NOW OR
NEVER
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Martha McCulloch-Wllliams
Copyright, l'.uft,
by Martha McCiillocli Williams
Billy Wharton's coming did not sur
prise Joe In tho least. She had known
something out of the common was go
lng to happen ever since Saturday,
when she had seen the new moon
clear, had a black cat follow her home
and then dreamed of getting ■gil'e
across a clear running stream. All
these were omens of good luck. It
woa the best sort of luck to have a
boarder In the big front room upstairs,
a gentleman evidently craving quiet,
solitude and country fare. Mrs. Greer,
Joe's stepmother, had been set against
boarders. She would have none of
them even yet but for that dreadful
doctor's bill. She had been at death's
door lust winter, her first real illness.
Though the doctor was in no hurry for
his fee, her independence chafed might
ily against having him wait
Therefore Joe had had no new sum
mer frocks. Therefore also she was
not going to picnics and parties and
• things anywhere, Indeed, but to
church, where the wearing of old
clothes might be regarded as a sign
of piety rather than poverty The
board money would change ail that.
In fancy Joe saw herself brave In new
■winter finery, holding up her head with
the beet. Her head had not really been
drooped, for she was by nature spirit
ed and full of fun But the stepmoth
er was a little morbid on the point of
Joe's lacks. In fear, It might be said,
•he neglected the girl, who. It was
well known, she did not love. Still
they had got on fairly together until
the epoch of Hansom Farley.
It was Mrs. Greer's nephew and
prospective heir; hence It seemed to
him but right and natural that he
should marry Joe, who held a mort
gage on the farm. Mrs Greer had
fetched her husband and his daughter
home with her to live, and the Greer
estate had been turned into cash and
used to free the homestead from sun
dry Incumbrances. Thus common In
terest hud kept the two women togeth
er after Greer died. Hansom
thought It Beautifully lit that they
should goon living together and letting
him take care of them. At least that
was his way of saying it. Joe snapped
that the caretaking would be all the
other way. She had hated Hansom as
a pink and white curly haired model
child She did not hate him less now
that, although his curls were cropped
and his complexion was somewhat tan
ned, he still held himself to the model
Standard.
Joe was slim and dusky—lithe as a
sapling, with floss silk hair and eyes
outflashtng black diamonds. Wild roses
blushed In her olive cheeks, her lips
were cherry red and her voice full of
flute notes Billy Wharton had a weak
ness for pretty girls. He made love to
all fate threw In his way. Naturally
he made love to Joe. Naturally also
he made her love him. He was the
man of her dreams, in every way the
apposite of Hansom and very unlike
any of the farmer lads or callow city
youngsters with whom she had been
brought In contact. But because she
loved Billy with heart and soul and
strength she flouted him, laughed at
him, made a pretense of quarreling
and so kept him puzzled as to her
frame of mind. Puzzling over a very
pretty girl is bad for the affections If
the puzzler wishes to escape free, but
Billy did not know that In time. He
tried all a man might to read this
maiden riddle. He had been quite fair,
ha thought—had told her in the outset
; v.. T he couldn't afford to marry until he
was gray and bald.
"I've nothing In the world now but
myself," he had said. "And, though
space rates give a decentish living for
one, it's little short of criminal under
taking to make them furnish rations
for two." Then straightway he bad
mude Joe guide him to the deepest pool
of the trout brook and stay with him
•t the stream side ull through a sum
mar morning. In course of the talk
there she had somehow gathered that a
16ng time ahead when certain lives and
leases lapsed Billy would have a snug
maintenance. Possibly the information
had Its weight. Possibly also It went
over ber head Certainly, when In tho
sixth week of Billy's stay ut the farm
house Hansom was pleased to grow
furiously Jealous of him, Joe decided
something must be done—and did It.
"Did you know there was a wedding
coming off Sunday?" she asked of
Billy Thursday at noon. Billy pulled
out pencil and notebook, putting on
his most professional air as he asked:
"Will you give me the names of the
victims, please, Miss Greer? Also any
other particulars of Interest?"
"No! Go ask the preacher," Joe said,
smiling mysteriously.
Billy went, but came l»ack more than
ever mystified "The wedding Is a
fact,'' he said, "but a solltiiry fact.
Brother Jones knows no more than we
do —only that he has IMJCII asked to hold
himself in readiness at the close of tho
morning service. Furthermore, he
says you asked him. Confess, young
lady. You are getting up a fine hoax."
"See if I am," Joe retorted, her head
higher than common. She ran off al
most instantly and was well nigh unap
proachable throughout the next two
days But Saturday evening she walk
ed with Billy all up and down the yard,
the moon shedding silver flecks upon
them, the roses In the garden filling
the air with perfume. As they walked
Billy held her hand, and Insensibly, It
teemed, she drooped toward him. Nei
ther Bald very much As the clock
struck 10 Joe drew away from him
with a little shudder, saying very low,
"Muybe this is our last walk together.'
But Billy, quite beyond prudence,
flung his arms about her and kissed
her full on the mouth, saying thickly,
"It shall not be 1 want you always."
He slept little that night, but fell Into
a heavy doze at daj light. It lasted un
til It was almost time for church The
sight of her set his heart beating mad
ly. She was all In white, bridelike in
deed, with a knot of pale roses nodding
on her breast. By their rising and fall
ing he knew she was strangely stirred,
» yet when she motioned him to follow
and sit beside her he obeyed, although
Hansom Farley, whom he cordially ills
liked, was at her other elbow. All
through the service she sat statuu still
notwithstanding he felt the tension of
her mood Increase After the prayer
and the closing hymn there was a gen
erul stir of people half rising or cran
lng their necks to see who might be
going up to the altar.
"I'm going to marry somebody.
Which shall it be?" JIM- breathed rath
er thun whispered In Billy's ear, glanc
ing alternately at him and at Farley.
He understood With almost a bound
he was up and in the aisle, holding her
hand tight and almost dragging her
forward And then before he knew
what was happening he heard the sol
emn, "1 pronounce you man and wife."
The church buzzed like a hive, but
through the buzzing Billy heard Farley
Hansom shrieking hysterically, "I'll
make you sorry for this, sir, before
you are much older!"
Joe looked up at him, flushing a love
ly scarlet. "It was the only way," she
said. "I had to marry y*i now. You
never would have come back."
BORN FOR A LAWYER.
\Vh» Ills Mother llffoninioiKlrtl lllm
to Colour! liik«tm»ll.
Among the stories which Colonel
Bob lugersoll delighted to tell was the
following, says the writer of "Amer
ica's Most Popular Men:"
White studying law with a firm out
west the colonel found himself alone in
the ofllce one day. lie was interrupted
by the entrance of a raw boned, sharp
featured countrywoman, who ambled
into the room leading a freckle faced,
watery eyed ten-year-old boy by the
hand.
"Air you the lawyer?" she began.
On being answered In the atilrmatlve
she went onto say that she had
brought her boy Jim to town for the
purpose of binding him out at the
"lawyerln" trade." She was morally
certain, she averred, that Jim was a
born lawyer and that all he needed was
a chance.
"But, madam," objected the colonel,
"he is entirely too young to begin tho
study of law."
"Too young, indeed!" sniffed the fond
mother contemptuously. "You don't
know Jim. lie was born for a law
yer."
Much amused, the colonel asked her
on what grounds she based her hopes
of a future at the bar for her darling
child.
"Why," said she, "when lie was ouly
seven years old he struck work, and
he wouldn't do another lick if he got
killed for it. When he was eight he got
sassy and put on more airs than a
prize horse nt a country fair, and now,
iAir' bless me, he Jest freezes onto
everything he can Jay hls_ hands on."
A Pathetic Inrltlent,
There Is a pitiful story told in the
Bookman of Philip Bourke Mnrston,
the blind English writer. One day a
particularly good Idea came to him,
and he sat down to his typewriter with
enthusiasm. He wrote rapidly for
hours and had nearly finished the story
when a friend came In. "Head that,"
said Marston proudly, "and tell me
what you think of it." The friend
stared at the happy author and then
at the blank sheets of paper in his
hand before he was able to understand
the little tragedy. The ribbon had been
taken from the typewriter, and Mar
shal's toil was for nothing. He never
had the heart to write that story again
I Power of Sulphuric Arid.
An instance of the great dissolving
powers of sulphuric acid Ls furnished
by an accident which occurred in the
chemical factories at Mulbouse, Al
sace. An operative was blown tip into
the air and fell into a trough filled
about three feet deep with sulphuric
I acid, the temperature of which was
found to be 111 degrees C. ten hours
after the accident. The death of the
j man was only proved by the discovery
i of his caoutchouc respirator, muzzle,
two porcelain buttons and other insol
üble articles. Everything else had
chemically combined with the acid.—
| London Engineer.
A Pair of Snuffer*.
Master Pryune, the Puritan, who In
lijXi wrote an attack ttpon the stage,
tells us that In his day tobacco pipes
j were offered to ladies at the theater
hi lieu of apples between the acts. A
French traveler, M. Torevln de Boche
fort, who published his Journal In 1»!7".
confirms this by telling us that he
found smoking a general custom In
England, as well among women as
among men Both sexes, he adds, held
that life without tobacco would be In
tolerable "because they say It dissi
pates the evil humors of the brain."
When ladles stopped smoking they
took to snuff Women of quality about
a century ago would not stir without
their snuffboxes, beautiful enameled
receptacles of perfumed mldll rappee.
Lord Bollngbroke said of Queen Anno
and her grace of Marlborough: "The
nation is governed by a pair of snuff
ers No wonder the light of its glory
Is extinguished!"
IriNlM«»«1 on lhe ( ontrnet.
Many of the best Pattl stories are
concerned with her early girlhood In
the T'nited States, when she was begin
ning to realize the great hold she had
on the public with her voice. After a
concert in which she took part In Ohio
on one occasion a supper w r as given to
the singers, ut which many notabilities,
Including Judge Matthews, were pres
ent. Supper over, Judge Matthews
pressed little Adelina to sing. Adellna,
however, showed no Inclination to
oblige, so Matthews In desperation
said, "Sing, and I'll do anything you
like." "Anything?" asked I'attl. "Any
thing," repeated the grave lawyer de
clslvely. So the little girl sung "Home,
Sweet Home." Hardly had she given
the last note, however, than she said,
"Now, Mr. Matthews, please stand on
your head!" "You're Joking, child,"
gasped the Judge. "A bargain's a bar
gain," murmured the future diva,
"Well," said Matthews, "here goes.''
And up went his feet amid the frantio
applause of the company
AlmoMt it j rngrdy.
The woman entered the car and
sank moaning into the sent. Her face
was haggard, and her escort regarded
her with deep anxiety.
Suddenly she extracted a tiny via)
from her handbag, pulled a piece of
cotton out of the mouth of the bottle
and was putting It to her lips when a
young man opposite sprang to his feet
nml dashed It from her hand
"Good gracious, madam!" he exclaim
ed hoarsely "Just In time!"
The woman's escort sprang tip fierce
ly, and the two men gripped
"Confound you!" roared the lady's
| companion "Can't my wife use her
j toothache medicine without having ev
| ery green, sloppy idiot imagining she
! is trying to commit suicide?"
Then the would be rescuer apologized
and departed from the car, feeling
kind toward the famous worm which
has been tr<>d upon.
'I In- Worno■■ I Old Mini,
When we become old we want to get
off the streets We always sympathize
with the old men who have nothing
to do, who are not wanted anywhere
and who have no place togo When
we become old and useless we want
a place of our own togo to, a place
j that is absolutely our own and that
!we can manage as we please. We
hope it will be a little place where
we can potter with fruits and flowers,
vegetables and chickens, and keep
j busy We don't want to give people
! opportunity to show neglect nor idle
time In which to see visions of the
grim monster. Old men who loiter
about the streets, it always seems to
us, makv s mistake. Atcbisou Globe
VICTORIA CATARACT
IT IS ONE OF THE NOTABLE WON
DERS OF THE WORLD.
Tli«»r»* IN !MO oth«*r I'MII* on ICarth
Jiixt I.lke 11, it it (ft There Is \o Poa-
Mihllify of ( out imi rUon l!«»t ween It
mill Our Own .MuKura.
It was on tho 22d of November, 1555, 1
that the friendly natives with whom he
was traveling brought I»r. I>avld Liv
ingstone for the first tiiii»» within sight
and sound of the wonderful cataract
on the Zambezi river, now known as
the Victoria falls. Before finding it,
the good missionary had Journeyed for
nearly two years, and from his point
of departure at Kurnman, in Cape Col
ony, had traversed quite *I,OOO miles of
hitherto unknown country
Today one takes the train at Cape
Town on Wednesday, passes through
Kimberley on Thursday, reaches Bulu
wayo on Saturday, and late in the aft
ernoon of Sunday begins to see in tho
distance the rising pillar of mist from
the great cataract.
The natives call it "Mosi-oa tuni,"
meaning "the roaring smoke." Twenty
miles away the spray thrown back
from the depths of the tremendous cav
ern into which the river tumbles ap
pears like a column of smoke rising
from a burning village, and during the
last mile of the railway Journey tho
roar of the falling water becomes no
ticeable. Finally, when the edge of
the chasm Is reached, if the river is in
flood, the eye and ear are assailed by
a combination of phenomena that prob
ably cannot be duplicated as marvels
anywhere else on the planet.
The first question that is asked of an
American who has seen this African
wonder generally is, "llow does it com
pare with Niagara?" There is no pos
sibility of comparison. The two are as
different as day and night. Niagara is
a perfect picture in a lovely natural
framework, livery point and line und
curve of motionless rock, trembling
verdure and gliding water is u touch of
majestic beauty. Victoria is simply a
phenomenon, a terrific gash in the floor
of an apparently unending plain, which
as one gazes simply swallows a river
in a manner that produces almost a
thrill of horror.
The Zambezi valley for a hundred
miles or more in every direction from
the cataract Is a rough and broken
plateau covered with low brush and
stunted trees, with here and there an
outcrop of somber basaltic rock, all
thoroughly uninteresting. The herbage
is but faintly green and the tropical
sky only faintly blue. It Is a hazy
half tone landscape, wanting in clear
cut lines in every direction and lacking,
above everything else, that element
we always uncouselously seek In a
nature picture life. The absence of
this produces in the mind a feeling of
loneliness and often of fear. Across
this solemn scene appears a river that
In flood time is perhaps half a mile
Wide. If a deaf man were following
do\vn one of Its banks he would notice
little but the quiet water and the odd
looking column of smoke ahead. As
this column was approached he would
expect to see the river banks bending
and the water flowing away to one
side of the conflagration and might
glance to the right mid left to note the
direction taken. But the panorama
changes as he gazes. The river Is no
more, and there, where It should be,
is only the brown plain, as lonely,
brush covered and monotonous as ever.
One must go twenty miles farther be
fore the vanished water and the sur
face of the land again commingle, be
fore It will be possible to walk along
the bank in company with the river.
So sudden is the transformation.
Meantime the pillar of smoke has re
solved Itself into a dense mist forced
upward in terrible puffs from a yawn
ing gash stretching directly across the
bed of the river. This fearful abyss is
every second swallowing thousands of
tons of green and white water and
belching up blasts of mist that rise
hundreds of feet into the air and hurry
away with the winds as if rejoicing
at their escape from the inferno be
low. And somewhere, nearly -100 feet
below, the entrapped river is fighting
its way between sheer walls of black
rock toward a narrow cleft in the
eastern wall, whence It escapes, foam
lng and boiling, through the zigzags
and curves of a (V*ep gorge leading yff
to tffe eastward. One goes to an edge
of this delivering chasm and looks
down upon the tossing waters, ever
pressed from behind by other floods
struggling out of the narrow black
gateway, and perhaps the most prom
lnent mental sensation is that of thank
fulness that even in such a grim and
ghastly way nature has provided a
means by which the fearful slit of a
throat above that has swallowed the
stream can disgorge It again without
causing an overwhelming catastrophe.
The Victoria cataract should be visit
ed at least twice before one is compe
tent to pass an opinion upon it. When
the river Is in flood (July) the scene is
simply terrible. One sees nothing but
an enormous sheet of water disappear
ing into the bowels of the earth with
a noise as of mountains falling upon
one another, while from the awful gash
comes back in lierce gusts and swirls
the foaming breath of the tortured ele
ment below. But in December, when
the water is low, the edge of the cata
ract shows as a long, creamy film of
lovely lace; the rising mist flows soft
iy away through the little rain forest
below the cavern's lip; the gigantic
vault itself becomes a wonderful spec
tacle, a dream of neutral tints, a cave
of beauty. Far down in Its dark
depths the waters, gliding along the
rocky walls and bending gracefully
around the corners toward the narrow
outlet pass gayly and laughingly to
freedom. For a time the demon of the
cataract is sleeping. Theodore F. Van
Wagenen In Century.
liiei' Work Tree*.
The inn r bark of many trees, such
AS tli • vii.M and horse chestnut, is con
tinuous and uninterrupted. In others,
such as the ash an I the oak, the fibers
are separated during growth and form
a kind of network, In the Interstices of
which the medullary rays are seen. Of
this sort Is the famous lace work tree
of Jamaica, whos ■ consecutive layers
of fibers Interlaced so delicately as
to present n dose resemblance to real
lace bolh In color and appearance. A
former ;,'o\ rnor of Jamaica Is said to
have presented Charles II with fl
cravat, a frill and ruffles of this veg
etable lace, while bonnets, collars and
collarettes madg < 112 it can be seen In
the museum of Kew.—London ; Luul
u i'il
4ltlfn<l*» mid Voire.
Generally speaking, races living nt
high altitudes have weaker anil more
highly pitched voices than those living
in regions where the supply of oxygen
is more plentiful Thus among the
Indians living on the plateau between
the ranges of the Andes, at Jin eleva
tlon of from P"" > to 14.<m»0 feet, the
men have voic< s like women, and wo
men like children, .aid their si aging Is
a shrill monotuiu*
THE RESOURCEFUL MOLE.
lie Au ii) With Uiini* \\ l»**n You
'lit! ill*. Von llhvi l If tin.
"Si leaking nf <|iil<-k and resourceful
animals, the mole leuds easily ho fur as
in v experience goes," sHl<f*a man from
the country, "ami 1 dure say there are
mail} meu who have made observa
tions that will confirm my contention.
As y<>ll probably know, the mole plows
In the surface of tin- earth, generally
making a small ridge anywhere from
two to three Inches high, lie moves
villi remarkable rapidity even when
the groun<l In which he Is burrowing Is
hard When operating In soft ground
he moves along at a surprising gait.
Hut till-- is not the point 1 wanted to
make. 1 was thinking of the remarka
bly good hearing of the mole and the
ease with whleh he can get away Just
at the cut when you think you
have him cornered. Of course now and
then you can drive a spike through the
mole before he Is aware of It. If you
do you will have to walk as light as a
cat and will have to act as quickly as
the same animal when the time comes
to act In nine cases out of ten tho
mole will hear the tirst footfall. At
once he will <i"lt plowing. Ho Is gone.
Search as you may, you cannot tlnd
him. 1 have seen men dig for fifty
yards, following the ridge and Its off
shoots, without finding any other trace
of the mole than the ridge. The mole's
hearing is peculiarly keen, and I sup
pose this is so because he cannot see.
But even more wonderful from my
standpoint is the ease and quickness
with which he gets away. llow does he
manage It V Where does he go? You
know, the element of superstition in
my makeup is slim, and I don't believe
in ghosts, but somehow I have always
inclined Just a bit to the ghost theory
when thinking of the mysterious antics
of these blind burrowers. The mole is
more like a ghost In his conduct than
anything I have ever known, though,
of course, the mole is a real and not an
Imaginary and mythical thing."—New
Orleans Times-Ilemocrat.
A MEMORY OF LEE.
lie Una Miieli nihility of llenrl nff
and licit ii of Face,
Soon after the Confederates began to
enter the town (Klizabethtown) I met a
friend of mine, tho son of I»r. Doyle,
who told me that his father had Just
been sent for to see Lee and that I
might go.to i, if Iran as fast as my
small legs could carry me, and we
found the doctor just starting. Dr.
Doyle was a man who had been ia
communication with the enemy from
the beginning of the war, but had so
far managed to escape' the fate of
many innocent men. Two of his sons
had been arrested a short time before
and were lying ill Jail when their
friends arrived and set them free.
The doctor was In his old gig and,
being an immense man, left no room
for any one else in it, so we two boys
sat on the springs behind. It was on
the Wiiliaiusport pike, alioiu half a
mile from the town, that we met Gen
eral I.ee, He had dismounted and was
standing by his horse, a small sorrel
mare, which, I was told, it was his cus
tom io ride on the march, ills staff
was brilliant in gild lace, but lie was
very simply dressed. No one could
have seen that man without being
irreatly impressed with the dignity of
his bearing and the beauty of his face.
His hair at this time was almost en
tirely white, and those who had seen
him the year before said he had aged
greath in the short space of time which
had elapsed since the battle of Aiitie
tain. I could not help thinking of
Washington as 1 looked at that culm,
sad face. It lias been said since by
those who were near him that he had
no expectation of conquering the north
and that at tb» most he only hoped to
win a great battle on northern soli In
order to affe -t public opinion in Europe
and lead t > the recognition of the
Southern Confederacy. However that
may tie, there wu s nothing about his
bearing which looked like a great hope
Rev. lir I.eigliton l'ark in Century.
I liliiinr} Stack*.
The broad brimmed stone and Iron
capping-; whi-h one sees on the chim
ney stacks in manufacturing districts
are not there for mere ornamentation,
for they serve an Important purpose.
On the opposite side of the stack to
that upon which the wlr jay be blow
ing a partial va uiim formed, down
which the smoke would descend were
It not for the brim of the cap blocking
the way V chimney stack without a
brim on the top would discharge Its
smoke in huge nusis for some distance
down one side I t arson's Weekly.
"There'll B« K® Pl®."
An energetic pastor who was mak
ing preparations to build a new church
received all kinds of advice from par
ishioners, and the greatest amount
came from those who had contributed
the least toward the erection of the
church. So at the regular services on
the following Sunday he said:
"I have been receiving lots of advice
during the last few weeks. I have
been told by certain members of tho
congregation that it will not do to
have to i t: '!ty lingers in tho plo. T
can assure you that 1 will attend to
that part of it. 'I here will bo no pie."
—Harper's Weekly.
Tin* 'l'lllnn to Do.
'/olmson He said 1 was an addle pat
I'd Jackass What do yhi advise me to
do about ltV .lad:s >n See a good vet
erlnary.—Leslie's Weeklv.
J J. BROWN
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MISSOURI RIVER BOATS.
Trip* ni c It<* OI«l Sl<!«* \\ Ii «'«'!•• r* In
flit* Marly I )i< ym ,
In the early days there was a regu
lar line of packets between St Louis
and St. Joseph all side wheelers, and
the average round trip occupied eight
days. A boat left St Louis every day
for the .Missouri river, and as there
were fourteen boats in the line each
boat made a round trip once every tw
weeks during the season. I luring the
winter the boats ran between St, Louis
and New < irieans
Coming up the river tin* boats ran
ail night, but pi going down tliey al
ways laid up as soon as darkness set
in. Ingoing (liwn the river the boats
usually left St. Joseph early ill the
afternoon and laid up for the night at
Weston where then* was always a lot
of freight t' 1 >ad The next day they
went to Lexington, the next to lioon
vlile and the next to St. Louis. Occa
sionally during high water a boat
would leave Lexington at daylight and
reach St. I. mis in time for breakfast
the next morning.
The boati carried from 'J'HI to 4<M)
passengers on the trip up tho river,
counting the immigrants on the deck,
but going back they only had (>111)111
passengers. The cabin fare from St.
Louts to St. Joseph ranged from $lO
to sls, whl< h included meals and state
room. The boats were all supplied
with line cooks, and the passengers
lived on the best that money could
buy.
The average boat carried f>OU to 000
tons of freight in addition to passen
gers. During low water freight that
now costs 20 cents a hundred cost $2.50
a hundred. The expense of a round
trip from St. Louis to St. Joseph, In
cluding loading and unloading, was es
tUnated at $4,000, and the Income from
cost to $7,000. Each boat carried a
crew of from 80 to 100 men. The aver
age value of the boats In the Hue was
probably $45,000 each.
The boats were often on sand bars,
where they sometimes remained for a
day and night, but altogether the time
was made surprisingly well. A pilot
who had a reputation for keeping his
boat olf the bars commanded as high
ns SSOO a month. Each boat was pro
vided with two pilots, and this expense
usually amounted to from $!* X) to sl,-
000 a month. All a river pilot saved
he putin his watch chain. You could
tell a high priced pilot by the size of
the links in his gold watch chain. A
rattling good lirst mate who knew how
to handle a boat after it struck a bar
received $250 a month.
l'oker was a favorite river amuse
ment, and it was not an uncommon
sight to see e g't or ten games going
at the same time in the main cabin of
a steamboat. And the playing was for
actual money, which was displayed in
stacks on the tables.
Among the famous boats on the river (
at that time were the Kate Kinney, E.
G. Aubry, Morning Star, John I». I'er- ;
ry, Sioux city, Omaha, Carrier and the 1
James II Lucas. The last named made
the fastest run In the history "112 the
river 50 hours and 22 minutes from St.
Louis to St. Joseph.
llow WliieN An» Colored.
"Most people thiuk white grapes make
white wine and dark grapes make red
wine," said a visitor. "That is a popu- j
lar error.
"Ked wine is made by fermenting
grape Juice and grape skins together
the skins giving the color, and white '
wine is made by fermenting grape
Juice alone.
"The Juice of white and of dark
grapes doesn't differ in hue. In each
sort of grape the juice is almost color-1
less, like the weakest lemonade.
"Champagne, one of the dearest of
the white wines, is made of a grape so
dark as to be nearly black. But the
Juice of that nearly black grape is
quite as pale as the Juice of the blond
est white grape."- Minneapolis Jour
nal.
•.tii II .iii(*n raliitlriftCN.
Mr. Holimtn Hunt spent seven years j
on his great painting "The Triumph of i
the Innocents." mul then was not at all
satisfied with it, while "The Shadow
of Heath" took hi:n three years.
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A HINDU WIZARD.
Ill* Trick I lull I'liitlPd nil Occiden
tal Mimlrr of Maple.
Some of the tricks of the Hindu wiz
aids are ,«ist understanding, according
to an occidental master of magic who
was speaking of n - oriental rivals.
This is what he sa\ - he saw a Hindu
wizard do in a club in Luck now:
"lie toil; a board anil placed it on
four glass giblets thus elevating it
from the tioor. A youngster sitting on
the b iard was reipiestcd to place his
hands together, palms up. Then tho
jugglei took a glass of water and pour
ed it into, the outstretched hands of the
boy. in the m< inline the b iv had been
mesmerized, and his attention was fix
ed on a point indicated by the magi
cian. Gradually the turned green
in color and then developed into a Jelly
which increased in density until it be
came as solid as a stone. Out of the
center of this appeared the head of a
snake, which gradually developed un
til in the place of the water there ap
peared a hissing reptile. I was amazed,
I can assure you, but the trick was not
yet completed Hitting the reptile upon
the head with his wand, the Juggler
took It uji carefully and placed it back
in the gl s. As we looked It became
transformed Into a Jelly, which in turn
melted into a greenish colored water.
Clearer and clearer became the tlukl
until It was of Its original color, and
then the Juggler placed It to his lips
and drank the entire contents. This
was the most wonderful trick I ever
saw performed, and it is as mysterious
to me today as it was then."
Influence of Siilnli'-Hcnvp.
S:":into Roitvo is the foremost literary
I critic of the nineteenth century in tlie
influence he has exerted upon his fel
lows. In ii very real sense Matthew
Arnold in England and Talne in
Franco are his disciples, or at least he
Is their literary ancestor. They dc
| rive from him. and the doctrines they
have made explicit are often implicit
in him. The part of Table's critical
theory which lias withstood the test of
time is that which Taine acquired from
Sainte-Eeuve, and not a few of tho
points which Arnold pressed insist
ently on the attention of all who read
English he took over from his French
predecessor. There are no real critics
of literature of our time, from Mr.
James in America to M. Brunetiere in
France, who have not come under his
spell at soi: e period of their own de
velopment and who have not sharpened
their own vision by a more or less de
liberate application ol" the methods
of Sainte-J'.ouvc. Brander Matthews in
Centurv.
TREE PECULIARITIES.
The eucalyptus tree dries up springs
, rapidly.
The olive will live longer under wa
ter than any other tree.
There are forests of leafless trees in
some parts of Australia.
A nutmeg tree of the largest size
i will produce no more than five pounds
of nutmegs
Whenever a plant is wounded a posi
! tive electric current is established be
' tween the wounded part and the in
tact parts
In Tilwt there is a most curious frets
known as the tree of the thousand
images. Its leaves are covered with
well defined characters of the Tibetan
, alphabet.
On the island of Looclioo grows a
tree about the size of a common cherry
tree which possesses the peculiarity of
changing the color of its blossoms. At
one time the flower assumes the tint
j of the lily and again shortly takes tho
color of the rose
ttiilr Color.
In the case of horses where the skin
has been abraded by the harness if the
galled region is left to itself the hair
will grow in, but be colorless, while if
| oil.is applied freely to the abrasion
j hair of a dark or normal color will be
; produced, thus indicating that the
| color is ordinarily due to the secretions
' of the skin sinking down as a sediment
j to the base of the hair follicle, where
It is absorbed by the shaft of the hair.
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riyra'th Ferry " ! 16 «»7
Nantieoke " 10 "io; 301 t) 17 ......
MuciinaqUH .... " 11 071 3 ll(> 637
Wapwallopen.. " II It; 881 847
Nercopeck.... at 11 2ti] 3 42 700
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I'ottsville...... Iv 5 s(| ■r 11 55
Hazletnn ' ' 705 ......1 245 45
Tomhicken "| 7 22 i 3 05 ; f !►"»
Kern (lien " 7 '2l 1 815 Hls
liock tllen "l 7 I 322 322
iNesonpeck ar 802 ]
t'atau issa j 400 400 . .
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K. "j 834 11 501 4 07 725
Ciitnwis.ia Iv 8 10 11 x; 4 1.1 732
South Danville •• !• HO 12 10 431 751
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Ijock Haven... •" II &:« 2 201 745
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