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L. G. HAY,
.UTAKY ITBLlv,,
Somerset. I'a.
(,i e with Vale-tins Hay. Esq.
1 '). B. -CVLL,
l:auwud tsut:l,.rit'j,Qrgh, Pa.
J.
A. UEKKEY.
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Oi.-C :n t-v3d reiwt Euiiding.
HU:VEY M. BERK.LE1,
A.lTtoK.Nai'-Al-LA.
soaxatr:. Fa.
.Ett v. ..a F. J. K-ouaei. .
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f-je w:Vl Joiia H. Chi-
, tA'KoE R. SCCLL,
IT AiiUHMiY-AX-LAW,
Buaerset. Pa.
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aumerset, Pa.
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' auuirrset. Fa.,
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li.iire J Biif-crMst id aJjuUttug toui.a
t l t iu p.'iiii; :s Uuitt iiow, tut cuon
ifiLENTTNE HAY,
V Al'loK.NtV-AT LAW,
" oumerset. Pa.
. l;erin Krai K-tate. Will atit-nd to all
t, .jV,- ruiru ui Li. care Wiiu pruuipiia
J
Oii H. L'HL,
Ailyi.NY-AI -LAW.
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proni.fy attt-ad to 'J bania cu;ra.-v-4
t t A1a.1Ui.iJU1 IjltX-'A.
AlloK-Sti-AT LAW,
Buiuertet, Pa.,
V . t:ii-:.d Vj a".'. tn.3 einrull to his cre
j.4 ai Livi.y. on iiaiu Croa ut.
TAMES L. I'L(iH,
fj Ailot.Y-AT-LA.
eomeriift, la.
( v :ti Man.ru.ia Biw t, up rtaini. h:.tra::ce
,u v,ia rw sui-eL L...-.:uo: n.ae. -tu
,.r m.t-. cxauiurai. aint a.i iuaaa ar
ura m " n i'luoivUK. aud tdi-utf.
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u ouAiao eutru-;3 to our care be
jot.pl!' aa.l :t;m..i..y ar.vuui u. t olmuoua
,v l ' r.,iac.-x-'L, rKUL.'U auil a-JjOiuiliK ixuu-i-.
arv. uaa uuuvt.-ii'iic J-Jie ri-
Li,
U bAEK,
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iiatnet. Pa.,
Wlii pra.Ui ia Sock-im and a.'.joiniug eoaii
. A.i t.uiiit'ae cuir.isu.-a tu iiuo Ji rtwtive
ytotL; i a:'.r.'-lit'll.
A. H wiTatjTH H- Kcrt-ai.
-VtTKOTH KCri'EL,
l Arioa-Stia-Al-LAW,
Bumiitet, Ta.
Diuinea e.- ru-d to their care iii le
dvL.y a:.il pui.iH.ai.) a'.teudvd to. Mn-ce u
A). CTuw aUXtt, Ol-lwtiur A.alulioUA Biia X.
JW. CAKCTIIEE-S M. D.
a Pli?KIA.S AM) SI K"K 'X,
. .itsi!T, Pa.
te.tcn l iilan street, next tloc-r to PruiUEK
ii. u-t al can al o Jicv.
DR. R. F. SHAFFER,
PiiYcil iA.S AM bI'Ki'fE.'iS,
ptMfcKIKT. PA.,
Tsndt'ir bis pruR-nal seiTi -o Ui Uie tiiirs
jf R.nutrrt aiiil v;ciui.J oiiii litit uour ui
(..juucrLiai HoltL
D
U. iL S. &LM1UELL,
Xtfiadu! hi pmf.-sional wrrii 10 the cU'svns
of toiacrM-t tujil vKiuity. lu.r nt:cft-iu:iily
Utl til iuaauoiiil.
D
R. J. SL LOL'TIIER,
FEYS1C1AX AND HVG0S
Ka kKtvd pfrTDRDPu;!y in Somerwt tor the
-ri.t(.t of ni rutth.uu, 01aac oa Kua street,
DR. J. S. M MILLEX.
Giatiuau ta i.'ifr,)
ir;Te fpH- al aiiecuon to the pn-rrt'.on of
Lae aatu.a"1 tttii Artiritml set inM-rwd. AU
t'rtu.ti p'lraiiid haiiiactory. Olce lu U:e
n'k.ioa ' .M M.T '- Jwflia to. bture, ooracr
Kal CruK aid i U..: t!.-erU.
Oils! Oils!
l:!jT.:r.ating& Lubricating Oils j
Naphtha and Gasoline,
Tt ca be m.i frorc P?uxi)Tim. We cruilengt
i-uL.parua .Utv; Ai:oa
FR0DUCT Or PETROLEUM.
If you wa the vaost ai.'onoiy
Satisfactory Oils
1 T1IE-
-:Vriierican Market,
ask for oin. Trade foi Sm .rttt aad TlcSalty
uppiiM by
W5 . - EEKIT? asd
FliiAiK K'.K.r-K.
fA Slyr ooXAajer, Pa.
r5rC7 JOB PRUNING
A SPECIALTY.
HARRY LI. BENSKOFF,
VASUFACTUR1KG STAT10SER
AX I)
BLANK BOOK 3IAKE11.
HANNAM BLOCK.
JOHNSTOWN. PA.
HEKGH & DSOHGOLO'S
UCSSi--r
SAVMiLLiisEKG!ES
'-hark. Jick n.ttX of lart'.ar ikrrr I intrs
t-- ivj fc. fct.r otr.r in im tnr.-t. J-ririnm
i.. rak- wm.-i;x ; grmt m imm in frr umd
"fir. Wrtu- r.r ix u-wrh t1 prv- ; fun
.a liikr-s, 'nll ivir. r lijiot-
EEiiSa & DBCGCLB. Uanlrs., YCE2, FA.
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VOL. XLII. NO.
-THE-FIRST
NATIONAL BANK
OF.
Somerset, Penn'a.
-o-
CAPITAL,
SURPLUS
S50.000.
$12,000.
COOSITS received in large and small
UOUMTI. PAYABLE ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS FARMERS,
trOCX DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :
LaRci X. Hicks. W. H. Milui,
James L. Pitch, Chas. H. FtKKE,
Jobs E. S-att, Gico. R. Sctll,
Fu W. BlCSECAAK.
F.nwABB Scuix, : : : : : Pkiipext
Valkntink IIav, : : Vies Pkesihent
Haevev M. litUKi.EV, : I : Camh;kb.
The fue ls and twarities of this back
are wourvly j.rotectol in acelfbratfd Cor
liss Rur'.ar-proof Sfe. The only fcafe
iiia ie absnlutt'.y R-rxiar-proof.
Somerset Ccooij Kalianal Eank
Of Somerset, Pa.
EttabntSad. 1877. Q'ii.hti at t Xrtiofiit, 1S90.
CAPITAL. $50,000.
Chas. J. Harrison, Tres't.
Wm. H. Koontz, Vice Pres't.
Milton J. Pritrs, Cashier.
Directors:
m Kndl-y.
Jo:.as M ' '-,
J..I.U .--.-.ifft.
ii.:Ti-ou ay:ler,
Noah a. Miiier,
Jiata .it( i.i.
J..!m H. ?:.v,i.-r
J.-sk .-h B. 1aVa6,
Si.m. B. Harrison.
C'i-u.irirni oi thL Bar.k :'.! revive tbe most
liU-ral trearmrut con..trnt i:hia!ebatiir.
Parlit-s v.M.i! K ."U1 ui.ut y i-jit or tl can
be a n.mmiau o l v diait l..r ai.y aiouiitil-
y.ourT and Taiuai.ija icijr.-J by one uf li
boi i Ceit-oraWd saiVa. lia lllusl approved tuae
'"".vTilet-i.-iw caile in ail paru of the railed
Siui-. t Lare- :aoci tai. .
Acfuoiiai.aiA..5.a,soiicted. mais-t.m
lin TITLE MS IMS! B.
121 A 12?, Fourth Ave,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Capital - - - $1080,000.
Undivided Profits ? 250,000.
Acts aa Executor, ;uarl!.in, Ass'-ne-a&.l
Rcciivcr.
Wills rcviptcl for an.l lull free of
clurvrt;.
Dik-ine3 of rci.I-r.ts non-n-sii'.crjt-'
car.-fa'.'.y atti cii'J to.
JOHN B. JACKSON", - President.
JAMES J. DON'N'ELL, Vice President
FRANKLIN BROWN, SecnLiry.
JAS. C. CHAPLIN. Treasurer.
WRITE OUR
Mail Order Department
FOR SAMPLES OF ALL
Bress Goods.
SILKS,
French Wash Gccfs,
Etc., Etc.
Uid-Scmnter cie.iranre prices on a'.1,
linen cive riirei-niriited t pportnnitt
fur hiii-closf and higti-cotl gooils al
little cost to 'oq.
CV. OIXGHAMS. SCOTCH ZEPHYRS
fine, nat etiil vlisli cuvrlty elfects
inches i.le, 15c a yard.
FRENCH WASH (i t S finest and
best of the Kfsjn
15c. and 25c.
AMERICAN ZEPHYR ;INGIIAMS
tine, neat 'e.s.n, jrooU eilors, 'M inches
wide IOC ajard.
C.OiJD AMERICAN LAWN'S, medium
tUrkbiowa er-mud. witti ueal bitt
figures, m. wide, 5iC-
IMPORTED DR1XS AND HJITIXOS
each (jiiiMieP as w'.I! not be here long
at these jirW-s
35c , 50c. 75c, and $1.00 a yd
SUCH INDIA SILK VALUES as men
never ol!erid at prices
33c , 50c. and 75c
Come, or write ns cr.d yonr order
irc-eive jrom ot ar.I careful attention.
Boggs & Buhl,
H5, 117, llf W 121 Ftdtral SFi,
?1LLEGUEM Pd.
3i
10
1
lira. Theresa Ilartaon
Tct fourteen years I l.i.vo suilered with tlj
ney L out ks ; my back jo lame LU :t someUines
I Could Not Rsise Wysc-lf
tp out of my clialr. nor t in myseii ia bed. I
c.i!i!1 nt :!.ptnnd mnffrrr-d pral ?itrra
my IolkL 1 b.e LJca iur t oiUcs ui
Hood's-3 Cures
lie. u's har r viril'a. I ' el l:k a ti!w pcrsoti,
irai r.:v ter.Ti.le suffer". lj Lave ail jr'me. Ja'a
Is eoiaf- rt coutpared t tlie r.::sery it n'Cl t j
be." J!:is. 'f i:k::j:sa 11ve;.x, Ail.ion, I'a.
heci's P:ll3 euro i .nn:'.:..:i by rc -t.r-14
U.v ivLalUtac-uac: lac i'-a'j J cirj.
The fluinaii Electrical Forces!
How They Control the Organs
of the Body.
Th.- cltxtrlj-cl for-o ct the hnci b v:v, rs
ti . rei ve fluid tr.Ly bj t-.r3n.-d, 1 . in i . -cial.y
atiraotivc afpurtmc: t cf .j , it
r i-rts so tp.;n kt'd an (nl'ucice 0:1 ti.o I :!..
t oiaita tit t'lO tKXlV. iN.-r-vt- f.r v t
'u -l'i--M. iv t !.im at i-1 1 1 y-ij I v
i.;; aitN f th nerves to tiie v.irin:i r.'. v .f
iL.- t jy, ilj-isMii'-.iyi!..; tlie latter ni.Ii .;:c
VtlalMtf IK ry l.jlil-
sa.v t.ietr lit-tlll. TUii
j'-i 'iinni.u-trn- ut-rvc, lis
h'-rt", may be kj.iJ
to ih"i:iiNl tu;-rta!Jt
f ;U(.' L-ni tits in rwe b.v-
U ij. tt it, supiili'". -iie
litMft. liiiiss, Mona' ii,
Kr!-;. (.. wi'li Iha
norvi f ir--1 ii -a ry 10
k.--n U:fin a "live and
lifiltliy. A-twiUbe -ri
I v i.HTutiiit ltnJ m rve
i -vend: 1. 4 fn?a l he -t---"
oi the ur:ua and ' -t-.7r . 3
t. r uijat!jitf in liie 4 :: - ty"
wf-j: tii ' numvrixia iit-e"
t le t ra:t-hts Mijm-y Hit ff ; .T5
hf art. Itm.'s ana f-tom-Vv -i- 4 -i g
t liitv. ii'f Uie !niin 1
'.i.iit-s hi niiv w.iv
nr Ivn-.l ly irritaliihty j
nr fxlitu-.ri(n, tfie iu re
lr, Wilirii it Mippiifri
i h-vrt'iiwl. and tiio or-
g:i ii re-'-dviiiz tlitJ ill
iii.!iisiid tupii.y arerou
b-' -nt 1 V WcjK' Mt' I.
iln -in tn-i puih r.ifly fail to t cm 'tv
the imp.uniy f Mils tnr. tn:t tn-:i n
orjan it-1! iii-i-a!i (f t! p caiiM- m !r t .rii-,..
l itj H'iti Mi'iuii t, I raiiixlin M (.,
LL. Ji., h i- s.ven the pr':ii-r pr-rr ,if l-i-
to t'uly of t his iui n---t. liii'i 1 t -r 11 i(- 1
oi--jvt-r''- ronrct iiin' itar - ;iu tit Li -.: 1
r. Mtii-V !it-t;rative .Ni r !;. Mie t:.
v.-.i.-t tjriiii. :i iid iierve f-Kxi, i ur ; ir i ti ! ii-
that uli n-rvtnis ai, I nny o"tT
ii U'm;1 ( oriJ'iuntt" frnn i-n,t-r-; of i In
j'tTvr'Hiit ii. It.s n l'-if'il si:, i.ic
ti:- -r d:srd-i is t-iiheU to by tin in
- . ry t iTt it tiiei:md.
iit on-pr-Tr;nof, dirziiu.-, i i ia. m. -u:il
ut-i'iiity. t. Vitu d int--. i-tiiU-i-?-'. ric. l
Is fr-r fitni optntti or d:mu' t. mi urtu-. I
i -i-'tisl on a po-nive tu:tr;mf' i ! v n!l tiriu'
jr;. ;s. iir m-i.i tlin-f t y t! I t. M ile- M-;i ;tl
i v.. I ' a ! i ri rt . Ind., on r -t-ipt of ri' i'. p.T
lxttit.s Xlt io, CaJjIVm p:t-tiid.
FANCY
WORK.
Some (ii eat Itarirainsla
IRISHPOINT LUNCH
AM) 1KAY CLOTHS
Bought below coet of transportation
we are seliini at creat barirains white
and colored lied ford Cord Table Cov
er"", stamped ready for working. Sing
ed Canton Flannel Table and Cush
ion Covers, S.nsred l'lu."-h Cushion
Covers, JUrgarran Art Clotli Tabli
and Cushion Covers, all stamped
with Newest Deijjns ; 1 letn-stitcued
Hot Ricuit and iiil Napkins. A
new and larj-e line of beiu-stitched
Tray anil Carving Cloths from UOcU
up.
SUnijietl Ileta-stiU hed Scarfs from 3 cts
cp. latiie lovers lrom M cts. up. A
fail line of Ei'ired
INDIA SILKS,
All New Tattercs and Colorings. Also,
Figured Plush,
24 and W inches wide, in beautiful Colors
and Jiefiens. Art tana f.uares tor me
Cenirai Lovers and Cushion Covers.
Waban Netting,
finches wide, 5 rer.ts per yard, in Pink,
li.'ne. Oiive ana leiiow. lur. .t.-.y
iHIN'-i for Drapir.e Mamies and
iA-ors, aid lor lirapin? Over
Draperies. A new line of
Head-re!?, from 2e.up.
V'-it nnr Tnbli Linen. Towel. Napkins.
Miitlin, Slieetic? and Linen De'.arinieat, by
ail uiearid.
&
41 FIFTH A MM", Pittsburgh. Pa.
Wanted !
Rcliah'e parties to act as agents. SteaJy
Mjipi'iycieut and good pay from 'be start.
So experience necessary. Outfit he.
Adire-s
THK HAWKS NURSERY C
Rochester, N. Y.
FAT PEOPLE.
To rei'!f-t? Tour weight SURCLV u WilUnl'8
ti.e-ity ri2a'aiid los- lit pou.ii a Rioulh. No iu
.ury ii the Dt-M-.tiL. No im-ricivns iih bsi
' w or .IcAMire. NO STARVING. Tiiy build
a - and io;j-ru toe cnrjai brm.lia, bcauufy tnc
t i:p4-xi'ii aud Umve NO WRINKLES.
fr m Zf iuiu n imjnnH I 'ir ru ithr in ul
cv u hip . 4 ur ptmn inoitide Fny
tic Hi;itj". Lw yei mJ lier of SiOivty.
.Mf t ! ia druir itk ; all or den
ie f'.urdil diret trjin our oSice. Pri't- fn-r
'r fcta.tr or tree pAfkait; ttic fS.fv by ium.il
irv(.iid. rr;iMt:an Aiedf 4 ctx Ai eorr3
ajonaf iu-e cotintieitiiJtL,
WILLARD REMEDY CO.. BOSTON. MASS
PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE,
GETTYSBURO. PA.
rOUNDEO IN 1832.
Larw Fa'ullT. Two fn'l exea of niiy
".ai.'il il ScMiurir. S;c;ai crfe in a!I
ienineii:a. OUMrrva'ory. llirautrK'9 ai:d
mi (iianuiom. Six larv buu'linir. rt.-ain
heat, "lahranw ToiumH. txne kjw.
ipartDK.!it of H vriene ami fhyrii.-al Culture iu
-liarjreot exneneoee! I hy?:nan. Aee.Tii.'le by
ir,-.iUMit kaiml train. Lr-at'oa on tbe fut
Ufrei'l ol oeUxMHirg, most pleasant aixi beaithy.
PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT.
in traie biiiii:mr. ft t-ors ami yaini men
p:errii.f forbasine, CuiieKe, i(ier f-IAi
care of the fnsnpaiaiHl tliree atvianta. nnl
luir with itaoviit in the buiidire K!l u-rm
mii rier-"ta I"!. For tai( uaa. addrVaa
H. W. M 1CN!-.I' I. P P.. LL. i. Freanicut, or
trr. O. G. kLLNuLK, A. iL PritieiiL
Oeuyborg, Fa.
HOME
onier
SOMERSET, PA.,
THE OLD LOVE SONG.
1'Iay it alowly, siDg it Sow'.y,
(id faini.;ar tnae !
Once it ran iu dance an'l dimple,
Like a brook ia June ,
Nir it nobs al..ri: the measures
Witij a fiouod of lean ;
IXar old voice echo through it,
Vanuhcd witli the year.
Ripple, ripp'.e gtr the love song
Till, iu slowing time.
Early sweetne grows eroni.letenera,
Flcois it every rhyme ;
Who together learn the muic
Life and death uafuM,
Know that lorcisjuit U-ginniag
I ntil love is oid.
Play it rlnuiy, it i h)!y
Asaa evenii.; h.vtna ;
Morning g'.adnt hu-heJ U salacss
Fil it to the brim.
Memorbs eoxe ithin the music,
Steaiin? thmugh the bars ;
Thought.-.' ithia i-j iiuic: spaees
KIm.' aud k-1 like stars.
TV tsi
A SACRIFICE.
It was an evening in that fearful win
ter of lsol-o, memorable for the Crimean
war, whose terrible stories of danger,
privation and heroism the veterans de
light to tell by the fireside at home.
TLe cold was intense, snow lay thick
npon the ground and was btill falling
noiselessly through the Bray and dusky
air upon the English camp in the Cri
mea. A space had been cleared around
the tents, and the men were seeking
such warmth as wa to be obtained
around the campfires. It was the eve
of battle, as one versed in the ways of
wars could tell by the anxious looks on
the men's white, unshaven ficea. There
was none of that reckless bravado of
which romancer tells us. The men
were silent or spoke only in whispers.
Their thoughts were doubtlesis too op
pressive for more loudly spoken words.
It w as the terrible Russian winter. To
morrow they were to fi.ht, and the air
was heavy with prophecies of death.
Sert:ei.nt l'.asterbrook sat there gazing
into the glowing depths of the fire. He
was a tall, broad shou'dtred man, of
about 3", but gruzled and link ?rapt as be
now was you would have taken him to be
older. Crouching close besides hi ui was
little Charlie Hilton a recruit almost a
boy, indeed, but there was a sort of
friendship between these two, for both
ca-ne front the same village at home, in
the garden of England, a iuiet little vil
lage perched upon a hill, at the foot of
which lay the fair weald of Kent.
"Sergeant," the recruit whisjered. "If
anything should liappen to f le to-uioif-row"
"Why, yo-i tiik j.tst like the old
Lands?"
"Well, why not? There's as much
chance of my getting sjotted as any one
else."
"Ere yon afraid ?"
"Afraid? No! Are you?"'
"Yes," the elder man answered, with a
sad, tiuiet smile. "I don't believe there
can te a man living who does not fear
death aye, the bravest of them ; it goes
along with the fear of t iod 1"
'Rut if anything happens to me,"
Charlie persisted.
"Oh, you'il be all right youngster."
"It is not because I am a youngster I
am any safer. Those confounded Rus
sians don't pick out whom they'll Lit.
I want you to promise me, sergeant, thut
when all is done to-morrow if you should
find me among the dead you w ill take
this letter that isinnide my jackeL The
other fellows might laugh if they knew,
and she would not like it. Rut you know
her. We are to be married if I come safe
out of this. If I don't I think she would
like to know thut I fell with my face to
the enemy !"
This time the younz fellow fairly
broke down.
"Yoa say I know her. May I ask who
she is?"
"Yes I don't mind telling you. It is
Mary Ashford."
"Mary! The daughter of Farmer Ash
ford." "Yes."
Then there was a dead silence between
them, during which, as the flickering
firelight danced upon Lis featares, any
one who had been watching him would
have read a world of unspoken thoughts
npon the sergeant's face a short but pa
thetic history of banian woe. Such an
observer would have read Lis secret,
would have understood that Noel Easter
brook loved Mary Ashford too. That Le
had imagined and hojed that bis love
might some day be requited, until these
words came to dipped his dream words
speken in all innocence, bat w hich pierc
ed bis heart as fatally as could have done
a Cossack's lance thrust.
It was Hilton who first broke silence.
"You have not answered me sergeant,"
Le said. "Won't you promise me what
I asked you 7"
"Yes, Easterbrook replied in a quiet,
subdued tone, w hich betrayed no emo
tion, "I will do you this little service if
you should require it, and if I am in a
position to perform it."
"Thank you so much. And yoa will
take the letter back to her?"
"Yes," with some hesitation. "I will
take it back to her if I live."
At this moment an olHeer came among
them, and the soldiers rose and saluted.
"We want some men'1 said he, to go
forward and reconnoiter the enemy's
outposts. The duty may be a dangerous
one"
"I'll go, it yoa please, captain," Ser
geant Easterbrook said, stepping for
ward. "Yery we!L Take three men with
you.
"I'll come with you," said young Hil
ton. "N'o, not yon, youngster," the sergeant
exclaimed hastily in a strange tone.
"Let him go, since he has volunteerd,"
rejoined the captain, who was a strict
disciplinarian. "Let the lad leam his
duty. It is just this sort of daring pluck
which upholds the honor of the union
jack !"
Eaterbrook was silenceJ, since he
must needs yield to Lis sujerior officer,
and a few minutes later the sergeant,
Hilton, and two other soldiers were pass
ing over the snom clad plain, with their
muskets npon their shoulders, flitting
like four shadows in the twilight out of
the R-ilifih camp.
Not a word waa spoken. Everything
depended npon silence and discretion.
The snow was falling faster now and ob
literated the men' footsteps as they walk
ed on. The coon try was bieak and open.
s
PSTAIiLISHED 1837.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1893.
There were only a few trees here and
there, which tossed their great branches
in the wintery wind like giants writhing
to be free from some spell.
After they had marched for nearly an
Lour they approached a frozen stream,
and on a hillock upon the opposite bank
cou'd dimly descry tiie urea of the R.is
sian camp, half bidden by their oat
works. They crossed the river, and then
baiting Seargeant Easterbook spoke for
the first time.
"My men," he said, "in case anything
should happen to one or other of us we
must all keep our eyes open and watch
what we can see, so as to report at head
quarters to-night."
Then he turned, and again they went
on silently. Etsterbrook, with his quiet
reserve and firm but kindly manners,
was very popu'ar with his s.juad and
never found the slightest ditliculty ia
enforcing implicit obedient-.
Soon they were creeping stealthily
along right under the very fortifications
of the enemy, ntting th dire tiua of
the lines and each point either of strength
or of weakness, so far as it was possible
to observe them in the gathering gloom.
At last they turned a corner and found
themselves suddenly right beneath a tall
figure in a long cloak and furry shako
posted on the top of the redoubt just
above them and thrown out in bold re
lief by the glow of the camplire not
many yards behind iL Our
friends were very still and cautious in
their movements, but one of them, by the
gleam of his bayonet, probably, betrayed
himself to the Russian sentinel as Le
peered down into the gloom, for the lat
ter spoke some words in his own tongu?,
challenging them to declare themselves.
"Confound it !" muitered Sergeant
Easterbrook halfaloud, "e have ventur
ed to far right into, the lion's den we
must turn tail, boys, and run for our very
lives till we are oat of gunshot That in
the best sort of courage that we can show
now."
They accordingly all four turned and
ran at fail speed, for since their object
wasto obtain information there was no
real bravery ia staying to face to foe.
Cut they had already goue too far in
their eagerness to .determine the position
of the enemy's liaes, and no sooner had
they turned to flee than the sharp report
of a musket was Leant behind them.
The sentinel had aroused his comradts
and a moment litter a volley of balls was
whistling through the night air past the
little English squad.
"Oh, this is terrible 1" young Hiiton
Siid breathlessly as he ran, "if we should
fall like this, sergeant tj be shot from
behind I would rather go back and face
them.'
The young fellow doubtless fondly im
agined that the eyes of all Europe were
ujon him individually, and had not yet
come to learn that so many men must
go down likj j.,; I fo.e the reaper's
bcythe, only to be regarded at head
quarters as so rainy casualities. He still
thought thut to peril life and limb in
other men's quarrels was glory.
"You must not go back," the sergeant
answered with a strange mixture of gen
tleness and authority. "I could not al
low yoa to do thaL Every man's life
that is out here belongs to Lid country,
aud no one has a right to risk it rashly.
They are only firing wild don't be
afraid."
"I'm not afraid I my God ! I believe
I'm hit !"
Tue sergeant, notwithstanding his'ex
perienee, had indeed been mistaken.
He knew that the Russian soldiers could
n t Lave taken accurate aim in tiie dark,
bat Le did not allow for the fatalities of
chance those terrible chances which
govern the world's history. Hiiton said
Le had been struck, and Noel Easter
brook could also feel that a bullet had
entered his body, bat still they bsta
kept on bravely as long as thsy could.
Here in the cold, silent night the lust of
battle was not up-ju them, there was on
ly the mute desire of wounded be as is
which would fain be at rest away from
their pursuers.
They Lad now crossed the frozen
stream and were safe from further dan
ger. By this time the weather had chaug
ed. The wind had driven the snow
clouds away, aud from a steely, biue sky,
the moon was shedding her silver lubt
upon the fjur Englishmen struggling
over the white Crimean plain. They
were still a long way from their own
camp probably three long, weary miles
and mare but they were now in safety.
Sergeant Easterbrook called out, "Halt !"
and the others noted with alarm the faint
vok-e in w hich he spoke the word. His
fietious energy had given way at last,
and with a stilled groan Le sank down
at the foot of a gre-'.t, black, gnarled tree.
Young Hilton's wound was also over
mastering bis strength, and the next mo
ment his form, too, was lying in an inert
mass npoa the snow covered ground.
"What ii the matter, s.-rgeant?" one
of the other soldiers aked feelingly. "I
did not know yoa had been LiL"
"Hit yes. Dawes here in the left
side it was foolhardy of nie to Lave ven
tured so far into their lines and there
ia the poor lad. Oh, Dawes, I am done
for."
"No, no , do not say that, sergeant. We
will carry you back to camp all right be
tween us, won't we Ryan? You will be
out of to-morrow's fun, that's alL"
"To-morrow! Yes; there will be no
to-morrow r me."
"Nonsense! You will be sent to the
rear, that is all. The old sawbones will
put yoa straight in no time. See, we will
carry you as gently as a nurse. Come
on ; give us your hand, Ryan."
"N'o." Easterbrook answered in a fee
ble bat decisive tone. Leave me."
"Leave yoa? We'll see you banged
first .'" Ryan said with rough good na
ture. "Look at the youngster he is wound
ed too. Yoa surely don't think of leav
ing him behind."
"Weil, we are not going to leave yoa
anyway. We can come back for him.
"And find him dead !"
"We must take our chances of that
These are not times to pick and choose
what we do. Come ou, Ryan."
"No, I say. Take young Hilton back
to camp and leave me."
"So r
But Sergeant Easterbrook, with a su
preme effort, now rose to his feet, and
supporting himself by the trunk of the
tree said in a etern tone of authority :
"Are yoa commanding this eqcad or
am I ? I say I will be obeyed. ! Take op
IT
the lad and carry him back to camp!"
They yielded to the f orcj of discipline
whioh is so strong as to become nearly
an instinct, and raised the halfuncon
conscious form of Charlie Hilton. The
lat'er an.lerstool only dimly what was
going on, or Le himself would have b?ea
the first to protest agiinst his friend's
heroic sacrifice.
"Goodby, Charlie," the sergean said.
"I shan't be able to keep my promise to
yoa, but when youg?t back to England
tell Mary Ashford that I, Noel Easter
brook, did my poorlittie best to send you
safe home to her !'
And as the two soldiers, with their
burden, walked silently and sadly away
over the white desert plain, Noel Eister
brook sank again heavily npon the
ground and rolled over once sank this
time never to rise or speak again.
Charles Hilton returned safe Lome to
be united to Mary Ashford, and there is
a tender place ia both hearts for that si
lent hero, w hose bones re w hiten. eg in
the Russian? Chersonese the man who
met hisjdeath to save her pain, for it was
indeed, to send her lover back to Ler
that the brave sergeant had thus courted
his doom. A'.. .'.. iijf.'.
A Smooth Vrick.
"Dial's mine !'
"It's mine !"
The two men spoke simultaneously and
reached it about the same instant for
a crumple.! piece cf green paper oa the
sidewalk.
The man with the purple necktie was
a shade the quicker of the two. His hand
closed over the paper just in time to be
clutched itseif in tne grasp of the other
man, a dusty, travel stained pilgrim car
rying a va!i-e.
There was a momentary struggle, but
the man w ith the purple necktie retain
ed possession of the prize.
"1 saw that first '." exclaimed, the trav
eler, "If you saw it first, my friend," replied
the other, "why didn't you pick it up?"
"You jumped in ahead of me."
"1 saw it as soon as you did, if not
sooner. I was making for it when you
stooped .'"
T was nearest to it ! I had the be; t
right to it! I demanded "
"Softly, my dear sir," said the man
with the purple necktie, retreating as the
other advanced. "Possession is nine
points of the law, and the poiat ycu're
trying to make is not well taken. I
think I saw it first, an.'. I certainly got it
first. I am itoing to keep it unless
heilo!" Le exclaimed, as he opened out
the piece of green paper and looKe l at it,
"it's a f -'.) bill 1"
"I say it's a bloody shame and a "
"Hold on ! This is a bigger find than
I expected. I thought it was a liver. I
am willing todivide it with you. Isn't
that fair? Isn't it a little more than
fair?"
The dusty traveler rellected a moment.
"Well," he said, 'T guess that's square
enough. Got a $10 biU?"
"No, but if you'll wait here a minute
I'll take this into a cigar shop and get it
charged."
"You needn't do that ; I think I've got
a ten."
With some alacrity Le drew a leather
wallet from his ocket, opened it, extract
ed a bill and Landed it over, receiving
the fiM in exchange.
Two Lours later, with a fierce gleam in
his eye and a Licory club in his hands,
he was hunting for a man w ith a purple
necktie.
The J.'O bill was a counterfeit C'.i'M
ij'i Trlln'if.
A Conundrum.
"Why is a river like the science cf
pugilism?'' casually inquired the ex
change editor.
"Because it's a case of blaflT on both
sides," promptly respond d the financial
editor. "That's an easy one. Why is
a"-
"Duii't le in such a Lurry. You haven't
g'us-d it yet."
The financial editor looked vaguely
about as if for a weapon cf some kind.
"Then it's becau?eit gets pretty low
downsometim es," he said, "and w hen it
can't make a raise it Las to dry up. Why
is"
"That won't do either.'"
"Isn't that the right answer?"
"It isn't within four counties of it."
"The trouble with your conundrums is
they're too far fetched."
"How do you know? Yoa haven't
f.'tehed this one yet. Whose conun
drum is it, anyhow ?"
"You seem to be trying to shoulder it
off on me."
"Well, if you can't answer it"
"I can though. Because the public
any profanity about it ?"
"No."
' Because if there is I won't Lave any
thinz to do w iih it." .
"That isn't the correct answer, either."
The financial editor glared at him ami
reached for Lis cane, but restrained Lim
seif with a violent elLrt.
"Because," Le said, trying it once
more, "because it runs mills no, that
won't do, Because when it gets full it
always has more sand than w hen it"
"You give me the earache!''
"Well, if yoa think nobody else knows
anything about it suppose you answer it
yourself."
"Because it all runs to mouth."
And then the enraged bystanders in
terferred. Chloijn Tribune.
Caught In a Wifely Trap.
"Do you like pie dear?" asked Mrs.
McBridetoher husband at the dinner
table.
"That is quite fair pie," replied Mo
Bride. " Still it's not at all np to the
standard of the pies my mother makes.
Yea should get her to show you how."
- " I'm afraid your mo' her doesn't make
as good pies as she usl to."
"Why?"
" Well, she was here all day giving me
instructions, and thtt identic il pie is the
one she mile herself."
Q lilpin 'T fear I shall never get oa
in literature."
Friend '"Cheer op; yoa will get some
thing accepted before long."
Quilpin "Oa, yoa don't know how
I'm handicapped ! The editors feel for
me, but they are powerless,"
Friend "What is the trouble T"
Quilpin "Alas ! I have no middle
name."
UJLclJX
Borrowing Trouble.
It has sometimes been said that a
business house which does not borrow
money cannot be prosperous. In other
words a growing business necessitates a
certain amount of borrowing, and in srsch
a business, borrowing is not only safe but
commendable. Oa the right basis,
borrowing means progress, advancement,
enlargement of enterprise, and pos
sibilities of greater profiL Rut there is
one thing which ought never to be bor
rowed under any circumstances. and that
is trouble. Every man and woman
under the conditions of life has a suf
ficient capital of trouble without adding
to it by the process of borrowing.
The chief business of the successful
m&a or woman ia to diminish trouble by
meeting it courageously and dealing with
it strongly. There is neither wisdom
nor wit in adding to one's stock by bor
rowing it, and yet this lack of w isdom is
so widely diffused that people who refase
to borrow in the market of trouble
are notable exceptions. At this instant,
when ominous clouds hang on the busi
ness horizon, the business men are f.'W
who are not wasting strength and energy
in anticipating possibilities of trouble
against which they cannot in anywise
provide.
To foresee trouble and get ready f.r it
is not to borrow trouble. The foreseen
trouble actually comes to us; .the bor
rowed trouble is unnecessarily added.
At this moment when so many are unable
to borrow money on w hat would ordinari
ly be considered gtd security, every
man finds himself able to borrow trouble
without putting up any collateral. Troub
le is to be Lad in every market, and
every man can take its much as lie
chooses. The more he Ixjrrows, how
ever, the less likely will he be able
successfully to deal w ith what actually
comes to him.
It is a fact of experience which we are
slow to learn, that the trouble w e bor
row never would have been ours in any
other way. We appropriate what won'd
never come to us otherw ise. The real
troubles of life are numerous and bard
enough, but they constitute a very small
proportion ef ils trials in comparison w ith
imaginary trouble. To deal successfully
w ith the real trouble we must refuse to
consider the ituag:n ary ones.
The Dutchman's Trick.
Whilea Dutchman w as passing through
a city ia Yertuost, a Yankee came up to
him and said :
j "Shon, if you treat me to a cigar, I will
j learn you a trick."
M-.on agreed, tank then placed nis
hand acainst a fence, and told him to
strike it as hard as he could. Shon, not
thinking that any harm couM befall him
by doing so, struck a blacksmith's blow,
but instead of hitting Yank's hand, the
latter jerking it away, pocr .hon struck
the f-nce board, knocking it otT.
"Meia Gott in Himmel 1" cried Shon ;
"w hat makes yoa foolish ? I knock my
hand otT clean up to the elbow ! Oh !
60cker blitz. ! my poor frou, what wiil
she say ?"
Poor Shon was bound to have revent-e ;
so one day, as he was passing through a
field, lie espied a man. Going up to him,
he faid :
"Meinherr I show you a little trick
fi r nod ling. '
As there was no fence or tree near
Shon put his hand against-Lis mouth,
aud sai l :
"Strike yust as hard as you can.
Meinherr struck, and Shon pulled
at ay bis hand and received the blow on
his mouth, and was knocked down.
Sbonjumied np. Lis mouth bleeding,
and com-neneed dancing with pain.
'"Sherusalem ! A thousand tyefels take
this country. I goes back to Holland on
de first train."
Hard Head Work.
It is one of the advantages of life at a
summer resort that people cf ditferent
sorts are brought together. Men may
live side by side in the city for years
w ithout ever speaking to each other, rmt
when they meet in the mountains or on
some seaside piazza they will very likely
become mutually c Mnmanicative at very
short notice. The New York l'.ui re
ports an instance of exactly this kind.
" Yes," remarked the stranger to the
editor, as the two sat on the veranda sip-,
ping lemonade and looking out upon the
rolling sea, " yes, head work is very try
ing, and the man who tarns his living
by it needs a vacation now and then."
" Yes," said the editor, " head work is
very trying. I find it so, especially
when the Lours are long."
" How many Loursa day doyou work?
asked the stranger.
" Four," said the editor.
"Heavens! I work ten."
"Head work?"
' Yes, every bit of it."
" Newspaper or general literature?"
" Neither. I'm a baiber.
Then the editor for editors are not all
wise shut himself up as close as the
sun umbrella which Le carried A'.x-.-a-ttr
Tmi'.
Temper.
Starve your temper. Give it nothing
to feed on. When something tempts you
to ijrow angry, do not yield to the temp
tation. It may for a minute be diliicult
to control you-se'f, but try it. Force
yocrseif to do nothine, to say nothing,
and the rising temper will be forced to
go down, because it baa nothing to Lold
it up. The person who can and does
control tongue, hand, heart, in the face
of great provocation, is a hero. What is
gained.by yielding to temper? For a mo
ment there is a feeling of relief but soon
comes a sense of sorrow and shame, w ith
a wish that the temper had been con
trolled. Friends are separated by a bad
temper, trouble is caused by it, and pain
given to others as well as to self. That
pain, too, often lasts for days, even years
sometimes for life. An outburst of a
eteam boiler ; it is impossible to tell be
fore what wiil be the result The evil
done may never be remedied. Starve
your temper. It may not be worth keep
ing alive. Let it die.
Doctor Yonr mother should take yoa
out of the city if she desires to see yoa
robust. Did yoa ever summer on
Tarm?
Little Girl No, sir ; but I springedand
failed on a farm. Good News.
II
WHOLE NO. 2105
The Backward Child.
There is many a mother who feels dis
turbed and anxious because her child
either exhibits small interest in school,
or else ia unable to shine among the oth
er children there, or perhaps even to
keep pace with them. She is hunted by
a horrid species of duncewhip and back
wardness, and of her darling being oat
stripped and left behind in all the other
struggles of life as well.
But do not let her be so soon discour
aged. If her child has not aptitude for
learning exactly what the others are
learning, perhaps there Lsaa aptitude for
something else quite different and of
just as much value. l et her scrutinize
and discover and help the child along
accordingly in the ways where nature
directs.
Oar system of graded schools is in
deed lifting ail children to a broad table
land of general information, but howev
er excellent its mental discipline, it al
lows no space for individual growth in
individual ways.
Every child U being run in the same
mold ; there is no place for the idiosyn
cracy or for development npon original
lines ; and there is an ever-present dan
ger of crystalization, of becoming fixed
at a given point, or ceasing all develop
ment If her children has a rooted dislike for
a certain thing, or a positive inability in
the direction of another, the mother would
be wiser to make an elfort to Lave those
eet aside and to let him give himself to
those which he does 'ike. and where if
he cannot possibly distinguish himself,
Le can at any rate expand what power
he has.
Surely, if Lis btrength and time are
dissipated on the studies concerning
which he is hopeless, there is no strength
or time left for those where he might do
much.
It is probable that the great men of
the past developed themselves as their
tastes and inclinations led; they did not
learn all they learned because some one
else learned it. even if certain branches
were a foregone conclusion, and that
which they did learn they learned be
cause they felt the impulse and the need.
It is not the man who isjust likeevery j
other man who helps the world along j
the most, but the man whose ditferent
trainingand growth makps Lim individ
ual and v'ives Li.u a coign of vantage
ttiat he would miss if he went slipping
a'oiig j i-t like every one else.
Give the "backward boy" a chant
then, at that which suits him best, and
be sure that no harm can happen.
What 13 a Baby?.
A London paper has awarded a two
guinea prize for the best definition of a
baby. The lady who woo the prize sent
in this answer :
A tiny feather lrom the wing of love
dropped into tiie sacred lap cf mother
hood. The following are some of the best
definitions given :
The bachelor's horror, the mother's
treasure and the despotic tyrant of the
most Republican household.
The morning caller, noonday craw ler,
midnight brawler.
The only precious pssession that nev
er excites envy.
The latest edition of humanity, of
which every couple think they possess
the finest copy.
A native of all countries who speaks
the language of none.
A quaint '.ittie craf; called innocence,
laden w ith simplicity aad love.
A thing we are expected to kiss and
look as if we eoj yed it
A little stramjer with a free pass to the
heart's best ailcc'.ions.
Tha: which makes Lome happier, love
stronger, patience greater, hands busier,
nights longer, days shorter, purses light
er, clothes shabbier, tne past forgotten,
the future brighter.
"Small, But My Own.1
This is the legend on a very tiny houre
in Sw itzerland. The owner of that dom
icile thus announces to the world that Le
does not pay rent; that he is his own
landlord ; that no one has any right to
give him notice to leave. Every im
provement he puts on his dwelling en
hances its value and is his own. He
doer not have to illustrate the proverb,
" three removes are as bad as a fire."
There are multitudes who live in other
peoples houses that might live in their
own if they only had thought so, and
were willing to pay the price. The price
isn't ait ia money, by any means. A
large part of it is in grit, pluck, enter
prise, faith, economy, and a great deal in
going without and in waiting.
My neighbor lives in an unpainted, un
furnished, nnlinished house. For eight
years he rented and paid in rent what
would have easily put him in a Louse of
Lis ow n like the one he now inhabits
In a year or two Lis present abode will
be (aid for, and then Le will fininh Lis
house, as he is able, and furnish it and
paint it; per haps add another room to
il if that seems desirable. Meantime it
is rising in value steadily.
I! takes courage to undertake building
a Louse when one must go in debt for it.
But if the debt is for the bare necessities,
and the builder is content to begin small
and grow ; if he is willing and bis fami
ly is willing, to fx-tgo style, and "work
and wait." Le will in time own Lis own
house with neither rent nor interest on a
mortgage to pay.
Mrs J. John what time is it?
John: half asleep: I'gh ?
Mrs. J. i.twenty minutes later; John
what time is it?
John lgh?
Mis. J. (one hou'.r alt ri John what
time is it?
John Seven o'clock.
Mrs. J. Well, why couldn't yoa say so
an hour ago ?
John Bee luse it wasn't seven o'clock
then.
Trcfttsor Potterby "Any letters for
me?
Delivery Clerk "What name, piease?"
Professor Potterby "Why er bless
ed if I have not forgotten it I am always
forgetting something. If my wife were
here Mrs. Socrates Potterby, yoa kno w
she could tell yoa in a minute, bat I
caa't ttink of it to save my life.
Old Knapsacks.
The following beautiful extract is from
a letter of "A Woman in Washington":
"I saw a pile of knapsacks, the other
evening, at the cottage on Fourth Street
knapsacks aud haversacks left behin.l
for aafo keeping by the boys wh went
U the frjet an i cc: r caaie tk. lie
elo iuer.ee of the worsi-etrn an 1 mciid
ed bas cannot I w r.ttt-u. Here wi.-.
pie.e of stony breid uneateu, the little
pair of coilee, the smoked tin cup iu
which it had been boiled so often over
the hasty fire on the tieU of battle.
There was the letter, scale.1, directed
and never sent ; for tlx soldier could not
always get a statu p. Here a letter half
written, commencing, 'Iear Wife : How
I want to see yoa,; Dear Mother: My
time is nearly out' The rusty pen just
as it was laid down on the half-filietl
sheet, by the gallant and loving band
which hoped so soon to, finish it here,
tinted with red, white aad bine. Hem
were photographs of the favorite General,
and photographs of the loved ones at
home. Here were letters of heart-breaking
love, and holy fiaith and cheer, writ
ten at home ; and here was the Testa
ment given by the mother he loved, but
soiled and worn ; for the American
soldier, if he rarely reads it still would
carry his Testament as a talisman to save
him from harm. Here were those
mementoes of the brave, loving life gone
out They never came back ! The
mourners at home do not kno where
they fell, or whether they were buried.
To one unfamiliar with the soldier's life,
these relics mean little. To me they
mean ail love, all suffering, all heroism.
I look on them, and again eern to see
the long lines of marching men file past,
dust-covered aud warm, on their way to
the front I see the roads of Virginia
shimmering in the white beat, lined
with exhausted men lying down to Bleep
and die, after the last defeat ; hear the
cry of the wounded, the moan of the
dying, see the half tilled graves the
nnburied dead. All the awful reality of
war comes back. Peace walks amid the
(lowers, and already our soldiers seetu
almost forgotten. Days of war and deeds
of valor seem like dreams gone by."
Wanted, A Liar.
I was sitting on a salt barrel on the
shady side of the depot while waiting for
the train on the other road, when a
farmer drove up in his wagon. He went
around and talked with the station agent
for a few minutes and then returned U
ask :
"Stranger, do yoa want to makef-"0,'Xrt
as easy as roiling off a log ?"
"I do."
"Air yoa a religious man?"
"Not exactly."
"Any scruples ag'in lyin'?"
"That's according to circumstances.
State yoar case."
"The case is jut this. I own li acres
of land right around here. As it stands
it's worth about $s an acre. plit her np
into city lots and each one will bring s).
You can figure on f l,ixi an acre."
"i'.ut this is no site fr a city?" I pro
t'ted. "That's whar tiie lyin' will came in. I
should ca'kerlateon your makin' the site."
"There's no fuel, no water, on agricnit
cre." " lot to lie about 'em !"
"You've got to have natural advantages
to make a city."
More lyin'."
"You've simply got a railroad junction,
one house and one hundred acres of
mighty poor land to start on," I said, as I
looked around on the lonesome prospect.
"That's whar the lyin' will come in !"
he answered. "I've known twenty towns
out here to start on a heap less. Is it a
bargain or no? Yoa do the lyin' and
the advertisin' and I do the sellin' and
iu a year we'll clear np a carload of
money. Best chance in the world fur a
risin' young rran. Knocks a silver mine
all holler."
"I I'm afraid I couldn't accept your
liberal proposition."
"All right ; no harm done. I'm loukin'
far a liar. He's got to le a good one. As
you seemed to be oat of a job and dead
broke, I thought I'd tackle yoa. Alt the
a me, however, I'll hit the right man
inside of a week and Le'll make Lis for
tune here. Best of schools, plenty of
churches, six railroads, rich country,
future Chicago, ten factories, cultivated
society, purest of water, public parks,
come with a rush, sold again! If you
happen to mret a liar send hiiudownl"
The Sly Granger.
" Tickets, please," said the conductor
of train on a line running east out of
Detroit, as Le entered the car.
There was a very general response in
the shape of pasteboards until be came
to a farmer who was very earnestly look
ing out of the window.
"Tickets, pleas" said the conductor.
The man paid no attention.
"I will take your ticket, if you please."
The man looked op at Lim. " Hain't
got any,"b': amiwered alowly.
" Wei1, the mot ey then. Where are
yoa goicg?"
Hain't got any money."
" Well, then, what are yoa on here
for? If I don't get either the money or
the ticket I must put yoa off the train."
"You wouldn't stop an express train
just to put one man off the train."
" Wouldn't I? You'll soon see wheth
er I will or not. Now I want yonr ticket
or the cash without any more fuss."
" Nary one."
The conductor paused for a moment or
two and then cilltrd the brakeman.
" Now are joo going to gel off without
a fuss or w ill we have to throw youoff?"
The man sighed and said he would go
off quietly. When they got out on the
platform and the conductor his hand on
the bell rope the passenger cast his eye
over the Hying landscape and said :
" Ain't there no way we can fix this
np?"
" Certainly. A ticket or the money."
After another look the man shook Lis
Lead. " Lit her go captain."
The conductor pulied the rope. The
air-brakes .v-runched and the train came
to a stop. Tiie man stepped off, and then
Landing the conductor a bit of paste
board 8xid :
" I don't cheat no railway company,
captain. Here ye are."
" Why in thunder didn't yoa tiive Hie
thi before? You can ride five milts
further on this ticket. Step aboard live
ly, now."
Never mind captain. I would have
to walk five miles back if I did; I live
just over yonder. So long, captain."
A runaway darkey, before the war,
was on his way to Canada, and was met
by a countryman, who questioned him as
to the treatment he had leceived at the
bands of bis master.
"Didn't yoa have enough to eat?" the
countryman asked.
"Yes."
A nd enough to wear T
- Yes."
" And a warm place to sleep?"
-Yes."
" Well, then, what did yoa ran away
for?"
" Say, boss," the darkey replied, " if
you t'ink dat you'd like de place, why
it's open to jo."