7 1 KE.GRE fa. I write o.me prnpinur npip. nopeiui worus to fearts that grieve and t VLfpeak noms kinnllv Vine sinking soiii) jy" io beaten, eti-i mftuSSed bark lot sorrow roll. fome stirring toiig ' tainting heart ' purpose there part. i kindly deed ' drear. yniv'ring lips, I tear. Id or lands, death, Lshington Post. 1st settlers to o the forests New Hamp- laeob Tyler, n fen of the early nr.n who car- I of tbe country te. on tue enst he built a cabin ro cniiuren, me Ihree years. of friends and I lived contentedly node befell tliem afterward dls- fieace of mlud. vns tben nn n- (est, traversed only wandering parties ! of all kinds was no trouble for the Lrder stocked with for the birds from their ir catue to the is bad hardly n, -the same ntly true of volt and tbe iiey had had deadly rifle I how hope- favor of the rice mastered hrgot It. The being beedtae ; danger. rred to happened In i Tylers' second year In liome. The pioneer had de- ' one morning for tbe house or ten miles away, to bor- It took. lie bad broken his at work in tbe field, and us to have everything in for the spring planting as possible. It wag a clear. Fday, with little wisps of clouds lightly across the sky. There smell of pollen and soft earth fair.. A few birds, the advance of the migratory hordes, bad be- appear about the cabin, and ?ntle, twittering notes were in- sibly pleasant to Mrs. Tyler. had grown very tired of tbe long, winter, although she had never (Jacob so. Tbe children, too, had led and lost some of tboir color un file confinement, for the snow had too deep and the cold too bitter rllow Ui6m to be much out-of-doors. twos a great relief to them, as well to their mother, to be able once ! to run about the clearing In free- uorn. ' It was soap-making time with Mrs. Tyler. The big tubs stood on a wooden bench in the angle formed by the cabin and the log barn. As she worked, hum ming a little tune to herself, she could ee through the oncn window at the rear of the bouse the sun-flecked in terior, and the front door which little Parley was "driving." The boy bad fastened a pair of old reins to the handle, and with a birch Whip to enforce his authority, was put ting the heavy, refractory door through 11 the paces of which it was capable. Mrs. Tyler smiled with a mother's partiality at the sound of his sturdy baby voice. He was a strong, fearless little chap, his father in miniature. She was oertainly fortunate in her Children. There was ten-year-old Mercy, already a help about the bouse. Soap-making is hard work, but the hardest tasks can be lightened if tbe spirits of the worker are singing with .inaniESgmng. mere were so many things to be grateful for! Neither of (he children bad been sick a day since they had left the settlements, and she and Jacob were both well. Spring fcad come early. Jacob hoped to raise m good crop of vegetablesr for there iwere rumors that other families were (coming out to make their homes near them, and the newcomers would be ready purchasers.' That would mean frlslts and the social amenities so dear to women. Perhaps if enough settlers came there would be a scboolhouse. Tbe humming had almost broken Into a low song when suddenly Mrs. Tyler's heart gave leap, as a fright ened cry came from the cabin loft. It Was Mercy's voice. There was fear la it, and a new note that the mother bad never heard there before. It oeed to come from an older person or little Mercy. py, come in quick! Quick the cabin had swung he slab floor with yellow road step outside stood outstretched as if interest In his lips. Mrs. Tyler's little fellow; and sought the roufi Nsed "1 0. s At the first casual glance she saw nothing unusual in the pattern of palt gwns tnd browns. It looked prosaic Motigu and familiar, only she had for rotten that Jacob had left thnt short log lying in the patch of last year's dead grass. Her eyes returned to It and remained caught by something curiously suggestive of life about it, something virile and menacing. It moved slightly, ever so slightly, as she looked, and she saw tbe play of tense muscles ripple over it in a kind of expectant quiver. What she had taken for bark was skin covered with sleek, brown hair. She distinguished, all in a moment, tho outlines of the long, crouching form, the broad, catlike head with Its square, eager chin frosted with whlte.nnd the two points of yel low light fixed on Parley. The Utile fellow turned Just then in obedience to his sister's call, and smooth as oil the crouching thing glid ed forward. The sudden anguish in Mrs. Tyler's heart strove to express itself in a gasp ing breath that seemed to tear her throat. Maftrnal rage swept aside her fear, and she flew round the corner of the house prepared, if necessary, to throw herself upon the creature and fight It with her bare hands. Before she could rer.ch the front she beard tbe panther scream, the raspy. sudden cry of a creature olarmed and In pain. The next moment she saw Its lithe body struggling on the door step. The bend was hidden. The stout door, directed by some one within, hold tho animal's neck firmly between its edge and that of the jamb. "O mother! Quick! Help!" It was Mercy's voice. The brave lit tle girl had run down from the loft just as the panther thrust his bend over the threshold, and bad succeeded in slamming the dour to upon Its neck. "Mother's here!" cried Mrs. Tyler. "Keep tbe door shut tight, Mercy! Tight! Molher'll help." Frantically she looked about for some weapon, a stick, a stone anything that might aid hpr. Mercy was sobbing with fright. The snarls of the trapped beast grew more ferocious, and with its long claws it ripped white splinters from the pine boards. Animal-like, the panther put its whole strength into the effort to with draw its head, thus unknowingly im prisoning Itself more securely. It could easily have overcome Mercy's feeble opposition if it had tried to force its way inward; but It feared to place its body farther within what it naturally believed was a trap. Mrs. Tyler was at her wit's end when she noticed the reins still hanging from the handle of the door. The ends were close to the creature's hind quarters, but she darted upon them with a thrill of hope. The musky odor of the beast's heated skin almost sickened her as she caught up the leather lines. Fortunately they were long. She ran back until they were taut In her hands. Mother's got the door, dear!" she cried. "Now listen. Make Parley go up into tbe loft, and then take down your father s musket careruny it s loaded and crawl out the back win dow and bring it to me. Do you under stand?" The panther seemed to realize that his chances for escape were diminish ing. With legs braced agoinst the doorstep until the sinews showed like ropes under the skin, he tugged fran tically and swung his body from side to side. Biood appeared on the edge of the door, but the animal now seemed insensible to pain. Its hoarse, choked rowlhig expressed nothing but rage. It ssemed to Mrs. Tyler as if Mercy would never come, but presently the courageous little girl appeared around the corner of the house, carrying tho gun. "Mercy," said her mother, "do yon think you can shoot him while I hold the door?" Mercy trembled. "No, no, I can't do it!" she exclaimed, her face growing a shade paler than before. Then you must hold these reins while I do it," said Mrs. Tyler. She saw that the girl was weak from fright, and she added, "You must be brave, dear. See, mother's not afraid." She forced the reins into the trembling little hands and took tho weapon in her own. She was afraid, in spite of what she hod said to Mercy. Her heart beat hotly as she advanced toward the furious beast; but never theless she walked close up to the lean, panting side. She intended that ono charge should finish the work. She held the muzzle Just behind tbe left fore leg, where the hair was thin, and fired; The panther made a con vulsive leap forward, pulling the reins from Mercy's weak grasp, and landed within the cabin. It died, probably, in mid-air, for as it struck the floor Its legs crumpled under it, and it fell in a twitching heap. The ordeal over, Mrs. Tyler behaved in a truly feminine way. She dropped the gun, and putting her hands to her eyes, began to crythysterically. "Why, mother," said Mercy, who, on the contrary, felt quite brave now, "it can't hurt you! It's dead." Mrs. Tyler gathered Mercy into her arms. . "I know, denr," she said. "That's my own weak self. I ought rather to thank our Father, who made me strong enough for the moment to meet the danger and for giving me such a brave, quick-witted little daughter." Youth's Companion. Electric Light For Colorado Canon, South Cheyenne Canyon is to bo pro faned by a syndicate. Colored ehrtrlo lights and other "popular',' attractions are to be introduced. Possibly Jolo rado, with her wealth of natural tfau ty, can afford to endure this desecra tion of one of nature's temples Intll a wiser generation restores it as nearly as possible to its original beauty Ind sanctIty.-P"rhio ol.) Chieftain. null w i I PHILIP NOLAN Is The Man Without a Country, the llll Ship and the Lost Island. Jtovfc. I1E curious paper which Dr. Hague, has printed in the O o National Orographic Mag V - azlne for December closes Voir with a reference to a story wiucu 1 wrote in the year 18113 called "The Man Without a Country." That story begins with these words: "I suppose that very few casual lead ers of the New York Herald of August 13 observed, in an obscure corner among the 'deaths' the announcement, 'Ndlnn. Died on board the United States corvette Levant, latitude two de grees eleven minutes south, longitude 131 degrees west.' " I had full right to say that very few readers observed It, because nobody observed it. The story was a fiction, and with the right of nn author of fiction I made this statement, which is unequivocally true. I speak of this with a certain sensi tiveness, because I have been accused of being a' forger and counterfeiter for using such language. But It is one of the privileges of authors of fiction to muke their narrative as plausible or probnble as they can, If they give suf ficient clues to the reader from which lie may know that he Is reading fiction. In this case I began by placing the sup posed action of part of the book on board n ship which had disappeared more than two years before. I knew thnt she had disappeared, the Navy Department knew she had disappeared, all well Informed readers knew that she had disappeared. Even among 4000 iiewrpapero in the country the editors of two knew thin she had dis appeared. With my eyes open I in tentlumill.v gave this ready clue to any careful reader, that from the beginning he might know thnt the story was n parable; and if there are any of such croakers left, ns I suppose there may ne in the ohiee or one newspaper known to me, I will say to them thnt from the time of the I'haroahs down parable has been a nethod of Instruc tion employed by teachers, even of tbe highest distinction. The Navy Department did not know where the Levant disappeared. All they knew was that Captain Hunt of the Levant was under orders to proceed as rapidly as possible from Hilo to the American coast, and that he started out to obey these orders, and the ship has never since been heart: from by any trace whatever, unless it be in certain wreckage found on the south shore of Hawaii in June, 1801. The Navy Department knew this, but I did not know it. I only knew that she had disappeared somewhere In the raclfic Ocean two years before. To carry out the specific purpose to which I have alluded I meant to have these latitudes and longitudes indicate a spot high on the Andes. It was over twenty years afterward that I found MEAT NOT INDISPENSABLE TO PROPER DIETING. Man, at His Teeth Show, if an Omnivorous Animal of Amazinff Adaptability, The vegetarian has done us a service In exploding the superstition that meat Is an indispensable item in a complete diet. His experience and that of vari ous peoples, such as tbe Japanese, has Indeed taught the teachable thnt the indispensable article of diet does not exist. In this, country we are apt to think of milk as indispensable; yet the Japanese have not used it (possessing very few cows, cr, indeed, domestic nnimnls of any klnc!), and otly now is the Japanese soldier being compelled to drink milk and eat much meat ?or neither of which, we are told, has he any liking. Indeed, the great lesson wilch all must learn who do not wish to becotio faddy about their food is that man, as his dentition chows, i3 an omnivorous animal of nanzlnj adaptability." When hard put to it he can make a living out of almost anything; end after a time he can even begin to convince himself that hj 13 bettor off as ho is. This is the reason -why all these nrtually con tradictory focd faddists can co-exist. All are right particularly; end wron; universally. Ii men were designed to live on ono particular standard diet such as each food faddist thinks ho has discovered they -would hsve a Elmple, Gtraightfor ward digestive apparatus, calculated to deal with sccli a diet without undue complexity or "overlapping." On the contrary, our digestive apparatus is like our teeth, characteristically om niverous. Pepsin isonly one cf at least a dozen different ferments, some of which can enly cct In cn alkaline 'medium, others only In an acid medium. others only In tho presence of such and such a body, others only in its absence. This extraordinary, complex apparatus was not constructed to provide prob lems for physiologists nor to consume superfluous vital energy. Its plain meaning if people wore on the look out for meanings Is that the more com. plex, adaptable and varied the appar atus the fitter is Its owner to survive in all dietetic emergencies. rail Mall Gazette. The Blihop'i GultCK. - An amusing story is told of Dr Gore. He was once walking in the street when two little boys were attracted by bis black episcopal slippers. "Vot's er asKeu one, in surprise, "uii 'e's a Scotchman in moHrniug," wai the reply.-M. A. P. L By Dr Edward Everett Hale, in the National Ceographio Magazine Lost 111 -; jjjgGij; iM in some Inaccuracy of some proof reader, possibly by some blunder of mine, the spot indicated is in the Pa cific Ocean, where I did not know she bad disappeared. But also, the manu script copy is lost, and I cannot find who made this change. This la In point of fact not far from the Mar quesan Islands, and, oddly enough) in the story Nolan is supposed o have been at those Islands with Essex "por ter. But I hod nothing to do with this. I placed the ship on the Andes with the specific purpose which I have named. I should perhaps have never discov ered my own error but that many years ago my friend James 1). Hague, who knows the bottom of the Pacific better than I do the surface of the United States, called my attention to tu In structions which Captain Hunt had on his Inst voyage In the Levant. I had never looked for those instructions, having no occasion to for my purpose. It seems that Mr. Hague was in Hono lulu at tho toine when the Levant sailed; that Hunt was his friend, and thnt they bade each other good-by on the day of her parting. As the render knows, she was never again heard of but from the silent record of the spar which has been found on the Island of Kanlunlu. But Mr. Hague has brought together in his Interesting paper the evidence which shows thnt almost cer tainly Hunt Intended to sail on a line nearly east from the Hawaiian Islands. In that region on any of the more re cent atlases there is n spot of blue water. On the most recent at las of the world I find not a speck for thirty degrees of north latitude from the equator. On the old Spnnish charts, however, and on charts copied from them, Mr. Hague and tho ofllcers of marine hydrography have found in dications of reefs r.nd even islands. One of the latest of them Is De Graves' Island of 1S50. Almost anywhere in this area, itself larger than some of the smaller plnnts of the solar system, the bones of the Levant may lie. In this region five degrees of longitude and two of latitude have now been searched in vain. Mr. Hague, however, is kind enough to assure me that If rjy fictitious char acter, Philip Nolan, ever bad some sub llmical form, he or his spirit, if they were on tho Levant, may still haunt the reef or atoll under the shndow of co coanuts or bananas or breadfruit trees. Nolan would have been twenty-five years old in the year 1805. Thus his 125th birthday would be found in this year. If the climate is healthy for sublimical people, Dr. Hague assures me that if I will land with him on that reef I may meet for the first time in the flesh and blood thesomewbnt bended form of my old hero. He will forgive me that I placed him on the Andes, where men do not live so long. WISE WORDS. Scandal's tongue will wither when ears are turned away. The older a man gets the better he could skate when a boy. The man who is afraid of falling never climbs very high. The man who hunts for trouble never has to follow a long trail. Too many people blame heredity for their personal acquisitions. The best way to solve the labcr prob lem Is to do your whole duty. It is a golden rule that works both ways with satisfactory results. The work done to-morrow does not pay the grocery bills of yesterday. When a man is starving it is a poor time to talk to him about his soul. The clonk of religion is transparent when used by a sinner as a disguise. Tbo dollar you give does more good than the' millions you wish you could give. i Soma men who would not steal a pockctbook do not hesitate to steal a State. Those who boast much of their an cestry are not keeping up the avercge of posterity. A great many things prejudicial te tho people ere done In the nace of party hcrmony. Will Be Lmdlct Now. "I'll mak' the carles lords, but I'll no mak' the carlines leddies," said King James IV., in giving the Judges of the Court of Sessions the title of "Lord." And it has been so until now. The wives of Scottish law lords have all alcng been plain "Mrs.," an arrange ment which has frequently brought about a situation more awkward than pleasant. When a new Judge retained kls previous name little confusion could arise, it being then a case of, let us say, Lord Wallace of Elderslle and Mrs. Wallace. But when a new Judge took tho title of his estate the whole aspect cf things was changed. It was then Lord Elderslle and Mrs. Wallace; hence a sea of troubles. Now, happily, this fortuitous arrangement, which surely did credit to King James' rVp. utatlon of being "the wisest fool in Christendom," has been abolished, Henceforth, "By Ills Majesty's coin maud," the wife of a Judge of the Court of Session will bo "Lady." Tlir"C'i For Clmnnonrf. After all, the most effective regulaJ tlon of the use and speed of automo biles is courtesy, caution and commoi1 sense on the part of the operator at th lever. Hartford Times. TIIUNING ROOTS OF TREES. That the cutting awny of a large portion of the roots of trees when the trees are very small may make but little difference, can be understood, but the ense is different when the tree Is of some size. Nurserymen contin ually urge their men to be careful to preserve all the roots when digging; customers, too, urge the same thing; and nature itself has provided a cer tain number to each tree in the be lief they are required, and so they are. Roots are for two purposes, the supplying of the elements of food to the tree and the holding of the tree in plnce. The fact the body of roots is capable of absorbing moisture is well understood. The fibres which push out in spring from the ends of the roots are the principal feeders, but the thicker roots, on which the fibres are, also absorb moisture with which to sustain a tree. How, then, Is the cut ting off of a grenter portion of the roots a helpful proceeding? With a tree pruned of all its branches that but its main stem is left, it can be understood thnt the preservation of all its roots is not of great moment, still, it must bo thnt the more root tbe better for the tree. When trees sre fall planted it is one by absorp tion of moisture by the thicker roots not fibres that they are kept alive. Practical Farmer. AN EXPERIMENT IN FORESTRY. An interesting example of the profit ableness of conservative forest man agement in this country is furnished hy Dr. S. B. Caldwell, of Paducali, Ky., who lias dealt in timber lands In the southwestern part of tho State for fifty-eight years. "In 1S17." says Dr. Caldwell, "I sold timber from a tract of land nt $1 nn acre, the purchaser having the privilege of removing vtiat he wanted and leaving what he did not want. He took the choice trees, but left' n considerable amount stand ing. In 1870 I sold the timber from the same tract and got for it $2 a tree. The purchaser removed an average of three trees per acre. In 1881 I sold the timber from the some tract for the third time, and got for it as much as I had received at the second sale." Dr. Caldwell's experience in. the woods taught him long ago the wisdom of conservative forest management. Thirty years ago, when he came into possession of a tract of about 700 acres near Paducnb, he sold a quantity or the timber for wagon stock. At that time forestry In this country was vir tually unknown. Dr. Cnldwcll, how ever, was sufficiently foreslghted to allow no trees to be cut except those which he selected. He went about in the woods and picked out trees whose tops and general appearance showed they had passed their period of great est vigor, and trees which interfered with promising young growth. His forest has been culled a number of times in tbe past thirty years, but so wisely has tbe cutting been done that to-day the land will average from 10,- 000 to 17,000 board feet per acre; This was an experiment in forestry which has amply Justified itself, and shows how a shrewd, far-slghtcd man may, even without technical advice, secure good returns from his woodland, with out linparlng its productiveness, and while putting himself in position to profit by the steady rise which is tak ing place in timber values New York Commercial. DO STRAWBERRIES PAY? Strawberries to weigh nn ounce each, sixteen to the pound, Is the re sult of recent "high art" in strawberry growing. They nre commercially planted in early spring or late summer, only new plants, those less than one year old, should be used. Distance between plants varies, but rows four feet apart, with a distance cf twelve to fifteen Inches between tho plants, requiring S712 plants per acre, may be token as a fair average. What seems to be needed is better cultivation, better fer tilization. Use tbe horse cultivator more, and the hand hoe less, and yo-J Will reduce tbe cost of production. Of the two systems of cultivation, hill and matted row, it is unquestion ably the fact that tho former produce the largest and best fruit. Many growers tell me that the prices for strawberries the past season 7,-ere very satisfactory. They are planting more strawberries to buy mora land, and are buying more land to plant more strawberries. Their strong point is the lateness of their fruit, and their great inquiry Is for tho latest variety. I believe that strawberry culture ia the hands of good men could be made to pay better than cows. I believe the very closest man in tho world is the one who says ho can't sp-nd any more money for strawberry plants, thus"preventing his family from enjoy ing one of the most delicious fruits God, in His goodness, has given us. The question is often asked me what are the best varieties of strawberries to grow! This is difficult to answer, as the soil and climate nnd distance to market vary so much. What kinds re turn good profits to me may not suc ceed so well with you; but the all round berries, early, medium and late, nre Lovett, Uavlland, Glen Mary, Bn bach, Clyde, Sharpless, Brandywlne, Marshall, Leader and Miners Prolific. Mary E. Cutler, in Massachusetts Ploughman. Jnpanese mothers do not kiss their children, though they may press their Hps to the forehead or cheek of a very young baby. HOUSEHOLD MIX For table ,'G MUSTARD. a highly recommended way of prep ing mustard Is to mix a teaspoonru lot the condiment with one and a hi teaspoonfuls of sugar Pour on boiling water And a little sa' and blend to Ismootb paste. , EEPING. Never swee klust from one room to another nor 1 er part of th lin upstairs to tne iow- Iiouse. Always take it I pan where you have up with a il previously pi d some tea leaves. This prevents le dust from scattering again and returning to its old haunts. HINTS FOR HOMEMAKERS. Use only what you can comfortably afford In good quality and ample quan tity. Let your home appear bright and sunny. It is not easy to be unpleasant in a cheerful room. A certain formnllty is necessary to save everyday life from triviality and freedom from looseness. Know how to talk and how to listen, how to entertain and amuse. Have many interests. Do not forget your home should not onlv be a well-conducted dormitory and boarding place, but truly a home, the centre of focus for all Interest, pleasure and hopplness for everybody concerned with it. Philadelphia Bulletin. USEFUL FACTS TO KNOW. Here are a few suggestions In rcgnrd to the things which n careful house' wife may find It wise to teach the new maid: Teach her to put as much furniture os possible outside the room before beginning to sweep, to brush the rest and cover It with dust cloths. Tench her to soak newspapers in cold water, squeeze them, tear them into bits, and sprinkle on the floor to pre vent dust flying. Tench her to rub the carpet well nftet sweeping with a cloth wrung out of clean ninmouln water one tablespoon ful to two quarts of water. Teach her to wipe the polished floor with a damp cloth and then rub with a dry one. Teach her to cover a soft broom with a clean cloth, and brush the ceilings and walls. Tench her to cleon the windows while the dust is settling. Teach her to use a flat paint brush for window frames nnd latches. Tench her to remove the spots oi finger marks o:i white woodwork with a cloth wrung out of warm water nnd dipped in preuarcd chalk. American Cultivator. A USE FOR OLD NEWSPAPERS, Here is a hint that the writer got from the head clerk of a big hotel at a Dooular Indiana health resort. We know the germs that lurk in dust, and how disagreeable, as well as un healthy it is to inhale it while sweep ing. Now the way that the carpet sweepers at this resort keep down the dust while wielding the broom, is to wet newspapers, wring them out slight ly, nnd tearing them Into small pieces scatter them all over the surface they are going to sweep. The little dampen ing brightens the carpets without in Juring them in the least, ond the moist paper effectually keeps down the dust, or at least the greater portion of it, by catching it on itself. The paper is then burnt, which is the quickest and neatest way of getting rid of it. Where brussels carpet has become somewhat dingy, the water in which the paper is wet might have a little turpentine added to it, as it has a refreshing and brightening effect, nnd has a tendency to keep the carpet free of insects and moths. One way to prevent the.dust from en tering the throat and lungs while sweeping, Is to tie a small sponge over the mouth and nose. A person can breathe all right through the por ous sponge, and it takes up the dust which would otherwise be inhaled. What to Eat HOME REQUISITES. i A home may be fitted out in luxurious style, and yet if lacking in small con veniences, be destitute of comfort. No mere artist or furnisher can sup ply these. The mother or daughters must attend to them, the little things needed in dally experience. From the want of them may result Innumerable slight embarrassments or even serious trouble. Anyone who has felt in the dark for a matchbox, only to find it gone from Its place, knows the disappointment that ensues. One who has required a string in a hurry understands the perplexity that may arise from the want of a ball of twine or a box or bag filled with short cords. It is troublesome when one wishes to wTlte a memorandum nnd has no lead pencil at hand. It the pencil be accessible but polntlesst matters seem all the worse. How easy it is to t; ke a stitch In time when everything iccessary is at hand, and how difficult when the case is vice versa! Spools of cotton of various numbers, silk of different hues, needles of grad uated size, wax.lemcry nd sli.irp scis sorsa good sul ply of thesi greatly expedites the Irork of the needle- woman. In the matter if writing, when tbe desk is well sto lb. stationery, pens, . good ink Itagej stamps, there is inducer spondence. Fhil Iromht corre-Inquirer. I P ked wl I I and p j Jent to dolphlil CALIFORNIA SHIPS THAT DIG UP GOLD. Hugh Steam Dredges Which Eat Their Way Through Soil and Di gest the Yellow Treasure. Necessity is the mother of invention, and man in his insatiable greed for gold is continually conjuring up some new scheme by which a lurger share of the precious metal may be snatched from the earth. The latest one is to employ huge steam dredges which eat their way through gold-bearing soil, digest the yellow treasure out of it and cast the refuse overboard again. It has long been known that In Cali fornia and other gold-benring regions, the made lend of the river valleys, etc.. contained gold, though not In such quantities as to be profitably worked by the old methods. Now a dredging vessel is set to work on these deposits, and it can handle them at a cost of only five cents or so a ton. , Where there Is no natural body of water for the dredge to float on, nn ar tificial one is created. In a number of cases in California profllable orchards have been dug up by these dredges for the gold contained in the soil. . Tbe dredge will handle anything within about forty feet above or below the sur face of the water. The soil is scooped up by a chain of buckets, conveyed to revolving cylin ders where it is washed, the particles of gold being caught by eocoannt mat ting, amalgam plates and other devices, and finally dumped overboard again at tbe rear. All this Is done by machin ery, thus dispensing with most of the costly hand work of the older methods. Wild tales are being told of the prof Its to be made In this new kind of min ing, and the ever-watchful promoter is nbroad trying to rope In new Investors In schemes of the sort. As a rule, however, such enterprises succeed only in the hnnds of experienced men pro vided with ample capital: nnd such men are seldom eager to share their good fortune with strangers. . A Japanese Joke, Count Inouye, Japanese Minister in Berlin, was, according to T. F. O'Con nor, I. P., once conversing at dinner with the German Chancellor, when Count von Buelow said to the Japanese diplomat: "You must know. Count Inouye, that we Germans are begin ning to be quite proud of the Japanese. You have gathered from us your tac tics. Your strategy is also German, and so is your artillery. Nearly ail your doctors have studied in Germany. You have even imitated us by inaugu rating a social democratic movement ia Japan." "Most true. Count von Buelow," re plied the Japanese Minister, "but there is one thing we do not share with you. "What is that?" the German Chancel lor was rash enough to Inquire. "Whv. the fear of Russia," dexter ously rejoined the diplomat. maa of Walking and Rtrtlnl. A brisk daily walk, or a ride on horseback, beats any more elaborate forms of physical exercise for simplic ity combined with efficiency. In wait Ing, especially if the ground is some- niiub win. ii." (?i ' ' j . ' r. - r-i of muscles are brought into natura! and easy play, sufficient, at any rate, to stimulate the circulation, which in Its turn compels full expansion of the lungs and due aeration of the blood. The professional or business man re quires no more than this to keep him fit for his duties, provided he follows the ordinary rules of health in respect of bathing, eating, drinking nnd cloth ing. If he is afflicted with a sluggisH liver, Indigestion or inactivity of the alimentary canal ns a whole, a man may derive more benefit to health on horseback, but that Is really a curative form of exercise. London Chronicle. Artventnrei With n Tarantula. An immense tarantula caused consid erable excitement nt the grocery store of J. C. Matzen & Sons last evening. About an hour and a half before the discovery of the tarantula Mrs. Matzen had sold a number of bananas to a customer, and it is supposed that the insect dropped on her dress at the time. She did not notice it until she felt It crawling on her chin and luck ily brushed it off before it was aroused. While she was taken to the drug store a consultation as how to capture the tanntula was held, everyone keeplngl a safe distance away. It was finally! killed by pouring hot water on it Thf body measured Mi inches wide by V,i Inches thick by .6!$ Inches long, am the spread of the front legs was ; Inches across. Milwaukee benunei. Gun LangnaEe. The old buffalo hunters bad ari Hshed signal that is yet usedi mountain guides, says Ernesl Thnmnsnn. in Country Life il lea. It is as follows: Two shots in rapid success.'l terval of five seconds by til then one shot this means ' you?" The answer given a'f exactly the same, means, il what do you want?" Tb this may be one shot, wbl "All richt. I only wanted where you wre." But if t j npnts the first, it means, "ll ous trouble, come as fast aJ What Dlnrespect Col A young man entered i house the other day. nnd, I nronrietor. said: "lne ol me this morning that hi could get a position in Looking him square in business man said: "If 1 sand cositlons I wanted i not give one of them to n speaks of his fathil m:'.-.'" Enotich said.-Wl i Mtrcury. 1 i i m 111
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