THE FIRST STEPS.
Btanding up bravely beside the chair,
Stepping out bravely, too,
But steady! It's very much
there
Than it looked, little chap, to you.
further
‘hree whole steps; it's a weary way;
It is perilous, hard, and long.
io babies may journey upon
they
Have grown to be brave and strong.
it till
And little feet and wobbly knees,
And a balance that's hard to keep
Will fare but roughly on roads like
these—
So easy, if one may creep.
Why should you want to walk at all?
For the erring feet but lead
O'er the slippery floor to a cruel fall,
And a pain that is hard, indeed.
who have learned, go stumb-
ling through
x's dangerous
And we
pathways, and
meet -
vy a long, long step, that's too
our faltering feet.
So bo content, for a little while,
To escape the wild alarms
Of those three stepa, and just coo and
smile
Safe up in your mother's arms.
—J. J. Montague in Portland Oregon-
ian.
Innocent : oy |
. . . or Quilty
BY MAUDE SHAPCOTT.
Society turned out en masse to wit
ness the Western Queen and the Koh-
{-Noor, and when the latter won two
out of three races, though the wail of
sorrow that from
the loss of was deep,
owner of
to his heart's
can play the role of loser
as that of winner
The Rajah
the Koh i Noor,
literature
tentate
some th
*withir
famed
to the ne
the land over
still the
winning vacht was feted
Americans
as gracefully
arose
the cuj
the
desire, for
owner of
of Tippoyite,
was what
term an Eastern
igdom,
hysterical
po
consisting. of
was
distance of
Cashmere Ac
Tippolyte had been
would
His
pusand souls, situated
the far
walking
WARIKIDE
Vale of cording
WEUDADOrSs,
family since
possession his
rtal, his remotest ancestor
having conquered the ce
fore the ds Murat
lived and reigned a
ago The
wealthy, extremely
most of the men of
as gallant a g«
in shoe leather
or of the
the world
To women with marriageable daugh-
ters he was an
for Dame Rumor
a widower, his fe, an
of title. having died several years ago
The gossiping dame also sald he had
sworn by all his gods never to marry
again but to this
none none the women
lieve,
On the eve
intryv long }
intry ong
vs of Mahomet,
rajan
his caste in India
tleman as ever stepped
most
interesting personage,
«1
i
I
declare him to be
wi English lady
reckless state
of would be
of the rajah’s departure
for home, the Yacht Club gave a din-
ner in honor, which was held in
the banqueting hall the Morning
side, and to it one hundred of the
«elect were bidden The chef of the
Morningside determined to excel him-
self in honor of the distinguished visi-
tor, and served such a feast
even the Xury ving Oriental le
surprised. The club
assuring the rajah of the absence of
resentment on part of
his success, a certain daily paper hav
ing sought to convey an adverse im-
through its columns, and
therefore spared no pains nor expense
to make the
his
of
as made
luxury lovi
YOK
of
4
was desirous
their because
pression
linner successful.
Well, they toasted the King of Eng
land. as Emperor of India, the Presi
dent of the United States, the Imperi-
al Yacht Club of Benares and the
Yacht Club of the Republic, the rajah
and the plucky little Koh-i-Noor, the
Western Queen her owner
The rajah rose to reply to his toast, |
and in a low, soft voice begged to ex- |!
tend his hearty thanks to all present
for the courtesy and kindness with
which they had treated him.
“1 came a stranger.” he said, with
the fascinating smile none but an Ori-
ental can give, “but shall go away one |
of you, and with the ever refreshing |
thought that in this great republic I
have many brothers.” i
It was not an eloquent speech, but |
it sound: sincere, and touched the
hearts of all present. One or two who |
had thought him womanish, or crafty |
looking, quickly changed their opinion |
under the influence of his manner and
dubbed him a brick.
Mr. Miner, owner of the Western
Queen, rose in his turn. He had not
the refinement of the rajah nor the
dignity of his presence, but his heart
was as soft as a child's, even though
his exterior was hard and horny.
“We Westerners,” he said in a loud,
cheery tone, “have no time for the
making of pretly speeches, but we
have time to shake the hands of an
honest man. Perhaps my friend, the
rajah, will grant me that pleasure two
years hence--in his own country.”
The enthusiasm created by Mr. Mi-
ner's speech, which was equivalent to
a challenge, surprised the honest
Westerner, and he resumed his chair,
covered with confusion and blushing
like a schoolboy. The commodore of
the elub smiled, well, pleaged, and a
well known financier seated next to
Mr. Miner patted him: approvingly
‘on the back.
The rajah threw back his head and
laughed in a silent manner.
and
try, ‘Never say die? ” he asked of the
commodore in an amused tone.
Quiet had not been restored when
the door at the end of the hall opened
and the captain of the Western Queen
entered noisily. He had evidently been
drinking heavily, for his gait was un
certain and his face flushed. He stag
gered up the room until he reached
the tabie at which sat the guests of
honor. There he paused, and folding
his arms, gazed in an insolent manner
at the rajah.
The financier first
perceived him
of his captain. The owner of the West-
“What are you doing here, Jenks?"
he asked loudly.
replied the man, sulki
“Business,”
ly.
“This is no time for business. It]
wait.”
“Begging your pardon, sir,”
Jenks, “my business won't wait, And |
it ain't with you; it's with this yere
gent.” And he pointed at the rajah.
“You're drunk,” responded Mr. Mi
indignantly. “Get out of this im
mediately, or to-morrow off you go.”
“I wants to speak to this gent’ re
peated Jenks, in a sullen, angry tone,
and eves commenced to
emit of fire
Mr. ground his
growled |
ner
his bloodshot
little sparks
Miner teeth with
rage
“Waiter!”
“Pardon
he
me,"
loudly,
the
matiers
to
called
said rajah, cour
how
stood
Mr
seeing
wish to speak me,
Jenks, insolently.
The rajah rose from his chair and
the room to where Jenks
stood, his arms sill folded across his
chest swaying from to
“Well, my man, what can |
you?” he asked.
The captain smiled in an ugly fash
fon
“Shall I
side
do for
gide
speak here?” asked
“Certainly,” replied the rajah, with
“You have nothing to say I
that friends cannot hear.”
Jenks laughed abruptly.
you to say.” he re plied,
he
That is for
not me
“Come.” broke in Mr. Miner, impa-
tiently, "go on.’
if: you're in such a hurry”
dl vainly to steady him
I will go on. Two
was in a saloon, a-drink-
alth, a queer, for
up to me
when
Cove comes
ik lots of
id he was the captain
We be
BAYS but can
him Jim Jenks
and gave him my
‘hen we had a couple of
and being an open-minded sort
and thinking him to be the
told him of a little accident
happened a spell and for
the police wanted me If they
it's the end of me.
creepy sort of way,
the door shut and lock:
» in my power,’ he sez,
{ axed him what he meant. With that
to write quickly on
took from the table
he handed it to me
and said, ‘Sign.’ 1 read it over, and
it said that as the price of his not
splitting to the police about the acci-
dent. 1 was to let the Koohy-ore win
the races.”
He stopped to draw a long breath,
and a sound of horror swept through
the
questions
shall ene
ue, he
friend 103 I told
was no man's foe
hand on it
drinks
of
same, |
that
chap
ago
which
catches
he commenced
paper he
After he had done,
some
room
I swore at him and said that never
would Jim Jenks betray the hand that
fed him jut a man has only one life,
and the hangman's rope was pretty
near shortening mine, so | signed my
name and occypation.’
The rajah took one
His face was a sickly yellow,
life had gone from his eyes.
“You | the Koh-i-Noor
forward
and all
step
ae
wir he
Mr. Miner sprang to his feet with
a roar like a bull. He caught the self
traitor by the throat and
shook him until he was black in the
face.
“You treacherous dog.” he shouted
“You scoundrel, liar! You shall hang
for this!" :
The financier pulled Mr. Mine back, |
two the waiters dragged |
Jenks away from his grip and flung
him against the wall. Mr Miner sank |
into a chair, trembling in every limb. |
The rajah brushed off the beads of |
perspiration which stood on his fore- |
head with a handkerchief faintly
scented with attar of roses. Not a
man among those present could ever
bear the exquisite odor again. He
looked around him slowly and with
earnestness,
“1 believe this man’s story,” he said
at last, very quietly.
“Pardon me, but we do not,” an-
swered the commodore, sharply.
The rajah sighed wearily.
“It is very good of you. But I know
my man--you do not.”
“We will investigate, we will inves-
tigate,” said the commodore in a help.
less manner. “The secretary will—
"
“There is no need of investigation,”
sald the rajah. “It is true—too terri:
bly true. 1 am dishonored for life.”
He drew a long breath and threw
back his head with a haughty gesture.
All the pride of his ancient family
rushed into his face.
“And yet I knew nothing of it,” he
sald in sharp, clear tones. “I trust
you believe me.”
No one uttered a sound.
“On my word of honor, and by the
gods of my father, 1 swear——."
Mr. Miner stepped forward.
“Your highness,” he sald, earnestly,
“there was no need to say this”
confessed
of
-
“And.” continued Mr. Miner, “as 1
am the party most interested, I have
a proposition to make which will, 1
think, sblve the difficulty. It is this:
The yachts shall race again with the
game captains. Does this meet the
favor of all present? If so, say ay.”
“Ay!” rose from every throat, loud
and clear,
“We know you to be a man of hon-
or and a gentleman,” continued Mr.
Miner. "We have the utmost respect
for you, and resent the thought that
any one of us would cast a shadow on
your unimpeachable honor.”
The
sent
rajah
of Mr.
“{ thank you for your faith in me)”
he sald. “Believe me, though I can-
I appreciate it
But there is only ons
to pursue, one road
bowed in acknowledge
Miner's words,
loss,
for me
this
He
from
way."
pulled a
his pocket,
him could
his temple
tiny jewelled
and before any one
interfere, placed it
and fired.
picked nim up gently and laid
on a lounge
housand if vou
to the surgeon
when the
dear fi
ently
pistol
near
clase to
They
“im
save him.” sald
who rushed
ajah fell,
the sur
“not even a million could
replied
for se
and
lay
his ves closed
rajah veral minutes,
breathing with
fi The commodore sank
into a chair, completely
the terrible affair. The financier stood
at the foot of the couch watching the
face of the wounded man thoughtfully,
and wondering whether it
Age guilt which him to
face death in manner. He
had never trusted the rajah
The rajah opened and
glanced about. The and faces
of those about him had vanished from
his memory. He had forgotten all,
the drunken man lying in the
farthest corner of the room. He smil.
ed, and a bright came into his
rapidly He lifted
himself on his elbow and stretched out
his hand
“You
vaolcoe
You!
YOeArs
e
rreut difficulty.
overcome by
WAS cour-
or enabled
80 cool a
his eyes
scene
even
light
darkening eyes
vearningly.
beloved!” The
hrilled the silent
meet again—after
his
listeners
joy In
many
wander
of
there to
wearin
858 io
of
through the
nr ga th shade
river bank
the
down
as he
Waverley Mag-
said surgeon
THE GUERILLA IN HISTORY,
A Spanish Word Which Became Com-
mon After Peninsular War,
guerilla is
com
word Spanish, and
in this
y during the time of the penin
sular war But Spain throughout
her long history has always been rec
ognized the most ideally
it guerilia tactics. There is
no region in Europe in which it is
more difficult to wage successful war
“If the army of invasion is small it
is defected; if it is large, It starves
Even in Livy's time the truth of this
into mon use
as
for
country
suited
taken refuge there after the fall
Carthage, had
with great persistency, while the Span-
ish insurrection of Quintus
the republic itself.
For eight years that able general
held the forces of Rome at bay.
invariable policy was to avoid a pitch
ed battle when confronted with su
perior forces, and to confine himself
to harassing his opponent and cutting
his lines of communications. Bertor
jus’ lieutenants were frequently
feated, but their chief managed to in
de
and Cnacus Pompeius, and then, when
the tables appeared to be turned the
away and gather again in some distant
part of the province. Rome grew im
patient and depressed as the seem
ingly endless contest continued, and
as army after army was sent to Spain
with apparently no definite result. Yet
as the event proved, the power of Ser
torius rested upon sand
The Lusitaniad troops, which at one
moment gathered in their thousands
and dwindled away just as speedily,
could accomplish nothing permanent,
and with the assassination of Sertor
fus the énd came quickly. For eight
years Spain had threatened to be to
Cuba actually became to Spain: yet
Roman persistency triumphed in the
end. It was in Spain, too, that the
two sons of Pompeius the Great, Coa
cus and Sextus, maintained a stub
born opposition to the generals whom
Julius sent into the field against them,
and even after Cnaeus had been slain
Sextus returned to the scene of his
former exploits and inflicted far more
damage than he received until hé
transferred himself to Siily and pit
ted himself against Octavian and
Agrippa. Fortnightly Review,
Battle With a Cow.
Terrified by an electric car at Limo
ges the other day, a cow broks away
from its drives and, according to the
London Daily Mail's correspondent,
made desperate efforts to reach a boy
who climbed a lamp-post to escape its
fury. A party of soldiers were called
out and charged the cow with fixed
bayoricts, but in the conflict two of
the soldiers were disarmed, thrown
to the ground and trampled on. Two
shots were fired at the desperate
beast, but it still showed fight, and it
was only after a policeman had plung.
¢d a bayonet into its body several
“Is there not a saying in your coun
“No, certainly not,” shouted all,
tasted an hour, came te an end
UNCROWNED ENGLISH QUEENS.
Honor of a Coronation.
been solemnly crowned, whether they
reigned in their own right or as wives
of royal husbands, To this rule, how-
ever, there are seven exceptions,
The first was Margaret of France,
the young, plain, amiable second wife
of Bdward I. He had spent so much
money in conquering Wales and in
trying to conquer Scotland that he
could not afford the expenses of a
had to do without the splendors of the
pageant,
King Henry VIII took care that
Anne Boleyn should be crowned with
extreme magnificence,
show the world how much loved
her and how very much he defiled the
bishop of Rome,
The four
were
thing,
other,
his masterful
“fitnes
caused
he
who succeeded her
crowned at all. For one
money ran short, and, for an-
there may have lurked, even in
of the
may have
from publicly
in such very
wives
never
mind, a sense
of
him
crowning
rapid
At
mour,
things,” which
shrink
80 many ladies
to
succession.
any rate the beloved Jane Sey-
the Anne Cleves,
the girlish Catherine Howard and the
wary Parr
rated in public as
Engl
Henrletta
despised of
Catherine were never con-
of
Bed nsoris
Queen -¢
Maria, wife of Charles I,
refused to be crowned. She was
young,
Frencl
she was a
declined to
which
of the
of
was
preity,
and she
take part | a
would
function,
partake
to church
state
compel her to
acrament aoe
England rites,
Sophia Dorothea of
reckoned among the seven, because
never called queen Eng-
While George 1 was be-
ing crowned, and annointed, 1
bored, the lady of Ahlden was pining
in ber long, monotonous captivity.
of Brunswick is the
and most remarkable instance of
uncrowned Though
had been forced from popu-
of
woth-
him to let her share
{is coronation. She was not permitted
in Westmins Abbey
ording
Zell cannot be
she was
land at all
of
ant
Caroline last
he
queens
George IV
lar indignation to give up the bill
wains and penalties against her,
sntrances, she
die within
olent fever,
of fearful ex-
citement.-
Lady's Pictorial
INDEX OF A MAN'S MIND.
Walt Till He Crosses fils Legs Before
You Distarh Him.
There are many indexes to the mind,
but I learned a new
when 1
¥
3 wm
AiE ce
When I
one the other day
called to see a busy me at
down «
Broad streetl.
the outer office
he was in,
jesk, quite intent on
of him, 1
attendance,
d that he
into the
in front
clerk In
well, and aske
He glanced
sther room before speaking
“Wait a minute
“it will better,
you the
ace
iI didn’t
ia)
spoke to the
whom [| know
Announce me
he
will
I say
ar two,” said,
havy
you
for he
moment
be
come mn
here
he
but I took a seat to wait a
-sinute or two. 1 walled five of them
and then spoke again
“Wait until he crosses his legs,”
clerk
What has that to
asked
Everything,” replied. “He
doesn’t like to be disturbed when
is and I know he is very busy
because he has his legs out straight
A man thinks bard with his
legs crossed As soon as his mind
jets up a little, then he straightens,
crosses his legs and is ready for vis-
jtors and a chat. When his legs go
down again it is time for the visitor
to take his leave, Just bear that in
mind and see if 1 am not right.”
As he finished speaking up went the
legs, and 1 was announced and re-
ceived at once.—~New York Herald,
quite understand what
rerant,
an-
gwered the
do with It?”
he
he
busy,
never
filer Intentions Were Good.
She really intended paying her fare
when she boarded the street car, for
she had ten cents saved from the bar-
gain day scrimmage, but the conductor
happened to be a gentleman, and, by
paying the fare himself, saved her a
weary walk to the family residence.
She had the ten cents with her when
she boarded the car, and she still had
the money when the conductor came
through on his trip for fares, but she
did not pay the conductor. It was all
the motorman’s fault. With her arms
full of bundles she was compelled to
hold the ten-cent piece between her
teeth. The motorman turned on the
current, the car gave a jerk and she
gave a start. “Fare, please,” sald the
conductor and she turned pale. “I
can’t pay you,” she stammered, going
from white to red and from red back
to white. “But I can’t carry you for
nothing,” remonstrated the conductor,
“1 know it, but I can’t help it. I had
the money when I got on the car, but
~but 1 awallowed it.” A growch on
the other side of the car snorted a
rude laugh, but the conductor was a
gentleman, and without another word
he pulled the register rope for an-
other fare and passed on.—St. Paul
Globe.
————————
Imports into Old Greece,
Greece now imports about 808)
tons of sulphate of copper each year
for use in killing the phylloxera.
Chestnuts on Poor Land,
A profitable experiment has been
made In growing chestnuts on land
which Is too thin for agricultural
une,
RCIAL REVIEW,
Gencral Trade Conditions,
R. G. Dun & Co.'s “Weekly Review
of Trade” says: Interrupiion to railway
traffic and outdoor work by
storms was the only unfavorable factor
in the business situation during the past
week, while manufacturing actuvity in
creascd, distribution through 1c
channels was undiminished. Fam
exist in the market for pig
doubtful whether there was
severe
and
ion, It is
time in the history of the na
scarce
produc
req
when
the
1001
ton
thie
Lis
tact 1
beat
metal was 50
i the
previous
nat
all
despite
tion “for
ords
during the
pro market
i lac
week, Du s% and lack
nees were not product
of the cereal
month
been quiet
or two duce
th
weakness, howey . mer £'
being stubbornly mai eq. in
of . Ge
xpr
ive of
f corn tl
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
fined lard
RTOs
sans
Maryland anc
Virginia, per
gina, per Q
Southern. 2%a20c
Live® Poult T
alsc
ECT,
Fancy, la
il. 1oa11:
MUSCOV)
Geese. Western,
yOUung, per pair
Cheese — New Cheese, large, 60 lbs, 11
y 11%4c: do, flats, 37 hs, 11a11d4c; pic
ics, 23 Ibs, 1134¢ to 1134¢
{ides —Heavy steers, association and
sma
tial}
ys 28
20425
1oati1sc; cows and light steer
sag.
Live Stock.
Chicago. —Cattle—Good to prime
steers, $0.50a7.20; poor to medium, $4.-
30: cows, $1.2505.00; heifers, $2.50a5.25:
anners, $r25a225: bulls, 2.35024.50;
wives, $300a7.50 Texas fed steers, $4.00
1300. Hogs—mixed and butchers, $6.00a
5.30; good to choice heavy, $6.4026.60;
rough heavy, $6.10a6 30; light, 5.00a6.10
bulk of sales, $6.10a6.25. Sheep-—good to
hoice wethers, $400a530; Western
sheep and yearlings, $4.25a565; native
lambs, $3.50a6.35; Western jambs, $5.23
ah. 18.
East Liberty Cattle steady; choice,
$6.50aby0; prime, $s5.50a570; tidy
butchers, $4.50a5.25. Hogs active; prime
heavies, $6.60a6.65;: mediums, $35.50a6.-
5: heavy Yorkers, $6.40a6.50; light. ‘do,
25.60.35; igs, $5.00ab.20; roughs,
2 00ab.00. Sheep steady; best wethers,
Boas.00; culls and common, $2.00a
Jeo! rearlings, $4.50a5.50; veal calves,
Ha 25. ’
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Los Angeles berry growers have or-
ganized,
Carroll D. Wright urges the incorpo-
ration of trade unions.
Springfield, Mase, now has a full
fledged woman's labor union.
The city of Duluth has appropriated
81.000 to start a free labor bureau.
Nearly 3000 men are at work on the
site of the World's Fair Ground at St.
Louis.
On Brookiyn's new labor lyceum
building a corner-stone will be laid in
March, It will cost, $160,000,
—.
PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFLY Toi.
Condensed Special Dispatches From
Many Points,
PATENTS AND PENSIONS GRANTED.
Six New Companies Incorporated at Harris
burg— Father Accused of Wounding His
Daughter at Shamokin Lancaster County
Man Has Dwelt Outdoors Many Years
Farmers’ Institute at Pineville
Pensions granted: John W.
Vanburen, $12: Maurice Easy
Kane, $17; Matthew H. Hol
$8: William Stone,
$12; Alonzo
$2; George
$17: William F
gheny,
burg
ton
Wheeler,
Keefer,
Blass
Keeneyvil
Bradiord
1, as the day f
Efforts that p
been made during
of the
i
:
ottieib Loh
the extreme
days to have
aged resident of
Lancaster County. to gn
in the He
country at the close of
past few
e up his abode
came to
the Civil
ms never sought the
living outdoors in all
He 1s now domiciled
near Elizabethtown
at night consists
clothing begged
For five years Gohdvohl
who 1s now dead, lived in
along the Conestoga Creek
man is well read and perfectly
shelter of a
small
His only protection
of rags and
iarmers
the open
The
sane
The Wrightstown Farmers’ Club,
assisted by the State Board of Agricul-
ture. held its annual institute at Pine-
ville. The exercises included the fol-
lowing addresses; “Household Con-
veniences’ and “Handling Milk and
Butter Making,” by Prof. Welk W,
Cooke; “How Shall We Study and
Teach from Nature,” “Higher Educa-
tion for Farmers’ Children” and “The
Wife's Share,” by Thomas J. Phillips:
“The Culture and Feeding of the Corn
Crop” and “What the City Farmer
Teaches Us,” by L. W. Lighty.
Charters were issued by the State De-
artment to these corporations :—Leroy
nstrument Company, Pittsburg: cap:-
tal, $2, The Hanney-White Com-
ny, iladelphia; capital, $100,000.
he Sportsmen's Supply Company,
Pattshun Pirlo $30/000, American
Narrow Fabric Company, Rea 3 .
ital, $2000. The American A
tion Company, Pittsburg; ital,
$2000. The Extension Safety uib
Company, Wilkes-Barre; capital, $i1.000.
Lewis Nivetsky was arrested at
Shamokin, charged with stabbing his
daughter, Mrs. Josephine
while she was asleep. Nivetsky, it
alleged, went to his daughter's {oom
and stabbed her twice in the side with a
pocket knife. He was caught by the
woman's husband. Mrs. Argusky
quarrelled with her father and it said
he swore to have satisfaction before
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