VOLUME 3.
RKYNOLIWV1LLK, PHNN'A., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY J), 1805.
NUMBER 31.
of ni'.woutsriL 1. 1 :.
CKPITHL $80,000.00.
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Nenit Iclliiml, Vice I"re.t
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Director:
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OOMLE IN!
Where?
to tiik
"m Hive" store,
WHKKK
L J. McEntire, & Co.,
The Urocerymaii, dealt in all
kinds of
Groceries, Canned
Goods, Green Goods
Tobacco and Cigars, Flour
and Feed, Haled Hay and
Straw. Fresh goods always
on hand.
Country produce taken in
exchange for goods.
A share of your patronage
is respectfully solicited.
Very truly yours,
Lawrence J. McEntire & Go.,
The Crocerymen.
CHEAPEST
and BEST
GOODS!
Ever brought to our town in
Ladies'
Spring and
Summer
Dress Goods!
Brandenberg never was
Bold less than 20 to 25c. per
yard; will sell you now for
124.
Dimity, 12 Jc.
Turkey Red Damask, 374
44 Prints, 05
Ginghams, 05
China Silk, -25
Better Goods than you can
buy any place else.
The same Great Reduc
tion in
Hen's - and - Children's
CLOTHING.
Children's Suits,
$ .90
1.00
1.25
1.75
tt
it
44 Single Coats, .50
Youths' Suits, $3.25 ,to 8.50
Men'B Flannel Suits, 5.50
44 Worsted 14 - 7.50
44 Fine Cheviot Suits,
' $6 to 9.50
A fine line of Men's Panl
Come and examine my gooC
before you purchase else
where. N. HANAU.
WHEN WOMEN REGISTER."
When the women ronw to voting
Anil to giving mum nnd nses,
There'll be lots of funny rn)iors
On thnee rrsistrotlon ptujes.
Whether she's it Mis or Mm
Will annoy the rcKlstrnrs,
Atlns won't bo ttift they'll rather
Hind tho nnswnr In tho nmn.
A for nip If tho question
Must bo n' kcit tho inim without
Fnlth In truthfulness of mimtm
llnd best not tllhy his itoulit.
ITo'll put flown tho wort roifptl nnwwrra.
Ask not If they're whnt tiny eveni,
And, for mhllo Kitlsfiicttoti,
Uso pcrlmiu tills 111 tin seht-inn:
Murk tho nite, whi n "clnlmtd," In thli
way (
Bitch "refused u nnswor" so (-H)
And nil ne th:it nro "sworn to"
With thrwi daKR'Ti. In n row (-H-r).
lit'trolt Free I'roM.
HEItOESOFTHESUttF
SOME OF THEIR DEEDS RELATED IN
A SOUVENIR VOLUME.
IIitoIi. Dentil of the Mm nf "Peaked Hill
llnr" motion A Cinllant Ileneno nn Lnko
Ontario Volunteer Menitier of the Berr
Ire on the Boiittt C'nrolltm Coast.
From n Bouvenlr voluiuo prepared to
toll for tlio benefit fund of tho lift) sav
ing servieo thn Now York Herald makes
extracts.
Will In no effort has been mndo to
fill tlio volunin with narratives of tho
lifo savers' horoio exploits, tho book
contains several stories simply told
which nro interesting nnd may woll be
quoted ns illustrations of tho Rolf sacri
ficing heroism of theso const guardians.
Ono of thn most touching is tho nar
rative of tlio death of Koopor Atkins
nnd Siirftnt'ii Tnylor nnd Mnyo of tho
Peaked Hill Bnr station:
"Ou tho morning of Nov. 80, 1890,
tho Bloop Trumbull wos discovered by
tho pnlrol ou tho inner bnr. Tho Ufa
bont was quickly innunod by Kooper
Atkins nnd Surfmon Tnylor, Mnyo,
Kelly, Youug nnd FUhor and rowed to
tho holploss cruft. Tho crew, oxcoptiiiK
two, who positively refused nssiHtmico
nnd ronininetl on bonrd the vessel, wero
snfoly lnudod on shoro.
"Tho Ralo continued to increase In
fury. The son was miming high, nnd
Keeper Atkins, realizing the dnnger
that threatened thoso who had refused
assistance, again started out with his
brave bnnd to snvo thom from whnt
Boemed certain death.
"The darkness was intouso, nnd in
their attempt to get noarer tho sloop
tlio lifeboat was caught by a swinging
boom nnd capsized. Tho snmo sea that
caused this calamity struck tho vessel,
nnd sho flonted from tho bar nnd sailed
nwny. Tho surfnien clung for awhilo to
their overturned boat, but Anally nt
tempted to swim to tho shoro as their
ouly .banco for life. Hurfinen Young,
Kolly nnd Fishor, nppnrontly moro
dead thnn alivo, wero rescued by Surf
man Colo, who hud romniued ou the
beach, nnd they wero cared for by him,
whilo oue of tho sloop's crow was sent
to tho town for medical aid.
"Tho remainder of tho capsized
bont's crow, including Kcnpor Atkins
nnd SuKinon Tnylor nnd Mnyo, though
excoll iiit swimmers, wero fighting for
lifo ngniiist fearful odds. Thoir dying
cries, mingling with tho shrieking
winds, woro soon siloucod, ami thoy
Were swt'pt by tlio wnves beyond the
ronch of help nnd swallowed by tho mi
gry sea,
"Engcr, watchful ones patrolled the
shoro, Imping, praying that though dead
their comrades' bodies might bo recov
ered. After many weary hours of
watching, as if to make amends for its
cruel work, old ocean gave bnok each
lifeless form and lnid it gently on the
frozen beach. The wholo villago turned
oat to do these brave men honor, and
when they were carried from the church
to their last resting places few eyes
were dry. Small moouds of earth and
marble slabs now mark the plaous
where they sleep. "
There are many appliances auxiliary
to the prinolpal means employed in tho
operations of the service. The life sav
ing dress, wbioh has been made familiar
to the pnblio through the exploits of
Paul Boy ton, has been used with great
advantage. At the stranding of
schooner In the night on Lake Ontario
last year in sea which would not ad
mit of the use of the boat a shot line
was fired over her with the intention
of letting np the lines for the use of the
breeches buoy. The sailors hauled the
whip line on board, and when the tally
board, on wbioh the directions for the
method of procedure are printed in Eng
lish on one side and in French on the
other, was reoeived the captain attempt
ed by the light of a lantern to read
them. Foiling over them for some time,
he at length oontemptnonsly threw the
board down on the deck, finding it im
possible to make anything of it, having
seen only the French side. Not know
ing what else to do, therefore, he simply
made the line fast, but in such a man
ner that it could not be worked from
the shore. The surfnien vainly endeav
ored to convey the instruction by signs.
In the meantime the destruction of
the vessel and tho loss of all board seem
ed imminent In this dilemma one of
the surf men pnt on the life saving dress,
and after a gallant straggle saooeeded in
hauling himself along the line through
the breakers to the vessel, where he re
mained and took charge of tho opera
tions until all were safely landed.
Here is a bright little extract wbioh,
as the sonvenlr volume snys, will reenll
Blr Edwin LnndBPor's celebrated pic
ture, "A Distinguished Member of the
Humane Hoeiety:"
"At tlio snd tlipnster to tho Btonmship
Metropolis on tho coost of North Caro
lina, whilo the lifo saving men were en
gaged in rescuing the crowd of passen
gers thrown Into tho sea by tho break
ing tip of tho vessel, a largo Newfound
land dog belonging to a gentleman re
siding in tho vicinity seemed suddenly
to comprehend tho situation, nnd Join
ing tho throng of rescuers plunged into
tho surf, seized n drowning man nnd
drnggetl him saftily ashore. Shortly nft
i r ward ho left his master nnd wont to
Iho stutioii of tho crow with whom ho
rendered his first servieo in life saving,
and there ho still remains, stondily re
sisting every inducement to return to
his former master. Every nltornnto
night ho sets out with one nf tho first
patrol ntid accompanies him until tlio
patrolman from tho next station below
is mot, when ho Joins the hitter nnd
proceeds with him to that stntiou, where
ho remains until the first watch of the
nert night, when ho returns to his own
station in tlio snmo manner. These self
assumed dutios ho perforins with tho po
cnliar gravity of demeanor that distin
guishes his species, changing his station
daily, fur snmo good nnd siifllcient dng
rvjison no doubt, whilo very sensibly
! :r'"g but pno wntch eneh night."
A MOTH CATCHING PLANT.
It Clones Its Jnwn itml Citti'hes Its Victim
H III a Vine.
A Nuw Zealand correspondent sug
gests that tho ravages of certain larvio
in Komi) countries might bo greatly ro
strated by tlio introduction of tlio Now
Zealand moth catching plant, Arnugin
alliens. This plant, which is a untivo
of Btiu.liern Africn, was introduced to
New Zealand tmito accidentally nbout
seven years ago, nnd sinco then it has
been extensively propagated tlieroou ac
count of its oll'eetivo servieo as a killer
of dcHtructlvo moths.
Wherevcf tho climate is mild tbo
plant is nn exceedingly freo grower. It
twines and climbs with great luxuriance
and produces immenso numbers of whito
or pinkish flowors, which hnve a very
agreeable scent. Theso flowers attract
innumerable moths. On a summer even
ing n hedgo of nrnugia will be covered
by a perfect cloud of moths, and in tho
morning there will not be a siuglo flow
er that does not imprison ono or two
and somotiinos as many ns four insects
of various sizes nnd genera. The action
of the nrnugia is purely inocbnnicaL
The calyx of tho flower is rather deep,
and the roccptnelo for its sweet Juices is
plnocd nt its baso. Attracted by the pow
erful scent nnd the prospect of honey,
thn moth dives down tho calyx nnd pro
trudes its proboscis to reach tho tempt
ing food, but before it can do so the
proboscis is nipped between two strong,
hard, black pinchers, which guard tbo
passage, nnd onco nipped thero is no ts
capo for tho moth, which is hold ns in
a vise by thn extremoeudof tho probos
cis and dies miserably.
Tho "rationale" of tho process is not
yet explained. Tho proboscis is so very
slightly inserted between tho pinchers
(ouly nminuto fraction of an inch) that
it apparently cannot affect tho genera
tivo organs of tlio plant unless those
may bo tho pinchers themselves, whoso
nctunl contact may bo necessary for re
production. Upon dissection tho pinch
ers, even in their ordinary position, are
invariably found to bo almost in contact,
the separating interval being apparent
under a strong lens. . It is therefore hard
to understand why such n process ns the
destruction of a moth should bo necos
snry to closo this air'"'" f' "3 gap.
But, at all ovouts, tho thing is done,
and effectively, and a plant of arnugia
ooveriug a space of ten yards in length
will destroy as many hundred moths ev
ery night, and consoquentlyprevent the
ravages of 60 times as many larvn. It
is, however, a singular fact that in New
Zealand, where the plant basof ten been
cultivntod for the express purpose of de
stroying the detested oodllng moth, Car
pooapsa pomenalla, that wiy insect de
clines to enter die trap.
THE PARIS COCHER.
A Oncer mmI Mketle Relle C the Glided
Das of Lonla XT.
When, Thoophilus, yon (eel that yon
have been run over and abased by this
hard, old, wicked world and would like
to be an emperor for a few minutes to
get even, oome to Paris, nry dear boy,
and call to your side one of these whip
snapping lords of the pavement, and for
francs in shabby glory you oan drive
around the streets of the brilliant city
and run over people, liken king. It
doesn't make any difference. The man
has a number and a license to whip np
his horse when he cornea to a crowd.
Take it all in, Theophilus, and lean
back on your cushions as the women
and children scatter before whip and
hoofs and be sure to get your American
money's worth of that delightful old
mediieval feeling of being in a beauti
ful oarriage world where pedestrians are
born with the right of being knocked
down and the privilege of being fined
for it
The cab is the last touching symbol
of royalty Ip Franoe. It la the plaintive
remnant of the old Frenoh constitution,
wbioh consisted snooiuotly stated in
running over people and then having
them guillotined for being in the way.
Pay your oaliman with reverenoo, The
ophilus, in those bare and democratic
times. Be is the nation'! reduotio ad
absurdum of Louis XV pathetic, with
the gilt rubbed off. Independent,
WEIGHT OF BIRD3' HEART3.
They Are llearlnr In I'mportloit Tims
Tlinne of Anltnslil.
Most peoplowill bo surprised to learn
that tho hearts of birds nro far hoaviei
proportionately thnn tho hearts of nul
mals, including man, but n little ex
planation will show that this i quite
natural. Thn morn tho body works tho
greater the tloimiutl upon thn heart, upon
which falls thn duty of driving tlio
blood through t ho body; hetirotho heart
develops and Incomes heavier. Every
body knows that birds nro mining the
most active nnd hard working of living
creatures. Tlio swallow can overtake nn
express trnin. Tho falcon will carry n
load weighing throo pounds In tlio air
without hindrance to Its power of flight
or its speed. In short, they have n tre
mendous capacity for work.
Tlio celebrated ornithologist, Marey,
states that u sea gull weighing 1,'fj
pounds Is capahlo of performing in one
second work equivalent to raising a
weight of nine pounds ono yard high. A
man weighing l.'IO pounds, to bo equal
to tho sen gull, would havo to lift 780
pounds ono yard high III ono second. If
a man becomes an athleto or carries
heavy loads, his heart grows propor
tionately. No wonder, tlrtTeforo, that
tho heart h of our iietivo feathered friends
nre strikingly heavy its compared with
tho bulk of their bodies.
Tim nveragu weight of tlio human
heart In normal circumstances is tlvo-one-llionsaiulths
of tho total weight of
tho b.nly. Dr. ( ail Parrot has lately
Weighed thn hearts t f various animals
mid birds nnd has found the average to
bo ns follows, tho figures representing
tho ono-thousiindth parts of tho total
weight: Pig, 4.Q3; ox, 4.511; sheep, 0.01;
horse, 0.81. Tho domestio animals thus
come fairly closo to man. Tlio wild
roebuck has nn exceedingly heavy heart
11.0.
Most birdr, nro n long way ahead of
animals. Tlio currier pigeon comes out
at 13.35; tho common sparrow, 10.33;
the hobby, an extremely aotivo species
of falcon, 10. OH, nnd tho song thrush,
35. The heart of the last named is thus
fivo times heavier tiian that of man in
comparison with thn total woight.
Pittsburg Times.
Thunderstorm Zones.
This subject has been somewhat close
ly studiod by Professor Klossovsky, di
rector of the observatory atOdossn, who
has published a papor on the annual
distribution of thunderstorms ovor the
globe.
His observations show that n high
temperature, a certain degroe of humid
ity nnd a considerable amount of ruin
fall nre tho chief agents favoring the
developments of thunderstorms. A col
ored map which aoocompauies Profossor
Klossovsky's paper shows the nxistouco
of a coiio of electric activity of groat in
tensity ou both Bides of the equator,
nud this is also tho zone of greatest rain
fall. Tho zone is divitled into throo sec
tions, tho first embracing Asia and
Oooauia, Iutlo-Chiim und the Sunda
isles to Now Guiuoa. Ovor this cono
the yearly averugo of thunderstorms is
00 to 100. The second zone starts from
tho west coast of Africa between 5 nnd
10 degrees north latitude and 6 degrees
to 10 degrees south latitudo, while the
third zono comprises tho tropical regions
of Amerioa bctwocn0 degrees and 33
degrees north latitude, where tho moon
annual number of storms oxcoods 100.
To the north of this zono, which is
tormod tho electrio oquntor, tho storms
docrenso in number nutil tho deserts of
Africa, Egypt, Persia nud control Asia
are reached, whoro tho rainfall is scanty
and thunderstorms rare. To the north
of tho zone of deserts, especially over
the continents of Europe and Asia, the
electrio activity is somewhat increased.
Tho data collected from tho high lati
tudes of the southern hemisphere refer
principally to the Falkland islands,
where the average number of storms is
enly f our.
A Sara Cue.
Mrs. Lammet of Warsaw had a felon
on one of her fingers. She stopped the
ravages of the felon by holding the fin
ger in hot lye. Then she stopped the
ravage of the lye by holding the finger
In a solution of carbolio add. Then she
topped the ravages of the carbolio aoid
by having a surgeon amputate the fin
ger. It is believed that the felon will not
bother her any more. Qalesburg Republican-Register.
A Disgusted Witness.
A witness in describing an event said,
The person I saw at the head of the
stairs was a man with one eye named
Wilkius."
"What was the name of the other
other eye?" spitefully asked the oppos
ing counsel
The witness was disgusted with the
levity of the audience. Ohio Legal
News.
A Good Deal of a Slneeore.
There is ono office in Miohigan whioh
is a good deal of a sinecure. It is that
of the probate judge of Manitou county.
The present judge has held the office
.ur sis years, and during all that time
had but one ease before him. As his
alary is tSOO a year, that one esse has
paid him (1, 300. Philadelphia Ledger.
Many hundreds of manuscripts have
been recovered at Pompeii. They wore
charred rolls, but by the exercise of pa
tience aud ingenuity some have been
unrolled and read. Nothing of impor
tance hai been discovered in their contents.
A HOUG WITH A ROMANCE.
First the Home of Quslnt (Junker slid
Then of Lottery Kln.
On a tongue of wooded land formed
by the Glebe and (loldslMrougli rrvls
in Talbot county tin ro is a bouse with
n romantic story. When, in lniil, Wen
lock Clirlstison, tho (Junker, was ri."d
by a I'll lit mi moll In ailed by the liev.
Seaborn Cotton, tried und condemned
by (lovemor iMiiliotitt to tlie, par-' .1
by the king ami let off with a flogging
at the cart's tail on tho higliwuy, ho
found sanctuary in Maryland, where
Lord liallimore granted him nsylnm on
tho tonguo of hind that cot Is itself in
tho pleasant witters of Ht. Michael's
river Miles they cull it now. Hero the
Indomitable (junker abode and prosper
ed, wearing bis lint in tho presence of
governors nnd magistrates ami testify
ing for "the truth and the light" with
out fear of clubs or enrt tails. Thoso
easy going eastern shoremen actually
made him n burgess, and he and his de
scendants long dwelt in pence in tho old
brick manor house, of which a frag
ment still survives.
In timo by lapse of heirs tlio placo
fell to tho possession of Richard France,
tho famous "lottery kil.g" of Maryland,
who built tlio turreted villa there nud
adorned thn ground with fountains nud
Winding walks, const rvatories and gar
den gods, to the effusive wonder nnd
admiration nf tho natives, lint Mary
land, taking np scruples, set her face
ngainf't lotteiies, and Franco for n timo
coquetted with Delaware until Dela
ware In like manner turned prudish,
nnd tho last wo hear nf tho "lottery
king" is 1 1) nt he hnd died in n debtor's
prison.
Then tho garden ftods fell ou their
fares, nud thorns Fprnug up and choked
them, and nil was desolation mid respect
ability. Again tlio villa waited not in
vain, for ono day tho windows wore
opened, exposing all tho ghastly gaps
in their panes, and n strange man, un
tidy and shock bonded, pottered about
in tbo woody, seedy garden, n grim and
churlish recluse. Hut negro curiosity,
once sharply piqued, is persistent nud
penetrating, nnd forthwith Ethiopia bo
gun to gossip nbout the strango man,
how that he was a blacksmith from
Connecticut and nn oracle in local
political circles, onuto whom "Big Six"
was a spell to conjure with. And pres
ently the disheveled interloper was
Joined by a board d nnd venorablo com
panion, with n head like a pear, who
lurked and waited behind the close
gates nnd thescrot:iof shrubbery. Then
a furtive yacht nt night iu Ht. Michael's
river took the bo.irdod mystery aboard
and was off to the bay and thn s-a, and
tho police, who went poking about tho
place a day or two Inter, looked foolish
and asked ono another inane conun
drum nbout tho cunning flitting of
Bobs Tweed. "Old Maryland Homes
nnd Wnys" in Century,
PAINTED AND DYED.
finch Are the Arab (llrls He fore They En
ter the Harem.
Arab girls before they enter the harem
and take tho veil nre a curious sight to
behold. Thoir bodies nnd faces nro dyed
a bright yellow with turmeric. On this
ground they paint black lines with an
timony over their eyes. Tho fushionn
bio color for tho noso is red. Oreeu
spots adorn tho checks, and tho general
aspect is grotesquo beyond description.
My wifo tolls mo that thn belles in
tho Bultnn's hnrom nro also painted in
this fashion, and that they also paint
gloves on their hiinds and shoes on their
foct, und thus bedizened hopo to secure
tho uffectlons of their lords. At Shief
tbo men would uot allow my wifo to ap
proach or hold any intercourse with the
Arab women, usiug opprobrious epithets
whou sho tried to make friendly over
tures, with the quaint result that when
ever Mrs. Bent advanced toward a group
of gazing fomalo they fled precipitate
ly, like a flock of sheep before a collie
dog. These women wear their dresses
high in front, showing their yellow
legs above the knee, and long behind.
They are of deep bin cotton, decorated
with flue embroidery and patcbea of
yellow and red sewed on in pattern.
It is the universal female dress in
Hadramut and looks as if the fashion
had not changed since the days when
Hatarmavetb, the patriarch, settled in
this valley and gave it its name (Gene
sis x, 88). The tall, tapering straw hat
worn by these women when in the fields
contributes, with the mask, to make the
Hadrami females as externally repulsive
aa the most jealous of husband could
desire. Nineteenth Ceutury.
Napoleon's Mother.
Napoleon's mother was a Roman ma
tron both in appearance -and by the
loftiness of her character. Prosperity
had no more dazzled her than bad for
tune had oast her down. Her parsimony
had been jested about, but her children
always found her ready to help them
With her private fortune. When the em
peror was at St Helena, bis mother tent
him a full account of her fortune and
begged him to dispose of whatever be
longed to her, an offer which Napoleon
did not aocept.
When somebody pointed out to her,
at the time when she thus offered her
property to her ton, that she was reduc
ing herself to indigence in this way,
"What does it matter?" the answered.
" When I shall have nothing more, I will
take my stick, aud I will go about beg
ging alms for Napoleon's mother. "
Meneval'a "Memoirs of Napoleon."
Carnivorous animals seldom prodqoe
mora than two yoong at a birth.
l-HE VICE PRESIDENTS UM-IUB,
I One of the tfendiinnieiit Rooms In the Cap-
llol lined by Him.
Ill the wing of tho capltol devoted to
I tho needs of tho senute two of the hand
i soinest rooms nro set nsitlo for the uso
l of the president nnd tho vice president
! of tho United States. Tho president'!
i room is naturally put to very little use,
I wlillti tho vieo president's is rarely un
j occupied.
j This room is to lm found nt tho cntl
i of tlio senate lobby. It Is a large, sqnaro
: room, with stuccoed coiling nnd tinted
! walls, furnished with an ecru tinted
j carpet, several largo chairs, two tables,
I an tifllco desk nnd a largo sofa.
I Tlio flreplaco a lingo, old fashioned
' affair for tho burning of wood with its
I handsome brass fonder and accompany
ing shovel, tongs and jioker, is shut iu
by a glass flro screen. The retiring vice
president is permitted to tako with him
ns souvenirs the brass (Ire tools.
There is another bit of floor furniture
in tho room in tlioshnpo of a small snfo,
which Is used ns a repository for the
electoral votes as tho sealed packages
como from thn various states after each
presidential election. Here they musfc
Rtay until-wanted for counting by tho
Iioiho of representatives. During this
timo the snfo is continually watched by
two officers detailed from tho cnpitol
polh'o force, and thn combination on
which the lock is set is known ouly to
tho vleo president.
Among tho wall adornment is a
painting nf Ooorgn Washington by
Iteinbriiudt Penle. Thero is n legend to
thn effect that when sitting for this por
trait in 1700 Washington stuffed cotton
into bis cheeks in lieu of Uio false tooth
ho bo greatly needed.
Most of tho relics of former vieo presi
dent havo been relegated to a littlo
anteroom now used for toilet purposes.
Among them is tlio mirror 3 jg f ct t long
by 1 tj wido bought by the sennte for
tho uso of John Adams. Both framo and
glass aro of very poor material, but it
cost when purchased 140 and was the
subject of serious controversy in the
sennte. The beautifully carved toilet
cik'o, which is also contained in the .
anteroom, was mndo to order for Gen
eral Chester A. Arthur. Kate Field's
Washington.
WALKING IN THE RAIN.
A Form of Open Air Ezerclaa That lias
Certain Attractions of Its Own.
"What ami going to do?" repeoted
tho returned exila "Why, I'm going tc
take a walk iu the rain. It's a trick I
learned in 'ilenglaud, dear boy, ' and
it's ono of the most charming forms of
exercise on top of this green earth. You
see my costume well, it's tho dead
copy of that in which a Cornish squire
of my acquaintance used to walk in
rainy weather over the downs that make
np most of his estate. My laced shoes,
you perceive, come well ap tho anklo,
have heavy cork soles and havo just been
treated to a good rubbing iu of cold
cream. I havo stout woolen stockings
and knickerbockers ou, so ns to avoid
the flapping and contact of the wet
trousers, nnd this capo mackintosh comcg
down pretty near to my heels. My un
dorclothing Is thick, but not heavy, nnd
my clothes are of rough tweed that
wouldn't bo damnged if you let 'cm lie ,
in a stream for a week. Instead of a
collar, I wear a light silk scarf around
my neck, over which I turn my coat
collar and button it up so. This hut is
a waterproof fore and after.
"Umbrella? Why, of course not. That
would destroy tho very spirit, tho very
joy, of tho experience, which is to feel
tbo rain boating iu your faco, tho wet
wind whistling about your cars and
tho weather bunging you about general
ly. You may not like it nt first, but yon
soon will, and then you'll find there's a
sort of wild joy nbout the thing that yon
can't resist
"Catch cold? Wb7, of course not In
fact, a course of walking in the rain is
one of the best preventives against tak
ing cold. So long as you're moving
briskly there's no danger of taking cold,
no matter bow wet it may be. It's the
standing or sitting in wet things that'a
so dangerous, and so yon must just walk
from the time yon leave the house until
yon get back, and then, when yon do
get book, strip off everything and give
yourself a good rub. And if as yon pnt
on your dry things yon do not feel a
new man with a new cest for the strug
gle of life then I don't know a banana
from an express wagon." New York
Son.
A Wonderful Mirage.
The people of Belleville, a little vil
lage of 160 inhabitants situated on the
St Lawrence river nearly 800 mllae
from Montreal, were reoeutly surprised
by a beautiful mirage which hung over
the town for uearly an hour. It was ice
image of a six story brick building and
was so slear oat and well defined (bat
the color of the bricks and mortar could
be plaiuly distinguished. Everybody in
the little village gathered on the river
bauk aud watched the beautiful vision
as it slowly faded away to tlio north
ward. Wbethet the origiuat of He
mirage It a buildiug situated tu Mon
treal, Qiebeo ar touio city of New V srk
ttate has uot ret been determined aad
f robably never will be, owing to tbe is
osive obaraoter of tuon phenomena
fct Louis Republic
ianie, in nu mauoiiu iuve or Bea
trice, says: "So powerful wan the spoil
of her presence that I had to avoid her.
From thinking of this most gracious
creature I became so weak and lean that
It was irksome for my friends to look at
me."