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. MY LITTLE SWEETHEART. .-?- x . -My 11 tri? W",etta??art of lon? n?o! I sew her eyes and her wiud-tossed hnjr, , And tim ion?, lojg way thui we u>ed to ?o ag?0A foot to&chobL^w?ea the day was l'ai ^TWuJuruin : sua on Qur ?aeca *lioue, Aud thu world before us waa nil our own. - We crossed th? bridge- at tbe end of tl town. Z - Beyond the hedges tho veadow.lay; We could look across where Ibo ' sky cam ?.V . ? down J* To tho ends of tho earth, and far away .., And we thought, for th? db tance seemed s ? . ; fair. That surely the gate of Heaven was there -We passed through tho quiet woodland del ... Where the great trees ms: ia au urchin screen. And the gltltoring, waving sunbeams fell, , . Like golden burro .vs, tuo bou? hs betweoi . -Lighting the moss where tho win d-Howei shook. ' . And the violet slept in her velvet nook. . ,,,/Uwa^-s new was that mor?-'-~ walk; So" much tb think, nacl so much to say. How full of wisdom our.grave, sweet talk, What treasures we found along the way! Mid all the wealth in the haunts of men, Nothing so rere have we found since then! A tiny nest, where the eggs were five A nj: m pty twsc, by thfi'paVh way's edge; Thu myriad creatures that toil n id thrive In mossy crevice und nook and ledge Ant, ajpd anU>nr, wtmri-^noujia fthy,' ? "?ntter?y, moth, and dragon-ily! My little sweetheart of long ago! Though school was ended, and life's sa' . O |?ftga^'. f ix' } '. Ti j *^B?*v4a!*ghtu9'more than wo care to know, Have we' wiser grown? Are we quite ni sage As we woroJtf"tbat far, sweet dre?mlnnd where ' We.waiked to school when the . dnvs wer* ia? - y . -Youth's Companion. |CUP?D ... \ X 'U -INA-, 3 I . . .CYCLONE, j VI as ta looked wistfully * out of bei ..igiailrpaued . .witadow, deep-set in tb< ^eavy sodwall, and sighed. The piles of unwashed dinner dishet over which she was at work hardly ac counted for ; ihat, sigh, anti the viev without'' was pleasant, rather than otherwise. <r?<gt. was a Sunday - nftern?on ita the late June, hot and unusually still foi that windy country, but the rolling stretches of prairie grass aud the green fields of young wheat and corn still heldftiieHfres?bnes's^dF*- early But the ol?ud "no larger thau a man'sjmnji^^s^al^ajs present in som? One was at that moment rising lazily on the wes tern ^horizon, o ve i the rt?w, gre"en Kills, just a faint sum mer cloud, unseen by the girl, whose .eyes'were'fixed un a nearer and, to her, ' much more attractive object. rJEhie, as.i? apt to be the case wlieu maidens sigh, was a young .man,, who, du the other side bf Jk] .barbed-wire ffernco/sorae little distance'away, was busily engaged in washing his buggy, -whjph was rolled in fron^. of his own little sod house. -/ Fe was of middle size, dark-haired . .and featured, like herself, and clad in '. the careless costume of overalls aud jacket of blue denim, and dingy from exposure to sun and weather, and the ? battered sombrero of light felt, which . were usual in his everyday occupation of farming. As any one familiar with that part - of 'the country.-oonld tell at a glance, thoy^.were young Bohemians, memb&r^, of ,that great army pf hard^s&ttiers who have-made bromes ?oV "themselves ^in't^e^rej^o^y^untilled west. * '''B?t hearts will be hearts iu every "place imd Juliet irony 'pine foi- her ?<&}jp' tn^au?ient castle nb more than 'jnTn^apfe sod house, as did this com "?n^Kce'fitll?iTier oin e", with'her plain # bnt kindly face. Npw.bv custom imm?morial Sunday is the rural* holiday everywhere ?nd it ia especially ao^ arning our., foreign boM^?aSnf whjQ ,pn that ?lay sally ferfn^ojad ihovtheicv best, ready for visiting and merry-making and seeiug no incongruity between church aud v mass in the morning and a dance in the afternoon and evening. f?o.^pnsidering this, it seemed that tb? yobfig settler, Albrecht Holiub, should be on plea ure bent, and the signs indicated to that so he was, or soon should be. Herein lay the sting which changed for her the sunshine of thai glorious. Jnne.day. to gloom. jy?r)Albreoht'was -Mgoiug riding" in bjsnej^ buggy-going without her, Aid, no doubt;^wjth^some pther^irl-. when ,'?t rea?iy was Her place on that B?at beside him. t ^Ln?jhad's^iie'n?u proudly occupied iii jftatil that.RBlucky night not yet two weeks ago, but seeming half a lifetime, as a girl's short lifetime goes? Such a little thing, too, as is gener allj^ttig ??SQ, to.Jiave caused all this traaMe V/She was- not sure how AlDMKjht ftlt'iuJPeriiftps he was glad to get rid of her-here two great tears dropped into the dishpau at the thought. Just a dance at a. yon nig' friend's wedding-it being their cus tom for a bridal party to go to a justice or country judge to have the ceremony perforated, and then to rctnru to the bride's home for a grand ce'obration, which usually lasted all night. Then a foolish quarrel, when Albrecht, heated up by excitement and beer, had insisted that she danced too ofton with^th? bride's elder brother!* She had refused to listen to him,of course, ^ith the result that he had walked' out into the darkness and had never seen her since. Perhaps she had sought covertly, and, no doubt, awkwardly, to find au opportunity of malting amends, but he had ignored or avoided her, though they lived on adjacent claims; hence, for ffer, at least, bitter days and nights. She felt vaguely, in her sim ple' fashion, the hardness of the woman's code which bids her "wait and weep" in silence, a rule that ha's broken many besides country hearts like hers. And all this time the cloud in the west was rising. It looked much like a puf.' of black smoke now, and there wero others, not so dark, climbing up beside it. .The dishes were finished and put away in the kitchen "safe," or cup board, and.the girl sat down by her window-she was very fond of that window iii those days-and gazed ab sently but.- - The landscape was left desolate to her,] for Albrecht had dis appeared, probably to attire himself for his puting. Her father, nodded in the shady doorway over his' long, curved pipe. JjrrJbe ??n?r*r?om hei" mother, dis coursed volubly to her second daugh ter itu'her native tongue, which is never forgotten by the "old people," at least. Thesbontsof the numerous ycf?tag?/chird'en'cam? from without, where they romped arnon the farm V"- .4 wagons an d; machiu pry ?and the horses aniLcattla'glazed cm ?o itedly on the fen?ad*iuprairie thur forraed-tho pas tur?> f?fc was all homely, bnt peaceful, and present y the gin's eves, bea y with unaccustomed vigils," closed, he dioVnpt see the cl ud rapidly swelling aniftaking bu the miuous siiape dreaded'by the prairie dwellers, the Fo-c lied fannel form, which in this ease was a much flattened one. It seemed but a few minutes later , when VTasta'roused abruptly in dazed bewilderment. A distant shout, one j of p.larm aud: warning, seemed echo ; ingin her ear. How dark it had grown. And thore were Albrecht and his little o*d mother, who kept hishouse,stand ing before their door, exclaiming and gesticulating wildly. At the same mo ment there carnea rush of furious wind, bringing the sound of a low, menacing roar, while tho mass of dusky green cloud seemed to quit the horizon and start swiftly on an earth ward path. Vlasta guessed instantly the peril that threatened, and sprang up with a terrified cry.- . "My father, mother, quick! The cyclone! Tho cyclone!" Theu followed wild confusiou, screaming children running to their paro ats, frantic exclamations, bustle aud hurry. . . "Whither should t hey fly for refuge in that hour of terr or? It was the go?d mother that solved the problem with prompt presence of mind. "Tne h?nhonse, children! Iiet.na run to the henhouse!'' she cried, aud she crowded hor stout self and her best fenthor bed, brought from the fatherland,- valiantly through the nar row "door way, fol lowed byher hnsbaud carrying his pips and armchair, and by the others .with whatever they chanced to catch np,all racing through the thick whirling dust to the desig nated place of refuge. In fact, it was the most suitable ono within their reach, being really a low "dug-out" in the side of n small bill, tho front or oj eu side facing Bouth and filled ia with a son* wall, contain ing only a small, rough door and a tiny window, whoso fonr small panes j were thickly-coate:! with dnst. i In they rushed pell mell, causing wild: discomfort to tbe usual occupants of this abode, which flew fluttering and cackling wildly from their rude 1 nests and perches. The father was in the act of closing the door after the last one was in. when it was pushed' violently open from without, and Albrecht and his mother,lacking such a shelter of their own, flung them selves among thom. , Then Ihe door, like that of the ark, was shut and bra:ed by the father's stout shoulder. And none to soon,for. the air was thick'with flying debris. There .were twelve of them-moro souls than the ark carried, and crowd ed into a ?ouch smaller space, but that mattered little at such a time. The fowl screamed, .the-Yhildren wailed, the big mother and little mother rocked and prayed iu each other's arms, and the fatirer~bemoa,"ed'~his farm a d stock; but as for Ylasta, the cyclo?:e had given her what thc fates had otherwise deuied, and the uproar and dangor were all dominated by tba joy that Albrecht was again beside her, so c'ose that she could almost feel his deep, hurried breathing. It was but a moment,and then, with sa deafening roar, a rush of da.kncss, a choking breath of sulphur, the storm centre was upon them. Vlasta remembered not how it hap pened, but when she was able to real ize anything her arms were around Albrecht's ne -k and he was ho'-ding her to him and murmuring wprds of endearment, which she felt .rather than heard. "My' love, my little oue."-though she Vas as tall as he "dp not. fear." ? will keep thee safe-? I, thin? own beloved/' Vlasta's pet white pullet fluttered . on their - shoulderslike the white- . winged.dove of . peace. The storm went .swiftly on its. resistless way, leaving desb?ati?n behind. Their houses were in ruins; their little possessions torn to pieces or scattered far and wide, even a large part of the growing c ops rooted up or gronud into <he soil. But their "lives wore spared, and they are hardy and courageous. Sod houses eau soon rise aeain, end other ero; s grow green onr^unUr'plftins,and before long in the new home there wall bo "sounds of rovolry by night" and another merryv wedding dauce. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. Only those can sing in the dark who have a light in the heart. The best way of avenging thyself is not to become Uko the wrong-doer. "We Bhonld treat our friends as we do ourselves; for a friend is another self. . Love should give winga to the feet of service, and strength to the armB of labor. . * % " - . Simplicity is one of the first laws of greatness, and another like unto it is humility. He- who always complains of the clouds recei resettle. qf_.life's sun shine and deserves less. ... Defeat is one ?f the hardest things to bea'r, oven in trifles; but we have to be defeated in order to succeed. There are few things impossible in .themselves, and the application nec essary to make them succeed is more often wanting than the moans. Severity carried to the highest pitch, breaks the mind,- and then, in the place of a disorderly young fellow, you have a low spirited, moped crea ture. Au ounce of essence is worth a gal lon of fluid. A wise saw may be more valuable than a whole book, and a plain truth is better thau an argu ment. . If we desire to reduce mental activ ity, it stands to reason that we must attend to nothing. Wo must let the mind drift. We must not attempt to exercise any control whatever, But let the thoughts .stray as 1 they will and follow any line of association that is a lino of least;resistance. It is a very poor record when night comes if we have been spending every honr of the day with our thoughts bent wholly upon our own pleasure or profit. If this is a sad way to spend one day, how much worse is it when we spend a week, a month, a year sel fishly bent upon our own affairs? The vulgar do not often recognize their own ear-marks. These ure as mauy.as tbe manifestations of temper ament; indications of vulgarity are not confined to speech and manners. Oue may be vulgar in one's house and furniture, one's dress, and in many other matters that are apt to be over looked when a self-scrutiny is under taken." FR uno ai Landmark 8old. . The old Henry house, one of the famous revolutionary mansions of Ge muntown.Btandiug at Germantown avenue and Fisher's lane, has been sol 1. The house was erected in 1735 by-iohn Gottfried Wa^chsmud, and w s sold to .John Snowden Henry. Di: rectly opposite on ground formerly belonging to the Henry homestead is th? Hoo I cemete y, where were laid the bodies of General Agnew and ( plonel Bird, both of whom died from wounds received at tho battle of Ger mantown.-Philadelphia xiecord. My Consumption "My oothcr was troubled with consumption for many yeare. At last she was given up to die. A neighbor told ber not to give up but try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Sbe did so and was speedily cured, and is now in the enjoyment of good healto." D. P. Jolly, Feb. 2,1899. Avoca, N, Y. Cures Hard Coughs No matter bow bard your cougb is or bow long you bave bad it, Ayer's Cberry Pectoral is tbc best tbing you could possibly take. But it's too risky to wait until you bave consumption, for sometimes it's impossible to cure this. disease. If you arc cougbing today, don't wait until tomorrow, but get a bottle of Cberry Pec toral at once and be relieved. It strengthens weak lungs. 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It ls a few miles outside of Pretoria, at the entrance to a cleft In the mountain. 1 c T N A ii FADELESS DYES are fast to sunlight, wa&hlug aad rubbing. Sold by all druggists. The Curse of War. Mri?. Henpeck-If lt hadn't heen for the Soudan cam palen you wouldn't havo been my husband. Mr. Henpeck (savagely)-What a curso war ls! Wanted Two traveling salesmen In each Soulhorn State. SSA nnil expenses. Experience not absolutely necessary. Kor particulars address Pwahontas Tobacco Works Co., Bedford City, Va. Comparisons. "Pur wedding trip is all too short. She ??aid. with muffled sigh. "Well, maybe so." ho irrnaned, "but lt's Not half so short as I." There ls moro Catarrh In this section of tho country thnn all other dlsoases put togother, and until tho last few years was supposed to be Incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced lt a 1 .eil disease and prescribed local romedics, and by constantly falling to euro with locnl treatment, pronounced lt in curable. 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It will pay to save the "Star" tin tags and so take advantage of the best list ever issued by the Star Tobaoco. Plso's Cure for Consumption has SA ved me many B doctor's bill.-S. F. HAUDY, Hopkins Place, Baltimore. Md., Dec. 2.1891. In Training. . "Do you understand the nature of an oath?' asked the judge. "I should think I ought to," said the ner vous 11 ttl o man. "I've been putting up stovepipes for my wifo all morning." By writing at once for tho remarkable ofFnr of ihe South's great est Institution of Practical Business Training, The Sa.-Ala. Business College, Don't Delay ! MACON, GA. Send your name and address on a! H postal, and we will send you our 156- ? page illustrated catalogue free. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. ,7G Winchester Avenue. New Haven, Conn CURES1WHEBE AU" ELSE FAILS. _ Best Cough Syrup. Taste? Good. Dee In time. Sold br druggists. "KT" SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. Lieutenant Maury has calculated that if an inch of rain fell over a fifth part of tue surface of the Atlantic, it would mean an addition to its volume of 360 million tons of water, and that if the same amount of wator evapor ated from the ocean, it would leave 16 million tons of sea-salt According to the state geologist of Indiana, the natural gas supply of that state is decreasing in pressure, and its" quantity is limited. In Ave years all the pipe lines have been extended towards '.he heart of the held, aud the centre is now reduced to an area of less lhan 150 square miles. In* this centre the pressure has diminished from 264 pounds in 1895 to 181 pounds in 1898, and the average rock pres sure of the entire field lias been re duced from 191 pounds in November, lt97, to 173 pounds in November, 1898. The average pressure at which salt water overcomes gas is stated at between 130 and 150 pounds to the square inch, and this necessitates the j t abandonment of the'well. A strange complaint which has lately been prostrating large numbers of Parisians has been attributed l y med ical men to a rather 'peculiar cause. This is the preseuce in their patients' morning rolls of salts of lead, depos ited on the floors and walls of the ovo ns in which they have been baked. According to the medical thoory, the extensive use of old timber in place of other fuel that KO largely obtains in France is directly responsible for this condition of affairs. As a result, the Paris council of hygiene has is sued an edict forbidding the employ ment by bakers of wood., from old houses, clisnsed railway sleepers or wooden paving blocks for their fur naces. Such timber is usually improg nated with sulphate of copper or creo sote, and poisonous volatile salts are liable to rise from it when heated. . Last spring a plan was proposed nt the Harvard college observatory for the construction of a telescope of un usual length for photographing"'the' stars and planets. Anonymous don ors have now furnished tho means by which this experiment mny be made, and it is expected that a telescope having an aperture of twelve inches and a length of a hundred feet or more will'soon be ready for trial at Cambridge. The exhibit of the Har vard observatory at the Paris exposi tion will represent the work of the United States in astronomj'. Among the collection of photographs of heav enly bodies will be tho Btellar charts and photographs of Btellar spectra pro duced with the aid of the great photo graphic telescope now in South-Amer ica. There also will be an exhibit of glass photography illumined by elec tricity. Another mechanical prodigy has been added by the Boston Elevated < Bailroad company to its magnificent ? equipment This is a new steel shaft ] - reported to be tbs largest, ever cast 1 -to form part of a new vertical cross- < compound eugine, which is being put j in place in the company's central power \ station, an engiue of four thousand j horso power, at ordinary speed. The < shaft is twenty-eight feet in length, \ over all, thirty-eight inches diameter ' in the centre and weighs in its fiuished ? state about seventy-five thousand i pounds; as a rough casting it was much heavier, of course, a hole fifteen inches in diameter having to be bored in the centre. In the journals, which [ are each fifty inches in length, leav- i iug a length of some twenty feet be- ' \ tween the centres, the diameter is thirty i inches. The vast proportions cbarac- "J terizing all the other features of thia \ t undertaking will be further under stood when it is stated that the fly wheel casting weighs seventy-five tons. 31 I n ?inn. . und Maximum of Sleep for Mun "The old rule of eight hours' sleep is sheer nonsense," said a New Or- 1 leans physician, chatting after office '. hours. "Natural sleep is something I that can't be regulated by any formula. 1 The body takes what it needs, be it 1 much or little, and the necessary i amount varies with the individual. In j ' a general way I would say that four hours is the minimum and ten hours the maximum for people in fair health. Either more or loss is a pretty sure sign that something is out of gear usually something iu the brain. I have two patients who sleep only four hours and keep in tolerably good con dition. Both are middle-aged men, and neither "of them works very hard. They are simply so constituted that nature can repair its losses .in, four hours of unconsciousness. In many other peeple nearly three times as long is required; the nerve cells work more slowly-wh}-, nobody knows. The queerest case that ever came under my personal observation was.that-ojfva bookkeeper of this city, whaled/to sleop two or three hours a night tbrmigh .the week and on* .Sunday would catch up in a twenty-four hour nap. That is no exaggeration, but au actual fact well known to all his inti mates. He seemed to be nblo to store away nervous energy as a camel stores water. His general health during the twelve or fifteen years I knew him was excellent, but he finally died of an attack of pneumonia.-New Orleans Times-Democrat The Habit of Wearing Spectacle*. "It is a singular and grotesque fact," said an eye specialist of Ulfa city, "that a great many uneducated people get into the spectacle habit without any need whatever for wear ing glasses. Take, for instance, a man whose eyes become a little in flamed from exposure to tho sun or some other cause. His sight is all right, and what he really needs is a soothing lotion of some sort to allay the irritation of the membrane. Very frequently, however, he will imagine that he requires a pair of spectacles, and will buy them at the cheapest place he can find, without the slight est regard to the suitability of the lenses. In niue cases out of ten it is almost impossible for him to see through the things, but he will wear them as much as he can, believing that his eyes are being benefited. Another Henton for Hi* Dislike. Bev. Anna Howard Shaw of Wash ington, D. C., is a very eloqnent speaker as well as an able theologian. On ono occasion che occupied a pulpit temporarily, and had in Lh o congrega tion . clergyman who was strongly opposed to women divines. At the end of the service, which, he had Roomed to enjoy, he was asked if he had thanged his opinions. He ro-. plied slowly: "Not to a groat extent. Before I heard herl thought wo nen were"" in capable of filling a pul it. ac eptably; now, however, I 'believe that they are too capable altogether for the "good of us incumbents."-Philadelphia Sat urday Evoning Post STRANGELY ILLUMINATED. I - <\ he Weird Effeet of Phosphorescence on a Sblp In Bering Sea. "I have often heard of the wonder ul phosphorescence of Southern seas," emnrked a traveler from the North, and I have seen some pretty fair amples In the Atlantic between New .'ork and English ports, but I did not mow it prevailed to any extent in ?orthern waters until during the past uminer. "In August last I waa on board the evenue cutter Mcculloch, in the Be ing s,ea, about 63 degrees north lati ude, bound north, when one night ibout 10 o'clock I happened to go on leek, and I was almost frightened by he sight of the sea. The wind was ?lowing sharp enough to raise the vhlte caps, and tho whole sea looked LS if it were lighted from Its depths ry a million arc lights, throwing their vhlte rays upward and under the fly ng.foam. The hollows of the waves vere dark, were dark, but every crest hat' broke showered and sparkled as f it were filled with light. From the ides of the ship great rolls of broken vhlte light fell away, and she left a )road pathway of silvery foam as far mck ns the eye could reach. "But about this hour was the most ?triking display. Here it was as If thc (bip were ploughing through the sea ?f white light, and as the water was brown back from her prow lt fell In flittering piles of light upon the dark lurface beyond, and was driven far lown below, lighting the depths as if ill the . electricity of the ocean were ihootlng its sparkles through the vaves and turning Itself Imo innumer ate Incandescents that flashed a sec >nd then shut out forever. I stood on ;ho forecastle deck looking' down into ?he brilliant white turmoil of the wa iora until I began to feel as If we were ifloat upon some silver sea, and a .cally uncanny feeling took possession >f me. The white shir ^as lighted by the phosphorescence r>2 the waters, so hat as high up as the deck there was i pale, weird white, that made one feel is if the 'Flying Dutchmen' were ibroad upon the sea' and had passed by is. 'The masts towered In ashy gray ibove the decks, and every rope and ine stood out distinctly In the light, out cast no shadows. It was all as rhostly as if we had gone up against ie real thing, and it was a positive re lief to get back Into the ward room, tvhere there wns something more hu man. I don't know how long it lasted, jut when I went to bed nt ll o'clock I iotfid still see the silver shining through the air port in my stateroom." An Expensive Meal for a Horse. Jacob W. Whitehead, a storekeeper >f New Paris, Ind., ls short ?65 In cur rency and his horse has ristn In value. Hr. Whitehead went home late and .'limbed the stairs of the barn to throw lown hay to the family nag. . In his pocket he had a pocketbook ?ontalnln? ive ten dollar bills, one five and ten mes. This dropped from his pocket is he bent over to pick up the hay. Mr. Whitehead did not miss the money dil the morning after. He then search id the barn, and found a few frag ments of the pocketbook, together with tiny bits of the bills. The faithful an imal had devoured the hay and valor ously tackled the pocketbook and con tents, leaving nothing with which Mr. Whitehead could make proof of his loss at the treasury.-Chicago Inter lacean. New Pass In Kock? Mountain!. After numerous hairbreadth escapes and nany thrilling adventures, a party of explor es in. the Rocky Mountains stumbled onto a ? puas whore they hnd believed lt possible for . icne to exist. In a like manner, people who ( lave bolleved dyspepsia Incurable aro aston- f shed to And that thore is a way to health, lostetter's Stomach Bitters used faithfully t nakos.the digestion strong, the bowels regular, i he liver active. Try lt. . 1 Lambs and Oysters on Trees. The Dominican, Du Tertre, asserts in his book that he saw at Guadeloupe oysters growing on the branches of trees, by their weight bending down the branches Into the sea, "and they ire refreshed twice a day by the flux and reflux of lt." Bishop Fleetwood tells of a tree in Clmbalon whose leaves turn Into birds and animals as ?oon as they fall to the earth. Plgfet ta says he kept one of these leaves sight days In a jar, aud that it took to walking as soon as he touched it, and lt lived only on the air. The wonderful Tartarian shrub or lamb tree ls vouched for by more than one. It is about three feet In height, ind on the top grows the lamb. It ls covered with the thin nest bark, which the natives use for head covering. The Inner pulp is like lobster flesh, and blood flows when lt Js wounded. As long as the lamb ls surrounded by plen tiful pasturage it thrives, but as soon is the grass becomes dry it withers iway. Another plant that bore lambs In a pod is recorded, but these differed Prom the others in having horns. A traveler says that he. ate of the flesh ind drank of the blood of them. Slr John Maundeville also tells of trees of the sun and the moon which irrew in. one of the Indian islands, and that spake to King Alexander and warned him of his death. He reported that "the folk that kepen the trees and ?ten of the frute and of the bawme that groweth there, lyven wei 400 yere or 500 yere, be vertue of the frute and the bawme.-Chicago Times-Herald. Joubertto the Brithh General. Those who met Gen. Joubert when ie was In this city a few years ago as me guest of Henry George recall him LS a plain-faced old man with a mass ?f black hair streaked with gray and a Juli, grizzled beard. He speaks Eng Ish, but his wife, a woman premature y aged with domestic toll, spoke noth ng save Dutch, and sat patient, though inmistakably bored at the affairs to, 1 vhich she and her husband were in- 1 'lted. With the father and the mother vas a strapping son of sixteen or there ibouts, who strongly resembled Jou >ert. The old General told with modesty of ifs negotiations with the British at < iajuba HUI, and his eyes sparkled as ] ie recited his reply to the British com- f uander-In-chief. I "It does not comport with these," I aid the British Gencrnl, pointing to he decorations on his breast, "to ac ede to your terms." To which said" Joubert. pointing to ils riflemen, "And It does not comport rith these to offer any others." 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ISO 17 Six tier.nine Rogers' Teaspoons, best rlated goods. 150 18 Watch, alckel, stem wind and sot.. ?00 19 Carvers, good steel, buckhorn handlea.SOO 50 Six Oenuine Rogers' Table Spoons, best plated goods.350 51 Six each, Knives and Forks, buck horn handles.350 32 Six each. Genuino Bogers' Knives and Forks, best platod goods.500 TAOS. 33 Clock, 8-daj*. Calendar, Thermom eter, Barometer. _ SM 34 Gun case, leather, no better made. 500 SS Revolver, .-utomatic, double action, S3 or SS caliber.500 38 Tool Set, not playthings, but real tools. 650 27 Toilet Set. decorated porcelain, very handsome. 800 58 Remington Rifle No. 4, 82 or 82 col. SOO 29 Watch, sterling silver,full jeweled 1000 SO Dress Snit Case, leather, handsome and durable.109Q 31 Sewing Machii.e, ii rv. class, with all attachments.1500 33 Rovolver, Colt's, 38-calibor, blued steel. ...... ? rlev ,...1500 S3 Rifle. Colt's!Vi-shot ! 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