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BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
SEECT STORY.
A PIT OF THE BLUES.
"Now, If there's oiiu thing more
than nnothcr I enjoy, it ia a race of
course, I mean a boat race, not tho
rnco human, for tho latter has causid
mo no many di-tamiointmcnts that I
don't (jullo laku lo its members, ex-1
copling tlio noltcr portion ol it tho
fair sex bless their pretty littlo hcaits
that is, when they have got any
ahem 1"
This was thu substance of n solilo
quy ono bright August morning, about
five a, ni., at which timo tho clouds
wuro loailendiued and the weather in
clined to bo spitefully unpropitiotis.
A knock at tlio door.
"Conio in," says 1, and Maty Swivel
ontcred, with a dcl'cato pink note, say
ing: "Please sir, this was left lato last
night, with instructions to deliver it at
onco j but, as you had gono to bed, I
kept it till this morning.''
How my heart palpitated, at the
sight of thu elegant missive, and how
I longed to kiss not Mary but it
because my adorable Adda Poyntor
had written it.
"All right, Mary," I said, assuming
an air of iion-chalanco I was far from
fioling ; "it's from Smith, I suppose.
A cup of chocolate, please, nnd a few
biscuits."
When Mary left I kissed tlio hilh'.t
dour lapturottSily, exclaiming:
"My darling 1 I hold you to my lips.
My own precious 1"
So elated was I that I danced around
the room in an insane way, making
tho glasses chink on tho side boani,
and neatly dislodging the pictures, ow
ing to the wall being mado of lath and
plaster.
Tenderly, gently I undid tho envel
ope coaxing it open not tearing it
ruthlessly across as if it were n bill
from a dunning tailor.
The epistle ran thus :
"Di:ai: Tr.it. As soon as tho shops
in St. Paul church yard open, I want
you to get mo some light blue ribbon,
and a bouquet from Convent garden,
with plenty of forget-me-not in it.
"Of course, your steam launch will
be waiting at Putney. I can find my
way on board.
"My cousin Major O'Gardy will
cicerone me.
"Mind, I particularly want that
color. Whatever you do, don't make
a fiasco of the day (as you did at the
last Derby) or I'll never forgivo you.
Yours ever,
Adkla."
Somehow I didn't like tho allusion
to the gallant major, and heartily
wished that sho had not deputed mo to
undertako the task she has assigned
me.
But what was I to do? If Adela had
odo fault it was imperiousness ; implicit
obedience to her slightest wish was a
qua non and no ono moro than I
knew this, as I had been snubbed re
peatedly by her for shortcomings in
that lespect.
"Thank goodness 1'' I murmured,
"he's only a cousin I'm not afraid of
him cutting mq out. He's a regular
veteran, no doubt, with only ono eye,
half a leg, and a stump of an arm. I
don't fear him as a rival no, not I."
Hereupon I began humming, in a
saioastio way, "Let mo like a soldier
fall," and somehow, my hand clenched
itsilf mechanically, as if to suit thu ac
tion of the word on the person of the
ab-ient major.
"Fiasco, indeed !" I grunted, not
liking the allusion to the last Derby.
Especially as Adela might in ono of
her playful moods relate it to tho ma
jor how I began to hate all military
men ! who, of course, being my ri
val I felt a presentiment that he was
would twit mo about tho unfortu
nates contretemps.
Having taken you, gentlo reader, in
to my coufidenco so far, it is only right
I should open my hcait to you, and al
low you to judge at the littlu incident
to which my adorable Adela referred.
I was in thu seventh heaven of do
light when sho consented to go to tlio
Derby with me, thinking, of course,
that we wero to havo a teta-a-tete
drive, and talk of love, and soforth,
like all lovers do, or at least should,
under similar circumstances.
But imagine my disgust when she
sailed into my room, accompanied by a
maiden aunt in green goggles, and a
dog, and her two sisters.
Of course I expressed my delight at
the unexpected influx to our party, and
mounting the box of my drag, gavo a
silent sign to Adela, unobserved, I
hoped, to tako a seat by my side. Tho
horses wero a littlo mettlesome, and re
quired my utmost attention at the mo
ment. How my heart fluttered with delight
at tho rustlo of a lady's dress, and,
looking around with a tender smile
full of tho light of love, what was my
horror to find that it was tho ancient
in goggles, and not my darling Adela.
How long the road appeared to me,
although we went over tho ground at
a spanking pace.
In vain I tried to enter into conver
sation with my angelic Adela ; my
neck was nearly twisted in tho attempt'
while my faco got as red as a peony
with exertion.
Tho rudo remarks that somo of tho
lower order mado tho gentry who
drove in donkoy carts and green gro
cors' vans wero quite shocking, all
having icferenco to tho elderly spin
ster nt my side.
"Twig tho old tins' gig lamps I'1 Bald
ono facetious costcrmouger.
Another bawled out :
"How kind of that 'eer gent to bring
his granny out for a hairing I"
Luckily for Miss Askew, sho was
very deal, and didn't hear tho uncom.
plimciitary remarks, which, I am sorry
to buv, provoked sounds ot suppressed
merriment from tho ruby lips of my
Adela and her two sisters.
In vain I sought for an opportunity
of ten minutes nlono with my darling.
Her aunt and sister haunted us, and,
as they camo out to enjoy tho day, and
not to spoon, thought it was no infiio
tion upon me to pester mo with qucs
tions nnd to bo ciccroned to all kinds
of queer places.
Anybody that wanted two doses of
my tortnru would bo moro than covet
ous) but my fertile brain hit upon a
plan for oirciiinvunting tho onemy, for
such I deemed tho ladies excepting,
of course, my ndorable Adela, who
really looked lovely in her bltiu silk,
which coUr she greatly affected, owing
to her having won honors at tho Cain
bridge examination for ladies.
I managed tho matter splendidly by
gutting Adela and myself lost in a
crowd just before tho timo lor going
home, and having instructed my groom
what to do, felt that now I could en
joy myself with my own precious pet.
I led her up the downs, and wo
seated ourselves on a grassy mound,
sho protesting all tho whilo that wo
ought to go in search of our p.irty,
but, of course, not meaning a word of
what sho said women nro so arltul,
you know.
I could havo lingered on forever in
tho delicious spot, where fragrant turf
made bo nice a seat, and a delicious
balmy air cooled thu heat, while yel
low gorso formed a pretty picturo for
tho eyes to dwell upon.
I pressed my darling's hand, sighed,
looked languishing, and w.ib about to
propose, when unearthly sounds caused
us both to start to our feet, and there
stood an aged donkey braying piteous
ly, only a fow paces behind. Adela
burst into a morry peal of laughter, in
which I, perforco had to join ; but
from that day to this I have religious
ly hated donkoys, human or otherwise.
Of course I, hypocrite that I was,
expressed great concern when wo (Un
covered that my drag was gone se
cretly I was delighted ; but "Be sure
your sin will find you out" was a
truism I wa3 to illustrate by bitter ex
perience. To mako a long story short, I con
soled my adored Adda by taking two
of thu best seals on a hired drag, luck
ily paying our faies in advance.
At the fust halt I had to procure my
darling some sherry, she was so much
upset by an accident sho had witness
ed. It was a roadside inn, and I had to
push my way through a dense crowd.
I got what I required, and was coraitm
out by degrees, as lawyers aro said to
get to heaven, when my hat was tilted
over mv eyes, and 1 received a not
ovor-gentlo pat on tho back of my
head.
Naturally I put my hand up to save
my deer stalker with its green veil and
thought no moro of the accident till a
little'later on, when I missed my purse,
watch and chain ; in fact, I had bnen
cleverly cleaned out of all my money
and valuables.
This was tho fiasco my dear Adela
alluded to-, so having made a clean
breast of the matter to you, gentle
reader, I will go on my further adven
tures. Haying breakfasted I mado myself
look smart, and made my way on
board my steam launch to see that
everything was ready for tho reception
of Adela. Then I took tho train from
Putney Bridge station, and mado my
way to St. Paul's churchyard.
"Very sorry, sir," said an extremely
polite shopman, "but we haven't any
left. Wo hiivo ordered moro ribbon,
though, and expect it in every mo
ment. Please take a seat."
My precious pet had named tho very
establishment I was in so often in my
hearing that I dare not go to any
other for fear of incurring her dis
pleasure. To save time, however, I hailed a
hausoin and drovu to Convent Garden
Market, whero I purchased ono of the
finest boqiiets that could be had for
money, blue forget me-uots forming
the chief featuru in it.
It was very late when I got back to
Putney, only lo find that no ono was
allowed tp pa-ss over thu bridge, as the
race was a very important regatta at
tended by great crowds.
In vain I argued with tho police
man that being a light woiglit, tho
structure ran no danger from my cross
ing it.
lie was inexorable, although ho
pocketed my half-crown with a grin
lliat made me savage.
1 looked through' my opera glasses,
and saw tho "Fairy," my steam launch,
and distinctly made out Adela, by
whoso side was a handsome man, not
at all a veteran, and evidently making
himself very agreeablu judging by thu
way shu smiled.
1 pocketed the tell tale glasses with
a big D, and went in search of a boat.
But as ill luck would have it, they
were nil at tho Surrey side of the
river.
By dint of sundry signs, waving of
poeket-handkerclueis and violent ges
ticulations, I at lust brought ono to my
aid,
The boatman piled it on ; but liko
another Richard, 1 would havo swap
ped a kingdom for a horse, like tho ass
I was, po eager was I to get to my be
loved. I stood on tlio deck, and what do
you think I saw? Why Adela wear
ing another bow, and carrying a lino
boquet.
Tho gallant O'Gardy held out a
finger to welcomo mo ; but, ignoring
it, I said to Adela :
"My darling, I havo brought all you
want. I think I deserve a kiss."
And, eager to show tho major that I,
although no soldier, was vnliaut whore
lovu was concerned, I yes actually
kissed her beforo his very eyes. Tho
next moment I was lifted up bodily
and thrown overboard, with tlio awful
words ringing in my oars :
"You scoundrel, how daro you kiss
my wifo ?"
Dear reader, can you wonder that I
am invited to any boat race on tho
rivor, having lost my Adela, 1 havo "a
lit of tho blues?"
Earthquakes in Mara.
Tnero must needs bo livers in Mars,
since tho clouds, which often cover
wholo continents, must pour down on
oimoiis quantities of rain, and this rain
fall must find a courso for itself along
tho Martial valleys to the sea. Indeed,
ve can havo no doubt that Mars has
hern the scene of volcanic distuibauccs
like thnpo to which our own mountains,
hill, valleys and ravines owo their ori
gin. Thu very existcuco of ooiitiuents
and oceans implies an unuvenuesi of
surfneu which can only be explained as
the effects of subterranean forces. Vol
canoes must exist, then, in Mars ; nor
can its inhabitants be wholly sufu from
such earthquake throes as we exnori
euce. It may be questioned, indeed,
whether subterranean forces in Mara
aie not relatively far moro intense than
in our own earth, tho materials of
which the planet is formed btiug not
only less maBsivo in themselves, but
iilsn held down by a gravity inuoh less
elfectivo.
21, 1884.
What Butler Ooat,
As I am In an inquiring mood this
week towards my Republican fiionds,
I would liko to further ask them if
they think the employment of Goti.
Butler as an agent in the campaign
has paid ? Is it now thoir opinion that
tlio 9I00.0U0 and more that he lias re
ceived from them has been well in
vested f You will seo I havo increns.
cd tho amount considerably from what
it was as stated iti previous letter.
The original bargain was for $50,000.
Gen. Butler, with his accustomed quib
bling smartness, says this was not
mado on board tlio Tallapoosa. I
never said that it was. My informa
tion was to tho effect that Mr. W. 12.
Chnndlcr camo to Portsmouth on
board tho Tallapoosa to mako it. That
h did mako it, I have evidence which
I do not doubt. My informant now
tells mo that $50,000 did not provo to
be enough. It cost Butler a great deal
of monoy to organize his faction and
provide it with funds witli which to
operato all over the States of New
ork, Connecticut, Now Jersey, In
diana nnd Michigan, to say nothing of
Massachusetts. When tho $50,000
gavo out ho went right on, putting in
more monoy until the amount expend
ed ran up to $110,000. Mr. Parsons
was correct when he said that part of
this was paid in checks on tho New
York bank .vith which tho Republican
National Committee did business. But
the money camo hard towards tho last.
Thu sum realized from tho famous and
now historical Jay Gould banquet in
Now York on tho eve of tho election
was partly used to pay up Butler's ar
rears. One of his followers asks if
this can bo true, when Butler was
really helping Cleveland rather than
Blaine, in Michigan. It was a mis
take to go into the State, and Butler
so wrote, while he was there, to tho
Republican managers, suggesting that
ho had better come on to Boino placo
where ho could be moro useful. Tho
outlay docs not seem to havo been ju
dicious in any point of view. Candor
compels mo to say that it is not cvoo
sure that it saved the vote of Massa
chusetts to Mr. Blaine. As regards
the local ticket, this subsidy to Butler
was a complete failure. Mr. Henry
Cabot Lodge's friends aro attributing
his defeat to the Butlur alliance to
which it led. I can't find one case in
which tlio Republicans soiled them
selvcB by nominating Butler candidates
where ignominious failure did not at
tend them. Te?iphton in Jioston
Herald.
A Dog Story.
Ho would rido ono of tho carriage
horses when taken out to exercise, Bit
ling on his back like a monkey or bear,
tho coachman riding the other. How
well 1 remember it, as if it were but
yesterday those two noble boy horses,
Peer and Andrew, walking Blowly
along the road with their dissimilar
lidi'is. The horsus took kindly to
their dog groom, for they loved him
and lie loved them, so that this equino
canino affection was ludicrously touch
ing, They spent their lives together
they and the coachman. Tlioy wero
rarely separated, for he went with tlio
coachman when he walked or rode,
and ran after the carriage when ho
drove. And uow comes tho tragic
part of my story.
It happened onu summer day that
my father and mother went to tho me
tropolisa rare event with them and
took the carriage and horses. Tho dog
my father would not take ; so he was
locked into tho stable when they loft
and I and a brother alone of tho fam
ily remained behind.
When Nelson was liberated, somo
hour or so after the party was gone, lie
was in a state of great distress nnd
perplexity. Ho rushed about in every
direction seeking his companions in
vain. Ho did not howl or whine, but
bore his grief in silence.
At last he went into tho coachman's
bedioom, and, poking out a pair of his
eld shoes from under his bed, lay down
beside them, expecting, no doubt, that
the man would return and look for his
shoes. From this spot ho rarely mov
ed. Alter a time ho refused all food,
and inoped about sad and stupid, so
that it was most affecting to look nt
him. No ono ventured to sootho or
caress him, for wo began to fear that
hu might be falling into a slato of mel
anoholy madness, nnd that it would
not bo safe to meddlo with him. All
we could do was to leavo food and
water near him. And so ho went on
day by day, moping and pining, and
growing weaker and weaker, till he
ucsrcely stirred from the room.
It was nearly a week later, as well
as I remember, when my father and
mother returned, lato in" the evening.
The sound of tho carriago wheels and
the tramp of tho horses, as they enter
ed the 6tablo-yard, was audiblo enough,
and reached tho ears of poor Nelson.
Ho rose, staggered into the yard, and
over to tho coachman, who had como
down from tho coach-box. Thon, lick
ing his hand as tho man stooped down
to caress him, ho uttered a faint cry
and fell down nt his feet. Ho was
dead ! Caiseltt Family Magazine.
Bed Cloud's Speech.
Red Cloud, tho well-known Sioux
chief, visited tho government school
for Indians at Carlisle, Pa., nnd ad
dressed tho scholars in his own lan
guage. A prizo of throe dollars was
offered for the best translation of this
speech. We give a portion of Iho suo
cessful report, made by Luther Stand
ing.Bear :
"You teem liko my grand-children j
and now I went pass through the shops
and saw what you can bo done. I saw
tho shoo-mnkcr, harness-maker, tailor,
carpenter, tinner, blacksmiths, and they'
all doing well. Here you seo 1 wear a
boots which is you make it. I was
surpriio that the blacksmith doing very
good. Also tho girls can washing
clothes and sowing. Also I went pnts
through tho school' rooms and I saw
somo of you cau write very fast, and
read, and I wati glad. Now, this is the
tiling wnat wo sond you hero for, to
learn wiiuo men s way. There is two
roads, ono is good mid ono is what wo
call a duvil road. Another thino- is.
you know, if who do Dothinc itiHt nut.
Ids hand on his bark and Ho down, so
mi uuuu uui, euino 10 III ins ItOCKOt II-
hcH, so you must do something with
your hand. Now you must not home
sick any j but you must try to be good
i,im MiilijMVl,
niK COLUMBIAN, VOL. XV1II.N0 47
COHJMDIA DKM001IAT, VOL.XLVllI. NO 89
A Night of Peril.
Says tho Leeds (Kng.) Murcury : A
strange story of an cscapo was recent
ly told us. A collier lad, going across
a heath returning from his "turn" ono
ovening suddenly dipped into a hole,
but by somo means managed to grasp
the edge, and so held on by his fingers
to this treacherous but only safeguard.
The evening passed into the dusk, star
after star came out, but no moon j
hour after hour dingged on, and still
tho hapless miner gripped tho edge of
tho shaft over which ho hung with tho
tenacity of despair. At last dawn
broko slowly, then gray light stolo over
tho heath, breaking through tlio morn
ing's mists, when he saw a party of
mates pasing at a distance. IIo called
loudly for help. Guided by tho voice
tliey came. Still moro nervously did
ho cling in a fow moments ho might
bo safe. Then, as two strong arms
grasp each of his wrists firmly, he ven
tures to look down tho dreadful dopths.
Ono glanco is enough ; that ono look
tells him that his feet are within four
inches of the bottom. It is to bo fear
ed that in his orisons tho collier lad
was not as thankful to Providcnco as
he should have been.
He Was no Good.
"Wasn't Charley Green up to your
house last night?" asked ono young
lady of another, during the hottest of
tho hot weather.
"Yes."
"How pleasant that was. I think hu
is just too nice for any use."
"Well, I don't," was the snappy re
ply. "Why not ?"
"O, because he's no good."
"What's tho matter with him?"
"Why don't you think, nfter ho had
been thero about half an hour, he asked
Fanny and me to take a stroll willi
him, and of courso wc thought it meant
ice-cream, for it was a lovely ice-cream
night, aud wo wero just boiling, and
we weDt out only too quick."
"And didn't you get it?"
"Get it! IIo walltcd us six or eight
squares, and then said it would bo such
fun to get weighed, and ho took us into
a grocery store and wc got weighed,
and that's all wo did get. Now, what
do you think of that kind of a man?"
Merchant Jraveucr.
Sam Patch's Last Jump.
Sam Patclt was born in Rhodo Is
land in 1807. He hud been at sea, but
becamo tired of that life, and went to
work in a cotton mill nt Patterson, N.
S., whero ho developed a passion for
jumping, and twice leaped from a
bridge into the Pa3saic river a distance
of ninety feet. He made a tour of tho
country, making several hazardous
caps. Jn 1820 he went to .Niagara
and jumped from the shelving rock
midway between the summit of Goat
Island and the water, lie then came
to Rochester, and in tho presence of
his friend Cochrano alone, jumped the
upper falls. Soon afterward ho per
formed the feat again in tho presence
of a great crowd. His third attempt
was made November 13, and papers of
the previous day contained tho follow
ing notice : "Higher yet 1 Sam's last
jump. Somo things can bo doneas well
as others, there is no mistake in
Sam Patch. Of the truth of this ho
will ondeavor to show the cood people
of Rochester and vicinity next Friday.
November 12th, at 2 oclock I'. M.
Being determined to astonish thu na
tives of the West beforo ho returns to
thu Jerseys, he will havo a scaffold
twenty-five feet in height erected on
tho bridge of the Gunoseo Falls, in this
village, from which ho will fearlessly
leap into tho abyss below, a distance
of 155 feet. Sam's buar, at U o'clock
precisely, will mako tho samu jump
and follow his master. Moreover,
Sam hopes that all the good people
who attend tnis astonishing exhibition
will contribute something toward re
munerating him for tho seemingly haz
ardous experiment." There weregreat
crowds present, excursions having been
arranged Irom all points in tho vicini
ty. Sam was not a drunkard, and he
was not drunk that day. Ho took a
single glass of whiskey just before ho
made the leap, ms address to the
crowd as ho stood looking down on the
foaming water moro than a hundred
feet below him was as follows : "Na
poleon was a great man and a great
General. IIo conquered armies and
nations, but he couldn't lump tho Gcn-
eeseu Falls. Wellington was a great
man and a great soldier, lie conquer
ed Napoleon, but ho couldn't jump
Genesee Falls. That was left for mo
to do and I can do it at will." His do-
scent was irregular, and beforo ho
struck tho water the peoplo wero sure
that he gone to his death. It is said
that one ot tbo spectators bit off tho
end of his thumb in the excitement of
tho moment. It was declared by somo
that Sam had eluded tho observation
of tho crowd and escaped alive. Occa
sional rumors of his appearance in oth
er places wero circulated, but all doubts
wero settled when on tho I7th of the
following March his body was found
frozen in a cako of ico at tho mouth of
tho river. IIo now lies in a littlo cem
etery at Charlotte
A Wonderful Olook.
The most astonishing thine I nvrr
heard of in tho way of a timepieco is a
clock described by a Hindu raiah as
belonging to a native princess of Up
per inula, ami jealously guarded ns tho
rarest treasuro of her luxurious palace.
In front of tho clock's disk was n imnrr.
swung upon polos , and near it was a
puo oi urtiuciui human limbs. Tho
Kilo was madu III) of thu full number nf
parts for twelve perfect bodies, but nil
lay heaped together in seeming confus
ion. Whenever the hands of tho clock in
dicated tno hour ot one. out from t ho.
nilu crawled iust thu number nf mnta
needed to form tho frame of ono man,
part ioiiuug itself to part with quick
metallio click) and, when completed,
tho figure sprang up, seized a small
mallet, and walking up to tlio gong,
struck ono blow that sent tho sound
pealing thiough every room nnd corri
dor oi mat stntoiy came. When tv
oclock oamc. two men ni-nsn nnd d
id
likewise: and so throindi nil thu hour
of the day, tho number of figures being
the same ns tho number of tho hour,
till nt noon nnd midnight, thu entire
heap sprang up, and, marching to tho
gong, struck ouo nfter another, each
his blow, making twelve in nil, nnd
1 thou fell to pieces again,
ono Inch IJW MM" W Mi J'PJ
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IA Tight With an 'Eagle,
Lewis Williams, who lives in nn iso
lated spot in tho Preston mountains, a
fow miles from Htocknort. Pfl., having
sot a trap to capturo a fox, which b
Had reason to uenovo was carrying
away his chickens, wont out ono morn
int? to look nt it. and found it gono.
Tho trap had been chained to a small
stake in tlio ground, nnd this hnd been
pulled up nud was missing wild tno
trnp and chain. On his way homo
from a search for tho animal, Mr. Wil
liams saw a Hock of crows in a pleca
of woods a quarter of a milo or so from
his house. Tlioy wero cawing furious
ly and circling around above tho trco
tops in one particular spot. Mr. Wil
liams proceeded thither and had just
entered tho edge of tho woods when ho
heard tho rattling of a chain : nnd
simultaneously nn enormous bird strut
ted out from behind a tree, dragging
the missing trap, chain nnd stake. Tho
laws ot the trap were Listened to ono
eg of the bird, which was a bald eaglo
of tho largest size.
The eaglo flow from the ground and
was rising with difficulty toward the
top of a tall dead tree. Williams fired
at it, maiming one of its wings, nnd it
fell to tho ground. Thinking to cap
ture thu bird alive, Williams approach
ed it, but in suite of iLs crippled wing
and tlio burden of tlio trap on its leg,
the bird Hew nt him and attacked him
with such a fury thut ho turned and
tied from tho woods.
Hurrying back home, Williams,
without saying nnythingto others, pro
cured a stout ropo and a large leed-
bag. On bis way back to tho woods
ho noticed that tho crowds, which had
attracted his attention to tho spot in
the first place, wero hovering over iho
place whero ho had left tho eagle, and
from their peculiar cries and frartio
actions ho inferred that something un
usual had occurred during his absence.
Tho crows, knowing by the wonderful
instinct they possess that tho eaglo
was wounded, nnd hating as tlioy do
all large birds, had swooped down on
tho eaglo nnd attacked it in its crippled
condition. Tho attack had been dis.H
trous to tho crows, for when Williams
again reached the spot thero lay dead
near tho enraged eagle, nnd several
others wero dragging themselves a-vny
out of its reach, uttering the sharp, cul
tural cry which they- only utter' when
wounded or in trouble.
Tho eaglo no sooner saw Williams
approaching again than it rushed at
him. Williams had mado a nooso in
ono end of tho ropo ho carried, and
when the eagle new at him ho waited
until it was almost niton him, and then
quickly throw tho nooso over the bird's
head and it slipped down around tlio
wings. Ho then threw Iho bag over
tho bird. As Williams stood with his
arms around tlio great body of tho
bird, endeavoring to secure tho mouth
of the bag around its legs, tho eaglo
suddenly sprang against him, and
striking him in the stomach with its
one fore talon, with o.io fierco down
ward stroke, ripped tho clothing from
him, and toro tho skin from tho
Hush in a long stiip clear to tho
waist.
Williams quickly released tho bird,
:iud made haste to reach his house, sup
posing that ho was terribly iniured.
Two men who were thrashing buck
wheat ior mm were then informed ot
tlio presence of the eaglo in tho woods,
and they went to tho spot and succeed
ed in overpoweiing it. The eaglo will
measure ui leasi, eigui leei irom up io
tip of its wings, and stands nearly four
feet high. Theso birds still nest in tho
wild and rocky elevations in that re
gion.
Office-Holding Doesn't ray.
The closo observer of American no-
litical life must be sadly impressed by
tho many men whoso financial down-
tan is directly traccablo to their par
ticipation in public life. Thero is
scarcely a county that does not furnish
more than one man who entered publio
life in gocd ciiciimstaiicea and with
blight prospects and who havo become
financial wrecks. Probably moro than
n majority of tlio men who enter publio
li.o meet with this fato and go down
io Kit ir graves in poverty.
Theso wrecks are, not confined to tho
men who have lost their pioral chai mi
ter iti.d become mere buinuieis, eithei.
Honest, upright men who havo mum.
tained their peisonal integrity havo
found that pattieipation in publio lifo
has brought in its train poveity and
personal privation. Ex-Governor Bish
op, of Ohio, who was a wealthy busi
ness man at tho timo of his election, is
now traveling with a samnlo caso as an
ordinary salesman. Tho neglect f
his business rendered unavoidable by
..iiumiuii u, ms jmuuu uuiies ten 10 re
verses which swamped him and com
pelled him in his old age to seek his
livelihood by tho uncertain and prcc.r-
iqus meinods oi tno commercial travel
ler. Tlio general tendency of particip.v
tion in Americau public lifo is in this
direction. Tho decayed political bum
mer, who onco know bettor days, is
a sadly familiar sight in this country,
and the class of which Governor Bish
op is a notablo oxamplo is also far too
numerous. Indeed, it is tlio common
est thing in tho world to hoar men
who liavo participated in publio affairs
declnro that tlioy wero compelled to
leavo official lifo because tlioy oould
not nfford to stay in it. Tho small
salaries paid to legislators, Congress
men nnd other officials and tho con
stantly incieasiiig expense of political
campaigns are deterring mnny of our
ablest men from entering publio life
at all and reducing to poverty mnny
who do enter. This is not n pleasant
truth for tho American citizen to con
template, but it is the truth, neverthe
less. J'hila. Tines.
St. John "Ah, my dear, you can't
mnko such mince pies n9 my mother
used to make. Hers wero delicious,
so digestible, nnd made people feel bo
good."
Mrs. St. John Vhy, I havo her
recipe, and mako them precisely the
Bauiu wny."
"Oli 1 "thero must bo somo mistakej
something left out, perhnps."
"So thero is ) I forgot to tell yon."
"I thought ao, my dear; you bco I
am right, as usual. By Uio way, what
ingredient was it you omitted 1"
"Tlio brandy.,r
It is tho crushed grnpo that gives
put blood-red wine. It is tlio suffer
ing soul that breathes thu sweetest
melodies.