A Heart's Son?.
A raindrop Ml from tho leaden sky
And ii gray bird sang whon tho day was nigh.
Th" crystal ilrop wns lost In thn rain
By an arrow's- thrust tho bird was slain.
K t.-ardrop fell from a heart's overflow,
Ami a maiden's sung was sad and low i
I'or the one she rtnnmnd so true and strong
Proved false to singer, and to song.
IAi.nr.RT Hnnt In Godey's.
WAS IT A RUSE?
BV 8. A. WKIS8.
Alice Wren wns n very pretty little
woman a widow of thirty or there
abouts with soft, nppealing brown
ryes and a dimple in each check, and
the more Mr. Bowers looked at her
across tho bonrdingdiouse table the
better he liked her.
Ho was himself a w idower of forty,
and had been paying Nome attention
to a maiden lady with nubiirn hnir and
sharp black eyes, who, ho considered,
would bo ft good manager for his
household; but from the moment
when pretty Mrs. Wren sealed herself
opposite him nt Mrs. Brook's table,
ami said, in hur sweet, low voice, "Ten,
if you please, with sugar and cream,"
he felt na' intuitive conviction that thin
was 4hn woman whom a kind fate had
especially designed for him.
l mm his lamllnily lie gained some
information concerning her; that she
had been recommended to the summer
bonrdiiig-hoiiHO by Mrs. Brook's own
pastor, whoso relntivo (the was ; that
Nhe had lost her husband nearly two
years since, nnd was very well oft" as
regarded money ! and finnllv that she
resided with a sister iu Mr. Bowers'
own city all of which was very sHtis
factory to Mr. Bowers.
ho, forthwith, no commenced nn
assiduous courtship of the widow, and
so favorably wcro her attentions re
ceived that ono old bachelor Mr.
Boggs wagered a silver dollar with
another old gentleman Mr. Wingo
that tho couplo would be engaged bo
fore the end of the second week.
As it happened, it was on the very
evening of this wager that Mr. Bowers
and the fair widow were sented in a
little rustic summer-house on the lawn
.as the sun set slowly beneath tho dis
taut mountain tops. She was looking
at the evening star nnd he ut her.
"I think," she said, pensively, "that
that must be tho star of my destiny,
else I would not love it so. "
"And I believe you are mine
.answered, tenderly, "else nmv
" ha
I NftV
it, Alice?"
"Say what?" she answered, ini
oeutly.
"You know that I love you sol"
Her long lashes drooped.
"We havo known each other for bo
fdiorta time," she murmured.
"For a whole week, dearest, and in
that time have become better ac
quainted wtth each other than would
have been possible in mouths of or
uiuury intercourse. uti, Alice, say
that you will be mine !"
Aud when, nn hour thereafter, tho
couple returned to the house, and en
tered tho supper-room in tho full glaro
of the gaslight, Mr. Wingo quietly
ulipped a silver dollar from his pocket,
and with, a sigh, laid it upon Mr.
Boggs' knee, under oover of the table
cloth.
wi course Mr. .powers called upon
his betrothed as soon as she returned
to tho city, and between
them ar
rungemouts were made for
marriage
a speedy
uut: in an this time he was pur
posely nursing in his breast a guilty
secret which the widow little sus
pected. For uot onoe had he hiutod
to her that in the home to which ho
proposed to take her he had three
rough and unruly boys to whom she
was expected to bo n tonder mother.
"It will never do to let her know it
before we aro engaged," Mr. Bowers
had at first said to himself.
And when he found himself en
gaged, he was still haunted by the
doubt whether she might uot, forget
ful of her plighted word, be tempted
to "throw him over" when she found
out about those torriblo children.
But at last matters had progressed
so far all but the date of the mar-'
riage being fixed that he felt that
he could not longer, with propriety,
withhold from her a mutter which so
ueurly coueerued lior.
"Alice, darling," ho said, oue eve
ning, with a sickly smile, "I have a
little surprise for you. I have boon
ao absorbed iu you that I forgot to
toll you about my my throe little
lioys at home."
"Why did you not toll me before?"
"Because ahem I as I said, I was
thinking of yon only. But surely,
darliug, you will uot object to being
mother to my poor motherless little
ones? You cannot care ao little for
me, Alice, as- to make this a ground
0r refusing to become my wife? No,
no! your is too noble a nature for
that 1"
Dear little things!" she said softly.
Of course you will bring them to sco
me.
Accordingly, when she next entered
the parlor to receive him, she beheld,
seated in a row on a divan, three well
grown boys, all of whom regarded
her with looks of undisguised hos
tility. Alice, my dear," said Mr. Bowers,
advancing to meet her, "these are my
motherless little ones who will, I trust,
bo a help and comfort to yon. This
is Ocorge, tho eldest, twelve years old.
Come herp, Oeorge, and shake hands
with this lady. Mho is to bo your
mother."
Oeorgo favored his future stepmother
w ith a fiendish leer, which caused her
blood to run cold nt the thought of nil
that it might portend.
The second boy refused to shake
hands, and tho youngest, aged eight,
muttered sullenlv :
"I ain't agoin' to call her mother."
Mr. Bowers sought to exeuso his off
spring, but tho look which he private
ly cast upon them was indicative of
future vengeance. An 1 when Oteorgs
knocked a vase off a table, and Regie
shrieked that Arthur was sticking pins
in his bnck. Mr. Bowers thought it
timo to go.
rieaso wait awhile," tho Widow-
Wren gently said; adding with an
arch smile: "As you gave me a little
surprise yesterday, I have ono for you
to-dnv."
She left the room ; and presently
there was a sound in the hall of light
footsteps and a surpressed giggling
ami whispering. Then Mrs. Wren re
appeared, closely followed by five lit-
tlo girls, the youngest of whom she
led by tho hand.
"You havo brought your buys to see
mo," sho said smiling; "anil now,
pray allow mo to introduce my own
darlings Helen, Rosa, Agnes, Lily
and Marie. Helen is the eldest, ten
years old, and darling little Marie not
quite three. Rosa is liko her father,"
here the widow looked pensively at
the little one and sighed "and Agnes
nnd Marie are thought to resemble mo.
Do you think so?" she added sweetly.
To depict in words the expression
of blank surprise nnd dismay upon the
face of Mr. Bowers would be impos
sible. He could only stare and me
chanically shako the hand of each lit
tle girl as shs was presented to
him.
Then tho widow led them to the
corner whore the three boys s;it ; and
five minutes th?reafter tho two young
est girls were crying, tho next two in
a high state of indignation, nil i the
eldest engaged in a struggle with Mas
ter Otnorgo, who ws trying to cut of
her ringlets with his pocket-knife.
"Oh," said the widow, anxiously,
"I am afraid I hope do you think,"
turning appealingly to Mr. Bowers,
"that they could over geton together?
My little pots are very good and ami
able ; but, you see, they are not ac
customed to boys."
Mr. Bowers answered vaguely, that
"he hoped o."
JJut all the way home bis mind was
in a dazed and agitated state, as it
dwelt upon that group of eight chil
dren in the Widow Wren's parlor.
Eight children boy and girls and
none of them above twelve years of
age!
He thought of the family board,
with four seats on each side, and the
constant squabbiug of which it was to
be the scene ; of the family pew, and of
how people would smilo as the iufan
tilo procession filed into it.
Good heavens! it would never, never
do ! He hated to give up the widow
and her fortune, but the sacrifice must
be mado.
And so, before a week had passed,
he had writteu to Mrs. Wren, express
ing his fear that, under the unforeseen
state of things, their marriage would
not be as happy or us advisable as he
had at first anticipated.
And Mrs. Wren returned a cheerful
reply, agreeing with his views, and re
leasing him from his engagement,
And theuooforth, for six mouths,
they saw aud heard uo more of each
other, though Mr. Bowers often thought
of the pretty aud auiiuble widow and
her comfortable fortune, and wished
that those five children had never stood
iu his way.
It wub on a pleasant day of the fol
lowing spring thut Mr. Bowers, with
his three boys, stood in the waiting-
room of a railroad depot, awaiting the
arrival of au up train.
He was sending off the two eldest to
a boarding-school,
Huddeuly he heard a voice whieh sent
thrill through him, and turuing, met
the smiling eyes of the Widow Wreu,
looking prettier than ever, a she
fraukly held out her Laud,
"Quit time ainoo we hut met!"
be said, cheerfully.
"Quite! and I need not ask how
yon have been. Yon look as bloom
ing as your own roses?" he said gal
lantly, glancing at the bouquet which
she carried.
"You have your boys with
you,
see. How they have grown !"
"And your little pet how
are
they?"
"Oh, blooming as lilies? There
are two of them, Helen and Marie,
with their mother."
"Their mother 1" echoed Mr. Bow
ers, following the direction of her
glance to where a lady, with two chil
dren stood talking with ft nice-looking
gentleman.
"Yes my sister. You knew they
were her children?"
"Really, I you never told me so,"
he stammered.
"Didn't I? But of course you
guessed it, as I was living with her."
And she looked admiringly at her
bouquet.
Mr. Bowers felt half stunned.
What dreadful mistake this had
been! What a dreadful blunder he
had committed! But was it too late
to undo it? Might it not be pota
ble And just here ho caught the shriek
of the appronching train.
"Do von still resido with your sis
ter?" he asked, hurriedly, but with an
earnestness which spoke in his eyes as
well as his words.
"Oh, dear, no nt least Ishallnotin
the future." Hhc turned to tho nice
looking gentleman, who had ap
proached. "Let mo iutroduee you to
my husband, Mr. "
Mr. Bowers did not catch the name,
and, in fnet, hardly knew what ho
himself said or did, so dazed nnd be
wildered was he.
He hears some one say, ' 'There is Mrs.
Wren, who was married last night."
Aud as he stood looking after the re
ceding train, it was with a feeling as
though he had been robbed, cheated,
over-reached in some venture in which
ho had expected to draw a prize.
"Sho certainly only called them her
pets, her darlings," ho reflected, as ho
slowly wended his way homeward
"What an idiot I was! But I wonder
whether it was innocently dono on her
part, or ft trick, a ruse, to get rid of
mo and tho boys?"
And to this day Mr. Bowers has not
been able to satisfy himself on that
point. 8nturdav Night.
2 : 4-i.t:
Corn and the Cliff Duellers.
In the houses of the ancient cliff
dwellers, in southwest Colorado aud
northern Sew Mexico, stalks, husks,
tassels, cobs and kernels are found.
Thnt some of this material is as old
as the buildings is proved by tho
fact that the stalks were used iu tho
construction of the floors, being im
bedded in tho adobe. Tho cob were
also utilized to rill up chinks in tho
walls. They wero about three feet
Jong. These habitations have been
deserted for at least 500 years. Fur
ther south is tho land of tho living
cliff-dwellers, in the Sierra Madre,
between the Mexican states of Chihua
hua and nonora. l ucre re ido on
cliffs on in caves, savages who worship
the sun and plant a little maize ou the
steep hill sides without cultivation,
though otherwise the do uot till the
soil at all.
During tho long winter that fol
lowed the lauding of the Puritans, in
1620, they subsisted in large measure
on corn purchased from the aborigi-
nese. in the next year an Indian,
named Hquanto, taught them how to
plant it and to fertilize tho soil with
fish. Thus they were enabled to grow
about twenty acres of it. The Indi
ans had many ways of preparing maize,
mixing with it beans, chestnuts and
wortleberrries. They made a pottage
of it by boiliug it with fresh or dried
meat and dried pumpkins, sometimes
sweetening it with maple sugar. They
also boiled pounded hickory uut ker
nels with the meal, and sometimes
they made a bread composed of corn
meal mixed with smoked eels aud
oysters or clums. Washington Star.
Club of Wearers of Weeds.
A Widowers' Association has been
formed at Dresden, No man can join
unless his wife is dead, and should he
marry again he becomes merely an
honorary member. One of the prin
cipal objects of the association is to
help new members that is to say,
uewly-made widowers by looking
after their wives' funerals and putting
out his children, if he hus any, to
uurse. Hervauts und governesses are,
moreover, enguged through this novel
agency. There is also a convivial ob
ject iu view, and the widowers meet to
gether for mutual sympathy and en
tertainment Up to the present time
there are forty members.
The most extensive history is that
of Oibbon. Itcovert the events of the
world for 1,900 year. , ,
FARM ASD GARDES.
EXTRACTING HONEY.
When tho plan of extracting tho
honey from the combs is followed, al
ways allow the cells of the comb to be
filled, but do not allow them to be
sealed over. Take out the frames,
put them into n extractor, turn tho
reel and the liquid honey is thrown
out by centrifugal force. If care is
taken in handling not to (injure the
frames, they can be put back Into tho
hives to be again filled with honey.
American Farmer.
HOW f.ONO TO Mlf.K COWS.
Ten months is not too long to keep
cows in the dairy, and in certain cases
even longer. The cow that gives milk
rive or six months in the year, and
then goes dry until her next calving,
is an unprofitable animal, and the
sooner sho is disposed of the better.
In training young hoifers with first
calves, it would be well to milk them
the first year nine months steadily
milk them if they only give one pint
of milk nt a time during the latter end
of this period. Tho next year it will
be found nn easy matter to keep up a
fur better yield of milk to tho end of
the nine months. The third year tho
habit is thoroughly fixed, nnd yon have
a persistent milker. The cow is large
ly a creature of habit, and her use
fulness nnd profitableness in tho dairy
b-peiids largely upon her careful
training from her entrance into milk
giving. American Agriculturist.
I,III1T 8T.Vm.ES.
Tho importance of having Htnhlcs
ventilated iu accordance with correct
principles of hygiene is generally ad
mitted. That the supply of fresh nir
should bo ample is frequently insisted
noon, but that tho liaht should nlso
be abundant is not so commonly rec
ognized.
Homo stables are at mid-day in a
state of semi-darkness a condition,
to say the least, anything but con
ducive to the well-being of the horse.
No animal enjoys the light of day
moro than he. In his wild Htato ho
frequents the open plain or mountain
side iu the full light of day. Wild
horses are never foimd to inhabit
gloomy forests or dark ravines.
Tho horse is a child of light, and ho
should be treated accordingly in do
mestication, if ho is to bo kept in per
feet health and spirits, with his eye
sight unimpaired. Tho frequent
transition from a dark stable into the
full glare of day cannot fail to net
prejudicially on his visual organs.
and so must almost permanent gloom
and darkness. If we studied only his
comfort, wo would give him nt nil
timeB a stable full of cheerful light as
well as refreshing air. New York
World.
KEEPING ECIUS.
All sorts of experiments hnvo boon
made for keeping eggs fresh during tho
long season when the hens arc on tho re
tired list and eggs are scarce and
high, says tho Western Rural. They
have been stood up, tho small end
down; they have been packed in salt,
bran, and other materials ; they have
been dipped in fluids of various sorts
to fill the pore of the shells to exclude
the air, and they have boen subjected
to cold storage. It is strange to say
that none of the methods have been
quite successful. It is quite probable,
however, that a combination of these
agencies in the right proportion
would do the work. Other methods
have been tried than those named
above, as is stated by an English writ
er, who says; "To keep eggs fresh is
a question that should be promi
nent in the miuds of poul
try keepers. It may perhaps
be objected that an egg cannot be pre1
served so as to retain the natural deli
cacy of flavor of ft really fresh egg,
which soon passes away, null eggs
can be preserved in a manner to leave
them excellent eating, aud hardly dis'
tiuguishable from fresh ones except
perhaps by exports. If eggs are to be
kept for a few weeks ouly, the matter
is very ensily arranged a good place
being all that is necessary, together
with a board pierced with holes, just
large enough to let the eggs stun dup
right without passing through. Upon
this board the eggs should be placed,
broad end downward, so that the air
space may uot enlarge to the same ex
tent as when the reverse way, as there
would not be the same evaporation of
moisture from the egg. Wire luttic
ing, if woll galvanized, can be sub
stituted with advantage for this bourd
or shelf. In Germany eggs are
kspt sweet for considerable periods
by being bnried in frcch bran, or a
preparation of lime and water is made
by aiding 20 gallons of water to four
gallon of flue slaked lime, to which
bout gallou of salt is added. When
the water has taken up a much of the
lime as it can possibly dissolve, 1ms
merse the eggs in the liquid ao that
they are quite covered, about two or
three inches of water intervening be
tween the outer nir and the topmost
egg layer.' A little lime must be added
now and again, as the old lot loses its
Btrcngth or gets absorbed. Too much,
however, should not bo added, else
tho whole moy be turned into ft solid
mass. Water should also be poured
In occasioiiftlly, ns the quantity be
comes reduced by the steady absorp
tion.
KEEPING) nnlED Ffll'ITS.
Many kinds of dried fruits are quite
difficult to keep through the year, nnd
tho careful housewife usually heats
them once or twice each yenr to
kill the worms nnd insects thnt often
lestroy the fruit unless this precaution
is properly exercised. The first re
quisite for preserving fruit is thorough
evaporation of moisture, which does
not mean making them as dry as dust,
but dry enough that when hard
pressed with the hand they will not
cling together in the form of a bnll.or
ill not stick together, says the Ameri
can Agriculturalist.
For Binnll quantities' a tough paper
stick will answer. Either seal tho top
or tic firmly with a string, leaving
about one-third of tho space unoccu
pied bo that tho fruit may bo shaken
about in tho bag several times iu tho
yenr. When thus protected, place iu
a chest or closoly covered box in a
cool, dry nnd dark room. Often dur
ing seasons of nbundane?, a lurgo
quantity of fruit is evaporated, but nt
selling time the prices are not satis
factory and it is desired to keep it un
til the following season.
To keep dried fruit cheaply, fill ft
sugar barrel about three-quarters full,
head up tightly as possible, keeping in
n dark, cool room, and, once ft month
during hot weather, lay the barrel on
its side and roll it over several
times, ntandiug it on tho bottom and
bend alternately. This will keep the
contents in good condition and snvo
many hours of hard uissagrecaoio
labor iu heating over to dispel mois
ture nnd destroy insects. The color
and flavor aro maintained far better
thnn by throwing in loose piles or
placing in common grain bags, as usu
ally practiced. Do not use snlt bar
rels ns they impart a saltish flavor,
and ore usually too poorly mado to
prove efficacious. Thoroughly cleaned
flour barrels aro far preferable, or
new apple bnrrcls may be used by
pasting plain white paper upoti the
inside of the staves.
TkRM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Don't let the Into pigs stop growing.
Give them plenty of slops.
The scrub cow is an expensive lux
ury. Ihrow uer overboard.
Cold storago butter keeps best at a
temperaturo of about twenty de
grees.
If a pnrt of the feed is stored up
outside feed it first. It will lessen the
wasto.
A flock of lions is said to resemble
fruit cake iu that it consists of many
layers.
Build your hog houses on relatively
high ground. It saves much trouble
aud money.
Oue pound of cut moat and bone is
considered the proper duily allowance
for sixteen hens.
Never accuse the hens of shortcom
ings until you have examined the mote
in your own eye.
Much fruit that when well grown is
pretty good when poorly grown is
good for uothiiig.
It is always a loss to put a heavy
team ou tho road uuless there is a
heavy load behind it.
Bees will deslroy an old worn-out
mieen, but ouly when tho conditions
are favorable for raising a new one.
If your wife has the right kind of a
husband he will Bee that she has plenty
of dry kiudling wood constantly ou
huud.
Bulu your hay so that the shipper
can seud it to any market aud have it
sell, grade considered, as high as any
hny iu the United States.
The old saying that "Every rose hat
its thorn," is exemplified iu the black
berry, as some of our choicest varie
ties seem to have the most thorns.
It is estimated thnt under the most
unfavorable circumstances an acre of
properly cultivated willows during the
first three years will produce from
8,000 to 0,000 peeled willows, rvudy
for market.
Personal supervision is oue of the
conditions of suocess. Details which
may seem uuimportout to the employe
must receive attention or a loss occurs,
Wheu baling hay dou't employ
man with poor old press ; get good
machine. It doesn't cost any more to
end your hay to market iu au attrac
tive manner.
KEYSTONE STATE CULLIKGS.
tvrr.ittiiTitNDitKTs' nkw orrrrrm.
At the stats convention of public school
superintendents, held st Altoons, tin fol
lowing officers were elected for the ensuing
year. President, B. F. Potter; Vice Presi
dent, H. V. Hotchklss; secretary.J.M.fteed;
treasurer, R. Trausen, Executive commit'
tee, Superintendents McOlnnij, Wanner
and Rupert. The next convention will be
held next January In Harrisburg.
KEWCASTI.E INDUSTRIES RKSOMrNO.
New Uasti.e The Industrial outlook Is
much brighter here now than at the open
ing of the year. The Etna or Atlantic mill,
which was idle in nil Ut departments start
ed up snd there sre enough orders on hand
to keep running for some time. Othet
mills snd factories that have been shut
down for repairs snd other csuses will re
lume during this week.
women roa irnoot, director.
Hoixidaysburo. The Hollidaysburg
Democratic convention held here deviated
from the established custom by nominating
Mrs. John H. I.sw, the head of the organis
ed charity society and Miss Annie M. Ir
vine of the Needlewoman's Oulld for th
office of school directors. Both are free
holders and are associated witb many phil
anthropic ami educational enterprises.
LAST or THK STAIIE DRIVERS DC AD.
William Noble, one of the last of the
singe drivers ol the National pike when
that thoroughfare was famous, died at
Washington, aged 73 years. For years he
drove stages between hers and Pittsburg
The building of the Chartier road crowded
him out.
SItVER ORE FOUND NEAR NORRtSTOWN.
Normstown. A fine vein of silver ore
has been discovered on the farm of Charles
Walker, In bower Providence township.
This Tarra adjoins the one on which coal
was recently discovered. Experts pronounce
the ore of a superior quality.
Amono the fourth class postmasters re
cently appointed In Pennsvlvania are the
following. Allegheny county A.J. Norris,
at Caltnwrville. Westmoreland county
Mrs. II. Webster at Lockport station and
Nicholas Hoinmel at Hobbles station.
Milllin county F. H. MeClenahan at Mil
roy and Charles Clemen at ltiedsville.
Jeremiah Fleming, aged 31, was found
frozen todeuth along the roadside near his
borne in the Fleming settlement, Butler
county Friday morning. He was on bis
war home on foci from Haxonburg, snd
probably sat down to rest and fell asleep,
Thk Washington comity commissioners
have placed on sale Washington county
bonds amounting to toO.UOi), bearing 6 per
cent Interest, payable August 1, 1891. The
county is embarrassed for cash on account
ul liberal expenditures.
ArtRAn.vM TIattin and Mary Whitla 'were
married at Norristown, Wednesday. The
groom has almost reached his 80th year
and has a family of 12 children, all of whom
are married. The bride is about 40.
A contractor named McDnde, was way
laid near Chambers station Westmoreland
county, by five men, who stabbed and beat
him terribly and robbed him of a gold
watch and ;(2.3.
Ai.t the rolling mills of Ihe Pennsylvania
Dolt and Nut Works, at Lebanon, have
commenced on double turn. This will give
employment to several hundred men Oil
change turns,
New Pennsylvania poitmnsters: C. H.
Orwig, ot Milimont, Union county; Andrew
Dpyle, of Itedjngttin, Northampton county;
Thomas Cohnijfi of Kogerstown, Fayett
county.
Tin Pennsylvania slate college has Issued
the first of a series of bi-monthly publica
tions known as the "Mining Bulletin, to be
devoted to matters pertaining to mining.
Gov. Pattison has received from Con
gressman Bibley a formal letter withdraw
ing bis resignation. The governor returned
the resignation to Mr. Bibley.
Masxsd men on Wednesday night en
tered John McUovern's house at Lelsenring
ayet(e county, beat MoJOVern senseless
and robbed th bouse.
Ax eiplosion of natural gas at 'Samuel
Hudson s house In Washington, set fire to
the house and seriously burned Hudson's
grandson,
Tin Speer White Sand Company of Hun
tingdon, which assigned last July has bsen
restored toils property by the court.
Jt'Dus Hn.t. of the Blair county conrt.
Tues'lay sentenced 8s criminals, tour were
for terms in the western (euitentiary.
Three dwelling houses belonging to Dr.
8. L. McCarthy, In Altoona. burned down,
boss 10,000; partially insured, .
Sami'fi. 8. Ri.ais, a well-known coal
operator of Tyrone, has assigned, witb lia
bilities aggregating f ju.OuO.
Nicholas Down's 7 year old daughter was
fatully burned at Dunbar by Her dress
catching tire f.'oru a grate,
Mary Rtpwakt, a domestic, was fatally
burned at Greensburg by her clothing tak
ing lira from a stove.
The I.strobe steel company has reduced
its employes' wages 2o per cent.
Side by Bide.
Tangier, a much-visited town In
Morocco, oppaslte Gibraltar, contains
two prisons. They stand sldo by Bide,
but one U fur the uso of town crimi
nals, the other being reserved for the
rogues of tho country. It Is very odd
that the latter has three times as
many Inmates as the former, in splta
of the fact that brigands ot the hills
take the place of the thieves of tho
town. In England there is far mora
crime In towns than In the country,,
and this only shows thut though it is
so near to Europe, Morocco as a whole
is not very civilized. When prison
ers are unruly in Tangiers thcyare
always reduced to order and obedi
ence by starvation. No food what,
ever la allowed them. Some men in
their stubbornness will hold out for
days, and a few have even starved to
death. Such a plan for treating ob
stinate prisoners would not bo per
mitted In more enlightened countries.
Tclr.ble Nurrerlnff,
It docs not take a very large cola
to burn a hole In a small boy's pocket.
"Did you have a good time in the
country, Billy"
"No, 'moo' died. We boarded at a
farm-house. "
"Wasn't It nice?"
"Yes, nice 'nough; but on the train
a old woman give me a cent, an
when we got to the farm I found out
there wasn't a store within ton tulles.
Good News.