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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1894)
A LITTLE BOOK. Htt'-a bo k with br and tbr a tenf Tt'itt'd a . 4m tvudrv f (7 How ft To k to mm, to fill mv oul wirfa dram frw-. a brat lot ac4 beaUL.fux aa brief I Jiw.a wua hr glory, un tbU pK- CT.ff i'ur 10 hav stained it ; i-vrm tfa Blight a raui, A&.l b-rw tL star withheld from ber thtr . ea a. And totr . oigbt bar wbiia aoul hk a thief. An i here b-r came and aa X breath tri iwmi, oI, vl ii. a p a eu.- iu the rtmi th4 t aiH lahbu, a lut I may n t iook ; lif lowed iawa ara liutierint, at my fret, Zii ii'tiL . , an 1 10 i in be g'ooui, Mi ii-e a HutuKU ot i in lo buua! CASTLE CLIFF. "1 wonder," mu ed lb ber Trent, as ne M-ttie i himself more comiort ablv n the tail, jelluw gra-s "I wonder what a c.tv is like. streets c ovrned with carts and wagons 1 sui pose -hops and tine bui, dings and hundreds of well-ure-scd p ople. All." he diew a de p breath, and his e.itn, dxtd upi.n the misty peaks of tne rar-oif bids. gioed with the light ot an Intense longing "if only I co i. id go to .i c ty and do some thing and 1 e something! I would wor nifeht and da; and pretty wton Jlei-r Trent wouid be heard of, I can wll juu. If anyUdy shuuld say to uie, -II ber, my hov. what do you want most?' I should answer, "Ju-t a chance, that' all.' " He raised him-elf upon his elbow, and a ioo of sadness darkened his eauer lace as be gjyd over the rugged and desolate country. .Not a dwell ing was visible frou where he lay, not even a cultl a ted llela. It was a wild mountain region, sparsely in habited by poor, ignorant people, fur the most part occupying rough, ui painted cottages, and w nning a cant subsistence bv cutting wood iu the vast p.ne forests and carting or .siedgi g it to the ra;lroad in the valley, many miles di-tant He tier, a sturdy boy of flft'er, had already hewn and sold many a curd of timber: thi-, with the vegetables he raised in tiie garden patch alut the cottage, had suiliced for the meagre wanti of himself and his old aunt, with whom)ie lived, both his parents hav;n died when he wa very young. He had never been to school there was no tuch thing as a schooJ within twenty miles; but hav ing secured a lew olC newspapers an 1 i books, he had patiently taught him self ton ad, and even though in a very awkwurd fashion, it must be confessed to write. Once, wh le at the railway station, Heber had heard a traveling tiiusi Cian play the violin, and thencefor ward it had become the ambition ot his life to ouy au instrument and become a performer himself. He had never po-sessed a penny of his own. The triile he earoeJ for bis wood scarce su I red for the exitenses of the humble household. I'.ut dur ing the past two or three weeks he had devoted ail Ins leisure hours togatber ing nuts In the forest, w hich old Seth Stone, the carter, kindly sold for him at the station; so that he had already a little hoard stowed away on the rafter over his bed "Anyway," said Heber. more hope fully; "even if I can't live in a city, I shall buy a violin as soon as I have 6aved up enough." His financial calculations were in terrupted at this point by the trea I of a horse and the rattle of wheels upon tne road which had led across the hill where he lay. The unusual sound caused him to sit uj right and stare ama eilly at the approaching vehicle. It was a neat lignt wagon, drawn by a handsome, spirited hors , iuite di.,eren frm the clumsy buck boa ids and lean, raw boned ani mals w th which the boy was tamil iar. The occupants were a gentleman, clad in a gray tra ebng suit, and a beautiful little girl in a Irock of bright colors with a small blue cap set jauntily upon her long, rippling yellow bair. Heber hoped the strargers would cass by without observing him: but the wagon stopped opposite where he sat, and the gentleman beckoned to him. With a feeling of shame for his patched and frayed o eralls, and rough, butternut shirt, the boy re luctantly arose and went to the side of the wagon, pulling off his ragged cap as the gentleman spoke to him. 'llw far is it to the nearest ra 1 road station?" he asked. "About twelve miles," answered Heber. The gentleman gave a whistle of dismay. "And we have come nearly that distanc already," he said. "Are you tired, Nettie'-"' ""ot a bit,'' replied the little girl, shaking her bead and smiling. Vouse.-." explained the gentle man, turning to ilebe:-, "we missed the only tram that goes down today on the other road, and as I must get iu town to-night we had to come this way." "You will have plenty of time," said Heber; ' the road Is pretty good, and you can't lo-.e your way." 'I am very much obliged to you," said the gentleman, and he put his band in his pocket Heber drew bacn. "Thank you," be stamme ed, blushing, -'but 1 couldn't take pay just for that, you know." "Will you tell me your name? said the little girl, as the gentleman gath ered up the reins. He told her, and the next minute tbe wagon was mov ing swiftly away. The child looked back, smiled, and waved ber band. 'Oood-bye, Heber Trent," she called, in her sweet young voice. "Good-bye, Miss Nettie," cried Heber, waviog his cap la response. From the spot where tbe boy stood, tbe road swept In a curve along tbe brow of a precipice, oearly a hundred feet in behibth, aod as perpendicular M tat side of a house, celled Castle Cliff. Vrtm tbe road to Um brink of t cliff, Iks) ground, covered with l rT""J grass and scattered I ),t opa gradually &Hra. ward. It was a dangerous plac. but tbe few who passed that way were -o fa.uiliar with it that no acr-ident bad happened within Heber's memory. r ioiu tbe bottom, naif-way up, the surfa e of the precipice w s nearly as smooth as a wall, t-rom that point to the top. the r -k was seamed and tuo-e'rles. broken, while here and there a tuft of harsh, tough grass, or stunted tree or shrub, found a hole in tbe crevices. He!r continued to watch the re treating ehicle with a feeling f re gret, as If he were witnessing the de parture of friends wh m lie would never mtet again; when suddeuly the wagou stopped, about midway a ross the precip ce, and th" little girl jumped out and ran toward the hael bushes oo the dangerous slope. "Th y don't know about the cliff," Diutterel Helr, anxiously. a the small bright figure llitted amoag tbe hazels, gathering the ripe nuts and every moment approaching nearer to the unseen brink. "he'ii be over n xt. Stop ! Mop 1" he shouted. Then remembering that his warning cou d not be heard at that distance, he started toward lae spot at the top of his speed. He bad not made a do.eo leaps when he checked himself aud stood with horror-stricken eyes. The child, cot her own length from the very edge of i he precipice, was reach ng up on tiptoe to grasp a t'.'Uipting cluster of nuU. Suddenly her toot Siipx-d. and, losing ber balance, she feil forward, vainly clutrhi g at the slender twigs and branches and plunged headlong in the (eartul gu'f below. Heber sank to his knees and cov ered his face with h s ha ds. When he raised his head again, the gentle man was ru-dilng madly throusb the buhes toward the place where his daughter had disappeared. As the mist cleared away from his visiou.the boy saw a bright object against the side of the clii! about half-way down, it was the bodv of the child, whose fall had been arrested by some shrub or tree growing out of a cleft. Het-er sprang to his feet and ran, as he had never run before in his life. As he drew near the gentle man, the latter, who si emed to have almost lost his senses with grief aod terror, turned toward him, wringing his hands and sobbing aloud: "My child my little Nett el" he cr ed: she has falieu over the cliff.'" "Yes," answered Heber, with a shudder, "I saw it alb lut wait: it may not be so bad as you think." lie dropped upon his hands and knees, and, crawbng to the edg of the cliff, p'-ered cautiously over. ' I was right." he exclaimed, -'she hadn't fall n to the bottom, she is lying in a stunted cedar fifty feet down. And she is aiive; I see her nio.e her arm." He sprang up and gazed at the dis tracted father. "We must get her up from there, somehow," he said, eagerly. "Yes, yes, "' cried the gentleuiaa Hun for help: get ropes." "Hopes," repeated Heber, sadly. "1 don't think th -re is a rojie long enough or strong enough in the whole valley. The nearest place where we. could get one is the station." Then take the wagon and drive for your life " said Nettie's father. "Quick! quick! I'll wait here till you return." Heber shook bis head. "Twelve miles there and tw Ive miles back! It would take to i long. She would fall off and be dashed to pieces, or die of fright and hurts before I got here. No: we must try and save her ourselves." "Hut how?" asked the gentleman, shaking tbe boy's arm in his excite ment. "Let uie think let me think," mutteied Jleber, while his eyes wan dered to the horse, who, left to his own devices, had drawn the wagon off the road upon the turf, and was now nibbling at the yellow leaves of a dense ma-s of vines Interlaced with the branches of a low spreading tree. Suddenly bis face brightened with a glow of hope. I believe I've got it!'' he cried. I'm sure I have." 1'ulting his jac knife out of his pocket, he ran toward the clump of vines, and. after a hasty inspection, began to hack away industriously at the trunk of a wild grapevine, a foot above the ground. In a few minutes he had severed it ;.nd drew out the end. "Take hold," he cried, to the gentleman, "and tug for your life, while I cub" Nettie's fa'.ber oljeyed, and by their united efforts it was not long before they had fully sixty feet of the strong, tough vine drawn out upon the ground, and cleared of branches and creepers. ' There i our rope," u clare l Heber, wiping the sweat from hi for head with bis sleeve "aud strong enough to hold a ton. Now. then, I want the reins off your horse. -' Inspired by the lxs cheerful en ergy the gentleman worked rapidly; and presently, having secured the end o'' the vine aro ind a stump upon the brow of the cliff, and with ttie reins wound a!out bis waist. Heber began his dangerous decent toward the cedar where the child lay. He was not blind to the faetthat he wa-i literally taking his life in his bands A single slip, the smallest relaxation of his muscles, and he must surely be dashed to pieces. Once he glanced below, as he swung from the viue. His heart seemed to stop, and a great sick fear to sweep over his whole body; he felt that he must let go. A vast weight appeared to be dragging at bis feet. But somehow he never understood it himself be managed to summon back bis coolness and courage. After that he was careful not to look downward again. Even when be was aware that be waa close to Nettle be merely called to bar that he waa coming, without ventur ing to glance at her. Lit still," be cried: "I'll be there in a minute. Nettle. Keep up your courjge a 1 ttle longer " "You are going t i save me. H ber Trent. " came the faint, childish voice from telow. "I saw you com ing. Hurry as much as you can. I am so tired, and 1 ache mj." "All right," replied Heler, Cheer fully, ' l'l, have ynu out of there in no time Here we are!" he iaid, as with a dual swing aod slide he planted his f. el upon the sturu-d cedar. The girl lay wheie she had fallell, looking up at him w.tb a pale face, acro-s which there were two or three streaks of blood. he tried to smile bravely, though she was evidently mm h hurt. Letting astride of the tree, Hener raised the child up and bound her firmly to his back with tbe reins. "Oh, Heber! we shall never get up that awfui place!" moaned Nettie. ' Put you arms aro ind my neck and keep quiet." commanded Heber, as he slowly arose to his feet, holding fast to the v ine To this day, if you were to ask Heber Trent how he climlied that preeipicccarrying the child upon his back, he could not tell you. He has a dreamlike memory of a u-rriflc scramble a sensation as if his arms were being torn from their sockets; a fearrul instant when missing his foothoid. he swung loose upon the vine, over the yawning gulf, holding himself and his precious burden i y his hands alone: then the heavenly relief of the pe-t up in a narrow shelf, where he touched with thumping heart an I hokitu: breath; and last of all. the desperate struggle which landed himself and the child u.on the turf, headlong in the arms of the joyful lather. "Well," said Heber. as he unbound the reins and freed the child, "Net tie is safe!" "Yes, you brave Heber!" cried Nettie. "1 am all one big pain; but I should have been dead only for you, you noble boy!" "Thai's all rignt." replied Ilcler. brusquely; "any fellow would have done as much." "Hardly," said Nette's fa'.er "To say nothing of your daring de scent or the cl i it, your idea of usi.g tbe grajevine for a rope was a str ike of real genius." "Thank you," replied Heber. feel ing very much embarrassed and at the same lime very happy. "1 got her up, and that's the main point. Now the next thing .s to take her to a doctor as soon as you can." "irue.' exclaimed the rattier, anx iously, ot serving how pale and lan guid the child was -'but you will hear from us again, Trent, very shortly."' "1 will write you along letter, my self, ileber," said the little girl, feebly waving a farewell from tbe wagon, "..ood-bve, you dear, brave !.:' A week later the gentleman paid a visit to Heber at his home. The re sult of a long talk was that, a few ! days afterward, the iKiy mounted 1 Seth Stone's buck board on his way to the station. "Hear ye arc go 'n' to leave us, lad," said t.ie old man. ' i en," replied Heber: "I've got my chance at lasL " "Make the most of it. then," said Mr. Stone; ' for when ye live to be as old as l am, ye II larn that, man or boy, your chance only comes once." When we tell you that under the name of Heber Trent we have related M-a iocident in the early life of a fam ous musician, you will see that he did indeed make Ihe most of his chance The Independent. "Iid you ever think why every ho tel o.'lice faces the entrance?" queried a veteran clerk for the reception of guests, addressing a writer for tbe Washington News. "Well, it isn't mere accident, I can assure you, but the main idea of the ariaugement is to give ample opiiortunltv for the clerk, to study the people, who come into the bouse K.ery stranger is an understudy, and to make just one mistake in sizing' him up might mean serious trouble. There Is the man who should not be trusted for a room if he is without a trunk. Then there is another ho can stand double rates for the best rooms and is s ire to want a batb. while another will never wish to bother with such lava tory nonsense as can oniy be found in a tub There is the man who wants the cheapest room in the house and is willing to put up with annoyance to get it Another has a literary genius and will bnrn gas wiih an open hand and you want to e,et him in a room with but one et All these jiexuliarities the i lcrk is supposed to divine, and in order to get it 'by sight' he wants to get a view of the guest, from the i i me he enters the door till he reaches the counter, for you can tell character by a man's swing or appearance a little way oil that could not so well lie delected when he is within a fool ot you. 'Takes brai :s to be behind the desk?' Well, I just tell youeou have it now. It does take brains and not alone a dia mond shirt pin. as some unsophis ticated people seem to think " DenliMlw mi Woman'M I'luck. It m interesting lo learn, on the authority of an eminent dentist, that women show, as a rule, a far greater amount of courage and patience than men under tbe often excruciating tortures of the drill and forceps "I'd rather have three lady patients than one .man," remarked a well-known practitioner recently, "they've got such a lot more pluck. iKiensof my lady patient I could mention who underwent the most acute agoay al most without a wince, while I And that tbe majority of tht men are shocking cowards In tht operation chair, and the very eight of tbe In strument', being oftet enough to make one gtat, etroog-kKucIng fellow ptle with fright" DOMESTIC ECONOMY. TOPICS OF INTEREST TO FARMER AND HOUSEWIFE. How to Cofutrurt ft Wire Biupronlno Foot HrlUt-Selsc-tlng and Frwrvlng tMx-d turn To Cora "Thump In flga-Ccu. eial Iiru uU'fc A Kupalon toot Ilrnlicr. Foot bridges, in both mountainous and nearly level regions,acrosiistreams from ten to one hundr d feet in widsh. would often be a great con venience and save going around to cross on some public br d'e. Sine wire has become so plentiful and ( heap thf re is no great difficulty .n having foot bridges across almost any W1BK HUSI'EXSION BKnXiK. stream less than one hundred feet in wiiith. l'osts aie set Hrmiy in the wround from four to ten feet back from ihe margin of the stream, as shown in the illustration, Inun a sketch by L. 1). ,-nouk. Against these jo-tij is placed a strong piece of tlmlier of some durable wi.od, around which are. (irmly secured ti e ends of the wire intended for the brl Ige support A llfty-foot br.dge requires eight No. or : gauge an nealed fence wire placed from six to to e ght Inches apart, always remem bering that the shorter and narrower the bri ige the less weight in foot boards it will be obliged to support, consequently the more durable It will prove. The wiies should not I drawn to tightly, but should have a curve of about ten inches In a fifty fool bridge. Make tbe floor of some light, durable wood oue ln h thick and four inches in width, ( bmmence laving at one end, fastening each end of the board to the outside wire wiih a staple driven underneath. lla:e the loards one loch apart. The posts should be alout four feet in height, over which are strunghand wires llrmly secured to anchor -. as shown. Short guy wires are placed every lew feet and conne ted with the outside foundation wires: these not only ad i to the supporting strength of the structure, but I re vcul the bridge swaying In heavy gales If hea y stones arc placed near the posts for the cross titulier to rest against the structure will prove more dur..ble. liapidiy-growing trees plant d near the i.osts may, in a few years, be used to replace them. W he e the embankments are low, ra.se the end titui.ersso that the foot wires will be in no danger of in,ury by (loodwood during freshets. If short sections of two-inc i gas-pipe lie used for all the posts and for the end crosspiece, and once in Ave years the wires are painted where they are wraptied arouud the end support, the bridge w ill prove good and serviceable for arty years. American Agricul turist Dolnc Avar with I'xlurrl. A. R tiarrett thinks that good farmers will noon adopt soiling al most exclusively in place of pastur age. That a steadier supply of food can thus I e provided is unquestioned. Pasturing is wasteful whether there is abudnance of feed or uot. Mr. liarlett bel.eves that with good soil ing one and a half or two acres of good rich land can be made to furnish feed for a cow a whole year, but In pasturing five acres are retired for summer a ;d one for hay for winter feed. The saving In this Is quite evi dent, especially where the tax on every acre amounts to considerable. Now, in the fall, is the time to tie gin soiling, and to do it properly preparations should be mace so that the first feeding can lie made in April and steadily thereafter. Winter rye Is the first crop that should be planted. This should be put in in October or at the 'atest November, With good preparations of the soil and g'Kjd seed ing the rye should take a steady growth as soon as the first signs of spring appear The ( lover or grass seeds must l sown, too, and the rye will last until the grass is ready to grow up for eating, ( lover or oichard grass seeds must I sown, too, for they kIvc an abundance of good, rich, food. Farly corn must be planted as soon as possible In tbe spring, and by the tiice the clover or orchard grass give out the gr. en corn should lie ready for eating to take up the suc cession. Meanwhile the sewnd plant ing of rye has leen attended to, and w en the corn gives out the rye will be ready for fall food. Thus, all through ttie summer, a succes ton of green crops has been supplied to the cows, and with a lit tle, preparation In another line, the saineiun be continued through the winter. Klther beets or mangels or silage should be grown for winter feeding, and this will complete the year. To grow all of these crops consider able planning Is required, but after the succession Is once p act iced it is not a difficult matter to follow and improve upon it Every available apace of land must be utilized. Hart ford ( ouraot T Kmi TrM frnai Braafctag. I'rof. W. F. Ma-aey. Horticulturist of the North Carolina Experiment Station, given tbe following in reply r m:r tsa i fcv i iti ia.a m to an inqu ry a. to the best method ot keeping j.icii trees from breaking down. liach tre-s usually bran down because of neglect In pruning and shaping the young tree. The 1 each bears its fruit on last yen's shoots. If the growth is neglected the f ult-l earing wood gradually gets further and further out on the ends of the limbs ' n I the weight ot tbe frop has a tremendous leverage and splits the limb off. N hen we plant a young peach tree, of one year's growth from the bud ithe onlyane at which th -y should lo lanted,)we cut the 6tcin baek to atxmt eighteen to twenty Inches from the ground. When growth be gins i.i spring, we rub off ail the shoots ex -ept three or fnur at the top, which form the limbs for the future head. Tnese are again short ened back in the fa 1 one third: and when the shoots are too thick In the interior of the head and interfere h ith each other, they are trimmed out Kveryfall the young growth of the season Is shortened back one third, and care Is taken to maintain an even distribution of young wool all through the bead of the trea The crop is thus distributed over t e tree and no damage is none. If the tr e is planted and allowed to take the natural shai it assumed In the nursery, the limbs will more readily split off than w hen formed by head ing back. Sklnj Milk hrnr. There is a great outcry in" some quarters against either making or se ling cheese from which any of the ere ill) has ten removed. Yet it Is true that if all tne butter fats of rich milk are left in il when they go into the vat all alKive 4 per cent, go lulo the whey and are lost, The practice of many good farmers in luaKing cheese tor their own use is to skim each alternate mes of milk 1 2 hours after setting. Th 8 wi:h milk In the pan would leave a good deal of c cam to i sc. Su h skim milk was mixed with 'he new milk of the next, mess Cheese thus made was as rich and as good flavored as If a greater poition of cream was left to be thrown to the pigs, because the cheese could at.rii no more. It Is fraudulent practices of di.;erent and wor e sort than these that have broughl American cheese into disre jutein the Knglish market Thumping l'lgs will "thump" in almost any internal disease; hence we could not decide from the statement rec ived what the ailment would te, and no other material symptoms are given us. We have often rtated that when ever a numtier of animals are sick on a place, and when deaths occur, that it Is desirable to have one or more of the carcasses cut open soon after death, and a larcful memorandum made o! the appearance of all internal organs This, in connection with a short de-crlptii.n of the symptoms exhib ited by ihe animals during their sicknes-, would lie a valuable assist ance n forming a diagnosis of the disease. As it is now, we are sorry not to le able to give any correct ad vice io this instanic J'ralrie Farmer. Hi-tod Corn. Tbe earlier seed corn Is gathered and bung up to dry the letter, says the Farmer's T.ibune, The dl.ier ence between good ana poor seed ma , and often does, make all the difference between success and fail ure in the production of paying crops. A Judicious electon of an abundant supply of the best ears grown is of first Importance, but sra;ceiy less so Is the necessity of so handling it and storing it that it will not be affected by tbe extremities in temperature that are sure to oc cur beiore another seed time arrives. Farm Not. Some farmers make It a point to produce enormous hogs, and the weights are published as news, but it is doubtful If such hogs aro as irofltable as those that are of medium size. A Coknki.l experiment station bulletin, concerning raspberries and blackberries, says that the only rem edy for red-rust is to dig up and burn at once every plant found to be af fected. Cut away and burn all canes affected with antbracnose pits, and spray the plantation with Hordeaux mixture. Fa i!. m Kits are rapidly learning that the best way to rest land is to keep it actively at work lietwejn sa e crops, gathering fertility lroni the air by means of leguminous crops Whatever rotation is practiced, never let It le one in which a Held is let to lie a w hole season growing only weeds for' future brow sweatings. A Sowthkhn farmer says If the lira of the wagon becomes loose pour a gallon of boiling h t linseed oil in a suitable vessel, and. with the help of an assistant, plaee the wheel directly over it and immerse the fel loes wholly In oil. Apply on the hu with a brush. When dry reioat, after which give the who.e wagon a good coat of paint Is order to tie wholly successful a farmer s; ould make his plans fir a long time in advance of the day when they must be put Into operation. The liest way is to mature a plan of operations that will require some years for fully carrying them out This brings letter results than the changeable way that some have of trying one w:iy this year and another the next An eminent scientist claims that tbe time will come when all crops will lie grown by Irrigation, and that 'water Is king," instead of cotton and corn. Irrigation It as yet In It Infancy, but the Improvements that are constantly being made in pumps and windmills will do more to regu late moisture than any experiments to control the rainfall. HOODOOED Br A COW. T'.tm Vcw To-k auil I ha Etrarim larn In t'.ip wma Npoc The crew of the Ktrnrla says it was all due to a dead cow. Whether this is the fact or not neither Oapk Walker of the Ktruria nor Cap. .Tariipunn f,f 1 h New Vnrk ran UlU. a though both think it a siranir oc- currence that lb: two great steam ships loMi bound west, should have V oseu aowu en iue same un), y exactly the same latitude and longi tude, l'.y a s ngular coincidence the kteamsbij s were each delayed ten and a na f hours for repairs, and each of the vessels was about twelve hours late in making the ort The Ktruria r ached New York unday uioinlag, bringing a crew of seamen who be lieve that old Neptune is after tbeas in arnest Seamen are always au perstitioos, and to the average Ur It Is as unlucky tu sight a dead cfll at sea, on tbe sixth day of tbe laet tnomh of the year, as it is to tall ov rboard oo Friday. On the sixth of i ecember the lookout on tbe Ktruria sighted a dead ow. He commual taied the information to his fellows, with the result that there was a uni versal sinking of heads and the pre di t on that soon aiter there wottld be mischief. Kach of the H'O mem bers of tbe crew looked for an acci dent, and, sure enough, it came. Her shaft broke some hours later. The following day. the voyage bavtmr been resumed, the Ktruria tell in with the (Jerman. tank stcamnip liurgei meister 1'etersun, bound lor this port from Amsterdam. The l.urgeriuelster signaled that she bad lost her rudder post and rudder, and that all were well. She was proceed ing toward port under sal1, with tbe evident expectation of being picked up by some o( the west-bound steam ships and towed to port Some ef tije Ktrurla's tars wish the Govern ment would send a cruiser to blow up tbe dead cow's carcass, as would be the p ocedure in tbe ate of a waterlogged derelict They think the "hoodoo" of the floating carca quite as dangerous. The Typical American The typical Americans have all been Western men, with the escep. Hon, let us say, of Washington. Washington had not had much tnf Kurojean cu tura The qiialktMi that made htm a great commander and a great President, were qualities which would have made him an equally great frontiersman. , You caanet Imagine Hamilton, or Mudison, or Livingston, or John Adams or the Pinckneys living toierably on loe frontier. They are not Americans in the sense in which ( lay and Jackson and Lincoln are Americans. We may wish that the typical Americans of the past had had more knowledge, a more cultivated appreciation of tbe value of what was old and estab lished, a juster view of foreign natloas and foreign politics; Ih-it tbvy haw been rnor: like Webster and less like Jackson; aud we may hope that tf.e typ cal American of the future will be wiser acd lietter poised. Hut In the meantime the past Is to be under stood and estimated as the facts stand, and only a thoroughly sympa thetic comprehension of these men who have actually been the typical Americans, will enable us to effect that purpose. Tbe fact that Clay rather than Webster, Jackson, aavd not John Qulncy Adams represented the forces which were really predomi nant and distinctively American in our development, Is commentary enough on any theory that makes cither of the p culiar sections tf the Atlantic seaboard the principal tr only theater of American history. The Forum. An Honeat Our. A ragged tramp applied one day re cently at a house oq Howard eUMt for some old clothes and the phatata. b e woman living there fitted bias, out in full attire from bead to tott aud he went away in a cheethjl mood. Next day he came back quite as ragged as at first except as to hat coat, carrying the clothes tbe lady had fciven him. "Well," she asked In astonlshaaaat as he presented himself and hie bundle, "what's the matter?" "I've brought back the clothes, lady," he said simply. "Why did you do that? Doo't jot need them In the cold weather?" He laid them down on a chair ta tcrminedly. "No, lady," he replied. "I can't say as I do. You see, lady. I've been used to wcarln' ventilated shoes and hats and clo's ho long that when I tried those you give I felt to kind r smothered I bad to git back in the old ones and bein' honest, ef I am po r, I thought I'd bring 'eat back so's you could give em' to some ot the boys that ain't le n intbe perfesh quite as lontr as me," , and with a bow and thankt and a warm pie he struck manfully out into tht cold morning, Detroit Free Press. . A Hard .Nut lo Cmcfc. A professor of logic, who was mat particularly lucid in bis distinctions, was on one occasion endeavoring to substantiate that "an article remalas tbe same notwithstanding the sub stitution ot tome of its parts." A young student held up bis knife and in (ulied: , Suppose 1 should lose tbe Uadt of thi knife, and shuuld get another one made and inserted in Ita place, would it be tbe same knife It was It fore?" "To be sure," replied the profaptr. "Wall I hn " t ha ilmUm "tuppote I sh yjld loae the bandit aod get another, "would It bt Mm tan.e knife still?" "Of course," the professor replied, "But if aomel ody abould find the old bladt and tbt old handle, atd abould put tbtm together, what kMt would that bt?" Tbt proftt oft aatwer it not recorded. r