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| IN THECI || A NARRATIVE C ' By SEWARD XsP (COPYRIGHT 1S91 BY R< CHAPTER XV. / [continued.] "You are making a mistake," replied Mr. Avery. "The opportunity to become a king does not come to every one. As for me, I shall not go. I have no ties in England, and I Bhall remain with these loyal people and help them in their struggle toward civilization." "Then why not take the throne yourself?" I asked. He shook his iiead. ? "Crickmore, you do not even now understand the idolatrous worship you have inspired in the hearts of these people. I, king! No. These people love me and trust me, but they would laugh at the idea of making me king. They need a strong hand and strong mind to guide them, and you have proven your possession of both. The people believe you were sent supernaturallv to lead them out of bondage, and years of teaching will not erase that impression from their minds. You have come to them in a way that appeals to their peculiar natures, and it will be very difficult to prove to them that you do not absolutely belong to them." ??r?Drt."Poflr rrnnlf? mftkfl ft COnd king," I said. "Try it and Bee," replied the missionary. "Wait, I -will show you?" He called to Oso-Bark, who was not far away, and when the Jumar came to us, he said: "Oso-Bark, your king says he is not your king. He is going away to join his people in other lands. You are to be king if you desire." The Jumar looked at me with eyes full of reproach. "What is this you tell me?"he said, his voice trembling with emotion. "Leave us! The Oolek leave us! And where would he go rather than among the people he has delivered from the bonds of slavery? Would he go away from Talmooch and leave his people to struggle alone, when they need him to guide them? Ah, it cannot be! You are making a jest. * * - tt _ i. 1 JLilSten 10 me. ja.ero is u ucttumui land that for twenty years has known but the darkness of cruelty and bloodshed. The people who owned the land were the slaves of foreign murderers. Unhappiness and woe filled every home, and every heart was sad. But in answer to the prayers of the JumarB and the Kaleks, who prayed * as our good teacher taught us to pray, you came to us. You taught us to be brave. You taught us how to work? how to bear our ills in silence, and work harder for that end. You helped us in every way. You have made us glad with victory. And now, when every heart is swelling with that glad naoo irnn ahftttflr it hv tflllinff U8 VOU ">""1 ~ ? -j 0 ? ? are going away. You have laid low the tyrant, and his ecepter shall no more wave over ns. Out of darkness into light you have led us. Once more will our homes be made glad with the 8ongB of children. Now our hearts shall be happy and our land prosperous. But if you leave us, who is going to protect us from the enemy? Why will you leave us, Oolek? Can you not be happy here? Is not our island fair to look upon and fair to dwell in? Can you find braver men or truer women in all your other lands? Ah, we want you with us. We want you, and we want our sweet friend who has been the angel of light to us all, while you have been the god of war. Take not away the happiness you have brought us nor the love." He knelt down, and taking Miss Arnold's hand and mine he kissed them and shed tears upon them. Mr. Avery was visibly affected. Miss Arnold's eyes looked moist. I began to feel uncomfortable myself. "But, see here, Oso-Bark," I said; "you have set your idol too high. I am not a king. I am only a plain man from a country that has no king. 1 did not hear your prayers and come to you; I was cast on your snores oj chance. Moreover, I don't want to be king. We Americans settled that long ago. What good would it do if .1 stayed?" "Ah! What harm will it not do if you go? You will leave us without a king, as is your own country. And are not the people 6ad? We cannot live without a king. Our king is our good and wise father; we are his happy children. We are not ready to govern as Mr. Avery has told us other countries do. We need a king who is ail a king. But if you do not want to be king call it what you like, but stay with us. But to the people of Talmooch you are king. They will come to-morrow with garlands of flowers to proclaim you king. They will come with songs of rejoicing and of worship. They will come dancing and playing on musical instruments. They will come in hundreds and in thousands. What will you tell them then? Will you tell tliem they are not good enough for you to live amongst? Will you break their hearts by telling them that you fought not to make Talinooch a nation, but to seek safety for yourself? Can you tell them this and think you are doing right? What is there in your country that needs you ?a friend, a brother, a sister, a mother! Bring them here. We will make them welcome. And here is a nation?a free nation by your hand? that needs you to stay and keep them free. Speak, Oolek! Say that you understand my awkward words and will stay with us and help us." Miss Arnold was looking at me curiously. Mr. Avery held out his hand to me, and Raid: "Crickmore, yon must stay. God cent you. You must abide." / . I wavered a moment, and then grasping Miss Arnold's hand, said: "Grace, if you will stay, I will. I am awkward at expressing my love, ' "t T ??Y, olnnnt-o Wfl Will rflftttll Hong Kong as soon as I can get a ship, find your father, obtain his consent, and return to these people, who Jove n? better than we will tf'-id elsewiiora. " L,-. Vv Wvr--' ' ' ' ' . - i r WW It T A fy T"* A H tlllNA J?tA | )F ADVENTURE. ^ || w.:noPKixSi ^ 3^ 3BEET EONNEE'8 SONS.) <Dv5 It is not necessary to tell all that wa9 said then. Miss Arnold elected herself Queen Talmooch by saying one little word, "Yes." CHAPTER XTI. HEX-KO-HI. It has been said by those whoonght to know, "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." But no crownless head ever rested more easily than mine that first niglit of my kingship at Quiental. I was very weary, and slept soundly and long. In the morning, when I went into the breakfastroom, I found Miss Arnold and Mr. Avery waiting for me to appear before the coffee was brought in. "I declare, our king sleeps late," said Mr. Avery, gayly, as I entered. "Perhaps you would, too, had you fought an entire campaign in one day," I said, laughing and sitting down near Miss Arnold. "I was rather tired, but feel equal to any emergency now." "I tell you," said the old man, gazing around him, "the fellew that trimmed up this old barn knew what he was doing. It is simply gorgeous. Now look at that panel of gold. Was ever anything so fine?" H "Yes, in the temple of Su Foo. The arrangements here are strikingly like that place. Do you not think so, Miss Arnold?" "Very like," she said. "There is a suspioion of relationship about it. But that doesn't concern us now. How soon do y*)u think we shall be able to vaasili TTati r*_ ICOlWU J-t.VUg JLk.VM0 . "It all depends upon luck. If we have to build a ship to go there in, it will be a long time. Bnt the first ship that stops here shall take us to your father." "Poor papa? These long months have been lonely ones to him, I know. How happy he will be to see me?to see us?alive and well!" "Yes," I said, "he will, no doubt, be overjoyed to see me. I hope, be: fore I meet him, I shall succeed in getting this stain off me. I would like to be white again." "What about Hen-Ko-Hi?" asked Mr. Avery. "Bother that rascal! Why couldn't he have fought with his army and been killed decently? He deserves death more than any of the others. I must give him a trial, I suppose, aud show something like mercy. I don't feel any." "I see but one course. You must have him executed." "Possibly. But he must have at least the semblance of a trial. If this thing is made a national issue?for I shall appeal to the States for protection?it will be much better for us if we show that Hen-Ko-Hi suffered death legally and not by the hands of violenoe." 4 'Perhaps you are right. But your position with your own people dev _ a..iu ? manas am ueam. "I believe you. We will give him a trial this afternoon." Toward the close of the day I called Garu-Saak to me, and ordered him to have Hen-Ko-Hei taken to the north tower for trial. There was in the north tower a large squarb room, light and airy, which I had chosen for the trial. It was an ideal room for an executive chamber. The windows looked out over the battlements to the sea. In this room there were large, comfortable chairs and some solid mahogany tables. Mr. Avery joined me, and I led the way through the long corridors to the north tower. Mr. Avery was calm, but evidently by an effort. Now that the time had come to send, in a cold, passionless way, a human being to his death, the good old preacher felt that his advice had been wrong. "Thou shalt not kill!" was uppermost in his mind, and the law of mercy was his theme. awa was nt?irJnnflr a cflvoro /?nn X UCi O n ??iuwuwij w WW. V. W WWflict going on -within him. Hen-KoHi was the murderer of hie wife. For years he had been tortured bodily by the tyrant, as his useless arm bore witness. The moment had come when he must pass upon the murderer judgment of death or mercy. Oso-Bark entered the room quietly. His face was set and determined. There was no doubt of his desire with regard to Hen-Ko-Hi. He could not consign the royal prisoner to a fate that was severe or cruel enough to satisfy his thirst for revenge. I motioned him to a chair. I eat down between him and Mr. Avery. It was not long before we heard the tramp of Boldiers on the stone floor of the corridor; the the shuffling of a prisoner in chains. The face of Hen-Ko-Hi was not a pleasant one to look at. It never could have been pleasant, even under the most favorable circumstances. Now it was hideous in its coutortions of rage and hate. He had been swayed so long by unbridled passions that no self-control, no power of dissembling, was left to him. Fear and hatred were mingled in his glance. For, like all tyrants, the fellow was a coward at heart. When Hen-Ko-Hi bad been placed before me, and the soldiers had taken their positions on either side, I said: "Oso-Bark, we will hear from you first: Arraign the prisoner" The talented Jumrir slowly arose, ? .1 ?:tu iA UUU Willi IxillklUll UiU?, Oiuuu a rnument looking at his fallen foe- Then, in a deep, impassioned voice, he spoke: "0 king, you of white skin and honest heart, who have come to ns out of the Sacred Forest, listen to what I have to say. Listen, O king, while I tell yon once more of the descent upon our beautiful land of a horde of murderers and woman-stealers, who debauched and killed the fairest of our loved ones. Listen while I tell you how the sun of Talmooch was darkened for twenty years by this Mantchoo tyrant, who now stands cowering before you, pleading 1 for mercy he never gave." i Thft iitfiv r.TP.s nf Ufia-TCn-Ui arrftw ' . uglier still, and blazed with awful in- j tensity at the Jumar who was hurling ' these terrible accusations at his head. "Once, O king," continued OsoBark, "when the family of Brandoneck, the Kalek, occupied this palace, the land of Talmooch gave forth in plenty, and her shores were the only limit to the happiness of her people. Our men were strong and brave. Our women were beautiful and good. Our children were pretty and quick to learn. They sat at the feet of the good teacher there and drank in his words of wisdom about a God of whem their fathers liad been in ignorance. No idols desecrated our happy homes. The Sacred Forest was our temple, and in it we knelt in simple t" "J w* "Our lives were good. Our laws were few, because our crimes were few. We knew not the feeling of discontent. The singing of the birds in the forest was not more joyous than the singing of our wives and mothers while at their daily work. "But, O king, oue day, in an hour that seemed all brightness, when our fighting men were at work in the fields and mines and our women were busy spinning or weaving, there came to our shores a number of foreign ships. A people of whom we knew but little came from them upon our land. We, who were at peace with all nature and with, all men, gave them welcome. We opened to them our homes aud gave them shelter. Better i had it beeu had we taken the poison J from the fangs of the serpents in the ' mountains, and inserted it into the J veins of every being in the land. "The strangers to whom we had J given welcome, whom we had fed and i to whom we had given drink, gathered [ together in the darkness of a star- i less night and ruthlessly sacked J our homes. They murdered our i soldiers who sought to stay their j course. They swept away our children, taking cruel delight in the dying cries of our petted ones. They stole the fairest of our women. Woe, grief, misery were all they left to the survivors of that invasion. "But not only were the women of the Jumars and of the Kaleks their victims, but ah, now, 0 king, listen carefully, I beseech you!?the lovely wife of the good missionary, Mr. Avery, who had come among us to teach us of his God, was torn from her husband's arms and brought here ?brought here to become the sport of the monsters that fawned before this?this quaking, crawling thing that stands cringing before you now. "Where is that white face now? Is it, as I have seen it, bright with the brightness of happy smiles and lighted , as by the sun of a pure and kindly soul? "Does the soft, kind voice that once 1 spoke wordB of tenderness to our 1 women in their hours of pain now ( speak with the words of earth? Does the hand that was stretched out to re- j ceive in kindness our newly born, to 1 - m 1_ _ JJ care lor mem as oniy a guuu wumuu i can care for them?does that gentle hand now live to soothe the furrowed brow of her aged and sorrowing husband? "No! No! No! O king, those eyes are closed in death! That gentle voice is stilled and hushed with the silence of the breathless night. Those hands are withered and decayed. But I see them now, O master, I see them now, waving there?there, above your head?there, by the brow of our good old teacher?and there, pointing wttk the finger that dooms to death at the monster who so cruelly destroyed her life! "Ah, with that pure spirit, driven forth by this fiend and his rotten horde, there departed from this earth all the happiness of him we have learned to love! And with her, too, have gone the hundreds of women of j, Talmooch who have fallen under the j, blasting touch of this awful murderer! , "And shall he go unpunished? "Shall the wretch who commanded and led in the awful deeds that made 1 the grounds of Talmooch tremble in j: wrath?shall he go free? I "No! O king, I say in the voice of |. twenty thousand Jumars, in the voice ! of thirty thousand Kaleks, that this ! man must die! Only by his death can the wrongs 01 our people bo avenged. The spirits of our murdered ones call 1 now to you to see justice done by the ' power that has come to you. , "I say no more. The sky grows ! dark with sickening dread that this monster shall live to boast of the evil j, he has done. But in the hands of my j king I leave him. I'am finished , [to be continued. ] An Argument. It u the part of every householder, nr miv one in mithoritv. nublic or pri vate, to carefully consider orders before they are given. But after they are issued it would be suicidal to all government to argue out tbo matter with employe, eervant, or child. From the nature of things, they cannot judge the necessity or worth of the command it is their part to carry out. Many funny stories are told of freshly trained soldiers and sailors, to whom the thought was new that their first virtue was implicit obedicucc. One such tale dates back to our Civil War, and is told for truth by one who overheard it. A snilor of one of the big gunboats of the time was notorious for his lazy habits, as well as for his ingenuousness in finding excuses fov his careless ways. While seemingly honest, he was often hauled up lor reprimand or punishment. The captain, a passionate man and a believer iu stern discipline, lost patience with Tom, and when the fellow was brought before him for the third time in cne week for some neglect o2 work, lie said, augrily, "What?agaiu, Tom?" "I'm not here of my own will, sir," began simple Tom. And poor Tom, finding his efforts to speak were cut off, at last said, resiguedly: "Well, cr.ptain, have it your own way. I didn't cone here to ar^ua with you, sir!" And after that Tom's unsympathetic comrades called on him every day in his imprisonment, which he mayhavo j deserved, but scarcely understood, and told him that they "did not coao to argue with him!" And while Tom's r-tory sounds r.bsnrd, it is true that,many of us are just as foolish, and liko jnst as long to learn the beauty and stxvu^thof obc- ' diftuc.a?Hnvniii-'p F.ny.sir , ^ ' CHEAPER TO FARM THAN HOR ' MAN POWER IN OKI The farmers of Oklahoma have dec: their binders and reapers. At this day and horseflesh is at such a high price tl of tramps and hire them to pull the mac work of this kind was done on the big 4 the Cherokee Strip. "Joe" Miller, the he hag hired teams from the neighbors and that this year he hired twenty tran the cost. In Oklahoma the ranches are horses to do the -work, and in harvest t; a great price. The Miller ranch contaii be the largest wheat farm in the world. gooooooooooooooooooocoooog I flje fechiiiquB | | of Yachting, f o o 0 Diagram* That Will Make Details V Jj of the Colainbla-Shainrock Race a 3 Plain to Landlubbers. A ?9000000900000000000000000 1,4 HE diagram which acoDmpanies this article shows a sloop yacht, or a cutter yacht, as the Englishman yy would say. -A J/1 sloop yacht has vf, one mast, the * main mast. The " " great race between the Columbia and the Shamrock is a race of sloop yachts. The America, which was the original winner of what is now known as the America .Cup, was a schooner yaoht, but nearly all of the cup contestants since that time have been sloops. jglt is supposed, to begin with, that the reader knows that the extreme forward tip of a yacht is called the Btem, that the forward portion is called the bow, that the rear end is called the stern, and that the sides of the boat are the beams. Everyone also knows that the keel of a yacht is the portion which cuts deepest into DIAGRAM SHOWING THE ARRANGEMENT OF SPARS AND SAILS ON A SLOOP YACHT. the water, and it is in the construction of the keel that the greatest changes aud progress have been made in yachting. Everyone who reads the papers knows of the discussions which have gone on for years as to the comparative value of the center-board kee!?a board which lets down sidewise from the interior of the boat through the bottom, the fin keel, which is x deep, sharp, fin-like projection on the bottom of the boat, the bulb fin and the ordinary cutter keel. So much for the hull of the boat. The backbone of a sloop's rigging is the mainmast, marked (1) in the diagram. This is usually made of the very best and Btraightest spruce timber, although in "the case of the Colombia an immensely strong steel tube has been used. At the top of of the mainmast, the topmast (2) is attached. In the case of the new cup defender this topmast is so made that it will slide down into the hollow portion of the mainmast, but in ^ v r -V-, HOW THE COLUMBIA'S CRE ordinary yacht construction it is firmly attached to tiie ouitiue of the mainmast, as shown in the diagram. These masts are held in pluce by what are known as shrouds, long, heavy wire ropes (10 aud 11), which run from the "hounds" at the top of the mainmast and from the top of the topmast to each side of tho hull, where they are firmly attached. In order to further strengthen the topmast a crosstreo (9) is placed at the head of the topmast for spreading the topmast Bhrouds. It was tho breaking of this spreader which caused j.1 i. ;.l 1 riftlnrnKio I Lie reCBUli UUUUCUt tu lUU vuimuvia, When the crosstree snapped the topmast was loosened and fell beforo the wind with such force that the steel mainmast broke short olf about half way of its length. Next to the mast in importance is the bowsprit (3). which is heid down bv the bowstav ' - - -. A ... .V.'v . WITH TRAMPS CFC TW flK"T AHflMA. yj?^vj 111 WUiJlUlWlUiXi| LAHOMA ided to do away with horses to puft the machines can be drawn so easily lat it is cheaper to advertise for a gang ihines during the harvest. The first '101" Ranch, in the northern part of man who owns the ranch, says that to help in his harvest for many years, ips and the work was done at just half so large that no one man owns enough [me a horse is a scarce article and costs us five thousand acres, and is said to and the bowstay fall (16 and 17). The main boom (4) spreads and holds fast the lower portion of the mainstail (A). At the top of the mainsail is the gaff (5), and above that is the club topsail (D), reaching higher even than the top of the topmost. These are the principal sticks in a sloop yacht. The 3AWpy o??oAJ " 7 ATL.A S/T/L V OCfAtf " uwrM/P i, . Ci*CLt' a/. BLtotS NA. \ Afloi/r IAULC- IN PiAntTf*. withHJ W^KH 7 J >. 0/4 w y/tcVrj d (..INCI CAfj nAUoeveR V\l / For A START Jj?"V* N.1 ? *y*x AU OTHERS ?XC?P7 *\ "< TUVC& BOA/ v*Ul &? ?*CLUt)fD \ TDIAGRAM OF COURSES FOR C The first will be a triangular course, the and return. Dotted lines show course tal boats. Tlie best three out of five races will d racers are also provided with a very important boom called the spinnaker boom (7). This boom is removable, and is only nsed when the yacht is running full before the wird: It is always conveniently placed on the deck, so that when the wind is right it can be instantly placed in position. It is let down by the ping lift (18) and held in place by the spinnaker boom brace (19) and the spinnaker boom guy (26). It is usually spread almost opposite the mainsail, so that it gives to the yacht practically two broad wings, by means of which she can take full advantage of a following wind, in this way immensely increasing her speed. A yacht with spinnaker set and bellying fall of wind is a most beaatiful sight, resembling some huge seagull skimming over the surface of the water. Indeed, the sails are so big and reach so far on each side of the yacht that the body of the boat itself is hardly visible. No doubt much will be said in the reports of the coming races about the spinnaker and how it is set, for* it is an exceed m^ijr lauv icavuao jhvuv *uv ing. The principal sail of a sloop is the mainsail (A). It is held in place by the ropes and tackle shown at (25). These ropes are callled the sheets, and they are by all odds the most important ropes connected with a yacht. The skill of ayachtmanis based largely on his ability to let out or take in these sheets, thereby giving the sail more or less wind. The speed of the yacht is dependent very largely upon the exactness with which the mainsail is managed. If the wind is behind the boat the sheet will, of course, be eased out until the mainsail Btands at n. -widp ancle with the lencrth of the boat, thereby exposiug as much surface as possible. In sailiDg into the wind or "by the wind," as the old seamen say, the sheets are drawn in very close; in other words, the yacht \V LIE OUT ON TIIE DECK. is "close-hauled," so that the mainsail stands almost parallel -witb. the length of the boat. The skipper must keep his eyes wide open and never nllow his hand to leave the sheets for a moment, if he would get the beet speed from his boat and prevent being capsized by sudden squalls. The mainsail is assisted by a number of smaller sails before the mast. These are attached to various ropes conuecting with the tip end of the bowsprit and with the stem of the yacht. The rope which connects the bowsprit with the top of the topmast (15) is called the topmast stay and holds the topmast from being pulled backward, just as the topmast backstay (20) holds it from being driven forward. The line which reaches from the top of the mainmast to the stem of the boat (14) is called the forestay, and it Riinnnrto the mainmtmt frnn? '.'s . , _ wvy. . -V ... . '"" /.;;i'? falling backward. The sail (B) ie called the foresail. The sail (C) the jib, and the sail (E) the jib topsail. They are all held in by ropes which 1 can be easily extended or shortened so as to draw more or less wind. One of the most picturesque of the sails is j not shown in the diagram because it is used only under certain favoring conditions. This sail, the balloon jib, j is an enormous sail made of very light cloth?in the Columbia of silk?and it is larger than either the mainsail or \ tne spinnaker. it is attacned at tne very front of the boat, and it is supposed to gather up all the wind that there is. It is usually used when the I winds are very light. The correct method of using a balloon jib is a very important feature of the yachtman's \ work, and it may play an exceedingly important part in the coming race. The little flag at the top of the topmast (22) is called the burgee, and that which flies from the tip of the gaff (23) is called the pennant. In , case of heavy winds it is found necessary sometimes to reei the sails. This is done by means of the little strings which are seen hanging in rows along the lower part of the mainsail. The "canvas is pulled down to the boom and tied with these strings, so that J less surface will bo exposed to the wind. Reefing is only done in case of a very heavy storm or squalls. MOST FAMOUS COLORED DIVINE. / ? Synopsis of Brother Jasper's "Sun Do Move" Sermon. The Rev. John Jasper, of Eich- ^ mond, Va., is one of the most popular 1 colored divines in this country, and on the celebration of the eightieth ' anniversary of his birthday a short time ago his church in the Virginia 1 capital was crowded to the doors by p i t"~ " "I j +? : /^L DIPKTIO* Wn'/Vj ' COU*i V ; ' i:v $! i . % V*. j" :olWbia-shamrock race. second fifteen miles straight to windward ken to beat to windward and round stake lecide the fate of the cup. congregation that had assembled to testify its devotion to him. The sermon on which his reputation rests is upon the text, "The Sun Do Move." This famous discourse he preaches at least once a year, and the bare announcement is all that is needed to throng his pews. The Rev. Mr. Jasper is well thought of outside his parishioners, and is always pointed out to visitors as one of the notables of the city. The text of Jasper's famous sermon is Exodus, chapter xv., verse 3, "The Lord is a Man of War. The Lord is His name." The theories advanced are: The earth is square and immovable. The sqd rises in the East and moves toward the West and there seta. The world is flat. "The Bible says the son stood still," he announces dogmatically. "Is anybody going to say the sun was standing still before Jasher told it to stand JlSPWiw ^SJfll^ ; ^ i THE REV. JOHN JASPEB, OF RICHMOND. still? Do you think Jaslier would have asked the privilege to stop the J shu if she had not been moving. This { morning when the sun rose it was 07er there (pointing to the East). How, in the name of God, could the sun get from that side of the houae over to , this (pointing to the West) unless it , moved. ( "Now Solomon was certainly a ( scholar. DA you know he was the ] man who said, 'The sun criseth and j goeth down and hasteneth back to the j place she moved from.' It is nonsen?e j to say the sun does not move, lne ( mail who says the sun does not move he does not read the Bible." He fortifies himself in the same manner in his belief that, the earlh is square and flat. ARftociatlon Devoted to CtiMt&r<l PIp. The town of Hartford, in Oxford < County, Me., has a Custard Pie Association, which meets annually in a hem- j lock grove on the margin of Swau j Pond"aud gorges itself with custard < pie. It grew out of a cuslard-pie-eat- < ing contest between two residents of ? the town on the annual Fast Day < thirty-nine years ago. The match was t adjudged to be a tie, the association i was formed, aud everybody in it now strives to beat everybody else eating i custard pie. Secretary John D. Long, f who was born iu the near-by town of ] Buckfield, is an honored member. Foreigner* In American Cltlea. The foreign-born population of i London is only 255,252 and that of ] Paris ISO,000. The foreign-born pop- -v ulation of New York by the police t census is 879,972. By the census of v 1890 450,000 of the population of Chi- v cago were foreign born, and 270,000 c of Philadelphia, both of which you 'J will take notice have more than Lon- t don. Boston had 148,800, San Fran- n 10/! fillfl TioHiinnrA 1 99. flflfl nml ! T St T.nniw It - ' *' . f/- , i-v, j THE CHORISTERS. There's a little band of Blogers ' Every evenlng^comes and lingers "-i 'Neath the winaow wi ujjt wgs m mv ^ trees; . And with dark they raise their voices, "While the gathering night rejoices, tad the leaves join In l;he chorus with tho jj brddZ6< * Then the twinkling stars come out To enjoy the merry rout, ind the squirrels range themselves upon a '' log; " :3 And the fireflies furnish light, That thev read their notes aright? rhe katydid, the cricket and the frog. All the night I hear them singing; Through my head their tunes are rlng? lng? Strains of music straight from Mother Nature's heart; Now the katydid and cricket, From the deep of yonder thicket; Then the croaking frog ofT yonder drones v> his part. By And by the moon appears, As the midnight hour noars, ind her smiles dispel the low'rlog mist and fog; -.-.-J Then the mirth is at its height, And they glorify the night ? rhe katydid, the orlcket and the frog. ?Philadelphia North American, PITH AND POINT. ^ | "Would you line to have the world it your feet?" "I have, I'm nob j standing on my head, am I?"?Philadelphia Bulletin. "Ob, to taste once more the gladness ? .1 That was mine In years gono by?" The poet sang; but no one know If he thought of love or pie. ?Detroit Free Press. ,' Jaggles?"I see there's a new keeper in the menagerie. Didn't the animals like the old one?" Waggles? "I guess so. They ate him up."? ? vj Judge. 1 ~-M "Dunphy is pretty well battered a;p." "Yes. He and McCracken had . 3 a passage of words." "Only words?" j "That's all. McCracken threw a dictionary at him." "Do you like Schubert's music, ] Mr. Dillington?" "Well, it ain't so good as they have at Swartzheimer's, two doors further down the street.''? Cleveland Plain Dealer. "A seaman washed overboard," ex- .% claimed Mrs. Jongs, as she read a newspaper headline; "but he perhapa was so dirty they hadn't enough water on the ship."?Tid-Bits. J Stout Party (to bathing master)? "Got a bathing suit to fit me?" Bath Robe Man (looking him over)?"I guess so. What's your displacement?" , ?Philadelphia North American. Hixon?"I wonder h'ow Methuselah, managed to live to such a ripe old age." Dixon?"Probably hecanse there were no bacteria and disease germs in his day."?Chicago News. "I am frank to say," he said, "that I feel you encouraged my attentions." " Perhaps," she replied, "but hoir was I to know whether you wanted to marry me, or only to borrow money from father?" Bing?"Yes, that's old Sprigging. Half a dozen doctors have given him ' V up at various times during his life.'* Wing?"What was the trouble with him?" Bing?"He wouldn't pay his doctor bills."?Tit-Bita. 11-XT-? J TTT*It?- VI rap a?~~iou ana wiiue uugui wov ashamed of yourselves not to give little sister any of yoar gumdrops.'" Tommy?"Well, paw, you see, me . A an' Willie have formed a trust, anr she don't belong."?Ohio State Journal. . ' M "France is the home of modem * o art," Baid the young man. "Well," answered the blunt citizen who had been reading of the Dreyfus case, "may be they can paint artistically and sing artistically and dance artistically. But I'm blesi if they can lieartistically."?Washington Star. The Bright Child: When the Bright Child drew near to the rhinoceros in the circus, all the world wondered and listened, agape. "Oh, mamma!" exclaimed the Bright Child, pausing only to choose such words a? wonld render her thought easily intelligible to the multitude. "Lookt The rhinoceros makes her own hide!" The world laughed at this point, us-, til it almost split, there being no ? * 1 I /"IV *1 3 1. . a doubt tiiat tiie urigni unua uaa reference to the rhinoceros' hide not fitting very well.?Detroit Journal. Snn Always Slilnlnsr on the Flag:. It was a favorite figure of speech nrith a well-known Senator that by the time the sun was setting on the> farther-most part of Alaska dawn was breaking on the coast of Maine. Thiswas a little far-fetched, perhaps,* but nobody need hare any doubt now that at every hour in the day the sun i? shining on the Stars and Stripes. In the recent celebration of Decoration Day there were many interesting developments, including a schedule of the time the flag wassaluated, and, according to this calculation, the first (ire-cracker went off in Guam and the last in Hawaii. All around the world there were enthusiastic celebrations, ind it is interesting to remember that Dn the next Fourth of July the President of the United States will press & ? button and the largest flag ever manufactured in New England will float from tlie top of the Eiffel Tower, over ;he Exposition.?Philadelphia Saturlay Evening Post. i A Frank Confession. Some people are nothing if not outipoken and frank. Not long ago a veil known young society lady was :alking to a society man and the twojot into an argument about the amount )f physical exercise each required. "Why in the world don't you takonore exercise?" said he. "1 never see you walking. "You're forever riding m the car. No matter if you have)nly three blocks to go, you never leeuii to want to do anything but jump )n a car, even if it takes you longer o wait for it than it would to walk the vhole distance." "Well, I'll just have you know, that f you wore shoes two sizes too small ' ? ? ?'i faa ** or yuu, ^uu u wuuu w iiu?, iw, ? Detroit Free Press. Forelicn Washing*. In many countries the family wasting is done in streams or rivers. In Sgyptit is usually done by a man, vbo stands by tbe side of the Nile, tnd slaps tbe clothes on tbc stones lutil tbe dirt is pounded out. Korean vomen usually do tbeir wasbiug in iold water, and sometimes in streams. Pbey spend much time in thi3 Rort of ixereisc, as thoir faslidioiis bnabr.nds oil abont u dozen tTrassps a week. {orean atnl I-Ven^i women pound iieir clotbos cleaa .v.l'u paddla* '' ' \ ; : .... ^ZiLa