HOW BHE GOT EVEN.
Oir Mrtido wa stool at Ihn
And huabrd waa our lively talk.
Jla with red hair a pretty mold
Can tripping alouj; the walk.
Tor Just brMod her oo the road.
Tbur trotted m pur white boria.
.Ind. aa we thought of the joke.
We smiled, aa a matter of count.
die h us atnlln, thru glanced behind.
And hrr cheeks with angr bunted,
Ehe Rare hrr head a acornful tots.
As around to ua she turned.
A haughty look aha gave, then said:
"I always make it a rule.
Whenever a white horse I ace.
To look around fur a fooL"
Juaaiu Howell In New York Mercury.
TIIK ASS' SPUING.
In a preen valley, shut in by steep
heights, u cool, abundant spring, called
the- Ass Well, lias its source, Hie
spring is inclosed, and covered over
with a canopy, on the top or whicn
turns a tin osh weather vane.
Every mornintf in summer there
stands by tbo edge of the well pale
young ladies from the city, who, under
tho car vT anxious roomers anu pro
tecting aunts, drink tho cold water
from handsome mugs. City gentle
men, loo, visit the spring, and indeed
not only tho sickly ones, but also
healthy youths with brown faces and
bold twisted mustaches. A warrior,
ffrav with n;o, wbo for thirty years
lad como and gone with tho swallows;
a poetical, incomprehensible young
lady, with loiifr, straw colored curls; a
mysterious widow in deej mourning;
n prestidigitator, who is especially
sought after in rainy weather, and who
makes money vanish and guesses
drawn cards all these characters are
to be found at the ass well, and there
fore there is no lack of what belongs
to a so called "summer resort." But
wait! we had almost forgotten the
inost important feature, the landlady
of tho Golden Goose. She rules with
unlimited nver, cooks well and treats
high ami low with an honest brusque
ncss which to tho city cop!e is as ro
freshm? as tho May dew.
There js it great difference of opin
ion about tho origin of the name the
ivcll bears. Boino say that a thirsty
nwulisclosed tho spring by pawing with
his hoofs. Others claim that tho well
is so called because its waters, like ass
milk, aro beneficial to feeblo constitu
tions. But both opinions are at fault
This will become clear as daylight to
all who read this story to the end.
Many, many years ago, when the
mightiest tree in the forest was stilf a
germ sleeping in a brown acorn,
nothing was known of tho healing
power of the future Ass' Well. The
visitors who came to its brink were the
beasts of the forest or grazing cattle
and deer; wood cutters, huntsmen and
charcoal burners; and men praised
tho cool water? and the beasts did tho
same after their own fashion.
One day two stood by the well one
on this side, tho other on that. He
was an ass, and she was a goose, both
in the Hirst bloom of youth. They
greeted each other silently, and
auencbed their thirst Then tho ass
rew near to tho goose, and asked
bashfully, "Young lady, may I ac
company you"
She nodded, and would gladly have
blushed, but this she was unable to
do, and thoy went together through
tho mcj;jVv and talked about the
weather. They had gone quite a dis
tance when tho ass stood still and
asked: "Young lady, whither does
your way lendf
The goose looked sadly at her com
panion askance, and said, quietly:
How do I know? Oh, I am the mol
unfortunate creature under the sun 1"
And as tho ass questioned her further,
end urged her to pour out her heart,
sho related the story of her life.
"I am called Alheid," said thegoose,
"and am of good family. My ancestor
was one of the sacred geese that saved
the capital. You know the story,
young gentleman."
The ass said, hesitatingly: "Ye-es."
J le had really never heard of the story,
but he did not wish to grieve the goose.
"Another of my maternal ances
tors," continued Alheid, "was on
friendly terms with fc?aint Martin. She
is said, according to the sad legend, to
have given her life for him. But I
will not dwell on the history of my
ancestors, but tell you about myself.
I came to ihc light of the world, to
gether with eleven brothers and sisters,
and, indeed, on a farm, where my
mother es a brooding goose lived a
life appropriate to her station. I was
my mother's pet, for in our family the
youngest child is always the most tal
ented." "Just as it is in ours," remarked the
ass.
"I will pass over the years of my
childhood," continued the goose, "the
happy plays in tho village pond and
in the lake of the castle garden, where,
in the company of the young swans,
I acquired that elegance of motion for
which I have been so often admired. I
had long before shed the yellow down of
youth and had blossomed into the prime
of life. "Vheu one day there appeared
on the farm a man, who had a very
linr.L-ed nose: his temples were adorned j
on the right and on the left with two
shiny black curls, and over his shoul
der hung a pack. The farmer's wife
and tho maids flocked around him,
and looked with longing eyes at the
bright colored ribbons and cloths
which he took out of his bag. To
make a long story short, I was caught,
and with my feet and wings bound I
was given over to tho stranger, who
took me in exchange for a blue hand
kerchief decorated with red roses.
Jiow came melancholy days. I was
shut up in a narrow coop, and given
balls of barley flour to fatten me.
With horror I noticed my circumfer
ence increased from day to day, and
even my grief over my wretched plight
was unable to arrest the evil."
Hero the ass cast a look at his com
panion's figure, and swore that he
Sever had seen a more elegant goose.
With a look of thankf ulne&s at tbo ass,
Alheid continued:
Iast night I shudder to tluuk of it
I heard woful cries of agony, which
vidently came from the throat ol one
my fellow prisoner. 1 taw two
The daily maun i lAttsmquth. Nebraska, Friday, decemhei:
eyes shine in tho moonlight and heard
the death rattle. A fox or a polecat
must have broken into the coop. Fear
lent me strength. I forced myself
mrougti uie bars or my prison and es
caped. I was Bared. My whips bore
me to this valley; and now I shall try
A I 1
to prolong my uie as a wim gooso.
until winter comes, when l shall, ier-
naps, una a modest position as snow
goose."
Alheid sighed deeply, and then was
silent.
"My fate," said the ass, "is similar
to yours, Miss Alheid. Look at the
black cross which decorates my
shoulder; that will tell you alL I am
of the race of tho sacred ass of Jerusa
lem, and Baldwin is my name. My
petiigree goes back to JNoah s ark,
Balaam's ass and the ass with whose
jawbone Samson slew two thousand
Philistines are my ancestors. Tho one
of my ancestors who died liko a phil
osopher between two bundles of hay, I
win only mention incidentally; nor
will I dwell on the worthiest of my
high aspiring forefathers, who founded
tho collateral branch of mules. My
parents were convent people, and bore
iious monkson their errands of charity.
My older brothers and sisters became
lay brethren ; but the fathers sold me
to the convent miller, and I, a sacred
ass, saw myself compiled by rough
men to carry contemptible meal sacks.
For a long timo I suffered in silent
submission. But ouo night, when the
cruelty of a rough miller's boy drovr
mo to desicratiou, 1 burst my fetter
and came to this eaceful forest valley,
where I found you by tho cool well,
most charming Alheid. Hero 1 think
I shall remain for tho present and lead
tho contemplative life of a wild ass."
So the ass and tho goose both re
mained in tho meadow valley. They
dwelt apart from each other, as it bo
came them, but they saw each other
and talked together daily, and at last
ono could no longer live without the
other. They were happy and sad at
tho samo time; happy, because they
loved and found love in return; Bad,
becauso they saw they could never be
long to ono another.
"Oh I why was 1 born a goose 1" bo
wailed Alheid; and Baldwin, tho ass,
sighed, "If I were a bird I" and he
knew, too, what kind of a bird he
would bo.
Tli us weeks passed by. The ass grew
perceptibly thin, although there was
no lack of nourishing food in tho mea
dow valley; and thegoose lost tho red
color from her bill, and her eyes be
came dull.
Now, there lived in tho forest, in a
hollow stone, an owl, who was the
most clever female anywhere about,
and tho beasts often went to her for
advice. The ass told her his distress,
and when the owl had heard his
story, she said: "That I cannot help.
But wait till midsummer. Then the
wise Wish Lady conies to the well in
the meadow valley to bathe. Confide
to her your trouble. Perhaps sho will
help you, and change your form; sh
is a most powerful magician."
Then the ass went away half con
soled. One midsummer eve, when
Alheid, tho goose, had sought her rest
ing place, lie concealed himself near
the spring to wait for tho wonderful
Wish Lady.
Sho did not keen him waitincr lone.
Sho came flying along in her dress of
swan's feathers, threw aside the downy
garment, and bathed her whito limbs
m ttie cool spnncr. ine ass waiteu
with an ass' patience until she came
out of the water; and when she had
sat down on a stone and was combing
her hair, then Baldwin stepped up to
her, beat his fore poof threo times as a
CTeetincr. and becrcred the Wish Lady,
most piteous y, to change him at once
to a gander.
lbo enchantress shook her head.
"That is a strange wish," sho thought,
"but I can fulfill it, and I will."
And she whispered in the ear of the
ass, who listened attentively: "ilativ
to-morrow morning, at sunrise, pick
seven gooseberry blossoms and eat
them silently, then plunge your head
in the well, and you will be changed
to a fine gander. And now you go
your way and leave me alone. '
lhe ass thanked her heartily and
went away. He never closed his eyes
all night, and as soon as tho mountain
tops began to grow red he was up on
his feet and away to look for the seven
gooseberry blossoms. Then he hurried
to tho spring and plunged his hcad in,
and when he drew it out again, to his
delight, he saw in the mirror of the
water the pieture of a handsome a
moot magnificent gander with a
beautifully curved neck.
As fast as he could co he hurried to
the thicket where the goose had taken
up tier aooao.
"Alheid, my beloved Alheid r he
cried, "where art thou?"
Here, my dearest, sounded from
the thicket, and a pretty little she ass
came dancing out of the bushes.
xhe lovers looked at each other,
dumb with amazement.
"Oh, what an ass I am 1 sighed the
gander.
Ua. what a goose X ami groaned
the r.s3.
Then a hot torrent of tears poured
her weeping Alheid told how she had
followed the advice of the owl, and
sought the Wish Lady, who had
granted her request, and changed her
to a jenny. Hereupon the gander, be
tween heavy sobs, gave his experienre,
and the midsummer sun never shone
on two more wretched creatures than
our two lovers.
Timo heals all things. Calm endur
ance took the place of uncontrollable
anguish. One hope was left to the
pair. Perliaps the AVish Lady, on her
next visit to the spring, would restore
one of the lovers to the original form.
But before that a whole year must
itass. Patience, then, patience I Bo
Baldwin and Alheid again lived to
gether like brother and sister.
After much distress and danger,
which the winter brought to the two
anchorites, spring appeared in the
land; the sun mounted higher and
higher, and at last the long wished for
midsummer eve had come.
With boating 1 warts the layers this
timo went together to tho well, and
ttated their case to the Wish Lady.
. "ThU is a bad affair," said the en-
chantreis. "I cannot chango either
of you ack again, however willing X
nay be to grant you tho favo: But 1
will make you a proposition. How
would it do if you became human
beings? Out of an ass and a gooso it
would not bo difficult to make a youth
and a maiden ; that I can do. Would
that please you f
"Yes," cried
Baldwin and Alheid
with one voice,
The Wish Lady murmured a cbarn.
and told them both to plunge their
heads in the well. They obeyed, and
when they took them out again Bald
win had become a sturdy young man
with an extremely good natureu face,
and opposite him stood a charming
little woman with a prettily arched,
rosy mouth and languishing eyes.
And they fell down at tho Wfah
Lady's feet and gratefully kissed h&
hands, and then they kissed each
other's lips and whispered words of
love in each other's ears. But the
Wish Lady, noticing that her presence
was superfluous, wrapped herself in
her dress of feathers and flow away.
The two young pconlu remained in
the meadow valley. Baldwin built a
house, and in it they passed a happy
life; and each year a little child was
given them, sometimes a boy and
sometimes a girl.
In the neicrhbonncr villages nobody
susiiectcd that Baldwin had been an
ass and Alheid a goose, for they were
as sensible as other human beinire.
They did not make a creat noise about
the history of their transformation, as
it would nave prejudiced them in the
eyes of tho people. But when they
were about to die they intrusted it as
a secret to their eldest son. and it was
ho who named the house "Tho Golden
Goose" and the snrinjr "The Ass'
Well," as they are still called at tho
present day.
How tho heal i nor power of the waters
was discovered, and how life gradually
camo to the remote forest valley, ait
very fully described in a book which
tho landlady sells to guests who uso
tho waters.
Tho Wish Lady has for a lone time
stayed away, probably becauso it is too
noisy for her in tho valley. But even
at the present timo it happens that al
most every year some youncrpair isseen
at the spring, who seem as well adapted
to each other as tho heroes of our
storv. Translated from tho German
of Baumbach by Mrs. Nathan Haskell
JJale.
The Astonished Drummer.
The Rev. A. E. Dunnincr. D. D.. the
manager of the Congregationalist pub-
lsumg house and babbatJi school
work, and one of the busiest men in
Boston, is an oil hand, approachable
man with a bright, winning face, easy
manner, and personal magnetism that
contributes much to his success. He
ins none of the outward siens of the
clerical calling, but looks more like a
business man. He travels nearly all
of tho time, and he says that in the
cars he crenerally passes as a drummer
and is recognized by tho fraternity as
ono of their number. On troipcr into
Minneapolis ono Saturday evening a
smart young fellow approached in a
ree and easy way :
"Going to stop over Sunday?"
"Yes," replied the doctor.
"No, I am going to stop with a
friend."
"Come round to the hotel to-morrow
afternoon and we'll have a racket.
Suite a number of the boys will be
tere."
"But to-morrow is Sunday."
"I know it, and that's why we can
have such a devil of a good time."
"Oh, I think that we fellows who
aro traveling all the timo ought to keep
Sunday," said the doctor.
"Yes," assented the drummer, good
naturally, "but I'll bet you won't 1"
"I'll tell you what I'll do: I'll go to
church to-morrow if you will 1"
"I'll do it I Where shall we go?"
"To tho First Congregational. It'i
the best church in town. .
"All right I'll ho there, but I'll bet
you won't 1"
The drummer was there according
to his promise, and could hardly be
lieve his eyes when he saw his friend
of the night before ascend to the pul
pit Dr. Dunning tried to find nim
after the survice, but be had fled,
Lcwiston Journal.
The Sioux Indian Reservation.
The Sioux Indians have probably
overreached themselves in their eager
ness to drive the sharpest possible bar
gain with the government for their
land. The government showed a will
ingness to meet the Indians more than
half way, but the latter refused a per
fectly fair ptfer. As a question of ab
stract justice, this refusal may not ex
cuse the government for taking pos
session of tho land in an arbitrary
manner, but it is clear that the welfare
of Indians as well as whito settlers
will bo promoted by tho opening of
surplus land to actual settlement and
its division among the Indians in
severalty for permanent occupation.
If the Indians remain obstinate it is
hard to see any escape from the neces
sity of treating them literally like
'wards of the government," or as
cliildren incapable of comprehending:
their own best interests. It is said
that a bill will be introduced in con
gress providing for the summary ac
quisition of the land at a price to be
hxed by Congress. Frank Leslie's,
Kiss When Tfaey Meet,
A word in regard to the common
salute of kissing. Various writers
agree that it had its origin in a desiro
to taste, thereby affording a palpablo
realization of the person for whom
affection was felt With us this cus
tom prevails only between male and
female or female and female.
In our own city, however, we
have the opportunity of observing,
among the Italian classes, that it is
even practiced, between, man and man.
The kissing salute calls to mind a
practice among the Esquimaux,
prompted, possibly, by similar motives,
When met they salute, after kneeling,
by rubbing their noses together in a
very ludicrous manner. Mr- Spencer,
jn his writings, tells of singular greet
ing among the Chittagongs, in which
they, in a like manner, smell one
another. Boston Herald.
A TERRIBLE ELEPHANT HUNT.
BraTe B07 Meeta Ola Fate While n ant
ing In Africa.
bitting alxut tho camp fin? on tho
banks of tho Cholo river, in Africa,
x roicMor . v. inwards nearu the
story of an clenhanthunt that nflected
him more than any experience lie ever
passed through, says a writer in The
American rield. Bums, a trader in
Natal, was the author of the narrative.
anu loiu 11 as iouows:
'I was trading in the interior, and
on ono or my visits to ISatal was mi-
Iiortuned by Georgo Wilson, a lad of
19, the son of an old schoolmate, to ac
company mo on ono of mv tours. I
obtained his mothers consent, and we
started, lhe boy was a bright, cour
ageous lad and was ambitious to dis
tinguish hirnscif with his rifle. Early
T 1
uiio inuruin in w aicr valley we saw
a neru 01 uiicen elephants grazing
fcooui a nine 110m us. u c started
them up. and picking out a fine bull
with good fuslcs, I started to cut him
olf, and telling George to ride behind
while 1 charged them. Soon I had tho
old fellow out of the pack, and gave
mm a kiioi uohinu the ear that stag
gered him a lime, ihen we crossed
lired hii:i for half an hour, but could
a I . a 1
1101 "vi any frK!ti snots. A.U at once
the I.o:;o George wasnding stumbled
throwing him and falling on his leg
1 was so liorrihed that 1 could not
move; but linally. seeing George's t-
lempts l:exlneato himself, 1 tried to
draw Use elephant's attention to me.
The brute was thoroughly enrn'-cd.
nowever, and charged for ihu lad 111st
. 1
as he was getting on his feet. Then
followed one of tho greatest fights be
tween brute and man 1 ever saw. Off
went George, the elephant after him,
while I followed, tiring bullet aftei
lullet into his hide.
11 111 x j 1
ivn at, oneo 1 saw mat v uson was
lame. I leveled atonoo and fired, and
tho boy turned around and did like
wise. This checked the brute for a
moment, but seeing George running
again ho made a furious charge and
caught up with him. Up went his
trunk, and a moment after the poor
lad was dead on the ground, crushed
by the blow. Not satisfied, the brute
began goring tho lad in a frightful
manner. I rode up to the boast and
sent in two. shots that brought him to
his knees. lie tried to rise, but could
not, and, after two or threo shots,
rolled over and died. The poor lad
was torn in pieces. I placed his body
across my horse, chopped off the beast's
tusks and rodo back to camp. We
buried him near the springs and piled
rocks over his grave to keep the wolves
from getting at it. I took tho boy's
watch and chain, with his wearing ap
parel, to his mother, and I can tell
5ou, lads, I never wish to witness such
a scene again. The poor woman died
a year afterward, but would never
touch tho profits of the trip, saying
that she would take nothing that was
the means of killing her boy."
How French Coffee Is Made,
The French have the reputation of
making tho best coffee. Their method
is very different from tho American
method. They take a great deal of
care in making this favorite beverage,
and tho result is that when French
coffee is taken one drinks the pure
flavor of the berry. They always
grind the berries just before they are
to be used, and do not let a quantity
of ground coffee standi and get stale.
The French cook- ihen pours boiling
water pn the ground coffee ; then she
filters this, and, after boiling the
water again, pours it on tho coffee
once more. This is repeated a third
time. She never bpjls the coffee and
water together, nor puts the cotTee in
cold water and then let it boil. The
French do not know how to make
good tea, but they give this recipe as
the proper way to make tea: lJour boil
ing water on tho leaves and then turn
it out Of the pot. Then pour one-third
of the water required, and place the
pot over K steaming apparatus in order
to let it draw without boiling. After
a while add another third, and then
the last third In this way the full
flavor and strength of tho tea is ob
tained. New York Mail and Express.
Chinese CcjjsurH.
A writer in a Shanghai journal, re
ferring to the bee:rars of China, savs
that large donations are given to them
by the people, but these arc in the na
ture of an insurance. In the cities the
beggars are organized into very pow-
e.Z : 1 t 1 f
1 ui guiius, uiuro jHJWcnui uy tai
than any organization with which
they can" have to contend, for the beg
garsiiave nothing to lose and nctliing
to fear, in which rcspecls they stand
alone. The shop keeper who should
refuse a donation to a stalwart beggar,
after the latter had waited for a rea
sonable tinio and br.3 besought with
what the lawyers call "due diligence,"
would bo liable to invasion from a
horde of famished wretches, who
would render the existence even of a
stolid Chinese a burden, and who
would utterly prevent the transaction
of any business until their coutinually
rising demands should be met Both
the shop keepers and the beggars un
derstand this perfectly well, and it is
for this reason that tho gifts Cow in a
steady, if tiny, rill. London Times.
"Ono of Us 3Inst Die,"
A tragic occurrence took place at a
small farm called Ilendre !Mochtre,
near Newtown, Montgomeryshire, on
Tuesday evening. Tho tenant of the
farm, a man named Abraham Morris,
with his son Edward, 23 3'ears of age,
had been drinking together at a public
house a short distance from theii
house. . On their way home about 11
o'clock a quarrel arose between them,
and on arriving at Jlendro the son
challenged, the faiher to fight Tho
latter refused, whereupon the son said:
"One of us must die," and immediately
took a loaded gun which stood near at
hand, and, resting the stock on the
ground, with the ban-el pointing to his
ead, he pulled the triage?, .A faria
servant rushed, fprwardput it was too
late tP prevent tho gun goin off.
Death was instantaneous. To add to
tho painful character bf the affair the
mother and two sisters, es well as the
father of the'deceased, were preseuL
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9 :45 a. 111
No.vio.
A'l tralan run daily by wavof o.nalia. except
Nw 7 and 8 which run to and from Kcliujler
daily except Sunday.
31 U a stab to Pacific Jnnctlon at 8 Sft m
No. 19 U a 8lul from Pacific Junction at I la 01.
The Daily Herald
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