THE BROOK. I know where its stream first sees the day, Fnr ba k in the rock-bound wells; And it softly creeps on its sinuous way, A thread of light through the pebbles gray, Singing—ah, what? who tells? The wavelet crisps on its widening sea. And dancing bubbles break. As an artist draws, with a hand full free, Circle and line—soft vocal glee Ripples along their wake. ho ancients thought that the tune of the tide Laughed through some naiad's throat; But 'tis only the music that doth abide At the heart of all, whate'er betide— Creation's hopeful note. In noiseless pools—like rests that lie In song, too deep for speech, Glows the culm beauty of the sky— The meusurehss Divinity- Love soaring beyond reach. The mirrored stars afar off swinging, Join in the brook's low rhyme. The endless fugue through all space ringing, Chords, hearts, and spheres and spray-drops flinging The symphony of Time. Sing, brook! soft syllables repeating What sages may not know! If I could tell what foum-wuves breaking Might tell, or the wind the long grass shak ing, How would my numbers flow! —[Heleu L. Carey, in Boston Transcript. HER SON-IN-LAW. BY HELEN FORREST GRAVES. 41 1 kind o' hate to let that furniture go, Betsey Jane,''said Mr. Piggott. "Well, I wonder why? " slowly enun ciated his better-half, who stood with her hands upon her sides, and a big white apron pinned around her by 110 means slender waist. 44 You ain't Noah, j I guess, nor I ain't Noah's wife, and we don't want the kind o'furniture that come over in the Ark. 3lis' Squire Nipps, she's got real black walnut, aud | Doctor Hawley's wife has Spanish ma hogany that you can see your face in, and these chairs, at their best, weren't nothin' better than common curly maple with rush bottoms." The August sun was steeping the old shingled roof in brightness, the round, tremulous tops of the monster butternut trees were a study in green-and-gold, and a flock of young turkeys were cluck- i ing sleepily iu the high grass of the ad- j joining meadow. Mr. and Mrs. Piggott stood out on the dandelion-starred grass, proudly viewing the old house which had just been newly painted of a vivid olive, 44 picked out", with Venetian red. 44 It b'longed to my gran'ther," said ; Mr. Piggott. 44 11e went to housekeep in' with it when he was married." 4 4 Well, so long he's been dead and buried forty year," said Mrs. Piggott, j curtly, 44 1 don't see what difference that makes." "Tell ye what, Mis' Piggott," said a frank, cheery voice, as a tall young farmer in his shirt-sleeves, with a scythe balanced lightly across his stalwart shoul- j der, came up to the well curb to get a drink. "I'll give you twenty-five dollars for that set o' furniture 1" Jemima Piggott—for short called "Jimmy"—who was sitting on the door step, hemming a red-bordered towel, looked up with a sudden bright smile iu her dark-blue eyes. "Oh, Moses," said she, involuntarily, "I'm so glad." Mrs. Piggott sniffed scornfully. "Well," said she, "if you and Moses Raintree are willin' to go to house koepin' with such a lot of old truck as that—" "It was Grandsir Piggott's," said Jimmy, simply. "Twenty-five dollars," said Moses. "Is it a bargain?" "Yes, and glad to get it," answered 1 his mother-in-law-elect, with equal brov- j ity. Mrs. Piggott went to the nearest town the next morning and bought a staring set of machine-made parlor furniture, j upholstered in cheap and showy jute. "Jemima hain't a speck of her mother's 1 pride,*' said she, "or she'd never marry ! a man that can't do no better than put 1 her into a blacksmith's shop made over." ' "It's very neatly fixed up," interposed j her husband, "and you couldn't hardly ; toll it from a reg'lar built house. Mose i has done it himself out of hours, every nail and screw of it. And he bought the ' lot hisself out of his own honest carnin's. j When Grandsir Piggott was a boy—" "Oh, I'm sick of hearin' of your I Grandsir Piggott!" unceremoniously in terrupted Mrs. Piggott. "Now 'look here, John; that walnut furniture is just the thing I've wanted this long time." "I'm glad you're suited," said Mr. Piggott, dolefully. "And now the next thing is a pianner for Lucilla—" began his wife. "A—pianner!" "Yes. Why not? Every girl has one nowadays." "Jimmy never had one." "Jimmy hadn't no ambition. Lucilla's j quite a different kind. Lucilla's clear lligginbotham. There ain't a bit o' j Piggott about her. Lucilla must go in good society, and marry some one that's : a peg higher 1 n a work in' man." "You mean William Warburton?" " I don't name no names," oracularly 1 responded his wife. " What I mean is that Lucilla must be fixed up like other girls, and she and me, we've settled it she must have a pianner—on installments, you know. Of course we can't expect to pay for it all to once." "Rut, Betsey Jane, we ain't paid off the old morgidgc on the wood lot yet." i "Well, what o' that?" "Mr. Mudgemay foreclose any day." j "He won't!" "And the farm stock is all rundown." ' "The farm stock can wait. Your I daughter's welfare is the first thing to think of. Now we've got the house painted up and a new set cf modern furniture, the next thing is a pianner and a dancin' party, with froze ice cream and cake and lemonade for Lucilla." "Rut I don't see, what with Jimmy's wedding, how we can pay for it!" stam mered poor Piggott." " Father," spoke up Jimmy, " I don't want any wedding. Moses and me, we calculate to jest as we mean to go on. We've got the little three-roomed house and Grandsir Piggott's set o' fur niture, and we'll go right to Parson Par ker's in the mornin' ami get married, by ourselves, and go straight to liousekeep in' in the afternoon. You shan't he put to no trouble nor expense for us!" "I told you there wan't no lliggin botham about Jemima," said Mrs. Pig gott. "However, I don't care, if she's suited." Mr. Piggott looked troubled. "If a daughter o' mine goes out o' my house," said he, "I'd like her to have u oreditable send-off " "But Moses and I don't want a wed din', father," affectionately urged Jimmy, putting his cheek with her slim brown band. "We love each other, and we're willin' to rough it together. Why should we want to add to your expenses and troubles?" •'There's a good deal o' sense in what Jemina says," observed Mrs. Piggott. "Moses Rain tree's only a farmer. Wait until Lucilla marries young Warburton. Then I'll show you what a wedding is!" So Moses and Jemina branched off by themselves into their quiet new life. A glittering piano was ordered, the gorgeous party was given, and finally, with a grand flourish of trumpets, came Lucilla's marriage to Will Warburton. "I hope she 11 be happy," said Mrs. Raintree, wistfully, to her husband; "but I'm not just certain. I don't alto- I gether like that young Warburton. He's made Lucilla too many expensive pres ents, and I don't understand so much speedin' fast horses aud playing billiards at the tavern." "Well, we'll give 'em a chance," said Moses Raintree, cheerfully. 44 And in the meantime, what do you say to Mrs. . De Minford's offer of two hundred dol ' lars for that old set of furniture.?" "I don't want to sell it," said Jimmy. "It was Grandsir Piggott's, you know. j But, if you really need the money —" "Choose for yourself, my girl," said Moses, laughing. "The furniture is your'u, not mine." That very night—a raw, March tem- , pest, full of driving sleet and wailing winds—Lucilla came, pale and woebe- ' I gone, to her sister's house, aud slunk in | at the back door. j "Jimmy, can't you help me?" wailed ! she. "The officers are waiting for Will ■ around the corner of the house. He f didn't mean it. He surely expected to be able to make up the money before it was missed, but luck was all against him, and now—now —he'll be put in jail, 1 j and—" And a tempest of tears checked the j piteous utterance of the poor little six ! wpnlrs'-nlri hridfi " 1 "He's been— stealing , eh?" said i ! ' Jimmy, her sweet face hardening invol- • ' j untarily. | j "Not stealing! Oh, he never meant j that ," pleaded Lucilla. 44 He was so ' certain of being able to replace it! Dear, 1 , dear, Jimmy, if I could only raise two ] ! hundred dollars! Father he says Will ' has drained him dry of every cent, and mother can only cry and rock herself backwards and forwards—" | Jimmy went into the back room to take counsel with Moses Raintree, who sat there adding up figures at his home- ( made pine desk. "I know he's a scamp," she said, in a i 1 . low voice, "but he's Lucilla's husband." j ! "Not ouch a scamp after all," said ! ! kindly Moses. "Only weak aud con j | ceited and easily led astray. Well, 1 Jimmy?" 44 1f you don't object, Moses,that set of furniture that Mrs. lie Minford want- ! j ed —" 1 I "Jimmy, you're a noble-hearted little , I girl," said Raintree. "Where is Lucilla? ( I I'll fix the thing for her." i Lucilla could scarcely believo the measure of her own good fortune. 44 1t never shall happen again, Moses," ' 1 said she—"indeed it never shall! Be | cause if Will once tides through this trouble, he's the promise of a place in the new rolling mill at Steelkirk. Mr. ! Farrell knows the foreman, and he says he can get him a place. Will's seen the , folly of horses and gambling. And he i , says for my sake—" ! : 1 And once more poor frightened little ! I Lucilla broke down into tears and sobs, 1 like the veriest baby. 44 Yes," said Moses, quietly, "Mr. Farrell knows the foreman, Lucilla, and j so do I. I had meant it for a surprise I for Jimmy, but I am the new foreman at! Steelkirk Mills, at a salary of fifteen 1 ' hundred dollars a year, and a new frame 1 1 house to live in, and a team o' horses 1 kept for me to drive around and sec to j * j things with." 1 I Jimmy opened her soft blue eyes wide I ( and drew a quick, gasping breath. I "Oh, Moses!" was all that she could j 1 j say. I 1 j "Yes," said Raintree, reaching down ] 1 I his hat, "you've been the best and dear- j 1 ! est little wife in the world, Jimmy, and j | it's high time you had some reward. | j And we'll keep Grandsir Piggott's furni- 1 | ture for our best parlor after all. Ido ! believe the old sticks brought us good ! ! luck. Come, Lucilla, I'll go with you j | now to settle with them men." } "But you've got to git the money some , where," hazarded Lucilla, timidly. j ! "The two hundred dollars?" He , j touched his vest pocket. "I've got it j now—right here." Lucilla stared. The family of Piggott | ( had got so in the habit of regarding 1 Moses Raintree as a sort of semi-pauper j I that the idea of his actually possessing 1 money in any amount did not seem u possibility. "I 'most believe I'm dreaming!" fal tered she, in the overflowing fulness of her joy. "What!" cried Mrs. Piggott, "Moses R&intree paid that money ? Where under I the sun did he ever get two hundred dollars? Moses Raintree the foreman of the grand new rolling mills? It ain't possible! .liinmy to live in a new house, with a tpieen Anue roof and double par i lors, and a horse and rockaway ker i ridge! And Lucilla's husband to clerk i it under Moses Raintree I Well, wonders ; never will cease, that's certain!" | "Other folks thinks more o' your son j in-law than you do, Retsy Jane,' 1 said ; Mr. Piggott, with a sly chuckle. "And I what's more, Jimmy's goin l to begin life : in the new house with Grandsir Piggott's 1 curly maple cheers and tables! Eh, what's that? A van, come to take away I the pianner for non payment of instal | ments! I ain't sorry to be quit of it. j And the next money I can scrape to | gether I'll pay toward the farm inor- I gidge. I've had enough of style." And for once in her life Mrs. Piggott ! was ready with no retort.—l Saturday 1 Night. _ _ The Order of the Day. Says a St. Louis mau: "I was a witness of a funny scene at the Fair Grounds— j then known as Renton Rarracks- that j took place in 1861. A New-Yorker named Strong was sent out here to look i after quartermaster's supplies, and in order to give him some military status ! ho was commissioned Brigadier-General. I He neither knew nor pretended to know j anything in the world about military matters. It so happened that all the | higher officers wore called away, and ; that he found himself incominanu of the | troops at the barracks. The adjutant, a j young West Pointer, came to him for j the order of the day. General Strong I knew fully as much about Sanscrit as ho did about this, and for a moment was completely nonplussed. Rut he was a man of ready resources and soon extri cated himself from the difficulty 'Order of the day! order of the day!' ho said. 'Well, you can do to-day justi what you • lid yesterday. Wait a minute,' he j ! called out as the astonished aJjutant was i retiring. 'Convene all the/troops in a ! prayer-meeting to pray for tjsc success of the Government and the suppression of this wicked rebellion.' The adjutant gasped, stared and stood irresolute, but being accustomed to obeying orders im plicitly, he said nothing, and the prayer meeting was held. General Strong afterward laughingly boasted that all the Union victories were due to his peculiar innovation on ordinary military routine." A BRAVE WOMAN. The Heroism and Terrible Trials of Mrs. Grimwood in India. The English people are very proud of a little lady whose heroism equalled that of any male hero who ever wore the medals of honor. She is Mrs. Frank St. i Clair Grimwood, the young and pretty wife of the British resident at Mauipur, where the recent shocking massacre took place. She was only three years a wife when she was called upon to endure trials that would have overcome many a more ex perienced woman. A few weeks ago it will be remembered the natives about Mauipur became rebellious. Three Eng lishmen under a tlag of truce went out to parley with them. Only their heads came back to the Residency. Then the Europeans knew the worst had come, and they prepared to sell their lives as dearly as possible. For several days the handful of British defended the hotly assailed Residency. The wounded were placed in a cellar, where they were tended by brave Mrs. Grimwood, who though shot through the arm, would not give up. At last the ammunition began to give out and it was decided to retreat. The little band had dwindled till there were scarcely enough to carry the wounded. Not a man was left behind on that dark night when the Residency was aban doned by the back way, and the fright ened but brave squad plunged into the thicket. In the morning their flight was discovered by the enraged besiegers, who, taking their trail, harrassed them day and night as they made for a friend ly territory. Through that terrible retreat the little lady bore up with great bravery. Though builets were falling about her she never i faltered. She set out with her ordinary house shoes. These were soon worn out I and she had to put on heavy ammu nition boots. For ten days the retreat continued. Day by day the pursued became weaker. Then the last hope flickered out 011 the tenth day, when it was found that the cartridges would last only through that day. The next they would be at the mercy of their pursuers. But Mrs. Gruuwood cheered on the men. Her words of encouragement and hope remained to the weary fighters and they struggled ou. During the day Col onel Butcher, in command, gave out nil the cartridges but two—one for himself and one for the lady, to end their lives in case of capture. But just as it looked as if they would have to be used a body of friendly Ghoorkas was met. These charged the Manipuri, rescued the British, and car ried .Mrs. Grimwood in triumph to their chief city, whence she reached English territory. Then she took oil her clothes the first time in ten days. She speedily recovered from the ter rible strain, and her convalescence has been assisted by the gracious apprecia tion of Queen Victoria, who has given her the Royal Red Cross. Admiring friends in London have also presented her with a wreath of honor and are mov ing for a public recognition. Locusts in Europe. The appearance of locusts in Southern Italy and the country near the mouth of the Rhone reminds the correspondent of a German paper that this is by no means the first time that the latter district has been visited by them. The local history of Aries mentions between the years 1545-76 several processes at law against the locusts; for at that time the custom still survived of subjecting animals and even inanimate objects to trial, sentence, and the ban of the Church, just as if they were human beings. In 1565, when the locusts laid waste the region in question, the people were in despair, and forthwith demanded their expulsion. Accordingly a sum mons calling upon the insects to appear before the Court of the "Official" was issued and proclaimed throughout the | fields around Aries. As in due time the locusts, who it may be piesumed were wary of justice, failed to appear, a well known advocate, named Martin, was ap pointed to plead for them "in absentia.' 1 The defense was admirable. The locusts, sahi M ait re Martin, were but instruments in the hand of God for the punishment of those who refused to pay the tithes due to the Church, and to lead them to penitence and the renewed fulfillment of their duty. lie submitted that the curse should not be pronounced against the "defend ants," but that they should be regarded as blessings in disguise, and suiTered in patieuco till God should remove them, i Rut this pious defense failed. The lo custs were formally cursed and called upon to leave the country without delay. The record adds that notice of appeal was given against this decision, but that before the day of hearing arrived the lo custs. probably finding their quarters no longer safe, had flown to seek fresh fields.—[London Telegraph. Cattle at the World's Fair. Tt is gratifying to learn, as we do from recent announcements, that the cattle department of the proposed Columbian Fair at Chicago is receiving much atten tion throughout the world; and it will probably constitute the finest exhibition of cattle ever made. The American Jersey Cattle Club and the llolstein- Friesian Association have each appro priated SIO,OOO for showing their cattle. J. F. Sarg, of Nussdorf, Germany, who represents the Cattle Breeders' Associa tion of Baden, the largest breeders' as sociation on the Continent, writes that he inteuds to send a herd of Simmcnthal cattle. These cattle come from Switzer land and are large, the cows weighing about 1,400 pounds, and often 1,000 or 1,700 pounds, or more. They are white, and marked with large, irregular and sharply defined spots or bars of red. yel low or drab color. They are nicely shaped, hove lino bone, head und skin, and should make a good impression, though they are probably no improve ment to the breeds now found in Amer ica.—[New York Independent. Electricity as a Detective. An English shopkeeper found that on I several occasions bottles of spirits were j missing and he could obtain no clew to , the thief. Finally ho arranged an elec | trie signaling device by means of which, j if a bottle was disturbed, a bell would be ; rung. The affair worked admirably and 1 the thief was caught red-handed.— i [ Philadelphia Record. THE JOKER'S BUDGET. JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Ho Wanted to Sleep at Night— Mildly Sarcastic—Ode to the Ce lestial—Good Cause for Assault— Right, Etc., Etc. HE WANTED TO SLEEP AT NIGIIT. "A party was surveying for a new rail way," said Marshall P. Wilder to au in terested group the other day. "It was in the country, and the best line seemed to be one that would necessitate the re moval of a big bam. As they were studying the situation, the farmer came out und said: 41 'What are you fellers doin'?' 44 'Making a new railway,' they re plied. 4 4 4 Wnl, what pesky fools you be!' ex claimed the farmer; 4 do you s'pose I'm goin' to get out of bed two or three times a night to open them barn doors so's to let the trains pass through?"'—[New York Tribune. MILDLY SARCASTIC. The author of 44 Our Grandfathers Died Too Soon" attributes the greater longevity of to-day to the increased pop ular knowledge of hygienics and to modem methods of life. This makes it quite clear why Methuselah and other notables of his age were taken off so pre maturely.—[Philadelphia Ledger. ODE TO THE CELESTIAL. O Chinaman, if it be true That through the eye the soul doth shine, There must bo much obliquity About that silent soul of thine. —| New York Herald. GOOD CAUSE FOIt ASSAULT. Mrs. Gray neck—Why, Johnny, what in the world arc you striking Willie for, like that? Johnny—Well, I should think I had a good cause. Mrs. Gray neck—What do you mean? Johnny—Well, I let hiui use my bean shooter all last Sunday afternoon, if he'd say my prayers for me for a week; and I've just found out that lie's skipped three days.—[Greensburg Sparks. RIGHT. She (at the baseball game)— But do tell me, George, what does that man wear a mask over his face for? George—To keep the Hies off.— [Truth. NO TROUULE. 44 1s there any trouble brewing in the A. W. & X. Railroad?' 44 Not that I know of. Why do you ask?" 44 1 heard that it was going into liqui dation." "Going into liquidation! Quite the contrary. They've just watered the stock 50 per cent, and everything is go ing on swimmingly."—| Boston Tran script. WIIEIIE IT HAD THE ADVANTAGE. "That chimney is smoking all the time," said Dodkins. 44 Yes," said his grandmother; "but it isn't such a fool as to smoke cigarettes." —[Puck. HALF A MAN. She—l)o you ever see Mr. and Mrs. Chapley since their marriage? He—Oh, yes; it is a case of two souls with but a single thought. She—llow lovely 1 He—Yes, she married a dude.—[Buf falo Evening News. SHE WAS AN HEIRESS. "I wonder why Dick Fortunatus en courages his rich wife in dressing so much like a man?" 4< llc wants to stand some show of finding her pecket." CHAPPIE'S RETORT. Said he, "You are a liar, Sir," And Chappie answered "Pooh I I'd really much admire, Sir, To be told something new." —[Epoch. MUSIC ON TnE HOME STRETCH. "Goodnoss gracious," yelled the man ager, meeting the leader of the orchestra coming up, "there was a terrible mess of it half way in the last act." "Anddidn't I manage it nicely?" said the leader. 44 1 caught up so that even you must have noticed I wasn't more than three bars behind when the curtain fell."—[Fliegende Blatter. AN UNHAPPY TIME. Miss Budding—Oh, Mr. Jagson, you looked so sad and unhappy while Mrs. Chumplcigh was talking to you. I sup pose she enlisted your general sympa thies for some poor sufferer at her hos pital. Jagson—No, worse; she was telling me bright sayings of her children.—[El mira Gazette. THAT AOORAVATINO SISTER. His Sister—Had you heard that Laura Figg's pug has run away? lie—Well, what of it? His Sister—Oh, nothing, only I thought that if you intended proposing, now is your time. A woman's heart is often caught in the rebound, you know. —[lndianapolis Journal. UNKIND. He—What can I do to make you happy ? She—Do without. He—Without what? She—Me. —[ Epoch. •TUST WHAT IIE DIDN'T PREFER. Judge—l understand that you prefer charges against this mail? Grocer —No, sir; I prefer cash, and that's what I had him brought here for. —[Yonkers Statesman. 'TWAS EVER THUS. I see summer girls ramble Amid bush and bramble, Or gracefully gambol By the sounding sea; But I only ponder And still grow fonder Of that winter maiden Who once smiled on me. —[New York Herald. A PROMPT RESPONSE. Mr. Crossly—l tell you before I go that I want beef for dinner, and when I get home what do I find? Mrs. Crossly—Fault, every time.— [New York Sun. IT GETS THERE FINALLY. There is a sign out in one of Atlanta's side streets that is at least expressive. It reads: "Going out to do whitewashing done here." —[Atlanta Constitution. A DUBIOUS PROSPECT. Traveler—Can I f-f-find my way through these w-o-woods? Resident—Not if it is truo that "the man who hesitates is lost."—[Kate Field's Washington. A DESPERATE ORDER. Noodles—Say, there, bring me a pro fessional burglur! I want to see if he can break into this spring chicken. —[Truth. NOT AT ALL SURPRISING. The man who weds the Summer girl In some capricious whim Ought not to be surprised if she Should make thiugs warm for him. —[Yonkers Gazette. ALMOST A PROPOSAL. "Do you know, Mr. Dolley," said Amy, "I have joined the King's Daughters." "Indeed?" replied Dolley, with a glance of admiration at the fair young girl. "I wouldn't mind joining one of them myself."—[Judge. HOW SHE PRESERVED IT. There is a man in this town who after twenty-five years of married life is more of a lover than he was during the honey moon. 4 'l don't sec how your wife preserves her beauty so," said u friend to him the other day. "Ah," he said, tenderly, "she pre serves it in her disposition, which is the sweetest thing on earth."—[DetroitFree Pres9. LETTING WELL ENOUGH ALONE. Simpson—Why didn't you take a chance at that cake p.t the church fair? Were you afraid? Sampson—Yes; it was one my wife baked.—[Brooklyn Life. MONEY SAVED. Cook—What shall we have for supper? Boarding-house Keeper—Not much of anything. The boarders won't be in condition to eat to-night. We had bakery mince pies for dinner.—[Good News. ON TUB SAFE SIDE. "Well, iny little man," said his grand father, "why didn't you go out with the sailing party yesterday?" "Because," answered the little fellow, "my mamma went along, and I heard papa say to her that there was a spankin' breeze in the bay."—[New York Sun. THE GREAT TROUBLE. "How do you get on with your bicy cling?" "Oh, easy enough. It's the staying on that is troublesome."—[Truth. WANTED THE PREVAILING STYLE. Architect—A modern seaside cottage built on this plan would cost you about $1,500 Millionaire (disgusted)— That might do for a dog kenuel. Architect (with rare presence of mind showing another plan)— Yes, sir; that was my idea. It would do for the dog kennel. Now, here is the plan for the cottage itself, which can be built, I think, for about SIOO,OOO. —[Chicago Tribune. A NATURAL TAMER OF BEASTS. The Queer Stories Told About a "Washington Rancher. Among the visitors to Seattle the past week was Peter Gallagher, a rancher liv ing three miles from Kenton. Mr. Galla gher is one of the pioneers of the sound country, and has lived on the same place fcr twenty years or more, taking up a quarter section as a homestead from the Government. By years of hard toil he has cleared up aud improved a splendid place, which, though secluded from the outside world, is a model ranch of which the owner is justly proud. Mr. Gallagher is uot given to hunting and does not molest wild game of any kind, and to this may be ascribed the tameness of a number of animals which make the woods in that vicinity a home. One of these, a black bear, has for a year visited his stock yard almost daily and eaten with his cattle, lyiug down among the calves and displaying neither fear nor ferocity. Mr. Gallagher goes among the stock and frequently passes within two or three feet of his bearship, not only in the yard but in the woods. He pays no attention to the bear aud the latter never offers to mole9t him—on the contrary, cats with evident satisfaction pieces of bacon aud other scraps lroni the table that are thrown out to him. The bear is a handsome HOO pouud fellow and ap pears to enjoy the company of the cattle, aud especially the calves. Other pets are a pair of fawns that run around with the young stock on the place, eating with the calves and lying down among them as contented as though with their own kind. They evidently came from the vicinity of Cedar Lake, where considerable hunting is done and from which section game is being driven. Mr. Gallagher says he had rather part with the best cow on his place than one of the fawns, though he never disturbs or attempts to touch them. This is the second time fawns have taken up their abode at this place, the lirst pair coming there about rive years ago and remaining with his stock for two years, even going into the stables and being locked up over night. He gave them to a neighbor, who in turn, presented them to friends at Snohomish aud up the Skagit. This sounds fishy, but not only i 9 it vouched for, but it is further said that wild ducks and geese alight in his yard and show no fear in his presence,though the appearance of a stranger is the signal for llight. Mr. Gallagher never hunts and will neither allow hunting on his place nor interference in any way with Lis pets, either quadrupeds or winged. I —[Seattle I'ress-Times. To Keep Insects Off Trees. The tying of a piece of wool round a tree stem to keep down the bugs and vermin is a poor idea, because it is based on the supposition that all these nuisances ascend from the ground, whereas, in most instances, the eggs are laid in the foliage above the supposed guard. The only actual preventive involves a delicate operation, which, however, can be suc cessfully performed by a man with a steady hand. It consists in boring a small hole in the tree near the ground and filling it with sulphur. The sap carries this over the tree and there will be few insects settle or crawl on any part of it. The spring is the best time to do this, but with a strong healthy tree it can be done now with perfect safety.—|St. Louis Globe-Democrat. When Strychnine was Discovered. Suicide, by means of strychnine, re calls to mind the fact connected with the discovery of strychnine in 1818, by the French chemists, I'elletier and Caver ton. They called the new poison Yau quelino, in honor of their former master, tho eminent chemist, Vaut|uelin. But old Vauquelin, having seen the terrible sufferings of the animals on which the effect of tho poison was tried, begged tho two discoverers not to connect his name in any way with this terrible "new substance," and it was then that strych nine received tho name under which it is now known as one of the strongest poisons.—[l'all Mall Gazette. 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