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had subsided tried to think-to rea-
/ son.
Il am here for my health" thought.
'Now won't it be healthier to lie still
and let him take my money than to
move a finger and let him take my life
what little / have? How did he get in
here? All, Of course! the window. l
couldn't bulge it, but he is muscular.
should have thought Of that"
What was the man doing? The
sounds he made were exactly such as =
man makes in dressing. Heavens!
would he exchange clothes with me.
leaving his horsey old suit in my room ?
He was at the wash-stand pouring out
water-washing his hands. Ny fright
was giving way to anger at the cool inn
pudence Of the man. Doubtless he had
on my clothes now. including the vest.
with the wad of bills in the inside
pocket. Coward that was to lie there
and let him take my property!
hesitated no longer, but sprang
from the bed and with one cry Of
"Help!" rushed with resistless fury
slam bang against the partition over
where thought the man stood.
Some one tried my door. then
knocked on it for admittance. Backing
toward it 50 as to guard myself from
an attack by the burglar found this
bolt and lock and threw the door open.
A flood of light filled the room; the
window was closed and the only per-
sons present were myself and my visit
ora gentleman fully dressed, with a
lighted lamp in his hand and q trout
basket slung over his shoulder.
sThere was . burglar in my room."
began. Il couldn't see the scoundrel,
but heard him washing his hands and
putting on my"
I stopped. for I saw my clothes hang.
ing where had left them.
Il think you must have heard me
washing and dressing" said the gentle
man. "and must ask You to pardon me
for disturbing you. should have re-
membered that the walls between these
rooms are very thin"
That is my burglar story. j might
devise better ending for it il my inn
aginative powers were equally dis
tributed. but they seem mostly to
center in my olfactory nerves. conld
have sworn that smelled horse.-De-
troit Free Press.
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W. G. KENTZEL, Editor.

At the " ord morey, hut behold WIEN he
opened it the first word he saw wal
murder
Here the narrative was broken by q
soap dish, which adhered firmly 70 ths
paper in spite Ct my careful efsarts Il
remove it, ard l read no furtie..
arose and shook myself. "Pshaw!"
I said, "wha: a fool am. He's probably
just an ordinary hostler come up here
to work, or perhaps to see his old
mother. No doubt he's as honest as
am. / wonder what word he would
have found il he'd opened the diction-
ary at cash." soliloquizcd. and out Of
mere idle curiosity took from my
handbag the nearest approach ! had 10
a dictionary little paper-covered
book Of synonyms. and opened it at c.
Clutch-grasp-lay catch
seize.
This was the line that met my gaze.
I laughed, threw the book On the table
and began to undress.
IF anyone enters my room tonight"
I thought, as folded up my vest and
placed it under the pillow, I'll clutch
him. grasp him, lay hold on him. catch
him, seize him, and yell for help"
When went to sleep dreamt that l
was wading up trout stream fishing
for black bass with a wad of money for
bait and that as fast as caught fish |
was robbed of them by red-headej
horse.
From the number Of fish had caught
I judge that I must have slept two or
three hours; then found myself sud-
denly awake, listening nitently. and
anxioasly snuffing the air. | was GER
tain of two things. Some one was NOV
ing IN the room, and smelled horse.
It is easy to write Of this thing now
in spirit of levity. but had no such
feeling. as I lay there straining my
eyes to no purpose in the inky darkness.
but hearing that fellow move about the
room boldly, without caution. as
though it mattered nothing to him
whether I slept or wakened.
'.If 1 move," thought. ''he is ready
with his knife or club to silence me for
ever"
did not know whether or not he had
already taken the vest from under my
pillow and did not care just then 70
investigate. I moved not muscle, bat
when the first tumult of sudden fright
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Dia.o.de 1;olne g Waste.


That the manufacture of hard eteels
may be attended with by-product in
the shape Of diamonds is = considera-
ton which has not yet been reduced Ia
any practical element, and one that
may cause some surprise. Yet, strictly
speaking, the statement is true. Sew
eral years ago u. Moissan proved that
when iron was saturated with carbon al
. temperature Of 5000 degrees cent?
grade, and afterward cooled under
heavy pressure, . portion Of the carbon
separated out in the form Of minute
crystals, which were found to be true
diamonds. In the 'Comptes Rendus''
il i stated that it occurred to N. Rossel
that the conditions under which very
hard steels are now made should re
sult in the formation Of diamonds. H.
examined large number Of steels nov
made, and found that his theory wn,
supplemented by fact The diamond.
are obtained by dissolving the metal
and then submitting the residue to the
influence Of concentrated nitric acid,
fused potassium cAlorate, hydroAuoric
ana snlphuric acids respectively. The
diamonds obtained ar almost micro
scopic ii their dimensions, IL y true.
suit they present III the physical and
.hemical properties which distinguish
he true gesn.- Chicago Chronicle.
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NY LITTLE QUEEN oF HEAeTs

NY little queen Of hearts u She
The loveliest Of lasses.
The rosy hours,
The dewy flow'rs
Emile on her as she passes.
would that were keen OF wit
And skilled in Cupid's arts,
To rapture her
And capture her
Ny little queen OF hearts!
NY little queen OF hearts-Ah. me!
All through summer weather.
In shade and sheen
My little queen
And l romped on together
Her saucy mouth was Cupid's bow.
Her eyes We're Cupid's darts,
In cunning glee
She wounded me
Ny little queen OF hearts.
Ny little queen OF hearts IL she,
And vet I bow In sorrow:
Tn forced-forsooth.
To tell the truth
She's one year old tomorrow!
And here's the selfish reason why
My bliss some bane imparts-
] fear that she
Gtay some time be
Another'a queen OF hearts.
IS. O. Lapius. In Ohio Farmer.
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Worldly Philosophy.

You cant tell by the reserve Of .
peaceful man how much of fight there
is in him. A piece Of flint is an inno-
cent-loolking thing. but give it good
blow and you'll see the fire fiy.
It is not discreet to take too many
liberties with our best friends. No
one but = lions keeper should thrust
his head in the lions mouth.
Despotism enters the hut rs well as
the palace. The most disreputable OF
it, kind is serving tyrant misnamed
Love.
Lowliness may be nothing but su-
preme arrogance in disguise.
II the jaunting-car Of fashion should
upset what slopover there would b
Of etiquette:
Intellect is the uncrowned aristoc-
racy Of the mind that may be bestowed
upon peasant yet denied to his king.
Too much Of self-abnegation win
crowd down hosts of exhibitions. The
patient donkey Who makes = feast
of thistles never forgetss that hs caD
kick
Resolutions that come Of good im-
pulses should Be Registered 1t white
heat . they nay oool n asAea-N- 4.
Recorder.
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A LITTLE NONSENSE.
-NiRher NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Higher -Teacher-"Now,
We have Daniel in the fiery furnass.
What then?" Boy-"Well. it waGnt
hot enough for im."-DetroitT Tribune.
--Playwright-"What do you think
Of my new tragedy" Critc--I think
il would be better if you condensed the
five acts into one, and then took the
point Of it and printed it as joke in 1
comic paper" Fliegende Rhtter.
Maria" snid Buggles to his wife,
with IN idea of instructing her in polit-
ical economy, do you know what civil
service is?" Jasper" said Mrs. Bug
giles, with memory or recent contract
with the cook, there lent any."-Tit-
Bits.
Something of Strain.-''So you do
rot think minister ought to ride . BIZ
cycle?" mo; / didn't say that 1t all.
But ] do think he ought not to tackle it
unless he is sure his religion can stand
the strain of learning. g."-Ind.anapolis
Sentinel.
For Home Reading.-'I just fin
ished Miss Scryber's new novel this aft
ernoon." II have heard something Of
1t. Is 1t, ah-suitable for home read
ing?" Strictly. / know l would not
like to be seen reading it in public. -
Indianapolis Journal.
~ can't see what, makes all these
American girls 30 crazy to marry .
prince or something of the sort" said
Mr.. Jason. Il reckon" suggested Mrs.
Jason, that they want to be sure Of
gittin' some man thet wun't be always
talkin' about mothers cookin'. I'm
dianapolis Journal.
Master (addressing his Irish man.
servant)-"Terrence. I'm going into
the country to stay at my mothers
place. II Mr.. Dudley calls tell him I'll
be back on Tuesday," Terrence-"Be-
gorra. will, sor! And"-after q pause
what will be after saying to him if
he doesn't call, sorr?'-Tit-Bits
One Explanation.-"Why do men
always bet hats on an election?'' said
the man who inquiries. Its very
simple" replied the man who sneers.
by the time the campaign is over the
old ones are invariably worn out by the
talking that's been done through them. =
Star.
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those large, cheaply-built houses which
one will find in all the numbering towns
Of the west where land is cheap and
pine is cheap, and regular boartlers are
cheap and numerous, but my room was
clean enough and reasonably secure.
The window had no fastenings, but the
sash had swelled, and the easement
held il in grip which all my strength
could not loosen. The door was pro-
sided with bolt and q lock, and the
transom was too narrow to admit the
body Of : man. l felt pretty secure,
but was made nervous BY the fact that
the curtain failed to cover the lower
part Of the window. was morally
certain that my ugly fellow-traveler
stood outside in the darkness, watching
me with hungry eyes.
I did not feel sleepy enough to 70 10
bed, neither did I find IL particularly
cheerful to nit in the one little wooden
chair which the room afforded and gaze
at the cheap wall paper covering the
pine partition. or the 'sskied" picture
Of : flaming red, long tailed bird OF
paradise, with his head set backward
On his neck. Ny books were in nv
tEunk. and there was nothing 1t hand
- read except IN old newspaper, which
was doing duty = cover to the wash-
staDd.
Glancing 1t this paper. I saw that
IL pagp anposed 70 view was made NJ
q ~xN uatters and that the
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trip, and carried along $475 to pay j
with. also took fishpole and a north
westerly direction for the Michigan
woods.
When was leaving Detroit on tn
steamboat / wrapped up $4G0 in a rub
Der band and slowed them away in ths
inside pocket of my vest, and soor
acquired the habit of touching myself
every time l thought of it to see wheth
er my cash balanced, or, to speak more
accurately, to see whether still had
the bulge on my vest.
As soon as / found this nervous habit
fastening itself upon me / was sorry
that / had not always carried large
sums of money and got used to the SEN
sation, but it was too late for vain re-
grets, and I determined to make the
best of it. But / decided that I would
always in the future have plenty OF
money.
It was little too early in the season
for the summer run of schoolma ans
on the lakes. and there were only few
passengers on board the steamboat.
These were made up mostly Of CONNER
cial travellers and fair assortment Of
those dusty-booted, slouch-hatted, shod-
dy-clad men who travel on trains and
boats everywhere without any appar-
ent reason or object. There was one
lady on board.
There was also another passenger
n red-headcd man with a sinister eye
and a smell of horse about him SO pro-
nounced that the lady passenger asked
for ''the radish" at dinner, thinking to
avoid hurting his feelings by saying
horse-radish in his presence.
II I had not been carrying a wad Of
money into q lonely country I should
have paid little attention to this ILL
favored person; but was carrying 4
wad Of money. and suspected that he
knew it. For the life of me could not
help pressing that wad with my fingers
every time met him or heard his voice
or snelt horse. 1 was certain that
he noticed this involuntary action and
tl.at he knew the reason Of it, and /
came to believe that he was on the boat
because was, and that he would get
off when did.
He did get OF when I did, It II
o'clock at night, on the lonely dock il.
the town OF Gravelton, and no one left
the boat there but us two. I saw him
disappear in the darkness when took
my seat in the hotel bus.
The Gravelton hotel was one Of
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yoath ana Are Aso Aneh - 0n01
After An
After Capslcy was through laughing
10 himself he consented TO tell ~ tha
reason for his hilarity.
II have two old uncles visiting M.
One il 81 and bachelor and the Other
a and Z widower. Their conversation
il Of the coGrtly character that pre-
vailed in the earlier part Of the century.
and neither the theater nor the club
has any attraction for me when can
get within carshot Of those old fef
lows. Last evening they thought them
selves alone and positively grew senti-
mental in reviewing the experiences
Of some Of their younger days.
s:Josh.' said Uncle Tom. do you ~
member that stage coach trip we made
up into Virginia? III never forget thoae
mountain roads where we pitched from
cushion to ceiling and from side -
side as though in . storm ut sea-
"'Yes. and then fell over . preci
pice. That was . strange experience
Tom, being taken in by the very first
family Of Virginia and being cared fol
until we were able to go home
".You played possum. josh. just b.
cause of that pretty daughter. and
stayed three weeks longer than did,
You were pretty hard hit. my boy. Nov
own up
"sNo harder hit than you were. You
kept me awake at night talking about
her. You declared her more beautiful
than any of the pictured beauties oi
history and vowed that her movements
were graceful enough to be ret ia
music
.sYes, and II I'd had . clear field
am satisfied that could have won the
peerless creature. But NO, you must
be haunting her like . shadow and ]
had no chance
See here, Tom, / flatter myself that
my attentions were just n welcome -
yours would have been and had you
generously kept in the background
might have been accepted. You wert
clearly an annoyance to her - well q
to me-
Josh, you're becoming childish.
was always more popular with the
ladies than you were. and you know
it..
Childish? Don't talk that way to
me. That you should be jealous n
your time Of life suggests the proba-
bility that it is you who il in his dotage.
1t is NO fault Of mine that ! took prece-
dence in female society.
81 presume ] will have to humor
you.'
Don't anger me- Mine i like the
Douglass blood
"Uncle Tom had commenced . hot
retort when advanced from my hiding
place and talked them into . good
humor. But they're great old pair. !.
Detroit Free Press
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k8xH 6N09S9h016s


Mr.. WhoOpla and Mr.. Gayboy took a
lively interest in the campaign. They
had been to > political meeting up in
Harlem. and after the meeting they
had some oysters and wine with few
friends, 50 it was about three o'clock
in the morning when they started for
home. Next day they met and Gayboy
asked:
..Well. whoopla. did you get home all
right:"
...Oh, yes. I got home all right, but n
soon - opened the hall door got .
box on the ear that knocked me against
the wall and made NJ see Is different
kinds Of drewor11.~
'sWAat did you ayr
Good nnornins. my. dear.r-Tam-
many Times
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NY BURGLAR STORY,
nr 9. n. ARouH.

HEN / went to bed
that night my hair
was as black as il
used to be. Whcr
the day dawned Il
was light. So you
may see how badly
/ was frightened.
l was paying. the
penalty for oser'
work at the; time
l,~v fnl;p~ n health
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ESKIMO MOTHER AND BABY.
How Infant Residents Of the Frozen North

The Eskimo are very fond oi
their children. There are seldom many
Of them in one family. and those that
are are very well taken care OF. accord
ing TO an Eskimo notion, which, OF
course, quite fits an Eskimo baby.
They seldom cry and lie around and
suck blubber with great contentment
all day long. Sometimes = very fond
mother will make for her baby queer
kind of candy. There is q certain great
bird which the men shoot whenever
they get chance, and which has bright
red feet. The mother will cut of these
feet and draw out the bones. and by
blowing into the skin initiate 1t to it's
utmost capacity. Then she will fill the
little red case with mss row. and tie il
up for an extra good gift 10 her baby.
The youngsters like this queer candy
as well rs our children like chocolate
creams, which, to be sure, are mot hall
aE pretty to look at.
When an Eskimo baby dies his
father and mother grieve over him very
sincerely. One Arctic traveller tells Of
u mother who brought her child with
her to the United States. 1t died on the
voyage. and the mother was uncon-
scious for more thnn a day afterward.
The baby was buried in n little New
England cemetery. and. according tc
the Eskimo custom. his playthings
were laid on his grave. Among other
things there was a little tin pail which
a sailor had given the child. and some
naughty little American child stole II
from the grave. The mother was in
consolable.-Chicago Times-Hcrnlc.
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ENGLAND IS FAST DISAPPEARING

AokBo 0oCS100e OF Coast 0eaA8 0WoA10WOG
Up BY the Ocean.
This is a serious question:: Is Eng
land disappearing? Readers may puckel
mp their lips and calculate, Absurd
but facts, nevertheless. remain. and
show pretty clearly that England j,
positively disappearing. and may in
years to come be marked ON the map a
. vanished isle.
On the east coast the sea is encroach
ing upon the land at an astonishing rate
Seaside towns and villages, holiday re-
sorts, are gradually being eaten up
and the inhabitants driven inland. In
many parts the sea runs up on beach
which was once far inland. In other
cases churches which were at one time
situated far from the sea now stand
at the edge Of cliffs and have the sea
tapping almost at their door&s
The Goodwin sands, about five miles
on the coast of Kent, were at one time
a portion Of the mainland itself. and
the property of Earl Goodwin. hut the
sea has swallowed them up.
The coast of Norfolk is minus three
villages of which it was once possessed
-Shipden, Eccles and Wimpwell-all
Of which have been taken into the arms
Of the encrooching ocean. The Cromer
Of to-day stands miles inland Of the
original Cromer.
Auburn and Harlburn, two Yorkshire
villages. once promised to develop into
seaport towns Of considerable impor-
tance, but, like the will Of Canute. the
will of the inhabitants Of these vii
lagos was ignored by the rising sea.
and Auburn and Harlburn now exist
in mere names and sand banks.
Dunwich. on the coast Of Suffolk, T.
gradually being swallowed up. Every
now and then the inhabitants move .
distance inland, rebuild their houses
and shops and wait patiently and philo-
sopAically for the next 'notice to
quit from the sen. Many other sea-
side places have suffered, or are suffer
ing. = similar fate.
It may be argued on the other hand
that some seaside towns are gradually
becoming inland towns by the fail
ure Of the sea to .come up to the mars, !"
and running out only 10 run in for .
shorter distance. Winchelsea, Sand
wich, Rye and Southport nre all suffer
ing in this way. Winchelsea and Rye
were originally two Of our Cinque
ports, but the SEQ has left them stand
ing high and dry. Sandwich was once
= h{~klw S~v~rcrHmw% ~~~w~pA <~~~A. -
now stands two or three miles In
land.
The sea il leaving Southport quite
in the lurch-so much 90. indeed, that
the Inhabitants have to sink extensive
lakes down at the beach to keep the sen
from running on altogether aud Ieav-
ing them merely IN ordinary inland
town.
But the extension Of our island In
this way II very much less than the
encroachment Of the sea ut other points.
and while our land il certainly becom-
ing more extensive In one direction II
II contracting. and with much greater
rapidity. in some other. And the ulti-
mate effect may be that our mountain
peaks may form small islands, and
eventually b pointed out by posterity
. ssthe position in which Great Brit
ain ID reputed to have stood.
Tit-Bits.
Cusss1s Ds1gisn Cs0Dseis3eas.
The Belgian artisan spends his
leisure in . very novel manner. He
~ n - 2 =
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ATTRACTIVE SKIRTS.
The Newest Pstsseoass AbesnA h Many
Ru0ea.

The Newest PeetSeoats AhounA In Qann
RuOee.
The latest skirts abound in ruf1es.
One big rufile often hides i've or aix
smaller ones, and the whole petticoat
looks as though It were made more for
skirt dancing than ordinary wear. All
the skirts are cut umbrella fashion, and
are usually tight across the hips. The
deepest ruffe il apt to meas lre II
inches. and the others vary from this In
depth to tiny foot RUNE Of two inches.
Groupings Of fine tucks are much used
in the new skirts.
Besides the white skirts OF nainsooh
and fine cambric, there are many 81
delicately colored batiste trimmed with
10th lace insertion and lace frills, but
these colored skirts are only suitable
for hom. wear.
Each year the silk skirts, 70 dear 10
the feminine heart, grow more elah-
crate, and. consequently, more expen-
sive. But no longer must they rustic
that i, il they are made according to
the latest French idea. Soft Lrocade
il preferred to crisp tafIeta. A ruchina
" pinked ribbon or silk II the newest
trimming to head the rufles.
Amagnihcent silk petticoat - ofhlack
satin brocaded with yellow flowers. II
dts tightly over the hips. and begins to
spread out inst shove the knees. II u
made with deep under llounce of black
talreta, finished with pinked foot ruff
1ie. Ovef the taffeta nounce s. one 0a
Evening star., 1896-01-11
WHY CALLED TUMBLERS.
Curious Origin of the Name of an
Article of Daily Use.

From the Jewellers Circular.
Every day We drink out of g.. tumbler.
Why is the large glass that holds our milk
Muller was giving luncheon at All Souls
College, Oxford to the Princess Alice, the
wife of the grand duke of Hesse-Darm-
staGt and the second dat ghter of Queen
Victoria. There were not a dozen guests
besides the princess and her husband, and
very agreeable luncheon we had, with
talk on all kinds CT interesting subjects.
But what excited the curiosity of all
stran gers present was set of little round
bowls of silver, about the size of a large
orange. They were brCrght round filled
to the brim with the famous ale brewed in
the college. These, We are told. were tum-
blerS, and we We're speedily shown how
they came by their names-a fitting lesson
for the guests of a philologist. When one
of these little bowls was empty it was
placed upon the table mouth downward.
Instantly, SO perfect was its balance, II
flew back to its proper position as if ask
ing to be filled again. No matter how it
was IreateG-trundled along the floors, bal
anced carefully on its side, dropped sud-
denly upon the soft, thick carpet, up it
rolled again and settled itself with few
gentle shakings and swayings into it's
place, like one of those India rubber tum-
bling dolls babies delight in.
This, then, was sthe CriSin OF our word
tumbler, at first ma de of silver, as are all
these All Souls tumblers. Then, when
glass became common, the round glasses
that stood on fiat base superseded the
exquisitely balanced silver spheres and
stole their names so successfully that you
have to go to All Souls to see the real
thing.