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Show A Real Danger. I have born In various nations, bent on onnclry nci'lipotlmix; My bniM-ry liux iioir hern denied, I Imve Kiillril tlte niKlriK WHters, taken: part In nwriil xluliKlitrm, Ami In ImttlpH iieu-t thoiiElit to run anil hlilc; I've iiurnui'ij Hip mini tiger at Hi' tioiiucH nf tho Nicer, I ve fn-ii'kHl Hi- lordly lion In Ids lair. I linve twlHli'il IiiIIk nf leopard for nn-. nn-. llojIlIK lllllilll Mlli'llllPlclH. And liuvi' mim with Hooncvelt after Kllzily lieur. I linvt) nliiiicit n Texux rnnser In the fiic- Mini ImiuliPil nt danger 1 e i-tilril nn Irlxlminii nn A. 1'. A. I have KOiii- upon nn errand ntralfrht , ncriiKH tlic pulilla aiiuure, nnd Never iiiumed, IIioiikIi 'twas tho middle of tiip day' I-rotn tin e Mliiteineitln you will snther tlinl my ri'imliitlnn's rather Well oMnlillnlied for courngeouines" nnd liiuwn, HUT I turn mid lice In terror when I pai h iloorynnl where, a YoutiK woman la out sprinkling of the lawn' Cleveland lender. His Calendar for Year. Tho cnriespondent of tho Aroostook Ilopubllcun ut South Caribou, Me., offers of-fers tho following concerning tho excitement ex-citement of hummer mouths In that tectlon: Well, wo presume (ho summer sum-mer months will pass with about the usual variety nf attractions and tribulations. tribu-lations. May will pahs with bargain sates and house cleaning eruptions; Juno will he devoted to now and then n wedding; July to campmeutlngx, excursions ex-cursions and Sunday fishings, of which thero is a vnrletyof klmlB; September, cattle shows, fairs and horse trots, baseball, boo hoo and what not: October Octo-ber thnt makes mo tired; fiO cents for potatoes; tho rest of tho year will bo spent -In getting wood and, trying to keep a roaring fire. ' Divorce Statistics. Consul Coding reports that In certain cer-tain periods of time selected for Investigation In-vestigation tho number of divorces to every 10,000 marriages In Now Zealand Zea-land wns 11C.C, In South Australia 29, In Quecnstown 30, In West Australia nnd Tnsmnnla 4), in Victoria 12t.nnd In Now South Wales 273.3. Canailu has 4 divorces to every 10,000 marriages, mar-riages, the United Kingdom 11. Norway Nor-way 1C, Austria 43, Greece GO, Ilelglum 81, Sweden 87, Cape Colony 98, the Netherlands 103, Germnny lCli, France 180, rtoumnnla 201, Switzerland 432 and the United States C12. Eggs Were Well Preserved. On May 13 Mrs. A. J. llurnliuin aud a friend went to Epplng, N. II., to open tho former's cottage for tho summer. sum-mer. When they entered the front hall thoy found threo eggs In a bns-kot bns-kot Just ns they hnd been left when itho houso wns closed last season. There hail been no flro In tho house for seven mouths, yet the eggs .were perfectly sound nnd tnsted llko tho "strictly fresh" article when eaten, Tho reason for It all probably lies In tho fact that tho eggs wcro placed In salt for threo weeks as soon as laid. Relic of Revolutionary Hero. Dr. G. 13. Holt, of Manchester, N. II. , has a silver charm which onco belonged be-longed to Matthew Thornton, ono of the signers of tho declaration of Independence. In-dependence. On ono side thero is the emblem of the bluo lodgo of Masonry, whllo on tho other is seen tho symbol of tho chapter. It la not recorded anywhere any-where thnt Mr. Thornton over Joined tho Masons, but, as thero Is no doubt 'that tho charm was his. It Is thought thnt ho may havo gono Into tho order whllo in tho revolutionary army, ns did Washington and many otliers. Hotels Run by Government. Western Australia Is probably tho only part of tho British emplro that has carried socialism to' tho length of building nnd managing stato hotels. From tho nnnual roport,and balance sheet recently presented to tho locnl parliament. It appears that state drinks are 25 cents n glass. There was a loss of $4,230 on tho houso account, which apparently means tho boarding branch of tho business, but on tho operations ns n wholo thero, was a profit of $2,000. Killed Marauding Snake. Miss Tillle E. Voso, of Iloylston, Is not afraid of snakes. Miss Voso raises chickens ns a sldo business and has qui to a brood. Tho other day when sho took account of stock sho found that several woro missing. Tho next morning morn-ing sho saw a big black snako in tho act of swallowing ono of tho youngor chicks. Sho not only dispatched the reptile at onco with a shovel, but measured tho body, which was within a few Inches of flvo feet long. New England Town Wakes Up. Tho rapid transit crazo has struck Chelsea, Vt and tho old stage which for years has covered tho sixteen miles between tho town nnd tho roll-road roll-road Is to glvo way during tho summer sum-mer months to nn nutomobllo. Tho new vchlclo makes tho run In less than an hour. Remarkable Case of Thrift. A remarkoblo record of thrift comes from Morrlsvtllo, Vt,, where a young man has Just purchased a farm from tho savings of flvo years labor In tho tannories. At no time did he rccclvo ovt-i $10. G5 n week ami much of the tlmo less, yet ho laid by $1,200 clear besldo supporting Ills family. Year Unproductive of 8entnrs. It i rather curloii3 that thoro Is noif, no senator of tho United States who was Admitted to his seat between March 4, 1887. and March 4, 1891' t Fire Station Without Stable, Tho man who built a houso and forgot for-got to put In tho stairs ha- been overshadowed over-shadowed by the Swansea corporation. They are building a flro brigade station sta-tion and have Just discovered that they have forgotten to provide room for tho horses! London Builders' Journal. |