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Railroads through tha "wild West"
pat aa end to serious 'Indian oat
breaks. They would be great civiliz
ing and peacemaking forces in oar
new possessions. ,
We lent 2,222,279 pounds of mail
to Great Britain during the last fiscal
year,, from which it would appear that
we are entitled to high rank among
people of Jetters.
A society has been formed in Paris
whose business it will be to famish a
fourtoonth guest for dinner parties
numbering thirteen guests. Alas,
howlieriousl thoee frivoldus Parisians
take thfi little amonities ot life.
thlit
In spite of all the attractions of
football, it is still true that the im
pelling motive of ycung men who seek
our oolleges is a serious purpose to
acquire knowledge and au ado'quate
preparation for the important duties
. citizenship. '
The wreck of the steamer Fortland
off the coast of Massachusetts, involv
ing the loss of over one hundred lives,
appears to have been due primarily to
willful disobedience of orders on the
part of the captain of the doomed ship.
It is alleged that he was ordered by
his employers not to sail from Boston
at the regular hour of departure, but
to waty'at least two hours and consult
the weather reports as to the probable
duration of the furious storm the
raging along the trsjp)teroas coast
Instead of f ollowiug these instruction,
it appears that he left port at the. usual
hour, taking his vessel toward the
open sea. in the face of a gale of ex
traordinary violence, with the result
that he lest his ship, his life and the
lives of all the other persons onboard.
It is a grim tragedy of the wintry seas,
made doubly tragio by the probability
that it might hare been averted if com
mon sense and good discipline had
guided its principal actor.
. . The strained rotations between Nor
way and Sweden bear close resem
blance to those between Hungary and
Austria. Norway, like Hungary, has
been rapidly increasing in wealth and
population and, like Hungary, she is
evidently aiming at eventually com
plete independence. In the meantime
Norway is seeking for a separate con
sular service of her own, claiming that
under the present arrangement the
foreign service of the Scandinavian
union is practically Swedish, and Nor
wegian interests suffer greatly in con
sequence. To this Sweden refuses to
assent, maintaining that there can be
only one representation of the union
abroad. The recent action of the Nor
wegian storthing in adopting a rusolu
tion for a flag without the emblem of
the Scandinavian nnion is apparently
a protest against the attitude of Swe
den. Where the long dispute between
these. two countries will end it is hard
to say. . The good influence of King
Oscar, like that of Emperor Joseph in
the case of Austria and Hungary, has
kept the two countries together ' in
spite of jealonsy and biokering, and it
may prevent dissolution of the Scan
dinavian nnion. .
The latest declaration as to the legal
status of the boycott is found in an
opinion rendered by - the Supreme
Court of Michigan in a case which
arose out of' a boycott of a firm of mill
owners by striking nnion teamsters.
The strikers picketed the mills and
issued circulars establishing a boycott
oh the firm. The court prefaced an
injunction against the strikers with a
statement of the law regulating the
relations between employer and em
ploye. According to the court the
law protects employers in the right to
employ whom they please at prices
they and their employes can agree
npon, al to discharge them at the
-expiration of their term of service for
violation of their contract. So, also.
the laborers have the right to fix a
prico npon their labor; and to refuse
to work unless,that price is obtained.
They have this right singly or in com
bination. They may organize in order
to improve their condition and Eecure
better wages, and may use persuasion
to induce men to join their organiza
tion or refuse to work except for an
established wage. They may present
their cause to the pnblio in newspa
papers or circulars in a peaceable
way, and with no.attempt at coercion.
This, however, marks the limit of
either party's right. The injunction
granted by the conrt restrained the
strikers from picketing the premises
and from distributing boycott circu
lars which were said to embody threat
ening language. Labor, as the de
cision illustrates, possesses freedom
of action and of combination, bnt that
freedom must not be construed to in
clude intimidation or coercion of
others whose right to labor or employ
labor is equally free.
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Qgjj) By EDWARD JOHN HART.
PULSINGS were in
the air and Salis
bury, the capittl
of Mashonaland,
was in a state bor
dering on panic,
in the month of
June, 1806. The
Mashonas had
risen to aid their
former oppres
sors, the Mata
bele, and from the
15th to the 18th
of June, and
thence onward for many terrible davs
almost every hour brought tragio tid
ings. Prospectors, miners and trav
elers, unsuspicious of danger, were
being slaughtered in all directions.
Stores and lonely houses ' were be
seiged, looted and burned, after the
owners were slain.
Judge Vincent, the Chartered Coi
panj a active administrator, co
only muster 230 burghers Armed ;
bat eighty noes and one Maxi
tween them, to protect the 3UU tfmen
and children in Salisbury. '
Mr. Dan Jndson, chief inspector of
tne Chartered Company a Telegraphs
and a then recently gazetted captain
in the Rhodesia Horse, was one of the
few men who had prophesied that the
JMashonas would rebel. Though
young man, he was an old pioneer
had takon part in two campaigns, and
knew the country well
: Having friends at the Mazoe a
email settlement centering round the
Alice Mine nt the head of the Mazoe
Valley, about twenty-seven miles from
Salisbury Jndson wired to Mr. Salt
house, mauager of the Goldfields of
Mazoe Company, the news of the
murders as it came in
When, however, early on Wednes
day, the 17th of June, tho inspector
naa occasion to wire the Mazoe peo
plo the terrible list of murders end
ing "with, the blood-curdling Norton
massacre, ho suggested that their
women folk, at least, had better
come into Salisbury, whore a strong
laager was being constructed,
Consequently at midnight a wagon.
or large wagonette, and six mules left
the telegraph office m charge of Mr.
J. O. BlakiBton, Captain Judson's
clerk, and Trooper Zimmerman of the
.Rhodesia Horse.
At nine Ue next morninqr fThnrs
day, the 18th) a telegram was received
from Blakiston . announcing his safo
arrival, .that he had met nothing on
the road, and was ready to leave with
tne women as soon as they had break
fasted. '
Judson then by wire, of course
ordered the Mazoe telegraph office to
be closed, after nrst instructing
xsiaKiston, haltnouso, "anil (ho men
with them to start off at once with tho
ladies. The inspector passed the next
few hours feverishly anticipating their
arrival,
On going into the office later on, he
was astonished believing Mazoe to
have been deserted since morning to
hear the Mazoe instrument clicking,
It ceased as he entered, nnd Lionten-
ant Harrison, then in charge of the
Salisbury Telegraph, silently handed
lum this message:
Blakiston, to Inspector Judson.
Three men killed. Alice Mine sur
rounded. Send help at once. Our
only chance. Good-bye,
The news from the Mazoe greatly
uisiressea judge Vincent, lor he was
now being harassed on all sides with
the most piteous appeals for assist
ance, which, for the most part, he was
unable to graut. Now, when Judson
asked him if nothing could bo done to
assist the Mazoe people, s said ho
was afraid no men could be spared,
After some talk, hdwevor, the inspec
tor was granted permission to take
four men, and these he chose from the
memuers of the Rhodesia Horse.
Just before sunset, the little patrol
of one officer nnd four men rode out
of tho town on its forlorn errand.
The pirty consisted of Captain Judson
and Troopers Honey, Guyou, Godfrey
King and Uendriks; bnt three miles
out it was joined by Captain Stamford
Brown, who was chief paymaster of
the Rhodesia Horse, bnt not on its
ordinary fighting strength.
The patrol then pushed on, and near
the Gwebi River unearthed a native,
who, when challenged, fled precipi
tately. With one brief halt to loosen
girths and allow horses and men a
hasty meal, the patrol rode on to
Mount Hampdon, nnd again halted,
keeping a sharp look-out the while.
Here, at half-past three in the morn
ing, they were joined by a reinforce
ment from Salisbury, consisting of
Troopers Finch, Pollett, Niebuhr,
Coward, Malvaney and King
Before starting, Jadson addressed
his comrades, pointing out that they
were about to enter what might prove
a. veritable death-trap, and that there
must be no thought of turning back
after they had once started. Not a
man of them, however, shrank from
the mission; and descending the rise
on which the farm stands, they crossed
the Tatagora River and proceeded in
single filo, Judson leading, with Cap
tain Brown a close second.
After covering half a mile or more,
they entered a stretch of tall, dense
grass, m length about 300 yards.
terminating in a perfect jungle. It
was an ideal spot for au ambuscade,
and turning in his saddle, Jndson
gave the abrupt order. "Gallop!"
Still going in single file they tore
along, the only sound being the thun
der of the hoofs of the horses.
Jndson dashodthroucrh the ex
tremity of the t)tch about ten yards
y oi the t)t
of BrWo,
thcad
who was closely fol- j
fx
yuh
of bo-
lowed by the others. Then he wheeled
his horse round, and raising his gun
covered tho thickest clump of grass,
past which Niebuhr and Pollett were
then galloping. As he did so, a
dozen shots rang ont in rapid suc
cession; fire and suiolfe burst out of
the glass not six yards from the two
men, and at the same moment both of
them were on the groand, horses and
all. In the same instant Jadson
caught sight of the natives crouching
in th4 grass and fired his slug-charged
barilla, felling two ot them. 'This
nloufi prevented a volley being fired
onioneyaud Coward, tho latter of
wMom was thrown by his horse who
wis frightened at the sudden dis-
arge right in front of the enemy.
Two horses were killed outright;
?ollett was badly shaken and Niebuhr
severely wounded, his hand having
been shattered by slugs. Brown,
Hendriks, Coward and Honey then
opened a hot fire on the enemy to en
gage their attention, while, with great
difficulty, Judscn pot the wounded
man to his horse behind him, Pollett
clambering np behind Hendriks.
Then they fired a volley into the
rebels at forty yards, and again started
off at a gullop, Niebuhr'r wounded
and useless arm hauging limply over
Judson's shoulder, and saturating the
front of the latter's tunio with blood.
Before they bad galloped many
hundred yards, a large party of the
enemy was seen running parallel with
them along the mountain side to cut
them off. Jndson at once halted his
detachment and poured volley after
volley into tho enemy, tho Martinis a
300 yards range doing good execution
among the natives and forcing them
to retire.
Ouco more the party started for
ward, but this time at a gentler can
ter, emptying their rifles as they rode,
and keeping np a running fight. On
approaching thick clumps of gras
which swarmed with concealed na
tives, they dislodged them by firing
volleys into them as they advanced,
and then rushed past the daugerous
spots at a flying gallop.
Judson gave orders that, in the
event of any more getting wounded
and the survivors being unable to
carry them, they were to stick to
gcther nnd endeavor to secure
position on one of the kopjes, where
they would bo able to hold their own,
at least while the ammunition lasted.
Jadson decided, and so informed
his comrades, that if they were unable
to discover their friends alive, they
were to fight their way to the tele
graph office and inform the Salisbury
authorities of their plight. They
would then laager np as be3t they
could, the fact of their having no food
and but little ammunition left forcing
all to realize that such a proceeding
though the only one possible uuder
the circumstances could be but
preliminary to certain death.
Just as they were heading for the
telegraph office, they heard a great
shout of mingled triumph and despair,
and looking round they beheld, stand
ing np and waving to them from with
in nn improvised laager on a small
kopje near the Alice Mine, the men
aud women they had fought their
way so gallantly to rescue. But for
that shout the patrol might have rid
den past, so hidden was the laager by
masses of the enemy. Through these
blood-thirsty savages the relief force
now shot a pathway for themselves
and whilst nnder a hail of lead, but
still firing volley after volley, they
eatno np the slope at a gallop, and in
a minute rescuers and rescued were
united.
Thus Dan Judson's patrol had had
to fight their way in nnder a coutin
uous, heavy, close-range lire from
denso cover, for a distance of eight
miles. liut the besieged had also i
terriblo experience to relate.
When on the lhnrsday it was de
cided that all the Mazee people should
proceed to Salisbury, a pariy of the
men, ns before related, started on
ahead, taking with them fourteen na
tive carriers and a cart drawn bv two
donkeys to carry their provisions.
About 11 a. m. they left the rough
laager of logs and boulders which had
been constructed tho previous day,
but had not gone above three miles
when their carriers led them into am
bush. Cass and Dickenson were
done to death on the grass with as-segais-
and knobkerries, wherenpon
the rest turned the cart round and
jumped in, but had not proceeded far
when Fiiull. who was driving, was
shot through tho stomach by a native
concealed in the grass not four yards
from him. Almost at the same mo
ment one donkey was killed and the
other wounded, and the men, aban
doning the cart, then ran for their
lives.
They met the wagonette containing
the three ladies and turned it back.
Finally, shooting for all they were
worth at hfty or sixty natives who
chased them and fired as they ran,
they regained the shelter of the laager.
And then occurred a strango thing,
which for heroism is not to be excelled
n the aunnls of war. A message had
to be wired to Salisbury for relief, but
who in the face of certain death would
volunteer to take it?
Then Blakiston, who was a tele
graph clerk, bnt not an operator,
volunteered to take the message if
Routledge, who was an operator,
would accompany him to transmit it.
The two meu knew it was certain
death, too and yet they went.
Blakiston was wounded in tho foot
before he reached the tolegraph office,
bnt sent his message aud his good
bye. The people from the laager
caught sight of them on their return,
when they were some 1700 yards dis
tant. They saw Blakiston fall on the
road, man and "horse, riddled with
bullets. Routledgft ran for cover into
the bush, but was never seen again.
After the arrival of the relief, the
enemy for a time practically ceased fir
ing, though the watchers knew they
remained concealed in their vioinity.
For the promised reward of $300, a
singularly plucky Cope boy named
Hendritz was induced to ride to Salis
bury with a dispatch asking for a re
inforcement of forty men and one
Maxim gun.
On the Gwebi Flats he met Inspec
tor Nesbit of the police, with a patrol
consisting of Troopers Ogilvie, Har
bord, McGregor, Byron, Edmonds,
Arnot, A. Nesbit, Berry, Van Staaden,
Zimmerman, McGeer and Jacobs
thirteen meu iu all.
The inspector elected to proceed at
once to tho Mazoe, without w aiting
for further reinforcements, and partly
on account of the darkness, and part
ly owing to the enemy making sure of
them on the return journey, they
reached the Mazoe without fighting.
The party now numbered thirty
men and three women; and after the
new arrivals had fed and rested their
horses, all hands set about preparing
for their departure.
Judson had the two sides, and to an
extent the back of the wagonette
armored with sheet-iron, which as
was observed at the time fitted so
well, that it Beemod to have been
made for the purpose. The mules had
all been shot or lost, so six men were
dismounted, and the'six troop horses
inspauned in their place, though they
had never been in harness before.
The order of march was an advance
guard of five monntcd men and eight
on foot, and then a rear guard of
seven mounted aud eight footmen, A
start was made beforo noon.
The thick bushes and kopjes were
alive with thousands npon thousands
of the enemy officered by experienced
Matabele, and armed with Lee-Met-ford,
Martinis and elephant guns,
crammed with pot-legs and every vari
ety of slug.
Mounted natives never ceased to
harass the rear guard, and pressed it
so close that at one point a halt had
to be made, and volley nfter volley
fired to drivo them back. A few min
utes afterwards Lieutenant McGeer
fell, ud his horse bolted, but was
plunkiiy ridden after and recaptured
by Hendriks. Then two of the patrol
had their horses shot dead under
them. Jadson and Stamford-Brown
ran back to see McGeer, nnd found
him lifeless, with several bullets
through his head. All this while the
enemy for the most part remained hid
den, the grass edging the roadside be
ing from eight to nine feet high. In
this dense cover the natives squatted,
and took pot-shots at the patrol, who
had only flashes aud puffs of smoko to
aim at in return.
About a mile from the Tatagora
Drift, where the road winds between
the foot of a large kopje and the river,
annihilation seemed certain. Tha
blacks were swarmed to within three
yards of the road, and bullet3 seemed
to rain upon the horses from every
quarter. Here one of the leaders of
tho team was shot through the head,
bnt not killed, and kept its place. Im
mediately after, however, the off-side
wheeler fell mortally wounded, and
while Brown and Salthonse were strug
gling to cut him loose, the nenr wheeler
was killed and almost fell on Salthonse.
Next Jacobs and Van Staaden were
shot dead, the latter falling with the
side of his head' completely blown
away. Arnot was cut on from his
comrade, but eventually escaped. Hen
driks in the advance guard was shot
right through the jaws and month,
and was ordered to abandon the con
voy and save himself. Ogilvie was
shot and severely injured; and Burton,
receiving a terriblo wound right
through tho face just managed to
clamber into the wagon, and fell bleed
ing among the horrified women.
Still the agouiz.id procession forged
slowly ahead, and still the four re
maiuing horses painfully dragged the
wagonette, blood pouring from the
ncse aud month of the wounded leader.
The advance guard now made a se
ries of charges on the ambushes ahead,
and so diverted some of tho fire from
the wagonette. At tho end of that
terrible valley, a ruse de guerre was
attempted, the advance guard ridiug
forward and cheering wildly as if they
sighted advancing relief. The cheer
ing was takon up by the rest and the
ruse succeeded.
The firiug slackened off perceptibly,
and soon ceased altogether; and be
fore they reached the Gwebi Rivor all
pursuit was abandoned.
With one halt, varied by a false
alarm that the natives were again in
sight, they toiled painfully over the
intervening seventeen miles, reaching
Salisbury Laager about ten o'clock.
They received an indescribable ova
tion, it being reported that all were
killed. The attack on the Alice Mine
and the reliefs had lasted, with but
little intermission, moro than sixty
hours.
Inspector Nesbit possibly because
he was connected with a force more
nearly allied to the regular forces
was given a Victoria Cross, but he was
tho only member of that gallant little
band whose services were recognized
by government. Captain Dan Jiuh.on,
ihe organizer, leader and moving spirit
of the most heroic expedition in colo
nial aunals despite the strenuous
recommendations of Judge Vincent
received nothing! But his heroic
feat of arms is not likely to be forgot
ten by the people of the veldt side,
and will bo remembered by most Eng-
tshmen who know the story. Wide
World Magazine. ,
The elephant beetle of Venezuela is
the biggest of its species. Au avorage
specimen of this insect, when full
grown, weighs half a pound.
PUZZLE DEPARTMENT.
3(0(fJ(Q(JJ0(0v0(0( JIQtQI0IOI0tO(t
Tbe eolations to these puzzles will ap
pear la a saoceedlnir issae.
SO. A Cross Word Enigma.
My first Is In mouse, but not In rat;
My second Is In don, but not In cat;
My third Is In trial, also In treasure;
My fourth In in health, but not In pleasura
My fifth bln ear, but not In mouth;
My last Is In north, but not la south;
My whole Is of tho greatest worth.
For It is tbe dearest name on earth.
80. A Fled Verse.
Eth volloy wont saw wltho thlw pclnp
sloomb, Dan eth treag slem hoeread
Erar dnshwos vowo no relth realla moots,
Thos hugroth thlw dolong srthed.
I'elgouwoll.
31. Additions. .
Example: To a prefix add fifty-nine
and make diffuse. Answer, pro-lix.
1. To one hundred add a place for
baking and an industrious iuscct, and
make a solemn agreement.
2. To a hundred aud fifty-one add
nothing, aud make one of the Muses.
3.. To one thousand add nothing
and a postscript, and make kitchen
utensils.
4. To six add nothing, fifty, a letter
from Switzerland and a beverage, and
make a flower.
5. To one-tenth of a cent add ono
and nothing'and a letter from Switz
erland, and make a great number.
6. To one hundred add half of a
year, five hundred and one and five
hundred, and make iugenius.
7. To one hundred and four add
one and a hundred and a letter from
Switzerland, and make the relations
of citizens to the State.
8. To a college graduate add fifty
and four, and make a Conservative
British politician.
9. To a point of the compass add
another point of the compass, one
thousand, a letter from Switzerland,
eleven, one hundred and nothing, and
make an interesting part of our coun
try. 10. To five hundred add nothing,
and five hundred, and five hundred
more, and the smallest Stats in the
Union, and five hundred, and two let
ters from Geneva, and make a cele
brated writer of hymns.
11. To a letter from Switzerland
add nine, and make half a dozen.
12. To fifty-one add eleven, nnd
six, and a heathen goddess, aud make
pertaining to lye.
33. Hidden House Fnrnlslilncs.
I took my little brother on an ex
cursion just over the mountains, on
Friday last, and so far as my enjoy
ment was concerned, I declare the trip
to be decidedly a failure. Harold, as
soon as we wero seated in the car,
pettishly declared there was too much
air, then fretted becauso there was
too little room, and theu cried because
he wasn't able to sit in any seat he
pleased. I finally had to hand him
over to Mr. Minot to manage. When
taking a trip, I another time shall
know better than to take Harold
along.
ANSWERS TO PKEVIOU3 FI ZZLES
23. A Drop Vowel Quotation Be
ashamed to die until you have won
some victory for humanity.
26. A Double Acrostic Primals,
John Greenleaf Whittier; finals, "The
Goldsmith of America." 1, Jurist; 2,
oldish; 3, horologe; 4, nutmeg; S,
Gonzalo; G, reveal;, 7, errand; 8,
egress, 9, Nahum; 10, lazuli; 11,
erect; 12, afresh; 13, fiasco; 14; Wy
clif; 15, Hygeia; 16, infirm; 17, tem
ple; 18, talker; 19, Illimani; 20, ex
otic; 21, Ramona.
27. Five Beheadments H arbor,
B-tray, t-our, s-Iate, s-pino.
"8. A Diamond
B
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BLINK
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Gibraltar Over-Fortlfled.
That it is possible to fortify a place
too mnch is strikingly shown in the
case of Gibraltar.
ijl Ever since 1713, when it was cap
tured by the English, sappers and
miners and engineers have been hoi
lowing out fort nfter fort in the living
rock to place batteries in, until to-day
the military experts have suddenly
awakened to the fact that they have
undermined the rock itself with then
burrowings, and are now trying tc
think of some plan to strengthen it.
So honeycombed, indeed, is it thai
it is estimated that if a powferful man-of-war
could get within rango and gel
in a few shells the place would crum
ble away like an ant-hill.
Whether the idea of one rather ec
centrio expert will be put tnto prac
tice namely, coating the whole witl
steel plates after the manner of oti
ironclad is not known; but certain ii
is that something will have to be done
eooncr or later. Tit-Bits.
The Fesnat Industry.
The laetst thing in the way of trnstf
is a peanut combine. Very few peo
pie realize the extent of the industry.
The value of tho crop is between 83,
000,000 and 80,000,000 annually, nnd
about 33,000,000 is invested in clean
ing establishments. Four of them nr
located at Norfolk, eight at Richmond,
Petersburg, Danvi':le and other placet
in Virginia; three at Cincinnati, twe
at St. Louis and three others iu differ
ent parts of the Southwest. Tho largest
establishment belongs to Gwaltucy i
Bunkley, at Smithtield, Va., when
they handle about twenty-five per cent,
of the entire peanut crop of tho United
States. All of the seventeen othei
concerns have agreed to combine theii
interosts so as to control the product
snd increase prices and irotits, which,
through competition, are now very
low.
SHE BURIED THE WRONG BOX.
Mistake at a Fnneral Which Mode Erea
(he Mourners Lanich.
It is not often that a man's funeral
is funny enough to make his near
relatives laugh. This, however, is
what happened at the funeral of Dr.
Kellogg, of Ashland, Ohio. The Kel
logg family is an old and respected
one in town, and, aa often happens in
old families of small towns, is con
nected with nearly every other family
in the town.
Dr. Kellogg died in New York, ne
was a widower, without any children,
and left orders in his will for his body
to be cremated and the ashes deposited
in the grave of his wife at Ashland.
Mrs. Patterson, a cousin, was
directed to carry out this request.
The death of the doctor cast a gloom
over the whole big family of kinsfolk.
Mrs. Patterson telegraphed directions
for the cremation of the body, and
watched anxiously for the arrival of
the remains. One morning the ex
pressman drove np with tho box. A
funeral was held, and attended by
Ashland in a body. The wife's grave
was opened, the box deposited
solemnly, and themonrners dispersed.
A few days afterward Mrs. Patter
son received a small zino box, about
the size of the first. She was horri
fied to find that this last box un
doubtedly contained the ashes of her
cousin, Dr. Kellogg. She knew, of
conrse, at once that something else,
no telling what, had been depositod
iu tho cemetery in lieu of the doctor.
A quiet investigation was made It
was found that another Mrs. Patterson
in Ashland, a sister-in-law, had sent
a dress to a dye firm in New York.
The box containing this dress had
been deposited iu the grave of the late
Mrs. Kollogg.
A second and very quiet bnrying
was held, at which only Mrs Patter
son and the sexton were present. The
story was too good to keep, aud was
soon passed around.
A Sagacious Hen.
My sister lived on a farm in Wood
bury, Conn., and raised a' great many
fowls. One hen turkey was very un
fortnnato with her bloods, losing them
by taking them into tho tall grass
some distance away. She was an ex
cellent mother, but lacked judgment,
Sho mourned i incerely for them, and
for comfort would coax the broods of
the other turkeys and hens to lollow
her. One morning about 4 o clock
my sister was awakeued by a pecking
at her face. Springing up, she found
a hen on the bed. It was the mother
of a young brood of chickens. She
pondered a moment and then said to
her husband, "I believe that old tur
key is calling Biddy's chickens away.'
Going to the door, the hen in advance,
there, indeed, was the childless fowl
clucking to the chickens, which were
toddling along after her. Tho mother
hen had given the alarm, but the mys
tery was how she had gained an en
trance to the house. Upon looking
about, it was found that a .window had
been left open in au upper hall, just
below which was a shed. It was not
very high, but the anxious mother had
flown upon the shed and from there to
the window, theu, going down the
stairs, which opened into the kitchen,
the door of which was open, had gone
across the room into tho bedroom and
awakened my sister. She rescued the
truant brood, gave the old turkey
sound scolding, and restored them to
their affectionate and natural parent.
And liens are accused of being the
most stupid of creatures. Correspond
ence Springfield (Mjisa.) Republican.
ne Didn't Sit It Out.
Ho was a fradle youth and didn't
daucoTall the dances, says the Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
"Let's sit it out," he said, to his
pretty partner.
"Where?" sho asked.
"On the stairs."
So they went up a little way and
sat down.
"Wh-why, what's the matter, Mr.
Stackpole," cried tho fair young girl.
For the young man had hastily risen
and was grasping for breath. He
could not reply. His face was livid;
his eyes were rolled np and with one
shaking hand he clawed feebly at the
skirt of his Tuxedo.
"What kind 'of attack is it?" sho
gaspod.
At this qnestion his voice came back
to him.
"What difference does that make?"
he harshly growled. Then, without a
word of apology he dashed upstairs
and fluDg himself into the gentleman's
room.
And how was she to know that it
was an ordinary carpet tack that the
man had who canvased tho stairs had
carelossly loft standiug'on its head?
Orrcon Children Wise In Their feneration
Oregon children naturally keep track
of commercial aud international
affairs, for their State has an extensive
seaboard and intimate relations with
tho wheat markets of the world.
A class in geography was reciting in
one of the rooms of the Central school
house yesterday, when tbe matier of
the interchange of commerce and
natural products came np for discus
sion nnd review. After referring to
other countries and explaining what
kind of articles were shipped to tier
many, France and England, the
teacher put to tho class this question;
"What do we send to Spain?"
A number of little bauds went up
all over tho room, indicating a readi
ness and desire to answer, and tho
teacher told a bright-looking little
girl in tho further end of the room
that she might tell, and she said:
"We send soldiers to Spain."
"Yes, that istrno," said the teacher;
"bnt can you toll what we receive ' iu
return?"
"We get islands," come the answer
promptly from the same little girl.
Portland Oregouiau.
AN OLD-FASHIONED SPORT.
When chestnut trees are beaten bare.
And hickory leaves turn yellow.
When droopinu pa paws 1111 the air
With per.umo rich and mellow,
We boys steal off in early night.
While whimpering srrxeeh-owls shiver.
And by tbt pine-knots' flickering llt;Ut
Go gigctut;, down the river.
Our blazing prow in crystal swims;
We hear a wind-blown tinkle
Ot hidden rills, and throauh the limbs
Stnrs peep, nnd home lights twinkle
On distant hills; and there below.
Where nutless weeds are swaying,
A silent cirelo widens slow.
The muskrat's door betraylnc.
Alert I lean along the bow.
With slender gig held ready,
While Ben now poles tho boat, nnd no7
Stands stlil, nnd holds her steady.
The fallen leaves in squadrons pass,
Ench leaf its shadow throwing,
And which nre Buarlcws, which aro bas3.
Is often past our knowing.
The townsman, rigged with rod and reel,
When summer sun's ar-j burning.
With angler's art hro fills his crejl,
Our rustic methods spurning.
Cut eaoh to each his own delights
No keener sport we're wishing
Than hero to try Iu plonsnnt niijhtJ
Our ancient Indian fishing.
And oft again In wintry dreams,
Our boyish fancies etrayiug.
Glide backward down the darkling streams
Where Memory's torch is playing;
Again tbe steel is aimed true,
And down young nerves n-quiver
Tingle9 nfrest the thrill they kuew
When gigging on the river.
William Hervcy Woods, in l'outh's Companion.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Rose "Was ho on his knees when
ha proposed?" Mary "No; but I
was." Philadelphia Bulletin.
"The vaue on the chnrch steeple
says tho wind is East." "Well, that
is pretty high authority." Boston
Commercial Bulletin.
Caller "Doesn't it worry you to
think of your daughter on the ocean?"
Old Lady "Laud sakes, no. She can
swim." New York Weekly.
'Tls now tho humble married man
Doth grunt and swe:ir 'ike sin.
And carry out his wife's commands
And her dear house plants in.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
First Billionaire "Make much on
the deal?" Second Billionaire "No;
not over a million." First Billionairo
"Oh, well; every million counts."
Truth.
Baugs "How they applauded!"
Griggs "Yes; probably the man who
is speaking is telling them what intel
ligent looking men they are." Boston
Transcript.
Bobby 'Topper, what is a respect
able fortune?" Mr. Ferry "One big
enough to make its owner's opinions
on any subject entitled to respect."
Cincinnati Enqiirer.
Hoax "Jones gets a great deal of
credit for the way lie keeps his family
clothed." Joax "Well, they wouldn't
be so nicely dressed if he didn't."
Philadelphia Record.
Mrs. Benham "Mother tried to
commit suicide to-day ,.bnt I prevented
it." Mr. Benham "I wish you'd let
her have her own way about those
little things." Town Topics.
"No, Herbert, I am sorry, but I am
sure we could not bo happy together.
You know I always want my own way
in everything." "But my dear girl,
you could go on wanting it after wo
were married." London Judy. -
Thysician (looking into his auto
room) "Who has been waiting the
longest." Tailor (who had called to
present his bill) "I have, doctor; I
delivered the clothes to you three
years ago." Fliegende Blaetter.
"I wonder," remarked Frofessor
Delver, "if the Emperor William
turned np his royal nose when he saw
the Mosque of Omar?" "Omar?"
echoed Mrs. Delver, momentarily at a
loss. "Oh, yes. He was the man who
wrote tho Iliad." Chicago Tribune.
"Minnio," said a mother to her
naughty three-year-old danghter,
what is the reason you and your lit
tle brother Harrv can't got along'with-
outquarrelliiig?" "I don't know," was
tho reply, "unless it's because I take
after you und Harry takes after papa."
They had been talking of the war
hero. "When he passed through our
town," said the bloudo triumphantly,
I kissed lum." "Unite likely," an
swered the brunette, "but I never have
found it necessary to take the initia
tive in such matters." Chicago Even
ing Post.
It was with diffidenco that he roso
to the sentiment. "Mr. Toastmastor
and gentlemen," he said, "I nuv not
reminded of a little story 7 Of
course he was howled down, j palp
able liar has no standing before a cul
tivated Amencau audience. Detroit
Journal.
He (after being accepted) "And
now, darling, may I just havo one
kiss?" She "Will you promise never
to ask me again if I lot you have just
one.' lie "111 pronuso not to ask
for that particular one again." She
Oh, well, take it. But I don't seo
why yon want to waste time asking
such fool questions." Chicago News.
The Itnchelors of Ancient Home.
Ancient Rome was severo with its
bachelors, who wero made to pay
heavy fines aud were subjected to eveu
worse treatment, for it is ou record
that Cnmillus, after tho seige of Voili.
compelled them to marry tho widows
of those soldiers who had fallen iu
battle. Iu tho time of Augustus mar
ried men wrro preferred for fillimr
lublio offices. Romans who had as
mauy us three children wero exempt
from tho payment of personal taxes
and they were paid instead by tho
bachelors. Plato condemned unmar
ried men to ba fiuod, aud at Sparta
they were driven nt certain times to
the Temple of Hercules by the women,
who chastised them in truo military
tyle. In modern times women were
sent over to the French settlement of
'auada uiter tho men, and iu order to
compel unwilling bachelors to marry
they weie heavily taxed.
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