THE TRIBUNE.
NORTH PLATTE, - XEBRASKA.
A Fkkxcmmax has invented a phono
graphic clock which talks the hours
instead of striking- them. Time is
money, and money talks: thereby,
win not time?
IT WAS HER KXGACE.MET WEEK.
In his he held her tiny hand.
The fingers soft he pressed.
And as they walked alonp the strand
His passion lie confessed.
Tin; doctors announce a new dis
ease which is designated as elevator
sickles."' It is probably contracted
by people who have been witnessing
recent attempts to elevate the stage.
Tin: worthless Wilkesbarre husband
who, in order to satisfy his craving's
for drink, stold the urn containing' the
ashes of his wife's first husband and
sold it in New York, at least had the
sense to know that what was left of
his predecessor, even after cremation,
was of more value than his own livin'
you v.
Tkials of a new diphtheria cure at
Vienna are said to have demonstrated
its success. The diphtheria was elim
inated, leaving- to the patients the
felicity of dying- from Mime less distressing-
malady. However much the
physicians were please:!, it is not re
lated that they congratulated
iients.
tlu
pa-
"I love you. dearest one." he said;
"I love you more than life;
The secret in my face you've read,
No doubt then be my wife."
From lip and cheek the color fled,
And pale became her brow.
As with a long-drawn sigh she said;
"Oh, do not ask me now."
"Why should not I an answer seek
.lust now. my sweet':" tsked he.
"Because." she said. "I I this week
I am engaged to three."
A HOAV JNG SUCCESS
Itrlnvr an Account nf Vomit; Ilnrtou'a
Attempt to Hi: live it the Toit.
Thk Japanese were wise in waiting
until the fortune of war was virtually
decided before investing in thick tents,
line boots and other items of military
luxury. They have earned the right
to enjoy the very best that American
genius has produced, and in addition
the Chine-e can now be made to pay
'or it.
Tin: heirs of a California million
aire, who hope to break the will
through a legal point touching the
charitable disposition of his wealth,
mavgain a little monev bv that means,
out will gain it at the expense of the
deaf, dumb, blind and paralytic of the
state, whom an ordinary thief would
scorn to rob.
The dowager duchess of Marlbor
ough, formerly Mrs. llammersley of
New York, it is announced, is engaged
to Lord William Reresford. Many an
ambitious American heiress will con
sider that Mrs. llammersley should
have been content with a ducal coro
net, and allowed one of them to have
u chance at the lord.
TilK New York World has been di
rected by the courts to pay ..".000
damages for publishing- a poem with
out the consent of the author. The
safest place to publish poetry without
consent of the poets is in the waste
basket, and the experience of the
World will deter editors from depart
ing from that ancient usage.
New Yokk has discovered that u
real Russian countess, once a belle at
the court of St. Petersburg, is selling
fruit and newspapers at a Uttlestand I
. it. i t2 '' " : t'i -
near uie posiomce. 11 sne naa oeen
a count there would never have been
any necessity for her to do any tl ting
more than hunt for a title-loving- heir
ess, for a count amounts to more in
l'itsia than a prince in Italy.
Thk new post oflico museum which
was opened at Washington recently,
will be an object of interest to all who
visit the national capital. The postal
curiosities in the government display
at the World's fair were alone equal
in importance to many more preten
tious exhibits, but the Washington
collection is said to contain, in ad
dition to theso. many valuable object-;
vhich were not seen at Chicago at all.
Barton was young, and rs enthusias
tic as only a second lieutenant can be.
Moreover, he had theories, which, ex
cept in popular novels, are very bad
tilings for young officers to have; if
they are not absolutely useless, they
are apt to be worse than useless, very
much in the way. He came straight
from West Point to a fort near a good
ly sized town in the Western States
and brought with him. besides his own
acceptable presence in a community
including live girls and two bachelors,
the idea that there should be such a
thing as sociability in the small circle
of an army post.
Being a youns nerson of determina
tion, he meant to put his theories into
practice, and at first even went so far
as to hope that he might bring the non
speaking families to terms again and
act the beautiful role of peace-maker.
It is in fiction, and in fiction only,
that everybody in a garrison is as
sweet as strawberry jam and lives in
perfect harmony with his neighbor.
Remember that the army is a fighting
institution; if it has not Indians or
fairer foes to battle with, it will set up
a system of civil strife wonderful in its
complexity. What do they find to
quarrel about, you wonder? How is it
possible to ask ask. knowing that a
handful of people, all with more or less
natural energy to be disposed of, are
shut up, year after year, within the
narrow liuits as a resiervation, with
out ever a change of scene and rarely
having new blood infused into their
veins. Familiarity is said to breed
contempt. In this one phase lies the
reason of It all. These dozen or two
of congenial and uncongenial people
are for at line on a footing of the
greatest intimacy and familiarity: no
wonder, then, that contempt follows
and is in turn followed by dislike.
After a very little experience. Bar
ton gave up the role of peace-maker.
He found that it was most likely to
end in his inheriting not the earth, but
a corner of Coventry. Ho he tried to
work out his theories on the few re
maining mortals who were not yet on
strictly official terms.
It was astonishing to his young and
untried spirit that so many people
could be so entirely lost to a sense Mutant's office
wi me pleasures io ue iiouen oiu oi mis
world, suchas moonlight rides and
be on Saturday night. The band con
inDUietuniteen pieces to make music
for the flying feL The nicest gir
blushed and consented to let Barton
take her and hare the major part of
tue waltzes on the cards which he
himself had gotten tip.
It was during this midday glare of
success that a cloud, small, but very
black, drifted acros: the sun. One of
the "men" bv vrhie.'). is meant the pri
vates developed a rase of some sort
; of fever. Barton was not very clear as
to what kind, but the doctor told him
it was of a sort which noise would
j make worse, and the man was in the
I hospital, in the ward just below the one
! all decked for the hop. and that, there-
: fore, the hop would hae to be post-
. poned.
, Now B: i ton was not lmtijhally unkind
i but he was not the first ambitious man
' in the world's history who had sacri
ficed others to his ambition. This dance
had to be a success after so many fail
ures, if ten men had the fever. Barton
pleaded, reasoned, coaxed. T'ie doctor
was obdurate. But the doctor had a
weakness; it was toddies and that sort
, of thing. A deep scheme entered the
lieutenant's herd: h" would decoy the
doctor to the sutler's, he would get him
"full" as he gracefully expressed it
. and when the old fellow should be
' sweet-tempered. Barton would make
, him consent to having the hop that
night. ,
It all worked just as the West Point
er had foieseen. The doctor, after
! having given an oft-reiterated consent,
; went back to his quarters for a nap.
The nap. as Barton had expected, last
ed all night. They danced into the wee.
sma' hours, for. th mgh there were only
six men. the four girls and a chaperon,
the thing was lots of fun. The fact
' that there were more musicians than
1 dancers was no drawback. The nicest
girl was radiant and gave Barton great,
hopes. Yes. at last, here was a suc
cess. And the fever patient was only
1 a little worse for the noise. Barton
was rather remorseful when he heard
that the man had become delirious.
He sent champagne up for him. that
being his idea of an amende honorablp.
Having carried this ho through. Bar
ton was too wise to risk another: he
rested on his laurels.
But some things can never be fore
seen, least of all what an enlisted man
may do. The fever patient had a chum I
who thought it his duty to go about
the world lighting what he considered
wrongs: he was a d'erman. and the
Lairison correspondent of a German
newspaper is the city near by. He
wrote up a most pathetic account of
the heartless butterflies of fashion who
danced and rollicked despite a dving
, man in the next room. It made a very
uice little tale, calculated to bring
tears to any eyes. So does a small
thing travel. A doctor of the town,
j young and aspiring to public notice and
advancement, read in an idle moment
! this harrowing story: burning with a
' s?i se of the poor soldier's wrongs, he
cut out the slip and sent it (with his
: own name in a conspicious place) to
! the powers that be at Washington.
j One day Barton was called b3" the
'commandant.; or lerly from the peaoe
, ful perusal of a note from the Nicest
1 Girl, with the retiuest to go to the atl
as the C O. wished to
I see liim. Barton stuck the little note
in his pocket the one nearest liis
uf i:kii
n
Out on a
three miles
Kidge. N. .1.
farmhouse
ibout it l he
heart and bullied
thought of .harm.
walks, picnics, private theatricals, and
hops. He suggested rides. The two
bachelors were- cavalrymen and said
therode for a llving'and nhrfo-ftinrayTrxiertain ;UUnUtlllJiXier-i:.'- J2
iir ul ihu niwa uvjiuu iiuv., uuo uuc
Thk new style of commencement at
Yale, which abolishes speaking- and
nearly all of the other public exer
cises, will thrust into obscurity the
painfully self-conscious young man
who has been the most conspicuous
figure on such former occasions. Like
the sweet girl graduate, the young
man graduate, with his wide cutis and
torturous collar, big hands and feet
and squeaky voice, is vanishing into
he past.,
. v -
lx his encounters with the Chinese
Captain Masao MatMigata of Japan
must feel that he is enjoying only the
light recreation of a furlough, compared
with the supreme hardships he en
dured about a year ago while a stu
dent at the university of Pennsylvania,
where he was one of the foremost foot
ball players. What is lighting the
pig-tails with cannon and ball com
pared to lighting in a football match'.'
It is the effort of adjusting a necktie
-oinpared with the labors of Hercules.
Is justice to Emperor William it i.
to be hoped that his hymn to Aeger is
not as bad as its translation into Kng
lish would indicate. The line in the
concluding stanza, -To honor Thee.
() Mighty God," conveys a wrong idea
to the orthodox mind. Aeger was a
line old pagan, but in this enlightened
day he does not deserve to have his
title capitalized. And it may bj pre
sumed that the rendition of a pagan
hymn on Sunday afternoon, will, like
Deacon Simpson's boil, ca-t a gloom
over a devout coinniunit v.
London society women have a new
fad the wearing of an immense ring
on the first finger of the right hand.
The ring has to be big and aggres
sively solid, so that it may contrast
with small and delicate hands. But
where will thev get the hands?
A Mii.waikke couple who ban
sought for relief from their marital
woes in the divorce court, were re
united when it came to dividing their
jet dogs. Thus has the old saying.
Love me. love my dog," been vie
dicated at last.
Axv young man who will now en
case himself in a soiled piece of can
vas, rub his face with coal dust, muss
up his hair and then walk through
the streets with a football under his
arm can win all the admiring glances
he may crave.
Miss Monkoe is said to have reau
tier Columbian ode at New York with
great dramatic effect. The circum
stances recalls the fact that there is a
Miss Monroe and that she did write a
joem. and excites a fear that she may
write another.
hadn't ti habit; the other two were
afraid to try it. Barton got up some
riding parties of iwo himself and the
one ghirlnit-she was the least charm
ing of ilie quartet, sd he found them
dull. Jle venture. U upon suggesting
some walks, but the idea was scouted.
Walk in that alkali dust, with coyote
howls the on'v sounds in the air! They
mocked at this youthful ardor. The
hoard-walk around the parade ground
was good enough for them, if they
wanted to stroll: but as that was per
fectly within the range of vision of
some two hundred and fifty enlisted
men , it was not agreeable to saunter
along with a nice girl under their eyes.
Harton gave that up and tried picnics.
All the world knows that a picnic is
trying to the sweetest temper, to the
most complacent souls. The outcome
of this particular one was that it put
one more family on the "official terms"
list. No one could be worked up to
the private theatrical point, for in
army, as in civil, life every one wanted
to have the star role.
i Anyone else would have been dis
i heartened at these repeated failures
and Jiyve settled down into the :um
ruy round of duties of the ordinary
lieutenant, lint Harton had the mak
ing of a general in him. coupled with
a desire to be a leader of men; he
could not reconcile himself io getting
U.t a reveille: going to bed vv.d
sleeping until breakfast at Hie m'"s
at. nine o'clock: twirling his mustache
anil incidentally hi; thumbs in the sut
ler's store all the morning: sleeping
from luncheon to retreat: dining ami re
twirling his mustache ami thumbs un
til tans. Of course he could have put
in his time at reading and thinking,
being intellectual, but a man in his
position should not be intellectual.
No. Barton would make a hist and
supreme effort to awake these lethar
gic people from their stupor. He would
get up a hop. Visions of old West
Point dances arose before him and till
ed his soul with longings. He made it
next the order of the day to find a
room big enough to hold an ordinary
set of lancers. There was mi ball-room,
nor was ther the usual available library-room
which so often docs serv
ice. f course none of the quarters
would answer the purpose: he be
thought him of one of the ho-pital
wards, and got the doctor's permis
sion to use it. It was not big- not
more than twenty by thirty feet but
it could be made to do; the 'lours were
rough, but sperm candles would make
them slippery: the walls were bare and
the plaster clacked: he would draw on
private houses and the sutler's store
to decorate them. Nothing should
daunt him.
So he sent his own striker, to sweep,
and dust, and scrub: he gave the post
children a jubilee by letting them shave
candle:? on the boards -.ml slide about
to smooth them down. It was lots of
fun for the children, and Harton took
pleasure in watching th"ir pretty gam
bols until the 0. O.'s youngest son
slipped and broke his wrist: when that
happened, even this iuexiKriniel
youth knew that it was little short of
a calamity for him: that it would be
many a long day before the command
ant's wife therefore the commandant
himself would smile upon him again.
He carried the child home, and sub
mitted in silence to the stony glare
from his mother's eyes. When he tried
to explain, she walked tway. It was
evident that he was held as guilty of
the sweet little fellow's mishap, and
he loved the child accordingly.
When the hall was all draped in flags,
bunting. Chinese lanterns, anil para
sols. Barton began to believe that fate
was at last propitious: it looked very
pretty, nnd the nicest girl told him so.
with a shy glance which made the lieu
tenant feel as he had not felt since
old West Point days. The hop was to
Hc.even
curcjthat he plauaecLhow
forth, without
felt so se-"
ho' should
Wet Second te Spare.
tint Telkei, the African explorer,
Wsht out one morning In pursuit or
buffalo which had been wounded the
daj; before. Such wounded animals are
always dangerous, as they are ex
trtmidy fierce and ready to charge any
they may happen to see. The na
tive assistants, well aware of the fact,
dropped behind, and presently the
count found himself attended by a
single Masai.
At that moment the Masai uttered a
cry of warning and took to his heels.
A hundred paces from the count was a
buffalo charging full upon him. What
was to be done":1
To take refuge in the thicket would
be fatal. The buffalo would be invisi
ble, arid might charge in the rear. The
only chance was to meet it in the open.
This the count did most fortunately,
for nothing else could have saved him.
With the long strides of desperation
he atWancttl upon the buffalo, and only
when the beast lowered its horns for
a toss did. he spring aside and fire.
The bullet struck the buffalo in the
neck, and with the death-rattle in its
throat it rolled at his feet.
Count Teleki waited a long time for
liis people, who did not appear till
they heard him shouting for them.
They all knew the terrible danger tie
had been in. and hearing one shot, suc
ceeded bv absolute silence, had jumped
to the conclusion that he had met Ins
end.
It was touching to Avilness their de
light when they found their mistake.
Thev cathered about him, shaking his
hand and feeling his arms and legs to
make sure he was unhurt: then, after
dancing madlv round him in. their glee.
they fell with wild shouts upon the buf
falo, and cut it up witn tneir Knives i
and, spears. . i
Way They StrueK".
It tfaV been customary for man 1
Deonle to con'slder the Southern laborer .
as slowilazv and shiftless, yet a writer '
In The'Tngineering Magazine says that
no strauec could enter one of the mills
or pasaT V day in the pine-timber woods ,
without being surprised by the vigor
withivhlch -work is performed. '
Work has become an instinct: tlie -
laborer knows but four conditions- t
eatiafcirsleeping. working and, after ,
p&r-wm, a carousal or absolute uuu-
Hess;M' ,
-A YiiTtofis TBtorv of a strike is torn
at one of the.nfills. The hours of labor ,
re Vng from dawn to twilight. Ju
the winter the hours are fewer, but in
summer the &aws are buzzing and the
whole community alive and at work
before the suit has touched the tree-
A Northern foreman of philanthropic
Ktecfples took "charge of a certain mill,
aal MTNftwed within his heart for the
peer'laJtws gearing out their lives
with thefeaut hook and saw. So he
decreeitkat from seven o'clock in the
aornlBir to six in the afternoon should
constitute the liibor of a day.
There ' was a jnurmur in the camp,
and is wo day? there was a general
strike. Called "upon for reasons, the
sffokMBtamlstated the case of the mcu:
We aHjus' dDan like dis yar ter
wuk at 'sehen o'clock. Wha's de use
oV Ittaround for two hours in the Storms waj
maw-IVgAvine to wuk.' Ae jus fomnatelyf
aba' m-riim. otnn' it flflt'S .'ill." , . , "
THE A NGEL DANCERS.
axt1cs of new jekskv
::mc:iois kaxatics.
ntmtiKP Section KimctPil liy Huntn-liii-ii
Miiitntiu Jin (I HIk I-'olIu v or
.lolin the llitittiat Hi tie u Iticjclr
Wit loll "Mill the I'll re" Gutlirra
I'rschra.
yellow country road, some
from the village of Park
. stands an old. unpaiuted
that has a history. AH
bees drone among the hol
lyhocks, ami out in the ancient or
hr.nl the shrill cicadas are singing
their autumn death songs while two
withered and strange old women are
gathering peaches savs the New York
Her:: hi:
One of them sits astride a limb,
v.hlk' the other gathers the fallen fruit
and loatls it into a little hautlcart.
"Where is the mastir of the house:"
yiu ask.
"("lory to ("otl!" replies one.
"I 'raise the Lord:" exclaimes the oth-
ei
The old man peggbig shoes in an ad
j'iiniug outhouse is Hermann Storms,
and the two old women aiv tlisciples
of that strange fanatic Huntsman
Muason. who claims that he is "tlod."
and who is engaged in constant athle
tic tight with the devil. In this tight,
somehow or other poor old Hermann
Storms has been included with the dev-
long time." said he. "but I could neve
do it. 1 looked upon him as a harm
less lunatic. I knew the Storms family
before his arrival and I always looked
upon them as quiet and hard working
people, with a decided bent for relig
ious subjects. On one occasion I was
over to the Storms house one evening
on business and was asked to remain
to supper. It ma have been that they
wanted to show me the advantages of
"angel dancing. so that I would join.
At any rate they had tine of the live
liest danees 1 ever saw right there.
He had just'hjt utnasplenilid speet
when he f-eaehed, the office, and was
beamingly happy.
. Fifteen minutes later he came put
from the C. O.'s presence a sadder but
a wiser man. He hacHweti reprimand
ed -severely reprimanded: had had It
'pointed out to him that he was. a
heartless brute: that he had sacriliced
a sick man to his own whims. The
colonel grew quite touching as he paint
ed the poor private's miseries. Barton
; ivtlected that he wished the commaud
( ant's child hadn't broken its arm. He
felt that it was the broken arm. not
the soldier's fever, which rankled in
! the colonel's breast,
j Subdued ami angered. Barton walked
.back to his quarters. He would re
! read the note to calm his milted spir
i its. and would then go over to ask the
I Nicest ("iri the question he had plan
ned. It took him half an hour to work
l uii the necessary courage, and then he
I sallied forth.
i
; The Nicest Ciii sat upon the viue
, covered porch, a novel in her hands,
i but her blue eyes tilled with tears .and
looking at space. Somehow. Itarton's
spirits fell. They went .still lower
j when her only greeting was a look
I of reproach. He had made up his
mind, liowcv": a:;d. with consummate
. want of v.ci, aked the carefully plan
'bed (UK'S! ion.
' Then tile olue eyes of the Ni'-esll
M'irl let fall their tears. She reuioach-
; ed him sobbinglv. How could In
man who had almost committed
dec. dare to ask her such such
thingV Whv had he never
that poor man with the fearful fever':
She never would have danced, know
ing of it. Oh. he was heartless, cruel!
' She could never marry a man so bad,
;s; unkind as that. Never! nevr! nev
er! In vain did Harton explain and plead
she would not listen and she knew he
was a wicked man: she wondered why
she had not found ir out before: she
had liked him a little bit. and now
to tlnd out. Oh! dear! She put her
handkerchief before her eyes and ran
into the house . dropping her hook.
The lieutenant picked it up ,-iml look
ed absently at the title: "The Knd of
a Pomance." He wondered if this
were the end. he wondered if it had
been a romance at all or only a come
dy. Then he laid the novel on the chair
and walked down the steps, still won
dering wondering if that hop had
been a howling success. Argonaut.
& rwfife to stan' jr. dat's all
Y thei'trike was declared off by the
pin rrlnt Mien t ngeeing to allow all
p worK at aawn ami Keep
r?as they could see.
StoriUN I'urni IIounc.
II. and has lost his farm and all his
possessions to Mnason, and his disci
ples. This self-made god and two or three
of his followers have just, linished a
year's imprisonment in the Trenton
jail for an attempt to defraud old
man Storms out of his house and farm.
While the precious worthies were in
jail the "spirit of repentance." accord
ing to fanatic Mnason, worked in the
breast of .Mr. Storms, and he denied
all his worldly property to his daugh
ter Mary, one of the most rabid of the
long haired preacher's followers.
While .Mnason and his "angel dan
cers" were in jail the life of old man
calm and peaceful. Un
however. the crime of
"John the llupt Int."
After Mnason had said grace everv
body began to eat. It was like the
mourners' bench at a revival. There
was no meat on the table, although
the folks looked as though they were
suffering for it. Now and then one of
them would stop long enough to shout
"Praise the Lord!" ami ''lory to Cod"
Willi Dunce at Supper.
""Finally, when Mnason had eaten
enough he seemed to make up his mind
that something was wrong. "The dev
il is among us." he shouted. "Chase
him away! Chase him away!" At this
old J.ane Howells got up and began to
prance around the table as fast as she
could.
" Mump over It. shouted Mnason.
She put her hand on "Mohn the Bap
tist's shoulder and sailed over the ta
ble almost without touching a disii.
Then she commenced to cavort around
us again until she had covered four
teen laps.
"During all this time the others were
clapping their hands, 'praising the
Lord." and spurring the old woman to
renewed efforts. She got wilder and
wilder, ami finally jumped up on the
table ami sloshed around among the
vegetable dishes. She stepped on t
big cake ami smashed it Mat. This was
regarded as ag rcat feat.
"in the meantime old man Storms,
who had not yet finished eating, grab
led some "buttermilk pap" and lied.
The old woman kept on dancing among
the vegetables until she had overturn
ed nearly all of them. Then she sat
down by "John the Baptist," panting
MUery After XealB.
The oppresslre embargoes levleil ipon th
Inner man by his Inveterate enemy, drnpep.v
after meals, are lifted and the yoke ca3t oz r
that sovereign medicinal liberator from 'wl . .
aliments, Hostetter's Stomach Bitteri Hear
burn, flatulence, oppression at the pit of in
stomach, the presence of bile where i: li.s Cv
belonp, are alike remedied by this pott-nt rr
former of a disordered condition of tha n'r
organ and the liver. It is the prince of ton .
and stomachics, invicoratlng at the s.vm tin.,
that it remedies. Both appetite and .il-vpart
imnroved bv it. A wineglass before oraftv
! meals, nnd before retiring will be found aa t-r
i elect restorathe of the ability to digest wkIj.
; similate and to rest tranquilly. Use it for u:
lariat. Kidney and rheumatic trouble ami l -constipation.
For the aged and inim it .
highly beneficial.
A robin redbreast in ti cage puts itt lie.n
en in n rage.--WiiHnm BInke.
Humdrum people ead a himidru'ii .ife
Avoid temptation by keeping out I .v.
company.
FOR TIRED MOTHERS
""I feel v-ry tliaak
f.il fVr wT- -. II..-!
Sarsparil'a h; d i.o
fi-riue. 1 hifi taVn
tL-ee lmttW and t!.o
mii!!ci; o h.s m.ide a
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bottom, which protect you cra'nst hih prWs nnd
the middleman's profts. Cur tboes eUal cunbi
work in style, eay fitting and wearing -iiialitlK.
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th8 value plven than any other make. TaS no r ul.
tltut;, ItyourdealercancotBuppIyyou. wscin.
- ; '"'t'-a- k trSy
VTA
young
convei'
aad
have
iWeery. while .at the sca-
k -the acoiutfijkiicti of
,vrno persisrenuicu tue
' io art nnjd literature,
to expect Mr. Weery to
and preferences about
nit niannor ofmmfnntHl suliiiV'ts.
"Arc you fowl of musie';" slie asked.
Her iievv acquaintance reuirnod a
non-committal answer, out sue was net I lor. Ills once Ion
to be discouraged. iocks were cut short
"Who 1? your iavorite composer;'
was her ijext inquiry.
Mr. Weery, as It happened, was
somewhat1 at bbme in that field, though
he had Jittle relish for cross-examination,
f
"Well" he' said, after a moment's
pause, '! think Franzl is perhaps the praise the Lord
which they Avere convicted could not
t ba punished by eternal banishment
i from the old farm. They were releas
ed from the Trenton jail a few days
ago, and they aain descended upon.
"Happy Valley" in a bunch. Since
then the 'angel dahtes" have been re
sumed, with more secrecy than form
erly, perhaps, but with their old time
vigor, iio much for the history of
"Happy Valley" up ;to date.
I paid a visit to the old farm house
last week. As I turned the corner of
the house I came face to face with
. Mnason. the self-constituted .Saviour.
Life bore an appearance of prison pal-
and Mowing gray
ami his whiskers
were as a stubby as a bath brush. He
looked at me as though he had seen
a ghost.
"Are you God';" I asked.
"Alas! Alas! Glory to God." he re
plied, "people call me God: you may
call me God. I shall not say nav.
Plf
"COLCHESTER''
SPADING
BOOT.
one whosa works I enjov most
"Fnulul? Franzl';" said the young
woman. "Who is lie V What hns he
written;"
"He was a German. He flourished
in tlie early part of the century, and
wrotje operas, concertos, songs and
many other things."
"Idon't remember that I ever heard
anything of his."
robably not. I never did. His
Ic is never performed in these da vs.
act, that is why he is my favorite
tposer. '
1 ahould imagine that yutt have
The Story of n Hell.
At tlie beginning of the last century i
the only church bell at Grosslaswitz. I
..I Germany, was so small that its tones .
i niurJ "vvere not sufficient to penetrate to the
.11 ends of the village. A second bell was
told her otf uuy wameu, inn me village was poor
anu wuere was tne money to come
from?
One Sunday, when the school-master,
Gottfried Havn. was coiutr to church.
he noticed growing out of the church-
yard "wall a flourishing green stock of
corn, the seed of which must have been
dropped by a passing bird. The idea
suddenly struck him that perhaps this
one stalk of corn could be made the
means of procuring the second bell
they wanted so much. He waited till
the corn was ripe, and then he plucked
the six ears on it and sowed them in
his own garden. The next year he
gathered the little crop thus produced
and sowed it again, till at last he had
not enough room in his garden for the
crop, and so he divided it among cer
tain number of farmers, who went on
sowing the ears until. In the eighth
year, the crop was so large that whin
it was put together and sold they found
that they had enough money to buy a
beautiful bell.
til.'W'l
Slurried .lurUfj".
Horsenni always hear with evident
regret the announcement of the in
tended marriage of their jockeys. To
be sure, it has a lendeney to steadv
i them, but then turfmen claim marriage
cowers a good boy. This seems to be
; the turning point in his career, and no
matter how courageous and daring he
may have been before, a grent change
is always noticed after his marriage.
: Reckless rides around turns and dar
ing rushes through big fields are sel
, dom a item d ed by married jockeys.
They leave the dangerous work to the
more experienced youngsters. An
owner doesn't like to see his horse
pocketed or cut off, and that is why he
prefers to have up an unmarried jock
ey, who is not bothered with wifely
warnings before going to the post to
be careful, for her sake at least. St
Louis Post-Dispatch.
All Mkh Fali There.
Gothaniitc How can you tell an hon
est man when you see him?
Lakeside I've almost forgotten. I've
been
now.
a Chicagoan for nearly a vear
Selllsliueas :ul Self Korjftlf ulnes
Of all the causes which, as life pro
gresses, tend to make "ordinary" wom
en old and haggard, two, which are
the antipodes of each other, are proba
bly the most effective. They are sel
fishness and self-forgetfulluess. The
woman who thinks of herself first;
last and all the time, will become ugly,
no matter how beautiful she may have
beeu when in her youthful prime. One
of the saddest things that can be said
of a woman of middle age is that "she
possesses the remains of beauty," or,
"when she was young she must have
been pretty," sad. because of the im
plications "the beauty is in ruins, the
prettiness departed with youth.
Iu Chlcait".
Mrs. O'Zoue-Can't you get a move
on that hrrse. driver? I'm afraid I'll
be late for the wedding.
Driver Niver molnd, mum! Even if
we miss the wedding we will be sure
to git there in toinie for the divorce.
Final-.
Tom You ought not to consider your
case as hopeless just because she said
"no."'
Jack To be perfectly exact, what
she iaid was "rats:"
Mr. StoruiM niiil Mary.
had a pretty hard time of it .inee last
year. Tell me how it happened."
"The Dutch Reformed Church is n
spousible for it. Hut God is my
strength. He never deserts th.- weak.
Glory:"
"'If you are weak, bow is it that you
are God'; Should you not defend your
self against the snares of the devil'
Gd prevails.
l.il.e lillilrnl Cliurnclrr.i.
"Yes; God prevails. I am everybody.
I am like many other Biblical charac
ters. I am like Jacob. 1 am like Sam
uel and others honored by God. I have
conn' out of the wilderness of tempta
tion." What do you propose to do"
' Praise God I will preach the truth.
When you look at me yon look at an
angel. I will hear my cross and preach
the truth. Hallelujah:"
"What is the truth';''
"I am against hi. forms. Marriage
Is a mistake. The lav.s of men are a
mistake. The Lord is my shepherd and
His laws shall prevail."
"Shall you continue the angel dan
ces';" "I shall continue to light the devil
in my own way with the help of God."
Then iluntsinan .Mum. -on strolled
slowly away with b-nt head in the di
rection of the apple onhard, where
the two old women, were gathering
fruit. At this moment a tall, cadaver
ous individual, with hair that huug
down to his shoulders, and whiskers
a foot or so longer, sailed by on a bi
cycle. He looked like a human cor
morant on a "bender." It was "John
the Baptist." He gave nie one look
as he passed, and then he bent to his
wheel and scooted away with a spoed
worthy of Zimmerman.
During my visit to the Storms house
1 met a man who was present at one
of the dances. "Mnason had tried to
get me into his way of thinking for r.
Mr. SlorniH.
with exertion, amid the rapturous ex
clamations of the disciples.
"This was the ordinary angel dance,
but it did not end here. Things would
have quited down if -John the Baptist
had not leaned over and made an af
fec.tionate remark to the panting Mrs.
Howells. Mnason heard ii. and waxed
wroth. He jumped up and kicked tin
table over.
KuiScil la a ilmv.
"Away went the turnins. potatoes,
'buttermilk pap and dihes with a
great clatter. In an instant .Mnason
and "John the Baptist" were clinched
like a pair of ca's . and rolling ov.-r t"'e
Hoor among the debris lighting for
dear life.
"Silas the Pure." in trying to part
them . received a 'inutility of mashed
potatoes in the left eye. Then the
women took a hand, and the dishes be
gan to fly. You could have heard the
noise of combat a mile away. Wiieu
they got through there was mashed
turnips ami buttermilk pap on the win
dows and walls and mashed potatoes
on the ceiling. The floor was covered
with broken dishes and the place look
ed as though it had been upturned by
an earthquake.
"In their struggle the diM'iple; had
rolled over and over on the floor until
their clothes were covered with pro
vender. When quiet had been restored
Mnason. said. "Praise the Lord." and
the others said -A men I That settle! it.
I did not join the Church of the Living
lod."
That strange things still take place
in and around the ohl house was made
evident as I took my departure. It
was nightfall, and as I passed down
the road 1 saw the light of a lantern
flitting around the house at a great
rate. I went back. and. as I stepped
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lr maie. He was probably exoreisini:
the tlevil thaf Huntsman .Mnason avers
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