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A HULL FIGHT.
HOW THE BRUTAL SPORT IS
CONDUCTED IN SPAIN.
Three Kinds of Dulls— Duties of the
Men Who Fight dm Brutes
— Raising Bulls for
th« King.
W HATEVER posing tho is more thing than stirring may the the morality be,nothing and im¬ of
first part
of nn extensive bull fight, There is
tho ceremonious entrance to the blare
of trumpets, the procession of historic
costumes, crimson, pale blue, white
and canary, pea green, silver, white
and pink, scarlet, black, dark blue
and whiP and over all tho brilliant
sunlight- and the enthusiasm of an
audience blazing with excitement.
. d In ring at Tarragona has seats for
17,000 people—more than the entire
population of Hus little city on tho
Mi-diP rrunean, write* a New York Re
rordi-r correspondent, and yet the
scats are often full, for tho country
P< 'pin flock in, on foot, on donkeys,
ll-Kys, horses and in bullock-cart,
When the great band strikes up the
stirring march, when the thousands
on the benches begin to move them
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<««» to tln;ir ftivorilo fio-M. r,, who,,
llo long i.roeew-io,, glitter, in the
ring, you have a scene before you not
tq,‘ »o forgotten.
r Tlie central idea of a bull fight is to
show 1 lie courage ami dexterity of
llll'II. It, is acknowledged that the bull
is more than a man’s match- the bull
with his strength, ferocity and sharp
horns the man iirmc ! onlv with a
slender sword. Tim man must kill
the bull with but a sin rle stroke ; this
stroke must be deliven 1 iu a special
spot, behind the shoulders, and to
give this stroke the man must face the
bull. All tins is delicate ami danger
ous wit ness the lamentable death of
the young and handsome Espartero,
killed ir, the ring at Madrid by a bull
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of no great courage, cunning or force
of character. When I speak of a bull’s
moral Tjualities, it is no idle word.
Bulls are ol three kinds, and whenever
a new bull jumps into the ring the
people know by his first movements
just what kind of a hull lie is. Bulls
are levantados, parados and aplomados
just as men are heedless, indolent
and well balanced.
1 he levantado, the giddy or thought¬
less bull, rushes immediately, with a
in high head, across the ring, lie makes
turn for every side, he leaps and
dashes, often comically. Then he
charges oil tho horses and tho men
who ride them. He is an easy bull to
kill. His adversary knows how he will
ni he is a bull who jumps directly
u the last thing taking his attention,
I he parade, or lazy bub, comes on
in a little trot, then stops, wheels
around and returns to tlie gate whence
he emerged. But it is necessary to
distrust a lazy bull. Sometimes lie
becomes irritated in the very midst of
liis laziness, and then he is a terrible
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BULLS IN the STALLS.
opponent. There is no counting with
him then. His character is changed.
The aplomado, or level-headed bull,
however, is the most dangerous of all.
Nothing is more splendid than his en
trance to the ring. He stands before
the public with his head thrown up,
without excitement. Ilis air is so ma
jestic that tho people shout. He
scarcely notices tho enemies, but
seems to look entirely at the audience.
as if to ask their admiration. Tliou
pounding on the ground with his fore
feet, ho rushes surely at tho spears
man mounted on his shaky and blind
foldod horse. Throughout the fight
he takes care not to tire himself, but
shows au intelligence and decision
that amount to generalship. It is not
strange he should—the Spanish right
iug bull is not a common bull.
The music has ceased playing, and
the fight commences. The bull is iu
the ring and he is being teased by men
with red cloaks, which they flaunt be
fore him. He is a slender animal, with
small hind quarters, but with a tremen
dous neck and shoulders, lie israther
small than large. His horns are
straight and sharp, and he is quite
quick and tricky. They fiauut their
cloaks before his face, escape by a mere
inch; they jump the fence. But for
the horse there is no escape. The
horses are poor creatures, ready for
the shambles. They wtr.ud be killed
anyway, for they are useless and de
orepit. The reason for the introdne
tion of tha horses is (l) to show the
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vigor of the bull, who tosses them
with wicked strength; (2) it is to tire
the bull a little, in order that a single
handed man ma y face him ; (3) it is to
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give the bull a smell of blood, that
being naturally what ho himself is
fighting for; and (4)—it must be said
—it is to give the people themselves a
| sm. ll of blood. Tin y like tho blood !
, Tin, fl s l,tor, who h„vo w»ved the
| elonk. aro toreadors; tho men who ritle
( the horses are the picadors, and those
who come in after three or four or
| seven horses have been killed are ban
derilleros. The coming of each set of
men is like a new act in a tragedy.
And their coming and their going are
marked by long flourishes of trumpets.
Each of the banderilleros holds two
beribboned darts, which he must stick
in the bull’s neck. It is a matter of
great skill and danger. I saw a ban
dcrillcro ruined for life at Madrid in
tho spring of 1892. The reason why
they prick the hull with these steel
darts is to make him ferocious after he
is tired. It is a trying thing to watch
the daring ami the danger of the bau-
derilleros. The bull comes with arush
upon the nimble fellows, who evade
him by a hair’s breadth. Each evasion
and each trick of their bravado has its
name, and is applauded by the thou¬
sands on the benches.
The trumpets blo\y again and the
drum rolls. It is the entrance of the
matador—tho “toreador,” as lie is in¬
correctly called in “Carmen.” He is
the high professional who holds the
sword. So lie is called “espada,”
swordsman, which is the name lie pre¬
fers. After the Paris Exposition of
1889 when they (the Duke of Veragua
and others) were trying to maintain a
permanent bull ring in tho City of
Light, there was an outcry in the
papers, saying that such cruelty was
not in the French character. The
Courrier Francais brought out a car¬
toon by Willette, which, being circu¬
lated throughout Spain by humane
Spaniards with a missionary zeal, pro¬
voked the bitter curses of the popu¬
lace. It showed a black-faced “es
padn,” or “swordsman,” iu a bullring
with a dying bull behind him. He
was starting back, in guilty friglit,
from a fair, shadowy female figure
representing France. She pointed to
liis sword, which she had broken at
his feet, and said : “The sword is not
for the butcher!”
The matador must kill a crazy aui
mal. The bull is weakened, but the
banderilleros with their darts, have
gixen him a temporary strength, which
comes from his aroused ferocity. For
a few moments he is stronger even
than at first, although it is a strength
that cannot last. In these few mo¬
full danger, the espada .
ments, ot must
dispatch him. Do not tal.v. of com
aroiee . .These espadas are tho bravest
kind ot men.
The drum sounds. Come now, let !
us kill him! He calls to the Presi- ;
dent: “I greet your worship aud all
amateurs and all men of courage!
Ole!” lie has a fl a S oue hand,
He tries the bull with a great wave,
A little more and there would be one
matador the less. What an escape:
Now, Ajaja! That came off well!
“Take that!” Ah! He feared to
strike. A hiss. Now every one is
quiet. Now for a stroke! Oof! The
sword bends ; it lias struck a bone,
He strikes again, like lightning!
“Long live my merit aud my art!
And let it be as God wills!” Applause,
applause, applause! It was a great
stroke. There is uo blood from
bull’s mouth. He has been struck
straight through the heart, not in the
lungs. The bull sways, drunken,
Then he comfortably settles on his
knees. Then he sits down as if he
were to go to sleep at night. Then
he is dead.
The matador is walking round the
ring and bowing, while cigars, oranges
and hats and flowers rain down on
him by thousands. It is a way the
audience has of showing its delight
aud admiration.
The fighting bulls of Andalusia have
their breeding places chosen for them
as if they were young princes with a
taste for natural scenery, or gods mas
querading, as they one time did, in
bovine shape. No valley is too fresh
and sweet with odorous herbs for them,
no stream of mountain source tt>o vir
ginal and cool for their hot youthful
hides to wallow iu. The young bulls
have i von chaperons to keep* them
company and keep them out of harm,
There are the cabestros, verv intelli-
gent ox?d, who fulfill toward them the
office of guide, philosopher and friend
from their youth up. As soon as »
young bull goes beyond the limits of
his natural pasturage these cabestros,
without even an order from tho guard
i-H\ dash after him, ringing their
bells which hang from their fat necks.
They soon surround the yoUng de
sorter, who, without tho least resist
ance comes back with a lowered head,
as if he were ashamed.
The usefulness of these cabestros is
no less even in the bull ring. From
time to time young bulls are tested in
the ring, with leather balls around
their horns. A crowd of boys climb
down from out the audience and show
off their skill by teasing him and slip¬
ping from him. There is not much
danger for the boys, excepting broken
ribs, and for tho bull there is not even
pain. They tease him with their coats,
but may not strike him. But he gets
excited, rushing furiously, and you
cannot make him leave the ring, Or.
as it sometimes happens, a brave and
intelligent bull at a real fight is spared
liis life at the demand of the audience,
or disables two men or kills one. Ir
each case he must go free. But it
would be iu vain to try to drive him
from the ring, Yet it is sufficient that
these good old oxen should appeal
ringing the remembered bells of his
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!’ 1,8 pear <>re laid. It is a bit <n a
branch some two feet long, broken
, us ^ er a hlteen ^-y^-old large and tree, perfect and along pears, it
ih f y nre ^ et ,uul Wrently
no more t It grown. The gu>f
co ««t , is one of the best places in ths
( ' <)Un r - v 1,,r f llu culture ot this fruit,
f 118 year the pear trees along the
coast h ave suffered some from the
blight ior the first time in many years,
but the damage so far to the crop is
not serious. There are many other
kinds of fruit that flourish to perfec¬
tion along tho coast, notably grapes
and scuppernougs, figs and persim¬
mons.—New Orleans Picayune.
Oiliest Mason in tlie United Stales.
The oldest Freemason in the United
States, Adna Adams Treat, was born
in Hartford, Conn., April 8, 1797. In
1823 he became a member of Apollo
Lodge of Troy, N. Y., and he is still
a member of that organization. In
1825 he married Miss Jane Reilay, of
Troy, who died October 28, 1890. For
a number of years Mr. Treat has lived
in Denver, Co!., with his daughter,
the wife of Doctor Burnham, of that
city. Ho is the oldest churchman in
the West.
In early life this aged Mason was
engaged in the picture frame buiness
in Hartford. He was one of the foun¬
ders ot “the Troy Looking-Glass Man¬
ufactory.” In 1830 he removed to
Syracuse and engaged in the grain
trade. Subsequently he resided in
Ohio and Indiana, going westward
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ADNA ADAMS TREAT.
with the population of the period. He
was eighty years of age when he began
the wiiting of poems of an anniver¬
sary and descriptive character. His
description of the Rocky Mountains
and the poem written on the ninety
sixth anniversary of his birth have
been published.
The old Mason and his bride, Jane
Reilay, were regarded as the hand¬
somest couple m Troy back iu 1825.
Mr. Treat is hale and hearty in his
ninety-eighth year and bids fair tc
reach the concluding years of the cen¬
tury. He has been a Mason more
than seventy years.—New York Times.
The greatest naval review of mod
ern times was bv Queen Victoria in
1S5i at the beginning of the Crimean
war The fleet extended in an un
broken line for five miles and corn
prised 300 men-of-war, with twice that
number of store and supply ships. The
fleet was manned by 40,000 seamen.
The Greek common people not only
paid no taxes, but received large ap
propriatious from the State in the
shape of free shows and names.
There are 220,000 men of all nations
iu tlie British army.
When the “Kid'’ Turned.
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FASHION’S FANCIES.
STUDIES IX THE DRESSMAKER
AXD THE MILLINER’S ARTS.
flow the Delicate Fabrics of This Sea¬
son Arc Made Up—A Pretty
Dress of Dimity—Hat In
Brown Straw.
^ « ,|||| ]THE special study of how tbe dress¬ make
maker just now is to
up to the very best advantage
• the thin and delicate fabrics
with which the markets are filled.
This, says the Ledger, is a season of
semi-transparent materials, and who¬
ever has the time, patience and ingen¬
uity to devise new ways of putting
them together is just so much ahead
in the fashionable race.
There is a fancy for puffs of various
widths, and waists made up with vel¬
vet ribbon or galloon and puffs alter¬
nating are among the latest and most
admired caprices. A novelty in this
line is a costume of dotted silk-mull
and velvet, The spots and the velvet
match in color, and the thin goods are
cut in strips the width of the velvet,
very closely gathered and overseamed
to the ribbon. A fashion of putting
these materials together
more easily than this is to join the
puffs by means of a plain strip and
sow the velvet on over it.
Rolling the edges of a rutile or puff
and sewing it over and over has be
come almost a lost art, and dress
makers have had no end of trouble in
finding skilled workwomen to under
take this portion of the task. In some
waists the puffs are graduated so that
all of them run narrower at the waist
line. They are of equal width where
they meet the belt and nearly double
the width at the upper part of the
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waist. Long streamers of the same
velvet ribbon fall from the shoulders,
and a rosette is worn at the belt. This
style of trimming is much, liked, being
specially suited for dressy costumes.
With a waist of this sort, a skirt is
made with the material in folds, and
sections of velvet matching the ribbon
are arranged as panels. Another pretty
dress is made of mull with the finest
of dots in color. The skirt is very
full and slightly draped, there being
an underskirt effect across the front
and side-widths. This lower skirt is
trimmed with wide bands of insertion
above a scant and very narrow ruffle.
The drapery is perfectly plain, with a
deep hem. The waist has three rows
of insertion, one around the lower
edge just above the belt, the other one
immediately below the arms and the
third around the shoulders and over
the bust. Above this upper row the
material is shirred to form a yoke. It
is a nice little task to shirr a yoke in
to fit the figure perfectly, and upon
the accuracy of the lines and the ar¬
rangement of the fullness depends
much of the effect of the garment. In
this instance, the gathers are as per¬
fectly laid as though by machinery.
This is secured by making the stitches
exactly of a length and the rows an
equal distance all around. The sleeves
of this dress are a departure from or¬
dinary models. They are almost
straight, having sufficient curve over
1 he tops to make them fit perfectly,
and they are not gathered in any band,
but fall loosely from the arms just be
low the elbows. They are made with
three rows of insertion, equal distance
apart, the lower row forming the edge
of the sleeve. The dress is elaborately
trimmed with ribbons of the color of
the dot in the goods.
The lavish use of insertion in some
the newest imported designs is one of
the features of the making-up of thin
fabrics.
The charming gown in the double
column illustration is in fine lined
silk, arranged with red and yellow
shot silk gauze and paste buttons;
guipure lace and gold straw hat, flow¬
ers toning with shades in gown. The
make of this gown is extremely novel
and stylish and suit-able for any fete.
* ‘smoking dresses. ”
Tailor made costumes, known under
a new name, “Smoking Dresses, ” are
as great favorites as ever. Their nov
elty consists in a waistcoat of whiie,
spotted or fancy cheeked piqae, with
stiff starched shirt front, high collar
and small cravat. A medium sized
sailor hat, toque or Bolero are the
only form of head gear allowable with
such a dress.
PRETTY DRESS OF DIMITY.
Dimity makes a pretty dress, and it
is one of the few wash fabrics that one
feels dressed up in. I saw a very taste
ful garden partv gown made from it
early and* this week. It was of pale blue,
the waist had au <?dd, though
simple, decoration of lace on the
jacket.
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Inserting* sewed together formed
the decoration up to a height oi six
inches. The full vest was of white
dimity. The odd ribbon trimming
was o{ moire, and the beauty of
is that ma y easily removed
wheu laundering is necessary. The
best dimity is twenty-five cents per
7» rJ * Cheaper may be found for iif
teen cents,
FRENCH CAMBRIC SKIRTS.
Some of the French cambrics are as
pretty as silk. There are flower de-
signs of pink, lavender, rose, helio
trope and buff’ for underskirts thai
have only to be seen to be appreci¬
ated. These prints made into under¬
skirts, dressing jackets and nigh!
robes, are not as popular hero as
abroad, but that is the American wo¬
man’s loss. In London and Paris a
pretty batiste skirt, with embroidered
ruffles and silk diaw string, only costs
eighty cents. They are shop laun¬
dered and worn on the street.
HAT IN BROWN STRAW.
The hat in the illustration is made
of brown straw, with a crown of
amour encircled by a band of black
watered silk, fastened in the front
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with a red rose and with a jetted os¬
prey ; at the back is a white lace bow,
wired to stand out aggressively, and
beneath the brim, again, appear two
roses resting on the hair. It is very
attractive and stylish.
TO KEEP MUSLINS CRISP.
To keep muslin dresses looking
fresh they should not be allowed to
bang in closets with woolen dresses,
or where the door is opened frequent¬
ly. A dress that is kept in a wardrobe
divan retains its sparkling crisp long
after one that is left hanging in a
much used closet. If you have no
wardrobe divan lay the skirt in a ba¬
rf au drawer and-fold the skirt over
the top, not at the bottom. Then put
the waist in a dress box, with all the
ribbons and accessories, If bureau
drawers are soarce there is still anoth
er pj an> Bay half a dozen of the long
j j ress boi.es that dry goods stores use
bold readv-made crowns when sent
home. Put the skirt and waist into
one of these. These boxes can be
piled under the bed or lonnsre and so
kept out of sight, Even the damp¬
ness that enters a room through an
] open vindow is sufficient to take the
, crispness out of muslins and organdies,
and they never look as well afterward
Instances were known in the early
history oi several of the 'A estern
{ ’ States A taxes being paid in cooa
skins and beaver pelts.
Medicine for Horses,
Few people understand how to ad¬
minister medicino properly to a
horse. Even when well the animal
will instantly reject any food of an
Unpleasant taste, and when sick, and
consequently irritable, the difficulty
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is greatly increased. The mediciuo
must be given quietly and skilfully,
or the thrashing about of the animal
in its efforts at resistance will do more
harm than the good effected by the
drug.
If the medicine is in a liquid form
it may be administered by tying up
the head of the horse as high as pos¬
sible, putting up boards to prevent
being struck by the fore feet, pouring
the mixture from a bottle, and hold¬
ing the head high until the horse is
obliged to swallow.
The easiest method when the medi¬
cine is to be given as a paste, which
is oftentimes necessitated from the
decided distaste which tho horse has
for the drug, refusing to eat it with
the food—is to mix the medicine with
bran, making a sticky mass that can
bo rolled into a ball. This may bo
wrapped in a small piece of tissue
paper, so as to keep it from the nui
mal’s tongue.
The person administering should
bare the right arm and stand in front
of the horse, a little to tho right, and
with tho left hand take hold of the
horse’s tongue, draw it gently from
the mouth, placing it on that part of
the lower jaw that is bare of teeth.
It is a good precaution to place the
tongue between the molar teeth to
prevent the horse closing his mouth
and biting the arm. The right hand
holding the ball is now inserted in
the horse’s mouth as shown in tho
accompanying cut, and tbe ball de¬
posited at the root of the tongue.
The right hand is then withdrawn,
the tongue released, and a small hand¬
ful of hay offered to the horse at
once, the head being still held up.
In the movement made to eat the hay
he sw’allows tho ball, and its course
dowui the gullet may be seen by watch¬
ing the side of the neck.—-New York
World.
An Improvement in Churns.
An improvement in the oi dinary
box-shaped concussion churn has been
made in Australia. The improvement
consists simply in having two square
apertures, one opposite the other, in¬
stead of the one aperture which is the
rule in ordinary churns. The second
opening permits thorough ventilation
after the operation of churn ng is
concluded, and also enables the clean¬
ing to be much more effectually done
than under tho old condition.—New
York World.
A New Method ot Canning.
The French industry of icing milk
is an original departure in canned
commodities. The milk is frozen and
placed in block form into tins, and on
the part of the purchaser requires to
be melted previous to use. Being
hermetically sealed, the commodity
thus iced preserves its form until it is
required, when a minute’s exposure to
the sun's rays or the heat of the fire
is all that is necessary to reduce it to
a liquid condition.—New York World.
The Dagger That Killed Carnot.
The accompanying cut is an au¬
thentic representation of the dagger
used by the assassin Cesario in taking
the life of President Carnot. Cesario
remained in Cette, where he had been
working for several months in a
bakery, until June 23d, when he left
for Lyons, the scene of tho crime.
The dagger was purchased in Cette
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on June 22d, two days before the
murder, from a cutler in the Rue
Gambetta named Guillaume. The tri¬
angular blade is very sharp and meas¬
ures sixteen centimetres, about 0^ in¬
ches, from the point to the guard. Its
greatest thickness is 2r centimetres,
about an inch. It bears the usual
Spanish incriptions, ou one side “To¬
ledo,” and on the other “Recuerdo.”
How Ouail Are Caught.
When frightened a quail will always
hold liis head up. This fact is always
taken advantage of by trappers, and
vast numbers of them are caught by
tho simplest of means. All that is
necessary is a box with an opening
through which the birds cau pass,
trail them into the box with corn, and
when once in the box they will never
get out, because the hole being at the
bottom they will look up and never
see it. Another characteristic of quails
assists the trappers; they will all fol¬
low their leader, and when he enters
the box the entire covey is caught.
—Cincinnati (Ohio) Enquirer.
Remunerative Young Fruit Farm.
Seven years ago a fruit-grower set
out 1000 fruit trees on sage-brush
land on the Columbia River, sixteen
miles north of Wilbur, Oregon, and
has since added 3000 trees to his or¬
chard. Last year five acres of his
peaches were bearing and 3980 boxes
of the fruit were sent, to the Spokane
market. From three acres of straw¬
berries 27,000 boxes were picked. He
obtaied about 35000 as the product ol
his comparative young fruit Oria.—•
New York Post.
When you come hom*.
When yon come homo again, to me,
Your tender lips will press.
And kiss away the flowing tears—
The tears of bitterness—
four hand shall help to gnide my feet,
Vhen you come home agaiu, my sweet!
When you como home again, to me,
The light will shine once more.
And sparkling from your bonny eyes,
It’s glory on me pour—
So aching heart—no pain to fear.
When you come home again, my dear!
When you come homo again, tome,
And I can safely steal
Close to vour kueo and tool your hand
Caress me as I kneel—
Of joy, my soul will have Us part,
When you como home again, sweetheart!
-Edward N. Wood, in Atlanta Const Jutlon.
FITH AND POINT.
Genius is madness-r-without the fret
accommodations.--Puck.
No man ever had enough collar
buttons. —Atchison Globe.
“I told you so!” is the most hateful
tutor iu the school of life.—Pack.
The game of life is great sport until
mo liuds oneself the game.—Puck.
self The must man be who easily is satisfied satisfied with Uivvft hi^^
—
Horn.
A bore is a fellow who talks to >
much aud says nothing. —Galveston
News.
Linen collars are the most numer¬
ous victims of “prostration by heat. ”
—Puck.
Greatness is the art of making peo¬
ple think one has kept one’s self-re¬
spect. ^—Puck.
Every lean man thinks it would bo
easy to get rid of excessive fat.—
ktchison Globe.
The most cruel thing a girl with a
lot of money can do is to refuse to get
narried.—Atchison Globe.
It is not necessary to liavo a gun i u
the hand to show that there is murde *
in the heart.—Ram’s Horn.
With so many signs stuck hero and there
It sooms a groat pity, alas !
That the man with tho early lawn mower
Can’t be made to “Keep Off tho Grass."
—Buffalo Courier.
“Pa, man’s tuning the piano next
door.” “Great suffering Job! d’ye
suppose I don’t know it, child?”—But'*
’alo Express.
A girl cau please her father by
promising not to marry until she ia
thirty, but her mother won’t like it.
—Atchison Globe.
“Talk about raining pitchforks!”
gasped Putshot as his car disappeared
in the distance; “it’s nothing to hail*
ing horse-cars.”—Yale Record.
Little “drops" of poetry,
Larger grains of "sand ;"
Make cold-bloodo l editors.
All o’er this mighty land.
—Boston Courlei.
Cholly—“Oh, Miss Blue, won’t you
ivrite something for me?” Miss Blua
— “Yes, I’ll make you heroine of my
next story.”—Kate Field’s Washing¬
ton.
“►day, Fringes, if you had a fortune,’
say $20, left to you, what’d be the
first thing you’d try to get?” Fringes
— “Dyspepsia. ”— Chicago Inter
Ocean.
“That’s too bad ! My wife has gone
and put my handkerchief in the wash,
and I am positive that I tied a knot in
it to remind me of something?”—
Fliegende Blaetter.
Grummer—“Tlie longer I live the
worse the world seems to get. ” Gajp
— “Nevermind, old man; perhaps it
will do better after you are out of
it.”—Indianapolis Journal.
“Remarkable coolness Tootsey wifo
displayed when their house was burn¬
ing.” “What did she do?” “Car¬
ried out a tea-pound piece of ico all
alone.”—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Hicks—“Look at Bniggs flirting
with the girls over there. I thought
you said he was a woman-hat' r.”
Wicks—“So he is, but the woman he
hates is not here.”—Boston Tran¬
script.
“Bunkins’s wife is a mighty smart
woman.” “Remarkably intelligent."
“Intelligent—why, that ain’t any
word for it. That woman knows al¬
most as much as Bunkins thinks h€
knows”—Washington Star.
General—“That banner will neve;
do.” Soldier—“Why? What’s wron^
with it?” “Why, it reads ‘We can'l
live without work!’ ” “Well?” “That,
sir, is a confession of weakness nc
American citizen can afford to be guilt-*
of.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
“Do you believe in the novel with 8
purpose?” said Squildig to au author
friend. “Certainly,” the latter re¬
plied. “All the novels I ever wrote
have the same purpose.” “What ii
it?” “To improve my bank accounts*
—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
“Great Scott! What are they ap
plauding that fellow for? He’s got a
voice like a saw mill and he-sings out
of the side of his mouth.” “ ’Sh!
They’re trying to keep liim the
platform till the boy they’ve sent alter
the cabbages and tin horns cornea
back.”—Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Wickwire—“Wasn’t it Shaksr
peare who said that ‘the appareF
proclaims the man,’ or something
the sort?” Mr. Wickwire — “I don’t
remember, but probably you nre right.
I suppose they had clothes bind enough
to make proclamations in his day tbe
same as now.”—Indianapolis Jour*
ral.
Utility ol Uonchology.
Conchology is probably tho least
useful of physical sciences. Shells
are very numerous, and rnanv of them
are very beautiful, but they serve very
few useful purposes. Some African
tribes use them as .money, and there
are a few, such as the mother of pear!,
which are employed as ornament. A
knowledge of the science is of very
little value, even iu the case of edible
snails and shell-fish, or of the pearl
oyster, for the varieties can be identi¬
fied by the most ignorant persons.
Fossil shells are of greater utility*,
since they are used by the geologist
to aid in the determination of the ago
of rock formations, and thus mav
assist iu the discovery of coal and
other mineral deposits. — New York
Dispatch.
Charles Lamb, tho English essayist*
was buried ia Edmoaton churchyard*