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TWO TURNS OFiYE~WHEEL: The Stoty of tla Rime and Fall of a CoMatoCk FoVItune. Sandy Bowers was a teamster, bi wife a buxom and not uncoinely Scotch wonian who iook in washing and kept a miiners' boarding house. It was in the early days of Virginia City, before men had grasped the full value of the discovery, and the teamster, in con pany with -others of his kind, cane into pos:session of several hundred feet on the lode at Gold 11 'I. Ills clalm became one of the bonan zas of the region. and Sandy found himself richer than he had ever thought any one could be. Neither he nor his wife ever rose to the level of their for tune. ihey remained the teanster and the washerwonan to the end. There is a story that neither could read nor write. After giving anll entertalinnent at the International hotel such as tihat iostelry of 11aiV granideurs had niever efore seen they went to Europe for %vO Yea s". When they cam1e ack they were still .he tearster anl( tle wasierwonian. Elrope had added nto ven-er. But the m1oney was still in pleity. "loney to throw to the biWds," as the ol( inlani wats wont to sa. Nevada was more to their taste than anyhill1.4, vlsv, so til"y cleetv(d to rellminl there, an1d Mhat strail-ge Inontlilelnt or wNealth, whIlehl I .. klowi all tlrough Nevada anld Cali fornia as,, the I'ml.e minsionl, was built on) tile shore of Washoe lake. The site wns mne of extraorlinary beatity, with the wall or sntow cappicld Sierra belihid it, the sapplilre sweep (f Water inl froit. Nlo'vy w:Is never c(ln sidered in its colls1r1l11onl. It wsI" built of (iarried stotw andII([ funiisioil with the costliest Sai Iranleisco col( Supply. A library of hooks with 81111 dy's nane on every voltume was onle of its featires. The door handles were of silver, the table furnishings tIe finl est to be had at that place at that tie. Here the old people-for they were getting old-settled anid dispensed 1 lavish lospltality. IIere anll a1dopted child whiloin they dearly loved and had nalied P'ersia died. I ler. too, later on Salidy dIed anld wvas)buid in the gar don i(er the sladow of the Sierra. And here-the slin.,tes of evening begin ning to close on this stralge dralla poverty overtook his vidow. Sh strove to redeei her first losses by Speculation, tlrowinlg g(lod money after bad. Ii her case Hie wheel of fortune mllade a colniplete revolution. Her ol age siw her as poor a1s she had been in her youth. She passed from Stage to stage and finally made a livelihood by prictieng fortune tellIng in San i rant cisco. it haviNg been always uiider stood that seIt(,, had the gift of secolid sight. The crystal in whIllel she gllze( had show-n her imay iihings, blut nioth ing strat-inger, more dramatic and vo ried than her own life.-Sanl Francesco Argonaut. Our Siall Country. One brother is a rich mierchialit in the Straits Settlemeintls. on 111e Malay pei. insul. The other brother was tilie cook in a elheal restaurl'anit oil South Clark sI reet. The merlchalt sent to tie( cook a draft for sullicient monuey to llay his expenses out to Asia. an1d the (ook gave uip his job 111d1 Is "tarted for his brmher's horne. The Iiterestinig thiiv b111t111 e whole inident is the chani1t which accompan1h2lIiedl the draft. In Ilhe first. 11121(, 11he draft wans 1made1 palyabhle iln New York. "'I 5:'nd youl the money103 inl 21 draf1t payable ini New Yor'k,"' wrote t he( br'other'i fromli1 faoll A sia. " You can11 go over and1( get. it enshed0( there. Oni the waiy I wish you wold Stop) 2at T"x as8 al11( see I Irothlir Thlomast . 1 ha:veni't hea'2rd frm himi lor' t wo yeairs now. and1( I'd like to knhow how hie's gettinlg atlonig."--ChIlngo Tr'itiniile. Get Iinlg A round 1it. "Tous, you1 h1v1 dO(isobeved yOlIg old gra2ndmIloher."' "'No, I d1idni'(, ma2.'' "Yes, y'ou did(. 1bv youV n0j ot been1 e, ii na.lug " "idn't 1 hoar her say3 to you1 not te go s4wiun inlg?" "'Oh, shei didn11't tell us8 that. She only1 camne out1 and1( said, 'lioys, I wouldni' go swinmimin'.' and1( 1 shlouldnI't thlinl. like hen. Inut she dlidnI't say'2113 anythin Sollie years a' 2go we' Ir'ei er meet1 tig ut thle door21 oh 21 5&'(rnIhan11d book shopj an1 e'xuitedl Irnishman:I. lie h1ad1 julst Ibouighlt thle "'ruishi .\lelodiles"' for' 2 shilling, wheni lie turnied roundll on thei bookseller 2111( bur tst out, "'Hut t 1coub11( kill ye for '-Il ig t hose inunlortal gemls so 'h1eaP!'"--.AtIh'eoum. The DIfference In Sining. "She uses8 shinjg!"' said thle cuilturedl young woman ini a tone of deep disap pr'ovah. "ThaIt 18an't the wors8t of It," answevtredh Miss Cayennie. '"She 1uses slan g that1 hasn't yeOt r'eeed th. Ile 52ancti onl of smart i 20Oe0(y."-' -Iost on .1ournl.1. nila' w 11'2 shei Iimrr'lies himfl? Ile Why does 51he take eveiryti THE WORD "BUT." An Anallymi of the Aaeriean fali of vaing it. The word "but" is sometimes said be characteristic of Amnericans. marks the: tuailifylng spirit, which hel Mates at extreine tind likes to adju tile balance of tritth. If, for instanI somebody speaks extritaganltly of 1I Prsonl's gelius the critical spirkt replih "Yes. he-wits a genius, but" he bi stuch an such limitations. If, on C other hand, the IhnIitatioas aire 161 toil first at another time, the il' spirit observes. "Yes, he has th1o faults, but he is a genius with it aL "But" exvresses the desire to ha both sides I)rtseited. Carried to e cess, the l.:tlilt leads to argunentatI iicss and carping. The person w gets only arguiient out of conversati Is ustilly it barrell Colinplnion. Son 1illies also it slows liln unkind natu wlenl tieN word Is used regularly aft lellilg otiers pratised. It becomnes t lidex of envy or of the absence of I IIlusiasl. Qualifyinlg too coistanlitly ipprechition Is like daniilng with fail prake. or. vather, p1raising wvith ani (coluin4 I llliltt ot, int dainns. The: dvent, tinInghit(I v- temipet-111 n1t mnak less use of qulilie-ion. Carried alo witht :a rushi. wir-ther. of r!s (,r proa.h. It S(11411 Stlops to split I haIir. ')I vXact triuth. "it II( Ito buiil It says. The little wold4 Is lilt leieittly te:Ited :v Jildivial .nd sca tlitn minlds. If* Htz 1stat,s is t3 Icallyv .\Iericall. aLz thv EICnglishl not I'retIelyvll. allcgt. it fits InI withl I proverbh11,il id'a of1' I'*1(- S i1 -11 sort cauti(in, :nd sk eptical N(-w inght farier, vith is "W'al. I (ont Jt kniow," rather- thani withi flhe A merle ypv wh-Ili(c-h has beei developed qhi the wvemit becalinv a greaiter elvineont the comWond.-Collier's Weekly. Narrow lettpem. Mr. L. Golding gives in Chambe Joulrllal Soie renrllkable ist iances narro spesand cur118 Ifious latalIt drIg tile Siege of Lmdysillith. "VhI ait Itunch InI their Im-ss hult, whIlehl w protected lby said b1as. certaiIn o11( wre eigaged Inl a liated disclis4k III alger, ole of the olicers rose fr( tile tablo and hastily left tile h1 H,ardly had hev ClosedI thle door hehl hhn Ilnl a shell cIme hisi g throll the air 1111d 1iltcheod oil tile roof of I hut. Penetritting tile iniutlilently P tected roof, the shell fell ald explod In the centi1r of the group of ofilve killing oi- mortalily womnintg every u of theim. The offiver who a I111011C before hld gon., out of' the but did I receive the sliglAest injury." A doel who had not stirred 1'rolln Ills dug for a fortiight cnile out one Sundi a day (in which the Doors, as a ri, did not firo, anid wats killed by a ,I nild tie writer was "Impelled by power hie could not resist" to disinot from his hlorse. whose saddle wis I mediately afterward slit by a fragin of shell. Life'm Rocky 1tond. A man's life is full of crosses a tenmptations. says tile philosopl,er the Atchlison GWobe. IIe comes il I this world witlout Ills coilsenit a goes olit agallnst ills vIll, an11d the ti betwei tile two is ex(eedillgly roel I The rule of contravies Is on1e of 1portanit featuros of the trip. WhI Ie is ittle the bl g girls kiss Im ... I whlen he is grown the lIttle irsk hirni. If lIt raiSts a hirge famliily hIe a chumilp, but itf ile raIses a small1 clii lhe is a tlhef. If' lit is poor it he i ab manailLger: if lie Is rillhlie is dhishlone It'lie's inl toli tes iI for' ie; if' i. lhe's no good for' his counltry. IIf (doesni't gi vt14 toicharity h'le is a stini cluss; if lhe dlois It IS forl shiow. if' diels younig thIere wa s a gret'z tu aheadLll f'or him1; if lIe lives to anl I age lie lhas mlissedi his callinIg. iIe tintr'oducedl' into4 this worild and1 to(t neXt b Iy tIhe same11 pr1octss. Thel iroadt r'ocky(, but maLln loves t)o travei It. Do Ililt Now. All tile gospel In the world canI boiled down into a single h)recep)t1 right nlow. i havte obs5tlerve tha li: boy wh'lo starits in t'e11 mring w'ith dietermllinaLtion to hehaive hlimiself I b(edtimit usuatlly gets through the~ i wI'itata hahig-Cals.d I'oietry. Wvr--Poetryv is somelthling thaLt h1eaLvier So is the' disposinlg of it, farl asL 1 i I hadll any5 e'xpienICe'. "1vt' lit' offl the il 'ii oft my1 tom1snie "Well't. I (Cirta illy IfeeI l orry for mI LI .IL t Mi tt h e :i ni to ' t imti'; gave'i a trrile wrelh' to p WHY CUBS ARE KILLED. Prson ife Often obi AnIlnals c it Maternal Spirit. to Among tho huge cages of the earni orous animuils--the lithe tigress. t1i treacherous ind soft footed leoptardei at (ind frequently even the generous Hof ess herself--the life of a baby wild il n'inial beconmes Hollnetimles at tatle of lxloo( shed aind tragedy. Nagged and gal1c id by prison bars, by narrow contines th ie uake exercise impossible and by ti excitement of throngs of sightseer ne !Inse maiturailly nervous land hIg sstrig brutes beconme overwrought I aI pitch where they satisfy an tinnat u ral <mmilbal appetite on their ow flesh I fidl blood. Lkc little bundles of sunslhine ti kitten; of these ferocious brutes ai iopeair, .newvIng plaintively with tigi ,)If Shut vy-,sm aid groping in the da-mrknes ie- Thollis!4nd1s of theni halve been born 1) hI. IndI( the bairs of mInilier-le cliges -1 li fault lies with the 8tork lifiiself-bt ilost frietlintly tle itrr-esponsibleem, c mfIlotheris luunco uponl anld devour. thel or els injure them beolnd hope of r covery. Whoen tihe wa tclnftlliiess aId I- pichfork of i keelr mucceed Ii rk-sel u n i th iese kittenls, it Is giveni (Irs (it solniv big 111CIIh6.r diog, whk idt i 4 theIII- I stra,Iliger, .Ili rI Ik- I s I1II1II1I. N . miI lil, howevtr. stlt s(rtlli c.1(l1'hY. I ni tt-llig elit I-11e1b r 1t'o f ih fer(wit Iminily vollsts to worry .u fret nt 4aptivity. 11nd1, the lit 1utri11:1 il stinict criqlping to the fore, tho citre <t a litt1r ' culls b1-v iles it wNvik-mie r li ; -r.,i i llt st4-rn1 111fiilotony (f pris life.- .\ W. Itolk(T iII leCIue'Vs. of AVIen lentrIN Vere Marred. III ti le I't1 y part of the last centul a sociai tyramy previttled which r 1gardedt,( the beIIId as an outrage, sa an i imglish writer. At one time on four imen in lirninghiain hand courai to ve:tr beatrds. Tlicy were followve of ,Joallim Southcott. They did It fiinlit:ii olf the apostliv and we jeof red vt it linte strvets. (,eorge Fre li crick iuitz, one I(f the firsIt tv Iluinblers 'elected illt ilIrninighamti, wN, tlle lirst Itillb'r ulwho velituted to wei ir 1Irl inl the house of commons, ill he wouli lhave leien iisulted ald I i tlt t bii h in i powerful li i iin tvairriel fit. hea'vy M:lvv:e elinle, which he( w nd glknown to toplyIto.an one wh-Io offort hiim 1 l'smtt l affroiit. The Ite . E, lIIII iiI. L a rken of t irtol rector t':1r tili. wa:s the lirst clergym: ed(thmt was its Iato :a IS52) who aippum ' l in lie pulpit with a halrt, but I l shad tie tuplier lipi as anll npology I -lt the .andakihy of his chin. (George D)w lot soil W:Is tin' lirst Ilonconforinist pre.mt er who dolivervId I sermnon inl a ft Out blown Inuist.whe anld ht-ard, whichl w. y.takeni Inl both ctses aw kin unmlista. Iabiv signI of I.atItudl -in in inl dit trilie. Ill the biik clerk or tle woi 21nan1 it w' wolse. It v:tS tlt inl lit ordination not to si :vt. hite Nativem [inti st-rupile-4. There Is anll tliusiiig story tohl j)t ain oldI tinme south se:t tr:iderI. Ile h: nd been in lit 1heImb of corrying all soi (, of thiiled illelts, which tit Ilativ Ito bought with avidity. E'jwh tinl w. nd, blr211d(h.d with Ia colored picture-i ei il fol hwe,l'. a sheep for mutton and fish f'ori s11rdinles. he It h1:1J1tIlpe I that the IIIIn who rt n nillitl 1,he li1u1ttonl thoight It a goo t'k it ret! dra'4gon. td I' mlit ve11 ts '2ni11e withi their ctopra4 st trttlt 'ts 01sual1. 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