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. Rumboi -7T& BY MALCO tOiftk HERE is nothing else that I. Jj can be doue. of course." ' O The speaker thrust his K well shaped hands through fQffT his thick, curly hair. "I the heir to my uncle's title, but bis Tes ore so mortgaged that I am ed to sell them. Of course. I have profession, but my clients are few 4 far between, and. I have been aciomed to a liberal allowance, little uning that some day I suould have ay for it out of my heritage." le late Lord Rumbolt's family lawlooked sympathizlngly at the young i whose fate was so different from t it should have been. Up stairs, he room above them, lay all that 'mortal of Cuthbert, Baron Rum, whose funeral was to take place very day. The. morning sunshine ered in through the deep, bay winsv as if mocking the young man se prospects had been shattered at >w. Lt Anthony Rumbolt was no cowand ool. Once he had masl the news he was ready to be up doing. can't stay here, under the circumrrpR. for I can't afford to keep up place on the earnings of a briefless w," he told Carew. "There is ing else to be done; the dear old5'ir.nst come under the hammer, peci it will fali into the hands of t upstart local merchant or a mut aiser from New Zealand. Thank en, uay duties will keep me in Lonand I shall not be harrowed by its :ration." e lawyer looked at him a little ly from under his shaggy br?ws. >u might marry," he ventured, tim"You are a prize in the matrimomarket, Lord Rumbolt. Many ill themsetves for a title?'* burst ithony, impetuously. "Don't think at again, please. I've not sunk so is-that yet. and, please heaven, I intend to " ? at there are many lovely girls, have enough money?and you are looking!" put in the elder man, ashed. "There's nothing like looktil your chances in the face, I you want me to look one 'chance' e face forever afterward!" added irdship, grimly. "No, no, Carew, have said, I hate all that sort of , When I marry, it will be for nlone?love and nothing but love, lad you broke the news of my unbankruptcy to me beforehand. I d have hated to have to face all gaping relations unprepared. As of course, I shall not give myself , but I shall take it stoically, and lopo that I shall not be comniserrlth, that's all!" two men passed out of the li then and into the hall. The was on its way down the broad, 'stairs?the dead man's last jourcross the threshold of the anccslome he had ruined was just to be taken. tiony slipped into his place as t-law and chief mourner, and j ft seedy connection of the lato 'a. who had not been aware of ate of affairs at Rumbolt Chase, i .into the .procession which folthe body across th? soft, green to the little, churchyard, where rvice was soon read and the dest committed to the dust. Then ilemn procession re-formed and its wsv back to the old mansion 'ir.css to hear the will read. j.ves in the room were turned on ny Rumbolt as the words fell ' from the lawyer's lips?words aade him practically penniless, i title to keep, and only his pro II lipoll WUIUll IU UU It. e were murmurs of disappointjfpowls of surly rage, sobs from cal feminine relatives, who subbehind their black-edged hand>fs, presumably to dry tlieir nd swallow their secret sorrow, le midst of it all the heir stood [ threw heck his handsome head i thoroughly characteristic gestnds." he saiu, and his voice was :?y steady, "I am very glad to u heiv, and to know that you oii.ed with me in honoring my ncle. He was, as yon all know, I i very wealthy man, and some? ikings of h!s were not success-1 .he last. That is the reason why oy of you are disappointed of s to-day. That is all I have to lKfr?W Thaul* I'Aii ??!! mnnh jjjMoi'-iiJ-H." SK.irr.riI to tbe old .lawyer, shook flftd warmly, and. still .'-.elding; his juHigh, he left the room, leaving ^Hcuind liiw to retire us beet they g^nis heart was heavy when he jjg^L bed that night, ami it did not S|Bny lighter as the days went on BSe time Crew near for Rum bolt Ho be j>'.!t ui.? to suction. I-Ic was BjHh&ndsorpe and a baron, but he bSB knew fr:>m day to day where meal -would come from?as be HHmsclf, lie was an impoverished one glojious spring morning, Sws came to him, as he sat in his m^nuT/ncrs in the Temple, that EnBise had been bought by a oerS^Buorieun, o::e f'iive YVavreuTlcr Ijg^B?. Whoever it was he wrote a rally bold 0!.-d !c~il'.le hand, AcKg^Bh-jUght, as he looked over the SSHr.v papers aiid wrote the words IBHiu'i! Hie Chase away from hint Ill ])!>? hi-irs forevi-r. iiion no Ikinler than ever .it !?i.$ hooks, he Uioii^hl of liis lost inhurltr in So t lie bud: recesses of Ins ii?I all ikicugh rinlly Iinfc Anyu"!. :*nlt \t?:s only what iniprht have !?- !. He hrokp t5?>Ts*i> coiuawl ill? doctor onlem! him ir ruiIre rost :tml change of air. u.V.ls lurai'il involuntarily Into 'kW'.-n ilircelion. The te;ni'?a? too ^ri-at r??r him. Xhe ;?bys:iiruiuivtl soiuvtking about Ui<? Bfeiy*... _ ^ t _ ; _ _ ._ li/s Heir r LM FURZE. Continent, a sea voyage, etc., etc., and Rumbolt acquiesced ungracefully, but he packed bis bag with feverish haste, and the traiu took him, not to Dover or Folkstone, but down into the heart of Devonshire, where, in the fairest countv of Ensrlaud. his forfeited heritage stood. He put up at the little inn of the market town, which was situated about ten miles from the Cliase. It was ' rather a rough night; a boisterous gnle was howling across his beloved pastures, and the rain was coming down in sheets. Suddenly, below in the ball, he heard a commotion. A private carriage bad met with an accident; the horses had just escaped being killed by a tree falling across their path, but the carriage had suffered, being almost crushed by the weight of the branches as they fell. Anthony was soon in the tiny hall, listening to the tale of woer as a tall, slender girl, with her wellshaped head, came forward into the dim light She turned her eyes on the young man who had just joined the assembled company, and Rumbolt's heart gave a big throb and passed out of his own keeping forever. The eyes that had wrought this havoc were wide and velvety. 01 a coior someiuing ueiweeu a deep shad? of gray and purpie?big, innocent, fearless eyes, that "rested on his face for the space of a second, and then sought the circumscribed ball for the innkeeper. The latter came forward a little tremulously. The accident was not his fault, but the young Jady would doubtless want to be put up for the night, and his lordship had the best room in the house, and the only one that was worth offering to a lady. "I cannot go on," she said, in clear tones, which reached Rumbolt's ears; "perhaps, Mr. Jenkins, you will place a room at my disposal?" The innkeeper prevaricated to gain 'time. " Ho murmured' his desire to meet with the lady's wishes in every respect, shrugged his shoulders, and invited, her to be seated in the parlor until her room had been prepared. Then he turned helplessly to Anthony, who stood leaning against the balustrade, watching the little play. "It's your room, my lord, which Is the very best," he said, entreatingly. "Might I make so bold as to ask you, to " He stopped, awed by the curious look in his companion's face. Anthony purposely misunderstood him. "Give her the best room," he said, magnanimously, "as bng as you don't disturb me!" "But " Anthony waved him aside^ .with a laugh. "Don't 'but' me," he remarked. "Put the young lady in your best room, and make no more apologies about it There, that will do!" Consumed with a desire to meet the glance of those lotely eyes once more,' Bumbolt sauntered into the little room where the lady was waiting until her room should be ready for her. He was rewarded, for the girl looked up at his entrance. She smiled at him so frankly that he decided to ignore Mrs. Grundy. "It was an awkward accident," he said, taking a chair at the table, while he concentrated his gaze upon some wax flowers in a glass case at the other end of the room. "It was lucky that you were near this place " "It would have been luckier if I had been nearer my own house," she answered, with a faint show of constraint. Something told her that just because this young man was handsome and everything that could be desired, ^he had better keep him at a distance. "You will be quite comfortable, I assure you, here," he assured her, smiling. "Do you live near?" She looked out of the window. "Ratlier near," she answered in low tones. "Then perhaps you have heard of the gentleman who bought Rumbolt Chase?" he ventured, eagerly. "Gentleman? You mean?er?yes, of course, I know?himr the girl an swerea, -Hurriedly. "Mice?girl?i mean man?Clive Warrcnder! Have you met him?" Anthony shook his head. "No," he answered, decidedly, "and I don't want to, either. You see, I was?the heir, and I was forced to sell the old place, and it went against the grain. One can't keep up a title on nothing, so the place had to go!" "You?you are the heir?" repeated his companion, wonderingly, a little flush mounting to her half averted cheek. Tony bowed. "I happen to be that most unfortunate person," he returned, gravely. Something seemed to excite his companion's risible faculties, for at this moment she laughed outright, a clear, bell-like sound which irritated Rumbolt. "Why didn't you?marry money? I she asked, after a pause. "Thats what all impoverisned peers do nowa- j days, don't they?or perhaps you are already married?" It was curious, but with those eyes Gxed upon him he was glad to answer iu the negative. "I'm not married, nor ever likely to bccome a benedict." he answered, rising to his feet and going over to the lirenlnce. "I would never demean mv self so much as to marry money " "But if you loved?tbe girl, irrespective of her money?" The question was askeil in a low voice. Tony shrugged hia shoulders. "I should give tbe girl too wide a berth to make such a possibility possible," lie returned stiffly. ' And at tliat moment the innkeeper returned, snying that tbe roam was ready for the lady, and she promptly followed him out into tbe hall. Fortunately, he was not in tbe hall when she came down the next morn\ i??. her groom having driven over a i smart dogcart to fetch her, and she es - ' caped with a mixed feeling of resentment ami relief. Ouce at the Chase she sought :i big, sunny room, where a sweet faced woman Iny on a couch with a book in her hands. "My darling Clive, I thought something dreadful had happened to you!" the elder woman said, taking the lovely, flushing face between her two thin hands and kissiug her tenderly. "For imnfalif Tahlrint! tfftn nitf". I U UU UVi J ? M t lIUJU>7 iviu IUC ,rvu *t VLC JMHting up at the inn, so I knew you would be all right. What an escape you hart! Thank God. you are safe!" "Oh, I'm all right, aunty," the girl answered, throwing aside lier cloak and kneeling by the couch. "Is your head better to-day? If so, I will tell you of uiy adventure." Mrs. Warrender patted her niece's hands affectionately, and listened to her account of the meeting with the heir. "Poor man!" the girl sighed, softly.. "He was so tandsome?and'looked so' sorry, auoty. If he comes to-dny I shall show him round " "And do the honors, though I am afraid he will hardly allow you to do that, considering what a violent dislike he seems to have taken to you alpnnHir rttnnnrli lio hno nrvvw ?f?pr? VO'll." the invalid answered, stroking the bright bead. An idea was borne in upon CUvc's mind at her aunt's words. \Vby let him know that she was Ihe Clive Warrender whose money had enabled her to buy his heritage from him? Wby not make out that Mr. Warrender? Lord Rumbolt believed him to be a man?was away from home, and that his wife, to whom she was companion, was too ill to see him? , Her decision was quickly made, for a servant came in at that moment to teli her that a gentleman was down stairs who would like to see the place1 if it was possible. Going slowly down stairs, she found herself at length face to face with Lord Rumbolt in the big, old-fashioned drawing room. He started upon seeing her. and she anticipated the question his lips were framing by saying quickly: "Mr. Warrender will be delighted for you to see as much of the bouse and grounds as you like. Mrs. Warrender Is, I regret to say. too ill to come down stairs, or she would have welcomed you in Sir. Warrender's absence, which she much regrets?" "But you??" He stopped, and she .smiled at.him -bravely. "1?" she repeated. "Mrs. Warrender keeps a paid companion." , He jumped at once to the conclusion she wished. "Ah! You are the companion. Now I understand?" The glance he gave her was such as made her turn round hastily to the door. "I will show you round, or would you rather go by yourself?" He hastily vetoed the latter suggestion, and together they tpade a tour of the house and gardens. After the rains of the previous day the skies had cleared, and a brilliant sun shone high in the blue heavens. Rumbolt was young, his companion was young, the earth was fair?hope was in the air?the summer hours flew all too quickly, and ehe dared not ask him to stay to lunch, lest, unconsciously, something should arise to disclose her identity. But Rumbolt was very much in love for the first time in his life, and the obstacles were as nothing. This young girl was a paid compan'on to wealthy Mrs. Warrender, and he loved her. Why should she not become his companion? His profession brought him in enough to justify his asking such a girl to marry him. So he cut at the corn as he walked through the scented fields and wandered by the silver trout streams, and when he caught sight of her pink linen gown through the hedge, two days later, he made haste to overtake it. Something in his eye? warned her. She noted the danger signal, and a shy flush rose to her cheek as she extended I her hand in greeting. Then he became conscious that he did not. know her name. She had J never told him beyond the bare fact uiac 1 c wus?lYiuriyii. "Miss Martyn." lie cried, all at oncc plunging into the- subject that was uppermost in his heart, "I have something to say to you. ajid you will listen to me patiently, won't you? I am poor, but I have- reason to believe that you also earn your own livelihood, and I want to know if you think you could ever bring yourself to give up your luxurious life here and marry me? I love you, darling, with all my heart and soul. Come away and be my queen, my best beloved. Say you will try very hard to love me." He caught one slim hand that hung at her side and carried it to his lips. "I worship the very ground you tread on," he said, fervently. "Give me, oh, give me a little hope that some day you "will take pity on me." "You love me?" she asked, softly. "You are quite, quite sure of that, whatever happens?" "I am quite, quite sure of that," he answered, passionately. "Look in ray eyes and read it for yourself." Thus adjured, she raised her lovely eyes to his. and in a second he had caught her. trembliug and blushing, to his breast. "Whatever happens?till death us do part!" he cried, triumphantly. "You can never go back upon that, darling." She pushed him from her a little. "My name is?Mary." she said, with an adorable little smile. "I must break the trews to Mrs. Warrender, and perhaps she will see you to-morrow!" Then she hid her face on his breast again and sped away so swiftly that he decided she wanted to be alone, and resisted the teinpiation to follow her. He received a short note that evening at the inn. It was in a bold, decisive hand, and was signed "Oive War rentier. JL ut? uiuci uu^ucu w Lord Itumbolt at 10 o'clock the next morning. "So at last [ shall see the brute!" he murmured, as he replaced the small sheet of note paper in the envelope. "I hope he will let me carry off his wife's companion before the year is out. There is nothing to wait for." It was with curiously mixed feelings that he had awaited in the library tho coming cf the master of the house. The room in which he stood bore little or no trace of r.msculine occupation, but the fact escaped Anthony's attention at the time, though afterward it occurre J to him. There was a slight'hesitation outside the door?it opened slowly, and ad- i mitted, not. the Jail, overbearing man her expected to see, hut?Miss Martyn, looking for all the world rather ashamed of herself. He strode forward eagerly, hut she held up her hand. ''Mr. Warreiider??" he said, in (ones of surprise. "Has he seut you to *?? >'?" "I am Olive- YVarrender," slit said, steadily. Then she slipped into a cba.'c while Itumboltdrew a long breath. She glanced up furtively between her Angers, after a long pause. The silence was becoming unbearable. 3he would rather he had commenced to storm and rave at her! Anthony's handsome face was in danger of being spoiled by a very decided frown. Miss Warrender took the bull by the horns, nnd, rising, she went; over and laid ft very contrite little, head on hJs shoulder. "You said?you would love me?whatever happened!" she murmured, softly. "Tony, you aren't going to take back your words?because? because [ happen to have a little money?" His mouth began to show signs of relenting. It was hard to be stern when she was?so near! "But I tolu you?" he began. She broke in with a little, troubled laugh. I"I know you did," she answered. "If you hadn't perhaps I shouldn't have -"An?nil vAiir fnnlt* UULCl f CU juu gv mii j In fact"?stepping back from him aud looking rather severely at bis troubled countenance ? "I don't know that I should have thought of you at all?if you had not said you would giro a girl with money a wide berth?you know you did, Tony, there's no denying it?" /'Suppose I don't deny, it?" He was certainly relenting. "Suppose?I give in," she returned. I all at once. "I'm sorry to have caused you any inconvenience. Lord Eumbolt, but I give you back your promise^-l"? with a sob?"don't want to marry;?" lie strode over to her again and pressed lier in his arms. The sob had quite undermined his courage. "You are going to marry?" he said, passionately, "of course you are. Clive, darling?who are you going to marry? Tell me quickly " The spirit of mischief died hard in her. She struggled to free herself, and sweeping a low courtesy, she smiled happily. "I am going to marry?Lord Rumbolt's heir," she said. And the said heir, coming to his senses, stopped fur' ther confessions with his kisses.?New. York Weekly. BREAD AND BRAINS Education of the Community Through the Efficiency of the Schools. The public school is not to be regarded as a "private snap." The public school is?or ought to be? a public concern operated for the benefit of the public. The latter is the conception of an Iowa educator and publicist?Cap. E. Miller, superintendent of schools of Keokuk County, who is making the schools of his county really public. He does this by enlisting the schools in the work of the community. For instance: Miller, got a jeweler at the county seat to offer a prize to the school girl in the county who would make the best 4 loaf of bread and bring it to a county exhibition of out of school work. Immediately bread making was advanced to a fine art in Keokuk County. Mothers were consulted. Hundreds of girls got busy. Each school district had an exhibition, and the best loaves were selected for the county exhibition. The result? The homes of the county never had such bread on their tables generally. Scientific bread making worked wonders. The contest did for the villages and farms what the cooking school does for the city?only more. , Girls wlio bad never before given a thought to bread making saw in it a worthy accomplishment. Some of them have subscribed for cooking magazines | and have bought cook books. They | are preparing to make themseives good housekeepers. And, not least of all? The public schools of the county have become linked fast to the horae3 of the county. Mr. Miller has done a like thing in nfTorinj? Times to the boys for the best corn, etc., and has them-studying ajocg the lines of scientific agriculture.. * And withal the schools themselves have been greatly improved?not by the study of fads, but facts. This educator has pulied himself out of the worn rut of pedagogics. lie .has vitalized, the schools. He has made them what they should be ideally?live centres of communal life and progress. Electricity In the Art of War. We have seen liow all-important electrical methods of communication are to an army on the offensive, from the recent campaign in Manchuria. We have also heard?however, rather indefinitely?of the important part played in the recent naval battle by the Japanese wireless telegraph apparatus. At the battle of Mukden it was the telephone and the telesraph which really won the fight, and now it is reliably reported that the part played by the Japanese wireless telegraph system in the recent naval battle was just as important. It is said that Admiral Togo had many small scouting vessoU equipped with wireless apparatus, which were watching the Russian fleet constantly and communicating with shore stations, (he latter forwarding the information to the Admiral. At no time after the Russian fleet apr?wi/>wi .Tnnan was he isnorant of its position. But it is another use of electricity in the art of war to which we wish to call attention?the coast defense service. It is being used here for many purposes. * * "* To operate the power plants and the electrical apparatus in the United States coast defense requires about 200 officers and 5000 men.?Electrical Review. A Ilcoorrt The waltzing championship and fifty franco were recently won in Paris by M. Vincent and Mile. Scherich. They waltzed unceasingly for six hours and forty-five minutes?just a minute longer than the cohple who won the second prize. Forty-four couples com-, peted. m "SNOW BABY" MARIE AIINIGHITO PEARY. DAU ER, COMMAN THE PRIMITiVE C 0 5ERVAT0RY OF JEYPUfiE. Jeypore is the pleasant, healthy capital of one of the most prosperous independent States of Rajputana, India, and is a very busy aud important commercial town, with large banks and other trading establishments. It is a centro of native manufactures, especially those of many kinds of jewelry and of colored printed cloths and muslins. The enameled work done here is the best in India, aud the cutting and setting of garnets aud other stones found in the State is a large branch of industry. The crowded streets and bazars are most lively and picturesque. It is laid out in rectangular blocks, and is divided by cross streets into six equal portions. The main streets are 111 feet wide and are paved, and the city is lighted by gas. The Maharaja's palace occupies the ceutre of the city, which has a population of about 143,000. In Jeypore is the famous Jaulra or Observatory, the largest of the live built by the celebrated royal astronomer, Jey Sing, the founder of Joypore, who succeeded the Rajas of Amber in 1693. Chosen by Muhammad Shah to reform the calendar, his astronomical observations were formulated in tables which corrected those Ox Deda Hire. He built five observatories?at Delhi, Benares, Muttra, Ujjain and Jeypore. The observatoryat Jeypore 'is the largest of the five. THE OBSERVATORY AT JEYP ABOUT ' It is not under cover, but is au open courtyard full of curious and fantastic instruments inveuted and designed by him. They have been allowed to go out of repair, and many of them are now quite useless, it being impossible even to guess what purpose they served in the wonderfully accurate calculations and observations of their inventor, but the dial, gnomons, quadrants, etc., still remain of great interest to astronomers, and the Observatory at Jeypore is one of the places which is always visited by tourists.? Scientific American. Ju?Uflal>1o Dlaoretlon. 4 Timothy Woodruff says that in a town "up the State" there are -two. Irishmen who for some time have been on bad terms with each other. Not long ago Flaherty had, according to the notions of his friends, been the recipient of what could be deemed nothing else than insult from the other Irishman. So they urged upon him the desirability of vindicating his honor by promptly chastising his ancient enemy. But it would appear that Flaherty was a man of some prudence, for, said he, "he's more than me equal. Look at the size of him! The man's a giant!" "Very well." responded a friend, disgusted by Flaherty's exhibition of rr*c\ct Lrnr%c?cj <4 loir a him crn fh-lf1 iff if you're wantin' people {join' about sayin that you're a coward/' "Well, I dunno," responded Flaherty, placidly; "at any rate, I'd rayther have thim sayin' that than the day afther to-morrow cxclaimin', 'IIow natural Flaiierty looks!' "?Collier's Weekly. An ISpirlfmie of L> <?1*. There would appear to have been an epidemic of duelling in the Slate of Mississippi on a recent Thursday. There were six duels and four of the combatants were killed outright or fatally wounded.?London Chronicle. The so-called briar pip? is not made of briar at all, but from the root of a j particular kind of heather. ?-mm IN HER ARCTIC BRESif' GHTER OF THE POLAR EXPLORiDER PEARY. A FOLDING HOHH. l A mAfvo rv^Ana f/\ !\n aPF/mIi ITU flf rttll ?X UJUqUI'LIVUC IV UV V UVV,ii * v. % -# distance Las to be made of such lar&c proportions that it is about as incon venient to carry as a bass viol, and thif vii folding megaphone. inconvenience of transportation lias done much to prevent the more general use of the instrument. Even iu the smaller sizes a megaphone is a partic ularly clumsy and conspicuous object, so that the idea of a Cleveland inventor. ORE, INDIA. BUILT RY JKY SING 1003. of furnishing such devices in collapsi. ble form has many meritorious features. He proposes manufacturing tie trumpets from a blank of any flexible material having parallel side edgey and nn outwardly curved edge at the opposite end of such shape and curvature that when folded upon itself a cone of usual shape is produced. When not desired for use as a megaphone the sheet of flexible material may be rolled up into a small cylinder, resembling a music roll, that can readily be carried in the hand without attracting attention, or that can be stowed away in a suit case or grip. Of course tliere are eyelets and buttons or clasps at proper points to hold tte trumpet iu shape wheu'iu'use as such. l'oet and Fool. This story of Alexis Piron, the French poet and epigrammatist, ?is told by the writer of "I'Yench Meu of Letters." Piron was unfortunate enough to be arrested one night by a watchman in the streets of Paris, and was taken the following morning before the lieutenant of police, who haughtily interrogated him concerning his business or profession. "I am a poet," was the reply. "Oh, ho! a poet, are you?" said the official. "[ have a brother who is a poet." "Tnen we are quits," rejoined Piron, "for I have a brother who is a fool."? King. Huckleberry Tomtit oca. Mrs. A. w. Maxweii uas u. iuw oushola of huckleberry bushes lliat are a curiosity to most people. The bushes grow about three feet high, and the bush of the vine is about two and onehalf feet across. The tomatoes gr->w in bunches?about sixteen to twenty tomatoes in each bunch and a do'zen runches to each vine. Tb? fruit i* about the size of a good large cherry, and at this stage Is black in color.? iiurlington Jeffersouian. ? -J $ IPlifiPT i WorS^emeJ | la turning over the leaves of a book rliicli he had bought for threepence at London book stall, the purchaser * ound therein two ?5 notes whict- were la ted ilay, 1878. A traveler returned from India reft tes that at Andarkoh. in Central Inlia, he killed four full-grown tigers vlth five shots in six minutes, the first hree being single shots. Ireland has a prodigy. Three and a lalf years old, a Kj'nnegad boy reads ho nowspapers.ifliuea about fifty c&mic lejj&s, and dances a sailor.'s hornpipe u a regulation Jack Tar suit. A bottle thrown from the transport Ti,l? in 1COO t ,* dowe rvnf L Ciu Uil U utjr A?/f Xtwo, 1VU1 UU/O vwv - 'y from San Francisco, by a trooper of the Fourth Cavalry, was found on the Dcean beach, San Francisco, on July 23 last. , ' Business men should be careful," writes a correspondent of a London newspaper, "to read their typewritten correspondence before committing it to the post. I have received a typewritten letter from n. geutleman of German extraction, who informs me that he is a 'wholesale tobacconist and cigar iuiposter.*" Frobably the greatest weights carried on the backs of men for any distance are^lve loads of *bre brought up from the imaes of the And?s by. miners of Chile. In a copper mine in*i ravine leading from the main range of the Cordilleras, all the ore is carried a -1.1^1 AKf\ on/I i ctut'm uiduiui;c \jl -xu\j icti, uuu iuv aveiage weight to a man is 250 pounds. An American young lady, who bad once been graceful in form, but who was now becoming stout, was having a gown fitted by a Parisian tailor, mid she complained It was so tight she could not sit down. The tailor, wln> understood American slang, blandly in. quired: "Does madaine prefer a gown in which she can stand up and look smart, or in which she can sit down and look sloppy?" Madame preferred the tight-fitting costume, of course. FISHINC IN ARIZONA aiotnods or Kvauinr me stringent uam* Laws of tbe State. -i The flslt and game law of the Territory will have to be remodeled by the next Leg'slature in order to make it a little more liberal. As it stands uow John Stroehle and several other sportsmen are technical violators of it. On Wednesday afternoon Mr. Stroehle and several others were fishing below. the city. Mr. Stroehle was armed with. a fish spear with which he intended: to violate the law, but he never got the chance. While he was wading about in th& water looking for a victim a monster fish rushed by and Mr. Stroehle hurled his spear and missed. The water was not very deep, and Mr. Stroeblfr seized th? fisli by the tail and held on. Just thesrh a. small boy with a pitchfork caraffsplashingthrough the w&ter and set up a claim to the-, fish.'.:Said lie: "I been chasm' that blamed fisl* \ all afternoon and had him run dowa when you ketched him. You couldn't never 'a' done it if he'd been fresh." '< J. lie VJOitJIlt J11IU 3ULXC5SIUI CCU1ULC UL that fish by the tail is as technical a* violation of the law as if Mr. Stroehle "*:ad used dynamite, for, according to the statutes, fish may be taken only] with "a hook and line." Stroehle was provided with jione of these lawfulmeans of catching fi3h. The same day Deputy Sheriff Wayne Davis was fishing at the same place. He had a hook and Line, and it was a? very nic? and expensive line, loo nice to be spoiled by exposure to wet weather. Mr. Davis also had a pitchfork,' with which he jabbed at a fish, witln the result that the tines of the forlc straddlod iifm and held liim dowu? against the sand until Mr. Davis could) insert his fingers in the gills and extract him from the water. Though, the fish was not actually punctured by, the fork, still here was a violation of tho law. for the hook and line had? played no part in the capture. If 'Mr. Davis, after catching the fish, had inserted the hook in his mouth, the form of the statute, woujd have been compiled with. i Soon after that Mr.'Davis caught another fish by the simple process of falling on him. The law is silent regarding this method of catching fish, but the act. might be brought under the head of cruelty to animals. The deputy sheriff weighs something like 250 nrnuids ?Arizona Republican. Everybody Wan ed to Scratch. "The marks all over that post by th& door show where our patrons have scratched their matches as they light their cigars jnst before going out," sald> the proprietor of a Market street quick lunch cafe. "We tried to stop it by putting n match scratchor on the post, and put it at about the height whicli scorned natural for the purpose, but it was not used. Perhaps because it wast rather fancy and looked fresh and new most people reached cither above it or below it, with the idea of not marring its appearance. When it did fiually get pretty well marked up the post nbov<> and below was equally disfigured, ami then it was a matter of choice whicli n'ah id ho used. Any Mich sijiu a* 'Please strike your matches bore' dirt no good at all. Nov.* ire are going to, lianj? up a worn and much ueod scratcher, but before we do will paint the post with ( nine smooth onam*; oa the glossy surface of which MghJlisg a match will be very difficult. If thai don't servo the purpose wo will tnkc* the post down."?Philadelphia Ilecord. The Clurk ICvpt On Towermg above ail the hvnt and excitement of a rccsat lire there, the station clock nt Worcester. Mass., ticked 011. Not :i sc&ond was lnissml during tlio fire, and late nt ni<;lit the clock was right 011 lime, although everything else within and without the station had been thrown all out a? plumb bv the