German iron now iiaJs its way into
Imlia, Australia, South America and
even Great Britain.
Vital statistics of Massachusetts
show that iu that Stato women aro
much longer lived tlinu men.
The statement that tho population
of Kansas to day is 100,000 less than
it was in 1890 is probably within tho
truth.
Famine, tloods and rebellion in
China, it is estimated by tho Rev.
Timothy Richards, cause tho death of
3,000,000 annually.
It is said that the fees of tho United
States Marshal of Oklahoma last year
amounted to §230,009. That office is
five times as good a3 the Presidency.
A oharp observer notes that unmar
ried women will never own to more
than twenty-two, and marriageable
men make a Eticlcing point of thirty
three.
The Atchison (Ivan.) Globe man no
tices that "when a woman takes up
literary pursuits the number of canned
goods on her grocery bill steadily in
creases."
Tho Portland Orcgoniau is much
concerned that after all that is done
to discourago it the migration of
Northern farmers toward tho South
contiuues unabated.
Mexico is suid to produce anything
that can be raised iu auy other coun
try. So varied is the climate that in
tho tamo Stato can bo raised any
product of the tropics and of the polar
region.
Edward Simmons, tho artist who
designed the decorations for the new
Criminal Court building in New York
City, rejects tho nlca of blind justice,
and has dopioted that deity with both
eyes open, holding her scales in
one hand and tho Americau tlag iu tho
other.
The Chicago Times-Herald thinks
some uniformity should be introduced
in tho pronunciation of lowa. It is
variously spoken in Congress.
•T-owali," "I-oway" and "I-owy,"
with tho accent on tho first syllable;
"I-o-wy" and "I-o-way," with tho ac
cent on tho second syllable, and
"1-a-way," with tho accent on the
third syllable. None of these is cor
rect. Scuators Allison and Gear and
tho members of tho lowa delegetion
agree that "I-o-wab," with a littlo ac
cent on the first and emphasis on tho
final syllablo is tho only right thing.
Tho conference of mutual accident
insurance eompauies of tho United
States, which assembled in Boston re
cently to discuss the bieyclo rider as
an aoeident risk, ha 3 finished its de
liberations. The results are disastrous
to th 3 bicycle riders. The following
resolutions were unanimously passed:
"Besolved, That the use of the bieyele
should bo covered by additional cost
or a reduction of the amount of death
and indemnity benefits, and it is rec
ommended that this bo provided for
by cither of tho following methods:
1. The adequate increase of premiums
to cover the added risk ; or, 2. Tho
classification, an occupation of bieyclo
riders in a CIUSH twieo as hazardous as
tho preferred risk. 3. That benefits
by accidents by bicycle riding bo
specifically reduced. 4. The includ
ing of bicycling under tho policies to
be covered only by specific permits at
an extra premium." The next thing
to come, suggests tho Now Orleans
Pioayune, tuny be tho refusal of life
insurance companees to take risks on
tho lives of bieyclo riders.
Perhaps tho most curious incident
growing out of opposition to railway
monopoly is found up in Minnesota.
A farmer named liincs, who owned
nothing iu tho world but a quarter
section of mortgaged iuml and u spav
ined team of horses, suddenly conclud
ed that the country was beingruined by
railroads, and that tho farmers must
build a road of their own. He started
out. Tho farmers did not have any
money with which to subscribe for
stock, but they pledged so many days'
work on the road. Others made a gift of
tho right of way. f-till others went
into tho woods and cut out tho ties.
Farmer lliues was much ridiculed when
ho started his agricultural road, but
he has stuck manfully to his task, and
now tho chances nro tho road will lie ac
tually built. 11c has 150 miles of right
of way, pledges for the earthwork,
tics enough to cover the line, and is
now ia Now York negotiating bonds
for tho rails and rolling stock. The
road will run for Duluth west through
tho Red River Valley into North Da
kota, opening up a new section oi
country. That is what an American
farmer with u spavined team and faith
iu himself can do when ho eels about it.
TUG FIELD OF ADVENTURE
THRILLING INCIDENTS AND DAR
ING DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA.
A Child Tames Six Lions—Dangling
From a Burning Balloon—Wo-
man's Fight Witli an Magic, Etc.
I AM reminded," said Keeper
Sweeney, of tho Lincoln Park
Zoo, Chicago, to a Record ro
<T porter, as he patted the hngli
young lion Leo on tho head, "of an
experience we onco had when I was
with Wallace's show several years ago.
The keeper stood near the lions'
cages while tho animals wero being
fed. He continued:
"I was employed as head keeper of
tho mnnagerie. Wo had a cage of six
lions that I had raisod from cubs,
vWiioh were named after the plauets.
A man named Hale rode in the cago
with them on parade, and as a part of
tho performance Hale took his little
three-year-old girl into the cage with
him and executed various tricks with
tho lions in which the little one took
a prominent part. She was never in
the least afraid of the big brutes,
and played with them as a child would
with a big dog.
"Hale was a drinking man, and
whenever ho was under the influence
of liquor ho always had more or less
trouble with the lions. They seemed
t.o realize his condition and took of
fense nt it.
"Fiually tho unexpected did hap
pen. Wo were giving a performance
iu a little town in the South. The
tent was packed with people, who sat
breathless as the big cage was brought
in and Hale, as Professor Jacques
H'Auhignon, with his little daughter
Mignon, entered the cage with tho
boasts. The little tot was dressed iu
a simple whito frock, and her long
golden curls and pretty bluo eyes
formed a striking contrast to tho
surly, majestic mein of tho hugh lions.
Sho walked fearlessly among them,
patting them on tho head and caress
ing them gently.
"Dale lmcl been drinking that day
harder than usual and was cross and
irritable when ho entered the cage.
Tho lions had evidently made up their
minds to stand no foolishness and
went through their tricks sullenly. At
length Dale allowed his temper to get
away with bitn, and on some slight
pretence struck Jupiter, the biggest
lion, a sharp blow across tho face. In
stantly Mup' sprang forward with a
roar and knocked Dalo half way across
the cage. Ifo fell faco downward,
bleeding and unconscious—for aught
we knew, dead —near the door. Sorao
one of tho keepers sprung to tho door,
and, jerking it open, dragged Dale
forth Dale bofore 4 J up' renewed the
attack. Dalo was carried into the
dressing rcom, where it wus found be
was only slightly injured and would
recover in a few days.
"Meantime all was confusion in frho
tent. Tho men made a mad rush for
tho door, womeu screamed and filiated
and children cried. All tho men of
tho circus crowded around tho cage.
"Littlo Mignon was still in the cage
among tbo savage lions ami liablo at
any moment to bo killed. Tbo great
brutes were thoroughly aroused anil
paced wildly back and forth, ronrfcg
and growling. It was instant death
for any man to enter, yet I resolved
to go into the cage at all hazards and
rescue the little tot before sho was
torn to pieces before our eyes.
"Meanwhile little Mignon had stood
in tho farthest corner of the onge, not
knowing whether to bo frightened or
not. Her father had been removed,
however, and as she had sometimes
beeu allowed to stay in with the lions
alone sho soon made up her mind that
it was nil right, and boldly walked
lorward. By this time the managers
had succeeded in quieting tho crowd
and all sat breathless awaiting what
the next moment would bring forth.
My heart sunk. I tried to cry ont to
tho littlo one, but my voico failed to
respond.
"The littlo tot walked straight to
Jupiter nnd said, in her litrlo childish
voice: 'Nice "Jup." What made 'oo
s'up my papa so bard? 'Oo s'onldn't
bo so wongh,' giving him a littlo slap
ou his great, shaggy head, ns she spoke.
Instantly tho lions stopped and stood
motioulo.-s for an instant. I expected
surely that that was tho last moment
of the little tot's life. But they made
no attempt to harm her. Their wild,
fierce eyes, that a moment before wore
balls of fire, scenic 1 to grow soft, and
their great jaws closed slowly.
" 'Come, "Jup," les' Jio down,' said
littlo Mignon, leading him by tho
mane to tho front of tho cage. Tho
great brute slowly sunk down and tho
little one lay down ou his powerful,
tawny neok, nestling her golden curls
in thu great shaggy man *. It was a
trick she had often done before, and
sho sec-mo 1 to think it a matter of
course. Pretty soon sho sprung up,
saying: 'Good-by, "Jup," old follow,'
and giving him a hug and a few part
iug caresses sho skipped to tho oagi
"I was almost frantic in ray haste
to shoot tho big bolts hack and open
the massive door, but sbo sprung into
my arms and the door clanged behind
her. Outside the crowd cheered and
yelled itself hoarse. Tho performance
went on, but no one paid the least at
! teution to it. Every one was discuss
ing tho miracle ho had just seen. Dalo
I soon recovered, and so far as I know
j never drank another drop afterward.
' Tho littlo girl is now one of tho famous
! lion tamers of tho world, and was with
a big show in England tho lust I heard
! of her."
Dangling From a Homing Balloon.
Jliss Essie Viola, tbo young Aus
tralian aeornaut, who is now in San
Francisco, has passed through some
experiences that would mako tho hair
of many a strong man turn white, and,
in fact, greatly shorten, if not entire
ly terminate, his existence.
[ But Miss Essie's eighteen years rost
lightly on her shouldlers, and her hair,
which is of a golden hue, ripples quiet
ly down her back without the faintest
suggestion of a silver thread in it. Her
eyes are of a grayish bine, her nose
turns up saucily, she has a trim figure,
aud a hand that portrays a sensitive
and refined disposition. And yet this
young lady was no more disturbed
when she was at an altitude of 2009
feet, hang on to a trapeze suspended
to a parachute, and her balloon caught
fire, than if sho wore at home crochet
ing.
It was at Gympie, Queensland, that
this occurred, last April, and, accord
ing to tho Sydney Mail, tho scene was
a most terrifying one for the specta
tors. Just ut tho iustnut that tho bal
loonjwnslet go it swayed heaviiy about,
aud, displaciug'tho damper usod for
regulating the flame, caught fire as it
shot into tho air. Miss Millie, lier
sister, tried to seizo her, out tho in
trepid young aeronaut would not bo
stayed, and sho went up like a rocket.
But she did uot come down like a
stick. Hanging by her feet, sho went
nearly half a mile aud then commenced
to drift away from the river, from
whore sho started. At this stage tho
balloon, which at the start was noticed
to bo on fire, beeamo a blazing mass,
extending towards the parachute. See
ing the situation of altairs, there was
intense excitement among the specta
tors. Tho huge balloon descended
literally one mass of flames, with tho
frail girl waving her handkerchief in
tho most fearless manner. No help
was possible until the earth was
reached. Hoivn tho balloon came, and
was watchod with intenso anxiety, un
til the intervening trees bid the spirted
young lady and her blazing ohariot
from view. Lorghtforo thisnumbers
of people wore following her, to give
all of the assistauco possible, and sho
was extricated from tile burniug mass
us socu as she touched tho ground. Ou
regaining a footing on tho solid earth
in a most nonchalant manner sho re
quested the bystaudors to try aud savo
her parachute. Tho balloon was ut
terly destroyed, and the parachute
badly damaged,
A Woman Whips an Magic.
Mrs. John Ilendrix, of Gulf Sum
mit, Broome County, N. Y., is con
sidered the pluckiest woman in that
quarter.
For a month tho farmers about there
havo suffered from tho incursions of a
monster American or mountain eagle,
which has wintered in their neighbor
hood and lived upon their poultry.
On Sunday, while Mrs. Hondrix was
alono in the house, the eagle, which
had become a familiar object, was
circling above the poultry yard. A
little chanticleer, which was no match
for its antagonist, had mado a gallant
fight. With one swift stroke tho eagle
placed the little cock "hors do com
bat."
Just then nn avenger, Mrs. Ilendrix,
appeared upon tho scene, armed with
a billet ot wood. Sho struck at tho
eagle which at once attacked her
furiously with beak and talons, cut
ting a furrow in her face and tearing
her dress. Tho woman retreated to
the house, and, arming herself with a
hatchet, returned to tho yard and
found the caglo preparing to fly away
with tue now dead rooster.
Mrs. Hondrix male a pass at the
eagle, which resumed tho fight. In a
deft, quick movement, she struck tho
bird full in tho neck with the blade of
tho hatchet, and tho battle loyal was
over. Sereamiug, tho eagle died, its
head being nearly severed, and its
blood covering Mrs. lleudrix, who,
woman-like, swooned.
Some neighbors, who were passing,
found her lying in tho yard a few feet
from tho dead eagle. She soon re
covered consciousness. Sho had tho
dead eagle, a disfigured face and a
tattered dress as souvenirs of the
battle.
The eagle, which measured six feet
from tip to tip, and weighed thirty
pounds, has been placed in tho hnnds
of a taxidermist, and when mounted
will be presented to a Grand Army
Post IU Deposit. The farmers cf Gulf
Summit promiso to give to Mrs. lluu
drix a handsome silk dress.—Now York
Press.
A Horse's Wild Sprint.
Frauk Pratt, of Batavis, N. Y., has
a horse that should have the prize
for both speed au 1 luok, for it per
formed a feat that about caps the
climax in ho h those directions. As
Pratt and his wife wero driving iuto
tho yard in tho south part of tho vil
lage after dark the cutter upset in tho
deep snow nnd tho horse took flight,
making for the Lehigh crossing.
When it reached the crossing it en
countered ;'u freight train bound west.
There was scarce room to cross ahead
of the train so the horsa turned in on
the track ahead o! the train and ran
for threo mile 3, dragging the cutter
across three long bridges and a num
ber of trestles and over several cross
ing guards. It began to look to tbo
trainmen as though tho animal was
going to make tho whole distance into
Buffalo ahead of tho train when anoth
er train appeared ou tho other track.
This headed oil the horse and it plunged
down au embankment iuto a gravel
pit and fetched up in a snowdrift.
The train stoppod and tho men dug
tho rig out, then one man led the
horeo to a barn in tho vicinity and left
it. The other traia reported the case
to the owner, who took possession oi
the horse, expecting to find it half cut
to pieces and the cutter smashed, bat
there was scarcely a scratch on the
animal and tho cutter was uninjured.
The Mam Shoe.
The Siain shoe has tho form of an
ancient canoe, with a gondola bow atnl
and an open toe. The sole is made of
wood, the upper of inlaid wood nnd
cloth, and the exterior is elaborately
ornamented with colors, with gold
and siher.
TO SHINE 'MID FAIl! TBESSES.
j The jeweled side combs are another
evidence of the excessive fondness the
inshionable woman evinces for spark
ling things, moek or genuine. When
; the hair is smoothly parted and drawn
; away from the forehead by these
j combs and tho smoothly coiled back
! hair topped with a smart little bonnet
or hat, the effect is extremely pleas
ing.—New York Advertiser,
A WOMAN DRUMMER,
j A woman drummer for a Chicago
| brush concern has been doing a big
| business in Madison County, Ken
j tncky, during tho past week or so.
| She 13 said to have sold goods to mer
! chants who were not in tho brush bus
iness, and generally to have sold vast
ly more than any male drummer ever
could, and at prices a man would not
have dared to mention.—New York
Sun.
A REMARKABLE CONFESSION.
Mary E. Wilkins wrote to an Eng
lish magazino to correct a statement
which had been made about herself,
i says the St. Louis Republic. The
magazine had published an article
about her in which it was said that
Miss Wilkins was youthful and pretty.
She wanted it corrected, as sho was
not young, she said, and had no pre
. tensions to beauty. Sho is said to be
about thirty-seven ycar3 old.
A BRAVE WOMAN REWARDED,
i Mrs. Baker, wife of a London black
smith, received a silver-platejl teapot
| and a purse of gold from Police Su
! pcrintendent Wyborn of the English
metropolis recently in recognition of
"aid rendered to tho police in Great
| Suffolk street on December 17 last."
! Mrs. Baker ran to tho rescue of a po
i licemau who had been knockod down
! by a burly prisoner, and helped him
to hold the latter until assistance ar
j rired.
DANISH GIRLS.
| Ilero is an interesting noto about
tho Danish girl of society. Sho is
confirmed between her fourteenth und
[ sixteenth year, and is then considered
"out," so that she makes her bow to
j society while English girls arc still in
tho schoolroom. Tho result of this
early entry into society can hardly bo
deemed satisfactory, for us soon as a
] girl has reached tho age of twenty
j ".wo, and is still "in maiden medita
tion, fancy free," she censes to bo
asked to dances or youthful gather
ings, uud is, so to say, "on the shelf."
J —Atiunta Constitution.
ODD UMBRELLA HANDLES.
Tho Dresden china handles, and of
j straight ones ending in n round bail,
are decidedly thelved. A few stray
I ones aro seen hero and there at tho
shops, left over from last season, but
no now ones aro being mado. The
straight handles of natural woods sup
porting a ball of wrought crystal, pink
onyx or some other appropriate and
linudsomo stone, nro in great favor
just now for dress occasions. A protty
idea is to have one's monogram in gold
fastened on one of these mineral balls.
At least it secures its return by a con
scientious Under. Hero aro three
good points to remember iu choosing
nn umbrella. Select a handle of which
thero is no duplicate, one that is mod
| est iu design, and one which does not
' add greatly to tho weight.—Now York
Commercial Advertiser.
810 HATS DECLARED A NUISANCE.
! It is interesting to noto that tho big
theatre hat has at last been called by
! its right name, a nuisance, and been
j turned over to the proper authorities,
tho law. Too long has tho hat figured
as a joke, and, if not as a joke, as a
perfectly insnrmountablc difficulty,
that uoither law nor order, courtesy
nor kindness, could alter or overcome.
, But now that Judgo Johnson of Den
ver, line, in tho words of the report,
I "approved an order requiring women
to remove their hats and bounets dur
| ing performances at the Tabor Grund
1 Opera House," it may be taken for
I granted that the example will bo fol
| Jowed elsewhere. Tho practical com
| mon sense of such a measuro is at once
j apparent. A thing is cither a nuis
| unco or it is not. If it interferes with
j other people's rights aud comforts it
j is n nuisance, no matter how beautiful
• and costly it may be as a hat, nor how
i charming is the woman who wears it.
And nuisances should bo dealt with by
j tho law, without regard to age, color,
|or sex. Just ono tiling remains to be
said. No genuine gentlewoman, how
ever blue blooded aud beautiful and
| well meaning sho may to all appcar
| nnces be, would wear a big hat during
a theatre performance.—New York
! bun.
The Empress of Chinn has a great
passion for jewel?.
Mrs. Clara Shortridge Poltz has been
admitted to tho New York bar.
j Tho Princoss of Wales recently or
dered a tricycle for her own use, and
selected a pattern which was obsolete,
t It had to be made expressly.
Tho Empress of Russia owns nu
j ermine mantel which is valued at $50,-
000. It is a present from her subjects
living in the provinoo of Kherson,
After a two years' struggle, the Chi
cago Woman's Club has ullowod Mrs.
F. B. Williams, an educated and re
fined mulatto, to become a member.
Buffalo, N. Y., employs as head win
dow dresser a woman, a Miss Pope, to
whom it is said tho establishment pays
the good salary such positions com
mand.
A woman applied for an appointment
as letter carrier at Grand Bapids,
Mioh., the other day, but the exam
ing board ruled her ineligible on ac
count of her sex.
Mrs. McKinley, wife of the ex-Gov
ernor of Ohio, spends tho dull time of
her invalid lifo making bedroom slip
pers for her friends. She has mado
and givon away nearly 3000 pair.
Bofore long an instituto of female
physicians is to be opened in St. Peters
burg. The privileges given to women
who have obtained the degree of doe
tor of medioine are to be greatly
widened.
Mrs. Fhineaa M. Barber, of Phila
delphia. is about to erect and equip at
a cost of 340,000 a seminary for girls
atAnnistou, Ala., aud give it to the
Presbyterian Board of Miss'ons for
frecdmeD.
Mrs. Fracnis C. Ralston, Jr., one of
the most exclusive of Philadelphia's
exolnsives, has shookcd society thero
by opening a millinery shop. It is
Baid that she is doing a big business
successfully.
Two women servants in Paris arc
tho eolo logateos of thoir mistress who
lately died possessed of 3120,000.
This reflects credit upon both mistress
and maid ; good service substantially
acknowledged.
Susan B. Anthony announces that
anybody, who wants her autograph iu
future, will havo to pay a cash consid
eration. Tho income will go to help
tho suffrage cause. It is said that sho
has been giving away thousands of au
tographs a year.
Ex-Empress Eugenic has recently
deposited her will with a prominent
London attorney, in whioh, truo to
her pledge, she has left a legacy to
each of the 5831 male persons of
Franco born on the birthday of her
son, Princo Louis.
Dr. Mary Walker is now living on a
farm about three miles west of Oswe
go, N. Y. Sho is a familiar figure on
the streets of tho towo. Sho always
wears a full suit of blaolc broadcloth,
with frock coot and silk hat, and
walks with a cane.
Lady Aberdeen enjoys intensely list
ening to the parliamentary debates at
Ottawa. She sits beside tue Speaker,
dressed in purple velvet, following
the proceedings closely, but, like a
true (.diplomat, never disclosing by
word or look on which side her own
sympathies may be enlisted.
FASHION NOT 33.
The overskirt is slowly makiug its
way into tho ranks of fashion.
Black satin duehesse and penu de
soio silks will bo used quite freely for
separate skirts the coming seaion.
Mohair will bo the fabrio for tho
first dresses worn in the coming demi
season, and is admirably adapted for
them.
For evening dresses are lnstrous
wbito mohairs or thoso delicately tint
ed, that rival taffeta silks in their
crisp beauty.
There is a rage for braided costumes
abroad, and it has renohed America.
New cashmere braids are used that are
wider than soutache.
Flaring wing effects are still a dom
inant cliarncteristio of spring milli
nery, but are somewhat modified in
their spreading width upon the head.
With dressy post-Lenten costumes
will again bo worn single or double
breasted Spanish jackets, rounded in
front, or cut square in Russian style.
Palo primrose-yellow gloves aro
very iashionably worn with evening
toilets. The rival to ihese gloves i 9 a
long velvety mousquetairo glovo in
cream white.
Among the noveltios grenadines oc
cupy n prominent plaoe. A black
grenadine with a colored silk stripo
and light colored grenadines in large
plaids are two striking patterns.
A pretty stylo of evening waist con
sists of a slashed blonso worn over
another blouse of thin, elegant mate
rial, while beaded passementerie edges
the slashings with striking effective
ness.
Galloons are used for trimmings and
braiding on cloth gowns for morning
wear is in voguo again, while basques
and vests nre braided all over in a
pattern, or with a bimple coil on tho
edge.
Dainty Dresden patterned lawns
and dimities are shown in a full as
sortment of coloriugsand designs, and
white India linen waistsaromade with
dotted swiss sleeves and white linen
collars and cuffs.
A new departure has been taken in
Scotch giDghams. They are now
warp-printed with exquisite chine
flowers woven in tho warp instead of
the gay bright plaids for whioh they
have long been famous.
Cropons aro freely taken for new
spring capes, and, as usual, are made
with deep godets or flutes at tho back.
They are bordered and also trimmed
at the neck with a ruche of chiffon,
lined with light changeable silk, and
finished at the throat with bows of
satin ribbon.
WISE WORDS.
Ho who thinks his place below him
will certainly be below his place.—Sa
ville.
Indulge in procrastination, ard in
time you will come to this, that be
cause a thing ought to be done, there
fore you can't do it. —C. Buxton.
It is not error that opposes so much
the progress of truth ; it is indolenee,
obstinacy, the spirit of routine, every
thing that favors inaction.—Turgot.
The juggle of sophistry consists, for
the most part, in using a word in one
sense in the premises and in another
Eenso in the conclusion.—Coloridge.
I have never met any one by whoso
side I have felt my invisible goodness
aroused without his becoming at tho
same instant better than myself.—
Maeterlinck.
It is my opinion that a man's soul
may bo buried and perish under a
dung-heap, or in a furrow of the Held,
just as well as under a pile of monoy.
—Hawthorne.
Tho more sympathies wo gain or
awaken for what is beautiful, by so
muoh deeper will be our sympathy for
that which is most beautiful, the hu
man soul.—Lowell.
With many readers, brillianoy of
stylo passes for affluence of thought;
they mistako buttercups in the grass
for immeasurable gold mines under
ground,—Longfellow.
The child taught to believe any oc
currence a good or svil omen, or any
day of the week luoky, hath a wide in
road mado upon tho soundness of his
understanding.—Watts.
There is no doubt that there aro
particular moods of mind, aspects of
feeling or of life, that can be ade
quately expressed only by jiarticular
kinds of music.—W. Knight.
A Bear Held Bp a Train.
The novel sight of a bear holding up
n train was witnessod on the Lehigh
Valley Railroad at Deep Cut, two
miles below Frackville, Penu., this
morning. Tho train was tho first to
leave the yards at Delano.
Tho tracks lead across the mountain
to Frackville, thence down the ravine
to Pottsville. As they approached
Deep Cut tho engine headlight re
vealed a form on tho track which the
engineer thought was that of a man.
Tho alarm whittle was sounded vigor
ously, but to no effect, and, as they
neared the supposed man, tho en
gineer saw his arms extended as ho
walked toward the train. This was
enough, and the train oame to a stand.
The blowing of the whistle had al
ready aroused the trainmen, who
thought a man had been ruu over, lly
this timo hiuin reached the engine
and stood with his paws on the bump
ers. In tho dim light the men could
not distinguish tho figure until they
got near to it.
Just then tho bear got down ou all
fours and mado for the trainmen.
Tboy fled precipitately, Bruiu follow
ing. The engineer had sized up the
situation by this timo uud began to
move his train slowly until his men
got aboard. Several times the bear
tried to mount the steps, but was not
agile enough. He scampered off into
tho woods, evidently satisfied with tho
excitement he had created. It wa '.'a
largest bear soen on that mountain ia
fifteen years.—Baltimore Herald.
A Bulldog's Hrip.
Most bulldogs prefer to die rather
than let go their grip, once they have
fastoned their teeth into flesh. This
was the case with one at North Say
ville, Long Island. On tho evening
of that day a Mr. Armbruster left a
valuable pony in front of his bouse
while he entered to get something.
Wnilo he was in the house his bulldog,
which was chained in the yard, be
came angry at the horso and tugged at
his chain until he broke it. He thon
attacked tho pony aud lacerated it
terribly. He bit through the tendon 3
of tho front logs, and was hanging to
tho pony's throat when Armbruster
came out of the house. Seeing the
trouble that tho pony was in, and bo
ing acquainted with tho dog's temper,
ho callod a hired man and they at
tempted to club the dog off, but all to
no purpose. The beast hung on to
tho pony's throat. Finally Arm
bruster got a deuble-barreled shot
gun, loaded both barrels and blazed
away at tho dog, killing him instantly.
Tho pony was badly torn, but will re
cover. —Buffalo Express.
Diminutive Aztecs.
Tho feminino direct descendants of
tho famous Aztecs are tiny creatures,
exquisitely formed and reliued in fea
ture. They carry the heads with the
upbearing graco of the full-blooded
Indian ; thoir skins are not red, but a
dear, smooth copper color that shines
like gold in the sun; their hair is
coarse and black n3 ebony, and they
aro decorated with bright feathers
and gay ornaments. These women
inako tho most wondurful pottery that
comes to us from Mexico, for they
have kept the old Azteo forms and
decorations in their art, and they also
weave wonderful baskets and do ex
quisite embroidery.
Fish Splitt ng Kxtrnoriliu: 17,
Provincotown, Mass., claims tho
champion pollook-splitter on the capo
in tbo person of Captain Jamos 8. At
kins (Skipper Jim), now in his sixty
soventh year. During the recent great
run of pollock ho was employed by J.
D. Hilliard as a iplitter, aud worked
thirty-three hours at tbe splitting
tabic. During that timo he took the
baokbones out oT 70,000 pounds of
round fish, about 10,000 in number.
Backbones were flying through tho
air in a continuous stream, averaging
over five a minute. It took three men
to pick up, prepare and pass tho fish
to the table.
THE MERRY SIDE OK LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY TIIE
FTJNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.
Subtraction—His Calculation—Value
of Training—Mean Thing—Proof
- Beforehand, Etc., Etc.
•'These problems in arilhmotio
Are harrowing, I vow.
Last leap year she was thirty,
And sho's twenty-seven now.
—Washington Star.'
IAS CALCULATION.
Inspootor—"You don't carry enough
life preservers."
Steamboat Man—"Ob, I guess there
aro enough for tho people who would
think of them in an emergency,"—
Pack.
MEAN THING.
"I took out SIO,OOO insurance ou
my life to-day," said tho meek man.
"I suppose you wilt livo for sixty
or soventy years now," said his wifo
in an agrieved tone.—lndianapolis
Journal.
PROOF.
Bridegroom—"My friend Menkes
says he is afraid you didn't like his
wedding present."
Bride—"Certainly I did! Why, I
kept it a whole month beforo I ex
changed it!"
VALUE OF TRAINING.
She —"I shouldn't think such n so
ciety man ns you would caro about
football."
Ho—"I hivo to keep in training ns
a matter of necessity. When Igo to
receptions it helps mo to get down to
supper first."—Tid-Bitß.
REFINED CRUELTY.
Employer (kindly) "You aro be
coming very rouud shoulderod, Mr.
Faithful."
Bookkeeper (with hopes of a holi
day)— "Yes, I fear that t inn."
Employer (solicitously) "Hadn't
you better stop riding u bioyclo?"—
Boston Post.
BEFOREHAND.
Ho—"That little brother of yoursis
rather bright, isn't he? Ho told mo
just now he should expect a quarter if
I kissed you."
She—"The wretch! You didu'tgivo
him anything, did you?*'
He—"l gave him a dollar in ad
vance."—Puck.
WANTED A SQUARE DEAL.
Dr. Kilsura "Now, Freddy, if
you're a good boy und swallow this
medicine, I'll give you a dime."
Freddy—"Not much you won't!
Dad says you chargo him five dollars
every time you come here; so if you
want mo to help you out you'll liuvo
t" go halves." —Puck.
THERE WAS CAUSE.
"You have fastouod the windows,
dear?" sho asked as they woro about
to retiro for the night.
"No; what's tho use? I gave you
tho last dollar I had to buy tbut hat,
and wo needn't fear burglars."
"But they might sit down on my
hat, you know."—Detroit Freo Press.
A POINT IN ETIQUETTE.
Yabsley—"3ay. when a fellow calls
on a girl, should ho leave his hat and
cane ia the hall, or tako them iutotho
parlor?"
Mudgo—"Well, if tho girl is living
in a boardiug house, and tho hat and
cane aro worth anything, I thiufc ho
had better hang ou to them." —In-
dianapolis Journal.
A PARALLEL CASE.
Tommie—"You know when you was
sick last summer the doctor sent you
away for awhile—Haiti a chaugo would
do you good?"
"Mrs. Figg— "Yos."
"I wonder if I wouldn't foel better
if I was took out of school awhile and
sent to tho theatre every day iustoad?"
—lndianapolis Journal.
TO SOME EXTENT.
"Seen Bill Brown when I was np to
town," said the man with tho gum
boots, settling himself ou tho salt bar
rel. "Concluctin' a street oar."
"I thought Bill was goiu' into busi
ness for hissolf," said the grocer.
"Wal, I allow he is to some extent,
but the oompany aiu't got onto it
yet."—Cinoinnati Enquirer.
HER KIND WORD.
"Mr. Blykins thinks ho knows a
groat deal," said ono girl.
"Yes," replied her kind-hoarted
friend, "but you cau't deny that ho
has some intellectual power."
"1 haven't observed it."
"The very fact that you mention
shows that ho has a lively imagina
tion."—Washington Star.
IN SOUTH AMERICA.
Tho Professional Revolutionist—
"lt's no use! I've seen a dozen of
them, and uot one will go into my
conspiracy."
His Wife —"How is that? I thought
they were all bitterly opposed to tbo
Government."
Tho Revolutionist—"They are; but
every one of them has a conspiracy of
his own."—Puok.
THEN HE WENT HOME.
Tho young man who bad travolod
began:
"And there I stood, the abyss yawn
ing at my feet—"
"Was it yawning beforo yoa got
there, or did it begin after you ar
rived?" asked the youug woman who
has never been away, and then tho
young man found that he had just time
to catch the last cur. —lndianapolis
Journal.