~~ a a Swe SINC A SONQ, Ti you'll sing » song as yon go along, In the face of the real or the fancied Wrong; out, And show a heart that is brave and stout: If you'll laugh at the jeers and refuse the tears, You'll force the ever-reluctant cheers ard cries, And you'll win success with a little 80ND If you'll sing a song as you go along! If you'll singa song as you plod along, You'li find that the busy, rushing throng Will catch the strain of the glad re- frain; That the sun will rain; ened sky; And the stars will come out by by; And you'll make new friends, t descends From where the placid rainbow bends; And all because of a little song If you'll you along ! and ill hope sing a song as plod If you'll along, You'll see that the yon strong; And the heavy load and the rugged road, sing a song as you trudge i singing will make tortuous goad Will soar with the note yon set afloat; That the beam will change to atrifling mote; That the world is bad sad, And bright and beantif: That all yon If you'll sing aiong when you are ’_ 3 | when gla need is a little song the trud song as you Philadelphia Telegraph. RAMAPO PASE, In the s Washington Ferry on the Sir Henry ( it ow} mand of the British in Nev been expecting an know Washingtor to against ff Con ti nove failure « nt holding the Fr Indies, to co on land, had ¢ don the project, to mov tack ( Virgini v4 i ut ton should he migh reinforcen either not begun by the stopp iA gave ont ths hey w s al tack tl then move against the city ns that Washing 4 1 3 x n=ed, no 3T . ) wrodiuce the were « ther impression even before his Dobbs these that this story has t to see Dominie Montagnis T : 3 said an orderiy t Army with ot y do “I want of who were seated near ut Dobbs Ferry ne ver there, diers, pointing “That Dominie Montagnie!” the orderly. “Why ‘Boy or not, he § est Whigs in all this i$ ai said he's only a boy.’ one of the stance isn't a better man in all the Conti: tal army.” The orderly proa« hed the young man v scanned his face. Evidently he w as satisfied with what he saw, for he at once addressed him “Ia this Dominie Montagnie?” “Yes,” replied the young preacher, returning the look to the officer. “Well, Gen. Washington see you at once.” “Wants to see me? What for?” “I don't know, Come with me and you will soon know." Young Montagnie asked no further questions, but arose and accompanied replied af ies, the soldier, and as he ap dl 3 ahirew mander. He had never spoken to him before, but he shared fully in the feeling of respect which all the army had for their leader, and he was some- what abashed when the General rose to receive him, and could scarcely reply to the kind words he spoke when he was presented. “Yes, I have known of yon,” said Washington, “‘and from all I can hear I am certain I can rely npon you. Is this true?” “I try to do my best, General,” said Montagnie modestly. “That's right. Now, I have a very important commission for you,” and the General paused a moment to note the effect of his words, but the young man only bowed, and he continued: “I want to send some despatches by you to Morristown. You will eross the river at King's Ferry, go up by Haverstraw and through Ramapo Pass.” Mon ie looked up quickly at the words. ‘‘Ramapo Pass.” Yes, be knew the place, and too well. It was a narrow defile among the hills of New Jersey, and already had been the scene of some of the most exciting evénts in the Revolution. And now the cowboys and skinners held it, and if he should once fall into their hands he knew what would occur, “But, General,” he ventured to | stammer, ‘Ramapo Pass is one of the | headquarters of the Tories, and 1 shall surely be taken if I try to go that way. | Why may I not go by the upper road? | I am familiar with every foot of the | country.” “Young man,” said Washington, stamping his foot in real or pretended | anger, ‘‘your duty is not to talk but to | obey." The young preacher saw that all re | monstrance would be in vain, and al he should not be left to select his own | route, especially since he was to go | through a country he knew thorough ly, he only bowed his head promised to do his best. “When am | T to go?" he inquired. “Now. Justas soon as you can get | ready.” Just at dusk, dressed in citizen's and with the despatches | sewed inside the lining of his sleeve, carried his journey. { elothing, young Montagnie was ACTORS the river and started on Even a horse was denied him, but the hard young Continental little for that, and steadily on his way It was about half an hour before sun t cared , all when he came near to Ramapo “Mv time h “ly through this piace I have rest of the excited than was breathing rapidly pass He walking stick more The On IZ as come,’ he ise I ean once get no jut 1 : 1 he knew, and he the way.” lhe was more ntered as he e grasped his & v tightly and glance i passage betwee! Very Narrow there of land 1 that WAS ran chained a strong guard his efforts te and with hi Richard had : ing the death of his father, poor Whigs in nf il ¥ t 11k hat region had been s than they had from These the thot that were passing rapidly throngh the mind of this desperado, Richard Smith, ap- proaching, and with him five desperate as he at his back villainons-looking men they | He grasped k re ig more at bh his hands f thar “® . ba ather Wore its ig and there was the messanger, men as were his walking-stick more firmly and tried to appear calm. “(ood morrow, gentlemen,” | Montagnie A gruff word was the only reply, | him. Evidently they were suspicious, but, as they passed on, almost passed and in a moment he wonld be beyond their sight. ut he was not to escape so easily | Without turning his head he was | aware they had stopped and were | watching him. The moment was a | eritical one. Would it never come to ian end? | “Hold, stranger,” calied one of the | men. “You travel early.” | was nothing else to be done, | waited their approach. gathered about him, and he knew his | only hope lay in being calm. | “Yes,” he replied, “and neither are | you late in your start.” | “Whither might you be bound ?” | said Smith, ignoring his words. | ““Oh, up the road here, among the { hills.” Smith laughed derisively as he re- plied; “That won't do. Up the road may lead you to Morristown, or it may be New York. You'll have to give an account of yourself.” The young preacher glanced quickly sbout him. Shonld he try to fight? Six men, armed and mounted, were before him, and they would think no more of shooting him than they would a squirrel by the roadside. leader had not failed to note his hesi- tation, and he turned to his men aad | said: “Search him, boys. If isn't, it's the thing to be done Hn | Ina Montagnie had for. | gotten his caution, If the papers were found they would perhaps kill him, l and if he must die he would sell his fife as dearly as possible. Ha | been so quiet that the mo aent two bitterness toward Washington had vanished in » moment Now he un- Washington had in- tended all the time to have him taken prisoner with those dispatches on his | when he snddenly whirled his heavy stick and struck one of them a heavy blow and then turned to the other. | With a bound he leaped over the fallen | men and started for the cliffs, | a desperate venture and every moment he expected to hear the sound of their guns, He struggled on, however, unmindful of everything but his own desire to escape. “Don’t shoot! heard Smith call, “‘He may be worth | more alive than dead. Ha! Who wonld have thought such a peaceful shoot!" he Don’t ha! arap?' and he laughed again he saw how angry his compan “Take after him; or he'll get away.” such when 1018 Were, Montagnie was struggling desper ately to make his way up the hillside he thought they had pursuit, although he shoot, but For a moment the wondered why they didn't 1 tood 1t all ers abandoned he soon nn two of the mer They had kno had heights above To attempt jess now, and with + i lowed his captors nesth, “Take hin said Smith ut 200 concealed | he was being prepared for Accordingly when non bidden to | out of the hut he glanced on side for the rope he t dangling from some walked his thou igh bitter against Washington re he was honght tree ghts were insisted npon his « Ramapo If he | his own device he have taker the upper road and never would have fallen into the power of those desper- i adoes he wominz t Pasa? heen ad WO “Can you ride,” said of the men abruptly | “Yes,” replied the preacher, Were | they about to mount him on a horse and then start the horse off after the noose had been adjusted ? He had | heard of that plan having been used. But he had no time for meditation, for they came to a place where three | horses wera waiting. Almost before | he knew what had occurred, the pris- { oner found himself mounted and rid- ing rapidly along the road, with one guard on either side. What could it mean? He saw 00 | rope and not a word was spoken. On | and on they went, and gradually it one New York while he Vir ginia How well he from the fact next heard of him he was started for held them we know that when Sir Henry already be yond the Delaware, too far away to be pursued, and it was too late to send word or aid to Cornwallis. As for Parson Montagnie, he was not long kept a prisoner, for the war was soon ended; but for his delight to tell the story of his cap ture the holding the pass of Thermopylae,’ would say, ‘‘and keeping out the ene- my; but 1 kept the enemy in by fail ing to hold the pass at Ramapo ’ Atlanta Constitut years it was “I had read about (ireeks he 1. THE JOKERS' BUDGET, Men of the press, His CHOICE in your opinior on for a ia woimnaa me reas Knowledge (0 ever g A OREAT DMBADVANT remarked the ‘hat in the will be worth as much Well,” lv. ‘diamonds are way, but you down 80 as 10 keed sr rss uppose hd | % { housewife, course oe As am replied the iceman. rel prety good n their can't rely on their meiting up a steady demand HOY { halumeau Las fishing expedition “Well.” his friends ask him, ‘4d catch anything in a i you Chalumeau, who thus spares himself the humiliation of telling that he missed his first as well. THE MODERN MUBICALER Young lady—You are a master of the piano, I hear Professor von Spieler hired for the oo easion)—]1 blay aggompaniments zome- times Young lady —~Accompaniments to sing- ing? t'rofessor wonderful von Spieler—Agompani | what the destination was to be. Nor was he mistaken, for he soon was carried across the river and placed in ons of that day. “Yon're a great one,” said the guard o Montagnie the next day. ‘Those letters you had were all about Wash- inton's plan to attack New York. But Clinton can take a hint, and every- body in the city is getting ready to receive the rebels.” Then he took from his pocket a copy of Rivington’s (lazette, which contained a long sec count of his capture, the nature of the dispatches he had carried and the use Sir Henry was making of the informa- tion he had gained. Suddenly, as the guard finished his reading, Montagnie laughed aloud. “What are you langhing at?” asked the angry guard ss he left. “I don’t see anything funny in that?” But the prisoner did, and all his THE FRIEND. Wallace ~I'argreaves had the im- pudence to accuse you of laughing at your own jokes, but I called him Jdown Fe.ry—That was very kind of you-— ob, by the way, what did you say to him? «] told him that they were not your LEGAL LORE “Well, proceed.” said the lawyer. “The plaintiff resorted to an ingenius use of circumstantial evidence,” said the witness, «For the benefit of the jury, state in plainer language exactly what you mean by thal” interrupted the Judge “Well, my meaning is—that he lied!” Purple Blue Orchid. A purple blue orchid of a color never seen before in England, discov- ered by M. Robelini in the Philippine Islands, 6,000 feet above sea level has just been introduced to the British publie under the name of Dandro- inm Vietorine Reginae, Three hun- dred of the dried-up roots were sold in London at from $4 to $10 a piece NOTES AND COMMENTS. After all it “sn't so very remarkable that a Chicago man who recently failed for 81,000,000 ghould have “kept all his accounts in his head.” His creditors are now seeing dividends “in their minds.” Improved sanitation, including Nean streets, has reduced the mortality rate in New York from 27.15 per thousand in 1891 to 19.63 in 1897. The rate in London has been reduced to 17.20 by similar measures a longer period. covering ing of farmers that Te glass exceeded 100 acres in producing a profit, that the labor was no greater in proportion one as and cost to yr 100 acres, excepting the ori st of and Areas and fixtures ginal oc the glass 3 the than Tr Paris has voted $20,000,000 to I sition of 1900, or the amount appropriated fd ite last exhibition more Two great paiaces 11 be erected in the Champs Elysees, the Seine, crossed by a m ntal bridge, is to transf to a Venetian canal, and ornamental pavilions. The uction at the truth present an experimental and we 1 ila a1 scarded BALIN Cal yn Our engines nal debt during in England shows ar r increase of nearly $100,000 the same period the national United States shows an average daily increase of more 8125,000 France's debt increased £120,000 daily, Germany's debt the i +1 . tan aver shows 000 France's national debt to-day is the largest, heading the list with £4, 000, 000,000, ussia comes next, does not know,” “The East believe that Colorado is a gold-pro- way. Above all. it does not know that it will surpass years it will go shead of the Rand dis- trict in South Afriea. deaf ear to the statement that Colo- rado is one of the greatest gold re- gions in the world.” Ireland of prehistoric times was the gold country of Europe. In no other country, st any rate, has so much manufactured gold of early ages been found. not less than four hundred specimens of Irish gold antiques be- ing contained in the museum of the Royal Irish Academy alone, while the British Museum gold antiques, illus- trative of Britich history, are entirely Irish. Trinity College, Dublin, has many fine examples, and there are large private collections. Native gold occurs in seven localities in Ireland, and the ancient miners may have had sources of «3pply that are now worked out or lost. The managers of St. Elizabeth's Insane Asylum in Washington are en- gaged in an experiment that will be wazched with great curiosity by those who are interested in the care of that of unfortunates. A farm has been rented near Oxen Hill, Md., which contains fifty acres of good gar soil, twenty scres of hill side, sixty acres of corn and whest ls with about hundred woodland and pasturage. ings have been erected, n plements and machinery secured and skilled farmers class den ACTOR New build odern im one have been huve been employed, whe have the patience and indgment to deal with women who are mentally distracted Under these An attempt of f men and conditions the labor cure for the insane Lach patient will be intruste 1 with a cer to under of labor, which suaded but not compelled diet careft regiaiate 1 an i I recreation, it under the As will furnish an experi poss wu} ering Dr f St onditions Godding, the izabeth's, put 1, =a “14 18 £1 ord ie irainage canal, a ship canal between Lakes Clair and the j f ian of f vhantel hy 3-foot channel ID “4 whole length of the There these are the mos drainage take are nae nemes, important C anal T00 O wii, a8 goon as finished, of water per Michigan an amonnt T Lakes St, Cls 13 will be twen { eet enty-two fee to supply it will reqt drainage of water from Lake Superior. The enlargement the Welland Canal has already ha some effect in the Lake Erie, and if the channel of 3 Lawrence River is deepened B50 An to admit larger steamers and more of trade, an i lowering levels « +} a Horan se: from both Lakes Erie and Ontario is probable, — Philadelphia Press. water A Valuable Fowl Henry W. Brodt, proprietor of the Commercial Hotel of this city, madea remarkable discovery yesterday, which the small gravel-bottom creeks south- east of here contain gold washed from the sides of the knobs. Andrew Blackall, a poultry dealer here, pur- chased some chickens of a farmer who lives in Finley township, ou one of these gravel streams, close to the Knobs, One of the fowls, a large rooster, he sold to Mr. Brodt, who had it prepared for dinner. The sar- prise of the cook oan be imagined when, on dressing the chicken, she found in its craw a nugget of what ap- peared to be gold. It was taken to a jeweler, who pronounced it a pure specimen of the precious metal. Its weight was found to be thirty-eight grains. The nugget is a bright, solid lump, in its natural state, which shows that the gold is a native pro- duct of the county. —Indisvapolis News,
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