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GIVE.
Tho little brtiwn seed In thoflntnp earth rc
poalm?, All, htlnd to dho HkIiI mid the bounty
aliotfe,
In able to Just ftffiUts way through the dark
ness, - ?
Nor stirs tlio Jono idtonco with ono thrill
Of love.
Hut wIipii It looks out 011 n world full of un.
hIiIiiu It breathes life Inspiring for leaf, bud nnil
llowor;
Transfigured It lifts up n noni? ntul 11 bltss
InK. Its fragrant llpn utter n nienHiiRO of power.
flee where from t slIttorJnK throne In the
henvonii
Jlurnn clear nnd unfailing the light of the
Mtnr
Unconscious of nil the bright brums It dls-
POUHI'M,
It Hci'H but tlio other worlds shining nfar.
It Hvch by Imparling Its wnrinth iintl Us
luster,
lly doing the thing It wnii Riven to do:
And the song of the spheres, that bnn puz
zled the ages,
Is only thulr beautiful watchword: "He
true."
Tlio drops that sink down out of hIrIK In the
fissure
Homo day In tho futuro may shatter the
rock,
And send to tho hamlet that dreams In the
valley,
Disaster (mil woe with their pitiless shoe:
Jlut tho pure, living fountain that bursts
from tho hillside,
lilki) tho laugh of a child or a bird's rip
pling song,
IlofruHhoH, preserves nnd grows broader
and ileeper
As onward forever It hurries along.
To give nnd to bless Is the law of creation.
Tho one burled talent alone Is despised;
Tho riches Invested nro thoso that aro
valued,
Tho light that Is hidden enn never be
prized.
Then help tho poor world with Its work and
Its worry,
And bold up tho hands that nro rvndy to
fall,
For though He possesses tho tn asures of
Una veil,
Our Master has need of the talents of all.
Julia H. Thayer, In Chicago Advance.
$ Logic of John Mills, Miner
tBy Ilonry J. Amen. ;
A S THIS is simply 11 plain story of
J John Mills, miner, 110 introduction,
nryouil a statement of t lit identity of
the man, is necessary. .Mills lived near
Hooky Canon, nnd had often aroused
tlu: people thereabout, (or within a radi
us of !2S miles) to u state of interroga
tive curiosity which had neer been
fully satislled. He dwelt alone, in a
cabin not worth riosoribliiir, lieeause
iust sueli cabiiiH have often been de
scribed before. When he first appeared
lie had suit! nothing as to his origin
A tall, silent man of 10 years, lie went
at once into ills chosen Held, prospect
ing, asking advice, and giving none.
Mills had a gootl eye for "leads," and
had been moderately successful, for
several times lie had tlev eloped claims
until they had begun to assume the dig
nity of mines, had sold theinand moved
on. In IS'.U he located a claim that
seemed promising, and for weeks toiletl
at It single-handed. He was strougaud
skillful, and his progress remarkably
rapid, but occasionally he felt a pang
of solitude, ami thought he ought to se
cure, help, licit only for Die forwarding
of tlie work, but for 1 he sake of compan
ionship. One summer tiny as this mood
was upon him, he htfiird 11 voice at the
mouth of the slope marking the spot
where he hud started into the side of
the mountain.
"Hello there!" said the voice, "may 1
'come, do wit V"
Mills dropped the sledge jiiit then
jioisctl for a blow, and turned. tnwiuri
the patch o light. "No," he answered;
'I'll come up."
As lie wulked, curving his hack, he
aaW outlined against a bit of sky a
titurdy llgure ami a head surmounted
by a felt hat, the tlapping rim of which
bad been secured in front, anil- from
beneath which there escaped a wtivj,
mass of hair tossed on the breec. The
miner wondered vaguely, why a boy.
should be t-.o handsome. Emerging
from the slope he straightened himself,
taking a full breath of the sweet moun
tain air. Tltvu he drew from his po'clccl
pipe ami hjhaecoHUctl, lighted, ilb
Korbed a few' satisaetory whiles,' and
said, slowly: "WeJlV"
"I'm Jtube'.laeksoi)," said the byy; in
return; "an' I'm here for work."
lolin pulled on. "Hetter come to the
cabin' while 1 yank a little guub togiMh
.cr. 1 take it," lie addctl, starting down
"Hie patch, "that ye're prospccti.il' witli
out no stake?"
The boy did not understand this, but,
lie gave an assent, and. started with
Sklills, who noticed Unit the sole o'f the
visitor's, s'lioe Happed at right angles
with every s'tep. "I'M cobble it after
aupper," wat his comment.
"llutubout thejob.yop know," the boy
put In, timidly, stepping high pu tnc
count of the loose soUv, "
"Oh, that's all right?' answered Mills;
ye're hired. IMdnVI tell yehV" Ami
they wtllked on. ' 0
In the evening tlu5ygj!ew, in n meas
ure, confidential, although Uube did
most .of the talking, a9 Mills ?ohbltul
' the defective shoe into a state of useful-
Hess, lief ore bed lime Ktlbo had Mold
of Slsslo Campbell. .She was back in
Missouri, wheic he himself Jiail been
"bom unri-ralseri."
"I didn't have much money after
father and lnother died," he went on,
lc!i ply, "and Hue lar father, has a pile.
I'll bet old man Campbell fiasi $2,000 out
on mortgage right now."" lie paused to
note the effect; .Mills drove another
peg, wliile Uube laughed ncrVoimly. "1
fell in love, witli Sue," he continued,
'.'hut she wouldn't have it; that In," he
corrected, recognizing the nwkwnrrf
n'oss of the expression, "she didn't see in
to be in earnest niout it. Not like me,
anyhow, but liu'ly she laughed, and
said that if I'd get a fortune she'd mar
ry inc. So I struck out west."
"Mtlatbeu flue gal," said Mills. "Hope
it ain't serious. Has she got any holt
on yeli 7"
llube laughed again. "I wish she
had," was ills rejoinder; "but since I
came away she hasn't written. Sue's
just trln' me, that's what she's doln'.
I t's a way w oincn have. When t go back
with a poekeful of money she'll be
ready. Oh, I know what women arc."
.lolin took a last stitch in silence, and
held up the reconstructed shoe. Thus
began, between .lolin .Mills, miner, and
Uube Jackson, boyish, hopeful tramp,
one of the serene friendships which last
until deatli. Let the limit not be placed
even there; perhaps, strengthened and
renewed, they last forever.
During the days the pair Worked,
speaking little. Ju the evenings they
read and talked, or Mills brought out an
ancient llddlc, whereon lie discoursed
melody must feursome, but duty ap
plauded. Tht! usual theme of conver
sation was Sue. Gradually the two built
up an ideal woman, ami a home that shu
was to adorn after the Millennium
for such they had named the mine
hud begun to produce. Kube would not
listen to any plan that ditl not involve
the membership of Mills in the family.
"P'raps ait' old feller like me 'ud be in
the way," Mills would say, and, regular
ly, Ikiibc would rebuke this view.
Yet Sue never wrote. "Mighty long
trial an' slow vcrdick," Mills opined
once. Italic convinced him that this bor
deretl oil treason.
Weeks went by, and the crucial test
of the Millennium wus at hand. The
hole for the "shot" which was to de
termine the character of the vein to
ward which thuy had been laboring
had been drilled, the powder tamped
about the fuse. It was then, stopping
to wipe his forehead, leaving it grinn
st leaked, that Mills delivered a speech
which, so far as recorded, was the long
est he ever made.
"Uube, boy," lie said, "we're pnrri
ncrs. Understand'.' 1'ardners. This
shot tells whether we II ml somethlu'
lousy with goltl or goes broke ngin bar
ren rock. In any ease, thur's wages tine
you, an a-eoinin'. It wouldn't be no
squnr' deal fur me to git rich and you
only to draw pay fer days' works; so,
thar'fore, I, .I0I111 Mills, miner, as here
t of ore and ginerally known, do hereby
make over to 3011, Uube .lacksou, a full
half-Interest In the Millennium, to have
an' to hold, nn' yev heirs an' assigns for
ever, amen. That's 11 kerreet form, I
guess, and no lawyers needed nor pa
pers neither."
Uube grasped the hand of Mills.
"Your word's enough for any man, and
1 thank y oil. You've been a good friend
to me me and Sue. I "
"There, there." interrupted Mills
"it's notliin', it's all right." lie seemed
happy, ami a trltle embarrassed, con
cealing the emotions by a sudden dis
play of energy.
.Not another word was spoken. Soon
all was ready, an open lamp applied to
the waiting fuse, ami the men retreat
ed to the open.
"In live minute, paiduer," Mills said,
as they went along, "we'll be u couple
of them capitalist chaps."
"And Sue, too," amended Uube.
"Yes, Sue, too," assented the senior
member of the firm. "You see. she's
naehelly one of them 'heirs nn' as
signs forever,' which the document
would mention, so be we had one."
He. started for the cabin, but Uube lin
gered. "Metier conic to grub," coun
seled Mills: "The old hole won't be fit
ten to live in fur an hour."
llube seemed to Assent, but he did
not follow'. As .Mills reached the cabin
there was a inullled sound, a tremor of
rock jts the granite mountain qtilvtired,
and out from the slope rolled a cloud
of smoke. .Mills was soon'Ju the cabin
getting supper.
In 'M minutes' the cotVee hail .been
.made, the bacon fried, nnd biscuits were
crisping-in the -oven. Still Uube did not
come. "I wonder where, he-Is," said
Mills. "Moysjls'so reckless," and with
an uneasy. fe'elFng lie started buck up
the. trail.
. '"".Uube, come to supper!" he culled.
His, voice- bounded, from slile to side
of the ,eaiiQit,,but there vta no re-,
spouse, o The heart. of .Mills sank with
the thought of impending evil. Calling
again and again, he.vw'iit in.the hiuuih
of. the slope,, out of whieh ap ner.hl
vapor jlou'tctt, hovering intlie uir. "I'm
'a fea rd Uube went In,'' conjectured Mills,
and hastily removing" his Voat lie
dropped it in a powder-keg of water,
swathwl it, about his" uce, and shifted
blthdly'down ilie slope. '
Afthe foot of ltjiehinioxm by a cruel
filoek, lit' found Uube, int'rf, apparent
ly llfelcw... Wltji u.glant. effort he al
most " hurle'tl the. blojpk aside, ami tak
ing llube 111 his arms, staggered, tum
bled, crept to the outer aj Ohl the
hlcawl linlm of that air nv it touched
his face. Jfo took one bit alb, kml hia
burden down, and feji beside it, prone,
motionless. The sun was giv It.g tin! loft
iest peak its fare we 11 caress. IJelow u
b'irri was singing a good-night song.
The rosy glow paswd; the bird vas
still; the shadows crept higher. Hut
there lay the dead hiid the stricken.
Tin? inrpicKt wntf elinrt, resulting In
the finding- that Iteuben .mekson had , curious, says a Jtoiue (On.) eorrespond
come to his death by n dispensation of f cut of the St. Louis Uepubllc. Among
Providence, "aided and abetted by his
own carelessness, for the whieh, lie be
ing a boy, we do not blame him."
There was a funeral, too, picturesque
and pathetic, where the music was the
harping of the wind in the pine-tops,
ami the Jlnest tribute the tears of .lolin
Miilu. Then the grave was rounded
over, tlie participauts - all but one
-withdrew, and that night the moon
shone down 011 a solitary figure, sitting
by a mound, his head bowed in his
hands. "Too late, too late," I lie figure
murmured. "We're rich, my pnrdncr
and me, and it won't do him no good."
Nor was Mills speaking Idly, for,
clutched in tlie rigid lingers of llube,
John had discovered a fragment of
quartz threaded and bound by wires
of virgin gold.
Tlie next day Mills was1 in Denver.
Ills first visit was to a mining expert
somewhat familiar with the district.
"Tlio Millennium" said John, pointing
over his shoulder in the general direc
tion of Iloeky canyon "she's fur sule.
The price is two hundred thousatid.
Take her or leave her."
Next ho took his way to a lawyer,
"llraw me up one of them papers," ho
said, "makin' over to Susan Campbell,
of Missouri, a half interest in the Mil
lennium." "What consideration'.'" asked tho
man of business.
"Consideration? Why, for my pard
ner, of course."
Necessary explanations followed, and
the consideration was plncctl at ten dol
lars, which Mills conscientiously took
out of tine pocket uud put into another.
"It's best to have everything on tlio
Bqiittr'," he thought.
"Want this recorded?" continued the
lawyer, when the dips, spurs and angles
had been described witli technical nice
ty. "Not fur a spell," replied Mills. "Jest
give it to me. An hour later he was on
an east-bound train.
He reached a little town in Missouri.
As he walked the streets, he thought,
with n strange thrill of nffectinn, that
he was where Uube had been "born and
raised." Kvcry villager knew the resi
dence of Henry Campbell, and soon
Mills was ringing the bell. The door
was openetl by a young woman Sue!
Mut surely not the Sue of tube's dreams
and his own imagluiiigs. She was pret
ty, in a careless way, but her wrapper
wast begrimed, her slippers, one of
which protruded, displaced a hole, ami
her hair was in papers. Mills was
shocked ami puz.led. The girl said
"Uood morning," anil awaited devel
opments. "I'm from out west," said the visitor
"Colorado." Then, after a pause,
conscious of an important omission, lie
added: "My name's John Mills."
"Colorado," rejoined the young wom
an; "I knew a fellow that went out
there Uube Jackson. Come in. 1 sup-
you'd want to hear about it: Well, I
must he giiin'. !ooil-by."
Once in tlie street, lie took a paper,
from his breast a document of bg.il
aspect tore it into miiiutu pieces and
-eattered them in the mud of the thor
oughfare. "Cod knows." he uiutUinl,
"that I tried to bn simar' with mv d.iitU '
ner, but it apjiears Uube didn't leave no
'heirs an' assigns forever.'
"I'aw," remarked Susan, that evening,
"there was an nw fully funny mnneallnl
here to-day. Said he knew llulie .link-
son out west."
"Didn't know no good of him." re- '
turned the father. "That Jnckvm j
piace'II never bring the amount of tho ,
mortgage."
A fe.w days later Mills was In the of- t
(lee of the mining expert. "The Milieu- I
ilium,'' he began; "take her er leave
tier?" (
'"I'nkc her," exclaimed the ex-pert,
tryiugto coureal his jubilation. "Here's
the papers and your cheek, all ready to
sign. Where in tUuuiTer'd you go to."
"Jest took a little husi'nuss trip fur
my paj-dner," answei?d John .ii.ui
Fnincise.o 'Argonaut.
A ltrliicdj- tin; IIikI l.aiiKiinKi',
An oci'an-going eaptaln wjl's so-luuch
given to using bad language that his
ties I mate made a bet witli him that he
could not- tin "without, svycaving lor'u
weelc. . It went oil ail rlgfit for the first
fwo or ih roe days, until'ii bit of a Sitinll
came on, and tin sailis ere up aloft
tloing their tlilVerent dntles. ntit.thelr
captain was ttispleaseil with their work.
He stood it us long as'lie-eouhl. and
tlVeu he-throw liis cap ftn the dock in a
lowering ntgo, jumped on if, and, fcjiniv
'lug'-hls list up at the men with an nn-'
agry scowl, he .kissed: " "Jlfess" you, uly
tfl-ars you know what 1 mean J" Tit
Bits. o
pose, you want to see paw. Kvcr meU ' PiIl
Uube?" She almost laughed. "Uube MS
used to think I'd marry him; but. gra- $$& ffl WM$ i mWmmmSSA
cious, I never thought of it. Come in. &$ig$S iSfegilSSa
Dil 3 ... say you'd me. Uube?'' . $1$$$
"Htm ami n,es pardners," answered ' ifflKW
""s:;,. o, ,,, ,, mmilm
a tr.-.,k .,( 11,0k lau-lv. n,Knt 111.. 1,- WiaMKmSJaWlffl-ffia
AN ECCENTRIC INVENTOR.
WnrUcd In Hcergt or Tlilrty-Klve
YcnfK m Perpetual Motion
.MnclMue.
a'hc sale of the eJTcels of the late
JcshC Horn, an eccentric- farmer living
in th6 Flntwoods district, will doubt-
less attract a very large crowd of the
uiu tilings usieti lor me sine m k iti
petuul motion machine. For 35 years
Horn worked every spare moment on
his machine, often working feverishly
far into tlie night. He guarded his se
cret and Ids machine zealously, keeping
it In a stout outhouse, the key to which
ROBERT TREAT
ill if """H5 SK?.. mK
Mr. 1'alne, nominee for governor of At nswachusetts, although but 33 ypnrs of npft;.
ftnnds high In the estimation of tho democrnoy of his state. He was born lm
Wnltham, educaud at Harvard, and is a lawyer. He belongs to one of tho oldest
families In Boston, bis father being of national prominence. In ISC-G ho was one
of Mr. ltiyan's stionsest supporters in tho east. At the opening of the Spanish
war he raised a volunteer company, but as It was unattached It was not sent to
the front. He then joined battery A, First Massachusetts volunteer artillery, and
served as a private until mustered out.
was never out of his sight for an in- picking up straws, feathers and leaves:-.
stant. Not even a member of the fam-1 to make a bed for the invalid. She ac
ily was ever permitted to gaze on the coinplislied wonders of dexterous man -precious
work of his brain, and lie died agenient in lifting up the featherless
with the secret locked in his heart. IJut ' sull'erer and placing it on tlie couch,
the machine is advertised to sell ut j Hut the weather was cold at night. The
public outcry, and a large number will 1
be attracted to tlie sale.
Floyd lias another eccentric old lei-1 a wing over it to Keep it warm, liiepo
low, who was for years imbued with the sition must lurve been uncomfortable,,
idea that he could invent n Hying ma-1 not to say painful, but M. Milne-Ed-cliine.
His name is I'oole, nnd his men- wards never came, at night to sec how
lal equipoise is not of tlie best. One day "this feathered sister of charity" was.
I'oole got the machine lived to his lik- behaving without finding it with its
ing, and, after bidding his wife and wing lovingly extended. The invalid
children a solemn farewell, crawled out died. The other bird began to mope,,
on the roof of his cabin from the sum- lost appetite, withdrew into a corner,,
mit of which he announced that he was drooped and died also. Was it instinct
going to fly to Heaven. He launched that prompted it to make a bed and'
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tlie of the most htrlhlnj; ppotnclry of the pjrotccbrle dlsp'.av at Nnv York la
Admiul Divvej's horor was a swt p'.ice In imitation ot the tlanshlp O.jmpld. Tho
II torl5.s Obmpta was built of a. I kinds of powder and pasteboard, which, at a
slKi.al, buist lrto llumo and spaihs, showing tht outline of iht vtssel In colored
lirflus. From the deck Issued streams o brlllluiit bomb.-, und "(lower tiots " Vary
dilt'ort-nt ludPtti vvab this blazlnu couiutirit in upptarunce from the tt.if blvmpla
It itsumbltd rather some of the apaiiUh shipavvlilchvvtic burned by the admiral's lire"
himself outward, but, instead of sail-
ing off Jlke a bird, I'oole and his ma-
eliineviune to terra Hrina like u lump of
leml. Asa otmsou,uohe of his- fool -
hardiness, i'oole was laid up for three
months with a broken leg and other
damages. It is only necessary to men
tion "Hying machine" in l'oofe's pres
ence jiovV'to wild him into a towering
Vat,o. .
"...Out of tht lli'iiteii Ti'iielc. ..
First (iritit, Here's one trace of orig
inally it H isy't 11 typographical er
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'-First Critic lie'sitys "wide and far"!
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BIRD SISTER OF CHARITY.
Affection Manifested liy n Jnvn Spar-
row When Itu Gomiinnlnn Wn
Mortally Woumletl.
Milne-Edwards, director of the Jar
din des IMantes In lnris, relates the fol
lowing story of two Java sparrows:
"They were both hens nnd in the samo
aviary witli a parrot, which took a dis
like to one of them. One day the pnrrot
picked a. quarrel witli one of the spar
rows, tore out its feathers and llnally
broke its leg with a blow of its beak.
The poor little thing could no longer
stay on a perch. It lay shivering on tho
ground, to the evident grief of the com--pauion
bird. She went about the aviary-
PAINE, JR.
charitable bird placed itself beside thc-
one with tlie broken leg, and extended
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firs. . a.- -lidim
keep the other bird warm? No.it was.
sentiment, and charitable sentiment"
guided by reason. That bird was not
; onl.v charitable, but virtuous, and really,
1 deserved the Montvon Trivi
TltberciiloNln In tlie (it nn Army."
In an article inthe Militn,r Woclien
Woehciiblatt it is stated that the num.." '
her of cases of tubere.iilosis in tlieCier
mini army has falten". from S.'J per
gioHsand.in,lsyn.;oi.tofi.'He.i'.tloiisl.iHil
in lS9.s-;po. Tljis decrease is altrilmlcd' ' '
largely to Koi'lis discovery of the bacil
lus of tuhcBeijlosls, owiiujf tji which tho
diagnosis of the t'lisease is easier, ain't
recruits suffering from it are reicetetlj.
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