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1He :.J)p3i)i: A NC By P9rs- S'isa (ISABELLA . . * iQM.nJlfial V (Copyrigm, .?, ?, CHAPTER XXIX. I CONTINUED. ! "Mamma has often enough de^ scribed the place?a little distam^e from a clump of sycamore tnees, twelve trees growing out of a qrfngle root, she said, and on one c5f the trunks is carved the rudoJYy outlined figure of an Indian Ionian; I don't know if that figure ineans anything, but mamma and I have often thought that perhaps it was assc nated in some way with oar Indian ancestor, and as papa was searching for the treasure at that time, he/begged to be buried in that spot. Po<?r dear father! His mind bad broken down, and mamma could never understand his wild ravings about the buried treasure and its hiding-place.'^ "And you have ub?olutely no clue?" asked Mrs. Travels', in a disappointed tfrce. / "None at all; papa had a paper or parchmtsit or something of the sort, . Containing the whole secret, but ne ' could not follow it out, and he had either lost the paper or else had so if tVlof. iKirtlR TVnrSfi careiuuj uiuuwu v .. ..? than lost. Mamma used to have "wild hopes of finding years ago, and even to the last she clung to the thought that I should yet be a great heiress. But I take no interest in it, Mrs. Travers, none at all! Though I have indeed sought for the sycamore trees, it haa been to find my father's grave; it was my mother's last earthly wish to be buried beside the husband she loved and who had adored her." "Oh, Doloies, dear child! Why did you not tell me sooner," said Mrs. Travers, in a voice tremulous with sympathetic feeling. "I could have done much to further your desire; I will immediately take steps to do so. Did you find the place?" "Not yet, bat I shall surely do so; those long rambles which you have seen me take in company -with Henri have been in search of that clump of trees. I have at times almost despaired, and have wondered if they could have been a fancy of mamma, or if some accident might not, in all these years, have destroyed1 the trees " "No, no, the trees exist!" inter rupted Mrs. Travers, eagerly, tliey are known as the haunted sycamores; it is said that once every year, for ages past, on the 12th of October, a shadowy ghost is seen flittering about there; it is a mere legend, of course, and no such thing occurs. Some effect of the moonlight, probably, but the ghost-story has served to locate the spot, and it can easily be found." "On the 12th of October," repeated Dolores, "oh, why did I not tell you aooner! I have lost so much time." "Don't be troubled aoout that, Dolores?the right time always comes? even when we think we have lost it. And I hope it has come now," she added irrelevantly, rising and taking f, hasty step or two toward a gentleman who was rapidly approaching her across the lawn. So much engaged had they been in their conversation that neither had heard the approach of the carriage on the road at some distance; and for the moment both had forgotten the expected arrival of a guest. Dolores also arose, and with a vague, delighted flutter of anticipation, her gaze was fixed on the approaching stranger?she qtrnld not be mistaken! There was^iibt vin all the world such another, bo gracious, ngraaeful, distinguished in bearing, bo refined, elegant and absolutely perfect, in the elevated and the spiritual beauty of hie countenance; and now he too. had renorrnized her. and mim more two lovely and kindred souls seemed looking at each other out of their eyes, end recognizing; some close and eternal relationship in that long, deep gaze. "My dear Dolores," said Mrs. Travers, "this is my friend, Lord Harold Moray?Lord Harold,- the Senorita Mendoza." Dolores put out her hand?her lovely white, trembling hand; and Lord Harold, clasping it in his. felt himself thrilled to the heart by that first touch of the warm, pink, sensitive palm. He bowed low over her hand, and with difficulty refrained from raising it to his lips; and Mrs. Travers thought: "Well, certainly, they have made an impression on each other. I could not reasonably hope for more, on a first acquaintance. But is it the first? Can it be possible that they have met before?" CHAPTER XXX. "love's young dream. "Well, I never believed it, and couldn't now if I hadn't seen it," exclaimed Mrs. Travers, "but this is certainly convincing evidence that it really doe-u sometimes happen." "What are you talking about, Nell?" asked her husband. "What is it that sometimes happens? Perhaps you don't know that you are just a little more incoherent than usual. Whet is flta ?ovfi/?nlor flnnnr n nron Ko. tuu |/umvutw4 o J vU ugTv.i i/w lieved in before?" "Why, love at first sight, of course; and there is a case of it, enough to convince the most skeptical." And, with asweeping wave ofjherhand, she indicated Dolores and Lord Harold Moray, who were just disappearing in the distance through an avenue of rose trees and odorous flowering shrubs, all in full bloom, thoiigh it was already the first week in October. "It is certainly not more than a fortnight since I presented those two to each other, although, as Dolores has since told me, they had met before for one fleeting moment, and in that moment they evidently lost their hearts to each other. The very instant they met here, I saw in the first glance that they were already deep in love "With each other." '' H ow provoki ng!" laughed T ravers. "And you had set your heart en making them fall in love with each other; jiot a bit of practice for your brilliant 1. i'j,- . K*. . J / sll -;.1?easOre. ^ C- ?> )irEL. i beih ?. ?inter. casVelar.) j iu0bxbt Boxncb's Sons.) v |?ifts at match-making. I really fear, my dear, you will hare so keep all your talents for home use; fortunately, we have daughters. But, I'm afraid you'll have to be looking for another governess." "Just what I have been thinking! However, I shall wait till the present one gives warning. Dolores has not yet told me of her engagement to Lord Harold." "And he seems to have quite forgotten his object in coming to California. Has he any news yet of Lord Clarence Stanley?" "Oh, don't speak of him! He never will, that's all a fearful mystery, uut I can't explain?I dare not?it isn't my secret, Travers, therefore I must keep it to myself." "For goodness sake do, then!"6aid her husband, with devout earnestness, "though, if you do, it will be the first time." *Mrs. Travers sighed deeply, and turned away with closely compressed lips. Dolores had explained a Tgreat many things to her, and they had boih concluded that for the sake of Polly Hamilton, neither of them could speak to Lord Harbld of the man who called himself Clarence Stanley, "though, even if he has married Miss Hamilton, the j secret will be out [as soon as he claims his title in England. How I wish Dolores would let me take Travers into our confidence. I would like to look at the whole matter fronj a man's point of view." She walked to the other side of the wide piazza and stood looking over the prospect of distant mountains and undulating valleys, now sere and yellow from the dry heat of summer, although flowers, both wild and cultivated, were in full bloom in every direction. "It is too early yet to hope for rain," she Baid, aloud; fearing if she kept silence that her secret?which olio wns nnitfl frantic to share with her husband?would, by the very pressure of that desire, escape from her keeping. "How fine the young orange trees on that .level slope near the base of Old Saddleback are looking; I can feel the odor of the blossoms as far off as where I am now." Mr. Travers smiled at this transparent effort on the part of his wife to keep from talking on a more congenial subject. "Well," he said, "orange blossoms will be quite in order, according to your present surmise; and I am glad the bridegroom is not likely to be that rather luny protege of yours, Van Tassel, though I must admit that the fellow more than earns his 'keep.' He has excellent abilities, and since I have put him on as a kind of overseer, the workmen, both white and yellow, in every department of our ranch, attend to their business in a most sat isfactory manner." "Do they really, now, Travers!" exclaimed his wife. "I am very glad to hear it! But it wa9 quite absurd in both of us?you and me?to imagine any such nonsense in regard to Van Tassel. Poor fellow! He was a complete wreck when Dolores took him in-charge. He had been in the power of a horrid mau who had hypnotized him, and by means of his uncamy influence over him could make him do almost as he pleased. Oh, it was horrible! The very thought of such a thing frightens me; and the poor fellow is now as completely under the influence ol Dolores; but hers is all for good. She makes everyone better and nobler." Mrs. Travers turned, and saw the professor approaching them, quickly, but without any appearance of excitement; and the few months during which he had been engaged in regu, lar and interesting work, and under the soothing and elevating influence of Dolores Mendoza, had, indeed, make a new man of him. Mrs. Travers observed that he was growing good looking; and though it was ridiculous to think of him as a possible lover for Dolores, there was no reason in the world why some woman would not yet fall in love with the amiable little Professor Van Tassel. "It is ,for the senorita," he said, holding up a letter as he reached the veranda; and coming toward Mrs. Travers, he extended the letter toward her. "See, Madam, the post-mark shows that it is from New York, and the handwriting is that of a lady; and I am sure there is pnly one lady in New York who would be writing to Dolores Mendoza." , "Oh, Mr. Van Tassel! Yes, indeed, you are right!" exclaimed Mrs. Travers, sharing his thoughts immediately. "And she will be so glad to get that letter! So very glad! Can't you take it to her at once? She is out walking with Lord Harold. They have gone toward the trees. You know where. The haunted sycamores!" And she pointed toward the avenue of roses and flowering "shrubs through which she had seen the lovers disappear in the direction of the upper end of the long, wide canyon. "I am sure you could overtake them, for they were walking very slowly." Van Tassel needed no urging, and bowing hastily to Mrs. Travers, he turned in the direction she had indicated and walked rapidly away, nor did he moderate his pace until he saw Ua/ama V?irn 4-rrrr\ r\f Tull H FY) UC1U1C UilU bUO KTTU ^;u*wvud Ui " ? be was in quest. Lord Harold Moray : bad drawn tbe ungloved little band of i bis companion close witbin bis arm; and in tbe slender, undulating figure of Dolores, insensibly incliueil toward > bim till ber graceful head almost i touched bis shoulder, there was au eloquent confession, stronger than words, of the sentiment that drew them together. Van Tassel's gaze rested on that exi quisite form, to uim the loveliest and noblest in the world, and inseusibly Lis rapid pace grew slower. The instant he had approached sufficiently near to hear the low, whispered tones of the lovers, he spoke at once, before he could have time to overhear the least word that passed between them: j "I hare brought you t'jis letter, senorita, because I knew you would wish to have it immediately." Dolores turned instrntly at the sound of his voice. "Oh, thank you, Henri; thank you so much!" she said, pressing her lips to the clear, familiar handwriting whose exercises in Spanish she had so often corrected. "Dear, darling Polly! But how in the world has she found me out? It is I from Polly Hamilton, Harold," she J said, "and oh " She stopped suddenly, with a distressing feeling that, whether she spoke or remained silent, she must be guilty of seeming treachery either to the one man or the one woman in the world whom she loved best; and then, with a de?p sigh, she tore open the letter. "At least I must read what she says,*' she thought, "and then " She read hurriedly, wildly, delightedly, hardly daring to believe in the good news; and again more calmly, but with a thrilling sense of freedom and joy. Then, with a longdrawn breath of relief from pent-up suspense and anxiety, she placed the letter in her lover's hands. "Rend, dear Harold," she said, "and then I will explain, and rid my mind forever of a painful secret?the. only one that can ever come between you and me." Wondering very much, but with perfect confidence that whatever Dolores bade him do must be the right thing to be done, Lord Harold Moray read Polly Hamilton's letter: "At last, my darling ll/tji, have I found you? For weeks and months I Lave sought you?from New York to San Fran, cisco?all over California, ds I thought; j then, on a false clue, back again to New 1 York, to find here that I ought to have I stayed where I was?but no matter! For here I find what, I *m quita-SUje cow,-Is the right clue. I hear that a Mrs. Travers,. of Santiago Canyon, near Santa Ana, ha$ a") Spanish governess for her little girls; that tbe governess comes from the East (all pearls of price comes from the East, dear), that her name Is Dolores, and my heart tells me she Is my own dear Rltal Am I right?am I right? Oh, I can't bear any more disappointments and I am coming to see for myself, so that you may expect ma almost as soon as my letter; for as soon aa 3 papa can settle his business affairs here, - -? - JAA. Kama? we are returning to our uwu uc#i uvum t to stay there, and I shull see you one*?' again?you, dearer than nil other girls in1 the world! Write to me, dear, at the enclosed address, San Francisco, for there is now no further excuse for hiding yourself from rae. "That man, Rita! Oh, can I ever write his name without trembliDg? But I shall ?I dol Believe me, dear, It Is only memory, a memory of what never existed, that makes me tremble; for I tell you truly from my heart, Rita, that Clarence Stanley is less than nothing to me now?not even a memorv, not even a name! You dear girl! It was not worth breaking my heart and your own, too (for I know vou haveMffered equally in our separation), by running awHy from me, that he might not see you no more. Rita, dearest, he never returned, neither to protest, excuse, make love to me again or attempt to win you from me! Gone at once he was, and forever; and, though it nearly killed me at the moment, I have since learned to kneel in gratitude to Heaven for saving me from such a man. He has married Oiive Gaye, n?ir1 tnnsthpr tlipv must IlOW bO SOine where in England; though, strange to say, I hear nothing from Lady Clarence Stanley; perhaps she is waiting to send mo her cards as the Countess of Windermere. And now, dearest, this will surely prove to you how unnecessary is further concealment on your part. Let me hear from you at onco. The loss of you is an insupportable grief, Rita, for you are dearer than any man ean ever be to the longing, loving heart of To* ly Hamilton." "And this man, then?this Clarence Stanley?" asked Moray, in utter bewilderment. "This is all bo unlike our dear Clarence! Engaged to this young lady, false to her, false to Constance, and basely marrying a third? Oh, it cannot be!" "Nor is it true, Harold," said Dolores, sadly and gravely. "Your sister's lover is dead; but she is more fortunate than my dear Polly, for she can mourn a true and honest lover and cherish his memory " "Dead! Clarence Stanley dead!" said Lord Harold. "Oh, poor Constance! It is cold comfort I must bring back to yon, my sister! But who then is this man who has been masquerading as Clarence Stanley?" Dolores turned an appealing look toward Van Tassel, and it was he who answered: "His name is Carlos Mendoza, Lord Harold, and be is the man who killed your kinsman, Clarence Stanley." "His murderer? Stanley mnr- j dered!" cried Moray, recoiling in j horror. "It was a fair fight?fair enough," | eaid Van Tassel, gravely. "I was the j sole witness, and I can tell you the ! story truly as it happened." TO EE CONTINUED. Nutritious Birds. The flefeh of birds differs in quality according to the food on which they live. Such as fjed upon grain and j berries afford in general good nour- i ishment, if we except geese and ; ducks, whose flesh is hard of diges- , tion. A young chicken is tender and delicate food and extremely well j adapted for use when the digestive j powers are weak. Of all tame fowls the capon is the most nutritious. I Turkey and guinea fowls afford sub- j stantial aliment, but are not as wel- I | come to the stomach as to the palate, i In nil birds those parts are most nrm which are most exercised; therefore, ! the wings and in the larger birds the . legs are commonly the toughest. The j flesh of wild birds in general, though | more- digestible, is less nourishing j than that of quadrupeds, beiug dryer , on account of the constant exercise ! which birds take. Those birds which ; subsist upon worms, insects or fishes j do not furnish -wholesome food.Lippincott's. A Spider's .Musical Ear. During the entire summer until j late in the autumn a large black i hunting spider (Lycosa) dwelt in my j piano. "When I played andante more- j meuts softly she would come out on ! the music rack and seem to listen. j Her palpi would vibrate with almost inconceivable rapidity, while every j now and then she would lift her an- | tenor pair <Jf legs ana wave tnem to : iind fro and up and down. Just as j soon, however, as I commenced a j march or galop she would take to he? heels and flee away to her den soue-\ where in the interior of the piano, [ where she would sulk until I ehtioed her forth with "Trnumerei" or Bon- j del's "Largo."?Fron Dr. AVier's "Dawn of Reason." The strength of two horses equals that of fifteen men. < OOOOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ! Death Valley and |j | Its Borax Mines. |i R O j aooooooooooooooooooccooooo j Death Valley is probably the most j?tn Pnlifnrnin. unique liiuuiui icuiuic v-"y-? It is located in the southeast comer (f Incyo County, and is inclosed by the 1 Panamiut Mountains on the west and the Funeral Range on the" east. It is seventy-five miles long, and at its narrowest point hut eigh* miles wide. At one time, most probably, It .was the bed of an ancient river. The lowest depression is 200 feet below sealevel, but above this rises Telescope Peak, 11,000 feet high, of the Panamint Range, and dir ^ctely opposite the Funeral Peak, which reaches an altitude of 8000 feet. During the winter these peaks are covered with snow. I This remarkable, valley was! discovered in 1850 by a party of immigrants, many of whom lost ttelfc the' attempt to cross it. ^e-^flijae bag. .clung to.lt, also,'as being tbe'^ne ofr numberless tragedies. Early ''in itm history] traditions of gold and alyaB deposits of wonderful richness "wi'tfflH Its boundaries persuaded many adventurous persons to undertake the hazardous experiment of its exploration. The nninber who have lost their lives ; in this desolate field is undoubtedly ! great. Pursuing the mirage of rich dei posits of precious metals these advenI turous prospectors succumbed at last to the intolerable heat and the agonies ! of thirst The range of the thermometer is ! ?nfnn*,,y in Vflllpv tllHll II IVU.U'1.. ?- ? | elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere. ! In -..inter the temrerarure is way bej low zero, while in July and August ; the thermometer ranges for weeks at j 137 decrees above, frequently rising j several degrees higher. Tor weeks at ! a time the lowest level temperature obI WATER COOLER USED IS DEATH VALLEY. I served exceeded 100 degrees. The I deadly hea't burns every vestige of { vegetation. The Spanish bayonet, a plant that flourishes under the most arid conditions, here barely survives, while the mesquite, with its long roots penetrating deep into the earth in search of scanty moisture, just manages to exist. A party of enterprising agriculturists once experimented with growing fruit and vegetables in this region, anticipating large profits in the early marketing of their crops. The attempt was a complete failure, the iuten: heat withering the plants, notwithstanding copious supplies of water and the most skillful cultivation. In the higher altitudes of the Fanamints there are numerous valleys with flowing streams. Iu ihese fruits are cultJv?>ic<i mifl reach the market two ?^l?3?$bW?**.: bVf} >\ w' BORATE; MINES IN" months before the California-pfodu&ts mature. *\.The prevailing winds in ^nth Tailed are from the west. Though originati^LJn.the .Pacific Oceafffond fcfturated\th humidity In traveling the fntennodiffcte distance, they are Intercepted by- the lofty ponUs of four ranges of moimtains, which absorb all k i: of tlicir moisture, so that by tiie time they reach the valley all humidity lias' disappeared, and no living thing can | survive the intense Ileal. Even birus, indigenous to the region, die. It is in the months of greatest heat j i that the sand storms of I??-at: Valley | | are most deadly. Then ratre with in- j tense fury, obliterating the landscape j and dimming the light oi' the sun. I withering the scanty vegetation and covering the trails deep in powdered (lust. At all times the aspect of the valley is superlatively desolate. No spot on earth surpasses it in ariuity or tophet-like heat. '? During the heated term an hour without water means death. Meat becomes putrid, Jn an hour. Eggs are cooked in the blistering sand. Water is only palatable by means of large porous earthenware jars, common to all hot countries, suspended in drafts and reduced in temperature by means of the rapid evaporation of the moisture from the outside. 1 I .V ING DEATH VALLEY. ' i / & : ? U'?T. v , The belief that the borax.-marshefi'v Al ' ~6 AVm -? nrt, inlfA WKirth are uie remains ul mc >u?t *au.c * . jonce filled the valley is supported by graces of water-line found GOO feet I ^bdve, on the mountain sides. ; tin general appearance all bonpr ftarshes are alike. They are loea^|^' ?irA V vV! .;Jfc SPANISH BAYONET PLANT. DEATH VALLEY at the point of greatest depression and from n distance look like deposits of salt or snow. Under tlie surface is common wet clay or water of varying depths. These deposits are generally circular in form and appear as though once they were erat rs. Borax was created by contact of boracic acid in gaseous form, with the lime and soda of the surface. A': Teels Marsh, Nevada, borate of lime appears in tho form of hails imbedded in clay along with soda. salt. etc.. but at Columbus these are found in sandy soil. Sometimes these ..alls are ecomposed. underlying the soil which is removed, and the borate shoveled out. Deposits of crude borate of soda are found in Nevada n:;d in Death Valley, at the Monte Blanco mines. These mines are ? 1?n THE CRYSTALLIZED BORAX ON THE RODS. located in a region the most forbidding, remote from the railroad and offering almost unsnrtnoun table difficulties in the reduction and marketing of their product, but their richness and extent, compared to ail other fields, soon c..used them to be regarded as tlie principal source 01 supply ior tne future production of borax in the United States. Th j works employ from 400 to 3 GOO men. The crude borate of lime is first [ passed through rock breakers and is 71 : DEATH VALLEY. ,V;. ( : v " ' * ' '. W"-'' 11 then ground to the fineness of flour by J means "of rolls and burr stones. It is J Then, with a small proportion of ear- (( bonate of soda, thrown Into a digester, where under heat, pressure find agita- ? ; tion the existing affinities art- com- ,j plctely divorced. The carbonic acid i, unites with the lime, which yields bo- i-, racic aqid, the latter with a small por- e: ' < " i. * . tion of soda" and the result is borax in solution. The liquor is then drawn off into tanks, where the borax in crystallizing attaches itself to small steel rods and hooks altogether like great sticks of rock c/indy. The sediment contained in the mixing tanks is composed largely of sand and dirt with considerable borax mixed. The deposit is passed through a fdter press, which presses.the dirt and allows the borax liquor to pass away to be utilized again. Repeated over and over . again, the last remnant of borax is Anally secured by this process. MACHINE FOR HANDLINC ECCS. Interesting Device For Packing Them in Crates. Egg crates, with their pasteboard partitions for each egg, are usually packed by export hand-packers, and ti e device here pictured is intended to facilitate this operation. * It consists of a wooden tray to which aro attached paral.el wooden 6trips of semicircular section, running in the direction of its length, the whole being covered, with cloth. This t?a. is placed TBHHHugjjUBK|^|^^HH| v ^9^h^hh $ *11 I i* t? ! {i i]' i SfrU g*m rnngement If^^^Hapung men to be c-arerl for, but^^Hnp* have been provided for tha^^^Hpey will occupy these, five The kitchen o*?pe palace is large enough to prepare food for 2500 per-' sons, who ca*? sit down at one time in the dining hall and be served. All Ebilnivni.fti.e r?r.t TM-nvirif><1 fnr in thf> nfll ace will have accommodations secured j for tlji'ui in near-by private houses and hotels. It has been settled thjt all Visitors will pay their own expenses. Remarkable Quartet. The tallest man in Europe is Oscar Balling, who is only twenty-three years old and measures eight feet two inches. Fraulein Gee-hen, the second curiosity, is the oldest daughter of a 11 :rnoi'e's tallest and shortest rEOrLE. 'hinainan. who married a (Jerman I'oiuan in Berlin. She is well pro'ortioued. and is only an iu?*li shorter han (Iscar. A ludi<To contrast is l;e Norwegian dwarf. Ote Olson, w 1 I'Uderly uursts a full beard and is i>ri,v yoa>.-; n!d and no? quite three ( in height. The fourth member of j . in* troupe i?; little Willie Wendt, six- j ( ' 'u years ohKj^j^yiu]. who is two j ( shibit THE" STRAWBERRY FETE. 1 Where the oyster of late ' I , Was the star of the fete i Gotten up by the ladies in churches, 1 Now the strawberries reu ? O'er the saucers are spread, And the spoon on the lip ofter. perches* On the side there's ice cream, Always held in esteem In all seasons and all sorts of weather;.; And it long has been known v Cream or berries alone ' jll Can be eaten or mixed up together. . 19 There the strawberry girl -S Sets male hearts in a whir!! . By the way she accepts invitations; Promptly forward she goes \ When she's asked to dispose Of a share of the dainty collations. When one sauccr is gon3 ... * There's another brought on. 3 For she says she is "so fond of berries;'* She may take three or four, '^9 And perhaps a few more, _ \ ''gj| For her yearning at times slightly varies, ) *8 Will she try Bome ice crcam? Then her eyes fairly ocam j. With delight and she's quickly consenting, iW Five more times she'll indulge, ? - JjH While the chappie's eyes bulge, < 3H And his folly he's sadly repenting. t - M Then the youns man so rash ^ Quickly .fc$nds out the cash, 9 And at once for the exit he searches. 3 That's the wiy money goes, a But, as.e&rvone knows. '?] It is ail for the gpmof ihe churches. ? ?Pittsbui?4Jhroaicle-Tciegraph. i vM "Jfl JINGLES *Mt.P JESTS. I The sponge, unlike, men, generally -9 swells with pride made to take -V water.?Norristown J Willie Roadster?''DeWwroe t'ing I ;jl like about fishin'?it's iHroLoear do Jfl same t'ing as doln' notWj^WPuck. jK Bobbs?"Clothes do aK fyke tee 1 M man.'' Dobbs?"No, tfcit mfW? a law- Vfl yer lias been matdejaf n good suit." V Little Cupid shotSflBrt JS That pierced my nq^P&nd stony heart; .vB Sad, indeed! but,'What is worse, ;j| That same dart it pierced my purse! W Hoax?"The world is sure to hear M from tliat young man.'' Joax?"A . 41 genius, e!i?" Joax?"No; lie plays the 9 trombone." 4 Blobbs?"I understand Skinnum Is W practicing medicine. I suppose lie's M doing well." Slobbs?"No; I believe *J| he's doing the sick." f Merchant?"Do you speak German?* vj Needy Applicant?"I never have, -Tiut. Ijj gracious, I'll tackle it if you give- in* J a job."?Indianapolis Journal.' r,l Mrs. Muggins?"Does your liusband 'M appeal to you as a vocalist?" Mrs. J8 Buggins?"No; it's quite the other way. 1 appeal to him to ?top."^^^j|lfc a Dolly?"Did that fampus authorffiraSfJ you his autograph, Polly ?V ; Pon^QpP9 "No; but he kept mine^tbe mean, im- w pudent thing!"?Chicago'"Re cord. 1 Love makes the worm go 'round, 1 I do not cafre; ,1 It's cash, I'ye always found, \ That makes tilings square. \ M ?Philadelphia Rcco^d. "Knave!" said the autocrat, "how earnest thou tc be a fool?" "Sire, respouded the jester, "I began Kfe W-1 among the wise men."?Philadelphia J Worth American. ' "Mr.-Newkid?'Tnclc Thomas has lost his entire fortuue in Wall street!" M Mrs ' N^w-kid?"Oh. the ungrateful wretch!' Right after \vc had named 9 ?$fe.baby for him."?Puck. " fflj sS-f'I sold', newspapers when I was tf. .boy," declared tl.v ?i?;.-<inan. prvud- '.] ly. "And now you are selling the' '"j? ^public," remarked an unsympathetic ? 'ipdltor.?Philadelphia Air.i'riyni. Nell?"I believe that: people s^^U^QH jSTfrays marry their opposites." Belief -1 '"I thought you seemed very mpcl/in terested in tlie young man that lives M across the street from you." J Sillk-us?"You say nothiug is super- s fluous. 01' wh.it use is the verml- 9 1'orni appendix':" Cynicus?"It keeps M Jots of doctors from starving to" ! ucath."? Philadelphia Record. , For the round moon he proudly criej A year or two from mrth; Therf in his haunhty manhood's pride He clamored tor the ear'n. -M ?Chicagc^Record. "Did you see Dumley's latest pliok * jfl to?" "You menu the one in which he 9 looks cross-eyed V" "Yes; how on earth M did it happenV" Well, the photographer was cross:eyed, you soe, and just ns lie made the exposure lie turned to Duinploy and said: 'Look this way, -^1 ( AVlifw! What . ? \';irn. 3 Perhaps the most remarkable story j of imitation In monkeys is told by ' > a Doctor E. Pereival Wright, rlic professor of botany in Dublin University. vj.3 According to him, wlu-u Lord Howe ' jj was in (omni.iud of the Rock of (jib ml tar. the monkeys wore much more common than at present, a ml wefe ,gj so tame lhat they allowed the soldiers 9 to approach them without fesfr. -9 One day a number of the men went 9 out fishing. anchoring tlicir bo^t quite in near the shore, hut in the midst of "9 their sport the roll was hfearu. I The anchor \v;is hauled up, and hast- *J? ily rowing ashore, lliey left the boat 9 upon the iKT.ch, and hurried to the 9 No sooner had they ?one than sev- .'.^9 eral large monkeys tltft had been 9 watching the proceedings with great V interest ran to the boat and shoved it J oft', and begr.u throwing over the tisli- aj ing lines, hauling them in as they had m seen the men do. 9 This they k? j>r up until, becoming 9 tired. th< v pulled tlu- boat in shore, fl where tin* .soldiers found her, wonder- 9 ing at their disturbed lines, until the <9 facts were explained to them by an 9 officer of the guards wlio had been -9 an amused wi?m*s.s of the entire pro- 3 ceeding.?x,Vav? rley Magazine. '9 Tired WlreR. . o<>t tired as well as tilings 9 ? o~that have life. P>U\v all week carrying- JB from city to city messages of sadness and happiness, business and even nouseose/and dealings in figures extend- ? in& into millions and billions, stock nnd market reports, bciug especially j trying, the wire can be said to wait for Sunday to cornel Unusually heavy is a Saturday's work, and wit en the day ^ is at an cud tin' wires may be classed 3 as worn our. The rest afforded by the ;jB Sabbath day. when business of tele- Jl graphing is almost at a standstill ex- -M et pt for i he newspaper work, does the ? wires good, for they are far better 8 conductors o:i Monday than on Satur- 4 ilay. It s.i::ietiiiies found lh-cessary ' to give wires a rest, especially after -41 extended um*. It lias been found that when left for three weeks with- fi [Hit use ten per cent, is added to the - -W conductivity vi a wire.?Philadelphia Jm