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Show Sunset Wings. thin sunset spreads two tiMen wings Cleaving the Western iky; Whined, I do, with wiiui It Is, nml winnow- 0 0 9 ing the day's last hour ring Of M tenuous flight must din. Of hlrds; as If In over-persuasiv- e o In flir, the homeward pinions sway Almve the dovecote-ti)- ; Ami clouds of starlings, ere they rent with day, at wild Sink, clamorous like play. Hy turns In evnry cops; d mill-water- s, tree Kai-- heart-dee- the wrangling; rout p Save for the whirr within, could not tell the starlings from j the. leaves; Then one great puff of wings, and the swnrni heaves A a ay with all It din. Dante Gabriel Itoasettl. Y.j II. LANCASTER. UY F. i' vriclil. 'J'h.'y v.i-H "Just you wait until you have had a round with the little brown man Seas. the High Gn - :!!- I I'm;, hy Story I'uh. Co.) out to the Phllip-piyoung Ideas how n &jir ( m sli.i r, ur. as an institute lecturer 'ii' " expressed it. ti teach the young of t.ii- - E! CM quite teemed wsfIi iMiihiii.iastii, educational, rolig-- i l'.ui one mau hung 'n a:i in tli-- i ail aik.l sulked. Three, days out from San Francisco li liiil seen tio'hing of her. It '.ts imi mal io lii- - r, of that he felt mi imvl. What it was he did not Me Miioke.l and Bulked and ay. iu!l.'-- i and Rinoi.cil. Th 1 otlii.-rvvi.-- H:s li'llow Ml'y, iiin-ii- . :)fV,'!f eyed him ' crlt-i- if li. had Poured on '.vnmli-rii:- ;; ln.i government job already. They wci ' (lii rather inclined to this opinion fi'im a description lie bad given of th? population they were destined to enlighten and elevate. "A ri'.-- of mongrels," lie had out in tersely when an enthusiast across tho table from him was descanting upon the littltf brown man's virtues. 'Do you supposa he is homesick?" a girlish looking teacher asked of the man lounging beside her. necking the ashes from his cigar. Then, as though his teply strucl: him s rather a discourager to conversation. "I suppose he thinks this is vhat Carlyte would consider a case where onus resource Is to talk little and that little from the uewspapors." Th. girl laughed. ' It seems ou i.ra !;.'i his to joke ttVjut linn when he. to bo so unhappy." "Was It his uncomfortable niooJ you wwj pondering so deeply when I tamo np?" N'o." she umi'ed at the Idea "I was thinking abnut Drake and Crven-Jinand the viliianis they commuted in these waters arid hen got t)r when they went homo." ''Mdevial morality was a qieer thing." he admitted. ''I dare say ten w twenty generations from now ura apii-M'- s " h I will pn-ise- appear as uu.r." cut-throat- s tap-Ululed-IiMlI- I ry v.. - aw I -- Z Z TV rU..l? 1 z. JKA Otn man hung on the rail and sulked of t.liHO Islands. They built chitrcher wri'h one hand whilo they butchered natives with the other." 'How dreadful of you!" she pro-te- n im I. "Not at all. and the brown man's children. You will find that they are not the little Innocent dreams of darkness your imagination and the newspapers have led you to believe." The sulky man had drawn insensibly nearer. The tnioaKcr's pessimistic views coincided comfortably with his own evil mood. The girl spoke after a pause. "I shall expect to find my pupils disfigured mi'ninlly and nun ally by the degraded civilization that has been forced upi n llicin," she paid. "You will also expect to find in g them some tract of their ancestors, wont you?" he mocked, lazily. "Let. r.n give you a piece of advice. Don't go int-- j this expecting to combat only the evils of a degraded civilization. The wild beast is in them, too. No doubt those early were a tough lot, but these islanders were no saints. Christianizing a savage is a good deal like making love to a woman be too gentle and meek and you get despised for your pains." "Don't you know," the girl said, turning toward him confidentially, "of course, I wouldn't say it publicly, but I have always thought that there was ennd deal more of the savage in a woman than In the man. ixxik how she admires the bloodiest kinds of deeds, so they be bravely dono. And she has a hundred times the stoicism that a man has. You know that Rus-kialways said if it was not for the women there would ic no more wars. Now, of course, he was inclined to be severe with the sex he had suffered by it but I sometimes wonder on my soul if there is not a good deal of truth in that saying of his." The sullen man bad ceased to listen. The niluT man's words filled his ears: "He e.cntle and meek and you gi't 'espised for your pains." He moved away with the alacrity of hope. He knew the number of her berth and before night he would know more. When she opened the door in response to his knock she found him standing upon the threshold with a air. "The sunset Ik tine. I want you to com up on deck and enjoy It." "Thank you. but I have some studying to do," she replied sedately. "Oh, bother." he returned, with a careless masterfulness that astonished her. "You have been doing nothing but study for the 1a:-- t four days. I began to think that you had gone back on ail your principles and were having an attack of mal de mer." She smiled, more at his manner tkan at his words. "Come on." he urged, "don't you kiiov that mi n si ts arc catalogued al mg with time and tide? Walt for neither man nor woman. Resides, you ought not to cut the acquaintance of w.ik'rs made t anions by Drake aniR Caveiidish." S ill she hesitated. She had promise! her pride to avoid his society during this long voyage, and pride, like Shylock, Is prone to demand the fulfillment of her bond. "Ton sin. I don't understand Spanish very well and will have to study it steadily during the voyage." "Then." he interrupted her. "I'll t'll you what we cau do. Wo cttn prartice speaking Spanish together ile we are admiring the sunset." a little exultlngly. laughed "llaen't you found out now that I do not Intend to take no for an The only trouble l hit your mind has not learned to re gi-piracy as an approach to the angel"." I do not think It ever will." : mm iff I ; '. full-blow- It Then he saw that It was an arrow eight Inches long and about as thick as a lead pencil. The carvings on the stem where it was tied to the arrow stick are still visible. No arrow of the sort was ever seen here before. The bird evidently carried it thousands upon thousands of miles from the far north, where It was shot by some Esquimaux. Spo- kane Spokesman-Review- . Death Caused by a Rooster's Spur. That great danger is ofttimes con- cealed In seeming harmless objects has again been illustrated in the incident which led to the death this week of James W. Carroll, of N. J. Mr. Carroll was driving some chickens off his lawn and stooped to pick up two hens. At this movement a rooster Jumped at him and burled one of its spurs in hia Invaded by Polecats. hand. The hand, began to Bwell at A colony of polecats, or rather nu- once and the wound became so pait-fu- l merous colonies of these undesirable a physician was visited. The additions to the neighborhood, recent- swelling was reduced and Mr. Carroll Their returned hom.. laughing at the roostly invaded Elllcott City, Md. overpowering odor pervades the place. er's attacn. Just after entering his I.ast night at the nome of Senator home he was seized with a pain id William B. Peter a den of polecats was his head and in a moment fell to th discovered and nine killed. They were floor dead. It is believed the rooster's found in the boxes beneath the floor. spur pierced an artery and thus caused To get at them it was necessary to to be formed a blood cot that went take up the floor. In the same local- to the brain. ity the men about the home of Thomas II. Gaither found it necessary to go Rival to Aladdin's Cave. One of the most beautiful grottoes gunning afi.er polecats last night. They did not abate the nuisance. In the in Europe has just been explored for quarter of this town known as Mount the first time in Switzerland. It Is SUery living ha:; been made most i.ear the village of Siatden. not far miserable by he presence of the same fi't;in Schwytz. It lies at the foot of foul odors. Itecidcrts of the neighborthe hill of Pragel. Many previous efhood talK of invoking the nid of the forts bad been mad to explore it, but County Health Board to drive out the they failed on account of the abuud-an- c t.f water, the steepness of the inpolecats, which have their dens, it is the caves along a small clines which separate the chambers believed, stream nearby. Their presence has and the frequent nving in cf tho also been discovered in many other lo- walls. The four bold alpine climbers calities. who have finally achieved the dangerUntil last year a polecat was never ous feat are Arthur Wehrli of Itend-likoseen in Elllcott City. Then one day Saxer, Siiumeiman and one invaded the Howard Utilise ice of Zuiii-hThey entered cream saloon to the dismay of the the. grot to on a Friday with provisions proprietor. The cat was promptly for eight days, rope, ladders and acetygrabbed up and soused into a tub of lene lamps and came out tne followwater. Drowning is said to be the ing Sunday. best way to get rid of polecats, but you must first catch your cat. Hanged !is Wife to a Tree. Because Thomas I Smith of Sneed, Girls Work at the Forge. I. T., attempted strenuous measures There is a sturdy smithy at Leeds. in forcing his wife to believe in his England, who has eight muscular righteousness, he is now In the Fedaaugiiicra, n of whom be has trained eral prison at Ardmore, held for atto assist him at his work. At present tempted wife murder. Smith was four are at work in his shop. The oth- charged by her with conduct unbecomer four wielded tie hammer for sever- ing a faithful husband, and he banged al years and then left the business to the woman to a limb of a tree in the take up the duties of running homes of back yard. In her efforts to free hertheir own. Every day these four self from the noose placed around her daughters of the master smith are to neck the woman succeeded in getting be seen at the anvils following the her arms above tho rope when Smith trade of their fathers. They are up jerked her from the earth, and left early and spend the working hours In her dangling in the air, the rope making gas hooks broad bent nails, around her waist. Sue was suspend-cwhich are used by plumbers for fastthus until unconscious, and was ening gas pi ics to walls. It is not cut down by n eighbors who were passsuca a hard task, yet the work requires ing. Cincinnati Enquirer. great patience and enduring strength. The heavy part of the work is perA Deer's Salt Water Bath. formed by a machine worked with the A deer taking a salt water bath was foot. After the mechanical device has a siht lo which Ferry Reach resifinished its labors the fair blacksmiths, dents, just beyond Old Orchard, were with sleeves rolled up, put the finishtreated Sunday. Early in t'.ic morning ing touches on the hooks witii a hand a large deer ran down through the hammer and get them ready for mar- streets of the settlement and made for ket. The girls are fond of their work. the ocean. He waded out until the They toil on a piecework basis, and water touched his body and began to the ingenious blacksmith calls each a perform his Sunday ablutions, regard"full hand." less of the large number who were watching him. As soon as he had A Surprise for Father. waded out some distance he began to Rev. Thomas Brawn, a prominent run ba fast as he could through the clergyman of Tioga county. Pa., mar- water. This done, he took a plunge ried his eloping daughter to J. W. and swim and then, apparently much Stone of Alleghany by mistake. Dr. refreshed, started for the road and was was soon lust in the woods. Hrown, who is very Daily Kennespending two weeks at Howersville, in bec Journal. this state, near the state line.' His daughter. Miss Susie, a student at The World's Largest Currant Patch. The largest currant patch in the Ilryn Mawr, he supposed was on a visit to friends In Philadelphia. She had. world Is that in Colorado, which covhowever, arranged to meet young ers a field sn acres in extent. The bigStone and elope. After a two weeks' gest currant patch heretofore known stay in that city. Stone brought her to is said to be located in Michigan, aud his aunt's residence, near Howersville, it comprises eight acres. The one in and the couple drove to the parsonage. Colorado is at Longmont. In It there The regular minister was there, but are 135.1101) plants in all. The plants Rev. Drown performed the ceremony, are set out in raws seven feet apart, not recognizing his daughter in her and there are thre? and a half feet traveling dress. She saw the dilemma between the plants in the rows. Dig from the curshe wbs in, but gave her mother's returns are exp'K-tename, which was her middle name, rant crop. J. H. Empson. a prominent and at the conclusion of the cere- citizen of Iongmont, is the owner of mony and the signing of the certificate the world's biggest currant patch, tomade known her Identity to her fath- gether with his daughter, who takes er. He was extremely Indignant at an active interest in the plantation. first, but a reconciliation has been afJ. Knott's Big Rhubarb Stalk. fected. Uinghampton (N. Y.) correTha liondoii Journal of Horticulture spondence Pittsburg Leader. says that Mr. J. Knott pulled up a stick of rhubarb in the rectory garden. Goose With Arrow In Breast Black Torrington, Devon, which measAn Esquimaux arrow of walrus ured twenty-oninches In length, six Ivory, found Imbedded deep In the Inches in girth at the smallest part and breast of a Canadian gray goose, is on seven inches round at the largest part, exhibition in a gun store at SjKikane. while the longest rib of the leaf measTho goose was shot a few days ago by ured thirty Inches in length, and the John Cochran near Liberty Iake. As circumference of the outer edge of the he picked up the big honker, weighleaf measured eighteen feet six Inches. ing fourteen pounds, he was surprised It Is probable, however, that Amerito sec a little piece of ivory sticking can growers can beat this. It seems from its breast for two inches. that stalks this size, though not comWith difficulty he pulled it out. for mon, are occasionally seen Meehan's the flesh bad grown around the arrow. Monthly. Lam-bertvili- e, -i n, Widmcr-Ostei-walde- r, . "It la extremely pleasant, lsn t It?" "'- r remarked. replied the man, flecking the ashes from ent appearances." thoughtfully, his cigar. n gca-hre- too!"' art "Ah, thou. alas, She SHXhlna- - said. "Oh, lireese. How canst thou thus so idly woo, A maiden's heart to tease?" n rose And from her breast a fall a fragrant leaf "K'en thou are like the love one knows So sweet, and yet so brief. Thou. too. art faithless, warbling bird That slngeat from yon spray; For when one needs thy cheering song. Thou'rt winging far away." But something held the maiden's gown; She paused, and stayed to turn. And. still unknowing, bended down, The hind'rance to discern. And, lo 'twas but a humble weed A burdock rough and old. That laying to her touch no heed. Persisted In Its hold! 'Though 'twas a common, ugly thing. The maiden smiled anew; Its message had an honest ring It said: "I'll slick lo you!" i- civ-ilie- e The Maiden's Lesson. strayed o'er meudow fair, Full pensive ahe. and sad; Nor could the soft wind's gentle ulr Caressing, make her glad. A maiden '. man-eatin- matter-of-cours- "I wonder if it will," she musef. '"Of eon rap, he assured relentlessly. "If tin march of progress is to be continued onward and upward, we ruu! resign ourselves to figuring in nd th far future as thieves. Drake and Cavendish were s urn ent children compared to the of Spain; hut those same Spaniards Christianized nost wonderful, but I have tried it for four days without yon and found It considhore than a myserably more tery. Please gei your coat and come up on fleck. Everybody up there is talking sixteenth century pirates and you know I am all gone bad on history. If you do not wish to see me cast down In the dust before my fellows, ceme and give me a lesson on the rei&n of Elizabeth." And then, because this suggestion of superiority flattered her, or because of the light In hia plersant gray eyes, the girl laughed and unbent. "Where shall I begin?" ahe asked, when they had dropped Into step and were walking rmfortably beneath the early stars. "Drake: Is w.iat everybody la talk ing," he said, happily. She plunged into the subject with encyclopedic exhaustivenesa and car ried the navigator from his obscure cradle around the world to his famous grave. "It la extremely pleasant, Isn't it," her listener remarked appreciatlngly, "being together this way beneath the stars? Don't you find it so?" "Why, yes," Bhe said, surprised into a forgetfulness of that pledge to pride. A forgetfulness that permitted him to draw her closer and speak in low, eager tones. "Goodness!" exclaimed the girl, when they strolled on deck after supper, "what has come over the spirit of the sullen man's dreams?" "Heaven, I should judge, from pres- - PUG DOG REPLACES "DA MONK." Brooklyn Organ Grinders' Innovation Excites Comment. Is the day of the organ grinder's monkey entirely gone? City ordinances, S. P. C. A. influences and a probable scarcity in the monkey market hate combined to do away with the comical little creature, which has always been a children's favorite. The illicit ion asked above was suggested by an unusual sight seen on lower Kul ton street this morning, says the lirooklyn Times. An organ grinder with one of the instruments, which always, in the reporter's boyhood days, not so long gone by, was accompanied by a "monk," passed by on his way to the tipper residential districts. Instead of a monkey, however, he had with him a pug dog. which he led by a string. In answer to a uucstion by the reporter the organ grinder said: "Da monk 1 maka da lot trooble; da olda gal the keek, say da Etallan hurta da monk, da cop he pulla me and da monk in. I pay da lot mon for da monk; had trooble. Da dog he pleasa kid same da monk, no costa mooch, no so mooch seek, no trooble." This explanation was perfectly satisfactory to the organ grinder, who evidently gets as many pennies with the dog ns an attraction as he would with a monkey, but the reporter could not refrain from thinking of Mickey Finn, and quoting: "It maka da monk sick; mea. too." old-styl- e Frenchman Would Tax Kisses. Certain legislators In Franco are talking of imposing several new taxes, and a political opponent suggests that they put kisses on the schedule of the articles to be taxed. A statistician, he points out, has calculated that 73.853.407 kisses are given in France every day, and, if these figures are correct, the national treasury would receive a large amount annually even though only a Bmall tax "liut the sunset must be gone by was imposed on every kisser. He claims, however, that children this time," she objected. who kiss their mother should be exbut are it there still is, "Probably the ntars. Rest assured that as long empt from taxation, and that ten times as life lasts there will always b the ordinary tax should be imposed something of interest for us to look on men who kiss married women. t." Tho average woman doesn't cam "Yej," she agrcpd, "the world la la itself a wonderful mystery." any more for the privilege of voting "Aye. but I meant they would be than the average man docs for the intermitting because wr looked at them privilege of putting a Laby to sleep. togithcr. The world In itself may ba Chicago News. b near-sighte- e ' |