. BLUE 8KY
"tt4 sorrow! Cur will kilt scat,
And therefore let's ha mrry."
Though late inny aplll soma milk, there
t. i!. L.. i tu. Anu.
II Ion more In the dairy.
Hut grnntln Hint there wore do more,
Why growl about our lot or
I'eel tore dlMre.fod, ulnoe milk at bent
la mora than four-DUba water.
Nixon
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53
THE CAPTAIN.
The Story of iho Ten Thousand Dollars Bequeathed by Ramo
Luis Sanchez, of Santiago de Cuba, to the Poor of Hit City.
By ALLEN TRENCH.
The tuen lay and watched the
thickets across the clearing. Tlie
pray Laired captain walked up and
down, tip and limvn, behind the line
In khaki.
Of all tho men there ho wag the
only oue that knew war. Ho had seen
Gettysburg. And yet he was the moat
nervous. His officers, alert and young,
came and rpoke to him easily. The
men hoped for .the sound of Bhootlng.
lie alone feared the attack, and waited
Impatiently the order to withdraw.
"The extreme advance pout," he
muttered, "with unseasoned men! Not
regular to support us. If I had my
old compaiy, I shouldn't care, but if
these boys break and run my reputa
tion goes, and every chance of promo
tion." Promotion! At fifty-five he was still
a captain, transferred, by a grim
chance, without change of rank, to
nurse volunteers in Cuba, He knew his
physical defects; he felt that he was
wearing out In the climate. Bun was
always hard on him, ever since his
sunstroke in the lava beds. If ho was
forced out of service his half pay
would not maintain his family all
girls. To become major before he was
mustered out, that would be salva
tion! He stopped by a figure that squatted
tn the grass behind the line of soldiers.
"That's right," said the man. "I
wanted to speak with you."
The big American looked down at
the shriveled Cuban. "You fallowed
on your own risk, you know."
"I know." The little man's face
glowed. "I risk. At last I am to strike
for my country. There will be shoot
ing soon. Oh, how I feel! And you
Americans I honor you!"
"Thats all right, said the captain.
"Dont bothor about us."
"See, you, captain," 6ald the Cuban.
He drew a wallet from his breast and
opened It carefully.
The captain saw crisp greenbacks.
"Put It up, man," he said.
"But look," said the Cuban. "They
are American money thousand dollar
bills. Ten. Do you sec? My whole for
tune. Spain has taken the rest."
"I see," said tho ccptatn, astonished.
"You spoue of risk," said he Cuban.
"But you risk your lives for us. I risk
mine, too. If I die you lake this
money. Sec?"
"Yes," said the captnln.
'"The money is for the poor of San
tiago, my city, which wo all besiege.
It is to reconstruct you understand?
A legacy from me. Tho money, you
take it If I die. You see that it is
properly used. No one else knows.
Understand?"
"I understand."
"You are an American. I don't ask
you to promise. Ah, look out!"
A dry cracking began in tho thick
ets under the trees across tho clear
ing. One would have said that men
were breaking branches for fuel. But
looking closely, flashes were viHiblo in
the shadow. Bullets began to cut the
leaves about the captain's head.
The Cuban twitched his trousers.
"Lie down," he said. - "Foolish to
stand. Lie down."
The captain shook his head. The
men were looking at him; he could
not afford to betray nervousness. The
lieutenants came for orders. "Shall we
Are?" Not yet. The captain studied
the woods in front, and searched them
with his glasses. His worries van
ished as ho called into play his mili
tary faculties. Ho noted the increas
ing fire, as from a gathering Irregular
force. Then blB orders came clear and
cool. He spread out his line, to give
the impression of greater numbers,
and gave the word to return the fire.
The Cuban was the first to tshi.ot. In
bis excitement his gun spoke often. He
looked at the captain with shining
face. "This is glorious!" he cried. "I
fight for my country."
The fire became hotter. The oppos
ing force grew ever larger; the re
sponse of the Americans Eeemed fee
ble. The captain knew that hi3
strength would be revealed. He feared
to be outflanked. But of the courage
of his men he soon had no doubt They
fought well. And the Cuban whenever
the captain came within sound of his
voice, called: "This is glorious!"
In the half hour that followed, the
volunteers learned to know themsel
ves and to know their captain. They
bad been proud of him before; now
they loved him. A sudden attack,
made by men slipping forward under
cover of the grass he taught them' to
repulse. That pleased end elated them.
And yet at the end it might have gone
' bard, for the Spaniards were begin
ning to creep around the flanks; but
an aids cams burning through the
wood a
"All right!" he cried. "We've done
what we came for. Fall back to the
main body."
The captain drew bis men back skil
fully. Tbs Spaniards pressed so close
that tbs company turned often to
drive oS tie pursuit. Tbs men obeyed
BALLAD.
Th true philosopher It on
Who wnstoa no lime In fruiting
or aoma fine peach beyond hte reaoh,
liut lne ,ruU he' no"1"
, ,, . . . .ti,.
Bo b" wl" 'n ou' , "nlr. .
'. c'evetly 1kiiIIIiii
Duma Fortune's frown, no np and down
This good old world a-atmlloK.
Waterman, In Woman's Uoma Companion.
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every slgnnl of their veteran leader;
they relied on him.
The Cuban followed the surges back
and forth, calling to each acquaint
ance: "This Is glorious!" but at last
he came running to his friend.
"See,' he cried. There was a red
blotch over his heart. He staggered
and fell. "I die for my country!" There
was half admiration, half contempt, in
the captain's heart for the dramatic
southern nature. He seized the slen
uer body and bore it aong. Still direct
ing cleverly, eveu brilliantly,, be fin
ished the running light with every
man of his company safe within the
lines of his brigade.
But tho Cuban was dead. That night
the captain stood by his grave. And
from that time he carried about witn
him and ever Increasing weight. There
was a load on his breast, and in his
mind ran ever a formula: "Five per
cent on ten thousand dollars Is Ave
i.ttmlred dollars a year. Five hundred
dollars will pay rent at home and a
servant's wages. Five percent on ten
thousand dollars Is Ave hundred dol
lars a year. Five hundred dollars will
pay rent" Oh, heavens! To pet rid
of tho Idea anything! He attended his
duty rigidly, spared himself no work.
Hut always tho idea forced its return.
He even woke himself In the night
with the words: "FIvo percent on ten
thousand dollars is five hundred dol
lars a year."
"Tom," said his colonel, "what's up?
You're not right In your mind."
"Oh," said the captain, "It's noth
ing. It's just business. Home af
fairs." The colonel looked sober. "Home
affairs, old lad, have no place for us
Just now. Haven't we enough to do
as It is? What's up? Are the girls sick?
Isn't Mary well."
"They're all right," said the captain.
"Their letters are very cheerful. But I
can't help thinking, you know, what
If I"
.
"Yes," said bis classmate, looking
him In the eye. "I know the old sun
stroke, this cursed climate, and all the
rest. Look here, Tom Strong, may I
say a straight word to you?"
"Of course."
"Well, If you mean to stand the cli
mate, quit worrying. Oct Mary and
tho girls off your mind, look cheerful,
and keep yourself In good spirits. Tho
climate won't brean you down as fast
ns you aro breaking yourself. Slnco
that llttlo skirmish Iho other day,
when you o.d so well, you've gono
about mcplng. See here, that Cuban
that was killed was fond of you. c
lfcn't the loss of him that weighs on
you?"
"He? Oh no! Ha, ha! Oh, no!"
"Well, go easy now, old fellow. CIve
yourself a rest."
Tho colonel went away. Within
threo minutes the captain, left alone,
was saying to himself: "Five percent
on ten thousand dollars " He went
out to the trencho3, and for the vici
ous pleasure in it tried bis band at
sharpshootlng.
Those weary days before Santiago
were terrible to him. The news of the
naval victory scarcely made him smile,
"Five percent on ten thousand dollars
" And In what should be invest the
money? "For Heaven's sake, Tom,"
cried his colonel, "the whole Spanish
fleet wiped out, and yet you say never
a word!"
"If only," thought the captain,
"there could be another skirmish, and
I could get killed. The monoy would
be found on me; no one would know
whence It came. It would go to Mary
and the girls."
But he was In no more skirmishes.
Tho city surrendered. The captain was
among the troops that took possession
In a day he saw enough of Santiago's
poor to realize what might bo done
wltk the money in his pocket. "Real
ly," said his colonel to himself, "Tom
is growing terribly haggard. Come, old
man,' he said, "we've off duty. Let's
stroll about the place."
They stood before the city hall, and
heard the words of oue of the generals,
speaking with the Cuban Mayor. "We
will do what we can. But we need
money, much money, Immediately.1
"Alas," said the Mayor, "we have
little. There will be much misery.'
The captain stepped forward, sa
luted with ashy face, and found him
self extending a packet to the general
"Here," he was saying hoarsely
"here. The general took It. It was too
late for the captain to take it bock.
'Ten thousand dollars," said the
general In surprise. "What is this
for?"
"It Is for the city. From Ramon
Luis Sanchez."
"Ramon Luis Sanchez!" exclaims
the Mayor. "One of our exiles!"
"He is dead," said the captain,
"His name shall be placed on I
tablet of bronze," cried tbs Maya
"And yours, too, my friend."
, "Never mlud me," said the capta'i
He saluted aad turned sway. Tao coi
6net ' followed and ' caughi bis arm,
"Tom"
The captain shuddered. "That la
over, t havs been a coward!"
'Colonel," said the general from be
hind, "I must speak with you." The
captain went to bis quarters alone.
It Beemed hours before the colonel
entered. "Tom," be cried, "I under
stand." He held out bis band.
The captain refused it "l'v bcoa
a coward."
Come," said the colonel, "do you
suppose I would have been any better,
or as good? Don't I know tho fear of
starvation half pay? Even as colonel
I've been no better off than you as
captain. My family is larger than
yours."
"I know," said the captain.
"But thank heaven," cried his com
rade, "It's all right now, if I'm reared
to-morrow! Congratulate me, Tom I
The general gave me the news this
afternoon. I'm advanced. I am appoint
ed a brigadier.'
"I can't congratulate. I'm Jealous.
Another month of this climate, and
I'll go under. Half the regiment is
sick, with me."
'Hut you're to take my place aa
colonel, and we're ordered northI"-
New York Dally News.
RATS IN ABUNDANCE.
Driving Them Off From a Govern
ment Transport.
When the United States military
transport Sherman arrived at Manila
recently she was, as Is the rase of
most other ships that arrive from or
touch at Hong Kong on the way to
Manila, detained for Inspection to see
if she had any rats on board. When
the big transport dropped anchor in
Manila bay therefore the official rat
Inspector went en board to see what
was doing In tho way of rodents. If
the "Manila American" is to be be
lieved, In less than 15 minutes he hur
riedly left tho ship, and, going ashore,
reported that there was on board the
Sherman, according to the patent rat
enumerator In use at Manila, no fewor
than 850.000 rats.
The Sherman was immediately or
dered to the quarantine station at
Marlveles, as no ship on which the
disease-carrying rodents are found Is
allowed to dock at Manila until they
are exterminated. Accordingly the
Sherman steamed back to Marlveles.
When she arrived there her batches
had been opened up and enough sul
phur carried below to kill millions of
rats. Ab soon as the anchor was
dropped the sulphur lires were started
In the hold, and in a few minutes the
work if the fumes became apparent.
Out of the hatches there poured
such a stream of rats as was never
before seen In the Orient. First by
the hundreds, and then by the thou
sands, thov nnneared at the hatches.
and then leapV'd into the water. Every
one tried to swim ashore, but tbe dis
tance was for too great for any rat to
swim, and soon the great black line of
paddling rodents began to thin out.
Some of them reached a point about
3K) yards off the ship, but none got
any further. After the fumes had boon
working for about an hour tho rats
stopped appealing. An inspection of
the ship was made, and not a rat dis
covered. Tho Sherman then re-entered
Manila and discharged her car
go. New Ycrk Times.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Sunday Island, In the Pacific, Is real
ly the tallest mountain in the world.
It rises 2000 feet out of five miles of
water, and Is thus nearly 30,000 feet
from baseo summit.
A painstaking meteorologist has suc
ceeded In measuring the dimensions
of rain drops. The largest, be states,
are one-sixth of an inch In diameter,
and tho smallest one five-hundredth.
Greencastlo, Ind., reports a whlto
robin seen there recently. The bird
was almost pure white in color, but In
form was exactly like a robin. It
mated with an ordinary member of tho
family.
There is no truth in the statement
that the Arab when in want of water
kills his camel for tbe supply contained
In Its stomach. The accounts of eamelr
going many days without water are
greatly exaggerated. They may go
three dayB, but not without suffering,
Tbe pelican does not feed her young
from her own blood as is popularly
supposed, but brings the food, which is
always a fish, out of a pouch. To
place it in the mouth of her young she
presses the scarlet bill to her breast,
and against the white feathers it looks
like a blcod spot.
At least seven-tenths of the popula
tion of the globe never cat fish meat,
In India, China, Japan and adjacent
countries there are about 400,000,000
people strong, active, healthy, long-
lived who eat no flesh meat. In Eu
rope are the peasants of Russia, the
Corslcan farmers, tbe Scotch high-
lender! and other vegetarian peoples,
well developed physically and capable
of great endurance.
Tbe story is erroneous that tbe bat
of hot climates fans a sleeping person
into a deeper sleep and applies its
needle-pointed teeth into the toe, suck
ing tbe blood and disgorging the
amount taken, filling and refilling it
self until the patient expires. Neither
is It true that bats are covered with
(bedbugs, nor that they will dive into
the hair of bushy topped Individuals
' There Is a common notion that bats
cannot rise eaully from a level sur-
. face but must find some eminence
, "Sam which to throw themselves. Any
oue will be convinced of tbe fallacy of
i Ciia wbo puts a bat upon tbe floor.
Old Reliable Varieties.
Do not abandon the old reliable va
rieties. Try all the novelties that aro
brought out, for some of them may
be excellent, but do not venture on
them until entirely satisfied that new
varieties are adapted to all soils, cli
mates and conditions.
Ventilation Needed for Fowls.
It seniB to me that the chicken busi
ness Is getting demoralized Instead
of revolutionized. Instead of the big,
long and wide sod houses, straw houses
or log houses, poultry keepers must
have thin wnll houses made tight as
a dntm, with the notion that it is
the right way to keep out cold. If
they don't open up their poultry
houses, let in some air and tear down
the fences around the prisons, in a
few more years tho constitution of
the great American hen will be broken
down so that roup will bo a tame
thing alongside of hen tuberculosis
and a dozen more constitutional com
plaints. J. Hefner, in Orange Judd
Farmer.
Notes en Pig Feeding,
rigs should be well, but not overfed.
A good bacon pig of 12 stone ought
to be produced In seven months from
Its birth. It should not be crammed,
neither should it be half-starved, but
fed steadily and regularly. Pigs fed
steadily and regularly will give the
most satisfactory results to the feeder
when weighed In the factories. A bog
which has been half-starved at any
period of his life, even though well
fed afterwards, will not do so. Feed
three times a day at fixed hours; never
leave food In the troughs after tho
pigs have finished. The flesh of tho
pigs is soft and flabby if fed on brew
cry or distillery waste or on turnips
or beets, and In comparison to their
size their weight in the scale is mis
erable. They may deceive the buyer
who buys by "guess," but they will not
deceive tho scale-weight.
Chickens and Orchsrds.
As all fruit growers agree that the
young orchard must be cultivated dur
ing the summer, some put the soil into
vegetables which Is not objectionablo
If they do not draw too heavily on tho
soil fertility; one good way of turn
ing this work to profit Is to permit the
young chicks to use this orchard as a
run. There will be sufficient growth
of the troes to provide shade for tho
chicks, and if light cultivation of tho
soil is done the chicks will pick up
many Insects. It is a good plan to
do some of the grain feeding for the
chicks In this orchard, scattering a
small quantity of grain over consid
erable space, Immediately after cul
tivating, so that the birds will need
to do more or less scratching to get
the grain. Havo some plan of supply
ing water near the orchard, or In it,
and the Chicks will grow wonderful
ly fat while tho orchard will In no
way be injured by the chicks being
there. Indianapolis News.
Co-Operatlvs Egg Selling.
At the present day there are in tho
province of Hanover, Germany, 93
co-operative societies for the sale of
eggs, of which 36 are connected with
poultry-breeding societies, 12 with co
operative dairy societies, 10 with
agricultural societies and two with
societies for the purchase and sale of
agricultural produce, 35 being inde
pendent of other organization. The eggs
are mostly sold to wholesale, dealers.
The sale of eggs by mall to private per
sons has not answered expectations,
the quantities so sent, added to those
sold to private Individuals on tbe spot,
being scarcely five per cent of total
sales. So far, only a few societies bave
been in a position to sell eggs by
weight; nevertheless, nearly all buy
In that manner, a least weight being
fixed as a guarantee against under
sized eggs. This manner of selling
has, nevertheless, been adopted by
other German towns with the best re
sults. For packing the eggs, wooden
boxes, with cardboard apartments,
are used. The result of this co-operative
method has been to increase the
price received by producers of eggs.
Speak Softly.
It Is a mistaken idea that some
drivers appear to entertain that tho
horse is deaf. They must think so by
the way they address him. It is not
uncomon to hear a driver speak to
bis horse in a voice resembling a fog
born. Especially Is this noticeable on
the part of teamsters and plowmen,
There are men that will sit In a wagon
and yell at a horse as If the animal
was on the far side of a 10-acre lot.
There is not the slightest use In bois
terous vociferation when addressing
the horse. As a matter of fact, the
horse is very acute of bearing much
more so than man or even the dog.
Tbe trainers of circus horses know
better than to yell their commands.
They know that it is a useless waste
of words and physical energy. They
speak to the horse In ordinary tones.
Usually the horse in the ring however,
dooj not obey the word of mouth, but
tbe motion of the whip. But suppose
the ringmaster in a towering passion
should yell and swear at the horse,
Need any one be told there would be
Do performance; that the horse would
lose bis bead like the man? In many
places la this country horses are
driven to tho plow without reins.
They are guided eutirely by the word,
The horse understands lhe different
words of command and obeys them
implicitly. We have worked a team
day In and day out to plow and bar-
row without reins, simply by the word,
nd we did not yelL either. Newark
IN. J.) Call. :
When a Queen Bea la Lost.
Tt Is very Important to be able to
learn at once when a queen Is lost
during; early tmmtner. The loss of a
queen from a hive, even for a single
day, will mako a marked difference In
tho strenglh-6f the colony, for a good
queen will lay from 2000 to 3000 eggs
In a day at this season. Whatever
you do bo careful and nt drop the
queen off the combs when handling
thorn at this time of ear, and do not
Interfere with her work by changing
combs about to expose brood.
ry a llttlo attention yon may be
able to detect a queenless blve by
tho manner in which the bees act on
the outside. When they stand around
in a care-for-nothlng manner and no
bees going In with pollen, It would bs
well to open the hive and take a look
at them. If you find eggs and worker
brood you may be quite sure the queen
Is there; If not, go ahead and find out
If there lstio queen. Finding none
proceed at once to take a frame of
brood from another hive and watch If
they Btart queen cells tn about 24
hours. If not, then they have been
somo time quecnleus, and if such is
the ease, give them a queen it possi
ble. George H. Townsend, In New
England Homestead.
Importance of Cleanliness.
We do not lutein! to repeat any
further how essential a feature of
successful dairying Is the observance
of proper cleanliness, but at the last
meeting of Eastern Ontario Dairymen
Dr. Connell gave some fresh figures on
the question which afford further con
firmation of the position held by all
progressive dairy workers.
The doctor gave the results of an
alyses of milk taken from cows under
tho different conditions as to cleanli
ness. In one case where the cows
were brushed before milking, the ud
ders wiped, the stable kept In a thor
oughly sanitary condition, and the
person of tbe milker was also clean
the milk still showed 4,300 bacteria to
16 drops of milk. In another case milk
was taken from cows tbe udders of
which had been wiped, which were
kept in a fairly clean barn, that were
milked into clean palls (but palls that
had not been scalded), and by men
whose hands had been wiped, but not
washed. In this case the number of
bacteria were 15,500. In another case,
where cows were milked under tbe
average conditions which prevailed on
the ordinary farm, the number of bac
teria was 30,000 to 10 drops. Tho bac
teria found in the milk taken from
cows under the best possible condi
tions as to cleanliness were, it Is be
lieved, for the most part Just Insldo
the teat before milking began. The
old practice of squirting the first
stream of milk outside the pail has a
scientific basis to rest upon.
Absolute cleanliness in tho stable,
cooling of the milk after milking,
sterilization of utensils by scalding,
cool curing of cheese, and no more
sending home of whey in milk cans,
are pointers which may also he
strongly insisted upon.
In touching on the question of wa
ter supply, It was stated that no fac
tory should bo considered properly
equipped that is without pure water.
The Marltlmo Fnrmcr.
Tending Young Turkeys.
A little bono meal added to the
dough mixture promotes growth and
Is a preventive of diarrhoea, but if
the food is always given sweet and
fresh the latter complaint should not
appear. When about 10 days old, tho
lust meal of the day shonhl consist of
cracked wheat or corn, and, when they
are big enough to eat whole corn, the
letter may be substituted; millet and
barley can all be given, and also buck
wheat If procurable. Up to the time
they develop tho fleshy protuberances
about tho bead, which is called
"shooting the red," they need a good
deal of care and attention, but once
this stage is reached they become
hardy, and are only liable to that form
of roup termed "swelled head" if over
crowded at night or made to sleep In
a badly ventilated house. They "shoot
tho red" when from two to three
months old. A sharp lookout for lice
should be kept, for if these lnfes-t the
poults they fail to thrive; their coop
should be moved dally, and the poults
reared by themselves.- Fresh water is
a necessity, and they need grit or road
sweepings. To prevent their getting
wet they should be cooped at first on
short grass, and the herbage round
tho coop kept short. It Is not safe
to let the hen or turkey mother have
her liberty at first when rearing them,
as she will run tbem off their legs.
Let the coop have a run in front, and
keep them in it tho first week or so.
"ylt"sV- bylfip-iatwelvedbbvt esa
To hasten growth, some meatmeal and
green food added to the soft food is to
be recommended, though they should
be able to pick up natural meat food
in the shape of insects for themselves.
When the critical time is over, give
them a well ventilated house, end feed
them four times a day twice on grain
and twice on soft food. If it is safe
to let tbem be out at night, let them
sleep In shrubs or trees; when they do
this they are sure to be healthy. If
space is limited, or t.he ground much
used for other poultry, turkey-rear
ing Bhould not be attempted; they
need space and sweet ground to thrive.
American Cultivator.
The Two Classes.
Feoplo one meets are of two class
es the ono perfectly satisfied with
everything that belongs to them, the
tV-r complaining because every.
.hlug nice belongs to some one else.
60NQ Or THE CHEERFUL
HEARTED.
t tore in ann, 1 love the fhowera,
lliuy both titinit hsr-iiy, Jolly hour.
lull, mill ! 1-lilnD, inn 1
Whatever uoiuts, theie's mill great fun.
I We Hie hoys, I lore thn ttirls
With UriicIhk eve mill enrllnii curls.
urn-, prinn. i-uiim-, imh.
Tbs World would niton jour tin rry nolle.
I lore the bird, I love the flowers i
8u gay their snugs huiI l-rtuht their bowers
L'oitim, flowers! t,im-, lilrl!
Your worth i-iiu u t-r to told m words.
I lore the world. ! love lt wnys,
Ita I'biiiiui-ftil m l nml hnpoy ilnva.
Com, lovi ! i-i lite, jnln I
Though chul o la sui.ili li' uvi uoinplnin-
Whatever ., I Hire that well.
Thorn' good In till, on ihnt I'll dwell.
Wtn.t come. Unit tn k .
The beet ol It, 'ii wlt i wake.
ituin's Horn.
Hur,',onou3.
Mrs. A. My hus'iund must think a
great deal of me. He says I'm a bird.
Mrs. Z. Yes; I heard he married you
fur a lark.
Will She ta!ie3 a vary rrr.a'.l shoo,
doesn't she? Nell Oh, yes. Will
What bIbp? Nell Two sizes smallct
than her foot.
Blobbs So Borrow oil doesn't strike
you favorably, eh? Blobbs No, quite
the contrary. He struck me for ten
and didn't get it
Tommy Pop, what Is a promoter?
Tommy's Pop A promoter, my son, Is
a man who makes a living by sepa
rating the fool and his money.
"Have you ever been married?"
asked the magistrate. "No," replied
the prisoner at the Lar of Justice; "but
I've been blown up by dynamite."
Customer I want a ton of ronl.
Dealer Yes, sir, what size? Customer
Well, if it Isn't ashing too much,
I'd like to have a 2000-poun-l ton.
"Pottndthekeys has rcmarkablo musi
cal ability. Ho plays by car," remarked-
the Philosopher. "Not by
mine," retorted oilllbilly, prompt!.
Knox Why do you always put "dic
tated" at the bottom of your letters?
You have no stenographer. Knlx
Well, you see, I'm a very poor speller.
Naggsby Do you believe absence
makes the heart grow fonder? Waggs-
es, but I'vo found that with most girls
presents are a good deal more effec
tive.
"Mamma," moaned the pale, limp llt
tlo boy on a lounge In the main saloon
of the steamer, "do people ever die of
seasickness?" "No, dear." "I wish
they did."
Sharpe Do you remember that bull
dog that was always snapping at peo
ple? Well, he hai lost his teeth.
Whealton You don't' say! I suppose
be has a soft snap now.
Mrs. Mugflns They say she Is a
remarkably well informed woman.
Mrs. Bugglns Nothing of tho sort.
Why, she doesn't know half tho gosaip
of the neighborhood.
"I am llko this rug," whispered tho
gushing yov.th, "always at your feet."
"You do remind me of the rus," salJ
tho beaut Kill girl. "Papa Is going to
beat it tho first chance he g3ts."
"Oh, yes, I propose:!, but when I
Eot through eho shook hor head." "But,
surely, that didn't dlscourago you "
"Well, no, not as much as the fact
that her father came along about that
time and shook hi fist."
"We have tho most progressive na
tion in the world," exclaimed the pa
triotic South American. "You surely
have," replied tho traveler; "It pro
gresses so fast outsiders can't keep up
with half its changes. . Who's your
president today?
"Bridgot," said Mrs. Hires, sternly,
"I met on the street today that police
man who sat in the kitchen with you
so long last night. I took the advan
tage of the opportunity to speak to
him." "Oh, ye needn't think that'll
make me jealous, ma'am," replied the
cook. "Oi have got him cinched, all
right."
Tvo Kisses and One Dollar.
On the Kronprlns Wllhelm, one
moonlight May night, a young man
and a girl wcro discovered making
love. The news of this discovery
spread among the passengers, and
many a Joke vtas cracked. But Sen
ator N. B. Scott of West Virginia said
in the smoking room:
"There is nothing to lauch at here.
Innocent lovemaking Is natural in the
young. This fact was well brought
out by an adventure that happened to
a friend of mine years ago, in the
mountains of West Virginia.
"The young man was hunting. He
camo to a lonely cabin, and, being
thirsty, he knocked at the door for
a drink. The drink was banded to him
by a fcirl so charming that, with a
smile, he said:
" 'Would you be nnrry If I should
offer you a dollar for a kiss?'
" 'No, sir,' the girl answered, with
a little blush.
"So my friend took tho kiss and
then he gavo the maiden the dollar.
Slio balanced It In her band a moment.
She knitted hor pretty brows in per
plexity. " 'What,' Bhe asked, 'shall I do with
all this money?'
" 'Why, anything you please, my
dear.' said my friend.
" 'Then,' she murmured, 'I think I'll
give It back to you, and take another
kiss.' " Kansas City Journal.
A Solemn Reflection.
"If we are not careful," said the ama
teur statesman, "we will see a condi
tion as appalling as that of ancient
Borne."
"I can stand it," said the profession
al politician, "if we don't repeat the
events of modern Servla." Washing
ton Star.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
tt oot France 12n.nno to send Proal
flent I.oulict to Englnml.
Mr. Balfour, the BiIIIkIi Trlmr Mlri
Istoi". litis lunde nn nppcnl In bchtilf of
the rmiccr research fund.
The linko of Hupcleueh. whn recently
rntPiltiiii'il Klntr I-M ward at D;ill:c;il'i,
Is bend of iho (.'Inn Hcott.
John Bnrrett, the new Minister to)
Argentina, formerly Minister to Slam.
Is n Vermont man, a graduate of Dort
hinutli. Prince Nnpnlrnn Victor Jerome Brn
nrinrte, bend of tho Kurnpe.ni hnt so of
ItiinniNirle, recently nnched his foi-ly- .
first ycr.r.
C.iplnln Ilenry Hash, of Boston, is
'.hp Inn surviving olllier of the mil ml'.
Kin company t lint took part In the fa
mous "Aroostook war."
Jacob f. Johnson, of Fnlrlinren,
f'o:in., la tlu lust survivor nf Commo
dore Perry's famous expedition to Ja
pan lu lSutl. He Is seventy-two years
old.
To'.nmno Pnlvinl. who xvlrt mnke a
lour of tbe United Htntes n-xt season.
Is probably the grentest of llvlnjr Ital
ian actors. Salvlnl is u native ol
Milan
Major Frederick Muiler lm. Just
ended a series of successful experi
ments in raising silk worms from eggs
funilKhed by the Iiepavtniont of Agri
culture, at Santa Fe, N. M.
Paderewski Is nt Ills castle In Morses,
Switzerland, sufTerliig from severe In
llninmiitloii of the muscles of the right
arm. He has liren ordered not to tuucli
the piano for nt least three months.
Pension Commissioner Wnre has un
dertaken to obtain and restore for pre
sentation to the Kansas Historical So
ciety tho scaffold upon which .'obn
Brown was banged at Harper's Ferry
lu 1H.-.U.
ELKS RAID A FARM.
Forced by Hunger During Snowstorms
to 8eek Haystacks.
I was snowbound at a ranch In Lost
Park, Colo., for three wealts during Jan
uary and personally know of a case
where nine large stacks of hay disap
peared In a single night; and when the
morning's sun came up, there stood at
the gates of the ranch corral a herd of
elk so dense that they could not be
counted, says Ross B. Franklin, in
Field and Stream. There they stood,
contented and with distended stomachs,
suffering us to lay hands on their faces
and bodies without more fear than
that of so many domestic cows. Every
night for over two weeks the rachers
took turn about watching with dogs
and srmed with clubs In order to save
what hay remained stacked within 10
feet of the barn door. It is a positive
fact that at times It was actually nec
essary to beat the animals away, so
eager were they for food. Of course,
they were hungry, but, the snows, In
driving them to the food of the low
lands, served to show the vastness of
their numbers. I also saw one herd
of elk in the Jackson Hole country of
Wyoming, last winter, which contain
ed, so I was Informed, at least 10,000.
If a quietus can be put on the tooth
hunters and tho tenderfoot potters, elk
will increase more rapidly than they
will be killed.
Eo's fold In Slavery.
Slavtry k one of the peculiar insti
tutions of the Flowery Empire, but it
Is a different klnu of slavery which
formerly elated in this country. In
China every member of a family lr
property and may bo sold voluntarllf
or seized for debt. Contracts are helC
sacred among the Chinese, and whot
ever Is promised must be performed.
A father may sell his son and this is
the despairing Celestial's last resort.
It is being dono now daily in the pro
vinces of Kwang Si, where the people
are starving. The Chinaman sells a
son in order to save the life of the boy
and the rest cf the family. If after
ward the father's circumstances Im
prove he can buy the boy back a gal v.',
usually at some advance. It Is nov
considered disgraceful, hut rather an
set of humanity, to buy children in
China, as otherwise, on a last resort,
the parents must let them die by the
roadside.
A GREAT JUDGE.
Astonishing Record of the Moct Fa
mous of Frontier Jurist.
A man who sentenced 172 criminals
to death, 88 of whom were hanged; an
upright Judge, holding sway for 21
years over 74,000 square miles of the
most lawless territory In the United
States; a stern, Just Judge, whose name
became a terror to evildoers; a very
kndly, sympathetic gentleman and
public-spirited citizen few characters
have developed In our west who have
played a more striking role than Isaac
C. Parker, tho United States District
Judge for the Western District of Ark
ansas from May. 1S75, to September,
188C. How simply he pursued his ap
pointed task and with what aid he
succeeded In accomplishing It is shown
by the simple record that, during his
term of olnoe, 63 of his deputies were
killed in fights with lawbreakers.
Artificial camphor la now made in
Germany for the trade, as chlorhydrate
of terebinth. It has a peculiar value
in lessening the dangers of nitroglycer
in and making gelatin dynamite mors
effective. -
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