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DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB'S HOST. The Assyrian came dorn like the wolf on the fold, And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide. And his cohorts were gleaming in purple Cut through it there rolled not the breath and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, of his pride; And the foam ot Ilia gasping lay white on the turf. When the blue waved roll nightly on deep And cold as the spray cf thc rock beating Galilee suri. Like thc leaves of thc forest when summer And there lay thc rider, distorted and is green. paie. That host with their banners at sunset With thc dew on his brou- .nd the rust 0:1 his mail; And the U?ts were all ?-.iieiit, the banners ?were seen; Like the loaves of the forest when autumn had blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and The lances uplifted, the trumpet u:i strown. For the angel of death spread his win^s on the blast, And breathed in thc face of thc foe as he pass'd; And the eyes of the sleepers wsx'd deadly and chill blown. And thc widows cf Ashur are lou J :n their wail, And thc idols are broke in the temple of Baa!; And the iniiil:t of thc Gentile, uasmoic by thc sword. And their hearts but once heaved-and Hath melted like snow in thc glance of the forever stew still. Lord! -Lord Byron. * x % A GAM Wi TH LIVING CHE By George Ethelbert Walsh. * V? x HIS happened before you boys were born," Lucie Hifrry asser??d; stretching himself lu the easy^Shair "It was when I was quite a youn myself. I didn't have as easy a tin of it then as boys of to-day. I ha earn my living when I was and before I was sixteen I around the world twice, cabin passenger, either, arabin boy, which in^KS an all overworked an^^nuch-abused was neatfly sixteen we had ,JO? bf the islands in the and we were all washed pe were sixteen of us in ig one young fellow Jcred half an Idiot, hut plenty of fun for )-castlo. When we on the beach we from the frying _5tood several armed to fnlvei and Las If they ?lief came carried lt the dd board. Ile moved the few remaining fellows of his crew with slowness anc precision. I had been selected as ? knight, and I found myself time anc again brought into such close proxlin to the chief's knight that I feared my freedom. But in some strange . Strander always brought mc out of the dangerous position, and by far sighted planning gave mo a chance tc capture some of tho pawns of thc enemy. "My groa toft triumph came when I captured in a double play the chief's bishop and castle. Nothing could have made me feel happier at thai moment, and I could see the chief scowl with anger and determination. The loss of these mon made the battle more equal, aud thc chief grew nervous and rest less. Hi3 fingers played feverishly with his long tunic, and his mustache was twisted and twirled several times between each play. His warriors also lost their cheerful manners and nj longer shouted when bo made a move. "But Strander was like a sphinx. He was sober and serious, and his eyes were glued upon tho players before him. I thought he often looked at me with a queer expression, and even when he was watching bis opponent's play a gleam from the corner of his eyes appeared to take mo in. Was he, after all, merely playing with the king to give him the impression that it was a hard-fought game? I began to be? lieve that he was only fcolajg is antagonist, and that the gT SECRET OF DIGESTION. Experiments on a Dog Produced Curi ous and Interesting Result's. Some experiments on a dog ron corning the effects of personal liking for various foods on the digestion were recently made by a well known scient ist. The results are curious and in teresting. It was found that the articles of diet which the animal WUP particular ly fond of met with a groat flow of the gastric Juices, and were accordingly digested better and more quickly. For purposes of observation the gullet of the dog was cut in sections and fixed to the neck, so that thc food it ate fell through; the stomach of thc ani mal was also divided into two por tions, into one of which no food was allowed to enter, the other being sup plied only with the food necessary to life. If somo tempting dainty was held before tho dog and he evinced the usual signs of pleasure in thr- experted treat, it was noiiced that at once thc Stomach juices sprang into play, al though the food when swallowed did not reach thc stomach at all. On the other hand, if he was fed with some thing which he evidently did not have any preference for there was no ac tion of the gastric fluid. Also, more curious still, when food was introduced, unknown to the ani mal, into the working half of his stom ach it lay there absolutely dry and untouched by the digestive juices for several hours, even though the food were of the most digestible sort. All of which proved conclusively that mere thought or favorable brain action of any sort concerning the food eaten not only assisted the digestirn, but partly caused it. Professor Paw low, who made the experiments, thinks this partly, at least, explains why mon of letters are often dyspeptic. Their minds are busy with things far re moved from their dinners when they are eating. Thc connection between the nerve which sends ino important message down to the digestive ma chinery below for more oi! and the patient engineer of nutrition is cut off.' So when unexpected orders for deglutition come piling in upon them they are not ready and th?? work i3 bungled.-Nev; York Herald. PART OF THE BLUFF. "Why," she finally ventured to falter, "do you look so sad when we are sitting thus?" "Because," bc answered/gazing tend erly down into her troubled eyes, "a man always looks sad when he holds a lovely hand." She was something reassured, al though she did not altogether under stand.-New York Herald. A woman has written 4,070 words on one side of a pos^ard. .Ka is of less tha^^ A Fine Campaign. PUE subject of good roads ls by no means now, but there is nevertheless souicthing new in this connection. Sonic time o a scheme was devised by t!ie T United Stales Department of Agricul ture whereby some practical object lessons would lie given to the pul lie in various parts of the country. An other road building outfit has been pro vided which, through the co-operation ui the ra ?Ironils. is to be transported about the country for the purpose of giving illustrative exhibitions in the art of road building. To construct goori ronds out of selected material is not a difficult task, liut to provide an accept able highway with local material and under unfavorable conditions is no* always easy, xlealising the value ol! such a movement to the railroads. Mr. Hill, of the Great Northern, has placed a train at the disposal of the depart ment, and it is nov?- engaged 0:1 that road in demonstrating to the people what can be done in that linc. It is proposed f'> proceed to the Pacific Coast, stopping at various places where the need of such instruction is appar ent, and show, through the medium of actual work, how much the ordinary wagon road may be improved by the use of intelligent method and the ' proper use of present means. That the railroads should give all' possible aid ami encouragement to such; a scheme is not strange. No siugle interest in the country, agriculture ex-' copied, will bc as much benefited by.' the general establishment of good roads) as they. Nothing is more destructive! of economical railroad operation than) the periodical interruption of tho everj and continuous How of traffic which results from the condition of thc roads over which the produce and supplies! of the conni ry ls bandied to and from' the railroads. To overcome such disability all railroads would bc jus tiiicd in going, and many of them ar now ready to go, to any reasonable out lay. There is probably not a syslenl of any considerable mileage but tim f would no glad to co-operate with tb> Department of Agriculture in its landa . Ide efforts. The difficulty will be not In obtaining opportunities for makin : the desired examples in thc season 0 f road building, but in selecting the mos valuable of the many sections svhl^u will be open to it. Tho Southern P ciiic Company has already extended a^ earnest request that its lines in Ca fonda bc used for that purpog doubt sn ] I CUATE MALA'S LCSS. fha Damage t-? the Cottee Plantations oj Volcanic Dust Not Permanent. Thousands of acres of tlio liest coffee plantations of Guatemala have boen covered by volcanic dust to a depth of severn] feet in t!u> recent eruptions. A?roports speak of the plantations as b??ug completely ruined. The lu.-s is verj licavy, for It will hike some years lo brins a new let of coffee trees hilo bearing. But lt would not bc correct to Infer that tho f?rtil of thc buried region is permanently Ijupaircd. ? Volcanic soils aro among ibo best In Mic world. They contain large sup plies of I ho sal's I hat make plant food. . The mountain districts of Scotland, formed mostly of old crystalline rocks, afford very poor soil. This is thc prin cipal reason why the Highlands of Scotland are not turned to good ac count. Herc and Ibero, however, arc small arcas covered with tho outpour jug of volcanoes which became extinct long ages ago. "Where these outpour ings of lava and volcanic dust arc found there arc areas of fertility, given islands among the hen i her and moss on thc almost barron Highland slopes. It was written centuries ago. in the days of Milton and Tasso, that the peasants living on tho slopes of Vesu vius were fearless and cheerful even when they saw 1 lie lava flowing from its summit. They bad forgotten the tragedy of Pompeii. Tiley could tell about hov.' far and bow fast the lava would move and they retreated before it without haste. They knew that the lava would work some damage for the time, but that soon after it had cooled they would again cover thc Holds over which It had passed with rich vineyards and sweet Howers. The lavas of Vesuvius are rich in thc clements of fertility. It is jUSl so with thc lava Heids of our own country. One of thc greatest of them is in Arizona, extending from tho San Francisco ^ILWiTtoLws south ward and norjlvward. and a part of this regionals covered with ono of the finest gy-tfwths <.!' trees in thc Terri tory The decomposition of lava blocks 'mixed with the other needed clements provides a soil il?;it is very favorable to vegetaliun. ? large area in the northwestern part of the country is covered with lava, and if it is ever found feasible to Irrigate this region lt will be among thc finest arcas of tillage in the land. While Guatemala has suffered great loss for a time, the ruin of which all tho cablegrams have spoken will not bo of a permanent nature. It is only the improvements of thc day that have been ruined. A few years more, unless further outbursts occur, will see the region restored to its past prosperity as ono UNION MADE yv. 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