ANCIENT HISTORY. 1 The Chicago Evening News Telle of lh Klee of St. Loul, St. Louis now clalir a population of 600,000, which, 1* supported by figures, makes the Missouri metrop olis the fifth la size of the larje cit ies of the United States. St. Louis was founded in the year SOOI B. C. by a protoplasm who was off Ills feed and didn't care what he did. Having started the place, how ever, ho didn't feel like leaving and did not leave until ho discovert 1 that It was no place for a live, g >ahead proto—and he left. As nothing was ever heard of him afterward, it Is be lieved by eminent authorities that ho went up Into the Ozark hills and kicked himself to death for having boomed such a town. About tbo twentieth century, B. G the late Mr. ( hedorlaomer made an expedition to St. Louis and up to the day of his dcatu he regretted It. In his memoirs he says: "Of all tho deal, past-duo burgs that I ever honoreu with my presence St Louis takes the cheese." Mr. Chedorlaomer was a close observer and knew what he was talking about. The t"Xt per son of note to visit the town was Shalmanescr In the year 701 B. (J. He mistook It for a nation: ceme tery and dhl not stop off, 1 it pro ceeded on to Keokuk, lowa. The town wabbled on with indiffer ent success until William t a Con queror's time, when some lb ■ busl ness man built a morgue ai l then It began to grow. Abe Siupsky's discovery of the Mississippi in 1421 gave the towi a boom and thi census of 1426 glvesilt a population >f 106. When it Is ibcailed thai only 4,500 years before j 11 that there wa- of St.. Louis was a protoplasm thl rapid "rowth Is fniight with intere . Dur ing the last .suo years its j ogres* has leen a trfle slow but stea y Mr. Chedcslaomer would s arcely recognize tlit St. Louis of to-d iy. It has several msiness blocks, post ofllce and an ilroad lands freli ht and passengers * thin walking d dance of tho town pump. Travel rs be tween the u -th and south • op off for lunch, ju busiucss It is retro spective. ClrC'ti Ills Own Price. Though Mr. F. Marion Crawford probably earls more money by Ills pen than any olher living writer he is perhaps not so well paid In propor tion to tho i mount of work t at he does as Is llr. T. B. Aldrtch. As a matter of 1 ict, Mr. Aldrich Iways puts his own price on his wor , and he Is always sure of getting It One magazine o New York City takes everything that he sends i 110 simply writ( the price In a cor ler of the MSS., aid it Is paid. Wha a de lightful aspe t of literary, u ce s this presents! I few weeks ago an alitor wroto to Mr. Aldrich: "Won t you please drop i poem Into our ,1< , and draw out as :uuch money as yob want for it?" Mr 1 Aldrich dropped a lozen lines, ns dlr< 'ted, and drew out $20." —New York Recorder. TOT YOU: O DOCTOR —"Just mink, six of my patients recoveret this week." 'lll old Doctor—"lt's your own fault, i y boy. 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D.CJ. With many friends to love you, Whose hearts are warm and true, Bbould fortune prove a traitor You must not make ado ; And as the clouds are gathering Upon hope's future son, And pleasure's fickle spectre Leaves naught of joy with thee— "V Pause and think I Think of truo souls and kindred-* Lovod ones, though far away, Whose tears of warm affection May consecrate the clay That shall lie heaped above you When life's short dream is o'er, Of who'll strive to moot you Upon the other shore- Pause and think * An 1 when tomptntion's linger Shall beckon yOu to stray, Or siren-voice of pleasure May lure to evil way, WIIMU right aud wrou,' ronton ling—• Both seeking to control The best and worst within you To save or wreck your soul— Pause and think! Th'nk that a step ouco taken Can never 1o retraced, That naught's so hard to burnish As character defaced, And ere in some weak moment, You listen to the foe, Fray heed the admonition, Before you further go— Fauso and think! Ee'oro we censure others For follies they have sown, It would seem most consistent To contemplate our owe ; An I ere our tongues be loosened At character to strike, Let this fair thought come to us . "llow much wo are nliko"— Pause aud think 1 Think that a word ouco spokeu An 1 passed beyond control, Tor goo 1 or evil bearing, Adown the years may roll; An 1 in tho distant future, No knowing when 'twill be, The fruits of what you've spoken May all come home to thee— Fnuse and think! —William Erickson, in Ilomo and Country. "OLD LANTERN" BY HI-—: T'ORREST GRAVES. sft IE O," said old Mrs. . 'l\ I Hall—"no, I can't \ I \'l ' JUy uo tinware this I JJ- J Jj morning, nor vet I j/a i hain't no old rags jil-yKA saved tip. No, I tell you. What lie ye stoppin'for, .Take if VjMy jj/ Martin? 'Tain't a i wcu 't since you was y hero before." "Got a passenger for ye, Mrs. nail," cheerily responded the peddler. Autl out from tlio glittering fcr toous of tin dippers and wash hand basins a young girl sprang lightly, u nmile striving desperately with the traces of recent tears on her cheeks. Rather an unconventional tableau was this under the yellow June sun shine, tlio narrow road fringed with tall white daisies, and the gnarly old pear trees tossing their snow-white boughs above the one-storied cabin, 111 whoso doorway stood old Dorcas Hall, with her wrinkled hand held up to shield her eyes from the sun. "Why," she exclaimed, "it's Kitty Colton, ain't it? Or be I dreamiu'?" "No, Mrs. Hall," sa'd Kitty, witli a little quiver in her lip, "you are not dreamiug. It's really me." "And what brings you here?" Kitty's blue eyes shone through a medium of tears starting suddenly from some hidden spring deep down in her heart. "Because—because I've nowhere else to go!" she faltered. "The auc tion was this morning, and everything was sold—and oh, the old house is so dreary! I couldn't stay there. I thought perhaps the woman who is moving in might want mo to help with the housework ; but she has two grown daughters of her Awn." "La!" said Mrs. Hall. "So you come to me, did you? Well, I ain't very rich, but what I've got, Kitty, you're welcome to." "Didn't I tell ye so?" said Jake Martin, who, up to this period, had been energetically chewing a straw. "Mrs. Hall, she never went back on no 0110 yet. It'll be a roof over your bead, anyhow, and if there's a brand new tin wash basin wanted in Kitty's room, here it is, free gratis," and ho unearthed from its bed of straw a shiniug new article. "And I only wish I could do more." "I need a new tin dipper awful bad,'' observed Mrs. Hall. "My boariler, he's a great liaud to drink fresh, cool water oaten the well, and I declare to goodness I'm ashamed of my rusty old cup'thout no handle!" "Will, I won't be mean. Here's a dipper for ye, too," said Jake—"not quite tho biggest size, but I guess it's large enough. Mind, though, Mrs. Hail, you don't patronize Tim Hawk ins uext time you need a wash-boiler! Tim, lie's a drelful, oily-tuugued fel ler, but his wash-boilers is jest whited suppulchres—that's what they be. 'Mornin', Mrs. Hall! Keep up good courage, Kitty ! ' And he climbed to his high seat among tho pie*plattera and pudding basins, and shook the reins as a signal for the old horse to leave off munch ing daisies and resume his leisurely pace down the road. Kitty sat down on the doorstep and burst into tears once more. "If you've got a boarder," said she, "I surely can't stay !" "La, child, don't fret!" soothed Mrs. Hall. "He sleeps out in the barn, for coolness sake, and ain't no more trouble'n a kitten." "Oh, Mrs. Hall, it isn't a tramp?" "No ner yet a book-agent," chuckled the old woman. "He's ft travelin' photographer—that's what he is. And ho don't mind cold ment a bit, and he says my riz bread and cookies is jest what his mother used to bake, and he's jest as reg'lar with his five dollars a week as the Tuesday mornin' comes 'round. What's that you've got in the basket, Kitty—a cat?" "Oh, no!" Kilty answered, spring ing up with sudden recollection. "It's a fowl, Mrs. Hall—it's Old Lantern, the speckled Dominique hen. They couldn't find her when Eli Wardwell bought in all the others for two dol lars and a quarter—and some of them real White Spanish, too. So, when she came clucking and cawing up from tho swamp, the auctioneer said I might keep her. Such a gentle old thing! She used to eat out of grand ma's hand. I may have her here, Mrs. Hall?" "Of course you enn," assented the good old woman. "Mine is nil Blftck Top-knots, but I guess they'll agree, ftud she'll pick up her living somehow round the yard. Now come iu and lmve some dinner. I've got h'iloil pork and dandelion greens to-day. Mr. Higgs ho nin't to hum, an' it's kind of a scrappy dinuer, but there's plenty for you an' me. Bet down and eat all ye can. There's some folks finds fault with dried apple pies, but I guess this ono's pretty tol'able good. I put plenty o' feunel seed in it." And when Kitty Colton had eaten and drunk of the humble fare, she was better able to her story to Mrs. Hall —how the old homestead, with all its outfittings, had boeu sold to satisfy the accumulation of debt which had been rolling up since her mother's ill ness. "I surely must find somo way of earning my brend," Baid the girl. "If only I knew which way to turn!" "It's u pity, ain't it," said Mrs. Hall, industriously shaking the table cloth out at tho hack door, greatly to Old Lantern's satisfaction, "tliatObed Stilton ain't back from sea? Second inato he is now, ain't he?" Kitty colored deeply, and dropped a "flowing bine" cup ou the table, ! fortunately without its sustaiuiug any damage. "It would make no difference tome, whether he was at homo or not," said she. Mrs. Hall stared. "Why, ain't ye koepin' company?" slio bluntly demanded. Kitty shook her head, and stooped to pick up a two tined fork—vain de vice—to hide her blushes. "No," said she, "ivo never were en gaged!" "But ho used to come to your house Sunday evening*, steady ?" "That WIIH nothing." "Obed Stilton was a real smart fel low," observed Mrs. Hall, as she spread a red-and-black table-cover on the table. Kitty cried a good deal the first night or two of her sojourn at the Widow Hall's, but youth aud health are cheerful elements, and presently she began to smile again, especially at the gradually revealed oddities of Mr. Benjamin Higgs, tho boarder. "Isn't ho homely?" said she to her hostess. "Well—no—not jest exactly home ly," said Mrs. Hall. "I don't deny that his nose is a little to one side, and his eyes ain't a pretty color, nor his teeth ain't exactly reg'lar. Of course he ain't got a profile like Obed Stilton had. But lie's got a dreadful pleasant face, especially when he smiles, and he is handy 'bout the house. lie whitewashed my buttery ceiliug better'n old Jubal Jones could'a done it, and tho way he fixed the stove-oven can't be beat." "Do you think he is young?" "'Bout thirty, I guess." "Oh, ho must be forty." "There's older folks than forty in tho world," said Mrs. Hall. "Young people, they don't think nobody has no business to live arter they're six teen years old. But they find out arterwards." One day, howevor, Kitty—who had gone to the barn after eggs —came crying back to the kitchen. "I'll never speak to that man again!" sobbed she—"never! Ob, I hate him—l hate him!" "Laws sake, child, what's the mat ter?" cried Mrs. Hall. "Old Lantern is dead. I saw him shoot her!" "Mr. Higgs! Shoot Old Lantern?" "She sat there right on her nest in the haymow, under tho big beam where the sunshine comes in. She kuew me, lor I saw her black eyes sparklo liko glass beads, just as they always do when she catches sight of me ; and then—and then—oh, I never can forgive him!" wailed Kitty. "But I never heerd no gun go off," said Mrs. Hall. And at the same moment Mr. Higgs cair.e iu, beaming and exultant. "I guess I did it that time," said he. Kitty could only flash an angry glauce at him, but Mrs. Hall eagerly inquired: "Done what?" "Got a first-rate picture of that old speckled hen ou her nest in the hay. That's the sort of picture," he added, complacently, "that sells better than all the waterfalls and picturesque ruins going. A baby in a hammock, a dog asleep ou the kitchen floor, a kitten playing with a ball—that's tho thing that catches tho public eye. And I've turned a trump card this time." While Old Lantern herself, flying cackling past the window, set her lit tle mistress' heart at rest. "I took his camera for a gun," she confessed to Mrs. Hall. "Oh, how foolish I was!" "Shoot your pet Dominique, Miss Colton! Why," cried Mr. Higgs, "what do you take me for? I wouldn't harm a leather of her old head, nol for a dollar 1" And Kitty whispered to Mrs. Hal! that night: "I think he is nice-looking when he smiles and shows those white teeth of his—don't you?" Before the little green pears on tho big tree had assumed the sizo of vest-buttons, Benjamin Higgs had asked Kitty Colton to bo his wife. "I'm not a rich man,"said he, "but I'm able to keep a wife. And that photograph of Old Lantern on her nest —it just went off liko wildfire. The barn interior, you know, and the wisps of hay in the sunshine that camo through the cracks, and tho big beams overhead—everybody bought it. I've tried half a dozeu times to repeat the experiment, but sho never would sit still for me." Kitty bent her head down over Lantern, who was contentedly pick ing corn out of her hand. "Tho dear old thing!" whispered she. "Good luckcame hero with Lan tern !" "Wal, I swan!" said Jake Martin. "Engaged to that feller 1 Why I was a-calculntin' to ask her to go pardners with mo iu the tinware business one o' these days!" "You're too late," said tho Widow Hall. "And Obed Stilson, he's camo homo from sen, and he's askin' questions pretty lively about Kitty Colton," persisted Jake. "He's too late," said Mrs. Hall. "Wal, I don't so much kecr," said Jake, "if the photograph man makes her happy." "I guess ho will mako hor happy," said Mrs. Hall. "He's buildin' her a nice now house on Blueßiver, and Old Lantern's to have a first-class hennery. Yes, he will make her happy."—Sat urday Night. SCIENTIFIC ANl> INDUSTRIAL Male mosquitoes do not bite. Bees fly from cignteen to twenty miles an hour. Soap is one of tho best storilizers of impuro water. Gold leaf 1-250,000 of an inch thick was rolled in Elwood City, Ind., re cently. A long, strong thumb alwayß indi cates great will power and force of character. There aro venomous fishes whoso spines inflict dangerous wounds, much liko the stings of snakos. Vassar College, at Poughkeopsie. N. Y., is about to collect, on a large scale, the nests and eggs of birds native of that section. Where telephone wires are overhead the speed of transmission is at tho rate of 1(1,000 miles a second; through cables under tho sea tho speed is not more thau GOOO miles a second. A composition for hardening stool, named "Durol," has been tried for two years by such firms as Krupp, Mannes, Manns and others in Germany and is said to give entire satisfaction. On tho highways of Great Britaia moro than 8000 steam engines are in use for transport services. A trrctiou engine, on good roads, can draw a moderate sized train ol wagons sixty miles a day. It is reported that a vein of sylvan ito ore, from two to four inches thick, has been struck in one of tho mines at Cripple Creek, Col., which will run 8150,000 to the ton. Sylvanite is na tive tellurium with a large proportion of gold and silver. By a simple rule, the length of tho day and night, any time of tho year, may be asoortained by simply doubling the time of the sun's rising, which will give tho length of the night, and doubling tho time of setting will give the length of the day. Bathing is often answerable for aural diseaso when ducking tho head is practiced. The car is intolerant of cold water, and, in addition to this, tho stimulating properties of sea water render it irritating to the ear, and liable to set up inflammation. An automatic apparatus for indicat ing to passengers in railway cars tho name of the next station lias been adopted on the underground railway in Loudon. As each station is passed a card bearing the name of the next station drops into place in a glass covered frame and an electric bell rings to call attention to the change. Tho attempts to sccuro au alioy of aluminum and platinum have at last beon successful. • Tho alloy is of a handsome yellow color, not unlike gold alloy with five per ceut. of silver, and is suitable for protecting steel articles from rust. It contains only a very small proportion of platinum, aud, therefore will not be expensive. Korean Sports. Curator StuartCulin,of tlioUuivers ity of Pennsylvania Museum, who has gathered together the finost collection of games ever made iu the world, lias made an interesting discovery iu his study of Korean sports. Tho Chinese games are all marked by a literary character, the game of logomachy, or word-buildiug, which has gained such popularity in this country, having been played long ago by Korean school children. "A number of their games," he declaros, "had their origin from mystic coucepts. Many of the child ish sports had orginally a serious diviuistie or expiatory significance. Tho tug-of-war, for instance, was played by tho people of villages and districts to ascertain which would be tho luckier. Kites were used as scapegoats, being released with in scriptions to the effect that they were carrying away misfortune. Mere toys were not numerous. Some of the games possess a decidedly ethnic char acter, and their study promises to fur nish conclusions of some importance." —Philadelphia Record THE LONG-LIVED TORTOISE. AN ANIHAL THAT FREQUENTLY LIVES FOB CENTURIES, A Giant Specimen That Carried Clill ■ dren on Its Broad Back, and Lived " 200 Years. IF you want to be old, observe and imitate the tortoise. That reptile apparently knows how to live as long as it likes. It is rather hard on man, who is constantly being told that he is tho highest of the animals, that he should be so inferior to the tcstudinal family in this important re spect. It is impossible to say how long a tortoise, under favorable conditions, may live. There are tortoises in the Galapagos Islands, off South America, where the species with tho handsome shell is mostly found, that wero prob ably alive before the discovery of this continent by Christopher Columbus. In the Zoological Garden at Philadel phia there is a snapping turtle from the Mississippi whose age is calculated at 800 years. He is moss-grown, but halo and hearty, and his jaws are as vigorous as an alligator's. A small tortoise that had lived at the time of Charles I. 's Archbishop Land was killed by a cart in tho grounds of Lambeth Palace a few years ago. He was doing his best to get out of the way, but a tortoise, though sure, is no match for a horse. There are now many famous old tor toises and turtles in the world. One of them has just died at Colombo the capital of Ceylon, one of the stopping placos on the route from Australia to England. The tortoise was of the species testudo elephantopis. He passed the greater part of his life at "Uplande," a resort on the coast near Colombo, where he was visited by thousands of passengers annually. His age was estimated at 200 years, and he measured six feet from snout to tail, the shell alone being four feet six inches in length. The species to which ho belonged originates iu the Seychelles and Mauritius Islands. But from early times they were found con venient to carry on ships as a reserve supply of live fresh meat. Now they are almost extinct. They were pre served from total extinction by Sir Arthur Gordon, who as Governor of Mauritius, ordered that two specimens should be sent to him annually by the natives as tribute. The Colombo tortoise was sent from Java to the Governor of Ceylon, which was then a Dutch colony. When the British annexed the island in 179G the tortoise was transferred to their care. Like most tortoises he was of a placid and peaceable disposition, but seems to have been by no means averse to human society. From time to time he carried children on his broad back, a task which he performed with ap parent cheerfulness. On one occasion, however, he successfully resisted the efforts of seven men to remove him from the garden where he resided to the grounds of an exhibition. Recently the local government ac quired "Uplands," where the tortoise lived, as a graving dock. He was re moved to Victoria Park, about a mile inland, where ho sickened and died in a short time. Had he been left iu his accustomed place he might have lived to a far greater age, as ho had shown no signs of ill health prior to his re moval.—New York World. The Coffee Lands ot Mexico. "I have just returned from an ox tended tour through Mexico," said Milo T. Jarvis, of St. Paul, "and am convinced that the coffee lands of that country are only inferior to those of Brazil iu extent, while tho variety and quality of the Mexican product is by far the superior. The only rea son why so many of these fields re main idle is the lack of capital and enterprise. The topographic and climatic conditions of the country aro especially adapted to the productions of varieties and grades of coffee as large in size and as rich in flavor as that produced on tho island of Java itself. The few who have availed themselves of the great opportunities in tho past now congratulate them selves not only upon the result of their work, but upon tho largo for tunes already made in the enterprise. There is still plenty of room and the same opportunities still exist. To men of industrious habits desirous of carving out a fortune, theso new and hitherto untouched lands will afford tho opportunity with but little capital or labor."—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Denmark's Wealth in Relics. The most remarkable crown jewels and silverware are to be found in Den mark, a country not generally regard ed as exceptionally wealthy. They are the result of 300 years' collection and resemble nothing that can be seen anywhere else. Part of the throne it self consists of three solid silver lious, life size, and in the chaucel of the royal chapel tliero aro solid silver statues of tho Twelve Apostles. There is also an equestriau statue in solid silver of King Christian IX., mouuted or horseback, with groups oil the base representing the various arts and industries which go to make Den mark prosperous. The country has been reduced in area and importance by various ways, but the royal dignity has remained unimpaired and is in many respects greater than that of monarchs of very much larger coun tries.—San Francisco Chronicle. Lived 011 Chocolate lor Sixty Days. A French womam has just concluded a remarkable and very interesting feat. 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IT GIVES WARNING • that there's trouble ahead X. -Kl'sX . —if you'ro getting thin. It shows that your blood 1— is impoverished, anil your organs deranged, so that whatever you eat fails to properly nourish you. And just as long as you remain in this condition, Consumption, Pneumonia, anil other Scrofulous and dangerous diseases aro t likely to fasten ujion you. C You should build your _ I. self up with Dr. Pierce'f Golden Medical Discovery. Purify and enrich tin blood, rouso every organ into natural ao tion, and build up healthv, wholesome, necessary flesh. Ocean Port. N. J. I)R. It. V. PIERCE: Dear Sir— Wo havo need your "0.M.D." in our family ami find nothing else to equal it. One of our children had th<f pneumonia, and one lunjy become consoli dated, but by tho use of tho "Discovery" she hue entirely recovered, and is now la good health. P N U JBS 'O4 TRADB LINENE C Reversible. Look well. Fit well. Wear well. i A box <i Ten collars or Five palm of culls Sift cts. I Sample collar und pair of cutis l>y mail lor U ueuU. Smuv Uie !/•• HI ! STV !<• I'.PM I- I n i.l .'■DiK'j.s lue Reversible Collar Co., 77 Kllhyst.. Huston or 77 Fiai.kiin *t.. New York. ir von oivr. THEM t Ton cannot do this unless you understand thorn and know how to cater to their requirements; and you cannot spend years and dollars learning by ex perience, so you must buy tho knowledge acquired by others. Wo offer this to you for ouly 23 cents. YOU WANT THEM TO PAY THEIR OWN WAY, 1 even If you merely keep them as a diversion. In or der to bundle Fowls Judiciously, you must know : something aliout them. To meet this wnut we am | selling ft book giving the experience / ftnltf OR A of a practical poultry raiser lor \ willy £3Ci tweuty-flve years. It was written by ft man who put ni l his mind, and time, and money to making u suo ; ress of Chicken raising—not as ft pastime, but as a I business—and If you will profit by his twenty-Art { yours' work, you can suvu many ('hicks annually, : Hint make your Fowls earn dollars for you. Tht j poind Is, that you must be able to detect trouble In tlio Poultry Yard as soon as it appeurs, and know how to remedy It. This ln>ok will teach you. It tells how to detect and cure disease; to feed for eggs and also for fattening; which fowls to save for breeding purposes; and everything, Indeed, you should know on this subject to make It profitable. Scut postpaid tor twenty-five cents In stamps. Book Publishing Houso. 134 LKOXARD ST.. N. Y. City.
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