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Betty stared. "Do you hear lliss Darkridge, BEAUTY BUND • ' ' • ' ' ' , V- V • He said: "The clouds hide yonder range, And doubtless it will rain to-night. Ah, well! 'twill be a welcome change; These fields are but a tiresome sight.*' He crushed beneath his eareless feet, The while those dull, blind words he said, The clover blooming, dewy sweet, Where Dawn has made her rosy bed; Nor heeded how. like thistle-down Prom purple blossoms lightly blown, The mists that veiled the mountain crown O'er all the opal skies were strewn. •--Symposium. LEARNING A LESSON. can get along with him. I'm very sure," said Josce­ ­lind Darkridge. 'Nobody could get along I with him!" chorused the i three" other Miss Dark- | ridges, ia unison. Uncle Black was the per- isonage of whom they spoke ' --a crabbed, ill-tempered, little old man--who lived in a superb old country seat , among the Catskills. He had money to leave, but his nieccs and nephews secretly believed that it would be a deal easier to go to California or Gol- conda, or some of the fabulous places and dig fortunes out, nugget by nug­ get, than to stay at home and earn them by making themselves acceptable to an old gentleman who had as many angles as a rose diamond, and as many prickly .spikes of temper as a porcupine. Naomi Darkridge had tried it first. Naomi was a soft-voiced, slender girl, with a head which reminded one of a drooping lily. "No one can help loving Naomi." said Airs. Darkridge, as she kissed her •daughter good-by. But in three weeks Naomi came back .half frightened out of her wits. "He scolds so dreadfully," said Na­ omi. "And he looked at me as the wolf must have looked at Little Red Riding Hood. Oh, mamma, I couldn't •stay there, not if I were to be made •richer than Miss Burdett-Coutts her­ self." Magdalena Darkridge went next; but Magdalena, although a fine, tall girl, "with a spirit of her own, was cowed by ;Uncle Black's savage eyes in less than 4i week. 'fl'd sooner sweep crossing for a liv- dng," said she, ."than be Uncle Black's liieiress." And-so she came home without loss of time. Rhoda Darkridge. in no wise abashed Kjythe-successive failures of her sisters, •was the third one to try Black Grange .and its possibilities, but she also suc­ cumbed before the terrible scourge of .Uncle Black's savage tongue. "It's scold, snarl, snarl, scold, from .-morning till night!" said Rhoda. as in three days' time she tearfully related .her experience to her parents. "Oh, you don't know--nobody can know-- what a dreadful man Uncle Black is!" "Oh, hang the old scamp!" said Mr. Darkridge, who was of a free-and-easy nature, and thought his girls a great -deal too sweet and nice to be snarled at 3>y any rich old miser. "Let him alone. -My daughters needn't go begging for -any man's money." But here Joscelind, the youngest, tallest and prettiest of the four girls, >«poke up; ^ "I'll go!" said she. "You don't know what you are un­ dertaking," said Naomi, with a shud­ der. "He'd wear out a stone," said Mag­ dalena. "He's a ghoul!" shuddered Rhoda. "I can get along with him. I am very sure," said Joscelind, brightly. And she packed up her little trunk and went to Black Grange. It was sunset--a red, flaming sunset like one of Gifford's pictures--when she came up the terraced flight of steps that led to the house. Everything blushed blood-red in the deep light, and Josce­ lind could see how lovely was the scenery, how substantial this old gray house, with its square towers and semi­ circular, colonnaded porch. Uncle Black stood on the steps. "So you are Joscelind?" said he, sur­ veying her with little twinkling eyes, like glass beads. -• "Yes, I am Joscelind." said the bright-cheeked girl, giving him a kiss "You're late!" said Uncle Black. "I am late," said Joscelind. "I thought the old beast of a stage never would have got here. The horses fairly -crept and the roads were horrid." < "It's a dreadful warm day," growled Uncle Black. "I'm almost roasted," sighed Josce- -lihd. ./; "The whole summer has been intol­ erably warm,"-said the old gentlem 111. - ?r m'»bt as well be in the tropics, jr and be done with i*t," retorted Josce­ lind, flinging off her shawl and fanning <" herself vehemently. > Uncle Black gave her the keys that night, just as he had three times before given them to her three sisters. "I shall expect you to take charge of . \the whole establishment," said he. "The servants are miserable " "No more tliau one might expect." in­ terrupted Joscelind, with a deprecatory motion of the hand. "Servants are mere frauds nowadays!" "And uothing goes right about the place." "Nothing ever,does'." said Joscelind Uncle Black eyed her queerly. This was quite different from the deter •mined cheefulness and systematic good spirits of her sisters. At breakfast next Morning Uncle Black began to scold as usual. "Fish again!" said he. "This makes mornings this week we've had "I detect fish!" said Joscelind, push 1ng away her plate with a grimace "And the rolls heavy again!" growled Uncle Black, breaking one open. "Please give me the plate. Uncle Black," said Joscelind, and she rang the table bell sharply. Betty, the cook, a stout, good-hum- "ored Irish woman, made her appear­ ance. tea "Betty," said Miss Darkridge, "be so good as to throw these rolls out of the window." f stared. what I tell you?" said vith emphasis. And Betty ^u^ t^e ̂ lls. out among the rosebushes, where they were speed­ ily devoured" by Cato, the Newfound­ land dog, and Rob and Roy, the two setters.', .., "But what ami to eat for breakfast?" bewailed Uncle |Hack. "Crackers, of course," said Joscelind. "Anything is better than imperilling one's digestion with such stuff as this! And, Betty, if you send up any more fish in a month you may consider your­ self discharged--do you hear?" "But, my dear, I am rather fond of fish," put In the old geiitleman. "One can't eat fish the whole time," said Joscelind, imperiously. "Here, Betty--this coffee isn't fit to drink! and the toast is burned! and you must have put the cooking butter on the table by mistake! Let these errors be rectified at once." - .o '• , Betty retired'^vlth an ominous rustle on her stiffly starched apron. "My dear," said Uncle Black, appre­ hensively, "Betty is a very old servant, and " , , "I don't care if she is the age of Me­ thuselah," said Joscelind; "nobody can be expected to put up with such wretch­ ed cooking as this!" "I really think she is not so bad, if--"-' "Oh, pray don't apologize for her, Uncle Black!" said Joscelind. "They are all shiftless, lazy creatures, who must be discharged promptly if they don't do their duties." Uncle Black began to look fright­ ened. He had kept Betty, Sylvia and old John for ten years. Was it possi­ ble that he had scolded at them for ten years, only to have Joscelind Darkridge outscold him now? "I wouldn't be too short with 'em, my dear, if I were you," he remon­ strated. "Then let them do their duty," said Joscelind. with the air of an empress. "We are all mortal," pleaded Uncle Black. "I expect every one around me to live up to their conditions," said Josce­ lind. UncleBlack ate the rest of his break­ fast with but little appetite. Sylvia, the housemaid, was finishing dusting his library when he entered it. "Not through yet!" growled Uncle Black, the fretwork of wrinkles once more coming into his brow. "Sylvia," said Miss Darkridge, se­ verely, "if this happens again I shall dispense with your services! Look at that clock! Is this the time of day to be dawdling about the rooms with a broom and 'duster? Remember Mr. Black does not pay exorbitant wages to lie in bed until noon!" "My dear," said Uncle Black. "Syl­ via is generally a very good girl, if " "Dear uncle," interrupted Joscelind. "pray permit me to be the judge of these mailers. You have ruled ycur household with a slack and indulgent hand altogether too long. I shall now institute a reform." And poor Sly via had never moved about so briskly as she did that day. Old John, the gardener, was not ex­ empt from his share of the general tur­ moil. Miss Darkridge chanced to hear her uncle reproaching the old man for some fancied neglect'in the flower beds, whose diamonds, ovals and crescents of brilliant colors were Che pride of his horticultural heart, and she promptly came to his. aid. "Gardening, indeed! Do you call this gardening?" she said. "Uncle Black, I'm astonished that you keep such a man as that abodt the place!" And the torrent of 'taunts and re­ proaches which she show'ered upon the luckless head of poor old John was enough as that individual observed, "to make one's flesh creep." My niece is a young lady of spirit and energy," apologized Mr. Black, when at last Joscelind had gone back to the house. "Verra like you, sir, verra like you!** said old John, scratching his head. "Like me!" said Mr.' Black, slowly. And he stood full five minutes, quite speechless and motionless, staring at the mossy rim of an .indent sun-dial half sunk, in the velvet grass. And at the end of five minutes: he spoke two other words, and only two; "Like--me!1',, , ,, ,.:u "There's no k no win* the masther, he's that changed," said Betty in the kitchen, a week or two later. "He's as mild as a, lamb and as peaceable as a kitten. "Sure, isn't that what the young lady told us," said Sylvia, "when she came down into the kitchen that first morn- ing after the fire was lighted, and told us she was goin' to try an experiment we wasn't to mind a word she said, cause it was all by contraries? 'He doesn't know what his temper has got to be,' said she, 'and I'm going to show him.' And, bless her sweet heart, her plan has worked like a charm." It had, in good truth. Uncle BLaek as a changed man. And Joscelind had relapsed into the original sunshine of her temper--and all the domestic wheels of Black Grange seemed to re­ volve on velvet. But Uncle Black took all the credit to himself. He never knew that Josce­ lind had taught him a lesson. "We can get along very nicely," said he, "now that my niece has subdued those little tempers of hers." And Joscelind was his heiress ami darling after all--for he will always be­ lieve that it was lie "who formed her character."--Cambridge Tribune. WORK OF WATER REVIEW OF THE DESOLATION AT SHAWN EETOWN. Kxaggcrated as First Reports Were, the Truth Shows that the Disaster Was Frightful -- Submerged Homes Are Pillaged. Many Absolutely Destitute. Pillage aud plunder have been added to the horrors of the Shawneetown flood. It became necessary to call out armed men to guard the salvage. Hundreds of houses were entered by vandals and money, jew­ elry and other property stolen Monday night. Men armed with loaded Winches­ ter rifles and shotguns have patrolled the levee, on foot, and scoured the town in skiffs. The ni^ijor had almost decided to call for militia, but was dissuaded from his purpose. A lynching was narrowly averted Tuesday afternoon by the pros­ pective victim's fright. He had been ac­ cused of attempting /b break open a fipod sufferer's truuk. Constable F. O. Minter ordered,the man, a negro, Tom Hancock, to leave town at onee on pain of death. "I'll string the rope around your neck my­ self," the constable declared, and fifty voices yelled approval. Hancock lied down the levee. - . ' ,• Mayor . Carney, at the request of the citizens' committee, detailed special offi­ cers along the levee, and to scout in skiffs. The citizens' executive committee is com­ posed of Charles Carroll, chairman; Karl Roedell, treasurer; Rev. Fred Bueckman, secretary, and Mayor Carney. Chairman Carroll's apprehensiveness . that armed militia might tend to additionally demor­ alize the situation deterred the mayor neetown too longer. In fact, It Is con­ servatively predicted that when the flood subsides the town will have lost more than three-fifths of its population, chiefly by removal to other points. Of the 500 houses in the town at least 100, mostly small frame structures, in the poorer portion of town, south of the break,' were destroyed. Every other building }n the city was damaged from $5 to $5,000. Following is a list of some of the heaviest sufferers among the busi­ ness men: Frank Armstrong, hardware, $800; Lowe Brothers, general store, '$1,500; Ivrebs & Shaw, grocery, $1,500; Goetz- B? TIIE famous siiawnek house. man Brothers, -grocery and wheat, $3,- 500; Koopindoffer & Froelich, hardware, $3,000; Ed Ehrenweine, drugs, $2,500; Iiobinson Brothers, drugs and hardware, $5,000; Charles Smith, restaurant, $300; Charles Carroll, block of dwellings de­ stroyed, $2,000; Charles Carroil, general store, $2,000; J. F. Nolan, grocery and dry goods, $600; Riverside flour miils, $500; Upper mills, $200; H. Drueker, clothing, $1,000; A.,Meyer, clothing, $750; Ambrose Eswein, groceries, $1,500; Allen & Loomia, clothing, $1,200; A. Richard- sou, general store, $1,200; Karcher & Scanlan, lumber, $500; Ross & Allen, general store, $1,500; Mrs. Ellis Eddy, RELIEF MAP OF INUNDATED SHAWNEETOWN. With a ranee ot bibs t > the west, levees on the north, east and south, *ha was in averittble "pocket," little town millinery, $500; Shawnee News office, newspaper, $200; the Immaculate Con­ ception, Methodist and Presbyterian churches and parsonage, about $500 each. The colored Baptist church was swept away. It was a small frame building. The electric light plant was almost de­ stroyed. The pumping plant, completed a few weeks ago by Fairbank, Morse & Co.. of St. Louis, at a cost of $4,000, was also destroyed. It was used to pump the sewage and rain water from the lowlands adjoining the city on the south. Immediate relief from the flood victims' hunger and exposure is being furnished BANK Of SHAWNEETOWN. A Dawson City Deed. The following is said to l>e a copy of a transfer deed filed at Dawson City in the office of the Yukon gold commis­ sioner;!' IV. • . ,1v" Dawson dec 7 1897 no alV.Justn by these presants that william, tfaonip^on of this place does by these Presents Sell',TiMlhst6r and convey to john'Hiffith, to be ̂ is aire ancestors and assigns$Srever the >*i|Mwing property Naniely'^full one half interest of all my Write and 'title in Ctyim no one hundred and six (100) above'Discovery on Bonanza creek iA the Yukon minvn'g.division for the consideration of $10000.00 cash in hand in witness whereof i set my hand and seal witness Y William Thompson. Patrick O'Byrne. Katie McRae. r. Short and to the Point. The most laconic correspondence on record was passed between Victo Hugo and hi? publisher. Hugo wrote regarding the; success of "Lee Misera bles": • The publisher's reply was equally'brfffi)','"J"/|: . Nothing looks so well, or tats so poor ly, as roast pig. / from appealing to the Governor for the declaration of martial law. The revised.list shows twenty-five dead beside two unknown negroes, the bodies of whom were recovered Tuesday afternoon.^ Unofficial estimates place the dead at from thirty-five to sixty. The fatalities are expected to reach this number, ys many persons are, unaccounted for, as in the case of a wagon and team containing three persons which is reported to have been blown off the rock road into the flood waters. The work of the forces engaged has been almost exclusively of rescue and. relief. No effort had been made up to Wednesday to recover bodies, most of which were supposed to- be im­ prisoned! in collapsed houses. The entire time and energies of the relief committee have been devoted, to the survivors. Twelve hundred persons- are absolutely dependent on the charity of the publics Every man, woman and child in Shaw­ neetown, rich or poor, must receive pro­ visions through, the relief committee un­ til the property buried! in the stores ot the city is recovered. A careful estimate of the damage to property places the amount at $150,000, divided equally between business bouses and residences. Relief boats from Evans- ville and Cairo brought in additional pro-' visions Tuesday. The homeless wore shel­ tered from the cold, cutting rata Tuesday night for the fir.st time since the town was inundated. Tuesday afternoon 500 tents arrived from Springfield by direc­ tion of Governor Tanner, and fifty more were sent by the citizens of Harrisburg. , Follows Stampede from Daw The only dry spot in the city is the levee , HQn to Swedi8h Creek. an apparently solid embankment about ten feet above the water's edge and fif­ teen feet wide. On either side as far as the eye can reaeh is a desolate, watery waste. Sy»tiem< off Relief Work. The work of caring for the survivors has progressed raipidly aud good results have been accomplished. The relief com­ mittee inaugurated a systematic plan of extending help. In addition to food and clothing received, fir lar^e barge of coal came from Caseyville by way of EvariS- TiHe, Ind. The arrival was a Godsend, for the weather is cold and the lack of clothing, next to hunger, has been the greatest want of the survivors. An ap­ peal was issued to the public asking for money contributions to enable the popu­ lation, to. survive.) Money is to be sent to Charles Carroll,' chairman of the relief committee. Funds will be.required t» re­ place thjt wreeked housesfand to repair the daliiliiged dwellings of the poorer in­ habitants. and niiT^ps outside help is ex­ tended the future Of the town is doomed. Two hundred sufferers were sent to Mount Vernon, Ind., Tuesday, in a body, and an equal, number went there in a small eraft. Hundreds of others have gone to relatives in neighboring towns or It Is estimated that the nerves, with branches and minute ramifications con­ necting with the brain, exceed teu mill- Ion. It is said that in the sandy deserts of Arabia whirling winds sometimes ex­ cavate pits two hundred feet In depth, and extending down to the • harder stratum on which the great bed of sand rests. In a communication to the Paris Academy of Sciences, M. Grehant says that the surface of cast iron kept at a red heat Is capable of transforming car­ bonic acid into carbonic oxide--that is, lito a poisonous gas. It has been demonstrated that while there is no especial difficulty in using, petroleum as a fael for locomotives, there would be trouble in obtaining a supply of the fuel: It has been esti­ mated that the entire petroleum sup­ ply of the country wonald not furnish fuel enough for the use of the locomo­ tives employed on the Pennsylvania and New York Central systems alone. Some persons associate partiiewtar col­ ors with particular sounds. Dir.. W. S. Colman, discussing this phenomenon in the Lancet, says there are two1 forms of it. In one case the person has a) sen­ sation as if a transparent colored film,, like a rainbow-, appeared before his eyes" when certain voWel, or musical, sounds strike his ears. In the other case letters or written words, represent­ ing the sounds heard, appear in colored tints. The tints are very definite and characteristic, and do not vary with lapse of time; but two persons seldom associate the same colors with the same sounds. The fanciful notion which men used sometimes to entertain, that the earth f is, in some sense, a living thing, would probably have derived support from the recent observations of Prof. John Milne, and others, on the shivers aritl quivers that frequently run through Its rocky frame, but escape notice, except when watched for with specially constructed and exceedingly delicate apparatus. Prof. Milne reports that apparatus of this kind has now been mounted in Canada, British Columbia, the United States, South Africa, New Zealand, Java, India and Argentina, as well as In England and at various places on the continent of Europe. On one occasion a steel rail, after twenty-two years' continuous servicc on- the ©reart Northern Railway, actu­ ally disintegrated under the wheels of a passing train. So complete was the breaking u.p that scientists thought it worthy of investigation, during which it was determined that the metal had become exhausted and had broken down, just as an overstrained animal might be expected to do. This has led to further inquiry, and scientists are satisfied thait metals do become tired out. The id'ea that metals become weary, while not altogether a new one, is to an extent a plausible one, and un­ der the careful scrutiny of scientific so­ cieties will probably be satisfactorily explained andl settled. At a recent meeting of the Royal Dub­ lin Society Prof. J. Joly presented a new theory of sun-spots. He suggested that there may be certain levels In the brilliant shell of hot vapors constituting the visible surface of the sun, where the temperature, although very high, falls below the critical temperature of the elements there present. In that case those elements would be precipi­ tated into liquids, if the pressure were sufficiently great. Such liquefied mass­ es, floating in gaseous matter of great­ er density, would, he thinks, present the characteristic appearance of sun- si>ots, for if the liquid were opaque, it would look darker than the surround­ ing photosphere. When the liquid re- evaporates, the spot disappears. This theory that the sun-spots are the first visible beginnings of a change of state in the sun. ride only the very best Md most wholesome stories,, and to adapt them M to the age and requirements of those to whom they are sent.••'• In this respect the influence of the traveling libraries, If not distinctly educational, Is at least uplifting and invigorating. A growing interest in biography, history, eco­ nomics, science, and art has been noted and fostered by the management, ami many books in these departments are continually being purchased and senr out. Some entire libraries are made Tip of these subjects, to the exclusion of fiction altogether, and the special col­ lections sent to study clubs through­ out the State are doing a real educa­ tional work--American Monthly Re­ view of Reviews. FRIENDSHIP ABOVE MONEY. ANIMALS AS MODELS. by sympathizing sister cities with a readi­ ness that augurs well for the unfortu­ nates. KLONDIKERS FREEZE TO DEATH. Death and suffering have followed the most remarkable stampede yet made from Dawson. It was to Swedish creek, re­ ports of the richness of which reached Dawson on Feb. 10, when thermometers registered 00 below zero. In their haste the stampeders left their blankets behind, depending on camp fires to keep them warm. Many were frozen and helped back to Dawson by friends and the Cana­ dian police. Three died shortly after re­ turning. Two others had legs amputated aud died from the shock. Tfo One of the Kaiser's Jokes. There are many good anecdotes about the German emperor, and It must owned, that they all prove the kaiser to have no> small amount of humor. The following, which comes from Mr. Ehlers, the traveler, is smarter than most. The emperor and Ehlers were college chums from Bonn, and the em­ peror never forgot his old college stu­ dent. At Bonn on special occasions the different corps used to drink to one another, and the following set form was always used; The president of the Palatio corps raises hia glass, say ing; "I liave the great honor and pleasure to empty my glass in drinking to> the corps of Borussia." The presi dent of the latter corps then replies. 'The corps thanks and drinks." On the birth of one of the sons of the emperor Ehlers telegraphed him: have the great honor and pleasure to empty my glass In drinking to the youngest Hohenzollern." The emperor promptly wired back; "The youngest Hohenzollern thanks and drinks."--To" ronto Chronicle. How Beverly Tucker Escaped' with $25,000 on His Head. After the assassination of President Lincoln Secretary Stanton* offered a reward of $25,000 for the arrest of Ja­ cob Thompson, who had been secre­ tary of the interior in Buchanan's cabi­ net; Beverly Tucker, C. C. Clay and others. Mr. Tueker made his escape through a faithful friend on his arrival at Detroit. In the early morning lie crossed in the ferryboat from Windsor, Canada, to Detroit, and the first per­ son his eyes rested on was the late Isaac N. Cary, so well known in Wash­ ington, but who was then residing at Windsor. As Mr. Tucker expressed it, lie concluded he was gone. The $25,- 000 reward, and what Cary might deem his duty, was, he- thought, too much to leave any hope for his escape. He walked to the bow of the boat to ti.v and consider what lie should do. He was somewhat disguised as an En­ glishman, with their usual "impedi­ menta" of rugs, canes, umbrellas, ere., and, while he was considering, a voice behind him said.; "'Mir.. Tucker, where are you going? Don't you know the cars are regularly searched, and you are almost sure to be recognized V "Well, Isaac," said Beverly, "I am trying to get to Kentucky, and from there Into the South,, and I must take the chances." Cary told him to go to the hotel, feign sickness or fatigue, and remain in his room until night. He said he would buy his tickets-and come for him at dusk and accompany him to the cars. He did so, and at dusk Cary came and accompanied him tothe cars and sat with him until the train start­ ed. The soldiers passed through the cars, but concluded Beverly was some Englishman, and being In company with a colored man, he must be all right. Then the cars started. Cary bid him good-by, and he went on his way rejoicing at having met so good a friend as Isaac Cary. Some time after Isaac Cary came to Washington and obtained a position under the dty gov­ ernment which he held until his death. The writer went, with Mr. Tucker,- on his return to the city, to see him and thank him again for his friendly aid. Such an act of friendship, weighed in the balance against $25,000 cash, 3e- serves to be remembered.--Washington Post. ^ His Maiden Speech. The ma.lady known as "stage fright" by no means confined to the stage or to people deficient in self-confidence. It is one of the peculiarities of the House of Commons, as related by Mr. Michael MacDonagli in the "Book of arliament," that it not only expects, but demands, a certain amount of stage fright in a member's maiden speech as an indication of a "becoming awe of the august assembly listening to his words." When Mr. Joseph Chamberlain was first elected, an old friend, who was also an old member of the House of Commons, came to him and gave him this bit of advice: "You know you have come into the House rather late, and you have some sort of reputation outside. The House of Commons does not like outsade repu­ tation. It Is accustomed to; make and unmake its .own. As you are going hortly to make your maiden speech, if yon could contrive to break down a little, I think the House of Commons would take it as a compliment, and you will be all the better for it." There are occasional failures to get off one's maiden speech, though it may have been conned hundreds of times. The most extraordinary breakdown that ever occurred in the House liap pened some years ago. The address in answer to the Queen's speech was to be seconded by a young country mem­ ber in a maiden speech. He came at­ tired, as is customary on the occasion, in uniform--in the gorgeous attire of a captain of mounted yeomanry. He stood up in his place, and grasping the hi.lt of his sword with his left hand: in­ dulged in some graceful gestures with his right; but though his Hps were seen to move, not a- sound could be heard: by the House. For nearly five minutes the honorable and gallant gentleman continued' this dumb show, and sat down. The most remarkable feature of the incident was that the honorable gentleman did' not himself miss the sound of his vocal or­ gans; all through the incident he seem ed to be under the impression that the House was listening, with rapt atten tion, to his eloquent periods, set to> the exquisite moisaC of his voice. Botueof the Experiences of an Artist is Sketching fi-om Wfie, "Leaves from the Sketch-Book of an, 'Animal-Artist"' Is an article by Mere­ dith Nugent In the St. Nicholas. Mr., Nugent says: There was an elephant' in .the Jardin-des-Plantes that would! not pose unless he were paid for it, and paid in advance. Then he took pay­ ment in buns and pie, but if these were not forthcoming, he would deliberately walk tothe farther end of the inoiosura and turn his back. The only way to get a drawing of this big fellow was to engage some one to feed him mean­ while. * In the same gdrdens I saw an unusu­ ally interesting sight one morning. A little sun-bear with a large marrow­ bone In his shaggy paws was resorting; to all sorts of bear devices to get tho sweet marrow. Suddenly he lay dowa on his back, placed one end of the bone- in his jaws, and witl^his hind paws' tipped the other end of the bone so- high up that the choice morsel slipped! into his mouth. If the animal could' only have1 understood, the shouts of ap­ proval that greeted this performance, I think it Would have turned his head. As a rule I flnd the models very good riatiired. True, they keep a sharp eye, OD me for the- first few days, but after that are generally q,ulte friendly. Of course, there are some parts of the bus­ iness they domet like. The oriole never was happy when I held! Mm in my hand for close inspection, but a beautiful cat which rebelled when I first placed her ill a bird-cage--to keep her in front of me--grew so fioud of being there; that after I finishedi my drawings she cried and cried to be put back into the cage. Intense curiosiiby is-the great charac­ teristic of animal's wlien in the studio, i They are as mucin interested in you and the surroundings^ as you are in them. •This is especially' the case with birds. ! Leave the studio' but a few minutes, and these two-legged fellows are hop­ ing into everything. Of course they inspect the paper.' on which you have' •/een drawing, andl the paints,, and the' orushes, and occasionally vary these' proceedings by taking- a; bath: in the water-bowl. JTUK OI.D DEXTElt MII.I.S. sought refuge in the hills to the north­ west of the flood. But scores of suffer­ ing householders cling with desperate stubbornness to their wrecked homes. Hundreds of persons who have not al­ ready removed their remaining all to oth­ er placer. announce they will li,ve in Shaw- Curiously enough* the cry "On to Moi ro!" does not imply any delay in making the attack. Kentucky stands ready to fnrnish all the colonels who may be needed for the entire army. France, it is said, will give Spain "moral support." Such drafts will be returned marked "No funds." Practical banking reform might be ap­ proved just now by the people who live beside the Ohio river. Warning to James G. Blaine, who is to marry Kuhne Beveridge: Don't let all Kuhnes look alike to you.' Painting the United States men-of-war black may be A preliminary to giving the Spanish fleet a "whitewash." It looks as though the Jury in Sheriff Martin's case took the scales from the hand of Justice and applied them to her eyes. Activity in the battleship market in dicates that men-of-war are going up. Later on they may show a tendency to | go down. The Arizona Press Club has resolved unanimously to stand by the President, Now let slip the dogs of war, Alfonso, as soon as you're ready. Free Traveling Libraries. For many years Melvil Dewey, di rector of the New York State Library has advocated a scheme of State distri bution of books by the way of loan to institutions and to groups of taxpayers on payment of a nominal fee. His plan includes a system of central -control aud supervision under which small col lections of popular books are to be sent from point to point, kept In charge of responsible persons, and circulated freely among the residents of each lo cality. The State of New York made an appropriation for such a system of library loaning in 1892. and has ap propriated annually since. In the first 46 libraries were sent out; in the sec ond, 139; in the third, 212; in the fourth 371; and In the fifth year, 447. Books have been purchased to supply the con stantly increasing demand, until now there are nearly 30,000 volumes owned by the State and available for this pur pose. * • These libraries are carefully chosen by expert librarians, and are made up of the choicest and freshest publica­ tions. A large proportion of the books must necessarily be works of fiction if the interest of the average borrower is to be sustained. Care is taken to pro- Diamonds Wandering. A letter was received at police- head­ quarters from the' French consul mi New York, asking, the superintendent to find, if possible,.at satchel conta.Iniug l$5,000 or $0,000 worth of diamonds and other jewelry that had been left in the New York Central station by an'abseut- mlnded tourist from; Paris. Defective' Mack was detailed on the case. It was- four days after the leaving of; the grip when the report of its-loss arrived].and; Mack considered it a hopeless-task to find it. Nevertheless;.he set.out to'look for it. John Martin, the present inspector of police, was then a patrolman detailed at the New York Central station. De­ tective Mack read the description of the satchel to him and asked him. if he had seen anything, of it. ! "The only satchel I've seen lying around loose was a seedy-looking thing-, that had been kicked around the sta­ tion for several days-. I got so tired of seeing it around that I picked It up this morning and took it to the baggage- master. But that, of course, eouldn'.t be the one. It's too cheap-looking." "Well, I'll take a look at it, any way," said the detective, and he went to-the baggage-master's office and inquired. Lor it. It was a very shabby canvas afr fair, plastered all over with foreign and! domestic baggage checks. The cheek* were the only promising thing about it. The detective opened Its clasp, when,, to the surprise of. both him and the bagr gage-master,, there appeared a hand­ some leather valise within the canvas covering, adorned with a safe-lock, combination. The inner bag could not be opened by any of the sleuth's-keys or other devices, so the police sent it on •to New York withouti knowledge that that It contained the diamondsv But j/ai proved to be the Parisian's lost satchel. --Buffalo Express., Living Stones. The most curious specimens of vege table or plant life in existence are the so-called "living stones" of the Falk­ land Islands. Those islands are among the most cheerless spots in the world, being constantly subjected to a strong polar wind. In such a clima.te it is im­ possible for trees to grow erect, as they do in other countries, but Nature has made amends by furnishing a supply of wood in the most eurious shape imaginable. The visitor to the Falk- lands sees scattered here and there sin­ gular-shaped blocks of what appear to be weather-beaten and moss-covered boulders in various sizes. Attempt to turn one of these "boulders" over, and yon will meet with a surpirse, because the stone is actually anchored by roots of great strength; in fact, you will flnd that you are fooling with one of the native trees. No other country in the world has such a peculiar "forest" growth, and it is said to be next to im­ possible to work the odd-shaped blocks into fuel, because it is perfectly devoid of "grain," and appears to be nothing but a twisted mass of woody fiber. How a Duel? Was- Managed; A recent newspaper article mention­ ed the name of the late Kit Warren,, who won fame as a humorist in Geor­ gia. Several interesting stories* were told of him,, but the following;appears- in print for. the first time: When he was editlng a country news­ paper a subscriber whom- he- had of­ fended: with criticismisent him. a chal­ lenge for a fight withi shotguns. He tokl the bearer. to>be seated, when: he asked him the priicfe of buckshot. "Thirty cents- a pound," was the re­ ply.. Now," said Kit,, "what is powder selling at?"' "Sixty cents."' Then he turned' his pockets inside- out--fished up a bunch of keys and sev­ eral due bills,, looked them over thoughtfully, then wrote this reply to. his challenger;. "Dear Jim : Yours received. I would be glad to accommodate you, but yoiia- friend tells me-that shot Is thirty cents a pound and; powder sixty cents. And I can't invest that much money In- 'em these hard times. If, however, you will lend me ninety cents I will secure you by a mortgage on the paper, and accommodate you with a few loads in any region you may suggest. I believe, however, it would take three pounds of buckshot to kill you. Send on the money and make your will." 4 The letter was duly received,, and that ended the matter.. "Wants me ter lend him money ter buy shot ter kill me with!'* exclaimed the challenger. "Durned ef I'll do it!"--Atlanta Consti­ tution. Worrying about people has to be han­ dled with rare judgment, to keep it from becoming nagging. . An Iridescent Answer. Some men's brightness all runs to tVJ* making of excuses and apologies. a.i, • the following case cited by the Chicago Tribune:, "Shiftless as ever, Thomas?"- said the wealthy uncle. "Still making K failure of life, as you always hav« done ?" "I don't know that I'm such a terrible failure," sulkily answered the poor re lation. "Why, you have nobody but yourself to support, and you can't make both ends meet." "Well, the rainbow has only itself t« support, and it doesn't make both ends meet, either." * ' - -- -- -- * : -- Every vanity has its penalty. It i« claimed that curly-headed men get bait Quicker than straight-haired men.