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cold T,imny.

Here is an old, old story redressed.
It is hardly so telling rs the original,
still it points a moral which is worth
recalling:
"Get aboard, old limpy," said a car
conductor to an aged, plainly-dressed,
waiting for the signal to depart; get
aboard. old linlpy, or you will be left. "
At the signal the old gentleman
quietly stepped aboard and took seat
BY himself. When the conductor, in
taking up the tickets, came to him and
demanded his fare, he replied:
II do not pay fare on this road"
"Then will put you off at the next
station"
The conductor passed on, and a pas
senger who had seen the transaction
said to him: a.,
"Do you know that old gentleman"
"No, I do not"
"Well, it is Mr.. -, the president Of
this road"
The conductor changed color and bit
his lips, but went on and finished taking
up the tickets. As soon as he had done
he returned to "old limpy" and said:
"Sir, Iresign my situstion as conduc-
tor"
"Sit down here, young man. l DO
not wish to harm you; but we run this
road for profit and to accommodate the
public, and we make it an invariable
rule to treat every person with perfect
civility, whatever garb he wears. of
whatever infrmity he suffers. This
rule is imperative upon every one OF our
employees. shall not remove you for
what you have done, but it must not be
repeated"
The conductor afterward never saw
among his passengers another "old
.impy."-Railoay Age.
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pips. n Statesman and q Jaguar.

freed by pigs is not exactly the posi-,
tion to which we should expect to tlnd
a colonial secretary-at least, not often.
But when Mr.. Fowler, colonial secre-
tary of the Honduras, was recently eX-
ploring the interior of the colony, he
was overlaken by drove of peccarlcs.
and had only time to take a snap shot
at the first of them and scramble up a
tree, dropping his rifle in the perform,
ance, before the whole pack was around
his perch, gnashing their teeth at him,
grunting, and sharpening their tusks
against his tree. Now the peccary is
not only fcrocious but patient, and
rather than let an object of its anger
escape will wait about for days, so that
the secretary had before him only two
courses-either to remain where he was
until he dropped down among the swine
from sheer exhaustion and hunger, or
else to commit suicide by coming down
to be eaten there and then.
While he was in this dilemma, how
ever, what should come along-and
looking out for supper, too-but a
iaguar! Never was beast of prey so
opportune, for the .jaguar has particular
fondness for wild pork, and the pee
carries know it, for no sooner did they
see the great ruddy head thrust out
through the bushes than they bolted
heltcr- -skelter. forgetting, in their desire
to save their own bacon, the meal they
were themselves leaving up the tree.
The ,jaguar was off after the swine with
admirable promptitude, and the secre-
terry, finding the coast clear, camedown,
rejecting, as he walked toward the
camp, upon the admirable arrangements
of nature, who, having made peccaries
to eat colonia! secretaries. provided al SO
iaguars to eat the peccaries. .-Londo''
Teleqraph.
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A Rird Poisoned bY Nicotine.

"Pick," q parroquet belonging to
New York Sun writer. has had numcr-
Gus escapes from death. A hawk came
v cry near snatching him from the top Of
q weathercock, where he had gone to
sleep. He escaped the claws of a hun
cry cat while asleep on q gate post. He
cnme within hair of being caught in 4
closing door, and was once badly
manglcd while sleeping on q rope near
the wheel of dumb waiter. His mar
rowest escape was in February, 1879. A
mecrschaum pipe had been removed
from p white marble mantel, leaving
behind it the amber stain of the nlco-
tine. The stain attracted the attention
of the bird. He had barely touched his
Hy-like tongue to it when he fell over
on his back apparently dead. He was
carried into the yard and rolled in the
snow. Faint screams gave signs of life.
He was then taken by the legs and
swept through the air, forcing him to
Use his wings. "Appleton's American
Encyclopedia said that tea was an
antidote for nicotine poisoning. The
mouth of Picks friend was filled with
hot tea. He ground the bill of the bird
between his teeth, forced it open, and
wet his tongue with the decoction.
The little fellow swallowed some of the
tea and began to vomit. The tea was
administered at regular intervals, and
the drowsy bird was not allowed to
close it's eyes. Within two hours he
becume excessively angry and uttered
passionate screams. From that hour,
however, his life was safe. He rapidly
recovered, and ever afterWard avoided
yellow stains. y, ;= -.
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What thero Is in Wheat.

The wheat grain is a fruit consisting
of seed and its coverings. All the
middle part of the grain is occupied by
large, thin cells, full of a powdery sub
stance, which contains all the starch Of
the wheat. Outside the central starchy
mass is single row of squarish cells
filled with a yellowish material, very
rich in nitrogcnous, that is, fesh.form-
ing matter. byeond this again there
are six thin coats or coverings, contain
ing much mineral matter. both of pot
ash and phosphates. The outermost
coat is of but little value. The mill
products Of these coverings of the seed
are peculiarly rich in nutriment, and
fine flour is robbed OF 4 large percentage
OF value and nutritious food. Middlings
not only contain more tihrin and min.
eral matter than fine flour, but also
more int. The fbrous matter, or outo:
coat. which is ind gestible, forms one
sixth Of the bran. but not one-hurtdredth
of fine flour. Wheat contains the great
est quantity OF gluten and the smallest
of starch rye, q medium proportion of
both, while in barley, oats and corn,
the largest proportion of starch and the
smallest of gluten are to be found. In
practice 100 pounds Of flour will make
from 1873 to 1877 pounds of bread, and a
good average being 1876 pounds; hence a
barrel OF 1876 pounds should yield 266
one-pound loaves.-Ameracan Miller.
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A Long Search for q Pirates Booty.

Noticing the death of one Edward -.
Marble, proprietor of Dungeon Rock"
aHLynn, Mass, the Boston Journal says:
Mr.. Marble was forty-nine years Of age
at the time of his death, and he has
spent the greater part of his life since
he was twenty years of age in excavat-
ing Dungeon cave in search of the buried
treasure in shape of coin, which it is
claimed was the property of Thomas
Veal, a pirate, who was entombed alive
with his treasure at the pirates dun
geon, or at Dungeon rock as it is now
called, in the year of 1853. A great
earthquake occurred in England in the
above year, and the shock is said to
have loosened the top rock over the
cavern where Veal lived, and caused it
to be crushed down into the mouth Of
the cavern, and thereby inclosing the
unfortunate man and his ill-eotten
treasure.
Edward was not the prime mover in
the matter, fo,his father. Hiram Mar
bic. originated the enterprise and pushed
it forward un il he died. His death
took place some ten or twelve years
since. Bequeathing the trust to Edward,
the latter has devoted more or less of
the time in carrying on the vain search.
They were firm believers in spiritualisnl,
and they sought guidance from the de-
parted as to how the labor should be
pursued. Twenty-nine years have
passed since the father and son entered
upon the fruitless task, but up to the
last each was firm in the conviction that
the prediction that untold wealth was
hidden in the rock. and would be re-
vealed to the patient searcher, would be
/ found true.
A few old coins and a number of
other small articles lave been found,
but nothing Of great value has been TN
earthed. Up to the year 1863 the work
was prosecuted with much vigor, and a
cave l35 feet long and with width and
height of seven feet had been made.
Since that time the work has been
pushed irregularly.
Mr.. Hiram Marble came to Lynn
from Charleston, Mass. to engage in
this work of excavating, and he had a
capital of Sl,500. This sum was soon
expended, and then to the time of his
death he depended upon the donations
of visitors. There has been several ac.
ClueHlS Willie uldStluS ~ Iue PlitCe' az"
in September, 1856, Edward Marble
had an arm broken and was otherwise
injured by a premature discharge.
Now that both Hiram and Edward
Marble are dead, and there is no one
left in the family to carry on this work
the question arises as to the future re.
lations Of this romantic spot. identified
with which are so many traditions O
the earlier history of Lynn. 1t woulc
not be at all strange were some othc1
enthusiast to enter upon the work o.
searching for the treasure under ghostly
guidance.
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AnStreet Gar Mystery!1'

you may have been on q street car
when "a man aforI woman aecidehtly
dropped o. piece OF money inb tho straw
on the floor. 7. If 80, you rfelt.sD leSer4
powering desire to, help recover it., .. So
did'avery other passenger. One day
not long since woman on Woodward
avenue car dropped something while
paying her tare. She said it was a
dime, while small boy thought it
looked like cent. and two other pas
sengers asserted that it was = quarter.
The woman had plenty of help to search
Tor it, and the force was suddenly in
creased by . man who left. his seat in
the rear Of the car, came forward and
got down on his hands and knees and
said:. ..-' - ... -. +,
II always have good luck in finding
things. Are you sure it was money!" r
ooh, yes" replied the woman. a, -.
The man poked around in the straw
and suddenly held up big iack-knife
with broken blade and asked: 81
"Couldn't have been this, could it.:
Or did you drop this afterward?'"
II never had that-never saw 1t be-
fore!' she tartly answered as her face
grew red. ... 49, ~. ""'t
} Didn't eh? Well. bub, you can
have it. Well look q little further and
see what we can see. Here are two
pants buttons, but I don't suppose you
dropped them, and III put them into
my pocket" ,
don't care for the loss!" she remarked as
her position grew uncomfortable. y
"Oh, it's no trouble for me, and it
belongs to you, whatever it Is. 1t
always vexes me to -: All! maybe twas
this!" ."...... -
He held up = corkscrew, with the
end bored deep into a cork, and the
woman fairly rose up as she said:
II never had that-never saw it be-
fore-neverm
"Didn't ehp Well, I'll pocket it, for
such things come awful handy around
the house. I'll l,ok little further"
"No, you needn't. l guess | didn't
drop anything-I'm sure I didn't"
Il kinder think you did, for! ! heard
something chink," he observed as he
paved around. "Even if it's only q
cent it will be cent ahead if We find
it. Now, what's this?" .
The woman almost climbed over him
to get to the door and drop of, but she
wasn't ten feet away when he reached
the door, held up vest-buckle between
his thumb and finger and called: .
Hold on-I've found there It is"
She started on run down q side
street, and when the car started up the
man trampled the straw down and hung
the buckle on the front door with the
remark:
"It's little reward any one ever gets
for doing n stranger favor, but seeing
I've rot the corkscrew, I'll leave this
here and she can get it or let it 60 into
the treasury of the street Car company /.
Detroit Free Press.
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She Cured Him.

There is man up in the Seventh ward
that hasn't spoken to his wife in over a
week. He is 80 mad that he will not
60 home to his meals, and the other day
his wife went to his Office to get Sc to
pay for some shoes, and he told the clerk
to pay her off and let her 60. He CRATES
his teeth when he goes home nights, and
comes out of the house every morning
swearing. She came joke on him, that
was all. He has for years been telling
her that he was sure he had got heart
disease, and that he should 60 off sud-
denly some time in the night. She had
got sick of such talk, after hearing it
thirteen years, when she knew he was
as healthy as a yearling. Why, he
didn't even know where his heart was,
and couldn't point out the location of
any particular portion of his internal
improvements. But he kept talking
about death every little while, and she
said she would break up that little game
rs soon as she could think of any way to
do so. A spellago she bought one of these
India-rubber water-bags, for keeping
hot water at the feet, instead of using
bottles. 1t would hold about three
quarts, and her husband didn't know
anything about it. One night, after she
had the water-bag to her feeta couple OF
hours, until they were about rs warm
as piece of zinc, and her husband was
snoring away by note. she thought what
a good Joke it would be 10 put it on his
stomach and wake him up. She burst
right out laughing. at midnight. think
ca cho fnnl- tho hhar
bag of hot water and placed it on his
stomach. The bag was about as big as
a cows liver, and as warm as a piece of
shingle on boy. 1t hadn't been on his
chest and other baggage over two min
utes before he slowly opened his eyes.
She stuffed the upper works of her night
gown in her mouth to keep from laugh
ing. He raised up his mead, and said:
Harriet, my end has come:"
(which end, Josiah?" said she, as
she rolled over, "your head or your
feet?" And then she put pillow in her
mouth, and reached over to him and un-
screwed the nozzle that holds the water
in the bag.
Il am dying, Egypt. dying" said he,
:" My heart is enlarged to three times its
natural size, and oh, I am bleeding to
DEATH" She had opened thenozzle, and
the three quarts of hot water was pour
ing over him, saturating him from head
to heels. She had not meant to let out
more than half pint of water on him,
but when it got to flowing she couldn't
stop it, so she got out of bed and told
him to save himself. He attempted 70
stop the flow of blood, and she struck 4
light and asked him if his life-preserver
had not sprung a leak, and then he
looked at the rubber bag, and went and
run himself through a clothes wringer
and he slept on the. lounge the rest of the
night, and he says his wife is the mean.
est woman that ever drawed the breath
of life. She tells her friends that Josiah
has been miraculous cured Of heart
disease.-Milyaukee Sun.
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: Farm Animals In the United States,,

Il "a specla1 report OF the department OF
agriculture of the United states govern
ment SHOWS that uhe' .numoes o. nolses
now IN she country - apSuS .tMptysIu Mft Eaax
oneFhali per cent, glfatsr.tiif9 Sf th t 1 S1a.s
Wnlcn lmpEes fn ,ta.;t iaG SsS ono M | ay;,;aIs
or. on iarin sCock VI S ~ o,,t,,a;u aiono
lhe'lncrease nas oesn .,, Sse4n. sn."J yaat | "a
she' guh coast ans aha IN ;ns t1Mss TSa n"mb "
the IAiIeghany mouhsat1s:, n,,t ~ nDSr ana -
,of mu!es IS Rsater ~ !AR !ARRoHIt XII; r.
cent, the increase nelng Ptan1lSM5paiiS P:nlMppS -
the Gull States, partlcuiariy IN 191as, ~
which State they are sapefseMng PONIES
and mustangs! There mas oeennh inT
enease "of about one per- ieenI. y tHe W.
8pmPer of mllen l coRssf mys!iy tn s ~;
StateS nGEt1 Prey o. ssf SfSSh1s.t In,
anu on tne aoinc SEasy ,s,s Shnra
ciuolng Oxen, lev ial,en an,. Snara.naa Hn h
aoouSoEe 5 Psr 'SsI S..Isd sis Soutb arn ';nlanS
e. Ststes Mstiidet ~ ~ H NeW nsIand Statss
@ oS ~ ,inSm III. . y ~ ts1hych 4 dmed
sieft w pssn st ny S.is MI M tS i'm.
nUs ~ t,n ,mStrIsI fM tIRssSHSSiaspii R Western
oltaSion rn ,lUm sne dn,e ,uJ,e a a;.isIers
osates" 'Sao'ls s as Npauns ISh Shn"sa
more aaa %osa 9 sapetssqe% ssas 20 ap1ssT TSa e
Lhf o4Ger Riaes y tsme p,.ssss4 41,h;nh inb
hsk hak ions 1sh Ssss; ~
Tevac ,e reA ore o;v;nn H s wsv to hsttar' hTpeds
!JHas L;aS arc E.yins mat " S.:a,,1 oS:. i'ee re
"hlch, ueaeI Pies1M,s. m,: GooIlsos III
mols psohtaps. aaiS, - ~ o osfIasis sns
ann tstnoss SeS4PteC ~ rrlt a. ~
1Ius paigSMfs a., AZ I'M agII ~ bs ear
.te me-, ts. eas. s.aa ~ sa.ep 1nAt,+ re tha
who,e whe ee, conntEv Intg II Nelrsstn, M % twas
twenty vent ] ner cent :, in kansas nineteen per er'
cent IN Rhode Island f;fteen ner cent.
in California e:ever ner cent IN Texas
tnnrteen .Ser csnf IN Maine and Yer.
mont seven nor. .csnt10TT New1 Jeysey.
Pennsylvania South Carolina 2 KEN
Statae +bS HL. dost,,ct;on nn ~ Nv % doas hae hoy
.5orSe 1879 sr;o,IS Nissnn ~ tYSS na,sanSuo
% of tbe @ na.s;on er T % af tho nenroes o. % ~ dbrs
S,b;nh s,S1aaG fSrasa ~ tkn,nMl1no
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2 SW' 1VlA DNI 10 LEJF
Words Of Counsel,
Swear NOT. in hetsetwoeds ofsuy master,
s7 But, tor thyseh, a with. manly! :boldnoSs

Swear NOT. in theset words ofsuy master.
Al But, tor thyseH, q with. manly. ;boldnoss
Il think, k,;>iroI = sI9n7S> srI Tsdt
n Nor from thine honest meaning swerye and
E'D Il shrinfs (vpj hna e=as iTos eve
Nor speaking truth, fear scorn OF daTk dis
H.,i ,.aatar.la, mru tsllsmn .liaothVI
;Ltvirtuethog ssest sqaeringsdq pothlass her,
Ths1vulssrs voice qud-echoingi ,dos not
orv sdwink MIG bsfbod oIds bo-hHus
jdAt iwhat thoankn is, ,lalss, . golden
r!1 7G@iak suoa 3ntyssl ,sst,snrpty Zut
Thine each werd tthaR iRon. binding birti faster
For juatiaa apd ND ioH right desille and dare;
uo Loqqk topl a Aaetraptipns s tairiy in hsr tafe,4 tafe,4
.Andao the1dag her hss ill7jhid lljh motives barsi3
j, Bid the gim. grim. nsad aad dsespafr s M Psgone apass
Though others faltsr;s lss boy te, pothipg base,
And And a' thou at 1speA. tshs!t Rysstss yistSFi0o'
=, air. .a,o;, ,oys NJ, i&g0ssnsa&sr.
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A Reptile Chicken Incubator.

The toughest snake and chicken story
comes from Ocala, Florida. 4 setting
hen, on returning from her dinner to
her nest, found that snake had swal-
lowed three of her eggs. She chased that
snake about the woods end killed it,
and returned to her nest. Several days
afterward farm hand, while walking
in the woods, heard the chirp of young
chickens. and on looking round closely,
he discovered three young chickens and
lying near by large chicken snake with
hole pecked through him. The young
chickens had Matched out in the snake
and pecked away until they were free
from his skin, which wasn't as tough as
the story.
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Nearly 800, 900, 900 postal cards were
used in the United States last year.
They are made at Holyoke, Mass, by a
private concern under the general su-
pervision of a government officer. The
work is nearly all done by machinery.
even to counting and putting them up
in packages oftwenty-iveH The use of
postal cards is said to have driven many
makers of writing paper and envelopes
out of business.
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Snowdrops.
:: Gpa's love has broken winter't chain,
The earth Is naalise again;

:. -. /; :Gpafs love has broken winter't chain,
The earth IS paradise again;
A smile OF sun, q kiss OF showers,
Stars natures armament with flowers.
~ After this waiting, what relief
TO scent the spring. The robin thiei
=. ':.'" Ghirps champion on the holly-bough.
-+a" I;ete sing; the cold is over now!
- .F;...58 Come; let t.us. lent our lover home;
- s,.;:rr1':: = The snowdrop's come.
Have you forgotten, love, last year
'"'' 0ursprihgti,re smiled without tear;
go. 80. That night wher we went ont and kissed
%'',', The roses folded up in mist;
= 49,. That you pulled the branches down
d. -. And made for me a leaiy crown?
-. -, To yeu, sweetheart, when sun had set
: ,,~..,. 49,. ] gave closed daisies, Margaret.
.'FsE rFis spring again; our hour has come;
SUI - The snowdrop's home.
~ y o. =. Have you not ielt as yet-you will
= % 50, That wild reaction and the thrill, 49,
=" 81: when. likesomc resurrection day,
. go. - = There comes prelude 10 the May?
. ,,as. ,J4heMay we've sworn TO love, whose brt h
80 Sends carols round the weary earth.
have forgiven al-can you,
= :, Who sent the winter thyme and rue,
.s-:@-a Forget loves birthday, Spring is home;
80 -. - The snowdrop's come.
q. ses,:.. .Iset s. .t;,rn another leat forget
Is 80: - The tear r.staiued poges, Margaret;
rrE :, ,,Thatcheckered chronicle OF time
:. That died in sorrow, born i'll rhyme
~ ..'a4ove's epi:aph, that alone
ia Carved or a monument Of stone.
:. Look round; eternity is love,
- v.s There's no decay; in caves above
-. The swallows gather, winGps home;
. g. ..... The sDowdrop;s come.
London World.
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There was more business done in the
commercial and financial circles of the
United States during November, 1879,
than during any month before in the
history of this country. The bank
transactions of several cities for the
month foot up the enormous aggregate
of 81, $3.50, ,255, 1923.
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There are plenty of individuals, says
Josh Billings. who cant make 4 boys
windmill that will grind, to save their
lives, who wouldn't It hesitate a minute to
tall you how to improve steam engine,
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Great quantities of tobacco are raised
in Russia, the seed from which it is
grown being obtained chiefly from the
United States. -.
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Mary Clemmer says that in no other
American city is visiting carried to such
an extent rs in Washington. Every
l;ldy "in sosiety" has her day for re-
ceiving calls, and the distribution of
cards is enormous. But calls may be
made extensively without invitation.
when strangers visit Washington" ,"
she adds, land take up their abode at
4 hotel, they have cnly to discover the
days of public reception, hire i hack,
and proceed to visit. On Monday they
can 60 to the homes of the judges of the
supreme court and other courts; on
Wednesday they can call on the cabinet
ladies; on Thursday visit all the Sena-
torial families; and on Saturday 60 to
the White House to see Mrs. Hayes:
In every drawing-room thevisitors will
find standing in its center from one to a
dozen ladies. richly attired, receiving
all with politeness, few with that
gracious charm which makes the lone
licst stranger feel at home. This is not
strange. These ladies are compelled so
constantly to greet so many whom they
do not know that the task becomes not
only monotonous, but irksome. These
calls involve no personal recognition.
The lady who received you on Wednes-
day in her own parlor on Thurday may
meet you on the street without a glance
of recognition.
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The inspectors Of factories in Prus-
sia are working hard to put down in
FAINT labor. At Berlin, thirty-three fac
tories have ceased employing children,
and in the others there are only nine
under fourteen years of age. The same
has been the case in nearly all the prov
inces, notably in the district of Frank
fort-on-the-Oder, where, in the 800 cloth
factories, employing $4,000 hands, there
are now only $500 minors, this being q
diminution of twenty-three per cent.
since 1876; while in the districts of Col
ogne, Co5lentz and Treves the total
number Of children employed has fallen
from 1884 to 4,737, and of these all but
sixty-one are over fourteen years OF age.
The inspectors take great care, also, that
proper sanitary arrangements are made,
and that the masters do all they can to
protect their workmen from accident.
One curious fact brought out by the in
spector in Westphalia is the wandering
disposition of the workmen. He in
stances a mandatory, employing 1000
hands, in which from one to two hun
dred of them leave every month.