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KLt;r3 YOUR CHICKENS
Strc : Kca!'!:y; Pr?vci.ts all Disease
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otlit-r cause. PtitTer vhen yon cm
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ni t i n cplplirat ml fttmilv rti''!cin.
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Steel Picket Fence.
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In kcII M'li.-KKY Mli K. Me arrow all
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: It : t :. Mini uu;iranti'e catiKinctii.n. Mi-fhent
il.ir or cruini"-mn mid from tlie atitrt. Write
lor tertna
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K-tatil ished . . 1 iim.rporate.1 1K;J.
f A.MKIi- A SAI.IMAN. r.N Klil J r.Tlf.
I litihinif arrl liriicht to retreertt the Kont
bili Nur.. rie 'it l'R:iiti. the lnrueit In the I K
ininion. I iver 7' 0 arre.-. nlh lee tN-k. r'oal'lon
perinanent rami Incrutlve. Hiirhtnly fantiillsn
iirown :i-k eil runltiy where rerly lntn-diii-eii
.i-und lor t'-rtti nil at d aeen re choice of
terrl-orv. .SItlMEa, tVlXMMI'I'DN,
mi.'i Bid. loronlo, ('auada.
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DREAM-LAND.
Thoucth the ycurs be fl. il. and the pain is dead.
An. I Uif trri.-f Ih on r Ion?,
Vol on ilreum-laiid tri-k doth the soul go back.
Audio! the sound of 11 sour
1'init rinirs from a 'liulo whero the trees are
Krvon.
VVh. r tin) wind of sorrow nevor huth len:
And cut of the uiirht come bnclt to si'ht
Tin- forms ami faces of yore.
The old lovi wakes, and the old joy takes
I'olur and lik'ht once more:
There sounds 11 voice we ran never hear.
A sic i that has left us for many a year.
The sunlieams creel) over eyes that sleep,
And we wake with a start 10 know
1 hat ih fair .Ire :'.m-!and we have elasjid a hand.
Whii h held ;urs lonif :"!
Ait. I ur thrill to a touch that is ltiiLTerltitr yet
To a assiuu of love, and of vain rvret-
Aud for many day we wend our way
The unseen world around us.
For the soul has snapis-d the chain that
w rapied
The earthly links that bound us.
Ami the workaday world around us seems
Less H al l'V far th wi lit" land of dreams.
Mary tiori;es, in Chambers' Journal.
Till PARSON'S OUKST.
How It Ended In " Tho Emma
Saloon."
There was a breezy cmwil over in tho
I'.tiui';i su!mii .me niejlit less tltun a year
:io, Hii.l every man was well lu-eloiL,
arrvinjf liis rx-volver lian.ly, ami wnre j
ins slurt ia-ii at tlie neck. As for the
uitineii there was only tm'. ami slie
rej. iietl in the soulriiut f -SearrtHl
Kiimia," atul you only hail to lxk at
her li:inls to know why. They hail
K'fii l.tiriutl t the Kim-, ami. althotjo-h
!u! wore iliHinittiil rinys tn the first
j. .iutof every tinker, the- tluld't .lis- j
nise the hnrriil sears,-seametl an.l liviil,
ami of these Kmnia was pmutler than
..f tl ie rtT;;rs. Well she mirht Is. II;nl
f!ie iti't save.1 the lives nf men ainl
wi.iiien liearin-' them in her arms from
a I tiriiitio- ln;iiltno-- An.l these sears
tverc h.r medals of honor for her
Vr:i very.
Nome of the rrariR- were playinff draw
poker, others enjrajrett in a irnmo of
seven up. Some drunk and loafed,
loafed and ilranii nrain, and ehatT.d
with t!ie landlady, who was alx.ut as
:imia)!e as ;i tio,.r
I'll t li" ni'lit here alluded to, "Searretl
Kmma" w as t.iisy hamiino- out t he min
ers ihiLsiim ii eopiotis doses, and liiten
ii.p; t" such, cheap compliments as were
not lMi sti'-estive of ri-volvers and
I roe lights, when the door op.-n'd. and
I he deputy sheriiT entered the plaee.
Kverv H l.v rose up. and a shout of
wi-leoitie en-eeted the neweomer.
'"Hello, 1 111 1. o;lad to see yer. Ilrnnff
in any new tins?"
"Niiw! Kvenin", Kin. Aliont two fin-o-ers
stiijrj,!, see in 1 jest ',,t iM. Keen
to ...,a!i;i for a pesky Ik, thief.
Trieil to fret away, out here, and we
was o-oiti' to Jet hiin have it, hut there
wii. :i h etle weaz.'tietl pars.-. 11 011 the
statre an' he interfered ami prayed olF
so l'tii.i like we weakened, an let the
feier jro with nary a Imllet in his
e. in ass. Here's to ye. Km, for the
f '.irest of yer sex. fonie on, hoys an"
ti!l up at my eyeiise."
lie tosseili.lt tin- tlratn anil set the
tumbler d- iw n to Ih- refillcil.
"Where's the parson?" asked the land
lady, MiiHinfr on the deputy as she
measured the liery fluid with a liberal
hand.
"He's stopped oterto preach nt Hell's
Ilelio-ht, but he'll be at the (iulch t.e
niorroy, an' doan yer forfret it. less he
dies afore mornin kind o' sudden from
a dose of cold lead. An' I'd advise the
Imivs to trreii.-i their Isvits and ! r-:uly,
for he's a buster, the parson is."
"Say. Kill." remarked Kmma. stirrin?
his whisky by shakiiifr it in the frlass,
"is he a ynin' fell -r?"
"Aw, an' sickly, lord, yer can see
daylight throujrh him."
"An" takes sttfrar iu his?"
"Yon bet:"
1 he crow d roared at Emma's wit, ami
this time she set it up for them herself.
Say. Kill, is he really cumin" here to
preach?'
"Lx.k here. Km. You're tall in
through your Isinnit. Come here he
may. but preach lio! hoi 1 fruess not."
"Who says 'no?'" asked the woman,
and this time the tij.'er showed itself in
her eyes.
"i do we all do'" roared the crow.l
in a rude chorus.
"Ami I say he shall."
And she folded her searred hands
aeross her bosom so that all present
e.iuid see them. That one motion had
a stratifro effect ujK.n thos human
tstyotes. who would have knifed a man
in t!ie btiek and made no account of it
It is true that even ilesjs-radoes have
their soft moments. This woman
Mandiiifr before tin m had one claim on
their repi et, and as their eyes follow ttl
that movement and fell on the seam d
and cicatrized hands, the dumb appeal
moved them as nothinir els could have
lone. CUT went every hat. Warded lip-
trembled, then, as there was danger of
too much sentiment, there went una
cheer from twenty hoarse throat sn ml
a-; Kmma turned to set up atrain for
them, she dashed somethiiije from her
eyes that miff lit have "oecn a tear.
So it happened that when Ucv. .lames
For.yth reached Ooad Man's Culeh. he
learn. si that the principal sa'oon was
prepared to receive him. lein! turned
for the time into a meeting house. All
through tlie little town and far into
the surromid'mo; country these plaeanls
w-re atlijce.1 to walls and trees:
: UKEAT 1AY"
! DIVINK SEKVICES
IN ':
.: THE EMMA SALtKOM
i uv 1 j
: REV. JAMES FORSYTH, I. D. :
: All Are Invited to Attend Evening Serv- :
; lees at h p. tn. :
; I'lease Leave Y'our Guns with the :
Ushers. :
W hen the stage reaehe.1 the Gulch,
the parson who had come on from
Devil's Delight was in it, but he
stopped at the tavern until it was time
to fro to meeting. It meant nothing to
him that he was taking his life in his
lianil: to preach the t.osiol of Christ
crucified to these men. What was his
jsoir. miserable gift of a dying life,
compared with these lost souls? Ke
sides then he coughed terribly, closed
liis eyes, ami wiied the cold sweat of
mortal illness from his face. Ah,
.specious human nature! Sophistries
, that keep it from the debasement of J
overrighteousness! It was of one
precious sin-sick soul he was thinking,
anil that he hoped to reach through
this zeal for the brotherhood.
l'oor scarred Emma! She had given
her influence and 1 have shown thafcit
was great she had Riven her salion,
which was also her throne, and now
bhe was shut up in a miserable, tawdry
room, partitioned off from the rest,
dressed in her Sunday finery, waiting
until all the gang had assembled, when
she would walk in boldly and take her
seat with the rest. Well she knew that
no woman would le there. Xo other
woman would sit under the same roof
with her, and then she looked down on
her diamond-liedecked hands. "I can
buy and sell them all. I am no man's
slave and my word is law, but " And
then a whole flood of tears came. Hut
soon she dashed them away anil dried
her eyes. Another touch of rouge to
repair the ravage, and she was ready
'to go to church," as she phrased it to
herself. A determined, aggressive fig
ure, dresseil in a smart black satin,
wearing a low of pink ribbon at the
throat. It seemed as if the incongruity
of her attire struck her at the last
moment, for on the threshold of her
room she stopped, went back, and
threw a lace shawl around her shoul
ders. Then she made her way to the
front room, just as the noise of clatter
ing lioots and grating chairs was
hushed, and the minister bowed his
head in prayer.
A dozen men made room for her.
Their fafes brightened as she entered,
but she did not look at one of them.
Like one w alking in sht-p she moved,
and never took her eyes from the thin,
meager form of the man who stood in
the impromptu pulpit, pouring out his
soul in prayer.
It was not until the petition was
ended, an.l the oppressed listeners had
relaxed w ith a sigh, that she sat down
among the men, where she could see
without ticing seen.
The minister then chose a hymn and
lined it out:
'I heard the voice of Jesus say "
lie was interrupted by Deputy Kill.
"We can" l sing that, pard I mean
pars. n. tiive its something we know."
They compromised oil "A land that
is fairer than day." Th.' parson heard
the sweet treble of a woman's voice,
and wondered much whence it came,
lie looked troubled, and the cough that
shook him w ith its paroxysm brought
out Is t ties and glasses, but he put
aside all otters with a shaking hand.
'Hearken to me, my friends," he lie
pan, solemnly, "and know that you are
listening to a dying man."
He had not time to announce the
text, the words of life were hovering
upon his lips, when there rang through
the r.oi:i a woman s frenzicu cry:
Oh: Jimmy, Jimmy'."
. i spoke, w ho called me?" asked
the parson, with white lips clinging to
the table licfore him.
'Oh! Jimmy, you're too late and
you're killing yourself, and it's for me,
and I'm not worth it l"m-not-worth-it
'."
She was making her way to him now,
and hs his eyes lit up his death-pale
features he prayed:
"At last." he murmured, "at last,
and now I'm willing to die! Lord, I
thank Thee."
His head fell forward. A dozen stal
wart men jumped to his side, but when
he was laid on tho nearest lieneh it
was "Scarred Kmma" who held his dy
ing head 011 her arm, and it was into
her face he looked when he opened his
eves f.,r a brief coming back to life.
"Don't cry," he said, tenderly, "don't
cry, Molly at least not for me but
promise me quick, I'm going soon
promise me to quit this plaeej now
forever."
"Oh, Jimmy, J can't. You've seen
them all tell me, Jimmie, are they
well do they ever speak of me?'
"They are all well dear.and safe
over there! The dear old mother and
the little sister. And I promised them
IM bring you ami now I'm going
w ithout you:
"Don't go, Jimmy, I'll do anything
if you'll only live. I'll change my
w ays and do just as you bid me, even
to turning my back on friends that
have been good to me. Kut oh, Jimmy,
I'm not worth .lying for it's too late
for that."
"Not to meet the dear mother and
little sister! I tell you it is not too
late. Oh, I cannot die in peace if you
Io not promise. You have no right to
lose your soul, child it is not yours to
l.i with as you please, but is bought
with a price. Take those off ' look
ing with wide strange eyes at the gems
on lu-r hands.
She obeyed him. In a moment she
had stripjHil every ring from her fingers
and then he gathered the two poor
st arred hands in his cold ones and held
them t his pale lips.
"Saved," he murmured, then he
smiled as if in answer to something he
saw, and a moment later he fell asleep,
and the woman kneeling by his side
reverently closed his eyes sobbing, but
not as one without hope.
Less than a year ago, ami to-day the
juiet, resiHsetable woman who is post
mistress in one of our small western
towns has the good will of every
citizen. They can see nothing in com
mon with her and the terrible woman
of I lead Man's tlulch except the scarred
hands fn ni which they receive their
daily mail. And they know the hon
orable history of those sars. Mrs. M.
L. Ray ne, in Detroit Free Press.
A i.c.itle Item! oler
The Ki'iincUr Journal tells this story
of Manager Tucker, of the Maiue Cen
tral railroad: "Sometime ago a s."ction
U;ss was sitting idly by the station
when Mr. Tucker stepped off atrain
and asked him if he m-cded more help.
When tin- Iniss rcpliiil in the negative
Mr. Tucker walked a little distance
al- n-T the track, piek.nl up a couple of
bri. ks and removed them to their pi-oiKT
pkice. "Kvery time I have pas.-.tl by
here for several weeks he then re
marked to the l"ss. "I have seen those
two bricks lying there, and I thought
Ihs'.iiisc you left them may', you didn't
have help cnutigh.' With that he
mounted the train again and iuov.il off,
waving a pleasant 'g.iod-by to the sec
tion crew, who will never, no, never, Ih?
caught in that way again."
Too Familiar. Jtoston Journalist
"Young man. this maj- do for New
York, but we don't Tom, Dick and
Harry jeople in this tow n." Spaceryt
"Knt " Koston Journalist "There
is no but aliout it; you will have to
change the proof to read: 'Uncle Sam
uel and John Frost."" l'uck.
HIS LAST K0LE.
Story of the
Riso and Fall of an
Actor.
The curtain had already been raised
three times and still the applause was
prolonged. They were compelled to
raise it again. Darzincourt, his left
hand pressed against his heart, his
right holding several gilt laurel crowns,
bowed, while his eyes filled with tears.
The bravos increased to a storm: he
wanted to say something to express his
thanks to the public, but the old come
dian could only ojen his lips and utter
a mumbling sound. He was overcome:
liis emotions were too deep to clothe in
words.
Canes leat on the floor with a furious
noise. The entire theater shook with
the sound. Again and again did the
ushers pass up to the stage paper palm
branches Waring ribbons ou which the
principal roles of the actor were
printed- Meanwhile as Darzincourt
stood in the mi.lst of the company that
hail supported him the stage manager
left the group and embraced him in the
name of the crowd. At the same time
he placed one of the crowns on his
heaL The crown, far too large, slipped
.town to his shoulders, but what of
that? the scene was WautifuL
It was on this tableau and amid fresh
and furious applause that the curtain
descended, leaving Darzincourt to take
off his crown and receive the felicita
tions of his comrades.
Never Wfore in that provincial city
had a similar manifestation Wen made
nver a retiring actor, and as he w as to
leave the stage permanently there was
no jealousy among his fellows. So he
eetircd to the Cafe de la Comedie, where
a second ovation aw a it.il him. and the
fragrant smoke from the punch lxwls
on the marble tables received the en
thusiasm of those who pressed for
ward to .io him honor. And there
were toa-sts without numWr, you may
W sure.
The old habitues of the theater re
proached him for leaving them so sxn.
"Why, if one pleases the public, one is
always young."
And he, rubbing his chin, that had
l-en shaved for more than half a cen
tury, was obliged to defend hLs retire
ment. His hair was white; he was
too rheumatic to kneel gracefully in the
love scenes. Resides, he made his
mark, his life had Wen passed on the
boards Well, he needed repose. He
wanted to see the real country instead
of faded canvas He had dreamed of a
little farm a little garden where he
could smoke his pip. in peace to the
end of his days. It was time to think
of himself; he hail given enough of his
life to the public. And it was amusing
to hear him speak of his farming proj
ects, seated there in the estu:ae of
Louis XV , with the "makeup" still on
his face, which in the heat of the cafe
glistened in oily lines.
At last the manager, with his majes
tic gravity, and also moved by the
libations lie had taken during that af
fecting evening, declared that there
was no telling wtiat the future might
bring forth. Who could saj that Darz
incourt would not come back some
day? Kut the latter shook his hea L
No' his decision had been made; he
wanted now to enjoy the luxury of do
ing nothing.
Two days afterward Darzincourt, in
stalled in his little house, his head cov
ered with a large straw hat, weuring
a linea suit and wooden shoes Wgan
to water his flowers in the midst of a
broiling sun, while chatting with the
little servant maid.
"Kut you ought to wait till evening,"
she said. "They will perish."
"Kah:" he smiled. "Flowers are like
women. You can't show them too
much attention."
From that time a delicious life Wgan
for him in the peace of his rustic home,
lie thought with horror of the rehears
als of other days of the constant
changing of costumes and parts to lie
learned, and shivered at the remem
brance of those scenes which called for
nervous action. A year of peaceful
pleasure followed. He w as very happy,
and w hy not? he kept asking himself
again and again so often, in fact,
that he liegau to doubt if he felt so sin
cerely. This happiness at the Wttom was
monotonous Yet he was not willing
to acknowledge that ennui had crept
into that pretty little house which he
hail longed for so much, and the more
he assur.il himself that he needed
nothing the more he saw that the days
that dragged by were abominably void
and dulL
To-day, seated in an arlior taking his
coffee, he allowed his pije to go out as
he read over some old plays occasion
ally pausing to exclaim as he came to
some familiar role: "Ah. I was great
in that: And the old memories of the
past that he thought were buried came
to the pit-sent and sang a siren song in
his ears. Alt, the music of applause,
the shouts and brav.s that set the
lights trembling after an impassioned
speech: And the little servant coming
to remove the dishes surprised him
standing there flushed of face, his hair
blow ing in the breeze, apostrophizing
an imaginary personage.
'Ah. monsieur le comte-at last we
are face to face!"
"A count here! Where is this count
of yours?"
And the girl laughed till the tears
ran dow n her cheeks
Oh, these old habits that we can
never lay aside! line fine day Darzin
court was forced to acknowledge that
he regretted the theater. Well, yes
why not? One cannot live on the
boards with impunity and not suffer
from nostalgia. lie sulibcriWil to the
town paper, and followed the theatrical
notices written by a young lawyer
clerk who had literary aspirations
When he read the eulogies on his old
companions his bile rose; besides they
were playing in roles that he had
fillciL He had hesitated Wfore; he
hesitated no more
One morning he abandoned his linen
suit, put on his holiday clothes and
sought the director of the theater. The
latter appeared to W surprised at the
visit, and, learning the motive, raised
his hands with a gesture of deprecia
tion. "What, Darzincourt at his age wished
to reappear?"
And he noticed the comedian stooped
'feebly since he had lived in idle exile
and had accumulated a fresh crop of
whiskers Still the prospect of a fruit
ful evening, on the strength of the
actor's reputation, tempted him, and he
had already formed a plan announcing
the reappearance of the celebrated
Darzincourt.
"Well, why shouldn't you return to
the stage?" he said.
Radiant w ith the idea of again filling
this dingy hall with his sonorous
speeches the old actor Wgan to dis
cuss the piece. He didn't need any re
hearsals, of course; he had played the
part so often! With the joy of a child
he sought the costume room, tried on
again the clothes he had worn more
than a hundred times, requested that a
few changes W made, and passed tho
day in consultation with the hair
dresser and costumer of the theater.
Not a wig pleased him; he ordered a
new one. A nervous gaycty possessed
him; he could have turned somersaults
The advertisement produc.-d its effect
When the time came the hall was
crowded to witness his reappearance,
but the feverish enthusiasm he had
counted on was lacking. He appeared,
a little applause saluted him. but it
was not continued. The audience be
came apathetic. What! was this the
Darzincourt that had charmed them in
other days? W hy, the p..r fello w was
grotesque'. He felt disconcerted, but
not alarmed. Since his departure they
had missed the tire of the old school of
acting; he would show them what it
was!
The old patrons of the theater w hom
he knew uttered little exclamations of
surprise. The newcomers l s-gan openly
to ridicule. The rest of the company
sulked and gave Darzincourt his cues
reluctantly, until he Wgan to lose his
assurance little by little. He stumbled
in a pathetic sicech turned a sentence
into ridicule the parterre howled.
From that moment every word, every
gesture provoked a tempest.
Darzincourt felt a cold inspiration
gather on his forehead. Around hitu
in the boxes people were going out.
and he murmured, pale with anger:
"Ingrates! I lignites!'"
At that point in the play where he
was to fall iu a faint after reading the
letter he could not get up until a ma
chinist was sent to help him. Then the
hisses rose like a storm. Such an op
portunity to have fun was infrequent
in this quiet tow n, and the crowd set
up an awful racket. Rut Darzincourt
persisted, though his eyes were tilled
with tears At last, crushed hy his
emotions, he forgot his lines lie
stood with mouth w ide ojh-ii, hearing
no more than he derisive shrieks of
the orchestra or the cat-calls from the
galleries. The failure was decisive;
the play could go no further. Enter
ing his dressing-room the old comedian
tore his hair, reeling like a drunken
man.
"You've put us in a nice lxx,"
prowled the director, who nevertheless
"had just pocketed tne receipts.
Darzincourt regained, his home in a
crushed condition. A whole life of
glory to end in this fatal defeat! Still
dresseil he lay down on the Wd and re
viewed the horrible evening. No! he
would not allow himself to W Waten.
He would fight again. Could he leave
the theater forever? Even with its
chagrins and mortifications he had
need of it.
The handsome Darzincourt of the
past now supplicated and implored the
director; he did not wish to W paid
he onlj" asked to have a small role
given him a little, a very little role.
From motives of economy they ac
ceded to his request; he was given the
part of a servant and he set out to
study it with all the ardor of a de
butante. When he came in, letter in hand, the
audience, without reason, except that
of cruel joy, Wgan to sing; "Dar-zin-court
Dar-zin-court" to a popular air.
From balcony to orchestra rang the
derisive sound.
"You see, my poor old man," said the
manager, "you are no longer wanted.''
And he, haggard, sinking having
tasted again the intoxication of the
theater, asked himself in desperatioa
what was to become of him from the
footlights.
After that he asked only permission
to W a supernumerary man of the peo
ple, archer of the palace, noble without
importance. Kut they recognized him
in the midst of the otWrs, and the pub
lic, accustomed to having amusement
at his expense, filled the hall with
noise and laughter. It was impossible
to allow him to appear now even as a
"supe." The little house at the gates
of the town still smiled W-neath its bur
den of clematis and fresh green vines,
but he came there no more.
All his life was Iiound up in the
theater. He was a martyr of the stage!
He passed his days in a corner of the
wings, having no more the right to
show himself in the evening, however
humbly. He wasted away, worn by
sadness and longing, wandering about
through the dressing-rooms of the
artists like an old dog whose hunting
days are over, but whom no one will
turn away. One night the manager ap
proached him with a cruel smile.
"Look here." he said, "we are going to
put on a new piece. In the third act
the barking of a dog is heard in the
wings. You W the dog, will you?"
Darzincourt took his extended hand
in his, trembling with joy, his face
transfigured, as he stammered out his
thanks.
"A role!" he cried; "I shall have an
other role !" Short Stories
IN PUBLIC LIFE.
President Cl,evf.i.axi receives from
ten to twenty letters a day containing
recipes for reducing his oW-sity.
Wu.I.IAil F. Hakkity. the chairman
of the democratic national committee,
has not taken a holiday for ten years.
Mns. Ax.mk Moork. who has the
reputation of Wing the only woman
president of a national bank (Mount
Pleasant. Tex.,) is described as a dark
complexioned woman, with ieculiary
brilliant eyes and soft voice and gentle
manners
Private Secretary Laxhis Secre
tary t.resham's right-hand man who
sits on his left, however, by the win
dow enjoys the confidence of his
chief to an unusual degree, even
among statesmen who know how to
put a private secretary to the greatest
possible use.
A Iloy'a Composition.
The following composition was writ
ten by a ten-j-ear-old nephew of Josh
Killings when the teacher gave him
"Dogs and Cats" for a subject: "Dogs
and cats allways fite ech uther when
tha git a chance, but a dog an't no
match for a kat liecause a kat kin
make, her tail biggern a ball club and
run up a tree while the dogs gettin
riddy.""
UNCLE DAVY'S SCHEME.
Why Ho Didn't Get tne Hoped-For
Reward.
Old Uncle Davy leaned upon his lawn
mower, cross and dispiriteiL All his
blandishments and cajolings hail that
day failed to win a quarter of a dollar
from the newcomers at the Sugar
Springs summer hotel, and he feared
he would go home that night without
having earned the price of the tobacco
lor his aftcr-supiRT smoke. To W- sure,
the hotel proprietor had offered him a
dollar for mowing the hotel lawn, and
with ordinary industry it could W
mowed in less than a day, but I'nele
Davy accounted it a direct loss to earn
a dollar by the sweat of his black brow
when quarters could lie earned by a
few adroit compliments So the mow
ing of the lawn had dragged for a
week, and hi'l fair to Wcoine like the
task of Sisyphus. So slowly .lid t'nele
Davy work that tlei grass verily grew
under his feet, and although he had
completely mowed the lawn once, the
grass had grown as fast as he mowed,
and he could not call the hotel proprie
tor to view a completed task and pay
him a d llar.
NcbWr see s-ch a stingy set in my
borti'd days as dose W.lcr.s at de ho
tel," muttered I'nele Davy to himself.
"Dey won't even give) ine one o dcin
two-for-a-nickcl sega-es .ley smokes
for I reckon dey is too stingy to smoke
nutlin' 1110' costly. Ah. good cvenin",
young marsa," he continued in a cheery
tone, lmw ing and scraping to a smartly-dressed
young fellow passing by.
"Is you on a Wautiful walk, "s ev.-n-in"V"
"No; I am on a Ward walk, I'nele
Davy," replied the young fellow, w ith
diniculty denying himself the indul
gence of a smile at his ow n w itticism.
lilory! you's a-s witty as a blue jay.
young marsa, an' j.-s' as jn-art an' w ears
as fine clocs. I knew you was a ladies'
man de minnit I see you all dressed
tip so fine, an walkin' so graceful. like
you dance iuo"n you walk. I jos' done
did do it, 'pon my souL Whar'd you
say you come from? l"p norf, you
say?"
"M ichigan."
"I'ood glory! How's it seem to W
down whar yon kin keep warm?"
"We keep just as warm as you do."
'I reckon you all wear sheepskins;
dey would k.-ep you all warm. What
ton do you live in?"
"Ann ArWr."
"For de tail's sake! is dat so, young
marsa? Is dat so? Kefo de wa' I use
to live at Culpepper Co't House, Virgin
yah, on dc estate of old Jcdge Caring
fo'd. an' I rememW-r dat de Caringfo'd
lmys went to Ann Arlor, Michigan, to
sch.sd. Did yiiu know de Caringfo'd
ln.ys? Co'se not; y.tu's too young for
dat."
"Here is a quarter for you. I'nele
Davy," said the young man, loftily.
"They tell me at the hotel that when
you stop the guests and compliment
them you expect to W rewarded with a
iiuarter."
"(iord bress j-ou, young marsa." said
the old man. "Much obliged for de
quarter. Dem Wdcrs at de hotel is
wrong aWut ray expectin' a quarter,
when I talks to 'em. I hopes for a
quarter, young marsa, but I doan' ex
pec" nutlin' from secb a lot of stingy
bo'ders as dey is at de hotel dis sum
mer. "Do you see that old old man across
the lawn there, I'nele Davy, going
down to the spring with two water
bottles? lio you ever get money from
him?"
"Dat p.or ole man? He's too poor.
He ain't got nullin' to give me."
"He is the richest man about here.
He is that rich Mr. Rondell who has
just Wught that fine cottage at the
other end of the grounds. He lives in
St Louis, and two years ago pave five
thousand dollars to a young man who
rescued him from Wing run over by a
runaway team."
"(J.xxiuess! an' I ain't hardly W-en
speakin' to dat ole gen'leman. I
thought he was some pxr ole groun'
hog that never seen a quarter. I wish
a team of bosses would come runnin in
hcah now after dat file gen'leman. I'd
biff 'em on de hade wif do law n-mower.
I wish he'd slip down on de parf to de
spring an' Wn' his neck so he'd think
he was goin'to choke to death, an' I'd
run up an' tw is' it straight again. I'm
goin to save dat ole gen'leman's life
somehow an' git five thousan dollars.
Laws-a-massy! he mus lie one o dem
milliondaires How much is five thou
san' dollars, young marsa? I reckon it
wound buy all Sugar Springs an' a
hunk o' Sedalia."
With the golden possibility of five
thousand dollars W'fore him. Uncle
Davy could work no more that after
noon, and he put the lawn-mower iu
its place an.l followed Mr. Rondell to
the spring, in the hope that some op
portunity of saving the old man's life
might arise. Rut though for days
thereafter Davy followed Mr. Rondell
like a black shadow wherever he went,
the infirm old man never was in any
strait that called for the intervention
of his srlf-constittitcd guardian. At
last Davy earce to the conclusion that,
if Mr. Rondell was to W in peril an.l in
need of succor, he himself must W' the
author of the peril as well as the W-ar-er
of aid. He therefore turned over in
his mind several schemes of various de
crees of feasibility. He might have Mr.
Rondell attacked by a fictitious noc
turnal highway man and, suddenly ap
pearing, Itoldly put the highwayman
to flight, but as the only person he
could trust sufficiently to employ as the
fictitious highwayman was liis grand
son Tobias aged fifteen, and, more
over, Mr. Kondcil never stirred out of
doors after nightfall, he rejected the
plan. At length his brain conceived a
scheme that soerued alisolntely fault
less, and he at once proceeded to put it
into execution.
A few miles from the village was a
small, rocky hill, among the crevices of
whose outcropping ledges lived a col
ony of rattlesnakes. Several of the
Wiys of the neighborhood had achieved
imputations for their skill in entrapping
the deadly reptiles and drove quite a
thriving trade with the zoologically
inclined Rummer visitors Davy's
grandson Tobias w as perhaps the most
successful snake-hunter of them all,
and had Wen known to receive as much
as two dollars for an exceptionally large
snake. Davy had observed that it was
the custom of Mr. Rondell to spend a
portion of every afternoon under the
shade of some t rees that grew upon a
great cliff overha.iging the La Mine
river. Every afternoon, about the
time the sun-dial in front of the hotel
marked the hour of three, Mr. Rondell
would fill his watcr-liottlc at the spring
house, and then, seeking the cliff,
would sit for hours gazing down the
deep, rock-liound gorge of the river.
The cliff w as a huge pillar of stone that
rose from the river, entirely detached
from the earth Whiml, inaccessible ex
cept by a little wooden bridge that
spanned the chasm between its flat top
and the lank. High bushes fringed
the bank, and one could watch the top
of the cliff unseen by anyone upon it
At tne hour of noon, w lien he w as
sure that no inquisitive guests would
lie aliout the grounds to ply him with
questions, Davy stole down to the c!iff.
gingerly carrying a small chicken-e.M.p
against w hose slats lay the folds of a
large rattlesnake. Close behind him
followed Tobias, Waring a forked
stick, the fork just large enough to fit
aWut the snake's neck and hold it to
the ground.
"Now you. Tola-. I'll js' hide dis lx
in de bushes an' when de ole man
hiiiU!1 comes down I'll let de snaik
out and shove hiin 'long de bridge lodes
de ole man. an' lay ash-leaves Whin,
an' 110 rattl.-r will cross ash-leaves.
Jes' when de ole man is ruos' sca'd to
dycth I'll come runnin' out w if a club
an' kill de snaik. You set down an'
look at de snaik while I fling aw ay all
de sticks an' stories dey is on de rock,
so dc ole man won't have nuflia to fight
de snaik wif."
t ncle Davy soon cleared the top of
the cliff of all missiles and sticks and
lay down Wncath a tree to plan the
approachingcanipaign. He appreciated
the value of a climax and decided to
let Mr. Rondell Wcome hard pressed
ln-fore he came to the rescue, rightly
arguing that the size of iiis reward
would W commensurate with the
danger Mr. Rondell ex pcrioriced. From
plans of the attack an.l rescue he
passed to plans for spending the five
thousand dollars, and from day-dreams
he pa-.scd to real dreams, and was soon
snoring melodiously. His slumWrs
were disturWd by a harsh. rasping sound
as of tearing wood. Ho leaped to his
fe.-t and saw the guilty face of ToW
jx-ering anxiously out of the bushes on
the bank.
"What you .loin"? inquired Uncle
Davy with severity.
"1 w as jes" givin de snaik a toad to
eat. De toad was too big to go frew
between de slats art" I pulled off de 'en
of one slat to git de toad in."
"Let dat snaik alone. He .loan' want
no toad. iit away from hcah Wf I
Car de hide off.-n you. (lit away, I
say: " yelled the old man.
"Cay n't I jes' put de slat"
"tiit away, I t-ll you." interrupted
Uncle Davy as ToW accompanied his
words iy a movement towam tne lim
ing place of the snake's cage, "liit
away, you trillin", wuthless nigger, ef
you doan' want me to far yo' hide all
off an' make it into leather straps, an
whop you wif 'em until de blo.nl done
run;" and he started threateningly to
ward his grandson.
"I wish I knew how long I was
sleepin'. 1 reckon it mus' W mos' time
for dat ole milliondaire to come
stumpin' along. Reckon I'd better git
ready for hiin;" and Davy rose to his
feet chuckling gleefully. "Cosh: won't
Rondell jump when he sees dat
snaik?"
The last word was uttered in a horri
fied shriek, for there Wfore him was
the snake, lying coiled on the little
bridge. His forked stick was lying by
the snake's whilom prison. He had
thrown away all means of protection
w hen he had cast all the stones and
sticks on the cliff into the river W-low,
and now there seemed nothing to do
but to cast himself after them. ToW
had Wen aWut to replace the loosened
siat of the cage when ordered away so
jieremptorily.
The snake lay on the bridge quietly
enough, and Davy cautiously ap
proached it with a view to leaping over
it, but the creature coiled itself and
sprung its rattle as he drew near.
"Oh, Lordy!" groaned the pior old
fellow. "I'd give a quarter to any
liody who'll save my life. I wonner if
I cay n't shoo him off shakin' my hat at
him."
Taking his ancient headpiece of stiff
white felt he hurled it at the snake and
followed it by a large plug of tobacco
and a clay piie. These missiles angered
the snake, and it started toward its
tormentor. Davy leaped aWut in an
evstasy of terror, giving vent to the
most frightful howls No matter where
he dodged, the snake seemed to bar the
way, and at last held him a prisoner
upon a sharp, projecting corner that
jutted out over a deep swiiuming-p.Mil
in the river. He had ceased his calls
for help some moments W'fore, and a
semi-calmness hail succeeded liis abject
fear. The only way for him to escape
was to leap into the river. The deep
pool would effectually break his fall.
He was on his knees preparatory to
swinging himself off the cliff, when
there was a spluttering crash Wfore
him, and the snake, crushed by a groat
water-bottle, writhed in agony. A sec
ond Wittle followed the first, and Mr.
Rondell came running across the little
bridge, and, with his stout cane, pro
ceeded to W'laWr out of the snake the
few sparks of life yet remaining in it.
L'ncle Davy stared at his preserver in
silence. Providence has gainsaid the
blush to the black race. In the spas
modic grin that overspread the res
cued man's face it would W difficult to
tell whether joy or shame was ex
pressed. "There, he is finished," said Mr. Ron
dell, cxultingly, as he cut the rattlers
from the tail of the mangled reptile.
Uncle Davy fumbled in his pockets
irresolutely, and then, gazing at his
preserver inquiringly, held out to him
a grimy quarter. W anion A. Curtis in
Leslie's Weekly.
Man la m llattery.
The old time superstitious W'l'naf that
human W-ings should sleep with their
heads toward the north is now believed
to W based on a scientific principle.
Some French savants have made ex
periments on the Ixnly of a criminal
who tiad suffered death, and these tests
go to prove that each human body is in
itself an electric battery, one electrode
Wing represented by the head and the
other by the feet.
Cooperative lancnacea.
The Japanese and Chinese languages
are entirely different, yet so many
Chinese words are used in Japan that
scarcely a line in a Japanese nc wspujnT
is without at least one Chinese word.
In Japanese novels the Japanese equiv
alents for the many Chinese words is
always given.
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