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" .MOST.N.w V.ai.t
AFTER FOKTY YEAKS.
A Slnsrular Meeting on Board a
Lake Propoller.
"It was In the fall of '47 that threo
young fellows left Rochester for the
West, determined to hew out their
fortunes, or perish In the attempt,"
said one of a party of four or fire, who
were gathered in the cabin of a lake pro
peller, bound down, ono stormy niht.
One or two of the number had stemmed
tho monotony and broken the ice
towards a freer feeling by rehearsing
some light anecdotes or reminiscences,
when a gray-haired, rotund gentleman
venturod as above. All attention was
given him, and ho then continued:
"As I was one of them I will bo more
personal and ay that wo were strong,
well-built specimens of manhood and
had any amount of grit; and we had
also made up our minds to bo fully in
dependent of the world a'nd of each
other. We went together from Hu'Jalo
to Detroit by boat. Arriving at De
troit and spending a day or two in look
ing about, we then, after consultation,
concluded to part company and each go
in the direction he thought best
"Ilefore parting wo agreed to return
to our old home at Rochester in forty
years, if our lives wore spared. This
was putting it a long ways ahoad, bua
thi was only another freak.
"Well, as before said, I am one of tho
three, and am now on my way to Koch
ester, in fulfillment of the agreement
made. I don't know whether I shall
see tho others or not. I have never
heard a word from cither of them, and
really do not know whether to think
thev are alivo or dead."'
While this wai Wing said, a young
man, who had been trying to read by
the dim, flickering light, put aside his
book and strained esgerly to catch
every word uttered by the story-teller.
'It might, in view of this," continued
th man of gray hairs, 'l.o interesting
to you, gr-ntlemcn. to hav a brief
sketch of what has haptx.ned to mo
since that time of ruy separation from
niy comrades now almost forty years
a fix.
"Yes. yes. let u. hare It," they all
:rieiL
TUo old gentleman move,! himself
int.) a ninro comfortable jiosition, whilo
tho young man edged himself a littlo
closer to the group.
"Well. 1 struck straight north. Tok
a boat for Mackinaw, and from there
drifted to ,roert 1 lay. Wis. There was
nothingof tlreen lUy then, but I saw
some (r.xxl land, and ly w igjrlingaround
I manaced to get hold of some of it. I
th.-n heia on. It whs pretty hard work
sometimes, but 1 never let thnt land go,
and, as a result, it is worth many thou
sands of I'ncle Sam's big silrer dollars.
Hut that is only on ono line, and is a
little out of order. I started a little
supply store in tlreen Day when it first
lx"gaii to develop, and as I was having
moderate su.-coss, I soon got me a wife.
"Woll, we padlled along without
much occurring, until ono day a big fel
low came into my store said ho was a
'uniberman and ordered a heavy bill
goods. He then went out, and in
few hours returned considerably intoxi
cated and wanted to borrow f 10. I, of
course, could not let him have it, for I
had not found time to look up who my
customer was, and feared he might bo
trying to swindle me. Upon my refusing
his re.juest he became very much en
raged, and commenced shooting at mo
with a big pistol ho carried. In def.-nso
of myself I seized a loaded gun, that
was standing in a corner, and. in tho
heat of the moment, I discharged it to
ward him, and was immediately horri
fied to si o him fall and dio at once.
'Well, to make s long story short, I
was exonerated from all guilt by tho
authorities; and yet every littlo whilo I
heard somo ono whisper and look or
point toward me, and it ma Io me feel
very uneasy. So I finally decided to
'pull up stakes' and go farther West.
Aliout this time, however, I was draft
ed into tho military service tho war
had iust begun and went through the
whole campaign, leaving behind those
two Cngers," holding up his hand for
inspection, "and bringing out tho long
scar on tho back of my head.
"I then went West again, picked up
my family, and struck into he grazing
listrict tif Montana. I bought a few
head of cattlo at first, and, by care, I
havo been aMo to seo these multiply,
until now I have one of tho largest and
most successful cattle ranches in that
section of country. I have seen all
kinds ot 'roughing it out there, and
may say that I have had many adven
tures of varied nature. 1 am now sixty
four years old and bid fair to see eighty
four, so far as my general bodily vigor
is concerned.
"Such is. briefly, mv life, and what it
has done; and you don't know how anx
iov.s I am to learn of thue other t wo
young men for I can only seo theui as
young mn and to know tho result of
their forty -years' struggle."
This was told in an interesting and
pleasant ton and had just been fin
ished, when tho young man who had
been listening so intently stepped for
ward, and addressing himself to tho lit
tle old gentleman, said, politely:
"Kxcuso me, air; but may I ask your
nameV'
"Certainly, sir certainly," was re
plied, and the old gentleman gavo his
full name.
"Then, sir," said tho young man, "I
want to grasp your hand, for you are my
father's old friend, and I am now on my
way to Rochester to flrvd a gentleman
jf your name and bearing your his
tory." "Whatl" exclaimed tho old-timor. ex
hibiting great surprise; "you don't
mean to say that you are tho aon of one
of those two lost ones one of tho two
associated with mo in that freak of forty
years ago?"
"Yes, sir," said tho tall young fellow.
That is just what I mean."
"Well, well! Just step hero whore the
light will show better. Yes, I seo a
distinct resemblance. You certainly
look very much like that hearty young
companion of mine forty year ago;
very much, in fact, as 1 have almost -x-rM-trd
to set. him though I know that
over half a life-time has passed by. Rut
your father tell me of him at once,1
and the little old man began to get
Algety.
They relaxed their grasp of each
others hands and sat down together,
while the others gave every attention.
"My father is dead," began the young
man.
"What'" nai I tho sire at his side.
,"Y... my f-t'.Li r. an I tho companion
of your younger days, is no more. ITo
pas.ed away four years ago, and on his
dying bed he gave ma the instructions I
am now carrying out. It was the ono
w ish of my father's latter life to bo able
to take tho Eastern trip to Rochester to
meet the other two members of that
party you havo tuld of. It was on his
mind a great deaL
"When my father died he was one of
the most prominent men on tho I'acific
slope. He had figured in all tho great
political events since 1S0O, and occu
pied many positions of public worth.
"Ho became early interested in tha
flsherien of tho northern coast, and
during a visit to those grounds was
taken captive by a roving band of In
dians and held for over a year. Ho
finally succeeded in making his escape,
but was in tho mountains for months;
at last, and by the uiorest chance, get
ting to tho coast again, and ho on back
to San Francisco. Ho becamo a cashier
In a bank, and whilo in hU position
married the daughter of the bank's pres
ident. It was not long after this before
my father found himself president of
the bank, which i tho largest insti
tution of its kin. on tho I'acific coast.
It was then that my father began his
public career, and he continued to rise
in worldly station until his death came.
I am now one o tho ofllcers of the
bank of which my father was for veara
.---president, and have large and pressing
interests to oversee, yet I havo left all,
for a time, for tho sole purpose of fol
lowing out tho wishes I may almost
say the lat wishes of my father, aela
tive to this trip to Rochester and the
hunting up of tho other two of that
original little party of forty years ago,
I have somo mementoes with mo that
father put aside for those ho expected
to meet this year at Rochester, and now
I am afraid that we will have to unito
our powers In an effort to find 2o. A of
tho original party."
Jut then a violent stamping was
heard In one of the little state-room
ono side of where the narrators and
their small kody of listeners were
satd. Then two or throe har kicks
came again. thonloor, followed by:
"Consarn it! ef I hadn't got seen. In
fernal tight boot, jest t' go down to
Rochester In. I wouldn't hev t kick th'
Infernal legs oCn tue wkon I wanted t'
put them on."
The there came a great bang, with a
Thar, by gol'
Immediately thereafter a tail; kfika,
straight-haired old follow earned the
door of the room from which tho niis
had come, and, minus collar and with !
eno trouser leg cai-ht on tho top of his
lKxts, bo stood there in tho dim glaroof
tho oscillating light, and looked with
liewilderinent towards the waouderintr
ones about tho tablo.
"Ken any of you feller3 tell me ef
I've ben a droaaain'?" ho inquired, after
a moment or two had passed.
"I don't believe wo can. uncle," 6ald
one of tho numwer.
"Ilev you fellers ben a tell in' yarns?"
he again asked, without much attention
to the answer ho had just received.
Tho little old gentleman ventured to
say that they had been considering
some old-time events.
Then I ain't ben dreamln'; I knowej.
I was awake. Say, which one of you
was a tellin' thet last story?" ho asked,
and upon tho young man acknowloijing
that he was the one, tho old follow said:
"l'ut 'er right har, hon. for I
knowed your dad," then turning towards
tho group he inquired:
"Now. who was it that told th" first
yarn 'bout those three chaps?"
The little old gentleman bobbed tip,
prepared, by his former surprise, to
havo almost any thing happen.
Then." ejaculated tho old fellow,
his disheveled hair and sparkling eyes
Indicating much excitement, "I'll bo
clubbed and skinned fer a sneakin.
wild-eyed rattlesnake, ef I ain't ther
missin' link. I'm one of ther same
crowd thet separated at Detroit away
back thar in s7, an' I'm jest on my
way M'lindcr "n I down t' Rochester
t' shako ban's all eroun4 ag'in. Ry
ther great whalo that eat tip thet feller
Job, but this is er coincerdonce."
After further expressions ef surprise
an th part of each, the tall old inan
was calmed down suflk-iontly to tell his
story, which was follows:
"Wall. Ixiys, I jest want back a few
mile, an' set right down on one hundred
and sixty acres of as fine l md as lays
out doors an thar I've ben a settin'
ever since, except w hen I was gettin'
'hout a rlearin' off all th' timber,
puliin' out th stumps, art" fencin', an'
huil din house an" barns, an Join th
hundred things thet como in a feller's
way t.n a farm. Of course. I got me a
wife, an' she's right in thar now. a
listenin' to every wwrd I say. She's
smart woman, too, I want to tell you,"
said he, slyly winking at his hearers.
"Wall, as to happenin's of any ort of
consequence, I guess we ain't hed nono.
I am a thorough mo.ssba:k, yo soo. Hot
been ono for forty year, an know but
little of any thing else.
"As to fortun", I hov thet farm, with
all thet's on it; an' thet seems to bo
aUut all I ken handle. An" for thot
natter, I don't know but what I hev all
I really kere a!ouL I've got ten boys
an' six gaU, an' ef I hed a million they
wouldn't bo satisfied. So, when I go,
thar'll ho only th' farm, an' thet won't
lie seen a great thing fer sixteen t' fight
over. Otherwise I i.iy say thot the world
he. used rue toler'blw welL I've never
wont t' bed hungry, as I kin remember,
an" hv always hed a good shelter front
th storm. Tako It all eround an my
story ain't very long, nor does it sparkle
with ther di anion of soul-stirrin'
events; but I'll till ye what ter da
We'll all go down an' look over ol
n.wheer an' seo ef she hes any marks
of fa in i Parity; an' then a 1 journ baek t
my farm, whar I'll regalo yo with hard
cider, apples, doujbnuts an grand
children. An' 1 11 show yo what I've
done in a forty-rear time with genuine
hard muscle," Detroit Free l'ress.
ratrnt Acrnrr Franda.
Inventors frequently find themselves
in a pit-fall dug for tbir class by sw in
dlers w ho issue impresi ve circulars and
prof.-.s to have extraordinary facilities
at Washington for getting patents.
The only extraordinary facilities the
rascals have are for grabbing the money
of their ictiuis and eluding the police
by cropping up under a new company
name the moment the old une bocomes
too notorious
Crorral ;rant. Widow.
Mrs. S. Orant leads a very qviet
life in New York. Her eyesight has 1
come jwx.r and she s. l,l,.ni appear
public except to drive in the park.
General Sherman is a frequent auJ wel
come visitor.
THE SMALL. EOYS BfcMIND.
and b'.are, aud boom at J heat,
TTar t! proo-iion marches.
Tliroun xhc luuu ol applauc, through the
shouting street.
And under the towering arches:
They march us K-raud as a conquering host.
With many a plume aud bauuer.
As Slicmian'. army marched to the roast.
And into the streets of Savannah.
And the mn that K'lt. from VUcir helnn-ts
brubt
Will duzzie, and pleam. and blind,
lat thtre follows tlicm, like a i-trtni; to a kite.
The small tx.ys who ta.' on behind.
The small boy who X.' on U-ui!id. the small
boys who tac on behind.
Tke bt of the nliow, I w uuid have you all
knuw.
Is th biujU boys who tag on behind '.
A rabt lo that wobbles and tumble about
Like Immuiers who b.i:. ui' t:: far.
They ,?-Ut a.'iJ irt(fle and .j.iiirrei ucd shout
And hoot and jaul.: n:,l jeor;
Hut I w atch ! r the (.-lad raun,u!Tln parado.
For tho brave little bartfoet-.d bummers.
And I lcivith.j cro.vu tor the Coys' ling;ultf.
And 1 leave tho timers and drun.mers.
March on, my lad.-i, lor the route is long.
And the w ay is bard to laid.
There's u loi cjurch ahead for the brave and
Mroi:i?,
And small ty who tae on behind.
Tao smiill hoys w ho ta on Ix-hind, the Mna!l
tioys uliu tut,' .ill behind.
Lock. Ions must you tread, through the Krim
days iih.-ad,
You srrll Loys who ta? on bbind.
H. W. r'a-. in Y-ank-e KlaSfi.
WIIEKK WAS 3IK. I J LANK?
Hi3 Absence Causes Ills Wife
Mucli Troublo.
Fretty Mr- Rlank hnd a very unpleas
ant experience iu Ray llrovo, N. J., and
it was all due to a mistake.
When she moved herself and her baby
and hor pug and her other household
goods to Jersey, along in the spring, tho
villagers seemed to be ready to take
her to their arms and their hearts.
They gave her texs. thoy showed her
all the show sights of tho neighbor
hood, they posted her cn -the proper
chorea to atfnd and the proper peo
ple to know. Tkey almost gave a
dinner in ber honor, and that is Konie
that had not Ween even dreamed of since
aa unfortunate affair of several year
back, when a heartless detective hal
appeared at a foast and had aarriej
away with aim eno who for a bri-.
month, had all Ray (irove at his feet.
It was the remembrance of tl.at ti.i:,-!,-tng
inriJ-nt that wade- poople hoii-To.
anj by thir hesitating Mrs. Rlank lost
the dinner.-
"She was bright, her maid's cap were
Irreproachable, what fiirtir.g slm did
was artistic enough to ! i.ieasant to
look upon. Rut it was seldom that Mrs.
Rlauk. was artistic in that way, and
therefore sho was popular with matrons
and maids. Tho men liked her, too,
and all went merry as a murriasre
bell for m-ny a day and until somebody
Ill-naturedly asked a question.
. "Where is II r. Rlank and who is he?"
queried this busybody.
Noboby but Mrs. Flank could answer
this, and sho didn't volunteer any infor
mation on tho subject. So gossip, hav
ing nothing to feed upon, grew rapidly,
as is generally the way, and in a week
Ruy tJrove began to believe that some
thing must bo very wrontr somewhere.
Now It happened that Mrs. Rlank had
wrought one letter of introduction to Ray
flrovc. This pistle hrvd been hurriedly
pennel by a youog woman about to tako
a flight to Europe, and, under the scru
tiny of a female committee of investiga
tion, it appeared to lack satisfactory de
tails about the nominal bead of the
Rlank family.
"I do so hop you will liko Mrs. R."it
Tan. "She can seo so littlo of her bus
band, you know, that it will bo very
dull for hex out tkero unless you look
after ber a bit. I think she frets over
her husband sometimes, but how can it
be holpei now? Rut then she has '
And here the writer drifted into mat
ters that were never intended fr the
public eye. When the letter was re
ceived the sentences about the husband
had attracted no attention; but now,
with suspicion resting heavily upon
them, tho committee women agreed that
something must to very, very wrong
with Mrs. Klank's ppemso. It came
about therefore, that Mrs. Rlank was
siKin put to tho question.
"Winn are we to seo your husband?"
asked one of her friends in a guileless
way.
Mrs. Rlank pouted. "Really, I don't
know," she said. "lie is in Auburn
now with that poor wretch Kemmler, I
believe."
Auburn happens to contain a prison.
Kemmler was then in that prison. It
is not diClcult to put ono and one
together and get a dozen, if, you aro in
a proper frame of mind for the achieve
ment. So it happened that when Mrs.
Rlank entered church tho next day
thero was a rustle of silk all through
the pews and with it a general feeling
that the .ermon should deal with
hypocrisy. Rut it didn't. It was de
voted to mercy. Which only goes to
show that preachor. aro not always in
touch with their congregations.
W hen Mrs. Rlank joined tho group
in the vestibule after tho services, the
church thermometer hanging there
dropped half a dozen degrees. Nobedy
quite cut her tie sermon had been
really a good one hut the social at
mosphere was full of little icicles.
Mrs. Rlank went homo alono, wonder
in? what was tho matter.
The next day ono of her closest
friends called upon her. Jtst aa the
visitor was departing she Indulged in a
sort of spoken postscript, saving the
iportant part of her business for the
last, Just a if she wcro writing a let
ter. "flow Is Mr. Blank?" she queried.
"lie has been sent to Elmira," was tho
answer.
As there is a reformatory in Elmira,
this proved to bo a very unfortunate re
sponse. Ray tlrove posted itself on
New York's penal Institutions, and the
' next day threo acquaintances of Mrs.
Rlank failed to soe her on tho street
Nobody called, and her name did not
appear on tho list of patronesses of a
ftrawl-rry festival the village was
pledged to make a glorious success.
S!io attended th" festivities and was
greatly puzzled by hor treatment. Ev
erybody seemed to shun her except ono
young man who was popularly tinder
stood to have gone very wrong in a big
wholesale store in tho city. He had
never paid her much attention before,
but now ho treated Ler liko a friend and
a sister.
Finally there catno archer caller at
tho Rlank cottage. She came up like
one bent on business thit is distasteful
but must be done, t-ho was, by tho way,
the person to whom the letter Lad boon
ad Ircssei. w .. ..-yy.
"My dear." she said, without parley,
"where is your husband?"'
"Why. he has gone to Sing Sinr," re
plied the hostess, wondering at hor call
er's manner. She was still more sur
prised at what sho heard next.
"When I was a girl we were taught to
be truthful above all things. You are
younger than I, and perhaps times havo
changed; but I prefer that my daughter
should not mu;t you after this."
And then sho swopt away, fnll of dig
nity, to lay before Ray Grove the prob
lem hiw any one man, no matter how
wicked he might lie, could be in
Auburn, Elmira and Sing Sing within a
month. As for Mrs. Rlank, she was
very indignant, and then she wept, and
then sho was indignant again. Then
bbe wrote a letter.
- The letter brought an answer in the
shape of a young man in a slouch hat,
who came downby a laic train and went
directly to the Rin.uk cottage. He n:i'.
with Mrs. Rlauk on the piazza, a. id
they talked earnestly for a long time.
It was nearly midnight when the con
ference ended. Then tho young man
stariei for the gate. Mrs. Rlank fol
lowed him, and they stood talking to
gether by tho post for two or Hire
minutes. It was a beautiful, clear moon
light night, and anybody ia tho neigh
borhood could have seen the young mar
kiss Mrs. Rlank when ho went away
Ha caught a very iato train for the city
Now nobody in Ray Grove would will
ingly play tho eavesdropper or the spy
That goes without saying. Rut, as f
matter of fact, several pairs of eyes sav
the parting in tho monnli-rht.. jhH f
f mnnv nairs of ears he.ir.l tl.n rnnn t- -,
"Well, d-'ar, I'll bo down here in :
week, and then it won't matter wha
these people say or do."
A pretty woman, with a husband ir
three jails in a month nnd a niysteriou.
midnight visitor! Ray Grove was scan
dalizc l. Thero could be no doubt aftei
that that nobody in the village knew
the offender. She seemed to have
gained invisibility. Nobody saw her
when she went out; at least, nobody
give any sign of seeing her. Even the
scapegrace pave her up which meant a
great deal, for he believed that bo had
cr.ly his wickedness to pride himself
u poa.
iSlx day passed and a caller again
rang the door-bell at tho cottage. He
noticed with a shudder that the wire
! se, u.ed to bo getting ruty for want of
! :se. Thst touched him, for ho was the
I landlord and ho bated to see tVe
erty dej reciate. He had romo to tell
his pretty tenant that she must seek
otber quarters. Sho paid the rent regu
larly, but pressure had been brought to
bear upon him and his family had so
cial aspirations, and ho couldn't afford
to disregard pressure.
He stammered, but was firm. Mrs.
Rlanic was amazed, but loquacious. IIo
explained that tho cottage must bo
vacated at once. Sho declared that
such a proceeding was unheard of. She
tried to break down his resolution, but
failed. Then she showed signs of got
tinar hysterical.
"Oh, if my husband were only here:"
sho wailed.
"Yes, madam, if bo were, but ho
ain't." Tl-.r.t was as near to sarcasm as
tho landlord ever came. He was a phi
lanthropist by nature and a preserver
cf the village morality by necessity.
IU.Ho, what's all this?" said some
body in the doorway. Landlord and
tenant turned like a Cash. Mrs. Rlank
gave a shriek f delight and threw her
self into tho newcomer's arms. Tho
landlord looked disgusted. Ho merely
saw a young man in a slouch hat, no
doul t the midnight visitor.
"I think you had better go as soon a3
you can, both of you."
"WelL that's cool. I've paid the rent
of this house and I mean to stay, es
pecially as it suits my wife, or did until
the neighbors went crazy." This was
from the young man.
The landlord looked dazed. "Your
wife?" ho said. "Why, then, you're her
husband?"
"Naturally," said tho young man,
dryly. "And now," ho added, "what's
all this to-do about, any way?"'
lie heard all about it in tho next ten
minutes, although it was a sadly discon
nected story. Still ho got the gist of it
pretty clearly. Then ho addressed tho
landlord:
"Look here; you don't deserve an ex
planation, but I'll give you one. My
business is to seo things and to writo
about them. I have been employed by
a magazine to describo certain features
of prison life in New York. To seo
them I havo had to study tho prisons
carefully, and it has taken six weeks
of hard work. In that timo I've had
just time enough to spend ono evening
at homo and then hurry back to work.
And now I come down hero for a rest
and find that you people havo gone
mad and treated my wife disgracefully.
Somebody is going to smart for this."
As a matter of fact, a good many
persons did smart, but only mentally,
and, therefore, they survived and wero
anxious to make amends. Tho land
lord withdrew hi3 demand, and agreed
to put in a new well-curb. Those who
knew him say he sufTcrcd enough over
this to atone for all he had done. Then
came flocks of feminine visitors to tho
cottage, full of tears and explanations
and contrition. Tho Rlanks had de
termined to go away, but these good
people couldn't hear of it. They show
ered the cottager with attention, and
then they did something that settled
it that tho Rlanks would continuo in
Ray Grove. They played their trump
card. They gave Mrs. Rlank a dinner,
and Mr. Flank's determination to de
part gave way. Ho and his wifo are
tho prido of Ray Grovo now. N. Y.
Times.
Co-Operation by Wage-Karnrrs.
Twelve young ladies of Indianapolis,
employed in stores and of.", res, havo
rented a suite of twelve rooms and aro
living on the Rollamy plan. Each pays
into the treasury per week, and a
cook is employed to prepare meals. In
addition each is assessed 25 cents for a
contingent fund, which is held to meet
unusual expenses. The young ladies
room in owples, and each week two of
then are appointed purveyors. The
only time they are all together is at
supper, but they are contented and en
joy their way of living.
The Cost or War.
Of wa-s within the last half
the cost has been a follows:
century
Frnrco au.l Alzfiria. lv tV'17
Kranv an i A.i -tru. rVi
i w K iroi e i rr . '': on in 1-4
Frus-,; ond .:.!ri.. iu 1V-5 ...
i' :r civil wrr. is.il 'it.
F:i::ce un M.-!.. lsr.;
ioo on rin
."o ,(
i !
1 . ,1 Ii i .1
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I.-ii :...d i .v. I'': ' 1-
Fr.n ce aud cie.u.:,, is .... 71 1,.,
Fill L NO AX EXfJIXE.
Somo of tho Hardships of a Loco
motive Firemaji's Life.
Hi I..it Ih Not aa I.sy a .".Uny Relieve
TI.e Amount .f I'nel K-.jtirel t." Kpfp
u Iron IIore Ooliie. (inl Mut
te bupplicd Very Citrrf.ilty.
"If people only knew the hardships
cf a fireman's life," said one of the local
leaders if the Rrotberhood of L-o .mo
tive Firemen to a Chicago Evening l'ost
reporter, "they would not be so :ipt to
wonder that the men want to strike one
in awhile to better their fin-must anees.
Their lot at the best is a hard one. and
the pay is poor when the skill required
to be a lire:neu, tl.o severity of the work
and the constant strain to which tlx
ui( n are .subjected are taken into ac
count. Many people, prol. ibly a major
ity, consider that the lirenian's work is
not skilled labor, but this opinion
arises from ignorance of iLe require
ments of the calling. An unsl.i'.k-l
fireman could no more fire a locomotive
on the road so as to keep i.p :.tn
steadily and enable the engineer to
make good time than he cotill build tho
locomotive. Take a green band and put
him on a passenger train, f,.r in.-tance,
and the chances are that the passengers
will turn out and mob the whole train's
crew before the trip is half through.
The likelihood is that the train will
come to a de:d stop half a dozen times
before the trip is t nued, and while the
train is running it will be .making such
miserable progress that all on board
will have their patience exhausted and
be driven almost to distraction over the
way in which their valuable time
is being "frittered away. Firemen have
to serve a regular apprenticeship to
tho work. They generally begin as
cleaners In the round-bouse, where they
are put to clean the locomotives after
they come in from a long trip. In that
way they get an acquaintance with the
several parts of the engine and bow and
where they should be oiled when run
ning. Their next step is on a switch en
gine in the yards, where they learn how
to fire an engine so as to raise steam
rapidly and keep up a constant supply.
This requires a good deal of practice. It
is the easiest thing in tho world to fire
your engine in such a way that though
you have a big lire in it it will nit be of
tho kind to make si ;m:i. Too mu,-h coal
is often as bad as too lilt'.". If tho lire
is too heavy and burns too slowly, the
inevitable consequence will be the low
ering of the supply of stvani to such an
extent that there will not be enough to
keep the train running. If any kind e f
a fire would do, tho fireman's lot would
bo an easy ono. lie could then fire up,
sit down comfortably in the cab an.l
take it easy until the lire burns out. As
it is, he has to keep firing steadily, add
ing fresh fuel to the fiame.s at intervals
of not more than two minutes, so that
while ho is on a run he ba-.lly kn.uvs
what it is to baveachance to strai;'bt'-ti
his back. lie is constantly clambering
half-bent from the box to the gangway
and from the gangway to the box.
manipulating a heavy scoopf.il of coal,
and all this time tie has got x keep a
lookout ahead, for it is his duty to
watch out for danger as much as it is
that of the engineer. In a fifteen hours"
trip he w ill often shovel as many us ten
tons of coal. Some heavy passenger lo
comotives eat up about three-quarters
of a ton every hour they run.
"An ordinary fire is four or live sv.,.p
fuls, and it must be put in the fire box
just so or there will be trouble. The
fire box of a locomotive is a peculiar
piece of workmanship and it requires to
bo thoroughly understood before it can
bo fed in such a way as to keep things
running smoothly. It is from six to ten
feet in length, according to the size of
tho locomotive, and four or five feet
wide. Tho grate is composed of mov
able bars so placed as to provide for
ventilation at tho sides uu.i ends. If
you havo ever watched a fireman put
ting in coal you may have noticed that
he hardly ever pitches it in straight,
lie turns hi.s shovel now to this side and
then to that, now to this end and then
to that, and it is only once in awhile
that a shovelful goes straight to the
center. The reason for that is that he
does not want to put tho coal where it
will interfere with the ventilation of
the grate or in such a way as w ill cause
it to cake. A steady burning and at
tho same time roaring fire is what is re
quired, and every thing depends on the
way In which the fuel is fed to it. The
amount of steam required to run an
ordinary passenger engine is lii5 pounds,
and tho aim of the expert fireman is to
keep it at that figure constantly from
the time he starts out on his trip till he
is on the last mile of his run, when he
will gradually let it fall so that, when
ho reaches the final stopping place,
there will be just about enough left to
run the engine to the round-house, that
none of it may go to waste. That is
another matter the fireman has to look
to, or he will get hauled over the coals
by his superiors. Ho must be as
economical of fuel as possible. The in
experienced fireman will use up far
more fuel than his more expert brother
and have no belter results for it. Ho
must keep his fire so that all the heat
will go to the flues, and that no cold air
entering the fire-box can gel to them
until it has been thoroughly b-aud and
rendered incapable of cooling th. ni
His fire is not the only thing that the
fireman has got to attend to, however.
In the short intervals between his fir
ing up he must assist the engineer in
keeping the engine thoroughly oiled.
Wh.-n there is no automatic bell lie
must keep the 111 ringing while ap
proaching all cros.-ings and all sta
tions." How Some Kint Died.
Some kings have died in mean fash
ion, pallidamors assuming the shape of
indigestion. Did not a di.-h of lam
preys kill Henry I..' and was not over-
eating fatal to George I
Fuliid
death pressing utkin him "
Thack-
eraysays: "in hio traveling chariot on
tho Hanover road. What postilion can
outride that pain Horseman?" Roth
Frederick III., Emperor of Germany,
and his son, Maximilian I., died through
excessive indulgence in melon.,; RaM-
win IV., King of Jerusalem, died
f
leprosy; Flallip III., of pain,
A the
etiquette which left him to be roasted
before a flaming brazier because tho of
ficial could not bo found whoso special
function it was to remove it, and Stan
islas Loczin&ki, King of Toland, of the
tcrrioh; burns he received through hi.s
u."e-sbii!g-gown accidentally taking fire.
A JU'EAI)FL'L CHIM.
Asleep If s All F.i?ht, but Awceks
It B3Com.es a Kitten.
A Strange Tulo Imported from Columbia
Co.ii.lj-. N. V It May Ite Tr . 'ml
It Ka!4 Very Much 1 is a
It:ise 1 abrleatloti.
An eldritch tale, worthy of tho Jit''
et and palmiest days of fie n.iddi"
a?("i. comes from tin; little ;.n-il I '
Fompoonik. up in Columbia .:ity.
where a chili! is said to have V-on ho'-i
of Lite which defies compel i '"'l
though, fortunately, it uors no' b c
description, savs the New York
Tl.n.
While asleep or at rest i; a..i.
dil'er in no respect from the ;
fertuiL'h t-o Id baby of coninie-: ;i
slumbers peacefully in its
with its breast rising rn.i
ing as gently nnd regular
iM.ssible, any feeling woman
i
v.
bless its little heart and lo.il: ..p.
with delight and that f, ut terie-r s
'ti-
mi nt, not unakin to awe, wit1 v ' h
the entire female world regard sa nv ne
ly-arrived traveler from the ui L'. r ..'..' I
provi.l'ng.o! course, ibe tra . eb.-r be not
a ghost, and, therefore, does not c...t:rj
from the w rong side of life. A ' r '- is
one thing and a ghost is am, ... r, al
though doubtless both are equally mys
terious, and it is quilo certain th-t both
invariably dress all in ii,m.-. The
tones of their voices and tln-:r general
manner of expressin;. them-,- tci
ability of the one to walk v. :.il. the
other sec uis able only to kick and wi -gle.
easily mark the essential ''i'- -t.ion
between them. There are ue-i.bl-less
other peculiarities whh ii ,vi'l Li
able almost any woman to nil a'
ylam-e whether a particular ol j. ; h:.
trhost or a baby, allhougn tho- " i ecL. i
arities might not readily find a- .r-''-
definition even at tiie hands of a wc-m--of
most unusual discernment and p:o
found sagacity.
As has already been remark.,!, tV
Columbia County child, v.heu asb..-.)
at rest, seems, even to ti e U. .tie c
and heart, to be nothing btjt .t b.
Its complexion, perhaps is not -.11 i. :i
could be desired; there- is a s.Ij-i;t : s
picion of incongruity a ceria::. d -
ity of proportions between, tLv. i
ing of its nose and that of i's up.,.-;- 1. ,
and ih.-.-e is a paucity of hair, e; -; r
of fuzz, on its head, and these thi--can
hurdly fail to produce a p:sr U .
prcssion apoii the mind of any -. ..
diced observer, J..st as th.. C i. .i
cases in which ery young ..:fan' ..r.j
involved. At all events, e ... ,. -w
ho sees it sleeping and who i ac
quainted with he liiile pceuiiari I v-s : l
xhibits in it waking no::;, .t
elaros that it is simply a Ivn, y, i.i.: -.
precious darling which it isn't by t. ,
means. l"or when, rousing from its .-,lu:, ' -r,
It open its bright eyes uj. e.i the .,,-:
il neither Res still nor leg.:--like
an ordinary baby of its .i e. ,"a ;
cot it a sumo ;,.t on-e the h:; ra,-t , - of
a Rub- kitten, climbs over the fid, o'"
. ratio in a jitfy, and. if
fi
n . -i-
Uls.urtM-U possession ot ltsc!": s, t., abo 11
to have a lively frolic, in which on.-c '
Its legs does for it duties siin'lar lo
those which, a kitten's tail s ir.i:?s
does for the kitten. While .-no-e-c-d
this sort of exercise it will t u m b . i ...
overhead and roll about ol. tue ;
like any ball, una doing itself no e .. ..
harm than if it were a guf ,-p
child. If a spool or son sm.. . -,
f the kind ho thrown to it. this, ev. . u
ny babe will toss it a'oout, bo t .i , n -.
with one tiny hand and nnvv..,. tin
other, picking it up with its to s auu
throwing it over its head, and s.-.i" .r
ing about, as fully acquainted wiiu lLc
relations of the minor things of
world as a cat of its age w.m-,.". Jt,
arms are very strong, and its bauds,
havo so good a grip tbtt it
pull itself up a rope an I cl.r her
to tho ton of a bedpost, wher-i .t
will sit for sotne time calmly survey itij;
the spectators with an air ef s
appalling to behe ld in one n vov
It is, of course, impossible to r.ry
satisfactory explanation of the si;...-.: .ar
conduct of this interr-stinr e ,m-. :
though, undoubtedly, mere porvtisity
and nature's love for freaks ias s.su
thing to do with tho matter.
UNCLE SAM'S CLOCKS.
WLat It Coats the Oovemm-nt to Wind
and Set ltd Tlmt-rieees.
It costs 1'nclo Sam thousands of dol
lars a year to havo his clocks wound,
says the Omaha World-Hcral 1. Every
Monday morning you seo uuug men
going about tho departments carrying
littlo ladders, like those used by lamp
lighters. Their business is to wind and
Keep in order tho clocks in the a. part
ments. Each man has his own dr nart
lrt-
ment or a section of tho dfi.s-tcr.i, to
look after the clocks aad this is h's sol.
business. In some places m-n
aro
employed by the month fortius mini
while in other cases the cou'.ra -t. i
; let
oy tae montn or year to somo iterpriv
ing clock repairer, who sends a "jour
neyman" around to wind the Clocks and
see whether they are in onler and wn
goes himself to make such repairs as
are necessary. The cost of wind ing an,x
caring for thu clocks in the d parti.., nts
runs at tho rate of 75 to ?Tiu a month
in each department- Thero are in llio
Treasury Department neari . ;()! . x-ks.
Se.mo of these aro expensive . s ;.l4j
cost away up in the huit '-i ! -, . ." .. .;...-s,
though tho average v.; no of .'. art-
mentai Clocks is not mo... il r.n
815 or g'JO apiece. A good tia .f
clocks in the halls of the puhi:
ings and also those in the
pied by tho heads.of the u. .:r
.ps
-it
are very valuable, costing away up in
mo uui.areus.
Some Kxce'lcnl liui?.
Keep up your spirits bv g.r,,; tJJO
Enjoy tho pleasant eou.j .n o'
ln-st friends, but in all e nj . ;p.-i
temperate. Learn the rrt to b
ferred before all others of b-Mti"
. . i i , .
, 1-pr;-
-p;y
wiien aione wnicu consists .,) , i..
couragement of good hopes . i l ial. -.
al pursuits in leading an it: '-.r
life, and in bavingeonsia't' y b t -.
somo object oT attair.'.jont. In ro.
converse with the world, bo ever re
fill, for the sake of peace, to spca;, iii
of no one, to treat your know n et.,.
with civility, and to &U.it. your "ar
against evil reports of all kinds. V Y
Ledger.
Probably w l ailnr..
Smith .Tone, didn't mak
success with that patent sc;
did be?
Frown -X,,. j pu,,S; mt
lives iu Riooklyu.
m.i, ii cf i
e.o of ni-
li.
s.ili
1-