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TUEMlDDLOURGIirOST.
T. B. HAKTIR, Edit a ra'n.
MlMM.KfHT.f.. I'A.. PYX'. , 1x02.
A new Methodist Episcopal Church la
sSelr.g built at Glasgow, Montana, the
eearcst church being 267 mitei away.
English cattle brooder are agitating a
bill against American stock, providing
(or the quarantining of alt live cattle.
What the Now York Independent
term an mid story comes officially from
Harvard Collegothat the most noticeable
dct'irinicy in candidates for admission it
good English.
The different railroad operating ia
New Ycrk City carried more than 417,
000,000 passengers, receiving from them
in five-cent fares the nygrcgato sum ol
'."., 382.J.S7.
The water of L ike Michigan como
underground from the Kocky Mountain,
says the Chicago Herald. They must
din dctp into the bosom of the earth,
nays thu doubting Bo.slon Transcript,
when they cros tho Mississippi.
The establishment of nine postofflce
delivery slu'ions in various parts ol
Philadelphia has been followed by the
saving to the department of $21,001) per
annum for carrier conveyance and to the
public of forty pur cent, of timiv
The recent Statistical Quarterly State,
nictit of the Oerui'tn Empiro reports the
latert religion data of the country.
According to these, Germany lias 31,
020,810 Protestant subjects; 17,074, USl
lloinan Catholics, 115,510 other Chris
thins; B67,wil Hebrews, 5C2 adherents
of other religions, and 12,753 without
any religious profession. Tho total
population is 49,1'iS, 17J.
Some English newspaper women who
waitcd to tlnd out whether tho people
whe sing in tho London streets make a
good living or not, put ou a disguise
and, taking a guitar, went out to try it
for themselves. After singing and play,
ing for an hour and a half they had
collected $1.81. And they were only
amateurs at that, ami with no previous
experience in pleasing the people.
Twenty-eight States had their Novcra-
wbich are designed to curb frau,.ud
make the voter's intent as definite nud
certain as possible. These States arei
Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Dula
ware, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Minne
sota, Missouri, Mtutaaa, Mirylaud, Ne
braska, New Hampshire, North Dikota,
New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon,
(Vonsy!van!a, Ithodo Island, Tennessee,
South Dakota, Illinois, West Virginia,
Wisconsin, Washington, Wyoming uud
Vermont.
A saur.tcrer came across an interesting
Indian settlement in M tine tho other
day, on tho St. Croix llucr, in Perry
Township, which the Now York Post
observes may be known well enough
locally, but will bear description for tho
bcnctlt of the general reader. Tae
settlement or village is kuown as Pleas
ant Point, and occupies a commanding
site overlooking the St. Croix and St.
Au .rew' (New Uruasvick) Biys. Tho
tribe is abrtnoU of tho Alglc family,
Abuakl Nation, and is kuown ns the
Openangos. Their dwellings aro cot
tages of the old colonial style of archi
tecture, and on an eminence in the
middle ground they have a church with
(mrsonago attached. Their faith is the
Itotuau Catholic. Tiiey were convortej
from the worship of au invisible being,
which the sun was a feature, by a mis
sionary stmt to them in 1 7 I by the IJev.
Joint Carroll, tho llrst Bishop of Haiti,
more. Their sc'.ioolliouso is uiidjr tho
management of thu bister of a neigh
boring convent, who in struct their
pupils in the common hr.mchtH. So.ua
of them, however, still con verso in their
original tongue only. Among o'.hei
figns of an American civilization the
Indians huvu a tovu hall, a.i 1 a libtrty
pole, ami a band of music. Sjuiu of
them ure farmers, but tho majority pre
fer to hu.it thu porpoise in summer and
make ba.kets in the winter. The State
holds m tru.-t for these Indians the sum
of $33,000, the procee is of land sales,
en which tlu-y receive six per cent, in
tcrest. They hivu u representative in
the Legislature, whole busmen it is,
without the right to vote, to stato any
grievances they may have. T.ieir pres
ent Qjveruoi iNewell Fiau jls, a full
blood who is married to a white woman.
They have a large family of children.
Some of tho girls of the tribe aro said
to possess unusual beauty.
Stage liobber bbot.
William Miner. serviiiK a sentence for
face robbery, and John Marshall, for burg
lary, attempted to escape from the KtHts
pris on at Sun Quentiue. Cul. The guard
fired non them, killing Marshall and seri
ously wouodiug Miner.
to'drluk."" "
O 8M1P Of 8TATBI
O ship of stata, sail strong and f rse
Around the reef and shoal of fat
On history's maj-atlo sa,
Oshipuf state!
Ktt p at the helm the wim and treat;
Khun tboaa fait light! alonz tb le
Tbe fire of party Kraal an 4 bate.
Let wbilt-robed truth ani honor he
Thy mighty eapUin and thy mat?,
? brave all storms of destiny,
O ship of statel
William H. Hiyn, in Frank Loslio's.
IN THE OANOrf.
EYELTNi. HATMOND.
TRAIN which
had
been
creeping
cau
uousiy across
tho
great bridge came to
a dead halt. For a
few seconds the
weary passenger in
tho Pullman" con-
tinuod to read.vawn.
or gaao from tho window with the same
apathy which had characterized their
Interest since they had reached the
monotony of Arizona. Hut when tho
bait was protracted and tho train em
ployes bcp.an to rush tlvotgh tho car with
excitement expressed ou their usually
tolid faces, one after another tho four
traveler grew curious to discover
through the steam -covered panes the
cau-e of this fresh detention.
The old gcntlcmun in tho end section
muttered a mild oath an 1 bruised his
lingers in a vniu attempt to raie tho
limbic sashes, then settled back with a
aigh and touched tho button for Joe.
That long-suffering creature failing to
respond, tho ringing wn rro!onged till
the jingling of the bell roused tho occu
pant of the atato room from her nap, ami
she appcired at its door with surprised
tmptiry on Lor countenance. One glance
showed her that it waa Number Eleven
who wns manifesting so much im
patience; n second, that the train was
standing stiil above a wonderful gorge.
"Oh, sirl has anything happened?''
demanded Mix Dcnslow, strangely
ready to take alarm oa that lonely homo
ward journey in midwinter.
"That's what I am trying to find out I
Where the Don't allow yourself to bo
disturbed, mis. I willJoe! Joel por
ter I" Voice was added to ring in tho
summons for tbe attendant.
The nudacious, aggressive commer
cial traveler, in section four, rose and
came down tho aisle.
"I'll find that porter, and I'll find out
what' up " he remarked to Helen iu
passing.
Hie ignored him, but after ho had
disappeared walked through the car and
catei herself before a window.
"Why, this is Canon Diahio! Strange
I did not recognize it."
"Kigbtly named, too," retorted Num.
her Eleven. "Seem as if all the imps
in creation had been hired r.j .oUk-thnsa
W.iV.ui.rih" Wondcru fuut porter isn't
one of them, and gons to join hi fel
lows. If it wero not for this foot I'd
soon find out what' the matter. Joseph
pb!" Ting-a-ling-d-lingt
"Well, there's a 'Jonah' somowbere
on this train, ure. Never made uc!i a
tiip since I've been on the road, and
that's four years. We're live hours lato
now, mid the bridge all torn ui!" ex-
claimed the guard, entering hastily.
"The bridge tern up! What do you
mean f " thundered Number Eleven.
. i.' .... i i ... ! . .
"-', riuu wu-un-ui1 rooUcrs. or
;reastrs,' been at work.
iii'liuas may-
"What what will become
1 l i .
of usl"
usueu .nm ueusiow, iai:it.y.
"Oh! I forgot then; "was a lady
aboard, or I wouldn't Live said that.
Hut we'll be all right. Found the thiu"
out in time."
"Hut you have said it. Now toll me;
what is to be clone?"
"Uo back, of course, till tho track is
repaired. We'ro beginning to move
now. Sec? Hit, upon my word, I'd
like to know who the fellow is. We've
broken au axle, blown out cylinder
head, unasl od the windows of tbe tour
ist car hud about forty such hinder
anees since wo left Lis Angeles and
now MailcJ here lor uobo ly knows how
loiitr."
Pullman conductors aro less wary in
their conver.atiou than train conductors,
ou whose shoulders responsibility rests;
they are apt to be chatty and com
municative. They regarl too traveling
public as a guest to jio entertained in
ouo fashion or another.
Helen Dcuslow did not look as if it
were a pleiisant 'fo nt of t "ntertainmeut
p.st thru employed.
"How far back must wo go? How
long will it take?"
'I hope cot long," and to ward ofl
further inquiry the olticial departed.
The gin looked hopeles,!y uround. In
reality her situation had not changed.
She was i.o more alone than before, when
the consciousness of motion, .progress,
had i vcu her a sense of nearuei to tho
rest of the world; but now that the
progi ess bad ceased she felt as if she
were. She observed ufreih her .com
panions in the "Fucino." She had ex
changed speech with but one of thorn,
tho gouty and ancient New Yorker in
lection eleven. The somnolent presid
ing elder in number live was awake at
last, and mildly curious, though a ex.
aopera'.iugly placid as if being stalled ou
a trestlo two hundred feet above that
awlul chasm were a coatmonpluce inci
dent. The merchant from San Diego
had ceased his eternal figuring in a nolo,
book, and no jjuzed through tbe glass,
though ho remained indifferent to the
presence of any fellow creatures. The
commercial traveler hsd returned and
deposited himself, his plaid cap, and his
magenta necktie upon tho sent serosa the
aisle, where he kept up a running com
incut ou the stste of things, which was
intended for Miss Djnslcw's ear, but
was addressed to Number Eleven.
The traiu receded to the west brink of
the canon and came to another halt with
a thud which shook the heavy carriages
vioiauuy.
IT
was pallid
"Fo de Ian' I Was doa' fiiei now!"
Tha employes swarmed backward
thioogh the car.
Before and behind the road had been
torn up, demolished. The fiendish work
of a few moments had caused tha delav
of hours, at.d already the early dusk was
settling down: Hut life was safe so
far.
"Who could have dona it and why I"
"Somo lurking band of thieves, no
aouot, hoping to rob the train!"
"They took a deal of trouble. They
could have held us up' without making
inerascivcs so muen worn," said the man
with the loud necktie. "There's only
one solitary passenger in the other Pull
man."
Miss Denslow turned sick with fear,
Tho litter desolation of her position np-
paiiou her. Why had she done this fool
hardy thing? Yet, why should she havo
thought of danger; or how foretell that
she would bo the only woman on board
that east-hound train? And tho doctor'
letter hud been so urgent. H'r nuut was
dyiug and necJcd her. Sho felt as if
suffocating, and hurried toward tho
door.
"I wouldn't lady! Ikttah stay Inside.
Yo' necdn' bo sca'cd. Wo kin tske ca"
o' yo', ludy. Mcbbe nullia' won't hap
pen. Mebbe it's on'y foolin'," urged
the porter, gently. Helen had been a
genttous patron and not fault-finding.
Sho had almost compensated to the chi
valrous porter for his empty car, and.
therefore, almost empty pocket.
Open tho door, muck! I must get
out of this prison 1" In an instant sho
had sprung to tho frozen ground and
wus running blind! v. wildly forward.
She passed too train's length and carro
to tho canon's brink. As sho flaw by
them her palo facs was illumined by the
flare of tho trainmen's tjrehes, searching
the disaster's extent.
'Oh, lady! Djn't go down there 1
Tako care I It's a tough place 1"
At the touch of the brakeman's hand
on her arm the girl stopped. Her un
reasoning fear left her us suddenly as it
had come, and sho was her cool, alert
self again.
"Havo you telegraphed for help?"
"That's tho worst the wiro aro cut."
'Sent somo one, then?"
'Yes if tho mcpsonger ain't stopped."
"Did such a thing ever happen bo
fore f"
Tho man answered evasively.
"It's a wild country, lady. Consider
able money goes east now and again, and
there's a diamond merchant travel tho
road sometimes."
"Jerry! Uring that light this way."
As the glare of the torch faded the
moonlight filloj its place. Miss Den
slow's fear gone, her cariosity remained.
Canon Diablo is a world's wonder. Its
sides are covered with loose stones and
bowlders which look as if tbey had been
brought one by one and tossod into
place. s
'I will go down a littlo way. We
""'"''ay here for hours I shall havo no
other such a chance in all my lifo!"
Tha girl's nostrils dilated. Hor heart
beat eagerly. Hera was a new exeri
euce, indeed. It promised to be a satis
fying one; and she had fel her hungry
heart with such husks siuce that day, a
year before, wlion she had parted from
her lover in a quarrel. Moonlight always
brought his memory back to her with
cruel distinctness. He seeded very near
to her ut that moment. "I wonder if he
did really go to tho Pacific coast. They
said so and it see its as if 1 must have
heard of him there; and yet is that why
I hate going home? What a dunce I am!
Expecting to hear of anybody in such a
great country as California. Ah, this is
marvelous I It is a desecration for
mortal to trespass here."
Nevertheless, the desecration was ruth
lestly contiuued. Tho train and its mis
haps were forgotten, while potty personal
iuterests dwarfed and faded out of sight
before the majesty of that mom 3D t in
that awful solitu.le. "I won ler if evei
bofore a woman's foot passed over these
stones. How excited I ami All alout
with desolation and Qod."
Hy daylight, with less exaltation of
spirit, she could not have accomplished
the descent; but at that weird hour she
reached tho bottom of the cbasm sa:'e if
trembling. Then sho looked upward
across the canon, and shuddered. Its
further brink seemed to rest against tbe
sky. Backward and upward the height
appeared interminable. She sat down in
tho shadow of a bowlder, and a delight
ful, unmeasured season of repose suc
ceeded tbe excitement of endeavor. '
A penetrating chill aroused her, and
sho lookod upward again. "How can 1
get back? How did I ever do it? Sue
stilled the returning drea 1 of her soul
and began the ascent, over tho rocks
which rolled aud slipped and threatened
her destruction.
Suddenly she stopped. That echo of
falling b twlder was uot cause 1 by those
whieU herowo feet had dislodged. Then
she saw the figures of four men silhouetted
ugaiust the y, and, frozja with terror,
walc'uwd them dosccadiu; to.vuri her.
They wore the trsin wreckers, sho
thought. She was doomed. Slie under
stood it cleuily. She had put her.olf
out of the reach of aid. Impulse bad
cost her hor life, as it had onco oat her
its happluess. Well, lite without hap
pinessthat is, without William Glen
ney wasn't of great value. Doattt iu
Canon Diablo how strange!
Misi Dcsjslow's terror uudjd in an in
difference which wus half unconscious
nessr Uut'sho was not of the sort w.iich
faints. Sho listened dreamily to tbe
increasing hounds, nud begun to couct;
curiously wondering how high her num
bers would rcuch before her destruction
came.
"Up in the first thousand! Hut that
stone rolled very near. Ouo thousand
and twenty. one Oh 1"
"Great beuvens! Helen! You hero!"
For an instant she thought that sho
hud "crossed the border" an J had fouud
him on tha other side; a hypothesis
quite remote from tbe fact that be had
been mat one solitary passenger in tbo
other t'uiimso," to whom tha Joqua-
clous drummer" had so contemptuous.
i
Joe appeared. . His face
beneath the dark exterior.
ly referred. 8h pasted her hand across
her confused eyes; then saw William
Olcnney distinctly la ths flesh and perl
lously balanced upon a tottering ledgs
with hand outstretched toward her.
"I'm sorry, Will. I"
3orry for what. That I've come in
time to help you out of this canon I
You can never get up alono and alive.
Or sorry for the other?"
"I I'm not afraid. I was in tho car.
I couldn't stay there, and I came I
came '
He fancied that ho heard betweon the
broken words the inswer which ha
craved. "I'olon this is a tomplo in
deed I Will you?"
Sbe lookod at bi.n bewildered.
He called the presiding elder and ex.
plained. All tbe happening of Ufa
wero fallen leaves upon the shoulders of
this priest, who travelel heavenward.
This touched him as lightly as tbe rest;
and he turned readily from the mystery
of the wonderful placo he was exploring
to tho subtler mystery of love; while
the commercial traveler and the unsocial
morchaut had no c.wicu but silently
witness tho simple ceremony which then
took place on tho perilous slops of
Canon Diablo. Frank Lcslio's.
Ciiniihir From Japan.
Nany seeds of the ca nphor tree hiva
been sent to the Department of Stste
from Japan in the hope of affording to
the United States a cimnce to add this
valuable substance to its vegetable pro
ducts. The tree is a species of Isurol,
aud it grows in extensive forests in ths
mountainous regions of tho south of
Japan far from tho sea. Lare groves
are owned by the Japanese Government,
tho wood being very desirable for ship
building. Many of tbe treos attain an
enormous size, often measuring twelvo
feet In diameter aud sometimes attaining
twenty feet. Tho seeds or berries grow
in clusters, resembling black currant ia
size scd appearance. The fine grain of
the wood remlvrs it particularly valu
able for cabinet work.
Tho camphor is a resinous gum. To
get it tho trco is nocessariiy destroyed,
but, by a stringent law of the land.
another lr, planted iu its stead. The
simple method of manufacture employed
by tbe natives is as follows: The trco
is felled to the earth And cut into chips.
A big motal pot Is partly filled with
water and placed over a slow Ore. Then
woodon tub is fitted to the top of tho
pot and tho chios of camphor wood ara
placed in this. The bo'.tom of the tub
is perforated, so as to permit tha steam
to pass up among tbe chips.
A steam-tight cover is fitted on tha
tub. From this tub a bamboo pipe
leads to another tub, through which tha
the inclosed steam, tho geuetatcd cam
phor and oil flow. This second tub is
connected with in like manner with tha
third. Tho third tub is divided into
two compartments, one above tha other,
the dividing floor being perforated with
small holes to allow the water and oil to
nasa to the lower comnartment. Tha
layer of straw, which catches an- holds
the camphor in crystals. Tbe camphor
is then separated from the straw, packed
in wooden tubs of 133 pounds each and
is ready for market.
After each boiling the water runs oil
through a faucot, leaving the oil, which
is utilized by the natives for illumina
ting and other purposes; Adulteration
of camphor gum is practiced mostly by
adding water just as far as tha buyer
will tolorate it. Sometimes the pur
chaser will find that twenty pounds of
water have run out of a tub in twelve
hours. The unadulterated article, known
as the "old dry," can sometimes ba
bought, but not often. In a letter on
this subject nowly received by the De
partment of State, Consul Smithers
writes from Osaka, Japan, that it would
be very desirable to send a competent
agent from this country to Japan, who
should visit tho camphor-producing dis
tricts and study tho processes of manu
facture, packing, etc. Washington
Star.
Ths Population of Greenland.
It seems by a rocent report of
the Danish Statistical Bureau that the
census of Greenland in 18'JU showed a
total population of 1516, of which 30 i
wero Europeans, the remaining 10,207
being natives. Since 1880 the increase
has been five per cent., the greatest
growth being in North Greenland. In
one of tbe "colonies," that of Oodhavu,
the increase. has, reached thirty-five pet
cent. Nearly the whole of the European
settlers are found in the south. As has
always been the case, tho women greatly
outnumber tbe men. This is especially
true of Southern Greenland, owing to
the fact that tho milder climate allows
huuting and fishing from the kayak to
bo carried on both winter and summer.
During each of the last decades the
number of accidental deaths in this oc
cupation has average 1 2W) ia the south
to fifty or sixty iu the uorth. With re
gard to occupations, 1068 persons ari
engaged in the whale and seal fisheries,
305 are ordinary fishermen, thirty-three
are netters, forty-seven are huntors, and
three are cattle-owners, this last industry
having been introduced iuto Southera
Greenland duriug tho year 1890. Lou
don Time.
No Cloud IVitlio.it Ralu.
A very curious fact is that a cloud U
always raining. Even iu summer, wheu
the cloud over our ho ids is white, the
drops are falling from it. But they are
very small and tbey evaporate before
they rcuch the earth. Ia evaporating
they pass from tbe cloud particle stage
to the haze particle stage; from satura.
tion to simple condensation, or the dry
dust particles on which the condensation
took place may be left perfectly dry. It
is a general truth tlmt when a cloud i
formod it begin to rain. The minute
particles of water come down in millions
The distance thoy fall depend on their
site. If the air the cloud rests on is c"rj
and warm they do not get far. If it t
chilly tbey collect in masses and form
drops of rain that reach
tha earth.
Longman Magaiina.
BUDGET OF FUN.
DVMOROUH FllOM
VAKtOl'A flOUItCES.
A Aa Rtmllo Spongo Cake Thw In-
alt e Tailor Ores Ilar-galn
A Mffhtnlno; Change Artlat
Sara to Oo, Etc., Etc,
Tb- srjrt I lovs Is lik tha s4a;
Hor moots its tHn at abb and fl w,
Hrr voioe is full of meloiy
As Its soft murmurs, sweat and low,
Hnr ijtm as ehan;sful as it bus.
- Her nature wi and dee;? aud grand.
And, oh I she's IIk ths oo tn, too,
itoeauss sb has snob lota o( "ssnd."
k Frank Leslie's Wsekly.
tPO.NUK CAKK.
Mistress-"Do you call this spongo
cake! Why, it s as bard as can be."
New Cook "Yes, mum; that's tha
wsy a spongo is before it's wet. Soak it
iu your tea, niun." New York Weekly.
KO CRAXCB TO TnT IT
Mrs. Cawker "ilavaVt you
Lesdsche, Hon!" ,
got a
Mr. Cawker "No, my dear. Why!"
. Mrs. Cawker "Oh, I am so sorry that
you have not. I bought a new headache
euro to-day at a bargain, and I wanted
you to try it." Hnrcr's Hsrir.
TUB INSATIATB TAILOIl.
Two friends meeting, tho following
colloquy ensued
"Wnere have you been?"
"To my tailor.-aul I had hard work
to make bim accept anittlo money."
"You astonish me! Why?"
"Because ho wanted more." London
Tid-Biu.
A LlOtlTNISQ C1IASOS ARTIST.
Ilelea Hyler "But, I don't sea how
you could stay in love with a man long
enough to marry him. Didn't you ever
thango vour mind after you accepted
Uaarleyt"
Mrs. Lovey "Mercy, yes! I changed
it four timos while wu wero walking up
tho church aisle." Puck.
A DHKSS I1AIIOAIN.
Wife "Oil, such a bargtin! I
reached Bigg, Drive & Co.'s ahead of
the crowd this morning, and got enough
stud for a perfectly clogunt dress for ono
dollar and ninety cents."
Husband "Hoopla! You're an angoll
What will it cost to get it mado up?"
Wife" 'Bout thirty dollars." Now
York Weekly.
surb to oo.
Little Dot "Mamma is going to tako
me with her when she visits Aunt
Jenny."
Little Dick "She's going to take me,
too."
"Did she say so?"
No."
Then hiw do you know?"
"She'll newr leave me with that closet
full of jam." Good News.
ADVANTAGES Of EDUCATION.
Successful Farmer (whoso son has been
to college) "What was all that howlin'
you were doin out in th' grove?"
Cultured Son "I was merely showing
Miss Brighteycs what a college yell is
like."
Farmer "Wall, I swan! College is
some good after all. I'm goin' into
town to sell somo truck to-morrow. You
kin go along an' do th' calllu'." New
Yor Weekly.
A CHEAT DISAPPOINTMENT.
Mamma "I am going out, and I
don't want you to stir away from the
front steps until I como back."
Little Johnny (who has been invited
to play) "All right, mamma. I won't
stir a step, and if I get tired I'll go in
th' house and read 'bout littlo Samuel
an' Daniel in the lions' den. Goin' to
take a street cari"
Mamma "No, I'm only going across
the way to speak with Mr, Ulank. She's
'.here at tho front window."
Littlo Johnny "Boo, hoo, hoof
Good News.
nB HETUUNBD TUB C0XPMXSNT.
Not long ago a venorable native of
Erin landed for the first time on Chi
nese soil. Soon ho was surrounded by
natives, who began to chatter a rather
broken sort of English. Pat, who was
quick tempered, was nit long before he
let fly tt one with a dish which he seized
from a waresbop close by. A China
man's face was badly cut and Pat was
brought before the English Consul.
"Why have you dono this?" de
manded tho Consul.
To which Pat replied, "Och! sure tho
ugly haythen spoke broken English and
1 just gava him broken China in return."
Modern Society.
LIKE MISTKK84 LIKE KitD,
Tho large-bonel domostic, with a
broad, thoughtful brow, auswered the
bell with a tin da siocle promptness,
"Mary," remarked the mutress, "did
I hear you say to a man in the kitchen
last cveoing that you would
him?"
marry
The domestic bowed icily. "You
did, mem."
"Was it tho same young man I hoard
jou say you would marry the night be
fore, Mary?''
. Tbe girl tossed hor head la haughty
scorn. "It was not the same, mom. I
would remiud you, mem, that seivants
is human beings." Detroit Tribune.
EVEN A POKT HAS KIOUTS.
"I have here," said the long bsired
poet, entering n newspaper office, "an
ode which will muko about oue columu
iu your paper. I wish"
Don't want any poetry," growled
the editor, who was feeling savage and
dyspeptic "Get out of here."
"I was about to add," continued tha
visitor, "that the poem has reference to
a now kind of soap that my employer
has la vented and ltwas going to atk you
to pnblish It as aa advertisement J
twenty cents a line."
! t f A. . ..
Ana no disappeared in me direction
tha rival newspaper office before J
thing could ba dona toward intercp:
ing him or making overtures of Dcacs..
New York Herald.
A room INVESTMENT.
'No, sir," said Mr. Closeflst; 'I
not subscribe to any memorial for Colu-
dus; ana i wisn 10 say mat it is rq-J
unwise and even criminal to hold npj
character of that man for tho eraulst;
of our American youth. Why, sir, th
man started an enterprise at a cost ,
forty thousand dollars, that - ended in
cotnoletarfailurel You take fortv tS,
sand dollars, sir, and compute inter-
at six per cont. per annum, compound
annually, and tell mo what it will amot
to at too ena or, lour uuuarea yci
rs early seven hundred billions of d
Isrs, sir mora than all the porsonalr.
real estate in North and South Amend
is worth, sir; aud yet there are, I u
derstand, men who ere otherwise
teemed prudent ami careful, who in
tend to honor tiie memory of a man, il
who started an enterprise that won't p.?
six percent, dividends, sir. Auisgrn
ful Inilurc, sir! Good morning, sirl".
Puck.
1
IU DEQUES Of IICNOER.
It was quite early in the morning wh.t
the tramp slipped in at the back ga'.tif
a house on Btiaubicn street end (atd!
on the kitchen steps to wait fordevohj
moots. In a few minutes the cm .
opened tho door.
VGracious me!" she exclaimol, s'.ir.
ing buck, "what are doing here?"
"Nothing, mem," ho replied humV;
"Oh," she said, recovering hor w.n
"thuts what you do mostly, isn't it?"
'Mostly, mom," he admitted wiiLor.
argument.
"How long do you expect to iv
there?" i
"L'ntil I get up, mem," ha repliol. J
"Anil tWII I. a rlrhf mnnn "
snapped, "for I'll set the dog on yon.
"is he a large uog, nicmr' he askc;
quite unmoved. J
"es ho is. Ho s mastiff that weu'b
15U Dounds." - f
"Is he young and fat and bca.tbi;
mem?" a
"You'll think so whoa ho gets aftr.
you once." 1
T he tramp remainod seated. .
"Bring him on, mem," ho said. 'Tit
too weak to get up, but I'm hunrj,
enough to eat a raw dog this uiornin;.-'.
and if you will be so kind as to trot hiif
out light away, I think I'll be stro:;
enoucrli to iralk off after I have flnis'ie! '.
him." L
Then he sighed heavily, nnd she tont.
him in and gave him his breakfast.-
Detroit Free Press.
Arab Conjarln.
Talking about miracles," said Jams
P. Curr, "I'm uo bolievor in thorn
generally speaking, but I saw something
like., or several years ago at the citv of
Cairo in Egypt. It was just as super
w ' r w a. M
natural ana Incomprehensible to; my
senses as anything that could Doisiblv
take place. Some years ago I was sent
to Alexandria by a Connecticut paper
mill company to buy a cargo of rags. I
went on up the IN He to Cairo to see what
might do there. While sitting one
afternoon on the veranda of the famous
Shepherd's Hotel ia company with somo
English travelers, we were approached
by a very singular-looking personaze
who at onco took all our attention. He
was aa Arab, tall and lank, with a long.
swarthy visage, deep-set eyes of piercing
quality, and was very delibcrato and
solemn in all his movements and aspects.
lie wore the turban and a long cotton
gown with loose sleeves anda rope
around his wrist for a girdlo. He had
an interpreter with him who proposed
to do a miracle for us at the low price
of twenty conts per head. We all
chipped in with alacrity.
"He stood witum a circle formed by
us, his Interpreter outside. He first
rolled up the wido sleeves of his gown
and tucked them on top'of his shoulders.
Next ba removed the turban from his
head, twisted it up into a ropo about
two inches thick, and held it in the
middle with both ban is. passing it up
and down before our gaxe end uot mors
than ten inches from our faces. Hi
interpreter asked one of us to take out
pocket-knifo and cut tha turban ia
two right between his hands. I was tbe
one wuo did it. It took about threa
slashes to get it apart. I then, unoa
direction, lit a match and set fire to tha
two ragged ends. Which we 'all wero
watching very closely. The cotton
caught readily, blazed up a moment,
and was thou blown out by the iter.
former. He passed the charred endi
before our noses, and, with a slow move
ment of his fingers, gathered tho two
pieces into bis bands, rubbed them all
up in a small bunch, and thon, with tha
tips of bis fingers, disengaged thetanulo
and drew out, in one length, the whole
turban, just as be had taken it from hi
head! Smell of smoke, charred ends,
ragged edges, all goce. The Arab
slcwly passed away. It was broad day
light, tho sua wus shining in the evou
ing sky, and the streets wero full of
passing people. We had to look around
at those familiar sights for a monia.it to
realize that we hal not really witnessed
miracle. "St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Calculation ExtratirJInury.
Some people who are not harassed bv
the "daily bread" problem seem to de
light in researches which have no other
effect than to settle a point which was
never disputed. Sir 'Archibald Goikie.
of tho Uritish Association, after much
careful thought aud patient investigation,
together with a deal of figuring, has
come to the conclusion that the world is
between 73,000,000 and 650,000,000
years old. Vater a wide margin, it
would seem. Washington Star. '
Yeddo. the csoital of tha Jinaneaa
Empire, contains 4,000,000 inhabitant
aud has a creator area than London.
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