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TtkinG . Little Trip.

Speak of devices to get cool, the
Historian is reminded of the case of
hanger on upon the verge of Journalism
who is we'll known down in the direc-
ton of Lyon. This individual had
established some sort of connection
with a newspaper published in
suburb of Lynn, and the way he OBJ
tanned facilities ON the strength of
that connection was the wonder and
envy of all like-minded persons in
Eastern Massachusetts,. His facial
area was Unreasonable. 1t is the
adage in the transportation business,
Nv hoover rides free once never pays
again. This newspaper man from
the euburbs of Lynn never paid again.
One exceedingly hot day. having
made up his mind that the proper
thing to do was to take a saltwater
excursion, this man of cheek strolled
along the wharves of Boston in order
to pick out the ikeliest excursion
steamer he could find. He selected
one at last, went on board. hunted up
q chair took a seat in a shady place,
put his feet on the rail, and began to
re.i a newspaper.
in about fifteen minutes a sailor
looking man opened door, looked at
him about a minnie, and disappeared
In about ten minutes more the sailor
looking man came back and addressed
the newspaper man.
what are YOU doing here?" said he.
"O!'' ex< laimed the newspaper man;
only going to take little trip with
yon.' And he whipped out his card
aui p esented it. ''Member of the
press. N:u kuow-give you a good no.
til Z in the paper next week!'
Tie sailor locking man said not a
word, and went back into the bowels
of the vessel.
Fifteen minutes more and the steam
er hadu started. The nc wspaper man
began to get a little weary. He wait
| ed a little whi]: longer, and went inside
and hunted up the sailor-looking man,
who was apparently engaged in polish
ing the shi p's cable.
Say! said the newspaper man,
how long before this boat starts?''
WELL" said the sailor-looking man
as he went on with his polishing, Il
think she'll sail about week from
next "Wednesday. She's laid up for
repairs!' Boston Record.
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And now having learned so much
fence lore let me give just one more
picture and you shall guess at the
character yourself. A fence built of
big round boulders so large that two
of them reach above your waist, with a
mass of greenery growing over all,
making it look more rustic than it
really lis. An artificial rustic gate
made in the shops, gate of boug CHS
and twisted roots. turned by machinery
and not by nature. Over this queer
wooden gate that tries so hard to be
natural sand has been siftcd until it
glistens in the sunlight as if it were of
iron. So you can take your choice
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Realistic Duties Of . Cow Boy.

AOOut Iue AVUA VI Moy, VIC AOIcudu VI
a cow outfit is in the nearest town, hir-
ing his men and loading a freight
team with provisions. The men go
out to the ranch with him, and two or
three lays before the round up, which
is usually in the latter half of May, the
horses are mustered and divided among
the men. The ponies that have been
running on the range through the win
ter are thrown in with Whatever fresh
colts the outfit has purchased, and the
men all proceed to the corral. The
boss first attends to the riders who
were with him the year before.
''Tex, what did you ride?''
"Coon, Scurro, Pete, Loco, Gotch,
Paddy; all there is here. Red Cloud
was sold with the Gull and jaybird ain t
been found YETI
"Well, throw your tug on that glass
eyed pinto next to the bars there, and
I'll give you an old un too
While the boss goes on assigning the
horses Tex coils up his RATA, rope of
plated rawhide as large as your finger
and from fifty to eighty feet long. On
the end of this is worked ''hondoo, :"
or small ring of raw-hiie, through
which the rope is. doubled, and he pulls
enough slack through it to make a
loop fifteen or twenty feet in circum-
ference. Holding the coil in his left
hand, he grasps the rope just outside
the loop and holds it in his right hand,
doubled back on the loop. Then he
throws the loop out behind him and
shouts to the colt, who makes dash
along the side of the corral. As he
passes Tex throws the loop overland
and jerks it taut as it falls over the
pony's head. The frightened colt
runs to tho end of the rope at full
speed, and meanwhile Tex crouches on
the ground, with his weight thrown
back on the rope.
The pony "changes ends'' with a jerk
that almost breaks his Eeck, and then
Tex runs up to him slack and starts
him again, and after the performance
has been gone through a dozen times
the pony has learned not to run en- q
rope and the first step toward his
education is accomplished. He is then
named. This is subject for debate,
and Tex finally decides on ''strcaks''
appropriate for "paint' or piebold
horse. Streaks is led out of the corral,
and while one of the other boys holds
the rope, Tex takes another rope, and
as the pony runs past him, snares his
fore feet and throws him on the ground.
This second rope is passed to another
man. who holds it so that the pony is
powerless.
Blanket and saddle are hitched on,
and the ''hackamore,' a sort Eof halter
with nose piece that will draw tight
ly when pulled, is put on. To this is
added horsehair rope, called q
macarte, and after handkerchief has
been placed over the ponys eyes the
other loops are loosed. Streaks plum
ges to his feet and runs on the macartc.
This he finds even more unpl ofitable
than running on the RATA. for the moose
piece brings him up all standing.
When he is quiet enough to approach
Tex ties the macarte so as to make
reins and throws himself in the saddle.
Streaks looks as if he meant mischief,
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Masterpiece Of Fiction,

Arkansas Traveller: The following
is an extract from a masterpiece of
French fiction:
Nj. dc Makeshift, when the file OF
soldiers left him, found himself in a
dungeon. Not a ray of liz bit penetra-
ted the dismal abode. but De Make
shifts eyes gradually became
so accustomed to the dark
ness that he saw a broom
straw lying in corner. He caught up
the broom straw, uttered stifed CRY,
aid pressed it to his heaving bosom.
Then in his despair, he tickled his nose
with the straw and laughed.
''Who laughs?' demanded a voice.
II do .
'.Who are your"
DE Makeshift. Who are you?''
THE Able So-Long,'' &.
'.Ah.''
"Ah, hail.
"How long have you been here?''
l have now, alas! no method of
reckoning time, but must have been
here since sunrise this morning.
De Makeshift groaned. "Where are
you now?' he asked.
In tunnel the Able replied.
IA tunnel?'
"Yes.'
You make my heart beat. Where
did you get the tunnel?''
''Madc it,
You astonish me-
''Ah."
''Ah, hah. Where did you get your
sLovel?''
Had none.'
''Then how did you make the tun
nel?"
''Listen.''
Il will.'
81 scooped it out with shirt button.
Have you button on your shirt?"
No"
calais! you are married.
NO.
''Then why have you no buttons?'
"A chinaman does my washing.'
"Ah.''
"Ah. hah''
"Wcll, wait until gouge my way
through this rock, and l will lend you
my button"
"Oh, thank you."
'Hist the turnkey comes.''
After long silence, HAS the turn.
key gone?' the Abbe asked.
"Not yet.''
''Well, then, when he goes tell me
and will resume my work."
''Au right; he's gone now
| Il am ut work. -
|
arm was thurst into De Max 9.
shifts cell. De Makeshift seized i,
and pressed the elbow to his lips. Thu
Able stepped into the cell. 1--WE mus,
escape from here,'' said the Able.
"How?"
''By scaling the walls.''
''How can we scale them without 6
! knife''
Watt
The Able took off his shirt, tore i,
into shreds. and in marvellous man
ner made it into a ladder.
"Here they are.''
Got couple of pins?''
'What do you want with them?"
''Make hooks to 60 on the end of tn.
LADDER
"Here they are"
Now said the Able, bending tn,
pins and fastening them on the lad
der" follow me-
They passed out into the courty ard
DE Makeshift uttered an exclamation
He saw the man who had poisoned hi
grandfather. The Able threw the lad
der: The pins caught hold. The two
men escaped.
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Poor Ludwig II, of Bavaria, who
ended his STANCE, insane career by sui
eide, is succeeded as King of Bavaria
by his younger brother, Otto. This
arrangement conforms to the constitu-
ton, hut Otto is only nominally King.
and the reins of government are ac-
tually held by Prince Luitpold. his I'M
Gle, who was made Regent only few
days before ludwig's tragic end, and
is now continued in the Office. The
Bavarian army has sworn allegiance
to the New King and Regent, and
there are no indications of political dis
turbance. A patient people are pros
trated with grief, for the dead vas sim
cerely loved by the masses of his SUBJ
jects. These respectfully acqui n
the constitutional provision which gives
them one insane king in place of au-
other.
King Otto was born April p, 1913,
the second son of Macmillan IL and of
Queen Marie his wife. This lady, who
is a daughter of the late Prince Will
helm, of Prussia. after the disposition
of Ludwig and the establishment of
the Regency, expressed her intention
of retiring to a convent. Her life has
been a sad one. as her father and her
brother both died mad; her son Otto.
the new King, has been by a long-stan-
ding malady under restraint as luna
tic eighteen years, and she now mourns
the madness and death of her elder
son. the late King.
The Regency of Prince Luitpold,
which may be of long standing, King
Otto being only 80 years old, may have
an important effect on the politics of
Germany, King Ludwig had a liberal
administration at the head of affairs
during the last six years of his rel On
and was sincere friend of Bismarck.
Prince Luitpold is an ulta-Catholic and
anti-Prussian in his views. Two of his
three sons, the eldest of whom would
succeed Otto as King in the event of
his death, have married Austria arch
duchesses. Austrian and Catholic
have succeeded pro- russian tendencies
in the administration, but there is no
apprehension of trouble, Berlin having
received the news of the establishment
of Prince Luitpold with indifference.
1t may be, moreover that the change
may assist the improved understand
ing between Bismarck and the Pope
which now obtains.
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Lat est WhIlll H

The latest whim of fashion is IN UNI
brella intended for a travelling in the
carved silver handle Of which there is
cunningly tucked away in the stick a
long, narrow bottle of eau dc Cologne.
and in the upper half of the gilt-lined
ball that unscrws and could be slowed
away in the pocket if required powder
puff and small mirror.
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and call it iron or wood, or anything
you please, and yet be right. The
strip of turf that runs down to the
roadway is kept scrupulously neat,
and the bravest daisy that ever lifted
its head 10 the sunlight wouldn't dare
show itself in such painfully out-of-
the-way place. This is MIR. Fields
fence. Do you know the man?
1t seems a foolish thing to tell of
these fences of ones friends. Most
people would write about the friends
themselves. But one is so often max
ing mistakes about characters, and
that is always unpleasant. The fences
will not care.
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Longfellow's Birthday Book

!s beautiful present to give any lady.
Bat there is little book published in pam
phlet form, with no pretentions to literary
merit, that would be as appropriate, and
might be the me- ms of saving a life. It is
called DR.. r. " Pierce's treasise on diseas-
IS OF women, for whose peculiar troubles
designed. II is profusely illustrated with
wood-cuts and colored plates, and will be
s'n1 to any address tor ten cents in stamps,
by the Worlds Dispensary Medical Assoc
ciation, Buffalo. n. Y.
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THE OLD W(DRI.3

A London cablegram of the Goth, thus
depicts the political situation: The cabinet,
at its meeting this afternoon, decided to
ihmmSe s place their RESERVATIONS in the
held at Mr.: Gladstone's office, in Downing
street. The street was crowded with
people. There was but little cheering
when the decision of the ministry became
known: John Morley, chief secretary for
Ireland; who attended the meeting,
received au ovation from the PEG
mier's residence. A messenger to the
queen, conve ing tho formal resign atoms
OF the ministers. has left London for o.
borne. After the cabinet meeting mr..
Gsadstone gave reception in the council
hall to number of his friends, including
Baron Wolverton, Lord Granville, Lord
kosebery, Baron Monson and Arnold Nor
ley. Mr. Gladstone referred in despond-
ent terms to his staying powers, saying
that he would be unable 10 fight in the
face of al embittered parliament. lie
would do his best, but he urged his follow
Queen Victoria Oh the LIST accepted the
resignation of Mr. Gladstone and his min
listers. It is officially announced that Lord
Salisbury will be called upon to form new
cabiret. Mr. Gladstone has advised Mr.
Parnell az inst an obstructive policy Si1
Michael Hicks-Beach and other members
OF the late Tory cabinet will oppose the I'D
mission Of the duke of Argyle aud Goscher
into the Few cabinet and urge that rht
duke OF Al'erccnle be appointed viceroy o.
Ireland
Remarkable heat is passing over En
gland, accompanied by disastrous thunder
storms. at Liverpool the sewers over
| iiowed and two persons drowned. Severe
storms, " tn loss of lifo are reported j,
France. lightning destroyed the Dausette
| splnery at Armentiers. causing 1900 UO(
francs damage. In Paris the Leaf is exces
! sive.
Sir Charles Dixie, the English membe,
of parliament who asked to have the di
| vorce trial re-opened does not seem to have
made much. Mrs. Crawford testified los
| ltlvely to her own shame and Mr.. Ora "
ford was granted divorce OH the grouno
| cf his wifes lason with Dixie.
Several leading Frtnch anarchists in
Guiding Louis Michael, have been commit
ted for trial at the assizas for incitine
pillaRe aE1 riot during the strike at D.
! Cazevil!t.
The Frenc Republicans have organize d
committe for the propagation of re
publican principles among the people o.
France, and che extripttio. OF royal. IN.
Desire Medric LIE Blond tho eminent
French advocate and statesman, is dead.
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MIR. GOULD, the librarian of Brown
University, thinks that, at the present
rate of subscription, the fund for the
Roger Williams monument will be
raised in about fifty years. This state
ment bears all the marks of cool and
cautious calculation.
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GERMANY is the least illiterate coun-
try in Europe. For example, of per-
sons above fifteen years of age in Ger
many 81 per cent. can read, while in
Great Britain the percentage is 81, in
Austria and Franco each 88, in Italy
"a, in Spain 60 and Russia SO.
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best fence that ever ran around q
house or kept the grounds from stray
ing out into the road could tell story
if it tried. Like the gentleman of
whom Mr.. Wordsworth tells, who had
a queer habit of counting malaria by
wandering along the damp shores of
rivers, they say fence is fence and
nothing more, just as the gentleman Of
the ballad felt that
A primrose on q rivers brim
A yellow primrose was to him,
And it was nothing more.
But to the philosopher vr to the earn
est student who bias devoted his young
enthusiasm to learning ebout these
things, the commonest kind of a rail
fence is full of poetic suggestion, and
the merest glimpse of stone wall fills
him with vague longing to 90 off
somewhere and indite a sonnet to the
structure.
A week ago was all unconscious of
the social value of fences as the fiercest
per:On who searches this column of
fence lore. A little visit to an artist
friend who makes his home on the
crest of the hill that reaches down to
the Hudson back of Irvington first op-
ened my eyes. The hundreds of mill
ions of dollars that live along this hill
have made even the fences significant.
The wooden or iron or stone barriers
that border the road all tell of the
characters of the owners as plainly as
ifithe rich men had como out and writ
ten them in the dust. At least that is
what my artist-philosopher friend said
as we drove past the beautiful villas
and he ought to know.
Take Mr.. Jay Gould's fence, for in.
stance. Knowing the man as you do,
what would you expect to find? A
tlimsv structure that would let half Of
the COWS of the neighborhood stray in
to the grounds, or give wandering
tramps an opportunity to drop in and
call on the little great man? Well
hardly. You know that of all the fenc
cs that shut in those acres of smiling
lawn and shaded woodland that stretch
| in country homes for miles and miles
along the Hudson, there is no stronge,
fence than his. There is no need tt
tell you that You know it already
even though you have never seen his
| fvsxy
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BosToN papers have the news Tex
clusive) that the President will Ger
tainly visit New England in the fall.
His wife, it is declared. has set her
heart on seeing the Berkshire Hills,
and will not be comforted until her
eyes behold that stony ridge.
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MIR. EDMUND PENDLEToN, of Cincin-
natl, brother of the Minister to Ger
many, and author of "A Conventional
Bohemian is at Bar Harbor, and re-
port charges him with being busy on
another novel.
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QUEEN VICTORIA has just conferred
the star and ribbon of the Order of the
Bath on Sir Phillip Cunliffe- Owen, who
in 1876 received one of the four great
silver medals voted by the United
States Centennial Commission for bis
services in connection with the Phila-
dclphia Exhibition.
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In 1881 the population of the judicial
district known as London was 4, 1885,
66l. and of the Metropolitan Police
district 4,116, 0O9. but the limits of the
Metropolis Local Management Act,
which is the widest limit that can
properly be called the city of London,
contained only 3,834,354 souls.
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GEORGE w. smith, an old figure
dancer and pantomimist, who danced
with Fannie Ellsler and Lola Montez
during their tours in the United States,
and who was the harlequin and first
lover with the Ravels in all the
pantomimes brought out in this
country, is still living in Philadelphia.
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PHILADELPHIA preachers are dis
cussing the question, ''How shall We
keep our congregations awaken
..Send them to New York" Cries tho
wicked World! .e
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ALLEN &. THURMAN, when informed
that he had been made an LII. D. by
Otterbin University, looked very
thoughtful for moment, then broke
into series of smiles and remarked
that he Otterbin so honored long ago.
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JOHN RUsKlN says: II owe more to
cab drivers than to any other person in
this world" The cabbies should in
woke parliament or some other power
to encourage John to pay the score.
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The late Charles Marsh, of Boston,
carried about 100000 of life insur-
ance. Of this 100000 was in the
Equitable Life, of which he was one of
the Oldest policy-holders.
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sHORTHW ESTERN Nnx1h

sad drowning case occurred at Fronte-
nae, Minn., on the 10Th. Frontenac is a little
town on Lake Pepin "a widening OF the
Mississippi) about 50 miles below ST. Paul
A party Of st. Paul young ladies ha., gone
there on the 18th, for months vs::-
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j. MONTGOMERY SEARS, of Boston,
has presented to. the Church of St.
Sauveur at Bar Harbor an altar of It.
allan marble, work of rare and Won
derful beauty
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SENATOR MORRILL, boasts that he
never had presidential bee in his
bonnet" He may have heard some
thing buzzing there and not recognized
the still. small voice.
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Low-necked dresses arc going to bs veey
popular with the lovely young dudinee, s.
cause II they catch cold wearing them,
euro th0m0
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from the other, tells of character not
afraid of innovations. and suggested
carelessness about the place makes it
look homelike, as if he really lived
there and did not keep it for show
alone
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POSTAGE stamps arc not redeemable
except at the pleasure of the Post
master-General. Defaced or damaged
stamps are not redeemable by the
local postmaster. A postage stamp is
not "a security of the United States. "
Tho Secretary of the Treasury decided
last winter that it was receipt for
money paid.
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ONE people
could not be
made to believe
that q common
everyday kind
of a fence built
to keep cows and
things out Of q
front yard has a
character and in
dividually of it's
o W n. T b 9 y
would not be-
ALL A.
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NOTES OF THE TIMES.

Mr.. BEECHER has preached in West
minister Chapel. London, and prayed
Jerventlv for the royal family.
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FENCE STUDIES.

Phiiosophically Considered, Showins
Mems Characters Like MONDAY Sun.
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Over one hundred works written
within the past century have placed tho
time for the beginning of the millen.
mum between 1885 and 1890. !
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1T seems wicked thing to say, but
Is 1t not true, that smart rascal is re-
garded by all with more respect and
admiration than sinlcss fool. Frank
James, the Missouri outlaw, for in
stance is lionized and applauded by
respectable people wherever he goes.
he was travelling in Texas last &C.
counts and receiving .'ovations.