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WHAT MIGHT BE DONE."
tVhat might b done if men were wise!
What glorious deeds, my safTring brother,
Would they unite
In lore and right.
And cease their acorn of one another,
AU slav'ry, warfare, liea and wrongs,
AH vice and crime might die together,
And fruit and corn
To each man born,
. Be free as warmth in summer weather.
The meanest wretch that erer trod.
The deepest sunk in gnilt and sorrow,
Misht stand erect
In self-respect.
And shBre the teeming world ts-morrow.
What might he done? This might be done.
And more than this my sulfring brother;
More than the tongue
E'er said or sung.
If men Trrre wise and loved each other,
Charles Mackay,
BESSIE.
ITS only Bessie Raven," Bald Mrs.
LHdiiigton to her niece, Mrs. En
flckl, a bioomln city matron, who
had brought her two boys to the coun
try for the summer. "I wouldn't let
Hal and Felix associate with her on
any acvount, if I were you. There's
no soo'l in any of those Ravens a vile,
low set."
Mrs. Enflpld looked pityingly at the
browu-facel, biire-Icgged little gypsy,
who had slunk around the back door,
a basket of late luscious blackberries
on hrr arm. and the deep flush that
betokened how plainly she had over
heard Mrs. Llddinjrton's careless
words, still dyeing her cbeks.
"Only Bessie Kaven!" How often
she lii'.il heard that phrase. How bit
ter a meaning did it convey to her ears.
"There axe no trout - there! You
mVslit throw a bait and wait a year,
auJ joo wouldn't get a bite!"
It was a deep, solitary ravine, where,
in attitudes of intense eagerness, Hal
Eiiileld and his brother Felix were
holding their tlshing rods, awaiting the
expected bite, while Bessie Raven's
brown face and big, black eyes looked
out at thenj from a natural oval frame
of bushes and Tines, as she hold her
banket in one hand and her tattered
sun bonnet in the other.
Hal Enneld, a self-sufficient little
aristocrat, by nature as well as by edu
cation, drew himself haughtily up.
"1 iou't know that we asked any In
formation from you," said he, haugh
tily. "Have the goodness to be about
your buia."
"I won't retorted Bessie Raven,
with an ominous flash in her dark eyes.
'It's a free country, ain't It? And I've
as murh right here as you have!"
"Very well," said Hal, rising and
gathering together his tackle. "I'll go,
then. Come, Felix."
But Felix, the younger brother, had
no ld':ii of leaving hit, cool, shady nook,
- for a whim of Hal's.
Hal etalked away !n high dudgeon.
Felix remained behind to cultivate the
acquaintance of Bessie Raven.
"If thr-re are no trout here," said he,
composedly eyeing the brown gypsy
face among the leaves, "where do they
liider
"I'll show yon," said Bessie, with
alacrity. "Just a piece further on.
There's lots of 'em only everybody
don't know It. Oome on!"
And the two children spent a long
summer's morning together under the
green trees.
Until just as Felix Enfield was turn
ing to go home, half apprehensive that
he had missed the farmhouse dinner,
he did not perceive that the little gold
cro.-is he wore attached to his watch
chain was gone.
"Oh!" cried he, "'where la my "
lie stopjK'd abruptly. For In the very
muiiient in which he spoke, he per
ceived half-hidden in the folds of the
bosom of Bessie's tattered drees, the
gleam of some golden ornament. In
voluntarily he cflugtrt at it It was his
ov n.
"You little thief '." cried he, "you must
have stolen it!"
Bessie stood sullen and silent, her
eyes east down, her bare feet impa
tiently patting (he velvety graffs below.
She could not deny It she scorned any
atictupt to Justify herself.
"Bewiie," said the boy slowly, "what
made you do It? Don't you know that
It is wrong to weal?"
"Wrong:" cried out Bessie, passion
ately. "Why is It wrong? You are
rich and I'm poor! You've got every
thing, and I've got nothing! Why
shouldn't I help myself when I've got
the chniire?"
Felix Enfield looked at her. Yerlly
there was more in her creed than he
had realize.
"I'll tell you why, Bessie," said he.
"At least, I'll tell you what I think
tlxj.ir it."
s.. hi his boyish way, he unfolded
the philosophy of inenm and ruum.
Bessie Raven listened 1r surprise.
She had never been reasoned with be
fore. No one had over taken the trou
ble :o explain matters and things in
general to her.
"Oh. Felix!" she cried out, with a
cre:it sob in her throat. "I see It all
now. But no one ever told me before.
A Tul father-was lost at sea, and mother
hinl 11 little ones to take care of. and
somehow everyone's hand was against
us. and we had to fight our way along.
bo I pot somehow not to care about
anything."
""Don't nr. Bessie," soothed the lad
"Don' i f :!. timt's a good girl! Here
take the l-o'J cross and keep it. I don't
care niucii for it."
, So they parted. At home Felix found
that his father had come to take them
v.p iiiio the mountains for a few weeks,
before they returned to their city home
and Si) he never got the chance to tell
Bessio Ilaven good-by.
IVrj years afterward! Three and
twenty is a dangerous age for flirta
tions, but Felix Enfield had never been
seriously smitten until that time when
he crossed the Atlantic In the steamei
Will o' the Wisp, and fell In love with
the captain's Spanish-eyed daughter.
"If you don't marry me," said Felix,
with comical earnestness, "I'll throw
myself into the sea."
"There's not much danger of that,"
said Miss Richfield, quietly.
"But I am in earnest!" protested Fe
lix. "So am I," said ths damsel with th
blue-black eves.
"Dou't you love uie?" pleaded Felix.
"I don't dislike you," demurely an
swered Miss Richfield.
"Then I shall hope," declared Felix.
"Hope is a commodity that Is free to
all." said the young lady.
But at the voyage's end Mr. Enfield
v:is deeper in love than ever.
"Look here. Miss Richfield," said he;
if you dou't say you'U have me I won't
leave the steamer's deck! I'll go back
ami forth perpetually between New
York and Southampton."
"I don't think papa would care for
so permanent a passenger," said Miss
alehfield. with a mischievous twinkle
In her ey&;
"But. really. 4 rou know. Miss Rich-
field. I teller yrs engaged
ready."
She colored a tittle.
"Whyr she asked.
"Ah! yon think I bar na eye. Toij
think I haven't perceived that you alt
ways wear a black velvet rlbboi
round your neck blaok velvet rib
bon, from which to suspended aoms
trinket of gold, hidden la the laoe frllll
of your collar. Is It a ganger'
"Tea." Mlaa Richfield calmly answer
ed, "it is a gang of true love. If I ore
"If," almost scornfully ejacuiases
the lover.
"Well, when I am married." Mia
Richfield corrected herself, "tt win
only be to the gentleman, who gave ml
this."
Then I may consider myself reject
ed?" slowly spoke Felix, with a face ol
tbe bitterest chagrin.
"Not quite," said the dark -eyed dam
sal softly, as she drew the golden talis
man from her throat and held It to
ward him. "Don't you remember who
gave me this?"
He uttered an exclamation of ree
ognltlon.
"It Is the gold cross I gave yean act
to Bessie Raven!" cried he.
"Yes," she said, quietly, "and I an
Bessie Raven."
"You?"
"Yes. My mother died shortly aftei
you gave me this. My uncle, who had
Just returned from the West, adopted
us all. Two of my sisters are in board
ing school. My brother is being edu
cated In a German university. And I
am my uncle's adopted daughter,
known only by bis name."
"But, Bessie, you said you would
marry the one who gave you that!"
cried out Enfield.
"So I will," confessed Bessie, laugh
ing and blushing, "If he Is still infatu
ated enough to persist In wanting me."
They were married within a month
a regular true-love mstch and old Mrs.
Llddlngton finds herself graud-aunt-dn-law
to "oniy Bessie Raven!"
"And really, says she, complacently,
"I don't think Felix could have made
a better match!" New York News.
ONLY SIX WEEP TEAR8 OF JOY.
How the Heroes of Hmndvsd Iif
ferent Morals Propose,
Some one with nothing to do has in
vestlgated the way in which heroes la
a hundred different novels are repre
sented as proposing. Seventy-two hold
the lady's hand, seventeen hold it very
tightly, fourteen have lumps In their
throats and nine exclaim aloud i "Thank
heaven!" Only seven out of the hun
dred declare themselves to be delirious
ly happy and live are too full for utter
ance. Three out of the hundred stand
an their feet when they make a pro
posal and two go down on one knee,
while nine make formal speeches. The
behavior of the lady-under the circum
stances Is equally entertaining and in
structive. Out of Jie hundred cases
eicbtv-one sink Into the arms of the
gentlemen, sixty-eight rest their heads
on the gentleman's breast, and only one
sinks into the arms of a chair; eleven
clasp their arms around the gentle
man's neck; six weep tears of Joy si
lently and forty-four weep tears aloud
whatever that means; seventy-two
have eyes full of love and nine of the
hundred rush from the room and tell
everybody. Only four are grestly sur
prised, and eighty-seven out of the hun
dred knew that something was coming.
Five giggle hysterically. Only one of
the hundred struggles not to be kissed,
wlil!e six kiss their lovers first. London
Answers.
Ths Burning Tree.
There has lately been added to the
collection of plants at the botanic gar
den at Madras, India, a specimen of a
strange tree. It Is In sice scarcely more
than a bush, but other Individuals of
Its species are known to have attained
In their habitat In the Himalayas, Mar
ma and the Malacca Peninsula, the di
mensions of a large tree, from fifty to
eeventy-flve feet In height. The Madras
specimen is surrounded by a strong rail
ing, which bears the sign, "Dangerous
all persons are forbidden to touch the
leaves or branches of this tree."
It Is. therefore, a forbidden tree In
the midst of the garden; but no one If
tempted to touch It, for It is known to
be a "burning tree." This name Is a
misnomer, for the tree stings rather
than burns. Beneath the leaves there
are stings comparable to those of net
tles, which, when touched, pierce the
skin and secrete a fluid which certainly
has a burning effect.
The stlDg leaves no outward sign, but
the snsatIon of pain persists some
times for months, and is especially keen
on damp days, or when the part which
has been wounded Is plunged In water.
The natives In the part of Burma where
this tree grows are In such terror of It
that they fly In haste when they per
ceive the peculiar odor which It exhales.
If they happen to touch It, they fall
on the ground and roll over and over
on the earth with shrieks. Dogs touch
ed by It yelp and run. biting and tearing
the part of their bodies which has been
touched.
A horse which had come in contact
with a "burn'xg tree" ran abont like
mad thing, biting everything and every
body that It could reach. A missionary
at Mandalay, who Investigated a leaf
of the plant with his forefinger, suffer
ed asny for several weeks, and for ten
months suffered occasional dartlnf
pains In his finger.
I he Citron.
The citron is largely cultivated In
Southern Europe, but It Is a native of
Asia. The fruit is from four to six
Inches long; It is egg-shaped, with an
uneven surface, and has a protuber
ance at the top.
To prepare It for commerce. It is first
pickled, to absorb the oil that It con
tains, and to extract the bitter flavor
the fruit hns. Then it Is boiled and af
terward placed In a solution of sugar
until it becomes saturated, when it is
put to dry on racks. It Is then put Into
tin boxes for the market quarter and
half-pound boxes.
The citron Is always In bloom, and
fruit and flowers hang together on th
trees.
Guilty of Something Bertona. ,
Commuter Our cook Is going to stay
with us another month.
Suburbs Gee whiz! How did yoo
manage it?
Commuter I didn't manage It She
went and confessed to the priest the
other day and he ordered her to stay
for another month as penance. Truth,
Why He Bqnealed.
Neighbor What made yojr little
brother squeal so loud this mjrnlng?
Boy Pa made him squeal that way
so the neighbors would believe we bad
killed a pig. Texas Slftlngs.
Abolish Marriaa
A band of 25 men asd weeaea la
Boston have organized a club to abol
ish marriage, and point to Shelley,
George Saad and ethers aa
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS
THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.
Qaalat Sarlna ana Cat vataca si us
Little Veins Kwrnktn, Gathered
aad Prints Bar far All Other Ut
ile
HI Math Birthday.
tie has gives up his cradle and his llttls
worsted ball.
He has hidden aU bis dolls behind th
door;
He must have a rocking horse.
And a hardwood too. of course.
For he iaa't nanmt'i baby aay more!
He has cnt off all his curls, they are onlj
fit for girls.
And has left them In s heap upon th
floor;
For he's six years old to-day,
And he's alad to bear them say
fhat he isn't mamma's baby any more!
He has pockets In his trousers, Uke nit
elder brother Jim,
Though he thinks he should have hai
them long before.
Has new shoes laced to the top
'Tis a DiiTzle where thev stop;
And he isn't mamma's baby any more!
He has beard his parents sigh, and bat
greatly wondered why
Ther are sorry when he has such blisi
in store;
For he's now the'r darling boy.
And will be their pride and joy.
Though he cannot be their baby an
more!
Youth's Companion.
Why Do Yonr Skates S lpt
Why do your skates slip on Ice? Glass
Is Just as smooth,.but you couldn't pos
sibly skate on It. If you doubt tt, try
your skates on a piece of glass and see
whether or not they will slip.
The reason why ice is slippery and
glass is not is very simple. Ice always
melts a little under pressure and fric
tion. When the steel of the skat
touches It a little water is formed, and
thia n,,t. as rwi 1 WtrMtn the slfnte and
the ice, and the skater slips merrily j
along. The expression In regard to
glare ice, "It's as slippery as if it had
been greased," is not far wrong. On
glass this liquid lubricator Is lacking,
and the friction between the skate and
the glass renders slipping impossible.
Put two pieces of glass together, with
a few drops of water between them,
and see how easily they will slip about,
me over the other.
Made Links.
A most surprising trick In paper-cut-
l ! .. I. njuuVTMnt fating ,. H fT a
long, narrow strip of paper, two Inches
wide by twelve long, and twisting
LSI
NO. 1.
twice, bringing the ends together and
pasting securely. Previous to this
draw a line down the center of the
strip defining, as the picture shows, a
dark and light strip. When the strip
no. 2.
is twisted twice and pasted correctly
you will have figure like number 2.
Then take your scissors. Insert them
In the line between the dark and light
halves of the strip and cot along the
line. When you have cut clear areuml
the strip will fall into two pieces and
make the Joined links as shown iu
Xo. 3. To see the principle of the trick
vill require some puzzling.
Cansht by a Button.
Recently a small boy who wore a coat
ivlth brass buttons went down to th
lond with his older sister and hr
,-oiiffin, who were going to skate.
The small boy felt very much injured
because he could not ska te, too, so he
lay down flat on his face, on the Ice,
and began to cry. His sister hastened
to him, and tried to make him stand,
hut he refused to do so, being of an ob
stinate disposition. Finding that her
rntreatles were of no avail, she left nim
for a moment, and when she returned
he was trying to get up, but could not.
Due of his brass burtons was frozen in
the ice!
A crowd of curious skaters collected
round the small boy, whose position
v,-as now pitiable Indeed. "Unfasten
h!s coat," said one, "and take It off."
That's sensible!" said another; "don't
rou see its buttonear wu, lets
i:1ve him a pull and see if It won't come
uit." But It was no use. The button
was so warm when the boy lay down
that It had melted a deep hole, and It
had frozen again all around rt; and
thanks to a careful mother, the button
was sewed so firmly that It would not
pull off.
"We'll have to rip it up the back,"
laid his cousin.
"No; not that" said the sister, "can't
some one get a pick, or a hatchet?"
tiome one said he would try, and skated
:.rf. Meanwhile the salt tears from the
small boy's eyes were making Inroads
on the ice under his face. He felt very
damp and uncomfortable, and wished,
very heartily, that he bad not been so
naughty. His sister was afraid that he
u-ould catch pneumonia, or at least a
'icavy cold.
"Oh, say," said the cousin after they
(.ad waited a short time, "why won't
r skate do for a pick?" So saying he
took off "one of his, and tried to pick at
the button by pushing back the child's
fat little body. At last he succeeded
In chopping the ice away so that the
button was freed and the small boy
was able to stand once more. He now
recognizee the advantages of an erect
'Ksture.
Children's Saylnav
"Tommy," said his mamma one day,
"slip upstairs quietly and see if papa
U asleep." Tommy soon returned and
taid: "Yes, mumma, he's all asleep but
Ms nose."
Flossie, aged 4, heard her mamma say
that the new cook spoke broken Eng
lish, and running to her father she ex
claimed: "Oh, papa, ze cookie Is a
broked Englishman an' she tant talk
plain."
Little Mamie had often watched hr
rather shave himself, and one day
when a man came to whitewash ths
fence, after a few minutes' silent con
temptation, she asked: "Mister man.
is you doin' to share ze whiskers off
za.t fence?"
Little 4-year-otd WlOle was visiting
his grandparents In the eeunrry. One
morning he heard a mule braying for
the first time and raneing lata the
hense exclaimed: "On, "gran",
one of zem.horaies baa dot se hoopeu
tough." "Clare," seed the mother of a tittle
5-year-old naies, "Who was entertaining
a couple of neighboring girls of her
own age, "why don't yoo play some
thing Instead of sitting- still and look
ing miserable r "Why, mamma, we is
playtB," was the reply; "we's playln'
that we's grown-up women."
Little Harry bad a picture book of
mtmaia and Ms father sometimes de
sert do the traits and peculiarities of
those represented. One day la de
scribing a bare, among other tilings he
said the bare had so' tall to speak of.
Next day he asked: "Harry, what did
I tell you about the hare yesterday T"
"Oh," replied Harry, "you said he had
a tall, but it wasn't to be talked about."
Mm Kept His Came.
It was under some of the earlier
Bankrupt laws that this exhibition of
rare shrewdness occurred," when it was
required that in case of a man's lnsoU
rency he must turn over to the proper
officer of the law every bit of his prop
erty for the benefit of his creditors.
The subject of this story was yet a
young man, and wealthy, when misfor
tune overtook him and failure was In
evitable. Borne of hie property was
real estate, some of it was not. the lat
ter consisting of securities easily con
verted Into currency. A nice little
bundle of bank bills could be more
safely handled than certificates of
stock, etc. When the time came, beinir
an honorable man, he conscientiously
surrendered his entire effects, even a
tubular cane,' from which the handle
could be disjointed, the gift of an ad
miring friend. After handing the walk
ing stick to the official, thus-satisfying
the law, be suggested its return. It
was a present from a friend, and could
be of little value to anyone but blmaslf
as a memento. '
Certainly," said the officer, "taka It
"It's of no use to us."
"Thanks. I'll prize it highly."
Some time afterward. In his quiet
home, the shrewd financier disjointed
the handle and removed from his tubn-
lar depository several thousand dollars
f well-crumpled bank bills. Syracuse
Post
He Stood Alone.
In a small settlement out West some
fears ago, an old man entered the town
bank one afternoon, and, walking by
the loungers, presented a check to the
paying teller. He received la return a
number of greenbacks, which he count
ed. A look of perplexity overspread his
face and he counted the bills a second
time; then, turning to the teller, be
Landed back a note.
"See here, you gave me $30 too much,"
be said, and left the bank.
In a few moments he was overtaken
by a shaggy native who accosted him.
"Say, stranger, yon Jest left the
bank, didn't yer
"Yes. I did."
"Cashed a check thar, didn't yeT
"That's the fact of the case."
"The teller gave ye fifty dollars too
much, I b'lleve?"
"Tes, he did."
' "An" ye gave it back ter blmf
"Why, certainly."
The native surveyed him slowly from
head to foot
"Stranger," he at last broke out
"ain't you awful lonesome?" Boston
Transcript
Fronts In a Bed Chamber. .
The Empress Eugenie ordered a bag
of frogs to be brought In from the for
est for thelate Dr. Pasteur's mleroseop
leal researches when he was visiting at
Complegne. When he left Pasteur put
the bag In one of the bureau drawers
and forgot It The next Inhabitant of
the room was a charming beauty of the
court who was 'wakened In the Might
by a mysterious sensation, and at the
lame time her foot encountered some
thing cold and clammy in her bed
Lighting her candle, she found herself
lurrounded by a small legion of frogs
b nremeiiade. After the illustrious
tavant's departure a femme de chain
ore, finding a damp traveling bag in
the bureau, threw it under the bed
without examining the contents and
Forgot It
Did Not Know His Daughter.
A few days ago I was waiting In the
Grand Central station when I was un
consciously made a witness of quite a
romantic meeting. As the passengers
from the train came filing along the
platform I spied among then General
Sickles, who was returning home from
a speeehmaking tour. As he Beared
the waiting room a young girl of Span
ish type, of beautiful face and figure,
brownish-black hair and deep black
eyes, fringed with long, curly eyelash
es, stepped forward and exclaimed in
a sweet well-medulated voice: "Is this.
not General Sickles?" He bowed and,
nnjwered, "It la" Thereupon the
young woman, looking him straight In
the eyes, exclaimed with a merry laugh.
which revealed twe rows of perfect
teeth: "Don't you know me?" The
general, again bowing and this time'
also smiling, said: "Pardon, but I must)
confess and also regret that yoa have
the advantage." The young girl, not
bit "Eeazed," looked at the general
affectionately and replied: "Look at.
me. Don't you know your daughter
Eda?" It was Miss Eda Sickles, who.,
with her brother Stan ton, had but a.
few days previous arrived from Spain.,
They had come to visit their father and
arrived while he was away. Ascer
taining the uay and the hour when lie:
was expected, they had gone to the!
station to meet and surprise him. Asj
Miss Sickles Is now about 19 years or;
age, and as her father had not seen berj
since she was 6 years old. It is not)
strange that at first meeting be did not
recognise her. She is his daughter by.
his second wife, who resides pema-j
nently In Spain, as she does not care;
for this country. General Sickles is'
the happiest man In town, and almuet
dally can be seen with his daughter
making the round of the big stores.
Town Topics.
Warmth In a Snow Drift.
A well known authority gives the fol
lowing advice to a person exposed te
intense eold and unable to reach any
place of shelter: The moment he finds
his strength failing, he should look out
for a snew drift sheltered from the
wind by a bill, or seme other object
and at once scrape a hale In tt large
enough for his body and then crawl in
to It The snow will shelter klm from
tbe cold and wind and keep him warm.
Human beings and sheep have lain for
days this way and been saved, aad gen
erally it Is the only chance.
The Homely Girl's Charm.
An Atchison young maa says he had
heard all his life that pretty girls were
not as agreeable as homller ones, and
believed the remark was due to envy.
However, since he has formea the ac
qua'ntanea of a lot of pretty girls he is
convinced It la true. The homely girl
Is a men reliable friend and a jollier
mpanlyn. Atchlsoa Glebe.
Every woman' overworks the lar
STORIES OF BELIEF.
Two Letters to Mrs. PlnVlmm'
- Mrs. Jonx Williams, English town,
N. J., writes :
" Diab Mrs. Pinkhau: I cannot be
gin to tell yon how I suffered before
taking your remedies. I was so weak
that I could hardly walk across the floor
without falling. I had womb trouble
and such a bearing-down feeling ; also
suffered with my back and limbs, pain
in womb, inflammation of the bladder,
piles and indigestion. Before I had
taken one bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound I felt a great deal
better, and after taking two and one
half bottles and half a box of your
Liver Pills I was cured. If more would
take your medicine they would not
have to suffer so much."
Mrs. Joseph Petersow, 513 East St,
Warren, Pa., writes:
"Dear Mbs. PinkhaIi: I have suf
fered with womb trouble over fifteen
years. I had inflammation, enlarge
ment and displacement of the womb.
I had the backache constantly, also
headache, and was so dizzy. I had
heart trouble, it seemed as though my
heart was in my throat at times chok
ing me. I could not walk around and
I could not lie down, for then my heart
would beat so fast I would feel as
though I was smothering. I had to
sit np in bed nights in order to breathe.
I was so weak I conld not do any
thing.
"I have now taken several bot
tles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and used three '. .pack
ages of Sanative Wash, and can say
I am perfectly cured. - I do not think
I could have lived long if Mrs. Pink
ham's medicine had not helped me."
GOLD MINERS NOT RICH.
tt Is Only the Speculators, aa a Kale
Who slake the Fortune.
Few discoverers of rich gold mines
have remained wealthy. The specu
lator or syndicate schemer, who re
mains at home and takes none of the
hardships, is the one who becomes a
millionaire. In the early 60s a pros
pector from Virginia, commonly known
among miners as "Virglnny," discov
ered a rich mine in Nevada and his
name was given to Virginia City. An
other prospector, named Comstock, dis
covered another rich mine further up
the gulch, and the district was called
the "Comstock Lode." Both men died
poor, after being swindled out of their
rich "finds."
Then came a number of millionaires.
whose fortunes were built upon the
misfortunes of these men.
A decade later four men unearthed a
bonanza," which is an Italian sailor's
phrase for "fair wind." These two
mines yielded about 1200,000,000, ana
developed four "bonanza kings"
Klood, Mackay, Fair and O'Brien.
These were shrewd enough, however.
to hold on to their fortunes, some of
them relaxing their grip only when
death claimed them.
A few years later twe prospectors
named Ritchie and Tabor discovered a
rich mine in Colorado near the moun
tain village of Leadvflle. Tabor was
postmaster, and also sold to other min
ers flour, bacon and whisky at extreme
ly high prices. After getting out a few
hundred thousands Ritchie sold to Ta
bor for $500,000. Tabor then uncov
ered several millions, with which he
built opera houses and hotels. He was
elected to the United States Senate,
and lived a life of extravagant ease.
Domestic difficulties came upon him,
and he settled a princely fortune upon
the wife from whom he was divorced.
Later, financial trouble came upon him,
and to-day he Is prospecting In Arizona
with a pick and shovel.
Nearly a decade later a prospector
named Creede (known la the West as
Harvey) discovered a rich mine in
Southern Colorado and called It
"Creede." After taking ont three or
four millions he qui and we4it to Los
Angeles. He, too, was a victim of do
mestic trouble and recently committed
suicide, although there was nothing
dishonorable In his actions so far as
has ever been learned.
A few years later a prospector known
as "Crazy" Bob Wornack located sev
eral claims in "Poverty Gulch," under
the shadow of Pike's Peak. Mining
experts bad passed ever the ground and
had given H out as their wise dictum
that tt was Impossible from the forma
tion of that country for gold to exist
there. Bob Wornack thought other
wise, and gave mines to his friends
who would prospect them; ether claims
he sold for supplies and small sums of
money. Finally he sold his only re
maining claim for a few thousand dol
l lars. He was now rich and wanted no
more. This claims turned out millions,
and "Poverty Gulch" became Cripple
Creek, tbe richest mining district In
the .United States or In the world at
that time. AU of those to whom "Crazy
Bob Woraaak" had given claims for
small sums became millionaires, and
Bob aga-in became poverty-stricken.
And now he has dropped from view. If
living, perhaps Bob win turn up In ths
Klondike!
Such Is the reman ee and poverty of
rich strikes la the far West
However, these mining booms settle
tbe waste places and rid the more civ
ilized seouloas of their idle, Immoral
and criminal element In a mining
camp there Is generally ten of this class
to one thrifty, honest man. After the
prospectors come the speculators, then
the thieves, gamblers and confidence
operators. Those who strike it rloh re
turn to the cities and become promi
nent men. The others remain, and in
time evolve a sooiety which disowns
its ancestry. Gbioago THmes-HeraJd.
Snsnmoatna; Help by Catting Wires.
The person who wrote that electric
ity was obo of tbe "mighty agents of
nature enchained by the ingenuity of
man" ean scarcely have contemplated
ha kts wildest dreams the full extent of
that Ingenuity, says the Electrical Re
view. For instance, he la seareety Bke
ly to have prophesied that a sick man,
far from the aaHeattons of civilization,
would have eat a telegmtph wire in or
der to ohtala asstotaaee. And fet such
has really occurred, acoordlBg to a Loa
doa contemporary. TVs whole of the
vast continent of Australia was prac
tically cut off from European news for
:;cariy twenty-four hours in the middle
of September In consequence of an in
terruption on the liue between Adelaide
and Port Darwin. Inquiries were
made, and It was found that the wire
had been cut by a eyeiiot who was
taken 111 while on a Journey across the
continent It is not related how be set
about It, bat ha had ths satzafaeMoa at
any rata of getting wtiat he wanted. It
is net desired to tatshllsh Hans as a pre
cedent of rammoning heap under in
convenient ctocuxtuftanees,
Ottoman Empire's Origin.
The great Ottoman emajre, wbieh at
ana time threatened the edrQlsed world,
sprang teem a band of 400 wandering
BOUGHT HIMSELf TWICE.
Btraaae History of a rl.ve Revealed
In a Law Court. - ,
The will of Nathan Springfield, when
oa trial In the Supreme Court, brought
to light incidents In a career that was
remarkable. Nathan Springfleid was
bom in Virginia, In 1812, a shire. On
Dec. 18, 1806, when nearly eighty-five
years of age. be died. Iwrlw J2SSv
TahMd at between MX "
In his youth Nathan aeaateed the
trade of a blacksmith. He was owned
by a Methodist mlnhrta. After attaining-
Ms majority IHrtaaa bargained
with his master ra buy hia own free
dom for 100. The pledge was given,
and the youth went to work "n a
will. The young slave accumulated the
sum and gave K to Ms master as a "ran
som for his freedom.
The clergyman took the money, but
failed to keep his agreement Nathan
remained a slave. Later his master
sold him to a wealthy planter. Still
nourishing a desire to be liberated,
Nathan made a bargain with his sec
ond master, this tftne offering $100 at a
ransom. Consent was given, and the
young man, after mueh iaber, procured
the money. But he was aln destined
to disappointment The second mastwr
also kept both money and slave.
Exasperated by this treatment,
Nathan discarded arbitration and re
solved to gain his freedom by flight
At the age of thirty-five an opportunity
was afforded, and he made his escape,
coming to Boston. He left a wife be
hind him. but the wife of the second
master, knowing of the previous nego
tiations, induced her husband to re
lease the lonely wife, who soon after
rejoined her husband in Boston.
Nathan worked at blacks aiithJng In
and about Boston for a time, and later
started peddling straw. He was Indus
trious and saving, Ws business grew
rapidly and within a comparatively
short time he was the proprietor of a
large and profitable hay, grain, straw
and coal business. At his death he
owned real estate In the West End,
Cambridge and other places, and had
larre deposits in various Boston banks.
Boston Journal. -
Freezing" Water la a Kite.
A Yaokee farmer in Brazil who
longed for ice water has utilized a kite
for the purpose of obtaining lee. He
fills a tin can with water and sends ft
to the height of three miles, where it is
promptly frozen. After a sufficient In
terval the kite is rapidly hauled In and
the cake of ice secured. The inventor
is so pleased with his toy that it is said
he now proposes to send up a kite one
hundred aod fifty feet long by a steel
wire caDte. Under the kite will be
suspended a pully, over which runs an
endless chain bearing cans attached to
hooks. The cans will be filled with
water and the speed of the belt upon
which they will be regulated so that the
topmost cans will be converted into Ice
sufficiently hard to withstand the. down
ward Journey.
Ll;nteas Snbatance.
The lightest substance known is said
to be tfhe pith of the sunflower, with
a specific gravity of 0.028, while elder
ptth hitherto recognized as the lightest
substances has a specific gravity of
0.09, reindeer's hair 0.1 and cork 0.24.
For saving appliances at sea, cork with
a buoyancy of 1 to 5, and reindeer's
hair with one to 1 to 10, baa been used,
while the pith of the sunflower has a
buoyancy of 1 to 35.
Ixmgest Feace la the World.
The loaaest fence in the world is
probably that which has Just been fin
ished by the Erie Cattle Company along
the Mexican border. It is seventy-five
miles la length, and separates exactly
for its entire distance the two repub
lics of North Amrica. The fence was
built to beep tbe cattle from running
aerosa the border and falling easy prey
t the Me4eaB eow-punchers. Al
though rt cost them a great deal of
money, it is estimated that cattle
enough will be saved in one year more
than to pay for t. It is a barbed-wire
fence, with mesqutte and Cottonwood
poles, and for the entire length rt runs
as the erow flies.
every one cau play enough on a gui
tar to be disagreeable.
Oh, Whit Bplrndld Coffre.
Mr. Goodman, Williams Co., 111., writes
"From one package Salzer's German Cof
fee Berrv costing 13c 1 grew 300 lbs. of
better coffee than I can buy in stores at
30 cents a lb. A. C. 4
A pac kage of this coffee and big seed
and plant catalogue is sent yon by John
A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, W is., npon
receipt of 15 cents stamps and this notice.
In 1S46 the population of Egypt was
estimated at 4,500,000. In l!v2 an imper
fect census cave ejoo.mw. ist years
figures, which are declared to be faiily
accurate, are 9,750,000.
Thars Is more Catarrh in this sertton of the
countrv than all otiaer iisas put together,
and until the last few raars was supposed to ba
incurable. For a great many years doctors
firtraounaea 1V JQCIU aiotmso sua jir nim
ocal remedias, and ty constantly far: ins to
cure wiin weal ipwrnMB, pi
pronouticl it in-
cttfctrrh to b a
constitntiomil dtneaae and therefor requires
constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo,
Ohio, is the en) v ennstttntional cure on tbe
market. It 1 taken internally in doaes from
10 drop to a teaopoonfwl. It acts directly on
the blood and aiueous snrfaoes of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars far any case
it fila to core. Send for circulars and testi
mo.iaJ. Addreas F.J. Chkmv CaToledo, a
R14 bv Drujcuists. "Sc.
H&ll's family Pills are the best
A German scientist is of opinion thct
women will have beards some time in the
remote future.
After phyidelans had erfvem tne up, I was
saved by Piso's Core.-H.4LPn EaiGO, vVll
aam.po rt. Pa Not. 23.
The wearine of orance blossoms as a
bridal decoration originated in the days
of the Crusaders.
Mrs. Winslnw's Soothing SvruD for children
teethinc, softens the gums, reducing; inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wina cone, 4jc a uuiue.
In Egypt fans were used in religions
ceremonies, made of parchment or feath
ers.
Tits nennanentlv cured. No fits or nervous.
lea after flrat day's use ot Or. Kline's Great
Ktrve Kestorer. sz trial Mite ana treatise iree.
Da. K. H. Klikk. Ltd.. 931 Arch St, Phila. fa.
Abont - 40 tons of letters pass daily
tnrougn me general j-ostomce, L.onaon.
To Care a Cold In One Das;.
Take Laxative Broao Quinine Tablet, an
Dragsi reload atoaeril it tails te cur., ale.
Kew Zealand contains at present 42.0(0
i.f 1 t, .... . . .
. irn .uaorij ana D.1,DV1 wniies.
Chew Star Tobacco The Beat.
Smoke SledR-e Cigarettes.
In the Franco-German war every third
German soldier had a map of the
country through which he was traveling.
isTaTirxTsE
Core Cnaraateed by DR. j. B. BIATER. toil
ARCH WV PHlLA, PA. Ease at onceTno
eperaUen or delay from bounces. Consaltatton
iree. indorsements of physicians, ladles and
prominent citizens. Send tor clrculac oat.
Ieun A H. lot P.M. . C
0er 4,000,000 frozen rabbits are an
nuaby exported to the London market
from Victoria, Australia.
nor?
.lasnaf ttteaWftfl.-UUaVi.
CURE
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YouMI feel it rs worth Its weight In gold
TRUMPET CALLS.
era Bounds a Wsralag Nets
to the Unredeemed.
rrEUTH wins no
I easy victories.
- Zeal is the dy
namite ef appeal
Trials are bless
ings In disguise.
Bpirttrjal hunger
Is heart prayer.
Adversity 1 s
Ged's prunlngl
knife. j
Suspicion is thi j
scent ef cunning:. 1
You can't bury
character in the grave.
A Christian only fn name is the devil's
game. 1
Before faith can rest. It must stand
a test.
Church creeds are religious scare
crows, j
The voice of the cress proclaims man
as lost.
Sin is a deidde ft murdered the Son
of God.
Flattery serves as gas in the balloon
of pride.
As Christ Increases hi our love, self
decreases.
Boastinc; is blowing oft the steam of
self-conceit. -
Blamina others is a poor way to Jus
tify yourself.
Storm tried faith differs frem fait
weather belief.
. Despondency unnerves man, hope
Invigorates him.
Repudiation is like aa eel a slippery
thing- to handle.
Morality Is often used as the perfnmt
bottle of society.
Elbow gTease makes the wheels of
fortune move easier.
Truth and facts always agree. Error
and lies are associates.
The woman who puta "on Christ,"
does not "put on style."
Tbe best place to kill a doubt Is at
the foot of Christ's cross.
Wearing Christ's yoke does aot makt
a man round-shouldered.,-
The cross of Christ is the key ta
Ged's attitude toward sin.
The widow's mite -wrote aa epitaph
which time could not erase.
Faith In God enables a man to put
the proper valuation on property.
Education has been substituted fot
consecration In the modern pulpit. .
Slander Is moral hydrophobia thost
wbo are bitten generally run mad.
Infidelity offers a leap in the dark,
In place of a walk In the light with
God.
The religion of Christ more than pays
In its present blessings, not to speak of
Its future rlcfaes.
Narrow Kacape.
"Father," said Johnny Ironsides,
"how big a fish did you ever catch T'
"I caught a catfish once. Johnny,"
replied Deacon Ironsides, "that welch
ed "
The good man stopped short, looked
fixedly at his youngest son and resumed
in an altered tone:
' "John, this Is Sunday." Toungstown
(O.) Vindicator.
Another Poser for Pa.
Willie Say, pa, in the aarth nun
like a ball?" "
Pa Yes, Willie.
Willie And does peopi lira on the
other side of It?
Ta Certainly, my son.
Willie Why don't they fall off j
Yon will find that the guilty ones are
the last to forgive a siuuer.
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FOR NEWSPAPERS, BOoKaUZ
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Scandalous.
Hojaek Did you hear how gkidmore
disgraced his family at church last Bun.
day?
Tomdik No; how was It?
Hojaek The minister read two chap
ters from the Acts and he Insisted
going out between them. Judge.
A Natural Inference.
"Mother," said little Tommy,
"was
Samson a football player?"
"No, dear, what made you think he
was?"
"Cause he wasn't any good after hi
ot his hair cut" Judge.
Keviaed Version.
"TVell, father," exclaimed the prod
igal eon, as he made his appearance
aaln at the family fireside, "are yon'
ready to kill the fatted calf?"
"No," replied the old man grimly, 7
think I'll let you live." Exchange.
The Real Question.
After all, the real money question
Is how to make both ends mtst"
"Ah, that accounts for tLe acrobatics
of some of our candidates "Detroit
Tribune.
80 far, the doctors have persuaded
people to have everything else cut out
but their tongues.
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