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franklin county.
VOL. III. NO. ‘ 28 .
Two hundred and forty-throo cilics
and towns of Massaclmsoots have freo
libraries.
Of tho 661,000 people of tho little
rocky Stale of Maino, 146,668 lmvo
$60,278,452 deposited iu savings
banks.
Indian meal, Italian chestnuts and
rice, with a little inferior fruit, con¬
stitute the staplo diet of tlio majority
of tho Italian peasantry. Meat and
wheat bread are unknown iu thou¬
sands of homes.
According to the calculation of the
United Slates (General Land Office,
after all deductions and forfeitures
havo been made, 155,000,000 acres
will bo required to satisfy the grants
made by Uncle Sain to railways up to
1880.
According to foreign papers, while
the Duchess of Sunfelicc was walking
along the Via Firenze in Home, Italy,
recently, the cord holding her neck¬
lace of pearls broke, and the gems,
valued at $50,000, rolled into tho
sewer. An alarm was sent to tho
Department of Streets, ami laborers
were instructed lo search for tho
pearls, tlie Via Firouze in tho mean¬
time being closed. The hunt was
successful, and all but four of tho
jewels were found.
In Germany some time ago the So¬
cialist party in certain industries
adopted a system of boycott oil a large
scale. The members of the party
were instructed only to buy articles
manufactured by Socialists. For the
identification of these articles they
were provided with a certain mark.
The report of the result of tlie first
year’s enforcement of the boycott in
the hat industry lias now been pub¬
lished. It would appear that 800,000
hats with the mark of the Socialists
have been sold.
Says tho Philadelphia Lodger: Ac¬
cording to the statement compiled for
Iho Virginia Historical Society by It.
T. Barlon of Winchester, Washing¬
ton’s first election to the Virginia
House of Burgesses cost the futnre
father of his country $1-95 to got first
in the hearts of his countrymen who
could vote at that election, anil the
chief items of expense wore a “hogs¬
head and a barrel of punch, thirty-
five gallons of wine, forty-three gal¬
lons of strong cider and a dinner for
his friends.”
The New York Mercury states that
“the mortality among teachers is not
heavy, only about ten to twelve year¬
ly, or three in the thousand. This, no
doubt, is largely due to the physical
examination which they have to under¬
go before receiving a license lo teach.
But somo of the old school buildings
iti the lower part of the city are in
such an unsanitary condition that
many of the teachers there employed,
although going into them in good
health, soon succumb to diseases in¬
duced by bad ventilation, drainage
aiul offensive surroundings. The Board
of Education is trying to remedy this
for tlie benefit of the children as well
as of the teachers.”
People who seek for high altitude
in order to escape the excessive heat
of midsummer may feel particular in¬
terest, thinks the New York Nows, in
teaming that the mountains are grad¬
ually disappearing and that the time
is coming when tlioro will be no
mountains at ad. Professor John
Murray tlie famous oceangraphor, es¬
timates (hat over three cubic miles of
land arc carried into tlio sea every
year by mountain washing and rain
floods. Ho estimates the volume of
land above the sea level at 23 , 460,000
cubic miles, and the sea volume at
323,800,000 cubic miles. lie sums up
by laying that in 6,340,000 years the
land will bo level with the sea, a time
remote enough to allow of consider¬
able mountain climbing.
Stcrotary Foster ? ays that Garfield’s
speeches, whicii many people have
considered models of classic elegance,
Were rarely written out, and frequent¬
ly Die orator’s best thoughts came to
liim after ho began to speak, But
before tHe delivery of a speech of un-
inual inportauce it was Mr. Garfield’s
custom to call half a dozen friends
about him, and discuss tlie subject
fully in all itg bearings. The sugges.
lions and arguments llien advanced
ho would incorporate in his oration,
which, as completed, represented tlie
opinion of several minds, but
form and expression of one.
"g to Harper’s Weekly,
lacked the statesman’s gift of
bering faces, and Mr. Foster
’hat after all his years In
ho did not kno\y more tlmn fifty
THE ENTERPRISE.
Shared.
I said It In the meadow path,
I say it on the mountain stairs—
The best things auy mortal hath
Are those which any mortal shares.
The air we breathe, the sky, the breeze,
The light without us and within—
Life, with its unlocked treasuries,
God's riches—are for us to win.
The grass is softer to my tread
For rest it yie'ds unnumbered feet;
Sweeter to mo the wild rose red,
Because she makes the whole world sweet.
Into your heavenly loneliness
Ye welcomed me, 0 solemn peaks!
Ami me in every guest you bless
Who reverently your mystery seeks,
A nd up the radiant peopled way
That opens into worlds unknown,
It will be life’s delight to say :
“Heaven is not heaven for me alone."
Rich through my brethren’s poverty—
Such wealth were hideous! I am blest
Only in what they share with me,
Iu what I share with all the rest.
— [Lucy Larcom, iu The New Earth.
THE OLD MANSION.
BY MAY It. DOLl’H.
Mr. Mandeville had just como into
his office on a blowy, blue-skied, blus¬
tering March day in the ’80’s, where
the open grate-fire presented an ap¬
pearance of comfort, and the clerk
was busily occupied in engrossing
leases for the coining first of May.
In an arm-chair before the cheery
canncl-coal blaze sat an agent, a bluff,
red-faced man, who wore a pepper-
and-salt suit, and .hared his counte¬
nance very close indeed.
"Well?’ said Mandeville, curtly.
"The old Wakolmm house is let,”
said Mr. Lnray, “at twelve hundred
dollars for a boarding-house. No re¬
pairs.”
"That’s good news,” said the rich
man.”
"Every liouso in the Windham
Block has gone off at nine hundred
like hot cakes,” added Lnray, com¬
placently. “Very attractive houses,
those. I only wish I had a dozen
more like ’em. The place on Second
square needs repairs; you’ll be obliged
to have a plumber and carpentir
right off.”
“See to it, then.” said Mandeville,
beginning to glance at the pile of un¬
opened lelters ou his desk a little im¬
patiently.
"And there’s the Morand Mansion,”
added Mr. Lnray, “up on the Harlem
River—”
“ Whai!” cried Mandeville, sharply.
"Isn’t that let yet?”
"It’s my opinion, sir,” said Mr.
Lnray, slowly, “Ihcre's something
radically wrong about that there
house. Nobody wants it. It’s bei n
in Die market three successive yeais
and it won’t go off, nohow we can fix
it.”
"Bill,” Mandeville exclaimed,
“what do you mean? It isn’t
haunted? ’
“Not to my knowledge, sir,” said
the agent; “unless tlie tenants have
chosen to got up a ghost for their
special edification.”
"Tho tenants arc distant relations
of my own,” said Mr. Mandeville, a
little haughtily. "I have not met
(hem for many years, but I have
reason to believe they are ladies.”
"Perhaps so, sir,” said Mr. Luray,
dryly. "But it has occurred to iny
mind, now and again, as things will
occur, yon know, sir, that perhaps I
had better go up there and see about
it.”
"Not a bad idea,” said Mamleville.
“I’ll go myself.”
And lie went.
Tho Morand Mansion was a great
antique house of moss-covered gray-
stone on the banks of the Harlem
river, with borders of yellow daffodils
outlining its path like ribbons of gold,
and the earliest crocuses blossoming
around its doorsteps, while hoary old
pear-trees drooped their boughs in tlio
garden, and a superb white-pine tree
spread its umbrella of black-green
shaddow over tlio paved court in
front.
Mr. Mandeville rang at the door¬
bell, glancing as lie did so at the “lo
Let,” which had become detached
from its board, and lay wedged in a
tangle of gooseberry bushes. A black-
eyed, handsome young elf came to the
door, with a mas* of gypsy black hair
curling down her back, aud a faded
calico frock, which was nevertheless
whole and ueat.
"Is this house to let? Mr. Mande-
vilie politely asked.
,.y e — e —s,” unwillingly admitted
Miss Natilie Vane, commonly known
“Natty,” with a glance at the bat¬
as downward
tered board which lay face
the gooseberries. “At least
among —and cross old
the agent lohl us so a
growler lie was.
‘•Could 1 look at it?’ said Mr.
Mandeville. i»9>'iuatin?ly-
Equal Rights to all, Special Privileges to None.
CARNESVILLL FRANKLIN (X).. GA., FRIDAY, JULY 15.1892.
•■It ain't convenient,” answered
Miss Natty, planting herself within
the door in such a manner that lie
could not possibly obtain an entrance
without tier permission.
“lint the sign says ‘lo ho seen be¬
tween the hours of twelve and four, )/)
argued Mr. Mamleville, consulting Ids
chronometer. "And it is now half-
past one.”
"1 can’t help what the sign says,”
said Natty, belligeretuly. "It isn’t
convenient. Mamma is an invalid,
and she can’t have all creation tramp¬
ing over tlie floors above her head. ”
"But I am not ‘ail creation t >> said
Mr. Man devil le. “And I will en¬
deavor not to ‘tramp’ any more than I
cun iicip.”
"it isn’t worth while for yon to
to come in,” srid Natty, solemnly re¬
garding him. “You won’t like tlio
house, anyhow.”
"And why nol?” lie questioned.
"It’s moldy,” said Natty, sinking
her voice to a confidential whisper,
"and damp. And the ceiling in the
blue-room has fallen, and the paper
in the dining-room is all mil-dew.
And tlie neighbors say thero’s a
ghost, but I never saw it.”
"All!” said Mr. Mamleville. "I
thought we should come to it at last.
A ghost, ch?’’
"Yes,” nodded Netty. "Down cel¬
lar where tlie bodies of some Revolu¬
tionary soldiers were buried long be¬
fore any one ever thought of building
a liouso here. They walk there at
night and clank their swords. At least
German Gretcheu, who lived with us
once, used to say so. I never heard
any noise but the rats. But all the
same, it isn’t comfortable to have
people saying that there’s a ghost in
the house.”
"No; certainly not,” acquiesced
Mr. Mandeville,
"Besides,” added Netty, "the house
belongs to a crab.”
“A—what?” cried Mandeville.
"A crab,” said Natty. "The land-
lord, you know, He’s a cousin of
mamma’s—nobody knows how many
times removed. But I know ho must
be horridly selfish and miserly. And
I rather like the idea of keeping pos-
session of the old Morand Mansion, in
spite of him. I daro say he’s dancing
around tho floor of his money vaults
now with rage about it. But we had
as much right to our half of the old
property as he had, no matter what
i he law said. Ami wo are beggars al¬
most, and be is a rich man.”
"Law,” said Mr. Mandeville, dryly,
"but not equity. That’s it, eh?”
"We’ve got possession of the old
house; that’s all I know,” said the
young outlaw. "And wc mean to
keep it.”
“But perhaps,” 6iiid Mandeville,
"lie may not be as bad as you think.”
"Oh, I’m quite sure of it,” said
Natty, decisively.
“I suppose,” said Mandeville, look¬
ing keenly at her, "that you are
Natalie?”
She started.
"IIow did you know?”
"Because,” ho answered solemnly,
"I am—the crab!”
"What!”
"I atn William Mandeville,” smil¬
ing roguishly. “Open the door, Natty,
and let me in. I want to see your
mother. Don’t bo frightened, child.
I am not angry with you.”
Natalie reddened indignantly.
“ "Frightened!” she repeated, “I
never was frightened iu my life.
Least of all at you. And—don’t you
think you really area crab, Mr. Will¬
iam Mandeville?”
“It is very likely,” said he, with
great calmness, “that I mny have ap¬
peared like a shellfish of that nature.
But I assure you it lias been quite un¬
intentional. I have trusted too much
to my agent. lie told me you were
desirous to leave the bouse!”
“Then,” said Natalie, energetically,
“he told a wicked, wicked story.
Why should we leave it? We had
nowhere else to go.”
He turned around and held out his
hand.
“There lias been a misunderstand¬
ing all around,” said he. “Natty,
shall wc be friends?”
“With all my heart. I don’t be¬
lieve you can possibly be a crab, after
all, and I’ve been doing you injustice
all these years. Aud I’m sorry for
it—so there!”
So Natty took him into the shabby
little boudoir, hung with velvet paper
in imitation of Venetian tapestry and
all streaked with blue mold, where
her mother sat cowering over a fire of
driftwood, which Natty had gathered
for her along the river shore. For
they were so poor, so very poor, this
mother and her daughter, that even
the fire by which they warmed them¬
selves was a matter of grave consider¬
ation and contrivance.
Mrs. Vane was pale anil pretty as
sho sat tlioro in the old silk which was
oue tissue of mends and darns, but
she roso witii the air of a genuine
lady to shako hands with hor distant
cousin.
"Mrs. Vane,” said tlio young law-
yor, with a smile, after iio had ex¬
plained to her the strange nmuuor iu
which ho and Natiy lmd bccomo
friends, after such a strange passngo
of verbal arms, "Natalie lias shown
me inysolf in quito u now light. It is
a peculiar sensation to sco oursolvos an
others sec us. Will you allow mo in
sonic measure to right myself iu your
estimation and my own?”
They had a long council of ways
and means there, by tlio blazing fire
of driftwood, that evening—and then
they went all over tlio house .even
down to tlio collar wliero tlio ghost
was supposed to do his rattling at (lie
dead of night. And Mr. Mandeville,
still with his eyes fixed on Natalio’s
bright gypsy face, decided that tlio
property needed repairing thoroughly,
and invited the widow and her
daughter to visit him in New York
while (lie renovation took place.
"My sister will be there to chaperon
us,” he said, "and I will endeavor to
show my little cousin Natty somo of
the tilings host worth soeing in our
great metropolis.”
"Oh,” cried Natiy, with hor great
eyes glittering like pools of jet, “how
nice that will bo! Oh, Cousin Mande¬
ville, I do like you so much!”
“Will she dare to say that one year
from today?” he asked himself, with a
curious sensation at his heart. For she
was so young and pretty—so like a
rare-ripe peach with the bloom still on
ils cheeks.”
Upon the next year’s first of April,
Mr, Lnray came to his chief with an
anxious face.
"That old Morand Mansion, sir,”
said he—"I understand it is in perfect
order, now, painted and frescoed
tbroughout, with the ground laid out
by a landscape gardener. Am I to
put it oil the list of ‘To Lots?”’
"No,” said Mandeville, brusquely,
“I propose to occupy it myself as a
summer residence.”
“You, sir!”
"I am to bo married next week,”
said Mr. Mandeville, "lo Miss Natalie
Vane. And we shall live there for tlio
present.”
That was William Mandeville’s love-
idyl.— [New York Ledger.
A Hangman’s Revenge.
According to the Now Vork World
ex-Hangman Berry’s book of expo-
riences as a Koko seems lo havo fallen
with some flatness. Thera is one
amusing incident, although its humor-
ous side doesn’t scorn to havo hn-
pressed Mr. Berry. Sonic years ago
he was (raveling by rail in one of
those famous compartments of which
we read queer tales from time to time,
His three companions in this coop,
whicii seems to be so contrived as to
permit of unlimited insult to an uuof-
fcmling passenger, appeared to be
gentlemen, and what is more, ap¬
peared to have taken a strong dislike
to Mr. Berry. He soon discovered
(hat they had in some way identified
him as the public executioner, and
they lost no opportunity of expressing
in visible and audible and even fungi¬
ble fashion the contempt and loathing
with which they regarded his eyes,
hands and particularly his shins. Ho
didn’t make an outcry, however. Two
years afterwards Mr. Berry went to
Carlisle on a professional tour. Ho
was thero called on to liang Messrs.
Rudge, Marlin and Baker, whom lie
identified at a glance as his fellow
travelers and tormentors.
Learned Children.
Mrs. Mary E. Burt of Chicago, who
has recently returned from Greece,
says that the common school children
of Athens are taught ancient and
modern Greek, French and sometimes
English. They havo no school
"reader” such as afflict American chil¬
dren, but as soon as they nro able to
read they are put into tlio classics of
their own literature, so that long
before they have reached mature
years they are familiar with Homer
Xenophon, Herodotus, Plutarch and
the dramatists. Instead of reciting
nursery rhymes they learn tlio best
myths of Hellenic literature. One little
girl of an age at which American
children are begiuning to appreciate
the beanties of “hickory, dickory,
dock.” gave Mbs Burt a graphic re¬
cital of the labor of Hercules.
A Dark Mystery.
Good Little Boy—-Does majority
rule in this country?
Father—Indeed it does.
Good Little Boy—Then how does it
happen that one bad little boy can get
all us good little boys into so tnucjj
mischief i —fGood Nows.
THEY LIVE IN TREES.
Strange Homes of a Tribe of South
American Savages.
Aerial Travelers in Other Parts
of the World.
\
There is a tribe of South American
savages whoso singular mode of ex¬
istence gavo (lie name of Venezuela
—Little Venice—to that northern
province. Tho villages of these people
are built over tlie bosom of a great fresh
water lake, which lies contiguous to
tho Gulf of Maracaibo. These pooplo
Jong ago abandoned (lie land, and
sinking piles into the hike, built Ibeii
houses on them. Hero nature’s gifts
seems singulary Opportune; for not
only docs tlio lake oiler miles of sur-
faco not exceeding livo feet in depth,
but tlio neighboring mountain sides
furnish a tree exactly suialblc for
piles. This is a species of iron
wood so hard ns to turn tlio edge of
an axe.
It seems incredible that without
metal tools the savages could fell,
trim and drive in plaeo tlicso troes;
but tho evidence that they did is there.
To further strengthen tho piles, nature
in the course of a fow years of sub¬
version covers thorn with a deposit of
lime, which practically converts them
into pillars of stone.
Secure on those substantial supports
tlio native builds his lint, using no
metal, nails or bolts, but once more
going to the vegetable world for a
substitute. This ho finds in tlie sipo,
which lie usos green to bind beams,
rafters and other parts of bis structure
with. Tho sipo dries and contracts,
and no band of iron could bo more
rigid or nearly as durable,
These savages are not by any means
the only lake-dwellers known, for bc-
aides the Swiss lako-dwcllers of prc-
historic times, there aro the Lake Frn-
aias dwellers mentioned by Herodotus,
who thus describes their way of liv-
ing:
"Planks fitted on lofty piles are
placed in tho middle of tlio lake, with
a narrow entrance from tho mainland
by a single bridge. These piles that
support the planks all tlio citizens
anciently placed there at the common
charge, but afteward they established
a law to tho following effect:
" ‘Whenever a man marries, for
each wife ho sinks three piles, bring-
ing wood from a mountain called Ar-
belus;’ but ovory man lias several
wives. They livo in Hie following
manner: Every man has a hut on the
planks, in which lie dwells, with a
trap-door closely fitted in tho planks,
and leading down lo (lie hike. They
tie tho young people with a cord
round the feet, fearing lest they
should fall into the lake beneath. To
their horses and beasts of burden they
give fish for fodder, of which there is
such abitudanco that when a man has
opened his trap-door ho lets down an
empty basket by a cord into the lake
and, after waiting a short time, draws
it up full of fish.”
The i M ales of Borneo are another
race of aerial dwellers. They also
use the hard iron wood for piling
and elevate their lints twenty and
thirty feet from tlie ground. Some
of their structures deserve a more dig¬
nified name Ilian hut; for in some
cases they have been known to bo
over 509 feet in length and capable
of accommodating 500 occupants.
One reason for building on piles is
the avoidance of snakes and other
noxious reptiles so plentiful in the
tropics; but tlie most important rea¬
son is that Iho Dyaks place an extra¬
ordinary value on the human head as
disassociated from ilio body—so much
so that, for his head’s safety, each
Dyak makes of his house a fort.
Near the Dourgu Straits, on the
coast of Now Guinea, there lives a
very singular tribe of Papuans
known commonly as monkey men,
from the fact that they climb about in
J*e limbs of tlio trees with the ease
and facility of monkeys.
There is a stretch of several miles
rjong the coast covered with a dense
undergrowth of mangroves. Through
the whole length of this wooded belt
these monkey men fly with out¬
stretched arms and legs, preferring
that mode of locomotion to any
oilier.
A Woman’s Good Work.
YVhat may be done towards alleviat-
ing the condition of the poor by hous.
ing them decently and surrounding
them " ith sanitary improvements is
well illustrated by the work of a
humane woman in the Philadelphia
suburb of Wrightsvillc. “From
being one of tlie worst quarters of the
jity,” says the Philadelphia Lodger,
“a menace to health and life, its in*
habitants fast drifting downwards, it
lias been converted i do n good, com¬
fortable wholesome, profitable neigh¬
borhood, and all by tlio personal
supervision und euro of tins lady,
who, in 1884, leased tlie property and
undertook its management. By hard
and constant work she got the city
authorities to do their work; tlio
Board of Health, tho Highway De¬
partment, the Water Department, the
Police, tlio Board of Education, were
one after the other brought to use
their power, and now clean houses,
clean streets, good water, a good
school, good medical supervision,
a reading-room and library,
little gardens mnko the neigh¬
borhood attractive. All this has
boon done in a sound business way,
and now the income is about double
what it was in the days of misrule
and injustice, although tho only in-
crease is Iho 60 conls a month for
water rates. It continues to pay nboiit
9 per cent, on tho investment, so that
after deducting all expenses of super-
intendence, repairs, outlay for the li¬
brary, etc., and after repaying the
owners their 3 per cent, interest, there
remains nearly 8 per cent, profit lo
the lady whoso inspiration and hard
work have done so much good to this
settlement and its occupants. Hers
lms been a moral aud hygienic reform,
carried oil with a business-like regard
to dollars and cents.” Encouraged
by tho success of this experiment,
somo wealthy people, who have tlio
welfare of tho tenement-dwellers at
heart, propose to build a model lodg¬
ing-house in one of tlio thickly popu¬
lated parts of tho cit.v. They expect
to make 3 percent, on the investment,
so that tlio undertaking is relieved of
the obligation involved in charitable
assistance.
Vanishing Forms.
In an account of the vertebrates
which havo recently become extinct
or arc likely soon to becoms so, A. F.
Lucas mentions tho following: The
West Indian seal, of which little is
known. Tho California 6oa elephant,
last reported in 1881. The walruses,
the species of the Pacific, being iu
greater danger from whalers than
that of llie Atlantic. The European
bison, at present diminishing iu num¬
bers although protected in tlio two lo¬
calities whore it exists. Most of tlie
native birds of Hie Ilawaian Islands,
three species having already disap¬
peared—one of them through tho de¬
mand for war feathers for the native
kings. The California vulture, now
extremely rare. Tlie dodo of Mau¬
ritius, and the solitaire of Rodriguez,
whoso existing remains consist of a
few bones. Tho Labrador duck, of
which 36 specimens have been pre¬
served, the last taken iu 1878. Tho
great utile, exterminated in 1840,
though specimens are less rare than
those of the Labrador duck, while
commanding such prices as $600 for a
single skeleton, $050 for a skin, and
$1500 for mi Pallas’
cormorant abundant on Behring
Island in 1741, but extinct
a hundred yours later, and now
known only by four stuffed specimens
and twenty-three bones in tlio mu¬
seums of tlio world. The great Gala¬
pagos and Mnscarene tortoises, once
very abundant, but tho lijitcr extinct
early in this century. The tilo fish,
with one of the straugest histories
known. It was first discovered iu
March, 1879, when a Gloucester
schooner took about 6000 pounds; in
1880 and 1881 a few were taken by
tho steamer of the United States Fish
Commission; in March and April,
1882, an immense number of (he dead
fish—estimated at more (ban a billion
were observed floating over an area
of 6000 to 7000 square miles; and no
specimen has been reported since.—
[Trenton (N. J.) American.
Moving Land.
Astronomers of Santiago do Chile
find that the soil of tlmt city is in a
remarkable state of motion. At first
tlie changes, observed many years ago
on a mountain side were supposed to
be simply daily variations duo to the
beating of the rocks. But the direc¬
tor of the Santiago Observatory,
which is situated in a level plain to
the south of the city, has observed
these movements, and since last July
has made them a subject of special
study. Ho learns that the soil be¬
neath the observatory is raised iu the
northeast part during the afternoon
until about 9 o’clock, when it gradu-
j ully sinks back until about 7 o’clock
in the morning. This oscillatiou has
j an amplitude of three to four sec-
ouds. Besides the daily variation,
however, the southeast part of the
soil was steadily raised from July
until September, and the east pari
from September until November,
when the total change had already
reached uboqt thirty*five socqncjs,
OFFICIAL ORGAN
— O JT* THE—
FRANKLIN COUNTY ALLIANCE
$1.00 PER YEAR.
A Sleep Song.
Willow, where tlie rushes grow
Hoftly swishing, softly swaying,
bing n mimic soft and low.
While flic breezes round you playing
Gently come—gently go.
Wind tlmt in tho trees dotli blow
With « sweet seductive sighing,
Sing n lullaby you know,
Dreamful ns IIle shadows /lying,
Something soft—something slow,
ltivor, ns you onward (low
< ’rooning songs of no man’s making,
Let me, ever seaward go
With no thought of sad awaking,
Even now—even so.
— [Irene Nolde. in Yankee Blade.
HUMOROUS.
It is boiler to remain anonymous
limn to make a name and lose it.
A wealthy miclo is usually allowed
lo havo ilia own way bceauso of his
will-fill character.
There nro somo people who think
tho music never amounts to much ex¬
cept when they play first liddlo.
A woman sometimes forgets that
sho has an immortal soul, but she
never forgets that sho has a com¬
plexion.
It is lo lie feared tlint there arc men
who owo careers of integrity to the
fact that honesty has a reputation for
being good policy.
Beware the swimming pool, oil boy;
Much woe shall he emliiro
Who seek* Iho water* to enjoy
Before they are mature.
"1 understand that vaccination is
going out of practico and is not so
popular ns it was.” "Oh, 1 don’t
know. It still tukesl”
Parent—Now remember, .Johnny
Ask iho druggist for pulverized
alum. Johnny (at tho drug store) —
Gimme something for a paralyzed
arm.
Sho isn’t mi angel, sho isn’t a god.
dess, sho isn’t a lily, a rose or a peurl;
she’s simply what's sweetest, com¬
pletes! and neatest, dear little, queer
litile, sweet little girl.
"A pound of cork,” said Mr. YVick-
wire, who is fond of repeating news¬
paper science, “is sufficient lo support
a man in the water.” “IIow long?’’
askek his wife.**. “Eli?” “1 said, how
long? you know he would starve to
death on such a diet in less than n
week if on land.”
Hindoo Penitence.
The Hindoos care more for the
brute than for human creation. An
ahir— I. c., cowherd—was carrying a
calf and let it drop, breaking tho neck
of the aniinnl. The brahmins excom¬
municated him for six months; no
member of his family was allowed to
shelter or feed him; lie had to make
a number of pilgrimages in a mendi¬
cant’s garb, with a iope around bis
neck ami tlie tail of the calf ho had
killed on his shoulder. Returning
home after six months ho had to livo
iu a hut by hiinscif built for the pur¬
pose. There lie must be purified. A
barber shaved the hair off the head and
face of the penitent niul pared his
nails. Another man came and burned
the hair and nails and set the tem¬
porary hut on fire. After that tho
malefactor hud to bathe in tho river
until his skin was clean, when he
could come out. Even then he was
only purified but not yet reinstated in
the caste of cowherds. He had first
to feast fifty brahmins and 100 of his
brother ahirs bcf .re lie could be re¬
ceived back iu the fold.—[Chicago
Herald.
"Dying Place” of (In; Gnanacos.
The gnanacos—animals of the caincl
tribe which have been largely domes¬
ticated in South America—have a
"dying place” at the southern extrem¬
ity of Pa I ago ti in. It is a spot to which
all of these beasts inhabiting the neigh¬
biring plains repair at the approach
of death to deposit their bones, I tar-
win first recorded this strange instinct
of theirs, and his observations havo
since been fullv confirmed by others.
Accurately speaking there arc several
of these dying places, the beat known
being on tire banks of the Santa Cruz
and Gallegos rivers, where the valleys
aro covered with dense thickets of
hushes and trees of stunted growth.
There the "round is scattered thickly
with the hones of countless dead gen¬
erations, the animals in most cases
having crawled, before dying, be¬
neath and among the bushes.—[Wash¬
ington Star.
A Man of Brains.
Mrs. D’Avnoo (indignantly) —
What! Move out of (lie city and live
iu the suburbs? Indeed 1 won’t—so
there!
Mr. D’Avnoo (who wants to econo¬
mize)—My clear, a pretty woman like
you never looks so charming as when
sitting in a phaeton at a suburban
railway station, wailing for her hus¬
band. York Weekly,
[She yguL —[Nqw