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A TOAST. Then here's a health To him whom wenlth C*.?n nelthor nwo nor buy? Who'll moot his fate Willi stoady gait Anil onlui, untroubled oyo. Whoso soul Is strong, Whoso pntlonoo long, Whose heart Is warm and true, Whoso hand will grasp In friendly clasp Nono but tho worthy few. Who koops his face With sturdy graao Set toward his llrial aim; Who. when ho meets With soro defeats, j Seeks not to shift tho blnm-\ Who deals In facts Am! leaves his n"ts Alone to speak his pratso; Who murmurs not Xor moans his lot, , But lives in strength Ills -lays. All homixtjo high And prnlso woul I I To such ft on?> doarwo, A".l wlion ho dtos May lio doviso Ills spirit uato mo. i ?Chicago Journal. !o*?JCXSC^c:o;C,o:e:o:?.jc:o?;??ese.,?KXQK I CUPID OU PlKn'iS PEAK. 1 8 ? | by J. n. bmitii. Sij ?7 - **% HERE was no f*0". Y'u-v,thcy WJliS shoultl have quarreled, and \| Vj," H \ J 'A* "?many reasons vV\\^. ?/i: V' |(*ivd\ why they should : VK l/yMvl not, the principal 01,0 bcillo that V I?iP \\ * they were both VI. v I / /'I / ?".*.>?. \l ,,, *. .. ? 1 Christian Endeavorcrs, and both o:i their way to the groat convention at Ban Francisco. It was not so much a quarrel as a fallin g out, an 1 it i i almost impossible to toll how it started. However, it did start, and from a few impatient words advanced to a coldness, when they addressed each other as Mr. Knight and Miss Arbuehlc, insteal of Jack and Louisa, until it culminated in their not speaking to efteli other at all. Neither felt the full force of the estrangement during tho remainder of tho journey, nor during the convention, becauso there was so much to do, but when they started for homo it seemed rather strange to pass each other on tho train, or eat nt tho same table without so much as the formnliiv of a no 1. Yet it waa commented upon th.it Miss Arlmcklo was tho life of her circle, an t Mr. Knight kept his reel ion of the table in n roar, and was tho centro of altra 'tiou in tho railway coach. They might have chosen different routes for returning to tho East, but that would have looked like avoidance, and, as Louise told herself, there was 110 uso of. that, hceauso .Tack could never bo more than a mero acquaintanco to her henceforth, and tlxero was 110 reason to make a noono over nuch a trivial affair, and Jack tried to wonder why ho had ever supposed that she would suit a man of his temperament. 3>olh felt rather heroic over tho falling out and spent sotno timo recalling the martyrs of early d tys. Jt there had been a mutual friend in the company or somo wise old lady who could have brought thein together on some foreign topic from which they could have drifted into? J5ut there wasn't, and this dreadful state of a (lairs continued until the train reached Colorado Springs, where a section of the tourists lay over for one day to make tho ascent of Tike's Teak. Louise hoped that Jack would have so much business that ho could not spare the time to make tho trip, and Tack felt reasonably certain that Louise would be too tired for tho venture, so that there was a mutual shrug of disappointment when each spied tho other on tho lilllo train. However, Jack hid his anger very well indeed by taking under his special care a viva-'ions young lady, and .1 - 1 " jn/'iiu H .1 -< Ulljnv (ll^ro.^hl'll 111 II1C company of a palo young man who was studying for tho ministry. "[ don't mind a girl being lively," Raid sho to her e unpanion, "hut there is a certain limit that should not he passed, especially with a now acquaint* uimo. Don't yo i think so?" Tlio trend of tho conversation had not been at all in that lino and the palo young man was at a loss to cx^ press an opinion. "[ am afraid you nro fickle," sai l Jack. "Not that t blame you for it ? you wouldn't ho n woman if you were constant ami true." Some girls would have been ofTendod at such an analysis, but tho vivacious young la ly took it as a compliment and struck him laughingly with her fan. ]>y the merest chanco Miss Arhucklo happened to ho looking in that direction, and tho pale young man was all hat. paralyzed at tho snappishness with which sho auswerod his next question. I am afraid neither enjoyed the superb view from tho summit of the Peak. With tho others they poked I nroutul tho rocks, examined what tliero was to soo of tho dismantled signal station, and wero rather glad than otherwiso when preparations wore made foi the descent. Then lionise gave lior escort aterriblo shock 1 l>y announcing Unit sho intended to avallc down the trail. "I can't ace any sonso in that," en id the pale young man. "Possibly not," replied Miss Avbuoklo, in a tone that implied that the ! pale young man was not versed in tho 1 ways of tho world. "Put I am going nil tho same. Although pale, he was not lacking in spirit, and without further ado ho started oil" l?y her side. Jlero was another instance where a mutual friend or a wise old la ly might have proved of service. It is easier to walk down a mountain than up It, but that is not saying rauoh. TI1010 is n constant tendency to run when you would mucli rather i walk, aud after tho llrst mile all tho ; weight of tho body seems to bo crowded into tho toos of tho shoes, which is a novel and not at all agroeablo sensai tion. Still, when a person is in a certain miserable framo of mind tkero is satisfaction in punishing tho body, as tho old hermit found out long ago, and as a young Kndoavoror was now realizing. But tho polo young man had nothing on his mind, and in a very short timo ho regretted his chivalry, especially as the young lady for whom ho was sacrificing himself hardly deigned to look at him, much less engage in conversation, j "When sho did speak it was to broach tho ridiculous idea of walking down tho railway track. "Why?" he naturally gasped. "Well, its Rhortor for ono thing," sho replied, "and it will be great fun." "I don't see any senso in it," said ho. "That's very polite," said sho, icily. Then, as an afterthought: "Perhaps you are afraid?" If it had been a man lilco .Tack, that would havo stirred him into going at once, but the young man was not in lovo with women in gciioral. or this ! ono in pavticnlnr, bo ho *1 i?\ not look abashed when ho said: ,fIt is a very foolish proceeding in which I will tako no part." Miss Arbucklo would not hack out now for worlds, and started off sturdily across a littlo ravine, and after picking her way among somo cruel rocks found tlio track, half frightened, but still very much resolved. If she thought tlio pale young man was going to follow her f.1io was mistaken; | ho kept to tho road with somo wonder and inoro scorn. Her journey was not for long. At ! maybe the tenth step she slipped and i fell, and that was not tlio wor. t of it. j When she attempted to rise sho could ; not, becauso hre foot was caught in ! somo horrid par t of tho iron. Sho knew that the young m m c >uld not he | far nwav, lmt u hat girl of spirit would | have called for help under tlio eircum stances? I Upsides there was no doubt that she j couol extricate her foot in a few mi 1- ; utes when she had got over her excite- 1 meat. Hut somehow the f?>"t seemed to jam the tighter the harder she pulled, i until it hurt lo try. Then the appall- ' ing thought c.vno to her that tho train might come down and run over her. : Her body would ho found, and per- I haps Jack would see it. and then per- ! haps he would think of her in future ; years, when happily married. T.'iis ; train of reflection was not as soothing i as it might have been, and she gave | another dostvairinrr t'l.r nf lmc f...n There was plainly nothing to <!;> but i call for help. The young m an's name j was Simmcrsoa?first naino unknown ; ?and she ha l no idea until ssho tried j how awkward it was to call out ''-Air. Simmerson!" Thn woll, and the situation was altogether so absurd at the name tinio so dreadful that after tho third trial she gavo vent to a wild cry, something between : a sob and a scream. 11 In rospanso there was a eraahing in tho bushes?perhaps Mr. ftimmerson; perhaps a bear; perliaj a--no!?could ; it bo possible? Mr. Knight! "Hello!" ho said, curiously, "Is it \ possible? "What in tho world is the , matter, Miss Arbuokle?" ]?y all rights in the world she should ! have been indignant, but she only raid "OIj, Jack!" and held out her iian la to him appealiugly. Ho did not notice the hands as he! bent over her. "Foot caught?" ho said, quietly. "That's easy enough." "Is it?" she retorted, mournfully; "I'vo been trying ever so long to pull it out." "llave you?" ho said, in his superior way. Then he knelt by her side, rapidly , untied the lacing and drew out tho lit- j tie foot from its covering with tho great- j est of ease. It was a great relief, and : she thought ho held tho foot n little! longer than necessary, but alio caught 1 a twinkle in his eye, an I hoe anger j overpowered her gratitude. "I'm very much obliged for your as- i sistance, Mr. Knight," she said, as : lie 1 was laoinc on her shoe a/ait!, '"ami I am wry sorry indeed that my slupi 1ity lias caused you inconvenience." Then sho started o!V to return to the path, and bad mado two steps when alio became awave that her anklo pained her dreadfully. "Oh," sho cried, and in an instant ' both of Jack's arms were around her. "Jjct. me go, sir," sho said, with a tearful sob, "I am a sillv girl who doesn't know enough to?" "You are silly, indeed," ho cried, j "If you think I am going to miss this opportunity to do away with this mis- j cm!do quarrel. Why, my dear girl, I don't you know that I've neon follow- ' ing you downtho road, half wild fori fear that something would happen to i you?" "llavo you, Jack? Oh?but what has becoino of Miss What-is-hername?" "I don't know nor cave. Where is Mr. " "Now, the idea of thinking that T caved for him!" They wero on the; road now. "I say, dark, whatever did i wo quarrel about!" It was an interesting subject, and lasted until they were safe in tho hotel j below, and then they agreed that they would never, never refer to tho matter again. Yet there came very near boing another rupture as thay sat on tho porch after supper. "I may have been silly, and all that," at.n M.l,f /.!. llii'ii!.- it' 4li,? ha-l omno ftlonj*? " "CouMn't," J-ai 1 .Fuck, "\vi111 :i lail *1?. "The train ?a-< a i ilo below you when . i ? ? * ?yoil jjui e.iu0a! "Then," alio began, resentfully, *1 was doubly silly, and I nm sure I am no match for such a man?" "Don't bo throwing up my superiority to mo agaiu," ho said, drawing her toward him in a resistless way. "If you nro doubly silly, you nro doubly dear to me." And slio had to lot it go at that.? Chicago ltecord. HUNTING WORTH TELLING ADOUT. Soiuo of tlio KxplQlts of Seloua, t!io Famous F.leplinnt Hunter. Frederick Coutonay Scions, tlio famous South African huuter, who was a delcgato to tho convention of British Scientists at Toronto, lias gono to tHo llocky Mountains to enjoy tlie scenery and try his luck at bringing down big game. For twenty-threo years Mr. Scions was a South African lmnter. His first object was to mako a living by hunting elephants for their ivory, tho proceeds of each elephant killed being $250. When this business became shirk for want of elephants within reach ho turned his attention to tho hunting of lions, tigers and othor wild animals for their skins, and all tho museums of Europo and America, including tho Field Columbian Museum of Chicago, contain tho fruits of his achievements in that field. Later on, when tho troubles broko out in South Africa, bo was the guide, philosopher ami friend of tho British Government. During liis brief stay in Chicago, Mr. Selons was interviewed by a Times-Herald reporter, who writes of him thus: Mr. Selons is forty-five years old, fivo feet ten inches tall and weighs 170 pounds. Tie is as straight as a plumb lino. His shoulders and hips are broad and square, and his waist visibly narrower. He looks and walks like a trained athlete, and as if his muscles wero wiro cables and his nerves watchspring steel. There never was a man whose figure more obviously expressed strength, activity, agility, daring and endurance. Scions had his first experience in elephant hunting in Matabelcland through the favor of King Lobongu'a. Tho latter at first ridiculed tho idea of a "hoy" hunting elephants, and bluntly informed him that antelopes wore nearer his size. Arguments and entreaties followed, and at Inst Lobengula said: "Well, if you are not afraid of the elephants hurting you, I am certainly not afraid of your hurting thorn. Ho you can go on and hunt a:< inn?': a*> you choose." Scions promptly took the King at his word, and it was not long before the elephants were so thinned out that it did not pay to hunt theui in Matubeleland. Whether young Scions was n good hunter or not may ho inferred from the record. Between .Tuna 5 and December 5, 1871, lie shot twenty-four elephants, nine rhinoceros, one hipponoUuUlfiU fi?tYCa ZalwAO. ? inihKov of .it.. (1 less size. During the year 1877 ho killed twenty il pliants, ten rhinoceros, four hippopotami, 100 buffaloes, forty-eight .tebras, thirteen lions and enough of oilier monsters to make 518 in all. First and last ho has killed over twenty lions, and on one occasion he killed three of them with four shots. As to the dangers of the hunt, he oft rot came near paying with his own 1 i o for the life of the beast. On one occasion ho was following up a herd of elephants in the Valley of Dett, i.iion suddenly a great bull turned an I chased him. lie saved his life by scramming into a forest ot thorn Im.-dies, which tore his primitive garments to shreds ami made n pin cushion of his body. When tho Civil War Kmletl. Many pcoplo think Appomattox marked tho end of tho war, us Sumter did its beginning. As a matter of fact, the war did not ond oiiieiully until August 'JO, 1800, when President Johnson issued a proclamation announcing that war was at an end, ami that peace, order and tranquility and civil authority existed in ail the States. While Lee's surrender was not the end of Iho war, it was the beginning of tho end. Johnson surrended 01 April 20, "Pick" Taylor on May 1, i and Kirhy Smith not until May 'J'?. On May Id, more than a month after Leo's .surrender, a sharp light took place at Palmetto ranch, in Texas, which is called by Jefferson Davis and other authorities tho last battle of the war. Tho commander of tho Union j troops, mostly colored, says in his report : "The last volley of tho war, il i< heWaved, was lired l?y tho Sixty-second United States Colored Infantry, about sunset on. May Id, 18(1"), between! White's ranch and tho Do-a Ohicn, xoxas. in mis JlgUT, wiuell took plaeo on tho American side of the Itio Grando Uiver, tho Mexican Imperialists sent over a body of cavalry, which ailed the Confederates in their hint and successful attack. On .Time Id Tennessee was declared at peace; .Tune '2-5 tho blockade was raised; July 22 Grant male his last, ofilcinl report; April 2, ]830, proclamation that Georgia, Hi>utit Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, 'jLVnnessoe, Alabama, Lnni.iana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Florida are tranquil, issued by the President. August 20, 18th>, war ouicinlly declared ended. Tito latter dato was in 1807 fixed l>y Congress as the ollleiul and legal dato of the close ol tho war.?New York World. Milk ItrlckM. Milk bricks are now sold in the wanner countries of Europe. It if frozen solid, and in broken olViapicecf as required. In Copenhagen, Denmark, n c unpany has been formed nnc arrangements have been completedfot tho export of frozen milk. Contractf r.ro already mado for tho delivery o! of 110,000 pounds per week. STORY OF THE EARRING. POSSIBLE REVIVAL OF A ' TIMEHONORED FASHION* ^5 V A lind^e of Servitude Among tho Bebrews and T**-riilrlniin fit Ancient ^ ltoine Katrines Were Qenonllr Worn, "" nnil Very Heavy?Once Won My Men. Iu England tho QueonV jabiloe Bo?enis to havo created a pendency toward tho revival of the earring, and a writer in tho Golden Penny devotes Rome space to a history of that rolio of barbarism. Tho custom of studding the person with gems is of extreme antiquity, and the fashion of piercing the ear lobes for the purpose of sfMtnining gems set in gold has been followed by most races from tho earliest times to tho present day. Homer describes liow Juno placed pondants in tho lobes of her ears. Ear-drops were presented In Kmnlu?. T?.C 1 .v A.injuniuuo Mi a Via-IU|)Vt IIUU KUlUUg the Athenians it \vns ? mark of uobility to liuve tlio cava bored. Among the Phoenicians, however, the wearing of earrings was the badge of servitude, and the saino custom obtained with the Hebrews. The rabbis ussert that Evo's ears wcro bored whwr alio was exiled from Edon as a sign of slavery and submission to the will of her lord aud master. The Egyptian women wore singlo hoops of gold in their ears, and iu Biblical times the custom appears to have been universal. They appeir* to have beou regarded ns the most cherished possessions of their wearers, and wero only parted with under great stress of necessity. Thus tho golden calf is supposed to have been ma le entirely from tho gold earrings of tho people. Among tho Arabs the expression "to have a ring in one's ear..* is synonymous with "to he n slave," and to tho present day an Arab TT BYZANTINE (SIXTH CENTURY). who has boon conquered by another places a ring through his oar as a sign of obedience nnd servitude. 80 general was tho use of errings in Rome and so heavy were they, that there were women whose profession was that of "earliealers" who tended orlnfured'ffro lobes wTlfi" tlftn^e^Eit of tho pendants. These " "specialist* were known as nuriculoo ornatirei. At ouo period tho Roman man took to wearing earrings, but the custom was forbidden by Alexander Sever lis, while in Greece the children wore an earring in the right ear only. Coming to more modern times, tho fashion of wearing earrings appears to have been general in England from tiie Conquest. Tho early Saxons appear to have worn rings of plain gold in their ears, while in the fourteenth century these appear to have been decorated with small pearls. In the reign of Elizabeth earrings were adopted by men of fashion and, the custom spread until James I's time all the courtiers had their cars pierced. Tho earring worn by men took tho form of either plain wire rings, or crosses or triangle.': or gold studded with gems. There is a very ancient notion which is still held by country folks that, the piercing of the ears is good for the sight. The origiu of this belief is lost, but it lias obtained for centuries. It is scarcely necessary to state that the belief is qiiito without foundation. In the middle ages it was the custom for lovers to present earrings to their mistresses, the persons who were about to be married used to stick a llower through the ring or over the ear, much as a clerk would a pen, as a sign of their being engaged. A carious variety of earring much worn during tho reigns of Elizabeth and Tames I. was tho ear string. This has been alluded to by many writers. CBtEK ja - A V: j" 5 <;) r ^Vv-^// ,T> If Thus in tho AVostniinitor drolleries wo lind: Yet for thy sake I w II not hore mine onro To liniifj thy ilusllrss silken shoo tics there. And Mar? Ion, in liis satires, pub; lishod in 1598, has: ! What tnaan ; t thou, him that walks nil 1 opoii-hroasifd, 1 Drawn throw tin- ear with ribands? As t ? win till r slio wearing of wires throu :'\ the ears is likely to ramo into ! etieva! fashion nguin in tliis country l wo do not oiler any opinion. There THE EARTH-3 P0PULA1 OCEANIA ET? 10,000.00^^^ EUROPE 400,000,000., WSj Oji tl?o Continent of Asia livo E more than the number of Xorth nud So must, wo should imagine, always bo a prejudice against tho mortification of the flesh necessary, and the custom of having children's eais pierced has ceased to bo general for many years. But tho dictates of fashion are tickle, and it is just possible that wo may see leaders of fashion wearing both ear and nose rings before the close of tho century. "Who knows? A MOVING FORTRESS. Cliilmctt to lin the Dcstriictlvc Agent J*vor t'seil In WinfHre. The German Emperor is having a new lighting mnchino constructed for army use in the liehl which, it. is claimed, will bo the most destructive agent ever used in warfare. It is known as the battle-line destroyer, and it lias been chiefly designed by Krupp, the great gunmaker, at whose works at Essen it is now building. Many features of it, however, have been suggested by the Emperor himself, who will personally tako possessit n of the first one constructed. Tho battle-line destroyer will have the outward form and size of a Pullman car, with tho difference that tho wheels are not visible, tho walls of tho ear reaching to tho ground. These walls v ill ho of tho very sides wfl nn aj.1 four sticking out like tho bristles of a porcupine. The walls will ho pierced by numerous portholes, that open and ! shin automatically. Behind these portholes will he machine guns to throw shot and explosives. Tho crew of each car will con- ' | sist of only twelve men. Tho car will | run on very broad wheels resting on | immensely strong springs. It will I lie on its own vails and will ho able to I I do so in any d bred direction. The destroyers are to remain under j the eye of the Commanding General until tho battle is well uuder way. I h Iffl "**<?** a ^ ''A?-V -': -'' 1 Wua'"**"' lIM tft'i.j3 -V^ 'T ; -. V. ^ ' V - ^NX\ V-V#>,X ill1" T1IK NP.W FIOIITINO MArniXI?. j Then, v. lion groat mftssesof tho enemy l are engaged, the car will lie sent against them. Herr Ivrnpp is said to have demons'rated to tho Emperor that tlie battleline destroyer will make cavalry attacks unnecessary, hi fact, the soldiers will only engage in skirmishing after tho destroyers have been introduced. Tt has been a question whether the cars will bo able to withstand heavy artillery fire. Ivrupp says they will, the prongs warding off shot and tho machine being too heavy to be over* t irown. A f.old I.cnf TYuiple. Not in America, not even in the Klondike, but in tli.i far-off East, at i'angoon, tho capital of Ibiruiah, is situated the famous golden nncrodn of ft Ruldist temple, tho whole of the exterior of which is 0110 muss of shimmering gold. This generous coating of the metn! is tho result of years and ytars of offerings to Buddha, for devotees from all parts of tho world come to Rangoon and bring packets of gold leaf, which they place on the pagoda. During the last century the King of Rurmah gave his (literal) weight in gold to tho walls of the pagoda, nn offering worth il'JOOl) sterling. A Ileo-I.liie. The eyes of bees aro made to see gteat distances. When absent front their hive they go up in the air till they see their homo, and then tly toi ward it in a straight line and with i great speed. The shortest lino bo 1 tweeii two places is sometimes called n | "bco-linc."?St. Nicholas. riON SHOWN BY COHPARATIVB FIOURES OP THE RACES. ~ * '^lj| ASIA 9oo,ooo.ooo-? I NT^STAMERICA __mo.ooo.ooo, ^ DO,000,000 l)oincr? over twice the population of Europe and almost seven times iiitii American inhabitants. Africa is third in number of people. TROT, PACE AND RUN. Smallest Hook in Iho World. Dcucripiion or the Various Motion# of tho Tho smallest book in the w or Id is Homo When Kxtcmleii. not much larger thau a man's thuinbWlien in full motion tho runner nail. It was made in Italy by a firm strides with both frout feet at the of Padua publishers, tho Sal rain same time, following with tho hind, Brothers. It i?. four-to iths of an in^H and leaving the ground first with the high and about a quarter of an inch front. In ether words it is a "fore- wide. The volume contains 208 pages, and-aft" action. each having nine liucs and from nineThe pacer moves by lifting both feet ty-five to 100 letters. The text" iB an of the samo side simultaneously, and unpublished letter written by the fami i ii i Wr. r . TROTTING, TACINO AND RUNNING. is known as a "side-wlioeler." It is a mft"u mih?mu ^ natura gait. to Mme. Ohristiue, of Lorraine, in the ' In the trot, when going slow, there is year 1615. , The next smallest book is always one foot on the ground, a part issued by the same rirni. It is an ediof the time two and a part of tlio time tion of Dante's "Divine Comedy," bethree. When fast, there aro two in- ing a little more than au inch high, a torvals in each stride when all of tho littlo less than an inch wide, with type feet are o-Tthe ground, tho horso leav- so small that it takes a mi.voscope to ing the ground from the hind feet in read the letters. succession, whilo in the run ho loaves the ground from a fore foot. Tho Why oi<l Clock* Have nil. limbs of the trotter movo in pairs, di- every ono wj10 iooka at the dial agonally, but not quite simultaneously, of ft clock knmVtJ lhnt tho four r? even in tho square trot. llio trot are ju place of the .usual IV. to is not n natui al gait. designate the number -i are there bellio fastest marks at the tineo ways cauSe Gf tko obstinacy of Charles V, I of going, and the number of feet that of Frftuce> Wlien Henry Tick carried the champion runner, pacer and trot- t() tho Kinff tho first ll!.pnratfi Mock tor eovereu m a minute, uro as fol- '% T . .7 "T,r"" i vs. the King said to hiui that the IV. was ?t>S' o i 1 o-. i wrong and should ba changed to IIII. Ilunner, Salva'.or, l.Jo.1.; 1 nnnute, ir- i i ,?ir -?r Oo.r . . ' ' ' ' Vicksaid: "ion aro wrong, yourMaj* a' ? ct ,i> i i rrv. . osty." Whereat tho King thundered "fiS f "i 51 ' "n*- "I am wrong. Toko it "Trotter, Mix, 2.0:!;; 1 minute, S559 <V>'? J, ?" ' !ho ^ronl , , ' ' 4' ' that time to this day the four I's have c0 * stood as the mark of the fourth hour. rnpaui s<-iiven?jer?. ?Seattle Post-Intelligoucor. The crustaceans aro among the important scavengers of the sea nml aro T ,rrot at<he" C!l vKcn*. also valuable as food for llshes. The ?.J- Austin, a merchant at Kansas colleciion of crabs, shrimps, and lob- a "?0 ina'/.iliau pairot tuat stcrs for,as large industries all over J3 ibo Possessor of hyo little the world, contributing directly to the bantam chickens which the big bird support of man. In Delaware the matches over and cares for as if they , horseshoe crab is used as guano, while re her Aow" 1,VO?a* ho *** the collection of rossil crabs, as trilo- tho rarrot, although minuted, laulUo bites, is a peculiar industry. The egg?- These were taken from her and fresh-M ater craylisli produces a concre- ~ tion usctl as an antacid, well known to chemists. Wo owe many of the beau* f [ ties of our summer tields to insects, / * 5|?a,? all of which have their special func- jK'-. jl tions and use. Even tho persecuted \ Ilea may render man a service by keep- -A J t a ing the drowsy watch dog awake, 3 while tho mosquito in tropical cohn- v ft tries may aid in preventing the human Vo inhabitants from living a continual ?) siesta. fev.T The flies are among the most valua- j&y '4 i bio insect scavengers. Tho spiders "** prey upon flics, holding tlieni in check. / I Tlio silk of tlio spider is used as a ?1**" \&f? eX%>'/ cross line in asiroiiomical instruments, ~ >' v and that of a licrmuda species as sew- "9Z~. \jX-t ing silk. Ilridgo makers have ob- *~^-Xl j" tallied valuable suggestions from these "** silent workers, from whoso web one of rox,r.Y an*d nun rnu c,iick3. the Kinirs of l'rance is said to have ~~ , ~ r.n,i in. a lialf-dozcn smnlI chickens eggs were nm lo a coat. dassuoppei a a.vi 10- . j enntn .110 rm.mie> of vivilizvnl man, bat !" ,h? T" .-.H are oat cm, l.y .ho Iiulianu, while in the with her l.tlh, chic,konn peep. .Malay country the 1'y is eon- >"? ?CT?ch"y? ?>onthev, nnj. flirlerecl n tlelieuey?Ai-pletoi.' i'opu- many people step to view the strange lar Science Monthly. 81^V* 1 *1 t n. _ It is a very nnusnnl thing for the Slcvl ,Invite Than Utone. P"rr,ot lo brc?1' "8"? trora ""V'1'8 It in ennier to crush the 1,anient i""1 "mX" the nu.nt favorable . , 4l . . circumstances, and it is more reraarkstono known than steel. Corundum . . .. . .. ' . . . . . ... i able that tho parrot should adopt the was chosen for tho stouo n a recent ... . 1 ... 1 ? t .. o.voi t / oil *...,0 chickens as her own ollspring, experiment. A weight ot six tons 1 ? smashed tho corundum, but forty-two tons were required to crush tiie steel. The returns r.ho v that tho average With a loud explosion tho steel l!ow cotton spindle in tho United States : into powder, and sparks uro said to produces more tlmn twice ns much have bored minute holes in the erv^li- yarn as tho nverago cotton si>indle iu ! ing machino. Orcat Britain. > "*