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Show t- y HHBBBBBffJ 'bbbbbbI -Mhbbbbbh lo a Fair Pianist. H Her fairy miners touched tho kcya BHBfl l'lion llonted forth ruch melodies An onco Lipforo tlm angel heard When Hilnt C'ccllli .-nt ntnne And pou rod her soul nut, as n bird In Burnt. What myitterlcs unknown lo mortnlft. what dre.tmi undreamed, H What InilKltt Into tliliiK" eternal , The vlhraiit tonoi expressed. U noomca HHMH That Carlo Dolce'" paint aupernnl Forth from the cnnvnn stepped tho lame In form. In face, In all hut name. Play on, sweet spirit; art llko thlno HHBfl Can conlhe sad anulx who now rerdno In darknn-e nnd the shadows tlec, nope enters nt tho lonK-cloied door. ) Tile helKhtn nro climbed, tho cood to be. ,HBBBB Ih for the nonce achieved, nnd tnorol BMBBB What nhnlt be doth not yet appear, KnoiiKli that tlmo and vpaco aro naught, And heaven very near. 1 -ChlcfiRO Inter Ocean. California's Moving Mountain. HBBB California has n crcoplng mountain. HBBB It has cost something llko $1,000,000 to flBBfl find it out. Snntn Susana Mountain BBBJ lias been tunneled by tho Southern HBBB Pnclflc railway for a cut-off lino bo- HHBfl twecn this city nnd Sau Francisco, HBBfl nnd traffic was expected to open Jan. BBBJ 1, but tho opening Is indefinitely post BBBJ BBBJ Sovernl weeks ago tho engineers In jHHH chnrgo of tho work announced that HHBfl tho tunnel wns completed, so far na jflBBfl their work was conccrnod. It remain- BBBJ cd for tho railway company to lay and BBBJ ballast Its tracks, light tho tunnol BBBJ nnd comploto tho work of thnt charac- BBBJ tcr. Then it wns discovered that tho HBBfl sides of tho tunnel wero bulging, and BBBJ tho engineers wero recalled. HBBfl Concroto braces, huge timbers, 14s jHHH 1C, well braced, wero set, but tho HHBfl creeping monster crumblod tho con- BBfl crcto nnd snrpped tho timbers and BBBJ continued to thrust Its bulky sldoa HBBfl Into tho oponlng. jH A portion of the mountain Is com- BBBJ posed of shale, and It 1b this portion H that Is causing tho trouble. It has HBBfl been discovered by careful observa- BBBJ tlon thnt this shale section Is Biowly flBBfl but steadily moving westward. It Is, jflflVJ In fnct, n mighty stono river moving fflYfll toward the Pnclflc. HBB Tho strata dips ocenn-wnrd, and tho kHBB movement Is, doubtlessly, what is flBBfl known ns a "slldo," caused by dls-,, BBB placement somowhero In tho depths ot HBBJ the earth. Whether or no tho cngl- ,- BBBJ ncers will devlso n way to stay Its prog- i wASJ ress nnd mnko tho tunnel usablo ro- 'i jBBB mains to bo seen. HBBJ hBB A Heap of Pennies. HflBJ During the past flvo years tho mint HBBJ lu Philadelphia has ground out 3,000,- 1 000,303 pcnnlos. llotwoou July 1, 1902, 1 HBBJ and Juno 1, 1003, 80,000,000 pennies BaBfl wero coined. HBBJ If nil theso pennies wero colloctod BBBJ in n heap it would mako qulto a HBBJ mountain. It would tako a good many JHB Eiffel towors to reach as high, for It HHBl would not ho less than 2,400 mlloa HflVT from tho bottom to tho top penny, BBBJ Prom his present stuck ot ponnIos ill Undo Snm would bo nblo to glvo each HHBfl child In tho world 10 copper keop- BBmI Hakes and hnvo enough left over to. HPHI fill a good sized savings bank besides. BBflflJ Most Durable Class. BBfl Class of great durability, which re- HBBj slsts great heat as well as suddoa H changes of temporaturo, Is mndo from iH Brazilian qunrts pebbles. Tho pob- fl bios nro heated red hot and then BBBJ thrown into distilled wato. The pur- BBB est pieces are noxt soloctcd and weld- HBBj cd with tho oxyhydrogen blowpipe into HBBJ long stems llko knitting needles, from jH which glass vessels of any shapo can BBB bo made. At presont the quartz glass IH is chiefly omployed for making labora- H tory npparatus. Bflfl Pet Rooster Is Jealous. jBHB Harry F. Edsall of Hammonton, N. BBH J., hns a roostor named Oeorgo that IH will come at tho call ot his name from BBB anyono ot tho family as far ns ho can VBfll hear thorn call. Ho also sits upon BBB their laps and crows as many times ns HBB asked. Oeorgo is of a very Jealous HBBj naturo nnd docs not llko nnr mombor HBBJ of tho family to pay any attention to jH tho othor fowls. If Mr. Edsall picks HBB up another chick Oeorgo is ready to nBBj start a pitched bnttlo. HBB Unique Dueling. HBB Paris has devised a now mode ot WHH dueling tor young women whoso fool- HflB Ings hnvo been milled. Two such re- HBB contly decided that their honor do- HBB mnnded a duel. Having no weapons !BBfl conveniently nt hand, Ingenuity camo HflB to tho rescue Each took off a stock- IHBHJ lug nnd filled it with sand. At last ac- BBH counts tho vanquished wns reported flBfJ In a hospital, probably dying. VflVJ Got More Than Lumber. HflB J. C. Jackman of Vorgonnes, Vt., ro- Bflfl contly cut down nn elm treo which ffffll measured four feet on tho stump and HHH contained three and threo-qunrtoro Bflfl cords of wood. When tho treo fell it Bflfl split open and two coons that had IBa been making their homo lu tho tree SflYJ nbout sixty feet from tho bnso, rolled flH out. They wero quickly killed by Mr. j Jackman. Bflfl Traveling Agents Exempt. HBB In Peru traveling agents nro freo to 9BB transact business. Thoy nro exempt HBfl from all taxes and need not produce a HflB irndo llccnso or other papers. Sam- jBflJ plos without value are freo of duty. HBfl All others aro subject to tho regular H HBB Pastorate Kept in Family. HHH Itov. Victor M. HaiishUT, lias boon BBB Installod as pastor ot tho Episcopal Bflfl church at Exeter N. II., to succeed his 9flH father. Tho church has now noon IBB ministered ' ) by tho samo family for JH over fifty years. JH |