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Ojsi THE
VOUCH
By Robert Jermain Cole
Copyright. !>}" Kubj Douglas
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Every day when it did not ruin, arid
tiometiDK'3 when it did. Tliisbe Latcli
wandered off into the woods or down
• long the river and came back at night
with some added grace from nature's
wild treasury. She had run away for
rest and health to ihe little parenthesis
iu the country that called itself a town.
She got a go,>d deal boides these gifts.
The two men that were happy enough
to live in the same house with Miss
Latch were far better aware of her
gains than she was herself.
Mrs. Redding kept the house. She
had only a few guests. Her son Torn
protested against those, so far as the
principle went. Hut when the practice
happened to include lliishe Latch he
began to persuade himself that perhaps
It was better for his mother to have
something that would interest her and
keep her from being lonely, as she had
been since his father's death. Miss
Latch was a schoolteacher, but no one
would have detected it—at least by any
of the labels that the pictures in the
comic papers furnish. Her liair was as
r~r d mm
IX ONE HAND HE HET.t) A BUNCH OF PAN
SIKS.
yellow as coru *ilk. Iler eyes were di
rect iu their giance, like those of her
own school children, and far more dis
concerting.
Canton Cross, another guest at the
house, failed to interest Tom very no
ticeably. although Miss Latch appeared
to like him. Cross was spending a few
weeks in town settling up an estate for
which he was counsel. He devoted
his evenings to a pretty obvious effort
to settle the estate of matrimony so far
as Miss Latch aud he were concerned.
Every evening after supper the two
sat 011 the broad porch while sun
set glorilied the valley below them aud
twilight crept out of the deepest wood,
where it had been lurking and hiding
from the sun all day.
Tom lieddiug worked iu one of the
drug stores of the village. That meant
that his evenings went into the drug
gist's profits till such time as he could
command a store of li s own and hire
some other poor soul to work for him.
That was the end toward which Tom
was slowly advancing, but for the pres
ent he was forced to pass out of the
door after supper, walk resolutely
across the porch to where the more fa
vored man and the girl they both want
ed sat. and with a brave spontaneous
cheerfulness bid them good evening.
On two or three occasions Cross had
spared him this pain by taking the girl
off for a drive. That was worse yet
It is true. Tom had his Sundays, but a
part of these he always spent with his
mother. He felt that Cross was forg
ing ahead of Hint in the race. The thing
that discouraged Tom most was this.
As he walked downtown he thought of
the beauty of the long evening that was
Just beginning. Having thrilled, him
self, under the spell of twilight, he
feared its power upon Thisbe Latch.
"If that clever chap," thought Tom,
"half knows his business and says the
right thing and keeps still at the right
time, I'm afraid there's no chance for
me." Hut it was not his way to be
melancholy for long. He vowed if the
other man did get her he would at
least make a little place for himself in
her memory.
He thought of her through the day.
and every uight he passed her on his
way downtown he bad some word
commonplace it might be that was
charged with Mie day's repressed affec
tiou. In the general chat of the table,
in the Sunday visits and iu many un
considered greetings Miss Latch was
♦ominir to know Tom far better than
te realized
One nigbt as Tom crossed the porch
togo to His work Thislte asked him
lightly:
"What wonld happen to your old
drug store if you should sit here with
us awhile? I believe you don't trust
anybody but yourself to mix the pre
scriptions. You couldn't sit still a
whole evening, could you?"
"Yes, I could." answered Tom. "I
do. anyhow, only you don't see me. I
sit right in that chair and listen to ev
erything y n say." He pointed to an
empty rock r near the one in which
Thisb«» sat. A look of amused under
standing •••line into her eyes.
"So when the charming Miss Ritchie
thinks you are serving her an icecream
soda It's o "ly an illusion— l mean you,
i>t the soda )»u are really here all
I -e time?"
Tom 11 i idrnl. Mr. Carlton Cross
1 ored. lie was not troubled
»vith very mm ii ima nation. Later he
had a chance t> continue l is u-couut
.1 a very grand r >-eption he had at
tended at Rochester Miss Latch heard
ihe sound of the yo.uig lawyer's voice,
but her thoughts were with the drug
clerk. The idea th t he. down at the
itore, imagined liiu.->elf iu that partic
ular chair fascinated her. She looked
at the empty rocker, and as the twi
light deepened and th ■ street lamp was
lighted she could fancy that the shad
ow which the pillar threw on its high
back was Tom.
Two days later, instead of leaving by
the front door, Tom came around from
the side of the house. In one hand he
beld a little bunch of pansies. lie
handed them over the rail of the porch,
his hat in his other hand, without a
word.
"Oil, the beauties! Here's a yellow
one with purple eyes and a purple one
with yellow eyes," exclaimed Thisbe.
When Tom was gone she remembered
Ophelia's saying:
"Pausies —that's for thoughts."
She aHij rviueutbeit-il thut- tin? ytrtit
Keats was an apothecary's prentice.
The conversation of Carlton Cross be
came less anil less interesting. Being
110 lover of flowers himself, it did not
occur to him that the little velvet leaves
were his rivals.
When Tom cauie home that night he
found Miss Latch on the porch. She
was still holding the pansies In her
hands. lie walked to the chair beside
her.
"I thought you said you were sitting
there already,' said Miss Latch, with u
touch of mischief.
"That doesn't satisfy me any longer,"
broke out the man impatiently. "That
chair can't tell you what 1 think of
you. 1 can't tell you myself, but I'll
trv. I think you are the loveliest wo
man in the world. I can t help lo\ing
you."
For a long time she was still. Then
she began:
"If you can't help it, why, then"—
She paused, and Tom leaned toward
her. His hand covered hers, crushing
the flowers.
"Thisbe," he pleaded softly, "do you
cure for me?"
The hand he held answered for her.
Tom from his chair and ki-sed the
girl ou the lip*.
A liltle later he said, "You don't
know how much afraid 1 was, sweet
heart. to leave you here for those long
sunset talks with another man."
"You needn't have been," she answer
ed happily. "The sunset and the twi
light seemed to .belong to you. The
more he talked flic more I dreamed of
somebody else."
Tlie vhnpe of the Enrth.
A country schoolmaster was coach
ing his pupils for the yearly examina
tion, and, having before hint the junior
class in geography, he asked:
"Can any little boy or girl tell me
the shape of the earth?"
To this there was no answer. "Oh,
dear me," said he."this is sad! Well,
I'll give you a token to mind it. What
is the shape o' this snuffbox in my
hand?"
"Square, sir," replied all.
"Yes, but on the Sabbath day, whin
1 change nta does, 1 change this snuff
box for a round one. W*ill you mind
that for a token?"
Examination day came, and the class
was called.
"Can any little boy or girl tell what
is the shape of the earth?"
Every hand was extended, every head
thrown back and every eye Hashed
with excitement. One little fellow was
singled out with a "You, my little fel
low, tell us."
"Round on Sundays and square all
the rest o' the week!"
Wnkinj; Mini I p.
Amelia was all sweet, nice and nerv
ous, and she said to her sweetheart:
"You have been so old a friend I
want to tell you something. I am,"
and she blushed, "I am going to be
married."
"Wait." he cried hoarsely, "before
you go farther hear me! I must .say
it, though I haven > right now, but I
will have less right later. I love you, I
adore you: I have loved you since we
were children together. I do not see
how I can live and see you the wife of
another. But, at least, you will know
that I have loved you all these years,
and when you hear the wind sigh over
my distant grave—of course, that is
nonsense"—
"Don't take on so, John Henry," she
said softly. "I'm going to marry—
you!"
Then the strong man fainted, and as
she bent over him a determined little
line showed about her mouth, and she
muttered:
"1 had to do something to bring him
to It."
Ffti'thAll In 17rtO.
We who complain of ho tps and whip
ping t >ps and other games played iu
the street*, to the annoyance of foot
passengers, may congratulate ourselves
that football is no longer to be reck
oned with these "In winter," \*e are
told by an ohl writer, "football is a
useful and charming exercise. It is a
leather ball about as big as one's head,
filled with wind." We do not know if
this description is intended to be hu
morous. "This is kicked about from
one to an her in the streets by him
that can get at it.and that Is all the
art of it." concludes this disparaging
writer, win thinks so little of our
heads and our games. There is an old
print extant of football players in the
Strand in all in hats, coats and
wigs. This sport among the traffic
lends a new significance to the words
of the Lancashire poet, "To play at log
gets, nine I: des or ten pinnes; to try it
out at footballe by the shinues."— Lon
don Chronicle.
The rournfrf of Failure.
All honor to the man or woman who
knows no such word as defeat, who
follows the pathway of a consistent
purpose and iy the line of duty, even
with the dark shadow of failure ob
scuring the way. To have the courage
of one's convictions at all times and
under all circumstances requires no
small degree of character and deter
mination. It is better togo down to
ultimate overthrew in a cause which
one believes to be just and right than
to profit by any compromise with con
science or suffer the lowering of the
moral tone which must come to all
who lose the consciousness of adhe
rence to their faith rather than wear
the laurels of honest defeat.
Tlie Dliclmr l.nkf.
A Hrltislj government engineer living
Iu Bombay asserts that India has the
largest artificial fresh water reservoir
in the world. He says that In the na
tive state of Udaipur, in Rajputana,
some thirty tulles south of the city of
Udaipur, is the great Jalsamand, tlie
Dhebar lake. The dam of this lake was
built some '_'<#> years ago by the Maha
rana Jai Singh. It covers an area of
between twenty-one and twenty-live
square mile-'. Its depth at the dam is
ninety feet, and its capacity Is esti
mated at tr:! «gallons.
The Eleven THOIIMAIMI Virgin*.
The 11,«hx» virgins mentioned in Cath
olic martyr »logy were the virgin train
of St. Ursula. While ou their way to
France they were driven by adverse
winds to Cologne, where they are said
to have been murdered by Iluns. Even
to this day visitors to Cologne are
shown a pile of human skulls and
bones heaped up In a wall aud faced
with glass. These, the verger asserts,
are the relirs of the unfortunate fe
males. St. Ursula was a British
princess.
A Trfiinl Matter.
The first slice of goose had been cut,
and the minister of the Zlon church
looked at it with as keen anticipation
as was displayed in the faces around
him.
"Hat's as line a g lose as I ever saw,"
Brudder Willi.:: he said to his host.
"Where did you get such a flue one?"
"Well, now, .Miotah Rawley," said
the carver of the goose, with a sudden
access of dignity, "wheu you preach a
special good, scnuou I uever axes you
where you got it. See ins to me dat'a a
' rlv'al matter. tii.vwqy."
EAIiLV BOOKMAJ\EIIS
THE FINE ART OF THE MONKS OF
THE MIDDLE AGES.
>\rltten am! llluniiiinteil Work#
TIIHI Were Mur»ils «»F Skill nnil
lniluwt ry—Aiijtlo-Smoii Monkn Orljs
inaleil I lie Roman Letter.
There is scarcely any error so popu
lar, yet so unfounded, as that which
Invariably attributes unbounded indo
lence to the monastic orders of former
days. To them we owe the preserva
tion of literature, both in the pains they
took to perpetuate history b.> their la
bors in transcribing and by their dili
gence in the education of youth.
In the large monasteries a chamber
was always -el apart for writing, al
lowing space in the same apartment
for other quiet employments also. The
transcribers were superintended by the
abbot, prior, subprior and precentor of
ihe convent and were distinguished by
the name of "antiquarii." These in
dustrious persons were continually oc
cupied in making new eoj ies of old
manuscript bt>oks lor the use of other
monasteries, and by this means many
were educated and our most valuable
historical records were preserved.
The Anglo-Saxon monks were most
celebrated as writers and were the
originators of the small romau letter
used in modern times. The greatest
delicacy and nicety were deemed es
sential in the transcribing of books,
whether for the purpose of general In
struction or for the use of the convents.
Careless and illegible writing Is
therefore but seldom to be met with
among the remains of monastic indus
try, and when erasures were made
they appear to have been done with
the utmost care atul skill. For this
purpose the monks used pumice stone,
and they were also provided with a
puuetorium, or awl, to make the dots
and with metal pens for writing until
after the seventh century, when quills
were brought into use, they being far
better than the metal pens then in use.
The inks were composed of lamp
black soot mixed with water and gum
for use upon the vellum, paper not be
ing introduced until the tenth century;
hence the beautiful distinctness, as
well as durability, of very ancient
manuscript books. So important was
the art of writing in those days that
It Is conceded as many as P>o different
styles were in vogue among the learn
ed.
With so many impediments to the
multiplication of books as were at
tendant upon their slow production in
this manner, it is not a matter of sur
prise that the monks enjoyed almost a
monopoly of this kind of labor, as In
truth they were the only body <>f men
who could properly conduct It. The
expense of preparing books was pro
verbially great, and large estates were
frequently set apart for the purpose of
purchasing them. In addition to the
cost of transcribing, the materials of
which books were composed were
sources of great expense. The leaves
in many instances were composed of
purple vellum for the purpose of show
ing off to more advantage letters of
gold and silver. The binding was often
very gorgeous, although of rude con
struction. The prevailing covering for
books was :i rough white sheepskin
pasted on a wooden board, with Im
mense bosses of brass, but the ex
terior of those intended for church
service was Inlaid with gold relics or
silver embossed on ivory plates. Some
books had leaden covers and some had
wooden leaves, but even as early as
this bindings in velvet with silver
clasps and studs were made as pres
ents for exalted personages.
Illuminating manuscripts was also
another occupation of the monks of the
middle ages, although not confined to
them, for the greatest painters of the
day disdained not to contribute to these
cumbrous and sometimes confused dec
orations. The art of correct drawing
and a knowledge of perspective cannot,
however, be ascribed to the generality
of the fantastic pictures by which illu
minated books are adorned. Coloring
and gilding appear to have been the
chief points to which the attention of
the illuminations was directed. The
neutral tint was lirst laid on somewhat
In the same mode as In the present day,
some portions being left untouched in
order to be afterward Imbedded In gold
and silver. The pictures represented
different subjects, according to the na-
S ture of the book which they were In
tended to embellish. The title on the
pages was formed of capital letters of
gold and azure mixed. Illuminated pic
tures are »112 a dazzling brightness, the
white predominating, which, not being
1111 oil color, reflects the rays of light
and does not absorb thern. So much
custom had the monks In their labors
of transcribing and illuminating that
they were sometimes obliged to Intro
duce hired limners, although contrarv
to the monastic rule In general, but
such aids were seldom resorted to, the
monks being usually the only laborer..
The invention of printing diminished
the importance and annihilated the
profits of writing, and in 1460 that of
engraving -;r>erseled iln> art of illu
I initiating.—New York Herald.
Antlflpntitaic Trouble.
Young Wife (on the honeymoon)—
Dearest. I wish you wouldn't be so ex
travagant with your money. Husband
—Why, love 1 one? Young Wife-He
cause you'll ha - e no money left for ali
mony if you don't look out!—Yonkers
Statesman.
IIIM Tnnch.
"That pianist has a metallic touch."
"I've noticed that. He borrows mon
ey of me every time he comes to
town." Detroit Free I'ress.
The Ksklin sing almost constantly
when they are indoors, between tbe <n-
Vrvals of >< n'ng and eating.
« IM'tll Isis* 0«1<I Join.
"Mankind i ■ suspicious," said a
chemist of < ie bo nd of health. "Only
last week :i wealthy clergyman sent
me a piece of pie for analysis. lie
suspected th I hi- daughter, a beauti
ful and good giil. wanted to put him
out of the way. The pie contained, of
course, none '-;t t:.. usual ingredients,
j "Some people scud me pickles, sauces,
I plucking* profitable and widely ad
j vertised compositions that they want
j to learn how to duplicate and vend
; themselves.
| "There isn't a well known patent
| medicine that hasn't been submitted
i to int* for nnaly-iq twenty or thirty
! times."— New Yor': Press.
\ lifrlpr.
I In an old black letter translation of
I Albert us Magnus the donkey figures In
the following extraordinary recipe:
| "Take an Adder's skin, and Anrl plg
incntum, and grecke pitch of Rcupirl
tlcutn, and the waxe of uewe Bees, and
j the fat or grease of an Asse, and breake
them all, an 1 put them all In a dull
seething pat lull of water, and make it
to seeth at a glowe tire, aud after let it
waxe cold, and make a taper, and ev
ery man that shall see light of It shall
seeme headles.se."
I
MAN EATERS IN INDIA.
The Sort of Tiffers That Hunt I* or
I!uin an Game.
The"man eater" is the Jungle night
mare of India, and numerous are the
theories to account lot' its abnormal
appetite Commonly it is said to bo an
old tiger which lias found game too
ilillicult to bring down, or a sickly
tiger winch has resorted toman kill
ing In its weakness as the easier meth
od. The consensus- of opinion among
experienced hunters and observers is,
however, that a man eater is an ex
cat tie killer which in conflict with
herders, who are often quite brave In
defense of their cattle, has discovered
how much less work it is to kill a man
than cattle, for the cattle killer is
usually fat and lazy. Nothing has
been found, so far as 1 have discover
ed, to suggest appetite for human
flesh as the impelling motive, or that
man eaters reject all flesh not human,
or that the cubs of a man killing tl
- inherit the man killing propen
sity. Mather Is it a case of contempt
for man bred of familiarity, and more
often the hist lays hold of the tigress,
very liki-ly l» .auso in foraging fur her
cubs cis she does until they begin to
hunt for themselves at seven months)
and in their defense she has come
more frequently in contact with man,
or it may be because the female is
more numerous than the male or be
cause by nature the slyer and more
vicious.—Exchange.
WILD DOGS OF ASIA.
Fierce Animal* That Purmie and
Kill Hear* and Tlifer*.
The quality of courage possessed by
hunting dogs of Asia appears in a
marked difference of habit from that
noticeable in all other carnivorous
beasts. As a rule, each ferocious ani
mal has its natural and favorite prey,
which may vary in different localities,
but is in each case the easiest and most
profitable victim. Tigers, for Instance,
are cattle slayers or deer killers, Just
ns cattle or deer happen to be most
abundant in their district.
Leopards prey on goats, sheep and,
when they can get them, on tame dogs;
wolves oil sheep and cattle, stoats or
rabbits and hares, and weasels 011 rats
and mice. But, though the Jungles
which they visit abound in defenseless
animals, the wild dog does not limit
his attacks to these. The packs de
liberately pur ue ami destroy the black
and Himalayan bears and the tigers,
affording perhaps the only instance In
which one carnivorous species deliber
ately sets itself to hunt down and de
stroy another. From their rarity, the
uninhabited nature of the jungles
which they haunt and their habit of
hunting at night which a probable
suggestion makes the basis of the ear
ly legends of the demon hunter and
"heliequin" at a time when the "red
dogs" still remained In Europe—obser
vations of their habits are rare.—Lon
don Spectator.
* v eitftoii Story.
h mi!; < evcusou teil* of a speech
he 11): i , :• at .1 gathering of Scotchmen
In Sam " I! aid: "I cannot say why
we a |rmi to be Scotsmen, but the
fa t "I'll <ii- iliat we arc. It Is not
that our .a.id is sunny like these trop
ical i-les, and Its climate is not even
1,, . : s -.and's history contains lit
tle that 1 not disgusting to people of
humane feelhig- That long brawl
wh: h Is called Scottish history con
tains sc .'1 ely one object that Scots
have pat n with." The address drew
tears to the eyes of a German who had
gone to the meeting violently preju
diced ;giii t Stevenson. No sooner
hatl tins • ;,er tbiishe-1 than the meet- j
Ing proceer 1 to clasp hands and sin«
"Auld Lang Syne"
Few tiii'ii could tell, if they were
asked, how t ia' v feet per second they
walk The ave: ge man walks four
feet a second A dog. on Its ordinary
jog. goes . u ht fe< 1 a second. A horre
trots twelve fc t a second. A reindeer
over the lee mak--* t'venty-six feet. A
race horse t ik> s forty three feet. A I
sailing s!i!;i makes fourteen feet. -
Philadelphia Bulletin.
(iiit (lie Thorn.
Young Thome (to his ideal) And
your name i Ilose? What 11 sweet
name l: >se M Hose—l am glad you
like It Hut but but Ido not want to
be a rose without a Thome.
XV) at coald a iv.low say after that?
Sin* Knew.
F • tli V '".i ' m't know how glad I
am t 1 seey >-i. Clara, d< ir. Clara I)ear
—Oh, yes, i do. Johnny told me he
heard you say you would rather die
than see me again Boston Transcript
«*on*r tfurnliift l ire.
112" * ■ i'K'j. inn at Slapostones
near Osmotherly, England, is a firt
which for more than a century hai
never been allowed togo out. Tin
place Ls a quaint little building, t<
I which many visitors resort on account
of its never extinguished fire and tin
turf cakes baked upon its hearth. It
has been kept bv members of one fain
ily for over a hundred years.
An ICasy Lcmnoii.
''l :! 111 s'ipposi . to die of a broken
heart." s.ij.i the unmanageable actress.
"Now, how am I to know how a per
son with a broken heart behaves?"
"1 1! tell yon what to do," answered
the ; 1. !u spoken manager. ' You study
the author of this play after he sees
rrdir nprforn»finc*P of it *'
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-11 I■ 1 - irr 1 ■ 1 ■ ■ a
GETTING OUT OF BED.
Tnkp \o«r Time About It an<l Don't
Shock Your System.
Don't jump up the first thing your
eyes fire open. Remember that while
you sleep the vital organs are al rest.
The vitality is lowered and the circula
tion not so strong. A sudden spring
out of bed is a shock to these organs,
especially to the heart, as it starts to
pumping blood suddenly.
Take your time in getting up. Yawn
and stretch; wpke up slowly; give the
vital organs a chance to resume their
work gradually.
Notice how a baliy wakes up. It
stretches Its arms and legs, rul>s its
eyes and yawns and wakes up slowly.
Watch a kitten wake up. First it
stretches out one leg, then another,
rubs its face, rolls over and stretches
the whole body. The birds do not wake
up and fly as soon as their eyes are
open. They shake out their wings and
stretch their legs, waking tip slowly.
This is the natural way to wake up.
Don't jump up suddenly, don't be in
such a hurry, but stretch and yawn
and yawn and stretch. Stretch tho
arms and the legs; stretch the whole
body. A good yawn aud stretch is bet
ter even than a cold bath. It will get
you thoroughly awake, and then yuu
will enjoy the bath all the more.—
Medical Talk.
Collar aw »i Verb.
The verb "collar" has long been used
transitively, meaning to "seize or take
hold of a person by the collar; more
loosely, to capture." The verb was
thus employed early in the seventeenth
century. Steele, in the Guardian, No.
84, wrote, "If you advised him not to
collar any man." Other instances are:
Gentleman's Magazine, 1702. "His lord
ship collared the footman who threw
it,"and Marryat's sentence in "Peter
Simple," "He was collared by two
French soldiers."
Ttii- LnnK'>l<""" EiiKlixhuiaii.
The English seem to unJ
enjoy their reputation for stoiidii.v and
taciturnity. The London Globe <1 >ies
an American asking a waiter lu a res
taurant:
"Doesn't any one ever laugh here':"
"Yes, sir," replied 'lie waiter. "Some
times we have complaints about it."
An Etrrnol I'uule.
"Is my hat "ii straight?" she asked
him.
lie looked at her headgear in <!um»
amazement.
"I dunno," he answered. "When It's
straight it looks crooked, and when it's
crooked it \o )k -traight."—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Aeon jr.
The Rutler Hand hevery ni;rht at
the h >t:r of midnight the gho<t hap
pears and groans and wrings its hands.
Tourist Ah, must have died in the ru
cumber season. I.ondon Tlt-Blts
SennltlvnifM of IMnnt*.
Darwin g;'ve it as his opinion that
some plants can see, and an Indian
botanist relates some curious incidents
which tend to verify the belief. Ob- ,
serving one morning that the tendrils
of a convolvulus on his veranda had
decidedly leaned over toward his leg
as he lay In an attitude of repose, be
tried a series of experiments with a
long pole, placing it In such a position
that the leaves would have to turn
away from the light in order to reach
It. In every case he found that tho
tendrils set themselves visibly toward
the pole and in a few hours had twined
themselves closely around it.
Innate Pi-rverifnMt.
The neighbors were discussing the
peculiarities of an eccentric old resi
dent. "I do think," remarked Mrs.
Hlgglns, "that old Mr. Tightun Is the
contrariest man on the face of the
earth."
"What's lie doing now?" asked Mrs.
Joggins.
"Doing? You remember he used to
say that when he had accumulated
$50,000 lie was going to quit saving
money—the old skinflint!—and settle
down to the enjoyment of It?"
"Yes."
"Well, he's actually done it!"
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A HEROIC BATTLE.
•| h»* l.nrm> \\ Jin Hit* Sen, unit the
Colored I roojit Won.
No engagement of the end war was
< in- d on with more leroism and en
durance titan that l'"»nglit by the For
ty-ninth i nit IMI Stab's colored troops
alter hostilii • > were over. The Maga
•/.iue of American History contains an
,11. i int of tin- tussle in which the
bi.i! k soldiers bore themselves BO
brave;... The steamer Merrimae, load- i
ed with cotton, left New Orleans for
New York carrying, besides her reg
ular passengers, thirty officers and 900
colored privates
i ir several days all went well. Then
Jie vessel sprung aleak, tires were j
dampened and the alarm spread. It .
was found that the iron supply pipe j
through which the water for the con- j
denser was taken from the sea was j
broke.!, ami the place of leakage could ;
uit be reached. The passengers were
panic • vi.-.. en. One small, fat < ierman •
went about wringing his hands and i
crying:
"Aeh, we are at the bottom of the :
sea! It we gets pack t i New Orleans
will dey gif me pack my monish?"
The water gained fast. The only
hope lay in keeping alloat until a ves
sel could be sighted. The colored
troops were pressed into service and
proved themselves the heroes of the
occas. A I;:. • of men was establish- j
etl from the hold to the deck, and buck- i
ets were passed as rapidly as hands \
cmi l move. On deck another line j
stepped back and forth with well
trained military tread. The work be
low was in >st exhausting. The men at
the b ittom could liot hold their posl- !
tion more than three minutes at a
time, Thej were blinded and half
strangled by the swashing sea water
and bruised by the lumps of coal 1
which dashed about.
Put no one faltered, and high above
tli ■ noise rose the clear, sweet voices
of the workers, now singing an army
s ing, now a cheery negro melody. The
int: • lit- night new hope to the hearts
oft! passengers. Ilour after hour
the t;:en worked and sang, and the sea ,
did not gain on them.
Tw > days passed, and the drinking
wnt • give out. Then they could no
lo:;g r sing, and their parched throats |
w< ■(■ eased only by a scanty supply
of . -.iiiges and lemons, but still they
w I; I. On the third day the lights of
a sterner were seen only half a mile
ai Kit'-;.i ts were sent up, and
villi great < tliculty, on account of
hr wet ammunition, a gun was flred,
tli.' dismay of all. the steamer pass- !
i'd on. ouieklv the s ddlers formed a
line once more, and the wearisome la- j
bor beg'in again.
Afters: \! live hours of bucket pass
it:;: a stc; ier T.'.H sighted which re
st • ' i t he call for help, and the
water! gretl Merrimae was towed into
' harlHf.
Tl'.e Men who had sung so cheerily in
tl " midst of hard labor and In the face
of t.< vh were thoroughly exhausted,
but they had not lost their light heart-
I ed gayety.
Strawlipfrlm,
Lord Sefton, the renowned gourmet,
was once interrogated as to the best
mode of eating strawberries and re
plied: "Sprinkle them slightly with
powdered white sugar candy and a few
drops of Malmsey. Take them after
breakfast or for supper or after dinner
after a plain biscuit lea." When a onca
well known diplomatist attended his
fir t garden party after arriving In
Lou '.'Hi be wa < shown a dish of straw
boni - and cream 'Tourquol falre?"
cried lie. e:.olainlng that lie could not
bring himself to fancy that the mess
was intended for the food of men.—
London Truth.
Wlsat !s mi EditorT
S cue bo sin an English school were
asked the oilier day to define "editor."
Here are - tme of their definitions: "An
ed t ir i< a t . i:: who handles words,"
An editor makes his living out of the
lit!,, ii language." "An editor is some
body who does not do anything him
self, and when somebody else does
g K'S :ind tells oilier people all about
it." An editor is a man who lias the
indti try of a beaver, the instincts of a
bee and the patience of an ass."
THE OLD SQUARE PIANO
fhe old B'ju;. piu th( e stands;
has yellowed tho •>.-v e vh't*; ke>«;
In gI i . | | r«
That <iii.. luii'l fro!-, it Ki't melodies
T!if p' llul r . 'l wli-i dainty f»<-t
Wcm pressed in (he dea« old long :.gu; I
How tli ushion 's worn on t!i« onee soft
seat!
Ati. shame on the years to have treatei i
It so' I
flif old piano thick logg ij and square.
What tales it might till if it had ►
tongue'
flow many u *rian who '.R Kray leaned
there
On i's h. y jld side v.hen he wa»
secrets were toil tc the dear ol* '
thing |
By maidens who lons s'tice eeused t'
trill!
Ron .;'.' still < lings to Its every string.
And love ge. Ms to hover around it still
Mi. wi-it tt the old, sweet song«. the ain
Th,-t Ion;' \cars ago tilled hearts Witt
joy
is th maiden's father crept down thow
stairs
To drive away some lingering boy?
1 The old snuari pi. 'O, there it stands:
Afrf has : "flowed its once white keys
Hark On who played it is using hi»
hands
On a bell wine „ v tier.t over h»r krea*
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Anxious Wife—How often shall 1
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Northern Central Railway Division.
Schedule in Effect Nov. 2fi, 19n.">.
Trains leave .SOUTH DANVILLE as follows:
EASTWARD.
7.11 a in. (weekdays) for Wilkes Barre. Haz
leton and Pottsvllle and Philadelphia
10. 17 a. in.daily; for Wilke« Harre, Ha/.leton
Pottsvllle. Phil delphia, Mahanoy City
and Shenandoah.
2.21 p. 111. i weekdays) for Witkes-Barre, Haz
leton and Pottsvllle.
5.50 p. in. (weekdays) for Wilkes-Barre, and
Hazleton.
Making connection at Wilkes-Barre with
Lehigh Valley for all points North and
South and D. & 11. for Scran ton.
. WESTWARD.
9.m) a. m. (weekdays) for Sunbury. I>eaveSun
bury 9.10 a. in.daily for Lock Haven and
inter mediate stations. On weekdays for
Bellefonte, Tyrone. Clearfield Phillips
burg. Pittsburg and the West.
Leave Sunbury 9.60 a. m. (weekdays) for
Harrisburg and intermediate stations,
Philadelphia. New York, Baltimore and
Washington.
12.10 p. m. weekdays for Sunbury.
Leave sunbury 12. is p. m.daily for Bull'
alo via Kmporium and for Krie and in
termediate stations.
Leave Sunbury 1.13 p. m. weekdays for
F. mporiu m, Bel lefonte. Tyrone, Clearfield,
PiiilipsburgtPittstiurg.Canandaigua and
intern.ediate stations, Syracuse, Roches
ter. Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
Leave Sunbury 1.51 p. m. weekdays for
Harrisburg and intermediate stations,
Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore,
Washington. Bullet Parlor Car to Phil
adelphia.
Leave Sunbury 8.48 p. ni. daily for Har
ris!.urn. Philadelphia. New York, Balti
more and Washington.
! 4.31 p. in.daily for Sunbury.
Leave Sunbury 5.20 p. m. weekdays lor
Renovo, Watkins and intermediate sta
tions.
Leave Sunbury 5.10 p. m.daily for Har
risburg and intermediate points. Phila
delphia, New York, Baltimore and
Washington.
7.51 p. m. weekdays for Sunbury.
Leave Sunbury 8.36 p. in.daily for Har
risburg and all intermediate stations,
Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore.
Washington. Pullman Sleeping Car from
Harrisburg to New York.
Leave Sunbury 9.58 p. m. Sundays only
for Harrisburg and intermediate sta
tions, arriving at Harrisburg. 11.80.
Leave Sunbury 8.54 p. m. Sundays only
for Williamsport and intermediate sta
tions.
Leave Sunbury 9.53 p.m. weekdays for
Williamsport and intermediate stations.
Buffet Parlor Car.
■ SHAMOKIN DIVISION, N. C. R. W.
WEEK IIAYS.
| Leave Sunbury 0.10 a. m., 10.10 a. m., 2.10 p. in.
5.35 p. m.for Shainokln and Mt Carmel.
LEW IST( >\YN DIVISH »N.
WEEK DAYS.
Leave Sunbury 10.00 a. m., 2.05 p. in. fur Lew
islown and Lewistown .lunetion. 5..10
p. in.for Selinsgrove.
For time tables and further information ap
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W. W. ATTEKBI'RY, .1 It. WO('D'
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j GKO. W. BOYD,Gen'l Passenger Agent-
Philadelphia and
Reading Railway
IN EFFECT DEC. 3rd. 1905,
TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE
lor PhiladelphiaT.sß,ll.23 -i. m.and 3.58 p.
m.
For New York 7.58, 11.38 a. m.and 3.56 p. m
! For • atawlssa 11.28 a. m.and 085 p. m.
! For Bloonisburg 11.23 a. m and 6.85 p. m.
I For Milton 7.53 a, m.and 3.5H p. ni.
i For Williamsport 7.53 a. m.and 8.56 p. m.
TRAINS FOR DANVILLE.
I Leave Philadelphia 10.21 a. m.
I Leave Williamsport 10:00 a. m„ 4:30 p. m.
I Leave Milton 10 37 a. in.. 5:19 p. m.
j Leave Bloomsburg 7:37 a. m.. 3'38 p. m.
1 Leave Catawlssa 710 a. m., BS6 p. 111
1 A last express train from Reading Terminal
i Philadelphia to New York every hour from
7.00 a. m.to 7.00 p.m. Same service retnrn
i Ing.
ATLANTIC CITY R. K.
*' rom Chestnut Street Ferrv.
1 For South Street see Time tables .
WEEK DAYS.
ATLANTIC CITY—7.BO a. m. Lei. 9.00 a. m. |
Exp 11.20 a. m Exp. '.'.00 p m. Eip 4.00 p. ru. \
Hp 60 minutes. 6.00 p m Lcl. 7.10 p. m. Exp 1
SEA ISLE CITY.-8.50a.m.
' APE MAY >■ nd OCEAN CITY—B.SO a m. I
4.15 p. ni.,0.00 p. ni.
SUNDAYS
ATLANTIC CITY.—B.' oa. m. Lcl. 9 00a. n.
y Xp. 10.(0 a. m. E.\p. 5.00 p. ni. Lei. 7.15 p. in. j
Exp.
C \PF MAY, OCEAN CITY and *F,A ISLK i
CITY 8.46 a. in.
Union Transfer Company will rail for and
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