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numan imitation Of veretables.

Referring to the fact that the human
head is sometimes facetiously and ir-
reverently spoken of as ga cocoanut,
the Boston Transcript remarks that sci
entists have recently discovered re-
markable resemblance between the shell
of the fruit and the shell of the human
brain. Then it quotes a French scien-
tific periodical to prove that there is a
wonderful likeness between other hui
man organs and vegetable products.
For example, the meat Of the English
walnut is a close copy of the form and
convolutions of the brain; plums and
cherries are like the eye; almonds are
shaped like the nose; the ear is brought
to mind by an opened oyster and shell;
in a mammoth squash the entire body
may be traced; the open hand is found
in growing scrub willow and celery, and
the heart is seen in the German turnip
and the eggplant.
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What He Helped At.

The congressman was telling stories.
1T was on me once, 4" he said. 81 had
friend who was dry as humorist, but
not always dry as drinker, and when
he was full he did foolish things. One
of these was to buy jackass for $500,
and when he sobered up and knew what
he had done he sold him back to the
original seller for 1900. Naturally the
loss of 800 made him sore, and he did
not like to be twitted about it. One day
saw him on mule waiting in front of
store, and l spoke to him. He was
Just full enough to be serious.
"sHello,' said, and heresponded with
a nod.
"'You are judge of that sort of ami
NAL you are riding, aren't youY
81 don't know that am particularly
so, he said earnestly.
"'I thought you were in the business.
"'No, l amt.
"'Didn't you buy jack for $500 not
long ago?'
1.-THE crowd that had gathered gig
gled, and he looked more serious than
ever.
eyes 1 did, he answered solemnly.
"What did you do with himY asked,
with wink at the crowd to be ready.
HE looked at me solemnly.
81 helped elect him to congress, he
said, without smile, and the howl that
went up made me seek shelter in the
nearest place that could be found. -
Detroit Free Press.
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How Graritetion Varies.

That changes involving the displace-
ment of immense masses are going on
within the earth is one Of the suggested
explanations of some observations re-
Gently announced in France. 1t has been
found at the Pare st. Maur observatory
that the force of gravitation, or the
weight of bodies, undergoes daily varia-
lions. These are rendered sensible by
placing in the earth tube containing a
column of mercury balanced by the pres
sure of hydrogen contained In a closed
vessel connected with the tube and reg
istering by means of photography the al
terations in the level Of the mercury.
After all corrections have been made
for the effect of changes of temperature
it appears that certain sudden variations
in the level of the mercury are only to
be explained on the theory that they
are due to change In gravitation. These
variations last from 10 minutes to an
hour. They are of course very small
amounting at a maximum to only one
twentieth Of a millimeter, but they may
imply very great displacements Of mat
ter in the interior Of the globe.
1t has been suggested that similar ex-
periments should be conducted in the
neighborhood of active volcanoes, where
hquefed rock is moving beneath the sur
face, and other disturbances Of the strata
Of the earth are taking place.
Such facts as these present to the inn
agination very formidable picture of
the gigantic connections that accom-
pany the slow cooling and contraction of
the globe, on whose hardened crust we
rear our edifces, wondering, when some
of them are occasionally shaken down
by earthquakes, at the instability Of a
planet that is apparently so solid
Youths Companion.
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The UglIness of Trousers.

Trousers appear to have been intro
duced into Rome at comparatively late
period and as part of the military uni
form. They are worn by the Roman
soldiers represented on Trajan's column
as we'll as by barbarians. The Greeks
had never adopted them. With their in
stinctive sense of beauty they had recog-
nized that these are the.only garments
that cannot possibly be made graceful.
A sleeve may become part of the dra-
perry of figure. A trousers leg is more
obstinate in its ugliness. If tight it
bags at the knees on the third wearing.
Yet this is perhaps its least objections
BILE shape If somewhat loose, it takes
petty and meaningless folds. Some orr
entail nations have tried to disguise it as
a skirt, but the result is not entirely sat
isfactory. If the trousers do not appear
to give freedom to the leg, they have lost
their principal merit. Compromise,
which is the life Of politics, is the death
Of art, which should always struggle aft
er an ideal. So thought the Greeks when
they entirely renowned for themselves
the barbarous pantaloons. Scribner's.
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Circuit Attorney William zacbritz
Tuesday fled POS suits in the circuit
court against corporations that have
failed to comply with the antitrust law
framed and passed April 2, 1891. This
law requires all corporations to file aft
davits once a year, stating that the firm
is in nowisc Connected with trust or
pool. Severa- suits of the same nature
were brought last year, but the delin-
quents came to time, and they were dis
missed.
Mr.. Zachritz said to reporter last
night in regard to the cases that they
would be pushed against every violator
this time. Il cannot see," said Mr.
Zachritz, "why corporations should not
be made to comply with the law the
same as individuals. The penalty is a
fine of not less than $50 and not MOI
than 81 900, Each delinquent can be
brought forward and fined each month
for delinquency. The lawmust be COM
piled with. st. Louis Republic.
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COUNTESS cLANcARTY.
Some of the Interesting Events In This
Famous Woman's Career.

Some of the Interesting Events In This
Famous Woman's Career.
The Countess of Clancarty gave birth
to a daughter few days ago. The
countess was formerly Belle Billion, a
music hall singer. She married the pres
ent Earl of Clancarty in 1889, when he
was Lord Dunlo He sued her for di-
vorce in 1860, but the jury decided
against him. After the verdict he be-
came reconciled to her.
The countess presented her hege lord
on Dec. 81, 1891, with twin boys, one Of
whom bears the title of Lord Dunlo The
English society papers shortly afterward
reported that the same evening she tele-
graphed to friend in Upper Hare park,
London: Nothing succeeds like success.
Double bill tonight. Pantomime not in
1t" referring to the Drury Lane panto-
mime in which she had taken leading
part year before).
In December Of the following year the
countess was again heard from, but this
time she had come a cropper while hunt
ing with the hounds in County Galway,
where the earl had estates giving him
some $4,000 a year. While taking a
hedge her horse struck against that Of a
huntsman, the result being that she was
thrown and sustained severe injuries to
her arm. The countess was said at the
time to be very fond of following the
hounds, taking great pride in her hunt
ing horses.
OF late the countess has become an
artist of no mean talent. In the CONT
mental gallery there is picture Of a
Tigers Head" which is said to be avery
fair example Of her work. She is said
to excel, however, as an amateur carica-
turist.-London Piccadilly.
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BUILDING A DRAMA.


An Interesting Account of How the Real
Article Is Constructed.
A real drama is constructed and not
written. 1t is built up as a house is
erected by the bricklayer and stonema-
son, and the words are only the bricks
and stones and have the same relative
value to the design Of the playwright as
these to the designs Of the architect. The
architect has the structure in existence
and clearly wrought out before the first
stone is laid, and the drama Of the true
playwright is in existence before word
is written. Words there must be, just
as there must be bricks, but as the latter
can be carried from the kiln at current
prices in any quantity, 80 can the former
be brought to the playwright from the
dictionary by any purveyor of sentences
at current prices.
The rare man who constructs a good
play can hire men by the regiment to
write the lines But the dialogue, the
epigraln, the repartee, the brilliant
speech such as we find in Congreve and
in Sheridan, is not this an ESSENTIAL
the reader will ask. Let us not put the
cart before the horse. 1t is the situa-
lions that produce the dialogues. 1t is
not the dialogues that produce the situa-
tions. Given situation that calls for
smart, brisk, snappy, witty exchange
of words, and the words will come. We
see this in real life, and the stage copies
real life. Even in so simple situation
as when a couple of cartmen get their
wheels locked on Broadway on a muddy
day and policeman comes up to sepa-
rate them, you will hear good deal Of
smart though coarse dialogue. Such
dialogue and all dialogue that grows out
of any situation land no dialogue worth
listening to grows out of anything else)
is interesting in proportion as the situa-
ton is interesting.
Without situation to call forth an in
terchange of language suitable to the oc-
casion, and especially such situation as
Of itself interests the audience and causes
each member of it to ask himself what
the characters will say next, lot of
well dressed people might stand or sit
around ON the stage and fire off epigrams
at each other, and the audience would
yawn.
Dramas, so called, written in perfect
accordance with syntax, witty here and
there and always elegant, pour in upon
the manager and are repeated with the
utmost energy and dispatch because they
are nothing but sermons or essays In
three or four chapters called acts. Their
authors style them dramas because they
are not dramatic. They divide them
into acts because they involve no action
and subdivide them into scenes because
where nothing is done nothing can be
seen. may remark in passing that the
old fashioned shifting of scenes during
an act is now only put into plays by nov
ices who have not studied the modern
stage.-W. H. Crane in North American
Review.
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Copenhagen, in addition to the czar,
has another visitor who is much dis
cussed He is Baron Won Fircks, the
husband of beautiful Hungarian wom-
an who is circus rider. The baron
goes about, accompanied by wolves,
monkeys, wonderfully tame lion and a
herculean negro. The other day the
baron thought Danish officer paid too
much attention to the baroness. There
was a quarrel. A challenge resulted,
and a sword duel was arranged. When
the officer and his seconds arrived at the
dueling ground, they found the negro,
who reported that his master was I'M
well, and he would represent him. The
negro whistled, and the wolf began sniff
fng the officers legs. The party dis
persed.
Next day the baron took offense at a
friend in his study He lectured him a
long time, and then opened the door and
admitted the lion, while the baron him
self walked out. The animal growled
every time the man moved. The tete-a-
tete lasted six hours. European Letter.
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COULDN'T FOOL THE ROOSTER.
The Farmer Tried to Stop His Growing,
but 1t Didn't Work.


The Farmer Tried to stop His Growing,
but 1t Didn't Work.
When Charlie Trifes went out into the
country for his health, he put up at
Farmer Ellery Cranberrymarshs place.
Farmer Ellery was something Of poul-
try fancier and had one of those big,
melodious, gamy cockerels of Buff Co
chin extraction, with voice that was a
cross between the blowing Of a geyser
and the sound of three tined whistle on
boiler factory About 8 o'clock every
morning the rooster would arise on his
perch, and standing on his tiptoes make
all the hens sick by letting go his voice
like the sound Of many waters.
1t also broke up Charlie Trihes' slum-
bers, and he was unable to woo them
back by cigarettes or philosophy. He
made considerable complaint to Uncle
Ellery, and the old gentleman hunted
over his poultrybook and read as fol-
| lows:
''There is one simple device by which
a rooster can be reduced to complete
and acceptable silence, The bird can
not crow unless he Is able to stand erect
and raise his head to the fullest extent.
Now If plank, or even lath, placed
above his perch so that he cannot gain
an upright position, he cannot possibly
lift up his voice."
Here was the solution, and Uncle Ell
lery arranged laths above all the perches.
In the early dawn before milking time
Uncle Ellery crept out to the hennery to
see how the device worked. The cock
had just awakened and was trying to get
up to turn his lungs loose In his usual mat
utinal vociferation, but he was unable
to raise his head. A hen opened one eye.
and seeing his dilemma smiled and
dropped off to sleep again. Uncle Ell
lery chuckled.
But the rooster was not to be foiled.
Recognizing his dilemma, he dropped of
the perch to the floor, got good grip
on an adjacent crack in the boards so as
to take up the recoil Of the crow, raised
himself up on tiptoe and let out his
lungs in way that pulled Charlie Trifes
out of bed and drove him to cigarettes.
Then after satisfied 'cut, cut, cor
r-r-r-r," the rooster kicked hen or two
off the roost and dropped off into con-
tented slumber.-Minneapolis Journal.
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Looking at Things.

When Mr.. Hudson was in Patagonia,
he fell in with gambler, who told him
that always after the first few rounds of
the game he knew some of the cards as
they were dealt. He recognized them
by difference so slight that another
man could not detect it even when it was
pointed out to him.
Mr.. Hudson is an ornithologist, and
he says that this same preternaturally
sharp eyed man was greatly surprised
when he was told that half dozen kinds
of sparrows were feeding and singing
about the house. He had never seen any
difference in them, he said. In size, color,
shape and actions they were all alike,
and they all sang and twittered alike, SO
far as he had ever noticed.-Youth's
Companion.
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REWARD FOR A SNAKE.
The Superintendent of the Philadelphia
Zoo Offers 500 For Specimen.

The Superintendent of the Philadelphia
Zoo Offers 500 For Specimen.
A new snake has been discovered by
reedbird hunters down in the Neck, and
all the small boys and many men are
searching nj ut and day for specimen
in order that they can secure the 800
offered by Superintendent Brown of the
Zoo for the capture of the first reptile of
the species.
The snakes at the Zoo are fed on frogs,
and last week Mr.. Brown learned from
the collectors that snake about 5 feet
long with horn ON the end of its tail
had been playing havoc with the frogs
down in the Neck and had made the
frog market very tight. The hunters
say that the snake has way of gather
ing in whole frog family at gulp, and
it was in this way that the new snake
was discovered.
On Tuesday last James Martin, who
lives near the end of Twelfth street, was
out in the swamp with his gun and dog.
He had good luck, and his pockets were
filed with fat reed birds and brace of
plover. He started home, but his atten-
ton was arrested by peculiar noise,
and his dog ''stood" as if there was game
in sight Nothing appeared, but the dog
seemed to be transfxed. Martin inves-
tigated and found about dozen frogs
on small hummock in the swamp and
large snake was grabbing them right
and left. Martin says that the snake
had very large mouth, was fully feet
long, and that there was horn on the
end of his tail which he used to kill the
frogs. After striking the frogs he would
proceed to eat them. Martin was so
dumfounded at the unusual spectacle
that he forgot he had his gun with him,
and the snake wriggled off.
Superintendent Brown says hewill paw
800 to the person who brings him
snake that comes anywhere near being
like the one described by Martin.-Phil-
adelUhia Press.
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BACKED HER CLAIM.
Settlers squeIched a Man Who Tried to
Cheat a Brave Woman.

Cheat a Brave Woman.
A characteristic incident of border
life occurred here the other day. AT the
time of the rush one of the choicest avail
able lots in the heart Of the intended
towns was taken by young lady from
Kansas named Blake She held it for
few hours until the worst of the rush
was over, placing her stakes at the four
corners, when she left it temporarily to
go to a nearby restaurant to get some
thing to eat.
When she returned, less than half an
hour afterward, what was her surprise
to see her lot in the possession of big,
rough looking fellow named jim Dunn,
whose reputation was not OF the best.
Dunn had torn down Miss Blakes hand
kerchief, which she had placed at one
corner of the lot, and also pulled out all
her stakes. With a spade he had dug
shallow trench, outlining a cellar. With
this Improvement" he triumphantly
announced himself the owner, turning
deaf ear to all Miss Blake's entreaties
The young lady cried and made COM
plant to other settlers, but in the hustle
of the moment no one gave heed to her.
She did not give up, however, but pa
tiently bided her time, meanwhile OBJ
tanning the names of people who had
seen her originally claim the lot
Finally she enlisted the sympathy of
number of stalwart men, perhaps 80 all
told, and to them she told her story and
showed the proofs of her title to the lot
The men waited to hear no more. The
little mob marched to Jim Dunn's place
opposite the public square, where he had
already erected a small shanty, and COW
ering him with their revolvers told him
In plain terms that he was sneak thief
and a coward and to ''git."
Jim demonstrated a moment, but the
determined attitude of the crowd told
him that he would either have to ''git"
or he would ,e shot. Therefore he "got,"
and Miss Blake took possession once
more of her property, beneftting by her
temporary dispossession in having a
ready built habitation at her disposal.
AS Dunn showed disposition to make
trouble, he was given two hours to leave
town, and he lost no time in going
Pawnee %. To- Letter.
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Kentucky Leads.

The Kentucky Register, published at
Richmond, Ky, furnishes the following
surprising item of news:
Mrs. William Cook has given birth to
10 pound boy. She is 6S and her hus-
band 72 years old. They have named the
baby Grover Cleveland Cook, and the lit
tie one has brothers who are grandfar
theirs"
Richmond, KY, is the home of ex-
Governor J. B. McCreary and is also the
birthplace Of that warworn veteran of
Democracy, Colonel William nj. Old
ham, now of Denison, Tex. The colo
nels JOY cannot be concealed, and he
proclaims the glad tidings Of the remark
able birth on every occasion and swears
on the Democratic Bible that Kentucky,
and especially the blue grass region,
leads not only in great men and beauti-
full women, but also in 10 pound babies.
He declares further that the blue grass
region has ever been famous for extraor-
binary events, but he thinks this last
event has broken the record by long
odds. EXCHANGE.
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practlcal PHILANTHROPY.

An excellent steward of this worlds
goods is Augustus Hemenway, retired
farmer of Canton, Mass He invited all
the public school teachers of that town,
26 in number, to take 10 days trip to
the Worlds fair at his expense.
This is practical philanthropy of a
kind that warns the heart and increases
confidence in the goodness of human
nature. 1t is an easy matter to advise
every one to visit the exposition, but
there are thousands of people anxious to
follow the advice who are confronted
with the perplexing and discouraging
problem of ways and means Underpaid
Echoolteachers, struggling clergymen,
men and women to whom the expendi-
ture of 300 for an outing means serious
sacrifices for the remainder of the year,
may be found in all parts of the coun-
try, longing to go to Chicago, but re-
strained by financial considerations.
They are not suffering or destitute; they
simply can not afford to indulge in the
luxury Of a trip to the fair. To this
class, intelligent and appreciative, a
friend like Mr. Hemenway is friend
indeed. -Rocheste Democrat.
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EQUAL TO THE OCCASION.
sow Bold Lover Won the Day and Also
Won HIa Girl From Her Father.

sow Bold Lover Won the Day and Also
Won His Girl From Her Father.
He was mild young fellow, and, as
/ bis sweetheart imagined, without much
4 force of character, as he kept putting
! the task papa day off indefinitely. So
the young woman prompted him to be
sure he was right and go ahead.
you see, papa has a great deal of
bluff and buster, but when you come
right down to it he is perfectly safe.
Only you must show him that you have
plenty Of courage grit. That's what
he likes"
"All right. Suppose you ask him to
ltep in now. may as well get my hand
b if that is the way it works"
But, dearest, he is awful big and
strong. you know"
''Ob, if it comes to personal violence l
will defend myself with the furniture.
Trot him in"
"And you won't let him put you OFF,
mot bit"
"Then I'll tell him you want to see
him."
] MCIC tWO OAlctiOCo VI CoOdPC III
the young man-one by way of the door,
the other by the window-but he did not
avail himself of either.
When the father strobe into the room
with his best knock-down-and- out
air, the youth rose indiferently to meet
him.
sWell, well, what's all this aboutP
! I 10 mn MALL
look at me now and be quick about it, .
growled the pater.
Him. Can't say as you're much to
look at, Mr.. -. / merely wished to
mention to you that Miss Clara has en-
gagged herself to me with my consent,
and propose to fill my part of the con-
tract to the letter"
''Idiotl Idiot Ny daughter
"Take care, old man. Call line asmany
names as you please, but refer to my fu-
ture wife with proper respect"
''Get out of this house, you"-
Certainly. AS soon as my wife that
is to be can conveniently pack up her
belongings we will CO."
why, you impudent"--
Ou, hS6P GULL Keep COO1s SOuAu
hold you out of the window with one
hand and call for the police with the
other. was champion hitter and slug
ger at college, Look at that muscle, y
and he clinched No. hand into for
midable fist.
81 never was so"--
'Nor l. Call it quits. want your
daughter, and don't care a continental
for your money or your blessing. We
can begin the world without either,
just as other young fools have done.
This is business, sir, business.
The father felt his own head to see if
he was going to have an apoplectic fit,
then answered grimly:
CAL right; like your style. I should
have said yes anyway if you had given
me time, but you took me by surprise.
may say was never so surprised in my
life"
''Nor I" assented the lover as he sunk
almost fainting into a chair, "but I'm a
business man, and don't you forget it.
don't stand any foolishness either in
love or war" and he wiped the cold
perspiration off his forehead with u
nervous hand.
He had won the day and the girl too.
Million,