MOST EXPENSIVE TIDBIT. Peanut Bud Paste of China Costa an Enormous Sum. China, possessing the oldest aristo cracy, may naturally be expected to furnish the most expensive luxuries. And she certainly does in. so far as costly food is concerned. Compared with the peanut bud paste of China, Buch dishes as nightingales' tongues or starwberries at Christmas are merely trifles. This paste, a combi nation of peanut buds and ginged, is brownish in color, and is to be obtain ed In small jars. The price is $lO an ounce, more than half itst weight in gold, an almost sufficient guaran tee that it is eaten very sparingly. Peanut bud paste is said to have a flavor for Oriental palates 10 times more exquisite than that of birds' nest soup. At the base of the kernel of a peanut is a small cone-shaped for mation, usually surmounted by two microscopic leaves. The nuts aro first roasted, then these minute growth are carefully extracted. They are so small that many thousands of them are necessary to fill a small tea cup, but when a sufficient number are collected they are put into a mortar and ground into a fine flour, which is afterward mixed with gingter jolly and rubbed down to a smooth paste." Sweden's Regular Army. The regular army of Sweden on a peace footing is composed of 34,329 enlisted men, 3,729 olflcers, 1,665 musi cians, 849 engineers, and 623 mem bers of the staff, making a total effec tive fighting force of 39.114. Of those 6,891 are cavalry and 3,432 artilery. I! est For Hi n Bowels. No matfcor what ails you, hcadaohft to ft cancer, you will never get well until vour bowels aro put right. (JABOABKTS help nature, curo you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just Id cents to start getting your health'baok. CA*• o ABUTS Candy Cathartic., tho gonoine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has 0,0. (J. stamped on ii. Beware of imitations. A woman may not be musical and still be Always harping on something. Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov.ls.—A medical author* ifcy wtys: "There is hardly a family anywhoro in which Garfield Tea do -s not often take tho place <>" the Family Physician, for practically everyone suffers at times from disorders of stomach, liver, kidneys or bowels. Certainly, irocn no other medicine can such good results bo obtained. Thin Herb remedy makes people well and thus greatly increases their capacity for odjoying lifo; it is good for young and old.'' i^'°! v may have a turning point in hi 3 lilc without being a crank. MRS. H. ROBERTS Says to All Sick Women: " Give Mrs. Pinkham a Chance, I Know She Can Kelp Yon aa She Bh! Mo." 44 DEAR MRS. PINKHAM : Tho world praises great reformers} their names and fames aro in the earn of everybody, and the public press helps spread tho i rood tidings. Among them all Lydia ' .3. Pinkham'3 name goes to posterity feL MRS. 11. F. ROBERTS, County President of \V. C. T. 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Capsicum Vaseline Put up lu Collapsible Tubes. i A Substitute for and Superior to Mnstord or my other plaster, and will not blister tho most delicate skin. Tho pain allaying and cur.vtlro qua it lea of this art! lo aro won lerfnl. It will stop tho toothache at once, nnl relievo he-wlacho and sciatica. We recommend it on tho best and safest external counter-irritant known, : lso ns un oxtornol remedy for pains in the chest and Bto <uvch and all rheumatic, neurulyic and gouty onrapioints. A trial will prove what wo claim ft* It, and It will be found to bo invuluabln in tho household. Many , people say "It Is tho beet of ull yvur preparations." Price, Id cents, at all druggists, or other dotil"~s, or by somltmr this amount to us In stumps we will send you a tube by mail. No article should be aocepiod by tho public unless the same oarrlos our label, us otherwise it Is not genuine. CHEESEBROUGH HANUFACTURING CO., 17 Bute Street, Now York Oity* GREATEST 6UN BARGAINS IN YEARS. SIB.OO GUN FOR $11.95. Owing to the very unusual clry spell during the summer ond enrly fall in tbia Ke SS>7* awn"eaAawfTlEw???®' -f<* RlFL£s . HUNTING CLOTHING, BOOTS, LOAOfO fitted witli genuine' Peiper reinforced brefh ';• grip stock and fore end checkered, matted extension rib, case hardened b HEKINOTON pattern frame, a gun exactly ns the picture above (from a photograph) shows for 811.95 sent to any part of the U. S. on receipt of $1.60 balance C. O. D.. subject to inspection. We are the largest and cheapest sporting goods house in the world, forty-five - -ira in business: reference, any bank or exprean company. Complete Gun Catalogue moiled free** 1 SCHMELZER ARMS CO., Kansas City, Mo. Thrown From His Cob and Killed. The following la a moat interesting and, in 1 one roapoct, pathetic tale : Mr. J. Pope, 42 Ferrar Road, Streatham England, said: , ; " Yea, poor chap, ho is gone, dead—horse Kilted, thrown off hia scat on his cab ho was 1 driving and killod—poor cliap, and a good | sort too, mnto. It was hira, you see, who gave I mo tho half-bottle of St. Jacobs Oil that made ! a now man of mo. Twas like this: mo and : Bowman were groat friends. Some gentle man had given him a bottlo of St. Jacobs Oil ! which had done hira a lot of good ; ho only tiaod half tho bottle, and romoraboring that I had boon a martyr to rheumatism and sciatica for years, that I had literally triod every thing, had doctors, and all without boneflt, I became discouraged, and lookod upon it that, there was no help for me. Well," says Pop#, "You may not believe mo, for it is a miracle, bat before I had used the oontonts of tho half-bottle of St. Jaoobs Oil whioh poor Bow man gave mo, I was a well man. There it is. you 800, after years of pain, after using reme dies, oils, embrocations, horse liniments, and spent money on doctors without getting any better, I was completely cured in a few days. I bought anothor bottlo, thinking tho pain might como bock, but it did not, so I gavo the bottle away to a friend who had a lame book. I can't apeak too highly of this wonderful pain-killer." Rub the inner cafung of windows that shove up and down hard with a little hard I soap; treat bureau druwers in tho same ( way. Speedy Unloading of Baggage. ; An ingenious time saving appliance I for transshipping mails and baggage in connection with the cross-channel I service has been brought into opera j tion at Dover, England. Tho appli i ance is in the form of an endless trav j cling platform and is worked by elec j tricky. It brings packages of any I weight ashore at the rate of one in i 15 seconds. Some of the packages un j loaded recently weighed seven 'bund | rod weight, and required four men tc : lift thorn, but they wero broughl I ashore as easily as a handbag. The ; transshipment was performed in less | than half tho usual time. Thirty minuted is all tho tirao required to dye with PUTNAM FADXLBS3 DYES. Bold by all druggists. Of 100 units of work done in Great Bri tain thirteen are accomplished by man power unaided by machinery. Ilcwsro of Ointmenlii for Cstarrh 'Chut Coiiiain Mercury 9 as mercury will surely destroy tho sense of smell and completely derange the whole sys tem whon entering it through tho mucous surfaces. Such artiolos should never bo used oxcopt on prescriptions from repntnblo phy sicians, as the damage thoy will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.. contains no mer cury, and is takon internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Curo bo sure to got tho genuine. It is taken internal ly, and is mado in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney fc Co. Testimonials l'reo. •fa-Sold by Druggists ; price, 750. per bottle. , Ilall's Family Pills aro tho best. Among the 282 medical journals pub lished in tho United States twenty-eight are devoted exclusively to hvciene. WORLD'S LARGEST TABLELAND. On It Is Located the Greatest Part of Thibet. The bulk of Thibet is the Chang, or Great Thibetan plateau, the highest as well as the largest tableland on the earth. An idea of its elevation may ho obtained from the statement of Captain Hamilton Bower, one of the most highly regarded of recent author ities: "From the end of June until the middle of November the average altitudes of our camps was over , 1(1,000 feet, tho lowest being 14.G21 and the highest 18,700 feet. During | the period already referred to the enormous stretch of country crossed by Captain Bower's party did not show a single tree and only two spe cies of shrub, "and theso rarely ex ceed six inehos in height." Belgium Imitates China's "Cash." j A year ago the Belgian government ha 3 resolved to Imitate the Chinese | "cash" by issuing nickel coins with a : hole bored through the middle. It is now announced that the new pieces ; of 5 and 10 centimes will bo ready in , a fornight. Mexican Postal Drafts. | The postal drafts exchanged he ! tween Mexico and the Unitod States : amounted to $33,000 In Mexican | money during the first six months of j this year. j In the recent German military move , raents automobiles, motorcycles and j bicycles entirely replaced horses In , the general staff service. Wliuii You Order Baker's Chocolate or Baker's Cocoa 1 examine the pnekage you receive and make snre that it bears tho well known trade-mark ol the ehocolato girl. There are many imitations of theso choice goods on the market. A copy of Mlbs I'orloa's choice recipes will be sent free to any housekeeper. Address Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., Dorchester. Mass. The discovery in Palestine of valnn bio mineral treasures making It prob able that there will soon bo an Indus trial awakening of the Holy Land. In India a box of 720 safety matches imported from Sweden or Belgium can bo bought for three cents. HUNTING THE EOWHEAD A WHALE'S TEETH WORTH A FOR TUNE IN THESE DAYS. Costly Clothing Manufactured T rout tho Arctic Bow h end n They linro Teeth About Fourteen Feet I,onj? at the Front of Their Mout li—One Sot Worth 830,000. "There is a certain class of general Information not to be found in printed books, and frequently the most intel lectual person or even an extensive traveller will surprise you by his ig norance on some subjects," said a seafaring man, as ho sat under an awning on the poop deck of a coast wise schooner lying at anchor in the bay. The old salt was in a talkative mood. Cigars had just been passed around and the jovial and weather beaten sailor readily acceded to the requests of tho crowd to go tn with his yarn. "Probably many .of the ladies who appear on the streets of Charleston today attired in elegant silks and satins," he continued, "are not aware that the material from which their costly clothing was manufactured came from tho teeth of the Arctic Ocean bowhead whales, and that hun dreds of men are every year risking life and limb to supply the ever-in creasing demand for this expensive article. Possibly you may not know that the bowhead whales are to be found only in the Arctic ocean and that they are the only whales from which the well-known whalebone is taken. This bone is tho same that was form erly used in umbrellas and corsets and was not until a few years back thought to be of any special value. A great many pooplc think tills whale bone is the bone of tho fish's body, whereas it is only its teeth. Tho body bones are not, nor have they ever been, used iu any manner whatever. These teeth are about fourteen feet long at the front of the mouth, and gradually taper back until only a few inches in length. The longest . arc about eighteen inches in width and half an inch thick, the other propor tionately smaller. Tho bowhead whale's tooth is of a very fine fibre so tightly woven together as to closely resemble a solid substance. The whale has only an upper set of teeth, which are not used for masticating the food. The big fish takes in great quantities of water through its mouth and spouts it out high in tho air through a small opening on the back close to the head. One edge of the teeth is fringed by some three or four inches of unwoven fibre, which serves to strain the water as it comes through, thus catching the small bugs and insects of which the monster's food consists. The bowheads are the only species that have this sort of teeth. The teeth of all other species are of ivory. Some ten years ago a Frenchman named JeaTi La Costo dis covered that tho fibre of whalebono could be woven into a much finer grade of silk than that of any previ ously put on the market. Immediate ly the price of whalebone rose to a very high figure, and is still increas ing every year. There are, 011 an average, 2000 pounds of this bone to a whale, which brings sl2 per pound, wholesale. The teeth of a single whale are worth about $20,000. When the teeth are taken from the whale the carcass is cut loose from tho ship and allowed to lloat away. No Arctic whalers care for the oil; the sperm whalers, who go down in the South seas, supply the oil market. "A poor sailor's life is a thankless task at best, but the brave fellows who go up in the Arctic regions and under go tho terriblo sufferings and hard ships of the frigid climate, of which the world knows and hears nothing, have to sing their praises themselves, if their praises are sung at all. Whale fishing is one of the most hazardous occupations a person can pursue and there are probably more lives lost every year in this industry than in any other occupation in tho world. This statement is true in regard to the South Seas, where the weather is al ways mild and pleasant, but more especially does it apply to the frozen waters of the Arctic Ocean. Going out in small boats chasing whales fre quently from eight to ten hours in weather often as cold as 15 dog. be low zero, is not so pleasant. But in spite of all this there is a certain fascination and a subtle charm about ft that makes the life of a whaler the most difficult thing imaginable to swear off after once getting into it. "I spent five years in the Arctic Ocean and Behring Sea as third mate aboard a whaling ship from San Fran cisco. Just now I recall a particular ly bitter experience. One morning about 10 o'clock, while cruising along the coast of the Northwest Ter ritory wo discovered a school of whale some two' or three miles off our lee bow. Immediately all seven boats were lowered away. The weather was bitterly cold, 23 deg. below zero, and a very dangerous, choppy sea had been fanned up by a biting wind from the north. After we wore out about half and hour the breeze began to increase and the sea so high that I had to take down the mainsail and jib of our whale boat and set the storm sail. Presently we saw a whale "blow" di rectly off our weather beam, about n half mile away. Instantly I brought the tiller to starboard and eased off the sheet. As soon as the wind got astern of us our little boat leaped for ward like a frightened deer. Almost before we knew it tho whale loomed up in full view only a few yards ahead. Tho monster fish prcsonted a formida ble appearance as ho lay up close to the surface, spouting fountains of spray high in the air. Only a portion of his head and back was visible, but it was enough to convince us that wo had a worthy foeman to contend with. The whalo had evidently not seen us, as he still lay very quiet. I decided to take advantage of his ignorance of our close proximity and sail clear over his body, allowing the harpooner to strike as we passed over. This was a perilous thing to do, but we did it and got over safe and sound, hut what followed close upon this daring feat to boat sailing shows where the danger of whale fishing comes in. "As we skimmed over the big fish's back the harpooner presented him with the shaft and an electric bomb at the samo time, holding the former in his right hand and the latter in his left. The first thing that I can distinctly recall as happening after we landed safely on the other side was a terrible crash, mingled with a loud yell of pain from one of the crew. I felt my self suddenly shoot upward into the air and then land with a splash in the water. I was heavily loaded down with clothing, and how I contrived to keep myself afloat as long as I did is a mystery. After a few minutes I be gan to grow weak from exertion, and had almost despaired of making any further efforts to save myself when suddenly I felt something grasp me by the arm, and the next thing 1 knew I was in the bottom of another boat, piled up with several figures as wet as mine. This is all I can remember plainly, for as soon as I was taken out of tho water into the cold air I began to grow drowsy. I fell asleep and when I woke up I was in the engine room of the ship with a man at each of my wrists rubbing vigorously, and the skipper standing over me. Im agine my feelings at once more get ting into a good, warm bunk. I soon sank into a delicious sleep, and as the icy waters of the Arctic splashed against tho good ship's sides and the cold north wind whistled through her pitch pine spars, I lay dreaming of home and friends thousands of miles away.—Charlestown News and Cou rier. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. Samuel Peck, farmer, of Rush coun ty, Ind., and his son Edward, while plowing in a field recently, captured a double headed snake. The reptile was perfect in every way with the excep tion of tho heads, which wero joined fcrkliko. Each had two eyes and each was provided with a mouth. The mule drivers who take their an imals across the South American Andes always cover the eyes of the mules with a poncho while they put on the heavy loads. If they could see, they would be unmanageable; but blindfold ed they meekly accept their burdens and start on the journey without pro test An English gentleman's daily read ing area covered no fewer than five newspapers in tho morning, together with five in the evening. Sandwiched between the two batches of journals ho was in the habit of reading some four or five periodicals, humorous, illus trated and social. Moreover, ho de voured two novels from the circulating library per week, so that altogether his powers of concentration must have been as great as they were abnormal. St. Andrew was taken as the patron saint of Scotland because his cross (the cruz decussata—X) appeared in the sky to Achalus, King of Scots, and Hungus, King of the Plcts, tho night before their battle with Athel stano, King of the Saxons, early in the 10th century (Achalus died 919). The northern kings vowed to adopt tho cross as their emblem, and the saint as their patron if they won a victory; being victorious, they kept their vows, and worshipped at St. Andrew's shrino. A mare, tho property of an English farmer, has given birth to a foal with characteristics. The hind legs arc per fect, but on one of the forelegs is a cloven hoof, while on the other there is a kind of double hoof. One of its ears resembles that of a cow. The foal is alive and doing well. A re markable turkey was hatched at East End farm, Stonham Aopall, Suffolk, Eng., the other day. It had two bodies, four wings. Tour legs and an abnormal head. It had only a short lived exis tence. There is an extraordinary young man now traveling about the country. His name is R. IT. Mack, and he is seeming ly possessed of a wonderful power, by which he defies the law of gravity in one way, and that is in regard to his foothold on the earth. When he doesn't want to be lifted off his feet nobody can move him. He weighs only 120 pounds and when ho docs not wish to bo lifted he places one finger on the neck of the man who wants to lift, him and another on tho wrist. The myste rious force then begins to work, and, try as he will, the experimenter always fails to move Mack an Inch. If he puts his hands on tho head of a small boy the noy sticks to the earth, no matter how hard any one may try to lift him. Mack has demonstrated his power before some eminent scientists Including Charcot in Paris and Vir ehow in Berlin, but they could give no reason for the young man's strange power. ITnd Children In Hern. A group of children having a strong family likeness wero playing together on the sands at Seabright with perfect disregard of the sunshine beating down on their heads. An old lady with an umbrella and a dog passed by and com plimented their fond father. "Ah, so they are all yours? But aren't you afraid their health will suf fer in this horrid glare?" "Not at all," he replied. "You see I have children to burn."—Now York Times. REQUIESCAT. Johnny, in his rustless roving, Found a lot of liquid glue ; John, the maple syrup loving, Thought the glue was syrup, too. J. no longer now is roving— He is stuck upon the glue. —Life. HUMOROUS. He—Some doctors say kissing is dan gerouß. She—Well—er—it always doe 3 seem to affect my heart. Mrs. Muggins—Did you ever keep a diary? Mrs. Buggins—Gracious! No. I can't even keep a cook. Tommy—Pop, what does it mean to walk with a measured tread? Tom my's Pop—A foot at a time, I sup pose. "They say love is blind," remarked the Wise Guy. Ah," chuckled the Sim pie Mug; "that's maybe the reason why lovers make themselves spectacles." Nell—We were standing in the moonlight on the edge of a precipice, and he said if I refused him he would throw himself over. Belle—Oh, that was just a bluff. "I like your nerve," gasped the beau tiful girl, struggling against the inevi table, "And I like your cheek," chuck led the young man as he continued the oscillatory exercises. Fay—How do you like my new gown? May—lt's very pretty. "Do you really think so?" "Yes, indeed; I was (list crazy to get one like it when they came into lasliion two years ago." Wigg—Mrs. Ilenpeekle has a won derful mind. Wagg—Yes; and an in exhaustible one. She gives Ilenpeekle a piece of it every morning, and yet the supply never seems to run out. "You say you love my daughter," growled the old man. "Have you ever hoard her sing?" "No, sir," was tho trembling reply. "Then how do yon ■know you love her?" demanded the long-suffering parent. Studen—How would you advise me to go about collecting a library? Pro fessor—Well, I'll tell you how I man aged it. When I was young I bought books and lent them; now I borrow books and keep them. "No, doctor, I won't war plain spec tacles. If I am compelled to wear glasses I'll try goggles." "But, my dear, sir, there is nothing fashionable in goggles." "Oh, yes, people will think I run an automobile." Miss Ann Teck (giddily)—l wonder if there are really any microbes in kisses," Miss Kostique—What a thoughtful, unselfish creature you are. Always worrying about something dan gerous that may happen to other girls. Blobbs—What are you carrying a gun for? Slobbs —I'm going house hunting. Blobbs —That's a pretty poor joke. Slobbs—No joke about it. You don't know what these real estate agents might do to you if they catch you unarmed. "Which is one of the slowest things on earth?" asked a school Inspector of a boy the other day. "Influenza," re marked the boy. "Influenza," said the inspector, "how do you make that out?" "Because it's so easily caught," promptly answered the boy. ALARMING THE YOUKC MAN. look a Girl nomo anil Now He Wants Somo Advice. It was the second time that the hero of the story had accompanied the young lady home. She asked him If he wouldn't come In. He said he would. Sarali took his hat, told him to sit down, and left the room. She was hardly gone before her mother came in, smiled sweetly, and dropping down beside the young man, said: "I always did say that if a poor but respectable young man fell in love with our Sarah, he should have my con sent." The young man started with alarm. "She has acknowledged to me that she loves you," continued the mother, "and whatever is for her happiness Is for mine." "I—l haven't —" stammered the young man. "Oh, never mind; make no apology. I know you haven't much money, but. of course, you'll live in my house." "I had no idea of—" he began. "I know you hadn't, but It's ail right," continued Sarah's mamma, re assuringly. "With your wages and what tho hoarders will bring in we shall get along as comfortably as pos sible." The young man's eyes stood out. like hatpegs, and he rose and tried to say something. "Never mind about thanks," she cried; "I don't believe in long court ships. The 20ui of May is my birth day, and it would be nice for you to be married on that day." "But—hut—but—" he gasped. "There, there. I don't expect any reply," she laughed. "I'll try and bo a model mother-in-law. I believe I'm good-tempered and kind-hearted, though I did once follow a young man a hundred miles with a broom stick for agreeing to marry my daugh ter and then backing out of the en gagement. " She patted him on the head and sailed out And now the young man wants ad vice. Ho wants to know whether he had better get in the way of a loco motive or jump off tho nearest bridge. —Tit-Bits. At Nothing. "I rce your part is described as that of a villain who will stop at nothing." "Yes," answered Mr. Stormlngton Barnes. "That description Is a sad rc .minder of the frequency with which my salary is liable to halt at zero," Washington ..ear. THE HUMMING BIRD. It* Reality anil It* Sin-pausing I'oirer of Might. I Henry Hales thus speaks o£ the "winged jewels" of our gardens. The brilliant little humming lurd. They are called the geuis of bird life. They are more. No gems In any dia dem sparkle as they sparkle. They flash with a radiance and brilliancy not equaled by any other of nature's brightest jewels, even among the gau dy butterflies. Every change of light or movement reveals a new color on their irridesee.nt feathers, changing like the glint of light on a diamond, but with stronger effect in color. Not known outside of the American conti nent and its islands, what a surprise they must have been to the early ex | plorers. And they still keep surprising ! us as new species are discovered. Not many years ago 150 species was sup j posed to be about the number; now it is nearly 400—about as many as all the species of birds breeding in tlio United States. What a variety of love ly forms and delicate, fantastic, eccen tric freaks in feather, as well as In color—like the unique tropical orchids. Nature seems to exhaust herself in fas cinating, delightful oddities. Had they been known in tho old-world, fairy lands, we think they must have figured as aeriel sprites, so quickly do they present themselves, so quickly disap pear. We of the chilly north must be sat isfied with this one representative of this numerous little family and be thankful for that; and as there is a great similarity in their habits of liv ing, flying, building and feeding, our little ruby-throat must, in a degree, stand as a deputy for all his south ern brethren, whom ho visits every winter. He sips tho charming flowers of the tropics, returning in the spring. He arrives in Florida, early in March, gradually going north as the flowcri open before him, then going farther north, passing tho northern boundary of the United States about the Ist of June, breeding as far north as the Saskatchewan plains, west to the Mis souri valley and Texas. Some of them remain in Florida. Tho flight of this little bird is more remarkable than that of the eagle. Wo can understand the flapping of tho eagle's immense wing supporting a comparatively lignt body. But our lit tle bird has a plump body; his wings are not wide, but long, so he must move them rapidly to sustain his weight; and this he can do to perfec tion. The vibrations of his wings are so rapid as to make them almost in visible. He can use them to sustain himself in mid air, with his body as motionless as if perched on a twig. In this way he can sip the nectar of the delicate, fine stemmed flowers with out alighting for a moment. He never alights while so engaged. He moves from flower to flower with a graceful and rapid movement, sometimes chas ing away a bee or humming bird moth of which he is very jealous; nor is he much more favorably impressed with any small birds that seem in his way. Ho knows his power of flight, and he has no fear of any other bird.—St. Nicholas. Wliat Is a Runaway Horse? They have nice horses and cattle out West, but they have little ways of their own. For instance, a broken horse out West has points of differ ence from a broken horse in the East. Some of the saddle horses caused me most unaffected misery when I had to ride—and it was the same thing with the driving horses. I used to spend my Winters in the East, and when I went back to tho ranch I would of course want to hear the latest news about my neighbors—who'd been hanged and tho rest. My foreman had a grievance against a professor from Ann Arbor, who wanted to see the Bad I.ands and had hired a team, which ran away, smashing things up and breaking the professor's arm. Ho said that the professor had made a remark which made him ho* He didn't mind his saying that he had fallen into a den of sharks—because ho knew sharks didn't have dens, and, besides, he didn't charge the professor for the use of tho team; what made him hot was the remark that he had loisted on the professor a team of runaway horses. "He had nc right to call them that," said the foreman. "One horse had only been driven twice, and could hardly be called a confirmed runaway, and the other— well, there were lots of times when he hadn't run away."—Forest and Stream. Hi* Price. An amusing story, which u.ay per haps bo entirely true, is told ufa short sighted but energetic member of tho Kussian secret police. He was walking through a little-fre quented street of St. Petersburg one night, when he spied, high up on a lamp post, a placard. "Aha!" lie said to himself, scenting mischief on the instant, ami alert for action. "That's one of those incendi ary notices about his majesty the tsar! It must come down at once!" With some difficulty, being of a stout build, he succeeded in climbing the post and dislodging the placard. He bore it to the ground, and there, peering at it by the light of the lamp, ho road two Russian words, tho Eng lish equivalent for which is the well known legend, "Wet Paint." KHV to llck Out Your Own. Tenderfoot (on Texas ranch) I should think it would be a lot of trouble for a man to pick out his own cattle from among so many. Cowboy—Oh, that's an easy matter. Tho trouble begins when he picks out some other man's cattle. Se? Chi cago News.
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