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Show ' ? f A WOOD-DUCK- 'S FAMILY. stopped old Dlckand eat enjojlng ther. I'll dlv ide even. Fifty dollars would j a long ways, wouldn't It? scene as If she had never beheld It Well, yes, fifty dollars would git v How th Mot tier bed tb Llttl Oa a voice said, behind erythlng we need, was the reply, But WISH I COCLD her.Good morning. to th Hater. never goin to get no hundred you're cell Crown Bess A few miles from my borne there U if Oh. Charlie! she exclaimed with a dollars. You'll be more than lucky said Euy Boas, you git fifty. a lake that has, for years, been tha start. T didn't hear you coming. dishes the rinsing "Well, mother, said Busy desperate-ly- . abiding-plac- e He held out his hand a look of of a colony of wood-- a had - Just she "If I only get fifty. I'll divide even, j ducks" -- slve ble love making hie rugged face writer In Philadelphia washed; be will It dollars in every Times. I thirty coming beautiful. have spent hours along the I "Oh. Busy!" cried said. if month the she school." lived. only get If fathei had only her brother. "I don't see's ther's any chance of shores watching these prettiest of waBut you know It Is Impossible now, In. th ter fowls. The wood-duc- k "What has one Charlie. I can't leave mother not yet, that. said her mother, with a face. . world do you want and I must finish the course at the B r.ot possessed by other mem to Sell crown Be lny after day Busle wattpd,tuL qal beta- Academy, and a keep at hool at least a th! srrsiftMwd' wcd- - came bouf ftrowrr ftess.' Tom home ITlgh up In the cavity of some c ' v fa red Mftt fee believed there-wa- s rev bo.&hiir oui ffecajed limb, usually one that "Jills from the dough ahe w kneading lie gave a long, low whistle, then I)ropect of selling her, but one day out over the water. Charlie to Grant, drove but the , "J could go to the Academy, mother. up again his horse, on stopped housy. urged The eggs, from seven to thirteen In his face fairly beaming. Sfor two more term." waa he answer. ttlt Busy came up with him. "1 thought I'd bring you the new.", number, are creamy while In color. Then perhaps t could- - get the achoot You know I II wait for you, Susy, as he aald, ai he came Into the bright at he Corner. Housekeeping Is begun In May, and long as you say. but It s rather hard T Nonsense, Susy. I need you to help on me. as I'm forehanded and ready to -room. tho young are ready to leave the neot H.vc they suld lire w n bnut Busy early lb June. ' marry. Busy, come, make up your inlA. a thankless business. Is a large one. Ill take your asked, her voice trembling in her exhouse My I was curions to know how the little 1 I do can run to Tom citement the. hear. trs money." gald Busy, and Mon-mother and granny; " i old farm, and long to help myself, and you. too, "Well, yes that Is If you'll take the ducks reach the water from their lofty be to will needs that do everything ey What! let you support me and the price they offer, Charlie made answer. homes. I had often seen them, when done." Oh, I hope It's a hundred, said hardly clear of their shells swimming too? Never!" and her eyea Yea. thats fact, spoke up Tom, family Busy. about with their mother and felt conI would never permit It! flashed. done. Id "Well, Busy, I've declared my willingand there lota want to be "A hundred!" laughed Charlie, is vinced that they never could have left e lot for porike to clear that ness to help you. If you would only let that what you value her at? Lucky for home unaided. One bright June morntatoes and corn, but I can't do lt. aald Charlie, "but since you wont, you that I was In the bargain. That ing fortune favored me. I had rowed house wants ahlngllng," her me, look so sad and worried, my horse will be worth thousands of dollars L"And th don't said plaintively, her careworn long. The man who bought trains along the lake shore to pay a visit to Its worth serving and saving before darling. countenance taking on another shadow, g blacke. He has dis- a houseful of noisy if I can only win you horses for the seven years for j Th frbht door got a crack all the covered remarkable qualities In Brown birds. My boat waa lying motionless my wife. for at last jway across, Tom spoke up agath, and she said brokenly, Bess as a trotter, and Is willing to give among the tall cat-taithat fringed Oh, Charlie! where ought to be fireplace In granny's you a thousand dollars for her." Is the shore of the lake. Suddenly I heard Jove priceless! Only be paThen theres the barn; It's all "your A thousand dollars! Susy stood for a a loud splash behind me, and, turning tient. we can do to keep th hay dry, he moment like a statue, then she flew Into to look, I saw on the water a short Ip)l try, and keep on hoping, j 1 know atl that, said Susy. I know the was kitchen where mother makher said. And they parted at the stare. the apray th dally batch of bread, exclaltS-- f jthe house ) getting to be a scare-crow,wa? Juat Tbs grocer met her with a smile. Ev- ing atnd the barn la worse, and that', why , . from her wings, a female wood-duc- k lng: . No mor liked ' Busy. girl ery body U want to be earning. A for the A 'thousand dollars, mother! we're and near her two tiny yellow batla, so she under ordinary circumSdlnglra, J should think you could put genial than tich! Brown Bess la sold for a thousand small that they resembled water Ullles cloudwas her faca but stances, today jthem on yourself. Tore; yea, and mend dollars! You wont have to work hard floating on the surface. The old bird ed, her manner preoccupied. Hh door. this winter. Tom can get two aulta of took to mind I hovered and circled above made Mr. Lea. have my up J clothes if he wants them, and buy the her wing, Wherea th shingles?" Tom asked sell Brown Bess, she said, after a few minutes and then babies getting for five-aclot. can have all the Grandma In hi matter of fact way. Wheres th the things she' needed. Do you know fire she needs; the roof shall be flew to a cavity in a tall tree, a short nails? Where's th hammer? Th old a horse? wants that distance away. In a short time the one la broken past- mending. And anybody to sell Brown Bess! ahlngled, the mortgage paid off, and Dear me! male bird, arrayed In the' handsomest and where the money to get them with, I Well, 1 was going of a buying young thinking "What am I to have?" Charlie asked, of plumage. Joined his mate. Then for should like to know?" horse for my Alice. I she safe for Bure enough, aald Busy, unlesa I a stopped out of breath, he having a few minutes I could hear a soft coogirl of ten, do you think? the grocer aashe followed her Into the kitchen. could earn lb That why I want to asked. noise, which reminded me of a husell Brown Dess." She turned around, and blushing ing Busy grew pale. She had not anticiband and wife discussing some Im And If you do sell her. you won't pated a question of that sort, but she beautifully, held out her - hands. - He to the welfare get much, Tom aald. Bha'a so full of answered after a moments Indecision, clasped them both and drew her to his portant point relative of their children. The cooing soon her tricks tha craslcst colt 1 ever She is fond of taking her own head bosom. "What do you think of this, mother? awl" stopped and the mother appeared in sometimes. No, Mr, Bee, If 1 find It woman at the doorway of her home. Then she .1 Trn more and more afraid to have hard to manage her, she would 'never he asked of the glad-heartthe hreadpan. "Busy Is to be my wife.' dropped towards the water at a slight iymi ride her." her mother aald. But If do for your little girl. "Why. I think Its a good deal better angle. As her breast struck the water than keeping school, she said. Ladles' she Immediately dived, and where her Wortd. ' bod) had been I waa surprised to see two little ducklings swimming about as LONG AND CLOSE RACE. unconcerned as If they had been travki "l,i iV j eling In the water for years. The rou- In Vessels Two Vary Nailing Hardly Any " ? J 4J, . - i-tine of flying to the nedt was repeated . Their Speed from llnng Knong. For two sailing vessels to leave a four times. In rapid succession, and each Chinese port on the same day, on almost time It resulted In an addition of two the same hour, and, after voyaging con- to the family In the water, which kept siderable more than half way around growing until It numbered twelve. the world, to reach New York no further Then the mother duck swam out In the apart than when they started from lake, followed by her brood, while the ,. Hong Kong, Is an event, which, while male bird brought up the rear of the not unprecedented, comes not far from procession, acting, no doubt, as a guard being miraculous. The Tara oShanter and protector. and the Wandering Jew, both ot them dSKS&pS American ships, built and owned in the TORPED6 BOATS. state of Maine, have Just acompllshed this remarkable feat. The Tam o'Shan feliat European Power Have raid for ter Is of 1,522 tons burden, halls from Their Rpeedjr Craft. Portland, and has twenty years of serv A blue book Just Issued gives Incilco to her credit. The Wondering Jew dentally, hidden almost by a mass of is a Camden vessel 128 tons heavier other Information, the contract price than her rival, and haa not wandered of a large number of the torpedo boat two seas so about the yesrs. destroyers now long by constructed by being During the long Journey of ninety-eigprivate firms for the navy. These vesconto a be seemed there strange days sels are about 200 feet long, of about spiracy on part of wind and waves and 230 or 240 tons displacement, and with currents to keep the two ships In com- engines of 4,000 or 4,500 indicated horsepany. Even whe'ri one of the racers power, attained a speed of 27 knots. carried away some of her sallB, the other Messrs. Yarrow, London, have built was unable to take advantage of the ac- three of this larger type, the price for cident and haul ahead, for the squall each 37,400. Messrs. Thornycroft, being that did the damage was followed by a London, have also built three at 36,430 calm. Before the breeze came again each; Palmers Ship Building company, new pinions had been spread by the Jarrow, get f37,107. Messrs. Thomson, and the disabled vessel, temporarily Clydebank, who have some experience contest of speed was resumed on equal of high speed vessels, have done their terms. work most satisfactorily for 8CSIE IB TO BE MY WIFE.' 34,792; the Naval Construction company at GENERATOR GAS. Barrow are to get 33,977, and although you should sell her, theres the luott Ah, I nf sorry for that. Miss Busy, October. their vessels have not yet been tried, gage to 1 paid said the Storekeeper. But I know a If I sell her. said Busy quietly, It man who want a spirited horse. What Tbs English Are Ahead of l os It there Is, every prospect of successful iswill bo to finish my education. ttlllser. would you sell her for?" . sue. By way of comparison it may be , I leave thRt to the purchaser." Busy "Thats always your cry. her mother Though the use of ordinary lighting interesting to state that the French went on, in plaintive tones; "no matter made answer. Papa paid aeventy-flv- e gas is customary In England in engines torpedo boat What's needed; but I spose we must dollars for' her more than a year ago. up to ten horse power, for larger sizes paid 30.528 for a .give In. Bad as th roof is. It shelters and I wouldn't want to take less than a small convenient apparatus has been only 144 feet long, of 123 tons displace-men- t. and 2,700 Indicated horse-powe- r. tt.1 What would wo do without a house that, tor I tiettr the money Very much. devised for the production of a gas that she went on, and If you will be so cannot be used for Illuminating pur- The costs are not available for any , over our heads T tha cow, too, put in Torn. kind aa to take an Interest in the m- poses, but which gives very economilargo torpedo boats of the French ; but IT'd sell then grandma would just .about atter" she stopped, her eyes wistcal results when burned In the engine It is pretty evident that our craft are Starv e," the, mother supplemented. Is ful. known as generator cylinder. This at a very much lees rate. The built I from to which turned from fuels best obtain the table, away Susy Why, of course I will, the grocer gas, the And grieved, but she aald nothing, only responded. "Ill send my boy to your it being anthracite coal and gaa coke, torpedo Aventurler, 151 feet long, of Tau upstairs to her own room. house with the groceries, and he can aa these yield no tar; the thermal ef- 148 tons displacement, and 1,500 indicatdescribed as low, It ed horse I They don't see It! she sorrowfully tiring the horse back with him. If any- ficiency is also power, and 23 knotspeed, murmured. They cant understand that thing Is done In the way of a sale, 1 11 having about 160 heat units per' cubic cost the French 18,354; our total fleet 615 630 with to aa of foot, compared tt'a their good and comfort that I want let you know at once." , first-cla140 feet ten of boats, so torpedo 1 that about four to get that school, m willing to wear Busy thanked him and went on her London lighting gas. eld clothes and to walk three miles and way home. As sha came la sight of times the quantity Is required to In- long, and 23 knots, cost us on an aversure the same amount of power, the age of 14,491 each. The same parliaK'k every day for th sake of finishing y the house, an great quantity obtained, however, to- mentary book states that the. contract any education. Let th roof leak awhile building.. Where dilapidation was rendif Tom don't patch It. I will. Let gran ered picturesque by a profuse growth gether with the small amount of de- price of the hull and machinery of the a of ivy that covered the front porch and preciation and labor necessary for pro- 14,000-to- a my sleep downstairs where there cruiser Terrible, with Belletflre. I'll help them all In a year or two much of the exterior walls, she felt more duction. It Is said, make it In many ville boilers and engines, to give 23 (but they don't see it they won't rco U. comfortable as ehe thought over her cases comparable In cost to gas at 20 knots speed is 543,347. It Is being built 3f I can only sell Brown Bess! I'd go prostiecU. In imagination ahe had her cents per thousand.by Messfs. Thompson. Clydebank The and beg time tor th mortgage, or I'd mother quite reconciled to all her plans, contract price for the sister ship Power.borrow money or, maybe I can get her- - achool-llf- e Kthertan Cam let. a esc red and all things - enough to repair the house and go to going on swimmingly. For who knew From a report which appeared In the ful,. building at Barrow, is 535,252. school, too. If only Brown Beaa wasn't but Brown Hess might bring her a hunMoscow Untuck it appears that last such a little vixen! It will go hard to dred dot us, ahe waa so spirited, and 11,530 convicts passed through the year Ferauuieot Lamp Wtrk. was U father's hand-.oe? part with her, though; prison at Ttumett for the forwarding Afi ingenious Inventor has devised a last gift. and home seethed brighter; The yyork Tears rushed to the dark eyes, but Wooer's boy cam for the horse, and varloua penal settlements of Siberia. lamp wick which, being made entirely She repressed them. and went though It waa hard parting with the Of this total number of both sexes of clay, will give more light than the ' creature, 8usyt In expectation of there were 7,526 men, 1.715 women and cotton article. It is described, made the pretty 2.339 Juveniles. Of the latter the maAfter helping he ttvUfter it bore the separation bravely. results, capillary by Incorporating with clay, tfcoaser.ane donned her. sunbopnet and we take a little of iht JuoPcy jority are children who voluntarily fol"Can't van to the barn. Tom was rubbing you get to shingle the roof?" her moth- low their parents into exile. The re- while In a plastic state, filaments of nnspun vegetable fibre, which are down Brown Bess, whose bright, glossy er asked, as the horse was ted sway.. port gives the religious confessions of burned out in tbq process of baking, goat shone like satin. I hop so," Busy replied hllthely. as these follows: 8.831 orthoMuch as I can do to take care of the object being to provide an IndesAnd you still think of going to school? dox deportees1.224 Russians, Mohammedans, 510 tructible wick which shall possess all She want's a Tegular Alh't you too old?" her.1' said Tom. 506 groom who would break her of her I'm eighteen yet, was Susy's Hebrews, 113 Roman Catholics, 274 tha advantageous qualities of an ordi' nasty tittle tricks ' Bee how she throws answer. potMany Old Believers (ortho-dox- l. girls go to school till Lutherans, cotton or fibre wick, and shall also 35 Gregorlans, 30 Skoptsl and 51 nary tier head up. and look at her eyes, they are twenty, Indefinite length of time, withan last flashing like Aral Are yon going to th And there's clothe to think of. Buddhists. The convicts are now gcnt out renewal or necessity of trimming store? Mother wants sugar and molas- dresses and bonnets and shoes. by river barge from Tlumen to Tomsk or other care. When the clay is baked ses and vinegar and 1 ve got to go In be provided. Suy said, and therefore escape the terrible hardOh, they'll ; the field. the wegetablo fibre Ja burned out, leav. a little laugh. ships of the old highway route. DurI'm going." said Busy, though withAn capillary tubes running longitudior two cornin an' Its winters ing last year, also, there were em. ing through the wick, through which J dread It, the bill la so large. If I sell nally mother her miles th .to 'Cademy, barked at Odessa about 1.700 convicts Brown Bess, that's the first thing IU three the oil from the lamp will be raised td went on. each time throwing a more of the worst class and of pay. both sexes for the flame by capillary attraction. OwTom's voice. Into her Tom. plaintive cadence "That and the mortgage, said clothe are terrible patched, an' mother the penal settlements of Sakhalica. ing to the perfect combustion of the rWcll, I'll saddle old Dick , ' needs flannels. I ain't so young aa I was 1 slow hf back to the mounted the wick, tho flame la perfectly white, deBuyr f about Signs Springtime, aayin anything add curt Jiorse with gloomy forebodings. once, but I ain't dt odor and smokeless. void on'y U s kind o hard to spare When fleecy clouds bedeck the blue, September day. Even In myself,and ft pas a warm the lines in her mother's The dude trots out the yellow shoei the midst of her anxiety, the beauty of you,i Mast Eschew the Wd, The higher sun begins to peel the ride to Hlllston soothed and de- - weak face deepened. At other, I wish you could see It as The nose of Maud upon the. Latter Day Saints closed their conlighted her. Every detail of the way wheel, eras familiar to her: yet when she came I do. 1 must go to the Academy." Busy And bloomers so her looks enhance vention at Independence, Mo., after deof my Tha go Silver Ledge Falls, and saw the made reply. "IF the opportunity trots out his summer pants, dog ciding that no person could bold any . rwhlte spray leaping over granite rocks life. But I tell you what I will da If position la itbs church who used to . Minneapolis ..1 Journal, Brown Bess, And dancing among tiny , Islands, she I get a hundred dollars for tacco in any1 form. BROWN BESS. be-fo- BOXED BY WILDCATS. Tt AmrUn STIRRING ADVENTURE 11 Eu-ufl- Clases.'.I-.Tr..U.t..I'U'tJ- fisherman of Wheeler's, Farm, Cpnn , has had another experience with wildcats. He was, returning iraar Milford on the lower turnpike that skirts the llousa-toni- c river shortly dragging his familiar old living- flve-aer- i- - red-win- race-cours- ls ," re ed p ,'W, sl j ifgrf; kmi yvMl if ht mm 1 27-kn- ot ss two-stor- - - at-u- 1 .ttkcl '? i OF society, for the reason that they have their origin in human nature. Men enin the same pursuits naturally M gaged Vkildrat by bought Shelter -- nd so ( tulrr th ftftox of x Kuftd Curt and combine to te'.Lr their crraiuion, in on ot we to are real not surprised Thtn Terrible Tight for Lift) the most philosophic works that has iet been written Tacsagnar's History ta.. of the.. Working LD Jedge Spence, a unions have existed since the unre ot Woe-bego- . laiiiMtrUt luloa to Mil Kotfm fur All. Labor unions are as old as organize NEtiRO FISHERMAN. rs -- PEACE ITS MISSION after dark, wooden two-wheel- cart. The cart was empty for the old man had Just carried down to the village fish market a couple of bushels of soft clams, and, having disposed of them, was on his He waa tired, and alway home. though the cart was light, the road Is uphill nearly all the way. and his progress was plow. Just as he was passing through Widow Benham's woods, which adjoin the Grlnnell place on the north, he heard a low moaning upon the ridge to the right and back of blin. JeJge knew well enough what the sound was, for he had not forgotten an encounter of a fortnight ago with wildcats. He began to run at a fast Jog, still keeping hold of his cart pole. His speed would have been greater if he had left the vehicle behind, but he didnt think of that. Before he had run a dozen steps he heard the mournful cry answered from the river bank on his left, not a hundred yards ahead of him. He stopped and ed could hear the calls coming nearer, showing that the cats were closing in on him. To add to his panic, the old discovered, on feeling In his and-listen- ex-sla- ve blouse, that his graveyard rabbits left hind foot was not In its accustomed place. With no ehartn to help him he began to plan a way out of the scrape. First It occurred to him that he might swim across to Duck island near the Stratford shore, but as the water was so cold and the bland a full mile awny, he gave up that scheme. At the moment he abandoned It the brush crackled right behind him, and turning, he saw a little, dark body emerging into the road. Quickly he overturned his deep-side- d little cart in the road and crawled under It. Soon he heard the low calU close bv, and then came a distinct snifT at the edge of the cart, the sniff was satisfactory, it seemed, for the two beasts now began pawing away at the dirt under each edge. The Jedge waited until he thought they had scooped quite a little cavity, and one Intruding claw had torn his coat tail, and then he managed to shift the cart along by easy jumps till he had traveled a yard or mote. After one or two of these mining ventures, the wildcats decided that the process was too slow. They then proceeded to Jump on the wheels, and tried to pry the whole thing over. Fearing they would succeed, the old man thrust one finger out through a knothole in the bottom of the cart, so that he might hold It down. With a yell one of his enemies struck the finger and ripped it open.' All he could do after that was to pre?s his knees and shoulders against the sides and ends of the cart, and pray that his muscles would not give out. The cats next tried to force the cart out of the road down the river bank, and they nearly succeeded. Luckily they pushed It against a post, and there It stuck. A fury seemed to selzs the pair at this failure, for they both sprang on the offending cart and began to tear and splinter the boards. They had succeeded In loosening a board on one side when the sound of approaching wheels was heard. Jedge set up loud cries for help, and the wildcats crawled back Into the brush. They leaped out again on the newcomers, who turned out to be Smith and Lighthouse Charley Baldwin. Lem carries a good and he speedily let down 'one of the pair, and wounded Its mate so that it fled. They righted the errt and found the Jedge nearly dead with cramps and fear. He had recovered from his fright, .however, and was hard at work repairing his faithful cart, when e New York. Sun correspondent arrived to Interview him. That ancient vehicle Is badly scratched and 6plltt but the Jedge is replacing the broken boards and says he is going to coat of tin on the put a claw-prooutside and iron handles on the inside, with a view to future sieges. He lays all his trouble to the mislaying of the rabbits hind foot. m of CLERK WAS TOO ABRUPT. SpokTto Prralrient CliTr Very Impertinent Manner. Once iq awhile President Cleveland gets by Mr. Thurber and invades .the room occupied by the subordinate clerks In the white house. On one of these occasions recently he went and stood looking down at the work which one of the clerks was doing. The man at work never looked up. He thonght it was one of the other clerks who occasionally bothered him. What the devil do you want?" he asked. There was no response. The other clerks gasped for breath. A deathlike stillness prevailed, and the working clerk looked up t.o meet a smile on the countenance of the president. In time an explanation followed, but It will be a tong time before that white house clerk will ask a like question until he Is dead sure of the man he is talking to. Washington Star. I nknowlncly lupit in s the time of Theseus," Tiraes-Heral- , sas fjj the t'ui.aga d. The organization, therefore, of a new union would hardly excite the most trifling comment, unless. Indeed, tom" now I faaturaTvufa. stta-ih-- 4 teah-Uf- tl that is precisely the ease with the, American Industrial union, that was formally instituted on Sunday last. The general plan of this union is of the broadest scope, and is Intended to embrace all classes of workmen, from the man who works with his brain Its underlying idea Is to adjust labor to the demand for it, and If there is too,gre- -t a supply at one point, to carry, it to another where the demand is greater. The law of supply and demand would always keep labor employed If labor could quickly respond to the demand, but there are always artificial obstructions In the way. Time and space must be overcome and it is only organized effort that can overcome them. It Ts the object of the union to bring the supply where the demand Is most Imperative and adjust the conditions as. equitably as possible. For this purpose employment bureaus are to be organized and by means of a general and It Is believed widespread that this object of the union can be accomplished. In another respect the union expects to achieve great and beneficial results, anJ thaUs In regard to the displacement of Men and women are often labor. thrown out of employment because of the Introduction of machinery, compelling them to seek other vocations. The Industrial union meets this by establishing In various places what will be called "colonies. Tracts of land are to be acquired and families settled thereon, where with but little delay a livelihood. at least, may be gained. The funds of the organization are to be largely employed In the purchase of these lands. These may afford either permanent or temporary homes for members of the union, and will give them at least a breathing space to devise new plans for themselves without the danger of starvation in the meantime. features Another of the of the union will be the establishment of savings banks and the encouragement of economy and Individual accumulation. Each member of the union is to be stimulated to save for himself end become a capitalist on his own account. No person is to be debarred from Join- ing this union, and the doors are open to everybody, save that members or monopolistic corporations cannot boll office In it. One of its greatest objects Is to establish a means for bringing about friendly arbitration between employers and employes. It intends to make no war on other organizations, or upon employers, nor will it foment or encourage strikes. All these methods It fr . to all conj i.4 looks upon as disastrous cerned and conducive only or eil. Its expectation Is to so conduct affairs committed to it, to be as clear in Its demands and requirements, as to always deserve well of public opinion, and with public opinion behind it the plan Should succeed. Found a Petrified Cat. Philip Wetzell, 1724 Eastern avenue. has a petrified cat which was found In an old building In East Baltimore a few days ago. The cat was found by Mr. Joseph mlth between the plastering and the joists of Brown's coffee warehouse on Thames street, near The building ha3 stood Bond street. there over one hundred years, and Is now being removed to make room for another building. Baltimore' Sun. Mr. Drat h Rate from Small-Fosmall-po- x epidemic of lfSl. In England, the returns slibwed 4,471 deaths per million Inhabitants 98 vaccinated to 4,380 unvaccinated, or In the. proportion of 44 to 1. In the epidemic at Lelpslc In 1S71, the death rate was 12,700 per million, 70 per cent of whom were unvaccinated. These figures are by Dr. Mulhall. In Boston the proportion was 15 to 50, and In Philadelphia, In the 17 to 64. A LISlln( Phono rmpher. RANDOM READING. Business Man Can you write shorthand? How' Applicant Yes; sir. "I never many words a minute? counted em; but the other day, when my wife found In my overcoat pocket a letter which she gave me to mail last fall, I took down every word she uttered as fast as she said them. Youll do. New York Weekly. The average amount of sickness In human life Is ten days per annum. A divorced woman residing near Chi- cago recently acted as bridesmaid at the second wedding of her former hus. band. In North Dakota 44.68 per cent of the people are of foreign birth; then cornea Minnesota 'with 35.90, then Wisconsin with 30.78 per cent. Albert Haight of Newark. N. J received a Judgment of 415.000 against a trolley car company because he had been knocked down by s car and Injured in ft manner to make him permanently deaf. An East Manchester woman Inquired at police headquarters the address of the president of the "Society for the She wanted Suppression of Children. to enter s complaint against some boys for stealing her wood. Vnder th .Belgian law unmarried men over 25 have one vote, married men and widowers with families have two votes, and priests end other persons of position and education have Tha first Iron ore discovered In this three votes Severe penalties are on those who fall to votai , country was found In Virginia ' tra-pos- ed V 1 I v1 VS . jr f |