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SWEETHEART THE TRUE.
I dmun t tread nnln a path
Which naught but luring bvauty hath.
By durk green bank of coaxing fit reitm.
All glorious in ltd flashing leme.
Winding i'.r through cooling shade
Of woven branched, thick leaved arcada.
Its Hof t moHn borderi flower llliin.etl
In flocking light by clouds ne'er dimmed-
A wondrous scene, but part unfurl'd
The big ruse garden of the world.
Ah, fiurl So fair, it can but smm
To pilgrims in a deep, deep dream
The vision when in Life's young days
Enthusiasm spreads a haae
By which a color fine is wrought
Upon each bloom ambition sought,
A vision still him who walks
Its fartlir end. past lifeless stalks.
The trav'ler who the bent can tell
That in mirage ideals dwell
That fur all buds that he has found
Ashes of roses Btrew the gronnd.
Then each will fade?
No one is true
To cheer when every roseate hne
Has vanished in the gloomy gray.
And all bright visions flee away.
Sweetheart the trne, the fairer gltwn
Fairest that you are true alone.
Womankind.
HIS FIKST FIGHT.
A friend of mine, a soldier, who died
in Greece of fever some years siuce, de
scribed to rue one day his first engage
ment. His story so impressed me that I
wrote it down from memory. It was as
follows :
I joined my regiment on Sept 4. It
was evening. I found the colonel in the
camp. He received me rather brusque
ly, but having read the general's intro
ductory letter he changed his manner
and addressed me courteously.
By him I was presented to my cap
tain, who had just come in from reeou
noitering. This captain, whose acquaint
ance I h;id scarcely time to make, was
a tall, dark man of harsh, repelling as
pect. He had been a private soldier and
had won his cross and epaulets upon
the field of battle. His voice, which was
hoarse and feeble, contrasted strangely
with his gigantic stature. This voice of
his he owed, as I was told, to a bullet
which had passed completely through
his liody at the battle of Jena.
On learning that I had just come from
college at Foutaineblean, he remarked
with a wry face, "My lieutenant died
last night,"
I understood what he implied "It is
for you to take his place, and you are
good for nothing. "
A sharp retort was on my tongue, but
I restrained it.
The moon was rising behind the re
doubt of Cheveriuo, which stood two
camion shots from our encampment.
The moon was large and ml, as is com
mon at her rising, but that night she
seemed to me of extraordinary size. For
an instant the redoubt stood out coal
black against the glittering disk. It re
sembled the cone of a volcano at the mo
ment of eruption.
An old soldier at whose side I found
myself observed the color of the moon.
"She is very red, " he said. "It is a
sign that it will cost us dear to win this
wonderful redoubt. "
I was always superstitious, and this
piece of angary, coming at that mo
ment, troubled rue. I sought my couch,
but could not sleep. I rose and walked
about awhile, watching the long line of
fires upon the heights beyond the village
of ChevcTino.
When the sharp night air had thor
oughly refreshd my blood, 1 went back
to the fire. I rolled my mantle round
me, and I shut my eyes, trusting not to
open them till daybreak. But sleep re
fused to visit me. Insensibly my
thoughts grew dolofuL 1 told myself
that I had not a friend among the 100,-
000 men who filled that plain. If I
were wounded. 1 should be placed in
hospital in the hands of ignorant and
careless surgt-ons. I called to mind what
1 had heard of operations. My heart
beat violently, and I mechanically ar
ranged as a kind of rude cuirass my
handkerchief and pockethook upon my
breast Then, overpowered with weari-
" ness, my eyes clos drowsily, only to
open the next instant with a start at
some new tlrought of horror.
Fatigue, however, at last gained the
day. NVhen the drums beat at daybreak,
I was fast asleep. We were drawn up in
ranks. The roll was called, then we
6tacked our arms, and everything an
nounced that we should pass another
uneventful day.
But about 3 o'clock an aid-de-camp
arrived with orders. We were com
manded to take arms.
Our sharpshooters . marched into the
plain. We followed slowly, and in 20
minutes we saw the outpost9 or tne
Russians falling back and entering the
redoubt- We had a battery of artillery
on our right, another on our left, but
both some distance in advance of us.
They opened a sharp fire upon the ene
my, who returned it briskly, and the
redoubt of Cheveriuo was soon conceal
ed by volumes of thick smoke. Our regi
ment was almost covered from the Rus
sians' fire by a piece of rising ground.
Their bullets (which besides were rarely
aimed at us, for tley preferred to fire
upon our cannoneers) whistled over us
or at worst knocked up a shower of
rarth and stones.
Just as the order to advance was giv
in the captain looked at me intently. I
stroked my sprouting mustache with an
air of unconcern. In truth. I was not
frightened and only dreaded lest I might
bo thought so. These passing bullets
aided my heroic coolness, while my self
respect assured me that the danger was
a real one, since I was veritably under
fire. I was dt-lighted at my self posses
sion and already looked forward to the
pleasure of describing in Parisian draw
ing roouis the capture of the redoubt of
Cheveriuo.
The colonel passed before our com
pany. "Well," he said to me, "you are
going to see warm work in your first ac
tion. "
I gave a martial smile and brushed
off my cuff, on which a bullet which
had struck the earth at 80 paces distant
had cast a little dust.
It appeared that the Russians had dis
covered that their bullets did no bt-rm,
for they replaced them by a fire of
shells, which began to reach us in the
hollows where we lay. One of these in
its explosion knocked off my shako and
killed a man beside me.
"I congratulate you, " said the cap
tain as I picked up my shako. "You are
safe now for the day."
J. knew the military superstition
HI IS A IRMHIH -WHOM THE TBBTH MAKES
EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1896.
which believes that the axiom "non bis
in idem" is as applicable to the battle
field as to the courts of justice. . I re
placed my shako with a swagger.
"That'9 a rude way to make one raise
one's hat," I said as lightly as I could.
And this wretched piece of wit was, in
the circumstances, received as excellent
'I compliment you," said the cap
tain. "You will command a company
tonight, for I shall not survive the day.
Every time I have been wounded the
officer below me has been touched by
some spent ball, and," he added in a
lower toue, "all the names began with
P."
I laughed skeptically. Most people
would have done the same, but most
would also have been struck, as I was,
by these prophetic words. But, con
script though I was. I felt that I could
trust my thoughts to no one, and that it
was my duty to seem always calm and
bold.
At the end of half an hour the Rus
sian fire had sensibly diminished. We
left our cover to advance on the re
doubt Our regiment was composed of "three
battalions. The second had to take the
enemy in flank. The two others formed
the storming party. I was in the third.
On issuing from behind the cover we
were received by several volleys, which
did but little harm. The whistling of
the balls amazed me. "But after all,"
I thought, "a battle is less terrible than
I expected. "
We advanced at a smart run, our
musketeers in front
All at once the Russians uttered three
hurrahs, three distinct hurrahs, and then
stood silent without firing.
"I don't like that silence," said the
captain. "It bodes no good. "
I began to think our people were too
euger. I could not help comparing,
mentally, their shouts and clamor with
the striking silence o"f the enemy.
We quickly reached the foot of the
redoubt The palisades were broken
and the earthwords shattered by our
balla With a roar of "Vive l'einpe
reur!" our soldiers rushed across the
ruins.
I raised my eyes. Never shall I forget
the sight which met my view. The
smoke had luostly lifted and remained
suspended like a canopy at 20 feet above
die redoubt Through a bluish mist
could be perceived behind the shattered
para j et the Russian grenadiers with
rifles lifted, as motionless as statues.
I can see them still the left eye of ev
ery soldier glaring at us, the right hid
den by his lifted gun. In an embrasure
at a few feet distant a man with a fuse
stood by a cauuov.
I shuddered. I believed that my last
hour had come.
"Now for the dance to open," cried
the captain. These were the last words
I heard him speak.
There came from the redoubts a roll
of drama. I saw the muzzles lowered.
I shut my eyes. I heard a most appalling
crash of sound, to which succeeded
groans and cries. Then I looked up,
amazed to find myself Mill living. The
redoubt was once " more wrapped in
smoke. I was surrounded by the dead
and wouilded. The captain was extend
ed at my feet A ball had carried off
his head, and I was covered with his
blood. Of all the company only six men
except myself remained erect
This carnage was succeeded by a kind
of stupor. The next instant the colonel,
with his hat on his sword's point, had
scaled the parapet with a cry of "Vive
l'empereur!" The survivors followed
him. All that succeeded is tome a kind
of dream. We rushed into the redoubt,
I know not how; we fought hand to
hand in the midst of smoke so thick
that no man could perceive his enemy.
I found my saber dripping blood, I
heard a shout of "Victory!" and in the
clearing smoke I saw the earthworks
piled with dead and dying. The can
nons were covered with a heap of
corpses. About 200 men in the French
uniform were standing without order
loading their muskets or wiping their
bayonets. Eleven Russian prisoners
were with them.
The colonel was lying, bathed in
blood, upon a broken cannon. A group
of soldiers crowded round him. I ap
proached them.
"Who is the oldest captain?" he was
asking of a sergeant
The sergeant shrugged bis shoulders
most expressively.
"Who is the oldest lieutenant?"
"This gentleman, who came last
night," rejJied the sergeant calmly.
The colonel smiled bitterly.
"Come, sir, " he said to me, "you are
now in chief command. Fortify the
gorge of the redoubt at once with wag
ons, for the enemy is out in force. But
General C is coming to support
you."
"Colonel," I asked him, "are yon
badly wounded?"
"Pish, my dear fellow. The redoubt
is taken. " Prosper Merimee.
Bogua Money Lender In Parts,
From a Frenc hman's point of view,
everybody who lives well and dresses
better than a bank clerk is put down as
a spy in the employ of Bismarck, unless
he is known to have any other occupa
tion. But among these busy people with
out distinct profession there are those
who lend their names and imposing ap
pearance to enterprises which could ex
ist only in the country where the "gogo"
is always on the lookout for a rapid road
to fortune. For example, the money
lending agencies. Notwithstanding ar
ticle upon article which has been writ
ten in the respectable portion of the
French press warning people against
them, they still go on and prosper. One
has only to consult any day the smallest
French paper which pretends to the
largest circulation to see half a dozen
persons or societies advertising to lend
money on simple signatures. The sim
pleton replies to the advertisement
states his requirements, is informed that
the director will be able to obtain what
he desires, that he must agree to pay so
much per cent commission (generally
very low) and deposit 22 i francs for
sundry preliminary expenses. This he
does and hears no more of the matter. .
Or, if he becomes anxious and worries
the "society," he gets a polite letter to
say that the "board of directors," hav
ing taken the matter into their serious
consideration, regret that the securities
offered are not such as to justify them
in making the advance. His 224 franca
have been expended for the postage on
one letter and the inquiries, which have
probably never been made. Lippia-cott'a.
Mzt
FBEB AND ALL. ABB (UTU 1U1DI.'
SHOOTING STARS.
Across the strings of memory
A aephyr breathes from oat the past,
When youth believed the shooting stars
That night athwart the heavens oast.
They told him that the aoulfelt wish
Asked, while still glowed the flashing brand,
Were sura to fail a wondrous gift
Within faith's supplicating hand.
Bow many dreams of love and wealth
How many hopes of name and fame
With boyish trust so soon outgrown
Were loaded on each flitting flame!
Bay 'twas the credence of the fool,
A farce where folly played chief part
It had what too much after lacks.
The earnest service of the heart.
And so of all those radiant ships
That one time sped o'er seas of air
And piled up high with golden dreams,
iS truck Age's rock and foundered thera.
Hung In the aanctum of the soul.
Where death can only force the bar.
Alone remains that Joy we knew
And lived when dreaming of the star.
Philadelphia Times.
ROUTED BY GIRLS.
The Marquise Therese de Lionue, the
most adorable old lady in the world, a
grandmother, with fluttering little curls
and the laughing eyea of a child, has
but one fault, and that so grave a one
that you would hardly believe it
Dainty and pretty as she is, and grande
dame to the tips of her taper fingers,
she punctuates her most ordinary con
versation with the strangest of oaths.
At the slightest provocation, or on no
provocation at all, she will come out
with "The deuce!" or "The devil!" or
even a "Damn!" that shocks every one
who hears her. "It's an old habit of
mine," she explains, "and I cling to it
because it is an old one. And then," she
adds, with a gay smile, "it saved me
once from the greatest peril a woman
can run. "
And here is the story as the marquise
tells it:
' 'Old though I am, I am not a very
serious person ; but- as a little girl all,
how long ago that was, how long ago!
I was the greatest madcap that ever
got out of breath chasing butterflies, or
tore her gown and left her hair ribbons
on the hawthorn trees, though that did
not prevent me egad! would you be
lieve it at 14 ! from being very much
interested even then in the haudsomo
hussar, gold laced, embroidered and be
dizened, who adorned the front pages of
the romances of that day.
"Naturally my friends were hardly
less feather brained than L You would
have to search long to find a dovecot
more full of turbulent chatter and
laughter and flights of song than the
Convent of the Sacred Heart, where I
took my vows never to be a nun.
"It was in the evening that we used
to play our greatest pranks. We had
discovered a way to slip out of the dor
mitory without waking up the sister
who was supposed to guard over us. As
soon as she was asleep, we would creep
down stairs into the great durk garden,
carrying with us tablets of chocolate, a
coffee pot ami an alcohol lamp, and,
climbing up to a favorite perch high in
an old oak tree, we would make choco
late and drink it triumphantly in the
darkness. '
"In the town where this convent was,
there was also a garrison. The walls of
our garden were very high, and we never
so much as set eyes on a uniform; but
walls that prevent seeing, do not pre
vent hearing. The officers and common
soldiers naturally attracted by the
'presence of so many girls, I suppose
used to stroll along on the other side of
our wall in the evenings, chattering to
gether, and we girls used to listen. We
could hear them so well! They would
describe what they had done in battle,
or what they would do in case there
should be a war, and when they got ex
cited, they used to talk in the most blood
thirsty way. It was terrifying to hear
them, but so fascinating! And what
formidable oaths they used! We could
remember a few of them.
"One day, as we were walking to
gether in one of the paths, Eveline de
Sabran exclaimed, By thunder, girls,
this is a devilish fine evening!'
"It was a revelation! From that time
forth, the entire convent, inspired by
her example, began to pepper their con
versation with oaths that would have
done credit to Napoleonic veterans. And
we did not content ourselves with the
garrison expletives overheard across the
walL We recalled peasant profanity we
had heard years before, and hunted
through romances to find the oaths of
fine gentlemen, roisterers, and serving
maids. It was. not long before we had
acquired a special and remarkable erudi
tion in that line.
' 'As you may imagine, it was not in
the classes, before the pious ears of
the sisters, that we aired our new ac
complishment In' the daytime we
swore only before the abbess, who was
deaf as a post But as soon as night
came oh, we did not think of chocolate
any more, you may be sure we met on
the lawn under the big oak and had a
grand time. 'Deuce take it! Jane de
Seaux would begin. I would follow
with 'By thunder, blast your eyes!' and
the others would chorus 'Devil fly 'way
with me!' 'Damme, sir!' 'By 'r lady!
'Ten hundred thousand devils!' 'Grape
and canister!' 'Thunder and lightning!'
'Confound it!' To see us strutting about
with our hands on our hips or twirling
imaginary mustaches, with our little
voices coming from the bottoms of our
boots, you would think we were more
terrible than a regiment of dragoons. "
As site said this, the marquise burst
into a peal of merry laughter, and imi
tating the childish uproar of the pre
cocious blasphemers the gentle old lady
swore delightedly.
"It must have been an amusing
scene," we said laughing, "but we
don't see the danger it saved you from. "
"Devil take you, my dears," she re
plied, "how impatient you are!" and
checking her laughter, she continued
her story:
"After the convent comes marriage
after the mother superior, a superior of
another kind. M. de Lion ne was pre
sented to int a fine looking army man.
I thought immediately of the hussar of
romance. He could talk the part well
too. And, zounds, why shouldn't 1
marry him? Thirty-five years of age,
but much younger in spirit, of proved
courage and unquestioned honor in
fact how shall I say it he pleased me
very much. Only one thing kept me
from saying "Yes at once. Novels were
already being written at that time. I
had read some far too many and they
had put lot of absurd ideas into my
OI.BO and
hcadT If I were to give myself to a man
forever, I must know bis intimate
thoughts, his past above alL
"One fine evening, then, between two
cups of tea, I said bravely to M. de
Lionne:
" 'Well, yes, I love you. But come,
tell me frankly, looking me straight in
the eye it is not very disagreeable to
do so, is it? have you nothing, abso
lutely nothing, to reproach yourself
with if not as regards men. as regards
women V
" 'Nothing, ' be replied, with an in
genuous earnestness that made me wish
to throw myself into his arms.
"Then he suddenly blushed. 'I had
forgotten one incident' he said. 1 con
fess that I have committed, or almost
committed, a bad, a very bad, action.
"Blushing at first he had now turned
pale. I almost regretted having asked
him. But it was too late to curb my
curiosity.
'Tell me everything.
" I obey. Twelve years ago I was in
garrison at T l There was talk of
war in the air at the time, and this,
added to our youth, gave us an auda
cious, almost a ferocious, gayety. One
evening when we were all tipsy for we
got tipsy in those days, which I hope
you will pardon a sublieutenant, more
tipsy than the others, proposed that we
scale the walls of a convent in the neigh
borhood and frighten the nuns and pu
pils in their sleep. It was a stupid, an
infamous idea! Wine is a bad counselor:
not a man there, brave and honorable
though they were, slapped the face of
the man who had made the wretched
proposition. We rushed out of the tav
ern, found ladders 1 don't know where,
scaled the wall, and ran across the gar
den like looters in a captured city. '
" 'Oh!' 1 cried.
" 'You despise nie, do you not? You
will never be my wife?'
" I have uot said that yet I sin
cerely hope you did not carry, out your
horrible project?
" 'Chance saved us. As wo reached
the convent door we heard Ueep voices
in the garden, swearing the strangest
oaths. There could be no doubt that
rough fellows of some sort gardeners
or peasants come to pay their rent
were near at hand in considerable num
bers. Yes, they were countrymen, for
under the trees we could see garments
that looked like skirts they must have
been long blouses. We began to be less
courageous, remorse seized us, and we
fled to the ladders ; and no one ever
knew that we had entered the convent
garden. But I have always had a bitter
recollection of that night's escapade.'
"The dear fellow! I assured him that
I thought none the worse of him for it.
and, a mouth later, I was the Marquise
de Lionne, "
When we had finished laughing for.
it must be confessed, the adventure was
amusing -we demanded of the mar
quise:
"And did your husband never know
the truth? Did he never learn that it
was you and your schoolmates"
"Perhaps he guessed it The night
we were married, just as he was about
to take me in his arms and kiss me, I
suddenly sprang away, crying: 'Damme,
sir! Ten thousand devils! By thunder!"
"But he didn't run away that time. "
From the French in San Francisco
Argonaut
Sulphur Hatha.
Some of the sulphur baths in Hun
gary and Bosnia are sights worth going
far to see.
At one place, Ilidze, near Serajevo,
those who thirst for sulphur are shown
into small cells just like the cells of a
prison. Light streams in faintly from a
small skylight, but the bath is not to be
discovered until the bather's eyes are
accustomed to the semidarkness and he
has been in the place some minutes.
Then ho becomes aware that there is
in one corner of his cell a small flight
of steps leading to a rough hewn basin in
the very bowels of the earth, so to speak.
The sulphurous water gushes up in
the basin, and the odor of it is not to be
described. Yet people travel hundreds
of miles to enjoy it, and the doctors rave
about its medicinal qualities. London
Tit-Bits.
The night of Geese.
Wild geese conduct their migration
in an extremely methodical fashion.
The birds form themselves into lines
shaped like an old fashioned drag or
harrow. Sometimes there are two rows,
one behind the other. There are always
distinct leaders, but these very soon
tire, and by careful watching with a
glass one may see the leaders drop back
and others take their places. It has been
suggested tbat this arrangement is on
the principle of a ticket office window,
and that all of the ganders successively
take the leadership. When weary, they
fall back to the rear and others come
up. If the flock is scattered by shot or
accident they may immediately form
again. New York Ledger.
After the Long Arctic Night.
The inhabitants of the little villages
in the arctic circle have nearly three
months of steady night It is the annual
custom that on the day when the sun
rises above the horizon after the long
season of darkness the inhabitants all
stand in line, facing the returning orb,
and greet It with a military salute. No
other effect than that of paleness of com
plexion is discernible in the natives aft
er this long time at night The pallor
soon passes away with the sun's return.
In Bodo the sun can be seen at midnight
on June 3 ; in Tromso it can be seen on
May 20 ; in Uammerfest or as far as the
North cape, the midnight sun may be
seen as early as May 13 or 16. New
York Herald.
Odd Reeeptacla For Gold.
One of the most interesting curios in
the collection of valuables at the mi
is a queerly contrived bamboo tube thi
once contained a small consignment of
gold from far off Madagascar. "The
gold was mined and smelted and done
up for shipment by natives," said Reg
istrar of Deposits J. Robley Dunglison,
"and was the brightest gold ever re
ceived at the mint They took a piece
of bamboo about 6 inches long and 2
inches in diameter and polished the out
side till it was Hinooth as glass. Then
they put a wooden cork in one end and
poured in the melted gold and corked
up the other end. In this queer recep
tacle the . precious - metal was safely
brought all 2x9 war to America and
finally found its way into the mint "
Philadelphia Record.
postage per ear Irvadvance.
NUMBER 2:5.
LOVE'S REALITY.
Who laughs at love and calls It foolish knows
Not life's real Value In icreat thin; 'r unalL
Love Is trne faith, the Bil.-nn-r of i,
The everyday delight, the little all
Of poverty, a irift so Kreat to thiMo
Of wealth that other treasure, poor and
small.
Beem by the (tlory of Its boly flame
That flashes op to heaven, white and tall.
To kiss the stars. Ah, love k im-at ! It came
Kot 'fore the fall, but after, just to i.hame
Life's littleness with something liiirh withal
And strong:, and beautiful and void of Llaine,
This trift divine to man hi all in all.
Slande Andrews in tt. Louis Republic.
A TIGER OF THE LAW.
Never had Chi Hung Lang sat down
to his cup of tea in a more sorrowful
frame of mind. A something v rpj-l
in yellow Bilk lay before him, which
bid fair to give the brave mainlarin a
headache. It was an official letter.
A weighty matter it was for Chi
Hung Lang to be or not to Ik-, in fact.
In case be succeeded in doing what was
asked of him he would receive the st
ond peacock feather and the red button
for his cap, but if he failed the soles of
his feet would certainly become in
timately acquaint 1 with the iauiUn.
And there wt-re such beautiful, strong,
elastic bainboos in the town hall for
such purposes. He had tried every stick
with his own hands on one of his in
feriors in office.
For Chi Hung Lang was the highest
judge of the province and bore the title
of honor, "tiger of the lawbook."
In criminal circles and among th
learned in the law his name was great
ly respected. He understood the law so
well and could eijxiuiid it so mitmtely
that he once succeeded by a brilliant
plea in having a 2 -hour -old infant sen
tenced to 18 years' imprisonment
There was no one in all the land with
a clear conscience, at least no one ho
felt secure, fur Chi Hung Lang hud once
declared that in his opinion every re
spectable citizen ought to sit on the
criminal's bench at least once during
his lifetime, and he was just the man
to put his theory into practice.
It cannot be denied that Chi Hung
Lang, with his method of administering
justice, accomplished great results. If
any one had the least reason to fear the
law, he moved into another province.
This solved the tramp question at least.
If the tiger of the lawbook had uot
occasionally instituted a practice law
suit the judgi-s of the land would have
had nothing to do but smoke their opium
in undisturbed leisure.
At this time the prison of the prov
ince of Yen-si-ling, over which Chi
Hung Lang ruled, had been without
an inmate for eight days. It was absv
lutely imiMjssible to find a wrongdn-r.
The beautiful prison, with its K32
cells, electric lights, flogging machines
and torture chamber equipjied with all
the modern improvements, was empty
empty as a Chinese lieutenant's purse
on the 2itth of the month.
This is the reason that Chi Hung
Lang's heart quaked and his feet tin
gled with misgivings:
Five years before this the alove men
tioned model prison had been built by
the son of heaven at an enormous cost,
and it had been made so large at the ex
press wish of Chi Hung Lang. The vice
roy now announced that he would in
spect the prison in three days and hoped
to find it comfortably well filled. The
writing ended with the ominous figures
"25." Oh, how poor Chi Hung Lang's
feet burned! It was just like the Mikado.
But where was he to get 832 Nanki
Poohs without stealing them? It was
hardly to be expected that any one
would volunteer. But the viceroy want
ed to see the flogging machine and the
hydraulic gallows in actual operation
during his inspection. Here the terrible
number 25 appeared again. Oh, how
the feet of the. tiger of the luwlxx.k
buroed! There was no escape. An un
lawful act he would not have commit
ted, and at any rate there was no time
to manufacture several hundred com
plaints and try the cases in the usual
way. Oh, if only he had more time!
And Chi Hung Lang rubbed his head
doubtfully. He had a very long head,
had Chi Hung Lang, tiger of the law
book. At this moment his pupil and favor
ite practitioner, Ka-cha-lo. entered the
room with a newspaper in his hand and
horror in his face.
"Read, master," he said.
It was a copy of a comic pajier. The
Dragon Claw, which coutaiued a ma
licious item ridiculing the large feet of
Chi Hung Lang's wife.
Ka-cha-lo had exi.'ted his master to
fly into a passion and at leat breathe
out fire and smoke or some exhibition
of the kind.
Nothing of the sort took place. The
mighty man of law danced around the
room in his glee until his cue upset all
the candles, crying; "I am savd! I
shall fill my prison! I shall get my f32
prisoners!" Ka-cha-lo said in astonish
ment "Only one, I think the responsi
ble editor of The Dragon Claw. "
"Young man." replied Chi Hung
Lang, "what do you know about law?
How about his accomplice?"
"But do you think he has S32 of
them?" ventured Ka-cha-lo.
"He has as many as I need, " was the
rise answer.
Ka-c-ha-lo, more astonished than ever,
left the room, saying, "What a m:tn!"
Two days afterward proceedings were
begun.
Eight hundred and thirty-two persons
had been accused of being parties to the
offense or of spreading abroad the con
tents of the libelous sheet As a matter
of course the editor was first indicted,
then the assistant editors, the publish
ers, the owners of the printing fri-e
the printers, the folders, the composi
tors and the proofreaders, the janitors;
also his wife, who had brought him his
breakfast and so refreshed him tbat he
was aide to take part in such scanda
lous doings. -The jiorter of tlie building
did not escape, for had he not allowed
the bundles of p;iers to be carried out
without a protest? Neither were the
Women who carried the papers over
looked, nor the postal authorities who
forwarded them by mail, nor tle rail
way officials down to the engineer, for
they all had assisted in bringing it !
fore the public.
This, however, made only 180 acens-
ed persons, and more were needed. But
Chi Hung Lang, with long, long head,
j was a man of rtwourcea. He then indict
ed, the cheese and sausage merchants
Advert iKin g Rates.
' The lartsaad ret able rirralatlos si tksVaW
I sua Kruatii cemmecdi it to ths favenela
I cunideration of advert irera bo laver will ha
iBrt4 at ths following low rates:
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lorhe. months a. IS
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column, month.. 10.
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column. 1 year S3. oa
. column, ttion tup........ ...... ...... 40 as
1 column, I year 111111.... T9
Marine Itemt, tin Insertion, We. per'llBS
tabfeqaent Insertions, v. per Has
Aaminiotrmtor n,l llirrutor l Notices . ti M
Auditor'! Notice ......... 2.M
S'trsy and rtmiiar Notice a 00
. Keoluton or proceedinc ol soy corpora
tion, or society an.l commnni-atlon deiBrd to
call attention to int matter ot limited or indl
ridnal interest man he paid lor a alTertlment.
Book aod Joh Hnutin of ail kind neatly asd
eieatoufiy exeraten at the lowest prices. And
don tyou tortret It.
who had wrapped their wares in this
nunilerof the p.qer, the manufacturer
f the paiier on which the edition was
printtxi and all his tal.lihuient. in
cluding his traveling salesmen, the man
who delivered the ink; also his ruotlier-in-law.
for it was plain that these all
had had a hand in the affair.
Next on the list were the waiters at
the restaurants who had handed this
copy of The Dragon Claw to the guests,
a stret car conductor in whose car a
passenger had read the lai r, an opti
cian who hud sold eyeglasses to a near
sighted nitui and so hcljied him to read
the wicked arti. le, the family of the
physician of the editor 1m had cured
the latter of influenza ihnv days W-fore
and made it possible for him to return
to his work and break the law as be had
done. Fifty seven men who had read
the article to thc-ir wives was quite a
respi-ctaMe audition to the list, and in
natural on ier followed 57 wives who,
with malicious giggling, had licard the
itcw thus re;d.
Finally the parents of the editor were
indicted for bringing such a monster
into the world a:id the editor's brother
for not liaving vxcrcised a U tter influ
ence over him.
This brother, however, Vras released.
He was deaf, dumb : d blind.
Eight hundred ain. iliirty-two persons
were sentenced to various terms of im
prisonment and to more r less severe
flogging with the bamli The fine new
pristin was now filled to the roof with
the exception of a single celL In this
one the writer of the scandalous artiele
very properly U-longc.1, but, unfortu
nately, after all these legal proceedings
he could not le fouiicL
The viceroy came. The inhabitants
of the town, as many as were out of
prison, crowded the streets and cried as
if possessed: "Hurrah! Hurrah!" for it
had tn-eu announci-d that those who did
imt shout and tho? that remained in
their houses would le proj.-rly punished.
The viceroy inspected the prison, saw
a man or woman sitting in ea-h cell
and was highly pleased. The automatic
flogging machine-worked without a sin
gle hitch, and the hydraulic gallows
exocedt-d the higlw-st expectations of tlie
illustrious inspector. He had heard of
the wholesale convictions, anL delight
ed with Chi Hung Lang's sagacity, he
handed him the second eaeork feather
and the rel button. Tlwu he said:
"But tell me, tip r of the lawl.k.
why is this cell empty? ne more would
have made very little difference. "
Chi Hung Lang was not only a law
yer of the shrewdest kind, but alx a
diplomat, so he answered: "We knew
no one t-lse that could l' indicted with
out the apiK-arance of slight injustice.
Perhajis you wisdom. O most noble one,
is able to name still another who de
serves puuLsluuenr. "
The most noble one slowly closed his
left eye, and with a Very cunning liok
he said :
"Tell me, Chi Hung Lang, tiger of
the lawlaook, lion of the imragraph,
how does this atrocious article read?"
Chi Hung Lang carri-d the pajer in
his pocket and made haste to read it to
his noble master. As he finished read
ing the vi-eroy said with a smile:
"That is not so Iwid. for N-tween you
and me, you know your wife wears No.
9. But here we have another who has
helped spread abroad this wicked article,
and he must lie iniprisoiiiL "
"And who is it, O most high one?"
asked Chi Hung Lang as he liowed in
amazement .t the wisdom of theviceny
until his cue curled on the ground be
tween his feet
"You yourself, tiger of the lawtiook.
for you have just read the paper to me.
About 13 days and 12 blows on your
feet, I think, th?" said the imperial in
spctor jovially.
"Yon are the wisest of all wise ones;
your wisdom h;is no liounds," replied
Chi Hung Lung, a trifle disconcerted.
Then he liowed ;igaiu to the earth, took
hold of his cue, led himself into the
only vacant cell and with his own hands
t tiff h is sh ics. Fn m t he t lermau in
Short rtori.
THE SOLACING WEED.
CtTlUwd Men Take to Ti-hnrro as a Ievel
Above the Lowfr A iiimkl.
In the opiniou of alnt four in every
five men the essential difference lietween
man and the inferior animals is that
man smokes tobacco. 1 icca-ionally a pre
cocious monkey has Intii taught to
drink beer and smoke a pipe Old Tom
in the London zoo, for instance but
this only emphasizes the exclusive hu
maiiuess of smoking. The monkey is
nearest kin to man and is in full prog
ress toward the human state. As the
ultra temperance, lecturers affirm, "A
log wouldn't smoke the vile weed."
No other animal than superior man and
the authropi iid ajie will smoke. Perhajw
in the civilized white world one man in
five is the victim of some defect that
disqualifies him for smoking. The de
fect may bo a tendency to a cancerous
growth, or it may K- a wife or a mother-in-law.
The remaining four are in the
full enjoyment of all their faculties
and the right to pursue happiness
through a cloud of tobiui-o smoke.
Lack of opportunity tosmoke is with
out doubt the mist afflictive evil under
which a majority of men suffer. A
large j-roport ion of men are employed
in offices, stores and shops where rules
against smoking are rigidly enforced.
This is entirely proper. No suierior
smoker ever smokes while working. To
do that is to debase the luxury and to
take off the keen edge of the pleasure.
It is intemperance and dissipation. The
most expert wine tasters never drink to
excess, but find that in moderation only
does the palate retain its power to de
tect the delicate flavor. So with smok
ing. At night, after a few pipes or ci
gars have dulled the edge of appetite, it
Ls allowable to smoke half a tlrrzen with
some violence to stimulate a jaded k1
ate, but at other times pleasure gw
with moderation. To smoke after a meal
is the imperative demand of the whole
system. Not to ! able to do this is tc
incur endless disorders of the nervous
Fystem, the stomach and the entire di
gestive apparatus and sometimes to in
vito progressive th-ay of the mental
faculties. There is no N-tter preparation
for a day's work for the smoker than a
pipe or ciirar after breakfast New
York Advertiser.
Cap Canaveral, in Florida, was
named by the Spaniards from the aluu
dance of flowers in the viciuity. The
name means ' 'Land of the luxe Tree. "