F NELLIE'S j
\ COMPETITION ;
B> CIIAMPNEY WELLES
/ Copyright. I>> K. Whitehead (
Jefforil watched the big farm wagon
rattle down the road and turned dis
consolately to his eharge. It was pret
ty hard that ho should hp rut out of the
last picnic of the season Just because
Nellie Carter's married sister chose to
I'.eclare that her Bobby's life was too
precious to be Jeopardized by wander
ing into the woods, where as likely as
i t pois >u ivy lurked and where, at the
very least, there was the chance that
he would climb a tree when some one's
back was turned and fall through the
breaking of a rotten branch.
Bobby Germaine had been every
one's cross that summer. I>ay after
day some excursion had been proposed
and some one had had to stay at home
with Bobby. Jefford often wondered
why hi* mother did not remain behind
pj|p' f itHJ
*MK. TT KNEH NEVEtt SPANK ED ME," SOIiBED
TOMMY.
with her pru-ious offspring, but Mrs.
Germaine always had l>een one of the
tirst to accept, and for the sake of her
pretty sister some one had volunteered
to remain behind with the six-year-old.
I mally it had been Turner or Baseom,
for they had I een rivals for Nellie Car
ter's affections ever since the season
had opened.
Jeffonl had made good headway in
attracting Nellie's attention, but this
was the fust time he had sought to
gain her favor by remaining at home
with Bobby, and he would not have
been left out of vhe party this time had
It not been that Nellie herself had made
the request.
It was piaz:*a gossip that Bobby was
a sort of test as to the fitness of Nel
lie's suitors, and that the masterful
Mrs. Germaine would throw the bal
ance of her favor to the fortunate man
who ha.! most successfully tilled the
roie of day nurse to her young hopeful.
Jefford loved Nellie sincerely, but he
had avoided these tete-a-tetes with
Bobby religiously. Now he watched
the rest of the summer party down the
road and lifted his eyes just in time to
behold Bobby falling into the tiny
fountain on the lawn. He had to form
his small body into an almost complete
circle to accomplish this result, but he
was successful and a moment later
was dragged forth, wet and wailing,
to be sent ujntairs to his nurse to be
dried out.
Twenty n mtes later lie was on the ;
lawn in a new linen suit, and Jefford
raced aero-- the crass just in time to
prevent hiui from cutting his hands on j
the mower.
Jefforl v. . 'it back to his book, and l
Hobby cro ■ d t' • .'oad to the pasture \
beyond, wli :K-e ihere presently arose i
agon! ■>! cries and Jefford arrived In
time t<> hau! Bo' by over the fence be
fore his ch.ur.xo ■ i venue was assisted
by a goat. 1' >r a moment there was a
decided inclination to lay the young
ster ; iv s Lis knee, but there came
the realization that he was his aunt's
nephew, and beyond a mild rebuke
there were no deve. .juin iits.
Through the morning Bobby man
aged to get tnto half a dozen scrapes,
from which he was rescued by his
guardian before serious complications
arose, and only the ring of the dinner
Dell saved him from seeking to inter
view the bull In the north pasture.
The meal was comparatively peace
ful, for the nursegirl was In attend
ance to check any demonstration, but
she conveniently vanished after the
meal, and Jefford sat upon the porch
with his after dinner cigar and won
dered Low it was that. Turner and
Baseom had been Me to get through
an entire H committing mur
der.
11-' T a dozen times through the morn
ing he hnj been moved to take decided
action and had been restrained there
from only by the thought of what Nel
lie would T.y. JHI t when Bobby dug up
from ■ 01. T here the remnants of his
Fourth of .Tuly stock of flrecra kers
and proe' i «*tl to set them off in the i
henhouse, where a dozen hens were
on their nestJ .lefford's patience gave
way.
With a firm grasp upon the offender's
collar he led him toward the porch,
while Bobby, with si reaming eyes, dei
▼eloped nn unexpected fertility of in 1
vention In explaining what he would
u; t,. bis mother tud h's a not upon
lheir return.
What he could say lo Mrs. Germaine
was a matter of « unplete indifference
to JeiT 1, .hd :>: the mo;i .nt lie was
riot to be moved even by the use of
Nellie's name. <in the piazza there was
a short "Utile hi which Bobby held
his own rem a kably well, and there
after the sound of a voice raised In
anguish ami the smack of a broad
palm upon well stretched cloth.
"Mr. Turner never spanked me,"
fsnobhed Bobby- "Aunt Nell won't like
you when I tell Iter how cruel you was
to me."
"I kri >w it."was Jefford's amiable
response, "but for your soul's salva
tion yon simply had to have that spank
ing, and you'll get another if I catch
you up to any of your tricks again."
That afternoon Peace sat on the front
piazza with Bobby, and for the first
t! :ie since his arrival on the farm the
live stock spent a quiet afternoon.
Jefford enjoyed the uuiet as much as
they did. but it was with a flushed face
that be met the party on its return
and reee! <vl Mrs. Germaine's compli
ments upon the excellent care he had
tskeu of tl lo b»v
"1 hope he did not give you any
bother." she gushed. "Bobby Is an
angel, bur he will be wayward at
times."
"No." said Jefford quietly. "lie was
a little rough this morning, but we
very soon came to an understanding,
and we have had a delightful after
noon here on the piazza."
Turner and Baseom eyed Jefford with
looks of unbelief, but Nellie's eyes
snapped as she watched the pantomime.
They were twinkling when, that even
ing, Jefford spoke simply of his love.
"I know that I am not worthy of
you." he admitted, "but I love you,
dear, and I want you for my very
own."
"Jim," she saiil softly, "before I an
swer your question I want to ask one.
What was that understanding you had
with Bobby this afternoon?"
Jefford colored. "I don't think that
Is fair," he protested. "I took him in
charge at your request."
"Mr. Baseom and Mr. Turner declar
ed that they never had any trouble,"
she said irrelevantly. "I know that
poor Mr. Turner spent one entire after
noon on his hands and knees playing
horse to amuse Bobby."
"Would you like to see me capering
I about on all fours," he asked, "just to
! keep a spoiled child out of mischief?"
"Still," she reminded, "a man often
1 may be judged by his attitude toward
I childish innocence."
He rose and faced her. "Nell," he
said steadily, "if I had been iu contact
with childish innocence all the after
noon I would be all right, but when I
am compelled to stand guard over a
spoiled child and he almost sets fire to
the henhouse and half kills the entire
flock, there is Just one thing that will
meet the situation promptly, and that's
a good old fashioned spanking. That
was the understanding I had with
Bobby, and ii was effective."
"I asked vou to stay behind with him
on purpose." she went on."I knew
that the others had been kind to him
and had used only words of kindness.
Not one of them ever thought of spank
ing him—for my sake."
"Well," declared Jefford, "If that's
your Idea of a love test I am afraid I
am out of it. I spanked him because
he needed it, and I'm glad I did. I sup
pose I bad better be getting on."
He had taken half a dozen steps
when a hand was lightly laid upon his
arm.
"Jim," said Nellie tenderly, "don't
you suppose I realized what Bobby
needed? I'm glad that you. at least,
had the courage."
"Then Bobby was not your test?" he
cried.
"Bobby was a test," she said, "but I
was looking for a real man and not for
a man who would let a child ride
roughshod over him Just because of
an aunt. You are the man I want,
dear."
Strange to say, Bobby approved the
choice.
I'hliiK* Hoped.
If I had a son who was determined
to "play the races" I should hope that
he would lose his last nickel and have
to walk home after his first attend
ance.
If 1 had a daughter who played the
piano in the sitting room while her old
mother did the work in the kitchen I
should hope that I might f>w»l an oak
shingle and t»e given the grace to use It.
If ever I were to catch myself being
as mean and small as some men I
know—and I may—l hope that I should
hope, for the benefit of the world, that
the angel Gabriel would toot his horn
for me very soon.
If ever I knowingly vote for a scoun
drel because be represents my party I
hope that I may have the privilege of
going to a school where the elements of
decency are taught.
If my wife should prove to be irasci
ble at times—but I don't admit It—l
should hope that I would remember the
sort of luck the poor girl played In
when she married me.—San I>anclsco
Pall.
AN ODD SEA FOOD.
Virtues of tlie Gigantic- Marine Snail
Kionn us the Aba lone.
Though the flesh of the abalone is a
nutritious and wholesome article of
food, highly esteemed by the Chinese
and Japanese, few people in the Unit
ed States know anything about the
abalone except that it has a large shell
with a bright, pearly interior. The aba- i
lone Is a gigantic sea snail, whose nat- !
ural home is the deep water off a rocky
coast. The whole coast of central and
lower California, from Cape Mendo
cino to Cape St. Lucas, abounds In aba
lones, the supply being absolutely un
limited. As fast as an area of fishing
ground is depleted it is repeopied by j
full grown abalones coming in from j
the ocean. Three months after a piece
of ground has been thoroughly cleared
by the abalone fishers the siP*dy Is as
abundant as ever. The contents of the
large abalone shell weigh as much as
two pouuds.
Long ago the Chinese and Japanese j
discovered the value of the meat as a
wholesome and digestible food. The
supply of abalones in Chinese waters |
is, however, small, and the fishing
grounds off the coast of Japan were so
heavily drawn upon that they became
exhausted. The people are forbidden
by an imperial edict from taking them.
The Japanese and Chinese in Califor
nia dive for the abalones, which crawl
about the rocks at the bottom of the
sea in deep water outside the surf.
Tue divers bring them ashore and
spread thetn out in a sunny place to
dry. This pr K-CSS reduces the abalone
to about one-third of its original bulk,
leaving a tough, horny product. The
dried abalones are sent to the orient,
where they are soaked and stewed or
ground into powder and used for mak
ing soup.
In the pure, deep wafer of the ocean
the abalone lives, and as It Is a clean
feeder its flesh Is always sound and
wholesome, being superior In this re
spect to that of oysters and clams,
which live near shore and are often
contaminated by sewage and other im
purities. The viscera of an abalone,
U!:!ike those of the clam or oyster,
which must be swallowed whole, are
quite separate from the muscular or
fdlb> | rt and can be detached by a
single ~.ke of a knife. Chicago
Vows
\\ »Kiirr and Schumann.
Wag""!- writing in |s4<>. said of
Sch'.Ui :.nn: 1! • is a highly gifted mu
sic-, n. Put an impossible man. When
1 came from I' <r!s I went to see hiin.
I told ' m <if lay Parisian experiences,
s, ke oi the si.ite of music in France.
tl.» :>. of that iu Germany, spoke of
I c iture a.id politics, but he remained
as g »->' l as for nearly an hour.
One ca mot g> on talking quite alone.
Aa It.. ■ issii |e map!" Schumann gave
an ,unl ol this interview, which
prat ticuily agrees with that of Wag
ner. ' I have -ddom met Wagner," he
said, "t he is a man of education
and s; >ii lie talks, however, unceas
ingly, ml that one caunot endure for
long tozeth'?r."
' '
Astute
| Mr. Phillips
Hi) C. B. LEWIS
1 I opi/rigftt, IMS, by Homer Si>raguc
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There was no room to doubt that Mr.
James Phillips was astute, lie had
. been told so by his employer, by his
fellow clerks in the bank and by two
' or three detectives with whom he had
come in contact. In fact, he had rooms
in the same house with a detective, and
they were on such intimate terms that
j the sleuth let him in on some of his
cases and on several occasions had said
112 to him:
"Phillips, you would have made a
great detective. You have the natural
astuteness of a Vidocq."
There were times when the bank
clerk really thought of resigning his
position and taking up detective work
as a profession. lie had almost made
up his mind in earnest when a brilliant
thought came to hint.
| He was a young man of twenty-six,
earning a salary of S2O per week. Un-
L til further promotion should come he
could not hope for any increase. The
place he aspired to was years away,
, and there was no way of adding to his
income and getting married and living
as h • w,i!!'i i to live.
The brilliant thought that Hashed
upon him one evening was to turn his
( a :i!encs - into criminal channels and
reap iii.- pr.>HN. lie did not intend
inr.rdrr n n highway robbery nor bur
, glary, but simp y to beat the public in
so - :<* <*n -y way. As lie was a good pen
man. amf as he was well acquainted
with ti',- ways banks, it was natural
' Ihat lie should decide on forgery as his
line.
The ji-iui - Mr. I'hiliip.s did not rush
into then-".v business in a day or a
month; it was a whole year before he
was res('y jo move. lie first called up
all the cases of forgery that he had
heard of in <• mnectlou with banks and
went over Oiem one by one in the most
methodical manner. Some had succeed
••d. and Ik satisfied himself as to why
others had sent men to prison. Then
he borrowed the detective's serapbook
and purchased the published remiuis
cenees or" two or three others and read
every line connected with forgery. His
deductions when he had finished were
that nineteen out of every twenty men
arrested for the crime were burglars.
They had been careless; they had left
loopholes; they had neglected the most
ordinary precautions. In some cases
they had lacked nerve a thing he knew
he possessed to a wonderful degree; in
others they had taken alarm when there
was not the slightest cause for It.
Forgery, lie decided after studying ev
ery phase of it for a year, was the very
safest game In the catalogue.
When Mr Phillips had fully and tirm
lv made up his mind to enter into "busi
ness" he jotted down the following
points in his favor: He had always
borne a good reputation; he was con
nected with a responsible house; he
could imitate any man's chlrography;
he knew scores of men who banked at
institutions outside his own: he wa an
adept at disguising face and voice; he
was a comrade of a detective who
would keep him informed of what was
going on, and his friendship with the
officer would serve to lull all suspicion.
It was plain sailing to success.
It is said that there are plenty of
men who would beat a bank out of a
thousand dollars and yet hesitate to
take ten from any other source. Per
sons of wealth will beat the customs
because Uncle Sam Is considered fair
game. The criminal who gets ahead of
a bank or other corporation does not
feel that he has broken the law as if
he had robbed a private house. Mr.
Pblll<ps Intended to pay all his-atten
i tiou to banks and none of it to private
I individuals. Had any one suggested
that he beat a corner grocer out of s.">o
j by some gum game lie would have
I been highly indignant.
The detective had told the bank clerk
j that more criminals came to grief
through confederates than in any other
way. There Is honor among thieves
only up to a certain point. They stand
ready to sell each other out at any
hour when it seems that they can per
sonally benefit by It.
Mr. Phillips' natural astuteness
| warned him io go it alone and trust
' to no man.and therefore when he got ;
ready to suit his programme In motion
no living man shared his secret. There
had been certain preparations to make.
He was all »wed a:i hour for lunch. He
j had been in the habit of going to a cer
| tain place patronized by other bank
j clerks. He purposely raised a row with
the proprietor that he might have some
! excuse forgoing elsewhere. He would
! need to be disguised, and he had to rent
a room In a convenient IOCUUOU K. j
i make the changes. There must be a !
i safe place for his money, and he found
1 it by renting a second room half a mile
! from the other. To both landlords and
to account for his brief stops he claim- j
j ed to be a detective.
Mr. Phillips was in no hurry, and he
did not propose to leave any loose ends.
He went over bis plans time after time
and Anally atlsfled himself that they
were without a flaw. He had provided j
for every contingency likely to arise,
and it only remained to rake In the
plunder. After gobif? over his list of
"avallahles" he finally selected a husi- j
ness house which had formerly banked j
with his petude. Their signature was !
at his disposal, and he knew the size of
their account at the new bank. Tie
could get s.\nno from them easily, and
the chances were that the crime would
remain ui.discovered for at least a I
fortnight
One dry t!:e astute batik clerk 'Aas
quite re:*dy to start out. He was not
a tilt flurried or excited He left his
desk at tl. . < 'lined Ills i
coat an 1 I . way and :
pa wed oiil - tie- street to seek his J
lodgings ... 4-.!:-c himself. He did |
not oven!» i'i; lie simply donned a j
false w.i t mustache, slipped on a
hat and < n unlike his usual garments I
and then sauntered carelessly along in
t" flic Fourth National bank.
The substitute teller was at the pay
window, as he had figured he would
I • after 12 o'clock. This man did not
know him. There were three or four
persons with checks to be cashed, and
Phillips took his place in line. He had
u 112 aged check for In his hand, |
and he was certain that it would be
paid with nit question. The merchants
would have sworn that the signature
was their own. The check was passed
in, glanced at. and the teller swiftly
counted out the money IP > a». about
to pass it through the v\ »w. and
Mr. Phillips u.\s I'eelii ;■ a son of con
tempt f'or his ea.-y ways when he paus
ed, laid down the bills and took an
other i >.ik HI tin* check on tile. There
were ten seconds of puzzled hesitation,
and then he said:
'"There is a bit of irregularity hero, j
This check i- dated for tomorrow, j
Sew?"
The astute Mr. Phillips saw. For a
year he had been slowly and carefully !
preparing for tin* day. For a year he !
had been telling himself that there
( could be 110 failure. lie had written I
out the check with the utmost care and t
had scanned it over and over again, and i
yet he had date 1 it a day ahead and
made a most egregrious blunder! The
thing came up m him with sledge ham
mer force, and in spite of his assurance
he exhibited some confusion. This i
j might have passed with the teller as a
natural result had not a man with a ,
cheek to be cashed exhibited undue cu- i
I riosity and had not Mr. Phillips' com- I
rade detective come strolling in. lie
' was known to the officers of the bank !
and at once became interested in the
' Incident.
"It was an oversight that I will have
corrected in twenty minutes," remark- !
ed Mr. Phillips as he took the check j
1 and started out. But the detective i
' would not have it that way, and five !
minutes later h • hail penetrated the |
• disguise of his friend. Perhaps their
' friendship might have stood the strain
' or an explanation been possible, but the
112 teller would not have it so. An at
tempt had been made to "do" and ruin !
him, and he proposed to see it through.
■ The result came two months later, '
when the careful and deliberate and
painstaking as well as extraordinarily >
astute Mr. I'hillips was sentenced to j
state prison for seven years.
"Sorry for you, my boy—very sorry," j
' said the detective as he left him at the
■ prison, "but you see there is a differ- j
ence. Astuteness in business brings a
sure reward, but astuteness in crime t
| leads most of 'em here."
A Terrible Scene.
Strohschneiik r. the famous aeronaut,
astonished the uatives of Stoekerau,
near Vienna, by carrying a young bar
i rister on hi. back along a tight rope
> eighty meters in length fixed to tbe
church sieeple A few days later flam
; ing poster.! appeared on the walls an
, nouncing that Strohselineider would ef
fect a balloon ascent in the company of
1 Herr Pramper, the popular landlord of
] the White Hose.
Notwithstanding the fact that the po
lice had forbidden the landlord, who
i lias a large fat: I.'y. from taking part in
the performance r.ine host entered the
imio-nre at the appointed time, to the
no small deli-ht of the assembled mul
titude. At a given signal tlie balloon
rose in iin ;i!'. Stroll Schneider and the
landlord sit ling on the trapeze beneath.
Some of the spectators declare that the
j latter turned as pale a • a sheet during
his upward llighi. though he did not
! fail t i wave hat to the crowd. Aft
; er reaching a dizzy height the two bal
loonists were observed to quarrel aud
actually came to blows. All at once the
landlord plunged heutil>ng into space.
A shout of horror arose from the spec
tators. W'IO ran to the spot where they
expected to tind l'ramper lying with
broken limbs What was their aston
ishment at discovering not a corpse,
but a lay figure dressed in one of the
landlord's ts The manikin was
| conveyed to Stoekerau in triumph.
LINCOLN'S DISPOSITION.
Ortlinn«*ll y < tit»o»rful. It !!«»!<! n Strain
of !>«•«•!! >l«»litn<*lioly.
llopeful and ■ le ■ i iul as he ordinarily
seemed, then w.i - ivi Mr Lincoln's dis
position :i strain of deep melancholy.
I'll is \\a-> not peculiar to him alone, for
the pioneers as a race were somber
rather than gay. Their lives had been
passed for generations under the most
trying physical conditions, near malaria
infesu I • ir< ains and where they breath
ed the prison of decaying vegetation.
Insufficient shelter, storms, the cold of
winter, savage enemies and the cruel
labor that killed off all but the hardiest
of them had at the same time killed the
happy-go-lucky gayety of an easier
form of life They were thoughtful,
watchful, wary; capable, Indeed, of
wild merriment, but it has been said
! that although a pioneer might laugh he
could not easily be made to smile.
Lincoln's mind was unusually sound
aud sane and normal. He had a cheer
ful. wholesome, sunny nature, yet he
had inherited the strongest traits of the
| pioneers, and there was in him. more
| over, much of tho poet, with a poet's
capacity for joy and pain. It is not
strange that as he developed into man
hood. especially when his deeper nature
began to feel the stirrings of ambition
and of love, that these seasons of de
: press ion and gloom came upon him
with overwhelming force. Helen Nico
i lay iti St. Nicholas.
THE BARK OF TREES.
Xnture** Provision I'or the of
Ihe (iHiwint; Plant.
I The practical cultivator understands
I that nature makes provision for getting
rid of the bark of trees as the trunk ln
| creases in size. On the growth of the
past season may be seen small olive
spots. These are formations of cork,
i From year to year, in subsequent de
| velopment, these little patches spread, 1
really eating their way through the 1
bark. This is the provision which na- '
j ture makes for finally rifting the bark
; In each species of plant. These cork '
j cells have their own special lines of de
j velopment, and this is the reason why ,
each kind of tree has its own particular
bark. The characteristics are so prom
inent that clever observers can select
different kinds of trees by their bark
even at midnight. As It is the evident
intention of nature to get rid of old
hark, it is a great help to the tree to as
sist nature in this respect, and any
wash or treatment which aids the
plant in getting rid of it is a prac
tical advantage. Soapy water wash or
lye water is useful, and even scraping
has been found of great advantage.
In a rough sort of way lime wash is
frequently used, the only objection be
ing the white and glaring color. It Is.
however, the cheapest and the best of
all bark treatment.
THE USEFUL YAWN.
L
TiiU L.uni; \ ent ilnt in« RROCI'INM SITTI** ■
n l)nul»l«» I'urpoiie.
The act of yawning is distinctly bene
ficial in two ways. In the first place
it serves the purpose of lung ventila
tion The lungs are not filled or ex- I
hausted by ordinary respiration. There
is a certain quantity of air which phys
iologists call "residual air" left in the
recedes of the lungs after the ordinary I
respiration. This in time becomes vlti
at- I ai d affects the blood and. through
it, the nervous centers.
The result is a yawn which is really
a stretching of the respiratory chamber |
t> its I- t capacity and the filling j
oft < inspired air which i
•' • 1 e \ ; t« I air out Yawning is I
-i 1: • ii' tieial in so far as it opens, "
streicbes . nd ventilates the vocal, ua
- I Mil auditory chain Iters in immedi
ate < tnvrti'ii wit'i the mouth.
g social often heard when J
' l:;e to the stretching and j
opening of the eustachian tubes, which
form a communication between the
middle ear and the back of the throat |
The deafrtcss which often accompanies
a cold is due to the congestion of these |
♦'ihos.— London Hospital.
LINCOLN Th, I HLETE.
i How flic Voulli'n Rodily \ i;;or Stood
Him In Uuixl Stead.
Young Lincoln's bodily vigor 6tood
' foitn In good stead in many ways. In
frontier life strength and athletic Bklll
; nerved as we i for popular amusement
us for prosaic toil, and at times, Indeed,
they were nee bnl for personal defense.
Every community Lad its champion
wrestler, a 1 11 of considerable local
! Importance, i i whose success tlio
I neighbors tonic a becoming interest.
I There was not far from New Salem a
j settlement ••ailed Clary's Crove, where
' lived a set o( restless, rollicking young
| back woodsmen with a strong liking for
frontier athletics and rough practical
jokes. Jack Armstrong was the leader
of these and until Lincoln's arrival had
been the champion wrestler of both
'• Clary's Grove and New Salem. He and
j bis friend 3 had not the slightest per
) son'il grudge against Lincoln, but,
! hearing tho neighborhood talk about
! the newcomer and especially Otlut's
extravagant praise of his clerk, who,
according to Offut's statement, knew
more than any one else in the United
States and could beat the whole coun-
I try at running, jumping or "wras-
I tling," they decided that the time had
come to assert themselves and strove
j to bring about a trial of strength be
tween Armstrong and Lincoln. Liu-
I coin, who disapproved of ail this "wool
| lng and pulling," as he called it, and
bad no desire to come to blows with
bis neighbors, put off the encounter as
j long as passible. At length even his
good temper was powerless to avert it,
| and the wrestling match took place,
i Jack Armstrong soon found that he
j had tackled a man as strong and skill
' ful as himself, and his friends, seeing
him likely to get the worst of it,
swarmed to his assistance, almost suc
ceeding. by tripping and kicking, in
getting Lincoln down. At the unfair
ness of this Lincoln became suddenly
and furiously angry, put forth bis en
tire strength, lifted the pride of < lary's
Grove in his arms like a child and,
holding him high in the air, almost
choked the life out of him. It seemed
for a moment as though a general light
must follow: but even while Lincoln's
fierce rage compelled their respect bis
quickly returning self control won their
admiration, and the crisis was safely
passed.
Instead of becoming enemies and j
leaders in a neighborhood feud, as
might lime been expected, the two
grew to be warm friends, the affection j
thus strangely begun lasting through
life. They proved useful to each other
In various ways, and years afterward
Lincoln made ample amends for his
rough treatment of the other's throat
by saving the neck of .lack Armstrong's
son from the baiter in a memorable
trial for tnurder The Clary's Grove
"boys" voted Lincoln "the cleverest fel
low that ever broke into the settle
ment." and then-after took as much
pride in his pcaceableness and book
learning as they did in the rougher and
more questionable accomplishments of
their c'scomfited leader.—Helen Nicolay
In St. .Nicholas
THE VALUABLE MOOSE.
It In ili«- Stiifl of l.lfc In ih«» (.rent
>ortli«-rn YV i lilerut'MN.
What the Null tl > was to the plains,
ttu» white tail deer to the southern
woods and the caribou to the barrens
the moose is to the great northern belt
of sv.amp and timber land of British
America.
ll is the creature that enables the na
tives to live at all Assisted in warm |
weather by various iisb. it bears prac
tical!;' the burden of their support. Its
deb "ions -teaks nre their staple food,
but its nose or is a delicacy. Its
hide furni-lies the best clothing and
moccasin leather or provides snow
shoes that e; :li|e the bunt* r to kill
more mouse, its back sinew is the sew
ing thread o tin., country, its horns and
bones mak • tools, its h >ofs can be con
verted into rattles, and its coarse, bris
tly mane. \ inches 'otig and white ex
cept the tip<. furnishes raw material
for ernbr > dery. When dyed with na
tive dye- ind skillfully worked into
leather and birch bark, these bristles
are as eV■ ■<-t:•. «» as porcupine quills and
are, indeed, often mistaken for them
by the i:i■ -! 'lied. Ernest Thompson Se
ton in Scribih-r's.
Il«* KI?• «2 l»«M k n There.
The clergyman was holding a chil
dren's s<>rv>c at a continental resort.
During the ie>son he had occasion to
catechise hi- heaters on the parable
o? the unjust steward. "What is a
sievnrd?" tie asked. A little boy, who
had arrived from ihtgland a few days
be;';»r.\ bel l lip bis hand, "lie Is the
man sir," !: re; lied, with a reminis
cent look 011 bis face, "who brings you
a basin."—London Globe.
Conllrilil y.
Cordiality Is the least expensive and
farthest point,' of all commodities, and
its practitioners represent our best suc
cesses. it is the key which unlocks the
social and business doors, bringing men
closer together, helping them to better
work together, lightening their bur
dens and changing the twilight of trou
ble into the sunlight of happiness.—
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CHINESE ART IN STONE.
It* llfst i;\:i-.11 {){«■» »n<l Soin« of It*
real est Defect*.
The spirit itf purely Chinese art in j
-;one i sli.au : n work such as the ;
jjreal monolith inures % animals and
;rri>;•- \vi.<n i! ;ak the approach to'
iiu- 11 ttj is <ij the Ming dynasty and in
the pi i • ii\ pi in structures designed!
I'or t.e : >iiil s of t!ie present dynasty.
'i i " mr«• composed of euormou? :
!•! ><*ks * ■- nit brought with infinite
labor i i! ; s!ant quarries over roads i
II• r <- wliivh are hardly capable'
in.: ordinary cart traffic and
I; vc id way.i lo be specially prepared
t • i < t t e treat weights causing
tit ;r
'l'i <• ..hi,' admiration for the employ-1
.. r .1 i.f h u—* * blocks of stone is seen !
in the <■; of tin* bridges over tiie riv
i :iI >mr tl <• <'o:ist of South Fukien.
v. l:cre tiie no slabs used in e con
.;- n-ii>- «»< aslonally measur. sixty
t iii leu; h anil are estimated to
v.oi' h !' -arl.v 120 tons, an! the bridges
t' • !.' . '•cs Irive a length of 1.000 to
J )0 y> rtls.
' i almost all cases where the build
is are ne of solid construction the
wi'ght <>f 11 blocks employed has
!!. a str.a in upon the supports which
(' <• architects s':i 11 was not competent
t > provide against, and witli the lapse
r r ih»e the melancholy spectacle i.s
sec:. • 112 sl.il.s fallen from their places
and of noble and costly structures
approaching ruin. In some cases the
interdei, a deuce of tlie arches leads to
tie same result, tine notable Instance
of this occurred during Colonel Gor
don's e;;mp lign against the Taipings,
when to allow of tlie passage of his
small steamers it was necessary to
make a gap in a bridge of over twenty
arches, and arch after arch collapsed
immediately after the passage of his
small flotilla. London Saturday lie .
view
AVERAGE HUMANITY.
Jlo*t IVi;|»lc \ r«» \ot Very <io»(l Nor
\ et Very Usui.
What do we mean by a good man or
a bad one. a good woman or a bad
one? Mist people, 1 ike the young man
in the song. are "not very good, nor yet
verj bad." We move about the pas
tures of lift* in huge herds, and all dc
the sain" th'-.u?* at the same times and !
for the "Forty feeding!
like one." Are we mean'.' Well, we j
have tloue some mean things in our 1
time. Are ve generous? Occasionally!
we are. \Y> re we good sous or dutiful
daughters? We have both honored and !
dishonored our parents, who in their
turn had done the same by theirs. Do
jve melt at the sight of misery? Indeed
we do. Do we forget all about it when I
we Lave turned the corner? Frequently !
that is so. Do we expect to be put to
open sbaine at the great day of .ludg- i
nieut? We should be terriblj frighten
ed of this did we not ding to the hope
that amid the shocking revelations then
for the tirst time made public our little 1
affairs may fail to attract much notice, i
Judged by the standards of humani
ty, few people are either good or bad. j
"I have not been a great sinner," said
the dying .Nelson; nor had he—he had
only been made a great fool of by a
woman. Mankind is all tarred with the
-.line brush, though some who chance
to be op, rated upon when the brush is
fre-.li from the barrel get more than j
iln ir sh ire of the tar. The biography I
of a celebrated man usually reminds j
me «.f • outside of a coast guards-j
man's < >i< ige all tar and whitewash, j
-10 says of A :g:tsthie liirrell.
M'lyal c;n«iil>lern.
Tin- r ; is.»iintion which games of I
chanc hi ve exercised over gentle and I
simp! ' \-ell illustrated in the de- |
set*'.-it iv 1 Stow of the entertainment j
given b\ il iry i'icanl. mayor of Lon- !
don. in when the kings of France i
and Scotia a!, being prisoners in Eng- ;
lan I.and t'ie king of Cyprus on a visit
to E-iwarii ill., the mayor "kept his j
hall aglinst all comers that were will- '
ing t . p'av at dice and hazard. The
I.ady Margaret. his wife, did keepe her j
chamber to the same intent." The !
mayor, having won r.o marks from the
i. ,g • 112 Cypru ret'inicd him tl:e mon
ey. sayi l My lord anil ' a, '■> not
aggrieve !. >'»r 1 • • •! >!d,
but your pi \ ■ - il
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CbaogCK In I'ltiiniiKe That Are Pni- j
dilute to ilit* Xovlce.
Most every one in America is ac
; qfiuinted with the goldfinch, but many
j people know the bird by the name of
i lettuce bird, on account of its bright
yellow color. Goldfinch is a very appro
priate name, as the bright yellow of
I ili<' male, when in broking plumage, la
j '.ike burnished gold. The female gold
jlin -i is more modestly dressed than
i lier mate. The changes in plumage of
j the male are very interesting and to
the novice somewhat puzzling. Until
the stiHeut becomes acquainted with
| the bird he may wonder why he sees
! n > males during the winter. The truth
j is. at this season the (locks of supposed
: female goldfinches are really of both
j sexe;. the male bird having assumed
i in tlie previous fall, usually by the end
of October, a plumage closely resem
bling that of the female and young
bird of tli - year. The male retains this
iii'- <n-pieuous dress until late in Feb
j nury, when one can notice a gradual
! change taking place in some of the
birds. This renewal of feathers Is ac
tively continued through March and
April, and by the Ist of May our re
spleud* .t bird is with us again. The
soug period with the male goldfinch
continues as long as he wears his gold
and black livery, for it commences as
early as the middle of March and ends
late in August. Goldfinches are very
cleanly In their habits aiul bathe fre
quently. Their nests are exquisite
pieces of bird architecture, the inside
being lined with the softest plant
down. The mother bird is the builder,
her handsome consort during the nest
building time devoting most of his ef
forts to singing to cheer his industrious
mate.—Philadelphia Press.
HIS EQUAL IN HEIGHT.
Lincoln'* Pleasant Little lnter\iew
With u Coul Heuver.
1 When Lincoln was on his way to as-
I sume the office ol' president the train
was delayed at Freedom, Pa., by an
accident to a freight train that was a
little way ahead. Lincoln was accom
panied by Major Sumner and Colonel
Elmer Ellsworth of the celebrated regi
ment of zouaves. Neither Major Sum-
I tier nor Colonel Eils worth was tall, and
i is they stood beside Lincoln on the rear
| datforin while he made his address
hey looked shorter than they really
vere. At the close of Lincoln's short
I leech a coal heaver called out, "Abe,
they say you are the tallest man in the
United States, but I don't believe you
are any taller ihau I am." Lincoln re
plied. "Come up here and let us meas
ure." The coal heaver pressed his way
i through the crowd and climbed on the
platform, where Lincoln and he stood
back to back. Turning to Colouel Ells
: worth, Lincoln said, "Which is the tall
' er
Colonel EIL-sw uMi. Vicing so much
j shortc - . could n-'t tell, so he climbed on
| the gu;n<! i:ii! an I. putting his hand
across the top of the heads of the two
j met . -ail. "I believe they are exactly
j the s line height." Then Lincoln and
:he coal heaver turned around and
faced each other. The crowd shouted
: loudly when Lincoln took the black,
I sooty hand <>t' the coal heaver In his and
! gave a he: rty handshake to the man
who wash s equal in height.—'Thomas
■ TT Tibbies in Success* Magazine.
TIMIKII t'.atliiK.
Those who have partaken of peacock
1 declare that gorgeous bird to be decid
edly tough eating, while it Is said of
; the swan that the fact of its ever hav
| ing been a familiar dish speaks highly
in favor of ancient English cutlery.
Moreover, it should not be forgotten
that when bustards' and boars' heads
were as common as sirloins and sad
dles now are there were scarcely any
! vegetables to eat with them.
\ pry Different.
Merchant—l thought you told me he
; was a man of very good character?
1 Qulbbel Von must have misunder
j stood me. I said he was a man of
j good reputation. Exchange.
The attachments of mere mirth are
but the shadows of that true friendship
of which ihe sincere affections of the
heart are the substance.—Burton.
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