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BEANS AND SEEDS.

The m arket isstill dull aud weak
Whites, e5c@sl o5; Large Whites, so@s711sc q
ctli 'Pinks. 95c@$1 05; Reds, .$1@l 10: Black
eye, 81 40@l &c; ked X dney, nominal Lmss,
81 60@l 60: Buffers nominal Pea, 95c@$l is.
SHEDS Brown Mustard, 50 50dp2 75; Yellow
Mustard. 81 rs p ctL: Flax. 81 6Ot@1 20; Canars
seed, ls4 @2t4c p fb;' Alfalfa, 614c; kape, 21a@
234c Hemp, Sc; Timothy, 41ac. :. =.
LIB led PEAS-Niies, nomlhal; Green, 81 3U@
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Liquidation In July was another bear factor which
operated against the market. ;: - :.i.
Qfferfngs: of long July wheat Increased to alarge
volume as the session drew to- a close. shorts
availed themselves of this opportunity and COW
cred fair line, The tendency of The market was
downward a most from the START: :::'s -:
!: Cutaby wasa good bu er of .Septemb ber W neat
around o5c. He continued 10 buy until the close
Weather talk is now going oD.. AT HIS season OF
the year spring wheat unde rgoes its hardest strig
gle. !: Rain is needede::ln many sections OF the
Northwest. This condition may bring about.
NERVOUSNESS on the part Of Shorts Condf ions
Throughout: the winter wheat country are fla vor5
ablesto harvesting. In seaigns where thrashihg rs
gefng on the yield is proving greater than expect
ed. THE: quaftyis is the best for years past" GOOD
wheat generally brings better pric IS tnan in feror
grades. This act may have considerable 10 do In
he shipn ent of whe at from the Arge Mt ne Tor
the past TIVE pty-thr+e weeks.has been ,9oO
bushes; against i6, 96 90 bushels for the corre
spending period in 1896 -. -. -.
The Daily Trade BuIlerin says. 80 1t Is not safe
to calculate ON q winter wheat yield of less than
369yu00,U00 bushels The quality is. exeelient,
barring small section In ILLINOIS and aittie dam
age in CALIFORNIA; AS :w hoie the United states
has gu aity OF winter wheat: which would com:
n nd good prices in any market IN. the world'
leaving qua htity entirely out Of the question: pc:
ing, superior for milling PURPOSES" :: -: "
i Nrw wheat in the Kans as Cit market is selling
for Csc per:bushel.. =. - !:
.=..*%;:: LIVERPOOL WHEAT FUTURES -. s.: -
~ ~
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Local bank clearngs in. June were $50, SGT, 242.
against S54, ,997,742 in June, ss6. For the year
TO date they are 1924 60e,.41, alnst 33z 1885,
SA6 during the same time in 1896 * -
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Indian Territory. and okl ahomg wheat Is: yield.
Ing from 20 toAO bushels per acre; quality of the
BEST: =. - -: if>s. =. =.
Corn dull and slightly lower in sympathy with
wheat: we her Conditions REPORTED most favor
able TO the growing CROP keceipta are beginning:
TO fall OFF, :: : ..:. r.: -: 3. r.. ::
J.. *:::: San Francisco. u
9:I5 A. M SESSION.: :. :" ~
Wheat opened weak. ::Decem Der, 3; 81 :2lss;
CLOSED at 81 2114 sellers: There seems 10 be: mo-
support to- the market. s.: : !: =: " 5:
;.::: -. 10 us "A. NJ: SESSION, .:. =:
Depressfonin Chicago wheat: causing buyers to
hold on Dec ena ber opened and closed at 81 2
IL :l6 "A. M SESSION; -. = :. ::
Trading of q holiday character. Shorts are not
disposed to press. the market with: offerings:
Blu yers evidently awaiting further: dey eEopments.
Prices unchanged from those Of the pf yidus ses-
sion. ii: :: II: - -: :: -. :: =;
':* 2 p M SESSION.. ~
" There was a. fair volume Of trading In wheat at
the closing session: December opened and closed
at 81 201s; Nj ay, $l:z414: Decem ber barley 70c;
ia meeting OF the me bers of the call board Il
voted 70 adjourn AFTER the cl ose of The morn
Ing session ay until the 10 :l5 a. NJ session
ON TIl sday next. ,.:T - = g:
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PACIFIC. COAST. STEAMSHIP, Co. !.

DEDUCED PASSENGER RATES no: VIC
II toria, B. c. seattle, Tacoma Port Townsend
and other Puget Sound ports - .* -. .-Z-:
@S.OO.....; = sST. CLASS
~ 81 sOOa;.. EG0ND CEA SS
-. tfIneluding Berth and Meals)..: - :.
Is Steamers sail from Broadway Dock. g. A. NJ
UMAT1LLA. ;. FIR day. une 2S
CITY OF FPUE BLA.. 80. - W edneSdayi June 81
WALLA WALIA ~ -. nj nday;.: ": s
! TICkE OBFICE--4 New MONTGOMERY street.
:: GOoDALLt PERKINS: g. Co. General Agents :
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The GkAIN# HOLIDAY
The Produce Exchange will adjourn Iriday noon
to tuesday morning, July, s. over the Fourth. + :"
REVENUE CONTRAST. =:s-> r !

The American Economist gives acomparison OF
the internal revenue oections for be: first
twenty three months under what Isl known as the
Mckinley tariff, say from october 1890 TO june
1898 both months inclusive with the frs twenty
three months under thes 6 lrm aa. law, say from
September 1894, to May, 1897, boil months In
elusive The total receipts fort hese respectiYe
periods compare as TO Iows:: Il: -: " e
Mckinley tariff 10 i0Sl, 81
German law ...... SS70.7&4, ,394
DaAcit undar ljoryna n law :I:.e:S SS4SsSO6 p9tl
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EXCHANGE AND BULLION.
YEsTERDAY's WHEAT MARKET.

The Following resume of the wheat market is
furnished by r. A. Bresse Produce Exchange
erainbroker, 4l2 Pine stree:
SAN FRANCESCA, June 80. 1897.
Chicago.
Wheat opened at about yesterdays closing price
for september, but 1ac lower for July. U. X. and
Continent cables were partia ~ lower. Wheat
afioat was offered st 1ac less with buvers holding
of. sBig offerings Of new wheat by Oklahoma en-
couraged shorts and intimidated long holders.
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NoTE-In the above ex position Of the tides the
early morning tides are given in the left hand
columns and the successive tides Of the day in ths
ord er OF occurrence as TO time. The second time
column gives the second tideof the day, the third
time column the third Tide, and the last or right
hand column gives the last tide of the day, except
when there are but three tides, as sometimes
occurs. The heights given are additions to- the
soundngs on the United States Coast Survey
charts, except when minus sign e. precedes the
height, and then the number given Is subtractive
from the depth given by the charts - :,
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Wheat and Flour.
EAT lO:3O l1:O0 1900 90 2:l0

spot love-; f. O. b. atoat No. / Northern spring
New Yorg, 771sc; No. / Northern spring Duluth,
776sc: No. hard winter, 721sc; No. do, 741sc.
future closing: June. -; July, 141sci sep
tember 701sc; December 1880.
FLOUR-Minler. bbIs. superhue, 81 6O@3 90.
No. extra. IS 3613 40; No. extra. So SOC
65: clears, SO 4OG3 So; straghts, So tO@4 %;
patents. S4 40G14 65.
BY steam, 21zd.
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PRODUCE EXCHANGE SALES
RANK CLEARINGs.

Produce Exchange sales for the fiscal year Just
closed were 1894 500 tons Wheat and 2lo,2oo
ions Barley.
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!: NOTICE TO MARINERS.


A branch of the United State, Hydrographlc
once located In. the MERCHANTS Exchange is
m aintained in San Francisco for the: benefit of
ariners without regard to nationality and free OF
expense -. = r.. -. -
Nayigators are cordiatly:' invited 10 visit the
Office, where complete sets of charts and sailing
directions of the world are kept on hand or COM
parison and reference, and the. latest information
can always be obtained regarding lights, dangers;
to navigation and all matters OF interest to ocean
co mmerce -. :: - =. Z.
:The time: bail on ton OF the building on Tee--
graph Hill is hoisted about ten minutes before
noon. and is dropped at noon, 120th meridian, by
teegraphic signal received each day from the
United States Naval Observatory q. Mare Island
Cal. -: -. - 80.
A notice stating whether the time ball was
dropped ON time, or giving the error, IL any. Is;
published the same day oy the afternoon papers
and by the morning papers the following days =.
/: 80: H.. ~. ): WIS. HUeHEs, =:
- -. -. Lieutenant u. s. NJ in Charge
~ Tho Time Ball. -: y -.
BRANcH HYpRosRAPHIo oFFToH, o. s. ny :.
MERCHANTS EXCHANGE -
: -: = SAN. Francisco June 3U 1897. ~.
Tho time ball on Telegraph Hill was droppei
exactly at noon to-day-L e- at noon OF the l20tn
meridian, or exactly al p n, Green nwich time.
-. -: w: S.H UGHEs.
: Ideuteu ant o. Il N: in charge.
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FOR SAN JOSE. LOS CATOS& SiITl CRIT

CTEAMER ALVISO LEAVES PERI DAuy
~ tSundays excepted) a. 10 A. N. Alviso daiIv
IsaIurday excepted) at F. NJ Freight ana
Passenger. Fare between san Francisco ana
Alyiso, soc; to San Jose. 75c Clay st Piar 4
~ W. santa Clara sts San JosA
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Royal 4 pricots, 2s950c p boz and l21s@3Oc y
basket and S7@l5 y ton to- the Gamers
Green Pears, 25t@4Oc . small and 60@76c 2
large box and 15GZ5c Ts basket.
Old a ppIes 81 al so; New Apples, 26@35c p
small. and 40@65c. q, large box and 1s@30c .,
basket. "
CFapapples, 4o@boc . box
Cherries, '15@i0c q box; Royal Anne, 30@5Oc
p bex and 2Ia@31ac o. IL in bulk.
4O@75c.
for choice 10 fancy and sl@l SO p box for COM
mon Seedlings Sl@l SO p box. Mediterranean
Sw eets;'. 81 5O@l :75;'' ST. Michaels So 50@3:
Lemons, 35c@p.. 25 for common and 81 5U@2
California Lines, TAG: o 1ox;. Bananas. 81 20
az 80 % bunch:. Pineapp,es, $3@4 30 Q doz =
DRIED FRUITS, RAIsINs, NUTS, ETC.
Nothing new. Apricots for July delivery are Of
DIR. ED FIR UITS-Q Quotations are follows:
Peaches 6@6c y b.; fancy, 61ac p ID: peeled,
S@llc. % b: Apricots, new, SPOT, &c o ID.
eyaporated Apples, 5@6c; sun-dried, 2s4@3lAc;
Plans {@41Ie FOR pittel and @l 1sc for nnpitted;
n ectarines, 31a GA 1ac Ts ID ior prime to fancy;
Pears 2Gsc for quarters aud 2@6c for halves
:. Four-erowp; loose, 4@5c; 3-crownr 31Ia@4c; 2.
crown es4 @aI4c ss fb; seed ess sultana, SOS 1ac
seedless Muscatels :4G412ci :3-crown London lay
ers, $l@pl; 5: clusters, 81 l5@l 20; Dehesa cius-
ters, 81 1902 lmperial 81 us ters,. S202 70 ~.
Nut +SWalnnts.. 6hs@7c % fb forrs and ard AND
9912c y ib for softsheEf; Almonds. 6@7c for Lam
gpedoc; for hardsheH and S@ac- p ib for
papershelf; Peaants. 4@5c ID for Eas, err and DC
Cocoanats, $5ta5 SO. p Zoo
HON EY-Aew= Com b., l0c TOR bright and 1896
414@434c: light am Der extracsed, 3s4@4c y h:
BEEsMAX-22@25c q H. = - : -:
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sUmMARY OF THE MARKETs.

Silver unchanged. l., -. =. -:
Wheat and Barley quiet. =: :: 80
Oats and Corn dull. New Buckwheat offerins.
Hay firm. Beans dull and weak. 80
Potatoes, Onions and Vegetables lower =.
Butter AMI Eggs as before. e - s..
Poultry very dull 80.
Choice Peach es and Apricots bring fair prices.
Oranges nd Lemons auctioned on cheap. .
Dried Fruit slow. :.,...:@e..'s, !, ~
Provisions firm. =: q: -. 5:
Sterling Exchange we aker ~:
Bank CIearings gained 81, 100000 in June. : !.
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Receipts ut Omaha.
Receipts at Kans,sC CITY

SOUTH OMAHA, NEBz; June 3O.-CATTLE-
Receipts, 5000 head market stronger.
HOG>-heceipts 1000 head; market steady.
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CLOSING G~*QUloTATIONs.
STOCK AND. BOND EXCHANGE,

~ :. - WEDNESDAY u. June s0-s P NJ: { !:
:. uNITEp STATES BONDS :; = : II: Il
:: ..Bid dsked:, .: 4 Bid. Asked
c q g coup lI211S:: :. ~ = reg. lVs :-av1s
Eonew IssueI:4 80 :* - -: !
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25s492o7sc. -; !.
9AIs-june, 1890; July, l7asc; september
BARLEY-Cash, No: 8, SIC
: RYE-Casn, .33Gs4c; j uly, 3S@S314c.- III. -,
: SEED-Iash, ~ 1ac; July, 77A2c: ): J. :
:: IlMOTHY-Cash, 81 10; August, $27O.,
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KANSAS CITY, Mo, June 80 3O-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts, $500 head ma ket steady 10 strong : -
hOGS-ReceiDts, ] s 900 mead: market SC lower
SHEEP Receipts, 1000 head; market strong !
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HOGS = Light. s% 1903 go: mixed. SO -4oa
S55;. heavy, So 1898 55; rough, So 1908 80
Sales So 100. Receipts to-day: 3S, 600 :Estimsted
receipts for tor orrow S5. 0oU.
o CATTLE-Beeves, $3 90G5 13: cows and heif
ers, 81 1904 25; Texas steers, So 5000 l5: stocK-
ers and feeders. So 30@4 20. keceiptsr to- day 49,
500. Estimated rec 4ipts for to-morrow%S5O0s
=. SHEEP-Rec IA, 600 = -. -. "
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PrOduCd. -
.PoRK-Jnne 81 62:- July, 81 So =. -.
;. LAR D-Juue. 81 05; July. $4 O5 =;
RIBS June and July, $4 40Q4 AZ. ~: II. ;
BUTTEk-Elrm an1aotive. >: = -. -.
-. .Creameries-kxtras, 141ac; firsts, IS1aGl4c:
seconds, l2@t3c. Dairies-Extras l2c; firstsa no
Gle; seconds. SC; packing STOCK fresh. &C. $ :.
:EGGS-Steady, bu. not especially active. Firsts
rictiy fresh, loss on ca es returned, SIac. =.
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stood bare, stony beach sloped up to
the edge of the forest. 4 little dis
lance out in the stream a long ledge of
granite rose from it's bed, making q
krife-like island and cleaving the river
into unequal channels. That nearest
us was the narrower of the two, but it
descended at very steep angela
swift, sluice-like slide of black water
Near the top few logs had lodged,
enc of them lying in such a position as
to furnish convenient bridge to the
island; and on this we crossed.
All except one. Little Jimmie Styles,
who was three or four years younger
than the rest of us, and ought not to
have come, started to cross, but lost his
nerve. Looking back, saw him stand
ing on the middle of the log, apparently
afraid to advance or retreat. That
would never do; so l tiptoed back to
{ help him.
don't know just how it happened
the log was Shiny. 1 presume. / had
just reached out my hand to assist jim
mie, but fortunately he had not had
time to grasp it. 1t was all SO quick
that / have no memory of slipping or
falling. only know that my shouting
companions, the light of day, the sum-
mer air, were suddenly gone from me;
that was alone in the grip of the rush.
ing waters; that foaming pillows were
coursing over my upturned face; thatI
was alone and helpless in the imminent
presence of death.
Have you ever speculated as to how
your would feel and what you would
think at such moment, when the
lapse of few seconds will turn the
scale of life or death? l had dreamed
of it often; and my first overwhelming
impression was: at is come, at last:
that supreme moment of my dreams is
here"
This thought was instantly followed
by another--a strong conviction that |
should, after all, escape. This was the
more remarkable, since at the moment
/ was absolutely helpless. blinded and
on my back. There was no passing
before me of panorama of the scenes
of my life, such as persons who have
narrowly escaped drowning often de-
scribe; I'll was absorbed in these two
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A NARROW ESCAPE.
BY LAWRENCE BOONE.

copyright. 1871
"Come on, fellows, let's run up the
gorge on that rock"
"All right" we shouted; and mo-
ment later we started-six lively, VEN
turesome boys.
1t was on the day of the great Sunday
school picnic at Shadow Gorge. But
we were rather tired of the picnic.
Everybody was there, but some were
too young to interest us, and some were
too old; so, after we had eaten all we
could of the jelly cake and other picnic
dainties, literally seasoned with the.
silt from the big pine trees that were
shaking their tassels overhead, we
started off by ourselves.
1t was somewhat risky exploit that
we were undertaking. For more than
a mile the river descended in series of
cascades, blowing it's way through "A
gorge walled by steep forest-crowned
bluffs. In some places the treetops al
most met across the chasm, And the spot
was well named Shadow Gorge. In the
spring the whole space, from cliff to
cliff, was filled with frantic process
sion Of struggling pillows and Rlunging
logs; but during the summer the
stream subsidized until it left narrow
and uncertain path over the stones close
by the waters edge.
Along the track we were now racing
at full speed, leaping from bowlder to
bowlder, edging around projecting
bluffs, and taking all manner of I'M
reasonable risks "just for fun," in the
fatuous fashion characteristic of
youngsters of fourteen. 1t was not the
first time we had threaded that slip
perry path; but recent rains had slight
ly swollen the river, and we had little
margin to spare.
At length, however, we arrived near
the head of the gorge. On the side OPP
posite us still appeared an almost per-
pendicular wall of rock. but where we
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Navigating the Air.

Among the novel ideas in aerial navi.
CATION is the coupling together of a
humber of balloons in what might be
called a tandem form. In the foremost
is machine which is supposed to be
the propelling. These balloons are um-
brella-shaped. and contain hydrogen
gas. The car is suspended long dis
lance below the balloon proper, and is
connected with it by frame Of alum.
mum. The relative position of car and
balloon would not be unlike very long
handled umbrella fully spread, the car
being attached to the lower end of the
handle. The motive power is an engine
operated by liquid fuel. The expert
nlents with this form of navigation are
being conducted at Montgomery, Ala,
by men who are fully abreast with the
best scientific ideas of the dsy.-N. Y.
Ledger
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PUNcENT PARAGRAPHS.

Mr.. Singer-"Will you accompany
me, this EVENING"" Miss Bloomer-"Bi-
cycle or piano?"-Yonkers Statesman.
A Serious Omission.-"I was swim
died on this new dictionary" "How?"
at hasn't any index."-Clevsland Plain
Dealer.
-Mendicant Ito benevolent old lady
who has given him a halfpenny)-
"Quite sure you can spare this, ma'am?"
-Tit-Bits.
-She-"Have you read "A Hundred
Years to Gomez" He-No. What is it
about; messenger boy?"-Indianapo
lis Journal.
--Newlywed (proudly)-"I always
make it a point to tell my wife every
thing that happens" Old Sport
"Poohl That's nothing. / tell my wife
wife lots of things that never happier"
-Tit-Bits.
Doubling Customer-"What sort
of assurance does man have that this
cod-liver oil is genuine?" Honest
Pharmacist-"The fact, sir, that it costs
as much to make it from whale oil now
as it does to extract it from the cod"
Chicago Tribune.
A country minister, talking to an
old lady about his son who had emf
grated, was very pathetic over the
dangers of the deep. "Hoots, minister"
quoth Janet, rye medina hayer sac
muckle ABBOTT it; it'll nae be sac awful
deep; it's been an unco' dry year
Tit-Bits.
A Strain on the Wire.-"What Ian
guage were you using at the telphone?"
asked Pittsburgher, who had over
heard one end of conversation.
"That was Welsh" ''Welsh on an or
binary telphone?" "Yes, why not?"
"With the regular thin wire that is used
for telephone lines?" "Of course. You
don't suppose they put in special line
for the transmission of the Welsh Ian
guage, do your" well, l should think
ii would require barbed wire. Pitts
burgh Chronicle Telegraph.
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MOTHER LOVE IN SNAKES.
A Marked Exhibition of 1t Witnessed
by n Naturalist.

A Marked Exhibition Oh III w lthesbcu
by a Naturalist.
Even the cold-blooded and clammy
snake eyinces maternal affection, and
am fortunately able to produce evil
lence corroborative of this statement
that is fresh in my memory. On March
20, while seated on my front porch, !
noticed one of my dogs, yearling
puppy, acting in peculiar way in my
lawn. He was circling around small
circumscribed spot, every now and
then thrusting his nose toward the
ground and then quickly jumping
back.
On approaching the animal discov
cred that the object of his playful as
saults was a bunch or ball of snakes, a
three or four-year-old mother and her
last years brood of young. The day
was very warm, the sun shining clear
and bright and these creatures had
emerged from their den OF nest in the
ground, foot or so away from the spot
where they were lying, and were sum
ming themselves. When they observed
IUc tucy 1uduI al dtACAAPu ~ A~6e.A'
their nest. 1 killed two of them, how
ever, before they could enter. l had
read somewhere that if a snakes young
were taken and their bodies dragged
along the ground the mother snake
would follow the trail and, if she found
them alive, would conduct them back to
the nest. / took the two which had
killed, and after dragging them along
the turf, deposited them on the pave
ment some so feet from the den. then
resumed my seat on the porch and
awaited developments. In short while
the mother snake emerged from the
nest, and, after crawling about for a
second or two, struck the trail and at
once followed it to the pavement and
her dead young. Fortunately l had O
witness in the person of my iceman
who was delivering the ice at the time
and who was dumfounded at beholding
such high intelligence in creature SC
low in the scale of animal life. killed
the old snake flor these snakes-garden
moccasins-become harmful after the
third year, eating young birds, etc.,,
and ten of her progeny, leaving two
pairs to carry on and perpetuate the
race.-Home Magazine.
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So l shook my head-for could not
speak-and kept out of reach.
Then the other boys held Fred by the
waist while he reached again; but still
/ shook my head. They began to think
that l must be dazed or stunned.
Then they all started up the island,
crossed the log, and ran down the
shore to the point nearest me. Here
the space between us was much
wider, but the depth and strength
of the current were much less
on this side, though still formidable.
This time the foremost boy was little
Jimmie Styles, who stood on the very
edge of the beach, extending toward
me long pole which he had caught
up. l did not change my position;
wanted firmer anchor than poor little
Jimmie before / relaxed my hard-won
foot-hold.
At last the boys understood. They
joined hands and formed line up the
steep slope, and the last man put one
arm about the trunk of small tree.
Again Jimmie held out his life-pole;
grasped it with>both hands; the boys
pulled, and / pulled, and in a moment
was safe on the beach.
And oh! how good it seemed. The
boys crowded around me, and it was
so delightful to be with them once
more. And the ground felt so firm, and
the sun was so warm, and the air 50
sweet. Drenched and bruised and ex-
hausted though was, my finger tips
torn and bleeding, cut as with a rasp
almost to the bone in my desperate
grapple along the bottom, I don't re-
member that was ever happier in my
life. Anyhow. never before or since
have l felt the mere joy of living as
did that day.
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An Italian brigand having died after
most notorious and remarkable
career, even for man in his profession,
his brain was given to a scientist for ex-
animation in order to discover, if pos
sible, whether there was any difference
between it and the honest, or normal
brain. After exhaustive experiments,
the professor in charge was forced to
admit that he could find nothing alb
normal about the brain structure. Ac-
cording to ell known laws on the sub
ject, the man was possessed of great
ability, and, theSprofessor says, might
have been great man. AS the brigand
was a murderer, thief and bad lot
generally, it would seem that the fact
of there being no abnormal conditions
in the brain might have bearing on the
much-discussed subject of brain struc-
ture. Some time since a suggestion
was made that intelligent people and
those of eminence in their professions
should will their brains to society for
scientific investigation, in order to de.
termine, by comparison, what were the
causes of criminal tendencies, and what
brain conditions these tendencies
brought about.-N. Y. Ledger