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.-lnck. rpcall without a shudder that fight for dear [mega which Celeb,with only hisiickknife and sturdy fist dealt blow after blow until be poor animal, blinded by the flow of blood staggered and fell over, giving Caleb opportunity to reach his gun. “She’s done," he said quietly, after the filing.“ the shot had died away among the i Venue FOLKS. Get Up and Scratch. glald one little ebickwtth atunny little squirm, wish I could find a nice. fat worm.“ Bald another little chicken, with a queerllttle shrug. "I wish i could find a nice. fat bug.” Bald a third little chick. with a strange little squeal. "1 wish 1 could find some nice, yellow meal." 0 O O " Luckly I brought the spring wagon," upon neighbors for help in securing his przze, he placed in it the bear skin and a supply of the meat. “ And now, boy," he said to Jack, in a voice which betrayed a good deal of feeling under the light words, “ I’m takin' you back to your mother safe and sound, thanks be to the Lord, and I’m ready to say the next time I go b'ar huntin' "New. look here," said the mother. from the green garden patch. "If you want. any breakfast you must get up and scratch." Jack's Bear Hunt. “Where are you going, Caleb 2" J to: had come into the warm farm kit- :ben to rind Caleb tinkering with a gun. “Goin’ on a bit of a hunt.” "Oh, I wish I could go." “Why couldn’t you T” “Oh ! Will you let me 2 Say, mother," as she entered the room, “Caleb says I may go hunting with him. May I 2” "Where to, Caleb 2” asked mother, “and hunting what for 2” "Why," said Caleb, “I heard tell of a deer or two been .seen ’round up in Plum. mer’s Holler, so I thought I’d go and try for 'em. Like enough I’ll only bring home some squirrels. Squirrels is good,though." “Deer l” exclaimed Jack, in great excite- ment. “Oh motherâ€"I could go back and tell the boys I’d been deer hunting." Mother smiled at the eager face, willing to a‘low him the pleasure, yet anxious for his safety. She had brought the boy into the Minnesota woods in quest of health for him, and had remained late in the season to give him a taste of invigorating frost. EIis round cheeks and beaming eyes attested the wisdom of her resort to Mother Nature's kindly aids. “If I was sure there could be no danger,” she began. “I’ll take the best kind 0' care of him,” said Caleb. “And if you’re feared o’ tiriu' him with too much walkiu’ I can just as well hitch up the spring wagon and drive to the holler.“ Have an errand out that. way anyhow, where I can leave the “1200.” . Mot-her smiled her consent. Twenty minutes later the two were driving away in the sharp, crisp, morning air. Jack. a bright. boy of twelve, did not feel that the hunt had begun until the wagon had been left. behind and the two were making their way among the bare brush, logs and bould- ers of Plumbers' Hollow. “You’ll let me take a shot at squirrel sometime to-day, won’t you '1” he asked of Caleb, and after receiving the desired promise was well content to lapse into hunters’ silence. Asa, thev penetrated deeper both became more careful in keeping their movements quiet, Caleb ccc isionally motioning to Jack his convictions,based on small signs familiar to asportsinan, that deer could not. be far off. At length he paused, lifting his hand in “Malufl- Somall‘ing . W“ new. beyond has endowed you with naturally straight doubt» by Elle amm'ls Jm“ Rhea-d .Of lhel‘}- hair, for if thev are not properly arranged They ha“ We“ .Fm‘hmu)’ WOTng the” I the whole eflect is spoiled, and it would Way upward “m” “OW Very net“ the “Md have been better not. to attempt them at of the hollow. Just here it. was filled with '31]. - 3 demo grown" 0f “mall mingled with “18 i It will be observed from our sketch that l'?lllli;l1l3 0‘ “men “we? I“ 3:18 midst 0‘ {in some cases the puifs of hair come nearer a his arose two or L were me 5. I“; ma fgco L .A ~ ' “Hsh lâ€"if there ain’tadeer behind them h n m “be”. one lady I wa'n't never baptized Caleb,” said Caleb, in the lowest possible whisper. “ You keep back whilst I peep ’round here.” But. Jack could not-keep back. Closest Caleb's heels he followed as with an un- avoidable crackling of the brittle brush he skirted the rocks. And then Caleb gave a cry of dismay. But it was not for himself. “ Back, back,” he shouted, as directly before him, angry and threatening, with flashing eyes, suorts and growls, arose a a large black bear. Caleb was a good shot, and bad he been by himself would not have been disconcerted by the sudden surprise. But the heavy responsibility resting upon aim upset llllll. With a nervous grasp he leveled his gun and firedâ€"to wound the bear which, now doubly enraged, made a mad rush toward its foes. ” Up there,” shricked Caleb, “ Up that l wears the puff unit-e near the coil of back treeâ€"quick !" hair, and the other two have it near the “ How can I? i can’t reach those bare ears. br..nches,”sanl lack, reaching helplessly show: his head. "Here!" Dropping his gun, with one TROPICAL DOWNPOURS. toss L‘aleb raised the buy to his shoulder. ...._. Jack seized Elle “moi “hove ,ms hell“ “"1 [ti-lunrknhle ltnlni‘nlis in .ioutli America. suung himself up. Caleb tried to regain ' his gnu hut- tho boat was upon him. The intensity of genuine tropical rain- ”liet. up further,” he cried to Jack. falls is extraordinary. The rain appears Jack did so and Caleb was soon beside to mme down, not, in paparate drops, but him. ' . - u “(Isn’t bears climb trees ‘3" whispered l l“ 5”“ sheem' , .10 Darwm a voynge 0‘ the Beagle,” writing of a heavy shower, " They can when they’re feeliu' good. amounting to 1-0 inches in six hours, which , ‘ I __ , . v ‘ . . . . B“; 3h") I?“ “ {loo‘ihklieler- muslin“ 1" occurred during his stay in the neighbour- in) on e ow ee ’11! uses a ‘. . i’ -y hood of Rio de Janeiro, the author de- .\lad Willi the pain of its wound the bear . was paw-lug the ground, [curing at. tree; scribes the sound produced by the drops and branches, biting whatever was nearest. falling on the innumerable leaves of the "I "3"“ g“ down and 5"" “’“l g"“_ forest as very remarkable, and says the now l’ve got iuv breath, and m v wits," . ,. . . . w ' ' noise was like the rushing of a great bod said Cuzco. y H Caleb, you can't," said Jack, in tel-m,- of water, and could be heard at a distance Jack to his mother. “ Have'n’t even had a shot. Bus I’ve been in a bear hunt." NEW COIFFURES. Three Styles of Hairdressing That Come From London. The present fashion in hair dressing, is particularly graceful, and our artist has sketched three pretty styles, which show hair. Very light fripges are worn, and the hair is artistically waved at the side, and held in place very often with dainty little tortoise shell combs. It is, however, ad- vxsable to retain the services of a hair- the correct way of waving and dressing the ,dresser to obtain these waves, if Nature at the Violent movements of the great of a quarter of a mile. Dnmpler gives a mm“ H 1." Wm be “5 liond “ you" me.“ lively picture of the rain at. Georgonia ofi' worth to go down there. ’ _‘ , the coast of Panama, where, he says when Laleb looked in the boy e face, recalling , h. , ~ . k. , . With the clearness of Strongly suppressed he M“ "I me.“ wine an“ mg Chocn'at’e In the open air, it. rained so heavily that some excitement, his mother’s face as she ilt‘cliiell to trust. this one soli of here to his pronnsed of them declared they could not. empty good care, on his assurance that no harm their calabasl.e3, for they could not drink could possibly some to him. up the water as fast as it. fell into them. “ You hold on tight." he sfiid. gruflly. In many parts of the tropics rain is a “ And," he added, with an attempt at a remarkably regular phenomenon. At Rio light tone, “ it that old lady down there de Janeiro it is said that it used to be the should get one 0’ them heavy pawa o’ fashitn minvitations for the afternoon to horn on me,â€"you’ll understand our best state whether the guests were to assemble before or after the thunderstorm, which hold in to wait right hete. They knew Where we was eomiu'. I on hold on good," game on regularly everyday at a particular houh "Stop, Caleb," cried the boy. in terror at the possibilties suggested in the words. At the Government cinchona planta- tions in .lamacia. on Dec. 2i, 1835, 11.80 “Don’t go down. Perhaps she’ll go inches of rain fell in twenty-four hours twa -â€"“ \\ iicthcr the move made half voluntarily but this measurement does not. indicate the total fall, as a gauge, when real at the by Jack caused him to lose his balance can _ usual hour of a. m., was found full and never be told, but the next munieu' Caleb. carefully turning onthu almost bate branch overflowing. t is probable that unless with view to making his way to the side care is taken to prevent this occurring, many very heavy falls are not fully of the use farthest from the enemy, lost his hold and went down-«to alight exactly measured. On the crest of the blue Moun- tains, on the same plantations 31.50 inches an ill: bar‘s back. .-A situation to bring entail the nerve ofa fell in one week of which three days were fine. :xue hunter. Jack could never afterwards said Caleb, when hours later having called I we day “ he get. out of bed I’ll go alone." ~d - ~ “ I haven't so much as a squirrel,”satd} do“ 8 a,“ ma WHO bu 3n exams for ME. AND MRS. BOWSEB. An Unusual State of stairs In the hull). An observing wife can tell the time o’ dayby her husband's countenance. She has only to look into his face as he comes down to breakfast to decide whether the day is to be pleasant or disagreeable for her. Every husband makes his start for If he gets beyond the hole in the toe of his right sock, the collar-button rolled under the dresstr the night before, the ravelinga which suddenly show up on his culls and the absence of his favorite hair-brush from its usual location, he will be quite likely to living, and when asked to order a barrel of flour or some more coal he may possibly repress his desire to observe that waste and extravagance seem to be the ruling spirit of that house. When Mr. Bowser came down to break- fast the other morning Mrs. Bowser looked sharply at him to get her one. She was puzzled. He was in Mr. Bowser’s chair, he wore Mr. Bowser’s clothes, but was be Mr. Bowser 1 He had dressed himself without once yelling over the banister to though she had listened abarply she had not heard any chairs upset or any doors banged about. He might be in fora wrestl. ing match with the grip, and her heart fluttered as she queried : ” Mr. Bowser, aren't youâ€"yon feeling well this morning?" “ Tip-top, my dearâ€"tip-top,’.’ he kindly replied as he looked up with a smile. “But hasâ€"has anything unusual happen- ifsd !"she persisted as she poured the cof- ee. - “ Nothing, dear. Everything is all right and going along as slick as grease. How are you feeling this morning? I do hope you won’t get:- down again. You don’t know how I miss you when you’re ill; seems as if we were all packed up to move. Please l‘e very careful of yourself l” Mrs. Bowser got the codee poured out, but it was all she could do, and she dared not trust her voice to reply.” “ Elegant coliee, this,â€"pérfectly ele- gant,” said Mr. Bowser as he sipped it. “By the way, I was speaking to you about my shirts the other day. I find they are all rightâ€"fit. me to s. '1, and collars never set so well. I've had less trouble with shirts, collars and socks in the last three months than any other man in this town,, and you deserve credit. for it.” Mrs. Bowser stared at him in open- mouthed amazement, and said to herself that. he couldn’t possibly live *the day through. “ Didn’t you say something to me the other day about wanting some money?” asked Mr. Bowsor as he got away with a couple of flannel cakes, without any wool in them. “ Yâ€"yes,” she stammered. you I needed a new dress.” “ Yes, I have no doubt about it, and how about a hat ?” “ I really need one, but I was thinking ) “I told I might, possibly make the old one do.’ “ You won’t have to,” be said as he felt fer his wallet. “ Here's $50, and if that doesn’t fit you out call on me for more." Mrs. Bowser wanted to weep, but she didn’t. dare to. There was a blurr before her eves as she looked around the room, and the sideboard and buffet seemed to be taking a waltz together. She even dodged a little, as if expecting the ceiling to fell upon her head. “ Well," said} Mr. Bowser as he finally shoved back from the table, “ that’s the best breakfast I’ve had in a year. If every husband in this world had as good a Wife to oversee his home as I have life would be one long, happy day. 1 see you have cut the gassbill down a dollar over last month, and I never saw coal last as it has of late. 1 want you to know that I appreciate those things. What’s the matter, dear '2” “ Iâ€"I’ve got. a wretched headache 1” she whispered in reply. It was a fib, but the recording angel never even dipped her pen in the ink. “Too bad, pussâ€"too bad i" he soothingly said as be chucked her under the chin and gave her a kiss. "Well, tra~la until lunch time. Hope you’ll feel better then.” The minute the front door closed on him Mrs Bowser tumbled on the lounge and gave way to her feelings. The cook heard her and came in and gazed down upon her and exclaimed : “Well, if I had a husband who’d give me a blast before leaving the house I’d have a divorce in six weeks ! Why don’t. you get up and assert your rights and make him knuckle 2” "Mr. Bow-wow-woser is the best husband on earthâ€"the very best i” sobbed Mrs. Bonner. “Rats ! I'd break every bonein his body if he belonged tome; l’ve heard him take on and scold and jaw and kick over chairs and throw towels around because one of his suspenders busted on him, or he fell down a mile from home and knocked a heel off his shoe. Some folks think the cook has her ears in the oven all the time, but don’t. you believe it. Take my advice and spunk right up.” Mrs. Bowser didn’t try to explain any farther. She just continued the weeping business until she got ready to stop, and then she got up and went around feeling so good that a tramp who came to the door was given Mr. Bowser’s second-best shoes and a quarter in cash. At. noon, when Mr. Bowser came up to lunch, the “ fit.” was still on. He actually kicked up his heels and acted giddy as he entered the hall. Mrs. Bowser met. him with a sweet smile, though having an eye open for squalls, and he put his arm around her and tried to waltz. During lunch he got off half a dozen good jokes, praised the eatables and the way the table was spread, and capped the climax by saying : ” I have tickets for the theater tonight, and you be all ready, and We’ll have a gay old time. What is it, sis ?" it was that same flb again, and the re- cording angel passed it by as before and never heaved a sigh. Mr. Bowssr was cod at supper time. His "streak" lasted al the evening. He never made a kick at the theater-nor about having his feet walked I“ in the crowded car. He smiled all the substantiate this story in every particular. lady. ask if that house was run on a system or _ just slipped along 'Hotrentot. fashion, which the latter agrees to deliver to the way home and and Mrs. Boner went to bed utterly con- science and... to think um she had held Mr. Bowser up tothe public for dance long years in a false light. Evon his snares had a beautiful cadence as they floated out over the foot-board and knocked the splinters off the darkness. She was dreaming of pansies, lilies, angels and all that when sleep overtook her. When she awoke it was daylight, and Mr. Bowser sat on the rail of the bed with a sock in one hand and his shirt in the other and was saying . “Look-a-here, Mrs. Bowser, if there’s a worsemun house in this town,ora wife who seems to care less for her husband’s comfort, I’ll give a bar’l of gum to find ’em l Look at that sock l Look at. that shirt l If things don’t change pretty soon I’m going to know the reason why l’” Poor Mrs. Bowser l The “fit” had come and the "fit" had gone. -â€"-â€"â€"..â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" BIG DIAMOND DEAL. A Lend on Syndicate Secures the Pro- duct of the South African Fields. A $90,000,000 diamond deal has just been consummated in London. The rich London diamond syndicate, composed of Charles Abrahams, Werner, Bert & 00., Joseph Brothers and J. Baranato, has made a contract with the Do Beers-Kim- berley syndicate, of South Africa, by London syndicate its entire output of rough diamonds until July, 1897. For this con- cession the London syndicate pays to the De Beers~Kimbsrley syndicate an advance of ten per cent. over» the price now existing. This means that as the annual output- of the mines controlled by the South African corporation amounts to $20,000,000, the De Beers-Kimberley syndicate will make $2,000,000 clear profit over the profit it would make under present conditions. Just what the ordinary revsnue of this colossal syndicate is, not to speak of this extra $2,000,000, will be made plain by figures given below. DIAMONDS WILL COME HIGH. The immediate result of this deal will be, to send the cost of diamonds upward gradually, but with certainty. With the exception of a few independent mines in South Africa, the De Beers-Kimberley syndicate controls the world’s supply of diamonds. Its former contract with the London syndicate still has a year to run, so that the contract just made covers the time from July, 1896, to July, 1897. Here is the showing made by the diamond monarchs who own the De Beers company. The report; is for the last fiscal year up to the present month. The revenue of the De Beers company alone for that period has been $16,020,000. The expenditures were $6,265,000, leaving a gross profit of $9,750,000. DIAMONDS 1N GOLD QUARTZ. To the utter surprise of old apd experiâ€" enced minere,diamonds;have been discover- ed among the gold quartz in several of the Transvaal gold mines. This circumstance is regarded as peculiar. Seldom have this gem and precious metal been found in such close proximity. When the miners at Klers- dorp discovered that their heavy stamps were pulverizing large diamonds with the gold quartz consternation ensued and an instant order was issued all along the line to be on the sharp watch for diamonds. Some that were found proved to be of the Very first water and were styled by experts as peculiarly unique. At Johannisburg some fine diamonds have been found mixed with the gold quartz. NANA SAHIB‘S FATE. Capt. Brown Says He Killed and Buried the Indian Mutlneer. All historians leave in doubt the fate of Nana Sahib, the leader of the Indian mutiny, who was never seen after the bat- tle of Jungeypoor. Now Capt. William Brown, an eat-British officer in the Indian service, and a resident of San Francisco,has given what he says are the missing facts. His story is as follows :â€" Brown had an adventurous youth,ooming from England to California in pioneer days, and then going to India, where he learned the language. He was an able navigator and had training in the British navy, so when the mutiny broke out. he received command of a gunboat, and soon afterward was made Commodore of the Ganges fleet, with the gunboat Benares as his ship. While in this vessel he had an offer of a large sum from Nana Sahib to desert the mutineers. The offer Was brought by an Indian princess, with whom he fell in love. He refused to desert, but he promised Nana Sahib to burn his body and bury the ashes in case the matinee-rs should be killed. Soon after the Benares was attacked at night by a large force of Sepoys, led by a man of greatconrage. They almost captured the vessel, but finally were beaten of)". Brown shot. their leader, whom he could not recognize. Going to his cabin he was astonished to find there Nana Sahib,dying in the arms of Some, his favorite wife. Nana told him he was the leader, and re- minded him of his promise to give him funeral honors. In an hour Nana died. The gunboat steamed out into the river, and when night fell the body of Nana was taken in a small boat. to the shore. With Brown were his servant and Soma. Two long iron stakes were driven deep into the ground, and the wood was piled high. The body was laid on the pile and was attached to the stakes by a strong wire. Then the match was applied. Brown and alterhegestbevq' 9 --â€"_â€".â€".._i..â€".~. .aag..- a.“ W Effects of Exposure. It bu dives: been remarked how difl'or- ently the same amount of exposure efeots differentpersous, If, for example, hall‘s- doun men are shipwrecked, one of them may be seized afterward with an attack of rheumatism, another may and“ from pneumonia, another from simple “eaten-hf and so on : while one, perhaps, will escape with no inconvenience. The explanation is to be found in th, tendency of each individual to suffer fronis special class of diseases, and on inquiry it will be found that the persons in question have sud‘ered from previous attacks of a similar nature. Weakness of special organs or parts of the body may have its origin in direct exposure of such organs to attacks of disease, to occupation or habits of life, or it may he heredity. Exposure may thus bring to the surface a trouble already existing, or it may be provocatiie of some disorder in one whose previous existence has never been interrupt- ed by illness of any sort. The effects of exposure to the elements may be minimized, if not averted altogether, by accustoming oue’s self to exercise in all conditions of weather, by which means the organs themselves are strengthened. This good result is net to be accomplished by any system of “hardening” which includes an insufficient amount of suitable clothing. It is rather gained by habitual and system- atic habits of exercise performed daily in the open air. The organs of. excretion, for example, may be habitually overtaxed until, on the occasion of a prolonged chilling of the bodily surface, which prevents activity of the skin, the functions of the kidneys may be so severely taxed that congestion or inflammation ensues. A Weakness may then become established, and so each succeeding exposure or provocation will meet with less resistenee on the part. of the organ originally affected. Heredity plays an important part in the tendency of the individual to suffer from certain diseases. Milk as a Diet. A medical man expresses the belief that a person could live for any length of time and take heavy exercise all the while on no other food than sweet milk. His conviction is the result of persOnal experiment. He wanted to establish the fact thatpersons con. valescing from sickness may grow strong- er with no other nutriment than sweet milk, and that they are obliged to take “something solid” to eat,as so many people imagine. He holds that many a convales- cent. has gone into his grave as a result of overtaxing his Weak stomach by putting “solid” food into it; and he maintains that the old belief as to bread being the first es- sential of human lifois shown by his experi- ments to he erroneous. His test was to live for thirty days with only sweet. milk as a nourishment. In the whole time he lost five and a half pounds in weight, but. no strength. He even attributes the loss of weight to the warmth of the weather and to excessive exercise on the bicycle and the daily manipulation of Ill-pound dumb bells and other heavy Weights. He took more exercise than usual in order to test the thing fairly. 0n the seventh day of the experiment he ran seVeral foot. races with a skillful runner and was beaten in each race. On the thirtieth day he again pitted himself against the same runner and did the best of the racing, which certainly would tend to confirm his statement. that he lost no strengeh during the thirty days' test. He drank four pints of milk daily for the last week. He thinks a healthy person should take about five pints of milk daily when no other food is being taken. His practice was to drink milk at intervals of two hours during the day, commencing at 7 o’clock in the morning and continuing until 10 at night. After that he would take no more until next morning. How Disease is Carried. A physician in a country village has lately given to his medical brethren some additional instances of the ways in which contagious are spread that should make us all thoughtful. The only case of scarlet fever evor lost by this doctor was one in which the disease was communicated by a letter written by a motherlin whose family there were two cases of the fever) to a friend a hundred miles away. The envelope of the better was given to a child as - plaything. , Another severe case of the fever was con- tracted by a little girl from two playmates who had what the doctor called “ scarlet. rash," and still another was carried to a family by a carpenter, who lived eight. miles away, whose little children were ailii; r with scarlatina, a disease that the “ attending physician informed the father was not nearly as catching as scarlet fever.” The Precious Baby. Do not keep your children too closely housed ; the baby should be taken out for an airing every pleasant day in summer, from the time he is a month old, and be sure also that. his eyes are protected from a bright light. If a baby is perfectly healthy, he will sleep from 16 to2l hours out of the ‘24, awaking Only for his meals, which should be given at regular intervals say two hours apart. Do not give the baby sweet mix- force that help to produce stomach irrita- tion and indigestion ; his chances for good health will be much better if he doesn’t his servant had turned away from the pyre mgke their acquaintance, when they heard a scream. They turned and saw Soma disappear in the flames. A little before dawn Brown carefully athertd the ashes in a box and returned to is ship. The next afternoon about sunset the Ben- ares anchored in eleven fathoms at the junction of the Gauges and Gogra rivers. â€"__â€".â€"‘â€"â€"-â€"â€" A Small Demand. Ladyâ€"If I were a big healthy man like on, I’d be ashamed to beg ! Why don't gen go to work 2 Weary Wagglesâ€"I would work, lady, The exact. spot was carefully noted by the but I can't get anything to do at my cross bearings of three temples. As soon as trade. it became dark Brown lowered the box with the ashes into the river. Browu has documents which, he says, Ladyâ€"Well, that. is hard, poor fellow i What is your trade 2 Weary Wagglesâ€"l’m a bank president,