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f THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS.
No novels bow, but oviet1e;
Cigars gn place to cigarette.
Titanic, "suna" Ui twinkling "atare."
Pictures to sketches, "jkidih" to "yr,"
Bonnet to things like housemaids' cap.
Baiiguru to tit-bita, booka to scraps.
Aud three-volume novel to "abort ato
nes." Gibbon like length nd epic glories,
Lika mammoth n4 ce bears, are gone.
Earth brings not back the mastodon;
The microbe taken it plane. Tbey kdl us
Not by a giant, but bacillus.
Monster, huge dragon, Laid'y worma,
We fear no 'tia unseen "genoa"
That floor u in our full pride.
We want a "Jack the Germicide,"
And uoi the giant killer now.
Behemoth and the big bowwow
Are gone; for aught not smart and little
We do not care on jot or tittle!
Punch.
ACROSS THE WAY.
Aero the way my lady dwelia.
Behind ber window ' ahelt'ring Vara,
While jealous curtain hide her eye
A o!ujv cloudlet veil ih stars;
And al! my lonely life doth know
Of baj.pmtoi began the (lay
When brut 1 saw ber tunny far
Arrow, the way.
Across tie way I see her stand
Idly iu ut' jt the passer-by.
t)r alowly gate from eat to weat
With upturned face to wan the ky;
A happy ueiither prophet she
For. be the morning what it may.
My day is fair when she appeara
Acrosa the way.
Across the way I hear iier sing,
Wbeu winter evening longer grow.
Cay ehunlinette and ballad new.
And tender song of yearn ago.
A cold dark room, a window wide.
Are all the price I have to pay,
Wtiilelightaod warmth and peace abound
Arroaa the way.
Across the way in dream I go,
And tell my love and learn my fate
. Sweet ilresma that always gladly end
In libs supreme, in rupture great'.
She smile and lays her band in mine,
Arid then I plead for leave to stay,
Or whisper, "Come, lovecome with me
Across the way."
New York Journal.
FACE IN THE GLASS.
BlythehuMfa busy umsniea wagged
an excited buiz of comment when It
became known for a fact that the old
jnanor house In Witches' Walk waa
taken. The place bad an eerie look
and a reputation for txjlng haunted.
But the new tenant were not dta
turbttd by the faint, far-oCT dark whia
ht that reached their ears unasked.
Jhe new family counltcd of Arthur
Whit tins, a bumorou writer and
something of 11 re:luse bachelor and
bis aplnster slater. Mis Fb-rituel. who
kept botiw for her dreamy and un
practical brother. That name deter
mined lady wan also in the habit of
Ui runtime tier brother out for a "con
st! tut ioual" regularly after breakfaat
each morning, deaf to hla met-k en
treaties that lie might lie allowed to
"fitiiriu thnt chapter firat" nXMj!'
during one of tLeis Urolla that be
was first a wakened to the startling fact
that hi manor boute was "ha'nted" by
the following: occurrence; Ha passed
a field and atumbh-il upon worthy
Fanner Mayhew.
i "You'iv from the old manor houw.
hain't you?" ntmerved Mayhew, with
a furious fbi'ice or bin shrewd gray
eyea from nnr the bij; brim of hi
aun hat.
Mr. Whlt'ln? replied that he wan.
"Never anything queer yet o'
niffbts?"
"Any I t'(f jotir pardon?" faltered
Mr. Wblttins. with a (ttizxh-d Rtare.
"Why, land alive, in;iu. didn't you
know the place i. !;::';. ed? - ban been
ever aetice a young sal twin. b was.
too, the rwtor's twin daughter, and
powerful pretty-waa struck dead by
llffhtnln' In the little bark room with
the viiii runuin' all over the winder
and the porch under it? No? Weil, I'll
tell ye "
And be proceeded to edify the new
owner of the manor-house w ith a hair
raining chapter of horror too lengthy
to l quoted here. '
Arthur Whltting forgot bis pet joke
now. This wa no joklnjf matter. If
the servant should get tainted with
till silly MtperHlition (he recollected
with a start having wen Stephen cant
a nervous grlnnce behind him In the
library at dusk last eventtifri, they
would be ffiviiiK notice next, and If
there wa anything he hated
It
wa
having new servant about
Half an hour later Mr. Whittlng,
hot with bis energetic homeward
tramp, althongh a crlap October breeze
wa blowing, burst into the kitchen
and confronted Stephen.
"Here, you! listen to what I tell yon,
now, and ace you heed It, or I'll make
you; do you hear? No matter what
llly babble you may hear from these
country gawks, don't believe It it's
nonsense."
"About thft the ghost, lr?" fal
tered Stephens, In a whisper, with a
beepiah look behind at tlia yawning
cetlarway.
Mr. Whittlng laid a forcible hand on
th fellow's coat collar by way of a
gentle reminder.
"You blockhead. If I ever see you
looking like that again I'll I'll shake
ywti. You're old enough to know bet
ter., No giving bo t Ice, mind. If you
threaten to leave I'll lock you tip. You
can toll your wife- the same tblng from
me. I'm. not going to hare my house
hold demoralized by a lot of Idle talk."
. W'liile Mr. Wblttlng waa talking Miaa
rioiiuiel entered the room.
"Why, Arthur,- she cried, "what ha
disturbed roar' .
Arthur deigned not to enlighten her
theft, bat phwged at one Into a rlgor
oM llaa of hie own for aettlng hl
boMthoM an esnmpi. .
"nor! oar mtr a,2f
i i if nBBBKa mm um uiuev
the g round floor, with the porch out- ;
id and the fine rtiuuhig all uver the
window. Ke gissl enough to have lb '
room thrvwn oj-n ud aired to-day. I f
shall occupy It to-morrow night" j
Mr. Whining had rented the manor
house as the last occupant left It fur
nished. The rtor, it owtwf, had j
plaxl It In tbe hand of an agent lin- j
mediately after the sad accident that ,
befell Lis daughter, and bad taken the j
real of hi family abroad. It had not j
occurred to Mr. Whirling that the next .
night was that dellelously horrible gala
night of the RHjoks, llallowe 'en.
Stephens guaked In fa la he aa h I
lighted hla maxter to the ground floor
chamber at 9 o'clock and the latter
turned a disapproving eye on hla trem
bling bauda aa the aputtering candle
they fat-Id quivered nervousdy, and the
fellow atared iupertitioutdy into the
black gulf Iwyond the rava of light
When he was alone he apveJIIy Umt
hiiuHelf In his lHok. S. at.rtx-d wa
he that he- did not hear Mins Whlttlng's
low nip at the d.or until it wa re
peated more emphatically and ber
Tob! aaid through the keyhole:
"Arthur, if you have not yet retired,
open the door. I have aouictfaiug for
you."
When be had obeyed he wa con
fronted by fa iter and a dainty tray
of Muoklng pippin.
"Have you clean forgotten that thl
I Hallowe'en?" prattl-d Ml Flori
meL chwrily. "Why Art! what a
sleepy head you are growing to be.
with jour everlasting booka and ink
pot in "your old age, 1 wa srolng to
say, but in i young. I am T5 myself,
and tsee bow 1 have to exert my facul
tles for ua both! '"""'Z7 C
"Yo onght to tie ashamed we
haven't mUned keeping Hallowe'en In
at least forty five year you haven't,
that la. I've kept It ever aluce 1 could
remember. auJ There now, do
cbm that book, and sit down and toat
your feet by the Are and drink the ale
while St'a warm. Good night, dear."
Mr. Whining blew out the candle and
pulled the curtain BSde to let In the
bright moonlight But the thick vine
tendril outaidc, atlll loaded dow n w ith
their luxurious leafage of crimon and
freckled, gobl, barn-d the way o Uiat
only a gleam of ullvery light tttruggled
through Into the Inner darkne. There
wa a KUHpielou !! Minion In the gbtM
a neen by the um-ertain light, too.
which augetited dust the bachelor
jt ahhorrence. lie drew a long track
down the obwure pane with hla fore
finger. Ye, the glaaa wa thick with
It He tlirew up the aaah, and pen
knife In hand began, the work of de
struction. In ten minute' time not a
single tendril remained clinging to the
window, through which a flood of fair
est moonlight poured, aulwlued a little
by the thick veil of dut-
Puddenly a he lingered there look
ing out upon the pleasant landwap,
be wa oonacloua of a faint, dim pro
file betwei'D bimtM-lf and the outer
world. He rufalted hi eye and looked
again Intently. It wa gone no, the
faintest shadow of a hitjH at 111 re-
4 f f 4p W - -
uiainel, like a thought undefined. He
twitched his flannel jenwli'r off the
d-k and hasti;.. rubtI It over the
dusty glass, that be might ee more
clearly. Then be quickly threw up the
tash nd Ktepped out onto the little
porch beneatb. Not a moving thing in
aight. '
"I'ahawr he muttered to bimaelf,
with an Impatient laugh at hi folly,
"baa the allly tattle of the country
tiirtufl my brain, too, I wonder?"
liut soon that unpleasant coni-ioti-j
ncK of a mynterlouB prerice intruded
: on the would tie leep-r again, thl
j time strongly. With a low exclamation
j of diwmt at blmxelf and everything In
i general, be raiwd bimwlf tijm hi -!-!
bow and looked toward the wlrwlow.
1 with difHcuity nutralnlng a positive
1 tiirt a he did tut, for, clearer than le
fore. It appenri-d again a dft!nct face
aud figure, apparently standing just
i outnlde the window pane. In a position
IMidew iHe to ftm.
Mr. Whlttlng cotild not have de
: crllx-d it,o unreal wa the experience.
' even while It Sjiell wa on. lie leaned
j a little forward to we the eye. Were
! they open? Only on the face of
j sleeping children wa that expression
of utter oblivion to be wen. Thl wa
not the face of a child, but that of
young maiden.
! "I'll see how long this thing will
i last," quoth Mr. Whining, grimly, to
himself, "if ahe'ean maud It out there
i in the cold with a thin frock on, I
j can stand It In here. We'll see wholl
give tip finjt".
Fixing himself comfortably, Mr.
Wblttlng glued hi wideawake eye
upon the serene profile and waited. Yet
through the slow hour of the night
that sphinx never moved.
The cheerful volee of a distant chan
ticleer ushered in the gray dawn. Lu
na' sickly pallor mingled with it dis
solved Into It, yielded itself up to anni
hilation, and it was day. For a brief
half-hour Mr. Wblttlng yielded to tjred
Nature's demands and dozed. When
be awoke the first soft rays of the ris
ing sun were gtreamiug In, The mys
terious profile at the. window wa
gone.
Mis Florlme.l laughed cheerfully
when he related bis experience, and
declared 'lt wa the nut and ale, and
things." They had disturbed her o n
digestion, she admitted, but had not
carried her the length of seeing ghosts.
Mr. Wblttlng wa not convln-ed. It
waa the agecfa bualnesa to protect bis
tenants against annoyance of thla spe
cies. He decided, against Florlmel'a
discreet counsel, to bomplaln to the
agent, to protest, and otherwise vent
hla Indignation.
The agaot heard h etory 0 silence.
"Lwt weak," ho aaid, brtoflr. "the own
er of the Manor, the roctor, retnmed
ftam avroad. B to oo kto war to
rtntt frtoBdgin Bit, nim ntppod
wtt u a tew day m order fhaj hla
fetttrv wto to Ml Terr ttnmgUnar
MVOOCwa.
lug the Journey, t bad best let hini
bear your complaint- he w ill explain,
An! there t Mis IWtitun now. Mis
Prances, will you tell your pajia there
U a gciitU-mao here to aiwrak to him,
pleane ?"
A young woman bad ootue languidly
out uKa the torch from an adjoining
apartment, hi he had oarelely takeo
op her station in front of the latter,
a landing with profile turned toward
theuj. ber hand rlaxpd In front of
ber, and her eyea fixed upon tn d!
tant hill.
Mill aa a atatue the ftlrl atood until
the agcnt'a voice arouwd faer from her
aparvnt lethargy, the iikene wa
Oimplete! Whittlng wa so startled
that he felt himself growing pale.
For this, with a ghostly difference, wa
the very picture that kept him awake
all night
He w as Id no mind to be trifled with
now. and. by Jove, if thia pale fafd
maid with the white hair and Insipid
face thought to play upon hi super
stition by prowling about ber old home
masquerading as a ghoet to frighten
the tenant off she would pay for her
prank-he would tell her father! be
would -he would sue the agent be
would move He would would
"I'iease will you step Into the other
room? Papa Is not feeling well thl
morning, and Is lying down." ald a
timid voice at bis eltiow.
The agent had vanished. Whining
was alone, looking silly enough, doubt
less with the flush and fniwu of anger
adding their unlx-comlng emphasis to
the deep sunburn he bad lately ac
quired, wlng to Fl'irimel j whim of
making him tramp for miles In tie
air every morning after breakfast
"Ah." he murmured, sarcastically, on
the ltnpulsit of the moment, "this Is the
young lady. I presume, who had such
a vast amount of fun at my expense
by haunting my window at Hallow
e'en. I trust you didn't get cold, and
that you enjoyed It more than I did."
"I!" she faltered, making a little g--ture
with her band -a gesture of scorn
and hurt dignity. "I haunt your win
dow, man! I."
The acorn expressed In that soft con
temptuous tone of slow disdain would
have cut a less sensitive man to the
quick, especially her way of anylng
"man!"
Ere he had time to rally from the
attack a deep volt called from the
other room:
"France, my lovef
"Coming, paiia!"
Mlsa lien ton deigned to turn her
flashing . eyes-heaven know s there
waa no lack now of expression In the
angry face she turned upon him In
his direction as she Imperiously waved
him Into her father's presence.
"1'apa," she began at once, "this man
-your manor tenant -comes here with
a strange complaint He say be
dar'-s to say-that I masqueraded lie
fore his window last night as a ghost
or something."
"My daughter, my daughter, do not
be hasty. You forget thi' " And the
white -haired old rector drew his
daughter to his side and murmured
something.
To Whining' amazement the ex
pression of haughty auger and Insult
ed pride instantly faded from the girl's
face, giving place to one of pensive
sadness, a when one recalls 'some
tender memory Inseparable from sor
row. "fir," said the old jwtor. courte
ously, "you sleep In the little ground
floor bedroom In the back w ing, do joi
not? Hut 1 know you do. dse you had
not been annoyed. A few years ago I
lived In the old manor bouse with my
wife and my twin daughters. My
children were Iwirn them and they faa 1
j never known any other home. I
brought my wife there a bride. 1
burli-d ber there.'
"One of my daughters gave her heart
to a worthy niast, and they were short
to tm married, when quite unexpected
ly he was summoned to F,urope to at
tend the dying bed of a relative. He
cabled home, however, that he would
surely ! back In time for the Moth,
which had been the original date set
for the wedding, so tlytt no change
need be made en the cards. A she w ua
in somewhat abdicate health, being at
all time constitutionally fragile, sh.
retired early to her chatntier that even
ingthe small back one on the ground
floor in order that, she might gather
resh strength for the morrow.
"There came up that night one of
those sudden, violent thunderstorm so
common here In the summer time. As
she stood dreamily beside ber little
window, looking out through the pane
at the grandeur of the storm the crash
ing branches and bending tree a
fearful flash of vivid lightning sud
denly enreloped the whole world to
blinding brightness, flaring full upon
her face and figure, and, by some curi
ous freak, photographing both Indeli
bly on the glass! Hut my child uttered
j one piercing shriek and fell to the floor
dead."
"Hut w hy was the pone of glass never
removAd? That would tst a very easy
mtsle of getting rid of this annoyance,
to your future tenants, who rosy not
know the story, liut may even tie
frightened off by it if they lie of a su
perstitious turn."
"Because my poor wife pleaded that
Hie wonderful picture of our child
painted upon the glass by the band of
Ood, a It were, might never lie de
stroyed or removed. "It would be al
most sacrilege to touch,' she said, 'ljet
It always stay. Promise!'
"The strangest pert of It Is, the face
of my daughter cannot be seen from
tbe outalde of the window by broad
daylight, or at eloae quartera, except
vagvelr."
A month later the maaof bouse re
oaivad another fatally Into Ma capoxl
ooa i nam the old rector m4 hla fatal
Ir tuw toH to live. Bat Mr. Whit
tlng did not Hen w
aftdr tan tvo fanrittoi botani
And the beautiful face la the glass
still !okt out at twilight uioa the
pleasant bills, while Ita counterpart la
the flesh smile at Whittlng across the
wwy tea table la another room
Waerly
Is There Fifth Napolroo?
A Iondon letter la the New York
Tresa tells a sensational story about
the late friuce Imperial of France,
and hla alleged marriage to an English
governess before be lost hi life In
Africa.
In a French country village, confined
In an Institution which i half alms
bouse and half school, there is to-day a
youth who Is known as Iuls N. Moore.
Home unknown person pay $73 a year
for hi Isiard. clothes, and wboollug,
The Uiy wears garments so coarse and
hideous that they resemble prison
clothe, but his feature are those of
the first Najsileon and the Prince Im
perial Combined. A few people In En
gland and Franc do uot hesitate to
say that this half starved, half -clad
young man Is the son of the Frlnce hn
Iierial by Miss Charlotte Watkins. Aft
er his birth the Kmpress Eugenie
trest.d h.-r son. so badly that he went
to Africa, w here he was butchered by
the Zulus. M. Uouher. a confidential
agent of the Empress, then convinced
Miss Watkins that her marriage wa
Dot legal, and Induced ber to marry a
man named Moore, who was doubtless
paid for the part he played in the mat
ter The young Ixiuls is now old enough
to go out into the world and earn his
own living. He Is kept In iguorauce of
his suppow-d Illustrious parentage, and
his education ha !m-cu confini-d to the
commonest branches, as the unknown
person who caused him to t locked
up in bis prison school propose to have
him trained up In some mechanical
calling. His detention, however, gives
rise to the belief that his custodian,
have found out tiiut be (s the fifth Na
poleoti, and It is thought that they in
tend to hold him and secretly give him
Instruction that will fit blm for the
highest station, ami then bring him to
the front when the next Bn!iiurtlst
movement Is started.
It Is a very interesting story, but Eu
genie has recently declared that there
is nut a word of truth In it
Another startling tln-ory is advanced
In a recent book by Count d'Herrimin,
who maintain that the 1'rltne Impe
rial wus either foully murdered In Af
rica or kept from returning to Europe
for unknot' rt reiimma.
Isittery -dwindling (VinrreI.
Any lottery cuncern attempting to do
business in the Fnited Htates Is a wilful
arid piTslsfetit law breaker. Every In
tentlonal violator of the law Is dishon
est. It Is hard for a tiovW to leat a
dishonest concern at its own game.
There Is only one lottery company
doing business in this country that fans
ever sticit-eib-d In making any consid
erable iiuuilier of sTnns believe that
Its ao-called drawings were fufr. This
company finds many dues who t
lleve that a gang of persistent law
breakers w 111 not swindle a stranger
when It has the opportunity. Perhaps
a recent discovery may ojH-n the eye
of some who might become dupe.
A reputable business man In Phila
delphia m-elved a letter from the gen
eral agent of this lottery. Inclosing
two one-fifth parts of ticket 4yjta.
This U tter said:
"We stand in a position to use onr
Judgment as to where prbse will do the
most good, and wishing to establish a
permanent agency with you, as we are
satisfied yon will muko u a comp-tent
agent, providing we give you a gosl
start, therefore have concluded to let
you have a prize in the July drawing of
h,i, this being two-fifths of the sec
ond capital pri&e of f :!,
"Inclosed you will also find 115 tick
ets, for which you must remit f KKt,"
It Is not probable that the swindlers
would have let the designated ticket
draw anything. They were after the
man's f 1.
The concern making this proposal Is
pre-eminently the "bom-st' lottery!
Youth' Compfinlon.
Take lour County I'apir.
No tnau 1 too poor to take his coun
ty paper, says an exchange, and it Is
ftils economy to get along without It,
says the Michigan Pres AssKiation
IiulletJn.
Hardly a week passes that something
ds-s not api-ar In its columns Uiat
will be a litiHUcliil luefit to the sub
scriber, and by the end of the year be
has made or saved from one to twenty
tlniea It subscription price.
The city paper do not take the place
of a eotinty paiir, although nome po
pie mji to think they do. The city pa
per am all right iu their way, but
they don't give you what yoti are moat
Interested In your county new.
You cannot learn from them when
and where public meeting are to be
held, who are dying or who are mar
rying, who are moving In and who are
moving out court proceeding, who
want to sell lund-ln fact hundred
of Items which It might ls of particu
lar Importance for you to know.
fiuch matter city paper cannot f Or
nish, but the county paper can and
doe. If you can afford but one paper,
by all menus take one that 1 published
In the county In which you live.
Mr. Gladstone's Memory.
Another anecdote to Illustrate Mr.
niadstone'a strength of memory, Kir
II. Owen took blm on a comparatively
recent occasion an Important return
containing a mas of figure. Mr.
(Iladatoneiooked through the return aa
he Ate breakfast and then ha tided It
bac to Mr II. Owen, who took It away
with htm. In the House of Common
on that day Mr. Uladatone dealt with
the tWraraa aa If Um written return
were before bto aye It Owen ra
taarfcai ha too Mtoaataai waa the
aaly Wtatoa that fca Ma-back
aen a jmwWaataaatat 'Oaaatia.
THAN $1,000 A YEAR.
Th Cxt of Kdnratloai Now t Cmm
bridaa l.Birrt jr, taalsL
Ttus Cambridge student of to-day
strike the stni tiger a a splendid lot of
healthy, earnest young men, say a
writer In the t maha lie. The descrip
tions of Cambridge life at the end of
the last "entury which have !s-'u given
ua would not hit tbe mark now. la
those day beer drinking and royster
lng and dog fancying and horse riding
Occupied most of tbe time of the young
lords, more angles Is-irig described on
billiard tables than In the class room.
This sort of thing i very much looked
down upon nowadays, and the boy a
who make display of their wealth are
by no means the most iopular. When
the young princes were sent to Cam
bridge the Prince of Wale left iltlve
instructions that their companion
were to-be absolutely selected from tho
Industry stood highest and thnt under
students whose morals, capacity and
no circumstance should they asms-ism
with the fast set of young extravagant
lords and rich men's sons, who some
times boasted that they would not have
to live by their learning. Economy, de
cency, manliness and earnestness seem
to lie inculcated here a much a twsik
learning. I was told by several fellows
that from f"5o to f l,.Vsi js-r annum was
ample to meet the entire e xwnw of a
young mutt at Cambridge. That more
that this sum was not only unnecessary
but undesirable.. On the ship coming
over I met the wins of a rich Philadel
phia Iron master. Just from an Ameri
can college. The stories those young
men Udd me of the extravagance of col
lege students In the t'nlted Htati-, If
true, were enough to make tis out of
conceit with the higher schools of our
own country. Compare the simple
room of Cambridge students, aud
Cambridge profesHors too, for that
matter, with some of the suites of our
own college "swelldom." And yet what
a procession of great men these little
room with their narrow si.-i Irenes,
low door and diamond -patted leaden
window casements, hare wen. Our
rich men, most of them men of simple
habits a tul tastes, would do well to fol
low the present generation of wealthy
Englishmen and Insist uism no vulgar
display at college. Ia-1 them think of
the splendid young men Cambridge 1
turning out at a cost tT annum of
from first to ll.ism, the first mentioned
sum, the faculty says, preferred,
Insect HeTetlons.
The strongly vesicating power of
certain parts of tbe apparatus of the
blister Is-etle of course suggested that
the function of cnntharldln In the
economy of tbe Insect might Is con
nected In some way w ith the reproduc
tive prisv. Put that such is not nee.
essarily the case evidently follow
from the fact that the Intwct n.s
sessc the projs-rty to a greater or bus
degree In all Its stages. Including those
In which it Is sexually Immature. Even
the eggs ore piii"d of the blister
ing jKitver, though this perhaps Is no
more than might Is- exisn-ted, since
the ovaries are strongly Impregnated
with cambnrldin.
In IVvl Peauregnrd took a portion of
a freshly laid batch of eggs and, work
ing them tip Into a paste with a little
water, applied the little plaster so
foruid to his arm. After four hours
the smarting prodm-ed was sufficient
ly Intense to bind him to stop the ex
perment He therefore removed the
plaster, and a few minute after an
enormous blister apjnared on the spot
attesting the strongly vesicating prop
erty of the freshly laid eggs,
In the larvae the property was found
to Is- mu h b-ss inteiiw. Ten larvae,
several days old, were crushed and
made Into a plaster, which was ap
plied us Is'fore. Even after eight hours
nothing more than a considerable in
fl.unintitlon was devebqs-d. and no
inister apisareii. v nen. However, a
larger application of the crushed
fsidles of two dozen simlliir larvae wiu
Itlllde. A blister WO prxltlced after the
lapse of the same time. Knowledge.
Cavalry Pistol l'rsi-t Ice 1 T2.
Here follow the command for the
pistols:
1. Clients' your pistols. 2. praw
forth your pistols. This must be per
formed with the right hand; the left
pistol first and then to mount the
muzxle. 3. Order your pistol. Ilest
your pistol a little In your bridle hand,
and then immediately take your pistol
near the middle part of It and place
Uie butt end upon your thigh. 4. Kink
or rest your pistol In your bridle hand.
5. Hend your cock tor draw tip your
cock to half tsrit). ft. Secure, or guard
your cock. 7. open your pun H. Prime
your pan. 8. Phut your pan, or, order
your hammer or steel. 10. Cast about
your platol,w blch la to lie dono against
your left thigh, with your ruutzle up.
wifrd In your bridle hand, 11. (Jags
your Cask. 12, Lade your pistols
with powder. For your more ssdy
lading of your pistols, there Is lately
invented a small powder flask, with a
suitable charge; but it I not to tie de
nleil that your cartroache are very
serviceable.
There are eleven more motion, and
finally In 24Cya fir,,. jn , fir1rif of
your pistol you are not to fire directly
forward, to your enemies' horse'
head, but toward tbe right hand,
with the lock of the pistol upward. -Note
and Queries.
A Olgantlc Iter hi re.
The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky
hartKira too many bee to lie a com
fortable place to travel in. The last
lime I went throttgh It I took both tbe
long and abort route. they are call
ed At aeveral place there were rath
ar too many bee for me to reel en
Uraty comfortable, although I waa not
attaaluMl by any 0f them. If tso tmf
ahaa14ka osploracl for aaaxar, aataa
njl aafla waaMaa4aaMadr aa
Alt?s
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEAR
l'rnient Kt Isdls Who j
Volaalarilr I'tMoi Into "twai,
Hotiui Ave or six yeitr ago the
the late rajah vt Tanjore, a man
or 5i year of age, aud, of
the chief native penmnHge In tha
of India, made up his tnlnd to lie,
devotee. He one day told hi f
be wa golug .m a railway Joi
.nt off his servant and rai
from the palace to the station
he wonld follow, gave them tbe
and ba never l-een heard of slmvj
frletiil went to the man who
known to have Is-eu acting a bia
who simply lobi them: "You will l
find him." Huppose tbe g. o, ra. n
I'rince of Wale were to retireH
this, how sld It would seem!
To Illustrate this subject I mat
the story of Tilleluathan Hwam,
was the teacher of the guru, w
acquaintance I am referring to In
chapter. Tlllelnathan was a wet
shipowner of high family. In K
devoted himself to religious exen
till 1H55, when be Ihtbiuo "eui
pated." After hi attainment be
sick of the world, and so he woorn
his affairs, divided all hi money
gisslt among relative and depend
and went off stark finked into
wimhK His mother and sister i
grieved and repeatedly pursued
offering to surrender all to blm I
would return. At last he simplj
fused to answer their Importtml
and they deststeil. He appears
Tanjori after that In 1857, lnna, I
and 172, but hs not tst-n n si
He Is supHmNl to tie living somew
In the western (Jhatit.
CniKigh Walil.
Mr. Emtiel Norris was a careful.
dent man. !! Jlv.il about twelve ti
from tlie m-arest market town
made wwkly Journeys thither, eti
Ing tin' produce of his farm lehln
strong team of oxen. Thl JourtiH
cupu-d an entire day, ami Mr. NJ
generally returned tired, but la i
spirits and full of hi day s
rieui .'S. once, in early fall, the fna
were alnniKil to see him coming
the yard at supper time, walking,
without the oxen. Mr. Norrl bur
to the ibsir.
"Why, father, wbere'i the oxetiT
exclaimed,
Mr. Norris made no Immediate
sp.ti-, but sat down heavily on
door step,
"I've walked clear from M ,'
said, in a discouraged voice, "an
was wor out ls-fore I started rhaJ
after those oxen."
"I Hd them old critter run away
never heard the Isetit Where bo th
"I s'sn. what there Is left of 'e
bi'tw.-i-u here and IWmton." said
Norris. with a sigh. "I had to take
load down to the freight '!) tiy
railroad, and I bad to go aud look
Mr. Voting; so I Jest hHchixl a t hai
saw laying there round the yoke an
to an old car that "emed to txi t
trackwl. and 1 went after Mr. Ynn
"I found him, and we w as Just a
ing out of his office when I saw t
car a-movln. It started up kind
slow, then It gave a Jerk, and lwfo
collld gel dow n those step tliecart
upside down and those por crl'
w im going nt a rate 1 didn't te!l
was Iu 'em."
Mr. Norrl i looked down at hi dl
covered ft
"Well, Emuel, why didn't you i
the car?"
Mr, Norris row slowly, and Wik
hla wife
"1 own to ts-ln' careless and reck
Amumla, but ! ain't so fisilish as to
lci to stop a train by yelling at It
1 don't want to kiv no more abottj
I've bt a valuable team and th:
bushels of js.tntoe, and walke
twelve mUi-s, and 1 ain't In no ti
for discussing why 1 hitched t bom-
en, or why I didn't unhitch 'em.
let the question rest ri;ht hew.
A Trial by Jury.-
fitne lime ago in the llarwtt Coii
(N, C.I fcusierlor Court Judge rifl
presiding, the trlnl of a rase had 11
protracted till near midnight. Th JI
was tln-d itnd sb-eov and shoue.l d
King attention. Willie Murehiwm, i
,n Booiring me jury, tnoiigttq
iirus' them, ih) he said;
"to-lltlsmetl, I will tell you ! lit
flole,
lnstan Uy. the Judge, the Jury, and
few sp-ctfttors pricked up their
aud were ail attention, as MurchlJ
was admirable In that line, had a ti
of anciiiotes, and no one could
them tietter Hut he soon proeoedeg
tell one tji the dullti, prosiest
tli.t pointless Joki possible. K4
lxSf looked disappointed. The Jud
i .... i-. . , . 1
"" o'er, sum in an unmtstaiia
tone of disappointment; "Mr. Murtl
son. I don't see tbe point to that JoM
Nor I either," replied the witty c-J
d. "Hut jour honor told It lit uiH
our way dowu here, and, a I tliottj
the lack of appreciation must be dtlJ
my obttiseiies. I coududeil to give
Joke a trial by Jury."
"fham Itesiroyed!"
To be conservatlvii mar . bn a i
gfsi thing: It la
fMllf'h a Vert rf ih it. I
U.rrao1. whu would h
even abus.- merely because they H
one extau-d,
Thl peculiarity of his waa suinti
UD bV a WlttV COtnnatrW I'.ol
Courrler, who declared that If TelJ
ratio naa Keen premint at tbe ereatW
ne wouiu nave eiclaliaed:
"Good gracious: Ciiaoa wiU be
troyedr
J 5" haaarwefa. '
Tboa who beiieva that oaa of
oat intM of uraai aMtla4 la Ii
iay mrwm w u rct that "atat
r
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