, f-
I'liAUriPUL THING3.
Omi'lftil frt nrs thnwthat lf
If n-Mti r l.:tl If lurk or fair -'Violr-onul""!
honesty printed thuro.
I. ":i;i:l!nl ivm nro tliosn thnt show
I.Ue pfv.il i'inn wpt heart flres clow,
I: '.ni!l'ul thotiM4 thst burn Ixilow.
l;--n ii i fn I nr. thme whose word
I. fro ii tli" Inwrl like tho nonir of birds,
let whow tittprin 'i- prudence girl.
It rt 11 r if ii I Ii hi Ih tire tlin.i t lint iln
rtorl; tlmf H earnest, brave and t ru.
Moment hy twmi'vit Hid hunt lny through.
III- intlfnl feet nrrtfhooitli.it o
i lii k n 1 iv mlnitri to nn I fro
1'iiWll ImvileM w.iy. If (Jod wills o.
IV-nit i'ul vlimlilT nr those tlmt bear
'I'awii'w Inr.lcu" nf homely ear.
'vitli piticiit t.'M'"Miu I daily pny.-r.
fienuti'iil liv iir" tlio..i that l,cs
-ili-iit riv.-M of luipjin ",
Win
1 Wd l.-ti f M :tt ni :i Imt few triy gtn.
PRULIETTE KELLY.
W H vrr.KXE PtL.MFI!.
I J II Kelly farm
house (where lived
Hiram Ki'llv ninl
l'rulii It.-, Ins m.
t -r ) w its 11 muchly
('apbonrdcd, 11 ii
painted building.
Puck nf its imiin
house wn.H it sum
mer I. ilchcn, lied
buck nf tlmt n
largo woodshed,
opt. 11 mi tin- side
next the yard. Tln
wooden stops hud
lotted uwuv from
tin: front Til iir 1111. 1 from tin- one load
ing into thf l.iti'lii'ti, ninl now those
two struiulod doors gave tlic jiliico nn
ilmost abandoned look. I - v i 1 11 1 1 v
lli.' ilni.r fimii tlio shod into the sum
mer or luii'k I. iti'hi'ii was llu only 1,11c
111 ti-c Tin' hoiiio seemed to stand in
lint mi. Kt n ptidure; there was no
liii 1I1. nit it itinl the grass wits
ruiie 1 hli.it. its if by sheep.
( In the Iriril citrtb under tho open
-lie.l 't, 11 table, nti. I Kitting by this
lulile 11 iv. miiii 11. Slie liiul no luniji,
ull.l us she ..ill tin re ill the gathering
-liudo.vs 1 w hioh h't.l 001110 early into
the ;,'reiit, Imre Mieil, as if I'm lin' jt 11
outji'iiiiil I'hii'f), it win tlitilcnlt ut
llrst to see it clearly. N!n whs ii thin,
nlil v, urn in, uith hlmri feiitiir'.s--bei'
yes In-ill.; iei lmii.H the nlirtrjust of nil.
Mer ilress was a limp nvu of lilue
ilien. On tile t nl ilc was :t jilat.i of
ivllllt lnnkiil like t'olil In., led iutlltnes
tinl 11 i'ii of salt, Shu tfuvo us 11 fiu-t
mill mul then went 0:1 cutting otl
(lieers of jiiitnto mul Hpriukling tlieiu
ivitli salt.
"I'mi yon let inu Iihvo a little croam?"
Miss Iitiruiul iiske.l.
"Woll, I uiu't agoiu' to ntop catiu'
wi5Tnij was. ;'i,i;ri3;zs
k. . . pump nnd waitJ-; . tt verv j,rcttv gjr, ..
eonio the day beforo ul The FA few tiny later Mrs. Loring and
1 .11 Ptl Jill t Oil 111 Ii nil (I111 Vntt. V...1- .d.A t ..
t for vn flier rortnln "
' J ' . . " '
wi uiim; 'iiiniiw. inijir tents were
iiitehed nit the end of a long point that
itretfhes out into tlio water. This
evening Miss Lamed had beun sent
tfter cream to the Kelly farmhouse,
which was near by nn the tdiorc, and I
had gone with her.
Wc sat for soiiiii timo on tho pump
ilat!orni waiti!ig for I'rnliette Kelly
In tiuisli her meal. She was not quite
done. There were no cats or dogs
itliont, but 11 bluish-gray hen which
also seemed to have. 11 sharp, discon
tented expression stood by her chair,
and from tune to timo she foil it bits
of 1 ntiit.i. When the old woman was
done eat 1114 she got the pail of cream
for us, aud we left. She had hardly
spoken.
A short distance from the farmhouse
we met 1111 elderly limn. He was tall
and beiit, and walked slowly, as if his
ciinipaiiioits were sober, fuunlinr
thoughts.
"Hood i vetiiti' Miss," ho said.
"Hcv' you be'n to tho house?"
"Wc have just conio from there.
Wc got some cream of your sister."
Then 1 was introduced to Mr. Hiram
Kelly.
There was a pile of cedar fence, rails
at the side of the path. He stt down
on them, with 11 farmer's tiHual desire
to rest his legs whenever possible. It
was a plcasaut July eveuing, and, us
we were in no hurry, w.j also sat down
011 tin.1 rails,
"So voii've ben ttik to see I'rnli
ette?" lie i.uiil, speaking to me. "1 j
s'pnsc you thought her queer folks ;
mostly does. Wait!, she is queer; but j
she's Miiurt, an' she's got her good !
points, too. I ruliette lies hod trials,
an' the wust of nil was thet she was
born Willi a sharp tongue. I've heard
father tell she got it natural from
mother's mother. She allers bed it,
even when she 1111' I was little. When
she grew up, the young fellers was
most I v seairt of her. At last Jiui
Lane come along ; lie was 11 w idower
with ti little gal, Mandy, 'bout six
years old. Jim made up to l'ruliettt',
an' she seemed to kinder soften. She
didn't talk sharp to him nor to the
little u'd, an' she was gentler with us
nil. 'I'withitll fixed, an' they was go
iu' to be married; but some of tho
neighbor told Jim (he was a stranger
in these parts) what a name sho lied
lur bein" u scold. It scnirt him out.
"1'rhiins he thought she'd abuso
little Mandy. Hut she wouldn't hcv'.
She was real foud of that gal, uu'
she'll ullcr-i hcv' treated her well ; fur
chitngiu' her likes and dislikes ain't
niio of I'ruliette's faiiiu's. Wa'al, Jim
Lane kinder sneaked off, suyiu' he was
goin' out West to it a home ready
tur her. I guess he wu4 souirt to
break it rie,ht off, after what he'd
heatd t 11 of I'ruliette's tongue. She
looked fur him to come back, an got
roady fur the wedJin'. I suspiciouod
how 'twould lie, an' so did father, who
was liviu thou ; but we didn't like
Mjin' tjothin to her. Rhe kep on
witin' nn' wnitin', till nhe uf herself
he wonhln't come; n' then all the
hitter come hack, n' the got nUftrper
than ever. Hhe never npeaks of him,
hnt aometimes aha aays aomethin'
hont little Manily,"
lie jmusoil, but only for a moment ;
probalilr he tl id not have many op
portunitioa of talking.
"I think she's all em heil a secret
iitee of runnin' acrost Jim an' findin'
lie didn't mean to leave her. Ten or
twelve years ago a neighbor, Oeorgo
Ilsrker, got aonio back pension money
nn' went out West to locate. He whs
goin' to come back an' got his wife;
Imt he never did, an' she 'most went
crazy. One of our oiler sisters,
Kitrnh, lied married out in Kansas, an'
she'd be'n writin' I'rnliette to come,
out mi' visit her. Along in the sum
mer, after liny iu'f I'rnliette s'prisnd me
by savin' alio was goin'. I heard she
told .Tane Murker she'd bring her hus
band I nick to her. Off she went; an'
nlie kep' her word to Jane llnrker.
Mlie found (Seorge, reckles, on' dead
broke, nut in a mmin' cmnp in Colo
rii'lo I he'd lost the money in some way
nn' wa'n't eotnin' home! ; an she
1 brought him Intek an' handed him over
! to Jane same's if hu'd bee 11 a htmy
I cow.
" 'Hut, Prtilictte,' says I when she
i pot home, 'why didn't ye stay an' hov'
' u visit with Sarah?'
" 'I did visit with Sarah,' nays Tru
liette; 'I prot to her house otm after-
1 noon, mi' that rvenin' she told me all
she lied to ti II, nn' I told her nil I hed
to tell. So, thero bein' I10 need nf
htayin, I lei' tlio next lnoruiu' and
went on West to 11 ml that sucakiu'
(leorgo ll trker.'
"As I'ruliettu gets older nn' more
iiilent her tunguo keeps just us nhiirp ;
it h like u razor, gettiu sharper, less
you use it. We hardly speaks, nn'
hevn't eat together fur years. I
s'pose she'll idlers live with me," mid
Hiram sighed uueonsciotioly j "fur by
father's will she has a right to 11 home
an' 11 livin' 011 the old place, an' kin
pasture six head of cattlt 011 it, an'
keep hens. It's bud fur a woman, tint
heviu' a real home of her own. She's
got dreadful Hol'tnry, She won't
even 1 1 1 v no cnt nor dog notliiu' but
thet old blue lieu tliet she's got used
to, nn' likes to hcv' 'round. It's a
cur'tis hen, fullers her 'bout an' never
seems to want to i-et. Sbe takes com
fort uith it, 1 k'posh women folks ho
got t. liev' sometliin' to fusH over."
It was growing Into ; so wo got up
nnd bade Itiriiin good-night. He,
too, rose and moved slowly off toward
tin; house, in if in no grout hurry to
reneh it.
"I'oor Hiram !" suid Miss Lnrncd ;
"his sister must be u trial to him. 1
suppose he'd like to marry mid live as
other men do. Of course, uo woman
will marry him, knowing thir.PrulieUo
has got to live with thorn, and he's
fust getting to bo an old man. llut
r mtlo dnuguter, six years old,
fuvo Loring, enmn to tho camp. One
evening .Olivu walked with 1110 to the
Kelly farmhouse. She was a gentle
little tiling somewhat shy with now
ucquaiut.iuces.
Misa Kelly was busy in the wood
shed and back kitchen. "Takes nil
my time cookiu' fur tho lmyiu' help,"
she grumbled, with unusu il garrulity.
"Men folks want to bo cutiti', catiu',
eat in'!"
She btiired hard ut Olive, and finally
went into the pantry and brought out
a little cuke that looked very dry and
old. "Here's somethiu' fur ye, little
gal," she said, thrusting it into the
child's hand.
Olivo drew back, receiving the gift
with 11 hardly audible murmur of
thanks. On the way homo she was
silent, and 1 saw sho had been fright
cued by the grim-looking old woman.
The Larneds got their oggs and
butter and milk from the Kelly farm,
and had been in the habit of sending
for them. Several tiaies in tho course
of tho next week Miss Kelly br. night
these supplies to tho camp herself.
Sho spoko little 011 these occasions,
but her manner was less surly than it
had been. Each time sho brought
some trifle for Olivo Loring, but
Olive continued to bo afraid of her.
One Saturday morning we. men all
started off to spend tho day fishing
m ar some islands to tho west of us.
Uufe, the man-of-Hll-work, was left in
charge of the camp. As tho morning
was hot uud sultry, none of tho ladies
went with us, preferring to stay on
the cool, breezy point.
I'.arlv in the afternoon Mrs, Lamed
wished to send Itufe on uu errand to a
f.irm hotiso standing on tho end of u
point that stretched out into the lake
parallel with ours; u deep bay about
half a mile widi) separated the two
points. Olive asked to go with Ilufe,
and uo objection was made, she being
accustomed to go about with him.
Two boats had been left at the camp ;
one was a large, heavy skiff, the other
a little cano;i which was nsod for pad
dling about iu ou quiet evenings.
Ilufe took the big skiff and rowed
away with Olive hitting in the stem.
A hot, thick haze hung over tho water,
and from the cump thoy could hardly
make out the boat as it uoured the
point opposite.
Suddenly all the vapor that had
filled the air seemed to gather into a
black cloud ; aud soon this cloud
glowed with streaks of Haute, uud
emitted hoarse growls.
"It will be a thunderstorm," ex
claimed Mrs. Loriug. "I wish Olivv'
was here with 1110 ; sho's so afraid uf
thunder."
It happened that Fruliotte Kelly
had come to the camp with a pail of
butter. They invited her to stay till
the storm was over.
Now a blast of hot wind swept over
the lake and caught the haze up with
1 U, currying it oil to the angry black
clond, which had swollen till it filled
nearly the whole sky. At tho hare
vanished objects near the opposite
point could be more clearly distin
guished. "Hee," cried Mra. Loring, "isn't
that the boat pulling out from shore?
Ob, why doesn't l'.ufe stay at the
farm house I How can he be so fool
ish !"
Pru liette drew Mrs. Lamed back.
"The little gal is alone in thct there
boat," sbe said, in a solemn whisper.
"Ilufe must a-lcft her in it when he
went np to the house; an' that sudden
wind drnv it off the shore. TheP.au
dull boat must be away from home;
fur I kin see ltufe runnin' up an' down
tho bank, an' if 'twas thero he'd foller
her. The wind is drivin' tho boat
right toward ns."
The rain begun to fall in torrents,
churning tho already vexed wnter till
it seemed to boil. It was one of those
violent thunderstorms to which Lake
Outairo Is subject during tho hot
season. It grew dark, and tho boat
was hidden. AVhen tho ruin stopped
A cold hurricane rushed by, and the
panic-striekcu water lied before it in
swift, headlong waves. Now tho boat
was visible again, tossing about, accni
ing to sharo the ngeny of tno water.
The women rould see Olive cling
ing to 11 sent, iu constant danger of
ln'ing thrown ont; the bUst carriod
her shrill screams to their ears. "See,
the bout may lie driven against tho
point !" cried one of them. Put as it
eiiine they saw the wind would take it
by, outside the point.
An open shed had been built for the
boats on tho western sideof the point,
w here, ns was now the ense, the water
was protected from the gales that
camo uj from tho south and cast. Pru
liette Kelly ran to this bosthouse, aud,
nothing clso being there, launched
the canoe. Hhe paddled it through tho
calmer witter out to the edge of the
nngry sea thnt swept around the point.
It was evident that the canoe could
not live for mon: than a moment iu
such a sea. An instant later the
skiff Olive stnuding in it, screaming
and stretching ont her hands to her
mother 011 tho shorn nnmo scudding
by the point. I'rnliette gavo a stroko
with the paddle that madu the cuuoo
shoot forward ; sho graspod the skiff
and, with a vigorous push, sent it iu
townrd tho calmer water. This push
reacted ou tho canoe, which slipped
out still further among tho waves. Tlio
old woman struggled bravely, trying
to balance tho fruit craft mid drive it
toward tho shore. She had only gained
a few yards when a billow broke over
the canoe, filled it aud sank it.
Two nf tho younger wouven waded
into tho shallow wuter, dragged tho
skiff to laud aud restored the child to
her mother. They saw something
that tho waves rolled toward the
shore. They seized it and carried it
from tho water. Life was not quite
crushed out from the poor old body,
and after working over her r tome
timo she 'beganoTuiMv signs Si to
turning consciousness.' .
Ilirum was found, and ho and one
of the hired mon carried his sister
back to her homo. When tho doctor
came ho said it was doubtful if she
survived tho shock ; sho hud never
been a strong womsu.
Toward evening Hiram and the doc
tor aud Mrs. Lamed aud little Olive's
mother wero in I'rnliette Kelly's room,
where sho lay motionless ou tho bed.
Of a sudden sho roused, glanced
around nervously, and laid a thin,
withered bond on her brother's arm.
"Hiram, I'm agoin' to let that old
blue hen hatch some chickens. I feel
I ain't used her right ; fur sho hes
wuuted to set lots c' times. IJut I
allers stopped her quick; you know
she was my only company, an' I didu'l
want her offu-settiu' an' a-bringiu' up
chickens. I s'pose she's jest longed
fur them chicks." Then, a moment
beforo the cud, she spoke again : "Did
Mandy get ashore all safe? Poor lit
tle Mandy ; poor poor thing. " Xew
York Independent.
Ilice Planting In Japan.
The people were busy pulling out
their young rice plants, and the Holds
were full of men aud women, wearing
their "kasa" and straw coats, oiled
paper, rush mats or other contrivances
to keep off the rai.i, and working in
mud and water half way up to their
knees. It is surely tho dirtiest and
most laborious form of agriculture;
tho work is almost entirely done by
manual labor with a spado aud a
heavy four-pronged rake, though 1 oc
casionally saw a cow or a pony, with u
little thatched roof on its back tc
shoot off tho rain, draggiug a sort ot
harrow through the mud. As soou as
tho spring crop of barley or rape-seed
is garuered and hung up to dry, tho
ground is trenched with tho spado,
and water is turned over it uutil it
has becorno a soft slush, which is
worked level with tho rake. The young
rice plants, grown thick together iu
nursery patches, are pulled up when
the tields aro ready for planting, their
roots aio washed aud they aro tied in 1
buutllus, which are thrown into the
mud and water ; then the men and
women wado in, tiutio a bundle aud
set the seedling in lines by just press
ing them with their tlugers into the
mud. They do this wonderfully
quickly, aud can plaut eight or nine
iu a row without moving from theii
places ; when tho Held is all planted
it looks liko a pond with a delicatt
gretn haze over it. The dividing bankf
are planted with beans or other vege
tables, so that not a yard of ground is
wasted. This was the 18th of Juno,
the damp, clammy heat of the "dew
mouth" just beginning a period verj
encouraging to all vegetation, but fill
of discomforts for the traveler, and
especially for the lundsoape painter.
Harper's Magazine.
Loudon 'bus fare is regulated ao
cording to the distance traveled. Thf
rate ranges from one penny up.
"BLIND" LETTERS.
HOW TIU: DIKKKHEXT NATlOXi
KXt I1AM1K TIIKM. -
Our Postal Kmployes Belter at Df
Hplirrlnx Ilnd Addresses Than
Those Abroad An Adept
at "flllnd Heading.
PI KINO tho last fiscal rear,
ended Jnne llOtb, 1804, 5)0,
OO'j letters from foreign lands
drifted into the Dead Letter
OfhVo nt Washington. Tho individu
als addressed being not discovered,
nearly all of theso missives had to be
ecnt back to the countries whence
they came. Yet the United States
Postofllco is vastly more clever in
finding peoplo than are the authorities
abroad. Only a few days ngo a letter
dispatched from New York with the
superscription. "Levi P. Morton,
Paris, France," was returned, marked
"lnconun" i. c, "Unknown." Nev
ertheless, tho ex-Vice-Presidr.nt was
in the French capital at the time at
one of tho great hotels.
Tho foreign authorities seem to be
stupid about such things. Letters
from tho United States addressed to
Walter Jlesant or to Algernou Swin
burne, "F.ngland," nre sent back,
marked "Iusiilllcient address." One
might suppose that English people
would know about their own famous
literary men. It used to lie the same
way with Charles Jlcado and Ilobert
Prowning. An American child's letter
to "Santa Clam, Hurt. Mountains,
Germany," was returned with "Un
known," "Not found" and "Insuffi
cient address'' stumped all over it by
seventeen postmasters.
At Christinas timo every year chil
dren write letters to Santa Claus nnd
mail them, usually unstamped. It n
foreign address is given the missivo is
dispatched in tho mails, the rules of
the international Postal Union not re
quiring prepayment. Eventually it
finds its way b:ick to tho Foreign Di
vision of the Postofllco Department
here. If it contains a petition from
some poor child for a small gift the
employes of the olllce will occasional
ly play Santa Claus, making up u
purse to buy tho nrticle requested.
Comparatively few of tho foreign
letters which reach the Dead Letter
Office here can bo delivered to the
person addressed, because it U not al
lowable to open them. If one of them
is opeued when received, it is scaled
with a speeiul stamp, which looks
something like an ordinary postage
stamp, bearing the words: "Postoflioe
Department; ofliciully sealed." Ihe
tirst stump of this kind that was is
sued hud the words "post obitum" on
it, meaning "after death." A speci
men is worth to-day 810. Tho'scaling
stamps are hard to get and are in do
mand by collectors.
The lette'rona abroad which have
la'dod oi one5'bu bboouvtl ot biAljY
written addresses aro handled by ex
perts who exhibit wonderful skill in
tlociphering them. Miss Clara P.ioh
ter, in charge of tho foreign division,
is a famous hand at such work. The
spelling ou some of tho envelopes is
amazing. For example, "dusaumeri"
is intended for Suiilt Hto. Marie.
This is a comparatively easy one.
"Schincscham, Toulocontus" is Chi
nese Cump, TtiolumuH County,
"flrym Pantcwnia" is meant for
Green Point avo.
Memory is an important element in
"blind reading," as this work is
called. Miss lMchtcr got hold of a
letter the other day with a peculiar
name and nothiug else on it except
"America." She remembered that
twenty years or more ago a person of
that name had been found at Grand
Rapids, Mich. Tho letter was for
warded to that point and reached the
intended recipient. Ou ouo occasion
the local postoflioe of Washington did
not know how to deliver a letter ad
dressed to "Tesciero General do Na
cion." It was advertised as for "Gen
eral Teserero." Miss Kichter per
ceived at once that it was for the
Treasurer of tho United States. It
was registered and contained a con
siderable amount of money.
All nndeliverable foreign letters are
done np in bags or rather parcels and
sent back onco a week to the prin
cipal European countries au to
Canada. These "returns," as they
are called, comprise all mail matter
received ut the Dead Letter Ollloe here
daring tho previous week. But to
tho other nations in the Postal Union
tho dead stuff is returned only once a
month. The United States Govern
ment exchanges unclaimed matter
with eighty-seven countries and
colonies. Nearly 1,000,000 foreign
pieces of mail ooino to our Doad Let
ter OUlco annually. A groat many of
these are printod publications, most of
which are thrown away and not re
turned. All printed matter receivod at the
Dead Letter OHico from Canada, Great
IJritaiu, Germany, Switzerland, South
American couutrios and Australasia is
destroyed in accordance with special
agreement. Most of this stuff con
sists of newspapers aud trade circulars.
The couutries mentioned do the same
with similar matter that reaches them
from tho Uuited States, but Franoe,
Italy, llussiu, Spain, Portugal, Nor
way, Sweden, Denmark and Belgium
want every bit of their printod mat
ter buck, and it is returned to them.
During the last fiscal year 69,035 par
cels aud priutod publications and
circulars wero returned.
Iu the same way we get our dear
matter back from foreign countries
weekly from some, monthly from
others. Tho "returns" sent to us
amounted last year to 241,779 pieces
only a little more than oue-third as
innny ai we forwarded to Govern
ments abroad. Philadelphia Times.
A newspaper is tho diary of history.
Hciisors With ft History.
Jclrn Wilson, town marshal of Hazel
Green, Ky., Las in his possession
pair of scissors whioh are koown to
lis tp been in his immediate family for
130 yoars or more. They were first
ownod by his father's first wife, whose
maiden name was Tolly NickelL At
berdestb, Matilda Walters, her second
daughter, fell heir to them. At the
death of Mrs. Walters her third son,
Jefferson Walters, came in possession
of thero, and at his death they passed
to his third sister, Olivia Risner. At
tho death of Mrs. Risner they came
into the present owner's hands, and
are yet in a good state of preservation,
though they exhibit signs of long and
constant service.
They are 10) inches iu length, evi
dently hand forged, and not much un
like tho patterns seen nowadays. As
tho points do not meet by just one
quarter of an inch, a person contem
plating them cau easily imagine thnt
tho sharp point was worn away, littlo
by little, in cutting out leather breeches
(bucknkin) for the boys, nnd shaping
the latest in fashion for tho girls from
tho 1 in sey patterns of the day.
And this bit of history furnishes
much food for thought w hen wc aro
disposed to grumble because some gar
ment is not a faultloss tit, nt wc think
it should be. But they had no dudes
in those days, nnd for that thev should
havo been thankful. Mr. Wilton's
father moved from Greenbrier County,
Virginia, into this section when it was
yet n wilderness and Floyd County,
the fortieth created in the State (from
parts of Mason, Fleming nnd Mont
gomery), then comprised nil of that
territory from which tho counties of
Pike and parts of VAay, Harlan, Perry,
Lawrence, Morgan, Breathitt, Letcher,
Johnson, Rowan, Boyd, Magoflln,
Wolfe, Elliott aud Lee have since been
carved.
Three-day elections were then held,
and the voter living remote from tho
polls shouldered his trusty ritle aud
started the first day so as to make suro
of casting his vote before tho close, of
the third Ticktown, now in Mont
gomery, and Prostonburg, wero then
the respoctivo voting places, and Mr.
Wilson says that he never failed to
vote, and ho lived six miles above
Hazel Green, so that voting at either
point, he had to travel about forty
five miles. Baltimore Herald.
A Wildcat's ireat Leap.
Tho wonderful power of u wildcat Is
shown in its ability to leap long dis
tances. All of the cat tribe have im
mense power in their log.", and they
make np in tho length of their spring
their inability to make 11 continued
chaw. African leopards iu captivity
havo boon known to leap from tho
floor of their cages and strike the top,
twelve feet above. Tigers make tre
mendous leaps, and strike dowu their
prey with a blow of their powerful
paws as they alight. But the wildcat.
isvna wse, la probaV.- tl"; st won
derful jumper of all tho feliduc. A
hunter who is well kuown for his ver
acity tells tho following story of an
adventure which illustrates this
power :
"I was hunting in tho suow, and
came across the track of a wildcat,
which I followed a long distance. Sud
denly the tracks came to nn end in n
spot where tho animal hud crouched.
I looked around to see what had be
come of the trail, uu I away ahead of
me saw a bunch of bio ad aud feathers.
From that spot the truck led on again
off iuto a swamp. The situation was
susceptible to but one explanation.
Tho wildcat had been hunting for his
dinner, and had discovered a pheasant
wandering about iu the snow.
"The cat crept as close as ho dared
to the unsuspecting bird and gathered
himself into an aui mated spiral spring,
such as all tho est tribe coil them
selves into when preparing to spring,
and, releasing tho trigger, shot into
the air, landing on top the victim be
fore the bird, as quick as pheasants
usuully are, could evade the stroke.
The distance from whero the cat
crouched to where it caught the bird
was just thirty-three feet. I uuturally
supposod from the length of the leap
that the cat was young aud in full ac
tivity, but after I trailed it to the
swamp and shot it 1 discovered that it
was old and almost toothless. Tho
snimal's hunger may have spurred
him to the groat jump. If not, and
the loup was an evidence of what a su
perannuated wildcat cau do, I wouldn't
be surprised to learu that a young aud
active wildcat could clear at least
twice tho distance when pressed by
necessity. " Philadelphia Press.
An I'ukuown Care,
In Wells Comity, Indiauu, not fui
from Muuoie, an oil well driller hut
made several holes, to whioh he cau
11 ml no bottom. Lust week he drilled
through ft bod of rock 150 fctet thick,
when the drill suddenly dropped,
aud was only saved from beiug lost
by the strong rope attached to it.
Several other holes iu tho sumo neigh
borhood are in the same predicament.
The driller lowered a largo charge of
nitro-glycerino several hundred feet
down into the opcuiug under this
holo and exploded it, but without ap
parent effeot. It is supposed that
the holes have penetrated the roof of
su enormous cavern. New Orleaui
Picayune.
What Is a Huhdl!
"El Mahdi" can best be translated
as "the guide." Moslems generally
are looking for the comiug of a
prophet. Sunuis and shiuhs agreo in
expecting the appearance of a Mahdi
or Messiah. But they diner as to the
manner of his manifestation. Sunuis
beliovos the coming Mahdi to be ft new
prophet Bhiahs hold that he will be
an Imam, who has disappeared, but
will reappear as the expected Messiah.
Blackwood's Magazine.
ItEHP IT MO VI el q
Kep lbs wawn movln',
Xo matter what's the load,
Keep the horses jroln',
In ths middle o' ths road.
Klffht time or day time ,
Winter tiros or May ttms j
Hnrry op ths horses
An' keep 'em In the road I
Keep the wniron movln' I
If the hones 'stall."
Tut your shoulder to the w'ao i
An' pull together all!
Night time or dny tlm,
Pon'tstop for play time j
Hurry up the horses
Ku-mnor time nu' fa!U
V.-fp th wagon movin' I
I.lfo Is Roln' t.y i
If tlir tln U falliu',
WenthiT'll soon bo i!ry !
Nig'it time or d.iy time,
Wlnti i time or Miytlme,
Ifurrv tin thn tinrsn
An" you'll git them by nn' by
-F. L. Ktimtoj,
PITH VXD POINT.
jiiiiM-iuiU llio agit.it.ion of a ij,,
tail. - -J roy Pross.
M .... .. .:t .... i
i until niiii.es out iii nis ;-r.
ftlorts to strike luck. Pnck
He -"Well, I'll say pood-ni
Miie--"Oood-morunig. New Y,,..
Sun.
A man with plenty of snnd is
to grind out nu existence somohotr.
Syracuse Conner.
Iho line o: hiicji'ss is located uK
hnlf way between hesitating
plunging. Puck.
.Alans Bullishness always has !
three or four sizes too largo for k
(iulvcHton rsews.
A deaf mute recently went iut,.
Lroaaway bicycle store and pickel
a iiiiu ami spoke. Liife.
liotli the puotogranher and thet!,
.i i :.. . .
" I" i" i in i K'eat measure lor mii'c
upon their taking ways. Philud..
Record.
"Dear littlo hand!" h;j murin
as no Kissea ;ier hau l and incut
reekonod np what the rings on it :
cost bun. Harper s Bazar.
nt ...
ino MiortFKt way of itcquir;r.
reputation for executive ability
get oilier men to t your work
f .- .. .11 T, i rt
) on tor uutuitig. iu.tioa lrauvr.
Ti1"" Is mon-y
Tlio adagu says
031
Or sixty il-iy.
Detroit Triim
lubtdey "loa fellows came L
from your fishing trip empty-buu;,
uidn t you?' Mudsro "Yes,
hands ' were
Journal.
empty." Indiana;-! Lt.
He "You nre the only girl I
?! !lph nccr.
that.,. The main question is urn
J
only girl you over w ill love." Cin
uati .tribune.
South African proof-readers
young. Tho lust ono succumhe
the description of a fight between
Unabelinijiji aud Aniuswa.-
tribes. Tit-Bits.
Wife- "That new girl sleeps L.
log, nnd I never can get her up ii
morning." Husband (struck i
bright idea) "Let tho baby .
with her. Good News.
"How did you como to break
Miss Swoetlips? You always RtiJ
was as good as gold. "Yes: I
"sr.!
got acquainted with a girl who Iu
!'rt
gold. Boston I rausoript.
Ethel "What made people t
they were husband aud wife?" I
r.
"Why, whenever ho related,
story she always interrupted bit
sayiug he'd left out something. "-
ml.
He "Do you know how to
good bread?" She "Oh, yes;
don't mean to ; when I marry I
to get a husband who will Ih
hul
enough to buy me cake." Some
Journal.
Everett Wrest "Lady, if
f-on
in
would liko to havo some wood saw .
Mrs. Potts "We burn gas." '
perhaps you will let mo turu oi
gas for breakfast." Indium
Journal.
pre
"Poor little thing 1" exclaimr
passionate editor to tho muii
res
was nostng about in the waste I1
CO
"ii you.nnu anytuing tliero jv
use you re Harder up thuu I a
Chicago Tribune.
'Say, I dou't believe that
od-
anout lurs. uunson s iiuir tumtti
iu a night, do you?" Susie "V
a w
yosl That's nothing; my n
que
turned hers ycllown hulf a
alai
'ge:
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Chollie "The idea of a 1
man sending u letter with n 1
Chappie "Doosid bad form,
c lion ic "Uut tuat lsu t the w.
it. In this case it moans ' I'loti-
tlo."' Cincinnati Tribune.
"You're a liur," said No. 1.
must take that back," replied
"I reiterate, you are a liar," r
No. 1. And No. 2, to whom b
"roiterute" was evidently di
NE
III
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I'll ln
plied: "All right, I acccii!
apology." ew xork Tribune.
Ethel "Here is tho loveliest
coat that I bought for Tom,
doesn't seem to cure for it tl)
" I"
bit." Clara "I can tell you
make him value it above evorvii
Road
Ethel "Oh, howV" Ours
"Hill
him that you've giveu it away
poor raau. Tit-Bits,
Oh, tbs dust, dust, dust, dost,
m
we sua u everywuore,
We drink it in our lemonade,
We breathe it laths alri
It tills oureyoeand earsandt
A Kef
Each orevloe and each nook
Tbure s dust In ever' blessed
nut one our pookntboos
Kansas I
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