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MS. ngh ram]', rainy bubiumis 1 uok, u tlirooeh a (Ura. ‘ see l world of shown and raWI id laughing children paaa* In her big blue aunbonnet - ' other Uttto tarn- j who watched the ewaUow* im Just beyond her bund where the flickers fled add sped id nests of bang birds fanned felt those birds were fairy folk wing to fairyland. sr warm flat she carried, v , Idging o'er hills and dales, ny papers laid and weighed j 4 If In fal^ scales * ' ' ■alt that catches bobolink* len sprinUod on their tail*. tie last and wistful. o gazed up the far Sky* . . teKhed tor fairy things sad willfl. vain and wondered why; little loan. I wonder still, aid alts be really if Harriet l'rcscott Spofiord In ColUot** .AH AND AMERICA." ’ an Legend About the Crea tor's Visit to Earth. iia, on a morning after tbever- been particularly vigorous, 1 ■thing cuustle about getting Gotl's country. An AruieqJau reposed In utter comfort In curnvuusitry heard It httd Being an Armenian, he bitted laua. probably. Incidentally an reciprocates. ;bis Armenian, rubbing his d with his head skewed over said:"The Persians have a >r everything^ They have n what you said just now. It -that Is God—once said to bis will see this world which I Allah and the ntigol descend hie In a cloud to the earth, first place nt whleh they ar France—that Is, In Keren: And there they saw the rail- d the tramways, aud the the- tho great picture galleries, b looked In disappointment Alas, no! This Is not the ich 1 made. I made none of g*-' . r Journeyed to Inglezlstan- England — anti there were tips In the harbors anti huge ch make all sorts of things in plenty. And again Allah s. no! This/is not the world undo.* And everywhere they i the eloud Allah looked upon lud said. 'No; this Is not it.' in despair, the uugel left the rsin. and Allah sut himself ii a very high uiouniuiu. ami. tif on every side, he saw net- lads nor tramways nor tln-a ilcture galleries nor ships nor schoolbou8es nor plenty to Hah said: ’Yes. at last This jrld which I minle. Not a hanged. The people whom 1 have done nothing.’ ” Idu't be come to America?" I nswered the- Armenian, "in ey bad not even heard of Harper's Weekly. '* Hew to Carry • tswa. Then? are oulj* two directions In which the tnussle of a gun can safely be pointed: these are up or down. A shot flred in air' can scarcely. Injure any one or anything and one discharg ed into.the ground Is equally harm less. Therefore, In all the different positions which the gun assumes, sew that it Is pointed either np or down. Sometimes a man will he seen who carries his gun reversed, holding it by the. mussle while the fore, end rests on the shoulder aud the stock project* behind, Happily, this practice. Is not common, for It. Is extremely .dangerous, and many men have been killed by carrying their gnus In this way. If a map stumbles or steps In a hole or - catches his foot on a toot aud falls^ bis gun will very likely lie thrown - for ward with the muzzle directly toward his body and may easily enough bs dis charged. Sometimes one may see a boy or even a man who will carvy the gun across the back of the ueck, with one arm over the stock and tlje other over the. barrel*, sometimes with the hand resting on the muxxle. This Is certain to give a very uncomfortable feeling to any one who happens to be walking by the side of the person carrying bis guu In this fashion aud opposite: the muZzle end. While the danger of a discharge Is perhaps not great. It is un pleasant to be walking along with a gun pointed at your neck or head.— Forest and Stream. |Xcw Jrmy IchoolliooM. »H of today Would think bis lies very great If be could pool equipment of a hundred A Morris county (N. J.) ihn't period Is thus described liter of one of Its attendants: Bing was constructed of logs, pui of glass for windows, were stretched over the pmde by sawing off nn occa- Tlie windows* had one prevent'd ' pupils from rupted in their study by going on outside. The time tied by an hourglass, and (drank water from a tmn- Df a cow’s born or from a ' these differences of equlp- riiools of a century ago re- |»se of today tn oue notable y had for the most part eat llturary works that are |*ds of oar language now. literature Is fortunately of many centuries. t>r Ik* Wept. Melnotes, descendants ot thieving is considered a Ible employment. An Eng- f, being entertained at the of the mountaineers, took articles from a packing with him to eat bis dinner be sight of such costliness |nn began to cry, the Eng- ring asked what affected good sir,” she replied. "I >e my son Is not hers to rob beautiful things!” Vo Orntiriau. aid the girl in the red shirt }laid skirt, "ain’t be just s replied her lady friend, “Any one kin see that be ptlylold collar, and them $3 ones.” — Philadelphia They Were Forming Opinions. The club was full. Evening paper* were at a premium. An atrocious crime bad been that day committed, and ev ery member was reading the account ot the tragedy and eagerly discussing the details.. A foot had been found In the Ensl river, a leg In the Hudson and the trunk of a body In the park. Loud were the expressions of horror and disgust Sud denly a lull came over the crowd, and two small voices were beard above the ■modified din discussing the law of (in- mnn nature which mode people lean toward curiosity even 'In Its morbid tendency. The small voices grew loudef and the argument stronger, until al last a mnu In toiies of undisguised pity turned to the disputants and said: “So you think we are filled with mor bid cariosity V" One of the small voices replied that It looked very much (is If that was th< case. - "Nothing of the kind,” expostulated the former speaker. “You mistake out motive. Wo are merely disqualifying ourselves for Jury duty.” The men with thi< small voices Imme diately seised the only two newspapers and devoured them with uvldlty.—New York Herald. What a Patent Coat*. •In the course of Its progress through the office up to the Issue and mailing of a patent, says E. V. Smalley .In The Century, an application passes through the hands of 52 persons. An applicant pays $16 to have his claim examined, and In case he is granted a patent an additional fee of $20 is required. At torneys chni-ge from $25 up. according to the work demanded by tbo cases, and as the applications number about 40,000 yearly It will be seen that there Is a good deal of money to be divided among the patent lawyers whose sign* cover ibe .faces of the buildings In tb* vicinity .of the patent office. An Inventor is not required to em ploy aq attorney, but probably 00 out of 100 do. In simple cases where there Is no Interference with prior claims an Inventor can almost as wcH deal direct with the government, but In most case* the knowledge of the lawyer Is valua ble. He can study other Inventions In the same line and knows how to make the claim of hls client broad enough to covet nil that Is new and valuable and not so broad as to be rejected. Id a novel writer be an ex- Ilooking animal? Because [coming out of bis head.— t Ledger. The Place to Waafe HI a*. On one occasion an M. P. of a past generation not noted for bis habits of personal tidiness was visiting a seaside place, and one day while out In a boat with a sailing party he was swept over board. but was happily rescued. When the excitement was over, a young fel low rushed down Into the cabin. “By Jove,” he exclaimed, “we’ve been having such an exciting time on deck!” "What Is It?" asked everybody. “Mr. Blank was washed overboard.” “I'm glad of it,” snapped a fastidious matron. Everybody was horrified. “Well. 1 am.” she explained. “Jnst think of that man being washed on board.”—London Answers. Am Pc pleasant Relative. “Her rich old uncle isn’t a bit nice to her. Is he?” “Nleet He’s horrid! Why, be threatens her awfully I" "Threatens her?" . * “Yea. threatens to leave all hls money to a hospital for asthmatic cats.”— Cleveland Plain Dealer. When a man Is out of money, be doesn't, show any. bnt when be Is out of temper be shows a lot of it.—Chica go News. In the year lOOO the manufactors of ■ Ik began In England. A MAYOR’S MIRACLE. tt* Hallo the Blind geo, tb* btsl Bear and Ik* Lame Walk. From the many anecdotes of Ramp... fylde Mooro Curew's rogueries in Ar thur Moiiteflore Brice’s essay on that "Amnjdng Vagabond’’ wit quote one In which Carew and htfe gypsy crew who had . rigged thenieelv'e* up as cripples and gathered at Bflrlgewnter fair to pluuiler the Junketers chine off second belt.. . i When the mayor of Bridgewater heard that this motley group of crip*, pies had arrived, he announced to son)* of hls friends that he was possessed of i power they perhaps Utile suspected— that. In fact, he could inake the blind see, the deaf hear apd the lathe walk. Bets wen> freely 'made that be Could do nothing of the klnd.tihd thereupon tb* mayor had the gypsies arrested and Immediately brought before him t ond, after hearing their harrowing tales, or dered thetji to be cqhfiued for the bight In the lockup. " About 10 o’clock at night, however, tb* municipal surgeon entered with * lantern and announced that he would examine them all In rite morning In or der to report to the mayor whether or hot they really suffered from deformity of One kind or another, fetid be went on to say that those who were found tb bo Impostors * Would be’ treated by the mayor with severity so Extreme that; moved to pity, be would allow any such misguided' wretch to escape there and then from the lockup on condition that he Immediately left the town. At this Intelligence £ great commo tion arose, and In less time than It take* to write It the whole crowd surg ed'out of the lookup, dinging iiway their ctutehes and wooden legs, patch es and bandages, and mode off dowb the town at topmost speed, the blind leading the woy with unerring steps, the dumb crying aloud their fenrS. the deaf replying to them, and the lame sprinting along at a rattling pare. Now. Just opposite the lookup, on the farther side Of the street, stood the wit ty mayor and hls friends, convulsed with laughter at the success of hls scheme.—Argonaut ’ C ATOM I NO CICADAS. How Certain Malays Obtain a Car** • oas Dsllsaar, Certain natives of the, Malay, peninsu la catch cicadas and eat them aod that as a considerable luxury. To eat a ci cada seems, distinctly sqrious, says the London Dally Moil, wb«u we reflect that this Insect Ip reality a glorified member of {hat Inset* group Which contains a* Its. most prominent repre sentative the diminutive apd swarthy creature wblc-b.shqll be nameless here for evermore. The way In which the Siamese pro ceeds was related to the Ecological so ciety the other day by h naturalist who has spent some time In the Malay pen insula observing men as well as in sects. At night when these Insects fly. the native sallies forth armed with a torch and but llttje raiment. The torch Is deposited In a convenient place, and the swarm of natives proceed to dap tbetr bands In a perfectly regular fash ion so ns to produce a considerable sound. 4 It Is the combination of light and sound that allures the cicada from Its haunts to Its destruction. The Insects come also In swarms and settle upon the bodies of tb* applauding natives, whence they are easily detached, pre served, cooked nud eaten. J' The Greek sage remarked that happy are the dcadae In that they have voice less wives. It Is apparently the lady cicadas who ar* attracted by what they- fondly believe to be the love cry of the male and are thus lured to tbetr fate by that most dangerous of pas sions. Victoria aa«l Dltitni. Literary celebrities, as a rule, were not those who attained to any high degree of personal favor at the bands of Queen Victoria, but she pnld Charles Dickens a delicate compliment Dick-, ehs, wbo, by tbe way. In bis youthful days was devoured by. a grand passion for the youthful queen, was Invited when at tbe climax of bis fame to dine st Windsor castle. He was after dinner presented by tbe queen wltb a copy qf her book “Tonr in tbe High* lands.” and on tbe fly leaf was In scribed In her own baud this sentence: “From tbe humblest to the most dis tinguished author in England:” The queen afterward showed many favors to Lord. Tennyson, bat even In making him a peer of tbe-realm she did not bestow as groat a compliment ■he Coaldat Rat tb* Co***. He bad dining wltb him in tbe res taurant of tbe most elegant and fash ionable hotel In town hls good old maiden sunt from tbe rural districts. They bad a sumptuous feast, wbleb as it progressed was a series of delightful surprises for the old lady. When they were drinking coffee, tbe host looked ont of tbe window and noticed It was raining. - Turning to tb* waiter, be said. “I wish yon wonld order me a coupe.” Whereupon the maiden aunt raised l>oih ber .hands tn protest, ex claiming: “Dqn't, Charles, please don't! I couldn't eat another thing. Ton my word. I'm np to my neck now.”—£x- Can be properly run without being Advertised, And n6 advertising pays better than newspaper advertising. The pews, paper goes into tbe homes ot the people and is read through. If bar gains are offered, they make a note of it. TEE SEARCI-LMT_ a first-class advertising medium* As it is read by the people very generally In this county and by many in adjoining counties, PUT AN AD. IN And work up your business to a payin point. Job Work Onr book' and job office is busy turn ing ont tint-olaes job work all the time, and we propose to give sslts- faction at reasonable prices. 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