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Show Have you made voar choice? i ted the clerk in a low voice, without changing his attitude. reRut there is such a variety! plied the desperate young man The clerk accepted the compliment w ith a polite smile. You iiin.styourself admit. contin- THE LITTLE SOLDIER. in-si- Tm liiir Ill I a soMir wiiat I will b: for niihur, titiHt lor mother Ovr Innd nmJ a! And before him on the table Stock! in bright arraj .AH his hrtle wooden soldiers, Eeadr lor the fray. 'Then e charged !.i little eannon. Sinking out with gW. Wlir-i m big Ill le a soldier, W1 in That d. a ri3 it, to ued 1 a uj ed That if- - d abut I dl be!' the firelight sat the mother. Twits were in her Le.rt, 'Th.nhmg of the twnt time coming When they two rnu&t imrt. Tt iy of m- - is .Soon the shadow fell betwee n them Soon the years tiew by; He has lert hiHiftle mother, Le t her perhaps to die. All the laughter gone forever. All the sunshine lied, Oi:ly little mother praying By his empty bed. Then there mine dreadful battle, And upon the plant Crept tin little mother, seeking Some one 'mid the slum Tut she never lound her darling In the white moon gleam, Tor the ht tie cannon firing Woke her from her dream. All a dream! He stood beside Iter, Suiffim? out with glee. V hen I'm big 1 be a suldier, Thats what I will be! Temple Bar. ko ml nd 'UP ap U15 lis er us ost in. iii iiy bo 11 n. tii TIE HOUSE OF THE DEATH. its, an- - Upon oup of the principal squares the city stood tlie great philan- establishment founded by At bropic litii r. Richard Utterex. Its majestic ont was no less than 200 feet long; f0f here were six rows of balcony winitat ows, and over the principal entrance bit gjgn in gilt letters announced thut out Eutlian-rint(j0 bis splendid building was Villa. sia ara It wastothisiustitutionthat thoso ieci- all lio were disgusted with existence my ime to seek euthanasia; of course it 00(1 as intended exclusively for disgust- qr l ones with dollars, for those who ere not blessed with this worlds E. xds could carry out their sinister ood wigns without the assistance red to the guests of Euthanasia ntly ilia. Rut, for the unhappy posses-Unf- f rs of millions, Mr. Richard Utterex ting as reallv a benefactor. a Each day at least threedishearfen- nt a mortals came and knocked at his is onlN a figurative way rden 50r neat Speaking, for the door remained mtinually open. This is how the may Jsiness was conducted: day One dav a young man entered the nine Jice. Two clerks at once arose to Jeea eet biin. Tlie stranger advanced stiqis. Naturally he was very fl ile and tottering. An easy clmir lal7 as pushed toward him; lie dropped Ao it, and caressed, from time to 'are tae, the small carved deaths heads 1)0 tat ornamented the end of the jgjjpma. lie threw a glanco around which was hung in black C(m. le ofliee, a.rJ. f g of-'g- I half-tre- e f b- - who The clerks made the young man a kept w bow in an automatic fashion; ten, without giving him time to to their polite salutation or to on of cplain the object of his visit, one of hot- iem asked him, in an obsequious siblo ami- - I the oiee: Vhat maimer of death have you Vf tosen? ta.Kj preparetj ns )0 must have been for jme such question, the desperate jjOung man could not repress an shudder. The clerks applet eared to be much surprised, and, us in le guest did not become calm at they went up to him with the iy o' land, ime automatic step, and without with iving a word, looked at him. This very roceeding had the desired effect, way !lie young man felt that he was in a establishment, and tiis reassured him. One of the clerks said: Do you 'ish to see the prospectus? ig on q jjpp. your said the pardon, e rc'oung man, but he quickly con-theinued: The prospectus? Oh, yes, s thsjrtainly, the prospectus. y are Then, with the discreet manner of :t lot waiter in a fashionable restaurant amlho seeks to learn the guest's Pomard or Sauterne the renc9erij handed the young man a richly Aound album, wherein weredescribed oa uhe different modes of death furnish- t'le 'louse- The enumeration ths fthfse various methods plunged oMhe reader into a shuddering astonish-r- j isent. At first he ran over them with pioris finger rather than with his eye, miafftoppeii here and there, amused by r bisiie marginal illustrations; then he isnarjegan again, reading seriously this or he .me, without, however, coming to a. ig Wicision. Certainly, hanging had its lutelfaarms, but what poetry tliere was ocilbout asphyxia with flowers! The 'j0 Sul departs willi the breath of the .iberose! And the poisons, rooms ontf o. 4 to 1 0 a vast choice! And the curare the prick of a pin in the i,v tjSdian rW?e?l r elsewhere, and the Nirvana, fire tin1 lost diseases! Ah nd Ipielost diseases! To contract by loekeirtilicial means leprosy or the black urtJeath, to offer to the practitioners of io aie present day, whom the disappear-m- t nee of these 'affections renders the occasion of studying nl to carry fron, the way in dying the consolation indiDs reyou leave in your Btlairi? a whole field of delicate is without doubt ed tBlPcreuces d, a!Somparably more noble than deatli y laughter, the simple idea of which ives you a nauseau and dishonors ie ingenious enumeration of Mr. pj jroiichard Utterex. But there are person who would be at tliis prospect, however glorious servpi may be, of having these written on a Pieir bodies; they prefer a sort of m Aristocracy of silence. What could ,re e the lancing of veins in a warm xt Wath? 1 , nc-e- m0X"ell-COnduete- , d n s r- - - Q 1 , lit-r- e - '. oflfend-ossic- -l the stranger, that hesitation is excusable under thecirumstanecs. Perhaps it woti'd be well to visit the establishment?' That will suit me exactly. YJ tnever it will please yon to do so. For ihe first time the two clerks disassi ciated their work: one opened tlie office door and stepped aside to allow the guest to puss, and the door indicated the way with an almost affectionate wave of the hand. The young mans first impulse was to obey; but at the second step he changed his mind, and said, timidly: I should first like to know how much in short, the terms. The price, sir, replied from the end of the room tlie voice of Mr. Richard Utterex himself, who had just come in, varies with the class of accommodation desired and guests pay only on leaving the house. The young stranger seeming still undecided, his conductor gently placed his hand upon his arm nnd invited him to follow, (living up all thought of resistance he obeyed, and began his tour of Euthanasia Villa. In the large vestibule of a spacious staircase the visitor was shown, with a reverential bow, which he involuntarily imitated, a large statue of the great Schopenhauer, the patron of of the institution. Then they proceeded up stairs. A door opened; it was the chamber called the listol Shot. Like ll the other rooms in the house, this xvas light and elegantly furnished in modern style. As in all the others, too, its principal ornament was a handsome coffin in carved ebony; thecover was crosswise on tlie box, ns though awaiting its occupant. Tliere were several divans nnd reclining chairs about the room, the bed was in rosewood. Everything is conducted here with the most perfect discretion, said the guide; a system of electrical currents, moved by the report, divides in two, lengthwise, whatever piece of furniture the guest had chosen to commit suicide on; a long basket receives the body before it has had time to stain the furniture or the lioor with a single spot. Kindly observe that the walls are upholstered with a thickness of four mattresses, so that it is impossible for anyone on the other side of the partition to hear the faintest sound, however powerful the firearm used, even though it were a small Krupp cannon, such as you see there in the corner. Guests have! all the time they wish; we never hurry them. Each room is provided with a library abundantly furnished with the most melancholy works. Schopenhauer has been translated for us into all the languages of the Old and New Worlds. Those ton shelves are full of novels that end badly. Upon the eleventh, preachers of various religions sound the praises of death. Some serious philosophers and a few poets, Lucretius and Leopardi, occupy the twelfth shelf. As for the conveniences of life (before departing), they leave nothing to be desired. A telephone in each chamber communicates with tlie office. Orders for meals or whatever else is wanted are executed with the utmost promptness by faceless automatons; we keep a whole company of them here. Thisdelicateattention on Mr. Utterexs part is generally very highly appreciated, for people who are so disgusted with life that they are ready to commit suicide wish to see tlie human face no more. Finally, will you kindly examine the racks? tliere you will find either terrible, elegant or brutal instruments of sudden death. The visitor took down a pistol and examined it. Re careful, they areall loaded. One by one the stranger saw all the philanthropic ideas imagined by Mr. Richard Utterex. In the Asphyxia Chamber, after having explained the perfect obstructions that prevent air from enteriug when once the door is closed, the clerk proposed to the visitor .a brief experience, so that he might judge for himself of its efficiency. This offer, which is rarely accepted, was declined, as charcoal and laughing-gahave hut little attraction except as a last resort. Tuberoses tempt more, most of the suicide neophytes beingattiicted with sentimentalism. Large masses of fresh flowers were everywhere about the chamber, harmonizing with the designs of the carpet and the hangings. If you would like a, special essence you can have it, for we cultivate all kinds oi plants in the large conservatory adjoining the hotel. No, it is very complete as it is. And the inspection was resinned. The stranger stopped with some curiosity on the third floor, at a landing where there were three doors, each one bearing a sign: For Scis ence. The guide pretended to pass by, at the same time watching the astonished young man out of the corner of his eye. Well? queried the stranger. Those rooms are occupied, and they are often taken. I must say, to the credit of humanity. How so? What takes place within? Mr. Utterex here offers an opportunity of rendering by ones death a great service to human kind. Here in the Experimental Chamber magnanimous individuals, who care nothing about their lives, experiment on substances, to prove to science wheth- er they are harmless or toxical; oth ers submit themselves to cruel surgical ojierations and successive mutilations that give the exact measure- monstrous suction. Little by litth the patieut grows weaker, the eyelids dose and rigor sets in. No one will ever know whether von perished bv fear or pain. Rut what is the mat-- ! ter with you, sir? The xouiig man Knit the air with' his arnisand turned toward the door with a moribund look. The guide, knowing by long experience that the final paroxysm was attained, and that nothing remained hut real death bv flight, tressed some electrical button-.- , which didpated the frightful apparition. The young man had doubtless become unconscious, for he seemed born again w hen, bathed in tresh air upon a bnieonv. he saw his official companiau again become tlie incomparably correct personage who had lett his twin brother in theoltice. Rut lie was not given time for long ments of human sensibility. Some d ivs ago a young Russian had a quarter of his head sawed off; he survived exai tly three hours and fifty minutes. The hpnse doctor. Mr. What a O'Neil, was wild with jov. splendid experiment!' lie The stranger tried to share Mr. O'Neils enthusiasm, but his teeth chattered. The Fhanibor of Lost Diseases is continued tile also very popular. If you clerk, pointing to the door. apply your nostrils to the wall you w ill notice that it is isolated by a perpetual interior bath of phenol. We have the finest collection of virus that there is in the world. At the present moment a leprosy patieut in reflection. extremis behind this wall. Wiiat manner of death have .u The young man started back in horror, but he quickly recovered him- chosen? The stranger was feverishly agiself and followed his guide up a few tated. 1 can not 1 should Steps. The Stake Chamber tho death of ter To visit the establishment again, Hercules! The walls and the ceiling are in precious paste and r.re fire- perhaps? No, no! proof. The quartering all you have to do is to place your ankles and However, you must choose your w lists in these collars, held to some Yes, of course, 1 must: it is eviwalls by electric bands; this stool, dent rests which the upsits, upon person He gradually regained his on a button, the pressure on which and at tlie same time his love of starts four equal nnd contrary currents. Submitted to the action of life; he assumed not without effort nil forces rigorously symmetrical, the easy air and an appearance of inlimbs are at once torn apart. The difference to the physical terrors at which in reality he still inwardly Decapitation Chamber The visitor remained stupefied at trembled. Suddenly, as though ilthe sight of a marvelous guillotine lumined with an idea, he said: Let us go in cedar wood, with a keen and "When knife. Tlie tlie with they reached the third floor guide, gleaming manner that lie would he pointed to the Experimental use to beg you to excuse the trick of Chamber, nnd said: You say it is occupied? a child, opened a wardrobe: We reserve here, tor the use of Yes, it is occupied. What a pity! Well, nnd the imaginative persons, the costume of Louis the Sixteenth. Resides, the stranger affected to contemplate blade, in falling, touches a music-bolongingly the forbidden threshold which at once imitates the well, 1 will wait. I,et us descend. In passing before Schopenhauer's railing of Santerre's drums. Tlie strangulation Chamber two statue ho could not help looking it strings fixed to a small board at the straight in the face with r, sort of height of the bed, tly to the ceiling defiance. At the office he was received by and remain there if one puts the weight of his finger upon it. Electri- Mr. Utterex himself, whe tveleomed city also plays the principal role in him with a gentle smile. Tho room that 1 have selected. death by laughter, This is a concealed method, a. bed that looks com- began the young man, TTith an easy fortable and invites you to sleep, but manner The Experimental Chamber? ns soon as a living person isstreatch-eYes. upon it he is riveted by irresista-bl- e It is occupied. said Mr. Utterex, grnpnets, while the illusive coach is decomposed into a multitude ol still smiling, and at the same time minute brushes, very sott and offering the visitor a thin sheet of with gilt edges, on not yet very stiff, which run over the bristol-boars which was written: patient's body imitating the of millions of insects, stopping Mu. X., to Ru HAiiu ITTKiinx. Bn.: bv preference on the joints, and nev- To UcBioring luvpollifr $..000 From the Argonaut. er ceasing to play strange and skipping marches upon the soles of the feet but what is the matter, sir? Hera is a Genuine Touch of The young visitors face was white; Pathos. he had slowly tottered back to the A lady, living on Sixth Street, who wall aud was leaning against it for support. Suddenly it seemed to has u window full of flowers all in him pure hallucination, of course bloom, answered a ring at the door that the artificial insects just de- bell the other day to find a little girl scribed by his guide were making wild excursions from his head folds shivering on the doorstep. feet. Please, maam, said the waif, liftHere is Ihe Inquisition Chamber, ing her shy, beautiful eyes to the face reinforced by the subtle invention of above her, will you give me a the Chinese, Turcomans, Apaches flower? and Caribs, the whole manipulated The request was such an unusual by electrical valets. This chamber, one that the lady hesitated in sur1 must admit, is little frequented. It is not of a very pure taste, in prise. my humble opinion, but Mr. Ctterex Just one little flower, pleaded the did not want his house to lack in any child, looking as if bhe was about to of the numerous suicidal methods. cry. But a curious spectacle and one that Why, of course, you shall have a will certainly interest you, pursued flower, child; come in. You shall have the guide, in a soft, insidious, and al- a pretty red rose, nnd the good most confidential tone, awaits you. woman looked for her scissors and Kindly follow me. stepped to the window where the These mysterious manners made flowers grew. Before she had cut one an impression upon tlie young man; a light touch fell on her arm. his lips and hands trembled, his brow Not that one, please not a red was covered with icy sweat. No long- one; that white one. Oh, wont it le er able to resist, he did not know how just booful, and thelittle girl pointed to a caudidum unfolding its lily to say that lie would like better, that he would, perhaps, prefer to petals, That! the mistress of the house remain there, llis guide took him by 1 cannot cut that the urm and led liim on. A door shook her head. opened. At first ho did not clearly one, child. Why must you have a distinguish anything; then, in the white one? Why won't any flower greenish air ho saw tlie rigid forms of do? because because because, naked walls in a large, unfurnished, Oh, and silent room. The room was si- it's for poor mamma, "and the child lent. But a murmur came from the burst into a violent fit of weeping. deaf walls, a murmur that can only Mamma is dead and 1 runned away be compared to the distant report of to get her some flowers. t moment she was sobbing a storm, or the hoarse resounding, increased ahundred-!bld,oneo- f those on the bosom of a new friend, and shells wherein vibrates the obscure when she went away, she was comroaring of the ocean. The clerk went forted, nnd she carried the precious to the wall, nnd, with the gesture of lily with other flowers to the home a magieian making passes, touched where death had been. it rapidly here and there. Imrrfcdi-atelthe right, side of the wall disapTrinity is Mighty Rich. peared and the report redoubled; it From the New York TimcK. was like the confused echo of lines The Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix has adseething in the waves; nnd there they dressed a letter to the Churchman in were swarming in the flooded walls fishes, Crustacea, moliusks, and all the correction of an exaggerated submarine animals. It was the sea, statement of the value of tho proper, and upon This bottom, owned by Trinity Church. He eonmiing from afar, increasing and ty enlarging, entering in tlie chamber, says: is snid in the item referred lo it appeared tens, hundreds, and thousands of arms terminated bj round that our property is worth This is an iistonishingexagger-atiun- . 0(H). and bloodless mouths. It iar surpasses statements The visitorstepped back mentally same subject which I have the on for he was incapable of making and again corrected in our year physical movement: all sentiment of again life that remained in him was in his hook and secular journals of this a head; in the roots of his hair, an un- country. Let me give wyour readers tho of lias ild.iess of demonstration usual pricking as though his hair estimate. stood literally on end. The income of $1 NO. 000. 000 at o ! The said his guide in cent, would be $7, Not), 00(). Our full of per a hollow voice; a living body muscles and blood, trembling and property is managed on strict busiwith the earnest sensi.ive, thrown into this artif- ness principles and icial sea which, although without desire to make it available tothe fullthe purpose of our water, is more terribly real than the est extent lorentireincoinefrom that other, can here find most splendid trust, but thethe for July ending :tl, year of property Just physical sufferings. banquet hardly, if at all. exceeded $rKO,-00imagine the sensation of mortal dis- lHNy, Thedifferencebetween .fNSsO.OOO gust at tlie sticky and swarming and $7,500,000 may be taken ns a kisses of these innumerable tentaclbees, each one gifted with the force of fair expression of the differenceof our of tween value the essence leeches! The theproperty a thousand very of the body is in the blood, and with parish as fancifully estimated and its for practical purposes. the blood, life escapes through this actual value . down-stair- half-smilin- g x, his-tori- al d d prick-ling- The-nex- y dark-gree- n devil-fish- 0. I j J A Balloonists tStory. HIS IORY OF BILLIARDS. A Kansas City Writer Takas It Back to Cleopatra. to make balloon ascensions The game of billiards is very ancient. in connection with Warner's circus, said an old and retired aeronaut the Ju.-- t liow old it is nobody seems to other day, and one day I went up mow, but in Antony and Cleopatra rumkespere has Cleopatra meution tlia I used from lerk in. 111. The balloon was new and light and I got a lmn-- longer ride than what I expected. I finally descended in a farmhnuseyard about ten miles away, my anchor having caught in a cherry tree. The arincr was an old fellow about GO j ears of age, nnd he sat reading on his doorstep as 1 came down. He re. moved his glasses, put them in their case, put the case in his pocket and then came forward and carelessly observed: That a balloon?' Yes. Help me pull it down. Are you a hallooner. Yes. Full hard. We got the air ship down, and I wanted him to take me to town in his w agon. Ho laid none, aud I hud hired a rig of a neighbor, and was about to depart when tlie old fellow stepped forward with: 1 have a little bill here, sir. Rill. What for'. Damage to cherry tree, two sheering my poultry, 50 cents, sheering my old woman, the same, service of my self, $1. Total, $2.25, which is mighty cheap, considering the times. Rut I wont pay it, I protested. Oh, you wont? Well, I'm justice of the pence, and I'll issue a warrant. My nabur is constable, and he kin serve it. The old woman is out of her fit by this time, and she'll be witness, and I sort o' reckon I'll find you about $2(5 for disturbin of tho peace and contempt of the court. And I was made to realize that the best wav out of it was to come down with theamountof the bill, and had it, with a quarter to luckily spare. shil-lin- s; game, anil so we have authority for ctvuiting billiards with nineteen centuries of existence. Shakespero Is known to liao improved a little on history at times for the sake of helping a scene, but it is not improbable tiiat when Antony returned slaughtering a wlioie lot of people he would put oil bis east iron pajamas and while away the hours with his beloved Egypt in a quiet balke lino or three cushion game, with t harmiun as marker ami kisses for stakes. In a curious and very rare book pub- lished a century ago the Chevalier lkuiella tells us all about the history of billiards which, lie says, was intro-- 5 dueed into France in tlie twelfth century. At that time the cushions as well as the balls wen of ivory, and at court the tied of tlie tables was of the same cosily material, so that the game was confined to the nobles, and the richest at that. It is a noble game, but a man docs not need to be yet, rich to play it. Anybody with a half dollar can tritlo with it for a while, and may be longer, if ho be an expert. This same Chevalier Iiadella, who appears to have had some remarkable sources of information, says that ia the first excavations made by the French government in tlie very ancient ruins of Ghizeh soma fragments were found which were undoubtedly the remains of a billiard table, not greatly unlike the tables of the present day iu the material of tlie cushions, but they were octagonal in form. The remain were found in a chamber of a royal palace, nnd it is safe to say that ilia Royal Jags and the princely jaglets must have been very expert to play on a table that would give hlosson or Jake Schaefer paresis in thirty minutes. For the sake of novelty some billiard manufacturer might construct a table after this Ghizeh model and see how it would work. A table with eight cushions ought to draw a big crowd. Y. E. liakor, m Kansas City Referee. A GOOD TRAVELER. Mistakes of Near Sighted Men. But as a Truthful Story Teller Was Lame. Lawyer Ashley, of New York, was telling Judge Day a story of Baudot, the novelist, who is extremely near sighted. The story ran thus: Daudet visited some place in which were kept many nnimals. He sauntered slowly about peering into their cages until he came to a secluded spot where a furry object, not in a cage, attracted Ah! his attention. said the distinguished Frenchman, this must be a tame bear. And, taking some cake from his pocket, he flung it with a There, old fellow, straight into the face of a Russian nobleman w ho, enveloped in his sables, had stopped to look at the bears near by. Imagine his anger and surprise. Dau-Jeapologizes, etc., etc., etc. The judge listened intently, but after the lawyer had finished ho said gravely: I can tell yousomethingfarnheafl of that in the way of mistakes caused by nearsightedness. A friend of mine who lives in tha suburbs came from the city one summer evening just at twilight, lie had broken his glasses and was almost feeling his wav along, when he became conscious of somebody walking directly in front of him. It, seemed to be a short woman in a bright gown, wearing a wrap about her shoulders, one end of which trailed down behind her. She walked so heavily that my friend began to think that, though short, she must be exceedingly stout. A few steps more nnd the wrap touched the ground and dragged in the mud. This was more than his gallantry could stand, so stooping forward he said: Allow me, madam, to replace yourmnntle, at the same time gently raising a, red cows tail and placing it across liei Detroit Free Press. back. Telling Strangers Ages. the Punxsutawm'y (Pn.) Spirit. Give me the list of the names of the men in any city or town in this country, and without ever having seen or heard of them, I will tell you half their ages, said a prominent citizen yesterday. How can yon do that? asked an incredulous bystander. Simply by the initials Jf their names. In tho first place you must remember that about half of the nude population of this country have been named after Presidents of the United States or candidates for president, and all you have to do is to know when these presidential candidates were at the zenith of their popularity. ( )f course exceptions must be madeol George Washington and Andrew Jackson, for people have not quit naming their hoys after these illusti men to this day. Lor instance, here is the name ol W. H. H. Johnson William llenrv Harrison was elected President in IS.'iG, consequently Mr. Johnson is about 5J years old. Hero is W. Scott Smith Winfield Scott ran for President in IN 5 2. Smith is thereforo about :J7 years old. The next name on the list is A. L. North Abraham Lincoln waselected President in INCf). Mr. North is therefore about 2Sveare ohi. Now takethenext M. I'. Smath-ers- . Millard Filmore wnsacandidnte for President in 1K5G. M. F. Sma there is therefore, in all probability, about .13 years old. Ami so on. liy studying ihe Christian names of men you can figure out the eges of manj of them very closely. H Just before the train started said commercial traveler, in telling a story to the Kansas City Times, a man anil his wife entered the car. When the train sturtod tlie woman kissed her husband good-b- y and got off. The man was evidently a Jew, and he had an unusually long, dejected-lookin- g In the countenance. besides the stranger and myself were two natives, one a long, lank follow with an immense beard, and the other equally long and lank, coatless and vestless and with but one suspender. We had just fuirly started when the bearded unlive opened a conversation with the g dejected-lookinHebrew. You look hko a man who has seen much trouble, stranger, be began, stroking bis long beard and glancing I believe you are inquiringly at him. iu troublo right now. No, answered the Israelite. ' I'm not overburdened with sorrow. I travel a great deal, however, mid ns 1 have just left my wife I am of course not feeling in tho best of spirits., Born hero? inquired tho man with the beard. No, I was born in Germany. So you have crossed the ocean, er Bh? Yes; I have crossed the ocean eight times. At this point in the conversation native who had been the an attentive listener changed his seat across tho isle to one directly in front of the dejected man, and abruptly interrupted him. You sy, in Germany? colonel, you were born Yes. And that you have crossed the ocean eight times? Yes. to my rules o cordin rithmelic, ejaculated the native, giving his one suspender a vigorous tug, you are at this minute on tho other side tho Atlantia Then, An Arsh Sitjlnsr. Remember, three things como not back; Tho arrow sent upon its track It will not swerve, it will not stay. Its speed; it flies to wound or slay. The spoken word, so soon forgot lty thee; but it has perished not; In other heartstis living still. And doing work for good or ill. And tho lost opportunity, That cometh hack no more to theo. In vain thou woepost, in vain dost yearn. Those three will nevermore return. Century Hric-a-Bra- Tha World's Long Tnnnols. Gothard Railway, not far from the famous long tunnel, there is a remarkable tunnel on tho plan of a corkscrew. In the descent of tho mountain it was found impossible to i iy out a safe incline on a straight line or ordinary curve, and tho engineers got over the difficulty by driving a tunnel which enters llio mountain high on tho side, describing a circle through the solid rock, constantly as it docs so, reappears under itself on tho mountain side soma distance below, then dives into the rock, again circles and sinks as it circles until it again emerges into daylight under itself, when tho line resumes its course down ii ill in a more familiar way. The making of a tunnel like this is as striking an example of engineering skill us the world can show, and many very skillful things have been done by our railway makers. The art of tunneling is an old one, but it never attained such perfection as distinguishes On tho St. it to-da- y. Candid Criticism. Author: In my new play to express hate I have put in the mouth of the heavy villain tho words I would poison tho waters of tho ocean. What do you think of that expression? Good, "isn't it? Candid friend: No; its idiotic. Nobody drinks the waters of tho ocean, so what senso is there ia poisoning thorn? |