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YOL. I.
Strong in my heart old memories awake.
To-night!
Lfve on my Ups dead kisses burr;
Hot to my eyes wop' teams return;
Forgotten throbs my pulses shake,
To-night!
Love is avenged—my buried love—
To-night!
The weakling Present slips away;
The giant Past alone has sway—
Potential as the gods above—
To-night!
Mrs.Elwood’sGoverness
BY JENNY WREN.
HEN first Edith Lor
ing realized the
truth that she
orphaned, that
father who
lavished upon
ali that wealth could
’fe) yield had died
bankrupt at an unexpected etisis
the financial world, the double shock
eeemed more than she could bear,
Fcr a time it paralyze ! her energies,
but when at last the dread question,
What should she do? was put
her in alt its unvarnished plainness.
pride aud her own strengt h of will
came to her rescue, and she answered,
brushing the tears from her
eyes anil bolding erect the regal head:
“Anything rather than live depen
dent upon others. I will work.”
Then, when the weary days merged
into weeks and months, and she finally
sought and obtained a position
governess in Mrs. Elwood’s family,
and bade farewell to her oid iiome,
where she had spent so many happy
hour-' to enter upon the threshold of
her new life, it seemed as though
hand of iron had grasped her heart and
clutched it in a vise, She lived, two
lives—an outer life, in which her sweet
voice never wavered, aud where she
wore a smile whose hollowness the
children, her little charges, could not
fathom; and an inner life, winch
sometimes grew to such agony that
almost it betrayed her; but the
rarely rose beyond the fountain-head.
And though at times the crown of
thorns she daily wore pressed hard
upon the tired young brow, she car¬
ried it unflinchingly. At first, ns the
days brought each their fresh burden
and every hour seemed to give birth
to some new and harder duty, a hope,
unbidden, shone ever through the
darkest clouds that Douglas Ballings
would release her ere her thralldora
became unbearable. Jn bygone days,
though no positive engagement bound
them, his words, bis every act were
uumistakably the words au 1 nets of a
lover. At her father’s death she had
heard nothing from him, but each day
some fragrant flowers La 1 been sent
her, which Bhefelt assured could come
only from him.
Then followed the announcement of
her loss of fortune, and from that day
she had heard nothing of the recreant
save the news which came to her
through others that he bad sailed for
Europe. Not even this did she learn
until weeks had passed, and then she
bade farewell to the hope which had
served to buoy her through these many
trials, and wrapping herself in a man¬
tle of icy reserve, piled high the sod
upon » grave within her heart, nor
shed one tea? to keep its memory
green. It is winter to her, within as
well »s without, and as now and then,
glancing from the window, she sees
the handsome sleighs, with their mer¬
ry occupants, dash past, she wonders
could it bo she who, one short year ago,
revelled like these, the gayest of the
gay? Loring,” childish
“Miss a sweet,
voice cries, interrupting hei reverie,
“mamma says will you not join U3 in a
ride? There is a vacant seat in the
sleigh, and she should be very glad to
have you fill it.”
“Certainly, dear; I will be there in
a moment,” and, rising to her feet,
she donned her outer wraps and hast¬
ened to meet Mrs. Elwood in the hall
below.
Before the door stood two sleighs,
one that belonged to her hostess, the
other a beautiful little cutter, with a
pair of prancing steeds, held by a
groom in full livery, while ih the
drawingroom fat its owner, waiting
for Miss Elwood, the daughter of the
house, who had this winter made her
debut ia society. one’s
Edith, unconscious of any
presence, ran hastily into the room to
eee if Mrs, Elwood awaited her, and
for a moment the blood surged up in
a glad tide, for there before the open
fireplace stood Douglas Ballings,
alone. He had come then at last;
but her outstretched hand drops to
her aide, her look of happy surprise
vanishes, as she reads in his face only
utter amazement at her sudden appar¬
ition. In amoment she realizes it is
not she whom be seeks.
"Pardon me, Mr. Ballings. I
thought the drawing-room deserted,
or expected to find only Mrs. Elwood.
I imagined you were abroad.”
“I returned only last week, and this
is a most welcome surprise. May I
not tell you how very glad I am to
find you? Are you visiting Mrs. El
wood?”
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OLD ?,1KMURIBS.
And let him reign! I'll hold my soul.
To-night!
In grand flef to this mighty Past
lu false allegiance off I east—
D-ny the Present's petty toll,
To-night!
Take loyally, great Past, my king,
To-nfgta:!
To-morrow’s sun may thee unthrones
Bat eyes, Ups, heart—all that I own
Of treasure—I before time fliug,
To-night!
—Household Words.
“I am residing here permanently,
as Mrs. Elwood’s governess. Good
morning.”
“Stay, Edith; why are you so cold?
Let mo be your friend—do something,
anything, to lighten your burden.”
“Thank you. My own shoulders
are sufficiently broad to bear any bur
den laid upon them. Onco more,
good morning," and in another mo
meut Edith stepped into ihe sleigh
beside Mrs. Elwood, and was whirled
from his sight. As he turns a moment
I later to meet Miss Elwood, there is a
( : perplexed iook in his ince which ha
can scarcely hide in the smile of wel
come he so well knows how to assume,
j ! But sne detects nothing beyond tho
seeming delight which he can so well
express in courteous words; and
springing lightly into tho sleigh by
his side, as the groom releases the
horses and they speed off as an arrow
sent from its bow, she feels only hon¬
ored by his preference and his com¬
panionship.
Two days later a little note is placed
in Edith taring's hands. It is a polite
invitation from Mr, Ballings to accom¬
pany him that afternoon to drive,
which she as politely and formally de¬
clines. Occasionally she hears his
name mentioned in tho household;
learns that his attentions to Miss El*
wood are growing marked; sees the
happy flush mount to her brow at
mention of his name, and wouders at
the icy indifference with which she
hear.-; it alt. Sometimes for a moment
the old pain throbs anil surge?, but
she bravely fights it back and comes
forth conqueror.
In all these months she rarely meets
him. Once, as she is passing through
the hall with her little charges, she
unexpectedly confronts him. In his
old, winning way—a manner which
she has learned so Well--he asked her
once more to let him be hoi friend.
“At least, Edith, let me explain.”
“Explain, Mr. Railings? I cannot
understand, sir, what explanation is
necessary. Allow me to assure you I
consider none due ine. ”
This is all that passed between them
until one morning, when Mrs. Elwood
has given her a holiday and she has
taken advantage of it for a quiet walk,
she hears behind her a quick tread,
and iu another moment Mr. Bailings
had accosted her.
“This is a most unexpected pleas¬
ure, Miss Edith. Will you allow me
to join you?”
“I came out, Mr, Bnlliugs, to be
alone, and I should prefer it.”
“Edith, listen to me; I must speak,
Why do you avoid me? When I left
this country for Europe I wrofe you a
little note, explaining why I was called
away, leaving you my address and
begging you to write to me. No letter
reached me, and on my return 3. heard
of your added misfortunes. I could
bear nothing more. When 1 found
you at last, so bravely earning your
own support, it gave me a new respect
for you. I know full well how little
worthy I am to ask a favor at your
hand, but at least let me try to win
back some of the friendly feeling I feel
assured you once gave me."
“That I wiit not deny, Mr. Railings;
nor will I deny that, for a time, I
missed my friend; but I have so
schooled myself that that feeling has
grown into callousness, The rose,
once blighted, cannot reblossom; the
heart once trampled upon bears the
cruel impress forever. I have learned
at least contentment, and let me beg
that this shall be our last interview.”
“Have you indeed grown so hard,
Edith? When I knew that you had
lost everything, and was dependent
solely upon the labor of your own
brain and hands, I longed, darling,
oh. so earnestly, to say to you: 'Gome
to me. Let me share your burden, or
i lighten it all I can.’ You have judged
me cruelly, Edith. I am not so base
as you imagine, I have enough for
both. Let me try to win back at least
a little of the old feeling, with the
hope that at a later day I may plead
with you to be my wife,"
For a moment Edith wavered. There
was a ring of truth in his words she
could but recognize. But was be not,
in thus addressing her, playing false
with Mis* Elwood? How foolish for
I her to listen to his idle words.
“Let the dead past bury its dead,
Sir. Ballings," she answered at last,
“Too many changes have taken place
for us ever agaiu to be the same to
I each other. Words are very empty
| things, and though you have learned
their fullest power, you are no longer
j addressing thought the ali girl the who, world one short- true. year
ago, was
SPRING PI,ACE, GA., FRIDAY. APRIL 2, 1897.
Can you tl)ink that I, living in the
house with Miss EUwood, can be ignor¬
ant of the attentions you have paid
her? Nay, do not attribute this to
personal feeling, for, believo me, it is
a matter of indifference, save that your
conduct is unworthy a gentleman.’’
“In visiting Miss Elwood, if I have
erred, it has been through my love for
yon. I have gone there hoping to see
you, yearning for the knowledge that
you were well at least, and longing to
break through the crustof ieein which
you infolded yourself. I admire Miss
Elwood only as a friend, and do not
for one moment flatter myself she
entertained a different feeling toward
me. This is folly, dear. Look at me
once, Edith, with your old, Irauk gaze,
and if my eyes speak falsehood, banish
me forever.”
“It is hopeless, Mr. Railings, I
have ceased to care for you. If I did
not know how small a matter it was to
you I should say, T am sorry,’ but in
the long months whan a friendly word
would have been, ob 1 so welcome, only
silence met me ; and if, as you say, a
mantle of ice infolds me, it is because
I have so long lived banished from the
sun that its rays can no longer pene¬
trate ths frozen interior. It is best
so.”
“You call it best, then—best that
the heart, once so warm and true,
should become an iceberg; best that
your faith should be converted iuto
skepticism, your belief into unbelief.
Best happy in your creed, then, Miss
Loring, but take care lest you do not
wreck yourself against the sharp rocks
of suspicion.”
Six months later. Edith Loring,
sitting in her school room, is inter¬
rupted by Miss Elwood,
“Oh, Miss Loring,” she says, “Mr.
Ballings has been thrown troru his
horse and badly injured. They fear
ho will not live. Is it not sad?”
“Very sad,” was the quiet reply, but
as she spoke the words the iec seemed
breaking from her heart, and she foil
fainting to the floor.
During all these months she had
scarcely heard Douglas Ballings's
name, and, to her surprise, his
absence from the household had been
but casually mentioned ; and Miss El*
wood, in her daily round of pleasure,
seemed to have no time to note that
such was the case. His words were
true, then, when he told her he had
been to her only as a friend. Could
it bo that it was she who had honored
him, and-not he her!
When consciousness returned, and
with it the momory of their last meet¬
ing, her coldness and indifference, his
earnest, loviug words, she knew she
had deceived herself, and tho love she
supposed buried beyond resurrection
was deeper, truer, more intense than
before it had been tried by lire. Poor
child! She was weary of the fight,
aud now she eoukl never tell him that
she owned herself worsted in tho
battle. But one evening a few weeks
later his card is put into her hand.
She has learned ere this of his re¬
covery, but she is amazed when she
goes forward to welcome him to see
what an impress his illness has left
upon him. Pale and worn, he stands
before her with outstretched hands,
but it is with tho old tone ho speaks.
“Little one, I came to find my wife.
Is she here?”
Her answer was not word-spoken,
but with her fair head pillowed on his
breast, he needed none; and when,
two months later, he claimed his wife,
Miss Elwood stood with her at the
altar as her chosen friend.—New York
Ledger.
A New Method of Disinfection.
The Antwerp correspondent of the
Liverjiool Journal of Commerce says;
As in all large ports, the medical com¬
mission plays a very important and
responsible part, and its duties have
been all the more arduous in the last
four years, since the United States
has demanded such rigid examination
of all emigrants, their baggage, etc.
In connection with sanitary arrange¬
ments and regulations of the port
some experiments of a most interest¬
ing character were made at tho St.
Pierre Hospital in the presence of
the Antwerp Medical Commission. The
subject of the experiments was the
demonstration of a new and practical
mode of disinfection and sterilization.
Ths means employed partial consist of a gas
ob mined by tho combustion of
methylated innocent spirits, which, while being
perfectly in its effect upon
human beings, non-toxic and free
from all corrosive action, is said to
possess the property of destroying
every trace of bacteria or microbes in
the atmosphere of any enclosure. The
experiments so far have been thor¬
oughly successful. If such a system
of disinfection can be proved effica¬
cious it will be a blessing to steam¬
ship companies plying between Europe
and the United States, for in time of
contagion of any kind the United
States Government demands fumiga¬
tion by sulphur, which is a most dis¬
agreeable and unprofitable process.
The question will be studied with a
view to adapting it to tho disinfection
of ships, passengers, luggage and
cargo.
Au Odd (.’ollection.
The German Empress, it is said, has
a tea tray that was Deafen out of an
old Prussian halfpenny, a teapot mad<
of a German farthing and tiny caps
made from coins of the several Ger
mau principalities.
POPULAR SCIENCE.
The greatest danger in the adulter
ation of milk by water lies in the in¬
troduction of dangerous species of dis¬
ease germs.
There is no reliable case on record
where* resuscitation has taken place
after the complete freezing of the
body in mtfn.
From figures recently published at
Munich, Bavaria, it appears that there
are now in central Europe 15,641 gas
engines, which aggregate 52,691 horse
power.
Numerous experiments to determine
the best fite-resisting materials for the
construction of doors have proved that
wood covered with tin resists lire bet¬
ter than an iron door.
A German statistician says that of
every 10,000 chimneys three are struck
by lightning, while of the same num¬
ber of towers and windmills sixty and
siglity respectively are struck.
A number of plates from the Brnoo
photographic Observatory, telescope, at the Harvard
in Arequipa, Peru, have
been received in Cambridge. Some
ahow'spectra of stars invisible to the
nak 3d eye.
Nature, J^jOlayton, refers in to careful a communication to
measurements
ho has made with sycamore, elm, oak,
ash and beech trees, from which he
has discovered that they all contract
in girth during a frost.
Wheat grown iu the north of Franco
has from eleven to twenty six per cent,
less nitrogenous elements iu it than
that raised there fifty years ago, ac¬
cording to a recent report made to
the Academie des Sciences.
To prevent tbestoaling of milk from
oans while in transit on railroads a
neW patent consists of passing a screw
through one side of the can neck, run¬
ning it into a shoulder in the lid, a
key 'icing necessary to operate it and ,
to open the can.
A new safety brake for street cars
consists of a steel rod hold perpendic¬
ularly in relation to the car bottom in
such a manner that it can be instantly
pressed downward into the ground to
aid m stopping the car at timer; when
a quick stop will prevent accidents.
A method of precipitating zinc in
aqueous solution in the shape of dense
plateu of commercial thickness by
means of electricity has been found at
the zitiO works at Duisburg, in Ger
nMflBj-y*. The process, which is kept
secret,' whs discovered by Professor
Dieftenbncb, of Darmstadt. The eco¬
nomic difficulties in the problem have
also been solved, as tho works are turn¬
ing out ninety tons of zinc a mouth
and are to be enlarged.
A Wondrous Waterfall.
Tho Olympic Mountains have pro¬
duced another attraction, tho beauty
of which is not excited on tho western
slope. What is said to be a grand
waterfall coming from tho snow¬
capped peaks above the clouds over a
bluff, falling a perpendicular distance
ot ever 1000 feet and disappearing in
the bosom of a beautiful plain, lias
just been discovered near Lake Cres¬
cent by two ranchmen. Their descrip¬
tion of the scene would exceed any¬
thing of similar character in the Yel¬
lowstone Park.
From the snow on the crests of the
Olympics, where white men have never
visited, comes a little stream, which
rapidly grows in volume until it
reaches the edge of a perpendicular
cliff overlooking a beautiful plateau For of
300 aores a thousand feet below.
centuries the water has poured over
tho precipice until it has out a smooth
passage, something like a large pipe
split in half, in the side of the moun¬
tain. Here and there it strikes an ob¬
struction, and out of the mountain's
side spurt oth r falls, Standing
alongside of the cliff a short distance
away the scene is beautiful and looks
as though there were half a dozen
rivers bursting out of the mountain.
The huge volume of water disappears
in a wild-looking oavern, and becomes
an underground river. It flows be¬
neath the plateau for a distance of two
miles, and then again bursts out of its
imprisonment in tho shapo of an ova]
bridal veil, and dashes over the rocks
and oataracts down to Lake Sutherland
and out to sea.
The country is very rough, wild and
hard to penetrate. There is an abun¬
dance of wild game isolated around
the falls. Tho discoverers of the falls
killed nine elk in half an boar and
said there were 100 more in sight.—
Beattie (Wash.) Post-Intelligencer,
Queerest Town In England.
The most curious town in England
is Northwich. There is not a straight
street, nor, in fact, a straight house
in the place; every part of it has the
appearance of having recently suffered
from the visitation of an earthquake.
Northwich, as everyone knows, is
the centre of the salt industry. On
nearly all sides of the town are big
salt works, with their engines pump¬
ing hundreds of thousands of gallons
of brine every week.
At a depth of some 200 or 300 feet
are immense subterranean lakes of
brine, and as the contents of these are
pnmped and pumped away the upper
crust of earth is correspondingly
weakened, and the result is an occa¬
sional subsidence.
These subsidences have a “pulling”
effect on the nearest buildings, which
are drawn “ail ways,” giving the town
an upside down appearance. — Answers.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Reason should direct and appdtito
obey,—Cicero.
To open the gates of Paradise two
must turn the key.—E. S. O’Connor.
The less dignity a man has the more
he asserts it.—Philadelphia Ledger,
An egotist is a man who believes
exactly opposite to what you do.—
Floriday Times-Union.
We shall be more apt to “know each
other there,” if we do not forget each
other here.—Ram’s Horn.
Next to the pleasured admiring the
womau we love is that of 4 seeing her
admired by others. —Balzac.
Misunderstandings and neglect oc¬
casion more mischief in this world
than even malico and wickedness.—
Goethe.
To bo stupid when inclined and dull
when you wish is a boon that only
goes with high friendship.—The
Philistine.
It is curious that one should take
the trouble to file a bill; filing a bill
does not reduce it in size.—Boston
Transcript.
A man can make a resolution to be
strictly truthful and stand some show
of keeping it so long as he meets on
woman.—Atchison Globe.
I have sped much land and sea, anl
minglod Wlth mueh people> but nevw
yet oou n find a spot unsunned by
human kindness. —Tapper,
One hour spent in solitude, in strug¬
gle with and victory over a single
bosom-sin, is worth more, even intel¬
lectually, than a year’s study.—Cole¬
ridge.
Pluck out of suffering the glory that
is shut up iu it; and may it he said of
each one of you, "Because of the joy
set before him lie endured the cross ”
—Wilfred Monod.
Resignation is not a passive and un¬
aspiring content with life and the
world as they are, but it is a faithful
acceptance of God’s sovereignty, and
God’s purpose, and God’s method.—
Philip Moxom.
Suffering is an accident. It does
not matter whether you and I suffer.
“Not enjoyment and not sorrow” is
our life, not sorrow auy more than en¬
joyment, but obedience and duty. II
duty brings sorrow let it brinf sorrow.
—Phillips Brooks.
Let ns ever remember that he who
lives for self and self alone is a failure,
whilst he who renders honest, loving
service to his fellows, though he be
poor and an outcast, unhonored and
unsung, is to all eternity a noble sue
cess. —J, Leonard Levy.
Lodge Boom iu a Caye.
One of tho most fanciful lodges ol
the Independent Order of Odd Fel¬
lows in the State of Tennessee, outside]
of the oities, is Gap City Lodge No.'
72, which has for its lodge room a,
large cave in Carter County, eight
miles east of Johnson Oily. So fas-j
cinatiug is the home of this Judge that;
some of the order in nearby towns
have transferred their membership to
it.
Gap Creek Lodge has a membership
of seventy-five, and has been holding
its meetings in this cave now for over
a year. The snbterranean chamber is
rented from the owner, Dr. Nathaniel
Ryder. located
This strange lodge room is
in an elevated strip of woodland. The
entrance to it faces the east, and on
approaching it presents a sombre ap¬
pearance, which might be considered
typical of mysteries that are known
only in the hearts of the faithful
membership of a great secret order.
From the outer doors one passes down
a stairway to the first chamber, or
anteroom. This apartment is fourteen
ail by eighteen feet, and is provided with
the necessary equipment to make
'it a desirable place in which to pre¬
pare candidates for initiation into the
order. To the rear of this chamber is
a hallway,and twelve feet lower down,
with the floor slanting at an angle of
tforty-five degrees, is the lodge room
proper. by
This chamber is eighteen sixty
jin .feet, and the ceiling is some eight feet
height. Viewed through the en¬
trance from without the rooms present
|a dark and mysterious appearauce;
Jsufficient light outside is nevertheless reflected both
from the to penetrate
chambers. Taken altogether these
underground apartments are quaint
land striking quarters for a body of
Imgn whose deliberations are secret.—
Philadelphia Times.
Stimulant for Troops.
That soldiers really need stimulants
has been formally recognized by the
War Department, which includes in
its new emergency ration half an
ounce of tobacco per diem, The War
Department publishes a bulletin, in
which it is declared that “under the
influence of tea, coffee or tobacco,
man seems to be brought to a higher
efficiency than without them. They
keep up cheerfulness and enable men
to endure fatigue and privations, while
deprivation of them may cause depres¬
sion, homesickness, feebleness, and,
indeed, may lead to defeat in battle.
Depressed troops do not fight well,and
cannot be kept well in hand. A wise
military leader will see to it that his
men are not deprived of tobacco, or
he will regret his carelessness.”—New
York Journal,
NO. 38.
THE SAME OLD BOAT.
If disappointment, friend, you find
And kindness Sagging far behind—
The world untrue, and i fiends unkind,
’Tis well to ever bear in mind
That others, too, ns well as you,
Are sailing in the same old boat.
Do never, comrade, sit and fret
About your losses or your debt—
No man was free from trouble yet—
Thesun will rise, the sun will set
On others, too, as well as you,
A-sailiug in the same old boat.
Have courage, keep a merry heart—
Sail on, and do your honest pari—
Though disappointments sting and sc
Let this thought joy to you impart—
That others, too, as well as you.
Are sailing in the same'old boat.
Suppose a debt you did not owe,
Tiint you were free from ev’ry woe—
Drank ev’ry pleasure here below—
Wpuld you be happy? Comrade, no.
Too much of joy doth, too, annoy—
Sail on, then, in the same old boat.
0 wouitl the fates a plan devise,
Like that in uso above the skies—
In paradise all things are fair—
Each soul enjoys its honest share—
Why not below?—it would Be so
Were greed thrown headlong from the boat.
—George Coronway.
PITH AND POINT.
Some genius will tell the world how
to utilize tho microbe.—Puck.
She—“Does the baby take after its;
mother?” He—“Well, it hasn’t be¬
gun to talk yet. ”
“I think the joke has been carried
far enough," said tho editor, as he
marked “uoeepted" on it.--Brooklyn
Life.
“Now for another arctio explora¬
tion,” said Fogg as he started on a
search for his overshoes. — Boston
Transcript.
The indestructibility of matter is
the one thing that saves the universe
from wreok at the hands of the small
boy.—Pack.
Hopeful: “I beat that you are a
widow,” said the one who had been
abroad. “Yes, just at present,” said
the one in black.—Indianapolis Jour¬
nal.
“Strange that these old clocks are
always called ‘grandfather’8 clocks,’ ”
“Yes, aud I’ll wager a cooky that the
grandmothers had to wind them.” -
Chicago Record.
Teaober—“Now, Thomas, why do
we all love George Washington?”
Pupil—“ ’Cause school let’s out on his
birthday, and he was the Father of his
Country.”—Puck.
“Now, Violet, can yon give me any
reason why 1 should not punish you
for being naughty?” Violet—“Yes,
ma. The doctor said you weren’t to
take any vi’lent ex-cise.”—Boston
Guardian.
Manager—“Everything set-for that
farmyard Eoene?” Property Man—
“Everything but the ben." Once
more the eternal feminine and the
exigencies of realism were in dire con¬
flict.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Man (to Dentist)—“I want you to
kill this nerve, please. I’m expecting
some money in a few days, and then
I’ll call round and pay you.” Dentist
(sarcastically )—“I can’t kill such a
nerve as you’ve got.”—Fun.
“What has become of that brother
of yours who was so active in the last
campaign? Is he still waging war on
great corporations?” “Hei is. He
has accepted an agency for an anti-fet
remedy. ”—Indianapolis Journal.
“I came to ask yonr consent to
marry your daughter,” said the young
mau, with a trembling voice. “You're
a fool, sir!” shouted the irate father.
“Well, really, I didn’t think you’d
object to having one more iu the
family, sir."
Layman —"Realism, eh? Now, you
don't mean to tell me the sun really
sets like that?” Artist—“Ha, ha, my
dear fellow, yon don’t grasp the signi¬
ficance of the new art at all. That,
sir, is the way the sun ought to set.’ 1
—Detroit Journal.
lloru With Hide Reversed.
Thomas McKinney, a farmer living
in the town of Union, N. Y., has s
curiosity that would prove attractive
for any museum. Last Wednesday
bis eow gave birth to a calf which had
three legs behind and one iu front,
the single limb being of unusual size,
and tapering down from the breast.
The skin of the animal was smooth,
without a sign of hair. It lived only
a short time, and on being dissected it
was found that the under side of the
skin was covered wiih a fine downy fur,
the hide having the appearance of be¬
ing wrong side out. Mr. McKinney
will have the animal stuffed.—Neu
York Press.
Tiniest Shears Ever Made.
A clever workman in a cutlery fac¬
tory iu Sheffield, England, has recent¬
ly made a dozen pairs of shears each
so minute that they all together weigh
less than half a grain. That is about
the weight of a postage stamp. Each
pair was perfect, and would cut if
sufficiently delicate material oonld be
found. Lying on a piece of white
paper, they seemed no larger than
flea*.— New York World.
