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Mf KJRfcSI HA1H.
1 know n path nil fringed with ferns,
A woodland mth with ninny turn,
Whcrn In tlie ovcnirrtiliiR tn-,
Thnt tow, their heads In every hrcrso.
The wild birds enrol sweetest Inya
In vesper song and mntln iirnlim.
I sit me down, and nt my fift
The light nnd shnde. coquetting, meet.
The harshest sounds thnt greet my ear
Are tinkling belli. In pasture nenr.
And tippling waves thnt to the shore
Repent their story evermore.
Oh, fitful Inknl so llko my henrt.
Thy moods strange thoughts wtthln ma
start.
Like thee, I sometime seem at rest,
put oft by surging enres oppressed.
Yet not today to wearied brain
Phall vexing problems come again.
The lake Its soothing mmne hath.
And blessed peace my forest path.
-Anna B. Hunt In Boston Woman's Journal.
MARS' TOM'S GRAVE.
A Faithful Old Colored Servant Devoted
to His Late Master.
"I saw a pntbetlo instance at Greens-
boro of a negro's fidelity, " iinid W L.
Williams, a traveling man. "About ten
miles from the town I saw n grave with
n mnrMo plnb nt its bond. 8011 tod near
it wns on old negro with a bunch of
flowers, which ho wns placing over the
liioniul. I stopped my horse nnd spoko
to him
" 'Whoso grave is thnt. miolo?' I nfk
cd. " 'Mnrs' Tom's, boss. 1'zo his niggn '
" 'Oh, no Yon nro no mini s nijwr
now. Didn't you know thnt yon wcro
free?'
" 'Dnnnn nafTiu bout dnt, sail. I'ze
Mnrs' Tom's nigga, sah, nn ho s wnitin
fob me sunh up dnh. Dpho linn's done
tote 'im from dat plnco dry call Shiloh,
nn ho died while I wnh a-totin 'im.
Jest closed he eyes nn went tor sleep,
an when 1 comes ter cross de ribbor of
Jordan be jost bole out his ban's an he
tells de angel at de gate who 1 be, an be
let me in. I dreamed 'bout it las' night,
boss."
"I was Interested in the old fellow
and wanted to hear his story The slab
at the grave told me thnt it was that of
'Colonel Tom Winn, killed at the battle
of Shtlob, ' and I questioned the faithful
negro further:
" 'How old are yon, uncle?
" 'Most a hundred, 1 reckon, Bah. '
" 'Was you in the war?'
" 'Went wif Mars' Tom, sah. I'ze his
niggn, an he's In benbeu. I'ze Jest
a-wnitin till dose ole bones, wenry trnb
bling over de road, '11 tnke mo tor do
ribbcr, when Mars' Toia'll help his ole
nipga ober.'
" 'Were you with him when ho was
killod?'
" 'I was right dnr, boss. Dono pick
im np an toted im tor dnt place dey
call Corinth. Den I found a trniu; got
tor do place dey call Chnttauoogn. Do
nos' day we wnh in Atlanta. Mars' Tom
den in his glory Dis henh niggn lof
ter 'ten his body. Dey buried Mm when
I got 'im henh, an dis niggn jest lof tor
'ton his grabe nn keep do ilnwcrs hynli.
"I found upon inquiry thnt the story
wns truo, and for a qunrter of a century
the faithful negro had done nothing but
attend the grave of his young master,
whoRO body bo brought from northern
Mississippi to central Georgia. " Cin'
oinnati Enquirer.
The Application Embarrassed.
There lives in a certain small town a
poor ministor who bns a lnrge family
which his snlnry does not begin to cover
(litnrnlly), so the csngrcgatiou hnve do-
nntod cast off clothing for tho children,
and even tho poor minister's wifo goes
to church in the Inst year's bonnet and
olonk of a deaoon's wifo. The poor lady
bos grown nsed to this and does the best
she can with the conglomeration of
drosses, clonks and bats whioh are sent
her, though the rosult is sometimes
rathor tragic However, she bos always
folt that she did nobly by tho children,
and if the drosses and coats and cloaks
and trousers were misfits none was ever
unkind enough to say anything about it
One Sunday, however, she dressed the
nine hopefuls with great caro and
marched them to the church. She was a
little late, and just as she opened the
door and started up the aisle her hus
band thundered from the pulpit, "Even
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of those. " He did not see the
joke, but the congregation tittered, and
the mother was reudy to cry. Indian
apolis Sentinel.
Dispelling an Illusion
One of my readers wants to know the
correct pronunciation of the word
"Llanthony. " It is always a paiuful
thing to me to dispel the prevalent 11
lusion that newspaper editors know ev
erything, but owing, 1 suppose, to the
fact that I was taught Latm and Greek
in my youth, whon I onght to have been
looming tho tongues of tho living, I
have grown up ignornut of the proper
pronunciation of Llanthony. All 1 onu
boast of is a general idea that in Welsh
most of the consonants are vowels and
most of tho vowels sounds which no
Englishman oau hope to imitate. Bat
if any of my readers can throw any light
on "Llanthony" 1 shall be happy to as
gist in spreading it London Truth.
Curran's Retort.
Curran'a frieud was tickled by the
orator s retort apropos of the jury sys
tem. The friend was bragging of his at
taobment to it and said, "With trial by
Jury 1 have lived, and, by the blessing
01 uoa, with trial by Jury J will diel
"Oh," said Cnrran in amazement
"then you've made np yonr mind to be
banged, Dlokl"
The Indians vailed tue crimen nroso,
iver Tockyeete, the "Little Roarer. "
NO DOO IN HER HOUSE.
A Boarding flnnnn Keeper Tells VTIiy fllie
Una Made Tills Utile.
Persons with dogs nnd other pcM I
meet with a cold nnd clammy reception
in Now York boarding houses. They
mny occasionally steal into fashionable
flats, whero the landlord or agent Inn
no direct means of circumventing them,
but when it conies to the boarding house
things aro a little more definite.
A uloe looking married couple went
into a Twenty-third street boarding
bouse the other dny and wnro made 00111-
fortnbla After the first dinner the lady
was observed scraping togother some
dainties from the board to tnke to her
room. The Inndlndy, who is a wnmnn
of great decision of character, heard of
it, and hor knock wns shortly afterward
heard at the door of the new boarders, i
The latter were immediately notified
that either they or the dog must vaonte
at mice.
"If I cannot keep my darling Xouo- ;
phon.wo'll niovo," protested tho owner
of the dog, who practiced tho principle
of "Lovo 1110, lovo tny dog."
"Then yon llhavo to move, "said tho
landlady firmly. "I'm Hot kei plug a
dog kennel. "
"How in the world they ever got thnt
dog in hero without my seeing it, "said
she, nflcr tlin obnoxious Xcnophon hnd
been disposed of, "is lnoro than I can
understand. I'vo hnd all I want of dogs, j
A gentleman used to keep a siniill but
ferocious bulldog in li its room where I
oneo lived. Ho was tho ugliest brute I
over laid my eyes on tho dog, not the
mnn. That dog wouldn't let anybody
but his owner tamper with him. The
mnn nsed to lug him around with him
everywhere ho wont One night, when
the man onuie in, he wns feeling so ob
livious to enrthly things that he left his
dog locked in the vestibule. The next
boarder who eame in got no farther than
the vestibule and landed down the steps
with a square yard of trousers missing.
Ho was soon joined by another boarder,
who wanted to come to bed. They rang
the bell until several of. us eame down
to soe what was the matter. On opening
the door the dog sprang for ns as if ho
hadn't been fed for a week and wanted
anything that came handy, bat we
slammed the door to again just in time.
As we could not nwuken the owner we
had to leave tho dog there till morning,
and those who wore outsido had to go to
a hotol. In tho morning everybody hnd
to go and comoby tl:o servant's ontraiico
nutil tho owner of tho nuiinnl came
down and got ns out of the fix."
"What did he say?"
"Snvl Why, ho abused ns nil ns n set
of brutes for keeping his dog locked up
thero nnd gathered it up under his oris
and took it up stairs ns if had boon a
piece of Dresden chinal And tho board
ers who had been locked out loft the
house for good tho next day. Wo got rid
of tho dog, but not until it had half de
populated tho establishment "Chi
cago Tribune.
The Awakening Tiger.
Botwoon tho drowsy sleep of the noc
turnal animals and the bypersonsitive
sleep of those whioh spend their lives in
constant fear of their enomios a pluco
must bo found for the form of slum bur
enjoyod by the large carnivorn and that
of domestic animals. The former have
no enomios to fear except mnn, and the
latter, protected by man, onjoy to the
full the blessing of natural rest
Tigers aro frequently found fast
asleep in tho daytima Native hunters
have been known to track them after a
"kill" to the place in whioh thoy were
lying fast asleep and gorgod with food
and to shoot them as thoy lie. When
taking his midday repose in districts
whore it is little disturbed, the tigor
does not always retire to a place of se
curity, like the bear, or even tho leop
ard, whioh usually sleeps on the branch
of a tree. It just lies down in some con
venient spot, either shady or warm, ho
cording to the weather, and there sleeps
almost regardless of danger. Thoy have
been found lying in dry nullahs, under
trees and even in the grass of the hill
sides unobserved until their disturber
cam within a few yards of them.
General Douglas Hamilton, whon
shooting in thoDandilly forest, oauie
upon a tigress and two cubs lying fast
asleep on thoir baoks, with their paws
sticking up in the air, under a dump of
bamboos. When be was within a few
yards of the group, one raised its bead
and without moving its body quietly
looked at him along the line of its body
between its paws. Tigers kopt in cap
tivity awaken gradually, stretching and
yawning like a dog. London Speotator.
Dutch Toast.
Dutch toast is a simple dish for using
up scraps of bread. Crumble the broad
and place in a frying pan with a slice of
buttor or drippings. Add salt, pepper
And sage if liked. It should be seasouod
quite welL Add a small quantity of
boiling water, cover olosoly so the steam
Will soften the bread, stir several times
and servo hot What with cream toast,
codfish and fruit toast, we may bavo
this turoo cooked bread frequently with
out its becoming monotonous. Phila
delphia Ledger.
Women's Ages.
Somebody has discovered the ourions
foot that the reluotanoe of women to
tell their age is no pleoeof modern sen
sitiveness. It is as old as the bills. In
the Old Testament, although great num
bers of women are mentioned, there is
but one Sarah, Abraham's wife
whose age is recorded. New York
Times.
JAPANESE RITES.
Frederick VllUera tiearrllies I'linrrnls Afte?
tho llattlo of ring-Yung.
Many of tho sick mid wounded win
dlo are cremated. Their nhes nro col
lected, placed in small square boxes, in
terred for a ti 1110 in the little eoiucicry
outside the foreign sett lenient nt Che
mulpo, and nfter nwhilo exliuinnd mid
Sent to Japan. Tho ceremony I beheld
in Chemulpo after I lie fight nt Pirn,'
Yang wns not Impressive or solemn, but
simply curious. Eighty bodies hnd been
cremated in various parts of the country
and forwarded to the treaty port in small
boxes. These were plneed in two lnrge,
black cases at tho hospital, and preceded
by a motley group of coolies, citizens
and soldiers were carried to tho burial
plot
First enmo coolies with branches of
foliage and white streamers in their
hands. Then a few soldiers, marching
With reversed nrnis. Immediately pre
ceding the black caws wns a Shinto
priost in yellow kimono nnd n Mack
gauze shako. Round his neck vas n
purple cord, nt tho end of which hung n
fan. in his right hand was a (Jute, which
from time to time ns thu profession
Wended its way ho tooted on, producin:;
nn Inharmonious sound which remindi 'I
1110 c.f my own attempts on that instiu
wont wle n a hoy. The coolies, tho fol
lowers nnd tho lookers on seemod to
treat tho whole thing more us n good
joko than 11 solemn lvmctinn nnd chat
ted nnd laughed to their hearts' content.
Arrived lit tho comctery, the proces
sion halted beforo the altar, on which
Wero placed bottles of snki, fruits, eggs
and birds of various kinds, including a
live rooster. Behind this hospitable
bonrd wero placed tho remains of the 80
bodies. Tho Shinto priest, who stood
alone before the edibles, stretched out
bis hands nnd made several passes with
bis fan in the direction of the roostor,
groaned aloud, thou olnppnd his hands
three times, after which lie indulged a
little on the flute. Then ho groaned
again, straightened himself, retired a
few paces, took several paces to tho left
and right, then advanced again, groaned
and tooted. He then requested by a
sign one of tho mourners to advauco nnd
take his place.
Ho thou banded one of the branches
of folinge to tho gentleman nnd retired.
Tho mourner proceeded to lay the brnuch
on a small table in front of the altar,
then saluted nnd moved awny to allow
nnother mourner to tal.o his place.
When all tho branches were piled on
the tnblo, tho blnck cases wero opened
and tho small square boxes taken out by
tho coolies nnd carefully interred. The
Shinto priest rotired to tho bosom of his
family, with tho saki bottle, tho livo
rooster and thorostof tho chow. In lien
of tombstones, tho Japs use, when cam
paigning, small wooden posts to mark
the resting placo of thoir duad. Fred
erick VillierH.
A Quid Fro Quo.
He was only first consul then, nnd I
wns consul geuornl for tho United
States of course and we wore vory in
timate, notwithstanding tho dilTcrcnco
in rank, for I waived that. Ono day
something offorod tho opening, and ho
said:
"Well, general, I suppose lifo can
never got entirely dull to on American,
because whenever ho can't strike up
any other way to put in his tlmn ho can
always get nwny with a few years try
ing to find out who bis grandfather
was,"
I fairly shouted, for I had never
heard it sound hotter, nnd then I was
back at him quick as a flash:
"Right, your exoolloucy. But I reck
on a Frenchman's got his little standby
for a dull time, too, beoause when all
othor interests fail be oau turn in seo if
he can find out who his father was. "
Woll, you should have heard him
just whoop and cackle and oarry 011. He
reached over and hit me on the shoulder
and said:
"Land, but it's good! It's immense'
ly good I I Georgo, I never heard it
said so good in my life before. Say it
again."
So I said it again, and he said his
again, and I said mine again, and then
he did, and then I did, and then he did,
and we kept on doing it and doing it,
and I uevor had such a good time, nnd
he suid the same. In my opinion there
isn't anything that is as killing as ono
of those doar old ripe pensioners if yon
know how to snatch it out in a kind of
a fresh sort of original way. Murk
Twain in North American Review.
American Cities a Hundred Years Ago.
When Washington was inaugurated,
Philadelphia, thou tho metropolis of the
country, had only about 43,000 people,
New York but 133,000, Boston 18,000,
Baltimore 13,000 and no other city any
whore near 10,000. Even aftertho lapse
of half a century, during which Now
York bad overtaken Philadelphia, so
that in 18-10 it hud 813,000 inhabitant)
to the latter city's 858,000, Baltimore
and New Orleans were tbo only other
places with more than 100,000 people,
and exnept Boston, with 03,000, all of
the fow remaining cities fell short of
60,000. During the formative period of
the new nation, therefore, all but tho
merctt fraction of its citizens lived in
places of small population, the local uf
fairs of which wore easily administered
through town nieetiuga or othor such
simple mnobinery. New York Post.
Uooa AdTIc.
Be sura you are right, and then stop,
if there i any danger of your going
wrong. Picayune.
THAWINQ OUT FROZEN MEAT.
A Dark Itniim Treatment lleforn leaving
tlio Cold Ntttrnge. Ifonne.
According to tho process invented
by Messrs. Nelson Bros, for thawing
frozen ment in such a way as to pnt it
on tho market in n sound condition nnd
avoid the many objections to which tho
sale of the meat while still in a frozen
state was open, tho chnmbcr of tho ap
paratus Is provided with donblo doors,
ono of which Is extremely thick, so as
to shut out, ns fnr ns possible, nil exter
nnl atmosphere The chamber has no
windows, but is supplied with electric
ht
On entering one sees only some 80
qunrters of beef hanging in rows on
books over a slightly raised open pint
form, with a ennvas curtain nt the back.
Under this plntform, howevor, there is
a series of steam pipes, while behind the
curtain there is a series of pipes filled
with compressed nmmouln, similar to
thoso used in connection with the ordi
nary freezing processes. Thostenm pipes
nnder tho moat cnuso n enrront of wnrni
air to ascend all nround it, nnd ns soon
as this current readies the top of this
chnmbcr it is drawn to the freezing pipes
behind tho curtain, by which all tlin
moisture is frozen out of it, on to the
pipes themselves. It accumulates thero
in tho form of snow somo threo-qiinrtcr
of an inch in thickness.
Tho snow has to be scraped off the
pipes from time to time, nnd it Is stated
tuat tho accumulation during five flays,
In tho thawing of 1)0 qunrters of beef,
has resulted in no fewer than 1(18 pounds
of water. During thnt same period the
moat has lost only 1 por cent in weight.
The purpose of the canvas curtain is to
divide tho ascending wnrm current from
the descending cold current, and it Is
claimed that tho offect of this incessant
passing of tho nir first over the steam
pipes nnd then over the freezing pipe
is eventually to free it from all mois
ture. Whon tho meat is first hung, the
tomporaturo of tho room is almost at
freezing point, but on tho fifth day the
toniperaturo of tho chamber has been
rnisod to thnt of the nir outside. By
this tinio tho frost has all been thawed
out of tho meat, which Is then in a con
dition to bo sent to market London
Invention.
ROMANY'S PRINCE WILLIAM.
lie Lives Near East Hartford His Tribe
Aro Noted Horse Trainers.
Ono of thu most famous representa
tives of Romany Ryo in this country is
Priuuo William, ns ho is called, who,
with bis family, lives near East Hart
ford. Thero nro brunches of the family
nt Now Haven and Bridgeport. Tbo
East Hartford brand of tho family is
tho main brunch.
Thu Williamses are all borso dealers.
Attached to their rosidence are stubles
which, in winter, always contain a stock
of line blooded draft horses.
Ono of tho interesting sights nt the
stables nro thu wagons tiint are used by
Prince Willinm and bis family when
they go oil on thoir annual noimidio
pleatiiiro trips. These wngous cost from
$1,000 to $3,G00. Prince William's
private wagon cost $3,000 and is fitted
up in regal stylo.
In these trips around the country tho
whole family joins. Those trips ore
made in tho summer, sparo horses being
taken along and sold or traded. This
menus a cuvnlcade of a dozen fancy
wagons and about 100 horses.
Tho start is mado about the 1st of
August, tho entire family men, worn
eu and children being taken along.
Tbo party keeps together, traveling by
easy stages, about 20 miles a day being
considered a good jonrnoy. When in a
hurry, they oun make 40 miles a day.
The place selected for the night's rest
is usuully a grove. Thero the wagons
are drawn np in a circlo, fires are light
ed and the eveuiug meal prepared.
After suppor the wholo party gather -around
Priuoe William's tent or wagon,
and the affairs of the family are dis
cussed. A watchman patrols the camp
all night to watch the horses. New
York Times.
Compound Rhyming Words.
In the south they have a very expres
sive phrase for one indifferently well
"frobly-mobly" and to be in "mubble
fubble" signifies low spirits. In Leeds,
whon a person is overpowered with as
tonishment, he is said to be "much
struck," a phrase forcible but scarcely
polite. "Huck-muck" is an expression
of like character, meaning foul, miry,
and in Devonshire a bedraggled, be
smirched person is said to bo "mucksoii
up to tho hucksou. "
In Gloucestershire a wavering, un
stable or worthless man is called a
"inecklu-keeklo follow," and it is
worthy of remark that in Derbyshire
poor ore is called "kucklo-meoklo. " An
awkward simpleton is en I led "hanvey
guuvey" in the neighborhood of Leeds
In Warwickshire they stylo such a one nt,
"hobgobliu," or olse it is from "hob,"
lout, and "bog, " a lump. "Gobbin
shire" Is the ubode "that uuver was
writ in the traveler's chart" of un
couth fo!k. Thoy say of a slovenly loufur
in south Choshiro:
Qobblnalilro, Oubblniulru of Qobbiunbiro
Uretu,
The runkent owd bror us ever was soon.
All the Yoar Around.
First Patent la America,
. The first pa tout grauted. in Atnerlou
Was issued by the general oourt of Boa
ton, March a, 1646, to Joseph Jenks for
his invention of it water wheel. A fac
simile oopy has recently been placed in
the patent office.