treeiand Tribune Established 1888. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY, BY TH* TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY. Limited OFFICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. FHEEL AND, PA. Sl'BsC'ltlfTlON KATES: One Year $1.50 Six Mouths 75 Four Mon:hs 50 Two Mouths 25 The rted he has declared that the legal test of sanity or insantity is false and dangerous. The law holds a mau responsible for Ins acts if he is capable of distinguish ing between right and wrong. Dr. Mao Donald insists that very many certainly insane persons—particularly those with "fixed delusions"—while perfectly able to distinguish between right and wrong, are hopelessly in capable of choosing right and avoiding wrong; that while they are capable of reasoning soundly and perceiving facts clearly they are utterly unable to resist their insane impulses to do the wrong. The people of this part of the world have away of talking about America as though it were all contained in New York State, writes a correspondent oi the San Francisco Argonaut, who has just visited the State. They say, ''We Americans are too nervous, too jigh-strung; we rush about too much," when there is a great, calm, cheerful, easy-going West that is not included in these statements. They say, "We Americans care too much for the opinion of England, or try to imitate the manners aud customs of the Old World"—and never think of the wide, wide area t>f Western coun try that is absolutely untroubled by any thought of foieign manners or customs, aud <[tate content with its own way of life. Making Their Months Water. The method employed by Dutch fish ermen to insure "astonishing catches" ts thus described by the Golden Pen ny: The fisherman puts a number of live worms and insects In a bottle partially filled with water, and then corks It securely. The bottle Is dropped Into the water, the fisherman sinking lis line alongside. It appears that the sight of the wriggling contents of the bottle so excites the appetite of the finny tribe that they fall easy vicims to lbs baited hooks. Not A musing to Him. Jones —It's very amusing to see those women across the street looa.ng at the bonnets in that window. Brown— Amusing? Why, that's my wife and daughter.—Harlem Life. | STOLEN GUARDS. | •fg How Two Texas Boys Saved Their p| Father's Cotton. || H H| BY LEWIS D. MILLER. § ©NE evening in No vember ruy father, | Rag SEfSgg — at Bu PP er, re iWgß^"^a; vhm I * 0 me to "^ a y that I "~~ he's had about four hundred pounds of cotton stolen. Our 5 wagon is in a pretty good place to be ! robbed, away up there at the back of the field." | My brother Dape suggested that he i and I sleep iu the wagon, as we had ! often done earlier in the season, just I because we liked it; but this evening a norther was blowing, and we ex pected 9 night of rain and storm. We j could, however, bo comfortable enough | by covering ourselves with cotton. | "That's a good idea," said my father. ! But mother laughingly remarked, i "Thieves could steal half the load | right out from under you two sleepy ! heads, and you wouldn't know it." I "No matter how souud they sleep," said father. "Sneak-thieves would 1 skedaddle the instant they found some body there." | So, not long after supper, Dape and I went back to the wagon. We found ■ it just as we had left it, packed full of | seed-cotton ready to be hauled to the j gin, and covered with the white can vas sheet, which was spread over bows and fastened along the sides of the box, and tied down over the end boards. The two end bows of the cover were missing, and the sheet, there unsupported, slanted down in front and behind. The night was dark. While not se verely cold, the wind, like all Texas northers, had a penetrating chill that made our teeth chatter. Standing on the brake, I untied the sheet at the side, then put my head under it and climbed upon the cotton. Dape crawled up after me, after tying th 3 sheet again. Taking off our boots and outer clothes, we put them in the fore end. Then we crawled back aud began to hollow out a bed, piling the cotton forward. When the bed was deep enough, we got into it side by side, aud raked the cotton back upon our selves. Lastly, we worked our arms under, and were ready to sleep. By this time the wind was driving rain drops against the wagon-sheet, aud soon there was a constaut patter ing over us. This meant no cotton picking the next day, and Dape and I felt free to lie awake till late, talking. The last thing I heard was the wind aud rain, which dashed against the wagon so violently that it rocked aud rattled as if iu motion. For hours I slept as only a healthy boy can, who has worked from day light till dark; but again I became vaguely aware of that rocking and rattling of the wagon. The wind must be violent now; wasn't it lifting the wagon off the ground? I could feel the jolts as the wheels came down. Drowsily I conceived that the wagon might be blown over, and rose up on my elbow, still half-asleep. I was iu absolute darkness. All I could hear was the beating of the rain and the flapping of the sheet. Just then came a jolt—another! Then I knew. The wind did not cause the jolting. The wagon was moving —traveling! Startled, I sat up, wide-awake and frightened. What could it mean? Strange tales came back to me, aud I j seemed to be iu the midst of one i stranger than any. Who had ever heard of a wagon starting off across country of its own accord—pulling it self? In great wonder I began to investi gate. Untying the sheet at one side, I raised it and put my head out in the rain. There was a little light from a clouded moon, and I could see that the wagon was not au automobile. One horse was in view, and I knew there must be another. The driver— but were there not two? I heard one man's voice, though not his words. Hastily I drew iu my head, and wiped the cold water from my face and neck. Who were these thieves that had put their horses to my father's wagon and cotton? I had heard of a similar case in an adjoining county. A wagon loaded with cotton had dis appeared in the night, and the owner, after tracking it many miles, had at last found it at the home of the thief. This stormy night was the very time for such a theft; the rain would wash out the wagon-tracks. Of course it had not occurred to the thieves that two boys might be asleep under the i sheet. Greatly alarmed, I begau to shake Dape, who was still sleeping peace fully. We must do something. He uttered au inarticulate cry of protest as being disturbed. I ceased to shake him, fearful that the thieves had heard him. For perhaps an hour I sat there in the dark, reflecting on our strange | situation, and wondering what I could do. Where were those fellows taking us? How long had we been traveling, aud where were wo now? I raised the sheet again. The wagon was going through flat woods. Now this told something, for we lived in a prairie country, and the nearest flat wood was teu miles to the west. So we were at least ten miles from home, and going farther. Much alarmed, I leaned over Dape again, aud whispered In his ear "Dape, thieves areruuuiug clear off with the cottou, aud us, too!" This I repeated several times, until he sat up suddenly, aud his first whispered question showed that he understood the matter. I told him what I had learned. "We've got to get into our clothes," he said. "Then we'll untie the wagon sheet at the hind end, drc% out and follow the road back to where some body live 3." "That's easy, but if we do, why, then the thieves get clear away with father's cottou and wagon." "Well, then, we'll keep in hearing of the wagon till it stops. Let's get dressed right away." "But the men are on the front end, and they must be sitting on our clothes. You know we put 'em right against the sheet." Here was a predicament. If we got out into the cold wind aud rain, bare headed, barefooted and in thin shirts, we must suffer fearfully, and might be chilled to death. What if we should stay in the wagon? We shuddered as we asked each other what would happen then. Murders are often committed to con ceal robbery, and if we did not get out, the thieves must find us on stop ping. After discussing various plans, we decided to wait till we came to a house, and then jump out aud run to it. So we untied the sheet at the hind end, and kept poking our heads out to look for a house. At this we soon got so cold that we had to bury ourselves partly iu the cotton. Houses were far apart, but at last the wagon came to one. Even before we saw its dim form, we could hear a great barking. "That sounds like a dozen dogs, doesn't it?" shivered Dape. "It does," I shivered back. "Big ones, too. Let's not get out. What should we do out there, nearly naked, in the cold and dark, with such a pack?" "You're right; we're better off in the wagon." So we got down into the cotton again, aud waited for a house with fewer dogs. The laden wagon moved slowly, for the cotton made a heavy load for the team, aud before another house was reached daylight came. We were now more alarmed thau ever, for if the thieves should happen to look under the sheet, they could not help dis co veriug us. Besides, it would be extremely em barrassing to approach a house iu broad daylight iu our present attire. In fact, when we did come to one, aud I tried to get Dape to start first, he said, "S'pose there were women? How'd I look? Not much! You may go if you want to. I'll see this thing out right here." To this resolve I also was forced by the circumstances. About this time the rain stopped. As soon as the light began to come through the wagon-sheet, we looked eagerly for auy chance of getting our clothes, and now saw that only one man was sitting on the edge of the stretched sheet iu front. Either the other one had left the wagon, or there had been but one, and the talking we had heard had beeu his talking to the horses. However, we were suffi ciently afraid of that one man, armed, as we felt sure ho must be. And he was sitting on our clothes. All that could be seen of them was sleeves aud legs. "Well," said Dupe, whose mind was hopeful ana fertile, "the man must live somewhere iu these woods. When he gets home, he's sure to stop the wagou several yards from the house, and go in to warm up and get his breakfast. That'll be our chauce. We will put on our clothes, jump out, 1 aud run for the brush." "But the mau or some of his family will be sure to take a look under the sheet when the wagon stops." "Well, let us hide in the cotton. No danger of them seeing us if we cover ourselves well." And that was what we did. We covered ourselves completely, leaving only little holes to breathe through. In this position we could not hear much, aud could not see at all; but it was not loug till we felt the wagon stop. Dape punched me, to intimate that we were now at the thief's home, and that the tryiug time had come. We lay without inoviug a muscle. Just then a dreadful thought came to me. Any one lookiug under the sheet would be likely to raise it at the fore end. Our clothes would bo seen; then we should inevitably be dis covered. I sat up in my excitement, throwing off the cotton. What sound was that? A humming, somewhat like a threshing machine, iu the distance. But I had helped unload too much cotton to that music not to recognize it. Uncovering Dape's head, I whispered: "He's brought us to the gin! Don't you hear it 9" Dape sat up instantly, and made a gesture of delight. "Now we've got him!" said he. As the gin-yard gate was creaking on its hinges, the man who had come out to open it, the giuner himself, asked: "How much have you got on there?" "About eighteen hundred, I guess," replied the man on the wagon. "Enough for a bale. Can you run it through right away?' ' "Think I can get it out by nooft. Only one lot ahead of you." "Can't you give me first show? I'n in an ail-tired hurry." "No, I can't. I've started theothei already." "Oh, well, I s'pose I got to stand it," and in he drove. "Now's our time!" said Dape. So I raised the sheet at the hack i end of the load and beckoned to the ' ginuer, who wrs closing the gate after us. He locked surprised, hut seeing from my mysterious manner that some thing was wrong, he soou overtook the wagon. "This isn't his cotton at all!" I whispered down. "It's mj father's. That fellow stole it last nigh :." "Stole us, too," put in Dnpe. "He doesn't know anything about that, though. And he's sitting ou our clothes." The ginner looked incredulous, hut soon saw from our mauuer aud dress that we were speakiug the truth. "Keep still till I can send for somo guns! We'll arrest the scoundrel!" he snid, aud hurried ou to the gin house, whilo the wagon continued its way through the yard among scatter ing cotton-hales. This gin-house stood on posts six or eight feet high. At the door was a platform about even with the top of a wagon-bed, where cotton was unload ed . When the wagon was against this platform, our driver stopped and threw on the brake. Tkeu we heard him step oil upon the platform. "Now for our clothes!" whispered Dape. We began to dress, Bitting on the cotton, hut I had only jerked ou my shirt and pautaloons, and was tugging at a hoot, when the sheet, or wagon cover was suddenly thrown up, and the wind carried it oft' the bows. There stood a tall, shaggy-bearded man, in a slouehy black hat and a yel low "slicker," or rain-proof coat, reaching to his heels. The consterna tion on his face, when ho saw what he had stolen, was ludicrous. His mouth Hew open, aud he stood staring at us stupidly. "I nrresc you!" exclaimed the gin ner, grulHy, as he hurried out and caught the thief by the arm. "Arrest me?" and the man came to himself suddenly. "Stand hack!" he shouted, giving the ginner a violent push. The next moment he threw oil the slicker, snatched a pistol from his pocket, and with an oath and a threat, leaped from the platform. Out came two bowie-knives, nnd he tried to cut one of his horses loose; but seeing two gin hands coming with gnus, he dashed round the house, sprang over the fence, aud lied through the woods, with everybody, including Dape and me, in pursuit. But I don't think anybody was half as eager to overtake him as he was to get away, for lie had a very disagreeable man ner in flourishing his pistol. "Now what?" said 1. "Get the cotton ginned," said Dape. "Good enough!" said I; and we easily bargained with the ginr.er; he keeping out enough, besides his toll, to pay for the bagging aud ties to wrap the hale. He also gave us feed for the team. With the seed and the bale loaded into our wagon, we started for home, sixteen miles away, early in the after noon, aud soon met father and another man on horseback. The disappear ance of a wagon-load of cotton and two boys had made a sensation in our neighborhood, und the roads were now being scoured in every diiectiou. Father was greatly amused with the story of our adventure. "Why," snid he, "that man was no thief; he was a regular philanthropist. We couldn't have picked cotton to-day, anyhow. Aud he's hauled the load for us and made us a present of his horses. Good horses, too. And whenever he comes to my place for his horses, there'll be chunks of fun." It was after dark when we reached home. The next morning the cotton thief's horses were turned into the pasture. "Now if the owner wants them, let him come aud prove his property," father remarked, as he put up the bars. The owner did not come to claim the horses, hut they were missing a week later, and fouud next day at a house in the woods nbout seven miles from the gin. The man who lived there was earnestly sought by the sheriff, hut could not he found. His wife, when questioned, declared that the horses had returned home, nnd must have jumped out of the pasture. Not long afterward the family disap peared, going oil' between two days. A country neighborhood clings to a joke tenaciously, and Dape and I have not yet heard the last of the night when we went to guard the cotton and were stolen ourselves.—Youth's Companion. The American Honey Exported. The demand for American honey for export is increasing. The exports in 1897 were worth SIOO,OOO. But that year the imports were as large as the exports, while in 1898 the imports were less than in the previous year. Eugland is the chief buyer of Ameri can honey, and ships sail from ban Francisco, from Kan Diego, and some times from Port Los Angeles, Cal., carrying large cargoes of honey. The United States produces more honey than any other nation. As long as thirty years ago the product was 15,- 000,000 pounds annually. Twenty years ago it had risen to 25,000,000 pounds, and ten years ago it was 65,- 000,000 pounds. At the present time lowa produces 9,000,000 pounds of honey annually, and mnuy States, in cluding California, produce 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 pounds a year. India is considered to be a heathen country, and yet Calcutta is said to have the largest number of college* tudents of any city in the world. INEWS AND NOTES! I FOR WOMEN. I The Golf Jackets. Gol! jackets are made of bright green cloth, with reyers, collars atfd cuffs of red. Dirt-Carrying Skirts. Woman is not the only sufferer from j dust-laden skirts. A shoe-fitter says I that women do not know, themselves, I how much dirt they carry about. He [ says: "If I take off and replace a pair of laced boots, I have to wash my hands immediately to remove the dust that is whipped in by the skirts, and held by the tongue and lacings of the boots." Now Design* In Waists. Among tbo newest designs in waists for liome wear is the charming and comfortable garment called the tea jacket. It is made of silk or brocade in bright colors, and thus has a tight titting back and loose fronts. Chiffon, lace or crepe de chine daintily ar ranged in front and fastened at the waist-line with ribbon bows complete the effect. The Girl Willi Thin Arm.. TWin arips should be carefully con cealed. They have an impoverished look that robs their owner of some of her dignity. If the arms are unduly loug, as they occasionally are, the ef fect may be neutralized by wearing wide bauds of black velvet fastened with pretty buttons or clasps or buckles. This reduces the apparent length of the arms. "Thin arms," says M. Charles Blano, the great French authority on dreßs, "denote bad health and an enfeebled race." The best remedy is to wash the arms with a fine lather of soap at least twice a day, and to dry them thoroughly and rub them vigorously. This treat ment brings the pores into action and induces a healthy condition of the skin. Hubbing with a soft chamois leather is excellent for the skin, giv ing it both smoothness and gloss,— Ladies' Home Journal. Tho New Silk Petticoat. The silk petticoat is a thing of great importance in these days when so much depends on the fit around tho hips and exactly the correct amount of fulness at the bottom. The new skirt is cut circular at the top and fitted as carefully and smoothly as a dress skirt with no gathers at all at the back. A deep circular or bias flounce is added at tbo knee, and this is trimmed with piuked, tucked or corded ruifles. Accordion pleated ruf fles are very pretty finished with u narrow pinked ruche, and lace inser tions and frills are applied in every conceivable form in the more elabor ate skirts. Flounces made of alternate rows of satin ribbon and lace insertion are another fancy, and pleatings of black or white net, hemmed and trimmed with rows of satin ribbon, are a very effective trimming. Inser tions are set in points and squares in the silk flounces, and if you want a very dainty decoration use plealiugs of chiffon. The Season's Parasols. Highly glazed or polished silks are not permissible in the present season. Among the startling innovations are parasols in bright green silk. Wedg wood blues and brilliant reds have, as usual, a large representation among the sunshades designed for general use or among those made to go with outing costumes. The now parasols, whether of five or eight gores, have the tips of the ribs finished with ivory or finely polished bone. This'fashion also extends to the small shades de signed for carriage use. These are al elaborated greatly by rich trimmings of lace, ribbon, or mcusseline, orl sometimes by cut steel or jet figures set in between the gores. Where rib bon ruches are employed, carriage parasols are not infrequently covered by rows of alternating black and white ruchings, blue and white and other combinations, which extend from the outer edge of the shade to its capital. Carriage parasols of a larger size are preferred by younger ladies, and are to be bad in chiffon over taffeta, or of the latter silk with large and small point-lace figures intro duced.—Harper's Bazar. Why Straight Hair Won't Stay Curled. The growth of hair in a healthy scalp is from eight to ten inches a year, growing faster in summer than in winter. The hair stretches in wet weather and shrinks in dry, which is the cause of artificially curled hair be coming straight in moist air. If you will use the curling irons during the summer be sure to supply the follicles with a little extra nourishment in the way of a hrilliantine to moke up for that whioh the heat abstracts. The two following recipes famish the best possible emolieuts, the first of which is non-greasy: Lavender water,one ounce; glycerine, one ounce; clarified honey, two ounces; rectified spirits, four ounces. First mix the honey and glycerine together, then add the lavender water or eau-de-cologne, and last of all the spirits. The second recipe is intended tc give a more or less glossy appearance to the hair as well as to strenghten it: Castor oil, two drams; rectified spirits, five ounces; attar of roses to perfume; tinture of coohineal, two drams. The best way of using these prepa rations is to put a few drops into the palm of the hand and then rub the bristles of the brush across it, and so apply to the hair.—St. Louis Globe- Democrat. Rosa lSonheur In Man's Clothe#. Bosa.Bonheur's preferenoe for mi culiue dress when engaged at her work has been the subject of much comment, though the artist herself •jver could soa why it should attract such universal attention. She was wholly unaffected in its adoption, hav ing done so as a protection when as a young girl she wished to study ani mals in the slaughter-houses of Paris. Finding it far more convenient than skirts, she continued to wear it at home throughout her life, but she never appeared in this guise in the publio Btreets. The following amusing description of her appearuuee and manner was given by a newspaper writer who paid her a visit some years ago and sought to obtain what the artist most dreaded and avoided—an interview: "A funny-looking man came toward mo knitting his brows. He wore an enormous straw hat. Under it was a soft, beardless face, browned by the sun and lighted by chestnut-colored eyes;, a small nose exaggerated the size of the largo mouth, with rows of su perb teeth, and there was a breezy flew of long hair. " 'Who are you? Where do you come from aud what do you want?' he said sharply, stopping aud thrusting his small hands in the pockets of gray, ribbed trousers. "This sharp questioning discon certed me for a moment, but, recover ing, I answered, 'I am a journalist, and wish to see Miss Bonheur.' " 'Well, look at her,' said the little peasant, taking off his great hat. 'You must excuse me; I am obliged to keep intruders away.'" It is interesting to note that Mile. Bonheur had no patienco when she was at the head of au art school with attempts on the part of her girl stu dents to imitate her peculiarities of dress. With her these oddities had come about naturally and for sufficient reasons; with them it was affectation, which she would not tolerate.—New York Tribune. GogMp. The Florida Legislature has made women eligible to appointmentas nota ries public. Of women chemists, assayers and metalluigists in the United States there are two-score lacking one. An entire block of houses in New York City was recently papered by a young woman who takes the contract for such orders from builders. The women of Alabama are raising a fund for a testimonial to Miss Annie Wheeler, the war nurse and the daughter of General Wheeler. Miss Kuehne Beveridge, the sculp tress, has been selected by the Hawai ian Club of Honolulu to mold the bust of the late Princess Kaiulani. Wellesley College is to introduce discuss-throwing into the athletic cur riculum, thus being the first students of a girl's college to play the game iu America. The will of the late Mrs. Thankful A. Price, of Cortland, N. Y,, bequeathes §SOOO and a valuable farm in Cortland County to Syracuse University for scholarships. Queen Margherita of Italy holds twice a year at the Quirinal a sale of her old dresses. The sales are said to be a perquisite of her head maid, who receives them from the Queen. Queen Wilhelmina of Holland Jdoes not inherit her mother's love of plain clothes. On the contrary, she is fond of handsome and brilliant materials, and it is the choice of these that costs her most perplexities in the state of life to wh'ch she has been called. Mrs. Jane Stanford, widow of Sena tor Stanford, in donating $10,000,000 to the Leland Stanford University, stipulated that the number of women students must be limited to 500. In explanation of this she states that her husband's intention was to found a university for men. Miss Emily Yznaga has followed the example of various members of the English aristocrncy and "gone into trnde." Miss Y'znaga and her two sis ters, the Duchess of Manchester and Lady Lister-Kaye, were American girls, but have been exceedingly popu lar in English society. Gleanings From the Shops. Wash suits, prettily trimmed, and separate pique, duck and linen skirts for girls. Feather boas in all the light shades to accompany foulard and other sum mer costumes. Natty styles in golf bonnets made of colored dimity or organdie combined with fine lace. Dressy capes of black taffeta show ing complicated braidings and jet passementeries. A great variety of styles in Persian figured four-in-hand ties for men's aud women's wear. Two-toned trimmed sailors in com binations of blue, brown, gray and black with white. Broad displays of white and colored chiffon veils as well as of the cream applique varieties. Stitched crash hats for golf or cy cling trimmed with crepe de chine, quills and plaid scarfs. Many grenadines in black and even ing shades, showing figured or chenille-ntriped designs. Taffeta and foulard costumes trimmed with bands and effective in crusted designs of cloth. Very fine batiste embroideries at marvelously high prices for trimming materials of all descriptions. Manila hats for morning wear in white and colors, decorated with dot ted malines, gauze and quills. Many scarf ohains of gold, gilt or silver with rich jeweled pendants, such as crystal, amethyst and pearls. Many crepe de chines and other light-weight cloths for summer gowns in all the delicate pastel shadings. Vast assortments of pearl-headed hatpins, with and without rhinestona settings, in noticeably large forms.— Dry Goods Economist. THE NEW HONEY. |me Bees Not Now Allowed to Sip th# Nectar of Flowers of Their Choice. Honey is enjoying renewe t favov. Men of wealth and leisure are testing and experimenting with the different kinds of honey, and wrinkling their brows over the problem of producing what seems to them the most desir able flavor during the coming summer. For the bee is no longer allowed to pursue his own sweet peregrinations and sip of the ueotar of flowers wher ever he chooses. Honey made in this promiscuous way is much too ordi nary. His actions arc restricted and guided. As a result, such honey as never was tasted before is tickling the palates ol many. If it is the white sweet clover flavor that has gained favor with the epicure, he goes sys tematically to work to produce it; and plants a large plot of ground, perhaps half an acre, with this particular kind of clover. He has it carefully kept from weeds, or auy other variety of ciover that might eudeavor to find a footing there. The whole bed is in closed and roofed with a fine wire net ting, and the beehives aro then placed within the inclosure. From the bee's life, therefore, the spice of variety is plucked, and try as he will he can produce none other thau white sweet clover honey. In flavor it is very delicate and almost white in color. Yellow sweet clover honey is pre ferred by others. The flavor is slightly stronger than that made from the white variety, and its color is a deep yellow. Then there is the honey that is made from thistles and milkweeds; it is amusing to hear producers of such flavors tell of their tribulations in making these wayward plants grow within their restriction. Some of the wild flower honey is almost black in color, and the flavor is certainly very different from what it was in the days when honey was honey and that fact settled the question. It is al most verging on the indiscreet to men tion buckwheat honey nowadays, al though it is still acknowledged to have wonderful "staying properties."— New York Sun. One Instance. The bearded man who was asked to speak at the Women Reformers' Con vention on the subject of "Corsets— Their Injurious Effects Upon the Human Frame," had spoken at con siderable length, and closed by Buy ing, "In short, the corset is the abomination of abominations. It serves no good purpose whatever." He sat down amid loud applause, and the professor, who happened to be present, was called on for a few re marks. He said: "My friend who has just preceded me has Baid the corset serves no good purpose. Iu the course of a life now well past the middle age, I have known just one exception, which, indeed, may be considered as proving the rule. A California cow had become no emaciated that when sho ate grass it dropped out through the spaces be tween her ribs before itoould be acted upon by the stomach and assimilated into her corporate system. In this emergency, and as a last resort, a large corset was strapped around the cow. This kept the grass in, and thus the cow's life was saved. Still, she was not a valuable cow, and I should not mention her case here were it not that in the pursuit of science we must bo rigidly exact. I thank you, ladies, for your attention."— Chicago Tribune. Gone on a Long Cruise. Two old sailors have started from Portland, Ore., for a coasting tour around the world. Their course is down the Oregon, California, Mexican and South American coasts, theuoe across the Pacific to New Zealand and Australia, round the Cape of Good Hope to Cape St. Eoqne, thence across the Atlantic to Sierra Leone, thence along the European coast to Great Britain. The return trip will be through the Mediterranean, Suez Canal, Indian Oceau and China Sea, and by the Russian coa3t to Alaska, and thence home. Their boat, built by themselves, is thirty feet over all, seven feet beam, with center board and will carry three sails. Provisions for four months can be carried, and the men expect to be gone two and a half years. Both men have been more thau ten years at sea, and sin gularly enough, they met in a gold mine in California, and in a log cabin conoocted the scheme of this adven turous voyage.—Atlanta Constitution. This Mule a Calf Killer. John Debo, a prosperous farmer of Indiana, has lost several valuable calves, and although each would be found in the fields or iu the barns in a badly mangled condition, it has taken him some time to discover the cause. While passing a field he saw an old mule walk up to a calf, seize it by the nape of the neck and skake it vigorously. Although the calf bloated at the top of its voice, the mule did not let go until he saw the farmer. Then the mule gave the calf a swing that landed it in a heap sev eral feet away. Its baok was broken and it died in a tew minutes.—New York Press. Babies Named After Dewey. Since Admiral Dewey Monto jo's fleet into the sea at Manila, a per fect epidemic of Dewey babies has ap peared in every quarter of the globe where Americans are to be found. The percentage is almost beyond com putation, but the Admiral himself estimates that at least 12,000 written notifications have reached him on the flagship Olympia. To many of these he has replied in writing, thanking the proud parents as modestly as possible. Just as soon as the news reached America that he had aohieved the greatest victory of modern times in marine war, the christenings with his nuiue began.— New York Journal.