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Stopping the “Fire Wagon.”
When the first railroad was laid over
the western plains and the cars began
running to San Francisco the Indians
viewed the locomotive from the hill
tops at a distance, not daring to come
pearer the “fire wagon.” A train of
cars was to them “heap wagon, no
hoss.” An Apache chief gathered a
party of warriors in Arizona and went
several hundred miles to see the ter-
rible tire wagon that whistled louder
than the eagle's scream and poured out
dense black smoke. W. M. Thayer says
in his “Marvels of the New West”
that the redskins grew boider and once
attacked a fire wagon, expecting to
capture it. When they failed and
many were injured they said. “Fire
wagon bad medicine!”
The Indians stretched a lariat across
the track, breast high, each end being
heid by thirty braves,
“When the engineer first saw it be
didn’t know what on earth was the
matter,” said the narrator, “but in a
minute more he burst out laughing.
He caught hold of that throttle, and
he opened ber out.
“He struck that lariat going about
forty miles an hour, and he just piled
those braves up everlasting promiscu-
ons.”
They're All Good.
Burne-Jones, the famous artist, made
many sketches for the children of his
friend, J. Comyns Carr. He once
laughingly proposed to instruct the
eldest boy in the principles of anato-
my. and there aud then made for him
two beautiful drawings representing
the anatomy of the good man and the
good woman, in both of which the
heart, magnificently large, winged and
backed by spreading finmes, is the cen-
tral detail,
By special request he made another
drawing, Hllustrating the anatomy of
the bad man. On being met with the
reproach that the third drawing show-
ed nothing of the details of internal
structure he replied:
“There are none,
quite hollow.”
On being challenged to illustrate the
anatomy of the bad woman he grave-
Iy replied:
“My dear boy, she doesn’t exist.”
The bad man Is
Plymouth Rock.
Plymouth rock has become an object
of veneration in the United States be-
cause of its interesting historica, asso-
ciations. As is well known, it is the
rock or ledge on which the pilgrims
are believed to have landed when they
first stepped from their boats in the
harbor of what is now Plymouth,
Mass. In 1770 part of the rock was
removed to the vicinity of Pilgrim
ball, but was afterward restored to its
original site and is now under the
stone canopy that surmounts the main
rock on Water street, Charles Sumner
said, “From the deck of the Mayflow-
er, from the landing at Plymouth rock,
to the senate of the United States Is a
mighty contrast, covering whole spaces
of history hardly less than from the
wolf that suckled Romulus and Remus
to that Roman senate which on curule
chairs swayed Italy and the world.”
The Hypocrite a Genius.
Really to be a hypocrite must re
quire a horrible strength of character.
An ordinary man such as you or | gen-
erally fails at last because he has not
enough energy to be a man. But the
hypocrite must have enough euergy to
be two men. It is said that a liar
should have a good memory. But a
hypocrite must have not only a good
memory of the past, but a consistent
and creative vision of the future; his
unreal self must be so far real to him.
The perfect hypocrite should be a trin-
ity of artistic talent. He must be a
novelist like Dickens to create a false
character. He must be an actor like
Garrick to act it. And be must be a
business man like Carnegie to profit
by it. Such a genius would not be
easy to find in any country.—G. K.
Chesterton.
A Story of Gambetta.
It is told of Gambetta that once,
when in the heyday of his power,
when he went to some agricultural de-
partment to oust a reactionary candi-
date in favor of one of his friends, he
inquired about the agriculturists’
wants. “We are sadly in need of
rain,” came the answer. “I'll see
about it when I get to Paris,” prom-
ised Gambetta. And his listeners be-
lMeved in his promise. The record
runs that the rain came down in tor-
rents a day or two after and that
when the reactionary candidate pre-
sented himself he was hooted at. “Let
your party do as much for us as Gam-
betta, and we'll elect you,” they said.
Anatomical Expert.
When a butcher answered the bell
of his telephone instrument one day
the shrill voice of a little girl greeted
his ears. “Hello! Is that Mr. Wilson?"
“Yes,” he answered kindly.
“Well, can yon tell us where grand-
pa’s liver is? We've got to put a hot
flannel on it, and we can’t find it!"—
London Telegraph.
Her Train.
«1 ghall miss my train,” she said
petulantly.
“Oh, no, you won't,” the dressmaker
assured her. “You will soon get used
to these gowns which haven't any."—
New York Journal.
His Share.
Councilman—I've come to see if you
will subscribe anything to the town
, Old Resident—Good gra-
cious! I've already subscribed three
wives.—London Telegraph.
The Very Simple Lite.
Pierre Loti, the French author, al-
! French poet who had been advocating
| & return to the simple life decided one
| day to make the acquaintance of Loth
| fle left his village, he who never trav-
| pls, stick in band, to make the jour-
ney to Hendaye, the home of Loti, on
foot. He prayed the celebrated novel
{st to receive him without ceremony;
that he should be satisfied with a
bowl of milk for his repast.
But he was much astonished when
the novelist took him at his word. In
the dining room on a table without
cloth or napkin there was only an im-
mense crock of milk.
The visitor showed some hesitation
about beginning the feast. Meanwhile
his host began to walk around the
room like a bear in a cage, only inter-
rupting his walk from time to time to
take a long swig of milk from the
srock. Without saying a word the host
invited the astonished guest to imitate
him.
Phe man of the simple life bad found
one more simple than himself, and he
left the house convinced that the great
novelist had become crazy.
Murder Revealed by a Dream.
Perhaps the most amazing crime
mystery ever solved by a dream was
that revealed by a murder trial a cou-
ple of generations ago. The dead body
of Mr. Norway, an inoffensive Cornish
gentleman, bad been found by the
roadside between Wadebridge and
Bodmin brutally murdered. No trace
of the murderer could be found, and
the mystery of the crime seemed be-
yond all solution when Mr. Norway's
brother, a vaval officer, arrived in
England and told the following story:
On the very night of his brother's mur-
der, when he was on his ship in the
West ludies, he saw him in a dream
walking along the Bodmin road, when
from a dark recess in the hedge two
rufflans sprang out, slew and robbed
him and then made their way to a
house in Wadebridge, which he saw
vividly in his dream. To this house
he conducted the police officers, and
there he found the very two men
whom in his vision he bad seen com-
mit the murder. They confessed and
suffered the extreme penalty of the
law.— London Answers,
There Was No Duel.
Colonel Crisp when in the Missouri
legislature was one of the central fig-
ures in a scene which promised blood:
shed, which ended in a hearty laugh
and which was the cause of an as-
tounding remark from Hon. John W.
Farris, the then speaker, said Champ
Clark. Crisp and another member got
into a debate which grew into a quar-
rel. They shook their fists at each
other and roared like a pair of Nu-
midian lions, Everybody expected and
many hoped to see a regular old fash-
joned knockdown and dragout fight,
which expectation and hope were frus-
trated and dashed to the ground by
Speaker Iarriss remarking:
“If you gentlemen do not quit fuss-
ing and take your seats | will order
the chaplain to take you into custody.”
which so amazed the bellicose legils-
lators that they stood in a state of
lingual paralysis, while the spectators
laughed till they were red in the face.
Humor saved the day.
How He Helped the Blind.
“Please help a blind man,” said a
fellow with green goggles as he held a
tin cup toward the line of people issu-
ing from the Union depot. “1 always
help the blind." said one of two young
men who were passing, and he stopped
and took out a five dollar bill. “Can
you get a quarter out of this¥ “1
guess 50.” said the blind man, fishing
out a handful of change and counting
out $4.75. “Well, John," said the ben-
evolent young man's companion as
they walked on, “you're a bigger fool
than 1 took you to be.” “Am 1?" said
John. “Yes, you are, That fellow's no
more blind than | am. How could he
tell that was a five dollar bill?"
“Blamed if 1 know,” said John inno-
cently, “but he must be mighty near
sighted not to see that it was a coun-
terfeit.”—Chicago News.
Settled the Difficulty.
An insurance agent had vainly tried
to persuade a man to insure his valua-
bles against burglary. “A safe’s all very
well,” he admitted, “but look at the
constant trouble of locking up and un-
locking to see if your things are all
right.”
“I've got over that difficulty,” de-
clared the weary listener.
“Indeed!” said the agent incredulous-
ly. “How?”
“I've had a window put in the safe,”
growled the other.
An Indiscreet Memory.
The Hostess—Don't you think Colo-
nel Broadside is quite a wonderful old
man? Look at him. He is as straight
and slender as an arrow, and he has
the most wonderful memory. The
Lady of Dubious Age—I think he's an
atrocious old bore. He remembers
when everybody was born.—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Poor Dogs!
Returned Explorer—Yes; the cold
was so intense at the pole we had to
be very careful not to pet our dogs.
Miss Youngthing—Indeed! Why was
that? Returned Explorer—You see,
their tails were frozen stiff, and i
they wagged them they would break
off.— Boston Transcript.
Where Her Thoughts Were.
Daughter—To tell the truth. pa, I
didn’t think much of the close of the
sermon, Father—Thought more of the
clothes of the congregation, eh?
If a man wishes to be treated with
courtesy he should show courtesy to
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By C. E. WYMAN
fCopyright, 199, by American Press Asso-
ciation. |
T was Christinas morning and very,
very cold. Every few minutes a
trainman would come through the
car, watching carefully a dial
faced thermometer and stopping to
turn screws of the heating apparatus
in persistent attempts to keep the
pointing tinger at 70 degrees.
Despite the discomfort of close air,
which was nose too warm at best, the
passengers in the main wore joyous
faces and didn’t seem to consider the
numerous packages and bundles an an-
noyauce,
From a wayside station, which look-
ed as if it had pever been neighbor to
any house where human beings lived,
a poor little girl entered and dropped
into a seat where an overcoat told that
its owner was probably in the smoking
car. The child did not votice this, and
in her ignorance of travel it would
have made no difference if she had.
She might have been eight or ten yeurs
old, but that air of self reliance was
hers which poverty’s child often ac-
quires very young, yet there was noth-
ing forward or “bold” iu her appear-
ance. Her dress was of the scantiest—
a thin cotton gown, harely concealing
the lack of suitable underwear; a little
worn shoulder shawl and a battered
straw hat.
When the conductor appeared the
hand which presented her half fare
ticket was red with cold, but the small
person lifted to him a wonderfully
frank face and confidingly informed
him that she was going to grandma's
for Christmas and that the package
she clutched in her other hand contain-
ed cookles for grandma.
The conductor smiled down at her.
A pitying smile it was, as he thought
of his own well fed, well clothed chil-
dren, with whom he expected to eat a
late Christmas dinner when his run
was over. The smile lingered on his
face as he passed to the next seat and
saw that its occupants had heard.
Two women sat in the seat, stran-
gers to each other and as unlike as two
persons made on the same general
principles could be. One was tall, dig-
nified, young, wrapped in costly furs,
everything about her showing the per-
son who never lacked money or leisure;
the other, stout. jolly, elderly, comfort-
able—a kindly and well to do woman.
The two had traveled miles and miles
side by side with not a word passed
between them.
Now both sat with eyes fixed on the
forlorn bit of humanit: in front of
them. Suddenly the - ger woman
opened her travel | bug and took
from it a soft gray shawl, It was at
least two yards long and half as wide.
Folding it together, she touched the
little waif, saying in a low tone,
“Stand up, my dear.” The child obey-
ed wonderingly. and this woman in
the costly furs placed the folded shawl
around the small shoulders, crossed it
in front and, bringing the ends to the
back, pinned them securely.
“It is yours to keep,” she whispered—
“a Christmas present.” Then, turn-
ing to the woman at her side, she said
apologetically, “I really did not need
it myself.” There was a blink of tears
in her eyes.
“Well, now,” the older woman ex-
claimed in admiration, “you just set
me to thinkin'! I'm really ashamed
that I didn’t think of doing something
myself. Here, I've got two pairs of
mittens for my grandson—just about
her size—in my hand bag, and he can't
wear out more than one pair this win-
ter. Besides, I can knit another. It's
nothing at all to knit mittens.” She
was busliy undrawing the strings of an
enormous silk bag, but her glasses were
blurred, and her fingers were clumsy
with baste.
“What's your name, little girl? Ka-
tie? Well, hold out your hands, Katie.
Jy! Aren't they a good fit! There's an-
other Christmas present to keep. And
here's a frosted cake. Just eat it right
now. Katie. Your grandma won't need
it. with all those you've got in your
bundle.”
The child again obeyed. She did not
say, “Thank you.” Possibly she did
not know how. but she seemed to glow
all over, and her eyes returned thanks
even if her timid lips did not.
“I'm proud to know you, my dear,”
the rolly poly. comfortable woman said
now to the young lady, for she had
been saying to herself all the while:
“You're the right sort. 1 can see that.”
“And 1 am proud to know you.” the
other responded, almost shyly offering
her hand. which was quickly buried in
a big. warm grasp. “We all long to be
of service at Christmas time, you
know.”
At that instant the man of the over-
coat sauntered in to resume his seat.
He gave a low whistle of surprise at
the happy little traveler next the win-
dow. glanced at the two women and
comprehended the situation. His right
hand made a quick dive into his trou-
sers pocket as if to get some money.
In another instant he withdrew it and
reached up to the rack overhead and
lifted down a large paper bundle. Tak-
Ing the bundle across the aisle to an
empty seat, he opened it and took out
a smaller package from among many
others, Untying this package, he
brought to light a flaxen haired doll
dressed In the latest style and resplen-
dent in a large picture hat, This he
placed In the little girl's arms, saying,
“From my little daughter, who would
rather you should have it.” Then he
lifted his hat courteously to the wom
en, took hiz overcoat on his arm and
strode off to find a sent elsewhere.
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| bitter Christmas Eve to the but of a poor
A Christmas Mirncie.
The little German children who live in
and near the Black Forest call the white
chrysanthemum their ‘Christmas flower,”
and every year, on Christmas Eve, they
gather aronnd their wood fires and listen
to the wonderful story the old folk tell
ahout how the flower, which used to be al-
ways golden, came to be white.
Lovg, long ago, says the story, a little
beggar child, cold and buogry, came one
peasant, who bad many mouths to feed.
Bot, taking him in, the kind-hearted chil.
dren gladly shared their own food with the
little stranger. And when their guess had
eaten, be rose and thanked them with a
glorious smile—and then vanished sudden-
ly, like a vision. And a straoge, soft
light glowed in the peasant’s homble
Awelling, and made it seem radiant wish
heanty.
*“[4 is—oh, itis the Christ-child !"’ eried
the little onas, and roshed eagerly to the
door.
But he was gone; and stranger even than
his strange departure, there were no foot.
prints on the stainless snow.
But in the morning, when the door was
opened, a cluster of beautiful white flow-
ers, with rich dark leaves, was foand
blooming on the threshold. And the love:
ly fringed blossoms were exactly like the
familiar *‘golden flower,” only the soft,
waxlike petals were as white as the drifted
snow —[ Adapted from an exchange. ]
A suamer noticed a sailing vessel flying |
Yuoaia of distress and hore down on her. |
ben she was within the call she asked
what was the matter. ‘Water !'’ came the |
answer from cracked lips and patching |
throats. “Give ns water, for we are dying
of thisss.” Pointing to the surrounding
water, the steamers captain oried ‘‘Les
down your buckets then aod drink.” Un-
known to the thirsty crew they were sail- |
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and the water around them was river water |
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