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WILLIE LEE.
His name was Willie Lee; but no
one thought of calling him Willie
except his sister. Willie was poor
and fcpnuly. His hair was what
night - called a blue white, his eyes
were e and without expression,
and b was altogether a very plain
person. He and his sister Mary had
little house in the outskirts of the
city near the car barns. His close
proximity to the barns doubtlesss
, was what led hinj to think he would
become a car conductor. At any
rate, he did become one, and Mary,
as she used to be weeding in her lit
tle garden beside the street, would
look up and see him pass and say to
herself:
"Now, don't he just look fine with
those blue clothes and brass but
tons?" His sister's eyes could not see that
the navy blue of the clothes painful
ly brought out the sickly pallor of
bis face and made his sleeping eyes
dimmer. To her he was handsome
and the uniform made him hand
somer. Mary was partial to uni
forms. There was a policeman in
that suburb for whom she had the
greatest regard, and in the evening
when she would go out to watch for
"Willie's car going by on its last trip
the policeman used to come and
bang over the gate and she would
lell him what a good boy Willie was-
The men at the barns did not know
uch about Willie. He never met
at their gatherings in the office and
stables and sung and danced and
joked as the others did. Half ofthem
did not know his name, but the time
keeper said his car was always on
time and the nickels he turned over
were always right in number.
Willie's passengers did not like him
either. They said he opened and left
open the door in winter and shut it
in the heat of summer. He made
them sit close on the seats, and grav
est offense of all he would make the
men go inside the car when there was
room instead of standing on the rear
platform in a crowd. Allthis served
to make him unpopular, still he nev.
er violated a rule of the company,
end the keenest "spotter" could nev
er have reported him a single mis
demeanor. Willie did not like girls. He used
to say to Mary, "Girls are a nuisance.
I wouldn't let one of them get on my
car if I could help it." There was
no use trying to get up a flirtation
with Willie, he was adamant. A
neighbor, rosy cheeked Rachel
Moore, had loved Willie ever since
they were children and played
in the dust of the road before the
city had moved down to them. Willie
liked Rachel, too, after a fashion,
very much as he loved Mary, but he
never thought of marrying her to
any one else. Mary used to say to
him, "Willie, suppose I should die,
what would you do for a housekeep
er?" Mary didn't think of dying,
she was thinking of the policeman,
-and Willie would answer, "Don't talk
-about such absurd things, Mary."
'That was all the satisfaction she ever
Teceived.
Yet it was through a girl that Wil
lie's life was changed. How these
women do change our lives, some in
oneway and some in another! Willie
was superstitious. He said he wns
unlucky every time he ran on car No.
113. A man had shot himself in it
once, and another had fallen off the
front platform and broken his leg,
and Willie was always having trou
ble when he was on it.
One February day car 113 started
from the barn at its usual hour
with Willie Lee asconductor. Every
thing went on all day and Willie
was nattering himself that he was
going to escape ill luck for once, but
she lurks around us when we are
least conscious of her presence. It
-was nearly night and a rain set in,
rain that froze to everything and
made the track very slippery. A
vonng lady who often went down on
Withers ca r asked to be left off at the
avenue and Willie rang the bell.
8be stepped off, but as fate would
have it another car was coming
from theopposite direction, the track
was slippery, a new driver was man
aging the brake, and instead of
topping, as is the usual etiquette in
such a case, the car came on. Willie
standing on the step took m the
situation at a glance, and though he
was always slow he made this the
exception. He jumped from the car
and almost threw the girl from the
track just in time to save her, but he
lipped and fell and was ground un
der the horses' feet and the cruel
wheels. Then the car stopped and
passens
BUD.
ngers crowded out and around
UU he dead, 0! is he dead?" cried
the girl whom he had saved, and she
knelt down beside him, took off bis
and brushed the damp bair back
ran nia loreneao.
"No, be is not dead," said a police-
n, Mary s policeman, who hap-
I for once to be where he was
"He lives just below here.
We win carry him to the house."
Thar picked him up and carried him
gently into the little cottage. Mary
was overcome with fright and would
fainted had not "Teddie" been
t3 to assure her that Willie was
Irfefct, "only hurt a bit."
Tfce ant day the young lady whom
Willie had saved came down in her
carriage to see how he was. Kite
swept in through Mary's little kitch
en like a queen, and Kachel, who was
sitting on the step of the back door,
looked at her in amazement; at the
long sealskin cloakand tbediamonds
in her ears. "My, ain't she grand?"
she said to herself. "I wonder if Wil
lie knew her before? I wonder if he
would have jumped right in front of
two great big horses and a car if I
had been in her place?" Jealous
little Rachel! Of course he would
have done it just the same had the
person been the lowest of the lowly.
Day after day Helen Carpenter
came to inquire alter "the brave fel
low, as she called him, and when he
began to get better she brought him
flowers and hot house fruit and all
sorts of things that he could notent,
and would not have dared to had he
wanted them. She brought him books
too. and read to him by the hour
stuff that he did not hear. He did
not care for books, but he liked to
look at her as she sat by his side
reading. He liked to hear the tone
of her voice and smell the perfume of
the violets she always wore, and
after a while her daily visit was what
he looked forward to. When it grew
warmer he began to sit up by the
window in on easy chair she had sent
from her own home, and she would
come and sit on a stool at his feet
and talk with him about herself and
her daily life until she made him her
abject slave and he loved her with a
love that only such people have who
have never loved before.
She was the light of his life and he
torgot that he was pooraud homely,
a thing that he had never forgotten
before, thnt she waa as high above
him as the heavens are above the
earth. When he held her little jewled
hand in his.asshesometimesailowed
him to do, he would have been will
ing to have died for her a thousand
times over.
Rachel was entirely forgotten. She
would come in sometimes to see him,
but he would always be sleepy or
watching for Helen and would not
talk to her. One day Mary saw her
eyes filled with tears, and she put j
ner arm around tier, "lion t cry,
Rachel; he will see the light by and
by," she said and Rachel broke
down and sobbed, "I used to think
he cared for me, but he don't now."
One day Marysnid tohim, "Willie,
I don't think you treat Rachel just
right," but he never hi ard her. Wil
lie was a long time getting well. An
other man had taken his car, but
the superintendent said he was at
liberty to go back any time when he
was able. The policeman, too, was
in a hurry for Willie to get well.
Mary had promised him that the
friendship begun last year over the
onion beds should terminate in a
happy wedding, and he had been
scanning intently the house hunters'
directory for a suitable place to put
his bride just as soon as she would
consent to become his.
One day Willie made up bis mind
to tell Helen when she came again
just how much he loved her, and she
came in and sat down at his feet and
looked at him with her liquid dark
eyes, full of tender solitude, and
asked him how he was, he took her
hand and attempted to speak, but
could not.
"You are weak yet, aren't you,
Mr. Lee? How angry you ought to be
with me for having been the cause
of all your trouble. Rut you'll
hurry up and get well by Easter,
won't you?" And shechildishly laid
her cheek against the hand she held.
"Do you know, I am going to be
married on Easter Monday, and I
want you to come to my wedding."
"Go to to her wedding! Go to her
wedding!" He said it over to him
self, then the room grew dark and
everything seemed uncertain, and he
fainted.
"It is warm and he , is still so
weak, and I suppose I talked him to
death," she said to Mary, who came
in answer to her alarmed calling.
Mary was quick witted and she knew
pretty nearly what had happened,
and she told "Teddie" all about it
that evening and said she loved Wil
lie, of course, but she thoughtjhe had
treated Rachel badly, and may be
this would be a lesson to him.
For several days Willie was too
weak to sit up again in the easy
chair. He seemed helpless and un
concerned as to whether he got well
or not. Helen had not been to see
him since the night he tainted. She
was busy with her welding prepara
tions and just stopped at the gate
one day to ask if he was better and
wondered if Mary thought he could
come to her wedding.
"No, I do not think he can go,"
Mary said, and she said it coldly,
and Helen did not come again.
It was the day of Helen's wedding.
Willie heard the carriages roll past
on the pavement und he turned his
face to the wall and the tears came
into his eyes, that had been strangers
to tears for years. Ra
chel had brought in a bouquet
of Easter flowers and placed them
on his table. There were violets
among them; everything to remind
him of her. Just' in the dusk of
evening Rachel herself came in. She
paused a moment at the door to see
if he was asleep, and as his eyes were
closed she concluded that he was.
She sat down on the low stool and
as her face was partially turned
awny from him Willie opened his
eyes and looked at her slyly.
He never thought Roche) pretty
before. In fact, he had never thought
much about her, but now as she sat
between him and the fading light he
noted the roundness of her cheek,
her white throat, and the pretty
carls of brown hair around her fact
and neck. N
"I wondfr If she would do just as
Helen did had she been in her place."
he f aid lo himself. "Would she have
come here and made me love
her and then have cruelly told me
she was going to be married? Yes,
I suppose she would, women are all
fllit-0 rrtnnttaa ovum n?n n tliam
Rachel was thinking over her life,
some sirange, anu uuexpiuiuauie
mesmeric sympathy Willie's inind
went back over the past too. What
a friend she had always been to him
and Mary, and how bravely she had
fought her own battle of life thus
far. "She is a noble little woman,"
he said to himself, "and I wish I was
worthy of her." Then the clock
struck, and Rachel started up. She
drew n half siphing breath, paused a
moment, then stooped over and
lightly touched his lips with hers.
ISelore lie was aware what ho was
doing he had passed his arm around
her neck and pressed her head to his
breast. "Do you then love me, little
Kachel:
They sny love is eloquent by
whomever spoken, and Willie was
certainly eloquent. The love that
was shut up iu his heart all turned
and told itself seemingly without his
aid to Kachel, and when Mary came
in she found thein sitting hand in
hand, a new sweet light in their
facer,.
When the June roses blossom there
will be a double wedding in the little
cottage and "Teddie" and Willie
will both be happy. Willie has gone
back to his car. He says he likes
the road and likes the work, and
blesses the day' that good fortune
came to him through misfortune.
Katherine llartuian in Dunsville
Advertiser.
Bite of A Rattlesnake.
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell contributes to
the August Century a profusely illus
trated article on "The Poison of Ser
pents." from which we quote the fol
lowing: "I am often asked what I
would do if bitten while far from
help. If the wound be at the tip of a
finger, I should like to get rid of the
part by some such prompt auto-surgical
means as a knile or a possible
hot iron affords. Failing these, or
while seeking help, it is wise to quar
antine the poison by two ligatures
drawn tight enough to stop all cir
culation. The heart weakness is
made worse by emotion, and at this
time a man may need stimulus to
enable him to walk home. As soon
as possible some one should thor
oughly infiltrate the seat of the bite
with permanganate or other of tho
agents above mentioned. Iiy work
ing and kneading the tissues the
venom and the antidote may be
made to come into contact, and the
former be so far destroyed. At this
time it becomes needful to relax the
ligatures to escage gangrene. This
relaxation of course lets some venom
into the blood-round, but in a few
moments it ispossible to again tight
en the ligatures, and again to inject
the local antidote. If the dose of
venom be large and the distance from
help great, except the knife or cautery
little is to be done that is of value.
But it is well to bear in mind thatin
this country a bite in theextremities
rarely causes death. I have known
of nine dogs having been bitten by
as many snakes, and of these dogs
but two died. In India there would
have been probably ninedeaddogs."
Life on a Cuban Plantation,
In Dakota and Manitoba the em
ployment on single wheat estates of
a hundred reapers and an aggregate
of three hundred laborers for a sea
son has been regarded as something
unprecedented in agricultural indus
try; but on one sugar estate in Cuba
"El Balboa" from fifteen hundred
to two thousand hands, invariably
negroes, are employed, who work un
der severe discipline, in watches or
relnys during thegrindingseason,by
day and night, the same as in the
large iron-mill and lurnaces of the
United States and Europe. At the
same time there are few village com
munities where a like number of peo
pleexperience thesamecare and sur
veillance. The male workers occupy
quarters walled and barricaded from
the women, and the women from the
men. There are in every village an
infirmary, a lying-in hospital, a phy
sician, an apothecary, a chapel, and
a priest. Atnightand morningmass
is said in chapel, and the crowds ars
always large, There is of a Sunday
less restraint, though ceaseless
espionage is never remitted. On
these days and in parts of holidays
there are rude mirth, ruder music,
and much dancing. This picture is
given somewhat in detail, because it
illustrates how all-pervading and
tremendous are the lorces that are
modifying society everywhere, in
civilized, partially civilized, and even
barbarous countries, conjointly with
the new conditionsof production and
consumption. From "Recent Eco
nomic Changes,'.' by Hon. David A.
Wells, in the Popular Science Month
ly for September.
A Mnlnal Deceit,
Saysit Any ho we Howdidyouever
come to marry Mrs. B ?
Grinand Barrett (frankly) I mar
ried her for her money, she said she'd
be worth a million on her wedding
day estimated me at that figure,
you know.
Saysit Anyhow Why, she deceived
you shamefully!
Grinand Barrett-Well, I was de
ceived, that's a fact, but Great Scott!
man, just think how she got left!
Epoch,
The Bloo3--3n tins Trer.
ifr. John D. Bettennan, an Ameri-
can una wmioni rewucui j
ua. Mexico, writes as follows to
the
tj Tniu lllfilu-Democrat atOUt a
' BjrUar discovery which he recently
made:
I I have taken much interest in the
study of botany during my sojourn j
jn this country, the fibra of wnicn
presents one of the richest fields for
the scientist in the world, ana nave
wandered some distance from town
on several occasions in my search of
specimens.
On one of these expeditions I notic
ed a dark object on one of the out
lying spurs of the Sierre Madre
mountains, which object excited my
curiosity so much that I examined
it carefully through my field glass.
This revealed that the object was a
tree or shrub of such unusual ap
pearance that I resolved to visit the
spot.
1 rodeup tothe mountain, the sides
of which sloped sufficiently for me to
make my way on horseback to with
in a few rods of the summit. But
here I was stopped by an abrupt rise
so steep that 1 despaired of reaching
it even on foot.
I went, around it several times
seeking for some w ay to climb up,
but tho jugged, leetiing rocks af
forded not the slightest foothold.
On the top of this knob stands the
tree I had seen.
From the spot on which I now
stood I could see that it somewhat
resembled in form the weeping wil
low, but the long, drooping, whip
like lirnliN were of a dark and
apparently slimsy appearance,
and seemed possessed of a hor
rible life-like power of coiling and
uncoiling. Occasionally the whole
tree would seem a writhing, squirm
ing mass.
Mv desire to investigate f his
strange vegetable produce increased
or each of the many expeditions
made to the spot, and at last 1 saw
a sight one day wtncli made me w-
ieve 1 had discovered an unheard-of-
thing.
A bird, which I had watched circ
ling about for some time, finally set
tled on the top of the tree, when the j
branches began to awaken as it were,
and to curl upward.
They twined and twisted likesnnkes
about the bird which k'gan to
scream, una drew it down m their
fearful embrace until I lost sight of
Horror-stricken, I seized the near
est rock in an attempt to climb the
knob. I had so often tried in vain
to do this that I was not surprised
when I foil back, but the rock was
loosened and fell also.
It narrowly missed me, but I
jprang up unhurt, and saw that the
fallen rock had left a considerable
:avity. I put my face to if, and
looked in. Something like a cavern,
the floor of which had an upward
tendency, met my sight, and I felt a
current of fresh air blowing on me,
with a dry unearthly smell.
Evidently there was another open
ing somewhere, undoubtedly at the
summit.
Using my trowel, which I always
carried on my botanizing expedi
tions, I enlarged the hole, and then
pushed my way through the passage.
When I had nearly reached t he top,
I looked out cautiously to see if I
should emerge wit hin reach of that
diabolical tree. But I found it no
where near the aperture, bo"1 sprang
out, ' 1
I was just in time to see the flat
tened carcass of the bird drop to the
ground, which wns covered with
bones and feathers. I approached as
closely as I dared and examined the
tree.
It was low in size, not more than
twenty feet high, but covering a
thick area. Its trunk was of pro
digious thickness, knotted and scaly.
From the top of this trunk a few
feet from theground, itsslimvbra tidi
es curved upward and downward,
nearly touching theground with their
tapering tips.
Its appearance was that of a gi
gantic tarantula awaiting its prey.
On my venturing tolightly touch
one of the limbs, it closed upon mv
hand with such force that when I
tore it loose the skin came with it.
I decended then and closing the pa&l
sage returned home. I went back
next day, carry ing half a dozen ch ick
ens with which to feed tho tree.
The moment I tossed in the fowls
aviolent agitation shook its branch
es, which swayed to and fro with a
sinuous, shaky motion.
After devouring the fowls, theso
branches, fully gorged, dropped to
their former position, and. the tree
giving no sign of animation, 1 dared
approach it and take the limbs ia
my hand.
they were covered with suckers,
resembhngthe tentacles of an octo
pus. Tho blood of the fowls had been
absorbed by these suckers leaving
crimson stains on the dark surface
There was no foliage, of course, of
any kind. Without speaking of my
discovery to any one about, 1 wrote
on account of it to the world fam
ous botanist, Professor Worden
haut, of the University of Heidel
berg. His reply states that my tree is the
i . u P,?bo,i. on,y two specimens
of which have ever been known-ono
on a peak ol the Himalayas and the
other on the Island of Sumatra.
Mine is the third.
Prof. Wordenhaupt anys that the
Arbor Diaboli and the plant known
as enus fly-trap are the
- 7n?WI!, I?!ciTn"' Sowing
on the land, of those forms of
!
I
1
life whlrh partake of the nnture of
both the animal und vegetable king
doms, although there are instances
too numerous to mention lound of
this class in the sea.
The Portuguese man-of-war may
be mentioned, however, as one, and
the sponge as the best known speci
men of their class.
Sew I'niler the Sun.
Marshall Wheeler is the author
the new and startling theory or sci
ence that the earth has a third mo
tion, savs the Eugenie City (Oregon)
Journal. His theory, which is borne
out of all traces on the surface of the
earth and the wonder is that it has
never been advanced and adopted
lefore is that at certain regular
jieriods the earth reverses its posi-
f Inn ci tl.nf flm oniintnr becomes
the poles and the poles become tho
it.n,t, fti, 9 turns tho
i -"""
wnfer ia Mirntvn nv-er tilt earth, and
"ul" "
the nations and continents disnp-
pear in the great oceans, with only a
c . ... . :.. ,,(ha
lew e.t epucvis in m mm j'tu to -
earth, while new continents and new
nations rise, in the march of ages,
where the oceans of former periods
rolled. The last turn brought the
continents t-iat now exist up out of
the great waters, and, at the next
turn where he now live and where the
great American republic flourishes
tho oceans will again roll, the great
ice fields of the poles will be thawed
out nnd run down over the land un
der the torrid zone, and the present
tropics will become solid ice in their
new position at the poles, thus ac
counting lor tho vast quantities of
the remains of tropical animals and
plants found frozen up in Alaska and
Silieria and the truces of ice glaciers
in the torrid zone, lie maintains
that the earth is not a temporary
body, but a permanent part of the
universe that has always existed
and never will end, and has been
washed over and created anew at
regular periods throughout count
less millions of years, man and all
its other productions having been
swept off, leaving only here rind
there enough for seed, und there lo
cations changed at each turn, and
that t his process will go on forever
a new earth washed clean, and a new
deal at regular periods through-out
eternity. He is collecting a vast ar
ray ol facts, gathered from all climes,
to prove this theory, which bethinks
is already established by well-known
facts that cannot be explained in
any other way.
The Mystery of the Bain.
We know very little about the
methods of tho transportation and
concent ration of moisture in the ut
mosphere. We ;!in determine the
proportion of moisture in the air
within our reach. We can discern
by the formation of water drops on
the outside of nn ice pitcher that
that there is a greater or lesser quan
tity of moisture in the air around
the pitcher, and instruments are in
use to declare the relative amount.
What can we know of the vast bodies
of water stored up in tho clouds
above us, and ready at a moment's
warning to pour out their floods up
on us? We may theorize about tho
vapor of water being carried between
the atoms of tho air ns water is con
tained in the pores of n sponge, but
we have no projeridea how thetons
upon tons of rain, snow, or hail are
held aloft in t he clouds or transport.
ed from placj to place over a contin
ent. We have recently hud all the
rain clouds curried over us from the
gulf to the north and northwest, to
be poured down in floods upon tho
mountains of Pennsylvania and Vir
ginia, while tho rice and rano fields
of Louisiana were parched nnd arid.
Now the rain-laden skies are giving
all their stores to usund thedrought
is being paid for with interest. Jt is
easy enough to predict rain to day,
but what after all, do we know of tho
great climatic laws which burn our
fields with drought in Juno and cov
er them with a downpour in July?
New Orleans Picayune.
Skins Fer (.loicn.
Dry GooiIb Chronicle.
"Skins for gloves," says a large
manufacturer, "come from almost
every corner of tho globe. We get
our deer skins from Central and
South America and a few from the
Northwest. Our hog skins come
from Mexico nnd Brazil, You would
be astonished at the softness and
pliability to which tho skin is re
duced. The American hog won't do
for gloves or mittens. His hide is
too hard and tough and unyielding
I he American calf nnd sheep ami
lamb furnishes excellent pelts. South
Amencagive us many sheep skins.
Cowhides como from Calcutta, gout
skins come from Russia, split sheep
skins from England, and horse hides
from tho street car companies.
"An enterprising German has dis
covered away to ton American kid
skins so that they become in everv
waysunenortothe IWh article
in durability and finish. The pro
cess of tanning is performed entirely
siLnT"", Workm,". and the
skins sell for from sixty to seventv
per cent, less than the French. Not
only are shoe manufacturers all
'.I'r thou'nl of dol
rthJ'ave "ported to
Uerm.nny, J-rnnceand Austria. Tie
ffiture " y Frnnc,UMtB
ttSHXAX . UATIS.
t'allt4 Ut Scatter fim llaaJ
Cushman K. Davis, who
years has represented the
Minnesota in the United Stat
nte is a man of distinguished
ments,eloquent,agood JawyeJ
statesman of considerable ex iJ
of ! "ia "holarship comprehend J
traordinary knowledge of thci
of Shakspere
His character is that of an uj
,
,
j
and scrupulously honorable
against whom nothing can hi
Senator Davis wns born in jJ
County, New York, about fori
years ago. lie attended
ollege, Waukesha, Wis., a
i iuuon wnicn no longer ex sH
"Penment tried there not
I '"" oijor,ge
the life ol a college. Carro
. un ix UUIUMJU IllMUlIlCe OI co-i
j tion in the I nited States. TlJ
did the cooking and the boys d
pi
meat und groceries.
graduating, at nineteen years i
Mr. Davis studied law, first
' office and afterward at the ft
sity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, v
he received his diploma in is,"
lias own success iu i ris a Ia4
and possesses considerable wi
Mr. Davis wns a friend of tin
Mutt Carpenter. When he
j i cici k in tho utirnry
I ine JMiprcmeiourt, at .Madison,
he used to let Mr. Carpenter,
I was then practicing at I'M
rend up his cases in
Library nights nnd Sundays,
only the favored had neress
shelves. It is stated that Mr.
resembles his illustrious irk
mental characteristics, but
Kcnoiiir hi a waier range ol re;i
and finish. In 1H(JS he was nppoi
j iniwi htntes District Attorney.
residence was then in theNa
Minnesota, citizens of which no
uted him for Governor in !?'!.
was elected by Republican votes,
improved his "record"' by nn c
lent administration.
The Senator has a lovt.lv wile,
is said to be the most beau
woman in the Northwest.
A Case of Mlntl Cure.
A correspondent of The Fair:
(Me.) Journal gives the following
stance ofmind cure in the early J.
of that town: Dr. Thayer, wholi
near what wns called the BuckM
ing House, was one of the best j
sicians in tho county, but his tl
was no avail in the case of hi.
who kept her bed for more than t
years. One day there was no gn,
person about tho house mid herli
boy came running in with anno,
onhis linger or hand, bltediag
fusel v. With true motherly lor:
fnlneitH ri self ihe srirunff un. I"
, bandages and properly dressed
wouiiu; men, siliiii uunu i
she looked around; everything H
ed so pleasant nnd sho lelt sonic
she decided iiottotakoherliedag
and she did not. She lived Kev
vears in the enjoyment of comforj
ble health
Yellow Shoes.
Dr. Weyl also described the ca4
a young man in Munich who
been poisoned by tho yellow dy
matter used in coloring russet s
hd
After wearing these shoes tor
week the woung man's feet were ci
ered with small vellow blisters, w
in tlie middle of tho second week,
rim to snread to his ankles.
doctor had him cive UD the si
and cured the eruptions in ten (hi
The vellow leather wns subsequen
examined at the Munich institif
and was found to be saturated w
i dancerous vellow die. Dr. ":
advice In Ida colloiiirues was: ''I'1
wear russot shoes." Chicago Tfl
une.
An Aped Autograph Tnrtlo
A. 8. Maine's doir at ttest
caught a veteran box turtle
week, while the dog was follow
the hired man, who wns mowing
a meadow. On the turtle's shell
inscribed In ilnen letters: "I.
rick, 1805;" "1839," "J. K
Mr. Maine added his name and
date to tlia tnrt.ln'a bnck load
then let it go. Norwich (Conn.) Q
Pittsburg Dispatch.
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