t spell,
; 2 a! in Nusd,
airs tardy space.
| mented upon my hed out 80 vatly. 1
ld him the story of the axssull, which
t from him the remark that he,
| 105. had noticed the traf loft by the
wide runners of the sleigh. Ve Chil
te | pared notes and reachiad the conclusion
| that the two assailants were Bo less
| than the son of s nearly village botel
| proprietor and the son of a local how
| tolry Keeper. They wern oti 8 pro
| tracted, vicious skyiark, dnl, it secmed,
stopped at doing nolliing that would
. | mupply them the wherewithal to keep
Pun. My friend, who wan lu sleigh,
azresd to Join me Iu 8 hunt for evi
be § denice against thew, Ho, faking a
rca ie man
ute to have any- |
had packed the |
ng was not very |
am old cane, a
+ | but I did not inform him just how 1
was in it
My friend remarked ios cssusl was
| that the two men, mentioning them
| by name, appeared te be having a
great time lately. The fellow Tepited |
| affirmatively, and voluptesrsd he foe
formation that they bad dropped In on |
hin last night and earrted OL Botte
{ what. After an exchange of pleasant.
| ries, which would leave po other im- |
| pression than that we bad odly an
ardivary luterest in the actions of the
men who had become our quarry, we
Jedt tlie place and preceeded to another
resort some stance off, which we
| Bnew to be, more or loss, their head.
quarters, Buotering, the vanial friendly
greetings were exchanged with the
{ proprietor and the othors there, Abid.
ing tha opportunity, 1 Kot mine host,
with whom ‘| was well méquainted,
aside, and I laughingly remnsrked that
He started quickly, then
Were in it, too, eh? I replied, “Yen,
I then said that tho stolen
he | cone was a highly prised keepsake
oe from’ my man's
i by the lapels of
took his hat and
) ving him Iying
rie. however, got a
wielder of the weap-
J ne stand him In very
, when it should have
assistance in send
Yecovered ennuscious-
to grope his way
stumbled Into the honso |
tream ig down his face, |
3 head slmost on
At Was with some |
1 got him to relate just
: be! len im. He told me
had large runners, and
was white, That was
s I had noticed such
ining three men bent on
GY he: traveling abont
was directed SIRs
yy jaan was positive that
ent throngh my man's
they threw his body,
they continued thelr jour.
| from the victini's father,
| hearer the fropression that I Avonld
Hike to return It to the owner, who, I
erful
and gave my
had found. was a farm.-band. ‘Bay
mL said, In a confidential tone, ‘what
did Clark do with the poor fellow's
hat and cane® The nian beaitated n
moment, then he replied, ‘Clark broke
the stick In pleces and burned It with
‘the hat in that stove yonder, [I saw
him do it Just before he and Wilson
ieft here last nig shit Cautlonlng the
IAN to secrecy, my friend and 1 soon
sarted for home, and on the way
thither we decided on a plan of ge
fea,
“We toll Chris the resiit of our
sleuthing trip, and persuaded him
| fecompany ue to the 'Squice and swear.
out A warrant charging Wilson and |
Clark with Mghway robbery and with
assault with intent to kL uoplng that,
by naling the charge su strong as
‘pustible, we would secure the Jranish
We did not
ment of the accused men.
forget that thelr friends wore all. Pow
‘roundabouts, They wire ar
rested on the following day, and at
a hearing the "Squire set 8 daty when
the trial was to be held. In the mean
time we made out a periect ease
against the men, and were confident
that we conld eonviet them. Alas, our
fakh in human nature aml Justice was
10 be radely shaken!
“At last the day of the trial, My
an Wis sure that he conld identity
the person who assaulted hii My
s | friend and 1 were Interested in the
{| Cage only to
i Whose confidence in us was alinast
get fusiico. for Chris,
child-dke, Wa made the mistake of
Interests of Chris, The sceused were
represented by well-known local law
~yers, their friends packed the conrt
room, and even the 'Squire was a
close friend of the prisoners’ families
Baofore the ease was called, and while
| the accused nien were within our sight,
[ got my man, u
unobserved by any one,
to identify the man who deslt him
the Injuries. He made a perfect iden:
tifteation, and my belief that the pris-
er) would be convicted was strep i
"| shrugged bis shoulders
1 Made me sign paper know pothing
seat by bls side, the borse's Lead was,
turned toward the village,
“The first place Wwe ¥hdted wae 8
| revort we knew the men frequented.
We were well known to iin proprietor.
pearby. y
that was a great game, to piention
Bames, Wilson and Clark, bad played
Inst night.
amilled and significantly s3id, ‘So you
not hiring a lawyer to lok after the!
| Fro wrod and a look at ar
i inte i hd : Agsia asked of the attendant.
: tense astonishment pointed tos en whe |
{| sane hat resembled the sccosed, and
said, ‘There he Is? Clark then droped
the paper from bis face. Chris threw
| his hands np excitedly and exclaimed,
‘My Got, 1 haf made mistake! It is
“Then the "Bqnire took a hand in
| the proceedings. “That won't 80" he
#ald to Chris. “You have upon your
oath identified this man {pointing fo
ibe innocent stranger: asx your nesail-
ant. Now we shall see whether you |
have made a true Mentifieation” At
tile point my friend and myself, as
being witnesses in the case, Were or
dered from the courtroom. Not know:
ing the law then, and thinking that a
trap had been met for my man. ‘we
refused to go. Whereupon the ‘Bauire
| gave orders to the constable that if we
remained In the room during the hese.
ing is was to srrest us for contempt
of court. We decided to retire, Lint
fully expectsd to be calied ss wit.
nemsos, We left Chris, who could not
nnderstand English, te face a hostile
crowd alone. An Interpreter was pro-
| vided, bat be twisted the replies In the
favor of the prisoters. The rulings
of the "Squire, too, were such that the
competent,
"Well, we had walied oulaide for
20 howr when Chris appeared with a
Yery delected countenance. ‘Well’ 1
‘sald to him, "is R our torn now? He!
‘It's over.
who robbed me. Gave me $2.70, but
uy cand gone for ever” We reafised
‘what they bad dene. Chirts hind signed
A deposition absciving the prisoners
of any complicity Iu the highway rod
hery, and be bad received = paltry
sum of pioney to compensate him for
{he amount taken from him. The
“Baquire) whone duty It was to adminis
tr the law justly, bad cosppounded a |
felony, A wilful perversion of Justice
partly responsitile therefor. Ths evi
dence should have been presented for
the consideration of the Grand Jury,
who, had it been sufficlent, should hate
indicted the two men accused. The
‘Bauirs really bad no Jurisdiction over
the case,
“My man, howgver, thought that my
fricad acd [ were In league with the
others, and all that we did was for
the purposes of clearing the men of
the grave charges of highway robbery
and assault with intent to kill. Our
desire wan to befriend Chris, Ho never
bad the same faith in me, and very
shiortly left miy service. Wilson be
exme a prosperous hostelry propristoe
As for Clark, two months
Inter he was appolsited a constable by
the "Squire. A number of burglaries
‘whieh aroused the neighborhood were
proved to the satisfaction of a few
| vitizens to have been committed by
{Clark during his rounds in the per
formance of his duty. They knew,
however, that his trial and convietion
‘wore lmpossibles as his friends ware
all ‘powerful, and that persecution
would be the reward for any action
they might take whh that object In
view, Not long ago Clark, who had
remained constable, died a respected
citizen, and xt his funeral he was oul
gixed as a faithful poblic officer. But
my falth tn human Justice received a
mighty far”
An Bagis Drowned by Lie Prey.
A colony of American eagles has
made Its bome aloty the shores of
Chautauqua Lake for many years. A
story is told of ones of these birds which
is verified by Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Dykeman, who reside on Bayfield
farm, who witnessed the incident, that
is truly remarkable
The eagle was gracefully soaring
{ over the lake when it suddenly darted
with lghtning rapidity toward the
water, citehing In Its talons a musk.
allonge two feet oF more In Iength and
weighing probably ten pounds. There
was a clash and a splashing of fins and
feathers, but slowly the bird rose In
the alr with ls captive dangling aud
wriggling below, When at a height of
about 1000 feet the hind, still clinging
to the Bah. bean to sink slow Iv toward
the lake again, gaining speed as it de
soenled, and finally fell with a splash
in the weter. Later the bred and fish
were fomsl together dead,
The fish bad evidently been too hoary
for the eagle to earry, but Its claws
were 50 firmly imbedded in the flesh
that it could not release iis hold, and
as its strength gave way it sank into
| the water whence it had sought its
prey
for,
and wes drowned ~Baffalo Cog
OA AAS HR
The Baiiroads of the Country,
The following interesting figures Pen
taining to ralironds are gleaned from
the report of the Interstate Commerce
Commission:
Returns cover 195,000 miles, or abong
ninety-cight per cent, of the total.
Passenger earnings, $472,420.18, for
the ¥ear ending June 30 net.
Freight earnings represent $1 ut t FA
884.003.
Gross earnings represent $8730 per
mile of line,
Operating expenses represent $5048
per mile of line.
Net earnings were $3001 por mile of
ne.
The total Income of the above roads
Was $688 331,287 pi
_ tod lo paid, including rents
als of leased a, aggregated
T.784, 150,
evidence of my man was declared in | OD%
: {and ost of them are also partial to |
had resulted, bot [ doen't know bat
what our lyserance of the law wis
especially surpri
Cabloit Minister.
find i
iit eut
A quan
roakes Him 0 thin? w
“He won't ent,” was the reply, that
is, be won't est hospital food. Hes
been spolied. Lots of dogs and cats |
that are brought
spoiled.
here have been
Their owners think i x san
of high breeding to cultivate an appe- |
tite for a pecniimr and an panaturs]
diet.
he | Kindi of food that they wonld never | |
They train apimals to est all
touch of their own volition. This ema-
ciated follow has been taught to like
fruit. He is partieniarly fond of pears,
but in case he can't Bet them. peachox
applies and bananas are 8 fairly satis
factory substitute. Unfortunately his
present silment makes a fruit diet ex.
tremely dangerous, and since he iz de
prived of his favorite food. he is iter.
ally wiarving himself to death. :
Thy attendant passed on to & neigh
boring cage and poked his finger sport
ively tuto the side of a large gray ent
that "meowed” plaintively in response
to his cheery “Hello, there Casear.”
The vat bad such a beslthy, wholesorne
appmirance that the visitor inquired
what meat be was fod apon. “Huamph
£8id the atiendant,
there.
"Toure missed It
He doesn’t feed upon ment. |
He's un vegetarian. He Hikes onions het.
ter than anything else, nniess it's mel. |
A pood many cats like melons,
raw paparagos. The fact is you mizht
ran through a list of all the diabes that
find a place on an uptodate meno and
you find that soe of our patients have |
acquired 8 taste for ther, This epi
curean appetite may donde aristo-
cratic tendencies on the part of my |
boarders, but 1 don't approve of IL]
Most of these acquired tastes are al
perversion of natoral animal snpetie,
snd It is likely to prove harmfel in
the end. The trick Ix preity expen.
give for ns fellows that rn extand.
dog bonrding Botses, and I'd like to
Put 2 stop to it."
Messager Boys’ Queer Juba,
*Japgers's” famous trip to the United
States at ihe bebest of itichard Hand:
tag Dnvis Ix recalled by tie misaonof
another London pwsseoger boy, who
Jost lax been sent off post haste to
CArTy 8 badtle of mallsine 19 Als lew.
Balnx Protsbly the wechin wasn't
pen] by thie novelty of
his errand, for be and his Rind have
#4 muy quaint comin iskione that they
must by this tine Lave FTOWH ACs
tomed to then
It was not so Jong ago that aa Eng
was Mighty improved, the mortality of this
every fall. This was called “chinking up the house”
Riways some of the muds cliy left aver which
the “Hiuter were the spare bed with !
§ burean, and our father’s large onken ching,
gver be went io opin
b4 Toim 40 BME In check by vacelnation that fis hommee
and a 2 Ahouzhtiess and minguiied go 1
v od thre
Since to Dovel Bone “were sate bat hose wha Mad pone. Shrvmgh
NE and Peorre i ;
arm made ¢videnit by caleniations from the Bilis of Mortality of the
ion, resowped for medical scietion, that at the beginning of the
‘mtury about one-fonrteenth of the inbabitants died of smallpox.
Yast thirty years of that century, Ta :
lisease bad sugmented to one-
tenth.
Medical ak ill and sanitary science wore of no avail, noth & village doctor.
Edward Jomier, suggested the practice of saccingtion, which seemed af the
‘wilde of the last century to be “the greatest physical good ever yet given by
science 10 the world” It had Jong bein observed among the dairy folk of Glotess.
tershire thitt & mild eroptive disease of cattle, Known ss sowpsx. could be com. ;
munieated to human beings, and that thoss thos affdeted were protected
from subsiquent attacks of smallpox. Jenner conceived the idea of ap rr
this preventive imeculation with the cowpax on a larger scale; he tested Ms
efffency by enreful experiments, snd finally sutesoded in sonvineing scientific .
men and the intelligent puliie that the dread disease oodld st Jest be ton
| auered. All ever the civilined world the new prophylactic was eagerly adopted,
{and everyivhere # was followed by an abrupt decline in the swmalioox death
rate —~Alaiatic Mesthiy.
Ly J. T. Trowbridge.
0 my parests set up their simple housekeeping. snd passed. 1
a Pave no doulit, their happlest days—days ss happy, very Mkely,
fs any thelr children or nwoerous grandehildren or ut
grandehlideon have enjoyed, lu the sivess of 8 more complex
villzation. Bhe sang at her work: bis axe resounded In the
forest. Fle made a clearing, and planted corn and beans snd
potatoes among the stanips Their first child was born In
that hat. The clearing grew, snd Wore long a larger, well
bolit house riplaced the primitive ealin. This more sub
stantial homie had ote Jarge resms on the ground foor. aboot
twenty fest Hguare, a low roofed chamber, to which access was
bad yr 2 ladder, and In the course of time 8 “loter™ fleas-to} addition. The
“Hater” way fruzned, Dut the main part wes built of jogs. These were hewed
on the {oslde, and the cracks between them filled with a plaster made of clay.
The filling wai liable to crack, and it was necessary to pateh ihe broken places
snd it made 5 happy
time for the older children ¢f had mot yor appedrad on the scold, there being
they could use in making cups
and sancer for their play-houses, snd other ornaments The foor was of
dresend chedzat planks, the beautiful grain of which was kept sevupnionsty
civan and stioelhly polished, At one end of the room was a huge stone five
Place, With great iron andirons, and fron shovel and tongs in the corner. In
8 white Aig mini a tall brass-handied
11s Bs complicated tills, always
& marvel to the younoer ohifilren who iL ron and peep wonderingly when
January Atlactie
Hab Brinker sent a messenger boy over |
to Paris to pay a bill
Another “fag |
gore” as they are eslled now, wasi iW,
harried out to buy toys for a foreign
poteniste, while still another had to
send election resalis 1 a
his tetinis balls. Other bors hare taken
Indian noblemen 1 the theatres, and |
helped ladies of title at fashionable |
bazaars. When a boy gets a call be |
tan soyer tell whether be Ix summoned |
merely to take 8 puppy out for a walk,
or to smbark fur San Francisen, Oo
casfonally be has to wheel a laby care
risge containing a much orotesting In.
fant ar go to a rallway junction to feed
a pet eat which Is on a journey and
see that It wakes Hs proper “cotibe-
tion."
Boyw have to get as guides to foreign
ore, take children 10 boesrdachool
ehaperon worien and walt at tables
There ore cases on record where they
have bad to nurse sick people, lead
{the blind and even take charge of
Inaativs. — London Correspeaudence New
York Press.
New Loe Yor Eleetrisicy,
The workmen In the griat electric
power houses ave a vee for electricity
to which the stiention of physicians
might be called. This nse was exem.
plified In a striking way the other night
in one of the uptown houses,
One of the workmen hobbled In on a
crutch. The fool that be di not walk
oir was wrapped In 8 white towel
“I git a needle In her” be explained,
He went over to one of the big dyna.
mos, gil down on the floor of concrete,
bared bls wounded fool snd then ex.
tinided 30 to the current.
*1 ran this peels In this morning”
be sahil. as he sat walting. “it diss.
peared somewhere or other, 1 Sdn
G8 tha
peelios Tost
could Aud It the same
fellows do when they got
fnaids wm”
The man walled, Flve minutes ton
minutes passed. Kuaddenty bla foot
twitched and he gave a grant of pain,
The lst nesdls, drawn forth by the
power of the current, protruded a ball
inch from his instep He readily drew
tthe rest of the way with his
Hager Phiagelpit iia Reo ard.
Mormon-Grawsn Catton in Utah.
“Nobody looks on iad as a cottons
raising Riate, snd yet there is a Mor.
Ion settlement in our Sate
eogamd In te product on for at least:
ter of a ceatwre” ald 6G OL
Tow nes of Balt Lake Udly, “The scene
western part of Ussh,
these Mormons prodace the v
rial bt they have for you
eine it into thread and eloth,
factory 3 the guaintest thing
¢lape of a mill 1 ever saw.
halt at a thee when material was
scarce, and in its construction there is
not a single nail. Wooden pegs alone
Their
£
i
were utilized, but so cleverly was the |
work done that the building Is stand.
ng today in as solid condition as the |
Sag It was bulit.”"--Chlcago Journal
German 4
The Duke of Saxe
Coburg hired a messenger boy to fold |
the duster couldn't Bod 1: 13
thought I'd Jet the current see bri
sloer
more than a poesihile fieding
| because R188 pays her somo anention,
that has
3 Ler
' 4 peeling
of this industry is iu the extreme south. |
and not ouly do i
AW Inte. |
irs been C4ine
an ai EE i An, oy.) ia
doing, but that RN is believed that every arbitrary restriction and
artificial Hmitation must be removed If, then, she takes up what
| she finds she cantiot do, abe will lemin her Hmitation In that direc
§ tics and take up something else. In continuance of this belief and
38 the same spirit we demand equal pay for equsl service for men
| and women.
© Ht» a misfortume--it in an evil-that nine out of ten of our teseb.
ors are women. Not becuse they are not good teachers-for they
re bat our chidiiren teed the masculine infinetice Just ax much as they need
the feminine Induence Thay nesd to associate with both men snd women
in petting thelr education. The qualities of earh are Necessary to the proper
rounding of thelr character. The question is, Why do we got well trained and
gitted woroen for our schooly and pot an equal number of eyually well trained
wen? And the answer is that the former come for less money. So there will
be no change in this siteation until there in equal pay for equal service,
To achive the highest. men and women mut be of equal nobility of char
peter, for that union is dependent spon the deepening of the content of the
individual, of the personal spirit. In socialism this is often forgotten. Perfect
pnlon in paarrisge aise demands this, and vet ch deepeting of the content
gives an added susceptibility to suffering. But if the basis of sniim be strong
| snough to pull the two natures together, the lxrger the difference the stronger
the union. Ro men whe have progressed the furthest have gained certain of the
gentler feminine qualities and demand a corresponding gain in masculine gual
{ties in the women of thelr ebolce, the gain aperating in the ote case toward the
more perfect manhood and fn the other toward the more perfect womanhood,
aod thus increasing the diferentiation,
By Marion F. Mowh ray.
al is an tnelings wide fact that the girl who grows ap with
R plenty of brothers Dos a great advantage lo knowing and uw
B derstanding men when she arrives at years of discretion.
What fs more Dmporiant, sues a git fa woth more come
parionable 10 & wag If younhg mes exoreise any thought
when choosing thelr sweoeiboarls tey canzot do better than
sebeer i girl with brothers
The girl who tas Loked brothers In ber early Life does not
Te get ad to that untrammedesd attitude toward men which a a
second nature with the girls who are broaght up in a boussful of boys. Ine
ded, tomborbin fo a young girl Is perhaps the best education which she ean
have in the days of her giribood. ’
There is a giveandtake attitude in the girl who bas leothers, simething
of comradesiip. and the evrtain koowledge that
it does pet follow that he means
arr Las “serious intentions” to use the words which old-fashioned
mothers apply wider such conditions The irl. on the other bond, wis Bas
tat had brethers, transistes apy civility as doving sa siterior motive, especially
it she oper guite so young 88 she used to be, add Boges to be married, for we
knoe how aften the wish is father To the thought. The asxives that the
mats shold net sve that she has any such den, she at cade endeavors to hide
thug bt, To do thie she adopts go woneroral attitude, and, so far from
Yor Iden, shee shows 2
marriage,
er sand.
“For a boy poling matters)” you are aimest verigin to Lear the expression
In nearly every bose You go to children everything matters,
If a litte giv Is going out to see a8 fricnd. she fas Lor best dress and her best
at put on sven belove she has begun to know that there are such things in the
| world as Beart hats sad not best bats,
the §
It was |
Then, again, there is undoublediy a sort of sincerity in the education of a
girl. Bhe is told she must Dot be this, and must be that, if she wants to please,
until tn Gee it becomes second mature to ber, and before abe does anything she
begine to i niate what the resalt will be,
Now the girl who is brought up with plenty of tevthers, same older and
some younger t han herself. will have » chatoe to correct the defects of her edu
cation. If she bay auy sense she will Ivara to avold these faults.
She will insexsibly acquire a pleasant, companionable manser with men,
aml she will know that they do not like stiff, self cousclons Young women,