TWO KINGS.
I.
One was a king of ruthless power
Who spurned his people's tiust,
All whiteness from liis soul erased
By tyranny and t.
One was a monarch just to all,
Within his kingdom's rearh,
His creed ofcfiurity and love
Flowered in act aud speech.
11.
The tyrant on a sumptuous couch
Out breathed his final breath.
And his life lapsed all uncousciously
From tranquil sleep to death.
The king beloved by grateful hearts
Throughout his prosperous land,
While issuing some benign decree
Died from a murderer's hand!
[William H. Huyne, iu tho Century.
MOTHEB CAREY'S CUSHION.
"Now, Octavia," said Mrs. Oland, "do
be a little careful to-day. Don't, for
pity's sake, let your wild spirits run uway
with you!"
Octavia Oland, in her pink muslin
dress, tied here and there with jaunty
little bows of ribbon and a straw gypsy j
hat garlanded with pink poppies, turned
around, the very incarnation of radiaut
glee. |
"Mamma," she said, "why should you
grudge me my little holiday? Don't I
work behind Miss Fanshaw s counter all
the year like any African slave? Don't I (
lose my very identity in shirrs aud puff
ings, and toil my linger ends off with ,
flounces and tucks? Do let me play I am ,
a child again, just this once?"
So this beautiful young Euphrosyne
danced away, leaving only the sweet
echo of her laughter in the gloomy apart
ment, and Mrs. Oland sighed.
"She is 60 thoughtless," said the
mother. "And Duncan Hay and Harry
Bolton are both going on the sailing
party, and somehow I leel as if to-day
were to be the turning point of her life. ,
I wish she could bring herself to like j
Duncan—he's a ateadj', noble-soulcd lad, | (
as his father was before him, but there j
isn't much outside show about him. (
And Bolton's a dashing young fellow,
just the sort to attract any girl. But '
somehow I can't quite believe in him. 1
Octavia says I haven't any knowledge of !
the world. Well, perhaps she is right. (
But I think we quiet, stay-at-home
bodies are sometimes gifted with a sort
of instinct in these matters." i j
The day was all sparkle and sunshine; .
the excursion steamer, fluttering with j
gay flags and the sound of music, glided j
majestically along; the sea air breathed (
new strength into the weary lungs and
touched fevered brows with alchemic ]
power ; and all of these over-tired, over- •
worked sewing girls forgot, for a brief ;
while, that life was nothing more than a (
treadmill to them.
They laughed, they danced, they sang; ,
they flung flowers into the water that
floated around the wheelhouse; they
counted the glimmering 6ails that leaned
up against the horizon; and finally, when
the boat landed at White Crags, thev all
scattered in various directions over" the j
silver-shingled beach, in merry pursuit
of shells, sea weed and pebbles, as so j
many newly liberated school children j
might have done.
And Octavio Oland, the prettiest girl '
in all the throng reigned us a sort of
princess among them.
"Mother Carey's Cushion?" said she
merrily, echoing the words of an ancient
suit who was mending his nets in a sunny
spot, with an old pipe in his mouth, and
a picturesque long beard blowing about j
in the wind. "Is that what they call
yonder rock?"
"That 'ere's what they hails her bv,
miss," said tho old sailor, his dim eyes
resting with evident approbation "on
OctavTa's fresh young lilies and roses.
"And well it's known hereabouts."
"But why do they call it so?" persisted
the girl.
"Because of the cushion, miss," said
the fisherman, laying his pipe down on
the sand, out of respect to this charming '
young presence; "and the Mother Carey's
chickens as circle round the point, of a
dark day, when there's a storm coming
up. It's a round rock near the top— I
d'ye see? With grass and mosses grow
ing on it, in a circle, like a cushioD. I
ana my sweetheart—as has been dead ,
these thirty years—climbed up there ]
once. But we didn't care to stay there '
long, I tell ye. For the wind howled, I
and the sea gulls shrieked, and the tide j
roared like a hungry shark around us, |
aud it was as much as we could do to get
down again with whole bones." !
"Why, it doesn't look such a great
height, said Bolton.
"Mebbeuot—mebbc not!" said the old |
man.*."A quarter of a mile makes a deal '
of difference in the looks of things. And
them as ain't used to distances can't cal
culate."
And he went on with his work, while
the little group strolled on, bright Octa
via with her ribbons and curls floating,
Bolton carrying her shawl, and Duncan
Ray walking silently on the other side.
And just then another gay party over
took them, and there was a discussion as
to where the site of their impromptu
banquet should be. Presently Duncan
Ray looked around.
"Where's Octavia?" he asked.
Everybody had some answer to make.
Auriette Hall had seen her not five min
utes before ; Helen Hay was quite cer- j
tain that she was hiding behind the
ruined boathouse on the edge of the
beach; Louis Fielding suggested that she
had probably gone back to the steamer
for a scent bottle or a handkerchief.
"She'll be here presently," he said.
"In the meantime let us get the lunch
ready, for there's a dark little edge of
cloud down in the west that the captain
sayshe don't half like the looks of."
And where was Octavia Oland all this j
lime?
She was springing up the steep and
winding ledge of rock, quicker and
lighter than any mountain chamois, her
veil floating back like a white wreath of
mist, an exquisite scarlet dying her
cheek.
"If other people can climb to Mother
Carey's Cushion, so can I," said dauntless
Octavia, keeping her face resolutely
away from the furious waves that boiled
and xaged below, lest perchance it should
render her giddy. "And how aston
ished they wiil be when they sec me
waving my handkerchief to them from
that dizzy peak!"
Long be/ore the cold fowls, chicken
salad and sandwiches were spread upon
the grass the captain came up from the
steamer.
"Ladies and gentlemen," said he,
"I'm sorry to spoil sport, but there's a
squall brewing, if ever there was one,
and we'll be safer well at sea than on
these ragged points of
as the tide is coming in a deal faster
;han we calculated on. So if you'll step
lively I shall be particularly obliged."
The ladies began hurriedly to repack
;he incomplete repast, and to gather up
their hats, veils, parasols and gloves—
the gentlemen looked around for shawl
straps, books and baskets; and once
again ran the question—
"But Octavia! Where is Octavia?"
Aud Dorsey Wheeler, straining hi 9
eyes through the gray mist which was al
ready beginning to gather over the land
scape. exclaimed—
"Who has an opera glass? I sec
something on that tall rock that seems to ;
lean toward the water—something, I am
quite certain that moves."
The captain produced his glass.
"Though to be sure," said he, "glasses
ain't much use in such a plaguey Scotch
mist as this. But I declare, there is
something up there, fluttering in the I
wind, like some one waving a signal of
distress!"
Bolton snatched the glass from the '
veteran's hand, and hurriedly adjusted it ,
to his own eyes.
"It is Octavia's veil," he said, "I can
see the pink flowers like little dots of i 1
color, on her head. Good heavens! she
has been mat! enough to climb that rock, j
all for a spirit of crazy adventure."
"It's a bad job for her, then," said - £
the fisherman, who, having left his nets \
|to take care of themselves, had mingled, J
black pipe and all, in the general con- i .
fusion. "For now the tide is in, there 1
ain't nobody nor nothin' can get near *
Mother Carey's Hocks; and if the wind s
rises, as it's goin' to do, she'll be blowed ?
into kingdom come, at the very first 1
puff." 1 .
"Can nobody help her?" cried the j,
horrified group.
The old salt shook his head.
"You'd come to your own death," 8
said he, "without helpin' her a mite, j 0
There was a man killed there twenty- j T
one years ago come October. He— " j ll
"We are losing time!" said the cap- ; 1
tain, impatiently. "There's a black *
squall driving up on the wind, and I'd ?
not give much for our lives if we don't .
get clear of those rocks. Of course we're ; 1
all sorry for the young lady, but so far ;
as I can sec she'll have to take the con- J ;
sequences of her folly. It is impossible :
to risk a whole barge load for her. 1
Ladies and gentlemen, all forward now, ?
if you please!"
But Duncau Ray stepped out from the ! *
ranks. | J 1
"Bolton!" said he. "McDowell! : !
Christian men, all of you! Are you go- ®
ing deliberately off, to leave the" sweet-1
est aud most precious of our number to
perish in the winds and waves?"
"I—l don't see that we can do any- 1 J
thing!" stammered Bolton. "Thisgood J
man says that we should only risk our J
own lives to no purpose."
"And you must yourself," added 8
Mr. Launcelot McDowell, "that it would c
be certain death to try to cross the
water, now that the tide is rising so , ;
fast!"
"There's no time for parley," said the | *
captain, impatiently. "The bell will j
ring directly, and whoever isn't on j *
board then, isn't on board at all! Eh!!
Where are you going, Mr. Hay ?" 51
"To the ton of yonder cliff," said Dun- J
can, pulling his hat resolutely over his j
brows. "To rescue that girl, or die in | 1
the attempt!" I
Bvit at the same moment a slender fig- I (
ure, with a zephyr shawl drawn lightly (
over its head, stepped out from behind j 1
the old bulkhead—Octavia Oland her- I (
self. j 1
"Do not risk your life, Duncan Hay!" | '
she said in a sweet clear voice. "I am (
quite safe. My veil and hat blew off, and ! J
I could not disentangle them from the i '
sharp rocks. But I myself was fortunate ! 1
enough to make good my retreat before ! 1
the'dreadful wind got too high. And II '
came up behind you all, and heard you I
talk, and—and—O, Duncan, I can't bear I 1
jto think of it all! Let us go back to the '
steamer as fast as we can, and get out of
| this frightful place!"
! She covered her eyes with one hand as
| she spoke, while with the other she clung
close to Duncan Hay's arm, as if it were 1
a refuge beyond all computation. But, i
all the way back to New York she never !
once condescended to speak to Harry
: Bolton or Mr. McDowell; and when she '
returned home that evening she was en- j
gaged to Duncan Hay.
i "For I know now," she said, with a
little tremor in her voice, "who, and
j who alone would have risked his life for ;
such a sillv child as I!"
Harry Bolton and Mr. McDowell felt !
like recreant knights, indeed.
: "Decidedly awkward!" said the for
i mcr.
! "Yes," asserted the latter. "Puts one
—ahem! —in such an awkward position."
Domestic Serpents.
; Hats have multiplied to such a degree
in Brazil that the inhabitants rear a cer
tain kind of snake for destroying them.
| The Brazilian domestic serpent is the
giboia, a small species of boa about
j twelve feet in length and of the diameter
of a man's arm. It is sold at from a
! dollar to a dollar and a half in the mar
kets of Rio Janeiro, Pernambuco, Bahia,
etc. This snake, which is entirely
harmless and sluggish in its movements,
passes the entire day asleep at the foot
of tho staircase of the house, scarcely
i deigning to raise its head at the approach
of a visitor, or when a strange noise is
heard in the vestibule. At nightfall the
giboia begins to hunt, crawling along
here and there, and even penetrating the
space above the ceiling and beneath the
flooring. Springing swiftly forward, it
: seizes the rat by the nape and crushes its
cervical vertebne. As serpents rarely
' eat, even when at liberty, the giboia kills
only for the pleasure of killing. It be
comes so accustomed to its master's house
1 that if carried to a distance it escapes
and finds its way back home. Every
1 house in the warmest provinces where
rats abound owns its gibioa, a fixture by
destination, and the owner'of which
praises its qualities when he wishes to
sell or let his house.—[Scientific
American.
Resources of Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia is marvellously rich in
natural resources. Within its limits
there are more valuable minerals by far
than are known in any other territory of
equal size—coal, gold, iron, manganese,
antimony, marble, gypsum, limestone
I aud sandstone being found in great
abundance. There is scarcely a county
in the province from one end to the other j
in which valuable deposits of one or '
more of these minerals do not exist. Its !
extensive forests afford the best facilities !
for profitable lumbcriug and ship-build- ;
ing; its rivers, lakes and coast waters j
teem with fish; its fertile valleys, pro
ductive mountain slopes, and inexhaust- :
ible marshes arc adapted to every variety
of agriculture, and its equable insular
climate, free from all extremes of heat
and cold, of wet and drought, is sur
' passed by that of few countries in the
world. The land on which tho New
I Englanuers settled, aud of which large
tracts were freely given them, consisted
! of the famous dikes of the ccutre of the
province, together with many acres of
'the almost as fertile upland near. The
j townships of Horton and Cornwallis, in
i which many located, form part of the
j "Garden of Nova Scotia," as fine au agri
cultural and fruit-growing country an
any in the world, stretching eastward
and westward between the adjacent
mountain ranges, in a soft, ever-chang
ing, luxuriant landscape, on which, al
most uninterruptedly, clear blue skies
look down. The New England people
who first settled in this charming region
have transmitted to their descendants
solid moral qualities and a high degree
jof intelligence. In education the coun
ty of Kings is foremost, and I know no
part of the continent where purer, I had
almost said so pure, English is spoken,
or so few solecisms in speech are heard.
| —[Harper's Bazar.
ALL ABOUT BANANAS.
The Fruit Possesses All the Essen
j tials to Sustain Human Life.
' The banana goes back to the earliest
days. Alexander's soldiers, as Pliny
! says, joined the sages of India seated in
its shades and partaking of the delicious
fruits. Hence the name "sapientum'*
given the plant, which likewise bears
the name of Jupiter's fair daughter,
Musa. Now it has been shown that the
banana is of Malayan origin. How did
it get to India and to South America and
to Mexico? The feet of birds have borne
seed a full 10,000 miles, while the cocoa
nut tloatcd well nigh the world around
in the great ocean currents.
But the banana has no seeds, nor hat
it a casing like the globular cocoanuttc
float it around over the waters. Then it
must have been curried by man. It is
significant that the A/.tecshad tradition*
of visits by people from over the seas,
while there was, to confirm it, au ad
mixture of religion of the Brahmins in
their own theology. Would you think
that the despised banana would actually
step forward to prove that before Colum
bus was, or Lief Ericson even had an ex
istence, some swarthy deuizens of the
Old World had migrated across the
waters?
Mauila rope is made in the Philippine
Islands of the st?in of the banana. This
stalk, which usually grows to bo six
inches in diameter and from fifteen tc
twenty feet high, lias a very valuable
fibre, from which are woven beautiful
textile fabrics. Many of the finest India
shawls and wrappers worn by ladies of
fashiou are manufactured from this
fabric.
So, too, an excellent article of paper
is made from it. But are no varieties of
bananas wild? Yes. some have been
found in Ceylon, Cochin China, and the
Philippines. These, of course, have
seeds, but they are inferior to the long,
cultivated varieties. The banana is cul
tivated by suckers, and it is in this way
that the literal plant perpetuates itself
indefinitely. In Central Africa you may
find thousands and thousands of plants
that literally have in them the germ and
life of 10,000 years' duration.
The banana belongs 4o the lily family,
and is a developed tropical lily, from
which, by ages of cultivation, the seeds
have been eliminated and the fruit for
which it was cultivated greatly ex
panded. In relation to the bearing
qualities of this fruit, Humboldt, who
early saw the wonders of the plant, said
the ground that would grow 99 pounds
of potatoes would also grow 33 pounds
of wheat, but that the same ground
would grow 4,000 pounds of bananas,
consequently to that of wheat is 133 to 1
and to that of potatoes 44 to 1. The
banana possesses all of the essentials to
the sustenance of life. The savage of
the sea isles and the jungle owes what
he has of physical strength to this food.
Wheat alone, paper alone, will not do
I this. When taken as a steady diet it is
cooked—baked dry in the green state,
pulped and boiled in water as soup, or
| cut in slices and fried. Ido not know
1 whose beauty I admire the most, the
majestic cocoa palm, with its heavy
crown of great fringed leaves, or the
1 graceful banana, with its great leaves,
i which are six feet long aud two feet
1 wide.
I The leaves of the banana are tender,
I and the strong winds of the tropics—
i the hurricanes—soon tear the leaves in
strips, thereby adding to their grace and
beauty. The banana is a fruit that beast
and bird, as well as man, are fond of,
| and the owner, when he lives in a
sparsely settled country, must need pro
i tect his plantation by a fence of some
thorn plant.—[Goldthwaite's Magazine.
Sources of Beautiful Colors.
The cochineal insect furnishes a great
many fine colors. Among thein are the
j gorgeous carmine, crimson, scarlet car
| mine and purple lakes. The cuttlefish
j gives the sepia. It i 9 the inky fluid
j which the fish discharges in order to
render the water opaque when attacked.
Indian yellow comes lrom the camel.
Ivory chips produce the ivory black and
bone black. The exquisite Piussian
blue is made by fusing horse's hoofs and
other animal matter with impure potas
sium carbonate. This color was discov
ered accidentally. Various lakes aro
derived from roots, barks and gums.
Blue-black comes from the charcoal of
the vine stalk. Lampblack is soot from
certain resinous substances. Turkey red
lis made from the madder plant, which
grows in Ilindostan. The yellow sap of
a tree of Siain produces gamboge; the
natives catch the sap in cocoanut shells.
Haw Sienna is the natural earth from the
neighborhood of Sienna, Italy. Haw
umber is also an earth found near Um
bria and burnt. India ink is made from
burnt camphor. The Chinese are the
only manufacturers of this ink. Mastic
is made from the gum of the mastic tree,
which grows in the Grecian Archipelago.
Bister is the soot of wood ashes.
I Chinese white is zinc, scarlet is iodide of
mercury, and native vermilion is from
quicksilver ore called cinnabar.—[Amer
ican Druggist.
Curious Effect of Lightning.
At Blois, France, a few days ago there
was a violent thuuderstorm. A hotel
was struck by lightning. A msn hap
i pened to be at his window watering
some flowers. The watering pot was
j knocked out of his hand. He himself
felt no 6hock. Servants in a garden
were aiso struck by lightning. It had
the effect to make them blind, deaf and
| dumb. However, by care these senses
i were restored. Some guests at a \ted
| ding became deaf for a few moments,
just as the inevitable long-winded
j speech maker on such occasions was
! coming to the point of his oration.—
[New York Hecorder.
I
A Genuine Golden Eagle.
! J. E. Preston has on exhibition at his
market one of the largest specimens of
the golden eagle ever exhibited in this
city, lie measures seven feet from tip
to tip of wings and weighs about twenty
i four pounds. His eagleship was captured
in San Diego County, about sixty miles
from San Jacinto, while devouring a
sheep, on May 10, 1801, by a Mexican
with his lariat, and is supposed to be
i less than a year old. —[Los Angcle*
j (Cttl.j Express.
THE JOKER'S BUDGET.
JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY
MEN OF THE PRESS,
Where Are You Going P—A Personal
Reflection —At Bar Harbor—A
Sudden Move, Etc., Etc.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING ?
"Wfiere are you going,ray pretty maid?"
"I'm going crazy, kitid sir," she said.
••I'll not go with you, my pretty maid."
"You're there already, kind sir," she
said.
A PERSONAL REFLECTION.
"Miss Hijee didn't sing to-day," re
marked a friend to the leader of the choir
of the Church of the Offertory.
"No, she's resigned."
"I thought she had a good place.
What was the trouble?"
"She was offended about the selection
of an anthem which she had to lead off
last Sunday, and vowed she'd resign
sooner than sing it, and she did."
"That's odd. What was the anthem?"
"It began, 4 I have been young and
now am old.'"—[Epoch.
AT RAH HARBOR.
Miss Passe—Don't you think that this
talk about seaside engagements is all
nonsense, Mr. Voungnooiile?
Mr. Youugnoodle—Aw, do you think
so?
Miss Passee--Y'es. Johnny, dear (to
her young brother;, please stop that
noise.
Johnny—l'm ony play in' wid yer bag
of engagement rings.—[Jewelers' Cir
cular.
A SUDDEN MOVE.
Stranger (in lowa)—Does a man
named Stackhousc live here?
Resident—No. He moved into the
next State.
Stranger—Well, I never. Told me
he had settled here for life. Must have
moved on an impulse, didn't he?
Resident—No, on a cyclone.—[Argosy.
A SHARP REJOINDER.
An old lady, brought up as a witness
before a bench of magistrates, when
asked to take off her bonnet, refused to
do so, saying: "There's no law compel
ling a woman to take off her bonnet."
"Oh," said one of the magistrates,
"you know the law, do you? Perhap9
you would like to come up and sit here
and teach us?"
"No, I thank you, sir," replied the old
lady; "there are old women enough 1
there already."
AN UNREASONABLE PATIENT.
Victim (after five minutes of torture) I
—You said you would have that tooth j
out in a second !
Dentist—So I will, so I will (giving i
another wrench) just as soon as I get it
loosened from the gum.—[Chicago
Herald.
NOT UNCOMMON.
"Now that I have stated them, sir,
don't you think my aims are lofty?"
"Yes, Mr. Hicks. Your aims are all
right, but you are a very bad shot."—
[Puck.
KNEW THEIR TRAITS.
Old Gentleman (in the park)— What j
are you doing, my little dear ?
Little Girl (with doll) —I am giving
Dolly a drink.
"Giving Dolly a drink, eh? But the
water i 9 running down all over her pretty
dress."
"Y'es, she slobbers a good deal. All
babie9 do."—[New Y'ork Weekly.
TIRED STANDING.
Old Lady (in electric car) —Dear me! ,
We're going to hear a thunder storm.
Bad Boy (hanging to strap)—l don't |
see no signs of it, mum.
Old Lady—No signs? Why, the
lightning is beginning. See the Hashes
and hear the thunder.
Bad Boy—That ain't outside, mum.
That's in the car, I guess something's
wrong with the 'lectric connections.
Old Lady—Goodness me! Conductor!
Conductor! Stop the car; I want to get
off.
Bad Boy (taking her seat) —I guess the
old lady kin git iuto some store before
she gets wet.—[Good News.
EYES RIGHT.
Gigantic Lady (to policeman)— Sir, can ;
you not see ine across the street?
Policeman—See yez across de streate, j
is it? Sure, mum, 1 can see you a mile j
off.—[Outing.
WANTED INFORMATION.
"Your son finishes his college studies
next year, I believe?"
4 4 Yes."
"What baseball club is he going to
join; do you know?"—[New York
Press.
TOTAL ABSTINENCE DESIRED.
Captain Cruiser—So your son is a lit
tle dissipated, eh?
Anxious Mother—Oh, very, Captain,
very. What can Ido with him?
Captain Cruiser—Leave him to me. j
We sail from New York for San Fran- '
cisco next week, and won't touch port '
six months.
Anxious Mother—But, Captain, don't
you think brandy or any other spirit is
just as bad as port for my son?—[Phar
maceutical Era.
I
CONSISTENT CRITICISM.
Poet—Y'ou always tell me that my
poems are too long, so 1 have brought one
of two lines only. What do yon think
of it?
Editor—Same as usual—it's too long.
—[Puck.
AN UNPLEASANT SUBJECT.
"What shall I write this morning,
sir?" asked the fresh young man of the
managing editor.
"You may try your hand on your
resignation," replied the latter.—[Epoch.
QUALIFIED.
Scholasticus Hardup—l am a college
student, and I want a place to work in
your hotel.
Hotel Proprietor—What experience or
qualifications have you?
Scholasticus Hardup—l am the cham
pion boxer and wrestler of ray diss.
Hotel Proprietor—Ah, then you will
do very well to whip cream.—[Boston
Courier.
BADINAGE.
"Mi/.pah Say drinks sage tea because
she thinks it will make her wise."
"Her parents should make her drink
gunpowder tea."
44 Why so?"
4 'Because then she might go off."
DELIGHTFUL TREATMENT.
4 'So you proposed to her. Accepted,
of course?"
"Accepted! Why, she treated me
like a dog."
"Allow me to congratulate you, old
fellow. I saw how she treated one the
other day, and, by Jove, how I envied
that dog."—[New York Sun.
A NEIGHBORLY CALL.
Neighborly Caller—How many chil
dren have you, Mrs. Newcomer?
Mrs. Newcomer (just moved in) —
Two.
Neighborly Caller—Only two? Dear
me! I thought I heard about a dozen.
—[New Y'ork Weekly.
TnE SIGNAL SERVICE.
He—What do you think of the Gov
ernment weather service?
She—l call it a signal failure.—
[Argosy.
POETRY THAT KINDLES.
Poet (to Editor)— What is your opin
ion of my summer poetry?
Editor—lt's too light for winter fuel,
but it makes good kindling material.—
[New Y'ork Journal.
THAT CIRCULATING ENGAGEMENT RING.
Miriam—Horace, you have made n
mistake. Y'ouhuve had 11. S. engraved
in this ring instead of M. P.
Horace (sotto voce)—Ding that jewel
er. 1 told him to tile out the initials.
(Aloud.) That jeweler is slightly deaf,
and you know M. P. sounds like 11. S. —
[Jeweler's Circular.
DONE WITH AN EXPLETIVE.
"Y'ou can't get your postage stamp to
stick, I see?"
"I can't, by Jupiter 1"
"I can do it, by gum!"
BRIGHT FOR BESSIE.
"Bessie,"said papa, "won't you have
a little piece of this chicken?"
"No, thank you," said Bessie.
"What! no chicken?"
"Oh, yes, I'll have the chicken, but I
don't want a little piece."—[Philadelphia
Record.
THE DIFFERENCE.
On leaden feet the time goes by
As you wait for her at the pasture
bars;
But oh, how swiftly the moments tly
When you're standing with her under
the stars!
—[New Y T ork Press.
A WARM DAY.
Mother—l'm afraid you'll catch cold
if you sit in that draught.
Little Boy—But, mamma, I'll catch
hot if 1 don't.—[Good News.
A niNT AT 12 P. M.
Maud—Do you feel the cold?
Chollie—No, why do you ask ?
Maud—O, I don't know. I was just
wondering whether you do or not, as it
is very cold outside.—[Argosy.
IT WOULDN'T DO.
Photographer—Can't you assume a
more pleasant expression than that?
Just think of your best girl for a few
minutes.
Y'oung Man (sadly)—lt wouldn't do
any good. She refused me about a week
ago.—[Brooklyn Life.
CROWDED OUT.
"I like this dress very much," said
Ethel. "It is just too delightfully
tight. But where are the pockets?"
"Here they are," said the dressmaker,
hAnding her two small silken bags.
"Y'ou'll have to carry them in your
hands. There's not room in the dress
for them.—[Harper's Bazar.
FLY TIME.
They pester us both night and day;
Frtjra their attacks we're seldom free.
The man is happy who can say
Just now: "There are no flies on me!"
SnE PLAYS FOR SMITH.
"So Smith cut you out with her, did
he? I would break every bone in his
skin if I were you."
| "Oh, lam having a better revenge
; than that."
I "How?"
j "Why, her father ha 9 just bought her
a piano and Smith goes to see her three
• times a week."—[New Y'ork Press.
LACKING THE MOTIVE POWER.
I "I wonder why the car doesn't start!"
| exclaimed an impatient passenger.
I "There arc uot enough people on
I board yet to make the cargo," replied
another, who understood the situation.
| —[Truth.
ALL A BOAST.
"Men are not born free in this
country," said Willie. "There ain't no
worse bulldozed slave in creation than
j my baby brother." —[Bazar.
Indian Fights to a Finish.
; John T. Miller of Fort Reno, Okla.,
while seated in a group at the Laclede
Hotel said:
44 When you talk about a fight to a
finish and knock-out blows, both are
witnessed in the aboriginal degree of
perfection when a fight between two In
dian bucks is seen in a ring, the circum
stances of which is not a rope, but a
| string of interested human spectators.
It is a fact that among Indians of the
j same tribe, though they may number
; thousands, there are few case 9 of quar
rels among them that ever result in mur
der. This is strange when it is remem
bered that the Indian is passionate, un
controlled in his impulses, cruel and
ferocious by nature. They have their
difficulties and quarrels, however, but
arbitration of the old men prevents
bloodshed or murder.
4 4 Yet once in a while a fight occurs,
and it is a novel sight to witness. One
buck challenges another to combat, aud,
accompanied by their frieuds to the bat
tleground, each buck is stripped and
made to confront the other. Between
thein lies a war club—a smooth, long
piece of hard wood, seasoned by years of
service and regarded as a sort of mascot
because of the blood stains on it received
during the war. The seconds of the
surly looking duellists toss up a piece of
bark on the 4 wet or the dry' principle,
when boys long ago chose sides in play
ing town ball. The winner picks up
the club, aud his opponent, folding his
arras, sturdily plants himself, bending
his head. It is the club-bearer's privi
lege to whack his antagonist just as
hard as he can, and with all the vigor
ous maliciousness he can command on
the back. It is a foul blow to strike
above or below the back. One blow is
struck, and then the man who has en
dured it picks up the club aud his oppo
nent is subjected to all the force he can
command. So the whacking goes on,
and almost every blow is a knock-down
one, until the duellist last knocked
down rises to his feet and refuses to ac
cept the club from his opponent, lie
has had enough and the party breaks up.
"The severity of the punishment in
flicted and endured in these duels is
marvellous. The club used has a jagged
edge, and every blow struck brings
blood, making deep cuts and fearful
. bruises. I have seen two such fights,
and they ore brutal and nauseating in
I the coolness of their procedure and the
appearance of both contestants after vic
-1 tory is won and defeat confessed. —
fGlobc-Democrat
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