President Eliot, of Harvard, op- j poses military training in the echoola. According to the Atchison Globe, BO many men are wearing uniforms now that the surest way to attract at tention is not to wear one. The drummer is a privileged being in Great Britain, in addition to a room specially sot apart for his com fort iu every hotel, the leading rail way companies bavo decided to let him travel on return tickets for single fart This is for tli3 purpose of letting him eee his family over the week ends. According to a report just made by the Acting Secretary of the Navy, out of a total of 11,550 bluejackets and marines, more than halt (6289) are natives. This will be gratifying news to all patriotic Americans, exclaims the New York Observer. National de fence can hardly be carried on entire ly by proxy. The thorough loyalty of tho Boer people is shown by the fact that in at testing their regard for President Ivreuger they are going to keep a statue of Oom Fuul standing in a con spicuous part of Pretoria. Observers of Oom Paul's pictures are aware that he is for use rather than for adorn ment, adds the Chicago Record. Dr. Joseph Parker, of London, de scribes tho bicycle as "that sliouldor coutracting, mischovicas, horrible machine that will take tho manliness out of auy Nation." The New Orleans Picayune adds: Time was when the worthy (lector's thunderings may have had some weight. That time was anterior to his invasion of this country some years ago. Tho ex perience which he then gained should have borne fruit ere this. Something is wrong, maintains tho American Agriculturist, when straw berries cost consumers in Now York and New England cities from ten to fifteen cents per quart, while the pro ducer in Jersey and on tho Delaware peninsula only nets from two to four cents per basket. It does seem as though this condition of affairs went from bad to worso as the years roll on. The more perishable tho fruit the greater seems to be the cost of handling and selling it. A large insurance company has re cently published returns for 17,375 | deaths, covering a period of ten yearn from 18S1 to 1893. Of this number 759 were the result of accident, in cluding 70 homicides. This is an appall* ing proportion of murders. No country in the world, not even Sicily, could match it. Elsewhere sober, respect able, thrifty men who insure their lives are tolerably safe against mur der. Here in every 2000 who die nine are murdered. Of these niueteen wero shot in personal quarrels. Actually of the class which insures in this country for every 1000 who die one is killed red-handed trying to kill some one else. No such barbarism exists on the piano' in any other laud calling itself civilized. One of the most remarkable mon in public life at this time is Hon. H. W. Thompson, of Indiana, ex-Secretary ol the Navy. Mr. Thompson is now in his eighty-seventh year, and Las been 1 in public life ever since 1830. This year he presided over the Indiana State Convention, and then visited St. Louis as a delegate to the National Re publican Convention. In spite of his advanced years, his mind is still vig orous and unimpaired, while his body retains much of its former elasticity, lie is to-day much stronger than hun dreds of meu who are twenty and thirty years his junior and is capable J of doing more bar I work. As far back as 1840, when William Henry Har rison was a candidate lor President of the United States, Mr. Thompson was chosen us one of the electors from In diana on the Whig ticket. Ever since that time ho has been ft factor in American politics, and has participat ed in every political campaign. Mr. Thompson is six months older than Gladstone and six years older than Bismarck, but while these veterans have laid aside the cares of office Mr. Thompson is still actively engaged in public afFaiis. On being asked the secret of his vigorous health at such n patriarchal age, he replied that he had never indulged in vicious habits or al lowed himself to acquire a taste for in toxicating drinks. If a man possesses a good constitution at the beginning of life and does nothing to impair or diminish his physical birthright, in the opinion of the Atlanta Constitu tion, there is 110 rea:-:on why his days should not be long in the laud ; nor baß he any excuse, provided lie has 11 fair amount of brains, for not becom ing a potential factor iu his day und generation. MEN ATTACKED GY MICE. j RISE AND FALL OF AN ANIMAL PLAQUE IN RUSSIA. Fearful Ravages of the Rodents the Past Three Years—Scientists Find a Remedy for the Pests. SOUTHERN RUSSIA and Si beria in the last three years have been the scene of the rise and fall of a pest of mice. In some places the destruction of prop erty by rodents was a serious item in the total of the general misery of the peasant class. Great swarms of theso wico would suddenly appear in gran aries, ilour mills and storehouses, aud in a few days little would be left ex cept the barrels or sacks. The mice seemed to have lost their ordinary fear of cats and would oven rush at them, relying on their force of numbers to make up for the loss of a few of their fellow mice. All kinds of traps wore tried, but seemed to make no diminution of the numbers. Soino made their rendez vous in churches, and fed oil the cau dles and prayer books. In the fields they were so numerous that the women, who do the most of the farming iu Russia, positively refused to go to work, or, if they did, wore men's top boots, with trousers boned tightly around the knees or ankles. The government of the province most infested finally offered a largo reward 'lor some means of extermina ting the mice, and the bacteriological laboratories undertook the task of dis covering sorao infectious disease that could be started among tlio mice that would make them die rapidly. There are a number of diseases which the lowor animals at times develop which they alone are liable to. There are a number of human diseases which are fatal to animals also. Thus, tetanus, or lockjaw, affects most animals as well as man, and mice are especially susceptible to it. Pas teur discovered a microbe, called the bacillus of malignant oedema, which can always be obtained by introducing under the skin of a rabbit or mouse a small quantity of ordinary garden earth. Mice, guinea pigs aud rabbits, and many large animals aro promptly 1 killed by it. There is a special bacil lus causing cholera and blood poison ing in chickens, rabbits and small animals, which rapidly proves fatal to mice. There is a bacillus of hog cholera, which also affects mice. There is a bacillus which is especially likely to cause erysipelas and blood poison ing iu mice. It kills rabbits, white mice aud house mice, but docs not affect field mice. One of the laboratories obtained n microbo from a guinea pig who died a natural death, which proved to be especially deadly to mice, who died at the end of two or three days after being inoculated. The trouble with these microbes was that the mice had to be caught first and iuoculatcd with ( a hypodermic syringe. After much investigation the Russian bacteriologists discovered a microbe which not only killed mice when in ■ jected into them, but proved fatpl if , placed in their food. The name is the . bacillus typhi murium. It resembles somowhat the bacillus of fcyph jid fever. ' Though deadly to mice it did not seem r to affect rabbits, guinea pigs, pigeons • or chickens. 3 To produce the new mice poison the poisonous germs are cultivated in test 3 tubes of gelatine. Then they are V mixed with bread and water and dis tribute! where the mice abound. The mice die rapidly, and the dead mice seem to kill off more than the poisoned food. , s The people in the province were 3 ' overwhelmed with gratitude at ihe success of the scientist*. Ah mi illustration of the abundance of mice before this method was tried, the United States Consul at O bs.sa writes that when the army of m'.oe, swarmed over houses und huts through tlie country, not only the dogs and cats refused to molest them, but the mice attacked men. While he himself was wnitiug for a train 011 a branch lino of the Southwestern Railway, a clergyman with long hair, who was walking up and down the platform, stopped for a moment and raised the end of a canvas which served as a cov er for a large quantity of wheat, which was awaiting shipment. Jn an instaul an army of mice ran over bun, and hit beard, hair and cloak w. re literally alive with them. To brush them oil took some time, and when he finally thought himself free, he was dismayed to find a mouse iu each of his trous ers' pockets. A Young (jiirl anil a Little Hear. A few days ago Miss Grace Duckelt hal quite an adventure. While re turning in tlio evening from 0110 of her neighbors, Miss Grace met a bear. Instead of screaming and runniug, she, with the help of her dog, forced bruin up a tree, whore she left him till she could go to one of the neigh bors for help. A. I>. McDougall wenl with her to Jthe place where the hem was treed. Miss Duckett herself cut the tree down, and when it fell thoy succeeded in capturing the bear alive. It provod to bo a fine cub, and is very lively.—Oolvillo (Washington) Index. Hants the Color of Stones. There are a few instances of protec tive mimicry in plants, though in gen* ; oral plants protect themselves by ' spines, hairs, and poisonous eecre- J tioiiH. The ".Stone Mesembryanlhe* ; emnm" of the Cape of [Good Hope re -1 sembles the stones among which it 1 grows, and thus escapes the notice 01 : wild herbivorous animals. Mr. Woalo has also observed that many plants growing in the stony soil of Karoo have their tubers so like the stones around them that when not in leaf one j cannot be distinguished from the olh ; er.—Loudon Globo. THIRTY MILES AN HOUR. f I That Is the Record Mnlc by Tom ( Linton, an KhrlUli Ricyclist. Tom Linton, who has just created a , new cycle record for the hour by going , thirty miles and 214 yards at the Velo- | drome de la Seine, In Paris, is an Eng- . lislunau with a record. Many long distance riders have been trying for some time to crowd thirty miles into owe hour's riding, but Linton is the first to accomplish it. A. A. Chase was the next nearest, lie having ridden twenty-nine miles and 300 yards with in the hour at the Wood Green track in England on May lit. Linton's great effort was paced, of course, and by the celebrated English Gladiator team. It was timed by A. Moore and E. Gir ard, and was witnessed by such well known cycling authorities as Leon Hamello, President of the Union Cy cllste; Paul Bernard, Spoke and Bad uel, besides an army of enthusiasts. Linton went at his task in a most de termined manner and began record breaking almost at the start. At the seventh kilometer he had beaten Bar den's record, and then fell the records of Bouhours and Chase. During all his ride lie kept up a furious pace. His pacemakers could not go fast enough to keep out of his way, and he was ready for another hour's ride when his first hour was completed. Linton's ride all the way up to thirty miles was remarkable, and the record TOM I.INTON. is interesting. lie did his first flvo miles in 0:42. ton in 19:30 1-5, fifteen in 2!):33 2-5, twenty in 39:29 2-5, twenty live in 40:34 3-5. and thirty in 59:40 1-5. Chase, in his run at Wood Green, occu pied 1:01:40 1-5 in going thirty miles, his record for the hour being twonly uiue miles and 300 yards. HUNGARY'S MILLENNIUM. A Brave People Celebrate Their I,oooth Birthday. Just a thounnnd years ago the fore fathers of modern Hungary, who had wandered westward from their origi nal home in the region of the Altai mountains, established themselves in the country which has since home their name and laid the foundations of the Hungarian state. For some months to come the Hungarian nation will be en gaged in the appropriate celebration of the I,oooth year of its history. Fetes and congresses of all kinds are to be held at all the chief centers of the coun try at intervals throughout the next few months, and great events of Hun garian history are to be celebrated by the erection of many monuments. The chief feature of the commemora tion is the great Millennial exhibition wldch was opened at Budapest recent ly by the Bmporor-King Francis Jo seph, and which forms an elaborately faithful presentment of the gradual development of the Hungarian race from a state of barbaric simplicity to the complex civilization of the present time. Most of the great historical buildings are reproduced on an exten sive scale in a rich medley of different architectural styles Romanesque, Oothle. Renaissance, and their sticces- RAILROAD COLLISION MADE A PUBLIC EXHIBITION. Unique Show Given at Columbus, Ohio.—Engines Under n Full Head of Steam Danli Into Kach Other, |jj fjjf 1 I | At Columbus, Ohio, twenty-five thou sand people saw two monster locomotives deliberately put in terrific collision. The collision was arranged by the llocking Valley Uailroml Company as a means of drawing people to their new park. The machines were old-fashioned and worn out. Neither had been used for some time nml both were early candidates for the scrap pile. A small expense put them in safe condition for the purpose. A spe cial side track a mile long had .been pre pared and the locomotives, with four old freight cars attached to each and under mil steam, were started, one from each end. It is estimated that they were going at the rate >f tifty miles an hour when they met. The crash was heard for miles. The two monsters were of'about equal weight and when they struck they mount ed up in the air fully twenty-five feet. sors. The Sultan of Turkey has con tributed n particularly flue collection of treasures associated with his prede cessors ou the Turkish throne, whose sovereignty was acknowledged in Hun gary. Side by side with this rich dis play of bygone times is a no less extcn- sive illustration of the chief features In the life of modern Hungary. More than 170 different pavilions of spacious size are devoted to the exhibition of all mat is most representative of tho coun try, and. indeed, of its whole social and political life. High Woods of Tropical America. Of tho High Woods, the dense prime val forests of tropical America, many, from Humboldt downward, have writ ton, and written well; yet mere words can never adequately render their grand, mysterious beauty. The brush, in the hand of genius, might succeed; the pen must inevitably fall. It is of little service to tell of giant stems ris ing to a height of 200 feet or more he fore they put forth their strong, inter lacing branches. The bare statement, of the fact conveys no idea of the mas sive nobility, the columnar dignity and grace of their trunks. They shoot straight upward in grand and crowded array, the pillars of a dense roof of dark-green foliage; and from their branches hang festoons of bush rope, in strenuous though invisible combat, one with the other, to reach the soil, even as the great trees are in similar combat to force their way up into the sunlight and the air So thickly matted is tho roof of branch and leaf, of pendu lous rope and ivy, that the light is dim. You may travel for days aiul never see the sun save for slanting shafts and burnished gold that pierce the in terstices of this natural ceiling; or for occasional clearances where some old giant of the forest has fallen, crushing down all the weaker trees that could not withstand its weight. The atmos phere is almost intolerably hot and dank. The ground is encumbered with n dense undergrowth of hush, making ; progress painfully slow, even over an Indian trail. The silence, too. Is as oppressive as the heat. Just before day break. in the ton minutes or so of half light, the forest will resound with the cries of monkeys and the notes of birds. Time to <*<>. The late Sir Richard Burton was ex ploring an unknown corner of Afghan istan once, and had adopted the dis guise of a Mohammedan fakir. He played his part so well in one village that the inhabitants formed a very high idea of his sanctity. Naturally, he was pluming himself on his success, when the elders came privately to him one night and begged him to go away at once. "I>o not the people like me?" asked Burton, in great surprise. "Indeed they do," was the reply; "they were considering whether it would not he a good thing to possess 1 your tomb, tliey are so enchanted with your holiness." Sir Richard made the ' best of his speed away. Don't let your troubles blind you to the fact that your neighbor's sympathy - I is two thirds curiosity. The freight cnrs pileil up in n wreck nn der them ami the wreck of the entities fell hack upon them, a hissing, smoking mass. Dummy hrakemen ami engineers had been placed on the trains to make it all the more realistic, and many women faint ed, supposing they were real men and could not get off. As the clouds of dust ami steam obscured the wreck there was a tremendous shout, then, when the es caping steam subsided the people clam bered over the wreckage and every loose piece of iron that could be found was carried away as n relic. Kinetoscopic and eidoloscopic views of the wreck were taken by experts. Chief Clerk Thomas Peck, of the general ticket agent's office was tho victim of the only accident. A bolt from the wrecked engine Hew about 100 yards to where he was standing and, striking him on the leg, breaking It iu two ! places. A DOVE COLORED GOWN. A very dainty dress that comes from Paris is of the soft gray blue that you j Fee on a riug-dove's neck. The bodice | is slit up twice in front, and from ! either slit emerges a fan-like pleating ; of deep lace, which hangs loose to be- | low the waist. Above these slits the bodice is fastened together on either i side by two onamel buttons. The foldo i collar is of cerise velvet, and i the usual inside frill of cream lace j falls over it, forming a pretty frill- | like expansion below each ear. The j sleeve, very full above and tight be- : low the elbow, expands in a sort of j sheath over the hand, and this sheath • is slit up in front to show an inside j pleating of black chiffon. The soft j belt of cerise velvet matches the col- j lar, end tho toque of soft gray straw, I niched with bluish gray tullo, has an ! erect panache, just over the right eye, ; of black ostrich feathers. Anemones, i primroses and tuberoses are the favor- | ito millinery flowers in Paris.—St. James's Gazette. FIRST AMONG GIRL COWBOYS. Jessie Findley is the champion girl j cowboy of the West. She is ouly j seventeen years oiu, but as a horse- i breaker she has no rivals among her | own rex, and but few among tho 1 sterner sex. She is a product of Okla- ' homa. She has lived an outdoor lifo | always,and tho broncho does not buck ; that she lours to tackle. On ono occasion she rode 250 miles i in live days, and wore out tho men who j accompanied her. At another time j she rodo her pony into tho North | Canadian River when it was bank full, ! and swam across. Not one of her male j companions dared to follow her lead. She has great success ic taming buck ing ponies which male riders can do nothing with. Slio seems to have a hypnotic intluenco over them they cannot resist. Although possessing all tho reckless • taring of tho cowboy, Miss Findley lakes delight in feminine fancies natural to a girl of her age, dresses tastily, nud is not averse to frills and pretty ribbons.—St. Louis Post-Dis patch. KATE FIELD'S ROMANCE. Miss Field's death recalls a story of her youth that was first given public ity in tho World's Congress of Jour nalists in 1893, and may contain the secret of her having never married. Tho story, us told by ono who claimed to know, was that in tho beginning of her journalistic career Miss Field worked on the Cincinnati Commercial in collaboration with Wbitolaw Reid, who was at that time hor accepted lover. When Reid became an editorial writer on tho Now York Tribuno he sent for his old sweetheart to come and take a position on tho paper. Un til after the defeat of Horace Greeley for tho Presidency tho pleasant rela tion between Mr. Reid and Miss Field continued. When Greeley returned to his old desk, defeated and broken-hearted, the stock of the Tribune was put upon the market at a very low price. By the advise of Mr. Iteid the majority of the stock was purchased by I). O. Mills, and Beid was Riven full control of the paper. As a result of the rela tions thus established Whitelaw Keid married Miss Elizabeth Mills, the daughter of D. O. Mills, and became the owner of a majority of the stock of the Tribune. When the news of the eugagomont of Mr. Reid to Miss Mills became known Kate Field sev ered her connection with the Tribune, and left the office never to enter it again.—Chicago News. THE WALK OP WOMEN. "How women walk" has recently been the subject of discussion in a Parisian journal. According to this authority, the palm must bo awarded to French women. The English wo man, it states, does not walk; she travels. Her limbs appear to be moved by the engine of a steamer, and her feet havo tlio proportions of an At lantic liner 1 Concerning the gait of women of other countries, this inter esting journal goes on to remark that the Gorman is heavy, ono feels tho earth tremble beneath her tread; the Spanish woman "prances," the Ameri can resemblesthe pendulum ola clock, the Italian "skips," tho Russian "skates," tho Dutch woman "rolls," and the Belgian tramps about. | Now* although those remarks are I uugallant and uncompliraeutary to our own Nation particularly, we oau j not but own that there is a certain I amount of truth in them. Numbers 1 itf women do not seem to ciro bow i they walk so long as thoy cover tho ' dist inoe they wish to traverse some j how. But if they could only seothom ' selves ns thoy appear to the casual on looker, how very differently they would comport themselves I How often is a pretty face and figure sjjoiled by a stoop of tho shoulders and a wriggling, bustling walk I Corsicau women aro models of queenly grace, and tho roason i 3 plain. They have a curious custom of carry ing burdens, waterpots, etc., on their heads. I notiood a Corsicau womau going ou board a oteamer at Mar seilles not long ago carrying her baby in her arms and her portmanteau ou her head. As nearly all tho water in Corsica is carried from wells by wo men in waterpots, tho women ncquiro from youth tho prnctioe of carrying burdens on their heads. An, hour's practice of this exercise a day with, for instance, a book or a pillow on our head, would do wonders in tho way of making us into types of grace and case, when before we were tho exact opposite.—London Figaro. GOSSIP. Pearls are the latest craze in Lon don . Adelina Patti has oarned $5,000,000 as a vocalist. The woman tennis champion of New Zealand has but one hand, and that is the left one, but sho can servo a ball that is very hard, indeed, to get at. The fashionable wedding gift for bridegroom to make to tho bridemaids ie a pendant watch in enamel, of a hue to correspond with the tone of tho toilet. Mrs. Martin, the wife of the ex-Sena tor, has a collection of 500 pitchers of which only two aro duplicates. One is of gold, an inch high, set with six Rowels; another is made of S3OOO worth of hank notes. The popularity of billiards among i French society women is of compar atively recent date. It is now very i pronounced, and almost as much of lan indoor crazo as wheeling is an | open-air pleasure. j Mrs.|Lydia Bradley, of Peoria, 111., I proposes to build that city a poly ; technic institute and endow it at a ' cost of $1,000,000. Sho has already j given tho city a hospital, a church, a | largo park and a homo for aged ! women. Mile. TiUcio Faure, daughter of tho President of France, launched, at Havre, a chip bearing her father's name. All Havro turned out to givo an ovation to the President's daugh ter, who was surrounded by a group of former school friends. Mrs. Jcsso Seligman is making a collection of fans, while Mrs. Ogden Goeljjt has an odd fancy for handker chiefs. Sho has many hundred, and one cost no ICBB than 8200. It is an airy, fairy nothing. It is made of lace, but it looks liko a cobweb. Mies Mabel Kennedy, a woman not yet twenty years of iige, is tho cashier of tho Merchant's Hank of Forsytho, Montana. Sho pasEes on the securi ties offored, makes tho loans, receives tho deposits, draws tho exchange, and does all tho important work of tho es tablishment. The accomplished wife of tho Spanish Premier, Cauovnv del Castillo, was born in Washington, D. C., where her father was tho Peruvian Minister. She and'her sister Anita (now tho Countess Casa Valencia), wero known in thoso days as tho litilo Isma girls. They oarried great fortunes to their hus bands. Tho fourth woman to obtain tho doctor's degruo at tho University of Gottingen is Miss Alion TJUCO, a grad uate of Wellesley. She has boon made doctor of philosophy, cum multa loude, by Gottingen. Sho had spont two years in philological studies at Leipsio and has been at Gottingen through one semester. Mrs. Isabella Bird Bishop, tho famous traveler, is tho gueit of tho British Consul at Seoul, Korea. Although an invalid, sho is preparing for a solitary winter trip across to Pokin. The passion for travel which distinguishes this woman, and her en duranoo, though always ill, may bo said to bo littlo short of marvellous. Mrs. Nuucy McKeon, of West Stouo bam, Mo., has tko honor ol having killed tho largest bear ever captured iu that region. Tho bear was chasing her sheep, when she attacked him with a club, nn,l, after a hard fought bat tle, succeeded in lnjinghim out. Mrs. McKeon is eighty-three years ot age, iu good health, nnd bays sho is ready for another bear. FASHION NOTES. Some of tho new parasols havo very unique handles of orystil. In jowolry tho emerald is at present tho queen of precious stones. Pearl, yellow nnd pink tan shades are tho correct colors in gloves. Tortoise-shell Bpectaclo cases aro made with chased silver mouths. Petunia nud apple green aro tho predominating shades in everything. Fearls aro in greater demand than ever, and are largely used for neck laces. Grenadines aro mostly made up over colored silks and used for dressy oc casions. The peculiar greens nnd blues that provail in dross fabrics aro shown in enamels on gold and silver. Fans aro in order aud jewelers have made them moro or less gorgeous with miniature medallions and gold aud gems. In millinery two contrasting shades of tulle, one laid over t.he other, are often used to givo tho ohaugeablo effect. Quantities of flowers nud foliage are used, and tho ambition is to get as many kinds of flowers on a hat as possible. Jewoled pnssemonterio3 nnd trim mings of all sorts find their placo on almost overy gown, and also on man tles and hats. Araerioan beauty ro3es, intersperse,, with lilies of tko valley, make the combination for a summer hat that ;! is much ndmirod. DAY-BREAK. How pule the moonbeams, (ailing on the fountains! How soft tho murmurs from the wood bo yond! How vague tho shadowy outlines of tho mountains! How faint tho lilies' perfumo from tho pond! _ , Tot not so soft as sweet young oyos' faint luster; And not so pale as fnncv's piotures are; And not so vaguo as wnvering thoughts that cluster In maidens' hearts when love is yet afnr_ The day is born, and twilight's trembling glimmer Gives over when tho sun comes forth in glory. foung love is born, and haif-felt doubts grow dimmer When he begins to lisp his wondrous story. —David A Curtis, in Truth. HUMOR OF TIIE DAY. He—"Miss Gonyng lis rather coy, sn't she?" She—"Yes; decoy."— Puck. The world is like a bike—it will ihrow down tho people who don't keep moving. —Puck. "Got your new tandem?" "Yes." "Tried |it yet?" "Sh! - no; wo've piarreled."—Chicago Record. .Tones —"Good morning, Benson. How.do you fin 1 business?" Benson— "By judicious advertising."—Harlem Life. Diner—"Here, waiter; this water is dirty—there's been milk in the tumbler." Waiter—"Why, boss, dat is milk."—Judge. Tired Tatters—"Yes, sir, pard, it pays ter be honest." Weary Wrng -310S —"l know now why yo'r so durn poor."—"Louisville Truth. Bracer—"Say, can you lend mo ten till next week?" Pacer—"Like to, old boy; but, fact is, I'm so short." Brnoer—"All right; so long!" "I pin my faith to tho Mayflower," Criod tho colloge maiden neat. "Audi, b'gosh," said hor father, "Pin mine to October wheat." —Washington Times. Father —"Did you notice how the lieutennut enjoyed our lunoh? He took a littlo of everything." "Yes, but none of our daughters."—FJio gendo Blaetter. Wallace—"Doyou beliovo in signs?" Ferry—"Some. When you seo a wo man driving south nud looking east, it is a pretty sure sign that nhe means to turn to tho west at tho first cor ner."—Cincinnati Enquirer. "1 am very much aTraid that Jimmy is in mischief," said Mrs. Snnggs to her husband. "I can't hear him," 1 replied Mr. Bnaggs. "That's why 1 think ho must bo doing something ho night not."—Pittsburg Chroniole. "What do you think of tho bicyolo 1 jrazo?" "Great thiug ! I never took so 1 much good exercise boforo in all my : life."."Why I didn't know you worerid -1 ng." "lam not, but 1 have to cross tho ' street onco in a while."—Chicago ' Record. Customer (howlingly) —"This tooth loho stuff you giramo is the rankest kind of a fraud. And you warranted ; it to work like a charm." Druggist (blandly)—" Well, dul you over know t charm to work?"—lndianapolis 5 lournal. | "Sweet one, I love you," lie whis : pered to his partner at tho masquerade. "I should think you would," sho rc -1 plied, "seeing that lam your wife," "Didn't I know it, darling? What 0 other woman do yon thiuk I would 0 say that to?" Boston Courier. Wiggins—"Thoso railway tracks nt ' tho Pittsburg crossing will surely bavo 0 to be sunk below tho street level right J away." Briggs—"What makes you think so?" Wiggins—"Three wheol -0 men have protested against being tho game! —Chicago Record. "I might as well pload guilty, your Honor," owned up tho penitent pris oner at the bar. "If it had been laco or diamonds you might havo called it ' kloptomania and let me go, but I don't B'pose that would work in this ease. I stole the hog, your Honor." —Boston Traveler. !8 Ravages ol' a Hookworm, :o An ancient, parehmoat-bound vol ume on the shelves of tho dean of Co lo lumbia College is the sarcophagus of a withered specimen of that rnro and in teresting borrower, the bookworm. Tho discovery was made last week, while a student was turning over tho pages of a history of tho Frisians, cu -51 titlod "Return Frisearum Historia," The book is au Elzevir, aud was pub lished in Holland in 1040. at From tho appeuranco of tho volume ill it has been many a day since tho book worm, in its predatory pursuit of re knowledge, began to devour its cou th touts. The little fellow opened opera h] tions on the inside of the back cover. Thence he plowed a path through sev ,g oral of the adjacent pages. Ho died iu the harness, and his mortal shell, a j„ more thumb nail sketch, lies along the groove in which ho prosecuted his in vestigations. PerhapsUbbnis Emmons, tho author of the book, never had an other so devoted a reader.—New York 0,8 Mail and Express. n- A Royal I'lunie. :,n The Priuee of Wales, when ho at tends a state function iu full dress, wears ouo of tho most costly orna im monts kuowixto the British Court. It hi: is a plume of feathers pulled from tha i'it tails of the feriwah, the rarest aud most beautiful of Indian birds