The gondolas of Venice nre being
gradually displaced by little steam
bouts. The fireworks manufacturer com
plain that the increased uso of the
bicycle had a bad effect npon the sales
of their explosive products, by reason
of the efToet that the Fourth of July in
how nsed by the wheelmen a en op
)ortnnly to take run on their ma
chines into the country.
Canoe against Oi'orge Washington
appear here anil there in the civil
locket recently unearthed In the
courtbouso at Grccnsbury.reiin. No
lew than three claim were entornd
against him during the year 1787 to
compel htm to pay taxes. The humor
on clerk, commenting on those ac
tion, remarked: "(luorgo Washing
ton, Em., appcareth not to like
taxes."
Game bird never did, and probably
never will, form more than a very
email part of thi country' food sup
ply, no there I no auch need a exist
in the case of fish for propagating
them at public expense. Notwith
standing that fact, the proposition to
extend the field of operation of the
fish commission, so that it may apply
to the problem of increasing tho num
ber of birds the method that are suc
ceeding so well with fish, in one to be
highly oommended, ill tho opinion of
the New York Time. To do so would
result in aome direct profit to the peo
ple, and in much that is indirect. The
incidental expense would be inilnito
imal. Htock paper published in different
part of the range country are begin
ning to nee the end of the present
method of handling cattle, note the
Sioux Fall (8. D.) Argtt. The in
creasing number of now settler is
forcing the breaking up of large herd,
aud the "little men" with from fifty
to 200 head of cattle, giving tliem
continued care, are the ones who are
bound to be in on the finish, while
the large herders will be working at a
loss. When that period arrives thero
will be not so many cattle kings, but
the aggregate number of cattle iu the
country will be greater, aud by the
better care they receive, the better
grades will bring more wealth to the
country than comes under the present
system.
Macon is running a municipal farm
and doing it successfully, too. It is a
small one, comparatively, comprising
sixty acre, aud it is devoted to the
raising of food for the fifty horses and
mules which the city uses in work on
the streets. When not otherwise em
ployed these animals are used in
working the farm, while the manure
from the city stables fertilizes it. Under
these conditions the only cost in
operation is for the labor employed in
planting aud harvesting. From forty
acres of oats a crop of 2500 bushels,
of an estimated value of $700, is ex
pected this season! In addition $3000
worth of hay is looked for from the
other twenty acres. From measured
acre of land last year there was cut
6400 pounds of fine hay. This was
iter a forty-bushel crop of oats had
been harvested, and nearly enough to
make certain another cutting of hay
before frost. It had long been the
custom of the city to rent this laud at
95 an acre. Now its value in annual
produot is figured at over $00 per
Mark Twain, writing of the Queen'a
ubilee, says that the most remarkable
thing that has happened during Vic
toria's long reign is the increase in
the number of English-speaking peo
ple. When the present Queen of Eng
land was born, seventy-eight years
ago, there were only 25,000,000 Eng
lish speaking people in the world; now
there are more than 128,000,000. No
such rapid spread of language was
ever known before. The great English-speaking
nations and their popu
lations are as follows:
County
Totted Mates,
United Kingdom,
Canada,
' Australia and New Zealand,
In Asia, Atriea aud elsewhere,
Population.
73.000,000
40,000,000
6,000,000
0,000.000
5,000.000
Total,"'". r 128,000,000
The greatest increase in the num
ber of English-speaking 1 people has
not been in the Queen's ' domain, but
la the country ' which out loose from
English rule. The population -of the
United States in 1820, when Queen
Victoria waa 2 years old, was only
U,tJ33,Byo. - it has increased more
than seven and one-half times sinoe
then. In 1821 the population of the
United Kingdom was 21,272,187. It
lias scarcely , doubled in the seventy
is year that have sinoe intervened.
Esglani, it ia true, has made remark'
fV'e progress during Victoria's reign,
T t 1: r-'-Trasa of this republic in
' "1 1 f l all other rospsots has
"THE TENDERFOOT."
Tti everlnnd sing started
Krom thn station at tlneyennn,
With mn, thn on girl passongor,
Amid a ilomn nien.
On ntthnr side s oowboy oat,
With plsiol, sulfa aud braided hnt.
They talked of linlit-tips, Pl-titcs,
(If ambush, of stnimtndca i
It terrified my wnmnn henrt
To hoar their bloody deed,
t wis a psln school teacher then.
Anil gloried In the strength ul men
There ws nnn who snt and hearkened
To thn awful tales wn heard.
A "tenderfoot," they called him
Thi'lr enntnmnt might bn Inferred
A sort Hint under frontier laws
Was rnnkoil with clergymen ami squaws.
Ami though 1 I Ik ml his quiet ways,
Ami kindly, honest (sue,
I (nit that 'mlil thesn heroes fierce
Ho looked quite nut nt nlnce,
As he snt ami meekly llHtened
To the way they had' III in christened.
Wn went milling down thn ennynn
From ledgn to ledge wn drooped.
When from a Imsh a shotgun hashed
Ttaa bronchos reared and stopped.
9 KT-m n-Dnrfnraivr a -kt
"What timo is it, Madeline?" asked
ClnfTcr Hitchcock, carefully folding the
evening paper and placing it on tho
table.
The person addressed a tall, slen
der woman about 115 looked up from
her knitting and answered with n
pleasnut smile : "About half past
eight, I believe," and, rising, began
to put awny her work,
Gaffer' question had been for the
last six years the signal for retiring to
rest, and nlthongh it was full nn hour
and a hall before the usunl hour,
Madeline never thought for a moment
of hesitating to obey.
"Something has occurred," she
thought, "and ho will tell me lief ore
long," for (taller had looked nt hi
watch at eight, and a few minutes
after, aud at a quarter past had
changed hi chair and coughed un
easily, and now he asked: "Wlint time
is it r
Madeline wan the orphan daughter
of an old schoolmate ; (lalTer hud
taken her home with him when she
wn only 10 years old, and hi sister
cared for her with motherly solicitude
until she wa wooed and won by Frank
Reynolds and weut to a distant city to
live, duller had made a terrible to-do
about her ntnrrying, called her,nn un
grateful good-for-nothing,nnd declared
it wn proper punishment for taking
her iu the beginning ; but, neverthe
less, he spared no expense on the
weddiug trousseau. And when, about
uiuo years after, she came bnck to her
old home, widowed and childless, she
was tenderly wolcomed by tho lonely
man, for the grass waved over the
grave of the good, true-hoarted sister.
For six year she hail kept house
for hiin, bumored him, and made
everything bend to his comfort, as few
daughters aver do. Lovers she had
in plenty ; those who would at auy
moment hive laid heart, fortune aud
hand at hur feet ; and whon Gnffcr
heard that Madeline hnd refused them
he chuckled nt their discomfiture and
smoothed her soft brown hair, telling
her she waa a good girl, every way
worthy of their love, only he kuow
that she would never leave him.
He had grown so accustomed to see
ing her happy, contented face by tho
opposite side of the fire, with some
kind of work in hor hand that oc
cupied neither brain not attention, but
left her always free to listen to him
when he spoke, that he felt no fear
at the attentions she reoeived. He
seldom spent an evening from home
unless Madeline was with Jiim ; aud
he had never left his native city since
she came home. He was thinking of
all this tonight, as he watched her
folding her work so carefully.
"What are you going to do Made
line?" he asked, at lust.
"Going to put away my work," she
answered, simply.
"What are you putting it away for?"
"You ask the time, and that is
equivalent to saying: 'I am tired of
you, Madeline ! go to bed.'
"Jo, ltamt, said Garter, gruffly;
"come back here, I want to talk with
you there, let that knitting: work
alone. What is it, that you are in such
a hurry to nmsu it V"
"Stockings," answered Madeline,
sententiously ; "stockings for Made
line Key nolds. "
flatter sat for a few momenta in per
fect silence; at lust, with a voilent
effort ami with very much tho air of a
man who has just made up hia mind
to have a tooth pulled, said :
"Maddy, I am going away."
"Going away?" she repeated.
"Where to, pray?"
The tone of surprise in whizh the
question was asked fully satisfied
Garter of the importance of the revela
tion. "Yes ; I am going to New York.
Bonnehue is going to be married on
New Year's day, aud wants me to be
groomsman. Who would have thought
old Bonnehue would have got married
t last ? Why, he's at least ten years
older than I, and lam most fifty. You
see, Maddy, 'child, your old batchelor
friend is not too old to get married
yet. Dreadful pity leap year ia most
over. Here I am, a hole, hearty man,
in the prime of life, with plenty of
money to support a wife, and no wife
forthcoming., But what makes you
so quiet don't you want me to go?"
"No," said Madeline, gravely, "I
would rather yon would not go. I
had made different calculations for
New Year's ; in fact, I rather think
of getting married myself."
"Madeline, are you crazy ?" and
Gaffer fairly bounded in his chair with
astonishment. "Why, what will be
come of ma 1 I'll starve, I know I
hall." .
: ,"Xuami;Ut live with me, "remarked
A slashing at the traces,
A Toller of commands.
And thn herons looked like deaoon
As tlioy lifted up their hands.
In deadly frlitht 1 fumbled
for my slemlnr pursn of gold,
While the cowboys snt Ilka yokels,
In a pillory of old i
lint while 1 thought the strength of men
A mockery and a shamn,
That ''tenderfoot" rosn to his feet,
A (Intling gun of flume.
It might liavn been a minute,
Or, for all I know, a week.
When 1 saw tho light returning,
And I beard a calm voice spnk t
"All right, poor girl i no dnngnr."
Ami he lilted up my hend.
"Them's lots of heroes missing,
Jlut only two men dead."
And then our stngn went nn agnln,
llenenth thn noonday light i
Dot thn daring deeds of rankles men
Homebow. worn ended quite,
And when I talk about It now
My husband's eyes will Milne,
Dot he only (tires my hnnd n iqtieezn
This "tenderfoot" of nilim.
- P. II. Onssnwny, In New York Journal.
AAAAAAAAjM
'"V'V'sr'
Mmhly, iu tho same grave, business
like tone.
"Von know very well," snld (InflTor,
testily, "that I roiild never live with
another uinu in the bouse I should
put him out before the honeymoon wn
over. And who tuny the happy man
be? Home blind old dotard ? 'Home
conceited (lanily ? Home lame mendi
cant ? Home In.y vngahond.who sing
love dittio to carry away Gaffer's
money ? Or or "
(taller did not stop for breath, but
for lack of Hiitllciently expressive
words to convey his detestation of the
projected union.
.No," said Madeline; "he is not
blind, or lame, or seeking after your
fortune." Hlio hesitated for a moment,
mid then continued slowly : "He is
nnithor very young nor very old, very
kind nor very cross, very good nor
very bad, very rich nor very poor
but f think he like me."
"Of course he ban told you so in
most all'ccling tones," muttered
Under ; ironically.
"No, slio sitid, quietly, "he ha
not."
"Madeline, you are crazy, or going
into a dotage I Why did you not tell
mo that you were so anxious to get
married and I would have advertised
iu nil the daily papers for 'a suitable
lover for a widow not very far
advanced in life, well preserved and
anxious to leave (lutler Hitchcock?'
Why did you not tell me all this?"
and his face clouded wofully. "It's
too bad, Maddy I I would never have
believed you would go away again. It
was bad enough to leave me when
sister was bore, but now, now, why,
Maddy I Maddy! think better of it
do, and don't leave me alone, child."
Madeline's fingers worked nervous
ly. How sho longed for the knitting
work I "(liill'cr," she said, without
looking up, "porhaps tomorrow you
Mill not fuel so badly about it. It is
no sudden thing, my determination to
get married ; I nave thought about it
for over a year, and yot last night I
would have said there was no telling
when the wedding would take place."
' Poor Gaffer seemed perfectly nn
douo nt, the new Madeline had
impnrted, but nt hor last' words he
started from his sent, mid, drawing
up a chair, took n sent in front of her.
"It is not too late, then," he said, his
face raidiaut with hope. "You can
yot retreat. Oh I by the memory of
pnst days ; by the solemn agreement
I entered into with your father, to
gunrd his little girl J by all the years
I have loved and striven to serve you,
do not leave me now. Yon kuow it
would be taking away my life to part
with you." He took the two cold
hands iu his, "Will you loave me?
Dure you leave me?" Htill no answer.
"If you would be happy away from
mo, my dear girl, say so, nnd Gaffer
will not say another word. Speak,
Maddy, speak ; don't mind me."
The face of the woman was averted,
but the words, though soft aud tremu
lous, were distinctly heard by the anx
ious, mm before her : "I never said I
was going to leave you. If ever I
marry again it will be to be forever
near you."
The look of anxiety on Gaffer's face
gave place to one of bewilderment,and
then utter astonishment. "Do you
mean what you say? he asked
"I do, and it is for you to judge
whether he is a blind old dotard, a
conceited dandy or aftor Gaffer's
money."
Then Gaffer rose, walked across the
room aud took his old seat, picked up
the evening paper aud Rsked: "What
time is it?"
"Half-past nine. Good-night.
"Good-night," he answered a if
nothing had happened : and Madeline
put the knitting in her work basket
and left the room.
The next morning at the usual hour
the bell was rung, and Gaffer walked
down to the breakfast table in dress
ing gown and slippers, to see Madeline
arranging the cups and saucers in her
own quiet, precise way. They talked
very quietly together until Madeline
asked: "When are you going to New
rork, uaffer?"
"Not till after the first of the month,
for I expeot to be married on New
Year's day myself. "
There was nothing more said, and if
Maddy ate little, Gaffer ate less
"Maddy," he said, when they had ad
journed to -the library, "you are a
very sensible girl, aud I never knew
before last night that I needed a wife;
but I am IS years older than you, and
what will the world say?
"You suit me," she answered, put
ting np her laoe (or Kiss, "and wi
will not Invite the 'world' to the red
aius.''
MORE ACCURATE PREDICTIONS.
Interesting Kiperltnnnt Recently Made
by the Weather Bureau,
The most significant development
in weather forecasting for years, mak
ing it possible to forecast for a period
at loast sixteen hour longer than at
present and more accurately, ha been
attained by the weather btircnil and
soon will benr practical fruit. This I
the result of experiments with kite
flown nt distance one to two mile
above the surface of the earth, which
have been quietly conducted in thi
city for some weeks. Daily readings
have been taken nt this altitude nnd
the fact bn been established that
shifting of the wind occurs nt a mile
level above tho earth' surface, from
twelve to sixteen hour bnforo the
same change of direction occur on
the surface. This i due to the same
force which operate to cause wind
shifts to produce a storm; onn condi
tion being dependent on the other.
Hecretnry of Agriculture Wilson ha
taken great interest in tho experi
ments, which were mnde by Chief
Moore of the weather bureau, and his
consultation with Professor Moore
have resulted in the formulation of a
policy which will make weather pre
dictions more valuable in the future.
The most Imperfect part of weather
forecasts now is the prediction as to
rnin or snow. Meteorologist for the
pnst ten year have been impressed
with the fact that future data a to
storm must come from a knowledge
of upper air conditions. The aero
plane investigation have reached that
point where it can be safely stated
that within six months the govern
ment weather bureau, for the first
time iu the history of any meteorologi
cal service, can construct a tolegraphio
syiichrouis chart bused on air condi
tion one mile above the earth. Thin
chart will cover the conditions be
tween the Allcghnnius and the Hockios
at tho outset.
Chief Moore snvs this step probably
will mark a new epoch In the weather
forecasting iirobleni. With these
high-level rending the bureau will
have the moistnro content of the upper
strata as well as the lower. It will be
seen bow important thi double In
formation is when it is considered that
the two strata of air may by shifting
of the wind become mixed within
twenty-four hour and that the pre
cipitation will depend npon the aver
ago moisture of the mass. Washing
ton Htur.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Fnris buy California pearls.
Hhndrnch Ray of Galloway County,
Kentucky, lias just become the father
of bis forty-second child.
A room in the Castle of Hiinonettn,
near Milan, Itnly, has a wonderful
echo. A loud noise, such as a pistol
shot, will be repeated sixty times.
Of the fifty-four trotters in the 2.10
list nil but four have the blood of old
Hambletonian in their veins, and of
the 140 pacers iu the 2.10 list all but
twenty-three trace to bi n.
A colored man who was killed by a
railroad train near Hwan Creek, Mil.,
and wa not known by any one in that
locality, wa identified by a pocket
Bible. He bad come from Abingdon,
Va.
In the Whitechnpel (London) county
court three witnesses in succession in
one case could neither read nor write.
Three witnesses in the next case were
named respectfully Hpeller, Header
and Wright.
Atchison (Kan.) society people
thirsting for novelty, gave an imita
tion circus parade in trolley cars which
they had decorated as band wagons,
chariots of $10,000 beauties, and tanks
and closed cages of aquutio and wild
animals.
Another Chinese giant has been
discovered. Like his predecessor, his
name is Chang, and he lives at Yunan
Foo, in China, where two cycling tour
ists from the West Mr. and Mrs.H.D.
Mcllraith came across him recently.
Chang is 7 feet 9 inches high. ,
No more elegant compliment waa
ever paid to a preacher than that of
King Louis XIV. of France to Jean
Baptist Massillon, bishop of Clermont.
Haid he : "I have beard many great
preachers, and the effect they produced
on me was that I felt thoroughly satis
fied with them. - Every time I heard
you I have been dissatisfied with my
self." Less than ten rods south of the Ca
nadian border, in Derby Lane, Vt.,
lives Moses Pierce, who was 104 years
old June 1st. This remnrkably well
preserved man lacks only four years of
being as old as the government of the
United States, and has lived during
the administration of every president
this country has had except Washing
ton a first.
Tracy Brooks Tyler, five months old,
of St. Augustine, Fin., whose father is
a baritone singer, whose mother is
pianist and a mezzo-soprano singer,
one of whose cousius is a high soprano
and all of whose uncles and auuts are
musicians, runs his fingers over the
' piuno keys at every opportunity in a
way to bring out certain aonnds, which
he seems to strive lor ana to like.
I'Hd Them to Kxpr Her Fllnm.
There are 250,000 words in the Eng
lish language, and most of them were
need one Sunday by woman who
discovered after coming out of church
that her new hat was adorned with ft
tag on whioh was written:
'Reduced to 6a. lid." London
Tit-Bits.
Cruel. -
The maiden blushed. . "I have seen
only niueteen summers," she mur
mured.
"Snow-blindness ?"sneered the oold,
nnfeeling man, rudely.
This was ft harsh, . nnsympathetio
ISM
A (lend tlesnlullnn.
"TV Is school year I mean to do bettor!
To bind myself down with a fetter,
I'll wrltn nut a dnn
As strong ss I enn,
Iteenuss I am such a forgettnr.
"Itesolred but I'm slnnpy this mlnutn,
Them's so much when oncn you begin III
Hesolrnd, with my might,
I I try to do right'
That's enough! for the whole thing Is In It.'
Vouth's Tnmpnrnuua llnnner.
lie Itrpetited.
A story come from New Haven
about a black spaniel that abstracted
a feather duster from bis owner'
house and while playing with it tore
ont all the feathers. The dog, after
being shown the fcntherless handle,
was given a whipping. He then dis
appeared and about a year afterward
walked bravely into the house with a
bran new duster in bis mouth. He
walked np to hi mistress and meekly
deposited the new brush at her feet.
By the mark on it she saw that the
dog had stolen it from a neighboring
store. Our Dumb Animals.
Suiting Under the Mea.
When Jules Verne wrote hi story
"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
the Hen," in which he describes how a
certain Captain Nemo iiiivigntnil a sub
marine ship under the surface of thn
ocean, few people dreamed that Jules
Verne imaginary marine wonder
would ever become a reality. But
a sun-mnrme I mat already has
been built. It was launched
on May 17, at Eliabethport, N J.,
and it benr thn name "Hol
land" after it Inventor. It is 55 feet
long and 11 feet in diameter, and it
can sail a well under water as on the
surface. In case of war it could bn
loaded with torpedoes and run ont
under water until it was beneath the
enemy's biggest warship, when the
torpedoes could be placed and tho
great boat blown to atom.
Just think of skimming along thn
bottom of the sea in such a boat and
think what a fight there would be if
two such boat belonging to hostile
nnvies should meet under water. We
should feel proud, too, that the owner
of this ship is an American, Chicago
ltei'ord,
Cinderella and thn I'rlnrn.
It was raining very hard, and
Charlie Mason and his little sister
Cora were obliged to remain in the
house. Their mother wa not feeling
well, and had retired to her own room
upstairs to'have a short nap. Charlie
and Cora bad been reading the story
of "Cinderella and the GlassSlipper,"
and they thought they would play it.
Charlie made a soldier's hat out of an
old newspaper, and plucked a feather
from the parlor duster to make a
plume. Cora found a dress' of her
mother's in the hall closet, and put it
on, pinning the front np and leaving
the skirt trailing behind her. Hbe
found a fan in the dining room, nnd
then hurried into the parlor to meet
the prince, who bowed very low, with
hi hat in his hand By-and-by the
clock struck fonr, and Cora, gather
ing np her train, ' ran out of the room,
throwing off one of her slippers.
Charlie, stooping, picked it np and
followed Cora through the hall. As
she was going down the basement
stairs, he threw the slipper after her.
Jnst then the cook came out of the
kitchen, and the slipper struck her on
the head. She was very angry, and
threatened to tell .their mother, but
Charlie humbly begged her pardon,
and when the cook found that it wa
an accident, she not only pardoned
them, but gave them each a glass of
milk and huge slice of angel cake,
Jnst then the sky cleared and Charlie
and Cora ran out to look at the beau
tiful rainbow in the sky.
I.ailnit Animal at the Zoo.
Just theopposite of the prairie dogs
and by all odds the laziest of all the
animals, is the hippopotamus. The
hippopotamus has only recently come to
Chicago, and one would think that he
would wish to make a record for him
self in his new home, but he seems to
have no conscience at all. When the
visitors appear at hi home in the
animal building, all they see most ol
the day is a black island about the
color and appearance of a boot-top,
It is three feet, perhaps, by
two feet broad, and it lies
so still that the surface of the water
is hardly disturbed. However, if you
watch long enough, you will see the
great head rise up and remain a mo
ment above the ..water. During this
time the eyes, which are set at the
very top of the bead, looking straight
up, blink sleepily. Then, having
taken a good breath of air, the head
will go down again. Occasionally,
when the hippopotamus gets hungry,
it will come out and get a meal of
fresh grass. Then it reveals its im
mense size nearly eight feet long
and as big around as a hogshead.
The hippopotamus is getting to be
a rare anuual.even in its native Africa,
and it is fortunate that the zoo has a
specimen. It is among the hugest
animals that live. The male has been
known to reach a length of seventeen
feet, but fourteen feet is a fair average
dimension, the females being a great
denl smnller. Tho height of the mate)
i from five to six feet, : The great
mouth, armed with tusk sometime
over a foot long, open to a width of
two feet. The ear, eye and nostril
are situated on one plane, so that the
six prd n Iterance may be kept above
water while the rest of the body nnd
head is below.
The rnniililv of its growth I verr
remarkable. One very young speci
men wn captured in Africa, on the
tank of the Nile, in 18 tit, and waa
irought successfully to London.
When about ten month old it had
attained a length of seven feet, With ft
girth of six aud one-half feet. Clumsy
as they seem, it i said that they can
move with remarkable rapidity on
land. Chicago Uncord.
t'nflsy and Ifnr ftnjiilrrela.
Uncle Burr traveled a great deal
and when he came home he wa al
ways teased for new stories which
he wa sure to have. He bad
been in lown, and while there had
seen thn cat and squirrels of which be
now told the children. '
"There was a nice old mamma cat
that lived at the same farmhouse
where I stopped one day, Hhe wa
striped yellow and white, nnd wa a
great pet with the whole family.
"Hhe had a nice little family of
kitten but one day they were all taken
away from her. '
"l'oor Kittyl she was so sad and
lonely) she wandered about the house
all day long, and called and cried, but
could not find her babies. Toward
evening she was seen going ont into .
the woods, they thought for something
to ent as she had refused food all day.
"Moon after they heard a scratch
and 'mew' at the door. It was opened
and there stood mamma kittr with a
little gray squirrel in her mouth.
"I he mistress scolded her and
made her give it up, but kitty only
purred. Hhe went to her nest and
called as if it were one of her own
babies. They put the little squirrel
down beside her, and she licked it and
cuddled it down just a she had her
own lost kittens. Hhe gave it some
dinnnr and it wa soon fast asleep, i
"Then kitty cried to go out of door
again. A she went toward the
woods they followed her. Then she
ran nimbly np a tree and went into a
hole. Iu a few minutes she came ont
and in her mouth was another baby
sqnirrel, which she carried to her nest
in the house just as carefully a if it
had been her own little kittens,
"Hhe snuggled it down, and it wa
soon fast asleep with its little mate.
"They were then little fellows and
could scarcely walk; that was week
ago, and now they are nearly full
grown, and a brisk and playful a if
they were with their own mother in
the woods. They don't seem to think
their cat mother is one bit strange.
"They are obedient, and come when
she calls 'purr-pnrr' to them. Jack i
the largest and sometime ha to lie
boxed to make him mind; but mamma
cat i very gentle about it, and I do
not think she hurts him much.
Gypsy is very gentle and tame, and
will let the children take her in their
bands. Hhe has beautiful large black
eyes. s5sj
"Bob, the little boy at w hose honse
they are, thinks they are very nice in
deed. He has made them a little
house out of a starch-box, and fixed a
wire wheel on one end for them to
play in. The first time kitty saw them
in the wheel she was very mnch
frightened. Hhe tried to stop it with
ber paws and seemed pleased when
they came ont. When she found they
were not harmed she soon got nsed to
it, and would watch them and seemed
to enjoy their play." Boston Bouquet.
On Brother Sleep for Both.
Physician are puzzled over (he
strange illness of Abe and Adrien
Moyer, two sons of a Keya Paha
county, Nebraska, farmer. It ia
thought that both lads are suffering
from some form of nervous complaint.
It manifests itself, however, very
differently in their respective case.
Abe is 19 years old. For four
month he ha been unable to sleep
more than fonr hours in a night. Hia
health ha suffered little, but he is
very irritable, and, in the opinion of
the doctors, he cannot long stand the
strain without losing his mind. Thero
was no premonition of his attack, ex
cept extreme nervousness and a ten
dency to insomnia.
Adrien is only 14 years old. For a
long time he required more sleep than
does the average boy of his age, and
a few months ago he began spending
sixteen or eighteen hours out of the
twenty-four in bed. Now he remain
there altogether. For the last three,
month he has not opened his eyea
more than a half dozen tiroes. On
these occasions he evidently only
partially awoke, spoke in a drowsy
tone, and within fifteen minutes lapsed
again into unconsciousness. His food
is forced into his mouth in a liquid
form, and a very little seems sufficient
to satisfy him.- Chicago Record.
Oliltiat Ship Mow la I'm.
The plde.it ship in the world en
gaged in active service is the bark.
True Love, now nsed as a coal hulk,
on the Thames, near London. . Sh
waa built at Philadelphia in 1764 and.
is 133 years old. Whon launched tha
True Love was the largest boat the
Delaware river had ever floated, being
06 feet 8 inches long. She sailed away
from Philadelphia and did not return
for 109 years, when she again reached
her birthplace from Greenland with a
cargo of kryolite". Soon after this she
reached London and was sold to a
waa who made a coal bargo of her.
world,