THE LITTLE COAT.
n-re'ii the Utile cat but oh!
Wuero U h we've censured ho
Ivm't yon hear tu caCintc tiourr
Kick' C'onin tack iui-1 never fcnr.
You niny wur.li-r Iutij y.u Mill,
Ovi-r orclmr.l. li. l l ami hill.
on fimy kill thu l.ioln or
Anytli in,; tl.at .!.-iui-.h y.u!
All Till empty i-o.il of his!
Kvcry latter worth it lel-m;
Kvery main us pure lui.t.U'l
Ah the while Htant oterheail;
A'l'l the ptH'ketM-homes uoro thej
Of the littlt, Lund that play
Now no inoro hut alw nt, thiix
IJcLon h
James Whitcoinfo Ililey.
FOR Lin- AND 1.0 VK.
Harriet (Jelder was tho most provok
ing, pn-tty und iiliogcthcr charming little
coquette that ever drove a dcvotc.l lover
distracted with Iter capriciou.i ways.
Florian tV-urlland was handsome and
winning enough to have enslaved some
other woman. out his heart was loimd
up in the brunette Ix-auty, who daily
destroyed his jieace. Sho loved him for
all that, hut he tried in vain to mako her
confess it.
It was in the springtime of the year,
and it had rained incessantly for two
weeks. llarriYt resided with her aunt,
Miss Hannah Lin wood, in Thorn way,
about eight miles away from where
Florian lived. Naturally, the impatient
lover longod for f;:ir weather, 1 tt t as
there was no immediate prospect of it
cessation of the rain one Sunday tin irning
ho resolved to si-t tho weather at defi
ance, and accordingly sent for his horso
and prepared for hi i stormy ride.
If he had liecn hound for any other
destination, he would hnvo turned back
before going a mile, as the road appeared
to grow c very step, and his horse
plodded thl 'Ugh the mud, stumbling
frequently in the many nits ami pitfall.;.
After traveling for what seemed to him
to be hours, he reached the bridge w !n -h
spanned the little tier, two miles from
Thorn way. In tho distance he could see
the gray walls of the Lin wood mansion,
and in his impatiet.ee he was about to
spur his horse to a gallop, when he
noticed that the l:u J at a little distance
below the bridge was completely Hooded,
the river overflowing, having submerged
it to a w ide extent.
A point ct knoll of land close upon
tho rivcri bank formed a little island in
the midrtt of the whirling flood, and upon
this island stood a small wooden house,
which J'lorian saw was occupied, for a
thin wreath of -moke ascended from the
chimney. If there were people in the
house their position was most perilous,
as Use water w:is rising iat and would
soon sweep away the house.
As Florian rode towards the house he
saw a female form approach the win
dow, and a handkerchief was waved im
ploringly. Unhesitatingly he rode into
tho water, which toon grew deeper,
and his horse was obliged to swim.
Florian urged him forward, and drawing
near the hoitc. the door was thrown
open and he cried out in surprise, for
there stood Miss Linwood and Harriet
Gelde'r.
"Jlarriet!" cried Florian, "for heaven's
sake, how yuu here':'
"We came to seu a bick woman." re
plied Hani t, with prompt coohicos,
"and the water ros; before we"
"It is ri .big now, and fart," he inter
rupted, excitedly, "and there is no time
to waste. .My horse will carry two;
which of you shall I take llr.t?"
The i-ick r.-iiita:i first," said Harriet,
quietly.
Floiian trembled as he looked at the
feeble old woman whom Miss Linwood
was as.-.i.;ting from her chair to the door,
and whom he had not noticed until
Harriet called his attention to her. lie
trembhd with the appaliing fear that
there wcr.ld not Le time to go and return
v;ct bcioie li.e sviflly rising waters
should have torn the frail structure from
its foundations, i.r there was already an
inch of water upon the floor. But he
only cast one glance at Harriet's calm
face and stooped to lift tho bick woman
up before hint. Without a word he
turned his horse toward tho shore, and
he gixxl beast. ;yiil: its double burden,
struggled back through tho Hood.
Thtfy were standing kneodecp in water
wheii he once mora approached the al
ready shaking building. He did not
speak a word, but looked silently from
Harriet to her aunt, his white face grow
ing whiter "yet as Harriet said, in steady
tones. Aunt Hannah first."
HarJet" cotuuicuced Miss Lin-
opd.
fCk, Aunt Hannah!'
Harriet. 1 wont!"
"You iiiur-tl" uaid Harriet, firmly.
Harriet. Harriet! for pity's sake"
"You are delaying her, JIis Hannah,"
exclaimed Florian. hoarsely. "Come
she will riot yield, if she dies!'
With a gr.-an Miss Linwood gavo up,
am) he !;fr: .! i.er i!;ii his horse. Tie
turbulent w:ii. rs washed into the room,
and llanici ringgerr-d and clung to th? :
wall for support. riorum's face was j
ghastly as he I -cut forward and placed 1
hi-i h;;:;I ujk'.i her shoulder, whispering, I
in a choked voice. "Kiss me, Harriet."
She p;.t la r arms around his neck and
kissed l:i::i-a lo::g. passionate kiss, i
which was tl.eir fust and might bo tl.uir
I:it. " j
"".le siia;:-.e.i i.-.r to dim, saying, "Ilar
liet. you do I ivtf me;"
"Y.-s. I loiia.-i."
Then sdie ha':.. against tho wall
again, as he wt i f. and hid her face, try
ing to shut out i !; sight -f those yellow
water-; creeping i.p'.he ide of the rooms,
higher i ! r with every wava that.
roM.-d t:i LareiVh t!.- ,.
4S rV'i .iu le.iet; d tlie stioieacarriagu
was ajipri -aching h: the distance, rocking
from tide to side with the furious sliced
to which the driver was Li.-hing the '
horses ,
"It's I'nf carriage from Linveo.id,"" said .
Miss Ilaunah. "we have been afraid of a ',
freshet ar.d they have taken uL;mi and .
flo. i.tn did not b -arher: he was nrg-,
liig hi e.h:tustd horse into the HoOiL
Ogain: TJie jKMir bea--.t trcmbleil and
hesitlaiHl. bvt Florian f purred Lim
Cercely on, smiting him with lus clinched
THE DAILY
tk-l und slioutiiig at I, no
Ins I ran tie
excitement.
When the hurrying caniago reachi'd
tho sot and Miss Liuwoo.l's coa'!:man
leaped to l!io ground. I"l -.riau was half
w.-jv b'i'-k to Harriet. Mistress and man
Mood with pallid faces end hearts that
hardiv beat silently watching the beau
tiful gu I as hlic clung to her frail sii p
poi t. and tin yoic.g man. w ith his white
face, and his golden liair blowing back,
as bedashed madly through the Hood to
her resci.e.
While they watched a great billow
came rolling in from the rive r, roaring
fearfully, iad tossing its yellow water ns
it dashed upon Harriet's rcfugo. Miss
I.iawood screamed, and her servant ut
tejed a hoarse cry. loi where the house
had been w as a whirling w reck of Ixiards
a::d t imbers. a ivi I'loi iau's horse was
siruggling. riderless, towards ttio shore.
lint auoth'i moment and they saw
that Harriet yet clung to the floating
roof and l-'loi iau w as beside- her upon it.
Seizing a long board, as tiio waters
whit led it within his reach, he guided
lh" frail raft with it towards the short;.
As he neaied the land the coachman
from Linwood sprang intofhe water and
catae to his asr iianec. and in a few mo
ments they were ail standing upon the
laud, a wet, dripping, but profoundly
thankful parly.
I nev or. weeded, as last as the carriage
eoald carry them, to Linwixid, where
they ail found plenty of employment for
the remainder .f the day i:i getting rid
f the elici ts of their perilous adventure
s far as I hey could do so.
It transpired that the sick woman had
not received any injury; Mi .s Hannah
had caught a (-.light cold; Harriet had
caught a severe one, and Florian had
can -ht Harriet.
African float.
recently brought from Africa
idded to the Central park col-
A pair
has been
ieciie.!i oi annua:.).
"There is no particular value attached
to the animals, excepi from their rarity,"
remarked I :ire tor Conklin. "They are
the lir.-t pair of Morocco goats probably
that ever found their way to tin's coun
try. Y'.ey are young, in their second
viar. !iiie gentle, as you see, and will
eat out of your hand. Lut if startled,
all their inherited wildncss comes out.
1 never saw such animals. They seem
to have muscles of rubber, from tho way
they jump. 1 have never hail so much
trouble with the moat dangerous animals
we have here.
"The jumping of the thoroughbred
hunters in Madison Square garden a few
weeks ago doesn't begin to compare with
that of these goats. 1 put them in a
yard having a fence eight feet high, but
they jumped it so easily that now I have
a fence ten feet high.
"'i'!: space within their inelosure is so
Ihuiu .! tint they cannot get a good start
to go s.) high, or I would not trust them
with anything less than a fifteen foot
fence. Then, they are getting accus
tomed to those quarters, and are not so
a- iiy alarmed as they were, but I think, if
s.aitleil. they might still clear this fence.
Tii. ir leap is peculiar. They crouch a
little, give a short jump in the air, and
ns they strike the ground bound upward
again as if they were bliot froii a cata
pult. The m;:.-;cies of their iegs are ex
tremely tough, but the legs are not
adapted for great rapidity or endurance
in running. They have been developed
by generations of climbing on the Mo
rocco hills. As these coats get older
mid their bodies in captivity become
heavier, they will probably become less
active. JVs.-.it.y our native goat has
lost his faculty of high jumping, if he
ever had it. since he became partly civil
ized and accustomed to a diet of brown
paper." Scietitilic American.
Tlio Si-i-ret of II U Power to Plc-asp,
A venerable white haired clergyman
in e-:n o." the city churches recently
preached in Nori i. -town. He had hardly
.' t home from the church before the
door bell rang and a charm'" irj cf ig
asked to see iii.n. He received her, they
f.daed about tho srrnian and other
things, until finally she asked diffidently:
"Oh, won't you please- give me a lock
f our hair?"
"I'eitaiidy, my child," said the old
gentleman, flattered at tho request. "I'll
cnd it t:i you to-morrow," and he did.
C: his return to the city he had five
more requests of tho sauio kind, and he
proudly boasted to his wife that ho was
glad to see that he had pot yet lost his
power to ph-.'iao. He declared lu3 trip
aa.l been most charming, and all went
wiil until his wife received this note:
"My Di:a.': Mns. ..: Won't you please
ask yourfcood husband to send mo just a
little lock of his hair? We have all been
i iki.ig lessons in making hair flowers.
: many of the other girls asked him and
I:.' si i,t it to them, hut I thought I would
inther ask on to get it for me. Now,
v.v.n't you pl.-ti.se do this for me. it is 60
':::id to gel white hair for lilies of the
valley?"
This was a terrible blow, and the less
rr-.w said uU'iit locks cf hair in tho mar
ri d gentleman's presence tho better.
rh:!::dt liiliiu l'rcss.
A Tet for Tea.
!s.-:.i!i auulvr.t. writing to ikz
A
: apers. gio.s tee following as a test by
which tea can be proved to be genuine-or
i:ot Take a pinch of tea in a glass, pour
upon it a little void water and well shake
it i:p Pure l-a wiil only slightly color
the water, wlii!. a strong infusion is
i -
pa
rat
:;iy go irom uio a-iuiteraieu or
:ted leaf. Now br.il liotit sorts sepa
:.v. and let them sta-d till cc.ol. and
di:a-re;ice Ivt.vt-.cH them will b
t marked- The f.dw tea will become
stronger alter long standing, but
remain transparent. Whereas the
I. a wiil become muddy or milky.
l.;-t appearance arises f rom the tau
. -i l which is a i aiural property in
lea. but which i:i artificial to. U
:. I.-absent. New Y'te Telegram.
ivi.i
Vhi
nic :
pur.
I:tt-:i!o:i of tho tlimrte lilra.
Weir my little one. did you want to
see me?" "Are you a lawyer?" "Yes,
what is it you want?" "1 want," and
there was a resolute ring in her voice,
1 want a divorce from my papa and
camma." Atlanta Constitution,
IIKItALl): I'LATTSMOUTII. NEliliASKA, MONDAY, FEl'ItUAUV 11, IM.
THE TIME LOCK OF LIFE.
rlnt Where the Characteristics of An--etori
Control Mao.
There is a theory, you know, that wo
inherit traits and conditions from ourre
niolo ancestors as well as from our im-in.-
li:;to ones. I sometimes fancy that
they descend to itomo jicoplo with a time
lock attachment. A child is born; ho is
like his mother, we will say; gentle,
sweet, kind, truthful for years let us
say seven. Suddenly tho time lock turns,
and the traits of his father (modified, of
course, by tho Acquired habit of seven
years) show themselves strongly take
jiossession, in fact. Another seven years,
and the piggishness of a great uncle, tho
stinginess of an aunt, or tho dullness, in
looks, of a rural grandfather.
Then, in keeping with tho next two
turns of the lock, he falls in love with
every new face ho sees, marries early
and indulges himself recklessly in a
large family. Ho Is an exemplary hus
band and father, as men go, an Ideal bus
iness man and a general favorite in soci
ety. Everybody remarks upon the fa
vorable change since his stupid, priggish
college days. All this timo through
every' change he has been honorable and
upright in his dealings with his fellows.
Suddenly tho timo lock of a thieving
ancestor is turned on; ho finds tempta
tion too strong for even that greatly
underestimated power the force of
habit of a lifetime and the trust funds
in his keeping disappear with him
to Canada. Evcrylnxly is surprised,
shocked, pained and he, no doubt, more
so than any one else. Emotional insanity
is oHered as a jiossible explanation by
the charitable; long headed, calculating,
intentional rascality by the severe or
self righteous.
And he? Well, he is wholly unable to
account for it at all. Ho knows that he
had not lived all these years as a con
scious, self controlled thief. He knows
that the temptations of his past life had
never before taken that particular form.
He knows that tho impulse was sudden,
blinding, overw helming, but he does not
know wdiy and how. It was like an
awful dream. Ho seemed to be power
less to overcome it. Tho lime lock had
turned without his knowledge, and in
spite of himself. Tho unknown, un
heard of thievish ancestor took posses
sion, as it were, through force of su
perior strength and ability, and then it
was his hour. The hereditary shadow
on the dial had come around to him.
The great uncle's hour was passed.
He, no doubt, was turned onto some
other dazed automaton in Maine or
Texas who had fallen heir to a drop too
much of his blood, and she, poor thing,
happened to bo a girl this time, forth
with proceeded to fall in love with her
friend's husband seeing ho was the only
man at hand at the time; while the
thievish ancestor left, in shamo and con
trition, a small but light fingered boy in
Georgia to keep his engagement with
our respectable, highly honored and
heretofore highly honorable man of affairs
in Wall strecL The time lock of hered
ity had been set for this hour, and tho
machinery of circumstances oiled tho
wheels and silently piqved tho dial.
Belfcrd'a Magazine."
A Oianioml In the Fire.
There is a very unhappy young maiden
at the branch telephone exchange at
Hunt and Lroadway. She was preeisnted
by her affianced with adiu.uond engage
ment lirig, which cost 12. Proud of
the jewel, she was exhibiting ( to her
companion at tho evcl.angJ? and from
one to the other the ring went clear along
the line of operators seated at their re
sjiective tables, and admired by all of
them. Arriving at the upper end f the
line, tho young lady who last examined
it wrapped it up in a small piece of paper,
and, calling the check boy, ianccd U to
liini t li i ii L- ii ir tl-.nl. t..-. L-t..-na. !.. . : -
'o 1 : . -r ii;- ., i
longed io Miss
that he would
hand it u.
ier.
The boy walked to the stove and tossed
the valuable little package into the fire.
One of the rules of the exchange requires
the young ladies, when they sharpen
their lead pencils, to gather up the chips
in a little paper, call the check boy and
have them thrown in the stove.
In the case of the diamond ring, the
check boy took it for granted that the
package handed him was the jiencil
chips and tossed it in the stove, in which
at the time there was a redhot fire.
Every effort was made to find the ring.
but not even the diamond has been re
covered. The engaged young girl is in
consolable. Cincinnati Telegram.
Their Last Moment.
When tho famous musician Rameau
was dying, his confessor wearied him
with a long homily, and he, rallying his
failing energies, exclaimed: "What on
earth makes you come here and chant to
me, Monsieur le Cure? You have a deuce
of a bad voice."
More than a century ago an actor
named Paterson played the Duke in
Shakespeare's "Treasure for Measure"
(at the Norwich theatre). He had just
delivered the beautiful speech:
Reason thus with life:
If I Jo lose tbee, ( tlo lo a thing
1'hat coce liut fools woiJJ keep,
when lie staggered back and expired.
New London Telegram.
A Massachusetts Hermit.
Jonathan Reynolds, also known as
"Whisco 15. Line, died here. Ha took
up his abode some twenty -Ave years ago
and uiaJe a tint of rough boards loosely
put together, with an eld stovepipe pro
jecting from the side. It had a cellar, in
use corner of which, on some sticks, was
a straw bed. Here Reynolds slept, with,
a dog as his companion. Sunlight ntver
gained admittance there. In another
part of the structure was a place for his
horse, w hich was usually in better con
dition than his own apartment. He
lived a lonely, isolated life, the secret of
which probably goes to the grave with
him. New l&edford (Mass.) Cor. New
York World.
A yourg physician, of Fall River,
Mass., id laid up with a disease of the
tongue, retributed to excessive cigarette
smoking.
Tlio Ixveileit Wouiau lu St. Louli
The loveliest woman that 1 have
seen in St. lxuis and I linvo set u
many, and all of Iho celebrated beau
ties is not "in socictv." Sho is a
humblo school Sister of Notre Dame,
a tei'cherof theiMtortind ill chid pupils
of a parochial school. Dav after day
1 see her accompanying r. iong line of
restless littleones to and from church.
Meeting her (to me) is like beholding
a vision from the other and perfect
world. Clad in tho coarse habiliment
of her order, sho glides along, tho out
lines of her figure showing the acmo
of grace and symmetry. Her hands
ami feet are such as artists dream of
but seldom create. Her face "Oh,
call it fair, not pale," is bucIi as ono
imagines the Madonna had, so pure,
so noble, so exalted. It is not the faco
of an ascetic, but that of a woman
contented and peaceful in mind,
healthy of body and gifted with a
trusting faith that illumines like a
lijjht from heaven. Her eyca tho
windows of a sinless soul have such
an expression that a glance from Ihcin
penetrates one's heart like a ray from
alove, lilling it with a strange sense
of tin worthiness and a vaguo longing
painfully pleasant.
On such :i w oman no man dares to
look with base desire. Her innate
virtue disarms passion. Such as she
is foo good for man. She is God's
"tho spouse of Christ" and truly she
appears entirely worthy of her dis
tinguished vocation. New York Mer
cury.
A Word Counting M-liine.
A telegraph operator in Minneapo
lis has invented a word counting ma
chine which may be used by itself or
attached to a tyjewi iter. ft is much
the same sort of thing as a pedometer,
only it is more accurate. Jt is as large
as a small clock. Tho works are in
side t he nickel case, on one side of
which is the face. The machine will
count up to 2,500 words and cun be
used for any number by keeping tally
of tho number of times it passes the
2,500 murk. There are two hands like
the hour and second hand of the
watch. Every time a word on the
typewriter is linished the same motion
which spaces for tho word registers
on the word counter. When the
second hand counts up q twenty dive
words the Jar pre. band moves forward a
quarter of a space. Tho faco is divi
ded into twenty-five spaces, one for
each hundred words, and a glance at
it shows at onco how tuauy words
have been written.
The u.so of tho word counter is not
limited to typewriting machines, but
it can be used in writing and in dicta
tion by keeping it at hand and mak
a slight pressure at the end, of each
word. Some operators attach it to
their desks and work it with a string
attached to their feet. It is a useful
invention, especially in telegraphy,
and in making an article of a speci
fied length. New York Sun.
A Happy Old Landlord.
A bridegroom is generally supposed
to bo in a generous qiood upon his
weddingday, apt! theioarea few chari
tablu benetaetions up and down our
land which date their foundation from
tlio "happiest day" in the founder's
life. The great hotel keener FroIiJer,
of Buda-Pesth, who has ii;si been di
vorced from his wife, Is of tho quite
contrary fiohiion. It was not Upon
his wedding day. but upon hi& divorce
day," that ho was inspired with the en
thusiasrn, cf humanity. In gratitude
for his divorce and in perpetual mem
ory of that "happiest day of his life," 1
lie lias founded three charitable msti J
tutions first, a pension fuud for de-
cayeu iiunjjaruio, journalists.- s-r.
ond'.Y. n exhibition for soho-' i.,..T
of Austrian birth who pass the
best examination tlie Magyar lan
gVi iid uerature; and, thirdly,
u v"...ago hospital in his own native
place, Inzersdorf. Future generations
are to bo glad and rejoice because a
wealthy landlord obtained a divorce,
but they will hardly be able to say
they owe the endowment to "the
pious ancestor." Full Mull Gazette.
No Match, No Mutch.
"It happened this way," he ex
plained. "We had been out to thea
tre together, and I never went out
once during the performance 'to see a
man.' But I was wild for a smoke. I
suggested a walk home, just to get a
whiff, and when we got to Fifth ave
nue I searched my pockets for a match.
I hadn't any, and there wasn't a fellow
in sight who had a lighted cigar. Then
I made a fool of myself, and climbed
up a lamppost and lit the weed with a
piece of the theatre programme. She
seemed to cool oil' all of a sudden, and
the next time I called 'Miss M was
not at home.' A little package of
jewelry and a note settled me. Miss
M might have got over that cool
ness, but it happened that one of the
Ellises had seen me climb that con
founded lamppost, and the next thing
I knew the littlo imp of a dauber got
up a cartoon depicting tho 'evolution
of a smoker,' beginning with a picture
of Crowley and ending with a devilish
good likenessof me hugging that lamp.
My girl saw it, and was so mortified
that she gave me the mitten." New
York Star.
- Writing History,
Toor William Rufus' end was sadder
than we wist, if we are to believe a
youth, who says that "William Itufu3
was gorged to death by a stag in the
forest his father had made to nunt the
deer." Another writes: "Prince Will
iam was drowned in a butt of Malm
sey wine; he never laughed again."
A small biographer of the Maid of Or
leans writes: "Joan of Arc was the
daughter of a rustic French pheasant
which lived iu the forest.
Sho did net like to leave her pheasant
home, but after a while she went
away." "In the rainy season," says a
little pedant, "the barren desert be
comes animated with torrents of lux
uriant vegetation." Before leaving
the humors of boys, an oral question
und answer may be given. "What do
you mean by a teinerate region'
asked an inspector, with a duo em
phasis on tlio word temtxsrate. A
little boy replied
d: "The region where I
ly lemperants drinks, j
s Journal. - i
tbev urn iks on
sir." Chambers1
Word le The People,
Tin. I.. ...-. i.Mri... :. ii.
... ..i..ii.., ii ii.il i jjoiiic wiuioiii a joiner, twi.-lri in jiuuiy
happy homos in this city, hut the cllect of what is home without tho
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which are promptly tilled. We have facilities for doing all kinds of
work, from the plain calling card to colored work, books and blanks.
Work neatly and promptly executed. Large stock kept on hand.
Leal blanks for sale.
Office Cor. Vine and
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