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Immortal Sally Lunn.

There are numerous instances in the
language of common nouns derived from
proper names, the history of many OF
which is quite interesting. That very
delicious ten cake, Sally Lunn, has con-
ferred an immortality of fame upon its
illustrious author, Sarah Lunn. This re-
nowned lady was humble parsonage
living at Bath, England, near the close
of the last century. She peddled her
bun cakes through the streets morning
and evening, carrying them in basket.
Her cakes soon made her popular, and a
musical baker, with an eye to specula.
tion, wrote and set to music song in
her praise, and then bought out her
trade and her recipe. The song proved
an excellent advertisement, and the
enterprising baker sent barrow loads of
"Sally Lunns" through the streets night
and morning. The result was that IN a
few years he retired on fortune.
CHR a. Herald.
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he coiffeured heads in the most reckless

the coiffeured heads in the most reckless
manner.
"Papa," she then said. 1--WE must 60
and find John; 1 want to tell him how
! much-I-"
"Yes, DEAR" said Mr.. Archibald
Steele, and all the way through the corrl-
dr. and into the parlors of the hotel,
with his plump and pretty wife on one
arm and his beautiful daughter on the
other, he sailed.
But John was still surrounded by the
pretty and sympathetic women, who had
cruelly deserted the blue blooded de.
scendant of the old Dutch governor,
lying in his most graceful and languld
Of attitudes on neighboring lounge
the descendant, not the governor--and
had o.ked, one and all, to the hand
some and heroic founder of the new
school for teaching people the way
to be rescued from drowning.
! John was almost hidden in founces
and laces; but when his eyes met l-auras
he plunged out of those costly billows
with his usual ease and trepidity. There
was something in Laura's eyes that ne
had never seen there before tempt
! lug languor, bewitching shyness,, a
bewildering splendor that stepped his
! soul in mad, sweet hope.
! Laura stopped one moment 10 Whisper
to her mamma, and John gasped out to
Mr.. Steele: -,
: If 1 dared-if only dared to tell
her"
! IT have told her myself" said the
merchant.
j THAT was a pauper, without home
or friends?"
| II told the story in my own way,
John," continued Mr.. Steele, land l
tlatter myself 1 tod it successfully; do
not spoil it, if you please. 1 have man
aged the past and the present; do you
look out for the fnture, john" :,
| Aud john did. Laura walked through
the parlor that night the envied OF all
the pretty and sympathetic women and
brave and appreciative men that congre-
gated there.
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Primitive "WOman's IsIand.n

A little way north of Cozumel and
about six mile; from the Mexican coast
is Is!a Mujeres (woman's island), which
is only about six miles long by half g
mile wide. Some of Cortezs soldiers
went ashore there and found four tem-
pies in the town, the idols in which reps
resented female figures of colossal size
hence its name. E 'l.ts
wish l could picture to you, exclaims
a writer in the Philadelphia Record, the
singular beauty OF this bit of land en-
compassed by the blue green watersof
the gulf. Imagine small sandy beach,
with rocky coast on either side. Man
grove and cocoaLut trees grow to the
waters edge, except where broken By
tiny :clearings, surrounding the palm
leaf hut of some lonely fisherman. We
approached the nearest clearing, and
found sun dried Indian squatted under
an arbor thatched with palm, busily re.
pairing an old net, while his wife and
half-grown boys we're weaving new ones
from isal hemp. 1t was intensely hot,
and millions of sand flies made life in.
tolerable. The family we had raided
charitably gave us hammock to rest
in, leaf of palm with which to defend
ourselves, q fresh-picked cocoanut and 9
drink OF tepid water from the nearby
spring. Thus refreshed, we lay at ease.
and looked about US. Near the shore were
immense focks of seabirds pcrched on
the piles of a turtle Enclosure, and over
head hovered q cloud of snow-white
ibises. All along the beach were strewn
the rotting carcasses of turtles, covered
with swarms Of flies. j
Turtle catching is quite business
mere. Three kinds abound in these
waters-the Cahuamo, whose eggs serve
for food, and which is useful besides
only tor its oil; the Tortuga, of which
the meat as we'll as the eggs are eaten,
which also produces oil, and whose shell
is worth twenty-five cents per pound,
and the Kare, whose shells sell for IS
per pound. The airy casa OF our host
was hung inside with a miscellaneous
collection of old nets, sails and other ad-
iuncts of his profession. Under the
caves were ranged row Of oil jars and
bundles of turtle shells tied up ready
for shipment to the markets of Cam
pechc and Progresso. From the rafters
depended strings of turtles eggs and
other parts that serve for food and oil,
some of them yet warm and quivering,
the sight, as we'll as the smell, being by
no means conducive to cultivating taste
for the delicacy.
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BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Her Wit Was Her Fortune - An
tnnotiCed Effect-A Sedative
for His Wife - A Con-
templated Mark.

"Where are you going to, my girl, tailor
made"
ooh, I'm going to Newport, sir" she said.
"And what will you do there, my girl, tailor
made!'
"why, fish for husband, good sir" she
said, .
''But where do you come from, my girl,
tailor-made!"
ooh, come from Vassar, good sir" She
said.
Where is your baggage my girl tailor
made!"
ats there on the lighter, good sir" she
said. 80,
"How many boxes, my girl, tailor NADER
i've thirty-six trunks, sir" the MAIDEN
said.
"Why, a boat couldn't carry them, my
pretty maidn
"Then III charter couple, good sir" sne
said.
"But what have you in them, my GIRL tailor
NADER
my bonnets and dresses good sir" she
sad.
"But you can't wear than all,my girl, tailor
madeF' .,, ,
"You can bet your sweet life that will, /"
she said ,u
mA nd is that your fortune, my pretty maidT
The Ocean.
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A Fatal Mistake.

Mrs. Jacob s., an estimable woman
living in q small town in the West, dis
covered early in her matrimonial career
that she had not been fortunate in her
choice of husband, for Jacob proved
to be excessively lazy and shiftless, do:
ing almost nothing for the support of
his wife and the round faced little
children.
Several years after her marriage Mrs.
s. heard of the approaching mar
rage of Jennie Krale, the daughter of a
neighbor, and meeting the girl one day
she said:
"vell, Shennie I hear you vas tinkin'
bout getting married. Vas dat so2"
The girl, with becoming bushes, ad'
mitted the truth of the rumor.
"Vell, Sheunie," said Mrs. S =, cit
would be veil for you to dink dwice be-.
fore you marry anybody"
"Did you think twice about it when
YOU were married" asked Jennie, rather
resenting the intimation that she had
not made q wise choice.
"Vell, yes, did," replied Mrs. s.,
after some little hesitation. II did
dink dwice, Shennie, but I made Won
grade meestake, Won grade meestake,
Shcnuie. I did not dink der second
time until after vas married. ."-Detrost
Free Press.
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GrasshOppers' Language.

Grasshoppers, as if aware that their
beauty resided in their wings, rise in the
air to sing The noise is made by rub
bing the upper edge of the true wings
aginst the under surface of the wing
covers. I have often watched them
while in this aerial position, and won
dered if the song was always a love call.
If behavior means anything among grass
hopers, they have at times, especially
late in the season, other business aside
from lovemaking. Many times have
observed one of these creatures mount up
q few feet above the ground, calling,
calling, until sometimes half dozen or
ore would congregate beneath him,
when he would drop down in their midst
and touch the head of each as if consult
ing about some grave matter; then the
little flock would disperse and the musl-
clan or orator, or whatever he was, would
90 to another place and call another
crowd, and after the harangue he would
again alight and communicate with each
individual. As far Us l could see there
was no lovemaking connected with this
affair.
Entomologists who have made the
brains of insects study, tells US that
the orthoptera, especially the grasshop-
pers, have a good development OF brain,
but not equal to the ants, or to the social
bees and wasps.
Another class of grasshoppers remain
on the ground to play. These are the
violinists among the musicians; they use
their hind legs for bows, which tney
draw across strings situated in the wing
covers. The Rocky Mountain locust
(Coloptenus spretus) belongs to this
class. And here is an instance where an
insect ceases to be insignificant and be-
comes a great and mighty power in the
land, compelling the Government to sup,
p'y men and means to try and thWart
the vast armies that sweep over sections
of the west, devouring all vegetation be-
fore them Chautauluan.
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UPWARD.

Upuard, still upward, the fountain is SPRING
ing;
Upward, far upward, the songster is wing
ing;
Uo to the blue dome delightfully."- fair
Roofing the scentladen ocean or ar
The birds dainty throat is o'erwelling with
glee. =,
The fountain exultantly shouts: II am free,
They sing of life all untrammeed with
Unto me.
Upward, still upward the forests are grow
ing,
Onward, far upward, their budding twigs
throwing,
Up to the untrammeled regions of space,
Where waits for each tiny corner place,
Proud of it's brood is each doughty old tree
Anxious prosperous future to see:
A gentle peace shines from the broad wood
lands face
Upon me.
Upward, still upward, the daisies are creep
Upward, yes upward, the blue-belis are peep
ing;
Up from their dainty pedestals of green
Rejecting the sun with glorious sheen,
Crowded for love DER the leagues OF the lea
TIL shines all the plain like flower crested
sea
Fraught with all manner Of pleasure serene
Unto me.
HUpward" the plea of the daisies denure,
"Upwards, the song of the fountain so pure,
Up from the baser low levels of earth,
Striving each other from the moment of
birth;
Iuonld that no harsher thoughts ever might
be
Than those that arise, gems of nature, from
thee,
As I watch you exhaling your treasures of
mirth
Upon me.
i. 60. NJ Hurger, in Current
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A Venerable Turtle.

It seems that in 1910 Henry Mogul,
father of the present Treasurer of High
land County, Ohio, caught turtle on
his farm in Center Township, that
county, and cut Into its back the initials,
III. NJ, 1910" He let the turtle 60,
but related the circumstance to his son.
Recently the County Treasurer was out
walking over the old farm, when he
accidentally came across the identical
old turtle upon which his father had
carved his initials seventy-eight years
before. The turtle was alive, and as
active as ever. the inscription on his
back being almost as distinct as when
first made. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Japanese Water Pipes.

The water supply of Toxic, Japan, is
by the wooden water pipe system, which
has been in existence over two hundred
years, furnishing at present daily sup.
ply of from twenty-five to thirty million
gallons. There are several types of water
pipes in use. the principal class being
built up with plank, square, and secured
together by frames surrounding them at
close intervals. The pipes less than six
inches consist of bored logs, aud some
what larger ones are made by placing q
cap on the top of log in which a very
large groove has been cut: AL Al! the econ con.
and cracks are calked with an inner
fibrous bark. Square boxes are used in
various places TO regulate the uniformity
of the low Of the water, which is rather
rapid, for the PURPOSE Of Of preventing even
livcrcd to the houses, but into reservoirs
on the sides of the streets, nearly 1&,000
in number. Scientific 1mericaa. -.
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One of Fortunes Favorites.

"Young man." he said, ado you re-
spect the fair sex, as all young men
should"
81 do, indeed, responded the young
man, with emotion. ''And there is one
of the fair sex, sir, whom not only re-
spect but adore, and she adores me-"
"You are fortunate"
Fortunate is no name for it, my
venerable friend. Why, in the summer
time that girl clerks in an ice cream and
confectionery shop, and in the winter
she is cashier in an oyster saloon. y
EDocb.
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He Was Used to 1t.

"What makes you wear that old
fashioned felt hat?' asked one man of
another on Clark street.
"Well, you see, my wife fancies that
style of hat, so have to get it."
'"But I wouldn't be dictated to in that
manner"
"You wouldn't be dictated to-"
"No, sir"
"Wel, in my business you get used to
it and don't mind it."
"What is your business"
"I'm stenographer. ."-Merchant Trap
eLer.
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johnny Was All Right.

"You don't eat great deal, my little
man." said the minister, who was taking
dinner with Johnny's parents.
"No, sir; don't need to-"
"Perhaps you are training to be
another DR.. Tanner and fast forty days" "
"Forty days amt nothing"
"Johnny, don't talk nonsense" inter-
posed his mother.
"Why, ma it amt anything ALL"
Then, turning to the minister, GIVE got
an uncle who lived over month on
water"
"Why, Johnny" said his mother
again, ''if you don't stop telling stories
-
"But it isn't story. It's my uncle
Ned, who is captain of an ocean steamer.
I guess, ma, he's lived on water more'n n
o month often. ."--Aerchant Traveller.
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Misinterpreted the Professor.

eco with me, Miss LAURA" said the
professor, glowingly, 'to the vlneclad
'Do you mean it, professor3' exclaimed
the delighted girl, preparing to throw
herself in his arms.
"-In imagination. Walk, as have
walked among the simple hearted peas
antry of Normandy. Converse with them
in their native tongue, and then argue,
if you can, that poverty is in itself a
cursew
1T is all quite charming no doubt, !"
asserted Miss Laura, relapsing into dreary
apathy. - Chicago Tribune.
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Two Sides of Humanity.

Omaha Miss (at seaside resort)-
"What a lot of wedding parties there
are here"
Experienced Dame-'T thought so at
first, but see how that was mistaken.
Most of the couples are only engaged. y
"Omaha Miss-"Why, how can you
tell the difference so quickly"
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And Mary Didn't Refuse.

Mary.-"Don't you dislike to have a
man talk shop when he comes to see you2"
Jennie. Indeed, do. Who's been
talking shop to you?"
Mary..-"Oh, my young mrn. He's a
street car conductor, you know, and
nearly every time he comes to see me he
gets off his shop talk"
Jennie. "What does he say."
Mary.-"Sit closer, please. ."-B4Ning-
ton Free Press.
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Tn Hard Luck.

elbow are you coming on in business"
asked gentleman of Dallas merchant.
81 am having hard time of it. Luck
is against me-"
s'How so?"
"Didnt you hear how burglars broke
open the store and robbed my rival over
the way! Just ;hink of what a lot of
free advertising he gets. I don't want
10 fail and get rich, but Pm being driven
to it."-Ieras Sytings.
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Just the Difference.

Gubbins, in one of the rare moments
be devotes to the cultivation of his in
tellect, was reading aloud from work
on natural history.
"The camel is an animal that can
work a week without drinking"
"And l." remarked Gubb ms, com.
menting on the text, II am an animal
that can drink week without work
."-Judge.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-08-29
One Serions Defect.

Young Lawyer Ito pretty cousin)-
eyes, Maud, think I have perfectly
appointed office. That desk alone cost
one hundred dollars"
Pretty Cousin docking about with evil
dent admiraton)-"Ies, Charley, it's a
lovely room; but I notice one serious
defect" .,
Young Lawyer-"What's that, Maud"
Pretty Cousin-''The absence of
clients. ."-Drake's Mag t.ine.
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Hard on the Doctor.

Old man to young doctor.-"Good
morning, Doctor. How d'y'do2 Don't
YOU attend old man .iones?"
Do; or.--"Yes, sir"
Old man (1nnocently)-"How is he
getting along2 My wife has been look
Inc in the paper every day for six months
to see his death notice"
Young doctor collapses. - Washington
CritE.
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A Timely Suggestion.

Customer Ito photographer)-'1 want
4 picture taken with my beard on as 1T
Is, and afterward l will get shaved and
have it taken without the beard"
Photographer crushed ed)-"Well, er, as
there are two or three ahead OF you. l
would suggest, sir, that while I am tax
ing them you might skip out and get
shaved now. '-PhiLip Fl. Welch.
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A Contemplated Mark.

Little Constance Ito Bagby, who is a
yery desirable catch)-"Better shoot
carefully to day, Mr.. Bagby."
Bagby-"Why, Constance2 Is your
sister such capital shot"
Constance-"Oh, I don't know about
that; but she said to papa and mamma
that she had good beau, and intended
to shoot for the gold in earnest. u
Juage.
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A Sedatiye for His Wife.

Mr.. Caudle-"Doctor, I want you to
put up powerful sedative for my wife;
rive me the best specific for insomnia
you know Of"
Doctor-"What's the matter' Can't
she sleepW
Mr.. Caudle-"Yea, I guess so; but 1
can't. ."-Burdette.
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Experienced Dame-"Where a couple
are engaged, my dear, the gentleman
looks after the comfort of the lady;
when they are married the lady looks
after the comfort of the gentleman
Omaha World.
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At thirty Napoleon was not only ono
of the most illustrious generals of ali
time, but also one of the great lawgivers
of the world. At forty-slx he saw
Waterloo. -.
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An Unnoticed Effect.

"Your singing is delightful, Miss
Ethel" said Mr.. Bore. ''It fairly car
ries me away" .,
sIndeedP' returned Miss Ethel, with
yearning glance at the clock. ~
hadn't noticed ."-Harpe1's Bazar.
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London has fewer inhabitants to the
house than any other of the great cities
of Europe. Vienna has the most persons
to the house, having five times as many as
I ondon
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The ancient Roman, and especially the
Roman Senator, was the ideal, the
standard of wisdom and craftsmanship,
combined with simplicity and freedom
from !f-seeking.
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4 large apple tree near l'olo, Ill,
which has borne for fifty ono years, had
upon it last year forty-Iiyc bushels,
which were sold for $1.a5 per bushel. :
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pCaiSo'
Mr.. Steele stopped a minute; his voice
fal,e-cd; the plump little hand of his
wife slipped into his own; he clutched
it, and went on again.
"One minute saw her as neat and
tim little figure as ever graccd water
proof and shovel hat, and the next she
was gone"
"Gouer' cried Laura. "Gore whereof
Unto the water, child into the hum
CRY green waves that surged up to take
her away from the fondest heart in the
universe; and if it had not been for one
of those very vagabond hoys. who had
been lurking there for a chance to escape
from the island, you would have lost US
both, my dear; for Imade an agonized
plunge after her, though am ashamed
to say | cannot swim q stroke, and
should only have gone to the bottom like
q plummet of lead: but an official stand.
inc by caught aud held me, and cried
out that Johnny Waters had her safe
and presently that vagabond boy came
nm with your sweet mother on the other
side of the boat, and the oiicer cried
out: sHe's regular water dog, that
Johnny Waters! and these were the very
words a guest here used in relItion to
John minute or so ago..
"John!" cried poor bewildered Laura,
"our John, mammal Was John the boy ?
And is it John, our John, that saved
poor Mr.. Stuyvesant"
"The very same John, our John; ne is
always on hand when there is any trouble
or danger"
ooh, mamma mamma" cried Laura,
forgetting all the years that had passed
since the accident. and crumbling both
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-11-05
They Travel In style.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.--Nine profusely dec
GRATED Pullman sleeping cars, bearing $50
delegates to the convention of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, recently in
session at Richmond, Va, have rolled into
the station here. All the cars bear banners
and mottos On one side of the first car are
the words: "Twenty-sixth annual conven-
tion, Denver, Colo, October, 1889" Full life
size oil paintings of the officers of the Broth
erhood adorn the train The same train has
been used by the party ever since it left Chi
cago, nearly three weeks ago. The visitors
passed the morning in viewing the places of
interest about the city. They had arranged
for a reception at the White House at 3
o'clock Saturday afternoon, and at that hour
the great East Room was thronged with the
delegates and their families, who called to
pay their respects to the chief magistrate.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-11-05
ANNAPOLIS. ND, MONDAY EVENING" NOVEMBER 5. 1885,

r.-ty advanced on strong fort TO the east
OF the hattie area of the afternoon. This at
tack was made by moonlight The besiegers
captured the fort after a plucky defense of
an hour. The garrison of the fort contrived
to escape TO their villages inland
This finished the fight It was a victory
for the Malietoa- Mataafa party. Their op-
ponenss fled i'll utter rout The victors did
not follow, and after rema aiing ON the battle
field until morning they marched in triumph
into Apia. The foreign residents were out
to see them. No acts of violence were COM
mitted. The followers of Tamesese, who
had remained in town, withdrew to Mulinu
Point, the headquarters of Tamesese. A
company of marines from the German war
ships went there, too.
The newly proclaimed King Mataafa fol,
lowed up his victory by sending a dispatch to
the German consul and the captain of the
German war ship asking them 10 remove the
marines from Mulinu Point and also to haul
down Tamesese's flag, then flying at the Point
The two war ships IN the harbor-the German
and the American-maintained perfect neu-
trality during the fight The only foreigner
who was killed was Capt. Bissett, of the
schooner Vindex. He was walking to the
British consul's Office while the battle was
going on, and was hit by a stray bullet.