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. • • «»S8 t last worda. think jron, wou.d thejflAj? rour face*' • «&m£°3!§S!FHL And tain the hoi tears on your i y ,„ l|<sr It li not deattl «ttn> to know v * • ^Tbathowc'er bamy. St£l apart Oar pathways load na. while tbe old, . tttraif love still yearns within the hearty "iAni when tht* body's laid away, |r I'd itT»yon my low earth-bed make All freak with grass and sweet with flowers. And sacred for the old times's sake. <®ot titan, met friends, look up and on! 'Let iunshine all the clouds burst through; lind do not, for my sake, forget the living you should dot . HLet not the shadow of mv loss >f0 Darken the path the living tread; f-" Sut let the memories of my past Btill (theer and he p though lam deiiS. 'These ears can hear your words no more. " ^However fondly you may speak; Por my sake. then, with words of lov^.... ,-V: The living cheer and help the weak|p r;V£' **My heart, now still, no lonjrer achesfc>!> », But weary i hoy Binds watch and w«w^* JEhroujfh dreary nights and hopeless days: He p them before their sad hearts break! •"•Your willing hands for me have wrougfrf; > But now 1 need your he!p no more, *he eerv.ee you would render me ' Give those who 6uffer at your door. >• Sfc;; •Cherish my memory in your heart! But, lestltgrowsaslfish thing, ,||ake channels for a thousau<i strcnuta, * , Of which my love shall be the spriujli : ?8o from the grave I still may speak: Sti I help theporrowing world to bless: Still 1 ve, though dead, and swell the tide _ Of human love and happiness. m- THE PBIHCESS BARNAWS. , The Princess was in a state of the Boost profound perpelxity. She could *•. jkot for the dainty little life of her make tp ber mind on the important qaestion s to whether she should or should not commit suicide at the close of the sea- •oi*."> It was not very easy for the Princess' many admirers to understand "Why she should perturb her mind with •uch a problem at all, but perturb it •he did with that very problem, whether wisely or unwisely. < The Vrincess Barnabas was a very remarkable young woman, who had |>roved the puzzle, the pride, and the tassion of London society for three hole sensational seasons. She was #ot yet four and twenty. She bore the $tle of a great Bussian prince who had jharried her just before she came of age, it a time when he himself was old enough to I e her grandfather, and who 'bad considerately died within two years Of the cereriony, leaving her absolute mistresH of his fortune and his .territo­ ries, as she had been during his life the absolute mistress of his heart for lite short time in which he swayed it. She was said to be fabuously wealthy. -Her jewels were the wonder of the World, and she delighted in wearing them in season and out of season, with 4 semi-barbarie enjoyment of their glit­ ter and Bplendor whiclj was, like every­ thing else about her, partly Oriental and partly childish. Some time after ber husband's death she had come to Paris and got tired of it, and then she Crossed the Channel and conquered London. During one Resplendent sea- ion little else was talked about than She Princess Barnabas. Society jour­ nals raved about her delicate beauty, Which seemed to belong to the canvasses 6f the iast century, which ought to have been immortalized on pate tendre, Snd hyinnod in madrigals. Men adored er. Women envied her marvellous dress and matchless jewels. The dying Ashes of a season's scandal flared up fcto marvellous activity around her ®retty personality. She was enormous­ ly "the thing." Enormously "the thing*' •he remained during the second season, •Iter an interval of absolute disappear­ ance into the dominions of the Czar. Enormously "the thing" she still ap- teared to be now in her third season, i spite of the rival attractions of an American actress who had not married . an English Duke, and an American firl with millions who had married the luest blot d and the oldest name in Europe. It would have been absurd for any OBO to contest the point that the Princess Barnabus was the very most interesting figure of that phantas­ mal dance of shadows Which is called London society. : Nevertheless the Princess Barnabas was weary, positively bored. If she bad been less of a success, life might Hot have appeared so desolate. Thtere would have been a piquancy in the possibility of rivalry which would have lent a new interest to the tasteless feast. -As it was, however, London life at the height of its maddest activity appeared to her as drear and gray as those vast Stretches of steppes which lay like a great sea around one of the Bussian •astles of the late Prince Barnabas. It Was during this tit of depression when the Princess Barnabas was graciously pleased to agree with the author of "Ecclesiastes," that life was vanity, that it occurred to • her that in a'l her strange experi­ ences she bad never .vet committed suicide. She immediately gave up her mind to the important problem, wheth­ er she should gain this ultimate human experience at once or postpone it inde- "finitely. It was in this frame of mind that the Princess went to the great ball at the fiussian Embassy. As she nestled tmon? her furs in tho dim, luxurious Warmth of her carriage, ber mind was running entirely upon the various forms of self-destruction which had l>een made ; famous by celebrated persons at differ­ ent stages Oi the world's history, and •he could find none that were suffi­ ciently attractive or remarkable to Slease her. "Good heavens!" she lougltt to herself, with a little shudder Which even the warmth of her sur­ roundings could not repress, "is it lm- ' possible to be banale even in that?" •nd she gave a little groan as she step* Eed out of her carriage and^up the em? assy steps. The thought was still on 'ier mind and tracing the least sugges­ tion of a frown upon her exquisite girl­ ish face as she entered the great room •nd took *he hand of the ambassadress. • The thrill of interest, of excitement, of admiration, which as a matter of course attended upon her entrance, did not give her any answering thrill of gratifi­ cation. She appeared to listen with the most gracious attention to the com­ pliments of the embassador. She an­ swered with the daintiest little air of infantile obeisance the Old World eourtesy of a white-haired Minister who would have been as much at home as •he herself m a saloon of the Begent of Orleans. Sh^condescended to entangle to a net worK of fascination a particu­ larly obdurate and impassive Secretary Of State. She patronized a prince of the blood royal and was exceedingly Crank and friendly with the young jpainter Lepell, who knew exactly how much her familiarity meant, but was at once amused and delighted by the envy it aroused in others. Yet all the while Hie Princess Barnabas was not devot- ing a single serious thought to one of ber admirers. Every idea in that vain •nd foolish head vis oentred upon one ... £<MuaiS; . eo, how'?'* IVwi* wbtte in this frame of mind, talking to twenty people and thinking of ndae of them, that her bright eyes, wandering lightly over the crowded room, chanced to fall upon a young man who was standing somewhat re­ moved from the press of the throng, in a window recess, which was at least comparatively quiet--a tall, grave, seif- posBessed young man, sufficiently good- looking to be called handsome by an enthusiastic friend. When the Prin­ cess Barnabas looked at him, his eyes, which were bright, clever eyes, were fixed on her with a look of half humor­ ous contemplation. The moment, how­ ever, tli£ir eyes met he turned his head slightly, and resumed a conversation with a gray-haired old man with a red ribbon at his button-hole whom she knew to bo a foreign diplomatist. The young man's ga e had expressed an in­ terest in the Princess, but it seemed to be just as interested in the pale, wrin­ kled face of his companion. The Prin­ cess Barnabas seemed piqued. "Who is that young man ?" she asked, half fretfully, of the Secretary of State. •'Whichyoung man?" The Secreta­ ry of State's stolid face gazed vaguely into the dense crowd of dress coats and white shoulders, of orders and stars and diamonds. "The young man in the window talk­ ing to the gray-haired man?" The Secretary put up his eye-glass and considered the young man in ques­ tion thoughtfully. He was never known to hurry in his judg­ ments or his replies ixf Parliament, and he did not hurry now, though it was the Princess Barnabas who was interrogat­ ing him, and not a member of the Op­ position. Then he answered her.weigh- ing his words with more than judicial deliberation: "He is a young fellow named Sinclair. He is going out to the East, or something. Why do you ask?" "His face interests me," replied the Princess. "I should like to know him. Bring him to me; or stay; give me your arm, we will go to him." She rose and dispersed her little knot of disconsolate courtiers. Taking the Secretary's arm, she moved slowly toward the window where Sinclair was standing. The Secretary touched him on the arm. "Mr. Sinclair, the Prin­ cess Barnabas has expressed a desire to make your acquaintance. Allow me, Princess, to introduce yon to Mr. Ju­ lian Sinclair.'* The young man bowed. He seemed a little surprised, but not in the least em­ barrassed. The Princess smiled bright­ ly at him and her eyes were brighter than her smile. "Thank you, she said to the Secretary of State with a pleasant little smile which was meant to convey, and which did convey, that she had had enough of him. He promptly disap­ peared in the crowd with resigned good humor, bearing awav with him in his wake the elderly red-ribboned diplo matist. Princess Barnabas and Julian Sin­ clair were left alone. She sat down on the couch in the recess of the window, aud slightly motioned to lvim with her hand to take his place by her side. He obeyed silently. The recess of the win­ dow was deep. For the moment they were almost entirely isolated from the shifting, glittering throng that seethed and driited around them. Sinclair kept quite silent, looking into the face of the Princess with an air of half- amused inquiry. There were a few seconds of silenoe, and then the woman spoke, beginning, womanlike, with a question. "Have you forgotten me, Mr. Sin­ clair?" The young man shook his head gravely. "No, I have not forgotten you, Prin- cesfi." Her eyeg were fixed tn bis face, but he returned her gaze quite steadily. "Yet it must be two years since we met," she replied; "and two years is a long time." "Yes, two years is a very long time," he said, half-softly, half-scot nfully, He was decidedly not communicative, this young man, for even the pleasure of meeting a friend, unseen for two years, did not appcat' to arouse in him any desire for conversation. There was . another little pause. Neither seemed embarrassed, and yet the interval was long enough to bg em­ barrassing. Then she spoke again. "Why did you leave St. Petersburg? Where have you been all this time?" He answered the second part of her question: "I have been in Constanti­ nople most of the time. I only re­ turned to London a few days ago, and I am going away almost immediately to the East again, to Persia this time." "For how long?" There was a faint tone of weariness in his reply, though he strove to make 'his voice purposely steady. "Oh! for­ ever, I suppose; or, at least, until I am an old man, and of no further use. Then perhaps 1 may come back on a pension, and write dreary letters to the Times about the errors of my suc­ cessors." And he laughed to prevent himself from sighing. "You have not answered all my question," said the Princess. Why did you leave St. Petersburg so suddenly ? We were such very good friends, and I assure you I quite missed you." Sinclair got up and looked down in­ to her laughing eyes. "I left St Petersburg," he said, "because 1 was afraid to'stay." Her (gres were laughing stili, but there wai an unwonted softness in her voice as she asked him, "Why were you afraid to stay ? Surely you wese not a Nihilist?" He began to speak, and paused; then with a deter milted effort to keep his voice under contol, he said: "1 left St. Petersburg because I was fool enough to fall in love with you?" "Thank you for the compliment. Was that so very foclish?" "Not for others, perhaps. For me folly, and worse than folly--madness. I never thought I should see von again; 1 did not dream tnat we should meet to-night. But since chance has thrown us together for the last time, as I leave England in a few days for the rest of my life, I may as well tell you, for the first and for the last time, that I love you." Her eyes were laughing still; those wonderful gray-blue northern eyes, which so many capitals raved about; but her lips were firmly, almost stern­ ly, set. Still she said nothing, and he went on: "I knew it was folly when I first found that I loved you over there, in St Petersburg. I was a poor En­ glish gentleman, and you were the Princess Barnabas. I might have as well fallen in love with a star. So I came away." Ho said the words simply, but with quiet conviction, and held out his hand. "Good-bye, Princess, and forgive my folly." She rose and faced him. Anyone of the hundreds in the great room beyond who chanced to look at the couple half hidden by the curtains of the deep win­ dow would only have seen a man and a woman talking lightly of light things. „ sot she said. "I never shall forget you,* lie an­ swered sadly. "I cannot love more than once, and I love you with all my souL Do yon remember one day, when we drove together in the Neva Per­ spective, how you stopped to give some money to an old beggar? I envied the beggar for getting a gift from you, and you in jest dropped a coin into my out­ stretched hand." He took out his watch-chain and showed her the tiny gold coin with the Bussian Eagle on it "I have kept it ever since," he said. "It is the only thing I care for in the world. I have lived and ehall live so much in the East that I am somewhat superstitious, and I think it is my talis­ man. Good-bye." He held out his hand again. She took it "Will you come to see me before you leave?" she asked, almost appealingly. He shook his head. "Better not," he said. For a moment she was silent; she seemed to be reflecting. Then she said, with a certain vehemence, ' Prom­ ise me that if I write and ask you to come you will obey me. Promise me that for the sake of our old friend- 8TP' . y He bowed his head. 4 I promise," he said. ' "And now give me your arm and take me to my carriage," said the Princess Barnabas. "I want to go home to bed." * * ' • -* * « The next day Julian heard nothing from the Princess. "Of course not," he said to himself, shrugging his shoul­ ders at the fantastic hopes which had beseiged his brain since that strange meeting, and ho doggedly faced his exile. But on the afternoon of the sec­ ond day after the meeting at the 1 m- l assy, Julian Sinclair, coming to his hotel after a day spent in busy prepar­ ations for departure, fotind a tiny note awaiting him. It was from the Prin­ cess, and had only these words: "Come this evening, I shall be alone." And he went. * * * * * This was part of a conversation which Princess Barnabas chanced to over­ hear at a reception at the Foreign Of­ fice on the eve of her departure for the East. The speakers were Sir Harry Kingscourt and Ferdinand Lepell. Said the painter: "Have you heard the news about the Princess Barnabas ? She is going to marry a fellow named Sinclair, and is going to live in the East--Persia, or s, me place of the kind. The fellow hasn't a penny in the world and won't have from her, for I believe that by her husband's will sho loses almost all her fortune if she mar­ ries below her own rank." "How very romantic," yawned Kingscourt "Bo- mantic," replied Lepell; "it is absurd- Have yon not heard?--the woman.hasj committed suicide." And the speaker moved away. "Suicide," said the Princess to her­ self, smiling. "No, no; Iwas going to commit suicide once, but I have learnt what life is worth, and i have changed my mind." Kangnroo-Hnntlng In Australia. Kangarooing is the most interesting sport in Australia, and is one of the most exoiting in the world. Large meets ate organized, parties of from twenty to thirty joining in these hunts. They ride to the kangaroo grounds, an I as soon as one is sighted the two dogs are released and the horses are given their heads. If the Australian horse is well up to his business, and il yon let him take you instead of you trying to take him, he will carry you safely, avoiding the trees and underbrush. A good, strong kan­ garoo will give yon a long chase, and very often the dogs cannot follow him. In this case, when the horseman gets up to the kangaroo he takes off his stir­ rup and strap and knocks the animal over the head, which effectually stuns him. He is then killed and skinned. The hindquarters are given to the dogs. It is good enough eating, but too strong to be palatable to those of delicate taste. The tail, on the contrary, is con­ sidered by epicures to bo delicious when made into soup. The average size of a kangaroo is four and a half feet higli, but the "old man" kangaroo is often six feet high,"^tfid is very fierce when cornered, aud is known to have ripped men open with a single blow from one of his hind legs.--San Fran­ cisco Post. Why Boilers Explode. Many rather mysterious boiler ex­ plosions having been attributed to the sudden and explosively violent flashing into steam of superheated water, the French Academy of Seiences appointed a committee, a year or more ago, to in­ vestigate the subject That committee has since made many careful experi­ ments, using pure and impure water, water whioh had been long stagnant,and water from which the air had been driven by long boiling, and generating steam by rap.d and by slow firing. As a result the conclusion ha? been reached that if any boiler explosion has occmred through superheating it must have been through the concurrence of ex­ ceptional circumstances, which are neither defined, known nor suspected. The experiments have shown conclu­ sively that, however unaccountablc ex­ plosions sometimes appear, the real eau«e must be looked for in the simple loading of the boilers with steam pres­ sures beyond their strength. Charles Francis Adonis' Wit. Did you ever hear that Charles Fran­ cis Adams was a wit? Well, when tte went as Minister to lingland, and a din­ ner was given to him by the Premier, one of the speech-makers, alluding to various classes in Europe, said: "Our distinguished guest will tell us that all men are created equal--I suppose?" turning with the bantering que-rtion to Mr. Adams. "Yes," said the latter promptly. "All men created equal?" repepted the orator, incredulously. "Yes, created equal," explained Mr. Adams; "but shortly after that the fun begins!"--New York U'urlt. The Fear He Entertained. And old Chelsea prisoner, seated on the embankment, was lumenting the death of a comrade. "Poor old chap! How shall I get on without him?" "Were you very much attached to him, then ?" inquired a bystander. " 'Twasn't altogether that, sir," re­ plied tho veteran ; "but, you see. he'd lost his left leg and I've lost my right. We shared a pair of boots between us, and it's ten to one whe her there's an­ other in the hospital whose feet are so exactly the same size as mine."--Edin­ burgh Scotsman. ' Texas Society. "And old Judge Smith?" inquired the visitor of the Texas man. "He occupies a pominent place among our best people," replied the Texan. "Isn't he in the grave-yard yet ?" "Yes, that's were moat of our best people are."--Puck, Extraordinary Festi of gkUl, Strwngtli, MKt Knduranee--How Tii«y Lim. The weaker sex f Yes, as a rule, but when they get up their muscle and on their muscle one of Eve's daughters is more than a match for the ordinary man--dude. Any one who has watched the performance of«a professional female athlete must marvel at the strength, skill, and endurance that a woman is capable of. There are oat both sides of the Atlantic over one thousand women who earn their living as gymnasts, and of these nearly three hundred are found in America. The number is large, but so is the country over which the performers are scattered, and, therefore, the New-Yorker should not be astonished and cry, "Where are they all?" Only at one'or two variety theaters in the city are they to be seen, and at a big circus, such as Barnum's, which occasionally visits the town. California and the Western cities are their happy hunting grunds. These athletic ladies will tell you that the Westerner is the most ardent admirer of muscle and nerve, especially when displayed by the "softer sex." "It is a mistake to suppose," said Mr. Todey Hamilton, long connected with Barnum's show, "that the way of the female gymnast is hard, that girls only are in the profession, and that they soon wear out, like the pugilist, or that they don't like the, business. Ask them.* If the reporter had been a bachelor or a young man he might have been afraid of interviewing muscular ladies. But he was neither single nor young. Therefore he asked questions with great hardihood. Contrary to what might be supposed, these ladies have no special dietary for keeping up their muscle. They eat when they feel like it; eat heartily, too, and of anything that comes in the way. Ice-cream, beefsteaks, apples and oranges, pota­ toes in any style, oysters in every style, peanuts and fish they can and do relish just before or imnediatoly after their "work," as they call their performance. And liquor? Oh! no, thank you, sir; we have to keep a level head for our business, and we know full well that a "swelled" head with gentlemen is the result of drinking wine, spirits, or beer. Mile. Zoo is a trim-built young wom­ an, weighing 145 pounds, and, like all her sisters, possesses the bright eyes and springy step indicative of health. She has been eleven years in the pro­ fession, first as a trapeze performer, and now as an artist on the "mid-air rings." A few years ago she met with an accident in a Western town, and fractured her right knee through a fall from the trapeze. Since then she has confined herself to the "mid-air rings," requiring the use of the arms princi­ pally. Next to what she calls the "shoulder-dislocation trick"--that is, turning a double somersault while holding the rings--her most difficult j feat is swinging by the teeth. And yet she has not, so far, had occasion for a dentist's services. "But don't you feel timorous before performing these feats, and utter a prayer for safety?" asked the reporter. "Oh, I never have any fear," said Mile. Zoe; "I say my prayers both morning and night." "And trust in the strength of yonr arm ?" "And the strength of the rope," she answered, "which sometimes fails. My first accident was when I was fifteen years old, when the rope parted and I fell on some chairs, breaking two ribs. My corset did not save me." "And do you ladies wear corsets while performing?" asked the reporter. "Oh, yes; we would not look a good figure without." Everv female gymnast, by the way, is careful of her appearance. They all hate matinees, because in the daylight, they say, they cannot look as well as by an artificial light. Mile. Zoe, is a native of Binghamton, N. Y., and be­ gan her exercises when she was a school-girl. She had a "vaulting am­ bition," and could take a fence better than many a school-boy. The remuneration these performers receive varies from $50 to $200 a week. --JSrew York Ileraid. Dr. Alexander B. Mott said it his residence. No. 62 Madison avenne^ that pneumonia prevailed-to a startling ex­ tent in New York, and that it comprised a large percentage of the total sickness in tho city, "How do you define pneumonia?" he wfcs asked. "It is nothing more than old-fash­ ioned inflammation of the lungs," said he. "Pneumonia is simply the techni­ cal to ni for inflammation of the lungs, and the idea that it is anything more than that is a mistaken one." "How are the sufferers affected?" "Differently. Persons in some in­ stances do not know they have it until it is far advanced--until a great deal of congestion is produced. As a general rule it conies on with a chill. Then fe­ ver, of course, follows. When inflamed the air cells do not Set and the lungs become useless. Pains in the chest, or they may be in the back or side, are Often attributed to neuralgia or rheu­ matism when they turn out to proceed from pneumonia." "Are both lungs always affected?" "No. The inflammation may be in only one lung, or in one part--the up­ per, middle, or lower lobe--of one lung." "What are the best measures to adopt to avoid pneumonia ?" "The best precaution is to avoid sud­ den changes of temperature and to see that the body is properly clothed. A person should keep out of drafts and damp, cold places. Damp ground should be avoided. There is great danger in going to funerals and remain­ ing on damp, newly tnrown-up earth. Clear, cold weather, if the body is prop­ erly clad, will not baing on pneumonia, but sudden changes will." "In case of pneumonia, what ought to be done?" "A good, old-fashioned practitioner should be sent for. No new-fangled notions should be tried. Treat the pa­ tient in the old way, and he will get well, in most cases, at least. The old- fashioned treatment is active treatment. The things to do are to stop the inflam­ mation and relieve the fever and arrest the progress of the disease. There should be no delay. Not only is pneu­ monia prevalent in New York, but it is fatal to a great extent Why that is so issomething of a mystery to me. I think the majority of the cases ought to recover. If a physician is called in the early stages there is every reason to be­ lieve that the inflammation can be ar­ rested. If the case is allowed to go on the lungs will get into a state of solidi­ fication--not total, but semi-solidifica­ tion. Imperfect drainage has nothing to do with pneumonia. That is a pop­ ular delusion that prevails to some ex­ tent" "Are stout persons more subject to pneumonia than thin persons?" "No. That is another popular delu­ sion. It makes no difierence whether a person is stout or thin. I presume it is a fact that more stout persons have pneumonia than thin ones. Stout per­ sons as a rule do not feel the cold as much as thin onfB, and they are more liable to expose themselves without sufficient protection. That is the ex­ planation. The thin man gets cold quickest, and goes for an extra coat. People should be careful about drafts after getting into a perspiration."-- New York World. as a Fighting Powffe asima, the Superintendent of those Japanese officers who are pursu­ ing their military studies in Europe, has supplied a correspondent with some account of his country's position as a fighting power. The standing army of the empire consists of 40,000 men," the reserve 80,000, and the landwehr, or territorial reserve, of 150,000. All these troops are dressed and equipped in European fashion, and they are at present partly armed with Bemingtons and partly with Sniders. A new rifle, however, the invention of a Japanese colonel, will shortly be ready for issue. It combines the merits of the Gras, the Chassepot, and the Mauser systems, and the English officers who have test­ ed it speak highly both of its principle j Um^ when "the E-knFves and of its workmanship. In Japan ser­ vice is obligatory, the conscript, after remaining three years wiAh the colors, passing into the reserves. Even after his discharge from the landwehr he forms one, provided that he be less than 45 years of age, of a kind of na­ tional guard that can be called out for purposes of home defense. Certain classes are by law exempted from active service abroad, but every Japanese, without exception, has to learn the use Of arms as the price of his citizenship. --London Neu s. A TrnnquH Swvoui Syntam Ca& Mnr be poMM<-«d by those whose tire ud assimilative organs are in a state of chronic disorder. Weak stomachs make weak nerves. To restore vlttor and quietude to the latter, the tirst must be invigorated and regu­ lated. The ordinary sedatives mar tranquillze tho nerves for a while, but they can never, like Hon tetter's Stomach Bitters, remove the can KM of nervous debility. That superb invlgorant and corrective of disordered conditions of the alimentary organs has also the effect of Im­ parting tone to the nerves. The delicate tissues of which they are constituted, when weakened In consequence of impoverishment ot the blood, resultinff from imperfect digestion and assimila­ tion, draw strength from the fund of vitality developed in the system by tile Bitters, winch imparts the required impetus to the nutritive functions of the s to mack, enriches the circula­ tion. and gives tone and regularity to the secre­ tive and evacua tive organs. Prehistoric Dogs. In the Danish "kitchen-middens," or heaps of household refuse, piled up by the men of the newer stoue period--a time when our Scandinavian forefathers used chipped or polished flints instead of metals for their weapous--are found bone-cnttings belonging to some species of the genus canis. Along with these remains are some of the long bones of birds, all the other bones of the said birds being absent. Now it is known that the bird bones here found ire the very ones which dogs can not devour, while the absent ones are such as they can bolt with ease, and it has been in­ geniously argued from this that the re­ mains in*question did really belong to a domestic dog, and if the animals to which they appertained had been wolves, they would have made short work of the long bones as well as of the others. Other dog bones are found in Denmark in later periods. At the A Tight ftfqneett. The gentleman who contracted with the Post to furnish humorous items at $5 a column soon found that his work was squeezed down so much that the life was squeezed out of him. He couldn't squeeze a living out of the work. The following explains itself. It has not yet appeared in the Post : "I don't see how the printers man­ aged to pack your matter so tight, Mr. Sjjjieedv," said the editor of the Post. "itydraulic pressure, I suppose," sighed that melancholy humorist. "We had to cut your jokes a good deal, too," remarked the editor. "They fill less spoee that way," sobbed the humorist. "Brevity is the soul of wit," smiled the editor. "Certainly, "said the humorist. "Jokes oost $5 column." "Of course you can see our reasons for altering them," urged the editor. "Perfectly," said the humorist, "you wanted to take the point off them.** FAKIB--Don't yer vant to buy some- Dude -- No, I've got everything I need. Fakir--Don't yer vant to puy a fine razor ? ' Dude--I never shave myself. Fakir--Put maybe you vants to com­ mit suicide some of dose days. --Texas lifting*. ceeded by bronze, a large dog existed, and at the time when iron was used, one larger still. In Switzerland, during the newer stone period, a dog existed, which is probably the oldest of which we have any record. It "partook of the character of our hounds and setters or spaniels," and, in the matter qf its skull, "was about equally remote from the wolf and jackal." This dog, too, like its Danish contemporary, was suc­ ceeded in the bronze i»eriod by a larger variety. Thus we see that at a time when our ancestors were living "in dens and caves of the earth" in a state of civilization about equal to that of the African or Australian aborigines of the present day, the dog, was already systematically kept and "selected," that is, any good varieties which appeared were taken note of and kept up.-- Cassell's National History. THE boy's description of having a tooth pulled was the best example of boiled-down vividness ever given: " Just before it killed me the tooth came out" Nothing in language could express the idea better. . • * * RUPTURE radically cured, also pile tumors anH fistulas. Pamphlet of par­ ticulars, two letter stamps. World's Dispen­ sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. A LKADINO question--dispute A* who goes first. ' Important. 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