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 TALKS WITH THE BOYS flOBT i^^-^" I heard you speak o* yonr f»tier ^^'er'day as "iho old maa,' and of your, Der highness mattir thut you can t refer tj W ihetn ne, yoa jct. ,. t icr ai" ^^"'Jlur father n 1 mother K'° VJf vour parent, shoil i tp'-ak of you I -^"PP i /," or "-.he flj " ^ou'd conn be- MtiiDt )Oii had been born it to the ' tamiJy. Tab son who is ashamed of ""K^ats ought t) bo ashamed of bima-rlf. impose t':eir ways are old fashioned, and l"ir grammar a J'ttle (ff. and thty don't like kef p'Dg uP wiih the fashions of ' Xa iiij Lt'.hcr or mother in ten ,.\antigts you enjoy. Forty or j^a J go they walked three or four â- 'Vto a country school to pick up a Iht'e krcii?. w^" ^^' y°' " tilking of going f J j^'e. They besjan poor and have toil. I'nd libcred and saved for their children. L jest n member tbfct t'litg* have grea'.- ed in this couutry. Years afi;o a cay. the A wi mui in Connectiont h.. u notary. "aeoaont has bacn made a A fewr LMaSon milimA.I'^^.T tricycles in tUeir ^^^ '"""W. «• Gray B,ar, an ex-chief of the Half the sugar oensamed i£ Q^eat Rrf* Q last V3ar vr »,-i_ ^^w Brit- ain last beeis. y3ar was ihaDgea was seen »t church far oftener Men went tj meeting clad in The lule in mo.t houses was for dres! ;D a silt â- fspun. bildren to stand up t) eht, The big. I pieces of pie west to father and mother, children were ntt allowed to sic up [sn o'clock at nigLt, or to argue a i'icD after the head of the family had ided it.' jv boy, don't get any foolish notions iLto r'heacl. If your father is old and gray pjijâ€"if \cur mother is trembling and lind has no cares for the frivolites of Jay, it is t?il which has brought these, so; hard work and nigVit^ full of anxiety ;]eir chiLiren might be tpared tie ilivish lite. Where they wore blnc- vou have broadcloti. Where fiey ktt ivcake you have iweat cake and pie. e taeir mode of life and forced econo- •cTtcted them from enjoying society,. .meiit! or books, ji»t think how you ;et:eshil!'ngj fly, snd what is cfiered ^°^ldei [,;irest and a.T;Use you â- f let's have a word to aay about econo- 've been right among you, and I know ouwant tiis, that and the ot'ier, and it bad." Up to t'ae time of the war of the boys of that day had a dime to ;i for Fourth ^f July, he thought him le Uhat Ofl; Qoiiti, lik, Med,, he god the door owy ro wasoT d by ute, â- Â«d oa w agji, 1 ffeezij fhe hoi he look hijii mg to dn m len by soraett s eyes ew cai â- own hi uaheedi hair t cisaed i, and lad, 8ta 1 thedri ell fixed. The boys want about five ^^ "«Bjr3 apiece nowadays, and that' all gone ren:oa, we gCit a new book it was considered a fitce o; ext.-avagacce. Toe lad who ash enough to walk into a panoramic iiition. buy a pair of skates, or treat eii:)Bwett meats was looked upon by rsst of us as a Jay Gould. :nct saying that you shouldn't have ittle Li ijf jukJ use it. but right there is a vital Bw sure t'lat jcu really need what Djy, A»k yourself if it will pay 7 Mon- itiewhetk on which tae world moves. lire the habil of throwing it after every e:y brought out and you'll by and by sseconuhand museum and no cash to Ifl saw It how knev! and in • knew, forgot! at sprii )f hia p will ha ;ime, oi ilike a stingy boy, but when I sae a oDkiDg his nickels down at the desk ol 'vinga bank I know that he is one of the le men who is going to build our rail- md do our wnoleaale business. There ;g difference between beiug itingy and ;;ecotomical. The richest men of Am- ir; liberal in giving to churches, asy- and to tae unfoitanate, but they never _.;. They don't indulge in this or that â- * ""' ji' because they have money to pay for r mnoa ittlea-Kj ;; you are about 15 years old you've i.aeaking idea into your head that it's ^•.hm? to use an oath occasionally. You inadt. a greater mistake It is true nitn use more or less oaths, but I .;like t"j have you find me one who :iii;atned cf it I It's a mean habit, for .. .halt I know you can point to the uy wii^.ij. uj^^ jjj j.v,g land and prove that :r out oaths, but that's no reason why ;-iuid follow suit. There isn't a swear- i this country who doesn't feel a aatisfdction in s^t.ing down to ffie nita a man whose language is clean ?-ie. There's nothing manly in us- ^Mn. Swearing is about the first ly.utear from the lips of a fool or itod. Even a heathen can awear. aon: get tie idia that I want you good. The t iO good boy is a nuis- H?) was born to be an angel, but '^srg 1 1) splice on the wings. Go to â- -8? Certainly! I know toere aje n ttiis world who look upon a circus '-^xt thing to a visit from old Satan 'â- ' but they ought to have lived foity ieo. Ifjuuwere my boy I'd walk "â-  show j(,u every animal and curio»ity â- ttt we'd take a reserved seat and see â- ^â- 18, When a man has t'ained a horse â- =ordog t) obey him with almoit hu- ^telligence he has proved to you the â- a. value of patience andperseveracce. i iiade of men will stop on the street *i man lift, or to watch a jumping- Then why deprive you of the sight â- - ^f'"0'maDce of an athlete, who has Q-odfr ^?i' to Lrixg his strength and agility Section '^!i 1 take you to the theat-* To a plav-yeB: to a Buffalo Bill barn- J^8 burtiihâ€" no. Five plays out of "eheafthy in lentiment, and point a » plainly thkt even a child can catoh iging c )her. I for sm rl. effi Q he lo .tsi st: 1 is gew Qtit approp survivo: ,y the 8i r) incip^B le ^*oni that ho hW ndidba oaHai rying out hi« whnti im. uihe'P I gnre ' her 1" ir brH tber the cB bot IB -SI e "q* nntt )• tny boy to rub »g%inst every day le while he ia a boy. If he '^ea that hunter's life is fall of ' 'Olio steaks and victories over grizz- "gcicg tjsond him into the woods J '*.*o live tn woodchuck meat, carry " Qi* head and be jumped out of his 'i Efat time an owl hoots. If he asks ,r ^.^ ^~l I m going to give it to him, but I hei»»" 1^?"'^°^' -f a Saturday nisiht and i«ii.K u^*" it, and show up some of 1 bargain!. If he wants to ^ail the billow I know cf a lake capt^n ijiiij. that £#im» '^^'.bim on a trip from Detroit to tffO' ijjj^^^be osn'tcure himinjustone iy else need try, °*n and â-  •â-  € (J ,„"'"" talk to your boy as you â- "â- ' «irt i«»r7,°"'^°'" Don't buUdose be- •""Sa C! PP"' ^0 be his father and have iitto"""'" Argue and reason. Don't fflake asaeitons and have him tiem a.s 'sckia. not ' Mupi tb» ?«to gospel truths unless you Teach him what to avoid me "^°l'ivate and turn him loose for Vast; "^.^eeka the pood ^® *»" ^^^ "^im int u ^^ ^^^^ "' ^^^ ^^^' '°^' "Jon h wookshed for a pounding "Juar^n* '^* youiself if he doesn't "%bythatfailiEg. 'â- "V".!"?^8h in this world to "mean (rell. Thoughtfulness duty, and «(ratitiide ,, "ght to do well. Thoughtfulness f- becomes a -â-  ' • ^gtoeg. °««io frooi Eiropea'n Three day's imprisonment was th. *-♦ r a man wio called to a. rl. â-  â-  "** ^^ apeak louder: ""^^' J«Jk« to me not. Temptation Touch M. Pasteur announces that b? inocnU«^« saw He 614- Gto-ge Dalzell, of ZanesviHe. O'aio nolK)dv but his scster for fifteen 'years died recently. /»" Two brothes in Conoecticticut married tees, and the first son of each couple was born on the 29th of February. " ^^ A Georgia lady has entered suit against her bueband for divorce, because he wiuld not give her the combination to his 8»fe. A Stiat.-ofd Conn woman dreamed that Bhe saw her husband kissing a neighbor's in the face „;f Q, kissing a neighbor's wife. She awoke aud struck him i breaking his nose, Mrs. Susan Canfield of Nashua. N. H has a mania for eoUeoting buttons of old patterns She has 1 160 buttons of different sSdesTn one string. House servants in Mexico receive from $3 to §3.50 per month. They do not board in the families they serve, but buy tHeir meals and eat them in their own quarters. A clerk in theMassachusetts State Library was so deeply interested in autographs that he out the signatures of eminent men from the old documents stored in the arch- ives. There are but fourteen American exhibit- ors at the Ciloutte World's Fair, and six of these are manufacturers of patent medicines and three manufacturers of chines. sewmg ma- Ann Llewellyn of Pottsville. Pa., has a wooden leg, Her late husband had one. Her oldest son took one to the grava with him. Her other boy and only child is stub- bing around on one. In Japan age is counted f com the first day of January sacceeding birth. At that date a child is a year old, whether born on the previous January or at midsummer or on the 3l8t of December. Tue Blue Ridge in West Virginia contains one spot, an acre in extent, where the ground never freezes and the snow never melts, ani the State Geologist believes a volcano exists under this spot. Among the inventions recorded in the Patent Office is one styled a "life-saving cot fin." It is so arranged that any motion by a. person accidentally buried aUve is regis- tered above gruund. A pretty young lidy of New Lisbon, Ohio"' announced hereil as a prize in a rdtUa â€" a hundred chances at $1 apiece. She agreei to marry the winner, provided he is under 40 years of age, and bears a good reputi- ticn, A lady of Huntingdon. Pa., dreamed that her mother, who aied thirteen years ago, came to her bedside, shook her by the arm, and told her to get up at once and open the door, Sne did so, and found the room filled wita gas. The timely apparition sived her life, A man in Cleveland- 0., has taught a dog to steal newspapers from the doorsteps of houses. The man was arrrsted recently, but discharged because the indictment against him was for ttsaling. The court held that he was not u thief but a receiver of stolen goods. One of the reaions given by James P. Hioks of Egansvilie, lad., in a petition ask- ing for an aosolute divorce from his wife, is that she priys God daily he may die, and, as he is a, firm believer in the efficacy of prayt r, he is afraid that her appeal may be answered. A flower has been discovered in South America which is only visible when the wmd is blowing. The shrub belongs to the cactus family, and is about three feet high, with a crock to the top, giving it the ap- pearance of a black hickory cane. When the wind blows a number of beautiful flow- ers protrude from lumps on the stalk. m ' â-  â-  â-º-^ â-  â€" A Fox-Hnnting Feat. One of Leech's old foq hunting sketches in Punch used to represent a Frenchman in a wonderful riding-dress galloping wildly after the fox at a meet before the hounds had thrown off. "Do you think you caa catch a fox " scornfully asks "the whip." 1 do not know," replies "moonseer," tosring politely as he riaea in his stirmpt, "I will tiai, I will trai." Nothing amuws Johnny over the water ai much as Johnny Crapand's attanopw at »poit and the sketch was keenly appreciat- ed by foi-hui.ting Englishmen. But it seems that the feat so sarca^ticslly referred to by the whip has been successfully performed, and by two French officers of the "heavies" at that .v The sporting editor of Fvjaro relates thai two officers of the 6(h cniiaisiers, in camp at Chaloaa, Lienta. de B«»nrepaire aad Coffioi- er»a»de Nardeck, were riding for amnBeroent, not^ong aco, down the old Roman Road near the camp, when they started a fox. Both were acoomphshed horsemen and ardent sportsmen. They chased reynard across the vast plain of Sept-Sanx (where MaoMaboa should have given battle to the Prussians and into a pine wool opposite the ^nOaM ot Thuisy, where they lort sight of him. How- ever, he soon app«ared, aad after an «cit inz chase of fourteen milea they ran the ht tie red rascal to earth near tbe home of Champagne. SUlery. and brought b^ Jack to camp in t.iumph. T* capture a foxafter a fourteen-mile run without dos is oertam- Iv an extraordinary feat â-  An old English gentleman, whose wife read him the story in GalignamaMmrnqtr, simply remarked "Pooh peoh 1 my dear. It was only a French fox. An Engliah paper says "I^wrenoe Barret* is not^cUomV and •" ""^C^^i porary replies that, at a«y rata, "f » 1^ J« mjite*," which cannot be »»id of Henry Irvirg. The World's Orett Bdls. â- omrSli' ^^' " «• "•• o^ bell,. ieirrT than fc if!-^»!!^^t fi-rtSSe^were tnr I* J'H""' "*â-  caetiQthe lixteeefi oe~ â- uu rd»8t m 1064 was s Jarge that it re- quired t-enty-fonr men to ^!t ita woieht of ?h^n^ ""° " unmense beam *t tie foot fir. of t"?o' ""*»* »«*^f«U d'lrii^g tie £Skl ^f ^®- ^^^^' "^^ '^^ » ««onu t me *roken to fragment i, which were us^d with ^IJition.ll materials in 1732 in c-t ^^ "«°^B«"8. still to b3 seen iu mJcow r.S!^'"*mf*'"de. which has never been 3???;«^^^" *«'^t«d to weigh ^^K uP*l°°*^ '• " " ni»et«« feet thrte Sn X^*** • " meworM «ttound the msr gn sixty feet nine inohes Its value in met- ?B K'?^ ?*• '"" '^*°"» Moscow, is 18 lorty feet mne inches in circumference. [^7*^° '"d o^e-talf bches thick, and weighs nflv » ^r""*^!- T*»« »«"« of China rMk next to those of Russia in s'ze. Iq Pekin Lrf^"'*J*° """ '" °f ^hioh, acocrJ. MunSi T^*' ^? .^"'P*' '"«"8 120,000 hfi. /.u^*" "'8'»* «* t-'e leading great MU of the world m-ay be seen in the folio w ?,^f°^Sfl:(M.a:ow) 44S,732 St, Ivan s (Moscow) 127^330 iC^*'° 120 000 n • '^.* â-  /o • • 40 200 Uimutz (Bohemia) 40 000 Rouen (France) '.; 4o_ooo at Pauls 38 ^-q "Big Ben" (Westminster) "!.. â- ,â- .â- .â- ' SO'SoO Montreal 23' 560 8t, Peter's (Rome) ""'" 18 600 OkeylBT Orders. *redarick the Graftt, wheis brilliant rio- torie* elersted Pmaua from an inferior to Why the Duke ofllbany Had a Military Funeral. An extraordinary story is told in Eiglish court circles, and has been retailed by the Spiritualists, as to the reason which induc- ed the Qaetnat the last moment lo alter the arrangements fer Prince Laop old's funeral. It is said that a short time baiore his death, dancing with an intimate friend, a lady of Danish birth, of great personal btauty, and the wife of an English peer, he was rallied by her upon his unwonted abstraction. Hi answer was that hia sister Alice had come to him in the night, warned him of an approach- ing calamity, and told him not to trouble, for all would soon be well. The royal Dake, like his mother, the Qietn, seems to have ac- cepted supernatural visitations as rea\ and he told the lady he would prefer, if anything happened him, to have a military funeral. Her ladyship, the recipient of these confi- dences, wrote a letter to a high court official, telling him the story, and he laid her com- munication before her Majesty, At once the Queen ordered her dead son's desires, expressed in life, to be fultilled. Hence that change at the last moment which led to so much perplexity and inconvenience. A Tree With Hands. Lieut. Houghton, who has recently visited New Guinea and several other groups of is- lands in the Pacific, reports the existence of a prehensile tree. It appaars to be a species of ficus, allied to the well known banyan tree, which throws out from its branches air roots, that eventually reach the ground and take root there, and in their turn become new stems which perform the same function; so that a single tree will eventually ex'^n i so far as to form a complete forest, in which ,the stems are united by the branches to each other. The prehensile tree in question, similarly throws out fro n its brancnes long, flexible tendrils, which, touching the ground, do not take root there, but twine around any article that may lie withiu their reach. After a time these quasi branches contract, Eo that they fail to reach the ground; but the finger-like processes continue to closely grip the article round which they have twined themselves, and which are conse- quently suspended in mid-air. In this way articles of considerable weight may bs pick- ed up from the ground aud held in suspen- sion. Facts Abont Spools. Spools are made in immense numbers. Oue factory turns out 100.000 gross a day, and consumes 25,000 cords of birch wood annually. The wood is firit sawed into sticks four or five feet long, and from seven- eighths of an inch to three inches square, according to the size of the spool to be pro- duced. Tnese sticks, after being thorough- ly seasoned, are sawed into short blocks, and the blocks are dried in a hot air kiln. At the time they are sawed a hole is bored tbraugh them. The spool machine is man- ajjed by a boy, who throws out the knotty or defective pieces. The spools polish them- selves by their motion and contact in revolv- ing drums. Some ot the sjools are dyed yellow, red, or bkck others are ready for use when they leave the drums. The number of yards of cotton on a spool is determined by the size of the spo}l. The cotton is never measured, but the spool is guaged to contain 100, 200, or 500 yards, as the case may be. Silk and linen firms always send to their spool makers patterns giving the s-'ze and shape of the head and bevel, which determines the amount o: -•" or thread that the spool will hold. silk Italian Epigrams. The world ia bard enough, God knows, without one shutting one's mouth the day it rains comfits. To a woman's eyes there is always an at mcsphere of youth abont a man who has once made love to her. The chestnut is for the man who takes its shell off. If bad temper was a fever there wouldn't be hospitals enough to hold us all. Another man's admiration is a background against which many an ordinary woman has shone, clsd in unaccustomed graces to her lover's eyes. It is a poor sort of business to wa»t3 your breath wnistling for yesterday's breezo. He is one of those men in whom necessity is the mother of virtue. It U only a fool who would expect the wind to be always blowing from *he same point of the compass. And a '«*! â- onw-"f old sorrow -rveSown it to act like a baUast. Its heavy, aye, but it tnma the boat, There-smiiy .man wouldn't «ul .ottraight JISS SSt «m. de«i weight o' that B»t at hi* htart to steady him. noted for the strictnass of his military diaoipUaa. H â-  «olden were disnplined so to ob»y orders that they had no will of their own. The disoipl-na which the great Frederick •tunped upon the Pr jssian army rem uns to-day. in all the oloames3 of the original impreauoQ. Not lorg ago, a litth event took p'aoe at Powdowsk, a military station near B?rlin, which showi w*'at ii thr Ger- man Koldier'a idea of obey log orders, ' xoe offic'ir in oom-ni n 1 one mornirg pot ea a vetcrui in iroLt ot h s own residence, with orders to pace np and do?m a certain distance, and on no account to lower his gun from the " aurry." The officer, a pompous, â- elf-important maa, was expecting visitjrs that day, and he wished to impress them with his miUtu-y style. Calb'ng the soldier before him, he gave his orders, "Yon are to pasj the distance assigned. with yonrgnnatthe 'carry,' Do you under- stand J" "'Ves, commander," " On no account are you to deviats from yonr walk, or remove your weapon from it\ position. Yon understand " " Yes, commander," " You will observe strict silence, Oa no »ccount are you to speak with anyone on your beat, you understand T" " Yep, commander," ' ' V% rj well go, and obey 1" An nour after, the officer's guests were nsbertd into hia presancs. They enter- ed, each with a broad grin on his counten- ance, " Idy friend," asked one of them of the host. " what is this procession in front of your house f ' "Procession! Procesaon 1 There is no prosession 1" blurted out the host, growing red in the faie. "But look for yourself," Tne commander rushed to the window. There was the soldier, as stiff and cr.ict as his own weapon, with eyes stolidly staring r.'gbt ahead, marching solem ily op and down his beat, followed by a motley crew of street a^abs armed with old brooms, st.cks, pitchforks and other improvised weapons. Seeing that the solUr was, apparently, o*livious to all around him one bold scamp had affixed to the sentinal's c lat-tail a string, at whose end dangled a rusty tin cm. And this unique prooesiion had been going on for ha'f an hour, to the intense delight ot the populace in the sireet and the edification of the guests when they arrived. Oat rushed the irate offioer. The mob, see- ing him, dispersed, ani he began to vent his anger on the tentinel. "Idiot I Blockheid! Senseless I Why did you not strike them down, dispEr^e tbem " " The commander forgets. I had orders not to remove my gnu fr im ])osition." " True. I am a fool I Bat you might have ordered them off." " The commander,parlonme,forg9tB again, I had orders not to speak," "It is true. Bit" " There is no but. You ordered, I obeyed. What more can be said " Indeed, nothing could be said. The officer swalltfwed his wrath a^ best he could. It would be altogether unmilitsry to punish a soldier for obeying orders. the road. He was again tiunad, aifd tha' reisa let fall npon liia ItMk. Instead of paasing Thorp's bridge and gaing back .(.long the road over wltioh be.oune, the^ itttMigsin waikad^^^badlte audfo*^ the second time â- 'opp.d in the middls of i^ aid whinnied. In sptak.ng of the trip af- ter rari Dr, HoideLoper said it was jilain that the horse had been driven before along the road and that he had crossed Thorp's bridge, which is the bridge from which the body of the mordered nun ia believed by the detcc^vea to have been thrown into the veek. Dr, Hnidekoper took a description of the horse, and should the testimony be admitted as evidence the horse will b • ai- m tttd. CURIOUS ' FACTS. The latest use of paper is the making of â- pokes for wheels. A novel feature in the dining-room of a hotel at Niagara Falli is a colo»si«l mirror, in which the falls are reflected in such a manner tliat the guteis may admire while they eat. Mrs. Genevieve Hummel, cf Jeffriesburg, Missouri, aged 80, cut a wisdom tooth last week. She also cut one a year ago. They" come a little late with some peop^, but they navtr come amiss. Art is making great strides in New York, It has reached a point now where a genuine oil painting thres feet by two ani a half can be painted in twenty minutes. The pictures are made almist; exclusively for the Ameri- can market. Ttere is a birch traa in York, Me., only about forty feet hig'i, tivo roots of which have bsen abl) to life, so.ne twelve inches, a block of granite computed to weigh twenty tons. The tree is still growing, and the rock continues to be raised and pushed sideways at the rate of nearly an inch a year. A clergyman of Ciintou, III,, announced that on the following Sunday he would preach from the longtsc veisj in the Bible, aud should not announce his text, but would give a silver dollar to all members of the Sunday schoLl who would fiad out for themselves what verse it was. On Sunday he received thirty eight correct answers, and awarded the prizes as promised. The HiduTght Son. In the far north-west there were streaks of cloud, grey, rose, pink, oranue and pur- ple, beneath which the sun eu idenly dip- ped into the sea and went out of sight but the glory of sunset c mtinued all night. The darkness of the darkest hour was never greater ttian that of a summer evening in E jgland. Oi deck we conl 1 read all night, even the smallest typo. The sea was smooth and clear as a m rror. All night long the seagulU and other birds, of which by the way there are mwvtUiusly few in Norwiy, were flying acrcsi our bows, aid the minu- test obj Cii on shore could bs distinctly seen, Tne tffi-Ct was intensified by the appear- anca of tne moon, which was at full; aud jjst as the sun set iu a warm glov in the north-west, the moon became prominent in the south-east, clear and cold and silvery. As going to bed on such a night was out of the question, we remained on deck till sun- rise, which came about two o'clocK. As that hour approached the g'o^v in the north- north-east btcame more intense. Suddenly the orb appeared in a nichs formed by the intersection of two islands, and t'ae hilltops with young light. P.esently, as the vapours on the rocky islet bi c une c ondens- ed, a weird halo was formed around the sun's disc, so that it seemed l;k) the eye of an eagla 1 ooking out en the desert of waters. D.'ep and dark were the shalows cist by fishing-boat and rock. The shimmer en the rippling water was like that of the moon- light. By and by, as the sun got clear of the horizon, rosy hue? stela over the eky, ani Nature rfjoicid in the glories of a new day.â€" W. S. Ualgltish. How Long it Would Take. The project for tilling the Dosertof Sahara with water is creating a great deal of dis- cussion am'nj foreign, especially F/enoh, jouinils. Niturally tae question has arisen, hov Ion; it i^ould take to fill the «hole basin of Sihara, and some startling figures ard given in conn'cticn therewith. Five thoisand years, it is claimed, woild be re- quired fo fill up that vast S3a o! sand were the water to flow through a pa' s ige 100 feet wide and 25 feet deep, with the velocity of foar miles an hour. Un ler the same conii- ticns it would taka 4 000 years lor the waters ot the Mediterran ian lo fill the valley of the Jordan, With a claniel 100 times greater capacity it would do the work in torty years. At the same rate it would take 400,000 years to fill the Cispian Sea to the level of the Mediterranaan, Fortunately, it is only a portion of Sihara which can be made into a like or in 'ani sea, and doubt- less they are middle aged men to-aay who will live to see this feat accomplished. The Technicality and the Conrt. A weary-looking, over worked Technical- ity strolled into a court room to while away au afternoon, A prisoner took the witness-stand. Prosecuting Attorney â€" • Now, sir, tell the jury, did yon or did yon not kill that inof- lensive man " Witnessâ€" "I did," Attorney â€" " L^t's understand each other clearly. Did yon commit this most foul murder, coolly and delitoerately Witnessâ€" "I 1id," Attorney â€" "Your Honor, we rest our caM)," "Mr, Sieriff, bring a rops," said the judge. " No, yon don't," cried the Technicality; and, sprioglnff to its feet, it rnatehed the prisoner in its strong arms and b ore him off to freedom amid the triumphant shouts of the lawyers for t le defense, "S*ved 1 S»ved I"â€" Chicago Ntwi.. Artemi^ Ward's Best Artemns Ward was onoe travelling on a railway where, in oohseqnence of the bad state of the road the trains ran vary slow. When the pompous Conductor came round and punched the tickets Artemns meekly »aid:â€" "Does this railroad company allow pusengers to give it advice, if they do so in a respectful manner?' The conductor re- plied in gruff tones that he gaeased ao. "Well," Artemus went on, "it occurred to me it woold bs well to detach the oow -catch- er from the front of tlie engine and hitoh it to the rear of the train. For you see we ai» not liable to overtake a cow, bnt what's to E revest a cow strolling into this oar aod iting a pMaeoger?" EqUINE SAGACITY. â-² Horae to la Put Is KTidence In a Mur- der Case. It is a well-known fact that a horse which has once betn driven over a strange road will recognizo that road the next time he is driven over it. Such testimony has been admitted as evidence in the highest French oourte. Proceeding upon this theory, which was suggested to the coroner in the Wissa- hickon murder case by Dr, Hnidekoper, the Professor of Vetinary Surgery at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, and an expert in all matterd psrcaining to the horse. ho cor- oner, Detecvive Houser, and D:. Hiideko- psr on Wednesday went to Dieterle's stable and harnessed bis hor^e to the butcher wag- gon. The party drove up Sasquebanua avenue and turned into G^rmantown road, proceeding along the street railway to Wfs- satiiokon. The reins lay loosely upon the animal's back, no whip was used, uor was he at any time given the wo.'d lo step or go, either to the right or left. He was simply allowed to pick his way at a fast walk, D.-, Hnidekoper explained to the two members ot the party that the horse would testify by its manner and action whether it had been over the road batore. When the hor^e e iw the Wissahickon drive he threw up his head and whinnied. Then he struck up a brisker pace, appearing to recsgniES certain objeoti along the road. At the covered bridge, some distance thu side of the ruins of Me- goregee's piper mill, the horse again thraw up his head and whinnied, loofced at the bridge and hesitated a moment. He looked first at the bridge and then up the drive, whinnied again, and of his own accord start- ed np the drive, Sever.tl times when, at a bend in the load, the creek woild be brought into dim view through a clear apusa in the underbrush, he threw np his head and whinnied, Djnng the entire drive along the creek it was very dark, and the rain was falling. After pasiing Indian R(i*ck Hotel the horse paid special attention to the road, several times throwing up his head, aud whinnied. When he reachea the oil covered bridge over Hanwell's dam, where the body sup- posed to be Stahl was found, he deliberately d.-ew np, looked at [the bridge, then np the ereek and whinnied. Ha stopped#illy half a minute apparently undecided iRiather to go across the bridge or np the drive. Then with a loud whinney, brushing his ears and" looking first one aide of the road and then the other, he kept to the load. He threw np his head and neighed oace more before reaching the bridge at Thorp's dam. Before this the horse had pased several bridges without offering to go over them. When he reached the cross road which crosses Thorp's bridge, he turned off on his own accord with the reirs loosely upon his back, walked slowly upon the bridge and when in the middle of it, in full view of the creek, he stopped short, threw up his head and whinmea. Dr. Hnidekoper pick- ed np the reioB and tomed the waggon round. He drove the animal several hun- dred feet further np the creek to see if he still knew the roacL The horse did not whinney onoe more above the bridge, and i^^eared to be ignorant of his whereabost). Dr. Hoidekopsr said he was evidently mov iagnn I h '». •»â- - f I ' '1 *â-  HI ' '1:1 I » 'â-  â- ^^