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'l ;.c 'irst public library in America was
d ‘l 1:1 New \" rk in 3.350.
tiic strvamv pcnclrating the tiogt'bic
l.- -:: range llv’dl‘ thc snut‘t .slmrc of Lake
~l" rmr are so bim k with dbcoloration
win the orc that fish cannot live in
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tlzc Trinity t'oélcgc Botanical liar
ll'2lfiizt. a tzcc has produced somc
per-lie“ and c xrclcss penis fro second
< c-lfi'. oiosssuns. wl.ivh lacked vitality
to Loni a vote with srcds.
In hernmny. till the rt-ign of t‘har‘c-
trag' c .it thc ClOSc of thc t‘l4'I1lll‘ crtur)‘.
“' n- 1v r.- I1«\I,\I\\l\\ t‘\t't‘lll a fvw that
l “wen crcctcd on ‘ line and
Lubc was the
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John t.:.\c:ci‘ of Hrccnhant =
i- ncar that town. Kt live o'c‘
:' ut-t‘nin: Sir John 'l'hrm‘knn'u'ton
.o ("My two .‘wullleOW'll she. p to “r.
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i . :t': l tliq lsIIl‘tp \v to sh rrrt. the
xv .spitn, the yarn spook-d, \\“,\t‘E\t‘:I.
.o'nul and “ovc, the till! buuml.
.i'~l, rawt-d d'icd, 0 cans: d and
t' -._.l_ and put int-- Zlu‘ lu\‘:ds of tlu‘
if. . 's I :vuz‘rn'tlo kthvt :tfta-t'n: on ,\t
-\ :.*{s\51....‘.'t-s gristnu llh ("mil ezaziicly
1 ; w .. il.El‘lI"I l-y \lr t‘wvetkr to
'I‘li .Cls'uortou. In ,tl.is con~
l‘tt‘t. a; ll >‘Eli\illll be bor c in mind that
‘:.c IllV‘lli‘ my 'uI‘ 5E fining .itzd \\ \'..\'lll§4'
n w‘ i? fl: :3 bill“ lgv no lllt‘ll’li_\\'lllll it is
.‘f oh:
‘ll and lllt‘ Yt.'-}:‘s had no >t‘\\lil:
z". l.‘!l~~ {u t’\1*t“IlIL‘ Illt‘ll‘ pt‘fll t!‘ \\l
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.n lv'i' lu’lll“ fr in time to t‘mc
.' ‘-~...s'.vt dinncis tl‘at arr gi—vcn
v w t 13‘: . . ticn. Him-g.» .\. fi‘wti
d...‘ "w \. 2k. struck this topic the-
iv it} in a l‘t'~‘.l~(“,'~‘ \Illll‘, and told this
a“ v
" ll‘ZI‘iIL.’ thc 1“” him; :i‘gn two good
7 curls o! ruin; blul'fcd c .. h t.Illt‘I' into a
, t o' isstm on . adiclti and Hancock.
.13: _\"~\t'3t‘ lvoth full of ‘satid ‘. and both
» ii I or l' rd i use of losing the
I» ,, l k .r \\ lll‘t‘ L. All“: of them could
'1‘,“ - pay 'l‘m :t-v‘xt morning a ter
2-. 3w: “as lid-1:. a \l LAII"! llu‘V Ilcld
....»d .lown 1 ~41. limo ttgcllicr and
..v i .v‘ liml l to‘nl' lit in chat
2" is "l2 x‘xH’W'l l‘l'l $'.ll\l.l_1|p 0 r and
t“. m ’ iu'gfit‘lmsr or. a l: nt'r for
v. ‘,1'\ s .lI l't llzullla‘w's, l.a\in-4
:. l s" {ll .3 4 llt,\'. I\\' r 20 t‘I'rll‘l' Iltt‘
l 3-? \\. ‘ “c lizl lln- \linut'r. l
or if ' . w» III| ‘; j. ."i Emmi-o about it,
. i E'ul \\ mlcd Il;t‘ lut‘sl \ 321519
‘5 ~»1\‘t' for tlt‘hs-n pcr-ons. llc
»l.n w :f I woul l luniz hint to
thi- ft'.\l l It“‘l lt..u of
. l xii-l hot antrc. so long as
:in t s‘lAH‘HJl‘ilal
l n \\ v! d to ltwow Wllll luv
vi p‘. s
t‘nst UK
n-l l ~aid that l prtuumcl
‘ ‘.l~.l t‘rvc fllll1f \l'ltlti‘r ’lI \lr H
a p ll: ~13t’IEwlflwllllt' and tuplicd
‘ I. t . M, hours! with you. Itnllikl»
!‘ tn‘ :.‘ y ore With 'l lIlIllIl r fit .4} m
:9. p ..t' loin e-v no y in w ith n \lllllit‘.
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cw xh ..d, t‘tEllli to anything thl:
\ man Mm: Me or drnnk.‘ Wcll, \\c
tititvonlisctl for $M a ll-‘:l\I. and we had
.. dzzr . r. and it was adznncr. My friend
u l.» .d l: at the bcl v. as m plmmnl for
. ....‘ ingun pay the $3J41l1l that he
....‘--.l :l:- r )r .tnd :rm- him use hill.
in. that his dinner cost him $00. l‘ut.
\- Mn l limr at $1M» dinners I know it is
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The Wasp.
The wasp is found in most all coun
': .es. but scum; lu have more business on
l;.s In ad in North America than any-
: where IIL‘ keeps but“ standard
and > in timu, and. is always ready to
til? an :5: my mcnt, by cithci". ~~IIe doesn‘t
can: so much about what he rats, but he
.s'vc:_v domestic and must have a home.
“l liis'ts gt-ncrally tot ntcfl \lhdrrthc cavcs
nfnrli'irilrling insured for its l‘ul: Vullzt‘.
thoucl’i it Sf'nll‘lllutfj hangs from the
limb of a trvc or bush. As no wasp cv»
I'th‘ ta livu to see tliegncw year come in
2;“ d csn‘t break his back to layiu a
stue of pork and potatoes, and it makes
41.1.- ditl‘crt-nce to him whether coal go s
".p or down. He spends the titnc from
Way to Octob~r in sloshing around. nt~
trading wunty falrs’. 7h =rsc races and
w rest rag matches. and havmg more F
In: to d . in tln' harvcxt licltl and around
cider ml is It is a d‘sputed point
whether thu- wulp can bite harder than
the bull dog, b t the weight of opinion
lain favor of the wasp. He seems mad
about something all the time, and it
doesn‘t make any difference whether his
vi tim is the babe in the cradle or the
58th“ in the barnyard. Fivejnontbs lg
thc average life of the wasp, “as“. in
h and from about u often as any other
guest on the magnum—W in
mi".
r
_ and very nearly fatal act-idcnt.
' n.
:7 haudsomw
; the forcnoon. and bounding against the
. t'
l oral; lJllt‘S to make him quit-t down, but
: lia‘diy gonc, l
“h «1‘
n.
. there to visit llllll, and lzad bccn
' the house whcu Iltt‘tt‘wtibm lit-gun. 'I‘hcrc
rpidity of lightning.
r BLDG [CAL G A“ DEN.
_ :\ chpcr Enters a Tlgcr‘s Ben to
Sulnlue tho Curagetl‘r Brute
—Ilt tho Animal‘s Grip
:«Suu‘d by a llusc.
from the injury inflicted by the spike,
E turc due to the absorption of atmospheric
action by coal dust.
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The =Zoological Garden in Philadel-
phi t was rccvntly the scene of a thrilling
At ‘2 1-.
the anim tls in. the lion llUllSt‘ are fed.
caclx o lt‘ being given a large piece. of
raw meat, gcncrally liorscilcsh. There
are other animals :n thishouse bcsidc
tho lions. among thctna vcry tine llrngnl
tigcr named King. , lie is an unusually
bt‘fi‘t, massixe' of limb and
victo s in tcmpcr. ticorgc Robinson.
his keepcr. has. first and last. had a great
dcal of trouble with him. and has often .
Ebccn compellcd to rcsort to t‘.\II‘L‘Illt‘
nit-:isurcs in his pllnlslltutflll. And yet
there arc times when lxingris as docile as
a kitten. anl llolvinsmt, who is a Ecr-
fcctly fc:t1‘lc~s m III. h is fictpicntly gone
into the cage and playt-d with the bust.
Un the day in .Eucstion. however.
King secmtd tip lie in an unusually bad
tcmpcr. teari'g up and down his cage all
bars oiLh a forcc which made twin iat—
‘ lll tlicir sockvtscé Robinson tricd St‘\‘~
hc wasansu \‘L‘\l\ll. . llcthong‘ht. how«
cvcr. that King's ugly humor would dis-
uppcar at fatding time. and lu- (‘o‘t~
clad d to wait until then before admin»
is! :ing punishmwnt. In making his
pwparuions t.» fccd‘ llau' animal: tlic
lu-rrcr has to lass the ctgcs a numlur
of t int-s, and they bcczsmt- \‘cry rt-sllcss
and imputn‘ht. fortltt-y know wltfvt is
\‘lll‘IILI. King on tlrsocotsion b havcd
“orig than Robinson had cvcr knnutl
‘ llizu. \Ilc sc-zzzol t \ l‘l‘ i.) it tt-rriltlt- ra-gr,
l and :3:::ti?_\i as lll‘.’
ktH‘iLI‘ passt‘d by li;s
c U‘. tlic t2." F tlitust his imnn-nsc paw
th o_.gh Illt‘ bats and struck lllt‘ kw. p. r‘s
u‘ :n, tc u Ln4' .may the clotlii; g and llzf')
Ill" tic-h, '
Robinson, \\ in
V I‘EI'
tsc temper whcn arouscd
ls :lilu‘vlf as
as th:~ ti;:~ r‘s. bccanic
extrngn-d‘ in t n. ind lic dt-zcrmincd to
r-ntrr 1hr cag and conoucr thc l‘cust.
lt wis downr‘ght n adncw, but no pcrv
su-ts’ion of the t-tltvr kc pcrs and attcnd
9r :~ cwdd pu \.t:l on the thumb ss man
to give Illfl purpose. “or of thc men
was scnt lmr.i~diy to ziud llcol lit-t per
Elyznc. who \v'is'at that time in ndistint
pct of liw gziwlcn. so that his unborn}
m glitlg‘ :nt. rposcd to prcvcnt liolxin-on
lzom do ng \\ h II cu r} be l~ licvcd to
lt' :\ Ixm‘bh and fatal thing. I!“ had
l.\\\t‘\t‘:‘, lwl'ero l‘ollitiwn.
llt‘Vt‘lllL'ElI‘ “crc as quick
*. bull sptang to thc rear of the
:ruWn open the ‘levHL and ivag HI
..ic brad‘s dcn. slamming lll‘.‘ d ~or
h12u‘. .\:1.l titrn t‘nlix‘tl a cnc
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‘ \\ lizcit :liost- who saw I! can an M :ur4r-t.
\lan and beast farcd t‘:\£‘lI-(\ilu'f. and t -r
a :2.. own: in ithcr tnovcl an inLh; the
i has: «Eui tcd by the man’s su-ldea cu
train. c. glarrd at in oE Entttv‘lll apparently
in t.itv‘l‘ surprtsc at his rccltlcsx :l‘v‘llr'll;
the man. bravc nut. :ntlauntvd and
arzncd with only a stout whip. was pus
itivrly supcrl: asltcstm‘d looking steadily
into thc cycs of tlic tzgc".
lly th s tunc at letst fifty puiplc hall
guhvrcd in the house. :lut among them
Robinson‘s wife and cliiid. who wcre
out. of
had bccn much excitczncut and many
cries of warnmg and dzssuation \\ lien
llobnson startedto.yxtcr the cage, but.
as he lcztpt-d in front of tlic licast the
people became as silent as death; :lic
appalling .langct‘ the m in invurrcd para-
ly:c.l tlu-ir tongu s. H‘swifc. paic md-
tcrror struck, sink hick upon one of thc
bcnthcs and t‘los-s'i her eyes that .s'fzc
might not scc h-~r Lus‘uavdt iru to Eicvcs
in ILT vciy prim-nee, and his child. too
young to hall 0 tin“ awful position of its '
father. clung to its mothcr‘s drss. cry“
ing to her to know what his father w..s
doing in thcr» with the tiger. llis little
\oit‘e was the only sound thtt lu'o‘rw the ,
slillncss. and Robinson, fortuuntrly for
him. was too much bent on lt s purpose
to hear it. lint the tiger now crouchwl
as if about to spring. and llobinson
know that tho Inonn-ut of his supscmc
itial had t “In". lie awailcd thw- attack:
without IIIt'AIlIIIVI‘r of a "music, still:
looking tho brute liwdly in the cycy
and then it camc, thc tigcr boun.ling:or-,
\v uul like a thunderbolt. llobEnson was .
ruzttly for t, and he luzipcd quicklv as dc. .
the tigcr being carried by the llllpt‘lus
of lrs spring full against th‘ bars at.‘
tho cud of the t‘agc. .\s it shot by him
llobfnwu struck it a hcivy blow with
his \\h‘p :t-‘ross thc flanks. King ut-
‘crcd a bowl of pain and rage, and was ’
up and at tbc bt‘t‘llt‘l‘ again “lllt thc tar
'l‘liis timc llolxin~
ban did not furc so well. Um of thc t‘
gvi‘s claw. caught his aim in passing. ‘
and tore out a plrcx‘ of tlcslt. Again the
k< ('EH‘l‘ Ilitgxilt'nl his whip, apparently un
mindful of his two “minds, and the tis
gc-r turn-d and sprain at his \\‘ould»be
mash-r, Laping straight at his breast,
and sink ng tuil against it. llobinsot
had it rt be En quick trough. and he \xa's
borm- to the do yr of the cage. uhcre h;-
in} ‘stunncl and mot on‘css, tlu‘ tigcr
lying \\ 1th iis lm’v foot across his body,
._\s thc kclEct' fell thcrc'was a quick.
loud cry of dismay from the l‘octtlllk‘.\\‘llu
Ila-i. with band breath. watclwd this .
terrible combo, and the least. with his ‘
paws still upon his victuu‘s lll‘t‘IhLlllI‘Ill‘xI
its head to glare llllul tho faces in lroul.
of his cauc. .\t this moment llyrne,
the head ki-cpn‘r. appcarcd, forcing his
way through the c owd clcar up to the
bars-if the urge. With him were two
assistant kr-cpers, to whom he gave hur-~
ricd directions. and th ‘3' went. inimcdi~
ntely to the rcar of the page, careful that
the tiger. did not sec them as they went.
llyrne held in his hand a loag pole, on
the end of which was a largc. spike. L\s
he I'C‘JM lied the bars. he shouted to the
tiger in a load and commanding tone-mud.
telling the people to stand back, thrust
the spike into the animal‘s flank. With
a bowl of rage King rose from his posi—
tion on the body of Robinson and dashed
himself against the bars where llyrnc
’wdla standing. trying to reach the new
emmy. Thi» was exactly what the head
kccpcr wanted. for at that moment the
two assistants appeared at the door inthc
rear. ready to perform their part in the
recur: byrue had planned. I‘prtuuatelv
Robinson had fallen near tho door, an
as Byrne kept up his combat with the
tiger, plunging the spike again 9nd
again-into llIS body.the assistants vpuck-
ly upt'ncd the dcezxgrasped the wounded
and still insensible man by the arms and
jcrkcd him out of the cage. The whole
thing was done »0 rapidly that the door
was again closed and fastened before the
infuratcd beast discovered that his prcy
had escaped him. The intense excite~
moat of the spectators new found vent
in a loud. ringing cheer, the noise of
whicbraruused Robinson from his stu-
por. Ills fainting wife and his fright.-
ened child were reassured by the sympa-
chi/ins people around them, and they
were soon with the hubs: and father.
when wound. were loan to be con-
puntlvoty illght. much to everybody:
' nil rful
‘that the poisoning by ncttles and allied
,t‘: lt-d
ssted of cvposing scusitivc photographic
‘]\tt'\\t \I.
' want if they hadnot first known \\ astc.
"is close it is .lidlcult to get vcry neat it.
we must sow the >0:ch
lit: learn what you 1 an do. and do it with
l The wit . .
. shows t at it is a well-known one, and
‘ the joke turns on that fact.
language.
Imps, use. pow. qua
bud rm faction, 235,468 under W
L“ “in
but Robinson will not be allowed to on.
ter his cage again, although he says he
will conquer the brute yet.
be‘t‘lAlt scum 1-2.
M. Fayel ,says Spontaneous combustion
may remlt from an increase of tempera-
Among recent appliances is a detec~
tive camera in the form of a watch. with
a charm to hold a supply of miniature
dry~plntes. and a telescopic camera in
which distant. objects are brought. near
by tcluscopic aid. and photographed.
Among thc wonderful results from the
use of natural gas at l'ittsburg are ex-
quisitely bca tiful objects of glassware,
which have found a market in Europe.
After a while they will he rciniportcd.
and be duly appreciated on this side of
thc Atlantic. '
Professor Thurston says when a drop
of oil is placed upon the surface of water
it first tnpidly spreads in all directions.
forming a tlitn of exceeding tcuuity. and
affecting the wavcstas if sheet of carpet
ofthin. flexible. elastic and yet tenacious
substance, like rubber, had been spread ‘
over the waves.
The investigations of Ilaberlandt show
plantsis not duc to the prescncc in the
noodles of formic acid. as h is heretofore
bot-n snptmscd, but to the prcsrnce of an:
unorganiud lcrmcnt. The. substance is
nlbuminous. and when coagulatcd loscs
its power of producing irritation.
.\l. Ductaux Ins studied the IIIIIllt‘IIl‘C
of sunlight on Illt‘ vitality of micrococd.
l
.\ fcw hours” t'xpnsul’e to the sunlight l
wcalo ncd the pathogenic micrococci, :
and finally killcd tlrcm. The infcrcnce
is that sunlight is a universal hygienic
gigcnt. one tlrit is most active and paws
\ rf .l. common to both private and pub-
lic sanitation.
t'h-niists arc advancing so rapidly in
the pctfcctéon of explosives that we may
s-mn be preparcd to hcar of thc dcstruc
tion of a llt‘vf. ity a b nub or bf an army 3
by a grenade Cl‘h:~ last frightful inven—
tion is a comp. sit on know u as mrlinitc,
said to be tcn times as powcrful as nitro—
glycrrinc or any other substancc licrcto~
tore put togctlmr.
.\ com‘uon lfaszcrn \Vccd. mmordingto l
l’i‘uf. t‘. l‘. llcsscy, is utoditicd by
limatc. on the Westcrn plains and prai- s
\ l
Iics into a compact plant. whose stout. :
turving 'branclics give it an approxis ?
niatc-ly splxcrhal form. and wh:cli is
“ tumblc-wccd.“ fmni the. fact»
thatavlwn the stcm is I‘I‘Obt‘ll ncar the
ground by the autumn gait-s the upper
part 34mm, rolling and tumbling before
Inc wind. cftcn for mile~. In the liast
the species, .11» i m. as v, is a .\II‘:t;:~
glng herb, rcmiiuing rooted lutg after
its \It'lllll a: the close of the season.
lrccnt cvpe‘imvnts by Pot and ban»
sin. on the-depth to which light penw ‘
tratcs in the ocean. havc shown some in-
!crcstlng l‘t‘S‘llIS. Tim c\pcrimcnt~ corn
a" "
plates a! known ch ths, and obscrving ‘
if an image was formed. If no image
was prodnccd the al-svn v of light. was
Tl»: results showed that depth
of PSI fcrt was illusnimtcd so long as
the sun was abovethe horizon. At lllh‘
l'cct light was perceptible for about eight.
hours a dav. .\t I Hi fcct lhcrc was no
trace of light men under a bright sun.
all was absolutc darkn ss.
won its”;
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A learned fool is more foolish than an
ignorant fool. »
Self love exa4gcratcs both our fat
and. our virtues. . .
We nevcr livc: “3e are always in the
expectation of living.
Hood manners and good morals are
sworn fricnds and firm allies. .
\‘iolcnt excitement c\liausts the mind
and lcavcs it withered and stcrile.
The supcrior man wishes to be slow in
his words. and carncst in his conduct.
Hundreds would never have known
ilts
FILIIIQL‘ :IS ll Illfly 800i“. \VIII‘II money
'I‘herc is nothing that so rclincs the
face and mind as the presence of great.
thoughts.
\lnny pcoplc arc busy in the world
gathering togeth‘r a handful of thorns
to sit ipun. .. .
.\ man‘s action Is only a picture book
of his creed. lle docs. after all. what
hc brlicvcs. '
Wealth may or may not be within thy
reach. What matlcr it. since virtue is
cvcr at thy command.
Application is thc price to be paid for
Incntal acquisition. To havctlie harvest
t‘ount y -ur resources; learn what you
arc not tit for. and give up Wishing for
the cncrgy of a man. ,
Fittings Come and go like light trOops
following the victory of the present; but
principlcs. like troops of the line, are
undisturbed and stand fast.
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Origin of Sonic I‘muiliat‘ Phrases.
“llag and baggage“ is doubtless; an
(dd proverbial expression in regard to
the movement of an ‘urmy. Touchstone
savs in “As You like It“: “t‘ome.
s-h'epltcrd. let us make an honorable ":4
treat; though notavith bag and bag-
gage, yet with arrlp and scrippagu.“
in which the phrase is used
“Jud as a doornail“ is an old pro-
verbial comparison which Shnkspeare
repeated. ,
“llit or miss“ is part of a proverbial
phrase. “llitor miss for a cow‘s Ii‘eel."
‘ “Love is blind" is simply the obvious
deduction from the‘ old able and must
be one of the oldest. expressions in the
_“I.ovc is blind, but secs afar”
old Italian proverb.
”Seling for a song" sounds like a
proverbial phrase: but where the clown
in “All‘s Well That Ends \\‘ell“|peaks
of a man that “sold a goodly manor for
a song,” the thing looks like a new
coinage.
“Fast and lease" is not of Shakes
spear-can origin. The phrase comes from
an old juggler‘s trick employed by
sharpen at country fairs. “' u play at
fast. and loose“ was to play this game. in
which. after both ends ‘of astring seemed
securely fastened, the juggler suddenly
slip ed it away. '
‘ amiliarity breeds contempt“ is an
old proverb: the Latin forth of it. is:
“Nimia familiaritas contemptum parit.“
, “Misery makes strange bed~fellown“ in
simply aversion of the proverb: “Misery
acquaints men with strange bed—fellows.“
“Birds of a feather flock together” in
an old proverb—Rockne” Express.
According to the newest and best
mate of New Guinea, that region, it»
clu ing the small island near its coast,
has an area of not less than 795.23;
equate kilometers. 0! this mucus
390580 equate kilometer: are audit
is an
distinguished guest.
. only to be disappointed.
1 than
5 to pieces on the concrete floor.
* E'XET‘HQUAKHS.’
AN AMERICANS EXPERIENCE
IN SOFT“ AMERICA.
Dcstrucl ion of Valparaiso on a Gala
Occasiun— How the City of
Mendoza Imokorl After
an l'pheaval.
(‘olouel C. F. Ste-oh. of Lancaster,
Ohio, resided for tcn years in South
America. He has been giving his earth
quake cxperienccs in that country to a
t‘incinnati Ellyniu‘rco'rrcspondcnt »-“.\Iy
first experience,“ said the t‘oloncl. “was
nsingular one. It was one of the his-
toric earthquakes in South America. and
although I was in thc m‘dst of it, for
some strange rcison. I did not feel the
awful shock which prostratul a city and
almost destroyed it. and which inspired
others with the, most awful terror. In
fact the work was done bsfore I realized
what was going on.“
“Give me your experiences.“
“The earthquake to which I refer was
the one Illll practically destroyed \‘al
paraiso in l~3lu It was a gala day in
the city. and preparations had been made
It) I‘CCt'le‘ tIIr‘ I’I‘CSltIt‘nl of Chili, who
them all. You would see affect of barn-
yard fowls scratching and disporting in
the sunshine. the gaysplnmaged cocks ol
the‘ walk strutting About like drum
majors at a drum parade.
earth would groan and tremble and
heads and wings would go down' and
the gallns birds would more along slowly
or cower down and utter the most piti—
ful and doleful cries. The groaning of
the, mules and cattle added to the terror
of the scenes. Dogs and cats exhibited
human-like terror and wild animals and
birds would seem to be suddenly bereft
of their natures. There is nothing
amusing in an earthquake.
Tribes of Dwarfs.
A while ago Mr. Grcnfcll. of the
(‘ongo missions. encounterel on the
Bosari River, south of the Congo, the
l :wa dwarfs whom Stanley mentions in
"The Dark Continent." tho *gh Stanley
did not see them. Grcnfeli says these
little people exist over a large extent of
country, their villages be n4 scattered
hcrc and there among other tribes.
Wissm-xnn and l‘ogge also met them a
fcw years ago in their journey to Ny—
angwc. fl
' It was long ago supposed that the story
of Herodotus about the plglult‘afluf Africa
was mythical. but within the past twenty
years abundant evidence has accumw
was coming up from Santiago. All the
public and must of the l rivste buildings
were gayly dct‘oratcd. and thc populace ’
was on the uni vive in expcctatzon of thc
“ht-nevu- a cat“
’alcndc would strike upon the Grand '
Plaza. cvcrybody would rush at out cx- E
pccting it to be the l‘residt-ntial pirty, l
I was stopping '
at a hotel uh'ch opcucd ou‘: upon thc
Plant, and had brca foolxd a number of '
‘ times. and had resolvcd not to go out
again until I had a sure thing on it. In
thc principal room of Illt‘IlUIt‘l there was
a large round table. gathend about
which were a number of naval o‘liccrsr
and sailors from foreign ports. drinking
wine and u-lcbrating thv- cccasion
in line style. In tho centr.- uf tho
table was a l:uup,us.d for lighting
the room at night. ncarly tltrcc
fret high. $‘.lfllI)ll!Il(‘I by a large
irlass ulobc. 'l‘hc otliccrs and \Lllot‘sr
w'erenotsy and fill of fun. andl sat
there enjoying their hilarity. when all
at once flu-re came a nois- as though
many squadrons of cavalry and artillcry
had chpt intotlic tiranl Pin a. Tncre
l wcrc wild and unusual crics outside and
I said to mysclf the l'rcsidcnt is llt‘l‘? at
last. but I‘ll ust “alt t'utnakc surc of It
From thc wav things hogan toshnkc:
and trcniblc. I thought that the l‘rcsi~ '
dent bad all the heavy artillcry of the
llcpublic in his train. with a viiw of
: showing his greatness to such :«trangcrs
as might be in t nvn. The clamor out-
side inch-used. bu? thcrc wcrc no hip
hip hurraha. 'l‘ncr‘ wa‘rc strange and
wild c arulati \ns. the meaning of which
fl could not coniprcltcnd, and quicker
than it takcs inc to tell it. all the rcvclcrs
at the round table ran out of doors c.\r
ccpt one slip captain who was unru-
Iialf seas men and sat glaring
:rouud as though he was darcd. Then
the wine glasses begun to leap like
frogs from the tibia and dash thcmsclvcs
Tho tall
:uup bcgan to gvratc and rccl like a
lr nkcn man. wliercat captain
graspcd it with b th hands and slioutv-d:
‘l‘ut down your ltclm.’ Stead. lhcrr?
l’ort your Itt‘:lll,. )«u lulsbcr! llold, lzer
hard-a port? Don‘t you see ’wt-‘re runs
hing right into 'hc brcukcrs' Lciving
the ca stain thundering out his commands
to an imaginary hclmsntan. and holding
on to the lamp like xvi-u death. I stopped
outside to see what the uncartlily com~
motion meant. 'l‘hc strccras far as I
could sec. and the Plaza wore filled with
uncovered human bcings. kncclmg and
bcating their breasts as though in the
:igonics of snpplicatixa. This struck inc
as being a singular way to receive a
dent wratic rulcr. ‘l‘h. n I could sec the
lofty buildings tumbling into heaps of
ruins. like 'chtldrcn‘s tov-houscs. and
the long >tt‘cvt in front of inc lnokt‘d
- tlic
like a huge strip of c trpct w th
a giant at ouch enl of it shak- 7
lug thc dust out of it. The un-
dulations were perfcctly natural. and
thc dust rose in blinding masses. The:
I rcalim-d that we were in thc midst of
an earthquake. Although I felt the awful
trttuors of the varth. l have no rcvollco
tion of' tlu- shock ershocks which threw
down the lofty buildings and wrcrkcd
more or lcss all the otlicrs. including my
own hotel. 'l‘hcrc was much loss of li‘c.
but it was a men- tri"c compared with
\\ but would have follcwcd such an earth
quake. in a North .\tn~-ric:ui city. With
the first subsidence of the carth‘s cum
vulsions all who were ab e Sllll‘lt'lI to tlcu
to the mountains near thc city. and I ful-
lowcd suit. Tucy 'fcarvd thc iucmuing
of‘the tidal wave. \vhi h would have
becu nure destructive than the cattle
tluakc itself. Ilut it did not conic.“
“\\'hat became of the sliipt‘aplain;m
“llc escaped unliurt, and saved IIlt‘
globe intact. and. as incredible as i:
may scent. it is nevcvtlwlcss true that it
was thc only pic 0 of glass (\rvhina ware
in the city that. escapcd uubmktn. l:
was placcd m a (the. and is still pre-
scrvct in Valparaiso. w th :1 suitable in‘
scription recording its miraculous escape
from the cartliquakc.
“Earthquakes were of common m‘cur- ‘
rcncc. but wt-ic not always destructive.
They Wen: of all degrees. from a mere
tremor to a torrib'c ~sliakiug~up. llut
when they camc. great or small. hats
went. off and praycrs for deliverance .
went up. On one occasion with a small .‘
party I made a trip into tlngixitcrior. and
stepped at the city of Mendoza. Here I
met an intelligent old Spaniard who had
read the life and achievements Of Don
t‘ertcs Washington, and he was so (16- l
lighted with meeting one of his fellow ,
countrymen that I had to stay with him I
a Week and-tell him all about the I‘nited i
States. Une morning bright and curly
we set out on our journey, and had pro~
needed thrce or four leagues when we
heard the awful roar of an approaching
quake. Our mules Sct their feet wide
apart, braced themselves, put dov‘vn their
heads and began to groan. \Vith hats
in hand we leaped to the ground, and
found it dizllcult to keep our feet. First
was the horirontal motion back and
forth, and thcn'the vast plain in~all di-
rections around us Wise and fell like the
warn-s of the sea, but with no apparent
cxteriour fissures. The heavy tremors
coutiuued,‘and we unpacked our mules
and campcl where We were. Two
or three hours later a frlghtened‘
:nulcvteer dashed past us and shouted:
“Mendoza is destroyedl" We mounted
our mules and returned. Thesccue pre-
sented was an aw.‘ul one. The city had
been built for earthquakes and all the
buildings were one-story adobes. There
was not a foundation even left. The
streets could be traCEd. but the houses
themselves were extinguished. The best
ideal can give of it is this: Take anim-
nense turned cover it with little heaps
of sand in regular “ms, and than give it
a auddenehake heriamitally. The loose
sand in scattered in indistinguishable
.ligea. Thu holy answer: the de-
scription of Mendoza a: we looked at it
“on, n ewdl‘inthe plain, >
' fl'I‘In afloat at that arthritic!” on.
mud-mung- unmlcod a on"
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I of .\ frit‘u.
. txccs,
,“crc vcritablc dwarfs,
Elan-d of the existence of a number 0!
i tribes of curious little folks in equatorial
Africa The thief among these tribes
’ arc the Akka. whom Schwcinfurth found
northwet of Albert .\‘yassa, thetlhongo,
discovered by llu t‘h.illu in “lost
Africa. southeast of Uaboon, and the
llatwa south of t'cngo.
These little pcoplc range in height:
.from I fcct 23 inches to about 4 fect S
inclus. :I‘Ill‘y arc intcllcltunlly a; well
as physically infcr‘or to the other tribes
fI‘hcy are perhaps ncarer the
bl'll. ' kingdom than any other human
bcin4s. The t *bongo, for instance, wear
no sunblancc of clothing; make no huts
cyrcpt to bcnd over and fasten to the
ground thc tops of three or :our young
which they cover with leaves;
1t\\<ess no arts caccpt the making of
bows and arrows and do not till the soil.
'I‘lwylivc on the snta‘lcr game of the
forest and on huts anl berries. They
regard the lt‘opztrd. which now and then
mukvs am all of ,onc of tlu‘m. as their
dcadlicst cnemy. They live only a fcw
days or weeks in onc place, burying
themselves in some other part of the in-
terminable bonds as scon as the nuts
and other food supplies ncar thcir camp
begin to grow scarce.
\\ hen >chw cinfurth first met the Akkn
dwarfs be found himself surrounded by
what he swpposcd was a Crowd of impw
dent boy s. 'I‘licrc wcrc several hundred
of them. and h- soon found that they
and that their
tribe probably numbcrcd several thou-
sand souls. One of these dwarfs was
taken to Italy a few years ago. was
ta zglit to r. a l, and excitcd much intcr—
est among scientific men. There are
othcr tribes of ti\\’.|tf$ in Abyssinia and
also in Somaliiand.
It is leit'vcd that all these pceple,
including the llushtncn of South Africa,
are the remains of an aboriginal popula-
tion that is now becoming (‘XIIUt‘L In
the migrations and subyugstions that
have been inprogrcss for many centuries
among powerful tribes, thc dwarf tribe
of Africa has born scattered. and its
isolatcd frauncnts are still found in
w idvlv scpnratcj parts of the continent.
RV. w, l‘s-rk
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‘—~——
t‘engreuiunal l-Iplrurcs.
“Fetch me my usual dose,“ said Wil-
tlam L. Scott. the miliionaire Re \rescntw
ative from the lirie «I‘ennA istrict,
aldrcésing n sable waiter in the House
restaurant the othcr day. Five minutes
elapsed alter the waiter disnppcarcd
dynwn the hatchway. and he reappeared
with a during dish well Illlcd with
oysters. l‘nder the dish was an alcuhul
lamp Mr. Scott, talking to a swarm of
members and calh rs gcncrally. sct about
to cook his lunchvon. 0n relieving the
\\ aitcr who was attending him he lighted
the lamp. put in his seasoning. and sat
w atehng the dish simmcr. The steam
poured up. the fumes tilled thc spacious
diningroom. and people‘s mouths wa-
tcicd as the savory dish reached a point
of perfection. Mr. Scott isan cpicurcen.
although a dyspetieloeking man. and it
took but a few minutes for him tobe able
to pour out a dish that would tempt.
Frenchman!" .\ ftcrward he is seen to
duplicate hi5 ordcr. and he has the rcpu~
tatlon of being the most thorough
luncheon fancier at the capital. He owns
a large farm doth on the Mary land
coast. has a steam launch. and scvcml
tim‘cs etch year takes a tarty down the
llay for shellfish, canvas ack du ks,and
the other good things found only in that
vicinity. llo saperintuuds the cooking
on the launch or farm, and his guests
say he spreads the best table of any man
in the country. Most of the famous
dines h We disappearcd from Congress,
and nearly all those who go down to the
rcstaurants for luiuhcon. between 1 and
‘3 o‘clock each afternoon during the
so. siou. have soup or raw oysters and go
back to work with little ccrcni \ny. In
the House it is a rare thing to see a
mcmbet‘ give a luncheonparty. For in-
staucc. Mr. Randall slips in and pxurs
down a plat: of soup or a do on on the
half shell, and is out before he is dis-
covered, except by the waitcr . and
cashier. ' Mr. Holman sips a cup of hot
tea and eats bread and butter, while
Reagan, of Texas. can down a stcak and
.onions quicker than one can say Jack
Robinson. The \V’cstcrn men out. fast;
the Eastern men slow. The former eat
more soup than the latter. who take
: oysters raw. generally, and often include
Ea bottle of been—Mu 11M: Sun.
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Reporting (‘ongremman‘s Speeches.
Ordinarily Representatives speak about
225 words a minute; Once in a great
'whilea man appears in Congress who
rattles 03300 words in sixty seconds;
and he create a panic among the stenc-
grnphers. When h‘elford of Colorado
was in the House he used to make the
otlicial reporters rush occasionally. His
language was terse and well spoken, but
he roved arctind like a wild man. He
b gun to walk as soon as he bégun t ll:-
ing. and Would go over among ,tbe
Democrats, a hundred feet from his seat,
and the stcnogtapher reporting him
would follow him around in his peregri-
nations, writ‘ng as he walked. There
is a tradition among the official reporters
of 'a member, who served a .few years
ago. and who made enough trouble to
last the force a generation. Ile s he
almost 300 words a minute and ma. ked
walked constantly. running up and down
aisles, waving his arms and yelling at
the top of his voice, then changing to
monotone-e. \Vhen- he got up to talk
there was a sigh and a signal to the
most export man to “take him.“ Then
there. would be a race between the
talker and reporter, the latter rudaiug at
the heels of Speaker like mad, and fre-
quently one colliding with the other in
most ludicrous manner. Stones-ram:
mac: or to repel-{mop who lined
N) . m i o
fiha-uufuifii gmmfiggbem
repel-M if on ks zoom-anima-
thantbeone ,gunallwerdqmdbed
grammar. whoupmhonhhfl an“:
Suddenly the
will have to take no for an answer.
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BUDGET or FIIN.
HI'MOROI'S SKETCHES FRO.“
\‘ARIOI‘S SOURCES.
Accepted tthituatinn—Right at the
‘Front <—- Malwl‘s 0bscrvatiun~
.Could Say “'bat llc Pleased
—:\ Stem-“'indcr, Etc.
Bobby (to yo :ng I-‘eatberlyt--\\'ill
you tl ~ase pass me the cake basket. Mr.
Feat terlyi
.\Iamma-~No, Bobby. you cannot have
any more cake.
Bobby'-—~\\'hy not, ma?
Manama—Because I have said no. You
Bobby lrcsigncdlyt—Wcll,
worse off than Mr. Featbcrly‘.
Mr. Feathcrly {amuscdg—How so,
Bobby?
Bebby3—“éister Clara says you will
have to take no for an answer."-~.-\}w
York Sun.
I’m no
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Right at. the Front.
Burdette tells a war story which some-
how has failed to get. into the maga-
ZIIICS;
“ “'as I in the war," said Tralalau. in
amazement. “ Hy Jove. I was right at
the front and in the mimt of it all the,
timc. I sang tenor in a church choir for
. much check as you; but you ain‘t got any
six years. “ar: That was nearly fifty
four years ages—do you see that boyover
the way throwing stones at my two lit-
tle granddaughters for calling him
names: Well. sir. that. boy is the nlto‘s
grandson. I should say warl" And as
the friend p: ssed on the old man look- d
cautiously up and down the street, and
then tired a piece of brick at the boy
that caught him ainidships and knocked
all the wiud‘outof him in. a de. (Ic-
spuiring howl that bmught asweet—faccd,
whim-haired old lady and a cistern pole
thirteen fcct. long out. of a side door and
down the street. and bcforc the patrol
wagon could come up with them she had
broken two of tho old gentleman‘s ribs
and pushed his new away over to one
sitlc of his face. “I know him.“shc
said to the Sergeant who arrested her.
“I know him of old. He used to sing
flat in ' Northficld ' fifty ycars ago."—
li‘nui 33:. 3.9356.
("ism-vat ion.
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.‘lalwl's
The ingenious child of the family has ,
been listening to her sister‘s cenu-rsa- 2
tion. The young man comes around. got-
ten up regardless and docked with a but.
tonhole flower. The child steals into the
parlor and comes. up sltvepishly. bbc
looks at one side of his face and then at
the other.
“ What are you looking at, Mabel 1’"
“ I don‘t see nothin‘."
“ What did you expcct to see?“
" \Ycll, my sister told' Mr. Smith she
was awful mad about you, and my sister
said that shc ncvcr sawa man with so
particular that I Can sec."——.\‘.z»a Fron-
cixo (firm .i .‘e.
Could Say “‘hat He‘l‘leased.
In thcold mining days in California.
when provisions were short in the Fraser
llivcr camp it was the custom of some of
the c:\sc~bar\lem~tl old fellows to tell
8101’308 at meal time calc zlatcd to destroy
the appctitc of the more scnsttivc. A
mzncr who had successfully, played this
game many a tame, paid a visit to San
Francisco and during his stay was in-
vitcd to dinner by a clergyman, As soon
as he was seated at theta do, the miner
began to eat up everything within range
in his usual vigorous style. llis host,
who would sooner have omitted dinner
than grace bcfore meat. endeavored to
( hm k his illstintcd‘oracity by remark-
ing: “Please wait a moment. sir; we
usually say something before we begin.“
Ilia guest. with memory of the Frazer
llivcr antc~prandial anecdotes fresh in ;
his mind. answered: “Uh. youcan say
what you please. you can‘t turn my
stmnach. " the preacher nearly faint.d.
and although his guest afterward lose to I.
high orlicc in the State. could neverbc ‘
rouvinccd that he was not an irres
claimablc savage.
A Slt‘l‘ll-‘VIIH‘I‘I‘.
; you‘re a foot high,
‘ that the chest hcaved a fur tunes.
from the tailor when the
stepped In. The husband had just
an proposed new to surprise his wif:
and enjoy his comfort But how Into
prised was his better-half to see her bus
band in a fine Persian pattern marino
shooting-jacket instead of a com! '
morning-gown l—Botston Journal.
.
Proving Her Author-RV.
lie was a tall, lanky young fellow,
with watery blue eyes, faded hair, and n
mustache which looked like a streak of
red paint. From head to foot hé was at-
tlrcd in store clothes, and but for I
pronounced expression of anxiety on Int
face he might have passed for a jolly '
young farmer seeing the city. In his '
arms were half a dozen bundles, and be-
fore him stood a pretty young woman,
who were over a silk dress: plush clbak
of fashionable make and a Cleveland hat.
The color on her cheeks was suggestive
of lung ac maintance with country lit.
It was as plain as a whitewashai fence
that they had but recently been married.
They stood on the corner of Clark ‘and
Madison streets and watched the cars
by forafcw moments. and then he sai ,
With a little cough of importance:
“Well. Sarcy. 'I reckon we‘ll get on
one of thes: cars and ride over tew the
depot. It's ‘bout time we was goin‘.“
")Icrcy, Steven. how you talk. There'
ain‘t no use of ridin‘ when we can just
walk over to the dapo.“
“New, Sarey. I‘m s’ trised at your ops
pesin‘ what I want to a. I‘m your hm-
baud, ain‘t If“ sputtered the young man.
“A In! I‘m your lawfully wedded wife,"
replied the bride. with great aspcrity;
"but. we might jest as well have it out
right here. It ain‘t a s «:1: more‘n five
squares to the data). . an that. ain‘t. no
further than it is frdm our house to the
: pump in the member. an‘ you‘ve got to
walk that every mornin‘ and night, sure‘s
You can‘t take no
street-car for that pump. an‘ you can‘t
save ten cents no quicker an‘ no bettor
way than jest. a trotting over to that
dapo with me. You can argue or trot,
jest which you choose, but I ain‘t goin
to get into one of thcm can if I stayed
hcrc ‘til Saliy Wiggins‘ baby is an old.
man." '
lie dccided to trot.—« Charge Nears.
Dead Faces in Battle.
“'hcn we got into the Brock Road in-
trcnchments. a man a few filcs to my left
_ dropped dead, shot just above the right
cyc. He did not groan. or signer make
the slightest physical movement, ei‘ ept
The
light went out nf his face instantly. leav-
ing it without a vartirle of expression.
It was plastic, and. as the facial muscles
contracted, it took many shapes. “'hen
the man‘s body bccainc cold. and his
face hnrdcncd, it was horribly distorted,
as though he had sudcrcd intensely. An
person who had not seen him kill
would have said that he had endured ex— .
tremc agony before death released him.
A few minutes after he fell.lnother man,
a little farther to the left.fell with a pm
ciscly similar wound. He was straight.
cued out and lived for over an hour. He
did not speak. r .mply lay on his bat:
and his broad chest rose and fell, slow!
at first, and then faster and faster. an
more and more fecbly until he was dead.
And his face hardened and it was almoet
terrifying in its painful distortion. I
have seen ‘dcad soldicn’ Inc: which
were wreathed in smiles: and heard
their comrades say that. they had died
happy. I do not believe that. the face
of a dead soldier, lying on a battlefield.
ever truthfully indicated the mental or
phgsical anguish or pcncefulness of mind
which he suffered or enjoyed before hi!
dcath. The face is plastic after death,
and as the facial muscles cool and can-
tract they draw the face into many
shapes. Sometimes the dead unilemgain
they stare with glassy eyes, and lolling
tongue and dreadfully distorted visagca
at you. It goes for nothing! One death
was as painless an the when—Itawit'rc-
(ions "fa Private.
Impaled on a Beer‘s Horns.
Among the most curious objecta, and
at tho SIUIIL‘ timc rare once, that hunter:
find are the locked antlers of the deer.
The bucks at certain seasons engage in
terrific combats. the horns occasionally
Join together by springing apart, and the
Stiggins was pasdng a watchtnnkcr‘s
CDIIIIIA‘I‘. .
“Hui“ he soliloquied. “I‘ll go in and
take a look at her under some pretest or
otht-I'.“
lle cub-rod. and was waited on by the
young lady‘s father.
d\\ hat can I do for you 2“
“I want to get a key for my watch,“
he shimmer-ed, feasting his eyes on the
young lady.
“Let me see your watch.“
watchmaker. .
As if in a drccm. he took out his
watch. The watchmakcr cvamincd it.
and said with surprise:
“Why. your watch is a stcnbwiudcr.“
IIe don‘t remember how he get out,
but he docs remember that tbe_young
lady snorted warlike—slung»
said the '
Adventures of a Morning-Gown.
A Boston lady was anxious to make
her husband a present on the occasion of
his birthday; and as it happened to fall
in winter, and at. time in a very severe
winter, she thought acelnfortable morn-
in «gown would be a most useful acqui~
sition to his domestic comforts. b‘he
went to a store and purchased a fine Pcr~
slim pattern merino and well wadded
morniug~gowm She had forgotten the
exact height of her husband: but to
make sure of its usefulness, she thought
best to purchase one rather too long than
too short. The day was rather wet: her
husband returned in the afternoon from
his office,and.she presented him with the
new article of comfort; and he fancied it.
indeed a great comfort. after he had put
of! his wet clothes. Butlit was too long
—about ten inches too long.
“till, never mind, my dear," said the
affectionate wife; “I can easily shorten
it to suit you.“
They had a party in the evenin ; they
were very merry. After they h gone
to bed t a wind Was making such a
noise,aud the rain so dashing against the
window, that the lady could not. slee ;
her husband.however, slept soundly. S e
arose without disturbing him, took the
morning—gown and commenced her work,
cutting otf about the length of ten inches
—to make it suit her husband‘s stature—-
and then went to bed again. She had
to rise early next morning. The husband
slept. well, which is frequently the case
after a merr evening party. Scarcely
had the goo lady left the room when
her sister—a good-natured. elderly lady
who lived with them—stole into the
the room a tip toe. in order not to
disturb her rothor-anlaw, and tookthe
morning.gown. Hatching to her room
she cut. off tau inches, tar-he know on
the previquslnlght it was’too long' for
him. An hour after the” master awoke
and was anxious to cur-pristine affect
donut: wife: Kendra éhihbeuf the
gem cane-u a Arte-Inn;
upon which beg-quested. act-ta “
the morning-gown and
tailor tenth 3th
3
"after the bod
E Georgian.
l
t
. _ . .two become fixed for life, it being an
establishment. and looking in the win 3
dew he noticcd a very pretty girl at the .
utter impossibility to separate them. The
animals soon die. or if one is stron
than the Either it outlive: it, and mull:
of its rival has separated
by dcmmposttion,it is released, yet hav-
ing upon its horns the skull of its oppo-
nent. It is generally the case. however,
that the two skulls are found fastened
together in this way. 2
tine of the most remarkable sightsm
described to me some ycars ago by a
A party were out deervhnnt~
lug. when an animnl was started that
was seen to have a mund white object at-
tached to his horns. It was finally shot,
and imE aled u Ion one of the points we:
the skull of a uman being, probably a
hunter, that. the buck had turned u n
and struck so violently that it! born: hand '
completely penetrated the skull, and the
ghastly trophy had been worn ever since.
—-.$.-m Francisco Call.
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The Bear. ‘
Thcrcare scvcml species of the boar”
polar. grizzl , cinnamon, black, brown,
etc.. but one and every one of then in
built on the same scientific principle, and
all have the hugging attachment. The
polar bear is white in color. Narnia
made him no in order that Arctic explor-
ers couldn't: tell him from a snow drift
until it was too late to rectify the mil-
tako. The brown and black bear: are
often mistaken £91- calves outrun 1 lurk,
but the same manager” makes this mis~
take twice. The cinnamon bear has I.
great fondness for cinnamgn, but if he
can‘t get it will hire up With moat any
sort of hunter. The greatest. danger in
approaching a grizzly bear is the fear
that.4 our win 3‘ won‘t grow out fast
enon‘ to can In youtogetawayiu
time. / While all bears can climb tron, ,
of them refeir tonal: the other
t do the c imb ng. ey are very
5:31 among themselves. but rather ex-
clusiveae to miety. The black bear is
Inest common in the United Sun. and
Canada, but he is getting pretty well
discouraged. audit IS only a question of
time when he will wish he was somebody
else.~ —1)¢troit Free Prom.
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_ A Domestic ldfl. ,
After tilt: baby come, bow chum an
ce.
The did home brightened with am
grace; ,
The msesgrew more thickly round thewdoor.
And softer were the sunbeam“ the floor;
Full sweeter was the song of pm b“ .
From that glad do! his little -vofee m
Growing and cooinx insufh neon-delight...
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New “swung w“
stunning!» amen-em among.
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