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 -â- *-x .*m5 np" :«i 'fl! Hi !-â-  ^n \-ifi:§ [li Phantom Ship of the Desert. THE GHOSTLY CBAPT THAT SiVITS THE 8TEILE OOLOBASO FLAII. â-¼â- ner o! dMth, Md » â- yitwn of OBMtfWlni WB «IoM Moonnt lor their meuu of aab- riateaoo. "BT GIOBGB, THIBE IHB 18. the trip wu beiaff nutde akone of Arizona, bat now residing in Bkkerafield, thia atate, and the writer organized a qaies little expedition for the purpose of aaoertain- iog what truth there waa in the atoriea re- garding the desert abip, several peraonahar- bg reported that they bad seen it since the time when th« Germs na related their expert enoe. Niok Wolferd, an Arizona monntain- eer, waa induced to join, while a "happy go Incky," Iinown aimply aa Jack, completed the party. AK KXPKDITIOK STARTS TO INVKSTIOATB. In order to eaoape ridicule the real obj«ct of the expedition waa not made known. The party "outfitted" at Yuma for the oatenaible purpose of proapeotieg in the San Bwnard- hio Mountaina. Eight bnrroa were aeonred â€" the little donkey being beat adapted for inch an expedition, owing to hia ability to aobaiat on nothing and to go for long per- ioda without weter. Ftve of the animala were loaded with auppliea, camp outfis, blanketa, etc., while the remainder oarried kega with wliiob to oarry the water aupply while making long marohea on the deaert. On February 4 the (xpeditien left Yuma fully equipped for a three weeks' trip. A more favorable aeaaon could not have been aeleoted for making the journey. Hugging the base of the mountains oloaely in order to admit of proapectlng for preoioua metal, water was not only found in abundance, but there waa plenty of graaa for the faitliful and patient burro, which poked lazUy along nndsr his heavy pack. The air waa per- fectly dniitrhtful and the temperature aim- ilar to th»t of early summer in a northern climate â€" a little too warm about noon time, but exhilarating and pleaaant ior the re- muader of the day. Water marks on rocky precipices, far above, ahowed plainly where the ocean breakers once expended their force, while on the west, south and aoutheast from tlia alififhtly elevated course we were traveling the ey3 fell upon miles and miles of sand, hills and valleys of aand and 0(Be»na of sand which, being driven and formed by the wind, presented the appearance of rolling billows, varying in color aooording to dla- tanoe, the shading, the existence of alkaliea •ad the feeble attempta at growth of hardy TesetalioB. Even the meged and thorny cactus could not find on the deaert plain a aoil anfSolent- ly congenial aa to njas ita weird branchea M a waning to the traveler agaiaat at- tempting to oroaa thia trackleaa waatfc Ten milea from the mountaina the dism J iquawk of the raven waa thsftmly sound of Wm to break the deprea^g aileno^ whUe the izud and kangaroo rat wore the mdy mwn- «n of the animal ktagdom to abide in thia tSKsraz A«I^PB01^y JOB. "Wkat rrespeef ova Wfe* ksve â- â€¢em The 8Iui4l*W7.Tcssel â- â- Â« Crew Have t« My mt tke Apvarlllen. Few peraona who read the aewapapera will fail to remember the aeoonnta which were pabliahed tome fifteen jnn ago and which reappear at intetvala ia their regular ronnda of the preaa reguding the discovery of the hull of a ship in the central part of the Colorado desert, aaya the San Francisco ••Examiner." Thia dreary, trackleaa waate ot atnd, which liea in San Diego Conaty, ia bordered hy the Saa Bernardino Mountains and the San Jacinto Mountaina, and sxtenda from San Gorgonio Pass to the Celora-io River, and haa claimed more human viotima than any ether aection of •imllsr area with- in the bonndariea ef ;he United Statea. It ia alMolutely devoid of water, and to attempt to croaa it without makin; ample provision in thia reapect is suicide, simple and plain, unleaa a heavy fall of rain immediately pre- vlona haa filled up the tanks and water holes which exist at certain isolated points. A large part of this desert is below the level ot the sea, the greatest deprestion being at Volcano Springs â€" a station on the Southern Pacific R*ilroad â€" where the traveler has the aatisfaction of knowing, if such knowledee is ptoduotive of satisfaction, that heia225 feet lower than the waves of the Paaific Ooean, that are breaking on the rocks Bcarceiy seventy five miles distant. That the Colorado desert was once covered by water and formed a large bay of the Paci- fic Ocean there ia every'evidence. High up on the mountain aides can be plainly seen the water marks, and the lashings of the waves for unknown ages have cut the rock in horizontal grcovts as regularly as if done by the carver's tool. Into this arm of the era the Colorado River once flowed, but â- ooie mighty volcanic upheaval threw up the alight environa which now direct that atream in another course, and the gradual reoetsion of the ocean made the work per- manent. What ancient galleys have plowed the billowB of thia land locked bav, what ahipa may have found safety on ita peaceful bosom, are mysteries of the obscure, pre historic past, which none may ever know. FIBST BEFOBT 01 118 AFFKASA9CB Late in the summer of 1878, several yeara after the atory of the discovery of the remaina of a ahip had been made public, two German prospectors reached Yuma from the Colorado desert. They were in a state of great distress and reported the losa of a companion on the deaert. The prospectors, itaeema, hadlieen akirting the aouth and west sides of the San Bernardino range in search of mineral*, and their companion was lost some sJx days before at a point about one hundred miles northwest frrm TEuma, The ptculiar feature ot their story waa their associatins with and attributing the disap- pearance of their comrade to an apparition which they had boheld the previous evening. About sundown, so the Germans ssid, and wliile encamped on the desert, they saw, at a short distance, an immense ship under full sail, which appeared to float before Hbem as a cloud. She waa of different form of construction from any veaeel they had ever aeen, and waa complicated and fantastic in her rigging. Their deaciiption of the vessel waa by no meana lucid, but they were very poaltive that their companion had teen â- hanghaied and taken off on tiie " ghost abip," aa they inalated on oalUng it. The atory of the Germane waa received with a geod deal of contempt by the people of Yuma, who, after telling the proapeciora that they were double adjective feola, aent two men and three Indian trailera on the train to Indio to aearoh the deaert eaat of that atation for the miaaing man. The aec- ond diy hia naked oorpae waa fonnd about forty milea from the railroad, with the acorching raya ot the aun falling upon it. Be had died in the desert of tUrst, but n« â- ^Iytfi5T?m"'5or.'Pn acldzen adTo River a^L»P-L*«"_.^»?8 ^11^^ for pleaanre aad 'oat of alieer carloelty, It was on the aixtofath d«y hefoio the party reach- ed a point aboat one hundred and twenty milea northeaat of Yuma, and abouv forty milea directly eaat of Indio. The prcviaiona were runaing abort, owing to the failure to encounter any game, and the water burroa were loaded for a three daya trip, with the intention of making for the Southern Pacific Rulroad, which, it waa calculated, could be reached ia that time. A dry oamp waa m»£» on the deaert some ten nilea from the mountain and fi^y thirteen milea from the apring at which we had taken water. An early aupper waa had and ahortly IM- fore annaet Nick Wolford and Jack aet out to drive the borroa to a patch of graaa which had been oroaaed about a half mile back of the apot where camp had been pitched. The abort twilight of that region had jnaH begun and I waa baay makinfr down our beds, when startled by the exclamation of Tom Brown "By George, there ahe ia Charley, aure aa shooting. Look " Turnirg around and caating my eyea in the direccion which his hand indicated I saw before me the outlines of a sailing ves- sel. Every portion of her was clearly defined, yes a btzj of peculiar, indescrib- able light was cast upon the scene. It was too late an hour for a mirage besides this, the view was not stationary, the craft mov- ing rapidly on its course with all sails set. Apparently she was abont a half a mile distant aad stood quarter to us. The ves- sel I judged, waa about eighty feet in length, eighteen feet breath of beam and of about forty tons burden. The hull sat wtU out of the waters, which waa plainly visible, while the bow arose straight above the deck. The stern also sat high out of the water, after the fashion of Chinese janka, and the two masts, fore and aft rigged, ga\e the strange vessel a very odd appearance, unlike any I had ever seen. The decks pro j acted beyond the hull after the manner of thoae of the old Roman gal- leys, but undoubtedly the vessel waa of more modem construotioa, and probably iMloaged to the aixteenth century. As strange and startling aa waa the weird Bcene, I waa more than aatonished at the sounds I heard. The creaking, straining noise of a aailing veasel running before a atiff breeze waa plainly heard, while the distant notes of a aailor'a aon(r fell upon my ear. WHAT THE SHIP BESBMBLHD The diacharge of a rifle nfear at hand, fol- lowed by a Inaty halloo, distracted our attention from the vision and we haatily answered the signal. A few moments afterward Wolford and Jsck walked into, oamp explaining that thev had lost their direction in returning and fired the shot to attract our attention. Brown and I turned from our companions to again view the mysterious ship, but it .had disappeared aa suddenly aa it had appeared. D^kness waa upon us. Tom Brown then told Wolford tmd Jack of the remarkable scene we had witnessed, calling upon me for corroboration. I discov- erer from his conversation that ho had been more observing than myself, and also was muoh iMtter versed in nautical history. " The bear's head on her low is sufficient to prove that ahe ia'an Engliah veaael," aaid Mr. Brown, "and her rigging and form of hull and deck leave no doubt that ahe Ielonged to the reign of Q leen El:zileth. She may be and probably waa one of the loat veaaela of the patriotic jdrate, Sir Franob Drake, who made hia firat expediHon up the ooaat in 1578. the oommaader'a frigate passing the winter of that year in the Bay of San Franoiaoo." Abont five daya later the party reached Indio in aafety, the bnrroa and camp outfit were sold aad the midnight train waa taken for Arizona, wheie the party diabanded. In 1864 two brothera, Brlgga by name, concluded to eatabliah a ferry on the Color- time conaiderable ^avel to Arizena, attract ed by the rich gold diacoveriea in the north- ern part of the Territory. They bad a large, flat bottomed feny boat oonstrncted at San Bernardino, and, loading it on the tmoka of a heavy wagon, eaaayed to haul it aoroaa the Colorado deaert. Heavy aand w*8 eaoonntered and aevere aand aterma were prevalent and progreaa waa very alow and tedious. Finally when within abont 120 milea of their deatlnation, itbeoame neceaaary to abandon the lioat in order to aavethellTesof the eight fine horsea wUch were haaling it. Shortly afterward a leat waa brought from Stn Franciaoe by the way ef the Gulf ef California and a ferry eatab- lished at La Pm. The Brigga brothera then gave up their project, aad th^ old boat la still eut en the desert, and sometimes is vis- ible, atthongh more generally oompletely hidden by aand. He Jiad Ho Choice in the Hatter- A lady entered oae of the moat faahion- able atorea In town a few daya ago and toli the tall aad arl)aao clerk who waited npoa her that ahe wished to look at some crev- veta. " Crewoti?" repeated the oierk, ' crev- veta Do yea meaa oravata ' "I do Bot mean cravats; I mean crevvets." The clerk waa greatly purz^ed; then a bright thought atruck him. "Which atyle would you prefer? ' he aaked. "Oh, I don's care; thoae big onea that go over the ahurt beaom, or those that go round the neck and tie in a bjw or a knot. ' The clerk at onoe pulled down the boxes of oravata and began to display the difier- ent sty lea. He kindly tied aeveral of them on his own neck to ahow her their efibot. "Do you like them bright or qnlei?" he aakeJ. "Oil, rather quiet," aaid the fakdy. "Qiiet, eh? Periiapa yon know whafcyour friena'a taate b: perhaps he'd like this oae, now; haa he any ohoioe in the mattei?" "Well, no, I dob'c believe he has. Yon see, he's a corpse, and we" â€" the olerk faint- ed and tlie oaah boy whiatled "Aasie Laorle. " â€"[Buffalo Courier. Weatheiwlse. Solon, Sr.â€" "Why doea yon tobacco^t alwaya takojds wooden statn«o|Poaaheiilu Bsogh modes of Ufa muM roagh-manaer- • Nl^vl^'lUis'lISr^th of thb proverb more fn3y demonstrated than in the early histoij oftoeOhioandMbafaalppi River valleys Mwy of the met reckless frontiersmen of that time were descended from lamilief, ?^* members of which, in Eogland ana France, had been noteworthy for their re- finement so soon did the life of constant hardship and Indian warfare transform the deacendanu of gentle- bfed families into bor- der pioneer*, whofodteda were hardly Iws saupiiaary man those if tho aavagea with whom they fought. !,„„«.„, AnoMd ohaiaoter smong the hnnterr, fl»t-boat.men and Indian lighters of thi. relgon, eighty yeara ago, was Mike Fink.â€" the Rb R-jy of that then perilous waiei- way from Pittsburgh to New O.'ieans. jfor years hu dafing deeds and thrilllBg adventures were the tales most oommoiUy heard round the camp fire, and in the rude little hamlets of the Western wilderness. Born almost within hearing of tie war whoop, and reared amid the bloody and ex citing scsnea of border warfare, young Fink, grew up as wild, unrestrained, and almoai- aa ignorant, aa the panthtr of hb native wooda. Rude and reckless, he was yet brave and open, equally ready for a frolic or for a fi^ht, and a hunter by instinct. L'ke many another pioneer youth his rifla was the pride of his heart, and as he grew to midale age his wonderful feats with it gained for him a reputation aa one of the finest marksmen in America. Ttie wild, roving and adventurous life of the flatboat-men on the Western rivers soon attracted the youthful woodsman. In a short time his prowess as a loxer, wrestler and deai shot nad made him "captain" of one of those broad, low river-crafts â€" the "flatbaat"â€" peculiar to the river navigation of the West. These odd barges, propelled mainly by the onrrenr, steered by means of long sweeps and manned by crews of the daredevil stamp, were, in those days, the only method of freight transpoitatlon. Ai captain of a fl^tboat, Mike soon beoame notoriouaon both rivers. "The Snappin' Turtle of the Ohio" and "Snag of the Miubsippi' were two of his well-known sobriquets; and he remained "king of the river" up to the daya when steamboats were introduced, when the prestige of the flatboat-men ceased. iftw Orleans was then the only outlet for the produce of the West, and it waa not till after weeka, aometimea montha, of toil and expoaare, that the slew-moving scow from the Ohio could reach the end of its crniso of many hundred miles long. The now noisy channel of a mighty com- merce was then comparatively lonely and quiet. The settlements upon ita banks were tew and small hostile savages infested tho thiuk cane«brakea and gloomy foresta that lined the aeemingly interminable shores; and desperate outiawa lay in wait to rob descendUig ciaft of their valuable cargoes. It will be seen that the calling of a boatmeia required not only ita own particular skill ana toil, but also the qaiokness and the nerve of a ready fighter. It happened on one occasion, when Mike and his cumber- some flitboai were creeping doicn the Oiiio, that he had tied up, aa was customary, at the then little settlement of Louisville, to deliver some freight. On the following morning seven or eight friendly Indiana who were at the landing came aloard with much digidty and erave curioaity to inapeot the white man'a big canoe. Among the nnnlier of the vbitora waa a stalwart Cherokee, whose haughty baaring had gained for him the nickname of "Proud Joe," and who waa oonapicuona for hb tightly boand aad gaudily decorated scalp- lood, which stood erect to Che height of nearly a foot npoa lib head. Mike, aix feet high la hia moooaaina, hia coal-black hair aurmounted by a bear-akin cap, and hb long rifle In hb hand, aurveyed the "red varminta" with great dbdain, and aa they atalked paat him to go aahore, im polled by the reckless spirit of mischief that had led him into rash conflicts so many times before, snatched a feather from Proud Joe's lofty but slender pin ma. The insulted Indibu leaped ashore, and with flashing eyes defiantly shook hb fist at the aggressive boatman, and Mike in return scornfully declared that he would "cut iff that varmint's scaly-look dose to hb head afore he left Kaintnck." Seme minutes later, aa the boat waa aloat to atart on ita way dowa the river, Cherokee Joe wm seen atanding on the ahore aeveral hundred yarda away, as stiff aa a ttatae, tilaatly watohiog Mike with Buoh a look o( hatred as only a aavage can give. Mike ordered hb crew to puah off from the ahoie. Aa the boat swung into tho atream, he cooked hia rifle, took aim at the Indian, aad eot of mere bravado fired. To Ilia own latenae aatoniahment the Indian fell I Indignant at ao wanton a murder, the people were excitedly gatherbas; to purtue the slayer, when "Proud Joe" aatounded them by apringiag to hb feetuahurt. Wild with passion and furious with the most- vin- diotive rage, he .hurled hb tomahawk with all hb strength ti the dlreotlon of the retreat- ing boat, poured forth, in Cherokee, a short but fiery stream of tlureats against the db- appearin? Mike, and stabbed the very air in that direotion with hb hnntiiut-knife. Then burying hb face in hia blanket, as if ashamed to meet the wondering gt z of the increasing crowd, he hurriedly departed and waa seen at that landing no more. Hia rage and humiliation wer e quickly understood by the settlers, versed in savage ways, for there lying upon the ground where he had atood waa "Proud Joe'a" decorated aoalp-look, which the unerring riflaaan, true to hi3 rtcUesa threat, had cat clear from the Indian's head i It waa a wonderful feat, aad waa ^woa heralded far and wide. Mike had made the greateat shot of hia life, but in doing so he had inflicted upon Joe the deadliest Insult and the moat terrible disgrace that dian â€" '" " â€" Joe' bol of dignity and ooarage which the red man possessedâ€" the one thing which a winM rior would surrender only In death, for to loae it wibhooa losing hb life ati^iped him aa the moat despised thing amW hb zao ' coward. wended its lonely way /past n«J«=»^ T^utM Graved in ftmeral moss, and alter S2;?of 25«d .xp«.«.jn.de a la-diag Ita solitary spot n«f far above Natohc z B^^aSsof p«iwy hostile aurronnd- ini. for they were now within the boundajT S^tbe Coootawa and the Coerokeos. the rouRh bat light hearted boiktmen fiddled and frolicked the evening away, and only went â-  t rest when the mo«n rode high. Soundly Jhe reveller. .lep% and the old ««** "'" aa lifeless aa the silent waters and the still more lonely shore. ., .. Then suddenly without the slightest wara- ine oreventhemovemens of a anapicioua Ihenthe night sllenoe wai broken by a ifl^, or riflashota, followed by a terrific ^Thlriambering ••watch," on the deck of the fl*tboat, pierced by half a dozen ballets, aroaoed in hb sle«p and died. Mike and hb orew of five or dx boatmen had barely time to draw their knives and apring out, when seven painted aavagea leap- ed on the boat. White men and redskina instantly grappled, struggled and fought with the quicknesa and ferocity of tigera. Bat the conflict was brief. In two minutes the savages were worsted. Three of the seven regaiaed the shore. Four lay out- stretched on the deck, and along with them two of the boatmen. Immediately the boat was cub loose, and pushed out into the current. Determined to see to whft tribe the attacking savages belonged, Mike ordered the bodies to be kept on toard till morning. After sunrise he examined their bloody blankets, and noticed the style of their Iwaded moccasins, their weapons and their ornaments, but waa undecided whether they were Choctawa or Cberokeea, until one of the bodies waa turned over by a boatman, when all doubt was dbpelled. For an instant Mike stood transfixed with astonbhment, then hb loud exclamations of Burprbe brought the crew around him in haste. Upon the lifeless warrior's bead there was but a short, crbp stamp of hair â€" the scalp look was gone I It was In truth the body of "Proud Joe, the haughty Cherokee, that waa lying before them, and In that signi^cant fact the boat- men read a whole volume of deadly resolve. The dbhoaored Indbn had sought and oltaInedtheaasbtance of hb kinsmen. With the ferocity and perslatanoe of bloodhonada. the warriors had dogged the boat along the river. Dij after day, and week after week, from the time the boat left Lsnbville, they had followed Mike. Animated by a remoraeleaa and tireless hatred, they kept up the pursuit, wading sw^kmps, swimming rivers, risking capture by hostile tribes, threading more thaa a thousand milea of traoklcaa territory, to avenge the insult of the scalp-look. At last the sought for opportunity for a night attack had presented itself, and they had struck for vengeance â€" but in vain. Mike's greatest shot thus cost the lives of three boatmen and four Cherokees. The wonderful but reckless rifleman â€" "the last of the fittboat-meh" â€" met a tragic fate himself, at length. He was murdered in a brawl with a gang of other cqaally law- less characters. It was a fitting end to an unworthy career. Had Got Used to Oheekinsss* •'Can I use your telephoae a mlaute I" ahe aaked, aa she raa into a nelghbor'a on Second avenue with a ahawl over her head. "Oh, certainly." "I am going to give a party fnext^week, and I want to invlre a few friends." ••Year ••It is to bs a very select party." Yesl" "Only my friends." 'Yesl" "And, therefore, yonâ€" yoo won't beâ€"?" "Angry if I am not Invited, nor won't consider it oheeky if yen use my telephone to invite others? Da, no. Anv one who keeps a telephone In tiie house for nse of the neighbors aoon geta need to anything. Why, a man came In here tile other day and used the line to call my haaband up down town and dun him for a bill Go ahead and call up the aub-cffioe."â€" [Detroit Free Preaa. Ho Confidenoe in Tnuts. Augustus (who haa juat propoaed and iu|s been accepted)â€" "Ana will you always tnbt me, dearest 1" Angelinaâ€"" am opposed to the balefol inflaenoe of trusts. ' Suppcee you put your proposal in writing and avoid possible mb- ondetstandlngs."â€" [America, have Thoaght She Was Safe. Judgeâ€" "Yoar age " L»dyâ€" "Thirty years." Judge (incredulously (â€""Yoo will some difficulty in proving that." Lady (excitedly)â€" "You'll find it hard to prove the contrary, aa the ohoroh register which contained this entry ot my name waa barned in the year 1845." Handy to Have in the Honsei Mrs. Youagbridsâ€" " How does your break- fast suit yoa this morniag, darlbig " Mr. Yooagbrideâ€" ••Juat right. I tell you, Annie, it may be plebeian, bnt I am awfully fond of calf'a liver." Mrs. Youn^brideâ€" " Sj am L Don't you thhak, George, it would le real nice and economical to keep a calf, then we can have oali'a livnr for breakfast every morning.' A Fraotioal lUnstiation. " Deareat, yon have made me the happieat lan in the world," aaid the fond lover after ••Wo are from man hb aweetheart'a consent. henoeforth one," aaid he. " Oh, ian't that lovely I" ahe cooed, pno, eh I Juat aa if yon were I and I you," "Yes, dear, we ahall know each other's "All were into the house at nfghtf" Solon, Jr.â€" "I sappoae beoaose if he didn'nt he'd d hb Indian Summera eM, Now tell me, pleaae, why doea he IiMbs that wooaaaSI^laadarJ" « r ,^kv\i l..^t' ®1-??^?^' "Wlwwi-^we no dotb not deaire to have a Sooth mbt ia the moraiag." of'^JTtStuSjnK"^^ m^^^'^^^m^^m^fonv ipoaseBaed- thaonethina Whicha w«fc' ' ;l^jf:?'--^,;'..*?|' " i^^- i 4° AIteniabvc n^^^â-  ti^*-«?^Ji!^/ •"'â-  1w!!«»*r^ now, i«lte;?M WJfi»k teif ^^ Wil^Mme girl Mkelladn«a.Mtaio«rf*«o«rsl»t,:ttlJ3 """ ^^ ^^ ^..*»«"d in th« eyes n Lidin he-4»d given M- j ^iS^Vam^Aii lir«i- 'LtLa ^, purdodable efibnce. Aa an exploit tt ^isS2il3*^Sii^ JL^TS, "^^^ ' ni«rderoaa»asaaIasaltg*AtiST " 'SfilftutlJi'EL^.EEEj^ ""^^^ ' Theeoklese 'SiM»pia' TuK,*-* fWto ^^I^ffi^^ ^f W" t^d Mke to hHtee^old iUtbeiSSSa SS^ do^^S ;*B'«St'S*fci.^^* '" "»'« "" C*v inrock. Then thTboat fl.ated C^ liSt^wStoT^^^fori?*^^ Divinity Desrtj^ Among the matters cooaM,,,^ r eoent Jubibe of the DioZ^'^«tfc there were few things ofBo'*/ W th an the action of theProvinSl^K 1 reference to degrees in DiwX^^J teem surprising to those »k/"J'C /bought much on this snHect ""• Bour years (perhaps a larger .«.""«• i fihould have elapsed since th, „'"" a*, trst mooted in its present fT^^S ,hin k that very important rewlh J ' I *ton " "" "»tef Mt« of theologi3' T here can be no donbli that j I Div inity have become a byword **' ing one of the worst of shad"** which abounds in shams. Dr v,a- " 1i who has ample mears of kpS^ declared that there are mere h^^^^' *» inity in the city of New York th '^â-  whole con tinent of Earope. BntS.' New York, great and importsat Jt""' stitutes but a small portaln of the »;'"' on which we live and it i« Q„it! J^ to think of the numbers of F I)' " D's., and the like, who »dom' th.^J^ â-  Canadian and American CantchJT' lamentable thing ia, that thowillL" many oases reprssent notbeologicalC" worth mentioning. It ig even w2i that acme of those decorated oonid Zn one chapter of the Greek Te«Sj; end to end. Indeed, to snch length h â-  malady grown that many American cW men refuse to be m»de duotors \nf\ ahould be classed among the imp'oito'ti.^ I To the credit of the Canadian lJai„Biii, it must be said that, as far as ia hi they have been fceaerally careful b°5 conferring ot their degrees, higher â„¢i.^" I YOUNi The examinations for B. D. acd D D I far as they have como under our notice b1| been quite aa high aa they codd reasoisU I be made. Tho honorary degrees h6vei«il generally conferred upon men whowijl grace them, instead of bringing themiBil disrepute ao that we may feel ntefigjl that most of those among uwho haTehgl decorated are really not uaworthy of tbl honour.â€" [The Week. Didn't Say ffe Lied, but Btekiiedli I The other nhtht an old citizjs of onrsnl who ia aomewhat fond of playinr pool, cial home rather late. His wife wai uiei^l When she awoke in the momiss the wl on the floor a ball upon which wasthetuT ber"17' "What'athis ' she said toherlord,i;eit|| the ball suspiciuualy, "it dropped outo!]^ coat pocket. What is it, I ta ' The old man opened hia eyei, blushed, was confuoed and atemxered: •'Whyâ€" why â€" it's a marble, ain'tit;' " That may be," said she, "bntvluti you doing with a marble in your pocketJ your time of life ' *Mn my pocket Wellâ€" haâ€" the ficil I've had that marble in my pocket last thirty five years, ever aioce 1 ntei play for keeps with my brother Bill ' "Indeed V iscredulondy asked hiitil^ "but what are these figaiea on here What doea seventeen mean V Mean â€" seventeen meani" said he bed ingly. •'Oh, seventsen Why, th't ' the number of marbles Bill owed me i we qait playing he marked it on thcreal wouldn't forget it." His wife didn't say he lied, bat shell aa it ahe thought so. Encooragine Ezunple- A contributor to " Nature" reooutj following Inatanoe of animal lyopi^'r inatmotlve example Some yeara ago we had two cati,is aad a powerful torn, P*""'?/" over. Oae day I happened to be a' attic, and noticed them go ow»"»'r when Tom jumped across the y»rt»J next roof. It appeared to nie»ip»^ leap, oonaiderlng the width of theyrtj the heigh* of the roof. When Tabby came to the edge of »•â-  W courage failed, and the »«««^°3 distress, whereupon Tom turned rowi leaped back, and, Riving a cbeerfnlnwi much aa to say, " Look how e»^y«^J done," jumped across again, ♦"« bst losred by T*bby, to my great Heading Him OS- "Yes, Miaa Jenksneir," wi " I've had a great many imff^ •* Indeed." aaid the young ladj. aotaeemto have materially tt* " No I realiza the force of t" i • man proposes,' you know. •• Yea. and woman very frcqaenBJ him."â€" [MerohaPt Traveler. GastronomicalltfDW- Walter (to party from the »«»»] aeated)â€" Here's a bUl of f"' S,,), G«tleman(fromth.raraldu2;\ look here I If you think rwgjgj-, any bUl of fare till IVe h^ '»^^ yoS're foolln- yourself. Fetob.«J le B first. In A Cheap easterner: Thb fa Tegel»l'l« ordered chicken. .i; Waiter (examining^ the «np) sir;mymistake. It'oogMde" was feathers. Their â€" Pater On your pr^PPf jT* aoc tanceofyouasa.on^' Would-be Son-in- aw o'Jjjtf proapocta depend entirelyony of me aa your son-inlaw- me Peeling was ^^ Oashior (in retirements had a terrible acare to day,, "What frightened yon- "I!waa bathing »?. *°Vi ' electric eel came ioo^^^fVla^ for a haU a minute that 1" york."-[N. 1. Son MaWngi^isW'^f„,- ..IamafraId,"sald^gOl ins tone, "chat ^°f.^'ol^^ l^ht of my declaration "gjif "Why, Mr. Pa Jo»«^ liave cfoeaaed it '" "Gueaaedwhat? .^jUtf' .•That I ga^,. y^lLMfi*- Harry to light hboigtf* WiiatABo !• roe* ^oawi"' X« carve. I^beaeat. To be honest, lo make a fire. .TohepaDCtaaL To do an on aad. To out kindlings, lodngifheo^. To haag op hb hi fo hold hb head J, respect hb tea Xe help hb mothe fo huiicoa hb mot •To wipe hb boots To read aloud wh Tohelpths boysr To apeak pleasant! Id put every gi To remove hw hat To keep hb fiug BMumbig. Xo lift the baby hold it for a half aa Xo treat the girls ,rbh he was their br. Xo close the dooi frhen their b a sick Tiie Litt There once was a « gon abeut 7 years old, beautifal that no one without beiog kind dearer to her than all happsned that he aud and his mother wot bnt wept for him da aftir he was buried 1 night in the places w) h hu lifetinae to sit a mother wept, he we] morning came he mother never ooMid tuae one ni|;ht in the which he had lain in the chaplet upon hb h self at her feet upon tl "Uh, mother, moth else I cannot atop in m is never dry because c bll upon it." ^hen the mo jher h( afraid and wept no i came upon another nig a little taper, and he t "Look, mother, my dry ajad I can rest in o Then she bowed to 1 and bore her sorrow tienoe.andthe little ,cbi bnt slept in his underg Folk Lire] Ihe Leeend of It once happened 1 walking through a t'orei voice calling to him by sioand and at lengta proceeded from a fir ti which there was a spiri stopper, sealed with thi The spirit begged of ' free. Thb he readily that the spirit should medicine capable of hea a tincture which woulc touched to gold. Thei request, whereupon Pai koife and and suooeedet In getting ont the sto Uack spider crept fort the trunk of the tree. S ed the ground when it became, as if ruing fro haggard mar, with i wrapped in a acarlet tm He led Paracelsna to r^gy mount, and witi he had broken oflFby th rock, which, aplitting v Wow, divided itaelf in t obappeared within it. returned with two ama handed to Paraoelauaâ€" s contained the tincture d touched to gold, and a the medicine which hea then smote the rook a thereupon it Instantly c! Bjtli now sat forth o •pint directing ita coura tose:zuponthemagici Jfm from that cioy. ^embled for the conse releasing the evil one Mm who had conjured S^ j'«il'°oght how he When thoy arrived once he aaked the apirio if g??«.*°"n himself again "thimaeehimor^ i, ^t«aidth»titw«n. »«»*hewoaldbemostl «« • spider, and c J^ow crevice. Wl 52«5«ft who had k( "Uqulok asllghtnina g«2tiafi,SviSfh i'ffi'^^ with raj hhw «?* *u ** "hirlv g^ out tte stopper wl J^?**?. bnt Matey VI of i^^SmL **» *»** »cooun i^«* from the moanto Sq^.'^ooI down, and lJ,!^^«»turesnear wit'J^^however,! tl fr he idi r'jM^g^htOi BFtfl«ayu.*^t t^therain tl ti;iI?****KS«nchd ««y were dogs. iA goed de^ bother Harrl *!! j'wt- tben,1 Tlieyarefoi â- ~ Me like -iSStii^ saSii