4
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Th Fireman and the Bandit.
IE first tlnm l)an I'nrjell
lila hand on the throt-
3 T S tit of k
i X trouble.
No. :2 lio not Into
lie bucked the
pnsscniter engine oir
the end of Track VI lit Hit conl docks,
ml it took nn hour mid a half to got
tier on tun rail i Jtnln.
Dan waa ii neve flrcntnn mid should
not riave touched the throttle, but he
did It to save Hen Hnlcti, 'engineer, 1
from a reprimand and demerits for
feeing Into nt hla engine. Hpii hnd
ilrk wife at home, and I'mi knpw
that waa the reason for hla tnrdl
aess. The Tardmnster wns angry at thp
awkward result of Dun's venture, and
aid some savngo thing. Hut because
Bon was respected by lilin und be
en use lnn understood Dun'a tuotivp
and because Hon would Iiiivp It so thp
report went In to the siipcrlntctidi-iil's
ofllce rending aa If Hip engineer's hand
Ins ton d of Pun's hnd boon on the throt
tle Dnn kopt his now jolt and "his
chance." "My fault, anyway," anld
the engineer, when Dun protested.
"Ought to have boon here."
Dnn Coryell could not forget It, and
awore allegiance to Hon. lie did not
know how ho pould ever pity the debt,
kilt It seemed to 111 in a lifelong ohllga
tlon, and he kept on the alert for his
opportunity.
This atory tolls how his opportunity
e mo and how ho used It.
If coming evpnts rpnlly do enst thplr
hadowa before, no one hnd eyes to see
the forewarning of the occurrences of
that blenk November night. Dim hnd
Just flnlNlied coaling up and swung
himself over to his high sent as No. ,12,
pulling the evening express, left the
long bridge above Nettletun and pound
ed out on the embankment once more,
n her way to the pity. The hollow
roar of the train on the I) lull trestle
gave plnec to a solid hum over stone
ballasted sleepers, and Hen cut down
the stroke ns No. ,'12 settled Into her
gait. Dnn hnd lenned forwkrd for a
look nt the track ahead w lieu the thun
derbolt enme.
"Throw up yer hands!
The words wore shouted almost In
Dan's ear, and h turned uncomprc
ncndlnglr. lie hud road enough news
paper stories of train robberies to un
derstand the plvruse, nnd he hnd heard
the pomniiind perfectly. Only tho dif
ficulty of understanding quickly that
be, Dan Coryell, was actunlly a victim
of a renl hold up inmle this compre
hension alow.
Hla understanding was helped might
ily, however, by a steel ring some
eighteen Inches from his nose the
mur.zlo of a forty-four-cnllbrc revolver.
The fireman's lunula went tin. He
bad thought when he read the stories
what ho would do under such clr
cumstanccs. Hut something in the
pair of ugly eyes he now saw back
of the revolver put Ideas of resistance
out of his bead.
Then ho looked at Bon. The engineer
bnd turned and win staring over his
shoulder, open-mouthed, nt a man
standing on tho steel apron between
the cab and tho tnnk, nnd covering him
with a pistol as the other man covered
Dan. There wan no fear In Hen's fnce
even Dan recognized that on the In
atant but there was plcuty of amaze
ment
"Stop herl" commanded the man who
faced Ben.
Tha engineer's btgJeft hand median
Ically tightened on tho throttle, but he
made on other move.
"Get busy!" dictated the bandit, rnov
log forward.
Ben turned and pushed the throttle
borne, while his right hand sharply an
piled the air. No. ti slowed with a
Jerk, then slowed again and stopped.
Ben was not lacking in courage, but
bla valor contained the element of dis
cretion.
"Now look out for 'em !
The man who had given the com
mande turned quickly, dropped from
tne engine, and disappeared In the
arkness toward tho rear of the train.
Hla fellow stepped bnck to a place mid
Way between his two charges nnd eyed
mem alternately, holding his pistol
reaay to meet a hostile or liisubordln
ate move.
.aow, e sniu, -ir you two nre
arood you won't get hurt, nnd you can
put your Hands down."
He settled back against tho edge of
the cab door nnd pulled tho curtain
aomcwhnt about lilm, for the wind
avas cold.
He wore no mask, contrnrv to nil
Dan'e Ideas of nn np-to-davo train rob
ber. Ills face was dark, clean shaven
and rather thin, the features, especially
the nose, being well-cut.
The eyes were dark nnd can-led In
them tho light of reckless readiness to
fight
Dan looked him ovpr from head to
foot In silent astonishment. It was a!-'
most past belief, flits sudden brenk In
the routine of his life. He was wildly
excited, and his muscles were instinct
ively tense for the action which he
dared not initiate.
He looked again at Ben, and some
thing In the engineer's attitude in
tantly alarmed him. It meant tight,
end Dan was sure that hla frleud,
whom he had reason to love, would be
tinrt.if be mndo a stir toward resist
nee. The terror of the thought
topped his breath for an tustant, and
the wild determination to shield him
became uppermost In his mind.
No. 82 pulsated with tho exhaust of
er air-pumps. The steam pressure
was rising rapidly, as a result of Dan's
ajooa nre and her sudden atop. Her
etafety-valre was sputterlug with In-
wTBiiuenr, vicious bursts of steam,
-Suddenly she put up a deafening roar
(
from the valves britr.cn thront, a pro
test against the continued bait.
Minutes passed. They seemed long
to Dan, the longest minutes 1k. hnd
ever known. The ruth of strain fell
from Its enr-sptlttlng hiss to a lower
note, dwindled nnd dropped again
slightly, nnd then stopped with a sud
denness Hint mniln the suecoeillng un
accustomed quiet for llin Instant al
most painful.
Dun's body stIITened Willi a slni'lled
Jerk. A growl of rough voice, with
nn occasional shout and the hollow
nolle of blows on a par door, sounded
not a dnr.cn yards away, breaking In
with nil their grim portent upon his
st.'irtled iinilerslandlng.
Then suddenly a slist rung nut above
Hie din, and mi liiHlnnliiinoiitly suc
ceed In if yell told that It hint been tired
In earnest. The sound of heavy blows
slopped short. Dan's heart contracted
with n quick quiver of horror, and nn
Involuntary exclamation escaped hlni.
The man In tho corner Instantly ruined
his revolver.
'Don't yon move, young duck!" he
said, hoarsely.
Dan held himself motionless, but he
turned blazing eyes upon his enemy.
A snvnge Impulse was rising In him,
an inspiration to desperate daring
which hp had lipvpr felt, before was
growing, and with It a strange cunning.
danger-horn In his hitherto untried
spirit, grew bIhp. HV looked at Ills
muscular captor with a new question
In his eyes, and measured him by n
new standard, the. standard of craft.
He grew cooler. The hubbub nt Hie
pxpross ear wns growing again. Words
nnd sentences reached the engine,
throats shouted to the occupant of a
barricaded ear which told of effort a
trt enter which were, so fur. futile.
Time wns passing, time Unit was pro-
clous to these robbers, and their cause
wns not prospering. The nuiii In the
express our was not to be frightened
nnd brought to terms by barking. Dnn
heard the command from some recog
nl zed lender:
"Break the express enr off and run
her down the rond. We'll blow the
whole out lit Into kingdom come If that
Idiot don't glvo In!"
Tho big engineer snt up with a quick
Indrawlng of hla breath. Dan was
wild In an Instant to prevent bis mak
ing a move which he fenred could onlv
bring disaster. It wns the Inst straw
for the boy. His wits were at their
keenest stretch. He must And a strat
agem, or he must net In sheer desper
ation, lie controlled himself by nn
effort of will, and bis eyes been me cat
like In their watching of the guard for
the slightest opening.
Then all nt once his plan formed.
He turned slightly and glanced up nt
tue steam gunge.
"She's losing stoam," ho snld nloud,
looKing at the robber.
Hio other scowled nt the address;
then hla eyes glanced at the gauge
with quick Intelligence. Ktenm was
needed. Dan had counted on his know
ing enough about an engine to fall Into
His trap.
"She ought to he coaled," snld Dnn,
nncl lie wondered If his voice trembled
The guard looked nt him n moment
suspiciously, and then snld:
"All right! Conl up, then."
Dan slipped from his seat. He dared
not look at Ben, but silently prayed
that the big engineer would be on
tho nlert to help If hla plan succeeded.
He muBt act quickly, for only so could
ue nope for success. Ills heart pound
ed painfully nnd hla knees trembled.
but the quick thought or thnt brave
young fellow in the express car nnd of
lien, his friend, braced him with a
fierce' resolve to stand by.
lie picked up the coal scoop and
swung it rocklessly nonr the lega of
tne robber. Even at thnt trying mo
ment the half-humorous idea of digging
Its sharp edgo Into tho fellow's shins
stirred in him a falut inclination to
smile. But Ills plan was bettei than
that, and ho knew that on his nerve,
ins steadiness nnd hla rlcvcriicas in
strategy hung the fute of the motley
in mo express company's safe, pet-
haps the life of tho uian In tho ex
press cur nnd his chnnco to help Ben
In this "tight pinch," to prevent his
itoing anything rash nnd thereby re
celvlng hurt.
Ho swung open the furnace door and
threw In n acoimfiil f -,,i ti u.
. ! - " ., 1 1 v. ill
flared up and Dan looked quickly at
tho face of his guard nud saw thnt
tho light diiHled hlni. Ho closed the
tutor aim swung his scoop again. This
time he hit tho bandit's legs n sharp
rap. The mini Jumped aside with h
snarl
"I'll break yer block if you do that
again:" no cried.
Dan stood up with anxious, humbln
apology In every line of his face and
tlgure. "I'm sorry," he snld. "I didn't
menu I If you'll Just stand there on
tiro apron, near the side, I wou't bungle
again. I I
The robber moved to the place desig
nated. Ho could see his prisoners quite
ns well from the now position, nnd he
did not relish tho possibility of another
dig from the scoop. Dnn dumped n
second shovel hind on tho fire. Then,
holding hla breath, he prepared for his
final pluy. He loft the furnace door
open thut its stream of light might
shield the engineer by blinding the rob
ber. A third shovel of conl, and then
Dau paused in his stooped position
with the heavy scoop poised in hla
bunds.
"How'a the steam, Ben?" he asked
tne engineer over his shoulder, trying
to speak coolly. He noted with sutlg
fuctlon that he could hardly see the
big engineer ncrosa the yellow glare
( from the firebox, a ud lia knew the
bandit was equally at a disadvantage 1
Then, without waiting for a reply,
ho looked tip at the robber. Instinct
ively the tatter bad turned to the engi
neer, and wns straining hla eyes to
look nt the big gauge. Dun'a moment
hnd come.
With all the force of his powerful
young shoulders, backed by bla wild
determination, be awiiug the scoop,
pdne foremost, a fearful weapon,
slrnlglit nt. the robber's body. Kalrly
over the stomach hp hit the man, and
the body of the bandit doubled lip like
a Jnckknlfn nnd went out of the cob
Into the blackness of Ihn night, with
only the dull sound of the fearful,
crushing blow nud the thud ae he
struck the ground.
"I'nll Iter open, Ben! T.et her go!
gasped Dnn, dropping the scoop and
staggering Into the cab.
Instantly the big engineer pulled hla
throttle ns he had never pulled a valve
before. No. ,'12 Jumped aa If stung,
nnd look up tho slack of her train
with a era ay crash and Jar. Klie
slowed, then Jumped ngnlu, nnd the
heavy train Marled.
Hen Jerked open Hie sand 1mx. Phe
should not slip now. Sparks flew from
the truck, and Hip big machine groaned
almost hnmiiiily nt the strain. It
seemed enough to break connecting
rods or to blow out a cylinder bend,
but everything held, and no express
train on the II. nnd It. O. ever stal led
Willi less loss of time.
I'or n moment, ns the train moved,
the robbers were at loss, so sudden
nnd complete wns the surprise. Then
shouts anil howls arose, cries to tho
guard In Hie engine to slop Hie train,
and then, after a delay Dan had
scarcely hoped fot, a sudden hush, as
realization came to them that they had
lost coulrol of Hie train.
"Duck, kid, duck!" roared Ben, from
his lofty perch: but he himself stuck
to bis post, despite the. expected .dan
ger of living bullets.
Dim slipped buck to Hip lank again,
but It was not from fear of bullets not
from thought of them. He fenred more
Hint, wllh all her quick stint. No. !I2
might not get sulliclent headway (in
her train to prevent the robbers from
again mounting the engine. From the
heavy pull nt tho start he knew that
they had not yet broken the train In
two, and the heavy coaches dragged
with a fearful weight. But tho locomo
tive gained at every turn of wheel,
at every crashing exhaust.
Dan peered cautiously round tho
corner of the tnnk. A man, running
with nil his might, wns nlmost a'irenst
of the cab, overhauling the still com
paratively slow moving engine. Dan
stooped and caught up a piece of coal
the size of n cobblestone, braced him
self nnd waited.
A moment later Hie striving runner
reached to catch the handgrip of the
onli. Dan saw his face, white, set,
cruel. In the light of the still open fire
box door. Then with every ounce of
his power he flung his missile, straight
at tho tierce visage.
lite runner's fnce disappeared. No.
,12 gasped nnd roared. The train gained
speed until the engineer could pull
his throttle wide.
Dan led bis lire nnd slammed the
furnace door shut. Then ho sank down
upon the steel tloor, cold, trembling,
with n sudden (eellng of fnlntncss nnd
nausea. The Iriilu Hew on through tho
night, nnd only when tho lights
showed In the city station, twelve
miles from the scene of the hold-up,
did Ben curb her speed.
Dim had no notion of any great merit
In what he had done. IIo wns only
glad. Indeed, his anxiety over the
ferocity of the blow ho had struck
the bandit occupied his mind rather
than nny idea that he had performed
a remarkable deed. Ho hoped with nil
his soul thnt ho hnd not killed the
man.
Hut when No. .12 slopped in the great
train shed nud tho story wns told, he
suddenly found himself a hero. It
Appeared that tho bandits on the
i-onclies, warned by the cries of their
companions, quickly dropped from the
train when tho engine started, nnd
that Dan's action alone had thus
turned the tide against them.
A pos.se of olllccrs pursued the rob
hers, nud in Hie course of thlrty-slz
hours four of them were caught.
Among I hem wns n man with three
broken rllts nnd a cracked collar-bone,;
who, tho doctors said, would recover,
Ko Dan's anxiety was relieved.
It wns not till tho dny following the
a fralr Hint the engineer nud Dan talked
It over privately. They met on the
engine as usual tho next morning for
their outgoing trip. To Dun It was
somewhat embarrassing, for ho feared
some word from Ben In pcruonal prnlso
of bis exploit. The boy was modest
enough to dread most tho pralso which
lie would most value.
"How In the world did you think It
out, Dan'r" asked Ben, looking nt the
boy with mingled prlilo and n (Ted Ion
Ue wns n man little given to any dom-
onsli-atlon of feeling, but Dnn'e devo
tion to hlni had been too marked to
pass unnoticed, and the engineer was
deeply affected.
"I was tho only one who could get
nn -excuse to move," answered Dan
modestly, blushing to the roots of his
hair. "Somebody had to do some
thing."
"But you knew you might get a
bullet in you. Besides, I J,ook
here, boy," he cried, bis big, gruff voice
deep with emotion, "I've thought you a
good ono from tiro first even when
you backed 'i'i off tho rails on the coal
dock! You're a brick! Now I know
thut I'd sure have got abut last ulgbt
If it hndu't been for you. I'd have
been Just fool enough, I believe you
saved my skin as well aa the express
messengers."
Dun turned to ebul up and to cover
bis confusion. "You saved my living
and my chance for lue once," ho said.
briefly. The Youth a Couipaulun.
CHILDREN'S
S(l. IHKIt BKKTI.EH.
There arc beetles In Kngland (of thp
family known to aclentlsts as Tele
pborldae) that are popularly called sol
diers and sailors, the red species being
called by thn former nuino and the
bluo sppclrs by the hitter. Those bee
tles are among Hie most quarrelsome
of Insects nnd light to the delth mi Hip
east provocation. It hits long been Hie
custom among Kngllsh boys In catch
and set them lighting with each oilier.
They are ns ready for bnl lie as giime
cocks, nnd the victor will both kill and
est his antagonist. .From "Nalure and
Science," In St. Nicholas.
THE VIKOINIA RKRU
Have you ever danced a Virginia
reel If yon haven't, you surely will
some day. It Is Interesting to know
what the dance symliiitlr.es, or stands
for.
It Is an Imitation of weaving. The
first movement represents the shooting
of the shuttle from side to side, nnd
the passage of the whoof (crosswise
threads). Tho last movements Indi
cate tho tightening of the IhreiiiN, and
the bringing together of the clolh. In
some places the boys and girls stand
In the row by sevens to Imitate the dif
ferent colors of the strands. -Indianap
olis News.
A PA HTUIDOR NKHT.
Aa I wns going through the woods I
heard a partridge drumming nnd so I
went lip that wuy. I was with a few
of the furiii boys. We wero picking
some flowers culled fox gloves; all of a
sudden I heard a fierce flutter of
wings; looking around I saw n parlridge
flying away. We all ran to where the
nest was. Ruch a sight as I saw
The feathers lined the bottom of the
leafy nest, and fourteen eggs were
counted. They were brown and about
the size of a bantam's egg. The out
side of the nest was lined with maple
leaves, which were pasted together
with mud and a few llttlo tnlgs.
The nest was n gainst a rotten stump
nnd item a grout mnpln tree, which
gave me some very nice syrup this
spring. I have kept wntcli of the uesl
since I found It. A little while ngo I
found . Can you
guess what? Well, I'll tell you-n fine
brood of young partridges, with the
mother In the middle of tlm brood; she
mnilo n queer noise, and away those
llttlo chicks did go for the leaves and
brush faster Hutu I could see where
they hid.
Ono little follow wns left, I picked
lilm up; the mother (nine mid tried to
fool me by Jumping n round nnd tun k
Ing believe she was hurt. You nee
sho tried to make me catch her, so
that she could save tho young one, or
tell it to run nwuy when I ran after
her. I knew her tricks, nnd so I kept
my chick. Meiers M. : , In tho
Berkshire Industrial Fnrm Itecord.
A HOMK MADE BALT.
There nre many kinds of bulls for
sale In the shops, but most of them
nro too hard for ordinary hand play
lug. The writer of this bits never seen
anything to equal the balls r used to
make for himself when ho wa a boy,
and ho wants to tell tho other boys
how be did it.
(jet a perfectly round orange nnd
cut the peel Into even quarters, mini
bering them at one end so as to be
able to put them together again In
their proper order.
Ask your mother or your, sister for
pair of discarded kid gloves with
long wrists, nnd out of these wrists
cut four pioeos exnetly like the four
pieces of orange peel. Number them
aa you did the pieces of peel, and with
linen thread sew over and over three
seams, thus putting the four pieces
togeUier, but leaving ono seam open,
Thl la tho cover for your null.
Get a solid rubber ball about throe
quarters of an Inch in diameter, and
on It wind the common woolen yum of
which stockings are mode. You enn
buy thu yarn at a shop, or, If you can
get an old stocking, ravel It out. Do
tho winding 'ov-rily. so as to keep Ihe
ball perfectly round, and try It now
nnd then to toe whether It Is largo
enough for your' cover. You must
ntnke It so Hint It will lit In the cover
exnetly, nml then you draw the rti'
malnliig edges together and sew them
over and over, as you did the oilier
seams.
The boy who uses a ball of this
kind will never willingly use nny other.
It Is plenty hard enough, and yet it is
soft to the touch, and the rubber centre
gives It all the needed bounce.
GUEST ATE THE ALMANAC.
The boundary riders of the great
Australian sheep runclua have each a
district to look after, In which one
ntust keep tno wire ienc-es in repair,
nud see that the sheep come to no
harm. It Is a hard and lonely life, 11 v
Ing, aa each boundary rider does, quite
alone lu tho wilderness.
A writer In the Young Teople's Ta
per tells of some of the curious ways
in which these solitary men keep
count of tho days. We nro Indebted
for the account to Miss Lena tiould,
lleavcrton, Mich.
An old niun, who bad lived In the
back country for thirty years, used tw
Jam tins and aeven pebbles. One tlu
was niaraaa "ims wees, - ami iue one
DEPARTMENT;
er I'l.nst week." On Mommy morning
lie would take a pebble from "Last
week" and drop It Into "This week,"
and one every subsequent morning un
til '-This week" bad swallowed thn
seven. They were return to "Last
week." nnil the old fellow know that
another Sunday bad passed.
Another man bad tried nnd failed
wllh several plans. At last he lilt on a
new idea, lie made a big damper
cake nf Hour ami wnteri on Hundiiy
night, nnd marked It Into seven sec
tions, each section being n day's allow
ance, so Hint every time he picked Hie
clamper up the grooves would remind
hlni of the day.
I'lil'oriiinalely, one Tuesday there
nine a visitor wllh n ravenous nppc.
He. The host. Minted himself that the
i il nmy one might be siilisllcd with tho
day's section. But be wasn't. Willi
anxious eyes the host saw the knife
leiuing die boumlnry line, and lb
hungry man ruthlessly curved Into his
nliniinue. At lust ho could stand It no
linger.
Stop! slop!" lie cried, ns lie grabbed
the dumper and glared at It.
Th"i-," lie said, "you've eaten
Toosdiiy nnd We'n'siluy, mid now yer
wnuler slice Hie best o' the liuill.ln
off a' Thursiliiy, nn' I won't know the
day o' the week."
A el.KYKK Bfl.l.FI.Nt ll.
D in was very unhappy when I was
out of slulit. Ills cage was hung at
llrs: In a gliiH4 cons "nn lory, where lie
had sunshine, (lowers ami two canary
birds lor company. Hut he did not care
for them. He wauled something pise,
lie was silent nud moping. So Hie
loving llttlif bird was made happy by
behig placed lu my room upstairs.
It wit wonderful bow soon ho
learned lu distinguish my step. Often
bis clear, sweet tone could be heard
purring from bis dainty tlirout. Or
perhaps he wits silent. It was nil the
smut'. The Instant my step sound'd
in the 'hull below or on the sluli-s, the
w hlslli asod, or Hie silence was brok
en, "c oiiie lie el-;', come lie ere, come
he'erc!" was Hie eager cry. Of course,
I always did "come be'ere." And then
Hie delight of the dear little fellow was
touching. Down he Jumped to the
door of his cage pos-t linsle. Then,
ported up like a ball, lie bowed right
ami left, (lancing to and fro as If
wound up to run lor hours. And such
a sweet piping as there was, too!
Hut lie never played about thn room
when I was away. He was too sorrow
ful for tluil. Ills favorite haunt, next
lo my bend or shoulders, was my bu
reau. He loved lo hop all over It; but
lie loved best of nil lo mount the big,
fnt pincushion. It wns such lino fun
lo pull out nil the plus nnd drop them
on the bureau scarf. Sometimes ho
carried them lo the edgo of the bureau
und dropped them on the floor.
One day I bent the point of n large
pin ami twisted it well into tliecusli
ion. It was rather naughty, to be sure,
but I wished to see what Don would
do about It. The other plus canto out
and were dropped ns iisunl. Then enmo
the tug' of wnr. The poor little bird
pulled und pulled and tugged and
tugged. The big pin moved, but (lid
not come out. He put bis head on one
side and eyed It severely. Ho wus not
one of the "glveiip" sort. He hnd lunde
up bis n.lnd to conquer Hint pin. He
worked very hard for nt least tell
minutes. Then Hie plaintive "Come
be'ere, como he-ere, come he-crc!" rang
out.
I waited to see what he would do
next. Ami what do you think? He
thought a little, then mounted the cush
ion iignln, nud whistled nnd danced to
that obstinate pin. But It Mnyed right
where it wns. Then ho seized it once
more, and tugged so hard that hla tiny
feet slipped and bo snt right down.
Next he got up nnd stured nt It, then
hopped to the edge of tho bureau and
culled again, "Come be'ere, come
be'ere."
I could not tense him nny longer and
went to tho rescue. The moment that
pin wus loose, Don seized It with a
happy chuckle. Hopping to the bnck
part of tho bureau, lio dropped the phi
down between It nud tho wall. It wus
In disgrace, you know.
One day the dear little fellow hnd
been very busy Indeed. The cushion
had been freshly filled with pins. That
gave hlra a great deal of work to do,
of course. Tho plus had nil to be car
ried lo the edgo of tho bureau and
dropped overboard. That task fin
ished, he went Into his house to get
his dinner,
I went to work to pick up the pins,
telling Don thnt he was a naughty
bird to make ino so much trouble. II
seemed as If ho understood cvory word.
At onco ho stopped eating his seeds,
cauio out nnd peeped at me over the
edge of Hie bureau. Then down be
came, making steps on my head, shoul
der cud arm until he reached the floor.
And there the dear little bird hurried
around with all hla might, picking up
the pins. He flew up to the cushion,
laid them down and came back foe
more, until they were all gathered up.
Then he sat ou my chair, whistled hii
tune and finally went to sleep. Helen
Harcourt'a "Storiea of My Tets," In St.
Nicholas
There are more than 4.000.000 steel
pens used up every day lu England
Whnt he calls '-pmnnluin" Is sup
posed by lllscl to be n new element fx
Isllng In a slroimly radio active earth
consisting chiefly oT lanthanum. On a
line blende screen lids earth gives
Hashes blik-hter than radium.
Ijirge chimneys nre usually felled by
cutting nwuy the base nnd s iting lire
to the temporary wuod props placed lu
the cavity, A new method bus been
mccessfully died at Opeiislmw, Eng
land, three large chimneys being
thrown dow n by il handle carlrhlges
exploded sliiiiillaiKsiiii ly lu bolesdiillcd
In thu brickwork.
It. Is iistnundiliig the mlniile itelnU of
research nun !nvestliillon often under
I m '.-on l,v Ihe snccliiilst In the pursuit
of his profession or bobby. As nil In
stance It may be uieuliotied that the
Avlciillurnl Society oT llreat Britain
has I ii preparing tabulated data on
the ilea Ih rate among birds, und bow
llilllleliccil by diet.
It nl Investigation would seem to
Indicate Hint Hie house tree has Its tr-cs
as a lightning proleclor. According to
mi analysis made of tliellgliliilng losses
In the I'rovluce or Ontario, ('aiiiida,
coveting a period :if several years pnst,
"such trees ns spruce, elm or maple,
phinleil near thn fariiiileiMl, nre n per
inn m-iit and an'luereaslug menus nf
protection from llulilulug."
A strange medicine of Hie East Is
"sllajlt." long reputed lo cure most ills-
eases. Mr. I in via Hooper nuns inai
the name Is given to mi aluminium sul
pbste exuding from the rocks lu cer
tain parts of Hie Himalayas; to' a black
substance-probably true sllnjlt -said
to form an exudation on lucks In .Ne
pal, and consisting mainly of alkalies
combined with nn organic acid, ami to
a third, or white slliijll. that seinis lo
be of animal origin.
WfsUuiulle, n mixture of Hie heavy
oils of lur cmulsllleil by niunmulii. Is
added to tin or twenty times Its vol
ume of wntei, and applied to roads by
an ordinary watering cart, three or
four consecutive npplicallmis giving a
permanent laying of the dust. It seems
to be less slippery Hum tnr or tur-nll,
und may be applliil without waiting
for the road to become perfectly dry.
It Is gaining favor in France, and. to
test It thoroiiglil.y. half of one Finis
avenue Is Ireatc.t with It mid Hie other
half with lar.
I-siring llnrkwjtrit.
The country wagon was filled, mid
the small boy of the parly had en
sconced himself contentedly In the back
of the vehicle, with his brown feel
hanging out over the dusty road, lly
H nil by the others began to comment on
various objects of Inb.-oKt ns they
came Into view - the new house ou tho
hill, the iippln orchard all in bloom,
mid a tiny hike In u meadow. Tho
Kinall boy grew (lisconle ted.
"I don't see nny of tho nb-e things
till we've gone past 'em," lie com
plained.
Yet many persons travel through life
lu Hint wny. always facing backward.
Foi things that are coming they have
neither faith nor ambition; for thin-i
that are present, they have little In
terest and scant praise; some past Joy,
grief, or regret holds them fast. There
are no day like the old days, no bless
lugs like those thnt have been left be
hind, mid all the pleasantness of thn
road is lost until It is receding ill the
illstimce. Facing backward may not
be a matter of deliberale choice, but
il certainly ! u mutter of Intuit. Since
we needs must Journey forward, thn
only wise mid comfortable method Is
to face tho way we are going, and en
Joy as we may what pleasnutneMS it
brings. Kpworlh Herald. '
FIIJT 'Tl, 'TIS Trn.
First Giggling (iiti-'-Te-lio! The
Itnssiaiis wero defeated yesterday."
Heenml Olggllug tJirl "Well, for
pity's sake!"
F. Q. (J. "Papa says that the'lntegri
ty of China Is in grave and imminent
danger."
8. ti. O. "Well, for pity's suke!
V. O. O. "I'm going to have my .new
waist made of maize pc-au do cynge,
with a bertha of cream Venetian over
White moiisselilie.
S, i), o. "Wc.ll, for pity's susv!"
This scene got, us the sayftig Is, ou
.Mr. Hlankiiigton's nerves.
"Mnry." he shouted, n soon ns he
opened the front door of ills home, "I
beard n young female on the enr this
afternoon use the expression 'for plty't
sake' Just 3,S(H times by ttctttai
const. This is no exnggerulloii, and
If yoti doubt the accuracy of my fig
ures, I'll go before a notary and iniikn
utflduvlt. Just l.'I.MiU times by actual,
painstaking count!"
-Mrs. Bliiuklngton carefully set down
the lump she bad been carrying.
"Well." she ejaculated, "for pily'l
suke!" Houston Chronicle.
Ilarrrtt' Joks In Drain's Fare.
Wilson Barrett, the Kngllsh m-tor,
who died recently us the result of a
surgical operation for Intestlnul trou
ble, was quito a Joker. Just before
ho was about to be chloroformed he
said to tho doctors: Here's a fine state
of things. I was to open my season
in a few weeks, and here you fellows
are about to open ute." Thirty-six
hour later he wus a dead mnu, heart
failure through fatty degeneration hav
ing curried lilm off.
Japanese In America.
There are Ut.Uisi Jupuuese lu tbe
United States, and they nre here to ed
ucate themselves lu Western ways,
aud to return to the Fur Kant to tench
their own people advanced ideas.
q a. MopoxAt.s.
ATTORNEY AT tAW.
WMsrr l"iilii, real rtttl fnl, Fstsaw
I'-curM, rn,if,f.ti,,r,ft ntS'lft erompti Osse
in Hjn iimi, huiMinr, l(rnoidili s.
) it n. a ikiovkii,
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ni(ini itcMi.t, , nnxT-r taiietai
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Office on sec,!,,,) flIM.r f Fir,t Na
tlnnnl bntih hu)i.;h,g, Main street.
J)R. 11. IH.Vi-Ur: KINO,
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Office mi seeoivl floor ly:ml(!ville
Jtenl Kstadi J.iil(li-i, Mnln street,
Iteyitoblsviile, '
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A.id Iie.il Fslaf." A;reiit
l!('!)o.'ilsvIll, Pa,
SMITH M. MoCHKIUIIT,
ATTOKNKY-AT-I.AW.
Wntntjr riihlln nnd It Ml K-tmo Agnntf. Cel.
iMUImis will rniwivn iHompt auimilun. (in,
In (ho H'-joKiMnvllln lUr, lw.ro Co. BiitldlDi.
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Prames and Finish of all
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Lumljcr, High Grade Var
nishes, Lead and Oil Colors
in all shades. And also an
overstock of Nails which
I will sell cheap.
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Cattle.
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Meillum, 1'iUU to IMO lb 4 74
Kat Deller il no
Butcher, WO to 1000 lu
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Oxen, common to fat ... yno
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The Rev. R. R. Miller, pastor of
tho First fnJii'd Presbyterian
church of Reaver, announced his de
cision to reject, a can from Charlotte,
N. C. The Reaver cungTeK&tion
Is lmlldlnn a l.'i.nnit church, and It la
to stay and see this completed that
caused Mr. Miller to refuse the rail.
Jan Fovystek, 3 years old. waa
killed by a Panhandle train at Mc
Donald. He was crossing the tracks
and did not notice the train approach
ing;. The coroner's jury Investigating tha
dynamite explosion at North Branch,
which cost two lives, returned a ver
dict that the accident waa unavoidable.
Schoolboys with chestnut hair. It
la said, are likely to be more clever
than any others and will generally
ho found at thn head of tbe class, and
In like manner girls with fair hair
are likely to be far nmro studious,
and bright than girls with dark hair.
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