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THE DREAJ T am tired of planning and toiling In <he crowded hives 01 men: Heart-weary o? building and spoiling, And spoiling and building again; And I long tor ilie dear old river. Where I dreamed my youth av.av; For a dreamer lives torever, And a toiler dies in a day, I am sick of the showy seeming Of the life that is hall" a lie: 0/ the faces lined v.-ith sehen?ii/ In the throng th.^.fc hurries by: From the sleepless thought's endeavor I would go where the children n!ay; For a dreamer lives forever, And a toilet <lie.s in a day. Sra rs\ rs\ rv\ wfc' r*\ rv\ rv\ rv\ na .w. I I RECONCII VL* W /Z . 77. jYV W. n .4* a Jolly ( sr! M Londo w % IIK !oca! train, which li.nl J -* nflinn- Alii- ?it" idWIl I W _ - ? W IICV.I1 .-(.VV ? O I O the rate of twelve mill's jf X J5 j;u hour. came suddenly to a standstill with a violent recoil at level crossinjr in a country lane, and Reynolds, shaken out of bis reverie, opened the window, quite prepared for an accident. But as the view from the window revealed only an impassive stretch of green he'sef.led haek to consider a more important question. She was a friend and neighbor of the Potters. There was a fair chance that she mtelit be- seen it their house, since an invitation to sec licr at her own home had not been forthcoming. That ten minutes' till" at the seaside at Easter where they had met had not in the least detracted from her charm, though it had entirely demolished his welcome, and lie would do much to be near her for a week--for that he could endure the Potters. A moment later the little guard came up to him. "I beg pardon. mistrtr," lie said, lowering his voice to a whisper, "but you have a bag there which looks as if it micrbt have a musical instrument in it." "Why, yes." the young fellow answered in astonishment. "My banjo." 1 s~ 'iv...i.. .1 Utlilju. iiiviv,' ?i i??v tunes can yon play": Can you play Rule, Britannia*:"' , "threat Scott! Why, yes. 1 think .so. But what in the name of patience " "Then you are ihe man we want. This way, sir. please. and us quick as you can. if yon don't mind. We can't move the train an inch till she hears 'Rule, Britannia.*" "But what " "it's the only thing that will start lier up. We tried everything else. Pushing, pulling. everything. She sticks on the rails like a limpet on a j rock. I wouldn't bother you, hut we're five minutes laic already. You'll be doing everybody a good kindness if you'll come along and grind one good lively 'Rule, Britannia.'" Reynolds caught up his banjo case and hurried after the official, wondering. as he went, which oL' lliem had gone Insane. and whether the attack ' would prove to be permanent softening of the brair. or merely a temporary aberration. A number of passengers had left the ' train. They w- re gathering on masse around the por]ion oi: the level cross- , ing which intersected t!:e line. "Xow, then, he"- comcs Oppi lius and his lady!" cried a voice in tLc crowd. J r 01 a moment uio young man stareu | 1 about him v.-ftli ever increasing fear? for his own mental condition. Little by little a light broke in upon his brain. A fov.- yards only of line lay between tlio engine and the ievel cross track, j At the crossinsr stood the obstruction in full view. It was a .small, antiquated pony phaeton. draw n by?or. rather, i attached to?a roiund white marc. The animal was neither standing in i the usual and approved aititmie of her kind, nor prostrate, as will sometimes ; happen by accident. She was sitting upon her glossy haunches, a calm, almost blase, expression in her brown- ] green eyes. The carriage v?ns occupied by two ; ivomen. One of them, a stout, elderly, maiden-aunt-looking person was en- : gaged in making voluble explanations ; lo a delighted crowd. The other, a ffiri in white, who leaned back among th.'' cushions and laughed. iti evident enjoyment <">f the situation. Ac the sight of the girl Ibynolds drew back, with a little cry of astonishment, under his breath. Then be ran forward, lifting bis hat. "Why, Miss Perry! I'm tremendously sorry 10 find you?abein?delayed in r.uv. tvuui is uie tvouuie: t:u; I be o? any assistance?" The pleasure which exuded from the rounp man's face was not reflected in :1mt of lite girl's. "How do you do. Mr. lieynolds!" she said. "I'd no idea you wore in this part of the country. No, so far as I am concerned you can be of no assistance. I think. If the train people want to try any experiments, of course, they are welcome to do jt for sale* of gvttii-s the J:i in motion. Aunt Miily." sl<e added, turning lo ner companion. "yai have heard me speak of Mr. EoyrohlsV My nuut, Miss I'.lith* ?Mr. fieynold>." Mi*s Milly grasped his iiand with a warmth which was in striking: contrast to the chilly demeanor of her niece. "So glad Jo make your acquaintance. M;\ lieynolds. though I im;.-t say the circuinstr.::''.*-* are not those I would generally like :o meet people under. l>uch an cinuaivassing position! I jrouldnt have had jt happen for the iVorM I never tbouybt of Eliza bcliarlnj: tiiis -.vi'.y on n rnihvr.y, or I t-bould hav? been afraid to ori--e her. Yen ?eo, Eliza lias not s"t dawn for :;ears new. and we thought !'h?-*d quite forgot Ion ir. She is an o:d eircu.* !ior*c as you may imagine. tbcv-r'.i I'd no idea of that .vbfui I bouffisr '.or. Jt jsn'c Ki:za's fnnlr. fcaJiy. sbo thit.k?: tube's doi$~ nerfwt'.v riirbf. ?">u knovr. They tsugV Sior to cit uivrn: r.[ the j circus, and ?:ot up ti'i fi'.f heard tfe-? '""Jo. r.ri'r.uni::!' and she never will i'ct Uii until ? ii?:irs iiT' ...? KURS CRY. J fool no pride, biu pity 1-or the burdens xhe rieli endure; There is nothing true in the city But the patient fives of the poor. 01). the little hands too .skillful. And the child-mind choked with weeds! Oh. the daughter's heart grow* wilful. And the lather's heart that bleeds! < Xo. 110! from the street's rude bustle. From the trophies of mart and stage, I would fly to the wood's low rustle And the meadow's kindly page. Let me dream as of old by the river. Ami be loved for the dream ahva\; For a dreamer lives forever. And a toiler dies in a day. ?John Boyle 0'IJeiliy. i j LED B?Ii ! - ;w *ood Story From M. n "Answers." -4\ // "S ( r/ r// // // y 'if // 7/ // // // 1 KliT\<\\>ni\l<U<U>u ll<u "I.a<ly," cried. the guard. elbowing up. "we are ten minutes lute now." "Ten minutes late? How sorry I juu. It is most u n for tuna to that Eliza should relapse just now, when she has not sat down in years. It's just like her, remembering about sitting down this morning when I am on my way { to the station to take the train to London to see my old friend Amelia Lewes, intending to let my niece drive the phaeton home. But now I shall be j afraid to let Barbara return alone, and " Amelia leaves London for Liverpool at ; one, and I would give the world to 1 see her. as I may never see her again ; for years." "I am only going around the curve 1 to the station," Reynolds suggested: 1 "I am en route for the Potters. It would give me great pleasure to see your niece safely home." ' "There is no need in the world of } anyone accompanying me!" said the 1 young lady with great decision. "Eliza ' would not hurt a fly. I really prefer 1 driving alon"." "That is like you. Barbara. You are * always so brave." cried Miss Milly. 1 "But remember, love, that I am olifer and more nervous and since Mr. Itey- ' nolds so kindly offers I accept for you, t Barbara, and I insist on you availing yourself of his kindness." 1 "You are perfectly right. Miss Blithe. 1 It would not bo safe, to say the least, for Miss I'erry to attempt to return iini.ir. .ilnno Mini f-iv from ineonveiiiene ing mo, it would bo :i great pleasure," urged the young man. He seated himself upon a fallen tree trunk and slipped the cover from his banjo, keeping his eyes fixed upon a portion of the landscape where it was impos^ibh- for them to encounter the eyes of Miss Milly's niece. A moment inter a particularly vivacious "Rule. Britannia."' entered the somnolent country atmosphere. SomeIhing in the exultant strains ?[ the melody caused Miss Barbara to gather her pretty brows. Eliza, however. wa* unfeignedly pleased. At the lirst notes her ears twitched, assuming an upright attitude suggestiyc- of earnest attention. At "Britons, never, never.*' she turned ' her head and regarded the player with ' what annearcd to be unqualified tip- ' [iroval. Slowly gathering lior force? !i together. she ros? in u dignified manner 1 ai the first chorus, anil drew the plia- ( L'tion from the track. 1 The spectators cheered. The guard ' shouted a warning. :i genera', scramble ( for scats ensued, and Miss Milly had just time enough to ensconce the new protector in the phaeton, while she took the vacant place in the train. } When the last carriage had rounded 1 the curve and become lost to view with * Miss Milly's handkerchief tluttering v lik" a white moth from one of the rear ' windows, Miss Perry gathered up the 1 L'c-iris. "Do you mean.*' she said. addressing c the empty air directly in front of the ( phaeton, "that you will continue to ' force yourself upon me tlx- entire dis- * tance home?" "I promised Miss Biitiie to take you f home in safety, and, of course, I mean A to fulfil my promise.'* I "Bur my aunt is gone now with <* c perfectly easy mind. A child of two 1 could drive Eliza, and 1 really prefer ll iroiug alone.'' 'T couldn't reconcile it with my conscience. You might met with some accident, and then how could I face * Miss Blithe? One never knows what * wili happen?especially in driving ex- !l circus horses." 1 "If you arc determined to be so iior- 1 rid. the best thing I can do is to get home as soon as posisble." remarked (!he young lady. f For some moments they drove on in s silence. When the voice came again J from the left-hand of tne phaeton it J had undergone a change. It was posi- * lively lnimble. "Please don't be so hard on me." it * pleaded. "The temptation was really t ioo nuu-h?a whole ride with you when I'd been trying for weeks to sec you 1 and couldn't.'"' * As tbe whip hand side had nothing apparently to add, the left hand resumed. ' You don't know how sorry I was ( about that affair at tbe seaside, and * how I suffered after I cooled down. I i admit it was all my fault, and I wrote i to you begging you to forgive me. But 1 yon soni the letter back unopened. < Isn't there anything I can do to win t back your trood opinion? I'd do any- : thing you say, no matter what." < "You might sot out of the carriage I and allow nip to go 011 alone. I should really appreciate that.'' said the whip t hand with instant readiness. t Whatever the left hand intended to ( say in reply was left unsaid, for at < this point the phaeton stopped sudden- t iy. Eliza was sitting down again. t Reynolds fell back upon the seat and 1 howled. The situation soon proved too much for his companion also. They laughed together until Eliza cooked har ears in astonishment. I "Good old Eliza!" cried the young man when he had partially recovered. : "She knows a thing or two. She won't : budge a step until I play 'Rule, Brit- l annifi.' and I will never play a note of l it until you invite me to accompany 1 yr.u the rest of the way." 1 "You won't take a mean advantage 1 like iiiat, surely" [ _ a -> - ~ -V" ' *>. 1> 1 ! ''Won't I, though:"' "But this is most unfair." "* "All is fair in war and?" "Please play," Li ^ interrup quickly. "Not a note. Are you point' iu1 ' ? am not. I .-ball start Eliza w out you." The attempt vo set Eliza in mol by alternate kindness ami disci p was a failure. At the end of fifteen minutes > Barbara returned to the seat, bausted. "I suppose I must accede to y ilemands," she said, "or I shall be I permanently." "Do you invite me of yor- own I will to accompany you home?" "Yes. I suppose so.' "Cordially?" "You never said it musr oe eoruia "It must certainly bc> cordial." "Well, cordially, then." "I am entirely at your service." unswored, opening the banjo case Five minutes afterward a rot lAfrmul mi tilt- fllfilli nmu* man- vuo.v %?,+ .z harming country lane drawing :i r [ ton which contained a man a laughed and a girl who protested. Ijeit not wrathfully. ilmt sometl; )i" other was a mean advantage and testably unfair. Given Life I'or lloy. Willie Melson and Wolfe Scott w Irowned at Warren's Wharf. Lau Del. and three other children wo lave met a like fate had it not b "or the intelligence of a shepherd t Henry, Willie and Nettie Melson ; Foe and Wolfe Scott, cousins, urned a boat in which they were pi ng. Their ages ranged from six twelve years, and none could sw 1'hey clung to the boat for several 11 ites. when the current cast tL idritt. The dog, which was attrac >y their cries, plunged into the stre,' 1'atching the girl's dress in his mo te held her head above water ; >wam ashore with her. Rushing b nto the water, lie caught the youn >cof.t child in a like manrcr and 's vitli in a few feet of the shore w! ie sank from exhaustion, tak he child down with him. I11 neantime Willlie Melson had drown L'wo fishermen, who had been dra o the scene by the loud howling lie clog, rescued 'the two older be iVlien the bodies were recovered, log had the Scott boy's clothing in nouth.--rhiiadelphia Ledger. New Language. The paragraphists are at it ag; mil grammars and dictionaries ol ?e\v international tongue to be cal 'Spokil." have been published 'J icw language contains about 1(J. vords, mostly French, and is so c itructed that one can tell at si vlietlier a word is a noun, adjective erb. and can also guess its mwuii rhe idea is t<> make all words sinii 11 mean ing similar in sound. Tli great." "wide." "fat," long.*' **tiii< ire represented by "air.o," "a!l< aljo," "also.." "alto," and their <: erse by similar ^symbols beginn vith a "u" instead of An '"a." I. 'oiapuk, Esperant and the rest, it I St,+/? 4'ci !l ni'iv until nfAi?rhA/lv < lUl/IliCtl IV idliUl c until v? VIJ vuu,i >e compelled by force majeure earn it. Really, as somebody bus h y suggested. Latin, if deprived of t^ declensions and conjugations, wo inswer all tli-o purposes of a "pidg an^uajre and would come easy to ivilized people. Here, as elsewh ii educational matters, perhaps it ierinany who is the enemy.?Tall J. jazctte. Watch as a Shirtsturi. The latest novelty in watches J ust been completed by a watclima n Paris, >vho has made a set of th ,'ohl shirtstuds, in one of which ii vatch that keeps excellent time, lial being about three-eighths oJ." nch in diameter. The studs are connected by a st if silver inside the shirt. The w: ontained in the middle one is "Jroi >y the turning of the stud above ho hands are set by turning the si >elow. The most striking thing ab he minute machine is that it wo vitli a pendulum like a clock, and lendulum will act with ease and iiracy in whatever position the til >icce is placed, even if it be ups lown.?Boston Herald. Not One Agreett. -Pr. X., of Capitol Hiii, has?r hing for a Washington physicianrisli driver. The doctor's horse is k it a lively stable, and when its ow iml the driver arrived there on a S lay morning not long ago the doc liscovercd that his watch had i lown hours before. lie asked the ti >f one of the men lounging about itable, The man produced a noisy urnip and announced the hour as The livery stable keeper's watch in; t 8.57. Somebody else's had it !).n "Come on, Jim." said the doctor lie driver. "It's no use. No two liese watches agree." "No two of tli'in!" said .Tim. "Fa lever a wan of thim agrees."?Wa ngtou Tost. Mountain Climbing. The Jungfrau Railway has rear! in altitude of l)S(M) feet, according t statement in a recent number of ] rineering. ill? work having been < ied on without cessation during 1 viuter. Before reaching the Merjlace station, however, 7G0 yards :unnelliug remain to be done, i is the boring can only be done fi me end. it will be at least a year 'ore the undertaking is complel riie new branch line from Elgerws o Mer-de-Glace will not be ready raffle before 1!)U?S. The Federal Co il opposed the concession on the mi Ml advice that men would be una :o withstand the effects or sucl! an a I'-de, but so far tliis prediction lias jeen realized. A Good Barometer. The seagull makes a splendid liv jarometer, according to the Lah fribune. If a convoy of seagulls f seaward early in the morning, sail mil fishermen know the day will line and the wind fair, but if the bi ceep inland?though there be 110 h liauging out toward the sea to den unpleasant weather?interested f Icno*- that tie .Imouls will bo 111 roiabh*. : A FILXPIN4 rrec! ftfefrf ~ X ' i \%<m >Xz:%$*h ; [ * } : * #' * *v? ' '' $&< '* ,' ; " &&< . \{> ?;>;ska . ;? >. I W&lA^'frh'W' 's <s/^\ > #, ,-v i '>' : ' .' .. X--' .vf,-.';;i>'vV - > </' ' / ^ ^ 1111(1 ? :'er- m iay- W~ ioril A Filipino iin- j I r Si Teacher. SlUl. I 1 _ _ nth md The advancement of education amonf acic j the Filipinos under American influ goi- ence is rapidly progressing. Not 011I3 vas ' are there now a large number of Amer hen j lean teachers in the islands doing dailj ing excellent work, but the number o the ! well-qualified Filipino, teachers is con ied, | stantly increasing. Among these Mis: wn Pilar Zamora, whose portrait appear of here, is of especial interest just no\i S FILIPINO gsr^; ^ yy jlP! ?i ,J("'l t-"' -JiV-1* fife , on- I v thJ ; 5 ss a 11 ide | I ! The Daughter of a Taj are! and -an | ept j ~ 2 Filipino Archers run Archery has boon practiced in the tj United States at intervals, in a dcsul f) tory way, and on two or three occaj '' sions has seemed on the point of bo 1 0 coming popular. About 1830 it must have been practiced here to a con' siderable extent, judging from the trade catalogues and manuals pub' lished about that time by the dealers ' in archery goods. Again r.bout 1873 sl1 there was a revival of the sport in this country, and in 1879 there was formed a National Association, whicL Las held it's annual contests since, llPll fliAiiflrh r?nhli/-? Inforoef In th a fim\H o a has not been sustained. En- The Potomac Archery Club, of Wash :'ar- Ington was organized in 1879. and i.? ast ene of the few clubs that have kept do- ! ap an organization. Archery is still of practiced in the Philippine Islands, as mil shown by the accmnnnnyinsr cut. oik ??"?^ ^ ' ' ' JlPiiiESE \mmi IN FIRING ORDER THE HARMLESS DLACKSNAKE. lemlngly a I'ugnacion* Reptile Ho 1* j Really Alinont Tame. Somehow or other most people in lis country fail to distinguish between J nomous and harmless snakes. There * of course, a few of the former, y jt the great majority of the snakes Vj icountered in the northern part of le United States are incapable of in- * cting injury. Having no poison, tbey mnot hurt by biting. Indeed, the}-, I ill not bite, except upon great provo- i itio'n. The season when snakes are )t to be encountered has iioav come rj[ i a close, but a contribution of .7. R. | 3 TEACHER, fflBgS8^B^^H^|H9^g8?tti r< ir BgMBHBgM tc i[ y\ ~~I ~ " fl bccause she is in charge of the model ^ school on the Philippine Reservation vi at the St. Louis Fair, and has been tl largely instrumental in the collection i w of exhibits for the educational display it at the Exposition. She is a native ^ Filipino, about twenty-five years old. v< She graduated from the Collcgio de ft > Santa Rosa, a Jesuit institution. After , bi - American occupation she took an Eng- j ' lish course, graduating in 1902, and as- ft suming charge of the Santa Cruz rt * school in Manila. Later she was transC ferred to the Manila Normal College, a - Miss Zamora believes thoroughly in 01 3 having American methods and the | L 3 American language instituted in the i <>i 7 islands for the education of the natives, di ARCHERS. 2 n rfl fc v tl 5 SsZ*' i'. : ni .it . !> * ' bi , --^ s{ ?From The Century. v ralo Chief, With Brother tc servant. ? TO MAKE WALKING EASY. or ' Who has not at one time or another ft experienced the tortures of walking in uncomfortable shoes, and who has te * not moro than once wondered why U< some growing genius did not present ci to suffering humanity a remedy for the many evils that do beset the feet? nc t What seems to be a solution of the in ' trouble will be found in a newly-con- la trived shoe which has for Its. purpose THE EASY-WALKING SHOE. jlf * (lithe comfort of the wearer first, last by and all the time. As will be seen by ^ij the picture the sole is so constructed j-rj that elasticity and ventilation are CC; given with each movement of the foot. The shoe yields to the inclination of the instep in walking, and the com- ' prossion and depression of the sole in successively forces little draughts of mi air beneath the inner sole. It is said Ih that this new shoe is highly recom- wi mended from a sanitary standpoint. mitli. ii: the last issue of the Auier- I an Inventor, contains so much sense nit it deserws mention. '/ The writer confines his attention to I 10 blacksnake. about which many ,, ibulous stories are toltl. and which is, ^ evertheles, far more timid than the | lliest girl. Mr. Smith declares that" j le notion that a blacksnake ever | lases a person is the veriest 11011- -5 >nse. "That it has wonderful alert- I ess is true, but it is always in haste ) get away: only when it is cornered ill it show light, and then it is mostly bluF," Mr. Smith says. "Thrusting it *. forked tongup means to many auger of being stung. I have tried ^ lany a time to seize one of these ery pugnacious fellows, which had 1 ;ared up half his length, and sway- ' rg from side to side with the forked C >ngue vibrating, but at the first mo- ' on, like a flash. Mr. Snake was off. I as never quick enough to catch oue * hen it was seemingly so aggressive. mr "Early in April or the latter part of sul [arch we find them just crawling out S om their winter quarters to enjoy an le warm sun. At that time they are bo Dry sluggish and any one can handle th< lem with ease. As the weather gets 4 armer they become more active, and da, is difficult to get hold of one of them. I "hile they are mating the male seems ^01 - * 11 1-?- Vi. I ?ry pugnacious, mrusuug oiu jus >uil >rked tongue. He looks dangerous. \ ut glides into some nearby place of , ;fugc at once o>i near, approachfi the j 'male usually going in the opposite di- , tction. "They lay an oval wliite egg with ^ra leathery shell, sometimes a dozen more, in somo -warm place -where ley are hatched by the sun. cleaner more harmless creature it will be 1 ifficult to find. . "A friends keeps two or three in his ;llar just to demonstrate to some of rte; is friends what can be done with icm. The snakes are very much alive. """* i order to quiet them somewhat the 1 lakes are put Into a tub of cold water lot >r a few minutes before handling, foi hey will bite if they are angry, but Hi le bite is not as deep or painful as a is n scratch: just the tiniest little teeth, Dr )t long enough to reach more tuan i i ist through the skin. If they arc \ La inldled gently they do not offer to j "I itc."_j -? | m: j lib mountain Lake of Ice. While the people of Denver are swel- ^ (ring in llie first liot weatlier of the y immer a little mountain lake only >rty-fh'e miles away lies calmly en ying its perpetual freeze?the lake is * )lid ice.. This is what was found by , ? . A. Parker, in charge of the tele- [ rapli construction of the Moffat rail- 1T( >ad. in the shadow of .James Teak, on W( le continental divide. j j ( Perpetual snows blanket the mount- a, in on the sides not reached by the in. and amid the wintry scene of gla- , al whiteness lies the little lake, one ^ ig lump of ice. How long the lako [is been frozen no one knows. Some- ? ' mes it melts, but this year it has not .* lown any signs of succumbing to the igher temperature, Officers of the .Moffat road are much J iterested in the find. They knew that ^ laciers were there, hut the lake was mi )ruetbiug ihey did not expect. Now. in< i'ery one from General Manager do idgway to the office hoy. is trying to atermine liow long that lake may 4 ave been frozen solid. It helps them "> i keep cool.?Denver Times. "T * ch Honesty as a Policy. Ex-Judge Mayer and a party were iscussing various maxims at the Re- r11 ublican Club the other night when ? olonel Henry Clay Piercy, of the ouse Committee, said: "Well, Judge, do you really believe ' jnesty is the best policy?" "1*11 answer that question by a fr ory," replied the Judge. "When 1 as practicing law one day in the inrests of a client I said to the man: " 'Do you own a large black dog with hite spots V "He looked at me quizzically and * ion said: *01 "'Oil, no; that dog is merely a stray in. mine that strolls into my yard. You're m' ie tax assessor, aren't youV* "'No; I'm only a lawyer. I came to "J1 II you tlmt a client of mine had acciintally shot and killed the big dog id authorized me to pay the owner ,n~ !3 damages. Cut as the animal has > owner, why. of course, there's noth? ?. snr g to pay. Good :r.orniyg.*cieveud Leader. str ins London Doctor's Straiif-c Starr. the An extraordinary story of the impo- ser tioa of one will upon another was she Id before the Pyscuological Section tlii ; the British Medical Association at thn sford yesterday. air Dr. Edridge-Green said that ho was Iking with a patient 011 the subject hypnotism. The patient, a lady of I ore than average force of character, of id she defied any man to send her to pul ?ep and make her do as he wished. Hi! "I told her it was not necessary to not nd her to sleep," said the doctor, too nd added: 'l'ou will wake at 5 | ma :loclc to-morrow morning and will ihe nd mo a postcard despite your own roc ishes to say so." icg "I got that postcard. It was some- Ma bat to this ?!T(Kt: 'I have been trying bed it to write to yon, but I did wafcc at (lid "?Loudon Daily Mail. to ? nr.; AutitnxiUlie Bcr.t*. Fishermen or. the Lnke of Xeuchniel e using automobile boats. They are iven by u benzine ir.oior and lighted T electricity. They are llatbottoraod. s c ide noiselessly over the water, do not lha ighien the list and are a great sue- sec S3. OCC ? PVS' Tim Oreau Cable*. vroi fhore is 252.-J3G miles of cct'an c.ible j)0r operation to-day and only 3S.707 j??< les are owned by governments. T!i'? cny itisii cables, which connect London .cj?t th all parts of the world, have a 10- jisii 1 luiJeaae of 15-1 ^ ^Ijj HIS WAY. would not like to say tiiaf lie [as never told the truth to me. ; f not by actual intent. [e has, at least, by accident, fc's vivid of imagination # ^ ind somewhat ioose in ailegatioa. [is statements are sometimes fallacious Lnd thus fall short of tlie veracious. _ r-jj would quite willingly believe fc has no purpose to deceive; md yet it is unfortunate 'hat ho will so exaggerate. i thousand pities he will tarnish 'he truth with such a coat of varnish, lnd make one feel a sort of bias n favor of old Ananias. till we. of coursc, "who know his fault an always use u grain of salt. * Unl ninety-nine per cent, substract 'rom any thing he states as fact. fou understand, of course, that 7 )on't mean tc say the man would lie. ?Chicago News* ?ri Al Uice?"Herbert says lie is a self- $j ide man." Kite ?"Hot? he must Efer from remorse."?Harper's Bazar. / f.} ?he?"Shall we go to church In the to, dear?" He?"By all means. It's und to break down before jve get ?re."?Life. 'Were you out at the races every j\ Sputter?" "N-o, the day it rained stayed, a* '->ome and wasn't out a it."?DeWt Free Press. y The men who study law., they saj , ! Take contracts, mils and torts. / The medicals content themselves \ With meculee. mumps and warts. ?Yale Record. 'His wife is an ardent temperance trker, isn't she?" "Yes; she won't tvel in the West because she heard it rlimntn is stimnlfltiner jveland Loader. > | Urs. Rabbit?"Oil! I'm so glad you're me again. I've missed you dread* lly." Mr. Rabbit?' Thank you, mj, ar. I'm happy to say that the aman hunter I met did the same thing.'' ?uck. --kM SVife?"But doesn't it cost an awful of money to send me to the seashore : three months every summer?" isband?"Oh, yes, of course. Money certainly a great blessing."?Chicago lily, News. .,,1 Mrs. Backlotz?"So your servant girl s left'y011 again?" Mrs. Subbubs-* cs." Mrs. Back'.otz?"What was the ltter?"' Mrs. Subbubs?"She didn't :e the way I did her work."?Fhila* lpliia Press. v ' l ladv who loved in Duluth, ^ * t'ai thouaht to be wild and uncutli* Siie lisped, so they say, But explained it this way: guetli that my tongueth jutkt workej luth." ? " ?Cleveland Leader I'he Typewriter?"You told me joxt ?re going to raise my salary last >ek, sir." Tbe Boss?"L know; and did raise it. But I expect to have rery hard time to raise it this week.'' Uhicago Journal. .; i/| 'And do you expect' to follow in the Dtsteps of your father when you ow up?" asked the good man. <aw." replied Tommy, "me raaer is legless wonder in de museum."?Chi* / go Record-Herald. Father (cutting the -whip smartly rough the air)?"See, Tommy, how 1 ike the horse go faster without strife* . v ; him at all." Tommr?"Papa, why n't you spank us children that wayi* Glasgow Evening Times. < 'So you don't want a vindication?'* to," answered Senator Sorghum. Then you go after a vindication the ances are that you simply prolong a itroversy that merely reminds people it you aro under suspicion."?Wash;ton Star.. u? _ Height of Thunder Cloud*. great eumulous tliunderhead cloudy vering up on the horizon like a huge raboyant iceberg, is ofleu higher in the liighest Alps would be if thej; re piled on top of the Himalayas* is uct unusual for these clouds to rftsurc five, six and even ci?i:t miles ?m their fiat, dark base, hovering a Ie or two above the world, to tneir inded, glistening summit, splendid the sunlight. And in these eight les the changes of temperature arc great as those over many thousand les of the earth's surface. These uds contain strata of temperature. rrcw belts of freezing cold altornat: .with large distances of rainy mist :l frozen snow and ice particle?. ilstones, which aro formed from & >w particle that falls from the upper ata and is frozen hard in the frees; belt and coated with added ice oa > wet belt, are often found with a ? ies of layers in their formation, >wing tJint they Lare pas*?g through s succession of cloud sLrata more in cnce on their way from ilie nppec to the earth.?Philadelphia Inquirer* The Kind's Post.! ,'vin the Kin.? has had an experience the fraud .which is practiced on the jlic by dog "trimming'' or "faking.** } Majesty acquired a certain dog, : a hundred years ego, and at once k an immense fancy to it. The ani1 was shortly afterward taken to royal kennel, where it naturally, eiv.-d proper brushing and groon, and was not again soon by His jesty for a short time, but, lo and tolil! r'u?a he next saw the dog he not know it, and, in fact, refused nckaowleii^e that it was the same iaal at all. ? Illustrated Keanel ivs. t ?__?___ 1 In (Tie Crow a Friend t b5 much maligned crow has found aampion :n uermauy, tvijo aeciares t the jjood he ;loos ia destroying int life inoro than compensates for his ssional depredations on tlie farmcereuls. Nearly 000 crow stomachs e rcamisod, of .Trlii^ii ninety-four cent. contained animal food, wliilo ; than twenty per cent. contained plant food. The ani.nal food coned of portions of mammals, birds, and clher vertebrates, togothey h Eaaijs, iu^ccts, etc, IMIM