Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 18, 1897, Image 5
An Widian Prince's Hunting Camp,
In the Century H. W. Seton-Karr
tells of his experiences "After Big
Game in Africa and India." In India
the author -was the guest of an Indian
prince, the Maharaja of Kuch Behar,
and he thus describes the latter's hunt
ing camp:
As we approached it between the
patches of cultivation round the clus
ter of grass huts which constituted the
village of Simlagori, the fires, tents
and lights in all directions and the
dark figures of crowds of servants
made it appear like a military encamp
ment. A native sentry kept guard
over the Maharaja's tent, which Avas
placed somewhat at one side. In the
middle of the camp rose a large diniug
tent, and the tents which were in
tended for the guests were placed in a
row on each side of the camp. Each of
these tents was a large double-roofed
structure of about twenty feet by
eighteen, internal measurement, sup
ported on two massive bamboo up
rights and a cross-bar: a space behind,
between the inner and the outer wall,
formed a bathroom, which was sup
plied with a large tin bath and an elab
orate wash-stand. The floor of my
tent was covered with a thick carpet;
the bedstead was of wood, with clean
white pillows and sheets, colored
blankets and mosquito-uet. There
were convenient pockets in the gay
lining of the teut, and two arm-chairs,
a table aud a large lamp completed the
furniture. The tents of the other
guests were equally comfortable, and
the name of each of us was neatly
printed on a placard hung outside in
order to assist us in recognizing our
respective tents, the external appear
ance being exactly the same. On tho
carpet where a portion of the roof of
the dining-tent projected, so as to form
a ind of open shelter, were a table
with tea-service and some arm-chairs.
Puring the three weeks that the camp
continued dinner was usually at eight,
as wc goberai ly returned on the ele
phants from the jungle at five or six, in
time for afternoon tea and a comforta
ble warm bath. Dinner was neatly
served by a crowd of th? Maharaja's
barefooted, white-robed attendants.
In India it is considered a mark of re
spect for a servant, on entering an
apartment, to leave his sandals at the
door.
He Pleads.
Justice-You admit taking the
v.heel?
Prisoner-Yes, your honor- but
but-it was the same make your honor
rides.
Justice-What has that to do with
the case?
Prisoner-Your honor will under
stand what a temptation it was to a
man who knows that it is the best
make in the market.-Puck.
A Five-Act Tragedy.
I. -Jones poisons his wife's cat.
II. -He professes deep sorrow at its
disappearance.
UL-He offers a ?10 reward for its
recovery.
IV. -Numerous animals are brought
for inspection.
V. -Mrs. Jones identifies one.
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INVISIBLE MONKEYS.
A New Family Discovered In Africa Which
Can Scarcely Be Seen.
Dr. J. W. Gregory, of the Natural
History Museum, of London, reports
the discovery of a family of African
monkeys that adds another curiosity
to the wonders of the zoos, provided
they are fortunate enough to obtain
specimens. These monkeys are found
in certain districts of East Africa, and
pass most of their time in the dense
forests clothing Mount Kilima Njrro
and other districts of that sections.
The black stemmed trees in which
they make their homes ave thickly
draped with gray board moss or lichen,
which reaches for several feet below
the boughs. As the monkeys hang
from the branches Dr. Gregory says
that they so closely resemble the
lichen that he found it impossible to
recognize them even when only a short
distance away.
These monkeys are known to the
i natives of certain districts of East
! Africa by the name of gnereza. They
belong to the group of thumbless apes
which are restricted to the African
continent, where they take the place
of the langurs, or sacred apes, of In
dia and other Oriental countries.
From the other thumbless apes the
guerezas, or the species to which that
name properly applies, are distin
guished by their long, silky, black and
j white coats, which are much sought
after by the nativos of Africa as arti
cles of their scanty costume and for
purposes of decoration.
In the typical Abyssinian guerer.a
the greater part of the fur of the body
and limbs is of a deep, shining black,
but from the shoulders there depends
a mantle of long, white, silky hair, ex
tending down each sido and meeting
on the lower part of the back, so as to
hung down over the sidos of the body
as well as over the hips and thighs.
The terminal third of thc tail is also
clothed with long white hairs. Strik
ingly handsome as is this species it is
excelled in this respect by thc East
African gnereza-the one met with by
Dr. Gregory-in which the base of the
tail alone is black, the whole of the
remainder of that appendage beiug
developed into a magnificent white
brush, which may be compared to an
Indian chowri or fly whisk.
Black and white is a type of colora
tion so conspicuous and at the same
timo so rare among the larger mam
mals, that whenever it occurs we may
be sure it is developed for some special
purpose, although, unless we have an
opportunity of seeing the animals in
their native haunts it is almost impos
sible to divine what that purpose may
be.
It is met with elsewhere in the ze
bras aud also in thc remarkable parti
colored bear of Thibet. Although the
former animals are conspicuous enough
in a stall at the Zoo, or when stuffed
in a museum, travellers tell us that
when seen in the haze of an African
desert their black and white stripes
fade at a very ?hort distance to an al
most invisible gray. This may even
be observed in a hot summer when the
j grass is burned brown in some of the
? private English parks where several of
these beautiful animals are allowed to
roam at will during the summer
months.
. Dr. Gregory's observations have
fully solved thc problem of the use of
the remarkable coloration of the guer
ezas, which has so long puzzled the
brains of naturalists. Decisive evi
dence is apparent that the black and
white coloration of these animals pro
tects them by a close resemblance to
their inanimate surroundings. There
>are, however, certain smaller animals
j with a similar type of coloration in
j which the startling contrast of black
! und white seems to he for the purpor.?
j of rendering them conspicuous, and as
some at least of these creatures are
endowed with a most disgusting odor,
their conspicuousness has been re
garded as warning other animals from
attacking them.-New York Herald.
Cila Monsters Venomous.
Professor John Yan Denbnrg deliv
ered an interesting lecture at the
Academy of Sciences, San Frnncisi-o.
recently, upon tho Gila monster. Ile
says :
"It has become a common supposi
tion for years," said the lecturer,
i "that the bite of a Gila monster was
j as poisonous as thai cf a rattlesnake,
j but many ol' the scientists denied this.
! Numerous eminent scientific men
stated that from actual experience they
had demonstrated that the bite was
harmless. Ono of these (Dr. Schil
fert) had himself been bilton by one
of the reptiles, and, besides the pain
occasioned by the ordinary lute ol' an
animal, no ill results followed."
The lecturer then stated, says thc
San Francisco Call, that lie had dem
onstrated that Ihe saliva of thc Gila
monster was poisonous. Its bite
would in almost every case cause
deal h. if the tooth of the lower jaw
penetrated the skin. It was the up
per jaw of the reptile which sank into
the flesh of Dr. Schilfert, ?nd as thc
secretion of the glands of tao. upper
jaw was harmless, tho doctor lived.
The speaker said that he had in
jected the saliva of both thc upper and
lower glands into pigeons, and in
every caso where that from (ho lower
jaw was injected the victim hud died
in a short time. Ho showed why so
many unimals which are bitten by tho
poisonous reptile live. The. ducts
which leads from tho glands to tho
month open between tho lower lip and
the gum. For the saliva to enter a
wound it must bo forced up from the
lip to the teeth, and thence into the
wound. Thus it is hard for tho poi
sonous fluid to reach thc blood, oven if
the \ioiini is bitten by the lower
teeth. _
Thc Question ol' the Hour.
Lecturer-The entire history of the
world has moved in circles.
Sprocket-What make?-Philadel
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QUE BUDGET OF HUMOR.
LAUCHTER-PROVOKINC STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.
Responsible For It-Transparent Thick
ness-Al Fresco Privileges-.Time For
Him to Go-The Only One-A. Born
Financier-A Man or His Word, Ktc.
Cook cracks our ellina, chips our glass,
And I will bet a dime
She is tho personage who made
Thc famous nick of Time.
-Puck.
Transparent Thickness,
"They are not very thick, then?''
"Xo; I fancy they see through each
other." ' _
Al Fresco Privileges?
'T like those street pianos."
"Strange taste! Why?"
"I can run away from them."-Chi
cago Record.
Warding Ulm O??.
Tolliver-"Can yon let me have $10
for a week, old man?"
Duero-"What weak old mau?"
Harlem Life.
Phenomenal.
The Author (proudly)-"I wrote
that dialect story in two months."
Penelope-"That's nothing. I read
it in six."-Truth.
Time For Him to Go.
He-"Do you have auy trouble
about sleeping?"
She-"-Not at all. I can scarcely
keep awake now."-Detroit Free
Press.
Proof or Her Value.
"Woman," said the lecturer, "is
pure gold."
"Yes," interrupted a thoughtful
man in a rear seat; "money talks."
Puck.
The Only One.
"is there an instance on record
where a circle has been squared?"
"Oh, yes; I've heard of a mau get
ting nu all-round, square meal at
1 hues. "-Cincinnati Commercial-Tri
bune.
Geliinp: Out of Hanger.
"Well-well-it is sad to see pedes
trianism waning iuto a lost art."
"Lost art! Not much; since the
advent of wheels and trolley cars the
hnman race is twice as nimble as it
used to be.'
Well Qualified.
"What makes you think Smoothly
is PU experienced fisherman?"
"Because he is one of the most
natural aud artistic liars I have ever
had the pleasure of meeting."-De
troit Free Press.
A Man of His Word.
Student-"This time I shall have to
owe you my rent."
Laudlady-"That is what you said
the last time."
Student-"Well, didn't I keep my
word?"-Fliegende Blaelter.
A Horn Financier.
Dawkins-"If you had all the money,
Bil!, you could possibly ever desire,
what would you do with it?"
Eilsam- "Do with it? Why, I'd
invest it somewhere where it would
double itself."-Boston Transcript.
Grappling With Difficulties.
Caddy-"Have you played much
Soli', yet?" .
Links-"Oh, dear, no! I expect
to be ready to play in another year.
This year I am giving to a study of the
things yon use in the game."-Boston
Transcript,
Sufficient Benson.
' T anderstand their engagement has
beon broken."
"Yes. She says she was deceived.
He had only six century runs to his
credit instead of sixteen, and as she
had fourteen herself he was clearly
out of hov class."-Chicago Post.
The Bet?rt Sufficient.
"Well, little chap," said the stranger
in thc family, picking up one of the
children, "what aro you going to be
when you're a man?"
"Nnffin*," said the child.
"Nothing? Why so?" asked tho
stranger.
"Because," said the child, "I'm a
little girl."-Fun.
A Lowering Process.
"You soo, it was this way: They
were all three so dead in love with her
and all so eligible that to settle the
matter she agreed to marry the one
who should guess nearest to her age."
"And did she?"
"I don't know. I know she married
thc one who guessed the lowest."
Pearson's Weekly.
Badly Swindled.
"I'll have the law on Jobbins, if
there is any way to do so," said tho
senior partner.
"What has Jobbins done?" asked
the placid janitor.
"The infernal scoundrel has mixed
so much sand with that last lot of clay
that we can't make mustard of it at all. "
-Indianapolis Journal.
Too Offish.
Bacon-"Have you seen Sprocket
lately?"
Egbert-"No."
"He's a sight. Face all cut, arm in
sling and walks lame."
"How did he do it, on his bi
cycle?"
"No; if he could have stayed on the
bicycle he'd have been all right."
Yonkers Statesman.
"What Ho Was Good For.
"Why do they keep that old man
around here?" inquired tho porter's
friend, superciliously, observing an
aged individual in shirt sleeves, who
sat scribbling at a desk.
"What's he good for?"
"Good for about $3,000,000, you
chump," replied Dennis, scornfully.
"That's the old mau."
And such are the eccentricities of
our language that the friend under
stood without more words.-Washing
ton Times.
Echo Used to Measure Distance.
A most interesting method of cm
ploying the echo of a sound has been
devised for the location of the carriers
which sometimes lodge in the under
ground pneumatic tubes. Knowing
that sound travels at a speed of, rough
ly, 1100 feet per second, and knowing
tho time meusured tu thousandths ol' a
second between th'.; firing of a pistol
shot in tho conduit aud tho arriving ot
Ibu ocho at the outlet of the tube, a
simple calculation gives the exact loca
tion of the obstruction. The means
of five experiments in the recent test
gave 2793 seconds, and when the
sound velocity was corrected for air
temperature'the obstruction was locat
ed at 1537 feet from tho instrument,
which was tho exact location.-Science.
"Slumming."
"S?uiiuru?ig" in the East End or
London has )>*:en revivsd as a fashion
able amusemout, and the arrangements
for personally conducted trips arc man
aged by an agencv. .
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Electricity has been adopted as the
motive power of the machinery con
nected with the drainage system o?
New Orleans.
The normal temperature of man
is about 9Si degrees; of the snail, 70;
oyster, 82; porpoise, 100; rat, ^at and
ox, 102; sheep, 101; hog, 105; chicken,
Ul.
Dr. Lombroso found that the skulls
of Italian criminals had ten per cent,
less than the usual capacity. Dr.
Bordier found the reverse condition in
France.
Our senses do not fall asleep simul
taneously. Tho eyelids are'lirst af
fected, and shut out sight; next fol
lows the sense of taste, then smelling,
hearing and touch, the last-named be
ing the lightest sleeper, and most
easily aroused.
France has a dialect society, the so
ci?t? des parlors do France, whose
president is M. Gaston Paris, of the
Academic Francaise, which is collect
ing leg2uds and songs in all parts ol
France by means of the phonograph.
"The longest unsupported telegraph
wire." says Cosmos, "is in Switzer
land. It crosses in one span the Lake
of Wallenstadt in the canton of St.
Gall, and was put up by the Swiss
telephone bureau. Its extremities are
fastened to two iron towers 2100 me
tres (7872) feet apart. In the lowest
part this conductor i* forty metres
(131 feet) above tho water level of thc
lake. Tho line is of - excellent steel
and only tv;o millimetres (one and one
half inch) in diameter."
Many spiders use their rope-making
power in seizing their prey. They
not only stab and poison their victim,
but tie it, wing and leg rapidly throwing
over it coil after coil of sticky ligament
which soon not only makes it helpless,
but converts it into a mummy,
thoroughly wrapped and not only easy
to carry, but put np for preservation
should th3 spider not desire an imme
diate meah
The insect effects its breathing, not,
as men and animals do, by the lungs,
but through openings in all sides of
the body. It has an intricate system
of tabes running through all parts of
its jwson, through which the air is
brought in contact with the legs,
wings, and so on. These tubes are
each protected by delicate membranes.
lu the Hy there exist certain air
pouches, in addition to thc tubes,
which serve as reservoirs of air.
In a paper on tho sailing flight of
birds rea I in the British Association,
Mr. G. H. Byan pointed out that the
support of a bird indefinitely in the
air withottt flappiug its wings is ap
parently contrary to the law of the
conservation of energy, and must be
due to either upward air currents,
variation of wind velocity with alti
tude, variation of wind velocity with
time, or the presence of vortices in the
air. In the discussion of these the
ories, each of which was co'.ifiderecl,
the author expressed the opinion that
birds i:i flight, ave often carried up by
a side gust of wind, and that this is
one of the causes of thc phenomena
presented by the sailing bird.
Chain ot Human Bone*.
Cyrus O. Thornton, a farmer living
a few miles out of Bulivav, has au odd
watch chain; It is made of human
bones. The chain consists of eight
links, eash a trifle move than an inch
long, connected by plated rings. The
chain ?3 about ten inches long, and has
been highly polished by years of wear
and glistens like ivory.
Thornton secured the chain at Peters
burg, Va., in 18GJL He was a mem
ber of Company E, Fiftieth New York
En-iinaers. A member of the Twenty
first New York Infantry made two
chnin -i while confined in Libby Prison,
and on his release met Thornton and
sold him tho chain for ?$50 in green
backs. Thornton has forgotten the
maker's name. Thc bones were taken
from amputated arms and legs, aud it
required eighteen months' time to
carve out the chains. For many years
after he carno home from the war
Thornton wove tho chain every day,
but for several years he has worn it
only on Memorial Day and at Grand
Army reunions. Some of his neigh
bors once laughed at the idea of the
bones being taken from human bodies,
and ho sent the chain to a surgeon,
who examined "it and pronounced it to
be of human bones.-Fall Biver (Mass.)
News.
One Cent Hm: Mr. Clor eland.
There is a balance of one cent due
Grover Cleveland as President of the
United States on thc records of tho
Treasury Department awaiting his
signature for payment. When the
outgoing President was paid his last
month's salary there was still a frac
tion due, and in the hurry and chango
of Administration the matter was over
looked until too late to receivo the
President's signature.
If at the expiration of three years
the amount has not been drawn, it
will bo returned to the United States
Treasury and become legally dead, or
"covered in," according to tho term
used in such instances, and can never
be recovered, unless a special claim is
instituted against tho Government and
thc wear and tear of a special appro
priation gone through with, the samo
as any other appropriation is passed.
Under no consideration can the amount
be paid from an appropriation or sur
plus already in existence.
A special warrant is required for the
payment of the salary of the Chief Ex
ecutive, while lesser official sand clerks
are paid by check on the Treasury that
can be cashed at any National bank.
Washington dispatch to the Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Weeding a Cotton Field.
It is told of a Florida farmer not
far from Tallahassee that ho has de
vised an ingenious scheme by which
he has relegated the hoe and the cot
ton sweep to desuetude. The cotton
planter it is said, know that geese
will not touch the cotton plant, but
like very much the tender grass that
is the bane of the cotto: ~atch. This
farmer noticed that his geese kept
part of his patch free from grass, but
wouldn't go near other parts of it, aud
he found that they went only where
there was drinking water. He hit
upon the idea of equipping each goose
with a gord, which he filled with water
and cut a slit in, so that any one
goose might drink from this little
trough suspended from tho neck of
its fellow. Thou he turned the goose
loose in his cotton field, and they
cleared it of all grass.
A Hog Whips an Alligator.
Thai a dog may best an alligator
appears by the experience of the Hon.
D. B. Stuart, of Victoria, Fla. His
dog was swimming in a lake there, j
when Mr. Stuart., seeing a 'gator com- j
iug, called to thc dog t<> come ashore, j
Thc dog started, but the alligator was
gaining, when thu d-!g turned and
seized it. Both wont down, but thc
dog carno up unharmed, and thc alli? j
sator with a hiceruted lower iawi
WORDS OF WISDOM.
He that takes no holiday hastens a
long rest.
No sin is so little that it may not be
come the soul's master.
Language fails to paint a -woman as
the eyes ot a lover sees her.
If you want to know the value of
money go try to borrow some.
A sack of flour unceremoniously
dumped in the cheerless house of a
poor and needy family, will carry more
solid comfort to a hungry stomach than
a lot of eloquent sermons.
; No quality will ever get a man more
friends than a sincere admiration of
the qualities of others. It indicates
generosity of nature, frankness, cor
diality and cheerful recognition of
merits. .
I cannot praise a fugitive and clois
tered virtue, unexercised and un
breathed, that never sallies out and
sees her adversary, but slinks out of
the race? .when that immortal garlaud
is to be run for, not without dust and
heat.
Finish every day aud be done with
it. You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities, no
doubt, crept in; forget them as soon
as you can. To-morrow is a new day;
begin it well and serenely, and with
too high a'spirit to be cumbered with
your old nonseuse. This day is all
that is good and fair. It is too dear,
with its hopes and invitations, to waste
a moment on tho yesterdays.-The
South-West. 1
llcroarkablo Telegraphic Feat.
"I think the public has not thor
oughly appreciated the fact that the
telegraphic work done in connection
with the international chess contest
between members of Congress and the
British Parliament was in a number of
respects the most remarkable feat of
skill ever accomplished in the history
of telegraphing, "'said Mr. Sf. Marean,
Manager of the Western Union Tele
graph Companj', to a Star reporter to
day. "It took on an average only fif
teen seconds to transmit the moves
between Washington aud. London.
During the two days of the game not
a single telegraphic mistake was made,
aud the overland and cable service was
without other thau momentary inter
ruption. The line ran from Washing
ton to Heart's Content, Nova Scotia,
over the Western Union system, thence
by the Western Union and Anglo
American Cable Company to Valencia,
Ireland'; thence to the House of Parlia
ment. Six operators were engaged in
the work, one at each end of the three
lines. When preparation was being
made for the match it was questioned
whether moves could be telegraphed
as rapidly as fifteen per hour. The
service given demonstrated that there
might have been 100 moves au hour, so
far as their transmission over the ocean
was concerned. Of course, abbrevia
tions were used, and no time was lost
in sending either addresses or signa
tures."-Washington Star.
Lovel Nelson'* Human Fellowship.
Captain Mahan, in his "Life of
Nelson," just published, claims the
following as an original story showing
tho, inherent kindness of the great
Bailor. The fleet letters had just been
sent off, when Nelson saw a midship
man come up and speak to Lieutenant
Pasco, the signal officer, who, upon
hearing what was said, stamped his
foot in evident vexation and uttered
an exclamation.. The Admiral, of
whose nearness Pasco was unaware,
called him and asked what was the
matter.
"Nothing that need trouble your
lordship,'' was the reply,
"You are not the man to lose your
temper for nothing," rejoined Nelson.
"What was it?" 1
"Well,, if you must know, my lord, I
will tell you. You see that coxswain?"
poiuting to one of the most exacting
of the petty officers. "Wo have not a
better man on board the Victoria, and
tho message which put me ont was
this. I.was told that he was so busy
receiving and getting off the mailbags
that he forgot to drop his own letter
into one of them, and he has just dis
covered it in his pocket!"
"Hoist the signal to bring her
back," was Nelson's instant command.
"Who knows that he may not fall in
action to-morrow? His letter shall
go with the rest." And the dispatch
vessel was brought back for that alone.
A Call for "Smith's Onion Report."
"I wanted greatly," said Congress
man Williams, of Mississippi, "to find
a certain Government publication for a
constituent of mine, who wrote me an
especially urgent request to get lt for
bini. He said he had long wanted a
copy of a pamphlet called 'Smith's
Onion Beport,' but had not been able
to secure one. Of course it must be
an Agricultural Department publica
tion and I tried to secure it by writing
to the department. I found there were
plenty of documents prepared by
Smith, but nothing relating to onions.
I sent him a sackful of literature at
Uncle Sam's expense, but there was
no treatise on the succulent and tear
compelling onion. I was sad, for this
ivas a friend that I really wanted to
Eavor.
"Well, in due course of time I got a
thankful letter. It was all right about
the work on onions. In fact, it was
all a mistake on the part of my con
stituent. What he had written for
was a 'Smithsonian report, ' but he had
failed to divide the word properly,
putting tho first five letters at the end
of a lino and the last five at the begin
ning of another."-Washington Path
finder.
An EAlciont Salesman.
Imagine a clerk trying to sell an
article to his own *'boss" and actually
accomplishing it and winning au in
crease of salary as a reward! That is
what happened recently in one of the
branch stores of Lipton, the great
English grocer and provision dealer.
He h?? so many clerks that some of
tbem do not know him by sight. It
was one of these latter who called Mr.
Lipton's attention to a lino specimen
of poultry as he was walking through
one of his stores, and the clerk was so
earnest and adroit in extolling his
wares that finally the customer ordered
it to be sent to his residence.
When the address was given the
energetio clerk, and he found that he
had been pressing the goods upon his
own employer, he nearly had a fit,
but soon recovered upon being in
formed that his assiduity had earned
him an increase of pay.-Merchants'
Review.
I larva ni'- Knclotrinent*.
During the last twenty-eight years
Harvard University has received cash
gifts amounting to $7,839,703.38. Add
ing to this the value of land gifts and
buildings, the whole foots up to $9.
209,703.38, or au average of ?328,918
a year. If tho benefactions of Har
vard continue in the samo proportion
during the next twenty-five years, the
institution will hold property in execst.
of ?20,000,000:- Harvard Graduates'
Magazine.
AS YE METE.
"Hit'i'm a welt, Jim. There! that's right.
Git there, lazy-bones! Here we go!
Thought ye could snaice lt up if ye tried,
If the hill is a leetle bare o' snow.
What d'ye s'posel keep ye fur?
Pretty pair!-a soldcrin' me.
Put on tho whip, Jim, good an* thick.
What do ye lag fur? Git there! Gee!"
Bright little Jim on the toppling load,
Catches his lessons, quickly, too;
Swings his lash with a childish vim,
Brings it down with a loud halloo.
"Git up, 'azy bones! Git dare, now!"
Lashing and slashing with all his might.
"Learning to drive," and his father stands.
Laughing aloud at tho funny sight, jj^/
Years roll away, as the years all do,
Father is "grandpa," old and gray,
Totteriug round the house at Jim's,"
Made to feel ho is in the way.
Working hard with his fecble'hands,
Toiling nt burdens beyond his strength.
"Work if you eat. No laggards here."
Is what ho hears from Jim nt length.
"As yo measure, so unto you
Shall bo measured the same again;
Eye for an oye, and tooth for a tooth,"
ricadcth the law in accents plain.
Mills of tho gods, that grind each day.
May grind slowly; they grind fullsiire.
Yo who oppress a suffering life.
Must the oppressor's fate endure
-Mary Morrison, In Our Animal Friends.
PITH AND POINT.
Bingera-"And were you married
on time?" Gingers-"Oh, no; I had
to pay the parson cash."-Yonkers
Statesman.
"I hear she is so reduced in circum
stances that she has gone out to \\ork."
"What a cruel falsehood! She has
gone out as a domestic."-Detroit
Journal.
Dr. Pray-"If they smite thee on
one cheek, turn the other." Aller
mode- "Thai's out of date. You
mean if they pull one leg extend the
other. "-Truth.
Bass-"Was that baby talk your
wife was talking as I came in?"* ?'ogg
-"That was mother talk. No baby l
ever saw indulged in such gibberish."
-Boston Transcript.
Old Gent-"If I am not mistaken,
sir, I saw you kiss my daughter in the
parlor last night. " Freddy Flyppe
"That's all right, sir; I'll forgive you
this time."-Staudard.
"Your hair is always so handsomely
dressed, fraulein. You must devote a
great deal of attention to it." "Yes, I
must confess my head is my chief
weakness. "-Tit-Bits.
Brother Tom-"Cheer up, Bobbie;
I'se got good news fer y er. De doc
tor told mom it wos noomonia wot yer
sick wid an' dat she dasn't give yer a
bath fer a month."-Judge.
Miss Ycllowleaf-"Yes, I have had
my picture taken once a year every
year of my life." Miss Youugbud
"How did you manage before photog
raphy was invented?"-Puck.
Ethel-"I saw Count Hardupski
last evening." Cousin Tom-"Does
he talk as brokenly as ever?" Ethel
"My! yes. I heard him ask pa to loan
him ?10 before he left."-Judge.
Teacher (angrily) - "Why didn't
you answer my question, Bobby?"
His Brother Tommy (answering for
him)-"Please, sir, he's got a peper
miut in his speech."-London Tit
Bits.
Bill-"And what did the oldman
say when you asked for his daughter?"
Jill-"Ordered me to leave the house."
"And what did you say?" "I asked
him if he look me for a house-mover."
-Yonkers Statcsmau.
Teacher (conducting review in
geography)-"How is the surface of
the earth divided?" Smart Boy
"Into one-fourth land aud three
fourths water-'ceptiu' the Chicago
Biver, which is about half an' half."
Chicago Tribune.
"That brute," said the indignant
buyer, "balked for three hours tho
first time I took him out." "Well,"
said the seller, as he chewed a straw,
"I told you he was a horse of wonder
ful staying ability, didn't I?"-In
dianapolis Journal.
"George Pugsley called on mc last
evening." "That little fellow who
stutters? Why, he's stupid." "Not
a bit of it. He entertained us for
more than an hour." "How?" Try
ing to name the Sandwich Islands."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Victoria Christened From a Golden Font.
James Cassidy writes of thc "Girl
hood Days of England's Queen" for
St. Nicholas. Mr. Cassidy says of
Queen Victoria:
When tho child was a few months
old she was christened; and the chris
ing was a very grand affair. No com
mon marble or stone font was used; a
gold font was thought necessary. And
so a gold font was brought from tho
Tower of London, where it had been
kept for safety.
One of the sponsors was Czar Alex
ander of Russia; ?nuil hence it was that
tho name chosen for tho baby was
Alexandrina Victoria, the second name
being that of her mother.
A hue, healthy, lively child, with
blue eyes and fair hair, was tho
Princess, aud it seems she suffered
little from thc trials of infancy.
lied Eagle and Ills Salvation Lassie.
Red Eagle, the Indian who became
well known ns the leader of the Salva
tion Army in several Kansas towns,
and who lectured in this city last Sat
ur night, has deserted to the Vol
11* i's, tho rival organization. Ho
fi i love with ono of the Salvation
/ lasses, and, as thc members of
tl rganization could not or would
m oconcile the marriage of ono of
th number to thc Indian, thc said
pa ties of the first aud second part
took their doll rags and their affec
tions and went into thc Volunteers'
yard, where the course of true love is
supposed to run smooth. - Topeka
State Journal.
Tho Jubilee of Kaineses.
A jubilee for a long reign is not new
in the world's history. When in the
year B. C. 1333 Barneses II. had
reigned for sixty-seven years a mag
nificent general rejoicing took placo
with great pomp on the banks of the
Nile. On the rocks at Silsilis there is
a full account of these festivities which
were on a very grand scale, and it is
recorded that certain high state offi
cials traversed the country from north
to south iu order to make the necessary
preparations.
Burial for Ten Cent?.
Kansas City, Mo., recently asked for
bids for burying thc pauper dead. This
week the bids were oi>enod, ?Mid it was
fonnd that au undertaker, C. J. Car
roll, had bid the surprisingly small
sum of ten cents for each burial. The
next higher was ninety-seven cents.
Carroll says that tho collapse of the
Coffin Trust will enable him to carry
out his agreement.
Deep H?ring.
The deepest hole yet bured in the :
earth runs 6571 feet below the surface j
of thc soil. This is at Rybrick, iii i
upper Silesia. An interesting feature
was thc record of temperature taken.
At the surface it was 53.0 degrees. At i
6571 feet it reached 157 degrees.fahr; j
Couldn't Tie a Knot.
In Long Island Sound a short time
ago, says the Marine Journal, a
schooner bound to this city from
Maine was attracted by frantic signals
from the deck of a yacht manned only
by a lot of Yale students who were in
thc last throes of seasickness. The
captain flung them a line, which they
dallied with in an aimless fashion and
then lost overboard. This was thrice
repeated. "Take a turn around the
mast and make it fast!" shouted Cap
tain Greeley. The students wound
the line about the mast and held the
loose end in their L..nds. "Make it
fast!" cried the captain. "What do
you mean?" piped back the students.
"Tie it, you gashfluinrauxed idiots!"
roared tho captain, adding some fur
ther language that is always found ef
ficacious at sea. The boys finally got
the rope tied, and the scho ner towed
them into Bridgeport, bu ?-hen he ar
rived in New York the captain got a
parcel from New Haven, which on be
ing opened disclosed a handsome sil
ver loving cup, gold lined, and bear
ing this inscription:
Presented to
CAPTAIN A. N. GREELEY,
By the Landlubbers who
could not tie a knot.
May 7, 1897.
Somewhat One-Sided.
It dues seem inconsistent to keep
Chinamen out of this country, wise as
that may be, and take in Hawaii with
its lepers, its 50,000 coolies and a sys
tem of government that gives only
3,000 of its 109,000 inhabitants the
right to vote, paying $4,000,000 for
the privilege aud assuming the debts
of the conn n y. Really, ought not the J
money mentioned to come from the !
other side?-Judge. j
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