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mb bd mbs bowser by mbs bow8hb i bad a caller the other afternoon when mr bowser came home and alter he had gone he asked how long wai mrs blank here about half an hour and yon talked about fashions i sup- poae 1 ye moetly what should we talk about mr bowser 6u4 it ever occur to you that there wai anything in life beyond mil linery and dieu goodi and dress- makers r how ijhow why not elect a tubjeot of sense i f jficlenoemlneralojytholaborquaonr i i watogovernmeut and ductus it witn calmness and justice and learn something worth re membering for half an hour you women folks might as well been have born with a pumpkin on your shoulders in place of a head i made no reply to this but determined to catch mr bowser in his own trap before the week was out fortune favored me it was only two days before a netehbor called cer as he was at work in the back yard and for two long hours those men sat down on a lad der anddiscussed the question whether a back gate should open inwards or outwards and the advantages offered by either situation mr bowser contended for tho gate opening outwards and the neighbor for the opposite and the discussion resulted in mr bower retting red clear back of tho ears and jump ing up to exolim well lets drop tho subjeot right here there can be cranks on alley gates as well as on politics and religion and there can be lunatic outside of the asylums hotly replied the neighbor dont call me a lunatic 1 and dont you call me a crank go home and hang your old gate to the moon i ill hang it according to the rules of com mon sense and dont yon forget it when mr bowser oame in to wash my hands i observed mr bowaor did it ever occur to yon that there was anything in life beyond hang- a back gate tv punishin an heptant some elephants lescmble men in their lia bility to bidden outbursts of passion and in their exhibition of remorse when the passion having subsided they see the results of their violent temper an illustration of an ele phants violence and contrition is given by gen george bell in his rough notes of an old soldier written while he was serving in india while the party was in camp a mahout went with his elephant to cut forage as he was binding it in bundles the elephant be gan to help himself and knocked about the bundles already tied np the mahout punished the beast for his dis obedience by a blow on the shins which so enraged the elephant that he si zi the man with his trunk dashed him to the ground and trampled him to death no sooner had he killed his keeper than he repented reared and bolted for the jun gle to hide himself six other elephants guided by their mahouts followed him on being driven into a corner he surren dered and was led into camp a prisoner and chains were placed on his legs then came his punishment an elephant was placed on either side each holding a heavy iron chain as the dead body of the mahcut was laid on the grass before him the elephant roared loudly being perfeotly aware of what he had done a mahout ordered the two elephants to eunish the murderer lifting the two eavy chains high in the air with thair trunks they wripped him with these iron whips until he made the camp echo with his roars of pain h9 was then picketed by himself and an iron chain attached to his hind leg which he dragged after him on tha march ihtbabyofouis- in these very hot days the average man has little appetite for solids but the wea ther does not seem to effect the appetite of an esteemed infant whose acquaintance i value highly in the interest of soience i for instance this babe aged thirteen months two uays ago started out on a gor mandizing tour by biting out a diamond from his sisters ringandsuallowing it this was jot discovered until yesterday an hour later he was discovered in the aot of devour i in e replied with a humph i of disgust s ni 1 s- iiw g horse radish and when the bottle of this ser art science mineralogy the labour j j v question or selfgovernment and learn some- 1 mor c fr hm thing worth remembering for half an hour 1 he looked around iu a desperate helpless way and put on his hat and went off with out a woid in reply i wasnt going to let him off on that however when he came home that evening i had mrs orfendorf over to supper and as soon as we were seat ed at tho tabid i queried doesnt it strike you that germanys policy on the samoan question is one of con ciliation instead of aggression it certainly does she replied but there may be a hidden motive behind this seeming submission trace the record of the man back as far as you will and his pol- ioy has been either aggression or strategy mr bowser looked from one to the other of us in aatonishmen i notice said i as i passed the biscuit that the spanish eolonial policy is work ing towards a radieal change incited by the example of other and stronger nations it is about to extend its arms and enfold new possessions tho stare mr bowser favored me with made my flesh oreep j i do so hope you can come down to the next meeting of the womans scientific political and literary club said mrs orfendorf as she toyed with her strawberries those gatherings art very very interest ing at our last meeting we discussed the drift period and at the one next week we shall discuss the proposed amendments to tha constitution of the united states oh id like to go ever so much and i think i can promise you i will be there can mr bowser come too 1 well hardly men take such litelo interest in suoh things that they are ob tructionb no v that that shallow pated long nosed old nuisance has finally taken her leave lets gc to bed he regained his assurance after a couple of days however i was talking to our 2- yearold baby and talking as all mothers talk when mr bowser flung down his paper and exolaimed mrs bowser you make me tired talkie to that youngun that way i no wonder so many ohildren grow up to be sap headed 1 how shallttalk talk sense tho same as you would to an adult hes old enough to understand and i believe he will appreciate it 1 very well ill try thank yon its m ore than i expected youd do the trial came that night we had scarcely got to bed when baby awoke and began to whine he had got cold and was feverish if now harty i began snug down and try to go to sleep its nothing serious and i objeot to being kept awake r he howled more lustily- 1 iiy son 1 continued this exhibition of ingratitude astonishes me and i insistjthat you change your course of oonduot at once or leave my house filial respeot if noth ng- what in thunder and blazes are you talking about j roared mr bowser as he sat up in bed im talking sonso to baby not by a jogfull you aintl then you try it id try it by wringing his neokif he doesnt shut off steam 1 hes bowling out ofepltel then warn him that you may be com pelled to inflict due chastisement but do it calmly and grammatically i ii ii 1 t thats what mr bowser said as he jump ed out of bed and disappeared into the spare room and that was tho last i saw of him until morning he devoted his attention to a package of baking powder which he broke open and then swallowed two handfuls of the contents naturally the babe rote with the occa sion for half an hour after the baking powder episode the babe was missing his absence at last alarmed his mother and she started to search for him she called him loudly but no answer oame he was not in the parlor diningroom kitchen or bedrooms where could he be only one place remained the cellar thither she flew the infant was there ho bad turned on the spigot of a tengallon carbon oil can and was to the best of bis ability absorbing the fluid as it fell in a continuous stream no body seems to know how much oil the babe imbibed but it is gratifying to stato that it apparently did him no harm whence come the plies from where do all the flies oome theqaes- tion is often asked and seldom leoivea as satisfactory an answer as has been given by a contemporary the common fly lays moro than 100 eggs and the time from egg laving to maturity is only about two weeks most of ns have studied gometrical progression here we see it illustrated suppose one fly commences to multiply and repenlsh the eacou abjufe jauol june 15 if all lived would give 150 suppose seventylive of these are females july 1 would give us supposing no cruel wasp or omjer untoward oircum- stances to interfere 11250 flies suppose 5 625 of these are females we might have july 15 843720 flies for fear of bad dreamb i will not oaculate what might be by septem ber 15 1 trustworthy people we all know peoplo who aro eminently trustworthy we all know those who aro jnbt as muoh the reverse in the world of each of us exists the man or woman in whom we believo as in the sun that shines in the sky above who is as faithful as the needle to tho pole- as solid as the granite rock if suoh a one promises a thing we regard it as already don death absence new interests nothing of ai that sways a more fluid mind so much as ciijnges the mere surface of this ones thought the promise given will be kept in all circumxutnees and under all conditions no personal advantage will weigh more than a grain of dust against the huge gold nugget of the plighted word she ho doubt understood it whats all this i see in the papers about the samoan question i asked mrs hixby of her husband the other evening hisby delighted to have his wife interest ed in public affairs began at the beginning and carefully and elaborately detailed tho entire affair to his wife and when he was through ho said now do you understand it- mv dear j vyees i think i do georgo only ive oeen thinking thinking what thinking for the last ten minutes that after all id have oardinal instead of let insleaf green on my new bonnet wouldnt you like the oardinal better dearest war quince my fathers riohern we petey yourn johnny doollttle no he haint got a mortgage on our house i humph 1 my mothers got a guitar in her head j our baby s got the skollit fever your pop gits drunk i iok y carriages bun by stesm a munich firm has made a carriage pro pelled by gas which it generates from ben zine or analagou material the motor which is not visible from the outside is placed in tho rear of the three- wheeled carri age over the main axle and the benzine need in its propulsion iscarrlod is a dosed cop per receptacle secured under the seat from which it passes drop by drop to the gen erator and which holds enough benzine for a journey of about seventy- five miles the gas mixture is ignited in a closed cylinder by means of an eleotrio spark after regul ating the admission of the gas the motor can be started by simply turning a hand lever power is applied by the medium of a link chain belted to a toothed wheel on the rear axle the speed of the motor can be increased or diminished at will by turn ing the lever backwards or toward and it can be stopped by pulling jfae lever the vehicle is steered in the same manner as a tricycle by a small front wheel it can attain a speed of about ten miles an hour but in crowded streets it can be made to move as slowlv as an ordinary vehicle a quart of beizine is sufficient for an hours trip miss a strang jontry langham reading i cautioned thats all husband dont worry my dear if i it home a trifle late occasionally no that ve joined the athletic club i used to be a great athlete when i was a boy you know and it seems like renewing my youth to go through with the old exercises again i q yylfe noi john i wont but when you sit home at 2 a m as you did this morn- s please dont renew your youth by stand- in on your head in the front porch nor climbing thrown tho transom because its apt to create remark jou know thats all dear he kin ii but you you 1 humph 1 mebbe wiggle my nose oh welll who lets go fishln lets 1 our pop ennyhow kfnt lick me im blggern i kint but i kin said you couldnt takiog one too literally old friend well browne 1 what are you sending to the exhibition this year our artist who really thinks hes done a good thing at last and longs for a little praise oh same old rot as you see 1 old friend ah well anyhow it brings grist to the mill i suppose i moral dont be too modest an american paper what a strange country yours ib to be sure mr de yank mr de yank of boston i dont think it much stranker than yours but why well this paper gives an aocounc of a game of baseball think they call it and ic says that chutnpy saw a redhot ball com ing for him in centre fuid but he promptly froze to it 1 v a silly question daughter mamma mr strongbox has offered me his heart and hand mamma do you love him dear daughter oh yes mamma very muoh he is worth a million mamma of course you do dear how silly of me to ask suoh a question the ladies favorite the newest fashion in ladies hats will doubtles cause a flutter of pleasurable ex oitement among the fair sex ladles are always susceptible to the ohanges of a fash ion plate and the more startling the de parture the more earnest the gossip over tne new mode dr pierces favorite 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