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-he Lat.. May i& Market ount.d te las sehi at 4ce ets aojd at t was-quiet mcd aLt, $8 te la liegg m-il tin the mar- et4 at $12 te )v~er at $6 te md, a-nd oiti '02 Ma-y 13, '0 4u045,761,"0 NA0 11,449.0(» 9,. 143,000 N. 719,0W0 iushela the t tlocreamed eese on th&'- to-day were ess. Large* c;crea.rnerjr ens about ctlves, and for sale at -dmîy. The timide was îmmii" were 's af)d at ru-Vil> &;()4)( a tilt -,COm- per peund. aîch. Sheeji iid. Sprlng eactu, a-nd $6. Fat L66 per 100 ; iilt c 1 i-i-s rsa.:3 $t2 "-- Î-15; Lutch- - . i75 me .>te $1 aàu; $25 ro $33. -'e~ 1îîwer; guirumi.$1 aU hena5CthcoL a-W 41~ ;, lobp lamibs, 70j te $7.50; Z5i te .à adinîn. $4 $3 te $4.7Q. 21.50 te 36 .730 te $4.50; eerw, $4 LC> 42,0w0; te- 15e te 200 .45 tp $6.7# bulk 0 Receipt. er: la-mbe te choie.> tee mixeid, te $7.35. ets. Ing te-day. a*ah. Ma-y. 76 77%& - 8014 7b44 78%~ 77 7 g-Wheaf, lia, 68 tf6~ 1%[d Lu Uuâ nu stock; nommina. pot weak, Iiew , 4s- 74 a-y, 4.4 6U'tî nly, 4a 4ia~ Zt.s Id et steady; ceiutai. tda 69,7d; .Nu. m-,;N-o. 1 futures ly, G 64 3i. d; futiq i y, 4a c mmr, Mluuîe- vuhe--t, oun Ilu red and ;LaPlata, id. paid -for o. 1 nortît- pa-ld. Cern. Monday's ited King- ahipmen ts, 04.000 bush- Y. itusslin hais: corn. ry wh'a-t cargues et ûtTered for ge, tinyers ta, t.or.t., ,i:t a-veir- tfIre pa r- mî30a 444t -"k.30s 6a1 ra, on pa- î, demumnd. i-sPic". ?ne àt week. 198, 'heat. 'or- 'orn, Am-' rates: PInn- r-,l n fr fIrn. 'h-ut Pot dl i lu- The Snakes of Arizona. The Smnithsonian Institution authori- 'tien say that more vmrietiea. of poisonous «».kes are f ound in Arizona than In any 4*tber part of the United States. The IM-tauthority on Arizona sunakes is be- Tle ed tc, le Grahmn Peck, who ha8 beeir studyingýt-em for yeams "'No other regi6n- Iii the United Statesi -29 80 much of a natural breeding-groufld for the rattlesnake as is Southern Ari- zona," says Mr. Peck. "The rocks of the. nounitains and foothilis are of a heavy yellow and gray- e olor and the soul is s0 like the hues of a rattier that a enake can move slewly along and hgrd- ly be perceived by a person fifty leet u.way. The hot, dry air and the warm, sandy earth and tiýe immense quantity of oaail birds and ground squirrels in the mountain canyons and brush ail com- bine to make life for rattlesnakes in thi3 region ono of rare ease and comfort. There are literaily tens of thousands of rattiers in the sage brush and chaparral aieng the edge of Southeru Arizona wastes. They grow to enermeus size, and it is common to read of the capture b! rattlesnakes five and six f eet long, witii fourteen and fifteen ratties. "Hog-nose snakes are quite plentiful -lu the niounitainous parts of Arizona. Âfter ail the talk about serpents hissing, th1s la the only specimen of the ophidian taimily w1nich I have ever heard utter a aound. "Ilany writers on reptiles in Amenica eY t-ha-t thunder snakes are cemmon in Textes, Newv Mexico and Arizona. They are' really uncommon in the, ternitories. ThLeY are a prairie reptile and are often *aI3-Mntered by prairie travelers, espe- eIa¶iy before and after tiunderstorms. Flaahes of lightning and claps of thun- der, which are terrify ing to bipeds and quadrupeds, seem to have a chiarm for these members of the ophîdian faînily. 'Whenever a thunderstorm cornes up these nakes corne crawling out of holes, from behind rocks and rotten stumps and en- Joy the fun wbile it lastis. "The coach-whip is remarkable for its tremendous length and surprisinc speed. [t is creaini or dlay colored, very much like the hard-baked prairie over vhich it glides, la very long and its scales are arranged in such a manner that they closely resemble thp plaited leather of a wbip. Not endowed with poison, it ha-s tremenilous power of constriction. It forme its body into coils whichi are ca1p- able of crushing, sheep, dogs and cov o tes. Wheni was in Lower California ini 1890 I was told by a M.%exican peon that ho 'bad a ten-3-eai-old b)oy squrezed to death by a coach-whip a few v ears before. The ma-n said that on anothier occasion his -wife was attacked by a coach-whip which threw its coils about ber quicker than - eh could see. She was too frightened to do more than scream and faIl to the ground, when ber daniglter camne rn- ing Up and quickly released ber by merely unwrapiping the snake's tail. Strange a-s this înay secîn, it is a vf'ry easy way te release a victini in the coacb whip snake's grasp, for %N-bile thp reptile's constricting peners ai-e abiuor- mal, a child may unwiap the colis by be- ginni-ng at the tal." "Do you believe tliat snakes bave the power te clîarmaiinimals?" "Ves, there is a certain powver to fas- cinate in a snakc's eyes and niîovements. I sa-w only the otiier day a tvpical iPlus- tration of the powcr of a snake te fas- Scinate. Over in the pine woods 1 saw a grouind squirrel fasciniated by à bla-k gepher snake. The forked tongue dartvd eut of the snake's meuitli almiost as regui iarly and rapidly as the neç'dle of a sewing machine risýes and fails. The aquirel eemd4tow t i t spellboun be, or runA a short distance and stops The suake watchces it. The poison does its deadly work, and the bird falîs- Anv- one wbo cornes up, not hav -ing scen e attock, mightlit e readuy deîvedinto imagining tiiet it %vas thei glance of the gnake aiid not the poisoni tlîat caused the4 victini to faîl."- It Was Ail Right. svc haea grpat idea." Asiee apoke t iras imore hum e vidcîît that tht' young puaymvriglit, mNi luse îa nie even r0w tva-s a houzsaîjol w'iinlatire continents, was, mome thO r ever belons ln his cancer, earried a-w ; by the tide o! a tmue inspira-lion "Ca-n IL le possible," sauft the ma-nager, "LIha-t yeur pla-y lias alrea-, mat* # wuuy, wben ive partcd coiid'paiay la-s evening yeno could tlmiuk o! nothiiig, a-nd "Now," burat forth the enthuqiastie artiat, "IL la flnighed-iL la complets 1 Listen whiie I tell yen." The fa-ce o! tht' na-nager showed *à trace o! disappointment. Ho înoved uuea-sil4r lu his seat. "Don t*ba tee sure," he Tnitterecd. eYour enthusiasun may have umileld you. But go on." "'Listen, tiieik. The plot T Bah 1 IL is n othia. I stols it f nom tht' Frenchi And then I fixed IL up to suit myself. Firat, then, w-e have au opeîiing chex-us T!Ims girls will corne eut la aom&ýhrand- new t-.ih5r acheune wbich your d esigner ca-n puît bis mmnd ou immedia-tely. Thiemu somne va-udeville apecia-ities wil l e in- troduced. Tht' scene ivilIlibe aid-mt'll, say on Broa-dway a-t midnigbt, or on~ sorte uniui1mabited island-that docýmu't umaLer. And here's a- naw topicul sm-ci -entitled 'But I cannet swallow th:uit!' "Lu tht' 104 a-ct Chippie Bandoline, the istar, is just saved !rom-hmi, well, sonie -ot', a-ad ev-ery girl in te chorus appeais in pea-green tigbts." ie manager gra-sped tht' great mam b -thmelia-ni. ý.Gi-and !" ha crisd. "Simply grand 1 Do vye noai, whea yen first spoeI a mma aIra -id yen ware going me propose some- thing entirely tee goed for the, public." The Proudest Wheu tebemc Dug inade' president of the erati. ofo!0.-V men'4 Clubs of Amqeni , wris Van 04 VIatch ln the "rout,", the. negro. servants of the Lowe mo~tetnd in At.- x 'enta were juatly the Pr dest darkles on EX the continent. The p tj»ln to whiê a fheir mistress had elevated was 1 the highest in the gif t f American wo- niankind, and "Mis' Be " was "s1âuttenly IT as she was bawnq- tu' On'the death of Quen Victoria, lMr 0,1 Lowe oabled the condcefces 0f Vhe wo- ai mten of America te the-Prinoe- et Wales, p now King Edward VUI In due'time en r officiai acknowl emi found its way w back te Atlanta ly Wt, ami was de-. livered to Robert, th4.'Yetotum of the- Lowe houséhold, by icirrier, together to with the customary bdky bundie of offi- ciai and private mail.; The big seal at. El tracted tehe attention If Rohert, and ex. cited Ihis interest. 'Ssah was not gooè enough to "tote themai.up te Min:- t Beck that mawnin'; noiahl Robert musa t done do it hisseif, that mawnin'," and se r he did.é 'nie mistress received tlhe weighty cor- k respondence with amcuâtomed dignity and 9, nonchalance, and did nlot even "start" 1 or turn pale at the great letter wh.ieht bad impressed Robert so mightily. Sihe began opening the letters in the usual manner, rio at ail to 'the satisfaction of Robert, and he took the liberty accorded te old servants in the South of "interpos- "Mis' Beck," s'aid he, "'pears ik;e Yeu --«a very important iet.ter in yo' mail this mawnin'?" "Yes, Robert." "'Pears, Mis' Beck, as if it was fro'm royalty 1" "Yes, Robert, it is fromn the King of England." Robert waited for nothing m~ore, but hastened down te the servants' quartera te herald the great news. Mrm Lowe thougbt no more about the matter of the sérvant's curiosity untiI she was oui riding with b&r dsughter, MNrs. Ençrlish. in the afternoon, and sat waiting in the carriage while her daughter did some shopping. Andrew was on the box, and took ad vantage of the opportunity to find oui more about the royal letter than Robert had been able to tell thern. Using the before-mentioned privilege of eld familv% servants in the South, he turned to his rnistress and askedý "Mis' Beck, Robert wvas tellin' us this mawvnin' that you had a letter from the King er England thi., mawnin' t" "Yes, Andrew; Robert spoke true." "Robert miaid it was a ver' impawtant letter, Mis' Beek."1 "Yes, Andrew, a very important let- ter." This elosed the enquiry for some min- utes, but the negro curiosity had not been entireiy satistied. Turning again t bis mistress Andrcw enquired in an un- dertone suggestive of a wbeedling bld for confidence: "Ms 3eck, 1 s'pose the King of Ençrland is askin' us to corne over and spend the sunimah m-ith him?" Mannei-s For Musical At Homes. Don't bluînder abmout among thme music ~tanr(ls- -ins aduuîira-lly eontrix-ed fon tnipping up te unw-a-y. Slouid yeu get i cuuangyled mm-tb ont', hoîmever, ai' 4a uclu a way- as te bring yeîîrself andfI '.> shî- ng down into the pcnlornîer's vio.omcello leave sîl vituîmera-tiN e di-.pla-y te thuae wîî er o! the instrunment. Don't, xvhen singing. if yen art' stand- ing, behind tht' acceuipauist. kcep liold et lus ears ai! the ime, and scek te mndi- cate yîmr irishes hi- tu-s and jerks. It distracts bis attention from Lime copy. l)on't, duning a hullahy or plalitive ballad, gel uip a fientc battit' betîveen ide and tht' ca-t, and neyer seek te di- vert the company by fiiumg paper pellet,: into tht' slnger's mouth. Don't, if your emotions are appealedi te by some pathetie little trille, beilew or give îvay te violent orief. If yen can- oct stifle your sobs by Iurying your fa-ce lu ths r, leave the romi until yen ha-vs recovered self-control. Den't be gruim-py a-ad ait brooding lu a corner ahi the emening beca-usa your hostess oesanet a-sk yen fer a song. Han omission ma-y net arise frein Lime tbought that you cannot siag, but frein the knowledge that yen do. Deu't, if you know a good anecdote, put it fort-b during a piano solo-the pia-niat ma-yhIke te tuea-r it, tee. AVait- patiently untîl pea-ce rcigns over the as- aembly. If yuiur anecdote is a poor oee continue wajitmmug. Den't be outlandisb la your nuu4ical tastes. A go-ou plani mhen invited ont, il yen fa-ver the ameerdieui, pandean Iipesi, or double bassoon, la te leave your la- atrimm-ent a-t borne. A long, list, la fa-ct, could be cernpiled o! instruumients xviich shouhd nea-niy ahmays be eft a-t heome. Mv final "don'ts" a-rt' lt'vlled mt hale corners and ea-rly lea-ers. lo!e haforier I wonld sa-v. don't, whleihc a i, gi-s bciîîg cxecuted, burst noisliy into tht' noonu and insist then a-nd tin-re imp<n sliaking himsids ivitb your hostess. In cases mîLire glus hersplf la tht' soloi-t, yen xill put her off ber stroke, and aven if &a-li h-sths presance e! mid te si-rug lien wordis i,l greeting, it ia txrenty te oae if tlmey ma-ke rhynîe or ne-ason wît.h thîe context o! Vhs poemn. kddiet ed d basre.. Th &W-4 Iaapl3atQ ict le parsonys1 Iàjï uit misfrein te-kingto - T¶I MM, the Maul of God.. liea Jackson;- "it nmaà- âe 4 V'Ty, sndah, sah. It dq4iat bg A certain 'Tiýcn of lthe *Id schoel, rrho lied Dreeached a sermon of the' fineat, fld- -iîoned flavor, after» deplorng the k-fe.ngled doctrines of sème o! lus .1r brethren--especially the ideas of [le heaven sud other historie places wihi thly inculcated in their discourses -O up 'bis own diacourse by sa-ying: VA& for -me, hretbren, the bell of our lut nsr is good enoîîgh for me." At sa banquet of the American Iilu Elist reia Soc.iety in New York net long lgr e ohaîmaii told a story a-propo :f- ecutoms officiais o! the port of N'ew York. When be was ceminc, down the gangpla-nk on bis return froma Eu- rope lhe had a h.andkercbief ever bis eye. &.n Irieh customa officer -asked: "'Wby bave you your eye under cover.?" 'Thereis a bit e! ceai in it." "Ah, bring- Ing in coIa You'll -have te pay duty on Lbat 1 I A Scotch la-ird had an Engliglhman as bis guest during the fishing -seaison. The E-nglDish-man W". a novice Z at the sport. One day bie hooked a fine salmon, a-nd in bis exciteTient, alipped and feul inte t>h'e river. The keeper, seeing that bie wts n0 swim¶ner, hooked himC wit-h t-be gafi and started to drag hiim ashore. The laird called eut: "What are ye abeot, Donal'? Get baud e' the rod and look tae Mhe fusb. Ma friend cani bide a wee, but the fusb 'winna." An aepiring Southern pelitician used te quote grandiloque-tly the familiar saying, "The office should seek tbe man. not the man the office." On one occa- sion he was ohserved electioneering for himself in tlhe old-fashioned style, witb whiskey, cigitra, etc. Being reminded of his recent 10f ty utterances, lie answvered: "I still m-aintain my position. The office sbould seek the man; but, by gad! sa. the man is!iuld be a-round when thc of- fice is looking for hlm." A wind is a wind, from wha-tcver quar- ter it may blow. Se thought the hetel- keeper in the Secttisb Highlands, of whoym a tourist asked: "la tbis a good place, do yen think, for a person witb weak Iungs?" "Na-ne better, air, na-ne bette-," w-as the enceuraging reply. "I bave'been advised to settile in a place where there is a south wind. Dees it blow rnuch -here?" "Oh, aye," was the answer. dlte 8 ave the south wind that blaws here." "Býut it's blowing frem the n artb flow 1" "Oh, aye, air, it's a' one. It's the south wind a' the sa-me, air, on its road back a-gin." Students of Edinburgb University wlîic could net apeli feu ocn evil days wbe- Professor Traill, editor of a former edi- tien of the "Encyclopmedia, Britannica,' was an examiner. Acecording te Profes sor Knight's, "Recollections," Professoî Traili ene day objected te, a candidat( for graduation, mwho w'as a nativ-e of Ccy Ion, on the grounid of false splling "Why, lie actually speýIlcd excced miù. one 'e'!" said be. "Wcll,inistant-ly re plied Professer Ilenderson. who fihhed thi chair of patbologry in the unive~i~ "yen ahou1li remnember, thait lie c6me! f rom the land of the Singal.-cse.P 1%e la-test story ieaî eto Iflic meth ods of Preside'nt Janies J. liii! of th, (Gre-at Northern R.ilread co:nes froni i Wýestern city in wvhich lus uine ha«s car ýards and mnanv i -t:c A prinin ent citizen ofthé,pacedcir 1-t-hae. ferson went back b luis hotel. and ther he found waiting the iost uîroînimicn -erchant of tie town, a wliuîîIcsailc mai facturer ef bedsprings. Alleri- afiw pimý limînarv expresýsions of luis upproval( the p(nrfenuiiince, tlie ncrcliait declarec that lie mvas prepai cd te fîîriisi bei ipring% te Jelr,<n' nt ire fiihv lyfr- of charge. prev id,-d the e ci woiild iam ('ne ittie (chalnge ini topie-i of huis r'h Il is proposi tion fCr ti14 ciiiange vis e: bre nie ly simuioph. AUl le musi- d Xuins tM, fter t hc li-e whejixu' iji exc-Iaiis i. ( iny mvbones dou elte" ,Jcil'oun shoimi ,(i(l, "lhitt ah, nuittii m - oiiid iehem a- i iiîel 1 di iclt on IV m iq-]ni gs.ý Oil ny a little chiange, andI lie nie -'hant ixas surpri-sd iamnldi'-igua nt ivh Ii, -o' -itonwaa rt-.je(-ted. Held a Winuing Hand. 10 ea-niy le-aversirenud oner simiiar a-dvice and sa-y, don't flounder aîry nvl lit' had studied ptlnistry a-ad w-as the middle o! a mursical item. W'iere 1 iol.uumg- for a chance te ma-rry money. yen bai-e !ailed te escampe lie!ore il-s coin- Thex sat in a cornemr babind a hig bàuuik mencenment, exencisea a giant control uniii ilof !ntii ts. One A! liern iuîs ia-a in lis. tht' final cherds bningy relea-se. Tht' littît' marks that tua-e ia se fend o! To seek escape by the windew is cew- distnihuting liad begunteto e vistie ardly, sa-ve where Lthe music-rom lai net arourd tht' corners o! ber eyes. She mma-a on the' groîînd floor-then it 18 fooiimardy. stilI a pretty wiemua, howvever, anad, iL- -"Punoh." %%itliarautidiug ' a fa-it that alme ha-d bur- _________________ied oes usb. 'a-nd divorced anothmer, )dagistrate-M'by did yen steai tbat w"r-- inclined t.clim that thora îuight hum, JUnche Ra-stus? Uncle Rastus--Be- ie Ea good livaiy romnance or tiio ini lier kase însh peeh fumbly was gtarvin', yo stili. Ht' bent low oven the ,5iiii, se! t henuer. "Fami¶y stairving, eh? B~ut tiey ha-ad. Hie uoticed tht' splendid rnmîs tell nue 7ou owu five dogs." "Da-t's er upon bier fingers. Ht' had beard o! the' fack, yo7honnem; but Ah re-okon yo'-al *fortune that wmas at ber disposai. wudn't 'speet ma-b famibly Ver est dem ,"lI ha-te te tell yeu anytbing," he sa-id. dawýgs."-{JChicago "Daily Ne-ws." "that wiil -ho iikely Vo muake yen beel uncomf entable, but-shahl I tell you Touit-My friend Jeukins dled bers what. I reali B ec?," "es," aime sa-bd, smre montuhs a-go, yeu say. Wbat of? dmawiug a- quîck breath; "tell me evterv- Aikali lke--Waal, 1 reekon ye migObt- ca-Il thing." "IV looka& te nme," he mve4 o'n. It -heart trouabe. Tourigt-Heart trouble? "a-s if a- great sorrow irere lu store for JmIka-lilIke-les, it wa- aa royal flash W' yeu. IV wlll coine along about the tiume 'tisants Lat be sbowed dem a-gaina-t Bad you are twenty-sei-en veams old." Tmvr BiIl's four aces.-Phiadelphia "Press." weeks la-er the gossips wcre asking one- GirgI (lu the de-ot)-I havs druak si another how iunte womld iL hail evcm gla-sses o! beer waiting fer my wif e, and happened tbat be aud ase ha-d bccomîuc noir the train is au heur late. l'Il bhave enigaged upen such a. short a-cquaintautce. te order thiree more. Oh, dean, what an "Wby, he can't be oven thirty,". tbey de- expeue a- ife sI-"Uk." laned, "and six'a at lea-et fortv!" Widow (tearfuly)-Yes, my daughters aRre now my only resourcea. Frlend- Glady&--They am.y Editb's father wexit 'Xake y avic su -b~bad Our re- ollow Jerrold t'he houe. iarold-Wia-V Taemyaviean-jnoe4>'TIsL -ya h 1aMe f it a}ready ?-"Judge." bus of ews. Qfn ecount of the thleving propemei- tiîoof- the "paieface" the Western in- 4Mn have aba.ndoned their old burial of depositing va-na-ides belonging te the deeeased with the cerpse. The OBreeze" oC Blas, Indian Territory, is au.. thority for the atatement that the In- dia-na now place money in th- ba-nk and put the certifleate of deposit in the cofflin for the dead Indian te take along te the Happy Hunting Grounds, as they have found this te lie a mueh sa-fer'mnethod. Perhaps the most extensivel'y traveled lady in the world is Mrs. Crossley of In- dianapolis. She is now- preparing te make her twenty-first voyage round the worid. She ha-s crossed the Atlantic no féwer than aeven-ty times, bas ma-de twéive journeys to the top o! the Pyra- mida, and bas visited every tewn of note in Europe, Asia, Afnica and Anàerica. Ail this amount of traveling, tee, she hua erowded into eighteen years, and she possesses a wonderful collection o! curi- ositiea from every quarter of the globe. The fact that the birtb o! Marconi ha-s been found- registered in Bologna bas e ut short the dlaim of other Italian towns te this distinction. Florence, how- ever, bas discovered that tbe inventor ivent te acheol there between bis sixtb and tenth years. There bas aise, been discovered an aged lady, Signera Luisa Cavalîcro, wbe tau-bt young, Marconi how te read, and sbe says that she was ebligred te punisb him ma-ny times be- -cause he wa-s very naughty, and since he bas beceme a great nian her conscience bas severely reproached lier. "Fancy punisbing a genius!" she exclaimcd. "At the same time," sue added in extenua- tien, "he was neyer able te learn any- thing by beart. That was impossible witbhlm." Perhaps the most intcresting gift to the Popie on his Pontifical jubilee was an ancient dlock, in the forni of a plani- sphere, datinc frein 17-_5. It was con- striictcd ut lalisance by the inatheinati- cian Birnardo 1-'acini, who pre.sentcd it te th.' wic of Philip il. ef Spain. The p larispiierie gi\ es the heurs and the min- iitpc'. aiuîcording te the It.ilian and Span- isîîst le iigtlî of d2ays and nights. toerdn tiihp ra~n.the daily posi. tien of the siun according te the signs; et the zodiat-, soLîr anid lunar eclipses, tt ierea] seâ,ýonu and tht sea-sons' accord- i -tne astrîo:îeîîv. Netwivt bstaidiig the enr:on zjre~rss matIe in meclianies -mi' its ce'ii - othe iovenient of the mvheels is alîsoliîtely nnkn-owvn. When once it broke don n neoune wvas fouiîd ablie te repair it. On the Sanda of Lite-A Fable. There were once two Ciildren-a Bey a.nd a Girl-playing togvtmer on the Sanda o! Life. For, un.îmy days tluey were happy a-nd conîtenît, but limally thme Boy grew wea-ry o! tîmeir simple ganie:i and loeked longiuigly further up the' beach te a- spot where hotu luad heen forbiddeî u t go-to a Quicksa-nd callcd i>assiîon. At first thme Girl dr-e\w -b.ck, reluing te leave' their old p]aygfroiimid ; but w hIeti tîhe Boy pouted and dcclared lie would find a- nemi' îlayunate, aIme relucta-ntly took bis lîand and %vent with him. -'.Cress timis Quiclmî,atiml si retclicd a- very ~'-der lank t1u.ýr led safely te tt c uj0uer sidi', a-ad en thuis tiey ventnreýd. Just a-s tbcy re.uchcd 'lie mididle, the Girl1 beranie frigicritened, losi lier balamnce and leli. Xith one h"rirom--sL ieîlmmilok, the Bey turned anti lIed sitfe'iy te the Otimer Side. The GirV's pieîicimîg r creammi-buelt ail Lime etlie-r Ch ldmremu miho wcre pIaiýing along, the beach. Blot instead of trvîng te heîp ber, tlmey stoiid1 juma far enough aiarto be sale, and laughed. Sonie of themn even thirew% sa-îd at ber Nwitlî their little siioxels, w hiile tice Boy :shuit bis I eyes that ie înighît net see the' appealinii tht' dear eyes hi' bad lcv-ed, anmd resoluite- 1 lv w-alked a-may. Snddcenly one Boy, higgcr a-nd braver than the rest, puslied lus is v tlroughi the crommd and hastened te the' middle o! the frail îlank. Stooping-, over the half-unconscieus (.irl, lie ha-de ber chuasp be-r arma about bis neck. Then slewhy and gently ha dremv ber up beside hm and led lier carefully te firm greund, wbile ail the' other Chlldren stopped gib- ing aud stared. Wbhen the poor stnnned Child realized that aIma was once nie safe, she raised ber sm-es te bis face mtitb a passion-ate devetien that iras fiever to fade, and a great white ligbt enveloped tbem both, purifying ber soiled %îvbmte gewn tihI aime ivas once mcore as fair a& a liiy.-Tbe jModern Aessp. A Smuggling Yarn. Recently the detectiî-e dcpzrtiunt of tlt' United t-l.ittes c-,i-toiiis a-t Bom»tous ne- ceiv-ed inîformiatiou ioinm lIe ethier side tîmmt a- mari ef certmalin descipltiomi huam Wailed on one e! thue Cunam-de'ns for B3os- ton; tua t hue hua-i a steumiio t ruiik anmdmla grip of uism:l commf-tuict ion for higgage. 'Tle tnmnk mvas n-portcd te lie iiiiioumcuut ,and omditianv, but "keep vtnur cyc on the g-ip a-ml oi tht' man," wereLime spetilal insi rimtionis. -In due season thue Cuîirder ar-rivePd withî the' na-n and the luggugçe as de- s'bied. Askt'd te decla-e li, hclongiig-s. lie refusemi, fulling luack on thie fax cm ito excuse tii-t he didu't knoivwhat lue haud tua-t Ntt-, dîutia-bie, or tht' va-limue!ote t.bings lue lîid, anud bence wonl-d no-t nt:ike a sworn declaratieut o! valus; tue ofhi- oers ware a-t liberty Vo searcli bis boxes, anad ma-ke their own conclusions. Th ssica-mer trtînk contained nothiug dutia-hi-; mmci tuer did theecuniously ccii- stnuucVed -alise. It ma-d a fae bottolit a-ad a- Ioliow baudia, and, in addition, Vhe bras., buttons that are pIa-ced a-t the cornens of the 'bottýoin o! traveling ba-gs te stand themn on m-ere screwed lu andi cov-ered shalloxv boles in wtich jewelp might e.nstily be plaeed and concea.led But lu t1hese ba-ndy hidiug places noItb- iug could be found, a-nd the officena were îe-coming desperate and cbs.grled. Fin- aîîv-, came t-be la-at rfflort lu cuatouns ex- amiuu.tion; tuhe victâm o! suspicion waa atsked te dierethe, aud on doing se under preteet anud pro-a-nity aud evideut confu- sion, s big porous plaster w«s disoovereil bet-ireen his sheiuiere, and w"a o.dered rermeved, wttt'u the jewelg were found lodged behiud the plaetew. They cornes- peuded exactly in nueTer and descniptier te ths list sent oveI by the Eunopear det"c~ves, and weré confiseted. Re- fumaI te mame Ida -4lii s4.u however, absolved tbe M . q>' i , Îinal pro. socutioL7, - 5 a et home?" for :itl'ý Lit.àp-.- -x uniqe tatursoltthè fr.I tmao1wnato'wn of &.n Franises h'a the ~ ~ i Ob*s "el iL» Tne Onlen. tai folk, quùick te adopt Vbe, ways of the -Amenican, have long_ recog nlzed thec cenveniene of thie telephone 'For several yearis meet of the rlch 'w mnen have uaed telephones. but pidgin English talked oven the. wire te central bail its disadvantages. "Yeu catche hm, led-fl seblen-yeuabe-fl sellen-iled, led fl--oh, you hea-p sa-ssy now-you a-be hlm-fl, et ceters'," with four others on the ten party Uins trying te get a nuna' ber, net ouly created trouble with cen- tral, but aise encounaged prolauity alonj? the line.- However, te buainesa-iike '"John"~ time ia juat as valuabIc es it hi te t'he Amenican financier, 50 -he decided te waste ne moreý time with the I'Meli- can" centrai. An appeal was ma-de to the teléphonie oompany. The nesult wap the estambligbing o! a bra-nch office situ- ated in tlie heant o! Cbinatowu sud the e-mpleying of Chinese operaters. That w-as two years a-go. Since that tiine ever five bundred 'phones have been Placed in the Orientai quarter, nearly ,every business house o! importance being a subacribeï-. The office is fitted up iD luxunieus style, wvith peia-ed fleors, ebony furniture, and elaberate earvings se dean te the China ma-n. At the swltch- boa-rd five girls a-nd a-s many boys, a-Il native sons and daugbters, are empheyed. 'lh èirls, with their eut-borate coiffures, thein jewels, a-nd pretty flewing gewns of g ay colora, present a charming picture Voices o! dlean falIsetto ring over the 'phone with metallic precisien. There i. ne fussing, ne flirting, eacb littie mai6 being as demure as aC nun. There is ne trouble about wreng switches, for one o! the cha-racterl-atics ef the Chinese la that, when a duty is once maat-ered, it is ai- ways pemformed witb mechanical accura- ey. The officera of the cemnpany sa-y that a mistake lu the books of a Chinese beokkeeper is a very rare occurrence, and that a- cemplaint o! central is abselutel3 unknown. On the aide of the room oppo- site the switch-board a jess la ingtielled, and from the incense-burners tiny col- sinas of pexfumed smoke curi up, pervad- tng and purifying êveî-y cerner wherein &n evil spirit might lurk in contempla- tion e! mischief. A Feminine Financier. The people wbe rasbly allege that we- mnen have "ne hiead for business" will find it ha-rd te maintain their arguuent kn the face o! a talc told by the Chicago «Post."~ The story began with the ivife. "George," -ht' sa-id. "mether bas sent me &. cheque fer ferty 'dollars te get a naw;% gown." "Vary tlonghtfui and kind of ber," be cernmen ted. "It's te be apent for nothing else, she says., "Quite riuht." "I wisb yoîm'd put it in witb yeur banil sceounit. l'Il ask yoîî for it wlien 1 wa-nt it. I can't do mv shopping just new." That was the first chapter e! this fin- ancial tale. Now ire cenie te the second. "'Geor-ge," ahe sa-id, a-bout a week later, "I wish you'd bring me home that money to-nighît. I'm geing down to'wn to-mer- row." Ila brought the monev home and gave .-t te ber, a-nd tbat ,ended the second bbpe.The third contaiîîed a surprise. "G-eorge,"ý she sa-id. toxard thie close of another week, "I ivish vou'd bningr me honte that fo-ty dehlirs that meothar sen t." "Whiv, I gave yoti that last week!" be protesied. "Oh. yeou gave ine forty dollars, of couirse, she a-diiitted, 'hmmt yen reniera- ber mother said hier moei ias te lie uscd for a gown a-nd notlîing, else." "WII didn't usie fint for a gown, se the moncy wasî't liera. I get some thinga for the clilidren and the bouse with it, anad now I want ber money for the gewn." "l0-lio!" he exclaimed. "Se yeni misa- propria-ted funds." "I did notbing o! the kind!" she a-s- sertéd. "She gave - ou the money fer a certain purpose and yen expended it. for Eorne- thing else," be argued. "ima-t'a a clear case o! misa ppropriatien." "NÇot a-t ail," she insisted. "If I had ,iipent it for the gown it would have been bier meney; but se long ns I didn't It was yeurs, sud I speut it for your chli dren and your bouse. Now I want ths money that mether sent." Mie poor ma-n brougyht home aruother forty dollars, and cousidered the incident chosed. But lu the' coursýe of another xveek Ltue wife remarked, "Yen bav-e fiftcen dol. la-ns le«f of umothr's meney, and I lue- lieve l'Il take it now." "But I gave it aU te yen!" lhe pro- te-sted. "Yen gave me ferty dollars," alimene- plied, "and I spent twenty-flve dollars of it fer a akint. That was maother's meney, but the other flftecn dollars went for tîhe- chilîlu-n and tht' bouse, se that wa.sn't. motber's. Thîere's just enurg left foi. aja-iz-et." "L'il meet yen to-morrow," lie said, "and we'l go together and get Unit jack- et. I don't believe I rare -te tike any more chances witb thiat nîoney." A Splendid Train Appreciated. "J would ratber travel on the G'rand Trunk's International Limited than a-ny other train in America," sa-id a prominent busliess ma-n yesterday, î lbe stepped *freiu the train that ha-d juat brought hlmn frei Montreal, a distance o! 333 miles, in 7 lueurs and 40 minutes. Ma-ny suicl Temarks are te be heard da-ily frein - asengers as the "Flyer" stands lu the union Station lu read-iness te continu* the mun te Detroit sud Ohicago, lea-ving Toronto a-t 4.50 p.m., and arrlving De& ,%noit 9.30 p.m. sud Chicago 7.20 a.my4 *The service excels lu every particulan- couîfortabîe, higb-back cofehes, band- -some and apleudidly appeinted cafe par- 1^ tor ar, sud huieus iAlPuliman leepaper, is Tells HisaFrlende to U»: Docd!ê Kldnoy Pills for Kidoiey, Pagnse Low Dake, well-known Hoteli-kee- er, gives hie exporeoo *-lth.-- carada's great Kldoney R6leodY. St. Thomas, Ont., Ma-y 4.-(.Spe..ý cial) .-Evenybo4y in St. 'Thomas' ,anii Y the surrounding country lcnow- -Lw Dake, proprietor,-o! the Dake . ieuse and eue of this railway centre's mest popular citizens, andi xany ffpeamo- knew that for years he was the vie- tim of a- very aggrava-ted f orin of Kidué'y Disease. To-day he is a sound,- beadtby man. He used Dodd's Kid- ney Pis. Speaking o! the matten neuently, -Mn Dake saiti: "I bad been troubled for oven five years witb my Kidueys and pains in my back. Notbiug I used could give me any relief tili finaliy on the ad- vice e! a fnienti I started to use Dodd's Kiduey Pilîs. "By the time I hati finished ene box the pains and Kidncy Disease were gene. That is ever five years ago new, and as I have had ne return of the treuble since, I think I arn safe in cenciuding that the cure was per- manent.- "I advise ail mny friends who are treubled in the sanie way te use Dodd's Kidney Pills."1 Dodd's Kidney Pihis cure ail stages of Kidney Disease frem Pain ln the Back te Brigbýt's Disease. Mainly N'out People. Wlen Lord Randolpb Churchill visited the diamond âelda o! South Africa, while loeking a-t a -h-uge parcel of dia-mouds lie remiarked: "Ail for the vanity o! wo- ma-n." A lady, wiuo keard the remank, a.dded, "And the depr2'Vity o! ia.n." It is related tîmat a prisener, arrested for murder, bribed an Irisbmau on ths jury with one bundred dollars te hang eut for a verdict e! ma-nslaughter. The jury w-are out a long tine, and finally cme@ in with a verdict of mansiaugbter. The ma-n nushed up to the Irish juron, and said: "I'm obliged te yen, my frieud. Did you bave a bard time?" "les," sa-id the Irisbmnan; "a-n awfui timne. The otb- en eleven wanted te acquit yen." Se ma-ny quick me-orts a-ne a-scribed te, the "Autocrat o! the' Breakfast Table" that it sometitues seema as if tbe witty poet could sea-ncely have taken time te etonr aep.lIma la-st rapiy la quote4 by a ma-n te whom it wa-s ma-de ouly a few montha 'clore the death e! Dr. Houes. Thý- tilk between the twe men bad falien ou thue subject o! age. "You're five years my junior," s-aid Dr. Hoimes, "but I believe I den't euvy you." "I can't see why 3yen should," said bi,... fnisud. "Yen carry your years mucid more ligbtly than I de mine." "Tha-t'a natural," said the autocrat. "I'va ha-d five yea-rs' more practice." A clergya psig thnoughta villa-ge street sawa nuniber of beys surreund- in- a dog, says the Buffalo "Courier." Thinking that soeacruel deed waé lu pregress, tht' clergyman ha-stened towrard the' beys a-ad asked wba-t Vhay ware de- ing. One o! the lads replieti that they. were teliiîg les, a-ad the boy wbo told the' biggest lils would get the' dog. The clergyman was shocked a-t such deprav- ity, and began Vo lecture thsm on the sin o! iyia-g, a-nd concluded bis remanka by saying: "Why, wben 1 wa-s a littîle boy I na-ver toid lies." The boys wene allant for a second, when ont' o! thein sa-id sadly: "lia-d hlm tbe dog." An Irishma-u, i'b, much te -bis wi.fe's sennow, had got into the company of men who mnaged cock-fighté, deteur- mined te na-lsBorne ga-me-rooSters for hlm8ef. ge ke geV some pria-e sggs and - put thein under ths old heun intihe bacç yard. Iu order te tea-ch hlm a less M sud diseurage bis gnowiug vice, bis reznoved the pnize egga fnom undeor14 uffsuspecting bsn, sud put ln theïr plûa- some dueke' eggs. Se-me weeks laten thé -:. wife -heard a commotion Lu the wood- shed. She rusbed eut, a-nd there etood Pat, watcbing wiVb delight thbe first cf- forts o! a newiy-batched duck te waddle. "Bridget, Bridget, mill ye luk a-t tihe fut on hlm? Sure, a birmd twioe bis size couldn't tbrip hlm!" One evaning la-st year, while Mark Twain was spendingy some time a-t bis summer home, bim prepa-red Vo take a drive, cxpectinîg te remnain out unVil l1a0À. -- Ile therefore told bis hosther tua-t lie need net wait for hlm, instructing him when he bad finis-bcd bis work te ioek te stable a-ad place the key under a stone, thie location o!fmhich Mn. JIsmsns described with much exactnsss. When Mxl- Cieuiiens rcaelied bhnme after bis drive lie Nvas surprised to flnd tha-t, he bey Z wa-s net ini its place. Whsn bis pa-tience 1usd been exbausted be a-woke ths hostler a-nd received 'timis explan-ation: "Mr. Ciemens, I found -a better place." A real sVate dealer, wbo had.chrg o! cousiderabie reai saVate belong'e grc- Arcbibishop îreland, says the New Yn "Timaes," tells this steiy about the dis- tinguishsd divine, wbich illustra-tes the quick wit e? the gentleman ln urnning a corerr when lu a. tight place. The resi sVate agent waas eought short on soins inetimetso! bis own and hua client'., ind iV waes decided that he and thc Aroh-- bisbop, mus-t hasten a-t once te New Yerk,' wb-ee they ha- ioneyed fnienda wbo they expected would help Vhem eut. The neverad gentleman suggested the.t they gehsnext-day, whieh wae Sunm da. ees -etate ma-n was somewh,t shocked, a-t tssI ti9èiu oo»ning f rein the source it di&, edsaid thàthe. »vem a traveled ou Vhs Sàabth,.S tWP CO trary tte hs ipturëà,T!l el the point, emd, rubbi (,hie, -- er, replied thst he,to stright wspyts«IJt1 ditb. pia th ï i~ i q -1 1