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OS f- nx to Proprietor. A LAMENT. Little Winnit's rrone away tJone away! flone away for noi.J'n all: lu en lo-ie with us sim-e last fall. Kcolt.iiiir, kisin, romping 'round; Wan't her like :t-t.p of urounii; Kept us feelinif sray; Now the liilKofs j;one away t;?ine away! Little Wl.mio's i;.ne away lloiie away! With lior pin hi waist in a bundle. And her iiiiil-r.-ll.' off she'd trundle Though 1 almost i-ri.tl iwjo-hoo! "1 cunt always stay with you"- Tli;it was all she'd say. . Little Winnie'r. pun- away tlotie away ! Iattle Wiiiiii.' troiie away ( lone away! Asked a KOod-liy kiss. Put "no Won't have any left for Joe!" So I K4ivo her one, for she Couldn't Kiv- Joe's kiss to me. 'l-i:;. alaekaday! Little Winnie's i;one away tione away! -I'hilip A. Harker. in ChiraRO Record. A CIIANNKL STOUY. BY IL1DE I-URD. One may travel f;ir without seoinir : more eluii uiin str-teli of river secu.-ry than fan lie found ahtni our norlheru i.oiiiularv lietueen Iike SiiH--ior aril 1-i.Ue lliirim. The iif t urvsiueniss n-ally lu irius at Ilie raiili of St. Man's river, which have lieon called the Sk 'tiee I he t imes of I he 1'relieh oeeii.:i lioii. Old Fori llrady. with its drill iiroiinil facinir the river ami some old il.;i.iihl .eil cabins of the li.ll f-in'Ofds. and tlieir forsaken luiry inir irroiinil a I tk he oi.ly reiiiimlers; of the modern. ii-osn-rous town of the olden lime wln'ii Jesuit jiriests said mass in tin mission t-haH-l. and the hardy voy-jiL'-nrs trad.tl on the river. Two or three ni.il.vs lielow the Soo tin river divides around Suijar island; one arm makiii:' a In-ml tt t he ea.sl, i nd (it other continuing nearly sliaiylo down for some miles through Hay lake. Tin two liranelu-s unite at the Nechish. I " j to w il hi n a year or so 1 he longer and int. re crooked channel on t In" fast si.h has been t ho only naviffalili- oii-; lu- years of dreilirinij and hlastino- and serapiiifr li.'ivtt ojieued thevmorc direct course, and umv vessels usually pass hy the new chnnncl. One cold May tlay a strange tiofil!.t T.iitrlit have Ik-oii sicn lenvin"- Ihe Soo. II was Ihe t i!r Tain O'Shanter. mov i ii jT I'redo-e No. 4 nihil her two diiiiip inu' scows t'ow ii )n1ow Little rapids in the new ehannel. w here some dredi (it'' was to hei'in. Such scenes wen com mon entmj'h to K iple on the river. ;!! no one' tln'iicht of looivint twice at tin n n -.vieldy priici-'pion, nnless to letnark fa-oially l.hat 'lhe 'rammanv was hevin a pretty fa.sy time of it clunsed down stream ly thenr liitr 1i's." AIono. in -t 1 1- middle, of (lie siimiin r the Tarn O'Shanier was transferred to a died-e at Nino Mile jKiint, and an other tmr, tin AV. H. Max well. li.:k her place wilh No. . Tin- new tuo-'lid not hrinir a very areeahle crew to tin river ."oils on Cram's dredco. The new captain wa,s an old ma ti who mind. -l his liusinc.ss antl Tfra rded his pi.lot hoii i as his castle. The engineer was a slow, ph!i-o-m:il ic tierm.in. whose loi-tr and, to Ihe lonrue of Ihe ri-r. nn-prunoiiiit-alile name, .laooli 'I'm. -jitUvrf. w a.s seet!iy cha Hired into ".iakey." 'i'his :s ii rsl.lv. for iilililaii.il! rs'.isoi v. and seeoiitlly, liecaus.. the cociimme tn" th.- river lost every man's identity in the v:ifi'enfs-'. of a liiekuanie as soon as po, silde. There never w as any r ular liri inaii on tin- W. If. Maxwell. "The old man." .as tlx- men failed the captain, lmt not on ticco'.lti I- c.f his :i!"-. was too irascilile tt live with, and .la key tia tacit urn. The latter'.-; ini-t evteiided efTort at conversation never cxeeeded this one phrase wit.li w h"--h he used to admonish his iiondt tscriol fire man: "Say. ly. vy yon no foir." up? Ih-s you links I no need hot wasser any more?" I'roin some roasnn or other.Takey wan rei'nrtlctl as a man -without spirit, a vr sonitiea I ion of lle.Tinan simplicity. lie never talked with :liiv1mhIv inrt "niiuself. aiol the men re:isii. d that hi,-; inner na ure inn- I aet uall v lie in lM-ett of inv iuror ation and exciletiit-nt, mil so they pro teed. -1 to league Itiireih. r f.r .lakey's milt ual itimkI. .Takey liiniso-l f iieversaid wlu-ther he liked Uiis mill uaj Itenefil asv stM'iatinii or not. -it any rate not. till vtmie time after thip. Meals rni No. 4 were serveii in a fotnl sizetl room in the n-ar of the- tlretlire. The w a'lirtioni was down ljelovv by the side of the Ixtiler, and :t yn ihmiii or si x o'clock ca me. t he men mad a pre-t-ipitatt rush for the va'li tiMiiirh. Sol net ill-es t he 1 1 if' "was t nit i I he l uni e inj.' froiiiitls with :i scow, ai.tl jrot hack ; ft w mimiU-ts late. As siuni as .lakey ipt-aretl ill the w a-SihriNiii he was hus tlctl al-oilt. and vv:ts insually the last one to t't-t to the wash trough. Of course he loiind the water soapy and ir'4'-vy, hut he said iiolliinir at least notkinir atitli 1 Iv. No sooner would he liend over iLiid h I'in was-hiiiT, too f.-istidioii.sly, th-.1 men thtni.'rht. than .ssiiiie It-Mow would ihrtiw a piece of soup and hit him in the tar. or crowd him along- under the lii-.' - j hiii I. anil turn the faucet on him. I'.u.t .lakey evidently regarded all this as a manifestation of pome evil spirit of t hance. for lie sa'tl nttJiin! ntt till inter. The lteniirhtctl iintlerstaiitiinir of the river did -not know nnytliJnfr aT-out. the (iorniau seeulative. mind. :nnl the parent rnmfort it tlcrives f rom alist russ ami silent unilitation. So Jakey'is si-leru-e passed for mecknet--s. However, it was at mealtime that .Takey s philosophy was put to the test. It lieetlctl only a wink to pive .Takey 's coffee, which enme travclinir from hand to hond alootr the side of the tahle. :u salty flavor. When puddinp was served, pork pravy -was usually passed to him f.s sauce- for it. 1ut. not a word said .Takey. He heleil hiniseir tt what he could reach, tind met a'l desiinis. uxn him with this remark: "Poys, vy vill vou forevur shoke?" .Takey took frrea t pride in. his encrine. which he was always repairiiifr, ami oil mr and ruhhinjr. He used to hum some Herman son,"; to himself as he worked some .soiif that carried h'rm hack to :v little village in the l.'lu injrau. v Ik re bks niotliei- livtcl; but how could I he tl rctl-e. men know that his o yes jj'rcw misty at lefol lections of home, or that the trapt'e word.", of his. son Jiad h uiourii lul strain in them? S his martyrdom went on. Wrenehes Iw-fT-n to disappear from the e npine-rooni, ad his tohacctj never lusted long. HE IS A FBKKMAH WHOM THE TKWTH MAKES FKKB AND ALL ABB BLATU SUIDB.' EBENSBTJKG, PA., FllIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1 jile one afternoon t he XV. H. Maxwell was dispatched to the Soo for some re airs. In place of tJie regular lineman of the tur if the tircman who had only lieen on for the last two weeks and had ipiit the tlay before could be called reg ular one of the dredge firemen was Milislitutetl. It was only a half hour's run to the Soo, and it was exiiectod that the captain fould pick up a now fireman here. At the Soo the captain refeived the mt-deil repairs, took on ti few lioscs of vctretal.lcs for the dredge and w:is ready for the return. He had not lieeiiableto tind it new tireman in any of t he loafing nlaees or saloons on Water street. .lakey went to the tost otiiee for his n.cii!. ett-t insr, of course, that the lire man would slay on the tntf and keep up Jdeci-m. but what was his chagrin to find the tireman srone. and the steam low on his return. Any hitch in the workinirs on his part, of Ihe lutat was tin annoyance to .lakey; and thi n the cap tain waK particular and liktd the tu-r to carry a rood ticwl of steam, .lakey elinibetl tlown into the lirehole and fixed the (ire. ami juit at he came up. fireman and the captain came back, old man was feeling pretty testy at his ftiilure to find a pew man. ami the man who had tired coming up hail leen driiikinp- soinevvhat. ".lety.t w ird's hs jrchen." said .lakey to himself, iu (icniian. then rekisiii- into l-'iifrlish: "1 lie okl iiKin he ret mad and die foire Ls most omit." They east off ihe lines and liacked out of the slip. There were o iiuiiiImt of boats -:i;siiiir. and the captain signaled to tro ahead, tind reverse, and loslow up, and to put on .steam, till poor .lakey wan wiltl, l'y j'nwioiis! I lie faptciin he von Avild man!" In- kept, unit terintr to himself, as he sat at the lever, anil the sitruals came, jiourinir in like news on I.-, tioik li ifjr Ii t . A half mile down tin- river the sij.Tial lu ll tiraiii cianireil: "I'till -sitoi.i! Kull stesuii! Full stea.ni:" "Im1 ii ml tciifel!" said .Takey, ciloud. "Full f t.-ain! Iot vas a shoke; vetiiirdt full steam." ".lakey." yell.-d the ttiptain, "there comes Morrison's tuy for a race! Ojeii her up!" .lakey ni lieside himself. He crawled out anil ran to the pilothouse, "f'abtain, ve no liave shteam. D- t fire man he let die foire most fro oudt!" "Make him fire up!" iJirieked the ca plain. If the "old man" on. the W. H. Max veil had one pride more than ui.other in his old :urc it was that his tuj; should i-tr be. passed. .lakey hurried to the fireman, who sat mi the hawser iost of Ihe rear deck, li viking stolidly at t he approaching t ur. "Vy you intake no lire. Spily.biiji?" he saitl. with excited volubility. "We must have shteam! Ve mtu-t have foire! They beat us!" "Shut up, old sauerkraut! I'm tak inir ci lest," answered tin- tireman. "Vou no shoke now. I want shteajii," said .Inkey, but the man only laiifrheil; he was drunk euitu'h to be utrly, and then he knew it was oii!y .lakey. In the meantime the ln llscnm.? faster and f:iter to the eniii"-rotni. "Him m. Isherrrot t !" ejaculated Jakey. "Ve no have slitttim. und yel the eabtain he bust." The fireman was now around on the 1hw and the captain was sweariny at him and tellinir him to fire up. Finally .lakey appt-ared acrain at the pilot house. "Ve have a krii r, a vor," said he to the captain, "but donnerwettcr! 1 link ve vill have peace!" Here he marcheil up to the tireman. His hr.t wn oiT and his flaxen hair was flutter i ii tr in the wind. "Vill you make foire?" he demanded. "Hello! You here, Germany?" prowled the fireman. "I don't h'tve to work for yon." "Oh, you don't! I makes you "urk!" anil .Takey grubbed the reliel by the collar. "Hive it to him. .Takey." yelled the captain; "irive it to him!" lint .Takey neeiletl no encoraarement ; it was a w ar of eoiupiest ; old M.irshal niin lier moving- once more to battle, and his slow Teutonic blood was up at last. The fireman was surprised. The combat was soon decided, and .lakey eat upon his aiit.-iiT-oiiirst uon the deck. "4 live it. to him!" yelled the captain. "Vou .shoke! Vou play fool." pant ed .Takey. "Vy you no kiuirh now?" Suddenly a fhouirlit came to him; hi" quickly pulled off the cover to the manhole of the deck, then picked up the fireman, doublet! him toirethor, an 1 literally poked him tlown Im-Iow. It was only the work of a moment to fasten the cover the revolt wa-? over. Takey now went back t. the fireho". ami stoked up. Then he took his scat in the engine-room ami o pencil the lever. In a little while Morrison's tu? was losing- again and soon dropped out of the race. The captain was jubilant and kept signaling for more s'fiiiii. "Vou have a good fireman now, fab tain." called .Takey. as he disappeared down into.the firehole. With great puffing and snorting, ar.d rolling out big clouds of smoke, the W. H. Maxwell steamed up to Xo. 1. Groans, oaths and entreaties were com ing up out of Hie manhole on the up!-r deck. The captain soon proclaimed the news, and all the dredge hands stood around to see the. unfortunate firemttn crawl out. Yankee generosity was quie'H togive .Takey the palm; and thenceforth he was treated with rcsect Ihe rc seet of the river, which, Iho'igh it, may lie coarse, is always genuine. The triumph of the Teuton was complete. Detroit Free Press. CouHtltutioual Khctorlc The rhetorie of the Utah eonstitu tiunnl convention is said by the New York Tribune to lie often amusing. For instanee, one of the delegates said the other day: , "There is an insurance company do ing business here that has a building that eost more than $3,000,000, and has that, much more in assets. And 'there was a man in this town who paid that company over $j,ooo, who had lieen dead for more than two years, and that man isn't able to collect Uie insurance." Creamy Irin?. - Mix one cup granulated sugar, thre. fourlhs cup sweet milk, and the grated mid of one lemon, and, w hen dissolved, lsoil evactly five minutes, take from the tire, pour in the liow l, add hnlf-teasioon-ul of vanilla txtract, one teaspoonful flour and beat until slight'y thick; -pread on the cake quickly, a it soon hardens. St. Louis Republic. RAILROAD TRAVEL. Modern Civilization Ilaa Mtle It Quirk. Comfortable antl Secure. lu the Ladies Home Journal John Gilmer Speed writes entertainiugly and instructively on the construction and operation of railroads, under the cap tion, "lJuuning a Train at Night." He prefatorily asserts that "the. ruokt re markable achievements of modern civ ilization, probably, are those which af fect traveling, making it at once quick, comfortable and sccim-c Wo cross states and continents at tho rate of 30 miles an hour, with greater .security against accident than our grandfathers enjoyed in their Mage coaches, and we have, even when on the cars, comforts unknown in the palaces of king when our grand fat hers grandfather were young. During the year (from inter state commerce commissioner's report for year eudiug July 1, 1S94). one ias sengcr was killed for every 1,'is5,1j3 passengers carried, and one was in jured for every 8:i,SL'2 carried. This surely is as safe as bring ordinary hum drum lives in large rilies." The reort further shows that a man's chances ugaiiist injury were such that he would have to travel 4,4or,,i'i;.9 miles liefore getting hurt, and go 47, r.SS.yi'.O miles Ik-fore Iteing killed. At t he rate of 30 miles an hour a man could travel, if nature jicrmitted, on Amer ican railways for ltl years, without leaving the cars, liefore Wing killed, or with the Fame amount of seeurity against accident lie fould go round the earth 1,103 times Wfore meeting his death by accident, and 17C tiuieu before getting hurt. - -- HELD IT IN THE FIRE. Medicine Man I'rovm Ilia I'owera to a Zulu Kiog. Amonff the great characters of the Zulu is the medicine man. He uses his crafr w holl- by mi jk-i s if ion, and states to his astonished jM-ople that the great spirit of the moon had revealed to him the cause of the complaint, whether it lie sickness or crime. The great Dingaam was a chief w ho was a terror to his medicine man. There was no punishment that was too severe but he would inllict it in an insin uating way on the miiu of witchery. It is related that hia confidential mau and the great medicine lieiug of the whole Zulu tribe had come under his suspic ion. He was sept for by the king, who welcomed his witch doctor in cordial terms. A large fire whs burning near by. The king stated : "My man of medicine, your hands are fold; go nearer to the fire nearer. Yes, the right hand is very fold. Put it into the fire." Thus the poor man was obliged fo keep his hand in that fire of white heat until the meiulier had burned to a crisp. The command of the king was bupreme, and one indication of the pain would mean instant death. After the seeming suspicion of the king had lieeu gratified he stated that the hand was warm now and that all was well. THE HABIT OF DREAMING. ScleottMts Say It la an Indication of I n aanlty. The fullest examination into the na ture and origin of dreamt has been made by M. Morcau, the French scientist. He divides dreams into the dreams of lit alt h and the dreaius that are the re sult of the diseased state Of the mind or body. In regard to the latter ii need ODly be remarked that jiersistentdream 'Pg is one of the most invariable symp toms of insanity, and it is a psycholog ical fact if genius is near allied to mad ness, genius must be expected to dream more than ordinary men. With regard to the dreams of health, they are the re sult of an inierfect state of conscious ness or an imjierfect state of sleep, ac cording as we look at it. It is obvious that the mind of the clever man, that is constantly occupied with many schemes and thoughts, is more liable to be awake w hen his body is asleep than that of thtt dulianl, whose mind is often asleep when his body is awake. Tbua this sleep of the plowhoy has lie come pro verbial on account of its undisturbed nature. In most cases a man of lively iiuagination and quick brain is undoubt edly more liable to dream than the tiullarj. lluelltiK In Hungary. The- criminal court at Huda-Pesth had to ileal with a cast of i-ffeuse against the dueling laws on the part of two young engineers, Igna.z Keiner and 1fO Lichtblau, who were each sen tenced to three days imprisonment, allowance lieing made for "extenuating ireumstances." The couple had come, to likms, and, following the fashion 'if the times, they determined to wiiie out the. insult in blood. Keiner sent Licht blau a challenge and the seconds ar ranged for a duel with pistols on the most stringent terms. The affair did not come off, however, for Lichtblau waited a couple of hours liefore the hj ointed time on the police superintend ent of eighth division and gave him notice of the impending duel. The su ierintendent calmly listened to the "brave champion's" detailed rejiort, and then quietly observed that he al ready knew all aliout the matter. "How i that?" "Why, simply liecause your oppoient was liere only an hour ago witha similar statement." Pesti Xaplo. The Gentleman Wan Kuile. A leader of the house who at one time held the office of prime minister, was noted for his indolent, gentle manner, und the soft drawl with w hich he sent stinging sarcasm home to his oppo nents. One of his long-suffering vict ims, however, dealt him a telling blow by complaining that the honorable mem lf r had been rude, to him. "His man ner." he asserted, "was not ungentle manly, but it was less ladylike than usual." A Cow'a Obituary. Cattle must be very precious in P.orneo, when a cow receives the honor of an obituary notice in the official journal. Thus a newspaper solemnly informs its readers that "an aged cow 1-clonging to the government herd met its death on the 14th by falling into a dyke at a secluded Pjiot.where it was un able to extract itself. What Kicyptlana Wore. The common people among the an cient Egyptians had wooden sandals. If we may credit the assertion of histor ians, one of the Egyptian queens re ceived the revenue of one city solely to keep herself in sandals. . . lip SI. BO rnd 1896. SOME PLURALS, a box. and th We'll begin with plural Is boxes. nut the plural of ox should be oxen, no oxes; Then one fowl Is a goose, but two are called geese. Yfct the plural of mouse should never be nietfB. You may find a lora mouse or a whole nest of mice. But the plural ef house la houses, not hlce. It the plural of man Is always called men. Why shouldn't the plural of pan te called ptt-n? The cjw la the plural may be cows or kin. But a bow If repeated Is never called bine. And the plural of vow Is vows, never vine. If I speak of a foot and yen show me your feet. And 1 fcive you a boot, would a pair be called beo? If one is a tooth, and a whole set are teeth. Why shouldn't the plural of booth be cnIRd becth? If the singular's this and the plural Is these, - Should the plural of klas ever be nick named keeae? Then one may be that and three would be those. Yet hat in the plural would never be hose. And the plural of cat Is cats, not cose. We speak of brethren. brother, and also of But though we say mother, im.lt.rt.-ii: , we never say Then itu masculine pronouns are he, and Jiiui, But imagine th feminine she. shts hls and linn So the ttnglish. I think you all will agree, is the queerest language you ever did see. , -Commonwealth. THE PASSION FLOWEPu nv n. it. ft:, una. The gardens are taugled, the ruins are old anil gray, hardly ouc stone standing above auother. The bells urc'silent anil covert tl with moss. Even the xr:lv,' stone which mark the resting-places of the ik u 1 are dull anil dark; the names bein almost illegible. All is quiet, all is sad, ail h- ilt-M-rtttl, save iu one place, where, climbing on a broken arch glows in unwonted luxuriance the warm brilliance of the p.iscion llower. A thing of life amidst the uni versal death, a thing of In-auty amidst the dt soLulioii. Quivering in the w ind, burning in the sunshine, w hisier:ng iu the moonlight, it springs from a grave apart from all the rcl, t grave scarcely recognizable as such, wtve for the fallen Ktone, ujtn which can 1 " faintly traced one word a word which once drove tiie city mad. a no me. which lives in song and story, tlie name "Chrmita." The jieople shake tlieir heads over the tale, even now, and in the soft moon light evenings the dark-eyed maids lightly touching their guitars, sing with tender athort of Clionita. Chon ita. the wondrous dancer, the I cau bi fid, the gay. Never were eyes so dark anil tender, never were. Iivs so red, never was sVreii more lewitc3iing. With her dainty feet she danced into the hearti of all who saw lier. Tlie whole city went mad. Men tlietl with her name, on tlieir lit;. Still she lauglied and. daiiced. Crutl' Heartless? Yes. Cut, ah! th most beautiful thing on earth. The youug maids hated her, for tlieiir lovers forgot them after one look into her tlark eyea. Th mothers cunsed her, for love of her meant death, to tlieir sons. The prietita feared her, for, to them, she was tlw very incarnation of evil; the devil who tempted tlieir dis ciples to tin. Yet what cared Chonita? Teara, prayers, cursea, alike fell un heeded on her rosy ears. One smile from her lip and she set at naught all rietly tesiclrings. One glance from her eye and the teaclieiu theniNolvea could not resist luer. Dunce uu little feet! Over the hearts of men, anywhere, every where. In all of Mexico theire is but otie ClumiUt, and life is short! Ifcjuce on. dunce on. the wave are not more light. Soon will all le over. Thn uiiLsic, the patiiona4' pletMlings, th cry from a thousand (itloring tteiarta: "Ilrava! lirava! Chon ita! Clionita!" Soon the curtain drops, t he light.- are out, all ie silent. Not for thy beauty, thy wondrou grace, thy cruellj', do they remember tJiee. Not thtnte tlie burden of the songs the dark eyed maiden sing ah, no. Chonita! Oim day there came, to the city a stranger. "Americano," the people called lit-a, and he was tall and fair anil handsome. He. too, saw Chou'ita, end after one glance at her radiant lieuuty, he, too, leved her. That was nothing. Was site not the idol of them all? Hut the moment that she looked into hi eyes, her heart awoke ajwl so she learned what love w as. Night after night she danced, each time more wonderfully than the last. Ah! how they loved her, adored her. Put she h-ard no longer their shouts of praise, she cured not for the lights, the music. She danced but for hiseyes, his love. Alas, Chonita! The days iasned quickly ah, ro quickly! Then over the sunny land broke the dark storm of war. Awakened from their dreams, forgetting- love, their idol. all. nave their country, Mex ico's sons responded to her call. At tlw first whiper of the coming strife, the stranger, too, hasteied away; hiscoun try also demanded aid; and with him, but all unknown to him, went Chonita. for love's sweet sake. Disguxied as his servant, her lovely face darkened with dyes, her lieautiful hair cut short, through ail the lwu-d times that came site followed him. Hei little feH that had danced so merrily reeded in the stirrups night and day. Many a t ime her life stood brt wwii him. Many a time her ltantl, once covered with jewel, showered upon her by the passionate, sons of tier native land, turned aside their flashing iwonk lest they sliould harm him. - Naught did she care for peril or pri vation. All would flue bear, though reared like a tender flower. Only to lie near him, to look ujion him. eveu if aJl unknown. Only to hear from his liM3 the eareleut praise a master gives a servant. She, the ndo-red; die. whose kisses he hail once liegged for. Ah. well! Soon it would lies over, soon she would tell him. Then lie would know how he loved him. Then die would lie happy. Wait, wait! Alas! aJas! Clionita! Alwedy. though rfie knew it not. he had forgotten her and the days gone by. Already there had crept into his heart a love more pure, more holy. A maiden of his own land had won him with her gentle ways. A maiden w horn, when Texas should be fixe, he would poa. por Win advance. .NUMBER 33. A II lln With e.s s I Z7! I till I his wife. blu.- as his own. who. v "-"''t had always trodden sedately. He never really loved I' fore; a.h. no! Choiiitu watched him jealously, j,, the brief ItnieK of p-.nv.vvlii-n tin- war for a little Kp.-e lulled fury, sht would lioltl his Jita-vj- for lioui" LcT'ifc the little house coAt-rvil with Viim: patient, Uitug1i tier eyet burned. All for love's sweet sake. Ah. Chorita. love is cruel' Muny have died of it fortl.ee! At hist t4ie saw tlie maid. Saw- him linger antl kiss her at the door, while tine Kilver moonlight flooded the :rar den. The days were never the sc after tlat. The noisy camp c;-.ru-.i her. Ah. slve longed for tlie old c-'tv! Sle longed for the lights, the ii-.iw"--the applause, tine rotses showered :n her fct. She longed to dance fn n-eiv madly; to tkuioe till her brain shoiiM reel, and she sliouM fall exhausted. u -conscious. Fatk-lifc. (lioiiit; s.ii comes the end. 'Ji 'LlL- There csi n ir- a night of htwrnr. At last the wails were down, and overt-he fallen stones ioured the invaders. Into the thickest of the fiirht she followed him. Many times v4- threw hers, if I iet ween him and the flashing tl.tith. Many a time her hand wits stained wii'u t lie Liood of tliose who had kissed it. Many a time she ftw-t-d Kick tiie hun gry steel tlisit threatened him. Weary anil wounded, all, all for him. Impit-.g that sliot or shell would still Iht ai-iiiiu lieart. Clionita. Chonita! wliowoal.l know thee now? , r. Suddenly sl fsaw in t he h:iixl of her fountxymen the maid he h:ul ki-s-ii. He could not reu-h her. antl they v re tlragging her ny. ClKn"naV ext. glowtl. If she were gone the old love would return. Sle would kne.-I at his feet. sluw him ln-r vwiunds; ah. s-irely then he would n-mrinlirr. The th-:l whisja-retl in Imt heart, and for n ti . -ment -siie litenttl willuigly. Then . slit saw the. anguish on tlie face she lovt-tl. ami with one last despairing- lotk. she sivrang forward. Fiercely slu- fought them liack, frtn-iug their captive. She Jraggctl her to a place of slit-'tcr. and stamiing liefore her tlefendtl herwi'.lt the fury of a lioness until help couiii reicii tiit-m. Was it for this she liad leftln-r home? Was it for this she had ftiilowttl him'.' Was it for this she had sutTercd? Her eyes were blinded, she grew dizzy, her strength faiiered. Courage; tiiey ate coming! A tlo.en luuids are in h-r: clM-ery voices sound in her ears; strong arnvs supptirt lr. Tim late! too late-! lU-yond tlieir praise or blame die lies wounded unto death by those who woultl have, died for her! Farewell. Clionita.! LTt-tle fes-t. dance iki more; tl:-i: must In quiet now through :ill et. r nity. Lis, tluu dost not feci tiie kisses of anguish which he, knowing all too late thy faithfulness, showers upon thee. Eyes, thou cunst net raise thy dark, fringed curtaint; ti see tlie t-:irs h- Kheds for tliee. Ah. Choiiiiu ! low lies thy head! Never more wi'.l the old city ring with ihy'iinme. Never more vill thy laughing face lure met: U love. tSiee! Yet in the soft nu n light. evenings shall Ik sung the suiry of thy love, for thou wcrt faithful. Not for thy leauty. thy wor. drotts gTat, thy cruelty, do they re memlier thee, but ftr tliy death for love'ti Kvvwti Siike. Sleep w ell, Chonita! Kadiant, U-uut.iful as h-rs-lf. tiitre grows on tlie grave of OlKinita. the p:is Mtm flower. Never drooping, never fading, year by year it climls higher under tlie cloudless skies. Tis the s.u! of the maiden, which, not puiv -iiouvh to enter Heaven, was Vet, by irtu- of Wr love and fttitlu savetl from eten-.at punishment. The sun and the m wind kis it lovingly, ajid it.s U-auty is uissurasstl. Hut some tlay Jie blos soms will wither and fall to the ground. Then will the soul of ChoniUi enter Heaven, and her sins In- forgiveu her. LetUie's lllu.sLraU-l Monthly. An Arctic Itaby. The arctic ocean doesn't seem fo le the most delectable place for a birth place. Iut a baby was liorn there not long ago on Ilerschel island. This was nearer to the north jiole than any baby was ever 1hii iM-ftire. Of course. 1 hen are Ivskimo lmbies in the arctic region, but not so far north as this, anil besides, this was a white baby. Ilerschel is land is off the north c oast of Alaska. 1,5HI miles farther north than Sitka. There are a, few white eople on the is land, families of the w halers w ho cruise in these waters. There was great ex citement over the arrival of the little stranger, and the wives of the four whaling captains who were there, w en ready to almost idolize her; an Episco pal minister was in the camp at the time, having been sent there as a mis sionary. With all the ceremony os sible in such a place, the little girl was christened Helen Ilerschel Sherman, her father lieiug CapL Sherman. The baby came at the season of the year which has eontipuous daylight, and seemed very much pleased with such a sunny world. She may lie lost in wonder when the long night comes. Atlanta Constitution. A STRANGE CHARITY. Bread Dlspenaed 1-ri-t- In the Village of Hroujr. h t on -1 ti - K u ru ett. The efforts of the organized charity associations in this country sometimes take on strange phases, as in the wood yards, ami in the fr.t- coffee stands es tablished a few years ago iu the east ern cities. A Cincinnatian who recently visited England tells about a. queer charity he noticed there. In the little village of Brougbton-in-Furness is a small baker's shop, over the door of which is the following inscription: "One piece of bread, to lie eaten on the premises, given to anyone jKussiiiij through Broughton direct, until ten p. m." This extraordinary signlnvirtl was ailixed on the hop eight years airo by a neighlmr, who recoups the lttiker for the bread which he dLsjiOKes of in this singular way. Is It yulte Fair. "It doesn't seem quite fair," he said tliought fully. "What dtiesn't?" asked his com panion, feeling that he was expected to say something. "The division of labor lietvveen New York and London relat ive to this mat u-r of marrying and giving in marriag-e. All of the giving- is done on this side of the ocean and it's time that the young men over here hail a chance at tlie mar rying." Chicago PosL J 'i.ti -"oBtii-"":n:" I ICh. Booth UO ? "obia,. ;.v J'oohee.i year. ... . lot-ne. a . - x f --i- - ' . - uw. i year .lnnn. mnto 1- 4 column. lyer. .;; J n i i u' ffi"n lbs. " ts.o .. Tt.Wt Auditor-. Nw'11 '-lor.Ifotloe.. "on or .-...V "I, m I"e41iiii of i ete1 mi .1,1 7 -'" wuj and J don tyon loret it. " lro Aa PROSPECT. M ha "nt e.x,.-ri..,..t. h.a' an "tipiea- l..m. V... ...... . . "1,J ,a,1 t w ln.s. 'Willi, n, i I tNitn. s;u'd: Lng him u liis "It ain't an 1m.,?,-im ,.. inf, . 'ions to me." sh- w...nT n C. " -.riddint!tiitl:VwS,h,: r l ink 0l3VUl" r"m in 1 tliuik I see l..u, .,,ll;?th,.rettin r," tsMr? !-.vi rrt,t on iblt o..ngc ru-ht ,;.T ,h.. v,ilJ(W thw T l".r:L N-iri-ualrvt. and h- ,;-"J :M 1' ar in this r,. oiu af t i IIC llie.l, ai,.l K'ij.t t. :m-s I sin f,..:.l, -!.i:gU to look for l.i,,,. if vu solllll M-c anything of him to-night ,-',j "t-i i-r not tell m-. Itd 1. a si-mi to m.. that 1 here w ; Its Soipet hinir in knit-it,, .1. .'sin. :ual I'd h:.te to think tl.at. Mi y my first man :-!l d.-sul ,.f 1,,-art de -ea.se rurht where vou stand. He wj.-a ..octor. and there' two whole kei, tons in that t l., t there Im ioi.ired to iiiin. and half a dozen skulls iu th-it lower drawer. If you are up early ami want something to auiu.se yours, l with U-fore breakfast jut .peu that t -upUiard ih.-re ai.d you will find a lot 1 dead men s s. Mv -MKir lmt thought a lot of them. Well, good night, and ple,-wit.t tlreams." QUEEN VICTORIA DRESSED UP. the la Then Qnlte Kojal In Appemraace. Mut otherwise t Inly trltaary. Queen ictoria. in her orst bib :.tid tucker, is still a very g tMMl-lookit.,-w'omau. In the hideous loiiiiets nn l old-fashioned shaw ls t he queen so con stantly wears w ben not "on cxhilu tiou" she gives utif the impression of lK-ing merely a nice, cozy motherly old lady whose whole life's interest is cen tered in her tamily. One would never susiect her of teii:g able to rise to the occasion and 1mik the jrt of queen. With the assumption of court fitierv, however, says trie I'hilatlelptiia Times, Victoria doffs her tiomely uianners and itecomes at once the iK-rsouiricatiou of a gracious Rovcrenrn. To those who Lave seen ht-r in l.th characters the metamorphosis has seemed little short of a miracle. In account of the queen's lack of height she is rarely ph .toirr-aplietl stainling; fr though she sea reel v u e.-isurt-s five feet, her waist In e is ubntT ina!lv lone, so when she is seated voe gives one the impression of len.g a tall womnn an advaiitage the canity of any woman, even a queen, wot. Id never ignore. Making Vi'iim 1 4 ll.tio ittu. Scullery work may be made le.-s -l. noxious by a lit;-. forethought. i'o.-k-inir utensil should ie fiiie.l with c..l.l valer as soon as tto-ir e. uil.-ni have ix-cn ri inov. .1 nn l ll;--y sli.nil.1 t Ik i. ! plaeed on the back of I he range. 'I lie u att-r heat: slow 1. . 1 .,e part iclt of f .! ; re hu-iu-d and when ilish-w a-hiii- time tomes little effort is reqiiirt d t, clean the v ess. Is thoroughly. A t-hai'i liishelotb is an cl'i-i-live aid I cleanli ness. The waii:i.ir of china antl glass dishes is more of a ii art than I he averai"- in. lid leali'.-. 1 i i y should !m- ser:tK-.. not with a knile. as the general custom -s. but with a pici-t if bread i-rnt. v hi. li i. inovts the dcbr.s without seratt-himr the dishes. Very hot water madooapy by the us,- of a snaeshak-r should In used to w.---li them. Then tiny s-hoiil I Ite placetl upside i.wn in a w ire drain iug'-pan and .l.-lugetl with clear h t water. They are easily dried after the hot bath. A little s.xla iu the fir"! water helps to .-le:in china and lo briirht t n siher and glass. Philadelphia, lslger. HIS MISTAKE. loans LwTr" Happy Ketort to a Pretii.lit.K .lotlse. The New York le-. order gives a story of a young hwyr w ho e iiien t ly t! id not consider the well-known learning of I he judge a su I'iei.iit reason for oiu it t ing i-i itletice .if li i nv n at t;t. litiients. The judge was co:uiM-!lcd to listen to a case thlt h::d K-cn ::j jt-.il tl from one of the jMtlice courts. The young prac titioner who a pp-arttl for t he apjM-lla!it w.-is long and tetb.jas: he brought in all of the elementary tcrt lMokaud tpmted the fundamental proposit ions f the law. m At last the judge thought it w as time to make an effort t close the argument. "Can we not assume." he said. m pously. "that the court knows a little nlMiiit law itself?" "That's the very mistake I made in the other court." answered the younsr orator, "and I don't w ant to let it defeat me twice." Pope Wit Not Offended. The Ixndon Mornintr Iost tells a pleasant story of Pojie lco"s kindliness. It seems that not long ago an English lady, a Protestant, with her little son. 11 years old. ard her daughter, oit t nined an audience ef the jom. throiurh the goinl oiVu'i's i f Cardinal Kampolla. the pap.-il sccrelary of state. The latter Invited the In.y lo kiss the pope's slipper. "We don't kiss people's feet in Eng land." said the I ttle fellow, "but lie" a nice ohl gutlenian. antl I'll kiss lus hand, if he likes." The k.m- was tie lighted w ith the little fellow's answer, and paid him several compliments in Italian. Slit- ("oulftn't W alt. When Mnie. Mellta was in Washing ton recently she met Speaker K'ed in the capitol. "Why don't you have a fight here?" she said to him, in laugh ing protect. "I would much rather mv a "tight, than hear a sjMtvh." "Then, why didn't you let me know you were coming?" said Speaker Reed, gal lantl y. "I would have hail a fight for your sv cial dejight, and if you will only wait J will go on the floor and start a row this minute." P.utMme. Melha couldn't wait, and the t-pcaker's offer came tj naught. Jut for the. Sight of Hlood. Every bull killed in a Mexican bull fight is allowed to gore two horses if ht will. The Mexicans love the siehf i-f hlotid anil applaud frantically w lit n the Mor horses are torn om-ii. The horses used for the purjuise are a most miser able lot. The owner gets t!iree tlollars in Mexican money for eoch horse sent into the ring antl $12 a.l.li t ional if the animal is killeil. A Mexican dollar is worth alKut 55 cents in Aniericait monev. I v-nttHFUL S.C I2.i
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