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About The Enterprise. (Carnesville, GA.) 1890-1??? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1890)
VOL. I. i lVliat Do You Think I Could we straighten each loop and each tangle, That time interweaves in Life’s skein; Could we garner each long-vanished mo¬ ment, And live our lives over again— Would we sail in an ocean unruffled, And never be stranded or sink, Or lurched ’gainst the rocks in our blind¬ ness? How would it be? What do you think? We might pilot ourselves by the ledges That once almost shattered our boat, Avoiding the dangerous waters Where once we were tempted to float; Hut taking another direction And leaving each perilous brink, Would we pass each breaker in safety? IIow would it be? Whai do you think? Life’s ocean is strewn with the flotsam Thrown overboard out of her ships, And never a pilot so skilful Hut sometime the figurehead dips In the spray dashing over the breakers; And strange if lie hears not the clink Of the prow breaking in on the ledges, How many escape, do you think? —[Katherine H. Terry in the Housewife. BESIEGED BY MONKEYS, A TALE OI'" INDIA. Duty had taken me to Dharmsala, a hill station considerably west of Simla. On the return journey 1 turned off the main road at Kangra. The object of this ex:ursion was to see a neighboring shrine, much venerated by the Hindoos and called Jwalamookhee. The native pilgrims, who come in thousands, lodge jn the open air under the trees and cook their own food; the rich bring tents for their accommodation. But there was no place for Europeans to lodge in except the usual “district officers’ bungalow.” This is always a small house, with two or three rooms, built and furnished by the govern¬ ment, and put in charge of a man ser¬ vant, who both looks after it and at¬ tends to the wants of those who occupy it. In it the officers whom duty takes to such ont-of-the-Europcan-world’s places, lodge and transact business during the few days of their periodi¬ cal visits. To this bungalow, there¬ fore, we went. On telling the care¬ taker who wo were, he opened the bouse; and, while I went in and in¬ dulged in a very needful and refresh¬ ing wash, he a*tended to my horse. These preliminaries being over, we sent him into the town, for the double purpose of procuring ns some food and of inquiring from tbe priests at what hour we might pay the temple a visit. The main road passes through a dense wood not 100 yards from this bouse, which was more than half a mile away from the nearest part of the town. From the road a narrow ave¬ nue had been cut among the trees to a small clearance around the house.othcr- wise it was quite buried in the wood. When the caretaker left me I found the house stuffy and damp. It had probably not been opened or aired for days. The stillness around was op- • pressive. Not a sound was heard ex¬ cept the munching of our horse in the neighboring stable or the rare cry of a bird in the trees. There was nothing in the house to read, and nothing lo do. Moreover, I had had a long ride and felt rather stiff in the logs. So rising from the chair I strolled out of the house. After walking listlessly around it, and pacing the small cleared space in front, I followed the avenue to the main road, and, then returning, passed into the wood, immersed in my own thoughts. It was literally a “twilight wood;” for though it was nearly noon on a bright August day, the trees stood so close ami tho leaves grew so thick that scnrcc a patch of sunshine lighted up a few favored spots. The giant branches of the grand old trees more than touched: they interlaced and formed a leafy canopy overhead, with just hove ami there a rent, to admit a ray of light and to give a glimpse of tho bright blue sky above. Sauntering under those trees, I sud¬ denly became conscious of noises in the brandies above me. I looked up and about; but, though the branches stirred and the leaves moved, I could see nothing. I was not, however, long left in doubt or speculation. A monkey, a large male, dropped from a branch to the ground nt a distance of about thirty feet in front of me. As he reached (lie ground, lie squatted on his heels, resting both his liai d ■ tin his knees and gazing fixedly and solemnly at me. His gravity upset mine. Then near him another monkey dropped down ; a third and a fourth followed. It began to rain monkevs. In tens, in scores, in hundreds; old, middle-aged and young; largo and small; males and females—many of tho latter carrying babies, some on their backs, others iu their dropping from the trees arouml me. I was standing under a mighty of tho forest, and against its trunk, some five feet in diameter, i set THE ENTERPRISE. back, as the monkeys in their hundreds squatted down in an irregular semi¬ circle around. They did not go be¬ hind the tree, for its trunk was much wider than my back, and they chose to sit only where they could see me. Around they left a clear space, but at the distance of about thirty feet they sat, huddled clos(ttogether, in several rows, (500 and more in number. It may be said in passing that mon¬ keys are sacred animals in India. They arc fed and protected and al¬ lowed to roam at large with impunity. Vast numbers infest Dilhi, Agra, and other large towns. At Benares they are a perfect plague. In so favorable a situation as Jwlamookhec, they natu¬ rally multiply beyond reckoning, and people the woods in sufficient hordes to account for the hundreds that now surrounded mo. At some distance be¬ yond, several young monkey urchins, which preferred play to curiosity, kept suspending themselves from the branches in long living chains, holding on to each other’s hands or tails, and swinging themselves pcndulumwise to and fro. They were not the small, puny creatures generally seen in Euro¬ pean menageries, but the real, genuine Indian Hanooman of which race the large and strong males stand when erect, fully four feet in height. There were many such, among others of smaller size, in the crowd around me. It bad not taken three minutes to form that solid semicircle of monkeys. They had come down as thick as a shower of hails:ones, but so softly and gently had they descended to the grass and leaf-covered ground that scarcely any noise had been made. For a short time they sat motionless and silent, staring hard at me, and a baby mon¬ key, having made a noise, was instant¬ ly smacked by its mother in a most human fashion. They looked at me, and then they began to chatter—first one, then a few together, then many af once, finally all in a chorus. They talked, chattered, jabbered, discussed, argued, shouted, and yelled, gesticula¬ ting meanwhile, making faces and grinning. Suddenly there was a dead silence for a short interval, during which they gravely stared at me harder than ever. Every now and again one or another or several at once would grip, snarl, and growl at me, showing their large canine teeth. Again the chattering discourses would be re¬ newed. The laughter with which I had greet¬ ed the first of my visitors died a very sudden death, for my curiosity to watch til ir behavior did not prevent my realizing the fact that I was not in a very safe position. Even ono or two monkeys would be difficult enough to deal with, if they chose to attack a man, for, though small, they are ex¬ tremely muscular and agile, and i! would be harder to prevent them from biting and tearing than it would a mad dog. True, I knew that one or two would hardly dare to attack a n ar* but when hundreds crowded together around one stranger the circumstances were far from encouraging. Here I was, unarmed, nothing but a light rid¬ ing whip in my hand, surrounded by hundreds of monkeys, to which my white face and European dress were evidently objects of ns much aversion as curiosity. Natives they did not mind, but Europeans they seemed to regard with (he hatred due to in¬ truders. I fnlly-sealizcd mv danger, but con¬ tinued calm and collecled, and rea¬ soned the position out with myself. The only chance of safety was to re¬ main quietly against tins friendly tree, silently observing the monkeys, care¬ ful to give no offense or provocation, watchful to give them no advantage over me till the return of the caretal e r or some other chance came to my aid. Had l attempted to strike them or to flighten them, or to break through Ihoin or (o flee from them, I have no* slightest doubt that J should i llie no now be writing this account. Their enormous numbers would have em¬ boldened them to any act. I should have been quite helpless in their grasp _would, indeed, have been pounced upon by scores of llieni, overpowered, bitten and torn to pieces. So, making a virtue of necessity, I kept up a bold front, watched, waited, and prayed. In one of the intervals cf silence, (he great monkey that had first ar¬ rived, and that seemed to be one of the leaders, suddenly hopped nearer to me, two feet or so. Ilis action was immediately imitated by all the mon¬ keys forming the front row of the semicircle, while those behind closed up as before; and the semicircle con- tracted around me by two feet in the radius. More chattering ana gesticu- latiug followed, more growling and grinning, with intervals of silence. ; They had a grea. < e.i tosav, an >ev j all . :id it. and it was ad about me. j too, for they frequently pointed at me I with their hands, and snarled and CARNESVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 1.1890. gnashed their teeth at me. Again they contracted tbe semicircle as bo Core. And so they kept, gradually coming nearer and nearer, and growing more and more excited. Still I remained quiet and silent, and still in the dis* tanco the monkey youths played the mad gambols of their living pendu¬ lum, heedless of what engaged the attention of their seniors. All else was silent—no sign of man. The semicircle had giadtially con- trac.e.l to within fourteen, or fiftecu feet of wliero 1 stood; the monkcyi indeed were so near that in two oi three leaps they could easily hav« jumped upon mo. I felt decidedly un¬ easy; wondered how they would at¬ tack me, and when? From the right, or the left, or the front? I5y jumping on me from a d'stance, or waiting till quite near? Then 1 wondered wlicthei the caretaker would return in time tc stave off the assault, for I was still quite close to the house, Of the dreadful results of the attack, if once made, I had not the slighest doubt. Still I remained leaning immovable against the tree, calm and cool, facing llieni straight, looking fully into thcii faces, all in turn, and showing out¬ wardly no sign of flinching or alarm. \ r et I began to thintc that it was now only a matter of a few more minutes. Before a quarter of an hour at the furthest they would be within touch¬ ing distance of me. They would be sure to begin to handle my clothes; and whether 1 permitted it,or resisted, or tried to fly, I wou'd with equal certainty be attacked and killed. But my deliverance was at hand. In the midst of one of their most noisy discussions—or did it only seem more noisy because they were now so near? —they one and all became suddenly silent and perfectly still, They seemed to be listening attentively. I lisdied, too, but at first could catch no sound any where; the stilinoss of death was all around, for even the young monkeys had ceased their tricks. What could have disturbed and silenced the noisy throng? Or what did they now purpose? Next from afar oft’ came the loud cry of a monkey—evidently the warning call of a scout on outpost duty. Then,first faintly from afar, and then gradually nearer and louder, came down the main road through the wood t!.c wel¬ come sound of the clatter of a horse’s hoofs at a swift walking pace. This it was which their quicker cars had de¬ tected long before I had heavd it. They kept their ground for a few mo¬ ments more, but their attention was now evidently divided between me and the approaching horse. Again, and nearer, the scout’s cry sounded through the wood. There was an immediate stampede. One and all the monkeys rushed off to the neighboring trees, and, scrambling up the trunks and into the branches, they were in the twinkling of an eye lost to sight in the leafy canopy over¬ haul. They had disappeared in their h indreds as rapidly as they had come, and almost as silently, save when the rustling among the leaves indicated their course as they passed from tree to tree and fled further into the wood. I wailed still against the tree till the horse and liie rider—a mounted police¬ man going his rounds—had come quite near. Then I made for tho house and bolted myself in, thankful for the timely arrival and involuntary aid of t'i 3 unconscious patrol. Unknowing¬ ly, but providentially, he had saved my life.—[Chamber's Journal. Taxed to Wear a Beard. In Russia Peter the Great compelled his subjects to pay a lax for the privi¬ lege of retaining their beards. It proved to be an unpopular law, but was rigidly enforced, and those who would not or could not pay were forci- bly deprived of this ornament. During the latter part of the reign of Louis XIV great care was taken of the heard. When the gallant of those days went to spend an evening with his sweetheart lie usually provided himself with wax for his whiskers, sweet-scented oils, and in fact every necessary article for the lady to use in combing and dressing hit beard. What an agreeable pastime it must have been. If the custom were to be revived what a falling off there would bs in the number of barber shops. Wh?n the practice of shaving was again revived in Europe instrumental music was employed in barber shops to amuse customers while waiting their turn.—[Washington Star. White Soap the Best. If you would know the injuries and burning effect of highly perfumed soaps, discontinue their use for one week, substitute white castile, and one subsequent trial of the So-called bouquet soap will suffice for its doom, A good white soap is not only the cheapest but tho best for the health of the akin.—[New York World. PRECIOUS STONES. What Causes the Varying Colors In Diamonds. A Magnificent Necklace, and a Stone Worth $100,000. No one has ever succeeded in discov¬ ering (he causes that produced a din. mond. No one has ever produced a diamond, although tho diamond lias been analyzed and everyone knows that it is pure carbon. In the same mine will be found diamonds of almost every shade of color as well as the perfectly white stones. Speaking of these colored diamonds, now so fash¬ ionable and in such demand for odd rings, Mr. Farnhnm, connected witli a large jewelry house in New York, said to a Herald reporter: ‘•While no one knows positively what caused the carbon to crystallize into a diamond, it is thought that tiic first crystallization is absolutely white. Then by the action of nature in alter¬ nate lie at and cold the diamond was sent through the whole gamut of color, the darker it is the harder it gets. Some black diamonds have been on the wheel for years without making any visblo impression on them, The stones are found in all colors. I will show you,” and taking from the safe little square packages of tissue paper Mr. Farnliam unrolled them, and with forceps laid on a piece of white paper first a perfectly white diamond, and then in succession a blue-while, a pink, a green, a (an, a straw, a marigold, an olive, a brown, a cinnamon, a very ricli dark brown and a black. “Now the shades of some of those stones,” continued lie, “are so delicate that one not accustomed to them would be unable to tell them apart. Take the straw and the marigold. Separately you can hardly seo the difference. Put them down together and the dif¬ ference in color is instantly percepti¬ ble. For those stones we have equally as many colors of gold. The color in the gold is controlled by the alloy used. The different shapes of these stones is peculiarly interesting. All colored stones are cut in fancy shapes. There is a brioiet, there a pear shape, there a square, a sexigon, a cone, a cube, with one of the ends drawn out into a point. The elliptical and the double rose cut are very fishionablc and much used in fancy rings. We are today making up us many and as beautiful fancy rings as we r e ever made iu the time of Louis X VI., the time of the rage for fancy rings. “I have a necklace made of brioiet shape diamonds, willi drilled points, that I want you to see,” said Mr. Farnliam, ringing a hand bell. On being told what was wanted a messen¬ ger brought in a blue box, inside of which around a circular platform was the necklace. “This is as fine a piece of work as can be done in Europe. The mount¬ ing of each diamond only covers the extreme point of the diamond. The hole is so small that a piece of sewing silk will just go through it. The hole is drilled with diamond dust and a small piece of tempered steel. It is very laborious work, and only two men iu the world today ci.n drill dia¬ monds. Their names are not even known, and a few firms control their work. “If we wanted a diamond drilled we could not do it ourselves, but would be compelled to send t® Eu¬ rope to the firms controlling the drill¬ ers. The original cost of drilling in years gone by was much less expen¬ sive than the work done today. Those stones have probably been drilled for over a hundred years. “The kind oi work? Why, the mounting is called enamelled and gold tracery, and is really as fine a piece of work as can be done anywhere, 1 have been all over Europe, in all the museums, and seen all the private col¬ lections, and you would not find a more beautiful piece of work in any of them, not even excepting the celebrat¬ ed Hermitage at St. Petersburg, Russia. “Another thing that may be of in¬ terest to you is the cleaving of dia¬ monds. After the cutter determines tbe (able and girdle of a stone he probably sees that he can cut off quite a piece and not injur* the size of the stone at all. This cleaving is polish¬ ed up and U3ed as a covering for mini¬ atures, and is called portrait brilliant 0 . We have them here all the way from the * ize of a lma11 French pea to that of a ten cent piece, “We have a large stone here,” con- eluded Mr. Farnham, “called the Tiff, auy yellow double decked brilliant, weighing 12a 3-8 carats. It is the finest and largest yellow diamond known in the world. Jt is nearly 20 j carats larger than (he celebrated Kohi- noor. Y'es, of course it is for sale, j but it is pretty expensive—over $100- 000 .” Superstitious Wall Street Speculators. The superstitious of gamblers is an old theme. And if anything would induce nte to class my Wall street friends in (hat category it is the wide prevalence of fads and beliefs of that nature among them. There are some large operators in the street who if the market is going their way could nol be bribed to change the suit of clothes that they happen to bo wearing at the time. 1 know one member of the Stock Exchange, a three-times million¬ aire, who would cancel all his orders in tho market if lie met a beggar iu the morning and did not have change wherewith to bestow alms on him. In several offices one or more rather dubious samples of tbe genus homo are allowed to find a resting place and occasional ‘dips” in money, because, forsooth, they are regarded by the head of tho establishments as ‘‘mas¬ cots.” There is ono superstition, moreover, that all the Stroet believes, in—that is, that a rainy day is suitable to a bear market and that bright sun¬ shine is peculiarly tilted for bull operations. There may be something about bad weather calculated to keep people away from Wall street, and thus help tho bears, but 1 have noticod that no amount of sunshine could keep prices from tumbling when they liad a mind to do so.—[New Y ork Star. The Prime Minister of China. Li Hung Chang is the prime minis¬ ister of China, and though he wears a piglail and wooden shoes, and dress¬ es like a woman, he must be ranked with the great statesmen of tho world, with Bismarck, Crispi, Gladstone, etc. If he did not live in a land of such in¬ vincible conversation ho would do great lliings for the vast empire over which ho is virtually the practical ruler. But China has awakened con¬ siderably from her loins dreams under the stimulus of his genius, Ho be- lievos in railroads, commerce, and education. It is said that he lias con¬ templated vast schemes of conquest. Ti.e late General Gordon and tho present Lord Wolscley of England have both expressed a fear of a Euro¬ pean invasion from t!ie inumcrablo hordes of China. Led by such a born leader of men as Li Hung Ciiang, such an invasion would be a formidable affair. Li Hung Chang was a warm personal friend of General Grant and had many pleasant interviews with tho American general during his visit to China in his trip around the world.— [Yankee Blade. Are Quakers Declining! Af.erall, the disciples of George Fox n:ul Robert Barclay are not dying out. So, at least, we are assured by “A Quiker,” whose letter is published in Murray’s Magazine. It is admitted that during tin first half of this cen¬ tury the decline in numbers of the So¬ ciety of Friends was very rapid; bill then for a good many years past tin accessions by “convincement” have been every year so greatly in excess of the secessions that, notwithstanding Hie very low marriage rate and the very low birth rate, and some emigra¬ tion, there is yearly a steady 1 hough s iglit increase in their numbers in Great Britian. In Ireland the great majority of the Quakers are said to be Unionists, and the *ocietyis dwindling through emigration to England ami America. In the United States, on the other hand, the Quakers, we art told, are increasing in number some¬ what rapidly, especially in the South and West, and mainly through acces¬ sions from other religious bodies.— [London Standard. Watch Springs. “How long will i, last?” asked a man of a jeweller, who had just told him that he would have to have a new spring in his watch. “Maybe a week; maybe a year oi two,” answered the jeweller. “But this one has lasted four or five years,” said the man, protestingly. “Yes, but they don’t make that kind of springs nowadays. It really does seem as though they liar] lost the art of tempering watch springs, I sent out a hundred dollar watcli the other day brand new, just from the factory, and the spring broke within twenty-four hours. The manufacturers have spent thousands of dollars within the past few years experimenting to get. hack tho old quality for the springs, and they have failed. The springs seem to be getting worse rather than bet¬ ter.”—[New York Sun. Xeglectlng Her Privileges. 2Ir. Fangle (admiringly): “What an exquisite carriage Mrs. Simcoc lias?” Mrs. FaOgle: “Has site? W hy, she's always walking when i »:o her,” — [Epoch < MlLMUlVS COLUMN. riUSDDIK'H UTAH TIIOCUI1TS. We sal ami watched ttie stars come out In tlic dork blue evening skies, And Fred gazed nt them earnestly, With wonder in his exes. ‘■.Mamma, what are the stars?'’ he asked, Ills hrow, beneath the crown Of shining hair that wreathed his head, llent in a puzzled frown. she could not tell this questioner, Whose years were only three, That they were other suns that light Worlds wrapped in mystery. And while she paused, ’ i think I^know,” Said Fred, “and I’ll tell you; There's some holes in (he clouds, ami so The gold of Heaven shines through.” Then as we entiled, though Freddie’s face •Showed not a sign of mirth, A brilliant, Hashing falling star Shot quickly down to earth." And, with a light in his brown eyes, Most lovely to behold, The laddie shouted, “Oh! mamma, There fell a piece of gold.” AN IN KI KM A It Y COK DEMll ANIMALS. This is an institution which is the donation of Anna Wala ltyerss; it oc¬ cupies a farm of 103 acres near Buslle- lon, Penn. Its object is to provide, free of cost, a tempornrv homo for horses, mules and other animals be¬ longin'.’ to cabmen, carters, tradesmen and others, and also to give a perman¬ ent home to old favorites too old to work. There is a Horses’ Rest near London which is an institution after this order, but there a charge is made, while the Rycrss Intimary is a free gift to (lie helpless dumb animals.— AN INTELLIGENT DOG. An English officer who was in Pur’s in 1815 mentions the case of a dog be¬ longing to a shoeblack which brought customers to his master. This it did in a very ingenious, though scarcely honest manner. The officer, having occasion to cross one of tho bridges over (he Seine, had his boots, which had 1 cen previously polished, dirted by a poodle dog rubbing against them. He, in consequence, went to a man who was stationed on the bridge and had them cleaned. The same circum¬ stance having occurred more than once his curiosity was excited and he watched the dog. Ho saw the dog roll himself in the mud of the river, and then watcli for a person with well polished boots, against which ho contrived to rub himself. Finding that tho shoeblack was the owner of (lie dog, the officer taxed him with the artifice; and, after a little hesitation, the man confessed that he had I aught the dog the trick in order to procure customers for hiirr self. The officer, being much struck with the dog’s sagacity, purchased him at a high price anti brought him to England. Jle kept him tied up for some time and then released him. The dog remained with him a day or two and then made bis escape. A fort¬ night afterward lie was found with li's former master, pursuing his old trade tii dirtying gentlemen's boots on the bridge.— [Pittsburg Dispatch. HOW LITTLE 1I1HDS HIDE. A German author, Adolph Eliding, writing in the Garfonlanbo, asserts that lie found it currently believed nt Cairo that waglails and other small birds cross from Europe to Nubia and Abys¬ sinia on (lie ba ks of storks and cranes nnd details the results of conversations which ho had with several independent witnesses, all testifying to the same thing. He then proceeds: “At sup¬ per, in the Hotel dn Nile, I related the curious story to all present, but, natu¬ rally enough, found unbelieving ears. The only one who did not laugh was the privy councillor Von Ileuglin, the famous African traveler and, except¬ ing Brehm, the most celebrated au¬ thority of our time on the birds of Africa. On asking ids opinion, lie remarked: ‘Let others laugh; they know nothing about it. I do not laugh, for the thing is well known to ino. I should have made mention of it in my work if I had had any per¬ sonal preof to justify it. I consider the case probable, though I can not give any warrant for it. My discov¬ ery, if I may so call it,” continues Ilcrr Ebeling, “I would have kept to my¬ self, even after Hciiglin had thus ex¬ pressed himself, had I not since dis¬ covered a new authority for i‘. “In (he second edition of Dr. I’ctcr- inann’s great book of travels I find the following: JH’rofessor Roth of Mu¬ nich related to mo in Jerusalem that the well-known Swedish traveler, Hedenborg, made an interesting ob¬ servation on the Island of Rhodes, where he was staying. In the autumn, when the storks came in flocks over the seas to Rhodes, lie often heard the notes of sigall birds, without being able to see them, but ou ouc occasion he obsevved a party of storks just as (hey alighted, and saw several small birds come oft'their backs, having beep thus evidently transported by them across the sea. > ft NO. 30. If I Were You, If I were you, I often say To those who seem to need advice, I’d always look before I leaped ; I’d always think it over twice. And then I’d lienve a troubled sigh— For, after all, I’m only I. I’d ne’er discusfl, if I were you, The failings of my fellow-men; I’d think of all their virtues first, And scan my own shortcomings then. Hut, though all this is good and true, 1 am but I; I am not you. If I were you and half so vain, Amidst my folly I would pause l’o see bow dull and light a fool I was myself. I don't, because— (And here I heave a pitying sigh) 1 am not you; I’m only I. If I were you, no selfish care .Should chase my cheery smile away; I\1 scatter round me love and hope; I’d do a kindness every day. Hut here again I find it true That I am I, and you arc you. I would not be so very quick To take offense, if I were you ; l would respect myself, at least. Whatever others say or do. Alas! can no one tell me why I am not you, instead of If In short, if I were only you And could forget that i was I; I think that little cherub wings Would sprout upon me, by and by. — [George II. Murphy, in St. Nichols. HUMOROUS. A mouth organ—A dental news- paper. A bill for beverages ought to be liquidated. There is a striking resemblance bo- tween some clocks. Wheels are complaining a great deal now of “that tired feeling.” The nation which produces most marriages must lie fasci-nation. Anomalous as it may seem, a bad boy always deserves a good thrashing. It is one of tho remarkable fucts in riding that, the carriage is always tired before the iiorso is. No language can express tho feel, ings of a deaf-mute who steps on a tack in a dark room. Swiggcr.—(Icntlcman’s dress re¬ mains about the same this year, does n’t it? Twigger.—Mine does. A dime museum advertises “a great movement on foot.” 'J’his is probably when (he fat woman walks around. Cumso—Did you notice McFeeter’s prominent cheek bones? Faegle—L didn’t notice the bones particularly,but 1 noticed his prominent cheek. “You never see Bangaby and his wife together.” “No; but it’s all right. She told folks she was going to marry him to get rid of him.” “Yes, I was awfully fond of that girl, and I believed her to be perfect, but I saw something about her last, night that made me sick.” “What was that?” “Another fellow’s arm.’' Asia’s Climate Becoming Colder. A recent writer in the North China Herald, of Shanghai, says that the climate of Asia is becoming colder than it formerly was, and its tropical animals and plants are retreating southward at a slow rate. This is true of China, and it is also the case in Western Asia. The elephant, in a wild state, was hunted in tho eighth century B. C. by Tiglath Pilescr, the King of Assyria, near Carchemish, which lay near tho Euphrates in Syria. Four or five centuries before this Thothmcs III., King of Egypt, hunted the same animal near Aleppo. In high antiquity, the elephant and rhi¬ noceros were known to the Chinese; they had names for them, and their tusks and horns were valued. In tho time of Confucius elephants were in use for the army on the Yangtzo River. A hundred and fifty years after this, Mencius speaks of the (iger, the leo¬ pard, the rhinoceros and the elephant as having been, in many parts of tho empire, driven away from the neigh¬ borhood of the Chinese inhabitants by the founders of the Chou dynasty. Tigers and leopards are not yet by any means extinct in China. The elephant and rhinoceros are again spoken of in the first century of our era. If to these particulars regarding elephants be added tho retreat from the rivers of South China of the ferocious alligators that formerly infested them, the ihange in the fauna of China certainly seems to show that the climate is much less favorable for tropical animals than it formerly was. In fact, it appears to have become drier and colder. Remarkable Census Ceiucldence. A remarkable coincidence is jeport- ed from West Virginia. A census of Elm Grove was taken, preparatory to incorporating the village as a town, with the following result: Number of males over 31 years of age, 148; num¬ ber of males under 21 years of age, 148; number of females over 16 years of ago, 148; number of females under 10 yoh’8 of #ge, 148; grand total} 592.
