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Show 3 Dream-Pedlary. I Tf lttre wari. .Irrarea in HI, j Whal W..lllli y..u buy? ott. rn.t hell; Horn n HsM alh. Tttal (mm I. If I freah crown Only ft ra I':' 1'tii. If Ihtre wrri. .Iti-ntn. to sell, M-rrr an.l a4 l.i nil Anrt lha rrlrr rune the bell, Whl wuul.l Jfnu h'ly T A rotlnee lr eM Itltl, With Iwiwera nlsh. Hha.l'.wy, my lo illll. I ntll I dir. uh Krl trim Life's freah crowa rain would I hak m ili.wn. 1 r. rfrritnia In have at will, Thla wmiM IwM hrnl my III, Trill muII I bur Ittit Ihera were ilrrnm. In eell, III riltlat thou liuv. l.lfa la a tin-sin, Ilirr lell, Waklna, lo ill Ilreanittie a rlrf-am In ens, la wlalllns shitala In rU; And. If I h'l I he spell To rail Ihe ImiiIkI well, Whlrh una would IT If there are alinaia to ralaa. What ahall I fall Out of hell'a murky has, lleavena blua pull? Italaa my lev d lims-luet bof To lead ma to hla toy, Vbere are no gtmita to ralaej Out of death Irad no WHye; Vain la lha call. Xnnw'st Ihmi lint shoata to suet No lev. thuu haal. Klaa lie, aa I will dn. And breathe lliy li.pl. flo mil of Life a freeli rrewn ir all Ilka a r..ee leaf down. Tliua ara Ihe almpia In wmi; Tbua ara all ilrrama etaue Irua. Kvar to laPtt Plumage of 8ea Birds. Why ara a-a lilnla white, la a qties-tlun qties-tlun that la nfti'ti srkeil. Many Ifnrneil men have attempti'd to solve the prole lent ami anu'iia lite reasons lliey have Itlvt'n la thn into Unit enemies whlrh prey uiMiti lilnla nf while iliinisxe at aea aru veiy few, and so llinse birds have estapfd sntl have Inrreasetl In nitmher. Thru. tis, 'Ill said that the fishes ami tithrr r-rrnturva nf the arn upon whlrh ara hlrtla live tan are their enemies best when tliry have blArk roata, anil Ihlla rampe them. White pltiitiuKtMl lilrila uatially have, however, some few Mark iiinrklnKa, either on ihelr wings or talla, whlrh arrre aa a bstlne by whlrh thoy may be rnrotcnlr.fMl hy thrlr frlrmla. Thua the younK hlrtla ran eaitlly tluttH't their mother white out mi the water and follow her to the plarca whero fitod ' can be aertirfil. The rolora of ara blrda corrt'p.iond with thoae of the flahea on whlrh they feed. Mnat rtahea aro dark above ami HkM lirnrnth. thla arrange-munt arrange-munt of rolor hrlpitiK thrm to earape obaorvatlon. It I", no doubt, an ad-vanlaKe ad-vanlaKe to Iho lilnla to have their white fcathera tiiriifd araward, ao that they may be leaa eaally aren by the flahea they itre In ararrh of. KnKlea, whlrh hnve taltt n to Aidilnx. are rol-' rol-' y ored like the other aea (owla, tnatead of beltia like lli.lt ri'lallvea who feed tipoo luiid cnv.lura-a. Clever Mr a. Humming Bird. I J Aa Aruerlran atithur rrlaiea the fol- i lowing rharniluK anxrdote of the beau- J ttful little hiimmtntt bird: "In front of i window where I worked laat aum- mer waa a hutt rnnt tree. A hum Dilng bird Imllt her nt-et on a limb that 'J grew near the window, and we hail an I opporttinliy to wnli h her i loaely. We I could IcHik right Into the neat. One i day when there wai a heavy ahower j coining, we IhotiKhl we would aro If 1 ahe covered her young during the j rain. When the first drops fell ahe I came and took In her bill one of two j j or Uire larmi Iravt-a growing clte by, i ( a and laid thla truf over the neat, ao aa to rover II riimplrtrly. Then aha i . flew away. On exMinlnlng the leaf we j found a hole In It. and In tho aide of the nest waa a atoall atlrk that the j . leaf wua faiitotird to or htMiked uiton. j ' After the atorm waa over tho old bird : came bnrk and uiihtMiketl the loaf, and tha neat waa perfectly dry. j Corsets Cause Excitement. t A pair of cornels wore the Innocent CaUKt! rtf llltirh CXrttellleUt 111 llloolu. Hold. N. J., Ui other day. Dtn.iig a t violent atorm n hull of tlie aus aeon to drarentl on the roof of a fruit atore, ami a few imtinruu hiler tlie runni:! In tho 'ituhlMimi lit H' tilled ltll 1 ailltiUe. I'ltrineii wen. piliiniiniie.l to ninke an Jnvi-t :i- ulen l-. Ti.te mi ttliuin Was sent In. They hunted hlt.li mel , low. lint reilld Hud no lire. The amol.e ui.-w .l-nner and nnallyone of tho fir. ineit l. un.l It ..th of .,,t ,, la 'i that hatl twrit tlun-d In the. etoti im for sulel.t e,!r.i:. f Power From Artelan Well. Kt. Aticilnlllio. rid., hit tin oil My In the way or Imlii'ltlftl mnr liltiery In J the alini.e of a nier io..i-r wioel driven hy nit tirl.ni.oi u. M. the oi ly 1 wheel o! I to kind In Allien, ii. II n.. piles poiver to n winHlwm-un.i; n: up. The wheel til ltl feel In ilmini'liT, Hie I well ll'j Itli he iiml ;pi fe'-t d. i'i. ' Bluer the well docH not il..ly pnuel- .1 oiioiikIi, howeer. n Ree.11,,1 well Ima ' . been driven lieur by Ut re ciifui rn tti preneltt one. The new ell la cli;lit lurhes In iliuineter. Curious 6chetns to Recover Money. " An i-rtin live i heme v.ii wot keil h . . Wllliur l ulmr to rortner William V. , Lundy'a roll of money from the river , at Delaware. Del., a few days ami. l.untly fell Inlo the river and had no time lo Intik after the hlg roll of hllla In Mr, pn ki t while swIinmiiiK lo a plaie of Mlfety. rntiBeqiieully tho ) grei'tiliu -I. s (touted off on the bottom of the Delaware and were soon lut to view. Hrarrh for them waa dill-, dill-, gently nii'l", anil was about to he given up when young l.almr proposed a srheme he had seen worked In finding find-ing the body of a man. He threw a IlKht pine t hip In the river at tha eiart apot from whlrh the money started snd wst lo-d It float In an eddy a mile or ao down the stream, where It propped, anil there, floating on the current, was found the most of Mr. I.nnily'p hllla and thntks. Field of Crystalliied Salt In the middle of the Colorado dea. art, a little lo the north of the Mn. ran border, and I'll! feet below the level of the sea. Ilea a field of rryatal. Used aelt more than a thoopand acre In extent, preaeniing a aurfaro as white as snow, and beneath the noonday noon-day glare of the ami ati dazzling that tha naked eye cannot atsnd Its rsilh anro. It stretches away for miles aud mllea about Helton, fol., an ocean ol blailng. blistering while. A Ons-Lsagad Champion. Hera Is a curious rhallenge which waa rei-ently published In Knglaod: "I am Jo years old, t feet I Inches In heigh and I welch 140 pounds. My left leg has been amputated below the knee, but I am, nevertheless, ready to hoi any man In the world who haa only one leg." A boiing match tietween two one-legged one-legged rui n would be a novel sight, and there la no doubt It would attract large crowd. Seventeen Years In a Wooden Cage. In a vllhir.e In the province of Verm-laud. Verm-laud. Hweden. a woman has jupt been discovered clad In a elngle littrmeut ami shut up In a v.-iNiden csce, which she hns never left for seventeen years. Having heroine mad. she was en trusted by her family to thn rare of somo peaMiints. who undertook lo look after her for a year. When re-leaned re-leaned she was dreadfully eiinu luted, and In an Indeprrlliahly filthy condition. condi-tion. Clock Run by a Geyaar. A rurloua clock Is iIi mi rllied as having hav-ing been rcrcnlly put Into roinmlsslon III a small wmli-ru town. The ninrhln-ery, ninrhln-ery, whlrh Is nothing hut a face, hands and lever, Is connected with a geyser, which shoots a rolumn of hot water every thirty eight seconds. This spouting spout-ing never varies to the tenth of a wee-ond. wee-ond. Kvery lime the water spouta up It strikes the lever and moves tha hands forward thirty-eight serouda. Oold In Streets of Denver. While a trenth was being dug In one of thn strrcls of Denver "re otliod day It was found that tha gravel taken out carried gold, aud ft number of dollara worth of tha yellow yel-low melal waa panned out. The find rauaed iireut i-irlteineut, and tha police had tt Interferw. to prevent tha gravel from being carried away bodily ami lha streets being torn up. Lost Towns In Texaa. Washington county, Teias, la a curious county. Thirteen towns that used to nourish within Us borders have illsapprated from the fnce of tba earth. The first county seat of Washington county waa Mt. Verwon, and It weut the way of fleah many yeara ago. Home of the towns were the rivals of Hodotn and Uomorraa and were wiped out by fires. Won Fortune on Counterfeit Note. A number of Jokers at Monte Carlo a few nlKhts sun having won In a private game all tba monoy In tha poaseaalon of a couuade. proceeded to lose to him a small atitn and to pay him with a rather clever counterfeit note. The Inner had the mile changed In all good faith, went to the puhllo tuhira and wou a small fortune befura tha same night was over. Keeping Milk In Labrador. t'uwa are ararre In Labrador, because be-cause It Is illtllcull to keep them In the extremely cold went her. The tin-tlvos tin-tlvos procure their -n'lk for tho winter win-ter and then kill their cows. The milk Is kept In barrels, wnero It freeing and never hit ns pour thnumhnut the entire p n um. V In n nun wishes to tiii liny null, he bus nllliply to ki to tho h Uriel Ur-iel mid i ut out u alii e. Girl Couldn't Bee the Joke. Itulpll t'tovi'll of .Melbourne, Australia, Aus-tralia, in. id.' a wac.er sonic months ntai that ho c. n'.l h.Hiim.i cl'tiu;ed to a icrliiin :il it'll r u hull hour's talk wnli Ixt. lie ui u II: ' le t It VVUHOIIO id . hut ci ul.l i. ot In.' ill the en- j .1 1-. 1 11 1 I-1 to tile i-.iU larlli II of the vcllllK l.l.ly. vvlui h.iu JiihI srcnreil u venll.l I. .1 f .'i.i 11.111111.1 I'n.yell fof hrriull of .l..llile. Freak PoUto, A. T. riat I.e. i.l lliailfuiil. Vt.. feiitul a (i .mi. in'Uiiii lu hln cellar lint . A ! i i.ill potato nboiit thn al.'.o ol ll i. -Iiln -. I .i.l j; row ii ft on) Hie I .. Ill II hi;: line. 1 II- Kiowth V.118 In- Kind en. I i pin the l..i of the Mu pir lain Mn'riil :. rutlliiK It tis Miiooih . a l.n. te. the small potato bciiif, ll i in I n.-. in this cut. A Valuable Statue. A wi'liilei lill H.itm- iiilorns a riihllo 8.iiaie in Vol ui:. inn. It Is a sealed luiiiue of Hi.- Ki"l I ilaluiti-u. and Its heli lil Is li.l 1 a leei. The total weight of llllH rieil miililo Is 4:..l tons, (no IMiundti of which iiie pure gold. The Smallest Vlllaus. rrohtihly the ptiitillest villsite In the I'nltril Kiliiiilom Is llaglcy Wood, about three and a half mllea from Ahlniiili n It was formerly the abode of a hermit, aud has only four Inhabitants Inhabi-tants now. |