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I.IU,)lllM. it rMn .. r rnrwt la 10 tn II I .. xn i tax nitn ir liru . ... N.., i,r.- V fjr. T milJ o.. In Kuthik I ail. IF VH VtHEEL SST-JftS k It II It N II t .. rrsiaMft TJk ili'.n," diiuT Mabel. I nU ;iaiA wt-re not Yery Unit's so to a great ex . vou sencl him that tlstiuif Imll doj:?" I nt'ii l him that doff?" 1 a t-iiiler, thounhtful. I if. "Ion see, dearest, I are i'.'l frleuJa.' Uwhat's the matter with in morningr know well enough whMl You came home ht. . Uat night neTerl" iwned up that yoa na . Well, you can't believ tan says when he's full." afraill." Sail Mob tO Down Y.j the Sea Down by nh ea Tie hmnriT eh!1i1rin Frolic from dawn to ere ta merry bands, Builillns tbeir hoasea, that so soon must peris ht And saining health along the sblniag anils, Down by the sea Vonng men and maidens n uiarer ci love beneath the summer skies; And writn sweet thoughts upon the shell strewn beaches. That soon are wasl.ed away before their eyes. Down by the sea Tlie well pleased parents e-njoy tbeir ea their fate la life is found And watch with pride their happy sons ami (laughters Taking th ir tarn in life's alluring round. Down by the sea The new made widow Weeps as she listens to the ocean's roar. or to her eai s It bears the ceaseless bur den. xonr love has gone from you forever- more. Down by the s-a The old snd feeble With traiinuil spirit muse uron the past-. Ami as the liulit dies out across the waters. They talk of that bright land where day shall last. Down by the sea The miuhtv oeean Fills every huinau heart with wonder- iu awe, Whether it smiles in calm or raves In tem pest. Sneaking to all of Him whose word la law. AN EVENTFUL DAY. It was In tlin very first days of the Franco-i'rusi.. n war. Utile elao was npoken of or thought of in this small German town, as in all others. But one letter being written by a young girl bore no reference to the stirring events of the time. "My dear friend. do not fear for me," It ran. If any such instance should ansa In my life as you have pictured to yourself, I shall have, I trust, the sense to meet it. Nothing yet has cotue to me that would tempt me to forget my position in this houe." Nothing? The writer held her hand one instant suspended. Well, so let It stand. She must not grieve her one friend by leaving her with even one fear concrrnin her. Mie finished her letter, closed and stamped it. Then she sat a moment with her baud pulled through the rebellious waves of her hair, stating out of the window ut the houses oppo site. In most of them the shutters were tliihtly closed. There was some thing reckless and disorganized, some thing unusu.il, about the appearance of the most familiar objects. The streets had been tilled all that morningr with a restless crowd, going and coming, forming into knots and dissolving again. An unwonted agitation and suppresFed clamor rose from near and far. Tut i'ecily was scarcely conscious Of the disturbance. Iler thoughts were far away. The face on which the light truck had a delicate pallor, which recently had become consistently more and more emphasized. It was at all times a face more remarkable for nobility, for Intellectuality, than for beauty, though It was not deficient in the least. But of late Its expressiveness had become still more sentient; almost, one would have said, more sensitized iShe was locking out at her future. and it was black. Miss De I'oer had said in her last letter: If ever your life turns too bitter to you, my dear. yoa know that there is a place for you here." les. woa uiess uen vecuy knew that. In truth. She pondered for a moment on the strange fatality it was like intention that had caused her old friend to write her those words just at this time. Had there been some undercurrent of which she was herself not conscious in her own letters, and had the old lady's fine perceptions, rendered more acute by suffering and lonz. if silent, sympathy for others seized a shadow of the new element In CecllT's life? However that might be, the eirl had a deep certainty of the welcome she would find ia one spot on earth. But also an equally clear con viction that never could she avail her lf of the privilege held out to her. Miss De Foer's meagre little income wna harelv sufficient to keep in a few common comforts for the still majestic old woman, who lu days gone Dy naa known all that riches slve. And fwiiv was willing to work. She had rtfcver looked forward to anything else. To renounce, to refrain, had always Aometl the law of life to her. And vt and vet sim started ud abruptly. She could nnt have told whether the roar of many tongues, the surging tramp of Mm feet. Deneam me wiauuws. hen crowing slowly, or whether the tumult had reached suddenly its pres ent climax. Sbe was a girl of quick cresence of mind, and sue discerned instantly that something serious im pended. This was not the mere aimless turmoil, the fermentation of political .r..t notrintie excitement which filled the normally somnolent streets of the little German town with wildly gesticulating men these few days past. This was something more and beyond. Cecily threw the window open and looked down. A man with brawny arms, from which the shirt sleeves were rolled, looked up and saw her. Beyond the corner of the house, on the small square on which Fran Ton TJlrich'a residence fronted, the crowd was denser, and there every unshaved, turbulent race ,urri withnnt exception. Tell'us where he's biding, that - r..n.hmin Tell us wnero w set our bands on him!" cried the man who haa seen wuj. ct.. h..tnnnl out of the room across the wide, dim vestibule. At mnmnt there was a violent IUV DSSUiO sounded like the reverberation of dls- Unt cannon, ana a b ii... . fTi-i.ht from beh rn nut on the Testlbule. The door was thrown open, and Louise Von Ulrich's mother, pallid as a spec tre, precipitated herself Into the arms of her daughter'! governess. .il ii-aven!" she cried in r." ..Tv won see whaff these .777. rtnimr. Alee as Leroy? They r mobbing my house. They are breaking my windows!" . , I. missile W went crashing through rans of glass, "id ahivermg .! rirht and left whizzed 1TJS iraii-u-- - . ., . j past thS shoulder of V? B"SrS. leg within, and struck mirror on the rwiite wall, ioujs-j I'UndE cry. and she clung w while he threw bis arm about her slender waist. "Louise! Louise! M. de Larmlenx! Do come out of that room!" cried Door Frau Ton Ulrlch, too terrified to take note of the impropriety of the attitude Into which ber daughter and the young Frenchman ha4 been surprised toward each other. The smouldering wrath of the mob seemed to have burst with the throw lng of those few stones into ungovern able fury. They had probably no very evil intentions or fixed designs of mis chief when they assembled before the house which sheltered the reckless young Frenchman, who had been known the night before in a spirit of capricious and hot-headed bravado to have made some wildly patriotic utter ances in a public place with others, contemptuous of the Germans around him. But the first sight of real out rage, the first taste of license, mounted to their heads like wine. The shiver ing of that first window was like the red flag to the bull. That latent bestiality of a passion Is unchastened human nature, which makes the 1793 of history possible, bad flared up In re sponse to it like the powder magazine in response to the lighted match. In five minutes the dull little square in front of Frau von Ulrich's quietly Im posing and self-n ctlng Fhiilstine residence was the t...ue of a mad riot. Iiut what shall we do with bim? But what shall we do with him?" Frau von Ulrich kept repeating over and over again, wringing her bands. "What shall we do with you, M. de Larmieux?" I must Insist upon you letting me show myself to these people,' the young man responded. "My dear madam, pray pray, do not detain me. I cannot allow these devils to deface your house in this manner, not to speak of the fact that you do not know what they may do next. It Is not possible. 1'iease let me go " No oh. no! Victor!" ci led Louise. suspending ber light weigU to bis arm. Iler most ponderous parent had already seized the other. "Never, M. de Larmieux! You are my guest. I will not let you face those demons! They would kill youl" They would tear you limb from limbl" cried Louise, who had now broken down completely and hung. In perfect abandonment to her love and ber terror, sobbing on bis shoulder. If you will let me suggest some thing, I think a better course can be found," Cecily put in quietly. De Larmieux turned quickly toward her. iler face was as quiet as her voice. Where ail others had lost their heads she had kept her composure. It would be quite easy for M. de Larmieux to make his escape through the adjoinii.g houss by crossing the ell on a plank, or by 8usinding a rope from oue window to ine other. The next bouse opens at the back on an alley. That la deserted. Probably not more than one man out of fifty out there knows him by sight. By walking quietly away in an opposite direction from the mob be will pass unnoticed." De Larmieux looked at the girl with out speaking. But Louise and her mother had possessed themselves of the idea. Yes, yes! It is the only course! Miss Leroy is right. It is the only thing to be done. Why did we not think of it before?" The people occupying the correspond ing floor In the next House, and wnose back windows, like those of Frau Ton Ulrich. opened on the well or narrow court, were some minutes in answering the calls sent across to them. Finally the situation was made clear. A rope not being procurable, some stout sheets were firmly knotted together, and being drawn taunt across from window to window, a distance of about thirteen feet. In two separate but con. tisuous cords, and fastened with Inn. nite precaution at either end, Victor de Larmieux swung himself to the sill of the window. Louise, shrinking down In a heap on the floor, covered ber face with ber hands. She could not look. Be careful! Oh, be careful!" moan. ed ber mother, 'I shall be careful yes. The double line of sheets is precaution enough Don't be worried, my dear madam. But I am making a very inglorious escape." Cecily Leroy, motionless at we win. dow. followed each slow, wary move ment of the pendant figure banging rjy its hands. Once she glanced belo into the bottom of the stone-paved well three floors down. There was an imperceptible quiver of her eyelids. afely landed in ine opposite nouse. De Larmieux struck bis head with sudden thought. This is all verr well, iiut who is going to make that canalle believe that I've gotten away ana stop me internal racket they're making? "I will." said Cecily, quietly and in differently from the other window, I can speak to them. Aney won't trouble me. I shall wait till I think vou have bad time to reach some safe niacA. The police must get them in hand presently in any case,-- She turned away oeiore ue naa time to sav a word. The police baa inaeea maae euorts ta auell the tumult already, out too manv suppressed excitements had cui minated In the onslaught upon the houaei wMch harbored the handsome anti-Teutonic Frenchman as a guest. and the crowd, gone mad, had touted tha nffliwn nf the law. When De Laimieux ronna nimseu five minutes later in the alley wnicn. nlanted thick with lindens, lormea a wide, onlet footway between street and street, he turned deliberately toward the square. He had not mucn sense of danger in taking this course. hvuMt ha knew, as cecuy naa Known, that the chance were that be could mingle in the very mob which was ei-tmnrinff for bis undoing without Jnst as he bad become engulfed ' in the heaving mass, a window leading on a balcony on the first floor of Frau von Ulrich's bouse openea suaueuij u I'-vMiw TaroT stepped out. She was received with a storm of hooting cries. and a flying missile grazed her arm. De Larmieux could see that she neither ravered nor changed color. Some of the leaders of the disturbance perhaps By Heaven!" said De Larmieux to himself, while an almost imperceptible lull settled over the front ranks of the -irem "what a woman!" Every other feeling he had was absorbed in a eon- sumlng interest to know wna - l .4 A n nO,l. . . . - i . uKsi bad raisea uei hwhh " w appearedtonderstand that she wished fPI thMU A ,uaaen silance Sbe bad raisea ner nanu, a -,. dtl not seem aiamayea. '""i.i' through De Laxmieux'i mind that she was tne sort of woman who could have turned the fortunes of some stormy day in a revolution naa she a cause at heart. "The person you are looking for, she began, and then ber voice was drowned by the clamor. She kept ber place, standing still, and then she began, raising ber voioe The person you are looking tor, Monsieur de Larmieux, is not In this house. He has made his escape, and you might as well disband." A furious howl arose from the crowd. Still Cecily held ber ground. De Lax- mieux's heart beat to suffocation. His capricious passion for Louise Ton Ul rich's governess named up in lu it was almost worth the sacrifice of Louise's substantial dower to win such a woman as that. How simply and composedly she had risen equal to the occasion. Bah! Most women make fools of themselves wnen called upon to act in an emergency fools either through fright or over-dramatization of the situation. He pushed forward unconsciously. and a wild-eyed man next to him looked at him suspiciously. At that moment another wave of fierce clamor broke over the crowd, and it swayed back ward. The rhythmic sound of tramp lng feet was audible above the hubbub; there was a flash of steel in the sun light; the military had arrived. A final and tremendous shout went np, and a parting shot, a stone, was burled at Frau Ton Ulrich's bouse. JJs Lar mieux. who still looked up, saw Cecily stagger, recover herself, and then reel backward. Digging bis elbows right and left, he clove a way for himself through the infuriated mass. Stiort shrift was made of it. It melted away, face to face with the sol diery, through every contiguous thor oughfare. Half an hour from the beginning of the riot tbe scene of it. save for the debris which littered the ground, was swept as clean as though it had never known a disturbance. But Cecily Leroy was struck to deatli. Louise, who had been fond or ner gov erness, coRUded ber grief to 1 Lar mieux, with whom the events or tbe dav seemed to have placed her on a definite footing. The doctor does not think" he could get no further. Im Larmieux was rngntraiiy pais. He wanted to ask Frau von Ulrich to admit him to the dying girl's presence to the presence of the girl who had received the blow of that deadly mis sile while aiding him. All tbe love he had shown for her in clandestine ways since he had been In the bouse; all the efforts he I.ad made to win her affec tion, even wliile he had, from the first and always, intended to marry Louise In the eud; all the dishonorable aspect of his conduct, eame back upon bim. He would have liked to do something- say something. But make an esclauare? A scene? Uelinquish tbe prospect of Louise and ber dower? Yet at that moment, the dower did not seem so very Important after all. And as for this little German fiancee of his he at that instant hated her. Events do not always wait for the ultimate maturing of our resolves. When Frau von Ulrich entered, fol lowed by the doctor, De Larmieux read their faces aright. "Dead!'' his dry lips ejaculated. Tbe doctor Inclined his head. "It was a sharp stone. It struck with im mecse force directly against the tern pie." Frau von Ulrich clasped her nanas. "She was a good girl and courageous. I believe she had no friends. Sbe was my governess, but she shall be buried with every decency, doctor quite as though she were my daughter!" An Anecdote About Sheridan. "Stories or remlniscenses about 'Lit tle l'bil' Sheridan?" mused Colouel William Sexton. "I can tell you a story about 1'hil's father that is pretty good. I remember telling this story to a crowd at a meeting of tbe Loyal Legion one night. General Sheridan was one of the party and enjoyed tbe yarn hugely. He neither affirmed nor denied tbe truth of the story, and I'll give it to you fur what it is worth. Fhil Sheridan's father, John Sheridan. was a good old Irishman back in l ork Stare. He was something of a politi cian in those days, always voting tbe straight Democratic ticket. Tbe Con gressional District was largely Demo cratic One day an old friend of hi: of the same nationality and of the same jolly old class came to old man Sheii dan and says: 'John, I've a greai mobid to run for Congress. Theie't darned sight bigger fools than myseli in Washington. If you'll back me, old man. 111 give them a whirl just for the fun of the thing.' Sheridan promised his hearty co-operation, and bis friend secured the nomination and was elected by a rousing majority. He went to n ashington and served bis first term. acquitting him' elf fully as well as tbe majority or his associates, on his re turn home he went to the house of bis old friend John Sheridan. After general conversation about the scenes and events at Washington, the newly Hedged statesman said: John, I have found out that I have the appointment of a cadet I think that's tbe name to a Government school at West Folnt. t have, decided to send one of youc sons. Now, which one shall I name, Mike or Fail? The old man thought a while and asked; "What kind of a school did you say it was. Fat?" Faith, I don't know jlst what kind of a school it is, but from what I can learn it's a place where they make soljers.' " 'SoiJers,' meditated the old gentle man, glancing at the two boys, who were most attentive listenens. 'I'll tell you what you do, Pat. Foind out jist what kind of a place this Govern ment school is. If it's a school where they teach book Faming I'll send Mike; but if it's fighters they want, be the powers I'll send Phil, who can lick any boy in the district." 'After the necessary investigation had been made." continued Colonel Sexton, "the old man selected Phil, and that was bow he came to go to West Point. His subsequent career demonstrated that neither his father nor his Congressional friend made any mistake." THETtB are so many beautiful an nuals that blossom if early sown, from tbe early spring until frost comes, fiat the succession can be easily kept up, and .one need never be without them. It will require but little time to culti vate them, and the vigor gained from the out-door exercise will comrenate for Its outlay even if the floweri yielded no other returns. - ! Tbe WrjisMc Associated with Robert Burns's bal lad of -The "Whistle" (referred toon page 126 in connection with Annie Laurie) there is an interesting history. The ancient Vikings, we know, were immoderate drinkers, quaffing their beer and mead from the skulls of tbeir conquered enemies. Even in their Valhalla their chief joy consisted in imbibing these liquors as they flowed from the udder of tbe goat, Heldrun. Tbe passion was hereditary, and drink ing matches were tbe national pastimes or games of later Scandinavia, the victor being hailed with as much honor as an Olympic conqueror. At tne drinking matches at tbe northern courts, where, of course, wine took the place of the coarser beverages, an ebony whistle was laid on the table at the commencement of tbe contest, which became the temporary property of the knight who was last able to blow It 1. e., it was bis till be succumbed to a stronger champion. On tbe marriage of James VI or Scotland with Anne of Denmark, there came, in the train of the latter, a Dan ish neble of gigantic stature and un- conquered prowess at tbe bottle. He brought the whistle with him, produc ing credentials from tbe courts oi Copenhagen, Stockholm, Moscow, War saw and or several oi the petty princi palities of Germany, and challenged the Scottish bacchanalians to a trial, who fell before him one after another. At length. Greek met Greek. Worsaae, In his "Memorials or the Danes ana Norwegians in Britain," tells us that Nithsdale was largely colonized by Northmen. After a contest of three days and three nights with Sir Robert Laurie, of Maxwelltown, a Nithsdale descendent of the Berserkers, and an cestor of the beauteous Annie of lyrio fame, the Dane succumbed. The whistle was subsequently lost to the Laurie direct family by the degeneracy of Sir Robert's son. Sir William, who was vanquished by bis brother-in-law, Walter Kiddeli, of GlenrlddelL On October lOib. nsJ. iiurns was. by invitation, present at a trial between Sir 1 to cert Laurie, a lineal descendant of the first winner; Robert Rlddeli, a descendant of Walter Riddel!, and bol der of the whistle, and Alexander Fer guson, Laird of Craigdarroch, a de scendant of the great Sir Robert, through his mother, the famed Annie. Tbe last named carried on tbe honors, narrated in the ballad, iiurns sat, we are told, by William Hunter, who, as butler to Mr. Riddell, waited on tbe contestants, at a window apart from the dining table, engaged In writing. aud In Dearly empty lug two bottles of spirits one of brandy and the other or rum mixing them with hot water, About sunrise the two conquered gen tlemen were carried to bed. Craigdar roch walked upstairs on his own legs. Burns himself, after assisting tbe gen tlemen to bed, proceeded on foot home ward to Eilisland, "a little the worse for liquor, but quite able to walk. This, in reference to Burns's own drinking, stands on the testimony of William Hunter, the butler. Tbe present writer knew Will in bis later years, and if bis earlier habits were similar to those of bis latter days. It if quite easy to understand bow tbe twe bottles disappeared, leaving the pae. able to walk home. A copy of the "bett" between Sir Robert and Ferguson of Craigdarroch, lies before us, with. names of the judge and witnessess of the contest. From tbe attestation of the judge it appears that Craigdarroch drank only "upds of 5 bottles of claret," not seven, as ap pears in the ballad. The contest, we may add, was limited to the heirs of Sir Robert Laurie, who vanquished the Dane. The house in which it took place was tbe mansion bouse of Carse, or Friar's Carse, some seven miles north of Dumfries, and then occupied by Walter Riddell, of Glenriddell, the holder of tbe whistle. Burns mistakes in giving the date of the struggle as October 10th, 17UU; it was In 17s9. Economy on a Street Car. Economy falls to be appreciate I at lbs true woith sometimes. Tiiey haven't done laughing yet at the device of a pretty girl in a Madison street horse car the other day. She wore tiie daintiest of white gowns, of some soft. thin fabric, easily Boiled. She was bound very evidently for the scene of some afternoon festivity, ana naa no spare money with which to hire a car riage. The car seat was dusty, and after glancing at it she did not Imme diately sit down. Instead, she untied a bundle of some size carried on ber arm, and out dropped several yards of something else white. A sheet it ap peared to the feminine eyes. This she proceeded to spread, not without some sign of embarrassment, but with a fair degree of composure, in the corner belonging for the moment to ber. Seating herself carefully in the middle of tbe whiteness, sue drew up tne sur plus about her, and.there the gown was as scrupulously protected as ir the Judicious young woman bad been mis tress of a coach and four. There was some staring which flushed her cheeks. but it was worth a dressmakers' bill to keep her best dress immaculate. A Flsb. Milking M. Cow. On the farm of Jacob Groff, who lives near Zodiac Springs, In the Southern part of tbe township. Is large pond where milk cows are in the habit of standing during the day. One of the cows acted so strangely when at tbe pond that she attracted the atten tion of Mr. Grotr and the farm bands. She would go into the water an hour or so before the other cows and, after wading out a certain depth, would stop and commence lowing, as though calling to a calf. Immediately after she would remain perfectly quiet, and seem contented. No cause could be assigned for her strange conduct, al though on several occasions she was closely watched. Recently tbe water in the pond became low, it scarcely reaching the cow's knees. She made ber usual daily trip, however, and took up her old position. One day but week she was watched very closely, and it was discovered that when she ceased calling a large cat-fish would come to tbe surface or tbe water and suck milk until its appetite was satisfied. The fish Htiiht hv Mr. Groff in tha .-wrthan to start up before you and betray River a year ago. and was thrown Into tbe pond. If yoa use powder always wash it off before going to bed. In many of the back districts of Kentucky the malls are often carried as far as thirty-five miles by men who walk tbe whole distance once a day. Facts nearardinar the Men Who Knead tbe Staff of Life. So that the people of Philadelphia may be supplied daily with tbe staff of life, there are in that city 1,053 baker lea, large and small. In these places the number of bands varies from 1 to 20, making a total of 2,152 men em ployed at tbe business. In winter the work begins between and sr. m., when the sponge is set. and in the small bakeries employing but one or two men, it continues with but slight Intermission until 3.30 'clock, when the work of baking is done. A rest of an hour and a half and the men are ready to start out on the work of delivery. This occupies tbe time until nearly a A. il., when they begin on tbe next day's work by making tbe yeast, this is followed by tbe making of pies and ordinary cakes such as are sold in small bakeries. This continues until 10 A. M. when the day's work is done, making a total of 17 hours' service, although not steady worx. For this they receive from SO to S7 a week and board or $10.50 without board. There has been no material change In these wages for years, but thare Is always a fair demand for good bakers. Among the small bakers there are no particular seasons, tbe business running about the same throughout tbe year. In some of the large bakeries the system of work is different. The hours are not as many as in small shops. ine work Is subdivided and the men are given the work they can best do. lbey are not boarded, but receive wages averaging 13 a week. At one of tbe large bakeries in Philadelphia, the work is continuous. with the exception of Saturday night and Sunday, There are twenty men employed in baking eight during the day and twelve at night. This estab lishment makes a specialty of a certain bread and what is called "zweiback. An average of six thousand loaves every twenty-four hours, is tbe com pliment of this place, and among them is an extra one that is made especially for the President's table aud shipped to Washington every morning. This custom began while Mr. Hayes was the Incumbent of the V hite House and has continued ever since. All of the bak era in this place are selected for their knowledge of this particular work, and they are all imported. Their wages will average 514 a week and their hours of work eleven each day. The assistants In this department receive from $7 a week up. In tbe distribution of this bread are twelve drivers employed, whoee wages average 13 a week, and hours or work twelve a day, some of them beginning as early as 2 A. M. The manufacture of this bread was first begun in Philadelphia, during the Centennial year and has steadily In creased since that time. A peculiarity of the "zweiback" mentioned above Is, that unlike the other bread old age does not detract from its good quali ties. As an illustration of this it is told by one in the business that some time since a barrel of it was shipped to Liverpool and through some mis take was not delivered. It was allowed to remain upon the wharf nearly two years, was finally reshlpped to this city, The barrel was opened, and when the "Zweiback" was hit two or three times with an ax it was found to be as sweet as when first packed. iancy cake bakers and Ice cream makers are classed with the above, as thsy are all hand workmen. There are two classes of cake bakers, one receiv ing au average of (10 a week aud board aud the other $7.50 and board. Un like the regular bakers these men have busy and slack seasons, and they are apt to be found in the city during tbe winter and at the watering places dur ing the summer. Their work begins about o A. M. aud continues until 7 1 il., making 14 hours a day. Ice cream makers nave about the same seasons; their pay will average ta a week and board. Xbeir hours win average 15 a day, owing to tbe fact that in addition to their duties as ice cream makers they must often wait upon the parties whom their employers are serving. V here the Shoe Pinches." In bis life of Paulus milius, Flu tarch, speaking of his hero's divorce. and avowing ignorance of tbe reasons therefor, tells the story of a certain Roman who put away his wife When his friends remonstrated and asked him, "Was she not fairf Was sue not chaste? Was she not fruitful?" he! held out his shoe and said: "Is It not handsome? Is it not new? Yet none knows where it pinches save he that wears it." Some of Plutarch's commentators think it not improbable that Paulus Emilius was himself the author of the saying. The expression has passed Into the proverbial literature of all Luropean countries. Chaucer uses the phrase several times, e, g. in the "Marchande's Tale:" "But I wot best where wryngeth me my shoe." It has been suggested that In London the proverb may have been emphasized by the fact that so many poor debtors were confined, crowded together and "pinched" in the "shoe," a little room of the old Soutbgate prison, so-called because prisoners let down a shoe from the window to receive alms from tbe passers-by. The room was very small, the prisoners usually numerous, and each knew only too well where the shoe" pinched him. Birds and Tbeir Nests. Those artists who paint pictures of devoted male birds singing from ths branch that holds the nest, or In its immediate vicinity, do not give the buds credit for all the wit they pos sess. They do not advertise tbe place where tbeir treasures are hid in this way. See yonder indigo bird shaking out its happy song from tbe topmost twig ot tbe maple or oak; its nest is many yards away in a low bush not more than three feet from the ground. And so of nearly all the birds. Tbe one thing to which they bend all their wits Is the concealment of their nests. When yoa come upon tbe sitting bird she will almost let you touch her rather ner secret. iua uuuuiwa, vegms vo scold and to circle about you as soon as yoa enter tbe meadow where his nest is so well hidden. He does not wait to show his anxiety till you are almost upon it. By no action of bia can you get a clue to its exact where i about, KIT CARSOVS WONDERFUL SHOT. Piercing the Neck of an Eajtle When It Was Almost lnviaible. Kit Carson was the crack shot in the Rocky Mountains in bis day, and many are the stories told on tbe frontier of bis quick eye and unerring aim. There will never be another Kit Carson, for there is no longer a great and unknown wilderness to develop men of his peculiar type. Occasionally now you will find in tbe west grey headed, sturdy old pioneers who knew Cat son in his prime, when the aim of his rifle meant death, for be was often heard to say: "I can kill as far as my rifle can carry." Captain L. W. Cutler, one of tbe proprietors of the Denver Fitld and .f arm, was a " Fifty -nlner," and knew Carson well, and in a recent conversa tion related an Incident In the life of the old hunter and scout which showed his wonderful skill with the rifle; and the story as told me by Captain Cutbr probably recalls as fine a shot as Kit Carson ever made, and of which tbe Captain was an eye witness. It was in the Spring of 18G3, and Captain Cutler, then Deputy United States Marshal, was eu route to old Fort Bent, below Pueblo, this State. The country was sparce'.y settled, only here and there finding a small settlement along the Arkansas River, which be was follow ing. He was traveling alone on horse back, and on tbe second morning of bis journey broke camp very early,starting out at dawn. He bad followed the course of the river some distance, when, just at sunrise, the loneliness of bis journey was relieved by tbe sight of a cabin In a heavy growth of cotton- woods on the bauk of the Arkansas. Just at this moment be saw a mon ster Rocky Mountain eagle darting down with almost the rapidity of light ning. Near the cabin was a corral iu which were a large number of sheep, and thither the great eagle was ' bent for prey. Reining up bis horse, the Captain awaited tbe result. There was a wild bleating and a rapid night of tbe sheep, but a moment later the eagle rot from the corral bearing a large lamb with it. The lamb did not seem to impede Its flight In the least, and tbe great strength of the eagle can readily be discerned by its breaking some branches near tbe top of the trees by tbe fearful stroke of its wings. Upward and upward it soared, the course of Its flight being not far from tbe perpeudlcular. At this moment a woman came out of the cabin, and seeing tbe eagle with the lamb In his talons, uttered a Shriek and hastened to the house. A moment later Captain Cutler saw a man come out of the cabin with a long rifle in hand. He was dressed in a slouch hat. pantaloons and a white shirt. Just think of it, a white shirt In Colorado as early as 1S03. By this time the eagle was soaring high, with Its course over tbe river. To the Captain it was becoming more like a dark speck in the sky, and when he saw the man raise his rifle to shoot be said to him self: "I wonder what fool is going to try and shoot that eagle." But hardly bad he muttered the exclamation till there was a Hash from the rifle. Ouly a second had tbe man looked to ward the eagle, and the stock of the ride had hardly reached his shoulder before be fired. For a moment It was difficult to tell tbe result of the shot, as tbe eagle was so far away, ihe speck became larger. 1 he eagle had been bit. It came down slowly, for it fluttered desperately, swooping its great wings, trying to retain its place In mid air. it then circles round and round, and losing control of its wings, eagle and lamb fell In some thick brush on the oppo site side of the river. With a look of amazement,' Captain Cutler rode up to the cabin to learn the name of the man who had made such a wonderful shot The man had been leaning on his rifle until tbe rider came near, when be exclaimed: 'Hello, Captain Cutler, is that yon?" Why. If it isn't Kit Carson," said Cutler, as be dismounted, and the two old friends shook bauds, and Cutler, continuing, said: "I saw you come out of tbe cabin, and was wondering what fool was trying to kill that eagle. But bad I known it was you. Kit, I would not have doubted it a moment." "Well," replied Kit. "I was a little in doubt myself, but I knew I would hit the bird if my gun would carry. can hit as far as a gun will carry a bullet. But, as luck would have tt my old rifle was loaded," aud the old hunter gave a look of pride at the now old-fashioned, long-barreled muzzle-loader. Mounting his horse, Cutler said he would ford the stream and find the eagle. bBe careful," advised Carson tbe eagle may be only wounded and if so it will be dangerous. I shot for its head." "it's bead!" exclaimed Cutler, in astonishment. Why. bow could you see an eagle's head that far away?" and Kit Carson only laughed for reply. Captain Cutler found both eagle and lamb dead, the talons of oue leg still burled in the back ot the lamb, which weighed about twenty pounds. Re turning to the cabin the captain said Tbe eagle was shot through the throat." "The throatl" said Carson. "Well the eagle was so far away it was bard to judge tbe distance. I shot at Its head by aiming a little about it. should have aimed half an bach higher.' ' Taking Care ot a Friend. Taul Flexible was gentle, generous. imiable, industrious; possessed, In ihort, of almost every Tirtue under tieaven, but sadly deficient in energy, lelf-rel lance, and moral courage. He required a strong will to lean upon, a larlng spirit to counterbalance the weakness of his own. As in love, so in friendship, men seek their opposites. which goes to account for the fact that tbe mild and cautious Mr. Paul Flexible selected for his friend tbe headlong and dogmatic Uorace Fertile, They were clerks together In the tame store; tbey went into business on their own account at the same time. though not lu partnership. Horace lent Paul his adyice,and Paul endorsed Horace's paper. Flexible prospered in business better than Fertile, for his na tive rauUon was a safer guide than tbe ither's rashness. liai Flexiblu always spoke of Fer tilu as his "best friend." And it was bis best friend's advice which led him to marry Miss Melinda Agate, an el- lerly young lady, with long straw solored curls, a sharp nose, and inde pendent property aa well aa will of hex own. Fertile rather regretted bu counsel, when the honeymoon being over, Mrs. Paul F. put an end to her husband's smoking, tbe only "small vice" he bad, and interdicted the use of tobacco to all his friends and ac quaintances. He attempted dining there once or twice after the "happy event," but cold mutton and colder looks threw bim back on bis bache lor dinners at Parker's. Still the friendship continued, and in any di lemma Paul always had recourse to his old crony, rather than make a confi dant of his wife. One night, not a great while after the happy event which made Flexible the moot miserable dog in existence, be was awakened about twelve by the crash of military music in the street before his bouse nay, under his very windows. "Oft in tbe stilly night" was played in a very noisy manner by full band. Then came a song aud chorus with many references to bappy pair." "hsarts and destinies united," etc. 'They can't mean usl" thought Paul, with a sigh. There was a pause and then the musicians, tak ing breath, poured forth another strain. There was no mistake about it now the Apollo band were serenading Mr. and Mrs. Flexible. Flexible was pre paring to spring out of bed. "what are you going to do nowr" asked Mrs. Flexible. Ask 'em in and give 'em something to eat and drink," replied Flexible. 'Give 'em something to eat and drink," ejaculated Mrs. F., snappishly. They'd eat and guzzle you out of house and home, if you'd let 'em. If you've got any spunk, you'll call the police aud throw a pitcher of water on eml" Mrs. F." replied the gentleman. with some faint show of resolution, "I think 1 know what the rites of hospi tality and the usages of society de mand. I shall prepare some refresh ments for them." "Go t J sleep, and don't make a fool of yourself," retorted his better half. Or ask 'em lu it you please they'll get not nothing hi this house for everything's locked up, and the keys are where you won't get 'em in a hurry." V ith a smothered groan, poor Paul buried bis head in the bed clothes, that he might shut out the dulcet sounds of the wretched musicians. Tbey played and played louder and louder till their energies were nearly exhausted. and then the instruments seemed- dy- lugly to supplicate admission aud re ward. It was all in vain, however; Mrs. F. was inexorable. The next day Paul narrated tbe whole occurrence to Fertlle.and begged that he would apologize to the leader ot the band. "Dan't be afraid, my hoy." said Fertile. I'll get you off I'll save your reputation let me alone for taking care of my friends." But what can vou say to Mr. Tooter?" "That's my look out. Make your self perfectly easy. Yours till further notice. By, by, Faul love to Mrs. it In the course of a day or two. Fer tile encountered Mr. Tooter, the le.i u r of the A polios. Tooter, my dear friend," said he. "you know you serenaded Flexible the other night?" 'Yea," said the musician, looking very grave. 'And you must have thought It rather queer that he didn't ask you to wood up,' etc" 'Why," said Mr. Tooter, "I must confess. I thought it rather small of Flexible and some of our lellows were outrageous about it." "Certainly, certainly," said Fertile, quite natural they should be. Now tbe fact is step this way I tell you in confidence couudeuce, mind you that Flexible wasdruuk that night." 'Mr. Flexiblel" exclaimed the leader, 'I never expected him of ' HushI O Lord! yes so drunk he didn't know himself from a seventeen dollar bill brought home by the watch mannew married wife iu hysterica- shocking scene dome-iti; drama truth s'.rjLger than fiction more things iu heaven and earth, Horatio your phil osophy you understand keep it to yourself." Mr. Fertile bowed himself away. The next diy, Paul met him. 'Well, Horace, have you seen the leader?" 'O, yes; I made It all right; I took cara of you, my boy he won't think auv the worse of you for what oc curred." "My best friend, a thousand thanks!" "Nonsense, man; don't be senti mental Whenever you get into a syape, call on me; I'll get you out 1 it. I'm ready to do as much for you any time," Mr. Tooter informed the Apollos, in confidence, of the reason why Mr. Flexible didn't ask them In. Tbey told their wives and sweethearts in confidence; and so it soon got to be the town talk. It never reached the ears of Flexible, however; he uever kuew why Deacon Dlckleberry cut him why Mr.Bluenose.who was president of a temperance society, refused to trade with him any more; and never knew, poor man! that one of the most benev olent brokers upon State street said of him: "Flexible Is a good natured, well meaning man it's a pity he drinksl" Love That Ilewinblcd Hate now easily bitterness may be pro duced by too much sweetness was illus trated tbe other day by a car incident. One little girl about 5 years old leaned over the back of tbe seat in f rout and wblspered;in the ear of a small boy, "I love you." Having no reply, Bhe again said,"I loTe you." "Yes,"Baid the boy, "but don't say that again." "1 will," was tbe determined answer of tbe girl. "Yoa won't," replied the boy, with equal determination, and thereupon be gan a task auu "o"- " " ' lasted until tbe girl was Norne awa y by ner nurse, uei ui mui uk duuhj down the car aisle, "I !ov i ou, I love you. I love you," over Kua over again. Left Feet Are Larger. "Tbe left foot, please," said a Sixth avenue shoe dealer, as a customer was about to test tbe size of a pair of shoes bv trying one upon his right foot. "You see." explained the dealer, "the left foot is larger than the right, tion, such as the otter, pike or birds Everybody to whom I make this state-1 None of these quite account for the ment Is surprised, for people believe , diminution or hMi. Tbe deep dreli; that in case ot the feet as well as the in& has increased the volume of m bands, tbe right is tbe larger. Obser- water in the river, and so diuiln vation has convinced me, however, ! bbed pollution. The natural elements that while the right band is larger tbau of destruction have not increased, ami the leO, the left Icot is larger than the the fishermen stoutly protest that thcio right." baa been no over-fishing." NEWS IN brief: A violin made of clay is now on exhibition In Berlin. It is said to have a strong and full tone. Of the twenty-six barons who signed the Magna Charta, only three could write their names. Old Queen Bess is said to have died of melancholy, from having sacri ficed Essex to his enemies. William the Conqueior died from enormous fat. from drink, and from the violence of his passions. Tbe Oxford English dictionary shows that there are 15,000 words in current use beginning with the letters A and B. Meteorites are said to sometimes attain a Telocity of 1S0.0O0 feet per second. Queen Sophie, of Sweden, reads the newspapers from every European country after breakfast each day. Four figs taken from a tree in Cherokee, Cat., weighed one pound seven ounces, one of them weighing eight ounces. A curious theft was committed by an old woman of Orange, N. J. Sbe dug up cobble stones from the highway to pave her cellar floor. Sir Isaac Newton's autograph, in the shape of a letter, brought t'S15 at a recent sale in England, it was bought for Trinity college, Cambridge. A volcanic eruption has occurred at Bamlison, fifty leagues distant from Yokohama, .Ta; an, destroying several vlllazes aud killing 1.000 persons. According to a recently published Italian pamphlet there are dow on Mount Athos 20 dihereut monasteries, 17 Greek, 1 Russian, 1 Servian aud 1 Bulgarian. Glasgow. Scotland, has a svstem of automatic telephone call boxes. There are seventy-six of the boxes scattered about the city, aud every sub- scriuer nas a Key to mem. A remarkable photo-engraved chart or the I'lelades, showing 2,320 stars from the third to the seven teenth magnitude, has been produced at the Paris observatory. Federal Point. Florida, has a learned blacksmith whose sign reads: "General Repairing in All Materials Neatly aud Promptly Done; Specialties, Surveying aud Photography." It is estimated that S30.0CK) worth of diamonds are used every year iu the cutting machines lu Rutland, Vt.. and vicinity. A single diamond drill often contains stones valued at 250. Seth Green says that one may Gguie on a flah for every ten square feet of water twelve feet do p. lie may be large or small, aud he may bite and he may not, but be is there all the same. The Queen of Swedeu, since she learned aud began cooking by the ad vice of her physician for her health, takes long walks, and olten goes Into the peasants' houses aud shows them how to make good dishes. Under what is known as the Union of Caliuar. Denmark. Sweden and Norway were united lu June, 13'.G, under Margaret, Queen of Mor way and Sweden, "the Semiramis of the North." The union continued until dissolved by Gustavus Vasal u 1523. A bell brought to Mexico by Cor tez is preserved lu the old Church of San Miguel, Santa Fe, N. M. It was cast in the year l.'S5ti, about the time usan B Anthony Hist becair2 a belle. Arter Ihe fall of Montezuma Indian slaves carried the ancient bell to New Mexico. It appears that besides having ships with no guns, England has cav alrymen with no horses. For example, the Third regiment ot Household cav alry has but 8U0 horses for 1,300 men. and 1 4,li0) dragoons and hussars have but lu,0i0 horses. In the tier man army the usual proportion is 1,000 horses to 7i 0 men. On exhibition at the Icali m show in London Is a lamp desiu. d by the Queen of Italy. It is of ruliy glass with figures of gold olive lravts and blossoms laid upon it, and gold doves perching on the globe. There is also a candelabra, partly designed by the same Queen, which has small winded angels climbing up by tbe susiieuded chains. Nineteen emigration agents were arrested at Cracow, Austrian Galittia, for Inciting natives of the district to emigrate to America. Bonds and se curities representing a valuation of 1,000,000 nor'ns were found in their Msse8Mon. Similar arrests were made at Brody and Czernowltz, Austrian Gallcia. All of the inhabitants sought to be influenced by these agents are liable to military duly, lieuce the arrest. Queen Victoria Is a sort of crank on the subject of fresh air, which makes It very unpleasant for many of her attendants. Many ecclesiastical dignitaries who have l-en honored by an invitation to visit ti e Quern have groaned at being sent foi m the dead of night in an oieu carriage, and the Queen's regular physician Intimated lecently that he would have to throw up bis iist if cou.pt lied to go ab ut at night in a dog carl. While the gardener of the recliar of Ebchester, Kin-land, was delving lu the garden recently he came iixiu a small, regular building iu the form of a B juaie. lie called bis master's atten tion to it, and tl:e rector at once ur inioed it was a Il.mian seutinel tower. Consequently lie hail the excavations carried on on the other side of the wall, aud they came uioti what he supposes to be one side of the northern gateway into the camp. It is in tended to carry ou the excavations. In the discovered tower were fouud a piece of Romana-lliltish pottery, a stone (supposed to be a part of a mill stone) and the bones of animals. Salmon, it is re-orted, are likely to become extinct iu the Tyue (Eng land). An inquiry into the matter was recently instituted at Tynemouth. and I , ,lc mtMtUtf the fu,owlu iuz Us-- ures regarding tbe annual take of salmon in the Tyne were furnished: 1870, 129,000; 1873. P8 000; 1S7 4, 4, 000; 1S1, 45.000; 18S6, 35,000; 187, 32,000. The chairman said the de crease arose from oue or more of Ave causes namely. overDshing, Improper fishing, river illution, obstruction to the passing of the fish, or the killing i.f ' the fish by other eierneuts of destruc- r I : i f I- - c Un.y"nit down and uaaia r ... .. mia rasiua usw. 1 boulder oi - 1 v- uaL" to blow my craliu out. . .-wi of the Teuton, 1
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