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A BIG INDIAN FIGHT.
CAPTAIN GORDON IS ATTACKED BY
482 PICKED WARRIORS.
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TJp U tii J ear N59 the Comanche In
SSftfiS bwl tluw had norer been de
feated in a battle with white men. They
were arrogant and bloodthirsty and were
at war with all the world. They would
ot make peace with other tribes, bat
waged constant and vindictlre warfare on
white and red alike. Thrr were rich,
etrong in numbers and the lst horsemen
la the world, and they made war because
they loved the adventure of it.
In" May of the year named a Texan
known as Captain Gordon, who was an old
Indian fighter, learned that there was gold
in the Big Wichita mountains of west -rn
Texas. This chain of mountains form
the eastern boundary of the Great Staked
plains, but the Comanches ranged as fur
west as the Kio Pecos river. Captain Gor
don called for volunteers to explore the
fold fields, and the expedition was fitted
out at Santa Fe. He knew what was lie
tore him, and be did not cut loose until he
had secured isv men. They were aii bor
der men, and each furnished bis owu
fcorse and arms. Every one bad a rifle,
and most of them a revolver as well, ami
Gordon got the loan of two field pieces and
trained a crew to work them. There were
about forty pack mules, loaded with pro
visions and ammunition, and It was be
lieved that the command was strong
enough to take care of itself under any
etrcu instance. It was so long in getting
ready that the Indians heard of its object,
nd Eagle Feather, then the bead chief of
the Comanches, sent word to Captain Gor
don aa follows:
I want scalps, horses, rifles and powder.
Come as fast as you caol
No ane was frightened over the message,
and indue time the expedition set out.
Captain Gordon was confident that he
would be attacked before crossing the
Canadian river, and be was not surprised
at finding the Indians all about him as the
command emerged Into the Chico valley
to the west of old Fort Bascom. Knule
Feather had gathered together 4fti war
riora, the flower of the tribe. They were
not ordinary warriors, but each could Ixumt
of having killed an enemy. They were
mounted on the finest war ponies, jjml
very one had lance and a rifle, and Home
had bows add arrows ip addition. A more
Double war party was never raised by any
tribe, and it started out to meet the Inva
ders, boasting that it would bring back the
acalp of every whit man in the expedition.
Gordon was familiar with the Cbico and
knew where the attack would be made.
The Indians would wait until he was
toady to enter the pass lending through
the Chlco mountains to thu river and be
yond. It was a position they could hold
Against 10,000 men, and he realized that he
cnut draw them away from it. The com
mand marched to within three miles of
the pass and then turned to the north, as
If to seek for another. For a distance of
twelve miles the two commands held a
parallel course, and were not over two
miles apart. , The Indians hugged the base
-of the range so as to prevent the white
men from entering any of the passes, while
Gordon watched for a battle ground in the
valley. He found It twelve miles above
the pass just at sundown on a June day.
The spot selected was a natural sink en
the crest of a mound or a series of mounds
taking in an area of about two acres.
There was a wall of earth around this
vhtit, as it a small lake had once occupied
the spot To the north was a still lower
-and deeper basin, large enough to shelter
all the horses and so strategio that a few
men could defend it. There was a big
apring on the plateau, with grass enough
to last the horses tor three or four days,
ami Captain Gordon's idea was to force
the Indians to- attack him in his position.
A renegade white man named Gerry, who
'had served in the regular cavalry and de--eerted
to the redskins, had drilled them In
cavalry tactics and he was with them at
hi time. Out In the open 480 Comanches,
each armed with a 12-foot lance a weapon
they knew how to use with murderous
effect would have proved too strong for
the gold hunters. Behind defenses the
case would be different.
There was only one, place where the sink
could be approached by horsemen, and that
was on the south side. There was a clear
road 200 feet wide, and the cannon were
posted to cross fire over this. They had
ibeen kept covered on the march, and the
Indians had no suspicion of their presence.
Just at dusk Eagle Feather sent in word
for the white men to go to sleep without
fearfms he should not attack untM next
-day. This was no ruse on his part, for ue
made his camp two miles away, and that
-of the gold hunters was undisturbed by
even a shot. During the night Gordon's
men threw up further defenses and cleared
the sink of every Incumbrance. Twenty
men were told off to guard the animals,
and when the sun rose again every one in
the command was ready for what was to
happen.
Eagle Feather was in no hurry. It was
:9 o'clock before he marshaled his warriors
ou the prairie, a mile to the south of the
' plateau, lie then sent in word that he
lioped the white men would fight. Me did
'. not demand a surrender, and he wanted it
' plainly understood that he would grant no
quarter. His firm purpose was to wipe
out every man In the expedition, and thus
deter nil thought of future invasion of his
territory. From the way he disposed of
Ids forces he must have been confident of
speedy sncc. The mounted warriors
t were marshaled in lines having a front of
thirty men. They were eight lines deep,
' 'disking 340 horsemen. The remainder of
the force was held as a reserve. Not a
warrior was dismounted, and no attack
was made on the men guarding the lower
basin, the Comanches, under cavalry tac
tics as taught by the renegade, had charg
ed'en masse with lances, and they hod won
; . "a victory every time. The chief had never
' fought a large body of white men, and
perhaps he wanted to test the value ot his
tactics on them. He was a brave general,
but a poor strategist.
When Gordon saw that no attack would
be made on the herd he called over fifteen
of the twenty men to assist in repelling
the charge. The two field pieces were
loaded with canister, and everything was
ready on the' plateau. At a given signal
the body of warriors charged. The first
line was half a mile away, and the ground
was :clcar of all obstruction. The cold
. hunters were ordered to reserve their fire
antil the field pieces were discharged
This did not happen until the first line of
warriors was within fifty feet of the breast
. works. The charge was checked in an in
tant, and the slaughter was something
.. horrible. As was determined hv actual
count, fifty-three warriors and seventy
ponies were left behind when the force
drew oft and returned to the spot where
Eagle Feather had posted himself to watch
and direct. The field pieces fired only two
rounds apiece, and some of the riflemen
" only got in one shot.
. Within half an hour after being driven
back Eagle Feather sent in word that he
was glad the white men exhibited so much
bravery, as the honor of defeating them
would be greater. While his warriors
ttad been unsuccessful in the first charge,
the second would be certain to win
the victory, and he warned them to make
ready for it. This they speedily did. When
' the lines were formed again every warrior
.' was In them, while the big chief took the
lead. The same tactics were punned aa
More. Bach warriors as 'had been dis
mounted advanced on foot. Again the
got! hunters waited until the enemy had
come to cloae quarters, awl again the (laid
pieces belched forth their murderous fire
as a signal. It was a lesson the Comanche
tnbe never forgot. Ia five minutes every
wamor who could get away bad retreated,
leaving the ground heaped with dead and
dying. A count of the bodies brought the
total np to ML. Those who were wounded
were killed as fast aa discovered. Eagle
Feather, although in the thick of the fray.
was not even scratched, and as he rallied
his forces again out of rifleshot be realized
that be must abandon his tactics or with
draw altogether, tie had aliil SS3 mss
left, and he had no thought of abandoning
the field.
Gordon watched the movements of the
foe closely and anxiously, and he soon dis
covered the plan of the coming attack. It
would be made cn foot, and the lances
would be abandoned for the rifl. There
was a ravine leading up from toe prairie
to the lower basin. The Indians would be
certain to come up that; others would sd
vance from the south, and others still
would advance through the brush on the
wt-xt side. The field pieces were planted to
cover the points where a rush was .ex
pected and the men posted anew. Three
kegs of powder were taken down Into the
ravine and deposited among the rocks as
torpedoes, and everything was ready by
noon. It was half an hour Inter when the
Indians divided into three commands and
moved to attack. Gerry had taught them
how to march on foot, and they moved off
almost as orderly as regular infantry. The
object of those advancing from the south
was to secure the bodies of the dead ponies
for shelter, and thus creep in close to the
breastworks for a sudden rush.
Gordon bail provided against this by
sending men out over the field, and their
fire kept the Indians off In this direction.
The fight opened hotly on the other sides.
however, and as the Indians were shel
tered in their advance, they soon began to
work damage. Their fi re was coneentrated
on the fleld pieces, and within aa bour
uonion nail tour men killed and three dis
abled. From half past 12 to half past
the firing was constant and almost
entirely confined to the rifles. The white
men were the best shots and were alno
more securely sheltered, and therefore bad
the let of It. Uut few Indians hud ap
peared in the ravine up to the last hour
mimed. Then they began to gather tor a
rush. Oueof the guus was turned upon
them, and when the shell with which it
was charged exploded, it likewise exploded
two of the kegs of powder. How many
were killed and wounded noone could, say.
because the lemflc explosions hurleddown
the high banks and filled the ravine for a
undred feet. A dozen or more bodies
were found, and parts of others were blown,
almost Into the upper basin.
1 be calamity lu the ravine ended the at
tack on the xirt of the Indians, and Gor
don at once assumed the aggressive. The
ponies of the Indians had been left en the
prairie just out of rifleshot, guarded by a
few warriors. He puoned on the herd with
shell, and In three or four rounds had scat
tered it. Whe never the redskins attempted,
to bunch in any considerable number he
shelled them, and such horses as galloped
witblu rillo range were siiot down by the
riflemen. Kugle Feather had more than,
enough In-fore the sun went down Once
he rallied his wnrvlors as if for a Uist des
perate charge, but they were so thorough'
ly whipped that they refused to advance.
As darkness fell he began hit retreat to
the pass, and he mails no halt ot conse
quence until reaching kla village, a hun
dred miles away.
None of his dead was removed, but all
the wounded were tnken away. Three
years later he gave his figures on the fight.
Out of his force of 480 men he reached
home with only IDS who had escaped scot
free. He lost in killed 141, anil bad 140
wounded more or less severely. Of his 480
ponies he lost at' least half. Gordon's
party picked up enough lances and rifles
to load a wagon. They also got a large
amount of ammunition and other plunder.
Among tho Indian dead were two famous
medicine men and four sabchiefs, and
Gerry was also among the slain. He had
not been killed by the white men, but
Eagle Feather slew him with his own baud
at he retreated. It was not his plan to
open the fight as he did, but Gerry had as
sured him that the mounted warriorsoould
ride over all opposition.
The direct results were bad enough for
the tribe, but dissensions followed to make
matters worse. Eagle Feather was de
posed and became a renegade, and the
tribe divided into three or four factions
which could never again be reunited. The
Kiowa, to the east, took every advautage
of the Bplit, and the Apaches raided in
from the west with great vigor, and within
three years a tribe which bad ranked as the
richest and most powerful in the west wal
scattered and broken. Had nut the govern
ment stepped in and taken care of tho
remnant the Comnnches would have been
exterminated to the last representative.
Time tu Leave the Telephone.
It was in one ot the biggest business
houses of the country. The telephone bell
in the private, oflices of the head of the
firm began to ring, and a young clerk who
was passing through the rooms and noticed
that there was no one there to answer the
call went to the telephone.
"Hello!" he said, "what do you wnntf"
"Is this Brown, Smith, 'Jones & Wil
liamsf" was the answer.
"Yes; what do you want?"
"Is this Brown, Smith, Jones & Wil
liams?" "Yes, I say; what do you want?"
"Is this Brown, Smith, Jones"
"Yes, 1 say,"
"Is this Brown, Smith"
"Yes, you deaf chunk of stone."
"Is this Brown"
"See here," yelled the clerk i a rage.
you old, baldheaded, putty faced, cotton
eared mummy, go off and learn how to put
your ear against a telephone receiver be
fore you wear your luugs out again shout'
tng for Brown, Smith, Jones & Williams."
"Oh-hl" came back in a shrill cry of
fury, "I'm Mr. Brown, tho head of that
firm, and "
But the young clerk quickly put the re
ceiver down mid let it hang so that there
could be no more ringing, and quietly stole
away, and tnougn Mr. Brown has not yet
discovered who It was that called him a
mummy, with qualifying adjectives, the
young clerk had to let his story out, and
after wide circulation it bos reached o
newspaper, which faithfully records it.
New rork Tribune.
Hamlet Criticised.
The following is a criticism of "Hamlet"
by a dramatic reporter in New South
v ales:
The author is behind the times and ap
pears to forget that what we want nowa
days is hair raising situations and detec
tives. In the hands of a skillful playwright
a detective would have been put upon the
track of Hamlet's uncle, and the old man
would have been hunted down in a manner
that would have excited the audience out
of their number elevens. The moral of the
piece is not good. The scene whore Ham
let sasses his mother is a very bad example
to the rising generation, nnd it is not im
proved when the dreary old ghost comes in
and blows him up. Our advice to the au
thor is a little more action, a little more
fine sentiment, and a fair share of variety
business in his next piece. In the specialty
arts of the play scene he has entirely
missea nis opportunities. Tit-Bits.
' Some Good.
"Rev. Teachcm's efforts were not wholly
ios; on ine cannibals."
"No?"
"They asked a blessing on the meal be-
tore tney ate tum."-rT;ruth.
MORE VENGEFUL THAN WAR.
Hew Brave la ttaltla ahrtak Bafara the
Artillery af Cad.
As we move by the left flank to croaa the
country highway and take op a position in
tbe triangular piece of woods, the man on
my left takes .out bis watch and I note tbe
time It is exactly 4 JO p. m. The sun is
shining brightly overhead, and yesterday
the old Virginia farmer, too old to go into
tbe ranks, as mowing in the meadow to
the west of tbe wood The scent of the
hay comes to our nostrils a we march, and
more than one hand reaches out and
plucks a leaf from tbe vine creeping along
tse cUJ stc&e wall awf seeking to bean'
tify it.
We can see no enemy ot our front as we
form battle line under the trees and pile
np bushes, limbs and logs for a breast
work. Tbey will come down tbe road if
they come, and then we shall enfilade
them aud at lea-t hold them m check, aw
matter If they outnumber us five to one.
A crack battery has moved with as, ami
tbe artilleryixts are I inpatient ( get to
work. On on my right the fight is a hor.
aim. r.be earth under our feet trembles
ander the concussion of the field pieces,
and tbe spiteful crackle of musketry re
minds one of the onward sweep of a great
forest fire.
What has happened? Has the sun ai
ready gone to rest, and is this twilight
creeping over tbe field of battle?
Men look upand aliout them. The bright
sunshine bus suddenly disappeared. We
are clear of the smoke here, though II
hangs like a pal! over the brigade o:i out
right. VVearestill gazing and wondeniii;
when there comes a deep and hollow rum
bling which can be plainly heard above alt
other noises.
It's a thunderstorm!'' whispers man
after man, and looking to tbe soutliwesi
we see a great black cloud hanging almost
over our beads.
Down here is the vengeaace of man. up
there the wrath of God. It is a greeuish
black cloud its center as black as mid
night, and Its outer edges fringed with a
green which reminds you of the eyes of nn
infuriated and desperate animal about to
battle for its life and more. -
"Steady, men steady! Right dress.
there!"
From out of tbe very center of that for
bidding cloud there suddenly leaped a sheet
of flame so bright that every eye was daz
zled and a thousand men started In alarm.
The lines were scarcely restored when
there enme n crash as if a thousand shells
had exploded lit once and hundreds of men
cried out in terror. Strange enough! We
are here to die. Down on the right 5,000
men have yielded up their lives, ami 8,000
more are groaning with their wounds.
Should wr dread the thunderbolts of
heaven more than the murderous missiles
forged by the hunt! of man?
Flash! Cringe! Cry out!
A tongue of flume shot out ns if to lick
up the lite acres or woodland and the
thousand uieu biding uuder the trees.
Scores of men let fall their muskets and
raised their bunds to their blanched faces.
Scores of others wheeled about in their
tracks as if to fly. The long line was un
dulating like a great serpent creeping over
rocks, when the earth seemed to rise up and
there came crash which threw men to
their knees. A thunderbolt had struck a
tree at the bead of our line, aud the twelve
men nearest it fell like logs. Four were
dead before they touched the earth.
Flume! Crash) Paniol
' Had five thousand of the enemy come
marching down the road and charged us
en masse there would have been no such
confusion at this. Veterans of a dozeu
battles are pressing back, and the officers
are pule faced as they flourish their swords
and shout and curse to restore the lines.
Another tree has been rent and riven-
more men have been struck down.
The battery Is in front of us. They are
trying to briug tbe horses np to drag the
guns away from under tbe tall trees, but
the spirited animals, every one of' them
familiar with the roar of battle, are utter
demoralized and seeking to escape.
Tbey rear and plunge and kick and utter
shrill neighs, and they cannot be con
trolled.
Flash! Flamel Roar!
Not a tree this time, but a caisson full of
ammunition. A thunderbolt shot out of
the black heavens as straight aa an arrow
and swifter than thought and struck this
temble target. A great mass of flame
shoots up into the tree tops, withering and
burning there isan explosion which blows
men off their feet, and then death reaches
out his skeleton fingers and touches man
after man until he has sixteen, more vic
tims. His work is not concluded when the
flood gates of heaven are opened and the
rain pours down in a deluge. As if the
word of command had been given, the
lines full back, carrying officers before
them, and halt not until clear of the dan
gerous trees. Then we huddle together
like sheep in a storm, half blinded by t he
continued flashes anil halt drowned by the
downpour, and there is never a man of us
who has not been a coward under the swift
and terrible attack of a foe more vengeful
than war.
And the sun has gone down and dark
ness is here, and ot the battle which ceused
an hour ago wo know not. Few questions
are asked and answered. e feel dazed
and stupelled. We have witnessed such a
vengeance as man cannot wreak upon man,
and it has left us without courage and al
most helpless. M. Quad.
A "Lady" Gets a Seat.
She was portly of figure, poor of nttire
and wealthy of words. You could have
cut up her brogue with au ax and had
enough to last through a hard winter.
She swung by a strap in an elevated car
like a rusty bologna in a butcher's win
dow. A saddle tinted gentleman from a
warmer climate comfortably reposed in a
seat directly in front of her, dreaming of
tbe alligators sunning themselves on the
muddy banks of the bayous of Louisiana.
"Git up and give me that seat!" said the
stout washer lady, kicking the southern
dreamer on the shin.
Wha! Hoo! Uulii Woo!" cried the
startled colored gentleman, grabbing that
most vulnerable part of bis anatomy and
carefully moving it out of her.way.
"Am t you going to give me that scat?"
she sweetly inquired, swaying toward him
as if getting ready to drop on him.
Tho movement alarmed the young gen
tleman in the next seat, nod he hastily let
go of his tender mustache and rose and po
litely offered bis place.
"Thank you, thank yon very much, sir!
You're a gentleman, sir, a borned gentle
man."
The young man, who had suddenly lie
come tbe focus of a good many tittering
eyes, blushingly acknowledged the compli
ment, but looked uneasily around for a
May out of his embarrassment. She con
tinued at the rate of 350 words a minute:
"I can tell a gentleman every time. I'll
lay that you have a good mother, sir, as
knows how to bring children up. Bless
ypu, sir, I see the grace of God in your
Nee!"
I But somehow the rest of the folks didn't
s,fee anything of the sort only a face as
red as a boiled beet, and this thev bailed
,'hilariously. While the unhappy youth
iniriy plowed bis way through the crowded
isle to get out of range, the saddle tinted
Southron smiled a 7-inch smile. New York
Herald.
! A Clearwater man applied for a pen
sion one day and received his voucher
from Washington the next morning.
The voucher, however, was granted on a
former application, which the gentleman
thought had been lost in the thufle.
The John Churchfleld andF. L. Topping
cutting affair, which occurred at Trenton
some time last July, was brought np this
terra of court in Hitchcock coun'w, and
the former was found guilty of assault
and battery and was fined 1100 and costs.
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS
INTERESTING READING FOR
BRIGHT YOUNG PEOPLE,
erownlo Enemlef In ther Air
Hereditary Knowledge Exact
The Bells or JapanThree Im
portant Things,
Brownie.
Once upon a time, oh, ever so many
ears, ago, there was a little boy who
was so dark that everyone called kirn
Brownie. He looked just like those
little fellows whose pictures we all love
so much, and who do ever so many
funny things to make us laugh.
Brownie went out shopping one day
with bis mamma, and was very much,
pleased with the rash-boys he saw in
ch stores, and he thought how lovely
it would be if he could go and be
jash-boy himself and get all the money
they got.
So he asked his papa when he got
home that night if he couldn't be a
cash-boy in a big ttore, and run
around and do errands and earn lots
nd lots of dollars the way they did.
and of course his papa said he could
it ne wantea to. Hrownie spapa used
to let him do almost anything he
wished.
Dear me, how happy Brownie was
when his papa said this! He went
down stairs ana told his friend the
cook about it. He whispered his great
joy to his little pug-dog, and even
went so far as to make tip his niuul
what he should buy with his first dol
lar. "When do you want to bean?" ask
ed papa.
"Kiglit off, said Brownie.
"All right," said papa. "You mny
becin to-morrow morning. You must
tell Mary to wake you up at six
o'clock and have your breakfast ready
nt half-past six, so that you mav start
down to the store in time to be there
by eight o'clock."
And John can bring the carriage
for me, can't he?" asked Brownie.
"Oh no. indeed! replied papa, "ion
will have to go down in the horse-
cars. It would never do tor a cash-
boy to go down town in a carriage.
And, then minima, you needn't have
dinner until seven after this instead or'
half past six, because Brownie won't
get home much before seven."
"I II be home bet ore that, papa.
sain Brownie. "I'll hurry up and get
through by threeo'clock."
"They wouldn t let you do that.
papa said. "You'll have to stay un
til six o'clock until the holiday-limes,
and then they'll keep you down there
until nine or ten o'clock. Of course
it will make you very sleepy to do
that, but afterawhile you won't mind
it so much."
"Can I take my rocking-chair with
me?" asked Brownie.
"Oli, dear me, no!" said papa. "You
won't havetime to use your rocking-
chair. Why, you will be on your feet
all the time."
Brownie thought a minute, and then
his face brightened up, and he said,
"Fnpa, 1 know what.
"VV hat, asked papa.
"I guess I'll stay a little boy, with
nothing to do but play, a little while
longer."
" I hat is a good idea, said papa,
with a smile, and so Brownie didn't
become a cashboy. Harper's Young
People.
Enemies. m the Air.
If our eyes were microscopes, what
A world of wonders, and even of ter
rors, the atmosphere would appear
to be? Even air that is apparently
pure contains a great number ot ma
croscopic floating particles. There is-
dust that has risen from the ground;,
and been transplanted from afar by
the winds;, there is powderly matter
that has been ejected from the interiv
or of the earth by volcanoes; there
are minute- particles of meteoritic
matter that come floating down out
of interstellar space, and there isa
great variety of living germs andl or
ganisms,. some-which produco-diseases
and death.
The investications that are goingoni
concerning ttie origin of the intluenea
now afflicting mankind in various
quarters of the globe have led some
men of science to conclude that a micro-organism,
or bacillus, of some-
kind, which lives and is diffused
through the air, is the cause- of this
most troublesome disease.
But even a bacillus, so small that
the utmost powers of the microscope
are taxed to make it visibly must
have something to live on, or it will
perish.
In absolutely pure air id could not
survive, but Doctor Symes Thompson
makes the interesting sugcestion that
minute particles of organic dust float
ing in the air may serve as rafts for it
to live on.
What a strange picture this forms
in the imagination! Particles of mat
ter, too small to be discerned with
the naked eye, floating through the
atmosphere, and bearing like a micro
scopic fleet, uncountable millions of
organisms, whose combined attack
suffices to render a large fraction of
the human race miserable!
But knowledge is power, and the
more we learn about our microscopic
enemies in the air, the better prepared
are we to resist their assaults.
Hereditary Knowledge,
A three-year-old, whose father, two
grandfathers and a great-grandfather
are physicians, was enter
taining herself one day by playing
dootr to her dolls. The nurse kept
the young physician going on a round
of calls from doll to doll, and writing
prescriptions in her bayish hierogly.
phics.
At last the weary little body climb
ed into an arm-chair, and lay backfor
a moment's rest. The nurse, fearing
lest the slighest diversion should tu&n
the active little brain toward some
thing that would demand more of her
attention sought, to reawaken inter
est in the dolls by a very urgent tele
phonic summons.
The little doctor straightened up at
the tlina-tline of the imaginary bell,
and resting her elbow on the arm of
the chair and making a receiver of
her dimpled hand, asked what was
wanted.
She was informed that Jenny Pur
dy needed her services at once. With
a siali of impatience, she gathered her
little body together as if for a plunge
out of the big chair; and then a look
of intelligence passed over ner lace,
and she settled back with this pithy
message.
Tell Miss Purdy de doctor tan't
tome; he's busy sittiu in his of
fice." Exact.
John Ericsson had not only genius,
but "immense capacity for taking
pains." All his work waa to exactly
done tbat he could demand from
workmen the most rigid observance
of details in tbe drawings furnished for
their guidance, without fear that they
might go astray.
hen tbe steamer "Columbia" was
heist, its engine were pat in according
to his designs. It was customary at
that time to get the length ot the piston-rod
from tbe engine itself, and as
a man was oneday engaged in measur
ing it wit U a long baton. Captain Erics-son-chanced
to go on board at tbat
moment., and, going np to the work
man, he nailed out.
"What are you doing there, sir?"
"Gettina thelenetb of the piston-
rod, sir:"'
'is it not on the- drawing?"
"Yes;;sir:
"Then why dorwu rome here with
sticks? Go and cet the lensth from
tlm-drawing. 1 do not want you to
hrinu' sticks- when' the drawing cives
the size."'
At another time aworkman. waer-
dcavorinz to put in-the engines of a
steamship, and found great difficulty
with a small connection which he de
scribed as-brine "crooked as a doa's i
hinddec." Pinally. he went to Erics
son and informed, hi nil that the rod
could not be put in- place-
"Is it right in. the drawing?"' was
Uie qpery.
"Yes,- sir.!''
"Then it will go ini"'
And on another trial' it dTif. The
niMrfterbrain ha1 left nothing to be
supplied by the ingenuity oi others.
Sel.
Seeing Her Diamonds- Again.
A beautiful incident is toldiof the
Princess Eugenie, sister of the king of
Sweden, which strikingly illustrates
the pleasure and -satisfaction to be
gained from earnestly seeking te help
others. We K've it as told: by the
Christian Vekly, together witbtlie
words o! praise that are well-merited
by the noble Swedish prinoess;
The princess is most devout and! en
thusiastic in her benevolence, and) has
consecrated her time and wealth and
personal efforts to. the- direction ot
hospitals, and tO' the spread; of re
ligious truth among her destitute
countrymen. She spends her summers
at a villa called "Priedheim' or the
Home of Peace. Around, it she- has
reared asylums for -orphan; children
and beautilied the grounds with. trees,
walks, and llowers She is the direct
ress of several societiea-for providing
employment for poor women; she has
opened schools- for destitute girls.
On theSabbath she has an evangelical
service at her villa for. hen- many
guests and neichbors.
hen the Fnncess-Jiugenie hunt her
hospital, she foundl her ready funds
inadequate; so -she sold her jewels- to
finish and furnish the building.
One day she- visited the hospitak
and the tears-ofigratitude rolled down
the cheeks of a poor.- invalid) as- she
came to his -bedside;
The hannv nrincess- wn so. melted
by his tears that she exclaimed,
"Ah,.now X!see my diamonds again.'
Letting Klndnes Rule.
It is not every one- who can- put
aside at the same time-both theseltish
hope of personal advancement and
the inherent respect ot humanity for
the influential, .and let only kindly be
nevolence rule in their place.. The
great English surgeon, John Aber
nefchyVcould do this,, and this tact,,
while it proved the- nobility of the
man, also explained) ttW cause- of the
universal esteem in. which he was held
by people of all olasses.
The great physician was so. benevo
lent that he would almost always
attend a poor patient before he would
a rich one. un one occasion) he was
just stepping into, his carriage to visit
a rich, duke, when a pressing request
came to see a sufferer who. was with
out means to tender a fee.
"I cannot go. to. him at present,"
said Abernethyi
'If you cannot co at nee, it will be
needless to gOiat all," said the mes
senger. The surgeon, stopped the carriage
and inquired the poor man's address.
The street and number were given.
'Drive there immediately, coach
man," ordered the surgeon, "the duke
must wait. Besides, hecan command
the services of tweaty physicians."
It was a small thins to do, perhaps,
but would every man have done it?
The Bells of Japan.
The bells of Japan are among its
loveliest posessions. One of the sweet
est of th'-ni rang out many times every
dav in the waiting air in this far
away little city. Its tone was intense
ly thrilling and pathetic. The bells
are not sounded by a clapper within,
but are t truck from the outside b7 a
sort of 'rooden arm or battering-ram.
Being withdrawn to the proper dis
tance and released, it strikes the bell
once; ami the strokes are allowed to
succeed one another only with a dig
nified and stately regularity. Tradi
tion says the finest bells have silver
in their composition, which may ac
count for their deep and wonderful
sweetness. Vhether this be so or not,
the bells make a profound impression
upon n!l umBitive or musical organ
izations heretofore Kccustomed to the
more discordant church bells of a newer
civilization. St Nicholas.
Thre Important Thlnjje.
Three things to love: courage, gen
tleness, affection. Three things to ad
mire: intellectual power, dignity and
gracefulness. Three things to hate:
cruelty, arrogance and ingratitude.
Three things to delight in: beauty,
frankness and lreedom. Three things
to wish for: health, friends and a
cheerful spirit. Three things to like:
cordiality, good-humor and mirthful
ness. Three things to avoid: idleness,
loquacity and flippant jesting. Three
things to cultivate: good books, cood
friends and good humor. Three thing3
to contend for; honor, country
and friends. Three things to govern:
temper, tongue and conduct. Three
things to think about: life, death
and eternity. Ex.
The Sarcastic Giraffe.
"I want a collar," said the giraffe,
going into a collar and cuff store.
"Here is thelatest New York style,"
said the salesman.
"Dear me!" cried the giraffe. "That
is too high. How much neck do you
suppose I've got."
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