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-Y ESTABI SE8L85 TA-EKYEIIN WINBR, . AUR ,19 4 SHE SKLES! . t .7 r miles an' miles the country's miles, An' all the skies are blue: Poth night an' day it's jest that way to we'll be smilin', toc! .en the bells are ringin', .-An' all the birds are singin', - It's joy the countrv's bringi' So we'll be joyful, tool Year in an' out, In hope an' doubt, . The country's standin' true; -kt'-ftth-is strong-it rolls along. So we'll keep rollin', too! With all the sweet bells ringin', .An' birds, by millions singin', It's joy the country's bringin' So we'! be joyful, tool HESSMORE'S DIREAM. Nathan Chessmore was on his way to Philgleljhia. The train on which he hsd taken passage was not due in the city till a late hour in the evening, and aateeAay had been warm and the 4ong ride fitigsuing, he fell asleep soon fVrthe lighting of the lamps. Ih-his slumbers- the young man dpamed that he was standing on a .nige, gazing down at a somewhat -dabulent- stream, when, hearing a stin oar, be looked up and saw coming toward him a towering body of ter, not, unlike- that which swept Away'Johnstown. Believing in his dream that if he de layed a single moment he would be ifwept to destruction, he started and ran: across the bridge, as he supposed, ahd riadea desperate plunge at the end .o reach the solid earth. 5 The running and plunging were real but, instead of from a bridge, it was from the rushing car. lie landed in some bushes, whica 'okehim fr'om his dream, without serionusinjury to his person, but so confused his waling senses that- the roaing of-the ~fast receding train was instantly converted by his fancy into the thundering noises of the awful dood. & realistic to Nathan's mind indeed wailfthis, that, scrambling to his feet he weri on plunging through the bushes for some distance before he was tble to comprehend the facts. Thei he stopped to consider the situ ation and decide what course to take %o reach the nearest railway station. While standing thus he heard a voice iafllodt: .'"Hello, Nat! are you there?" A4 : Nathan was often familiarly :2ted "Nat" by friends he thought Liself addressed, though wondering .hcw'any acquaintance could be near him and know of his presence under gbe strange circumstances. .As; he was about to make some an wer .however, another yice called: there was a rustling of bushes, s and the men seemed to come together; then they conversed- in too low a tone 'orthe listener to catch what further c hey said. A3 men, meeting thus in the bushes, a inder cover of night, were probably nt on evil work, Nathan Chessmore a ras thankful .his presence there had tot been known to them. He waited t ill they were out of hearing before s ,ttempting to find his way out of the t biicket. Then, while moving about in the y gt-he caught the sparkle of a light a a hill, and at once shaped his y nurse toward it, On his way to this light, he again I eard voices, and with great caution rew near enough to the, speakers to ~erhear some of their remarks. "What time is it now?'' asked one. On this there followed the sparkle of match, and the spy perceived three en camped -down together, one look gpat a watch, another holdmng a bot- a 3,..and the third with hands clasped er his knees. "It's just ten," said tbie.,man whot dld the watch, in reply to the queson - the man who held the..bettle. e'Then we'll have il wait another rnr at lpo " ~s rejoinder. "Let ~ e tobedand into their first5 ;'and then, if woke dp, they'll be 'a drows'y at first to be of any service - themselves or dangerous to us." 't'Ithink we'd better mnake a clean tig of it, Mike, and do' them at once. Ad folks tell no tales, you know!" 'Well, if it's necessary-though t ~e of us ought to outmatch two, one of 'em a girl still in hert n s!'' jYou are sure there are only two,j ie-Bradley and his daughter?" ~'There are never more than three,1 t, you know, and Itell you I sawH hired man leave not more'n half hour ago." "And you're sur'e the two thousand I Jars are in the house?" "The money was paid .to Bradley I afternoon, and as it was too late to to bank, he'll keep it in the house to-morrow--that is unless we re e him of it to-night." "Which we must certainly do." 1 "Of course; that's what we're here ," laughed the other. "Now I'll go the front door, as I've already told u and rap him up; and while I keep talking there, even if he don't let~ in. you and Jake will break in on other side of the house. Then '1l secure him and admit him. If girl don't interfere, we'll let her be, viding we find the money, and can[I off without exposure of any kind" 'Our masks ought to insure that." 'Probably they will, if we are careful 1 d disguise our voices." 1 'A blade of grass in each mouth will I1 that." 'I 'But suppose one of us should inc ie manner be recognized?" asked 1 onie called J'ake. 'In that case," replied Mike, "there 1 uld be jnst one thing to do." I 'Whaeis that? 'Stra~ile both, burn down the house 1 h the -bodies in it and socmltl er up onr tras."? To this murderons proposition ax hree agreed, and Nathan Cheesmore tole shuddering away. Now who were the parties threatened: ie wondered; and could he be thel neans of eaving them? If so, his wild dream, which had orced him into his present predicament night be the means of saving inuocent C )eople. C He quickly made his way to the iouse, from which the light was gleam ng, and knocked at the door. Instantly the light disappeared, and t L man's voice demanded: "Who's there?" "Is this Mr. Bradley's house?" 'athan inquired. "Yes. - Well?" "Can I speak to you inside a mo nent?" "Who are you? and what do you want?" "I im a stranger in this region, my i ame is Nathan Cheesmore, and I have something very, very important to :ommunicate which will admit of no elay." "Wait a minute." Then there was a noise as of a win low being cautiously opened, and Na than could dimly see a head protruded, as if inspecting him. Shortly after the door was opened. but no light war seen inside. "Come in, sir," said the voice. Nathan went in, and the door was quickly closed and bolted behind him. "Clara, bring the light," said the voice. At this, Nathan saw a door open at the other side of the room, and a girl of eighteen appear, holding a light just over her head and straining her eyes forward. The light also showed the host, standing a few feet from his visitor, with a gun in his hand, ready for an instant shot. "I see you are suspicious, sir," said Nathan, at once, "and you have rea scuo, to be, but not of me." "Explain yourself, please?" Nathan glanced at the approaching girl, and thought be had never beheld a more charming maiden. He then quickly proceeded to relate all that he had overheard. '-I feared something of this," re sponded Bradley, when Nathan hac concluded, "and my daughter and self feel ourselves under the deepest obliga tion to you for this timely warning." Nathan glanced at Clara and saw hei lovely face all aglow, as she added: "We do indeed thank you and feel that we can never repay you." I am a hundred fold repaid al :undrels!" said the father. -J a He and Nathan then consult L. to- 3 ether, and soon decided upon. thein k ourse of action. The light was put cut and they' waited the result in darkness. At the appointed time there was -. nock at the front door. a It was allowed to be repeated two o hree times, as if the inmates were ound asleep, before the voice of Na han responded, in a yawning tone: j, -Who's there-and what do you "Pessir," whined out a dolefuL oice, "I've had a fall, and hurt my- i lf, so that I can scarcely crawl! 'lease come to my assistance-quick!" 1 "Who are you-and how did it hap i en?".questioned Nathan. r The man was in the act of giving a r use explanation, when he was siartled t nd stoded by the loud explosion of a L un on~ the other side of the house, b istantly followed by yells of pain, rage b~ nd dismay. These sounds were qui followed a y those of te - oseps, a men. all bcau I.b Bradley had sent a charge of buck bot into the faces of two entsrimg a arglar, with wbat effect could only - e surmised by their sudden retreat nd traces of blood left behind them. "I don't think they'll trouble us t. gain to-night," was his comment. Nor did they, though the host anQ 3 is guest kept watch till mornmng. It was afterward ascertained that k o men, while out gunning, had met t rith serious accidents, and that one of ' em had died. r Though Thomas Bradley had his uspicions, he did not make them ~ :nown, nor could he ever learn any >articulars to lead him to think he had nade a mistake. His life and that of his daughter, hE elt, had been saved by the timely ap earance and warning of Nathan hhessmore, to whom he was dleeply ;rateful. So, also, was that lovely daughtei erself, and the acquaintance thus be in between the two, soon resulted in union which has made the lives of athan Chessmore and Clara Bradley aappier than they ever were before. On Mental Education. It s an extraordinary thing, writes ~ araday, tha man, with a mind so ronderful th here is nothing to ompare with It elsewhere in theI nowc: creation, should leave it to uin wild in respect of its highest ele- E nents and qualities. He has the yower of comparison and judgment iy wh!.ch his final resolves and all ,hte acts (of his material systemj v-hJch distinguish him from the - rutes are guided. Shall he omit to uc-ate and improve them when edu tion can do much? Is It towards he very principles and privileges that Lsinguish him above the other crea- 1 ures he should feel indifference? Be ause the education is internal It is mot the less needful; nor is It more ,he duty of a gnmaa.,that he should ause his child to be taught than he hn uid teae himself. 5 THE OLD MAID A FAILURE? or [ut anger That Woman M-y Pay Too Greai pr a Price for a Profesi-on:it Caree-r. seei These are trying times for the rast oung woman. She is apt, in the the :idst of agitation concern ing the ad. the anced woman, to lose siubt of some of s f the b essings which- fell to the lot f the unadvanced. There is a possi. iflity that in the enjoyment of new owers and possi biI ties she will over- the ook certain old ones which were not tiol o be despised. In her lately acquir- 'I d independence she may forget that for ndependence had its compensations. the n her abibty to "live her own life," Put Ls prog:essive persons put it, there it bro anger of ignoring the fact that there, ls s a good deal to be said in favor ol as' inking her life with another's. neC Briefiy, there is danger that the and roung woman of the present day may to corn matrimony or may iefer inatri. 5lai 'nony until she is no longer fitted for stil ;bat honorable estate. "Can women be as happy uniar I led as married'-" said a prominent les pnysician, who has had opportunit.y not Lo study the question, the other day. bul No, 1 do not think so. It the tirst ma place, an unmarried woman has not wa the same sort of youth-preserving in- dot terests that a married one has. Lhr bioreover, unless she is a woman u no remarkable character, she cannot fail ' to grow more or less 'set' and selfish; I and it is sur;rising to know Low of much mental state affect the health. Ne Why," continued the doctor, warm- the In to her subject, ".i believe that wh alf the cases of neuresthenia and in nervous depression in my practice are rer caused. not by overwork, but by the Int need of some absorbing interest,. The average woman must have a place quf where she is supreme, not only over kil the inanimate objects, but o.er live wh beings. She must hava intense per- th sonal interests. It is not enough fo> inf her to be a part of the big machine.' sur The doctor paused and looked as th though she were reflecting on the sad pu lot of numerous patients. Then she. roused herself and went on: for "It Isn't so bad when one is 20 or shi 25. But it's a little worse when one to is over 30, anid sadder and more try. Tr Ing still after 40. At dirst the en- -u. thusiasm, the novelty, and freshne a make life interesting enough and full wi enough, but little by little the glam ur fades and her profess.on is not enough. Women a:e so constituted that they live largely in the emo tions. They need a home-and a tb home means husband and children on There are very few women large. Ar souled and broad-minded ehough to pel expend their affections wisely, to keep tbi ospitals and flower missions. There bott re a few, of course, but cheery, un. A fa lfish, and young as they manage tc pick eep themselves one always feels that star en they would have been happier usuv iarried. tStoc "One great trouble with this pres. stru nt hue a-d cry about woman's work blov Od her independence," continued-the shel otor, "is that it makes the young off, romen put off all thoughts of marry- fect: nkuntil it is too late. I don't mean the ja'ate Idr-tblem to marry, but too The ite f'or'tem toigiw into adaptabil- and f ith.their hifsbahds. The years Lion, fter a wofuan is first through school first nd has ha'd her tirst experience of beh< fe, eith~'professional or social, are ads ears ofisettling down. If she gives rmori erself up to her 'career' and to *liv- cona ig her own life' and all that, she The ipidly gets into a state where she is shel nally unfit for matrimony. She may inte ud her career, with all its attrac- is ions and possibilities, unsatisfactoryv, unit ut at the same time it is dilcult for aini er to grow into. domestic li.e after a neat w years of professional life, it is riral I a problem," continued the doctor, coni ghing ."and I dare say It will not . A'c e'aeg~led in one day." -edge Wt~which gloomy conclusion an'd exte sigh thb.doctor abandoned the gues- of a ion. N ~ - e et A Casua s Obectioin. eg "Why didn't 3on grind tbe con- sec he labor master of Fulham road toi rorkhouse gave you as your task'?" sp~h< mid the king magistrate at West- tio inster to William King, a well- thal nown casual who had often, says is he London Telegrap', refu.:ed to ao rork fr his night's lodging at the er atepayer's expense. "'0os my wision's limited," re id the accused grufly. -1 can't e through a brick wall."I "But you are not required to turr he wheel with your eyesighlt. YouI A o that with your bands " (rut 'Ift I can't see through a brick B rail how can 1. work through one! vai 'he one's onp:incipied as the ~other. N w can i-work when I can't se ce rhat 'm doing'?" th T The labor master explained th T he wheel was in one room while the .dli was in another, and the accused S ould not see the corn in the process imt i grinding. A "That'sEll true, your honor," said evi Eig, "and I say that the system is - rrong. A man should be able toou e istk. ,Otherways there's no T " only put ninety-two pounds of bi orn in the mill," continued the . Y abor master, "and he could have isize asily finished by 4 o'clock in the G ternoon without woricing very the' "'Owdo I know that?' cried -he Cu risoner. 'You conm d 'av made it ast till Christmas if you'd likediWO ou could 'av put in 'undred-weighnt' f corn unbeknonst to me and i'd ve 'ad to keep grindin' away till it as finished 'cos 1 couldn't see T rough the brick wall. That's wnlere alw e principle comes in,. your hon r.- thme 'pose you get a job in Australia j11 rould you begin in Hyde Par-t? 01 wh2 ouree no. You want to see what' one rou're a'loin' of.' - Mr. Dellutzen declined to go inte S he w taenhviraslepid of the easae. ven Ito King's range U vislon n:.erely pointed out that in tht ;eat case it was not a question 0 ng, because the accused stead. ly refused even to begin to grind corn. As an aid to an increase of casual's faith he passed sentence 3ven days' bard labor.* To Benefit His Victim. ir:dness to animais-although re are unhappily plenty of excep s to warrant tne existence of e Society with the Long 1ame" their protection- has always been rule in tb is country; but increased lie sentiment in their behalf has ught with it increased sensitive i and sympathy for even sucfi ills ye admit our dulnb friends must essarily undergo. We wear furs we eat mnt, but we do not wish see the victims of either taste ightered, and we should think it I more shockimr to allow children to so as an amusemer-. n old times the best inople were i particular. it was Lne custom only for the children of farmers, , of lawyers,m.nisters and country gnates of all kinds to look for d .,oyously to the k fling of the uestic pig as an interesting and liing occasion; and they met witn iscouragement from their elders o so. L story, told of the children of ont the most honored ministers of old wbury port, leads to the conclusion ,t it was possibly the treatment Ich ehildren themselves received he day of rod and ferule which dered them less sensitive to pain icted UDOn dumb animals. wo children of the minister in stion were looking on at a pig. ing. They were lively youngsters, use pran.cs had frequently earned m a sharp application of 6he rod, icted with the customary as. ance that they were w..ipped for r good, not for the satisfaction of -ental anger. ks the alarmed pig resisted the et ts of his execut oners, squealing illy, the youngest child was moved pity and began to cry. The other, atly interested, but not unmerc essayed to comfort her. ,Don't cry!" le isaid, soothingly, Lhout turning away his eyes. eemember, It's for the pig's good!" Found a Pecrifted Elgg. uite a curiosity is on exhibition a) cigar stand of Dawson & Burch, Cedar street, says the Nashville irican. If the cuitosity is not a rifed egg, then nature can give fowl creation cards and spards in p manufacture. The ends very smoothly clipped off. rmer living on Paradise R7idge ed it up in a field one day and ed to throw. it, when its un I weight attracted his attention. pin., he picked up a rock and ,k the peculiar object a sharp r near the middle. The interior cracked and three pieces shelle: revealing about had! of a per y rounded object nestled away in remaining portals of the shell. under sphere Is of a pinkish hue, is very granular in its comnposi something like sasndstone. The thing a re.Tson would thinik of on lding it would pe the yellow of gg. and the more he looked the thoroughly he would become rinced that that was what it was. concave portion of the -broken fits back perfectly about the ror sphere. The shell's exterior iso granular, though perfectly orm. It is about one-quarter of nch thick and immediately be ,h -the granular exteri r is of a vlor. resembling very much In osition lava or phQsphoric rock. Lose inspection ot the broken 5 or the shell shows a very thin ror shell of about the thickness n egg shell. In fact, the entire t produced is the same as that ied by taking a hard boiled hen and cracking the shell, part a ion of it with the white adhering ,,from the yellow, leaving the re nestled in the remamning por of the shell. The petrified egg-f is undountedly what the freak weighs about half a pound and is it the si e of a large goose egg taps larger. 'WisE W0EDS. 'ide is a hard master. good man has no quarrel with the rnishing gold does not add to its sermon is dull that cuts the con 2e lazier a man is the more he ns to be sick. lie can run fast, but the feet of1 h never slip. ~dobt is the heav'iest thing man ried to lift. wenever love talks to us it speaks hither tongue. Ie acorn looks little, but it con s a whole forest. in will miss it if you guess at the of a' lion by his roar. ive safle people money enough an4 rwill vex themselves to death. nltu~re may sandpaper and polish, it cannot change the grain of the le charity that begins at home and s at-home generally dies of heart ire. he m'an who loves his own way is sys trying to stop his ears agains1 truth.I ;is hard for a fool to understand -he is so seldom overtaken by an. I going his way.--Ram's Horn. ir-as may 1ta'right. but it casts a RAM'S HORN BLASTS (varning Notes Calling the Wicked to Re pentance O V E always weeps when it has to whip. BIRDs w it h bright plumage are seldom fat. LovE never be stows a burden that is heavy. \, WE are fear ing God when we fear to do wrong. FAITH In Christ :hanges the coffin into a chariot. Is the true fold of Christ the:e ar 2o blacic sheep. T BELIEVE the devil is to lose the peace of Christ. IT takes more courage to endure Than is does to act. LAw wears iron shoes, and don't -are where It steps. ONE symptom of blacksliding is a 'ack of thankfulness. RELIGION pure and undefiled never works by the month. THERE are no real strong people IL this world but good people. THE truth w, hate the most is the '.ruth that hits us the hardest G. owTH in grace is never promoted by watching for faults in others. THE road to Heaven seems to be :ome steeper every time we look 5ack. WHEN you can't Bnd anything else io do for God try to make a child lappy. PEOPLE who make crooked paths never get in earnest about following .hrist. THE closer the competition, the more God is -needed for a business 7artner. To LOVE an enemy is the mostim ortant service a Christian can ren ier Christ. - THE sins that pay their rent promptly are the last ones we want to give up. WHEN unselfish love is asking for a place in your heart, God is knocking it the door. You can generally tell what a man thinks of God by the way he talks aoout his neighbors. THE only thing a Christian can do for any enemy that a worldling can not do, is to love him. ONE trouble with the church is that there are too many babes in it from live to six feet high. a word, by putting the rotten apples In the bottom of the basket. IF you let the devil go home to dinner with yo, you will have to take him for a regular boarder. Birds in the Aretic. In the countries bordering on the Molar seas, where the changing sea sons bring alternately the two ex tremes of dearth and plenty, birds are more numerous in the short sum mer than anywhere else all the world aver and in winter are absent alto gether. All are immigrants there by orce of circumstances. In like man-1 ner the birds of temerate climtates are affected by the seasonal changes, though in a less degree, through the infuence of cold and heat up'on their food supplies, rather than by effect of old upon their well-protected bodies. According to Littell's Living Age, a coat of mail is not to be compared to a coat of feathers for safety, so far as a bird's life is concerned. Layer pon layer of feathers can withstand any amount of water or any degree( f cold. In-proof of this see how the elicate tern, after wintering in corn paratively mild weather, go back to the ice foes of the Polar Sea and lay theIr eggs on the bare .Ice. For two or three weeks the tender breast of the sea swallow is pre sed against a told block of ice. A gain, as another example of th i influence of food rather than climate in governing bird action, take the colony of beccafieos. The beccaico is a Mediterranean bird, common on the shores of Spain and Italy, in the Grecian Islanas, Sicily, and Malta and on the North er shores of Africa. Formerly it It was quite 2 sown in the Br.tlsh Isles, but some years ago a large orchard of fig tr es was planted near pirightop, and taci beccalicos have discovered the fact and come over to share the spoil. Doubtless the night ingales told them the story of En lh figs and showed the way over. Be thIs as it may, the little birds from the warm' shores oT the Medi terranean bid fair to become estab lished as naturalized Biritish sub iets. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Neither One Nor the Other. An elderly Irish woman who was n a Maaison avenue car yesterday wished to get out at Forty-second street The conductor -was on the front platform, so the woman, ad dressing a gentlemanly looking young: 'nan opposite her, said: "Shtop the car." The young man looked over hei head. "Shtop the car, I say," she re, oeted, giaring an him savagely. SStill no response, ODidn't 1ltell ye toshtop ithis car,' she shouted, gripping i er umbrella. "1am hot the conductor,"remarked the young man with sarcasm. while th'e young women In -the car tit, tere. "Faix, an' you're not," replied the (rish woman scorn ruils, "an' .'on're o gentleman, nayther. Moreover, you're no blessin' to your nmother, you're not lf you were you would n'l le a respectable woman get ( arr'ed two blocks out of ber wa'- without any askin' from her either. "- 'ei Vrk HealdL 3PRINKLES OF. SPICE. iUMOROUS SELECTIONS FROM OUR EXCHANGES lokes of Prechers, Lawyers, Doctors, and Editors-Some of Them Very Dry and otheris Somewhat Julr -They Will AW Digestion If Perused After Meals. The Key of a F1at Mrs. -Newitt-I discovered thiS morning that we need a door mait for the hall way very badly. Mr. Newitt -Is there any particular necessity for it? Mrs. Kewitt-Why. certainlyl i've got to have-some place to bide the key when I go out, haven't l? South Boston News. Why le Shone. Lipper-Here comes Sparkens. 11 always gives me pleasure to see him he has such a shining countenance. Clipper-Be can't help it. Lipper Can'thelp'what? Clipper-His shin Ing countenance-he's so light-head od, you know. -Atlanta Constitution The Kind of Gun Be Xeant. Woodbee Buyer-I thought you said these lots were within gunshot of the depot Real-Estate Agent-So they are; those new dynamite guns, you know can sh-.ot a distance of twenty %illes or more. -Exchange.. of Benefit at Any Time. Dispensary Physician (writing out prescription-Now, you are to take the medic:ne three times a day after meals. Poor Patient-But it is only a very rare thing when I get a meal, doctor. The Dovtor-Well, in that case you had better take - it beforE weals. -Truth. Meant to Sell, Anyhow. Book Agent-I have a book k'ere which actually cost $5 topAblisb and Iam selling it for $1 net. Prospec ive Furchaser-Row -can you afford to do that?. Book Agent-The book was publ!shed by the author. -Ne v 'ork World. He Sorprised Her. "My mind wandahs sometimes, doncher know, Miss Bellefield," re marked Mr. Sappy. "You surprise me!" "Ah?" "Yes, I did not know it had ever returned. after its firs! ramble. "-Pietsburgh Chronicle-Tel graph. His First Offenw. Neighbob--Do you think you coultl; support my daughter in comfort? Tom Knox-I don't know why I coul WVt I- have no almonY.t a2 - 'ework . orl Wanted Two of Them. Shoogirl-Really, madam, that hite feather in your hat. makes you Dk ten years younger. -Old Maid A that so. Then give me another.---* :liegende Blaetter. His Life wor. - Eacon-Young Penn told the type rriter that she had her baton wrong ide in tront. How do you suppose Le knew that? Egbert-That's hir I business. lie's connected withethe nzzle department on a weekly -news )aper. -Yonkers StaLtsman. No Choice. Taleih--Snobleigh claims thai I e moves in the most exclusive cir. es. Wagleigh-Of course he does. ? le has to move. They- won't let - irn stay there.---.ew York World. To save Time. Clerkets--Shall i send this bundle' fr. Hicks--N-nlo, 1 can .just as wel arry it; you can send the change, hough, if you will.--New York Vorld. Valahie Properties. Prospective Purchaser-What muin irals are there in this spring? Owner -Plenty- or gold and allver, if you ad ~ertise it properly.-Exchange P - Awitward. During the progress of -the search ixpedition in the Sinaltic D~eserl, for ~rofessor E. H. Palmer: wno, with ls two English cozsipanions, was asely murdered by' native tribes, a trict watch was k-ept -about the amp at nighp to avoid a surprise rom the treacherous Arabs. TheJ earch party consisted. of-three Eng- 3 ishmen and their escort, composed 1 nainly of Bedouina. - The author oet -'Mau Hunting in, the Desert" relates in incident connected with the night ' uard. Ce of our numiber, being-little in- .s lined to sleep, strayed somewhat Lway from the camp into the moon- -, ight, whien he was suddenly ap roachea by one of tlie -Bedouin sen ,ries, who, briniging his R emington1 itie to his shoulder, -presented aths nuzzle at our friend,.and shouted ome challenge in Arabic.1 The victim of this display of vigil Lce grasped the situation, and at' ince realized his danger. Not a word if Arabic could-'be recall, and the fel ow was liable to shoot the next In ita ut. . "Here, you fellow! -Don't be a fooli Don't,.s shoot!" the Englishman' thouted.f The Bedouin understoodiot a word f tnis, but remnained motionless, iger to trigger, the moon plainly re realng the precision of his aim. The situation was awkward; out 'riend felt anything but comfortable ts he stood facing that ugly-loolcing nuzzle, not daring to retreat or- e rance. acking his ,brain for an rabic word, he at last succeeded in 3roducing the sentence: -"A na Inglize"-lin pigeon Arabic - "Me Englishman." To his infinite rellel the guard ' owered his ride with the ejaculation i 'ahad Kawadja," which our friend '3 mstr-rt a a permit to pass ca. a News~ in BSi -Australianses Amerce ar'&d~ -Every Japanese barrac has ciasium. & -yulius Cemamr'e everyday tunic cos twenty four cents. -Horses sneeumb to coml quicke than any othorammaL Poisons are so e 09 in the a -A rocking-chair t electricity isa. xqOeOinventuon. -The chief war (od of "the 'hane is said to rejoie a nWD'names -A street in London has beennuame ifter Grimaldi, the famous clown. -Dresden, Germany, tares eats anctiley are disappearing rapidl -It is generally agreed that there is no gold winter apple among the Bus -Every square mile of tfie sea cn tains 120 000,000 ls- of vanoul kinds. -H. W. Youni of Augh4ta, lLf owns a Bible that was printed in the I ear 1615.. -The largest photographievoriaker was seven feet long and four feet two inches wide. -In treaties with China the Unite& States is called "Meikwo," the beeu iful.country. -"Balmy on the crunpe" is the at est London phrase for b04. wrong. .he upper story. -An inventer has devised a ohiMd'a swing which willwork the ~well puAp sa the child swings. . -The total amount of deposits ina savings banks of the countryi 189e was $1,785,150.795. . --Hawaii is not the onliplace wher. prisoners have been knowntb be hired. out for-domestie service. -A Chinese doctor in settinq a homib wraps a chicken head amongthe b".4 iges to insure rapid healing. -In England and. Sotland Nay geldin s are, seen at work, the ,a-re being on the farms raising colte< -Pekin, Chmina,fr li r mons bof &h-year, -ande enjoy ice sledpmgt Christmas. -A ship chandlerinFiont street Brooklyn, N. Y-, bearshe-highsound ing name Qf Mr. Westm&inster Abbey,; -China has ae war-: go wo-hy have -burne4 incense time.im mortal and who has over 0i names -Thea'oldest living couple are saia be residents of Sawads a 4gan-;hg manis 132 yearsd h f 8 iles and found bimp hzs eld. , -The robin is. alwaystne last a go to bed in the evenin re large, and it-ean see welb ight. -Bavarian radishes are a a 1hey grow like rge +n re served cold, Cut in hoes. The humble but fritful a f the South grows e. and somehimes b ears.-- - ~ -Aluininum hia een 4w~o Ieel in the -manfantna f eel plates ~rertsahoelof All' known chemical e -ar ontained in sea water, xe not alwasjitaaled -Sugar fifteen times e rgar beet produict bas om eetton'eedgmeal l a hemist. -~ -It isestamated byprsr thst~~ he course of a senmen a ror a toa4d illdevouriffty-seventms-t dgt n insects. ' -Several live-fro~ 20&tCIg 0 -Oil meal has tet f protem ori s an excellent .'o~eZid~ roUg, growmng animal. -A curious case of ~~ik~a eported from Paris Awah~uU oted for her~ wit and briliiamey~ an h mania fcr stealing men~'s lma -Uncle Henry Dowof Mahn saoai inetythiree, yet he drove a trttor o sulky in 2,33 the othier dpj eI -any one older'corld have df. -A Statistician of the Dg n sf Agriculture estimates the.a as if the cotton crop of 1893a19U ' ud the number of bales at 7,48OG -Pneumatic mattiugior :use-uer tair carpets, ia arecent invenltin.It aves the carpet, and reduces the a~. nde in,.ailning or descendiag the -A hole only one-th nehi i diameter has recently ored through a ruby by a now- piero og machine owned by a -New-jYork spidry. . - -Pllis Wheatly, a colored woman a Boston wrote a volume of per >efore the .Bevolution, it was-pb ished in London, and was-ommende >y Washington. -it sfire htevery man, woma dcild ihe United aes e n verage of four- and a haf knahoa of vheaa year in the form of broad or reakfast cereals:- -~ -Scientific research ishothaj eats, .fish, milk -and other anbii oods cost thre~e times mere Etsa iopr nd othei staple vegetable foods tokget he Saingut~ritionls result. -Zinc is being extracted i ia netagrocessa ateir the nnnei-, tj~whbelhores idered worthlesnarps ~een produced-r .Swe~ci !ear. - -~ ~.I