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clre haif lbs balance and half a dollar over. 1 HE LAND OF ICE. BILL MYFS DISCARDED BILL Missouri nddod $10O0000OO to its taxiiblo wealth last your. when Hind I havii nolhintr lift but uiy mile- a ue. bow much mileage liuva auu what are A Movorn ent on Foot to Remove tha you going to do about It 1 slrlotly protected by people.

The white hear often comes on llio iun from Greenland. Such nro but fow of the interesting points of Iceland. Its literature is'so voluminous that wo can not oven give a list of tho moro important of its books. Entire Population of Iceland to Will Congrats Take Some Interest in Rail 4. Which Is proper, to tret nn anil oft a train on the nlub orollilda.

provided the train la Multiloba, going cunt aud running ou tho time ot a pre way Oonduotors. Minister I'iiklpj will loave London April 5 for his lirst trip homo since ho became Minister. IIo lias leuvo of absonco for sixty days. In tho wostern part of Pembina vious urn i county Dakota, but a fow mllos from 6. Are pcoplo wlioare not formally engng- eu unuer any ouiiguuou 10 Kisscacu uiuvn the Canadian lio threu town An Outline of a Scheme for Their Regulation and Improveinnt-A Model Civ.l-Servioe Examination Propobed-How Passenger 0.

What Is the totul railroad mileage of the till ps settled entirely by Icelnndors, ulled Slates and wimt would It amount to at HERE AND 1 HERE. The library of Yal wat founded In 17fHl The foundation of a library was made at Hiirvaril College In HUH. It la estimated thnt there are acres In Colorudo thnt mu.v ho li rlnteil. It la ullniated that hoxes or! raisins will be produced at Fiomio, C'l. this seuwai.

1 'i'olilo hint year1 10,810 perAMis were cremated. Onlv 10! hud died froinjnfevtluus Uvaser, 1 The Indent dull maikcl In the w.orld Is 1)11-, Ungual London, when' tuna of Deb nru told a year. 1 An experienced Adirondack tiulde sllrimta' that there are now iu the Adirundiieka deer ond 2,0.0 boars. 1 most of whom lived a short time 10 conts each! Traffic Between the States May be Inv 7. How ninny bones lit the hurwiu body aud Bitter Rjsult of a Western Tub Stniulisli moniimont, lo tli grim warrior, on Captain's Hill, bury, is now 72 foot high, is to bo linisliotl to 110 foot tho prosont season.

Manitoba boforo crossing into United States. Nonr Sioux Falls, in Leoturo Tour, wuat are tueir names) 8. What Is a promontory Somo anxiety is being shown on tho lliQ sumo territory, tiro a few Iceland 0. State In your can language what you )nrt of tho people rolnlive to tho con crs; thore is another sottlemont in Iowa aniiwoi me wniuot rroviso. 10.

Why a chrysalis llko a buckwheat pan in ditioii of certain bill, introduced hud still anolhor in Wisconsin, whilo caitoi congress dim. 10 of tho proson your. hi Manitoba llio nourishing settlements 11. Of what Is llio imfnco of the earth com and tho masses are beginning to clamor of Gluill, Tliingviilla, and Now Iceland contain sevoral thousand of the sumo posed! 13. Do you bollevo In a' literal bell) for information os to tho time of its Tho snow on the hill top In llio vVhilty ofj final passage and enforcement as a law, 13.

If you wero wrltliijr io Prof. Young, tho chemist, would it be proixjr to address him aa poople. All thoso sottleinants, In both Hade Mu. Gladstone is to writo a reply to Ingoiwoll's altnot on Christianity, and his defense of tho faith of hl fathers will bo publishocl In an Amorican magazine In May. Mrs.

Ciiaules Chock un has glvon $10,000 towards the purclinso of a sito and tho erection of a building for the Young Woman's Christian Association of San Francisco. iptlij Tho bill provides for tho licensing of IslipcmhiK, is five Ivet deep. In valleys nobody knows, countries, have much tho same history, Auaryzer xoungl 14. How many pores In the liuinun body, says 'J he Philadelphia Call, and illus- railway conductors, and, with the idea that all tho evils of travel, from the choppy condition of tho road-bod to the trato the painful fact that for llio third lime in its history Iceland Is threat sallow color and hopeless demeanor of the bard-boilod eggs along our great thorougfures of travel, are direotly duo to the incompetency of tho- conductor ened with depopulation. For the th id time the climate ot that strangely interesting island is changing for tho worse, and this tmo the change is so prolonged that a scheme is projected in the Canadian northwest to bring all tho remniniug 75,000 in Iceland to aims to rogulalo this matter by striking aud why do traualiiru verba govnru tue on jectlve easel 15.

Analyse and parse the following: i TUB SCALDED CHILD. Jag 1. Come, all kind friends, both old and young, Oh, you (ball bear How death did dulckly (Dutch a child The parents loved most dear; The lust and least o( tbia flock Was caught on a stone by Its little frocks, In falling o'er one SulibatU day While thb parents dear were not away. Jag 3. And to see and bear, but not to Their little boy from a watery grave.

Which puts them in the mind of one ot yore, Who died bv scald while on the floor. TnE Rev. Bartholomew udwards, rector of Ash ill, Norfolk, Is tho oldest clergyman In England. He has just completed his lOOtu year, and has been rector of Ashill 75 years. at the root of tho evil.

Courting in Uuxsia, Lovo is tho sanio llio world over, hut "courting" Is inaniigod very difl'oroiilly in different oounlrios. What might Lkj highly proper in a foreign country would put tho good dames of our land to bhwli. Russian courting, aniong tlie middle classes, is peculiar, The lirst Whit Sunday aftor tho young girl Is acknowledged by hor mother lo bo of marriageable years sho is taken to tho Petersburg summer garden to join tho br'dal promenade, This consists of the daughters of the Russian tradesmen wnlk'ngin procession, followed by tho parents. Up nud down they go, pretending lo talk lo each oilier mid lo tako 110 notico of the young men, but all tho lime keeping up a sly flirtation with tho tradesmen's sons, who walk in a poroossion on tho opposito side. Every little whilo somu young man steps out of his rank and walks beside of somo pretty girl, much to the envy of the others.

Tho parents of tho g'rl join in tho conversation in a few moments mid soon thoy leave llio promenade uud uro joined by thu parents of I ho swain. Of course tho old folks have talked it well over boforo, but on this occasion everyone pretends to be surprised. Tho next day folluvviiiL'. a female eoufittmle calls on tho girls parents and requests her hand. After the parents' consent is gained, all thurelat ves on both sides moot and talk over the portion lo ho given with tho girl.

Every girl must iiavo her dowry. Every mother ou the birth of a girl, Jns aside a certain amount every year for a marr age portion, know. ug the larger the sum she can boslo.w upon her daughter, the wealthier the match she can uiuke. if tho dowry is not satisfactory all is at an Conductors, under the provisions of tho bill, are required to submit to the new worm. tigid examination under the eyes of a The extinction of such a people would Norway has a battalion of armed ekaters,) who iiiuneuvcr readily on the lee or unow.j Their skates are tlx Inches wide und ohioj lon.

Natural una at Piththurp has displaced thai use of Unit cf ion) yunr. Oae-hul the houses there nee mitarul for fuel audi lijrht. Thoy say It Is a fuct that Mr. and Mrs. Turknet, eighty nnd fllxly-llve years respectively, of Cisco, have 'recently become the luiroiils of line boy.

pernio of tho hiitfe upurimcul bonces In New York have proved had Tim Osborne, which cost Vl.ti D.OOU In 1MI3, iniH recently been told ut miction for Ichh. The wealthiest woman in the Nortlnvext is probably Mrs. Raruh A. Duvblson, of HL. I'm) tho widow of Commodore V.

K. DnVidsou. Hie je ted to he worth about The (Jniindlan (lOveriimciU has' determined to urnnt no lurther aid to hiimijiranfo. New Orleans has decided lo cclebrate Miirdl Cms this jenr wilh. mure cutbtislnKin thuu ever before.

Tho old curse, Hint no king uiei ivMiniinor, appointed bv thorres do a calamity to the sent menial, anil idont, and who shall receive $3,600 per wo may well refuse to beliove it possl Prince IIenuy of Batlonborg, aftor dislocating both arms nud the shoulder-blado in hunting, has boon absolutely forbidden by his uiamma-iu-law, the Queen, to hunt any mora. year aua mileage at me rate 10 cents bie; lor no uouut a remnant will remain will lindlifo mUch more tolerable when per mile, together with reasonable Strange I they" belli were burned on a Sabbath (ravelling expenses. This Chief Exam the surplus population is removed, and iner will dolcgato his power as an ex when nature aga becomes "omul. amincr to twenty bupurvising Exaniin will thoroughly rc-people the old land. crs, retaining only the bitter anguish and enervating toil incident to the life of ono who looks out at car window Iceland is the most interesting in the world.

About as luv'-u as Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, one of the most noted and devoted temperance workers in tho country, declares that tho third party movement is full of peril to the cause of lempuraucs. all day and patiently accumulates mile Ohio, it contains ns many volnuiuus as ago. this continent; and a population never Tho Supervising Examiners shall re as large us a congressional district, it has produced more poets and romanos ceive $2,000 per year, reasonable trav elling expenses, and 10 con Is por mile ay And pi need In the ground on Tuesday; A family living in the jolnlnsr roam Hastened to the dopot of grief and gloom Jag 3.

Eighteen months Lucius spent with them And cheered them with bis smile. But soon they mourned in weeds of wC For their dear scalded child. But Ob I what sorrow fills their heart, 'Tie more than tongue can tell, i To tliinlt how soon the time did como To take their last farewell. Jag 4. And now the little bny baa went 1 To tht bright world above.

The other four please come this way Aud sing redeeming love. Theu Tompkins now a warming take, Prepare to meet your Uod, Thnt yon may meet your happy flock In yonder blest abode. There you may meet around the throne, Parents and children on that shore Where farewell tears are Dever sbed Aud scoldings are no more. by the most devious method of travel. writers than any stale, anil has a his to 17 as fascinating as that of any tuition when all Europe wussunk in llio bar Mrs.

E. FuazikiT, of Youngstown, Ohip, who was for somo years secretary of the American Legat on at the Japanese Court, lias been chosen pastor of a Presbyterian church at Pittsburg, Railrond Lines will be perm. tied to puss oilier supervising Exanun ersv to and from heir work. barism that followed the Northmen's destruction of Home, Irish priests Ihe Chief Examiner-and Supervising and scholars found a religious community In Iceland; and when its lo he sin'cet'ilud blii." eldest nm mad tho heir was to Imve some iiulforniulloii or diiin-ncvil limit, has been broken, mid even the most suiierslit 011s have heiin to doubt tbe the richest colored woman in l)io Sonili Is Mrs. Amanda Eivlumbs, of Alluntn, (1 1., whose furl una is estimated at Sirs.

II. Wlille, of Mobile, 11 colored woman is worth ami there tire several other r'ch colored women In tin: South. The mimes for money In the the Oallullu. Sioux arc Hold is liaises-fkii-zi, littcrally "yellow white snail constitute Board of Examiners, wlio sliali meet at Washington, D. every little while civilization 11 ml revived in univ a ond; if it is what is cxpeciuil, the betroth few Mediterranean provinces, anil that Senator Evauts is said to niako from $30,000 to $50,000 a year out of his law practice.

Senator Edmunds has an income from lau is five times as great as his sal miator. to think it over and then eo awav but tue uiy, leelimd was 111 Us golden al lakes place. Tho bride and bridegroom kneel down unon 11 groat fur ruir, and thu bridu This National Hoard of Examiners shall ago 01 pouts, preachers, and scholars, There is good ev. douce that Co 1 11 111 divide our unhappy country into twenty lakes a ring from her linger and ves it to llio bridegroom, who returns the uismuis, encu or which man oe cneered Conductors who apply will probably 'by tlie presence of two District Exam gift by another. 1 ho Undo mother bo required to slate, wlicther they ue bus obla tied his first ideas of the western world in Iceland, and there is undoubted history that people of that raiso discovered America long before the Spaniards: Once in its 1.014 years siro to take out a license for caboose meanwhile crumbles a piece ot broad oners, and they shall be men ot good moral character, who can ask difficult questions and be willing to work on a over her daughter hoaii.

and iter and freight business or passenger trade. Col. A. F. Rockwell, hl Paul will make an interesting patriarch if his life is spttrotl, for ho will have a story to tell, ho being the only man who saw both Lincoln and Garfield father holds the imago of his daughter's.

Wilh the answers they will be expected salary. 'Ihoy shall receive a salary of 01 aulhenic History a blight fell on patron saint over his future son-in-law to mciose iee, togetnor with any S2, 00 por year, mileage, stationery iceianti, its population sunk to well-brushed Jocks. As they rise tho amount they feel like adding; anil, on minimum, and for two hundred yeai's bridesmaids sing a wedding-song. Then die. reco vmg tneir licenses, will bo re- a nil press notices, J.

lie duties ot U.a trict Examiners as prescribed are oo the guests bring forward a present of quired to subscribo to an oath in sub it iiatt neither scnoiars nor historians. At another time tho cold increased for tional but tho salary is compulsory. stance as follows: some sort. me is next Handed Assistant District Examiners may be around, someone usually ouo of U10 State of Keu York, conntu of appointed at a salary of $1,000. and term of years and threatened general dislruclion, and now tho same phenomenon is being repeated, with addi I.

A. baviDg been first dulv sworn, unon bridesmaids says it is bitter. und needs A. B. Slaven, tho general manager of the Amorican Dredging company, which lias done tho greater part of the work on the Panama canal, is said to have made $5,000,000 out of the enter clerks, when necessary, mav be en sweetening.

Upon tins tho bridegroom my oath, do remark, set forth aiid state that I am years of ace, that I reside in the ploved to do the work at $1,200 per tional evil that the ice-How from kisses the brido tho kiss being us county and state aforesaid, when not traus A' 7. I a 1 Greenland comes later in the season sweetening tor the wine, lie then sa lerrea to some omer ui vision or romi: mat. year. The Chief Examiner, Supervising Ex aminers, District Examiners and As anu bas lormea a permanent mass lutes tho company, and takes bisloave prise. ou winch the bridesmaids sing a song sistant District Examiners shall be at Mrs.

lion aud Crosby is one of the wilh a chorus something like litis: all times guarded by a cloud of mileage by day and a pillar of salary bv nisrhL best walkers in New York, and ono of leeung me loneliness or a man wno is employed by a railroad, and the insolation ot one who is responsible only to tbe President, Board of Directors, Receiver, General Superintendent, General Trafllc Manager, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Claim Agent, Boadmaster and Division Superintendent, I desire to be thrown in contact with the United States Government and to become responsible against the north side of the island. No class of foreigners become Americanized so rapidly and easily as the Scandinavians. This is true cf the Swedes, Danes, Norwegians, and preeminently true of the Icelanders. Those Farewell happy bridegroom, But re Una and be still more happy. Under tho provisions of section 8 of Courting has now begun In good lie net, the District Hoard of Examiua tho most sensible women in the cilr about her shoes.

Sho wears fit her feet with low heels i with ease. earnest. Jfivery ovonmglho lover comes tion shall have power to pry into the lo his lady home wilh a present, which to tbe civil and military authorities, In order pedigree, personal habits, qualifica is -always something good to eat cakes mat i may oe nuiv examined ana overnauiea tions, aims, aspirations, accomplish' silver Is muses ska-ska, or while iron," aud jri-eeiibnulin are in niie hui plninpes skn, or 'paper Unit talks white Iron." It Is a curious fact thnt while Quern Victoria speaks German in her home circle, the present Ucrmau Empress dlf regards it In hers and uses EiiRlii-h us much as En-Cllsh Is the fireside tongue of the tirftek, Dan-ih aud Russian royal fumllies. Prince William, eldest ton of Crown, Priiiee William of Germany, will ha feven years of age next May. On ills lust' birthday he was presented with a euke, upon whjch six eiiiidleg were burning, uud a commission, with the uniform of a lieutenant in the Prussian Mr.

'Vanderbilt Is golnc to form great col-1 lection of articles of bric-a-brac. lie has secured the services of an experienced Instructor to aid him in judging wlint to purchase, anil it said that be has already expended upwards of hall a million dollars on Ills new collection. Bronson Alcott was a vegetarian, and often criticised meat eaters harshly. To one of them he declared one day that the eater of multoa becomes a sheep, the eater of pork becomes hog, etc. "And it Is also true," Interposed the other, "that eaters of vegetables become small potatoesl" General Lew Wallace, the author ot "Bea Ilur," is said to lie d.strcssiugly absent-minded.

He has been known when at breakfast to put two heaping: tcaspooufuis of sugar on a soft boiled egg, and then, almost before the laughter had died away, to salt his coffee with great Whenever Emperor William went to his study window to acknowledge 11 military salute he Invariably buttoned his coat. To a General who asked him why in; was ceremonious he said; "The solaiers have never seeu me with my coat unboiloned, and never shall. It is the one button left unbuttoned that is the ruin of the army." A very large share of the wheat Imported by Congress. I also depose, set forth, re or sugar-plums. This might be objec Miss Frances E.

Willard fltjsi- mark, state, declare and twitter as follows: tionable lo most voting men in tins ments and physical condition of any man who may make application for the nates tbe persistency with wh'ch tho country, as ho is expected to bring enough for all the family, men, too. That I am a citizen ot tbe United States; tbat I have been a couductor for eleven years, having given tho best rears of mv life and tbe best fingers on both bands to that industry. I now desire to get out a license for limited portioiio ot conductor or door-shimmer extraordinary as provided in this act. temperance movement is pushed by the better half of humanity as "the he makes lovo undor vcr-embarrassing and further, it is provided elsewhere in circumstances, for thu bridesmaids sit tintinnabulation of the tireless wom train No. 3 on tue All Vowel Air IJne Hoad about tho bethrolhed pair iu a circle, the niif that no conductor shall be permitted to go through a train with i for two vears.

unless gnnner fliinr.llnil. 1 jilsrt an tongne. singing songs descriptive of their hap piness. This of course, would liurdlv pencil in his mouth, a pair of forceps in one hand and a pad of drawback George Bancroft, the octogenhr- do for tho nverago lover iu this country checks in the other, acting as conduc an, politician aud historian, is the only but the Russian lover bears the inatyr-dom moeklv. do further swear, set forth and bear down upon the statement that I will be a good, failbful conductor to the best ot my ability, and tbat 1 will wear such badpres as my health will permit, provided ray bosom is wide enouirfa, and that I will never knowingly try to jump a 900-foot canyon with heavy train af ler dark, and that I will report promptly to Washington every day what Is said on my train that might be ot nolitical interest, and private citizen admitted to the privil tor, a treasurer, a nurse, a ra lway folder, map and household guide, at $80 por month, wilh the privilege of Tho last evening of the courtship is in Manitoba are enthusiast for tho sonfederation and liberal supporters of all English-Canadian schemes of progress.

They have soveral nowspapers in their own language, and maintain good schools and churches. In tho three Icelandic townships in Dakota are some six hundred voters, aud the high standard of intelligence is remarkable. In tho church library in the little village of Mountain (containing less than lifty houses) are several hundred vol-urns of English, French, German, Norwegian, Icelandic, Greek, and Latin, and the residont preacher (Luthern) a most accomplished scholar, both in the classic and modern languages. There is no country in tho world, probably where education is so universal as in Iceland: the morals of the people are good, save ono vice of the Scandinavians. We may judge thnt from tho clause in the latest trade report to the effect that the import of brandy hits "declined to twenty-four quarts per" If the sevonty-live thousand people in Iceland must leave there (which all scholars will pray will not be) Manitoba could not get better settlers, and should Ihoy follow thoir kinsmen eges of tho iloor of tbe Senate, and the only person to, whom this privilege is enlivened by the presentation of the gifts of tho bridegroom, which must in extended by name.

being killed between meals, unless he shall have passed thorough examination on tho same track, and received a clude brushes, combs, soap and perfumery. On recieving these the brides that 1 will assist in defraying campaign expenses, be kind and courteous at all times to Sir Donald Smith, tha millionaire thief Examiners. District examiners, Actlnar maids instantly carry tho brido away, Examiners, Assistant Examiners or breath testers who may be eu route, that I will love, honor and obey them as louir as we both shall and wash her, dress her hair, and perfume her pocket handkerchief. Thus license from the Board of Examiners, and paid a fee of $5 to Maid Board. The bill also provides that the sum of shall be appropriated for the on-tingent expenses of the Board in getting to and from widely separated fixed up, she returns lo tho company, live, and lurther deponent saith not A.

B. pioneer of tho Hudson Bay company, gave his daughter, lately married in Montreal, a check for $2,000,000. The groom was Dr. J. B.

Howard, a young physician of moderate means. and the bride father gives his iutiire I only ask, on behalf of soveral son-in-law tho marriage potion, which anxious friends, what lias become of points, and for wear and tear of to takes home with linn in a bag. into Great Brlllan is from Rufsht, the largest competitor of the United Slutes. The annual average of the wheat crop of the United States The next morning he returns for his this, bill, and whether it is or is not now a law, and if not, why not? bill Mye, in beta Yora World. The jn-escnt Gorman emporor is not for several years past has Q00 bride.

She receives him with her hair unbraided and flowing down her back, They are married by the ceremonies of bushels, and the export The aver-aye crop of Russia for the game' period has the Greek church. Tho old folks never Her Majesty at Dinuer. Edmund's description of the queen into the United Slates they will add a the first Frederick of Germany. During tho period from 1440 to 1493 Frederick surnamed "tho Pacific," a membor of the houso of Hapsburg, was emperor of the German empire. beeu 227,000,000 bushels, oiid tho export 000,000.

stung at dinner at Windsor with two valuable element to the much compos ite Yankee. Naddodr, a Norwegian vikinrr, di.S' A tew Yoik woman, who lost her sculp by Indian servants "alwa standing bo- being struck by a railroad train, sued tbe lind the royal chair," with whom ever covered Iceland in ow, anu tour years compuiy for damages. The case was-tried later uartnar svatarrson sailed around T. J. Potter, the railroad magnate, had prepared for himself near Creston, it.

len years later Norwegians colon and anon her majesty converses in Hindustani, reminds one of curtain passages in Thackeray's inimitable burlesques; but the pictures as evolved lour times. Iu the lirst trial the case was dismissed, in the second trial site was awarded $13,500 damages, in the third trial the jury ized it, but soon found that Irish a splendid farm and an elegant go to (ho wedding-dinner, but those eternal br'desmaids, whom thoy must hale by this time, nro there, still on duty, and the evening-closes by tho bride kneeling down and pulling off her husband's bools to prove intention to be nil obedient and submissive Wife. Well-disposed husbands usually hide jewelry or money in their boots, which the brido mny take possession of as palm for humiliation. After the wedding-day the parents begin to give feasts and they keep it up a week, and it is not until all this is over, that thoso blessed bridesmaids Christians had located there at least 150 gavo ucr 110,000 and limiiiy a vcruict lor years before. Ilieir record adds that homo, to which ho intended to retire when he got ready lo quit work.

He never "got ready," and. Death called out of Edmund's fertile and ingenious mind is as purely imaginative any $6,009 was reached. Juries seem to disagree as to the value of scnlpes. thing in "ttuiiivor's I ravels. The Thinkers wh'le engaged in getting up deep conundrums for applicants.

Tho board may revoke the license of any conductor at any time upon the commission of certain acts, and he will bo arrested under the provisions of the 'United Slates statutes if he undertake to run a train, even though the railroad company may desire to retain him. This gives thp conductor the chance to work for tho railroad company and the United States of America, provided he behaves himself, and at one salary. In other words, lie buys a license for the privilege of doubling hU responsibilities without increaso of pay. Upon passing a satisfactory examination, the 'conductor will be permitted and required to wear a large tin badge bearing the remark "Conductor" upon it, also the number of his license the number of the district in which the license was issued, the nunber of his residence, his post-office address and any other information desired by a morbidly inquisilivo public. He mny also bo required to wear a muzzle during dog days.

He will also be expected to wear the various badges of the road for whicli lie may be employed, together wilh fore gn decorations, statements, way bills and certificates of tho presiding officer setting forlh whether lie be out for him. A lady living at Findlay, Ohio, threw out In queen "personal servant," a pure the yard a quautily of rnuned pears which bred Highlander who was raised on had fermented, and a flock ol chickens help Deeside, always stands, arrayed in Celtic garb, behind her majesty's chair when she dines in company in tho oak ed themselves, and soon alter became Intoxicated. Their antics were ridiculous in the' oom at Windsor. Laboitchere Lon Postmaster General Dickinson, the youngest member of tho Cabinet, is of medium height and rathor slender, with a thin but rosy face, bright eyes and straight nose. His hair is brown, and he wears a pair of mutton-chop whiskers.

take their departure. Thoy are then compelled to kiss them, thank thorn and give each of them a present Minnie in Evening don Truth. Useless Neighbors. Mrs. Gossip Is that house alongside of you empty yetP Mrs.

Gabb No: a family moved in Well Equipped. Two men were sitting on tho same seat in a railway train. The conversation drifted from blizzards into general literature. "I see," said ono of the men "that last week. The new Empress of Germany is in no danger of coming to want.

If her husband should die she would have an income of $80,000 per annum and a palace to live in, besides tbe largo sum she may expect to inherit from her mother, Queen Victoria. "Nice folks?" "They're the trashiest kind of peo the remaining Irish loft "when the Norse pagans came." The Norwegian settlers were disaffected citizens, unwilling to submit to a new form of government just established in Norway, and in 928 tbey made Iceland a republic: but 254 years afterward thoy renewed allegiance to Iiaco king of Norwaj-, Iceland rotaining her separate legislature. In 1387 Norway and Denmark were united, and when again divided Iceland fell to Denmark, to which it is still attached. It 1874 the Icelanders celebrated the anniversary of settlement, which attracted visitors from all parts of the world. The first era of cold and famine is but imperfectly reported, but about 1750 series of calamities, began including volcanio eruptions.

Nearly all the domeslio animals died, and the population shrunk to 38,000. Prosperity returned and the population soon suceeded Now it has shrunk to 75,000 not by famine this time but by emigration. The climate is remarkable. Though the arctic circle touches on tho north, the average winters in the valleys is milder than that of Ohio, while the summer temperature very rarely exceeds 60 degrees. The ice drifts from Greenland lodge- on the northwest coasts, usually in February and March but for many years past they have remained through the summer, so chill ple; live from hand to mouth; buy things by the cent's worth, I guess." you do not care much for American extreme.

The rooster had naturally Imbibed the most, aud bad three lights and got usodi up. He and one of the' hens -became so-stupefied that they became helpless. A Chinaman In Ban 1 during a. dispute with a man of his own race, drew a revolver and fired several shots. The ma at-, tacked didn't seem to mind being shot at in' the least, and was entirely uninjured.

He was arrested and searched, and found to have a shirt of papier 111 ache of such consistency that when worn under a thick padded tunic It would be impossible for a bullet or kuife-thrust to penetrate it. One of the quter uses to which some fashionable women put District Telegroph messenger boys is to have them take out their pet dogs for exercise and airing. Every morning and evening; the uniformed lads may be seen around Rittenhousc Square, Kew York, accompanied by pugs, fcjx' terriers, collies, poodles and other dogs of high' degree, some loose and some wilh leashes. boys appear to enjoy it as much as the flogs. In the center window of a building at Beav- "La me!" "True as I'm sitting hero.

I've sent in a dozen times to borrow things aud they was out of 'ein every time." Omaha World. novelists. "No, nor for foreign ones." In your reading you doubtless go deeper than the novel." "Don't fcnow that I do." "I mean that you doubtless read his Mr. Vanderbilt w.shes tho machinery of his yacht lubricated with castor so he paid $2,000 for a lot of it when ho touched at Palermo bound for Egypt Tho discipline on his ship Is tory or books on philosophy." "JNo 1 don't do that "Ah, religiously inclined and read theology. 1 suppose?" as rigid as on a man-of-war, and Ins order that all woodwork shall be daily burnished with chamois skin makes his crew tired.

JNo, never read any theology. "Lawyer, eh? and confine yourself to of order or not He will be required to wear on bis breast nil badges referred to in this act, together with such other badges as he may have in tho house, till his bosom shall resemble a Christmas tree. The schedule of examination has not yet been fixed, but it must be so prepared that it shall covor the physical and mental condition of the applicant, and will, no doubt, run something as follows: 1. State your age, weight, height, nationality, sex, complection, where born, and who, if any one besides yourself, was present at he time! 2. Do you ever experience ringing in 1he ears, gastric goneness between meals, itnental lassitude on rising and reading the ilongrationol Seeord, sudden and uncontrollable desire to bite people on trains or a vairue yearning to soar away in a pay car and be forever at rest! Do you fcaye dandruff? 8.

If give to A. balf my salary and balf a dollar over, then afterwards meet to whom! give balf tba remainder aid balf a dollar oyer, after tbat meeting to whom I your text-books." A Healthy Sorrow. McGuzzlo (who has mot with a bereavement) Lend me a dollar-Friend You are drunk now. McGuzzle I can't help it. I'vo been trying to drown inv sorrow.

Friend Give it up, McGuzzle; you are always try'ig lo drown your sorrow, but you nevot suoceed. Do you know what I believe? McGuzzle No; what do you believe? Friend I believe your sorrow has learned to swim. Mocking Jiird. "JNO." "Woll now I will catch you afler- a while. Read medical books, I "JNo, don read anything." "What, don't read anything? What er Falls Is the picture of a man outlined op the glass like the negative of a photograph and one cannot look through -the window from the street without noticing It plainly.

The strangest part of this freak Is, that the family living In tbe house does sot know ot Its existence, although they often look through the picture itself. A local scientist said tbat in his opinion, while the glass was yet warm mischievous boy had taken stick and draws the outlines of a man- John L. Sullivan once drove a street car in Boston for the paltry sum of $2 por day. It was while engaged in this occupation that he was discovered by John B. thon sporting editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, by whom ho was introduced to the pugilistic world in which he has sinoa made so much fame and money.

business are you in?" ing the air that no considerable crops could bo raised in the nothern valleys The only grain used is imported; but heavy crops of vegetables are grown. The wealth of tho country is in cattle and sheep, fish and birds. The latter are wonderfully numerous, among them the eider duck, whose nests are "A business Hint doeV not require reading. I am a literary critio on an Mos' any man would rather you'd ay dat be' tol' er smart lie den er ignunt truff. Arkaniaw Traveler.

eastern magazine." Arkaniaw 2'ra-eler..