THE WAY OF THE WORLD, There sat a crow on a lofty tree, Watching the world go by: He saw a throng that swept along With laughter loud and high, “In and out through the motley rout” Pale ghosts stole on unseen, Their hearts were longing for one sweet word Of the love that once had been; Sut never a lip there spoke their names, Never a tear was shad; The crow looked down from his lofty tree— "Tis the way of the world,” he said. A singer stood in the market place, Binging a tender lay, But no one heeded his sorrowlul fac, No one had time to stay, He turned away; he sang no more; How could he sing in vain? And then the world same to his door, Bidding him sing again; But he recked not whether they came or went, He in his garret dead: The crow looked down from his lofty tree— “Tis the way of the world,” he said, There sat a queen by a cottage bed, Spoke to the widow there; Did she not know the sams hard blow The peasant had to bear? And she kissed that humble peasant’s brow, And then she bent her knee; “God of the widow help her now, As Thou hast helped me.” “Now God be thanked,” said the old, old crow, As he sped from his lofty bough; “The times are ill, but there's much good still In the way of the world, I trow.” EE — HEROINE OF THE CABIN. HEN the Indians turned loose in Wes tern Kansas anda Ne- braska in 1867.8 they found hun. dreds of scattered ranchmen and pion cers totally unpre pared for either re sistance flig The red no mercy in heart for old young. He took no prisone rs — In © n, were tomahawked ar 14 on As man or women, and children and sc alped as fast as they fell into his hands. From the Niobrara River, in South Dakota, to the Cimaron, down in Southwest Kansas, he des slated the land with torch and tomahawk. At midnight one night a wounded man rode 1ntp our camp on the Smoky Hill fork of the Kansas River, the Overland trail. He had two bullets in his body, and he fell to the earth as he was challenged by our sentinel, but he had a story to tell before he died. Ten miles to the north of us a pioneer had staked out his claim and set up his home in defiance of all dangers. He had come from the Missouri River, and the family son four- on ccusisted of himself, wile, a and a sister It was almost crimina part to thus expose froatiers of We sands of such instance remained too long. cwded to abandon safety the country w thirsting for venge man was a land riding away fron plegates when fired upon be able to defend the cabin hours, but unle they would be day. We were only a detachment of a regi. ment, with work enough on hand for a regiment, and no force could be spared The captain wok his head as the story was finished, and the shadow of death flitted over the face of riding through the dark ness to tell as his life ebbed His entire force would have strong enough to attempt a rescue, even if at liberty to move. He did not re- turn to his sleep, from which he had been aroused, but sat and silent by himself, and not more than twenty feet away was the dead man covered with a blanket. “Look here, cap'ain,” said my fellow reout we moved upto him after a brie! talk between ourselves, *‘* while you ain’ got force 'nufl to drive these reds off and bring the [am’ly out, it seems as if a couple of men might help to etand the Injuns off till Custer comes up with the rest of the command.” “How would you do it!" asked the captain, “Wall, pard and I kin make the dis tance afore daylight, If the fam'ly has bin wiped out we'll come back; if not, we'll try to git in and belp "em hold the fort till the reds git tired or Custer drives ‘em off." The captain took five minutes to think it over, and then gave us permission to go. The Indians bad overreached them selves in their attsck on the cabin-——that is, they had betrayed their presence by firing upon the land looker too soon. As his horse dashed off with him the Applegates barricaded doors and win. dows and prepared to fight to the end. The cabin was constructed of logs, sods and stones—a temporary shelter to be replaced the next year by something more pretentious. It stood oan a knoll, with clear ground all around it, Fifty feet from the back door was the spring from which water was obtained. A mile from the house we turned our horses loose to find their way back to camp and then crept forward, Wa felt certain that Indians wore about, but we reached the cabin without sesing or hear. ing ftom them. Lying fit upon the earth thirty feet away, we cautionsly sig. nalled and repeated until those inside were aware of our presence, were naturally suspicious of tric , snd it was a quarter of an hour later before we into the house, la addition to what laad looker had told us, we found teen years old, n-law of eightee the { war parties The wounded rr, Who of the was Just Ap- They might for a few #8 help was sent them wiped out before noon n command sh the man who had com it away not been moody As wh that Mrs. Applegate had been killed by a bullet which had entered one of the port ho'es, and another had struck the husband in the fleshy part of the leg and inflicted a painful wound, In the dark- ness we could not see each other's faces, and our ccnversation was in whispers. When daylight came the body of Mrs. Applegate was laid on the bed and cov- ered up, and we dressed the man's wound to his great benefit, The sister-in-law was named Lucy Rogers, She was a surprise to me, She had the voice and | bearing of a born lady, and I never saw a handsomer girl. Buch a girl ought to have been lying in a dead faint or walk- ing about and wringing her hands and unnerving the others. Instead of that she was calm and cool and rather in. clined to take charge of affairs. The boy was only a boy in years, but when I looked him over I knew that he would count for a man in the attack which we { might soon look for. “‘Now, here's the situation,” said old Bill as daylight made our surroundings | plain, “‘Thar' are five of us here, We've got three Winchesters, a cavalry carbine, | and three revolvers, and plenty of am- | munition. Woe kin stand off a hundred { fur a couple of days and nobody need be { scart. How's the grub and water?” “We have plenty to eat,” relied the girl, “but the water is about gone. I { am now going to the spring with two pails. You two scouts must cover me | with your rifles.” | The barricade was removed from the | back door and she walked out without | the slightest hesitation. She made her | first trip without incident. As she was filling the pails a second time the In. | dians discovered her. Not knowing of | our presence, four warriors rose up from | behind a ridge forty rods away and ran { to capture her. on the ground half way between the house and the spring. She heard the redskins well and she knew they were | coming for her, but she filled the pails just as coolly if there wasn't a red within if She was on her way back to the house, and the In within a hundred feet her, Six warriors had All we 18 ty miles nearest f dian was of when wi opened fire. been sheltered behind were moving lown upon her I tell you t the ridge. when the military recor th iate when I say that we knocked over four of the six off-hand and fifth, away. The six had for the night, probably, While the girl carrying water we stripped the dead of their arms and ammunition. We got one Winchester and three percussion rifles, and one of the warriors had a navy re. volver. Everything that could be spared to hold water was filled. Not aa Indian was to be seen at this time, but we had no idea of leaving the place. It might before any force showed up, r sob he ont thouzh he got been left there as we saw no olhers, was be an hour | but we would have our hands full then. As the girl finished her task she came to us at the door and said “There is a spade. Dig a grave close to the house for my dead sister. We muy be cooped up here for three or four lays yot."” It was the thing to do, but neither of us would have dared suggest it. While the spade | more andl drenched the ill il used brought grass around it ng that woul was thor ; Apis sat on the or with a chair as a prop for his back, while a watched through a Wye at the short, dry 1 burn aked, boy port the other end of the cabin. beck- ned are go- ing to bury Delia just Charley,” to the boy, *‘go and kiss your mother,” We helped her to wrap the body in a quilt, and then we carried it to where the husband sat, and he kissed the dead face and covered his own with his hands, torture of her tears. It was a shallow grave, and the body was soon hidden from sight. When the earth had been trodden down the girl said “While I am breakfast do you men tear down that stable and bring up such material as we may want to strengthen the 2abin.” It was a rough shed of poles and thatch, but a good portion of it was of value to us, We chincked up many crevices between the logs, made new portholes, and when we were through with our work we had made a fort of the shanty. As we soatched a bite to {eat the girl stood at the door and watched. We had not finished when she stepped back and quietly said: “They are coming-—a full 2001 There is no hurry yet. While you eat I will distribute the guos and ammunition. Henry let me draw you back a little. You can load the guns for the rest of ws to fire. Charlie, take this Indian's Winchester in place of the carbine. I'll put the eartridges here beside you. One of you men take the front door, the other the rear. Now, then, we are all ready for them!" There was, as was afterward known, 238 Indians in the force which appeared. Within twenty-four hours they had mas- sacred about twenty white people and | burned two stage stations, Our force, | a8 far aa they koew, was composed of | only two men and a young woman. “Henry ” said the girl, as she us to enter the cabin, we itside, Lucy's face betrayed the soul, but she shed no preparing tl 144] Their contempt for us was shown in their | | Grst movement. Twenty young bucks, | anxious to distinguish themselves, were selected to attack, They divided to take | shanty front and rear. They Iaid their [rifles on the grass, drew their toma. | hawks, and at a signal came rushing up on us with the usual accompaniment of whoops and yells, “In ease either of you need a fresh gun stood waiting, As Bill always asserted when relat our adventure around the camp fire, was like sitting down to a pa Wo began firing as soon ‘as range, poy. iriver Ber vy it was no trick at all to send a where you wanted to. Not one of Su] 408 gU8 aster tha The was #0 hot that shied off, “Four down on side and : iti 3 Bill and 1 were lying | call out,” said the girl, as Bill sod I | his,” said the girl as she came over to me, ‘and I think they are all dead. That's good shooting. They will now make a general attack. Charlie, be ready there, and I will take this other side, You men keep your places as you are,” By calling out to each other we all kept informed as to the general move- ments of the band, They held a coun- cil and then divided into four bands. That meant an attack on four sides nf the shanty at once, and we placed the spare arms where they would be the most convenient. Each band marched off to its station, and men from each gathered bundles of dry grass. As the signal for a rush was given these bundles were ig- nited. Just what happens at such a time is hard to remember and describe afler- ward, The din made by over 200 red- skins, each yelling at tho top of his voice, was something awful. Each had | his rifle and kept firing, and there was no checking such a rush, I thought they would lift the shanty high in the air as { they swept up. They pulled at the logs, | battered the barricades, and mounted to the roof, but our steady fire was too much for them. When they fell back a | score of bundles of hay were burning | agniost the logs, aod they doubtless thought us doomed, The water I had thrown about saved us, however. Each bundle burned | the shanty, When the smoke blew away out without damage to | the sight was one to be remembered, In | | retreating they bad carried off their dead | and wounded as far as possible, but there were twenty-three dead still lying around, | and | there were so | | and the dry grass was so stained | smeared with blood and { many bloody trails criss-crossing that it seemed like a map drawn in red ick. In that five minutes we killed and wounded { more Indians than the Seventh Cavalry | | could show for a year. Bill and I were shaking hands and yelling when we dis- covered that Applegate was dead, A stray bullet had entered the and passed through his head. As we looked about we found the boy Charlie the girl binding up a w room on Lhe bed, with und n his cheek. ”" “It isn't very serious, came forward, ‘‘but will disable We hb 3 a time, AVE given the reds or sod dose, | hey may « wounded a | of redskins ever suffered so great a loss at the our people. ” Tbe rapidity of our fi lieve that there were a score re le hem to be- of soldiers in the shanty, and that they had been tricked. After about an hour a warrior approached with a flag of truce and de manded a surrender. Our reply wass bullet, (which whizzed close enougl scare him, About thirty men then Kept up a long range fire on the front of the house, while half a dozen tried to set fire to the back roof by means arrows, Nothing came of it, and aft parading up and down snd wasting a great deal of ammunition the main body retreated about sundown, leaving per. haps a score of warriors to maintain a and We were so well satisfie of burning r prevent 1 that was over that we simply maintained lookout at each door. Noue of The boy was in too mu desultory fire had no desi: sunrise 200 cavalrymen came rest of us wer the prairie to our rescue, the redskin like was done. 1 lo and pee 0 rabbits, to woman break down then, but she yked She requested that another and the body of the husband given burial. Then she packed { clothing, secured a few memen- Alter were be dug up bundle o and was ready to go. or four days she and the boy away to Hays City, and I have never seen either since. Two years after the event, however, Bi'l one day shoved a phot graph under my nose. It was that of feminine chap with his hair parted dead toes, thiee sent centre and a baby look about his mouth, “Who is it?” I asked, “Her husband.” “Whose husband!” “Why, Lucy's, you idiot! Yes, sir, that ar gal has gone and done got married to this thing—to a feller who'd der ! fainted dead away at hearin’ them red. gkins yell that day! Waugh! I'm tired.” ~New York Sun, A Days Five or Six Hours Lyag. As the evidence of the caleulable ages, it becomes of interest to think how far the gradual elongation | | of the day may have attained significant proportions since very early times. It may bo that in a thousand years the ef. | tect of the tides is not sufficient to alter the length of the day by so much as a single second. But the effect may bel vory appreciable or even large in a million years, or ten million years, or a hundred million years, We have the best reasons for knowing that in inter. vals of time comparable with those [ have mentioned the change in the length of the day may have amounted, not merely to regpnds or minutes, but even to hours. | Looking into the remote past, there was a time at which this globe spun around | 10 twenty-three hours, instead of twenty. | four; at a still earlier period the rate | must have boen . twenty hours, and the | further we look back the more and more rapidly does the earth appear to be spin. ning. At Inst, as we strain our gaze to earth's crust | proves that our globe bas lasted for in. | THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS, Fortunate Reverses -A Paradox Grammar Clags—A Coincidence The Spinner of To.Day, Ete, Ete, A kindly fate his cause espouses To whom reverses bring no shooks, Who, bullding now a block of houses, In childhood bullt a house of blocks, ~Puck, PROBABLY CORRECT, American Girl—*‘Papa, what would I be called if I married an earl?” Rich Father—*‘Crazy."-~Judge. ' GRAMMAR CLASS Teacher—** Now, Johnny, see if you can't give me an example of a sentence.” Johnny—**Ten dolltrs or ten days.” —Black and White. A PARADOX, They were speaking of a lady friend. Hicks-—*‘She is pretty tall, isn't she?" Wicks—'‘But she's not a tall pretty.” —Boston Transcript. A COINCIDENCE, She ‘How do you like my hat?" He **It makes your face very long. Bhe-— ‘It made papa's face very long whea he paid for it." Truth, " wiv xor! to of Maud—*] am frequently at loss know how take a certain my acquaintanee.”’ Marie—*'‘Why not take him for better or for worse!" Detroit Free Press, gentleman MUSIC MATH CHARMS, last mothers heard a song back to my Jones—'‘] that took knee.” Adams. me Whi pot what you used to be! can we see one of you with s spinning wheel Miss Modern—* "What's the matter i : "Black and tac (ir Di ! cyclist! Rie A CAUSES OF GOUT Rich Patient gout, doctor!" Doctor—*'Excessive eating and ds ing will produce will also cause it." Patient —*My, my! Well, 1 stop worrying over my excessive eating and drinking.” New York Weekly. ‘What is the cause ’ gout. must A STATYER. Miss Gasket (at 11:30 Sappy, | am know, Mr pp: exo make an lent edit per.” Sappy (pleased Gasket!" Miss Gasket otto Son] Father Son-='‘Is a vessel a Father— Yes.” Son—'Pa.’ Father-—Wh Son What at in Pm ’ kind ol a lifeboat. Tid Bits, A WISE MOTHER, Mr. Billus (at bedtime) ‘Maria, to morrow will be Maud’s birthday. i have got a present for her and [ want her to see it the first thing in the morn ing. Shall I put it on her breakfast plate!” Mrs. Billus—'‘What on earth is a man good for, anyhow! Give it to me, John, After she Is asleep I'll hang it in front of her mirror.” Chicago Tribune. TAKING SUSIE DOWNY, Mamma‘ Where are you going?” Wee Woman-—*''Just over to Susie Stackupp's. I'll be right back." Mamma‘ What are you going there fort" . Wee Woman—'‘I heard Professor Hardhead tell papa that the moss agate jsn't moss at all, but only some sort of an ox hide of man an’ geese. Susie's got one, an' I'm goin’ to tell her." Good News, SHE WAS NON-OOMMITTAL. Father—'‘Has that young man of yours any go to him, Jenuy!" Daughter—*Yes, papa. He goos at 10:80 every night that he comes to see me." Father‘ Humph! I mean has he any spirit in Mm?” Daughter—*‘1 don't think he has. He is strictly temperate,” Father—*'1 raeun has he any force, any gall?” Daughter Gall! No: he's au hooey when Le comes to see me.” Father] guess you don't eatch me, Jeonie.” hter- ‘Never mind, pa, dear, I've Aaa Polio York Press, WHERE FRIGNDANIP ORASED, “Never heard what Lroke up their friendship! Desr me! I thought every. one had that. Brown ls engaged, know!" T0800, you! I've hoard that. Was White in love with the same " “No, no. Not at all, But White saw ber picture in Browa's room sad ake) whose it was," “It's a picture of my fiancee,’ said Brown “White examined it critically, and then put it down with the remark that she must be very rich. I don't know what happened after that, but White was taken home in a cab, and neither of them appeared in the street for three or | four days.” Detroit Free Press, AN OBJECT-LESSON IX FUTILITY. They were talking about futility, and for some reason known only to each other | failed to agree. Finally she asked: “Well, now, suppose you give me an example of what you call futility?” “All right,” said he. ‘Multiply 3046 by 721." She took her little gold pencil in hand, seized a piece of paper, and after a few minutes of diligent figuring announced | the result. “Two million eight hundred and forly- said she, five thousand and sixty-six, “Divide that by two,” he continued. | “Ope million four hundred and twen- ty-two thousand five hundred and thirty- three,” she said. “Very said he. add seven to that, and then subtract 1,422 540, and tell me what you get.” “The result is zero,” figuring a little more. | “Well, that's what I call futility,’ enid he, witha laugh. ‘You've covered a sheet of paper with figures to arrive well,” “Now ’ said she, after $ nothing.” Whereupon the become so angry that | | she refused to argue further on the sub- ject, —Harper's Magazine, “GIVING HIM A LEG.” Young Toddleby was a true-hearted He was studying and promising youth. ! happened way worthy, [4 you take for ox > 3 you $25,000 for Of course 1 RN ih i saw the young “I have inquired next time iady's father he reuamsian nx. but rLy { which, nowledge, he has De has refused $25 BB " LIKED His local at At 0 gateman | saw an amusing lepot not long this depot lisped pitifully, when anyo 0 ti EL Fig d) [he seemed pained A question 18 Ape woman with a him and asked pext train leave city came juestion she very same ion came over the . hath lotht nadam. I am tho at thithty iat thopth A look of man's face that rr 1) rain It theven, and | it Be” “Oh, don't let that repiied with a sweetly patroniziag smile. ‘We realiy dida’t want that train, but my little boy does like to hear you say seven fifty seven.” “Thanks, added. Boston Budget. theven orry. Iatht t} trouble you," she the small mister,” w= much! “Good-bye, cYer so boy Ths Woman Got The La 4. An exciting race took place Moaday afternoon in this city, between Mrs, Mary E. Miller, of Kennewick, Yakima County, and Frank Foster of the same place. They both came in on the even. ing train, and neither waited for the car to stop, but jumped off and made {rantio runs for hacks. The woman offered to buy the hackman’s team if he would get her to her distinction in time; aad the man slipped a dive dollar piece into his | driver's hand in onder to facilitate mat. ters, and in Jess time than it takes to tell it, both hacks were speeding up the streot at a breakoeck gait, What was the cause of all this? Why, it was a race between them to see who could get to the United States LandGflice first to file on a piece of land near Keanewick. The man arrived there first, but made a mis. | take and got in the wrong office, and in the meantime the woman bad arrived and slipped in ahead of him. Tho woman also had her witnesses with her, while | the man was unprepared in this important | particular, consequently she *‘got there," | weWalla Walla (Washington) Statesman, Blasir en Snow, “There will be a blue snow bel as | Bound to Be Good, Not long ago there lived in Pennsyl- vania an old lady who was celebrated for having a famous breed of turkeys. On one occasion she sold one of these toa gentleman named Brown. When cooked and served up al table it was found to be so tough as to be quite un- Meeting the old woman a short time afterward Mr. Brown said to her “What did you mean by selling your turkey to met” “What was wrong abcut it?” “Tt wasn't good at all,” said the gen- tleman. uN ND entable, good? It was bound to be good. It won first prize for eleven years at cat- tie shows, Boston Globe, —— TT ——— He Thought Out Loud ambridge was in to is opinions was at of him ate Duke of ( (ing out loud, #0 were Limes when t inopportun It is related a London journal thal rector His Roysl H answer in a voice audible throughout sever the ighness the church, “Aye, to be sure; why not?” Once st the opera, after the Duke had with his called in a tone that reac pit to dome, “Why, I declare, there are swept the house glasses, ho out neq irom not half adozen pretty girls in the house —not half a dozen, not half a dozen Detroit Free Press. cross Expert Egg Handlers, commission | weather the ieniers ' P . in large cities handle thousands of Gozens mntit men, wi tae 1} . tion of : iF ) f . y T: . ; 1 ro { ‘ i ¥ | egos, T hese iarge | j€% AT ted DY expert pass ander the tes'er: gL Is noted And sorted a AMEYETAL { adition It That's What Brought the Factories © T 1 “he 4 a & 1 Lassoed Bruin in Bathing i mer Eig lower Gray's Harbor ti A lasso swimming and De Was 800 br was cul, Prugged the Baby hun ugh mixt ILIA Ww LL] FlOnIAn BB VS the stea nr wis throw ver okt t1 wight to Lhe ago University millior JTaMicted with sore eves uses |) son wh re-waler. Druggista ee. a Swellings Ens the neck, or God. tre, caused mea terrible ng. and I spex ia» us Amn y for medi 1 began to food's Barsaparill n a few wooks I the swelling very Mra. Bigelow, reduced, and | Breath with Pevieet Ease, which | had not done for years. | continoed with Neood's Sarsaparilla snd am Permanently Cured.” Mus J. Biogrow, Fremont, Mich ver (lls, const Hood's Pilla curs | slliousness, Jaundice, sick headache ipation, he. ap- Ask your doctor what pens to cod-liver oil when it gets inside of you. He will say it is shaken and broken up into tiny drops, becomes an emulsion; there are other changes, but this is the first, He will tell you also that it is economy to take the oil broken up, as it is in Scott's Emulsion, rather than bur- den yourself with this work, You skip the taste too. 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