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A plump little font nn white u the -itow.
MHonKlng tn rolllcklNir, fnlie-.ome .ln.
In lit t Id ml nock, niili n li ! In the too.
And a hole In the lii'rl at well.
A trim little font In a trim little ln,
Brlnnirlna; to slxtrrn--"n,r-nM Mls Nnr,
And liHikltiR M If It knrw Ju-t whnt to do.
And do It In wax that would ti ll.
A very lame foot lu a homely army,
rVlnnlns to Peter who follmva the dray.
So bin that It enmollnire la In It own way
And move with the npeed of a annll.
Aht a very hlf thine la the human Tout,
In dainty made ahne or In clumsy boot.
So 'II well there are rarlona taatea to milt.
And that faahlon can't alwara prevail.
The plump little font a beautiful alf ht
And the trim little font, en taper and ullglit.
And the very larce foot, though much of a
frit-lit.
Are traveling all the aame road.
And It mattera but little how email or how
ejreat.
Bo they never (row weary of patha that are
straight.
And at last walk In at the golden irate
Of the city whoae builder la ()d.
-Evancellau
JESSIE OF liUCKNOW.
A FAMOUS CASE OF CLAIRVOYANCE
GRAPHICALLY RELATED.
When the ItrKlrgeri Had Lost All Hope,
the Rrittt'liwfininn lli'iiril the unn
Whlt-li Announced Tlmt the HtKhltittiir
M'ere f'nlltltlK to the lterlii.
In conversation betwii'n n lintltiiiiisli-
ed judgo of this stale mid nn editor the
article of Mark Twain's on telepiilhy ens
nnlly ciitne into talk. Many cases were
cited, and the judge alluded to the re
markable story of Jessie Brown. It will
be new to many, nnd it is given here
with as it appeared in a letter to the
London Times, the letter being written
by a lady who was the wife of an officer
at Lucknow:
"On every side death stared us in the
face. No human skill could avert it any
longer. We saw the moment approach
when we mnst bid farewell to earth, yet
Without feeling that unutterable horror
which mnst have been experienced by
the unhappy victims at Cawnpur. We
were resolved rather to die than to yield
nd were fully persuaded that in 24 hours
all would be over. The engineer bad
said so, and all knew the worst. We
women strove to encourage each other
and to perform the light duties which
were assigned to ns, such as conveying
orders to the batteries, supplying the
men with provisions, especially cups of
coffee, which we prepared day and night.
"I bad gone out to try to make myself
useful in company with Jessie Brown,
the wife of a corporal in my husband's
regiment. Poor Jessie had been in a
state of restless excitement all through
the siege and had fallen away visibly
during the last few days. A constant
fever consumed her, and her mind wan
dered occasionally, especially that day,
when the recollections of home seemed
powerfully present to her. At last, over
come with fatigue, she lay down on the
ground, wrapped in her plaid. I eat be
side her, promising to awake her when,
as she said, her 'father should return
from the plowing.'
"She fell at length into a profound
slumber, motionless and apparently
breathless, her head resting In my lap.
"I myself could no longer resist the in
clination to sleep, in spite of the con
tinual roar of the cannon. Suddenly I
was aroused by a wild, unearthly scream
close to my ear. My companion stood
upright beside me, her arms raised and
her head bout forward in the attitude of
listening.
"A look of intense delight broke over
her countenance. She grasped my hand,
drew ine toward her and exclaimed:
'Dinnu ye hear it? Dinna ye hear it?
Aye, 1 in no dreaming! It a the slogan
o' the highlanderst We're saved I We're
saved!' Then flinging herself on her
knees she thanked God with passionate
. fervor. I felt utterly bewildered.
"My English ears heard only the roar
of artillery, and I thought my poor Jes
sie was still raving, but she darted to
the batteries, and I heard her cry inces
santly to the men: 'Courage! Courage!
Hurk to the slogan the Macgregor, the
grandest of them all! Here's help at
last!'
"To doseribe the effect of these words
upon the soldiers would be impossible,
For a moment they ceased firing, and
every soul listened with intense anxiety,
Gradually, however, there arose a mur
mur of bitter disappointment, and the
wailing of women who had flocked to
the spot burst out anew as the colonel
shook bis head. Our dull lowland ears
heard only the roar of the musketry.
"A few moments more of this death
like suspense, of this agoniziug hope, and
Jessie.who had again sunk on tueground,
sprung to her feet and cried in a voice so
clear and piercing that it was heard
along the whole line: 'Will ye no believe
It noo? The slogan has ceased indeed,
but the Campbells are coming. D'ye
hear? D ye bear?"
"At that moment all seemed, indeed,
to hear the voice of Qod in the distuuee,
when the pibroch of the highlauders
brought us tidings of deliverance, for
now there was no longer any doubt of
the fact. That shrill, peuotrating, cease
less sound, which rose above all other
sounds, could come neither from the ad'
Vance of the enemy nor from the work
of the suppers. No, it was indeed the blast
of the Scottish bagpipes, now shrill and
harsh, us threatening vengeance on the
fee, then in softer tones seeming to prom
ise succor to their friends in need.
"Never, aurely, was there such scene
as that which followed. Not a heart in
tlio residency of Lucknow but bowed It
self before Uod. All by otiPHlmulluneons
Impulse fell tiin their knees, mnl noth
ing wns liennl lmt bursting sobs and
murmured voice of prayer. Then all
arose, nnd there rang out from a thou
sand lips a great Bliotit of joy, which re
sounded fiir nnd wide and lent new vigor
to tlmt blessed )lbrot:h.
"To otir cheer of 'God Rave the Queen'
they replied by the well known strain
thnt move every Bcot to tears, 'Should
Anld Aciuaintnnce Be Forgot?" After
that nothing else made any impression
on me. I scarcely remember what fol
Viwed. Jessie was presented to the gen
ral on hi entrance to the fort, and at
the officers' banquet her health waa
drank by all present, while the pipers
marched around the table playing once
more the familiar air of 'Anld Lang
Syne."
Whittler's poem, "The Pipes at Lack
now," and Ilolert T. 8. Lowell's "The
Relief of Lucknow" are descriptive of
this same Incident. Baltimore Ameri-
Fashlnnanf the Alntia.
A description of the clothing worn
tn cold went her by tho hairy Aiiius, those
strange little inhabitants of farther Si
beria nml n part of Japan, is as follows:
The only material of which they ever
have n complete suit is li-hskin. Such a
suit is siinii'limis elaborately (hough
coarsely embroidered. The resemblance,
between this embroidery mnl Unit of the
North American Indians is remarkable.
How the lishskiti is prepared is still a
puzzle to me. Though pretty thin, it is
very tough nnd has moro pliability Unit)
might be thought possible. Shoes even
are made with it, but tint exclusively of
it. It generally forms the lining of the
uppers.
Tho thicker clothing H grolcaqucness
itself. For medium garments, especially
for the covering of the back and chest,
birch bark is used, other materials being
stitched to it. For the coldest weather
the clothing is much like that of the
Eskimos and the Kamchatdalea. The
grotesqueness of it arises not so much
from its shape as from the variety of the
materials.
In one of these Joseph's coat dresses
were mixed patches of sable, bear, deer
nd foxskins, including the tails, in hap
hazard fragments, while behind and be
fore there was underneath all these a
large piece of birch bark. The bark, I
afterward found, was intended inciden
tally as a protection against accidental
shots from poisoned arrows which the
Ainus use more in winter than in sum
mer in their hunting excursions.
Youth's Companion,
A Letal Pnealer.
Curious comments by a judge, even in
the presence of the prisoner, though ex
tremely rare, are not unprecedented,
Mr. Justice Maule once addressed a phe
nomenon of innocence in a smock frock
in the following words: "Prisoner at the
bar, your counsel thinks you innocent;
the counsel for the prosecution thinks
you innocent; I think you innocent. But
a jury of your own countrymen, in the
exercise of such common sense as they
possess, which does not seem to be much,
have found you guilty, and it remains
that I shall pass upon you the sentence
of the law. That sentence is that you be
kept in imprisonment for one day, and
aa that day whs yesterday you may now
go about your business.
The unfortunate rustic, rather scared,
wout about his business, but thought
law was an uncommonly puzzling bust
ness. Lomlon Tit-Bits,
Disappearing From Spain,
Naturalists have noticed the gradual
disappearance from Spain during the
(list half century of certain mammalian
fauna which have long been familiar to
the Iterian peninsula. The porcupine,
which was common in Andalusia and
Estramudura CO years ago, lias now en
tirely disappeared from those regions. It
is still to be found In Algeria and Mo
rocco, and the ichneumon, or meloncillo,
which was once so very common and
was the great favorite of all Spaniards
before the introduction of the domestic.
cat, is now extremely rare. The Barbary
ape, too, which is now only to lie found
in Gibraltar, where it is maintained
with the greatest difficulty, was once
very common in Spain. London Globe,
Train aud Cannon Hall Compared.
If you will sit down and figure on the
subject a little while, yon will express
less wonder when yon hear of how the
next "heud eud collision" smashed things
up. A train running TO miles an hour
moves along at the rate of 110 feet per
second and exerts an energy equal to 400
tons. In other words, the energy exert
ed is nearly twice as great as that shown
by a 8,000 pound shot fired from a 100
ton Armstrong gun! St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
Where Cold Snaps Are Rare.
Whenever a cold snap visits Fort My
ers, far down iu subtropical Florida, the
inhabitants, who have no method of heat
ing their houses, come out into the streets
aud keep warm by sitting around great
fires of wood. Tho cold hiviih are rare,
but when they come every ififiy, even the
the northern visitor, is thoroughly un
comfortable, and poor folks, with few and
thin garments, really suffer. Chicago
Tribune.
A magnet which the great Sir Isnuo
Nowton wore us a set in his finger ring
is said to have been capable of ruining
740 grains, or about 250 times its own
weight of 8 grains, aud to huve been much
admired in consequence of its phenom
enal power.
A BANKRUPT'S CLEVER SCHEME.
Startling Development Tltnt t'nllvened
a IHnnerto Ilia redltnra.
This story is going the rounds lit
Vienna: Among tho prominent citizens
of the rnpllnl oi the Austrian empire is
a gentleman culled Fritz. He is the pro
prietor of a large factory and is, more
over, well known as a Jovial, wholo
souled fellow, who delights to give large
dinner parties.
Not long since he sent out Invitations
to all his business friends to partake ot
bis hospitality at dinner party.
At first, ss is frequently the case at a
dinner party at which there are gentle
men only, the proceedings were some- '
what tedious. By degrees, however, the
guests became mors lively under the
stimulating influences of the wines. ,
Their tongues became loosened by the '
frequent lubrications, and there was a
flow of geniality and wit aurh aa is
fonnd only on press excursions.
Good humor prevailed to nn almost
tanning extent. Everybody present
was in a hilarious mood. Just at this
crisis Frits stood tip and intimated that
be would like to mako a few remarks.
"Bravo!" said a fat man with a red
face, pounding on the table with the
bandlo of his knife.
"Now we will bear something fun
ny," remarked another guest, getting
his mouth ready to laugh.
"Speech, speech! i xclaiined several
of the guests who had contemplated the
Wine when it was red.
There was a solemnity ubotlt the host
that nltnost convuleed tho merry gentle
men present. "Gentlemen, I fee around
me all my creditors, and I have some
important information to impart to
you." And he paused. The fat man, to
whom Frits wus owing 110,000 marks,
turned a trifle pale and seemed to be un
able to close bis mouth, in which he
had deposited a morsel of pate de foie
gras. Several other creditors looked at
each other.
"Gentlemen," continued the orator,
"you will regret to hear that I am a
bankrupt. "
Hoars of laughter. "That is good.
'Over the Hills to the Poor bouse,' "
sang another.
The orator did not join in the laugh
ter. With Increased solemnity he said:
"1 wish, gentlemen, for your sakes
and for my sake that I were jesting,
but I am not. Of late I have experi
enced sever losses. It is Impossible for
me to meet my obligations. If, however,
you gentlemen are willing to give me
six months' time, 1 can pay oft every
thing and thus save my honor and my
life, for" and here Frits drew a re
volver "I propose to blow out my
brains In your presence," and he placed
the deadly weapon to his temple.
The horrified guests sprang to their
feet. A few of the more) courageous en
deavored to wrest the revolver from the
desperate man, but they did not suc
ceed. Frits declared that ha would not
give upths revolver until a certain doc
ument giving nun an extension of six
months was signed, and he suddenly
drew the document from bis breast
pocket.
As we have already intimated, all
the creditors, owing to the wine, were
in a moat genial mood, and in few
minutes the document wss signed by all
the creditors of Kerr Fritz.
Then the merriment waa renewed In
earnest, although there was a hollow
ring in the laugh of the fat man that
told of an aching heart. Fritz put up
his revolver, which, so it has been inti
mated, was not even loaded.
Simple Arithmetic.
A potato bugger went into a Pittsburg
commission bouse one day uud asked if
there was anything to do. "Yes," re
plied tbe proprietor, "a cur load of po
tatoes Is waiting at the station to bo
bngged. What will you do it for?" "A
cent a bushel, boss." "Now, I'll tell
you what I'll do. There are 800 bushels
in the car. I'll give you f 0 for tho
job." Tbe bagger shook his head. "I'll
give you $10 to bag those 800 bushels."
"No, sir; a cent a bushel is my price."
"I'll make it f 11, and that's us high as
I'll go." "Can't do it, boss. I never
scabbed on potato bagging in my life,
and I won't begin now. My price is 1
cent a bushel." The bugger started
out, when the proprietor called him
back again and said, "All right; I'll
give you your price." After tho man
started to the station a bystunder asked
the proprietor tho meaning of the con
versation, "I just wanted to show you
something queer. Thut mun won't work
unless he gets an even cent a bushel. Ilo
can't compute any other rate. When ho
has a bushel bugged, ho cuts a notch on
a stick, and thut represents 1 cant."
Pittsburg Diepatch.
All Front.
At Chuucollorsville, while Jackson's
corps was moving to the flunk and rear
of tiie Union army, the Confederate cav
alry iu advunce became engaged with
tbe enemy. Presently a wounded troop
er emerged from the woods in f i on t.
After surveying tho scene bo moved iu
the direction in which tho iufuntry wore
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reur,
Almost Immediately tho blue jackets
closed behind Jackson's corps, und the
poor cavalryman uppeated nguin, look
ing hopeless and distraught. lie wus
met by another cavalryman, to whom
! he culled out: "Hello! Wounded?"
"Yes," replied tbe other laconically,
adding, "Let's git to the r'ar."
"R'ar!" returned tho disconsolate
cavalryman. "Thia is the woist fight
I've been in yet. It ain't gotany r'ar."
A DARINQ RESCUE.
Ttiree Men Tatien From on Ire Floe Whlrli
Waa Carrying Them tn Certain lientti.
Cn;tain L. O. Lmvsoii, William P.
Kay and W. W. Wilkinson, members of
the Evanston life saving crew, hud u
narrow escape from dentil the other
morning while attempting to clear nn
chor Ire nway from the waterworks In
let. The men were in a small rnwhout
and were caught bet ween largo takes of
floating ice ami carried two miles out
into the lake. After a hard fight with
the floating ice they were rescned by n
volunteer party consisting of Bam Pee
ney, chief engineer at the Evanston wa
terworks; John Moore, the lighthouse
keeper, and BobSkylesand Byron Daw
son, firemen at the waterworks.
Early In the morning water was run
ning very slowly Into the Inrge main,
and fearing another water famine Cup
tain Lawson and bis companions started
for the Intake, which Is one ml In off
shore. A heavy wind had been blowing
Inshore oil night before, and tho shore
was lined with great cakes of ice. Aft
er working hard the men succeeded In
launching their bout and Marti d
through the bobbing cakes for the inlet.
When about half the distance hud been
covered, (lie men noticed that the v. h.e
had changed nnd wus blowing lend
from olMtore, mid thnt a largo Held ol
ice wus forming in n solid muss nl u!
their little craft and flouting rupiiii.v
tint Into tho bike. I'iko pules vcriiM"l.
but it soon became apparent Hint m l:
some nid ciiiiih soon they would be cm
ried fur out.
A white handkerchief was tied In : i
our, and the men took turns waving it
The signal wus seen by John Moore,
who was at work at the top of the light
house tower. Hn hurried to tho water
works, a short distance nway, and told
Engineer Peeney, and both men, realiz
ing the danger in which their comrades
were, culled Sky lea and Dawson, nml
hurriedly manning another bout the
four men started to the rescue. The off
shore wind by this time had cleared the
shore water, and the rescuing party
soon reached the ice floe, in the center
of which waa the boat containing the
three men. A life Una was thrown
across to the prisoners, and one after tin
other they jumped from cake to cake
and reached the rescuing boat. Tht y
were forced to abandon their own bout.
which was fast In the ice. The men
were all brought to the waterworks of
Bee. Chicago Record.
CHOLERA IN 1694.
Beaeoa to Believe That We Will Have lu
Guard Agalnat the Flagne This Tear.
For over two years the Asiatic cholera
has been epidemic In western Russia.
bnt aa we have bad reports of tbe sub
sidenceof Its ravages during tho win
ter months there was hope that there
might not be a recurrence this spring of
the unhappy experiences of that season
In 189U and 1898. We regret that the
dispatches at band are unfavorable.
There have been violent outbreaks ot
the disease during the past week at a
number of tbe populouj centers of the
western provinces, one of the most viu
lent of them as far west as the city ol
Warsaw, and from that place both Ger
many and Austria are again directly
menaced.
There is reason, therefore, to fear
that New York will have to be on the
guard for yet another year, and thut
there will be need for the utmost vigi
lance on the part of tho officers of our
quarantine service. We do not doubt
the ability of these officers to maintain
the safety of the city.
It is to be hoped thut tho European
I governments represented in the interna-
, tional sanitary commission which hn"
, bold a conference in Paris will provide
; for the prompt execution of those de
tensive meusures which hnvo met with
: tho approval of tho delegates. This an
thoritutive commission was organized
for the express purposo of preparing an
anticholera programme acceptable to tie
leading powers of tho world, and It will
be a public shnme If the recomnionda
tions it has made this year shall be neg
lected, as were those made at its session
of last year. New York Sun.
Torture In Spain.
A new form of torture bus been de
vised in Spain which is said to quite
transcend any of the terriblo machines
formerly employed by the inquisition
It has, however, hud the result of ex
tracting complete coufcsHions from ul
the anarchists gnilty of bomb throwing
Aa soon as arrested Codina, Cereznelu
and their companions were put on
diet of salt codfish and bread, without
water. After severul duysof this trtat
ment they were led befor) the juge
d 'instruction. On tbe judge's desk
stood a bottle of water and a glass.
Each prisoner Instinctively threw him
self against his guards in a vain at
tempt to reach the water. The judge
promised two caruffes of water if the,
prisoner would confess, but threatened
bim with a continuance of the codh
diet If he remained intractable. Not
one passed tbe ordeal. Madrid Corro-
spondvut.
VnituiMe Love T-ettere
Ail ur.;ent Kentucky suitor, finding
bis nddr hs. s l ejected, demanded tbe
return ot his I Iters. His peremptory
command not hung at once complied
with, ho sent u second and a third. Tbe
young woman iu tbe case took her own
tnnii and rovengj. riuo expresseu tns
mi.sHivo und put a vuluatiou of $300 on
them. The excited und discomfited
swain bad to pay (5.80 express charge.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
ROGUISH LITTLE WINCH.
lhn Tries by Whlrh the Fnmotie Kara
llorae (lot Ilia Nnmo.
Mai y stories ate told of Little Minch,
tho nice dorse, which Indicate thnt be
is a remarkably sagacious animal. Some
would assert that ho is cnpablo of rea
soning, but hoise fanciers are liable to
distort Instinct and pure rognlshness
nto reason and sagacity. It la said that
while this son ot Olenelg was being
transported east after bis sale as a year
ling he was given nickname by a rail
road engineer that was subsequently ap
plied to the horse, and under it he won
his laurels. Little Minch's car was at
tached to the front end of a passenger
train, and the bell rope passed through
it, the same as it would through a pas-
lenger car. The horse was playful, and
after several unsuccessful attempts to
seise the rope in his teeth the spiteful
little youngster finally got the cord and
gave It a lusty jerk. The bell In the en
gine cab sounded, and the engineer, fear
ing something was wrong back in the
train, made haste to shut off stesm and
apply his nirhrnke. After renting to a
stop ho waited for the astonished trnin-
men to come np to his cab. They de
nied that any one bad pulled the cord,
and tho engineer passed the occurrence
with tho remark, "Mnybe tho rope
rnught nnd tightened while wo were
going iiround a cuive. "
But the mischief loving Little. Clinch
wns having n lot of fun in tho car. No
sooner hud the train got under bend way
again than he again seized the hcllcord
and gnve it another jerk. Once more
tho engineer came to a stop, declaring
that tho bell ringing wns the work of
trumps, but a senrch for the rldo steal
ers failed to reveal any, and the train
proceeded. With almost human rogu
ery Little Minch ugain seized the
rope, but hn was not content with one
jerk, and the way he pulled that rope
was a caution. The enraged engineer
slipped back in time to see the horse
togging at the rope, which he bad bit
ten in two by his efforts, as If his life
depended upon bis ability to tear it out
of the train. "Oh, you little minch! Bo
it was yon, was it?" cried tbeenglneer.
And the horse stopped and bung his
head mncb aa a guilty boy would have
done. The story was retold many times,
and tbe animal was named Little
Minch. Chicago Tribune.
A Waodehopper's Till on.
A chopper in the Kilkenny woods re
lates a story that he implicitly believes.
This is his narrative: "I was at work
for Van Dyke, at Connecticut Lake.
The night was dark and rainy, and the
wind howled and moaned in tbe tree
tops. I went to bed, as tbe whole camp
does, at 9 o'clock that is, the lights
are blown out at that hour, as is the
rule in camp. Directly opposite my
bunk was a small window that one
conld see out. I could not sleep and
kept rolling and tumbling.
"I think I must have got Into a steep,
for I wus awakened by a light shining
Into the window, and a woman's face
appeared as if looking in. I am sure
it wus the countenance of my sister, who
died in Quebec two years ago. Strange
to say, I was not scared. The light dis
appeared, and then again it shone in,
This time the woman's band appeared
at tho window, beckoning me to come.
I got up und pulled on my trousers and
went to tbe door. By this time the wind
hud stopped blowing, the rain had ceas
ed, und the moon shone through tho
clouds at times.
"Standing near the woodpilo wns my
sister. I recognized her now. I stepped
toward her, but she motioned me buck
saying, 'Joe, don't work tomorrow, ' und
vanished. I saw no more of her thut
night. The n xt day I staid in cump,
und before noon Bill was brought iu
(lend. A limb hud fallen und broken his
skull. Ilo and I worked together. My
sister hns coma to save life once since.
Boys, this is God's truth." MHnches
tor (N. H.) Union.
A Ciallnnt lleaene.
Here is a very charming cat and dog
story for the truth and accuracy of
which the proud inhabitants of the
Swiss village where it occurred quite
recently arc, one and all, ready to vouch.
A troublesome cut In the villuge had
been doomed to a watery death, and the
children of tho owner had been told off
to take it in a sack to the river Aar and
there to drown it. The house dog ac
companied the party to the execution,
which was carried out according to
parental instructions. But, much to the
surprise of the inmates, a short time
after tho cat and dog, both soaking wet,
reappeared together at their owner's
door.
This is what bad happened: The dug,
on seeing that the sack containing tho
cat was thrown into the river, jumped
after it, seized it with his teeth, dragged
it to the bank, toro it open and restored
bis friend the cut to lite and liberty. It
goes without saying that tbe death war
rant of tho cat was destroyed after this
marvelous escapade, London Million.
llltf rotatoes.
A French scientist's pinna for secur
ing a wonderful yield of potatoes are as
follows: He steeped bis cuttings for 34
hours iu a solution of 8 pounds ot salt
peter, 0 pounds of sulphate of ammonia
and 33 gallons of water. He uext al
lowed them to drain a whole duy in or
der thut the eye buds might swell be
fore planting. From potato cuttings
treated in this manner and planted in
tho UBual way be obtained a yield of 43
tons of potatoes to tbe acia. St. Louia
Q lobe-Democrat,
Mote tn t'mtent Tonraelf.
If yon get into n quarrel wilh a mnn
nd see thut you can't got out ot it with
out n fight right then and there, forget
thnt he has a bead, pick out the second
button of his vest and smnsh him on it
s bard as yon can. In 90 cases out of
100 yon 11 win the battle without an
other lick. There is no foul about s
stomach blow; it's only when yon get
below the belt that you ate open to
criticism. Of course you are liable to
bort man by hitting him in the stom
ach, but that's what yon are tbero for.
Most people who get Into a sudden row
1 am spesklng of course of those who
have never been taught how to take car)
of themselves go at each other band
over hand like sailor climbing up the
rigging, and they invariably try for
each other's bead. As I said before, foe
get your antagonist baa a head if yon
are forced into a fight. Just take aim at
the place where you think hia chest pro
tec tor stops and let drive at it. Tbero
is not one man la 10,000 can stand
crack there. It takes months of train
ing to make a man's stomach bard
enough to receive even a medium blow
there Then, if yon want to spoil his
beauty and leave your visiting curd with
bim in the shape of a black eye. yon can
do it at your lelwiro, for the fellow who
Is hit in the bread Imnkct forgets nil
about bis body above that, for tho timo
being anyhow. Washington Post.
Not V.txny to Interview.
II. N. Higinliotham of World's fair
filing Ih one of tho most geoiel of t.'bi-
cngo's big meu nnd one of its easist to
approach. But that docs not mean that
Mr. liiginhotham is an easy mun to in
terview. Quite tho roverso. Except on
matters to which hia opinion is perti
nent he will not talk for publication.
For instance, if he Is asked for an inter
view on tbe tariff he will loud tbe con
versation away from that topio und de
scribe volubly the condition of the Mo
hammedans in Palestine as he saw it
when last visiting the Holy Lund. The
result Is that ths interviewer spends
half an hour or so in delightful conver
sation and leaves with absolutely noth
ing to wiits about Chicago Post.
The Ore Parle Library. i
M. Marcbal, ths assistant librarian
of ths Blbliothequs Nationale at Paris,
haa finished ths general inventory of
that library, on which hs has been at
work with large staff of assistants,
since 1875. Tbe figures given out thus
fsr show tbst tho Natlonul library of
France contains 9,1(0,000 volumes.
This number does not include the col
lection of French provincial newspa
pers, which is still in sn unbound form
nd could therefore not be counted
among the volumes. Philadelphia Led-
e-
Mot Good Substitute.
Guide Ladies and gentlemen, right
here among those cliffs is a wonderful
echo. A pistol shot is repeated 15 times.
Is there a gentleman here from the west.
If so, will he please discharge his pistol?
Man From Kentucky I don't gi
much on a gun, but if you can use s
'leven inch bowie knife I've got one
right on hand in my boot. American
Industries. Herds of Elephants.
Sir Gerald Portal says thnt between
the coast and Uganda the supply of ele
phant tusks in Africa is "apparently al
most inexhaustible." Enormous num
bers of elephants are in the country still.
One of the officers of his expedition,
while exploring tha country west of
Mongo, saw more than 800 in ono herd.
The history of gardening from the
most ancient days is likely to be illus
trated at Versailles during tho great
Paris exhibition of 1900. There is
plenty of space in tho grounds, whilo
the lakes would give ample scope for the
display of floating gardens such aa the
Aztecs and the Chint ao lovod to nrrungo.
There is a ripe sido to the oraut aa
well aa to the peacb. Tbo stem half of
the orange is usually not so sweet and
juicy as the other half, not becuuso it re
ceives less sunshino, but possibly be
cause the juico gravitates to tho lower
half, aa the orango commonly hangs be
low its stem.
Tbe net debt of Now York city is
$100,703,407. Chicago's debt is $14,
000,000; Philadelphia's $33,000,000,
Boston's $:10,000,000, New Orleans'
$10,000,000, Cincinnati's $'.'(), 000,000,
Baltimore's $16,000,000, Washington's
$30,000,000 aud Brooklyn's $li,000,
000, A poor chance well used is better than
A good chnnce poorly used. Service, not
size of opportunity, is tho thing which
will enter into your flwil reward. Many
s man is losing bis opportunity by lazily
longing for a large ono.
The population of what is known tech
nically us the "city" of London reaches
801,384 by day, but drops to 117,S'J0 at
niglit. The population of "greater" Lon
don is 3,0:1U,HOU.
Tbe two highest inhabited spots on
earth are Arevicbiary and M'icupata,
mining camps in the Andes. Tho former
has an elevation of 17,050 feet.
Whut the French cull dry scouring
tbnt is, rubbing a bare floor with dry
brushes is far more effective than milit
be imagined.
Quicksilver was first discovered with
in the limits of the United States iu Cal
ifornia in I860.