. A strong evidence of Western pros parity In shown In the fact that the Went Islurnishlng her own money to move Lor crops thin season. Hagasta says that the United Htntel and Hniu are simply in a state of "suspension." The thoory in (me in the enfie of li in country. Hhe is hold lug herself np by her shoe straps. The Uniteil States is now furnish ing oue-third as much raw cotton to Japan as is furuishod by British Imlin. Last year's export of raw cotton from ' America to Japan was worth Hourly H, 000, 000. Perhaps tha Cnr of Iliianin U just s eagnr for universal peace as ho pre tends to lie, hut ho w ill probably con tinue to build warships and enlarge Lis battalions as rapidly ns over, 'i'lin dream of peaco will in no way retard the preparations for war. The latest figures oblainaldo show that tha 1'liilippiiia Islands import 8'.), 174,0!):! worth of goods and export l'.),70'J,Hl!) worth, leaving, in round numbers, a balance in their favor1 of of 810,500,000. Those figures aro for 1H!)7, and it is stuted that the avoragn value of the trade of those islands is fur in excess of thosums given, Busi ness has been much disturbed by tho insnrrection. Tho practice among nations of ex acting money from n conquered foe is, in its present form, somewhat modern. In ancient times the victor despoiled tho enemy he had ovorcomo, sacked cities, and took whatever of value ho could carry away. Now ho respects private property, but ho usually million the conquered nation pay tho wholo cost of tha war. In either easo tho practice is analogous to that of civil courts, which assons costs upon tho defeated party. The Japanese, it appears, havo not little poetry in their souls, as they give their warships such pretty names an "Daybreak," "Darkening Clouds," "Evening Mist," and "Will o' the Wisp." This is rather more seusiblo than the English custom of naming their small vessels after iuHocts, while they bestow upon their huge ironclads nlarmist names that may bo supposed to strike terror into tho hearts of thoir foes. It is a pity that Americans are not more partial to tho fine old Indian names that abound in different parts of tho country. According to the Font-Express of Rochester, N. Y., that city is felici tating itself over a remarkable de crease in mortality during the last few years, especially among children, and is plnming itself over being the healthiest city in the stato. The offi cial figures show a decrease for the month of July iu tho mortality of children under five years from 175 in 1887 ont of a population of 120,000 to 58 in 1898 out of a population of 180,000. Tho Font-Express attributes this gratifying exhibit to the liberal appropriations mado by the city to maintain the standard quality of milk, and the efforts of the (physicians to arrest the havocs of tuberculosis. - - -j John E. Kehl, United States consul at Stettin, tolls why the German farmer is prosperous despite the fact that he lias poorer land and less land than his American brother, and no labor-saving machinery worth the mention. Co operation is the secret of his success. He hat co-operative credit banks, co operative dairies, co-operative steam plows, and co-operation in drainage and irrigation, in both of which he is an expert. He is also an intensive farmer, and gets out of the ground pretty much everything which it is capable. Farm laboreri get thirty five cents a day, with a small honse to live in and a half-acre of land to cul tivate for their own use. In harvest seasons they get fifty cents a day. In an article written for the Lum berman by B. F. Seymour attention ii -11.. A. A I . t i l. .. . . caiiea to me almost nnumiied variety of uses of which the red cypress is susceptible, principally for houSte work, inside and outside. For natural beauty of appearaSoe, the red cypress of Louisiana is especially notable, and ii extensively used by manufacturers for all descriptions of cisterns, tanks, tabs, for brewery, creamery, and siini- 'l.. .1: !- ...1 a . 1,.. i uuoubi buu jur uuraoimy and strength, cannot be equalled io the case of large railroad tanks. Car builders and railroad companies hav long been partial to this material fot aiding and roofing on box freight oars. It possesses the advantage of taking and holding paint in a degree equal to white pine, being also free from pitch of gum.. When used for outside work, including bevel siding, porob floors aud columns, step planks, gut ters, etc., it is more durable than any taw wood in use. A JUVENILB My amnMad says these modern days Of slnnm an' Msotrlo light Dent anything Unit ever wnni An' gnin'riad'a moatl right. ' Hut I oioi't help sums doubtfulness Whon Into bod I nllmb An' ilrnam shout thoso good old days Of Onoe Upon a Time. I've not to hustle on the farm When I big enough, I wish I knew some fairy spell To do th work that's rough. ' I'd Ilka to mnko tha brownies toll !ty saying sumo queer rhymn Tha soma an them thorn wlsnrils did In Onoo Upon aTlmo, "THE BLUE RAT." A XJClos&ctllce 33i:laocto. Even in tho Klondike life is not al together simple or always frea from gnilo. Were proof of that nature needed it might bo found in the his tory of our experience with thn liluo Bat. We enmo to know him through our need of a pouy. Wo had two service ablo pack homos, but we uendod n lit tlu pony to run along behind nml carry tho tout and a few little traps like that. A citisou of Cuicsuollo ponsonsod Hiic.li a steed. Tliis oil iron wn i (lor man aud had a lutlrlip and a moetse iluctivn gentleness of voice. His name was Dippy, and I gladly tmika him historical. Ho sold luo tho Dluo Hut and gnvo mo a chance to study a now typo of uornn. Horr Dippy (Dutch Dippy) was not a anniiigtou Irving sort of uutcli man; ho conformed rather to thn mod cm Now York trndnnmnii. lie was small, oandid aud smooth, very smooth of speeoli. lia saiil: "Vee, tho pony in goutlo, lie can Imi rodo or packed, but you bittr lend him for a day or two till uo gets qnicU I did not seethe pony till tho morn lug we "hit tho loug trail" on the west side of the Frosor river, but mv siiio partner hail reported lilm to be n "nice little lony, round and fat and gentle." On that I rested. In tho meaiitimo Mr. Dippy joined us at tho forry. Ho held a horso by tne ropo ana waited around to llnisli tho trulo. I prosumed he intended to cross and deliror the pony, w hich was iu a corral on the went side, but he linpod out ahurriod excuse. "The ferry is not coming back today aud eo Well, I paid him tho money ou tho strength oi my sido partner's roportj benidos it was Hobnou's choice. Mr. Dippy took tho f 25 eaaorlv ntul vanished into obscurity. We pussod to tne wild side of tlio trasor and en tered upon a long aud intimate study oi mo LHiio itat, . He shucked out of tho log stable o smooth, round, lithe-bodied little coy use of a bluo-grny color. He looked like a child's toy, but seomed sturdy ami oi goou condition. His foretop was "buncod." and he had the air of a luischiovous, resolute boy. Uis eyes wero blir and black. and he studied ns with tranquil but inquiring gaze as we put the pack addle ou him. He wan vory small. "He's not large, but he's a contle little chap," said I to ease my partner of his dismay ovor the pony's surpris ing smollness. I believe he shrunk dnrins tho night," ropliod my partner. "He oemed two si son bigger yesterday." We packed him with a hundred Counds of our food. We put a small ag of oats on top aud laBhed it all on with rope, while the tiunr dozed peacefully. Onco or twice I thought I saw his ears cross; one laid back, the otnor set forward bad signs but it was done so quiokly I could not be sure of it. We packed the other horses whilst the blue pony stood resting one bind teg, Die eyes areanilag. 1 nnng the canvas cover over thn bay paVt horse some thing took place, I heard a bang, a clatter, a rattling of hoofs. I peered around the bay and saw the blue pony performing some of the most finished, vigorous and varied bucking it has ever been given me to witness. He all but threw somersets. He stood on his ears. Ho humped un his back till he looked like a lean cat on a grave yard icnoe. He stood on his toe calks aud spun liko a weather vane on livery stable and when the pack ex ploded and the saddle slipped Under mm ne Kicked It to piece by using both hind hoofs as geutly as a man would stroke hip benrd. After calming the other horses I faced my partner solemnly. u, Dy tne way. partner, where did you get that nice, quiet little blue pouy or yoursr Partner Broiled sheenishlv. "Tha little imp. Buffalo Bill ought to have that pouy,", "Well, now." said I. restraining mv laughter, "the thiug to do is to put that paifk on so it will stay. That pouy will try the same thiug again, sure." We packed him aeain with a-rent care. His big innocent black eyes shining nnder hm baug were a little more alert, but they showed neither fear nor rage. We roped him iu every conceivable way, and at last we dared him to do his prettiest. lie did it. All that had crona h. fore was merely preparatory, a blood- warming, so to say; the real thins now took place. He stood np on his hind logs and shot into the air, alight ing ou his four feet as if to pieroe the earth. He whirled like a howlinir dnr. visa, grunting, snorting, unseeing aud almost unseen in a nimbus of dust, (trap ends and pine needles. His whirling undid him. We sailed the rope and just as the paok again lid, wider his fact we set ahetfldar to OPTIMIST, I wish that pollshln' onr Ismp A annls would arouse Bo's I could sav, "Uo, sfavo, on' food Thorn plus an' milk the now." I'd make lilm wear the overalls An' face the mud sn grime, Dot this of earth aln t what it was In Onoo Upon a Tlina. tot history repeats Itself, My gran'dm says, sn' so I keep on hopln' an 1 watch The snaanna come an go That I may live to no 'mn hack Thn lrrnla In their prima. The wlr.nnls an them other folks Of ouue Upon a Tlmo. the ropo nnd threw him. Ho camo to i. in. .i . . . . .... runu wnii n mini, ins logs whirling uselessly in tho air. He resembled a beetle in iuoIiihsos. Wo sat upon his bond nnd dlensnod HUM. "He is a wonder," said my partnoi "He is a floml." r t.nniml We packed him ngniu with infinite pains, and when ho begun bucking wo throw him again and fried to kill Lim. Wo were gotting in Itiitnd. We throw him hard and drew his hind loirs UP to his honil until lm When he was permitted to rixa he looaou uiohk ami smull and tired, anil wo wore both a little remorseful. We rearrnngod the pack it wan soma en iMMtrngntumit to know ha had not bucked it entirely off and by blind folding him e gtt him started on the trail behind the train "I suppose that simplo-hcnrted jjiiuuiinan is looking at ns from across tho rivor," said I to partner, "but no mutter j wo aro victorious." Thin singular thing 1 notiomi in the liluo Hat, His eye did not roll nor his ears fall bock. Ho wan neither scared nor angry. Ho still looked like a roguish, determined boy. He was alert, watchful, but not vicious. Ho soomud not to take our stern meas ures ill bad uni t. 11a .n,..,l.l It n. . . i ' - ...... c fair contract, apparently, and consid- uiuu mm we uau won. xrue, lia bad lost both hair nml ulrln l. ,,..:,. inn. glod in theropo,but he laid up nothing iiKiuunt iib, ana as uo followed moek ly along behind, my partnor dared to say: "llo's all right now. I presume he has been rtintiiiiir out nil tvintar m..1 la n little wild. He's satisfied nnw. We'll have no more trouble w ith him." Every time I limkml I trifilf nf. 4)1ia poor, humbled littlo chnp, my heart iiiigiou wun pitynud remorse. "Wo Wore too rolloh." I Snlll. "Wn n.nut bo more pontic." Yes. he's nervous nml anni v Wn must bo careful not to n-ivo l lint a anil. don start." An hour later, an wn u-ma (r,,lnr down a stern nml nl itmnrv bill Ilia Hut saw his clianco. He pansod into nuuthor spasm, opnnlng and shutting liko nself-actiui! iack-kufa. Ill IMIltlll. ed into tho midst of the peaceful paek- nwrsea, scattering tiieiu to right and loft iu torror. He turned and came un thn hill in got auothor start. Pn turu ou a stumn. ami nil unmindful r.r it the Hat whirled and made a mighty nprmg. ne reacuod the end of the ropo Olid his haiidanritifr Iwama vaulting somorsanlt. Ho lav, unable to rme, spauing tne wind, breathing heavily. Such nunnviiiir AHnrirv f have uevor seen. We wero now mad, uiuuuy and very resolute. We held him down till he lay qnite still. Any well-oonxidmed. animal would have boon ground to bouedust by such wondrous acrobatio movements. He was skinned in one or two places, bis hnir was scraped from bis nose, his tnnirnu hind I. nt nil these wore mere scratches. Whan we repacked him be walked off compara tively unhurt. The two dttTS filllntvlno' tin along like a faithful dog. Every time I looked behind I could see the sturdy little chap trottiug along. His head hung low, and his actions were meek ud loyal. For a week ha Uiui. Partner becama attnnliAfl t bin and began once more to make ex cuses for him. "Ha will Tin v A r tnnlfA us trouble again," he said. itain came, transforming the trail iutO B Series Of hnttmnlaaa nit. .n.l greasy inolines and we were forced to ijr iu camp two ooys. iho Jllue Kat stuffud himself on nen.vi 11 A nnd liiitifil. gross, and on the third day "pitched" wiiu iiuuiiuiniBUea vigor. This settled his fate. I made nn mv ml ml tn aaII I.i Onoo I hiul determined upon his mo tives I could lint alT'iii'il him any more. He delayed us with u muming amies, and made ns the amusement of the outfits whl,.l. took aud pasHed us by reason of onr interesimg sessions wiUi the Blue Mat. He must so and I selected mv mn1. ohoser. He was a Missourian from Butte. He know all there was to be known about trails, horses, gold, poli tics, aud a few other things. He con sidered all the other tnon nn tha tn tl merely tenderfeet out for a picnic. t: i. . : i , . . . cBuu nine ne passed us ne Had some drawling? remark indicating hia prise that we should be still able to in r i . .. . 'iiiuve. mm x selected to Deoome tlie owner of the Bat. I laid for him. Whnn Iia 1in1 l.n his supper one night I sauntered care- lesslr over ta hia tant T 'A.lnA,l BuHim around" by talking of the weather, the A... 1 I . . . . ' trail, ana so ou, ana at last 1 said: . "We'd leave von toniuli t if it saran't for the blue colt. He delays us." lit! A. - now aor "O, he pitches." "Pitches, does ha?" TTa imlLJ "I'd miirhtv Boon taka that nnl nr kin. u a uaa iuu, - Ja v i 3 t.i "I stipnoee an experienced tnao Ilka you oould do It, but we are unused to those wild horses. I'd liko to sell him to some man who knows about such animals. He's a fine pony, strong as a lion, but he s a terrible bucker. never saw his equal." He smllbd again indulgently, "Let's take a look at him. The poiif had Ullnd his hay basket and looked s Innocent as a worsted kitten. "Nice little fell or. shoro thine" said the Missourian, ns he list ted the Kat. "lie s young and coIUhIi. What'll you lake for him?" "Now, see hero, stramror. I am a fair mail. I don't want to deceive any one. That pouy is a wonder. He can outhiick any horse wont of Hoi' kirk range." Tha old man's eves were vorv nil grnvntiug. "He lioeds an old hand. that's ull. Why, 1 cut! 1,1 shoulder the lltllo kid wbilHt he wan a pitehln' his blnmeiloHt. Whnt.'ll you tnke for him? "I'd throw off gfl, mid you take tho ropo; but, strsngor, ho s the worst" Ha refused tn liHtnii. He took tho pony. As thn Hut followed him off he looked so small, so slenpy, so round and gcntla you would have said, "Thero goes a man with a pony for inn lime giriH." Wo laid off a day at Tchinciit luko, We needed rest anyway, and it was surer to lot the man from llutte go on. I had mnde every provision aguinst emiipluint on the Minaouriaii'a port, but nt the sumo time one on n't bo too ouroftii. Them nro no returning fontntem on the long trail, bnt a few days labor I overtook tha man from Indiana, who hol been sne-nawlng backend forth on the trail, now ahead, now Ixiliiml. Ho had laid off a half dnv. lie approached mo with a onrhms look on hm face. "Htrnnger, whut kind of a boast did you put off on that feller from Jiutto?" "A mighty strong, onpnblo littlo iKH-sn. Why?" "Well, say, I was just a-pnsslng his oomp yoHterilay morning, when the thing look pla. I ulwuys was lucky nooni sucu. "What happenod'" qucrind I. "I don't wish any man's barn to burn, strangers, nor bis homo to take a fall ont on him, but when auything dons go on I like to see it You see, he had just drawed thelant knot on the pack and ns I came up ho said: 'How's this Iora$10ponyV I said, Trotty good. iio-ct yon got linn off of?' " 'A couple of tenderfoot,' ha says, 'who couldn't handle him. Why.ho'a geutlo as a dog; then he slaps tho pony on tha side. Tho littlo lloud lit out both hind feat and took the old man ou both knoos and knookod him down over a puck-saddle into the mud. Thou ho turned loose, that pony did, stranger. I have saw horsns buck a plenty, Mexican brooks, wild cayuses Iu aiontniia, nnd all kinds o' beauts in California, but I never seen the beats of that liluo pony. He shore was a buckor from llattia Crook. The Butte man lay there a groaiiln',his two knoos iu his lists, whilst a trail of flour an' boaus an' sacks an' rubber boots led up the hill, au' at tho far end of that trail 'bout thirty yards up the blumed caytise was a-feediu' like a April lamb." "What boppouod to him?" "Who?" "The pony." "Old Butte, ns soon as he could crawl a little, he says: 'fliinme my gun, I've been a-paekin' on the trails of the Hocky mountains for forty years and I never was done up before. Gimme that gun.' He sighted her, stranger, most vicious, aud pulled trigger. Theiiony gave one big jump and went a-roflin' and a-crashiu' into the gulch. "Von'll never kick again,' says the feller from Butte." I'oor little Blue Hat. He had gone to the mystic meadows where no pack saddle could follow him. Detroit Free Press. OUAINT AND CURIOUS. The strength of two horses eonali that of flfteon men. In Oosta Blca canary birds, bull finches and paroquets are special table dainties. It is said that an organized system of charity prevailed among the Kgyp- tiaus zouu years ii. u. Pet dogs in London. England, wear chamois shoes when in the house, to protect polished floors from scratches. Over a hundred persons disappear in London, England, every year with out leaving the slightest trace behind. The paper church at Bergen. Nor way, is made waterproof by a coating of quicklime, ourdled milk and white of egg. The ancient ctiHtora of putting a coin iu the hand cf the dead is still occa sionally followed in the rural districts of France. At tha beginning of a recent thnn. del storm, electrified drops were ob served that cracked faintyon reaching the ground and emitted sparks. While the wedding service is pro ceeding in Japan the bride kindles a torch and the bridegroom lights a fire from it and burns the wife's play things. A curious remedy for sleeplessness is used by the inhabitants of the 8a nioan islands. They confine a snake in a hollow bamboo and the hissing sound emitted by the reptile is said to quiokly induce slumber. Waalth From FUll. The development of the Irish mack erel fisher bus proved a boon to tha fisher folk of Cork aud Kerry. Forty thousaud barrels were cured last year, almost all of which came to America. This industry puts $500,000 a year into circulation among tha people of those two oountiaa. I CHILDREN'S ; COLUMN. ' Tan l.lttla Tin ftiilillnra. Tan little tin snlillnrn lav nil In S row, Htrotuhoil enton thn iinranrv fleer, lust whore the? onulil son with their sharp lltllo syos, ThrmiRh thn oraok that was under the diMir. Thnlr captain hod loft thorn nil llmra for tho nlxlit, Ami siilil, an he erupt Into hail, "If any one trloa tn fluinn Into tha room, Viiii niiint lira ami aliixit hi in stona dead." Thn hours wont by, nnd thn ton llttln Rims Worn almoil nt Ilia nni"k imnr tho floor, When allot a Stiililon thoi.arank atrotehed and grow And somnhody nponod thn door. flnng! bnnu! wont thn guns- thn soldiers all find. Hut iiubeily soemod to bn ilenits Inntnnd limy all henrd n soft kins In thn dark. "Ootid n lull t, dear!" a loving volao snlil. Then nil tho too soldlnrs shook badly with frlKht, Ami whlMnirnd low one to another: "llinv lucky It was that our guns worn so snmlll What If wo had klll"d Tommy's mother?" Youth' (yoiiiiiiiilou. Tlin tloarf 'a t.lfowork. The human heart is so quickly re spotinlvn to every touch of fooling in the mind that the jwoplo of ancient times thought that it was the abiding place of the soul, and all literature, both ancient and modern, contains tunny pontic rofcronccs to this Inter esting fu4lL Tho amount of work performed dnring the lifetime of a parson living to tho limit of human life prescribed by King liua-ld throe score and ten yunrs by this small but Jiowerfnl engine is almost incredible. It is six Inchon In length sud fonr In diameter, and beats ou the avorsga 70 times a minute, 4 'J 1)0 times an hour, 10(1,8(10 times A day and IKI,7!t2,000 in thn ootirso of a year, so that the heart, of a man 70 years old has beatuu 2,000, 000,000 times. A Hoy nfllin rbllliilnr. Chorion J!. Howard contributes to tha Ht. Nicholas a story of tho Philip pines nnder the title of "Juaiiito and Jufe. " Mr. Howard says: On an obcuro littlo island in tho Philippine group stands nn obscura littlo native village, and in this vil lage there stood, a few years ago, a certain hut, built, like the others, en tirely of bamboo, and thatched with dried nipa leaven. In this but there dwelt a choc(jnt vilored family, con sisting of Marii no I'ebisquer., bis wifo and a sturdy eieven-yonr-old boy, Jtunito by nnine. Old Mariano had lived an a boy in one of tho largo seaports, and there had loarnod to speak KpnuiHh fluently, and this language he bad taught Junnlto as he grew up, in hope that some day tha boy might become n ser vant or posnibly a clerk to one of the Hponish or English residents prefer ably the Irittor, as the Ingloses paid better wages than the Epunolos, sad were loan liable to throw boots and dinhen and thing". Mariano was a specias of ngricultnr int whenever he chose to exert him self, which was seldom. Ho owned a tiny bit (A land, on which stood a commodions hut and a faithful mango tree, but the pride of bis henrt wan his CAi nbao,or water buffalo, which tugged at the plow or rough cart on tho rare occasions whon Mariano took to farm ing. These caraboos are huge mouse colored beasts, amazingly hideous in nppearanoe, and very savage when wild; but thoy are docile as lambs whon once tamed. Moreover, their tremendous strength is of great ser vice, while their very slow gait in qnite in accord with the ideas of the Philip nine natives, aud perfoctly suits that laziest of races. This particular oarahao was called "Jefe," (which moans "chief"), be cause he was the largest and strongest in the village, and the Polasquez fam ily took the same amount of pride in him that an English family would have in a thoroughbred race horse. There fore the head of the household was greatly exeroisod in mind one morn ing to discover that Jefe had broken bis tether duriug the night and left for parts unknown. "Ob, thou ungrateful one," mut tered Mariano, "and I wire to plow to day. Jnauito!" he called. "&i padre," answored Jnanito, ap pearing in the doorway arrayed in a pair of short trousers, his customary costume. "Good boy, to answer in Spanish," said the father, smiling, and holding out his hand, which Juanito dutifully kissed, as all good little Filipinos are expected to do every morning, aud all bad ones must. "Bee," went on Ma riano, "that pig of a Jefe has broken bis rope, and gone probably to the river-bend. Get from thy mother some breakfast and seek him." .Jaanito looked thoughtful. "Per haps the crazy Euglishmen who ar rived yesterday have stolen him," he suggested. Two naturalists, who seemed Eng lish, had come to the village the even ing before and spent the night at the priest's honse. Juanito had seen them and had thonght of little else ever since. "Ingleses do not steal carabaos, thou monkey," answered Mariano. "These two particular lunatics seek only bugs and snakes. Thinkest thou that they oould put Jefe iu their pockets? Haste away, now, and come not back without him." Juanito secured two plump bananas from his mother and trudged away across the field towards the bend in the river. Carabaos at liberty for the time being always assembled there to ipk themselves up to tha eyes in the cool water, and to doze in comfort, defying their insect tormentKM, Juanito munched fait bananas ash went along in the -cool morning air. and soon was pushing his way through the bushes which skirted the river, following the path worn by the buf faloes In their pilgrimages. Coming out on the bsnk, he saw, apparently floating on the surface, about a dozen huge horned heads, which turned slowly and thnn fixed as many psirs of big, sleepy eyes on the coming boy. Juanito studied them carefully. "Ahnl" lm exclaitnnd at lant, "there thou art thou with the biggest hornil Come bore, Jefe." lint Jefo was too comfortable, ami wouldn't come; so Junnlto finally took off his trouners and waded in nntil ha could climb up on the great beast's back. "Now got np, big stupid," ha shouted, pounding the tnnshive head vlgoronaly with a small flat. Either the insult or thn thumps had the de sired flfl'nct, and, with many sighs anil gruntn Jefo scrambled laboriously to his foot (almost submerging his com panions iu tho waves created by tho process), and spliiHhnd shoreward, Juanito seciirod his trousers, anil mounting again, urged his ponderous steed along thn path. As they emerged from thn bushes Juanito caught sight of two figures ncross the field, dressed in white, with hiign siin-helmntn, ap parently examining something closely, "Holal" exclaimed Juanito, "the two Kuglinh lnnatics. Let us go and sen whnt they have found, Jefe." I may say here that nil the ignorant natives of the fur East, being unable to understand thoir ways, cai.ie to the conchiaioii long ago that tho English and American races were composed entirely of harmless lunatics. Jefo, having been at Inst persnaded. to turn his none in that direction, pro ceeded, one leg at a time, toward the) two white figures. Now there is a peculiarity nbout those ouralmos of which Juanito was Unaware, and (hat is that, although they can bo controlled and led by a six-yenr-oid native, if necessary, air tho Same time, in those parts of the Inland where a white man is a rarity the sight of one seems to drive the creatures frantic, and they will ofton attack with all the fierceness nnd fury of a wild bull a white person who baa not given them the slightent cause; and their attack is really the more dangerous to the victim, for a cara bao's horns are each as long and thick as a man's arm. A single enrabao ha been known to attack ami kill a full grown tiger. Consequently, Juanito was hardly prepared when, about half way across the Hold, Jefo raided bin head aloft, and begnu to utter stiango, nasal grnritn, pricking his great ears for ward, nml wan still less so when the hitherto placid beaut of burden quick ened his steps int'i a sort of sidle, and then broko into a lumbering elephan tine canter. "Hnya! quo tiene tn? (What hast thou? what is the matter)?" shonted tho amazed Juanito, striving to main tain bis balance, but Jefe's sides were still wet ami slippery, and is another moment Juanito tumbled inglorionsly off. He picked himself up, and gazed open-mouthed at Jefe, who, with his bend in the air, his back arched like a bow, and bis feet in a bnnch, waa going across tha field in a sort of hop ping, see-snw-like gallop. I do not know of any other beast whose move ments, when galloping, are like those of a carabao, unless it be a bear. Ho, combining this with Jefe's own individual bideousupsn, it is no wonder that the two naturalists, npon catching sight of what wan coming, dropped their specimens and fled at the top" of their speed toward the nearest tree. This, fortunately for them, belonged toaceitaiu species the branches of which grow very low, and are aa gnarled and irregular as those of any old apple-tree in New Englaiuafford ing equally good footholds for climb ing. So. when Juanito arrived breathless on tbo scene, the two Ingleses were) Jierched comfortably aloft, bombard ug Jefe with sticks and disagreeable) unman, while he, regardless of both of these weapons, batted the tree, and grnnted angrily. They threw down two stout belt mnde of leather and canvas, which Juanito picked np aud examined dubi ously. He understood better than the Englishmen the tremendous strength of a carabao's neck-muscles. Then a brilliant idea struck him. "I will fasten his legs together, senores," he said, "so he cannot run." Juauito took one of the belts, and, kneeling down, proceeded to fasten it around Jefe's bocks, which, in tha legs of a carabao, are very close to gether, buckling it as tight as he could. To secure his fore legs was mora difficult, because Jefe iusisted upon being affectionate, and pushed Juanito about with his huge black muzzle; but at last the second belt was made fast around bis knees, as tight as Juanito could pnll it. Juanito pulled a big handful of leaves, and thereby kept Jefe's atten tion distracte 1 while the Englishmen crawled gingerly ont on the longest branch, and swung down to tha ground as quiet as possible. Arab Maxima. Never tell all you know, for he who tells everything he knows often telle more tliau he knows. Never Attempt all yon can do, for he who attempts everything be can do often attempts more than he can do. Never believe all you may bear, for he who believes all that he hears often believes more than he hears. Never lay out all you can afford, for he who lays out everything he can afford often lays out more than h can afford. Never decide npon all yon may see, for be who decides upon all he may see often decides upon more than ha sea. Mexican Herald. I
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