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 'TRW TOUNa FOLKa « h.H â- â- ii:i â- tv^'ilP U IP mm Pi A%S 9^ I'l *^^- AGlulds Fancies in Aatiunii Thn Mt" i*«4»iBty w»ii The p«t of ^1 the wood Who light* th« dufty foreac clad With aoailet olo«k aad hoed The E'm » lovely lady u. In â- kiminetiBg robei of gold, That oatob the aonlighb when ahe movMt And gliaten, fold on fold. The Samach ia a Gi'py Q leen, Who flionta in crimson dress. And wild along the roadside runs, Bsd bhwsoma In her breast. And towniag high above the wood, All in bis porple olo«k, A Monarch in bis splendor is The proad and princely 0*k. â€" [Yoath's Companion The Harm It Does. I mean strong drink, children. And only a small p»rt of the harm. I conld not tell yon all if I talked a whole week. It is the harm ib does to the splendid body which God has given to oa. Yoa know what our bodies are â€" nice, white skin, soand, firm fleah on good, strong banes, with licilo purple rivers of arteries and veins running through it, bright eyes, steady feed, and strong hands â€" why, onj^ht not folks to ba ashamed to do anything to spoil sash a perfect piecs of tha Creator's work " Yes yes, indeed I' yoa all say. Now yon look at a person who drinksâ€" do yen find any of these things Rsd ' no?e, red eyes, dark wrinkled skin, shaky bands, feeb that won't walk sbraigbb, mind tha" can't remember â€" nothing at all that yon can see as God made it. Why, boys and girls, and women, top, are afraid cf a drunken man, because they know he isn't himself at all, but given up to a bad spirib and there's no telling what he will do. Yon know that no man would take a dose of arsenic or strychnine unless he wanted to kill himself â€" ev ry chUd bas learned that they are deadly poisons. Yet tha man or boy vho drinks liquor, takes them both, and otber things jnst as deadly. The awful poison will kill him jnsb astnrely, and more painfully, more tlowlj, than if be had taken the dose of {.are poisoni Yon all know whab it means to be para- Ijzsd â€" not to have any motion or power in the part affected. That ii just how alcohol affects the body, a short time after it is taken into the stomach. All the little tissues and nerves yield to it, and it goes to the brain, turning into something resembling the white of a hard boiled egg. Dj yon think such leathery stuff conld do much thinking Dj yoa wonder that the drunk- ard, v-'ith his stiffened nerves and white-of egg brain, tumbles over and lies like a log in tbe gutter ?- [Anon. AGonOdlt. "The Home for Aged Lidiee" stood op- posite a hon«e filled with gay boys and girls, cousins, brothers and sisters, and bright with picrures, luxurious furniture and ccslly "brie a brae' Roses climbed over the walls without, and happy children's faces filled it within. All day long ib resounded with busy voices, music and laughter. The "Home" was a small institution with about thirty inmates. Its wsJIs were speck- less and bare the carpetless fl lors were scoured to a spotleaa whiteness they never echoed to a child's step tha slow feet of the sad, withered inmates fell upon them noiseless as ghosts. They were a silent, melancholy folk, knowing that they were near The grave and that they had not a friend to hold them by the hand in the last hour. For they all had long ago parted with their families and with all who knew them Charity, not affection, gave them food and shelter. Their lUes were monotonous as clock- work. They rose, set their rooms in order, ate breakfast, kninted until noon, then gathered feebly around the table again, knitted until sunset, drank their cups of weak tea tiiently, and so crept to bed. There was a strange hush as ol decay and death in the old corridors. "Let us give them sothtthinc; outside of their knitting and thoughts of the grave.' said one of the young girls one day. "A concert ' cried another. The idea was received with applause. Placards anroutc'ng the concert tveie sent over to the Heme, and the girls begtm prac ticirp on piano and guitar. Tnc poor old women clustered around the handbills and went, trembliag with excite- ment, to their rooms. "A c uncart ' " Wh*t shall I wear?" " I play ad tne piano oLce. ' ' And I saog. " How their fdeble heirts beat and the slug gish blood began to throb in their veins A week f assed. The day came the piano and guitars were carried to the Home, the 3eats placed. The inmates assembled an hour before the time, each with come bit of ancient fioery to honor the occasion. It was a simple concert after all. Two or three familiar melcdiep, some h mns, " Anld Lmg Syne," The L^st {lise of Summer," and other old ditties. The old women sat very silent, now and then suddenly laughing aloud or wiping a tear away furtively. Some of the music was familiar and dear to them. Ib brought back their homes and their dear again. Bat it did more. They were alive again them- sfllvea they were onoa more a p»t of their generation. Somebody had taken thought for them to give them pleasure. The concert was over, and soon forgotten by the periormere. Bat the audience never for^t it. It was the one era of their life in the Home. They dated all events as " be- fore" or "after the concert' Tley hum- med the airs for years in their cracked old voices. It was a trifling thing to do, yet it had brought a great warmth and happiness into these faded Uvea. Is there no little thing, which will bring happiness to some neglected •reatnre, wuting for ua to do T A Mean ITan. Wife^"I believe that more women than men go to heavenJ' Husband â€" "Yen dot What makes yon think so f W.â€" **Women live better lives than men." H.â€" "I grant It, Maty, but there is one tUcg that leads me ca think tiiere are very few woman m the other side." H.â€" "What ia Ihatr' H.--"It IB ipolnn of as tiM Under His Bed- lieatenant Calonel Van Somereo of the Briush Army sends an aonont of a night adventure io^Jpul^ It was e*^ 'Se very he^ olIK^ot season, and after piasing the evening at a military sta- tion, he had ridden through the woods tot his bungalow, whew lie arrived shortly be- fore midnight. His man led away Ae pony, and another servant l%(hted a candle the bedroom, opened all the windows and doors, ud left Colonel Van Someren to IdmselL I blew ont the candle, and threw myself into an easy eitair in the veranda to catch what faint sirs might be stirring. A llttie dachshund pup was lying under the cot in the bedroom, the cot being a mere frame- work of wood with a broad web of cotton tape plaited aoiosa it. The pnp^ whfaied frequently, bat I pud no partionlar attention to It, and after lonnging two or three times up and down tbe verandas, I threw myself on the cot, apd dropped into an uneasy slumber, disturbsd now and again by the pup's whimpeiings I had not been asleep long, when I bto*me conscious of Eomathing uncanny under my bed. It was apparently a large and powar- ful creature, for I distinctly felt my head moved, and then my shoulders and back were gently, but steadily, lifted as the thing, whatever it mighb be, slipped slowly and Cdubiously along under the tape on waich I was lyinf;. Presently I became aware of an unmistakable odoi sone beast of pray was under my bed I A slight movement of mine caused it to stop still but 1 '.istinctly felt its back pressed against mice. Fjf a moment I lay motion- leas, horribly frightened, ani with the know- ledge that my gun was in the next room. However, ib was uselsss to lie there. It was better to face the brute at onoe j so I sprang up, s6!Z3d a slipper, fl ing ib nnder tha bed, andshcnbed loudly. There was a plunge, a larch of the cob, and a great gray, hairy mass dashed out from under the bedstead with a growl, and bolted through the open door, across the back veranda, and down a ravine behind the buntralow. It was a large hyena, and I con- gratulated myself that the brute bad nob snapped at my leg as he went off. The puppy I found half dead with fright, lying In the corner of tbe room between the wall amd the leg of the cot. S far, things had nob turned out badly, but 1 felt sure the hyena would come bacic again after so dainty a morsel as a well fed little dog. So I goo my gun, and, going outside fired a cinple of cartridges down the ravine. I heard two or three animals move off in a hurry, and the shots naturally brought out my servants. I told them to keep about for a little while the sound of voices would, perhaps, discourage the hyena, and cause him to slink away for good. Shutting the doors and windows was out of the question the beat was too great. I loaded my ^un and sab down in the ver- anda and, and altera while began dfz'og. The puppy whimpered. I got up oantion«ly and slipped into the bedroom, where I backed into the corner whence 1 could coiumand each of the three doors. Five miautes passed in silence then tbe poppy again began crying, and I heard a lignt footfnll on the bamboo matting in the veranda. Another micnte or so passed, an I saw a heahd cautiously advanced inside the doorway, and apain withdrawn. Bub it was not a hyena; it was the heal of a panther. The moon was now half-way down the wesbcra sky, and her lighb, pouring in through tbe veranda, projected the shadow of anything outside into the room. All was silent, when suddenly, almost as if a light cloud had swept across the moon and thrown a shadow for an instant, the panther waa in tbe room, under the cot, and had seized the pup. The poor little thing yelled loudly the panther turned, saw me, and, with the dog in her month, stood for a moment in the doorway about six feet from noe. I saw my opportunity, and fired, giving her a wire cartridge in her neck. She lurched forward into the veranda with an angry growl, and got upon her feet, but waa evidently d^z^d, for she stood still in the moonligbt, broadside to me, and I gave her the second barrel, also is tha neck. rAt such close quarters the shot cartridges inflicted terrible wounds 1 She fell over dying, and after a garp or two and a long, quivering throe, lay still. The puppy was not dead, bat so much hurt that it had to be killed the next day. B3 t.his time the wholb camp was astir, the men coming up eagerly to see what bad happened. We pulled the pan'hT cu*-. of the veranda into the shadow of a ittrge tree, with two men to keep the jackals from harm- ing the skin during the night. Tne beast proved to be a full firown and very handsomeL yonng female. My night's ret had been diaturbed, but I was repaid a hundred fold by a tropby fo valuable in itself, and at the same t im-. » interesting for the unusual amd exciting circumstances of its capture. The Wht'at lie'd. Nobody knows as yet within 20 000 000 or 30 C00,000 bnshe's whab the wheat yield of America bas been in 1889. and nobody knows within many times that quantity what the yield of the world has been. Neither are there trustworthy statistics of stocks brought over trom last yar in other lands authorities differ m» million bushels about the stock of Rjssia alone. Who ever pleases can make up a statement showing a great anrplns in the world, by taking one set of estimates of yield and atocks, and another showing a great dcfioic, by takicK anorher set of estimates of equal I valne. Bag ac'ual movements of grain give evidence which cannot well Im disputed or twisted. British imports o! wheat in July snd August were 903.0CO cvts. smaller this year tlian last, with imports o! flcnr a\ont the same. That inflioates no reoogn'zid prospect of want in tha oonntiy having need to import more wheat tlian any other. The exports from America to all coontries from all porta for July, from all the^ prineipal porta f jr Angnst, and from the obisf A.t1an- do ports for tliree weeks of September, wore 22.300 POO bnshels wheat, fl ar includ- ed, against 25.600.000 for the same times nd places last year. A deoreaae of 3 300- 000 bushels in the quantity demanded from the conntry which exports more wheat than any other does not indi- oato any apprehensiiBa of scarcity abroad. The. fordgn pti^ tells the same story. British wheat averaged for the seo«md week In Septamber 30s. 2]., against 384. Id. for the aaaas week last vear. A faU of more than 20 per eeat in price does net lereshadow wond-wiiSe fsaiaew Nd eof how |Hgsa atook ef vfant BforfahM carried over from last year, or how latKe the new crop is, and oontradiotory state- ments on both pohits are wide apart. But Brftain, andnst about 8.Q0O.000 cwts. in the same month last year, and mi bioreaM S one half in expjrts does not indioato mnoh â- oaroiyin Russia. The exports lor tMht hionths ending with August were 14.347,- 653 cwts to Great Britain, against only 11,516 034 for the previous year, and no such frtedom of shipmonta at present low prices woald be likely to occur if Busrian sapplies were actually sca nty. Bis Love Worth Eren More. "Clara," he exolidmed, laying his hand upon his cirdlao region, "I havelong looked forward to this opportunity to tell you that I love you with all the ardor of a nature free from guile and dupUoity. Say the lltte word, Clara, which shall make me the hapl ^eatofmen. Of If your maiden modesty seals your ruby lips, give me some little keep- saKe which shall mutely say that my love is returned, and which shall be a constant re- minder of thfa, my hour of happiness. S^ay 1 Let it be one of your golden tresses, jastone little lock of your fragrant hair." Clara blushed, and seeing that Gsorge took up the scissors fr6m tbe table, she mur- mured "Niy, George, never mind the acJasora; here ib ia (and ahe removed an f ffl itnt switch) take Iti It cost ma $10, bub such lo'^e as yours is worth far mora than that."â€" [BDStonTransoripx Identif!yjii? Mr- Johnson. "IsthereaMr. Johnson ia this car?' called the c-jnduobor, as ha entered a coach on a Lehigh Valley train and held up a telegram to view. " There is " replied three men in chorus, as they rose up. "But this despatch is for John Johrsin. ' " That's me 1' replied two of the men, while the third looked relieved and sat down.. " Whioh of you ia married " continued the conductor. ' I am I" both answered. " Well, I think tfaio despatoh relates to the birth of twins at home, and is congratnla tory." "That lets me cub, thank Heaven!" exclaimed one Johnson as he sat down to wipe his brow, while the other flushed red and white for a moment, and then received the despatch, Annt Janet's Barprlse. Aunt Janet " What do you call that ' Nephew from the city ' It's a trousora- stretcber." Aunt Janet: "A trousers- stretcher Why don't you set your trousers bfg enough, Bo'a you don't have to stretch 'em?' A Healthy Town. " Healthy in our town I should think so I We have had only one funeral for ten years, and that waa the doctor, who litorally starved to death." Wonld £nin Bosiness. Beggar: " A chonsiind thanks, my good sir, for the splendid coat yon have given me, but 1 can not wear it. It would ruin my basi- nest â€" LO'j a soul would give me a f jtrbhing I' A Hard Tu?. Hasband {it 1:.30 a. m ): " Dant say a word I 1 know it's awful lat but I've hf d a hard tug of it." Wife " Yes, you look r s it you'd bad a hard tug. How many schoon- ers did you tow in to-night I" A Change of Faces. "I don't understand how yon can stay eo continually in the house this summer. I feel at if I must get away if only to see some new faces.' "Oh, I don't need to go for that. " ' ' day." My wife haa a new servant every Johnny's Bash Speech. Goedoatcb (calling on the eldest "Why, Johnny, how you are grow- Yon'il oe a man before your sister if yon keep on." Johnny: "You bet I will. Sister'll never be a man if she keeps onbeirg 20 like she has for the last five years." Then there was trouble in the household. Mr. sister) ing 1 He Ooald Jump a Ten-Foot Fence I A'e yon interested in athletics?' asked Mita Jobraon of a yoting travelling man who had been paying her aome attention. 'I ditln't cure much about those matters until yesterday.' "B it you are exercising now " "I should say so. lean jatnp a ten-fcot fenca at one bound, and outrun any bow- legged dog that ever infested a barn-yard." ••And to think," she mnrmured fondly, "^hlwt; io IB to my father that we owe all this " â€" [VI ii chant Traveler. ^%mmy^ 4 â-  â- -'•-" .• V-U-jiHU.i^ The Bo«der'8 Fear. "I am sorry,' said the hungry-looking hoarder as he set the pitcher down, "that I bavn said so many unkind things about tbe milk. ' 'Way? ' irquired the landlady, aus- ploloualy. "Beoauee I fear that it has sour- ed o£ me." Grounds For aHonib'e Susp'cion- Beâ€"" And are yon sure that I am the first and only man that ever kissed yon» • Sheâ€"" Of rourse I am sure. Yon do" not doubt my word, do vou ' He-" 01 course J do not doubt you. my darling. I love you too manly, too devoted- ly for that. Bat why. oh, why did you reach for tbe rema the very Inatant I ventured to put my arms around you If you had never been there before?" Johnnie Enew it All K "•^-"JoK here is something in thb basebaU report that I do not understand I wuh you would explain it to me." Husband--"R9ad it, my dear." ^^i.^l^^^'^lzV^' "" to «e and one out, he reached first in the eighth innina should have scored on Tiernan'sw^ throw fa. but became rattled and held his base" Whaj does that mean I" ' Hoabaod (who knows notiiins game) "Biesa'd if I know." Wife ^iUi ft elgh)-«l'u have to wait tilJdiaiile (su yean dd) ooBM ia." of tlie iT*- » AJVBWfBIffG BT KNOCKS. A remarkable "gheft" story oomeSfrom GreenWiok. It appMt^ that JIf r. Botbwiok, in the emptoy of the.Sonthilitn^Utan Gas Company, had resided for .three years with Ms family at 14. Sorsefarry Used, Oif^« wioh. a four-ioomed house.. Mrs. B»thwiok had been troubled by hearing iaezplipable noises, which her hntbaniitrM «» "'P^ away. The previous tenant, who occupied the house tof twenty-nine years, states tiiat henevfer ikeard any noise, but his wife often complained to him that she had heard sounds Hke ohildr sn falling ont «}f bed. About two years ago the Boohwicks were away froa home, i2Mane^b(hir'atat«l that during their absence he heard Fond rapping In the house, twelve months later. In Jaly 1888, Mr. Bethwiok v-ae4n theoonntry for a holi- day, and on the 25 -h there were In tha house Mrs. Bothwlok, Mrs. Sbedman, and Mrs. L^oy d. At t£n mtnutes to eleven the«e throe were in the back dtlitig-room, wfaloh is divided from the pas^agsSy a wooden partl^ tion mnniog f rcua the top of the house, when they HEBD TfiBEB HABD BLOWS as of a man's fii on tbe oeUar door. Much alarmed, they rushed off to lied, and heard no more that night. Oa h». Bothwick's return he put a now floft to the cellar, m%kinfir it even jsrith +he passage. All went well until Jaly the 25 b of the present year, the anniversary of the former manifestation. At twenty minutes to tan at night there were in the hcuse Mrs. Bethwiok and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd, while a Mrs. Parkinson was in the next bouse, adjoining the passage. The three pjrsons firs^ nmed heard loud rapa oa the partition, and Mr. L\oyd weab out, but saw no one, and searched the collar with similar .result. Tr.e rapping continued, sometimes appeatine to be on the partition and sometimes under tbe stairs. It turned out that Mrs P^trkinson was not the person n pping, and on Mr. Lloyd giviog a np on the wall he was startled by hearing at the cellar door, close to his elbow, three knocks which shook the partition, and were almost soffisient to knock the cellar door down. He opened the door on the instant, and searched the cellar, but found nothing. He knocked again, and in reply there came THBBE IBBBIFiO KNOCKS on the cellar door, whioh Mr. Lloyd had just closed. He immediately opened it again, and nothing conld be seen, although a lamp in the passage el one into the cellar. Shortly afterwards, Mr. B ^thwick and Mr. Parkinaon, who had been ont together, re- turned home. The knockirg continuing, they made a careful inspsction of both houses, bub found nothing unusual. Half an hour later two police cffiaers arrived, and stayed some time. The knockings continued as bafore, at one time on the cellar door, at another on the stairs or at different parts of the partition. The people who were in the house also state that they distinctly heard footsteps on the fl^or above the passage, but on gelns; np 03ald see no one. The police consiMred the matter a practical j ke, but could not suggest how it waa done. Meanwhile, the knockfag, whioi could he plainly beard on the other side of the rad, bad attracted a large crowd, and one of the men volunteered to communicate with the "spirit." A oonversation somewhat to the folio wins effect ensued â€" Are you a man No anewer. Are yon Eaglish Three raps, supposed to mean yea. Are you a woman Three raps. Are yon in great trouble? Three raps. Have the people in this house harmed yon? M9 answer. You are troubl- ing this house a deal Three raps. Did your friends harm you Three raps. Did they kill yon? Three treoiendon^ raps. Mrs. Bothffick here exclaimed. "F3r gra- cious sake let the man go away." Ue re- mained, however, at Mr. Bothwick's wish, and continued the questioning with the re- sult that the interrogator pronounced tliat a woman was troubling the house Oir ACOOUST OF SOME CRIME committed many years ago. The " ghost ' would not answer any frivolous qiesbions, snob as " Will yon come ont and have a driak with me?" About midnight the knock- ing began to subside, and tbe crowd difpers- ed, but the Bithwiok family would not go to bed. Mrs. Bathwfck lay on tbe bed for an hour or eo with her olotbas on, and Mr. Bach wlc? BP* rrt r^snah till be went to work at six next morning, and two young men stayed with him. The rapping gradually died away, and ceased altogether abcut one o'clock. The Bothwicks determined not to remain in the bouse, and on the followinz Tuesday removed to Hsddc-itroet, sitting np on nearly all the interveniog days until mtdni^hb. Two ladiea. who appeared to be interested in the suj«ot of spiritualiEm caUed before they removed, and said they should have liked to bear the rappings. One of th^m said she did not suppose tl)e "spirit" would trouble anyone till next year, but It adghb, as it had been spoken to. •rcenWttB. FewerfklWattveKnittn^J^l}â„¢^^ A ConyiEcing Argument- Mrs. Skinnphlint (Joubtfully)-" Josiah. there s a peddler at the door with a ru« worth $10. He' offers it for $1 buy it, but I'm afraid ABYSSIliriA'SliE?£^ King Menelik II with a vajt ,». advancing north to Adua, where allVi?^i of Abyssinia are crownej. WIh^^i weeks the ceremony of coronatian ' performed. The new ruler of Abw"'» be the most powerful ruler Abvttin!"?**' for generations, for hh kingd^ ^T^ only the domain of the late KinTr r"l alto Shoa. Menelik's own ooZ^^ Bouthem pwt of the Abyssinian l,?!u!°* where Menelik has long had an „2Sh)^ 000 men, about ont.fourth of ,^0^' improved firearms. " 'Xt; Manellk's father. King E^u. one day that a womw of itrikiae k " was seeking alms at the doora of sSan 1"' He sent for her, and was so grea'ln -^ ' «ed by her charms that he inlredaDS' among the women of hij eat»Mi!t "' I When a little boy was born the kC. .j""' ' would not reoogu'zf him ag his a, ' in the course of years he showed a resemblance to hit Majesty. As th "a Bale, grew up he came to look very mo'^h Ijk l' royal father, and the king n»med hint! l? heir, though he h*d other eons whotl« 1* they had batter right) to the troae x I still .1, ' rui worth I wonld like to ^, .,, it wouldn't ba just exactly honest. He must have stolen It or he wouldn't offer it so cheap." Mr. Skinnj.hllnt('xoitedh)-«»What? A 110 rug ;or fl Why. cenainly he--B« no. If he says he didn't steal it, and of course hell say so, that wHlaettle it as far as we are concerned. We can't prove It. you know. I'U question him myself. (Goes HndT.tfl.,'^**"** T^'^^' J'ooiely.) How much did you say you wanted for this rug? 0:e dollar, hey m'm. It's worth perhap half that. I'm afraid-ha 1 E^T- f .-"nd" ^°^ "'°^" ***" "^^ """"iwhere, my Peddler ':arror stricken) "Yea air T I^id, Bat^don-tgive„JaU.f?h.:Jen' Mr. Skinnphlint (somewhat taken aback but recovering hinjBolf and hastily rxc w' ipg a silver dollar for the me)â€" "ThaiC^i 'h^'s'U^'tJ"*^..^- don'^wihisri f,S.!i-.rS**'i? "**»""«*• A man thai'a Steal wiU lie about it." [Chicago Tribune. is, therefore, tha son of a and bis mother reosatly wa? stiii ,y â-  er joying high honor in S'aoi. '" Physioiny thoKiigia not ^n !„,.,.â- ,„ psrsou. H2 is almost; c?al bhck, Bho" j dumpy. UoIIko hU utcle. R « D«ghs Jh others among his chief aiWsara, ha u V frlen-liy to E-iropsans, ard w«tj to *» trodnce their arts into his er.cntry, g. l^ a remarkable foainess for raaohiaer »' impIem3nH of all sorts, aad hu gfeitJ delight is toexamlne their mDchisisit. ^. plorers say he ruined aboab a drzu vFitoha and alarm clocks, takia^ them apuUgd trying to put them together ag-ib. H« became at last, however, qnifj a prjfijiejj watch tinkerer. Several years ago Mr. Ciiefnenx tnak tin K?ng as a present from the French Govsn. ment a mitrailleuse. For onreaieace 0! carrying it had been taken to piscsg compactly packed. The weapon reached the King several says before the traveller did, and very much to Mr. Ghefneni's Mtoaiih- ment he found tbe naapon proptrly pgt together and moon :ed. The King had mule a careful study of the mechapitm of fiteumi, and with the aid of a picture of a mitrilleiut I he had prepared this, little Eorprise for the white m\n. The King is gentle and aoiiible to thoee who have his friendship, but he hu beeg guilty of acts of gross cruelty and b j istice to corqaersd enemies. Ha hcis largely video- ed ttie boundaries of Shoa by coDqaeringthe I fisrcs Galla tribes around him. He hu some men of ability amoag his GeDoralsaid I oouDoillors, and to them mich of his prestige is attributed. Psrsonally he is not costpig- nous as a warrior, and In most things hs has shown himself easily iaflaeocsd bv hb advisers. But he is distiogaished J)m them all. for his faith in the advantage}! drawing nsef al lessons from civiliztd com- tries. He does not like misBionaries, how- ever. In 1885 he kept two Stvedishaiasioa- aries practically prisoners in Lis chief ton for ten months, and then eant rbem back a the coast. Since then he haa expelled all the French Catholic and German missiog- ariea from his country. The King was very angry at the deoinoi f the great powers to forbid the importa- tion of firearm** and gunpowder into tbe interior of Africa. He is, however, in 1 measure independent, as he makes hia owi j gunpowder and has a great number of in proved firearms. When Kin^ John was killed a few montbi I ago it was known to be his wish that ' nephew should sncced him Menelik, hor ever, proclaimed himself King of Abyaiiaia, and all the provinces of ih? coaatiy cx-'ept I Tiprj have recogn'z li him as the new mler. Tne Sboans are of the s.'m^ race and j speak j:he same language as the AbyeBiniaDi Their country is simply a part of Abyasiiu whose chief became powtifa! enough to be practically Independent of the raler fnrth" UTTth. A Trout in a Bou'de?. William G D;iliugh»ai, while fi a Mr. William G D;iliugh»ai, while fi^jaj in Gordon Creek a few days sinae, disooverM a beautiful fossil trout, fiftaea incbei a length, in a huge bou'der. Ev;ry scale of the fiih was as plainly irarkei the rock as if cut by a skiliu artist. May people wonder how trnat get ia streaou above high falls. They were dcub lo.a there before the fall were made, as from "' it is evident that there were trout m »• trearos of Orogou in prehisrorio ag3i. '• Dillingham intends to go out same day wj catch that fossil trout with a h-'immer afii chisel. What She Wanted* •'Now,' said the bridegroom lo the bride, when they had w JOQ tney naa returned from th»r ho" moon trip "L=)t us have a clear acden!*' â-  to married lU* vice preeJica" viK in? before we settle down Are you the oresident er this aeciety ' ••I want to be neither president or " president of this "she answers^; "!*»" content with a subordinate pcsi ion. ••What is that?' "Treasurer." Only Her Pir.t. oi»J' M»s. Slaughter (in her Ur.ycr's^ "I want to get a divorce from Mf S'"" I I can't stand him acy longer." t^ Lawyerâ€" "All riglit, Mrs Slan.nhttr. me see 'ooking at the oalendw) th» " "You're a liar, Mr Lawyer; thw " ' first.' if* Thioga Were Different. Mr. Benedict-:." You'd better ont tV* S?L*?,5rev!iS^.•"*^"s^-J^^ Mrs. Benedl«h_..Why, don't ylou n- how Joed A Postponement. " Mister Moderator, in consekes' 'i^, fall ^tttndus abdia meetin' I "°° Igi » In' next Wonsday ebenia' am 9°^X^. dia Monday ebenin' for de choice oo »» tors.' " The cricket on the h«Mth " ""^J- tosly old fellow in The Boston l««r- •• P^haw I One might v^'nh f q^»l into ecstades over the fly on ths mof quite in the ear, or the flsa """'njiJi* menberhowtiiiv'»dmrr'L^'*ii.""5'L'°" "• •houiders" Moat* people will 5^1" oflttheyiSiaifi^' ""•«» J»»W fond .with thU outburst.*^ The cricket .b» ^^ M». neiIct~"Tes. I..t ««- 1.^ .. 9*^ »"»»««. "»d «« ovJy toIerabW of their it^r S^ » *» â- wjt'wy h«4|i't acy described at secondhand by "â- "• â-  ~.a.yj:-; a -p,^ ;; i,K*i stcnok poet.