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Whv Rich wo for u future limp
Foniu briKht lny yet t come,
Till preent Jojn lire till forgot,
.Ami llfuKUoms hurdciHOino?
Why not enjoy tlio ir sent tlino,
Tlio bloBuliiifHt lint It nrliiifsi'
Ttn lirlflit ihiys Tor which wo sigh, then
Will como with swirtcr vrltws.
Why hood wo not nno'hur's woes,
Hut dwell upon our own,
And think thut borrow mien ns our.,
Noothor heart Inw known
When, If wo only look iiround,
Somo other's whim to cheer,
l'urluips wo for our own hiiu honrta
May tluil 11 colnce horo.
Whv talk wo of tino titer's f units,
n-ihoiiiboriiiK not our own'
Colllll Wi' OlinU'lVeS lit Otlll'M 800,
Wo would not ho co prone
Tnchld-' unothor for the wioiik
That wo ouiBClves inluht do,
Wero wo hy tho tempmtioiiH led
Thut they, id doubt, passed thioURli.
DdmU lii! "'"' Tribune.
TOUR OF THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS.
,iui,i:s vintxcs uiu:.vt ntoky,
CHAl'TKU XXVI II. -L'O.vn.MKli.
Tho noxt ilny, tlio 7th of December,
thoro was n stop of n quarter hour at
Croon Kivor Station. Tho snow hud
fallon quite heavily through tho night,
but mingled with rain and half molted
it could not interfere with tho progress
of the train. Hut this bad weather kept
Passopartout in constant uneasiness, lor
tho accumulation of tlio snow clogging
tho car wheels would certainly endan
ger the journey.
" What an idea." ho said to himself,
"for my master to travel during tiio
winter! Could he not wait for the line
season of tho year to increase his
chances?"
Hut at this moment, while tho good
follow was busy only with the condition
of the sl.y and the lowering of tlio tem
perature," Airs. Aouda experiencing
more serious loars, which proceeded
Irom qui to another cause.
Some of the passengers had got out
of tho cars, and wore walking on tho
platform of tho (ireen Kivor station,
waiting lor the train to leave. Tho ,
young woman, loouing inrougn ine
window pane, recognized among them
Colonel Stamp Proctor, tiio American
who had behaved so rudely to Philoas
Fogg at tho time ot tlio political moot
ing in Sun Francisco. Mrs. Aouda, not
wishing to be seen, drew back from tho
window. This circumstance made alivo
1 impression upon the young woman.
She was attached to tlio man who.howov
or coldly, gave her every day tokens of
the most absolute devotion. Sho doubt
less did not comprehend tlio entire
depth of the .sentiment which her de
liverer inspired in her, and to this senti
ment she gave as ) et only tho name of
gratitude; but. unknown to herself, it
was more than that. Her heart was
therefore wrung at the sight of tho
rough follow ot whom Mr. l'ogg would,
sooner or later, demand satisfaction.
Evidently, it was chance alone that had
brought Colonel Proctor into this tram;
but lie was there, and Philoas Fogg
must lie prevented at any cost Irom j
seeing his aihorsary. v lien the train i
had started again, Mrs. Aouda took
advantage for u moment, when Mr. Fogg
was sleeping, to post Fix and Passe
partout as to tlio situation.
"That Proutor is on tho train!" cried
Fix. "Well, o')in03o yourself, niad
ame; before dealing with tho goutlo
man with Air. Fogg-he will havo to
deal with mo! It seems to mo that in
all this business 1 have received tho
greatest insults!"
"And, moreover," added Passepar
tout, " I will take care of him, Colonel,
ns he is."
"Mr. Fix," continued Airs. Aouda,
"Air. Fogg will allow no ono to avenge
him. Ho has said that ho will return
to America to find thisriitlian. If, then,
ho sees ( 'olonol Proctor, wo can not
prevent an encounter, which may load
to deplorable results. Ho must there
fore not seo him."
"You are right, madame," ropliod
Fix; "an oncountcr might ruin every
thing. Conqueror or conquered, Air.
Fogg would bo delayed, and " I
"And," added Passepartout, "that
would win the bet of tho gentlemen of ,
the Reform Club. In four days we
shall bo in Now York! Well, then, if ,
my mastor does not leave ids ear for
four days, wo may hopo that chance
will not put him face to face with this
cursed American, confound him! Now,
wo can easily prevent him"
Tho conversation was interrupted.
Air. Fogg had waked up, and was look
ing at tho country through tho window
pane obseurod by tho snow. Hut later,
and without being hoard by his master
or Mis. Aouda, Passepartout said to Fix:
"Would you truly light for him?"
" I woufd do anything to tako him
back to Europe alive!" simply ropliod
Fix, in a tono which indicated an un
broken will.
Passepartout felt a shudder over him,
but his convictions as to tlio honesty of
his mastor wero not woakonod.
And now, wore thoro any means by
which Air. Fogg could bo detained in
this car, sons toprovont any oncountor
between him and tho Colonel? That
could not Ijo dillicult, as tho gentleman
was naturally not excitable or inquisi
tive. At all events, tlio detective
thought ho had found this means, for a
iow moments later ho said to Fogg:
"These aro long and slow hours that
wo pass thus on tho railway."
"Indeed, they aro," ropliod the
n
ron
tloman. " but thov pass.
"On board tho steamers," continued
tho dotectivo, "you used to tako a turn
at whist?"
Yes," replied Phileas
Fogg,
but
hero it would bo diflieult. I havo neither
cards nor partners."
"Oh: as tor tho cards, wo will lind it
easy to buy them. They are sold on
all trains in America. As for partners,
if, perchance, madame "
"Certainly, sir," replied tho young
woman, quickly, " 1 understand whist.
That Is part ol tlio English education.
Audi," continued Fix, "have some
pretensions to phning a good gaino.
Now, with us three and a dummy"
i Au vmi ttlii-wn uli." vmtlieil I'liile'lS
Fogg, dolightod at rouuumg his favor-
ito game, oven on tho railroad.
Passepartout was dispatched in seat oh
of the steward, and ho soon returned
with two completo deoks of cards,
counters and a shelf covered with cloth.
Nothing was wanting. Thogamo com
menced!. Airs. Aouda understood
whist well enough, and sho oven was
complimented sometimes by tho sovoro
Phileas Fogg. As for tho detective,
he was simply an adopt, and worthy
of holding Ids head up with this gen
tleman. " Now," said Passepartout to himself,
'wo will keep him. Ho will not budge
nnv more!"
At eleven o'clock in tho morning,
the train had reached tho dividing ridge
of tlio waters of tho two oceans. It
was at Hridgcr Pass, at a height of sev
en thousand live hundred and twenty-
four Eiil' ish feet above tho level of tno
sea, ono of tlio highest points touched
bv the nroiilo of the route in this pas-
sago across tho Rocky Mountains.
Alter going about two hundred miles,
the travelers finally found themselves
on tho vast plains extending as far as
tlio Atlantic, aud which nature made so
propitious lor laying a railroad.
On tho slopes of" tho Atlantic basin
already appeared tho iirst streams,
tributaries of the North Platto Kivor.
The entire northern and eastern hori
zon was covered by the immense semi
circular curtain, which forms the south
ern portion of the Kockv Mountains,
the highest being Laramie's Peak. JJo
tween this curve and tho lino of tlio
road extended vast and plentilully wa
tered phi'iis. On the right of tlio road
rose tlio irst spurs of tho mountainous
mass, rounding oil' to the south as far
as the sources of the Arkansas Kivor,
ono of the largo tributaries of the Mis
sissippi.
At halt
past twelve, tho travolers
Cau"ht sight for an instant of Fort Hal-
leek, winch commands this country
A few hours more, and the crossing of
the Rocky Mountains would bo accom
plished. It was to bo hoped, then, that
no accident would mark tho passage of
tlio train through this ditlioult region.
The snow had stoppod falling. Tho
weather became cold and dry. Largo
birds, frightened by tho locomotive,
wero Hying in tho distance. Not a
deer, a bear, or a wolf, showed itself on
the plain. It was tho desort in all its
barrenness.
After a very comfortable breakfast,
served up in tlio car, Mr. Fogg and his
partner- had just resumed their in
terminable whist, when sharp whistles
wore heard. Tho train stooped.
Passepartout put his head out of the
door and saw nothing which could ox
plain this stop. No station was in
sight. Mrs. Aouda and Fix feared tor an
instant that Mr. Fogg would think ot
I'oinir out on tlio track. Hutthesron-
ton,.m contented himself with saving to
,3 servant
"See men wiialii is.
Passepartout rushed out of the car.
About forty passougors had loft their
j seats, and among them Colonel Stamp
Proctor.
The train had stoppod in front of a
I red signal which blocked tho way. The
1 engineer and conductor, having got out,
discussed quite excitedly with a signal
i man, whom tho station master at Alodi-
cino How, tno noxt station, had scut m
advance of the train. Some of tho
passengers approached and took part in
tlio discussion among others tlio afore
said Colonel Proctor, with his loud
voice and imperious gestures.
Passepartout, lia mg rejoined tho
group, heard tho signalman say:
" No! there is no moans of passing.
Tho bridge at Alodicino How is shaky
and will not bear the weight of the
train."
The bridge in question was a suspen
sion bridge over a rapids, about a mile
from tho place where tlio train hail
stopped. According to the signalman,
it threatened to tail, several of tho
wires having snapi cd, and it was im
possible to risk its passage. Ho did not
exaggerate in any way. then, in assert-
inir that they could not pass over the
bridge
And bosides, with tlio careless
habits of the Americans, we may sav
that when tlioy aro prudent wo would
bo ery loolish not to be so.
Passepartout, not daring to go to in
form Ids master, listened with set tooth,
immovable as a statue.
"Ah, indeed!" cried Colonol Proctor,
"wo aro not going, I imagine, to ro
main hero, and tako root in tho snow!"
"Colonol," ropliod the conductor,
"we havo telegraphed to Omaha for a
train, but it is not probable that it will
arrive at Alodicino How before six
hours."
" Six hours!" cried Passopartout.
Without doubt," replied tho con
ductor. " Hesidos, that time will be
necessary for us to reach tlio station on
foot."
"Hut it is only a milo from horo,"
said ono of tho passengers.
" A mile, in fact, but on tho other
side of tlio river."
" And can not the river bo crossed in
a boat?" asked tho Colonel.
" Impossible. Tho crock is swollen
with the rains. It is a torrent, and wo
will bo compelled to make a detour of
ten miles to tho north to lind a ford."
Tho Colonel launched a volley of
oaths, blaming the company, the con-diu-tor.
and Passepartout, furious, was
, not far from joining with him. There
was a material obstacle against which,
this time, all his muster's bank-notes
would bo of no avail.
Tho disappointment was general
among tho passengers, who, without
counting the dolay, saw themselves
obliged to foot it tifteen milos across
tho plain covered with snow. Thoro
was n hubbub, exclamations loud and
doop, which would certainly havo at
tracted Philoas Fogg's attention, if that
gentleman had not been absorbed in
his gamu.
Hut Passepartout found himsolf com
pelled to inform him, and with droop
ing ho-ul he turned towards tho car,
when tho engineer of tho train, n genu
ine Yankee, named Fowler, raising his
voice, said:
"Ooutlumon, there might bo a way
of passing."
" On the bridge?" asked a passenger.
"On the bridiro."
"With our train?" asked tho Colonel.
"With our train."
Passepartout stoppod and devoured
the engineer's words.
"Hut tho bridge threatens to fall P'
continued tho conductor.
I "It don't matter," replied Forstor.
' "I bolievo that by rushing tlio train over
at its maximum of speed wo would havo
1 somo chance of passing."
"Tho donee!" said rassopartout.
Hut a certain number of tho passon-
gors wore immediately curried awav by
irors wore immediately curried awav
tho proposition. It. pleased Colonel
Proctor nartioulurlv. That hot-ho:rd
part
found tho tiling very feasible. Ho re
called, oven, that engineers had had
tho idea of passing rivers without
bridges, with trains closely coupled,
rushing at the height of their speed,
etc. And, linally, all those interested
took sides with tho engineer's views.
"Wo havo lifty chances for passing,"
said one.
"Sixty," said another.
"Eiglity! Ninety outof one hundred!"
Passepartout was perplexed, although
ho was willing to try anything to ac
complish the passage of Medicine
Crook, but tlio attempt seemed to him
a little too "American."
Hesidos," ho thought, "there is a
much simpler tiling to do, and these
people don't even think of it. Alon
sieur," lie said to one of tlio passen
gers, "tho way proposed by the engi
neer seems a little hazardous to mo,
but "
"Eighty chances!" replied the pas
senger, turning his back to him.
"1 know very won, repueu rnssn-1
partout, addressing another gentleman, i
"but a simple rolloetion " j
"No rolloetion, it is useless!" replied
the American addressed, shrugging his
shoulders, "since tlio engineer assures
us that wo will pass!"
" Without doubt," continued Passo
partout, "wo will pass, ma it would
perhaps be more prudent "
"Wliat prudentl" cried Colonol Proc
tor, jumping at this word, heard by
chance. " At full speed, you havo
boon told! Don't you understand? At
full speed!"
" I know I understand," ropoatod
Passopartout, whom no one would allow
to linish his phrase; "but it would bo,
if not more prudent, since tho word of
fends on, at least more natural "
"Who? What? How? What is
tho matter with this fellow?" was
heard from all directions.
Tho poor follow did not know whom
to address.
"Are you afraid?" Colonol Proctor
asked him.
" J, afraid?" cried Passopartout.
"Well, so be it! I will show thoso
people that a Frenchman can bo us
American as they!"
" All aboard! All aboard!" cried tho
conductor.
Yos, all aboard," repeated Passo
partout; "all aboard! and right away!
Hut they can't prevent me from think
ing that it would hao been more nat
ural for its to have gone over the bridge
afoot and then brought the train after
wards!"
Hut no ono hcr-rdthisa'igo rolloetion,
and no one would have acknowledged
its justness.
XlllJ pilSSUIlgen luwiv mull numn usuiii
n tho cars. Passepartout resumed his
.vitliout saying anything of what had
jocurred. The plawr.s wore entirely
The passengers took thoir seats again
wit
occur
absorbed in their game.
Tlio locomotive whistled vigorously.
Tlio engineer reversed his engino and
backed for about a milo returning like
a juniper who is going to take a leap.
Then, at a second whistle, they com
menced to move forward; tho speed
increased; it soon became frightful; but
a sin-'lu milling was heard from tho
locomotive; the pistons worked twenty
strokes to the seconu; mo axicssiiioivuu
! in the journals. Tlioy felt, so to speak,
! thut tiio entire tram, moving at tho
I rata of ono hundred miles to the hour.
I did not bear upon tlio rails. Tho speed
' destroyed tlio weight.
1 And thov passed! And it was like a
Hash of lightning. Ihoy saw nothing I
of the bridge. The train leaped, it I
1 might bo said, from one bank to the
1 other, and tho engineer could not stop
i his train lor live miles beyond the sta
tion. Hut tlio train nan scarcely crosscu
tho rivor than tho bridge, already about
to fall, wont down with a crash into
tho rapids of Alodicino How.
CIIAl'TKIt xxix.
I.N WHICH CKHTAIN IM'IMI.NT.S Allll HUI.ATIU),
OM.YTO UK MKT Willi ONTIIK it.VII.lll MS Ol'
1IIK I MTKI) HTVTK.s.
That samo evening tho train continued
its course without obstructions, passed
Fort Sanders, crossed tho Cheyenne
Puss and arrived at Evans Pass. At
this point the railroad reached tlio
higliost point on tlio routo, i. c, eight
thousand and ninety-one foot above the
level of tho ocean. Tho travelers now
only had to descend to tho Atlantic
over those boundless plains, lovolod by
nature.
Thoro was tho branch from tlio
"grand
truuk" to Denver City, tue
principal town of Colorado. This Tor
lltory is rich in gold and silver mines,
and more than nfty thousand inhabit
ants havo already settled thoro.
At this moment ihirtoon hundred and
eighty-two miles had been made irom
.San Francisco in three days and throe ,
nights, l'our nights and lour days, " '
lint htiiir
liuerlered
ought to bo sulll
eient to reach Now YorK
Philoas Fogg
was then still within his time.
During tho night they passed to tho
left of Camp Walhaeh. Lodge Polo
Creek ran parallel to tho road, follow
ing the straight boundary between tho
Territories of Wyoming and Colorado.
At eleven o'clock thov entered Nebras
ka, passing near Sedgwick, and they
touched atJulosburg. on the South Fork
of the Platto River.
At eight o'clock in the morning Fort
Alol'horson was loft behind. Throe
hundred and llfty-sevon miles separata
this point from Omaha. The railroad
followed, on its loft bank, tho capricious
windings of the South Fork ot Platto
Kivor. At nine o'clock tlioy arrived at
tlio important town of North Platto,
built between the two arms of the main
stream, which join oaoh other around
it. forming a 'single artery a largo
tributary- whoso waters mingle with
those of the Missouri a little ubovo
Omaha.
Tho ono hundred and iirst meridian
was passed.
Air. Fogg and his partner had resum
ed thoir play. Neither of them com
plained of tho length of tho route not
ovon tho dummy. Air. Fix lind won u
fow guineas at iirst, which ho was in n
fair way to lose, but ho was not less
deeply inter 'sted than Air. Fogg. Dur
ing this morning ohanco singularly
favored this gentleman. Trumps and
honors wero showered into his nanus.
At a certain moment, after having made
a bold combination, he was about to
play a spado, when behind tho sent a
voice was heard, saying:
"1 should play a diamond."
Air. Fogg, Mrs. Aouda and Fix
raised their heads. Colonel Proctor
was near them.
Stamp Proctor and Philoas
recognized eacli other at once.
"Ali, it is you, Englishman,"
the Colonel; "it's you who are
l''"SS
criod
going
to play a spado.
" And who plays it," replied Fogg,
coldly, laying down a ton of that color.
" Well, it suits mo to havo it dia
monds," replied Colonol Proctor, in au
irritated voice.
Aud lie made a motion as if to pick
up tho card played, adding:
"You don't understand anything of
this game."
" Perhaps 1 will bo moro skillful at
another," said l'hileas Fogg, rising.
" You havo only to try it, son of John
Hull!" replied the course follow.
Airs. Aouda became pale. All tho
blood wont to her heart. Sho seized
Philoas l'ogg' s arm, and he gently re
pulsed her. Passopartout was ready to
throw himsolt on i'roctor, who was
looking at Ids ndvorsary with tlio most
insulting air. Hut Fix had risen, aud
going to Colonol Proctor, said to him:
" You forget that you have me to
deal with; mo, whom you havo not only
insulted, but struck!"
"Air. Fix," said Air. Fogg, "ibog
jour pardon, but it concerns mo alone,
"lu insisting that I was wrong in play
ing a spade, tho Colonol has insulted
me anew, aud he shall give mo satis
faction.
j "When you will, and where you
will," replied the American. " and with
I whatever weapon you please!"
j Airs. Aouda tried in vain to restrain
i Air. Fogg. The detective uselessly en
deavored to tako "tip tlio quarrel on his
own account. Passepartout wanted to
throw tho Colonol out of tlio door, but
a sign from his master stoppod him.
Philoas l'ogg went out of tiio ear, and
the American lollowed him on the plat
term. " Sir," said Air. l'ogg to his adver
sary . "I am very much in a hurry to
return to Kuropo, and any delay what
ever would bo' very prejudicial to my
interests."
Well! what does that concern mo?"
. ." 7 .,
! replied ( olonol Proctor.
! "Sir," replied Mr. Fogg, very
litoly," after our meeting in San lr
po-
an-
oisco, I formed tiio plan to come back
to America to lind you, as soon as I had
completed tho business which calls mo
to tho Old World."
"Truly!"
"Will you appoint a meeting with mo
in
six months?"
"Whv not in six vcars?"
" I say six months,5' replied Air. Fog,;,
and I will bo prompt to meet you."
'All evasions!" cried Stamp 1'roc-
4,.,. Illmn.wliiiti. n .. lint ..I .ill "
LU1. A WIUIUiliilLWiJ , WI J1WI. lib (fcll.
"All right," replied Air. Fogg.
"You aro going to New York?"
"Uo."
"To Chicago?"
"No."
"To Omaha?"
It concerns you very little!
Doy-
know Plum Creek Station.-"'
"No," ropliod Air. F'ogg.
"It is the next station. Tlio train vi.i
bo there in an hour. It will stop ten
minutes. In ton minutes wo can ex
change a few shots with our revolvers."
"Lot it bo so," replied Air. Fog,j,
"I will stop at Plum Creek."
"And 1 believe that you will renin'. '
thoro!" added tho American, with m
paralleled insolence.
"Who knows, sir?" replied Air.
Fogg, and lie re-entered tho car as cool-
I ly as usual.
i That gentleman commenced to re
assure Airs. Aouda, saying to her that
blusterers wero novor to bo feared.
i Then ho bogged Fix to act as his sec-
i ond in tho encounter which was going
to take place. Fix could not refuse,
1 and Plnletis l'ogg resumed quietly his
interrupted game, playing a spado with
perfect sorou'ty.
I fl'O UK CONTINL'KU.
FACTS ANI) FIUUKES.
All sorts of furniture are now mndo
out of paper.
Pennsylvania Is said to supply
nearly one-half tho oggs that Now
York oats.
- A leading Chicago buildor calcu
lates that 'J, 000, 001) brick aro being laid
every day in Chicago.
Largo deposits of gold havo boon
found in the bod of Little Kivor, Hlount
County, Tenn.
Four barrols of water of tho Giont
Salt Lake will leave, after evaporation,
nearly a barrel of snlt.
The annual production in tlio
United States for sovoral years past has
been about 7,000,000,000 pins.
The total area planted with tobacco
in the United States in (J.'iS.Hll acres,
producing l7i',(5lil,l.VJ pounds.
- Six valuable marble quarries aro
now giving employment to many hands
in Hawkins County, Tenn.
Tho demand for loeohos now is main
ly in tho Western States and tho yearly
supply consists of about 210,000 import
ed, and MO.OOO on a loooh farm at
Newton, L. 1., by Air. Witto.
Tho Helgian idea of Sunday is a
fostival. On that day thoy crowd to
the seaside to bathe, picnic and go to
tlio places of amusement. On ono ro
cont Sunday 7,000 excursionists arrived
in Ostoud.
Electricity is now employod in tiio
roctilication of inferior alcohol. Tho
electricity generated by a voltaic bat
tery and a dyniuno-oloetro machine is
passed through the alcohol so as to dis
engage tlio siipcrlluous hydrogen. Hy
this means boot -root alcoliol, which is
usually very poor, can bo made to yield
eighty per cent, of spirits, equal to that
obtained from tlio best malt.
Kaisin making is becoming an im
mense business in California. One fruit
grower has bought paper to lino 'ifiO.OOO
boxes. Ho lias already sold 20,000
worth of grapes this season, and tho
!..;. i .-Hi -. i. !ii i !. .- dr.tr
raisins at S2 per box wi
will
bring
CUWlv
000 more. The size of his vineyard is
not stated, but 10,000 per season has
boon obtained from a twenty-aero vino
yard. According to soml-olllelal liguros,
compiled for tho Now Orleans Vcmj
hiic, the sugar crop of tho year onding
Soptombor 1, 1881, was the largest
in Louisiana sinco the war, Tho total
pounds of sugar aro given attl7l?,'J8iJ,
891), and gallons of molasses, 15,2of),
O.'IO. About one-third of the total prod
uct of sugar conies from tho vacuum
pun. Tho substitute of tho most ap
proved methods of bundling tlio juice
lias lieoii steadily going on. Tho per
centage of open kettle sugar is con
stantly decreasing. Producers are
learning the wants of tho commercial
world, and appreciating tlio fact that
tho hotter tho goods tho better tho
price. As far as manufacture lias de
termined this year, the crop now being
harvested is one-third loss than tho
previous one. The rico crop lust your
wus larger than over, and this year it is
still greater.
--
WIT AM) WISDOM.
Tho moro Hour n housokoopor has
tho moro sho kneads. Lowell Courier.
A case without a parallel is mani
festly not u printer's case. Philadel
phia Sim.
There is a groat variety of wigs, but
paradoxical as it may soem, you will
lind any ot them as much alike as tou
pees. Wit and Wisdom.
Alormonisni has some redeeming
features. For instance it doesn't throw
tho burden of supporting a husband on
one woman. AY. Louis lOil-Dispuldi.
Those who patronize Texas stage
lines will please tako notice that, stage
robbers now refuse to tako siivor coins
with holes in them. -'Icxas HifUnijs.
"What makes men fat?" asks a
correspondent. Don't know, but about
a quart of whisky will make u man lean
all around a lamp post. Burlington
IJawkcijc.
Class in geography "Who can toll
mo anything about a strait?" asks tho
lonelier. Hoy "I heard my dad say,
last night, that it boats two pair." Uos
ton Transcript.
A grout deul is being said about tho
bravo women of America, and our bo
loved land can truthfully boast of tho
heroic spirit possessed by it fair ones.
And yet there is scarcely a woman in an
the wide country who cannot fool tho
roots of her hair begun to swell overy
time sho sees an innocent little mouse
scuinper ull'rightodly across tho lloor.
JJelrod Free t'ress.
A late poem begins: "Only n smilo
that wus given mo on tho crowded
street ono day! Hut it pierces tho
gloom of my saddest heart liko a sud
den sunbeain's ray." A "smilo" does
make tho gloom of somo hearts migrate,
as it were; but iUhould novor bogivon in
a crowded street. People will talk, you
know; and a man ought to havo onough
self-respect to tako ids friend around
the corner or up an alley when ho
wishes to banish his gloom with si
"smilo" ho carries in a bottlo in Ida
pistol pocket. A orrCitoion lkrald.
And this was tlio story wo told the
Chicago editor: " Yes, air, there's a
man in Now York who wus bora drunk.
Hoth his puronts wore hard drinkers.
His mother was drunk whou ho was
born. And from tho moment ho came
into the world lie has boon in a stuto of
beastly intoxication, though ho has
novor touched a drop of liquor." Tho
Chicago man had listened with great
interest. " Does ho feel drunk and act
drunk all tho tiino?" ho eagerly asked.
" lie does," wo replied. Thoro was a
sad, chastened fur-away look in tho
Chicago man's oyos as 'ho murmured:
"Somo mou havo dead loads of luck."
U08t0)l Poit.