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VOLUME 2.
KKYN()U)SVILLK, l'KNN'A., WKDNKNDAY MARCH 11,
NUM. (Kit ill
NIGHTINGALE!.
Besuttfnt mtiat bo the nuiuntnlna whenre f
And brlsht In the fruitful tnlloy a the streams
whrrofrnm
Vn Irnrn jnnr win.
Whrre nro those alarry wooiN? Oh, tnlulil I
wniuh-r I hero
Anions: the tlowofe. which, hi thnt henronlr
nlr,
llloom the yrnr Inng.
"Key. hnrn-n era those mountains nod spent
llieatri-m.
Our miiik In Ihv voice nf ih-slrii Hint Imiiiitsour
lllt'HIUft'
A throe of the In-art,
Whose pining visions tllm fiirlililili-n hones pro
found. No dylnit csilrnre nor Ionic aluh run sound
For nil our art.
"Alone aloud In the rnitnred ear of mm
We our our dark nocturnal M-i n-t, nnd thi-n
Aa nlnhl law Ithilniwn
From these an rrt springing mi-nilsnnd burst
ing hnuiiha of May
Dream while the Innumerable rhnlr of dny
Welcome the dawn."
-Hobert Bridges.
THE KING HAS l'ETS.
THI3 REFERS TO THE LION AND LIT
TLE ANIMALS HE LOVF8.
A Professional Trulnrr of Wll.l Anlmnte
Trlla Nome liitri-i-stliig Iiirlilrnta The
Feiirlraani-aa nr I'lgi-ona Among the Klnge
of llenata.
The way lit tin treat tho tiny creatures
of animal life in n study. It may be that
there It some animal language, nnd Unit
the legend of the lilt In mouse which pav
ed the llon'n life lV gnawing thn net ban
liecnm-1 known to the donixenn of tho
iungle mid handi-il down ns anitiial folk
ore, or it may be I hut thn king of beasts
)ns n positive contempt for anything ex
tremely small, but it Is nevertheless n
fact that lion will not nttack tiny ani
mals when they nro put together. Pro
fessor Edwnrd Darling, than whom thern
Is no more profound Btudent of n lion's
life nnd character lu the country, has
made many curious experiments with
his five big beasts.
"I never saw n lion kill a rnt or a
mouse," said Professor Darling, "and I
have had many of them put in the cage
with my five linns. My attention was
first drawn to this when I was on my
way from London to Hutavia, in Java,
en the ship Rotundo. 1 had my five lions
with me, nnd in thn quarter of the ship
In which they were homed wero many
rats. One day I saw Leo, my favorite
Hon, lying down and holding between
Ills paws very loosely a monster ship rat.
I thought perhaps that the cat instinct
in the lion had mnile him catch it nnd
that he would probably play with it
awhile, then entit, anil so I watched. Im
agine, however, iny surprise when I saw
him loosen the rat, nnd the rat made no
attempt to get away, but ran up nnd
over his gigantic paws and played with
him.
"We were a long time making a trip,
and every day this ship's rat went into
Leo's cage, and the two played together
as gently as two little children. 1 made
several attempts to capture the rnt, hop
ing that perhaps I might take it ashore
with me, but I could not succeed, and I
promise you that old Leo did not like nt
all my attempting to interfere witli his
pet. When we got to Java, we had to
take the lion out, and Leo had to lose, his
pet. Lie could have killed that rat a
thousand timet, but he never did it.
"There was another instance subse
quent to this where Leo had a pet rut,
which makes me believe that the lion has
a real fondness for the rodent. It was
in 1H81 in Calcutta. We were playing at
the Mnidan, one of those gigantic pluccs
in far India, nnd when I went in to see
my pets one morning I suw that Leo had
found another rat for a pet. My five
lions were all together, but this rat would
play only with Leo. There were many
other ruts in tho place, but the other
lions would not look nt them. It seems
to me to be a fact that the lions consider
these little animals too small to be touch
ed. I have known of ruts being found
dead in a lion's cngo, bnt I believe that
they were simply killed by the lion roll
ing on them or stepping on tliem through
carelessness, hut lions never eat thorn.
"In Hamburg once I knew a case of a
ick tiger to whom it was deemed neces
sary to give some fresh, warm blood to
tone np his system, and to further this
end a live rabbit was put iu the cage
with the tiger. Oue would naturally
suppose that the tiger would have killed
it instantly, but such, however, was not
the case. The tiger played with the rub
bit for days before he would touch it
He finally killed and ate it.
"Now, my theory is this: A lion, or a
tiger, or in fact any wild animal kept
alone, grows very lonesome. In their
natural stato wild beasts always run in
pairs. They love companionship, and
when put alone they become so lonesome
that when another animal, even though
. it is a rabbit, is put in the same cage
with them, they refrain from killing it so
as to have its companionship, We have
heard of many instances of men being
alone shipwrecked, if you like making
strange friends. Why not a lion? It al
ways made me feel rather bad to think
of this tiger in Hamburg killing his little
friend. Still even men at timet turn on
their friends.
"Now, there is another pecnlinr thing
about lions, added Professor Darling,
"and that is that they will not eat the
flesh of a fowl. You might tempt them
With n canvasbuck duck or the daintiest
squab, but tbey would refuse it. This is
a soieutiflo fact. I have tried it many
times. I remember once having a swan
which had broken its wing. We killed
it, dressed it carefully and threw it into
the cage of the lions, but tbey would not
touch it, and it finally had to lie taken
out nnd thrown away. I hnve reieated
ly put jilnnoiid nllve into thn cngn, just
to see what tliry would tlo. 1 hnve
thrown grain down mining thn linns, nnd
the pigeons have nt-tiiiilly got down nnd
hopis-d nrotind thn big brutes. -vi-ii hop
ping on their Imcka, thn lions tanking no
nt tempt to disturb Hu tu, even seeming
to enjoy their cotnpnnionship.
"Now, there is something strange
ill Mint thin which in rnlhi-r ilifllciilt toex
philn. To my mind It argues that n linn
ct not lirntnl in his instincts. Savage Iih
undoubtedly In. Fierce nt nil times, lint
fierce with jnstico. I believe every one
of my Hons hun n conscience. I know
pvi-ry one of them known the difference
U'tweBii right nnd wrong. They know
their wondrous power nnd nrn ehnrlta
ble. They would never attempt to in
jure something which in no way could
do them harm. The ntndy of n lion hi
hnliitn, diameter nndcnpitliilitien Inono
of the most interesting 1 know. It offers
n field M yet comparatively unknown,
but the more one goen Into It thn more
time one takes to find nut just what a
lion in mid the morn tin Ih convinced that
lie hail rightly been named thn king of
beasts." Now York Tribune.
BfcCAME A THIEF WHILE INSANE.
NtirrtnlHK lUiloNiirra follow the Iti-ttirn
til n t'onvlere lt-n-Mn.
Three yearn (if imprisonment hnvii
lifted the cli'd from thn mind of n man
supposed to lie n coluiuiill hnl'sii thief,
Imt wli.i is now revealed hh Hi. Herbert
Spencer, lorinerly n prosperous London
physician. As u climax to his slriiiign
adventure the hoard of pardons will hit
at oncn petitioned for his release from
the eastern penitentiary in Philadelphia.
tin Kept. S."i, lmil, three horses were
stolen Iroin tho stable of (1. V. Yoimg-
iniiii in thin city. Tho thief wan easily
trucked and was captured nt Mount
Pleasant. Pa. In effecting his capture
nn ntllcer was shot in thn hip nnd an
other was wounded in tho arm. Thn
horse thief had a gunshot wound In tho
sido, and one nrm wan nearly torn fiom
the cocket. Iln was brought back to
Williaiiisport and locked In the county
jail. While in prison he made half a
dozen attempts to end his life. Ho was
tried In DecemlM-r, 1WM, tinder the
name pf Herbert Spencer Darwin, was
convicted and sentenced to the peniten
tiary for 4 years. Ilefore sentence
was pronounced it whs pretty conclu
sively shown that nt tho time of his
trial the man was insane. Ho has spent
over two years in prison, and until tho
first of tlio present year ho showed no
change in his character or actions.
Then caiiin a sudden and startling de
velopment. Tim condemned thief, who
had shown so many signs of insanity
and whoso bungling iii tempt to Flea I
three hoises was easily overthrown,
showed signs of returning reason.
(Quickly these, signs multiplied, nnd now
the prisoner, seemingly a perfectly ra
tional man, nnnounces his identity. He
is not Herbert Kpencer Durwin, but Dr.
Herbert Kpencer. Ilecame to thin coun
try in 1800 with (1,0(10 in rash. He In
tended to locato in tho United Htntes.
Boon after bis arrival his mind be
came a blank, mid ho recalls nothing
that has happened the meanwhile.
Through the penitentiary officials ho
learned where ho had been tried and
convicted. Hnfllclont proof has been
gathered, it is nsserted, to establish thn
truthfulness of Dr. Kpencer sclui ins that
ho whs insane when he stole the horses
nnd noiuly overstneo. Friends will nsn
every effort possible to linvnthrfunfoitii
nute prisoner set free, Williiiuisport
(Pa.) Dispatch.
C'ltlnrae (Jamming.
Gambling debts are pre-eminently
debts of honor in China and are more
willingly and speedily paid than any oth
ers. To pay them a Chinaman will pawn
all his property and even Bell his clul
dren. For this he is regarded by the
publio as worthy of all praise, and the
relatives who allow themselves to be sold
are treated as models of filial devotion,
Meanwhile a tradesman to whom a debt
is due may starve, Asiatic Uuzutte,
A Vacation For Nome One.
Mrs. Clark How is the contested will
case coming on, Mr, Dower?
Mr. Dower It's nil settled and in my
favor.
Mrs. Clark I congratulate you. I sup
pose you'll toon be taking your family
to Europe?
Mr. Dower No, bnt my lawyer it go
ing to take his. Soundings.
Poetofllee Insurance.
The English postmaster general is em
powered to insure tho lives of persons
between the ages of 14 and 05 years for
not less than kJ5 nur more than fciiHi, and
to grunt aunuitics of not more tiiun f jUO
on the lives of persons of the age of 5
years and upward. The aunuiiies are
old in connection with the potsiufllee
savings bunk department.
An Auclont Cluino.
"Say, Red and Green, do you know
that football's ono of the oldest games
known?"
"Bo? Where did you learu that?"
"Here in Exodus, where Pliurouh's
daughter found Moses in tho rush line.'
Philadelphia- Cull.
For thumpooing the hair nothing is
bettor than plenty of tar soap and hot
Water. It is belter than castilo even
and makes a tine soft lather. A little.
borax or a tublvspoouful ol ammonia in
the water is also good for oily liuir, but
too much of either turns the hair gruy.
THE CALCIUM MAN'S VIEWS.
tag f.utnlnnrlea From Hitherto Iln-
rileeiiaaed Point of Vision.
Actors nrn curious folks," observed
tliecnlcinin light manipulator of one of
llui np town tlientern to n reporter tho
other night. Ho whs breathing upon
thn rellector nnd then polishing It care
fully with a woolen rug.
"Curious In what respect? naked trie
re potter.
Oh, they re queer creatures In ev
ery way, returned thn other. wuglil
not I to know? I've been everything
connected with ft theater from usher to
scene shifter, hut Lord preserve me ftom
icing nil netor! They get more money
thnn most folks, but they never hnve
cent. Off the stage they're the biggest
cranks in the world, nnd on thn stngo
they're cranky enough, Lord known.
Now, look at mn and my profession, for
Instance. Any one would think that
I'd he In solid with thn netors, seeing
thnt I light 'ma up In pretty poses and
bring out tho effective parts of tlie
scenes. Put, would yon believe It, if
these stage folks had their wny I II bo
bounced !ifl times n week by thn iiiiin
ngcnicnt. Everybody Hint hoofs It be
fore the footlights kicks at me from the
chorus to the star nnd from the second
comedian to the stipe.
'There s 2(H) gray hairs in my head,
(or which tln-se serpen! iue dancers nic
responsible. They're kickers with a
Vengeance, on mid nil the boards, Now,
I guess I know more about thn eflcct
of lighting than they do, but whenever
they comn hopping on the stage I never
catch 'em soon enough to their notions..
When they swing iiroiiud in the butter
fly dance, they start nlT il liferent every
lime, mid If the light glances off 'em
for tho eighth of u second tbey in wild
with rage. It's their conceit, you know.
They wnnt to look sweet (H) seconds In
tho minute. Then they complain that
I catch 'em in the eyes nnd blind 'em,
wheteas it's the continual changing of
their regulation poses that rattles me.
"Then, when it conies to the chorus,
oh, myt If they hud things their wny,
the leading lady wouldn't be illuml
anted ntull. There Isn't one of 'cm that
doesn't want me to show 'em up for u
full minute for the benefit of their gen
tlemen friends in thn audience. They
besiege mo every night for iavors in
this way, nnd i promise oh, yes, I
promise III light 'em. Hut do I doit?"
The calcium man rubbed his forclin-
ger and thumb In a suggestive way.
"If there's n little hair dollar fen fotth
coining, llu-y get a flash for2.'u sec
onds, No feu, no flush!" New York
Mccordcr.
An Annrilole of Mr. Chllila.
This Incident has been related of Mr
Chllds, nnd 1 believe it has never been
printed. .Stunning oun of his head cm
ployeiHone day, Mr. Cbilds said: "You
are not looking well. I think you must
be working too haul.
"I tin not feeling very well, Mr,
Cbilds, that in n fact," was the answer
"hut 1 guess I will bo ull right in n
short tlmo.
"How would you like to take a trip
to Furope?" said Mr. Cbilds, smiling
pleasantly.
"Well enough, sir," whs the response.
"but I cannot afford it.
"You can afford it, "said Mr. Cbilds.
taking him by the arm, "if 1 pay your
expenses and pay your salary to your
family whilo you are gone, can t you?
The result was the man spent two
months in hnropo nnd returned com
pletely restored to health.
"That was one of the best invent
incuts I ever made," chuckled Mr.
Childs when tho matter was called to
his attention. "Why, Mr. re
turned so much improved in health thnt
ho could do twice as much work as ho
could befuro ho left. You son, I whs
tho real gainer by the transaction.
Ono of Mr. Childs characteristics
wns that he nover seemed to tnko nny
credit to himself for doing a kind act.
Now York Press.
Curing tobro Illle With Hlryelmlne.
Homo alleged instances of cures of
cobra bite are reported from India, but
thero is always the doubt that in tho
"recoveries" reportod there wns really
no poison injected, for tho coin a does
not inject poison every time it bites. It
Ib stated that some cases of cobra bite
bavo been cured by the hypodermic in
jection of strychnine, nnd full details
will he awaited with interest, for it is
possible thnt Btrychnine may bo antug
ouiutic to the peculiarly deadly poison
ejected from the fangs of tho cobra.
The poison of that snake in, as a rulo, bo
rapidly effective that few occasions oc
cur where a remedy can be applied with
infill-lent promptitude to determine
whether it is effective or not. All
statements about alleged cures are,
however, worth careful investigation,
for nu untidoto may at last be found.
biiglieh Muchunia.
How Was It?
"My cood woman," said the learned
judge, "you must givenu answer in the
fewest posBiblo words of which you are
capable to tho plain und simple qucs
tion whether when you wero crossing
the street with the baby on your urui
and the ouinibus was coming down on
the right side nnd the cob on the left,
and the brougham wns trying to puss
tho omnibus, yon saw the plaintiff be
tween tho bionghnm nnd tho cub, or
whether nnd when you suw him ut ull,
mid whether or not near tho brougham,
cub and omnibus, or either, or any
twoj and which of them respectively or
bow it was." Methodist Protestant.
AN AUTOMATIC LIGHTHOUSE.
There la Nn Keeper, but the llrlKht l.ls'il
Itlnana 1'erprl unity.
A remarliiibln lighthouse is the one
which sheds its warning rays from nil es
tuary of Ihe (llronde, in France, where It
stands iisn nn isolated rock In the midst
f a treacherous reef. 1 he iK-ciiliarlly of
his lighthouse Is that it In unoccupied,
ud Vet its lamp Is burning perpetually.
Thn famous Eddy-stone light on the coast
of England, rising from n rock flint is
only large enough to afford a foundation
for thn slructiirn, Is remarkable lieeansn
the men having it in charge urn nbln to
nvo their con lined quarters only oneo
In three months, when a vessel comes to
them with supplies, letters, papers and a
pew detachment of watchers.
It was to do away with this exacting
and lonesome life that the French engi
neers set themselves about thn task of
devising a method by which the useful
ness of thn lighthouse could lie main
lined without so much personal atten
tion. It thus happened that a lamp won
Invented that would burn continuously
for two months without being trimmed
or replenished.
Tin- burning fluid used in Ibis lamp In
an ordinary mineral oil. The tills-in the
nteriorof the lamp is furnished Willi a
wick having a thickness three times ns
great nn those employed generally in
ightliouses. Around the burning sur
face of the wick is a enko iniuln of a pat
ented preparation consisting largely of
arlioiiiz -d tar. This protection assures
Ihe ilurul Ion mid the uniformity of the
flame. A chimney inadn of mien is
placed around the flame, and this in
sures nn increase ill tin) power of the
light. Tho supply of oil Is assured by
menus of u reservoir containing 100
quarts, thn lump consuming fit) grams
each hour. Io provide always lor t no
reservoir Is-ing furnished with sufficient
fuel a gauge Is fixed nt its side that gov
erns llin supply flowing in from nuother
reservoir nt a distuncn, and this gauge
permits Just fi() grains s-r hour to twrco-
lute through the little supply pipe into
the supply reservoir.
Tim diameter of the lantern is no inches
and it cost $1.4110. Thn intensity of the
light keeps ciMiiihli! until the expiration
of two months, when It is necessary to
visit the lighthouse and replenish thn
wick. Tho light can bo seen more thnn
13 miles nt sea. Thn wick is cleansed
and drawn up gradually by the nction
of the tar cuke at its mouth. The French
government is arranging to put ttpothcrs
of t lies') houses, and it is also perfecting
an invention by winch a perpetual elec
tric light can be controlled by wires run
niug through a Hiibmuriue cublu to the
the land. Exchange.
Hnnl liepoalta In Ntenm llollera.
A very simple method of preventing
hard deposits in steam Millers is men
tinned by M. Hclimidt., a French en
giins-r. There are two boilers in use lit
the same time, one being at real., and
the water In nsn is very bad, being very
calcareous and maguesic, with orguuio
matter, chlorides ami a little sulphate of
of lime, Each boiler is allowed to go on
working for about COO hours before
being cleaned, when it Is stopped,
with the water in it, and ullowed to cool
down for alsnit a week. The masonry
is allowed to liecome cold, and then the
tap is opened, also tho safety valve, bo
that tho water runs naturally ont of the
boiler, the latter, when empty, being en
tered and simply swept. Tho deposit,
being in the form of damp mud, is eusily
swept awuy, leaving the boiler as clean
inside us if it were new.
This method has been in use some five.
years nnd seems to show thut the ordi
nary burdening of deposits iu boilers is
duo to tlio absence of water in them
while the mud and tho iron nro lieing
heated by thn brickwork when the boiler
bus been emptied by tho ordinary metli
od under pressure. It is necessary, how
ever, under this system, to be ublo to do
without tho particular boiler for some
eight days. Now York Sun.
The Henae of Hlifht.
Like every other sense, thut of sight
improves by use under healthy condi
tious, and thereforo tho people who have
the greatest exercise of their vision in
the opeu uir under the light of the sun
have the ls-st eyesight. Generally speak
ing, savage tribes possess the keenest uye-
sight, acquired through hunting. Natives
of the Solomon islands are very qnick at
perceiving distant objects, such as ships
at bcb, and will pick out birds concealed
in deu'o foliugo soma 60 or 70 feet nigh.
bheplierds and sailors are biassed with
good sight.
Eskimos will detect a white fox in the
snow u greitt distunce away, while the
Arabs of the deserts of Arabia have such
extreme powers of vision that on the
vast plains of the desert they will pick
out objects invisible to the ordinary eye
at ranges from one to ten miles distant.
Among civilized peoples the Norwegiuns
huve better eyesight than most if not ull
others, as they more generally fulfill the
necessary conditions. The reason why
defect ivo eyes are so much on the in
crouso iu this country, and in Europe
lies in too much study of books in early
life and in budly lighted rooms. Brook
lyn Eagle.
Tuua of l' trifled Flab.
In tho north western part of Colorado
thero is a region several hundred square
miles in extent which is liierally a vast
deposit of potriiicd fish of all sizes and
shapes, these ti.sh lieds sliulo contuin-
ing fish remains are about 150 feet in
thickness and extend np and down the
Green river for a distance of 150 or 200
miles. Detroit Timet.
HE COLLECTED THE BILL.
Ukewlae Obeyed Ontere nnil r.atnbllabeil
a llepiitntlun Unit Mnile Him.
"When I wns a youngster of 17,"
said n successful business man, "I got
job nn a collector with a man who
was about ns strict a martinet ns I ever
aw. Iln Insisted on every thlnt; being
ntiii just ns ho snid, nnd thern were
times when life wns veiilyn burden,
but 1 stuck In him for six months; then
we had n difference). It was this wny t
One morning be called inenp nnd hand-
d men hill on a man I knew. Ho said
for inn to tHko It around nnd collect It.
" 'It's mm of our Btatidbys,' he mild,
and every collector I ever sent to him
reported him absent or not flndabloor
something. Now, yon go nnd don't
como bnck here till yoa see him.'
'"Do you mean that? I asked an
two or three clerks Itsikcd np.
" 'Yon know mn,' wns all he snld in
reply, and I went ont nfter my innii.
'Ho wnsn t nt home, the peoplosnid,
and wouldn't bo for six weeks. Hoi
stuck thn bill In my pocket nnd went
olf up tho country for n visit. Thn old
man sent nfter mn half a dor.en times,
hut my folks could only tell I was out
of town, nnd 1 never paid nny attention
to n letter I got from the boss, but went
on enjoying myself. Tin n I came back
and bad a visit with some other
friends, and nt tho end of six weeks I
railed on my man iigaiu with the bill.
I found hiinat home and told him what
I had done, nml ho paralyx -d mn by
paying tho bill, with Interest. Two
hours later I stepped Into tho boss' of
fice.
' 'There,' 1 said before he had timoto
gather his wits, 'is thn amount of your
bill nnd Interest. Iln was out of town
for six weeks, and 1 couldn't seo him
before. You told mn not to comn buck
till I did see hiiii. and I wns obeying
your Inst rtu lions. 1 had a rattling good
time, and the liousoowcs iiinsix weeks'
salary.'
'The old man gasped, got blue In tho
fnce, nnd 1 thought he wns going to ex
plode, but he didn't. Ho gulped it all
down nnd stuck out his hand.
"'Young mnn,' he said, 'yon ought
to have been a soldier. I mn going to
put you in chargn of the collection do-
iirtineut nnd double your salary.
And," concluded the merchant, "when
1 was 8-' I wus a partner." Detroit
r reo Press.
An Anintear Tinker's fttperlenee.
A well known merchnnt of thlH-clly,
who is of m saving disposition and of a
mechanical tin of mind, has an Incli
nation to attempt to do everything. He
considers nothing well done that ho
does not do himself. Tho other evening
ono of tho clocks at his liouid refused to
keep time, so he thought ho would re
pair it. He had repaired many a clock
before and had not thn lesst doubt of
bis skill. Ho took all tho wheels Hiid
pinions apart nnd cleaned them. This
occupied tho entire evening, and when
bo retired he dumped all tho cogwhee.'s
and parts of the clock Into a drawer in
bis desk. Tho merchant Is unfortunate,
at least ut tliis timo, in possessing a son
of mischievous disposition who happen
ed to como across tho drawer full of
wheels. Ho knew what his father had
been doing nnd thought he would hnve
a little (un. Ho went to his room where
he had a wheel that had been taken
from another clock and placed this in
tho drawer with tho other "fixings."
That night tlio father commenced hit
work of putting the separate parts to
gether. Ho tiled it several, times, but
always hud one wheel leftover. Tho
next night ho tried the problem oncn
more. Aguin he failed. For two weeks
he puzzled over his mecbanicnl problem,
ulwuys having a wheel left over for
which ho could not account. Finally
Ihe sou, who hud been enjoying tho
sport, told his parent of bis little joke.
Then he wished ho hud mudo no confes
sion. Pittsburg Dispatch,
Ilroncboa and Mnatnnge.
Toiidcrfect, by the wuy, aro very apt
to mix up tho terms "broncho" and
"mustang." The mustang is literally
a wild horse thut is, ono whose fore
fathers have nevor been in captivity und
whose ancestry it believed to be derived
from thn hoises of the old Spanish in
vaders whilo the bronchos are the chil
dren of cow ponies, or dorses which
have been used and which have been
turned out on Ihe range for the pur
pose of breeding. These horses are
branded, and thn colts belong to the
man whose brand is on tho mother.
Horses are rounded np every year, and
the colts aro caught nnd branded by the
owners of the mares with which they
are found running, and when they be
come of breakable age tbey are taken
by the men whose brand they bear. Of
coarse there is more or lest of false
branding, bnt where a "hustler" is
found engaged in this Industry be it
generally sent to a pluce where horses
are not supposed to exist and where
thero is no temptation for him to in
dulge the fad. New York Mail and
Express.
Metrlmnulal Item.
Chumly How the mischief did yoa
come to marry that old widow? Why
didn't you marry the daughter?
Benedict I thought over the matter
carefully. If I hud married the daugh
ter, I'd have had the mother on my
hands anyhow. Then I'd have had both
on my hands, but as it is, now that her
mother is provided for, very likely some
body else will murry the duugliter, and
then I'll only huve one of them to pro
vide for. Texut Siftiugs.
Inlreiluetlnn nf ttnrelnpee.
The late Henry L. Llptiutu of Phila
delphia gives this interesting statement
regarding thn early nsn of envelopes In
this country: "About 1H 13 nngtimmeilnu-vi-1oh-s
made their first apsnrnuce ns a
new linHirlatlon from France, end I wns
li e first to begin their manufacture in
ti ls country. Shortly afterward 1 Im
proved them by milling gum to thn flaps,
and thn gummed enveloH-s I niadn wero
thn first which bad Isi-n seen nnywlii-m,
and thn first envelos-s of any kind used
by the United Rtati-s government wero
ninilo by inc. Thn demand nt first wns
very small. Envelopes were ns difficult
to iutroduco as any new Invention or Im
provement la at thn present time, and
they were considered only us a lcmK
rary fad which would ssm go out of
fashion again. Thnt Is thn reason I did
not patent or pnsh them very hard, espe
cially as I had a ginsl trndn In seals nnd
tealing wax and feared that envelopes
would Interfere with them. At first
they wero only used for business pur
poses, nnd It was nomn time before they
wero employed in swjlul correspondence,
an a js-rson was considered lacking In rn-siH-et
to a friend when he had to lick the
gum on the envelope sent him. I also
wade thn first iiiucilii'ro known In tho
United States, nnd wlu n post ii go stamps
wern introduced thn contractor had to
comn to mn to learn how the gum wns
made, and I gave1 him thn Information
gratis." .
He l-oiitil Sot llenr the hrnna.
"I saw an amusing experiment," snid
Henry Waller of Omaha. "Kouio ono
stated that no man could stand a quart
of water dropped on to his hand, drop
by drop, from u height of two or throo
feet. A bystander ls-t $.'0 to $1 that ho
could, nnd thn wager was accepted. In
less than a minute thero wan a blister on
thn man's hnnd n d In less than three
minutes his facave evidence of intense
nfferiug. Dere a pint had been drop
ped he gave np exhausted and deseritmd
the sensation an the most terriblo one ho
had ever exiK-rienced. The man who
pocketed the $'il) offered to give odds of
10 to 1 that no one con Id stand a pint of
water dropped on his head drop by drop.
When ho could find no takers, he volun
teered the statement that no one could
have gone through tho ordeal and retain
his reason, a statement nobody present
teemed qualified or anxious to contra
dict." St. Louis Olobe-DomiK-rat.
A family llorae.
The editor of the Hawkinsville (On.)
Dispatch recently published tho follow
ing notice: "Wo have a good, gentle,
family horse that wo aro anxious to ex
change for a good possum dog or a rea
sonable amount of fish bait. Tiu-re is
positively nothing wrong with the horse
but bis voracious apjMtite. We huvo
hud him with ns now about two weeks,
and be has eaten np three loads of cy
press shingles, two lot gates, licked tho
Ixittom out of a cast Iron sugar kettle
and commenced on the gable end of our
residence, and the fact is wo have just
got to swap, sell or kill or bo without a
house or home."
Ion't C.'ron-d the Auctioneer.
There la a diamond of rare value and
One water lying in tho heait of tho
Bank of Englund vaults that has come
to England from theOrange Freo State,
where it was fonnd by a miner. Tin
stone weighs nearly H00 carats and is
thn largest in the world. There is evi
dently to be tome competition bctwoi-n
would be buyers, among whom is the
German emperor. Tho viilue of the
diumoiid when it win estimated by the
Free Stiito government mine inspector
was 25,000, bnt the price now put np-
on it is 1,000,000. London Court
Journal.
i
Wanted a Plnno.
Wife We must huvo a piano.
Husband We are neither of ns mu
sical. Wifo I know, bnt what Is home with
out a piano lump? New York Weekly.
A sentence from a review of a novel
printed in The tueen, an English pub
lication, ia suggestive. It ran, "Tho
talo is a nicely told one, and no girl
who has the responsibility of making
ontenitaVlo library lists for her moth
er'! reading noed feci any hesitation
about including it among tho novels."
One hundred domestic servants are
killed onnnully in England in tho proc
ess of window cleuning. An invention
recently patented is a window of which
the outside may be cleaned without ex
posing tho cleaner to any chanco of a
tumble. i
The grip bacillus, which has beet
cultivated and photographed tiir.n and
again, has tho appearance of being a
fine thread strung with nnmeTous mi
nute bead.
In Purls tho theater will check the
bicycles as it will a coat, nnd the bur
room has pumps and repair outfits, as
our own hat lunch counters and stock
tickers.
A loaf made from two pounds- of
flour will weigh 3 pounds S!j onucet
when taken from the oven.
Wild tobacco has been fonnd growing
In Texas, and it ia claimed that fur deli
cacy of perfnme and strength of leaf the
plant is not surpassed by the real Ha
vana. From Cambridge comes this definition
of a popular game, "Football is the
pursuit of blown leather by blown hu
manity.