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. .ut'i vi .l slide ‘nr tlivii~ ~p.u'!
, I'lll‘IUYi
Iilll'hi“
. interviewed bypis New York
‘ ice I speak of is not
v
THESE
SOUTH Stilt\\'.\hk. .lANl ARY 3".
' Tourmaline. :
THE DI‘IYl-IIAH‘SIENT ‘OF THIS ‘
’1: \" l \‘l‘ltlll, .‘MI'SEMEN 1‘.
Canada the Place where Tnb‘oggnn-
in}; Originated—Its Spread in the 5
Non horn Slums" , ~ \‘nrinus
Kinds of 'l‘ulmggilns.
The Liidury of the tuliiggun is‘ I
Simple \ll!‘ lt~ Twine and origin met ant»
diun, null 1' is in this country that the ,
toboggnii is most viii-ihivvly used, both
as n niciim ni‘ ll‘zlllipullnllull and of re:
titration 'l‘hc tulmggun seciiis to date
lisck‘ioiu almost indefinite ptriml in,
history. “hen the l‘siyuiiiuiux first he~ 9
tame knoun ‘.| tho .\lll*'l‘lCl\llS those to- ‘
b‘V-{L'A‘u‘ ‘ir ~h- l» with :i tliit surface
un u-riiciith. .lrziwii by dogs, were “5011 L
by them 3‘ their only incins of ti‘.in<- ‘
pmtutinu, 'lhe tunudiiiu Indians and _
the {this drawn-iii); tho fur northwest T
t'i-gimis .if {liz- - J. . m-iit‘ tiscl lllt‘lll for
tinssnmi- purpose. The indium otigin-
all) listened the puns if thrir tol og-
quns, t 'gvtiu-r Aith di-i'ii. limits, and.
strum-2;.- as 1' '1‘ l} zipplutr, Iili‘rl‘ tire
l'nnuili lll" to -i I\ who construct than
in the Sdlllt‘ N mid-um fashion. liitil
piilc rervtili; t‘ll linl inns wire the
only'minuls i‘lll‘.‘i”_\l.‘|l an ill ir lll.lllll'lll"
tuiy, bit? t. Aw I“ bit" :i:i:l hickory hit 0
ling,r 2y 'fll.‘ n 2!: x; or lllt‘HlS
2
mm.
\tl *Il‘“: have x lint/so lat
\\‘lll1;l)‘.ll"llti.‘l:t~ . .h .. i‘ixnlf .
'i‘h“ .-c ‘1' 'ho ‘oh ‘,f‘,:lll, :is' .l ...>‘.i:iit‘,
i~ Ui r: .‘_, :i ' 'l‘...‘ t‘iiriaii in~ 2ir~t
:ook :i l'_" ' L: o' "w ll.ll’l!:\l slides.
\VlllCll lllt‘ll v rtn'.i v lil'il‘ll- d 'l‘lit‘ \port '
Wu.» Mint! in! , ‘ m t‘lo \'l\‘.' y of .
igneous), \giiiici low-um xzzil nth-W
cit es in the 3‘ dub. sti ‘l‘ho ; dith-
multv. haw: Vat. win ‘l ~ than: it .\ .110
at‘ poii‘ett Q's-rib avil wioothiiiws, two
:utiihtim.s .lilll-*\'. il\~ )lilti-ly ind‘npvnsu
Me to the full Ullroylllt‘lll of rd 0 guii‘
lllLI. '
Ti» 1‘.
i‘idcs
‘-. timii ml .lil‘ial
rill} «l :i was
probably borrv'H-d It‘ll!“ 'llt‘ l lls~lilll~i, '
who. u l“ llllxl lnding tho fin't. tlizit n
lurgv l‘ill'. oi ‘ln-ii iodiit.) is m and iiii~
bi'ulici. are ~ \ll 3.. b.- nii'lrzsirivli', to-'
bugg iniiiSts. l‘\ mi though they lire
obliged to depend :llll.0~l “holly on the
'l‘liougli
propiwi-il by "ll‘lllhlflnl‘v, thi- idl-nprm'cd I
entirely pm. tn‘nblv. :
Th1? Slltl‘,‘ of thi‘ rt‘ll ll" llh‘ne 'l'nltog
unit i luh ’ll .\1 lllll’“:ll l"t'.‘lt(‘ ruinous.
The sport «:3. tun l' usinzitin; to ll‘llltllll
long confine-i in l‘lll‘ ility. 'l‘hl- towns
siting the \nlliuilihtl \llul‘t“ oi the .‘t.
l nwrein'i- s i )ll hit 1 llIE‘l!‘ i‘iih‘i and their
clubs .\ pri‘inti‘ ~li|lc Wis erected in
the litllllil git!» town of l riwcott. .\iid
the sou-m ts neighbor jll~t
a. piss tlii‘ l'th‘l’, Ugill tubing.t'utrtrlit'li ll
one of lll‘ tit<t slides in the $1 nilt‘d
btitcx lhv .‘llu'ri. uns‘ 0 nine :is tll'
tizus 'i~tii‘ n. r the \linl'l ll‘ \\ vrl' LI‘ trig-
New l I‘Lfidllll 'wus the tirit -
§c lid“ to ‘li naughty adopt the lh‘hlllllfl
ll: gulplllll'ly spa t‘IilI muth tll|\\'zl through
the iillit‘i't'lj\ - rtiiont :liiil )liis-ai'liuwtts
'lnil tontm‘tii-iil. “iizii, now the llll't‘l‘lly
inln ol‘ 'l'u ‘iln rind i‘ilingia in
.‘uw .lcrwi. and tho ‘~\ nodhiwn l‘iirk
l l. i, iii Nirit 4n, only lll'lhl n number"
oi min r orgiuii/zitiom in the 934, while
tin: formingr a.’ (lulh‘ n! .‘t. Paul and
\liiinciipoll-i. and the :u‘r-it slidvs just
lrvz'lirnl lll \ him-.10, i:.l\‘l' ‘;l\l'll it an int
pit-.zs which pr-iniiws :o iiinke tuba: inn
lit .r us lllllt’il 1hr 1‘2lll-‘ll il \\ iiili‘r pu tune
in .\iiicricn :H in l :tll.l .;l. . I
In spenk no; of ihv ‘-~l:il.\'e merits ot
the l unnllinn and A molt :iii lulxougiliis an
.l iorilv on the will \‘il iris bllliil “The
lllltfillllll‘.l.lll'l‘ of tnl v‘1‘1:.lLl: in the l iiiti-d
Status is an cilivi‘pifil; nl' i‘oiiipiir‘itivi‘ly ,
I‘lil date. and cvvn ii. ( lllllllil. lht‘bll‘llI-‘
tune of li‘buggiltdw', tid‘ Amvricnn
iiiiku is now grcitly in \ll‘ and. The
Canadian lollijgig‘tllli m not loustrui‘tcd
on St'lt‘llbillc principle s At iiizy rate,
those which I huvc sveii me not. In the
first place. 1 tin not think iiiiplo is__ns
good a nintvriui in hickory. 'l l.t u. again,
Idonot approve of rigid woinlvn rails
along the ~idvs. Tiicy still'cn the tobogv
gnu So that :ill the spring is tnkrii out of
it. when the first priiir pie in its l‘tlllill‘llC‘
t ull should b.- tu tirikc it s1 ringy. 'l‘hcn
most t :inndinu «tub ugins are perfectly ,
smooth null flat on the bottom. That is a
niemko. Three or fuiir planks only ,
ought. to IOIIIt! in «oniutvnith the ire, ,
and they should bo- ruiiudcd oil so tlisit ,
the friction inziy b“ reduced to the mini-
niniii.«.,'l‘lie best 'oltoggiin I ivcr SaW‘
was of hi knrv, with three wandcn strips
about: as thick as two of yuur lingers, so
raised its to some as iiiuni-ra.
rl'hougli tob-Jgganing is now dodgna- ‘
ted by~ thc scoptically inclined as a :
"craze,“ it is too healthy rind fascinating
s pastime to be ever whollythrown ,
ssido. Since the winter of lust. when
the now celebrated slide was erected at ;
Saratogsfiobogganing has rapidly grown i
in popularity in the l nitcd Suites. The i
costumes, fushioncd from soft woolen .
blankets ohci‘iéry variety of b ight col~
nrs.the Woolen stockings and mocvosms, i
the tuquo, with its sash to m it. h, lend a ;
ccrtd’in picturesqucncss to the sport 1
which is locking in ulniost every other?
ferns of outAofdoor p istime. The merry ‘~
,voicos, animated by s bruring ‘atmos-
phcre; the glare of the electric light or
the glow of the torch on the clear,frozen
snow; the excitement of going at the rut.
01 a mile a minute, or perhaps more, ore ,
peculiar characteristics “'Iill‘. h promise :
to make the sport a lasting onc.——Now
1'91: Common-rial.
7* .m———-
Big Icebergs, ’
Admiral Inglesrdc,n well-known Eng-
ish explorer in_thc Arctic seas, has‘becn
' llllm and
flrirrcss reporter, Who put the following 3
question among others: . . l
“You must have seen some big. ice~
bergs?"
“l have,
4,.
~1l"1_".‘~“_t‘ll
*rmfilllx' til -
ivv-ri‘
. .,
. . .. _.
_ l Mum,
“ was the response, “but the,
such as makes lCe-l
bergs. though it appears to be a com~l
mon idea that it is. < It is floc ice, made
bv'rtbe sea. free. lug over, while icebergs l
are formed by fresh water. In» one!
season the sea will freeze over to a‘
depth of eight to ten feet.» and;
ouch, year it will increase more ‘orj
lots in thickness. 1 how seen this 106':
{hi ty to forty feet thick. I lure often 3
, 3 en 20:) icebergs flouting away at the"
sums time. The gluctcrs push ihcmsclies
as, two miles out into the ss-u, got over-
weighted and break off, having no longer
the support of the bottom. > Iibtivoseoni
them three miles long and 1530 feet out l
of water, andrthst would be only 011%.!
tooth of them. One of my nitrrow es-il
apt; was on my third expedition, when ',
the false hull of my “53.131, wascubofl‘
from stem to stern. luckily we were
pushed up on the loud and so were soved.
t before that I had relieved Dc Belch-,1
or and his crows, who bud deserted their ;
four ships in the ice Ind were coming
home ell crowded into one vessel. Th8
I8 .3 u...‘ “ .
'nNEL.l
. more you mi luv kiircs
. sliiggiihly iii-rugs the.
,snysi
TH RBI VALENTINE‘S.
When the wcs five, this love of mlno.
I sent to her u vitamins—
A frail And full- member shoot.
Which bore the logsnil short and sweet:
“With golden hair and eyes of blue;
The prettiest girl I know is you!“
~ ~ She liked the poem. and, to 'show it,
She kissed the blushing little poet.
At fifteen, this dear love of mt'ns,
I (sent another valentine-
A cwket. whose sil"~c~\rero.l lid
A nest of dung lmnrbons hid
“'here lay a card this to ropeat,
. ' The hardnvorksd line: “Sweets to the Sweet
And I her gratitude could see
. When she gave equal shares tu me.
To twenty grown, th's love of mine,
I sent her one more valentine—-
3 1‘. box whose cushioned surface might
Throw out n jewel‘s starry light.
“This dour, to you, and you to me."
A scrap of paper read; sud site,
To tbtink me for the slmrklin: thing,
Gave me the liaul that were the riur.
— Toron‘o Glob;
TOO LATE);
I‘d” ANNABHL ll. “HUNT.
The li;:'it in the parlor was dim, but
not so dun th II lliilllll Essen could
are the tool. of fixed agony thnt Frilllf‘fil
lliindolph \ :vt upon him. Her face wux‘
While it ll damn, “'1‘ blue «you were
di~tvnzhd \\'llll n hull of horror. her
It‘llw‘l} this; i‘il lintuls‘ \\'l‘l"‘4 Ilt‘ltI O‘llli
Illfll lll llldit‘ :ppcnl. lint he went. on, in
his ( will, inn} “13ml hrtn‘ \ on‘e
’ ”l 11.x.t‘lut‘. - with \wnr
burst-i :ls 202i; i
lly tour IIISJ‘ c
t‘dlillli out
. i
.ci.’ upon. me to day
. _\‘u‘l hum li!‘ k u the l‘l‘l link that ‘oirrdx~
lb lag tlii-r. l Hike lll\'
gt c you yuiih“ -
“L‘ulph, you «in not, lllt‘.tl‘l it? Till-:0.
'lll‘h your criirl \\‘l|lLI'\i I do not want
my irr than. :iinl 1 shall I) «t 111w Vol
)Ullli. Hilly pmniiscto lwrgiic ine, iind
I w ill vc; so olIl-nd yui :lu‘lllli“
bile ti ll ill his fret :ib l‘tliV‘. sho clunt:
to ii:< kin-cs \\llll til-nilmng' hand“. 3 .i-
lifted lli'l stn-n'nin: ryesttrtln- cold llll'O
iilm u lll‘I'. llc wax llal n briitril mun.
but there Sl‘l‘lllt‘tl siuuvthing brutal iii
the w.iy he lowk lit-r hands from li'x‘
kin‘i s rind lllllll_\' Lil-.i them It her side.
"It i11l>t‘lt‘9\lull‘llltt‘dl to mu, for your-
tivitini'iil of me has weaned pllllt‘lll‘t?
and w.-rn nut l we. We had butter pzirt
to~l.i. t‘l_i:iiil:tik our liics tngclhvr nin
so; at all: utter.“ ruins. crrutiin: u 3- initial.
.\im ll. will simply be a broken cngw-r-
Illell'I, fr rm whirh we will both quicklv
rue \‘cr without spurs." V
l‘laiivin mxe to her foot.
.. . ixii‘tliink thrit -~:\nd of me?"
Ill‘ lt‘:l‘ ed bu k in his rhniriind "a cl
at he: £lllllu>l iiisuft'uily n
“1 ill rk imit ul‘yuu
'l‘hi iv was never l'll‘.‘ yeti who It‘lllilllll“i
lltllllllll tr» ozw low. lll:l vcur from
llt)\\ wruwili birth laugh zit our present
IIt|NlII|‘II H
”\Hll in 1y, but. I ll‘,\'t‘l‘! lll-lph. l
Cannot—cannot you give upf ‘ >ny that
you (‘Jll litigive lllt‘ i, buy that I shall br
your Will-f Uh, don‘t you know, dew.
ii' i were your “HP l should never lrel
jcnluus iigiiin ‘ ,I‘U‘l". ynn know I Would”
that 1 would be
licolozn. and 1
null of :ill \Volllt“l.
your slaw “
She :lpA-lo lCllt d him once more. loan?
iiig upon his shoulder \\ 39h one hand.
null pit-ring intuhis llllll.l\‘xl\’t‘. lilCl‘ with
oys \\ hus~ t‘\lil‘\‘\.\_lltll he \I?lh‘(I not read.
lle shook oil licr touch «inputicully nirl
rose.
“1 might ‘IS xvi-El go now and end it.
I ~liiil lcnvi- lilt‘ i‘.t_\' to night, so it \\';§l
llul be worth while f--r you to trv to per»
lit‘t‘lllc llli‘ wi‘iritixniir letters. . I shad
not got thorn. ‘
. He pit‘kt‘ll up lii<li:\t niid licgzintiiigcn
lug ll (liths‘iiy~ as if t.)
siunnt~ 052's. lint she llllil grown 5nd-
dinly C.liill. She said no word as he
inovi d 'ownrd the d «or. \Ylieii he ur-
rived flit“ \‘ ht“ Slopp‘ il.’
“\l ill you not say gz‘tllI‘I‘)' .“
>lic i rmscd thv room swiftly, and
struck tierl'oly :it. his outstretcht d palm.
“No; I will not my good—by! lliar
niefiu- the lust liln"l l h ivcl wed you
long and wul. It may be tlzut llll\ pzirt—
ing will kill me, and so I wish to tell
yull tint _\0‘l- have done ill to withdraw
your h: art. from me, suppming you ever
gave it to me. You have. done ill to
prrniit my \vwrshipwruch worship as
few Women can give to ,fcwi‘r mcii.
Never iigiiin will you be loved as I have
loved you. never ugliiii \iill you have
Sllt‘ll faith given you us I have bestowed
upon you. ,\l-\“cr, never again L"
,Ilc opened und cloxcl the door rapidly
after his retreating form. Site movmi
nruid her pus -
a i lod upon it sofii‘.
“Never, iicrcr nguini“ ,
She repeated the words despairingly,
with her lids «dosed tightly oi or her hot
eyes, and her hands thrown rigidly
above her lli'ild.
“It cannot be that he is gone forcve'l
It cannot be th-it he mt‘llllS whzit he
be his wife". Love, CUllI‘.) bick to me!
Love, forgive me!“
But vain were her imploring words;
vain WL‘IG her beseechings. -
If only love and friendship were not will woman love you as I did; but; you
one-Sided things!
Sh" rof‘c and paced the room fever~
ishly.
“My God, be merciful! Turn his heart
back to me! I cannot. bear it! I will
be so good and patient with him! I will
do anything that he wishes, only bring
him back to me!“
So she prayed, this girl who believed
in God and man, who \hnd faith in love
nnd friendship.
weeks.
from Franciu‘s recrednt lover. rho had
to tell her father and mother that the en-
gagement which had existed between her
and Rolph Essen was at an end.
gave no cxplunation, and they asked for
none. vc‘uddvnly brainfevcr fell upon
weeks. ' ,
When health and consciousness re-
turned to hcrLgirlhood lay behind her
She was trying to gather up her broken
hopes. her dead youth and slain faith,
and went: them into a comely garment
which she might wear docorously before;
s’critical world. All herfriends now
knew that her engagement was “03‘,"
and she seemed to feel the pity,.the syin-'
pathy and the mocker which were show~
ere‘d upon but ——behine her back.
Two' yours went by, and Francis Ran-
dolph was twenty‘threc. Her mother
had the bud taste to give her a birthnight
-—for where is the woman who likes to
be reminded of her age, even if she still
be young? But to Francis it; mattered
little, for ’youth seemed to lie far behind
her, and
to freeze her heurt.
“Francis, pray nllow me to oohtrol
3'01“ tutu in selecting your drug t°‘ one hundred sud. fifty-four pounds, st-
night.
not try
You will never marry if you do
to throw more ambition into
your manner snd more girlish gsyety “mined at sixty.
into your'dress.
«wary
n .
at but. her lili‘t‘ wore its usual stutuestgue ._ , ‘ . .
» hill t‘ritllt‘SAlllllOd r~\ ctiy tlics lllt'llllllL‘L‘
:il l\ p-ticiitly its 1 cup. 3
~ the magic key to open the casket,“
. \vli :in she bud once soiiiziilly \\'0l'.\lllp|‘ll.
room. and fun m“, pomnblens it is for you to restore the
It cannot be that I am never to you 3‘1““0‘1103t i“
l
She ‘t
9 19““ The bad taste—we Write “Ll"isedly l It woman, however, does not attain her
a “0‘" 0‘ sixty years soimed i mum we ht is one hundred and seventy-
, You 6’9. “k” ‘ “““I it is one hundred and sixty-four pounds,
except attach times a I must upon the 5 “a it is reused between forty and an,
. s... "mutua- 7 ll
i
The days passud and lengthened into i
There came no word nor sign f _
is Leigh—he who had said she had no soul.
l She told him she had no love to give him
1
her. and her life hung in the balance for :
“Youimiy order my style of dress you
choose, mother. and I will wear it; ,but
if you think I shall strive for the admir-
ation of men, you forget. You must
know that I shall never marry.“
Mrs. liandol'ph sighed:
“I think you are foolish to let your
broken engagement with llolph Essen
‘intlncnce your future."
"It does not. Such natures as mine
live but once, and “ then she hit her
lip to control further speech.
“myths-way, I hear he has returned.
lhopo you can meet him without mak-
ing ii scene. You know your weakness."
Friinl-in‘s lip culled sournfully, then '
she looked stciidily tit her mother, \\ ho
shifted her eyes uneasily.
“My weakness, then, is that I love
him. Is that what you mean, mother?“
Mrs. Randolph responded faintly:
“Yes.“
‘ . “Tin-n coiisclc yourself, for I neither
love nor hate him.“
Mrs. Randolph said no more, but left
the room with ii feeling of vague liiicasr
llll‘JS.
“If she would only forget. the man!
How can I tell \Vllt‘llli‘l‘ she loves him or
not? How can I tell how she will meet
him? llut luvct him she inust,poor,p;is-
sionnterhmirted girl! and no one can sus-
tain her." ‘
The birtlinight fete passed off sucresv
fully. Friinctu was lowly in garnet vcl-
, vet and Cl't‘:l‘.ll satin, and Ilt‘l‘ iirnis rind
ncvk :lenrnrd lik~: pink»tinted marble;
whines" .»tlic coldness that Illld only in-
conic habitual since her rvcovcry from
her illness.
.\ii langlislinun was much nlll‘:lt‘lt‘-l
by lli‘l' great llt}.t\|l_\',l,|lll. licr frigidity re;
pulled him. 3
“She has no Soul. She frcezcs me.“
“.‘he is iill s ‘lll. You do nut pass. ss
shill
n friend.
The linglishinrm .‘bSOlllt‘tl inditlorint
ly, and “‘i‘lll lll8“\\‘:l_\'l but futc hail
lll.:l‘lit‘ll liiiu. _
t, “‘11“ during the .Klllllllll'l‘. while. the
lliiziilolp'li family werc I'l'n‘l‘lillg iit thvir
nillllll‘} homo, tlint lilinciii llli‘l lIll‘ lll.lll .
llc mim- purpouly to xcc llt‘l‘
"l supposed, l‘ru' (‘llL you li id hvurd of
my nuixul, and I thought I owed it in
)uu to sm- you onro moi-c,“ he mid. us
she littered th' room and h: to
gl‘i‘l l l;l)l‘.
“Why.“ >ll0 t‘hkt‘tl. looking nut iii
him. but :it. his card which she lizul .
brunch! with her. She did not take the ,
hand he held nut to hvr. \liin of the .
\\ in ld tlirtl lli‘ WIN. ll“ Si‘i‘nii‘il Il‘ llt‘i‘mna‘
L'Ollllhl d :it llt'f simnlo ipicry.
“Sly l‘t‘umlll ~h..uld be Maui to y.ni."
“\\ hy. ' slii- “Slit d :igiiiai, sluiily lL‘.ll‘-
iii:: iiitn bits tlu-c lid in lit-rli ind.
llc shiltcl his 'lt‘s‘lll'fll. llll‘ll (\llllt‘ up
to hr and laid his fingers on her do-
stiuvti‘ve ones.
“‘it dawn. It is ridiculous for us in
go on this way. and I hit. t‘ much to say
to _\uii.“
rose
»\lll‘ fro ‘il livr llilllil from hi“ trembling: :
lingo”, and for the first time lifted hir
ty« 2: in his. - ~
‘ 1 Pillllul undvr<taiid it but you con! i
l)il.\\‘illly ll:l\(‘ tusiy ta llll‘ ll|.ll \voiiil
sii‘hlirntly intl‘iost Inc to such nn c.\-
t lll tlizil I should lu‘ ki‘pl standing in i3.
lhi You sit down, int lpu‘li‘r tn hIHlltl
llo. wet. lll\ dry lip. .i‘il .t lir°i hi~
\‘.\I e \\'i\ llll ky, but u ho pr worded it
I‘Ot'l‘ . c (nutter :iml \tronrri‘.
”.‘i’iiiiiin. l limo m-nie to ho: your
pniuloii. \‘on Would not give inc my
lr who“) when In klnl. or, rather. took -
it; :iiid now I um glad tli :t you did Hill
,I thong at l wu» lir d of your lovc~I
thought Iconld in by forget you. I
“wit u far :i- to maka- luvr to home llo~ g
n -rd. tho \\'i'-Ill.‘\t\ for who 0 nke y-«u o
bittrriy u; biotin! llll‘ the \l:l\' wv l':l' tr d-
lllll he laughed at mi‘. and thou I ltiivw
how 1 h ul \s‘rtliiqod you. I would li th‘
gone but». in you then, but p~i to was
stronger than lmc. lwi-nt ubrnml. lllr‘flll
in: in ri-turn in it year. but two yinr. .
went by bwfoio l i‘oiihl thl‘ult‘ what \\:i.
l‘l‘ t for 1111‘ to do Now 1 have c llll‘
in k «l a k you to be my wife-ll ii k
you to love inc and for ;l\'t‘_llll)‘ ~ullcriiig ;
l may lime run id you. ‘
lh~ went clon-rto her. but \lie ptit out
'One hand int ». riitively. in the olhur
hand thetiiiy bits of his Vidtiiig curd ‘
lay in a confii ed muss.
”Do you think you Could piece to.
gellier lhh‘ curd tlll«l in die it its sputh-is,
its brilliant, in perfect, as it was one hour
ag-il"s‘ie asked.
“is hand ClOSL‘d spasmodic-ally ovcr
hers. ‘
“Francis, do not tarture me —du not
be cruel! 1 know that you’lorc me ~" t
“Stopl” she cried. iinpcriously, tliu:N l
in: out her hand and scattering the torn ‘
cud in a white shower over the tin tr.
“Now lmu~t sneak plainlv. Just usini-
hlooin to the grape which you have
handled too roughly, just its iiiipmsiblc
ix it for me ti lov‘ you. Uni-c 1 would
have given my life for you-once I would
have been your slave for sweet lovc‘s
sake. But you outraged my- love. and
turned my worship to indifferenccwhich
is more to he feared than hate. I gave
And- now I have
nothing to give You, or any man. l)e~
spair has durkcucd my soul, slain my
youth, killed joy, and hope, and faith!
Never again will I lovoi Never again
threw it iiwuy— you trampled it under
your feet as if it were something too base
for use! And now you stoop to regain
it, Ind I tell you it: is too late, too late!“
Slowing turning. she left him. He
stood with his head bcntupon his hand
for a moment, then he. too, left the room.
Too late, for ever too late to win the
priceless boon of this “one that was a
woman. sir."
,. 1 t It * *3! 3k
Five years afterward Francis Randolph
married the Englishman. Frederick
or any other man. .
“I would rather have your toleration
i than any other woman‘s love,” be pro-
. tested.
But she was not glad at his answer,
' for it seemed indeed as if she had lost
the power to feel.
But as the yours 'pusscd her tender
afiection for her husband became a
lwond’crlul thing. If she had lost love
l she had gained broader virtue.
\\' ho is it that has said: “'Love is best
i of all:" How little he knuwl—Fraul
Leslie's. .
A Matter of Weight.
According to the Belgian savant.
;Qu:~telet;’ a mini attains his muximnm
» weight about his furtictli your. and be»
‘ wins to, lose it toward his sixtieth you.
3 maximum weight until he: fiftieth year.
i The weight of persons of the same age
, in different classes of society also diflers.
l In the affluent classes the average maxi-
two poun s, and it is attained at fifty
years of age. In the artisan class it is
ltained st fort . Among the laborers it
t is one hand and seventy-one pounds,
In the genenl classes
. lotions.
i .-\iiicricii,:\ud is about the xixc of :i rlll ill
' SbSt‘llllll ~,
facing iiii’izir-l.
1 its phi e in the reii‘i‘r
. tires to the c role
lgrouiiil, thou rhiiig :tl-‘it to lli‘lii‘.
;llilgllllllj“‘
, will >l:inil liy_
' Cxlrilvugutzl in v! ,niis,
l caress us him with hrr bill.
"BIRD CBURTSHIP.
HOW SOME LO‘VI‘IR ANIMALS
D0 THEIR “'OOING.
Cranes Cutting Pigennqvings Be.
fore Their Sweet hearts—J South
American Bird (Wrens—Tho ‘
Great Bustnrd‘s Antics.
Any one who has taken the trouble or
had the perhaps undue curiosity to make
a study of courtship muss have made the
nmusingd scorery that there Win a re-
markable similarity between the actions
of the loving strains of high and low life.
As :in example, in some of the African
tribl-s whenmurringe is pzoposed by the
dusky lo er the coy mu den puts him
through a cuiirso of physical sprouts that
is considcred a test of his capabilitws us
the protector and suppoxtcr of a family.
llc appears before her and her friends and
goesthrough s scricsleground and lofty
tumbling that would do crcda to I pro»
It‘ssiouul athlete lciips~ into the air.
strides along' to show his walking pow-
ers, and throws his limbs this hay and
that to Show the. development of muscles;
finally, if he “takes is good exhibition,
he is accepted, and ever afterward the
woman dos all the it it'll work, the-gm in
. having demonstrated. lluWCVl‘t‘. tlizit h:~
can do it if piishel to tho wnll.
Among the (~riiiie<_c~‘pccinél_\' the s llliI‘
can be. seen in muting semen, and if any
one can approii h :\ tint-ix :Il ill 3 timv
the) will be repaid by .1 mod l't'llljtk‘llllt‘
Eight :1 \(.‘l‘;l,:ll|lt‘ bitd t'll'l ll~‘_ .\ rela-
tive, of mine hid it fin-gr lll.‘lE'\ll ug on his
3 cstutv, and hen~ the g int b2:.l< lllluli‘
there at miiicr hoiur. building their 'cir
:rious‘ I'Csl“ thee, and I'i‘tll‘lllz: tlcir
. young. l‘ht‘ marsh was surround-Hi by
: high glass, and it was his lifdl‘lll‘t‘ to
Crt‘t‘l) through and wuirh the birds llll‘
- obscri ed. The anti 5 t' t‘)‘ \i. ii! tlir. ugh
it would be inip«.a<1hio todeer-c ii-xw
they would c .pur “hit; in )l.iii'>.stl*ppiiic
dummy with tln‘ winning gilt of the
E Ith.ll \‘\“IIi‘lII‘. “fling tli -ir frmlvrs or
.- wxrgs, tiikincr diurt
worki lg lllt‘lllSi'l\‘l‘\‘ up to a bird fr. n')
~tlvp~a iiiid :iiiilun ly
of t‘\\‘.lt‘ll\\_‘:ll,\\ Ilt‘l‘ tlzi-r would leipiiitu
the on and over. “oh mill r‘x‘ l-nvks, tnk»
. iiig short runs. th 9 way :iiid that, :ill tor
, the cdi? Ciltiuli of the
li “ill-s standing
by, and l:ti:til_\', IlIIt‘l‘ :i wrim of, Ill(‘\\' c\
hill tion“, dillvi‘cnt birds selected their
mutt-s.
Among; lllu hird< of the Wood—u IIt‘lllr
isphi-n‘ the ruck of thv ruck ranks Ilt‘\l
to the cunt ill llll‘rllllllgt‘lll“\ of ilscvn
'l‘hi‘ bud is runtiin-d to South
pigeon. has a bright nruiigo web in the
male, with n plume like R'dllllgjtflllt tit
upon the. head. It ‘*:i proud l-ird.priii
cipu‘ily. building in lit'sl iii iocky plum-S.
not frequented by man. .\t’ the C-‘lll
incur Clll"lll of ill ~ b mull”! “ :wm :l‘l‘fi.‘
ty of lur.l~.iiliinl- Lin: Il‘itlll ten to twenty.
.ll-l so: «in: it ilc;r spate
fllllilzli.’ the hi ka {mm :1 riiigor c r ll‘
Now :i ~in lll bird tulccs
:l?1\Il\.f_:l~ll\lU hnp
about. to s ll< liriid l.ft its wings. and
gt! through :lll the SI.E|llgt' , Drnt‘m 'llla‘
? pmsihlv. thu: :ippmrtu lu: \\:ll hell with
grout llllel'iKl by the nut. When the par-
forinrr is, tliuisiiig‘ 3y !‘\lltl‘l‘li"l h:- n»
and flllnlh‘l‘ bml eu-
ters the ring, and so utl. until all have
bi‘l‘n ptll thr ugh t?.i‘li‘ p:l;‘l'~, \‘lll‘ll tl.c
psir- pmlmbly make th~ir sue. tint. U:
It‘ll the birds lll't‘ :0 t'\lsllll~lt'd :Iit‘l‘ lll'. it
dnntcs that tho)" \illl .liziidly lly. l)ll‘.:_;
printing on ll)“ iuck~.
in l iigl'ind lhc iron?!
C ip of the great
. linglbh bu‘tnrd is a i‘:rvc xiglii, the in 2::
'llzlti t‘hl \‘ri'nl‘lt‘i‘ il‘rfn 1-
~ low
;: llli‘rl of
until»: i': the. :iii'. iiiukin:.r :rvit'
cit'uope tlo'Wiiwnrll, flllllu‘l to «will: the
ovf'.‘
tutoring :1 yo. llildr lay, Iii.”
and \ii-iii; “nth tln- t .rLu-y in
its pruiiil ;i«3 or! 'l‘ln- :zuwt llll\ limp
gti‘licnsis >tlriit< :|l"t\'ll like :1 pencuk,
humming the with: in n . \l?.tvll
Ditto“, SII;“N“I’\1 {.1 Ln- litilcsz
liis
“I It‘.
scrim of
tones :lil
,tll‘f‘x‘L‘lI to the It‘lll‘llt‘ bird.
In the Willt‘l' blriis we find runny curl-
: Otis cuullfil-llp‘, c<pwinlig n the :ilit:it2iu~<.
, that is ii in st
ill-\‘nttd lleI‘l‘ :iiiil iiiutc,
fern llt‘ ix on the nest hi-
itiil go through the most
itiil title: in: l’llll
Oils shricks, which s IlllltI like laughter,
in rctuin for witch tln- lt‘llillt‘ gciiily
The llt‘s‘. of
this b‘rd rt‘s-‘inbEl-s that ol 5 llllt‘ t‘n niii~
goes, being :ilmiit two fret in height, :itid
ten inrlic< in diameter, the top fullin;
l'lv n \\'ll\‘ll tli
‘ over the e lgi‘s so th iI. when {It‘nfl'l‘ d by
the birds tlii y form coui'riiieiit si-ats,
and are so used by sailors, who hunt the
bird to srcnrc tlielcgb ‘lll‘S for ltlllc‘li‘lll ~.
Near the borders of South-urn (“ill-HI"
sin is found :i lliltI called the Mlllfllt} that
has a strange courtship. it is about the
size of ii magpie. During the mating
season four or live b‘r.ls collect together
and seem ti vie with civil otln‘r in the
cxtruvn once of their mstiiring—wouing
now in rows, now single, in a regular
dance, and. by way of music, iit'cring
loud disclirdunt s piuwks.
tails are lifted high in the air during this
performance, and their entire bulinvior is
remarkable in the extreme. There is
hardly a f-uiiily of birds but what we, .
find has some such pculiirity. lending
to the conclusion that there are certain
traits that are very much alike in all
forms, from mun downward.-—S.ni Frow
ci~ca (fall.
A t‘ompromlsc.
A man and woman were loudly dispntv
ing in u doorway on Grutiot street yes-
terday when Detective Bobcritz happened
along and liskl-d what was the trouble.
“It‘s just this.” replied the farmer.
“She‘s my wife.
for three days and nights.
and now she Wants to back out.“
“But it has stopped aching,” protested :
the wife,
“\‘e4, but it will begin again as soon
as we get home.“
“N o, itwon‘t.“
“But we can‘t drive fourteen miles and
lose halfn day for nothing.“
"You might have. your tintypes taken,"
suggested the detective. “That will be
the next thing to having atooth pulled.”
5*1’ll agree to that.“ promptly replied
the wife; “I‘m willing to surfer, but it‘s
no use to pull a tooth unless it aches."
“Well, we’ll do that, then," observed
the husband, “and I‘m much obliged to
you, stranger, for the suggestion. 'I here’s
a place right over there, and I guess we
can be performed on and get home in
time for diniier_“——De.'roi( 'It'rae Press.
-——~ _. ~...'—————-
A Queer Habit.
You know Judge Hiram Warner for a
long term of years graced the supreme
court bench of Georgia. Every time the
Judge wouldywalk down from the bench
at the close of a term he would remark
solemnly:
“I will now leave the guy Ind festive
scene."
He wu‘never known to omit the above
mnounooment.-—Atlant¢ Gonstitutian.
—-——-—.'——‘__
At Queen Victorlc‘s table there m
three mmu to my sixguosts.
. was injurious to the reputation.
'thi'uize --f \h‘pliirts
'l‘hcii‘ long
We live out here about i
seven-mileS, and she‘s had the toothache §
We drove in
thikrnorning to have the tooth pulled, ‘
A Wuhlngton locality.
Writing from Washington outwit
,Fm PM” correspondent says: Rum
Row is not whnt it was; its glory hos de-
parted to a great extent. The most pop~
ulsr theatre in Washington bus been
built in its mi-lst, and that hurt the
place to some extent. To be seen on
Ruin llow five years ago at odd hours
. People
going up or downtheiivenue would cast
a glance at Jiuin Row and class every-
body on the square as a gambler or some«
thing worse. Nearly every house was,
mmkt‘d. and some went so far as to say
that there were gambling dens in every
building' in the square. Knights of the
(liccn l loth mnde ltum liow, by common
con~cnt,th:~ grunt gambling centre of the
national capital, and guiiilrliugdvns out-
SHIL‘UI thew limits were regardvd us more
sidw shows. It was at liinn ill-w that big
stakes were won and lost (z‘ungrcsmicn,
distinguished public men, played curds
there, surrounded by every luxury and
picruiitiun known to gambling estshlklr
iucnts. \\'ellslrcswd,gentlemanly tramps,
with whilh \Vsishiugton nln nds. took
lllt‘ll‘ ui ‘sls :it the lll:l;{llllI1 cut luui-h
tables that the guinhhrg establishments
always kept set. Behind n pl till, unas-
>lllll'tlg front all was glitter and g'nre.
guy and gorgeous. lliit it. is dillercut
now. I rapidly holders who had grown
rich on the enuruio is nuts th~‘y col-
I\'\ ted :roin th ir disreputable tenants
silliilll’cd to break them up. A regulnr
old due. the only now in l mu llow, was
-tln' first t» open itx~ dums. It sportcl
the inure of hilli ird rnozn. b‘ll. \\ as :my-
thing cl~c. l'pstulrs were the parlors of
Illl‘ in.i~t substantial gambling hell in
Wilmington 'l he - dive ruined
young man Illilll tlll_\' triuptutiutt in the
l IiitL-ll slilll“. I! scum-d to he the
liiiiisilf. It wa<
"unt- of tlin‘c vii‘ili'cd rzituhcs where
tlil-y girv out checks,“ its‘ the advance
uni-Lt of the I‘ll’tlln‘ \rlial. l cpnrtml‘nt
cl- rks slu'nt wl uh lll'tllllh‘ ~a‘:i:ie~' the-re
in our night. l~‘:itlicrs an 1 mothcrs often
l)t‘~it‘;.t‘il Illt‘ plirt" It r Illl‘lr if“ in! 50"".
Young: innocx n. c ‘iustl' d with deep dyrd
\ ic.~ night lllll‘f’ night.
lliiin lluw to-duy li:i< :i frw g-imlsl'ng
d but tlivy :llt‘ to: notorious. lu-
>t~~xd of grind-ling tln- p‘.:ici- i< given up
ufiiimt entirely t i tliOxlth, iiiid with but
few . on t lillt'lh cud”) linuw l\ :i saloon.
'l‘li-whiys of furn'hii'iks, kvim rind rou-
. in every dziy, and if
' you enough Ill
3 h ‘lp n'ie ‘
more
l - .
a wi~hcs t-I sue you, ll. ~ .
iwnikd, in if lh rr was it pt; k 'c Hf
lt‘Ilt‘. :itc aliiimt :uiir, th- pnlivl‘ hurl- ‘
(ll‘llt‘ll the deslcr‘ over llll‘ riicr to the ;
liis'nrii‘ old city ()I ;\lr.\1ttidiit.
l'oki‘r playing is the l.l\0l‘il(‘ nin'ise-
merit. The big gambit-rs. the Illt‘u “ha
-~\\'iii~d the brwk n banks. are ititi'-iv.~t- d
in "turf 5-yvhuumu. ‘ l f «nurse lluni
llow has two or time of tluse lll'W cur
lt'l‘iill vs. lint they have b en prunuun cil
l‘l“ l'ul niid can svurrv‘y ln‘ classed with
g'iiiibliiig d ii~. liidi-rll, it is they that
lltlllit“ llutn llow so dizl'ml‘nt, it not re-
spi ctnblv The lub’iiv‘s having the.
Sitll‘ limit of liw is Cdrl‘lt‘l on w.thmit the
runny prion .tioih the proprietors were
Conipcili-d to we in fwruicr dnys. .\ll
, mum to s t down .
3 down, but he sat dawn 3‘! th» filial}.
‘ lliiltl wli .
i by slru‘.
llllll;;3 cutisiilrrt'd. thew is still just as ,
llllll‘ll g'llllllllllfl, l-izt liiiin lluw has be
i‘I-lllt‘ ‘illi'lt' rcmwisl-lo Simply. AS-
iiinilx'll\\\'c.irs u iii-iv ‘lltt of i‘lnlllcx
.__.—
Tho oeuvres of Great Rhcrs.
.‘lw‘l people lure probably heard the
story of IllL‘ lit'tasciii 0 ill) which is >1iil
to lu- sulwnctiv l'ltlllllt’Q‘ upon the boil:—
llsri lll‘t‘ ‘. etwlu-ti the l‘:;.\2..‘ of titegt'rut
i k w and thr Illiio llivu-r iii 1 the Tilill
lellll; \llh‘vllullt‘ 5411‘ of tli g. i v roof 30:."
to 7min the St. an'rcn c and the urcii‘.
“lllll‘ on :li ut‘wr ride it hm; 4 l
zi liii'c bank that llllllllv} int:
the hit) ’lllll the ll .lf. 'I‘ltt‘rl‘
\Viaii lvrlui l‘iilt‘l' than thi< in l:i.li.i.
in» \t it! mill“ «inn wwt of t'iilt'utti i<
tliv .\l‘.llll“lh:llll.lli \lo. i.’..iiii, which is u
p‘um- tli grin 5.?lt‘lll) in th‘ t-yv- wt l‘.
lliinl me, u\\'..i:ti> 'he rt-ititi.‘.
tii.t ii is thus lill’l‘t‘ of oiix- of
rnmsol liiiliii. nn-l of I'wniirslst’ t’.
“Ill r lin rs tli ll :ii'i‘ iiiiznng tliv gl‘L‘ultNl
iii the pciiirsnlu. The torrents“ that flow
down its sidiu“ trnvil to all the tar-lit: i.
[tints of lllz‘ i (smiths The Nerbuiiiln.
nhicu takes its :i r ll\‘l’l‘. “iii-ls its ,. 3y
0'- c: ‘llH mile; of plain lic‘uri‘ it elllIvIZC‘S
into the Iiiji..ii Hceuu. 'l‘hv Him 9 other
grout rivers thii‘ are {9.1 from Aiiitiicr-
k oith :ll't‘ the l‘oduviry. the .\i:ili;iii-
lbldy iiiid lll" Swiic.
'l'lm initivrs .il‘ lndizi linvc ii grout rov-
i‘iciico for tho source: of a ll‘illllbt‘l‘ of
til-i lurgimt» rivl-is, whose watt-rs by
ltlt‘dlls of ii'risntznq works are often us d
in times of drought to iiouri~h the s til
rind prevviit or iiiitigiito fumincs. 'lhc
tlmlzncry. the most i~iip0itant river in
South lndin. wk 5 its rise inn brook that
is-ue: from u hill~ide llt‘tll’ th-- village of
Nnvik. The spot where this brook
gw‘ll‘i'i from the rock is uppruu ht‘d by a
llight of kill“ stone stops, :it the top of
' we“: round with “If anything
, on re t liri
'umonons snmcnes F803:
BUDGET GF‘FUN ’—
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Putting Ills Talents to Use—He
“'asn‘t “(assured-No Signs ut‘
s‘VI‘C'IIl‘Si‘l!C Haul Fins
gotten Something. Etc.
“Well, you do paint beautiful, beau-
tiful,“ said old .‘lrs. Greengrmst -ynimg
Chlotuindy, the artist, \\ ho is staym; “I
he:- houso while on n Skctrhin: Intir.
“Thanks, madam; thanks,“ says the
grateful t‘hlomindy.
“\Vcll, you do. I don‘ know but I'll
have you point up our farm wagon while
you‘re here and let it go on your bond.
1 b‘leevc you Could do it first rzitv. We‘d
want something real fancy; rid and yel~
hr art‘—
(‘hlomindy had tl».-d.—Ile."ruft
Press.
Free
Ho \Vu-in'l. Reassurml.
"Will you always luvi- me, George,
even after we have bun wedded many.
ycnrsk“ .
“~ lf course I will. And whlyv-ii watch'
over me and Lmk :iftu r me in times of3
illness wwill you still be iuyguuidian
angel?“
“Why, of conrsc, you silly bay. 1 will
Wdll‘h over your goings out and comings ._
I <:iii‘t hick :ir'ti-r
roll on door uranium to
.
The i-iigngcnicut is now nil. “.lIe rci m!
11'"! 1‘1 it?“
No Sign nf‘h‘w-n-I iii-as,
"‘I‘Iil‘l‘c is a yuiri: ll: .ii i.. the purl -r
ItlIIJI'ixt’sI the
hill door uticndsut ..: u .l \u ten :: rosi-
tit‘lll c.
“lliii lie ltllll: n:y.*.l.i~:~- With him—
uny bu\ ul‘ put'ccii" I '
“« ln'._\‘ 3 I fill", “‘2‘; "
"Nil his lost lull in“); “'II ii he
its)
candy in the p Wilt." : ’
sort. mi<~ “ .
‘ln‘n tlll Lint l’w 1:"!lt'.‘ to \ielT a)
" iii and won". l“.‘ h «me for u:
w. ‘rvpicd thv' fair girl. falling back,
”.1... a hi.;i- >:~.i.il pmlti in. and reuniting;
h r {cruxd of "Trith
l’ivtiln; or. 'l'lic
cu‘ ..‘ n I)" ‘1 r.
>1 :13;er than
Liar l 121....rkvd.‘ «~ .
He had Yul-gotten Stunt-t hing.
.\ innit mt ~ liltll‘lily do \ :i on \Vnoil-
wziril ai'ciiu . yak-min}: ill: iizdu‘:
he didn‘t w mat to Sit
.\
“m Myst-ping ‘\ dwarwny near
9d uVi‘t', lm» rm in hand.
“i"id y. ll lull down.”
“ill-d gust. 1!. tin; of row-so I didn‘t,
I‘ve llt‘t‘ll ll'd‘t‘ t'Vi r \llll‘t‘ Ill” Sit ‘lr ilt‘ It!
Home l :lllzllflc first sa-t footsn the bank
of this i".\cr.' -
.\ pnswr by It'l‘l~“-l and mid:
"l in ~tlll'_\' l w. :2“: h- rv‘ tn .itr‘h you.
_ d dzi‘t yni wutt till I «‘:iiiict1;\.”
. ‘ innit. who r.;rr.cd :i live
chicken by the i-‘gs, put in his cannibal»
I;Jfl If
\\'hy didn't you weu rilllll-‘f‘i If I
vv» r iiiv
#3,.) 5 I'll be on my buck tn‘it lli.‘ ti..i -..'
.lus' thirii n tirinqvl «king i::-l_v-.l .3‘.
came 0 ll. of .\,tw’htl r itrc t. :i'; l. :iftvr :i
ion}; at th~- f: Eign citizen. :lniv'd. with
gnu contempt:
“\t ‘ny don‘t the" fonigut up"
wins: wit. my irivnd." snl the ~iib~
joct of hi: qiliutzon, :is he strii : «d to
his fact. “\uu inn-o deny lllt‘ a great
5 :‘VLN. and I want to think ynu All
those ,xlllt'z‘ gentleman have :1 cl lllt“
\,iic~tioii.~ and nude bll;:_f. 73mm, but 5‘,“
an: the tir~i one to Slflkt‘ :it the in .t o:
in; doubt. l‘ac been sitiiu: t‘iu re t‘nr
inon than :i iii‘liiittr wondering wli .2 [.l
{urgiiztczn and you linu- I".‘3llillrl"l me of
it. The >huckcvidint‘v L‘finfzimwl my;
1.1.33.3 Hood diiy. gm: ’ and h“
resuztnul his journey oath grout dignity.
_-1),- lyi-‘rc'e Punt.
wt irr
0‘ ..
l‘ulinary skill.
M. Le. liliini‘, if his story is 'lr‘l‘vpti-il,
was once chief cook to :i l’nri<':ni imhl»
luau. I\'ow hwkccp~ a \‘i c~t 5'1“ iv board.
izig house. For dry): b-tore (‘lzristmiis
he treated hi< gnrsts to m titli»\\nttring
dcscripti ha" of "/c nlllg'slil‘tllf‘ d.!l":l I
«fill l~‘ (lit in In ileizr- France."
. A few d :52: bufoi'»: t’iiriatmus lzc b . 11121:?
, verv mysterious :uid iiitiiiintcd that inn-c
\VlllCll is a grist stone platform built tit '
the loot of the rock from which the
sham issues. An image under it large
Cllllx'll)‘ has been so placed that the water
pours out of its mouth and then goes
sparkling down the hill. From this spot
the stream flows 9th miles right .scross
tho peninsula. growing on the way into
a mighty river and draining 120.00.!
Square miles. The Source of the Gods-
v1 ry is one of, the sights of the Bombay
Presidency. ,
One little stream, whose waters flow
from river to river until they finally join
the Amazons, runs for ten or fifteen miles
_ by the side of one of the sources of the
. great Paraguay. Though they flow par-
; sllcl to each other, and only two or three
l miles apart, they run in opposite direc-
i tions. (‘anocs are often auled across
1 the inter .‘cning portage and in this way
jit is possible for a small boat to travel
, from the mouth of the Amazons to Buc-
inos Ayres along the inland waters of
55011“: America, and with n portage of
only two or three miles.’—-Jt’ew York Sun.
Polig‘nnc and the Picket.
i The proposed visit to this country of
‘ Count l’olignnc, the French Confederate
volunteer whom we all thought dead,
says a correspondent of the St. Louis
Glubf-I‘fmo rat, reminds me of one of
the many good stories we used to tell
about “Poly." He came to a ickct line
one day without the passwor , and em
dcuvorcd to pass. An old Alabama sol-
dier drew up his gun and said: “You
can‘t pass here." The Count, in o
magnificent gold-embroidered uniform,
svvclling with rage, said: “Do ‘you
know me, sari" . “No. I don’t, nor do I
cure nContincntal." “I aim 2e Count
l’olignac." “All right: if you ain't got
the countersign you-po'e on now, and
mighty quick“. The Count "poled."
An Unfortunate Order;
“James," said a grocer to his clerk
“you musn’t: say ‘lndy’ to the women
customers any more; they don’t like the
term."
“All right, sir," replied James; and
presently Mrs. \‘Voybsck came in.
“I want a Philadelphh dry picked
codfish,“ she said, “an'three bars at
soap." ' _
“Yes, women," responded Junior,
“whero‘ll you have ‘em sent!" ,
“Don’t: you ‘womnn’ me, you young
snopporhead," said Mrs. Waybuck,‘ cyc-
ing him with iii-favor. . “I‘m o lady, us‘
don‘t you {Bigot it," end she doomed
nun—Na Y M
iomph of 7c nrr.
mck zc delicxous dcesh—zst cc: ire—vat %
ftlrttlllulc Ill~irlzll3 who sat :it hi» b 'lt‘tI
should :il< \ haven “niugniti ,iia- «buns: ”
Accordingly niiticiputimis run iii h.
The day at last arrived. Hi4 pruning
were fulfillcd. The table was <presd
with an (‘lllllflranan *ntof good things. ,
()nc dish was cspcciully a furoiite, and
that it was so scented to give iiiousieur ;
great delight. It: seemed :1 species oft
' game, was delicately flavored, but :0 one :
knew exactly what it, was.
“Uh, llltlll'rli‘lll'. do tell us what this,
deliciom meat is,” said pretty “'55 ll., 1
the star boarder, when the dish was de-
molished. ,
"int, madam, znt eis 7e grand tri-;
Only re lrcnchmsnf
you call re oweL—m pet owel.“
“dwil” exclaimed a chorus of voices,
and A dozen wry faces were made.
“011, nionsieur. how could you have ‘
.the heart to kill the poor thingi“ chirped ‘
the star boarder.
“It cos you 2:11; mek ze cruel act-usn- ‘
tione, madam. I no keel him—he die."
~Chicago News.
He Ate Soup. ,
Apropos of soup, an old veteran of the :
New York press, George (Hatfield, used
to tell of a comical adventure which be« 5
fell him in Paris. (lcorgn had labored 3
long and industriously at the ship news f
desk. lie resided in the “Burg," as
they used to call the eastern district of ;
Brooklyn, and had worked himself up3
from the case, where he “set the ships," ‘_
until he became cditorin chief cf the.
department. He knew enough of French 3
to glean the exchanges for French vcs- ‘
sols and French marine ports and other ;
terms, but otherwise his knowledge of f
the language was greatly restricted. lle '
had saved a good deal of money. and
when, at lcnn‘th, he was given a generous ‘
holiday, he decided to spend it in Paris.
His first. dinner in France was eaten at ‘
one of the big hotels in the capital. His
wife was with him. They consulted the
bill of fare, and George pointed with his
finger to the first item. The waiter .
bowed, went off and soon returned with f
a copious supply of soup for two. It,
was palatable, and George did full 3113- ‘
tics to it. (‘ousulting the bill of fare
once more, he pointed to the second;
item, somewhat to the surprise of thei
room. But he nodded his head em-l
phatically and ejuculatcd “oui” two ori
three times. The conquered waiter
brought him two more plates of soup. g
George had to pretend now that he was i
very fond of soup, so he ate it with
i
great relish, although it had u re filling g
efler-t. WVhen it was all dis of he i
took up the bill, and firmly convinced i
that he would surely strike something :
solid by going down two or thrcd items
on the list, It:
fourth or fifth
desire tobourved with what it repro-
gram Thruway". little cart,
' ‘ .\plcndid."
' plv tvly full xi.
.work drcpili.
1critter.
'u
own}; in
tricy.
the military e~tahl sh
ad Ttul‘ to this
so ltv-s‘iz-c.
Silt'h.’
' frontier operations as we‘ll
ut his finger on thczpillow
cud pontomm‘ ed his sweetly till they have truan‘ and dis-
4—
but rushed of! to obey and bought back
yet two more dishes of soup. _Go_orgc cc-
oepted-his Into with n cslm (infinity. He
wasn‘t going to let the waiter now that
he wasn‘t getting inst whst be upted.
and he put himself outside the liquid
with a good deal of effort and pretended
gusto. ‘
"Well, Jennie.“ he said. n he took up
the card once more. “1 think we‘ have
had enough soup to get alum,r without
the roast. Supp-nee we skip downto the
dessert. ‘ _
Bound to make no mistake this time
he pointed to the last item. The waiter
luukcd suxprisr-d. llut George insisted.
The polite gnrcon surrendcrcd again.
with a Male shrug of the sliouldcrs,nnd
brought the- rl‘i‘u red :irticlc.
“And what do you thing it was:"
asked George, whr'ii he told the story.
“lll‘ituc me if it wasn‘t a bunch of
tooth-picks."—-l.'r-».nl{_a;.-l I‘ilfzen.
Setting 1 (:9: er to Work.
A t‘slifurnia letter to the St. Louis
r; .3‘!‘-!‘t’hl‘~“;“llf, Szly‘l‘ I learned of 3 cu-
rious circumstance“ while at. the l‘ppcr
fivvscr Basin in th~~ \‘v lnvvstone Valley.
which is not go ”ally kn-wrn to the
public. and will 11' is \lntaue‘lj inably
true. Martyn! ilil- :cys.‘rs are inactive.
”the-rs med-2y bubble and strain without
crupting, \\ lilieotlirrs ng-iin spout with
CIO‘. k-like reg‘imr‘ty. 1 held the Watch
on t ild Faithful gain and again, but
this beautiful -2 _ true to its name.
sent up n rii't-zsi'fil ( ..t stream nearly 2"“
fe~i h gli met-v t::i~:~:'vc in notes. .\'ot
once was thc:e :i fzflnr»: or the slightest
variation ' Illl‘ time. I saw it in the
in
mouilight. :iizl 1.1! £va Itlt‘lt‘ on elrth
(‘1‘,
(“in (mini-are with l is sublime spec
tut ha. ,
l‘hc (“Ni 3 y‘": 'tl\ . treated me to
u r:ir-.- e\hiint .7 u. l: . l \':is Enfnrmed by
the :lr lZUll'l that the
“f t' v lined gzvyaers ii;
ixhivhmne hall a record
propriezu - t
n,‘
tar
the lltwltl.
'1lltlll)~t :n‘ :0 id :iaH il l’ ilthful. bad i our
lI hurl lain dormant for
..~ I split} over to
iii 3-\\' :i mun busily a:
7- lur~ of snip into the
Iit‘.Il"i_V si\ in -n.
the Splcnl d
“ll ha: in tiigiuw'il are you doing that
fur?“ I In gilrr xi. toiilly unablct: re—
>tx‘:rn my curl) ty.
“Just n sit and
stronger.
iii: ki’pt stiadui .l'
see. " the
replitd
work, dropping
il-nr after lzir down the yellow I‘vzl'l‘d
thrust, until the no .‘tor bi girl to rum-
ble niad splinter. uni finally behaved in
wry lmixtmw :~ in i-irier. l lcrrn.
t's'cin- thirteen, n-r-l :h' the fourteenth
liar Wis sn‘miuwe: tip. away Went the
Splendid l?". in! lists thenir. listing-
n 3.111: and as good u~ I bud ever seen
him.
“Tlicrof osxc": aimed the cxpcrtmvntn.
sir: igl-r; "l r t‘iul?! I‘ve made as big a
. the? of thwse scientific
‘: l’:. ”pit. eve: alii in
tir-(‘tn‘c"}‘ :i"
cu~~e<. “'iggi‘is ,_
their “$.73,”
ing it.
Skiruiidiin: on Sulmfihocs.
.‘IMLIVHI miii :irt in reducing pipe-
i‘luy and {2.9 in kvslt'll to their trin- sill!-
ordizi to disarm lzn: 'taiice ll uw‘ no:
to bar :inxi ary anpiiniiics
so inu~ ~ . po~e< fruit any misr-
Tl. is wv i l which for
r
”I
w‘.“
t r. ,
aux have lac-:3 frJE‘ed :i~‘ r2iti11g~ cir- '
xii-rs f r :lflsll\i"2.(‘i‘.: tz-iw forming :i par:
3:90;“,
lf_\' «st-liniisl.mc‘ti of such
‘.1' iir in, t-i—immiy. and,
:l .11 I) s:;.:;t‘ ‘1 gl‘v‘l‘ (if ItfilF,
and ll1i~~ia Homing lifts train
tlz: rt} military riic>>s‘-ngor<, \\ h N- u.“ in
tics nigh»; :r m a lo lr-zigt: ”cl
g:r...~~)i. or an ext-rift :2 try furry in -li*~
Ho's c.iii be is:i-i:;i'.r‘d Again. we find
d 14k tr;-.':i «i in the lilil‘f‘lt‘k yank of .~ ime
Iii-riizzm :nl'l'lN-ni {or the ll‘ltgu) c of ac»
i: ‘lllptll._ AIL: . wine‘s. n" viifoxin; their
\\':‘.ILllI.llllC S ”w it“ \tt; crinr Sezhos, l‘ml
lt~on< have Inn-z iron ri-scuvl from Illt‘re
purp. 5sz of pantsure to perform military
rcc 1mm rut -c , and there is n
corp nf arm) a .t< ill more than one I‘jllffl
pesn >L‘l\'llc. In .\i:~tr: , bi<'_‘s'rl(‘< and
hair-s been 5,... n'ly a lopzi-d in
'81, and during
.J
in.
at.
the 1 .st pram ice iii-innuvrcs scouts
mounted on them ouimdc cavalry. It
is tint «unit/15332. thcrvforn. to find
lid of appliances the
f‘unudiau m'litis employing
. i skirmish nix-ill on the snow.
The two piirprwv fir which the snow-
“‘0le i seem p irtii-ulariy servic3~
ill-h: are, ii.»., that of w niziu; in win-
ti-r. when it may he cxtmim-Ey desizable
to push o..t rcruiinuisinCeS
t‘nimyK‘ rump. n' t
toward an
:tlnn;r the regular
rozds which he lii::i<clf may patrol. but
across the snow Covered fields where he
suxp cts iio :ipprnu ii: and sec-nndly, in
ntta king hostile
ncarly always be hotter over-commit that
season thxn zit airy otlwr. " This last fat-t
Indian»; who can
is so Wt‘ll ('Sltlbl‘i>ht‘tl that General (‘rook
in one of hisnrmuzil reports refers to it
, as the result of aleitot itnifnrm cxperi~
once. The (‘anadi-tns have th ir Indian
fighting to do oceasiov‘a ly as well as our
ow rooptxindit w «uld not lac surprising
to find the snow-sh we utilized in 9.65131
as for drill.
Cumbcrsomc asit may look, it is re—
? markably light for war or carrying.—
llarper’s Il'eek’y.
A Triumph of French Cookery.
Many wonderful stories have been told
~ about the perfection to which the culi-
nary art has a‘ta'rel among our neigh-
bors across the channel, but the follow—
ing, which we have every reason to be‘
lieve has never b:fo:e appeared in
print, is worthy a place In the collection.
It was related to the writer by a gentle~
man who had it from the lips of one of
the chief actors in the story.
is Duringthe Crimean war an English
officer highin rank murdered one uiel:
afternoon to the French lines, an ac-
cepted an invitation to dine with some
officers of the nlli'ed army. The rcpast
consisted of several courses, each one in
, the opinion of the English officer being
morc tcmpting and delicious than the
lust. Un leavin: be mkcd as a favor if
he might be informed of what dishes he
had partakcn, and particularly the two
last ones.
The cook was sent for. and was em-
bzirraiscd when told of the Englishman‘s
request. On being pressed he replied,
with some hesitation. that the last two
dishes were compounded of frugmentsof
meat: and my which had been dis-
carded its offal by the English conkaand
which were collected day by day at the
rear of the English otlicers‘ tents.—
Enyflsli Paper.
Facts A‘sout Frost.
Calculations made from tables pre-
pared during last winter show that
ninetymins men out of every hundred
reach out wildly toward the invisible
boundaries of ntmos ric apt o, and be-
hsve generally like lugs bereft of re.-
son when they feet the psvemcnt slip-
ping from under them: whereas “18
same number of women out of I possiblc
hundred, when phat! in a like in;
position, come down gracefully. ‘ e s
thrown from an ottic, sud smile
18m could u corners-Chico
Norwalk Chronicler