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*2'~". (If. % Ar r TRI WEEKLY EDITIGI WJSNSBORO. S.C., MARCH 29., 1900.4SALSE 84 A bird is working all day long Beside my window in the tree. And, toilinsr, sings a happy song Asong that has a note for me: The wind and rain at night destri.y The work of yesterday. but joy Is in the work the builder sing. While setting matters straight It does not idly fold its wings. And mourn its dismal fate. My Fight With BY SAM The Author is an Officer of a The Adventure Took was only an apprentice boy at the te and was just 16 years old. I was t very big nor exceptionaLy strong, ut iust about the right size and surfi eiently strong to inake a fairly even match for "Jacko," an Indian ape, in the terrible fight we had, some eight years 'ago, one moonlight night in the middle of the Bay of Bengal. Jacko, a fine specimen of the larger species of brown-haired Indian ape, had been presented to our skipper in Calcutta by a friend of his. Our ship -was the Queen of England,a fine full Jrigged steel vessel of 2070 tons, then Isalfing between Liverpool and Cal cutta. When standing upon his hind feet the ape's height must have been about 3 feet 6 inches. Not very tall, you mnight say; but anyone who knows the extraordinary strength of these crea tures and their wonderful agility will know that he was quite tall enough to be a formidable creature for a 16-year ola-%y to encounter single-handed. Aehow Jacko, V.ho was docile eugh with any of the other men, seemed to have taken an especial dis lke to me, and I conld never pass him ithout being treated to a vicious oo-ch," and a succession of wild s, any of which would have lifted right upon me bnt for the sudden tening of his chain, which, tugging his neck, invariably "finished up' is leap in a disgraceful way, as it isted him suddenly round. and bought him sprawling ignominiously on th deck He-ws, during the fine either,. usually tethered to a ring bolt-at the fore end of the No.3 hatch. T eimn tishatch and the main tif rai was a goodly space of open deck, where was no other obstruction but thg "patent le top to iddle of the Bay of Bengal. A lightJ -Ionsoon just contrived to belly out each sail and heel our ship over about five degrees or so. A fine,clear night was, with a bright fall moon al-ove a. a mill-pond ripple on t ya around. The~watch on deck had coilea hem se-as is the general enstcm in 'weather-along the deck to the 'side of tlle house, where, handy~ 1 4o any call,they snored in their sleep. Sonly hands aboard with their I .e open were the lookout man,awiay rard in the eyes of the ship on the f ftc'sle head; the second mate, upon f 1h eather side of the poop, and my on the lee side. At about five 'f 's(10.30 p. m) the second sent me 'r fodto e'xa-nine the side light- -and s Teprtspon them. He then wdat aft, 1 1w~leaning over the taffrail, he l mg!rself up sailor fashion to his t dreams. s I t for'ard, passing Jacko, who i ep.I then mounted the fo'c's'le d arned awhile with the lookout, i - the side lights, and findingi ning satisfactorily,proceedled aft along the weather side. 1 at the main fiferail I turned i -o eewvard,and utterly for'getful t -presence c.f Jlacko, walked e a pat. the capstan. The ape1 aic perceived me, gave his usual vaie "coo-ch" and sprang into -the 1 a ras me. Aeens omned to these'e ~im -t leaps, I stood motionless, j lhan pockets, awaiting the usual a 3,ding of the performance. - 1 #ee; however, the chain - oss to his neck, and almost t was aware of the fact, the ni '- OrmX, dark and shadow-like, a ng 'through the air, and he, h ~ghted fairly upon my shoul- ti staggeged to lee ward under the hi e g .amd fell into the scup)- o same time warding off .ugly face from mine. hi T aseized that part of my n as laws and bit, fiercely. h1 ~m~o left shoulder; then, elc * g-~~enyfrom. me, he leaped:a gng, swarmed aloft, m -C oen ratlins high, to an at me. During the* fE tre'xaordinary strug- h - : I made no sound F y, I do not know. h htily scared of the hz as the suddenness ni h gave me notimae.v n Ring for help and h< - pmates. te *y feet excitedly, I m teek,with-fists doubled,v - ~ r~1~ ing attitude, awaiting t Snei sring. Except for the A nckling .*"coo-ch," we n jid. I was barefooted, sof 'iy fobtfalls wer-e noiseless. p n, Jacko in all probabi;ity b left me alone, but see ng tc gsomewhat defiantly in his sl edplace, he accepted ray at-J a challenge.,l -came stealthily and cautiously fe tTigging to the top-gallant lo edme -awhile from there, al -s wamied the royal back- at height of about 1) f.eet im 'his eyes of' me dl he Uf 4.'togiee cm ESSACE. Shall lie that has a sc.ui !it dwl, Whon all his labor is IpSet: AL:d he must bother all the t'w1n With chiding anI with vain re;ret.? The structure that is wrecked may be iebuilded and mad. .air to - And God upon his throiv* may ki-A That from the joyous bird The message that he sends below Has iappily been heard: -. E. Kiser. 'Jacko" The Ape. BOLTON. Well-Known Canadian Liner. Place Nine Years Ago. mened to shake the backstay violent Iv. But apparently seeing the use le;sness of wasting his strength in zhis way, he presenctly stopped. then leaped ini the air, and I saw his shapeless body, extended arms and doubled up legs outlined in the moon light as he decended towa: ds me. stepping aside to avoid him, I hit him as he fell somewhere about the chest with my clinched fist. The blow changed the course of his flight, and his bdv struck with a thud against the cornetr of the hatch. Thinking I now had him at my mnervy, I sprang upon him and seized him by the slack skin at his throat. I had reckoned, however, without a knowledge of the brute's astonishing strength. He put out his arms and clasped the back of my neck, and with all his strength en deavored to force me to him, gripping my waist at the same time with his powerful hand-like feet. With Jacko clinging to me I fell heavily to the deck. ' For some mo metts we lay there panting, but mo tionless. His strength was such that my arms fairly ached with the effort to keep his formidable jaws from me as I lay there watching his hideous face and teeth. His nails dug deep into my neck; his teeth gave vicious snaps in the air: I could hear his breath forcing its way through his throat, Which I had tried to grip as I held on to the skin around it. We must have lain there soi.e three or four minutes when Jacko suddenly threw himself backward, wrenched his throat from my hand,and !eaped upon the capstan to consiler the next round. Without giving me time to rise, how ever, he sprang at me again and seized ds and teet bites he,. .erage rant coward. Jacko, wever, departed from this custom, or- he buried his teeth deep in my eft forearm and, with the tenacity of t uldog, kept them there. I beat his face ,with my free hand n Lnd banged his bead on the deck, but h ill to no purpose. I had no waistcoat r, >r jacket on, and my shirt sleeves g rere rolled up, so that he had the b )are flesh to work-upon. I staggered h vith him to my feet, and actually car. k i d him to the ha:ch where, forcing . rim upon his lack, I beat his body 0 rantically with my free fist. So close, c iowever, did he cling to me with his et eet that my blows told with little ef- I ect. hi Seeing this, I raised the big ape be- ci are me, and holding my left arm with ol y right hand, rushed toward the cap- e tan, and with all the we~ight of my a ody behind the blow crushed his tl ead against its iron rim. Then, Liough appa-ently not in the least tunned, Jack >let go and ran a little 'Y istance from me. le Jacko, stanling upon the capstan- th -here he had jumped af ter letting go - iiy arm-seemed for a moment to pon er the situation. Thea, judging from "S is subs2quent actions, he appeared > have resolved to "board me from ehind.'' First he sprang from the apstan to the hatch; then, swift as t ghtninig, be turned and leaped backt gain-a leap of some 14 feet from a as atch at lea<t two feet lower than the ptnitself. From the capstan he l imiped to the main fiferail, thence aross the deck to the lee rigging ad tstly, back to the capstan again. I fol!owed his every inovement, de- 1 armined not to let hinm get behind s be. Apparently pierceiving this, the h )O changed his tactics. .te came s isurely down from the capstan and wa *awled slowly and delibei-ately along ie deck towards me, until at length e stopped within a fatborn's length o my feet. Then he bounded upward and again nded fairly upon me. He gripped y throat in a manner that was almost as ama: in style and intention. He asped his strong hind legs around y waist, and made a viciJns snap at ti v fa e with his awful jaws. I dlucked y head, barely in time to save my atures, and his teeth snapp,ed in my tir, some of which was torn out.it ph earful for my face, I pnt up my right b md to grasp his throat, my left arm. iving by this time become some what imibed from the effects of his s avage be tes. My hand strayed, however, as dodged it, and it went between his a eth. He bit cruelly, and one of his olars went clean thr-ough, op ening a - 1 in from which the blood comn menced pa spout in an alarm'ing manner. a The fight now became a wrestling im atch, while 1no ether sound camne ret em either of us save the hiss of onr 9 inting breath and the patter of my as ire feet. We struggled fruntically SW and fro upon the deck. Tfhe blood tn~ outing from my hand spread over o eho's hairy head; neck and face,gr itil he b:ecamne a ghastly sight. i o lt myself growing weaker from the is of blood, while my powerful enea?ry peared t' be growing rapidly ->n:.er. Wie staggre d- against the a"n ain fi erail Wimth iy growing weak ss fear esme upon mae-fear .af the Ibe nible didemnt mey fentafit. would forever show should I become too weak to keep the ape's jaws from oft my face. Now the tiferail was studded with iron belaying pins, placed there for the purpose of belaying the crossjack braces. One of these, luckily, was. free. I put up my left arm and with it forced .Tacko's head against the wooden rail; then seizing the irou be layin- pin with my free hand, I raised it aloft and brought it down upon Jacko's brow with all the strength I could muster. The second mate, wondering why I had not returned to report upon the, side lights, and thinking I had prob-' ably eat down somewhere and gone tq sleep, came down the poop ladder: bringing with him one of the poop buckets; these, by the way, were al ways kept hung up at the fore part of. the poop,and in hot weather were kept filled with water to .prevent the wood from becoming too dry. It was the mate's unkind intention to rouse me in the time-honored fa-thion by drench ing me with its contents. Creeping stealthily along the deck, he came to the main fiferail, where he saw in the moonlight a sight which causeA him to change his intention. He told me afterwards be could never forget the sight even if he lived to be a hundred. Jacko was lying stretched across the coil of the n eather crossjack brace, my body being face downward, stretched across Jacko's,I a,d a pool of blood marring the. whiteness of the deck and making ghastly the sight of our two apparent ly inanimate forms. Jacko recovered from the effects of the blow I gave him. He was pre sented, I believe, to the Palace menag erie at New Brighton, #vhere, for all. I kncw to the contrary, he is to this, day. . As for me, I bear the marks of his teeth upon me yet, and shall be' glad to show them to such Wide World readers as care to call upon me be tween voyages at my home, near Man chester. They are rather faint upon my shoulders, but on my hand is a, scar three-fourths of an inch long and one-fourth of an inch broad. Two of the scars upon my left forearm each measure half an inch in length, and the distance between them is two and a qua: ter inches-a striking proof of the size of Jacko's jaws. Thinking that Wide World readeri would like to know what became o.f Jacko, we instructed Mr. Frederick! Bolton, the author's father, to mak4 inquiries about the ape at the Palac New Brighton. We append Mr. Bo ton's report: "I m-1.. vy ere and foun L:apre~closed during the daytinie, ; being the off season, but I hunted p the caretaker. I explained to him bat I was after. "His reply was: 'I should think I o- remember the brute. You see that uger?' he went on, showing me a mutilated finger-the middle finger of is right hand. 'I was going my munds one day and was trying the ate of his cage when he sprang at me ke lightning and had my finger in is ugly mouth like a vise before I aew what he was u to. You can e for yourself,sir, th~e mess he made it. Another time,' continued the retaker, 'the brute got out of his ge, and it took all The fellows about e place to eaige him again. When first came t hey put him in with thel her monkeys, but he killed a numbers them, so he was placed in a special ge by hinmself. About 12 months~ :o he got so full of rheumatism thatj ey drowned him.' "'How high did he stand?' I asked. "'Well, sir,' replied my informant,' ou seldom saw him stretched full; .igth, but he was, I should say, fronl ree feet to three feet six inches.'" Wide World Magazine. HOOTING STARS" A MISNOMER. t Lovers May Still Be Blind to "31,- p teor's" Claims. It is hardly necessary to say thatb e shooting stars are not stars at ali, o the name seems to indicate, and as. e ople sometimes think, writes Pro-1 S sor Toung in the New Lippincott. s: is '-as the mistake of a sailor on a d itisn ne.val vessel who had been set 51 watch during the star shower of b 66 to count all the meteors he could P i in a given fifteen minutes. 'When ci time was up he begged to be al- p w ed a minute longer, "becauso," he, TI d, "1 has my eye on a star that 0f ggles awful and can't hold on much. si iger." -T ~shooting stars are only little masses s matter-bits of rock or metal or U: udlets of dast and gas-which are.|r ing unresisted through space lust I A plane:s and comets do, in pah' et ich, within the limits of our solar, ' i stem are controlled by the attrac- 10 n of the sun. They move with a Isi sed of several miles a second, far a ~eeding that of any military pro..t tile, but are too.smiall to be seen by d4 except when they enter our atmos ere, and, becoming intensely heated terssance they encounter, ht up and burn for a moment; forn pr use Lord .Kelvin's expression, a, in :ly rushing th ough the air at such wi enormous velocity is during its dt ;ht virtually "immersed in a blow- so e flame, "having a temperature com- es -able with that of an electric are. As by ule they are completely consumed es the upper air. so that nothing dc ches the surface of the earth e xcept, Ica haps, a little ash, settling slowly Isu a,n imperceptible "smoke." Occa-. by nally, however, some mass largertr n usual survives in part the fiery en: eal and its fragments fall to the' IY und as specime.is of the material jce: "other worlds than ours." ' aii Violent Supposition. I i 'What made that horse tear up the 4 nlue so?' 4ce 'I sup)pose ha had a permit froml au sneiiat of c+reet ton 4. ha FE WRNTBENEFIT.3 rearly Teeth. An authority on dentistry says that pearly teeth do not wear well, and that the girl with square jaws and teeth that make up in strength what they lack in beauty will stand a better chance in the long run of preserving her good looks than a beauty of the accepted type. An Objection to "Dowa%er.'' It is said that Queen Victoria's eld est daughter objects strongly to being termed the "dowager," and is known as the "Empress Frederick." . The Empress of China has also adopted this fashion, and the former regent of Holland will be styled "Queen Emma of the Netherlands." These changes will probably canse the title "dowa ger" to be dicarded her6after. ZiTn.er of the Bride. The bride's mother has a long list of materia!s and colors from which to choose het gown, but, of course, the goods must-be heavy and rich, pre ferably damask, satin, moire antique or a colored gown of plain material veiled with black tulle. The under dress may vary in. color, according to the age and figure, and gray, corn color, lavendar, all. the -different shades of pervenche and the new pastelle tints are very fashionable. Of course the train is an important adjunct. Flowers Her Pa4sion. The Queen of Roumania, "Carmen Sylva," is so passionately fond of flowers that she is positively'unable to rest happily in a roo where there are no blossoms. As writing with out the neighborhood of. flowers, that she has declared to be quite out of the question. Nearly all' her literary works have been composed out of doors, in a roofless room, built of reeds and surrounded by a hedge of rose bushes, in the hollows. of which are cunningly concealed cages., full of singing birds. The floor is. of mossy turf. In one corner a tin4' fountain pours forth perfumed wate ; in an other swings a luxuriant si en ham mock; in which the quee n rest and dream. Her seat. is mossy bank,her desk a lichened st6i carved into the shape of a writing k. SU omen who succeed ax4 those work with a etermi fAtion courage and -6ositive oviction, a e eneres e bsolutely tireles tre often not so p for the iame work as mei bat that' one o2 :he mistakes of the day that will soon )e rectified. We 'are growing wiser tnd one of the thibgs that is most im ortant for everyon to know is that ,here is no sex in b-aine Those who ail are usually those - ho expect too nuch, and presume oa account of heir women. There is plenty of work and money, oo, for the sharp woman, who will ight every difficulty in her way. Every body loves a fighter, whether it >e man or woman, fighters who see iothing but success at the other end If the lung road, fighters who believe n themsevles and their efforts, and rho plan their daily battles as a gen ral plans campaign, figters who are rave, above board and generous in he struggle. These are the hercines *f daily life, and they command suc ess and respect by thoroughly desery ag it.-Woman's Life. BlIack for Spring Wear. The spring gowns are not t9 f pale hues, misty grays, soft pur lea, biscuits and blues. Much black -with "triumphant touches" of color -is to be worn in spite of its great opularity this season. Black and -hite, with gleams of scarlet, tints of lue and vivid notes of orange or lilac e green, are promised by the sart :>uturieres, and the combinati n is 2ch a very becoming one a so nart in itself t;ht few will regret the ethronemed~ - gray and tan as andards fo-' .wear. A,smart lack gown, e -fi-om a . . aris house "studio,"is of black cloth, it all in one a la princesse, the skirt iped on to the corsage at the waist. he yoke and top or the shoulders are panne in a brilliant flame color, tading from scarlet to orange ti:it. bis is edged with piping of tenderest E ring green velvet, which is also ied for piping on the bodice and i und the shaped flounce of the skirt.e decided no.elty in this gown is the Lt of the sleeves, a plain sleeve 1e g made with a pointed top, left ose so as to show a simulated under eeve of the flame colored velvet for couple of inches below the shoulder,C e sleeve being~lef t to stand out quite ~tached. A Woman's Printina Society. P Womeu are found now and again in inting otfices in this conutry, engaged .t. typesetting and in similar kinds of t )rk, but it wonla be hard to find a Lplicate of the Womien's Printing s ciety of London, whie.e the entire li tabiishment is owned and managed o women, and~ all the labior, with the cep ion of heavy machine work, is ne by them. This society has been cried on for a number of years as a ccessful business. Originally started subscription for the purpose of Lining girls who were anxious to o~ en a livelihood in this way, it rapid-" developed into a prosperous con-t n. But it has not lost sight of the a of helpfulness to yo'ung women w~ rkers nith which it was~ began. It m~ managed on the co-operative prin- it le. No dividend may exceed 5 per: t. per annum, and abore that the of ~plas is to be divided a iong the ol dLs by way of bonie. Appreutic.es at taken for three years, mar.y of , p them being just out of school at about 16 years of age. Some of the workers become at the same time shareholders. About 30 womeu are now employed in the establishment, and the continual increase in the business testifies to the excellent work turued out. A num ber of well known periodieals are printed by this society, and various women's organizations, such as the 2 National Union of Womau Workers, the Women's Institute, and others, 4. which require a great deal of printed % matter, have shown their loyalty by giving all their trade into the same hands. Women printers are em- A ployed also in several large establish ments in England, and they earn gen- a e ally from 15 to 30 shillings, or from $.75 to $7.50 a week. Street Gowns for Early Spring. The princesse effect has, as was ex pected, proved rather a difficult fash ion for most women to follow. How- I ever, it is still fashionable, and when well carri-d out is extremely effective. y One of the latest Paris ideas is to have the skirt carried up abive the 3 waist line and then draped across, thus giving somewhat of the princesse look; and yet exactly without the same effect. It is really an adaption of a fashion that was followed by a t few smart people last summer. Mrs. Oliver Harriman's black crepe de chine gown with the short bolero over the princesse was the first of these gowns seen in this country, and the lashion until now has proved too diffi cult to become common. When the sk:rt is draped onto the waist it must not be draped more than two inches above the belt, otherwise it will in terfere with the lines of the bust and utterly destroy the best ,figure ever seen. Gowns of silk and cloth com .bined will again be worn, and a smart instance of this is seen in a heavy t qua:ity of black silk. The skirt has a long overskirt with a double box pleat in the back and is trimmed h around with square blocks of black cloth, while showing just below the overskirt is a flounce of the silk also trimmed with the cloth. *The jacket is in Eton jacket shape, with pointed I fronts, and h.s a deep yoke in the back, caps over the sleeves, Y'gh col lar and rever& of black clota with in-. I side revers of black silk;- The vest that shows in iront- of this gown is of pleated chiffon witl_ntre-deuLx oL, lace, -and at the throat Js a full mull, r tie with lace msertion -and lace ends. There are nore of the e gowns made i up in black than in an# other color, N but it is said on very C'ood authority S that the light silks ale to be combined with the light cloths in the same way, 1 and there cer 'nly will be no difficulty in tur a -tra ive tuines of this fashion. -- Harper's an Bazar. MC A Strange Occupation. ha! Perhaps no woman in the United en Sta'es has a stranger occupation than sid that of Mrs. Maud Whiteman of Hum- in. boldt, Nev., who shoots wild horses the for their skins and earns about $5 a no day at it. it Wild horses have so increased in tio: many of the western states that they to re ruthlessly killed for their hides or 'i h they would drive cattle off the ranges oat and monopolize the best grazing. de1 Mrs. Vthitenman goes hunting always e e ith her father, Henry Wilman, a 'all< eteran of the Mexican and civil wars, do' rho loot his ranch in California about cat ix years ago by .financial misfortune Ilon nd removed to Nevada. c at Father and daughter ride well and wit hoot well. It is their custom to exi itch their own horses as decoys and ide in the timber. When wild horses ~ome up one of them carefully shoots dhe leader of the herd so as to disable for ~im but not kill him. The others. eamper away, but curiosity soon im- hot els them to return. Then father and 3 aughter open with their guns and fasi ioot as many as possible before the a r< erd gets out of range. The skins j re taken off and dried on sage bushes org Lud then sold for about .$2 each. e When hunting Mrs. Whitemnan, who jit. sbronzed, strong, active, black eyed ad lithe, with perfect te~ and a anil plendid carriage, wears sser2'ae y ~arb, but when she comes into town ofr he wears a black silk dress and a sen 'ry feminine plumied Leghorn hat. ~in - Hits of Femininity. The latest tulle hats have a garni- WOf re of crepe roses. suit There is a perfect rage of velvet ening frocks in Paris.ki The rage for things"quite Spanish" fout bespoken by the revival of the hoop aft ring. Large tulle pompons to match one's Bec ~ock are the latest thing in hair or- (ma aments. Charming are the muff chains made deal fwampum, from which dangle wee her weled- ipped atrrow heads. Tiny bunches of fruit for the coif- Ierty re a-e being shown in lieu of the mes pular rose or banch of violets,. fl Skirts that are fulled or tucked on te e waistaand hav-e distinctly taken e place of the skin-fitting garments. wate The newest blouses are particularly w at; they are embroidered and en- sni ened with all sorts of complicated W naments- mos1 Crochet buttons are one of the as- W red revivals of fashion; they are whe1 w being used on silk waists in the W yv of trimmaing, ing? Liber ty brocade is the latest triumph the? mauufacturer's art. It has a ~lvet or silk brocade pattern on the ITI. ni, lain silk ground. jSilV4 The old time fashionable yJersev bear it is in again.' It looks very fa- Iness, iar, styles having so changed that 'y ctmies in mnch as it went out, to le A hair net which fasteus at the back the]I the head with a fancy pin the size show a small buttonis a novelty which is and pposed! to keep th4e short ,Iocks in staat CHILDREN'S COLUMNe The Boy and the Sparvow. Father, say. have you ever heard ow best to catch a tiny bird A sparrow?" A hand ful of salt on his little tail 'ill catch and hold him fast as a nail That sparrow." hen Jd[punie got salt-about a peck - nd lavin wait. with outstretched neck For sparrows. 1 ad as the first one hopped on a bough, e slipped out, crying, "rve got you now. You sparrow!" I ut away the cunning birdie flew. ad Johnnie knew not what to do For a sparrow. Father. father, he will not stay! threw the salt and he flew away That sparrow!" Has he gone? Well, well! Then let him alone: .e is twiie as clever as you are, son That sparrow!" Jealousy Among Monkeys. When a monkey gives way to jeal usy it shows a degree of hatred forj1 se animal that has innocently aroused 1 :s malice that makes it for the time a H ionster of cruelty. On a ship re 1ruing from one of her tours in tropi-I Al lands was a monkey which became great friend of the stewardeso. One day she fed another monkey, aji retty, gentle creature. This trifling H ttention enraged the other monkey, -hich coaxed the little thing to its ide and then, before the stewardess ad time to realize that mischief was ieant, took it by the neck and flung i :overboard. Of another monkey the same person lls that while preparing dinner for a l rand party the cook was absent fromjj ie kitchen for a minute. No sooner I ad her back been turned than the ionkey slipped a kitten of which it ad always been jealous into the soup I ot. The poor kitten's fate was only 2 iscovered at dinner time, when the nests sent back their soup untasted, ecanse it was found to be full of Lort hairs. In both cases there is o doubt the monkey was cruel by I ialice aforethougbt. Wild Oats That TraveL b41out all our inter ' 'ay it H y. If of wild oats ar I lay it on able over night,first -C istening the oats. Next morning t i will discover that the head of oats cI c crawled off the table, and, likely 7 >ugh, has made tracks for the out- 2s e door. This peculiar bit of travel: fi lies in the spikes that extend from P1 coverings of the grains. As the to isture soaks into the head of oats 1 wells, and the spikes change posi- of a in such a way as to set the head se tumbling over and over, sidewise. ar e larger and coarses varieties of wild b s -have this power of locomotion m reloped to a remarkable degree, and n domestic oats will develop it if P' wed by neglect to degenerate. Go t vn into the fence corners of the in f eId and see if you cannot find a ide g and well-bearded head of "tame" e s that has been allowed to grow- tr4 d. Then take it hoine and try the us eriment.--Chicago Record. ha ________eli oness.up That sort of a day would be good running for a cup? A muggy day.jit Vhat have you to expect at an el? Inn-attention. Vhen may a man be said to break :before he gets up? When he takesu >ll in bed. f a church be on fire, why has the ab] an the smallest chance of escape? he ause the engine cannot play upongl rhat is worse than "raining catsgr . dogsa?" Hailing omnibuses. c 7hat is even better than presence t aind in a railway accident? Ab- ar ce of body. 7bat word contains all the vowels [lue order? Facetiously. jAs Thy has a man more hair than agr aan? .Because he's naturally her Im or (hirsuter). ', That tree is n:ost suggsieo k ing? Yew. witiv f k hen may a man be siid to have' ski, hands? When he doubles hishi in Thy are sailors bad horsemen? Ihe ause they ride on the main He ne). the hat letter is the plessantest to a dee woman? A, because it makes sto hear. - 'hen does a pig become land prop. p ?. When be is turned into a reib dow. Ithe by are fowls the most profitable cr restock? Because for every grain give a peck. by does a duck put his head under sun ~r? For divers reasons, day by does he take it out again? For the iry reasons. Ihon hat vegetable products are themo timportant in history? Dates. tifu hat is higher and handsomerdo i the head is off? Your pillow.- the hat is the keynote to good breed- B Bl natural. te - --day1 Four Lit le Grizzlie,.. lior ieir mother was just an ordinary Ifron ~rtip, loving the quiet life that all long aprefer, minding her own busi- gay and doing her duty by her famn- dan< sking no favors of any oue exoept coul I her alone. It was July before wild ook her remarkable family down jthe ittle Piney to. the Graybull, and ed them what strawberries. were iA where to find themn. Notwith~. ther ling their mothefs deep eo;vk- rs tha cnhs ware no menira1.A mm~ )ig or bright, yet they were a remark tble family, for there were four of t hem, and it is not often a g izzly nother- can boast of more than two. The woolly coated little creatures vere having a fine time, and revelled n the lovely mountain summer and the abundance of good things. Their nother turned over each log and flat tone they came to; the moment it ras lifted they .all rushed under its ike a lot of little pigs,' to lick.up the 6nts and grubs there hidden. It never >ccnrred to them that mammy't treugth might fail some time, and let ,he great rock drop just as they went Lnder it; nor would any one have hought so that might have chanced o see that huge arm and that huge - houlder sliding about under the great rellow robe she wore. No, no; that rm could never fail. The little ones vere quite right. So they histled md tumbled over one another at each resh log in their haste to be first,and quealed little squeals and growled ittle growls, as if each was a pig, a >up and a kitten, all rolled into one. They were weu acquainted with the ommon brown ants that harbor un ler logs in the uplands, but now they ame for the-first time on one of the iills of the great, fat, luscious wood nt, and they all crowded arouns I to ick up those that ran out. But they oon found that they were licking up aore cactus prickies and sand than mts, till their mother said in Grizzly, "Let me show you how." She :nocked off the top of the hill, then aid her great paw flat on it for a few noments, and, as the angry ants warmed to it, she licked them up rith one lick, and got a good, rich nouthful to crunch, without a grain i sand or cactus stinger in it. The ubs soon learned. Each put both tis little brown paws so that there ras a ring of paws all around the ant ill and there they sat, -like children )laying "hands," and each licked first he right and then the left paw,or one uffed his brother's ears for licking a >aw that was not his'own, all the. ant Lill was cleared out, . and they were eady for a change.-Ernest Seton 'hompson, in Cenury. The Laplander at Home. Away to the far, far north, where he nights are long and cold,live:some ery happy'and contented people. I a afraid that if you livedthere you rould find it hard.to be as conteitedl 4 is r isnqqIg1ElpM Aef or eightee , fe I onad it. He cov4rs thepoljs-?ih arse cloths in the' summOr;'a,d e winter he spreads on another vering of skins. The floor is earpsted th reindeer skins and in the centre a stone hearth where he builds his e. The smoke goes out at an- open ice in the top'of the tent; and there, D, the rain, wind and snow come. in. ronder if he gets cross when a flurry snow almost puts out the fire, and ads the smoke into his eyes. Al Dund the side of the tent hang >wls and kettles and other useful ticles. The Lr->lander's pantry is in aqueer ice. .it is on ashelf away up be een two tall trees. There he keeps 1k, curds, cheese and dried rein er meat. You wonder how he ever ts at these things? He has a talk le pole, full of cross sticks, that he es for a ladder. He is obliged to re his pantry in this airy place, or e the dogs and wolves would eat his food. I suppose he would ild a better house, with a pantry in if he ever stayed long in one place. all a Laplander's. wealth lies in reindeer. If he has 1000 or re reindeer, he is thought to be a althy man; all the poor Lapps look to him and respect him very much. he has 500, he is -respect-4 e; but if he has no more than 50' is a very poor Lapp indeed, and dly serves his wealthy neighbor. rhe reindeer lire in the licheins-that iw on the cold, gray rocks. The bens are not very plentiful,so when reindeer have eaten up all there in one place, the Lapps have to ye to another. They hardly ever y more t ban two weeks in a place. it takes the lichens a long time to w, it may be years before the Lapps y come that way again. :he people have long skidders, or tes, made of fir wood, and covered h young reindeer skins. These Iders are as long as the Laplander self. It would be hard to travsl vinter without theni. With then. can run as fast as the wild beasts. has a.long pole, with a knob pear end of it, so that it will not sink p in the snow, and with this he ys himself when he wants to rest. [e has also a small sledge, or ilka," which he hitches to -the ideer. The sledge -is rounded.on. bottom, . and he has to bevy sful or lhe will fall outX he Lapps live in a beautiful con~ in the summer time. Then t' hardly goes to bed at alL. Fo - a his round face is to be seen above horizon, eucept for a few short .--& rs when he dodges behind the - - ntain to take a short nap. Beau istreams of c!ear, cold water flow. n the mountains to the sea, and land.is clothed in green. ut when the short summer is over;~ - ~omes the long, cold winter. For. the'sa. hardly glauces above the, zn. Now'the- Lapps move. .away. L the seashore to the forest. The> ,dark nights are lighted up to the> northern lighty, that flame saT ~e in the sky Jike fireworks: Y d not get a Lapp .to, chac cold country for any vorld. ~cording to a a are at inhia