1 vk jWwJfcfii
HER TRANSPLANTED ROSE.
i to her ia th early daws.
And lives! is ber anna ooe day.
lk little baby soul was tired.
It had ccsss such a long, toot war.
bat a whisper grew at the lips of the
nrla,
A aua rode, huah'd and high.
Che look', and caught the rye of God
A th sorrowing wind went by;
Had ber heart la; cloae to the Heart of
All.
While the moraine held it breath,
aVh, me! the messenger stole so near,
Aad the name on bis wings was
Death!
And the child, when the summons came
tiiiimiiinii 1 1 in r irtt
m m I VB T IV
in mt dUUAK bum.
HT bad bwn understood by the
Dixon and the Taylor families,
and by most of the people
for five miles around, for that'
matter, that Tom Dixon and Bes
aie Taylor become engaged as they
were riding home together from the
county fair in October. The exact date
aad exact circumstance of such things
are always of vital interest In an agri
cultural community.
It was a match that pleased both
families, aa Tom was a fine young
farmer and Bessie a smart girl of
19, who could have had the pick of
4ml f a dozen.
The marriage was not to take place
for a year, and the course of true love
ran smooth until December. Then
Bessie Taylor suddenly exercised the
prerogative of her sex.
Tom was too sure of her, and he
must be made to understand that his
bird waa not yet caged. He had never
been told that no girl surrenders her
liberty without a last flirtation, and
be was totally unprepared for the
blow that fell.
There was to be a spelling bee at
the red school house. He and Bessie
would go, of course. As both of thera
were accounted among the best spel
lers In the community. It was probable
that they might be asked to choose
sides.
It was unfortunate for Tom that
he forgot to say that he would drive
up to Taylor" at a certain hour for
Bessie. He meant to, and had no
don:t that she would le ready, but
the matter slipped hi mind, and when
the evening finally arrived he got out
of his cutter at the door, only to be told
that Bessie had been gone half an
hour.
More than that, she had gone with
a windmill man who was canvassing
the netgbWbood and stopping at her
father's btma
Tom .Dixon was stunned. Here wag
cotiuetrr, deceit, treachery. It didn't
occur to him that Bessie felt piqued
over his neglect and wanted to "get
even" in the only way open to her.
Neither could he know that she had
told the windmill man that her old
Ue.ni "would probably escort her home.
He gasped he muttered he swore.
Then he got into bis cutter and put the
whip to his horse and sent the animal
over the tw o mil of smooth road on
(1. :ul run.
His first Idea was to kill that wind
mill man on sight hla second was to
kill t Tje pair of deceivers, his third
wjih to blow hjs own brains out and
die the death of a martyr. Then he
happened to get a fourth idea, and lie
adopted it and stuck to It.
lie entired the school house with
his j:t w sot and the firm resolve to
make a certain person repent In sack
cloth and ashes. Bessie Taylor was
(!.:to, but he saw her not The wind
a.M tua.i was there, but he was too
In-iigulEcant for a second glance.
The homeliest girl for els mKes
around was there, having hired, ber
m:1her to bring her, and Tom walked
frnK'ht up to her, and began to laugh
tin-! giggle and flatter.
Worse was 'on to come. It bap-
l. :ied that he was chosen to lead one
':'.e. while Bessie waa not. Every-
o:i.' I;oked to see him call ber name
as ;-st ou IiU side, but be overlooked
her. entirely. It was the homliest girl
wiio was called, although It was
keowri that she would go down and
r.it on the first three-syllabled word.
When only he and Bessie remained
or. their feet the climax of bla mean
n. . came. When they got among the
ha -d words he stood and glared across
at ber an If he bad never seen ber
before, und, In her confusion, she
1 hindered and left him victor.
Nexr day It was known far aad wide
!l-..'.t Tom Dixon and Bessie Taylor
wire "imt," and, though several par
' i'ks xo'.unteered their services aa peace
maker, the gulf could not be bridged.
rWsle felt Injured because Tom bad
understood her. and Tom felt mad
Unit she bad tried to play with bla hon
i . love. There was no mora court
In: that winter. '
'I "!:. couple were brought together nc
n i i-i.Jy-pttn. an apple-bee and a
rti wA'.nz aeliuol. but tbejr
h
Dlo.ii' riKin eneli other and resorted h
r,- ;.m The old folks on both
.- -d M- r Lands, Imt the reault
i. i-une. ii i'd It finally came to be
i f r ,l that the match was off tor
uov on and tar mown oc
V;r-.i a. ue. tti. Mr. Dlxon bad 300
a , ,i' i.: r m ii wihmI, and than
, . , , V iv-t t tract bad baa
at dusk,
Look'd op with his je of blue
Straight into the vision, as though to
say.
"How long I esse watch'd for ouT
Then fell back cold on hit mother's
breast
And she knew, though her eye were
lint.
While this meant torturing grief to her,
It was endless peace to him.
And the flower they sent to the moth
er's room
Wither'd beside her bed.
But ber little immortal flower was safe
She smiled when they call'd it dead!
Zion's Herald.
2
a I I f B
i
ary, and. as the farmer had met with
an accident, the mouth of March saw
Tom at work alone In the sugar bush
and havli.g his hands full.
On the night of the 5th he gave a
"sugar-off" party to hxlf a dozen
young fellows and their girls, and. of
eouse, Bessie heard of It,
Torn heard that she heard of It,
ind also that she said that she never
could see any romance In trailing
about the wet woods and eating maple
wax off a chip, and no he repeated
the performance a week later. This
time sbe had no remarks to make, and
he felicitated himself that he had made
her feet real bad.
Three or four days after his sec
ond party Mrs. Taylor said to her
daughter:
"Bessie, I've got a great yearning
for a taste of new maple sugar, and
if h wasn't for my sore heel I'd go
"I DO KOT I MSKSl UEAX "
over to Dlxon i bush and ask Tom
for some."
"And what a goose you'd make of
yourself," snapped Bessie.
Well, I dunno. There's worse fel
lers than Tom Dlxon. I've never twen
mnd at him."
"But you ought to be. l'ou shouldn't
stand up for any one who has acted
as mean as he has."
"No, mebbe not, but perhaps you
were a little bit to blame. I'd like
some new maple sugar, as I was say
ing, and next to that I'd like two or
three leeks to eat with bread and but
ter. The leeks must Just e coming
up in the woods now, and I can fair
ly taste 'em. If father w-asn't so busy
to-day I'd have him go down In the
woods and look for some."
Bessie made no reply, but an hour
later when her mother happened to
look out of, the kitchen window and
saw her climbing the pasture fence
and making for the woods she said
to herself:
"Our woods and th Dixon's woods
Join, and If leeks anu maple sugar
don't get together. It won't be my
fault"
Bessie reached the borne woods and
began to look for leeks. Here and
there was one beginning to sprout but
she passed them by and went far
ther. By and by she came to the line
fence dividing the farms. The leeks
on tbe other side looked bjgger, and,
after a long look between tbe rails,
abe climber over. Yes, tbe leeks were
bigger.
She bad pulled three or four and
was still wandering along, when she
nassed a brush heap, and a rabbit
ran out with a great rnatVr. Natur
ally, abe screamed.
The rustle of tbe rabbit waa fol
lowed by tbe hoot of an owl and
naturally tbe girl screamed again. Khe
beard tbe sound of footsteps near at
band, and was about to scream for
tbe third time, when abe beard tbe
worda:
"Miss Taylor, do not be afraid."
It was Tom Dixon, with two pails
of aap suspended from tbe neck-yoke
on hi shoulders. In her bunt for
leeks abe bad wandered Into Dijon's
sugar bush.
"O. Tom!" abe exclaimed, aa she
turned to face him.
"Too mean the windmill man."
"I do not I mean I mean well,
you ought to bare asked me to go to
apelllng school with you."
"But you had bettor company."
"So did you."
Mlia Taylorr
"Mr. Dlxon!"
It was Just growing dusk when Tom
aad Beas'.e reached Taylor's. Tom had
a handful of leeks and Bessie bad a
Wg maple chip, with a big romp of
rormsaH.
"Why, Tom, la this .-ouT" exclaimed
Mrs. Taylor, aa the pair walked in.
Tea. Aunt 81." be replied, "aad
hare's the leeks and maple sugar and
Beanie, and and "
"Weil. I never, never did esse." aba
remarked, as she turned . from bar
work of peeling potatoes and gave
Tom a hug and Beade a kiss. Utica
Globe.
WOMEN NEEO NOT APPLY.
swlts Ofldil W. Proof AgsiM
All BlaadUbaacaUa.
"The hand that rocks the cradle
rules the world" la true of some coun
tries and of many periods of history.
Eveu in Russia cherchea la femuie
contain the clew to many a sudden
promotion In tbe hierarchy of the
state, nays a Russian csrre.p'ndent of
the Ixmdon Telegraph. But In East
ern Muwovy there are still some In
flexible civil servants left who fanat
ically place duty attive all other con
siderations, even the dictates of gal
hintry itself.
liosjKulyn Tarass ff Is one of the
most eiH-rgetlc of the brotherhood, and
the latest display of his sliigle-inind-ediiess
Is the theme of warm discus
sion In the Kusslau press. A lady had
come to see him with a view to his
employing her as clerk in the railway
engineering otlice of which he is the
chief, apjKiluted by the government.
Mlsa Kondakoff waa the bearer of a
powerful letter of recommendation.
But the ausUre misogynist refusing
to see her, read the recommendatory
epistle and wrote back to say that he
did not heed the lady's services. She
Is said to be a person of good looks,
prepossessing manners and considera
ble persuasive powers, and doubtless,
for these reasons, she made a series of
strenuous efforts to see tbe head of the
department personally and plead her
cause nnder the mof favorable con
ditions. But be declined to see her,
and she refused to desist from call
ing. At last he lsiiel the following cir
cular: "I hereby warn the feuiala
clerk Kondakoff to desist from her vis
Its to the cabinet of the head of the
department For communication!
there exist printed forms; It is fruit
less for her MTsonally to bow and
scrape before me. and, what Is more.
It betrays a lack of feminine mod
esty so to obtrude herself. Moreover,
I am not one of those heads of de
partment who at sight of a petticoat
drop their cherished principles. It Is
a matter of common knowledge that I
am opiMiscd to the employment of the
female element,' and that alone ought,
I hold, to have sufficed to keep the
female clerk out of my office. I am
simply lost In amazement at her
HhaiuelexKtiess 111 seeking to curry fa
vor with a man who makes bis action
a matter of principle. In any case.
however, it is in vain to ho that the
request which has already liecn de
cline in writing will be granted as a
result of oral discussion. Indeed, the
mere fact that she has not already
seen this has thoroughly convinced
me that no such female clerk can
have a place in my department. Per
sons like ber are but a source of de
moralization to the officials and are
obstacles to the progress of work. Let
them go back to their former patrons.
They had better select some other
place than the office of the head of
the department for loafing about In.
In my office and all along the line I
need men who can work, and not the
rustling of petticoats. Furies and pom
pous women like her I decline to tol
erate In my department, and I refuse
even to see them.
"(Signed) G. TARASWFF."
THRIFTY GERMAN WOMAN.
She Makes Ibe Government Custodian
of Valuable Securities.
If women are not quite such good
hands nt making money as men, they
at least take the palm in devising
extraordinary n.e ins for saving It, ays
the Londjn Telegraph. A curious case
In K)iut has recently come to the
knowledge of a firm of bankers In
Bunzlau, who, disgusted at the clever
ness with which they have been de
prived of their yearly feia, have made
the matter public, in that city there
la a wealthy woman who Is wont to
Improve her mind by frequent travels
and as she possesses a gojdly eollec
tlon of debentures, shares' and other
kinds of st.Tlp she was accustomed to
dnposlt them In a well-known bank
there during her absence, paying a con-
hbsrable sum for their safekef.img.
Last March 'She bit upon a most In
genlou way of cutting down this ex
penee. She put all ber scrip In capa
clous envelopes, bad tbem duly regis
tered and directed to a fictitious ad'
drees In Berlin, writing on the en
velope ber own name as the sender,
and requesting that they should be re
turned to her In case of nondelivery.
And then she set out for ber Journey,
Tbe packets In due time found their
way to tbe capital, where the post left
nothing undone to discover tbe where
abouts of tbe mythical addressee. After
baring spent days and days In fruit
lesa research tbe officials gave ll bp
In despair and returned tbe packet to
Bunzlau' to be handed back to tbe
sender. But as she was absent and aa
It In agalnat the rules of tbe German
post to give registered letters to any
one but tbe prrsoh whose name Is on
tbe envelope tbe authorities were forc
ed to take charge of tbe packets 'until
tbe womao'n return. The sarhig thus
affected la said to be very considerable
and tbe post and tbe bank are devising
some method of checkmating tbe
scheme In tbe future.
If yon want fame, don't write a
hook; invent a washing machine.
rfkMaetlnta ifs the- man who doanCt
kaattata tkat geta loot.
i FAVORITES I
ttt
The O.L
Is th hollow tree, in th old grsy towtr.
The spectral owl doth dwell;
Dull, hated, despised, in the sunshine
hour,
But at dusk he's abroad and well!
Not a bird of the forest e'er males with
him;
All mock him outright by day;
tut t night, when the wood? grow still
and dim.
The boldest will shriuk away!
O, when the night falls, and roota
tbe fowl.
Then, then, is the reign of the uororl
owl!
.d the owl iiaih a bride, who is fond
and bold.
And luveili the wood's deep gium;
And. with eye like the shine of the
uioonMoUe cold.
Mi awsiwU her ghastly grooin;
Not a feather she moves, not a carol
she Kings,
As idie waits iu her tree so still;
lut when her heart heure'h his flapping
w ing,
She hoots oil! her VI elcome shrill!
I), w hen the uiism shines, aud dog"
do howl.
Thru, thru. '. the jo) of the homed
owl!
rfuuru not for the ol. nur his gloomy
plight:
Tie owl hath his share of giKsl:
f a prisoner he be 'in the broad asy
licht.
lie is lord in the dark greenwood'.
Nor lonely the bird, nor his ghastly mate.
They are each u iro each a pride;
."Lrice fonder, pei.iaps, since a strange.
dark fate
Hath rent from all beside!
o. when tbe night falls, and dogs
do howl.
Sing ho! for the reign of tha horned
wi:
We know not alwiy
Who are kings by day.
But the king of the night is the bold
brown owl!
Barry Cornwall.
"The Mat Mv Father Wore."
I am Patrick Miles, an Irish lad. just
come across the sea.
For singing and for dancing 1 think I can
prey gee;
I'll sing and dance with any man as iu
days of yore,
But on St. Patrick's day I love to w?ar
the hat my father wart.
CHOKt'S:
It's old but it's beautiful, and the best
you've ever seen.
It was wore for o'er ninety years in that
lit tie isle so green;
It's my fathers great ancestors, it was
scented with ealore.
It's a relic of old decency, tie hat my
father wore.
I bade you all good evening, good luck to
you, I xay,
And when I cross the ocean for me I
hone you'll pray;
I'm going back to Paddy's land to a
nlaee called Balaeksmore,
I'll receive a welcome there, on Emerald
islanda with the hat my father
wore.
CHOULS:
For all the girls and all the boys will
cheer me o'er and o er,
When 1 return to Paddy's Innd with the
bat my father wore.
PORTER RESENTED REBUKE.
Why Commodore lisve lp Unltexi
Mate Naval Commission.
A half dowu of the older officers of
the navy were s.tilng In the smoking
room of one of the clubs uptown a
lew evenings ago, bays the New iork
Tribune, when It was remarked by
one: "Fa. her Time has worked many
changes In our personnel. We have
tot on tbe navy register to-day a
Farragut or a Decatur, a Dupout or
Fi-ote; in fact Hie old 'sea dog' seems
to have given his last bark," And
then story followed story and one was
old of Commodore David Port.r,
father of Admiral David D. Porter,
who adop.ed David Oiascoe Farragut,
afterward admiral, in 1.
Commodore Porters naval career
closed with au Interesting incident. A
gang of pirates bad preyed upon and
robbed tbe Americans on tbe inland of
St. Thomas and carried off their booty
to Porto Uico to dispose of. Lieut.
Charles T. Piatt who commanded one
of the small vessels of Porter's fleet
beard the complaints of the Americans
and started In chase of the pirates.
lie followed tbem to tbe port where
they bad taken tbe refuge and at once
made a demand upon tbe alcalde and
other authorities for tbe return of tbe
stolen goods, but be waa treated with
indignity by the officials and put under
arrest by tbem. ,
, Subsequently be waa released, and
as be was leaving tbe harbor be met
the flagship (tbe John Adam) of Com
modore Porter, reported to blm tbe
treatment be bad been subjected to,
and tbla resulted In tbe commodore
demanding an apology and reparation
from tbe alcalde. Commodore Porter
had with blm three or four other vea
atls of bla fleet, and be threatened Ibat
If bis demand! were not complied with
In one hour be would take possenal n
of tbe place. No attention being paid
to bla demanda Porter began to land
a force of about 100 armed men, and
then the authorities, seeing that be
waa not playing with them, agreed to
all that was asked. -
But bla own government disapprov
ed of Porter's act of vindication and
tbe commedore waa recalled, waa put
under charge and tried by court-martial
and was sentenced to suspension
from rank, duty and pay for alt
months Commodore P rtcr demurred
to this punlabment, but tbe department
taalsted upon the order beutg carried
out when Porter resigned hu rMumlav
afcm and entered the service of th
Mexican navy, gusbequeetly. Presi
dent Jsckaoa offered to reatore Porter
his commission, I it he declined to
accept It unless the court-martial rec
ord of censure was expunged, which
tbe government refused to do.
Mexico did not treat Porter with
the dignity tbst he demanded; to fact
tbe government was unfslthful to blm,
and this decided blm to resign his com
mnnlon. A short time after bis re
turn to tbe United Slates be was ap
pointed to the diplomatic service, aud
a littl time later he was commissioned
t'nited States minister to Turkey.
where he remained till his death, lo
March, 1S43. ,
UNDER THE ICE.
Chilling Kaperlence of a Piooccr I
Tha Missouri Kiver.
('apt. Joseph Da Barge, one of the
early pilots' of the Missouri river, was
noted for his courage and daring. In
the winter of IS'JI he experienced the
following adventure, which is record
ed Iu the "History of Steamboat Navi
gation ou the Missouri Kiver," by II
M. Chittenden. He had occasion to
cross tbe river, which was frozen deep,
There was a path across, which ran
U-tween two large air-holes through
the ice. The weather was extremely
cold, and a blizzard had already be
gun.
Captain I,a Barge wrapped himself
In a blanket coat held tight to his
body by a belt, aud was arjied with
a rifle, tomahawk aud knife. He left
conlldenf' of crossing all right, for
the distance was short, and be knew
the way so well that he felt as !f he
could follow It blindfolded lu fact,
that was practically his af'uat'ou. for
tbe wind drove the srvo' Into his face
so violently that It was Jmosslble to
look ahead. tletUng his tarlni'S as
well as he could, he started on " slow
run In face of the bllading aUriu
It was In any case a Lecklet. per
formance, considering the eaiuciict cl
the air-holes near pat''; but Ij
Barge was not glveu to fear'ng future
dangers, and forged bold'- ahead
For once his confidence deceived aim
All of a sudden he plunged headlong
into the rivei.
- He Instantly realized that he was In
one of the air-holes, but w' ich oi.e?
If It was the lower one, he was cer
tainly lost, for the swift cur.-ent had
borne blm under the ice before he
came to the surface. If il was the
upper hole, he nitght float to the lower.
lie soon rose to the surfac; and
bumped the overlying Ice. Sinking and
rising again, he bumped the Ice a sec
ond time. The limit of endurance wa
almost reached, when suudenly his
head emerged Into te r-pen air.
Spreading out hi hands, he caught
the edge of the b-e. He held on until
he could draw his knife, which hn
plunged into t.'e ice far enough to give
him something to p-tll aKalnst 8Dd
after much teve e aiu. perilous exer
tion drew nlnwelf out. He had stuck
to his rifle all t ytirne without realis
ing the fact, and caine out as fully
armed as when he went '1.
But now a ce'V peril awaited him
The storm was at its height, the cold
intense, and his clothing was drenched
through. Tbe bath whk'j he had re
ceived had not oh !l d him much, for
the water was warmer than the air
outside, and his ext.-Jons would have
kept him warm anyway, but out 1
the wind the chances were that he
would freeze If he did not quickly
reach a fire. Ilasilly recovering his
lM.-arlngs, he set out anew, and had
the good fortune to . reach tbe post
without further trouble.
So Kw-ape.
Horacic acid in the Soup,
Wood alcohol lu wine;
Catsups dyed a lurid hue
By using aniline;
The old ground hulls of coeoanuta
Served to Us as spices;
I reckon crisp and frigid glass
Is dished out with the Ices.
The milk the kind the old cow gives
'Way down at Cloverside
Is one-third milk and water, anl
And then formaldehyde.
Tbe syrup's bleached, by using tin.
And honey's" just glucose,
And what tbe fancy butter la,
Tbe goodness gracious knows!
- ,
Tha olive oil's of cotton seed.
There's alum In tbe bread ;
It's really a surprise to me
The whole durned race ain't dead,
Meantime all the germs and things
Are buzzing fit to kill;
If the food yon eat don't git you,
Tbe goldarnsd microbes will.
Ex.
rise Caddf "a Reply,
Unlike bla nephew, Lord Salisbury
was nrw ml nmie iImw mt
, though occaaalonally when rMtlng
Mr. Balfour In Iladdlngtonahlre be
amused" blmaelf, to quote hit own
Txpresalon, with a game. One day
tbe noble lord struck too low with hi
iron and asked the caddie:
"What have 1 bltT
Tbe youngs er, who was without
rvvermce, gruffly made answer
".- Scotland." New York Commercial.
Advertl
A Hero,
fteeeul ArrlvalWby do all the peo
ple cheer evrry time that man come
on tbe bench? "
Regular Kesldent He mnio a rescue
yesterday whlcb taxed to Ihe limit
bis unselfishness and heroism.
Recent Arrival What did be do?
Regular ueawent He swam out
and rescued bis1 motber-ln-Uw. Balti
more American.
. The Ooat Club la a new organisation
proposed for go wha bvtt la.
OOftOOM nf KAY.
Dsi .th ml the Mae Is
tbe BfcMssaktoa Isflaater.
Gordon McKay, whoae death sp
urred recently at bis cottage la faan-
ouable Newport waa a notable Igara
ia the
business
Although starting
ia life compara
tively poor, be ac
cumulated millions
through bla lnven
tlve genius. Mc
Kay was born la
Pittsneld. Mass,
In 121. and on tbe
death or bis father
In 1833, began to
OOBDON M'KAV.
tudy for the career of a civil en
gineer. When 'Jl years old be bad a
machine shop In his native town. He
studied machinery and bis opportunity
ame when tiie shoe stitching machine.
iuventi-d by I- It. Blake, proved to be
in titter failure, lie Ismght the patent
mtrlght and H-rfected a machine
which has revolutionized the shocmak-
ig industry. This machine did away
ivith the little cobbler shops with their
M-gs and wax ends, and opened up big
factories lu a f'-w years every man.
woman and child iu America, who
wore shoes, paid Irllmte to blm, and
McKay gained millions.
McKay's partner was Itobert H.
Mathes. a practical man of inventive
genius. When the war broke out In
1;1 they offered to the government.
something unheard of, machine made
shoes for the army. In less than ten
years It Is estimated that more than
Ml.issi.tMiO palp of Itoots and shoes lo
America hud paid royalty to McKay
and his companies. In 1M7S be formed
Ihe McKay Sewing Machine Associa
tion, and lu a series of lawsuits de
feated all rivals, established bis
patents and became the central power
In one of the greatest monopolies.
Ooidon McKay married Miss Minnie
Treat of Cambridge, many yeara
younger than himself. They lived to
gether only a few yeara. There were
two sons, who have always been with
their mother. Mrs. KrKay finally se
cured a divorce, and became the wife
of Adolpli A. von Bruenlng, an at
tache of the (ierman embassy at
Washington, and now charge d'affaires
of the (Ierman legation to the Sultau
of Morocco. McKay, who had.always
been attached to his wife, sent her
jewels and other gifts on her wedding
day, and, It Is said, gave her a check
for $100,000. The Kaiser became
angered at such attention, and the
young man was In the background for
several years. Then, through family
Influence In (.erniatiy, lie was restored
to favor, after having returned to Mr.
McKay the money given bis wife.
Mr. McKay did much good with his
money. He educated a number of
young women abroad In music, gave
generously to Harvard college and
founded a training college In Khode
Island for negroes, which college bears
the name of the McKay Institute. He
was a good violinist and left a large
collection of musical instruments. It
'ji understood that the greater part of
his estate wl'.i go to Harvard Univer
sity, Including his large library. His
next to kill are Mrs. Iexter and Miss
"atberine Dexter, of Boston.
Hoys Who Make Money. '
A striking example of what ener
ictlc and bustling Iwya can do In a
DJH.ni Is llluxtrated by Charles and
Uussol AuHpaiii, of this place, who
wn a flourishing grocery business on
Whlttelsy strict.
The boys, twelve and nine years of
ige, Matted wlih a capital of 21 cents,
their tir.-rt venture being the silling
if candy and oranges from a small
Hand placed lu tbe yard. They wers
Blroiilzcd by their neighbors and
friends, and wl'.tihi a month of Ihe
jpeulng, March III, of this year, were
iiile lo bul.d a small shed, whire they
icipt a stock of groi eil s.
They began a system of bookkeep
ing, bought and delivered their own
groceries, and by clever advertising
in attract! d the attention of tbe
public. Their frtah goods, courteous
manner, and energetic methods Com-
b.ned to bring plenty of customers.
uid, prospering, they were able to
reel a little store, whlcb la stocked
with a line of groceries complete In all
let alls.
Tbe boys own a little red d. livery
wagon, and can be seen early and lata
atering to their customers. They
ire the sons of Mr. and Mrs. P. N.
Anspach, and tbelr ambition Is to be
tbe proprietors of the largest grocery
st re In Sandusky county. Fremont
Special In Columbus Ptrta.
Daring Man.
'I'm anxious to get the names of all
present" said tbe reporter. "Will yon
oblige me"
"Obr aald tbe meek little man. "yon
may put down 'Mrs. Henry Peck and
husband.' "
"You mean 'Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Peck,' don't youT"
"I would prefer that." ha replied,
with a" furtive glance over his shoul
der, "but tor goodness1 sake, .don't
say I gut" It to you that way." Phila
delphia Press.
Prepares! for Coming Plena mr.
"You know I promised to buy yon a
wheel If you brought a good report
from school, and here yon hava ona
worse than last month. What war
you doing'",
"Learning lo ride a wheel." Kits
gendu Blaetter.
We have decided that when women
get together, tbe only subject Upon
which they agree is that nothing will
top tbelr hlr from coming ant
Advice iu u id ,u,n: SWien a balk
dog baa a bone, let blm keep It .
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