THE LITTLE CRIPPLE.
Ijror make those shoulders
,row tailor bnt that stoop 1
port I He has louud a bai-
'ti
- atlck he makes It roll.
Illy piiiMii from control,
tliuti his crutch with forward
t and bent Into a loop,
And hitches on. and rolls again, Ms soul
All In his small, square face. What glow
ing, rare,
And eager Joy It Is! Upon hi high
Poor ridge of shoulder work of endless
cure
Hang a lace eollar, In abundnnt fall,
Adjusted by some piteous, loving eye
That would not see the shoulders stooped
all. ......
Hannah Pnrker Kimball.
e Sheriff Who Shirked.
"I
int Down to Defeat at the Polls
:. Because He Didn't Do His
Plain Duty.
u.
I an j s nn easy matter for
i at to perform his duty,"
n d of espoiienoe. "l$y
J. ' what is required of liiia
t'.w, which is sometimes
''"riance with the proinpt
"rand conscience. I have
II the ditllcult task im-
Lnilay Tntninti when he
n Clermont comity. Tut
m o a good friend of mine
,, :a. When he was elected
tit sheriff ho asked me to
-, During tbe first year
iterm nothing of impor
i ted. !ut nlotip; in the
nit oar service, just at the
I?utiuan began to lay his
r election, we struck a
m .
1;rs in the southern part
,',' gave tho alarm. For
i they complained, they
ii i ing from tho dopredu
n petty roblier or band of
il st of the thefts were
II y were continuous and
the luckless farmers had
1,1 ielvea together for the
''" the culprit and the pro
'"" r meat and potatoes, but
,r(,'lo progress in running
l. f. Once or twice.indeed,
tti fall of snow thsy had
nit, tracing footsteps from
it;: houses whose cellars
oted to a place about a
Mirnile distant from the
t, ler, but at that distance
oriuddenly disappeared,
irt-iers' suspicions were
vised against a family
hm; The Leaches had al-
sidered the most worth
"S'.U iu the neighborhood.
,jr, they were uncleanly,
- ignorant. It was a well
u,l it Hiram LeRch had nut
fork in two years. Yet
l protracted leisure the
it liued to shift along in
?i fjhazard manner instead
ir d off to the poorhouse,
HJ ge, as would have been
,lny'f other family in similar
aol'f 1'inally the farmers
out Tatman to help ftx the
' espouse to this entreaty
te down into the soulh
sl"' to see if I conld find
"'k' rascals. Already the
" ''stir up po'itical gossip
a be U'liited about over
at Tatman was totally
li'H ad that he did not earn
II good dog catcher, much
lml;lin paid the sherilt' of
X
Our.
r,
' sty. Judging by these
'''. '.quite plain that if Tat
,'jion redeem himself in
r i' he voters he might as
I bis political hopes for
'II id save the money he
rily have to spend in
paigu.
ba fled when trying to
urloiner of hams and
. . inrea l-obberieB were
nl lis many weeks after 1
tin hand. At last I de-
're jet out a warrunt a id
I'll''-' house. lieforo taking
'"''tp to Batavia and cou-
e,' he said, doubtfnlly,
only thing we can do.
, nuuieiuiiiK vo muue a
elf or I'll be as bad
i this Lea. h is. I guess
tl. My presence will,
the maneuver more ef-
il
mill
the
t inn
Ml tl.
it that Leach liv1
have been in doubt.
t nerve as political timber
' u Id, snowy day in March
and I left Ilutavin to
ou Leach's house. It
i' ' from our town to the
lva. ''he roads were rough
j'1 h places well-nigh im
l" I although we sot out
i'mliK,rni"3 was late in the
n , I we.- tinned into the
ttil bat led fro'n the high
(iiib'rach' This lime was
ing, Dd the inti ii'ucies
-Mister,' but after having
K.rtui' barnyard, which was
totli88" tunu a dozen dift'or
jj f,;is many sets of bars, we
3 lo lou the crest of a steep
yore of which, according to
Kirlf I the boy who wus feed-
Jg animals in the sheep
iyii'Jd find loach's house,
d l'got out of the buggy
of '"u .he hill. We kept
f H MS sharply as we went,
"'"' to came almott to the
J uiu we see any signs
,i iuen Hiuldeuly a lit
ihic i wood sniolio was neon
oldirough the donuded
g uie treea to our right,
aed itv stops farther, and
the l w" " aignr. it was
sard 'l,le of f rurae and los,
wha" so verv ''nh and dis-
t yoii "nit we not had the
II hoi1
1 T .. .. I , i
ther t J"'!'cii s nouse were
hwitif1' Htable, notwith-
vlll fPlll 5e of the uhimuoy
Put il
e wu em- Dorse to a cherry
11 be '"tn the yard. The
0 -i Mi.l wheels had aroused
tlio bouse, and before
3 il. a small colony of
! cuine trooping
i'i tlmrii coi-mu' t)f the
t Wifoii i,h king at us won-
wno riiiuuen were clad
one J Wei about the ugli-
ne 1 ever- saw in uiv ilo
goht light hair and' dirtv
Torn! pi"" eyes. They were
folic iiikj Bizes, m which
vnoeff1" like unto the dops
u a wme latitud
Tatman stepped
as dfs
allDD
np and addressed the tallest boy.
'Wheie'B your father?' ho asked.
"The boy pushed back the tow
colored inane through which he bad
been staring and nodded toward the
rear of the house. 'I ho sharp whack of
a dosconding axe striking nfjainst hard
wood emphasized tho boy's noil. It
was now apparent that tho sound of
the chopping which ha 1 been break
ing on the still, heavy nir at inter
vals since we began to descend tho
hill originated on Leach's promises.
In response to the boy's silent voqiiost
to follow him, Tatman and I fell in
wilh the group of boys and girls and
dogs and went around to the hn-k
yard. Once in sight of this dreary
spot, we came to a dead Btop. The
chopper was nil old woman. Her fore
head was o notwoik of .wrinklei". Her
hair was a yellowish gray. There
was on!y a wisp of it. This was
twisted into a tight little knob at the
top of her head, all except a few thin
strings which had escuped the thrall
dom of Ihe comb and strnggled down
around her bony neck. The woman's
cheeks were thin and creased, and her
eves were sunken. Her thin, calico
gown displayed every angle of her
gaunt, ungainly figure. Taken all iu
ull, she was a very homely, uncimtli
woman, but somehow there was some
thing about her that made me feel
timid. Tiitimin saw my trepidation
and took the initiative. He stepped
forward and stood directly befoie the
chopper. She hold the axe poised in
tho air for a moment, theu let it sink
down easily ou the hickory chunk.
8he rested her hands on tho hnndlo
and bent her tall body slightly for
ward.
" 'Well,' she said, 'what you want?'
"Her steady look disconcerted Tat
man, too, for a minute, but he braced
up and came to the point without any
useless preliminaries.
'Does Hiram Leach live here.' he
asked.
" 'l'es,' she said, stiffly.
" 'Is he ut home?' continued Tat
man.
" 'Yes,' she repeated.
" 'I should like to see him,' said
Tatinau. '
"The woman grasped the axe handle
tighter then and leaned over a little
farther. 'W'hut you want of himV'
she asked.
"Tatman looked at her significantly.
'I'm the sheriff,' he said, bluutly and
cruelly. '1'eihaps you cuu guess the
i est.
"The axe droppod to the ground at
that, and the woman pressed her
coiiHe red hands to her cheeks, over
which snow Makes were drifting like
half-frozen tears. She made no audi
ble reply to Tatmau's communication,
but the children who hud gathered
close about ns took alarm at the dread
word 'sheriff,' and broke out into a
concerted wail of affright, as though
they had heard the crack of doom.
" 'Are you Leach's wife?' said Tat-
mau.
" 'Xo, his sister. His wife's dead.
Die I when this'n wus a babv.' she
said, laying her hand on tho head of
the smallest child which had essayed
to take refuge in the folds of her scaut
skirt. 'My name in Marthy Leach,'
she added, s au afterthought. 'I've
stayed here ever since the children's
mother went and sort o' looked after
em.'
"Again Tatman hesitated.
" 'Vou understand my errand here.
I'm quite sure, Miss Leach,' he said.
"Ion have undoubtedly hoard the ru
mors that have beeu current for weeks
pust concerning your brother. I have
a duty to perforin. I must search
your house.'
"Ihe woman's thin, hatchet-like
face grew more poak.'d and haggard.
for a moment u look of deliunce
glowed in her eves. When that diod
away she lifted the smallest child into
her anus and started toward the
house.
" 'Ciome on,' she paid. 'He's iu
here.'
"Tatman and I followed her into a
long, low room, and the children nnd
dogs crowded iu at our hcols. The
room was almost dark. T o greater
part of what poor light there was wus
derived from a fitful flumo that leaped
up from the logs iu the open ttrepluce,
for the windows, which were too small
to admit iiinoh light even in their
prime conditio'n.were rendered almost
opaiine by the rugs which were snbsti
U'ed -for the broken puues and the
swirls of suow that covered tho few
romaiuing ones. A man sat at one
corner of the H replace. Ho was cough
ing violently when we entered, and I
noticed that the hand he held up to
his lips was almost transparent in its
thinness. Tho woman Blood silently
before him until the paroxysm of
coughing had ended. Thou she
spoke:
" 'Hi,' he said, 'here's two men
ooino to see yon.'
'The man raised his hollow durk
eyes uud Bnook back his thick durk
hair. Tatman looked at mo appeal
ingly.but I could give him no encour
agement, " They have a dutv to perforin,"
the womuu went on, bitterly. 'Ti is
man,' and she pointed to Tatman, 'is
the sheriff. He is going to arrest you
for stealing a sack of potatoes, a bug
of com uud u slice of pickle-pork from
Peter Fagin night before lust. The
whole thing weighed a hundred
pounds, mebbe. I'eter I'agiu lives
three miles from hero. Thero was an
awful heavy ruin all that night, aud
the mud wus knee det o, but for any
body well an Btrong lik, you are, Hi,
rain an' mud don't count t
"There was a sneer iu the woman's
voice that contrasted paiclully with
her shrunken, withered facuaud fig-
nre. The man laid bis face in the
hollow of his skeleton-like bands and
groaned. The woman turned toward
Tatman and me.
" 'I s'posp, she Raid, grimly, 'you'd
likft to search the house.'
"Tatraan's face was flushed, and his
whole figure seemed to cry out au
apology for our being there.
" '1 believe I shall have to,' lie
saiu. Ihe law requires it, you
know.'
"The woman straightened np stiff
as a rod.
" 'Well,' ho said, 'I won't put you
to much trouble. It ain't worth while
for you to go pokiu' nround into un
necessary corners. Here's what thore
U loft of the last haul. Tho potatoes
is ' Sho stepped to the cupboard in
the corner and threw back the door.
" 'Martha!' the man called out,
sharply.
" That's oil right, Hi,' shn said. 'I
knew it'd hnve to come sooner or later,
an' it's no uso to bout about the btiBh
now that the officers is here. There's
the potatoes,' she repeated, 'down
there in that box. The nit nl is in that
jur on the second shelf. The meat is
wrapped np in that towel. The stnff
is almost gone already, for we've got
u good many mouths to feed here,
couutin' in the dog. It's a good
thing you como w hen you did, for like
a not thore'd have been another haul
tonight or the night after.'
"ihe woman sat down on a stool
opposite her brother, and motioned
Tattnnu uud me to chairs in front of
tho fireplace. I took the seat, but
Tittmuti remained standing.
" 'I'm very sorry to find things ns
they are,' he said. 'I cumt,of course,
to urrest Mr. Leach, should I find him
guilty. He is evidently a very sick
man. I do not see how I can take him
into custody today.yet if he is guilty,
as you sny '
"Tho woman sprang to her feet like
a wounded aniuial.
" 'Who said he was guilty?' she
broke in. 'I said we got the stuff
from I'eter 1'agin's, but I didn't
say Hi took it. He didn't. Why,
man, where nre your eyes nnd
your common sense? Can't yon
see? Can't you understand? lon't
you know that those weak arms
couldu't carry hnlf that load a hnudie 1
yards, lot alone three miles? No, if
you are goin' to arrest onybody.you'll
hovo to arrest me. I did the straliu'.
I've been doin it nil along. I '
"There was a cati h in her voice
then. The woman sunk back ou 'the
stool aguiu and gatherod the young
est child into her arms uud began t
ro. k her body to nnd fro nervously.
Tatman took the vacant chair be
side me aud mopped his streaniug
forehead.
" 'l'ou wouldn't think I'd be able to
do it, either, would you?' she re
sumed, pitching her voice iu its high
keyed monotone once more. 'I'm 72
years old, but I've still got heaps of
strength. I've always been strong ns
un ox. I've hud need to be, too, for
l'vo had to work1 like one most of my
life. I've had all my brothors to do
for. There wus six of them. Ronie
how, their wives ull died when the
children wus little tots, nnd I've
brought 'em nil up the beat I kuowed
how. Hi's is the luit I'll have to do
for. I liked Hi's wife hotter than any
of the rest of the women folks, and I
like her children best. If she'd been
my own s. titer I couldu't have thought
more of her, and if the children was
my own I couldu't thiuk more of
them. At least, it seems that way.
Anyhow, I wouldn't have stole fin
nuybody but them. I promised their
mother when she wuh drawing her
very last breath that they shouldn't
want for nnythiug if I could help it,
an' I guess they never have, so far.
" 'Hi never did have the knuck of
gettiu' on very well,' sho suid. 'It
was this little fellow that set me goin'
this one here iu my arms. He was
hungry for two days an' nights. He
cried and cried till I couldn't stand it
any longer and then I well, I hustled.
I took from I'eter Fagiu the first
night. ou'll say, of course, I ought
to have asked for help. Well, mebbe
I had, but I don't know us it would
have doue any good. Folks was all
dowu ou ns. Somehow, tln-y don't
seem to understand that Hi's sick an'
has beeu ailin' for months. They
still think he's sulloiin' from luck of
ability to get on. Hut it ain't that
now. If I'd begyad, the best they
could have done would be to send us
to the poorhouse, and there is so much
rod tape to be unwound before a body
can get in even there, that the
chances .are we'd have starved to
deuth before the business could bo
settled. Thut's the way it wus with
tho Polau family. '
"Tatman remembered the Dolan
episode aud nodded au acquiescence.
" 'You may think it. strange that a
w oman nsold as lum could get around
as lively us I've Leeu doiu' this win
ter. It is funny. I can't understand
it myself, but somehow when I wus
out steuling I was spry as a cricket
uud as still as a mouse. I never felt
afraid, cither. I guess that's the
reason I never got caught. Hut now
that you've got me, I suppose I'll
have to give in. Do you want to tuke
inn uloiig with you now? It won't
take me long to get ready. Clothes
don't cut much of a figure with us. All
I wish is that you'd kind of look after
Hi and the children when I'm gone.'
"The man in the comer sobbed
aloud, Tatniuu urosn and - stalked
over to the Binull window and stood
looking at the snow-dimmed gbiss, l!y
and by he cume I ack to the fireplace.
He reached out and grubbed old Mar
tini's hand, and whou he spoke I haw
that his hand and voi e were both un
stoidy. " '1 think,' he said, Mint you con
take better care of these children than
I inn. I don't want you today. My
warrant is made out for Hirutn I. each.
I can't (huuge it to Martha. It is my
duty to do so, I suppose, but I can't
do my duty. Here is something to
keep yon going for a while. Don't
spend any of it till I'eter Fugin's meat
and meal uud potatoes nre all gono.
You might get me into trouble if you
did."
"The woman leaned her gray head
against the child's unkempt locks.
Bhe said uothiug, but she pressed Tat
man's fingers, and I guess he under
stood." The man of experience stopped
abruptly. The young mail, who wus
smoking, cleared his throat.
"Well," he asked, otlongth, "what
became of Tatman? What did they
do to him iu the next campaign?"
"Knocked him higher than a kite,''
said the man of experience, "They
said he was no good because be
couldu't find that robber, lint I guess
Tatman didn't care." New York Sun,
FROM DESPERADO TO TAMALE MAN.
T.ie Itfirnmnntir V.ml of Oiic Notorlnnf
CnllforniH Outlaw
Yea'- aio nobody rode better horses,
could rido harder, dance longer, or
shoot faster than Kamou Kuis. He
w.it- the beau ideal of a fandangodandy,
aud ti availed n pace so fast with such
nn utter reckless disregard for the
propi ietie", even life, that not even
his best friends numerous, too pre
dicted for him an ending more tran
quil than one with his boots on or
possibly the closing forever of his eyes
iu the cell of a penitentiary. Instead,
however, he pulsed quietly away
recoutly in Calaveras county, Califor
nia, tho result of a cold contracted
while selling toiuules ou the street at
night. The powerful constitution
which had laughod at bullets aud knife
wounds had permitted a cold to de
velop into consumption, and iu just
thirty day Hamuli wus a dead man.
He was born in Colifornia sixty
years ago, and in his teens developed
romarkuble ability as n bronco ruler
and dexterity in tho uso of a six
shooter. Thus it soon becamo know n
to tlio ollh ers of the law that ouo of
thu most dango oils combinations they
hud to deal with consisted of ltnmon,
a good mustang nnd a pair of "sixes."
He confined his operations almost ex
clusively to Calaveras, Hon Joaquin,
Ntuuisluns. and Merced counties,
though occasioiiully he was known
to do u trick in other sections. Tuo
lumne ho claimed us a homo, and fre
quently returned, though generally
ou the run, with sheriffs, detectives
or posses iu hot pursuit. Once in the
hills of "home," he mannged to es
cape. He did one term in Nun Ijiten
tin tor stage robbery, aud is kuown
to have been tho lone highwayman of
several other hold-ups iu which the
sufferer was Wells, Fargo, ,V Co.
These operations, togethor with ac
quiring some of the best horses the
sta'e could pro. luce without going
through the formality of consulting
the owuers, kept Hauion very busy
keopiug out of jail. Hut as his ill
gotten gains came, so they weut easy.
He spoilt his money like a prime, aud
g ive a great deal to people w ho har
bored or showed hiin any kiudnoss.
He never to. got a friend nor forgave
an enemy. That was his religion. He
gave his promise to the officers of the
county that he would commit no crime
within its boundaries and liveil up to
it. riome fifteen years ago or so the
state got too small to hold him, and
as his old enemies, the oflicers of the
law, were closing in on him from all
sides, he crossed the mountains, but
hud hardly reached Hot Springs, Mono
county, when he got into trouble with
a l'iute Indian aud killed him. Ten
yeni-B ago he worked his wny to Lower
California and opened n butcher busi
ness. He did a brisk businesu from
the start, and, though he trusted in
discriminately, never tried to make
his army of debtors settle np. Tho
reason of this was that he got cattle
ehou) e.- than anybody else could. At
length the xto k-raiser got tired of
Kauiou's mode of getting beef cattle,
organized a mob and started to hang
him. In the fight that ensued Kamou
wus shot twice, but succteded in killing
one in a u and wounding three others.
He staggered to his horse.amid a ruin
of Imilet", mounted uud tied.
He cuine direct to this county nnd
Bottled down, Tho old spirit of bra
vudo hud died out and tlu mini who
loved adventure for the sake of tho
danger thut went with it settled down
to the unroiuuutiu life of a tumale
vender, aud us such he passed away,
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
An apple orchard iu Jefferson eouny,
Ind., is ou the side of a perpendicu
lar hill over half a mile in height.
The trees grow straight out from the
hillside, and when au apple drops
from a tree it fulls nearly half a mile
before it alights on the ground.
A French journal tells a story ubont
n dog which bciouged to au English
dentist. Thelog was scarcely able to
support life owing to the loss of its
teeth. The dentist made ou artificial
set, including four canine teeth and
four molars mounted ou a plate in the
ordinary way. The dog now eats
meat and even gnaws bones without
difficulty and he has gained cousidor
ubly iu weight.
The most curious street pavement
ill the world is that which has recently
been put down in Lyons, France. It
is of glass, the blocks being about
eight inches square, each made up of
sixteen smaller blocks. The glass
blocks are so tightly fitted together
thut water cannot pass between them.
As a paveniout glass is suid to have
greater resistance than stone. It is a
poor conductor of cold, and ice w ill
not form upon it,
A newly married couple in New
Brunswick, N. J., circumvented theii
mischievous friends by starting oq
their wedding journey by way of the
roof. The friends, well supplied with
rice aud old slippers, stood ut the foot
of the stairs. The pair ascended to
the roof, walked to the adjoining houso,
theu down and through the rear door
to a buck street, where they entered
a waiting curriago uud wore driven to
tho luilway station. '
Birds are furnished with a peculiar
mombraue, which iu a state of repose
lies iu the inner angle of tho eye,
but is movable by two distinct muscles,
which draw it over the corner. It is,
to a ceituiu extent, transparent, for.
according to c. uvier, mrus cuu looK
through it, as the eagle does when
looking at the sun. This membrane
is culled the third eyelid. One of the
most comical and grotesque animals
is the "spoctnclod boar" which de
rives its chief attraction from the
light-colored rings around its eyes.
These the greater part of the face
being, like the body, black have ex
actly the uppearouce of a pair of com
mon "goggles," through which the
beust seems to look with au air of
mingled wisdom and imbecility. Thd
spectacled beur is ouly found iu thd
mountainous regions of Chili, Boutu
America.
.THE NIMBLE SIXPENCE.
us It Itun Everywhere Through Kng--Huh
Dally Life.
Should England ever decide upon a
new cont-of-arms, let it be the lion
and unicorn rampant, holding aloft a
big round penny. The present motto
will answer: "(iod and my Kight"
money, my God, and all I can get, iny
right. This is not especially to be
condemned, perhaps. With 40,000,-
000 people crowded into an area no
larger than one of our Ameiican states
nnd with 20,01)0 persous owning all
the land, the struggle for existence is
terrible. Nevertheless the schemes to
extract tho penny are so various and
tinique.and they are sprung upon yon
so uuetpectedly, as to be actually
funny. In consequence you always
must go about loaded down w ith these
big. heavy copper coins, larger than
our old one-cent pieco which we role
guted to the dark ages long ago. Sev
eral times a day you will get eleven of
these in exchange for a shilling, and
you really would have to carry a I as
ket if they did not slip away as fast as
1 hoy come. The government could
just as well put its Maiup of value
upon a smaller coin, but the Hritish
public would resent giving np its dear
old penny. You pny a penny for a
tout in any of the purks and gardens;
a penny for the use of the toilet room
ut all the railroad stations nnd res-
tiiui nuts; n penny for a drink of water.
In fact you wi.l sove wear and tear of
patience and purse by all the time
carrying a penny between your thumb
uud forefinger.
Americans cannot got used to the
fact that this important coin is two
cents instead of one. Tuppence to
the in seems to routs but it really is
four; thripponee is not threo but six;
tenpence seems a mere trille until th-y
reitect it is twenty cents. The six
penco is ubiquitous, it is omuipreseut,
no word falls so readily from Knglish
lips. Where we say a nickel they sny
sixpence, which is nearly two-and-a-half
times an much. 1 asked u shop
keeper i ne day w hy that everlost.ng
sixpence wns tacked on to everything.
"Well," he said, "it sounds better;
two shillings or woven shillings sounds
ho bnil. it is lunch easier to say two-und-six,
seven-und-six." So for the
suko of euphony wo pay the extra 12
cents. At the hotels they tell us tho
price is ten-uiid-six, twelvo-nnd-six.we
never can escape from the everlasting
sixpence. Twenty shillings aro a
pound, but ten shillings are not a half
pound, but half a sovereign. Then
there is thut exasperating coin, tho
half crown, two-uud-six, but so little
larger thu i the two-shilliug-piece that
we must lay them together to see flio
difference. A favorite price to put
upon article is a guinea. When we
ask what is a guinea we are told that
there is no such coin but it means a
pound and one shilling a pleasing
variation from the extra sixpence.
Twelve peuce muke a shilling, two
shillings o tloriu, four shillings a
double tl oi i ii, five shillings a crown,
two crowns a half sovereign; three
columns always to add up and besides
there are the ha'pennies uud the farth
ings, two of which muke a hu'peuny.
1 n ude this purchase yesterday a
yard and a qiiurter of ribbon at ono
bhilliug, thrippence ha'penny a yard.
hut was the bill? At the bunks one
must tuke silver or gold for all sums
under live pounds, $25.
The Kuglisfi admit freely thnt their
finuuciul system is very bud, but they
sny, "Our money iH at pur ull over the
world, why make a change?" The sil
ver thrippence is the Biime size ns our
diminutive three-cent pieco whose
coinage wns discontinued years ago,
Thoy suy it is coined here for tho
benefit of those whose conscience will
not let them put coppers into tho con
tribution plate ou Suuduy, but whose
generosity does not extend to a six
pence. In some churches the exact
amount of the contribution, and the
kind of coin, is plucod on a bulletin
iu the vestibule. In one town, not
long ago, 1 road at the close of the
morning service, "140 thrippence
pieces."
lti'ar I'lHlfuriti I'hlli,iipliy.
"Do you see how thut ludy is get
ting ou the car?" asked a disgusted
conductor of a reporter the other day.
The ludy iu question was backing off'
the train facing the conductor, who
wns standing ou the rear platform.
"If I were a reformer," continued
tho conductor, "I i-hould lose uo time
in getting up n society for the protec
tion of Indies riding ou streot curs. If
I were n legislator I should muke it
necessary for every man, woman and
child to pasB un emmiuntioii showing
their knowledge of how to get ou or
off a cur before giviug them a permit
to ride. Hut it is particularly the
Indies who refuse to be convinced
that they jeopardize their lives by
facing the opposite direction from thut
iu which tho c ar is going when they
get off. As every uiuii knows, the
bust motion of the cur when the pas
senger is alighting iu that way is sulli
cient to throw her down. . I always
become hoarse iu the winter time from
calling to ladies aud beseeching them
to wait till the car stops. I have
given up teaching them to get off iu a
way thut a little motion will net affect
them aud confine myself to holding
them back until they cuu get off iu
safety, howe.er awkwardly they do
it. I have finally come to the con
clusion thut getting oil' u street car is
something like throwing u stuns
straight. A woman cuu't do it, nnd
thut's all there is about it. "Wash
ington Star.
llnUar mill II in Creditor,
lial.ao's death was known iu a mo
ment, it would seem, to his ciedi'ors,
aud they came clamoring to the door,
and invaded the house a ravening
horde, rnnsai king looms and hunting
for vuluubles. Thoy drove the w idow
away, and she found a temporary
home with Mmo. do Surville ut No.
47H Hue des Martyrs. This house and
number ure yet unchanged, Cabinets
aud drawers were torn open, and about
the grounds were scattered his letters
and papers, sketches of new stories,
drafts of contemplated woik all that
could be collected by his friends hur
rying to the spot. They found manu
scripts in the shops around, ready to
enwrap butter uud groceries. One
characteristic) and most valuable let
ter was tracked to three places, in
three pieces, by an enthusiast, who
rescued the first piece just us it was
twisted up and ready to light a cob
bler's pine. New York World.
REV. DRJALMAGE.
THE EMINENT DIVINE'S SUNT AY
DISCOURSE.
Sulci net! Gnard Yonr Tom per A Mweet
Disposition Adda Much to the Joy of
Living Don't Want Health Reheart
lug Wrona-e anil Scheming Itevenge,
ICopjrrlght, LoaU KlopM-h, lWi.
WAsmitoTow.D, 0. In this discourse Dr.
TnlmnRS placates the world's revenges unit
recommends morn of the saccharine ami
iors of the sour In human dispositions; text;
Etheslnns lv W, "Let not tbe sun go down
upon your wrntb." ,
What a pillow, embroidered of all colors,
hntli the dying dayl The cradle ot clouds
from which tbe sun rise Is bonuttftil
enough, hut It is surpassed by the many
colored mausoleum la wliloh at evening it
Is hurled, j
HnnBot among the mountain! It almost
taken one's breath awny to reonll tho
seeno. The long shadows stretching over
the plain make the glory ot the departing
light on the tiptop crags and struck aslant
through the foliage the morn oonsplouous,
HatTron nnd gold, purple and crimson com
mingled. All the onatles ot cloud In con
nngrntlnn. Ilurnlng Mosoows on the sky.
HmiKlng gardens ot roses at their deepest
blush. Runners ot vnpor, red ns It from
enrnngo, In the battle of the elements. The
hunter among the Adirondack and the
Swiss villager among tho Alps know what
is a sunset among tbe mountains. After a
storm at sen the rolling grandeur Into
which the sun goes down to bnthe at night
fall Is something to make weird and splen
did dreams out of for A lifetime. Alexan
der Htnitn, in bis poem, coinpsres tho sun
set to "tho barren heich of hell," but thU
wonderful spectacle of nature makes mo
think of tbe burnished wall of heaven.
Paul hi prison, writing my text, remembers
some of the gorgeous sunsets among tho
mountains of Asia Minor and how he had
oriel, seen the towers of Damascus blnjie
Iu the close of the orieutal days, nnd he
nasties out that memory In the text wheu
lesi,, "Let uot the sun go down upon
voi r wrath."
t-'ub'nno nil suggestive duty for people
then and people now I Forgiveness before
sundown I lie who never fuels the throb
of Indignation Is Imbecile. He who can
walk among the Injustices of the world In
flicted upon himself nnd others without
flush ot check or flash of eye or agitation
of nature Is either In sympathy with wrong
or snmt-ldlntlu. When Ananias, the high,
priest, ordered the constables of the oonrt
room to snilto run I on tho mouth, Paul
fired up and said, "God shall smite thee,
thou whited wall." In the sentence Imme
diately before my text Paul commands the
Epheslans, "Be yo angry nnd sin not." It
all depends on what you are mad at and
how long tho feeling lusts whether linger
Is right or wrong. Life Is full of exaspera
tions. Hniil after David, Hnccoth after
(lideon, Kornb after Moses, the Pnsqulns
after Augustus, the Fhntisees after Christ,
and every one has hud his pursuers, aud
we are swindled or belled or misrepresent
ed or persecuted or In some wny wronged,
nnd the danger Is that healthful Indigna
tion shnll beconio buleful spite, and that
our feelings settle down Into u prolonged
outpouring of temper displeasing to (Iod
and ruinous to ourselves, nnd bnce the
Important Injunction ot tbe text, "Let not
the sun go down upon your wrath."
Why thnt limitation to one's nnger?
Why thnt period of flaming vapor set to
punctuate a flaming disposition? Wlint
tins the sunset got to do with one's resent
till emotion? Wns It a haphazard senti
ment written bv Tunl without special
Blgaldoancey No, no. I think of five
reasons why wo should not let the sun set
before our torn per.
i'irst, because twelve hours Is long
enough to be croe about nny wrong In
flicted upon us. Nothing is so exhausting
to physloal health or mental faculty us n
protracted Indulgence ot III humor. It
racks tho nervous system. It hurts thu
digestion. It heats the blood iu brain ami
heart until tho whole body Is first over
heated and then depressed. Resides that,
It sours the disposition, turns one asldu
from Ids legitimate work, expends energies
that ought to bo better employed and
dons us morn harm than It does out
antagonist. Paul gives us a good, wide
allowance of time for legitimate denuncia
tion, from 8 o'clock to 0 o'clock, but says,
"Htop therel" Watob tho descending orb
of day, nnd when It reaches the horizon
take s reof In your disposition. Unloose
your collar and cool olT. Change the sub
ject to something delightfully pleasant.
Unroll your tight fist unci shake hands
with some one. Dauk up the tires nt the
curfew boll. Drive tbe growling dog of
enmity back to Its kennel. Tho hours of
this morning will puss by, nnd the after
noon will arrive, uud tbe sun will begin to
set, and, I leg yon. on Its blazing hearth
throw ull your feuds, Invectives and
satires.
Agnln, we ought not to let the sun go
down on our wrat'i, because wo will sleep
better if wo nre at peace with everybody.
Insomnia Is getting to be ono of the most
prevalent of disorders. How few people
rotlre nt 10 o'clock at night and sleep clear
through to 6 la the morulugl To relieve
this disorder ull narcotics ami sodntlves
and morphine and chloral and bromide ot
potassium und cecnluo nud Intoxicants nrj
used, but uothiug Is more important than
n quiet spirit it we would wlu somnolence.
How Is a man going to sleep when be is iu
mind pursuing an enemy? With wbntnor
vous twitch he will start out of a drenmt
That new plan of cornering bis foe wilt
keep him wide awake while tho clock
strikes 11, 12, 1, 2. I give you an unfailing
prescription for wakefulness: Hpend tho
evening hours rehearsing your wrongs nnd
thu best way of avenging them. Hold a
convention of friends on this subject in
your psrlor or oflloe at 8 or 0 o'clock.
Close tbe evening by writing a titter letter
expressing your sentiments. Tuke from
the desk or pigeonhole the pa peri in the
esse to refrrau your mind with your en
emy's mennness. Then He down ami wuit
for tbe coming of tbe dsy, nud It will come
before sleep comes or your sleep will be
worried quiescence nud, If you take tlio
precaution to lie Rut ou your buck, it
frightful nightmare.
Why not put a bound to your nnimosltv?
Why lot your foes come Into tbe sanctities
of your dormitory? Why let those slund-j
erers who have alrendy torn your reputn-;
tlon to pieces or Injured your business
bend over your midnight pillow nnd drive
from you one of tbegreutest blessings that
(lod ean offer sweet, refreshing, all In-'
vlgoratlng sleep? Why not feuoe out your
enemlts by the golden bars ot the sunset?
Why not stand behind the barricade of
evening aloud and say to tbom, "Thus far
and no farther." Many a man nnd many
a woman is bsvlug the health ot body as
well as the health of soul eaten away by a
malevolent spirit. IhavelnUlmo of relig
ious awakening had persons night after
night com Into the Inquiry room and get
no peaoa ot soul. After n while I have
bluntly asked them, "Is there not some one
against whom you bave a hatred that you
are not wllllug to give up?" After a little
oonfuslon tbey bave slightly whispered,1
"Yes," Then I hnve laid, "You will never
find peace with Uod as long as you retain
thnt virulence."
Tbe rabbins recount bow that Nebuchad
nezzar's son had such a splta against his
father that after be wns dead be had bis
futher burned to allies nnd then put the
allies Into four sacks und tied thm to four
eagles' necks which Dew away lu opposite
directions. Aud there are now domeotlo
antipathies that seam forever to have scat
tered all parental memories to the four
winds of heaven. How far the eagles Hy(
with those f acred ashes! The bour of sun
down makes to that family no practical
suggest on. Thomas Carlylfl, in bis blog-.
ruphy of Frederick the Great, says tb
old king was '"Id by the confessor bit must
be at peace jv"j lilt enemies if bo wauted,
to enter heaven. Then he said to Ills wife,,
tbe quoen, "Write to your brother after I
tm dead thut I forgive him." lloloff, lbs
joijfussor, suid, "Her majesty bad better
writo him Immediately." "No," snld the
king, "ufter I am dead; that will be infer."
So he let the sun of ids eurtbly exlulnuoe
go dowu upon bis wrulb.
Aiiutn, we ought not to allow tbe sun to
nt before fori;lvouui taken plaoo, buuauue
wu might not live to see nn oilier dsy. And
what If we should ba ushered into the
presence of our Maker with n grudge upon
our soul? The majority ot people depart
this life In the night. lJutwreu 11 o'clock
p. ni, and 8 o'clock a. in. there Is some
thing Iu thu utiuo.snliora which relaxes tho
grip which the body has ou the ioul and
most people enter the next world through
the shadow of this world. Perhaps (iod
may have arrauged It iu thnt way so as to
make tha contrast the uiois glorious. I
hav suu suualiluy days la this world that
must usts eeen almost ii us tbe radiaoss ef
bearen. But as tnoit people leave the
earth between sundown and sunrise tby
qnlt this world at its darkest, and heaven
always bright, will be the brighter for that
contrast. Out of darkness Into Irradia
tion. "Hnt," ssys some woman, "there Is
horrid s-eature that has so injured mi
that raider than make up with her 1
would die first." Well, slBter, yon may
take your choice, for one or tbe other It
will be your complete pardon of her ot
(iod's eternal bnnlsninent of you. "But,"
says some man, "thnt fellow who cheated
me out of those goods, or damaged tnj
business oredlt, or started that lie nbnut
me In the newspapers, or by his perfidy
broke up my domestic hnppluess, forgive
him I cannot, forgive blm I will not!"
Well, brother, take your choice. You will
never be nt peace with On I till you are at
peace with man. Feeling ns you now do,
you would not get so near the harbor of
heaven as to see the lightship. Better
Innve thnt man with tlin Uod who snld:
"Veugennoe Is Mine. I will repnv." You
may say: "I will mnke him sweat for that
yet. I will make him squirm. I mean to
pursue him to the death. " But you are
damaging yourself mure than you damage)
blm, and you nre mnktng heaven tor your
owu soul an Impos-dhlllty, If he will not
be reconciled to you, he reconciled to lilm.
In live or six hours It will be sundown.
The dahlias will bloom nguinst the west
ern sky. Homnwhere between this ami
that take a snovel and bury the oltl
quarrel nt least six feet doep. "Let not
th sun go down, upon your wrath."
Again, wo ought not to allow the passage
of the sunset hour before the dismissal of
nil our affronts, hcnaua we may nssoclntt
the snbllmest action ot tbe soul with th
subllinest spectacle lu nature. It is a most
delightsome thing to have our personal
experiences silled with certain subjects.
There Is a tree or river bank where God)
llrst answered your prayer. You will nevef
pass that place or think of that place with
out thinking of tho glorious communion.
There was some gate or some room or some
garden Willi where you were nltlanced wltu
"in companion who Inn been your chief
Jo In life. You never speak of that pluair
uut wit Ii n smile. Homo of vou have ploas
nnt memories connected with thu evening
star, or tho moon In Its llrst quarter, oi
with the sunrise, because you snw It just lis1
you were arriving nt harbor after u tem
pestuous voyage. Forever nnd forevor.
I admit It Is tha most difficult ot all
graces to practice, and at the start you may
make a complete failure, but keep on iu
the attempt to practice It. Hlntke- i mis
wrote ten plays before he reached "Ham
let," nnd seventeen plays before be readied
"Merchant ot Venice," nnd twenty-eight
plays bofore he reached ".Macbeth." And
gradually you will come from the easier
graces to the most dllllcult. Besides that,
it is not n matter of personal determination
so much as the laving hold ot the al
mighty arm of (iod. who will help us to do
anything wo ought to do. Hememher that
lu ull personal controversies the one least
to blame will have to tuke the first step nt
paclllnnttou If It Is ever effected. The con
test between itoiehlnes nnd Arlstlppns re
sounds through history, but Aristlppus,
who was least to blame, went to Adenines
nnd snld, "Hhsll we not agree to be friend
before we make ourselves the laughing
stock of the wbolecountry?" Aud TKsohlnes
said, "Thou nrt a far better man than I,
for 1 begun tbe quarrel, but thou has beeu
the llrst in healing the breach." Aud they
wort nlwnys friends afterwards. Ho let
tho one of you that Is least to blame take
the llrst step toward reconciliation, The
one most in the wrong will never take It.
Oh, It miikei one feel splendid to he able
by God's help to practice unlimited for
ptveness. It improves one's body and soul.
My brother, it will make you measure three
or four more Inches around the chest snd
Improve your respiration so that you can
take a deeper nnd longer breath. It Im
proves the aouatennuce by FOatteriug the
gloom nud makes you somewhat like God
himself. He is omnipotent, nnd we oiiunot
copy that. Hn Is independent ot nil the
universe, nnd we cannot copy that. He Is
creative, aud we cannot copy that. He Is
omnipresent, nnd we cannot copy thnt. But
He forgives with a broad sweep ull faults,
and all neglects, nnd nil Insults, and all
wrongdoings, and in thnt we may copy Hint
with mighty success. Uo harness that sub
lime action of your soul to the sunset the
hour wben tbe gate of heaven opens to let
thu day pass Into eternities and some oi
the glories escape this way through tbe
brief opening. We talk about the Italian
sunsets, and sunset amid the Apennines,
and sunset amid tlio Cordilleras, but I will
tell you bow you tuny see a grander sunset
than any mere lover of nature ever beheld)
that is, by flinging Into it ull your hatreds
nnd animosities, nnd let tbe horses of lire
trnmplo them, uud the chariots of fr roll
over them, und the spearmen of fire stab
thorn, uud the bench of fire consume them,
uud the billows of lire overwhelm them.
Agnln, we should not let the sun go down
on our wrath, bucuiise It Is of little im
portance what the world says of you or
does to you when you hnve the nflluent
Goil of the sunset as your provider nnd
defender. People talk ns though It were a
ll.xed spe -tade of nature and always the
same. But no one ever saw two sunsets
alike, nud it the world has existed 6000
years there have been nbnut 2,11)0,000 sun
Mts, each of them as distinct from all tbe
other pictures In the gallery of the sky as
Titian's "Last Bupper," Unpens' "Descent
From the Cross," Raphael's "Trntisllguru
tlon" aud Michael Angelo's ' Last Judg
ment" aro distinct from each other. If
thnt God of such in Unite resourcos thnt
He can put on tho wall ot the sky each
evening more than the Louvre aud Luxem
bourg galleries ull In one is iny Uod ami
your Uod, our provider nnd protector,
what Is the use of our worrying uhout auy
human antagonism? If we are misinter
preted, the Uod of tho many oolored sun
set can put tbe right color on our action.
It all the garniture of the western heavens
at evontiilu Is but the upholstery ot one of
tha windows of our future borne, what
small business tor us to be chasing eu
eiuleb! Let not this Sabbath sun go dowu
upon your wrath.
And I wish for nil of you a beautiful sun -set
to your earthly existence. With some
of you It lias boi-u a long day of trouble,
nnd with others of you it will be far from
calm. When the suu rose at 6 o'clock, it
was the morning of youth, nnd a fulr day
wns prophesied, but by the time the noon
day or middle life bad come and the clock
of your earthly, existence bad struck twelve
cloud rncks gathered and tempest bellowed
lu tbe truck of tempest. But as tbe even
ing of old age approuehes I pray Uod tbe
skies may brighteu aud the clouds be piled
up luto pillars as of celestial temples to
which you go or move as with mounted
ooliorts come to take you home. And as
you sink out of slgut below the horizon
may there be a radiance of Christian ex
ample lingering loug ufter you are gone,
aud on the beavena be wrltteu iu letters of
snpnhirn. and oil the waters lu letters ot
opal, snd on the bills iu letters of emerald,
"I'hy suu shall uo more go down, neither
shall thy moon withdraw Itself, for the
Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and
th days of thy mourning shall be ended."
Bo shall the sunset of earth bocoin tbe
KAinrise of heaven.
A Japanese Oelalia (llrl.
A geisha must be highly accom
plished, because her chief duty is tor
amuse. While not by any means a
musician, Bhe must be able to perform
on the samisen, koto.tzuzuml (a druni)
and other musical Instruments. She
dances, sings, and talks on the lightest
isbjects, and always holds herself in
readiness to entertain her guests ac
cording to their mood. A witty geisha,
one who Is a good talker, pretty and
graceful, will not luck for employment
at any time, aud generally makes a
very good living. While It Is not at all
DeceHsary for her to aroiiBe mirth, her
object must be to beguile the time that
if irksome to her guests. Thus it often
happens that one feeling depresded will
bend for a geisha girl. The geisha lu
a natural uctressand her taste in dress
Is exquisite, her movements Incompar
able In grace. Ouoto Watanua, in tha
November Woman's Home Co
panlon.
Inspiration is Intelligent contln'iou
and progressive, not turgid or artifi
cial or dogmatlQ.-Itev, J. Curumliigt
Smith.
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