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"J'wiih on ii W'wtorii rnllwiiy tnilti;
N ii-tini mini wn there,
Hut WostoruerH with liuiirlrioronk,
I'or lilno'l who'llil not cure.
Hnyi Kmiisus Tom to Texas .Mm:
" I'm Htiirvln' for n uliool."
" Drill on ymir mini," kiivh I'rnlrlo Miioks
"I'll lltuMi tliuKiiloot.''
" I Iiovii'I killed u unci," Hitld Dluk,
"No, nary one. lor nltflil."
BnVH.Inok: "Mv weuiiins ready nro,
'I'm Hpilln for u llwlit."
And tliiH thcv talked, l lico Kiilliml num.
In pinto h, knlics- iitlltodi
Tim women trt'iiilillimly looked on
Tliey fmirnil wliilu they admired.
Iltil look ! Hie door I burnt ul In,
In lii'i'iikM a motli'.v orow.
Knell IimiI-' xeittli -v not Texas .fuuk.
Muck, ,11m mid Tommy, loo
Hit! 'i ii gnngcr fimncr ImW,
Tliov'io on a inurry Mprmt;
Hut widul lurk : win-1- min thoy horo?
Tlicv tnuideied nil will Ih.
Till) dinner lids walk ilown tlio 11MI0,
Hut Mnok l'irjet to lire;
And Toxin .Iihjk draw not Ills knlTo,
Dluk oflCM to rut Ire,
" Up with vourlmmN!" Hie dinner cry;
Ulllnk I'rilll'li' Muck olioyH;
riiluiio l)li'l Inriri'ts 1 1 W nrins,
I'or lldi bold TIioiiimh pruM.
Tim fiirmorrt ruli tin liolploss fnlr,
Who mitknu hiiiI ndo;
IlutlioiivoiiHl limy rnlitlMi.il) WoHttirnurt),
And tuko tliolr pl-tols, too!
Itimlnn TntHnerlpI,
.lAPANUSl', TANS.
Thiit thdro Is ii comic element in tlio
Japanese ohnractur is manifest in thoir
designs upon llio common painted fans,
Homo of which will bear a cloit oxiuiii
liation. Tho most common art) tlio.su
in which a lingo dragon wilh forinida
l)lo tooth, i.s .scon in pursuit of a hiiiuII
iioy wlto i.s running lor dear lifo; but
lest the sympathies ot tlio publieshould
he too strongly enlisted in liuliaif of
llio soared boy, tlio lugs of ihumoii who
opcrato the dragon nro msoii honcath
tlio folds of thu cloth or paper upon
which the dragon is painted. Another
common scone is that of a number of
old ami young puophi clustered closely
under thu foliage of a largo troo. Thoy
.seem to be well sheltered trom thu
storm of wind and rain tltat i.s pouring
down upon a drenched fellow whose
umbrella is torn in tattur.s by thu wind,
and who is making for the shelter of
thotrcu; in thu ineantinioho is evident
ly a subject for tin jest and laughter
of tltosu who are watching his progress,
thus illustrating human nature accord
ing to ltuolinfoiicnuld. who say?, "that
wo bear the misfortunes of otliers with
much philosophy." In some of tlie.se
sketches a few lines suggest a groat
leal, and show art Nfujskilfthough tho
nro rudely ami roughly drawn. For
insianco, a thick, log at sea is ropro
houtod by two or threo sails showing
thick. log at sea is
above thu fog, while the vessel and ,
ciuwiiracuiioeaiyu ueuciuu u; a scenu
familiar to all who have been on our
coast in tho early spring.
Upon another fan a very fat fisher
man is represented nearly up to his
middle in water ami wielding a not
lai'go enough to catch a porpoise or a
rihark, whim ho drags behind him a
little llshboat hardly largo ouough to
hold a minnow; thu expression of Ids
face is, however, comical and sufliciunt
ly determined tor a shark. Tho most
busy scene is that of thu mouso-mer- '
chants. Thoso aro grouped together '
in very natural positions. In tlio foro- I
ground aro tho merchants looking over i
the invoice of the goods, which is hand
ed them by their chief clerk. Holdiid
them aro tho laborers, who aro rolling
bales of goods and piling them up
some threo or four tiers high. On the '
ton of tho pilo sits a olorlc who, with a
tablet in ids hand, is comparing the
numbers and weights on each bale, ami :
is calling tlioni oil to another clerk who j
sits below on the ground tier, and who i
is looking to tho clerk above to bo suro '
that he hoars correctly before ho puts
them down on his own tablet. .In tlio
Imok-grouiid is a weigher and a servant '
bringing roireshnionts. Thoy aro all
clad In various colored coats and vests, '
but tho nuthur garments aro omitted in
order to leave the tails troo to twist
about in mouse fashion. The expression i
of each mouse is, however, different,
and well represents the age and grtnity
of tlio merchants, tho dignity and im
portance of the chief-clerk, the youth
ful and jolly bearing of tho younger
ones, ono of whom .seems to bo trying
tlio patience and tho correctness ot tho
account of tho others perhaps to
cause mistake- which may result in his
own promotion; a base lino of conduct
that has been attribulud to officers high
in civil and military lifo.
Another scene is of a very different
character, but still open to evil surmis
es. A rich old lady is seated on the
floor of a largo, apartment counting her
treasures, either of money, or jewels,
with her back to a largo window or
opening, where two figures aro dimly
Been dressed up as native or foreign
devils and with masks on thoir faces.
Siio is looking over her shoulder with
much alarm and has loft oil counting
her treasures, but withono hand placed
over them, in order to conceal them
from tho masked thhnos standing with
out, and in llio vain hope to save them.
Hut tho crowning and most comical
econo is that of tho migration of a largo
family, consisting-of father and mother
with thirty-two children; perhaps thirty-throe
can bo made out; probably the
parents if questioned could not toll tho
numbor themselves. Thoy aro cross
ing tho ford of a shallow stream which
apparently allows but two to cross
abreast. In front is tho father, a very
fat, good-natured follow, with a huge
bud whi'h ho carries on lop of hid head.
On this arc two of tho children, qitito
eomfortnblo, and looking down with
I'oinjihicency tipon their struggling wet
brothers and sisters. Two more nro
holding by the skirts of his scanty gar
ments, but up to their knees in water.
Next comes the wife, a diminutive per
son compared wilh "paler fnmilias,"
but, as is natural witli such a family,
she has a worried expression. She is
carrying one child on her back, per
haps a sick ono, with his logs in front
of Iter which sho is holding. A long
train is following alter her by couples,
except two of the older boys, who are
in deepor water and are" carrying a
sick hrothet', and a bundle of provisions
strung across a pole and borne on their
shoulders. There is, howuvur, trottblo
in llio camp; one littlu.'ullow hasslippud
oil' into deeper water, and lie is ening
with one list in his eye. ami the other
held out for assistance, which is about
lo be grasped in order to got him back.
An older brother, who has apparently
been crowded o.l', is biting the hinder
part of the brother who did tho crowd
ing. The last one in the procession is
a ltttlo fellow, who i.s holding hack ami
seems afraid of stopping into thu water
at all, but he is encouraged by. those in
trout, who tiro holding out hands to
him. It would suein as if the father
should compel ono of tho follows on the
bed to I'haugu places with him. only a
halt or any change of plan would throw
the whole line into confusion. The fa
ther scorns, however, wellsatislied with
tho arriiMgomonts and i.s evidently
proud of his family. He seems to bo in
no wise disturbed as lo wa".sand means,
or how he is to accommodate himself,
wife ami thirty-three children on thu
bed he carries, it is their sillair, to bo
sine, but it i.s somewhat dillicult to ac
count for tho, number of tho family, as
none of them soein to be over ten. or
twelve, and none under fivo or six years
of age. It is to be hoped that thoy all
got safely over the river and found a
dry place in which lo denosit tlio bod
and make the boys and girls comfort
able. The one bci' would, however,
.seem to be as inadequate for their com
fort tis tho small package of provisions
would bo for their appetites. In this
inadequacy of means to ends thu humor
probably consists.
In animal life tlio .Japanese aro truo
to nature. Often only a fow linus aro
suHluient to delineate a fedi or a fowl, a
stork, a humming-bird, a frog or a
flounder. In landscape, and in dis
tance, thoy have no idea of perspective.
Ladies swing in the air, but how they
over got into tho swing, or how thoy
aro over to got out of it without break
ing thoir nodes, it i.s dillicult to dis
cover. Thu same thing i.s represented
in pagodas and summer-houses, which
aro perched up among trees, or over
them; but there intitl be some way of
getting down not perceptible to " bar
barian" eyes, for tho ladies have a most
sercno and placid expression, as if there
was no diillculty in the matter, or uvea
a necessity of folding their fans. This
placidity .seems to bo ehara-torislio
wherever they aro. In their domestic
HmicSt vmi thovaro surrounded with
beautiful fabrics and ca'led iiiioii to
I make a choice of silks and satms not a
particle of feminine enthusiasm i.s man
U'ested, and tho elaborate dressing of
( tlio hair is loft to the servants, without
1 the requisition of a mirror to satisfy
their vnuitv. In this respect tho
i calm and lofty indifference, the per
fect, "nonchalance" of the Japaueso
ladies is equal to those of any "barba
rian" lady of England, Franco or Amur
, ica. Hut foreign fashions aro coming
, in; tlio vices as woll sis the virtues of
. civilization. Who will care to visit
China or .Japan when cocked hats,
1 ohapeau bonnets, pull-back dresses aro
worn by ladies, and "all aboard" called
out by the native conductors'.1 Japan
ese fans and sunshades will then bo
, rarities, the mnuufacturo will cease,
and they will bo preserved as curiosi
ties ol past ages. Consider the time
' and trouble it must cost to make thoso
; articles, tho cost, of importation and
I duties, and then the low price at whtah
! they aro sold in our markets. There is
probably no machinery used in tho
manufacture, or only wiiat is vorv sim
ile; the work must bo done by hand;
.jut when our scale of prices roach Chi
na and Japan, and new openings lor
labor aro supplied, fans cannot be sold
for live cents which, if thoy could be
made here at all, would cost ten times
ten. The labor paid for one dav's work
horo would support a .Japanese or a
Chinese for one week.--A'. IVinslow, in
vnwiiian i man.
School Hours.
Tho Joitrim' of JCdinutliou, basing its
estimates upon 'tho number of hours
given in various studies in eighteen
loading public schools, calculates that
the average number of hours a week in
an English public school Is about twumy
sl, -as against thirty-one in a gymnasi
um, and mrty In a lycee. Reckoning
tho hours of preparation, and taking
into account tlo holidays, wluyh aro at
least twice as long in Kngland as thov
are on the Continent, it finds that the
working hours of an English, Gorman
and French boy in secondary schools
aro in tho ratio of live, eight and cloven.
As to tho subjects taught, though there
aro now tow public sohpols in which
science teaching is wholly ignored,
classics still form the staple of our edu
cation. An Knglish lower school boy
givos fourteen hours a week, or more
than half his time to classics', 'a Wench
tycoon devotes twonty-oiglit hours a
week, for his iirst three years, to his
native tongue; ho does not begin Latin
tin mo secoml period, or Urock till tlio
third that is, till ho has been six years
at school.
Honts and tho necessaries of lifo
are increasing in price in all tho largo
cities.
A Yellowstone Hear Slory.
Tlio Fire Ilolo Jlotoi is located on tlio
westsido of tho lower btc-in at the foot
of the mountain, near a good spring of
water, and from which cmi bo had a
lino view of tlio valley. Marshall, tho
proprietor, has a thirty cars' lease
from the Government, and will add to
Ids house as the business of the public
demands. This is theon'y house in llio
Park bu-ddu tho one at tho entrance.
It is a wild and solitary place to
spend tho winter, which M.ir-diall and
his wife with a yuing lady compan
ion did for th' first time last win
ter, and in this connection ho told me
a bear story. He said Unit after visit
or ceased coming lo the I'ark last fall
ho wont to Virginia Citv for his winter
supplies, leaving his wife, children and
the young woman in charge of thu place.
Near the lion jo, in the rear, was situ
ated a dug-out or root-house, where ho
stored his potatoes, etc.. to keeptliem
from freezing, and to ventilate which
lie used a joititof -tovepine. One morn
ing during his abseil -o his wife looked
out of I ho window and saw a bear pull
ing down thu pipe and Irving to dig in
to tho ioot-houe, in which they had al
so stored most ot their provisions. The
women were at their wits1 end as to
what course to pursue. They at lirst
threw tin cans I mm the windows and
managed to disturb Uruiii lor a fow
moments, but in- soon returned, as ho
had already sullied the good things of
that ground cellar, and lie did not pro
pose to bo scan-d oil' with tin cans.
Airs. Marshall, brave euutigh to be loft
alone, did not intend in have till o her
provisions taken before her eyes, and
proposed to load the rillo if her com
panion would lire it at thu bear, which,
being complied with, si good charge
was soon placed in the gun, which was
laid across tlio window-sill and dis
charged tit his liearship, but the aim,
not being accurate, did not strike him
in a vital part, although his actions
showed that ho was hit. Ho retreated
to the hillside, sat upon his haunches,
took a view of the situation, and then
disappeared in the bushes, where ho
remained. The women wure not salis
lied, and thoy went after that bear--a
very imprudent Hung, to say thu least;
but nevertheless, they went, for (,as
thoy ovpressud it) they were afraid he
might come back again in the night,
and, as they were Milisticd ho was
wounded, thoy wanted to linisii him.
Loading tho rifle again, thoy wont
cautiously up the hillside, until they
discovered the beir standing in a small
clearing, when the women prepared lor
action by laying the gun across a log
and takingdelincrato aim, hitting tho
animal behind the loreshouldcr, when
he came rolling down the hill. Tho
women did not slop to see whether the
bear was rolling or running they im
agined tlio latter -and both ran for
dear lifo, dropping tho gun as thoy
went for thu house, winch they reached
before casting a glance in tho rear.
When safe in the house they took a
view of the situation, and could seo
bruin doubled up and giving his last
kick. He linally became quiet, and
thoy ventured out and got possession of
their gun, which was loaded, and a
third charge put. into tho bear to make
suro ho was not playing 'possum. When
Marshall caino homo he weighed the
bear, and lou.id it brought down tho
beam to three hundred and lifty pounds,
lie tells the .story of tho action of the
brine women with a great deal of
pride, and tlio young woman who did
tho shooting lias become qeile a heroine.
Letter, to Han Frnnri.-u-u HuHctin.
Hringing Up Hoy.'
" If I had a boy to bring up I
wouldn't bring him up too .softly," be
gan Hrot her Gardner, as the Limekiln
Club was called to ordor and Samuel
Shin linally quit, poking tlio lire.
" Ebory day of my lifo I meut men who
wore brung up soltly. As boys doy
wore kissed an' pet'od an' stuffed will
sweet-cake, an' cried obor. As young
men doy had nullin' to do hut spend
money, dross like monkeys. loaf on do
streets an' look down on h.niost labor.
As men de- am a lailuro. People who
doan' hate 'em an' avoid 'om loci to
pity 'em, an' dat's just as bad. When
l soo a man whom oborybody dislikes 1
realize dat ho was brung up on do
goody-good plan as a boy.
" It i had a boy I'd rub him agin tho
world. I'd put" responsibility on his
shoulders. If he got sugar he'd aim
it. If ho got time lor loatin' it would
bo only arler his work was done. It ho
was ugly or obstinate I'd tan it outer
him instead of buviu' him oil". If 3011
want to iiiake'a,scllisli man, hunjoiCde
whims of a hoy; if you want to make a
coward, forbid your boy to defend his
rights. I'd teach mv boy dat1 all bmn
had rights, an' dat while ho had no
business to trample on do rights of
odder boys, no boy had do privilege ot
takin' him b the nose. Las' night an
old' man libin' up my way was turned
out doors by his boy. Ho has" been
tryin' do goody-good plan on dat youth
fur do Ins' twenty v'ars, an' (lis am do
legitimate result. 1,1 0 didn't want him
to work, kaso work is hard, lie didn't
want linn to dress plain, fur fear people
would look down on him. Do boy am
to-day a loafer, neither grateful fur
what has bm done in do pas', nor earin'
what happens in du fucher. Ten y'avs
ago ho was cried obor, run art or 'an'
coaxed an1 bought oil", an' his madder
.libod to seo him a loafer an' his faddor
has foun' him a ingrato." JJatroil
Free J'rcgs.
A sloonv nassongor. who
allqwod
w of 'the
his hat to fall from tho window
.smoking-car while a western express
train was going at tho rate of forty
miles an hour, near Hancock, Mil.,
pulled the boll-cord and stopped the
train. Ho wanted the conductor to go
back after his hat, and was indignant
when ho met with a refusal.
umwtLwutumMmm'iiMUMjiFaimaeuimittniajiiwuiiiwm
FACTS AM) VIHrilES.
Tho new Toy bridgu will be 10,000
feet long
Twelve hundred words per minute
is tlio capacity of tlio latest telegraph
machine.
A needle passes through the hands
of eighty workmen before being ready
to deliver to the trade.
The A'orfA American Manufwlitrrr
complains that American mechanics
have not been taught to work Horn
drawings.
-Strips of very thin India rubber are i
beifinninir to bo used as a bandage in
grafting, instead of the wax commonly
applied.
It is .-t:itcd that benzine may be
freed from till oll'onsivo odor by shaking
it up woll with iiuioklimo, about three
ounces to tho gallon.
Pliny tells us that, Urcdalus invented
tiio saw." The earliest saw-mill ot which
wo have mention was built at Madeira
in 1 1 -JO.
In Vienna meat is prepared on a
large sealo for the Paris and Loudon
markets by exposure to cold and treat
ment with powdered borax.
-On fsle la Motte, Vt., the fruitcrop
it! en Ini'irn tlitt Mtn1iia twin i-u ri ml ItlllflltJ
are scatTcrcd'over the ground so plen-
tifullv that bushels rot where th" fall.
Tlio odorous matter of llowors is
inllnmm thlc, and arises from an essen
tial oil. Tlio traxinolla takes tiro in
hot evenings by bringing a candle near
its root.
It is reported that a thick vein of
substance ielding liftv per cent of pure
paralline lias boon discovered at llawkes
lav, New Zealand. 1 ho deposit is said
io uu (ii greai. o.xioui, ami to uu wumi
about Js'i'U'i ti ton.
At the beginning of tho eighteenth
century the English language was
spoken by less than 8,00U,UU0 of peo
ple; at tlio beginning of tho nineteenth
by only UO.OUO.UUO. and now with one
filth of the century yet before it in
which to spread, it is the mother tongue
of du.ouo.oo:).
A lino body of coal, that by test
lias been found to make coke equal to
tho best Pennsylvania coke, has beer,
discovered about fifteen miles south of
Iron Springs, South Utah. Thu coal
body is twelve feet thick and very ex
tensive. Some very lino copper ores
have also boon found in close proximity
to thoso deposits of iron and coal.
It is reported that a considerable
deposit of specular iron ore lias lately
been discos ored near Ackworth. Ga. Il
is saidseientilic men pronounce it to bo
of high grade, tree from phosphorus
and sulphur, and strongly magnetic,
wliilu lite bud is well located for treat
ment of tho ore on thu premises, as
well as convenient for shipment to
market.
WIT AND WISU03I.
Almost ovorv country has its Na
tional melody, but tho waltz is tlio
music of t he whirled. Chronicle
Herald. Emerson says "A man passes for
what he is worth." No, he doesn't, ho
passes for the sake of getting a new
trump. Lowell Courier.
--Oscar Wildu has boon invited to
visit Hoston. Picture a man who dines
on a glass of water and a lily sitting
down to a dinner of pork and beans.
tiiitf'dlo L'xjiress.
Ho was a green dry-goods clerk,
and when tlio lady asked him if the
calico would wash, ho gravely an
swered: "No, ma'am; when it becomes
soiled you've got to wash it." Somcr
villc Journal.
Peaches aro high this year, but you
can't expect to buy wool 'enough for a
pair ot stoek.ngs, a good-sized 'pit,'
with meat in it, and a litt'o something
that tastos peachy, for nothing. Xciv
llacen iictjistcr.
Fogg said he never envied Mr.
Vnudorbilt or Jay Gould till tho present
week, lie supposes that neither of
thoso fortunate ones thinks anything of
buying two or threo school books every
month or two. Iloston Transcript.
Said tlio night watchman, when
about dusk he was invited to drink a
cup of coffee: " No, thank yor. ('olloo
keeps mo awake all night." And then
lie snw ids blunder and looked very
embarrassed and tried to explain it.
l.ut it was no use. Hoslun Pott.
K is of no use trying to explain lo
children that there is a dilVereino be
tween canary birds and women. A
lady who was visit inc- a neighbor's was
askodto sing, and t-aid that sho really -
could not'dosoundoranycireunistancos,
when a little girl wont uu to hor and
asked: "Please, is yott a-molting?"
Providence S7a."
"It may bo months, darling, bo
fore we meet again," ho said, squeez
ing her hand as if that grip were his
last; mountains and rivers will divide
us, forests and prairies, perhaps tlio
river of death itself. Can I do anything
more than 1 havo douo to make you
cherish ni memory, and keep your love
for me unchanged?" "Oil, yes," she
exelainiod, choking down tho sobs,
"buy 1110 a box of tortoise-shell' hair
pins boloro you start." Jirookhn
Eutjlc.
"Can 1 drive him do you think?"
Mr. Slowboy timidly aslunl tho livery
man, as ho climbed into tlio buggy anil
handled tho linos with somo misgiving.
"Lftnd, yes;" said tho hostler, with
hearty encouragement. "Anybody
can drive him; a child can drive him;
but," ho added, as tho horse wont down
the street like a rocket, climbed over a
hay wagon, shook Mr. Slowboy into the
Mississippi Hivor, and loft the buggy
hanging on the arm of a lamp-post,
"it takes a railroad train to keep up
with him,-.y;rwioM llawkajc.
tUAT.mwMM.tn u.mm-u J iLjimmuuKumjH ui
lie Was Devoted.
It was his vacation, and thoy worp
sealed under the branches of ti great aT
ple tree, contented with each other s
society and silently communing with
nature. His arm had inathertuntly
found its way about her slender form,
and her head had gradually found a
resting place upon his manlv padded
shoulder. They wore dreaming of the
happy days to conic, when together
they should walk over the varied path
way of life, when sho suddenly turned
hor melting eyes upon him and half
whispered: "Shall you always be so
contented with my society, Addy?"
(His name was Adolphus, and she
called him Addy for short.)
"Alwavs, darling." ho murmured,
and tho pressure about her form in
creased. " You will never, never grow tired of
me, but constantly remain by mv side?"
"Constantly, Angy,1' he said. (Hor
name was Angelina.)
"Homumber, Addy, dear, wo aro to
be together for a lifetime. You arc
suro .ou will not weary of my pres
ence?" Sni';,11 ho whispered, fervently, as
ho brushed a bug from her dress. " An
gy, 1 will be always at your feet. Al
' Wlf 1(s lo J"r swuuL 0,,"
. aml l)ro,uct. !V --wire f,.n! U
to guard
io dan-.
gers auu trials ot mis wicicou, uau
world," and he looked volumes of love
into her blue eves.
"You will never, never desert me for
another worn in; you will keep firm in
your love, and remain faithful until
death calls one or the otlio- of us to a
better world?" she asked, switching a
j , ', , ' ' ; 'N((
, lolps , - hl wm WQV lem
thing that
iy win over lemnt ou to
desert my side?"
"Nothing, nothing, Angy," lie said.
"The whole world might rise up against
you, but it would Imd mo still stead
last in my lovo. Oceans may separate
us, we niav be. parted for years, but
neither time not" space shall iullucnce
my devotion. I'm yours 'till death, ''
ho said, passionately, as he grabbed a
largo beetle that was slowly making its
way up his leg. " Yes, yours till death,
my pearl, bovon "
"Horo, letup," she said, suddenly,
edging away from liitn; "I don't know
about thai." You aro altogether too
constant. 1 never could stand so much
devotion. I'm not ono of those girls
who enjoy having a man knocking
around under foot all tho time, and I'm
afraid yon won't do," and she left him
a crushed reed, broken by tho willlul
ness of woman. Mroukliju Eaylc.
Haying a Hig Herd of Cattle.
Tim Foley, tho Leadvillo millionaire,
who u.-ed to livo here, was considerable
of a humorist in his way. He don't
lay any great claim to hilarity in a
literary way, but ho can tell you' thing-
that have ocurrod to him personally
that would mako vou roll over in tho
tall grass and howl with mirth. 1
Some years ago Tim had a bunch of
cattle up north, and learning that
Frewon Hrothers had more money than
they wanted, he decided to soil tothem.
Tho Frowen Hrothers were just o for
lrom Kngland at that time and hadn't
learned the wild, peculiar ways of these
uncouth people of the We.st. They
came to Voming as civilier.s, so to
speak, bringing with thorn the air of
refinement and culture from their for
eign homo. It looked odd to the old
tinier hero in the mountains to i-eo a
pair ot blooded cusses, with hollow,
.esthetic chests, and pants that were
too short. Nothing cmld seem more
queer than two noblo sons of Albion,
with eye-glasses anddispepsia, starting
a cattle ranch on tlio frontier, and tlio
boys had a good dual of inn over it.
Foley found out that the Fro wens
had about r-l.dOO on hand that they
wanted to squander in bulls, so ho
tackled them and told them that ho had
about enough to make the sum an oeu
thing for his herd. Tlio Frcwens wore
taken out to tho baso of a big hill and
stationed where the herd could bo
driven by them while thoy tallied them.
Foley lixud it so that a herd of a hun
dred or so, by judiciously revolving
it around that hill, counted up high
enough to make 81,00-) worth of cattle,
and then ho told the borders to drive
them over the range K'hind the hill.
This goes .o siiow that by using a .100-
loot lull judiciously it can be worked
111 at a good
price. Foley no doubt
ill in at about ."?-. 000 and
worKoii tutu nil
it ilidu t cost him a cent either If wo
could work off a range of sand hills at
' -" l!ltt!.
1 would ceas
and make s
attractive
that rate, and get cash for them, wu
use to write abstruso editorials
some money in this new and
attractive stvlo for two or three sum
mors, and then go to F.uropo and visit
tiie crowned heads.
There tire people who do not boliovo
tho above story, and, in lact, wo don't
believe it cither, but wo give it for what
it is worth. A'yc's IJooomcruny.
Thoy have had a runaway .train in
England, A train of eight carriages
got loose near Sevonoaks ami started
down the incline for London. Tele
grams woro sent ahead and an into'li
gont signalman switched it oil' at Nor
cross and on to a "dead road," where
1 it mashed a tannery and a lot of ma
chinery, besides two ot its cars, rive
children in tho center carriago o-caped
with a bad shaking.
It is not wiso to go out into the
early morning air beforo eating at least
a few mouthfuls. Especially oiMit
this precaution to bo strictly observed
in malarial sections, and in seasons
when much sickness is over tho coun
try. Nothing can bo more unwise than
to go into a sick-room fasting, and
when the sickness is contagious tho re
sult may bo dangerous if not fatal.