Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 3, Jasper, Dubois County, 24 September 1897 — Page 7

WEEKLY COURIER . I'i.I.H r. JAftPES I : INDIANA

MY WlrE AND I. fy wlff and I, In the April weather, Tun M l tTtm the irtun' irtlng woro; jfcnd our hearts were as ltIit aa thu Juwny fcutturr 1 That fulls from the wing of the woodland bird. And all our songs died out In laughter; And every sound Into onOSSCSS fell ja.ro Und nur puthway, toUoWSd .1 1 1 r Hf HnvpriiiK echoes musical, gor we wer young; and the dim. uncertain Future conrraled each sob and nigh. Umall time h4 we for lifting; the curtain In search of sorrow my wife und I.

n the sunny days of the summer uiatrur

We tolled onward hand in hand. And 111 life's fallow fields togl -trier W rou h-l at the duties we had planned. A' i shlltlras came unto us, leaving , Jewel of Joy around us strewn By their little hands, so busily weaving 'The thrwod of their llvs Into our own. Vl.at cared we If the blue and the apb B dor Of heaven were hidden by clouds In the sky? for love had eye that were blue and tender. And heaven enough fur my wife and I. Jn the 'lays of the mellow autumn weather, When fields and skies were growing gray, HV still fared on, indifferent whether The end was near, or faraway. Our children now were men and women; And round us. In ripened Cluster, hung Fruits of the faith that blossomed, dim In The distant days when we wi re young.

Old hOP that had run the way before us

8tumb!e1 und fei!, und we passed Ihi-m by

For the grasp of the new ones, bending o'er

ua And beckoning onward my wife and L And now we have reached tho winter Wi it her,

When niithts are long and days are cold, The snow lies white on hill and heather; And we are feeble and faint and old. And so he nestlet a little closer. Holding me fast with a strange caress; And I am content In the fulth that shows her Regions of Infinite happiness. Out of the future voices call us! ' Out of the past there comes a cry! When will the present cease to enthrall us And throne us forever, my wife and 1? O love that Irnichs at wind and weather! O faith that fills all time and pRce! 3Te are the links that bind toRether The rarest virtues of the race! In your .Vrnnln youth Is Immortal; Kur through the wrinkles time hath run, We see, Just passing love's Klad portal, The same Kweet face we wooed and won. A all your paths lead up. till even Before the end they reach so high Tis only a step to the bl:ss id H'-aven From the Wins of earth fotmy wife and I. Alfred Klllson. in Chicago Record

f THEIR IDEALS. '

Charact is; A pretty girl and a nice fellow. Scene: The grounds of the Crys.al Palace: a shady walk Just outside the glowlights win i the band is playing. Time: A summer evening. HE Shall we sit here.' It's out of the crowd, and we cau hear a i i t ot I he in u Mc She If JTOU like. You'll llnd it null. t'l'hcy -it den Pu) He Wh) should 1? Do you MM you win.'t talk? She O dear no! I alway s do. I can't help it, you know. lie We all like to do what wc lo He!!, naturally. She That u Why you choose to be sarcastic. Iii I st c viiii iiit'iin tu ijii.irrcl. Now we shan't be She ( pel u la u t ! y ) Fur goodness' sake, don't! He "Dull," 1 was going to say 'pon m; honor. She (sarcastically) I didn't think you had so much humor . Pray don't t h a u s t sill your .stock on me. Lie (airily) 1 can afford to. I ran use H all over again when I get a sympathetic audience, yon ki on. She (drawing lines on the gravel w ith tier parasol) Such as llessie Newton. He Yes. Itcssic would do nicely. (She los rs her head. ) Though I don't knowthat she's exactly my sort. he Was i hat why you paid her fo Ouich attention last night? He (bitterly) Did I ? I should have thought that you were too touch enrrOHtd with ('apt. Dland to have noticed. She (enthusiastically) O, you've no Idea how interesting he is. He told me all(ahnut India and all sorts of places. It was quite like Kipling He--1' in ! I didn't know Kipling was exactly the thing for ladies. (Twirls his mustache savagely.) She I think he is charming. He Which? She Kiplinp, of course; hut I meant "apt. Hiatal. (Thoughtfully) Hut I don't know iha1 he's i sadly my ideal. He (eagerly) I should like to know ft ho is, Bhe- He's some abstract person nt present my ideal. I don't suppose I hall ever eonie across him. (Sighs.) He What would he he like? She-Well, I ean't descrihe him precisely; but he'd certainly be fairlight lmir and mustache and hlue eyes, flic was dark.) I'm! He'd look rather womntih. wouldn't he? She . dear no! He'd hnve to he big "d toll about six feet two. (lie was Rm- ft , t nine.) tn, of eoume? sl ' Well, not exactly, lüg. in, Meat urea and very commanding. (He " ! featured and qui. I ., an pen 1 1 1 , .' I capping hit tick across W" knees, Micii-Tnpi;,,,,,..,;.) -Heniuiit be a sol nier, or a sailor, or a traveler sonieboMN .taring (He was on the tock tscbaus) He-An-I , , , ,.r pPPM,n)e? he-Not j u tieularlv. 1 don't care Jinirin lobe -lever. (Hewas.) Th v 'k sack n lt. (He did.) He He MM take you by storm. I

Hhft Mot at all. He would be shy and bashful- juite afruid of poor little me. (I'e wasn't.) He would let me say ftnd do just what 1 pleased, and treat hin hit so badly. (He wouldn't.) He And he awfully jealous? (He was) She , no! That would be a, fearf u confession of weakness. He A spot -Ismail I She Certainly; shooting, you know, und hunting, nn (I all that sort of thing; not games they're childish. (Hi Ml a cricketer and foothaller.) Hf (wearily) Anything else? She Well, he would be just perfect Hut (sighs) he probably wouldn't want me. (He did.) He (angrily )--He w ould want an ideal woman. She (playing with her glove-fastenings.)-Yes, probahly. (With anrtnat ion.) Now tell nie your idea of one. (He shakes his head.) 0, dol You Bight be interesting for oiee. lie (moodily) I ahould like to be. Well, she WOttld be dark and tall; deep brown eyes and almost black hair (she mal blond and petite), with linelchiseled, jiale featurea. (She wui piquftftl and )iink.) She O. how ghostlyl He (aolemnly) Stately and sedate. (She was brimful of mischief.) She BOW dull! He Very gentls nnd silent. She (hastily) No woman ia. (Bhe wasn't.) lie (rapturously) Ah, hut she would he. Very trustful nnd affectionate, aliove flirtation, or tormenting hei lover by protending to flirt. (She wasn't.) She (biting her lip) Insipid! Hi Ah, no! She would be wellread and thoughtful. Perhaps she would write. She (savagely) Dialoguea and auch rubbish? (He did.) H (gravely) Philosophy, more probahly. She How stupid and and masculine. He (abstractedly) -She would be a living example of a nohle, loving (She twirls her parasol a npii ly, and lets it drop; he hastily picks it up nnd drops his stick. She gives the latter a push w ith a very small foot, but fails to send it out of his reach. They both laugh.) She Isn't it terrible that we should be here, wasting our time with such tin idealist ic crsons! He (cheerfully) Well, there'a attraction between opposite. Bhe - In what way ? He (meaningly)- Between the oppoettfl of your Ideal and the opposite of mine I hoje.

She You couldn't possibly be

VICTORIA'S IRISH HOME.

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"TOO MHJHT BE NTSBEVTINU l'OR OKCBt" ti.u ted by the exact opposite of your ideal. He (stealiup Iii arm along the back of her aeat) -I eould easily change my ideal. She ( hesitatingly ) I believe you only

made it up as you went along. He And y ou didn't ? She Well- a little perhaps. Kc I meant the pari about flirtation. She I meant it about the devotion. He And anything cIm .' (ilia hand drops on her remoter shoulder.) She - No I you mustn't I must bt going. He Mis Mathers Trix I only talked to Bessie because you flirted w ith She (quickly) No, I didn't, really. I don't care for him at all. He (putting his mm around her) Do you care for me, Trix? She (fluttering) O, you muntn't! O, please ! He (passionately) Tri little one Idolove you so. (She drops her head.) IhiM'ii'l you niy answer, dear'.' (8JM steals a little gloved hand into his.) Black ami White.

Four Wc.iillnu Itlntra. Tour Wftddittg rings were used ou the marriapc of Mary QMVB of Scotts with her cousin, Henry Stewart, Lord Dai nicy (son of the carl of Lennox by Iii- marriage with n granddaughter of Henry VI I. of Ktigland ), which was -el-el.iated at Ilolyrood on the 2Uth of .Inly. !".". An NsitlWlTl of severnl wedding rinps being used at s marriage is related by Huseard. At the marringe of a daughter of Pope lnnoi-ent VIII. to Lewis of Aragon, marquis of (.eraciii (.latninry 3, 145C), the pair appreached UM pojpet and, both being m their knees, tlie husband iut the rinp on the proper finger of the left hand ol the spouse, then several rings on tin other tintrcrs of both hftltttft. ( iiieiiv rati Enqatref. 'I lie l.rent ( anstsntlne, ( onstantinr the (ire.it wns not saint Rft murdered his wife, one or two of his sons, a considerable number of his Other relatives, nnd vvns guilty of a score of assassination and murders. He was a ( hristian only in name, and seems to have known little or nothing ot the religion be professed. Oioa?U later Uccsml

lite Vlnjolt to I'lireliBse Wuekrus btte, n lleaullful HeslUenee. A recent cable dispatch from London announced that l)iieen Victoria purposes to purchase the mansion und eatatea of Muckro-s, lrelaml, with a View of establishing a perm..iicnt royul reeideaee there. Muckidss House or, us it is sometimes called, Muckross Ahbey- is limit upon the shore of Muckross lake. The demesne gates ure close to the village of Muckross, with its picturesque 'im of the same raine a hOfttlefy which is well known to Amernan tourists. Standing among its M ell-t riiiniied lawns and luxuriant pardens, the mansion coinmaiids a beautiful view, lofty moniitaina, thick wooded forests and shimmering sheets of water atretchinp away in the landscape. The mountain ylens and forests neighboring the demesne of Muckross Abbey are celebrated for their retl dt-er, nnd the hall of the mansion is decorated with gigantic anllers, taken fron stags shot in the vicinity. These Wiphies so excited the interest of the prince consort that he remarked to his host, the late Col. Herbert, that he had no idea "stags with such antlers coull be shot in Ireland .M Col. Herbert replied that much liner specimen! were still roaming wild In the Killarney woods. About four years ago the largest red deer buck ccrshot in the United Kingdom was killud on the Muckross estate. Standing in the hull of the mansion there is a clock of the tall, COffin-lihft ease variety. The case is of exquisitely carved and inlaid wood, and the dial is of beautifully wrought si!er. It has astronomical and meteorological attachments, and a peculiarly musical chime. The entire design is very untique. This clock was purchased at a sale of curiosities in London, about M years ago, and is believed to have been taken from a despoiled monastery in Germany. One of the Lngiish Itothschilds while visiting Muckross AbWy offered the father of the present owner a signed blank check for this slock. Hanging in one of the to mi- is a por trait of the famous counted of Desmond, who lived to the Igft of 15(1 years, und who is said to hae cut i complete set of new teeth when over loo years old. and who Journeyed to the England court shortly before her death 1o petition .Iiiim s , to remove the attainder for treason from her family. The entire estate of the Muckross Herberts comprises nbout 49.000 acrea. Tne rent roll is estimated at MUM tl 12.000 a yenty nt $80,000. a eocatdernhte portion of this territory I- forest and mountain, highly valin d for its fennt ing privilegee. The BITOT Laune, w hich flow s through the domain, is one of the liiic-t salmon stremis i- the United Kingdom. The region is at once a paradise of verdure and vegetation and n revelation of wild, rngped prandetir -?,'. Y. Herald. CAUSE OF SUNSTROKE. If ' ItStft to lie the II. in II ofnii eute rolnatn. It is now established thai sunstroke l the result of "acute, latente and virulent poison, originating within the body, act ing rapidly and violentlj upon the nervo stem." it was upon this a lomption that Dr. Ira Van diesen, dir ctor of the state pathological inatltute of this city, went to work. He procured the body Haide and excrctione of Ibing cases of sunstroke, und with them experimented upon animals with raoet remarkable results. Prompt ami dec lei re results were oh tained from Injeclions of bio id scrum Irken from patients during the period of what is know n as hy porpy n xia. Although Dr. N an Diesen baa noted the fatal results iii some such cases which could not be attributed to the injection of the material, he- believes thai llrere "was no mistakiüf the cans of death which occurred so uniformly in these ;i v i . ii .1 ' - in success-ion. This result is in consonance, w Ith the hypothesis that the rapidly fatal course in severe CftSeS of sunstroke is due to an Intense, rapidly acting poison, circulating In the body fluids." Other experiments inolving the Injection of urine from conva h Bet nt patientl into the blood circulation of rabbits was also intended by Interest ing results. Dr, Van diesen thinks that "it is not too much to say that the x irulenee of the ttttotOXle poison in sonic cases of sunstroke is fully as rapid and violent n snake vctiom. and considerably refmbles its action. Cases of sunstroke w'lii-h entered the hospitals with purple, swollen faces, rapid and very much enfeebled heart action, nnd profound npllapae, with death occurring within one to two hours, are surely examples of the effects of the most violent poisons that wc know of." N. Y. Journal.

Microscope nn n Th lef sicher. A curious use of t be microscope was lately made in Prussia. It appears that an one of the railways a barrel, w hieh hould have contaim-d silver coin, was found on arrival at its destination to hnve been emptied of its precious contents and sand substituted. Prof. Fhrcnbcrg was consulted on ihe subject, and he sent for samples of sand from all the stationsa'onplhedifTerent II, ics of railway through which the pecie had passed, and by means of his microscope identified ihe station from which the interpolated sand niiM Iwvc been taken. In lue time the culprit wns found to be one of the employe St that station.' London Fcho. Sleeps lasSlde the OUB. The largest cannon in the world was taken by the British when India w a. conquered. Tili tlHlsKHI w as cast aliout t)he jresr ISM aftd waJ the work of a Chief named Chuleb Koomjf Khnn of AhnirMlnupper. The inside of the gun Is fitted up With I ! - ind is a favorite place for the Tlritish officers to go for a quiet noondny sleep. Chicago Trib-

CHIPMUNKS ROUT A SNAKE. It U oa Mal. Ins n Uenl of One iifThf When the Others Iteneiied It. "I SftW "lie of UM prettiest tights of rr.y life up at l'oniitou Piuius last week," said i'reii Ilullitt, of .Newark. "1 w a.-, in u boat fishing for bass when my attention was nttrueted by my wif." to a snake on the shore. It wus a common blacksnuke lens than five feet in length, ami it was hanging head duw uward from u button bush at the edge of the luke. Its back shone like peacock coal us its head swung to und fro over the water. "'It is admiring itself in the water,' said my wife. " "More likely it ia watching for lish," 1 said, and just then I saw what the snake was really after. A chipmunk run from under a log and in a Hash the snake . seized it by t he head i. ml at the same time lost its hold on the bush and dropped iiiio the water. It quickly swam ashore, dragging the young chipmunk with it, and deliberately began to swallow IBS chipmunk without attempting to crush it. Tb ? chipmunk's head hud entirely disappeared w hen a diversion was created by an older und larger chipmunk that jumped upon the snake's back and off again in a Hash. This was repeated half u tloieil times and the snake w rithed und lashed its body around. "Meanwhile our boat slowly drifted within six feet of the struggle ami grounded there. Then I saw that the snake had been cut in half a doen places by the sharp teeth of the little squirrel and was t ry ing to pet rid of 1 he one it had tried to swallow. It seemed to bare difficulty in this, and before it succeeded In ejecting it still another chipmunk arrived on the scene and attacked the w rithinp snake. The two little ground Mui reels noted as if they had seen snakes before and knew just how to tackle them. They sprang on nnd over the snake, resting but an instant to Inflict n bite und a oiditig the lashing tail. The snake seemed to havt but one notion and that was to get rid of its prey so that it could defend itself or run. Finally, with a fling of its head, the snake got rid of the little chipmunk, and I expected to sen it show fight, but instead it glided nw ay as fast ns it could in its lacerated condition. The two old chipmunks Hieri turned their attention to the little OOS, Whtofa did not seem to be much the worse for its adventure. The old ones licked it all ov " and showed genuine delight over its escape. Suddenly they were startled by movement of my wife end all three scampered under the log." X. Y. Sun. WILL BE SAVED BY A SLAVE.

Old frlenn to Dm Klondike OssM for Ills former Mas t r's Him; Ii t er. Among ihe lucky miners in the Klondike is a former slnxe, a grizled old African who bears the hiph-sounding name of St . .lohn Atherion. He has dug out s; :n t, j jrold, ami has a couple of Claims which may be reasonably expected to yield tKMkOOO more, lie is probably the one man in Alaska who i planning to do novel act of charity when the time comes for him to abandon his mining work and return to the civilized world. Before the war Atherion was owned by a (leoriu family w bicli had a large plantation near Atlanta. When he got Iiis freedom he drifted about the country doing odd jobs sod !i t ally st ruck the Yukon valley, w here be pot work as n freighter. The ex-sisve had a hard ttUM of it for yours nnd when the Klondike excitement broke out he made his w:y to the gold fields. TbOM he toUcd in digrrinp w hieh bad been abandoned by white men until he fottttd a paying streak, since which lie lro 1 n aOBOUMh l.'ting money ry hint. When naked what he intended to do with his $ 'ai.Oo." which he has now BB deposit in Dawson City, A theft on said: "I'm going hack to Oeofgiu and buy the old plantation." "P.uy the old pJontStlon? Why . w hat do you mount" W hen I wn a slave my Baottterwus a rich man. He v as 1. 1 ltd to me nnd his daughter was just like him. Thhigi didn't go well with hi im after the war nrd some yrnrs Sg0 he bad to DDOrtgUff the plsntntfon. Bittet then he died. and his daughter is now living on the obi place SlonO. The time is coming when it must be sold if the mortgage is not paid, nnd then she will hnve no home. What I want to do is to get back to (icorgin next spring and buy up that mortgage. Then I will turn the nlnntns tion over to my Old master's daughter nnd nobody can drive her away from It." "But she won't like the idea of hav-

Itig one of her former r: laves for a boss." "Huh! 1 don't want to he a boss. I'll just stay around and look after things for her like I used to. Somebody's g it to do it and I know ihe'd rather hate me than I sstrnngcr. It will take $30.000 or 130,000, and the rest of my money will keep tne ns long as I live." Chicago Tribune. Men Whn Hrsr Velle, According 1o the French traveler. M. Felix Dubois, the Touraprs (our of the African races whom he describes in hii book about Tiinbuctoo) wear veils. The rearing of horses, oxen and goats is thtlr chief industry, the milk and flesh of these animals, with the addition of dates, furnishing their principal nourishment. For the protection of eyes ami lungs they adopt a headdress of two veils. One, the "nikab." ir rolled round the temples, hanginr down in front to protect their eyes; while the other, the "litknm." mnehOJ from the nostrils to the edge of their slothing. The veils are never removed even nt men! times, and Hie pr.rb has bet OtttC so much pari of them that ll i ore being deprived of it is um recognisable by friends or relatives. Cincinnati Bnonirer. Praise for the Sparrnvr. K is urged ih. the tnafvow is a he-nefnetor to the farmer, because it freds oa the seeds of waste plants snd weed's during the winter. fShicnsju Tribune.

HIS WIFE MAKES HIM WORK. I I l uck. llHlr front Ills Marrlas to s slnaonlns wonm. "tie me s wife," was thestruags fuet made of the agent of the North isnoriOM Transportution and Trading company ut Fort t'udahy one duy last spring by an indolent miner named Mat Simpson "What kind of a wife do you want?" asked the agent. "Any one, so long as she's white, can speak l.nglish, and is not afraid to work," replied Simpson. Simpson had struck a good claim, but would only work it enough to keep linn supplied with dust for drinking and gambling purposes. So long us he had an ounce of gold left he would spend his time in carousing, and when full of whisky was uply and dangerous. The apeut at Fort ( iidahy thought it would he a pity for any womuii to get such a worthless chap for a husband, but he communicated Simpson's order to the purserof the next bo:t that came along, and was surprised to hear biiu suy : "1 know the very woman for him. I'll bring her up on the buck trip if he will advance the fare." BimpSOn put up the money, ami on the return trip the purser escorted SsbOM u stalwart woman of 40 years who bad been working us a cook in a campdown the river. The courtship wus short. Simpson bad pood prospects and 1 be womaa knew It, They w ere married in due form and went to keeping house at once For two days Mrs. Simpson did not interfere with her husband's comings and goings, but on the third morning, when be pave sipns of startinp for the saloon, she put herself before the door and said: " Take y on r tools. Mat , and go to work hi the shaft." Mat was foolish enough to say that

he hadn't married u woman to be bossed by her. When be recovered his senses j he had two black ccs. a bruised nose, and a big lump On his head. ithout a word he shouldered his tools and went straight to his claim. Mrs. Simpson following to see that he did not get off the road. For three months he worked hard, and when he asked the ngenl to take ure of a little matter of $t'.u.iio() for him be said : "Thut's a fine woman you brought me for a wife. She's the best in the country." Ch longo Tribune. WILLING TO WAIT. slnicnlnr l-'.xhl liltion of I'olltrnraa WttaMaetl In n lien list's littler. it was in the dentist's office. Three women, two pirls and a man were in the waiting-room, with uneasy expressions on their faces. One of the girls held her band to her face, and was comforted by a companion. The man sat grim as a sphinx. The women were silently mournful. In the front room the dentist wus working on a patient. Yowls of a more or less subdued character issued at intervals from the spot where he was plying bis "jimmy" and "ice tonps" and the w oiiicn shlesrcd and looked toward the door. The pirl with the swollen jaw said to her compaii ion: "Oh, I do wish he would hurry up." One of the women said to another of her fellow -sufferers: "Isn't it strange that a person has to wait so long in a denlist's ofVue'.'" The answer was: "It's perfectly terrible, ain't it?" Suddenly there was a louder howl from the front room t linn usual. .lust then the-olliec door opened and n y oung fellow came in w ith his hand to his jaw. He tool, a scut among the mourners nnd waited. In a few seconds the dentist came out in the waiting-room and said with a baleful smile: "Who is next?" The man pointed to the women with heroic politeness. The women indicated the girl with the swollen jaw. Just then the author of the heartrending yowls from the front room made her appearance. She was red-eyed, and tOUSly as to luor. She had been weeping. The waiting girl with Ihr swelled jaw turned to the young fellow w bo had just poms in and said: "I gues.s you mav take mv turn for s little." The young man arose, nnd, with a gesture betokening the SOttfOg of despair, entered the lion's den. Chicago Chronicle.

HUMOROUS.

A FJedr. She "Have vou

loved another woman?" He "Dear, you uro the one woman in the whole world." l'hiladelphia North American. "1 hojie, Ophelia, that you sre not so foolish ns to call yourself a 'washlady. " " Deed I don't. Miss May. I calls myself u 'uuudry-ludy." Indiuuu . s Journal. Mrs. A. I it true that your son holds the appointment of warder in a jail?" Mrs. ll. "Yes; but ouly criminals of good families are imprisoned there." Tit-Hits. "I'll get the best of that confounded personal buggape clause." "How?" "If I w ant to bring over $500 worth of new clothes I'll make five trips." Cleveland Plain Peeler. A Modem lse. Pease "Well, there's the church bei', (astleton will hi around in n minute." Hubbard "V.'hut, are you going to church?" peuse "Oh, no! but that was to be the signal for our century run." Puck. "I am afraid." said Maud, thoughtfully, "that Willie WlbblOS will never come here again." "Did he go away In a pet?" asked Mamie. "Well, some of him did. Just before he started my dear little Dachshund hit a piece out of him." Washington Star. Tho New Rendering. "Oh, dear!" sighed little Mary (iunimey; "I wish 1 had as many little sisters as Nellie Fosd'ek has, and as many toys. anil a pony and cart nnd n dear little play-house on the back lawn!" "My ib ar." said Mrs. flUUI lUOy. gently, "if wishes were bicycles, we should all be scorchers." Puck. The Object of Envy. Maggie "Nellie, wot's all the crowd a-waitin' for?" Nellie "There's a ambulance COmin' wot's goin ter take Bessie to the hornepltttol" lfnfte-MIfyl she'll be fed on soup to strengt'en her, an she'll get chicking an' beef nn' wegetableR, an' may be ice-cream. Wot made verteil nie for? It makes me feel des-perick!"-Truth. Wanted All the Facts. "It may interest you, children, " said the returned missionary, w ho was addressing the Sunday school, " if I tell you of on adventure I once had in India. While going through a jungle I came face to face with a lion. There w as no chance to 'retreat, and I had nothing to defend myself with. I stood perfectly still and looked the fierce beast steadily in the eye." MWbJoh eye'.'" asked a breathless little hoy in the infant class. Chicago Tribune.

Some I'iiokIiir I'nshloM. Hlue canvas gowns of open mesh, with green silk linings, are decidedly smart. Though the Hp-tlHed hat is -aid to le going out. it certainly retains its hold on feminine favors a long while. The eloakiugs for next season will show In nbout cipinl numbers smooth Hiul rough-faced effects. Fancy bsWOTsM in novel patterns have lieen in demand for the early fall cloaks, hut there is a likelihood that smooth goods will pre. dominate in the more elegant garments mnde up for later sale. pretty garUDH nt to be worn with n dark skirt for street wear in the early fall is the Russian blouse. An exceedingly smart one is made of cieriout red cloth. It fastens at the side with three or four larpe and handsome biitlisns A lieltnl garment is heeomlug to all unusually stout figures and much pOOO larity is predicted for the lltissian blouse. tTiicago Heeord.

PIGEONS SHOW THEIR TRAINING. I srti- FlSllka at the Dlrtla That Preform Wonderful olullonn. Remarkable as are the result of training as exhibited in The sjeed of modern, pigeons, they do not compare with the wonderful evolution! performed by Ihese birds in the last s?nturies in Italy. There were at that time men who devoted themselves to pigeon training, and the art was supoed to find its perfection in certain Inmitten anil to be handed down from generation to generation. The art consisted in t rai n ing large flocksof pigeon ho ehej their owner and to perform certain evolutions in the air. In the earliest dnys in India birds were trained to light oppo-'inp bauds. When a pigeon tournament w as in propre the owners acended some lofty buildinp and conducted the performance by the aid of flaps; and in obedience to their signals flecks of birds of different color would wheel, rise, dive and intermingle, to separate again and go through a numlier of interesting movements shut were remarkable for their liesuty . Prizes were offered for Ohe moat beautiful nnd novel figures. In India in ear'y thnes, where tlie sport of pigeon flying nriginnted, tlx' object of the flights was often a snnpuinnry one, the owners of the vr.Tiotis flocks end avoring to accomplish the destruction of theolhcrs. Thus, the birds of one band would carry lon.le w ith a fuse hanging to their claws, and at the enmtnand of their masters would sweep down ssmf their opponents, and the bomb would drop among them and esplodc. Others bore sharp knives, two-edged, suspended from their claw s, and were made to flash among their antagonists ami endeavor to cut them to pieces- an easy matter whem btldbl were In rapid motion. To-day the triganiori. as they nre called, of Nfodenn. devote themselves to harmless pursuits, nnd are satisfied when watching the wonderful evolutions f the birds through the sir. N Y Post

Raes I'otnlo IMimplltiK. Pare 12 medium-si.cd potatoes and te ak them one-half hour in cold water. Urate anil nt once sipiee.e out all the water possible by putting into a coarse hug; remove when well squeezed and pour a little boiling water over. Take two slices (if bread, cut in diamonds, and fry a nice brown, after which stir them into the scalded potato; silt to t: ste. form into a round ball, nnd boil oi steam one-hn!f hour. Ladies W orld. saiai Bseaalagi A very delicious salad dressing for ihot-e wjo do not like the taste of oil fs: One beaten egg anil one traspoonful each of sugar, salt and mustard tubbed BOBOOth. Add eight tCMpOOU fills of Vinegar, and OOOh in a doublt boiler to a thick custard. After taking f-om the fire thin to the proper po latency with cream. I'onk

Anecdote of Jpremlsh Uasoa. Mr. Mason was himself once subjected lo a species of cross-examination. l!eing in Newport, a distinguished meimlier of the Bhods Island bar, who had never before met him, hail heard of bis habit of asking epiest ions, eseelal-

i ly of new acquaintances, anfl w lien pre1 nented to him he determined to be first in the fle!d with regard to this

particular qualification. nnd. accordingly, betran the conversation with s series of quest ions. Tb' asked Mr. Mason whether he liked this, or whether he affected th.it. and some of the questions were at.svvereil. while others were parried. Finnlly the interrogator said: "Well. Mr. Mason, tell me what you do like?" Quick n a Bash came trre reply from the great New Hampshire lawyer: "Why. I like to sit in this chair and hnve a sshotfo Is'.snd lawyer ask El nest lone." There were nn more queati uc-a ski'!. - Iloston Herald. An I iiunrlS. Little Lhnor Pu, want Is S eoinei denee? Prof. r.rondhendThe fact 1h.it the grern cucumber is ready to begin its work just about the time thai the green medical student rradiKites is a good example of coincidence, tny son. -Puck. In the I'ust Tense. That wns a lovely song, wasn't T "Ye. It wss before he iung It,"-Plek-Me-T'p.