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*rt?? th?ven,seemed far aTv. YOL. LXIV. WA uoia Appeared to bo centred there, And I wondered if ever another daj With, a cheerful sky aud fair, "Would dawn for me, or would bring foi Such joys as tho joys that had fled Ii the way beyond hid a thine for me Worth the cost of toiling ahead. of lc s "Miss Cornelia Lunt was the onl child of tw-j good people who had no imarried until they reached the year! nvhich find most vredded pairs witt their children well grown up about ihwv*.. They had been very happy* hqvevcr, and when they died left their daughter a little income, which, "by close pinching, she could manage tc live upon. Cornelia was not a pretty girl-old people's children never are; but thou sands of plainer girls had married ami settled while sue remained a ipi ?"st er. Perhaps the fact that she was by no :me?ns a good-natured person had ?something to de with it. Certainly *he qnareefoct with her friends and felt out with her beaux, had feuds with her relatives and was foud of baying- unpleasant things to people generally, and the other half of her fioul was a lucky creature in (laving missed her in this world. . In her youth she had also com ?ported herself scornfully to well-dis posed young moa who belonged to the mechanic o?asces and had declared that she would only give her hand aud "heart to a merchant, a physician or a clergyman. Merchants -were rare in . 'Bottiebole, th? only specimens of that order Wing two very old bach elors,suii connected with a New York firm, who were always to be seen wsloftp on either side of their wide mm 'hjftl door in pleasant summer weather grao and who only awoke at tbe instance con! of their housekeeper long enough to dian take their meals. The two doctors at th were both married, aud the clergymen her ? always had large families. Miss Cor- ??? ?teliu's ambitious hopes were ne\er "realized, and her father's apprentice, t?om Tim Cornell, who had admired her and I had been quite a believer in her ns a ! "."" ti 'ii T LI ff was rt very elegant aud genteel person, 1 finally pronounced her "mighty proud and haughty" -and abandoned his suit. The other young mecha???"*! : i i-- I or left the viilafre. ?* ! "Ct It M ife.-a. pi'Ov:etjuiu? vould increase her value iu the- eyes of a certain Mr. D?msdiy, who had recently paid her ' a fow solemn calls. He was really an old man himself, but the older the ?um the yonnger,generally, one finds his choice of a wife to be. And, really, when all one's lady friends en joy nothing so much as adding to one's ?ge, why should not their efforts be thwarted by a, reduction on one's own part of the one thing nobody ever wants more of? E<?ot Miss Cornelia! She did not tkaow that one who bever thinks about age at all is - the..slowest to get old. 'She eyed that well-thumbed Bible, which her corn pan ion and assistant, Cousin Betsy Baker, always would have upon a stand in the parlor, with ?absolute horror. She did not dare ob ject to its presence. She was a church Hivembor and thought herself pious,but she did wish Cousin Betsy in" Green land when she called a visitor's atten tion to the illustrations it contained. Snpposcanyone should turn up the fly leaf and read there: Born December,, 18-, Cornelia, first daughter of Mat thew and Abigail Lunt. ' The thought was horror. -She sat over her grate fire late one night thinking over the matter. ^Yho knew her exact age? Cousin Betsy. But Cousin Betsy would not wish to quarrel with her and was, too old ? woman to thiuk her anything but young. " JThe clergymau who bap tised her. But he was superannuated ' and lived with his son-in-law in another state. The family doctor was dead, and the dear old gentleman who" had boarded witt them from her baby hood, who had always given her a gift upon her birthday and, on whom she had wailed as -a grandchild might, went to Euuope year? before and was probably dead. Good old mani She had liked him verxmuch. How well she remembered him as he sat in his big armchair! He had white hair and fat hands with dimples in them and carried a thick, gold-headed cane. Good Mr.Noire! But she should never h?ar anything of him ngain. Yes. it was safe. She would do it. She did not dare to name the deed-it seemed as bad to her as robbing a church. But ten years off one's age is a terrible temptation-at least it was to Miss Cornelia. It was night-half-past 12, at least -the hour when "churchyards yawn and' .graves give np their dead." Ghosts might pop in upon her at any moment,but such a deed could only be done at such an hour. Miss Cornelia arose. She stood before the fire with her back toward it and took the candlestick in her hand. The room was clean and orderly. The green Rhades were down. The chairs stood in a row against the walls. The little marble-top table held its wax water lily under a glass shade. Photographs of the good old parents, with more cord than frame and more frame than picture, hung in the recesses on either side of the mantel. She did not dare to glance toward them. Two gilt vases -and a match safe adorned the mantel. Two feather fans stood be llin.! the vases. In the middle of the roora, were Cousin Betsy's rocking chair, a candlestand and the big Bible, a white . tidy beneath it, a big, frigged book: ark hanging over its fifllt edge. It was a simple, cosy little "interior" ~ ueuren seemed far away, :ould But the clouds that were leaden are ti ugo with gold, For my heart is light again, . T For "one with a helpful word to say Stepped out from the ranks o? m'?ti-, r me. "With a hand for me and a. smile for m?, And praise for tfe*> work I've done, And out there n??ny a mile, for me ls A goal that shall be won ! -S. E. Riser, in Cleveland Leader. il 1. ? enough, but it became ?t this moment as awesome tts Miss Cornelia as a churchyard might have been. She hid ''creeps" up her back. Her hair felt considerably like rising on end. Then she put her hand in her pocket aud drew forth a knife. The light from the candle fell upon her face. It was ghastly; She took o?? step forward and paused- another, and paused again-. Anyone who had observed her would 'certainly have believed that she was going straight to pQor Cousin Betsy's room to end that lady's life by a jab of the sharp little knife-blade, but she paused at the candlestaud,setdown th? candlestick, knelt dttwnv opened 'tu? 'amily Bible at th? fly-leaf and slowly, ?autiouslyi b?ga?? to scrape, scrape, crape at the two last figures of the ecord of her birth. Then sho crossed ie room, took from a fireside cup oard a pen and inkstand, wrote two her figures in the place of those she td erased, blew upon the leaf until was dry, carefully touched up the 3t of the record to match in bright ss and drew back to read the ended lines, which now plainly ted to hil beholders that she had ered this world 30 years before in ad of 40. 'Nobody would guess that it had n meddled With," gasped Miss Cor rt, hysterically. "Nobody--oh, iou?! '.Now I lay me-' Oh, if I d only remember my pr aye.'s! I 't do it-oh!" for an awful voice at moment uttered her name in ery ear: 'om el ia." vu-, rep?at?r?. ?t seemed to come above. Cornelia looked up, ex lg to see something dreadful. It tpeated: H-uelia,ain't you coming to bed?" as onlv t3o???n "? %nt : ter, Je -nev? nnder .you ris 'Don't marry ii ^emni ii the Bil see I ea Good b spiled ; ?ian wi! He pa his eves il/ . i sldorihg in the grave, upon the ''the Holy Book, cud she had imagiunry years by it. pale was Miss Cornelia Luut rning. Cousin Betsy predicted lager and advised quinine, nsday, when he called, hoped ovnelia was not iii. Aunty ho took tea with them that af' , suggested that she looked * skeefed, as if she'd seen " and Miss Cornelia felt as her guilt was branded on h?r Howev-er, she recovered her mind in time and iras, as a thing, herself again, though ?re times when she felt that ment" might be expected at nent. Dnmsday regularly "came a ;" now. And he was a rich whose married daughter pro herself anxious that "pa" lave -some oue to take caro of lisa Cornelia had quite made oiud that lavender should be r of her wedding dress-a cop red bride-expectant always Ind the two were sitting to me evening talking confiden out rheumatism and its best ; when the door bell rang, and [eau gentleman in a suit of xs ushered into the parlor, nrtiug evenings Betsy kept nit of the way, and only Mr. y was present when the gen4 ntroduced himself, i CorneliaLunt, I believe," he siv," said Miss Cornelia, entleman bowed,hauded her a th "C. Dodridge, Solicitor," and took the seat she offered, derstand that your respected are no more, ma'am," said the "They would remember ian you do,probably, a period ars ago when one Mr. Noire with them." sir," said Cornelia, growing ie face. "I've heard them E him." ' said the gentleman, "he was lear friend as well as client of He died about two mouths ago on, England. He was very at tho time of his death, and r forgot the extreme kindness fiends of 30 years ago, who m in his day? of comparative Yes, they are gone, also; little girl who "waited on him Qgly still lives. She was ll .ld at that time. I suppose I her?" sir," said Miss Lunt, redder jr-as Mr. Dnmsday turned an e ear to this dreadful statement :eliug that one lie begot many t having fibbled in the family ;he must stick to it br die - . I was not born at that date." ye myoid friend's record," Dodridge; "18- was the date arrival here. Yon wert-one >ld then; 18- was the date of trture. Plainly you were ll ! age. You attached yourself to my old friend's heart, I didn't," said Miss Cornelia, "I ought to know. I never i. I was born just after he e been told. There's the Bible able; look at tho date." pened the volume at the fatal the lawyer perused it slowly. rr? ..on, ana who was this little girl?" Agony of agonies! Here wns nnot? lie needed; Ith?. ?ftmSuaV's ey opened Widely*. He listened more i; ', tSntly. He looked at the lawyer; 1 1 looked at the lady. She must fib agai aud very blackly this time. "That was a little adopted child* wh died,", said Miss Cornelia, faintly "Thf.y d?d?*:t think they should hav< fAny family of their own." "I see," said the lawyer,rising-*- "1 see. My friend hoped she had grown to be a womau. Good day." "And i can't see why you should come here to add toa lady's age," said Miss Cornelhn "I'm Sure it's very impolite." ; . . . ,lMadam-," said Mr. Doc.ridge, hat in hand, "I have au excuse; Mr.Noire, good old man, had. left all his fortune to that* little girl. Had she lived she tvould be an immense heiress. A law ler is naturally cautious. I paved he way-paved the way, that is all.'/ Poor Miss Cornelia! Sli? gnzbd ai bte gentleman in utter constern?t ion; ad he continued: "However, some charities will be the itter for the fact; no wind but blows me oue good, after all." He departed; Miss Cornelia bowed n out. After all, what did it mat ? Fortune, in the person of Mr. msday,was at her feet, and she had ed te ii years of her age in his eyes, tnt*, ams! what ailed i^r. Dumsday? had arisen; his in . looked pale, countenance r JUS. He shook head . , went io the candle d, folded the leaves of the family e and spoke as follows; homely, from vhat I see, you're about 30 years of age, aren't ye?" Tes," said-Cornelia, wonderingly, "his is a trial to me, Comely, "said Dumsday; "I know I've been to s if it comes to nothing, but w? part." id you think ? was younger?" Cornelia. "Is that itf" 3; Comely," said Mr. Dumsday; [ took a little oath to my dangh nnmimy-Mrs. Nutmegs, that is tt to marry no second wife 'twas 40. People generally thinks ling 40, so I picked you out make a goose of yourself by ag a girl at your agfy pa-,' says ny; and she m&de m? swear on ile-she did indeed. So you n't break that, and it's all up. ye, Comely. ' I hope I ain't y er prospox. Some younger I-" used, put his handkerchief to and tnrned tn"--- -1 " N: ld uses 3,500,00U steei peu? ndwich Islanders estimate of wome? by their Weight, st use of glass is instead of material for stopping de li s bf the Bedouin Arabs are ck. They are made of dyed cloth. irions fact that the honey ver known in the United imported'from England, ction of old coins in Frank piee? OB which was the nd inscription of, King r, brought ?500. d orowu of Persia, which to' remote ages, is in the pot of flowers, surmounted it ruby the size of a hen's great wheel of Paris, Fran ce, i just been completed, is irry 1600 persons. It will in motion until August,. ?th for horses, which were by the president of a French ciety a few years ago, have ?en invented, and are gain ritu owners of large stables, st costly piece of railway world is that between the iouse and Aldgate stations, , which required the expen close upon $10,000,000 a iv gentleman left his son a ne on the condition that he every country in the world, a book on what he sees. This be submitted to professors nd Heidelberg universities, their opinion, it is dull and badly written the heir has rite it over again or lose the The Flying Fox. lg fox is a very curious iu f the forest.? near Moreton st Australia* It lives in moves generally toward the ie evening, and the noise iy the heavy Happing of the .ings is very singular. The quiet places, where there Araucariau pine trees, with ood of scrub aud creepers, hang in vast numbers from branches of the pine trees, lere is a clear space among an enormous numh r of the ay be seen, and their noise ard, for directly they seo inusual they utter a short 'thing like the sound made rooks. Ofteu every branch i and the flying foxes are i* flapping their wings aud t with their hind feet, and head downward, or snarling lg for places. y the whole take to flight furry, wing-like side3 and ind like heavy birds. Many their young holding onto itttre is not a true fox aud told of skin which reaches >re to the hind legs. This ie wing, and it enables the is the animal is called, to urn in the air.-Philadel or te wm mt of the scheme to c Kinc S the ?,? h6 exPe^demding has, f"?TSg?a Canai.Siralty western b??ght Greek *t the best Z-eQd,0? tbeto* T domin?onP?e? d?oliTardi British ^oa." to be con.fr imme tiot tt ?n?ority ?ay inten G^bra Lr rn Ja*aioLther ?tiiweat of ?tba finn S?"1!5 Kingston Harbor is a j ?edbaair, available fo- t V* and :; ?able r> beiD Wy fortified. 1 oors: lt jg traversed lof tv f1Qt^s m all directions J ?niL l f Dll\c?I >Hefe to ferial authorities. Tire was '?"hen it seemed as ?fhlh 3 in the Wes* S?^^^1 a.. ?J? estIndles at Soucia, ?s even mooted that ?pWar ?fto disposed the Ififf^estate interests |t;Port fe ?2 uiunipiufuv.. Grreat Britain never .for lited the bona fides of os's Panama tide-level md after the collapse o tng she apparently did pitcto mistake of contem xecution of certain stra among her "West In'dian ds, which eliminated-or di ant for-the element of the waterway. These plans rever, suspended, in view of ?ment in France to begin in at Panama on a lock iys executed that would alterjthe f affairs. Meanwhile (the war with Spain occuried, the issues of which, is the >n of the necessity for a coal I by America, and the ppb nounting to a certainty) of pt construction. In either inaica becomes the keyt?jhe so far as actual strategy is 1. . jyal itself for some time Mt the scene of busy operotins .ection of strengthenirir^e I ications and extendingtoft ch gives color to the priant is that it was never reall* ?be of the imperial authoiifes ?n the station. Fortificaifas tost powerful modern tie, with all the recent devi? gre sop hav suri coff s we ban; trop and thei military-defensive art, inim ical submarine mines, d t> ;uns, etc., have been er? id e last year or two at alflte a?tage points commanig mfest and one of the lai?t n the world. As it stop, al itself is one of the str^ ?gic points in th? Em^n. is not all. Additbnal M lents are announced byife j on the lines sujgestetljr Colomb. ief point in this cheme ? a naval depot a:d dockyfl Kingston Harbr, and 6 i and independnt of Pt iich is destinedto be one' extensive and fdy equipp itish Empire, ad worthy the Isthmian wterway wh ave been complied. To tl rnment engiuers have be ! and a have li from ? ly ind having tives b almost palm, - along i it avail The ventor the bas pepper all gor juice is sonbns it beco preserv long p? jar or thrown time to manioc ?RACK5 AT .WCASTLE, JAJCA. 4000 I rveying thereshores of thjarts a pe bor for mois past, borin In .?atni I ?rable dep at all likelke Carib ascertain t geological coiieache3 pt lost iavoral-for laying thug hilisid j foundatio It has novnd Caril nounced t a satisfactorily tubers the propo. dockyard haiater or h it Great. Britain's Chief i Possession. '? Sj been heated at. a place known as Greel: Pond, to the westward of the city, a short distance beyond the rail way terminus? The selection. of the si.ie was, of coarse, ricoflssariiy dic tated by geological conditk as. But, as it happens, none better, from a strategical point of view, could have been selected. The position is unique for defensive purposes in every re spect-even in the remote contin gency of an enemy landing on the outboasts, marching bti tho capital, d?f??tin'g .the. military forces and at tacking the dock on the land side. Mor? than this, the selection will J'S CULTIVATION OF S UGA: rove a boon to the city of Kingston i two reelects. In the first place, it 'ill do away with a mischievon^f-ma trial swamp, and in the'next conduce j the extension of the city westward. The negotiations for the purchase E the requisite land having been com leted, it is expected that the work of mstruction will he begun early in ?99, thus solving in ? measure for ?me time to come the labor problem, r.it is said that the works will entail ..,- ~t nvav ftt 9,r>r> non Pi Q in ar ie; mi th In cei otl is its at >S to? expert fishermen and sailors, and atly in request in the "sugar eea ," when the lighters and droghers e to be loaded in the tremendous f. In their hillside gardens grow ee, cassava, arrow root, maize, et p?tateos, yams, plainlains, anas, the various fruits of the des, pineapples, oranges, sweet sour sops, sapadillas, etc., but r chief cultivation is the cassava IMPE: CARIB GIBL. rroW toot. The cassava may leen brought by their aucestors louth Africa, but it is apparent igenous to the We3t indies, ; been fouud in use by the ua y their first discovers. It has as many uses as the cocoa which waves above all the huts he coast, aud the Carita make able in a variety of forms. Carib, by the way, was the in of the easaree]), which forms is of the famous West Indian pot, that concoction sought by irmets in the tropics. The evaporated" until all the poi quality is driven out, when mes au ! antiseptic capable of ing meats of every kind for a ;riod. This is placed in a big earthen pot, and into it are odds and ends of meat from time, which tho juice of the preserves and to which it im Esto gage ri curiosi ployes it, the; solved comrac1 an arm shut tb on nig the doo man sit immedi door, ai Hceman lieving, to deal called o follow L not obe; shut tht reinforc and thei escaping the arm? not till \ poor" lay the joke. 'EET ABOVE THE .SEA. culiar and agreeable flavor, nea the chief cultivation, of s is the arrow root, which ?rfection there on the slop es overlooking the Atlantic .bean waters. They.grate on a big wheel, driven by and power, aud their little There dering girl corni door, car "The comrade, in de you "It's o rejoinder Before corner th and excla "I'm sc ye carryin agin me g The litt seized th had the bc the blue s Foam flew ejaculatior "Soap e Aud wh( came out his childre hies withe the victim word to sa] root mills may be found is every ravine and -?rater course on the wind ward, sid??f the isl??di The Carib type is thai of ? Strong",- well-shaped individual, with robust body; ?pi?li hands and feet, pleasant countenance, somewhat flat nose, high cheek bones, coarse black hair, and a complexion rather yellow than red or copper colored." It is probably th? lightest in tint of any of our aborigines,' n6in# a clearer yellow bronze almost, ?n?t i?? o?vtair individuals approaching "old gold." The men are said to pluck out whatever vestige they may have of a be ir J or mustache, but the hair of the girls and women is long, glossy black ?nd abundant.. They take great pride in their- coiffuros,'- and almost any time some maiden lady may \S8 seen seated on a rock in midstream, with sunlit water sparkling around her and .tree ferns interlaced over bead, intent on arranging her shining tresses. Queen Victoria'? Crown. Qiieori Victoria's orowri; ?jr; to* give ,t its full name and style,1 "The InS B CANE, JAMAICA. urial State Crown of Her Majesty neon Victoria," was specially made the year of the Queen's accession, id as it contains so many of the weis of the older historic ercwtiB, it ly fairly claim to be the representa re emblem of English sovereignty. sheer costliness, if,not in magniti uce ?f design, it is .unrivaled by any 1er diadsm in Europe. Its weight exactly 39 ounces^ 5 pwt" troy, and value has been v?ri?'d?iy estimated from ?1.000.000.10 SI. 500, OOO'; RIAI?.?-CT.OWX OP HER BBITANNIC MAJESTY VICTORIA. pean crowns, thestones are really aus stones and not glass imita The Koh-i-Noor, the most -famous of all diamonds, is not, ny people suppose, set in the sh crown. It is sometimes worn ? Majesty in a bracelet and on State occasions as a brooch. A Desperara Marauder. rench actress, traveling about1 untry, had for use in one of her a lay figure, skilfully put to?! and dressed in a traveling suit, irseilles it was left in the lag oona with other things. The ty 'of two of the railway em being uvoused at the sight of f took off the covering aiid re to play a practical joke on their les. They placed the figure in chair at tho cashier's desk, and e door. When the employes ht service came, thty opened ir, and were surprised to see a ting before the cash-b?x. They ately closed and locked the ad ran for assistance. A po arrived, revolver in hand, be like the employes, that he had with a dangerous thief. He u the figure to surrender and tim to the station. As it did rthe summons, , the policeman ! door and went in search of ements to surround the .place, .eby prevent the culprit from The door was again opened, ed force entered, and it was :hey suddenly pounced on the robber that they discovered Swift J', i-l rill ut io li. W3S a wicked leer in Mean dike's eye as he saw the little ng out of the restaurant side ryiug a small tin pail. idea!" he exclaimed to his "of incouraging sich luxuries ng." ur duty to stop it," was the the little girl could turn the a tramp loomed up before her imed: >rry, lady, but I couldn't see t' dat pail any furder. It's allanby; " le girl began to cry. Mike s bucket and in a moment )ttom of it pointed toward Icy. The effect was volcanic. in all directions. His one i solved the mystery: ndsi" m the restaurant proprietor aud desired to know why u could uot blow soap bub mt being interfered* with, of poetic justice had not a f.-Washington Star. 830J bio Y use m i ts may tent; wine went poin were start iugei also mans balls. J A ? Side i in bei Ne? middl grei screwi fellow made hands, thiug attent. Fini at leii? The] in g wi' of his mothei "Ma a piece little f? child I The : Iv for a * "Yoi want t pol?tica his side The i over th( child W? back am land Le ] But tl the only theyregi their sh'r gradual! and floo gives ba< moisture of trees the grow the air li return 75 tion; pra obliterati the interi checking ing of on still great blow to tl it meaus lowering lakes and to tho sea, DOC KNEW TH'g 8?S1MESS. And I-yin? So Close That tho B?ttf?#ul? >'ot Hug, Cut His Windpipe. The following capital bear story Carries from Klickitat county, Wasli ingt?Wr Not long' ago ? party o? sheepmen, consisting of WilY Coleman, Milt Morehead, George Van Ostratf ?nd a herder, were in the vicinity of "a-wantp ?orrals/'on the Upper Klickitat riv*?r. Wlr?ii thsy discovered a yearling brown D?'?fc The party had with them a number o? eey.ete hounds and a shepherd dog, and th?'dogs immedi ately treed the bear. The bear bering ouly a yearling and treed so easily, Van Oatran offered to climb the tree and shake him out, ?vidently thinking him on ? par with a coon,but the bear, refusing to be shaken, held on with tenacity. A rope was then thrown Van" ??rtrau who made a noose and with a dextrous throw succeeded in catching the bear about the head. One of the men of the party was riding a good cow horse, and to him Van Ostr?n threw the end of tho rop?'? ?tad the latter, taking a turn around t'h?' h'orri of the saddle, succeeded in bringing" cfoWrJ the bear. And now tho fight.began in ?a??iest/ The bear made a rush for the horse* ftnd.struck ont with his right paw so well ?htii he" etti rs deep gash in the horse's shou?dtt-' tod at the same time freed himself from ib?* J?Wiat. The sheepmen, believing' t?ftr? dis cretion is ever the better part of v?loY/ betook themselves without loss of time to the highest limb of a bull pine, where they could in safety watch the battle going on below. The bear had successfully routed ;he three hounds when the shepherd logTlecided to take a hand in the jame. Tho bear made a swipe nt him, iud, catchiughim by.;>the collar, held >? while* th? shepherd cl?g dauced a ig. . Having rid himself one by one f thc clogs, it looked as fhc/ttgb bruin ras coming ' out "high cock o' the am?;" when Rattler,a staghound be gging to" A.: Smythe, s?ized the bear y the throat ?t?d iva? immediately icked in an embrace stielt as only a ear can give, and the two rdled over ad over on the ground. But the. onnd held on and lay apparently so ose to the bear's breast that he was nable to squeeze him very hard. They fouglit thu? for 20 minutes, util at last the bear Stiecnmbed, with a windpipe cut iu two. Orl? of the en said he had seen mauy a b?nt jht in his day,but never such a game . . : s ?...'...';.* .. swavejur toi sse hr.;-: j ?;ceas>.'..?. /'or r..-.-:.. i t?inr |?VO.ii?:' ;u:d :},e '". ? " tili }?.'*.:'nv ii. '?. et? ' ?nj td!ver; and :.\ bids ?'?ti'- to mere ior &uu?.- time. In a eut gorgeous assortment of beauti thiugs to symbolize the affection ivhich the prettiest little girl in isbingt<n is held, there were silver vices oy the twos and threes,punch vis, salad bowls, aide dishes and ens of other equally splendid ..es of table furniture, pf new, ique and every other form of maur ure,- but there wa?o?e little piece diver which was absolutely nev to The person" who sent it ieved considerable fame in con tonee. It was a diminutive silver ver, shaped like a trumpet, and its was to blow out candles. It per I this feat without the trouble it have occasioned before, when ni ions were good enough, but the I emitted for the spluttering flame ; everywhere but to the desired t. At a table where the guests gay aud frolicsome its use':could some .fun, and in the hands of an lious small boy of girl, it could convey with the accuracy of a er bullet the tiniest of spit "-"Washington Star. sh; wo ne tht "fl hui da;j her nal iug I see has -N otb? lian .oliticar Wiles of No Account. arge florid woman sat in a "West sar recently, holding a.little boy f lap. ;t to her was a pleasant looking e-aged man," who seemed to take it interest in the child. He ed up his features for the little 's benefit, winked at him and wonderful motions with his The mother knew that some was going On, but she paid no ion. illy the boy became restless and jth began to whine. a the man who had been play th him pulled a paper bag out pocket, and, gently tapping the : on the arm. said:. dam may I give your little boy of candy? He is such a dear ?How, aud reminds me of the had-once." florid lady looked at him sharp moment, and then replied: i can give him the candy if you o, but you needn't think no 1 sharper is goin' to git me on with his taffy." deasaut looking mau passed ? piece of candy for which the is reaching, and then settled d became thoughtful.-Cleve-' ader. ' A iU'? M fere< on u cove unki thee do n So to. gi day. , Tl whot ing-1 breal pledj It, has I more last c ing-h ago, J tumh Wh Belie! than Publi. it was with. huvrie some c sort, h breakt Now mau w fast is : crank i YorkV Functions of tho Forest. ie production of timber is not fuuetion of the forests, for date the flow of rivers. Within ide the mountain snows melt y in place of torrent, cataract d. An average forest tree ?k to the air seventy tons of by transpiration An acre fifteen feet apart can, during ing season alone, return to 5,000 tons of water. Forests i per cent, of the precipita ble only 30 per cent Hence on of our forests means the .nption of navigation and the of irrigation. . The denud r northern woodlands is of er significance,, aud a direct ie commerce of Chicago, for ultimately the permanent of the levels of the great of our inland waterways to ,-Chicago Times-Herald. In t rabbit c swift, large st therefoi the owl bestow An ol for his s recently marryin womau. a conf?n "Who lad, at t asked hi "Oh, ausweret agree wi beauty haye wet he was si look afh t| pit. I Inc hnust ide.t of i Latidsom? paiiy for Trfe PINE 'TREE. The tawny pine's a bonny tree, hts boughs grow brave and wide, The man-flowers and the woman-flowera they grow there side by side; He wea? blue mist about him when his hardy leaves are young, And envies not the willow with her emerald laces hang. He stands in barren places where the young grass will not grow, Bi? feet are deep in needles of his own gtowth cast below; The boug?r:. that used to love them are th? bo ughs fl?t love them stii 1 Tho willow keeps the waterside, the pine . tree keeps tho hil). The man-flowers grow in golden sp'kes. be side the woman-florets, She roan-flowers die and passaway in spray ing sulphur showers; The waamn-llowers thc*y dree thoir weird ta watch the winged seeds burst Into the world and lose tijemf elves amid the lives they've nursed. The tawny pine's a bonny tree, the crossbill holds it dear! Across th? seas, across the lands, he seeks it year by ybar. The crossbill is a wandering bird, a vagrant of the bine. But faithfully he seeks the pine as thrushes seek the yew. . Tho pine is kindly to the land, and kindly on the sea; And well befall the bending masts that allot pine-wood be ! The sea that loves her heart of oak ah? loves. her pine trees tall. Ano4 who would flout the' pine tree must flout oar admirals all. Then here's my love to pine and flr.red bark and needle-leaf. May ne'er a chafer come to them to turn their strength to grief ! My blessing on the bonny pine, the lifter of the sail, My blessing on his blossom, and cone in . coat-o'-mail-t * -Norah Hopper, in Black and White, f HUMOROUS. "How did you come out when you interviewed her father?" "With his aelp." Bobby-Popper, what is a hostile [ndian? Mr, Ferry-One with some rood, arable land. "Doctor, I am troubled with loss of uefflory," "My rule, a? you know, s pay hi advance." "Your wife, I notice is a bit of a alker." "The only way she could ver be out-talked would be by some ther woman." Frt?ddy-My brother George .is a ead taller than your brother. Franky -Yes; but my brother is a stomach . Itter than yours. "To sijuff a candle out accidentally ; a sign of marriage." "Yes, and to ) tm down a lamp intentionally is a _ I '-. -. .. ? ?'?<;. i TO-ii r.Jrrh. . all I do? Bnby is crying because I u't let him pull all the fur. ftmy w muff. . ' Mr. Youngish - Well, it's all right. Give him the cat. The hew woman looked throughher iband's pocket and found the birth r present he had' intended to give , but had forgotten.: "The eter mascnlin?!"' she exclaimed, pity hfj ... . . . . 'irst English Lord -Did you ever so lean a girl as that girl Bertie .married? Second English Lord ever before. She is plainly an ?r of those angular-American al ces. : - -v . -. . ?j Swore O ir on Creakfaaiff. queer campaign was inaugurated iprwich, Conn., a little while ago. J bst. of the people of the town suf i from indigestion through living nderdone pie, and a genius dia red that invFrance in disecaci?n is ?own. ? He attributed that fact to )ther fact that'the French people ot eat any breakfast, j the people of Norwich.resolved ve up. eating the first.meal of the - i? newspapers and the clergymen jped the scheme up. The board ?ouses chimed in . and the anti kf?st club was"formed to exact a je from th?'townspeople. is>now announced that the plan . >een given up and Norwich is once eating three meals a day. The pponents;of breakfast, th]pboard ouses, surrendered a few weeks j realizing, that the bottom had led out of the crusade. ?lo it lasted it was ? strange fad. : in it bonud men-together closer' , holding the same political tenets. 3 meetings were held at which ' discussed. ...... ?ou??g. man discussing marriage his prospective father-in-law d to explain thathe wasn't '/and- '" >r honest or anything of that ut that, ?t any rate, he was no ast eater. that the reaction has set in, a ho has sworn off eating break looked upon as. a dangerous v vho is not to be trusted.-New Forkl. I . . - IV by Ho Married, he north of England, where loursiug is very much in vogue, well-trained dogs often win ims of money in prizes. It is,. . .e, little to be wondered at that ters of those animals should ' so much attention upon them. . d Yorkshire collier, well known mccess in the coursing field, ? surprised all his ' mates by 1 g a very unprepossessing . He had always been reckoned ned hater of the other sex. t has ta gone aud got spliced, hy age?" one of his friends m. that's not much of a tale,"' 1 the old man, stolidly. "I. ' ' ye 'at Betsy yonder is no < :'f she had been I skonMjrt I her. But there dog o' mine, imply piniu'for somebody to ir him while I was away at ' couldn't bearto leave him in ? by hissep, so i hit on the ! narryin' Betsy. She's not ?, but alie's mighty good com? ! the dog,"-Tit-Bits, "