Ligonier Banner., Volume 38, Number 22, Ligonier, Noble County, 27 August 1903 — Page 2

MIREY | s e By £3s - FRANK NEILSON ' (Copyright, 1993, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) LIP th’ piller a leetie higher up, F Mirey,” said the old man; pceyishly. ™ “Fh® eher hurts my back—an’ th’ sun’s a shinin’ right in my eyes.” " The girl tenderly adjusted the pillow and with masculine strength lifted the rude.chaiv with its paralytic burden to a shadier spot under the apple troe. : “Ye ain't a treatin® Jak: rioght, Mirey.” grumbled the old man. ‘“He ain’t said nothin’, but I kin see it; an’ you'a goin fo-marry him this fall : > : “Mebbe T am—mebbe I ain’t,” the girl said, impatiently. The old man looked up at her anxiously. ; : : “I knowed it,”’ he exclaimed. “I've seed it a comin’ ever sence that Evans come a snoopin’ 'round here. a pizeni’ yer mind with his steries 'bout fine houses, an’ great ladies, an’ dresses, an’ dimunds. What brought him ’way up here in this wild place? Who knows what he is. ennyhow? Like as not he's one of them revnoo “Ye've got no call to slander him that a way, pap,’ retorted the girl, hotly. “Lots of them city folks spends their vaeations im th’ mountains. An’ ennybody kin see he's a

gentleman. .He ain’t mo 4sp~\;."A ; There were hot words over the young city man, leaving the old man sullen and dissatisfied and the girl defiant. As she turned to go he said: “Mirey. they’s sumithin’ I clean forol 1o teil Jake when he come by, an’ 1 must see him. He ain’t .moren half way to th® st yit. Run, Mirey, ve must bring him back.” : The girl hurried- obediently down the steep path aed along the base of the mountain. smiling as she-went. I kin coax himinto it after <vhile,? £ murmured, “an’ then I kin be sumbody. Rob says 1 kin have ennythirie 12 L > A crash, a ~rattle of descending stones, a smothered ejaculafion, and two strugeling interlocked . men roulied down inty the path below her. One of them, weenching the revolver ‘drom the other’s hand, arose panting, tall and powerful. IHis oppounent lay quite still, bloed trickling {from a wound on the eurly, handsome head. With a choking (;I‘_\’ Mirey sprang forward and raised the wounded head in her arms, . ' “Ye've killed,’-h'im,” she moaned. . "He's only Stunned a -leetle,” growled the tall man. “He was a ipilerin’ me, an® svhen [ ?‘priw’d_him he f{ried to Hoat! He's a spy, Mirey.” : : “You lie, Jake!” the girl cried, defiantly. “An’ this won’t do ye no good, nuther.” . The tall man bent dewn. and from the inner pocket of the stylish coat drew a long, otﬁcid],—lo‘()king_envelope.

“Look at that, Mirey,” he cried, with a note of triumph. ‘Frum th’ Internal Revneo D’partment!” : “That ain’t his name on it—it’s fer sumbody else,” she protested, wildly. “Let me Tead whats inside.” She reached up a trembling hand, took the opened sheet and her sunbrowned - face turned pdie. The wounded head dropped from the encircling arms and she staggered to her feet, swaying, c¢rushing the letter in her hands. The man at her feet stirred and sighed. The tall man krelt and with his handkerchief bound the unresisting hands cruelly tighrf “What ve @gin #0 do with him, Jake?" asked the girl. quietly, almos=t inaudibly. . ‘ "“Ye've heered rumors of what went with ‘tother one,” the tall man muttered, - with a significant glance. “But tain’t fer me ta say. Th’ boys’ll decide that.” - : The girl shuddered and turned away. - . “You'll have to go an’ tell th’“boys. Mirey. while I watch him. He musn’t gitawav. 5 “I-—I kain’t—bring them, Jake. I'l watch him. He'll not git away,” savagely. ‘Give me th oun’’ Jake's eyes looked searchingly into hers. She met the scrutiny unflinchingly. “Kin I trust ye Mirey?” “Don’t 1 know what’ll happen _ef he gits away,” she ecried, indignantly. “D'ye think I'd send pap and—and you—to prison? I'll kill him first, Go—an' hurry.” : ;

She seated herself on a nearby bowlder and with drawn face -and cold, pitiless eyes regarded the unconscious captive. The bees, homegoing, heavy-laden, droned musically among the blossoms, loath to leave. From the distant river came the faint whistle of a passing boat. A great, black buzzard flapped heavily down upon the dead Hmb of a sycamore, wiped his hooked beak on his sable plumage and cocked his baleful eye inquisitively at the fallén man. ' The captive heaved a long, quivering sigh, opened his eyes, struggled, and sat up, staring about him confusedly. | “Mirey,” he said, faintly. “Is that you, Mirey?” :

THE ABANDONED ORCHARD. Haif way up the southern slope | There it dumbly lingers, ! Well-nigh dead to even hope, | = Passed by kindly fingers. | Sturdy. trunk and gen'rous bough ’ Which so oft have given, = Twisted, sear and barren now; Wind ard lightning riven. Once this orchard old was young, Coaxed and loved and tended; Onee its limbs a-blossom swung, " And with fruit low-bended; Once the robin and the wren : Hastened here and nested; : High it piled its store—and then ’ Till the spring it rested. ©h, those deary dear summerslong, Fiiied with peace and duty; : : Dawaof hours a golden throng, . Nights of starry beauty! Each October breatked: ‘“Well done!” * Winter’'s friendly rigor ¢ Held it snug; and rain and sun - Called it forth in vigor. o - Btill one faithful redbreast pair : Seeks the old-time hiving; Btill some twigs their petals bear. In pathketic striving; 5 . And when autumn cames, embrowned,

‘He drew his feet under him to rise. The revolver in the brown hand rose quickly, leveled at his face. “Don’t ye try it the girl said, harshly. “I'll shoot—an’ ye know*F don’'t miss.” . : : “Mirey! Have you turned against me 2 “Hain’t ye played th’ hypocrite long enuff, Joseph Armacost,” <ha sneered. The breceze rustled the letter at her feet. He pglanced at it and started. . ' : “L guess the play’s over,” he observed, wearily. She made no reply. After awhile he looked up again and said softly: “Mirey, before they—before I go—will you forgive 'me?" : She turned away her head to hide the tears of wounded pride that would not be repressed, “It was mean. cruel: despicable? he continued, “but we have to do such - things sometimes—they’'re a part of our orders. I wish you could understand and forgive me, Mirey” . Berpoive ye!’ she burst out. “Fergive ye! You lied to me. made love to me, learned me to love—yes, to love—sich a smake .as ysu. You'd have sent poor old pap to priscn, an’ made me dn outcast—a convict’s darter. Fergive ye? Never—you hound.” “Mirey, it wasn't all a He. I didi admire you—l do yet. And I in‘tended to arrange that your father might escape if—" ' “Then ye wouldn’t have done yer duty. You'd have played trpitor to both sides. Don’t talk to me. 1 don’t never want to hear yer voice.” There was a long silence—then the man remarked: ' *I suppose Jake has gone after the gang.’? . - . ,

“Don’t mention Jake's name. You ain’t fit to.. He’s a man.” ’ “Look here, Mirey. Do you realize what vou are doing? You are heiping murder me, as surely as though you had shot me through the head with that revolver. Do you -understand what thit means—to take human’ life—in c¢old blood?: Bad as I am I never did what you are doing now. . You ars helpine murder me, Mirey.” . i The wirl shuddered again, then steeled herself. - : “How do 1 knbw what they'll do with ye? . That's their bizness—not miine. - You an' fhen fer that.” . *Mirey, vou know as well as T that I’ll never see another sunrise if you keep me here 30 -minutes longer. You loved me once, Mirey. An hour zgo you would have gone with me to {hs ends of the earth. Do you hate me so now that you will stain your soul with miy blopd?>. She-gave a great sob. *What kin 1 do? I dasen’t let ys go. Let me alome. Fer God's sake fdon't tempt me He strained his strong wrists, the handkerchief feil over the supple, pliant hands, and he sprang to his feet, defyinge ihe deadly weapon upraised in: the shaking hands. “Stop! I'll have to shoot! I promised Jake—ye're a spy.’ “Shoot. then, Mirey. I'd better die that way than by torture. Shoot—risht" here—between the eyes—be sure.” _The dark eyes looked into his, filled with tears, and the grim muzzle dropped. » . “0" Rob T kaint I'm a coward,” He sprang forward, seized the weapon, and fired every chamber in the air. . » “Now, you've done your duty,” he exclaimed, breathlessly. “You've fired every bullet at me and only wounded me as I ran. D've a boat concealed at the river. Goodby, Mirey.”

She grasped his arm and clung to him desperately. “Not till I know ye won’t inform on pap and—Jake. I must know that, .er I'll hold ye till they come—an’ they’ve heered th’ shots.” !

_ “Could I betray you—after you've saved me? Mirey—girl—look in my eves—they shall never know.” ;

- She looked, knew, and released him. He stooped to kiss her, but she thrust him back fiercely. He seized the brown right hand, pressed it to his lips, and bounded away. The girl fell on her knees. »

0, Lord, fergive me fer what I've done. Fergive me fer the lie I'm about to tell. An’ O, God, help me to fergit him.” "Then she pressed her burning lips to the brown right hand. rubbed the spot madly with the crushed letter, and, with a little moan, cast the pa~ per away, as she cast him from her heart, and rose to face the hurrying men. o - Late that night when Jake re: turmed, weary and desperate, from the fruitless search, Mirey, from the old man’s side, stepped forward in the moonlight to meet him. _ “Jake,” she sgaid, softly. - “don’t worry. He’ll never:-tell. I know.” . Jake looked down, sternly, into the dark eyes.’ “Mirey—you let him go.” She laid both brown hands on' his arm and looked up, pleadingly, into the grave, rugged face. “Yes—it was better. I've been a fool, Jake. But it’s all past now. Anj} —Jake—ye needn’t wait till fall—ef ye’ll have me yit.” Jake stooped, kissed the quivering lips, put his strong arm about her, and led her to the smiling ¢ld man.

Summer’s skies to dapple, : All a summer's dream is found In a shriveled apple. —Edwin L. Sabin, in Farm and Fireside, Why She Needs More \\'nrshlps. Russia has just ordered six new battleships and three armored -cruisers, which, says the Chicago Record-Herald, of course are to help her keep the Manchurian aoor pried open. : New Varie!y of Summer, S Evidently the weather man has grown tired of hearing about the good old summer time, says the Chicago Tribune, and has decided to introduce a new variety of summer, ~ Woman’s Opportunity, The women editors, says the Chicago Record-Herald, should not overlook the story concerning the Illinois man who talked himself to death. Birth Rate in Massachusetts. _ The birth rate among the foreign born in Massachusetts is 52 per 1,000;. among the native bornitisl7.

AMERICANS LEARNING 1D EAT FISH ‘

THE IMPORTANT WORK OF THE UNITED STATES : COMMISSIONERS OF FISH AND FISHERIES.

5 OT only is there spreading 1;.33': _.ff abroad more knowledge in vl ‘ ,-4 regard to the preser‘vat-lon Qg‘é\l of the fishes with which the 2_l\ N[ waters of our land are already stocked, but the inhabitants of inland districts, as well as of coast regions, are learning the value of fish as a focd ard the economy of stocking even the small streams. The farmer is beginning to lock upon the finny beings as valuable additions {c his farm creatures, as a welcome addition to his bill of fare. 'ln the near future, when we visit cur country cousins, we may Teasonably look forward toa dish of fresh fish flanking the traditional fried chicken. v Since the United States government had her eyes opened to the value of fish culture she has made great strides in the work, and now is to the fore of all other countries in carrying it on on a large scale. . 'After her in the prosecution of this work should be mentioned, in the following order, ' Canada, Germany, Norway and Sweden. Our valuable and indefatigable fish commission, one of the most popular of the government burecaus, is accomplishing results many and various. It is 30 some years since Prof. Baird was appointed ‘“to prosecute investigations with a view to ascertaining what aim-

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inution in our number of food fishes of the coast and the lakes of the United States had taken place, to what causes the same is due, and what protective, prohibitory or precautionary measures should be adopted.” Soon after the investigation was instituted several hatcheries weze established, and almost every fresh session of congress new hatcheries have been provided for. Now 35 hatcheries in 25 states are in operation. Last year the United States fish commission sent out 1,488,673,374 little fishes to stock waters in various parts of the country. The demand from private individuals is constantly increasing. ;

A pond, if only a small one, should not be neglecied by the farmer; can be made readily available as a home for the fishes. And all one has to do to obtain a bountiful supply of these mi-

nute water creatures is to fill out a simple blank of application and send it to the state fish hatchery. The kind of water must. be described (whether spring-fed lake, running stream, or what), whether or not fish already inhabit it, and one must specify the kind of fish desired and the number, though those in charge of the hatchery may suggest a different selection to yours. Then, at the proper season, some day along will come the fish train bearing its small cans, each probably containing tens of thousands of fish; and the person to whom the can is addressed receives his property and at once proceeds to empty into his waters the tens of thousands of baby fish.” He now has the beginning of future.property concerning which an enthusiastic fish culturist has written thus: ‘““After the seed is planted nothing further is required than to reap what you have sown. Wind, rain, hail storms or cyclones do not damage them, nor are the buds blighted by early frosts or the fruit withered by late ones.” We shall have time to speak of the artificial propagation of but one species of fish, and have selected the white fish, probably the most important group of fresh-water fishes of the world. The artificial propagation of white fish has ‘been carried on with great success, and about four-fifths of ‘the eggs hatch. When ‘left to nature a female fish will deposit from 10,000 to 75,000 eggs; but many of the eggs are destroyed by enemies, and there is great loss. In the artificial methods, the impregnated eggs which are to.be shipped to any distance are placed on trays and drained, then covervd with damp mosquito netting, over which is packed damp moss; the trays are placed in cases, and ship-

ELOQUENT IRISH EYES. Tney Tell of Great Love of Country and Devotion to Religion. " The eye is what the soul makes it, and, like a true indicator, it records the character of its possessor. The Irish eye most eloquently bespeaks the character of Ireland’s people, says the Cincinnati Enquirer. i Deep and blue as the great waves of the ocean, tender and sparkling as the lovelight of the stars, brave and fearless as the heart of steel-clad warrior, peerless eyes of blue! The undying patriotism of generations, the faith in their holy religion, and the matchless wit and humor, the bright optimism, which, however dark the clouds may he, can always see the silver lining—all these are beautifully blended in the azire orbs of Erin’s children—ideal eyes of blue. The laughing eyes of France’s daughters are charming indeed, luminous are the midnight orbs of the sunny Italian maiden, mild and blue are those of the light-browed children of the Rhine, soft and sweet the eye of the goldenhaired English lassie; but for beauty and depth of meaning there is none like the true, honest blue of the Shamrock land, “sweet eyes of heaven’s own hue.”

ped in cool cars or cool boat rooms. Whitefish eggs have been sarely shipped from Michigan to Australia. : The eggs are hatched in hatchingjars, sufficient water being introduced to keep -the eggs in slow motion. Everything must be scrupuiéusiy"élean. When the “fry” is hatched they go out into tanks, then are dipped into kegs and transported to natural spawning grounds. If they go any considerable distance fresh water is kept running on them. _ The fish commission holds as one important branch of its work the dissemination of information relative to the utilization of fishery products, which includes methods of canning, pickling, drying and refrigeration. The Americans have been most wasteful with their fisheries, as with other of ‘their rich' resources, and the sirict laws that different states have in recent times passed in regard to fish preservation come a little late—the shad had almost entirely disappeared from the Connecticut river, likewise the salmon, though this river was once famous for both shad and salmon. . The division nof fish cuiiure,:a very important department of the commission, now - operates, besides its 35 hatcheries, four railroad cars for distribution, and a large eguipment for

the carrying on of its work. For the prosecution of the marine work three vessels are used; the steamers Albatross and Fish Hawk, and a schooner, the Grampus. The Fish Hawk is a floating hatchery, engaged in hatching shad, lobster and mackerel, in collecting eggs, and in distribution of the fry.. In Maine are situated stations for cultivating salmon for distribution in New Engiand and near-by territory. At Woods Holl and Gloucester, Mass., lobster, cod, flat flsh, and other marine species are propagated. Shad are carefully looked after by the Fish Hawk on the Delaware river, and at stations in Maryland, North Carclina, Washington, D. C,, and the fish distributed all along the ' Atlantic seaboard. On the great lakes, devoted to white fish, perch, pike, lake trout, lake herring, etc., hatcheries are locate:d as follows: Cape Vincent, N. Y.; Put-in-Bay, O.; Detroit, Alpena and Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and Duluth, Minn. Work with brook trout, black spotted trout, crappie, bream, etc., is carried on at St. Johnsbury, Vt.; Najshua, N. H.; Wytheville, Va.; Erwin,] Tenn.; Cold Spring, Ga.; Northville, Mich.; Quincy, Ill.; Manchester, la.; Neosha, Mo.; San Marco, Tex.; Leadville, Col.; Spear Fish, S. D., and Bozeman, Mont. On the Pacific seaboard there are in operation six stations for the cultivation of the Pacific salmon. Shad- and striped bass now are common on-the

Nw e kf?;:«fs;;gs:q EReas s s e g bseens A D uanll | X 2 741 by Rtk il | & !1'1”'? </l ib ! ‘ ﬁwﬁﬂ%@ ‘olli F“ i k 1 ie) = | Jais‘éi ,iﬂ‘i'iL WL D ) i \ (lh t@_%:—::———% ‘ J N SN RS et T =4 T -!kx‘\?s‘-; /ﬁi’@ AR =il w\\m\ INTERIOR OF STATE HATCHERY AT COLD SPRING HARBOR, N. Y. Pacific coast, though - unknown until their planting there about 20 years ago. : One of our statesmen, one who speaks with authority, bears this testimony in regard to the work of the fish commission: ‘“There is no expenditure on the part of the government which results in greater economic benefit to the country at large than that applied to the fostering of the fisheries.” . - KATHERINE POPE.

THE CHEAPEST TELEGRAMS. Charges for Service Are Lawer in Australia Than in Any Other ; i Country. : i | The Australian commonwealth’s telegraph service is the cheapest in the world. It is operated entirely by the govérnment as part of the postal system, says the Review of Reviews. For city messages, which include a suburban area of a radius of ten miles beyond the city limits, the rate .is 12 cents for messages of ten words and the address; for messages of the same length to any point within the same state—and the states are generally very much larger than any American state—the charge is 18 'cents, while for similar messages to any station within thecommonwealth—and from Rockhampton, 'to Queensland, to Perth, in West Australia, the distance of wire is more than 4,500 miles —the uniform charge is 24 cents. It is calculated, on the basis of past experience, that these rates will return a revenue sufficient to pay operating expenses of every kind, including the cost of maintenance, and in addition interest on the original expense of construction, amounting to fully $18,000,000. : '

) THE ANGLER AND THE LITTLE FISH. . \\\ /j' B\ , /7, | SR | " ) "*‘\‘ e /1 eT e | : Ve et IR DAY g A | b e . - g ey 'l‘/A ‘_‘K‘él - ¢ ‘ 2 ". ~ ] 4 LR % /(“‘ 4 /?x oAb oY /Iy, N3OT - PR oy P -"‘Z"~ . o A 4V X TS LRREN T W @=L o (3 VI W X\ — : o ] = .|, |‘|T '(.""- \“E':'\lu‘ @ ‘\"" - BUANAR L L VNG S T e - 2 § &, By G UGN LAI 2 / 2 Bik )\ s« ‘\u, i ! Ly : A N 3 ‘m; W 8 2oy k. QL . 3 Rl i g R . R s === ; = A Ly, ‘M . < W Y Q iy =, o ‘l\\,r\n\:'t". o '.‘_ ‘(’\:i'}_: ' 2 / A .(—} }HI " WAoMI o x e R 2R\ ¥ e S o’ B . = 3{(,\@ ‘/ 3 .n\\[ : 2 S ey F - 3 ,&\\'\S\:‘\\}Q"“\J% }/ . ) 2 \\‘\_i:\' e\j : - 7 i W : —= -\R‘ b P N~ y = ‘ o o ‘I?/{,C,’,‘." ’ 4 7 == /i ~ 4. b ' NGO K T 3 | U R& | i e W 3 ; : , \\é\}\\}“\ <o o : } = - T d & { \ LD J " e - g ; SRR N\ ; : . - w-:"‘.“ o ..‘ S TS e TSRS TR E T - ; Find Another Kish. A fisherman who had caught.a very little fish, was about to throw lhim into his basket. The little fellow, gasping, pleaded thus for his life: “What, vou are never going to keep such a little chap as I am. not one-quarter grown. Fifty such as I am wouldn’t makeé a decent dish. Do throw me back, and come and catch me again when [ am bigger.” “It's.all very well to say ‘Catch me again, my little fellow,” replied the man, “but vou know you will make yourself very scarce for the future. You're big enough to make one in the frying pan, so in you go.” . MORAL—Never let slip the present opportunity, but secure every little ad*vantage just in the nick that offers without a vain rellance upon, and fruitless expectations of, something better in time to come.

THE WINE SAMPLER’S JOB. Not Such an Enviable Occupntion as Some Lovers of Grape Juice . Imagine. “There’s only one job at the St. Louis exposition 'that I would like to get,” said a well-known man about town at his club, relates .the Albany Journal, “and that is a wine sampier.” ’ “You would soon get sick of your job,” replied a feliow clubman. “There will be between 30,600 and 40,000 samples -in the wine exhibit, and if you would be allowed to taste it in the ordinary way your finish would be rapid. ““I have heard the business described, and as a matter of fact it is not customary in this operation to permit the wine tester to sip from each bottle and pronounce his judgment until his mind begins to wander and his tongue thicken. He does not swallow the wine at all. Itis tasted, but never swallowed. After five or si% samples have been examined the jurors will rest a few minutes, then eat a bit of cheese and a biscuit, after which ~ they rinse their mouths with mineral water and proceed as before. This is kept up from nine in the morning until noon. Persons who can thus refrain from real indulgence in the wine cup presented in this tantalizing manner are examples of abstinence which ought to ingpire admiration for the race.

“It'is not every one who can thus tread near the danger and step back from the brink. With a man® nose in the cup that inebriates he is generally a goner. ~lt is as good as settled when he gets so far as to lay his hand upon the wicker door. The exhilarating effect of suffering a stream of some 50 or 100 different kinds of wine to pass between one’s lips even if refused admittance at the inner portal, must be considerable; and a layer of cheese, a layer of biscuit and a layer of mineral water continued for three hours, it would seem, would be a distressing ordeal. After the ‘bouquet’ of the cheese, what becomes of the bouquet of the wine? There are cheeses that make one quite oblivious of every other thing set on the table before one. I would have no confidence at all in the judgment of a jury after the sixteenth round of cheese.”

HE TALKED TOO MUCH. Toguncious Peddler Comes to Grief at z the Hands of a “Henpecked : Runt.” Persistently the broom peddler was offering his wares to everyone he met and was trudging up the avenue, when he saw a large man standing on the curb. The latter had a pugilistic chin and was deeply engrossed in an open newspaper, relates the New York Herald.: : “Do you want a broom, sir?” questioned the peddler, flourishing the broom to demonstrate its durable qualities. “Nope!” snapped the large man, without looking up. " “Oh, I see! You are a bachelor. Well, you are lucky. Do you see that little house over there with brown steps?”’ The large man glanced up for the first time.

“Yes; what of it?” . “Well, I have an order for a broom over the»re.” “You have, eh?”

“Yes, and the lady wants a strong one. She said she wanted one to suit her husband, and from the way she said it I guess she intends to hammer him across the shoulders. Well, the chances are he is some little dried-up man and hasn’t the courage or strength to defend himself against henpecking. It serves him right.” 7 o “Aren’t you a little hard on the poor man.” . ‘“Not at all, sir. But you don’t happen to know the little henpecked runt, do you?”’ ‘ e “Perhaps.” : . ‘“Perhaps? S-say you—"' “Yes, I'm the little henpecked runt you refer to. I'm the dried-up man that hasn’t the courage or strength to defend himself. Take that! and when you get up if you don’t get out of the neighborhood I'll eat you up, do you hear?” But the broom peddler couldn’t hear. His ears were scooping in the mud from the cobblestones. - Might Be True, Mrs. de Flatte—Dr. Knowall says milk should not be used in large quantities, because it makes the hair fall out. Do you believe that? . Mrs. Suburb—Dear me! It might be. Our cow sheds its coat dreadfully.— Stray Stories.

STAGE PEOPLE IN SUMMER. Some of the Performers Have a Hard Time Tidinz the Off Season Over, In summer what becomes ef the numbers of stage people who return to the metropiis penniless at the cloge of the season? How dotheylive? These questions were put to the manager of the theatrical agenay in Broadway, says the New York Post. “Indulgent landladies, iriends in the cocuntry, and parents in the city solve the summer problem for hosts of theatrical peopie.” repiied the agent. “An actor would sooner starve than be seen by his mates working at any other trade. About 75 per cent. of those who remain here get trusted for their summer’s beard and lodging. They pay up, in most caseg, in the course of ,the next season, sending from week to week to the landiacdy sufficient to cancel their summer’s indehtedness. “Of course,” went on the agent, “they’re not all improvident. See that little girl [zoing out?” He -pointed to a petite figure in the ceaseless stream of applicants: “Got plenty of money—enough to last her until the season opens and a bit to spare. They call her stingy on the rcad, because she won’t spend her morney. Laugh on her side now. Many of ’em come here without a rag to their backs for summerand have to wear their winter clothes or last year's suits and dresses. "This one wears good clothes—summer clothes, of the newest pattern, and promenades on Broadway like a queen. When she's signed, and the hot weather is on to stay, she'll go down to the shore or into the country and enjoy herself. Dresses well, looks well, lives well. Next winter sne’ll pay her hotel bills, with no ‘incidentals.’

“That one over there, the seedy one, couldn’t buy a cigar at a cut-rate store. He'll come out all right, though. Never has a cent, but always at work. One of the summer-stock boys. A little late this year, though, I'm afraid. He’s just in from a long tour. Pretty late for stock, but he’s an old stager, and may land. A good many eke out the vear's income by playing summer engagements al various theaters throughout the country. Nearly every city of any size has from one to half a dozen stock companies this summer; thesummer stock business has grown enormously in the last two or three years, and gives employment to hundreds. Not enough to go round, though. The best people, as a rule, don’'t play summer engagements, although there are exceptions. Comparatively few of the best play summer stock, unless driven to it.” SECURITY 'IN CCEAN TRAVEL. The Death Rate of Sailors Has Decreased One-Half in the Last Decade,

Within ten years, thanks to better ships and better navigation, the death rate of sailors has decreased one-half, and is now only 13 per 1,000, or 40 or 50 per cent. below the rate for all inhabitants of such cities as Boston, New York or Chicago, says-the National Magazine, though, of course, such a comparison must not be pursued to its last analysis of why or wheretfore, but taken for what it is worth as a sufficienly surprising statement of an actual fact. Out of 10,000 accidents reported to the Travelers’ Insurance company, 2,413 occurred to pedestrians and 1,880 te persons who were comfortably at home indoors. No fewer than 1,816 accidents were due to riding or driving, 689 to various sports, 406 to bicycling, and 477 to railway travel, while only 70 of these 10,000 accidents occurred upon the ocean. Making all due allowance for the obvious fact that there are always many more persons walking, or indoors, or engaged in pastimes, or railway journeying than there are at sea, these figures are still significant. One great steamship company, with 40 vessels, lost .only one seaman in a year, and it was recorded of the celebrated Inman line some years ago that it had conveyed, without one death, a million passengers. In the year 1890 the trans-Atlantic liners made nearly 2,000 voyages from New York to the various ports of the united kingdom and the continent, carrying 200,000 cabin and 372,000 steerage passengers across 3,000 miles of boisterous ocean. And yet in this entre year there was not one accident costing'the life of a single one of these more than half a million people. : Rank. :

Higgins—Why do you encourage persons to call you colonel? Wiggins—Because if folks called me by my army rank of major, people would think I was only a captain.—Boston Transcript. 5 A

CONCERNING THE BUCKSAW. | Not So Much in Use as It Once Was, Buat Still Frequentiy : Met With., . “At first thought,” said the town traveler, according to the New -.York Sun, “it seemed odd enough t 0 see a man walking along a busy city street—it was in Park row—carryinga bucksaw. If there was anything that would seem to be of no particular use in a big city it is the bucksaw. . o . “The sight of it brought to mind the | place where the bucksaw- did belong; a | country woodshed to which the farmer ! hauls a load of cor;iwood. to be sawed into suitable lengths and then split and piled, the sticks beifg laid for sawing in a stout sawbuck, the reach of which,w between the two Xs, is scarred with saw | cuts, made when the saw dropped down f on it in sawing short fengths. But who ‘ could want a bucksaw in the eity, where | many people never use a sliver of wood | for any purpose whatever unless it be for toothpicks, burning gas for fuel as ‘ well as for light, orif they did use wood, | buying it in the form in which it is now so commonly sold in cities, all sawed and | spiit? S ) ; “Faney anybody sawing and splitting wood in the city in these days! But it seems, nevertheless, that peeple still -do that here; that is. to some extent: and there is here still some demand for bucksaws and sawbucks, which can be found in any city hardwarestdre. “There was a time, indeed, when Deople in cities, as well as those _living in the countty, used cordwood commonly; the city people, if they had no woodshed, .aving theéir weod stored and sawed and split in the cellar. The city householder who buys eordwood nowadays—and there are still some who do—commonly has it sawed at the woodyard where he puys it; into suitable lengths if for open fireplaces, into blocks if it is to.be split; having it split, only, at his house. “And so the bucksaws sold here now for city use are most likely to be used for sawing up refuse stuff, ends of planks or old boxes and soon; but ‘here may be, after all, some people here yvet who still buy cordwood just as they used to do, and have it sawed and split on theirown premises, quite in the old-time - way; .and, anvhow, in one way and another, there's still quite & bunch of bucksaws used in this eity. ) “And then people buy here bucksaws to use in the country:; just as, for instance, many people buy here, for. use in salt and in fresh waters, boats. You would scarcely thinlk of boats as being a thing kept in stock in a city store. But there are stores here, stores on busy, crowded city streets, in which you can find big stocks of boats. | “And speaking of boats reminds me of perhaps the oddest place in which - you would find bucksaws and sawbucks; that being on the decks of ships. If the bucksaw looks really at home only under the farmer's woodshed, certainly it looks furthest from home on the deck of a deepwater ship, loading at a city whdrf for Hong Kong or Melbourne, or where not, over the sea. “You look aloft at the tall masts, and see the yards crossed against the sky, and think of sailormen hanging on there by their eyelids and reefing sail in a gale at sea, with the old ship plunging and diving at every ijump enough to shake the sticks out of her, but who would think of anybody here peacefully at work with a bucksaw, sawing off blocks from sticks of .cordwood, laid across, quite in the old-time way, in the jaws of an old-fashioned sawbuck, standing on the ship's deck? . . “But. that is just what vou might see here as the ship lay at her city wharf, or as she drifted lazily in tropic seas,

the cook sawing wood on deck for the galley - fire. For they don’t burn on shipboard kindling wood tied up in little bundles such as you buy at the city grocery store, but solid cordwood that they buy in such quantities as they need for the voyage, just as they might any necessary stores. : “And the sawbuck and bucksaw that the cook gets out on deck here or on the wide ocean may have been brought aboard the vessel down-in Maine, where the ship first took the water, or, the need for them arising here, they may have been bought right here in New York. T “And so, while it may not be quite. what it once was, and while its true home may still be under the courtry woodshed, yet the bucksaw is of more or less common use everywhere, on land and sea, and it ought not to be considered- a very strange sight to see a man carrying one through the city’s streets.” , e O EASY MATHEMATICS. Little Problems Growing Out of the - Every Day Happenings- : ; of Life. An ice wagon serves 55 customers in the course of a day. Each family should receive 15 pounds of ice, but owing to the nearsightedness of the driver theaverage weight is only ten, says the Detroit Free Press. How much does the wagon gain in one day, and why is it that the nearsighted collector never takes a three-cent piece for a dime?

If one man with a lawn mower can arouse 35 people from sleep at six o’clock in the morning, how many could seven men with lawn mowers arouse if they tried their level best? ; It takes a district messenger boy 35 minutes to travel 170 yards while on business for the company, but only four when on his way home. What.is his speed per hour in each case? What is the per cent. compared to chain lightning? ' A A has the sum of $l2 in his pocket, when B gives him a pointer on the races by which he can win 13 times his capital. What did the sum total amount to, and why was it that A had to borrow a nickel to get home on? .

By adding two quarts and one gill of water to his stock a milkman brings the total amount up to seven quarts and two gills and swears by the bones of his ancestors that it is pure quill. How much milk did he have in the first place? - ; !

A and B buy a lottery ticket costing five dollars, in partnership. - A contributes $2.90 an® B contributes $2.10. In case the ticket draws $50,000 what share will each one take? Needn't be in-any hurry to work this out. : A farmer has five miles to drive. He figures that while he is driving one mile his hired man ought to hoe three rows of corn across a seven acre lot. He gets home to find that only seven rows have heen hoed in all. What was theaverage per mile, and how long was the hired man roosting on the fence?. =

DOWNFALL OF A TYRANT. Haughty B‘cisf Paid Dearly for His Folly When He Shed His Lo = Antlers. “Of_ course, animals can talk.” said John Lover, the zoo keeper. He pointed toward a herd of deer, states the Philadelphia’ Record. “Do you see that buck,” he said, “the tall one that limps a little? Well, do you krnow what caused .that buck to limp? Why, it was the ability to talk and reason that his mates have. ) “He had no limp when he first came here. He walked with the elastic gait of a pretty girl. He was very strong and powerful, and he abused his strength. He jabbed those long antlers of his into every other buck in the vard. = Because he was stronger than the others he tyrannized over them: They hated him for this, naturaliy, but he didn't care. He didn’t seem to cara for anything but the esteem of the lady -deéer. ~He thought that the more ha krocked the _other bucks about the more the ladies—would admirg him, and, I hate to say it, ke thought right. He was adored by every lady deer in the place. ) “But his brothers hated him. They kept to themselves and they were always muttering togéther. He jabßbed them, though, as much as ever, caricg nothing for their muffled oaths. And finally the season of horn-sheding came. "That was the season for which the wealk‘er bucks had been waiting. Our powerful friend had no sooner lost his antlers than the others made cne conceried rush upon him and down he went. He tried to fight, but, unarmed. he could déo nothing. For a minute or two he was buffeted about terribly. Then a coupia of keepers hopped the fence and droye his dssailants off. He got up bleeding, and when he walked he limped. He

has limped ever since. He has becen humbler and gentler ever since. And the ladies, for some reason or other, have despised him ever since. o “This story teaches us,” the keeper ended, “that animals can talk and rason pretty much the same as we can.” TESTING BAD WATER. Simple Process That May Be Eme pioyed by Anyone in the . . Household. Water may contain disease germs and remain perfectly clear. Water may be very muddy and contain mach sediment and yet really contain no disease germs. Some of the cleares: water contains the deadly germs. As a rule, however, the dirty water is the unsafe water, although it is not al ¥ays the case, says Medical Talx ror the Home. .To test a specimem of suspecied v ater generally requires an expert. There is one simple test, however, that is in the reach of all. Take a glass tumbler and a glass sauce dish that will it the tunmibler closely as a cover. The glass and cover should be made perfectly clean, then boiled for ten er 15 minutes to make them completely aseptic. After the boiling is completed the glass should be filled with the suspected water and covered tightly with the glass cover. A teaspoonful of sugar should be added to the water and allowed 1o stand for 24 hours. If in that tiwe tae water has become turbid or sn:oky or formed scum on the-top or a sediment at the bottom the water should be regarded as unfit for drinking purposes even though it may be perfectly clear. The explanation-of this test is that the sugary. solution forms an ariificai culture for the poisonous germs and they begin to multiply very rapidly, which forms a scum of cloudiness of sufficient density to become visible.

FEMININE FINERY. Pretty Fancies That Lend Attractive~ o ness to the Costumes of the Season. _White corduroys have been much used this summer at the French and English watering places for seaside gowns, reports a fashion exchange. _The return of the fitted bodice is heralded. Women have been trying to .get tid of the pouch effect in bodices and coats for some time, and the autumn and winter models shoew that they are succeeding. " : ‘The Parisian’ fancy of the moment ils to twirl vivid green feathers on black hats and vivid blue fedthers gometimes with daring things of mixed turquoise blue and emerald green. Some of the new hats in chip are turned up abruptly ' at_the sides to‘wafd the back, where they are simply trimmed with a bow of black velvet and perhaps an ostrich feather. A new fabriec which will be appropos late in the season is shantyng. This is very desirable in natural color shot with oblong dots of deep red, blue and green. _ ) ‘Many of the elaborate waists, whether of silk grenadine, chiffon, or mousseline de soie, are oftentimes studded &vith pearls, as well as being hand embroidered. = If midsummer tailor suits can be considered as a shadow_cast before by fall tailor styles. the revival of severity is not near.

Broiled Mushrooms on Toast. Pare neatly, wash well and dry in a cloth a pound of large, fine mushroos. Season them with salt and pepp=r and a tablespoonful of sweet oil, and breil them for four minutes on each side, first on the gill side an then on the other. Dip six slices of toast in a little butter and miik and lay the mushrooms on them, being careful not to distrub any liquid that may have settled on the gills while they were broiling. Then spread a little butter om ‘them -and add salt and pepper and a few drops of lemon juice. By the end of ‘August there is usually an abundance of wild mushrooms in the meadows.—N. Y. Tribune. ~ Cream to Burn. Two little girls were engaged in an animated discussion as to the merits of their respective homes. ~ “Well, anyway,” said one little maiden, in a triumphant tone, “you may have more bedrooms than we have, but we have more cream than you do. We have enough for our cereal every single morning.” - ~ “Pooh!” said the other, “that’s nothing. We own a Jersey cow, and we get a whole cowful of cream twice every day.”—Lippincott’s. : -