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Show bone in the inn a who wslk ns if not quiet sure where be is poing to, who drops hi letters. m:d never Cites to straighten tiU shoulders. Follow him. and nole how hii hat points backward; aud you know from the uuirles to which be has sot his hat anil his whiskers that, aeen front face, his aspect is uot wise, rilill he is a jjooj uatured fellow, and by (omo iu ninct we reud on his back that be has an amhition to be amusiug. Oua is perfectly certain that the man with tucli a bark sings comic sougs and equally certain that ha never know military teachers bis zeal nud strict fidelity to duty, lu appearance lie his mother, aud like her ho lias the peculiarity of being shovt-legje-which makes him look when sealed taller thau he really is. Since his luto journey to various European, and east-e- m courts lie has develojicd more inde-pendence and has alio como more to the front. There is every reason to hope and think that ho will prove no tiuworthy scion of that most ancient and honnrablo house of Savoy from which ho has spinng.aiid that when his time arrives ho, too.will do his duty as Italy's king. CHARACTERS IN BACKS. As Intrtlnc In Kluilmii or llmnsn Na-ture as the Krouts of Iintiviriuata, The back of an iudividii'il is an easy study the whole of bim, bis li ijurej and walk, his shoulders moulded by thu habits of his life, the carriage of the bead, tha wearing of the clothing. Face to face we see the man as be desires to be seen; but behiud bis back re take him Dy surprise.and catch sight of his charac-ter. Follow the thoughtful man as he wanders through the streets.Bceing noth-ins- - While he wnlks his bead and boulders bend; one knows that his eyes seek the ground, just as one sees his feet liuijcr on it. In this nvmner it must have been that MacauUy walked in his famous night wanderings, when bo traversed the London streets and ssw nothing, a contrast to the night walks of Charles Dickens, who trod the sstuo streets and saw everything, with head characteristically heid back ans! slightly to one side un unergelio observer rather than a deep thinker. Very different from what we may call the rellned aud intellectual back is the back of the broad and vulgar figure who THE BKVKItR BACK. when people cease to laugh nt the song and begin to laugh at himself. Hut there is such a thing as bavins; too much backbone, and that is rathci worse than having loo little. When a man has too much backbone his heart ia not as people say. "in the right p!a e." Sometimes there is no room iu him lor a heart at all. Now, there are some nice in whom force of character is carried in-to the extreme, aud becomes hardness and habitual severity. A severe back is a pleananler sight to see than a severe face. It is not what we would call tha just and righteously indignant back, which is straight and noble, a fine thing and a venerable. It is the bulldog-shouldere- d back that denotes the domes-tic ogre. His bald head shines. One knows that in the front the veins are bursting. His moustache has been twisted lo sharpness by angry fingers. His hands are clenched or pushing mightily against bis hnrdsct knee. lie could strike, but he has too much pride, and his orders are harder thau blows, lie has a habit of getting bis bent to his knee in self re-strained wrath. There are, indeed, many backs that are moregladly seen thau the correspond-ing faces. The back of the bore is a goodly sight, while, on the other hand, when good-b- is grievous, bow much precious regard is wasted on the dear characteristic, well-know- back, that uever knows what loving looks went after it. Toronto Truth. TUB TIIOL'UH TFUI. H. a, struts past us as if be owned ttie street. His glory is uot in his mind or heart, but in bis pockets. He has a habit of stick-ing up for his rights. Even bis collar sticks up, and his hair, to correspond with his inner self, is bristling. Hi thinks he can buy anything, from a pic-ture, of which he knows nothing, te an elector, who knows nothing of him. Tbe purse-prou- man will never band money out of that pocket for charity, unless be is pretty sure that his mtmo II iu a printed list of subscribers. Not so the wealthy man who has a heart above gold. Look at him, a back view, as he stands at a public meeting called at some time of calamity or need He is sure to be there. If the hall ia overcrowded you can sej him standing, never complaining of tho lack of seatsi he Is there for the comfort of others; hi forgets his own. He is a large-hcarte.- J man, and everything about him is large. The big hands are only waiting behiml him to give freely, the broad back can bear a goodly share of others' burdens. As for the back of the rogue, it ia oi THE rUltSIt PKOUD BACK. Infinite variety. If there wero only one sort, we might all make what soldiers would call a reconnoissance to the rear, and detect and outwit bim. There is tbe sharp dealer of the business world, who is remarkably spruce at the back and the adventurer of society, who can bow like the first gentleman in Europe aud ten thousand more varieties, from tha welcher on the turf up to the gentle-man who ought to be a baronet, and who has lived for tho last thirty yean on that statement, and on charitably col-lecting for the savages of BorriobooU He could straighten bis body if be liked, but his mind is fixed in curves of cui- - THE HKNEVOLBKT BACK. nlng. He and his principles are m crooked as wriggling eelB. lie can prets others to his will too, as he presses be cane to a curve like himself. His spare form is not the thin, bent back of the student. The back of t bookworm is another kind of bend curve to be respected. Nor is it lb it stoop of old age. The back is on indet of aire as well as of character. Tint smalt child stands a square, uprii;)t atom of bumnnity. The man grovs straight to hls full height; then hs boulders broaden; then bis shouides The rrlnce of Naples. Of the prince of Naples little is known as yet, except that he adores his parents, and especially his mother, and is adored by her iu return. SI10 has nurtured him in the best traditious of his house, and oue anecdote in especial about this has become a favorite theme for poetry and picture throughout Italy. Having cone to visit Palermo in company with her boy, it happened that on the return journey to Naples iv great storm arose, and the commander jea'red'foi- - the safely of his precious freight. He consulted with the ollicers as to whether they bad not best put back. It was decided to lay tho mat-ter before' the queen and abide by her decision. She happened to havo iu her baud a paper. Rapidly, without hesita-tion, she wrote on it the words, "Scmpre avaiiti Savoia," passing it on to tiio captain. Pretty stories nre told of tho prince how in his childhood he saved up his pocket money in order to buy his mother trinkets. He is a shy, retiring youth, who has developed late, but of whose heart and intelligence all who know him speak highly. Like his father, he is frank of speech, and often uarrates tales of the home-lif- e. Here is one. The kiug, in con-trast to the queen, is quite inartistic iu bis tastes, and above all, ha3 no ear for music. Of late the queen has found it needful to wear glasses in order to read. These glasses aunoy tho king, who, when ho sees them going up.says at once, "Margherita, put down those glasses." 'Mamma does not obey," avs the prince. Then papa say3, Margherita.if you don't take off those glasses, I shall sing." And mamma has such a dread of papa's false notes that he obeys at ouce to save herself from that torment. Hi tutors praise his application; bis f THE ROGUE S BACK. j Come forward aud his head goes darn. There is an old snyine to descrit, a man of weak character Hint he has ho backbone." There Is uot much b!k- - THE VIRY WEE-E3- T MA?J. A lv:irf W in V.oul.l IIiito Krn a Bo, j uuxt lliifl lie I.WihI r. p!'!t" is supposed to have benn the smallest man who ever lived. He was borne I y :i peasant viini:iu in Lorraine just l) years ai;o. and was called Uclio liccatiiu the first few years of his life he could ailieiilato only "b-b- ." The day of his liirtli li'-b- e was smaller than his mother's hand. Ten days afterward lie was taken to the village cure, to be baptized, in his mother's wooden shoo, because he was too tired to be carried safely iu her riiH. During tho next six months the fame uoodeu shoe served as Lie he's crib. WIiimi Hebe was about seven years old Kins Stanislaus I.e.scyuski of Po-land, who was theu living at Lorraine, heard what a wonderful little feilow be was and ordered the child's father to brim; him to court, lie bo. Sr.. car-ried his son to the royal palace in a rmall basket. Stanislaus said at once that Hebe must become his court dwarf. Hebe's father was induced to accede to this proposal with a good bit of royal l'olish gold, and Hebe was made a regular follower of the King's com t. At the time of his introduction to court life Helm was just twenty inches tall aud weighed eighty pounds. He never grew larger. He had a sweet little voice, a good ear for music and uimblo legs. Ho could dance and sing with tho best of the King's courtiers. He was useful as a table ornament at all the King's great banquets. His most famous ap-pearance in this rather peculiar role took place at a dinner which Stanis-laus gave to tho Ambassador of a great power in 178). iu the middle of the taole was an immense sugar castle. Shortly before the guests rose to leave, the door of the castle opened aud a knight iu full armor stepped out with a drawn sword iu his right hand. All the guests thought the knight must be some wonderful automaton which the King had obtained from the skilled mechanics across tho Rhine. He wasn't, however. He was none other than little Hebe. He walked around the table, shook his sword in tho face of every guest, saluted tho King and then turned back to the castle en-trance, where he assumed the position of a sentry. At a signal from the King every ono at the table began to bombard him with small sugar balls. Hebe hurried at once into the castle, locked the door motiuted the tower and pretended to return the lire by setting off a lot of perfumed explosives. In 1758 the Empress Catharine, of lliysia, sent an emissary nfter him to the court of the Polish King. Late one evening when the royal palace was almost deserted, Catharine's emis-sary snapped Hebe up and stuffed him into the pocket of his great coat. Bebo screamed so lustily that ho revealed the plot to the guard at the door. The emissary was arrested and Hebe was rescued. Not loug afterward Bcbe accom-panied Stanislaus to the court of Louis XV. iu Versailles, where he again nar-rowly escaped abduction. A lady of tho French court had been holding hiiu iu her lap between tho course of a state dinner. Suddenly sho rose to leave the room. Her first step was ac-companied by a shrill cry from tho folds of her gown. "Hour Majesty, Your Majest3, this lady has stuck me in her pocket and is running away with me." The voice was Rebe's. Ho was im-mediately dragged from the court lady's pocket aud placed under the guard of two pases, who were in-structed by the Kiug Stanislaus to watch him day and night. The perils through which he had passed and the strict surveillauce to which he was now subjected depressed Be bo's spirits aud demoralized his acrvous system. He becamo melan-choly, morose, rouud-shouldere- d aud haggard.. The King thought he needed a com-panion to cheer him up. and tho ref-j't- ee married bim. with great pomp ami ceremony, to Therese Sonvray, a dwarf of about his own age and slight-ly greater stal tire. That was tho last drop in Bebc's cup. Two weeks after his marriage he lost his mind. Ho ceased to talk entirely, ate little, and spent most of his time iu his crib. His honeymoon was hardly up when ho died, ut" tho ago of 21. His wife, Therese. survived him forty-tw- o years. flil OIVIS ENJOYS Both tbe method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken ; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acta fontly yet promptly on the Kidneys, and Bowels, cleanses the sys-tem effectually, dispels colds, head-ache- s and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Svrun of Figs is tho only remedy of its kind ever pro-duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its e fleets, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, iU many excellent qualities com-mend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup oi Figs is for sale in 50o and 1 1 bottles by all leading drug-gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro-cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do uot acctpt any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIO SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. iouisviui, nr. w rctx. K.t. "German Syrup" For Coughs & Colds. John F.Jones, Kdoni.Tex. .writes I have used German Syrup for the past six years, for Sore Throat, Cough, Colds, Tains in the Chest and Lungs, and let me say to any-one wanting hucli a medicine German Syrup is the best. B.W. Baldwin, Carnesville.Tenn., writes : I have used your German Syrup in my family, and find it the best medicine I ever tried for coughs aud colds. I recommend it to every-one for these troubles. R. Schmalhausen, Druggist, of Charleston, 111., writes: After trying scores of prescriptions and prepara-tions I had on my files aud shelves, without relief for a very severe cold, which had settled on my lungs, I tried your German Syrup. It gave me immediate relief and a perma-nent cure. G. G, GREEN, Sole Manufacturer, Woodbury, New Jersey, U. S. A. H31l CAIN !; QNE poJ :! Btg-fl- p a Day '! A CAIN OF A POUND A DAY IN Tim j CASK OK A MAN WHO HAS BECOME "ALL j RUN DOWN," AND HAS BEGUN TO TAKE THAT REMARKABLE FLESH PRODUCER, ISCOTT'S I FriLsiorj 1 j OF PURE COD LIVER OIL WITH I H ypophosphites of Lime & Soda j IS NOTHING UNUSUAL. TlIIS FEAT r j HAS BEEN PERFORMED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. TALATABLE A3 MILK. KN. I iKiRsKonvl'iivstciANs. Sold by all ) Druggists. Avoid substitutions and i1 I IMITATIONS. j SICKIIEADACIIE rr-- Ponielyeiired U fADTCDO these EJUIe PHI, LhIM fntl They alo relieTo Din. V1 treMfromDysixT't'.In 5 I itigaatiou anil TnoiloirtY k j"ITTLa Eating. A perfect rem I llirn ody for DlzziDflM,KiiM I I I VtK Druwainem, Had Twite El nil! in the Mouth, Coated tII HILLS. TTOnnKRI'liDw.PLaIiVntEnKth. aBTldhe!. Wn 1 regulate the Uowels.B , j Purely Vepntable. ' I Price 25 'nts 1 CAHTSl3n:iircCO.,KIWY0& 1 Small Pill. Small Dose. Small Price! Va-Szelizlst-e. pOROVH PoTXAR wnt as by mnll, w will A fteliv-or- free of nil clianre. to any perton In t lit) Untied Statt'i, nil the tuiluwiug articlei tuiviully pta'keU in a neut box : One Dottle of Pure Vfwltne 10 (Ha. One buttle VoiM'llne I'ooiado lctsa One )nr of Vaseline 15 eta. One cake of Vaseline Camphor Ice lOcte. One cake of VflftnMneHnnp, unacented,... 10 cUs Onecnkeof Vaseline Kntp. wonted 26 ct. One botUe of White V use Hue cm. i.lfl Or fw stamps any ntnRle article at the price. If you imveoccalin to ue Vaseline in any form beeax'ful to accept only genuine goods put up by us n orltrlnul packngea. A great many druirita are IryliiK to persuade buyenttotake VASKI.lNKput Dp by tho in. Never yield to inch persuasion, aathe article 1b an Imitation without value, and wilt not rlreyoii the remil t you expect. A bottle of Blue feeai Vnwl ine i auld by all drugglsta at ten cent. CHESKBKOLUli Tf. Cfc, 2 tU It., w Tark. OTHERS' FRIEND imes CHILD BIRTll EM ip uaso Barcma confinkmsnt. Book to "Mothibs'1 Mild-Fb- . RIUWIKLO UEOIXATOII .. ATLA.1TA4BA. Sold air ALLDuuauirrs. CONT ALL SMOKE HAVANAS. Th Xutnbrr of Poopl In This Couotr? Who Miiolio Imported Clear. "As near as we can get at it." said the. cigar dealer, "we calculate that thero are 13,000.000 smokers iu the United States. We haven't been.uble to trot it down Hue enough jet to estimate how many of these smoko cigars, what portion tho pipe, or tho number of those who inhale the delu-sive cigarette, but we can pet protty close to the number who go in for ed cigars. And that number sur. prised me when I figured it out. Not one person in u thousaud would be able to guess anywhere near it, after know-ing tho total number of smokers in the country. Now. out of those smokers how many indulge iu Havana??" About 4,000,000," replied the re-porter. That's the nearest to the number of any guess I've had. and I have a stand-ing oiler of a box of the best Ferfectos to tho man w ho guesses within half a million of the nctual tigttres. I'm sor-ry, but near as you came you have uot won the box. You're out of the way, though, only about 4,000,000 in jour guess. Now then, if you'll tell mo whether you are too hipli or too low I'll give you the Ferfectos." "Too low, of course." "Exactly. That's what they all think. Fin sorry, young man, but you dou't get the box. "You're just 8,934,-00- 0 smokers too high in your estimate. Hardly believe it, would you? Nobody would. Hut it's so, and there's no get-ting around it. Why if there wero consumers of Havana cigars in this country, how often do you sup-pose each one would get a Havana to smoke? Just about three a month. That is, if all tho cigars imported from Cuba into tho Uuitcd States were equally divided among 4,000.000 smok-ers, each smoker would havo twenty-tiv- e cigars and a piece of one. At the outsidu. we take from Cuba 110,000,000 cigars a year. This is all tho demand calls for. Consequently, we smoke in round numbers 3:10,000 of them every day. "I think it is fair to give five cigars as each smoker's daily average. So we see by easy figuring that just GG,-0- persons are all that are required to get away with all the imported cigars that the United Stales consumes annu-ally. Astonishing', isn't itP Out of nil army of 13,000,000 people iu this coun-try who smoke, only CG.000 indulge in the luxury of imported cigars, but that 66.000 pay not'less thau an aver-ag- e of l apieco every day for tho privilege, which makes the snug little sum of $22,000,000 a year whioli goes tip in the fragrant smoke of the Havana in this great aud glorious laud." Chicago Journal. LAKE DWZLLERS IN AFRICA. Thousands or marks who Krar Tholr Hats on rile In tho Denhaiu Wslers, Much attentiou was recently called to the region arouud Kntanuu, on the Gulf of Guinea, near which place sev-eral hundred of the womeu warriors of the King of Dahomey were killed in battle by the French troops. Oue of the most interesting features of this region is thu largo native villages and towns that have been built iu the water. The inhabitants many years ago took this means of trying to escape from tho terrible raids of the King of Dahomey. Many hundreds of people were actually driven by the powerful King into the water. It happens that tho Dahumians are very superstitious about traveling iu canoes or crossing streams, anil the fugitives took advan-tage of I his fact to secure protection for themselves. On any good map oue may see the "Denhani waters" ucar Kotouou. This is the home of these lake dwellers. Tho towns have each a population ol from '.'00 or 300 souls to as many thou-sands. Fhysically the people are tin and healthy specimens of Africans, and as a rule they are free from dis-ease. Gov. Moloney of Lagos says the houses are built upon piles or straight branches of hard wood three to six inches iu diameter. They are driven into tho bottom of the lake. The up-per ends are secured by cross pieces, on whi'-'- h aro laid a bamboo flooring, two-third- s or one-ha- lf of which is cov-ered in by a house. The uprights of the house are fixed first and secured below the platform to the supporting piles. The roof frame is next made on the platform, and is covered with grass or bamboo leaves, and raised to its position. Tho remaining portion of flooring is used as a veranda, lu the construction no nails are used. These natives are fishermen aud also a pastoral people. It is a curious fact that they keep cattle in pens adjoining their houses built on piles over the water like their dwellings. Some-lim- es during the dry season the shal-lowness of tho water admits of the cat-tle being allowed to wander on terra lirnia; but fodder is brought in canoes to many less fortunate animals which are compelled to eke out their exist-ence iu these pens surrounded by water until sticli time as they are tethered and transported by canoe to tho butcher. Tho present natives are still in dread of the Dahomiaus, but even if this fear uo longer existed it is probable that the habit which they and their fathers before thcui have long followed would lead them to prefer these nquatio residences. It is notkuowa how many lake dwellers there are, but it is sup-posed thero nre at least 10,000 of them amoug the various tribes whose huts cover the Dcuham waters. Once in a while these tribes make war on one another, and they couduet their light-ing iu cauocs, capable of holding two or three persons, and their weapons are guus, harpoons, spears and clubs. In some other parts of Africa, par-ticularly in the Congo basin, the habit of dwelling in huts sustaiued on piles iu lakes or rivers is very largely fol-lowed, and perhaps a milliou or two of the people of Africa are still perpet-uating the phase of life of which we have relics in the remains of the iake dwellers of the era. A CREAT FRENCH SHIP. Tha Amirnl nnpnrra or Mm First t'luM Armored from Stem to Ntern. A notable French armored ship of the first class is the Aniiral Duperre. It was designed by M. Babattier, and differs materially from that country's othet ships of the same class. It has a com-plete belt of very thick urnSor from stem ii - TUB AMIKAL DUPEHHB. to stern greatest thickness 33 inches, tapering to 10 inches at the extremities, with a thick deck (3 inches) at the top of the belt in the usual mauuer. But above this belt there is uo armored main-dec- k battery, as in the other ships, tbe chief armnmcut, of four 48-to- guns, be-ing carried in four elevated barbette towers, two ot which are well forward, and project considerably to enable their guDi to act efficiently as bow-chaser- s and at the same time to command all round the broadside aud right astern, Te facilitate this the sides of the ship have great tumble home. Tbe other two towers aro situated at the middle line ol the ship, one Dear tbe stern, arrd th other further forward, betweon tha main and mizzen masts. The main deck, although without armor defense, is not without armament, as it carries fourteen h rifled breech-loaders- . Didn't Consult the Owner. A lot of us were waiting at Syracuse ror the train from Oswego, when we noticed an old man and his son, the latter about 25 years old and built like a horse. Something seemed to be troubling the boy, and by aud by the old man slipped arouud aud put us on. He said: "Bill has got a biio on his left low about as big as a pint cup. He's had it two weeks, and I got him to town to have it lanced. Come to get here, ho ain't got the sand. Stinthiu' ortor be done, nnd I've thought of a way." "Well?" "I'd bust the bile in a York minit if I could get the chance, but Bill sus-pects me. If one of you fellers would go up and tap him lie'd be the most thankful mau in the country after it was over." You will always find somo one in a crowd ready to offer himself up for anvthlng. "The man in our crowd who volunteered was traveling through the country with a lircproof paiut. He was a slim, cadaverous chap, with a wheezy voice, and he said to the fa titer: "Old man, I'll do it. I've bad biles for the last twenty-liv- e years, and I know what it is to suffer. All of you keep quiet, nnd I'll have Bill singing hosannahs iu less'n live minutes." He stepped out of the crowd, wan-dered arouud for a bit, and, as Bill be-came interested in a railroad notice tacked on the wall, thu humanitarian approached him and dealt him a smart kick on the calf of his left leg'. A wild yell and a jump followed, nnd then tho room was tilled with hats, dust, coats, arms, legs, aud boots, nnd we pulled Bill off to find the paint man lying nnd apparently tied into fourteen knots. A doctor who was present worked over him for ten min-utes beforo ho opened his eyes. Bill and tho old man had slipped out long before that, and wo had picked up two teeth, a crushed hat, a broken watch chain, a smashed watch, and some pieces of cloth, and laid them beside the victim. Ho stated at lis tor a min-ute or two, cleared his mouth of blood, and theu sat up to say. "Bill had a bile. I was fool enough to try to bust it for him, and Bill bust-ed me instead! Gentlemen, place mo on a bench, and leave mo to inyvu reflections. I want to ligger outjif I hain't a dangerous man to be allowed to run ut large!" N. Y. Sun. Short of Wind. The fascination which military bands have for the children is perhaps no greater than that posssesed for them by grown people, but Is sometimes more amusingly displayed. Wheu the Old Guard paraded on Evacuation Day tha gamius and gamines of Park row were in high feather and amused themselves by marching to the sound of the military music Dit's do big feller of th' hull biHn'." said one small boy to an admiring small girl, poiuting to the bandmaster, "lkin play de bones now, nn' dat's de Job lae goin' ler huvo some day. See?" "Hul" grouted the envious rival. "Yotil Ya's.you'ro a blootniu' fine chap ter lend a baud, you is. Why, you ain't jrot wind enuf ter whistle fur a topi" i Y. Ecening Telegram. His First Trip to Town. Abner Dungrass, from away up be-yond the White Mountains, had pene-trated to the Hub. It was Abuer's first visit to the city iu fact, his first trip away from home, says the N. Y. Ledger. A relative, doing business iu the metropolis, had spent the previous slim-mer with Abner's parents.and in return for many kinducsses.he had invited his frieuds of the country farm to visit hiiu in his city home. And thus Abner chanced to be in Boston, and was now dining at a hotel with his host. At first our countryman hardly knew what to do with himself at tho won-drous- ly laden table. His relative, ob-serving his hesitation, whispered to him: "Don't be backward, Abner; help yourself to just what you like." By and by a gentleman sittiug oppo-lt- o "directed ft waiter to biinj him a plato of ieo cream. The cream was brought and the gen-tleman fjet it down before him while he Ii'' '.shed a dish of scallops. Abner loo'.ed up aud saw the delicate-lookin- g mass in the plate not far away. It was triopling, nnd he reached forth and took it. Ho had put a spoonful of the frozen mixture into his mouth, and was hesitating between surprise and de-light, when the gentleman opposite rather abruptly and not very pleasant-ly spoke: "Well, my friend, that's what I should call decidedly cool." Yaas," responded Abner, innocent-ly, wheu ho had swallowed tho frigid morsel. "It's about the coldest pudd'n 1 ever tasted. 1 swau tew man! ef I don't believe it's really teched with frost!" All Turned Around. A Lowell young woman went to a church of which she is not a regular at-tendant and was politely shown Into a pew. Soon after a man made his ap-pearance, nud immediately glared upon tho visitor ns if she wero an unwelcome Intruder. Uo scaled himself with the air of a proprietor, and continued to stare at the fair stranger in the most in-solent muniier. Embarrassed beyond measure, tbe young lady felt impelled to offer an apology, which, sho did iu tho following terms: "Excuse me, sir, but do you oovupew this pief ' Lowell Citizen. Sons of Italy. One of tho most notable features In the development of the manufacture of shoes is said to be the number of Italian immigrants who become members of the craft. About 7.000 shoemakers are employed, uud a 25 per cent increase during the your has made the propor-tion of Italian shoemakers nearly one-ha- lf of tho whole number. This Influx of labor has made work unsteady. It is largely piece-wor- k, but tho nominal price and hours of labor have remained the same. Ten hours is a day's work. The average return for a week has been f15; girls receive 4 aud f5 a week. This spring work was especial-ly slack. The shop associations pre-sent the striking anomaly of being up-held by the employers and unpopular with many employes. The Luck of the Ugly Man. "I have a beautiful wife." You have, indeed." "What! Have you seen her?" No; but I never saw mi nly man married yet who didn't gut the pick ol tfo flock."-V- . Y. Hun. A Smart Widow. Widow Sarah Flint did asinartthiDg when she married Col. Alboru Saxton in Missouri twenty years ago. She ex-acted an antenuptial contract by which her childieti by a former husband should become heirs to Mr. Saxlon's estate in case no children were born to them. She died two years later, with-out any children by her second hus-- i band, who died recentlv, leaving an estate valued at $2,000,?k)0. The com-- j pact was contested, but the parties sc-- ! enpted $100,000 ns a compromise nnd j the widow's (iiililfon got the remainder. The greatest bight upward in the at-mosphere at which a sound of a can-non has been heard was 20,000 feet, when Mr. Glaisher at that height over Bttiinghain heard tho tiring of tho unaJtug proved there. Did you tind what you wanted?" ' Yes; they had it in seven different places." t mo boo it." "O, I didu't get it." liarvcft Bazar. |