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skyiark jou.rneyings.

The English ckylark has inspired
several of the most beautiful poems
in our language, ;and its migrations
arc of q character which, it would
seem, might appeal to English poets
only less effectively than its song
does. In violation of the general
rule that birds move southwark j..
the autumn immense numbers IF
skylarks which have summered in
central Europe arrive in England in
September and October to pass the
winter in the British isles. In Oc-
tober an entirely distinct immigra-
ton of skylarks enters Great Brit
ain from Scandinavia, while all
through the autumn British bred
skylarks emigrate southwark, many
OF them going to the continent for
the winter. Yet others remain in
England all the year round
Youths Companion.
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An Urgent Call.

After dinner one very disagreea-
bic night last week a certain Mad
ison avenue physician, looking from
his office window and seeing the
rain beat against the glass, decided
that he would have quiet, unin-
terrupted evening at home. He was
soon in his house coat, novel in
his hand, and tobacco smoke was
curling around him. About IL
o'clock some one rang the doorbeii
.'The doctor is wanted right
away at -," began the caller.
"He can't 60, sir" answered the
servant quickly. "He left word
that he was not well and that unless
it was case Of life or death he
would not venture OUT
"Well, you tell him he must come
over. We need him to sit in pok-
er game"
ooh, you're Mr.. B., are you;
Step in, please, and I'll see."
A minute later the servant reap.
peared with, 'eThe doctor says he'll
be right over. New York Post.
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Centenary OF Trousers.

Most people will be surprised to
hear that trousers, as at present worn
by the male portion Of humanity,
have just celebrated their centenary,
but, according to Fashion, such is un-
doubtedly the case. They "came in
on account of the high living prev alent
8 hundred years ago. This produced
q good deal Of gout, whose twinges the
tight.ftting costume in use at that
period made unbearable. Hence the
invention CT the wider form of gar.
ment, which soon became popular
and was adopted by many royal per
sonages at home and abroad. Amons
the "dandies" Of the period, however
the new style was regarded with con
tempt, and when Almack's was at it,
height as fashionable resort tn,
great Duke of Wellington himself wa
once refused admission because h,
presented himself in trousers instea,
Of the (for that time) orthodox nethe
garments. Sofar has their sway nov
extended that thav threaten to sup
plant the Scottish kilt.-Londou Tele
raph,
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The Value of Cats.

Cats are SO common nowadays
that people do not realize their val.
ue, although they would soon do so
If they had to get along without
them for awhile and suffer from the
plague of vernin which would ar
rive through unrestricted multiply
ing Of the pests which the pussies
destroy and drive away. So late as
the middle ages cats were compara-
lively scarce in Europe and were SO
highly priced that any person, who
Killed II one was obliged to pay fine.
This penalty sometimes was requir-
cd to be paid in the shape of pile
OF wheat big enough to cover the
slain animal when it was held ver-
tcally by the tip Of its tail, the nose
touching the ground.
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Why She FORGOT.

Bridget, I want a pound OF
steak, bag of salt, two ounces OF
pepper, loaf of bread and a pound
of butter. Do you think you can
remember them all, or shall I write
them DOWN."
"~Surc, ma'am, I can remember
one by the other. When L have
bread, I know I want butter, and
when have steak I know I want
pepper and salt"
"All right. Go and don't be
long"
Bridget was not long. She was
back in very short time, but with
an empty basket.
why, J., where is the dinner,
81 couldn't remember one Of
them, ma'am."
ssWhy,. I thought you could re-
member each article by the one be-
fore it?"
Faith, ma'am, I had nothing to
remember the first one byp-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
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VALUABLE TO COLLECTORS.
Genuine Confederate Money and
Stamps Are Gsttfna Scarce.

Stamps Are Getting Scarce
Genuine Confederate money,and
postage stamps have about PLAYED
out, said q well informed numis-
Matist. ct is no trouble to get
scounterfeits, however, as there is
NO law against making counterfeits
of this character, and the conse-
qHance i that thousands and thou
sands are on the market. The ten
cent Confederate postage stamp is
very scarce and readily brings 80
Cents each. Thirty different kinds
OF postage stamps were issued by
the Confederate government, but it.
is difficult to get d full set of the
series.
"Some of the most valuable
stamps in thoiworld are those issued
by some of the local offices in the
south. The Crawford stamp, issued
at Athens, Ca, is worth $50, and
the one issued by the Macon (Ga.)
postoffice is worth nearly as much.
"The Confederate money is, Of
course, nearly all gone, because aft-
er it ceased to pass the people Of the
south gave it to their children to
play with, made fire screens, paper
ed houses and put it to many other
uses. AS I say, very little of the
genuine can now be found. But the
stamps, bonds and slave deeds are
still valuable, but difficult to get
hold of. l dare say that if q shrewd
fellow could have access to some Of
the old homes and desks and secre-
taries in the south he would find a
small fortune stored away in the
old letters and in the old papers,
now kept only as reminders of the
writer's and of other days.
Few people realize how many
OF these old time secretaries, desks
and tables have secret drawers. It
was the custom in olden days for
people of wealth to. have secret hid
ing places made in them, and in
them were put the most valuable
papers and jewclry. Not infrequent-
ly now you will read of valuable pa
pers being found in secret drawers
in old articles of furniture which
have been in use for years. And,
too, there are many of the old
southern homes in which are secret
closets unknown to the present oc-
cupants and, perhaps, filled with ar
tlcles and documents of value"
Washington Post.
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TWO IRISH STORIES.
A Blind Man In Fight and i, ouesr
Bottle Of Wine.

d
The late Lord Morris was full Of
legal stories, but the following did
not belong to his budget: A case OF
assault came beforesa Kerry court,
In the course$of il The eonnsel FOR f
the defense when examining &c W.T.
ness for the prosecuhoft nskad. !.
"And YOU sayDthe Inan.aho assault
cd YOU Is blind ers is as good Gs
blind" eyes, bir. !" Then, how
came he to get into the scrim-
mage?" "Well, counselor, lit wor
this way: Wherever no heard the
blows goin' he slipped in, fee]in' for
a vacancy, and when he found it he
let fly like a good man."
"But you said just now that there
vas storm of thunder and light
ming going on at the time" "T6ere
was SO, yer homer" 'Then I sup.
pose it got darker and darker"
:.Thruc for you, counselorw "And
YOU say this man was nearly blind.
Surely the darkness would have
made him quite so7' esNot at all,
sir. Contrariwise, every time fash
of lightnin' come he shthruck out
and lit me in the eye." cit was
raining, too, I suppose" cit was
so, sir" perhaps, then, as you are
so exact, you'll tell the gentlemen
of the jury the size Of the drops of
rain" ri will thin. To the best of
me recollection, they varied in size
from shillin' to 18 pence!"
This hazy view Of the size of
drops Of rain is somewhat sugges-
tive of drop too much of another
sort and reminds me of another
whose dbsurdity is due to the pro-
vision of drop too little, or, rath-
er, drop Of the wrong sort. A
priest who is total abstainer was
expecting. his cousin, a Dublin so-
licitor, on O visit and, knowing that
he did not hold the same views as
himself on the drink question, went
to the village grocer and ordered a
bottle of port. This was duly deliv-
cred and decanted by his reverence.
At dinner time he Hospitality
poured out glass and said, "There,
Cousin Tom, that's the best vintage
Ballyporeen affords" The solicitor
slipped it critically and then said,
"Wcll, Cousin Cornelius, to my
mind it tastes a wee bit too much.
Of the musheruins" (mushrooms).
Ii proved to be catchup.-A Kerry
Man in London Spectator.
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Wise Distribution Of rlme.

Once when dining quite by chance
with DR.. Creighton, the late bishop
Of London, at a certain club Lord
Rosebery remarked: 'eAh,, my lord
bishop, what nuisance this dining
is! Two things I absolutely dread
"a long dinner and long sermon.
l think that sermon and la dinner,
however good either may be, ought
never to last more than quar- Ter
Of an hour Or twenty minutes at the
most"
"Well, WE'LL" said DR.. Creighton
musingly, Gould we not arrange
matters this way, my lord? Krock,
say, ten minutes off the sermon and
put it on to the dinner."- -ssMen of
the Moment"
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Whore Wedding Fees Go.

Most clergymen who are married
present their wives with the fees
that are handed them for the per-
formance of the wedding ceremony.
1t is probable, a bishop estimated
recently, that not more than 10 per
cent of clergymen's wives are de-
MED these little sums. The women
expect them as q right. "Indeed.o
the bishop said, "when a young girl
marries a clergyman he who makes
the two one informs her of the priv
ilege she may count on and urges
her to demand after each ceremony
her husband performs that he hand
over the fee to her."
A clergyman's wife Of Spruce
street has invested $4,000 which all
came from weddings. A Manayunk
woman keeps herself and her chill
dren in shoes from the same source
OF revenue Philadelphia Record.
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The Elephant.


Animal trainers say that the ele-
phant is the most intelligent Of the
brute creation and that this is one
of the few animals that reason from
cause to effect. Everything that
the physical structure .of an ele.
plant will permit it to accomplish
can be taught these CURIOUS think
ing animals. To successfully i'll
struct an elephant, however, re-
quires o peculiar education on the
part of the trainer, This latter
must not only have thorough ,un-
derstanding Of the art of training,
but he must also have a scientific
knowledge of the animals possibili-
ties and limitations. = as
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CATERPILLARs.
Expert Evidence aa to the rssse q
These inaects. {

sssSoS suHSVS4s b.
In some cases an insect--as the
caterpillar Of the magpie moths
conspicuously colored because. as il
Is harmful food for birds, frogs OF
Lizards, they must be warned 10
avoid it; This has been long as
serted, but some naturalists have
hesitated to accept the theory.
Professor Plateau went out one
DAY and ate part of one of these so
called "distasteful" insects. He re-
ported that the flavor, If somewhat
lns1pid, was sweetish, containing q
suggestion Of almond, and was on
the whole not unpleasant. After
ward Professor Wheeler of Texas
was induced to repeat this CASTRO
HDmic adventure. His report con-
cernlng the insects he deyoured was
that the flavor was slightly sweet
and distinctly .nutty," and he ear
nestiY invited naturalists to eat in
sects lndiscriminately on all their
expeditions. That, Professor Wheel
er declared, would be the best way
to dispose Of the theory that some
insects were harmful to birds, liz
ards and frogs and that their colors
were self protective in warming
those creatures to abstain from COB.
bling them up.
But Mr.. Guy Marshall, the dis.
Inguished naturalist OF Mashona-
land, after proving that, as mat.
ter OF fact, frogs, birds and lizards
90 abstain from eating the highly
colored caterpillars, pointed oui
that the personal tests made by hit
brother entomologists were Of nc
worth, inasmuch as man was mo-
naturally an insect eating animal
and what was food to him might b.
poison OF at any rate highly unpal
atable to frog.-London News.
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A Kentucky Word.

In the mountains of eastern Ken
tucky when man speaks Of his
wife to q third pefson he calls her
''nm," or when wife speaks Of her
husband she calls him sum" For
instance, "'um' is going to Saylers-
vile tomorrow" OF "Sum' shot a
bear yesterday" The word is said
to have originated with young mar
ried folks over 100 years ago, who
were too difident to use the phrase
my wife" CT "my husband"
While at the table before stran-
gers the husband who desired his
wife to pass the bread or sorghum
would attract the attention Of his
wife by clearing his throat, "ahem,;" !"
"oohum,'' and finally degenerating
the phrase to "um," which was the
final understanding when each was
ssed.--Exchange s~,.ast
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All Sizes.

A lawyer was questioning wit
ness about some chickens that had
disappeared from the back yard of
an old negro, who accused several
OF his neighbors of stealing them.
The examination of one witness
reported by the Atlanta Journal as
follows:
eYessar."
I'D. aDid you see them in the yard ?"
"Yessar."
NV @Were they in o coop?"
..sNo, sar."
"Were they at large?"
"What, sar:?''
"Wore the chickens at large?"
J. well, sar, some er 'em was large,
but mos er 'em was lip ones"
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Treating a sprain.

The first thing to, do with a
.sprain is to apply water as hot as
can be borne and repeat until the
pain is gone. The hot water may be
showered on the sprain, ,aor wet
cloths may be used if frequently re-
newed. The foot or ankle can be
conveniently immersed in the hot
water. The next thing is to keep
IN, the injured part thoroughly warm.
This is done by winding it with
wadding or flannel, The less a
sprained limb is used and the quiet
er it is kept the more likely it is to
get we'll quickly.
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carIyle's Method Of WORK.

Speaking Of his method Of work,
Carlyle said he had>found the little
wooden pegs which washerwomen
employ to fasten clothes to a line
highly convenient for keeping to-
gether. bits Of notes and agenda oil
the same special point, IT was his
habit to paste on a screen In his
workroom engraved portraits, when
no better could be had, of the peo-
pie he was then writing about. 1t
kept the image Of the man steadily
in view, and one must have a clear
image OF him in the mind before it
was in the least possible to make
him be seen by the reader.
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George, dear, don't believe
you love me any more," sighed the
tender maiden. "Why, my darliug!"
the youth protested. "Wel," Sob
bed the maiden, ''it only t-t-took
you 10 m--m-minutes to say good.
bye l-l-last night"
"Why do you spi. on your bait?"
asked the city angler sarcastically, of
the boy with the bent pole and knot
ted line. "Huh!" replied the urchin.
"Thats fool question. I've ketch
ed four fish since you got here, an :
yoN haint had bite"
= Most persons employed in the
Venetian glass industry begin to lose
their sight when they are between
forty and fifty years Of age, and in L
short time become totally blind. This
blindness is caused by the excessive
heat and glare from the glass furnaces
- The vine will not grow at great
er height than 1000 feet above the
sea, nor the oak above $3.50 feet. The
fir, however, fourishes up to nearly
1000 feet.
= = The most dangerous vegetable
irritant poison is that Of the itch
wood tree Of the Fiji Islands. One
drop of the sap falling on the hand
is as painful as touch of hot iron
y The very freedom of action that
q man gives up by getting married 6
woman gains.
- A widow can know more and le,
on that she knows less than any Other
creature on Gods footstool.
- Friendship lasts longest wher
it is least tested.
= Cooks have saved many man
soul by not spiling his dinner.
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= She: "Why I thought the ser
mon remarkably short. I'm surprised
that you should consider it long
He: "But I wasn't wearing new
bonnet to church for the first time
with the consciousness that all the
other women were looking at it,"
Remember, my dear brethren, y
said the minister, "that charity cover.
eth multitude of sins. Ihope you'll
be unusually generous in your offer.
ings this morning"
70 Cure Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
If it fails to cure. E. w. Grove
signature on every box. 25c.
The man who knows how to get
along with his wife is the man who
has senne enough to let her do the
getting along with him.
Cut this out and take it to Orr
Gray & Co.'s Drug Store and get a
box of Chambcrlain's Stomach &
Liver Tablets. The best physic.
They also correct disorders Of the
stomach. Price25o
= Some people tell the truth when
they cant think Of anything else to
tell.
If your brain won't work right and
you miss the snap, vim and energy
that was once yours, you should take
Pfickly Ash Bitters. 1t cleanses the
system and invigorates both body and
brain. Evans Pharmacy.
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Betting.

Ii betting could be stopped, an
enormous bulk of those who engage
in it-apart, of course, from profess
sional bookmak kerswould save a
great deal Of money, but there is no
more chance of abolishing betting
than Of abolishing chambagne, ci-
gars and mutton chops. It would
not be bad thing if bookmakers
were licensed, but they never will
be, partly because of the difficulties
Of finding a satisfactory licensing
tribunal and chiefly, because of the
outcry that would be raised about
the '1egalization Of gambings"-
Badminton Magazine.
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The Same Old Story.

j. A. Kelly relates an experience
similar to that which has happened in
almost every neigbborhood in the Uni
ted States and has been told and re-
told by thousands Of others. He says
"Last summer I had an attack of dy,
sentary and purchased q bottle Of
Cbamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, which I used &C.
cording to directions and with entire.
ly satisfactory results. The trouble
was controlled much quicker than for
mer attacks when I ed other RENE
Dies" Mr. Kelly IS we'll known
citizen Of Henderson, N. G. For sale
by Orr. Gray & Co.
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A Costume Of Rassklne.

A !, thrifty Welshman at one time
exhibited himself publicly in Eng
land attired In q costume composed
from top to toe of ratsE;ns, which
nc had spent three years and a half
IN collecting. The dress was made
entirely by himself. It consisted Of
nat, neckerchief, coat, waistcoat,
u, 11II,ousers, tippet, CATERS and shoes.
IN. number of rats required to COM
plete the sL;t was $40. Most curl
Gus OF the garments was the tippet,
composed entirely of rats tails, Z,
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Two Bad Maiden Aunts.

A certain American writer Of inter
national reputation who died recently
was, like SO many other geniuses,
strangely incapable Of managing his
own domestic affairs. The small boy
Of the family was his fathers pet, but
tie terror Of tue rest Of the househol !.
Now it happened that under this same
roof with this small boy lived two
maiden aunts, sisters Of his mother.
That they were thorns in his flesh he
made no pretence Of concealing. On
one occasion, when he had overstep.
ped bit farther than usual the bounds
of propriety in addressing his rela-
tiycs, his Aunt Julia appeared before
his father to state the case. Her ne.
phew had called her fool, while his
Aunt Martha he had characterized as
- fool. The young offender was
summoned to the paternal presence.
Fixing him with his eye the father de-
manded
J "Did you call youl Aunt Julia a
fool?"
eyes"
/. "Did you call Aunt Martha q
fool?"
"Yes."
"S1y SON. was the prompt reply,
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A VISIT or c0ND0LENcE
little Edna Expressed Her Sympathy
In Her Own Words.

r.
Little Edna was a solemn child.
Whether that wac due to her own
peculiar disposition or to the fact
that her old black NANNY delight
ed IN mournful events it is hard d>to
say.
On one occasion Edna went with
her mother to p:y 6 ~visit of condo
lencc" to her aunt, whose husband
had recently died. She was very
fond Of this aunt, who had express
ed a wish to see the little niece, so
she and her mother came all the
way from their country home, and
, Oh the road mamma talked serious
ly to the little girl.
You must be very sweet to
auntie, darling. She has had such
SORROW"
eyes, it was drefful," said Edna,
with a sympathetic sigh.
1T certainly was, and you must
say something very nice to her."
"What, mammal"
ooh, I don't know, dear; any
thing that comes into your kind lit
tie heart. And you must hug and
kiss her and tell her how much you
love her. Poor auntiel"
"Oh," said Edna, and she lapsed
into silence until they reached thei,
destination.
On seeing the child her aunt was
very much affected and cried good
deal, and Edna sat on her lap. pat.
ting her hands and stroking he,
hair while thinking of eolnethine
comfortable" to say.
At last she made up her mind tc
speak. She leaned over and kissed
her auntie softly on the forehead
The tear stained face was raised tc
hers, and the child whispered:
"Auntie, darling auntie. did yor
Joy yourself at the funeral" ?"-Ohie
State journal.
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Greek Water Coolers

In mar J places in Greece cream
colored water jug or jar is made
which is SO porous that when filed
with water the moisture keeps con-
tinually exuding to the outside and
there evaporating, which wonder
fully cools the contents, especially
when the vessel stands in a draft.
These cheap 'Fwater coolers" are
used by everybody, rich and poor,
and great numbers of them are
manufactured and sold every wear.
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A Parrot Story.

AZ a,little dinner the other night a
wager was laid that Marshall P. Will.
der, the entertainer, could not tell 80
parrot stories in succession. He did
it without turning feather, and so
many Of them were new that the man
who came away aud told about it could
remember only one.
It was OF tho parrot which escaped
through o window and perched in O
tree. The owners efforts to capture
it, even with butterfly net, were IL
vain. He stood 81 the bottom Of the
tree swearing az the bird, when an
lrishman came along.
What is the matter" demanded
Pat.
Il can't catch that dar ed bird
eaid the man, "and here is dolla,
for the man who can
Il am the man." cried Pat, and he
started up the tree.
AS he olimed from branch to branch
the parrot did the same. Finall,
they neared the top, and the branche,
began to wabble dangerously. Th,
parrot was moved to speech.
"What the devil do you want?" /;
demanded.
~ beg your pardon" cried Pat
already haif way iown the tree. C
thought you was bird." New YorI
Tribune.
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4 Boot su,,erstItions.

The Chinese value pair Of boots
which have been worn by an upright
magistrate, and the custom of wish
ing q friend 'shappy foot" is still
observed all through Europe.
The casual putting the left shoe
on the right foot, pulling it on un-
even OF crosswise, bursting the shoe
latch OF tie, lacing it wrong and
losing q button are all bad signs
London Tit-Rits.