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: fe" ^ f w Miss Mattle Rice had yawned «nce since breakfast she had yawn-•4 * score of times; and even pret- tgMjaleen was growing drowsy over fc*r embroidery by .the window. For ft Ml a hopelessly vrainy day in mid October, with the sky veiled in dark gfffj migt, the tinted Reaves floating Im |Bto matted layer* of dim color ^ownd the columns of the piazza, and «b» tall dahlias nearly prostrated by fke steady downpour. No walks, no gathering of ferns, mosses, berries in the still, delicious woods; no drearily tain bios to the mountain tops--and, werat and saddest of all, nothing to 'jKMUL "And I won't be deluded into work- lag worsteds," said Matty, "nor yet crewels and Kensington stitch. Bveleen, what Is that delightful book Itet papa was reading aloud out of lafct nighty "Do you mean the "Recreations of a Country Parson?'" said Eveleen, com­ paring two shades of rose-colored wool. "If that's the nafne of it--yes." HTfe took it to the city with him," .•iad Eveleen. "I saw it sticking out if bis coat pocket when he was ran- ttbig for the train." "How provoking!" sighed Matty, tlasping her dimpled hands above her lead; "when it's the book of all books that I should like to read on a day like tttaL** "Mr. Win ton has a copy of It," said •veleen, threading a worsted needle With the very darkest shade of garnet , *"Bot what good will that do me?" Mid Mattle, disconsolately. " "Borrow it," suggested Eveleen. •p very body borrows everything In a -V f *CAH I BB OF AKT TTSJS?" SSSP * '/ place like this; and I'm sure Mr. Win- ton would be glad to oblige you." ; "But how?' urged Matty. "The,fy>- i|| Is at least half a mile away.'V ; 1*Send Nora." | ' "Nora, indeed! I don't suppose Noira •ver did an errand In her life," said Hatty. Then it's high time she com- BMneed," laughingly suggested Eve- tpan. "Write a note!" "I'd rather send a verbal message," Mid Matty; "and I wouldn't send at if I wasn't dying to read the end at that easay that papa began last Nora, deep in the energetic occupa­ tion of blacking the kitchen stove, was aammoned upstairs. ora,** said Matty, impressively, "I you to go to the boteL Too know jiHwHPe that is?" "t'Siire an' I do, miss," said Nora with .ifcde mouth open, and eyes of initio attention. "And ask fdr Mr. Wlnton, and tell i • I** that Miss Matty Rice sends her •PumTmients, and would like to bor- »w the 'Recreation of a Country Par- : 4 f "You're sure you understand?" £, "Yis'm, an' why wouldn't I?" prompt­ ly retorted Nora, rather nettled by this .Implied aspe ration on her powers of Comprehension. r^. "And come back as quick as you -Miss Matty RtcoVteupUmarta," re­ peated Nora with pa*fet-like prompti­ tude, "and she wants to borrow parson." Teddy exploded Into n langfe • ; "Sure, an' if it was leap year," said he, "I should think it meant something. I nlver heard such a message in all mo born days before. But I most make haste, of- the mail will be off." Away trudged Teddy, while Nora kept on to the hotel, all unconscious of the curious transformation that had be­ fallen her luckless message. "Is the parson here?' demanded she, shaking Her umbrella, and stamping the mud off her feet on the steps of the mountain hotel, which was still well filled with guests who had lingered to see the splendors of the October forests among the woods. The hotel clerk, who had just come out to glance at the barometer, stared at her; the young ladies on the wide veranda giggled; the stout old gentle­ men, who were walking up and down the boards to gain their dally two miles of exercise, stopped short; and a spec­ tacled, grave-looking young man, who was talking with a lady just beyond, glanced around, as if he fancied that be were personally interested. "Do you want the--clergyman?" said the hotel clerk, doubtful yet polite. "Is It a stone mason or a chimney swape Td be manln', d'ye think!" re­ torted Nora, beginning to Imagine that she was being made game of. , "I am the clergyman," said the spec­ tacled gentleman, stepping courteously forward at this juncture. "Is there anything I can do for you?" "Mis? Matty Rico's compliments,** •aid Nora, without in the least abating the shrillness of her voice, "an' she wants to borrow you." "I beg your pardon," said Mr. Fon­ taine, "but--I'm not quite sure that I understand \ you, my good woman.** "I'm speakln' the English language, sure," said Nora, somewhat affronted. "She wants to borrow you." "But what for?" said he, ignoring the titters of the group which was now fast gathering on the veranda. "To amuse herself wid this rainy day," said Nora. "You're to come back wid me, p'lase. I was to bring yon. Miss Matty Rice's compliments, and " "Really," said Mr. Fontaine, , "this is very strange." "The Rices live in a little Swiss cot­ tage by the Haldino Falls," suggested the hotel clerk. '^Gentleman goes up and down to the city every day. Keeps a pony carriage." "You're to come back wid me, please," interrupted Nora. " The Rec­ tory,' or 'the County Parson,* Miss Matty Rice's compliments, and---" Mr. Fontaine hurriedly surveying !*» cathedral rpof and stained G&titewtn- ows, rearing it* bulk out of fetid* of broad4e*^ &>** a&d yello#, Waving grain, is the unique spectacle pteaented at Argyle, 111. Argyle is a township, not a town, and the church and the coajr little manse nestling under lis wing stand out in the open feountry with only a farmhouse or two in sight. This edifice, known as Willow Creek Presbyterian Church, Is the largest country church. $n the United State*. The coot of construction was $15,000 in 1870. The seating capacity Is 800, which is taxed to its utmost every Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The members number some­ thing Hke 500, nearly every one of whom Is a Scotchman. The church register bristles with such good old Caledonian names as the Ralstons, An [ V ' -- Evolution la Nmt Construction Sine* Launch of tie flrtt Oceanic-- History of Transatlantic Maritime Dmlopmtnt of the Century. . Th* new steamship Oceanic of the White Star Line has broken all marl- time records and her appearance on the Atlantic marks an epoch in the history of ocean steamship building. The advent commemorates a develop­ ment of upward of eighty years. The Oceanic is the largest steamship in the world, larger even than that fabled failure, the Great Eastern. The enor­ mous dimensions of the Oceanic ap­ peal to the Imagination. . She Is an un- drewses, Campbells, Watsons and Mac- ! precedaj$t$d feat in engineering, but Donalds. Within a radius dif seven or , aside from this her appointments are eight miles from the Willow Creek Church the country Is settled almost ex­ clusively by the Scotch, and nearly all of them worship at the church la ques­ tion. On a Sunday morning it 1* no un- wiixow ckkbk CHuaea. eommoin sight to see 150 teams hitched in the long sheds next to the church and to the double row of posts provided for that purpose. Some of them have come as far as nine miles. A better dressed, more intelligent-looking audi­ ence than gathers here cannot be found In any country church in the world. The mem, sunburnt though they are, are all attired in conventional Sunday black. The women, whatever the tenets of their stern old forefathers may have been, are manifestly not blind to the progress of fashions. The Rev. William Irvine Alexander, pastor, is 32 years old. Ells salary is $1,500 a year, raised by renting the pews. With no rent to pay and an unfailing stream of good things flowing into bis larder from the gardens, fields and poultry yards of his prosperous parishioners, this stipend goes as far as three times that amount would go in the city. Yet an Arcadian simplicity and honesty are found here. The quaint custom prevails of leaving shawls and wraps on the floor of the vestibule or strung along the stairs and landings, while veils are twisted around around the railings. Again, in the Qie situation In bis mind's"eyeTdeclded peopIe" mectlnB' heW at on a scale of magnificence made possi­ ble only by her size. This is concealed largely by her graceful line. The Great Easberavwith her great height above tiwwaterltee and her enormous paddle bososr looked more than her size, while to the Oceanic the long, trim forecastle deck and poop turtleback deck and the (Central arrangement of the deckhouses, all tend, to relieve her of the appear­ ance of mere bulk. The Great Eastern's length was 691 feet. The Oceanic's is $04 feet. The former's light draught was 15 feet; the later's is 22 feet. The respective displacements are 11,844 tons and 12,500 tons, and when laden It is estimated that the Oceanic will weigh 28,000 tons, as against the Great Eastern's 25,000 tons. The Oceanic to well able to steam 23,400 knots at cruis­ ing speed (twelve knots an hour) with­ out coaling, or about the earth's girdle, tier saloon Is 80 feet by 64 feet and 9 feet high, with a dome in the center of great beauty. Some of the state- the last paddle-whett* thannine d«Sw:| 8 hours In 1888. Th* e«y of tiki Inman line brought it eight days in I860, with a r< days 22 bom* and 3 aria* ties, en-day limit was reduced by the . of the GQion line, which crossed In 6 days 22 hours in 1882. The City of- Piim of the Itinian line, afterward the Burl* of the American line, reduced it under six days, making the westward passage in 5 days 19 hours and 18 min­ ute* hi 1889. The Lucanta of the Cttntrd line holds the pre**** record of 5 day* 7 hours and 23 mitittte*. The Southampton record is held by the blgKaJaer Wilhelm der Grosse of the North German Lloyd line, which re­ duced the westward time to 5 days 18 hour* and 15 minutes on her last voy­ age to this port, which ended last week. She covered 3,049 knots at an average speed of 22.08 knots an hour. But the present-day ship must look to her laurel*, for the bigness of the Oceanic proclaims her speed. Certainly great thingsmay be expected from her powerful engines. BOER LANGUAGE Its Pronunciation la Kaay Whev Datek Tonarne le Understood, The language of the Boers of South Africa is grammatically the language of the people of Holland. They speak Dutch as their forefathers In Holland spoke It and speak it now. They are called Boers because that 1* a Dutch word which describes them. It means a farmer, and agriculture ia the main pursuit of tbe peace-loving compatriots of Oom Paul. A knowledge of Dutch would supply an explanation of the m ^ Oatchfromtikii people of South Africa. Value of « The value of * gowtatatured lau may be rated low by *Mtte people, but many writer* have attested it* worth In no mea#«red t«rm». It is not surprising that the merry Charles Lamb should have said, "A laugh is worth a hundred groahs In any market;" but from the lips of tho somber Carlyle one to scarcely prepar­ ed to hear, "No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be al­ together or lrreclalmably bad." It' was Dougla* Jerrold who boldly stated that "What was talked of as the golden chain of Jove was nothing but a succession of laugh*, a chromatic scale of merriment reaching from earth to Olympus." "I am persuaded," wrote Lawrence Sterne, "that every time a man smiles --but much more so when he laughs- it adds something to hi* fragment of life." Last of all comes the verdict of Dr. Holmes, given with his own hiiilnitable humor: "The riotous tumult of a laugh, I take it, is the mob law of the fea­ tures, and propriety the magistrate who read* the riot act." AM KENTU< , ̂ , Feeding the Baby. TSte care of babies is never a #&»- cure, as many of our readers can tes­ tify, and tbe ordinary difficulties of the case sometimes assume extraordinary proportion* An English* lady in India was recent­ ly worried about the failing health of her infant. The milk was suspected, and the doctor ordered that the child THE FIRST AND THE LATEST OF GREAT ATLANTIC STEAMSHIPS. ti'i It li Thlrtoan Klloa from Hot Spring* : " --Ha* Baott Kiplored for Nia«tjr*oaa . Miloo--Wao Accidentally DUwhiwI /.fcf a I>aar Hnnt«r. Wind cave, thirteen miles fan* Hot Springs, 8. D^ is visited, annually by r about 8^>00 people, althovgh Hke pfiM* is not gt^raUy kMw* to, .Amwlipii ; cUl«ew». ' At pre*en« tbe" *tffl»l*iWi||# • average about 3,000 annually aaii ,4t^ not yield enough revenue to pay lawyer* wbo are coate«ting tbe o^ilex^.. ship of tte pfaperty. The eav« l* sow In tbe possession o«g§ a man named Folsom, a distant ; . tive of Grove* Cleveland's wKe. holds the tort by virtue of a'< lodgment; ^ . on mechanic's lien, having been em-\ , ? ployed to explore tbe cave and- falling to' receive kis pay therefor. % ;/-t, Wind cave is reached by stages over v?; 'bad roads. Arriving at the cave, tho first Impressions are disappointing. The visitors are prepared for the trip- by putting on old shoes and. white sfcult caps, and when all are ready are given^ ^ a candle each. Mr. Folsom then un-, locks a door, which revcal3 a room Juat^fe' large enough to cover a trap in floor. The trap swings upward and visitors go down in single file by a nar­ row, precipitous flight of steps to depth of about 100 feet. The walks and;:: passages are then reached, leading aft! Intervals into the various chambers, oil ' which there are 2,100 in the cave. There are further descents until one get* som4 500 feet below the entrance. In some of the chambers it is possible*; to stand erect, and some are quite lofty; but the connecting passages are verjf ' low. Ladies' dresses- are decorated i with the drippings of candles, and tho • struggle to get through the narroW V passages is such, as to make many de^.' dare that one visit to Wind cave quite enough. The cave ha* been explored a dt»* . , tance of ninety-one mile*. Four yearip^ of labor and $26,000 m money hav«. been expended upon It thus far. Lik* -;V many of nature's secrets, Wind cav#f „" Was discovered by accident. The stor^ I* that Mike Bingham, a hunter, shot a deer, which ran until it dropped near V a clump of bushes. When Mike reached the spot where the deer lay he noticed " ^ a strong draft of air, which seemed to come from behind; the bushes., £Ee wal led to Lnvestlgatei,. anld fouad <that it came from an opening In the Add of th*, mountain. The wind was so strong that when he threw hfc. hat 1^10*^10 hole ^; was blown out wlthi sucli force a* t4» tall twenty feet away. '*"1 He went home ^.nd reported what h#< had seen to his ^r^ther, who_ was v- credulous and a^tefl' Mllt-e' lf 'he half been drinking. Nev^dtB^s^ tlie "brothB!:•i.• er was induced to visit the place an$ • i the cap experl tPpcaa<? ̂ fled, but tta aaa changed 'SuM' it's me that will," said t* v;g>4<- V I , ; 5| And presently the two sisters caught | glimpse of her beneath the folds of £ rusty waterproof cloak, with a mam- Inoth umbrella held over her head, dis­ appearing behind the huge leaves of i$he rhododendron hedge. "I hope she won't be long," said flatty. « : - "Why HUdd sheT* said serene Eve- ,'rlJteen. ,, And she went on composedly with the pomegranate blossoms that she was Embroidering, while Matty sat down - ;tw the piano, and tried to pick out the notes of some dreamy refrain, which * had haunted her ever since she heard jit at the opera last winter, with Patti smiling on the stage and the full or­ chestra thundering on the strains. '•y And Nora plunging down the ravine, j like anything but a woodnymph, plash- . ; ed her way to the hotel, going a quar- ter of a mile out of her road on ac- eount of a spotted snake, and stopping ;; for a good chat with a fellow-Hiber­ nian who was on his way to the post- office. "There," said Nora, as she turned G away from Teddy O'Hara, "An' sure! I've forgotten the name as clane as If I nlver had heard it." "Whose name was it. alanua?" con­ solingly demanded Col. Ross' coachman, whose soft nothings had put the mes­ sage completely out of Nora's head. "There was somethin' in it about the •Rectory of a Country Parson,' " said ; it was better to obey this strange re­ quest ^.nd putting on a waterproof wrap, and arming himself with a light silk umbrella, he accompanied Nora Mc- Shane, to the great buzzing and whis­ pering of the group on the veranda. Mis* Rice was listlessly watching Eveleen's embroidery, as the door bounced open and Nora rushed in,, ex­ claiming: •• - * "Here he 1*1 Tvebrought him !"* "Brought whom?' exclaimed Matty "The country parson," said Nora. "There wasn't no rectory, I inquired for it but It Wasn't built." "What On earth is the girl talking about?' said Matty in amazement. And then Mr. Fontaine walked in, holding his hat in his hand. "I am the clergyman," said he. "Can I be of any use?' Matty colored a deep cherry-pink. "Oh, dear, I am so sorryT' she fal­ tered; "but there is some dreadful mis­ take here.. I sent Nqfa to the hotel to borrow a book, and she has brought me back--a man!" "A book?' said-Mr. Fontaine. "Yes," said Mattie, trying harder and harder to keep back her laughter as the comic side of the circumstance | forced itself upon her. "The Recrea­ tions of a Country Parson.' Mr. Wln­ ton has it." Mr. Fontaine began to laugh. So did Matty and Eveleen; and In five min­ utes they were the best friends In the world. Mr. Fontaine stayed to lunch, and they never knew how that long rainy morning whiled itself away, un­ til at last the blue rifts of sky spread j banners above the pine trees on old | Sky-Top, and every shining drop was transformed into a tiny rainbow. Mr. Fontaine came often after that. So did Mr. Paul Wlnton, the owner of the genuine "Country Parson." And when the family closed their cottage, and returned to the city, the two young men discovered that the journey to Philadelphia was not such a very long one. And there Is every probability that the Jacking rectory will be built in the spring and that ths country par­ son will bring a pretty young wife there; at. least so says popular gossip. "Dear, stupid old Nora!" says Matty Rice, "it was all her doing. And she shall have a home with me always." "But blunders don't always terminate successfully." Eveleen gravely re­ marks.--Waverley Magazine. o'clock on Sunday evenings and attend­ ed by from 200 to 300, the braw laddies ait on one side of tbe house and the ' winsome lassies on the other--a *ur- of an old Scottish custom. . :.,v The Oceanic, the monster iron steamship, oa her maiden voyage to New Tork, and the great Britain, the first Iron steamship to cross the Atlantic, 1845. LIVING IN FRANCi. rooms are 13 feet 6 Inches by 9 feet and the vessel surpasses the wildest concep­ tions of Jules Verne's "Floating City." Her speed on her trial trip was twenty- three knots. The main saloon will accommodate 850 pasenger* at one sitting. There is accommodation for 410 first-class, 300 It Doe* Not Come Up to Onr Ameri­ can Ideas of Comfort. We exaggerate in our minds the lux- , nry of life on the continent. No hotel, j second-class and 1,000 third-class pas- there equals any of the first-class ho- j sengers. Besides the transients, tels in our great cities. The first thing ' vessel will carry 300 in the crew, and to disappoint us to the lift--what we elaborately call the elevator. It 1* a poor piece of machinery abroad, al­ ways stopping, and always out of or­ der. In the best hotel in Paris, the Conti when filled, In the season, she will have on board 2,100 souls. Used as a trans­ port the Oceanic could accommodate an army of 10,000 men. The first steamship to cross the At­ lantic was the Savannah, an American nental, one get* luxury, comfort, and ship built at Corlears Hook, w the East even splendor, but never one's cards or ; River, and launched Aug. 22, lolo. She notes. There Is a fatal gulf tor these, was originally built for a sailing packet One is a number, not an Idividuallty. The table Is, however, very luxurious. It to a clean and well-ordered carvan* sary. As for the comfort of warmth in winter, they do not know the mean­ ing of the word. We are justly accused of exaggerating the heat of our rooms in America; tbe furnace Is denounced; but after freezing to death in Paris, one of the coldest cities, very far north, cursed with an abominable winter cli­ mate, one returns willingly to the heat­ ed rooms of America. ^ , We exaggerate the excellence of the French bed. There Is no such thing hi France as that comfortable, broad, low thing which we call a French bed. A high, hard, narrow shelf is the apol­ ogy for It. We exaggerate our comforts by hav- between New York and Liverpool, but was purchased before completion by William Scarborough & Co., of Savan­ nah and fitted with machinery. The paddle wheels were so construct­ ed as to fold up and be stored on deck in stormy weaither; the wheel was In­ closed in canvas held In place by Iron rims. Her model was considered fine ami her passenger accommodations were thought elegant. She went to Savannah in 1819 and left that port for Liverpool May 26, 1819. She arrived in twenty-two days, having used her engine for fourteen days. She then went to St. Peters­ burg, returning to Savannah in Novem­ ber, 1819. Her Machinery was after­ wards taken out and she was convert­ ed Into a sailing packet. She ran some ing gas in our sleeping-rooms, and hot*j time between New York and Savannah, fe? - i ' * !- \U7 Nora, twisting herself into the letter S, with the violent attempt at recollec­ tion to which she forced herself. "There aln' no rectory hereabouts," •aid Teddy. "Sure it ain't built yet! But tbe parson he's up on the hotel step*. I seen him there as 1^ came be- yanf. A tall young gentleman, with a high vest--for all the wurreld like Rockwell--an* spectacles as gintle as je plaze. Is It a message you've got for him, Nora, mavotlrneen?' "I'm to borrow him!" said Nora, fix- lag her dull, glassy glare on Teddy OHBara's astonished face. i -To borrow him?* repeated Tedfly. Teddy uttered a whistle. '•It's the quarest loan as iver I heard «f/' said he. "An' if ifs a fair que*- : wfeo.ts it wants Mm?' : .. Agr ement with Reluctance. Lord Justice Romer, of England, ha* swept away a venerable precedent j and established a greatly improved j one in its place. The old one was in j a case where two judges had delivered ] opposite judgments, and a third ob- I served oracularly: "I agree with my i Brother A for the reasons give by my brother B." This Is, If course, weL t known, but the new one is much finer. I Lord Justice A. L. Smith had delivered \ judgment, dismissing an appeal. Lord I Justice Collins said: i agree " "I also agree," said Romer, L. J. "One ' moment," said Collins; "I haven't fin­ ished yeV' and he proceeded to give his rersons. Then there was a solemn pause and everybody looked anxiously at Romer. Firmly, if somewhat sadly, he spoke: . "1 still agree."--Detroit Free Press. ngrjr and cold water in our stationary wash bowls and bath-rooms. They never ex­ aggerate comfort in France. You have [ as many candles as you will pay for, and no bath, unless you order It, when men laboriously bring you a tub filled ; with hot or cold water, and take it ( away after you have bathed. ! We exaggerate very much the snp-1 posed good living in France. To go to a hotel In Paris to live we must expect out of the season very little good food, very little that is sustaining and nour­ ishing. It is "all sauce." There are no good joints of mutton, no good Ameri­ can desserts. There Is an especial dis­ comfort to tbe sick, who never get good toast, good custard, good tapioca pud­ ding, nor oysters that they like.--Har­ per'* Bazar. ^ X finally running ashore on Long Island. She was of 380 tons burden. The first ship to cross the Atlantic propelled all the way by steam was the Royal William, a Canadian boat, built in 1833. Within the next decade the first iron trans-Atlantic steamship was launched in England. This was the Great Britain, the forerunner of the Great Eastern, and designed by the same engineer, Brunei. This ship was provided with a screw propeller and crossed the sea In fifteen days at an average speed of nine knots an hour. It was the famous Cunard line which first established a regular trans-Atlan- tlc service with regular dates of de­ parture. The Britannia, the first of the four ships, left Liverpool on her maid- Len trip on July 4, 1840, and reached Boston on July 19. The Cunard Line odd-looking words that are used now and then In the news reports from the sturdy little republic. It would also enable one to^rohounce these words as they should b6 enunciated. Dutch dipthongs are not given the same sounds as their equivalents in English. The double "o" for instance In Dutch has the same sound a* "o" In Rome, while the dipthong "oe" Is pro­ nounced by the Dutch as we pronounce "oo" In boot. The English pronuncia­ tion of these two dipthongs Is the re­ verse of that given them by those who speak Dutch. And "ou" has the sound of "ow" In owL The sound of "ul" Is nearly like that of the English "oy" In boy. Tbe Dutch double "aa" to the same as the English "a" in war. As there Is no "y" in Dutch its place Is tak­ en by "ij," which is sounded as "y" in defjr. If one, therefore, would pronounce Oom Paul properly he would say It as if it were spelled "Ome Powl." Thi* family name of Gen. .Toubert would for the same reason be pronounced as if it were spelled "Yowbert." The word Boer Is pronounced by the Afrikander as If It were of two syllables; the first long and tbe second short, tnus: "Boo- er." The plural Is not "Boers." It is "Boerea," and it Is pronounced "Boo- er-eh." because tbe final "n" is slurred. Here are some of the Dutch words that are oftenest In print in connection with the news of the Transvaal and their pronunciation and meaning: Bloemfo u tel n (bloom-foo-tlne) Flower fouutalu. Boer (boo-er) Farmer IJuitenlander (boy-ten-lont-er) Foreigner Burgher (buhr-ker) Citizen Burgerrejtt (buhr-ker-rekt) Citizenship Bv.igerwacht (bubr-ker-vokt) .Cltl»eu 9c,1«}|"ry Joukherr (yi1 nk-hare). .Member of ths Volks- raad; gentleman.. Oom (ome) :,"nc;e Hand (ralid) .Sennte ltoadslieer (rahds-hsre> Senator Haadhnln (rahd-h'oy») .. .......Senate house itaud (rahnt) Staat <st*ht) • v • Staatkui.de (#taht-kuhn-de> Staataraad tstahts-rahd) .. Stad (stot> be fed with asses' milk. Tbe lady spoke to a native officer of the district, and receiving a satisfactory reply drove with a man-servant to the station where the ass was to be in waiting. To her amazement there, tied to a post, all ready 'to be milked, stood a huge she bear. It seems that In the native dialect, the words ass and bear are so nearly alike as to be scarcely distinguishable la the mouth of a Eu­ ropean. A variation of the milk problem was presented to F. G. Jackson, the Arctic explorer, when he found and adopted the Infant cub of a polar bear. There seemed no way to feed the poor little beast until Mr. Jackson hit upon the following ingenious method: Taking a bit of sponge, he covered it with chamois leather and fastened it to a rubber tube which had previously been inserted In a bottle. Fixed into the cork of this bottle was a piece of ^ glass tubing through which air might be blown to make the milk, run freely. The cub took to the bottle like any other baby, and sucked away In most ravenous 1 fashion, With a contented look upon her face, as If the last of her troubles were ended. meanwhile the wftu! langed and the cap went into-the cave as rapidlg^ a* it was blowxwpui ,tbje gay)before. 4 An Investigation-of.tfje interior, supj«|' plemented by excavation, led to the be* lief that the cave corild be utilized as a great natural Ctifio1fIty, btfrtatf It wai still the property of the Government it was necessary- to obtain title undepr the United States land laws. Henc§ the making of miflfcteil anif'Agricultural entries and the consequent litigation that ha* resulted.--New York Journal* Mot Authorized. "Brethren," said the Rev. Dr. fH»rth- the American packets that Congress, ly, "I am requested to state that the Impelled by |he clamor of American pa- Ladies' Aid Society will meet in the trlotlsm, granted a subsidy to E. K. church parlors next Tuesday afternoon Collins, of New York, for an American at 2 o'clock. The object of this meet- line between this port and Liverpool. Ing, If I mistake not, Is to arrange a The new vessels were swifter and mdre lawn party, or ice cream festival, or I elegant than the Cunarders. and, like something of the sort, to the end that ; the sailing ships of the old Collins line, Margin; edge State Politico Council of State .. City Steuinier (stemmer) ..........Voter,; elector Transvaal (trona-fahl) Circular valrey Trek (treck) Draught: Jpurney Trekken itreck-en) to draw: to travel Trekpaard (treekpahrd) ........Draft horse Hit (oyt) out: outt of t'ltiander (oyt-lont-«c» Foreigner Vaal (fabl) ....Valley Voderlatidsllefde- (fah-ter-!onts-leef-te).Love of <me'» country: patrlonsm. Veld (felt) Field: open lands Veldheer (felt-hare) ..General; cwnmaudant Veldwaehter (felt-vock-ter) ....Rural guard Volksraad (fnlks-rabd) Lower Houseof Congress. Voorregt <fore-rekt)\.. .Franchise; privilege Vreemubiiitg <frame-da-llng> Stranger made such inroads on the business of ' Wltjraterirand (vlt-vot-ter«-ront) ...Margin Of WDI16 wfttcr. \ C l e a r O a t . • S # # ' F. W. Green*tr^t'^«ttp^' nlsehs the London Spectator with flat amusing epitaph. When be was curate of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, in the fifties, the par­ ish church contained, and no doubt still contains, a marble slab near the west door Inscribed as follows: "In a vault underneath He several of the Saunderses, late of this parish. Particulars the last day will disclose Amen." FOOD OF FILIPINO^. :f ; Flying Foxes Considered Fine Tjt»Bltji|;f br the Malays. Chicago is much Interested in a pale of fiying foxes received at the Zoo from the Philippines. These foxes ar% considered fine tit-bits by the Malays. • ^ They hang from tho trees la tLc ' -- An Ortftinal One. A sign over a negro cabin in Liberty County reads: * li Teaches Folks to Reed an Rite an * * do figgers in their heads. * --Atlanta Constitution. & Is-A Very few men can A ..A 'V:< t • tbe gentlemen may be brought to con­ tribute their aid in the only way it seems possible to make the masculine members of the congregation come to tbe assistance of the ladles in any movement--but I see a frown on the face of the president of the society that warns me I have allowed myself to wander again. We will sing the long-meter doxology and b# dismiss­ ed."--Chicago Tribune. >; A mother's cup of happiness is never full until her children voluntarily offer [Jtoetr caady to - th* preac^ae. , won many laurels. Tbe Cunard vessels •topped calling at Halifax, but In spite of this were easily beaten by their American competitors. The Pacific, of the new line, made the passage* from New York to Liverpool fcn less than jen days, her tl^e In May, 1851, being 9 days 20 hours and 10 minutes. The. next year the Atlantic crossed In 9 d^tys 6 hours and 18 minutes. The line, how­ ever, wound up with disaster. Tbe Arctic was sunk by a collision In 1854 i and went down with 540 souls. The ' Pacific left Liverpool the next year and . wa* never heard from. Tbe American i tmwi •mm- An Aid to Vlelon. "I suppose a monocle aids vision." "Yes; It helps people to see through the mail who wears It."--Detroit Jour­ nal. . ^ A man who can be fooled tho same way four times la a fooL •y 3° old t5°» ^ od cl&iro «)***» ityifj)* *)<*?« i F>r®v«d -start. TW o«edst o4* njajic *>\d oH* w«r ' ^ - :- Ar>d All fi°ab3r<>W yOao«f As. Hj®" aw**tly no&st AftQ&r dtraio- &£L1A AuSTW&fi M W !•? FAVORITE FOOD OF FILIPIBTOS. time head: down. The natives knock, them from.- the trees like chestnut*,. carry them home In basketfuls and* cook them with an abundance of spices, when, it is said, they are really very good eating, something like bar*» Unanimous. Ordinary minds are quite as apt to think alike as great ones, when there la a question of comfort or convenience to be settled, and there M no need of ^ascribing to telepathy the unconverted „ action of a militia regiment during a sham battle near Nashville. A writer - tn the Rochester .Democrat tells tbe story: In order to make th* drill realistic. It was given out that some of the men. Should fall as if shot, but no particn-' lar ones were specified. It was a very hot afternoon, and it struck me that II would be a good thing to fall in a shady spot and rest, while the other so idler* drilled and perspired. The first shady spot we reached $ ; fell all right, but the same bright idea had struck every member of the com­ pany, and the Captain suddenly turned, and found his entire company "killed.** He fined us $5'each, and we came to life again and finished the drills Born with a Silver 8poa*« The Marquis of Tltchfield, son of tW Duke of Portland, 1b heir to £4,000,000. He is 6 years old. * , I'ha Height 0>f Gibraltar. .. ;• ^ The height of the rock of Gibfaltar ila^ about 1,437 feet. . " f . » . . - • • * ' • • $ A-mants in lovo with hlai wife apferf long as it doesn't occur to him that he : Is getting nothing out of his salary but, [hi* hnflprl ar\A plnfhftf • .