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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1896)
THE S10LI COL'XTY JOURNAL. , L J. IIHIIOH rray. HARRISON', NEBRASKA. Sins are like places at eourr; we sel dom resign them until we can keep them no longer. Whatever you wish your child to l. be It yourself. If you wish it to be happy, sober, truthful, affectionate, honest, and godly, be yourself all these. If you wish It to be lazy and sulky, a liar and a thief, a drunkard and a wearer, be yourself all these. Whoever will simply do his best In the work that Is laid out for him, reso-! lutely aiming at real excellence, aud j bending his energies to attain it in ; every rightful way, will reap its high- i est reward in the increasing: develop-1 ment of power aud ennobling of char acter. At a recent meeting of police chiefs the California representaiive remarked that In his State poker is not classed with gambling because it is considered i haul them up the steep Inclines. While a scientific game. If this view is cor- j looking out uion the busy scene, a beav rect there is no longer any doubt as to j Uy loaded wagon, drawn by a pair of what is the most expensive scientific course in the world. The yonng person who has been trained and accustomed to detect and! enlnv the real Jienurles of nature and i of art, whose taste has been educated i to appreciate the best In both, will not j be satisfied with or take pleasure in the i worst. The beauty of the external . world la closely allied to the beauty of character and of life, and the upward; tepa that lead from one to the other j are naturally ana easily irouoen. Editor Amor appears to be getting along smoothly except when be takes up his pen and prints what he writes, j The success of the Prince of Wales' horse in winning the Derby moved the j mlllionaire-in-senreh-of-a-country to a rhapsody that is described by oue Lon don journal as "a hysterical artkio which gave oue the Impression of Ita having been written In a lunatic asy lum." Mr. Astor Is credited with a longing for a title. The American peo ple have already given him one title, which requires only a slight alteration on his cards, and English newspaper j have given him another'Toady In Ex traordinary." These two will stick to him, even If the Prince is persuaded to add a third. The Austrian Minister at Washing ton having been raised to the rank of Ambassador, a corresponding promo tion awaits the t'nited Stales Minister at Vienna, the Hon. Harriett Tripp, of South Inkota. The increased rank does not necessarily bring increased pay. To be sure, the Ambassadors to Great Britain, France aud Geroianv have larger snlarles than anv Minister, I except our representative at Mexi-o. J but the Ambassador to Italy gets only j the same as the Minister to Spain. Sli 000 a year, and Vienna pays only $10,- 000. It is a scanty allowance for a Min ister In that gay capital, and as nn , Ambassador Is expected to put on more ; style, Mr. Tripp will have to draw on , his own resources. But the title will be some compensation. L'nder the provisions of the Inter state commerce law which require the equipment of trains with driving wheel brakes and automatic couplers all the new freight cars are now being con structed to meet this new requirement. As the cars have to be equipped by Jan. 1, 1898, the work Is a colossal one. It Is estimated that the number of freight cars unequipped with air brakes In the country at present is about W 000, and there are nearly l.isXj.OOO cars all told. It Is also estimated that the cost of equipping the car with an air brake is about $45, but with the patent coupler, grab-irons, and handholds the cost for each car will be about $'M. It Is estimated that owing to the dif ficulty of acquiring material In time an effort will be made to have the time extended. The death of Kate Field will be mourned by many. She was a woman of brains and heart. She was one of) tnoee women wno excite tne respect or men by their achievements. Ka te Field was never shrill. She did not spend her time and energy In denouncing the other half of the human race, but set to work to show what her half could do. If other women who are intent upon working out the salvation of their set were to work as honestly, as unassum ingly, as Industriously as did Kate Field, they would accomplish more. She was an earnest and a kindly wom an, and one of much ability. She bad long been a writer for the press, and It was to be regretted that her paper, Kate Field's Washington, which she published for some years at the nation al capital, did not succeed. It may not be ill-natured to remark here that if women took a genuine interest In the advancement of their sex, they would bare subscribed more largely for a jper devoted to that advancement, edited by a woman, managed by a woman, financed by a, woman, and con tributed to by women. But they let it die. The death of a paper Is not so much, bat the death of a strong;, and earnest, and brilliant woman is a loss that cannot be repaired. The contestants on the base ball field tasaally are so engrossed In nagging tha amptre and th pitchers that the litles of polite society bare been rhat neglected. The character af la responsible for much of CJa tedlfferancc to conventional eourt adu, a&4 uy Innovation with a'teud aaey u correct the aril, such as that fcr:rsai ay Cajrt. Aawa at Washing ttiu, must le welcoiiieo u'.ria. i,y tl, lovers of the game. It was "ladies' day." and a rain that providentially j fame to save the visitor from defeat ; iii.so drove the Chcwertieldian patriarch and his lusty aggregation Into the grand stand. Some inspired genius suggested a "reception." the ides spread through the grou of fair women, ami before the el-preserved relic of de larted greatness could so much as pro j test the baud had struck up a "tiro step, and the women or tne audience were swooping down ujon him. The reports show that as ever he was equal tt the emergency, and conducted the subsequent conversational proceedings : like a veteran of afternoon teas. Prol I ably all the star of the diamond are I not so gifted by nature to shine in so- c ety, but enough could be found doubt- ! less to turn the disappointments caused by sudden showers into similar eujoy- ! able functions. Farm, Stuck and Home: 1 he window of the deu of the horse editor over looks the work of excavating for a la -go i building. Many men aud teams a i employed. The excavation is quit ' deep, and the wagon loads of earth are ; heavy burdens to the horses that must I line, noble-looking horses, was staud.ui ' deop in the uielhrw earth on the Incline, An attempt was made to start the load; at first the horses failed to move it leing up to that time unconscious of the strength required of them. At once the iguorant, brutal driver swirled hi fiendish whip in air aud brought the torturing lash down upon tin? shining coats that covered the fine-grained. itervefuL sensitive skin beneath. Ever ready and willing to d bis In-st, and more as the noble horse always is the team was moved by that Impulse to do its duty, but trying to escape the cruel torture of that merciless lash develop! a frantic paroxysm of strength that would have Inspired tiie admiration, respect and pity of any one but a human brute of the lowest degree The l'Kid was moved U the level ground above, where the hauling was compara tively easy, but the swirling lash, the cruel blows, the shrinking flesh, the exquisite pain were still tin-re, and us the team moved out of sight the lash was yet doing ils fiendish work; a low down brute was master, and strength, willingness, fidelity, nubility was the servant! Oh. It was pitiful'. That fool driver dul not, of course, have the sense to know that he was cruelly torturing those horses for having done so nobly and so well. Their reward should have been kind words and gentle caresses, assurances that their supreme effort had been appreciated, which would not have lx-eu Ist upon those intelligent animals. o, when will owners of suc'i horses cease to put them m charge of stupidity and brutality? Will the hu man nice ever reach that degree of civ ilization under which man's animal friends will be treated with the consid pnlr"m a" ksn.inew their usefulness an,i ffntleiiess deserve? "" " m One Leg, a Cratch and a Wheel. Everybody who happened to be on Madison avenue In the vicinity of 2iuli street Monday morning viewed with undisguised Interest and amusement a bicyclist who was spinning down the avenue at a lively rate. The wheelman had only one leg, but he was riding with all t lie assurance and ease of an expert, and he evidently could have "scorched" had he so desired. He had on a tasteful, quiet bicycle suit, and his one leg ws neatly encased In half a pair of knickerbockers. Across the handlebars of the wheel lay a crutch. At 2ith street he alighted easily and gracefully, leaned his wheel against the curbing, adjusted his crutch and hobbled into a cafe. When he came out the people who bad seen him dis mount had gathered In a little crowd in the Interest of science to see him tuounf his wheel again. It was a very simple performance. He gave a glance of mingled amusement and .triumph at the crowd, put his foot on the step of his machine, grasped the left handle bar firmly with one band, gave a vigorous push with his crutch and glided easily awayl "That's easy." be shouted kick over his shoulder to the crowd. The people looked at each other in as tonishment. "Well: well!" said the fat man who had been one of the most In terested observers, "the cripple may throw his crutches to the winds. That scheme discounts a wooden leg." New- York Tribune. Mistook His Man. There 1s a good deal of natural satis faction In seeing a liar confounded in the midst of his lies. The Harlem Life represents the owner of some property In the outskirts of a w esteru 'isiom city" conversing with a stranger. 'Hie stranger says: "Yes, those three corner-lots of yours are tine property, sir." "Fine property!" answers the owner; "why, man' there's nothing like "em west of the Illinois Elver. Two yen -s from now they'll be In the heart of tho city, and people will fairly howl for 'em. They ought to come under the head of jewelry, not real estate. If you want to buy that property, stranger, you've got to buy It by the Inch." "I'm not buying property this morn ing." said the stranger; "I'm the nnv ta x asesaor." The citizen was ready to falut. Feminine Flra Department. Tbe little town of Xssso, In Sweden, has a feminine department, 150 strong. In Its fire brigade. Tbe water works of the village consist simply of font great tuba, and It la the duty of tba women "firemen" to keep these full la case of Ore. Tbey stand In two coo ti noons lines from tbe tubs to tba lake, about three blocks away, one Una pasa lag tba full buckets and the other ttl lag them back. &f AM Cutian Forewts. The fact is not geuerally known tii.it CulMl possesses some of the densest and most impenetrable forests in the world. They contain a great deal of hard wood. Including mahogany and elsmy. The entire area of the forests of Culia is estimated at I.ishi.immi acres. The Coal Supply. According to the estimates of the President of the Heading Railroad, Mr. Harris, the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania originally contained 14. 4."3.4Ui tons of oral, of which 2..V',2. ikki.Oik) tons have already !cen niiued. leaving ll,iC'l,iHH,fii tons yet untouch ed. At the rate of 45,sni,iiiki puis a year inis would last years, but as alsiut half of the remaining supply would probably be unavailable for mining. the (bids may le practically exhausted In l.'Mi years. Mr. William Griffith esti mates that the coal supply In the Wyo ming district of Pennsylvania will last for fifty-two years longer. The ar on Moth. According to the Scientific American the only effective way to protect furs and clothing against the ravages of moths is by keeping the moth-miller from laying their eggs In the goods. Moths dislike the smell of camphor, cedar, tobacco, etc., "but If the eggs are really laid the grub will pursue its de structive work without paying any at tention to the odors, and would do so were the smell many titm-s more pun gent. It is said that furriers have no other secret for keeping furs than this. viz.: they wrap the furs tight In paper, and carefully paste the ends so that no openings remain for insects to get through: and once a month, at least. they examine the goods, beat and air them, and then carefully reseal them in paper. The l'clinca"c(tr. Lieut. Col. P. .Neville has Invented an Instrument for military and topo graphical surveying called the dcllnea scope. This consists of a small port able inineni having a h-iis with a fixed focus. The lens is directed downward am! has beneath It a mirror Inclined at an angle of 45 degrees to the axe of the lens. This throws a picture of the landscape with right aud left re versed on the traHng paper on a hori zontal object glass, p.y using a focusing glass the main features of the land scape are traced' on the paper, which Is then reversed on a curd ruleij, In squares similar to those in the note book Into which the sketch is to be copied and recorded. The details can then be added by eye and the more exact numerical data entered on the margin of the page. The bearing of the center line of the picture, taken with ft prismatic compass, furnishes a base line from which the bearing of other line scan lie scaled. A Headlight HiKnal. L new Idea in headlight signaling has been brought out by H. .1. Iavls. of Pueblo, Col. Instead of using the simple curtain to darken the light when the train is in siding to clear, he em ploys a shade that shows a red head light when tin train is on siding, but not In to dear, and a blue headlight when they are In to clear. In these days of fast time on single track roads it would be a great relief to the man on the flyer to know Just KEW HEADLIGHT Slli.VAL. how things are fixed at the station be Is approaching if there Is a train there now with a clear headlight be Is not sure whether they are In siding, with the rear end hanging out, or on tbe main line, Mr. Davis uses abutter slides made up of panels of red and blue glass. These slides are carried In the right side of the headlight case, and are shoved ahead and over the front by rods running back to the cab. These shutter frames sre made of metal and hinged, sliding la grooves top and I at torn of the case, so plainly shown lu the engraving. Ixxorotlve Engineering. Bird Mnslc In Mr. Nebrling'e treatise on North American birds, now being published In successive parts, be calls attention to a singular arrangement of bird songs, a kind of dally musical program, which nature seems to have fixed. Tbe robin, ha ears, opens the niuslt from rn the earliest daybreak. :r.):ig in a seri ous an. I Nilnua siraiu b. .lie 1 link. u:th it cheerful aii' iiilii-kiiijj I notes, does not Is g;s uii'd sunrise,! when the rohlu ban almost feased. The J morning program thus j.r.see Is from j grave to gay. In t!ic evening, accord ing to Mr. Nehrllng. th's order is re versed, "and after the comedy is con cluded nature lulls us to repose by the mellow notes of the vesper sparrow J and the ieusive '.id still more melo dious strains of tbe wditary thrush." t.r-ai r ipe, i.i ons. Little as there is to lie said for the system of Tips" in general. It is at leasi a cotiiion to fcie.u. a one a in l-.unq.e. tmw mucti ts exp-cusl. in this country, where y.e practice of tipping is issorn,, more ami more common, there seem to U- absolutely nothing, egcept the size of one's Hcket- noon, uy win. a 10 regmaiesudi cxp. - n - dttures. A Chicago physician dropis-d Into a restaurant on bis way home from a Vase" not long ago. ami ordered a m.-.i-s, luuccuu. neu ue uail Ullisn- edcnting.be ailed to the girl who had to av ,,,. iXrA,.v , ,ht. been waiting upon him. and ask.il for Karlvl lti)!h H(.,104, , ,lilV(. ,.,, a his check. She handed him one for M ot tlj(, llt.ail )lf ,ist cents, and he gave her a dollar. . ..Sue Ulav ,. ri);ll, , live minutes passed, and the wait- complained Itosa ."but even- one know ress d.d not apis-ar with the change. ,Uf. na.t Tll,.re-H ' ,anger of The I1or was in a hurry ami grew a ,.r wunlnc tl)t ,)rZP.iat's some sat llttle imiitient. Another live minutes lKfa,.,iu. of (.ollrw, lt will K0 , Kva aud still no change. Five iuliiutei vbartni " more, and his time Ising money, the, Kva wbart.m was tbe star of the ..o, ur, .oKne.ip.oecnauuo and go. At the door of the restaurant he was stopied by the proprietor. I "Kxcuse me Imt vou have not tiald your check." "I have paid It." "Kxcuse ui I am sure you have not." "I isiid that girl." said the Indignant physician, "anil after wasting fifteen mlnities waiting for my change I am going away without it." j The proprietor summoned tbe wnlt-n-ss. j "IMdn't I pay you a dollar fur my ')-(s-nt clic k, and don't yon owe me 40 cents'?" demanded the IiH-tor. The wa it ress opened her eyes. "MyT' she said, "you pay for your. check at the desk! 1 supposed that d.,1 lar was a tip." Knew His Master's Terms. A well known English actor is pas sionately fond of dogs and delights in milking them bis constant companions, j Seldom Is be seen unless accompanied J by one or more of bis pets. A manager J anollt to proilllce a Hew piece required the services of this actor for a special part, and so dispatched his acting man ager to make the engagement. In due course the latter arrived at the house of the blstrion, which is in the country, and found him resting, after a lone walk, in a large, comfortable arm chair. After a few civilities the acting manager proceeded to business. Was J the actor at liberty? He was. Could he accept a part of stu b and such a ' nature? He could. And now alxnit i the salary. Well, the acting manager thought tbey could give him so and so. j "What?" roared the impulsive actor, j starting to his feet. "What?" At the same moment from under a chair a huge bulldog thrust Its head between Its master's legs urn! growled and showed its teeth In the most fe,tcims manner. The startled visitor made for the door, exclaiming as lie did so: "All right; name your own terms ;" Home time after another manager asked "the acting manager for our ac tor's address. The acting manager gave It. "Io you want him?" he asked. Yes," said the manager. "Then, for goodness sake," was the reply, "lie sure to offer him enough, for be has a dog In the house that knows his terms." Amusements of Km-opi-aiis. A writer lu Caswell's Magazine tells what are the bobbies or amusements of some of Europe's great men. Mr. Hal- four Indulges In golf, bicycles, and philosophy, and he once played Ham let. Lord Salisbury studies science and tries experiments with a lest tube. Mr. Chamberlain raises orchids. Mr. (iladstone, of course, used to chop trees but the now reads Creek when he feels' need of rest. Prince Bismarck , drinks beer, smokes and reads Du Boisgoby. The Prince of Wales Is foml of bowling. The Iiuke of Devonshire. Sir John Mlllals, Andrew Lang and William Ulack are expert fishermen, while Mr. Toole finds something funny to do or say almost every hour of the day. Once he sent a package of choco late to a little lsy who sat lu a stage box and was disturbing him with his astonishingly bind laughter. The att -n-dant delivered the packet, "With Mr. Toole's compliment, aud would the young gentleman who laughed so heart Iv k nil r ent ll.csa Hurii,,. performance: i Healing Them at Their Own Game.' Among certain of the natives of Paiia-j,,.' ma and other Central American towtts there is a ss,rt called bull-teasing. The animal Is turned loose Into the street or led by a rope, and is then tormented by those who have hired It from the butch er. It is thought a special compliment to a young woman to hire a bull on her birthday and give It a thorough teas ing. A North American once witnessed this pleasant pastime, and determined to teach the cowards a lesson. He brought a lear with him from Califor nia, and let It loose In tbe street one dav. When the lieonle eoomlnlnc.1 l.e merely remarked that be didn't see whv ' be shouldn't keep his child's birthday in his own way, ami so tbe bear chased I the folk to much letter purpose limn the wretched tormented bull bad any chance of doing. Kvery woman over 40 years of ag seems to be taking something to mnki her thinner. People pretend to hate sin, but the II love It 7 ts Commencement was out v three weeks ,waVt it Helen ior.l..i had tint even eboseu a subject for her essay. .., ljlik lf al,vthlllS t wrs,,. alM1ti Rue mU ,!soiisolatelv. to her ,,ber. -rheother girls have all chosen M.au,ifu ,j,les, and Mav Price sjiys her , a wHxu. 1 ,,, klJ,v what j jiaj j ,.,,. ,;,.., ,,., ,H.H!) tlle nrK, ...i.-p juT .RH1)Vjst a ,,f ov,.r fifty. She was jjJaiu ,, ,,,,., aI1,i ,. nprg. Some of her classmates, who had ot , chosen, called her homely. ; ,, U(,sa M;lxim ,.,.,. .,., far c)jl)K sh( wm ,m(, (f r,.,ti(.s, girls, she came of one of the Is-st fam- ilies lu town, and she had seemed to slip through her school course without much effort of her own. And every one, including Helen Gordon, expected her to win the (Jreer prize on commence ment day. Of course she didn't need the money nd Helen did, but honors seemed to go so easily and naturally to Kva. "You see. mother." Helen had said, "'Kva is already working on her essay. Her subject Is 'Ijiurel Wreaths to the Brave. Isn't that pretty? And I'm sure she'll Just charm everybody she always does." And that morning, when Helen went to school, the girls asked her If she had chosen her subject yet. "No," she answered, flushing, 'i can't think of a good subject. Ijist week I thought I'd write aliout the Influences of art " "Oh, that Would be good." chorused a number of the girls. "Hut I found I didn't know anything about it, and when I Ix-gan to read up there was so much to burn is Just dis couraged me." "I heard Flora Faulk's subject tiis morning," said one of the girls 'it was. 'Shall We Let Fall the Vnflnislied Wreath?" Of course I don't know what lt means, but doesn't it sound nice?" "Edith's oration is. 'The Ileal and the Ideal." "And May Kh-e's Is. Thought,'" s.i'd another. That night Helen went home tint ii disheartened. "1 can't write almut any of those things," said Helen, disconsolately to her mother. "I don't know niiytlrng itbout them." Mrs. Cordon smiled. "Well, why don't you try to write about something you do un Icrsland? ' I think that would be tlje wisest va." "Now. 1 know all alsmt raising llow ' era," Helen said to herself, "and 1 can take care of children, but If I choose such common subjects they'd Iaug:t at me." Hut the more Helen thought of It the more she felt that her mother's advice wag good. And so it happ-iud that when the programs were printed the title set opposite Helen's name was; "A Little Flower Harden." Commencement day came at lust, and all of the girls in their white dresses and flowers were gathered in the big hall with all their friends and roiiuioiu admiring them from a distance. The five who were to 'i.ive esf-tys occupied seats lu front ncir t ie ; riitcip.il, Kva Wharton looked the prettiest of all -as every one expected ami Helen, even Itosa was forced t admit. !l 1 ho-wr to her class In her plain gown of white. sla.v K"'e came :trr, mil w'i-h .lie spoken, the aiidien.'e cheered f.i i n- ' Ihuslastli-nlly that Hoin wi ,iii:e dis couraged. She wan sur? had no ! such beautiful language In her oration, i Then came Kva Wharton, umiI when j she finished every .,-m; ua certain she'd take the prize, there was so niiliii cheering. At last Helen's turn came, She was the last becausi' sh.i had been chosen first. When "she facd :'ie big 1 audience she was ncrvo'js and then 'she grew suddenly calm, for In a seat !not faraway she saw the anxious face of her mother looking up at her. Her essay was as plain and simple tut Helen herself. It was all about (low- r ganieuing uie suujecr mat Helen nerseir Knew oest n tw carefully a flowers that were best and wn-r.) to plnut them. Here and there a beautiful uttle flower thought was lucked In KHMICU UJUSl IMTCUll-U IOI JJ.IU UIO KIWIS and here and there a playful bit of hu mor alsMit gardening fallu-'M. And in delivering It Helen grew so much in enrnest that her cheeks Hushed and she forgot all alsiut the hundreds of eyes that looked up at her. When It was over the applause was deafening, but Helen ouMu'r lell whether It was more than Kva received or not and when she saw the smile on l.er mother's face she didn't care notch whether she was awarded the prize or not, for lt was priie cnouirii to make her mother so proud of he;-. Then tho Judges held their conference and the white-haired professor came forward and said, while the nud eino leaned forward breathlessly: "We have awarded the Gr,h.r prize to Helen Gordon." A cheer weni up. "We did this because Helen chose a subject which she knew all about nnd over which she could gr w eiithusl astlc. Rlie told us something new, something that we couldn't read -i rne lws.ks. and she told it t,U: i'y ati 1 s :u 1'l.v" And when the cxerc.J wer - vr Eva Wharton came forn.ird itnpul- blvely. "You di-served that pi II t'. h mid in her charming whv. "I'm glad jctt have won it. The pru". ssor as just right. I chose my -j!i.-et b-c-iuse 1 thought lt Solllld.il lii. e. aii i rt.uMu't get Interest-1 in lt or t. h'ng new alMitit it." just my- And that was the sweetest' that Helen received. pia'se Interesting Ktorr of a Str';. Slatin Pasha relates that one day dur ing his captivity in the Sudan he was summoned before tbe Khalifa t- read an inscription on a metal tag found on a stork shot In the desert. 1 he Inscription told that tbe tag had b-en hung on the bird's neck by a resident of a village In southern Bussia. ati I re quested the tinder to Inform him wle-n and where he discovered the tag. When Slatin escaped from the Sudin he wrote tbe gentleman. A pretty story, somewhat similar in character, is 'old in Our Animal Friends, about a pet stork which emigrated from (iermany to Africa and returned: Some children, living in a northern province of Germany, discovered a stork's nest upon their roof, aud ail the summer shared their tidbits with their- long legged friend, which be came very companionable. At the signs of cold weather the stork prepared to flit to wanm-r climes. The children were sad at the thought of losing their pet, but their parents consoled them with the assurance that the bird would return the next spring Tbe children consulted together, and wrote a little note, stating that the stork was very dear to them, and beg ging tbe good people In whose country It might spend the winter to be kind to their pot, and send It back to them In the spring. They fastened the note to a ribbon, tied It round the bird's neck, and tuck ed It under Its wine. The next day they sadly watched the stork wing Its way toward milder skies. When thp spring came round again, their little feet used to climb to tbe roof day by day, looking for the stork's return; and behold! one fine morning there it was. tame aud gentle as ever. Great was the children's delight; but what was t heir surprise to discover round Its neck and under Its wing an other bright band with a note attach ed to "the children who wrote lite let ter the stork brought." It was from a missionary In Africa. stating that he had read the children's note, and bad cared for (be ii,r!; no) thought that children whose go id hearts bad promnied them to ic.vlib. r the comfort of a bird through the winter would be willing to b ,1lli feed the little (les(ltl!i p clothe i-ii,!. ircii of his mission. The children were full of svtini'iiv. and the mission,! i v's note won a gold, p insner from the family. Oile r letters came and vvent h,- ;m: between them until by and In- i:r chil dren learned to know the uiUst.in.ire and Ills little bl.uk waifs aim,.- h as they ku.-w the b-loted s-'iik had proved so trusty a i i ssi-n- well who ger. A Bicycle Wcddliiu. The latest development of the bicycle cia,e Is n cycle wedding, and it is cot Improbable that the fashion will spread. Tbe first known ecnt of the kind took place In England not loni since. when the bride and groom so far otit- ragi-d tradition as to Invite the curate In place of the vicar to iii-rfonn the ceremony. The explanation given was, that being a wheelman be could better sylllpathic w ith the desire to i eli brate the happy event with the help of the bicycle in place of the prosaic c-t fringe and pair. As nil actual fad. when the happy day arrived, the contracting par ties and some thirty guests rode to the church In trim cycling costumes, and after the ceremony buck to the wedding breakfast. They ,, utl however, escape the rice throwers, for the news spread rapidly through the village and a crowd collected, many members of which had remembered to arm themselves In the traditional man ner. Afttlcteil Car Court in tors. A glance at the eyes of ninny of the Baltimore street car conductor shows that something Is the matter. The eyes are red aliout the edges of (he lids and are sometimes Inflamed. One of the conductors said; "'The trouble is lim ited to conductors of open cars, and is caused by the long brass bandies at ties end of each row of seats, which a con ductor Is compelled to grasp frequently as he walks along the footboard. After a time the perspiration from tue hand becomes coated with verdigris. If 'he conductor puts his hand to his face he is apt to get the verdigris In his eyes. This causes i ii flu in run t Ion. and the trou ble grows worse If not properly at tended to." Molseleaa anil Nmokeless l,ocoiiiolf vr. There Is now In use In the Grand Cen tral station, New York, a locomotive which switches passenger cars without any noise. While the engine glides up and down the tracks shunting rows of cars uo smoke is to lie seen nor can the noise of escaping steam be heard. The big engine exhausts ami uses its own stiiiin. It is what Is known ns a omHiiiiiil locomotive, and was designed by William Buchanan, master mechan ic of the New York Central and Hudson Illver Itallroad. He bus succeeded in doing away with the objectionable sound of the exhaust. They say that a man Is not naturally polite. But think of the old Jokes be laughs at every day. It la the people for whom the blaf was never Intended, who take It.