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nense growth ana I1Iass..

dense growth ana Inasse.
and plunging mountain streams
where it was quite possible no human
foot had ever passed before, and,
juses sDessts,aaark, in o dismal rain.
climb up again was vuozgssssa s,o
try it then howevers SO We s.
refuge under a shelving rock atea
cold supper, and, thoroughly tired
out, were soon sound asleep.
In the middle of the night l half
opened my eyes and thought the
storm had cleared and that the moon
was shining. Then I realized that
it was still raining, and looked again
to see that the light came from
bush, not far away. Every leaf was
as bright as q glow-worm.
/ woke the Rajput, but he seemed
more annoyed than surprised. he
lit a taper, with some difficulty, and,
covering it with his hand, went to
the bush and held it among the
leaves.
Suddenly the whole bush was
wrapped in flames. They burned
brightly for o few minutes and then
died away, leaving everything black.
"There," said the mountaineer,
as he rolled himself up for another
nap, "that will not trouble you again
In the morning I examined the
bush, but the fire had not injured it
in the least. 1t was not an uncom-
mon variety. I had seen the same
kind before, but never heard OF this
curious freak. My guide told me
that often, when vet, they would
glow at night, and that the o~:y way
to stop them was to set them on hre.
There is one place, near Similar,
where an entire hillside is covered
with these bushes, and when they
glow the superstitious natives 60 out
and worship them.-[Frank Leslie's
Weekly,
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SELECT sIFrINGs.
Japan the flute Is played only by

In Japan the flute. is played only by
men of rank.
The big bridge at Montreal, Canada,
lie nearly two miles:long.
Artifcial Bleaching of celery is said
to spoil its taste and crispness.
Big crabs are found in India. Some
of them measure two; feet in length.
Paris co5nnoisasedrs affirm that old
horses for food are more tender than
young ones.
It is said that the gold product of,
Montana for 1894 shows an increase of
seventy-fve per cent. over that of
1893.
Canadian. Indians have the old Ro-
man habitof alternately gormandizing
and sleeping when there is moose at
the fire.
Old Tom Tudor, of Mount Olivet,
Ky, celebrated his; eightieth birthday
by marrying for the seventh time. His
children do not object to the match.
Japan is a corruption of the Chi.
nese word Shi-pen-kue, which means
"root of day." or ''sunrise kingdom"
because Japan is directly east of China.
The Philadelphia Graud Jury sug-
gests that the street railway com.
panies of the city be compelled by
law to adopt at once tenders on the
cars.
:: A New York woman is charged with
training her twenty-months-old baby
to toddle into the rooms of large
boarding house and steal money and
iewelry.
The first surgeon to use the antisep-
tic treatment for wounds was Sir Jos
eph Lister, the famous English opsr-
ator. He is now about to retire from
his profession on account of old age.
Although Italians are very much
addicted to quoting, fhey have never
had dictionary of quotations.. sucs
a work, tracing 1878 quotations to
their original sources, has just been
published in Milan.
The most of the officials OF Japan
40 t....
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Dancing by the Mile.

An average waltz takes one over
three quarters Of mile, square
dance makes you cover half mile,
and galop equals good mile. Count
up for yourself how much the girl
with well.flled programme trayerses
in On evening. Twenty dances is tho
average, you know. Of these about
twelves are waIzes. There at once are
nine miles. Three galops and she has
gone twelve miles. Five other dances
ut a half IL mile apiece bring her to
fifteen miles, to say nothing OF the ln-
termission stroll and the trips to the
drcssiug.roam to renovate ones gown
and complexion. Appleton Posi-
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A BURNING BUSH.

A few years ago I was crossing the
passes of the giant Himalayas, near
Similar, with two Rajput mountain
GERS for guides and servants, and a
company of native carriers coming
on behind, when we reached q point
where the narrow path had been
carried away by landslide.
The path was only a narrow shelf
at best, cut along the side of pre-
cipitous mountain ledge. One side
%asa cliff erisiag h!sh aRaxs aRF MI
almost perpendicular precipice:
Just before us this path was carried
away, without leaving enough for
mouse to cling to.
49, ---o- o !, nthar q much longer
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THE MIkADo,s DEPARTURE.
How Japan's Ruler Left Tosio for
the Seat Of War.

| the Sea. OF sWdF. 49, 49,
Hiroshima, situated at the south.
western extreme of the mainland, was
decided upon to be the base and.head-
quarters of general operations of the
japanese army and navy in prosecu-
ting the war against China. Itwas
on the 18th of September, 1894, that
His Majesty decided to 60 to Hiros-
hima and take command and thus
direct the war himself.
At seven in the morning he left
his palace, accompanied by Her
Majesty, the Empress, Prince Arisu-
gawa and other high military officers.
The procession was preceded by eight
mounted police captains, followed by
large number of cavalry from the
Imperial Guard, who guarded His.
Majesty's carriage in front and rear.
The Mikado on this occasion was
dressed in the uniform of q great
marshal, and the Empress was in.
European dress, the material having
awoven design of chrysanthemums
and kirl on brown ground.
At the railroad depot at Shim-
bashi all the Ministers of State and
representatives of the upper and
lower houses Of the Japanese Parlia-
ment, numbering several hundred,
were waiting to see the departure of
His Majesty's expedition.
After the ceremony of farewell with
Her Majesty the Empress and the
heir apparent was over, His Majesty
boarded his special car, accompanied
by three Ministers of State. Count
Saigo, Count Oyama and General Ito
occupied the cars in front and rear.
The streets; between the palace and
the depot were lined with tremen-.
dous crowds of people.
At many places arches of ever
green's he'd been erected, and innu-
merable flags decorated the caves of
the houses along the way. All the
officials of the city government, men,
bers of political parties, newspaper
representatives, students Of colleges
and pupils of public schoalS.zssll lasat4'e
iPvHs in saaaRa 5a route: The, whole popu-
lace of the city seemed to have come
out in force to hail the imperial ex-
pedition. The oyercrowding was SO
great that general traffic was sus-
pended for q time, and in spite ofthe
lF,s,.i.-,,:.;=' ~fFn-te nf the anoliras on
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yourns I know now how it all cam,
about: It's down in some old papers
m the desk that I've had man come
and go over. It's plain now why folks
never set store by the Crabtrees; bu
it's all right, and soon the ground vii
be cleared for something better thar
Crabtrees to grow on"
| "Why, what do you mean?" T asked,
purposely interrupting the old man,
thinking he might be merely working
off the effects of too frequent pota.
tions-a no uncommon occurrence:
"Can't you wait till you find out
I've had man here, say, who could
do the writin' and read the old papers.
That's enough for that. Now; it was
this way. Away back, the old Crab
tree of them days had notion OF
thinkin' for himself, and, foolish like,
sayin' what he thought. So the
Friends, as they call themselves, made
him write out why he did this and
said that, but it went for nothin', and
they turned him out O. meetin'. You'll
find the same in the meetin' records
as you will in there" And Silas
pointed his thumb over his shoulder,
towards the house. Even this slight
movement was made with some effort;
but it was evident that Silas had not
been drinking.
'.Before all this happened" the
old man continued, after @ long
pause, 'tthe Crabtrees were all right.
Away back, they were looked at
for their shade and shape and sweet
smellin' blossoms and all that; but
after the racket, then it was only the
sour crab-apples that people could
see, and this worked again the young
folks and pulled 'em down. Perhaps
you don't see what Pm drivin' at,
but"
"Don't see" I exclaimed: "Uncle
Silas, you're poet, regular poet"
ga what?" Silas asked, with faint
attempt at smiling. you've called
me many name in your day, like all
the rest of 'em, but never that afore
tnls, InaI Know.
sI mean to be complimentary" I
replied, but with some confusion, see
ing, as I had often done before, what
mischief turks in ill-timed polysyl-
tables.
"Worse and worse, with your long
words; but let me do the talkin'. My
folks didn't clear out after the FUSS. as
they ought "a done, but held on and
worked their way, as they'd right to
do. Perhaps it was bad thing they |
didn't go to church when they stopped
goin' to meetin'; I don't know; but !
they lost headway, with the Quakers
again 'em. It soured, of course, the
first OF the Crabtrees, and the later
ones got deal more gnarly and bit
ter, till it come down to me, with lit
tie more'n human shape; and now it's
the end of US. There's no Crabtrees
besides me, and I wanted to get things
in shape, for there's some would like
the old cottage that amt goin' to get
it. I don't know that there's any
more to tell YOU" And Silas looked
out towards the road and into the
woods upon it's other side.
I kept my seat. could not do
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of the noontide clcada was I
sound. I gladly returned to 2
fireplace, although it was mid
and then to the desk, putting
show of nationality, for G
lawyer WAS expected. I even made
fire in the little stove to warm the
lunch I had brought, and, after an
attempt at eating, awaited the mans
coming, with pipe and coffee.
A rattle OF wheels, click OF the
rickety old gates latch, and knock
at the door, quickly followed each
other, and without ceremony the
lawyer appeared. With GOODNESS,
precision, and dry-as-dust manner
that soothed my fretted nerves, he
proceeded to business, and did what
little was to be done. Some papers
which he had taken away he returned |;
and then, his whole manner changing.
he actually smiled, lit cigar hleo
with true lazy mans twist the single
easy-chair, and handed me bit OF
paper, saying, "This Silas asked me to
hand to you, fearing it might be over
looked if left in the desk.
took it with some distrust, but
could not fathom its meaning. The
characters had been printed by Sllas
and the words phonetically spelled.
! It was puzzle, and Twas in no humo1
to guess it's meaning
! "What is it, anyway" l asked.
THAT'S plain enough" the lawye'
. replied; est reads, DO as you'd bs
, done by ."-Lippincott's Magazine.
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stirred, and, except tie plaintive note
OF some far-off bird, I could hear only
my own footballs. The trees and fields
and shaded winding lane were as
had seen them last, when darkness
shut them in, but now, in the early
morning, it seemed as if the sun had
brought sad tidisgs.. It has always
appeared to me that August days are
days for retrospection, and that the
mind is supersensitive at such time.
st takes notice of those things which
in the hurry and clatter of June are
overlooked. This is no mere whlm,
and on this occasion the effect was to
convince me that something unusual
had happened or was about to occur.
It is not an uncommon experience.
Premonitions are too frequent to be
lightly treated .as mere condolences.
1t was this clearly premonitory action
that made the world seem to me COM
pletely at rest. There are matter-of-
fact folks who would testify remark,
Dyspepsia" there arc people of ex-
celleut intentions who persistently
5lunder.
I had heard of an oaken chest, with
huge brass clamps, and to-day set
out to find it. There was not
wagon to be seen when I turned
from the lane into the township road,
and SO I had the dusty highwayto my
self, q furthering of my fancy. Even
more lonely was the .Wood-road into.
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There are more than twenty conn
ties in Ohio each with its county town
in the centre of the county.

More than 600 plans have been sent
in for the construction of the Paris
exposition of 1900, and it is proposed
to have them exhibited in the Palais
a'Industrie, which is the only gallery
large enough to contain them.
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Says Harpe.'s Weekly: The Yioler

) Says Harper's Weekly: The violent
revival of interest in Napoleon sug-
sgests that the day will come presently
when it will occur teSsome magazine
editor or other observing person to
organize literary resurrection of
General George Washington. Wash
lngton has by no means been forgotten
IN this country. Indeed, he is called
to. md every year on his birthday,
Wa his career and character ara the
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Longevity of Fish.

Fish live to wonderful age. Pro-
fessor Baird tells us OF pike in Rus
sia whose age dates back to the tif-
teenth centufy. In the Royal Aquar-
ium at st. Petersburg there are fish
mat have been there for 14O years.
They live on without seeming TO arrive
ut matrrity.-Atlanta Constitution.
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scrap Of paper 80 long and closely
folded that it fell apart when openedi :
but the writing was still distinct. Il
was as follows st is his Excellency's,
General Howe's, express order, that
no person shall injurs Silas Crabtree
in hispefson or property" It was duly
signed, countersigned, and dated
December 9, 1776: So Silas, the
great-grandfather; had been Toryl
I was prepared now for revelations of
any kind. To look quietly over
papers; one at time, was too prosy
an occupation, and the suggestion that
there might be more secret drawers
was followed until every nook and
Granny had been laid bare, and there
were many Of them.
Silas, in anticipation Of just an
occurrence as I have described, had
placed a roll of papers SO prominently
in the desk that naturally took it up
with serious purpose. The modern.
red tape with which it was tied gave
it an appearance Of Importance above
the others. These time-stained sheets
contained his ancestors version ofthe
trouble with his coreligionists, and I
soon found i5 was most unpleasant
reading. My own ancestor had been
an unrelenting prosecutor, and, in the
name of religion, the cause of all the
Crabtree troubles; and now the last
of his race had taken this strange
revenge, telling me the unwelcome
story why his people had been no.
bodies of the backwoods and my
people dwellers in fat land. 1t was
some satisfaction to know that the
two families were not related, but,
reading on and on as fast as the crude
writing permitted decipherment, I
learned that marriage, generations
ago, had been contemplated, and suc-
cessfully thwarted by the father
Of the would-be bride. Nothing
but i'll came of it, and the
rest we know. The wit of the Crab.
trees had not quite died out, but
smouldered like the burning of damp
wood, never receiving the quickening
of education, and ever struggling
against the curse of alcohol.
It was a sad story; too sad to con-
template, this dreamy August day.
Closing the desk, sat by the open
fireplace, as if watching the blazing
logs of midwinter. As silenf now in
doors as out, and every object about
me suggesting myself as the cause of
infinite trouble, I grew desperate, and,
for more light, bit of sunshine, threw
open the solid shutter of the little
south window. The bright yellow
beams were magical. What a strange
little window it was Three of the
eight small panes were replaced by |
paper, and the others were NIL dimmed
by decomposition that made the glass
prismatic. Through them no object
,ould be plainly seen. Every tree and
bush was broken and distorted. The
world was all askew as seen through
5he cracked and warped glass; as much
gone wrong as in reality it hadSbeen Il
20 the Crabtrees.
Though not half exploreds
rom the house to the porch
nipht return from the MAST
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people, as was Cninu5s i1inpotor.. /.
Merely gazing at His MajestY's per-
son was profanity, and a severe pun
ishment was due to the transgressor.
In those times the people along the
imperial procession, had to kheel
se.s,etd- touch their bowed heads
.tosthe ground SHgyess to look up while
in stlle presence OF the NIKnosa.
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Highest Of all in Leavnng PowerLatest u S. Govt Report
t!a!,!!! .! BBskiRs Bs,kassl!
ABSOLUTELY PUEE
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
TWO QUESTIONS.

TWO QUESTIONS.
The Butterfly said to the Katydid.
II always wondered why,
Since butter has no wings at all,
They say the butter fy?''
The Katydid replied: "Aiasl
To me the reasons hid.
But can you tell me what it is
They say that Katy did?'
Il [Harper's Young People.
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. f K E was o
strange silence
everywhere, as is
not uncommon in
til 9 month of
August, for now
the promises of
summer lave been
made good, and
the world is OF
rest. Not a leaf
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]. .TIOs. j. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR
every yea,

Nearly d million to1s of butter are
manufactured in the United States
every year.
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I was not surprised to learn, I'M
mediately after the funeral, that 1
had been left the sole legatee of the
man whose death l had Witnessed;
but it was not an altogether pleasant
discovery. I had learned, too, that
it was my own ancestor who had been
most active in the senseless persecu-
tion, and it was with no pleasure that
recalled the past as l took formal
possession of the cottage and its con,
tents, entering the house for the tlrst
time in my life. To cross the threshold
was to step backward into colonial
times. How true it is that it needs
at least o century to mellow house
and make it family comparable to
out-of-doors
The hallway of the Crabtree cot
tage was neither short nor narrow,
but YOU got that impression from its
low ceiling and the dark wooden walls,
which time had almost blackened.
Lifting stout wooden latch,
passed into the living-room, with its
ample open fireplace, long unused, for
a little air-tight stove had done duty
for both cooking and heating TOR
many years. This was the only lnno.
yation; all else was as when its first
occupant had moved into the "new'
house and given over the log hut to
other uses. The bigh-backed settle,
the quaint, claw-footed chairs, home
> made table, with bread-trough under
meath, seemed never to have been
moved from their places since Sllas'f
: mother died. These made less I'M,
f preston than would otherwise have
t been the case, because with them was
, the old desk to which Silas had re
I ferred. It was bureau with live
brass-handled drawers, and above
: them the desk proper, concealed by
: heavy, sloping lid. The dark woof
L had still fine polish, and the lid wa
: neatly ornamented with m inlaid stal
" of holly wood. 1t, with the three
IS plumed mirror on the wall above 1t
!. was the eclipsing feature of the room
Q All else, well enough in its way
IT seemed commonplace. Drawing
|, chair in front of the desk, I sat dow
d to explore it, but was bewildered a
d the very outset. Lowering the Id
the many pigeen-holes, small drawer
'e and inner apartment closed by,
carved door, took me too much D
Of surprise to let me be methodica
Everywhere were old, stained paper
le and parchments, some 60 very old tn
le ink had faded from them; but ther
,r was no disorder. At last, knowing
m was no time to dream, | drew out
bundle OF papers from pigeon-hol'
er and noticed in doing SO that strip
e, carved wood, which l had taken 1e
II ornament, slightly moved.
ur 1t proved to be n long and very ma
~ row drawer, and this again had MOI
Il carefully hidden compartment IN tt
9 {; back. as narrow line in the woo
ks showed, geering into this, l found
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.RBLE

. 4RBLE,
* EoNEY-
s1Es.
:n, World is
l:.ond Drill
q ! Istry.
more than
the marble
ted States
poses, and
grayeyards
s and the
:. rmont- mar
ounty. The
ne possibili-
and County
q property.
i become dis
,.or nothing
Q snapped a
3 which was
craze of '49
lives and en-
l. ardships to
| the marble
followed the
,osits of pure
aen to ponr
k fortunes in
q Mountains
:. abandoned
for the for
IN at the bot
quarry sent
,mpshire and
of the Green
Il lwasin inyernted
was almost
,s-work. But
lich bores its
st and brings
ing 1t touches
in the list of
smond drill is
ch has. black
lge of its cut
nnnd-atud5od
the earth or
.s it twists its
st it cuts out
prospector to
;he marble, if
arble, and the
Sometimes, |
Q prospector
o are back of
fooled by the
- might be
;he layer
layer is
with the
to o thick
Id not be
ollars had
Q quarry.
pended in
Jingle dol |
stone was
that the |
'"--"-efit to |
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AN ODD NEIGHR0R.

BY CHARLES c. ABBOTT.
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nob- hS>f
past. Although thee Was no evidence
of it in the old mans words, Twas con-
yinced he had reference to me rs his
heir; but what of that? He might
change his mind dozen times, for hc
was not so very, very old-not much,
if any, over eighty; and what, indeed
had he to leave?
Many minutes passed, and then' as
I made slight movement, merely TO
change my position, Silas spoke IN the 4,
same strangely softened voice. Don't
go, don't go; there's one thing
more" He suddenly paused, and
stared. with wild look, directly at
me. The silence was painful; his
strange appearance more SO. In a
moment the truth flashed across me
he was dead.
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SAN Francisco's s municipal ba!los.a.
the last election was yard long, By
half q yard wide.
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Counterfeit whalebone is now com,
peting with the high-priced genuinsse
article. IS
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he sanitary
are worked
r, and they
utting the
required.
borer, or
+, is used to
axes holes
being con-
e. These
N 4fpoac N
rble is not
When the
diamond
, into slices
her end SO
get nt the
have been
I,ora bo1aS
layer from
It. Iron or
| these bot
l until the
broken away
up. Some
'rty to sixty
of the solid
divided into
ze by boring
iron wedges.
d the smaller
W and sawed
g are sawed
ade of steel
~ play back
and cut the
d'and water
/ under the
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Rutland lie
er an area of
quare. The
n thickness
this limited
uarried, but
'ge extent OF
south from
the coarser-
er hand, the
Rutland is
tutland mar
le cracks, SO
,ticed in the
arble cutter
and begins
. ITO bits and
lv tan,Dnrad
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gone wrong as IN reallty ~ III
to the Crnbtrees.
Though not half explored,
from the house to the porch
might return from the past
present. How. hot and stea