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C V. SUIIKMAN, Fublltlirr.
rLATXSMOUTII. i : NEBRASKA.
WHEN I SHALL MEET MY YOUTH.
Sometime I know not how nor when -This
weary road I Journey on
Will lead thro lands that I have known.
And I shall meet my youth aaln
Thro" seme old wood my childhood knew
The road, at lenjrth. will brins to Tiew
A cctture In a lowly plea.
Where I shall meet my youth ajraln.
Where I shall erect beside the jjate
A hoy whose uaforjrottca face
"Will me with Its tender prac
Of artless life and love elate
Mv soul will pparkle in his care
The while his sunburnt hanl I rat
Apalnst tny Ujx in silence, then.
When 1 shj.ll meet my youth aain.
And yet the lad of whom I Cream
Mar know trie cot, for I Khali b
To h.ra a ('.eep'niuj mystery
Of tfcintrs that art and thiuffs that seem;
iTozn these old scars of time and toil
ULs heart, albeit, may recoil.
As children's ota do from men.
When I shall meet my youth aaia.
iut he shall kjiow me. at the last.
jnd creep into my nrms. and weep.
As I shall lull his lid to slerp
tYita tone of the ch-n-ret p;st;
And ere tho momlmj breaks upra
Us twain, our s uls shall be a one.
And tia.e shall breathe a soft ' amen,
hen I hai! meet my youth again.
-Jamr N. il-utes.ln Indiana; clis Journal
ON HER WEDDING DAY.
It was a quiet, wedding no show,
no fuss, no fiurrt. but just unostenta
tious and decorous, as best beseems
the ceremony. No carriage ereo.
Ouly a step separated Den Yarley's
cottacc from the church, and old lien,
with his daughter, the bride, and her
rousin, Kate Fletcher, had walked the
distance. Dick Ford and his "lest
man." Hue ben Gremc, in likewise
reached the ancient, lichened edifice.
The little building was well-nigh full
of interested tisherfolk, a state of re
pletion which the rector's most
Teamed sermons failed to bring1 about
on Sundays. Various ejaculations
tittered in wouid-be undertones
'Iesn her laik bonnie?" "She's
paler nor I like to see." "Gray suits
her. it do" from the women, with
sundry sniggerings and rib-diggings
on the part of the men. marked the
passage of the "happy pair as, leav
ing" the church, they trod the leaf
strewn path of the churchyard.
"JCh. but he's forfeit' to pet sich a
winsome youu? woman." said Miss
Mitchell, an elderly spinster.
"She coan knows what she's ventur
in on. replied Mrs. Hogan. whoe
husband vas reckoned the most hen
pecked man in Port St- Ilede- "The
troubles, the worrits o men folk's
enow to drive a body crazy. Oh. I
know it. Miss Mitchell, nobody better."
shaking her head dolefully.
'liuii luck go wi' ye. Mrs. Ford."
thorused the women, and "May ye
lver be blithe. Dick," shouted the men.
Dick smiled a id raided his hat awk
wardly it teing the first time he had
ever donned a silk hat. he did not feel
at home in it while Ilsther clung more
tightly to his arm as the good wishes
thronged in on every side. Pride and
Lri .ie groom came first, of course;
Uube Graeme linked next with Kate;
then followed, in straggling order. Old
In and Dick's father his mother,
ike Father's, had long been at rest be
neath the shade of the church tower
I Job Varies, 11a! ph Tbwaites. with Mrs.
Thw&ites, Simon Hawker and wife.
En 3
r friends who had been in
vited to celebrate the event. And so
the l.ttle tran wended down to the
Irawlera inn. in the b.g upstairs room
of v.h'ch the wedding breakfast was
spread.
The weather since early morn hail
ben x:orse the best: a iempt-st hovered
in the air. The elms in the church
yard creaked and bent their tops, al
though no wind was astir; the hash
that pre;aged th? coming storm was
painful in its brooding stillness. The
long-drawn roar of the ocean smote
the ears of the wedding party as thjy
left the church; from the hill the
waves could be seen breaking far out
to sea. overleaping and licking the
Fork rrcks like angry tongues of Came
around a martyr at the stake. The
wind too. had come, at first in slrt.
fitful gusts, gradually prolonged, uritiL.
before the inn was reached, thr full
force of its strength was put forth.
Heavy drops of rain fell spattering on
the uneven cobbles of the street and
on the gray shales of the roofs.
"We shall ha'e it too," muttered
Heuben to Kate, glancing with
puckered brow to seaward. 'There'll
be no beats ventur' out to-neet, I'm
thinkin'."
"Nay, an' I hope not," was the reply.
Kate was too engrossed just then to
give more than a laconic answer too
much engrossed in the study of her
cousin's gray dress, in considering
what improvements its style, fit and
texture were susceptible of. ancnt the
time when sne herself should take the
foremost place in such another proce.1
ion. Pesides. she resented the trans
ference of Ilube's attentions from her
own pretty self to the black, tvrathful
elements. What place have storms
and discord in the mnsic of marriage
bells? Verily, none. They might re
serve themselves at least so Kate
thought for a later period.
Put her pique soon wore oft when
the company was seated round the
loaded table at the Trawlers' inn.
Here 'd e sullen moan of the wind, the
Chundcr of the sea, the patter of the
rain, were forgotten in a flow of bois
terous humor more appropriate to the
occasion. Geniality and high spirits
blotted them from the memory as ef
fectually as i: they were non-existert.
The sTason was to be a season of ;oy,
despite all drawbacks, and right
Jovially was it inaugurated. Mine
host had catered to taste.
Ther were speeches, of course
epeeehes a little disjointed, perhaps,
bet full of pleasant banter, and of that
epecies of wit denominated broad.
The homely sentiments were received
with vast applause, and the lively sal
lies evoked grins and laughter, that
showed a thorough appreciation of
their point. ,
Dicu rose to reply. On entering the
inn he had been in sore perplex itj as
to whether he should remove hi
gloveH or not, his knowledge of tho
usage of society not extending to
certainty on the matter. In fear lest
he should violate some unknown cauon
of etiquette, and probably remember
ing the trouble he had in getting them
on, he finally decided to retain the
lavender-colored "hand-shoes" as long
as he could endure the infliction.
When lie now stood up he twitched
nervously at them, thereby unwitting
ly drawing attention to the rents be
tween tho fingers. "Friends all," he
began. "For Fsther an' mysen I thank
you every one for what you've said
about wishin' us both good fortun.
We mean to pull together all through
life, as t' parson said, 'till death do us
part au' I hope that'll be a goodish
while yet. As for them other things
you've a'most all spoken aboot wll.
well, you've had a goat me to-day, an
welcome; an' I hope I shall have a
chance one o' these days o having a
go at some o' you."
"Hear, hear!" broke in Simeon Ilow
ker. A loud burst of merriment greeted
the interruption. Simeon's exclama
tion had been simply thrown in to till
up the hiatus caused by Dick's mo
mentary hesitation. A vile mieonstrue
tion had leeu put upon his sympathet
ic encouragement, and it only needed
his wife's angry glance to drive away
for that day all poor Simeon's enthusi
asm and appetite.
"Well." continued Dick, as soon as
the mirth had subsided. "I trust
you'll all luik back o' this tlaj- wl as
raich pleasure as 1 allays shall an' I
can't wish you better nor that. Let
me thank you again, for Ksther an
nij-sel. An now you raun a" ha'e a bit
o' bride cake."
The sugared pyramid in the center
of the table had been specially ordered
and baked at Jennings, of Morper
land. Admiring eyes made it their
cynosure; It was unanimously voted a
real cf-irauvr of the confectioner's
art. Hardly had Kate taken up the
knife wherewith to cut the cake, when
the landlord of the Trawlers inn
hastily entered the room. His usually
placid visage was pale with agitation;
he plied his short legs rapidly as he
hurried across the floor to utter a few
breathless word& into the ears of
llalph Thwaites, the smack owner.
"I hnpesyou'll all excuse me. llalph
said, rising quickly to his feet- "Im
called away sudden. Theer's a
on the Forks!
ship
Instantly the smack owner's excite
ment ws communicated to the rest of
the company. Thwaites could have
been summoned for one purpose only.
An effort was about to be made to save
the crew of the ill-fated vessel.
There was no lifeboat at Fort St.
liede. the nearest station leing Morper
laad. ten miles distant. Unfortunately
the absence of the means of help does
dot imply absence of its need, for in
blustering weather the services of a
lifeboat were only too frequently re
quired i.t J'ort St. lied The fisher
men, however, had organized a volun
teer crew, captained by Thwaites. and
many lires had trar:ne" pilot gig ven
turously snntched from the sea's maw.
Dick was ouly one of a dozen to
their eternal honor be it sai l who
often pitted their lives against wind
and v. ave to succor their tempest
smitten fellows.
"Theer's a ship on the Forks!" said
Thwaites.
The words were scarcely out of his
mtlh lxfore Ilu:e al-o rose. "I mun
go. to," be said, quietly.
"An I." cried Dob Yardes, making
for th-s doorway.
Straightway the whole assembly fol
lowed suit. There was a stampede for
the doer the women impelled thereto
by mingled dread and curiosity; the
men. by a laudable desire to help,
should their help unfortunately be re
quired. Dick seemed to hesitate a
moment before he also rose to his feet
and f-iJIed from the table.
"You need not go to-day. Dick."
murmured Ksther, tremulously; "sure
ly not to-day?"
"ay, nay, my lass, don't talk so," re
plied Dick, with a smile. "I may be
o some nso down theer. Think a bit.
Theer's men aboard that ship belike
as ha'e wives an sweethearts at home,
wearin their e'en out for Via. You
can tell what their feelin's is. just as I
can. You wouldn't ha'e me ttop here,
easy an' comfortable, if I could do
aught for 'em; now, would you, las?"
Ksther made no answer. She dared
not truj.t herself to words; she felt
that her utterance would show the
r-elflshness she well knew was at the
bottom of her reluctance to let her
husband go. Yet how hard it was to
forswear her thoughts!
"Come cher up. Ksthcr," added lVck,
kissing her. "We've had t' boat out i'
as ugly weather as this before, nn' you
may be sure I won't stop away fro you
a minute more'a I can help. I'll just
step across home an doff these tine
clothes; I must not spoil them."
Meanwhile, the whole population of
the village had gathered on the shore.
Overhead, thfe murky clouds sped rap
idly bj so low that they appeared to
touch the rugged badlands to north
and south of the little bay. The air
was darkened, aH it were dusk. Vast
mountains of water curled and broke
over the beach with thunder-like peals,
hissing imd spuming up to the very
feet of the watchers. The chill, cut
ting rain beat In their face so fierce
ly that they could scarcely 1isecrn the
quivering ship that was beating out
her heart upon the rocks. Heavy was
sweptherdecks.cn which the stump
of the mizzen was the only spar left
stan. ling; fore and mainstay had both
gone by the board. She was fast up
on th torks, every succeeding wave
just lifting her clear to dash her down
again upon the jagged trass.
A man had been dispatched on
horseback to apprise the Morperland
lifeboat crew of the disaster; but it
was plain that before atd could urrive
from the.t quarter the trssel would be
a total wreck. She lould not hold to
gether much longer; the itdamantln
battering-ram of the Forks was fast
aplintenng her timbers to matchwood.
The bark herself was doomed. No
rocket rould reach her; the sole hope
lay in the possibility of a boat ap
proaching near enough to throw a
life-line aboard. The possibility! We
had all but said the impossibility. Yet
the attempt was about to be made.
Already the fishermen had run
(i ramie's pilot gig down to the water's
edge, and alread3- one luckless essay
had been made to launch her. An in
coming wave had filled her and tossed
her back mockingly upon the shingle,
her crew scrambling to land us best
they might, Tom Croft with his arm
broken.
Dick arrived just as the catastrophe
occurred; he was now dressed in oil
skins. Ksther followed him, a cloak
thrown over her wedding dress, and a
henry shawl supplanting bridal veil
nnd orange blossoms. Dick mechanie
t.liy stepped forward and took Tom's
place in the boat.
The second attempt was more suc
cessful, for, although some water wai
shipped, the gig safely topped the ad
vancing wave and rode in deep water.
Now came the struggle the unequal
combat between man's puny strength,
backed by courage and determination,
and the convulsive power of the sea's
ouslaught- Anxious eyes, half blinded
by the driving scud and salt spray, fol
lowed the frail craft as her oars
plunged deeply below the swirling
surge, rose and tlropjK-d again. Now
she was seen on tho crests of the bil
lows, which broke around her In clouds
of foam, and anon, she disappeared
wholly in their hollows.
Not yet. however, had she felt the
full brunt of the sea. Open as the
bay was. the protection it afforded
was appreciable, so much so, that no
sooner had the gig got clear of its
shelter than the change became ter
ribly apparent. She no longer met the
oncoming waves head on. but broad
side; she pitched and staggered, the
oars rising and falling pasnndically
like the tentacles of some floundering
sea monster.
"She'll ne'er mak' the wreck. ex
claimed lien Variey. fearfully. "Ne'er
I' this world cart she Uo't- Sure as I'm
livin they'll be swamped if they go
forrarder.
He had but spoken the words when
a huge sea struck her. It hurled her
back into the trough, the waters break
ing high overhead and pouring into
ner. For some seconds she was in
visible. At length she rose, heavy
aud inert. She was floating keel up
ward. "My God!" old In cried hoarsely,
"he's over she's capsized."
Ksther. standing ftear, heard the
dire exclamation; but it was not neces
say to hear she had seen. Yet no cry
escaped her lips. She simply stood
there, as before, pale with a death-like
pallor, mute and motionless. She was
still staring, with stony gaze, in the
direction of the overturned b at, when
her father touched h-r gently oa the
shoaMer.
"C'tae, my lai." he said, in hushed
tones. "Thee'd be bet at home. Come."
Ksther put her hand to her throat: a
mufli-d sob struggled for utterance,
but io tra.r came. Si'.ently she took
her father's arm and havienrd away.
Her was of the grief that U too deep
lying for outcry u sorrow that gnaw
the heartstrings.
Two hours later, the cart on which
the Morperland lifeboat had been
transported overland nmibled down U
the beach. In the iutcrral, however,
the ship oa the Fork roc"s had gone to
I irers. One of her crew, clinging to
a fragment of floating wreckage, was
picked up by thf lifeat. which also
brought ashore the only survivors of
the rescue party Ilnbe Or.eine and
Hub Yardes, both of whom had man
aged to hang on to the lioat's keel
when she capsized.
lirooding sorrow long gloomed the
little fishing thorp of Port St. Fede
sorrow- for brave, stilled hearts. And
over the cottage of old K-n rests a
som!er pall that time has failed to
raise or th-? holy light of resignation to
pierce. Chambers Jourhal.
BURN THOSE LETTERS.
C. ex Ml A1tIc to .MiUn tVho YrlU Ixtv
Ins !- Ittrr.
There ought to be a law making it a
capital crime to keep any letter more
than six month. More than half the
trouble in this world the sort of
trouble, I mean, tlAt breaks people's
hearts and is occasionally aired in the
divorce courts is cauicd by l?tter
foolishly preserved. Of course, sensi
ble people never write letters that alt
the wrrld might not read. Hut all the
sensible people are dead, for I venture
to say there is not one of u who has not
at soiti H?rioJ of his life poured forth
his sou in a letter he'd give his ears
never to have written. If you are a
man it dosen't matter so much, for even
if your letters to your old sweetheart
do fall into the hands of her present
husband it isn't at all likelj- he'll read
them men haven't enough curiosity
in the matter. Honorable scruples?
Not a bit of it simply lack of curiosi
ty. Put if you area woman, doesn't
it make you writhe in spirit to thiuk
of those letters you wrote Jack, or
Will, or George when you were sure
he was the only man in the world? Of
course the girl lie married has read
them trust a woman for that nnd
she has made fun of jour ouls out
pourings, and well it's enough to
turn ne's hair white to think of it.
Love letters ought to be written in
ink that would fade in a fortnight,
but so lonj as they are not, people
who keep them ought to be put into
solitary confinement for all the rrst
of their lives. Washington Post.
In the mountains of Sweden, Nor
way and Lapland all vegetation would
be utterly destroyed by the Norway
rats were it not for the white foxes that
make special game of the rodents.
Features alone do not run in blood
vices and virtues, genius and folly, are
transmitted through tho same aura
but unseen ohanueL liazlitt.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
Jamaica ha one hundred and forty-
nine Kaotist churches.
-The Lutheran church owns educa- I Herodotus (.lastonbury and V ash- ! baa Jusl celebrated hK eightieth brith
tional institutions in the United States ! lnu Jcffcrbon were brothcrs-in-la tr ; day aunirersary. He played with the
to tho value of f$-l.Sii.r,:,a j and inseparable friends, having many . Milfon.' brass band at the dedication
Ihe ioung Women s Christian a-
. t f i t i
hociation of Michigan includes nine-
, ... "... . ,.
teen asxn-int ions, with a membership
of two thous-md
,."'' .
; copies of the word of (Trod have Wen j
printed in over 3i',u different diulects
und lunguages.
! Dr. 1'ennell says medical missions
are the picture language of the church
I militant. The rudest and rougli-st,
; the .simplest nnd most uneducated, can
understand the language of Christian
love, kindness and charity.
There are only two women in
Ureat Britain who are entitled to add
"LL. D. to their nanies, and they are
both Uelfast girls. Miss Frances II.
liray is the latest to Ik so honored by
the Iioyal university of Ireland.
Woman's work in India has made
great progress. There are now 711
women missionaries foreign and
Kurasian in India. These have ac
cess to 40, zenanas, and have ',J. 4 H
girl pupils in the mission schools.
llev. MauasNeli ti. I'upa.ian, who
was fur a time pastor of a Congrega
tional church at Kowley, Mass.. and
married a young lady of that pi a -.re,
was arrested some weeks ago at Aiu
tab, Turkey, and imprisoned for jx
litlcal reason.. Mr. Fapazian com
pleted liis studies in Yale and Andover.
Haverford college has received
from T. Wistar llrown a gift of ten
thousand dollars, the income of which
is to be used annually in securing a
course of lectures on biblical subjects
The lecturer is to le au authority on
the subject in America or Kurnje. and
his lectures are to In placed in the col
lege library. He will be expected to
reside at the college for a few weeks,
The course is to lie known as the Hav--rford
library lectures.
Sir Henry Aclaud. Hart., regius
professor of medicine at Oxford, who
accompanied the prince of Wales in his
visit to America in ls'X). has sent in his
resignation, to take effect at the end
of the year, when he will ! eighty
and wilt have served the university fif
ty years. He was apjxinted reader in
anatomy in Kndcliffe'H librarian
in lv'il. regius professor in in lM. and
created a baronet in ls'XX He is the
unr!e of Light Hon. Arthur H. Dyke
At land. Lord llosebery' minister of
education.
In the public school of France 24.9
per cent, of the scholars are short
sighted, in th(e of (lerrnany per
cent and in those of the Fnited King
dom 20 pr cent The jiercentae of i
mvopy is highest in the classes of
rhetoric and philosophy. The hy- !
gicnic condition of the scho 1 doe not t
sem to affect it. but in the opinion of 1
Dr. Mnrtiu. a French authority, want !
of physical exercise is the chief cause i
of it. Uy modifying the work of the '.
clasps and allowing re asonable s;ells ;
of exercise lftivren them the propor- 1
tiou of tnyo;y in the college of lieLs
scn fell from 2".0 to 1? per cent, in flva s
vears.
NEW
DEFINITIONS
I'rom tt
l'rnfx'! "Aroftrn Woman's
lllrCiuoarjr."
Lady A gentleman f the new
sch.Hl.
Air-castle An aerial structure built
upon a foundation of wedding-cake.
Laby A younir child of either sex
pressing hundreds of joints, all of
which are s.-t in motion upon being
lifted or otherwise disturbed.
(rank The woman who agitated
s. ciicthing which does not interest us.
Don't A term implying assent to the
rising ireneration.
Geni is Our child.
Husband A verb signifying to man
age with frugality. Alsoa noun signi
fying one who manages with frugality.
Ice-cream Saloon An unlicensed
bank where funds are deposited.
Journal A newspaper announcing
bargains.
Kiss A renewal of hostilities.
Money Said to lc stamred coin used
as a medium
found.
of commerce. Jscldom
Nice Lvervthing that is not "aw
ful.
Onion A vegetable nine
i. v..- 1
those w ho sit next to us in street cars.
Politics A narcotic administered by
men.
Quiver A receptacle for Cupid's
darts. A Saratoga trunk.
Vulgar An adjective qualifying pro
nouns of the second und third per
sons. White Our blackest falsehoods.
X-mas A merry festival for the dis
posal of duplicate or otherwise unde
sirable jwjssessions.
Young What women always declare
themselves to Ik. What men expect
women to declare them.
Zeal The ardor with which we man
age our neighbor's affairs." N. Y.
World.
There are hundreds of farmers, it la
safe to say. In thinly-occupied parts o! j
this country who cither do not own
their land or do not know whether ;
they do or not. They settled on their j
holding when young, and no claimf ;
for rent or dispossess warrants hav !
been exhibited since. Unclaimed lands J cun proT ur and read from this clip
have been taken up in New England j Ping. Then I will call you down and
within two years, and a man who re- j
ccntly built a house in .Maine was .
... 1 .... I ...1... I . I .. . .. -. .-4 '
itHtoodon. "What's the use?" he an
swered. "The owners of all this coun
try are big lumber companies. Do 3'ou
suppose they're going to pay an agent
a hundred dollar or more to hunl
around for n fellow who i using ten
cents' worth of their real estate and
doing- no harm to anything? 1 guesi
tioL You can stay in this couutry a j
long aw you like.'
Harrv "Put, darling, you do not ' Mimmers in Kennebnukpvrt, where against me?" "No; nothing much. Fa
greet me with vour wonted Joyoun- fchc !ihh her literary work in a writ- ther savs he thought you were rather
ue. I fear vou "love unother." 'liar- . inkr room w hich she has fitted up in a donkey, but sis got up ar;d said yoa
riette "True; but he has no money. . tl,e haymow of the barn, and where weren't, and told father he ought to
You need not fear to osn tac, Uarry." j fchc can et oa wilil llr ork without . Unovr better than judge a nun by hi
Ucton Transcript. interruption. look." Tit-Pit.
ROT'S' OFFER OF SYMPATHY.
Having- TVehd the l!ubnl Drown U0
t.onaoie. tne vi iuw.
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much it verse to work,
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"Hot and " ash, as tliev were geu
... . , .
crally known, had such a distaste for
bucolic life that thev flnallr turned
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ever, removing with their wive and
i little ones to the south shore of tho .
J Chowan rivei, which abounded in fish, j
while all sorts of game was to be found
, in the big adjacent woods. Trapping, ;
; however, involvtMl more exercise than ,
! cither was willing to put forth, and
: they finally settled dow n to fishing for
1 a livelihood.
j Their wives hxul again and again
' and again reminded them that to dar
: kies constantly on the water the art of
' swimming was something more than
a mere accomplishment, and they were
; fco moved by the pleadings of the wom
en that they decided to learn, "some
day," which to the negro is as "to-morrow"
with the Mexican it never
comer..
Hot. was a short, fat fellow, of tarry
; blackness, while Wash, "yaller nig- .
ger," shot above six feet in stature 1
and had little more flesh upon hira '.
.than a herring bone after a hungry
child lias finished it.
j Their boat was a very long and nar
row cvpresa "dug-out." which thev
termed a "cunaer." w hile their equip-
ment was very primitive, consisting of
long reed "poles' and cotton lines with
bit-, of iron for sinkers. "Kock fish
(strited bass) were running in great
"schools," and the twain went out
each day in quest of the delicious-ly-tothsome
game. The largest of
these lish in those waters attain a
weight of seventy pounds, and ufford
delight to hportsmen, Wcause of their
"gaminess." Hot and Wash, however,
objected to this trait and would have
pref erred that they come into the boat
with the supineness of perch.
The river was nearly two miles wide,
and one morning in the height of the J entertaining, and amiable, she at
"rock" season they went out fully tracked the best people to her salon,
equipped for a day's seige. They pad- It is said that her husband relies great
dlek for the middle of the stream, and j ly upon her advice.
when it was reached prepared their I Dante Gabriel Ilossetti's letters t--
hooks and oat out tbir lines, intend- j his family w ill soon be published in
ing to float lazily with the listless . Lon.'.on. together with a memoir of
tide. Immediately a ftsh. evidently of
immense mxe. seizeu J.ot s line, and in i
the flurry aud excitement. Wash, who j
had arisen to his feet, gave a sudden '
lunge and fell overboard. :
With all hi- nvrgies concentrated '
upon the tish. Lot looked for a moment '
at the head of his partner, the top of ,
w hich just showed above the returning
j ripples of the splash, and cried out: '
"Jis you hoi on snug- n-tight, ash
in'ton JefTson. 111 be back arter yon '
pres'n'ly.
Having muttered this intelligent pre-
caution. Hot now bent every energy ';
upon the tautened line and trembling '
pole, as the fish forged ahead, drag
ging the light boat swiftly along. Pa- ,
tiently and tireless he waited for the
exhaustion of his game, and then with- I
out effort brought it to the side of the
lioat and lifted it in, a "rock" of irn
meuse size, by means of a rude gaff,
lie had leen carried a distance up- ,
ward.s a mile, and teng now near
shore landed and triumphantly d ragged
the trophv after him to his claplioard
cabin. While his wife and children
were admiring with loud ejaculations.
'Frier Ann. liL sister, w ho-c hoi:
was but a few varris distant, entered.
' "Whuh Wash?' she demanded.
"Fo" dc L-or. I done furgit Wash.
Turning -jickly a-ide. Hot was near
to rr.rnir.g for the first and ouly time
in hL life as he made for his lioat.
Springing in he paddled vigorously U-
wards the original "fishing grounds.
' "Golly. I done reckon Wash "ill git
i plum torred out afo I git back, he
said reflectively.
Utter amazement and a measure of
reproach tilled him as he reached the
place and saw no signs of h:s brother
. in-law. He stood upon tiptte and
'. looked over the waste of waters, fell
( upon his krees. and peered into the
: dark depths of the sluggish stream,
. culling out repeatedly:
"Whuh you is. Wa-shin'ton JefTson?
; Git outcn ycr hidin. Wash. Dar now.
I sees t er."
Finallj- the truth dawned upon his
obtuse understanding and with a
heavv heart Hot turned his boat shore-
! ward, muttering aloud:
i "I Uone tellrd him I woz er cotnin
' 1 it L' 'ft m liim illrlrk lull ftn"
. ... . . . . . .. . ...... . . ... . . ......
j Tlrinv Ann burst into loud lamenta-
4:. ...,.. u ...,.i
ilil Atlte ,.41 lirti AI1U 1 I
i fused to be comforted for some time,
j but her tears finall dried when Kot,
' in a burst of generosity declared:
! "Shet up. 'P.riny. 'n you shill sho'ly
liab de whole entwire rock, dat you
j shill. 'n 1 suttiugly wish Wash wuz
heali ter holp yer cat de grub. Chi
cago Tribune.
T! Irll ot I'otltlr.
"My friend," said the candidate for
sheriff of Cheyenne, drawing a one
eyed stranger close to his means of
livelihixxl, "do 3 011 want to earn tive
dollars easy to-night?"
"Yep."
"All right. WhemI say in my speech:
'Is then a man among you who will
deny this tatement?you jump to you?
feet in the rear of the hall and shout:
'Yes, sir, 1 will. You are a liar, und I
,naUe JOU ridiculous but you wUl get
a , nevertheless.
, nevertheless, is ll ago
Nop."
Why not?
"I tried the same thing in Putte City
a year ago, aud the candidate jumped
w tv-h.1 t-1 lin flint t n ul iitrioo 1 4-V-
meo.it of the hall and rode me out of !
towu on a rail. I didn't get the five,
cither. Try it on some one else." llos
ton Herald.
r
i ai n. Aiargaei jeianu, xne aumor
! ess, is u iloston resident, but she
-PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
i Gilbert Pond, of Milford, Mass. one
the oldest mucans in the counts
of the Jwn..er 1 1 ill monument.
Mias L. Hamilton, the woman phy
sician, now in attendance on the Ameer
of Afghanistan, i of Ayreshire (Scot
land) family, was trained as a nurse at
Liverpool, afterward took her medical
degree at Hrussel, and then liecame a
practicing physician at Calcutta.
Mi.-s Mary Patterson, the first ne
gro woman in the United States to
take the degree of A. M., has jut died.
' after a survic? of twenty-ilve years a
a teacher. She graduated from Ober
, lin college in ls;j, and was among the
first women in the country to study
(reek and the higher mathematics at
college.
Two adventurous aeronauts, M.
Mallet and M. tie Fonvielle. have un
dertaken to make a sky trip around
France, keeping their balloon as nnr
the earth as possible, so as to be able
to descend with ease occasionally.
They want to prove that agreeable and
f'conomlcal journeys can be made by
balloons as well as by rail or water,
j Mr. and Mrs. Julian Hawthorne,
I with their family of seven children,
are on a three years' cruise around the
world in their own yacht. The people
! of th Hawthorne family are unusual
ly bright, intelligent, and capable.
, They are musicians, cooks. wood-
4
chopjKTs, photographers, sailors, bicy
clists, etc., and what they do not see;
and what they do not learn of the
countries they visit would be of little
interest to anyone.
Madame Casimir-Perier. the wife
of the French president, is a very ac
complished woman. She is a good En
glish scholar, w rites cleverly, and can
seize a political situation keenly. This
political instinct she inherited from
her fater. M. D. Segar. who held oilier
under Thiers, in 172. As a hostess.
I at her home in the Hue Nito!. f-he ex-
j hibited admirable qualities. Fright,
, considerable length prepared by his
brother, William Michael Uossetti. The
letters are addressed to seven relatives
principally his mother and his brother,
and are fully annotated so as to ex
plain all allusions.. They range from
his boyhood to the last months of his
life. There will be nine jortraits
eight from paintings of Uossetti. rep
resenting himself and the persons ad
dressed, the other a portrait of his
wife, done by himselL
HUMOROUS.
Force of Habit Judge (to owner
of dog who is to be fined for not having
muzzled him) "Has the dog been
punished before?" Fliegenie Flatter.
Weeks "Well, how are things over
in Fotori. Have they r.amd any new
pie 'Aristotle' yet?" Wcntman "No-o.
Put I heard a mantherea.sk for a Plato
soup. K x c h a n ge.
Hoarder "Madam. I have found a
nickel in my hash." Mrs Mea'.er
"Oh, that's til right. I put it there. I
thought I'd give von a little change in
your diet. Philadelphia Ilecord.
Conductor "Mkdam. how old is
that boy?". LIderly Matron (with free?,
ing dignity "This young lady. sir.
i has r.o wish to ride free. Here is her
ticket- Her bicycle is in the baggagt
car. Chicago Tribune.
"So. said Mr. Donegan. "they've
Wen printing the funeral notices av a
man that wasn't dead yit. It's a nice
fix he'd Ve in if he had lieen wan of
these people that lelieves ivcrything
in the newspapers." Tit-Pits.
A little girl in the suburbs was
; overheard talking to her d ll the other
I eveuiirg. "You r.aughty child.'" she
said, in a tone of grave reproof. "you've
been f-aying 'darn. When you go to
Heaven, dolly, you'll go to the other
.place:'
A little girl was overheard talking
t to her doll, w hose arm l ad come oH",
; exposing the sawdust ttufhng. "You
! dear, good, obedient dolly. I knew I
; had told you to chew your food fine,
i but I didn't think you would chew it
; as Cne as that.' Pilot,
j Master "Pat. I have a supicio
! ihat either you or I was drunk last
"i.
!
Pat "Oi've a suspicion av
I n"i Kina. meseu. sir. Piaster
fc.
Well. Pat. vou rascal, which one was
it?" Pat "Well. sor. Oi'li not be
caslin' any reflections, but Oi do be
sayin that Oi iuvied yc. Uichmond
Despatch.
She "Harry, ihey tell tue such
awful things! They say you have lost
lots of money gambling." He 'Non
sense! I never gambled in my life.
I've dropped a few thousand on Atching,
and a few more on Ileadison. but that
was bona-lule investment. I never
touch any stock which is at all uncer
tain. ltoston Transcript.
The loat had pulled awiy from
'iore some Gfteen or eight-en feet
when Clc Olson reached the bank is
great anxiety to get aboard. His
friend, Nels Nelson, stood on deck and
waved his arms frantically, howling ia
the meantime- "Yump. Olc, yump, aya
thank ye can mak eet in a couple of
yumps." -Clay Center (Kas.) Times.
A young miss just struggling with
the piano was privileged to hearSonsa
band not long since. She afterward
wrote to a friend: "P. S. Oh, I for
get. I heard Sousa Friday and it wan
line. I w ish I could play 'The .Wash-
iuZon nJ lligh-School CadcU'
us thev tim, out men. t nin noi a oanu.
so don't expect to." N. Y. Tribune.
A Pravc (Jirl. "Po you think your
sister likes me. Tommy?" "Yes; she
atood up for you at dinuer." "Stood up
forme! Was anvbodv saving anything
