“Ilutvl shall not trouble the courts to do
the Justice,” she. continued. “ Ont-c let me
get within reach of him, and I will speedin
avenge my wrongs with my own hand!"

“ But do you think you will beablc to find
him, even if he is iii the city ‘2 (‘hicago is a
big place, you know.” '

“ Yes, for I shall trust to chance to bring
us together. One advantage I possess; 1
know that he is in the city, and he is not.
aware. that I am here. I shall get a blonde
wig, sons to disguise myself, and shall go
around all I can, and in time I will be sure
to meet him,” the skirt—dancer avowed.

(‘llAl’TElt .\'ll.
Tun 'rtcxxs's \V’AltNtht,

. THE interview was interrupted by the ap-

aranec of the servant girl with a letter for
{osaniontL

It was from the 'l‘exan eomediau, as he
called himself, Johnny .limpleeute, and asked
if she Would have the kindness to meet him
at the stagedoor of the Glorious Alcazar
right after she got through with her first
turn that evening, as he had something of
importance to say to her.

s the letter had come by post it was not
possible for her to send a reply, as no ad-
dress was given.

“He, probably, is anxious to get another
dollar," was the. Seriot‘omic's thdught.

“And I think by rights that [ought to
make it five this time, if he needs the money.
for he most materially contributed to my
success on the occasion of my first appear-
ance.”

Rosamond had retired to her own apart-
ment to read the letter, and so she could give
free utterance to her thoughts.

That night upon leaving the stage at the
completion of her performance she proceeded
to the stage-door, which was in the rear of
the building.

As it happened, there were no houses upon
the other side of the street, only some vacant
lots, and as the street was seldom used by
pedestrians at this hour of the night, there
was little danger that an interview would be
either interrupted or overheard.

The Texan was in waiting, and greeted
the Scrio-Comic with an elaborate bow as
she appeared.

“ Gentle la'ly, you are most welcome!” he
declared in his ridiculous way, as soon as
Rosamond came out.

“I have a communication which I think
will be of interest to you, anti would you
step this way a yard or two, so that no sneak-
ing guloot kin glue his car to the door for to
overhear otir words ‘t"

The street was dile lighted, but there
was a bright moon, am as it was in such a
position that. the back of the theater was in
the shadow, the pair were shielded from ob-
servation, yet were able to note the approach
of any one.

“Of course. you don't know much about
me," the comedian began. “ And yet. you
had the sand to go a dollar on me at the first
pop."

‘ Ali, es, but you looked as if you really
needed tie money, you know."

“ Well, I dldl’ the Texan admitted.
“That luasurc cnuff fact, and there ain't
no discount on it. either.

“The action showed that your heart was
in the right place. and you kin bet all you
are worth, or ever expect to be worth, that I
am ready to do all I kin for you at any time,
and at any place, and that is the kind of a
hairpin I am, me noble dook!”

“Oh, that is all right,” the Serio-(kuuic
rejoined. “ You need not allow the weight
of obligation to crush you.”

“But if a chance came in my way to do
you a good turn don’t you s’pose I would
jump at it, hey?" the bummer demanded
with a great deal of dignity.

“ Yes, I don't doubt that you would.”

,“Thar's a good old biblical saying, you
know, ’bout toasting your bread on the
water-sf and I reckon it comes true a heap of
times oftener than folks think, although this
is a mighty unsart’in world,” the comedian
said with the air of a philosopher.

,“ Yes, I agree with you in regard to
that.” ~

“ You shared your wealth with me when
you didn‘t have much to share, and thar is
whar the merits of the deed comes in!” the
comedian declared.

' “ "I‘ain’t so great for a galoot to chuck out
his coin when he’s got plenty, but it takes
the nerve to put up the ducats when a feller
is about down to the bed-rock.”

“That is true enough.” .

"Now, though I did whoop tip things
pretty well for you on your furst appear-
ance, yet I don’t consider that I have
squared the debt, and I am ready to put in
the big licks for you whenever I git a
chance.”

“Well, I am much obliged, of course,”
the Berle-Comic observed, somewhat puzzled
to guess what the man was driving at, for
this did not seem to be the sort of a pre-
liminary leading to a request for “ wealth.”

“Oh, I am a friend of yours, and you can
bet high on that!"

“ Glad to hear it."

“ And now 1'“ come to the p’int.” _

IIe dropped his voice almost to a whisper
as he came to the end of the sentence, and
looked cautiously around him.

“ I Want to be sure, you know, that tliar
isn't anybody in the neighborhood asueakiti’
around for to catch on to what I amsaying,
he declared, in a cautious tone.

“ Yes, I see.” -

” Jimmy Richmond is in I
said, in a hoarse whisper, and iii
Wa . ' _ ,
3,."an y Riclnnoud ‘2” the Scrio - Comic
asked, in a questioning tone. .

“Yes, you know!” the comedian replied,
with a wise look, btit evidently surprised
that the announcement had not produced
more of an effect.

“No, I don't know; I don't know any
Jimmy Richmond, anti I am sure that it
doesn't make any difference to me whether
he is in the city or not—or any other Jimmy,
for that matter.” . 9,,

“ Mebbe you know him by another name .
the comedian rcmarkptll.

“ Yes, that is ossi ) c.

“ He is a amlriler from New Orleans."

“1 don't now any man who answers to
that description.” _ _

“ There is something rotten, then, ' In
Denmark!" the Texan declared, in a tragical
Wigi jumped to the conclusion that you
was the woman he was aiming at, but mebbe
I am a little off. , _

“ You see, I used to know liim_in Orleam.
and when I run across him here in ChicagO.
I went for him with the idea of Winning a
stake,” the comedian explained-

“ He is a sharp feller, you understand. b1“

0

(‘hicago !” he
a tragical

i.‘

.triek. " .

ing that I ’as as big a rascal as he is- but
though I will have to acknowledge that 
have kept some mighty bad compaiiy in my
time—due, of course, to the yearning that I
have :for the potent bug-juice yet I have
allers been keerful to live within the letter
of the law. so that all the cops and peclers
in the world have no terrors for my soul!”
.“'l‘hat is where your head is level!” the
girl observed, approvingly.
“ And the galoot had the sand to tell me
that there was a woman at the Glorious Al-
eazar whom a friend of his'n wanted to have
put out of the way.”
“ Why, the cold-blooded rascal!”
“ lle said there was a hundred ducats in
the job. and if I could find a man who would
be. willing to do the trick, he would give me
ten for my trouble.”
“ Liberal! wasn‘t he ‘2”
“ You bet! and he put up five cases right
on the spot, so as to show that he was in dead
earnest.”
“And you got the idea that I was the wo-
man whose absence from this world of care
was desired?"
“ \Vell, I did now, for a sure-enuif fact!"
the comedian assented.
“No, I am not the one; but, I say, I
think there is an opportunity to make a
stake out of this rascal,” the Serio-Comic re-
marked, in a thoughtful way.
“ Is that so ?”
“ Yes, and such a fellow as this I consider
to be fair game.” .
“ Oh, yes, I agree with you thar, most
high and mighty princess! ’
“ You go to the man and tell him that you
have found a fellow who will be likelyto
take the job; a young Italian, who, although
he isn’t much more than a boy, has been
mixed up in some ugly‘rows, and has the
reputation of being ready to use the knife
upon the slightest provocation.”
“ Ah, yes, I see,” and the Texan shook his
head approvingly.
“ That is a mighty good lay out, and the
yarn is such a probable one, too, for some of
these Italians are reg’lar p’ison snakes.”
 Of course you can say that you don’t
know much of anything about the fellow,
excepting that he hears the reputation of be-
ing a pretty bad egg. and when you sounded
him in regard to doing a job of this kind, he
seemed to be willing to do almost anything.
provided he was to be well paid for it, and
there was a fair chance of his getting off
without being‘caughtz”
“ Yes, yes! ()h, I kin fix the thing up in
furst-class style!” the comedian declared.
"In a case of this kind, I think any one is
perfectly justified in making a. stake out of
a. man who is willing to hire another one to
commit murder.”
“ Oh, sart'inl" the Texan exclaimed. “ He
is fair game!”
" This Italian boy that I speak of is ,a
sharp fellow, and you can rely upon him to
play the game in the right way."
“ I'll do all I kin to hpr the. thing along,
the comedian declared.
“I will jest notify the sport that I have
found a feller who, I think, will do the

 

)’

“You can make arrangements with him
to meet the Italian, and then come and tell
me all the particulars.”

“I’ll do it, and I’ll meet you liyer to-
morrow night, at this same time.”

“All right! I Will expect you.”

And this ended the interview.

CHAPTER XIII.

THE FRENCHMAN.
AFTER re—entering the theater Rosamond
seated herself upon a box, which stood in an
obscure corner of the stage, and fell to medi-
tating. ‘
“ I think I have the clue to this mystery,”
she. murmured.
“ This James Richmond, the gambler from
New Orleans, is the James Alexander who
treated Florence so badly.
“By some accident he has discovered that
she is in Chicago, and the guilty conscwnce
of the man troubles him.
“ It may be possible, too, that he is_ lack-
ing in courage, and fears that if the girl dis-
covers him she may be inclined to take the
law into her own hands.
“ As a rule gamblers are plucky men, but
once in a while there is one with a ‘yellow
streak’ in him, and who will not ‘ stand the
steel,’ as the sports say. .

“The skirt-dancer is the woman who is to
be ut out of the wa .

‘PThe error that this fat vagabond made
in regard to myself was natural enough
though.”

“The fellow is a keen-witted rascal, and
he was shrewd enough to detect that there
was some mystery about me, so when he
heard that the death of one of the performers
in this theater was desired he jumped imme-
diately to the conclusion that I was the

art .
p “glow, then, the question is, how shall I
proceed ‘Z” _

And the girl debated the matter in her

mind for a few moments. , _ _
“ I don’t think there is a doubt that this is

 

meet that she may avenge her wrongs. .

“ Now, while there is hardly a question
but what he deserves to be killed, yet I don’t
really relish the idea of leading the man on
to his death. _

“It is too much like playing the execu-
tioner and the part is repugnant to me. .

“ But he ought to be made to do ‘] ustice to
the woman whom he has wronged, ’ she con-
tinued, thoughtfully. . _ _ I
' “ Suppose I arrange it _in this way—sup-
pose I arrange a trap for him, and after he is
caged make him pay a good round sum to
get out, the money to go to Florence.

“I presume there isn't a doubt but What
she would prefer blood to money, but I am
not anxious that the man’s death should he

2 door. .
u ‘1‘“ny he isn’t in funds, though, the trick
' ' e worked.
Cd?‘ tBldt if he is willing to give a hundred to
wet Florence out of the way, it would seem
3s if he had considerable money.
“After I meet this gentleman, I reckon I
will have to do a little shadow busmess so
as to ascertain just how he is Situated.
“Egad! I am getting my hands full of
work!” the Serio-Comic exclaimed, as she
‘ or feet. _

r0§9lmhtilme to Chicago to attend to one Job,
and now, lo and behold! I have three com-

m immediate attention! _ q

“ Well, the more the merrier, but so far I
have not made any progress on the original
'0b and I must try and see if I cant get

ahead 2. little.” _
Then the girl went to the Wine-room.

the man whom Florenco is so anxious to V

plex and diflicult cases. all of which require,

The attendance that evening was very
poor, and the few auditors who had found
their way into the theater were not in-
clined to spend their money in the wine«
room.

In all theaters of this kind there are al—
ways a few hangers-on, either friends of the
manager or of the performers, who have the
run of the place, and they are not expected
to spend money, but drink Whenever asked,
and thus increase the receipts of the place.
These hangers-on, and one stranger, th
was conversing with Miss Sutherland, the
other scrio-comic, and Florence Valentine,
who was chatting with the proprietor. the
fat German. were all who Were in the place
when Rosamond entered.

The Scrio-(‘omic took a scatat the table
where Florence and the manager sat, remark-
in g as she did so:

“ Business isn’t very rushing to-night, Mr.
Grundbaum.” "

“I should say it vas not! A graveyard
vould be a fool to dis blace for liveliness!”
the manager exclaimed. '

Anti then he rose with a disgusted air and
retreated to the auditorium.

“ The main guy is a bad loser,” Rosamond
remarked.

“ Oh, yes, he is alwayst grumbling. Still,
I don’t wonder at his being dissatisfied, for
the“ place hasn’t done any business since it
opened.

“ \Vho is that gentleman Sutherland is
talking to—an ‘angel’ whom she has suc-
ceeded in picking up?" ~
As we have not described the other serio-
comic, we will now take the opportunity to
say that she was a rather tall, well-propor»
tioned woman of thirty or thereabouts.
Her features were a little irregular, but
strong and full of expression, and she had a
wealth of blonde hair which she wore in the
most becoming manner. .

And as soon as Rosamond had seen her she
at once came to the conclusion that she was
a woman with a history.

From her appearance and her peculiar in-
tonation it was evident that she was English
by birth.

The gentleman with whom she was con-
versing—the pair were seated at a table in a
corner of the room apart from the rest—was
rather undersized, and eifeminate in' his ap»
pearance.

A good-looking fellow with dark eyes and
hair, an olive complexion, evidently a for-
eigner, a Frenchman apparently.

He was dressed in the height of fashion,‘
and seemed to be a. man who was extremely
careful of his personal appearance.

“ Well, I don’t know What to make of that
fellow,” Florence remarked in a thoughtful

ay‘.

“ He has been coming to the place now
ever since it opened, and from the beginning
he seemed to take a fancy to Sutherland, al-
though he never spends much money on her,
but she accounts for that by saying that he
isn’t any fool, and that if any one picks him
up for a flat they will make a great misv
take.” ‘

“ I see; she looks upon him in the light of

A a-friend, and not as a‘.victim.’:....w~.-n._._-- 

“ Yes, I suppose that is the idea. ' _

“His name is De Moroy—Ambrose De
Moroy, and Sutherland says that he comes
from one of the best families in France: and
is worth lots of money. He has come to this
country expressly to see the great Fair.”

“ I’Vell, womeh of her class always make it
a point of telling a good story, you know.”

And then the Serio-Comic surveyed the
man in a critical manner.

“He dresses nicely and looks like a gentle-
man, but if he really amounted to anything
I don’t believe he would find much amuse-
ment in hanging around a. place of this kind,”
Rosamond observed.

“ Oh, I don’t take any stock in her story
at all!" Florence declared.

“ I do not believe that the man is a gentle-
man born and bred, or that he has got much
wealth, although he seems to have plenty of
money, but as far as that goes Sutherland
herself always has a big toll of bills, and she
has some very. nice diamonds, too, which
must have cost a pretty penny.”

“ Well, I don’t see where she could have
got them, or how she could accumulate much
wealth,” the Serio-Comic observed, thought—
full . '

“)She doesn’t amount to much as a per-
former.” *

“ Yes, I know that; her voice is only fair,
and she sings without» any expression
whatever, but she dresses magnificently,
and understands how to act her songs,
so that her. appearance and acting carry
her through. ~

“I don’t like the woman, though, for there
is something peculiar and odd about her.

“The man is a good match, too, for her,
for he has some very odd ways.”

“ How so? Explain, for I take an interest
in odd people,” Rosamond declared. ,

( T 0 be cantinued~commenced in No. 569.) ' .

”

STAFF.

Tun: incombustible material with which the
great Exposition buildings are covered is called
‘ staff.” The hundreds of columns podiments,
capitals and all the profuse, general, ornamenta-
tion, as also the gigantic statuary groups and
alle oricnl pieces, are all of . _

V itbout staff, indeed, these enormous build-
ings would be impossible, at anything hke “the
present cost. .

This protean substance is a mixture of plaster
—often called plaster of Paris—and a small per
cent. of cement, into which are introduced re-
quent fibres of hemp, jute or Sisal grass, to give
it toughness, sothat it may be bent, sown, nailed

bored at Will. I
orIt: is cast in molds. The plaster and cement
are first wet up to the consistency of thick trea-
cle, a. layer of which is spread on the well—lubri-
outed mold. Next follows a layer of the long,
tough fibres; over this is poured another coat-
ing of the liquid plaster, covering in the fibre
and filling the mold to the required depth.

There are molds of a hundred, yes a thousand
different: patterns and 31296, from those for
casting plain staff-board, for walls, to those of
the most complex, beautiful or fantastic orna-
mentation.

In case of statues or statuary groups, the
models are first fashioned in clay, than 003

' h staff. '

W1{like interiors of the staff-sheds, where the
mixing and casting are done, have been busy
places during the past eighteen months, also
very steamy and slushy. Many of the work-
men are German, French, or Italian, the art and
practice of staff-making being betwr understood
abroad than in the United States. .

The composition burdens sufficiently. to be
handled and taken away to the build ing in pro-
cess of construction, in the course of half-an-
hour. Stuff is fire-proof and, to a consxderable
extent, water~proof. If kept painted, it Will
withstand the weather for a number of years.
If it: cracks or crumbles off, it can readily be

 

 

 

As it happened, business was extremely
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sharp as he is, he made the mistake of think-

 

 

 

repaired with a. brush or trowel, from a tub of
the liquid mixture. . .

The Trader’flttcky Escape. "

BY ALBERT n. MODRICKER.

 

A CROWD of ten or a dozen tra rs and hun-
ters had beetrsitting in the bar-row: all evening
telling stories. A stranger with a broad-
brimmed hat_ had been admitted to the circle
early in the in ht and had listened attentively,
but had not ta ked. It was near midnight when
an old trapper, who had just completed a
lvlpry interesting yarn, demanded a story from

m. .

“ Really, gentlemen,” said the stranger, “ I’m
not muchpf a. story teller, but I can tell you of
an experience I bad—one of the most narrow-
est escapes I ever had. It was from a bear;
and if you’ll follow next, by relating another
of your stories and all’s agreeable, I’ll give it.
You are all agreeable? All right. Well, then,
Here goes for my story:

“ I am a trader, and was in the “business in
Colorado before I came to the North.

“ For the convenience of patrons larranged
to receive cattle in payment for goods instead
of money, and had established a stock-farm,
where I had gradually gathered a large stock.

“ It was in August, 1866, that I arranged for
the delivery at Salmon City of about One thou-
sand head of cattle in this way, and went up the
river to a small valley just above a narrow can-
yon to look over the cattle myself.

_ “They were counted as they came through
into the valley, and when they moved on I went
ahead to look over them again.

“ As they came through a. gorge single file
there were many cattle that I knew, as they
belonged in the vicinity, but some that I ex-
pected to see were not there, and , when I had
finished counting I f0nnd a number missing.

“The overseer couldn’t believe it, but I men-
tioned the marks to him and we counted again
at a canyon.

“ The creatures were not there, and he finally
admitted it, but couldn’t see where they could
have made their disappearance. Neither did I,
but after we had gone about a. mile I decided
they must have got into a narrow gorge that
was so choked with falling rocks that after half
a mile it was impassable, and I had to leave my
horse and scramble over the shale for another
three-quarters of a. mile before I struck an open
space and discovered tracks, and a little further
on found muddy tracks at the edge of a creek.

“ Thinking to bring the cattle out of the brush,
I stepped out into the open and gave several
shouts such as cattlemen use for that purpose.
.I expected to see the lost cattle the next instant.
But, instead, the only creature that put in an
appearance was an immense bear that, when it
saw me, reared and sawed the air while she
came for me at a rapid rate.

“Not a tree was Within reach, and the hear
was too near to think of making much of a
race after me.

“There was a clump of black elders that
looked the safest of anything, andralthough it
was three-quarters in her direction, I made
the run with the bear close at my heels.

“ I made one bound clutched the elders well
up, and swung up, only to find they bent, till,
instead of being any protection, they held me
pretty near that roaring bear, and, to my
horror, I found she could make a meal off of
one of my feet without an effort.

“I gave another reach, and one spur caught
in a branch, while my but fell down on top
of the boat’s nose.

“ she seemed to think that was all she want-
ed tor a moment, and gavo a. splendid exhibi-
tion with the hat of What I might expect:
mysclf when she had . fished.

“Meantimel‘hac a. sugar!
and stronger elder, and I swung myself up until
my feet were just out of her clutch, and about
eight or nine feet from the ground. But if she
shook the tree I knew it was all up with my
hanging on, and in a flash I determined to
throw myself, in that. case, flat on the ground,
face down, and trust to luck that she would
take me for a corpse and, accordingly, leave
me alone.

“ Meantime two cubs poked themselves under
her nose, seeming to want to assist her with the
fallen hat.

“ Sbe cufl’ed them on both sides, but they were
just full of 'fun, and finally she left the foot of
the clump and went off one hundred yards,
towing them. I made. my position a little
easier and waited developments. My pistols
were on the saddle, with the horse, half-a-mile
away. There I was fully twomiles from any
person and no weapons.

“ About the time I had made up my mind
there was little chance for me the bear was
under my feet again clawing the air and
growling like a base drum.

“I wore big gauntlets and for convenience
I pulled off one and threw it square at the
bear’s mouth. The gauntlet was as good as the
hat, and while I waited my turn, when, after
all my loose articles of apparel had furnished
her with amusement and she should settle
down to solid work, the cubs pushed under
her nosc again.

“They would insist on staying there until
all the fun was over, and she finally trotted
off with them again.

“ When she had not returned in a reasonable
length of time I waited no longer, but made
tracks for my horse, keeping conveniently near
some tree that might afford better protection
than the elders had in case the bear appeared
again, but I reached my men and horse in
safety; nevertheless, it was a. mighty lucky
day for me.

“ Now, old man,” addressing the veteran
trap r, “ we are ready for your story.”

“ ell, boys,” began the old trapper, “you
shall have my latest; but don’t thin I’m play-
ing you for fools, when I tell you I’ve been liv-
ing lately with a new pard and a beer, for I’m
not. ,
“Yes,” he went on as a bowl went up from
the men. “ A bear! a. full-sized one, though he
was not quite full-grown when I first seen him.

“You see, when I left here on the Allegast
last fall, I thought I’d strike across the Tabique.
I did see plenty signs, and thinking the local-
ity a pretty good One, I started in to find
where I could build a camp before the winter
set in; and, while poking around the bed of a.
wash-out, came full upon the track of a bear.

“Now, there’s nothing, striking in a bear’s
trail out there, but I hadn’t followed this one
more than a couple of paces when I saw there
was something wrong, for whichever way the
tracks led, there were the marks of a rope or
chain towmg right behind. - .

"Well, you boys know I am not over-curi-
ous, but this did strike me as being kind of
funny, and I said to myself, ‘ Blessed if it isn’t
a tame bear tba't’s got loose from somewhere.’

“ So I followed it up, found it led about half-
way down a little valley, where it panned out
near a tid size hole in the rock.

“Here presumed the cues hung out, and
with my gun ready lest he might feel cross to
have me spying on him, I squintcd in, but it
was so dark I couldn’t; see anything; and, as
the bear didn’t seem inclined to come out, there
was nothing to do but to go in; and, now,
what will you say I Seen when I got so as I
could stand upright and my eyes used to the
darkness?

“The bear! Yes, the bear! But that wasn’t
all; for, dash me, if I didn’t see a man and a
dog—the dog lying near the bear, and the man
smokin a pipe on a pile of belts! -

“ ‘ ell, stranger,’ he said to me, ‘you look
a little surprised. Guess you didn’t think the
place was occupied, and maybe you came to
take possession yourself; but, come take a. seat ;’
and he rolled me an empty keg and I sat
down, for I felt stunned to see the man and
dog with the bear. . . ‘

“Nevertheless, Joe Willard—that’s his name
—— asu’t a bad ,sort of a fellow, and when I
told him how I seen the boat’s trail and fol-
lowed it up to the hole, he just laughed and
said I’d better hunt with him that winter, and

ted the how the country round there lay.

“It seems that Joe had struck across from

 

wgatherumtber

up right here.’

whether that

heart to shoot
and that there

dog, and for

us, why, I tell

two brothers.

inhabitant.

said to ' be:

of Baltimore,
THE golden

opinion of it.
on September

dren, eight of

making.

THE utility
demonstrated

table matter,

water.

cation.

banana is the
human race.

the fiber.
BROOKLYN

leave some of

traveling has
cars.

the Allegast the fall before I did, only he left
it a bit late, and when he got there he had
just time enough to get his stakes drove be-
fore the ground froze right up on him.

“‘ I was looking around like you,’ said Joe,
‘for a good camp spot, when a. bear and two
cubs crossed me right at the head of this valley,
and I laid her out and one cub,;the other one
got a“ ay, and, when I trailed it, the trail led

“ Now Joe agrees with me that it isn’t quite
professional to go diving into a dark bole after
hear when you don’t know how many there may
be inside; so he thought he’d curse a bit and see

bears don’t like to be called ugly names, we all
know, but this bear, it seems, didn’t care be-
cause, perhaps, he was young; and, when he’d
cursed and talked to him till he was hoarse, he
thought it was time to do something else; so,
hke me, in he goes, but when he found a smaller
bear than he expected, a baby bear that looked
dazed and sorrowful, Joe said he hadn’t the

stay there with him, for the cave was warm, :
“At first, Joe said, the bear didn’t like the

scrimmages, but since I struck him the dog and ' f z
the bear have been as good pards as Joe and I, ‘,-~
and when they are not stealing the grub from  .

for it together, for all the world as if they were

“ Yes, boys, if any of you are likely to be out
that part, you’ll find us about twelve miles east
of Sykse’s Trail, and some twenty west of the
Stray Man Cabin.
bear. and the dog, too.

“ How about the chain? Oh, Joe strapped
that to one of the animal’s hind legs, so that any
one out hunting might understand that the bear
was a tame one and somebody’s property.”

 

FIGURING corn at 40 cents a bushel, the
American crop was worth in 1892 $650,000,000.
The value of the silver mined in the same year
was $75,000,000, less than one-eighth of the
value of the corn.

IN silver money France stands' at the head of
all nations in the per capita amount—$18 per
Holland is second with $14; the
United States is third with 38. Germany has
84.25; Great Britain has $2.75.

ON a clear day an object raised 1 foot above a
land plain can be seen 1.31 miles: one 10 feet
hizh, 4.15 miles; one 20 feet high, 5.86 miles; one
100 feet high, 13.1 miles, and one a. mile high (as
the top of a mountain), almost 96 miles.

THE absolutely necessary expenses of a girl
who attends the leading women’s colleges are
Bryn Mawr. $475: Vassar, $400;
Smith, $350; Wellesley, $350; Women’s College
95300; Mount Holyoke, $200.

to be extirpated by the farmers of Saratoga
county, but since a New York florist has been ,
purchasing large quantities of it for sale in the ,
cities as a “flower,” they have changed their

JACOB HIRSCH, who died in New York City
was twice married, and had twenty-two chil-

grand-children, and twelve great grand-children
also are living.
THERE are no native kangaroos except on the ‘ _ ,

ewausmsnat: 1' r-Thxf ‘ ’ ‘

about 11,000,000 of them.
are shipped to the United States for use in boot— .,
Each skin will make about four pairs E ,
of ordinary sized shoes. ‘

reared in pestilential swamps, this insect does
valuable work by consuming animal and vege-

would still further poison the air.

THE “ wigglers” in standing Water, which
afterward develop into mosquitoes, can always
be killed by pouring a. few drops of any kind of
011, coal oil will anSWer, on the surface of the
The insects breathe through their tails,
and when the water is covered with oil, their
air-tubes become clogged and they die of suffo-

A FOOD crank nu. arisen, who says that the

bread, muffins, porridge, soup, pies, beer and
sausages will bemade out of bananas.
that, an indelible ink can be made out of the
‘skin, and a beautiful cloth can be made out of

their tours on bicycles.

meet at a given collection point. Some of the ‘_ .‘
stations are two and a. half miles apart.

It is with the idea of economy that the i ,
bicycles are to be introduced. ‘

     
   

 

wouldn‘t bring Bruin out, for

it. He let the little cove live and
bear’s been there ever since.

a time there were some lively

you, the two of them are hunting

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2151: in his one hundredth year, “

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of the mosquito has been fully
by entomologists. Born and

which, if allowed to decompose,

Lniversal food and clothing of the
He claims that, before long,

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