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A IV t.KTI-IN In A a erica a yewipapen, IOO
fate Paaar llet !.
ctn.c. On e a a trial.
special hargaixs
If!
HAY- H
LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM.
Some year aro when I was young
And all my troubles were before me,
While tailors" bill wore vet among
The unknown UN so on to Door me;
Whrn I had tukt-n my depree
I went abrouit; thouk-M I. the chaoe'll
Rrt my tired brain, but foolishly
I fell in love with, well, ao angeL
"Twa-i the op;ra we met. -
Tliai nifht I think 'twas Trovatore;
Howrfrr. thcugU I now foi-gct.
It doeu t tuuoh concern my story.
A genUl friend j.re-t-n:ed me
Aa soon a we h-r box eculJ tfat to;
Throuifh love ur Wg'.A i t cuxlesly.
I rolled aiid toisted my libretto. .
Next day ft was I went to call;
Iu thought alrtaily h.r adorer.
I huii).' my bat tP 'n ,h'" natL
And sat n.y humble mlf U-frre her;
At nuiull ta:k she rnu quite an faiv.
Ou tiilc In iu blanc c.an-e to bonceti;
She ha 1 an album; by tha way,
I Uiled il Willi romantic aouueH.
I pia'-d when 5he was out of slpht:
My clothes to loutfur seemnt to fit me;
I dreamed about brr very nU'ht.
Siprare n the heart lia 1 t'ui.id bit me.
She rave me once a lock of hair;
1 ltv-''d x) much I really earned It ;
I have It yet, buttlon't know where.
And tuiuk, pt-rburH, 1 may have burned It.
She flirted, jnat as nil pirls do.
But always aitn my fellow-j-tudents;
To me in mo.l tainf." she was true.
And kept witum the bounds tf prudence.
Yet thorns are found near every rose;
And after snr;e few Months to parUd;
A tear dis, Iist.;ned on her nose.
While I, for wxeks, was broken-hearted.
A seer of years have passed away.
Since then of late I've heard about ner;
Her hair ha thrown a trifle ;ray,
Hir rljnire crown a pre at deal stouter.
I'm married now, and ao, of course.
My heart no longer reach. toward hers;
While he ha had ber third divorce.
And lately' pone to ta'.;i:i boarders.
K H. Curttm. In N. Y. Sun.
ONLY A TKAMP PliLNTEIL
How He Saved a Starvingr Family
by Robbingr a Orocery.
Ha Served Faithfully In tha Colon Army
.lid KnJed His laya aa lie Had
LI veil, a Tramp Printer A
Queer Character.
Hon. S. 1. liartlott, of Qulney, 111.,
relatoa the follow in a tor y. whivh is
told by J. il. D. Davidson iu the Quincy
iouae yuars Ago, when I wa quite a
lad, I wortod at the printing' trade in
Quincy, and held cases on the Whicr, in
the same "alloy" with a tall, sioutly
Luilt printer named Tim Cowan. lie
wn a writable tramp; not froaj neces
sitj but from the rt nson that so many
of the pulld are a rustles love of rov
ing. His was a type of character not
infrequently mrt wiiij, tinbixlyinjj
many poiiit of intflleetuality and ver
satility I talcnu, and in his cao these
were developed to a reniarablo degree.
He was a philosopher, a poet and aa
orator all in ou, and the beauty of his
language when the poetic inood wad on,
and the lofty character of the senti
ments he expressed, were a perpetual
marvel to me.
Cowan took a fatherly interest in me.
and used to t?ivo me sae and sensible
advice, occasionally eiforcinjy it by
.stories or incidents from his own ex
perience. One aay, in toe course ol one
of these talks, he said:
"ISartlett, do you tblnlc It Is ever
ri?ht to do wrong? .
Of course I said it wasn't, and he re
plied that he thought hcre were oc
casions ia Lite when mot only was it
allowable, but a man's duty, to do what
was in iseif wronir. or p.-neraity con
sidered bo. "To illustrate." said he,
let me U-Il you aa incident from my
own eipericnce, and I vill leave yoa
to jiKbe IT I am correct In my assertion:
"One cold winter I strayed into a
little country town in Ohio, and pot a
job of type-sc-ttinj in the only printing
office in the plar. One evening, soon,
after arrivinjr there, I started out for
stroll. It was a cold night I remetuber
that because I had no overcoat. In the
the course of my walk I passed a tumble
down and apparently deserted shanty
in the outskirts of "the town, and was
surprised to hear a sound, as of a jrroan,
proceeding from the interior. I stopped
and knocked at the door, but received
no response. My curiosity wan aroused,
and I went around the house ani pushed
open the rear door and stepped into the
house. I found myself in a room amidst
a scene of destitution and woe that will
never fade from my memory. In the
corner of the room lay a man in the last
stasres of consumption. " At the fireplace
with her hands clasping her knees,
which were drawn up to aor chin, was a
woman, surrounded by two or three
little children. They were hovering1
over a few smouldering slicks in a bot
tomless iron kettle, trying to extract
from them a little warmth.
"They told me they were movers, who
had come there the summer before and
had found and taken possession of this
shanty. The man was taken ill here, and
for a time they had gotten along by sell
ing, one after another, their horses, their
wagon and most of their furniture. Final
ly winter came on, and they had nothing
left to live en except the eharity of the
people of the town. Considerable had
been done for them, but the people had at
last got weary of the drain and bad be
gun to neglect them, so that they were
now destitute of clothing, fuel or proper
food and they knew not where to apply
for them.
'I made up my mind something must
be done for the.se people, and I promised
them that I would see that they had relief
at latest fcy the followingevening, which
was Saturday. I went up-town and spoke
to a number of people aiout the case, but
they all said the family was shiftless and
undeserving; that the woman would not
work when she had the opportunity. I
wondered how the woman could work
with these children and that sick man
to take care of. Finally I gave up the
attempt to get others to do any thing
and determined to take my own wajes
to them the following evening.
"Oa Saturday night the proprietor of
the paper came into the composing
room and said: 'ISoys, I haven't suc
ceeded in raising any money to pay you
off to-night.. I expect syme early next
week. Meantime you'll have to stand
your board bills off a few days.'
"I told him w hat I had promised to do
for this family, and asked if he couldn't
raise me a little rash, or at least make
arrangements so that I could get them
some needed things at the stores. He
replied that he was already in debt at
the stores and hated to ask for more
credit; that in fact he didn't believe
th y would give it. Kvery old printer
will recognize this homelike picture of
the country printing buint ss in the old
days. L"i He didn't cce how Le
coiild do any thing for me before the
next week.
Annoyed and disheartened, I knew
not what to do. I could not bring my
self to go to that family and face their
disappointment when I told ihwm I had
nothing for them. After wandering
around awhile I went to my boarding
house and went to bed. But I could not
sleep. The reproachful, hungry faces
of those children rose tip before me; I
grew more restless and excited as I
thought of their disappointment and
their destitution, till I could bear it no
longer. I said: 'At loast I'll play the
man; I'll keep my appointment .with
thtrn, and tell them why I could not get
any thing for them."
"So I got up and dressed and went
down to the wretched hovel. I found
the people very much as they w ere when
I had first seen them. They were ex-pet-ting
me. The moment I entered
their eyes sparkled and eager welcome
and expectation! was on every face. My
heart failed me. I could not tell them
I had nothing for them. I stammered
out that I had ceme to find what they
needed (just as if I didn't know, before
hand, that they needed every thing). I
then left, promising to return soin.
"I didn't kuovr what to do. I went to
the houses of some of the citizens and
woke them up, and plead with them to
do something at once, but each in turn
refused, saying that more had already
been done than the family deserved. I
walked on until I found my&elf on the
business square, which was deserted,
and stood in front of a grocery store in
which burned a light. I trie d the door
and found it locked. I pushed on it
put my shoulder to it and it came open.
I walked ia, and helped myself. I piled
my arms as full as I could carry of pro
visiens and took them down to that
destitute family; I went back and got
another load, and took itdown; and then
I went to a neighboring wood-pile and got
several arm-loads of wood; I built up a
rousing good Ere and cooked those
wretched people a supper myself, and
came away leaving them eating it, their
hearts filled with gratitude and their lips
speaking thanks and blessings. I went
to my boarding house and went to bed,
and slept soundly all night.
'Next morning I went down-town and
found a crowd of people around the
store, talking excitedly about the rob
bery of the night before.and threatening
to 'string up' the culprit if he could be
found.
'Gentlemen, said I, addressing them,
you need not look any further. I'm the
man that did it. And I can tell you why
I did it if you'd like to know." And then
I told them all the facts of the case and
concluded: 'Now, gentlemen. I am will
ing to abide the consequences. I will
submit to any penalty you name. If two
or three years of my liberty will pay the
bill, I'll gladly forfety it; or, if you
choose to let me pay it as I can from my
weekly wages, t'll remain in mis town
cntil every cent is paid. Do as you
please; I leave it to your sense of jus
tice. Hut I would have fed these starv
ing children last night had I known it
would cost me ten years in the peniten
tiary." "Even then some were for arresting
and committing me: but by the next
morning the tide bad chamred. Several
citizens made , up the amount due the
storekeeper, and provision was made for
the family thereafter.- But nothing
short of that act of mine could have
roused that community up to its duty.
And now, my lad, concluded . Cowan,
"did I do right in doing wrong or
wrong in doing right?"
I was too little of a casuist in those
days to answer the qnestion positively,
though I have since tuadu up uiy mind
(cite clearly about it.
Cowan afterward went into the army
at the opening of the war and fought to
its close. I was interested in fallowing
up his history, and, on inquiry, found
'tuut he had left behind him, wherever
,te went, a record of kind znd charitable
Jeeds. and that happiness and blessing
seemed to follow him. lie was a man of
groat heart and uncommon taleuta, and
had he not so underestimated bis own
abilities, and shown , more settled pur
pose of life, he could have arisen f al
most any position of eminencoand Loaor
among men. After the war he return -d
to the North and lived for a time in Nr.'
Louis. He eventually took up his old
roving life, and ended his days as he had
lived the most of them a tramp printer.
VERY AGGRAVATING.
Flalnt of a I Ion ton Man Who Doea Hot
Vnderatanal Feaaala Nature.
A Boston business man, who is some
thing of a crank, met a Globe man yes
terday afternoon, and, after exchanging
a few words about the result of the elec
tions, said: "Did you evr notice what
aggravating creature women are? Or
have I been singularly afflicted in hav
ing one of tSo worst of them for my
wife?"
"Why, what's the matfr now? ques
tioned the writer in return.
"Oh (with a sigh), my wife has the life
worried out of me with ber foolish ques
tions and aggravating remarks. How, for
instance, only the other day I had
quietly sneaked upstairs se that I might
shave myself without interruption, and
had sharpened my razor, fixed my glass
in the window, lathered myself and had
just commenced operations on my beard,
wbich is not one of the easiest to shave
by any means. I was not in a very
pleasant frame of mind, you may believe,
and, to make it jvorse, just at that junc
ture my wife stuck her head in the door
and asked:
"'Are vou shaving, dear?' Now, it
was only the day before that I had
dropped a fiat-iron on my pet corn, and
then she ventured to ask me if I did
not know it was heavy, and what made
me drop iton my foot; 60 you can bet that
I was mad clear through. So, when she
said: 'Are you shaving, dear? I turned
on her and snapped out: 'No, you fool,
I'm not shaving. If you had any eyes
you could see that I'm shoveling coal. "
lie 6ighed as he turned to go up the
street, and said: "Hut it's just like a
woman, you know, to ask foolish ques
tions like that. I suppose if I were to
tumble out of a second-story window
and should land on a pointed iron fence
my wife would come flying out and
with an air of solicitation say: Dar
ling, did you hurt yourself?
The Larg-oat Yield of Batter.
The record for the largest amount of
butter produced by a cow in one year has
been broken by a cot owned by D. F.
Appleton, of Ipswich, Mass., who, with
three days to spare, produced 041 pounds
and 11 ounces. The previous record was
90 pounds and 13."f ounces, hc-ld by
Landseer's Fancy, ow ned by Dr. William
Morrow, of Nashville, Teoa. . -
STANFORD UNIVERSITY.
51 ra. TLeland Stanford'a Plana In Connec
tion with That Institution.
Mrs. Leland Stanford, in an interview
in the San Francisco Chronicle, gives
many facts hitherto un printed in regard
to plans for the new university at Palo
Alto. She says the same attention will
be pi von to girls as to boys, and it is her
purpose to have an art training-school,
like the Cooper Institute, where girls
who have a taste for designing may se
cure Instruction that will eiiaMe them
to earn a good living. If they Vien wUh
to stndy high"r tirt they will hat e means
tosvpport themselves. The chief aim
will be to ground the s .idents in ele
mentary studies, and then to give them
some practical training ty which they
may easily supjort themselves. If then
they desire higher training it will bo
freely given, but the whole spirit of the
institution will be against merely orna
mental education. To quote Mrs. Stan
ford's words on thi-i point:
"I think it absolutely cruel to give a
young man or woman who must depend
upon their own exertions for a liveli
hood a classical education pure and sim
ple. There is scarcely a week that Mr.
Stanford is not asked to give employ
ment to graduaK-s of Yale and Harvard
He has six ef them as car-conductors on
the Market street lino now. Of course
it U no disgrace to them and they will
not remain long, but it is pitiful to wit
ness the helplessness- of wrongly edu
cated young people.". . ' - ',
When asked whether any plans had
been devised for tbcassociation of the
bexva sue said: "Yes, indeed. Cot
tag t will be built which will accommo
date about twenty students eacti and
these will be in charge of a teacher,'
where the personal habits, manners and
amusements of the students may be
under supervision. Every care will be
taken to make tnese cottages homes in
the best sense jot tbe word,- a place
where no creed is taugnt, but.' where the
day begins and ends with prayer and
where each individual is brought under
refined : discipline. ' The eottages in
- tended for boys will be about a mile dis
tant f rum those occupied by the girls,
but the evenings may be passed together
in music or social games in the presence
of and with the oonsentof the teachers."
"is it true yoa intend to give paint
ings and curios 'in your house to the
uni versitym useum?"
Quite true, and I am determined
there shall be copies of all the old
masters added to the collection of
paintings. Down in my ball-room is an
exact reproduction of 'The Lord's Sup
per, painte-d by Raphael. wb:h was
found durir.g the wacs of Napoleon, and
which hanrs In the cathedral near
Milan. King Humbert allowed me to
have it copied. Through Mr. lvndle
ton, our recent Minister to Germany,
the young- Kaiser has given permission
to secure a copy of the famous 'Sitine
Madonna in Dresden, reserving only
the right to name the artist. I have
just given an order to have the work
begun.
It is exTx-eted that the university will
be open rrt fall. The college- will
be provided wttn ampie lecture-rooms,
and the trustees will be required to of
fer a high salary for instructors. The
higr-.T courses will be free to post
graduates of all colleges and universi
ties, and to such other deserving per
sons as the trustees may elect to admit.
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
Tn a revival meeting at Walla Wal
la. Ore., a rr.rin confessed that' ho a
munliji-er r.n 1 ;sli-u f.irgivereys. He refuse-!
to tnresl the; circumstances. '
"" An advertisement in " Media
(Pa.) Record -.tnouuocs the I.. .-.Jon of
a piece of propcr'.y tap for stle as one
aud one-quarter inches from the town
of Wawa. ' . .
"I always, return from Europe more
ia love w itu, my owa country than eve.-,
e&ys Senator Wii.buin, ol iiir..3ota.
."Luropti is nothing but an armed cum p.
Just what a full-grown black I-car
can do in the way of buying was dem--onstrated
in' Maine a week or two ago,
when bruin seized a barrel of beet, gave
it a squeese and crushed it in pieces. It
was estimated to be a squeeze of two
horse tower, i.- !--. -'.
- Uaeqnalned with tbe game birds
of this country, a 'newly-arrived Oer
rrjan, living near Scranton,- shot a barn
yard trurkey under the ' impression thit
it was a wild f jwL He took it borne
and bad it cooked, and was about to sit
down at the dinner-table to eat it when
he was arrested for killing hla neigh-
. bor's poultry.
A Saco (Me.) blacksmith Is the
latest convert to the belief that early
rising is not always in practice what it
is in theory. ' He got up dark and early
the other, morning, and bad his fire
blazing by four o'clock. The next thing
he knew the Saco fire department bad
the hose turned on- his blaze, and the
neighbors were Breaming "fire1 at the
top of their voice.
A family of Burn side," I IL, had been
annoyed for many weeks by strange
noises, and suspected that some noxious
animal was in the house. Tbe other
night they discovered tbe intruder in
the shape of a huge rattlesnake, which
had been aroused to fury by a cat.
There was intense excitement, espe
cially among the ladies of the house
hold, until the reptile was dispatched.
There are various degrees of folly
exhibited by individuals in the daily
routine of life; perhaps no greater one
could be adduced than that of search
ing for an escape of gas with a naked
light, says the London Lancet. A man
of mature age has recently had occa
sion to be impressed with the negli
gence he displayed in his endeavor to
find the origin of an escape of gas in
his bouse. Besides being badly burnt
on the face, head and arms, he became
aware at the same time of considerable
damage douo to his household prop
erty. One of the Philadelphia institutes
had a pleasant experience the other day.
Some years ago the managers admitted
a pupil to its school who was unable at
the time to pay the regular fees. It was
understood that he should pay at some
future time, but no account was opened
with hi .a, and the incident had almost
been forgotten, when the pupil returned
to pay the money fifty dollars. The in
struction he had received enabled him
to get employment, and when be bad
saved enough of his earnings to meet his
obligations be came up manfully and
paid the cost of bis tuition.
An Intelligent Elector.
At the election in Beverly, Mass., one
ballot was entirely blank, b':: on the
back of it was written: "I want I) vote
th.- eaaie. as Maurice llvapby.'
AN OBSTINATE OLD MAN.
An old man lived all alone, all alone.
And a ol!y oid man was he.
He was ruJdy and fat an 1 sleek as a rat,
And hid leg was a pood thing to see.
His chest was round, his hrer a as sound.
And his voice Lad a ciiord of k l'-e
As he sang ta bimselT while be counted his plf :
"Oh. ho!
rm a hearty uA hale old man.
Ah. ha: I
Such a eturdy aud well eld man"' '
Not a chick nor a child had he in the world:
Thonijh his colTers were full of pol J:
He h:n3 xr.ouey in client, iu trousers, iu veit,
FruTa hl:i ocltt-.s the bi 'AiW ro;led;
He onued ii-iija tt laai ana i;ul i-e. . KTaiid,
And In tack hart thousands untold.
So be tang all tha while, with a confident
Bmile:
Oh, ho!
I'm a likely and peart old man.
Ah. ha!
Such a merry and brisk old man !"
His brothers waited and lotted in vain,
. Aud lor year . I v. c :u a score
They tvou .1 r.ic-1 a.-hd jy ar.il pleasantly say:
The old n;n ia rl.hl ct n.tiih'a door."
Then the Crit oiw fclept an-l h - iiei'er weptj
Lrut aa luutheJ cud saiirf the i:iore.
And he J-yy tr.i-ii u.ii the .ast cue died:
"Oil, ho!
I'm a healthy a-.d long lived man,
Ah. ba!
Such a vigorous, sound old man 1"
Each niht his nephews and nieces dreamt
Of how r'.c'a they were poln to crow.
And they lovod to hint: -We will never stint
":Vhen our ship cornea in, yu know."
But I pricve to tt-:i. h-; kept hale aud well
While tha yi ars went ilras'in? !ow.
And he cackled loud o'er the ia:-t oue's shroud:
"Oh. bo! '
I'm a hardy and stout old man,
' . r Ah. hal '
Such a lusty and tough old man."
And he U living yet all alone by himself,
This man I Mtr.pn about,
OU ! his eye is trit"ht and his ftep is light.
And Lis Voice is cheery ami stout;
His checks nre red aud he holds up his head
In a way that put a dt?ti b. to rout,
, Sa I cun't see why he should ever die
Oh! dear.
Such a beaJtf.y and well old man.
Ah : mo.
Such an obatinate. tough old man 1
Cieoryc Horton, ia Chicago Herald.
JOE'S PARTNERS.
Ho Takes One for Life After Hav
ing Lota of Trouble.
From the time he settled in the camp
he was forever picking up the strag
glers who came along no matter how
ill-favored or unsavory they appeared,
giving them work on his claim, and now
and then taking oue into partnership
..nerally with the result of fijidir.g
himsi If cheated and deserted within a
lew weeks' time but just as cheerfully
trying the experiment over whon the
nexttrauip came along, notwithtahd- ;
ing the remonstrances of his friends.
"Some of theru toughs "11 cut your 'i
throat one of these nights for the sake i
of the dust you've got," they predicted. :
"No need of that, when tbey're wel
come to it without," answered Joe. j
He was an easy-going individual,
whose work only su'licesl to keep his
wants well supplied, though there were
r.it-n who declared that if they had
Joe's claim they would grow rich
from it.
The wonder was that no one of his
partners had stuck long enough to test
the fact.
"Jee s too confounded lazy bisself to
get down to solid business with his pick
and shovel, and them vagrants thar's
r.o good in the whole kith and km of
them, the cuiup pronounced. "They
rievt r calkilatr-d to do rot' in' but iui
j. on his pood nature; and I t.-ll you
what, loys, it's no credit to the carr.p to
have theu hngin roui.J. uimI 1 pro
pose, if he don't let up on LLi X'romis
cuon eharity, to b.' one of the commit
tee that'll warn him to get out. He
nay be willin to run the risk of bein'
robbed and murdered hisself, but 'taint
fair to ask all the rest of us to do the
ine."
"Time enough to talk when some
body's been rubbed aud murdered. said
Joe, wlit-a the speech was reported to
Lim.
And it w as not more than a week later
that news went around that Joe had
taken another partner.
"Nigher to bein a cadaver than a live
man, to judge by his looks," declared
the informant. "I rc-ckwn that Joe at
Last has got bolt of the angel he's been
lookin' out to entertain unawares. He'll
be goin' to jine "em afore long, anyway.
Do to start a graveyard with, sex-in' as
Tipsy Bill disapp'inted us by jumpiu'
into Deep river when he got the jams
and Big Saul was run out of camp afore
be killed his man. Be to our credit if
we pet a nateral death to start with.
This favoring view of 'the case was
helped along when they found Joe la
boring alone on bis claim a day or two
afterward.
"Pard's laid up to-day," he imparted.
"Gt the consumption, boys, and is
'most gone with it. Cougns dreadful of
nights, an' ias a bit of a girl wife
waitin for him to go back to her. -I'm
a-goin to work double turns to make up
his pile for him, and if any of you-umj
wants to help, here's the chance for
you. I ain't axin it out of your pocket,
understand, but in work on the claim."
And Joe got the promise from every
man present to do his share.
Was it any wonder, then, that their
indignation rose, on their return to
camp, to find the-ir cabins rifled of their
ready dust and the consumptive gone,
leaving no trace behind him?
Joe was the most crestfallen man of
the lot.
"I wouldn't have believed it," he. de
clared. "If you can make up your
losses out of my claim, boys, I'll bo
glad to have you do it. I've got to givo
it up now; you was right and I was
wrong 'bout pickin' up strangers that
way."
"Then let it be a lesson to you, Joe.
We'll forgive you and say no more about
it, if you won't take up with any more
pardncrs."
And Joe promised readily.
A month went by, and then one day
he appeared before them.
"I want you to let me off on my word,
boys. 'Tain't in natur' to turn him olf
iust a bit of a boy; nto harm in him.
You'll say so, I know."
Aiid in spite of their prejudices they
lid .-.ay so, for the p:ile lad, who scarcely
looked more than sixteen, touched their
v.arni he-arts with a feeling of pity, and
ce speedily became a favorite among
the men, to w illing was he to rciuur
any service, so eager to be of ue about
the camp.
"Let mc cook for tbe lot of you'. he
bogged. "I'm a famous baud at it; my
mother taught me how. And I'll tidy
up jour cabins bettcr'n you keep them.
You can try me first, and then pay me
what you like in dust. I'll have time
enough aside from wurkyi' pardqers
witi Joe."
Which turned the laugh against Joe,
whose time was given more to his pipe
than to his claim.
The boy Andy was soon quite at homo
all over the camp. He was as good as a
woman around, the men declared, which
remark Andy rather resentt-d.
'"I'd rather have you say I'm an im
nrovciiicnt over Joe's other parduers,
but mebbe you'll be running n:o out
some clay like you wanted to do with
them."
"It all depends on how you behave
yourself, you know. If we catch you
foolin' around our dust like the last
chap did, we'll du wuss'n run you out."
A night or two after that Joe sat sud- I
denly upright in h5s bunk, wondering
what bad wakened him.
"Andy!" he called, with his heart
thumping strange ly.
No answer. Andy was not in kis
bunk, but his place tht-re; was warm.
Fearing something, he scarcely knew
what, Joe hurried out just as he was i
half-dressed but bootless find making j
no sound, came close upon a group that i
moved from one of the cabins. j
"I was awake and saw him at the I
job!" a man's low voice declared ex-
citedly. "I'd left a light burning, as 1 t
didn't fe-el well and I swar it was Andy.
I was too thunderstruck to say a word.
Slippery little rascal! But wheu ho lit 1
out, I follcred. He took up the hill
towards Beagle's caclus, and I routed
you'uns out so you could see for your
selves. We'll be in time to catch him if
we hurry up."
But the unseen listener was quicker
than they. Running lightly, ho came
Urst upun the boy and caught Liui by
.he arm, dragging Lim aloug.
"They're ont you. Andy; you'.l have
to skip'. . What did you do it for? Hut
thar, la&ke tracks; for they'd be hard on
you, they've been fouled so often.
They're cumin'! Run now, ran, and I'll
cover your trail!"
Panting all this as they ran side by
side, Joe gave the boy a push at the
last, and himself turned in the direc
tion of his cabin, bhwwing Liuiaclf ta
the pursuers just eneugh to draw them
upon his trail.
But be halted at bis own door and
faced them, saying:
"Now, then, what is it you want'."
"You. Jot t'wan't you back thar?
'Course not. It's Andy we want, aud
don't you stop us."
"It was me yon run down from
Beagle's cache, if that's what you mean.
declared Joe. coolly. "You've toor eve
if vou don't know mo from Amlv. nn:a '
in the dark."
His tactics did not work, howeve r, for
Jor-'s honesty was too well known to 1
doubted.
"Pshaw, Iki.vs. he's pivin you a bluH!
It was Anay 1 seen. Ouioi tne way, Jos'.
r this here'll speak!''
'Let it!" from Joe.
Then th.-re was a seufT.e. cut short by
a revolver shot, for the miner who b:id
seen himself rohlied. as be believed, was
now thoroughly roused and careless as
to consenucuocs.
There came a ciy fivtu tLe tiear dark
ness: "Don't shoot! I'm here- Oh!. Toe. are
yoa hurt?"
Joe had started and stagge-red back,
leaning aeainst the wall, but now he
groanc-d, less from, pain than at finding
Andy beside him.
"You'd oner "a got- I'm afeard T
can't save jou now."
"Save me from what, Joe? I've done
nothing wrong. You m'n, what is it
you thi;.U? that I've been robbinayoii?
Co home and look at your dust. You'll
find mote; there -than you bad of your
own, for I've been paying back as 1 can
what was tken from vou by .Tov's last
partner. I did it in this way because I
didn't want to tL-llyoa that ho was tcy
my "
"I reckon we know-" brolte in one e
the- men, quicker wittcd than the rcs
"Mebby your i.atno's Axini.. instead ef
Andy. See here, boys, I believe this is
all right, but one (sj yOU gj b,ok t
make sure, and I'll 'tend to Joe while
you arc gone."
It was all right, and Joe's wound w as
not serious, and soi.ie time atrcrwarJ
this news was passed through thocainp-
" Joe's took a T.fe p-irdiM r this tijn.
One be tried before-, t-o he knows what
he's about. She's a brick, that Aunie.
Paid back every, stiver of the dusv in.
bpitu of us.
"Soon for a wedain"? Not, ronsi-rin'
that she scarce ly knew numbe-r one at
alL He wasn't s bad a feller, either,
to up an' marry her out of pify when- her
daddy died and left her alone; then sot
out to look for vawik and went oil! with
quick consumption, like wu know.
Can't say I blame hii for cribhin the
means to git home to her first.
"She's made a better choice this time,
for Joe ain't lazy any more; has some--thing
to woik for now, ho says. Tell
you what, boys, come to the last, Joe's
made a ten-strike ia his paruner!"
Bert L. Thompson, in Philadelphia Sat
urday Nigkt.
v Uere Oorernnient Clerka Smoke
The Government has at lass found a
use for that vast inclosed court in tho
Pension building. No one has ever
known w hat it was designed for except
to b-ok spacious, and once in fuur yeaxs
to givo room for tfie inaugural bail. But
it is now converted into a National smoking-room.
For one hour each day clouds
cf tobatvo smoke curl about the great
columns and the sce-nt of tobacco per
meates the air. General Rauin has rr-Tuibiu-d
sme.L5g in the Iv.nsion Oliice
during working hours, and to make up
to the clerks for tha privation ha3 grant
ed them the privile ge ot this grout court
aa a smoking-room during the lunch
hoar. At iaidday they march about this
tiled hall and mingle the odor of the
"f ofora" with the fragrance of the
quarter Ilavanrts. The paper cigarette
mingles its paper 6nifc.ll with the rest.
The rules of .ie department have been
steadily running the cigar-smokers out,
and this i3 the first concession they havo
had. Washington Letter.
Mmic of the Mante&lniae.
Tho music of the Marse illaise hymn,
formerly credited to Rouget do Lisle,
the writer of tho words, was composed
by Jean Rapuste Lucic-n Orison, a note d
composer of church music who was
choir-master of tho Cathedral of St.
Uaiar. in the Pas do Calais, from 1775 to
17:7. During this time be composed an
oratorio calU-l "Esther," tbe text of
which was taken from Racine's tragedy
of the same name. Tho first number,
entitled "The Defamation," contains
noU) for note the melody of tho Mar
seillaise, so that VJrison's composition
was written at least five years before
the rational hymn of Kougetde Lisle.
"A LITTLE NONSENSE.'''t
Voice from' the Cage "The saloon,
ho solemnly drawlod, "is the house .hat
Jagg built." Hu!Iali Courier. y
"Have yt ncally signed as pitcher'
on the nine?" she asked, brer-.t hlessly. "I
have," bo anvrerf L "Then I arrt
ewe rs." she repli.id. Puck.
Mrs. r.i-odg-o.l "What! not an'
open firo-plac nor- a s'rovo in the whol-3
ho'.i."?? Ik'W does y-v-r father warn his
slipper, Willie-'.1'' WilUo (ruefully)
"V ar:r.sV:ii on me, 111.1." Burling
ton Free Pref-s.
Coming from ti Thea'e. Wife
(to liiis'tiund) "I cnjir;.--l the jifcty ever
soravich. It is an exjllent piece of
draTi'tio work a rie production, I
llii.ik." "Yes. a moll drama." Ar
ktr.sa'w Traveler.
Miss Luphretta Cumberland (seat
ing herself ct tho melodeonl "Jennie,
come hcah, pi ease." Jennie "What f
to tu'ii tho le aves?"' "Nor I want ye
to lif" up de kej s whon dey-stitk down."
Ilarpe-r's Jlaiar.
.Mu:-UJtby R'.ile. Chief Have you
got an v clews?" Salmrdinatc- "No, but
i'veeaught the criminal. " Chi--f "Well,
you must c;o '.t and g--t a few ! ws. it
will never do to linak e.-;t:iblisJ'4 rules,
you know." Terre Haute Ilxprrss. 1
SLA Knew What Shf Wanted. Oil
Lady "I'd like to buy wuco plasters,
young feller." Drug Clerk "Yes,
ma'am; poioas?"' Old Lady "Do you
s'pose I want to ketch my death o' cold?
Let's see your winter styles." Judre.
Curicus "You'vh seen tho new ro
versible coal?" fjuericu "No, what is
it like?" Curicus "A combination ove-r-cxiat
and house coat." uericus ".Vh, I
see. Afte-r you havo worn it out you
wear it in!" Clot ':i-r and Furnisher.
"Susie." srtid Willie to his .sister,
"what are Bla kfe. t Indians?" "What
are what?"' 'i.'l.Mjkfcet Indians." "I
don't know, I'm sure," said Suiie,
'what tt.ei expression can mean,
unless thoso wicked traders havo
been selling tbo poor Indians some of
the hosiery that is warranted not to
fade." Merchant Traveler.
Old Mrs. Smiley "Next time I g-c
took down sick, my d.-r. I wi-.u ye
wouldn't have that there jnur.g j rigof
a docu.r come to atte-rd mo. 1 don't go
much on young den-tors, no how." Mr.
Smiley "W. 11, Maria, who would you
like to have me call?" Mrs. S. "I've
kiniVr took a notion to the doctor
around the corner. I dunno much about
him, but I see lie's got a sign out
'Veterinary Surgeon,' and 1 think he
must be a man of t jipcrijice." Amer
ica. BROKE DOWN FENCES.
How a Srhrew-rt Krr.tutky rather IXnpoaad
of Ills Kix llaU!rllrl-lt.
In an ol 1 lvk written by a Western
CenjTessuiauv a ounu'rupwary of Clay
am! 'Vebstor. rot:t.u:;ing rcimni-rcncea
uf his ti:;;es, a story M toi l of one of his
friends, a fariue-r in Kentucky named
I';vne, who told six daughters, none of
wiiom wen- IWii.il with beauty. The
Congri'f smart knew them in in-ir home
ly youth, and w hen lie returned, a few
years later, found them a'l married to
good, infliHT-tial men. So great was hi
surprise that bi ve ntured to n s. their
father why '..ley had bve-n a.i so sou!'h'.
when o'.ni - girls r. a ii:i. d negl.-cted.
The old far cer huckjid.
"Yes. and you msy s-, y who thev hud
neither uo'tcr n r g ksI lo. ks. W.-ij. I'll
t 11 you. When I wait-: my 1 a-.-! to eat
buckwheat s'::bl !e irt ad o?" gr-tss I
don't drive tht in into t;.t fit-Id; I iVneo
it o.7 from- ib'-m. They irn vid.uu-uiy
that tlkey always want iV thing they
Ciiu'tp t. Theybrtak down the lence;
I driv.j them ot.S r.nd put it up. By tho
time they f jh' for it one; ,r twice they
think thy like tho stihMo.
"Well, I stw tny piils weren't tho
most atasacLivo kin-i, and I 'e;i-cil
them int
"You never fo'inJ thcr.i in b-'. !s
d.iticin' r kee r, in' stalls -.t or.u.-.ty fairs.
Young aien to know them bail to conie
to the tar father's bouse. Wl.e-n tho
neighhu saw how thei Payno girls
were kept, away from the croud they
though.? their value must, bo high.
Young- men came tk break down the
frr.e-esw'
"Th story was coarsely told, per
haps," adds the old sarrator, "but there
is uicicv in it than Tsocts tho eye."
ORIENTAL JUSTICE.
lloa aa Eatern Ju.lte Iterided a Com
plicated Case.
Dr. Henry M. Scudder reports the do
ciision of a case in au Eastern court in
which tho nice di.f-ri initiation of tho
buch was coii-,r icuous.
Four men, parsers in business, bought;
some cotton babes. That the rats might
rot destroy the cotton tucy purchased a
rat. They agreed thai oath of tho four
should own a particular leg uf the cat.
and each adoraenl with beads and other
ornaments th.a leg thus apportioned to.
him.
The eiat by an accident injured one of
its legs. The owner of that member
wound about it a rag soaked in oil. The
cat going tcsu mxir tho fire set tho ragon
fire, ami bing in great pain rusluni ia
among the cotton bu.les, where t.bo was
accustomed to hunt rats. Tbo cotton
there by t'jok fire and was burned ap.. It
was a total loss.
Tho three other partners brot-crht an.
action Ts-j re-cover th value of the cotton
against tho fourth partner, w !u owned
that particular leg of the cat. The judga
examined the case and decided ttus:
"T!.e leg that had the oil ra ,' on it
was hurt; the cat could not u.se that leg;
in fuct, it held up that le-g aud ran, with,
the other three legs. The thre e unhurt
legs, there-fore, carried the fire to tho
cotton, and are alone culpable Tho in
jured leg is not to-be blamed. Tie three
partners who owned tho tureo leg. with
which the cat ran to tho cotton will pay
tho whole value of the bales , the part
ner whj was tho proprietor of the in
jured leg."
An Intelligent Maine Iog-.
Who sa-s a dog has not intelligence?
A Gardiner lady set a dish of soup out
in her yurd the other day to cool. The
dish was ve ry hot, but had a handle.
The house dog soon came along to the
dish, lured by the fase-inatiug fragrance,
cntrup!atel the eontonto 1 . rv' t :.ugh
to find that :t w;;a bis favor 1.0 soup,
then, taking the handle between bis
toe-th, bo backed oil several rods very
carefully, pulling the dioh after him
to a place w hich he considered booth col
er and more sequestered. Ho waited
for the broth to cool, diivourcl it with
infinite rclibb. then dragged the dish.
j back to the spot whore ho found it.
uangor t.eruiutTcriai. ....