A woman hits at Inst choked to death from putting hairpins In lief month, but probably all the other wo men will go right ahead with thesatna mad recklessness. A revolution has jnst taken place in Bolivia, by which tho Liboral party, which stands for internal improve ments and modern institutions, has come into power, and great strides to ward bettor things are uow looked for lu that country. Tho Kev. Dr. Combs, of Kansas City, Mo., in tho course of a sermon rnrcutly, protostod against tho giving of "foreign" names to our parks, ponds, buildings anil so on. "Wo are jdtogether too willowy in onr attitudes, national and civil," tho Doctor pro tests, "and tho sooner we get over il tho better Tho experimental and tho practical go hand iu hand in funning. Kvory true furmor must bo looking for sug gestion, constantly, and also with a tike persistence ho should be making trials. Indeed, if his mind is activo, be must do theso things. Thus he Htrongthens his foundation and makes it solid for every superstructure iu practice. One means of gaining happiness, contends a writer in tho Ladies' Hdnie Journal, is the art of laying aside in the evening all the work and duties of the day. Every person ought to have ' Homo simplo evening inversion as a rolaxtiou, even if it is ouly tho pleasure of haviug a good magazine to read aloud, or some topic of in terest to dismiss, or some simple pleasure to sharo with others. TUoro is a bright Chicago woman who says that "the Brooklyn School of Literature is dovoted exclusively to tho care of children, and domestio hygieue." That was intondod to bo cutting, but it is a compliuiont. Tho Chicago Hchool of Litorature is chiefly devoted to the psychology of what are kuown in tho South as "Suudown Wives." Surely bread without alum and children who got daily baths are the more agreeable, and probably tho more useful topio ol the two. A shepherd of the people, who is called tho Tie King of New England, has founded a sanitary pie, " made nndor sanitary conditions " and war ranted to be "perfectly digestible." Suoh a pio may win the favor of weak lings ami valetudinarians, but the born eater ot pio, the allotted bondsman of pio, will scarcely condesceud to tho lev el of perfectly digestible pie. Tho little touoh of donbt and danger is tho ro mantic charm of pio. The timid bouI may weigh out his diet and foci hit pulse when be consumes a crackor. The nature worthy of great pio il above such scruples. A pio of gouius is worth a twinge or two. From the pio founder the brave expect not safety but skill. It is true we are an inventive peo ple, and much of our success is due to this fact; though it is open to ques tion whether we have not profited equally by onr quickness to adopt the best inventions of others wherever they may originate, and carry them with a rash to their full development, observes the Soienti&o American. The locomotive, the possibilities of the stoam railroad, the bicycle, the Bess- .emer pi;qcs and all the heavy trades that have sprung from it, roceived their full exploitation in this country. We rarely undertake the manufacture of an article without making it first cheaper and then better than our com petitors; and tinlike them we enlarge : our facilities so as to keep well ahead ol the demands ot trade, being ready to sell from atook a locomotive or even a bridge, it the necessities ot the case demand it. , i - . 1 The ancient and picturesque town of Mayence, or Mainz, ou the Rhine, will be made exceptionally picturesque within a few months, beoanse of tbt gayeties and spectacles attendant on an exhibition designed to celebrate the 600th birthday of Qntonberg, a native ot that place, aud the inventor of printing in Europe. Printing, like powder, had been invented in China long before, but the relations between Europe and the Flowery Kingdom in those days were too slight even to bt atrained, and Gutenberg, Faust and their contemporaries are to be eredited with the creation of an art. At all events, books were not made for the , general reader in civilized oountriei until they had set the example. So in Jane there will be illurainatious, prooessions, deooratious and a Guteu berg museum will be founded. The exhibition will comprise a historical eection, a section devoted to graphlo arts, and machine section, to which all the world has been invited to con tribute. CIVS MB MY DREAMS. By A, t. Watorhonse, (live ms my dream. Atl else Is nniigtit At price o( pain auoftpss Is boimbtj We triiRRlfl upward but to full; The prlr-A ws irrasp but holds us tlirnllf The lips that nlionr ns through the yours ' Pome ilny smlln not for all our tnarsi We build a whlln we know not what, And then the tollnr Is (orRnt Olve me uir dreams, fllva m mv drnsms. A child am I Who stnnd In darkness but to slull IT nt II a linnd ilotli backward roll The Rrav.dntnp mists about my snuti And then oh, dreain ot druams lb rt clicsrst They ennin, the loved ot othor years, And voices whisper soft and low The lovlntf wwls o( Ioiiii aito llivs mo iny drenius. A Thrilling Adventure f With South T was during tho early win-1 tor of IH'.I that I had my first experience in limiting largo game in Africa. Al though I had boon a resi dent of South Africa for several years, my duties as mining engineer iu the em ploy of tho DoBoers Min ing Company had taken up all my time, with tho exception of a few "off" days spout iu the voldt country of tho Transvaal hunting African gazolle and their much largor cousins, oryx. While I bad managed ou ouo occasion to bring down two of the former diminutive creatures (but little larger thau an American jack-rabbiti, I was novor ablo to get within rillo shot ot the wary oryx. For a number of years a fooling of diacoutont had been manifest among the foreign or "Uitlander" population of the Dutch republic, causod by tho passage of obnoxious alien laws by the Boers. This fooling finally re sulted in a half-hearted insurrection, during which Dr. Jameson, of the British army, made his since famous raid into tbe Transvaal, which re sulted in tho death of some fifty Boors and twice that numbor of English soldiers. Although I had always had muoh sympathy for tho original set tlors of the Transvaal, my surround ings at the timo wore sucli that I was foroed to take part iu tho uprising, aud as a result was incarcerated iu tho grim, one-story prison at Johan nesburg for several days. When, through the iulluonco of frieuds, I was liberated, I at first thought of returning to the United States, but ns mining engineers wore then scarce in South Africa, the company at laBt in duced me to remain, agreeing to send mo out of the Transvaal at ouoe upon a prospeoting tour iuto the wilds of Central Africa. Makiug np a caravan of "kafila," ns it is oalled there, for the purpose of penotratiug tbo wildornoss, is liy no meaus a small undertaking, iirst and foremost iu importauco is tho soloctiou of computaut and faithful guides and attendants. I mauagad to got together a party of twenty. composed of two while mon (myself and an Euglishmau by the name of Wilson, who was to take direct churge of tho kafila), twolve Matabcles, five Kaffirs, aud an old Zulu, by namo linn Liba (which I soon shortoued into uan), who was suul to uo ro markably export in huutiug largo game. He was a striking fellow, several inches above six feet iu height, straight as au arrow, his chest, back aud limbs covered with bnuohes of musoles as hard as bono. He was a leopard-hunter by "profes sion," and for many Tears had made a business ot ridding the oountry of these troublesome pests We left Johannesburg in the lattor part of April, with instruction to pro ceed by rail to Port Lorenzo, where a small coasting steamer bad boon chartered to take us to the mouth of the Zambesi Rivet, Mozambique. We were to follow this stream inland for about three hundred miles, then move north to Lake Bnugweolo, latitude ten degrees teu minutes south, tlieuoo along the eastern border of the Congo Free State ton degrees, aud then cast to theooast, striking some of the many small trading-posts between Cape Delgado and Zauzibar, whence we could embark for home. In addition to our arms, we had six camels, twen ty donkeys, and twenty-six ponies, also one thousand five hundred pouuds ot "gee," one thousand five hundred pouuds of rico, a large assortment of cooking-pots, water-casks, and con densers, and several hundred small trinkets for presents. Iu due time we were aboard the steamer, and after a very rough journey of uearly a week's duration, were lauded "bag aud bog gage" upon the barren shores of Mo zambique, a mile north ot the Zam besi. This is indeed a most desolate country; the Zambesi and its flats a broad ribbon of silver and greeu, bor dered here and there by black oliQa split the desert from east to west. To the north and east as far as the eye can reaoh stretohes a waste of inesg laud; sand, oaotus, . sand, black rook, and more sand sand that dazzles tub eye like snow, with here and there a olusler ot palms aud jungle grass, which indioate where periodical springs rme out of the blistering earth to greot Mothor Zambesi, To the east is the ceaseless wash of the quiet sun, with its short reefs of gray ooral, shin ing white in the eternal sunshine, aud over all a dreary, deathitUe stillness, broken only when tbe deadly simoon sweeps the saud iu whirling chjiv from the north, buryiug ul IV Looking westward over tll waste of desert, one eould hi lieve that bat few hundred Olve me my dreams. Oil, little maM, With whom ol old t IniiKiied and played, They say the Ivy loves to creep Above the grave where now yon aleapt Thny say the robin's song no more (Inn wake ynu as It did ol yorn. Whnt mntlnr? mill In dreams you ereop Unto Div able a tryst tn krnp Olve me my dreams. Olve me my drsnms. All else Is droM, Hut still I count It IKI'c loss, Hor yet In droiuns Ilia bright stars burn An In the vmirs to which I turn: W.'ilte hands roaoli to mo tluough the mll; fly lli t loved my lips are klssul, nhd nil Wit's Drills urn lorn-iiKlow, As they worn mine, oh, long no tllru me my dreams. African Lions. away was a lend socond to nouo in point ot fertility. ()no evening iu tho latter part ol May we encamped upon the outskirts of a wadi of unusual size, pitching our tents near a largo spring, the water of which was as clear as crystal and vory cool. As it was already dark wheu we had finished supper, I omitted my usual evening stroll and prepared to retire at once, informing the men that we would romaiu over here for at least a day, the animals needing rent badly after their long pull through the sand. The camels had been driven iu aud made to lie down in a circlo, when they were secured bv the tying np cf a foreleg. Around the liro in? native uiou, their number increased; by two we had picked up belonging to a neighboring village, sat clieei fully eating their dates aud rice. The star light shone dimly ou the loug nocks aud misshapen backs of the camels. and showod family the solitary, white- clad figure of tho sentry, ns he stood at tho outskirts ot tho camp, crooning to himself a mournful Matnbulo song. Boon tho men had finished eating and were stretched at full length about the fire, tv hilo tho silence oi tho jungle crept over all a sileuce brokon fre quently by tho cry ot a jackal or the weird howl ot a- hyena. As I lay iu my tent I could look through the oponing and iina?iuo that nt times I saw tho dusky outlines ot hugo forms iu tho jungle, while froqneut growls ami in n 111 ml snorts and rours told mo that it was not all iinngiuatiou, I was rapidly passing into dream land whoo, following a period of in touse Bilenoe, came a fur away, deep, moaning sound. Whilo it was by uo means loud or startling, it brought me wide awake and sitting upright iu an instant, m nerves tiugling with ex citement. Although I had never heard the sound before, iustinct, or a kindred sonso, told me thnt it wan the roar of a lion. A souud of excited voices from tho camp showed that my men also had heard it, aud woro wide awake in consequence in a moment I could hoar them piling dry brush wood ou tho slumbering coals, Tho deep, rumbling roar was re peated at iutcrvals, apparently grow ing nearer, and dyius uway in the same uioauiug note. Then an appar ently interminable time elapsed a creepy silence, iu which tho men hud dled around the blazing campllre. Suddenly there was a souud of n brute's heavy gallop over the sund be tweou the jungle niid our camp, then a mighty roar, followed by a thud, as a donkey was felled, while his bray rang out piteously ou the night air. A slight noise of struggle, a few mure stifled brays aud tlion silence, broken a moment later by tho sound of a heavy body boiug dragged across tho sand. After tho first shock of excitement I graspod my rifle aud ran towards the men. Wheu the lion begau to drag the carcass of the donkey iuto the brush I moved instinctively towards the souud, at which the Zulu cried quickly: "KUabdurl sahib! bars khabi jauwar" (havecaro, sir, a very danger ous animal). Wheu I turned to up braid them oil for their cowardice they explained that the nntives who had recently joined ns had told them that this wadi was inhabited by a pair of dreaded mau-eating lions, which had kilted soma fifty natives in tbe past. As thore is nothing in the world that a native dreads so much as a man eating liou, or leopard (the latter are soarce, but really do exist), I curbed my anger, aud, resolving to square accouuts witu tlie marauder ou tbe morrow, if ho could bo fonud, re turusd to my tout, where I soon fell atleep again. Our Cook awokoned me at daylight the following morning, and after rub bing my eyes sleepily, I found the darkness aud the lion had faded away together, while the wadi was alive with the notes ot bird and wild fowl. After a hahty breakfast I at onoe filled my jaoket pockets with cartridges and ae oonipauied by Gan, the Zulu, started oat nponthe spoor of tho lion. When we had proceeded about a mile we came upon the half-eateu oaroass of the donkey, lying in a small tUioket. After boiuo careful reoonnoitering we ascertained that the lion was not there, and so continued on bis spoor over the thin growth of grass. As it bad rained lightly during the early raorn in.T, this was very difficult, and after following for a half mile we lost it altogether. There was nothing to do but return to camp, which we did re luctantly, trusting that fate would throw the game in our way before we left the wadi. Vith tbe oool of the evening came fsnal fe igto Ga llw, riial feeling of tesllessness, and an,-who was sitting apart the rest, olusnina his eiirht-bore. L. took mi thaauoor of the lion. following it leisurely until we reached the oarcasa ot the donkey. When we reaohed the spot we were delighted to discover that the lion had boen there ihortly before our arrival, his great tracks showing plainly in the toll-tale sand. We followed these in lint haste, and soon an excited exclamation from the Zulu told me that tho gamo was oloae at band. The spoor now led towards a dense thicket of wait-a-bit thorns, about two hundred yards in diameter, which we approached with extromo caution, "Lion there, sure, sahib," whis porod Gan in Zulu, adding that I should approach from the front, while he went around to tho rear, to inter cept him iu case bo tried to pass through. As I npproachod tho thicket, with tho hammer of my gun drawn, I eould at first sco nothing. I was about to rail to Gnu when I sud denly in n do out the backs of two largo, yellow animals In tlie grass, aud a moment later discovered that there were two cubs with them. They were evidently disturbed, but were gazing in tho diroction takou by Gan, apparently not liavin, uoticed me. A moment Inter a line lion sprang out into tho open, and seeing mo less than fifty paces away, gave a low growl and disappeared into tho thick brush. Tho other, a lioness, stood looking about, evidently reluctant to leave hor cubs. Khe was eyeing me closely, aud it required a great deal of effort to enable mo to scrape up enough courage to approach ncaror. As I did so, slio tnrtied aud ran about tan foet to a thick clump of grass, in which she crouched so low I could only ec her bead. A lion's yellow eyes are singularly impressivo, especially if yon happen to bo watching them somethirty yards distant, with nothing but the open, lorel ground between. They incline one to a great deal of discretion, aud it was with extreme caution that I slowly approached her, hor eyes fol lowing my every movomcnt anil wntch- itiir intently on my part for tho first sign of a coming charge. Whon I had reached a point about fifteen yards from her 1 concluded that I had bet ter open hostilities, and taking n vory caroful aim nt her head, between tho eye and the car, I pressed tho trigger. With a furious roar she sprang into the air aud seemed to fly back through her lair. I quickly threw in another carlridgo and fired just as sho disap peared into the bushes, and an iustant later I heard the roar of Gau's ele phant gnu, followed by tho snarling of a liou. I quickly ran around the thickot, and nn'ived iu sight of him just as ho was iu tho act of discharg ing bis second barrel into the vory month of the lion, which was charging straight for him. As ho fired ho quickly juiupod to ouo side, while the lion turned acomploto somersault, but regainod its foot iu an instant and stood wavering, evidently too sick to attempt another churgo, but growling horribly. I was about to fire at him wheu he foil over ou his sido, and as wo npproachod nearer we could sco that he wus in his last gasps, and be yond tho possibility of doing harm. A few couvulsive struggles, a last at tempt to gain his feet, aud ho was dead. . After lunkiuir sure that the lion was done . for, wo retraced our stops to tho r side of the thicket, cautiously ' othc approaching the placo where I had 11 .. n . - seen the linuesi. disappear. 0 had not proccedou fur when we came upou her, stretched under a thicket and hrcuthiug her life out, so uearly done I. ,i... .... ... .....i i : .. , .. or that slio was uuablo to rise at our approach. I gave her a shot in the head, aud sho settled back with a shiver and luy still. For a mmueut I stood, lost iu admiration nf her grace ful proportions, with the mighty mus cles beneath her glossy skin, when my attention was uttracted to Gun, who was trying to capture the cubs. Although they were very young, not much larger than kittens in fact, thoro was much infantile growling aud bit ing aud soratohing before be was ablo to make thorn prisoners. AVhcn he had finally bundled one nnder each arm we started for camp, as it was fast geltiug dark. We mot several of my moil on the road back, whom I sent ou to Bkin the lions, and arriv ing at camp we faslenol tho lion whelps to the ccutrc-polo of my tent, inteudiug to keep them as souvenirs of my trip; aud very interesting they proved tim ing the remainder ot our loug journey. Field and Stream. 'Iu Amid Error. Wheu Mr. Johusou cuiuo into the dining-room ahead ot his wife aud pulled the chair out for her, Mrs, Greeu turned to her husband aud re marked in a funny tone ot voice: "ThoiuAH, did you aue that? How attentive Mr, Johnson is. So thought ful. Always takes out the chair for hts wife, aud sees tint she is comfort oblo." But Greeu wasn't out np a bit by the suggestion of sarcasm, the why-dou't-you-do-the-samo-note iu his wife's tones. All he said was: "It's a habit with Johusou. He can't help it." "Why can't he?" asked Mrs. Greeu. "He used to be a bead waiter." Detroit Free Press. Tim Centr at Population. "Census experts estimate,"' says the Chicago Post, "that the centre of population will be fouud next year to be in Indiana, alose to the Illinois line, at a point not far removed from the town of Viuoennes. The last cen sus showed the population centre to be between Columbus, Ind., and Cin cinnati. The increase iu the popula tion iu Georgia, Texas, the Indian Territory, Oklahoma, New Mexico aud Arizona during tho last ten years baa been auflioient, it is thought, to offset any inorease in tho Northwest and to possibly pull the centre somewhat to tho south ot the 1HU0 parallel. The wealth oentre ia thought to be in the neighborhood of Sandusky, Ohio." THE WAR CORRESPONDENT. J Aa ApnerTOlml Kplanrte of the tlnerftrlt lull Mtruiale Reported by Pmib. Haiti" said Colonel Bir Grahams G'holmondeley-Carew, of the liumbny Fusileors, in a commanding tone. There was no need tn speak so Im periously. The troops were tired toiling up tho side ot the inoti'itnin, anil they would have boon clad to halt at any time within Mie past two hours. Jlut Colonel Hir Grabamo Cholmondu- ley-Carew was accustomed to com- ' niitiin, nun ne ns'i acquired me uami of talking like that. I think, he said to Miiior Kit I Angus MacLnrcn Murgatroyd-Mnc-Lcod, "it will be wise to send for ward a roconnoitering party. Tbo Boers may have taken up a position at the base nt tho mountain and I should profcr to have them try their infernal marksmanship ou a recoil uoitering pnrty." Jnst so, said the Major; "it is well, in this blareted .country, dimiii ye Icon, to find out what ye'rn up against. Yo'll pardou the expression, Colonel I picked it tip from the cor respondent of the New York JJaily Hustler." "I have beard nf the aw gentle man," said the Colonel, "but 1 have n't mot him." But just then a wild eyed man clamborod rapidly up the side ot tho mountain. "What the mischief doos this mean?" ho said to the Col-.-nel. "Why stand paltering here when .the foe is before us?" The Colonel regarded hira with a hauteur that is seldom found outside of novels designed for boarding school consumption. "Who iu thunder are you?" Le in quired. The wild-eyed man returned the hnntcur on the spot, with sixty per cent, intorest. "I'm the correspondent of the New York Hustler," said he. The Colonel, being an old Indian campaigner, tlnln t lose hie nerve, though it was plainly not in the same class with that of the correspondent. "I must humor this maniac," he said to himself. Then, speaking to tho correspond ent, he said: "My friend, am I to un derstand that you are running thia campaign?" "Sure!" said the correspondent. "That's what the editor sent me here for. The situation is jnst this. I cabled my people, yesterday, that we were on tho eve of n big battle. I've got New York excited. The people are standing this minute in crowds, in trout of the bnlletin boards, waiting for nows. I feci it iu my bones that Extra No. 11 is going to press. And yon bait your regiment and dare to disappoint the readers of the Daily Hnstlerl" "But," romonstrated the Colonel, "you don't want me to lead ray men to possible slaughter. I want to reeon- I noiter before we attack. I take it yon are not anxious to bn shot." I "That's where you're wrong," said j tlie wild-eyed man. "I nearly lost I my job for going throngh the Spanish I war without getting shot. Y'ou ought I to hear the roasting I got. I tried to I explain to the editor that it was the I , I. .1. LJ 1 1 . 1. L I. I ,1 (1 ' " " op". wuu.uu , lieij to me. 'A war correspondent, Knnl 1m aul.mil.l liA 11 hinn if fins Alul if . ' ,, , . ' .. hA wfA 1-j.nllv iiliwiiiirnna Avpn t tin 0 . ... .f . . ' ..... . Dpaiuai uif output iu dh ftiim 10 uiluiiu. Didn't the Liiiily Shouter man get slict? When bullets are flying the u i If. ........ I. It. ..I 11. ,l,...i. ' mmiit-r VAiieuii. in. Burnt. i u nun i .... 1 , , . . uiniKt tin a Rcrioua wuuuu a liesu I wound will do but remember that we pay yon to be ubiquitous.'" I "Well," said the Colonel, "suppose you go with the reconuoitermg party Keeounoiteriug party, beblowed!" said the correspondent. "What I , wiiut is a battle." "In duo time," said the Colonel, soothingly, "but not uutil after we reoonnoitor." 1 "Yon persist in this infernal ob stinacy? Y'ou decline to advance without fnrther delay?" i "I do," said the Colonel. "Then listen, Sir Grahame CI ol-mondeley-Carew! I shall denounce you to the Americau public as an in- competent aristocratic British ass!" The Colonel shuddered, but, by a great effort, he regained his cou.po sure, and adjusted his monocle. "Kemove this person," he said to Tommy Atkins. And Tommy Atkins advanced his not to reason why, his I not to make reply and boro the struggling correspondent to the rear, aud deposited him on a rock amonu the ammunition wagons, and stood guard over him to see that he didn't blow up anything. Puck. H iinifira or lli TrwnnvitHl. j From South Africa comes this story ot a clatsio bou mot ou tte part ot a , British gunuer, apparently marked , for doom. It happened during Gen eral White's luckless sortie Iroui Ladysinitb, when the British battery i mules ou the left llauk we" siam puded. The captain of oue ot the batteries, seeing his first sergeant flying . y viit' the first gnu, shouted angrily: "Hi, sir! where are you gom?" To which the gunner citrlly replied: I "Hanged it I knot Ak tho mules." Collier's Weokly. OrasalioptMiM Kill IJnjr IllnU. lbomaa Warreu who lives uear Wil mington, N. C, the other day saw a amall bird, knowu as the topknot, fightiug a grasshopper. The insect was picked np and the bird was about to fly away with its pr.y when the grasshopper, by a quick movement ot ill legs, so ohoked the bird that it fell to the ground. The bird had been killed wheu Warren took it from the alutohes of the luaect. While stand ing there a number of birda encoun tered a swarm of grasshoppers, and in ' the tight which followed tuuteeu birds were choked to death. JUDAS THE BETRAYER. The Dsrny Htr nf the f!hlro fllaeM Tanli and Ills Work, One of the sights of the great cattle yards nf Chicago is an old white1 ox named Judas. An ox may rise to ominenoe by bis ennning and wisdom ns well as a man, and Judas has risen. Ho came to the yards a good many years ago, while lie was yet a frisky steer and he was immediately pur chased by one of the great packing houses nml driven from the train whioh brought him from bis Iowa l borne to a distant vard. Tho life of most animals' at tbe rattle yards is very short a week at tho very most. A few days after tbe arrival of Jndas the herd of cattle which occupied the pen with him was selected for killing. The way to the packing house led down a long alley way with high fences on each side, i then up a narrow chute and into the building. For some reason the oattle seem to know what is coming, for they always object to being driven np tho chute. Judas was no exception. He plunged madly about among the herd and the cattlemen had more trouble with him than with any other ICDAS IX ACTION. animal. At last, however, be seemed to realize that sooner or later he must go, and he made a virtue of a neces sity, trotted quietly up the chnte and the other cattle followed rapidly after him. Thus he ran nntil be had jnst reached the door of tbe packing bouse. Then, qnick as a wink, be turned and galloped down a aide passage and escaped, while the other cattle went onward into the building. Judas bad been so very clever that -the good-natured cattlemen let him go for that day, for genius is to be ap preciated in a steer as well as in a man. The next day, however, they drove him up again with another herd. This time he made not the slightest objection, bnt trotted for ward qniotly, and the other steers,, having a confident leader, behaved admirably. Bnt just as Judas reached tbo door of the building he dodged again, so snddenly that the men couldn't turn him, and escaped, as he had done before, while the herd be hind him went careering into the kill ing room. Since then Judas has been a regular employe of the cattle yards. Every day he leads np a herd of cattle and every day he dodges just at the door of the building. He has saved tbe cattlemen no end of trouble and delay with riotous herds since be began his sorvice. Ho has grown fat and sleek on the good living ot the yards, and so highly are his services regarded that the cattlemen provido him with a while blanket on cold days to keep him comfortable. And thns he is living to a green old age, but be bears the disrespect ful name of Judas the betrayer. Ilncra' Monument Af Indpnlne. The sturdy Dutchmen of the Trans vaal have erected in the environs of Johannesburg this pillar of stone and dedicated it as the fetich of their free u life. If the British army succeeds in reaching Johannesburg the first thing, they will do will be to demolish this' monument, for tho effect on the snpor-' stitious Boers will be as bad as the loss ot an important battle in the open field. PILLAR OF FREEDOM AT JOHANNESBURG In the Transvaal a superstition ex ists that the libertiea of the people are assured as long as thia pillar ot atone endures. It may be that the British will regard it aa a wise act to commit an act of vandalism, jnst as they were forced to become barbarous in India and blow Sepoys from the., guns to destroy their caste. . v Pari Preparing for the Influx. The omnibus company of Paris, on tbe occasion of the Exposition, will bave ninety-two lines aud 1500 ve hicles, performing 25,000 jourueys a day, aud capable of transporting 1, 082,000 passengers. Overworked There. The only place where a tramp was ever known to be overworked is in the funuy papers. St. Louis Beunb lio. There are 4200 species ot pianta 1 uaed for commercial purposes. " Of thtse, 420 are used fur perfume. i:-TaUj.fl H- T -JK? I 1 1, to y
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