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m? mm GEORGIA. •ar out oi every hundred ,• : United States are ip . fifty-six in Canada, i; » France, seventeen in iMretSa En*U*t. United States maintains in HSU hundred and thirteen mis¬ ery stations, quite fo rfe t ting that China maintains, in Califor ^one, forty heathen temple* Sfi Twain asserts that there are fifty original jokes In exis je, all the others being simply lideatione of these. There are seven notes of music, bat we get •at variety of harmony oat of Onr trade with Japan is falling off ' In 1891^8.^15 cent, of the goods per bit county i eameto the { but in l898 only 31.49 S' or cant In 1891 10,87 per cent, of ill the goods bought by Japan came from this oountry; but in 1893 only of art over nature was kted recently when a well-known ' made a painting of some trees In a Kent pasture, Id for $1400. The owner . I gdd Us land and the for $800, and oalled it a at that ■ mm jV HetfS Consul Pen field, at #*» hggrassively in a small way with as, not rope, but at home, in sup % «»w ootton, and the oonsump « m V m 91 • .pJu* ,t haa grown from noth years ago, to more than 60, m and valued at $8,009,000. nr months Pekin will be NWfth St Petersburg, aenoe, with the tele I! the entire civilized i -to* iim At t<> ,the torn latest imue . _ Jtoette, telegraph has been brought as aa the city of Kfcbgar. The n end of tke line is at Osh, of abont 140 miles v a,- iPieidltki sr, direct telegraphic nnisiou from the Atlantic to lily .of tha Interior has experiments which tb« has bean making for some f 4n4tea raia over arid railroad companies opera-* Mexico and Arizona will; tinue experiments along Getting blood out of a not be a difficult opera •bian vegetable contained > onta fl o isl might v- -'orm of in the almoa _ u|teif t$a rimer •Mf jpowder nor out of ii whet it have ail the »*•>*•* £ ts ££w. gM-T*,.* th. . nwda«tlMl lath.»»••», iaji. th. -“-.th™.,!! «*■ Offe. ^. el~« >—»* bl. b«fh~o kDew? • I urn set herey on a clover field now, Or fool round a stable or climb in a mow, 'But my childhood comes back just as clear . and as plain • As the smell of the clover I’m sniffin’ again; And! wander away, in a barefooted dream, Where I tangled mr toes in the blossoms that wlcam f With the dew of the dawn of the morning of » love, Ere it wept o’er the graves that I’m weeping above. And so I love clover. It seems like a part Of the sacredost sorrows and joys of my • hearts And whenever it blossoms, oh 1 there let me bow, And thank the good Lord as I’m thankin’ Him now, And pray to Him still for the strength, when I dial a To go out in the clover and teu it good-by, And lovingly nestle my face in its bloom » * While my soul slips away on a breath of perfume. —James Whitcomb Blley. . MONTE BOB. ST GODFREY QUARLES. OBEBTHABRIB was his right name, bet in honor of his calling we all called him “Monte Bob.” I well remember his \ advent among the k citizens of Lone I Horse Gnloh. It ' was in '57, just after a rich find had • made the heretofore isolated * and lonely gnloh famous caused in the a day, and Vf eager gold-seekers to poor in from all quarters. He wae at that time very young. His fresh, boyish face had apparently never mad* the acquaintance of a razor. Hi* bine eyes were round and laugh¬ ing, and his mass of jet black hair, fine and soft as silk, would have been on enviable source of beauty slight to and any woman. Hia figure true youthful, and strongly suggestive of the truant school boy. A single day served to make the newcomer a citizen of Lone Horne Gnloh, and soon after his arrival “The Kid," as he was called, on ao oonnt of his boyish ways, his soft White hands and apparent inability to work, waa known to the whole camp. Eve err one liked him; but when one night he won five thonaand from one of Frisoo’s most noted sport¬ ing men, and pocketed the money with oareless indifferenoe, changed his reputation^ ad¬ waa made; pity was to miration { Lone Horse Gnloh .wSs en¬ thusiastic, and its oitizens to a man vied \n doing honor to the new found hero. From that daV forth he beoame a leading eftifen, uM the faro bank wldch he eoon mU/et set dp was well patronised. Like others, “Monte Bob” many reticent regard his in to past history.' He was frequently the re¬ cipient of letters bearing an Eastern postmark. Some were directed in the weak,’ nervous hand peculiar to wo¬ men of advancing years; the rest in the round, graoeful hand of a school girl But it was a notioeable fact, voaohed of for unquestionable by the postmaster, veracity, a gen tleman that **Monte Bob,” though healwayu read them carefully, very seldom re¬ plied to the letters received. But, as ths postmaater had been a heavy loser ■t Bob’s faro bank, these state* his tnents in regard to his negleet of private correspondence were teoeived with a marked grain of aUownnoa. On the other hand, the agent of the Weill, Pa*go k Company express line, the a gen of equal standing “Monte in Bob” com¬ munity, asserted that often cent large «mb* of money to a certain Mrs. John Harris in the was made beioif a wd of at ex&mmatio jl 4 gr-ys Kfe-tSt r w ^”prtto*«.tt«.wi»taaaj4 few, by elotjHjgftf* ttu« arooad him M *•»*»£ J *?« ^ U(l ZZ*g£fi*£Z hw^tiofS^ $flhJeS ^ «“« »“ £°i^ioo, by the it. bars glory petered «.d it. ont. dee.* The o n e one foroed seek dissatisfied miners were to newer more paying fields of labor, an d I lost sight of “Monte Bob.” Five years had passed and I was la boring on one of the well known Sac ramen to dailies as city editor. In bnrrv and rash of daily journalism the old life at Lone Horse Gulch had ] ong ^ noe become a thing of the jSast, when suddenly sevoral things occurred to bring it back, fresh and . vivid, to mind; for going to my duties at an early hour one morning, I ehanoed to overtake my old friend “Monte Bob.” The flight of time had left its shadow upon him, and he was changed. A moustaohe coveied the smooth, lip. The rakish high hat hadbeen dis carded, the shiny suit of broad cloth had been supplemented dazzling by a' plain dia business suit, and the mond had disappeared. He was taller, his shoulders broader and his step firmer than when last we met. The dashing, reckless gambler of five years before was gone, and his plaoe had been taken by a quiet, earnest hearty, man. He knew me, and by the cor¬ dial pressure of his hand, I knew was glad to me$t me. He talked freely of the old life at the Gulch, and of those who had been onr companions ther A We chatted for a few moments and then I left him at the door of a well known business house with an invita¬ tion to come and see me. That very af¬ ternoon I learned from another old citizen of the Gnloh that he had long since abandoned the life of a gambler, and was now and had, been for two years working as a bookkeeper. And le£ me say that my informant was none other than “Monte Bob’s” warm friend, the old-time express agent at the Gnloh. I also had it from that gentleman, that a larger portion of the young man’s wages was regular sent to his mother and sister in the East. Contrary to my expectation, Bob availed himself of the invitation I had extended to him, and soon after spent an evening with me in mycosybaoh elor apartments. I found him an in¬ telligent and pleasant much companion. Besides reading he had been a shrewd observer of men; and in the flow of conversation the evening slipped away before we were awaie of it. When he arose to go it had been arranged that he should spend fcn evening of every week with me. the months that followed onr aoqnain tanoe ripened Into confidants, friendship; and from friends we beoame ere long I knew the history of his past life. His father had. died when he was a mere boy, leaving him to the his .care life of an ancle. Until twenty was passed at his nnole’s house and at school. Laoking the kind, watohfnl care of a father and deprived by cir¬ cumstances of the loving thoughtful¬ ness of a mother, he had been led astray by the influences whioh sur¬ round the yonth of a great oity. In the oonrse of time fie beoame heavily indebted to a gambler, and fearing exposure, check the ha amofixit h^i forged of several his uncle’s hun¬ to dred dollars, hoping to replace the money are his uncle should learn what he had done. This he failed to do— and when his crime flee beoame known, he waa foreed to the country to save himself from a felon’s oell. By his mother he was given money to aid him in his flight, and had come to California. Mode reckless and des¬ perate, he had first adopted the gam¬ ing table as a meant of support, and with what auooaes I well knew. Tha mo ney given him & ide mother sad that taken from unole had been promptly retnred. He had also £3 for the education of his young i, and enabled hie mother, who has lam most of her property, to live in oom* fort. Her love hod always followed him, and through her entreaties and the promptings of hie own better self he had given up drink and abandoned the gaming table. had He waa working hard; won the >oe of hia employers i was re ** had pMend ' ire hod ^hffim! and M n K, rw •S-A* FA ":rf * (U ii tk. noeeibilitiee JJJJ of hi. oUiin, aj*' hopi . long tfu* hi. feUo» rtookholdort h.ring ™*®i thoir “BtiSSWl”iSS!«I— b^.» .t,.Jly climbing Th-W™ were filled with accounts of thtuneh find, and the Stock Exchange was crowded with eager, excited men, anxious to buy the long-neglected scanned stocks. Daily we^eagerly the reports and noted the rapid, rise oi Tuolumne Mining Company b stock. At last when it paused and stood sold still and at seventy five above par we found ourselves each seventy-five thousand dollars richer than we had been one month before. Bob seemed but little elated by his sudden rise to wealth and only thought of the happi ness it would bring to those whom lie loved. The modest little cottage which he had rented was given up and a handsome mansion purchased and fitted up with the utmost^ care. Then he wrote for bis mother and sister to join him. A month later they came, and no happier group could have been found in all the West-than the foni who sat down together on the night oi their arrival, Many years have flown since the “Tuolumne Mining Company*^ made its president and stockholders rich in a single day. Loving oare and most ekillful medical aid could not win back the health of the good old moth¬ er and she long sinoe passed to her home above. Robert Harris is a man well known in the buajness circles of Sacramento. His hair is now gray,, and pretty, bright-eyed .children climb upon his knee and oall him “pspa.” The friendship began in Lone Horse Gulch so many years ago has not diminished, but has grown for stronger with the flight of years; the lady who sits opposite oall to wife, me while I write and whom I is “Monte Bob’s” sister. Birds at the Pole. In the oonntries bordering.on the Polar seas, where the ohanging seasons bring alternately and the two birds extremes gi dearth plenty, are more numerous in the short summer than anywhere else all the world over, and in winter absent altogether. All are emigrants taere by force of circum¬ stances. In like manner the birds of temperate climates are affected by the seasonal changes, though in a less de¬ gree, through the influence of cold and heat upon their food supplies rather than by effect of cold upon their well-protected bodies. A coat of mail is not to be compared to a coat of feathers for safety, so far as a bird’s life is concerned. Layer upon layer of feathers can withstand any amount oE water or any degree of cold; in proof of this see how the delicate tern, after wintering in com¬ paratively mild weather, go b&ok to the ice floes of the Polar Sea and lay their eggs, on the ioe. For two or three weeks the tender breast of the sea swallow is pressed against a oold block of ioe. Again, as another ex¬ ample of the influence of food rather than climate in governing bird action, take the colony of beooafiooe. The beooafioo is a Mediterranean bird common on the southern shores of Spain and Italy, Malts, in the and Grecian Islands, Sioily and oa the northern shores of Afrioa. Formerly it urea quite unkpown in the British Isles, btlt some years ago a large orchard of fig trees wee planted near Brighton, and the beooafiooe have dis¬ covered the foot and pome over to •hart the spoil. Doubtless the English nightingales and told showed them the story the way figs them over. Be this as it may, the little birds from the warm shores of Mediterranean bid hut to become as¬ tabliehed ae naturalized British sob jeoto. —Liiteli’a Living Age. Heatrids* er Sealskins. It hi said that pelsHns ere United going ont of fashion, and perhaps the S t at es are going trouble to end a greet deal ofi in .nnnsoeeesry ex,-,- guarding the preserves of the s ea ls kin monopoly in Bering Sea. Certain it is tfiat last winter e greet many ef the fashionables of Europe, doors i' ia oool never appeared ont of *^ > ‘ > ** r * 1 11,11 notably - • at, which is a i Amer jiiMiKy.mj 7 is largely White any oom - mmjmmwrritari'i *8 As hf«. tta* X tm* non - BUDGEr OF FUN. iff ■ ___ -~s—s. -V, - Summer Days — Her View of It — Where the Resemblance Came _ In—The Full Extent, , -- Etc., Etc. Brooklets musically flowing. sighing. Zephyrs through the branches Cattle in the meadows lowing. Glffesy ponds in carols silence singing, Iviag. Bong birds gayest Flowers exhaling scents delicious, Maiden in a hammock swinging dishes. While her mother’s washing —New York Press. Where the resemblance came in. —— “The baby is wonderfully like its mother.” . “Yes, I have to mind her just the same.”—Truth. HER VIEW OF IT. She—“I don’t see how anybody can - like caviare. It’s a depraved taste. He—“No; it’s cultivated tastg. 5 a She—/‘Well, that’s the same thing.” —Life,. . ,m _ * A COUNTER ATTRA “W* . * First Citizen (year 1*904)—“I no tlced no female voters at the polls to¬ day, What kept them all away?” • Second Citizen —“K big , bargain iale on the next block.” A SIGHT THAT GLADDENS. Miss Peart—“Did you ever look at yourself in the glass when you were angry?’’ Belle—“No, Bival I’m never angry when I look in the glass.”—Life. THE FULL EXTENT. Little Clarence—“Pa, what does Congressman Thickneck mean when he says, ‘Upon my word of honor as a gentleman?’” Callipers—“Nothing, • son.” Mr. my -Truth. NOT THERE. * f/j ■*‘until ‘Will you not wait," he pleaded, you know me better ?” “It is quite useless, I fancy,’’she answered, as she ran her finger down the index of the commercial repqrt.— Detroit Tribune. EFFECTUAL. • “Grump has at last solved the prob¬ lem of abolishing distress in the world.” “What’s his soheme?” “To starve the poor off the face of the earth V— Truth. A LOGICAL CONCLUSION. " “Cyrus,” she said, reluctantly, “I don’t think I would make a good wife for a poor man. ” “Then you’d good man,” make a replied mighty Cyrus, poor wife for A grabbing his hat.—Chicago Tribune. » A MODERN MART. "Wonder what kind of an entry old man Golding made of the money he gave his daughter when she mar¬ ried that nobleman. ” “Don’t know, but presume he paid it on a oount. ’’—-Atlanta Consti¬ tution. SEVERELY WOUNDED, Hoax—“Do you think the English tongue will ever become a dead lan¬ guage?” judging from the Joax- “Weil, way some people persist in now.”—Phila¬ murdering it it ought to be dead delphia Record. CR06S-REFERENCE. The ever-ocute Critic discovers this interesting cross-reference in the Cent¬ ury Dictionary (page 4908): ” *To pop the question. found ’ See pop. morfe Cipher Donnelly never hunts. than that in all his Shakespeare —Buffalo Express. SXUUT PAKBOdL Nibbitt—“That woman who just went out is the partner of your joys and sorrows, I suppose?*’ Bolton—“She’s partner to my joys alT right, bat when it oomes to my sorrows. rite slips over to see her mother. "—Boston Courier. PLAIN COROLLA«X “Mr. Holdgold emit me ap a beauti¬ ful bouquet last night ” Adels—Tt .make* an vary happy, doan”- > , “Why?"* •> Adel#—“I know now that flowers are vsry eheap.”—Chicago Inter “A*, m is soiriaUy J « ‘Ten” m is so low couldn’t *>■ nj i r m to rivirn ^ hsm.” - ’ __ I mm ABiBBtHiI XOI UNWELCOME. 4 T should think you would he »n unwelcome visitor at the houses where you call,” said the philosopher to the bill collector. “Yon would think-so, but it doesn’t appear to me to he so.” “It doesn’t?” “No; I’m generally invited to oall again.” CLEVER REPARTEE. • , ' “ \ W Marie—‘‘Hire is a gray uair, madame.” pull Madame it Sparkle-Eyes—“Very ” well, out. Marie—“But, madame, ten mourn¬ ers will come to the funeral. ” Madame Sparkle-Eyes — 4 ‘Well, what dg.es.it matter? They will come in black!’’—Life. • TO THE BEST OF HIS KNOWLEDOE, “Mr. Spriggs,” said the law sohbol professor, “from this article on ‘Forms of Judicial Procedure’ how many kinds of judgment do there ap¬ pear to be?” “Tw 6 ,” answered Mr. Spriggs promptly. judgment “Judgment for the plain¬ tiff and for t.he defendant.” —Chicago Tribune. . FIT FOB STATEHOOD, “Yon fellows think we are not civil¬ ized down in Oklahoma,” said the tourist tell from^the that* havd West, sixteen “but when I yon we men un¬ der indictment for horse-stealing, per haps you’ll change your mind.” “I can’t see where the civilization comes in on that score. “Don’t, eh? Seems to me when a* community goes to the trouble of in¬ dicting a horse thief it’s getting pretty well along.”—Indianapolis Journal. ■....... * HAD MET BEFORE. , Mr. McSwat had • risen nnnsually * early, and as he opened his kitchen door to see how a sunrise looked, he encountered the milkman, “Hello!”. he said. “Haven’t I seen you somewhere before?” “Yes, sir,” replied the milkman* filling the crook on the step from his oan. “I initiated, you night before last into the Royal Order of the Nobles of the Ancient Mystery. I’m the Ma¬ jestic Generaliseimo, von know. Fine morning, isn’t it?”—Chicago Tribune. ’ me PARTING «HOT. ' She spurned his suit. “Never,” she insisted. Nor yet did hope flee his breast “Can you not, ” he asked, huskily, “learn to love me?" She shook her head. “And still—” He hissed through his clenohqd teeth as he made for the door. “—they say never too old to learn.” She started violently, turned pale, and sank in a miserable heap on the floor, crashed by his cruel words. — Detroit Tribune. PRELIMINARY. He leaned gracefully against the ’mantel. “Yes,” he repeated", “I love your daughter.” chair The old man in the easy \ re¬ garded Jpim keenly. family?” he “Canyon support a asked, after a pause. • The yonth knit his brow. “That depends. How—” He looked the father of his beloved straight in the eye. - “How many of'you. ate there?” Presently they came to titoAerms of an amicable understanding.— De¬ troit News-Tribune. IS Car Horses lor Farm Purpose*, & 1 The advantages to be gained by buying foot-sore street cor horses for farm purposes was discounted yester¬ day by a Bergen County farmer who recounted his experience timely; “When the cable came oh Broad¬ way the papers were fnfi of the cheap¬ ness of the old-time horses, I decided that the opportunity of my lifetime had come.. Into New York I went, and I bought four horses. They soeiped sound and tough as shoe leoth- - er. They had been working regularly I on the oar service. Going seemed home notioed that the horsed dragged to get very tired. They their feet ; after them, and raised a perfect cloud of dust which nearly smothered me. A few days afterwards I tried one team plowing. The bones seemed willing enoU;h, but they ’ an clumsy ss cows, sad both at them fell in the course oi the afternoon. and finally They seemed to get very tired one’of them* decided to quit on me, wSfe sad then the other. The foci of was that the difference in the work brought Into play an entirely not and team at regular ooantry k what’s more, I didn’t have anwsasu « . mm. jk ' . One of the leadin, k 1 tadi r 1 ‘i; - •• 11 * -