r. AAAAAAAAA1AAAA1AAAAAAAAA JOB'S PATIENCE. A STORY OP BRAVERY AMONG Tln WKI.SII MINUS. JOSEPH KUTINO, Huthtf of "Son "I wonder It anythln' shall lo man lied?" Job put hid light to the bottom coal, and, keeping the lump like a dog's nose to the ground, slowly searched very Inch of the Mull, In hot worn the post, sending their shadows swiftly round like a wheel of Unlit; all down the lower Bide of the stall tie searched, whistling quietly. "Well, diwh thnt boy, whatever," calmly until .lob. He did not exactly use the exple tive "daah," hut It will serve. He slowly bent lower nnd picked up bit of BhlninK stool. "Dnsh that hoy," anld he again, without the slightest sign of tamper. "An' after sayin' ho did put lini'k ev wythln'. Tim best wedgn 1 got. An' to go an' leave It there to ho burled Vhen the top romea down an' shov elled Into the Roll with the rubbish! 1 might lost that wedge forever. The tet wedgn 1 got, too. Dnsh that boy." I Then ho whistled aoftly as before, as If he had been giving t be hoy chocolntcs instead of beiuiH. If any thing could have dlxturhed Hie calm, asy, wonderful leniper of .lob the dan ger of losing blR favorite wedge would lie the thliiK. Ho bad the snme feel ing for It as an cdltcr for a favorite lirand of blue pencil. I "I can knock out a at Iff bit o' coal," lie anld to himself "caBler with that wedge thnn anythln'. An' for him to CO an' leave. It there! 1om1i thnt boy." ( Hut that waa only at the end of the erae. He whistled the next Verso of the old Welsh melody Just as aoftly and sweetly and aa beautifully In tune. Nothing made him lose hla presence of mind. Not even Burn a glaring In stance of misplaced confidence In that boy could upset him. It would take an earthquake to do that. Dent double, ho put the lamp In front of htm and gave a final look around before laying tho low top lower still; then be threw up hla light to the lids of one or two of tho posts to aee If he hud forgotten or not to loosen them slightly for knocking out. By this time he had come to tho end of the list verso, and he stopped whist ling. He carefully stuck tho wedge Into a rog, and hung hla lamp upon It. Then he went Into the roadway, past the full tram of coal which glittered Jn the light, and picked up a slender six-foot post lint before going back to the cog, he looked up the road way to make sure that the boy waa no where to be seen. The darkness of endless night filled the place tho black night that knows no day; for Job looked upon a spot hidden under the earth a thousand feet from the light of the sun. Nearer the coal, bis little lamp glimmered on the cross timber and rough sides that held up the dangerous roof. "If I didn't send the young rascal to clean his lamp," said Job, "he'd be potehln' about In here an' get a clout with a Btone on bis head nios' likely." It was merely the kindly nature of bim which made him so careful. The Voy was no son of his only his butty. He slowly put a plug of strong to bacco Into his mouth; for a chew Is a very excellent dust sponge, and tho job Job bad In hand Just then would make It necessary. Then satisfied that the lad was far enough from the dan gerous operation, he began to whistle once more, and with the six-foot post under hla arm returned to his lamp on the cog. , Holding his slender bntterlng-rnm aa near the end as possible, be went down a step or two, and with profes aional skill, knocked out the furthest posts firsts. A little creaking and grumbling by the fall of the upper Yeln of coal, mingled with rubbish. "More rubbish than anything else," said Job, spitting out the dust which enwrapped him like a tog. Of course, no one wants rubbish; so Job spoke of It disrespectfully. The mineral called mine makes iron, which In turn makes Htrminghara Jewelry; coal makes smoke, and smoke makes limited companies and happy share holders. He listened for a moment to tho voice of the top. All around him It creaked, groaned, and strained like a vessel In rcugh water. The collier took aa much notice of these terrifies as an old salt of a puff of wind. To those who went down to the sea and the pits, shipwreck or destruction was alwaya too near to be terrible. Like an eld sailor taking a squint at the weather, the collier Just tapped the shining black surface above him, gently with his knuckles over his head. It sounded hollow, ' "M'm!" said Job. He stepped nearer to the cog which, with Its squarely arranged sticks, looked a firm pillar under the roof. Then Job knocked out the remaining posts. A most unexpected roar followed; a sudden terrific downfall of earth; and poor Job of the good temper and sweet melody found himself engulfed in this deluge of atone. This was the unexpected rock which wrecks the eld salt at last. ' . The falling earth hissed and roared, . aa It broke away and came down, mak ing a hill where there had been a hol low. Dust choked the place white, . where a faint gleam from the lamp bn the, cog thona through the gloom. All the! Urn little downfalls, like sudden abdwers of hall, added to the mouU' talA of the fall. E on of JudHh." h Through It all the light hung from the steel wedge on tho cog. jrtomcttmc a fnlllnir stoiio hit thn lamp and made. It swing to and fro. Hut Noon It steadied Itself, nnd shone on calm ly till It got auollior rock. Thn wedgn held firm. After a time the loosening earth ramo no more than the mere patter ing of raindrops from ft tree after a storm. Bniall flat pebbles fell Inof fensively upon the heap with sounds as If they were dropped Into water. Tho dust slowly rolled up on thn air-current from the upper to thn lower side. It passed through the cut down there nnd gradually disappeared frcm Job's stall, so that thn lump brightened up nnd shed a clear circle of light upon the situation. Job opened his eyes when Instinct told him to do so. lie Immediately closed them hgiiln, when ft bunch of rubbish unexpectedly fell over IiIh head. He foil blood trickling from his forehead, lie would have, wiped It awny; but be could not move bis arms. "llroko, I s'pose," thought Job. Once more bo opened his eyes; and he amHed as ho aaw thn lamp shin ing serenely where ho bad hung II. "The Ix'st ateel wedgn I ever had," said ho. Then by thn hopeful light ho looked upward; ho rolled his eyes from side to side. Ho did everything slowly. At last he tried to rise; failed; tried again; found thn effort hail lodged him Into a tighter fit than ever. Ho tried again and found ho could not move an Inch. So Job quietly submitted, tin saw that be was laying on his back. Moun tninouH stones lay across the lower part of hla body; his legs were burled under the big part of hla ln.ll; and around bis bead were grouped tho stones thnt had rolled down the side of tho heap. They squeezed upon his cheeks. He bore the pain of it calm ly. He looked strnlght up Into thn hole over his head. "l,ots very raggld," thought Job. "More la comln' down. Done for, I a'pose I am now, whatever." . le raised hla voice, trying to at tract the nearest neighbor, who worked In the upper stall. "Davlth, hoy!" shouted Job. No answer came. "Hoy y y!" Job shouted again. Hut he got no response. "This; old fall is dcad'nln' my voice," said Job. Hut the truth was that poor Job's voice had lost Its lustiness, owing to thn weakening of his suffering body. Drip drip drip, came tho little stones out of thn Mark hollow above. "Wonder If that boy'll soon romo back?" thought Job. "Hoy y y! He waited for an answer, but nono came. "Well, I mus" do somothln' for my self, I s'pose," said he. Again he tried to move hla body out of Its prison. He felt tho stones shift ing; In tho light from the cog he saw a great stone sliding down. "Ah!" said ho, Batisfled. "P'raps I can manage by myself, after all." But he stopped suddenly. As the big stone slid away from against tho cog, It set free the loose top which it had held up. With a clatter more stencs fell down around thn man's head, cut ting him again, and completely cover lng him. When the sliding and rattling of the stones ceased, end the dust cleared away, Job could only open one eye; tho other was hold fast by the anglo of a stone upon his face. And with the one eye ho could barely got a glimpse of the light. Tho rubbish was piled up over him, and but a faint gleam came to him through the crevices. But It waa because of the crevices that Job was still breathing. The stones crushed one another, and there fore could not properly get at their victim. Ills agony Increased; the danger waa even more terrible than before; but the moral fcrce of the man left him as calm as ever. "Better not try that game, I can see," he said. "If I move one stone, down comes 20 more." He lay quite quiet. Another man, frantic with the pain and terror of it, would struggle. His struggle for life would be his death. Job merely took his bearings. He locked at the cog, and saw around Its top ragged and soft rubbish. This part, he knew, must then have been only held by contact with the remain der of the roof down towards the low er side. But, In order to get at the top seam of coal, the roof dewn the lower Bide bad to be exposed tempo rarily. But it was vicious. It resent ed the exposure of breaking loose and bringing down with it all the top up to the edge of Job's firm cog. This good pillar cut off the breakage, and pre vented more of . the roof coming down. But It had not been able to prevent Job from going down. He had been a step below It, and a sudden stone had disabled him. With this In his brain, Job quietly planned how to get out. For he saw that even the services of the cog might not hold good for long. "If en'y it'll holJ up till somebody Shall come," said ht. "Wonder how long that-boy'll be. again?" . . Resigned, he lay still, listening to the ceaseless patter of the dripping pebble. "If on'jr ttH held," said he. "Just a move of a bit o' dust might bring It ' all down worse than ever." Job's Interest then became centred In the build of the cog, wondering whether ho had built It with true art thn putting up of one of those square pillars to hold up the earth took a much skill as thn decoration of a pil lar In (be Coliseum. Job rarely Mat tered himself. Duly now, when be saw that thn llrnmesa of the rog kept It. from Hlnnllng, did hn feel satisfied with himself, Thn slightest disturb ance to the stones aa they now lay would bring them solidly on thn fare of thn man; their displacement would bring down tons of loose earth upon them; and thn human head underneath would be crushed Into pulp. "Wonder bow long Hint bov'll be?" thought Job. "No usn tryln' to about, I a'pose, Might shake thn stones." The ghost, i f a smile grinned grimly In his brain; It could not get as for as hla Hps. Ho lay quite quiet. Drip drip, fell the little stones upon thn grent hen p. Job's rye looked through thn crevices to the lamp. Hope never looked brighter. (lives n splendid light," thought Job. "An' that steel wedgn Is the best I ever hnil. Molds well, (loid old cog, too. Wonder If It'll hold till I'm took out. If Is slants any, down every- tblngil come on me; mi' then-so long, whatever." That very fact -that the turn of a hair meant, death -Hint fact would be the ne to set a weak nature roar ing for safety. In thn crisis a man's real nature allow Itself. If thn folly Is there It will tome out. It la only when you strain a man to thn breaking point that you see his wenknesa. Hut Job's strong nature allowed him to act with thn simple quietude thnt suited the fix ho waa In. Hn lay still, with bis plan for safely In his brain, waiting ciicHy for death or rescue. Hla eyes wern fixed upon his lump; his brain working out thn problem of how It might he possible for anybody to get him out safely. To touch a sin gle stone would bn thn worst thing that could happen. Hut If hn didn't get the st rues away, how was hn to be freed? Not outy himself, but the onn who tried to rescue him might be bur led, too. "Where's that boy?" wondered Job. "Thinks I'm nil right, 1 s'pose. liayln' In thn lock In' place, nios' likely. Thinks I'm all right, 1 a'pose young monkey." Hn heard a dull report. "Homebody comln' through the door," snld Job, Bonn ciime shuffling footsteps through thn dust, and ft most unniclo dloiiH whistling. Thn minstrel boy was returning. Evidently bis good hu mor was high. The whistling was sometimes broken off to allow tho per former to sing and dance along the roadway. "flood lad," commented Job. "Wcn derful boy that." Tho concert came nearer. It stopped at the spot where tho boy usually took off his coat. "Hoy, there, wassy!" railed Job. "Hoy!" returned tho wassy. "Come here a bit. I'm fast." Job said quietly. The lad ran up to the sound of the voice. I In saw only tho mountainous fall, with the lamp hanging from the cog. "Hoy!" he shouted, "where be you?" "I'm fast," answered Jab. "Hun'n tell a, couple, of 'urn to comn down here." The boy looked for the voice. Then with terror, be understood. The boy lost bold of himself in the horror of it lfo beg-tn running to and fro sense- lessly, roaring out: "Oh! mam, mam. He's under tho he's under tho faM. Ob, mam, mam! He's Killed; he's killed!" He fluid do nothing useful in his fright. Hut Job's voice steadied him. Stop that crying, butty. Do what I tell you. Hun up to tho next place an tell a couplo of 'um to come hero, quit!. Don't cry, 'wassy. Oft with ynu. There, that's a good boy. Off yen go." Tho cool tone controlled tho terri fied youngster. Ho ran, to the upper side, climbed over tho slope of t!;e fall, his long lnmp getting awkwardly mixed up with hm short legs, and cut past tho face of tho conl Into tho next full. It was empty. Ho remembered that the collier had not been to vvcrlc there that day. Out alone tho road way he ran to other places, all the time crying: "Hoy! Hoy!" In five minutes, down came the mrn. Job's stall was filled with streaming lights and excited colliers. Three of them leaped to the edge of the fall, nnd In frenzied anxiety started to full away the big stones locking for the stricken man. Job saw they would bring down tho place and bury everybody. "Whoa, there!" said he. "Steady, boys." "All right, all right," they cried. "Have you out now in a Jiffy." And again they laid trembling bands on the stones. Down upon the fore most came, a stone that laid him out. But he ntr the others feared anything of this kind when any one elBe was In worse danger. Two of them carried the man back, and a halt dozen ad vanced to the rescue. But their eager ness and excitement were dangerous. "Whoa, there, I tell you." said Job patiently. "Stand back a bit. We'll all bo burled If you go on like that. That's you, la it, Shenkln?" "Ay, Job, that's me. We'll 'ave you out now. But we den't know bow." Stand by the cog," ordered Job. "Only one you Bhenkin. I got it marked out. See that stone on the corner? Put a post under him flnst." "Poat get a post!" It was in Shenkla's hands in a sec ond. He was a good wcrkman; and In two minutes the post held tip lbs stone. Hut even this was not done for nothing. Fhenkln's head got mark that never left It With th tdood streaming down his face, be waited the next order. if you stock a bit of a post with a big Hat lid slanting against this here Btono over my body," suld Job, "that'll bold up a lot." It was done. Then following nut hla plnn In detail, Job gave ordur after order. They put ft support here, another there; nun leaning downwards, one leaning up; some more crossing these. In this way Job calmly worked out hi scheme. I'niler his order the men oe. CBHlonally bnd to run bai-k to avoid an Inevitable downfall, like soldiers taking cover. Hut they came back lo the firing lino, and thn position waa soon eonqiiured. Instead of letting every rescuer fcet burled under new falls and himself crushed to death altogther, Job coolly Insisted upon taking command. His pntlcncn and endurance held good; and when at IsHt thn willing arms gently drew hint from tinder thn crisscross supports of the great stones, ho said, with nn rufTl ed gravity, as hn looked at bis lamp hanging from the rog: "That's tho best steel wedge 1 ever had." They found a leg and an arm and a few rib broken. "Wonder I wasn't killed," calmly remarked Job as they curried him home, I wonder did It ever occur to bltn that hn had unveil bis own life by his patience and the rescuers by lib) Pim ple, cm I, solid presence of mind. New York Post. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. Cancer was among thn (Ureases diagnosed In tho Talmud 20 centuries ago. Morn steel Is used In the tnnnufiie turn of pens than in nil thn sword nnd gun factories In I ho world. A (lever woman traveler mended rent In her gown by using a hair from her head as thread for the ueedlo she always carries In her purse. The oldest lovn letter In the world Is In the British museum. It Is a proposal of marriage for thn band ol nn Kgyptlan princess, and It was made :irtil years ago. It is In the form of an Inscribed brick. Commenilnloro Honl, the archacolng 1st of the Unman Forum, says thnt locality was a cemetery long before It was a forum, and tho tombs were pack id so close together that no trace oi a pathway could be found. According to the Chemist and Drug gist thn native drug stores In Japan are still largely stocked with dried snakes, toads, lizards, crabs, etc., In fusions of which are thn popular household remedies throughout the country. In Iindon we find there are C! 11 brarles, which contain reading rooms, and on the bookshelves are 1100,(1(10 volnrr.es, which have four million readers. Fiction forms 811 percent ol the reading matter. The parks under tire control of the council cover 3R33 acres, and cost over 100,(100 a year to maintain. Tho simple ordering of a Joint of beef for dinner Involves pulling tho strings ot an almost Incalculable nurn ber of different trades, which, if ev. cry ono gavo up beef as an article of diet, would to ceaso to exist. The butcher of 1003 could mnke no profit out of the beast be kills were he not to use up every atom of the ox's body besides that fit for food. Jacky's Mistake. Two (leap sea Jncklcs of Celtic race r.nd t'nele Samuel's service were cruising for a berth ono day along a count -y road. The Joyful festivities of tho city wntcr front hod delayed their return aboard tho white battle rriift whose honored nnmo In letters of (.old adorned the front of their blue csps, and now adrift they were roll lng ahead with the gentle sldewlBO swing of a ship when she courtesies buoyently to tho undcrhuii of tho foam flecked waters. They were a hungered and a-thlrst and had parted with tho paymaster's lust donation long before the wharves were hull down far astern. Presently they saw a fine fat bird of emerald hue In a well furnished cage hanging on the veranda of a reHl dence. That parrot a liltlo further up the road, placed on tho market, woul buy dinner, or at least a drink, and this trace of lawless men of tho aea bent themselves to Its capture. One slipped Into the yard whila tho othei moneyless mariner stood at anchor watch at the gate against a possible surprise. Polly held her pejco, bu.t noted the trick out of tho tail of her big round eye, till Jack wa3 well with' in hall. Then she found her black tongue.. "Shove off, you bloody, brine soak cd pirate!" Startled at the stillness broken by rebuke so aptly spoken, or overcome by the natural superstition, of the sea' faring, Jack lost tils nerve and stumb ling astern toward the gate he mut tered. "Beg pardon, sur. I thousht you was a bur-rd." Ban Francisco 111. A "Nervy" Proposition. On being sentenced to seven days' hard labor at the workhouse Tor being drunk, a Lowestoft (England) ' man took a coin from his pocket and of fered to toss the mayor whether it should be fourteen days or nothing. 1UUI5 MOUNTAIN AFLOAT ORE HANDLING HAS REACHED A REMARKABLE DEVELOPMENT. New Record en the Lake Beat Ds- rlyned with Especial Attention to the Fsclllt t for Leading and Unloading the B'o Cargoes. Ibis hits been a phenomenal Bea con on thnt remarkable inland high way of walrr-liornn commerce, thn In at l.tihcH, by retisi n of the astonish ing minim r In whli h all previous rec ords tor the transportation of cargoes f bulk commiidltlcs have been milshcil. The milliner In h It h all old records have bein going ly thn board Is dun principally to the recent advent of sevt ml new steel i argo-earrler far ex- ceiling In Mire nnd capacity any incr hsntiiii'ii previously afii lit on fresh water. However, new types (if loading Mini unloading machinery for tranr.fer rlng thn bulk commodities to and from ships, inrs and stork pile have also beep Introduced and these, together with the Improvements made In thn uppllMii cs heretofore In use, have made possible also the establishment I new records lor handling cargoes lis well as the new records for thn Nl.e nl the loads carried. Thn litealilng i f recordn started when the monster new steamer, A. W. Wi lvln, the largest Vi-SMi ever built n the (lies) Lakes, went Into rommls- tdon. The Widvln took, on her maiden trip, PIMM tons of soft, coal from l.o ralne, (., (,n Uike Krle to thn head f the lakes, thus surpassing all pre vious lehl'vi meiits In ecu I carrying. The next best word for thn movement if u en I (.' of fuel Is held by thn steam er J. II. Iteed, another comparatively new bo;.t, which bus transported tons. On the ptmn trip down thn lnkes, alter the jdons'-r cruise, the big bur- ileti-bfarir W'olvln brought n cargo of Iron oie thnt nggiegaled 1727 gross tone,, or 1!i,Mi2 net ti ns. With tho entry Into lake commerce of vchsila especially constructed with reference to the operation of thn (iani Hheii hmkets of the rnonsler 4H0-lon nutoiiiiitlc unlondere. It lis also been found pov'llilo to secure a greater economy (f time In loading and tin 1( ai'li g iterations, nnd these records Imve clso hen broken. Indeed, four of the it 1 1 1 ' .in n 1 1 c tinli.nd'rs working si iniiltHiieously have, in morn than onn occasion, unloaded tK'iiO-ton orn car ryltig vessel In about four hours, whl'i Is lar and nwny the fastest unloading or i ergo ever attaiii'il by any means anywhere on thn globe. Moreover, the cost of handling thn bulk (i inmod Ity by this method Is only about one- ninth of tlm cost by band labor. Improvements In thn latest approved appliance for conveying cargo have also played an Important part In the general revision of records which has astonished the commercial and Indus trial world of late. As now consti tuted, thn automat le unloaders repre senting the a mn of achievement In this line conslfct (;f parallel girders at right angles to the dock, mounted on truclis and (apatite of being moved horizontally along the fare of the dock. On top of thn girders Is mount ed a walking beam supported on a movable trolley. By pulling down en tho back end of the beam the front end of the beam Is raised and lowered so that the bucket leg, whlrh Is hung on the front of the walking beam, is rrilHid and lowered in and out through the hutches of the boat. Thn bucket Is carried en the end of tho bucket leg and Is capable (f being rotated In a complete circle. The trol ley travels back and forth along the top of the girders, which motion car ries the bucket from the dock out over the boat r.nd back. All tho operal'oiH rr the niac'iliica, fcxrept the travel up nnd iloM-n lite dock, urc made by lnrg" bydiaulle cyKnd'r tarrying l'OO .(.i!!:dii water pressure. Yii'i l:ei:"t has a e.ipa'ily of 30 tons on! a i io.s-id by a large hydraulic cylinder. In operation tho machine is f.r't moved opposite the bat'h of the (- hcI, the wulklng beam and t.M!ly tuu forward m i-.h to reach cut over the boat; it I't (lien lowered by sla'klnp off the hoist cubits tit the rear end of the wnlklng beam until tho buc',;ct collies in contact, with the ore. Tho buckrt Is then dosed and the bark end of the beam pulled down, which hoisls the bucket cut ot tho boat, and the trelley mns hack, carryinf! tlw; walking beam and Its Lu'-ket ovtr the cars on tho deck. The bucket is made to rotate, eo that it ran reach out under tho deck of the vessnl after It Is In the hold. Kb tho reach of tho bucket when wide open Is moro than half way from the centre of ono hate-h to tho centre of the othT, almost all the ere in tho hold of the vessel can be rcarhc: without Fhovcllng. The machines have unloaded as high as S7 percent of a cargo without any hand shoveling In the case of vc.-iselB which have been In service on the. Great hl.rs for a con siderable tl'.::e past, ami In tho tuna of new ship", such as the Wolvln, where the batches are snared with careful refeioncs to the sian tf the open bucket and the raro hold constructed with sloping sides, obviating corners In which ore (an Iod;3, It is possible to take out practically tho entire car go by mechanical means. Improved types of car dumpers are also contributing to the ertablishment of new records la tho Iron and ccal In dustry, and so likewise Is yet another class of appliances for unloading ore from vessels, and which are being In stalled where the unloading dock Is Situated st the furnace yard and too machine serves as an unloading ma chine, and also as a rehandllng bridge for removlng'from stock as the ore Is used. This type of cacnlne consists of a hrliUe Btriieturn mounted on ma chinery towns on thn front end snd shear legs at th rear end, and II quipped with a movable boom, which Is lowered over thn hatch of th Ves sel, A patent clamshell bucket, sim ilar In It plan of operation to the bucket of thn automatic unlonder, I run (tut. over thn boat nnd lowered on to thn orn, closed, hoisted up and run back over thn dock and It contents diimiwd Into the slock idle, fliich ma chines will unload from no lo till per cent of the rargo of an ore-carrying vessel without baud shoveling, but the balance of the ore must bn shoveled under thn batches so that the grab bucket, can reach II, VIRGINIA UNDER DINWIDDIE. Washington's Withdrawal from Col onial ttrvlrs st Twtnty-thrse. I do not siinpose that any land was ever worse governed than Virginia was under Dinwiddle, nnd as lo mil itary affair worst of all, but not worsn than other colonies. The gov ernors wern Ignoianl of warfare and expected loo much from thn half train ed mllllln and their careless olllccr. I'hesn conditions tuny have seemed to Justify thn king's order that all ol!l eers holding mllllln appointments should be outranked by all roysl com missions, and even by the king' offi cers on half pay. This was bnd enough, but there wern also Independ ent companies raised In time of need, and their officers, being directly com missioned by the governor net lng for thn king, Insisted on their right to outrank gentlemen of I ho mllltln, and led thn men III their command to ills obey such ofllcer Mild lo eoiiidiler themselves tit a (ins superior lo thn mllllln. I had already bnd so sad an enperleneo of the diflleitltles which arose out of those conditions that. I was unwilling to submit to (lov. Din wbldle's plan of making all tho mllltln Independent companies and with on ly captains In command. Tho object to bo attained by this awkward en pedletit. was to put. a stop to tho con Htnnt disputes as to precedency and command. As this would reduce mn from colonel to captain, I made It clear to the governor that It was not, In my opinion, a step to bn advised but I would consider It, which Indeed, took mn no long time. In November I resigned my com mission, and before It wn accepted went to Alexandria, where my regl iiient then lay. I as'.ed tho o Ulcers to meet, mo and explained thn cause of my being forced to resign. I was sur prised to find tny resolution, which all admitted to be reasonable, met with thn most flatlet-lug opposition. In deed, I received soon Bftnr a loiter from Iheso gentlemen In which, wit much morn, they said: "Wn, your obedient and affect lonato officers, beg leave to express our great concern at tho marked disagreeable news wo hnvn received of your deter mlna'lou to resign the command Of tho corps. Your steady adherence to Impartial Justice, your quick discern mcnt and Invariable regard to merit, enlivened our natural emulation to excel." Aa thin letter lies beforn mn and I think of the emotion It caused mn, I still llko to remember that at tho cIimo they spoke of me as "one who taught them to despise danger and to think lightly of toll and hardships whilo led by a man they knew nnd loved." I hnvn been spoken of as wanting In sensibility. If It bad not been said I lacked means to show what t feel that were to put tlm matter moro correctly. Even now the recollection of tho praise thus given moves mn deeply, and recall tho memory of my farewell to those who served with mo in tlio War of Independency. was but 23 when I left tho colonial service. I did so with much reluctance, for my desire w-bb not to leave the mill t:iry line, ai my In' llnations woro still Mrongly bent to arms, and of this I ar'H'irol Col. Fit.liugll very plainly when ho would have had mo submit to return to service In the Inferior grade of eaiilain. I preferred my iirm I to submitting to this d'-cradatln.-i. i Prom R. Weir Mitchell's" "The Youth of Washington," In the Century. Age of Vice-Presidents. Thn extraordinary seniority of ex Senator Henry CJ. Davis, the Demo cra'le candld.ve for vice-president, U n-j reflection up on Mr. Davis. It Is rather greatly to his credit, and tho 'credit of his progenitors. .Mr. Duvls !s t-nlay 12 years older than the oldest men ever chosen vlce.prsid'nt, Kl bridge flerry, who qualified at (19 In 1X13 with Madison for a second trm Ju.it 40 years later William It. King o Alabama became vice-president at (!7 Three vice-presidents, Georgo Clinton 18i,5; T. A. Hendricks. 1 fcfe 5. Rnd I, r Morton, lfebO. were (;';. Two other vlee-pre-sliler.is, John Adams, 1783, at f,2, and Henry Wilson, 1S73, at 61 wero over CO when they resumed this1 office. Every other vice-president was under 0 when he qualified Out of 25 vice-presidents, one, Jonn C. Ilreck Inridge, was 32: Ciree, D. D. Tomp kins. John C. Calhoun, and Theodore p.ooBCVclt, were 41; 14 were from 44 to CO, and seven from 61 to C9. When Allen O. Thurinan was nominated for vice-president In 188 he was 75 year old, but he was not elected. Pittsburg Gazette. Prorjer Place for It Mrs. Stubbs So you took a snap shot of a dozen couDlea courtlnz on tho beach. What are you going to do with tlio picture? Mr. Stuuos Hang It In the dining room. Mrs. Stubbs Is that n appropriate placeT Mr. Stubbs Certainly. Isn't it a col lection of " "spoons"? Phlladelpsh Kecord. ' HOW TO KEEP COOL, Do tint Imbibe the Ice eiihl drinks mixed HI the pniln bniitli. (An iieiiiiitd, b y drniiglit you'll Dud I Pill It Id HIHR 1111, On no itccittint. permit youmelf to feed oil ton lunch meal. . (A diet of liccl-li'iik riven strength that iiiim resist inn neiil. ) A (mlthtign b ur worn In tlm hut rtl'pcl the mn e fleet. (A (iMlilinge h ilt nil hlu thn lint all beat lays win collect.) Don't walk too tat -you'd better staf III lillciieim liiilniiia. (Hi Ink pioineiiiulea III open ftlr will open .. ,. . .,I '!. f Don't lull too mucin It only makes i. . , ..... ..... ... i i.. ........ ,,i,,, ,,, ,nn ifiiini, (Talk nil Um I Imeg for cooling off lis ... ... , , imiii Don't ill Iiciii hi li clecll In hunt tenet lull I'lllll.'- Ml It.kl (tjet iiiiileriieiiili a hiixxliig fun. anil keep it going fust.) tint lots of fiull; the to. hi make (lie lllltlltl eitllllllll lfri (llnWNin of fnilt- loo much of It will Hike ynu or) viuir feet.) White gin mi. nl4 ui n r look enol, bill they enliiiirv Hie nkln. (Iln sine your clot he. are nil of while Mini very light nml llilii.) Do Just exactly what your doctor sny vim Olluht In tltt. (Ork another doctor - he'll iayt ''Thafc you stiiiiiiii not tin ' j Dnil l fret about (bn heitt (hi only lllllkl.fl II lrl'l.llf..l f III ('Twill i yttiir mind to liinme the best in wiiiit extent ynu will. ) Cold but ha me bet; they Kvn s mi nun (if llt-rfccl III'MCH llllil MHait (Will in but lot inn lie I; they mintbnlho net ve Mini all your woe appi-nse.) Iteilieinlifl nil yon reail uliout thn hint wiiv In keen cool. (t ut pel it -1 til you'll find to be nl U- ijiiig line.) Chicago Tribune, JUST FOR FUN Carryn I didn't accept Fred th first limn he proposed. Kdna- I know you didn't-you weren't there. Kx. "I'm getting old." "Having rheuma tism?" Worst) than Hint. I'm hav ing reminiscences."--Cincinnati Trib une. "Ho she r.tnricjl on a life Journey Into matrimony, lias shn?" "Well, I ' guess It Is only an excursion trip." llrooklyn I .lfo. He I suppose you think smoking I hurtful. Hhe Not always. It. Is qufte an Improvement to pork products. Huston Transcript. Mother Yes, children, you may run out and play on tho railroad trscks, but bn sure and keep off the street or tho automobiles will get you. 'Inrsley Met claims to be related to you. anil says hn can prove It. Kfloyd Tho man's a fool. Ilursley Thst may be a mere coincidence. Smart Hit. Hhe Do you really enjoy whist, Mr. . Finesse? He Do I enjoy It? Not at all, madam; not st all. I play dis tinctly scientific game. lloston Tran script. Mrs. Haggard Do you know, myself and my daughter are often mistaken for sisters. Mrs. flay Ah, the dear girl must be studying too hard, don't you think? Puck. Jimmy Ma, did y' buy Oeorgle a birthday present? Ma Yes. Jimmy Ma, what did y' buy f pacify me 'cause 'taint my birthday? Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. "What are you going to do Ihl summer?" "Well, we havenf quite (1 ri dded whether to go to Ht. lyotils for two days or to the seashore for a month." Chicago Kvenlng Post. Mr. Krtisty What's all that noise? Mrs. Knisty Katy Is practicing "The First Hleps In Music." Mr. Knisty Tell her to take tho steps In her stock ing feet. Philadelphia llullotln. "I punish you, Drowning, because I love you. Uut you are too young to understand what a mother's love Is." ."Is It two soles with but a slnglo thought; two bands that beat as one?" Life. Htalkot Headlry rays my Imperson ation of Caesar last, night, was abso lutely real. Manning 'iiiess that's so; everybody I'vo met says it cer tainly was not acting. lloston Tran script. Mistress fwho Is going out for the day) And, Mary, you may Invite a friend to come In to tea, if you like. Mary Please, 'm, I haven't got any friends. I only know young women t Punch. Strani'cr I am told that It Is easy for a woman to get a divorce In thl state, but tlifl.cult for a man to get one. Citizen Yob, we mado It diffi cult for the men so as to discourage them when they thought about It, and v.o mado It easy for the women so they wouldn't care about It. New York Weekly. "Ko you have quit selling gold bricks and conducting bunco games," said the old lime pal. "Yes," an swered Mr. Conrc; "It Is foolish to run around the streets picking up a thousand here or there. Tho thing to do now la to open an office and have people send you the money by mail." Washington Star. "What Is your favorite opera?" asked the young women who was trying to make conversation. Mr. Cumrox looked startled. "I can't say," be answered. "My favorite poem la "The Recessional" and my favorite painter Is Rembrandt, but f forget what mother and the girls told me to say my favorite opera Is. Washington Star. The Rev. Peter McQueen, pastor of the First Parish church In Charles town, Mass., predicts the union of all Protestant denominations. 4 !
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