LIVE FOR THE LIVING.
(A. Tiavr mound rose near the foothills,
Anli my heart was underneath;
My friends were good, for they strewed it
With blossom and clinging wreath;
'A voice came, borne on the stillness:
"Though the way seem hard, be true;
On—live thy life for the living,
As the dead have lived for you."
I raised my hand unto heaven
And a pledge I made that dav.
(The Voice had shown mo my duty
And a light shown on the way.)
And these, the words of the promise.
That my constant guide shall be:
"I'll live iny life for the living,
As the dead have lived for me."
The derd since earth was created,
Lived they not for you and me?
They made the world that we live in
Such a glorious place to be!
Take mine for your own life's motto-
It will make you strong and true;
And live your life for the living
As the dead have lived for you.
—S. W. Gillilan, in Los Angeles Herald.
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- BOULTER'S p
H GUESTS. ®!
iliiliimiiiiMii
££ "J A OULTEB! Boulter! you've
I—proved yourself it man at
I last. Why, I declare It's
(; the best Idea you've had
In that head of yours for years. You
cannot imagine the enormous possibili
ties which chance hnß thrown in our
way by your suggestion."
"Yes, I can," muttered Boulter, la
conically.
"But, my dear, flilnk of It! Here
you are now, James Ilenry Boulter,
provision merchant and agent for Im
ported eggs, at the age of forty-five,
worth thousands and thousands of
pounds, with a daughter as nice-look
ing as her "
"Go on, stow it, missis," said Boulter,
lrritatingly; "you don't want tcr dwell
o much on her father's good looks."
"No, dear," replied the better half,
good-naturedly; "when you comes out
with that big idea of yours about ad
vertising them coronation 6eats mc
heart gives a sort o* flutter like, and I
says: 'Blowed if Boulter ain't a ge
nius; he oughter bo prlmmlhairP "
"Not so much of it, Martha. Let s
work the tiling through again, seeing
as how for onco you've given way to
tny superior wisdom."
"As you say, my dear," he went on,
"here am I, James Henry Boulter,
with a large city business, a good
banking account, a marriageable
daughter, a well-established household
and a large place standing slap-bang
on the coronation route. Wouldn't it
bo folly to throw away such a chance?
.Why, this splendid view which we
command would be of little value were
It not for the grand thought of James
Henry, and it is simply this. We stick
a notice in all the big society and other
• papers to the effect 'that James Henry
Boulter, Esq., will 'nve great pleasure
In placing nt tile command of a few
select gentlemen of society scats nt
his residence for viewing the corona
tion procession.' Thcy'li come like a
fiock o' bees."
• Till, £oP, Boulter, didn't I say as
'pw you always was a genius?" ex
claimed Mrs. 8., rapturously.
"Of course, I am. or 'gw do yer think
I eotihl 'avo got tergcthcr a fine place
Bko this?" as his eyes traveled rapidly
round the sumptuously-appointed room.
"You, see, Martha, that ad. will bring
a lot of poor young lords and such like
with their friends down 'ere for the
coronation procession, and we'd he
poor hands at fixing matters up if we
couldn't make soiiie arrangement be
tween a young aristocrat and our Bes
sie. Don't you grasp it?"
"Yes, Boulter, that I do; but it nearly
tool: my breath away only to think
about if. Imagine our Bess the wife
gf a real live Dook! Oh, Boulter, you're
a marvel!"
A few days later the agreed-upon
notice was inserted in the papers, and
although many said rude tilings, yet
Boulter was happy, especially as the
daring announcement had through its
attractiveness largely increased the de
mand for bacon, sugar and eggs.
For some time Boulter anxiously
Awaited the result of his plan, fully ex
pecting to be inundated by applications
for the free seats from many of the
"upper ten," but as day succeeded day
end no news of an Earl's or a Duke's
proposed arrival came, n despondent
look settled on the provision mer
chant's face.
But at last one morning, to Boulter's
unbounded joy and delight, he espied
among his voluminous correspondence
the distinguishing mark of a scion of
some noble house. With trembling
hand he picked up the envelope,
glanced rapidly nt the coronet on the
llap and hastily reached forward for
the aid of a knife, hut, unfortunately,
only succeeded in upsetting over his
trousers a cup of steaming coffee.
"Well," put in Mrs. Boulter, "is that
what you think you ought to do when
you get letters from aristocrats?"
Boulter took no notice, but went on
with his unparliamentary ejaculations
till he started again to attack the all-
Importaut missive, whllo Miss Bessie
and Mrs. B. looked on with undis
guised happiness.
"Oh, ma, won't It be glorious? Fancy
tny having that on my carriage," as
She pointed dramatically to the em
blazoned paper.
"Yes, It's only fancy nt present,"
growled Boulter, without looking up.
After some moments of breathless
silence, during which mother and
daughter eyed each other with glances
of mingled apprehension and fear,
Boulter calmly folded tlio paper, put it
back in its envelope, and, forcing him
self to a steady ignorance of the mat
ter, authoritatively called for more
coffee.
"What Is the news?" inquired Mrs.
Coulter.
"My dear," replied Boulter, fixing her
with Ills eye and Inserting his thumbs
in the armholes of his waistcoat, "the
Earl of Dartmoor will he here on Fri
day, so see that everything is in readi
ness for his coming. He is bringing
two friends, and his letter seems to in
dicate that they, too, are men of posi
tion."
A stony silence ensued during the
remainder of the meal, after which
Boulter pompously sallied forth to re
arrange the portraits in oils that hung
In the hall, for he had a large house
and believed in doing things in style.
Without exception these had all been
under the auctioneer's hammer, but it
was Boulter's idea to hang them in
chronological order and give to each
some little bit of family history.
In the other departments of the
Boulter establishment things progressed
on a proportionate scale; the "family
plate," for which Boulter had paid be
tween two and three hundred pounds,
was brought out from boxes and chests
and put in such a condition as would
befit its meeting with an Earl.
The eventful day grew quickly near,
and Boulter's spirits rose accordingly.
It had occurred to the schemer that
perhaps one day would be hardly suffi
cient to enable the noble Earl to make
proper advances to Ills daughter—by
tho-by, the thought had never struck
him that the titled dignitary might be
a married man—so he had determined,
provided the visitor fulfilled his ex
pectations, to persuade him to prolong
his visit.
A sumptuous dinner was in progress.
The table literally groaned under the
weight of the viands and blazed with
the magnificence of the costly plate
and other valuable appurtenances of
the feast. The Earl and his two
friends had proved most charming and
affable companions, tlie former regal
ing the delighted Boulter with glowing
descriptions of the ancestral domain,
displaying nt the snme time the most
familiar knowledge of his fellow-aristo
crats and their doings. But all thoughts
unconsciously gave way to the great
pageant they had that day witnessed—
the coronation procession.
"Magnificent!" muttered Boulter, vig
orously setting to work on the contents
of his plate.
"Ahem! decidedly grand, Boulter,
old fellow."
They were quite on fnmlllnr terms
already, "as they should be," Boulter
thought.
And so events progressed; the proces
sion was. discussed and suggestions
made and all agreed for the hundredth
time that It was the finest thing of
Its kind they had ever seen until Mrs.
Boulter displayed a decided Inclination
to lapse Into the arms of Morpheus,
when an adjournment was made,
Miss Bessie shortly afterward being
engaged in playing the accompaniment
to a song which the Earl had been
pressed to slug. The Invitation to stay
a day or so, despite strict lnws of eti
quette, had been warmly received.
The full glory of a 2 o'clock moon
was stealing through tlio blinds, cast
ing beams of radiant light across the
drawing-room, when a silent figure en
tered, hag In hand. A second later ho
was joined by another.
"la that you, Charlie?" Inquired the
TJJia my boy; it is I, the Earl of
DartmoSiv" /"■-te.-"
"YduTl fcoijn be there if you two
don't confounded row,"
muttered a third, as he stole Into the
room with his boots in his hands.
"Well," chuckled the Earl, softly,
"if tills isn't tlio biggest bit of luck
I've ever had in my natural, I don't
know, wliat Js. Here_ that .howling ass
of a Boulter swallow's my "yarn "about
Earldom, treats us as If we were lords,
and then places this opportunity in our
way of helping ourselves to Ills valu
ables. As If any Johnnie couldn't get
the die of a coronet made and have a
few quires of notopaper stamped with
It! Oil, tills Is sport," and "my Lord"
burled his face In ills hands, while iiis
sides shook with suppressed laughter.
"Come ou, Charlie; It's entirely your
suggestion that wo Bhould take away
a little of that silver, so I suppose we
had better begin collecting It. eh?"
"Of course—of course; I, for one,
never thought the acceptance of Boul
ter's Invitation would result in more
than three free sents for viewing the
procession, but since I've been obliged
to give up my bank-clerking it would
be very silly if I wasted a chance of
raising myself In the social scale by the
acquisition of this world's goods."
Evidently this logic met with unani
mous approval, for within the hour
quite a nice lot of property had been
stowed away in three innocent-looking
Gladstones and three equally innocent
looking gentlemen were ready to start
from Boulter's.
"I think we'd better wait a bit longer,
Charlie; it might look fishy if three of
us were seen leaving before it's fairly
light. The back door leads out Into
an alloy running into Seymour street.
Jeffs can go by that, you and I by the
front. I've got the key."
In the dull light of an October morn
ing the noble Earl and his companion
let themselves out of Boulter's front
door.
"Charlie," said one, "have you en
joyed yourself, because I have?"
"I believe I have, too," the other re
plied; then, pondering a moment, he
looked up and said: "I wonder why
Boulter made such a fuss of me?"
"I don't know; perhaps he would do
so again If you went back in a month's
time," came the answer.
"I have no wish to go bnck to my
an.cestral domain again," as ho shook
his head and smiled. "I'm Borry for
that girl of his, though. She is a hit
of a spanker, she is, and no mistake.
But let us be off. Tbere is no room In
the burglary business for sentiment
nowadays."—Tit-Bits.
In the early morning Leeds (Eng
land) workmen can travel five miles for
a penny by the municipal electric tram
way cars.
A late British investigation lias
shown that thirteen per cant, of man
ganese makes iron practically non-mag
netic. Alloys inorc magnetic than
commercial iron may be produced Willi
nickel, silicon and aluminum.
The Journal de L'Electrolyse, Paris,
contains an article describing the Kel
ler system of manufacturing steel
directly from ore. Two furnaces are
employed; in the first the ore is re
duced, the molten easl-iron collecting
on the hearth of the furnace. When
a sufficient quantity has thus collected,
it is run into a second furnace, and
here subjected to a heavy current
which reduces the cast-iron to steel.
The Board of Naval Engineers ap
pointed to examine into the merits of
oils as a fuel Instead of coal have ar
rived at the determination that it can
not compete with coal for naval uses.
Fourteen different devices presented by
American inventors for tests were
tried, but, it is said, that not one of
them would burn oil under a naval
boiler in competition with coal, even
with the oil at a cost of $1 per barrel.
The first large vapor motor applied to
navigation is to be placed on the fish
ing boat of M. Emile Altazln, now
being built at Boulogne. The vessel,
which Is ninety feet long and is de
signed to carry three hundred tons,
will be provided with a 200 horse
power motor, together with sails, and
will also have a twenty-five horse
power motor for operating nets. The
motors will use either gasoline or al
cohol, of which the tanks will contain
8000 gallons.
A flexible metal hose is mnde at
Pliorzheim, Germany, by rolling up a
metal band like a screw thread, the
joints being made tight by a cord of
rubber or asbestos. The material is
galvanized steel or phosphor bronze.
The hose is very flexible. Its tendency
to untwist when rougldy linndlod is
overcome by making it double, with
opposite windings. It is intended for
mining purposes, is eight inches in di
ameter and will stand a pressure of
200 atmospheres.
A series of experiments nt tile Beth
lehem, Pa., Steel Works has resulted
In the perfection of a process for the
manufacture of steel wheels for freight
cars. Heretofore the cost has been too
great, ami the freight-car wheels now
In general use are made of cast iron,
with the tread or wearing surface
chilled. The car-wheel problem has be
come more and more important as the
capacity of freight ears has been in
creased. Should the prcssed-steel
wheel prove successful. It will mean a
sweeping but welcome innovation in
rolling stock.
Astonishing effects as a tonic and
blood-former are claimed l>.v Dr. Nail
gler, of Paris, for balloon ascensions.
He states that an air trip of two hours
gives a marked increase in the red
corpuscles of the blood, tills increase
continuing to he noticeable for at least
ten days afterward, and that five as
censions within six or seven weeks
Impart more benefit to an anaemic per
son than three months in the moun
tains. The good results begin almost
immediately, prolonged stay in the up
per air being of 110 advantage and
possibly harmful. He urges that the
city should give poor people the bene
fits of a change of climate by provid
ing a large balloon capable of taking
fifty patients daily on an aerial outing.
Gibraltar's Story.
One hundred and ninety-eight years
ago the rock of Gibraltar fell into the
hands of the British by assault. The
Prince of Hesse Darmstadt command
ed the troops, and Sir George Itoolce
the fleet, and in the remarkably short
time of four days the stronghold sur
rendered, Many times the Spaniards
attempted to get back the key to tlio
Mcditteranean, but without success,
though on one occasion they got 500
men within the fort, but failed to rein
force them. In 1720 it was in the
mind of ministers to give back the rock
to Spain, but so great an agitatation
arose against the step that it was aban
doned. There followed a siego by
Spain and France, which lasted from
1727 to 1783. On September 13, 1752,
no fewer than 40,000 men constituted
the besieging army, and in the grand
attack delivered on that day 200 heavy
guns, forty-seven ships of the line and
ten buttering ships were employed, and
upwards of 5000 red hot shots were
fired at the fortifications. Since then
the possession of Gibraltar has re
mained undisputed.
Smiles and Tlieir Moaning.
Some one has suggested that words
were invented for the purpose of con
cealing thought, but there are situa
tions when words are unavailing and
it is necessary to have recourse to
another method for concealing thought.
This is where smiles are useful. Now,
there is nothing worthy of remark
about a smile when the natural result
of a pleasant thought, but the climax
of art has been reached when one has
learned to smile under circumstances
when language—if a true expression of
thought—would be decidedly objec
tionable.
Smiles have a peculiar charm. They
can accomplish wonders in an argu
ment, especially if the smller possesses
rosy lips and pearly teeth. "Smile for
the lady" is familiar nursery parlance,
and when buby smiles it is genuine.
But, once beyond the years of baby
hood, one can never be perfectly cer
tain of the true value of a smile.—New
York News.
ALFRED'S PLEASURE.
"Oh, Alfred," said his uncle, "what an
awful lot of noise!
You are indeed the noisiest of all the
noisy boys.
Just put that sauce pan lid away, and do
not, I implore,
Keep stamping, tramping up and down,
so near the.study door.
"And stop that piercing whistle! O, but
teli me, Alfred, now,
To gain a little pleasure, must you kick
up such a row?
I don't mind what you play at, I have
told you so before.
But cannot stand this rumpus when it's
near the study door."
Then Alfred dropped his little chin upon
his little chest,
And from the spirit of his play departed
all the zest.
"What ails you?" said his uncle, "for you
look a doleful hoy."
"O. well, you know," said Alfred, "it's the
rumpus I enjoy!"
—Chicago Record-Herald.
MUSIC FOR RAINY DAYS.
A child who wants to possess a home
made musical toy which will help to
relieve the monotony of rainy days can
do so by securing a piece of wood
about an inch thick. On the top of it,
lengthwise through the centre, draw a
straight line as a guide. Along the
line hammer common white pins grad
uated in size, placing the largest at
one end and the smallest at the other
(see illustration). If pine of one size
only can bo gotten, graduate their
height by sinking some deeper in the
wood than others. To do so wlthont
danger of bending the pins, first make
shallow holes with a large strong pin
by screwing I. into the wood; a lint
pin will answer for the purpose. Should
u pair If heavy nippers be handy, the
pins may be all of the same height.
THE CHINESE GAME OF SKINNING THE SNAKE.
but their tops can be pinched off, caus
ing the row to slant from one end to
the other. All being ready, touch the
pins lightly with a quill toothpick,
running the scale first up, then down,
the entire length of the pin row. After
a few trials the child will be able to
play some simple air on the pin notes.
SKINNING TIIE SNAKE.
A game which is peculiarly Chinese
Is "Skinning the Snake," thus de
scribed in The Delineator. The boys
stand face to back in a straight line.
All bend forward, each putting ills
right hnnd through between his legs
and taking the left hnnd of the boy
behind him. They are thus all bent
over and bound together. They then
begin bncklug; the one at the rear of
the line lies down; and the rest ail
back over him, each lying down as
soon as he bncks over the one behind
Ipm and all still holding hands se
curely. They now form a straight
line, each with his head between bis
neighbor's legs and holding a hand
of the one behind him. Then the one
that lny down last gets up and "strad
dles" over the entire line, each pulling
up the one next to him until all are
standing erect nnd face about. This
finishes the game.
ESCAPE OF THE SNAILS.
When the Revue Sclentifique says a
thing it must be believed. It records a
snail story that deserves a place along
with the best snake yarns.
The prologue is all right. It tells of
a snail cultivator on a large scale, who
provides the market with these delica
cies. He usually has 50,000 of them
feeding in a vast park, which Is sur
rounded by a wall about two feet six
Inches high. In consequence of the es
cape of mnny giddy snails a sort of
ledge was put on the top, projecting an
Inch or two on the Inside, so that the
enall crawling up the straight wall
would meet with an obstacle. Still tho
slim creatures managed to get away,
and were found scouring the open
rountry with all the joyous abandon of
acquired freedom.
After patient research, declares the
Revue Seientlflque, and this is the part
of the story which is to be most un
felguedly believed, it was found that
one accommodating snail would blot
himself like a swallow's nest under
the ledge, while all those who were de
sirous of escaping crawled over his
shell, and thus reached the edge of the
ledge—and liberty. There is a sad note
about the poor snail who devoted him
self and allowed Ills back to he used as
a bridge having been left behind, but
it was necessary for the scientific jour
nal to emphasize this in order to round
up its story.
Never mind. This accommodating
snail may he sure of his reward. One
day, deep sunken in his shell, with ids
face plastered with strong smelling
garlic and butter, he will lie on a plate
at the table of a Parisian.
CHEROKEE NAMES.
The Cherolcees were the only tribe
of Indians who had a written lan
guage, says the Knoxville Sentinel. It
was invented by Tahlequah or George
Guess, a half-breed native, who lived at
Ross's Landing. The Cherokee tongue
is a beautiful one, with soft vowel
sounds. Tennessee inherits from it
some euphonious geographical names.
Including that of the State itself. What
we have lost by the substitution of
English names may be seen from a
comparison. The Tennessee River was
the Kallamuchee up to the mouth of
the Little Tennessee. From this point
to the mouth of the French Broad it
was called Cootela, and from tlieuce
to the mouth Watauga, and perhaps
to its source in Virginia the Holston
was known to the Indians as Ilogo
lieegee. The French Broad was Agi
qua, and received the Swannnnoali and
Nonieliulieh. The present "barbarous
Clinch" had the more euphonious name
Pelissippl. Little River was the Canot,
Little Tennessee was the Tannassee,
and its confluent, Telllco, hns been
changed from Ftsaliko, or Snliko. Ilia
wassee was pronounced Euphassee;
Cumberland was called by the Indians,
Warioto. "Lousbntchcc, Ilatchee, Se
quatcliee, Ocoee, Conasauga and Wa
tauga have happily," ltamsay says,
"escaped the vandal mutilation or cor
ruption which the unfortunate Holstou,
French Broad, Clinch and Forked Deer
have suffered."
WHERE DWARFS ARE MADE.
Some interest is being aroused in
Madras at present by the exhibition of
two dwarfs who are alleged to be over
fifty years of age, and are brother and
sister. These beings are not only
small, but distorted. It is believed that
dwarfs are "manufactured" in India.
There is a practice extant in the Pun
jab of elongating infants' heads so as
to render them out of all proportion
to the body. The effect of compression
on the brain renders the victims
idiotic.
They are sent around to beg, nnd in
their peregrinations visit the Madras
and Bombay presidencies. An instinct
akin to that of an animal, however,
still lives in the distorted beings
and invariably brings them back to
their masters. They are known as
"Shah Shuja's mice," from the name
of the temple where they are manu
factured. The children, it is stated,
are vowed to the temple by fanatical
women.—London Express.
FOXY, WASN'T IT?
"Pardon me," said the Fox to the
Rooster, quite unexpectedly, "but may
I borrow your comb? I have a brush."
—New York Press,
ROYALTY IN ABYSSINIA.
Tlia Bizarre Costume of Kins Meuellk
on Christmas.
"Speaking of kings," SEid n traveler
recently returned from Abyssinia a
short time ago, "people who haven't
seen the king of kings have no ade
quate conception of real royalty.
"Don't know who the king of kings
Is?" he exclaimed in astonishment at
the lack of information on the part of
his auditors. "Monellk, King of Kings .
and Conquering Lion of Judali, to use
his full name. King of Abyssinia is
good enough for everyday use.
"It was my luck to be in Adls Abeba
on January 7, the Abyssian Christmas,
nnd the Emperor invited us to a feast.
After a long wait we saw the Emperor
coming from his palace surrounded by
attendants. We dismounted and fol
lowed him to a tent, and were seated
at his left. He occupied a small chair
of state. He wore a long coat of fan
tastic colors covered with gold lace.
That was bad enough, but the straw
that broke the back of royalty, so to
speak, was the rest of the outfit—white
trousers and patent leather shoes! .4
Perched on his head above a piece of
white muslin drawn tight about his
brow was a big gilt Panama hat, tho
band literally covered with rubles and
sapphires. There was a diamond stud j
in his left car and a red silk umbrella §
fringed in gold was held over his head.
If that isn't royalty, what is?"
'WISE WORDS.
In a great business there Is nothing
so fatal as cunning management.—
Junius.
If you desire to remove nvarlce you
must first remove its mother, luxury.—
Cicero.
Desire nothing which may either
wrong thy profession to ask or God's
honor to grant.—Bishop Ilenshaw.
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and
have it all to myself, than to be
crowned on a velvet cushion.—Thoreau.
To be free minded and cheerfully dis
posed nt hours of meat and of sleep
and of exercise Is one of the best pre
cepts of long lasting.—Bacon. V
How often in this world actions ™
which wo condemn are the result of
sentiments which we love and oplniona
that we admire.—Mrs. Jameson.
I would say that perfection of mind,
like that of the body, consists of two
elements—of strength and beauty; that
it consists of firmness nnd mildness, of
force nnd tenderness, of vigor and
grace.—W. E. Channlng.
It is n pitiable desecration of such a
nature as ours to give it up to the
world. Some baser thing might have
been given without regret; but to bow
down reason and conscience, to bind
them to the clods of earth, to contract
those faculties that spread themselves
out beyond the world, even to Infinity
—to contract them to worldly trifles-
It is pitiable, it is something to mourn
and to weep over.—Orville Dewey.
Ho only will plense long who, by J.
tempering the acidity of satire with r*
tho sugar of civility, nnd allaying the
heat of wit with tho rigidity of hum
ble chat, can make a true punch of con
versation; and, as that punch can be
drunk in the greatest quantity which
has the largest proportion of water, so
that companion will be oftenest wel
come whose talk flows out with Inof
fensive copiousness and uneuvied in
sipidity.—Samuel Johnson.
A 15lg Medicine llTan.
Members of the Council who live In
the vicinity of the Snake Council
grounds report considerable doing
among the "Snakes" since the return
of Crazy Snake nnd his followers from
the penitentiary. They have a pro
phet by tho name of Wnkache. He
claims to be gifted with supernatural
wisdom, and to be in constant consul
tation with tho Groat Spirit, whose dl- ,
rectlons he imparts to his followers.
All exchange says: "He has been fur- /
nlshed from on high with a supernat
ural fire which never goes out. He
has lighted sticks of wood from this
fire and given them to each of the
forty-four Indian towns with injunc
tion to keep the same constantly burn
ing, which Is to be typical of the re
vival and continuance of the old gov
ernment customs and laws of the
Creeks. The prophet calls around his
camp men and women who dance
around his sacred fire nnd play hall
and perform other old customs of the
Creeks, including drinking of medicine
and dally bathing In the running
streams. Ho Is also a. healer of the
sick, and that fact alone insures a
large following."—Kansas City Jour
nal.
MIstrOBH of tho Seas,
Few people are aware that Britain's
mistress-ship of the seas is more than i
nn assertion, and that it is acknowl- JP
edged by every nation. On entering a
foreign port marine etiquette requires
a man-o'-war to salute the national
flag by dipping its own, and in return
the host lowers its flag. But no for
eign ship dips the Union Jack until the
foreigner first dips his colors. In all
seas, both home and foreign, Britain
claims to bo saluted first, nnd this
homage is rendered by every nation ns
the tribute to her sovereignty.—Tit-
Bits.
A Morning Curfew.
In two ancient villages, Newport
and Wicken Bonhunt, the curfew bell
is still rung. At Newport It has been
rung for centuries at 4 a. m. and 8 p.
m., but In consequence of complaint# ,
made by the villagers of being awak- L
ened from their sleep the morning cur*'
few has now eonsod. Members of the
same family have rung the curfew at
Newport tor the last three genera'
tiosrs. A salary of $lO a year has tol
b paid to the ringer of the curfew
hell by the owner of certain ancient
grammar school buildings adjacent tqi
the parish church.—Tlt-Blta.