Tho school system of the Greater
New York will be at least the second
biggest in the world.
"No Vice President for fifty years
lias had any appreciable influence in
politics," declares tho Boston Her
ald.
Among the many astonishing feat
ures of tho vogue of the hour for
wheeling is the hold which it has se
cured upon public men, not only in
the Old World, but also in the United
States.
Great attention is being drawn to
tho unparalleled iuflux of foreign capi
tal into Russia during tho last two
years, which is still on tho increase.
It has been calculated that within a
very short timo thirty-one now indus
trial undertaking have been started in
Russia by tho Belgians alone, with a
capital of $90,000,000.
William E. Sraytlie, who is an irri
gation expert, says the arid region of
tho frans-Mississippi wost measures
north to south as far as from Montroal
to Mobile and east to west furthor
than from Boston to Omaha. When
some cheap and practicable means of
irrigation is found it is expected that
the population of this region will bo
romo greater than the present popula
tion of the United States.
The appointment of Princess Henry
of Battenberg to tho Governorship of
tho Isleof Wight illustrates the familiar
truth that precedent can be found for
anything unusual in England if one
only goes back far enough. Tho be
stowal of this oflico upon u woman is
exceptional, hut not unprecedented.
During the reign of Edward 111. the
widow of the Lord of Wight succeeded
him in the Governorship when he foil
at Agiucourt, and two other precedents
have been hunted up.
An important discovery has recently
been made in Madagascar, which will
have the effect of considerably increas
ing the value of that island for France.
Gold has been discovered between
Tamatavo and Antananarivo, whero
tho conformation of tho country is
very similar to that of the Band. Al
ready twenty-eight prospectors have
left the Transvaal for Tamatave.
The French, however, are placing
every possiblo obstacle in tho way of
allowing foreign prospectors to com
mence digging.
The Atlanta Constitution remarks:
Though it may be gratifying to our
National pride to account for the
yearly number of suicides on tho prin
ciple that intolligeuco begets self
slaughter and that epidemics of suicide
indioato a healthy tone of civilization,
it Is, nevertheless, a matter of pro
found sorrow that so many are driven
by the stress of circumstances to such
extremes of desperation. It is also to
be hoped that if civilization has pro
duced this mania that civilization will
likewise suggest a remedv.
We are all too apt to jump at con
elusions, protests tho New York Wit
ness, and this is a case whero a loose
use of our mother tongue holped that
tendency along. A few weeks ago a
paragraph appeared in several of tho
London papers giving an account o f
Q accident that had occurred in
Bloane street. A woman riding upon
• bicycle had, according to this, come
into collision with an omnibus, and
"tho lady lost her head." At onco tho
report became current that a woman
had been decapitated in Sloane street,
and the following week several of tho
papers declared that terrible accidents
had recently occurred, but that tho
bicycle manufacturers had bribed tho
coroners to suppress tho reports of
the inquests!
The records of tho public schools of
New York City show that the attend
ance of the Hebrew children is more
regular than tho attendance of tho
children of any other class, and that
their standard of scholarship is higher.
No sacriflco is considered too great by
tho Hebrew father and mother to keep
their children at school as long as
possible. A Hebrew who cannot read
and write his own anguage at least is
the exception. An educational restric
tion on education would havo no ap
preciable effect in excluding Russian
Hebrews. The Hebrews are a temper
ate people, and the saloon is not likely
to become an element in their social
and political life. Instead of beer aud
strong alcoholic liquors, thoy drink
enormous quantities of tea and coffee.
Hebrew immigration is free from tho
objection so commonly urged against
immigration in general, that it in
creases crime and pauperism. Tho
Hebrew quarter in New York, although
more densely populated than any
other tenement house district, is
rarely the scene of serious brawls or
disturbances.
PERILS OF THE JUNGLE.
WILLIAM ASTOR CHANLER TELLS
A THRILLING STORY.
Savage War With Man and Reast in
Africa—Charged by Natives, Rhi-
noceroses and Elephants.
PURING the spring of 1892
Mr. William Asfcor Chanler
started from New York for
Africa on exploration bont.
He returned to Europe on the first of
May, 1894, having bceu in Africa two
years, lacking just six weoks. His de
scription of thrilling adventures and
strange people forms ono of tho most
interesting books of tho year.
Mr. Chanler, who is a great-groat
grandson of John Jacob Astor, was
only twenty-four years old at tho time
ho set out ou this trip. Ho was ac
companied by Lieutenant Von Hoh
nel, an Austrian officer, and his ser
vant, Georgo Galvin. Their caravan
was made up of the semi-civilized Af
ricans living near the coast, aud their
boasts of burden.
With most of tho natives Mr. Chan
ler was able to enter into friendly re
lations, but on somo occasions this
was impossible, and it was only after
hard fighting that tho caravan was able
to make its way through tho country.
On ono occasion they marched at
night to try to get through before the
natives should discover them.
"Through the forest thero lay a
well-beaten path," says Mr. Chanlcr,
"and tho rays of the setting moot en
abled us to make our way over it with
out difficulty. Our advance was made
as silently as possiblo, but we had not
entered the cultivated portion of tho
Wamsara territory a qnartor of a mile
ere the brightening dawn enabled us
to distinguish largo bodies of natives
hurrying on to some point in front of
us. I had scarcely drawn up my forces
ere, with loud shouts, a body of war
riors, nt least 200 iu number, sprang
from tho plantations where they had
been in hiding, and dashed toward tho
knoll by a road. Advancing in col
umn, they presented a front of but live
or six men.
"I placed six men across this road
to repel the attack, and when the at
tacking forco had reached a point
about 100 paces distant thoy received
the first volley. Tho aim of tho vol
ley was bad, and lmd no deterring
ellect upon the advance of the savages.
The command, *Aim lower !' was given,
aud when tho second volley rang out
tho advancing column was seen to
waver. At tho third and fourth vol
leys tho natives in the front of the
colmnu scattered and broke; butthose
in tho rear came pluckily on.
"This was tho opening of tho ball.
Soon we were engaged ou all sides,
and for two hours our attention was
directed to stemming tho onrush of
hundreds of natives. Upon seeing
them weaken, wo would chargo tho
retreatiug column with a 6inall forco,
and endeavor by excessive punishment
to prevent their return. For the first
hour of tho engagement our firo
seemed to daze the natives, and they
would retroat to a point beyond range.
Thoy would thero reassemble aud
after beiug harangued by their chiefs
would again charge us, only to be
beaten back again.
"We, however, did not get off scot
free. Thero were many hand-to-hand
combats between my men and the na
tives. Three of tho porters were
strctchod upon the ground. By 11 a.
m., when the natives left us in peace,
wo discovered that twelve more of our
band were wounded. Two of my men
had been shot through tho leg by
poisoned arrows, which throughout
tho combat had rained over our little
knoll; but in most cases tho aim was
so bad that tho natives ovorshot their
| mark. At one time and another during
this day's fighting tho Wamsara had
from 2000 to 3030 men iu tho field
sufficiently brave and activo to have
annihilated a forco of four time? as
great as mine, though armed with
rifles; but their lack or organization
and their ignorance of tho first princi
ples of warfare enabled us, as tho
event proved, to bo more than a match
for them."
There were many rliinoceroso 3 ,
which charged tho caravan contin
ually, inflicting much damage.
"Many times during a morning,"
says Mr. Chanlcr, "we heard tho
snort of rhinoceroses in tho tall grass
on our left, and at length, toward
noon, we heard a violent snort not
more than forty feet distant. In a
momont wo heard tho dull thud of his
feet, but the grass was so high and
thick that we could catch no glimpse
of tho animal, yet all the time know
that he was coming in our direction.
Soon ho reached tho trail at about
twenty feet behind whero I stood. I
had my rifle ready, but could not
shoot, us my boy, Sururu, was be
tween mo and the onrushing animal.
In an instant he caught Sururu, and
with horror I saw the boy's body flying
through the air, and had just sufficient
time to throw myself to one side into
tho bush ere tho animal thundered
past mo and disappeared iu the long
grass.
"When I reached Sururu I found
him lying on his side, groaning. At
tho time of this adventure Sururu was
wearing an old canvas coat of mine,
much too largo for him. In a lower
pocket of this coat lie kept my com
pass and a heavy silver watch. The
horn of tho rinocoros, after passing
between his logs from tho rear, broke
the .compass to bits,' dented tho thick
case of tho watch and, glancing oIF,
inflicted a dangerous looking wound
in tho groin. Had it not been for tho
thick canvas coat, tho compass and the
watch, I think tho blow would havo
been attended by fatal results. After
a few minutes Sururu rccovero 1 suffi
ciently from tho shock to be placid
upon ray horse, when wo started on
our way with any but pleasant
thoughts and feelings.
"Fifteen minutes nft r the accident
to Suraru wo reached a small open
spaco in tno tall grass. At this point
there was lying across our path tho
trunk of a small, dead tree. Hore my
attention was arrested by a disagree
ablo sight only ten feet away, but on
tho other side of the fallen tree. There
stood a rhinoceros facing mo. For
some moments wo stood facing cne
another. Almost unconsciously I
raised my riflo to my shoulder and
ranged my eye along the sights. Still
no movement on tho part of the ani
mal. After remaining in this position
for, say, thirty seconds, the animal
appeared to becorao restless and
swung its horned snout to one side,
thereby giving mo an opportunity for
a good shot at its neck. In an instant
my rifle was discharged ; thon through
tho smoke charged the rhinoceros. In
stinctively I leaped to one side, and, as
it passed me, I gave it a second shot,
almost without taking any aim. It
fell—dead. Beyond doubt this was
tho same rhinoceros which had tossod
Snruru, for upon the tip of his forward
horn blood was plainly to be seen.
Tho elephant hunts were the most
exciting of the adventures. On one
occasion Mr. Chanler started out, ac
companied by only two native guides
and his two gun-bearers. Ho had left
bis little fox-terrier, Folix, behind in
charge of the rest of his men, as the
dog always showed tho greatest ex
citement in tho presence of elephants.
Mr. Chandler says of this adventure:
"My guides suddenly stopped, their
eyes blazing with suppressed excite
ment, and pointed to a small opening
fifty feet away. There in the opening
I saw a good-sized elephant. When
satisfied that I had seen tho elephant,
my guides suddenly and swiftly dis
appeared. It was standing broadside
on, and all but its head and ears and
tho highest portion of its back were
concealed by the thick growth. I was
armed with a .577, I took careful aim
at the outer edge of tho huge ear of
tho boast and discharged my rifle. As
soon as tho sraoko cleared sufficiently
t > permit me to get another sight I
lired tho second birrel.
"Thesound of the report had scarce
ly died away when a dreadful crashing
an 1 trumpeting was heard, and
straight at me through tho bush came
—I knew not what. I turned for an
other ritlo, but both gun-bearers had
fled, and I was alone with an empty
rifle. No, not alone; for Felix, tho
fox terrier, had by some means es
caped from the men who held him
aud there stood by my side, his oars
pricked to atteution and his toil
trembling with excitement. All this
occurred in a few seconds, aud I
had scarcely realized my helpless con
dition when I Haw (ivo elephants rush
ing at me aud not more than fifteen
feet distant. I leaped to one side, and
in so doing pierced my arm and shoul
der with some thorns, which gavo me
such pain that I stopped, an 1 oxpoct
od that in a second I would bo tram
pled under foot.
"What was my surprise at this mo
ment to soo Felix, tired with ardor for
the chase, dash straight for tho fore
most elephant, and leaping upon him,
bit vigorously at some portion of his
body, p.ll the whilo barking in his
most vigorous manuer. Tho brutes at
once halted and, with a scream of
fright, turned sharply to tho right,
aud—l was saved. I had two extra
cartridges in my pocket, but, as I had
expected to seizo a freshly loaded rifle,
I had not at first attempted to place
them in my weapon. Now that I had
time lor thought I slipped one iu, and
got a shot at the hoad of the rear ele
phant as it disappeared in tho bush
not six feet from mo. Ido not think
sixty seconds elapsed between my first
and third shots.
"After a short search I found that
ray two shots had proved elective —
largo female elephant was lying on its
side, though not yet dead. As wo ap
proached it, it oudeavored to riso and
reached for us with its trunk. Another
shot ended its life."
Flocking t. the El Dorado.
Tho influx of immigrants into South
Africa is continuing at such a rapid
rate that tho Capo Times fears that
before many months have passod they
will once more bo face to face with
the unemployed difficulty. Not oveu
the unexampled progress of Johannes
burg can possibly keep paco with tho
weakly arrivals. Sooner or later there
will be a serious glut in tho labor
market and a heavy fall in tho re
muneration of labor.
Already, it seems, the tendency of
wages, outside tho class of nrtisans, is
in tho downward direction. First
class men will, of course, always com
mand good pay in South Africa, bo
! cause their ranks aro by no means ex
teusivo'y rocruited from the flood of
now arrivals. But tho outlook for
third-rate men is by no means favor
able. Our contemporary hoars, for
instance, of tolerably effioiont clerks
of the mechanical order who are
scraping along on tho miserable pit
tance of $1.25 a day, which is a good
deal loss than one would call a "living
wage" at the Cape.
An Intensive Calculation.
An Ohio farmer having given a do
tailed account of his operations for a
year on a S9OOO farm of 160 acres,
showing a net return of about SIOO
alter payiug expenses, including the
support of his family, a South Caro
lina paper rises to remark that such
farming would not be regarded as
profitable in that State. It moutious
tho case of a South Carolina farmer
who netted last year $386 from a sin
gle acre, plauteii first iu tobacco and
then iu turnips. This flguro applied
to 160 acres would mean profits of
. $61,760. The average tiller of the soil
would be willing to throw off $60,000
of this amount for his annual net re
turns, aud yet tho hint given regard
ing tho possibilities of intensive farm
ing is clearly applicable to the agri
culture of the future.—St. .Louis
Globe-Democrat.
THE FIELD OF ADVENTURE,
THRILLING INCIDENTS AND DAR
ING DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA.
Fighting Urol hers Shielded by Prov
idence—A Convict's Thrilling Ad-
ventures—Lion Mesmerizes n Man.
7T" HALF dozen or so men were
/ \ sitting out in front of a
Washington (D. C.) hotel tho
CT"~ other evening telling stories.
" Alien I was twenty-one," said a j
tall man, evidently from a Southern ]
State, "I had an ungovornablo torn- j
per, and a half brother three years ;
older thau myself. Wo were both i
church members, but that didn't seem i
to bring us any closer together, for
ho was a Methodist and I was a Bap
tist. You may have observed," he -
threw in as a decoration to tho story, \
"that Christian charity and brotherly i
love don't always thrive on deuomma- i
tioual feed. However, as I was say- j
ing, we were of different deuomina- '
tions, and we got along fairly well to- <
get her until wo began arguing on our ]
respective faiths. Then we got hot, ]
and I always lost my temper. I may i
say that he did very nearly the same, j
but he wasn't quite as bad as I was in ]
that regard. ,
"One day we were out hunting with 1
only one gun, a squirrel rifle, between r
us, and I had tho gun. I may add <
here that wo lived on a farm, and a *
one-gun hunting party was not at all ]
unusual. We hid sat down on a rock i
near tho edge of a stream to rest, and ]
in some way I slipped and went into |
the water. It made me mad to begin .
with, and when ho began chaffing me i
and telling me that a Baptist ought to |
be used to a little thing like that, I
got ten times worse, and hit him a lick j
in the face. He ran off a few yards -
and picked up a boulder about as big i
as your double fist, while I made a i
grab for the gun, which 1 had set up ]
against a willow under tho bank. <
"Of course, we did not know what i
wo were doing by this time; only I j
remember telling him if ho raised his {
hand to throw the stono I'd shoot him. i
He was nervy, though, and I hadn't
more than got the words out of my
mouth than ho lot the boulder como at
me, and, true to my word, I banged .
away at him. We weren't forty feet
apart, and it was a standoff between
tho boulder and the bullet as to which 1
was tho more dangerous, but Provi
dence, I reckon, was watching over
us, for as I fired the boulder flew into
a dozen pieces, aud both of us were .
left standing looking at each other in
n dazed, helpless kind of way. Then,
still not understanding what had hap
pened, but realizing how nearly our
tempers had brought us to bloodshed,
wo rushed into each other's arms ami
began crying over each other.
"When we had got. over tho excite
ment aud collected our wits sufficient
ly to make on investigation, we dis
covered that by tho merest chance—
by Providential interference, I mean
--my bullet and his boulder had met
in thoir flight and nulified each other.
On one piece of the broken stone wo
found the blue mark of the bullet, aud
in another place we found the bat
tered bullet. Ho took tho bullet, and
I took the piece of marked stone, and
we have kept them to Ibis day as sac
red souvenirs, and as very potent re
minders never to discuss our respec
tive boliefs. I'm just as strong a Bap
tist as ever, and lie is equally a Meth
odist, but wo both believe that great
er than either Baptist or Methodist is
tho Providence that watches over us
all."
Adventures of a Convict.
Tho following remarkable story of
adventure appeared recently in tho
Westminster Gazette. It was recited
to M. Cochefort, head of tho Paris de
tective service, by an escaped convict
named Bourdet. According to liis
story, Bourdet, an engineer by trade,
was sentenced to a long term of penal
servitude in tho year 1881, and was
sent to tho penal settlement in French
Gniana. In 1885 he determined to es
cape. Owing to his efficiency as a
workman, he was made foreman of a
party of convicts who were seut to
work in an isolated pait of tho forest,
under tho supervision of a warder. He
communicated his design to five of tho
convicts, and they managed to secret
ly construct a raft, on which they in
tended to nlako their way to Dutch
Guiana by sea.
Taking advantage of a fete day, on
which the surveillance was relaxed, tho
six men got safely away on tho raft.
Their provisions consisted of a small
quantity of rice, which each man had
saved from his rations, and tour of
them had also a littlo quinine. They
mado their way some distance down
the coast, and then lauded to push
their way through tho forest. One
soon succumbed ro fever, and was aban
doned to die. Tho fugitives were next
set upon by some Indians, who cap
tured two of them, and Bourdet aud
his two remaining companions es
caped. Their next adventure was with
a largo serpent, which they unfor
tunately stumbled over, and tho rep
tire seized one of tho men and crushed
him to death. Tho other two, after
enduring terrible hardships, reachod
the river forming the boundary of
Dutch Guiana. At this stage Bour
det's companion sold liis remaining
rice and quinine, and joined a band of
wandering Indians.
Bourdet, left to himself, crossed the
river on an improvised craft, and after
much privation managed to continuo
his journey to Georgetown. Ho sub
sequently worked for several years in
tho gold mines, and having amassed a
small sum of money, he returned to
France to see his relatives. On his
way through Paris ho was robbed of
his money by a swindler. In spite of
this he reached his home, but, as his
I reception there was decidedly cold he
1 returned to Paris. Unable to obtain
| employment, and being in danger of
starvatioD, he liad no resource but to
give himself up to the police and re
quest to be sent baok to the penal set
tlement.
A Lion Mesmerizes a Man. v
Ensign Stewart, of the British navy,
is not a believer in tho theory of the
lion tamers that the steady glance of
tho human eye will subdue the wildest
of the king of beasts. In fact, ho oame
very near losing his life in making a
test of that kind. While in India he
was one day visited by three friends
from England who wanted to go lion
hunting. So Ensign Stewart made up
a party, composed of a half dozen
English residents, a number of natives
and the visitors, and they wont into
the junglo for a big hunt. On the
fourth day out Ensign Stowart became
separated from the others and was
working his way through tho dense
undergrowth, with the growing con
sciousness that ho was lost, when a
great liou suddenly leaped into the
path, not fifty feet away from him.
The beast and man discovered each
other at the eamo time, Stewart raised
his riflo and hurriedly fired. Of course
he missed, and before he could reload
tho lion, with a low growl commenced
to creep towards him. The officer raised
his head and looked straight into the
creature's eyes, but the result was en
tirely different from his expectations.
The great yellow eyes seemed like balls
of fire, "and after a moment's gaze ho
snw nothing else. His gun slipped from
his haud, his strength gave way and
as ho fell to the ground on his knees
his heart almost stopped beating. In
fact the lion had mesmerized tho man.
All this time the beast was creeping
toward his prey. Stewart's gaze was
fixed on the terrible eyes, and back of
them ho could dimly see a dark, sway
ing form, but ho knew that the end
was coming. The huge body and the
two fiery eyes roso in tho air and at
the same instant there came a loud
report, and the officer fr.inted. Five
of tho pirty had been following the
trail ot the lion, and they arrived just
in tirao to save tlioir companion. But
►Stewart lay for a week in a delirious
state and it was his last lion hunt.
Slapped by a Bear.
Sent rolling down a mountain side
by a blow from a bear's paw, and with
bruin in hot pursuit of the helpless
man, was tho trying experience of
Warren Williamson, who, in company
with Elmer Holt, recently wont to
Callahan run, near Jersey Mills, to
run logs down tho mountain for Frank
Tor bet of Jersey Shore. Tho mon
had started one log, Holt having a
handspike and Williamson an nx.
After the log had started the men
came to a trunk of a tree, which Will
iamson began pounding with his ax.
An ominous growl was heard, and
instantly thereafter a bear rushed out
of the hollow trunk and began to com
bat with Williamson. The fight was
all one-sided, and lasted but one
minute. Williamson, taken complete
ly by surprise, could do nothing but
staro at his bearship. Tho latter
sprang at the astonished woodman
and struck such a powerful blow that
Williamson began rolling over and
over down tho mountain. Tho boai
sprang after him.
Williamson's desperate cries foi
help awakened Holt to a realization oi
his companion's danger, and, grasping
his spike, ho sped down tho mountain
after the bear. Fortunately ho over
took tho animal before tho lattei
reached the helpless and thoroughly
frightened Williamson. Holt began
prodding bruin with the handspike,
and mndo such a determined onslaugh
that the animal gave up the pursuii
and disappeared in tho woods.—Phil
adelphia Press.
Steamer Strikes a Whale.
Captain J. 0. Hunter, master of the
steamer Umatilla, has had many ex
periences in his life on the sen, but
the strangest of all camo as ho was
guiding his vessel around tho treach
erous rocks of Capo Flattery and into
tho straits. Tho vessel was proceed
ing under easy steam when the out
look forward reported something float
ing that looked like an overturned
schooner. Tho Umatilla's glasses were
turned on the wreckage, and tho ex
perienced eye of Captain Hunter told
him it was u whaie, although it was a
monster.
It was tho work of n moment to de
cide what to do, and Captain Hunter
swung tho Umatilla around cn a boo
line with tho sleeping monster and
rang down to the engine room for full
speed. A moment later the vessel
struck the whale, and for about ten
seconds there was oil poured on tho
troubled waters. Tho passengers folt
the lurch of tho craft and rushed on
deck in time to seo tho two ends of
the haif-sovered mammal dangling at
the prow of tho steamer. Tho force
of the blow had not driven the steamer
entirely through the whale, and Cap
tain Hunter backed nway from it.
Then it could be seen that the whale
was of tho humpbaok variety, over
fifty feet in length. Several camera
"fiends" were aboard and secured
good negatives of the unusual sight.—
San Francisco Call.
A New Slate rrncil.
The small boy and the small girl
threaten a strike. There is rebellion
in tho youthful heart. Science has
ovolved a noiseless slate penoil, and
the soul-harrowing screech of the or
dinary nencil is to be heard no more.
The new pencils aro made of bone.
They aro unbreakable and voioeloßS.
Tho amount of enjoyment that a
youngster can get out of on ordinary
pencil and slate is limited only by
his energy in wieldiag this small in
strument of torture, but while the
child rebels, the teacher and the par
ent bless that branoh of science that
has emancipated them from the agony
inflicted by this unnecessary evil.—
New York Ledger.
FOR LITTLE FOLKS. I
A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN- f
TEREST TO THEM.
Something that Wilt Intereet the Ja- !
veiltle Members of Kvery Household 1
—Quaint Actions and Bright Buylnge
of Many Cntc and Cunning Children. t
Longest Day in the Year.
Teacher—Can any little boy tell ine f
which Is the longest day In the year?
Billy—Some fellows say the day be
fore Christmas Is and some say the
day before the Fourth of July.
It Made Them Jnmp. I
Two young ladles In the country were i
standing by the side of a wide ditch
wondering how to cross It. They ap
pealed to a boy who wns coming along i
the road for help, whereupon he point- ]
ed behind with a startled air and
yelled: "Snakes!"
They crossed the ditch at a single
bound.
What a Bee-Samson Will Carry.
A small boy Is doing very well Indeed
If he can lift and carry 100 pounds or a
little less than his weight. And ho
would have to drop It pretty quick, too.
But listen to what n bee will do. Not
long ago some scientists caught a num
ber of bees just as they returned to
their lilve laden with honey, nnd, after
lneloslug them in a little box, carefully
weighed them. When the bees had un
loaded they were again cnught, placed
in the same box and weighed a second
time. The experiment showed that
when laden the bees weighed threo
times ns much ns when empty. It was,
therefore, concluded that a bee can
carry three times Its own weight of
honey—and fly for a long distance with
It, too.
A Little Old Maid.
That little Miss Betty will he an old maid
18 evident very, to me,
For she takes her white kitten wherever
she goes,
And sips, every morning, her ten.
Playing Store.
One who knows about the game must
be storekeeper. He stands behind the
table if the game is played in the house,
or behind a gate or balcony railing or a
bench If it Is played out of doors, and
announces that he is ready to sell by
calling out or singing:
Come and purchase at my store,
All who have not been before.
Ask me right, I'll sell nt once;
Ask me wrong, you'll he n dunce.
If no one else knows the game It may
tnke n good while to start right. The
first purchaser should ask for some
thing beginning with A, the next with
B, etc. If the first one asks for broad
he is told to go to the left of the store,
on the dunces' side, and another must
come nnd try to buy. When one lias
asked rightly, ns, for example, for alco
hol or alum, he is told to go to the right
side. Then the next must ask for some
thing beginning with the next letter of
the alphabet or go to the left. The
ones on the Hglit side join In the verse
which must he said before each now
purchaser comes to buy. It will make
the game harder to reverse the order of
purchasers, going backward through
the alphabet.
I)r. Wilder and Hla Pets.
Dr. Wilder Is of nil the faculty at
Cornell College the one fondest of pets.
His big dog, his three-legged cat, his
pet nlligator, his crows, and his four
monkeys are all subjects of jokes ou
the part of students, and perennial curi
osity on the part of visitors. It may
seem odd to have three cages of mon
keys in a lecture room, nnd a general
medley of animals in the professor's
office. But. the crow attracts most gen
eral notice. Jim hns his office in a
basement window, whence he freely
issues into a large wire cage built out
of doors. Here lie quarrels with visi
tors nnd hoots the passing crowds of
students. But the climax Is reached
when Prof. Caldwell tries to pilot his
brown spaniel past the spot. The dog
goes humping his nose on the wire, al
ways convinced that lie has got the
crow nt Inst, nnd too busily occupied
to hear his master's whistle. In the end
the mortified professor always has to
drag his dog by tlie collar, much to the
amusement of the students.
Harold as a Dray-Driver.
One day Harold had no one to play
with, nnd he didn't know what to do
with himself. Mamma wns making pies
and wastoo busy to he talkative.
Harold stood and looked out of the
i kitchen wludow. and wondered if it
would rain. He rolt quite out or sorts
nnd wns almost ready to cry when
mnmmn spoke.
"Hnrold?"
"What, mamma?"
, "Could you do an errand for me?'-
Hnrold always liked to do errands.
He got his lint. "Where do you want
me to go, mamma?"
i "Go to Mr. Woodpile, if you please,"
said mamma, "nnd tell him we are out
of wood, and ask him to send us a load
• of it."
I Hnrold saw they were going to have
: a nice play.
"How will Mr. Woodpile seud tho
wood, mamma?" lie asked.
"You may tell lilm to hire a dray,"
said mamma. _
"Whose dray?"
"Oh, anybody's."
Hnrold looked up brightly. "I'll tell
you what It Is," he said, "I'm a drny
driver myself."
Mamma laughed. "Are you?" she
said. "Then you're the very man to do
the hauling."
So Harold took his little express
wagon and got a load of wood. Then
he told mamma It looked so much like
rain he thought he'd better bring sev
eral more loads. Mamma was just
making n saucer-pie for the oven.
"All right, Mr. Dray-driver," she said;
nnd she put the pie In the window to
cool, while Hnrold went on hauling
wood.
When the wood-box was full mnmmn
told the flushed little workingmau he
lirfd done enough.
"And now what do I owe you?" she
inquired.
"Why, whatever you say, Mrs.—Mrs.
Mamma," stammered Harold. He
couldn't think of any other name, so he
just called her "Mrs. Mamnm."
"Would this pay you for your tlme7"
asked mamma, taking the saucer-pie
from the window.
"Oh, yes, ma'am, very much," said
Harold.
Then mamma gave him the pie, and
kissed him. She quite forgot he was
a drny-drlver.
RIDING A WHEEL OF GOLa
Lillian Knsaell Now Has a Bicycle to
Match Her Hair.
About a year ago an Eastern wheel
manufacturer presented Lillian Rus
sell, the comic opera beauty, with a bi
cycle which was lavishly plated with
gold. This machine has now given place
to one made by a Western Arm. Tho
new wheel Is much more expensive
tlinn the one discarded, the cost being
put at $1,400. Every part of the wheel
which could be plated lias three layers
of gold, nnd the value of the bullion
used in the plating process was SBOO.
In general nppenrnuee it Is not unlike
other wheels of the 'O6 models. Thero
nre, however, two exceptions, both of
which emanated from suggestions
made by tho diva when she was lu the
West recently with her company. One
fs in the saddle, which is somewhat
smaller than the nvernge lady's saddle,
nnd has concealed In the rear a set of
springs. Again, the handle bars are
nearer the rider than ordinarily. This
is accomplished by having tlys bar
which runs from the drop a trifle short
er and inctlued toward the rider at a
greater augle. Another feature of tho
machine Is the total nbseuou of guards
of any kind. Every part of the wheel
has Miss Russell's name engraved on
It. This even extends to the delicate
spokes, each of which is emblazoned
with the owner's name on the triple
plating of gold. The rims are, of course,
devoid of plating. They nre made of
curly maple nnd polished to brilliancy.
The cyclometer was included in tho
plating, as was also the lamp, which,
by-the-by, is lighted with electricity
from a small but strong storage bat
tery.
Miss Russell, while riding her golden
bicycle near Central Park, New York,
MI.I IAX nrssi' 1.1 ox HUB WIIF.EI..
collided with an unknown cyclist nnd
was thrown to tlie pavement. Her cost
ly wheel was smashed and her ankle
was hurt. Riders In the vicinity of tho
place whore the accident occurred wit
nessed a blur of bicycle fragments,
hosiery and fluttering lace. Then they
rushed to the singer's assistance. Tho
golden wheel was as if it were a game
of jackstraws in which the trick was to
pick out the back hone.
About Cncoroe.
31ms Reeves Is hard on what lie eiTls
the "vicious encore system." He char
acterizes It as a preposterous piece f
dishonesty, of which all honest per
; sons should be ashamed. The nuisance,
he says rightly, seeks to take a shabby
advantage of the suffering profession
' al; and it is to be regretted that few of
our performers possess sullicleut cour
j age to return to the platform, bow po
' lltely, nnd Indicate firmly, No! Your
encore monger cares nothing about
| symmetry, or balnnce, or coliesiveness,
• whether the occnsion he the lyric stage!
! the oratorio performance, the benefit
and ordinary concert or tho ballad con
cert.
f He wants to hear more than lie hns
, bargained for, and if his demand is not
8 yielded to he will hoot and bray and
hiss, when an attempt is made to per
-5 form the next piece, as if he belonged
, to the long-eared quadrupeds or feath
, ered biped tribe. And then we have
, occasionally what the newspapers term
"a scene"—an exhibition of " 'Arrylsm"
that disgraces our boasted civilization.
If managers, artists and the musical
public would but think this matter over
and determine to stamp out the nuis-
I mice one grent blot on our English mu
sical performances might be effaced.
' Unfortunately, it Is not yet quite cer-
I tain whether encores are more distaste
j ful to the great majority of perform
ers than they nre to a majority of the
e eoneert - going public. Gentleman's
Magazine.