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Show I 4 s a aa ana nnnaanwa asaannnnaanaaaanaaaaaMannnnnnnaaanananaaaanaaaaaaaaaannmaaaaannnnnaaaa Joe Buckskin, as may be inferred from his name, was a son of the plains. The greater part of his life had been spent on a ranch in Texas, and he was familiar with the duties of a cowboy. Being an expert and daring horseman, he possessed admirable qualifications for a coachman. Kude health had been acquired during his free, open-ai- r life, and strength and agility wore well combined in his large and symmetrical form. He had a strong and pleasing face, but he was not handsome. Quite noticeable was his careless western gait, which showed that he was unfa-miliar with the pedestrianism of great cities. that of Romeo when he gazed at Jullet in the window. Women admire downright boldness tempered with the deepest respect. The haughty Miss Valoppel bowed her head toward her conqueror and receiv-ed an exquisite kiss. The next moment she exclaimed: "What have I done! How can I marry a coachman! Father will never forgive me!" But Buckskin quickly told her some-thing which restored her courage, and caused her cheeks to glow with happi-ness. They returned to Miss Valoppol's stately home, and entered it hand In hand. In the parlor they encountered Mr. Valoppel and Count Poccopuccl. They glared at the couple. "What do you mean by entering this parlor on the arm of that coach-man?" shouted the aristocratic father in tones of thunder. "It means that your daughter has promised to become my wife." "It shall not bo. She shall not marry an Ignorant com'hman." "I am not an ignorant coachman. I am the son of a gentleman who owns thousands of cattle In Texas, and whose wealth surpasses even yours. I was educated at Harvard collogo, and my only disadvantage is that I have never mingled much in cultivated society. I fell In love with your daughter tho first time I saw her, and concluded that the best way to secure a prize so difficult to obtain was to becomo tho family coachman, because nowadays a smart coachman, next to an Italian count, is the most successful suitor for tho hand of a rich girl. " Mr. Valoppel was at first bewildered by what he had heard; but recovering himself, ho cried: "You impudent scoundrel. I do not believe a word you havo said." "Ho has told tho truth, as I can prove to your full satisfaction," said a calm voice. Mr. Dunstan, a member of a well-know-n Wall street firm, whom Buck-skin had summoned by telephone be-fore Miss Valoppel and he entered tho mansion, had come into the room by tha Irate parent; and it was he who had spoken. Mr. Dunstan's firm had written the letter of recommendation that had en-abled Buckskin to become Mr. coachman. Mr. Dunstan held in his hand papers which substantiated all that Buckskin had just said. "As for this man, said Mr, Dun-stan, painting to the Italian, "I can produce the proof that he is a co-nsummate villain. He has been seek-ing to marry your daughter, although he has a wife living in Italy." Count Poccopucci turned deadly pale and hastily made his exit from the house. A month later Miss Valoppel an! Edward Livingstone, alias Joe Buck-skin, were married-- and went to the elder Llvlngtone's raneh in Texas to spend their honeymoon. During the month that Miss Val-oppel was absent from home. Buckskin became proficient in his new duties, and learned much concerning the topo-graphy of the city. Mrs. Valoppel, whose life of Indolence and indulgence in high living had given her a puffy appearance and rendered her unwleld-ly- , often ordered tho carriage in the aftornoon and took a drive up and down the avenues, and occasionally in Central Park. Buckskin was thus af-forded good opportunities for seeing the beautiful and fashionable young ladies of the city; but none of them possessed tho air of regal superiority which distinguished Miss Valoppol. Buckskin eagorly awaited tha re-turn of tho daughter of the household, and speculated much as to whether she would ever take any notice of him. When she did come back, he was more than ever impressed by the cold dis-tance of her manners. Sho scarcely ever deigned to look at him. She spoke to him only when it was necess-ary, and then uttered courteous de-mands in firm but mellow tones, that lingered in his mind long after tho sound had died on his ears. For two months hor manner toward him was unchanged. At the end of that time he noticed that she would occasionally look at him in a covert way, when sho thought sho was unobserved, and that she appeared to be concealing consider-able curiosity concerning him. Final-ly to his immense surprise and morti-fication, sho departed from her rulo to utter commands alone, and abruptly said: "Mr. Buckskin, why do you not overcome your horrid Western gait, and walk like city people? The coach-man of a family like ours should have a cultivated walk." "I I beg pardon, Miss Valoppel," poor Buckskin stammered; "I'll try to improve; indeed I will." Buckskin sought out a fashionable dancing master, who taught him how to walk properly. He bought a large looking-glas- s, placed it in his room, and every evening spent an hour in walking before it until he had com-pletely overcome his defects. Miss Valoppel noticed the great im-provement in the coachman's gait and relaxed hor haughtiness sufficiently to show him that she was pleased. When Spring arrived. Miss Valoppel expressed a desire to ride on horseback, and having learned that Buckskin had been a, cowboy and was a fine rider, she preferred to take lessons of him rather than from an instructor of the academy at Central Park. Accordingly they often rode together in the park and soon became well acquainted. The manliness, the good sense and the physical power and dexterity evinced by Buckskin favorably impressed Miss Valoppel, who admired heroes and despised dudos. She also discovered that he was singularly well informed for a man in his Btation, and that con-versation with him was both instructive and agreeable. On the other hand. Buckskin was delighted to find that Miss Valoppel had an affectionate heart and many admirable qualities, in spite of her reserve. Now that the ica had at last been.brokon, she gave him her friendship and treated him with a respect which, in view of their previ-ous relations, seemed incredible. But there came a disagreeable change. Count Poccopuccl of Italy arrived in Now York, and received a warm welcome from Mr. Valoppol, who believed that ho could now obtain the long doslred titled son-in-la- The count was an inferior looking A COWBOY COACHMAN. Mr. Valoppel, the president of the Celestial Insurance Company, sat in iiis handsomely furnished offlco on Broadway. He was one of the large-size- d ni distinguished looking busi-ness men of New York. Although flfty-Sv- e years old, an age at which a man living in the country has become some-what careless as to his personal ap-pearance, he was dressed in the height of fashion. His hair and moustache were white, his features were cloar cut and haughty, his bearing was aris-tocratic The office boy opened a door, and a ymmg man in rough garb was ushered 4nto tho august presence. The new-comer made a respectful obeisance, and stood in humble attitude, awaiting the pleasure of tho great man. "The letter of recommondation is satisfactory. I havo decided to give you a trial. You must first bo suitably clothed, and I herewith give you an order on A. II. Kingiv, Co., for a hand-some ooHchnmn's outfit. Good morn-ing." Thus summarily dismissed. tho young man tightened his grasp on the letter that M r, Valoppol had handed to him, and departed. Ten hours later the suit was com-pleted, and at tho end of fourteen tnoro hours the young man, wearing Uio showy clothes, sat on the coach-man's box of a fine equipage that stood tvfore a brown stono front on Fifth Avenue. There are winter mornings so cold 'that persons in tho open air bend their Sormsand contract their size, and there re other mornings when the air, keen but not cutting, arouses all of tho activity of vigorous human beings, causing them to expand their chests, swing their arms and become larger and more poworful than when they are in an indolent mood. It was a morn-in- g of the latter kind and the avenue presented a choerful appearance. The pedestrians walked In sunshine, but fbreathed a cool, dry air that gave them est. The sleek black horses attached to the equipage wore full of mettle and champed their bits and rattled their isilver-mounte- d harnesses. ..i,, .The door of tho brown-ston- o front was opened by a colored servant con-cealed from view, but it seemed as if It sprung back at a nod from the splendid being that was revealed, her queenly bearing convoying tho im-pression that all things, even tho inanimate, must yield to her wishes and rendor her homage. A more strikingly handsome and haughty young lady than she was it would bo difficult to imagine. The brisk and cheerful spirit of the morning communicated itself to her, he drawing her tall and graceful form to its full height with glad vigor, and with elastio tread dosconding broad Btnne steps to the sidewalk. A smile played on hor proud and glowing features, but It was for hersolf alone; It was a tribute to her consciousness that she was the chief attraction of the winter scene. As she approached tho carriage where the obsequious footman stood ready to aid her, the heart of the new coachman boat rapidly; for, strange as It may seem, thore is often an unao-countab- le fascination In that which we jrnnnot wholly approve or like. Hor rfWdoinful excluslveness, tho seeming iinacwwsibllity of her personality to the friendly and respectful advances of com-- mortal. He had an evil eye and su-percilious manners, but he found favor with Miss Valoppel. Buckskin became very melancholy, for he was now deeply in love with the proud beauty. Meanwhile Count Poccopuccl, in-stead of the coachman, accompanied Miss Valoppel when she rode on horse-back in yContral park. Buckskin, howevTHV"-8ti- her nearly every day, and he noticed after awhile that she seemed very sad and that the rich bloom was fading from her cheeks. Ona morning sho asked him to ride with her In tho park. Hor mood was melancholy and she did not speak to him for some time. Finally, blushing deeply, she said with timidity: "Mr. Buckskin, I believe you are a true friend of mine, and I wish to con-sult you with regard to an important matter." "Miss Valoppel, I am at your ser-vice. My llfo is at your service if necessary," was the reply, in tones of deep earnestness. She blushed again and gave him a r mon mortals, apparently separated her i from all ordinary Influences. There was a mystery In hor individuality. 'Could flhe feel deeply? Could her proud Ibnurt be touched and be subdued by the power of love? Can it be that the coachman asked fchese questions? Yes; for even a com-mon coachman can indulge in romantic peculations. The footman directed tho coachman to drive to the Grand Central Depot, The carriage was an open ono, and on dthe way tho driver ventured to look !irhini him twice in a quick and cau-tious manner. He saw the fair maiden, totting like a daughter of the gods, with a magnificent robe drawn about her, but she did not notice him. Ho felt ithat she must regard him merely as a Hiuman machine that was unworthy of ''imr consideration. At the station hor indifference was mantained, Rnd, as ac-companied by the footman she entered the ladles waiting-roo- the new ser-vant, having recovered his customary equanimity, found himself wondering luiw much her brilliant bonnet and ihnndsome sealskin cloak must have cost, and estimating how large must be the income of a man who could afford ;to marry hor. The name of the young lndy was .Julia Valoppel. she being the only daughter of the proud president of the Celestial Insurance company. She re-sembled him in character, and she satisfied him in every particular. Ho ' . ardently doslred that sho should marry i a title. Ho had decided that hor hus-band must be an English duke or an Italian count or a German baron, and she Bhared his wishes. The foregoing facts were ascertained by Joe Buckskin, the coachman, as he conversed with the footman, after tho latter had purchased a ticket for his young mls-- . tress, and chocked her trunk to Boston. most grateful look. I have promised father," she said, "that I will marry Count Poccopuccl; but I fear he Is not a good man and that I have made a mistake." Her companion felt a thrill of an-guish, but ho manfully recovered him-self. ' 'You have made a mistake. Hols a scoundrel, and I can prove It." Miss Valoppol was not offended, What snail I do?" she cried. Her proud spirit was broken, and sho appealed to the young man as if ho alone could protect and advise her. Marry me," was the startling an-swer. Buckskin leaped from his horse and taking hor hand tenderly in his, look-ed into her eyes with ardor equal to LOVE IS MASTER. I waft the whiteness of my soul Acrow the skies to thee, And pray that heaven's sweet coutrol Hay keep thy love for me. I know that not In all the world, Nor yet in all the skies. Is atom or a thought unfurled, Can bring to thee surprise. I know that in thy sentient hand Our destinies are sure; That ni each near and distant land Thy government is pure. I know that in thy sentient breath Our souls do breathe as free At love is master over death; So keep thy love for me. W. H. Thome. BEAUTY OF FORM. The Charm of Proportions in Both Mas nd Woman. Beauty of the human form is to-d-exactly what it was In ancient Greet; it is the same through all the centuri-es, however blind we are to its char-acteristics through ignorance. The census of ages is a true verdict, and classic forms become safe models. Greek sculpture was wrought when the body received its highest cultiva-tion, and was so beautiful as to be called divine. This sculpture should be carefully and continuously studied, as well as pictures of good nude figures. They are to be made familiar, that one may learn why they are good, why they de-serve admiration. Most people fancy they admire these classic models, but It must be in imagination only, else why should they allow themselves to exemplify false standards of form, and positively distort their own God-give- n bodies? Searching for the highest standards of human form, wo discover that man-ly beauty and womanly boauty dltTor essentially. It is agreed that the type of manly proportions includes a com-paratively large head, wide shoulders, rather square, a torso tnpering to a contracted pelvis; while the whole may bo 7 heads in hight, or an additional half-hea- d added to the length of the legs, giving a particularly elegant fig-ure. On tho other hand, fine proportions for a woman are a small head, should-ers rather sloping and narrow, the torso full and widest at tho hips; while the front line from the sternum over the abdomen should show first a gen-tle, and thou a full outward curve. The conventional figure of the day is at variance with this typo. Every effort is made to Imitate masculine characteristics. The shoulders are thrust up high and square, or made to appear so, the torso is made to taper in, and everything under heaven is done to make the waist look small. The front line Is forced to take an in-ward curve below the bust, and the sido lines to form an awkward angle, in the hollow of which voluminous skirts are hung. The charm of womanly proportion is in tho long curve from armpit to ankle, which is so different from the beauty of a manly figure. The de-pression at the waist line only the meeting of two large muscles which in a beautiful woman should bo slight would better be ignored in the clothing, for tho sake of the greater beauty of the whole sweep. It is to be understood that the long curves are made up of shorter con-tours, one gently melting into anothor. A form made up of graceful sweeps alone would be a weak, nerveless, Insipid thing. These proportions should be so understood and so thoroughly appreci-ated, as to be always in mind, else a beautiful human form Will not be recognized. Use physical exercises to attain the perfection of those curves. Hang pictures showing them whore they may grow into your thoughts. Harper's Bazar. THE OLDEST CHURCH. It Vh Built 100 Tear Before Washing-to- n Was Born. About 200 miles south of the city of Washington, and a few miles south of the mouth of the James river, in theancient county of Isle of Wight, in the state of Virginia, stands the oldest buildingerect-e- d on this continent by English-speakin- g people, says the Washicgton Star. It is a church built entirely of brick and called "St. Luke's" and "Old Smith-fiel- d Church," while its historic namo is --The Brick Church." For 200 years the house of worship from time to time of the six genera-tions that sleep around it under the fine grove of oaks, sycamores, walnuts rrd cedars, it resounds with no voice o. praise or prayer, It having been abandoned in the year 18.16 as a church, on account of most of the memlMjrs having died or moved from the parish. This venerable church was built in the year 1632, 100 years before Wash-ington was born, and only twelve years after the landing of the pilgrims at Plymouth Rock. The antiquity of the church is proven by two deeply-marke- d date bricks that came down with tho cast wall in the year 1887, when tho original top fell in. Tho church was erected under the superintendency of Cuptian Joseph Bridges, a "man of affairs" in the shire of Isle of Wight at that time, and fin-ished after that substantial fashion in-tended to last for ages, so that l.vday tho massive walls are asstr mg as when first put up. The church having been abandoned as a house of worship in 18:1(5, in tho year 1885 the Rev. David Burr, then rector of the church at Smith ville, Va., undertook the work of having the old church put in perfect and completo order. Since then ho has devoted much time to his labor of lovo and with great success. At this time there is lacking only about 1,000 to finish the work. In the restoration of twelve of tho small windows composing the cast window, tho navo windows and vestry-roo-windows are to be memorials. In the cast window will be one each to Washington (the only memorial win-dow to him in the United States) ; Leo Bridges, the builder of the church; the Kev. Mr. Hubbard, the colonial parson of the church (up to 1802, when he died); Bishops Madison, Moore, Meade and Johns, Virginia's four chief pastors; , Sir Walter Raleigh, Captain John Smith, John Rolfo, husband of Pocahontas, and the Rev. Dr. Blair, founder of William and Mary College. The southeast corner window in tho nave will- - bo a memorial of Pocahontas, provided principally by her descend-ants, and the two opposite ones are memorials of Parsons Hunt and Whit-take- r, first and second chaplains, with Captain John Smith in the Virginia colony. Whittaker baptised Pocahon-tas and married hor to Rolfo. 1 Tho first roof was put On the church in 1663, tho second in 1777, the third about 1821, and the present one in 1887. The contributions for the work, more than 400 in number, have come in Bums from one cent (the first by a little Virginia girl) up to $200, by a Californlan, and have been made by rich and poor, the eminent and the lowly, white and colored, Episcopa-lians, Roman Catholics, Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, and Unitarians. At an early day it is expected that the work will be completed, and the "Old Brick Church" again open for tlra ser-vice of God, as in the days past. A HARD K0AD TO TRAVEL. A JOURNEY IN THE ANDES TO ANCIENT CUZCO. Caieo to the Ancient Capital of the Iocs, and the Trip Thither la surrounded With much In-terest Wild Cattle. It would be a pity for the sojourner in this part of Peru to miss seeing Cuzco, the ancient'capltal of the Incag, writes Fannie B." Ward, in a letter from Ariquipa to the Philadelphia Record. There are no hotels along the route, and one must depend upon private hospitality, which is freely accorded to those who bring letters at recommendation. Every villBgaJaOw ' Its tambo, however, similar to the innars of Egypt In Mary's time. The first day is by far the hardest of the entire trip, as much because one is not yet used to it as because the road is incomparably worse; and at all hazards one must reach Aguas Callentes before night-fal- l. To the right of a lofty, snow-cla- d mountain one follows for some miles' and finally fords a small water-cours- e, which seems to rise in one of the hot springs so numerous in that locality, and which Peruvians regard as the mother spring of the great Auiazonas river system. The little stream which here take the name of the near-b- y mountain i known as the Chalca further on, an0 afterward as the Urabamba. Man' miles farther northward, having gaincii much strength and volume, it joins tlA Rio Tambo, and their united watels form the famous Ucagoli, the largeft of Peru's tributaries to tho Amazon!- The second night out one is book 11 to sleep at the village of Licuain.li ride of only eighteen miles, throufl'i charming scenery. There Is a possil' drawback, however, in tho LicirJf river, which must be forded sev f times, and is likely to be rather h 1 1, There is a road on the left of it. I it travelers are warned to take to j.e water instead, for there are list swamps on that sido, with quicks:H els treacherous enough to ingulf an aimy; and, besides, one must pass thnl.jh the unfenced hacienda of Antacul a, which is celebrated far and widijfor its wild cattle. Nobody goes over lhatj dangerous road if ho can avoid it, there being no place of refuge should-h-be attacked by the torros. Fancy a party of United States tourists, includ-ing two women, riding peaceably along on mule-bac- k, when a herd of wild bulls come charging full tilt upon them, and not a wall or treeateft&h, to hide behind. --fclaji In the vicinity of the hot springs there are acres of plump mushrooms, and no passer-b- y whose palate hai been properly educated will fail to se-cure a supply for his evening msiil, whether he takes it at the tambots'r at the hospitable home of Don TWiS Mejias. The third night one sloeps at "Tints," a hacienda owned by an educated Italian, Senor Don Francisco Masclotta, who is sure to give the pilgrim a kind-ly welcome. The road thereto lies through an ancient Indian village called Raccha, built within the apter of an extinct volcano. Among s, it contains a remarkable wall, which is said to be the remains of a palace built by an Indian prince, eldest son of Tupac Yupangl, who re-volted against paternal rule and here maintained his independence. Near iff is one of the many small round towers so frequently found in this part of Peru, which are believed to have been astronomical observatories wherein the Incas determined the moridian passage of the sun. On the fourth day one may take a leisurely jaunt of only fifteen miles to Chocacupe, where he will be made to feel quite at home by Colonel Martin Aluasez, who is a regular king In his little world a large landed proprietor, a member of congress and a wealthy wool merchant. We went out of the way a few miles to view the little ISwo called Urcos. famous In Peruvian tra-dition for being the burial place of that great gold chain of the Inca Huascar." We read that the celebrated chain was long enough to encircle the grand Plaza Mayor of Cuzco, and that every link in it was as heavy as a strong man could carry all of pure gold. Of course the story is nonsense; nev-ertheless we spurred our beasts to the perilous brink and faithfully tried to believe that we saw gold shining through the dark waters. No securer hiding place for the heavy treasure could be found, because the lake has a bottom of unfathomable ooze, which speedily swallows anything thrown into it, and affords no footing for divers. Twelve miles beyond is Zucre hacienda, where the traveler is advised to stop over night This very fine estate, a mile or two from the village of Oropesa. belongs to the Garmendla . family, and includes a cloth manufac-tory. Only twelve miles beyond Oro-pesa is Cuzco, in the midst of a tropical valley. After leaving the highlands the weather grows warm and warmer; paroquets and monkeys, palms and fig trees are seen; and one sultry afternoon (midwinter at homo) we came canter-ing into the stony streets of the old, old city that had seen several centuries be-fore the United States was born. Queer Pennsylvania Justice. A novel sentence has been pronounced by a justice at Huntington, in this state. A wife had kissed "another man;" her husband had chastised her with corporal punishment, and Justice Kelly, supplying the third act in a drama unhappily played with too much frequency in all our courts, gave a ver-dict "that the wife retire to her usual place of abode, and lock the doors k that no strangers can be admitted Ipr a period of six days; that the husbiid for the same longth of time board with his next-doo- r neighbor and sleep in tie barn, and that each party pay half tV costs and stand committed until tip sentonce is complied with." Of tm efficacy of such an original judgmert there cannot be much doubt, although a question might be raised on the co-nstitutional ground of its being cruel a d unusual punishment at least for t e next-do- neighbor. The usual nt for wife-beatin- g, however, s so clearly Inadequate that, in the i -- sence of a whipping-pos- t, the result f the now departure in dealing with tl s despicable crime deserves care(d watching. Philadelphia Record. I Bismarck and Ills Dogs. Many will remember that the Irou Chancellor, Bismarck, lost his favorite Tyras, called the Realm dog, some two or three years ago. Among the re-markable achievements of this "Realm dog, " it was recorded of him that on one occasion, little more than ten years ago, two delegates from Altona, charged with the presentation of a petition to Prince Bismarck, were re-ceived by him one morning in a special audience. After shaking hands with them the chancellor resumed his seat In his own particular rocking chair, by which his faithful Tyras lay stretch-ed out silent by observant, and tho del-egates sat down on a leather couch facing his highness. It so happened that one of them held a roll of paper in his right hand, and bolng an energetic speaker and accus-tomed to emphasize argumont by ges-ticulation, he waved his scroll about while addressing the chancellor, un-mindful of the circumstances that his movements elicited several successive utterances of disapprobation from the watchful hound. Presently Tyras rose to his foot with an ominous snarl, whereupon Bismarck unceremoniously interrupted his inter-locutor's remarks, exclaiming: "Do put down that scroll, I beg of you. My dog, like myself, entertains a pro-found aversion to every kind of a paper. He believes it to be a deadly weapon." The deputy's compliance with this request was doubtless prompt. It is the successor of Tyras in his master's favor, who is now ill, and that is why Bismarck is looking care-worn. The Pert Young Man. See that half-grow- n man? Ho will never know as much again as he does now at the ripe age of 20. When he gets to be 50, when his hair is grizzled and his hopes are like the dead leaves that cling to November trees, he will look back upon these years of rare wisdom and colossal effrontery and blush a little, perhaps, at the recollec-tion. Now he has no reverence for a woman or for God. He sneers at good in a world whose threshold he has barely crossed, as a year-ol- d child might stand in tho doorway of his nur-sery and denounce what was going on in the drawing-roo- Most of the scathing things that are said about do-mestic felicity, and the sneers that are bestowed on love, and the gibes that are flung at purity, and the scoffs that are launched at established religions; all the jokes at the expense of noble womanhood and tho witticisms that are lavished upon the virtues, spring from the gigantic brain of the youth of the period Chicago Herald. The New In the Future. The news item of the future U read something like the follow! f: "As Farmer Smith was delivering a bala of hay at the treasury buildi ?, and while waiting to have tho gove n ment stamp affixed, his horses till fright at the limited express on fa Washington and San Francisco. Aii Bhip Line. They dashed down th avenue, and, turning the corner at th n station of the Washington Chicago Pneumatic Tube Rapid Trai sit Company, brought up with a du thud against the celluloid window of t! Potomac Artificial Egg Company, the crush and general confusion Farm Smith's head and two of his limbs we severed from his body, but he w promptly removed to the Edison H pital, and after the electrical boi welding operation was performed was able to drive home and keep 1 appointment with the man who hoi the mortgage on his farm." Washli ton Host. lie Asked. "I wanted to ask you," said a young practitioher to the cold-blood- girl, whether you would honor me with your hand?" "You want my hand?" "Yes." "Why, really you flatter me. You medical gentlemen are such good judges of hands that I am delighted to find that I have a desirable specimen, and if my relations don't object, and you happen to be living when I am through with it, I will have no objec-tions to you helping yourself" Wash-ington Post The Biggest Wheel In the World. What is believed to be the largest wheel in the world was recently made in Scran ton, Pa., for the Calumet and Hecla Mining company, of Michigan. It is a cog-whe- fifty-fo- feet in diameter, with' an eighteen-inc- h face, and is built in the exact form of a bicycle, with its extensions and spokes. The capacity of the wheel, at a velocity of ten feet a second at the inner edge of the buckets, is 30,000,000 gallons of water and 2,000 tons of sand In twenty-fou- r hours. Its weight is 100,000 pounds. The journals are twenty-thre- e inches in diameter and 1 feet 4 inches long. The total longth of the shaft Is 23 feet 6 inches. Phil-adelphia Press. Who Knows? An Arabian proverb says: "Hew knows not, and knows not he kno not, ia a fool: shun him. Ha w knows not and knows he knows not, simple: teach him. He who kno and knows not he knows, is aslei wake him. He who knows, and kno1 he knows, is wise: follow him." Poor Tib. Tlppoo Tib is to be a social lion in London next season. Poor old whito headed Tib! By the time you have been to a couple of lawn felo3 and re-ceptions you will yearn for the jungle and starvation without tanUlization Pittsburg Telegraph. I So It Shall. Curfew shall ring ht down in New Bedford. The city council of that antique town has voted that the bell shall continue to ring every night at 9 o'clock, when, according to im-memorial usage, all good New Bed-forde- She Was Talkative. go to bed. Boston Globe. "Oil, John'." said Mrs. Smith, to fully, "ma has cut her thumb dre fully and the doctor sayj there's d: gor of lockjaw." "Hi needn't be afraid of that" piled Smith, sarcastically. "Sh never give hor jaw a chance to loc An Americanism. - English Statesman He makes hlm-e- lf felt In the house of commons. He ia1) I forgot the word the power of mttlng himself in his opponent's dace. "Pull with the administration,1 we j all it at home," A Hard Job. No," said Bjenks, "it doesn't take me long to make up my mind, but it often takes me a long time to make up my wife's mind to agree with mine., Somer ville Journal i Time's Changes. When a woman falls In love you can't make her believe all men are alike, and when she has been married ten years you can't in,e her believe they are not Atchjso . Globe. |