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VOL. XVII. BRISTOL, BUCKS COUNTY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1889. LIZZIE. I woadet eTal) wlmmln air IJtcle li when we go oat In theatres eoncerU where things UM talk about Do otbw wlmmln fret an' I Jkn they wus being crticUted-- Frcltln 1 show or concert tli rough, With woodcrin' nf tlio haby cried? Now Mzzlc known Umt erau'uu'n than To MO that mrerythlue IH i lj(ht.

Vot I.Uilo think! that gran'ma's Ain't (rood cnulT f'r halyr. qtilia; wnstMi I to answer 8ho kind uf OdgeU at my ulilo. An' asks me every now and then "I woadftr If too oaby crlnrtr" Seems like men two Ilitlo A -plain' fr their molhnr: Swmit likB lira hum the pliwijn' crlut minks nr all tliu while: An' so sorry that ahi come, AD' though she allus trim to hlda The truth. rutber May to hum Than wonder the baby cried. Yea, wlmmlQ folks all allke- By Usde yon kin Jedce the rest: ixivnr mil a little tyke, But tint niotber loved him best Ami IHT' to brio' what I bo-- binband of my (tentlo brido- I wlslit I wui that eroodUn' waa.

wonderio' ef I cried. -Eui-eue Field, loChicago Nowa BREAKING THE DAY IN TWO. When from dawn till noon (teems ono long day, A riil from noon till anotber, i 'inn nhinild a Uttlo boy come from play 11 1 Into tlio nrniM of Ills motlier. Rlnu-ly tTDUpaud full nxlwjp, come, my baby, do. Ci 1 1- Into my lap and wltb a creep We'll break the day In two.

th-t sliailfs slant for afternoon. wtun inlildny meal IK over, ihu wlndn bava mink themselves Into Hwoon, A tul Ihu drone In tlm clovor, Tin hie to mo, hip, for a lullauy- r.iiiie, my baby, do, Vi Into my lap. and wltb a nap Wu II break tlio day la two. iireak It In two with a crooning song With a noli and nootblng number. For tbn day box no right to bo so long, ml keep my baby from slumber.

Th. rock-a-by. rock, while white dreams (lock I lU'uiiKelitim'r you. llji KtnHi-- and Ihu deed In done-- ItmkuB the day In two. -Kiln Whenler Wllcojt.

A WILD GOOSE CHASE. LIs Irir.tls uml liisarms brfgan to lire. "Tlio gccse on his right and left were close that thoir wings rulibod against his baro sides ami chaf them. They tickled his ribs, and but for the peril and pain of tho srfuution Lo would have been Into involuntary laugh Ho mas many reminded of tho ludicrous aspect of the situation, and repeatedly oskod himself whether be won not the biggest goose In tbo lot. "All thought of mirth soon left him.

The situation had cbanged from discomfort to extreme peril. Tue muscles of big "arms could not stand it much longer. A cold Sweat gathered his bf oiv, olid ho began to norvo himself f.n tbe worst. was resdlved to face death like a brave man, and be almost convinced himself that he was willing logo, btit to die the hands of a lot of geese waa adis- craco lo which his lofty spirif would not Ije recounted. M.

C. aftui the man- IIIT of amen brethren, mid scrupulous In Monumental tlio wary witness who testified Unit hlinaniK was "Abraham Junes, or words Hint effect," him yot this talo to tell I k- It won Kild blin many years ago by p'litlemnii rlmrarter and reputation for vei urity "Mid mail lniidsfnrd was out hunting ono claj when ho sn iv ulovon turkeys hitting I linn on a rail fence. Ho hail loaded hissliot- with turluiy shot anil forgotten to pull ou I the ramrod. When lie shot at the. near- gobbler tlio rxl enfiladed the turkt'js and cut all their heads, so that they dropped foi vard and fell on the ground, where they In.v in a straight row.

"Just at then he hoard a nolso in tlio Imshus on Hie other side of tbecrvek, and going over investigate tliu causo, ho saw Wood on the es. Following tills sanguinary trail for a couple of hundred he camo upon a wuiiudndstag. The bruto was unable to go i her and bud sunk to thu ground. Stick- IIIK through body and protruding in the otlicr sldu was the ramrod. a.

bo was Hit- king allowed Lundsford to pull out the rod. It tho bfo blood gushed, and in a moment the animal was dead. "Wiping tun blood citrefi-lly from the rain- rod lie reloaded and returned it to its pluco under the gun Iwrrcl. "Thou be shouldered ibf buck and ktaggorcd tlio creek to the place where tbe tur- kej lay. "As he sat down to get his breath and rest from the unusual exertion, he heard thu fa- inilinr 'cronkl cronkl' of wild goose away up In tlio Tuoir keen eyes discovered the cret-L.

and down they came to a broad and pool luudo by a widening of tho channel a bnndfed yards above. "All-aid to go within gunshot for fear of frightening them off, l.undsford sat still and the mattur over. As ho did so his lull a stout piece of very largecord, liKMiid of which hung out of his hunting bag. A hupw struck him and be pulled out i IK. curd to SOB If It was lorn; enough.

It w.iKlifUwn foot; that was and to spare. tbe cord carefully around his left arm. he crept cautiously to bend of the whore be was out of sight of tbg geese divesting himself of his clothing, ho waili'il alowly up the crook, keeping well un.li tlio bank to aroll fi Igbteulng tire gwso. Tlicliendcoiwealod him from them until he Hithiti about thirty yards. "Through the overhanging foliage bo could nw them nailing, diving and cavorting about the pool They were hi high spirits, and to be totally unconscious that they were watched.

There were fourteen goose and one big gander, who kept aloof and looked on at the sport as if it was a little too uudignifled for him. "Lundsford had boon a wonderful diver in lux boy days, and now bo prepared for a long swim under tbe surface. Dipping noiselessly hi tin. water, ho half swum, half crawled, lurnipiu fashion, along the liottom of the pool till he got under the geese. They wore clis- poiinijs about in a circle, and Lumlsford slowly row in the center till tbe top if his head appeared like a moss covered rock above tho surface.

The geese took no notice of this, and ha managed to get his not- trik a the turf ace and take a long breath. "Then be sank without making a ripple and dcfllv looped hU cord around the feet of one goose after another. The other geote could not understand tbe queer capers of their neigh Iwro. who seemed suddenly to be attacked with a at of tbe St. Vitus dance, until one by ono, they found themselves In the predicament Then they all knew they were lied, and tbeir demeanor became suddenly Irantio.

"but It was too late, Lundsfunl hod tied the foot of all fourteen of them and fastened tbe of tbe cord together. Then he threw cautiuu to the winds and rose suddenly in the middle, of a circle with his hands stretched out grasping the cord on opposite sides. "Aliis. for bis temerity I Tbe old gander who was free set up a terrible 'crouk I cronk Tbe fcese answered in notes of despair, but the old fellow seemed not to have lost tho of leadership, for he hovered within safe distance, and by a series of energetic croiiks Inspired them with a sudden and dos- peruto resolution. "All at the gander, with an unearthly cronk that sounded to Lundsford like the wail of tbe damned, lifted his clumsy body and led tbe Bight.

With a tremendous flopping and a succession of tuatstrangelV resembled the 'Heave, hoi' of the negroes, Uwy rote from the water and sailed away toward the tky, carrying Lunusford with Inem. Before be knew what was going to happen he was Bfty feet from the ground, and when he realized perilous position bo waa too high to drop. He was in for the Bight Be must migrate whether or no, and undor tbe of the clouds, the cool of the upper air fanned the perspiration i on brow, he had time to think over the situation. Where would he land, mod bow far from hornet Would these fool drop him in the ocean or tbe gulf! In meantime position WM exceedingly trboniu. He had managed to draw the two of the circle together, so that he was vbtuallT standing in tbo stirrups of hk ajanjr winged but (fandtng "To the bitterness of this disgrace and th agony of leaving all that was dear In lifo, now and unspeakable horror waa n6w added He win passing orer a twwn and he could see the people pather in clusters along tho stroc and their necks to look up in tlio sky It was a largo town and tho suburbssti-etclie oway for nearly a rnilo.

To hwjanuttomb horror ho remembered that ho l5-il left clolhc', on the bank of tho crock. Even if li had hud them it would have been to put them on. This now faiigled vehicle his lm.1 no facilities for making toilettes an ho hiul to remain as nature formed Klin, witl out any of tho superfluities of ftuUon. No even a flj; leaf encumbered life was an admirable (lying costamK but wo. not for a public' xCAh-manc Ho was just congratulating htnvsWr that li was ton far above those curious eyes for thoi to dKc'ivor his costume when ho saw that on group held something in their It was a long (lelil gloss.

He bent his agonized fac once more rigidly to the front. At least thoj would not recognize him. "Jintat this time he noticed ttmt.tlio oo casionnl cronks began to grow fnobjer, aiu that tlio gecso appeared to labor in then Iligllt They were bocominj; tired, and inns invvitnbly sink under his weight Very soon Then he prayed that tho ings of the goose might lie strengthened fora season. He wjis willing oven, like Jonah, to l.o cti'-t into tho sea, anything, rather than laud in that tonn Then clucked encouragingly to his fourteen winged steeds and gently jerked tlw cord as if ho wore jerking tho reins of his horse, ITM still labored. Tho old gander's lionise Vronk! croiikl' seemed to nuic-k him in his despair anil his downcast spirit to sink "All at onco be hoard wMiething whiz by him aii'l ho saw a puif of blue sinoko awaj down below.

A second or two later ho hearc tho sharp crack of a rifle, the lniviii(j traveled slower than the ball. "His Wood almost froze in his veins. Horror hail lieeu added to horror, and his spirits sank in the depths of despair. "lint the darkest hour was just before tho dawn. The whiz of the bullet and tlio report of tho gun had frightened the gecso and ncrvwl them to renewed exertions.

They made 01 ic desperate effort to reach the friend ly cover of the woods. LumKI'ord's spirits rose as ho siiw that the geese likely to accomplish thuir olijoct. Now tho cronks of tho gander -Denied more cheerful, and tho brecrps brought grateful coolness to the man's lo- vored brow. Ho began to hear tho solemn laugh of tho forestnstuosubiirb.disup]eared and the song of the pines soothed him like an oolian harp. A milo or so from town tho gander gave a poculiai "cronk" at tho sight of water, and tho goeso begun circling to descend, an indescribable feeling of relief, Lundsford tightem bis grip as his winged chariot swung i ound tho circle and ho tocked not out of tlio Icy coolness of tho pool into which he was plunged.

Having mado fast tho cud of the cord to a tree he Iwgan to consider what ld do rortuiiutcly at this juncture ho heard a bark, and following the friendly sound lit soon canie in sight of a cabin in a clcarhi" Concealing himself in tho undorbfush, ho shouted a loud hello. A woman eamo to tho door, looked around curiously and vveut back. 'Uellol' ho cried again. "Then tho man camo to tho door and he rocogmzed a former tenant. 'Hello, he cried.

"'Hello yourself; but why dou't yo como out of tho brush 1' 'Because I ain't "'Ain't fittcnC 'No, I haven't got on any 'Who are you, 'Como a little nearer and I'll toll "Tho man was a little skeptical and cam out cautiously with his gun his hand. "'Who arc you now-1' ho called out when thirty steps off. 'Sam "'Sain Lundsford in that fix! Well, reckon I'll have to help you And'h went in and got tbo best suit of clothes could spare and Uung thorn over In th bushes. Sam Jumped Into them, and then sheepishly came forward and his story "Goddurd's eyes opened wido as he listened and he evidently thought LimOsford was oC his balance, but when he went with him to tho creek and saw tho wild goose Wthered to the tree lie no longer doubted. lent him a horse ami Luudsford wont homo.

Ho bitched up life mules to 1 wagon and wont after fka one "He found thorn just as ho hail left thorn and loading up tbe wagon with tho game he Started home. "When ho got within a couplo of miles of his homo, a hnavy showor camo up. Ho got soaked, but didn't mind tliut so kmg as ho had the turkeys and tho dear, whilolho goeso bad already been carried homo. "He forgot all about his rawHide traces, and did nut notice that they were stretchin" He bestrode one of tbo mules, and they quie't- ly walked on. It was a straight road homo with only a little undulating.

"When he stopped the mules in tho yard and dismounted, he was astonished to find that there waa no wagon in sight. There were tho traces, stretching away over tflfe hill in parallel lines as far as ho could see. In the situation at a glance, he drove the mules round a big oak tree once or twice, unhitched them and put them injhe stable. The next morning when he got up tho wagon was standing in the yard, with tho deer and ttered 8bout Th "agon tongue Wl been thrust through the oak tree and was nover pulled out You can go theTM and see it remaining to this a in Atlanta Constitution. AN EX-TRAMPS STORY.

WHY HE NEVER CAN REFUSE A POOR FELLOW A QI'ARTER. Ercellent Advice. Lot the man or woman who values life have a care when on or near 4eep waters. To one unable to swim a wave of fierce flame could scaroly be more swiftly fatal than immersion in the stream that seems so tranquil, cool and harmless. The sacrifice each summer of so many valuable lives by drowning largely an unnecessary waste of human material Every boy aud every girl should be taught to swim, just as they are taught to road an.l write.

But it will be long years, no doubt, before the consciousness of this truth shall penetrate the dull senses of school and Record. Spenser's til Lack. When Spenser had Bnishod his famous poem of the "Faorie Queene" be carried it to tin Earl of Southampton, the great patron of of that day. The manuscript being sent up to the carl, he read a few pages, and then ordered his servant to give the wHter Reading oc, he cried In rapture, "Carry that nun anotber Proceeding farther, be exclaimed, "Givehim more." But finally rolling the Ua np in a frenzied manner, cried: "Here, take him back his poem. I am to of a Went to See HlH Sweetheart mid Hail to Steal a Ulde Home--An Knciiped Cunvlet Kicliun w.

Clothing with lierletice In Aetna) Tramping. Ono of those gentlemen took a quarter from his pocket and handed it to the old man, at the same time saying to bis friends that ho could Hover refuse a tramp money, because he had once been a tramp himself. He was immediately availed by storm of inquiries, and finally told this story of his strange experiences- You gentlemen may not know, he said, toat at one tune 1 was a clerk here in Atlanta. I didn't like standing behind acounter all day anil I found it especially hard work to keep my mind on my business, because oil my thoughts wore takon up by a dear girl who lived a long way off It was my habit to go down twtce a month to see her. 1 would leave Atlanta Saturday afternoon, spend Sunday with her and return in time for work Monday morning.

These little trips used up all my spare cash and I was kept in a constant state of dead broke. A time came when 1 had to buy a now suit of clothes, and when I had paid for them I had just money left to buy a railroad ticket to the place where my sweetheart lived and return. 1 thought nothing of that, however, as I was in the habit of staying with tho young lady's father over tho one night 1 remained. As bad luck would havo it, when I reached tho place the house was full of company and I was obliged to go to the hotel 1 didn't sleep much and didn't have a very good time. The next day I was thinking all tho time how I was going to get back, 1 thought I would borrow tho money from the girl's father.

I hated that so much that I concluded to Jump my hotel bill instead. RESULT OF A B1UGHT IDEA. Suddenly a bright idea occurred to mo. I could pay my bill, leave like a gentleman and then Indo in an empty freight car, and so return to Atlanta. That night I said good-by at the usual time and left for the depot.

But instead of taking the passenger train I slipped around and crawled into a box car. After a long wait I heard some one running over the roof of tho car, and soon aftor we pulled out. It was rough riding, but dually I grew sleepy and, placing my traveling bag under my head, lay down. 1 could see the stars through tbo open door and lay there and watched them, thinking of the dear girl I had left behind mo, until, worn out by anxiety, I fell asleep. 1 must have slept very soundly, because I had only an indistinct sensation of stopping several times and backing, with occasional severe jolts.

After ono of these stops I must of half awakened, because I seoincd to see a man's head looking into tho car. Just as we were moving ahead again the head rose until a complete man seemed outlined between me ind the shining stars outside. I started up, feeling sure some one was in the car besides nysclf. It was dark as pitch, except just by he open door, and I could distinguish noth ng 1 called and asked if any one was there, )ut received no answer. Then 1 thought it was all a dream and lay down again and vent to sleep.

I was rudely awakened by a kick in the ibs, and as 1 triod to risq something struck me 0 the head, knocking me flat Then 1 icard a voice out of the darkness, telling mo off uiy clothes or my brains would be nocked out. 1 tried to remonstrate, but notuor blow on tho head was my only an- wer. When i camo to myself I was quite aked, and sitting in tho door I could see the guro of a man. As I moved ho sprang up nd camo to where 1 was lying. He kicked awards mo tho clothes he had himself taken If and told mo to put them on.

It was too ark to seo anything, besides I tho blows on tho head and very cold, so 1 id as I was told. This figure which I could ulistinctly soo stood by with a club ready to trite until tho train began to slow, then he an to tho door and jumped out IN A TIGHT FIX. Finally we reached a station, and I saw man run out from tho depot and say a few words to the train bands. Then the whole party camo toward the place where 1 concealed, and as they did so I ueaia a fow words, among them "escaped" "this plainly distinguishable. Suddenly a bright light flashed into my car and I heard them all cry, "He's here Then half a dozen men jumped in, seized mo aud dragged me into the drpofc.

For a moment tho light in the room blinded 'jo after tho darkness. Then I caught sight of my own figure a small glass over tho mantelpiece and started back with horror. I was dressed in the striped clothes of a convict. I tried to explain, but tho men would not listen to me. They threw mo into small closet aud locked tho door.

I could hear my captors talking on the outside, and the station master told how a notorious criminal had escaped from a convict camp down below, and how ho had been telegraphed to search every train for him, as it was thought he might have concealed himself in a boxcar to get away. The next morning a man came who said he was a sheriff, and put handcuffs on mo and took mo to jail. I tried to talk to him and tell him all my troubles, but he would not listen to me. He told me, however, that some oue from the prison camp from which I was supposed to have escaped, would be Up that evening and take mo back. My situation was very hard.

1 entered that car only intending to steal a ride, and I was taken from It a convicted and sentenced burglar. That night the convict camp keeper ar- rivod, and as soon as ho saw me he began to -xvoar frightfully. Ho told them 1 was not the man he wanted. Then they began to be- lievo my story, but oven then they only believed it in port. They concluded that I was a tramp trying to steal a ride and scouted tho idea of my being a gentleman.

Early tho next morning they gave me some old clothes, very ragged and dirty, and a pair of old shoes, and told me to clear out. I didn't tnew a soul in the place, and every one 1 asked for help turned away from me with somo remark about the choek of a tramp dually I was forced to really become a and made my way home on foot 1 ried to steal another ride on a freight train, ut they found me and kicked me off, so I valkcd all the way home, begging a little cod by the way. It took me two days to do Fortunately it was night when I arrived "oro. I slipped into my room like a thief and did not feel like an honest man again until had taken a bath and burned my tramp's utiit, "I suppose," remarked one of tho listening senators, "that that little trip cured you of going to see that particular sweetheart" "No, it didn't," replied the ex-tramp. She is my wife now, but I can never refuse fellow a quarter hen I see he is down on is M.

W. in Atlanta Constitution. IN CROWDED TENEMENTS. MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN THEM IN NEW YORK. The nifl'ereiice Between Aputonent Flats and Tenement HOUHOB- Somo of the Latter That Swarm with Occupants--Pacts Known Only to tbe Initiated.

Hrw does a tenement house differ from fiat or apartment house! It does not differ at all, except that the buildings digni- lied by the name of "flats" and "apartments' 1 nre a better class of buildings and are occupied by a better class of people. Strictly sjxiaking, a tenement house is oue that is txicupied by more than one family, so that nil tho handsome flat buildings may be classed under this one term with all the ten- onient houses in the city. This is Boeakinz leeallv: but. of course, every ono knows that as to details there fe-c wide difference between the ordinary tenement house and a first class flat house. In the latter every attention is paid to insure to each tenant privacy, comfort and elegance, while in the former but little attention is paid to these things, comparatively speaking; and for obvious reasons.

Luxury cannot be hod for the rent that is paid by tho occupants of these tenement bouses, and they aro of a class who neither know of nor want the elegancies of life. STARTLING riOURES. A census was taken by the police of New York of nil the persons living in tenement houses; that is, in what are generally called tenement bouses, and not the flats occupied by the better class of people. In these tenement houses, then, of which there are 35,390, the population is over 1,000,000, comprising 264,072 families. Many of these houses ore what aro called "double deckers," which have a hall in the center and four flats on -each floor, and are from four to six stories in height.

The flats average about four rooms each, and the rents are from $12 to $36 a month. In these houses the plumbing is excellent, owing to tbe inspection by the health ofljcers, and in many instances it is said to be better than tbe plumbing in a large number of private houses that do not come within the jurisdiction of the health board. And it is said that the death rate is higher in private bouses than in the tenement houses, in spite of the overcrowding. But these are not the worst kind of tenement houses; they are the best. The buildings not originally intended for tenements, but altered over for tho habitation of families, are apt to be dark, unhealthy and uncomfortable.

Tho most densely populated tenement district is south of Tompkins square and east of Second aveauc, and down in Hester, Ladlow, Bayard and Essex streets and in the neighborhood of Baxter street. But none of these tenement houses are so large as some of the big apartment houses uptown. Thfe liiKgfst tenement, fcnoivn as "the big flat," mil running from Elizabeth to Mott street, was probably the largest tenement house in the city In it woro gathered people of all nationalities and religions, aud of no religion and no norals Hut this building was taken down, mil now nn'iufarturing establishment nils Us nliieo. Ul ten under oao number are included four or five houses, in an alleyway, of four or five stories, each story containing four flats, and into ono of these small flaii besides the family, will be crowded several boarders, whose small sum for board or lodging, or both, helps defray the expenses of the rent. "DONOVAN'S LAKE." Such a community is at No.

14 Baxter street. Entering at this number, a passage led to tho three houses in tho rear, and beyond them into Pearl street. This was formerly called "Donovan's lane," and was a favorite thoroughfare for thieves and worse characters, who ran through here to escape the police. It was the board of health that suggested the building of a high brick wall at the houses in the rear of No. 14, to close up this thoroughfare, and it was done.

But an excellent representation of the spot was given in "Pique," that was played some years ago. In one scene Fanny Davenport is out in a snow storm and sinks down at the corner of one of these rear buildings. There were, probably, only a few who saw that play who know that the scenery was an exact copy of a portion of a Baxter mm, house No. 14 now includes fivo houses, the house on the street being tho largest or jg flvefitoritw nigh, about 25 feet front and 75 deep, and is occupied chiefly by Italians. In these flve houses dwell 348 persons over 5 yearsof age and thirty-three under 5 years, making a total of 279, and only four deaths have occurred here during the past year.

Nos. 83,35 aud 37 Baxter street are the average tenement house, and were built by Buildensiek, but it was not until after he sold them that tha plumbing was found defective and the walls were condemned. The board of health took them in hand, and now they are ax healthy as the other houses and quite as full Four stories high, with four Bats on each floor, they accommodate sixteen families. These are very small figures compared to the big apartment houses. The large building called the Dakota, that overlooks Central park, contains sixty-three apartments, which accommodate about nine hundred persons, and the house is full The eight Navarro buildings, that contain from thirteen to sixteen apartments each, have accommodations for 185 families.

The Hawthorne, with its eight stories, contains sixteen flats, and the Oshorne, eleven storijj high, contains nearly double that number. The Grenoble, seven stories in height, contains over twenty flats, and the Strathmore, with its nine stories, shelters eighteen families. Small towns In themselves, these big buildings might be called, but tenement houses they are. And scattered about tbe city are innumerable small houses of flve or six stories, containing two flats on each floor, on a plan closely resembling the better class of tenement York Star. SINGULAR SHOWERS.

REMHRKABLE STORIES BASED ON ACTUAL OCCURRENCES. Raining Frogs, Pish and Flesh--Colored Rain and Snow--The "Kentucky Meat Moat Explanation--Shower of Insects. He Hail tbe Necessary Training. Arammta-- You put your arm around my waist so gracefully, George. George--I have had lots of practice.

1 was a street cor conductor flve Forsetfu). Tbe emptiness of our common every day salutations was never more neatly illustrate' pel that In this little dialogue: Drown-Have you seen Robinson lately. Aumlev I hear he has I men sick. Oumley--Yes, 1 saw him this morning. Ititiwn--How is Dumley-- Well, 1 declare 1 1 forgot to OSK him.

I just said, "How are you, old man)' 1 Companion. The Drummer's Ruse. A short time ago, a drummer from abrboc called at a Bangor livery stable and wanted a double team for a ten day's trip into the country and the stable man refused to le him one on the ground that he was a stranger There was much discussion over the matter and finally the drummer said: "What is your team worthf "Pour hundred and fifty dollars," WAB the reply. "If 1 pay that sum for it, will you buy it back again svhen I return?" asked tho customer, and upon receiving an affirmative reply, be promptly put up the cash. Ten days later be returned and driving into the stable, he alighted and entered the office, saying, "Well, here Is your team and now I want my money back," The sum was passed to him and he turned and was leaving the place when livery man called out, "Look here, aren't you going to settle for that team!" "For what teamP asked the drummer, in a surprised tone.

"For the one yon just brought back." "Well, now" drawled the drummer, "you aren't foal enough to think that I would pay anybody for the use of my own property, are your and he shook the dust of the place from his Commercial. A Little Hoys. A man named. McAul, residing at Verona, noticed a large piece of driftwood floating down the river. He was impelled to go to it--he could not tell why--which lie did in a boat To his intense surprise he found in the center of it a cradle, hi which a few months' old baby lay, which looked np into his face and laughed.

He took the child to his house, where it is now well cared The very singular phenomenon familiarly known as the "rain of frogs" has been ridiculed and contradicted by some scientists, but thare is abundant proof that such occurrences are by no manna rare. One of the earliest narratives of this kind is that communicated to the French academy by Professor Pontus la 1804, in which he gives an account of a shower of frogs near Toulouse, and states that he hiinself saw numerous young frogs on the cloaks of two gentlemen When the diligence in which he was traveling arrived at the place where the storm burst, the roads and flelils were observed to be absolutely full of frogs. In some places they appeared to be throe or four deep, and the horses' hoofs killed thousands during the passage of the vehicle through the spot A SHOWER Of FROGS. An instance of a no less curious frog shower in our own country ia related by a writer In The Overland Monthly, who says that In the year 1884 ha was with a number of other tourists traveling in Arizona at least twenty miles from any stream or pond. The day being exceedingly sultry, a halt was made for a rest of an hour or two, when suddenly a dense black cloud mode its appearance, which soon began to discharge a copiousrain.

Nearly every person in the party wore a broad brimmed felt hat, which proved a great protection against tho rain, as they had already been against the sun. The attention of the travelers was soon arrested by a vigorous pelting of something which seemed like hailstones upon their sombreros, but which, greatly to their surprise, proved to be a spocies of diminutive frogs. In less thac two mmutos the grass was fairly alive with these little creatures. They were all of one size, about a quarter of an inch long, very lively, and apparently In tho best condition. Their fall hod evidently been broken by the elastic, springy nature of tho grass.

AUuding to the theory advanced by some scientists, that in such cases the frogs must of necessity have arisen from the ground, the writer says: "It is not probable that several hundred thousand, perhaps millions, of frogs had suddenly been hatched into life by the rain, or, if they had, that, in their infantile gleo, they jumped feot 11 inches from the earth to the top o( our heads mei ely to show bow tbo game of leap frog should lie played. They came from above, in company with the rain, and this fact was made clear by holding out the hand and seeing them fall upon it, as well as Hud ing them upon our hat rims." RAINING KlaU. To judge from a number of Instances related in Chambers' "Book of it would seem that the cases of 8sh falls, in tho old country, at least, outnumber those of frogs to a considerable degree. On tho 14th of April, 1SJ8, Maj. Mackenzie, of Rosshire, while walking in a Eeld- on his farm, saw a great portion of the ground covered with herring fry threo to four inches in leugth', fresh and entire.

The spot was olT of threo "miles from tho Firth of DiugwelL About two years later, in tho Island of Islay, in Argylu- shire, after a day of very heavy rain, tbe inhabitants were surprised to find a large number of fresh herrings strewn over their fields. More recently a Wick newspaper stated that one morning a large quantity of tho saraa species of fish were found scattered in a garden in that town. These, it is stated, the peasants cooked and ate, though not without misgivings as to the possibility of some satanic agency having been concerned in transferring them to such a spot Ouo of tho most curious instances of this nature is related by an English officer, who, while residing Calcutta, saw a quantity of live flsb descend In a heavy shower of rain. "The most strange thing that struck me in connection with this event," said the oflicer, "was that tho fish did not fall belter skelter, everywhere, or hero and theiiu, but in on even, straight line, not more than a cubit in breadth." Of all remarkable events of this character, however, the most sensational was the famous "Keu lucky meat shower" which mystified so many people some tweuty Tbts- or nrsc regarded by many as a hoax, but was found to be a veritable although hardly susceptible TM 10 ro 1 explanation. This "flesh tall" took place on the farm of a Mr.

Crouch, which was in a spot surrounded by high hills and mountains, hi Bath county Ky. This account, given by Mrs. Crouch, was substantially as follows: A KENTDCKT STOBV- "Between 11 and 12 o'clock I was in my yard, not more than forty steps from tho house. There was a light wind coining from the west, but the sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly. Without any prelude or warning of any kind, and exactly under these circumstances, the showor commenced.

The fall was of not less than one nor more Hian two minutes' duration. When the flesh began to fall I saw a large piece strike the ground close by me, with a snapping like noise when it struck. I was impressed with the conviction that it was a miracle or a warning. The largest piece that 1 sow was as long as my hand and about half an inch wide. It looked gristly, as if it had been torn from the throat of some animal Another piece that 1 saw was half round in shape and about the size of a L-alf dollar." An old hunter, residing in tho neighborhood, ou being shown a piece of the flesh declared it to be bear meat, and stated that It had "that uncommonly greasy feel" peculiar to tho flesh of that animal.

A butcher who was persuaded to taste the meat changed his mind about swallowing any of it, and declared that it tasted neither like flesh, nsb or fowl. It looked to him like mutton, but the smell was a new one. Some of the meat was quite dry, and there seemed to be a fine, wool like fiber running through it. A great deal of the flesh was sent to chemists and others in various parts of tho country, and analyses were made by several well known scientists. Professor L.

Smith was at first inclined to pronounce it the dried spawn of frogs, but as it was found under tho microscope to possess undoubted characteristics peculiar to the flesh of animals, this theory was abandoned. Perhaps the most reasonable explanation is that of Professor Pater, of Lexington, who believed the fail of flesh to be simply the result of a land of post-prandial disgorging by a (lock of buzzards who bod been toasting themselves more abundantly than wisely on the carcass of a sheep This is the simplest, and, perhaps, after all, the most satisfactory explanation that con be given of the supposed mfiwla. Of shouersof insects there are a few in- stamvs on record, and it Is undoubtedly true that the so called colored rain and snow storms.ure in many coses caused by minute insects and shells of infusoria carried into the atmosphere by the St. Louis Globe- Dem, icrat THE DEATH OF JOHN ADAMS. He Fosses Away July 4 Listening to the Sounds of After a long and brilliant career John Adams retired to his home in (Juincy, intending to complete a history of his times before his death.

He was then nearly 70 years old, and did not hope to live many years. Indeed, ho predicted that his vanity and bad temper would throw him into a flt of apoploxy from which he expected never to recover, and it is a wonder he did.not, for his florid, corpulent frame was little calculated to resist such an attack. Yet he lived nearly another quarter of a century, dying in his 93d year, on tho Fourth of July, 1820, the fiftieth anniversary of American independence. The animosities of bis public lifo were forgotten, aud nothing is mare beautiful than the friendship, embittered by many years of political opposition, that was revived between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson ui old age. thn Fourth of July DD roached the whole notion prepared to celebrate the event, and invitations poured in on tho two ex-presidents who had borno so conspicuous a part in the establishment of independence to grace this occasion with their presence.

But It bo- came manifest before the day arrived that John Adams would not even be able to attend the celebration in Quincy. He was failing gradually in body, but he was alivo to all that passed about him. June SO a delegation was seut to ask him for a toast to be proposed in his name. "Independence forever bo replied. "Nothing elfor" In astonishment from those who remembered his old time florid style of oratory.

"Not another word. Would you eild refined gold!" The same day he said: "I desire no other Inscription over my gravestone than this: 'Here lies John Adams, who took upon bim- Klf the responsibility of the peace with France in the year The morning of July 4 ho lay listening to all the sounds of rejoicing, with his immediate family about him. About 4 o'clock in the afternoon ho took leave of them and, saying "Jefferson still survives," expired. Jefferson hod died three hours befoYe at Monticello. The news of John Adams' death reached his fellow townsmen as they were leaving the hall after tho celebration.

They immediately stopped their rejoicing, and forming a procession, marched with muffled drumbeats past the house where ho Tribune. Persian Pleas for Fleas. At a village near Kermansbah I begged teu minutes' leave from a curious crowd for the purpose of bathing in an irrigation channel. Before 1 could dress the villagers were upon me, and, tho headman noticiug that I was covered with bites and stings, tho result of sleeping or, rather, of sleepless vigils, on the floors of filthy caravansaries, I sorrowfully remarked that there was no country like Persia for lusect tortures. "How else?" said he; "it is tho country of Nasr-ud-diu- Shah." "Was this meant iu compliment to his majesty T'I asked.

"How elseF" said ho; "could aught bo said in any other spirit of tho center of tho world's adoration?" "No, of course not," but I did not understand. Ho fixed the audience with his eye, and while I tried to struggle into my clothing, said: "These insects aro as good as a daily bleeding. No man can be bled daily. Praise be toGod, who devised this substitute in tho land of Nineteenth Century. "As tbe Boys One day a learned clergyman, conversing in the waiting room of a Boston railway station, made the remark: "And they got away, as the boys say, by tho skin of their tooth." At this a small boy who was standing near stepped up to the clergyman, and, taking off his hat politely, asked: "Did I understand you to say, sir, that the boys say that!" "Why, yes," said the clergyman, a little puzzled; "they do, don't they, sometimes?" "May be, sir," said the boy; "but they had to read it in the Bible first." "Why, so they did, the clergyman, laughing.

He had remembered, all at once, that tho phrase, "With the skin of my teeth," is found in the book of Job. "As the boys say" is a very common phrase, but those who use it generally forget that tho boys learn most of their sayings from their elders. --Youth's Onmpanion. Danger of Drinking Ice Water. Water for drinkiug purposes should nover be below SO degrees.

We can almost always get it even In the hottest weather as cool as this by letting it run for a miuute or two from any household faucet, or drawing it from 'any country wea If not, there is objection tpeooling it to the point mentioned. Tho East India "monkey," which can now be had almost anywhere in this country, and b- means of which the contained water is by its own evaporation, answers the purpose admirably. I am quite sure that if ice water should be generally discarded as a drink, the average duration of life wonld be lengthenec and existence rendered more tolerable. --Dr William A. Hamaiond.

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