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Show LITTLE STORIES OF FACT AND FANCY. New York's Walking Mayor. NAXOR WILLIAM J. GAYNOR is one of lie moat enthusiastic walkers in that part of the country. His fondness for pedal exorcise has frequently embarrassed his fricixla. oidy a few of whom are ablo to keep atop with him In one of his crc country strolls. Fifteen or twenty miles is an ordinary walk for hltn. Not lonj ngo a reportor one of the fattest in captivity was sent down to St. Jamrc to ask the Mayor a few qnoa-tionv qnoa-tionv It wbh a hot day, and the reporter welcomed the ahadc of tbo Qaynor porch. I Mayor Gaynor came out and shook hands i with him. "Let's walk down the road a piece," said the Mayor. He started oil at a brisk trot and the reporter, figuring on a tramp to the cod of the Gaynor fence, fell in by hU side. Mile after mile dew by until fiv had been corered. Mayor Gaynor was as fresh as a daisy, but the reportor v,na steaming like a shore dinner. Between Be-tween the fifth aud sixth mile tboy sat down in the shade for a few minutes, and the Mayor answered the reporter's questions. ques-tions. When they rose, the reporter started back, but Mnyor Gaynor called blnj. "Now that we've finished our business, lefe taka a little stroll," said the Mayor. The reporter make affidavit tbat the sage of St. James walked him nine mile more bnfore they reached homo. The reporter finished on his bands and kneeu Mayor Gaynor finLshed like a livery horse on Its way home. Dis'dnguUhed Boxing Fans. DISTINGUISHED visitors occasionally occasion-ally attend tho boxine exhibitions of an athletic clnb on the cast sid, almost al-most under the Brooklyn Brlds. One of those seen at the club Is Mr. Edward E, Loomis, vice president of tho Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company. Com-pany. William T. Jerome, formerly District Dis-trict Attorney, abo atiands tho exhibition. Mr. Loomls has q imnll reputation as a pedestrian. He earned this because of his ' habit of walkimj from hU office in the downtown district to hi home ia Osatral Park South. When he leaves the city on an outiny ho spoada considerable -f his tlmo in playing golf. ' The Population of the Ocean, ASTRliCING proof of the vastnoss and variety of the population of the rfea Is furnished by the results of explorations made by a committee of the xoological department of the British As-sociation As-sociation in that part of tho Irish Sea surrounding tho Isle of Man. Out of one thousand species of marine anlmnls collected 224 never before had been found ia that region, 38 were previously pre-viously unknown ai inhabitants of British Brit-ish waters and 17 were entirely new to science; indeed, they were aniaials whosii existence had never been suspected. Song of the Suburbs. Oh, sec the wan atop th hill Unfurl a paper white, Theoi veor about this way and that And point to left and right Aud walk nbout with nervous tread-It tread-It is a funny sight. A crowd Ls at Wb heels, and he Makes gestures with his hand, Then turns about and makes a speech To all his falthfnl hand. The while he bares his streaming head, "Which by the broezo is fanned. He runs across the cward and puts HI foot upon a atake, Then apreads the paper out anew As if a epeech to make, Then paces off a few yards more The crowd is in bin wake. Who is the man? What does ho do? Is he a candidnte And docs he thus harangue tho crowd Upon the nation's fate? Or doca he of some kind of game That's new expatiate? All wrong. This ib tho agent man, Who fain vould sell .. lot, And flummertime'6 his buoy time To Tend his little plot. And those who follow after wonld Be commutora. I wot. PBYTON BOSWBLL. Holy Stones of the Indians. NANS! of our Indian tribes, notably the Dakotaa, deified the bowlders scatterod over the prairies. Certain of these holy stones art) still to be seen In tho Northrre3t. When a Dakota, waa In perplexity or dlatresj he would clear a Bpot from grass or brush, roll a bowlder r-pon It, siroak It with paint, deck It with foathers and flowers and then address to it a prayer for help. Usually when a stone had thus served its purpose it was no longer regarded as a sacred object, aud so might be disposed of in any way that suited the savage whim. But the peculiarity of the sacrificial sacri-ficial stono known as "Eyah Shah," or Red Rock, near what Is now St. PauL Minn., waa that from year to jcar nnd from one generation to another it was a ahrine to which pilgrimages wer made and where offerings were laid. Notwithstanding the significance of Its name, the Kjah Shah was not uaturally red, but merely a piece of granite. It was aUa called "waukan," a luystory. Immediately belore setting out on a hunting expedition the clan claiming thin altar would visit the stone, leAve'an offering offer-ing of gayly painted fentherh, a duck or haunch of venison, and after a few simple ceremonies go ou their wny. Twice a year, however, the clan would meet more formally iu order to pabit the stone, which waa accomplished with lormilion or occasionally oc-casionally with the blood of their enemies saved for the purpose. Upon the completion of this ornameuta-tiou ornameuta-tiou tho savages would trim the bowklcr with leathers, flowers aud other things and dance about it before sunrise with chants and prayers for success from the mysterious spirit of the rock. The north end of tho rock was ornamented orna-mented by a design representing the cun, a rudely drawn face aunwmded by fiftwn rays. |