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fhe Search-Light, a little nonsense. BAINBRIDGE, MARCH 23, 1331. AT TWILIGHT* A racking horn, with « painted mu*. All battered and broken with play, Woa left with a fuzzy woolen dog Juat at the close of day. "If I were a thoroughbred, my friend,** Said the borae With the painted manat **!M have a pedigree to reach To Boston and back again l **Mv rraeter would feed me on mtgnr and OCtt| Gf riding he'd never tire. An ! I shouldn't be l.'ft to etand like this, Alone by the nursery fire l** ‘‘And If I were alive,*' Mid the fuzzy dog, "I'd like to have you know, Thrre’cJ not be a purer Skye than ma in a!l of Ilia ken ad ahow. "I'd wear a collar of ailvvr Mia, With a ribbon of beautiful blue. And I'd sleep on a eual.'oti of softest tUk , And not in a a.ablv, like you!" *| The noreery fire Vat burning low, ’.then a wee I1»tle man in whit# ; Care pattering In at the open door To Lias Ida toy* good night. j Be tenderly ktuaed Ida painted hone. j "You know 1 love you!" lie aaid. Th' ’i he gatliared the dog up cloae In hla ans« And carried him off to bedt —Helen E. Wright. COLDEST SPOT OX EARTH. There are no points in Europe where the eold records of America are eclipsed, but in Asia our lowest records are thrown completely in the shade. Siberia lias t.iie coldest wcrvl.er known any where in the world. At Werehojansk, Siberia, 90.4 degrees below zero was observ ed in January, 1888, which gets away below anything ever known in the world before or since. At that J oint the average temperature for auunry is nearly 04 degrees bolow. This town is situated nt an eleva tion of JV'O fnn* ulmvfl tllC level of tlic sea, and during Hie entire whi ter the weather is nearly always culm and clear. Perhaps the major ity of people suppose that tho cold est weather in tho world is nt the north pole, but reliable observation i made by explorers disproves this theory completely. SYMPATHETIC ORGANS. 1 Nature often shows her kind helpfulness by bringing healthy or gans to the relief of diseased ones. | If one kidney loses its functional power, the other will enlarge and do the work of both. If both are more or less affected, the vessels of tho skin may come to their aid and pour out on the surface what would otherwise cause fata) blood poison ing. On the other hand, when tho pores are stopped by u chill tho kid neys come to tho rescue and do a largo part of the skin's' work. This . explain^ why it is so dangerous for ■i-b* iA; r from diseased kidneys to take cour~- Vaccinating an Olnlurato but , Farsighted Girl. • “On my right arm,.please,” said j the sweet young thing. The physician who was arranging , the vaccine points looked surprised. : The mother, who was supervising ’ the proceeding, seemed even more astonished. “You mean your left arm, Clara,” she asserted. “No, I don’t; I mean mv right arm,” answered the willful girl. “But it will annoy you so much less on your left arm, insisted the mother. The girl blushed, but shook her hend. “You dou’t understand,” she said. “1 confess I don’t,” admitted the mother. “Very likely that is because you were not vaccinated at a tirnp when you were engaged to he married,” suggested the girl. “Harold has been vaccinated on his left arip, so I—or—as a mere matter of con venience, don’t you see, when you consider the juxtaposition in 6ome circumstances”— Ilcre tho mother and the physi cian made a mental diagram of the customary situat ion when two hearts aro beating as one and quickly saw that the girl was exceptionally farsighted.—Chicago Post. WOT QCITB SURD. HOW A DLTTRHFLY SLEEPS. ' The buttertly invariably goes to deep head downward. It folds nnd contracts its wings to the utmost. The effect is to reduce its she and shape to a narrow ridge, hardly dis tinguishable in shape nnd color from the seed heads on thousands of stems around. The butterfly also sleeps on tho top of tlio stem. In tho morning, when tho sunbeams warm them, all these gray nied sleepers on the grass tops open their wings, and the colorless bonnets are starred with n thousand liviug flow ers of purest azure. TUB FESTIVAL OF FOOLS. Tlie “festival of fools” was a fea ture of each now year with the Pa risians. It began ou the 1st of Jun- uary nnd continued for some duys,, during which all sorts of absurdities, and indoconcies were licensed. Tliis feast was not celebrated after the latter part of tho thirteenth centu ry . Fools or licensed jesters were kept at court up to the time of Charles I (1625), but the ancient feast was never revived by the peo- *>’••* f KEEPING FLOWERS FRESH. 'A Japanese plan by which cat flowers may be made to last an ab normally long time is to burn the ends of the stems with a piece of wood; not with a match, be it ob served, for the sulphur would be in jurious to the fiowern. The Japanese, who are great flow er lovers, say that the charring process enables the water to pene trate the stem and thus sustain the flower. Whatever be the reason, one is glad to know of any plan which will prolong the life of flowers.— Homo Notes. r v ■ ■ ■— « ' Even the highest personages In Tui- key are not exempt from suspicion Their movements are watched and rv ported to the palace by an army oi spies who swarm In orcry quarter. Shopman—Let me see, madam, what size do you take? Lady—1 think it’s fours—or it may be threes— But, there, I am not quito sure, it may be twos or— WHAT MRS. B. SAID. “If anv oue should call this aft ernoon, Mary, say that I am not well,” said a mistress to her newly engaged servant. “I’m afraid 1 ata a little too much of that rich pud ding for lunch, nnd it or something else has brought on a severe head- ochc. I’m going to lie down.” A few minutes later the mistress, from her room near the head of the stairs, heard Mary sav to two aristo cratic ladies who hud called for the first timo, “Yos’m, Mrs. Browne is at homo, but she irto so much pud ding for lunch she had to go to bed.”—Tit-Bits. THE OLD. OLD STORY. Smith — Time is a wonderful change artist. Jones—What is it now? Smith—You read of that bank clerk who recently got away with a lot of money? Jones—Yes. Smith—Well, I remember when he played on an amateur baseball team a few years ago and was so conscientious ho wouldn’t even steal a base.'—Chicago News. ANOTHER RECORD BROKEN, “Good evening, Miss Flitters. How do? I expected to be called out of town today, but wasn’t, and os ! have seats for the theater I thought you might like to go. It is droadfully late for an invitation, 1 know, but”— “What timo is it, Mr. DrawlerP” “It is 20 minutes past 7.” “I will be ready in five minutes.” And she was.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. TUB LIETTENANTW TALE. On the sands along the beach at Manila we spied a double almond— the beautiful native girl and I. “Shall we eat a philopcna ?” 1 asked gavly. At litis I thought she would fall to the ground from sheer fright, so •clorless grew her cheeks. Proba- ily she thought 1 was a madman, irolmhly a cannibal—who knows? -IndiuuapolU Sun. Belgium fields'the world's record In canals, having XV> miles, which carry 8,000,000 tons a year. ON THE STAIRS. An Interrupted Proposal and ru Unexpected Finale. “Ti’fc to good of yon, Miss IJol- mins, to con.-eiit to sit out this— Certainly I'll lit you pass, Jor.es. Don't mention it. “As 1 wn$ going to say, Miss ldol- minc, I’ve been trying to find a chance to see you alone, oh, for sev eral centuries, it seems to mo, be cause I have something very partic ular to tell— Oh, you want to get down ? Certainly, Jones. Can’t you find her? “And it’s awfully good of you. Miss* Idohniuo, to miss this dunce just for me, and I do appreciate it, and'I hope it’augurs— See bore, Jones, are you getting paid for run ning up and down those stairs? “Oh, Miss Idolmino, i§ it roallj only because you arc too tired to dance this time? Isn’t there uny other reason, just the tiniest little bit of— Yes, confound you! I sup pose you do have to get down again, Jones. “What I’ve been longing to say, Miss Idolmine — Mabel — is that 1 love— Say, Jones, I’il kill you if— Well, there, get on up if you have to, and stay up, darn it! “No, Miss Idolmine—Mabel—1 must say all now.' I cannot stop. You must know how I love you, nnd when you consented to sit out this dance with me 1 knew I could no longer live in this agony of doubt, but learn from your own sweet lips— Slide down the banisters if you’ve got to get down, Jones, you blasted idiot! “Mabel, oh, Mabel, my love, my darling— No, I won’t hush! Look up, sweetheart, and let me read in those glorious orbs tho sweetest, no blest confession ever— Jones, if ever 1 get. a cluincc I’ll butcher you. You don’t want to go up? What do you want, then ? Mabel—Miss Idol- mine? Why, what—engaged? You? I—I—ah, blast it, somebody keep me from biting holes in the carpet. But I — cr—1 congratulate you, Loth of you, of course.” — Smart Set. AN ABSCNTMINDED SECRET ARY. Speaking of absentminded men one day, Senator George Vest told the following story: “1 was at a mass meeting once upon a time when we discussed a resolution of some kind or other for several hours. Finally one of tho delegates began a speech which wandered all over creation. Some one interrupted him with the re mark that he ought to confine his remnrks to tho resolution. “‘Yes,’ said Judge Phillips, who was presiding, ‘the gentleman must speak to the resolution/ “ ‘Let us have tho resolution read,’ suggested some one in the meeting. “Judge Phillips stooped down and whispered to the absentminded secretary. ‘Bead the resolution,’ he said. “‘H’rn?’ queried the secretary, waking up. ‘What resolution ?’ “‘The one we'havovbeen discuss ing for several hours,’ replied Judge Phillips. “The resolution wus hunted for high and low, but could not be found. On the secretary’s desk thero was-a bit of paper which looked as if it had been nibbled by a mouse. It was all that remained of the res olution. The absentminded secreta ry had eaten tho rest.”—Washing ton Post Nu Fnrully to Boast Of. Miss Carolina—-Is Mr. Burbank a man of fnnilly? ' Mina Virginia—Not that anybody knows of. Miss Carolina—Somebody told me tknt be la tbv father of acveral chil dren. Miss Virginia—Fins a bouse full of them, but he can't trace their lineage beyond his common old grandfather.— Denver News. FOR THE LITTLE ONES. K<w a La# Earned the -*fone;i )y Fur a. Vacation Trip. An 11-year-old boy of Lowell, Mass., whose name is Weaiey Court- earned enough money during his last summefV vacation to buy a po ny and cart and jpay_ the expenses of an “across flie continent trip foT himself and his fatlx?r. 1'fnBeis G. Court, father of tli.g. hfl£«.W£.thai- lie has been”a money maker since he was fi yearn did At the close of school last spring -maTTr fff'the boys in Lowell erected canopies at the street corners for the purpose of selling soft drinks to passersby. Weslcv had one oi these stands, but he was not satisfied with the*income from it. He sold out his shop for $-5 and increased his capital by $10, which lie .borrowed from his father 1 at 0 per cent. Then Wesley went to the managers of each of the many shoe factories,manufacturing chem ists, etc., and said that he would give them 20 cents for every dollar of his income for tlifc exclusive priv ilege of selling root beer, lemonade, etc., on their premises at lunch time. In nearly every instance the privilege was granted, in most cases jhe managers refusing to take arty money from him. In two weeks lie had paid back the $10 he had bor rowed from his father and had six boys working for him. He paid the bovs liberally. ^Tbe. Jad actually startled his fa ther hv the amount of money he realized- “Ho bought himself a suit of clothes and then n pony and cart,” said his father, “and before 1 was fully aware of it ho had money enough in bank to take us both to California.” This winter Wesley substituted hot coffee, tea and milk for the coo! drinks sold in the summer.—Amer ican Boy. PAPER GAMES. Hoops covered with paper make excellent targets for various kiml.- of shooting, according to space available and age of children. Small newspaper pellets can hurt no one provided they'a re not screwed up too tight, and rings of red and blue and black on the newspaper will coun! the Samoa's the rings on an archery target. Castles ran lie besieged by knights in paper helmets and shields and defended by a brave gar rison behind paper ramparts, and paper missiles shaped like bean lags can be hurled with truly dead ly effect from one party of warriors at the other. What more delightful for the children than n couple of newspa pers fastened on to the nursery or even the dining room table with four drawing pins which the babies cannot pull out and a pencil for each little mite—if blue and red so much the better—so that they may scrawl “anything we like” there. CHANCE FOR BOY RA* CATCHERS. The boys of Stockholm have a chance to earn 6ome money. The city has offered a bounty of 2 1-2 cents on every rat killed, so say the cable dispatches. The reason for this is to prevent the plague from gaining a foothold in Stockholm and to chock the spreading of the disease, as it is believed that rats and other animals carry the con.ta- i ;ion. The bounty on the rat’s head, jowevnr, gives occasion for some interesting information regarding this rodent. There is no country in tho world whore some species of rat does not exist, but the common house or Norway rat is the most widely known of all. lie has even taken up his abode in tlie islands of the Pacific. He is an expansionist. He sturted his career in the west of China, that being his native home, but he has followed man wherever man lias gone. The common mouse also hails from Asia. Tln»« It W«i Killed. Particular Diner—ThlB llsh, Walter- Truthful Walter (promptly)—Was killed this morning, sir. Particular Diner (approvingly)—Yon did quite right to kill It because It had been on shore so long that It must have forgotten how to swtiu, and would bane been drowned If It bad ever gone to sen again. Hosted I* Spite of the Rale. Collector—I am afraid to present this dun Id person to Mr. Grump. Had we uot better forward It by uiailT Manager—Yes. but remember this Is the only lustanee wncre we will violate our motto, ‘Tost No Bills.’*—Ohio State Journal. LOV^'?WELCOM£. •Tto only • *,Wck In the dfstawe, Tt» only » Vu on tho eon, ; But now I iun tinging and uniting To wckboic 4y lore bedt | 0 r .io. tie left heart true and lead* A fortune to Pete o’er the sain; “ I seem noWto j jjur him repeating J In accents so ijneet that leLata: Goodby, my loved ary goodby, my d.-r'in— ■ Though I mutt tanuyoa my fwano i.T.. I Sty you'll be faithful. Soring «j.j iimient- I Say tlist I’m leaving** true beau " Mo* newer tho soft breeze ft bmrtn. . Ttat bn* > little era it to the land/ ' And soon <* too ugaU I’ll be sUntbjg r beside nt dear lore hand Jn has? ; And now into port the is steering, J 1 see my Pear boy once again, i AS I open -A ' urns to ’irfitig. I amilii.. | change that Welcome, my Id ed one, welcome, my dun*! Timo hss not|chohgod my food love (to tSI Jf you still lord me, Sty you ore willing " jMvver again do ream far o’er the see. il —Wotusn’i ua 1 DEATH IN HOTELS, 4 Peculiar View of the Siit Taken by Proprietors. had an experience in a Net Yor& hotel which struck me at i timer as being rather odd brought vividly t my mind tfcj honu|essncss of hotel life,” said i hotel (hoarder to a friend who had him ill his home for dinner. friend') of mine died in, tho hotell where we both had rooms. The finj thing it thought of wus a bit . crape hr some other emblem oi| mournrW; for his door. So I to the iU rk and asked him if thejl had any -mourning emblems in th| ho.use. “He leaked at me in amazementl and said 'be had been in the hoicll business ipr 20 years and never hall that question asked him before.I Then 1 asltcd him if there would bel any objee ion to my buying sonw-l thing of tl(<e kind and putting it on] my dead fr (end’s door. I •“Certoii'ly thero would,’ he re-1 plied. ‘It wav.Id never do. It would! ulurm tho ou.er boarders; might i well stick a-lh'carlet fever sign on | ihe door. Artel.' he added in a pecul iar manner, ‘jVLusc do not have your | friend’s fimeVi;! from the hotel if] you can help tt.’ “ ‘Why not. If I asked. “*I don’t ip'.ow/ he answered. I ‘but somehow 'guests don’t expect ] people to die i i a Imtcl. Of cour-a | they do die, but it i3 usually unex pected.’ | “I reckon he arcs right. I don’t know why anyb Idy should want to | die deliberately i.V a hotel.” VVhnt I' :,rt Her. Mrs. Heartless- lliist to think my huslmud fell ami brake—find liiot:— Mrs. Hlmpytlieti W~There, dear: I heard nil about It. 'Ithe poor mnu broke bis leg. It’s a great 1 : aUtk-tiou, I know, but— V Mrs. Hi-artless—Cb. I dhln’l ciosn that! You haven't U< ju-d the worst. Ho was currying iny «n Jw Venetian vase when he fell, and b.Oke It too.—Ohio State Journal. Urenklnit the N<tv-» Gently. There Is a innn In fyjverpool who I* renowned for his linp-a ttphable calm ness ou every Iniuginal |e occasion. One day he strolled leisure's Into llu- olUrt of a friend. “I have Just hud a <?iat wftu yew wife." he said 4>y way of. beginning. "Why, I didn't knaxif she was 1® town.” > “Oh. she wasn't In town.” replied th' other. “I culled nt your I'pnse." "I didn't know she wtrs .receiving to day." snld the husband v.-ith some sun- prise. “1 thought she had A headache.” “She didn't mention it tp me," said the oaltn man. “There was ai crowd at the house.” “A crowd!” echoed the hufpnnd. “Yes,” went on the calm turn. “They came with tho Are engine:” “The tire engine!" gasped the hus band. “Ob. It’s all right.” went on the calm man. “It's all ont now. It wasn't much of a fire, but 1 thought you'd like to know U.”—London Tit Bits. Katnl Gluttony. A messenger employed at the rollwny station In I’raga. Warsaw, made a bet that be would eat at one meal five fowls, a Jar of soar cabbage, two mel ons. ten pounds of fruit, six cucum bers. wltb bread, aud. besides, he would drink a gallon of vodkl (native splrltt. six bottles of beer and throe siphons of soda water. A numerous company assembled to witness the feat, wblcb was successfully accom plished. and the bet wns paid. Tbe mnu, however, was found dead In bed next morning.—Loudon Standard. A Nervy Mnxenm MnnnRrr, Sarah Bernhardt said Unit one night during a visit to America when she was playing “Jeanne d'Arc." she hurt her knee with a rusty nail. "The wonutl gave me considerable pain aud trou ble.” she said, "and It wns thought that a slight operation might possibly Is- re quired. This fact appeared In ihpjln 1 *^ I-opera nnd a day or two afterward 1 received a telegram from the manngef of n museum In Chicago saying that H It was necessary to amputate my leg might be please bare It. He addipd he would drape It if desired.” Temperate. Grimsby—So you want to marry my daughter, 8lrl What are your princi ples '! An- you temperate T Hlodgely—Temperate! Why. I am so strict that it gives me puin even to find my boots tlgbt.-Wck-ile-Cp. “An umbrella Is a good deal like 8 fellow's hair.” remarked the observer of events and things. “If you lose It. you sehiom get It back again." lu Japan handkerchiefs arc made of paper, cords are twined f’-t-rr- It o’-' 1 Imitation® of t’ordova leather are skih' fully contrived from it.