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TV Heart Will Hat* lu Way.
Fuor Kraaoo torn te-r l»»* to ruto,
Aiul Keep an bowart grip;
Y«t mm. »ill aomeUmm play the f'*»l,
And pn tb'-ir wit* U* slip.
la* Judgment Mutton w condemn,
Aim! < *drt»» »UU cry “Way,"
Mwm* Fancy tong* bw aong to thorn.
Ami glvm Ua- heart it* way—
It* own iteligtaUul way—
In *|<it* of all that Thought can do:
In ajnte of Judgueiil, trt>.l ami tru
Ao I al. Kipwimw* *»«r knew —
Tie t«ul will hara it* w»y.
Ho Natare will* it old and young,
The w,M*t and Ilia bmrt
Haw ‘Might the .train from I'amion’* Umgue,
And fall bur .wort illirmd
Ti» w«<. to hr <»( human kind
To own dear Nature', .way
Fur, imdat the dim, <old nwlni* of mind,
Tb» heart would to** it* **V
Ito own dalightlnl way
In «P<U of Wtadom > haziest rule*;
In .pita of aagi* and of i* boota.
In rpil* of reason wa re but fool* -
'.’la heart will liava it* way.
Hot yiaidw itiikl, by Nature Ihl,
N< ru* of life to guide
Han I rodmina with l» r tboughtful bead.
A ini manhood in It* prid*
All rui .11 pleasure'* hM-dh*n iivw,
AM after tolly .tray
Al every *<•, In < very pton,
'Ju. In-ait will ba.a it* way—
Ita own <leli< iou* way
In ajiit. of all the head <an do;
In qnu of judgment, trim! and true,
In *piU of -Ml ««|«w>nn*e too,
Th* baart will liava It* way.
Ala* for him whom* heart la dead
To every gvuarou* Imai,
No lova light on hi* life to abed,
No rympatby bo ll im«-t.
Tie brtu r far to give the price
Tliat fool* bi folly |*y
He iu.li in everything but vine,
AM give the heart It* way—
lb own delightful way
la rjuU of Windom', golden ruto*.
In epit* of «ag>'“ »nd of wbooto,
We’rt all lint erring, love •dek fool*
We giro the baart Ila way.
“HER YANKEE.”
AN IN<J!I»KNT OF THK WAR
There in i long lapnc of yearn lietwcrn
Ibui Lirw and thia, but tin* in< i<l« nt hax
kart ti<4ie of ita pathos or Ixauty, b<’< •au’w
of Uiat
I tvu new bor now rm hhf trip* along to
*in * n awf < t little girl of 7 years, her
sunn) urlh blown bu< k from a fair
f<»r« bead, lici bright bln** ryea glad in
the ibtiu< flit liappinriM of childhood.
It *.»a in IHO4 that then* were a few
era of war brought to G for
inrar • ’«! ion and kept here aeve/al
Um>i tlit. well guarded. Little Hallie
puewei! (he prison «-v« iy morning on her
way ti • huol, and, with childiah <uri
oa.iy though not fvincing any fear, she
wutiiii look at the gh»oiuy place of con
fln» ’ ’nt giving a glance of commingled
pi> ..id awe h! thr prisoned, peering
h >|h Wily from the mall windows of
the forbidding house The men, weary
of the monotony of captivity, were jlad
to ae* the little sunbeam as it tlnt<d
by. morning and evening, though it left
th rm in iihadow.
There wiu oih’, how« ver, pide and sick,
whi n, thu child ga/4 <1 at in mute ayin
pathy and he in return would smile nt
her mtd once hr -:dl«d her, saying:
•‘t’otm lid bid me ’..''Mml morning, and
fa II in* your natiir. n
A!tr» t<'<i by his g»ntl« manner and
refill* <. appearaniT, dn approached and
Mud My name k Sullie, and what is
your uainrF’
•H'tmrlir,’ 1 he answered ; then hr said,
“Mi dear little girl, if you have any
tiling in your but k» t pleatM- give me
tone thing to rat, for I am aick and can
aot »at prison fare.”
“I will give it all to you, but 1 don’t
knew how to get it h iy up there.”
the guards to let you pasa.”
With chlldiah ctintidencc she went to
thr nuarrnt guard, but »*.- i-umtcouvly
tofuwvl. and doing b<i< k, told tin-
Ykbk:«- Hr thru bude her n*k the
guanl* to pa** thr bu< krt to him.
Ki tunuiig to the .rtitiurl, she said so
•arrnwtly, “Plomt carry this to that
j>. or i an, who is so sit k." that thr Con
fedi r.str soldier could not resist the
pic. I i<a t-yns and manner, or the com
p* dr feelings ot hi* own heart,
anu takinv the lunch pa«s*»l it a* re
quesf-d. So it ermtinued for n week,
until the cliiid was .. rd cviniug with
two buckets, on. Io l irsclf, th other
for "l.> r Yankee.’'
She wm afraid tonveal her secret id
hom<, tearing she might I* denird the
prnr gv of fendinc her Yankee, and
when her mother asked her why she
earned two bucket , and why she chose
th* daitiHeat and Ircst of all on tile ta
bh, the replied "Oh. mamma, it is for
a |X«pr |s-r*Hi net able to buy nice
tilings to cat ” The < vision w par
donable under the ein utuMamw. Often
did »he deprive licraeh of delicacioa to
put into Uir '‘other" bucket, and *' it
w< rd • n for tour no uth«, the guards d
lowsr her to |>ass fn * ly. ami her mot hi r
«o< i ur.u.'ing her in her charitable deed,
but never dreaming who was the reeijri
•ot
At last Sall to paased one evening arid
I’ < priaoa wa* empty. Her Yankee and
his < ompanions had been exchanges! ami
haii gone to join their irsprs tive com
mnt.dk. Sallie quietly stopped taking
hia lut cbm and her moUier »uppos<>d sire
iitod simply txvomc tired yf it
Four months }ra**ed in comparative
y«avx, when the dread cry was heard.
•TV Yankee* are coming C Everybody
tried to be calm and collected, but very
few *ucceed«l. Hoon the town wa*
“blue," and Sallie’* mother had her
front yard and porch full of the blue
coated rtranger* and arming them two
Lieutenant* *nd one Captain. The lady
had *liut all her little children into the
le-droom with the injunction, “Be per
fe< tiy quirt."
The Captain announccri that he would
like to have dinner for himself and men.
Pale ami solemn, not afraid, but feeling
that the intruder* were her em-inics, she
le.: them, and going to her room to *ee
after l' ■ children found them “mute a«
mice,” with the exception of Sallie, who
would run to the window and turn the
blinds Her mother begged and *colded
in an awful whisper—“ Don’t do that,
Sallie!” “Just a little bit. mamma. I
won’t let them see me," and suiting the
action to thr word, she turned the blind
very carefully ami caught a glimpw: of a
face that she and she alone of all the
family, had ever seen before.
“Oh! mamma, there, my Yankee!
she exclaimed, forgetting all precaution*
and instructions “Let rm- go and see
him ; I’m not a bit afraid ! Ihr jr»or
mother, already in a state of Iw-wilder
merit, thought that her bright and beau
tiful child had suddenly luvorne bereft
of her senses, and cried out, “Hush,
Hallie! You have no Yankee, and they 11
kill you if yoq go out there’" Being
<‘on>|H'lled to superintend the dinner, she
locked the door to keep the child safe
ami returned to the kitchen.
When dinner wa* ready Mrs.
went through the room into the hall
where the soldiers were mm tabled. Hallie
slipped her golden head out ami stood
partly in the door, while the men, slowly
and silently, marched to the dining-room.
When the seventh man passed he glam ed
at the child, and in a moment of glad
recognition, caught her up in his arm*
and kissed her again and again.
“Mamma, I told you this was my
Yankee!”
Mrs. stoisl in a state of amaze
ment bordering on stupefaction, and the
men were as much astonished. “This is
my sweet little Salliel" the Yankee ex
claimed, and the child wound her arms
around his neck whispering, “Charlie, 1
have that Yankee dollar you gave me
yet," "Madam,” said the soldier, “I
must explain this scene, as you seem to
be in total ignorance of my acquaintance
with your little daughter. While I have
never bail the honor of seeing you before
to-day. I am no stringer, us you see, to
this dear child. She saved my life by
feeding me daily for months when 1 was
sick ami feeble for want of proper nour
ishment while a prisoner in this town.”
With tears fllling his eyes ho < outinued,
“Ah! you would not be surprised nt my
loving !mr if you only knew, could com
prehend, the dreariness of prison life and
how this little angel brightened it by her
visits and her charity. Do not have any
fears, madam. I would protect your
interests nml this child with my life.”,
I do not know how long the soldiers
remained in <1 , but tiny left to join in
other battles and Charlie was killed in
one some time after.
Sallie is married, has a lovely home,
two beautiful and interesting children
and is a kind neighbor and friend.—
.Veir Orlean» I‘h-ayuM.
Two Wall Street Picture*.
A H|H‘<"Ulator in four years has paid
one firm in Wall street the sum of $230,-
000 in commissions, says a New York
letter He was a wealthy man when he
went into the street w ith a laudable but
unw irruntubh" desire to increase his pat
rimony by speculating in stocks. Now,
so heavy have Iwen his losses that ho
would be satistbal if he possessed tho
sum he has paid out in commission*.
A* it is, he will cheerfully accept a elork
ship in the said tirm, who wish to avail
themselves of his numerous acquaintances
to increase their custom If he had been
Contented with a handsome sufficiency
for the day, amounting really to a super
abundance, he would now be in atlluenee
instead of in the jiosition of comparative
destitution he is. *
On the other hand, a young clerk t
few years ago < ommeneed to sjieculute in
the street with the savings of a
year - ab-tinemi from smoking, and now
ia worth in leal -tat »ver $1,000,000
and >i vend more in wcurities In Wnll
stei'et sp tl ulation. more than in anything
else, w hat is game for one mau is ruin
for another.
Providence and Quails.
“They wore discussing in the Illinois
legislature," -aid a gentleman from
Springfield, “a bill to prevent the distrac
tion of quail for three years. S|M‘eeh<’*
of various sorts were made. One farmer
1 »dv*n< ed the suggestion that there w< r#
too many quail. If they should lie pre
served for three y< :,rs they would cat up
all the crops Then up rose an honest
Granger, whohaduot opened hi* mouth
lx-fon-. with this valuable contribution to
natural history, delivered in a drawling,
squeaking voice; Mr. Checrman, I've
i lived iu Hlinoy. man and boy, for forty
i yearn Enduring all of which time I’ve
fol’.i red agricultoond pursix'ts exceptin’
: for v, ven years, when I was a-runnin’ of
' a saw mill, and I have obsarved this
about quail; Whenever there is too many
quail the good Lord He freezes them out.
1 J That settled it," -PAtwiueyvAM OecvrJ,
HUNTING LEOPARDS. |
How the Savage Animals are
Utilized in India.
The Ferocioux Obeetah Trained by Native l *
to Hun Down *nd Capture Antelope*.
It wa* here that I writneMed the only
instance I ever naw of the black buck be- .
ing run into and killed by the cheetah, |
or hunting leopard. Many consider this
* low kind of sport, but I think it i*
quite equal to partridge shooting, beside*
being alxautiful sight. I shall therefore
dexcribe a* well •« I can what I saw. On
arriving, with my friends, at the place of
meeting in the jungle, we found a few
rough and-ready-looking native* in charge
of three carts, or rather small two-wheeled
platforms, drawn by two bullock*. On
each vehicle sat, in an erect attitude, A
beautiful leopard, strongly chained and
with a hood over hi* eyrt, similar to
those m«-d for’ hawka. We were soon
under way and driving toward the herd of
antelope* which could be seen grazing in
the distance and which had been marked
down beforehand. There was no difficul
ty in getting the carts to within 120 s
yards of the deer. Then one of the chee- ,
tahs, a fine male was unhooded and set
free. Its departure from the gharry and
its decision in choosing the most covered
line on the open plain for rushing on its
prey were so instantaneous and rapid as
to be quite marvellous. It seemed to
vanish from the cart and appear simul
tam ously halfway toward the fine black
buck it had sighted out for attack.
When at about thirty yards from the un
suspicious troop, they suddenly became
aware of the deadly peril they were in.
One and all sprang into the air with gal
vanic bounds, and no doubt expected to
escape easily by flight. But the hunting
cheetah is, I suppose, for a hundred
yards, by far the fleetest of all wingless
things; and this one was soon in the
midst Os the affrighted throng, which
scattered wildly and panic-stricken in all
directions, as their leader —a fine black
buck- -was struck down in their midst.
Their he lay, alone, in his death agony, in
the deadly clutch of his Ix autiful and re
lentless foe. We all ran as hard as we
could, and were soon surrounding the
strange group.
Neither animal moved, for the buck
was paralyzed by fear his starting eye
balls and diluted nost: !.s alone gave evi- I
deuce of life. The cheetah, on the other :
hand, with his body spread out over the
prostrate form of his victim, seemed to ;
strain every nerve iu pressing his prey j
against the earth as, with his long sharp
fangs buried in its delicate throat, he con
tinued the process of strangulation. He
was very motionless, but his eyes were
fixed upon us with a glare of extraordina
ry ferocity that became intensified as his
keepers rushed forward and seized the
deer by the hind leg. The brute now
growled fiercely, and, tightening his
clutch, looked so extremely dangerous
that 1 was far from envying those who
were in such close proxiipity to him. But
they knew their trade. With a long
sharp knife they cut the deer’s throat and !
caused the warm blood to spout in tor
rents into the face of the half-wild beast, 1
whose whole frame now seemed to thrill !
with ecstaey. One of the operators, in :
the meanwhile, caught a quantity of the
crimson life stream in a wooden bowl, and
forced the steaming fluid under the very
nose of the excited leopard, who quitting
his hold, at once began to lap with avid
ity While engaged in this process the
leather hood was swiftly clapped over liis
eyes, and the collar with two chains at
tached, was adjusted round his neck.
While this was going on a third man had
cut off one of the bucks hinds legs, and
this the “lion’s share,” was held close to
the bloody chaiace, which was no sooner
emptied than the brute seized the meat
thus provided with a vice like grip.
Each chain was now grasped by a differ
ent man, who by keeping apart so that
the tether remained taught, kept the
leopard between them in such away that
neither was within reach of his claws or
> teeth. Then the third individual, who
had ever retained his hold of the shank”
bone of the leg of vinison, gently drew
the cheetah to the little cart that had
now been brought close up. As soon as
the lieast felt himself against the edge of
his own familiar chariot he sprang light
ly upon it and proceeded to demolish his
succulent morreau at his ease. I now in”
spected the carcass of the doer, with a
view to ascertaining, if possible, how the
cheetah had been able so instantaneosly
to strike down such a powerful animal
immediately on getting up with it. I at
once observed a single long deep gash in
the flank, which evidently caused by
the decisive blow. But I could not im
agine with what weajxm the leopard had
been able to inflict this very strange
looking wound, for the cheetah ha* a
foot like a dog, and his claws are not re
tractile. Turning then to the beast, as it
sat on the cart, I inspected it closely, and
saw that the dew-claw, which in the dog
appear* such a useless appendage, is rep
r> sented in this brute by a terrible look
ing talon exactly suited to the infliction
of such a gash. Otsr / oilan St at tone.
The perfection and magnitude of adul
teration of coffee has stimulated many
inventions for that purpose.
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
W<’k :>* if you wore conscious that
your body has a soul in it.
Ila life will bear examination in every
hour of it, it is pure indeed.
If any one says ill of you, let your life
be so that none will believe him.
He who strives after a long and pleas
ant form of life must seek to attain con
tinued equanimity.
“We never see a tear in the eye,” says
a celeb ited writer, “but we are re
minded of a warm heart.
Whatever else we neglect, let us keep
up the habit of communion with God.
Prayer is the key of the position.
U a man empties his purse into hi*
head, no man can take it away from him.
An investment in knowledge always pays
the best interest.
Let every man take care how he speaks
and writes of honest people, and not set
down at a venture the first thing that
comes uppermost.
The man who is suspicious lives in a
constant state of unhappiness. It would be
better for his peace of mind to be too
trustful than to be too guarded.
If thy friends be of better quality than
than thyself, thou mayest be sure of two
things: the first that they will be more
careful to keep thy counsel, because they
have much more to lose than thou hast;
the second, they will esteem thee for thy
self, and not forthat thou dost possess.
A I’argetman’* Ing nious Game.
Not many miles from Chicago lives a
targetman who, for nearly four years, has
played a little game admirable for its
boldness and ingenuity. The duties of a
targetman, every one should know, are to
keep constant lookout at the crossing of
two railroads anil to swing the red danger
signal over one track at the approach of a
train on the other. For ten years one
man has held the position of day target
man, and he is still there. Four years
ago the night man was killed, and the
day man, acting under instructions, re
ported the name of a man competent to
take deceased’s place. This man was ac
cordingly placed on the pay-roll and re
ceived his salary regularly from the pay
car. The junction at which these men
were employed is merely a crossing out
on the prairie. There is no house there
beside the targetman’s shanty, and, a few
rods away, his humble dwelling. A few
weeks ago it was accidentally discovered
that for four years one man has drawn
two men’s pay, and that the man who
was hired four years ago never existed,
save in the imagination of the man who
pretended to hire him. But the target
man who drew two men’s pay did two
men’s work. For four years he has lived
in that little shanty, night and day. Not
ten hours in all that time has he been
farther from the crossing than the little
frame house where he ate his meals.
Twenty-four hours a day and 365 days a
year he has been on the lookout for ap
proaching locomotive headlights and
smokestacks. Os course he could not
have jierfonned such service as this with
out assistance, but all the assistance he
had was that of au automatic signal rig
ged up by himself during a few of his
many leisure hours. Stretching an old
piece of telegraph wire half a mile up the
track in each direction, he drew it taut
and affixed a connecting trigger to the
surface of the rail, so that the wheels of
every approaching engine would pull the
wire and drop an old hat into his face a*
he slept in his shanty. By this means he
was enabled to secure plenty of sleep be
tween trains, and at the same time be
sure of being awake and on duty when
ever needed. Every pay day he present
ed at the car not only his own order, but
that of the imaginary night targetman,
properly indorsed, and thus received the
pay for two men’s work. This story is
told upon the authority of an official of
the interested company, who adds that
the question now is whether the man
shall be compelled to give up one of his
salaries or be permitted to continue his
little scheme. It is admitted that his du
ties have always been faithfully per
formed.—Chicago Herald.
Lying Too Far Apart.
In a hunter’s camp different men be
gan to unfold their yarns. Among oth
ers a Kentuckian said he once shot a
buck in such away that tho bullet, hit
ting the right ear, passed through the
heel of the right hind foot. Jeering and
laughter greeted thus monstrous story.
“Brown,” called the Kentuckian to
hi* companion, “tell these fellows if
what I say is not as true as gospel 1”
“Why, yes,” replied the other, “I saw
it rayself. You see, gentlemen, when he
pulled the trigger of his rifle, the buck
was just scratching his head with his
hoof." Then he whispered to hi* friend,
“That was a narrow escape. Another
time don't lie so far apart.”
Like a Growing Crop.
That was s profound philosopher who
compared advertising to a growing crop.
He said: “The farmer plants his seed, and
while he i* sleeping the corn is growing.
So with advertising. While you are
sleeping or eating, your advertisement i»
being read by thous.inds of persons who
never saw you or heard of yon or heard
of your business, and never would had it
not been for your advertising. ■
STAGING IN THE HILLS
Taking a Trip by Stage to the
City of Deadwood.
A Journey in the "Wild West" that i* In
vested with Many Novelties.
The name of Deadwood, a city that is
■till in the “wild West.” in spite of the
rapid improvements thirty years have
seen west of the Mississippi, is familial
to many people who know nothing what
ever of it except that it lies somewhere
out in the mining region.
Traveling from the East, it can be
reached within one hundred miles by rail,
the remainder of the distance must be
taken by stage. The railroad ends at
Buffalo Gap. Six horses, carrying a stage
coach with three seats in it, await the
Deadwood traveler. If there are more
than six passengers and any of them are
inclined to obesity, there is apt to be a
lack of comfort.
If it is during the spring or autumn
rains, there is much jolting and careful
driving, and perhaps some seasickness
among the passengers.
In the bitter winter weather, warm
wraps, furs and heated soapstones are
necessary. Perhaps the ride is most de
lightful in the autumn, when there is gol
den morn, and lazy winds and a cloud of
purple haze in the west.
The one hundred miles are traveled in
thirty-six hours or thereabout. Every
ten miles the horses are changed, and
every twenty the drivers change.
The stations are simply large barns
where the horses are kept. These are as
well trained, and enter into their task
with as much spirit and seeming delight
as the horses of the fire department in
cities. They grow to be familiar with
every step of the journey and know their
driver as children know a parent. The
coach stops for meals at regular station*,
three times a day. Quite an excited in
terest is visible at all the towns passed
through. The coming of the stage, with
its galloping horses, its air of mystery
and restlessness and the charm of know
ing it has come from the outside world,
which, like Rasselas in his valley, every
one envies to be in occasionally, is quite
an event in the lives of the village people.
Csesar in his commentaries, speaks of the
inhabitants of inner Gaul gathering
around the merchants when they came to
trade, and asking questions innumerable.
The merchants were often tempted to ex
aggerate and sometimes to invent stories
of the outside world, which temptation
they often yielded to, and were eagerly
believed by the Gauls. So the stage
coach driver after answering many ques
tions to suit himself amid the admiring
gaze of the populace, with a flourish of
his whip, a word to his horses, is gone.
Gone for a wild ride over dangerous roads,
now winding along a mountain path,
now between roeks, now along a river
bank, and again out into the level mesa
like stretch, that seems to reach in infinite
distances on every hand. The drivers
find their work to possess a strange fas
cination. No stage driver ever feels con
tent to go back to the tame life of a town
dweller. Each one of them has his repu
tation and is known by his peculiar char
acteristics all along the route. In the
lower part of the stage, under the seats,
is a place for baggage, much like the
hold in a ship. The trip is worth taking,
especially in spring or autumn, when the
driver is glad to give a share of his seat
for at least a few hours each day or night.
Deadwood is a very pretty town hen>
med in by mountains. It is in the ex
treme western part of Dakota, not far
from its boundary line. It is only 250
miles from the Yellowstone Park, and i*
surrounded by mountains upon every
hand. Some valuable gold and silver
mines are located near the town. Da-
trait Free Preen.
How We Spoil Our Lungs.
House air is almost always filled with
more or less dust. During the winter,
when the ventilation is imperfect, this is
especially the case. The stove is a most
common cause, as its heat dries up every
bit of dirt in the room, and it is wafted
about by currents of air, and stirred up
by the skirts of women. Women proba
bly do not know how much dust their
skirts send into the air whenever they
sweep over the carpet. It is invisible to
the eye, except when the light of the sun
shines on it All this is breathed, and
helps to spoil our lungs. Is there any
help for it? At least one; and that i*
ventilation. Frequent and thorough ven
tilation, especially when the rooms are
swept and dusted, while it does not rem.
edy the evil, makes it less.
A Man of Serve.
“Know Jigbeet Os course I do; and
what’s more, I know him to be a man ol
nerve.”
“Nonsense! He's as timid as a mouse.
A man of nerve 1 Ha-ha 1 What in the
world put such a notion as that into
your head?”
Well, sir, I heard him contradict hi*
own wife the other day, and in public,
too, at that.”— Chicago Ledger.
The largest dog in the country is said
to be a SL Bernard, owned at Glen Cove»
L. L He measures seven feet eleven
inches from the end of his nose to the tip
of his tail, stands twenty-five inches !
. high and weigh* 123 pound*
Best Awhile.
I will be still to-day and reat,
I will be still and let life drift;
I am so tired that it is beet
Neither my hands nor eye* to lift.
lam so tired—it is no use,
My will can not my need obey;
0 Care, I ask a tew hours’ true*,
I pray thee let me rest to-day.
And so, shut up in restful gloom,
I let my hands drop listlessly;
Within my dim and silent room
I would not move, or hear, or see.
Oblivion dropped on me her balm.
I tell on slumber deep and sweet,
And when I woke was strong and calm,
And full of rest from head to feet
80, toiler in lire’s weary ways,
Pity thyself, for thou must tire;
Both body, mind, and heart have day*
They can not answer their desire.
Birds in all seasons do not sing,
Flowers have their time to bloom and fall •
There is not any living thing
Can answer to a ceaseless calk
Sometimes, tired head, seek slumber dee,.
Tired hands, no burden try to lift;
Tired heart, thy watch let others keep,
Pity thyself and let life drift
A few hours’ rest perchance may bring
Relief from weariness and pain;
And thou from listless languors spring,
Aud gladly lift thy work again.
HUMOROUS.
Seriously, is the dog star a Skye ter
rier.
All that is left of Athena is a spot of
Greece.
Circuit Court —Sneaking around the
house to avoid the dog.
Woman is not much of a philosopher,
but she is proverbially a clothes observer.
One swallow doesn’t make a summer;
but if it’s of the right stuff it will make
a fall.
“What is your idea of love, Mr. Sin
nick?” “Three meals a day and well
cooked.”
The only leading lady that society rec
ognizes is the one who conducts a pug
with a string.
“ Pa, why does a man break a promt®
so readily?” “ Because, my son, it is ee
easy to make another one.”
A surgical journal tell* of a man win
lived five years with a ball in hi* head.
We have known girls to live twice as long
with nothing but balls in their head*.
Never despise a friend because he hap
pens to have grown rich. Go to him,
take him aside, tell him gently of his
faults and ask him to lend you five dol
lars.
A clergyman who was officiating at the
funeral of a young girl began his dis
course with, “Oh may this bereaved
father find consolation for the death ol
his only daughter”—and then happening
to remember that there was anothei
daughter, the offspring of a second mar
riage, he added, hastily—“by his Aral
wife.”
Mammies Found in Pera.
Tjie ancient city of Pachacamac wu
long, long ago the Mecca of South Amer
ica. The name means “He who animates
the Universe.” It was a resort of pil
grims from far and near, and also the
burial-place of tens of thousands of an
cient dead, and from a study of many
mummies found there much light has
been given to old-time customs.
Many of these were enveloped in s
braided network or sack of rashes oi
coarse grass, bound closely about the
body by plaited cords; just beneath these
coverings were wrappers of stout, plai*
cotton cloth, fastened by a gay cord of
llama wool, and about and next the body
a garment of finer texture; the body it
self revealed a mahogany-colored sur
face.
Th*" implements of the person’s trade
were inclosed among these many wrap
pings, also a copper coin.
About women mummies were wrap
pings of finer cloth, and always a comb
grasped by one hand; this seemed as if
made from the rays of fishes’ fins, having
for handle the hard, woody part of the
dwarf palm. In the other hand lay a
cane-handled fan, its ornamentation the
feathers of parrots and humming-birds.
About the neck were three strings of
shells, and, as with the men, domestic
implements lay between the various cov
erings—an ancient spindle for cotton
spinning, half covered with spun thread,
as if death had surprised the woman busy
with her daily toil.
If a mummy was discovered seated
upon a work-box containing bits of knit
ting-work, weaving implements, skeins
and spools of thread, needles of bone and
bronze, a comb, knife, fan —the small
domestic properties given to one opening
to fair sweet womanhood—then was it
understood that a maiden in her youth
and beauty had been laid away; that the
sleep of death had come with unexpected
summons, for at hand were her cosmetic
tubes—bird bones, these with a wad of
cotton to close the opening, and with
some sort of a little mill for grinding and
preparing the pigments. Added to these
was a mirror—a piece of iron pyrites
shaped like half an egg, the plane side of
it highly polished.
The maiden’s hair was braided; a thio
narrow bracelet encircled one arm; there
Was also an ornamental golden butterfly,
and between the feet of the young girl
lay the dried body of a pet bird —often-
est a parrot was thus honored. — Harper i
Bazar.