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We may oarry a chart on ahipboard
Aa we aall o'er the seas afar.
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It matters not what is the pilot.
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Sometimes w can first sight the head
land On the dfcttant horizon's brim;
We niter the dangerous waters
With our vessels all taut and trim;
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Will before us suddenly rise.
Because of the clouds that have hid It
Or the blinding sun In our eyes.
Our souls will be
That are hurled
face :
caught In the waters
gainst the Soorm Cape's
Our pleasures and
fears.
Joys, our hopes and
Will Join in the maddening race.
Our prayers, desires, our penitent griefs,
Our longings and passionate pain.
Be dashed to spray on the stormy eaiw
And fly back in our face like rain.
But there's always hope for the sailor.
There is ever a passage through; '
No soul goes down at the Cape of Storms
If the life and the heart be true.
If in purpoav the soul should be stead
fast. If faithful In mind and in will.
The boat will glide to the other side.
Where the ocean: of life Is still.
Philadelphia Ledger.
THE IUVER UF UNTRUTH.
BY WIXFIKLD CLARKE.
Across Arizona from east to west,
like a great artery, tlowa the Gila river.
Down from the north cornea the Haw.sa
3 ampa and empties into it. There is an
odd tradition connected with the iiai&a
y am pa. It is that he who drinks of its
waters will never thereafter be able to
tell the truth. Politician sometimes
come long distances, it is said, just out
of curiosity, and if, perchance, found
drinking' of the water, claim thaUthey
had heard it was beneficial to the liver.
NewBpajier men flee from its vicinity
as they would from a plague; yet it is
only a tradition and no person knows
whence it sprung.
Some years ago, George Washington
Thompson, .t most carefully reared and
altogether exemplary young man, came
to California from an eastern state, lie
came for the purpose of making his
fortune. In this he has been successful,
but oh! at what a fearful cost. The
story is & sad one, indeed.
I'revious to his coming to California,
and, in fact, for mime time thereafter,
George Washington Thomimon had
never even heard of the liaayama
river. How different might his fate
have Wen had lie never heard of it.
In choosing the mining company pro
motion business as an occupation Mr.
Thompson was actuated more, perhas,
by the thought that he could thus
achieve sooner the goal of his ambition,
than by the loftier thought of the good
he might do the-miuing interests of the
great and grow ing west. Hut he wa-s
young and tired by all those various de-t-ires
which crowd the mind of tile
young.
His first venture in the mining com
pany promotion business waa also his
his last one. He secured an option upon
some very promising mining claims in
Arizona. Some wealthy men in Ixs An
geles, under the Bjell of his glowing en
thusiasm, having joyfully consented to
back him, he net out upon the journey
to Arizona to examine the property and
report to his backers.
Chance threw George Washington
Thompson into the company of an elder
ly cattleman from the Aravaija coun
try soon after he left Los Angelee. They
occupied the same seat in the pmoker.
The cattleman conceived! a violent dis
gust for the young man because he
smoked cigars which the train boy had
for sale. George bought six of these
alleged cigars, for which he paid a half
dollar, and gave one to the cattleman.
The cattleman' lighted it, heroically
stayed by it through three puffs and one
profuse expectoration, and then tossed
it out of the window.
"However did ye git imbued with the
notion this yere pertie'ler slice of coyote
pasture nerded disinfection?" he asked.
George looked at the inusive shoul
ders and square-turned jaw of the cat
tleman, and decided that if any insult
was intended by this remark it waa not
intended for him, but for the train
boy. So he Overlooked M. and very
kindly told the cattleman all about him
Hclf and his mining company promo
tion ventjre. while the train sjed on
across the glistening sand wastes that
t-t retch ont on either side- from the
Salton basin to Yuma. The cattleman
had taken a p'pe and some tobaoco
from his pocltet, and the smoke seemed
to soothe him, so that he was able to
curb a strong desire to throw George
out of the window. It was an old pipe,
which the cattleman.had used for a long
time, and he had not been smoking long
Wfore the screws in the window casings
l.e gaai to start and the venwring on the
ceiling commenced to peel up, but the
smoke was very quieting very quiet
ing, indeed to the old cattleman.
"Assumin' that I git ye correct inter
preted," he finally obseirved, "you'll
eventually round up, I opinion, some
where up'n lh llassayampa country,
eh ? That the idea? You'll observe the
lay-out conctrnin nome likely pros
pects fexr mineral, with the intention of
lic.kerin off 'em to a flock o tender
feet, op in the city, ef I'm follerin yer
conversational trail anyways close. Do
1 M-ein to git my brand on your pln all
proper?"
"I think so ye, I an almoet sure
you lo," replied George Washington
Thompson, wishbap he had at least some
sort of au idea of what his companion
was talking about.
" Hoped yer notion the first throw,
did I? Ever in fen ted them parts to any
alarm in extent afore?"
"I don't think I understand," said
George. "Possibly you mean "
"Oh, you lose my trail, eh? WelU
don't let uve stampede ye none, but,
without, inteudii' no iusult un feeliu',
all f r.eudly-like, seein as how you've re--cent
struck this here rau-e. provide
you allows me, I'll perceed to speak
t-hort and pointed-like concernin'of the
water gallopin gehosiphat! here's
w here I cut out from th herd. Xo teil
in' when, I'll run onto yer trail agin.
'HI 18 A lUIHlR WIOM TBI TBCTH MAKES FRKZ ADD ALL ABK BLATB8 BKBIDB.
EBENSBURG, PA.,
young Man.
He gathered his efTects and left the
ear, while George Washington Thoiuj
son sat gazing out of the window ut
the miserable adolte houses of the Ari
zona tow n.
Who will say that it was not the hand
of fate that brought the words of the
old cattleman to so abrupt au end, just
as the note of warning wa upon his
lips? Surely, whoa all of this sad tale
is told, there will be none to say that
any man's hand had aught tu do with
the undoing of George Washington
Thompson. 'Twas fate, and fate alone.
Next day he reached his destination,
a lid entered upon his work of investiga
tion with as much earnestness as an
other man would who knew what he
waa about. George even imagined that
he did know w hat he was about.
There may have been an evil glitter
in the mine-owner's ey'e an he led George
down to the river to show him the mill
site. It was a hot day an Arizona hot
day. The water was clear and cool
and extremely inviting, and, though
George had been repeatedly warned that
be could never hoje. to do business in
Arizona if he was once seen drinking
wuter, the stream seemed to tempt him
a? it bubbled ajid gurgled along. Watch
ing until his companion's back was
turned to him, he fell upon his knees
at the water's edge and drank his fill.
In Pba-nix, w here he stopped for a
few days on his way back to the city,
George was regarded as a very impor
tant personage. This may have been
due to several causes.
"Yes," said he, speaking generally to
a group of natives in the hotel ortice,
"we shall expend something like half
a million, on the property at once, in
order to see what it js likely to be worth.
If it shows up at all as we expect there
will be no stop in the work, and after
we get a railroad in, then we will soon
have the waterworks and the mill go
ing. A million will cover the whole pre
liminary work. I think."
These few statements, in connection
with the fact which George, in an un
guarded moment allowed to leak out,
that Cecil Rhodes was one of the back
ers of the enterprise, and that the
Rothschilds would also have an interest
in the venture, seemed to heighten the
respect for George until it amounted to
reverence almost.
Seeing how matters stood, George
then rather reluctantly admitted that
he had given up the management of
one of the South African mines in order
to give his personal attention to this
neav work.
The rejKjrt prepared by George for his
backers proved a great surprise for
even the mot sanguine among them.
One day, some weeks after George's
return, there was a meeting in the pri
vate office of a bank. It was a private
lueeting, and even George himself was
not asked to be present. A report wa
to be considered. It was not George's
report.
"Gentlemen," began a pompous old
financier, as he arose, holding in one
hand a formidable-looking document,
while he gently stroked his luxuriant
M-hiskers with the other, "I have here
the report of the expert sent by the
Bonanza Mining & Milling company to
confirm the report of George Washin;'
ton Thompson. As president of the l!o
nanza Mining & Milling company if
becomes my privilege to acquaint you.
the members of said Bonanza Mining
Milling company, with the contents of
this report. Before doing so. however.
I wish to remark merely by way of
preparing you for -what may follow
that George Washington Thompson"
here he paused and s-urveyed the rnem
btrs of the Bonanza Mining & Milling
company as though to see if all were
prepared to receive the remark "is the
worst liar I ever knew!"
Entirely overcome by the effort thus
far expended, the president of the Bo
nanza Mining & Milling company was
obliged to sit down at this juncture and
the secretary was called upon to read
the report of the expert.
George Washington Thompson must
have feJt keenly the position in whifh
he found himself after the disorgani
zation of the Bonanza Mining & Mill
ing company, for he shortly thereafter
went to San Diego, and from there "soon
came a report that he. had joined the
church.
Not long thereafter, however, came
rumors of a scandal. The church ex
pelled him. He had been teaching a
Sunday school class that. Paul was n
bold buccaneer who sailed the sea
plundering rich-laden vessels, and that
John the Baptist once tried to interest
certain wealthy merchants of Carthage
in a snide mining deal over in Cale
donia. Poor Oeorge! His is, indeed, a sad
story, and though he ha amassed a
vast fortune in the real estate business
people seem to lack confidence in him to
some extent. Even his statement thnt
the prince of Wales and party will come
over and join him on a rhinoceros hunt
in Alaska next summer is discredited.
Ran Francisco Argonaut.
The Highest Clou (la.
During the past year a committee
of the British Association for the Ad
vancement of Science has been en
gaged in measuring the height of clouds
with the aid of photography. Simul
taneous pictures of a cloud are made
by two cameras placed 600 feet apfirt
and connected by telegraph wires.
From the sinonnt of displacement of
the cloud caused by viewing it alter
nately from each end of the 600-foot
bnse line, its height can be calculated.
Some of the "mackerel-sky" clouds pho
tographed were 1 miles high. The
loftiest clouds whose elevation was thus
measured belonged to the type known
as cirrus or "curl-cloud," the height le
ing a little more than 17 miles. Youth's
Companion.
The earliest spoons were made of
horn. Specimens of ivory and bone
have been found in the abodes of the
cave dwellers and lake dwellers all over
Europe. Spoons of gold and silver are
mentioned as having been used at
Nero's table. In Saxon times every
guest brought his own knife and spoon,
the host providing a towel or cloth for
wiping each at the close of the repast.
A man's ancestors are not always
lesponsible for his ill temper; some
times the responsibility lies with the
ancestors of his wife. Atchison Globe.
-No man wants to be a woman longer
than it would take to show his wife
that he can improve on her methods.
FRIDAY, APHIL 2,
RODE A BUFFALO.
Bow a Half-Breed Won the Heart
ot a Famous OowgirL
Tie Koolkardr Esrapadc Mlajhit Have
Hrsallcd Ulsastroasl, Bat
Ksrlisf favored the
Cowboy.
The. recent wedding of Myrtle Morri
mu, the famous Nowliu county (S. D.)
girl broncho buster, and Frank Dupree,
a part blood Sioux, created quite a sen
sation among the aristocracy on the
Sioux reservation and in adjacent ter
ritory. Miss Morrison is u handsome
young cowgirl, noted far and near for
her proficiency in the art of horse
training. She has had many admirers
among the frontier beaux, but always
declared that the would never marry
any man who could not ride, shoot and
throw a lariat letter thaii she could,
and as such men are extremely scarce
it apjieared probable that Miss Myrtle
was doomed to lead a life of single
blessedness. However, last fall, hay
being scarce on the upper Bad river
range, her father removed his family
and stock to Big Plum creek, a tribu
tary of the Cheyenne river. Here
Myrtle first made the acquaintance of
the good-looking, daring young half
breed who since has become her hus
band. Frank Dupree is &silenriid horseman,
a thorough cow hand, and apparently
devoid of fear. The Dnprees are
among the wealthiest stockmen in the
Mate, counting their cattle by the thou
sands, and Frank, like many other half
bloods of that section, has received a
ti fair education. Still, Myrtle was not
much attracted toward the swarthy
youth until one dcy they happened to
le riding together and came in sight of
a herd of 60 or 70 buffalo, which the
Dupree family have raised on their own
range from a ftAv calen caught years
ngo when buffalo meat was the princi
pal article of diet for the entire Sioux
nation.
The young couple rode up quite close
to the herd before the animaks wre
aware of their presence, uud Frank, in
. spirit of bravado, urged his broncho
alongside of a huge bull buffalo and
sprang from his saddle to the animal's
back. In an instant the herd was stam
peding aerobs the prairie with the old
bull leading the van. Dupree's fool
hardineti had placed him in an ex
tiremely dangerous predicament. If
he jumped or fell from the buffalo's
lack he would certainly lc trampled to
death by the pursuing herd, and if he
retained his Feat until the animal le
camc tired and sulky it wasequally cer
tain that the brute would make a fu
rious assault upon him the moment he
dismounted. So all he could do was to
cling to the animal's back and await
an opport unity io escape. But it was
not until the herd had run fully two
miles that he saw the least chance of
leaving the Itack of the novel steed and
escaping alive. Fortune at last favored
him, and the animal ran for some dis
tance along a deep, narrow washout,
with almost perpendicular sides re -wiling
to a height of fully 20 feet. Hen
Frank started from his seat and slid
down the banks of the depression ju.ct
in time to escape l-ing trampled upon
by the closely following herd.
Meanwhile Myrtle had lassoed her
companion's horse, and was hutryinr
after the rapidly retreating buffalo. She
reached the spot where Frank had dis
mounted just as he was climbing, dirty
and lelraggled, to the top of the ravine.
The powlioy did not feel very proud of
his exploit, but nevertheless the little
exploit hd touched a tender spot ir
the girl's heart, and a short time ago the
lells of the Cherry Creek mission
church announced the wedding of this
typical frontier couple. Chicago Chron
icle. EFFECT OF N.USIC.
The Nervous byntem Iniloenced by Iif
fereut twioila of Kouatljt-
Tbe old story that Saul when out of
temper used to summon David to play
the harp, and found the. music to le a
s dative, may prove to be more than a
simple historic incident, for lioth Char
cot and Tarchanovv have declared that
musical sounds are a remedial ageucy
in disease which no physician can af
ford to ignore, says the New York
Herald.
Mr. Wart hin, of Michigan, who has
given a great deal of t bought to t his sub
ject, asserts that different kinds of
sounds are more effective than drugs in
the cure of disease. For instance, he
boldly assures us that the music of
Valkyrie will increase perspiration,
and, therefore, cure certain forms of
r.ilment caused by checkin;- its tlov.
The 0erative energy is not the music
as KiK-h, "but the ieculiar vilirations
mude by it. Tannhauser, on the other
hand, is a vibratory sotorific and in
duces a serene state of mind and luidy.
M. Coriveaud, of Paris, asserts that
violin playing is at least a temporary
remedy for sciatica. He adduces the in
stance of a patient who found almos
instant relief in that way and who suc
cessfully resorted to it whenever threat
ened with an attack.
Perhaps this in an appal to the im
agination, but what matters it if the
patient is cured? Perhaps, again, there
is a law hidden soiue.w here in the pile
of apparent imossibilities one which
will some time le discovered for our
benefit. We never smile with increduli
ty at anything in these wonder-working
da vs.
Apricot Toa.t.
A good way to make apricot toast is
to Hlice down a milk roll ubout one
half inoh thick, and fry these slices in
butter till of a golden brown; mean
while turn the liquor from a tin of
canned apricots into a delicately clean
pan, add one ounce of powdered sugar
and a wineglassful of sherry or liquor,
as you please. Place a half apricot on
each slice of fried toast, cupside iqier
most. place a kernel in each cup. Mir
the sirup, etc., which stum Id have iioiled
up, over the apricots and toast, place a
teaiioonfuI of thick cream into each
apricot and serve hot. St. Louis Re
public. One Object Ion.
Salesman (to proiq-ctive buyer)
Yea, madam, this caret is fine goods
and it can't be beat in this town.
Lady Then I don't w ant it. We can't
afford to send it out of town every time
we wish it beaten. L'p-to-Date,
SI.OO and
1897.
lRMA'S BETROTHAL.
In one of the turret rooms of Reitzen
berg caslle a young girl arrayed in a
simple dress and white apron sat sew
ing indust rious'y. At the sound of foot
steps she paused in her work; at tiie
sight of a hussar officer in uniform she
i oldened with vexation. "et there was
nothing in Albrecht vou licitzenberg's
apicarance to annoy her; on the con
trary, he was young, very good-looking,
tali and of diguitied bearing.
"Will you allow me to come in?" he
asked, standing on the threshold.
The girl took up her work again.
"You can come in if you wish," she said,
indifferently.
He walked across the room. "I have
a projxKsal to make to you. Baroness
Irma. Will you give me your atten
tion for a little while?"
She looked at him indignantly. She
had a sweet, oval face and deep gray
eyes.
"1 prefer not to listen to vou. Count
Albrecht."
"I thought that you would say so!"
(there was something like a ring of
triumph in his voice) "but indeed my
protosal is very harmless. Let us come
to an understanding."
There was uncertainty, distrust, in
her eyes.
"Yes." continued the young officer, "I
know that you have every reason to le
offended. Y'ou have been most unfairly
treated."
"I have Wen invited to this house
under false pretenses. I came here lo
calise I thought that the visit would
give pleasure to Frau von Wolde. who
tills, or is suposed to fill, the place of
my mother. I am sorry to speak disre
t.)ect fully of your cousin, but "
"Not at all. You are perfectly right,
and my relative, Fran von Wolde. is ii.
Cue plot and has been from the begin
ning. I know all alxnit it now. My old
uncle has just enlightened me. I. as the
heir of IJeitzenlerg castle you will ex
cuse my mentioning my name first
have rei-eived orders to offer my hand
and my debts in marriage to Iir.roness
Irma von Buehovv. who. on attaining
her majority, will become possessed of
so large a fortune that she could free
the Reitzenberg estate with a stroke
of her pen. Now, hear me out; this
lady was to have tteen kept in ignorance
of the plan, but that her friend anil
chaeron could not resist the tempta
tion of giv ing her a hint as to how mat
ters stand after she. had liecomc the
guest of the castle. Is this so?"
"Yes." She stood by his side now. and
I he sunlight just touched the coils of
her auburn hair. "I have leen deceived;
cruelly deceived."
"I'uder the circumstances, nothing
remains for me but to give you the op
xrt unit v of expressing your opinion
as to this tyrannous family compact
even more decidedly than you have done
already. Baroness Irma of Ruchow. will
vv ill you consent to give me your hand
in marriage?"
"Count Albrecht of Reitzenberg. I
thank you for the honor which you have
shown me. I will not."
They stood facing each other, and as
Irma looked at her strange wooer she
saw a faint smile in his eyes. Her own
linger was beginning to evajorate; he
lcally was liehaving well, considering
that the Keitzenlergs were renowned
for their hasty tempos.
"You admit," she said, after a pause,
"that I have been awkwardly placed."
"I admit that you have Iteen inhos
pitably, almminably treated! I blush
to think that a member of our family
could have dreamed of such a scheme.
I n order to show yi.u how penitent I am.
now that I have received my dismissal.
I will immediately leave this house and
rid you of my presence."
"If you do that. Count Albrecht. I
shall le worse off than ever. You don't
know your cousin. Frau von Wolde. She
will insist uion my remaining here for
three months, as was arranged, she will
reproach me for your absence, she will
argue and make me dislike you more
than ever, if "
"If possible?"
His good humor was irresistible; she
burst into a merry laugh.
For another half hour the rejected
suitor remained in conversation with
the heiress, and at the end of that time
they, too, had made a plot. Albrecht
was to remain at the castle, he and the
Baironess Irma were to pretend to be
on amicable terms, and the two con
spirabirs (the count and the chajertiie
were not to learn until the last day of
the visit expired that their hopes had
failed.
"I w ill endeavor to make your visit as
little irksome to you as possible," ex
plained the heir of Reitzenlerg; "and
we can liehave as if there were no en
mity letweeu us."
"Yes." (and there was still a little
doubt in her voice and manner). "1
think I can trust you."
"Come," he said, gently, "Baroness
Irma. is it a truce letweem us signed and
sealed ?"
He took her hand in his, and, landing
over it, raised her fingers to his lips.
The master of the castle was the first
to begiu hostilities. One day, toward
the end of the three months visit, Irma
came into the drawing-room to find tlu
w hole party awaiting her arrival, and in
an instant she erceived that something
was wrong. Frau von Wolde had been
shedding tears, the old count's brow
vv as clouded with anger, and Albrecht
Irma hardly dared look at him, so
clianged was his asect. It was too
clear that the termination of the pleas
ant companionship of the last few
vv eeks wan to be w ar.
"My dear Baroness Irma," said the
count, advancing to meet his young
guest with ceremonious politeness, "I
amexeeedingly pleased tosee you. Your
visit here has given me great satisfac
tion. Y'ou honored this house with
your presence, with the full consent
of your guardian and my esteemed
cousin, Frau von Wolde. I had hoped,
not without grounds, that the friend
ship between you and my heir was
gradually rieninif into a deeper and
more lasting feeling. The alliance is
one which must give satisfaction to all
interested in our families. Imagine my
distress on hearing to-day from my
iephew that you have refused his pro
IosaJ of marriage."
Irma looked toward Count Albrecht;
something that she read in his wrath
ful mien made her hesitate as she an-
postage per ear In advance.
swered: "It is quiie true; we ar
trieiids. aud nothing more."
"it cannot le. my dear young ladv,
that so young a maiden should have
given aw ay her preference w it hout Ihe
consent or know ledge of her guardian?
Answer me candidly: Are vour af
fections already engaged?"
The color surged into Irnia's cheeks
and left them ale again. She glaiu-ed
at Frau von Wolde. 1 here was uo help
for her there. "This is a quest ion hich
you have no right to ask. Count Kchzen
lerg, and which I refuse to aiiMrr. I
must lieg you to excuse me."
"Baroness Ruchow is right!" Imrst
in Albrecht. "She has suffered enough
at our hands already. She shall not In
thwarted in her vv ill. If she h rs me
with her friendship. I accept it grate
fully. Listen to me, my uncle. Iretuse
to be a party to your scheme."
The forest spread its vv ide vv ingv even
as far as the catie garden. Irma loved
the green paths aud quiet shades, and
here she came with her look the morn
ing aft-r her interview with t he count,
and pretended to read. But. though
she kept her eyes on t he pages, she read
there only Count Albreeht's pan iu.'
words he accepted her offer of friend
ship gratefully! Driven to bay. a.- it
were, in order to save her. that v as
what he had said. During Ihe last iliree
months she had come to undcrTand
something of his uj.richtn.-ss. LN hiirti
sense of honor. He would never n.arrv
a woman though she were a piin-.-s
to whom he could nut give his low.
"It was my fortune." sighed Irma.
"that made him nearly hate me at first."
Dil he hate her now ?
She shut her lok and wandered sti!l
further iuto the woods, down a hillside
covered with fern and moss, toward the
stream that ran lietvveen high nn-ks.
chattering ;:itd foaming on its wav. On
the fuithei side of the stream was a
tract of j.eii couotry, (lotted with
clumps ,.f trees and underwood and
bright v i.li heather. The steppii.g
stones were half covered with waler to
day; the current was running fiercer
than its wont. She bethought herself
of a rustic bridge a few yards further
down.
The bridge hung high in the air. sup
ported by rough pine stems; it was a
picturesque but a fragile affair. Half
way at-ross Irma put her hand on the
rail bow noisy the stream w:u-! it
suap(ed off at her touch, one v.vlcn
plank tottered under her feet, another
fell with a splash into the water U l..v.
She had plenty of courage; she was Iirht
and active. She knew, moreover, that
she could easily leap that tormid ible
looking gap and gain the bank. She
was al.otit to make the attempt, when
she w as stopM-d by a peremptory shout :
"Gently, gently! dump from that
projecting stem; it is safe!"
She looked up; ou the edge of the
heather-covered rock sUhm! Albrecht
Reitzen'ierg.
She paused uncertain, half inclined to
retrace her steps. Perceiving her hesi
tation, he raised his voi-e and shouted
still louder altove the clamor of the
rushing water:
"Can yon hear me. Baroness Irma?"
She nod led assent.
"Step there to the left. Do not look
back."
Involuntarily she obeyed. He held
out his arms. The gulf yawned letween
them. He could le of no help.
"The stem will lear your weight. Do
not Ik- in too great a hurry."
"Why does he look so grav e ?" t bought
Irma. "Is he still augry?"
"I had better return the way I came.
Count Albrecht. Io not trouble on my
account."
"No; do as I direct you. You s
which is the liest place to stand? Drop
your Itoolt it might le in your w ay
and jump as far as you can. Now!"
One spring, and Irma was safe on
the. moss and heather, while the plank
on which she had thought, to stand
slipjied slowly out surely into the foam
ing water. Albrecht held her hands
clasped in his.
"Thank Heaven that yu are safe!"
he cried. "Oh, Irma. my Irma. I could
not stop you! I came just too late for
that. I could only look on in airony.
Are you frightened? Are you hint?"
"I am not hurt. I did not know that
it was dangerous. I did not, indeed."
She saw him turn pale at t he t lioilcht
of her eril. and the tears which she had
not shed for herself fell fast for hisdis
tress. "The bridge should have I wen de
stroyed long ago; it shall lie done to
day. I did not dare to join you or to
speak to you until you had pa-sed the1
worst. If you had leen killed ah! I
cannot U'.ir to think of it 1 should
never have known another day's happi
ness, and it would have been my fault--mine!
How could I let you wander
alout alone when I was lougiuir to be
with you? My Irma. my best U-lovoi!
Thank Heaven that I have you safe at
last. Surely we, have played at l.-itur
friends and enemies long enough! Ixnik
at me and say that you love me!"
When he had made her an offer of
marriage three long montlis ago she
had Iteen ready w it h her refusal. Now,
w hen her w hole, heart w as his. she could
find no words amid her tears except:
"I love you! I love you!"
It was enough for him. "My briile,
my w ife!" he said, and held her in !iis
arms.
The green ferns rustled ami whis
pered, the Ieeches tossed their Itontrhs
in the sunlight, the red squirrels played
in the oak trees, the whole wood was
full of life aud joy at that moment
when the lovers plighted their t rot h.
Woman at Home.
Homemade Mlnro-Meat.
Six pounds of lieef boiled, then
chopcd tine with two uiids of met.
a quarter eck of apples cut fine, three
pounds of raisins, two of currants,
three-quarters of a pound of citron, one
pint of brandy, one of wine. Sweeten
and spice to taste, as some like more
spice than others. I use cloves, cinna
mon and nutmeg. Add cider as you
use the mince-meat. Philadelphia
Press.
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tics I could never understand.
He What is that?
She Why is it that in making up
tickets they always use a slate?
Wouldn't a sheet of paper, and a i.en or
jencU be more convenient? Brooklyn
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AN EXPENSIVE EEL POT.
The Uaeer Ufllrr of m Grrsl bCTrra-
rsl liaskoat.
One of the mo.-t startling possibili
ties of the new ehips of the United
States navy was xhowu by the recent
accident to the Umlcship Texas attho
navy yard in New York, w hen the con
nections of a sea-cock gave way, and
the engine rooms and some other com
Iart uivuts of 1 1- ship were flooded w ith,
waUr from the Kma river.
Vh,-n tilt. water came pouring
through the hoi- in the idiip'a bottom
the engineer in (-Wire of the starboard
ngine-room, which felt the first force)
of the ruslu closed the doors leading to
the jM,rt engiiie-rMiu and then made a
hurried eit t. t!,e deck. The water,
c.mii.tr in through an ajcr1ure mora
than 13 inches in diameter, s-pouted up
like a snitdl geyser until the ship had
gone dou n as far as the r.iud under her
keel would -rinit. and then the flow
was only suiVieieni u. make up for the
leakage from tl,e engine room to th
other compartments.
The discipline on the rh:p was per
feet, and. although all theelectric light
were put out, .miitf to the flooding of
the lighting apparatus, there w-as no
disorder. It ws uctii after the
light- had Urn ret-iored through con
nections with the system on toardtha
battleship Indiana, which w lying
r.esr the Tea. and the pii-nps had be
run tailing the hip. that the fact was
made clear that I'ncle Sam 'a cruisers
could 1 put t. other uses beside th
killing of -,..ie and the destrucUon of
proptrty.
The engine r..in was fulK.f wriggling,
squirming, twisting eels, to oay nolh
ini.' of large nuiuUrs of rmall fish,
which had l.cen sucked in by the rush
ing water. As an eel trap, in short, the.
Texas w as a complete success.
While the pumjs were at work the
surface of the water was continually
stirred by the strangers who had in
vaded the precincts devoted to the ma
chinery, and the flapping and jumping
of the fish, with the smooth, sinuous,
gliding mt:on of the eels, made a pic
ture under the glare of the e lectric
lamps which those who saw it will not
som forget.
After the water had Wen lowered in
the engine-room u that the crack-shaft
and crank-pits were v isible. the disturb
ance lieeame greater, as. although the
pump ehau-ting the water had a suc
tion aperture almost large as the ho!s
through which the eels had roaj- their
way ir.ut the ship, a lsrge tumlier of
tl i m cscap-d the drought, and were
left r-lran.V-d in the mud which had set
tled in 1h. pit..
TLece were cour ted on as a t.a-is for
a fish dinner for "Jacky." and although
Ihcre were not enough, left to make a
meal f .r the 41) .aid odd men on board,
it was evident that. a one of the men
ut it: "There is no need for us to
starve, for all we have to do is to open
tlie s-ae.H-k. take the lonnet off the
flange, and the engine room ill catch
nil the fish needed." Youth9 Compan
ion. STATE RAILWAYS IN AUSTRALIA.
1'rublrm Soc-eef ully teolved There with.
Adiaotajce to All 4 oncerned.
The probh m of state railways fceetns
to have le-oiiie successfully solved in
New South Wales, w here the annual r;
Krt of the railway commissioner
shows that the total traffic earnings
from the colonial railways aud tram
ways amounted to t: 3.1W.5S ud th
cN-ndit ures to iri.7is.17l, leaving a
balance after av ing working extenes
of ir I.r:l.-li7. This, the commi-fcioiicrs
slate, makes an accumulated increase
-f A- r!.."..':.4irt paid into the treasury
dtiring the mst eight years to meet
the interest on capital. From that sum.
however, there had to le deducted
i' j7."..ooi. installments in repayment of
the vote of A" l.o;ii.ooo made to the de
partment for the reconstruction and
improvement of the ernia nent war.
the Ivalaiwe. ".7.4 13. Wing the ir.
cresiscd net earnings since the comml-sioi-crs
t.H.j, ,,tli,-e. The year has been
ne of considerable difficulty, the con
tinuance of the commercial dcprcsi-n,
the drought (which has caused the loss
'f l'i.ooo.tmo sheep) iind tlie Newcastle
c.al strike havii.g seriously affected
the traffic. Nevertheless, the revenue
for the railways alone during the pas
year was f2.so.417. and the working
expenses 1.551.svs or S'.O? tier cent,
of the gross revenue, ami a return of
IT .1 ? sl,;ii;ji. pi erice ier cent.
11 1 oti the total capital cost. Ftim?.t
:'ig the amount i on w hicb the railway
department has 10 pay interest at 3.7.'W
per t-nt. the d partment would have
t to pcov ide !.?..-.. .V.m to meet its obliga
tions, and after paying the working ev
ienses it had prov ided the w hole of that
sum except 27.h".i. which had to lie
made up out of t he general revenue. If.
however, to the cost of 3t.fi59.9'S i
were added "2.t"2.Cll. provided out of
he consolidated revenue, and the de-1-cntures
repaid, on wh:ch there wa
.10 interest charge, the .k-ficiency in
interest would Im- lOV.oort. The rev
enue for the year decreased 57.7s7,
w hile the vvorkirf ricnsi-s were re
duced l.-..7ol. The actual decrease
was 1 1 1 . 04 '.'.. in ihe carriage of wool,
grain and flour, hides. s4tir and tallow,
but the increase 'n other branches, seiz
ing out of the improved coimIi 1 ion of th"
colony, h ssened it to the amount state-!.
At the fsiw t'me the work of improv
ing the various lines, modifying gradi
ents and curves. etc has Wen ysten
atieolly carried on. the railways now
Wing equal to any in the world, show
irr what skillful mannn-mont can
ichieve tinder adverse circumstance.
Th.ire are. however, numerous indicn
tnins of improvement, and the eommis
? irners look forward to a large-ly in
creased revenue during the preseTit
vear. John Plummer's Australian Let
ters. The Srnia Uatrr Damlae-sa.
Fifty millions of dollars are annual
ly invested in this country in soda
inaking apparatus, and the soda water
trust is capitalized at $ 1 .1.OOO.OuO. The
late John Maimers, of New- Y'ork,
originated in IsX! the idea of manu
facturing gas with which to charge
water. The names of those two bene
factors of mankind the man who first
stirred together a little common bak
ing sod.i and tartaric acid in water,
and the other, probably a woman, who
was struck with the idea of dropping
some ice cream into her glass of soda
water have not been preserved. Chi
cago Record.
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