The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Curiosities About" Obsqwtorim Contemplates 1000 Aerial Trips, Includ- ing One Across the Atlantic. e I want to get there-right there, into ` the business `end of the storm wk ere the tornado is generated. I want the tor- na.do e secret, its agent. and God helping me I shall have it. If electricity; then wemay be able to dissipate Jove e most awful wrath and relieve our great cities of their worst nightmare, their most insidious and most implacable foes, to a re rter for the Philadelphia Press. 1`he man who made this bold and 1 1! tun uu uuu 1; Iujuuclyxua A. Luna. l`h_e .man who and striking remark is Professor Henry Allen Hagen, expert meteorologist of the United States-weather bureau, who has nearly completed arrangements for a series of not less than 1000 high altitude balloon ascensions, to be made as often as three times a day, under a new and. original principle of , gas conservation, with new scientific` instruments made in England ex- pressly for. the.purpo`s`e The proposi- tion is now before the board of advisers, who maybe expected to report on the application as soon as Professor Lang- ley, secretary of the Smithsonian, shall return to his post. Professor Langley himself is much interested in the sub- ject of free airobservation, especially in an idea he has of sending up self-regis- tering instruments to the highest possi- ble altitudes without risking the pre- sence of a human being in a balloon. Professor Hazen, however, regards this method as only supplementary to the work of personal observation and in- strument readings which he has in view. - Aerial transit across the Atlantic Ocean is the ultimate object toward which Professor Hazen s plans `are tending. He states unreservedly that he will make the trip if he lives. He is already looking forward to the construction of a balloon basket in the form of a com- I pletely equipped open boat with air- tight compartments. In this vehicle, l stored with food and drink for manyi days, the professor will set out without .. nnnlrn AF foal` The nnlv armarent (lays, M16 p1'uu::a:sur w um Dcu uuru vv;u..y... ' a qualm of fear. . The only apparent diiculty that has ever beset the problem 9 has been the inability of the aeronauts to keep the balloon on a steady horizon- tal plane. The rise and falling of the balloon can be regulated by an original device of Professor Hazen's. He will` carry a.` bucket at the end of a longl rope, and` water drawn from the ocean I will constitute the necessary ballast ` i whenever his balloon seems to get more ` buoyant. The water will be poured l out again when the balloon needs buoy- nrunvv I I I am;-yr` SEEKS THE TdRNADO S SECRET. Act-ua`l and repcatcd experiments have shown that the nearest hour of the day or night may be_ ascertained in the fol- lowing very cur1ous_way : 1\r..1m 9 vnnnino` loan in a niece of sew- Make a running loop in a piece of sew- . ing thread about a. foot in length, place lowing very Uunuu:-_wa_y ; ' l I a shilling in this loop,`see that the coin ~ is accurately bisected by the thread, and 1 then draw the loop tight up, so that the M shilling is rmly slung at one end of the thread, Put on a. solid table a glass tumbler with" a. fairly wide mouth. Rest` your right elbow on the table in a firm and easy` position so as to avoid any shakiness in your hand, hold the `other ' end of the thread between your first n- ,, __.:I 4.]... I-l...1l'.-`P flun fl\nrnl\ I; n OI IJIJU IJIIIUGU UUDVVUULI JUIAA JALUV 1.1.54 ger and the ba1l`of the thumb (_i. e., flsn nmnm mu ininr. of the thumb)- so and D118 "uuu UJ._ huu uuuxuu \_x. c., ` the eshy top joint; of the thumb), V ' that the thumb nail is undermost, and a. ` few inches above the middle of the mouth of the glass. . \T..... {F -wnrl `I.-non vnnr ]1nI1dn11ifn mouuu U1 um gluon. Now if yon keep your hand quitei sl:eady,the movement of the coin (which is hanging inside the tumbler) will be- come less and less ,until the shilling is motionless. Then, in half a minute or _ -___-_ ...`I:...'l.I- nu.-U1 1-nn-rnlnr vskmnfsnn vi: the II1UlolUl.llUBBn L ucu, IO, 9. very slight and regular vibration will commence, the coin oscillating from side to side like a p ndulum, a.x.d gradu- ally increasing the length of movement until it generally strikes the si le of the glass. This strike goes on inthe most regular and automatic way, first on one side of the glass and then on the other, until, say, eight strokes have been struck; the vibrations-7 of the coin then diminish in length, until the suspended shilling again becomes motionless and hangs in the middle of the tumbler. You look at your watch and nd t1iat8 o clock nearest hour. _____ 4...:-'...l 4.l.:n Av"... ILL luau; cw Aunuuuu \Il r1 ' nu nrvnas nn-nvru ' II IJIIU UUGLCDD `when my . I have tried this over and overeagain, deliberately setting about the experi- mentwithout bias or any intention of inuencing the:swing of the coin,-and aiso being ignorant of the time, and hand has been steady the right time has invariably_been struck. Il`l....... Ga nnrnuuinrr van-v nnrtnnu nhnnf. 4 l'1gllu UIILJU uaa ILAILULICIIJIJ _uvuu nun. uun. There is something very curious about this phenomenon. Whether the thread is ! inuenced by the pulse in the ball of ` the thumb, or whether there is some un- ` conscious trgmsferenca of intention from the brain to the thread, I do not 3 know; but in any case the matter is suiciently interesting to be worthy of a critical test by persons who will care- 'fully and,without bias carry out this singular experiment of telling the time. Since the great inzijorlty of the medi- cal fraternit_v of M..ssachusetts have re-y cently subscribed to the belief that con- sumption is a. contagious disease, it has been borne in upon many besides those directly interested in consumptive per- sons through family or other ties, that the proposed work of the new Invalid _ Aid Society, one of the latest of Boston's benevolent institutions, is business as swell as benevolence. A moment's re-. ection convinces everyone that if a dis-` ease whose annual harvest in this coun- try, and especially in this district, dwarfs all the other diseases, including even the epidemics wherever there are ` such, is communicable, as now appears, l then it is every body's business, in com- mon self-defence, to promote the migra- tion of cbnsumptives and a fund for the deportation of conaumptives too poor to travel is `a public hygenic precaution. ' l "PI-an annini-Ir thin -ha: nndnrtalran 1'0 i carry at its own expense those consump- i tiyes who are too poor to pay either fare `...I.'. -.. --_- -_ isa hygenic precaution. The society which has undertaken to , crystalize this conviction is` as yet un- able to contribute the expenses of the re- 5 moval of such diseased rsone now ' among us. It was organize in the hope , that public realization of its worth will ; lead eventually to money enough being ; given it by. donation and bequest to ' or board to places of its own, or in its control`, in the dry climates of the South- ' west, Where many victims of the scourge of New England who are I_lQt. only a bur- den, but a` anger to their friends and thefcommunity, may become tolerahly happy even as supporting members of oi"O.-"B9st Transcript. A There are {our unique_ mountains` in Lower California, two , of alum, one of alum angaulpbur migmd and one of pure ` sulphur, It is. estimated that in the , 5 four peakinamed there are 100,000,000 1 tons of pure alhm and 1,000,000 of eu1- ` cmkli I UV!-ID VA .1?- I4; V. - The Time \Vi`l.l0llt a \Vatch. To Ddport Consumptivns. Four Unique :Monnt$l`ns. ~ supplyi ' form tt restorin and Cl 4. IRBEGU] ~v--- 3t'I?PREt nnnn Who nds} are all intimately connected-- practically inseparable. Though the fact is often ignored, it is nevertheless true that a good complexion is an impossibility without good digestion, which in turn depends on good food. -_ _.4 `-444; GM? Prepard b5? D:-.. Thereis 116 more common cause of indigestion than lard. Let the bright housekeeper use I\ I. iTHE % `ADVANCE 2 . V ` The New Vegetable Shortening and substitute for lard, and her cheeks, with those of her family, will be far" more likely to be IVE: 1.\U1.` Bu rur- _ gative Medi- cme. They are 3 BLOOD BUILDER, Tome and RECON- STRUCTOB, as they supply in 9. condensed the substances actually needed toe - " ich the Blood, curl all diseases coming _ from Poor: and WAT- : -RY BLOOD, or from V1 I`IA'I`ED' Humons in ` SYSTEM, when broken down by overwork, ---_-- mental worry, disease. - excesses and indiscre- . ' . They have a. ` SPECIFIO- Acnou on e. the SEXUAL Sysmm or both men and women, restoring LOST V100}: correcting all mamavnusrrms and V ~- - - 3t'n>PnEss1oNs. __ Who nds his mental. fac- ulties dull or tailin , or this physical powers agging, should take ese P1LLs. The will restore his lost energies, both physical an mental. -nnnnu -lnlnll I II . should take them. _ m:L;l;e ta"-ro;:'i'n'J the gnaw. . COTTOLENE is clean, delicate, healthful and popular. Try it. I WI" II CKIII -I-I-Ivvv ---v --~- make them regular. 'Fo_r sale by all druggists, or will be sent upon geoexpt of priceL(50c. per box). by addressing 1`HE`DB. WILLIAMS MED. 6'0. . Broalwmo. Ont. I . `V - Rich in the 1ut_zg-heanng rirtues 3?. '5 Pine E combined v.'ith.t:2-" 300+.--:t 3.` and exDct(.CauIt 5 properties of othei. pcanorzu herbs :..;.; .2;-.`.'-.:. g A PEP.=.='r.1' gums .=:~.'.' -__-_ --L --III; `g, 3% g/' I 4: z '- 2'-2: -2,-:__-glue N 3i7v/ifay Pineg i_JJS:/mi? f I %HlhlUIf l\I riav at are----. Hoarseness, Asthnzz. C.'an:hitis, Sate Throat, i Crou and all TI-IE0. -.TV BRONCHIAL :'.ndI LU G DISEASCC. Oostinate couqhs which I resist othe_r remedies yicld promptly to this pleasant pmy synvp. - DDTEE 256. AND 500. PER BOTTLE: OILAG \Jl.AA N. K. rKIRBK1~< & Co., --pp ,,j A.._ (W ____ A- m'H*.n For Years, EV|-'LCIIl- --{.4, epared by Dr. J. C. Ayer 8': Co., Lowell, Mass. Every Dose Effective cozupi A7B'"5Los ........ -- 15-41.... !`-n-.-`a3He R-xrnThrna{ )OKS orders with a Avrs .P.",-1-,8 m.-.7`... PR: C DR- W90'? 5 0 530 A n---`a.'--- -- V` V Wellington and A1:m Streets: MONTREAL. ll`. Pill] DJI U l.I1 nos 25. AND soc. PER ..a...n nu Aul nrnv(~.r',-!:?"'._ jAnv1m'r1sn IN Made only by Food = . Digestion - Complexion nig 2 should take Thea; cure all an nh -lnnvilmh v KRE NOT a. Pur- nnfiuyn Kfnr`1'_ ETOR. xzines nping [usic _ (Truy a\1u1LJ.vua |vIlJ4I~\O wvv vane. woo 3':,m1:es. After taking a noonday lunch ` they decided to cross over Alligator . e ` creek, a. wide but shallow stream that 9 crosses the hammock, e_mptying.into the f Withlacochee. Just before reachin the E creek they had to pass through a `ense E canebrake for several rods. When` about 5 halfway through, one of their dogs that % nad lingered behind came rushing up, ; velping lustily, while close on its heels : ivas a big black bear, erce and " ugly as ijt could be. -The path was so narrow that they had no chance to ght the ani- 1 mal, and in fact the dog and bear came , in on them so suddenly that little time ? was allowed for reection. V A Miss Josie slung her rie around and , fired at the beast, but in the confusion i only wounded him. ` The girls than r_a.n ahead, intending to get out on to the open bank by the water s edge, so as to 7 get afair ground to battleold bruin. But the infuriated animal, aroused to mzuiness by the rie ball, pursued them .,`I-- 4.'l...J- nulw nn':n1\+*:'gr| Rnrrinn V- -av pug "Not long ago two Florida gir1s.con- duded to take a day's hunt inv.theGreat T Xurantula hammock, the upper edge of which touches the river. Starting out eaI.1y t11ey made good progress, and by 9 i o'clock were in `the mldst of the Wlld hammock, Du_1-mg the foreneon they : had 1uck-ki111ng a. deer, 9.-wlldcat, 10 bin gray squirrels and several enormous` . D1_-- A#+m +a1z'ina a nnnnnv 'Irmn'h lilitkllltoa IJJ LLLU ;.u..t.v yuan, tl\..afD.a_\.\4wu ..--..,-.. so closely that only scientic dodging saved them from a close hug. Emerging . f1`u1l1'thG path, they noticed the boat used _to cross the creek lying right in front of than, and both of the girls, struck with the szune idea, sprang into it, their im- pctus carrying it out into the creek. I VFLA /Inns vuynn I1rIo1 \1a pun: L;'au_yiu5 IU Uuu Lu.v\.I vuv yum... The dog was unable to get into the boat, but he bit at b1'uin s heels so sharp- ly that the latter had to stop hispursuit of the girls and endeavor to punish his four footed assailant. But the dog was lun wary and kept out of his r_each. The girls called him-, and plunging in he i5\\':I111 out to them. Meanwhile the hun- ;`1j\` denizens of the creek, whose num- lm-.+ gave it its name, were awakened by lllt; tumult, and they `began to show Ilmnselves. As the dog jumped in, the $_Yl'1u:~sl1' attracted scores of the ugly rep- ] tilt.-5 from all directions, and the water` \\':1.\` dotted by the black snouts of the hmzgry gators. 'l`f;1e girls `noticed this and called en- r mragingly to their dog, who seemed to ;n;'f11lly`aV\'{lI`e of h_is danger . Several` hluck noses were already pointed _in his Um-L-ction, and it looked asif the g'ators 1:1i_'.;'ht get a meal. But Wilda seized the 1. 1-..-..,.. A4 +1.n LAH-nrn n4 Hm: nannn Hlltl U) u;bnuu.Lu. yuan. DuA:.u uuv av... ..-.....- tn the dog. Josie was Waiting, and as the dog swam up she helped him to lumber over the side, almost upsetting 111.; frail vessel. _And it was just in time, 4., `L1-.. .1,..'..9n 1rsr n'hn IHU 11`:u1 \"U55U1n _:_1.uu J._U VV wc Junu cu. vcndav, mm, for just as the dog s legs slipped out of the water a. huge pair of jaws. rose H111 of the depths with an ominous snap. d \'\`i1ha souso the disappointed saurian sunk. A . ` - *- -- - ' - 1--.__:._ '_:.-..:l ` Hllx. , Vfhile this was going on bruin stood] on the bank, growling and [snarling in impotent rage at thedog and -girls thus ` escaping. Seeing the dog in the canoe '.`~.'(`(.-1l1(3d to render him still more furious," and with a. `deep growl he dashed into 'the water and began swimming toward 1110 boat. Between the bear and the _.:;1tors the girls began to think their lmmls would be full. ' Wilda picked up _ hvl` gun and made a. snap shot at the ani- mal, but at movement of the _dog discon-- her aim, and the load of buckshot y-\\` to one side, on1y.a small number sI1'iki11g' the bear. But they angered him 1_1:..- more, and with a. snarl he . almost 1:11; -ml out of the water in his maldreager.-g In to reach the boat. ' 7 " A--__. .. ....1 \1n1r-:v-urn 1:11_'.;'l113 g 11168.1. Dub W uuu; DUILUU. uuu >19 lying at the bottom of the canoe, and by a skillful push sent the boat close .L- .1-.. Tmr-`A nu-nu 1voH*{hcr aha QR era and ost card urn the AU-Y "' ' d manifest but this. Sligohgagngoats o er her water; V 51; too_ new for the British Lloyds- My daughter. oh.'my daughter! . out` wild bells. and tamed ones too! Rm? o1`1t the 1over"s moon! -R"'n the little Worsted socks!` gig in the bib and spoon. ut the music; ring in the nurse Big]; in the milk and water! `tn paper. pen and ink- A,yd`;::1ghter oh, my dgu hter! LGeoI'g W- ablein Was ngton Std. " It seemed S0 Curious uww nun `Id cross the unknown water T Shou _ And moor herself right in my room. )[y daughter. oh. my daughter! -- - I ._A u.2_ . Without an ked and looked and . . hushed; ` -. ame to port 1 ' _ e_st little giaundy night Inch of iEEin`g on (bore a + '1 he queer I 100 seemed curi chmild th(;Intll(llI:.t'she . _ _ CI -in wate I _ ' > r 11' W`. LO 1'ea.uu bub uuau. \`.'i1da dropped the gun, and picking .~.` 11;. me pole soon placed the boat a. rod aim.-; of the pursuing animal. "Josie had uguiu reloaded her gun, and she turned i 1 '..i-Ii\'e:r his quietus to the animal. But tlw commotion in the Water and the be-:1r`s evident disquietude put a new face on matters, and she withheld her re. I s The dogs yelping and thebear s growl- 111:` had evidently awakened the scaly _du:i:r.cns of the creek to 8. realizing sense that it was mealtime. Missing the dog; tin-y were not averse to bear meat, bruin, in his hurry,vto catch his rst pm-y, had paid little attention` to what might befall him in the creek. B_ut_`now _ ' hebegan to notice the increasing nutln-A" her of black spots in the Water all tum- mg toward him, and probably instinct told him that hungry gators` in their" 0\\_*n element were 9. foe u6t.to b_o dei spised. ` - ` `. vvv... ` _. *. FLORIDA GIRLS. .from the attacking gtitor. and dashed Dpmckl. With an uneasy whine, he att`emp;te3 to turn and regain the shore. but now it . Was` too late. With 9. rush, a. big ob'lt}c`k form was seen to dart..up agalpamg ';f and in a second he`vms seized and dile under. The old `fellow fwash ggxgfgoh `W61 . and now that hekhad got into thf ght he proved no mean 'a11tag'3`"itL"'.j' With an immense eort he. p1un"ged away for w urd for the shore. The water shoa-led, and it seemed as if he would escape. A- big bull saurian` dashed `foriqgcf and` ' seized the beat: `dIi6;'_bf:_ fhifjtd? 198% .j while two others ` swayilibhihd . 11' T cut oif his retreat. ' + With a deepiatoar of 3"? 1 hk"""i`$ `A e e t ' vn one s ro e 0 V pawc _we_ A A-.o_u_ the `gator s eye-t:*3:?v'Eh"meE: lltzw With r\-n .....: 4.1._-.1..:.;.- .51.... '.'...'.4.'...'.`..'nA..' +. N OVEMBER 16. v-V b'llLUr g with pain, ______>., THE NEW BABY. ._____ 4 D cyu. ' 'J.uv Laqyvus _V ,;:_w5&\l.!HllVm n, and thrashing the water:i1ad- 5. 1893.` Iy `plunged forward at bruin.T other gators joined in, and the poor animal was beset on all sides; S'z.tting~ on its haunohes, with the blood owing from a ogapingvwound in its hind, leg, the bear % snapped, c1fa.wed.~-and `bit at` his savage \ K antagonists, but they weretoo many for _- Inhm Another seized one of its legsin its powerful jaws, and with :1 strong `eiort drew the bear o into deeper water.- Others dashed at ' him from all sides, snapping at him from every point. .The water splashed -high and was churned into snowy whiteness by the furious" ef- forts ofthe ghters, save where the red blood told the tale. But a few moments V `longer did the unequal struggle last. , Bruin strove to regain "his feet, but the L cruel jaws` of the reptiles closed on his iegg, sides and wherever a. hold could be secured, and with one mighty, agonizing ` roar the bear disappeared, while the fu- rious struggle continued under water ` for several seconds. V I 5 Div I vs Inn wvvvoouu The girls had gazed on the ght spell- bound, but now they were rudely aroused to theirown peril. The -dog -had barked loudly during the savage ght going on so near, and the gators who missed bear meat seemed to be after dog s esh. The canoe rocked, almost overturning," and the startled girls saw a `monstrous pair of open jaws right at the side of their small craft. Josie pushed her rie barrel in the gator s mouth and l pulled the trigger, sending a bullet Where it evidently didn t agree, judging from, i the reptile s sudden sinking. and thrash- ing about. A ............J. 1.4.. .- 1....s...L a..l':1 ......a-.11..` lug thUUUln ,` `V __ - _ A moment later a huge tail came y-` ing over the bow of the boat, and strik- ing the dog, who stood there barking, knocked him into the water." Abig pair of wide open jaws was just about _,to close on the tempting morsel when Wil- da stooped down, and catching the dog s forepaws by a sudden eort drew him into the boat, the saurian s jaws closing with a snap that indicated a; great disap- pointment. The . dog cowered down in the bottom of the boat, while the girls attended to the other gators, who seemed to manifest an inclination to get into the . ` canoe. Several shots were red at the reptiles, but their taste of blood had made them fearless. V ' `. _A,-_,_-:I T'IT.'1.1.. LLIGLLU Uu.U1.u. LGUIL L\.DDu Ascream from Josie aroused Wilda, who was striving to pole the boat ashore. Turning around she saw her sister halt drawn out of the canoe, a. big monster gatori having seized her dre_`ss.e Josie was beating the gator over the nose, with her rie with one hand, while with the other she endeavored to hold herself _ in the boat. V Without a moment s hesi- tation Wilda raised the long pole she was using, and poising it a moment threw it at the gator s head. By rare good fortune it struck him in the eye and penetrated to the brain. With a loud bellow the reptile sank. l 1'.1.._.1.L..........J. 12-... .~.:nu4-an Iv-`Inn 1-n-own lULlLl. UULLU.VV ULLU L\Jtllll-LII yum.`-u For the next few minutes the brave girls had all they could do-one ring at- the saurians as they approached, too closely, while the other, using the breech of her gun as a paddle, urged the canoe y to shore. As it touched the sand both leaped out and ran up the bank. None too soon either, for a big, pursuing gator, in its desperation at losing its prey, threw itself forward, crushing in the ` sides of the boat. The girls concluded that they had had enough hunting for that day and returned home by another route.-Mi1lion. A Sleeps on the Floor. I have never slept in a bed since the war. ` This remark was made yesterday by A. M. Warner of Boston. F111; unnanfl kn nn*n`Hn11n(1 i nnt lJ_y~ 1. ML. vv was : p ; v 4. `J uuuu u. The reason, he continued, is not I because I am avegetarian or a crank. I simply am unable to go to sleepin a. bed, and for 20 years I have not tried. ` Du_r-_ ing the war I was in service `four years and in all that time never slept in a bed. I had no home and consequently had no, furloughs. The habit of rolling in a `blanket and sleepinggrewso xed with me that when I got back from the war and settled down a bed was a nuisance. I have rolled and tossed and tried `hard. to sleep night after night, but was not able to keep my eyes closed until I sought the oor. For 10 years I tried to `reconcile myself. to a bed, but it was no use. Finally I gave it up, and now in p 3 my home in Boston I sleep in a room in which there is no bed. I simply roll my- self in .a blanket or two, according to the temperature, and I sleep. soundly. _ My health is good, and I am sure that I shall live just as long as if I slept on `a . : down mattress.--Qhica.go Tribune. ' T [Ines Fora Rattlesnake- ; v Rattlesnakesiare of value to `the moan-V tain`doctors of Pennsylvania for several -reasons. The oil obtained by draining the reptile after skinning `is_used,t_o cure deafness. ;'.l`he rattle?suspende a `String it i di=WrIo hy 2 haw; war have the e~-powelr -iiefi prevdnting-- the- wearer from having convulsions ~ during dentition. The tongueof the snake when worn. in` theiglove have the power of com`- pelling anygfginl who grasps `the__gloved \ hand to. love the no` so greeted, even should` `she ofd;ii1ari1yibe"iindi11ei'ent to, I 3, -2_1.-.`..L:.-...n guinnnn V roronto . ark and '2.'.-+f Phenomena. Allied toldghtning. Subterranean thunders have occasion- a_lly- been heard preparatory- to an aerial eruption. The sea has cast up volumes of'water, as if volcanoes were exploding below. "The ground` has burst open, and oods of `water have gushed A "forth from the sidesof hills or vfiom- ssures in the -rocks. Taking another -`class of effects," cures have been performedby lightning , --,gout; y men have beenena;b1ed to walk c..,.-1.. n~v\ n K-nnrnnnn have been healed. I-IHIVU UUULL Vuuuavxg uv u an... freely, epileptic persons have been healed, amaurosis has been removed and rheu- matism dispelled by 9. ash. But one dare not look -too closely i'nto the.subj`ect of medical electricity nor renture to rec-' ommend any one to tempt liglitning in the hope of experiencing. its curative ef- fects.--_Chambers Journal. ' .. ` Rbleigif on g're;t d lpgsohgar, qpve `uhd *"'va1u d' `at 7.000.- moaq. A n. reco;a_.,,w_ere bull E W9F.P..? stoic`; - F S WUF!-I ,_*-`.1, '09.! iv lift occasions. A red with pre- should. we orq;u.a.;uy_,uc his att`entions.-.-Science. The most splengya `pint or uuuua uni _ reed;-d_.,,wi'e thos.jw6rn by_SiVr Walte;-i;_ Rhleiglf oc'casigns._ ;_'1`hy ~' uuuu Iavvuvu -._.. V;Tashinzt0n. Star. wu1tcr31ij1i3n,.'irih snoe,, _ most splendid pa` of shoes 915 --..~;..1 ass. I-11n:A"~.&7`n o h 1, sh. Walter: Like a b1oomi1`1gidiot,Vsa.id the ma- .jor, I agreed to_ take the colonel shing. 11117-11 L1__ __-_4. _1u.-....-.;... ...1..:..'I. ...n.-. `Va, . Ioourtvic yv_ w---- v--' _v_._.. Well, the next afternoen, :.Sa.turday, he came` around with a fish-- ing rod that I gave him, and when I got into the cab blame me if he `didn t have ` a. trunk. `Got my things in that, said `he, ` and may `I Veternalgligy fry if there weren t things enough in. that trunk to stock a.-pawnshop. By ged, he ha.devery- i thing from evening clothes to a patent bootjack. But he hasn t them`-any more, and the major chuckled. _ " cut I 1 A \l'._ 3 15--.. ..-_L S... `.VvV 0: `s-'E1V;_adw:;--'1s2id Run; out in. Penneylvania. I d never been there be- fore, bnt a man told methere was good shing there. He was a liar, by the way. uA1......-J. 4.1.... ':rr'\a1"I1A nvnl-. ufqs-fn fhn 115111113 buuru. >L.,I.U wanna ucu, nu; uuu n u . .About the time we got started the colonel wanted to smoke, and by the hind hobs "of Gehenna if he I hadn t packed all the cigars in that bloody t trunk. When Icussed, he tried to get up in the baggage car` and was nearly killed. Then "he got some bad cigars from the porter and growled for an hour steady. Pretty soon he wanted a drink, and the Whisky was in that confounded trunk. i ' ` l .- -_ L L1- ,_ 1- ..L,.1' ....1.. ,L..,. -vvvn . -n+ ONE DAY S The woman at the hotel where we got out said ` it was too late to get anything to eat, and the colonel got mad and called me a burbling chump for drag- ging him out into the wilderness. When the boy waked us in the morn- ing, the colonel kicked because he had to `get up so early. He had` the deuce of a- time ndinghis things in that infernal trunk, and he kicked because I. got im- patient. um1.-'...,~..-.-um o+ Hm 1nn+.n11nn1mr'I n11eer Duuuaq D. `Say, says the colonel, `I m not going to get locked up and bring eternal dis- V grace upon my family. I choked him ' off nally, and we started. Then we met a farmer, and he 1owed that we d get in trouble if we shed on Sunday. The driver grinned andthe colonel, like the eternal galoot he is, says, `I told you so. It took me about 10 minutes to choke him oif, but he growled all the way to i the stream. . Say. continued the major, did vou ' ever see the colonel catch trout? No? Well, neither did anybody else. He couldn t catch a trout in aweek of leap years_.- By ged, it was a sight to see him Whip the stream. It was like driving balky mules over a broken bridge. He banged that river until half the sh in it were scared to death, and I guess he thought he could catch trout by knocking them stone dead with his rod. He lost about two dozen ies trying to cast half the length of his rod, and then he got his line all tangled upin the bushes. Did you ever hear the colonel swear? Well, hodcarriers and river pirates aren t in it ~ with the colonel. Talk about breaking the Sabbath!` Why, the colonel swore e enough to send an army to perdition for _ e eternity. uTl'1'L:`l.. 1.1. . ).n1nnn`I 1-ivna r-1-nan;-nrr nfrnv-v- puuuu u. Thewoman at the hotel looked queer when Wegot down. `Going shing? says she. "You d better look out for the con- stable. It s against the law to sh round here Sundays. ' an... 4.1.... ....1,....~.`l (I'f\+ mum-`in-in-:1: an 118136 Duuuuy 5. Then the colonel got suspicious and said he didn't want to be locked up- I. got him into the wagon, and the driver says: _`Better look out for the constable. It s against the law to sh roum! here Sundays. 1:" (CI--- 7 .-.....n 4-Ln nr\1t\1`|o1 `T -rn nnf-_ 0-n-inn 313123 JONES cON i=:-:'ssioN.% l [thought th'efdea.con_liked me.` yit ,_I.wa.r1_1"t. adzgiokly shore of it. - - "Fer. uiind `ye, time and time as .`n A ~When jiners `ud be eomi in Ifd seed him shakin ban 3 as free With all-the sistern as with me! But jurln last revival, `where He called on me to lead in prayer An kueeled there with me. side by side. A-wh1sper n he felt sanctied J es` tetchin of my gyp.rment`s hem. That settled things as fur as them There other wimmln was concerned! And-well, I know I must a. turned . A dozen colors! Flurried? La! Nodmortnl sinner never saw A gladder widder than the one A-kneelin there and wonderun Who'd prayl. So glad. upon my word. ' I rallly` eouldn t.tha.n_k the,Lord! _,Tn nnnu: `K7}\*IfnnI'v\h RNA`! CUUJ.u.1u_yo While the colonel was cussing every- thing in sight the driver came tearing down the road, Waving his hands like a windmill in full sail. , ' ` .1 41-1" at `L-. __-1`l...3 ILL- ..A...~l`.-.-.1.\1.-Jn 1|t\\-In windmm 1n ruu sau. - A `Hi! he yelled, `the cQnstab1e s com- ing, and he s after you too. You d bet- ter get. Cut up through the woods ` ther and t_I 1l meet you at the turn of the pike. A . ` |luU puns. ``-We didn t know where the turn` of 1 the pike was, but E the colonel grabbed me by the arm and hustled up into the woods. When we got under cover, he -._.. 111-.-. .-. 1-Any. 0n.'.4-nu" nut` L--'_._ Uuumug, Luv uuu.. _ `Whatein the nuine of thunder did you ever bring me out here for? You want to get me arrested, do you? at _...... J..`I....J- nu-.nnn`|~.`Inuu 4-Inn!-. T nn11`IH-n i*. wuuug. yy ucu vyo sun uguvs vvvva, uv was steaming like a soap factory and cussing me too. . u 11T`l....J- {.1 4-111: nurnh n9 4-.111-|nn1~ Wllbllll DU SUI! ILLU ugL:.us:uuu, uu Jvuu I was that speechless that I cou1dn i: . answer, I just stood and-looked` at `him. Pretty soon I recovered. _ . u 1).........'L.4-. 11n11 nu-vl-. hmvn? aai T `Vn11 I'I.'Uhla_y BUULL J. LUUUVU&vuo' `Brought you out here? said I. `You blooming blot of idiocy, who brought you out here? You came yourself. . umknn +.'|nn nnlnnnl 2'01`. madder 43118.1] Cil-I-131 J V Ian. uvaao you Uub nuns: .L uu. Then the colonei got ma.dder~tha.n % ever, and he wouldn't` talk `again. But ' that was a. mercy. It was getting, agong tovivaz-d dark h when we got to the _l_1ote1. ~:1`he colonel nun WW5 O uavav_yo was getting toward to the hotel. The was prancing up to the front door when the manwho drove the team ._come out 1 of abarn. . . .. .-n-__. 9 _...... 1.... M-Inn nnvmi-n.h1A n`- waif. , OK 3- D8.al'I1. . .. .38)., says he, the c'on_sta_b_1e'a% waitfr ? mg for-you `fellow, He's over to the hotel} ' . - ,, VAL. -..1......1 ;1;.-1.0+ stun ~ uuwx. - Maybe I and the colonel didn't run. We just lit `out and hung ground in the brush until it was plum dark, .-'I.`hen we crawled-back 5 to the hotel, but the con_-' stabl .wa'sti1l'itting there. ' run. _..> L1... .u-Janna` I k Stable SW11 _B1DyLu5 Ill-I.UL_Uu A I . " Then the colonel tried to make a. bolt to the woods, and the constable saw him. With a whole pack in -full cry after us, the colonel: and I ran down `the hill. `I guess we outdistanced the constable and Mn ~o--nmcv `R114: nH".art"a.11`v'hi16'th6'V came bteed vto U11 IJLLIB uauuvu Illlv vvnouvww-v -._... his `crew_.- But after "a " 'hi1'efthe"y came after uswith lanterns, and` we had to run agaigmr Up;i;1`*1;e,Vheavy_1;rngh they lost us;"a . nd`whe*h we got our win(__1"we Eatruck out for the railiqad. _ ..rn1__ ..--...._L .a4-nlaninn man ln ..`..8t`l'11OK Out I01` H16 ruluvau. The nearest -statioh was -10 miles! " hw9`.y',_ and the: -colonel was,nea;'1y1dea.d before .,we` =go .ha1f why 1;hre'.? H6 sat down on a tie"a'nd were that he` was dy- Ill lrfbl-IGLIIS l4LlU,lJULll|' --James` Whitcomb Riley. T1? i`FT.HE'3N Am ANCE .. ,, .3 _.'__,. .,~ 1 Eng. He was wet through. and about- the most miserable man `that, ever cussed 3 treakof hard luck. Q11 `I K Klvbdllll UL 5:035 ` `The oolonelfgotvs-3 bad that I got_ som 9` ` chips and started` a re by the railroad track. He lay down beside it and tried to get dry. He was just beginning to gr-nt, when there was a roar down the zuad, and the train came puing round. the curve. ` ~ _ The rst thing the engineer saw I guess was our re, and then you should have heard the racket. ' He just turned all his `steam into. his old whistle` and tooted like a end possessed. A The train A came to a standstill by ourvre, and then the conductor came. racing up, -swearing awfu11y.l I got out, The colonel ex- postulated, but they were so mad they were going to thrash him; I got on the platform of the last car, and blow me if they would let the colonel get on. He prayed and pleaded, but the conductor said no, and the train started` with the colonel doing more cussing. When the last car was abreast, how- ever, the colonel grabbed the hand bar and hung on for his life. He took steps about four yards long, and when the train got going he just sailed out be-_ hind. I yanked and pulled till I got him aboard. My, I thought he was going to `l')--J. LA J3Jq.N- AF}-nun O1I11'I;1LI 1113 ha. uuuuru. xuy, 1. uuuusuu uu u ulu bv.... ..v die. But he didn t. After awhile heb gan swearing again, and then I felt re lieved. 7 ,. _;- 1--.-I ........ ..1.....J- 1n rn-Han 1-no llUYCuo , . After wehad gone about .10 miles we ` got up to get into the car. The colonel ` V went rst, but he hadn t taken two steps when he fell back with a gasp. `What s the matter? says I. "V `Matter? says he. `The constable s in that car. 1 -___._ -..-.....1.. 1."; van Then turn In Ulldab U111`. V And sure enough he was. Then we Went out -on the steps and sat in the cold. The colonel shivered till he rocked f the car, and he more than lit into me. 'ru-- 1...... ............. ..+ in 11'PFnrnnf. , 13118 Car, uuu. no ll-LULU uuwys .... -....... ...-. Say, I ve been sworn at in 15 different languages, but the Way the colonel sailed into me was art. I sat there and groaned, ; `and for about 20 miles the train left a. streak of blue behind." We rode on the tail of that car for 50 miles, and the colonel swore all the V way. Every time we came to a. station We got off and hid. And after every sta- tion the colonel was Worse than ever. ---IN- 11 _A_- -_-L ...._ 1-..}! J>'kn4- T ah` HOG- `D1011 Due uuxuum was vvun. Du u....... \JV ..-. Finally it got so bad that I` got des- * perate and went into the car. The con- stable was gone. I asked a red nosed man in the back seat where the consta- ble was, and he told me that the consta- ble had left the train an hour before. And there we two blooming chumps sat on that p1a.tfo1m all that time, ` u-r 1,4. 4.1.... ,..-.1.-m...-.1 en-H! 4-I-ma-A `Frvr ghn OI]. Luau; p1uu.u.u.u an uuuu uu.g..u_. I let the colonel sit there for about an hour more before I went out -and told him.` And then you should have heard ` himcurse. It was awful; and I `had to leave him. I haven t seen him since. 4~~-- .._-.... nnnsuus n1n11n}\, lti:laVU 111111. .I. uaavuu u Duuu. u....... ..u........ Just then a. limp gure came slouch-V ing around the corner. When it saw the nyrjor, there was 3. start of surprise. It made a. vain attempt toescape discovery. The major saw, and with a. dash he so-' ; cured the cringing form. It was the colonel. ,,1 99 -._:::l 1.1.. M...-..',\.. ~H`In4- 1'-,_ UUIUIIUL. I Colonel, `said the major, let by- gones be bygones. m'I,..-m. nun 9 acid Han r-n`Innn1. Tn!-`ef. R guilt?!) UU Uyguuca. They are, said the colonel. ``Let s } take a. drink. A _ And they did.-New York_,Wor1d. A Quaint Custom. A unique proceeding in connection with the distribution of the White Bread Meadow charity takes place annually during the rst Week in April at Bourne, Lincolnshire. By the will of Richard Clay, gentleman, dated July 2, 1770, some land was allotted to the inhabit- ants for the time being residing in the east portion of the town,'th_e rent being evcryeyear laid out in bread and dis- tributed to the householders and com- moners. The letting of _the_ meadow is attended by a large concourse of people, the bidding being regulated. by the run- p . ning of boys. . . 7111-- ..-- ..L:.-.,.,... n`vn1i"n 4-Ian 1-\n1rn'l-A 1-nu Llllalb LIL I.I\JJ 90 The auctioneer starts the boysto run i i a xed distance, whereupon he requests I bids for renting the property one year. If a. bid is made during the time the boys are running, they are immediately started off again and again until no bid shall have been made during the time the boys are running,'when_the last bid- der is declared the lessee. The public afterward adjourn to an inn, where a spread of spring onions, cheese and beer a are supplied ad lib. `to all who wish to partake, `after whi'ch a committee "for- managing the charity for the following year is appointed.--Million. Men and Bears. A man named Conn went hunting for bear near Creede, Co1o., the other day. ` He wanted to do a. little killing just for fun. Presently he stirred up a she bear with two cubs, and he banged away at the cubs, wounding both. The" mother resented this boisterous humor - and chased Mr.-Conn up a. tree and `dallied with him awhile herself. ` `.Mr..Conn was _burried by his friends next day, a victim - of his own superexuberant lust for fun. THL- 154:3`. :n 1` guru-u:unn1\1r\ UL 141.5 Uvvu. uuyvsvauwvayvanu cuuv Av- gun... The bear is a. peaceable, inoffensive creature. It seeks a homelremote from the haunts of humanity._ It certainly seems to have some rights which man-` kind should respect. We have no sym-V pathy with people who make a. practice of going" about slaughtering game in cold blood merely for the "fun of the thing. .Ifma.n is so inhuman as not to enact and conserve laws for the "protection of ' the bear, .we certainly shall apjxlaud the bear for protecting'itself. --Chicago R'e_c- A -...I Tho r_'ec"o_1'_ci 1')serv1;.1T.o1__'y woe on the top, of t}_1e`t_emp1eV of `Bfelus; tho_t_om_b Of -Osymadlas In Egypt Wasthe second. This 1a.st~'contai'ned_ a. golden astronome ical cifcle _20:0.f'ee1iAii`1` Airother o at Benaresv, India", is -beliovjed -to be a,_1.. most. as aI1ci11t'. :,sI>'6i.th'e1` ; of ,_th_'e other two. The rs}; in Eurogpe was greeted at Ca. aVs_ e,1l;A;_in `1561;_th9.t. f ;'1`y'oho ,-Brahe at Uraninbixrg was built. in` 1576.~ - The Paris`observat_ory dates` from 1667 _a.nd 4.tha'.t of 3GJ;1iy;iol;1 is two year older. The one at Nurembo_rg.v~wg1s erected in 8411.11 that at Br1inIin;1711.- mots Bologna tow.e_r_ was builtin 1714. ` \','I`heT _Stocl`t1.xAoIn1_; `Utrecht , V Copeihagen Jandtliisbon` observatories were built in 1740,1650; 1656 and 1728 respective}! -- Philadelphia. Press. 1 Cases