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THE HIGHWAY
Dio highway all Larc and brown,
A n.iki il line ai n ss ilu- down.
Worn l.y a hiiirlr. d hurrying f. ct.
Th.- ti.if of I i r. aiui-K it tiuws,
A:ia Imsy comm. n (iimi s and Rfif-s.
'h r- one.. Hip cniss Krt-w crwn and
Si 1 1,
Tlio worM'a fiVrce ui1s-b l-at.
AV II for thi- tii-lnvay that it lios
'Jlu- passageway if i: nut cmris!
V-l linni its i!ut wii.u voii m cry
Vi ires of soft (r..-it Ki-.iwiiiir tilings
Tnuiijpl.-d and loin from Varlh which
cli'lK
Too los.'ly. uniii n i'ivitiK why
Its darling liairns must die!
My heart's a highway. tro.li!.-n down
l:.v many a I ruv h r of r ru n
iravo thoiiiit, and luirdcn-boarinc
i. . .Is.
-t. i stioiii: a l.ii v nu nl 's . nvoy fan-s.
Willi laui.hiiii.; ioj s and crow t;i lit; . arcs,
AIuiik 111.- road that woildwaid I
nice rank with foolish weeds.
niad is my heart to hear them pass;
Yet so mi times hrcatlos a low alas!
The li in! i- sj.i iiini.i; i liins t lull r w
The nursling hopes their ii ct destroyed.
Sweet i,;in.raiit dreains that youth en
joy, d
And I 1 .ssonie.l liiere the lontr year
through
W ould 1 ould have them too!
Louise :. tts l-.dwar.is. in I lai lier's Maga
zine. 'I'lic lush" was in !iis li.-st liuui.ir
lien lie joinoil l!ie en up: ri . .11 p al tln
Alfalfa I.ui.im ;iii hotel. lie had . ttouoh
f IllOlliilio (.coilcoi-C l.ft i t.
inakc Uiin oinw. and 1 cn I 1 1 i lie, I. At
the s.mi.c t :111c he ,a.l rtallc.l in upon
an i-i.ii::r accn in 11 la t .1 111. ami had al-
.-a 1 1 licei .ii u- 1 mi i in to t hat f 1 ieti;!
Iv inoil iii. li helps one to rrali.e t hat
all UK 11 arc In. it oi is.
"(Iiio.I cxciiiiiLT. j;: Hi Icmcn," sail llic
lu-li." ami he said it as if it were the
Jri'cl.minarv to an (lialioii.
0101I ex -ri t ir. sir; imkmI 'Vfii"nir." r
Sj.otule.l "llnr" 1 1 1 li c. w i t Ii a si i h t in-i-Iination
of t he Ii.-.ul.
Sit iliiwn ami n.aSo- yourself tnis.T
:ille." sai.l tl.c litrht 11: Pir th-nt ist. who
eoni. 1 l c 1 tainin:' at times.
't ome join the feast of reason anl
the tl.iw of soul." ai'tlc.l the l..il; aireiit.
h 1 0 11I, I 1M. original, if not i-nter-taii.:ni'.
Sure, that's rk'lit." a.hlcl the lii
e c lc salesiiian.
The "liivh" s. ateil liimsi-lf and :iskrl:
"Wei!, oentleinen. what is Ihe siilijcct
11 inter l isciission
"We v. cro just 1al! ir,.r about tliecoli!
wenth-r. ami savip-r that it niuvt lie
pre-.ty tMip.rl, op some people." sau the
llLr!lt IlilStT ill' ilt isf .
pothini: personal in tiiis. is
t'let V" I-' till- "Ill-h."
" "ertaitily put." sal t;ie 1 ifrlit l'lntr
'enl'st. Iniiflrn!.'. "I.." Home
tiu 'lo!. aid the larL'e lo., aocnt
itii'.-.l in a con-crvat i e manner, as if
ho feareii to eotnpromise liis profi s-s:-.tial
dignity.
file lccyclc r.llr!T tliatl was Jilizlcd.
did col s.-c why the lamrh came in.
m lie set I !c I !-:iok in liis cliair and tried
to thin!, it .ml. The task w as lonir a pd
i';P'!e!ilt. for lie s,,i,l l,nt a few worils
Itii ipir t he remainder of I he evening.
"I doi.'t t:ii;k tl.re is so much suf
f. rini'. now that t lie w eat lier lias mod
erated." s.-id the '-In. h."
"I li,iir nnl."s:iiil "line" Home. "It's
a tc-rilie thin"- to lie cold and lmnirrv
for days at a time. I can tell you that.
!f any of you ircnt lemen ever ptt
tiiroutrh what I did you'll appreciate
I. at fact, too."
"How's that. 'n.w?'" asked the
"lush."
"I thouirlit I Jiad tol.l yon of nivn
I'criettce in the winter of Y.7 nnil 'i"i.
when I was moose lum t frr with Ceti.
l . stcr iij in Canada. No? Well. w
h id .t party of fretitlemeii from New
York and I'lr Iadel;hia with us. The
w.-ithcr was l.itterly cold, but we were
lixinar in the jretiorri I's liuntino- l.idL'e
apd we mana.ircd to keep com fortalile.
One day I w as out w il Ii a party, and we
were up on the Sessikooehoe rixer "
"Will's the Mini', 'Ioe?' " asked the
li;l:l n i uir dentist.
"The S -sikoochce India n n.nni.1. yon
know. It means 'lofty pines." I had
l" o Vcw York vent lemen with me. and
we x ere track iiis a 11100-4 had lieen
oi the frail for several hours. I crossisl
the rixer on the ice to take tip xxhal
sceiiied to 1m a nexv Ira I. and I p-nt sep
arated from my 1 xx o friends. I suppose
I x;s intent en follow inir this trail,
and that's w hy I pni.l so little attention
to the- xx-oathcr. The first tliinir 1 knexv
the snoxv lico.-in to fall, and I discov
ered tha the sky xxas overcast, with
ecry i nd i.-n t ion of a 11 iza rd. T started
Lack alrn;' the trail, hut in ten min
utes the air was filled xvifh liiindino
snow- and the xviml xvas Llrrw inc a pcr
fect hurricane amomr the trees. Of
course it was imposs'lde to see erv
far in ;ny 1; feet ion. Lnt f kept on. and
thought I was roino- toxvard tlie river.
I knew if I --truck the river I eoiih! find
the house all ri-'lit. Darkress en me on
- I had no idea it xvas so late and the
xxind e.iuic from the imi tlix- est atul cut
lue to the xery Lone. I xvalked and
wall ed and walked. Lnt I didn't -ome
to the river, and then I realized that
ptoliahly I hail Imhmi w alkitt"- a way from
it all the time. Of course my inclina
tion was to sit down and rest, but I
knew I eVdn't dare to do that or I'd
freeze to death."
"It must liave Leen awful." said the
bicycle yotinp- man.
"Well, it wasn't any pleasure excur
sion. Fortunately I foiiml a hollow tree
where I could coil myself. I fjot in
there and w rnppisl my fur coat around
me. and manacred to keep fairly warm
until liiorninfr. T!y t hat 1 ime t he w ind
had p-one down :nd the cold was some
thinir intense. If I hadn't been o hardy
ami athletic I suppose T never would
have lived through it. I vrttt out. took
my bearing1 from the sun and started
out on a run to find the river. I had to
run to keep from freezinrr- Of course
I still carried mv rifle, and T also bad
a lnitttinr knife, but I didn't have any
matches to start a fire with. Ab;ut ten
o'clock that niorniii'T I shot a rabbit,
but of course T couldn't cook it. so I had
to content myself with drinking' a. lit tie
of the blood"
. The bievole vounpr man pasped anl
shivered, w hk h led -IJoc" to say : "Vott
would have been jlad top't it."
"I should think it would be liard
work t" rtHi in the snow," -said the liht
ninir dentist.
"Not if yn hail snow shoes, sual
"Doe," with an amused smile.
"Oh. I didn't know- you had snow
shoes." "1 didn't have any when I sturtiNi.
HK 18 A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH
EBENSBUHG, PA.,
Lut I made a icinii itiir out of soii.c
U-ng tvxifrs knotted together with a
kind of w iry prra-s that irroxvs up there.
With this pair of tdioe.s I could make
four miles an hour across thi'Mioiv. I
kept at it nearly all day, only stopped
to re.st twice, if I renu-iubei v-oi recl ly,
!.ut 1 was off in my caleui.it ions, for I
didn't timl the river. It miih! hive
been a mile or it miht have lnen 1."
miies away I didn't, know. When il
lx f,'an to fret dark afrain I'll tiduiit that
I was a little frightened. The only
tiiiii" that hail kept me warm all da
w as my runniiifr. and. of course, bv t his.
time, 1 was more or less tired. Well,
sir, it was. a funny thin-r. I had cut
t l.roiiirh a lit I le rax i ne and was start iiiy
up the other side, when I miw an In
dian trapper, in a fur suit, jump be
hind a tree altout 10t feet ahead of me.
1 stopMtl short 11 ml yelled to him:
'ix'erly malum! That means in the In
dia 11 la hrrunire, 'Come out.' "
"f an you talk Indian, too, IW?" "
asked t he "lush."
"1 knew-a fexv words beloiiiriii-to thi.
Canadian tribe of Maxebosha.s, but I
ncxer fr:,v' ' thoroneh study to anv
Indian laniruajre eSiept that of 1 he
S'iou."
"Lo. the jMMir Indian." observed tin
book ap-ent. "What did this man be
hind the tree say In vim'.1"
"Well, he waited a few minutes. ai:d
then he came out," said "Doe." "1 saw
that he had a. fresh haunch of venison
s'linir oxer his shoulder, and I decided
o have some of it. I xcnt up to him i:n."
asked him the way to t he river ami tU,:
camp. l!c pretended not to uinh r
stand, but I knew belter. lie h n ,k hi s
bead ami started to . o iiv.:iv and I
iltopxsl my rille ajul ;-i nl'lx'il him. Of
course I could ltaxe taken a drop on
him. but I didn't want to haxe ;mx
shoot inir. I didn't want a ilead In
dian. I wanted a live one, ho coul.l
show me the way "rack to Ceii. I'.-.st r"s
li ii lit i iiT lodjre. First. I wrenched the
fun out of his hands, and then wcwet.t
al it. He was a V':":t i" statuie and
xcry stronir. and 1 was weak fr: tn lack
of food ami all that hard travel. 1 ul I
trot : hold on him that I had learned in
w rest lin-r. and I landed hi 111 in t h;- snow .
I leil on top of him. and. diav. inir im
Kiiife. I pointed it at liis throat and said:
'.Vow, will you obey me?' 1 1- nmldcd
that he-'vxouhl. tind so I let him up.
knexx that these Indians always can led
matches or l!int-s. IwcaiiNc tiicy wele
in the habit of i-ookinjr food out in t he
forest. I kept this fclloxv cocrel uitn
my title and made him build a tiie and
cook 1 ne some x ci.ison. w hicii I a t w il !i
si.in enjoy incut, y. ay be sure. l'.
this time Ihe moon was up. 1 empC -his
i'lid iraxo it back to him. ;,i .i
t hen I told him to lead me t.i I lie cam p.
He struck off through the forest and I
followed him. Well, ir, we tlax.1,,1
all niiiht and aliou4 nine o'clock iiet
moiiiiuir reached the lodsre. They ha. I
ir'xen me up for lost. Yes. sir, all th.
eastci n paeis had me dead, but that
was one lime I fooled 'em. I leal tic'
ailcr I jrnt hack that t he 1 hel iiioihci er
had re"islercd 10 Ik-Iow."'
"What liecame of the two men who
r.tarted oul xxilh you?" asked the lij;ht
11 :tnr dent ist.
"Oh. they -rot back all ripht by fol
lowiiiir the rixer. A funny t .linjr a bou'
1 hat ej ct ictiie. The I ml ia 11 ema incil
at our lodfre a couple of days and be
came ery much at tachod to me. After
ward, when I went up there, he acted
as ir"'de for our party."
"Dk " censed talkintr and the "lush"
iraxe one look al t he liirht nintr den". 1st.
as if to indicate that he was helpless
xx it h admiral ion.
" The doctor appears to lie a man who
Iris hail remarkable ccrieiices." said
Ihe book airent, later in the cveniiifr
xx hen "Doc" had from to his room.
"You don't, half k-ioxv him yet." said
the "lush." "He's 1 11 a capitalist,
L'oxernmcnt scout, a circus t umbler and
a steamboat pilot."
"And an actor," added the Iifrhtniiir
dent ist.
"And an opera si hirer."
"And a staire driver."
"And an author."
"Why he's lieen everything. If you
don't, believe it. ask him altout it. lie'il
tell von." Chicafro News.
SOME LATE NEW THINGS.
A nexvly-dcsi-rm-d hanper for shade
rollers is made of metal, in sections,
slidably fount-clcd with each other, so
t.iiat the holder will take any leiifrt h
roiler ami the curt:i:n can he held out
ward from the wall any thviretl dis
ta nee.
A current water wheel recently pat
ented is com o.scd of two iloals fastened
turret her and hold inir a horizontal shaft,
to which Y-shaped buckets a re at t ju-hed
in spiral lines, a portion of the buckets
beinir alxtays in position to receive the
w ater.
A new medicine timer consist of a
metal frame to clasp a t umbler or neck
of a bottle, and an uprijrht portion,
l.oldinir a number of dials, which can
be set at any desired time, also iiudicat
inir the size of the dose and lapse of
time Itetxveen doses.
An apparatus to operate torpedoes
for I he bloxvinir upof ships recently f.lt
eliled consists of a trolley line ruiiniiip;
on the river or ocean bed. on which a
torpedo U fastened, sliding aluiir on the
wire until it strikes the Itottom tif the
vessel.
To keep a coat from wrinkl-np and
jrettiiifr out of .shape a. new haiifrer is
made of txvo sprinir wires crossed X-s!iaM-d.
txvo uprifrlit wire Iwuvs con
nect .ntr the emls of the spring's, the
shoulders of the coat resting on the
Imixxs to keep tht iu in shaK.
Th ombinution of a curtain pole and
bracket recently patented is formed by
a lrall to which txx o nwls are fastt tu-d at
riir'ht .inirles, the tdiorter rtnl endinir
n a wall bracket and I he lonjrer one
ritnninir to the other side of the window
to hold the curtain.
Iloulil Do.
An Fnplishnian and an Irishman were
one day hohlitirr an arsrument respect
it:!'' the nationality of various frreat
men who had lived and died. The
Irish uiaii had successively claimed each
ime mentioned as :i court ryraan of his
own. till at le.nrrth the Kntrlishman.
somewhat nettled, inquired: "llo-w
about Shakes-peare was he an Irish
man?" To which he received the reply:
"Well, I can't say that he -was alto
gether, but at all events he had the
abilities of one." Household Words.
MAKES FREE AND ALL ABB B LAVES BESIDE.'
Fill DAY, MAY 7,
HIS "LITTLE FELLER."
(JlorifleU and Made lleautlful the Hum
ble Home.
"I buppen.-d to lie dow n in my cellar
the other luornitifr when the ashman
cajne arouiwi to collect tiie allies.' tujtl
a frentJemau who resides on Second
aveni to a Free l'ress man. "I was
otcuinr a Larrel of frreat red apples at
the time, and when the bifr, duM-cov-cred
and ne.-es.-arily untidy man came
back with tjie cinptx a.sh barrel I
picket! up an aipie and hehl it out to
wan 1 him, ayiiifr as I did so:
"'Won't you have an apple?
"IIe took it tm'erly, sayiiifr as he did
so:
" 'Thank ye. sir; I've a little feller at
home w ho'll le tickled to death tojrit it.
1 must alxvaysfind sotuethiiifr or ot her in
the ash barrels to carry lwonie to im at
iiifrht, but it ain't often 1 frit aiiyllt'uu'
c.pial to this bifr apple. I tell ye the
little feller's eyes will Sih'fne when he
m es it.'
"J don't know lnw many times that
day my thoughts were of that bifr.
roiifrh-handed fellow, with that apjilc
put away so carefully in his pttcket for
that 'little feller.'
"When eveniiifr eanie I thought of the
little feller' who xxas on. the htokont for
the Uiir. du.st-coxereil father, with the
calloused ami soiled Irands, but with the
true heart and the kindly word that
made him a kiiifr in the eve-sof that 'lit
tle feller.
"It must have been a very jtoor and
humble home to which the man went
n.t the close of hiswcary day, but then
there was the Tittle feller'.s presence to
make lx.-.tutiful even the lmre walls and
floors and to brintr the love lipht to his
father's eyes and joy to his' father's
heart.
"These 'little fellers' irlorify and
iM-autify many 11 home in which mver
ty abides. lint human afftH-tion can
sweetly and patiently endure toil and
rtirs and Mtveirty when there is a 'little
fclier ttt meet and frreet the father
when the lotifr day is tlone." Detroit
Free Press.
THE FUNNY MtN.
lie "I love you lietter than life."
-he "Considcritifr the life you lead, I
cannot say that I am. surprised." In
iiianaMilis Journal.
"Do you think opals are unlucky?"
impiired the suHTst it ions man. "Yes,"
was the reply. "My wife wants one,
ami it's froiny loiwl nie till." Wash
iairlon Star.
"I'.ehol.l." exclaimed the frood fairy,
"I touch thee with my wand ami trans
form thee from befTfrar to prince."
Subse.pieiilly, howeier, his U-Ioxed
tout hed him without any wand and
n.ade him a iH-e-frar afraiu. Detroit
lourmil.
Chumley "You're a mi-j-hty Kr
talker, especially to ladieft. How did
you raise the nerve to projH.se to Miss
Sweet?" Diimley " aw ; I didn't
sa lunch of anythinp:; I handed my
linjr to her and she slip-ted it tin her
left tinper. and said: 'All riptit, it
tits!' " Truth.
"Does it really improve whisky to
send it across the water ami ltack?"
iskml the person with a assion for
know led ire. "1 don't know. sah. altout
the direct lienelit," said the colonel,
"but it sutliidy does irive il a chance
to ape. snh. that it miirht not othuwise
have had." Cincinnati Fmpiirer.
"No. daiifrhter. just tell the younir
nian that he can net er take you : leiirh
liditifr with a sleepy-looking old horse
like that." "Why. mamma, that's false
pride." "Not hinfr of t he sort. D'sjipl
common sense. It is plain that the
horse was chosen simply because he
can be driven with one hand." Detroit
Free l'ress.
FOREIGN CHAT.
IKscn's "Wild Duck" ha proved a dis
mal failure with the Viennese public.
Trinidad celebrated Ihe centenary
of it-s subjection to Kiipland by six
days of festit ities. beg-inniiifr Februarv
1 I.
I'jornstjeriie Ujornson i furious w ith
Ibsen for writiiif,- his last play, "John
(i.ihricl Dorkmann," which h asserts
i-- full of bitter attacks tin his own fam
ily life. Ibsen's sou is married to
Ujornson's daiifrhter, and the relations
between the fathers-in-law hate ben
strained for some time, ltjoriison pro
toses to slnw lltseti up soon in a Itook.
tjneeu lilizaltct h's prose translation,
made when she was 1 1 years of nfrc of
a poem tif Marfraret of .Navarre called
"The .Mirrour tif Sinful Souls," to
gether with a praytr composed by the
N'ilfrin Queen anxl tne 01 her letters tt
her stepmotlur, Catherine l'arr, has
teen published in Ixtn.lon from the
ei i-rinal autofrrap'u 111 the Iiotlleian li
! ra ry.
French royalists and Catholics have
tienerally woiked topether in Hil:tics.
but at a recent election for a tlcputt at
I!rst they dixid.d and bitterly foufrht
ea-h other, the Cat holie caiitlitlate tak
itifr the "round that the republic must
lie recofrnized ow iiir tt the position the
Jhmm has taken iu rcfrard to it. I'.rest,
which has always Iteen a conertatit
i.t roiifrhttid, pave the preference to the
church over the kihfr.
ITEMS OF SCIENCE.
One inch of rain fallinp upon one
stpiare mile is eipjixalent to 17.5DO.IMM)
gallons of water.
Ast ronomers say t hat 1,000,000 "sho.it
inp stars" fall intothesun foretery one
that comes into our atmosphere.
-Moths may lie- kept from furs ami
xxool. ns, I'nited Slates KntomoK." ist
L. o. II oward eoneliides, by cold storape
durinp thesuinmer.it 411 to 42 deprees F.
Iiusects are for their size theslroup
est memlters of the animal creation.
Many lteetles can lift a weipht cipial to
more than 500 times the weipht of
their own ltttdiew.
Microscopical investipation is said
to prove that the pores of wood invite
the tassape of moisture in the direction
of the ti miter's prowth, but repels it
in the opposite direction.
tilotv worms are much more brilliant
when a storm is cominp than at other
seasons. Like many other mysteries of
nature, this curious circumstance has
never been explained.
As comets near tlie sun their velocity
nlways increases. Newton calculated
the velocity of the comet of lst'Ml to le
hso.ooo miles an hour. Hrydonne rates
the sjieed of the comet he saw in 17T0
2,500,000 miles an hour.
8I.BO and
1S97.
HER PHOTOGRAPH.
"Watch for the bird:" the artist cries.
t itli lifted, waiting finrr:
Ttut. heedless of the mirthful call,
l'lon tin tamera's mystic pull
Her serious glances huer.
"Too cravi-!" Her mother takes the word:
"Think, darling, for one minute.
What can it l.e 4i will say,
Ojn-iiitis hU letter far away.
To tind jour picture in it?"
A liiuk of love and rapture l.l. nt
The baliy-fealures put .ti.
From parted bps to round.-. I cheek
Sxviit dimpl.-s played at hlde-and-scek
The artist touched the button.
Ah! sunlieam, k newest thou how she
Would leave the world so lonely.
Thus holdiiiK fast. In drttthh-ss .-race.
The s-iuiU. that on her ros, l.ud fact;
Hlo.iiHd for her father only?
Mary A. 1". Stansbuiy, in Youth's Com-
paiiion.
THE OPAL SKULL.
tlf all places to oppress one with the
fruitlessiiess of life there is none like
unto the southern Mtrtion of the Colo
rado river. There seems alxtays to Ik
visible from its banks, if banks 1 hoy can
le called, ski me faint blue-pray moun
tain "teak off in t he distance, U'votid the
plain with its rare primps tif cotton
woods and its occasioixil lonely adobe.
There was 110 color any tt here. The
yellow of the sky was only a pale trlim
luer titer the w hiteninrr blue; the irrc.-ii
of the trees xxas dulled by the dust and
the eveninp twilipht. Thej,. xxas but
one house in --ipht, an adobe -liMitards
or less from the titer.
In amon-r t he w illoxvs by the river xvas
a small, catitas-cuxered w a iron. Two
thin broncos were hobbled near bv. and
a man was pathcrinp ti-ks for a iro.
He tvoptleritl if it would be worth his
while to make the acipiai n1 a pee of t he
"prear-rs" tvhn undonlrti illy inhabited
it. They m'pht t.ff-r him hospitaiity
for the nlpht; but he had learned bv
rxH-rience that Mexican hospitality
usually implies dirt, and he tli.s'.i;
dirt. It was a tpicstion in his mind
whcthur a blanket tinder the wapon
would not lie preferable. And w hile he
debated the fl.tt lioard door .f the adoln
oiei-d. and a woman came out. She
was sh-iider, therefore she was- you up
so reasoned the man, w ho knew Mex
icans. More than that he could not s.e.
ft r a time she went back into the
house, and he fell to pat herinp st icks.
When the moon rose, and he. havini'
finished his supper, was sittinir lteside
'he .It inpeampti re. j-acefullt smokinp.
the low willows purled, aiul t he pirl of
the adobe stood near him.
"Ah! I Ik'p your pardon, senrtr: I
knew note z:-t you wear hicr." she cried,
slartinp back.
"It pixes me much pleasure to see
yon. Will you not sit here witli me?"
He spread a llankit on the rrround
near th bright coals, and motioned to
her. w it li a d.ep 1 ow. to Im scale.!. She
took her lace, and he. st retchinp h;m
si If at her feet, leaninp ujifm one liniw .
offered her a ciparctte.
Her nainte. it trapspired terv so.ui.
xtas Anita Aniti Mat.ara: li s. be told
her. was Fichard Lotell. They fell a
tall inp. arrtl he tli.l what was exjtected
of him made desperate love instantly;
w hi I,. she did wh it he had cx ctetl her
to do. rosjvonde.l with only etiouph re
serve to keep, up the illusion of flirta
tion. Here, in the half tropic south
west, with an unw ise child of pi. of an
a morons race, the rather lax code of
honor of Hit-hard I.otell fell from him.
She told him about her life.
T was lntrn hicr." she said, "ecu zat
house. Hut w'cti 1 twelf years am. I to
San Diepopo to scirnol. an zcre I Fenp
lish learn. I spe..k note much llctip
Iish now. for zat I have inly my muzer
an my bruzzer. who zcy sjtcake but
Spanish; an Carlos he can Kenplish
speake. but he like cet note."
"Who is Carlos, sweetheart?"
"He ces my swtet heart, w'at I to
marry him am."
"W Ihiv is he?" The younp man drew
a little away and sat erect.
"He ces at ze mines in Coneepcion. He
haf one mine for him, an he weel be
soi.-.e time reech. lie come to set me ze
Sunday. Do you note Spanish steakc
talk, sare?"
"Xo. Just a few words. And where
is your brother?"
"He eis zis nisrht faraway. He weel
t.vinorriw w.tt h Carlos come back."
Itttel understood. He resumed prad
ually his iost ure 01 adoration. When
the ciparet'es were finished, he held
her hands, and in time he put his arm
altout her and kissed her. and forpot .-ill
the maxims tif wisdom that had ever
lieen taupht to him.
"W hat is that rinp?" he asked, turn
inp and totinp wish the only one she
wore.
"Ket ces Carlos. He peef cet to me.
Weel -you see?" She drew it off. "Kef
you weel one match lipht."
He struck a wax one and held it to the
rir.p. It was an opal set in silver and
carted in the shaje of a skull. Ixtrcll
knew enouph of stones to understand
the difliculty of tuilinp an oal. He
knew tlit; skill ai.d i;it:cncc it must re
quire to sh;iH it. like this one. There
wtis pro! ia LIx not another like it in the
world; certainly he had never seen it.
if there were. In the llickerinp lipht it
pleamed and sparkled Hue, and red. am!
yellow tires, and the jaws seemed to
contort themselves into a prin.
"How wonderful." lie ejaculated.
"Yes." answered Anita.
lie was scu-ed with a wild desire to ob
tain it, and he pliyed tmldly for it. "Do
you love nie. Anita, sweetheart, beauti
ful? he whistere.l. takinp her fai-e in
his h.'uids ami htokinp into her eyes.
She uttered a fat at hut sincere "Yes."
He kissetl her apain. not once, but
many 'times. "If you love me, Anita.
you should pive me the rinp to rcmeni
ler you by a keepsake, as we call it."
She slipped it into his hand.
"Ah! no. Ceef eet TO me,' siie cried
of a sudden.
"Why?"
"Carlos, he tell me zat eet ees very
w'at you say? note nice lucky."
"Then w hy did he pive it to yon?"
"He say eet ees for a man. note for
a woman, zat eet ces like zat."
"I exjtect C'arltts wanted to keep you
from pit inp it away."
"No. He say zat one man w'at keep
eet for fife years, he die sure."
"I am not afraid. I would lie plad to
die to have yot'r rinp for even a year."
"No. (Jeef eet back to me."
"Then you do not love me." he said,
dejectedly. "You are like all women,
you are plad to break a man's heart."
"No, no. I lofe you. You can keep
II i I iiff J II". tf W,
postage per oar In advance.
NTJMBEK 18.
eet. I weel tell Carlos I loos, . ct."
At the iiiotii. ijt l,er mot t . r -..!'. ,1 to
her from the .-).. U-. she threw l.er
plump arms altout the American's nek
and stii.l a elinpinp pood bv. a if her
heart, w ere sadly wrut.p. Ami for t he
time U inp she was in desperate e in -esL
At daybreak he saw two horsemen.
Itoth Mexicans, ride up to the house!
He puesscd that they were the men"
Manara and Carlos; .-,,,,1 he hit, h.-d up
1he team ipiickly and w. tit. in a fash
ion that suppested tlipht, takinp the rinp
with him.
Now it hapMie.V as su.-h t hintr- w ,11
haptt'n in the nXt west -that C.ir!os
Valera prew tcry ri.-h within a fexx
months and went to lit,- in Sau i,v
with his wife. ami that they w. re much
courted and .-oupht after, f. r Ya Yra wa
pencroiis and well- ma 1. n. i . .1 and i.,.
ill-Iookinp. un.l Scnora Yah-ra was b,
w ilehinp. .1 type, more than lo.-allv ta-
tnous for her beaut v.
I"
f
:i I'li.irin 1I11. . . .. ...
1 - ' 1 1 o w one n 01 tier
race who hate lcatt.eil the u-::ire of
the world. They kept open h. use. in
the pran.l way of the wealthy Spat ish
Antciicans tif not so lonir a:ro. Xcx.r
a da passed that more than t. l.,1
straiiper was not cut. rtaiiied. thus it
came about that, upon a spring cxct ii.
-nine teats afier lor n,ai 1 i;.
Scnora Valera prc.-tc.l wish lot. I
and prace a pu. st whom her hi:'-haul
brought horn,, with him. a Mr. l:i. h....i
Lotell. of l.os Aiircl. s. but as c.,.,.,.
i d him she pi.u.. cd tlotti. at his :..u, Is
and saxv tiiat he xxoie the o; :.j skidl.
She tuiiicd to her husband and said in
Hr.p!i-h that was p. rfe.-t n,.w. though
made daii.ty by a slip hi lisp: "Caths.
dear, will toll .-ct il 1 left n.-. p:.l-:.ln!-ibatiiiiid
;in on my dMs-im. st.in.lv
1 think I to..1,, it ..ut to wear, aid foi
pot it. I i cji'i want it to pt-t h.st li!,0
tl;.. t '. ..; 1 1 . :.l ton pate me i- :, i,
were It:. 1 1 It t. I'm afraid tht y are i :.!! .
unhic . . ic.,: don't you think s.i.Mr.
Lott i. .- .c,od ton mind poinp for
it. C::i oc "
aict.i i. ;: i h;. room.
"Mr. Lo.. !!. take off that rinp while
ou arc h. i she .-aid. calmly.
T have nctcr takt 11 it off. And I'm
sorry that 1 can't il.is.unm."
"If Mr. Yaleta sees it. he w ill U apt
to kill t on as not. ,. is tet y j. al .11-."
"I fancy he has p...,,; reastui."
"Kindly keep t our opinions w h. re
such unpleasant op.spiopilx b, :.,i,:;
- in your own imumicii- n-ss. You
will be wis.- t. do as I sax. and to be
piick. Do you ktw.xv that t he lit.-t . ats
is up to-nipht ?"
'I doubt that sort of super-! itioii. As
I told ton before. I'm not aftai.l. I. 1
haps you are. thou-h? It i nitiu.,1
you should 1.-. I will t.!l .,i, i,; t I
w ill do. I'll t:.',e t lie rinp d put it in
my tt-k. t" - h- slipped it " ai.d 1 . !!
it 1 tet ween his thiitlilt ::t.d lim-ei -"if
you will kiss me apuln a- you di.i on
11. at nipht."
"I will not. You would hate forgot
ten that silliness of mine by now. if
you ha.l been fortllliale cn..iii;h to lie
J pent leinan."
"Never: hot all those caresses and
protestations. Come, ki- 111,- airain.
Mnl I'll hide the rinp."
"No. Mr. Vah-ra will tini-h hum it:p
for a pin that isti". th. re in a moment
more, and if he comes, back it mat- e-.
ill with you it certainly wiil if he sees
1 he rinp."
"Then ki-s me."
"I will not. lie tpiick. I heir him
coniiup. Quick!"
"Kiss me. You'd better, for t our oxxu
sake."
"No."
"Then don't."
"Oh! hide that rinp do. for me."
"Kiss ,,,,."
"Well, kiss me, then."
He put his hands on her shoulders
and ltcnt his head. He did n.d s-e
Valera step into the Fr.-n.-h wmdoxx.
but he knexv that the woman puilcd
away from him with a loud "How tlare
you: and a scream: "Carlos. Carlos,
hi lp me:"
And then he felt somethinp sharp
driven deep l 1 w een the shoulders, and
as he fell back ward Scnora Vaiera
praspe.l at the rinp and caeht it fiom
his hand. She put her n 11 hand to
her throat in tin .accepted fashion of
the contention:! faint, and as si.,, did
-o. dropped the jewel into the bosom of
her p:nvn. Then she lost conscious
ness. The story she told her husband was
one of unprotoked impert iueiu-e on the
part of an ntt.-r stranir.T. a man she
had never seen Itef. ire. ami the story he
told the world was much th.-same, but
sjiphtly n.lM Ilished. It was not plaus
ible, yet it pass,Hl. It exciistnl tl-.. mur
der without any preat tbflicnlt t . a ml "s
was sonielhitip- of a feather in the cap
of the lianliful Mexican for this was
in the early days.
Scnora Valera pround th- opal skull
to bits with a heavy stone, and kept the
chips in a locket, until one day she
found an excuse to drive to the cem
etery and scatter 1h.ni tijmn I.telTs
Ctate. titvendolen Overton, in San
Francisco Arponaut.
IN OLD MEXICO.
One of the fatorite sweets for chil
dren is supar cane. It is sold in pieces
alt.. ut is inches long for one centato
each.
You can buy all the ltcautiful thtwers
you cai" carry home in a half-bushel
Itasket for an American half-dollar.
Dabies and children all wear half
sticks, ami are happy with bare leps
when northern visitors require oxer
mats. The weather is not a subject of com
ment unless it is had. It is as a rule
so tine that it furnishes no variety of
e. nix crs.it ion.
The stamp law is very thoroughly en
forced, fclte.y form of commercial t
r. from check Ut contract, contributes
to the r-teiiue.
The street car mules make lietter
time than in any otli. r country in the
xtorld. About half of the time they are
kept on a full pailop.
Horses with tails more than 12 to
is inches lotip are rare exceptions, as
the tails of fashionable coacti hordes
are invariably docked.
Fvcrybody shakes' liands Itoth at
neetinp ami tartinp, even thouph the
t isit may be on the street corner and
lasts only txxo minutes.
I'ai.ks are capitalized for immense j
funis and hate tcry strict repuiatioiis. j
and failures antonp these iiulit ulioiis
are pruc-ticall uukiioxxn.
AtlvertisingKatet.
1 l".IIiDd Tl'r'i"'tni of tbCw
" '''J V.."1 ,oU'ii low rates:
!iijua"' -
1 Inch, months.....
"oca . yr kZ
lDrte, a mintti...... " M
I orbed, 1 year .-'."..."" laid
,n-, yr......v.""":::::7 tila
v ewnuin, 6 tnonttn.... ...... ia .a
S"lnnn. 1 year ..." " "oa
lcoiottn. e montiii r.r.ii;ir"r!"."
1 column, I yer 7k.M
Haslnoi Hem. 6r.t icp-rtlon, loe. per ltsa
atequcot Inwrtiona. be. per lln
Anditur'i Nut leer . . ZJ
trar and tlmilar Notice".". ".".""7 X M
tton f. ubiety and c o.ajoni-.tu.oii hmKhmIM
S!,.V .""" n ,n "ny limited or mdl
T,daal lotewt a a ,t t paid t.tr an ad Tertlnmeata.
.."2.. 1 r-nl'- ' an kind neatly ua
don tyoa loncet it.
BESSIE'S GREAT SACRIFICE.
fr ett sorry for . IUhy ho , o
1K.IL
T3.e st.-kinps M,. hut.pupand
the b,,j.. u..s u,,. :,rou,, tbe
hearth to hear mamma t. 11 the story
f the IL-.U- ,.f IVtblehem. sats rhe
vt .,rk World. Their small" Ws
cx rossd profound stn.pitht when
they heard l.tv t lie S.. 4,f as
1- rn . a s,,,;,. ,w j,,. Uy u
of -traxx. l,tt lb shixer.-d in the ck.I
liii-eiiiU-r ni-ht and l.w His life ai
a dati-.-. r fr-.tn :!.ewi. k,d H.-rtHl. Lit
tle lU ssi.. s,,.,11)s , u. partieuiariv ;,.
pr-ssed. She said t.othnip, Lut' one
.t.ul.l see l,.,t sl. ;is n.inkinp hard.
When, half at. h..r later, mamma
:.me to la ssie's t.., 1 ;ss ,,r
niirhl. s.!i. found the child pr.--siiip her
doll t. h. r l-.soiu aj,. painir at it witli
iii.ult.tabl.. atT.-e--..,,,. As she stoo,.t
oxer the U-d Fcssie looked up ad
a k.-.l, earnest It : ' Mamma, ain't ..l's
babt p-it any doliv ?"
"N"" ".plied tht- mother, snii'.imr.
l'.cssi.. ,ke,l at her doll apain and
h-ntM-cd it. Then ctnitlictiiiir . mot .ns
shoxx.il thetuseltes on t ! little fa.-e.
After a lomr silence l he child i-ajsed
li. r. t. s. which !.iid such an expression
a thos,. ,,f ii. maPtyr must hate worn
at Uie stake, and stid, firmly: Tak
it to Him. mamma."
Ciosimr her etc- tipht lassie laid the
loll in lu-r mother's hands and buried
h.-r face in the pillow to iry to forpet
the preat sa.-riti.e sh.- had inade.
POWER OF A WOMAN'S WORD.
It Oti rrnnw the t r-tk. of aa I nWU(
I'lilif-t-niaii.
Th.- following pretty story is taken
from th. N.-w York Mail and Kx press.
m,d is pood e.:t.ije,. u, stand by itself.
lb was onlx an Italian fruit-tender.
Th. r was notliiiiL' al.mt him at all like
ly lo inspire the beholder w it h feelinp.
.tie wax or another. He war- not
rairped enouirh to ,-all for esnt sy n
pathx. nor unkempt etioupti t.i protoke
disLut. ,-t to the j d iceman 011 hisi
beat he wa.s undoubtedly 1 ho object of
considerable at. r-ioii. this wassjiown
by the u ardent inp viporwith vtliich
the ft uii-st-ticr was purstiet from cor
ner to i-orner by t he zealous puanliau of
Ihe law.
The other day. in a t,. hurrietl re
sponse t.i the eterlast inp onler to
"mote on." th. j d.li. V ,.;irt was upset,
and Ins M-aeiies and peai s werescat-t.-icd
..xei- the proimd and acrtts the
street car tia.-k. The enraped . lice
man coiii. I Larely restrain the impulse
t.i Use hi-- Cillll.
"Ihe d.ity h.afer!" tie exclaimed,
""lie Old it on pill (H.se jiist trtitiptO
excite .-) I., jiat ht !"
"lb- ll..s .slice.led. t hell." said a Soft
toi.-e :.! the oiVi.-t i'-. clU.w. and a neat
little woman l..pl and l-epan to
pat her n;t the scatl.-red fruit.
I I.. . . i 's face i. dd. nt-d. He hesi
tated a 111. in. -i.t. and then he. too.
joined in t iie x 01 k of it storat ion.
SUBSTITUTE FOR GLASS.
l.t-bttinouii Suttslaii.e spread oc t.alvaa
iid Iron VVrti.
"The first successful .substitute for
plass." ssixs -.111 architect in the Wa!i
inptoii Tinn-s, "is t.etorinm. a peJatjn
t'lis eoinM.ition. It h;'s not appcaretl
in this country :t ail, as yet, but is
lw-inp introduced in llurop..
"llns pelatiuous su!staii-e is pitt-n
ripidity by lieinp spread on. a pultaa
iron web. xthich holds tlie sheet
in any desired sjiajte. but dotis iut t.it
s'tiiet the (Ktssape of lipht. It istrans-bi.-etr!.
but not ! ra lis pu re u t . a nd cti 11 :e
stained in such a manner as t.i exactly
imitate stain.tl plass.
"It cannot lie broken nor softened bv
J ie tat s of the sim. but ir flexible and
easily lH-t,t into ;iny desired shae.
Wh.-n unstained it at tirM is el low.
but on exposure to the sun it turns
w hit., at the 5ntne t ime ltecomiiip hard
er ami more durable.
"I.ik plass. it is a poor conductor of
h.at. It is l'phter than plasjs. and oil
this account is well adapted f.r roofs.
I'nless it. can lie made transparent it
.an never hojte to entirelv snjHrsi-de
plas-s, but. its cheapness and su
periority to plass in other direc
tions are seeurinp for it extensive sa.ks
for factory windows, skyltphts for hot
houses, roolinp and like piirtosiei."
HERE AND THERE IN EUROPE.
Kmile nichelturp. the French trotel
ist. is said to haxe a massed Jtoo.tmit in Jd
years, by w rit inp sensational stories for
lx l'etit .bt-urual.
Wheat prow n in tit north of France
litis from 1 1 to "ft 'rf tit. less nitropen
totis element's in it than titat raised
there 5i tears :tpo. accord itor to a re
cent leKtrt made to the Academic des
Sciences.
Saterio Altamura. oik of the last of
the Neapolitan romantic sclxail t.f
paintinp, has just died. He was a et
and an author as weil. He took jtart in
the rex.tJuti.m of ls4s and was exiled
from Naples until the lUiurlnios were
ilrixeu out.
A method t.f pre-ipitatinp zinc in
a.pieous soiutKiii in the shate tif tlense
plates of commercial thickness by
means of electricity has Iteen fi.mid at
the zinc w orks at I niislierp in I o-rinan t .
The process, which is kept secret, w as
tiisct.tere.1 bt l'rof. Dicfteidtach. of
Darmstadt. The economic difl'teulties
in the problem have also Iteen soiled,
as the works arc turniiip out '- tons of
zinc a month, ami are to le enlarped.
NOVELTIES IN SILK.
Some rich dark shades of red are ahow
inp iu tiKtire c lours.
black si!k net with a satin etlpe ia
use.1 for thick neck ruche.
Itcyoiid tloubt retl- in i.liant and dai k.
.s well w il lie the fall color.
Ketidish-piirple prounds with white
scrolls make st 1 licit foularls.
l'a in-colored satin ducht-sse has the
call for tiimminps ami combinat ion.
Chiffon ribltoiis are in lovely debcate
eolorinps, but arc. of course. i-riha-ble.
Cream-colored chrysanthemums on a
coral pruuiMl make a lovely satin (troche.
lace taffeta for liniups next fall will
show stroup pink. red. preen and t io
let tints.
Watercress preen is a favorite shaJe
for the cominp millinery ribbon,
p-au zes. chiffons, etc.
In loi.dou they are usinp a tcry rich
make of ieau tie soie tleur de aoie
for j-Aeuintr toilets.
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