Now that so rnauy brewers have
been elevated the House of Lords,
English wits are beginning to term
that august body the "Beerage."
Recent attempts to introduce pro
fessional foot ball into Mexico have
ended in failure. These unsophisti
cated foreigners will have nothing less
refined than a bull tight.
A c.H.I iiah four feet long has been
caught 011 the New England coast.
This does not. however, settle the
mooted question whether codfish salt
the ocean or the ocean salts the cod
fish.
More than 40,000 of the soldiers
whom Spain has sent to Cuba are now
in the hospital, and of the 192,000
sent to the island during Weyler's
leadership only 89,000 are lit for duty.
These are mere fragments from tlit
history of the gloomiest military trag
edy of the century.
A novel mountain railway lias been
built in Germany, the track of which
•onsists of a single T-shaped rail, on
which a car runs which is drawn ii|
the incline bv a captive balloon. Tlu
tests of this railway on a small scale
have ltwn successful, and now a largei
railroad is being built to run up the
Hoclistauffen, near Bad Ueicheuhali,
Bavaria.
A company of wnrkingmen ii. Eng
land lately listened to a speaker who
•ailed himself a fellow-workman. In
his time, he said, ho had experienced
many privations. He had known wlm|
it was to be cold because lie could not i
afford a fire. He hud worn patched
Moths and shoes. He had lived upon
poor fare. When he was young he
learned to plow as straight u furrow u c !
my man iu the parish, and no one j
•ouhl thrash better than he. The
speaker was a man who in the table
:>f precedency comes next after the
princes of royal blood -the Archbisho]
of Canterbury.
Greater New York has u population j
almost us great as that of the whole
United States at the] time George
Washington was first elected Presi
dent. It has a population equal to i
that of the combined population of •
the following twelve 'States: California,
Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Montana, '
Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South
Dakota. Utah, Washington and Wyo
ming, with the District of Columbia j
thrown in. Its population is nearly'as
great as that of swarming Holland, one
third greater than that of all Norway. !
twice as great as that of Cub?., equal
to that of Chile, and greater than that ;
of Switzerland. Greece, Denmark or
V enezuela. It equals the combined
population of half a dozen of the !
minor countries of Central and South
America.
Among the strange contributions
made by modern Syria to ecclesiasti
cal pence in other lands the following
deserves mention, thinks the fade
pendent: In a certain church in Scot
laud the controversy over the use ot
fermented or unferwented wine at the
communion service, reached a point,
where it was necessary to provide two
tables and two sets of elements iu order
that the church might partake at the
same time. The sight and practice
was a grief to all, and a scandal t<
people outside A committee was up
pointed to solve the difficult [problem
Some one suggested that the church
send to Syria and procure "the (com
mon wine of the country." This met
with unanimous approval And uow
for several years the undivided church
celebrates each communion season,us
ing a wine made about three mile*
away from Zalileh, in Mt Lebanon.
Uncle Sam. as a tenant, pays mill
ions each year in rentals. There
hardly is a town in the United States
that does not receive something from
the Government for the rent of build
ings. The Postoffiee Department, of
course, is the heaviest vent payer, and
after that comes the Federal judiciary.
Where the United States owns a post
office building, and that is only in a
few large cities, the courts also oc
cupy a part of the structure; but in the
majority of cases quarters have to be
rented for the accommodation of post
offices and courts. The customs ser
vice and the War Department also
rent quarters, while ill the West the
Land Bureau of the Interior Depart
ment is a tenant. At tlie national
capital, where it might be supposed
the Government would have adequate
quarters for its bureaus, something
like $299,999 a year is paid for rent.
The point is often raised in Congress
that the Government should build in
Washington structures for the accom
modation of its servants, but with
such a pressure for public buildings
in the local towns of members of Con
gress it has been impossible to get
appropriations.
A NATURE PRAYER.
Oh, birds that sing such thankful psalms,
P Rebuking human fretting.
Teach us your socret of content,
Your science of forgetting.
For every life must have its ills—
You, too. have times of sorrow
Tench us. like you, to lay them by
And sing again to-morrow;
For gems of blackest jet may rest
Within a golden setting-.
Ami lie is wise who understands
The science of forgetting.
Oh, palms, that bow before the gale
Until its peaceful ending,
Teach us your yielding, linked with strength
Your graceful art of bending;
For every tree must meet the storm,
Each heart must encounter sorrow;
Teach us. like you. to bow. that we
May stand erect to-morrow:
For there is strength in humble grace-
Its wise diseiples shielding—
And he is strong who understands
The happy art of yielding.
Oh. brook, which laughs .ill night, all day.
With voice of sweet seduction.
Tench us your art of laughing more
At every new obstruction:
For every life lias eddies deep
And rapids fiercely dashing.
Sometimes through gloomy caverns forced.
Sometimes In sunlight Hashing;
Yet there is wisdom in your way.
Your laughing waves and wimples;
Tench us your gospel built of sinilesi
The secret of your dimples.
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°>H I'.y liVELYN RAYMOND. ||
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tAM going to that auc
tion."
"Barbara!"
"I never did visit a
'vendew,' and the grocer
urged me."
"You never will, I
"He was quite enthusiastic in his
sympathy over tlie poor little woman
who's to be 'sold out.""
"You're wasting yours. People
needn't have 'vandews' unless they '
| wish."
"Mistake. These unfortunate neigh- I
bors are not indulging in this luxury 1
from choice. Think of it. If all our I
household stuff had to be set out for 1
the inquisitive to criticise and haggle
over. It would about kill one." j
"If you go there, Bab, you'll do I
' some foolish thing. We have no
money to waste on second-hand furni- j
ture. Besides, this cottage is full !
now."
"Oh, I'll not buy an article! T— I
think. But I'm curious to see how \
such affairs are conducted. Good
: bye."
Barbara left the room with decision,
and Mrs. Betts sighed as she rose
from the lunch table.
Kathryn laughed. "Why protest,
mother? When my sister sets out to j
make a fool of herself she generally
succeeds."
"Humph! She could not 'make a '
, fool of herself,' child. I'd like to j
' know what would become of us but for
her energetic character."
"Ah, well!" Kathryn pushed back, |
lazily, managing to get her chair into |
admirable focus for reflecting her I
pretty self in the mirror opposite, and
! fell to reading a novel. An hour later, j
a tap on the window aroused her,
"For goodness sake! Barbara 1
Betts!"
"Yes," defiantly.
"What in the world?"
"Where's mother?"
She was at the door, instantly, des
pite her lameness.
| "Why, Barbara, my daughter! |
what are you doing with that crea
ture?"
"Leading it. It isn't a creature.
It's a steed."
"Whose?"
"Mine."
"Yours! Have you—bought—a—
horse?"
"It belongs to that race. The'van
dew' folks called it 'the goat.' "
"And you went to that unction to—
buy—a—horse!"
"No. I went for fun. This repre
sents fun and sympathy combined in
one beautiful form. Isn't it sweet?"
"It's hideous You're jesting. It
can't—be yours."
"It is. My,"very own. I love it al
ready; the first living thing which ever
belonged to me."
"Well! Where will you get the
money to pay for it?"
"It's paid for; and the halter was
thrown in. That cost nothing."
"How could you pay for it?"
"Easily."
"The price?"
"Eighteen dollars."
"You bought u horse for eighteen
dollars?"
; "Yes. Li you've looked at her all
you wish I'll put her in tlie stable."
Mrs. Betts sank into a chair, gasp
ing. Kathryn arose and closed the
door.
"We should never have taken this
house, mother. Then it wouldn't have
I happened."
"I should like to learn the connec
tion between this house and that
horse."
"There's a stable to this cottage,
' you know. Bab has been tormented
I with schemes for utilizing it. She
says its the first stable she ever paid
j rent for and its emptiness reproached
i her. Let us be thankful it wasn't a
cow—to be milked."
j "H'm. It's such a horrible-looking
thing; and she has nothing to make it
j comfortable."
"I suppose tliey nicknamed it 'goat'
!on account of it's size. It isn't nluch
: bigger than Bab."
"It looks very old."
"About her age, too. Thirty, if a
( day "
"Here she comes. She looks per
fectly happy, yet I—eighteen dollars
; —disgrace— Well, Barbara, what
! next?"
Oh. oaks, that stand In forest ranks,
Tall, strong, erect and sightly,
Your branches arched In noblest grace,
Your leaflets laughing lightly;
Teach us your firm and quiet strength,
Your secrets of extraction
From slimy darkness in the soil
The grace of life and action;
For they are rich who understand
The secret of combining
The good deep hidden in the eartli
With that where suns aro shining
Oh, myriad forms of eartli and air,
Of lake, and sea, and river.
Which makes our landscapes glad and fair
To glorify the giver;
Teach us to learn the lessons hid
In each familiar feature,
The mystery which so perfects
low or lofty creature;
For God is good, nud life is sweet,
While suns are brightly shining
To glad the glooms and thus rebuke
Our follies of repining.
Each night is followed by its day,
Each storm by fairer weather.
While all the works of nature sing
Their psalms or joy together.
Then learn, oh, heart, their songs of hope,
Cease, soul, thy thankless sorrow;
For though the clouds be dark to-day,
The sun shall shine to-morrow;
Learn well from bird and tree and rill,
The sins of dark resentment;
ind know the greatest gift of God
Is faith and sweet contentment.
—J. E. Jones.
"A blanket and some feed. I'm
going down street after them."
"The animal must be returned. We
cannot be bothered."
"Mother, don't get worried. She
is mine. Her name is Flora. I hope
you will lx> considerate of her feel
ings. She has been a house
hold pet. Her mistress cried at part-
I ing, and I invited her to call."
"Why. of course. Another link,"
murmured Kathryn, softly.
Bab went out of the yard, down the
street. Her slight figure was girlish
in its activity, her dark eyes beautiful,
and her mouth—well, under some cir
cumstances, it might have been sweet.
At that moment it looked what the
grocer called "sot."
She went into the harness shop. "I
want a horse blanket. Not the largest
size."
"Yes, miss. For night, or day
use?"
"I don't—know. For the stable."
"Then ibis sort. Here some
others, for the street. Very nice.
I.ike to look at them?"
"l)o I need two kinds?"
"In this weather, a horse certaiuiy
requires blanketing after driving. But.
of course, you know that."
"No. I know nothing. T am just
setting up an establishment."
"So? Been buying recently?"
"At the auction, to-day."
"Which horse?"
"The little one. The pet."
The dealer smiled. "T should think
these cheap blankets were about the
such an animal."
Barbara's temper flashed. "I will
take one of each, Tho proper size.
This blue and gray one will be becom
ing, I think." Her mtnner, as she
paid the ten dollars which Flora's cos
tumes cost, implied: "Tho horse is
mine. She has become a dignified
member of society."
"I'll send these right away."
"Do so, please. Where is the feed
store?"
As she left the first shop she "did"
a little mental problem. "A woman
bought a horse for eighteen dollars, a
night blanket for two and a half and a
street blanket for seven; how much
did she pay for the horse? Answer:
Her new winter coat. Was the woman
satisfied? She was. "
Then she crossed the street, rumin
ating.
"1 haven't the least idea what a
horse requires, except hay. But I
won't be mean. H'rn! 1 want to lmy
some—er—horse provision."
"Yes. madam."
"I'll take—l'll take twenty-five
pounds of hay and ten of oats."
"Eh? Beg pardon! I didn't quite
understand."
Barbara repeated her statement
distinctly.
"Yes; but we don't sell in that way.
Hay by the hundred weight. Feed by
the bag or bushel."
"Indeed?" The merchant looked
honest. She resolved to trust him.
"I have never owned a horse before.
I'lease give me-a little information. I
shall appreciate it."
So did the seller of oaks, and Miss
Betts left his establishment with the
price of n gown to swell the sum in
addition.
Flora was "in clover." She held
up her venerable he id and looked her
new mistress so gratefully in the eye
that Bab's heart melted within her.
"You precious animal! J believe
you arc almost human! But how you
do cut! I suppose you've been half
starved. Never mind. You shall
have all you want, if I go without
myself. Good-night, Flora! Pleasant
dreams!"
Did she actually hug the creature?
Elderly maidens, not fully appreciated
by their families, sometimes do eccen
j trie things. Be that as it may, Miss
| Betts went into the house and ban
; daged her wrist, where an ugly bruise
called for gibing comment from
Kathryn.
"I do believe that beast has bitten
you."
"Well, if she has, she hasn't yet
learned to uudeistand kindness."
"Oh, I thought she was a family
pet?"
There was uo reply.
Barbara visited the stable four times
that night. She was there when the
breakfast bell rang, and she was not
in quite her usual dainty trim when
she appeared at table.
"I've been getting things in order.
I'll not be so late again."
"Shades of Araby! I wish you'd
postpone your stable Visits till after
you've visited your famiiy," observed
the younger sister, sniffing.
"Children!"
"Yes, mother.. But, Bab, what are
you going to do with Miss Flora, now
you have her?"
"I—l'm going to buy a saddle and
vide. She lias a delightful motion,
they tell me."
"Barbara Betts! bow are you to pay
for all this extravagance?"
"Out of my own allowance."
The tone admitted of no further
comment.
When they left the breakfast-room
Mrs. Bctts said, rather wistfully:
"Now that we have a horse, I al
most wish we had—a wagon."
Flora's mistress was inclined to re
sent the "we have," but a glance
motlierward checked the tendency.
On the walk to the mail her saddle was
metamorphosed into a harness and
phaeton, with robes.
"It must be second hand, to match
the horse. I saw such advertised.
I 'll buy that outfit."
She did. The next day she har
nessed Flora ami invited Mrs. Betts
to ride. Flora earned her title of
••goat" by capering around in a frantic
manner, which ended in the severing
of straps and the overturning of the
vehicle. This culmination of her
playfulness was reached at a most
favorable point—in front of the har
ness shop.
The master came out and rescued
the ladies.
"If I were allowed to offer sugges
tion, I should say 'first learn to har
ness.' The reasons why this broke
are tlint it is on wrong, and it is worn
out."
Barbara Betts was sensible. She
always followed good advice. She
bought a new harness on the spot and
ordered a new phaeton for the morrow,
bartering her second -hand outfit as
(slightly) partial payment. That
night she wrote in her dairy:
Item—One horso. .Cost—One winter cont.
" Blankets... '• Two pairs shoes.
" Harness " Two bonnets.
" Phieton.eto " A now Cyclopedia.
Provender ** Travel, ooiifect.,
sundries.
Payment received: Something belonging
exclusively 1?) to myself; some labor; a
little fun. Lunation proves.
Said Katliryn, some three mouths
later:
"Bah, I should think you might let
me drive that beast once in a while.
Here we've had a horse all this time,
and I'vfc not ridden once behind it. I
suppose I've 110 right to complain, but
—if I had a sister and a horse, I'd
bring the two into some sort of agree
able connection or I'd set myself up
for a model of selfishness."
"H'm! Would you really ride be
hind the despised 'goat?' "
"Since she's been 'clipped' slie
seems to have regained her youth.
She's almost coltish."
"But would you?—do you mean
it?"
"If I had u chance."
"In the beginning I made a resolu
tion that nobody, save myself, should
ever drive Flora."
"Break it."
"I never break a vow. There is
one other way out of the difficulty.
I ll take it to prove I'm not as selfish
as you think."
Kathryn smiled graciously and re
sumed her embroidery, but that after
noon she was invited to a drive.
"Leaving mother at home?"
"Taking mother with 11s!"
"I don't understand."
"Look out of the window."
There stood Flora appearing very
gay and youthful in a new russet har
ness, before a two seated buckboard.
"My sake! the whole turnout is a
symphony in browns! How swell!
And—whose?"
"Mine. Will you go?"
"Won't I?"
"Barbara, my daughter! Have you
mortgaged all your small fortune to
this horse?" demanded Mrs. Betts, as
Flora gayly skimmed over the ground
with three admiring women behind \
her.
"Aunt Mary's little legacy has gone
into this rig!"
"Ob, then, you'll have nothing left to
sacrifice."
"Only myself."
"You'll he sold next. OrjFlora, to
pay for herself."
"If she is 1 will he. Whoever takes
one must the other."
"It is clear infatuation and—ruin."
"It is pure affeetiou."
"Stuff."
When that drive was over Miss Bar
bara bail a visitor. This was unusual.
The J more so, that the visitor was a
gentleman. The maid ran out to the
stable where Bab was putting Flora to
bed, and announced, "There's a man
wants to see you, miss."
All the male acquaintances she had
formed since coming to Belleville
were connected with Flora's—or the
family's requirements. This was
piobably the "feed man," with an
other bill. The young woman's lips
took 011 their most soft expression.
"Well, I'm completely bankrupt.
But Flora shall not starve, if I do.
Her appetite, though, is something
frightful. However, send the fellow
out here."
Flora was never allowed to retire
except in the trimmest order, with
mauo in "crimps" and every hair ex
act. Miss Barbara did not relax iu
her attentions for so slight a thing as
a call and probable dun. Her face was
grim and eyes averted till a mascu
line footfall and "Ahem!" compelled
consideration.
Then she did look up, iudeed, and
screamed, "Oh, my—you!"
"LieutCeesar, Barbara! You? Are
you the woman who bought my sister's
] horsV"
"This is my horse. Ido not know
your sister," coldly.
She had instantly allied from hor
agitation.
"But, beg\ pardon, you do. She
was this animal's owner, obliged to
part with it nftffr her husband's
i failure. I just got back from the
mines—South America—and heard it.
I am trying to recover her scattered
household gods. This beast, I sup
pose, was one of them. I came to buy
it, but how should I dream that 'Miss
! Setts' was mv Miss Betfcs—my Barbara!
• After ten years of waiting, darling!' I
'< take all the blame. I was liot-tem
j pered.aud unjust. I should have re
membered how firm you always were."
"No; I'm an old maid now, and they
call me 'sot'."
I Flora's would-be purchaser walked
| in and closed the stable door behind
! him.
"Well, of all things!" exclaimed
Mrs. Betts,from her point of view. "If
Barbara were younger "
"It's all right, mother. The maid
says that the gentleman is the brother
of Flora's first mistress."
sojne time Bab came in, the
stranger with her.
"Mother, do you remember Mr.
Cray don ? I used to know him at the
university."
The lady's memory failed, but she
accepted the statement without com
ment. Not so quietly, however, that
which followed: "And I've sold
Flora."
"Sold—Flora! Impossible! How
could you?"
"Because because T go with the
horse.!' Frank Leslie's Popular
, Monthly.
aiul Hearts.
According to a local paper an or
ganization has just been formed at
Chicago whose members propose to
substitute a phrenologist for Cupid.
The working plan of this association,
which is said to hare a rapidly increas
ing membership, is to hold what are
called matrimonial picnics every few
weeks, at which all the candidates of
both sexes for the marriage state sub
mit their heads to the examination of
the qualified officals for the recording
of characteristic bumps. After due
comparisons and consultations, a list
of men and women whose traits are
found to supplement each other's are
told oft', and all possible encourage
ments offered to [induce their speedy
marriage. At a recent matrimonial
picnic sixty men and forty women bad
their cranical bumps felt by tlie pro
fessors, and a number of marriages of
"affinities" are expected to take place
shortly. A great deal of scientific in
terest is taken, it is said, in the ex
periment, and careful records will be
kept of each union. The society has
a comprehensive programme, includ
ing a scheme for providing suitable
starts in life for such of its members
as need assistance. The development
of the children of these scientific mar
riages is expected to afford data which
will bo of great benefit to humanity.—
The Ledger.
A Quflpr Deuizau of HOTIIII.
Among the queer denizens of Ber
lin was for many years a retired mu
nicipal official named Max DuestroMj.
This man has just died at a ripe old
age, leaving a goodly fortuue behind
him. He had been in the finance de
partment and had become so thorough
ly imbued with bis work that even af
ter bis retirement lie used to do all bis
money transactions in the old-accus
tomed way. Before he could he pre
vailed upon to pay anything he would
draw up a formal written request on
himself to pay the sum in question,
urging the necessity of the case and
the nature of the expenditure. Then
he would properly indorse this peti
tion, tie it with a ribbon and deposit
it in one of the pigeon-holes of his
desk, labeling it "department of
finances—requests." Whereupon lie
would draw up another report, like
wise addressed to himself, in whichjhe,
with the usual preamble, would al
low the expenditure, and this docu
ment he would put iu auother com
partment labeled "department of
finances- expenditure." In this way
be spent the better part of his leisure,
until death came and wiped out all
scores.—Chicago> Becord.
Her ft race.
An Englishwoman of rank,a duchess,
was very apt to forget to pay her bills.
A milliner, whose large bill bad been
repeatedly ignored by the duchess, at
last determined to send lier little girl
for the money, which was so much
needed.
"Be sure and say 'your grace' to the
duchess," said the anxious mother,
and the child gravely promised to re
member. Wheu, after a long wait,
she was ushered into the presence of
her grace, the little girl dropped her a
low courtesy, and then folding |hw
hands and closing her eyes, said soft
ly:
"For what T am about to receive,
may the Lord make me truly thank
ful."
As she opened her eyes and turned
her wistful gaze on the duchess, that
person Jturned very red and without
delay made out a check for the amount
due her milliner.
A Scientist'* Practical Suggestion.
W. li. Watts, the field assistant of
the Mining Bureau, who has been in
vestigating the oil formations of South
ern California, receives all sorts of ex
traordinary requests from parties who
seem to think that the State Mining
Bureau has been created for their
especial benefit. A local paper states
that he received the other day the fol
lowing: "Mr. Watts, dear sur: There
is a well 011 my lot the water in which
smells bad. What do you think it is?"
Mr. Watts is a very hardworking and
conscientious scientist, but this was a
little too much for him, so he replied
"Dear Sir: Perhaps it is a
dead oat. Yours very truly, W. L.
Watts."
FIELDS OF ADVENTURE.
THRILLINC INCIDENTS AND DARINC
DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA.
The Itefurmntlon of u Mtinctllxtr Hull? by
it Stalwart MlnUter In California—Two
Brave Daoda bj i nltotl States Ltfe-4av
tiiK l'ri'ns-A Kiltllr llo.v'n During Feat.
The Rev. Stanley Wilson, of the
little town of Ramona, a little way
fromStin Diego, Cal., besides being ed
itor of the Ramon a Sentinel is an all
around athlete. He eun hold his own
with the gloves with any amateur iu
the country, and lie is his own light
ing editor, says a correspondent of the
New York Sun. And he doesn't carry
a gun. He is a Baptist, and he rides
the circuit, which embraces a number
of small mining towns in the hills and
mountains of southern San Diego
County. When lie is 011 the circuit
he preaches in a town 011 Sunday
morning, and in the afternoon puts 011
the gloves with the lusty younp mi
ners and ranchers, who are always
eager to have a "go" with him. He
can best any of them that has turned
up so far, and they have 110 end of re
spect and admiration for him. They
all crowd to hear his sermons, which
they greatly approve, and altogether
the Rev. Mr. Wilson is the most pop
ular preacher who has ever appeared
in that region.
On one of his recent circuit trips he
saved a man named Gunn from In
dians. Mr. Wilson came up with them
111 a lonely place 011 the road across
Warner's ranch. There were three
Indians, and they had Gunn down and
were about to stab him to death, pre
sumably with the intention of robbing
liim. The preacher came upon them
unexpectedly, and leaping from his
horse scattered the Indians right and
left. One Indian got the Sullivan
knockout 011 the point of his chin and
stretched his length on the road. An
other received the preacher's list in
his solar plexus. Then the preacher
had just time to dodge the knife in
the baud of the thiid Indian, after
which he did a neat hit of in-lighting,
the result of which was that he cap
tured the knife and sent the red man
sprawling iu the dust. By this time
Mr. Gunn had scrambled to his feet ;
and the two drove the Indians ahead
to the nearest town, where they sur
rendered them to the law.
On a recent Sunday the Rev. Mr.
Wilson had an unusually busy day.
He preached at the mining town of!
Julian. He had a big audience and i
his sermon was full of his customary j
energy and eloquence. The people
listened attentively and afterward
gathered in groups to talk it over. In
the afternoon Dave Putnam, a town
bully, who has been in many lights
and has the reputation of being a hard
man to handle, aeensted the preacher
011 the street and demanded a refcrac- ■
tiou of an uncomplimentary item about
himself which had appeared in that
week's issue of the Ramona Sentinel.
Wilson declined to retract, Putnam
insisted, and Wilson replied that he
didn't publish a thing unless it was
true, aud that he proposed to stand
by whatever lie had said, and to pub
lish it again if he thought best. Then ,
Putnam pulled oft' his coat, advised ;
the preacher to get ready for a licking,
and sailed in. But the preacher's
coat was oil'before Putnam got there,
and the blow he bad meant for the
priestly nose landed in the air. The
bully was a bit bewildered by this,
but he took Ids bearings and squared
oft* again. He is much heavier than
ilson, but the light was neverthe
less one-sided from start to finish. As
Putnam came 011 again the man of
God dealt him a blow with the right
which knocked him off his feet, and
caught him 011 the jaw with luh left as
he fell. The bully jumped to his feet
and renewed the attack, but he
couldn't land anywhere. The preacher
was too quick for liim and did not re
ceive a single blow. Putnam finally
gave up after he had been stretched
on the sidewalk three times, and said
it w as all a mistake, and that he didn't
want the item taken back at all.
The young preacher is more popular
than ever, and it is the universal
opinion that any man who can "lick
Dave Putnam" is the man for that
town. For Putnam himself, the affair
seems to have been a means of grace.
He lias not tried to get into a row
since then; has modified his demeanor,
aud declares that hereafter he is going
to church every time the Rev. Stanley
Wilson preaches.
Heroic 1.1 in Savers.
At a dinner of tlie Quill Club iu .Sew
York Major Horace L. Piper, Assist
ant Superintendent of the United
States Life-Saving Service, told these
stories of heroic rescues:
Iu the first dull gray of morning,
on January 20, 1892, there were dis
covered by the aid of strong glasses
from the gallery of the Saukaty Light
house, on Nantucket Island, the top
masts of a vessel just above the hori
zon iu the direction of the llose and
Crown shoals. Word was sent to the
captain of the life-saving station near
by. You must know that the Hose
aud Crown shoals is one of the most
dangerous places 011 the globe, and
over fifteen miles from land. Atwenty
three-foot surfboat was run out and
manned by a crew of seven men. The
partings were short between the men
and their families. Away flew the lit
tle boat; they could not see the ship.
They must find it. The thermometer
registered twenty degrees below freez
ing point. After long hours of search
they found the wreck with seven half
frozen men clinging to the rigging.
They had been there for fifteen hours
iu the pelting rain and sleet. There
were seve.l in the boat. Could she
carry seven more? There was no de
bate iu the mind of Walter Chase on
tlint point. She must carry them.
"The boat was made fast to the
wreck, aud then a panic arose among
the shipwrecked men. Thev grabbed
the rope that held the lifeboat along,
side and attempted to pull it closer,
so that they could all jump in at once.
That meant the capsizing of the boat
and death to all. "Hands off!" cried
Walter Chase, as he took ont his
gleaming sheath knife. 'Now, if an
other man lays a finger on that line,
I'll cut it and leave you to your fate.
lam master here, and you will obey
my commands.' At last all were
aboard, aud then the homeward strug
gle began. Three hours' hard
work found them only oue mile
away from the shoals. Auother
start was made, and at 1(1 o'clock at
■light it was no longer possible to keep
headway, and down went the anchor
once more. For seven more weary
hours they swung at the bending oars.
When the brave fellows reached the
station after thirty-six hours of toil
the first person to greet, the stalwart
keeper was his aged mother. Did yon
save them nil, Walter?' 'Ay, mother,
all, tliauk God!' said the keeper, as he
embraced her. He then turned to his
men aud said, 'Well, boys, let's gei
the house in order and start out the
patrol,' thus coming from the heights
of heroism down to the dull routine ol
duty.
"In closing let me toll you oue of
the most remarkable eases recorded
in the aunal of the world. It occnredl
011 Lake Superior in November, 1880.
On the morning of the 18th day of that
month two ghostly figures, which
proved to be two ships in distress,
were discovered off the town ol Mar
quette, Mich. The storm was one of
extreme intensity, having destroyed
the lighthouse tower on the break
water (luring the night, nnd was still
raging with relentless fury. There
was no life-saving station at Marquette.
The people in the neighborhood de
voted the whole day trying to rescue
the forlorn mariners. Boats, steam
tugs, mortars and life lines all had
failed. Night came. There was no
hope in Marquette, none. The near
est life-saving station was at Ship
Canal, 110 miles away. A telegram
was sent thithor at 8 o'clock at night,
telling of the situation aud asking,
'Can you help us?' The answer from
the captain of the crew was, 'Ay, wo
come.' A special train, with a brave
engineer at. the throttle, left Ship
Canal with the crew aud their appara
tus on hoard. The track was cleared,
and it fairly flew over the distance to
Marquette. Before the midnight hour
the crew was at the scene of the
wreck, and, after eight hours' battling
with the storm, they safely lauded the
two crews of twenty-four persons."
Kafllr (toy's Durlnj- Feat.
A road party comprising the usual
gang of from fifty to sixty Kaffirs, with
a white man as superintendent, was
employed on the construction of a road
in the Tugela valley, Natal, South
Africa, about thirty or more years ago.
In the course of their work they came
on a lingo stone, which it was neces
sary to remove, but beneath it was the
home of a largo black mamba, well
known to the neighboring inhabitants
as being old, aud, therefore, very ven
omous. The mamba is the most deadly
of the South African snakes, and the
superintendent anticipated some
trouble over that rock. He -offered a
bribe for the snake's skin, aud the
gang "wowed" aud sat down to "beina
gwi" (take snuff). But a slim youth
sauntered forward, and, amid the jeers
aud protestations of the rest, declared
himself equal to the task. He took
from his neck what looked like a bit
of shriveled stick, chewed it, swal
lowed some of it, spat out the rest 011
his hands, and proceeded to rub his
glistening brown body nnd limbs all
over. Then, taking up his stick and
chanting n Hong of defiance, ho ad
vanced to the bowlder. There he
rotisod the mamba, who, in great fury
at being disturbed, bit him in the lip
with greut venom. The hoy took no
notice of the bite, but broke the snake's
back with his stick, and, bringing him
to his master, asked for the reward,
obtaining which, ho went back to his
work, and the bite of the reptile had
no effect 011 him whatever.
No bribe, not even that of a cow
(bettor than any gold in the eyes of a
Kaffir), would induce this native to
disclose the secret of hi* antidote,
which, he said, had been handed down
in his family for generations. The
snake was a very long one, and so old
that it had a name. It is a well-known
fact that certain of the Zulus have an
tidotes for the more deadly snake
poisons, which they preserve as a
secret within their own families.
Two Months in au Ojimi Uoiil.
Out of the party of twenty-two Sa
inoans who left Tutuila Island in a
large boat late in September, one-half
perished miserably from exposure,
while the survivors were c9t away on
the Island of Namunui, the north
easternmost island of the Ellioe
group, from whence they were finally
taken by the mission yacht John
Williams more dead than alive.
The Australian mail advices brought
by the steamer Mariposa state that the
Samoans had set out for two neigh
boring islands, some sixty miles dis
tant, but were overtaken by a gale
which iblcw them out of their course,
aud for sixty days they drifted help
lessly at the mercy of the waves.
Nir.e of the party died in the boat,
one was killed in lauding at Namunui
Island, 900 miles from the port they
left, aud some collapsed on reselling
shore, leaving only eight survivors.
They ate up the little food they had,
hut suffered less for want of water, as
they were able to spread sails to catch
the rain, which fell heavily. This
they stored up in some trade boxes
they had on board. The island they
eventually reached is inhabited, and
the people took all possible care of
tliem, but they were in a very low con
dition when the steamer picked them
up. The survivors hnve since been
returned to their homes.