WHILE, THE RAIN OA ME DOWN.
While the rain enme down they stayed
In the maples' kindly shade,
Leaning from the ferny slice
Watched tho dappled river-floor
Where the raindrops guyly played.
Every leafy mountain glade
Felt the raindrops' rushiug raid;
Lowering storm-clouds hovering o'er
While the rain came down.
Laughing, careless, man and maid,
With the wide umbrella's aid
filtered from the drops that pour,
L6ve and youth their happy lore,
Naught cared thev, though long delsyei,
While the ruin came down.
■—[Georgia Roberts, in Boston Transcript.
SAVED BY_A RAVEN.
BY EDMUND COLLINS.
Two brothers, George and Frank
Blackburn, lived with their father in one
of the largest settlements on the Labra
dor coast. George was seventeen and
Frank fifteen, and both the boys in sum
mer ranged the coast in a small skiff col
lecting birds' eggs aud other specimens.
George owned a pet raven, which he had
trained to follow him, carry small parcels
in his mouth, and do many other intel- j
ligent things, and the bitd was exceed
ingly attached to him. Whenever'
George went into the woods or among
the hills Jack, which was the raven's i
name, followed him, cawing and chat-1
tering, sometimes walking, sometimes >
fluttering, and frequently darting far ;
ahead with loud, delighted screams. He j
liked also to go with his young master j
in tho boat, but that he was seldom per- :
mitted to do.
One lovely June morning the two
boys and their cousin, Ned Bradshaw,
put out from the little wild dock in an
open skiff with two tanned sails, to
make au excursion to Cormorant Islands,
about three leagues down the coast.
Jack came hopping and Hying down the
rocks, appealing piteously, with loud
cawing, to be taken on board. George
raised his hand and shouted, "No, Jock; ,
can't come. Home, Jack/' end then the i
skiff was pushed off, while the poor, !
lonosome bird stood on a rock close by j
the water's edge. Then he raised his I
wings, Hew out over the water and cir
cled over the boat cawing and looking
at George as if begging him to relent and
take him on board. But George arose
in the boat and, in astern, angry voice,
ordered him to go home. The disap
pointed bird turned and flew quietly
ashore, perching on the edge of a nar
row strip of meadow, looking discon
solately after the fast disappearing boat.
The object of the visit to Cormorant
Island was to get some of the eggs of the
cormorant, which are rather difficult to
obtain. The boys had not told their
parents where they were going, but they
Lad decided upon nothing less than the
ascent of the island, the sides of which
rose almost perpendicularly out of the
sea to a height of nearly four hundred
feet. The island had three sides, and on
one of these sides was a series of rocky
shelves resembling a stairway, but some
Of them were so narrow that it was im
possible to get a steady foothold upon
them.
When the coast fishermen passed the
Island they shuddered because so many !
tragic events were connected with its i
name. Five or six adventurous persons '
had scaled its shelvy sides and got up
atnong the multitude of birds, but not a
man of them had ever been able to make
the descent. The boys very well knew
the history of the island and its dangers,
but George had for more than two years
been studying the problem of how to get
up and come down in safety, had exam
ined every rock-shelf on the side through
a glass, tracing the same on paper, and
had talked with every fisherman on the
coast who knew anything about the place
find obtained his opinion as to the safest
ways of descending.
So he had quietly provided himself
with two short hand-gaffs, with stout
wooden handles, having on one end a
running loop of cord to be fastened
around each wrist, and on the other end
a strong steel hook. These were de
signed for getting a hold in cracks and
fissures in the face of the cliff where it
would be impossible to draw one's self
up by means of the fingers, for George
knew that the most daring and expert
climbers had used gaffs with success.
The coast was bold and desolate, and
contained no habitation between the dock
from which the skiff had set out and the
island, or for several leagues beyond.
When they reached the base of the isl
and, which stood close to the mainland,
they pulled their skiff upon a small plat
form of rock, got their guns and began
shooting the birds that circled around
tjie island r.nd nested on the terraces.
Then George told that he was going up.
They knew how expert he was, and re
membered all the dangerous places that
he had climbed before, but their faces
Srew white with fear as they looked at !
ic 400 feet of sombre, rocky wall that
towerod above them.
"Now, boys," said George, as he threw
off his coat and tightened his belt. 4 'don't
be a bit frightened about me; with these
gaffs I can climb up there without any
trouble, and I can come back, too, with
the greatest safety. I'll take your bag,
Frank, for the eggs, only put plenty of
oakum in it so they won't break when I
am coming back." Frank brought him
the bag, and his hand trembled as he
put it around his brother's neck, but
neither of the boys seemed to know what
to say.
"Now, good-by, bovs, for the present;
I'll be througn in twenty minutes; these
cormorants defend their nests so that I
may be able to gaff some of them. Look
out for them as I throw them over."
Then seizing his gaffs tightly in his
hand he sprang toward the cliff, running
nimbly up a half-dozen paces almost as
light-footed as a weasel. The two boys
looked at him in speechless terror, but
they had great faith in his skill and :
courage, lie found little difficulty in
passing the first dozen ledges or so" for
Le could easily reach them, and they
gave sure footing. Every minute or so
he stopped to consult his drawing, which
was a complete chart of tho face of the
cliff. After a third of the descent was
made he paused, and, as the boys could
see from below, looked somewhat nerv
ously about him and again carefully
studied his drawing. It was plain that
the path which ho had traced out for
himself >.') a dotted line was an impos
sible one. Ne vert Del he turned his
hand behind him and waved a signal of
encouragement, but lie never once looked
back or down. Then he seemed to
gather resolution; stuck fast one gaff
and then another, into two tiny rifts in
the cliff and drew himself up over a
space of seven or eight feet to the ledge j
above. Then, for the first time, lie
turned and looked down. These rifts J
ran obliquely, and from his gestures it j
seemed only too plain that he doubted ]
if he could get back. But his courage
did not fail him, and after a minute's j
rest he resumed his perilous journey, |
sometimes being suspended in the air by
both arms, sometimes by one, with no
place to put his toe; yet it was marvel
ous to sec the progress he made up the
iroustained face of the steep wall. When
ever he reached a terrace that he could
staud upon he rested a few seconds,
hitched up his trousers, and began the
ascent ugain.
Near the top the cliff beetled out above
his head, and he crept a'.oug the ledge,
lirst to one side and then to another,
looking for some part of the rock above
him where he could get a hold for his
steel hooks. lie tried one place aud an
other, but was afraid to trust himself,
and at last discovered a small rift through
which a tiny stream of water trickled,
and into that he thrust both his gaffs,
lifting himself lightly upward. This was
the most perilous spot of all, for above
him was a stretch of about 15 feet of
bald cliff; below him lay an abyss nearly
400 feet deep, with surging sea and cruel
rocks at the bottom. To turn his head
and look down would be terror and im
mediate destruction, so he climbed on
and on, shifting his gaffs from one hold
ing point to another, sticking his knees
hard against tho cliff and hardly ever
finding a spot to place his foot. Then
the summit was reached aud he sprang
lightly upon the rim of sod.
The two breathless watchers below
pulled off their caps and hurrahed, but
he stood silently at the dizzy top till the
echo of their voices in the cliff had died.
Raising his hand to get their attention he
shouted iu a strong, mournful tone: "I
can never go back. Don't wait for me,
but try if you can get help." Then he
sat down upon a rock, exhausted from
the desperate climb.
The top of the island was about three
acres in area and was inhabited by more
than 5,000 birds. It would be almost
impossible to take a step in any direc
tion without treading into a nest, and
the mothers became infuriated as George
walked about, and rose with shrill cries,
brushing his face with their wings and
pecking savagely at him. The wings of
the other birds hovering about aud Hy
ing across the island fairly darkened the
ground, and there were tumult and anger
among all the cormorants at the intru
sion upon their abode. George struck
several of the birds with one of his gaffs,
and, after killing them by pounding
their heads against a rock, threw them i
over the precipice to the boys below, for
he knew they would linger about the
base of the islaud for awhile before re
turning home.
Then with despair in his heart he sat
upon the sod near the verge of the cliff
and watched for the departure of the
skiff. The air was filled with the harsh
cries of the birds, and the echoes iu the
cliffs turned the place into an utter
Rabel. He sat there for half an hour,
and by that time the sun sank in the far
western water. Now he noticed the
sails of the skiff, aud the brisk breeze
carried her swiftly around the nearest
headland and left him there with tho
gloomy shadows creeping upon tho
islaud, leagues from everything human
and surrounded by screaming, angry
birds, whose eyes gleamed in his face as
, they brushed past in the gathering dusk.
| Night very soon fell upon sea and
i land; the birds ceased their tumult and
| settled among the rocks and upon the
i ledges, but the wind freshened and
i whistled about his ears, while the rest
j loss moaning cry of the sea came to him
| from below. Not a star was to be seen,
| but huge, black clouds came trooping
out of the south, filling the heavens to
| leeward. It was not long before tho
'■ night was suddenly riven with tlamo—
j awful thunders bellowed across the
heavens, seeming to shake the island and
the cliffs about it; then torrents of rain
were loosened, drenching to the skin tho
poor boy as he lay there upon the bleak
sod.
George had a bravo heart, but he felt
that his chances of escape were very
slim. Down the island wall he could
l not go, and in what other way could he
I leave the plaoc? Then arose in his heart
a feeling of remorse that ho had con
. coaled from his parents his intention of
I climling the island, and far more bitter
to him than his own misery was the
thought how his mother would feel when
his brother and cousin reached home
without him. He knew they had been
crying out some words to him before they
left, but the noise of the water, dis
turbed by the freshening breeze, had
prevented him from hearing what they
said.
So he sat there through the pitchy
dark, hour after hour, terrified by the I
blinding lightning and deafening thun- ]
der and deluged by the pitiless rain.
I The great black birds everywhere about
him crouched close upon their nests and |
l huddled behind the rocks for shelter.
I Not once through that long and terrible
j night did he close his eyes in sleep, and
| when the gray dawn appeared in the
East a great throb of hope went through
his heart.
The clouds had rolled away and the
sun burned up on the edge of the sea.
like a large scarlet furnace. And with
the rising of the sun came the voices of
his parents and friends from the main
land asking how he had fared during
the night, and telling him to keep up
his spirits. He could sec his mother in j
the group, and ho saw that she was
weeping; her voice came distinctly from
among all the rest telling him that God
was good and that he would in some
way he rescued. Then some of them
tried to throw across food made up in
tins and parcels, but they all fell short
and dropped into the gulf below, lie
was now tortured with hunger, and on
the advice of his mother, who stood in
the front of the assemblage, on the
. mainland, he built a fire out of the de
cayed grasses aud weeds, the dry bones |
| of birds and neat materials, and roasted
a half-dozen eggs, selecting the fresh
onc9 when cooked and eatiug them.
So far no one could devise any means
of reaching him. It was impossible to
stretch a ladder across, and access from
below was equally impossible. A number
of fishermen had gathered around the
base of the island in their boats, but they
were nonplussed like those on land. His I
fi-thir and several ot the fishermen tried j
for hours to fiy a rope across the chasm,
but it fell short fully 40 feet from tho
brink of the island. The group stood
there iu mute sorrow, the mother con
stantly shouting across words of en
couragement.
Hour after hour passed till the sun had
passed the meridian, then the party on
the mainland heard a wild cawing close
beside them, and turning, saw thnt Jack,
poor George's raven, had joined them, j
Evidently the bird had followed the
patty at a safe distance, remaining all
these hours in the background, but had j
it last ventured to show himself. No
sooner did George see him than an idea
Hashed through his mind, and raising his
voice he cried:
"Catch Jack ard fasten the smallest ;
rope you have to his leg and 1 will get 1
him to bring it across." Fortunately, (
one of the party had brought along a
reef of cod line, so the bird was cap- 1
turcd and the line fastened to his leg,
after which it was placed in a loose coil
by the biink of the mainland cliff.
"Come. Jack, come," shouted George,
and immediately upon the bird being re
leased he plunged out into the air across
the gulf with exultant chatteriug, drag
ging the line and made straight for
George, perching at his feet and looking
at him with wide, curious eyes. The
party on the mainland understood the
expedient, and immediately fastened the
end of one of the heavy coils of rope to
the small line and then fastened care
fully together all the heavy coils.
Taking the small line in his hand,
George drew across the heavy coil, and
when he got hold of the end of it
dragged it to a perpendicular rock aud
carefully fastened it arouud it. The men
on the mainland then threw the joined
cable over into the gulf aud it went with
a swash down into the sea. George next
unfastened the line from Jack's leg, then
saying a few cheery words to his mother,
got upon the rope and descended swiftly
down over the precipice aud was received
below by a boat which lay by the lower
end of the rope. A wild hurrah went
up from hu delighted friends, but no
one made a louder demonstration of joy
than Jack, who went screaming down tho
abyss and perched in the boat beside his
beloved master. The mainland party
returned home by the marshes and
reached the dock just as George arrived
there by the fisherman's skiff.—[St.
Louis Republic.
IT TAKES A STEADY HAND.
Steering a Hook and Ladder Truck
Not Easy Work.
"Perhaps you think it an easy thing
to steer a fire truck; so it is—when you
know how," said a gray-haired tiro-lad
die the other day as he nimbly vaulted
out of his lofty seat on the tail of the
truck after returning from a false alarm
a few blocks away.
"There are practically two men on
the truck, the man who drives and tho
man who steers," continued the veteran.
"I've done both duties now for more
than ten years, and Hatter myself that I
know something about them,but I think
that the steerer has the harder job of the
two."
It is probable that any one who has
thought of the matter at all has come to
the same conclusion, for the deftness
with which a hook and ladder truck is
swuug around sharp corners, in its mad
race to a fire, is something to be won
dered at by the onlookers.
The truck itself is about 40 feet long
and carries from six to eight extension
and several life-saving ladders, the long
est of the foimcr projecting out behind
l about ten feet. The truck is drawn by
three strong and lleet horses, which are
driven by a man sitting on a high scat
in front. The members of the company
find standing room ou the low platform
which ruus along either side of the truck
below the body ot the conveyance, while
at the extreme end sits the steerer away
up in the air. You scarcely see the men
between for looking at the driver and
his coadjutor at the other end. The lat
ter has his hand ou a big wheel like un
enormous brake on a freight car, on
which he keeps his hands firmly closed.
Meanwhile his eyes are on the driver,
lie sees the driver turn a corner, and he
is ready in an instant. If his eye was
not true and his hand brawny and steady
the unwieldy vehicle would be dashed
into a lamp post or even into a building
in a twinkling.
But the steerer knows his business. At
just the crucial moment he turns his iron
wheel this way or that way, and the
heavy wheels of the truck, which ans
wers to his touch, as the ship answers
her helm, barely touch the curb and in
a moment swing into a direct line with
the forward wheels, and the machine
dashes on until the same dangerous
maneuver is repeated at the next corner.
Every tireinun conuected with the sev
eral hook and ladder companies is taught
both to drive and to steer, but in some
way the duties are apt to devolve upon the
most competent in the company, and so
it is that one man or another comes to do
the same work year after year, and good
work gains for him a reputation for his
specialty. Beginners are taught their
duties in that direction by handling tho
truck on the returns from tires, and little
by little learn skill from experience.—
[New York News.
Judge Poland's Authority.
Judge Poland was one of the most ro
markable figures in Congress, llis blue
swallow-tail coat, brass buttons, snow
white hair and chop whiskers made him
appear remarkably English, and he al
ways admired himself. Before entering
Congress he had been Chief Justice of
his native State, and at once resumed
his practice before tho courts after enter
ing political life.
One day he was arguing before tho
full bench a quite important case, and
had referred to several decisions, when,
picking up a volume, said:
"May it please your honors, I will now
call your attention to a case decided in
the volume of our State reports. I
The decision is somewhat old, but at j
that time there were some able men upon
the bench," and from a decision rendered
by himself twenty years previous sus
j taincd the position he was contending
j for.
I Tho judges, of course, all smiled, but
Poland was as dignified as it was possi
ble for mortal to be. (Detroit Free
Press.
A Preserved Pig.
A curious old story tells of a house
which stood under the clills near Dover,
England. During a terrible storm a por
tion of the rock fell, wrecking tho
house. In the ruins were buried the
father, mother, five children aud one
other child, the son of a neighbor. Tho
father only was rescued alive; the others
were smothered.
At the back of the bouse stood the
pig-sty, inhabited at the time of tne ac
cident by one very large and fat hog.
The animal was neglected, and no one
took the trouble to attempt to release
1 him. Six months after some workmen
| passing the spot heard a faint noise. At
first they were frighteued, but, as the
sound was several times repeated, they
they began to dig to discover tho cause.
Far down among tho timbers and
rocks they excavated the pig, a mere
skeleton, with pale eyes and Imigshaggy
hair. What had preserved its life so
| long was a mystery, but live it did, and
! for several years afterward. The owner
! exhibited the animal throughout Eng
! land, and made a good sum of money
j out of his long-buried pig.—[Harper's
Young People.
Lincoln's Advice.
An autograph letter of Abraham Lin
| coin to a friend is said to contain tho
following: 14 Do not worry. Eat three
| square meals a day. Say your prayers.
I rhink of your wife. 13c courteous to
I your creditors Keep your digestion
' good. Steer clear of biliousness. Ex
erciso. Go slow and go easy. May bo
there arc other tilings that your especial
j case requires to make you happy, but,
i my friend, these, I reckon, will give you
Sa good llft".-[Chicigo Herald,
THE JOKER'S BUDGET.
JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY
MEN OF THE PRESS,
Applied Science—Served Him Right
—A Love Match—A Bright Boy,
Etc., Etc.
APPLIED SCIENCE.
She—ls that a rattletnake?
Attendant—Yes, ma'am.
"How many rattles has he?"
"Fifteen and a button."
" May I make him rattle?"
"CertainPr, maim."
11 What r Jst I do?"
"You touch the button and he will
do the rest, 1 * -[ Arkausas Traveller.
SERVED HIM BIGHT,
lie talked the old man dumb and blind,
Then muchly to his grief
The old man said—'twas most unkind—
"Go on, I'm not yet dcef."
A LOVE MATCH.
She—So she married for love, did
she?
Ho—Y'es—love of money.
A BRIGHT BOV.
Closefist—l told that good-for-nothing
boy to-day that he would have to paddle
his owu canoe.
Mrs. Closefist—What did he say to
that?
Closefist—He struck me for money to
buy the canoe.
GETTING RID OF A BORE.
"Just lend me your ear for a moment,
Mr. Hicks."
"I won't do it. If you want to hear
yourself talk, you'll have to use your
own ears. They are big enough to hear
all you have to say."
CAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCE.
Collector—What? How's this! Old
Park rich's property assessed at SIO,OOO !
Last year the same was ouly SIOO.
Assessor—You see, before I assessed
it I had been trying to buy it."
A HABIT BROWN HAS.
Jasper—l think Brown is in the liabit of
blowing his own horn a great deal.
Jumpuppe—Perhaps so. but it seems
to me that he is more in the habit of
drinking it.
EYES, MALE AND FEMALE.
Miss Nocliick—So you have been mar- |
ried a year. Has your husband found
out about your dyed hair, false teeth, or !
glass eye, yet?
Mrs. Wed late—No, indeed ; lie's been
too busy concealing the same defects in
himself.—[New York Weekly.
BENEFITS OF BANKING.
George—l say, Jack, change mo a five,
won't you?
Jack—l haven't more than enough for
lunch and car-fare in my pocket. Fact is,
I don't carry money loose in my pockets
any more. I put it in the bauk and pay
by check.
"I don't care to bother with checks.
I always carry money in my pockets, and
I never miss a cent."
"Y—c—s, but you are not married."
—[Now York Weekly.
CHEAP DOCTORING.
Anxious Mamma—Little Dick is up
stairs, crying with the toothache.
Practical Papa—Take him around to
the dentist's.
"I haven't any money."
"You won't need any money. The
toothache will stop before you tret there."
—| Good News.
HIS LAST CIIOKE.
"I hope you will cut mc dowu as soon
as convenient after the job is done,"
said the culprit to the hangman.
"Why, what difference can it make to
you after you are dead?"
"Ah! my friend, you must remember
that suspeuse is worse than death."
BASEBALL NOTE.
"There is more growling done by that
nine than by any other."
"What nine is that?"
"The canine."
A STRANGE CASE.
Young Doctor—l was just going
around to seo your brother. How is he
this morning ?
I Patron—He is no better.
Young Doctor—What ? No better ?
That is certainly very strange! The pre
scription I gave him contained over forty
things.—!Ncw York Weekly.
CRUSHED AGAIN.
Editor—Who wrote this article ?
Kepoiter—l indited it, sir, yester
day.
Editor—Oh, did you ? Well, it's bad
enough to have been indicted six months
ago. Good morning. —[Washington
Star.
HE DOWNED IT.
"I mastered French in six lessons,"
Baid the liar.
"Yes, I suppose so," said the cynic;
"I noticed you never allowed the
language to have its own way when you
tried to talk it."—[St. Joseph News.
SAME OLD STRUGGLE.
"Now, John," said the pessimist's
wife, who had persuaded him to go to
the circus, "I do hope you will try to
throw aside all care and enjoy yourself."
"I have, Maria,'' he replied, as lie
gazed at the contortionist; "but there it
is again, the same old struggle to make
both ends meet." —(Washington Post.
THE REASON MADE CLEAR.
"There's a good deal of bounce about
Bounderby, isn't there?"
"Yes, hut it's easily explained. He
was a 4 bouncing baby,' I understand,
when he was born."—[Philadelphia
Times.
THE EFFECT OF CULTURE.
Boston Girl—Oh, mother! I did
something awful at the party to-night.
Mother—Why, my dear child, what
was it?
Boston Girl. —That horrid bouquet Mr.
Beacon sent me had some cinnamon
pinks in it. They made mo sneeze and
—but I can't say it.
Mother.—Go on!
Boston Girl—My glasses fell off and
Mr. Beacou saw my bare face!—[Boston
ian.
COMPENSATION.
"Tom is in great glee. He started
out to the races yesterday, but he fell in
running for the train, broke his leg and
was carried to a hospital."
"What is there for him to be gleeful
about?"
"Well, you see, all the horses that he
intended to back lost." —[Rider and
Driver.
LACK OF PRESSURE.
Dumly—l would like you to be my
wife, but I will not press you for do
uisior..
She (coolly) Then I shall uot marry
you.
JUDGING FROM APPEARANCES.
Thin Individual—Mr. Cleever, I think
I'll trade with you hereafter. I've been
buying my meat from the butcher acrosa
the way.
Cleever—Well, you look it!
A GOOD MEMORY FOR FACES.
"Excuse me. sir, but haven't we met
before? Your face is strangely familiar."
" Yeß, madam, our host introduced us
to each other just before dinner."
"Ah, I was positive I had seen you
somewhere. I never forget a face."—
[Brooklyn Life.
INJUSTICE TO THE riO.
Weary Mother—You little imp! Look
at yourself; you're as dirty as a pig.
Willie (appealingly)—Papa, mamma
says I'm dirty as a pig. What do you
think of that?
Papa (calmly)—l think mamma's
pretty harsh on the pig.—[Pittsburg
Bulletin.
INGRATITUDE.
Mr. Gotrox—What are you doing out
there in the chilly night air? Come into
the house.
Gladys—l was just admiring the moon,
papa.
Mr. Gotrox—What business have you
admiring the moon when there arc so
many things in the houso that I have
bought expressly for you to admire?
Anybody can admire the moon.—
[Chicago Tribune.
SHE LOVED TIIEM.
" Ah, what won't a person do and put
up with for those they love."
"That's true. I've been wearing
these new shoes for a week now on a
stretch, although they nearly kill mo
every time I walk."—[Philadelphia
Times.
STRICTLY BUSINESS.
"What's the matter, Clark?" asked
the principal of his book-keeper.
"Oh, sir, I've got so much family
trouble."
" Family trouble? I want you to un
derstand I don't pay you to have family
trouble in business hours. I want you
to have business trouble."—[Phila
delphia Times.
BROUQnT TO TIME.
She—You will ask papa, will you not?
Or must I?
He—Oh, I have seen him. Fact is, ho
made the suggestion that it was about
time for me to propose.—[lndianapolis
Journal.
A DOUBTING TnOMAB.
Teacher—With the exception of the
animals Noah took with him iuto the
Ark, every living creature perished in the
flood.
Doubtful Tommy—The fishes, too?
[Texas Siftings.
DID NOT NEED A SCARECROW.
"Where are you going, my pretty maid?"
"I'm going to work the corn," she said.
"May I go, too, my pretty maid ?"
"The crows don't bother now," she said.
THE GIRL FOR TIIE IIOUR.
When 'tis a hundred in the shade
And stifiing is the air,
Oh! for a cold and distant maid
To freeze us with a stare!
THE IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT.
"Is this calves'tongue, Mrs. Sniithers?"
asked the star boarder.
"It is," replied the lady. "Why do
you ask?"
"It is so tough I thought it might bo
part of a wagon tongue."
THE MAN OF THE HOUSE.
"What are you sitting on that step
for?" asked the policeman.
"Why, I live here, and I'm locked
out."
"Well, why don't you ring up the man
of the house?"
"I am the man of the house myself,"
and the way he said it indicated his
chances of getting in might be better if
lie had been the woman.—[Philadelphia
Times.
Tho Great Fighters of Africa.
A Zulu impi (warrior)—there are few
civilians in tue Zulu tribe—is physically
almost perfect, averaging six feet in
height, deep, broad-chested and taper
ing down wedge shape to a pair of large,
strong feet. 1 lis native dress is scant,
composed simply of a narrow band
around the body, from which dangle
hundreds of monkey tails or strips of fur
curled in imitation of monkey tails. Add
|to this his assagai, war club and cow
hide shield, and you have a Zulu war
rior (juite ala mode. Tho Zulu warrior
always wears a crown or ring on his
head. This crown is made of a com
position known only to this tribe, and it
placed on the head when in a puttylike
consistency, the hair and wool being
woven and drawn through the compos
ition, so that when dry it can never
come off unless the head is shaven.
A Zulu without a crown is no war
rior, and is usually cowardly and effem
inate. A warrior would not part with
his crown for the wealth of the world.
It is his emblem of manhood, and to
lose it would be to reduce him to the
rank of boys and cowards. He could
own no cattle or wives, have no voice in
the councils, and, in fact, would be an
outcast. If iu a war he should have his
crown taken from him, he will, if
strength remains, throw himself on tho
enemy's assagais and die, and il wound
ed so that he cannot reach the enemy
will end his life by driving his own as
sagai through his body.—[New York
Press.
Naicotic Poisoning.
The startlingly general use of mor
phine, opium and laudanum in this coun
try calls forth words of warning from
every side. Many begin the use of these
narcotics because physicians recommend
them when they are sick, but it should
be understood that these drugs have an
entirely different action in health and
sickness. The person that might take a
large dose wheu seriously ill, will often
be killed instantly by half that dose when
well. They should never be used with
out the advice of a physician, no matter
whether the patient is sick or not. They
arc taking a deadly poison, and poison
is beneficial ouly under certain circum
stances.—[Yankee Blade.
Strawberries.
"Why arc they called 'straw 1 berries?
Smart men differ on that. Some say it
is on account of their hollow, straw-iike
stems. Others think it is because they
have to he covered with straw or similar
protecting material in winter. The most
classical explanation is that
Saxon forefathers used to raise them and
they gave them this name because tho
berries are generally on the ground, that
is, 'strewed' or 4 strawcd'around."—(De-
troit Free Press.
Fumc*l infttninientß are provided on soma
Russian railways.
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