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VOL. I.
In Glad Weather.
I do not know what skies there were,
Nor if the wind was high or low;
1 think 1 heard the branches stir
A little, when we turned to go;
1 think I saw the grasses sway
As if they tried to kiss your feet—
And yet, it seems like yesterday,
That day together, sweet I
1 think it must have been in May)
I think the sunlight must have shone)
I know a scent of springtime lay
Across the fields; wc were alone.
We went together, you and I;
How could 1 look beyond your eyes?
If you were only standing by
I did not miss the skies!
1 could not tell if evening glowed,
Or noonday beat lay while and still
Beyond the shadows of the road;
1 only watched your face, until
I knew it was the gladdest day,
The sweetest day that summer knew—
The time when we two stole away
And f saw only von !
—[Charles B. Goiug, iu Scribner.
The Marked Bank Bills,
A STORY FOR OLD AND YOUNG.
i. Marshall,won’t you do me the favor
to keep this live dollar bill for me? I
want to take my holiday soon, and I’m
afraid, if I keep it myself, I’ll be
tempted to spend it.”
“Wliv, certainly, Edward, I’ll keep
it for you with pleasure.” And the
youth who had been addressed by liis
companion as Marshall, took out his
pocket-book and put the bank note
carefully in it by the side of one of the
same denomination that was already
deposited there.
Archie Marshall and Edward Frank¬
lin were follow-clerks in the large
wholesale house of Zimmermau & Co.,
and being about the same age, and
formerly schoolmates, were very inti¬
mate, both iu and out of their busi¬
ness associations.
Marshall lived with his parents, and
Franklin was an orphan, but both
were boys of excellent character, and
served their employers faithfully; yet,
while Archie was economical in liis
habits, Edward was just llie reverse,
and spent liis wages freely. This ex¬
plained the request made of liis friend.
While the two boys were talking
about tho money, Mr. Zimmerman,
the senior partner of the firm, passed
by on his way to the counting room,
and scanned them closely as he noticed
the transfer of the money to Marshal’s
pocketbook.
A few moments later, an errand boy-
told Marshall that Mr. Zimmerman
would like to see him in tho counting
room.
Dropping liis work, the young clerk
proceeded at once to see his employer,
wondering at tho strange summons;
for he had never had one of the kind
before.
lie found Mr. Zimmerman alone in
liis private office, and looking unusual¬
ly severe and serious.
As Archie knocked at the door, the
merchant without looking up, told him
to come in and be seated. After a few
moments’ silence, Mr. Zimmerman
looked up.
“Marshall,” said he, “I’m a plain-
spoken man and will not beat about
the busli at all. AVe have lately been
missing small sums of monoy from the
cash drawer, and, while I am loathe to
snspect you, I would like to examine
that five-dollar bill which you have in
your pocket.”
“Certainly, Mr. Zimmerman,” re¬
plied Archie, promptly handing liis
employer liis pocket-book; “but, ex¬
cuse me, sir, I don’t think I quite
understand you, sir,” lie continued
with hesitation.
Mr. Zimmerman looked at the frank
face of liis young employe a moment,
and said, with equal hesitation:
i < Well, Marshall, it is just this. As
I told you before, wc have been miss¬
ing money, and took the precaution to
mark some bills with a private mark
in the effort to trace the guilty person.
As I passed you in the store a little
while ago, I saw Franklin give you
what 1 thought I recognized as one of
those marked notes, Ah! hero it is
now!” continued the merchant; “and
here is the mark !”
Saying this, lie drew forth the note
which Franklin had given Marshall,
and pointed to an “X” in one corner,
which had apparently been made in
red ink with a quill pen.
“And here is another I” lie ex¬
claimed a moment later, as lie dis¬
closed the other note belonging to
Marshall, which also boro the guilty
mark.
The young clerk was too much
shocked and surprised, for a time, to
make any answer, His face flushed
aud paled by turns, but it was not
witli emotions of guilt or fear; and
he looked squarely into the merchant s
face as he strove to collect his scat¬
tered thoughts.
“I cannot imagine how this can be,
Mr. Zimmerman,” he finally gasped.
“The first note you saw belongs to
Franklin, and the other I got as part
THE ENTERPRISE
of last week’s salary. Franklin can¬
not save money, and bo asked me to
keep his live dollars for him.”
“I am very sorry, Marshall,” re¬
sponded the merchant, “but tho proof
is too plain. Your resignations will
he accepted, to take cllect at once. Of
course it will be impossille to keep you
or Franklin longer in our employ after
this evidence of guilt on your part.”
“But you will allow me to call Ed¬
ward, will you not, Mr. Zimmerman?”
pleaded the young clerk.
“Oh, yes,” replied his employer;
but I cannot see what possible good
that can do.”
“He can tell where he got his
note,” explained Marshall.
When Franklin entered the office, in
respouse to the summons, his fellow-
clerk asked him;
“Where did you get that five dollai
bill you gave me to keep for you.
Edward?”
“It was a portion oi my last week’s
salary,” replied Frank, at a loss to
understand the query.
“There is some terrible mistake
about this, Mr. Zimmerman,” pro¬
tested Archie. “I never stole any¬
thing in my life; and I certainly would
not begin now, when I have everything
than I need and am getting well paid
for my work. You hear Edward say
lie got his note in his salary, and that
is where I got mine.”
“That will do, Marshall,” said the
merchant coldly. “You and Franklin
will hand in your resignations imme¬
diately. I could make it go a great
deal harder with you, bat I hope this
will serve as a salutary lesson to you
in the future. On this account, and
in consideration of your youth, I feel
disposed to be lenient toward you.”
Archie turned about with flaming
cheeks and trembling lips, and was in
the act of leaving the office with his
fellow-clerk when Mr. Ford, the junior
partner, came in.
“Ilalloo, Marshall? what is the
trouble?” Mr. Ford asked, noticing
Archie’s unusual appearance. It was
as much as the young clerk could do
to keep back the tears as he answered,
falteringly: accused
“Mr. Zimmerman has
Franklin and me of stealing, and we
are discharged without an opportunity
of self-defense.”
“IIow is that, Zimmerman?” asked
the junior partner.
“Simply this, Ford; both of them
had marked notes in their possession,
and acknowledged them to bo theirs.”
“Let me see the notes,” said Mr.
Ford.
Mr. Zimmerman handed him the
marked bills, and lie examined them
very closely.
“I don’t know, Zimmerman,” lie
said, “those crosses look dull and
blurred, as though they were part of
the notes. Perhaps they are al
engraved in this way.
“No they are not, rejoined his part-
lier angrilv. “Look at these,” and
taking a roll of bank-notes out of his
pocket, he threw two live dollar bills
carelessly over to his partner.
Mr. Ford scanned thc:_ for a mo¬
ment, and then laughed heartily.
“Why Zimmerman,” said lie, “these
are the very notes we marked.”
“Wliat!” cried the merchant, “they
are the same?”
“Yes; and these of Marshall and
Franklin are merely impressions of
them. You know I told you to use
tho olotting pad when you were mark¬
ing them, and you said it was not nec¬
essary, the ink would soon dry! It did
not dry and the consequence was that
the imprint was left on the notes you
put on top of them.”
“I really believe you are right,” ac-
ktiowlegcd the senior partner, exam¬
ining the four notes in turn, “I
recollect mixing the marked notes
witli others of the same denomination,
and putting them all in the cash
drawer together. Afterward, 1 went
hurriedly to the cash drawer and took
out some for my own use, and must
have taken the marked Dills without
noticing the fact. Boys,” lie contin¬
ued, turning to Die youn; clerks, “I
owe you an humble apology. Ccnsid-
Cr it made, in part, until Saturday
night, when an increase in salary will
complete it. 1 am truly glad your in-
nocense lias been so quickly and thor-
oughly established.”
Marshall and Franklin received the
promised increase at the end of the
week, by which time tho guilty person
was detected and punished. Tte two
young clerks afterward became the
successors of Zimmerman & Co., and
among the first lhings they d d was to
hang in their counting-room a modest
placard hearing the legend: “A good
name is rather to he chosen than great
riches.”—[Atlanta Constitution.
Another Testimonial.
“Is marriage a lailure?”
“Yes,” replied Annette, as she
gazed proudly at her ring-finger, “it
is so fat’ as Bello Filkins U concerned,’’
CAUNESVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 31). 1800.
SURGICAL MARVELS.
Two Wonderful Operations Re¬
cently Performed.
Probing the Brain and Restoring
a Mute’s Sense of Hearing.
To open the skull and penetrate tho
brain is not so common a surgical feat
that it has ceased to be a wonder. In¬
deed such an operation performed at
(lie Roosevelt Hospital lias attracted
the attention of the entire medical pro¬
fession.
The patient, who is a physician, was
thrown from his carriage last fall,
striking heavily upon his head. lie wits
removed to liis home, where upon ex¬
amination no external evidence of
fracture of the skull was found.
Later, paralysis of the entire right side
of the body was developed, and with
it a complete inability to express liis
thoughts; in the course of time the
paralysis of the leg gradually disap¬
peared until the patient could move it
satisfactorily, but the paralysis of the
arm persisted, as well as the inability
to speak.
After several months, and while in
this helpless and well-nigh hopeless
condition, the patient was brought to
this city. The physicians who exam¬
ined him concluded that the trouble
was due to pressure on the brain, es¬
pecially ou tiiat part of it which gov¬
erns the faculty of speech, and that
this p: esaure was probably caused by
a clot of blood resulting from the rup¬
ture of a blood vessel within the skull
cavity at the time of the injury.
Acting upon this belief it was de¬
cided to open the skull, lay bare the
surface of the brain and remove the
cause or pressure if possible. To de¬
termine from the outside of a man’s
head the precise spot in the brain
which governs any particular faculty
or function is obviously a difficult
task. After carefully mapping out
the head by the most delicate measure¬
ments the spot corresponding to the
centre of speech in the brain was
found. Then the patient, liavi g been
rendered unconscious by ether, tho
surgeon, after the preliminary incision
of the scalp, removed by means of a
trephine a round disk of bone imme¬
diately over the spot indicated, some¬
what enlarging with cutting forceps
the opening thus m de.
The outer delicate membrane cover¬
ing the brain was now brought into
view. Beneath it lay a large, dark
mass of clotted blood, extending down
into tho substance of the brain, The
clot was carefully removed, when the
effect of its pressure was clearly per¬
ceived in the impoverished circulation
of tin part. The wound was then
dressed with every precaution and the
patient was permitted to recover from
the operation. The following night,
for the first time after his injury, tho
patient was able to say “Yes” and
“No.” The condition of liis right arm
was also improved, and it is believed
that ho will eventually recover.
As a rule mutes are born deaf, but
sometimes severe diseases in infancy
destroy completely the sense of hear¬
ing. Under these circumstances even
a partial recovery of hearing is ex¬
tremely rare. A girl, who is now
nineteen, completely lost her hearing
ivlien three years old, through an at¬
tack of cerebro-spinal meningitis, and
in consequence was brought up as a
leaf mute, attending until recently the
school of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum
at Fordham. Coming to New York
this Spring she was placed under
treatment with slight hopes of benefit.
Her physicians ascertained that the
delicate, nervous apparatus of tho in¬
ternal ear was still sound, else the case
would have been hopeless. Under ap¬
propriate treatment, combined with
dilatation of the middle car by infla¬
tion, improvement was soon noticed.
Tn a month the young woman heard
the ticking of a wateh held 20 inches
away and conversation at a distance
of 10 feet, and then she began learn¬
ing how to talk. A month later she
could hear a watch at a distance of five
feet and conversation across tho room.
— [New York World.
Otter Bunting.
Samuel Higgins, a pioneer sea otter
hunter, gives an interesting account of
the manner in which the otter is
caught. The hunters build an en-
closed framework on the beach, and
provide themselves with a rifle and a
pair of good glasses. The shooting is
done at flood tide, so that the animal
will be washed ashore, Tho bullets
of each hunter are marked so that liis
victims may be identified. This pe¬
culiar freemasonry of signs is sacredly
respected, aud chance tinders of a dead
otier make it a point to probe for the
hullo’ so a3 to locate the rightful own¬
er of the animal,—[San Francisco
Chronicle,
Taming the Puma.
To show what may be done in the
way of training the puma, or Hoeky
Mountain lion, usually deemed one of
the most intractable of animals, Wil¬
liam Laid Carpenter writes to Nature
an account of one ho lias recently seen
at Livingston, Montana. She is now
throe years old, and was raised from a
cub by Mr. W. F. Wittich, who de¬
voted eighteen months to training her.
llo now has her under complete con¬
trol. “The beast not having been fed
for twenty-four hours, lie trailed
pieces of raw meat over her noso and
mouth, which the puma never at¬
tempted to eat until the word was
given, as to a dog.
Occasional attempts were made, but
a twist of ear by Mr. Wittich was
sufficient to control her. When meat
was placed a few yards off, the puma
fetched it by word of command, and
permitted the meat to be taken from
her mouth by Mr. Wittich, who fon¬
dled her as lie would a cat. A very
line dog, a cross between a pure setter
and a pure St. Bernard, live years old,
named “Bruce,” is on iutimato and
even affectionate terms with the puma,
who allowed him to remove meat
placed upon her jaws, and to cat it.
Ou one occasion the puma (who is
of.en allowed to range the house), the
dog and Mr. Wittich slept together in
the same bed. ... In training her lie
lias chiefly used the whip, which she
feels only on the noso, car and under
the tail; he assures me lie lias made
his own teeth meet through her skin
in several other parts of her body
without her showing any signs of sen¬
sation. Her memory is short, and
three weeks’ intermission of the per¬
formance necessitates much extra
training and trouble.
Sources of the Nile.
The sources of the Nile are in great
lakes on high plateaus under the equa¬
tor, 3,000 or 4,00 3 feet above the level
of the sea. The largest and highest of
these basins, Lake Victoria N’yanza,
5,058 feet above the sea and larger
than Lake Superior, gathers the waters
from all the surrounding highlands.
From the Unyamwesi basin on the
south flows the Sliiiniyu, the most
remote source of the Nile; on the
west tho Kazera, draining high moun¬
tain Jaud; on the cast descend the
waters of the plateaus from which
rise the snowy peaks of Kcnia and
Kilimanjaro.
T ie waters issue from the north end
of Lake Victoria N’yanza as a power¬
ful and rapid stream—the true Nile—
flowing down toward the northwest
into Lake Albert N’yanza, which is
2500 feet above the sea. Tlienco the
river runs down into the plains of
central Soudan, where it receives the
waters of the vast network of rivers
collected by the Bhar-cl-Arab and
Bhar-cl-Gnzal and those of the eastern
plateaus through the Sobat.
After the junction of these rivers
the river is known as the White Nile,
and follows a northerly course through
Nubia to Khartoum, where the Biue
Nile brings to it the united wa.ers of
the Abyssinian plateau and its snowy
mountain?. Lower down the Black
Nile pours into it the waters of north¬
ern Abyssinia. From this point to
the Mediterranean, a distance of nearly
fifteen hundred miles, the Nile does
not receive a single tributary of any
importance—[Chicago Herald.
Confectioners’ Disease.
A peculiar affection of tlie lingers
has recently been observed in France
among persons engaged iu rnaniifact-
uring candied fruits, says Plunder.
The sides of the nails become loosened
and raised up, the nail turns black and
in the worst stages a piinfui swelling
appears at the base of the nail. 1 be
nail becomes scaly and toughened and
broken into pieces, but doc3 not fall
entirely off. AN lien confectionci s
work is discontinued the disease soon
passes away, but leaves the linger wide
and flat at tho end and the nail de-
forined. Dr. Albcrtin of Lyons sa>s
tiiat among the large number of candy
factories which lie lias visited iie has
not found one in which from one to
three workmen were not suffering with
tho disease.
It has been suggested by the Medi-
eal Surgical Reporter that the cause of
the trouble may he found in tho va-
rions substances, such as mallic, tar-
taric and citric acids, employed in the
manufacture of candies, and in alter-
natcly putting the hands and feet in
cold liquids. It would be interesting
to know whether this disease exists
among the numerous confectioners of
this country.
He Drew the Line.
“Will you marry me?”
“Ask Rapa?”
“No, Gertrude. I'm willing to
run the visit bf marrying you, hut i
wouldn’t j,ac.kle the okl man for $B,t
000 , 000 ."
FOR THE 1IOUSKAV1FE.
HOW TO WHITEN FLOOR OR SlIKI.F.
There is a good preparation for
whitening n board floor or shelf that
has become gray or black from abuse
or careless usage: Take tl^rec poinds
of potash, boil it, and stir it into a
pound and a half of “whiting.” When
the mixture has :the consistency of
thick cream, lay 1 on the boards with
a brush, taking good care not to stain
hands or clothes with the preparation.
Allow it to remain on for a day or
more, according to the condition of
the boards, (lien scrub it oiTtliorouglily.
GREEN CUCUMBER 1'H’KI.ES.
For a half bushel of cucumbers,
take a pint of coarse salt, dissolve in
water enough to cover tho cucumbers,
pour it boiling hot upon them, let
them stand twenty-four hours, pour
the brine off, and repeat two succes¬
sive mornings. The fourth morning
drain off' the brine and pour on boiling
water; let them stand twenty-four
hours, then, if the cucumbers arc not
tilled out plump, pour in boiling water
again.
When (lie cucumbers are filled out
plump they are ready for (lie vinegar.
1’lace them in the jar in which they are
to be kept, and, as they are packed,
place in little bags containing whole
allspice, cloves, cinnamon and mus¬
tard. Put a little horse-radish root
among tlie cucumbers. Ileat vinegar
enough to cover the cucumbers, with
piece of alum dissolved in it. Pour it
over them boiling hot. Cover tight.—
AN IDEAL 11KDKOOM.
For bedroom use nothing is more
convenient than one or more low otto¬
mans. As a seat before the dresser
for hair dressing purposes it is prefer¬
able to a c';air, and whenever a low
chair would be used in making one’s
toilet an ottoman is equally suitable.
Upholstered and with springs, otto¬
man’s are quite expensive affairs, but
almost anyone can get up a useful and
pretty one with a little ingenuity and
labor. Grocers generally have boxes
that are right ns to size and shape for
such a bit of furnishing, so a founda¬
tion can easily be procured.
if merely a scat is wanted a box
turned upside down is the beginning,
and the covering may be as varied as
individual tastes can make it. Excel-
sior should be put over the top to pad
it out comfortably, and over tills a
piece of ticking or stout muslin should
be tacked to bold it in place and make
it easier to fit on the outer cover, It
tho box is smooth enough the sides can
be stained and a tassel fringe of silk,
cotton or wool put on as deep as the
box itself, Plush, turcoman or the
velour squares in a pattern may be
used as a top covering. The cretonnes
that come in tapestry designs are very
pretty, with cotton tassel fringe.—
NICE DISHES MADE FROM TAPIOCA.
Tapioca Ice—One cup of pearl tapi-
c ca soaked in cold water over night ;
in the inoriiing boil in wafer in a
double kettle until clear and soft; add
one cup of white sugar and a little
salt. Chop a ripe pineapple (after it
is peeled) and put it in a deep dish
and pour tho tapioca over it boiling
hot. Stir and pour it into a mold.
When cold turn out and servo with
cream and sugar.
Tapioca Cream—Soak three table •
spoons of pearl tapioca over night,
add one quart of milk and cock in a
double kettle until soft. Beat the
yelks of three eggs with u scant cup
0 f sugar and add these to the milk;
flav01 . wit)l vanilla. Beat the whiles
all(1 a(](] a pp 0on 0 f 6U g ar> and frost.
|, )a( . c jn ()in ovcll a f(!W m i, m tcs and
brown gijghtly. Serve cold,
Tapioca Pudding, No. 1-Eight fa-
hlespooiis of tapioca soaked three
hours (or over itigli!) in /.old water,
j,, jj ie nio'iiing add one quart of milk
an( j jj v( , C gg S well beaten (leaving ou^
t)ie w j,j teg 0 f lw0 ). B a k e ; n a modei-
ide 0 y en three-quarters of an hour,
lieat the two whites and add three ta-
blcspoous of tine sugar, and frost. Set
jn tIie 0V(!|1 10 minutes to dry.
Tapioca Pudding, No. 2—Soak three
heaping tablespoons of pearl tapioca
in cold , niJk onc i, our . q' a g c one quart
of milk, add one-quarter of a teaspoon
of sal() l)lacc j n a double kettle, and
j ct j t com e to a boil. Add the tapioca
and c00 k three-quarters of an hour,
jg ca t ti, c y e [ks of four eggs,and stir in
lbe t a p[ 0 ca with one cup of sugar,
well an j coo k ten min.
utcg longer; pour in a pud.
! ding dish and set away to cool. AVlien
| p ar t)y cool add one teaspoon of vanilla,
! yy| iell c0 [d and ready to use beat the
whites of the four eggs to a stiff froth;
I whip half a pint of cream, add three
! tablespoous of tine sugar, and half a
teaspoon of vanilla; mix all together
1 l pour over the pudding. This pud¬
nu
ding is just as good the next day, but
it is better not to mako tho trotting
until you are ready to use it.
Oil of Rosen.
Tho collection of this precious por-
fume is a purely mecliftiiical operation,
bused upon the principle of capillary
attraction; and a careful person can
make it who has patience. The fra¬
grant blossoms are gathered at perfec¬
tion, only tho leaves being used, and
placed in an open-mouthed glass jar.
A very fmo, soft sponge, carefully
cleaned and dried and then saturated
with tho finest olive oil, is fitted into
another glass jar, which, being re¬
versed, just slips within the jar con¬
taining the rose leaves.
This leaves the sponge in the smaller
jar, which is fixed upside down with¬
in tho largo jar just above tho roso
leaves, whose volatile fragrance is
attracted by (he oil in the sponge; as
tho roso leaves dry they can bo re¬
placed by fresh ones until tho oil is
perfumed to the desired degree, when
the small quantity can be squeezed into
a small glass-stoppered vial.
If only tho perfume is desired, wash
the sponge in a small quantity of alco
hoi and keep it in a glass-stoppered
bottle. During tho extracting of tho
perfume the jars should be kept in the
sunshine. Very tine solid fat spread
on the inner surface of the smaller jar
will attract tho perfume, like the oil,
and can be gathered in small jars with
air-tight tops. It is with this sort of
pomade that perfumes arc usually
made.— [t 'hicago News.
A Dog’s Way of Talking.
One hot summer day 1 chanced to
spy from my stndv window a huge
dog disporting himself with provoking
coolness on my lawn in the shade of
an evergreen. Rushing in hot haste
to my study closet and snatching up a
hearth brush. I stole softly along tlio
front porch, where, concealed partly
by clustering vines of honeysuckle, 1
took aim and hurled it full at the tres¬
passer’s head. I had counted confi¬
dently on seeing him terrified by tho
projectile ar.d taking himself oft' with
a howl of pain and alarm. But jftdge
of my su'prise to see the unsurprised
brute take first a perfectly quiet and
leisurely survey of tho missile, then
deliberately pick it up with his teeth
and trot complacently off with my
brush.
Meeting the same dog on the street
later in the day,I could not help think¬
ing from iiis knowing look, though lie
carried a sober face that he was in¬
wardly laughing at me. And then it
all at once flashed upon me what good
stead tliis dog’s philosophy might do
superior beings, and what a world of
vexation we might save ourselves if
wc would but carry away and bury
out of sight' forever tho weapons of
detraction hurled at us by the hidden
hands of envy and hate.—[Our Animal
Friends.
Apple Growing in Nova Scotia.
While the whole of Nova Scotia
may be regarded as adapted for apple
culture, about one-half, comprising
(hose counties fringing on the Bay of
Fundy, possesses special advantages
in climate and soil for fruit growing.
Of this part, the three counties,Hants,
Kings and Annapolis, form the pick
of the province. Here is the centre
of the apple industry, covering at
present a strip of country about two
or two and a half miles wide on cacii
side of the Windsor & Annapolis
Railway that traverses the district,
some 80 miles long, which last year
produced some 800,000 barrels of fruit
of the first quality, worth on the spot
some $660,000.
Of this area only about one-thirtieth
is planted, and one-sixteenth is bear¬
ing, although the one-thirtieth is rap¬
idly approaching (lie bearing period;
its ultimate possible yield may there¬
fore be imagined. It is only during
the last few years that Nova Scotia
apples have earned a reputation on tho
London market, and ever since hun¬
dreds of acres of new land have been
planted annually with tens of thou¬
sands of tree?.—[Boston Cultivator.
Origin of Stceplecliasing.
Steeplcchasiiig can he traced hack as
far as 1752, and Ireland seems to have
been the land of its birth. An old MS
records a match run in this year over
four and a half miles of country be¬
tween Mr. O’Callaghan and Mr. Ed¬
mund Blake, the course being from
(he Church of Buttevaiit to the spire of
the St. Leger Church. Such mulches
were common enough, and church
steeples seem, as a rule, to have been
the starting and finishing points—
hence the name of steeplechase.—
[Paris Herald.
The Retort Courteous.
Clara—“Do you know, Maude, Mr.
Smithers paid me a great compliment,
last night?”
Maude—“No; what did he say?”
Clara—“He said I was among the
prettiest girls at the party,"
Maude—“Yes; I notieod yon jvers
among them,’'—[Yale liceord,
NO. 34.
Scythe Song.
Mowers, weary and brown and blithe,
AVlint is the word metldnks ye know,
Endless over-word that tho scythe
Sings to tho blades of the grass below?
Scythes that awing in the grass and clover
Something, still, they nay ns they pastl
Wlmt’a tlie word that, over and over,
Sings the scythe to tho flowers and grasji
Hush, all hush! the scythes arc saying,
Hush, amt heed not, and tall asleep;
Hush, they say to the grasses swaying,
llusli, they sing to the clover deep!
Hush, ’tis the lullaby Time is singing;
Hush, and heed not, for ail things pass.
Hush, ah hush! the scythes are swinging
Over the clover, over the grass!
— [Andrew bang.
HUMOROUS.
The butcher’s honor is always at
steak.
A person should pu*h through, not
pull through, life.
It is the girl that occasionally “lends
a hand” wiio has a man ask for it
eventually.
“This suspense is killing me,” said
the horse-thief who was in tho hands
of the mob.
“You’re not looking well.” “No,
I’m used up.” “What ails you?”
“I’m broken down.”
Mail was made to mourn, but lie has
fixed things so that liis wifo lias taken
the job off his hands.
American (to Englishman whoso
name he has forgotten)—I beg your
pardon, but—cr—what are you Earl
of?
Razzle—Ilow much did you pay for
that dress suit you had the other
evening? Dazzle—Fifty cents au
hour.
The average boy is a natural savage.
That is why he is called a little shaver,
being iu the barbarous stage of his ex¬
istence.
“I’apa,” said a talkative little girl,
“am I made of dust?” “No, my
child; if you were you would dry up
once in a while.”
Tramp—“I liavo scarcely a rag to
my back, mum. Can’t you liolpout?”
Lady—“Certainly sir; here’s tho rag¬
bag, help yourself.”
“I come high, but they would liavo
mo,” remarked the Texas horse thief
as the boys swung him up to the tall¬
est tree in the group.”
As Many Tigers ns Inhabitants.
The officials in Anum have met with
considerable difficulty in dealing with
tigers, which are extremely numerous
in that part of Indo-China, notwith-
standing the largo sums paid for theii
extirpation. Lust year as much as
10,000 francs was paid to the slayers
of this marauder. As payment is only
made ou the evidence of the skin and
fangs there is no room for fraud. The
Paris Temps gives some interesting
data about the depredations of tiiis
animal, mid as evidence of his formid¬
able character quotes the story of an
official who requested a change of dis¬
trict, because lie was tired of adminis¬
tering a territory which contained as
many tigers as inhabitants. In other
districts they are so numerous that no
one would think of riding out after
dark.
The Anamesc, in the hope of pro¬
pitiating so formidable an enemy, have
raised the tiger almost to the level of
a divinity. Pagodas liavo. been conse¬
crated to him, titles of nobility have
been conferred upon him, and be has
been surrounded with a sort of relig¬
ious cult. When they endeavor to
lake one, they only do so by means of
elaborate stratagem, constructing deep
pits and then assailing the trapped
animal when at a disadvantage. As
there is very little game in Anam,
the tiger lias as much difficulty in
finding food as man lias in getting
sport. The game of which he is fond¬
est, and which also proves that lie i R
something of a gourmet, is the wild
peacock,so that the natives say “whom¬
ever there are peacocks there is suro
to lac a tiger.”—[London Times.
The Power of Coffee.
According to the Lancet, Dr. Ludc-
ritz lias recently made a number oi
observations on the destructive power
of coffee upon various microbes. He
found tiiat the organisms all died in a
longer or sbortor period. In one series
of experiments anthrax bacilli were
destroyed in three hours, anthrax
spores in four weeks, cholera bacilli in
four hours, and the streptococcus of
erysipelas in one day. Good and bad
coffee produce precisely similar effects.
Tho Neutral Power.
Friend of the Family—“I am afraid
you little fellows don’t always agree-
You fight each other sometimes, don’t
you?”
' Twins—“Yetli, thir, thumtimth.”
F. of the F.—“Ah, I thought so,
Well, who whips?”
Twins—"Mamma wbiptli.”—’[Phila¬
delphia Times,