A jury in Rnia is said by the Lon
don Law Note to have allowed a
buvj-lor to go free because the Minn
win mi tio had robbed had refused ti
lend him money. "This, in tlip opin
ion of the jury wns a direct incentive
to pi imp."
Explorer Nansen, who n recently
appointed professor of etiology nt
Christiiihin, is collecting funds for
parrying out his next plan, which is
to construct six vessels on tlio plan of
tlip Flam nnd let tliem drift toward
the North Vole from different joints.
Tt was mentioned nt a rpppnt meet
ing of the Cnliforniii state board of
ennntiiition thnt there was n school
district in Kiowa pounty in which the
Missouri Pacific paid SI 81)0 in tuxes.
The only fninilv in the district lived in
A dugout, and they had only one
rhild. They kept the school in the
dugout and drew the ?1HIM.
It is said thnt B young woman onco
nsked Chief .Tose)ih if he hnd ever
scalped any one. When the question
was translated to him Joseph looked
nt the fsrr questioner intently, then
walked around behind her and viewed
the knot of hair only half hidden by
her bonnet. "Tell her," he said to
the interpreter, "that I have nothing
in iv collection ns line as that."
According to tha New Orleans Pic
ayune, hard times hnve set nearly
everybody trying to get federal ap
pointments, and senators and repre
sentatives friendly to the administra
tion have not as yet been able to patch
vp w ith their correspondents, Clerks
in the postoffico department at Wash
ington have to write more thiut 100,
1)00 letters to nmbitious people to
notify them that their applications
iiave been received.
Farms laid out for republics, upon
which to make model citizens of idle
boys, are being rapidly popularized,
cays the Boston Globe. When pities like
New York turn 50,000 boys into the
streets for want of school accommoda
tions, something must be done to off
set the danger of rearing a horde of
idlers and criminals. The farm re
public makes n good citizen to order
by making him self-sustaining and
even self-governing under proper limi
tations. The Novoe Yremya says that the
Russian census gives a population for
the empire of one hundred and twenty
seven millions.exclusivc of theGrand
duoby of Finlnnd, which takes its own
census. Home other figures hnve still
to be added from the uttermost parts
of Siberia, as well as the nomad tribes
of the Steppes and the mountaineers
oi the Caucasus, where an exceptional
snowfall delayed tho work till the
spring. The full total is expected
notrto be under a hundred and thirty
millions.
Statistics allow that the medical
profession is more prone to suicide
than any other. During the last three
years the number of suicides occurring
Among physicians has been respec
tively 45, 49 and 47 per annum, an
average of nearly one to 2000; or, as
the death rate among physicians is
about 25 to 1000, nearly one-fiftieth
of all the deaths in the profession have
been .by suicide. It has been sug
gestefl that an explanation of this
tendency way be found in the (level
opment oi morbid fancies in the mind
of a doctor., on aoconnt of his constant
association with .the sick and dying,
or of ad actual indifference to death,
or because h0 has it he requisite know!
edge oi Iiqw ito die painlessly and con
veuieutJy. A medical journal dissents
from all Uiese views, and holds that
the leading factor da the accessibility
of the poisonous drugs, which are ul
most invariable used.
Buys the Minneapolis Tribuue: All
over the world there are Audu
bon societies numei for the great
American ornithologist. Their object
is to protect the singing birds and to
protest against the wearing of their
plumage and also of heron's aigrettes
on ladies' hats and bonnets. The Earl
of Stuuford presided at the last meet
iug of the British Audubon society in
Manchester, aud urged the sending
forth of an appeal to all women to sao
rifloo vanity to mercy, and eet their
faces against the slaughter of the
winged songster for their personal
adornment. The decline of the trade
in stuffed birds was noted as an en
couraging fact at this meeting, though
larks aud lapwings are still being
slaughtered, and the passion for
heron's aigrettes shows no abatement,
The Civitu club of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
is now holdiug hi the iuterest of the
local Audubon society au exhibition
of trimmed hats aud bonnets which
show exquisite taste aud beauty, but
whose only feather decorations are
ostrich tips.
A GENTLEMAN OF 76.
It" cut a gallant llgnrn
In honnle lmlT and liluej
A goodly sight Ills lincltlcs bright
Ami primly powdered qunuul
A more poll r'n won s quester
Ne'er served Hultan nor Hhall
Than lie, my bravo ancestor.
Sly gn-Rt-grent-BTAndpapal
And then In Ills elation
Hid my forefather gay,
Hpesk nt the word lie d long deferred
for fear slie'd say him "Niiyj''
And when he saw liow tender
Within her eyes the light.
11" cried: "In your surrender
1 read -we win the light!"
And when the freedom-pn-an
Hwept, surge-like, through the dells
A might citing whose echoes rang
From Philadelphia hells
l.ond from a stern old steeple
Me hurled the proud hurrah,
I'lie Joy-peal to the people,
Mv grent-grent-Krandpnpa,
Hi- held the brutal Itrlton
A "thing'' ben. iilli his scorn;
A Tory hi- conceived to he
Thc'hascsl enltlff horn:
And not n nelghhnr wondered
He looked upon them so
l'orsooth. that was one hundred
And twenty years ago!
How true the hnppv presage!
In faith, how leal and true.
Thy whole long life of love and ."trie-,
Thou saint In huff and Mac!
lliyond all touch of travail.
with great-great -grandmamma.
Now Hooding time, slips hy In rliym"
lor grcnt-grcat-granilpapa!
('Hilton Hvollanl.
UKflllFS GANNON.
A fourth or .Inly Story.
osaee'cacxe-eJKSss'e'sici'Gsso!
RIGGHVILLE
was very sorry,
indeed, but it
didn't see how it
was going to have
a Fourth of July
celebration. Not
that Origgsvillo
wasn't anxious to
set off firecrackers and have a balloon
ascension, with fireworks in the even
ing. Quite the contrary, for the
Fourth of July in the pnst had always
been the greatest day of the year,
flrigpsville had thought it all over, re
membering that crops were bail, that the
times were hard and that taxes were
high, and had come to the conclusion
that it would need all the money it
could get for winter fuel and buck
wheat Hour and bacon.
All of the older folks Agreed w ith
this decision; not without many mourn
ful shakes of the head, but the boys of
Origgsville were much displeased.
It s what I call a burning shame.
sniffed Jnck Morris when he heard the
news.
"Yes," chimed in Ruddy Wilson,
"Alden's Mills and Norcross and
Simpson's Landing and nearly every
town in the county is going to have a
celebration, and now Origgsvillo has
backed out."
"Course nil of our games are off,"
remarked Dick Lansing, disconsolate
ly; "no team will come here to play un
less there is something; going on.'"
Dick was the manager of the Griggs
ville Baseball Club aud he felt the dis
appointment deeply.
For a moment all the boys were si
lent, ns if the weight of the affliction
was too great for expression. Presently
Will Spencer blurted out:
"Let's have a celebration anyway.
I've got a few dollars I'll put into it
and we can get enough more among
the boys to make something of a show
at least and we'll leave the old folks
out of it, too."
"That's all very well," returned
Dick, "but it's easier said than done,"
and there the matter dropped. .
The next day when the boys met at
the bull field Will came rushing up the
street, evidently much excited. As
soon as he w as within hearing he
shouted:
"I've got it, fellows, I've got it."
"Well, out with it, old man; don't
keep ns in suspense," replied Dick,
who didu't think much of Will's many
plans. For Will had only lived in
(iriggsville a short time and Dick was
a little jealous of his popularity.
As soon as Will recovered his breath
he unfolded his scheme. It was to go
down to Sullinger's Hole and find the
cuuuon and muskets that were sup
posed to lie hidden in its depths. Dur
ing the war the part of Missouri in
which Origgsville is located had been
overrun by roving bands of marauders
belonging to both the Confederate and
Union armies, and it was ou one of
these raids that the Southerners had
pounced down upon a quantity of
stores and ammunition held at Origgs
ville, aud, being unable to get entirely
away with their plunder, they had
dropped it into Bulliuger's Hole. All
this had beeu long known to the boys
of Griggsville,t whose fathers and
mothers often told of the wild dayof
the raid, and pointed out the bullet
furrows in their homes. And they
knew, too, all about Sullinger's Hole.
It lay at the end of a tangled path
among the hazel brush aud prickly ash
at the bottom of the bluff which shel
tered Origgsville. It was a quiet,
glassy pool with a harmless little
stream trickling into it, but no outlet
that auy one knew about. Grass and
weeds and a few yellow water lilies
grew olose around its edges, but at its
t3uU'?, it wag (aid, uo one had ever
UNCLE SAM'S FOURTH
found bottom, although more than one
of tho men of Origgsville hnd sounded
the pool. The earliest settlers in the
county had called it the "linnnted
pool," but ever since old man Siillin
gpr had scoffed nt the idea and had
gone bathing in its waters, never to
return, it had been known as Sullin
ger's Hole. All these things the boys
knew and they avoided the dark pool.
They neither skated on it in winter nor
swnm in it in summer, although a few
of the braver ones had fished around
its edges and caught big, lazy, old bass
and pickerel. It was, therefore, not
nt nil surprising that Ruddy Wilson
shrugged his shoulders and laughed
when Will made the suggestion.
"None of that for me," he said.
"Oh, well, you needn't go nlong un
less you want to," responded Will,
impatiently. "All t'lis talk about
Hiillinger's Hole being haunted is
foolishness. I've caught a good many
fish there, and it's a beautiful place.
May bo the old enunoii and innskets
were never dumped in there at all,
but if they were it would be a grent
thing to drag 'em out and have n pa
rade with 'em on the Fourth and fire
the cannon early in the morning. 1
tell you. boys, it would be the biggest
celebration that Origgsville ever had.
Will was very much excited, ami
several of the bovs at once grew inter
ested. Will didn't know as much
about Sullinger's Hole ns the other
bovs, and so ho was less afraid.
"I'd help," said Dick Lansing, "if
I wns sure there was any way of do
ing it."
"All right, Dick, we'll show 'em
put in Will, whose eyes fairly glowed
with excitement. "We'll have tho old
guns all up here by tho Fourth and it
will be a celebration worth seeing."
When Dick went over, all of the
doubters except Ruddy went with him.
The conipnny was pledged to the
greatest secrecy, and work wns to be
gin nt once. The baseball practicing
was forgotten, mid seven boys set oil
down the narrow pathway that led to
Sullinger's Hole.
That night and the next evening
A HDNDKED WILLING HANDS
they dragged or rolled a number of
big dry logs and poles down to the
edge of the pool. These they cut off
into equal lengths and fastened to
gether in the form of a huge raft thnt
would support a dozen or more boys.
As early on the afternoon of the third
day as possible the seven slid quietly
out of the town and down the hill to
the pool. They carried with them
ropes and a crowbar or two anda num
ber of long poles cut in the woods, be
sides hammers and nails and other im
plements. Ou reaching tho shore of
the pool they mounted the raft and
pushed it out. They nil whistled and
shouted and sung uutil the birds of the
woods, unused to being so disturbed,
Hew away much frightened. Every
one of the workers felt just a little
nervous in spite of the bright warm
sunlight and the clear sky overhead.
Once out on the pool they poled them
selves along until they were about
twenty feet from the shore.
One of the ropes with a big iron
hook on the end was let down in the
water and dragged back and forth.
Suddenly it pulled against something
hard. Half shivering with excitement
Dick and George Morton pulled away
on it. The raft swayed and lurohed,
and the other boys came to help them.
At last a big, dark objeot came to the
surface, and they saw that it was only
the limbs of a big dead tree, As long
as there was light they poled about
the edges of the pond with their
drags, but with the exception of snags
and weeds and mud they eould find
nothing ut all. ,
After two more discouraging after
noons of work "Lank" Eversou said
he wasn't going to waste any more of
his time.
Three of the boys agreed with him,
but Will Spenuer was able to persuade
Dick and Jack to make one more
trial. By this time they had got over
most of their awe of the pool aud they
OF JULY BICYCLE.
had nit expressed their intention ot
going thpre often to fish.
Tho next night Will wns handling
the drag rope. Suddenly it began to
pull, and, assisted by Jack, he drew
it carefully in. At the end wp.s nniass
of snags.
"Whaf i that?" shouted Dick, sud
denly. Will pulled the rope nearer and Jack
lifted out n long, narrow object. .It
was a gnu barrel, rusted beyond
recognition. The stock wns wholly
gone, but it, had evidently been broken
off in raising it from the bottom, be
cause there were the marks of a fresh
fracture.
Forgetting thnt ho was on a raft
Will threw up his cup mid shouted nt
the top ol his voice:
"We've found 'eml we've found
'em!''
Hut although they dragged au hour
they could bring up nothing else.
"I don't, see how we can ever get
tho things up even if they are there,"
paid Dick.
"Dive," nnswered Will, quietly.
The other two bovs looked nt him
with horror. Hut when they parted
for the night Will had expressed his
firm intention of diving to the bottom
to see if he could find the cannon.
And the next dav all seven of the boys
came buck very much excited. The
finding of the gun bnrrel had reas
sured them. Carefully they poled out
so ns not to make the water muddy,
and then Will stripped and stood
poised for a moment oil tho edgo of
the raft. Dick had insisted that ho
tie a rope around him. The word was
given, and, witli a look at the clear
sky above, Will splashed head-first
into the Snllinger s hole. They saw
bis white body go down and down
through the water and then fado out
of sight. No one moved nor uttered
n sound; every muscle was strained
and every eve was fixed on the water,
It was a critical moment. What would
Will find? Would he bo sucked down
to his death as Sullinger hnd been?
Rut the rope had ceased to spin
through Dick's hands. Then it pulled
DRAOUED THIS OLD CANNON,
again and a dozen feet away from tho
boat a wet head popped out oi tne
water, Will shook uiuiself, sputtered
ana snouieu:
"It's there, it's there; I touched it."
Then be struck out for the raft,
dragging something along in his hand.
When lie crawled out he laid an old,
worn, rusted musket on the logs. All
the boys were wild with excitement.
Dick insisted on stripping and muking
a dive, and he, too, brought up a inns
ket. Then Will went down with one
end of n small rope in his mouth, This
he ran through the fork of the cannon
A larger rope was dragged down, uud
before dark the boys were on shore
ready to begin pulling iti their prize,
But it would not stir. It was too deep
in the mud.
The next afternoon they came down
with Tom Fisher's old white-fueed
team, fastened it to the rope, aud with
one strong pull the cannon came loose
and then it was no trouble to pull the
battered and rusted and wholly worth
less old piece of artillery wit of the
water.
Somehow, in spite of all the boys
could do, the news spread about like
wUd-flrj, and every one in town came
out to see what Sullinger's Hole had
given up to the light of day.
hundred willing hands dragged the
old cannon to the top of the bluff, and
on Fourth of July morning it was
loaded with powder but that is get
ting ahead of the story. For when
Origgsville heard what the boys had
done Will Spencer became the hero of
the hour, and the money for a great
celebration 'was quickly subscribed
And on the morning of the great day
Origgsville was out in her best with
flags waving and firecrackers pupping
and anvils booming, The news of the
great find had spread, and men aud
women and children came from all
over the country to help Origgsvillo
celebrate ana to see will Spencer,
And Dick Lnnsing's ball team won
two games.
About the old cannon? When it wns
fired it split from end to end, but
Origgsville still keeps it ns n proud
trophy. And she is probably cele
brating around it to-day, for Will
Hpeneer made the dive which brought
him fame nit over Missouri ninny
yenra ngo. Chicago Record.
"THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER."
I.llllc Hoy Wns the First Person to Ulliu
the Mplrltcd Snuff.
In Lossing's "l'lctol ial Field nook
of the War of 1812" it is recorded thnt
tho "Star-Spangled Ranner'' was first
sung in a restaurant in Raltimore, next
door to the llollulny Street Theatre,
by Charles Durange, to an assemblage
of the patriotio defenders of the city,
and alter that nightly at tho theatre.
J Ins statement is slightly iniipcurate,
anil though it, is one of no grent his
torical importance it involves a matter
of sufficient interest to justify a cor
rection. The first person to sing that
spirited song which, though given a
foreign air and commemorating a sin
gle episode in our country's history,
has filled millions of hearts with pa
triotio devotion was n lad of twelve
years of age, the scene of his childish
ellort being neither a restaurant nor a
theatre, but the open street in front
of Cnptnin Reiijniniu F.des's printing
olheo in Hnltimore, tho second day
after the bombardment of Fort Me-
Henrr. It is worthy of record, too,
thnt tho person who first, "set up" the
song, printed it nud distributed it to
tho citizens of Rnltimoro was also a
boy nn apprentice of Captain Kdes
the whole thing being done while the
gallnnt captain was still out of the city
with Ins regiment, the Twenty-seveutu
Maryland Infantry, which three days
before had neted with conspicuous
bravery nt the battle of North Point.
The name of the apprentice boy,
then seventeen or eighteen years old,
was Samuel Sands. He lived a very
much respected citizen of Baltimore to
A very old nge. Tho little singer was
James Lawrenson, who nfterwnrd, for
nearly seventy years, was connected
with the rostoflice Department, and
nlso employed, for probably half that
time, as n wilier for tho ISntumnl In
telligencer, the Philadelphia Ledger
and the Raltimore Suu. He died near
ly ninety years old, nt, his homo in
Baltimore, universally loved aud hon
ored.
A Fnur-l.i-KReil I'Tre KxtliiKiilslier
I guess most boys think nil the fun
of the Fourth is to light firecrackers,
but the writer hnd a dog named Demo
crnt who had lots of fun putting out
firecrackers as they exploded. He wns
n pluck;. bull-terrier, nud enrned the
title of '"four-legged fire-extinguisher"
in this wnv. After nn exciting tiny
with him, when he hnd put out many
crackers with mouth and paws,
we were on the lawn, watching the
fireworks, when the thin dress of a
child caught fire from a smolder
ing cracker, and Demoernt saw tho
blaze .Hid put it out before the older
people hnd noticed it
Wre first discovered Ins taste tor nre-
flghting when he jumped nud took a
lighted match from my father s Hand,
He flnnllv burned his throat wnile put
ting out n blazing paper, nnd died,
much missed by all the boys in the
neighborhood. Chiengo ltecord,
Costly Klspluys of Fireworks,
Tho cost of a finely managed dis-
play of fireworks is no small consider
ation. At the Presidential inaugura
tion nt Washington March 4, 18H!5,
(f,r000 wns paid to one company for
fireworks, and I was shown one check
for SI 1.000. which wns given for
similar but more extensive display nt
the Centennial of Washington's in
auguration. April 30,1889. Paris aud
London have always linen exceedingly
lavish in this regard. As early as
1007. SliO.000 were spent in Loudon
on fireworks to celebrate the pence of
Rvswick. In 1814 an even larger
amount was spent to celebrate in St
James Park the 100th anniversnry of
the reigning family; and ot Crystal
Palace, where fireworks are frequent,
three tons of quick-match are some
times let off iu a single evening,
Tim l'rliolinrs' Holiday.
Once a year, on the Fourth of July,
the prisoners at the Wisconsin State's
prison at Waupun have a naii-noiuiay,
They are let out of their dnrk cells in
to the prison yard. They can't have
firecrackers, but they are so glad to
get out that the time goes away quicK
lv. Thev hnve boxing, wrestling,
running, races, ball playing and all
kinds of gameH. On the t ourth two
years ngo one old man, who was a lit
tio bit crazy, wanton to mniie a siump
speech, so ho got on top of an old
windmill tower aud oegan to snout,
He wa9 very much excited, and some
of the men turned the liose ou mm.
He was wild with anger, and could
think of nothing more to say.
An Kpltaph.
Bton, traveler, nnd weep for him
Who's lying here below.
He tilled his ouuuou to tho brim 1
That's all you'll ever know.
Hero lie It Again.
i
PEARLS OF THOUGHT,
Only ignorn-ico knows it nil.
Some folks would give poverty a
old toothpick.
Trenting is n civilized system of
swapping drunks.
Royal patronage gives a ten cent
flavor to a five cent cignr.
Political quacks are eternally doctor
ing effects instead of curing causes.
A man may be more careful about
the foil mint iim that is nnderhis house,
than about the foundation that is under
his life.
Where you are is of no moment, but
only what you are doing there. It is
not the place that ennobles yon, but
you the place.
To live for others is greater than to
live for self; a benefactor is greater
than a despot ; integrity is better
thnn gold or genius.
When a hum settles down to do his
duty, nnd quits wasting time in Idle
talk, he gets n reputation for being
cither cross or bigoted.
It is as dangerous for A girl to be
come careless with a worthless young
man ns it would lie to become careless
with a stick of dynamite.
A good woman mnv believe that she
loves the Lord better than she does
her husband, but she isn't upt to brag
around the house about it.
A man who boasts that hp never
hiinges his opinions cither claims in
fallibility, or else concedes tha he has
uot sense enough to learn anything.
Not by empty protestations against
tho pleasures of the world, u:nl cyni
cal denunciations of its enjoyments,
hut hy our superiority to its perishing
greatness, to its fading beauties, nnd
its impotent antagonisms, nre wo to
express our redemption from its power.
THE COWBOY'S ROMANCE.
How n Sleepy Mini Froinoted a Texas ICn-
Kllgl'IIH-tlt.
Several years ngo, while I was out
West, I figured, though rather inilis-
crcetly.as thepromotor of what I hope
was a happy marriage. I had been
riding nil one day and at night arrived
trnvel-staiiieil nnd weary at n dirty,
broken-down little tavern in the midst
of n settlement of equally dilapidated
lints and shanties, I gavo my broncho
Into a stalileman s hands and, n'tcr a
hearty meal, retired for the night.
My quarters were back of the living
room.n combinntiou of bar a;id parlor,
nnd were consequently noisy. Ornd-
(in II v the sounds grew fainter ns tho
cowboys dispersed for the night, and
llnnllv everything wns quiet save for
the low murmurings of a husky voice,
1 took out my Navajo blanket, rolled
up iu it and lay down on the dingy
bed to get my much needed sleep. Rut,
alas! no sooner was I settle I than
the dull, monotonous voice l.r.i le it. --elf
heard.
"Now, Hal," it said, "won't yer
innrrymc? You'll never bo sorry.nnd
I'll innko yer a good husband."
Then n woman's voice, raised in
protestations nnd clumsy attempts at
coy refusals, I should say this was
kept up for nn hour nnd n half.the man
pleading, the woman refusing, until I
wns well-nigh distracted. Filially, as
tho "Won't yer marry me, Sal?"
smote the air for the five-hundredth
time I jumped up nnd put my mouth
to the keyhole. "Hal," I yelled, "for
tho love of goodness say 'yes' to that
man, so I can get a little sleep!"
Needless to say not n sound followed,
and tho rest of the night I spent iu
peace.
The next morning I was ab nit to
start ofl' when out of the inn came u
tall cowboy followed by a lank, raw
boned Texan girl; red-haired and
freckled. She stood shyly iu the
background, and he came up to me.
"Stranger," he said, holding out his
hand, "I am n mighty happy man.
Sat has said 'yes,' and it whm yonr
words ns helped her nlo"g to that de
cision. I owo you my overluxtin'
thanks." Twinkles.
Indian I'tuythitiffs.
An article on "Home Life Among
the Indians" is written for the Cen
tury by Mrs. Alice C. Fletcher. The
author snys: Playthings are impro
vised by the Indian youngster with no
small power of inventing, Fine war
bonnets are made from coruhusks, at
the expense of much time ,iad labor,
and everything that children see is
modeled iu clay; dishes, pii:.-M, , u: i-sv,
whole villages, show their imitative),
faculty, while coffins with u bit "t
glass set in the lid covering a ii:i--hed-
up baby indicates their keen o!i.-.-rva-tion
of new customs. Dulls vary as
much as tho children and their sur
roundings, Stone luibies art" not un
common among tho Alaskans, dull
enough iu appearuuee, but evidently
responsive iu the fancy of th. small
Northw patenter. Dollies nr. la of
fawn-skin, with painted ey..M and
cheeks nud red hair, ImvUig hands
with wonderfully tapering fingers, and
clad in gala garments uud mm-cashis
fitting well their diminutive feet, are
the delight of the children of the
plains. One woman who was sVlllt'iil
in the muuufucture of dolls ma le a
pair for me, but refused to duplicate
them, because she had nlre:i ly used
nearly all her own hair in tho con
struction of dolls. Hobby-horse for
boys are as universal us dolls f;ir girls.
The suiiHower-stalk wi.h one nodding
blossom left on the end is a favorite
pony. In their races the boys ride
one stalk and trail two or three others
after them as "fresh horses," thus
increasing the dust and excitement of
the pluy. '
lilf-t-lltlve.
"Mrs. Ciiniso is a shrewd woum!.'1
"What makes you think so?"
"She attached u cyclometer to the
lawn mower aud gave Cumso a tin
medal every timo he scored ncoiitury."
Onitt'itt World-Herulu.