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A MAN'S THOUGHTS.
WorV, there Ik work to be dine,
A whole day's work in a day ;
From the rising nun to the setting mii
Work (or all who may.
and the prayer of the working hand
Is the prayer of the working head
The clamorous prayer of a hungry land
"Give UK our dally tread !"
Fame, there Ik fnine to m won,
A nnmn tlint stands fur a nnme;
Tho prlr.e when the rao shall lie runj
And the honor a victory may claim
Gold, and better than gold.
rower, and the world' good will j
Anil Ix-tter than nil a thousandfold,
An honest conscience still.
To FUfT'-r, and know no shame.
To eoniier, and leave no lan.
To live il giving, tli roii i; H praise and blam,
A-urmn'o of n man.
Oeorge Cotteri-ll, In flood Wort.
Living Beyond Their Means.
v uelex roititr.sT oiiaves.
IVE pounds of
grapes I" said old
Mrs. Mildmay, in
Aston i s h m c n t.
"Aro you qnito
suro tlint you un
derstood your mis
tress's order, Hes
ter? Whito grapes
ore sixty cents a
j (iiu.l, and tart ly
fur ho buiuII a diu-
mm
ncr party
"Thero s no niistnke, ma'am," said
Hester, pertly. Hervants will soon
learn tho sjurit of their superiors,
and Hester know thnt young Mrs.
Mildmny was not particularly partial
to Lir husband's stepmother. "1 took
tho order myself, nnd it uiu't likely I
should lio mistook."
"Hester in qnito right," said Mrs.
Unfits Mildmny, who camo in at that
moment, a handsomo brunette, in a
link cashmere morning dress, trimmed
w ith black velvet ratlicr a contrast to
tho neat, calico gown which her
mother-in-law was ncctistomod to wear
about her morning avocations nt
homo. "Anil do I wish, mamma, you
wouldn't interfere !"
Tho old lady's serene brow flushed.
"My dear," aho remonstrated, "I
do not wish to meddle with your con
cern", but I really fear that lotus's in
come "
"llufus's incomo in his ovn, to
spend an ho pleases!" interrupted tho
young lady. "And you seem to for
get, mamma, thut people don't livo
nowadays as they did when you wcro a
girl."
Mrs. Mildmny said nothing more.
It was not the first time, nor yet tho
second, that oho had been givon to un
derstand, by Mrs. ItufuR, that her in
terposition in household affairs was
unwelcome.
k Tho stepson, whom she loved with
as fond a devotion as if be had been
her own child, had married beauti
ful city girl, and settled in ?ew York.
Ho lay '. was well,- at.uv'ugh Mrs.
Mildmay had secretly hoped that he
would love sweet Alice Acton, the
clergyman's daughter, of Polo Hill,
and huttlo dowu on tho old farm, as
hit father beforo him hail done.
Yet, if ltufus was hnppy, sho alno
would rejoice, sho assured herself,
oven although ho preferred I.osamond
Thursby to Alice Acton, and a city's
bustle to tho sweet peace of the vales
and glens.
If llufus was happy! Yes, thero
was tho question. And sometimes Mrs.
Mildmay feared that ho was not, in
spito of his smiles and aabumod cheer
ful uesH.
It had been his fondest hopo that
his mother might be ono of his house
hold after his marriage. Mm. Mild
may had hoped so, too ; but after this,
her first visit, she felt that the dream
was in vain.
"Oil and water will not mix," iho
said to herself, with a sigh; "und I be
long to a pant generation."
As sho left tho store closet, where
Rosamond and her cook were holding
counsel as to a proposed dinnerparty,
sho went slowly And spiritlessly up tho
breakfast room, where l'.ufua was read
ing the morning paper before the fire.
"llufus," she Haiti, a little abruptly,
"I think I had bettor go back to Tho
Hemlocks this week."
"Mothor !" ho remonstrated.
"I don't think that Rosamond wants
me hero." ltufus Mildmay reddened.
"I hopo, mother," ho said," bhobug
not said auythiug to "
"It is not natural that hIio should
need my presence," mid tho old lady,
geutly. "I might have known it;
now 1 am certain of it. Home is the
best placo for mo. Hut remember one
thing, dear ltufus. lo not outspeud
your income, ltotnmoud is young
and thoughtless. You yourself ore
inexperienced- "
"Oh, it's all right, mother!" said
the younj inau, carelessly. "Kut I
did hope that you could be happy here. "
Mrs. Mildmay shook her head.
"I ahall see you sometimes," said
he. "If ever you aro in trouble,
I'.ufiis you or Rosamond, either you
will know where to come."
Ho the old lady went away from tho
pretty bijou of a house in l'arabole
l'lace, with its bay windows, its Tur
coman portieres and tho boxes of
flowers iu all the casements.
"itosamond," said tho ycung hus
band, as ho studied over the list of
woekly bills a short time subsequently,
"I believe my mother was right. We
axe outrunning our income."
"Pshaw!" said Rosamond, who was
aewing point lace ou a rose-colored
satiu reception-dress; "what has put
that ridiculous idea into your head,
P.ufus?"
"Pactsand figures," answered Ilufus.
"Just look here, Homo."
"liut I don't want to look!" said
Rosamond, impntieutly turning her
head away, "audi won't so there!
hn
I
j
as this"
Of course one can't live without
money, especially if one goes into
society."
Rnfus whistled tinder his breath.
"But, Rosamond," said he, "if a
man's income is a hundred dollars a
month, and ho spends two hundred,
how are the accounts to balance at the
year's end?"
"I don't know snrthing about bal
ances and account, '" said Rosamond,
with a sweet, sportive laugh. "How
do yon like this dress, Rufus I" hold
ing up the gleaming folds of the pink
satin. "I shall wear it on Thursday
evening."
"Do yon think, Rosie," said tho
young man, gently, "that it is wise
for us to go so much into society on
our slender income?" ,
"That arrow came from your moth
er's quiver, Rufus!" said Rosamond,
with another laugh. "She was always
preaching about your 'income. ' "
"And, after all," said Rufus, "what
do wo care for tho fashionnblo peoplo
to whoso houses we go, and whom we
invite to our parties? They wouldn't
ono of them regret if we were to go
to tho Rocky Mountains to-morrow."
"I would as soon dio at onco as livo
without society!" said Rosamond.
"Do leave off lecturing, me, Rufus?
Society is all that makes lifo worth
having for me."
And, with a deep sigh, Rufus held
his peace.
That whs a long, lonely winter for
Mrs. Mildmay, senior, at The Hem
locks. Know set in early ; the river froze
over, as if it were sheeted with iron,
except in the ono dismal placo down
in tho rvine, whero a restless pool of
ink-black water boiled and bubbled at
the foot of a perpendicular mass of
gray rock, under the shadow of gloomy
evergreens; the snnshino glittered
with frozen brightness over the hills,
and tho (dd lady was often secrcctly
sad at heart as sho cat all alono in the
crimson parlor, by the big flro placo,
whero the logs blazod in the twilight.
And as the New Year passed, And
tho bitter cold of January took posses
sion of tho frozen world, a vague ap
prehension crept into her heart.
"Something is going to happen,"
sho said. "I am not superstitious, but
thero are times when tho shadow of
coming events stretches darkly across
tho heart. Something is going to hap
pen !"
And one afternooD, as the amber
sunset t lazed behind tho Ion II ess trees,
turning tho snowy fields into manses
of molten pearl, she put on her fur-
lined hood and cloak.
"I will go and take a walk," said
she. "I shall certainly become a
hypochondriao if I sit all tho time by
tho fire and nurso my morbid fancies
like this."
Sho took a long, brisk walk down by
the ruins of the old mill, through tho
cedar woods, across. the frozen swamp,
and then she paused.
"I will come bock bv the 13 lack
Pool," she thougVr'Itia a wild and
ptctuiriWr v-jift "viator, with
loioie uaugiug io me iree doucus,
aud weird loe-eTects over the fa?e of
the old gray ro0k."
It was a" 'Jark and gloomy place,
funereally shaded by the hemlocks,
which grew there to a giant'sizo; and
wheu Mrs. Mildmay got beneath their
boughs, she started back.
Was it the illusive glimmering of
the darkening twilight? or was it
really a man who stood closo to the
edge of tho Black Pool?
"Rufus! oh, Rufus, my son!"
Sho was barely iu time to catch him
in her arms and drag him back from
tho awful death to which ho was hurl
ing himself.
Wheu they reached tho codar wains
coated parlor, where tho blazing logs
cant a ruddy reflection on the rod
Moreen curtains, Mrs. Mildmay looked
into her stepson's face with loving
eyes.
"And now, Rufus," said she, "tell
mo all about it. Tho Lord has been
very good to you in caving you from a
terrible crime."
"Mother, why did you stop me?"
he said, recklessly. "I am a ruined
man. I ahall bo dishonored in the
sigh5 of tho world! Death would bo
preferable, a thousand times, to dis
grace I"
"Rufus," said tho old lady, tender
ly, "do yon remember when you used
to get iuto boyish scrapes at school?
Do you remember how you used to
confide your troubles to mo? Lotus
forget all the years that have passed.
Let us bo child and mother onco
again."
So be told her all of the reckless
expenditure on Rosamond's part his
own, also, ho confessed which had
woven it-olf like a fatal web about his
feet of the unpaid bills, the clamor
ing tradesfolk, tho threats of publio
exposure, which had driven him at
last to the forgery of his employer's
signature, in order to freo himself
from ono or two of tho most pressing
of these demands.
"And if my investment in Erie
bonds had proved a success," he said,
eagerly, "I could have taken up every
one of the notes before they came due.
But there was a change in the market,
and now now the bills will be pre
sented next week, and my villainy will
bo patent to all the world t Oh,
mother, mother I why did you not let
me tiing myself into the Blaok Pool?"
"Rufus," said his stepmother, "what
is the amount of these those forged
bills?"
"Ten thousand dollars!" he an
swered, staring gloomily into the fire.
"Exactly the amount of the Govern
ment bonds which your father left
me," said Mrs. Mildmay. "They
would have boon yours at my death.
They are yours now, Rufus!"
"Mother, you don't mean -"
"Take them," said Mrs. Mildmay,
tenderly pressing her lips to his fore
hoad. "Go to New York the first
thing to-morrow morning and wipe
this stain from your life a you would
wipe a few blurred llgurcs from a slate.
And then begin the record of existence
anew."
And np in the little room which ha
had occupied as a child, Rufus Mild
may slep the first peaceful slumbers
which had descended upon his weary
eyelids for many and many a night.
In the midnight train from New
York camo Rosamond Mildmay to Tho
Hemlocks, with a pale, tcrrifiod face
and haggard eyes.
"Ob, mother, mother!" sho sobbed;
"where is he my husband? Ho has
left me, and the letter on the dressing
table declared that he would never re
turn alive ! Ob, mother, it is ray faut !
I have ruined him ! Help me, com
fort me, tell me what I shall do !"
Mrs. Mildmay took her dnugbterdn
law's hand, and led her softly to tho
littlo room whero her husband lay
sweetly sleeping.
Rosamond drew a loner, sobbing
sigh of relief, And clasped her hands
together as if in mute prayer at tho
sight.
"Hush !" said tho old lady ; "do not
wake him. Ho is worn out, both in
mind aud 'body. Only bo thauhful
that God has given him back to you,
almost from tho grave."
And ns tho two women sat together
by tho blnzzing logs in tho crimson
parlor, Mrs. Mildmay told Rosamond
the whole story of tho meeting at tho
Blnck Pool.
"Mother," said Rosamond, with a
quivering lip, "it is my doing. You
warned me of this long ngo. Oh, why
did I give no liecd to your words? I
dotrrvo it all!"
"You will do better for tho future,
my denr.'Vsaid tho old lady, kindly.
"Only bo bravo ami steadfast."
So tho young people went back to
New York and commenced tho world
aucw, withdrawing from the mael
strom of "society," nnd living within
themselves. Mrs, Mildmay, senior,
camo with them, and Rosamond ia
learning tho art of housekeeping un
der her direction.
"Mamma is an angel!" says the
young wife, enthusiastically. "And
if I could only bo just like her, I
should have no higher ambition."
Saturday Night.
Rralns aud Cold Weather.
Extremo cold, as is well known, ex
erts a benumbing iuilueucu upon tho
mental faculties. Almost every ouo
who has been exposed for a longer or
a shorter period, t n very low tem
perature, has noted a diminution in
will power, And often a temporary
weakening of the memory. Perhaps
tho largest scale upon which this
action has ever been studied was dur
ing tho retreat of the French from
Moscow. The troops sutlercd ex
tremely from hunger, fatigue aud cold
from tho latter perhaps most of all.
A Gecman physician who accompanied
a detachment of his countrymen has
loft an interesting account of their
trials during, this retreat. From an
abstract of this paper by Dr. Rose, in
the '.'Modicinischo,Monatsuhrift," we
find that of the earliest symptoms're
ferable to the cold was a loss of mem
ory. This was noted iu the strong as
well as those who were already sutler
ing from tho effects of tho hardships
to which they had been exposed.
With tho first appearance of a moder
ately low tomperaturo (about tlvo de
grees above zero Fahrenheit), m.my
of tho soldiers were found to hare for
gotten tho names of tho most ordinary
things about them, ns well ns those of
tho articles of food for which they
wero perishing. Many forgot their
own names, and those of their com
rades. Others showed pronounced
symptoms of mental disturbance, and
not a few became incurable insane,
the typo of thoir insanity resembling
very closely senile dementia. The
cold was probably not alone responsi
ble for these effects, for a zero tem
perature is rather stimulating than
paralyzing in its action upon tho well
fed aud healthy. These men were
half starved, poorly clad, worn out
with long marching, many already
weakened by dysentery and othor dis
eases, and all meutally depressed, as
an army in defeat always ii. It
needed, therefore, no very uuusual
degree of cold to produco tho psychio
effects observed under other circum
stance's only as a cousequenca of ex
posure to an extreme low temperature.
New York Advertiser.
Tiie Sparkstopttln;?.
One of tho novel ideas for transpor
tation over snow and ice which is to
bo introduced this year is the sparks
toetting or Norwegian sled. The sled
consists of two ton-foot long runners
of seasoned piuo, which are about an
inch thick aud four inches wide,
turned up at the end like an old fash
ioned pair of skates. Near the center
of the runuer, a littlo to the front of
tho exact center, there are fixed two
light uprights, three feet high, fitted
in some cases with a light crossbar,
and these uprights aro guyod to the
turned-up ends by light but rtroug
pieces of wood, so that thoy will re
main rigid, the two runners are also
guyed across tho ends at the front to
keep them the right distance apart
Just behind each of the uprights there
is a footholo made ou each of the run
ners by tiny blocks of wood, whiob
keep tho foot from slipping off and
gives it a front brace. Current Litera
ture. Effective Scheme lor Cat chin; Rats.
One of the funniest and, at the
same time, most effective schemes for
catching rata has been devised by J,
B. Greene, of Garmon's. Ho has a
two-bushel wauhpot which was half
filled with water and ootton sood. A
board was placed to run from tho floor
to the top of the pot for the rats to
walk up on aud dive off. The largest
uutuber caught in one night was four
teen and the smallest eight. The total
catch was sixty-nine. Now York
World.
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN
TEREST TO THEM.
Something that TTIU Inter., the Jarenlle
Members of Every Hotihold Qnmtat Ac
tion and Bright Serine of ManfCnte
and Cunning Children.
Our Dora
"What shall we do with our boys?" ho
siild.
Old Merchant Brown, to his business wed,
As with puzzled brow ho shook his head.
"Will rhoo-.es the law," said Mrs. B.,
"And Ned," says tho father, "he stays
with me.
I'll tnke liim Into the store as clerk.
And If Ih-'II bo stpiidy and 'tend to work
Ili-'ll soon lp partner, nnd when I die
He'll be a men hunt, the same as I."
"And now," asked the mother, "what
about Jim.
Our yoiuttrPHt; what shall we do with
him?"
Jim heard the question. "Father," said
he,
"I'll toll you what yon ran do for me.
As all my IbijIhIi pranks are played,
It's time to begin let me lenrn a trade."
"A trade, my sou! That's a queer re
fines t.
I'd rnMn-r treat you the same ns the rest,
And I ran nfTord ns well, you know;
And a trade, Jim, isn't that rather low?
I wanted to Mend you oft to college
To cram your hraiu with classical knowl
edge. Then to choose a profession that pleases
you licnt.
You learn a trade, Jim? I'm sure you
Jest."
"No. father. I mean Just what I say.
I've thought of the matter for many a
.lay.
And that is the serious choice I've made.
If you don't object, let me l-arn a trade.
You nay it' low, but we don't agree
All 'labor is honor,' it seems to me.
"Not every lawyer can find success;
Not every doctor, ns you'll confess;
But a tun n with a trade and a thorough
skill
Can find employment, look where he will.
A for education. I still may learn
The night schools nnd lectures will suit
my turn."
Then parents and brothers had their say,
But Jim stood firm till he had his way.
Will went through college and studied
law, f
And looked for clients he seldom saw.
Nod worked as clerk for a three years'
term,
Then his father took him Into the firm.
Jim learned his trade, and learned it well;
His motto, in all things to excel.
His nights he spent in filling bis mind
With useful knowledge of every kind.
As time wont onward, all he learned
To good ami wise account he turned, .
I'ntil, within him, be found, one day,
A talent rare for invention lay.
-And before, very many years were taod,
His fortune had come to him at last, :
Though long ero this he had found what's
best
A home w Ith a wife and children blest
The merchant died, and then 'twas known
His wealth had in speculation flown.
Then Jim, the open-handed, said:
"Here's a home for mother and brother
Ned."
And even wise Will looks up to him,
For there's nobody now, llko Brother Jim.
"What shull we do with our boys?" you
said.
"fis best if you let them lenrn a trade.
Yu think it Is low, but we don't agree
All "labor Is honor," it seems to me;
And a man with a trade, and a thorough
skill,
Con find employment, look where be will.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Sayings of Little One.
Little Jack prays every night for all
the different members of his family.
Ills futlier hud been array at one time
for a short Journey, und that ulght
Jack was praying for bltu as usual.
"Illess pupa and tako enre of him," he
w us beginning us usual, when suddeuly
he raised his head and listened. "Never
mind about It now, Lord," ended the
littlo fellow; "I hear him down In the
Inll!"
"What have you learned In the Sun
day school to-duy, Ethel?" asked her
mother us the little girl came running
up to her. "Well. I learned a verso,"
answered tho child, glancing over to
w here great-grnndmother eat, and hesi
tating. "What Is it, dear?"
"Thou shnlt," lgan the child, nnd
then suddenly whispering, "Thou shall
not bear false teeth against thy neigh
bor." Ethel has had other times of not
bearing distinctly, and one of them was
again In connection with tho Sunday
srlnxd b'sson. "What was it about to
day?" asked hor mother on this occa
sion. "It was about Shorn, Ham, and beef
steak," answered the child quite seri
ously. "Mamma," said little 8-year-old, "Just
think how-many Important things hap
pened this week! On the 17th St Pat
rick drove all the snakes out of Ire
land; tho ISth (Palm Sunday) Jesus
rode Into Jerusalem; the 19th I was
Is-rn: the 2ith our cat had kittens!"
A class In grammar was reciting and
one of the younger boys was asked to
compare "sick." He began thoughtful
JAPANESE
Capt. Fone.
CAIUCATURE OK THE
don. Nieh. Gen. Ma.
-l'roru the JUi Shlmpo of Tokio.
ly. "SlcV-paused while bit brain
struggled with the problem then fin
ished triumphantly: "Sick, worse,
dead."
Bkeletoa la the Closet.
A few days ago the little aon of a
well-known physician was entertain
ing a playmate at hla father's house.
As children will, they ransacked every
nook and corner of the building. Their
curiosity led them to explore the re
cesses of a closet In which the doctor
keeps his Instruments and other per
sonal effects, among which Is a com
plete skeleton. The strange boy was
frightened when he first beheld tho
grinning remnant of what once bad
been a tmmnn being, and started to
run away. The doctor's son, however,
had seen the skeleton so often that bo
entertained for It only thnt feeling of
contempt forgotten by familiarity, and
In a littlo while succeeded In so allay
ing the fears of his companion thnt tho
youngster began to handle tho thing
and rattle Its dry bone-. "Where did
your father get It?" be finally asked.
"I don't know," was tho reply; "but I
guess It was his first patient, for he's
had It an awful long time."
An Kxamplc to Othrre.
Said the Gump, "I know full well that
I'm an lazy ns ran be;
I often waste tho golden morning hours
In sleep, you see;
ltut 1'vo bought me this nlnrm clock, and
it's sot nt half-past four.
An dnow I hope I shall not bo a sluggard
any more."
Thla Ia Mlait riper.
Did you meet Miss I'lper? If you
wish to make her acquaintance, I will
tell you how to do so. Tuko a common
clay pipe aud Insert It In a spool of
coarse black linen thread. Make n
dress, cap, shawl nnd white apron, and
palut eyes, mouth and cheeks. Miss
rtpcr's noae Is provided for, as you can
see. Hang on her arm a small, black
silk bag tilled with shoe buttons. 1'ln
her shawl with a coarse needle. On
her apron write tho following lines:
My name Is Miss riper,
I'm not a penwiper,
But If from your tdiocs
Your buttons you loso
Just bring them to mo,
And quickly you'll nee
With what great delight
I'll sew them on tight
A Polar City.
Numbers of explorers who have
nought the Arctic regions In quest of
the Pole have told of a mysterious city
mirrored against tho northern sky
stately buildings In choice architecture,
tall and Imposing spires, but such as
differ from anything we know about
Whether the foundation of this mirage
la a reality and only unrecognlzablo
because of transposition as to direc
tions, whether It Is a work of some
mysterious remnant of our race thut
once occupied tho role, or whether
this Is some fanciful feature of tho
frost, as the peculiar shrubbery we see
on tho window pane whatever thin
Is, It must be consigned to the perplex
ing enigmas of the unknown region.
Who knows but somo spot, onco tho
theater of busy and advanced human
life, may have escaped tho general
cataclysmal wreck, and this city may
bo tho silent aud ns yet undiscovered
witness of pro-polar time, standing
alone In the dead desolation, In the
rigid shroud of now polar death! If we
must be barred from entering this un
discovered country, we may add to our
equipment by a careful uotlng of Its
mirage, and then give to tho base of
these phenomena a most thorough
study.
Why He Had to I.angh.
"We had better watch tho bookkeep
er a little," said the senior partner.
"He has been buying a bicycle." "But
you can hardly, call that an extrava
gance," said the' Junior partner. "No,
but It Is likely to make him crooked."
And the Junior partner, who bad en
tered the firm by the son-in-law route,
dutifully laughed. Indianapolis Jour
naL
LITTLE MISS I'irKB.
CIUNESE-TIIE ORDER OF DECAPITATION AS PRACTICED IN CW
Geu. Wei. Gen. Teh. Gen. Sung. Admiral Vlcerov Prinoe Kuna. The t"
Ting.
DISCOURAGING TRAIN ROBtjA
a. tioalalana Convict Invents,
Proof Tender Turret.
Frank Ryan, a convict In ths
lana State prison at Baton Hour,
patented an Invention for the ml
Hon of train robbers, which, b
in uvuuii i v. uiuiepiii.t mtj tTiwJ
vumurssi lie r.iiuin iu nn; laCtt',,
the yonra of 1M1 nnd 1S02 then. .
twenty-two trains robbed on tu J
icirui luum uui'uuuui iq ei
States, nnd that In nineteen of n J
tho robbers boarded the etiglt,,., J
a iionntn-Mioor locomotive.
compelled the engineer and lin-iiy
go with them to the express car
adds: "It has always been cinc,
thnt anything to prevent the,. -4
les would come from the biulu
convict."
The "Messenger Revolving p,
Is tho name of this convict's pntout
It Is nn Ingenious system to prnhs
engineers nnd firemen. It ronst,
bullet-proof house on the bans
tender, In which nu armed s'i;ird
his place when the train pulUcit
tho depot This hous Is nmd.j elt!
boiler plate or steel, and It don u
cccd K) pounds In weight. 1 ca
detached from the tender at sny
The little bouse Is about four f.
height, so as to allow a man to it
In a comfortable position anil jr
so high as to strike bridges or tlit
of tunnels. In the front there it 1
that Is fastened on the inside
bolt after tho guard enters. Tlier.
portholes In the door nnd sldo. t
tho guard can open at will, tlnut
him a good view of the- engine 1:
tho country nt large.
The picket bouse revolves Il':c tb-
ret of a man-of-war, and under
corner there Is a roller. To fair.:
picket house ou the tender tlnT
socket and four rings, and on tl:e:
there are four chains with snn;.
which catch In the lings. The wL
hold In place by a pivot In tho y.
When the train Is made up tL.
press guard mounts the cngino, d
lues the picket bouse and la.t,
rifles, revolvers, etc., Inside. W
trnlu pulls out be enters ami (.
tho door nnd sitting down, lights a
nnd begins tokeep his eye out fur
robbers.
When the trnln nenrs a water tt.
station be covers tho engineer, t
would take a man with more thi:
dlnary nerve to attempt to boardu
glne with a rlflo barrel or a bo'
looking htm In the face. In tbf
of the train being cut In two thtti
neer could tell In a rnomesi If
Jumping of the reverse lever nndt;
motion. The guard could hamlH
engineer nnd llreman each a rifle j
by backing up to tho detached
of tho express train they could pH
the express trnlu.
Convict Itynn says of tlds pater
claim for my Invention thut itt!
complete protection for the v':
aud fireman, with no dutigvr t
guard unless It be that the vi;
thrown from the track. With 1
mined man on tho Inside of tlie
It would bo an utter Impossible
an armed body of men to stop, '
mlto and rob tho express cur."
General Hancock's Flrmnt
General Hancock was In wa
of tho train which brought Gd
Grant's remains from Mt Metlw
New York. Ho nnd bis stnlf wl
the couch next to the last In tin
car was a party of Pennsylvania t
officers, who wero popping an A
tonal bottle of champagne and P
Ing quite sociably. General He
saw through from his cur wbtt
going on In tho rear. It did cot
port with hla Ideas of tho proprlrtj
so solemn an occasion, and, cainc
conductor, ho said:
"Will you present my compline:'
those gentlemen, with tho requrf
they cease smoking nnd drlnklnj'
In a few moments the condurt
turned with the announcement tU
convivial officers returned their M
roents with a peremptory decM
to relinquish their cigars or wine.
"Where Is the next switch?'' M
Hancock.
"About five miles below," repll
conductor.
"Whpn you rench It, If the su
and drinking iu that car has note'
switch In ou a sidetrack and lttj
You may tell the gentlemen
have said."
In two minutes cigars and w!d
not to be seen In the rear coacb
occupants knew that Hancock w
Just what he said.
A woodsman does not expen4 1
powerful blowa upon a mighty tre
then atop, expoctlng the majestic M
monarch to fall; nor does a wlw
chant send forth a few flaring !
then cease, expecting business
fortune to conn without further
pis
LI Hung Chang,