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guides in the valley, others have been
miners and some again seem to have
taken up the LIE OF solitude simply be-
caue they like it
To this class belongs old P. Z. Gibson
-"old Gib.- as he is generally called
who lives on a mountain ranch
He Is seventy-hve years old, but
Is possessed of as much phys
ical strength and endurance as the sv-
erage man OF half his age. He came
here thirty years ago from Tennessee,
where he left 8 wife and large fami-
ly of children. One OF his sons came
to see him recently and tried to induce
him to visit his former home, hut odd
Glib" steadfast3y refused W leave his
little ranch and solitary cabin. He
has never seen a railroad, and the
stage drivers from The nearest station
try their utmos. 10 persuade him to 20
to town and at least look at tram of
cars. But his invariable answer is: DO
you think I'm going down there 20 be
bowed up by one Of theR there blamed
engines? Not muchi''
Nearly all the men VINO five this life
OF solitude very long get bit queer IN
the head, and 'NOld Glib" Is no exception
to the rule He has rigmarole de-
scription of himself which declares
that he Is ''the best man in the United
States or adjoining territories. either
directly OF indirectly, financially. COM
mercialiy, enthusiastically or unchurch-
fled" The old man is hard worker,
and when he is not busy on his ranch
be is working energetically making
Shakes" that is, clapboaris split and
sawed by hand from big pine trees
Old man Lambert, who has cabin
in the high Sierras, some twenty or
thirty miles back of the Yosemite, is
another of the mountain hermiss. He
has neither ranch nor mining claim,
but lives by what he shoots and by an
occasional few dollars earned from
camping parties. He has lived alone
in that some spot FOR years and years,
and will in all likelihood stay there
until he dies. There are months at a
time that hs does not see another hu-
man being 4 party of campers last
summer found him making huge
stone wall that seemed to have no
purpose whatever. In surprise they
asked him what he was piling up those
stones for.
Why" he said, "a mans got to do
something up here alone or he'll 60
wrong, sure. Augusta Chronicle.
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Wit ANO WISDOM.

There are no harder battles than
those which are fought in the human
heart Rams Horn
The court of mercy Ii the only court
where man dares 70 appear, or can
abide a trial N CTriS
-Unprohtabieness and omission Of
duty is damnable- To DO no harm Is
praise Ct for stone, and for a man
Baxter.
-E.eanor-Don't you think Miss
Eoyes plays with great feeling? Tom
(drylyl-Yes; she does seem % feel
about for the notes good dezl-Har-
ward Lampoon-
-Grief and discomfort have genera. :
their foundation in desire; SO that who
soever can obtain the sovereignty over
his desire will be master over h4s OWE
happiness Howe
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THE SPINNING ON THE MALL.

II YVES more than a hundred years ago,
And Boston town was young. you know,
In that far day, and what we cali
Tie "Corlulon'' nOyy, was then the "hGu'--
a hre old-fGshioaed name, that meant
A public greer, where people went
To roam at VIII or play q game
With mall" or nnallet, much the same
As pcw they play with bat and ball
Il IVES here, then, on the Boston Nall,
More than hundred years ago,
There vas the prettiest sight oad show
Thatany eyes had ever seen,
Upon the lovely level green
For in the cool and leafy shGoe
That elm and oak tree branches made,
a little lock Of smiling girls.
Win dirrpIlng cheeks and teeth Of pearls,
Ard modest cap and gown and frll.
Sat spinning, spinning With VII
An bGrr or rcro 9iIh g:-llsE grGce
Tic busy workers held the place,
And eager crowds came up 70 gaze,
With Some TO wonder, some 10 praise
While newer Corners bent TO say
As you perhaps may say to-day
Who read this page: "Oh, tel us why
And wherefore now these spinners ply
Their busy wlleels n sight Of all
Upon the open public ldall?
A curious show, pretty scene,
II means. IL means that long ago,
When Boston town was young you know,
Its councillors and rulers sought
From day 10 Gay, with prayerful thought
To serve the interests OF the town
They held beneath the British crown,
And so one day, amidst their wise
And welI-laid schemes Of enterprise
a scheme 2ToEc to bring the art
The Irish weaveTs knew by heart
Into the town OF Boston bay.
And ere the scheme could cool, straightEay
a message went across the sea
To Erin's shors, and presently
IL Boston hsrber came to land
A little group, o little band,
Who tovially settled down
Within the precincts OF tho town.
To teach tie foIk Of Boston bay
To spin and weave their famous vaS.
But fancy the smaZemert there,
The curious question and the stare,
When, foclIng TO the spinning class,
Came many high-placed little lass.
I" IT was not for these the scheme was late
And carried out; the plan was nlade
Tor poorer folk, - the rulers cried.
The smiling gentry folk replied
With never word Of yea or nay,
But, still persistent held their waJt
And thus IL fell that high and low,
And rich and poor. ffocSed TO and fYs
Across the town TO learn the art
Tho Irish Eeavers knew By heart.
And such the skin was soon displayed,
Tia: by aod by each little maid,
Or rich or poor, or high or low,
Was llo1nespun dressed from top 10 toe
And then eRd there it GENE to pass
The spinning school, the spinning olesAs
Became the fashion Of the hour,
And ragged with such despotic power
That then and there the folk decreed,
And al the councillors agreed,
That on the peoples public green
These sptnners spinning should be seem
Nora Perry, in St Nicholas
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AG Joining H.

rams farm on the south was
a large tract OF rich bottom land
owned by Amos Grafton. For a
number of years Hiram and Amos were
neighbors, and during all that time
they dwels together in peace and har-
| mony.
Finally, however, there came time
| when Amos decided that he would like
to possess Hiram's land, and, accord
ingly, he made proposition to buy it.
His desire TO own the land was not
more than half its value, though, SO
Hiram refused his offer.
Now Hram's farm was so situated
that it was entirely cut of from any
public highway: and the only means of
eGress and ingrsss was by gateway
that led through Amos farm. Hiram
had used this gateway for years, and
had come to look upon it as a fixture.
So. great was his surprise and aston
ishmept when, the next morning after
Amos made his proposition, he found
the gates locked and sign posted up
forbidding trespassing.
Hiram WIGS rather slow to form con
ciusious, and slower still to judge evil
of anyone, but in this instance it did
not take him long to decide that Amos
purpose was to force him TO sacrifice
his home. Hurt and grieved that he
should be so treated by an old neighbo
he went direct to Amos and asked for
an explanation
81 like to be reighborly and accom-
modatiDg," Amos said, 'tas is shown by
the fact that have so long allowed
you apassageway through my farm, and
/ am sorry to discommode you now,
Hiram, but am compelled to close the
gates They are 50 likely to be lett
open, you know"
They never have sheen left OPEN"
Hiram replied.
Moo" Amos admitted; ''but they
are apt TO be. and I don't want to take
any risks"
Amos" Hiram said. that is not the
want my land and you take this means
of forcing me TO sell it Ct your price.
Isn't that true?"
why, moo, not exactly"
'It is, Amos. and you need not deny
It And now III tell you plainly that
it is an unmanly trick. and something Of
which / would never have believed you
guilty. l offered 70 accept fair price
for my land. and l aa surprised that
you should try to compel NE to tzse
half It's value"
Amos made an effort TO deny the
charge and 10 explain the matter
away. but his effort was too lame to
carry any weight with it and It had no
effect on Hiram
For once ID his life Hiram had the
strength of character TO resent an act
which was clearly aimed at his rights,
and lie resolved that he would not sac
rihce his home without stubborn
tight Il was great Inconvenience TO
live hemmed IN from the world. but he
resolved TO bear with i rather than
sell his land tor half its worth
Several months passed. Hiram had
made every possible effort TO secure an
outlet to the public highway but II had
been al in vain. Amos had approached
HIM two OF three times with Z renewal
OF his offer, but Hiram refused to.coa-
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-'Dey is a mighty good temperance
sermon in a freight train" said Uncle
Nose NO matter how much de cars
dey gifts loaded de ingine wat docs do
work gifts along ssricly on water. -
indianapolis Journal
-''See that team of horses, how nice
II they go together, John. Why can't
a man and woman pail together like
that?" There's every reason, my dear.
These horses only have one tongue be-
tween theml"-Yonker's Statesman
Method in It-''What does Lar
rington see IN Harrington's personal
appearance TO admire so much2 He is
always talking of handsome Har-
rington. why. don't YOU know
they are said to look very much alike"
Puck
-Patjent-Doceor. ! can't sleep AZ
night ] tumble aud toss till morning
Doctor-H'm, that's bad Let me sea
your tongue. (After diagnosisj Physic-
ally. you are all right Perhaps you
worry over that bill you've owed nc fos
sic last two yeara,-Tid- Bits
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a TIGER SPIDER.
Captured While NJ It's Work IN SO1sh

Captured While NJ les Work IN So1sh
American Willis
gentleman who has spent several
years travelling in South America has
in his cabinet q curious specimen he
tells the following interesting story
about itS
he was wandering through the for
est one day looking for new humminz
bird that he was anxious to secure,
when a futtering and faint ehirpin1
close by bis siae attracted his attention.
A small hollow tree was near him with
an opening in the side about eight
inches across, and spread over this was
dense white web. The upper part OF
the web was broken little. but Sc
cacely fastened in It was dead hum
ming bird, OF the very kind that the ex-
plorer had been seeking. 1t had been
dead but short time Near the bot
tom OF the web q small. gray bird was
entangled--s tourtIt, spending ITS win
ter among the tropics only 10 meet such
- fate as this
Its wild gatherings bad en.angled IL
more and more, but the huge. gray
monster, back in the dark. Evidently
fearing that its prey would escape, had
waited its opportunity. aud Just as the
traveller looked around it sprang fail
upon the poor BIRDS b~esst, clasped It's
hairy arms around the little futteriuE
body and buried It's horrible fau1s into
the tender throat For an instant the
observer stood SIN, too much startled
20 move while the little head OF sho
bird dropped heiplessly and il ceased 10
struggle; then recovering himself the
gentleman hastily prepared his ehlo-o-
form and, taking advantage Of the
SPIDERS preoccupation. brought il grad
ually near.
So intent was the creature IN holding
the bard until il was quite dead that Il
did not attempt 10 escape Its legs re-
laxed little presently, bus is fangS
remained buried IN the birds throat.
and so it died.
The gentleman he'd the section Of ths
tree trunk carefully cut above and be-
low the opening and that section stands
in the cabinet now, with strong white
web the two withered birds entangled
IL IL d11i tire SIcdL NARY ai'l1CE E4LAk-
ing to the breast of oza,
This hairy monster ~ known as tho
mygale Svicuiaria- It's body is two
inches long and its groas legs cover All
expanse Of seven inches II has ter
rible fangs folded under its head. and
when in pursuit of prey or angered it
viii leap great distances and sink
those fangs in the objees OF its attack
-Philadel Press.
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sample them all That Is how | got
the name OF Chuck" Connor never
met the man vet who could eat with
me, and | would like to tackle Paul. tina
quail eater, or that dago who punishes
the macayoui
On sausage eating especially have
gained reputation. made my first
hit at that among some Jerseymen
three years ago, when l attempted to
train that little looking glass fighter,
Jerry Barnett.
He and | were lodged in a farmhouse
near Trenton. When the work became
warm Jerry fled the ranch and went
back to New York. I had to stay ~
the farm and work out our board bill.
The provisions became very poor and
l couldn't stand it. But the farmer had
D lot of sauSages stored away for the
winter and l discovered them. There
were two hundred OF them and ! ate
them in q week. The farmer went
crazy and I had to fellow Jerry's ex-
ample and depart for New York The
whole town OF Trenton heard Of the
trick ana thought it-was great.
In New York I entered two matches
IN succession against two champion
putchmen and beat them at their own
game. In the first match I ate Eve hun.
dred saCsages in ten days and in the
second one thousand IN twentv-one
DAYS. Assemblynan DRY Dollar Sui
Ivan backed me in both matches. and I
won twelve hundred dollars in stakes
and side bets
/ had 10 attacks % indigestion from
eating all Of this good food and never
expect - have any trcuble with nv
stomach except when I have nothing to
put IN il GEORGE lCHUckI CoSSoa
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anything will come of it StfI1, !
would be glad if there would, for then
I might be able to sell out at fair
price"
Yes" assented Amos, carelessly.
II would like for something to come OF
this excitement, but l don't have the
least idea that there Will I think it's
all bosh and that within few weeks
we'll hear no more OF il. But, speak
ing about selling out" he continued,
after short pause. ''rd like mighty
well 90 make trade with you, Hiram.
Yes, bat won't take your offer,
Amos" Hiram replied. 80 thexe's no
use talking"
1t was clear to Amos now that Hiram
knew nothing about tine presence Of
oil on the place and that the land could
still be bought reasonably, The realiza-
ton of this fact pleased him immense
ly, but be was resolved 20 be very dis
Greet SO he kept his feelings well in
check and assumed an air Of as much
Indifference Is possible. He took out
his knife and began 10 white and for
a long while said nothing. 1T last he
spoke,
We'll, Hiram he remarked. '9've
concluded that need your land worse
than l thought l did, and partly on
that account, and partly TO help you
out since you blame ne for closing up
the gateway, I'll pay you Eve hundred
dollars for II"
Il don't know" replied Hiram ST
reckon that's enough but the oil men
are 20 be up here tomorrow 20 IooS
over the farm. and it may be that
they'll want j, and pay re more. I'd
rather wait and see"
Amos began 10 get scared II the
oil men came and saw that well they'd
bay the land sure and pay fabulous
price for Il There was no doubt OF that.
whatever. He determined 70 have u
himself-to buy It then and there He
saw an opportunity Of making several
thousand dollars within . few hours
and he proposed to avail himself OF It.
What : the least amount you viii
take for the land. cash down within
two hours he asked.
well I'll say thousand dollars" "
Hiram replied
Amos let bis GOODNESS and his dis--e-
ton 20 70 the winds and took I'D the
offer with such zyl1ity that Hiram was
almost surprised ont 81 his se nses-
They repaired a. once 10 al officer OF
the law and made out The deed and
completed tha sale Amos paid over
the money ard departed for home.
chuck.iug 10 himself over ais good Tor
tune
I've a. good as made tan iSousAza
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Since then 7 have had Vulnerable

Since then have had innuruera bic
contests. ! have defeated every one
have ever met and never experienced
any bad effects from these eating bouts.
For the past FIVE years have given ex-
hibitions at tho various museums in
this country, where l never eat less
than one hundred eggs day. gener-
ally eat ten or dozen at a time. and
sometimes as many as twenty or TWEEN
ty-fve. Ny greatest record is two hun
bred and ten eggs in single day. Ere
quently l eat one hundred and fifty a
day at exhibitions. | have made dur
ing my career about forty-five hundred
dollars by eating eggs and l hope to
make as much more before l die. l
have no fear of consequences.
EDWARD ". MAESESe.
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WOMEN AS DETECTIVES.
This Brsnch OF Business 10 Growing aad
Seems Likely to Becons Profitable.

This BYanch OF Business 10 Growing aad
Seems Likely to BECOME Profitable.
One or two recent cases in the criIri-
nal courts In Europe have brought the
female detective somewhat prominently
into notice, and people have been rather
surprised to find that her services might
be of use quito apart from the divorce
court, says an exchange. AS matter
of fact, matrimonial litigation only con-
tributes comparatively small proper
ton TO the total demand for her exer-
tions, which are now called into reqIrisi-
ton in many unexpected ways The
employment of the sex In this capacity
is increasing largely, for it has been
amply proved that a resOurceful woman
Is frequently far more successful in
solving unusual situations and mystic
ries than man would be. The GAbo-
riaus and the Conan DoyYes and ali tho
school of detective 6ctionists have hith-
eroo preferred to let men unravel the
astonishing knots they have tied up.
and it remains yet for some one to
strike out a new path by giving US
feminine marvel Of initiative zstuteness.
Perhaps it is because so much of their
work is domesSically commonplace that
this is yet to be written Ia large
shops, for instance, women are con-
stantly employed as detectives, to
watch for petty pilferings both Of the
smaller goods and of money. The pro-
pFietors Of sweetmcat and tobscco shops
in particular avail themselves largely
of this aid, as these yvares are especially
easy to abstract surreptitiously, and as
barmaide (apparcntly) they are called
in at intervals by most of the large
firms OF caterers. It Is SAID by those
most capable of speaking on the subject
that dishonest bsrTnaids are the smart
est and 'Ssodgiest7 thieves of small
money TO be found, and that, undsr the
pretense of adjusting collar or even
scratching the neck, they viii drop 8
shilling or a florin inside their dresses
under the very eyes OF their master.
Such thef.s can, of course, only be OBJ
served and proved By one working a.
hemseives--C Chicago Dispatch
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hoy on my fathers farm near Wor-
cester, Mass They We're a luxury to
me in my boyhood days, and used
TO hook" them whenever / could and
have feast by myself
Ny first match came about in this
way: There was farmer named Eek
Miller, who lived in township a6ioin-
ing ours, who had a great reputation
for eating. lie won number Of
matches by eating whole turkey or a
small pig II 4 single sitting. NV uncle
offered ID bet him one hundred dollars
that he could hnd boy that could beat
him eating raw eggs He accepted the
wager and ! was Pitted against him.
was then sixteen years OF age. We sa<
down to tho contest and ! beat him Oh
the thirty-ninth egg. He could swallow
no moro and GeyouTed the fortieth and
a.op EiaG JTaGeE 1nr zaE nnSlA
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slider it for an instant. Finally Amos
/ and his sons, Joe and jim, began to
/ prosecute Hiram, and they never
/ missed an opportunity of annoying him.
/ While matters were at this stage
| some capitalists began to prospect Tor
! petroleum IN the neighborhood, and q
( drill was sunk on some land adjoining
| Hiran's. Soon there was wild excite
ment throughout the section and many
! wild rumors were set a,Aoat- and, though
as yet no oil had been discovered, the
| people were sanguine OF great develop
Inents IN the near future
! 1t was while this experiment was at
its height that Hiram Swafford began
digging a well in his pasture for stock
water He had worked two or three
days and reached depth of dozen
feet when Joe and Jim Grafton dis
covered the well and concluded that it
| would be fine thing to play prac-
tical joke on HIM and at the least have
some fun at his expense.
So that night they brought a liberal
Quantity OF coal oil, and mixing it
with water poured it into the well
Then they replaced the boards over
the opening as they had found them,
and stole away. laughing to them
selves as they pictured Hiram's excited
conduct on the morrow when be made
discovery of the oil
Now it so happened that Hiram did
not resume work on his well the next
day, having other more urgent duties
to claim his attention. 1t also hap
pened that Amos had occasion to cross
.willed i, his path led him direct to the
well, which being something new ne
was induced to stop and investigate.
he raised the boards to look in when
the strong o1or of the oil came up to
meet him. He was electrified with as
constituent, for instantly all the rumors
OF oil discoveries required to his mind,
and he felt assured beyond adoubc that
Hiram bad struck a vein OF petroleum
He examined the well more infinitely,
then recovered it and sat down and
thought seriously for several inmates.
There's oil here, and in good guam
tlty," he said at last, land this forty
acres of land is going to make some
body rich. wish now had paid HI
ram his price for II, for il will fetch
hundred times that when this discovery
Is known"
Amos was thouehtfully silent for
moment, then bringing his hand down
on his knee he exclaimed:
ut may not be too late yet Like
enough Hiram don't know about this
oil, and l might be able to buy the land
before he discovers it. III see him. at
least"
Amos arose forthwith and taking a
circuitous route repaired to Hiram's
house. He pondered over the matter
as be walked on, and the more he
thought of it the less confident he be-
came Tt seemed hardly possible that
Hiram could be ignorant of the pres
euce of oil, and it appeared altogether
proba bic that he had ceased work be-
cause OF the discovery. However,
Amos continued on his way and in due
time came upon Hiram, who was at
work In his barn lot.
strained in their behavior to each 9TH
er, but they conversed regarding the
weather, the crop prospect and other
commonplace subjects, and finally
Amos, in careless way, spoke of the
Oil excitement
81 don't go much on this oil excite
ment," Hiram said, 'for don't believe
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invoking Ncmcxfy.

Mueic critics sometimes say worse
things in conversation than they do in
print A certain ecclesiastical prima
donna soprano, who labors under the
twin deluaons that she possesses a
rare voice and pretty wit, recently
addressed q somewhat mild-bOoklnR
critic thus: Mr.. Pedal Point you are
bscoming quite too seraphic; you
haven't said anything nasty for q
month" Whereupon the scribe smiled
with heavenly benignity and said:
why don't you give a concertp'-
Wsverly Magazine
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The American board has put NJ
81 900, OOs as It's goal in annual receipts
for foreign missions 1t hopes 70 reach
this mark by constant advances, and as
the missionary impulse grows stronger
in the Congregational cnurches- The
Methodists have fixed their high water
mark at al, $50. 900 for home and foreign
missions, and they viii reach it The
Presbyterian church has proposed
100000 for its aim It is creeping up
slowly TO that point, having contributed
over 1900, 900 last year.-Mskioaary
Keportar
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CALIFORNIA HERMITS.

Msn Passing Their Lives In ICns Solitude
on tk7 Mountain Tops
Is man essentially social ANIMAL
The scientists say So But in the
mountains of California there are al
most enough men who for years have
led life of utter solitude 70 d!spro7e
the generalization These mountain
hermits can lie found scattered through
the Sierras aad the coast range from
one end Of the state 70 toe other. They
are particularly numerous through this
region, ceutering about the Yosemite
Valley and extending far back into the
high SierTas Some Of them were once