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HOW STRUCK trJBjkOACH & Ll'FKlN, Attorneys lfrfr at Law." That was the firm Mme, but everybody, lnciudmg (he office boy and the bookkeeper, fcnaw that Lufkln, Eben Lufkin. didn't amount to much either la the affairs t the office, as a lawyer, or as an imli V Id all. Ue was older than Judge Roach, slimmer, slower, more silent, an old fashioned bachelor. Ana mat ter of fact bis position la the firm was more that of chief clerk than partner. He wrote most of the letters "by ban J," a small beautiful, legible hand, of jvbkh be was very proud. Judge Roach "made allowances" for "ELien," M be called him. They had been class mates at college, and the jude remem bered that Lufkin bad been bis gu:de. counselor and friend at school. Iri busi ness, though, things were different Roach was assertive, confident, push ing. He had up-to-date methods and wore up-to-date clothes. Lufkin bad the scholarship without any ability to "get there." Itoach was one of those men who would have succeeded from section hand to superintendency. He got "next" to everything. After teu years of profitable law practice he be gan to regard Eben more as one of the office fixtures than an a frieud and equal. Being wealthy by inheritance, tie division of profits with Lufkin didn't matter to Judge Boach, but his part oar's cautious, hesitating, methodical ways began to seem Irksome. Lufkiu Imagined that tie was the "safety'' of the partnership. Uoach began to think b was a hindrance, a dead weight. He no longer felt the need of an adviser, and ha resented criticism. Dbnn sel dom ventured to Interfere with affairs, found I the hose ok miss sleeve's desk. QILDKSV but Roach "felt" that his acts were es timated, his words weighed, his man ners considered, bis behavior criticised by the silent, watchful, gentle old fel low behind the desk. Even Lufkin's rusty black alpaca coat looked like a tacit renonstrance against rioach's smart blue serge "military." "He's too slow," thought the Judge. "He's a boy yet," said Lufkin to hini- self. "Wonder if Eben'U stand It," thought Roach, when he made up his mind to employ a young woman stenographer, j "A good wife would make a man of j him," mused Lufkin, who didn't know anything about the impending innova tion. i The new stenographer was the fluugliter of one of the firm's deceased clients. She was a Southern girl, with a brune, serious face, much wavy black hair, wistful gray-blue eyes and a dis tant manner. Mr. Lufkin loked at her as Le might have looked at a strange,' beautiful Insect when his partner stam mered an Introduction, but he took the large, while hand she held out to him, and raid: "Thank you, Miss Gildersleeve." He was always polite like that, even to clerks, servants and beggars, and Judge Boach bad an Idea that It was one of the qualities that helped to keep Kben down. When Miss Gildersleeve bail been duly installed In ber little corner Lufkin seemed to forget her presence altogether except when be en tered or left the office. Then It vas "Good morning. Miss Gildersleeve," or "Good evenlnat. Miss Gildersleeve," but no more. She had been In the office two months before he ventured to dic tate a latter. Bat he didn't keep It up. He seemed to prefer writing bis own letters with a pen. Judge Boach, on the contrary, never bad written so many letters. Ia fact, Eben, who nat urally overheard everything, bad net er known that his partner belonged to so many clubs, went to so many places, knew so many fashionable ladles, waa o correspondence with so many promt tient men. . Bnt when the Judge bought a brand new oak, drop-top typewriting desk for Miss Gildersleeve aad had It placed in hi own private office, where neither the prying clerks nor the receptive bar ks could overbear him dictating let tar. oM Ebea get oat the little oilstone me hie bottom drawer tad, aa he slurp o 4 kit aenkalfa, whittled "The inuhsUa Are GoatesT a weird aad dreary dlecori. A few days after ward he aetteoa that Jadft each wore a eery krOaat roae la hit kwttaakole tt ke strode ktU the oOee la the t AsJ la the eteadsuL after she had r ai fee ail kaeaeJer west la to ' irrSa Ct to gat tat irt ft Cm watte tat, he saw EBEN HIS GAIT j Aftt-r that he began to notice a lot of unusual things in Judge Kartell's dress and demeanor, and he whistled "The Campbells Are Coining" all the time, to all kinds of measure, an 1 nev er in tune. Koach was unmistakably irritated when Eben suddenly resumed the dictation of letters. To do this it was necessary for the old fellow either to call. Miss Gildersleeve Into the main office or to intrude upon the privacy of Uoaeh's sanctum. The judge began to conceive a deep-rooted but unreasona ble hatred for his old partner. Luf kln's correspondence began to surpass all reason. The amiable Miss Gilder eleeve was forever taking notes. Hut now ft was Eben who monopolize! her time. The judge tried coming down early. He arrived one morning at 7 o'clock. But Lufkin was already at work. Then he tried loitering in the evening, but Eben Insisted on "locking up." "I believe the old fool thinks Miss Gildersleeve has ensnared me," reflect ed Roach, gnawing at his mustache. "The meddlesome fossil!" As a matter of fact, the Judge had found his stenographer so quick-witted, so modest, so amiable and so comely that he was beginning to consider the propriety of showing her a little more personal attention. You see, she was the daughter of an old and respected client and she had come to town an ut ter stranger. Her manners were those of the nurtured Southern lady. She was young, diffident, industrious, dis creet. Why not show her some of the consideration which is usually omitted between employer and employe? So thought Judge Roach. It could do no harm, for instance, to take her driv ing In the park after dark. Nobody would see tbem. He could keep away from the crowded drives and fashion able resorts. So he asked her. "Oh, I thank you, Mr. Roach," she had answered, "but I promised a friend to attend the concert this evening. It's very kind of you, I'm sure." He saw that she was pleased, flatter ed, he guessed, and by the merest chance be drove that evening past the music stand In the park. He saw her, her face radiant, smiling, chatting gay ly to a man. The next day, having asked Miss Gil dersleeve to withdraw. Judge Roach, looking quite solemn, his band trem bling a bit, his face flushed, called Eben Into his office and closed the door. "Eben," he said, awkwardly confus ed, "I've been thinking of course Jfs Just a notion of mine, but I have you thought anything of withdrawing from the partnership going Id for yourself, Ebenr "Yes, I've thought of It, George," saJd Lufkin, quietly, a sad kind of smile hovering about the corner of his gentle mouth, "I think I'd have done better alone, perhaps, but It's a bit late now, I'm afraid. You see I've been fitting myself to your necessities so long that but If you wish It, George " "Oh, I don't wish it, Eben," blurted Roach, who was beginning to feel very "cheap," "I don't wish It I've no fault to find, but you're a different kind of a man from me, you're a little too that is, why, you're too d d slow!" con- eluded the Judge, trying to Justify him self by becoming brutal. "As you say, George," answered Eben, very softly, "I'll drop out It'll be especially inconvenient Just now" "Why?" The Judge was resolved to have no mercy. "Well, you see, I had arranged to be married at New Year's, and " Married?" Judge Roach forgot his resentment in the surprising news. Yes, George," resumed the quiet man, we that is miss uiiaersieeve "You don't mean to tell me that you and Miss Gildersleeve are to be mar ried, Eben!" Mr. Roach was growing gray about the lips. We Intended to keep It a secret for a while, George "Stop! Shut up, will you? Just for minute, please, Eben." The two friends sat quite silent for a few mln utes, and then: "Ebe, old boy," said the Judge, "you don't want to remember anything I said about breaking up the partnership; I didn t mean It I Just wanted to see what you'd say before 1 went away. I Intended to tell you that I'm going to Europe for a mouth. think I'll start to-morrow. Court's adjourned and you can look after ev erythlng. Including the correspondence, eh, Ebenr There was a vague smile as be said this, but Eben laughed softly and they shook bands, and when Mr. Boach was alone he looked absently out of the window and muttered: "And I gave him credit for being too slow!" Chicago Record Herald. Genesis of a Word. Bug originally meant a goblin. The Welsh word bug mean a ghost The Hebrew word which. In Psalms, xc 5. le represented by "terror," waa In the early tranalatloaa rendered bug, the Terra being, "Thou enalt not need to be afraid of any bogs by night" QaaHatod. "He faralabea small speculators with tlpe." "Way aostat he speculate for hli aeUr -He faile." Detroit free Prate, il a Baa hat a aew story, better let "THE STAR-8PAN3LED BANNER." Hccummendatioa that th Bona Be Memorised r Every One. How many peop'.f know the words of the National antnn, VThe Star-Spangled Banner T" Thy question was put at a convention of die General Society of the War of 1812 held recently In Bos ton, and resolutions were drafted which, If they bear fruit, will result In more Americans becoming familiar with the stirring words. These resolu- iona were proKsed by Thomas Hill, one of the Baltimore delegates to the convention, says a writer In the Balti more American, and are as follows: Whereas, The people of the United States have for years made use of an anthem known as 'The Star Spangled Banner,' and 'Whereas, It is right and proper that the hymn should be declared by the Uougress of these United States; Resolved, By the General Society of the War of 1812, That the society will urge upon Congress to declare 'The Star-Spangled Banner' the national hymn. "Resolved, That the society urge upon the authorities of the public schools of the country the Importance of teaching the words of this national hymn to the pupils of Bald schools. "Resolved, That the several State so cieties attending this meeting will rec ommend such measures In their reduct ive States as will best bring about this result" "My motive for suggesting these res olutions," said Mr. Hill, "arose from a spectacle witnessed at a recent unveil ing of a monument erected at Arlington to the memory of the soldiers of the Spanish-American war. On this occa sion were assembled high dignitaries of church and state, a fine vested choir and a number of patriotic societies. 'As the veil was removed from the monument the United States Marine band struck op 'The Star-Spangled Banner' and the vast throng took it up. The first stanza went well, all of us singing. When the second stanza be gan I did not know the words, so I had a chance to observe those around me. To my surprise I observed that the president, who had been singing lustily the first stanza, bad bis mouth firmly closed, and most of the officials of state were also silent When the third stanza struck up the band and the vested choir did the work, and at the fourth all I could distinguish above the sound of the band Instruments were the sounds, 'Te, te, turn, turn, turn, turn,' bummed vigorously by the ladles In the patriotic societies. "It seemed to me that such a condi tion of affairs should be remedied, so I offered the resolutions at our recent con vention." WHY KITCHENER DOES NOT MARRY. A romance In Lord Kitchener's life has been published In London to the effect that when he was returning from Egypt ten years ago he met In Paris that fair Fenian, Maude Gonne, and that a fortnight's acquaintance was fol lowed by a proposal The beautiful Irish MISS MAUD GOtl.NE. rebel refused, according to the story, to wed her soldier lover except on ber own terms. These were Inflexible, and as they Involved the laying aside of his uniform and Joining her In the Irish crusade, he remains a bachelor. Maude Gonne has been calll the Irish Joan of Arc, and is one of the most earnest and untiring opponents of British rule lu Ireland. Ping-Pona Is Threatened. A new game has been Invented aa la now berag extensively Introduced, which Is destined, according to lta de votees, to cast plngftong Into an eclipse. This pastime ia described by a New Zealand newspaper as a "table game," played with a ml nature pair of bellows ami an air ball, which la very light At eacit end of the table are upstand-goala and the play Ilea Is directing the ball through the oppo nent's goaL This, by a stroke of luck. may be done In a few minutes, or It may not be accompli abed In a night The authority on "plff puff" comments on the hazards of the game aa follows: "The ball In no way confines itself to tne table, aa a too vigorous puff may send It circling upward to the celling and the player, nursing his Impatience, stands waiting his opportunity to gent ly blow It back Into piece." You' elderly people: Do you evei cry? There are Incident la every one's Ufa that bring team to the eyes, la aptta of atubboraaeea, aad they ta to a laqar tow for aa other rtaata Caaa Oat ttav hare to bfcrar ftato at 1816 HAD NO SUMMER. URPA88ED 1002 FOR UNSEA SONABLE WEATHER. Thick Ice Formed During Every Month and Itecember Wai Most Agreeable Part of Year-Food Htuff. gold at Unheard-of Prices. The recent phenomenal weather has caused an old friend to send to the Washington Post an extract from a scrap-book preserved n his faally of die remarkable summer of 1810. It is known in history as the "cold summer of 1810." The sun seemed to be de void of heut and all Nature was clad In gloom. The people were frightened and imagined that the fire iu the sun was being rapidly extinguished, and fears were entertained of the approach ing end of all things. Sermons were preached upon the subject In all the (Lurches, and scientific men of the (lay talked learnedly In effort to explain the strange phenomena. The winters of 1815 and 1S1U were very cold hi Europe, but opened coin jiaratively mild in our country, and In .10 way Indicated the severe weather ihat soon prevailed. January was very jiild, so nnu-h so, Indeed, that fires ren dered homes uncomfortably warm; this .vas broken, however, In February for a few days, and the warm condition which existed nearly all of that month save no Indication of the coming wintry a.-pect which succeeded, and which ren iered the remaining months of the year unlike any summer that had preceded it within the memory of the then "old est inhabitants." March came in with Its usual Icy winds, but moderated greatly toward the end. April began with warm and bright sunshine, but as the month drew to a close the cold Increased and it ended In Ice and snow and a very win try temperature. May, which is usually looked for with Its welcome flowers, proved a bitter disappointment; the early buds were soon blackened by the frost, and lu one night during the first two days of May vegetation was made a blackened waste; the corn was killed and fields had to be made ready for an other planting, but that was prevented by the extreme cold. Ice formed to the thickness of half an Inch through all the fields. June was a month of Ice and desola tion, with thermometer sunk very far below the freezing point, even in the southern latitude, and all renewal of planting was abandoned. Frost, Ice and snow were common throughout the country, every green thing which had availed itself during the few days of sunshine to develop perished lu the frost, and all kinds of fruit were de stroyed. . In Vermont snow fell to the depth of ten Inches during that month; seven Inches of snow In Maine and three inches throughout Massachusetts and Central New York. July was accompanied by frost and Ice, and on the glorious Fourth an abun dance of ice was found In the streams and pools as far south as Virginia. That month the Indian corn was entirely de stroyed In all but the far southern por tion of the country, and even there but a small quantity, compared to the usual crop, escaped. August, which It was hoped would "nil the cold weather, soou dispelled hat hope; it was even more cheerless than the months which had preceded It. ice formed even thicker than In the pre ceding month, and the corn was so bad- frozen that it was cut for fodder, iind almost every green plant was re- stroyed. The news received from Eu rope contained the Intelligence that like conditions existed there In many parts. i'he papers received from England stilted that the year 181(5 would be re incmlered for a generation as the year iu which there was no summer, What little corn ripened in the unexposed ststes was almost worth Its weight lu gold. Farmers were compelled to use the com grown in 1815 for planting In the spring of 1817. Seed never cost so much; it was obtained with great diffi culty and at a cost of 15 a bushel. The Inst mouth of summer opened bright and warm and was the mildest of the year; but the expectation of returning summer was soon dispelled. On August 16 Ice formed everywhere, and winter clothing, which had been laid aside a few days before, was again brought forth to protect the people from the wintry weather. October kept up the reputation of Its predecessor, as there was scarcely a day during the whole month that the themrometer rose higher than 30 degree. November was extremely cold, but, strange to say, De cember was the mildest and most com fortable month of the entire year. Of course the cold spell caused bread stuffs to rise to an unheard-of price, and It was Impossible to obtain the ordi nary vegetables for table use, as what were on sale were required for seed. Flour sold In 1817 In the cities for $13 per barrel, and the average price of wheat In England waa 97 shillings per quarter. In the Days' or Witchcraft. Few Incident connected with of law are more fully charged with In terest than the following, In which the honesty and courage of the Judge concerned can scarce! fall to com mand a good meed of admiration When Lord Chief Justice Holt pre sided In the Xing' Beach, a poor, de crepit old creature was brought be fore him, accused a a criminal whoa the full severity of the law ought to be visited wtth exempUry ef fect "Whet Is her crwwr aaked Me lord ship. "Witchcraft" "Caw la It ftvrafr ' 4 ' "She baa a powerful spell." "Let me see It." The spell was handed to the It appeared to be a small ball of va riously colored rags of silk wtth threads of as many different hue. These were unwound and unfolded, until there appeared a scrap of parch ment, on which were written certain aballsilc characters then nearly Ille gible from much use. The judge, after looking at this pa per charm for a few minutes, addressed himself to the terrified prisoner: "Pris oner, bow came you by this?" "A young gentleman, my lord, gave it to me to cure my child's agus." "How long since?" "Thirty years, my lord." "And did it cure her?" "Oh, yes, and many others." The Judge auned a few momenta, and then addressed himself to the ury: "Gentlemen of the Jury" he said, "thirty years ago I and some com panions, as thoughtless as myself, went to this woman's inn. and. after enjoying ourselves, found we had no means to discharge the reckoning. bserving a child ill of ague, I pretend ed 1 had a spell to cure her. I wrote he cryptic characters you see on that scrap of parchment, and in gratitude the poor woman permitted us to de part, and took this supposed 'spell' in discharge of all demands. I nm the criminal, if one there be. What do you say, gentlemen?" Wbat the gentlemen said was tanta mount to the acquittal of the accused woman. Ye Happy Farmer's Life. Of all ye Lives I wot of le farmer's Is moat Blest He tills ye Soil with sturdy Toil And wavtes no Tyme in Rest. He riss in ye Morn'mg When half-past Two has struck, At Tenne he hittes ye Beddt aiiia, if yet he has good Luck. He journeys to ye Stable And milks two dosen kmc. At half-past Four he hungers tors, And for ye Food does Pine. Of fried Pork Ohop and Coffee He gladly does partake. And to complete ye Meal don eat Ye luscious Buckwheat cak. lie rises from ye Table And Follows forth ye Plowe, But leaves his Place full soon to cbsss Back home ye straying Cowe. Iteturnisg to ye Meadow He labors hard till noon, And then does munch a Bite of Lvnoh, Wliich he dispatches soon. All day he gaily labors In the Field and Sisble-Yard, Nor weiry grows as on he goes, Nor finds his Work Is hard. He beds down all ye Cattle, When roosts ye tired Lark, A sickly Glitn he takes with hua To light him after dark. From one Tear to another He Harvest sows and reaps, He lives and thinks and works and drlnki And also eats aod sleeps. What work be has not Tyme for Is managed by his Wyfe. All must concede 'tis good to lead Ye happye Farmer's life. Portland Oregonian. Dietetic Difficulties. Headers of Don Quixote will recall the meal at which Hancho Panza, while Governor of Baratarla, found that ev erything he desired was whisked away at the bidding of the physician's wand, until the table was cleared of all that was eatable. Doctor Martin, lu his book, "A Cycle of Cathay," tell of an experience he had In a Chinese hotel; it w uiiiKuiariy similar to t!utt which befell Saucho. The Doctor says: "Many of the Inns are kept by Mo hammedan, aa I learned to my cost One day when my servant had set the table, and I was about to begin my breakfast with a slice of bam, the Inn keeper appeared, and Implored me by all that waa nacred to abstain from pork, for his sake is not for my own. "Sliding it away, I addressed my self to a piece of corned beef. To this the host also objected, saying that the cow was a sacred beast To spare his feelings, I said I would break my fast on bread and butter. 'Not on butter, I beseech you," hs exclaimed; 'butter, too, Is forbidden. My dishes have not been greased with it for five years.' " "Swallowing my dry morsel with a cup of tea, I left the place, resolving the next time to steer dear of an Inn keeper encumbered by such a com bin' tion of prejudices Wide Awake. A lot of saloons and cheap reatau rant surround the station at Savan nah. In great Illuminated letter over one of these saloons, say a traveler. I aaw the eign "Open all night" Next to It was a restaurant bearing with equal prominence tne legend "We never close." Third in order waa a Chinese laundry In a little rumble- down hovel, and upon the front of Oris building was the sign In great, scrawling letter "We wakee too." Not His also. "Juat think of It! That fellow came In and actually stoit the clock off the mantelpiece." "And yoo say your dog waa In the very same room?" "Yea, but be couldn't do anything. Fide I only a watch-doc you know." The manner In which a girl work herself to death getting ready to marry Is enough to make a conscientious ma ashamed that he ever became etv f4. ' After a woman aa chaatd ma boot tt leag, ah autt eaten bUa er be talked abeot the rest of her life. A. gaa like tt be tU ttat at hat a raeattea, tvea ftf tU ONQ THAT LINCOLN UsttO. Written hya Soldi He Died Post i aad Lira After id Unknown. "One of the ok fetrlotic songs that has outlived most of its competitors and seems likely to last for all time Is The Flag of the Free, " said a music publisher, "and it has a little history of Its own. For one thing, it waa com posed under circumstances which ought to give It the right sort of ring. "Harrison Millard composed it When the Civil War was at Its height Mil lard hud enlisted In one of the Massa chusetts Volunteer regiments. He had just returned from an t-ittenuVd lour through Europe, where he bad studied music and had ap)enred us a concert singer. He fought bravely lit the trout and rose to the rank of "oone; and In (Hid moments he used to write music. One day he finished a new composition which he named "The Flag of the Free," and gave it to the regimental band to play. It Is'came very popular with the men In the regiment and at their request was often played when they were on the march. "When Millard's regiment was re newed at Washington by President Lincoln that was the air its band play ed. The bandsmen put their whole ouls Into their playing that day and 'he melody sounded exceptionally fine. Mr. Lincoln's son, who was standing "ti the White House steps with his lather, asked the President: " "Dud, what is the tune that regi mental baud from .Massachusetts Is playing?' "Mr. Lincoln's fancy had been caught by the air, too. He asked Col. Millard about It, and, on learning that it was his own, complimented bim on It. "Millard died lu this city about three years ago, poor and practically un known. He was not buried with mili tary honors, for few remembered his services to his country. But bis mem ory will live In that song lie wsote. After the war he held an office in the Custom House until Cleveland's sec ond term, when he was discharged. He told me once that It was through .incoln's Influence that he got the Job. published another of Millard's com positions called 'When the Tide Comes 11,' but It will never equal 'The Flag it the Free' In popularity and eudar ince." New York Sun. BIDS FOR CAMPING OUT. Kubber mattresses are good and sleeping bags are excellent, but in aM tny experiences as a camper I have found nothing so satisfactory or so comfortable as the bed built of fresh ine boughs. When these beds are carefully constructed there Isn't, to my mind, a hair mattress In the universe that can compare with this primitive but dellclously comfortable affair. If you are stopping only two or tbcee nights fn one spot and then going on in your search for game or for scenery, jour guide will not take the trouble to make your bed In a very thorough man ner. He will simply heap up some freshly cut pine boughs and arrange hem with the soft green needle for the op layer of the lied. The truly satis factory bed of pine lsiuglm requires tome time and some skill to construct, sud not every guide who Inhabits the Quebec or Aroostook pine Jungles knows how or Is willing to bother with making one properly. In the first place long logs are cut for the length of the bed, and shorter oues are put acro th cuds. Into this low box are piled, first. Urge freshly hewn boughs to build the bed up to the height of the box tildes. Ob op of these boughs softer oues are laid. with the new green parts on top to form a covering for the springy mass. When plenty of the soft green needles are put over the other boughs, says a writer In Outlook, you have, a bed that Is at once dellclously soft and comfort able. The best part of It Is that the aromatic pine balasm Is a remedy In It- elf, and the elasticity of the bod lasts for days. Hpoke from Experience. A man who tries to uphold all hi statements with the prop of persona! experience Is pretty sure sooner or later to find himself in difficulties. Wbat kind of posts should you say I'd better have tor my piazza?" asked summer resident of the oracle of Hushvllle. "Cedar?" No," was the Instant reply; "not less you want to pay for poor stuff. Pine will last ye a hundred years." "Are you sure" asked the summer resident, doubtfully. "Surel" ecnocd the oracle. "1 never state a thing without I can prove It I've tried 'em bctli. Tried 'em twice an my south porch. I tell ye!" Gives Him Pain In Parse. "I'm really worried about Oharlie," said young Mrs. Vorklns. 'What's the trouble?" asked her mother. "All my care seem to have been la vain. I wouldn't let him play golf tor fear he'd get the golf elbow, nor ping pong for fear he'd get ping pong an kle." "Well, he has escaped so farf "Tee. But 1 haven't the heart to ask him to stop playing cards, even If It doe lead to his becoming defonnedv'' "Wbat do you meanr ."II admitted to me that the poker land he la getting are extremely pala- What Hamb Boa1 The net la tat em Men of la Orttet aad wa formerly taag the tabie where la waa it cr O Ka er water en urn t-i n, m " v to attntt toss