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them two piasteres {ten cents; h.a, sheesh, and be is perfectly hannS
 though. of course, he instantly asi,s 7, more. But the men, like the ea,na,' are apt to be morose and surlv .p,S' ra avarice of the boys is amusing. ne rapacity of the men is often exasnerat ing. They will brow-beat you f yos show the least susceptibility-thev sSn o1 quently intimidate women-but hefas. @ firm front they quail instantly. Tbae are little to blame; they have hees slaves for ages.
 The boys are doubtless wantonlv cr,,o, at times-what can you expect fro,- neglected little barbarians ?-hp+ ;- some eases their affection for +ha beasts they drive is fairly pathetic i, employed one who ran for hours nndor the hot sun with sheaf of green eloyer Clloofar, he called itl under his arro and the moment dismounted he made the donkey lie down, caressed him and fed him the clover by handfuls. That boy got double baelxsheesh when ba returned. He almost wept for ioy. tbar followed me to the hotel steps and stood cIamoring for more!
 To my surprise, I find that many of these young Arabs are able to read and write in their own language, and some of them are very eager to extend their knowledge of English. The other dav Aehmed, my favorite, began to question me about a friend whom he had seen with me--for he is most inquisitive youngster. told him that the man was physician. That bothered him: he didn't quite understand; so I explained He listened attentively, and made q memorandum on a scrap of paper Then he asked me to pronounce the word again. l complied. and he re. peated it after me-phees-eeshawn and noted it down phonetically in Arabic characters. Then he prodded up the donkey and raced on close at my stirrup Achmed had captured a new word. and he seemed as exultant as if had given him an extra piastre.
 Such is the Cairo donley-boy-and more delightful urchin you will not easily discover. The pity of it is that he can't be boy always; growing up spoils him, To-day he is full of eager ness and hope; but alas! there is no future for him. He is foredoomed to life of abjeet poverty degradation, dis appointment. What wonder that the
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YOUNG ALADDIN AND HIS DONKEY.

both donleys and donley-boys. It sounds absurd, doesn't it? But you would talk it in exactly the same way if you were here.
 These donl1eys will walk, trot, pace, pr gallop, and in general are eager to keep at the head of the procession Of course, they don't understand English and you must address them through the medium of the boy, who ordinarily does though his vocabulary is limited and his utterance curiously slow and gut tural; il suggests the idea of big frog trying to talk. If you happen to get sep lrated from the boy, steering the donkey becomes an embarrassing business. The gay little beast soon getsrestive, and in- clined to bolt into parts unknown: and if he should rush off with you into the tortueus and duslly lanes of the malo- dorous native quarter, you migbtas well be lost in the Cretan labyrinth without clew. Especially difficult is it to get him to turn corner in the right diree- ton; he is sure to want to go down some other street, and is as mulish as a- donkey. If you commit the error of pulling on the rein as you would do to turn horse, he gets wholly unmanage- able; he is both puzzled and offended at such treatment. It was some time be fore I caught on" to the fact that the proper way to guide Cairo donkey is to press gently on his neck in the direction in which you wish him to go.
 Another rather exciting incident is when your donkey happens to stop to bray. If he makes up his mind to this you may just as well keep quiet: no eff. forts of yours can prevent it. It is g startling experience for a novice tc feel the creature stretch himself out be. heath you, and with rigid tail and ex. tended neck emit rolling cannonade o3 reverberating noises-it sounds as if 2 big brass band were charging upon 2 frightened menagerie.
 Another lively occurrence is when vop chance to take a header at full oalion With all his fine points, the Egyptian donkey will occasionally stumble: and can sadly testify that Egyptian mpd (baked dry as the desert sandl is sav. eral degrees harder than American granite blocks. In consequence of this danger from stumbling, most of tbe natives refuse to entangle their feet il, any way. and ride with swinging stir. rups and waving legs.
 In selecting your donkey-boy, be sure you choose real boy, not man. Tbs Arab boys are bright, winsome fellows brown as nut and as handsome as f na bronze castings. and they fairly bubble over with good humor. Give one ot
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 Wasted Patriotism.

Admiral Jouett lives at Sandy Springs, Md, where the roads are no better than elsewhere in Dixie. He is an ardent republican, although a son of the Blue Grass state; and last cleo tion, when heavy rains had made the roads almost impossible, he shamed the stay-at-homes by taking his son, James, Jr., through the mud and down. pour to their voting place. The jour ney home in the dark, swimming through mud to the hubs, was so dis quieting that they arrived profane and exhausted. We'll" s,id the admiral, thank heaven that's over! We've had hard pull of it, but it is the duty of every citizen of the United States to vote. Say, Jim," he calculated, fieycely, q voted the straight republican ticket, as usual. How did you yote?" "Fa. ther, we might as well have stayed at home and paired" replied the son; T voted straight democratic. ."-Argo- naut.
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much about it; but on the third day, when it was all O four feet deep an still a-fallin', I says: Old John, you we meade mistake. You're in a box, where you'd orter be for damn fool
 .sWhen 1t broke up it was plum to my neck on the level, an I was mighty short on provisions, but 1 reclloned that by snowshoein' to the east down into the low lands I'd get out O the snow, and find my horses and ride into Flag staff. SoI took my rifle and my dog and started out along the rim. I hadn't gone four miles before I fell into hole in the rocks, and knocked my kneecap off yes, sir, knocked the blamed thing four inches up from where it belonged.
 ''It was terrible smash an I jest could not stand up nor do much thinllin' for awhile, But it was still thick wealth CT. an I knew I must reach my shanty that night or good-by to old John. wallered them four mile. Mighty nigh swimmin' it, you might say. I couldn't snowshoe, and so I jest rolled am wal lered, an it was night before I dragged myself in over the sill.
 swell, there was, 70 miles from set tlement, all alone with a dog and a busted kneecap, an no grub to speak of. Of course. I couldn't do anything more till I had recovered the use O my leg, so I lSep' as quiet as I could and band aged my knee an waited.
 Tt lSep' snowin' every day or two. You see, it's mountain top here, an it looked like last call for John. Istayed there until my four was plum gone the meat had gone weeks before-an' finally one night I baked up the last handful of my four into some little cakes, an the next mornin' l hung my rife on the wall an pulled the door to after me an the dog. It was jest git out T starve.
 "My leg was still so lame I couldn't scarcely use hit, but I got out. I couldn't carry a blanket or a coat. I jest staked all my chances on gettin' down out of the snow before froze.
 "I wallered about four miles that day, and when night come dug down to the ground under cedar and lighted little fire an me an the dog eamped there with the snow blowin' over us. The next mornin' I was too stiff to walk at all for awhile, but I kep' wigglin' an
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THE FINEST DONKEYs.
And Every Donkey-Boy Is a
 Young Aladdin.
Experiences on Donkey BaeS--How 1t Feels When Your Assinine Charger Brays-Bow Clever Arab Boys
 Learn English.
IcoPYRIGHrr. 1896.

Cairo. Egypt believe that there IS 10 place on earth more strange aha fascinating than Egypt. And this is the season to visit it, for the Nile has now retired from it's excursions over the face of the landscape and is quietly ebbing between it's banks; later the river will be full of sandbars and shoals. The eli mate. too, is perfect now; it is like brilliant fall weather in the United States, with an occasional hot day; yet even out on the desert it is rarely oP- pressive. But it is not of Egypt, but of Egyptian donkeysand donkey-boys that wish to write.
 There are no other donkeys in all the world like those of Caro-delightful little animals, gentle, yet as spirited as colts; most of them are kept carefully clipped and groomed, and are furnished with bright red saddles and gandy trap pings. You can't imagine what fun it is to pick one out from the multitude that are thrust upon you the momentyou are seen walking. to climb upon his back assuming a Iordly air as you say to the swarthv little donkey-boy: "lmsik CT riRab' (hold the stirrup) and then to ride at will through these wonderful ofl- ental streets and alleys, threading your way amid turbaned heads and sullen, overloaded camels. under oYerhanging Iattices, along avenues of quaint hazafs and queer little workshops where they haven't changed their way of doing things since Joseph, poor little wander CT, stared in rustic amazement at the same sights in the days of Pharaoh. It is like actually living out the adventures of a fairy tale.
 And the jolly little Arab who runs at your side, or chases behind, always urg- ing your donkey to the top of his speed if you will let him-he is neither more nor less than a charming young Alad- din right out of the middle Of the Arab ian Nights, am simply in love with
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trompin', an bimeby l warmed up an made a little headway. The snow wasn't so deep, but it was colder and it was driftin' bad The third day brought me out O the snow mostly. but it was blow in an there wasn't anything 10 make fire of an my bread was gone. The dog W as so weak and hungry he jest crawled along in my track.
 "I couldn't find trace of my horses. They had gone on down to the lower land, SO l turned for the cedar ranch, which was about 90 miles southwest of me. It was shore a. slim chance, but l pinted that way.
 ''I was travelin' now for old Johns sake. I weren't tal1in' no interest in politics nor the price of corn. I was jest nashuly worlSin' my old bones for the love of old John Hance
 ''That night we was entirely out O the snow, but we laid down on the bare ground-the dog an me- There was mighty little heat left in either O us. I'd lay jest as long as I'd dare to, then I'd get up an crawl around to keep from freezin'. didn't dare to travel much for fear I'd go wrong. Along about sun up come on drove of poor old work oxen, an spent an hour or two tryin' to catch one of 'em to ride on. They were poor and weak, but they weren't so bad off us I was. an they l1ep' out O my way. That day was-a year long. I knew if I ever laid down another night it would be all up with old John. I was in sight O Cedar ranch, but by this time I couldn't stand up more'n half the time, and the dog weren't much better
 ''By noon we was so close 1 could see the open door, but I couldn't holler louder'n whisper, an couldn't walk four rods to save my soul from he'll All that afternoon was in sight of that shanty. It drove me plum crazy to think that l was so near and yet nobody
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l. Oh, John, for Gods sake, it cant

"tOh, John, for Gods sake, it can't be-
 ".Yes, it is,' I says T can't touch it. Take it away. cant bear the sight of it.
 "Well, sir, I looked at him an he looked at me. It was shore all up with old John.
 ",I an't had anything foeat for about ten days 'ceptin a little cracler'n bread, says but can't eat!'
 ..Fhen all of a sudden I thought of to- baeeo. Got any ehewin'?
 Shore he says, and handed me plug. I took a chew and it tasted good l chewed for about two minutes. then all at once my appetite came back.
 Here his face grew set and he made delineatiye gesture.
 eff a cat'd a-come by I'd act it, fur an all!
 '.I grabbed piece O meat, then says: Hold on, John! There's danger O your llillin' yourself. So laid out a chunk O beef about as big as your fist, and had potatoes, an 1 says to Jim:
 Jim, will that kill me, thinkp
 We'll Jim says, its pretty big dost, but I guess you're good for it.
 We'll now, you take the rest of that grub an put it away an don't let me have another hunk If I make q fuss, tie me He said: All right an fell to. Ipolished the plate in q few minutes and was wild for more, but Jim put me to bed. I eussed a little, but gotdrowsy and didn't know any more till the next day noon. I was all right in two days rode into Flagstaff and provisioned up and went back to the canyon. But I knew better than to winter on the rim any more.
 "When snow comes now I have every thing ready down there. and in four hours l can drop down where a snow flake never laid. 1 can sit in the door 0 my tent an see the clouds a-bile around up here and know they can't do me an the cats any harm. It's great old shell ter, that hole in the ground"
 He looked at it with loving eyes, then as he tried to shift hislegs, he groaned:
 'Pll ride that mule off the cliff. shore. the first day I can hit the saddle"
 Ks I write these lines he is probably deep in his canyon. listening to the i'm perious voice of the river, seeing the mesquite trees quiver in the fields winds. Above him rise the mighty peaks and domes and walls. Winter clouds collect and roll against the upper cliffs and shake out their snows, but John is secure to sharpen his pick and have his seams of solid gold unspied upon by envious eyes.
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STERN FIGHT WITH COLD
How Capt. Hance Widowed
 Through @ Sea Of Snow
Tale of Heroic Enduranee--IIe Reached His Destination at Last, Freezing and Faint, and Nearer Dead
 Than Alive.
TcoPYRfeHr, Is96.l


 The captain had been kicked by Il vicious mule, and was sitting gloomily in his little cabin on the brink of the Grand canyon when I called to see him. He sat with his feet helpless and resting across q chair, and his face was gloomy.
 Hello! Whats this l hear, captain Did that mule"
 'She got the best of old John for shore," he replied, little bit crest fallen, but she won't do such q thing agin. If get on my feet agin I'll never rest till I take rock an pick hole into the top O her eussed head that will shore let daylight in. 0h, this ain't much hurt. Nothin' ain't broke, reckon. Jest bruised. was worse laid the winter, too. was little bit blue that time. Ain't had hurt since-tili this
 ..fell me about 1t. How did it hap pen2 I mean that other time-h
 Well, ye see, the first winter spent here there weren't no snow to speak of, an like fool boy l thought the next winter would be jest like it, so I daun- dered along here on the aidge of the canyon expectin' to go to Flagstaff in q few days an get some provisions.
 "One night it thickened up and began to snow. didn't think much about it, 'cept noticin' the flakes was mighty soft an' big. The next morning there was q foot O snow on the ground, an still a-snowin'. Even then I didn't mind
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to see me. It was like bein' on raft

to see me. It was like bein' on raft dyin' of thirst and a ship goin' by.
 'Nothin' saved me but bein' mad. I kep' gettin' madder every minute. I wanted to live long enough to kill the man in that shanty. My hands were raw an bleedin'. My clothes was nothin' but strips O rags from draggin' myself over the ground. l couldn't stand up any more. The dog wouldn't leave me. Couldn't seem to see the shanty, or wouldn't. Jest snaked along on his belly like me.
 "Oh, but I aehed to get hold O that lazy devil sleepin' in that shanty. I knew he was sleepin'
 T got up within nearly 20 rods and I heard him singin-think of it. singin' an me dyin' out there on the grass singin' with his mouth stretched like a dirty alligator's. When I erawled to the doorsill if I'd a had an ax I'd killed him. I could only jest whisper, but cussed him.
 Hello, John! Where'd you come from?'
 Come from? BlanL-blanl1 your leather head, if I'd had gun I'd shoot you into cullinder. Come from? Why you blank, blanIed, drowsy eherub, I've been out there in plain sight all day, an if you'd a-been out doors once you'd a-seen me. Give me somethn' to kill ye with, you blank, blank idiot. Give me somethin' to eat, you mushy-headed imp, an' give it to me quick-you slumpin', slutherin' swine.'''
 The old man grew retrospectively savage as it all came back to him. He was an absurd mingling of the tragic and the comic sitting there with his two stiff legs laid out on a chair and the light of remembered fury in his eyes. He was surperbly dramatic as he turned upon me, who was shrielling with de light of the drama.
 70, I'd a-l1illed him, shore, if I could reached him." the ferocity faded out of his face as he resumed, musingly:
 He'd been havin' a stew of beef and potatoes. an he set that before me. looked at hit, am how much do you suppose I ct? Not mouthfull | couldn't swaller a shred of it. That scared me
 "'Jim,' I says to him. its too late, I ain't got any stomach left
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A FEW HOME HINTS.
ome Suggestions of Decorative Value to
 the Housewife.

ome Suggestions of Decorative Value to
 the Housewife.
 X Delft plaque is stylish thing for 6all decoration. Those with head on Ire considered more desirable. The plain carpets so very popular last season were then used without a border, alt this year a border is used with a lain center, and is quite an improve aent.
 The newest jardinieres have three &et to stand upon. Those dashed with pld are considered very handsome, as sso are Delft ones, but these last, if @nuine, are quite expensive. The proper thing is to have a chair landing before milady's desk as if just sady for occupancy. 1t is of wood to satch the desk, with high, straight zlcll and wooden seat, not caned
 1.-Two cushions, one on top of the other, St not square with each other, thrown
 the floor before an easy chair in &ad of a hassocl<, is new idea intro xced by the fad for cushions. They are It silk-eovered usually, but in some athe heavier, more substantial stuffs The silver dish filled with ferns has Rn superseded for the center of the ple by a huge cut-glass vase filled fh cut flowers peculiar to the sea
 This is largely owing to the diff aty of keeping the ferns in good con Aon- On account of the lneNperienee 5the average housekeeper with sueh
 fcate plants they were very soon
 y shabby oking.-Chicago Trib-
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BLEACHING THE TEETH.
Perfect Wilderness Secured by Means of
 Chemical Preparation.

Perfect Wilderness Secured by Means of a
 Chemical Preparation.
 Now they bleach teeth. So there is no reason why an otherwise pretty girls smile should not reveal a row of pearls. Her teeth, however black. may be bleached to perfect whiteness.
 The stuff used to bleach it is not in the least injurious. It is called "pyrazone," and is an etherized alkaline prepara- fion. It will bleach anything. A drop on your skin will make it white as snow. It will also smart
 When tooth is being bleached it is treated to prevent any possible injury 10 1t. In some cases, where nothing but blaekened stump remains of once Peariy incisor, the stump is first oleaehed, then porcelain front is deft- ly iltted to it, and the back is built up with gold. Thus one may have fine new tooth soidly set in the jaw. and probably more perfect than the orig maj, Sometimes a whole row of teeth are thus treated.
 II tooth is entirely gone it is re- placed by what is called "a bridge" winch IS tooth, or several teeth, fastened to those on either side. This is very delicate work and requires special education in dentistry. Properly constructed on sood dental engineering principles, the bridge IS solid structure, which may endure for years. The bridge is care luIiy ftted to the neigh boring teeth. It Will be seen that these inventions 'r, alt tend to do away with false teeth. hese may be pretty and artistic and III many cases actually look better nan the originals whose place they LOOK, put most people nowadays have a prejudice against false teeth. not to mention the disagreeable necessity of removing them from the mouth and ieaVlng them on the washstand over nlght. Besides, false teeth are very expensive, because the jaws, after tfe veeeh are removed, have a way of snrlnklng, thereby necessitating the a. .erallon of the plates, and often the 'eeth themselves. And if the set is not removed every few years there is sure 10 De disagreeable rattling in the inouth.-N. Y. Journal.
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HAMLIN GARLAND.
SEEDS BORN FAR BYE WATER.
Float Away and Give the Parent Plant
 Room to Grow.


 Room to Grow.
 It is good for plants to keep as much apart as possible. If the seed fell straight to the ground, and the young plants all grew up together around the parent one, they would starye each other out. For plants are like people, and when crowded too closely together, fall to fighting among themselves. Their struggles are very bitter ones. though we do not see or hear them. The plants that are strongest in these silent battles end by getting the light and air and water and food they need from the soil, while the poor weddings are left to starve and die. To prevent too much of this wasteful crowding and struggling, old Dame Nature has invented many a clever little scheme.
 When trees or smaller plants grow on river banks, their fruits often fall into the water, and are carried down stream by the current, sometimes find ing landing-places on the banks, and so grow up into new plants. Who has not seen sycamore balls and buckeyes travelling along in this easy fashion? These are the fruits of the trees they grow on. Fruit is the part of the plant that ineloses the seed, with the seed it. self. So the dry pods that hold the black morning glory seeds are as truly fruits as are apples or strawberries, though We commonly use the word only for those that are good to eat.
 It often happens that, On small islands in rivers, trees and flowers are found that do not grow on the neighboring banks. These have come down the river, sometimes from the mountains where it rises, in the shape of fruits, and have found lodging on the island, during high water. Sometimes fruits are thus borne quite out to sea, and then they may be caught up by ocean cur rents and carried long distances. It has been said that Columbus first formed the notion that there might be land beyond the western ocean on seeing some strange nuts that had been washed to the shores of the Azores from far-away America.-Thomas H. Kearney, Jr., in St. Nicholas.
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Baked Apple Pudding.

are, quarter and core six good-sized sles and boil them in small quan- 2 of water until they are soft enough nash. Pour off the water, and when
 roughly mashed add half a pint of nd crumbs, sugar to taste, the grat- 4peel of lemon, three eggs well
 len and one ounce of melted butter. &e in a moderate oven and serve with Sard sauce. made by stirring to
 nm one cup of butter and two of |Ferized sugar and havoring with
 tIla. Boston Budget.
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Women Afraid of women.

JinlIs-Ilave you ever noticed what spiteful things women will say of one another?
 Blinks tmarried)-Yes, and I never could understand why they are afraid to make digs at woman except behind her back, and yet they will rip out any, thing they please to Il man. N. Y. Weekly.
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An AdjustabIa r

An Adjustable Hat Wanted. Jaggs-l want to get a new hat. iia.'er-Which size-night before or morning after?-Texas Sitter.