Bismarck once said that it is bettor
for nn ambitious man to embark on
the career of his life without a femin
ine cargo.
Tho Newport (R. I.) Herald re
marks: A traveler says that in Russia
tho girl does all the courting. We
believe if. We once saw a woman
from that country. If there was any
courting done, she'd just have to do it.
Boston intends to practice hygiene
instead of. as heretofore, only teach
ing it. It is proposed to put from
fourteen to thirty shower baths iu tho
Paul Revere School House, an experi
ment which will ecst the municipality
$2.: 1)9.
Norway seems to be quite as hard a
place for literary men to H79 at peace
in as Paris is. It is now announced
that Bjornson is finally on the point
of shaking the dust of his native land
froru bis feet and going with his fami
ly to live henceforth m Germany.
A statement published in the Euro
pean Economist gives some facts with
regard to the growth of population in
tiie various countries of Europe during
the decennial period of ISBS-1895.
The aggregate increase was 29,922,-
800. Some Htates have advanced
greatly. For example, Russia added
12,510,500 to her existing population;
Germany,4,522,600; Austria-Hungary,
3,502,200; Great Britain, 2,452,400;
Turkey, 1,109,000, aud France, G7,-
100. The Figaro observes that tho
statistics point to a lamentable state
of things lor France, and it is not ex
pected that the census to be taken
this year will reveal any improve
ment.
Tho British Government pays tho
rcval family 83,009,000 yearly. Of
this amount Queen Victoria receives
82,000,000 besides her income from
the Duchy of Lancaster, which
(mounts to $250,000. The Prince of
Wales gets 8200,000 a year for the
labor of being heir apparent. The pay
of tho Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is
?iOO,OOQ. Italy pays her King $2,-
500,000. The Geriuau Emperor ra
?eives 84,000,000, besides a largo rev
enue from estates belonging to the
royal family. The Czar of Russia owns
n fee simple 1000 square miles of cul
tivated land, in addition to a fixed
ncome of $42,000,000 a year. If
fouug Aiphonse of Spaiu saves his
money ho will be one of the richest
lovereigns of Europe by the time he
ittains his majority. His present in-
JOWO is 511400,000 a year. France
aavs her President a salary of 5240,-
)00 a year, while the President of the
United States receives only 850,000.
Until 1873 the President's salary was
only $25,000.
Chairman Henry Gannett, of the
United States Board on Geographical
Names, au institution organized in
1890, has given out some interesting
information as to tho Board's re
searches iu American nomenclature,
announces the Chicago Record. Dur
ing the five years of its existence the
Board has decided ever 2SOO cases of
disputed nomenclature which were
submitted to it. Iu making decisions
it has divided most names of towns,
States, rivers or counties into two
classes, those which are and those
which are not established by local
usage. In the case of tho former, tho
members have acted upon tho princi
ple that local usage ought to prevail,
but in the case of disputed spellings
of names having the same origin they
meet with a puzzling question. Which
of the various spellings of Allegheny,
Alleghany and Allegany should be I
adopted? Should they all bo made
alike? If so, should "Wichita," |
"Washita" and "Ouachita," which are
all the same word, be spelled alike?
I-Tow about town:-; like Wyandot, Wyan
do.to and Guyandot? As a general
thing, tho Board does wisely in ac
cepting the form of spelling already
prevailing locally, not attempting to
irace back tho name to the original
and derivative forms-. The iatter
course would lead it to spell Wiscon
sin "Ouisconsing" and Wabash "Oua
basb," while a purling Wisconsin
stream, now called Rum River, would
be traced back through its punning
derivation from "Spirit River" to the
'■ 'River St. Esprit." Tho fact is that,
while a little may be done toward sini
plyfying and correcting American
geographical names, natural progress
will accomplish almost all that is neces
sary, and the rest can safely bo left to
time. No country in tho world, as
Robert Louis Stevenson pointed out,
has such vu'ic 1, beautiful and pictures
que names. They derive from all
Eourc. h, and vary irom poetic Indian
terms to quaint variations of tho
names ol old Europe. At all events,
let us not make the mistake of "cor
recting" this picturesque nomenclature
into the commonplace.
FEEE SILVER CUM
WHY IT WILL IMMSUSHLY BENE- '
_ PIT THIS CIOUNTEY.
The World's Supply of Silver Dcpen- j
dent Upon the United States—The
World ?!ust Buy From Us, and at
Our Price—Position of England. i
We are told by the gold men that j
with the free and unlimited coinage :
of silver in this country alone, we j
would bo flooded with European
silver, and ns o result our silver I
money would be greatly depreciated.
That Ibis proposition is untruthful ;
and misleading is amply proven by tho !
report of tho Director of the Mint, i
dated Juno 24, 1894, which shows '
that tho world's production of silver !
for tho yi ar 1593, rated at the ratio of 1
16 to J, amounted to 8208,371,000. j
Of this amount the United States !
produced 877,575,700, and Mexico ,
produced 857,375,000. Tho amount ,
produced in the United States anil j
Mexico was 8134,951,300, and all
the balance of the world pro- I
duced $73,412,700. But of this
873,419,700 the South American and j
Central American States, all of which (
are silver using countries and equally j
interested with tho United States in ;
maintaining the price of silver, pro- j
duced 825,044,700, and tho Dominion
of Canada produced $321,400, which !
makes a total production in America |
of 8160,317,400, and all the balance
of the world produced only $48,053,-
600. The amount actually produced |
in Europe was $19,155,100. The j
amount produced in Great Britain, j
the country that now assumes tho pre- i
rogative of fixing the value of the sil
ver bullion of the world, was
$327,700. England's production of
silver is less [than two mills
on tho dollar of tho total pro
duction. Instead of being able to dic
tate the value of silver bullion, she
ought, not to be consulted at all. She
should have no voice in the matter.
In fact, Europe combined could
not, as against the wishes of Amer
ica, exert much, if auy, in
fluence, on the value of silver.
The amount of their production or of
their actual consumption of silver is
too trifling to have any material in
fluence on its market value. Europe
requires a certain amount of silver
bullion annually to keep up her sup
ply of token money, even though sho
might discontinue its use aR money of
ultimate or fiual redemption. The
amount now being consumed by her
lor coinage purposes averages about I
$32,000,000 annually, to which, if you j
add the amount consumed by her in
the arts, it will bo found that instead
of having silver to sell she annually
consumes more than double the
amount of silver that sho produces.
It may be a fine thing for Europe to
allow her to fix the price of silver
bullion, but it is contrary to all pre- j
cedent and an outrage on the silver- .
producing countries. America pro
duces more than three times as much
silver as all the balance of the world,
and more than ten times as much as
the amount produced in Europe.
The total amount of silver produced
in the woild, outside of America, ia
not sufficient to supply the demands
of Europe for coinage purposes and
for the use in the arts. It is not suf
ficient to even supply the demand of
India for coinage purposes alone. It
would hardly be sufficient to keep tho
silver gods of China in decent repair,
to sav nothing about a new one now
and then. It would be, therefore, an
act of imbecility for America, pro
ducing as it does more than three
fourthn of the silver produced in tho
world, and more than ten times as
much as the European production, to
allow Europe to fix the price of our
silver bullion. We have no interest
in common with Europe on the silver
question. Europe is a heavy consumer
of silver. She does not prouuee enough
to supply her demands. She must
enter the market and buy silver, not
only for coinage purposes, but for use
in tho arts. It is to her interest to
buy silver at as low a price as possible.
We can not combine with Europe, and
why should wo not combine with our
selves?
America commands the supply of
silver bullion. The annual con
sumption of silver for coin
age purposes, notwitnstanding tho
suspension of the coinage of silver by
the Latin Union, averaged for the
years 1891-2-3 over $143,000,000, and
tho consumption in the arts for tho
same years averaged over $27,000,000
(see report of Director of the Mint for
1894), making a total annual consump
tion of $170,000,000, only $48,000,000
of which are produced outside of
America. It will therefore bo seen
that after consuming all tho silver ;
bullion produced outside of America,
the world must buy from us $122,000,-
000 worth of silver bullion annually
for coinage purposes, and they must
pay the price fixed by us, if we have
manhood enough left to fix a price.
The idea, therefore, that with the
free and unlimited coinage of silver
we would bo flooded with European
silver 10 a delusion which facts and
history can easily dispel. Why, if
we are the greatest silver-producing
country in the world, should we not
have something to say about its value?
England is the great creditor Na
tion of the world; her imports are
largely in excess of her exports; sho
is, therefore, interested in having
dear money and cheap commodities.
If commodities are cheap and money
dear, but little money will Vie re
quired to settle her balances of trade;
and if money is dear, that is, if its
purchasing power is great, the amount
received as fixed charges on tho inter
est-bearing obligations sho holds
against other Nations and tho people
of other Nationalities will bo much
I more valuable aud will go farther in
I paying for such commodities as she
must obtain from abroad than it would
witn a largo volume of money in cir
culation. Shall wo have a circulating
medium in the interest of England or
shall we legislate in the interest of
ourselves? We believe the answer will
be legislate for America tirst, last and
all the time.—New York Suburban.
THE FAUMEffs" SL'FFEKim*
How the Agricultural Interests Have
lieea Hurt by tho Gold standard.
Though labor in general has felt tho
depressing effect of the singlo gold
standard, the burden of this iniqui
tous system has rested with peculiar
iorce upon the farmer.
As a rule, whatever hurts the farmer
also hurts the merchant, tho banker,
tho mechanic and the laborer. The
converse of tho proposition is also
true. Whatever benefits the farmer
likewise benefits clio merchant and
produces a salutary effect upon the
entire life of tho Nation.
The great source of National wealth
is in the soil, and there can be no gen
uine prosperity in this country which
does not depend at last upon the
American farmer.
This truth was strikingly illustrated
in the recent speech of Mr. Bryan bo
lore the convention in Chicago. "De
stroy your cities," said he, "and your
farms will build them up again, but
destroy your farms and grass will grow
in the streets of your cities."
There are some who affect tojbelieve
that the farmers of this country, as a
rule, ure prosperous. Such a belief as
this, if honestly entertained, can
spring from nothing less than igno
runce. It is used, however, as an ar
gument in favor of perpetuating the
present single gold standard.
Let us view the matter through im
partial spectacles and see if these
logicians are correct. If the farmers
are prosperous they should be able to
meet their obligations as fast as they
mature and there should be no bur
densome mortgages resting upon their
shoulders. But is such tho ease? Un
happily it is not. There is net one
farmer in three whoso roof is not
mortgaged over his head and who does
not find it aimply impossible to make
buckle and touguo moot.
What do the records show? In the
Stato of lowa a mortgage indebtedness
hangs over 33 per cent, of the farming
lauds. In Nebraska, 32 per cent, of
the larms are mortgaged. Other West
ern States show a similar condition of
embarrassment.
But if the Western farmer has a
good reason for repudiating tho single
gold standard as the author of his
liuancial hardships, tho Eastern farm
er has a muoh better reason for mak
ing the same complaint.
In Pennsylvania 41 per cent, of the
farming lands aro mortgaged; in New
York, 45 per cent. ; in Rhode Island,
42.59 per cent.; in Connecticut,
40.60; in Delaware, 44 per cent., and
in New Jersey, 49.64 per cent. The
average indebtedness oa each mort
gaged farm in the Eastern States is:
$1749 in New York, 81716 in Pennsyl
vania, 81525 in Rhode Island, 81266 in
Connecticut, 82147 in Delaware, 81323
in Massachusetts and 81004 in Ver
mont.
In Nebraska the average incum
brance on each farm is 81084, in Ken
tucky, 81069; iu Illinois, 81684; in
Indiana, $972 ; in Michigan, 8890 ; in
Minnesota, 8814 ; in Mississippi, 8619 ;
in Missouri, 8853; in South Carolina,
SS3O, aud in Tennossee, 8667.
No one can truthfully assert that
sdeh figures as these represeut a pros
perous condition. Instead ot showing
prosperity they only give evidenco of
sacrifice and privation. Under proper
financial conditions there should not
be one farmer iu a hundred with a
mortgage indebtedness hanging over
his head.
Of course some allowance should bo
made for individual peculiarities.
Some farmers are lazy and indolent,
while others are industrious and
economical. Suclunequalities as these,
however, could not possibly have
wrought the conditions which prevail
to day and which admit of no other
explanation save that furnisned by the
iniquitous operation of the single gold
standard.
No wonder the farmers of New Eng
land, therefore, have joined hands with
the tanners of Illinois and Nebraska
in raising a cry of protest against
such a manifest discrimination. No
wonder the people of this country are
stirred up as thoy have never been in
any former campaign. What thu
American farmer wants is a change in
existing conditions, and that ohange
can be effected only by a restoration
of silver to its former place iu the
currency of the Nation. With the
support of the farming interests of the
country, the success of the Democratic
party ie inevitable.—Atlanta Ccusti
tution.
Time Tor Hold lings to Relire.
The pestiferous insects that havo
been goading industry are becoming
unbearable. And wheu the American
litizen "gets up on his hind legs," the
gold bugs had better crawl into their
holes.—Silver Knight.
What, Made the Trouble.
Over production of the silver mines
is the claim made by the gold bug
organs to explain why silver Ims fallen
from its premium of 103 in 1873 down
to its present low bullion value of 53
ccntß. This argument might havo in
it some force were it not that the
commodity wealth of the UnitedStutes
has kept pace with the increased out
put of tbo silver mines. This in
creased commodity wealth is duo to
the opening up and development of the
great country west of the Mississippi
since 1873. To keep paco with the
growth of this country both metals,
tho gold and the silver, were needed.
It is not the alleged over production
of silver, but the destruction of silver
as a money metal that has caused its
depreciation in value.—TacomaNews.
LIKE SAUL OF TARSUS.
A Prominent Gold Bus of Oliio Now '
a Frco Silver Convert.
Scarcely a day passes without some I
iistinguislied convert to the policy oi '
Bimetallism.
One of the most notable of these I
ionversions recently occurred in the i
Jtute of Ohio. Hon. John L. Eentz, !
vllo has beoii for several years a warm !
idvoeate of the single gold standard, |
mil whose inSluence in controlling the !
derman vote has been as strong, per- i
laps, as that of any other man in i
}hio, now comes out ami delares that !
le is heartily dissatisfied with existing !
conditions and will do all in his power !
o secure financial reform in the ap- j
iroaobing election.
In speaking of his changed attitude
in the money question, Mr. Lentz |
lays:
"For many months I have diligently j
nvestigated and discussed the fiuau- |
lial problem and supported the exist- 1
ng order of things, but I have found
hat one by one all the nrgumeuts in I
avor of a gold basis for the currency I
if the United States have been re- j
lueed to ashes. Were lan English- j
nan I should favor gold, but all the '
'acts and conditions which confronts |
is as Americans persuade me fully
;hat there are as many reasons for our
inposition to the English gold stau
lard and for a declaration of our
monetary independence in 1890 as
there were reasons for the declaration i
if our uolitical independence in 1770. j
Sfou may say to my friends in Ohio
that I make this acknowledgement re
luctantly, but deliberately, for I have
irgued with zeal agttinHt silver and
with enthusiasm in favor of gold.
Luke Paul of Tarsus, I have persecuted
the silver Nazarenes, but from this
lime on I am enlisted in the cause of
lilver, not merely for 100 days, but to
the end of the war. I have fonnd the
(old bugs greatly concerned about
ifty-cent dollars, but entirely indiffer
snt to the day when we shall have
ifty-cent men, if wo continue bending
>ur necks to the heavy yoke of gold.
"You may say to the Executive
Committee that I tender my services,
lumblo though they be, for campaign
ipeeches and debates to demonstrate
Ihnt the farmers will never find their
lands worth as much as they were in
1873, nor will common labor ever
igain receive $2 a day until we have
iiberatod ourselves from the tyranny
af the gold oligarchy."
The language of the above declara
tion is terse and vigorous. While in
dicating the depth of the Ohio man's
jonversion, it likewise shows what a
power he will be in the campaign.
Debt is Higher Than Valuation.
A majority of the people in the
United States to day who own their
homes are in debt.
Many of these are in debt for more
than their property would bring at n
cash sale. The total debts of tha
United States, public, corporate and
private, are udinittedlv between $30,-
000,000,000 and $40,000,000,000.
These debts are mostly due to the fsw,
or the money-lending class. The
rnorraity of it can best be under
stood when it is known that the esti
mated oash vuluo of all the property
in the United States is $05,000,000,-
000 and the assessed value of all the
property in the United States is $24,-
000,000,000. Tho debts are greater
than the total assessment.
The effect ot those debts during a
period of low prices, with little or no
compensating profit to producers and
manufacturers, is to drain the money
from the people, in the payment of
j interest, to tho money centres and
into tho possession of the money
lenders, whonco it does not go into
[ circulation again except in the way of
I loans that only tend to aggravate the
evil.—W. H. Harvey, in "Coin."
lion England Will Help.
I owe $250 annually in interest to
!an English syndicate. They are hu-
J man and want it always in the dearest
1 money—gold. It is folly to expect
l them us a matter e.f grace not to oppose
bimetallism beoause that will reduce
the value of gold and the interest I
owe them- If, however, this country
adopts free silver at 10 to 1, and
makes it legal tendor, my English
creditor will at onoe wake up and bo
stir himself to make this thing I nm
going to pay him with as valuable an
possible—os good as gold. He will
not wait for regular breakfast before
he sets out to tell the news to tho
Freuokinnn and the German and tho
Austrian, end implore them to assist
him in restoring silver to its piece
with gold as money. lam very sure
he would not wait for me to implore
him to do it. If the Hopublicau party
sincerely desired international bi
metallism il would advocate and sup
port independent free coinage of sil
ver by the United States and make it
legal tender for all debts, public and
private. Thut is the only road to tha
goal they claim to seek.—A. G. Pax
ton, Vicksburg, Miss.
Must Have Our Silver,
Our silver is going abroad every
week in shiploads to be eoined into
money for the use of foreign countries,
which get it for about half its real value
because wo have closed our miuts to
its free coinage at the ratio of 10 to 1.
They would have to buy it just as
freely at $1.29 au ounce as they now
do at 68 centß an ounce, because they
must have it for use in their ourron
oies. How nbsurd it is for oar Gov
ernment to throw away $30,000,000 a
year in this way for the benefit of
foreign Nations.—Denver Republican.
Kailipr Popocrnts Tlmu Plutocrats.
The New York Evening Post says
that the silver men of all parties should
be called popoorats. That Is all right.
Wo would rather be ..called popocrats
than plutocaV
THE FIELD OF ADVENTURE
rimiLLING- INCIDENTS AND DAR
ING DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA.
rim Heroine of |a Ship wreck—Nearly
Drowned by His Pets—A Wife
Saves Her Husband.
MRS. M. T. McARTHUR,
who ih visiting Oakland as
the guest of Mrs. Ambrose,
(, lives to tell a tale of hard
ship at sea which few women could
have survived. She is one of the sur
vivors of tho fiood ship Milton, which
burned to '.the water's edge iu mid-
Pacific in 18S2. Despite her rough
experience which has been her lot, she
is a bonny little woman with a charm
ing manner.
The Milton was a wooden ship, built
in Nova Scotia to ply to and from
Newcastle as a collier. Tho day that
phe was launched Captain if. T. Mc-
Arthur was made her master, and to
gether with his family took up quar
ters on the craft. Thenceforth until
the ill-fated ship sank aflame upon the
high seas Mrs. McArthur did not leave
her accept on one occasion when she
was absent for a month.
On August 9, 1881, the Milton
weighed anchor at Newcastle and put
out to sea. Soon afterward sultry,
disagreeable weather sent tho captain
to his bunk, a sick man.
Weeks went by, and ho was still
confined to his cabin. Filially one
day, when those on board were occu
pied with thoughts of Christmastide,
and were making preparations for its
observance, the first mate, Charles
E. Carroll, came to the bedside of the
sick captain and reported a fire in the
cargo with which he could not cope.
Tho captain got up. Mrs. McArthur
had to walk beside him to support
him, aud she literally carried him
about the ship as he gave his orders
for the fighting of the fire.
But tho fire had gone too far. Cap
tain McArthur climbed up on a coil of
rope, and with his wife at his side aud
his little children cliuging to Ins
knees, he told the crew the ship was
lost, aud ordered the long boats cut
away.
The Milton then stood 1280 miles
from Capo St. Lucas. There was
enough food on board to scantily sup
ply each of the three long boats for
forty days. The captain doled out
the provision*, the boats were hastily
equipped with blankets aud extra oars,
and as darkness ciuie on that Christ
inas eve, the three boats pushed off.
The wretched group of ship-wrecked
mariners sat as if in a trance all that
night, watching the Milton's destruc
tion. Long before tho morning of
January 1 dawned tho Nova fcJcotian
craft was no more ; only a few charred
timbers remained afloat, and they
were soon carried from sight by tho
currents.
Tho tnreo overloaded long boats
started out in the direction of land.
Although no one suffered from the in
ciomencieß of the weather, it was not
many days before all felt the pangs of
huoger and were moved to despera
tion wheu they realized that the sup
plies were becoming exhausted.
In ten days the boat manned by the
first mate disappeared in tho night
and was never again heard of.
Soon after tho second mate's boat
began to lag aud fall behind, and fin
ally they admitted that they had no
one in the boat able to pull au oar. It
was then agreed that each boat should
shift for itself, and they separated.
There were two hams in the cap
tain's boat, besides a jug of water and
some lighter provisions. Eight people
lay all day and watched their little
pittince dealt out to them bv the only
cool head in the group, Mrs. Captain
McArthur.
Three ratious a day for the first two
weeks were served, and then it dwin
dled down to two. One meal a day was
soon a necessary limit, and before the
month was out it was one every two
days. The seaman began to suffer :
from the cravings of thirst, and two !
wont stark mad, then died, and were |
rolled overboard by the plucky wo
man who was in charge. Captain Mc-
Arthur, notwithstanding his weak-1
ness, manufactured a crude condenser
and condensed a supply of water to
drink. Finally death .overtook Mrs. ,
McArthur's little baby boy. She
sewed his remains up in a sack, stowed
them carefully away in the bottom of
the boat, and then took to the rudder,
which the men had given up.
For forty-six days this supreme
misery was endured before the English
ship Newborn hove in sight and picked
them up.
On February 25, 1882, the Newbern
sailed into this harbor and landed a
quartet of sick, disheartened survivors
of the Milton. Tho captain and his
family went at once to tho Hotel
Devon, and tho next day buried their
child they had brought with them to
place in a grave on land. Oue by one
the remaining sailors have passed
away, and barring tho possibility that
two of ttio second mate's boat still live,
Mrs. McArthur and her family alone
survive to recount that i'earfuljexperi
ence.
A son was born to Mrs. McArthur
soon after tho party was rescued by
tho English ship, and she named him
Newbern. Newbern McArthur is a
great brawny fellow to-day.
Tho family reside in
Southern California, where they have
a little ranch, tho captain having
given up the sea.—San Francisco
Chronicle.
Nearly Drowned by His I'cts,
George Bietauset, a New York
brewer, has a big white bulldog and a
lively little Scotch terrier who are
universal pets. Accompanied by his
wife and two boys the brewer the
other night took his dogs to the river
to give them a dip. Tho dogs were
fasteaed together on the ends of a. rope
eight feet long. Bietauset held the
rope by the middle and kept tho bull •
dog ou the dock while he gave the
terrier a bath. The bulldog, in pranc
ing about, got the check rope so
tangled around one of Bietauset's lege
that the brewer had to let go to free
himself. The instant he released his
grip the bulldog sprang into the river,
and its master, being unprepared, was
| dragged from his footing into the
I water. He fell head iirst, and the
| two dogs, tugging at the rope, reu
| tiered it impossible for him to keep
his head abovo water.
He struggled vainly for live minutes
and was becoming exhausted, when a i
young mau named William Walsh |
sprang into the water and held up the '
brewer's head. As ho did so, how- I
ever, the two dogs got the idea that !
ho was going to hurt their master, and
both sprang upon him. He had to
devote almost his entire energy to
beating the dogs off and keeping them
from dragging their master's head I
under water. It wis a desperato bat
tle, and in live minutes Bietauset be
came exhausted add fainted away.
His wife, who had been a helpless
spectator of the struggle, gave a loud
scream and fell back upon tho pier in
a faint. Finally some men got a boat
and the brewer, Walsh and the two
dogs were dragged ashore. Bietauset
was uncouscious, but was about in a
few days. As he lay on the pier his
two dogs sat beside him, licked his
face and whined.
A Wife Saves Her Husband.
A few years ago my husband, then
stationed in India, was strickou down
by fever, and on mo devolved the duty
of watching him. Our bungalow lay
at some little distance from the bar
racks, and on the morning of the day
ou which wo expected the crisis to oc
cur I was anxiously awaiting tho doc
tor's visit.
When he arrived, after taking my
husband's temperature, he would not,
he said, utterly forbid me to hope.for
it was still barely possible that tho
violence of the fever might even yet
give way to natural sleep, and recov
ery might ensue, provided his slumber
remained uubrokeu. For some hours
my husband continued to toss and
moan piteously. By and by he passed
into a disturbed sleep. Seating ray
self at tho foot of the bed, I prepared
to watch till lie awoke.
Au hour passed, when, opposite me,
through tho veranda, 1 saw a largo
hooded cobra come gliding into tho
room. On it came, elevating its hid
eous head and emitting a hissing
| sound. As the venomous creature
| passed mo the glare of it 9 eyes made
Imy blood run cold. It drew nearer
and nearer to the bed; then, rearing
up, appeared to be about to insinuate
itself among the pillows, but finally
dropped down and coiled itself among
tho folds of a shawl which lay beside
the bed. I advanced softly, and rais- i
lag my right foot, ground "tho heel of
my right slipper down upon the vic
ious head. I felt it writhe and tho j
tail twist violently around ray ankle,
but not until it relaxed its folds did I
removo my foot. There, thank God, j
lay the cobra dead. The doctor found
rae lying unconscious soon after. My
husband made a rapid recovery, and
treasures as his most sacred treasure a
blue silk slipper.—Golden Penny.
Slie Killed the Hear.
A party of Philadelphia sportsmen
hunting deer in tho wild portion of
Clearfield County, in the centre of tho
mountains of Pennsylvania, were hur
riedly called out one morning by the
guide, who had discovered two bucks
a few miles away. Hastily starting,
the men did not carry a largo supply
of ammunition, and what they had
was all used or wasted in bagging tho
deer. Starting back to camp, they
encountered a bear, and as they could
not shoot they all ran, each going in
a different direction.
The bear chased guide, and ho
took tho direct course towards tho
camp log house where hi 3 wife was
preparing a meal. With a yell ho
dashed into the house and up into the
loft. His wife ran out of the back
door, closed it, and as the bear bad
gone inside, she hurried around, closed
the front door and made the bear a
prisoner.
The intrepid woman then tied n dog
to a pole, thrust the howling cauine
through the door and thus coaxed the
bear out. As bruin appeared she
struck hiui with an axe and killed him
at the first blow.
Oue of tho hunters commented on
her manner of fishing for a SSO bear
with a dog worth $l3O, but the woman
retorted: "We generilly shoots 'em,
but wo never runs from 'em."
Gave His Life tor His Master's.
His faithful watchdog was all that
saved an lowa farmer named Daniel
Fritz from death in an awful form,
aud as it is the dog is dead and
Frit* has a broken arm and is badiy
hurt. Fritz and his dog were passing
through a pasture in which a bull,
which was not supposed to be danger
ous, was feeding, when they wero sud
denly charged by the animal. Before
he could reach shelter Fritz was caught
! on the sharp horns of the bull and
| tossed bigh in the air. His arm was
broken, and, unable to escape, he shut
j his eyes just as the bull charged a
• second time. Hi 6 dog, however, sprang
at the bull's throat aud held on long
1 enough for Fritz to escape. The dog
' was gored and trampled out of shape
" by the bull.
Told to Hang llim Well.
I Frauz Csonka, a famous sevcuty
: i year-old brigand, was hanged recently
for murder at Essegg, inßlavonia. He
j smoked his pipe to the gallows, tapped
the hangman on the shoulder and said
i to him: "Do your job well; don't
1 make a fool of yourself." He was the
> most fearless of tho band of Rosza
> j Sandor, with whom he committed
; j many robberies and murders in the
. Bakon} r er forests.
THE MEKIH SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARTS TOLD BY THE
FUNNY HEN OF THE PRESS.
A Human Peculiarity—Where the
.Shoe Pinches—Family Jars-
Hoarding House Joke, Etc., Etc.
Each vows the spot whereon be dwells
tsq lite the hottest on thi • \
And so each mau in summer flies
To seek a cooler atmosphere.
And that's why Jenkins of Pobick
Has gone to floevllle by tho sea.
Wnile Jones of Hoeville every year
Lives at Pohlcli contentedly.
Washington Star.
BOARDING HOUSE JOKE.
Star Boarder—"Why is a great
singer like an old salt?"
Cheerful Idiot—"Because she makes
her money on the high C'e."—Detroit
Journal.
JUSTIFIABLE.
Daughter—"Mamma, if 1 must write
to Mr. Bray about his extortionate
bill, should I say, 'Dear Mr. Bray ?' "
Mamma—"Certainly, under the
circumstances." —Chicago Post.
TARDY.
Dora—"Can't you ride a bicycle yet?
Why, Mr. Silverspoou has been teach
ing you for three weeks."
Cora —"1 know it. But he hasn't
proposed yet."—Louisville Times.
WHERE THE SHOE PINCHES.
Miss Stinger—"Well, you needn't
complain; every woman chooses her
own husband, yon know."
Mr. Nipper—"Yes, the only troublo
is she doesn't always get him."—
Truth.
A RANK SKEPTIC.
Spirit (at Lily Dale seance) —"Don't
you know mo? I am the spirit of your
mother-in-law."
Investigator—"You can't fool me.
My mother-in-law always brought her
trunk with her."—Buffalo Times.
PROBABLY.
She—"l have often wondered what
tho wild waves are saying."
He—"Judging from their roar, I
should say they were joining in the
general kick against the high prices at
this resort."—Pearson's Weekly.
WHAT PAPA SAID.
Willie—"Mamma, havo daisies got
feet?"
Mamma—"No, Willie, why?"
"1 heard papa tell Mr. Gayboy that
he saw a couple of them walking down
Broad street last night."—Philadelphia
Record.
WNER.F. IGNORANCE IS BLISS.
Mr. Slimpurse—"What! Want to
get a new maid for Fashion Beach?
Why don't you take tho oue you
have?"
Mrs. Slimpurse—"She knows how
wo live when we're at home."--New
York Weekly.
THE MODERN FALL.
"You say that Deacon Smatters was
not at church this morning? I won
der if it is possible that he can have
fallen from grace?"
"No; I understand that he fell from
his bicycle and broke his nose."—
Cleveland Leader.
FAMILY JARS.
Angry Wife—"Seems to mo we've
been married about a huudred years.
I can't even remember when or whore
wo first met."
Husband (emphatically)—"lean. It
was at a dinner party, and there wore
thirteen at table."—Tit-Bits.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
"I understand that your side lost
some men in an engagement with the
Cubans."
The Spanish officer glared and said
nothing.
"Bad generalship, eh?"
' 'No. Typographical error."—Wash
ington Star.
HOW CHARLIE SAVED HER.
"That Cnarlie Spindles is a horrid
fellow, isn't he?"
"Yes, but he once saved mo from a
mad bull."
"How was that?"
"I saw Charlie coininc and went
through another field."—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
UNREASONABLE.
"Really, Jane, dear, said Mr. Bob
beter to his wife, as they sat down in
tho theatre, "your hat is much too
high. Take it off, and put it in youx
lap."
"Well, 1 like that," snapped Mrs.
Wife; "if I put that hat in my lap,
how am I going to see over it?"—
Boston Transcript.
AN UNEXPECTED REVELATION.
Young Man—"Ah! How do, Dick;
Is your sister at home?"
Little Dick—"Which sister? The
homely one what's goin' to have all of
pa's money, because she's likely to be
an old maid, or the pretty one what
ain't goin' to havo anything?"
Young Man—"Um -er—both ol
them."—New York Weekly.
A SUFFICIENT REASON.
Dr. Paresis—"l think a European
trip would benefit that patient OJ
yours."
Dr. Kallowmell—"I know it would."
Dr. Paresis—"Why don't you recom
mend it? Are you afraid ho cau'l
afford it?"
Dr. Kallowmell—"That's not it.
I'm afraid I cau't afford it."—Judge.
Emperor William has contributed
out of his private funds the suru o)
$3250 toward the building of a Ger
man eohool in Athens, Greece.