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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,