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THURLOW 8 CARTER, Edito. And Manager A Family Newspaper: For the Promotion ot the Politic*!, Bocial, ^gricultural and Commercial Interest*. Terra. 11.50 a Year. Payable in Ad we SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION. LANCASTER, S. C.. MARCH 21,1894. ESTABLISHED IM2. The fr<'LVum'.'iIo liter 1 rii!ov fo Egypt, note* the yr\v York Ccdp The cost is Sl.">0 eneli wny--cheap ti 1 class passage. Rich Americans go their own yachts, regardless ot pease. The growing fashion of nam t private resiliences calls to nund f etory told by Kirk Munroe of a wi women who lived in an old-fashion quiet New England town, relates !New York Independent. She wrol note, in response to an invitation tea, dated at "The Elms," or sc such name, newly given by r comers to the old homestead they 1 just acquired, and dated her re from "The lthuhnrba." "For," she said, "it would never do not call our place by some distinct name, and there's more rhubarb ti anything else in our back yard." Argentine is the most advanced all the States in South America, s Bishop John P. Newman recently, magnificent domain extends from frontier of Bolivia to Cape Horn, eluding ratngoniH and Terra d< 1 1 ego. and from the Atlantic to the hi o the Cordilleras. It is rich in things which g vo substantial wea to a Nation. The rivers are iiaviga .1000 miles into the interior. Slv herds feed more than 70,0110,000 sh< and half that number of horses t 'horned cattle on the vast pamp TVlpir vn 1 tin iu nu# t niol... 1 ??* t\t\ 000 in gold. In tlin mountains i gold, silver, copper, load, coal s iron which await the coming of R perior ay ate in of 1111 tn iijjr- Hum Ayres ia a city as largo anil elegant Boston. Its parks and palaces, fa ionahle drives and gorgeous e<piipaj would adorn Fifth avenue. What la the chief fur-bearing anin of the world? muses the New Yc Tribune. Judged by the standard fashion, perhaps the much-vexed sc w hile on the ground of aristocratic < clusivencss the Ibissian sable may lu the list. Hut, in point of numbe none can compare with our own fair iar muskrat, which every country 1 whose life has been worth the livii has captured in a trap siibii?era??'t 'r frost-bound brook, and stretched skin to dry upon a pointed shiug The other day there was a great f sale iu London. In four days, at o auction house, more than 3,000,(1 skins were sold ; and of these mc than one-half--to be exact, l,.r>2H,(l were nuskrat. Next in nuinl /. n ,, w> ...i,...... - 1- * AA AAA * ?...V SIMMS, 0011,000 in Australia and 120,000 from Anient while the odorous Hkuuk and sporti i raccoon furnished 240,000, ami the* little inink 150,000 noire. By theai if theae there were only 2047 Hussi sables, 1400 heaver.s and a score [polar hearn. The lint of furs eo prised also heara nf aeveral kin' martena, wolvea, foxea, lain ha, eh chillaa, nionkeya, kangaroos a othera. Vaat na waa thia aale, it w only one of aeveral of eipial magnitu held during the aeaaon, the milliona t pelta heing gathered from all t world to London, and thence rc-d trihuted to well-nigh every land. The annual rep.111 of tires of t Board of Fire Underwriters, of N > York City, contains some intoresti atatiatieal information. Several tab act forth the number of alarms a the amount of hiaaea for thirty-ni P years up to April HO, 1HIM. Fr< these may be gathered an idea of t growing efficiency of the fire Deps ! meat, as well at the rate of in ^r ? of tires flue to the growth of the cil L The insurance money paid in lw V in adjustment, of losses wasIV2.87 p rent. of the amount placed. For t succeeding years until IH7<\ when 1 paid department was adopted, tl r1 percentage was not re luce I in fai rose in the last few years of t k period. But since, ami inelndi INStO, there has been u constant though not steady reduction. The tl year the paid Arenifln took ho|<l it * 22.28 per cent. In tin- year enrli April 80, 1838, it wn? 18.10 put cen the lowest in nil but two years in t history of tho oitv. This im telli testimony to tho value of. the pnfl ^ pertinent. In 1845 thoro wern 355 f alarms, in 1803 2000, n sternly as^ei excepting tho years 1803 ami 18* when tho number wns exactly t * some, thnt ie, 7?H). Fire* nre most i morons in January nu<l after thnt December. They aro fewest in Ne tember ami August. The aggregi foV the January* since 1854 was 48{ for lWomfier 1740, July 44t March 4328, April 4150, Februi 4001, November 3867, May 3024, Ju 8533, October 3302, August 3152, n Bept nber 3150. A* may b- *e*n, t wint months bring th>> in ?st vi-hi tin tin of Hre, except July, whose Inr number s account? I for by Fourth July Arj.i. { V 13 THE GLOA MING. ;er. r?p A wish at close of day, - The evening waits; A hope, a morning ray From eastern gates: A bright and sunny spot ing Along the stream ; A quiet sheltered grot, "Where we ran dream : itty A window looking west ^ Toward sunset gold, Bespeaking gentle rest R When we are old : I to A glow in yonder sky ,mP When shadows rreep, . low And love's soft lullaby Sind Inviteth sleep; pl.T A hand to Hasp in ours With pressure dear ; And then some simple flowers With friendship* near: tive |inn A good night gloaming kiss, 1 life's day romph t **; A lingering hour of bliss ( Where twilights meet. ?[Wallace Hruee in Blackwood, aid '> THE RED FORESTER. iuFu HY JANE I.. Ront RTS. ase Hll One fine day in October three children were merrily at play on the outskirts of one of the grand old forests hie that are found on the Halite shore. 0p. The pretty red and yellow leaves # under their feet afforded them immense delight as they massed thein 1 into a pile, upon which the three>as. year-old Klsa was seated in great conK>, tentmcnt, making the bright things Bro fly in all directions with the stick in . her hand. The eldest child, a hoy of ten. had """ a kind, thoughtful face; the other, a ioB happy and light-hearted hoy of eight. n? did not rest until he. too. had found nil- " ft out ft irk. with which he aided his sister in scattering the flut?eB taring leaves to tin* four winds. Suddenly the air nhoiit thorn was darkened, and over their heads a great nn] bird en me flying low with flapping . wings ami dismal eroak. I town it mine on the pile of leaves beside the little one. It< eyes were keen and ml, piercing, and the child gave a scream ox- of terror as it harked into her face j with a hoarse cry. In a moment the older boy had caught up his brot her s r"' stick and. aiming two or three stout til- blows at the bird's heart, laid it lifelad less. n Ashe took Klsa in his arms and soothed her the younger hoy exammen rne raven. tin. Mans." said its he. ' I fear thnl was one of the Hod le. For* -tor's birds, it is so large and its 11P look is so evil. Old Walther se? sorrow comes to nnv who molest ne thorn." *0? "Mother says old Whither is not ire always truthful." answered Mans. 100 "Wo must not mind his stories. I.olive the hird. Otto. t'oino. the wind Is cool. and Mother will look for 5111 the baby now " a; Two or three hundred yards from ve where the ehildren |ilayed might he seen the straw-thatched roof of their little home, and from the sand bluffs ''e lieforo the cottage one had a view of *n miles of seacoust. To-<lav the waves of rippled and daneed in the sunlight as m_ if no storms eould ever disturb their , ealtn. At anchor near t lie shore lay | a numh'T of fishiny boats, making a it* pretty hit of eolor with their popper- J nd luted sails; ami the white, sandy bench was eovered for a long st retell | with the nets hung out to dry on the endless frames, showing plainly the ?' general oceupatIon of the hreadwin-i he ners of that pretty village nestling ia- between the forest and shore Fisher Mnller and Itis wife, al-| though simple folks, were superior to the people with whom their lot h?* was east. In his youth the fisher e,v had hoped to attain some better T station: but the military service of s his country heltl him the best years of his life, and he returned front serti I vice to find the only means left him no of procuring a livelihood was to fol>m 'ow hit Iter's calling, and so he . continued to he a fisherman. Fran M tiller w as gent le and t h oughtrt" ful, and. as the little home was well tended and snug, they were content v and only longed for something better -- for their ehildren. The mother met the children at the l<,r door and taking F.lsa from Hans, ho asked the reason of Iter cry. The die hoy engeriy told the story of the great bin n,rn in(" woma nave eaten fish's eyes. but thst Hans pave him a whack in time. "Mother," nan! hi* Manx, "Otto says the H?-?l Forester iir will punish me Old Walther told aj. him so." " What <1 i<l Walther tell you about rH the Red Forester?" said the mother. *** " Have you not heard of the old inp red man?" asked Otto, t " What about him?" said Frau j Mtiller, Hfc she clasped Klsa dose in her arms and pressed her lips to the "I rosy cheeks. la- " ||c has a castle in the wildest Ire and darkest part of the forest, hut no jj one ever returns that seeks it ; and if ' one kill his favorite bird, the raven. ' sorrow will come?bitter sorrow." he As the laiy told his story, darkness in- had come on and the wind began to in moan round the house. The mother sat quiet, with her '' baby asleep on her knee. "Mother." 1,4 said Mans, troubled at her s'lence, 17, " you don't speak; (lo you lielieve fW, old Wnlther's story"'" |r_ "No, Mans." said the mother; "but you should have tried to n" frighten away the bird before killing nd it." lie Poor Mans, lie felt sad and heavy hearted. Mis mother a face wore a troubled look he was sure And this ^ was true for the entir? force of tisli " crmen were out at sea and old Wal Jter iiad called to tell her a heavy storm wits browing; many shooting tl ptars had boon soon the night before. a showing clearly from which direction to expect the wind. Did she nob n recall the woe the last October storm c bad brought to three families? f< Indeed, she remembered it only too li vividly. I he wind as it blow strong- r or sounded more and more dreadful w to her. If as last year, they were A driven far out. it would be flays be- I fore nil could return ; until then what s terrible jtnxietv ! The sight of a great pair of boots in the corner mafic her u shudder, for she knew they were the e fisherman's doom. Weighted flown d by these heavy rubber things, which g are buckled securely nbout the legs f ami loins. there is no possible chance ti for a man to save himself in the g water. And thus it is that none of k the fish?rs learn to swim, preferring t the drowning agonies to be over as s soon as possible. I'rnu Mtiller rose at length and put I the little one to bed. not dreaming t that llatis was watching every look, h < ild Walt her s forecast was Indeed t true, and before morning the sea was \ terrific f? look upon. The rain fell y in sheets, ami the beautiful leaves of 11 yesterday lay sodden and colorless t when tlie children looked in dismay from the windows. Could things K change so quickly? | The next day the storm grew still p more furious. The mother's heart s became lead. Her husband bad /one from bis hoine young and li st'ong Was be never to return' g Slu would not. could not believe it. The second night of the storm she p was atari led by a cry of pain from ii Hans, and running to his bed-ode slu- found him sitting up. white with h terror. "Mother, the raven wants n my father's life or mine. It came t ? t me in t?y sleep." w My child, pray for your father's s< life: he needs all our prayers." she answered, full of her sad forebodings. d The hoy was in despair: did his t mother really think ho had brought trouble on his home? Would the si Kcd Forester demand an equivalent ? <v The little fellow spent the next b da\ in a da/ed enndilion. His mother tl w as I no ful I of a n \ iet ii>s t o mil ice t hat 1. lit* noil hor Ht o nor spoko. lino thought it grow t*trongor in his mind as tho H storm inoroasod. Ilo would find f!?o ahodo of flip Rod Forostor What tl was his lifo if only his fiithor wits h saved fo flu' rost '* d \stho third morning dawned the h storm was loosening; hut when no < , boats rattle in all whs gloom and sor- a row The old mon shook their hoads A as thoV lookod on tho sea. No doubt d sonto bad gone out who wo??m ?? ? > roturn. t The littlo follow's brain was din- a ranted. If was still early morning. Tito niotbor slopt. worn out with care. b ||o mtist go at oni'f. Putting on his a old jacket and looking his last on all ho lovod, t ho littlo follow Iliads bis h way into tho wildost and most tin- t< fro?|iiontod part of tho wood. Ho > was a good walkor and strong enough h for his ago. Init his oondition of mind s for tho last throo days bad brought i? on a feverish <tato ; for ho had noithor I cit.n n<>r slept save to dream of nor- f< rors. a Hafts had not walked far in the o cold. flump place before his limbs be- w pan to f? I him. A few hours found r hint in a strange, lifeless condition, with only ono idm before him. to go h deeper ""d deeper into the black. a untrodden wilds. w | ty Httd by the fever took possession ti if his reason, atul he began t?? mutter u its he walked: "lib, my father, my life for yours ; spare niy father!" 11 Hours went bv a ml still he walked n on. not knowing how he moved. The t; darkness came on early, and the boy h begat' 'o fall in bis weakness. v All tl onee he found himself in a a clear space, in the middle of which a great lire was burning. Had he in- p deed found the Red Forester! Yes; e it mitst be so. A man in a red gown h and t? golden cap was feeding the tire | with fierce delipht. h ||e would he burnt alive. That, h would he his fate. Hut what did it n matter? He could not suffer more a than he hail done. He made an at- [ tempi to attract the red mnn'a notice, but could not. His strenpth was gone. ami. tottering nearer the dread being with the cry. "My father, save my father!" Hans fell down beside the lire unconscious. It was a most surprised old gentle- jv man into whose presence the hoy had tumbled. I.ovingly and tenderly he carried the child into a warm, plea* , snnf room w here all was done to restore him. His wet clothing was re- T movod ; ami although Hans felt the comfort of a warm bed. still, all night ^ long he tossed and cried in fever; "My father, oh. Red Forester, my father!" It was into a hunting lodge of one of the royal family that Hans had j! wanderer!. The old gentleman, who lucked so fierce in t he filare of t he tire " was a most hfiinTolent and gentle * doctor of eminence. a friend of the Prince. The gnats had troubled him ho during the day that a fire had la-en * mail? to attract fhoin from the lodge. 1 "I shall never he thankful enough * that I made the fire," said the doetor, hh he worked over the child ''Thank God, too, I have my inedioinc cheat ; what could the child me?>t about his father? Well, had \ he lain out there all ni^ht no mortal help could have aaved him." My morning the doctor had done . much to reduce the fever, and when Hans opened hia eyes at last to eon- ^ seiousness the red man stood at the do<?r looking out. The child glanced around. What had come to him? What place was this, so warm and " beautiful, yet fearful? The skins of an'onals hung everywhere; not only skins hut heads with eyes, living eyes glared at him. All kinds of terrible, gleaming weapons shone on the wall 1 Oh. what " \: place! Yet tl here were flowers in th? windows, nd the bed was so soft. As he tried to move, the man in pd turned and came to his side. The liild clasped his hands and cried, parfully : "Red Forester, take my ife. hut not father s. Mother could int live without htm. and what onId we poor children do then? 'our raven nave Elsa such fear, and did not know that you loved him o." My child, heforc I hear another rord," said the doctor, " you must at this good soup I have ready and rink n class of cordial. My old red own has given your mind a twist. 1 ancv; so off it goes." Hans looked ip from his food and saw a hne old entleinan In a hlaek coat hitha facp ind and winning as a c^ ,id's. In ho most loving manner he i' w the torv of the hoy's trouble "T. mi him. My do?r child, your father's life is n the hands of (tne who rules all hings for the best. The storm has >een a dreadful one. hut we will not hlnk of sorrow. Think only that on are safe, and sleep aga-n so that on will he able to return to the riother. who must he bearing more rouble on your account." Inn few moments Mans was again looping, content and almost happy, 'he Prince and a number of his riends ?*amo in to look at him as he lopt. and to them the doctor told of lie mental nnd physical suffering the ttlo fellow had undergone. The entlemen were deeply interested. "That hoy will grow to he a tine ihii if he only has the right trainng," said the doctor. "You cannot do hottrr#hnn train iiin yourself." said the Prince. "You re without family. In the meanimo if sorrow has come l<j the home re must help that moFuvr How 0011 will lie he able to reS^m'" " \<? soon as he wakens I shall rive him home." answered the doeor A sleep of some hours almost rehired Hans. He was lifted into a omfortahle carriage, with 'lie doctor y his side; ami in the long drive hut followed Hans was taught in the leasantest way the folly if heliev ill 1 ho Hilly stories go common ntong the people. A drive of h few hours brought hern in sight of tho shorn and the nmo Mans h?t| loft in despair the ay before. The boy was still weak ; ut as the sen. now calm ntid still, wine in sight, he sprung lip and gave long look Mt the bouts at anchor, i shout of joy hurst from hltn. The octor hIso sprang up. ' 'V> father's ..? . ov rum. pointii.c \ . ^ A< he number. "My father is safe!" nd the tears and s-'bs came fast. The Herr Doctor found himself lowing his nose and wiping his eves s well. In h few moments the boy was in is father's arms, the doctor himself filing his story; and then tisher fuller related how they had been low n far out the tirst night of the form and had taken refuge on the land of Rugen. where n benevolent hinish lady of title has built a refuge tr fishermen, who find there warmth ml food awaiting nil who are driven n tIn*t shore; and many there are li<> bless this good woman for their I'sriic from the horror* of exposure. The good language and clear intel?rt of the man his honest hearing nd the neatness of t lie simple home :on the doctor's heart. " t/ivellans r> me." he said. The father and lot her did not speak. " Forgive me. that is not right, you nist all come to me; I have long ceded some one lmnest and true to like an interest in my comfort and nine. Hans can still he with you; ,e will share him together." So after time all was arranged. The doctor never repented his inercst in the Muller family, to Hie nd of his life; for they remained is devoted and trusty servants. Inns studied the profession of his cloved friend and teacher, becoming is right hand truly. To-day his ame stands first among the eminent ml benevolent men of his time.? SVw York Independent. Terrapin Firming, Terrapin farming is an undevelped industry, hut susceptible of ielding good returns. Ovrr H.fytft. i*i worth of diamond-hack terrapin re taken out of the t'hesapeake Bay nd its tributaries every year. As he price nvcrag' a do/en. this epresents tVtO.nOtt terrapin annually luring the season .V*l men are enaged in catching them In two or iiree places along the t'hesapeake errapin of the precious diatnonda< k variety an- hatched and reared a "crawls.' Such a "crawl" is aim ly an inclosure through which the idea ehh ami (h>>\ The hottom is of ind and grass, and there is a conenient sand hank for tlie mother urtlen In lay tltPlr egg* In. At reeding time the turtle no rate hen a hallow hole in the sand and deposs from eight to twenty eggs, which he cover* lip, and then goen hack to he water. I .oat gull* and crown should scratch he eggs up and eat them, nets are innetiine* spread over the nentn. The ming are hatched about September , but often remain buried until pring. Sometimes they are packed i boxes with straw until they get to e a few week* old and are ready to n into the water. They grow about ne inch a ye sr. and at the end of nix earn arc hlg enough to he railed counts" and to sell at the highest uirkct price. They are fed twice a eeU with crabs and tinh to fatten h?in.?{New York World. A mirror only reflects ninety to lnety-two |*r cent, of the light brown on it. FOOD FOR YULTIKKS. BURIAL CUSTOMS AMONG THE! PARSEES The Peed Ted to Birds o? Prey-Welrd Temples o* Silence- The White Stone of Parting and GoodBy. Among all the strange burial customs the world over there is none more horribly interesting than that which is followed even until to-day among the Parsees in India, says a writer in the Tall Mall Budget. There ti la a strangeness even about the very name-?a Tower of Silence?the place t)j where the Tarsees nut away their dead and leave them for the vultures <( to swoop down and feed upon. * p The Dokhma?to give the correct name to the round Parser s< pub hers that we. in our easy Anglo-Indian fashion, call Towers of Silence?is al ways on high ground. The sanitary reasons for this are very ohvious. In Bombay there nre three towers. They ^ woe built at different periods, and mark the increase in Bombay of ti T'arsee affluence and of I'arsee mnu- if hers. The oldest and smallest was built goon after the follower.-- of '/. > ,1 roaster had fled from Persia to India. These Purses mortuaries were in everyway different from what 1 had _ imagined them. But after having seen what they really are. my utmost ' philosophy revolts and sickens at the thought of tlie poor dead body. 1<>rn as it is. by the claws and beaks <>f the " human-flesh-fed vultures. But thai the Parsee disposition of the dead is anything hut healthy. I dispute. And the surroundings and situation <>f the ti Bombay IhklanHs are dignified and e beautiful. ti (Mir guide took us into a little house, in which is kept a model of ,, the I>okhmn. From this v??n |enrn s what the inner construet i??n of e\er> V Parsee ftokhmii i-. fur inin it? l?..LIi ma are you allowed to look. ?>n tinbottom of the tower is a thick limn i( Ing of lime. A few feet ahove i- ?1??- , grating upon which the bodies are laid. This grating is divided into three tiers; not ahove each other 1 hit inside each other. Kach tier is divided into the same number of sec- " tions. These sections are formed hy iron rays that spring from the rente! of the tower to its outer circutnfer- k ence or wall. Hence the apartment- (' of the inner tier are smaller than n those of the center tier?those of the I center tier, smaller than those of th outer. The outer tier is reserved for p the bodies of men; the inner tier for ter tier the swooping vulttires find I Lhe bodies of the Parsee women. Only the attendants of the I?oklimn are allowed to enter it with the dead. They pass quickly up a tuirrow aisle that runs from the doorwn> \ and lay the dead upon the appointed place. They tear the sheets rapidl\ from the body, for the vultures are waiting, and they do not wait tamely. Only one article is left upon the corpse?the kusti. The attendants hurry away and the vultures, with horrid cries, rush down upon their ' prey. { The vultures are kept and hred b> ' the attendants of the Itokhmns for the purpose??f cleaning the flesh from the hones of the Parsee (lead Th? \ ? are only a few hours. at the longest. I in pxniil ing their gruesome task I The Dokhinn is roofless When flu- * rain falls it washes tin* ?In?t of the rrumhlint; hones down t<> the linn , flooring- From there it gradually \ drains away and is absorbed again , into fheeronoiny of nature in a way , absolutely harmless to the living A few yards from the tower of Silenee is a white stone. It i-. kept clean and shines tip from the green grass. Nearer the Itnkbtna then this stone no one may go sa\< the dead ami the professional attendants. It is the Stone of Farting. the Stone of ' Good-hv, of Kverlasting Farewell. ' Beyond it the dead must go from ' those who ha\o loved him. lln>se he 1 has loved?go alone into the plaee of death and into the something after | death which, in f'arsee usage, seems i to us worse than death itself Russia's Teeming Millions The population of Riisshi at the i beginning of t his year numbers about , 121.rtttO.flOft souls These are diatrib- ( uted in the following manner Fn ( the fifty governments of Russia in , Kurope there are about KIM"hi tarn ( inhabitants, in the Vistula country 8,000,000; in the Caucasus. 8. otto.. 1 000; in Siberia. 4.8-Vt.tlOO; in \sia ft 100,fit it t; in Finland. 2.:txo.?NHi. These figures are worthy of note The Russian army in time of peace numhers about 82o,ihh> men. which compared to I lie population, is but a small number. Other count ries. sneh as Germany and France, have already more than 1 per rent. of their populations permanently with the colors. Should the czar one day . by a single stroke of the pen, choose to follow 1 the example of other Kuropean powers, he would be in command of by far the largest number of men under one sovereign in the world.? [Ixrndon Vanity Fair. A Docked Horse. "There is as pretty an animal of hie class as ran he found ? if he was h 11 there. I hope that there will come a time when the Legislature of the State of New York, and, for that matter, of every Si ate in the tTnion, will pass a law making it a penai offence for any one to disfigure hie horse in this most hrutal way. It pleases, perhaps, shout a couple of hundred of Anglomaniaes who drive in Central Park, and displeases the humane and patriotic sentiment of titt.iSNi.iMMt of the American people."?Pro. (ileason, > L V E I HE M \ . i. Sinif V'lrd. ripr>!" rill . Purple is th" <llstr>nt hill fckv 1=* britrht, and v is dear. ^ Lave Is her" I row 11 ;-kv, vaulsh hill : ? Ahilethe bird. and dry the r'.l! ; Ail the day Is drear an 1 doe. I. Love Is II" I ?George 11. Gallup, in M>ins?\.'s \ II I'M OH OF THK OAV. Books >?f travel? thousand mile I cketa. - Truth. t '<iiiHistencv ik n jewel often sold t?? I hv th" price of Mireess. Thick. A mistake is apt to nttrKct moru at ntioii to vie than a virtue. Kern's lor II. The trouble witn many rpen is that lev will snatch defeat from victory. I'uck. ' "I always did enjoy an intellectual net," sai"! Il>" cannibal, as he ate tho ale mail. Life. AVhen n man pawns his honor he tnls that the iepal interest on perjury tremendously hifrh Truth, ihulpc (to tramp prisoner)?"Fifty ollnrs or thirty days." "t'ini"'s lonev, Judpe. fti'mc thirty days '* A newlv discnveretl weather prophet fiya that an icy pavement is a sure iyn of an earlv fall. Hartford Joitral. A Kensiucrton doctor >n?c? -1- that yood thins f"r th" Cramps is a ? *?n- >. rart for a new warship. Philadelphia , , ' no teeord. Christie "That yoiiue "\|? Sapp ulks just like a hook, docsli'f lie?" bithrvn "Yes. a blank book." Th-- do roit Free Press. pj(l Me "Th el"e {Joes Hatton Hi his new vereoat. What do you think of him?' w.i he "He i> simply out of sight."? Vashiiifiton News. "I?oodlu?'k has had his snhu v raise 1 ; rni it for extra work V" "V"*: ho lways listens when t n> proprietor lni ells his babvV smart payings." ' II ... ..P.. ..nil..., I...... ? >*".. ... . .... I,f, to operate your typewriter?" 'Fir?t rate. I <*:? 11 almost t? > '! some f the things I will". ' - Cliirrti^o ',p terord. ??f Hucliuii I (irately) - "Vou lliitil. vtiii n \ now everytlung:, don't yon'-'" \\ if.. th. >?oftIy) "\?i, ileir ; I never did know rhv you know so little."- 1 1 r ?t " " 'reo Pre**. u' "I (tin sorry, hut the picture look* ikh perfect failure to inc." Artie' ',fl '(treat So.ifI, what n perfe?t nop -"-s i a<l nter-OepHii. She "I .lon't Itko Hint Mr. Smith, ie is hIwmvm ruling iom ' ho'il.y or itber to death " He "Ah,why .|.m"? on .-all the attention of the S. P. < { people to it ?.<> I'll." illffrrPllCr between tlm wealth fcti 11??i th> lender of no orchestt i ihat tho fiirtn.'rV solo ambition is to ill time, while tic latter it 'hiladelphia Record. Mamma "What nr." yon ninl Fred n(l lt.? .piarrclltnii about?" ANY wo-- ^ ilaytng keep hoiiso and Fr.-I It. iiuc u?nie and found dinner wasn't ready " ?Ohie.igo Inter Ocean. th Sh?" "Ik it true that a lover never th >nta nnytlimit"Not after lie ni i.'i'oiiii'k eii|'?n''d She "Why not?" de "He iiev. r has any money to ipnre." Brookl \ ii 1 .if. Benedict "Why won't s|e tnarrv ' yon? Is 111# r?* another in to m th<? s'i aae?" Singleton "I'm afraid linn, hi s." "That's h??? I ).< von kino-, win is?" "Yes In r father." Maude -"Why iloii't von /1 v foting Sewer* SMini- nr.mii igi nt Mil i! run Imvo hiui?" Nell ? "Oh, In- ought '' 0 ho aide to press hi* own Hint. He's ti 1 tailor." I'lnhcii lpiiiit Kwnril. ?, Hunker "I wn-lool enough vster- i, lav to fi ll that i|o;?tor of yours tint ( ion sent me." i 1111 "What ililV'-riMi'*" In! that make?" Hnnki-r -- "it?> made " lie pay cash." N'ru York IIcihI I t> Klderly Maiden "This is im un -\ d peeted, Sir. Wellnlonv, that that vnti jt nn*t give me time." Khlerly Imvet "Time, Miss Behecca? I ? ynii think " there is any to spare!" Chicago Tri " bnne. Forgot lieraelf: Briggs "Yon knew mi Mangle recently married n ?il>n and ,, went on a wedding trip, duln'i von ' I i i ' , si <aw him yesterday on Ins return. riggs "Anything happen while In- ol was awav?" Brigg?- "Yes. He says o' (hat ill a tit of absent liiiivh Iness rli- h proposed to him ivnin Bio'-.klvn Life. "Here," said the very young man, "is a chameleon." "Oh, Mr. fallow," she exclaimed, "this is veiy kind of ii you. I shall take goo I care ol it " "I a hope you w ill keep it to remind yon of me." "I shall take the greatest pleasure in doing so. (After a pause) What a pity it doesn't stay green all the |, time." Washington St n Mr. fJotham? "So you are going to settle in the Cnited States?" New \rrival (from South America)? "Yes, 11 sir; they've got to drawing things a 1 little too flue m Honth America to suit , mo. Why, nir, it's got. k<> now that a rnnn cwn't even get n johnt overthrowing -i government mileae ho helonga to ' the Revolutionist*' I'uioii and Iih- paid I his fees regularly f<v: six months. M New York Weekly. . "f have got a lirst-rate place for (| you," -aid the employment agent. " The woman who wants a c ink used to ' he a hire*! girl hrrself, mo there's no \ donht hut that she will ho easv on v yon." "Eaay on me?" acrearned the v applicant for a place. "Not much -lie would. Why, she wouldn't do a thing hut ait up of nights thinking out \vn\to get even on me for the way aim wae treated when she had to live out lie I self. Y oil don't, know as much abou' I women mm a last year'a lord nest." , JndiaiianoliK Journal. i: CHILDREN'S < OLl .HX. inr. roe. ["ho top it humm?tli a .- *?'< (, ewoet Sv'ig To mv doar ht'lo I,. \ nt pln\ 'instil a'l da\ I >nc A? it t-pintioth and ?ptiin?th away. Atxl my doar llttl" hoy Ho Inughoth with |oy Vhon h? hoarotli tho tutioful t >no Of that husv thing That lovoth to sing ['ho eonc that I. all it? own. 'fold fnM tho string and wind it Mght, that ?ho tiing l?o loud and "d?nr S'oiv hurl tho top with nil yniirnngtat I'pon tho f>an<piotto here . Atid straight trotn tho string Thojoyous thine Roimdofh and -pinnoth al-u'C. ? And it wdurr? and it htri? And tt birrs and it purr* Evor it? protty song. IVill o\or my doar httlo l??\ (irnt old. A? so trio havo crown l,oforo; IVill ovor his lioart fool faint and ?l?l Whon (10 hoaroth tho ?nna? of yoro/ Will o\ ?r thi? toy ? >f my d?ar littlo hoy. A'lion tho roar- hn\o worn aw King sad and low Of tho Jong ago, t? it ?ingoth to nio t, da\ lEugoiio f'iold in < hi, .ig Ilo ord tdrrt.r btaptv ant> bio bf.ast. A girl of fourteen was sent to th? lieher'R the oihot <ln\ f<> purchase [>nt for ilitinor. Tho hutch* t haptioil to l>o out, iiiti iiohin<l tho meat K'k lay a groat lawny St. Bernard g, dozing at111 snapping at tho oceauial fly that disturbed his dreams. "Oh! yon liontitifnl old iloggir. iig tli** much honey. |H ome ml Farm. | Domestic I*e of IHnatnitp. At Vilnn, Russia, recently Tvan ilakwit/, at the tliiril ciniHc of a dinicr ?t wliich sat hi* wife, hi* mothern-Iaw, hi* two daughter*, h11 I m eon, * well a* a neighbor ?nil hi* n?-i?11 or'* wife, Aliliouiiccil that lie had pre>ared r special dish to which lie wantil nil to tlrink r toast. He then irouglit in r large ?li*h, covered, and ilaced in on the table he lifted hi* ;lass and shouted : "To our next meetng!" The "special diah" wan a Ivnaniite bomb. Every one in the ooni was instantly killed except the oiingeet daughter and the servant, iho both died shortly after, and th? mils of the room was partly blown nit. [Chicago Times. Put a teaspoonful of ammonia in a |uart of water, wash your brushes and omh in this nnd all grease and dirt i nil disappear. Rinse, shake ami dry n the sng or by the fire. Ml mt n darling you nroexclaimed n girl, and in another moment she r kneeling by liini with her hand 011 lion horn! and her yellow curls half ried in his golden-brown coal. Tin* "lop opened his sleepy eyes ked her other hand and wagged his, I, thereby signifying thrit, though had not previously had the pleasure her acquaintance, lie considered her ery nice girl indeed. Looking up, a little maiden saw the butcher nding in tlie door. Mis face was nte. "For your life's sake, keep still !" cried. "Come here, Jack!" he led sternly, t<> the 'log, and in a "I wouldn't have taken that risk r all I possess," lie said afterward to e child's father. "lb* mis left to in* 1 the t?11 and he would have torn me folks t<> pieces. I cannot tindermd it." |<>ur I >n in I > Animals. llt MMIN". or TF.M-oli M il W IUF.S. F.very one has heard the humming nl singing ofbdegiaph and telephone ires. Most people think that it is used by the action of the wind on e Mites, and give it no further might. Hut it ts not true that the nging is caused by the wind, and, if hi arc at all observing, yon will notice at the humming sound is to be heard i cold winter mornings, when the noke from chimneys goes straight up 1111 it i? lost in the clouds, and when in frost on tic wires is as fuzzy and lick as a roll of chenille fringe. The wind lias nothing to do with ie sound, and, according to an Aiisian scientist, the xdilations are due > a change of atmospheric tempera ire, and especially through the action I' cold, as a lowering temperatura iduces a shortening of the wires ex tiding over the whole of the con uetor. A considerable amount of iction is produced on the supporting ells, thus inducing sounds both ou ie wires and the poles. When tin- humming litis been going ii, birds have mistaken tlie sound for isects inside the poles, and have been en to peck with their bills on the ntside, as they do upon the apple and Ilu-r trees. The story i toM of ? ear that mistook the humming noise H ComitlK il (Til H ilf'ht of hot**, H?1>1 lawed nt the pole and tore nwav the tones ?t it?? I.rm in the tio]>e of find