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IHRK*. . ^ (that gnat dnatf at « enlimaai with spfteraad ntaMsh, the joy of the chii- tU garret In Grandmother's ilame *i»3 backles*. and book* ; agrwat spinning wheel, •mailer tJiAt went- b* • ttarda, tad a queer little reel. bnnbhfes' at oSonhu herbs on the jtter than4lcug Steffi,* Grandmother »trusted of mint WSd oatnip, •gent in the gutrvt some lo»gr»iny ii'pH) steop itairs with. onr clatter and f i aotto^'a chiding fap after ns , be qmre and not jtli - Into mis> you do, pifcy, <So^> tonulge tho bow oould.we help it whenthey were stand- st ponging ior eome one- to give them a f • * - . W* pity We patted them lightly A^l |M tkm Mwing iu the old dizsy whlrL W*a a cradle, the quaintest of cra- ttfMrt o'er tke heed and with red-painted mS3f\tear babies bad slept tn Its shelter 4fct«0Md a8 they went on their lullaby rides. HMH Will fortny old chests that were filled to mSSSHk sad relies of years long sinoe la (he garments of obsolete pat- tarns And made the place ring with our chatter and Ste ceet of the pilgrim in search of rare relies '1 tn old moldy ruins or catacombs' gloom Om «MV*t the eager and patient) ransacking Of children let loose in an old attic room.1- WRONG HOUSE. > ttlODL tdoor, HE TELLS *T. Mother and the girls were quite in ec­ stasies over the new house. The ftias- •ooline members of the family were in­ to be dubious as to its advan- The chief objection which we Lto it was that it was one of a row of <*$*> all exactly alike, and it was ex- toemely difficult to be sure of the right A week's practice, however, made «fcat all right; ours was the fourth house ftpitheaouth end of the row; as I •wall ml from the office along the street fijlim itislnlji ninilli iif mi. became gflmrtoiued to taking the exact number «f*tm>e, after turning the corner, which would bring me to the door. . Bttjdes the hour at which I came . » proof-reader on a morning r/and my duties usually kept me if office until after 3 a. m.) made it for me to carry a latchkey. 11 knew that of course our neigh- tMjfesfead exactly the same conveniences Wliehwe enjoyed, and looked for light 4e-windows in the same portion of ex- mmilnr rooms, and experienced Hw annoyance of smoky chimneys when 4ft» wind was in the particular quarter whiob affected ours, I did not dream tfcat the houses were so precisely the l--a tM the key of one would unlock tiie other. We bad lived here about a week when <be uliroet ear line near by began run- esagowl ears. This was a boon for me, « it saved me a walk of some length. 'Cht esr Mae ran within half a square of the house, being on the next street north of n& ' first night that I rode home I rwhenlgot out of the car ly knew what I was doing. » exercise of walking had > wide awake until I got into my X managed to unlock the r, however, and get up-stairs, ; making my movements noiseless, .4pX bMw thai my mother was easily and did not Teadily go to ^iiifeagam. Toe room which I occupied was over mm* j-room, the door being nearly jypwite to the head of the stairg. ^jnaaewhat to my surprise the gas was IMA burning on the landing, the girls •obably forgotten to light it before ; to bed. I groped my way care- and at last reached the room. I entered; it was the hall, pitch dark. I tried to tl»e table, on which there should be nasnp, and my hand came in contact something eke. I drew a match my pooket and struck it. As I it screened by my hand I saw that 'was a strange one. Suddenly, --e---* dark; It ^Easnot that the match »«ad gone out, bat the' brain was nhadnwud; I knew nothing more. SSKtELLSIT. I Wi always rated courageous; I " to laqk that instinctive fear to shrink from dark- - loneliness. My brothers and often declared that ^ "Would 'be frightened; not e\fen, added h f*th a shudder, if a bulglar were a -paasent himself before me andde- valuables. These would not i#any well-regulated burglar, being Mind of little intrinsic value; but I " not like to lose them, and I had i determined to defend mv prop* w Stoutly if threatened, providing, of <P|i(Me» that I had sufficient warning of we Tobber's intentions to enable me to •ntet• • I «awoke one morning at that pro- yteJ darkest hour, just before the ' I had no idea what time it was, e wk°l® house was wrapped in ^silence and darkness; it is from after 4v«nts that I am able to say that it was Jgauly moaning. I had started suddenlv «am sleep, but at first I could not tell •*n»at had aroused me. As I lay listen- Joe some sound to follow that which recalled me from the land of my thoughts turned instinc- ty to our next door neighbors, who bad .been domiciled in the row for about m wfcek. Nobody knew them, although several °Wer residents had spoken of upon them--perhaps; for we Mfced the looks of the ladies and they led inclined to be friendly. The however, seemed to be home all away all night. They were not igmen--one could see that by {•bands, their clothing, their bear- i we were afraid thev were not _ *t they should be. We recalled 4Mltain grewsome stories of eounter- ' 3Fers' and other criminals, '^IM> settie in respectable neighborhoods, «awl only excited suspicion by the un »easonable hours which thev kept. %|B - --that a step up the stairs? I ignore intently, my wandering - recalled from all other sub- sly it was, and that was an- sre was a burglar in the Ikouse. I sprang out*>f bed and en- -vnloped myself in a circular which ihsipeed to be hanging on a chair, as I ttto the rain the pre- ' ® I was to receive a I wis determined that the pro- .should not suffer; I would have my night-dress; went . to. .any other room I rk halls to alarm ti, *aabeless noticeable in idaack wrap than night-gown. 3* ' ' 'A- ' beftM otooe moce, and this time ifpon ttnnfe w restore my wtî tod qpuipge by the pressure of thai' formidable #Dapon iajny hand. It was a plain, heavyj bar n, at whi<4i"ttte' OtlnpH ; often laugbed, declaring thdt it mtfet itrtake melirod to rake the fire. , TI19 kî ob.bf the dbor turned slowly ana cautiouslv, UNd the burglar en/ters the( room. "V^hat would he do next? 'tle^cloifced the door as g^qtly»as he had op<ft»ed it/ and for'a moneUi seemed undecided. Did he have a dark lantern and a pistol ? I could not, iniaginie a burglar without §u<?h a4jw/̂ Jx>th of which were unfamiliar Lobjects Ho tee; add I shivered as I thought of the ad­ vantage which he would nave over me and my poker. . . Evidently the dark-lantern wftr not in working order, however, for be, ^Im­ ply struck a match. Th# fMUe fldme showed me that ouf new'neiglilx)rs irfere not unfounded upon reason--this was one of them. - They Were*' certainl̂ a gang of burglars. He made a step toward the dresser. To reach it he must pass me. He was within reach of my arm. , I raised jny weapon, and, uttering the loudest scream of whioh my lungs were eapable, I struck him on the side of the head. He fell like a log to the floor. Hor­ rors ! I had killed him! My renewed screams had alarmed the house and the others were speedily by Jny side. I had Already lighted the gas land was on my knees beside the man that I had struck, vainly endeavoring to recall life. My assortment of restor­ atives, I was afterward assured, was sufficient to have revived a dozen swoon­ ing men. "What in the world " began my brother as he appeared upon the scene. He was the first to come to the room. "Oh, my burglar's come!" I ex­ claimed, half hysterically, but I've killed him." "Wholly unnecessary severity," re­ marked Tom; "you always overdo the thing. But that man isn't dead." As if to confirm his words, the burg­ lar just then opened his eyes and looked inquiringly around him. He looks daaed," I whispered to Tom. He has occasion to look dazed if you hit him with your beloved poker," re­ joined Tom, pushing me aside and ap­ plying restoratives in his turn; "put it where it belongs, and go get me some brandy or whisky, or something of the kind. We'll have to get this fellow on his feet before we call the police." I--I--was mistaken, sir," said the burglar in a feeble voice, but with a Very decided manner. "I was mistaken in the house. It appears that the same latchkey unlocks both doors, and I got the wrong one." -- Yes, I think you did," rejoined Tom, emphatically, and feyeing him with sus­ picion. The burglar managed to scramble to his feet, although I could see that he was still dizzy from the encounter with my poker. I retired into the closet and held the door shut--that is, very nearly. "I think that you will do me the favor to change your mind about sending for the police," he said, "when I explain I am employed upon a morning paper, and am not through with my work until nearly this hour in the morning. I Usually walk home, but I took advan­ tage of the new owl cars to-night and went to sleep on my way home, hardly waking up when I got out and walked the half block here. I live at 415, and I hope you will accept my explanation and apologies and allow me to go home to bed. I am very sorry I have dis­ turbed the lady and probably fright­ ened her." 4 It seems to me," said Tom, putting out his hand, "that the lady is perfectly well able to take care of herself, and that you ought to know it." The stranger laughed good-naturedly. "She tried to bea£ it into my head, at any rate. But you will convey my apol­ ogies to her?* The two men went down-stairs then and I heard no more. But the blow on our neighbor's head effectually broke tho ice between the two gad we became firm friends. I was married about two years after the episode of the burglar. My husband declares that he is not afraid of the bouse being entered while he is away, for my fame must have gone abroad; while if, under the supposition that my vigilance relaxed when he chanced to be at home, they should come while he its there, he. wonld be sure of being ably defended. - -- P. S.--I married a proof-reader On a morning paper. IPIRA WWUB. What a Baby Can Mothers will be interested'-ia the following list of things a baby can do," says the author of "How to be Happy, though Married," in his new book,"The Five, Talents of Woman," just pub­ lished by the S^ribnevs. "Doubtless every mother could . mapy items to it: " A baby can beat any alarm clock ever invented waking a family up in the morning. "Give it a chance and it can smash more dishes than the most industrious servant-girl in the country. "It can fall down oftener and with less provocation than the most expert tumbler in the circus ring. " It can make more genuine fuss over a simple brass pin than its mother would over a broken back. . "It can choke itself Mack in the face with groater ease than the most ac­ complished wretch that was ever exe­ cuted. "It can keep a,family in a constant turmoil from morning till night and night till morning without onoe varying its tune. "It can be relied upon to sleep peacefully all day when its father is away at business and cry persistently at night when he is particularly sleepy. "It may be the naughtiest, dirtiest, ugliest, mpst fretful b«by in all the world, but you can never make its motherbelieve.it, and you had better not try. "It can be a charming imd model in­ fant when no one is around, but when visitors are present it can exhibit more bad temper than both of its parents to­ gether. "It can brighten up a house better than all the furniture ever made; make sweeter music than the finest orchestra4, organized; fill a larger place in its par­ ent's breast than they knew they had, and when it goes away it can cause a greater vacancy and leave a greater blank than all toe rest of the world put together." ZOLA wears a full pepper and salt beard and mustache, cut very close the same as bis hair, which bristles up as a sort of indication of his combatiyg ttuu* tHealth Monthly ] Now and then pome wonderful thing happens whioh may interest the student of physiology and hygiene and whieh may not belong to the department 01 study. We onee fell in with a remark­ able statement of this kind : A Mbs Margaret Leeds, who was described as a pretty little brunette and a native of the city of Pittsburgh, was marrifed' to Anson F. Clements and removed to Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Ifir- ror is our .authority for saying that the little brunette was before the divorce courts wishing to be absolved from her relation* with the man that she loved eten more than she did on the day she married him. She had been suffering intensely not knowing what to do. But it had repeatedly occurred that she would be awakened in the night to find a person who looked precisely like her husband moving about the room and sometimes shaving himself direotly in front of the bureau while the body of her husband lay beside her cold a* ioe, stiff as a corpse, and in a condition that hA could not be awakened. After a while she would succeed in bringing her husband to and then the other fel­ low suddenly disappeared. The poor little woman had been frightened nearly out of her senses many times in this way and she finally appealed to her husband to know what it all meant. He finally told her: " What you saw in Pittsburgh and what you have seen here is no nightmare, no dream, but a terrible reality. You saw my double. It has been the curse of my existence for years and seems to be a visitation upon me for some sin of my parents. I know perfectly well when my other con­ sciousness is making itself visible to mortal eye and have not the slightest control over it. Nevertheless, my thinking powers are not stupefied but tather quickened, and the fright you experience I feel ten fold in agony of mind. I thought that marriage might change my condition but it seems only to make it worse." . < "Mow, sir," said the'young woman, "you can readily see that no matter how much Ans6n and I love each other we cannot live as man and wife when his shadow or whatever you call it goes roaming around the house at midnight, and so we have concluded to separate." The editor of the Cleveland H&rald-- one of the oldest and best papers in the United States--seeing this article in the Philadelphia Mirror sent his reporter to a physician of good standing ^ in that city to obtain his explanation. He re­ plied that three or four years ,ago lie1 would have been inclined to laugh at the whole storv as foolish and unworthy of. his attention, but from some eireum-' stances which had come to his personal knowledge he believed every word of it. It seems that in the city of Cleve­ land some years since an excellent lady of good standing in society brought to him her son, 18 years of age, and to all appearances perfectly healthy and as bright as any boy of his age could be. She told the phpsician that two1 or three times every week in the dead of the night while sleeping in his chamber her son would apparently faint ajvfty and with eyes wide open stare at the perfect counterpart of himself of a iliadowy nature stalking ilito the room. The mysterious figure would walk up- aud down the room, remain two or three minutes and then vanish as the traditional ghosts are said to do. 1ftie boy would be able to recount his expe­ rience when he regained consciousnlpL Other members of the family would sleep with the boy and pass through ^a similar experience to that related by the Philadelphia bride. On one occasion this physician slept with the boy for the purpose of convincing himself, and Jjte says he v shall never forget that night as long as he lives." He had no explana­ tion to make as to the nature of the phenomenon, but he said there be people inclined to laugh at the Phila­ delphia story v.'hile he looked at it in a more serious light. The boy referred to had finally died of consumption whioh was supposed to be brought on by the effect of this mysterious fantasy. Those with spiritualistic tendenpies will regard both of these cases a% • dim­ ply confirmatory of their views. T&Ose of the Christian faith who are sometimes beset with doubts as to whether after all there may not be some question as to the immortality of the human soul will think that they see in this some evi­ dence that the human being is au indi­ vidual within an individual, and> that there is really a spiritual body corre­ sponding to the physical body; and then there are our friends of the extreme atheistical school who will denounce both stories as having no basis in truth, or if admitting their genuiness, will try to, make out that while there may be a sort of nervous counterpart of that whioh is more markedly flesh and bone it proves nothing in regard to immortal­ ity ; that it only co-exists with the mech­ anism of the body. But we thought the facts, if they indeed be facts,. remark­ ably interesting and give them for ^hat they are worth. A Few Hbits on Reading*' , ; Be eareful what you read, for "bdoks and literature of all kinds help to form your minds more than you have any idea of. Through books you are per­ mitted to listen to the teachings of learned men and poets, and the contact with their great minds will serve. to elevate and strengthen your minds, if you will but profit by their wisdom. With the writings of the great and good upon your bookshelves you need never pine for intellectual companionship. When you have selected a book to read --and you would do well to ask the advice of those older and inorq experi­ enced than yourselves about it--read it thoroughly; try to discover for yourself the beauty of the simple Saxon words as distinct from the wretched stilted semi-foreign jargon indulged in by men of similar attainments. If you have no friend to advise you, depend upon it that you cannot do wrong in studying the following list of authors and works among British books. Of classical works we will not now speak. Hume, Sliakspeare, Spenser, Bacon, Johnson, Beaumont, and Fletcher; Milton* and Dryden will teach you as much history as you will require, in addition to your school studies, until you are old enough to judge for yourself. Most interesting and instructive are the table-talks of Selden, Boswell, Coleridge, and Goethe. Yon should also form an acquaintance 'withold Froissart through his chroni­ cles, and also with Southeyand the Cid, Rabelais laaak Walton, Dr. Johnson, De Quineey, and many others, for they will show you what you may make your­ self, Bmc Belle. PFLOF. LAROMCY finds that a -frery faint Ufht mav be perceived in about half a aaoond, while an ordinary bright Ufkt •tfOfem onto about half that in- tm*al, ma Hut t&e same amount'of •nergy may prodttoe at least 100,000 iflfecf iil ftti* oolor that ir." ' .v' - Staitih OillttM Mi "Pews. In the ooorte of alterations made in Hefrham Abtoy CfcuxefcT ibotit titenty ytfcr* ago, a large oovexed with g*6en baize *«» ; taken; fdown, when it *een - that thoee -who bid made it hadtufedbft'i&IM conattuotion anan- toient painting on three panels, repre­ senting the Returxectton, Irith the Yir- gin and St John en either side. Occa­ sionally, too, fragment* of rich carv­ ings are to be a&lf preserved in old pews that have formed jbortions of still older work. Let tis look into Wens ley Church, in Wenideyd&le, Yorkshire, it stands in a very large churchyard, around which, at its utmost boundaries, are some fine1 trees. Some pleasant- fronted cottages look across the main road toward », and close by, in its own green groipds stands a large bow-win- doWed residence, not of our day though not so ancient as the gray fabric we are about to eater. We may note there is a square tower of three stages at the west end of the church, whioh has s&all, plain, ^ pyramidal ]5innaoles at each angle on its summit, capped with tiny vanes, and a clock on its north side. A date, 1719, over the west win­ dow of this tower, evidently records the last alterations made to the fabric, for all the masonry is mellow, and there is an air of undisturbed sanctity about it. And we may note, too, all the but­ tresses along the nave are enriched with nitches whioh are shields carved with armorial bearings; and that there are two ancient grotesque gargoyles on the north side of the nave, and two more on the south side. There are two porches, both of the most venerable and inviting aspect, but we will choose that on the south side, that we may read the in­ scription above the sun-dial oh it. "As a shadow such is life." On entering, the front is close at hand tfe this south­ ern entrance; it is dated 1062, we see at a glance. Two arcades of octagonal columns meet our eyes, and passing on to the chancel, wbich is rich with dog­ tooth ornament round all the windows, including a low side window, we find, beyond a long array of benches, with here and there an ordinary square pew, a white and gold inclosure close to the chancel arch on the north side of the nave. It is called ai seigniorial pew, and is ornamented with heraldic emblems. But over and above it is made of superb carved work, said to have been brought from Easby Abbey 300 years ago. There is a light screen across the chancel arch, not so rich as this fine work, and from the apex of the arcli hangs an over tab­ let, which contrasts curiously with a large banner floating near- it. The floors are paved .with large stones, ex­ cept at one spot .on the chancel floor, where tliene is a. fine brass memorial. There are several white marble mural monuments with black inscriptions on them, as wejl as several wooden tablets on the walls, and another ancient brass. And over all these interesting old-w:orld items, look down the flat old oaken roofs the carpenters of the Afteenth cen­ tury erected. There is not a sound. An exceeding peace, as of centuries of pity, fills the edifice,'and connects, as yith a "silver cord," the seigniorial pew; with the memory of those who worshiped in Easby Abbey in the dim past. Another oarved and canopied pew, bearing date 1617, still stands in the old church of Breeden-on-the-Hill, in Leicester­ shire. It is in the north aisle, and be­ longs to the; Ferriers family. -rtThe Quiver. • (Jnecr Mental Laziness. We doubt if even thoughtful .men, apart always from ^ limited class*qt ex­ perienced and observant teachers, are at all aware of the extent to which many men and more women are swayed by what is. really nothing but mental lazi­ ness. Numbers of them positively will not apply their minds at all, preferring any consequences which may result from ignorance, and emerge from school as ignorant as fishes; while still larger classes, possibly even a majority, betray tne same impulse as regards particular subjects. Men are constantly heard to affirm in confidential moments that they literally "cannot" acquire this or that ordinary branch of knowledge, while they do learn at the same time things much more difficult, and requiring the same kind of mental capacities. Hun­ dreds of men will profess positive in­ ability to learn the commonest facts re­ lating to any science but their own, even when their own is kindred to the .one discussed; while thousands of women will calculate accurately all the meas­ urements for a dress, a really difficult process if accuracy is to be attained, and then declare unblushingly that they cannot, no, they cannot understand rule-of-three, or calculate Mr. Goschen's interest on their own fortunes. Half the men in the world, who are not sensitive to music, think it an im­ possibility for them to learn to read musical notation, and we have heard a man, not without power of reasoning, find with a special aptitude for mental arithmetic, declare that a thousand years of tuition would not enable him to comprehend a quadratic equation. In­ deed, it is one of the phenomena of mental laziness that it often reveals it­ self in its acutest form in the naturally able.i^tpndpri Spectator. Av French Novelties* _ t • An afteroid barometer m&fif by a Parisian clock-maker literally pictures the weather. Oft the face of the instru­ ment is painted a landscape, behind which revolves a painted mica disc. This disc is turned by the "Ordinary mechanism of the barometer, and through a suitable aperature gives the landscape a clear blue sky, when the barometer pressure is high, and a sky covered with dark rainclouds when a low pressure gives warning of foul weather. An old toy ov M. Trouve has been re­ produced in the form of a paper-weight containing an apparently living bird or insect. A miniature electric generator in the base causes the artificial creature to flap its wings and produce a peculiar rustling sound, the imitation being so deceptive that a certain sensitive lady accused the inventor of cruelty in im­ prisoning a live butterfly to die of star­ vation. ' A new l^mp-shade contains a van&d wheel so mounted thfet the current of heated air from the lamp rotates a series of colored bands behind a perforated de­ sign on the shade, producing a beauti- fnleffect.--Arkanmw Traveler.- ^ „ . . . . - . ^ • - • < • A Fake Rumor. '-"i? ;••• Brown (to Dumley)--I hear, Burnley, that you refused to drink to the health of young Blivins the other evening. . Dumley (emphatically)--Well, that's not so, Brown. Do I look like a per­ son who would i$fuse to drink to the liesftth of an honest Joaan ? Brown-^No, you don't look like a person who weiud r$f use t©> drink to< the health of any GERM AS ' TO OSLKBBATE HIS BISTH0AY.' Parent-^l&is is your birthday, Tommy. What can I do for you that will cause you pleasure ? Tommy--Spank Johnny. UNEXPECTED COMPLIXXH*. ' justice--I shall have to impose a fine on you for rapid driving. Cabby--Bapid driving! Well, won't my old frame of a hoss feel flattered when he hears that He ain't used to that kind of taffy. HISTORICAL NOTE. Teacher--Which Roman ruled first, Titus or Yespasianf • ̂ ̂ Tommy--Titus. \ "Wrong." "Vespasian, then." "You never found that out yourself. That boy next to you told you. Come out here so I can tan your hide." ~j> A MATTER OT MONEY. ^ ̂ A wealthy young widow said jokingly to her new husband, as she pointed to the safe in which her money was de­ posited: "Now you have captured the fort, and me with it, are you satisfied?" "Not entirely," replied the new hus­ band, who was something of a spend­ thrift. "What else do you want?" "I want the terms of the capitulation carried out. I want yon to turn over the keys." DISPELLING AN ILLUSION, New Boarder--You must give me an­ other room. Hotel Clerk--Wba&s-the matter with ,the room you've got? "My room is all right, but in the next room there is somebody who snores so loud that the walls shake." ; "Is that so?" > "Yes, it is a great deal worse than that. Can't you give me a room near that divine creature with golden locks and a startled fawn expression who sat opposite to me at dinner yesterday ?" > "Why, man alive 1 her room is next to yours. She does the snoring yon are kicking about." "! THE GERMAN MOTHER-IN-LAW. ] Clerk--I would like to have periiifs- Bion to be absent this afternoon. Boss--Why do you want to be absent ? ' "My wife's mother, who has been stay1 ing with us for several months, is about to leave for her home, and it would af­ ford me a great deal of pleasure to ac­ company her to the depot." _ "Why, certainly. I've got a mother- in-law, too, so I've been there to seme extent myself. Whenever you want to celebrate a little family jubilee like that you are entitled to a day off." --Texas Siftings. ,VFHY Uncooked Meat Spoils. : For some hours after the animal is killed the muscular fibers are soft, and consequently tender; it is only after all vital heat has parsed away that the flesh becomes hard from the gradual stiffen­ ing of the muscular portions. Once that tense condition of the tissues is es­ tablished it remains until the relaxation sets in which precedes decomposition; with this relaxation the flesh softens, and it becomes tender as it progresses until the meat is upon the verge of putrefaction. Until the meat taints it is suitable for food. When meat is on the verge of putrefaction the color be­ comes very dark, the odor gradually of­ fensive ana fibers moist and soft; as putrefaction advances a peculiar green­ ish, damp mold forms upon the exposed surfaces, and the odor grows intoler­ able. Heat and moisture favor the de­ struction of animal tissue which is com­ monly called tainting. In damp sum­ mer weather meat which has been pre­ served by the agency of ice spoils quickly after it is exposed to normal summer temperature, probably because this generally combines heat and moist­ ure. When freshly killed meat is sub­ jected to a dry summer heat it is rapidly converted into the well-known jerked beef of the plains; this method of pre­ servation is as widely known as it is primitive. Meat dried by the action of the sun and air, after being cut in strips, is subsequently powdered and mixed with fat in the form of pommican. Hunters and explorers prefer this pre­ servation of meat to any other because it yields the greatest amount of nourish­ ment in relation to bulk. The prepara­ tion of pemmican is quite within possi­ bilities for householders who are re­ moved from trade centers, when they do not wish to salt meat.--Popular Science Monthly. A High Fence. A resident of the Cass Farm, De­ troit, who owns a handsome home, con­ sidered himself infringed upon by a neighbor who had built aggressively near him, so that their windows faced each other. The agrieved man determined to make his neighbor uncomfortable. So he took pencil and paper and draughted a line fence nine feet high, that would at once separate the two houses. His little (laughter ran into his study while he was working at it, and asked him what he was making. He explained to her, and gave her an admonition. "You are not going into Mr. '» yard any more, nor play with his chil­ dren." "But, papa," pleaded the little one, "we're good friends. I like them, and they like me." "I don't care," was the answer. "I want you to keep away from them, and that is why I am building thia high wall between the houses." The child's eyes filled with tears and she looked earnestly into her father's angry face for a moment in silenoe. Then she asked softly: "Papa, is it a spite-wall?" It will not be built now.--Detroit Free Press. Seared Off. Visitor to sanctum--How is it, Quill- pen? You always used to have ladies dropping in to see you about puffs fos church sociables, etc., etc. Now there hasn't a single lady been here this morning. Editor--No; I put a stop tothat busi­ ness. Visitor--How? Editor--Why, I inserted a paragraph stating that the mice were getting so thick in this office that they frequently ran up the table legs to see if there was any cheese in our pockets. Since then there hasn't been a lady inside the building.--Burlington Free Press. THE reported discovery of the "elixir of life" in baths of acetic acid, applied daily, has elicited some interesting sci­ entific comments. These demonstrate the biological impossibility of living forever, and show that Scottish physi­ cians have used acetic acid sinoe 1850 for dissolving away dead tissue from dis­ eased joints, etc., and have thus ef­ fected some remarkable cures. The old folks eonldat «t«nd ifc omch longer. There he was nfcltt after night inthe parlor with Jennie, a*)d all sorts of bouirs would pass and he wouldn't go. I don* think they minded that so much, but it used to worry them to be woke wwitb aatart evety now and again. Son know how it is yourself, don't you? Yon remember *rhen yon courted sweet Jessie --for the matter of that yen may remember no longer ago than hut night --the long pauses, when yon forgot that the old folks were over head and ex­ pected you to talk a good deal to their daughter. I will not give yqu away. You know there were no air waves when you had shut off the supply .necessary. You knbw that Jessie suddenly said: . "Oh, Willie! What will papa and mamma think? We must make some noise." She then began to play very loudly on the piano. Will people ever really believe that the old folks are deceived by sudden noises and gay, loud laughter and a commonplace remark in a low tone, and all other transparent dodges sweethearts use when they are courting? Why, they have been there themselves, and they can tell when you steal a kiss in the ̂ middle of a sentence. But those interruptions are very useful. They break up the monotony of the thing and give yon a chance to begin all over again. I dare say the old lady smiles as she sits at her knitting when Jessie opens the door and cries: y "Oh, manna, are you there?" "Yes," mamma says and--goes on knitting. Mamma knows that Willie thought he heard a sound outside and Jessie had to give an excuse fo^ going out to see if it was her mother. • No. No. What if Willie does steal a kiss or two and Jessie's hair is just a trifle out ,of curl and her cheek is just a little red­ der than the weather justifies, and there's a long, long hair of brown on Willie's coat collar. Only as she sits and .knits she dreams of the time when her Willie came and courted her, and the happy summer nights with their moonlight and balmy odors, and the stormy winter evenings, when the fire crackled with delight and her brown hair rested on his shoulder as they sat and listened in silent happiness to the roaring gale and the dashing rain. So court on, happy youth. The years fly past quite fast enough and there are sorrows and responsibilities, dreads and fears to come, for us all. But the old man of whom I speak was different. He didn't care to have it acutely brought to him that his days for spooning were over. He forgot how he had done just the same thing him­ self, forgot all except that somebody else was having the same fun he had long ago passed through. So he said to Jennie that if Willie could not go at 10 o'clock there was going to be trouble. Of course she told the young man like a dutiful daughter what her pa said, but it was 11 o'clock before she told him. There was a clock in the parlor that struck the hour in a slow, regretful way, as if to say: "I hate to tell you but it is 10 o'clock." One day the old man brought home a new clock and put |t carelessly on a little bracket just over the sofa. That night the clock on the mantel began its usual regretful chime and rang out 10 o'clock. They paid no attention, but seemed to put their heads closer together, when five ritinutes later suddenly from that little bracket there came "bang--bang--bang," like a fir* bell very much cracked, and the young man shot out at the front door like a rocket. The old man had given him just five minutes grace. . They Took the Cake* r This expression--applied to one who does a thing pre-eminently well, or, ear castically, and more usually, to one who fails conspicuously--undoubtedly had its origin in the negro cake-walks com­ mon in the Southern States, and not un­ known in the Northern. The walk usu­ ally winds up a ball. Couples, drawn by lot, walk around a cake specially prepared for the occasion and the um­ pires award the prize to the couple who, in their opinion, walk most gracefully and are attired with the greatest taste. Hence they are said "to take the cake," an expression which has attained its wide currency through the burlesques in the negro-minstrel shows. Yet the negro cake-walk has respect­ able ancestry in the mediaeval past. Gorard's "Horball" (1633) informs us that "in the spring-time are made with the leaves hereof newly sprung up, aud with eggs, cakes, or tansies, which be pleasant in taste, and good for the stomach," and a contemporary, speak­ ing of the strictness of the puritans, says "all games where there is any hazard of loss are strictly forbidden; not so much as a game of foot-ball for a tansy." According to Brand, in> the Easter season foot-courses were run in the meadows, the victors carrying off each a cake, given to be run for by some better person in the neighborhood. In Ireland, at Easter and whitsuntide, the lower classes used to meet and dance for a cake raised on top of a pike decoratcd with flowers, the prize going to the couple who held out t}ie longest, and in some parts of En­ gland a custom prevailed of riding fol the bride-cake. "This riding took place when the bride was brought to her new habitation. A pole, three or four feet high, was erected in front of the house and the cake put on top of it. On the iftstant that tne bride set out from her old home a company of young men started on horseback, and he who was fortunate enough to reach the pole first and knock the cake down with his stick received it from the hands of the dam­ sel. This was called 'taking the cake.' The fortunate winner then advanced to meet the bride and her attendants."-* Rotes and Queries. How He Kept Her at Home. She was a dear little woman, and hubby wanted her to stay at home all summer. She had her eye on a fash­ ionable watering-place hotel, and he knew that meant a clean thousand out of pocket. Did he storm, and rave, and argue, and talk of bankruptcy? Not at all. He urged her to go; he was eager; he pooh-poohed every objection, and then he got his wicked cousin Charlie to write him a mysterious note about horses and little dinners, and left it where wifey could find it, and inside of a week she declared that nothing would tempt her to leave home for longer than the two weeks of her husband's vaca­ tion. MRS. HENDRICKS--I read an aooonnt in the morning paper of such a sad oc­ currence. An eagle snatched a baby from its nurse's arms and carried it off. Mr. Oldboy (who is not fond of babies) It might have been sadder, mum. What if the eagle had failed to get away with the baby ?--27ie Epoch. It is proposed to build a thxee-fbot- wide cinder path between New York and New Haven for bicycles. be hard to $ Ortsarn; in aooow AOLASB break up.--Bool THE idea of .l the Utah capital is < _ „ HARVET himself eoddntdbeover the circul ation of some newspaper."--TOM* Siftings. IT'S too bad, but lots of people cant screw np their oomnge to nau a lie.--- Duluth Faragrapher THE smell of ooffee is very gratefal to many people--particularly to those who board.--Somerwle'&nmtat. A MONTANA wedding: Justice--Arise! Grab hands! Hitched! Si? Cash np; no trust.--Town Topics. AN ivy vine may not be as aetive as. a book-keeper, but it can "run up a col­ umn" all the same--Danville Breeze. THE world is round. This is probably A the reason so many people fail to get | square with it.--Glen's Falls Republi- i can. HE (as the lancijsrs is about to com­ mence) -Shall I have your hand? She I (softly)--With all my heart. --Harper's 1 Bazar. ^ WAITER--Mr. Pepsine is dainty about his eating. Head Waiter--lis he an ^ epicure? "No, he'sa dyspeptic."--Chi- I cago Globe. WHEN a man has a jealous wife and a healthy mother-in-law around he has no ,; need of going to the drug store for his % bitters.--Fall River Advance. IT is the tillers of the1 soil who steer ^ the ship of state.--Albany Journal. 4. And it is the bunco men who steer the' | tillers of the soil, sometimes.--Boston $ Post. THE amateur stage--Mrs. Elkin's son George is a-going to be a play-actor in J a real theayter," said Mrs. Spriggins, "he did so well on the premature stage." % --Harper's Bazar. % Miss WESTEND--O, Miss Tiptop, is it f* true that while abroad yon became en­ gaged to the Duke of Oldcastle? Miss Tiptop (reluctantly)--N-o, but my wait­ ing maid got acquainted with his valet. --Philadelphia Record. "YOUNG man," he said, as the fornMr lowered a b )ttle from his Hps with a tl sigh of content, "you seem to drink i| whisky with a good deal of avidity." • * "No, sir," replied the young man, ^1 " J always drink it straight."--Epoch. HE (on the brink of a proposal)-*-! like your charming sex so much, yon know; but really, I don't know how to take a woman. She (willing to help him on)--I think I can tell you. "How?^ "For better or for worse. --New York Tribune. "WHY, Boxer, how did yon come to get your face battered up so? I under­ stand you came out without a scratch from your last fight." "So I did, but when I got home my wife reproached me a little for fighting."--Nebraska State Journal. OLD Jenkins happened to meet his three young nieces and ask them to have a little refreshments. "Girls are just the same," said the old man as he stood at the Cashier's desk and picked up $2.85 out of a $20 bill, "very little change!"--Life. How TO reduce a fat man's flesh: Set him in a room a few hours each day for a week where there's three talking women and by the end of the week he'll be as thin as Sarah Bernhardt--all from perspiring so much in trying to get a word in.--Kentucky State Journal. - ; BRANNIGAN was injured in a railway ^accident, and received from the com­ pany a life pass over the road in settle- tnent for damages. "Be gob," said he, "it's a lucky thing that Oi wasn't killed; for if Oi had been, Oi'd have niver saved all this money in fares,"--Puck. WHEN the day has a soft, gentle glow in it, as though molten gold permeated the air, and it is just a trifle too warm for a light overcoat, that is the day that the furnace deviates from its custom of sending iced air np through the register and drives you outdoors to cool off.-- Judge. <; ELDERLY Bride (to her husband)--- Darling, when I begin to grow old and plain, will yon worship me as passionately as von do now? -Young Husband--Ah dear, can you doubt me ? Do you imagine for a moment that my love for you is so short-lived? --Harper's Bazar. SHOE-DEALER (to clerk) -- William, why did you insist upon selling to that old gentleman who went out a pair of small, soft shoes when he called for large cowhide boots? "Well " "I insist upon knowing." "The fact is, I call upon his daughter quite frequently in the evenings."--Philadelphia Call. RURAL EDITOR--Half a column of space left, Anything interesting in the exchanges ? Assistant--Here is an ar­ ticle on the new counterfeits that are floating around -- $20, $50, and $100 bills -- so perfectly imi­ tated that only experto " "Who cares for such stuff? Nothing else?" "Well, here is the arrest of a man for passing bogus niokels." "Eh! My gracious! The villain! Print it!" --Philadelphia Record. OREAT AND SMALL. - A Sparrow swinging on »lmaoh #>• Once caoght a passing fly; ^ "Oh, let me live!" tho insect prayM, With trembling, piteoun cry. »' "No," said the sparrow, "you must ftll. For I am great and yon are small.* The bird had scarce begun hit fo*tt « B«fore a hawk came by; ^ The game was caught. "Pray 1*1 DM livtlr Was now the sparrow's cry. ^ & "No," said the captor, "yon must nil, 1*1 am great and yon are •man." An eagle saw the rogue, and iwoofii Upon him from on high; "Pr»y let me live; why should yon kill 80 small a bird Ml?" "Oh," said the eagle, "yoa mnst Tax I am graat and yon are small." Bat while he ate, the tranter cam# X He let his arrow fly. "TyrantI"theeafleshrieked, "jnmhave ^ f-No right to make me diet" ^ . .. •Ah," said the hunter, "you must fall, Ear I am great and you are ipOl.' , He Was Qsn».* Tltey were alone. At least they would have alone if it had not been for each other. The father's footsteps sounded on the stair. They knew whose footstep it was be­ cause one of his legs were guttapercha and habitually walked out of tone with the other. "Had I not better be going?" be asked anxiously. "Why ? Simply because Pa is com­ ing? Why, yon dont know Pa. He says he thinks you are the nicest young1 * man that ever came to the house." "Indeed!" gasped the astonished youth. "Yes and he thinks yon are bound to rise in the world, and that he would not for an instant be afraid to trust my* happiness to your keeping at anytime when you might see fit----* ' !,< <»-; Adolphus'chair was empty. - < T - He had just turned the oorner two blocks away.--Merchant Traveler. 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