SCARING A FORTY-NINER. BY LILLIAN NORTH. [Copyright, 1803, by tho Author.l f®fr T was some time lil| in 'BO that I I went to " 'Fris- L co," and had * .been among*the operators long enough to know them well, when a young greenhorn from the east was placed in charge of a line up into the Sierra Ne ▼adas. I had struck many an inex perienced telegrapher before, but Johnny Greene was what proved more to his disadvantage—a little bit fresh, and moreover entirely ignorant of the ways of the west. "Better keep an eye on that young man, Luke Davitt," said Will Kerner in an undertone to me when tjie fresh man went off duty the first evening, "lie is full of the choker of eastern bin IT, and it may cause au explosion if lie gets a western match." Johnny got through the next morn ing with no worse mishap titan expos ing his inferior ability as an operator. In the afternoon he received a "broken message'" from a mountain station. The disjointed sentences and long stops roused his ire. He took the mountain man to be inexperienced—what tele graph operators call "a plug"—and, growing impatient, sent over the wire a string of expletive abuse. This was received very quietly, and Johnny, growing elated, gave a good deal more. Finally the mountain operator sent back a terse "Please sign." This the young man from the east did boldly, giving also the address of the firm. More conversation followed. Meanwhile the freshman was wiring to a bigger audience than he knew—all friends of the mountain operator. In übout twenty stations up the line the lever was clicking, the clerks, attracted by the length and character of the mes sage, were transcribing for their own amusement Johnny wired his name and address, and then grew sarcastic. The mount ain operator said little, but finally sent word he would le in San Francisco It pleased the young man to change his tone at this. He replied facetious ly: "Come oul Whipped many a bet ter man before breakfast Thirsty for gorel Came out on the Pacific coast for the express purpose of clearing out a score of you old 'forty-niners.' " This happened one afternoon. The next, as the men were going off duty, 1 went down. I knew a little of what had passed, but was ignorant of the extent to which the greenhorn had compromised himself. Standing below, and questioning each clerk as he passed, was a thin, spare man on the wrong side of forty, lie had the appearance of a typical Californian from one of the miuing towns, wore a grizzled beard, a blue shirt, wide-awake, and had a couple of Colt's revolvers stuck in his belt. lie made straight for me. "How d'ye do, stranger? Your name Johnny Greene?" "No," said 1, "but he'll b# down soon."' Then something prompted me to question him. lie was very reticent, merely saying he had important busi ness with Greene and would wait for him. Failing to get at what I wanted to know by circuitous means, I said bluntly: "Arc you llenjie Ilitwell from /'naming the mountain sta tion where the freshman's abusive message had gone the afternoon be fore. "Yes," was tlie reply; "I hail from that town. I am here to shoot Greene." It was only the ludicrous side of the affair that forced itself on me thou. Suppressing my mirth as best 1 could, I "1 HAIL FROM TIIAT'TOWN." flew upstairs, the very spirit of mis chief in me. "Johnny," said I, *'llis Royal Nibs is waiting below to set you a-leaking!" I never saw a man change counten ance so quickly. Dismay was written all over liiin, and instead of rushing d uvn.stairs in the bold and warlike manner he affected, he asked my ad vice. "Provide yourself with a good horse pi itol, crawl downstairs, and get the drop on him," said I, readily, making another effort to restrain my mirth. lie stepped back, and the color left his very lips as he confessed: "Luke, I never handled a weapon in all my life!" I wis staggered. A vision of the per sonification of quiet determination waiting below flashed before me, and I demanded: "What in brings you out here?" "1 don't know," he said, in a stifled voice. "\\ hat do you suppose you are going to do?" "I don't know," lie suid again. "Un less you will intercede for me." "Intercede? With that man? You dou't know what you ask! He'll make you fight!" "Luke," he said, "they say your voice is smoother and your tongue more elo quent than any mail's on the place. Go down and see what he wants." "You eclipsed my eloquence yester day afternoon," said I, sarcastically; but 1 went Finding Life fresh young man from the east was my fi lend, the stranger ■ became more communicative. He said that never in all his life had he allowed such address without seeking satisfac tion. lie simply wanted the fresh young man to appear and defend bim sslf, as he had sworn to shoot him on sight Then he cut a piece from a great plug of tobacco and quietly put it in his mouth, llis manner almost overawed me. It was so devoid of blus ter, so matter-of fact and withal so de termined. "You don't mean to say that you will bring your battery to bear on him?" I gasped. "I mean to shoot him!" he answered pleasantly, and went on, that inas much as the young man from the east had "whipped many a better man be fore breakfast," be saw no reason why he should hide or go out of the way of his evening's amusement The opera tors all along the line could swear to the abuse he had received, and he ghvc the fresh young man from the east just live minutes to come out and show him self. Otherwise he should find it neces sary to invade the office and blow the roof off young Greene's head. I have seen angry men before, but the saints defend me from such another sight. The old mountain man's face was the color of putty, but his eyes were blazing, and every fiber of his be- I ing shook with suppressed wrath. 1 was mute, and could do nothing save carry my paralyzing intelligence ! upstairs. "He is a regular fire eater, Johnny! Gives you just five minutes to ON HIS KNEES BEGGED AND PRAYED, get down! Ilia own life is of no conse quence, but ho must and will take yours!" Upon hearing which the young man had a total collapse, and on his knees begged and prayed me to pacify the man waiting for him below. My mind was made up that nothing short of blood would wind up the affair, and I had no desire to see again, much less try to conciliate the wrath of the old mountaineer. Hut my frequent passing to and fro, and tho excitement of the fresh young man, had attracted the attention of the night manager, who had just come on duty. He volunteered to go down and have a look at the fire cater, and reported: "He is the toughest of his gang. I know him by sight Dead shot! Grown up with the country. Its customs are his laws. He will have your blood, Greene, if ho has to travel a thousand miles to get it! And there is no jury out hero that will convict him if lie kills you." I don't know which was more terri ble to witness, the deep wrath of the mountaineer or the cowering fright of the young man. He clung to us and implored us to go down ami get terms of capitulation; and as a last argument bade us tell the old fellow that he had a mother and sister. We thought him of no use to either relative, but his craven cowardice : awakened a sort of contemptuous pity j that urged us on our errand of mercy. We collected a few of the night clerks, explained matters to them, and went down to the old man in a body. "Now," said the night manager, put ting on u bold front, "J know you, and 1 know what you are here for. Hut 1 am boss, and will not allow a fight in the operating-room." "All right," said the man, quietly; j "I'll wait hero for him, if ho stays above till he's ninety." "Have a go at him, Luke," whispered Will Kerner, aside. "If you can't get Greene off none of us can." Above, the fresh young- man froin the east was trying to give flavor to his case by rolling on the floor in misery ami uttering frequent groans indicative of his last hour. The mountain man listened and his eyes blazed with scorn when I went up to him. 4 'Come, now, stranger," I began, faintly enough, "we know the young man gave you'a great deal of talk, but it was only in fun, and he has not lived us long as you. Besides, he sinned in complete ignorance of the customs of this country, and has never handled a firearm in his life. If you kill him it will be nothing short of willful murder. Then, too, he h:is a mother and sister in the east It Is not such as you who war against women. Let it pass, lie regrets his part in the affair." 1 said mncli more, and then several of the night operators joined me ami put in a plea. Well, sir, we did all but go on our knees for that green horn's life. In the meantime the tumblings and despairing-groans from above made us blush to voice his cause. At lost the man from the mountains turned round and spat on the floor. That was our answer. It said as plain as words could: "That for such! He is not worth killing." lie made over to us the young man's life on certain conditions. The next morning the terms of the treaty were complied with. At nine o'clock Greene sent over by wire the most üb jeet apology man ever framed, and every station on the lino was rung rp to get the message. lam east again. It seems to me that a coward's short memory must be a peculiar dispensation of providence to help Mm tread the earth again with some degree of confidence. For I saw young Greene in Los ton, and while tho sight of him recalled to me the awful threat of that old mountain man, he was talking to a friend on Washington , street thus: "The west? Ah, yes! I did try it for awhile. Couldn't stand it though, you know. The earthquakes bothered ine too much-" FAMILY SCRAP BAG. PUDDING hags should bo made of oeavy jean. SAVE your cold tea; it is excellent for cleaning grained woods. A PECK of fresh lime in a damn cellar a* orb's moisture and prevents malari ous troubles. GREAT improvement will be found in tea and coffee, if they are kept in glass ■jars instead of tin. STAND a wet umbrella on the handle to drain; otherwise, the water collect ing at the center will rot tho silk. IN bottling pickles or catsup, boil the corks, and while hot you can press them in the hollies and when cold they are sealed tightly. A LARGE rug of linen crash placed under the sewing machine will catch threads, clippings and cuttings and save a deal of sweeping and dusting. WHEN yonr face and ears burn so terribly bathe them in very hot water —as hot as you can bear. This will be more apt to cool them than any cold application. A NEW salad is called "ban and egg." It is made by fiue-cliopped cooked ham and eggs cut fine and saturated with what the waiter calls "French dressing." A SAUCEPAN in which rice, oatmeal or anything sticky has been cooked may be very easily cleaned by putting in a cupful of ashes when you take it off the fire and then fill with water. WHOLE cloves are now used to ex terminate the merciless and industri ous moth. It is said they are more ef fectual as a destroying agent than either tobacco, camphor or cedar shav ings. BESIDES the various kinds of brushes used for scrubbing, keep one exclusive ly for washing vegetables; potatoes, turnips, beets, etc., can be more readi ly cleaned in this way than in any other. IN eases of illness, where the burn ing thirst of the patient cannot be as suaged by water or cracked ice, it is said that a teaspooniul of glycerine will afford prompt and comparatively long relief. MYSTERIOUS rust spots on clothes are caused by Prussian blue which is sub stituted for indigo in some kinds of laundry bluing. To test bluing, drop a piece of washing soda in a mixture diluted with cold water. If the com pound turns to a reddish hue, Prussian blue has been used. WHEN putting in the bread, the oven should be hot enough to hold your hand in and count twenty rather quickly. Care must be taken with the fire to keep the heat steady, allowing it to gradually die away toward the last of the baking; and this is the best, lime to set in your rolls as a more moderate fire is necessary for them. HOMEMADE NECKTIE. A Crusty Ilacltclor (liven Rome AUvleo to the Ladles. You women folks who have hus bands, brothers or fathers that are constantly purchasing neckties bo r o J /w ho ! AV _ M L°J fay 10°o/ P 6 I cause the old ones wear out so rapidly inay profit by nyty suggestion. The or dinary four-in-hand ties contain so much silk of which so little is exposed that only in one place do they become Soiled and worn. When the silk in each end of the tie is the same width rip the entire lining off and remove tho cotton wadding which is to be found in all ties of a good quality. Cut off the short end of the line .marked 8 in the illustration and insert this end between lines marked 1 and 2. Use for the short end the silk that is worn nm|; soiled. To he sure it makes quite little piecing, but when it is done; neatly and well pressed it does uol| show, as it does not come in a conspic uous place if tied properly. After, pressing replace the lining ami \vad- t ding, which is easily done if one no tices how well it is, put together before taking apart. —Farm and Home. CLEANING KNIVES. 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Once, in a garden, when the thrush's song, Pealing at morn, made holy all the air, Till earth wus healed .of many an ancient wrong, Aiul life appeared another name for prayer, Rose suddenly a swarm of butterflies On wings of white and gold and azure lire; And one said; "These are flowers that seek tho skies. Loosed by the spoil of their supremo desire" —Charles G. D. Roberts, in Harper's Magazine. A Counting Kong. Hurry, scurry! 1 hrough the snow, | Bobby's sled and Bobby go. , In tho storm or pleasant weather, I Bobby and his sled together. | Blow your fingors, stamp your toes, i Don't let.luck Frost n p your nosof Dp thn lilll, ,n 1.1 ujraln: | Lots of fun for little men' —St Nicholas | When We > hull Meet. Birds In tho bionsom* shall sing to the sides | When wo shall meet; Hones Hhall tllmb In your lipx end your oyes- Wavo.-t of I'hol rlv.-rs in melody rln: Peueo ftf r onlnlnir. uud ufter t'lghs. V. h n wc shall meet! Earth -hall be beautiful, llfe'shall be bleat \Vh n we shall meet; Ovi r the desolate thorns tn the breast There shall bo radiant roses of rest Brigh' fr. in God's gardens—but Got kuowetb best When we shall meet! —Frank L Stanton, In Atlanta Constitution CASTORIA for Infants and Children. "Castor! a la so well adapted to children that I recommend itaa superior to any prescription known to me." 11. A. ARCHEK, M. D., 11l So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. "The use of 'Casforia' la so universal and its merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the intelligent families who do uot keep Custoria within easy reach." CARLOS MARTYN, D. D., New York City. Late l'autor liloomiugdale Reformed Church. 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