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FREELAND, PA., DECEMBER 28,1899.
A Remarkable Decision.
From the Wilkesbarre Record.
The supreme court of Ohio has hand
ed down a decision in the famous Mon
nett-Standard Oil bribery case that
will in all human probability have a
far-reaching and evil effect. Attorney
General Monnett had made information
to the effect that he was offered a bribe
of $400,000 if he would permit certain
cases then pending against the Stand
ard Oil Company to go by default. The
bribe was offered by a man named
Charles Squire, of Now York. The evi
dence that this attempt to corrupt the
attorney general had actually been
made was overwhelming and conclu
sive, but the court based its decision on
the ground that the information failed
to connect the Standard Oil Company
with tlie attempted bribery.
The only assumption of this decision
therefore is that a disinterested man
named Charles Squire, upon his own
responsibility and out of his own pri
vate funds, offered the largo suui of
$400,000 to the attorney general of Ohio
to violate his official trust and betray
the cause of justice, solely in the inter
est of the Standard Oil Company.
It is just such decisions as this that
destroy public confidence in the judi
ciary and convince the masses that the
great and powerful corporations con
trol the courts. Not one man in a mil
lion will for a moment believe that the
man Squire was not the agent of the
Standard Oil Company, or that the
money he offered to Attorney General
Monnett did not come out of the treas
ury of that corporation.
In these days of venality and corrup
tion in oilicial station one is almost lost
In admiration for a sorvant of the people
who without a moment's hesitation, and
with flamiug indignation, rejects such a
tomptatlon as was held out to Attorney
General Monnett, of Ohio. Not only
was he proof against this assuult upon
his integrity and honor, but he instant
ly instituted proceedings to expose and
punish the crime.
It the president of the United States
should be looking around for a man to
fill 9ome high position in the federal
judiciary, Attorney General Monnett, of
Ohio, should not be overlooked. Men of
bis stamp are needed to restore waning
public confidence in the judiciary, not
so much the federal, however, as that
of many of the states.
Sympathy for the floors.
From tlie Hazletou Sentinel.
The suggestion made by a clergyman
of town that the citizens of Hazletou
hold a meeting to give voice to their
sympathy with the cause of the Boers Is
likely to fall on fertile ground, for the
sympathy of the large majority of the
people of this town is undoubtedly witli
the Boers and not with tlie English.
111 other sections of the country, not
ably in the West, there have been
largo meetings composed of all nation
alities which have in no uncertain
terms expressed their opinions in the
premises, but Pennsylvania lias been
lagging behind in this respect. There
is no reason why this should be so, but
every reason why Pennsylvania and
especially its so-called "Dutch" coun
ties in it, should be in the van in such
a movemont. A very large proportion
of its population is made up of the de
scendants of Germans and people in
whose veins llows Teutonic blood.
As a matter of fact their sympathies
are entirely with the Boers, as the
most casual observer can easily ascer
tain, and the signs of it are so clear
that ho who runs can read. Neither
Jlazleton nor the coal rogions are pre-
"Dutch" in the current
acceptation of that term, for we have
with us people of all countries and their
descendants, but a pro-British feeling is
conspicuous among all of them by its
absence. One needs but ask the opin
ion of any one of them to quickly dis
cover that their sympathy is strongly
with Oom Paul's people. In this they
but coincide with the views held by
the greater part of the people of this
country, for outside of a few Anglo
inaniacs and some newspapers who lick
the boots of every Englishman, like the
New York Tribune and the Philadelphia
Inquirer , the real people and the real
American press are in favor of the
Boers.
The English government seems to
be undor the delusion that the Ameri
can people and the American press are
on the side of the English and derives
apparently much satisfaction from
that reflection. Why it should bo la
boring under that delusion it is difli
cult to understand, for it is certainly
not based upon truth. Quito the con
trary is the case as the English govern
ment could very easily ascertain bv
investigation.
A DOUBLE CHIN.
If it Should Offend Thee, Have a Sur
geon Cut It Off.
It is no longer necessary for wo
men to suffer annoyance or chagrin
from the double chin that so often ac
companies good living and advancing
age. Simpler and more effective than
massage, diet and other prescribed
treatments is the surgical operation
which removes the superfluous flesh,
and leaves so slight a scar that in a
short time it disappears entirely. A
New York woman who underwent the
operation says: "I went to an emin
ent surgeon. He examined my neck,
and said, 'Booh! That is nothing.'
Then he listened to my heart, and de
clared that I could take anaesthetics
with perfect safety. My double chin
had been the bane of my existence for
years. I dreaded the operation, but I
made up my mind to submit to heoric
measures rather than to endure con
tinuous mortification. So to the hos
pital I went. The surgeon and his as
sistants were polite and considerate,
yet the whole thing seemed terribly
formidable. I had thought of backing
out even then, but the surgeon gave
me an encouraging word, and I march
ed to the operating table like a lamb
to the slaughter.
After that I knew nothing until I
awoke in a clean little room with rnv
head swathed In stuff, that made me
look like a mummy. The bandages
that went around my chin and over
my head contained something that
stiffened after they were in place and
held my head as if it were in a plaster
cast. Outside of that came yards and
yards or something like gauze. 1 felt
a little sick from the ether, hut other
wise I had no pain. But I dreaded the
day when the bandages should he re
moved. I thought that would kill me.
To my surprise, the doctor unwound
and unwound the bandage until my
throat was hare, and not a bit of stick
ing had there oeen. The vaseline, or
somothing like it, which had been ap
plied on the first layer of cloth had
prohibited that. Then I was bandaged
up afresh, but not so rigidly as at first.
In ten days I was able to leave the
hospital, and in a fortnight more no
one would have have known that any
thing had happened to me. except that
I had lost my double chin, a result
that causes general comment upon
my improved appearance and untold
satisfaction to myself. If I should be
gin to lay on llcsh there again I would
think no more of going to the hospital
to have It removed than of going to
the chiropodist, or the manicurist.
CROKER'S CIGARS.
How a Senator Prevented the Dis
covery of The Real Donor.
At the Hoffman House they are talk
ing of a scandal in Richard Croker's
Democratic club. It appears that
shortly after the elevation of one of
the jurists of Tammany Hall to a
seat In one of the minor Courts this
gentleman thought it would be a kind
and delicate thing to do to supply
Richard Croker u sufficient number of
cigars for his dally consumption.
Therefore, whenever opportunity of
fered, ho slipped a handful of porfec
tos into the pocket of the Democratic
leader and said nothing about it, Mr.
Croker, of course, was very much sur
prised when he put his hand in his
pocket to find a lot of cigars, but the
story runs that he was never able to
catch the man who put them there.
When Mr. Croker became a daily
visitor at the Democratic Club, and it
was his custom to take off his over
coat and hang It on a certain peg
every night, he found a pocket of the
coat full of cigars when he put it ou.
According to the story, an eminent
State Senator discovered this strange
custom. So one evening, while await
ing the arrival of his chieftain, he no
ticed on which hook the coat was
hung. He took It off, hung it on an
other hook, and substituted his own
coat, with the result that the jurist
was fooled and the Senator got the
cigars. But that would not have been
so had had it not happened on this
particular night. The Democratic
chieftain was anxious to discover who
it was who kept him supplied with so
fine a brand of cigars. For the pur
pose of ascertaining, some of his
friends made note of the absentees
each night. Of course, if a man was
not there he could not have put the
cigars in the coat.
By this process of elimination on
this particular night but two mem
bers were left under suspicion. One
of these was the eminent jurist, and
on that evening the Democratic leader
found no cigars In his pocket, thus re
lieving the jurist of suspicion. The
other member under suspicion was
not there at all, so It was decided that
he must be it. —New York Correspond
ent Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Isolation for the Church Mutineer.
"Perhaps the most effectual system
with the mutineer in the church,"
writes lan Maclaren In the November
Ladies' Home Journal, "Is not scold
ing and storming, but a policy of isola
tion. As nature makes a cyst and in
closes any strange material so that It
he kept separate from the body, let
this man 1)0 Imprisoned in a place by
himself. If he should offer any re
marks upon church affairs, let the
other person answer on the state of
the weather; and if he criticises a ser
mon, say that you are sorry to hear
of his dyspepsia. If he rises to speak
at a church meeting, let the silence ho
such as will bo felt, and after he has
spoken let the chairman call for the
next business as though he had never
existed. If he has ever to be spoken
to, the best plan is to treat him as an
absurdity, and play around him with
ridicule, for this will give much inno
cent amusement to other people, and
it is the particular attack which he
cannot stand. Between loneliness and
laughter he will depart to another
church."
Small for His Age.
"Grandfather," said a saucy little
boy the other day, "how old are you?"
The old gentleman, who was much
under the ordinary size, took the child
between his knees and said: "My
dear boy, I am 85 years old, but why
do you ask?"
The little fellow replied: "Well, it
seems to me you are very small for
your age."
At meetings of the British Cabinet
no official record is kept of the pro
ceedings.
Th© Exchange Editor.*
Pile luxury as high as vou will,
health Is better.-Julla Ward Hows.
A horse may pull with all his might,
but never tvitli his mane.—Chicago Rec
ord.
Our greatest glory is not in never
falling, but in rising every time we fall.
—Confucius.
Talk is cheap ordinarily, but it costs
like rip over a lung-distance telephone.
—Houston Post.
Whoso combeth his hair with a view
to covering a bald spot, is a liar In
his heart.—Detroit Journul.
Let friendship creep gently to a
height; if it rush to It, It may soou run
Itself out of breath —Fuller.
A woman who dresses in a hurry al
ways puts too much powder on the end
of her nose.—Atchison Globe.
A man has to be very much in love
with a woman to willingly carry her
parasol over her.—Feminine Observer.
Some people keep the Sabbath so
holy that they don't work any for three
days before or three days after.—The
Bachelor.
Some people seem to think that the
straight and narrow path is a short
cut to a good many things tliut is not.
—Ptlck.
You can't get something out of noth
ing: but there are a number of people
who can get little or nothing out of
almost anything.—Puck.
A beast when It suffers goes off alone
to some lonesome place; It is only man
who lets every one know when he is
suffering.—Cat men Sylvia.
A reflective middle-aged man never
sees a very young couple billing aud
cooing that tlie sight does not suggest
souvenir spoons.—Philadelphia Times.
If the good a man does is Interred
with his bones, some of us will have
plenty of room to turn over, narrow us
the bed is.—Atlanta Constitution.
The difference between work and
play is exemplified by the t'uct that
laborers often are prostrated by the
heat, but children, rarely.—Feminine
Observer.
It Is always a great shock to a wom
an to hoar a preacher express a desire
to go to Paris; his longing should be to
visit the holy land.—Atchison Globe.
The belief in God is probably ulmost
as instinctive to a woman us the Idea
that she can't clean house properly
unless she has a sunbonnet on.—The
Bachelor.
The truly great politician is one who
is able to perform a clear public duty
and by the same get gratify a grudge
against a political enemy.—Chicago
News.
The enthusiasm of inexperieuce has
never been more thoroughly Illustrated
than in the case of the bachelor who
thinks he knows all about women.—
Phllaledphia Record.
Two women in whom the snme man
is Interested may never be able to de
ckle how much they like him, but they
don't have any trouble deciding how
much they don't like each other.—New
York Press.
The Wiseacre.
In a calm sea every tuau is a pilot.
A bud workman never Unds u good
tool.
Praise a fool uud you may make him
useful
A bird in the cage is worth a hun
dred ut large.
Who hunts two hares, leaves one and
loses the other.
Make yourself an ass uud every one
will lay his sack on you.
One day of a wise man is worth the
whole life of a fool.
Make 110 absolute promises, for no
body will help you to perform them.
A great many pair of shoes are woru
out before a man does ull he says.
Better be organized for success in
the long world than in the short one.
World philosophers give us it splen
did uppetlte for Inspiration
The iUKolenee el' cash is illogical, hut
who can make it appear so?
To get a living—easy phrase, hut it
Involves all the practical virtues.
The unseltish is the last in the race
—yet the winner.
The focus of truth is not for time,
but for eternity.
A wise man relleets before he speaks;
a fool speaks ami then reflects 011 what
he has uttered.
Two thinks indicate a weak mind;
to lie silent when li Is proper to speak,
and to speak when it is proper to be
silent.
Tile Alaskan.
One hundred native girls attend the
school at Holy Cross Mission.
The Treadwell mine earns from $2,-
iKXi.OUU to $8,01)0, (JOO in a year 111 clear
profit.
liich finds of gold have been made
uenr Cape Nome, 130 miles north of
St. Michael's.
A large majority of disappointed
prospectors are chopping wood for the
steamboat companies to earn their pas
sage home.
One of tlie buildings of the Treadwell
mine is ns large as was the Manufac
turers' Building at the World's Colum
bian exposition.
From north to south Alaska stretches
1,200 miles or 200 miles further than
from the great lakes to the Gulf of
Mexico. Its width Is greater than from
Chicago to London.
Recent surveys of the Fnited States
Fisli Commission show that Alaska's
codfish banks are thousands of square
miles greater than all those on the At
lantic coast put together.
All nlong the Koyukuk River boats
are stranded, having been overtaken
by Ice before reaching the promised
land. Complaint is made that the mail
contractors do not live up to the provis
ions of their agreement with the gov
ernment.
The Objector.
Don't imagine a doctor believes life
Isn't worth living.
Don't take your watch to a physician
because it is run down.
Don't try to pull yourself out of
trouble with a corkscrew.
Don't stand In front of bars too
much or you may get heliiud them.
Dou't bet on what you feel in your
bones—unless it's rheumatism.
Don't Judge a pcet by his dress; flue
feathers don't make tlue birds.
Don't neglect 10 talk sensible at
times; it may be difficult, but it's necus
sary.
Don't stay away from church oil ac
count of your clothes. The Lord Is too
busy to notice the handiwork of tailors
and dressmakers. _
A BIRD TALK.
The Common Birds of the Country
Not Decreasing in Number.
There is a reassuring "Bird Talk"
by John Burroughs in the November
St. Nicholas. One of the good signs
of the times, he says, is the interest
our young people are taking in the
birds, and the numerous clubs and so
cieties that are being formed through
out the country for bird protection
and cultivation. In my youth but little
was heard about the birds. They were
looked upon as of little account. Many
of them were treated as the farmer's
natural enemies. Crows and all kinds
of hawks and owls were destroyed
! whenever chance offered. I knew a
farmer who every summer caught and
killed all the red-tailed hawks he
| could. He stood up poles in his
meadows, upon the tops of which he
would set steel traps. The hawks,
| looking for meadow mice, would alight
upon them and be caught. The farmer
was thus slaying his best friends, as
these large hawks live almost entirely
upon mice and vermin. The redtall,
or hen-hawk is very wary of a man
with a gun, but he has not yet learned
of the danger that lurks in a steel trap
on the top of a pole.
If a strict account could bo kept
with our crows and hawks for a year,
it would be found at the end of that
time that most of them had a balance
to their credit. That is, they do us
more good than injury. A few of them,
like the fish-crow and sharp-shinned
hawk, Cooper's hawk and the duck
hawk, are destructive to the birds and
wild fowls; but the others live mainly
upon insects and vermin.
I do not share the alarm expressed
in some quarters over the seeming de
crease in the number of birds. People
are always more or less gloomy in re
gard to the present and present
things. As we grow older the number
of beautiful things in the world seems
to be fewer. "The Indian summer is
not what it used to be; the winters are
not so bracing; the spring is more un
certain; and honest men are fewer."
But there is not much change after all.
The change is mainly in us. I see no
decrease in the great body of our com
mon field, orchard and wood birds. I
do not see the cliff swallows I used to
see in my youth; they go farther
north, to northern New England and
Canada. At Rangeley Lake, in Maine,
I saw the eaves of a barn as crowded
with their mud as I used to see
the eaves of my father's barns amid
the Catskills. In the cliffs along the
Yukon in Alaska they are said to
swarm in great numbers. Nearly all
our game-birds are decreasing in num
bers, because sportmen are more and
more numerous and skilful, and their
guns more and more deadly. The bob
olinks are fewer than they were a de
cade or two ago, because they are
slaughtered more and more in the
marshes and rice fields of the South.
The bluebirds and hermit-thrushes
were threatened with extinction by a
cold wave and a severe storm in the
Southern States a few years ago.
These birds appear to have been slain
by the hundred thousand. But* they
are slowly recovering lost ground, and
in ten or more years will no doubt be
as numerous as ever. I see along the
Hudson River fewer eagles than I
used to see fifteen years ago. The col
lectors and the riflemen are no doubt
responsible for this decrease. But the
robins, thrushes, finches, warblers,
blackbirds, orioles, fly-catchers, vlreos
and woodpeckers are quite as abund
ant as they were a quarter of a cen
tury ago, if not more so.
Thirty Tons of Spruce Gum.
The spruce gum of crop of Maine
of 1899 has been harvested and sent
to market. It has proved to be the
largest crop in the history of the state
—thirty tons, worth $63,000. This is
all collected by the lumbermen, and
contains considerable bark and chips,
but is sorted over by the thrifty Yan
kee, who sells it to the trust.
An interesting and peculiar thing
in connection with the gum crop is
the fact that the harvesters have com
bined to crush the trust. They will
sell none of their product to any deal
er who does not give his promise that
no gum handled by them shall be man
ufactured and put on the market by
the trust.
A Balloon Bridge.
A French aeronaut has invented a
"balloon bridge." which is not a bridge
sustained by balloons in the air, but
supported by small balloons or air
bags on the surface of the water. For
a river 100 yards wide 200 bags are re
quired, and 100 men can build the
bridge Jn less than an hour. A plat
form of twenty-ane wooden rafts, end
to end, and tied by rppes is laid upon
the bags. Thif uew pontoon is actu
ally in use in the French army.
A Fighting Family.
A monument recently placed in a
cemetery in Louisville, Ky., bears in
scription to the memory of John E.
Austin, a soldier of the revolution; J.
Allen Austin, his son, a soldier of the
war of 1812; James Grigsby Austin,
his grandson, a soldier of the war with
Mexico, and James Richaid Oathright,
his great-grandson, a confederate sol
dier, who was killed at Mufreesboro,
Tenn., Jan. 1, 1863. All were privates.
Plenty of Kilts.
A Scottish paper says that between
150,000 and 200,000 kilts are made
every year. The kilted regiment of
regulars, militia and volunteers num
ber some seventeen battalions To
these may be added the pipers, belong
ing to Lowland regiments, making in
all about 14,000 men. As the military
kilt is only provided biennially, this
represents a supply of 7,000 each year.
Hollanders Smoke Most.
The Hollanders are perhaps of all
the northern people those who smoke
the most, the humidity of their clim
i ate making it almost a necessity while
the moderate cost of tobacco with
them renders it accessible to all. To
show how deeply rooted is the habit,
it is enough to say that the boatmen
of Holland measure distances by
smoking.
Elephants Have Eight Teeth.
Elephants have only eight teeth,
two below and two above on each side.
All Baby elephants' teeth fall out
: when the animal is about 14 years old,
i and a new set grows.
The Gossip.
Prince Cnchula. a Russiau. is a wait
er in a Budapesth rstaurnnt.
The princess of Monaco was the
daughter of the famous banker llolne.
A uew automobile is being built foi
the Prince of Wales, who will operate
it himself.
Queen Wilhelmlna of Holland has a
passion for gay colors and wears
dresses of gorgeous hues.
Miss Ella C. Witter, of Denver, is the
only woman authorized to practice be
fore the United States land office.
Warren 0 Coleuian. of Concord, N.
C.. is the richest colored man in the
South. His income Is invested in cot
ton mills.
John C. Flanders, who died recently
in Philadelphia, was the original tin
ea u mush man, and made s'2,tH)o,ooo in
the business.
A sixteenth child was born recently
to Mrs. Walter Ellis, of Anderson, Ind.
The father is eighty-six years of age
and the mother forty-five.
F. W. Collins, of Denver, has present
ed to the Colorado Historical Society
the original deed of Brighum Young's
mill, the first erected In t üb.
Tim llealey, the cattle king of New
.Mexico, has more money than he
knows what to do with. He has an
income of $87,(*00 a year, and lives in
a hut that cost him about SOO.
Lord Kelvin has resigned the profes
sorship of natural philosophy in the
University of Glasgow, which he had
held for fifty-three years. He is now
seventy-five years of age.
Daniel D. Emmett. the author of
"Dixie," is living at the age of eighty
five the life of a hermit. He spends
most of his time within doors and is
seen on the street only when taking his
afternoon drivo.
Rev. Dr. George C. Loriuier. pastor
of Boston's famous Tremont Temple,
never writes a sermon and never usee
notes in speaking. He carefully makes
out a brief of his subject beforehand,
corrects this, commits it to memory
and destroys It.
William Dean Howella does not be
lieve that he was boru with literary
talent. "I came," he says, "of a read
ing race, which has always loved liter
ature in away. My inclination was
to read, rather thau to write."
Ex-Governor Warmoth, the first
Northern Governor of Louisiana bos
lived down the bitter unpopularity
which at one time nearly cost him his
life, nud is now one of the lending
sugar planters of the state and a most
successful lawyer.
Jerome K. Jerome takes his vaca
tions on a farm, where he becomes one
of the day laborers. He has studied
agriculture both from a theoretical and
practical point of view and expects to
establish n model farm of his own next
summer.
Aguinaldo knows but little about
America and Its Institutions. Last year
Major Younghusband found that
Aguinaldo thought that the victory of
Omdurmgu was a triumph of Ameri
cans over the Dervishes, and that he
labored under the Impression that the
English and Amerieaus were one and
which snow Is stirred until the desired
'1 he Cuban.
Few of the ruined plantations have
been restored.
Owners of plantations in Cuba refuse
to employ Spanish laborers.
Only one plantation In the eutlre
Province of Havana Is in operation.
There is talk of erecting an office
building in Havana on American lines.
The more Intelligent residents are
anxious for annexation to the United
States.
Natives near Santiago do a land-offlci
business selling relics from the battle
fields.
Skilled labor Is scarce. Cuban car
pouters .plumbers and masons are not
skilled.
Not one out of ten natives can read
and write, and they have no ambition
beyond mere existence.
Bill posting is a uew Industry, and
Havana is now well plastered with un
sightly advertisements.
I.lfc and property In Havana and
Santiago are now said to be as safe as
lu any city In the world.
Brigandage Is scattered and the ban
dits are renegade Spanish soldiers for
the most part—not Cubans.
The natives are said to lack leader.-
of national Importance, although there
arc many chiefs of factions.
The school system hus beeu practical
ly annihilated, chiefly because the
teachers have had no pay for two
years.
Complaint is made of the railroad
traffics. Seven cents a mile is the pas
senger rate, and freights are corre
spondingly high.
Retail stores confine themselves strict
ly to one class of goods, and returning
travelers say there IK n splendid chance
for a department store.
The Moralist.
Physical nerve is common; the valor
of the heart Is rare.
Self Is the integer, God the fraction—
if deeds speak louder thau words.
Creation is ransacked for man's brain
and nerve, yet what return is on his
conscience to make?
The do-nothing is the worst man in
the universe.
Consumption of the soul Is the
malady most common to man.
Back-suffering and suffering-before
hand is the greater part of human
misery.
It is a nice point to determine be
forehand what Is inevitable.
Pride being an aristocratic vice, the
poor are fascinated with It.
Timidity, Irresolution, procrastination
are all defects of love.
There is no covering like manliness;
It is the robe that is left when a true
man Is stripped to the bone.
Sheep are sheared, rabbits are pop
ped over—but we stand aside and let
the lion pass unmolested.
Wisdom Is only to will and to do
yet no one is wise.
The Bachelor.
Men who get along best with the
women are born to be graceful liars,
Every woman laughs too much be
fore she's 20 and too little afterward.
Love at first sight Is the only kind
worth having, only there's no such
thing as love at first sight.
At a wedding the girl always tries to
act ashamed, and rtally looks triumph
ant. The man tries to act triumphant
and really looks ashamed.
There are two ways of doing every
thing: one Is to do It the way you
think it is best to do it. aud the other
is to do it the way some woman tells
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Little Wlllie'e Lesson on City And
Country Rabbit Hunting.
Little Willie's lesson was this:
Once upon a time two men made a
wager.
"I will wager you," said one, "that
I will go out hunting to-morrow with
a gun and a belt full of shells and
bring In more rabbits than you." i
He was a city sportsman, with a
nickel-plated shooter and a hunting 1
suit that cost |63.
The man he addressed was just an ;
over-grown hoy about nineteen who
looked as though he had never seen
the cars and would likely shy at them
if he should.
"Whattel yer bet?" he said, when
the other had finished speaking.
"I'll bet you $ 10."
"I'll tuk ye." The over-grown boy
who had been raised on a farm and
didn't wear a celluloid button with a
picture on It, ran around the barn and
raised ten off the hired man, which
he put up with the chore boy.
The next morning the two hunters
started in opposite directions.
The city hunter carried a dog, a gun
and his suit. The farm boy carried a
bag and a Btick of wood.
The day passed on.
Night came on.
Toward eight o'clock the city youth
returned to the old homestead and
poured out upon the kitchen door from
his game bag four rabbits that he had
shot. "There," he said, "how's that?"
The farmer looked at the dead ani
mals.
"Thet's putty good," he replied.
"Has Reuben come in yet?" asked
the city youth, with a cheerful smile.
Heavy footfalls were heard upon
the floor of the porch, and the next
instant Reuben entered the kitchen.
In his two hands he held by their legs
twelve rabbits, and from the sack be
had carried with him on the hunt he
poured twenty-five. Out of each ca
pacious pocket he drew from two to
four, and unloaded himself generally.
The city young man leaned back
against the table. The chore boy
handed S2O over to the Reuben and
the Reuben took his ferret out In the
shed and thrust him into his cage.
The city youth was carried home
the next day suffering from brain
fever.
The lesson little Willie learned from
this is:—"Never go up against a sure
thing unless you know yours is surer."
—Detroit Free Press.
Statistical.
"I see that the Star puts the popula
tion of the globe at twenty-live hun
dred million! Why, the idea!" cried
the lovely unstatistical creature with j
the paper in her hand, as she stood be
side his chair—he gazed abstractedly
at the Are.
"A mistaken idea," he grunted: "the 1
correct figures are twelve hundred and !
fifty millions and one."
"Good gracious!" she exclaimed,
with a highly deprecatory glance at
her favorite paper. "Who would have
thought that the Star could be so far
out of the way! Which is the more |
wonderful —their blunder or your ac
curacy, so minute and so —so spon
taneous?"
"The Star has excuses for such
blundering which I could not have.
'Tis this way Nelly. The population
of the globe comprises twelve hundred
and fifty million men —and just one
girl! "—and the wrotc'n turned up an
expectant face.
She bent down and kissed him.—
Washington Star.
Unhandsome.
"For an experienced rider like you,
Mr. Gordon," casually observed Miss
Quickstep, as they wheeled through
the park, "I suppose it Is an easy mat
ter to ride with hands off?"
"It's no trick at all," replied the
young man.
"Perhaps, then." she rejoined, "you
wouldn't mind taking your hand off
my shoulder."- -Chicago Tribune. i
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