In Hip fonnlrj Sunshln for the r-lln'n S014,, Night (nrlhnWhlipoorwlll' The morning hours ' tor lln m-i'iit of flown Anil joyous ehlrps .111. 1 trill ; Anl nil the ilny from ilawn till night Fur wnrMing hlnls nint nwrs bright. l.irk hour fur tluVwhlppoorwIll, Light for till) Wlliu'4 VuleO 1 Am. I nil tho lime For lining rhyme Th it mn'to tho wnmU rojolei! Ami nil tin' tlmi' and nil Hi" hours 1'or snug othlnls nnil bloom of (lower. BOB'S WAGER. Br MMXit? nollKllTSOM. Ho had often tried to jinipiup to her, Imt she was such A very flippant young person tllllt III! folltlil it hercu lean to reduce her to A suflioiontly ae rious fruiuo of mind. Then, too, lie was liy no means certain ns to lirr feel ings towards himself. S01111) definite Assurance cither way would, lie felt, have been grateful, although it in wife to nflirm that liiul such nsnirnneo been unfavorable to his hopes ho would none tho less havo ln;on nuxious for further iiiforiuiitioti. However, lm wan lUhied the satUfne of oven well-grounded suspicion. Hho had such n battling sort of manner. Never Iniil bo becu able to surprise her into nil iidiiiissioti of anything, how ever trilling, which might lio taken bh nn itnlii'iitiiin th.it ho aroused ithin her emotions of Any kind whatever. It was certainly very ilifliciilt to kuow what to do. Jinny times had ho Almost taken advantage of a momentary silence on her part. Times without number hml ho Hourly clasped hor in hi arm 11s nho iiii'onottoil post him, hut Hhe was too quick for him. Tho h.ddost effort on hid purl hml boon lundo 0110 even ing Bftor ho had brought friend to call on hor. Minna, Hob nnd tho friend hail all sat in tho kitchen and imlloil tally. Next evening Bob said sheepishly : "lo you know, Minna, what Ikey was tolling mo hiHt night? " "How ov.Ud I know without you told mo?" returned Minna, with spirit. Hho was washing (HhIioh, ami Hhe clat tered thorn in the pan. Ho wan asking mo if I was going to ibarry yon." "Ami what did you toll him? " "I told him I didn't know." "That wan right," tiaiil Minna, swirl ing tho dishcloth nronnd. "And he ho said I wan a big fool if I didn't." Minna went oft into peals of laugh ter. Then she sobered up. "Didn't what?" "Didn't marry you." "So you would be if you got tho chaneol" war the prompt reply. "That's what I told him if I got tho chance, but I cau't get tho hance," dejectedly. "What right had you to toll him .you couldn't got the chance?" " 'Cause you ain't ever give it to mo." "No, au' I never will," returned Minna with emphasis. "Jes what I thought," said Dob dismally. "Guess I'd better go." "Ouohs ye bad," remarked his hostess hospitably. As sho spoke sho wiped out the dishpnn And hung it up on a nail behind. If I was you, I'd learn a few things bofore I came court In'." "But you're a big sight clevor'n mo," answered Bob meekly. "That's so," said Minna laconically es Bob passed dejectedly out of the kitchen door. On thinking oror tho intorview oa the way homo Bob thought that on the wholo ho had not mado much progress, A few days later hope returned, bright-eyed ami smiling, and Bob de termined to make another attempt to aeouro tho elusive Minna. In the soft dusk of tho early summer evenings be went thoughtfully across the field ' towards ber father's oottage, now soft ened of its daytime angularities, and, to Bob's imagination, nestling confid ingly in the trees. "Houso ain't much like Minna," be reflected sadly. "Wisht I could think on tome way to cotob her." As ho walked, crushing down the moist grass, he revolved dozen schemes in his mind, all of which bad sooner or later to be dismissed as im practicable in view ' of the uncertain nature of the damsel in question. If be could only be sure of bow Minna would take anything. But he never could bo. She was as wayward as a ummer breeze. Suddenly, in the midst of bis pon dering, an idea came to him a heaven sent inspiration, so beautiful, so clever, that tho onnuing little god him self must have been biding in a blue bait along hi path. Bob gave an em phatic clap to his leg, and tho listen ing Cupid might have hoard a short chuekle, followed by a delighted exclamation. "flush I Hut that'll do it!" ns the wooer sped Along tho path. Minna herself in ot Hub at the door and gave him n elinir uutHido beneath a frngrnnt hotieyMiieklo. Hho sat dowu near him on tho doorstop nnd leaned vt head against thu rasem'.'tit. Hho looked Very pretty, her blaok ryes darkening tho lids niul her fneo pale ill the dinky twilight, her lurr curling in moist lit lo ondn around hi-r small faee. Huh looked nt her, and hia heart fail 'd him. Hut ho remembered a eortaiu Thomas Anderson, who report said hn 1 loitered beneath the honeysuckle fur the last few nights, mid this brought back his oozing courage. "They wuz talking about you last night down at the pump," ho remarked, with Assumed I'lu'erfulneos. "Tall.in' about 1110?" said Minna an grily. "How d ired thev?" "Dh, laws!" gasped Hob to hitlHelf. If she get mil l bofore I begin!" "They wiiH my in' say in' " "Well?" sharply, "what wuz they snvin'y" "They wtu savin' how as you'd never nmrry any one ymt wuz that uueer-tnin-liko ninl Highly-like." "Who said that?" said Minna, turn ing wrathful eye upon him. "I don't exactly remember," faltered Hob. "Most likely yourself," disdainfully. Hub could not truthfully disown tho remark, as I111 had made it frequently, in eontldence, to his near companions in the village. Ho, after this unex pected homo-thrust, he remained uu- eonifurtablv silent. Minna pursued her advantage. "Nit"i doings thorn, fur a iiiaii!" she wont on, contemptuously. "Talk ing about girls when they can't talk buck for thomselvcH !" If tho reported conversation had not been wholly imaginary, Hub would have boon stricken with remorse. As it was, however, although inwardly trembling, ho saw an opening and took it. "Hut I spoko back for you, Minna, I did." "Oh, you did, did you?" was tho discouraging comment. "Hineo it wuz you said the worst, seems to me it wuz all you could do." "They said n lot moro'n I did." Hob continued, withtlotitiousoourago, "They said ns how I uoodn't be hang in' nronnd hero, fur ye'd alius scorn me till tho jedgmcut and not mam mo At nil." "Thoro wuz some truth in their re marks," remarked Minna snubbiugly. "Rut there's wussor nor that," ho said, with well forced gloominess. "I said as how I kuowed you would marry me" "Who niBili) you so wise?" inter rupted Minna sarcastically. "An a man bet mo you wouldn't, an' an' I bet him you would." "BenHts!" ejaculated tho much in censed Minna. "An' I bet a fearful lot, Minus. Gosh I I'm soured to think of it. If I got to give him nil that mouoy tho farm ull have to go sure." Minna looked frightened. "How much?" sho asked faiutly. "Wonder how much she'll stand?" Bob asked himsolt perplexedly. Then he looked at her tentatively. "I'm most afeared to toll you. It's it's gosh 1 Minna it's $100. "Oh, my!" ejaculated Minna. "You never did." "A hundred dollars!" rep.iatod Bjb chokingly, and overcome by tho feel ings he had arousad he buried his bead in his hands. From this safe re treat ho continued disjointed remarks broken by omottou. "Don't care for tuysolf. (Sigh). I don't want to livo anyway, but the farm ull have to go sure, and poor mother and father. " (Sob). "Ob, no, no," said Minna tearfully. "They're old now to start over agin (a protracted sigh), but I kin work for 'em. I'll do it" and Bub's shoulders shook with nobly suppressed emotion "it ull como hard to lose the old place now (sob) after all them yeArs." "Oh, don't .don't, don't, Bob I I can't bear it t" gasped Minna, choking dow n the tears. "I'll I'll" Bob waited a moment, . Then be went on : ' "Poor sister can't go to school or nothiu'," rocking himself to and fro in apparent deep grief, "an' there's no wood got for the winter" here he wept alood, and seeing this, Minna, too, wept aloud. "Oh, Bob," she cried, "how could you be so so" and she burst again into tears. "Dunno, Minna," he said in chok ing voice; "but there ain't no help for it now. It' all ot to go farm an'aU.". "Never!" said Minna hysterically. "I will in airy you I will!" "'Taint right to ask you," Hob said sadly ninl hypocritically. "You don't care liothin' about me." "I didn't Aforo," said Minna, tear fully and slinmed-faeed, "but tlmt was All Awful lot of money to bet oil me. I like you for it, Hob, I do!" "An' you will many me?" Hho nodded. "Thank yon, Minim." Hob said, mournfully. It'sawfully good inyoii." A moment elnpsed before ho started on the real business of courtship ho had to proceed carefully and in that moment Hob looked up at it very jester of n twinkling ntiir ninl silently ex changed with it a knowing and pro digious wink. Chicago Inter Ocean. Liiuilest 'olse Fier llennl ;i I'artli. No thunder from tho skies was ever iiccompnuied with n roar of such vehe mence ns that which issued from tho throat of the great volcano in Kralia toa, 1111 islet lying in the Htraits of Stiiiiln, between Sumatra an I .Tuva, at 10 o'clock on Monday morning, Augnvfc 27, 1HH.1. As that dreadful Hiinday night wuro on the noiso increased iu intensity mid frequency. The explo sions succeeded each other no rapidly that 11 continuous roar seemed to issue from tho island. The critical moment was now approaching, and the out break wbs preparing fur n majestic culmination. Tho people of Hatnvia did not sleep that night. Their windows quivered with tho thunders from Kmkatoa, which resounded like the discharge of artillery in their street. Finally nt 10 o'clock on Monday morning n t-t 1 1 -peiiiloii convulsion took place which far transcended any of tho shock which had proceeded it. This su premo effort it was which raised tho mighicst noise ever heard ontheglobo. Hatavia is nitiety-flvo miles distant from Kmkatoa. At Carlmon, Java( in.") mile nwny, reports woro hoard 011 that Sunday morning which led to tho belief that thoro must be Homo vos.-el in the distance which was discharging its guns ns signal of distress. Tho authorities sent out boat to make a search; they presently returned, ns nothing could be found iu wuut of succor. Tho reports woro sounds which cnino nil tho way from Krnknton. At Ma cassar, iu Celebes, loud eiploHions At tracted tho notice of everybody. Two steamers were hastily sent out to find out what was the matter. Tho sounds had traveled from the Htraitsof Hiiuda, a distance of till!) miles. Hut mere hundred of mile will not sulltoo to illustrate tho extraordinary distance to which tho greatest noiso that ever was heard was able to penetrate. Tho figures have to be expressed iu thou Binds. This seems almost incredible, but it is certainly true. In tho Vio toiia plains, iu WcHt Australia, tho shepherds were startled by noises liko heavy cannonading. It was some tiino afterward before they learned that their tranquillity had been disturbed by tho grand events at Kraknton, 1,700 miles away. Youth's Companion. The Parent Applo Tree. The most valimblo fruit treo in tho temperato zones is the apple. Pyrus malus, the parent tree of the thou sands of varieties that are known in orchards, was probably a native of the northwest Himalayas, aud tho geuus is represented in North America by five small trees and two shrubs. The first of tho species described is tho familiar wild crabapplo (pyrus coron aria), a tree of elegaut habit, with largo and fragrant flowers which do not ap pear until after the blossoms of other apples have fallen. Tho fruit is still moro fragraut, aud it hangs on long stems and remains on the branches un til after tho leaves have dropped. The southern crab (pyrus angustifola) is still more beautiful, iudeed it is not surpassed in beauty by Any of the smaller North American trees when in early spring it lights up the gloom of the pine forests with its bright flowers, The Oregon crab (pyrus rivuluris) re aembles the first named, and its frnit has a pleusunt sub-acid flavor. Testing a Ducking-Stool. An ancient ducking-stool for scold' ing wives is still preserved at Ford' wich. The other day some antiquar iaus, anxious to test tho apparatus, found a youth who was willing to don female attire aud go through the or deal. The apparatus speedily ducked the lad into tho river, but refused to pull him out again, and but for timely assistance he would have been drowned. New York Dispatch. An English firm olainis that with its outfit of caskraaking maohinos a cask baa been made from beginning to end staves, heads and hoops and put together iu about five minutes. 1 Vlklna- Wings lor the Hair. For months past swagger headgear has been frequently seen ornamented by viking-wiug decorations, nnd this species of trimming is now being adopted as su ndded attraction to fash ionable coiffures. Wings for the linir como in nil tlin delicate evening shades and some of them are prettily spangled, producing n glittering dia dem effect. ror the proper viking coill'uro the hair must, accord ing to lie New link Herald, lie piled high upon the head, with a small 11 11 If v but firm knot in I ho center. The wings, which eoiiio iu pairs, are fastened to this chignon, one nt enoh side, mid nro bent as the Isucy dictates, either clos ing to a point or sprend open, with 11 bird-on-thr-w ing effect. More than two nro uever worn. A gathering of viking belles nt 11 fashionable dance this season will suggest a caucus of idealized feminine Indians or a llight of rare and radiant birds. Japanese I lansinin. No crusader op tho West, 110 rikin-r of tho North cherished a higher ideal of loyalty nnd chivalry than tlie clans men of old Japan ; 110 CorMcmi more ruthlessly handed down a, feud from Henerntioii to generation or exacted from son and brother the execution of a sterner vendetta. The Sat sum a men of to-day triumph in the fact that their own swords havo avenged in this fen eration the defeat indicted 011 their forefathers in the year 1(100 bv tho Tukugnwa clan, cays tho Nineteenth Conturv. Legend and drama recount every day to eager cars tho stories of sons who died to nvcugo their fathers, clansmen tlmt they might slay tho foe- men who hail caiinoiI tho death of their lord. Tho fuvorito heroes, who hold in popular estimation tho place as signed by us to Kobin Hood nnd his juen, nro tho forty-seven ronins, a panic given to men who hnve lost their clanship. Their lord was obliged to commit hara-kiri, or judicial suicide, for having within royal precinct drawn his sword on a noblo who had insulted him, nnd these stanch vassals devoted themselves to tho destruction of tho insulter, knowing assuredly that, having sluiu him, thoy would bo equally condemned to take thuir own lives. Htill may be seen fresh incense sticks burning before tho graves of their loader and his young sou and viriting cards stuck into the little tab lets Above them as tokens of tho re spoct in which they Aro held by thoso who know their story aud duploro their doom. Mr. Black records that at a reviow of British troops iu 1HIJ4 at Yokohama a great dnimio was watching with in terest thu maueuvers of the regiments and batteries of artillery stationed thero. At tho conclusion ho was oekod to allow tho escort of his retainers who had accompanied him to go through their drill and taction, to which he readily consented. Turning to Hir Kuthford Aloock, who was inspecting the troops, ho proudly said : "My retinuo is small, and their tactics are not worthy of notioo after what wo have seen, but thero is not one man among them who, M I say 'Die,' will not unhesitatingly sacritioe his life at my command." Easy Electrical Experiment. Take a gloss, expose it to the fire ao that it Rhall bo perfectly dry and plaeo it upside dowu upon a table. After ward tako a tray, perfectly dry, nnd place it upon the glass in such a way that it shall prcsorve its equilibrium. A SIMPLE ELKCTMCAtt MACHIXB. Finally take a sheet of paper, sligbtl smaller than the tray, neat it aud rub it rapidly with a brush and it will bo- come quickly oloctritled. Then place it upon the tray. An clectrionl machine will thus have beeu constructed without any expense. If the finger be brought near the tray a spark will appear. This spark will bo so much the brighter and the seriu of sparks will be so much the longer in proportion as the glass and tray are drier. If, while tho sparks are being drawn from the tray, the room be darkened, these sparks will appear extremely brilliant. The Highland Agricultural Society of Edinburgh is the oldest agricultursl club m existence. 1 sJ 'Yfif 8? The Snllnn nl Morocco. Although Muley Hassan, tho Sultan or Chief of Morocco, wields but A nominal Authority over tho Hift tribesmen, who have been et war with thn Hpnnish colonial settlement of Melilla, on tho Northern Medit-r-ratienu const of Africa, ho is never theless the sovi reign of that region, and, says tho New York Tribune, ho will bo hold liv Spam responsible for the consequence of the present war fare. Miller Hassan Is lirtvnVi years old. If is demeanor is grave and iiiajeslic, ns becomes a man knowing tho im portance of his double chnraoter, as Kmpcror nnd 1'ontiiT, and n successor to tho Prophet, of whom' ho is n de scendant. His dark eyes nro Inrgo nnd expressive. His Moorish phy siognomy, adorned with a flowing black beard, in wlncli urn seen some white hairs, reveals that in hia vein run Hih liluii I of th.! African race, united to that of the Arab. Hn shows nt tho snme time in bin physical trnits tho evidence of an extraordinary firmness, mixed with n curtain shadow of melancholy nnd lassitude. He receives foreign Ministers and shows himself in public with fastidious solemnity. One of tho Kmperor's ser vants holds over his brad a large pars sol to screen him from tho rays of tho sun. Others nro buay fanning him, in order to chnso nwny tho Hies ho Abundant in Hint hot climate ; And nil look nt thnir lord as if ho were A god rather thnu their sovereign. Kdmnndo Amieis, wlmsaw Muley Hassan during a reception of tho Italian Kmbassy, describes him ss follows: "A vestment as white as thn snow covers him from hesd to foot ; the tur ban is covered by n high hood; the feet nro bnro nnd inclosed in yellow slippers. Hia horso is of high stutnrn nnd very white, with green reins nnd gold stirrups. All thi whiteness mid tho wido (hinting vestment giro him a sacerdotal appenrance, a royal grace fulness and Ainiablo majesty, in accord with tho very gentle expression of his physiognomy." On account of tlio intolerance pre vailing iu tho Moorish Empire, tho function of a religious chief is tho most important of those which belong to tho Hultan. If ho did not show ah solute respect for tho Mussulman or thodoxy of tho doctriues of Mahomet, a revolution would soon turn him from tho throiio or gravely compromise his sovereignity. Muluy Hassnn observes, therefore, rigorously nil religions practices of the Moslem litnrgy. Liko ull mombers of his court, ho get up nt 3 a. m., in winter ns well as in summer, to make tho first prayers. After tlint his chaplain reads him some pages iu the books of Uokhurt, tuo famous Mn siilmau theologian, who is, in the opiuiou of all Moors, the best rolig- xou authority niter Mahomet. Tho Sultan and his Ministers give audiences between 5 and 0 a. in. , and it is at such a nmtiiml hour thnt ho re ceives Europeans. Tho middle of tho day is given to rest and sleep, business being resumed only at 4 or 0 p. m., to stop at the hour of tho evening prayer Awkward. ' Small Chappy "Allow me to offer tho shelter of my umbrella. Large Uirl "Thank you ! I prefer your umbrella to your company. Aovr lork Ledger. Electricity vs. Steam, Electricity and stoara recently bad a tug of war at Chicago. An engine weighing tbirty-one and a half tons was pitted against an electrio engino weighing twenty-five tons, Thoy wore collided with a cable twenty feet long. At a signal both were "pulled wide open." The electrio cngiuo buzzed and scattered lightning over the sur rounding country, but was unable to budge the ancient switch engino. Thn latter simply gavo a oouple of puff aud walked away witu tuo modem online. Tramo. Stanford University is the most heavily endowed educational imtitu tion in the United SUtco, Columbia stands second. s&. Mi m Tilt! KrtM 0? SIOIIOCCO. SOLDIKRS COLUMN "VETERAN THIBVE8." A Counter Claim to the Honor of Being JTIrst Hands st Btssling From the Enemy. IN' Wilder' Brl gndo." liy Cap! Oeorirn H. Wil son, tath U. a., he ssys: xrrU - "Upton,!! per FvV I . lodoftho war (February to April, '83) our forcathad, as a rule, respected tho property rights oT citi zens. Now a new policy hsd coins Into operation; and wo were lis pioneers the first of all the Army or the Cumberland. Not only animals, but vast quantities) of forage snd other supplies were reg ularly gathered In by us snd distri buted to the troops. Henceforth this policy was largely followed by the western armies," etc. Followed, indeed! Capt. Wilson you wore sway behind In the proces sion. You may claim the honor of planting the first flag, being first over the breastworks, anil anything else but stealing from tho Johnnies, That we will not submit to. At Corinth, Miss., the 9th III. was mounted on mules, ss you describe, In tho Fall of 1809. In December, ln3. Col. Mersey's Hrlgsde (Oth and 12th III. and 81st Ohm) was sent down the Mobile A Ohio Hnllroad to Tupelo, Miss., where they were met by the 7th Kan. Car. (Jsybswkers) and Col. Cornyn'i 19th Mo. Car., sad I mine my gnens if tlicy had not all the forsge provisions, tin buckets, sorghum mo lases, grindstones and sweet pots toes of three counties of north Mississippi. Had you seen thorn, you would willing ly have msdesffidavit that every one of them, from the Colonel down, were bore thieves and thatWildor'i Brigade were innocents in comparison, On Dec. 83, 1883, when we rsturnoa to Corinth, Miss., Forrest had cat all our railroads north. Orsnt had fallen back from Mississippi, and our garri son wss placed npos Hall rations. From this time nnlil the end of the war we of Dodge's command wore sup plied in psrt by foraging parties. "Pioneers"? Not much, wuy, yon were novices at that business long af ter we had become veteran thievosl We hsd several Infanty regiments mounted months boforo Wllder't Bri gsde thought of mounting, and the 9th and 7th III. had Sponccr rifles, the 00th III. the Henry 10-shooters. In April. 18)13, while Itrags's army Isy fronting Itosecrnus, your Oenenal sent Col. Btreight around to our army with a Brigade. Ocn. Dodge's com mand escorted him out to Tascombia, Ala., stealing horsessnd mulos enough to mount them; then wo engaged For rest at Town Creek, Ala., while Col. Htroight starttd for Homo, Oa., bnt wss raptured lieturo he cot mere. Dodge's command returned to Corinth bringing everything but the real es tate along. AU tol at tho time Wild er' Brigade wss "mounting and drawing their Spancors." When it comiis to stealing, our com mand not only claims the cako, but the whole bakery. Piutvte, Co. I.. 51st Ohio in National Tribune. A WAR 8TOHY. Which Anybody May Belleeo II The Want to Do Bo. Tbs vetorao had juat finished a lec ture to the Old Soldiers' Club on military exactness and hsd been ra ther .everu on some who were disposed to be lax in their method, particu larly a tall corporal with oce aim off. When he bad finished the coporal itepped out In front of the soap bus on which he hsd been setting. "May it please Your Hono,"he said mockingly, "I have a story to tell which may In tome measure xeuse my fault. You see thisarm," and be be'ld out the stump. "Well that is the result of two much exactness " The veteran showed his aurprise and ksked how it happened. i "Well," went on the corporal, "l was this way: Along ta 1894 when I was in the A rmy of the Potomac I waa ss you know a cavalryman, snd one day luo nt our regiment were ordere I out to act as reseire for a small sortie that wss to e made to stir up the enemy. Every officer we had had been so raked over by our eruaty old colonel for not hir ing everything just right that life on duty was a burden. A captain wet in cnarge ot our force ana he hid ne ranged up in exact liness if we were on parade and 'hat too after the en -my had begun to slin shells over our wsy and a man wanted to ddgs in 'spite of hints V. The captain o iidn't have it thong 1, and there w sat, every head on u line, every body's hand sasnilit with every ot'ntr bridle hand down that line as if fixed by a spirit level. It was bard I tell yuu.but It didn't I nt lonsr. for all at once a gun oyer on our right that bad evi dently just got into po sition blazed sway with a solid 20 pound shot and as I stand here holding up this evidence" and the stump went up again "so help me gradual that shot swooned right down our line and snipped off 00 hands ts smooth as If it bad been done by a knife. Since that I haven't been so confounded partioular about being to confounded exact," and the corpo ral tat down amid grtst applause and overwhelming confusion of the veteran, Detroit Frew Press. Two littlb maids were talking about Santa Claua. "He'a a aplcndi l candy-maker," aald one. "IWt ie!" laid the other. "Why, last Chrlat mrj hia taffy waa so Ilka that my mother makes that I couldn't teU 'n apart Harper'! Daw. 1
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