re
lieve mo from tliis agony of suspense."
"Then let mo say it cannot bo."
"Why noti"
"liccausc, James, I do not feel ablo to
support a husbaud. " Jioi'on Courier.
Will Ho Hack Presently.
Mrs. Hendricks was milking an after
noon call ou Mrs. Hobson, when Mr.
Hobson opened the front gate and strode
down tho street.
'What a very fine-looking man your
husbaud is, Mrs. Hobson," said Mrs.
Hondricks; "so erect aud soldierly iu
his bearing."
'ics," returned Mrs. Hobson, not
without prido, "Hobson carries himself
well. Ho was educated iu a military
school, you know."
"Is Iio going away?"
'Only to tho grocer's for a cod-fish."
Wanted a ltocoril for Silence,
"ilildrcd," said he, whilo hit larynx
others.
Happening to kno
femalu xvas not far al
and plnced her near this I
. . i . .. ii . -.1 . .l
lliereoy to ihviuo ineir
lier below them, know-
would be to walk up
down.' Sho no sooner i j
than the first Miss Katy 1
until sho stood ou tlm '
toes, looking PvO a )'"
nil tho time waving fief
dismiss her, while the
males resouuded on evr
suring her of their cut
that they would not
their loyalty by th
Sho did not tarry hr
walked away with a
only one of the galls'1
sho passed, tone. una
tenne.
Tho mode of cjmit
all insects is w.iu iii'-r.
au'dit we know their ky
perfect with them m '
The London polirt
clubs in a pocket msi
pers,
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