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HOVER. BT OZIAS MIDSCMMEB. JJweet, sweet to my heart are the gongs of my yonth time. The songs ot my glad, happy boyhood's bright days, When ilife was street, singing with rhythmical rhyme, With hopes, expectations, desirous always; But sweetest ot these were the singing "bowwows," As Rover and I went to drive up the cows. The orchartS. the meadow, ttie wlldwoed, the brooklet, The mill-race and dam, where its overflow fell, The "swish" of the thread, with a pin for a booklet, The trout and the minnows, as memories swell, Each sings a sweet song, but less sweet than "bow-wows," As Rover and I went to drive np the cows. There Is "Martin," and "Greenfield," and "Pop Goes the Weasel," And "Sweet By-and-By," "Old Kentuck," "Over There," "Old Hundred," and "Spring Time," "The Pencil and Easel," "The Star-Spangled Banner," and " Grandmother's Chair," Each in itself sweet, but less sweet than "bow-wows," As Rover and I went to drive np the cows. Grand, happy old Rover, I can not forget him, My playuiate, protector, iny helper, my friend. My contulant, counselor, comforter, cousin, xea, brother and lover, till reached be his end; And ever since then echo sings his "bowwows," As fancy assists me in driving the cows. Chicago, 111. JANETLEE In the Shadow of the G allows. -* t BY DAVID LOWRY CHAPTER XIX?Continued. The day was not very old when he received his instructions to arrest John Lee and Arthur Proctor. The last met him half way, laughingly. "I hear you have an order to take me in charge, Master Hobbs?" " 'TiB my duty to do so." "Well, well, Master Hobbs, do not look o glum about it. I am preparad to ap?. 1 pear before the justice." "I wi6h 1 could feel as you do, Arthui Proctor." "And why should I show faint heart: . What cause have I to lower mv head: But mark my words, Marshal Hobbs, . there are some who will hold their heade low enough before we are quit of this 1 business. When Proctor was brought before the i justice?there was but one present at hiB examination?he found John Lee there * Kiw .Tr?Vir? T<aa war wit)i grief. He scarce looked at the young man who was placed beside him. 1 "How now, John Lee? What do you ay to the tales we hear concerning Martin Lee's body?" J John Lee looked at the Justice fearlessly. He was conscious of his innocence, 3 and his innocence and simple, direct man* ner lent him a dignity such as the man who sat in judgment on him did not possess. ( "Why, this Iwill say. In the first place, i bad you no other reason than the report \ I hear, there is no cause to trouble your self questioning me, since, had you in- J struoted the Marshal to make inquiry, it 1 could easily have been learned that I was not out of my bed since eight o'clock < last night." "How? Can you bring witnesses to swear 1 to this? "I can; five, if yim wish to hear them." "All persons tiho lodged in your I bouse?" c "None lodged in my hodse. Since my wife and danghter are not in my house, 8 bnt in prison, my house is my home no longer. "Where do yon lodge?" "With Mathew Bales. I sent my apprentice and Ann Bigger home; they have borne false witnesu against me and mine. I slept in Mathew Bales' last night. I have so little reliance in the jr.dgment of some of my neighbors that, apprehending some such inquiry as this, 1 desired Mathew Bales to faBten the door of my room, so that he and his family could testily they saw me closed in last night" "Yes, interposed Master Bales, "and I am here to go bail for John Lee, that he will appear whenever you need him." This positive statement, corroborating John Lee's, and the voluntary tendering of his property as a bond, produced the natural effect. The Justice waved his band deprecatingly. "I will not exact a bond, friend Bales. Tis sufficient I have your word." Upon seeing bow it we-1 with John Lee, g Arthur Proctor, who had viewed the proceedings with indifference, said: "Since you have been so kind as to I liatan tn >1 natftr T nn'a Ktfttfimont will vnn permit me to 6ay I, too, have witnesses who will tell yon 1 was in the house from nine o'clock last night." "Are they here?" "They are." The Justice looked at the witnesses, and then at the handsome young man ' standing up fearlessly, before him. I "Are you aon to Ezekiel Proctor?" "He was my uncle. Josiah was my father." "So? And these be your witnesses?" 1 "My landlady and her daugnter will ? wear that I went to bed at 9." 1 "Well, well. It is not necessaryto move < farther in this matter now. ine rumors ' took Bach shape it was thought best to interrogate you both. It was not our < purpose to confine you now, unless the ' {acts warrant it, which, in our opinion, f &ey do not. 1 warn you both, however, * io be within call, should you be required. ( This is a strange matter, and one that ^ must be sifted thoroughly." When the prisoners were permitted to E depart, the Justice took occasion to speak to Proctor in private. < "How comeB it, Master Proctor, the * on of my dearest friend is in league 1 with a woman charged with witchcraft 1 acd murder?" "With all deference to you, sir," anBwered Arthur Proctor, with a rising col- * or that became him greatly?the justice ' lVAtioV?4 nAvar 7r\rtVod r%r\ a vnnrr mam J co comely astbis?"she iBno moreawitclri 1 than the sweetest woman you evor knew, x would as soon say tnemoTher wHo bore { me was a murderess and witch, as let any J other than yourself charge her with it. 1 'Tie all a foul scheme, as will be sho^n presently." i "Aye, aye," said the Justice, softly. "Pray heaven it may be. There is much * that is oust belief now; 'twould be well * some courageous hearts broke the spell 1 that is cast over the land. I am fast los- * ing my faith, not in the principles ol * law, but in practice of religion. .Bigotry ] and piety are traveling so closely hand in ' hand that I am afraid when I think of the ; future." * "I thank you for the confidence you redos j in me. But I shall not stop in this matter until 1 have the ear ot Thomas Iranforth," said Proctor, with heightened eclor. "I believe Governor Danforth is a kind as well as a just man." 1 "Do as your heart prompts. You will not find Tnomas Danforth arrogant. And if you desire, I will prepare him for your j coming." ' "I will never forget it if you will do bo," said Proctor, eagerly. "But I will j find him. I will not stop until I speak 1 vith him." j. wish you God-speed, yoang man, ^Fith all my heart," answered the Justice t as he turned away, leaving Arthur Proc- 1 tor doubting whether he heard aright or not. b Aod jet it was cot so strange that one c man's sofTl should Fevoit rrom taFpIctUre the proceedings of those days presented. The Justice simply was the first in his position to realize that a terrible misapprehension of their duties and the teach- { ing9 of Christianity was at the root of the fever that possessed the multitude, j Perhaps he was one of those observent man who had the ability to get at the truth when his fellows were in a fog. "So. Master Ellis, you have miscalculated, for once," siTd Arthur Proctor, when he was free to return to his lodgings. " 'Twas his purpose to put you both in " rr.i/1 nio nnnlfi pilQVU, D?IU uio uwviv. "Aye. And then he could go to the prison and make up with Janet Lee." At that instant, as if to illustrate an old sayinc. they came face to face with Giles EllFs, who was wafting so fast thai he had no eyes for anything but the road. "I have news for you, Master Proctor," he 6aid, turning and looking after them; "Indian Joe has found a shroud. Perhaps 'twas Martin Lee's." The next moment he was cone. CHAPTER XX. THE SHBOUD. Arthur Proctor said,quietly, "That will give the people of Suiem something to build on. They have 60 little, even a shroud ought to be welcome." As he 6poke, they encountered a group discussing the news in an animated manner. The central figure was familiar to them. Ezra Easty was sneaking loudly, pleased to find an audience so attentive. "We will see whether Martin Lee be really in the sea or not. Mayhap they find a way to the hand that left it where Indian Joe found it. At least, none can 6ay Indian Joe made a shroud up in his mind. I saw it myself." "What was it like?" "Was it bloody?" "Did it look like aB if it had been in the sea?" "I'll say naught about the sea. 'Twas bloody, though, as all will 6ee when 'tis shown." "And where was it found, Ezra?" "Why,|then, that is the strangest part of it. There's never a man here that can guess. "Was it taken from Will's Hill?" " 'Tie more like he fished it out of Wil. tins' Pond, with ,a 6tone in it to hold it on the bottom." "Neither, though they are not bad guesses. 'Twas in the last place any one would think to find a shroud." "Come, tell us, then." " 'Twas in a hollow tree." "Aye, Ezra?and was there nothing elBe found in the hollow tree?" " "Twas enough to find a shroud. Mayhap the next thing they find will be Martin Lee." "Not Martin Lee, but all's left of him, Ezra." "'Tis well you know what I mean," Ezra replied, tartly. "'Tis no jesting matter." "No," said one; " 'tis a hanging matter tor somebody." Here some one in the group observing Arthur Proctor, whispered his neighbor, rhe orowd thinned out on the side next Proctor; his uncle made his way through ;he group, where many turned and looked it him. "Sawyon the 6hroud?" he asked Ezra Basty, looking at him keenly. "I 8aw the 6hroud, as any one may 6ee it now, in the Marshal's hands." i "You are sore it was nobody's gown?" "I say it looked like a shroud." i "And*I ask you again: Will you 6wear he shroud you saw was not somebody's light-gown?" The listeners looked at Ezra earnestly, rhey expected on immddidate reply, but 1 Ezra Easty began to look about him' He fumbled in his clothes aud was silent. "Well, then you are not bo sure it was i shroud you saw?" "Come," said Arthur Proctor, plucking lis uncle's sleeve, "let him tell his 6tory; twill do no harm." But the sharp questions put to the apjrentice, and his slowness in answering, lestroyed the impression he had made. 1 L'he story of the shroud was doubted, 1 ind the suggestion that he had confound- I id a night-gown with a shroud was so < idiculoub that some smiled, while others . loddjjd knowingly to each other, as much is to say, "I told you so." 1 When Arthur passed on with his ancle, ' hose about Ezra Easty walked away I 'mm him and the annrentica was left l ilone. In sheer desperation the appren- ice turned his footsteps to Globe Inn. Meanwhile the story of the shroud cirsulated rapidly, bat in so many forms 1 hat Ezra would not have recognized his larrative. When he entered the Globe Inn the andlord was in the act of helping himlelf to a glass of rnm. His hand was insteady?he was afraid that his wife rould come in on him, and he swallowed he ram at a galp. "Ah! It is you, EzraEaBty." "A^e, Master Meade." Another ensomer entering at that moment, Ezra was esolved to make the moBt of his small tudience. "Hast heard the news, landlord?" "There is 60 much going 'twould be lard to tell. I hear much." Another customer entering, and recosr* nzing the 0116 wdo enTBred before nim, hey both sat at the table, and each or. lered his liquor, while both looked sharply at the apprentice. Ezra Easty vr8 well known to half the people of Salem?the other half did not desire to tnow more or mm man tney were compelled to know. "But it's not such news as I have," ' ;aid the apprentice. 1 "Aye. And what like is this strange I lews?" j "Why," here Ezra Easty raised his roice so that the customers at the table :ould hear him, "they have found Martin Lee's 6hroud." Grizzle Meade coming through the l loor at that instant, looked sharply at .he apprentice, then cast a meaning look it her husband. Daniei Meade put a foot on the chair near him, and resting his bin on his hand, with his elbow on Ms 1 mee, said quietly: ' "So? They have found Martin Lee's i ihroud." "I always thought the truth would come >ut," said Grizzle, looking at her customers for approval. The customers at ;he table nodded, and each took a pull it the liquor before him. " 'Tis out now." Ezra Easty was waiting for the reward such newq was worth. Grrizzle looked at ber husband and the andlord measured him a drink of rum. \.s the apprentice eyed the landlord'! movements, he added: "There's some would make light of it, ind say 'twas only grandmother's night;own. But wait till they see?wait till hey see." "And where was it found, and who found tV" inquired Grizzle Meade. Whereupon the apprentice, who was in lis element now, related with great paricularity how Indian Joe found the ihroud in the hollow of a tree. The andlord of the Globe Inn listened atentively, nodding approval as the apprentice proceeded with details that emlellinhed a statement forcible enough vhen related in simple language. When le ended Grizzle Meade inquired: "And the hollow tree?where is it?" " 'Tis just below John Lee's place.* 1 -yyaaii jnoc near me roaur " 'lis on the road." "Anil the hole in the tree when He 'ound it?is it near the ground?" * 'Tif? on the ground." "Why, then." said Daniel Meade 6lowy, "whoever placed it mere knew it would 1 je seen." The customers at the table nodded, as much as to say anyone could see ihat ( much. j "Saw you the 6hroud? Was there anyhinityou could know it 1 7 again?" "Why do you ask 6aeh silly quesions? Grizzle Meade 8<tid to the landord. "Why, just this, Grizzle: If it was reilly Martin Lee's shroid, as I have no loobt it is, there, may be some way to prove who owned tne linen?mere are many makes, and mayhap Ezra noticed the linen." "I had not time. I know that Mnrshil Hobbs looked at it long, and sighed, saying?there was more than me heard him ?'and it may be Martin Lee's Bhroud.' " "I see no reiBon to doubt it," said Grizzle. "Nor that his people have made way with him?if he did not make away with himself, knowing that if ever he was caught, he would hang for killing our son." "Every one in Salem knows that," the apprentice said, quickly. And what do they say, Ezra?" "There is no one in Salem does not know how Martin Lee lodged here, and has been made away with because or the disgrace hanging would bring on John Lee and all the name." _ This was saicl so glibly that it prodnced the effect the apprentice deBired. As if to corroborate nis tale, Giles Ellis entered the inn, and soon was installed in the seat he occupied when sampling the liquors the inn boasted. To him Ezra Easty turned. "It mu6t be you have beard the news?" "Aye?if so be it is the shroud you speak of. And I have seen it. And it may not be long till we know where Martin was buried. One thing is sure?justice has been cheated." Giles Ellis looked at the landlord and his wife. The landlord shook his head, as much as to say justice had been cheated beyond bis power to estimate it. But Grizzle, as usual, found her tonsrue. "ion Bay trniy, unes Ellis. But now you have seen Martin Lee's shroud with your own eyes, it is likely to go hard with Dorothea and Janet Lee. Since both * have confessed cariying meat and drink to Martin Lee, and he is nowhere to be found?bat, instead, now they have found his shroud?why, 'tis plain they will both hang." To which Giles EIHb assented, as he dranJs iiis wine t-iowxy. "And can any one see this shroud?" Daniel Meade asked. "No one has been denied. Scores have een it," Giles Ellis replied, as he looked at the apprentice and the customers on the other Bide of the room. "The Marshal has it by him.n "So? Then it is very bad, as Grizzle has said, for Mistress Lee and Janet." "Aye; unless their friends bestir themselves, there's enough in the shroud to hang them. Many have hanged on less grounds," Giles Ellis said, severely. " 'Tis well the law takes them in hand, or honest people would not have room to live." To which the two customers opposite him assented, with many nods, as they finished their rum and settled back in their seats to bear all that was to follow. There was nothing new- Giles Ellis related in his turn how Indian Joe had found the Bhroud, how he flad hastened to the Marshal of Salem with it, and how Samuel Hobbs, looking at it, had said that it was Martin Lee's shroud. The tale was so interesting that the customers ordered more rum and water, as they lisiened to the apprentice supplying details Giles Ellis'omitted. And bo the finding of Martin Lee's Bbrond wa? told over and over again half a score of times before the inn was closed that night, for the customers who bad heard Ezra Easty and Giles Ellis relate it, in their turn related it to others. Salem fell asleep that night, after listening to as rfnny versions of the finding of Martin Lee's shroud as human invention could supply in six or eight hoars. Of one thing there was no doubt. A Bfaroud had been found in a hollow tree by Indian Joe, and if it was not Martin Lee's, whose, then, was it? [to bb continued.] ' A Swordflsli Ellis a Wliale. Visitors to Monterey were entertained, recently by the sight of a duel between in immense whale and a sword fish, which ended fatally for the much larger out more defenceless monster of the 3eep. The whale was first seen by a party of bathers one pleasant anernocra last week, and appeared to be enjoying irimselt by lazily swimming about the bay aud occasionally sending a shower Df spray aloft like that thrown up by a powerful fountain. The presence of the whale or some other cause seemed to frighten the small fish that abound in these waters, and great schools pressed jlosely inshore, the water in places near the beach being fairly alive with them, while the surface was kept agitated by their leaping into the air as though seeking to escape from some invisible enemy. The whale followed the schools of fish inshore, when suddenly there was a tremendous splashing of the water, the ?reat mammal was observei to move Hurriedly hither and thither, while the contortions of his body and his strange ictions convinced the observers that he ?~ in mnrfol orunhut with some WOO CU^agOU 1U &*** & vw* ather monster of the deep. It was a singular duel and it lasted for some time. Nothing but the whale was visible, his jnemy never coming to the surface or within range of those who were watching the scene. Finally the thrashing ceased, the waier became calm, and ths whale was seen lying motionless upon the surface of the bay, as if dead. This continued for some time, but after about an hour he seemed to revive, and after splashing the water for soi/e time with his tail he headed for the outer bay, where he was subsequently seen by the aid of a glass to have resumed his motionless condition. The following morning several perBons searched the beach to see if they could find any trace of the previous day's combat, and they were rewarded by discovering the dead body of the whale high and dry on the rocks only a short distance from Monterey. The body was considerably above low-water mark and the fins were extended, giving the impression that the whale had come ashore himself and afterwards died. It appears, according to the testimony of thnsp versed in such matters, that a whale dying in the water has his fins close to his sides, and the position in which they were found lends color to the belief that the monster was still alive when it came ashore. , An examination of the body re/ealed the existence of several wounds on the under side, which were of a character 6uch as could enly have been inflicted by a swordfish and are conclusive proof that it was a duel between these two denizens of the deep that had been witnessed the previous afternoon. The carcass measured seventy-five feet in length, and the blubber was removed and tried out. For several days the stranded whale was the center lor the entire country about, and many hundreds of residents and tourists visited it. ?San Francisco Chronicle. An Eastern paper remarks: "The Eastern trade now is pretty much all supplied with dressed meat from Chicago." Chicago men are doing a big part in feeding the world. Some iconoclast has started the rumor that the Marquis of Queensberrj never saw a prize tight. Somebodj will be claiming next that "Billy' Florence never played poker. HOW BEASTS EAT. FEEDING TIME AT THE CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE. The Thrilling Scene "When Chunks of Raw Meat Are Thrown to the Lions and Tigers?Feeding the Hippopotamus. /7l SPEEDING TIME" in U-U I the old-fashioned meni I ageries -was always |M 1 planned to take place JjAil p?^ just after the perArnIH * formances. The arena flMfil having been clearcd, M*Jj 0 brassieatWH|J| lunged members of the troupe shouted 1rom the outside that was the time to )gP%p-^^&L ^ see the wild animals at double the Pp^S^^price of the ordinary admission. About half the spectators paid the extra fee and retraced their 6teps, and their numbers were greatly added to by those who came especially to sec the animals feed aud did not care for mere tricks taught them in their captivity. Animals in cages soon become pro- ' fessional mendicants. Go up to Central I ; Park any day and at any hour and munch 1 something before their cages. The < ' a xt. J:_ lions, of course, wiu treat you wivu uigriified disdain. Their experience of civ- ] ilization has taught them that few hu- c mans walk about with a raw leg of c mutton or shin bone of beef in their i pockets, and for the ordinary food of 1 mankind, such as the ham sandwiches t sold in the Central Park restaurant, they a have a supreme contempt. 1 It is not so with the huger beasts, i however. The elephants sway their bulky figures and hold out their trunks \ with the persistency of an Arab mendi- t caDt demanding "backsheesh,''and they t will accept even such trifling alms as a t gumdrop or a peanut. The bears, in the i] same way, are persistent beggars. Those o in the pit at Central Park have a regular t organization. One is always Soing t tricks a? the top of the tree while the s others are wallowing in the pool or cool- r ing off in their caves. The monkeys are, g of course, alive to everything that is go- r ing on, and if a child munches a cake in a their house without tossing or handing I them a sample of it they will raise a great I SERVING THE HIPFOPC to do. Even the shy deer and such 1< nightmare creatures &s the rhinoceros h and the tapir quickly learn to beg and do 1< some trick or other to attract the visitors' si eyes from the sign, "Do not feed the animals." y Watch the tigers as the provender man U comes slowly along. They ipring at the fi bars, not waiting to stretch themselves, ti and the sightseers arc a trifle scared at f< first and then fascinated. The long, e white teeth are bared as they snarltheir s1 supple bodies and long, striped tails are ei tremulous with muscular excitement, a Their streaked sides heave, their mouths c froth, their eyes glare, tne iwo come into contact as they sway to and fro, one springs at the other, and there is a loud, angry snarl, and their weight seems to shake the cage. Their quarrel is over in J an instant, however, for both are intent ' on the provender man. As he draws nearer they grow more and more excited. Their ejes gleam red, j their jaws drip on the bars, their terrible s claws are pushed backward and forward ^ out of their velvety sheaths, the tails 5 wave higher and faster and the snarling * roars of hunger grow louder and louderTom Meehan, who sees this perform, ance every meal time, does not seem to mind it a bit. After tossing in two or ~ three chunks of raw beef to the roaring K lions he coolly wheels his barrow in flI frout of the tiger cage, and while their sDarls, with those of the other auimals 0 in sight of him, are almost deafening, he a| s>wings two chunks of beef through the Ql bars almost 3t the same moment. One c] is caught in the air by a tiger's fore- e, paws, and he immediately brings it f( down with his huge paws and chc9t on ^ it as if it were alive and might escape. ^ Then he carries it in his mouth, snarling, with ears angrily set back, and lies down 0 ?-* '- - XTn io nnf or* rvor. WILLI It III l\ WIUC1? "C w v ov jvw.* q ticularly hungry after all, for before he C( cats he plays with it, pretends that it is C( : y, h ti ,'i| i] o' "hurry up:" sciusam the monkeys, g ' al alive and is trying to pet away and has re to be sprung upon and captured several ni times, after which he licks it all over to w make it clean and purrs and then de- d' vours it. This is the pantomime the b; tigers go through every time they are hi fed. When they are eating they do not hi seem to like being watched. They get 8t into the "farthest corners, and if the; catch your eye will growl and marl. When the bone is polished, or perhaps ground up and eaten, they wipe off their whiskers, lick their paws and rub their faces with the moistened pads, and spend quite half an hour in their toilets. Then they sit on their haunches, blink, and play justn little, and, perhaps, put a finishing touch to each other's toilet. TAKES HIS FISH BY THE POUND. rhey are simply big cats again, and azily blink and dreamily blink for a :ime, and at length stretch themselves )ver the floor and go to sleep. The male and female lions at Ceniral ?arh are probaoly the finest pair in this :ountry. The male is not quite so large >r so majestic in appearance as the one n the Jarden des Plantes, Paris, which iosa Bonheur has immortalized, but hat is simply because he ha9 not the ,ge. It is a thrilling sight to see the3e isxna fnrl oIoa Kilf nnf nonrlrr art f Krill _ iuuo icu aiou, crui. uuw UV/U11J OVJ vuaaung as the action of the tigers. The lion stands erect before bis bars, vagging slowly and ' expectantly the >lack paint-brush-like end of his long ail. If he speaks at all it is in low ones, and his wife always backs him ip in a few words of her own. Bat generally he says nothing at all, and in hese cases she says nothing. When the aeat man comes into the building he its on his tail. When he approaches he ises to receive hia, and looks him a faring welcome. He receives his blooded victuals with a growl of triumph, nd devours it with a grunt of content, lis wife has a piece of good cow, too, ut he is not jealous. And what he ITAMI WITH FOOD. - ? ;aves, ia his lordly manner, he leaves to er. There is no quarreling, but the >rd once in a way exercises a little neceairy discipline, of course. In the next cage are half a dozen oung lions, which have not yet arrived 3 the dignity of manes, and are, thereire, all on an equality of sex and condiion. It is an exciting sight to see them sd. They fall over each other in their agerncss, bite and claw each other, teal from each other and say the angrist things they can think of while they re having their family table d'hote. Of ourse, this is due to the absence of their THE BABT CAMEL AT DUWER. arents, who would teach them that the lale eats first and the female eats next ad cleans up the dishes. It may be said that with the exception f the magnificent old lion, none of the aimals hare go^d table manners. They either look after their wives nor their bildren. The hyenas, the jackals, and pen the little red foxes fight savagely )r the food thrown in to them, and, ineed, all the animals fed on flesh, 'hether large or small, do so. Even the hippopotami have learned to pen their huge red mouths for the bisuit of the visitor, but this is only at ertain hours of the day. The keeper omes round three times a day to them rith a handcart. When he does so the uge beasts, knowing his tread, come to le %ide of the tank and open their uge mouths. He takes a wide shovel, ich as the malsters use for grain, and )sses a shovelful first into one mouth ad then iD the other of a sort of bran iasb. Half a carload is a meal for two f thera. Once in a while they are eated to a change of diet. Last Thursav at the noon hour Caliph Murpby, as le male is called, came up from the ottom of the lake and smiled a two lot smile at his keeper. Mr. Meehan irew a two pound loaf of bread into le smile, and repeated it seven times in jout five minutes, tossing a loaf first to le Calipb and then one to Mrs. Caliph, oth seemed surprised and dissatisfied hen the supply was suddenly cut off. lergy can accomplish. He is certainly magnificent beast; but whether he is orth keeping alive at the expense of ne or more human lives is a question. Juno i9 outside and as docile as a 3 ecr. sue gets Hiore suuuwicuca uuu resents than Tip, and yet she can eat The elephants are tven more greedy, oth Tip and Juno are always eating and ways hungry. Tip, by the way, has a icord of a whole month in which he has < sitber killed uor injured anybody. He ( a9 knee deep the other day in tender . irk green grass mown from the lawns y the machines, and it seemed to give iin delight to take up the cool blades in i ;s trunk by half a ton at a time and ] rew them ull over him. All day long j < all last week be was a green elephant, but when night came they had to pat on his cruel harness all the same, for fear he might in one of his tantrums tear down the buildings. Tip now weighs about five tons, and is cunning enough to know just what this amount of well-directed 1000 pounds of hay for her third meal, drink a barrel of water and yet pretend to be hungry. As to the eating of the camel it is altogether a subject unworthy of speculation, as is also that in regard to their drinking. The camel has seven stomachs, and always seems desirous of keeping the whole of them full, for fear he might be suddenly purchased by Russell Sage or .tome other millionaire, and hare to live on short commons for a twelvemonth. There are four camels in the Park, not including the baby born there?now nine months old and six feet high?and they insist upon taking their meals in courses, one course for each stomach. Also, they do not quarrel about it. So they may be said to have the best table manners of any of the animals.?New York Advertiser. He Discovered Geld in California. James W. Marshall was the man who made the discovery that literally set the world ablaze with excitement. Marshall was bom in Hope Township, Hunterdon County, N. J., in 1812. His lather was a coach and wagon builder, and he was brought up to the same trade. His early JAMES W. MARSHALL* life presents no features of special inter* est, and be bad arrived at man's estatebeing just twenty-one?when he began to turn bis eyes westward. Others of his neighbors were of the same mind, a party was formed, and the start was made May 1st, 1844. The way was tedious, but not particularly exciting, and after j wintering in Oregon, Marshall and fats friends entered California, via Shasta, in June, 1845, coming down the Sacramento valley. Here the party separated, Marshall going to Sutter's Fort. For several months he pursued the even tenor of the dull life at the fort,stocking plows, making spinning wheels,mending wagons and doing such general carpenter work as was required. In August, 1847, Sutter started a mill at Coloma, on the American river, placing Marshall in charge of it, and it was through the action of the water which was used as the power of the mill that gold was first disovered in California. Among the debris which accumulated first beyond the mill wheel Marshall saw on that memorable day of January 24, 1848, what he supposed to be pebbles of unusual color and of great weight. He took them to Sutter, who after a careful examination and te9t of them with nitric acid, told him they were gold nuggets. This was the manner in which gold was discovered in California. The news spread like wildfire. The residents of California str: ted in quest of the precious metal and the great gold i-J.!?4.t.? lever Degaa wmca revuiuuuuiLcu tuo Pacific coast. Bat what was other men's fortune was the discoverers ruin. Marshall engaged in mining with varying fortunes in various sections, but finally drifted back to the scene of his discovery, and died there in extreme poverty a few years since.?Sgn Francisco Chronicle. Different Parts of an Ox. This diagram of the different parts of an oz, when drawn and quartered for beef, which was made to aid an inexperienced young housekeeper, may help others, although for that matter, housemistresses of many years' standing rarely know from what part of the animal the various cuts come, or understand why there are differtot qualities of the meat, or why certain portions are juicy and palatable and others are dry and stringy, and more or less undesirable for roasts, although they may make excellent and nutritious dishes if properly treated. ?New York Tribune. It Kept the Crows Away. Farmer?"I kicked when "William j ient the bill home from college for that iuit; but it will pay me three times." ?Puck. i i England has obtained from Spain the j naximum tariff on Br.tish goods imported into Spain and her colonies without granting any concessions in return. ' t ' - -V Two Amaslugr Experiments. A pretty and simple experiment, quite easy to tiy now that the warm summer sua has brough. so many flowers popping out on their little stems, is to change the colors of cut flowers. And, lovely and delicate as the colors are in their natural hues, they will alter to others as lovely without injury to the' flower. Put five or ten cents' worth of; ordinary aqua ammonia in a saucer,' stand a small funnel, large end down, over this, and in the small end insert the flower you wish to change. Then be a ltttle patient and you will see what you will see soon. Another experiment rather more di?B? cult to try and quite different, is to stand two glasses as nearly alike as possible close together on a wooden table.' Fill them about one-quarter full of water, and then pour more water, little by little, into either one or the other until they both give out the same musical note when lightly touched with the blade of a knife. In other words, tune them together. Across the top of one glass place a piece of fine, thin wire, slightly bent at both ends, then make the second glass sing, by rubbing the rim with one wet 'Inger, and in a moment you will see the wire on the first mIaas nvt aimm rtrv/^ aKaii^ ?m A giooa uauuiug auu juiupiu^ auuuu m m most amusing manner, keeping time to \ the mnsic, and clicking a castanet-like accompaniment tbe while. One glast vibrates because it is rubbed, the other quivers from sympathy, the water ripples in tiny waves, and the little wire gaily responds to the tune.?Frank Leslie's. The Lyre Bird. In the vast forests of New South Wales, broken up and intersected with rock and ravine, stream and plain, yoa may still meet with one of the most beautiful birds known to naturalists, that is, tbe lyre bird. Looking at the illustration, it will be seen at once that the form and structure of the tail resembles an ancient Grecian' lyre, hence the bird's name. The size of this bird is about that of the common. ; hen; the eyes are dark hazel, large, mild in expression, and very beautiful; the wings short and concave, rendering great ' assistance when running, but of little use in fliaVif Tho hird'a rnnninff nnwpf* ?6? M"~" * O f are extraordinary, and it is not easily overtaken; the legs are rather long; the the color of the body is a reddish brown, and the general appearance is exceedingly graceful. The bird is of gentle disposition and altogether harmless. ! It is painfal to know that the constant destruction of rare and beautiful birds, as well as animals, is going on jwen to THE LTTIE BCHD. extermination. An English writer it authority for the statement that the lyre bird will soon be lost to as forever. He says that the tail feathers were formerly sold in Sydney at a low price, but now that the beautiful creatures arc nearly exterminated the pricc has risen greatly. TTnnn fashion and "sport," even more than the ignorant savages, he places the I blame of their destruction, adding that J the birds might easily have been domes- gM ticated and thus preserved.?St. Louis^H Republic. llow Indians Spcnr Salmon. / The Indians spear salmon in California rivers bj means of a long, pole hewn from the heart of a young hemlock. Tho end is cleft into two slender prongs, capped by a couple of sharplypointed thimbles attached by cords to I INDIAN SPEAKING SALMON. the rod about three feet from the tip. With this artfully-designed weapon tho fisher takes his stand upon a rock in mid-stream and unfailingly brings his prize to land. The Italian newspapers nre agitating for an Italian universal exhibition to be held in 1900. The vacilla bean is obtained from the fruit of an orchid.