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Show MARJORIE. lii.nplsd, and fair as a lily. With curls of tin- - KMf'n rod'B b io, Anil eyes like shy mvcsutis, Reflecting the sky's deep blue; A voieo like the aniijr f a wild bird. Clear nud sweet from the top of its tree, Unlike, the caed one's threuody Of longing once n ii ire to lo free; A laiiRh like the soft gurgling ripple Of the brook in the that flows In sinuous curves thro' the willows, And murmurs a song as it goes; A mouth like a red rose half opened. To whisper of love and caress. Has this wee, winsome, rare little niniden, rVnt by heaven to comfort and bless. Iiungene l'ope. the old man suddenly stopped, and for the first time looked at his somewhat alarmed companion. It was a piercing gUnco, if only a momentary ono. and Joseph noticed that his eyes had a dim phosphorescent light us of smouldering' lire lurking in their depths. Then he turned on his heol, walked rapidly oil through the bushes and disappeared us before. For reasons that Zoigler could not have explained even to himself, he said nothing to anyone of this second encounter with the gray-beardo- d stranger. Hut when noxt he returned from YunJuuU's he kept close watch in order to seo where the old man curao from should he again intrude The remains were away and given a decent burial, but noth ing further was ever discovered In re-gard to them. Whose they were could never be ascertained. Whether an insane murderer had taken this awful way to gf'.de the world to his victim's body, ir whether the spirit of the murdered man him-self had returned from its abode in the unknown and mystery-shadowe- d future to point out his mortal remains for interment, will probably never be known. Joseph tried in vain to find out tbo Identity of the singular man who conducted him to that midnight scene of horror on that pleasant moon-light night; and if it was not a man, WHAT WAS IT? what was it? A number of years ago there was employed in one of the largo wino manufacturing housos at Egg Harbor City a sto uly young fellow of German descent, named Joseph Zeigler. Hut as sometimes happens to German young mou as well as to thoso of strict American parentage, Joseph was in love. Two or threo evenings every week would this devoted young Deutscher walk four miles out into the bush to call upon a pretty, yellow-haire- d Frauloin who answered to tho name of Minna Vanzandt, and to whom ho ex-pected to be married as soon as he was able to support a family. So it is not a great Bourco of wonderment that it was often well along toward morning before ho finally entered tho little room at Egg Harbor whore at present he was lodging. 1 hus it came about that Joseph was upon him. It was all in vain. Before he knew it, his silent com-panion was once moro at his aide and ho was none tho wiser as to whence he came. In spite of bis watchfulness tho first thing he knew tho old man was there. Thoroughly terrified Zoigler broke into a sharp run in order to leavo him in tho rear. The old man never turnod his head and opparently was porfoetly ignorant of his unwilling companion's existence, ybt he still kept his place beside him. Joseph stopped short in tho road; the old man did the same. Finding ho could not get rid of his remarkable companion Joseph made tho bust of him, but his steps were rapid for he was much alarmod. I to did not liko the singular manner of the stranger and at onco decided that ho must bo insano. As on tho former occasion, the old man stopped and gave Joseph a pierc-ing look from his glowing eyes ere ho turnea off into the woods; but this once trudging on along through the sand of a narrow and bush-border-time ho did more than that, lie mo-tioned with great earnestness for his companion to follow him. Finding he would not do so, ho than turnod slow-ly uway and vanished among tho bushes. It was more than two weeks before Joseph called upon Minna again. Tha risk of encountering that silent, un-canny old man again was too much for his rather limited amount of courago. Hut when tho moon was nearing its full once more ho summoned up all his determination and went, llo felt that ho must see Frauloin Vanzandt again in spite of all the crazy pooplo in New Jersey. He dreaded his lonely walk a good deal, however, and it was not much to bo wondered at that ho fortified him-self with more than the usual amount of Ilerr Vanzandt's home-mad- e wine. Ha also started for home at a much road, among tho wea small hours at the little end of the day. He hud just left tho Vanzandt homestead and tho charming and ample Minna; and nat-urally enough, ho was a happy man. ' Moro than two miles of dusty high-way lay before him boforo tha next clearing would bo reached, auJ largo tracts of land thickly coverej with scrub oak and pino crowded close upon the roadside. Occasional paths and openings led out into the wood-land on either side, but in spito of these tha walk was decidedly lone-some, and so thought tho young fellow in quostion in spito of pleasant thoughts of the fair-hair- Madchen whom he hud just le ft. So he rather wished he could have company, though the evening was a bright and moonlit one. Suddenly, and without the slightest previous warning, Joseph became con-scious that he was not alone! An old man, with long gray board was walk-ing along by his side, though seem-ingly ignorant of his proximity. The young man wondered much at his presence tbero at that hour, but his company was decidedly welcome; for, if tho truth be told, Joseph was feeling a trifle timid. "Good evening, sir: if it is not too late," said he to tho stranger with a view to being sociable. The old man p. id not tho slightest attention to the salutation; he did not appear as if he had even ho;ird It, for he kept walking along in tho samo absorbed and silent manner. "Wie gehts, rnein Freund," said Joseph in a little louder tone, think-ing his companion might not under-stand English or was somewhat deaf; but still there was no sign that ho was heard. Tho old man only walk-ed along as quietly and unsociably as ever. Joseph looked at him even more sharply than before, but he could not see anything about him to occasion tho least alarm. Tho silent old man not only mado no off or to molest him in any way, but he paid no more at-- earlier hour. It was the samo story over again. The old man was apparently on the lookout for him, as ha suddonly ap-peared at his side. Ho still carried the singular staff In his hand, and still refused to be distanced or to reply to any remark addressed to him. As he turned oit from the road he beckoned even moro urgently than before for his young companion to follow him. Ilerr Vanzandt's wine was having considerable effect on Joseph's cour-ago, and bo felt as bold as a lion. So he unhesitatingly stepped out of the highway in obedience to tho invita-tion, and followed tho singular mad-tnu- u along through the bushes; but tho hand in his coat-pock- gripped firmly the butt of a revolver with which he had taken the precaution to arm him-self. The path conducted the strangely assorted pair some ton or fifteen rods into the thicket, and finally ended in a littlo opening among a cluster of low, dark pines. Thoro the remarka-bl- o guide came to a halt. Ho turnod around and faced his com-panion where the .moonlight loll most strongly upon his form and features, and removed the broad-brimm- hat that he wore. As he did so tho young man started back with an exclamation of horror. The thick, gray hair was matted and fairly soaked with blood, and a thin dark stream of it was beginning to trickle down across the pallid features. It was a ghastly sight-Josep- h Zeigler had scarcely noticed all this whon it seemed to him as if tho old man's flesh suddenly dropped tention to him than ho would to a fencepost, if one had been there. Evidently he was not a tramp, for he was well-dresse- d, and tho glittor of a gold charm crossod his vest-fron- t. Zeigler also observed that ho walked with a stout staff, whose head was grotesquely carved into the semblance of a human skull, and tint his features were Palo, even to ghusthness. away from him and dissolved in the pale moon-beam- s before his very eyes. For a brief instant a bleached and whitened skeleton stood thero in the Hood of moonlight, then the separat-ing bones foil in a confused heap at his feet with a sharp, dry rattle. Tho fictitious courage born of Horr Vnnzmdt's wino vanished in an in-stant at the horriblo sight. With a shriek of terror Joseph turned and fled from the grisly phantasm, and he never slackened his headlong pace till ho found himself on one of tho silent streets at Egg Harbor City. The next morning ho headed a little exploring party, and conducted them through the bushes till they reached the littlo circle of pinos that had shut in the horror of tho night before. Lying there among the leaves and rubbish they found the bleaching bones of a man's skeleton; and close Tho taciturn stranger walked along by his sido for nearly a mile, and, though Joseph spoke to him several times in both Gorman and English, he could not even attract his attention. Then he suddenly turned down a narrow by-pa- th that led off among tho bushes on tho right, and disappeared in tho shadows. Much mystified, Zoigler walked rap-idly homeward, and when he again called upon his beloved a few even-ings later, he made some inquiries in regard to the matter. But Ilerr Van-zandt knew of no one answering wt all to tho young man's description. No ono lived out in tho bush in that di-rection, and there were no paths there except cattle-track- s, leading nowhere in particular. Tho fair Mina soon engrossed Joseph's attention, however, so tho aueer old man was entirely forgotten. beside lay a walking stick whose heavy knob was a mimic skull, and to an angle of which still clung a few gray hairs. The cranium had been crushed in on ono sido as if by a terrible blow from a bludgeon, and there was no trace of the glittering gold chain worn by Zeigler's strango companion of the preceding evening. Tho staff, a few shreds of cloth, and the troes, wero all that remained to tell of some-thing that had been a man. He thought no more about the affair till ho set out on his return that night or rather the next morning, for it was considerably past midnight. At about the same spot Zeigler was thunderstruck by suddenly dis-covering that the mysterious old man was again walking at his Bide. How ind whence ho came, Joseph could not explain; the first he knew the old man was there. As before, all efforts . to attract his attention wero useless. At the same rift through the bushes THE FARM AND IIOMEJ RURAL AND DOMESTIC TOPICS CAREFULLY CULLED. The Mule Nth Kconoitiiciil Farm Animal A Word About lleo kecoliii; Hints About lyein harm and Ilouncholtl. The Mule on the Those farmers who have had ni t experience with mules will concede that they tiro tho most profitable for farm work. Tho following is a good estimate of tho mules on our Western furnic-- : "They aro longer lived, lens liable to balk, less liable to disease or unsoundness, will .stand rough treat- - ' ment bolter, have thicker hide and hair, consequently can stand cold storms better, aro less particular about their fare, and will eat weeds and coarse grass that horses would refuse. He is less likely to run away, and, if lie docs run, don't get scared and kick things to pieces, but follows the road and stops when ho thinks ho has gono far enough, and is no more likely to run again than if nothing had hap-pened, lie takes less grain but fully as much rough feed as a horse, takes less slicking up, as ho is only a mule any-way. This is tho good side; now Ict-us go around and look on tho other nide. A mnlo is very apt to bo rogue-is- h. Ho will jump fences, throw them down, climb over or crawl through, just as he pleases; therefore, when you turn him in pasture you have no idea where you will find him. It is owing to how a farmer is situated which kind of a team ho wants; if ho employs all kinds of drivers, has steady work and keeps his team up nights, ho wants mules. Hut if his team is driven by trustv drivers and can run on pasture a but aro from a line of developed slros and dams. In other words the trotting action is not only inherited, but tho additional power which comes from training is also transmitted, and the developed sire gives better results than he would have given without develop-ment. Tho same law holds here with all domestic animals. The descendants of the cows that are now making great records will undoubtedly far surpass them. Excellence in any line is trans-milte- d in a higher degree, if that ex-cellence has been brought to its fullest development by training and food. It is in this law of heredity that tho skill-ful and thoughtful breeder finds his hope of reward. The Cheiipctit .Meat. American Cultivator: Most farmers know that young animals grow faster from tho food consumed than they do after they pass their second year. With pigs and sheep a shorter time suffices to attain limit of profitable growth. Tho meat of lambs is higher in price and has cost its owner less to produce. Sheep for breeding may be kept five years. After that they, too, should bo fattened, as keeping longer will result in moro or less dying every year from indigestion, as their teeth become poor. Young hogs tha weigh l.')0 to 200 pounds find ready sale, and at better prices per hundred than tho over-growth porkers starved ono year, when there is most profit in good feeding, and fattened the next when there is least. Farm Notes. Kyo nnd barley sown together make an excellent green food for cattle. A hole in the shelter of stock wastes feed just as truly as does a hole in tho granary. Always avoid unnecessary expendi-ture of strength. You will wear out part of the time, horses aro much soon enough. more convenient." A Word About Keen. In a recent issuo of tho Farm and Home the statement is made that if tho colonics in an apiary havo been equal-ized in tho spring to promote brood roaring, by strengthening weak stockjat the exMiuso of tho strong, they should at the beginning of tho main honey flow, unless all have become very pop-ulous, bo doubled up, or part made very strong by giving bees and brood from the rest, which may be left as mere useless colonies. When swarms that issuo at the beginning of the honey harvest aro returned after killing tho queen, all but ono of tho best queen cells in tho hive should bo destroyed. Unless this is dono they if the weather and pasturage continues favorable swarm again in seven or eight days. Second and third swarms are also liablo to follow. If the colony is one of your Do not borrow money unless you can make it bring you a larger per cent than you pay. It is best to keep one team well shod during tho winter to use on the road wlien slippery. Show your selfishness to your hired man and he will show his selfishness to you. "Like begets like." Change the feed often enough to keep all sto.'k with good appetites. They will thrive better on less feed. An occasional sprinkling of tho stalls with a solution mane of a pound of copperas and four gallons of water will be found beneficial. An experienced herder says that whenever a sheep goes oft" by itself its owner may bo sure there is something radically wrong with it. There aro men who consider it cheaper to raiso tho barn every few years than to draw out the manure. They raise loss crops each year. Tho best assimilated food is that which the appetite craves. Tho best feeding keeps the animal in such health that it at all times has a brisk ap-petite. If some men got disgusted with farming and abandon it, so much the better for thoso who have faith in a business essential to human wants. Iowa Farmer. l'oung horses of a nervous tempera-ment are easily frightened. The only way to prevent their "shying" is to make them acquainted with tho cars, robos, umbrellas, bridges, white stones or whatever frightens them in such a kind, gentle manner that they will know they are not going to be hurt. Those who look tipon farming as only an ordinary occupation are mis-taken. As Prof. Wrighton remarks, agriculture is a born science. It is full of botany, zoology, geology and entomology. It is full of chemistry, from tho soil to tho growing plant, tho ripening seed and tho animal life which is the outcome. . Hints to Housekeepers. Use kerosene oil to clean your wash-boile- r. Banish red ants by keeping a small bag of sulphur in places they frequent. Tho easiest way to clean rubber shoes of any kind is to rub them with vase-line. A tensnoonfnl of salt dissolved in best and from which it is desired to obtain queens, removo tho colls to nu-cleus colonies, otherwise it may be best to destroy all tho colls as well as the queen when returning the swarm. A week later tho cells should again be destroyed and a cell, or young queen, from tho best stock introduced. No more swarming will usually occur, while honey will have been socured in-stead of increase. Dyeing. Perhaps no art is of more value to tho country housekeeper than a knowl-edge of how to dye and renovate old clothes. "Dyeing is the ever ready resource of a slender wardrobe," says a noted writer on economical matters, and we have found it so. It is an art well worth learning; by its use long-wor- n garments, rusty from wear, can lie restored and remado to last yet longer, or new ones of delicate colors, injured by acids, wine or fruit stains, can be. readily renewed. Light colored stockings, no longer fashionable, can be given rich dark or black shades; silk lace or ribbons too yellow for wear, feathers injured seemingly beyond re-claiming, gloves soiled and faded, can all be made to look new. All woolen goods dye well. Silk, while it never looks quite as well as when new, can be very nicely colored so as to unswei many purposes. Irish poplins color well, but usually shrink considerably. Half worn fabrics of a dark color, may bo bleached so as to take light coloring by dipping in a, bath of chloride of lime, then well rinsed. In coloring care should bo taken to do tho work properly. Soft water is best and plenty of it should be used. Tho dyeing Bhould always be dono in a vessel of sufficient size to spread out the goods. Before begin-ning to color, all grease and dirty spots should bo removed from the garments. They should bo well scoured with soap and water and then rinsed and dipped in worm, clear water. Many country housekeepers prepare dyes at home; but this is a great deal of trouble and is mistaken economy. The various prepared dyes kept by all druggists, aside from their conveni-ence, do tho work moro satisfactorily and are cheaper. Tho color card ac-companying each package of dye will show the exact shade wanted: and with care, any woman can soon learn to color with these dyes equal to profes-sional dyers, Many times, persons wishing to dye are at a loss to know what colors will dye various shades best. For the in-struction of such we annex tho follow-ing: . Eight green will dye pretty shades of brown, crimson and black; light blue will dye dark blue, crimson, pur-ple and green; brown will dye crimson, dark green and black; drab will dye scarlet, purple, blue, crimson, green, stone nnd black: lavender, mauve, light pink and gray will color any darker shade nicely; dark browns, bluw, green and blnck, if dingy and faded, can be renewed by dipping in dye of the samo color. Scientific Dreeding. Northwestern Agriculturist: The best results in breeding trotting horses come from sires and dams which aro tiot only developed trotters themselves. one-ha- lf glassful of water is excellent to allay nausea in Shabby leather chair seats, valises and bags can be brightened by rubbing them with the well-beate- n whites of an To tho stomach milk is a solid food, not a drink; it must bo eaten with a spodn or slowly sipped, and never drunk liko water. Keep a clasp-knif- e or a knife with a handle different from those in common uso, for the solo purposo of peeling onions, and so avoid the flavor and odor of them where it is neither expected nor desired. The value of starch as a drying agent is not fully appreciated; on this account it is largely usod by manufacturers of confectionery and baking powders. The housekeeper will find it effectual in keeping table salt from lumping, if only ono part be used with ten of tho salt. Chapped hands will be less trou-blesome if after washing they are thoroughly rubbed with powdered starch. Stockings should fit smoothly. Thero is no more frequent cause of callous places, cords and other afflictions of the feet than stockings, that lie in creases under or around the foot. Whatever economy it is necessary to practice, do not resort to tho folly of making over stockings, leaving in the feet thoso inevitable hard seams which tire sure to cause the wearer suffering and annoyance. Never throw away the pieces of lemons after they have been squeezed. They will come in handy for removing the stains from the hands and other articles. Dipped in salt, they will scour copper kettles nicely, and re-movo stains from brass work. They will take stains and dirt and odor from pans and kettles as nothing else will. The odor of fish and onions can thus bo j removed easily. HIS FATHER'S OLD FRIENDS. Th Introduction That Wrought ThoiiKhtleu Youth to Hi Seue. --The old gentleman played a queer trick on me the other night," ho said, as ho lit his cigar after dinner. "It was rather awkward forme at first, bu' I guess it was u good thing after all. 'You know 1 used to think I had done myself an injustice if I did not go to the theater about five or six night a week. Maybe it wasn't always the theater, but if it wasn't that it was a stag party or a poker game. I needn't explain; you've been with mo frequentl-y- Well, you also know how I'm fixed in the line of business. I work for my father, and I have to bo at tho office at 8:li0lnthe morning just as the re-- t of tho family are sitting down to break-fast. In consequence I get my break-fast and leave the house before they aro up. Kut I can't complain of that. I'm doing exactly what the man who had my place bofore mo did. and be-tween you and mo I think I'm drawing moro salary than he did. "Hut that's neither here nor there. It's tho evenings. I used to finish work about (!. get dinner down-to- w n, and go to the. theater or somewhere else, llecn doing it for about his months, and I swear when I figure back about the only times that I have seen my mother and sister havo been at Sunday dinners. Nothing unusual in that, of course; the same thing is true of hundreds of young men in Chi-cago. Hut they haven't fathers like mine. Ho came to mo ono afternoon hist week and asked mo if I had an engage-ment for that night. " 'Yes,' I said. I've promised to go to the theatre with Will Hrown.' " How about tomorrow night, ho asked. " Ilavn't figured ahead that fur,' I replied. " Well. I'd liko to nave you go somewhere with mo.' " 'All right,' I said; 'where'll I meet you?' "You see he leaves tho office about an hour before I get through. "He suggested the Trcmont Houso at 7:.'!o. and I was there, prepared for the theatre and a quiet lecture on late hours. He had combined tho two on several previous occasions, lhit when he appeared ho said he wanted me to call on a lady with him. "One I knew quite well when I was a young man,' he explained. "We went out and started straight for home. " 'She is stopping at tho house,' he said, when 1 spoke of it. ' I thought it strange that he should have made the appointment at the Tremont houso under thoso oireura- - stances, but I said nothing. "Well, we went in and 1 was intro-duced with all duo formality to my mother and my sister. "Tho situation struck mo as ludi-crous and I started to laugh, but the laugh died away. None of the throe even smiled. My mother and my wis-t- or shook hands with me and my moth-er said she remembered mo as a boy, but hadn't seen much of me lately. Then she invited me to bo seated. "My, it wasn't a bit funny then, al-though I can laugh over it now. 1 sat down nnd sho told ono or two anec-dotes of my boyhood, at which wo all laughed a little. Then we four played whist for a while. When I finally re-tired I was courteously invited to call again. I went rs feeling pretty small and doing a good deal of think-ing." "And then?" asked his companion. "Then I made up my mind that my mother was a most entertaining lady and my sister a good and brilliant girl." "And now?" "Now I'm going to call again, as I have been going quite regularly for the last week. I enjoy their company and propose to cultivate their acquaint-ance." And the young man ho was only about 2'.' put on his coat and started for his car. IMAGINATION KILLED HER. A Dream of Death Accurately Carried Out to the 1'enceful Fnd. A remarkable instaneo of the hold superstition has upon the mind of even tho educated and religious, says tho Cincinnati Enquirer, was recently ex-hibited in tho ease of Mrs. Rebecca, liyrries of Helena. Ark., a lady noted for her Intellectual attainments and p'ous life. Ono morning, arising in what seemed her usual health and spirits, she summoned her children to come to her. Ono son was residing in Topoka, Kan., one in Now Orleans, two daugh-ters wero married and living in Seda-li- a. Mo., but, obedient to their moth-er's call thoy came at once, though ignorant of tho reason of their sum-mons. When all were about her tho lady informed them that she had had a dream, in which her husband, who had been dead for nearly fifteen vears. had warned her that Bho had only ten days more of life. She sent for her children to bid them good-b- which she proceeded to do with much calm-ness, but with the air of one who had not tho slightest doubt that sho was already dying. Ilor friends attempted to reason with her and to point out the folly of plac-ing such perfect confidence in a dream, but all to no purposo, for tho lady per-sisted in asserting that she would de-part from earth on such a day and ex-actly at a certain hour. Her pastor remonstrated with her, and even brought tho severest consura to bear on her superstitious credulity, and at last Mrs Byrnes censed to speak of the matter,- so that her family had begun to think that she had conquered her fancy. She continued in excellent health and pursued her dally life, but just before the hour she had predicted Bho sought hor children and bade thein good-b- then, seating herself quietly in an arm-chui- r, expired just as tha hour was struck. The physicians de-clare that her death was due solely to her imagination. A Nlory About Moody. Those who have heard Mr. Moody . tell the story of his life will appreciate this from the Boston Transcript: "Tha picture of the small boy, Moody, leav-ing his home because the funds of tha family were too straightened to sup-port them all comfortably; his depart-ure for the pluce in the country which his brother had obtained for him, there to do tho work needed on a farm, his homesickness and despair, and his sit-ting down by tha way to have 'a good cry' these are tho shadows. "Tho light thrown on the canvas came from the kind-hearte- d man who made a point of giving a cent to every new boy who arrived in tho town. Tha cent was given, one of the generous ones, and so bright and shining that it looked to the child's eyes liko gold. "But bettor far than tho coin was tha act of this samo man, when he gently lifted the boy's cap and laid his hand upon his head, giving him a hoarty 'God bless you.' Tha action of mind on mind is mystical, in-finite. Who can compute tho result of that blessing on tho youthful head? Mr. Boecher has well said, Men need brotherhood and sympathy as much as thoy need tho loaf. The soul is often hungrier than the body, and no shop can soil it food. Oiling The Ventriloquist. During a sea voyage a ventriloquist mado friends with the engineer of the ship, and was alowed to enter tho en-gine room, says London Tid Bits. He took a seat in the corner, and pulling his hat down over his eyes appeared to be lost in reverie. Presently a cer-tain part of the machinery began to squeak. The engineer oiled it, and went about his usual duties. In the course of a few minutes the squeaking was heard again, and the engineer rushed, oil can in hand, to lubricate tho same spindle. Again he returned to his post, but it was only a few min-utes until tho samo old spiudlo was squeaking louder than ever. "Confound the thing!" ha yelled. "It is bewitched!" More oil was administered, but th engineer began to bo suspicious as to its cause. Soon tho spindle began to squeak again, and, slipping up behind the ventriloquist, the engineer squirted half a pint of oil down tho joker's back. "There." said he, "that spindl won't squeak any more." A Queer Bird. During a visit to New Zealand Dr. Fristodi, succeeded in obtaining' a specimen of the quaint and ulmost ex-tinct kibi bird. Tho bird is somewhat like an ostrich, but only the size of a crow; it has no wings at all, and is coverod with fur-lik- e, short-stripe- d feathers. Anothor peculiarity about the kibi is tho fact that its egg is larger than one-thir- d of its body. He also succeeded in bringing homo some Maori skulls, which are difficult to ob-tain, on account of the manner in which the natives bury their dead. When tho bodies hava been so long in the ground that all tho flesh has fallen from tho skeleton, they unearth them and carry thetn into tha interior of the forests, where they aro de-posited in natural caves, which are very difficult to find. Any one dis-covered with one is sure to bo killed. Some People IS'ever urarn, It is surprising how some people will continue to uso things in daily life without any attempt to learn how prop-erly to uso them. Thero is, for in-stance, tho man who can never learn how to sharpen his razor, the woman who winds her watch tho wrong way, tho .people who do not know that the time of starting tho principal trains on the different railroads and tho time of closing the mails is advertised in tho newspapers, tho people who blow out the gas, tho folks who jump the wrong way from a moving car, the unfortun-ates who are always getting left or suffering injury or losing property be-cause of unfamiliarity with things thej ought to know. Down on Calx. A young woman of Athens, Ga., de-tects the presonce instantly of any feline that enters the room where she is. She need not see or hear tho animal when it enters, but has intima-tion of its disagreeable presence by strange sensations that she invariably experiences when sho is brought into contact with a' cat, and sha entertains an unconquerable repugnance to these animals. |