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THE RED CLOUD CHIEF.
Wl. L. THOMAS, Publlshor-
RE CLOUD,
NEBRASKA.
i
f WAXT TO GO OCT WITH MAMMA. '
You note of course my pinafore.
Ami (lint I'm in short frocks;
My hair done like a rhiM's of four,
Ainl my dear little socks'"
Hut ttimixli I'm iln:--l like one of eight,
I'mtll that clo-e vlance you look
You iiiihi hae el-en,
I'm i:i-t lili-en.
Ami older llian 1 look!
riioiirs Hut I want logo out with mamma!
I wjitiI totroout with mamma!
Ve;. tlioiixli he -nyi So,"
Ami ihin-s me to jrrow,
I want to xt oui with mamma!
I am sick of nurseries :uil toy,
I liuriit two dolls to-lay:
I yearn for rrow:i-ii ji wnle'- Joys,
Amlilon't want here tn-tjiy.
My mother let tie- whi-iM-r thi
1 fciiw it in a lxnik.
I- lirty-tlirce
We ImiIIi. you see.
Are older than we look.
Ciioiirs ISut I want to x out with mamma,
etc.
My null her. though. I've heard them say.
Has vowed to never Ii".
"ime whnte'er may. a sinjrlc day
Advaneeil on ttiirt-tlir-e.
Hut -un-ly 'lis not rihl Unit I
Mich M-iti-hm- slmuM hrook.
For spite -liort I nicks
And oiicn -iek-.
I in olilcr than I look.
Ciioiiiis-iJut 1 want .ut Willi iiiiiiniiia, t
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ignition j mm.
THE I.'flT.S.I .MUSEUM. i
A IVeji at an Army of ISniikwiiriiii I.lter
nturc of tin Ilrml I'a-t i'orsol ten Au
lliorn I-lRiptlau SarropIiaKi ami I'liiicr-.-il.
This is the Rriti-h Mti-cum, a bit of
its great front visible through Mu-eiun
street, which runs aero Oxford -a
great, gray, damp, ma ive and depress
ing charnel-like trea-ure-hoii-e of liter
ature, ail and science, full of all the
hook-, ever written by the main un
known and known authors of the Brit
ish Empire. Two copies of every book
and pamphlet printed mu-t bcdepo-ilcd
in the I'ritih Mu-euin library, behind t
who.-e scenes you are only admitted by 1
special permit, and who-e Hours are
iron gratings. Standing on lhce you
look down on room- below -tored with
tens of thousands of books, and above
viinr IieMi! rriiliroli-like "lilllli-e-
"through sueees-ive laver- of gratings of
rooms above rooms filled with tens and
hundreds of thou-ands more books -
bookMif all a.'c-; the lir-t and la-t ,
printed: book- in vellum and parch- .
ment and of black letter, venerable to '
the eve and mu-tv to the nose: books '
oflomr, lorn-- :i"o "dead. , fnnnitlvii '
and ncver-to-be-rcsUscitated authors
who grew pale, thin, worn, blear, blind
and hollow-eved "writing for poster-
V
ity.' Posterity knows not, nor ever
will know, tlieir name.-. Posterity
stands in Ihisehariiel-hou-e of dead and
forgotten literature, and, overwhelmed
at thc-e myriad- of books above, below,
to right and to left and all about, won
ders how man can ever dare to write
auot her book, nooks here once ileemci
full of wisdom, now known to be full of
nonsense; book- once thought to be full
of truth, now known for theory, drivel,
maundering and conceited gue. work;
novels here, too, by a former age
deemed of fascinating intere-t, now re
mrileil mill -i. iltill riixl iiomleroiis curi
osities of anlioiiiiv: books mice lhoii"ht
airy, light, witty and humorous, now
known as dull, prosy and -tupid; Ribles
here, too, trea-ured with most reverent
car not because they are Ribles, but
for once having belonged to Mime wick
: I--.- - -- - - I-.
ed old King or Queen, who read what
parts of the Scripture which -idled ,
them and dwelt with miction and satis- ! Imns timers, cats. rats, muinnmw ami
faction over the pa--:ige -Fear Cod ami ' I'lnply Egyptian eolVms. and womlcnii"
honor the King." rejoicing that thus where the wisdom of it all i. and
thev had the law and the Lord on their I when- they get it out. and getting hour
i.'ull j ly more tired, cold, hungry, .sleepy, tie
"ax axcikst iji-kkn's BiBLK. I f'r-cd and di-hcariened at the'.-ight
An assistant librarian showed me :i "f s" ,p "& Mming lifele-?
copv of .-ome ancient (Queen's Rible. ' '--"n " X"Z " "'J'1 "!"1
I'vJ forgotten who she was. An Amer- . n c h:l ! lo j'""'"'''- :"l1 '""V
iean sofereign has time for overload- ' 1"st.:III,! "" "" "l1" ' "' :UM" n,,,m
ing his meimirv with the names of dead ' :W,yu",rMan,IIjr V lhl j5?","-' ,MW
...fi ..: ti.:. i:i.j full of .-lulled deadiie . which Mares
aim "oin- iivi-ii-. i in- niim- ii- a
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.-irall volume in jrrepn velvet. I was
allowed as a great favor to hold it for
a few seconds. 1 didn't realize at lir-t
how irrcat a favor it was. I held thi-
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precepts it contained were in this ens-
Indian's eves far more weight v than
those in tlie commoner Ribles "owned ,
li- ffii,iro.iii follrc 'I'll, oi-iti looL-i.il -is
if he begnulgedthe wearandtear of the
book from my momentary lingering. So
1 relieved his mind by handing the pre
cious volume back to him.
I was at the time in the company of a
might v old Rible hunter an American
a part of who-e business in Europe
was the buying of very ancient printed
Ribles for that small ami wealthy class'
of people among us who have a passion ,
for old books. He was in cestacies that
day. having just secured, as he said, the (
olde-t Rible in Europe, for which he had '
paid, if 1 recollect correctlv, :.000. He !
had purchased it for a man in Connecti
cut, an antiquarian biblical madman
rich enough to feed his madnc-s.
IIOOKWOKMS.
extra sacred volume as I would hold I !MU J" U,M '"';- '"-' -anv
common Rible. Then 1 saw the ; "V- hn' ,,,M and rot. and glad to
eu'stodian's eve fixed on me with a mix- ' l :'Vw,,;,n- 'y '"" "" "
ture of mq.rl.se and di.-gust. I thought '';, 1"WH;; ' '"' "
over the bolts and barTwliieh had been : "'.""".f":. ,l0 .Ul ,ak' ,,1,,I ,ate a,J
drawn and taken down, and the locks ! "I "riti-m-Mu-'emii dea.Ine out of
unlocked ere this Rible could be taken ' hnr "wuth aml the "'I' "", of ,,ll'ir
out, and that this was both a roal Rible hol's-
and an ancient Rible. and that there-j Rut the guardian with the billiard-cue
fore the hook itself and the truths and ,lt' 1"--t ".v. , Hiws and feels all this
Not onlv here are books, hut book- ' l IK,n,,L,,iar llow IHJ s
worms and book mummies and book shaved, and dey put dat new man on fo
gophers and burrowers and searchers. ' to try his han : hut some i.Ie barber al
Fromoneof thelibrarvgxdleries voumav wa.vs stroPs I,,s n,7;ah' SU1 ko'l :l" .v"1
gaze down upon them: down there in a ' on """ AIa.v tle neu" nian ',,HN, u"1
great pit seated at an immense star-like ra,'- a"' nu'bbe he doesn t. It all de
svstcm of long desks all radiatiii"- from Iu'u,s " h,s conlidonce. Confidence is
a" common center. Not a word is ,,e ,,mm tl" m learning de barber
spoken. All poring over books, and si- business." " Do barbers .shave tliem
lent attendants in ereakless shoes bring-. selve-?" queried the reporter. "No.
oi.r i,.., ,,... iw,i-o Ai,.ctK- ,..,!.. dev .-have one anoder. hen a barbel
..- -.. .. v.....k .
sallow, lean ami middle "or prematurely I
.-ome of the male mummie
's who p-iss !
books at the '
their daws cramming from books
aged men. their brains thatched with ' an uraneiiau iii-omer num. nai-
lifeless wigs, their eves glaring into ' ber never pays nuthm for hares unless
books through staring s'pectaeles clothes ' thev's away from home. "Doesn't a
mack ami seeiivamllianguigmwrinkies i'in'". """.' --"- '."
about tlieb- st. -i" !nininnii.. .,..!. ...... bers evervwhere? 44I reckon it does.
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Rrili-h Museum librarv: cramming, per- "
chance, for some well-to-do writer;' Americans desiring aristocratic
cramming for "points" he mav wish to' titles may be pleased to know where
ue in novel, essav or work pliilosophi- they are for sale, and at what prices,
cal. theological, biographical or histor- T!l lg"res are given by CAamfcrs
ieal: cramming for a few shilliii"-s per Journal, and there is an agent in Lon
day. just enough to buv food at the six- tlon wll conducts the business. A
pence chovhouse lo hold bodv together , choice of three Spanish orders, eonfer
whilc their minds cram; 'oiiidowu rin?-' the title of Count, is ofl'ered for
like old buckets into these wx-lls of , 10,000. the only qualification necessary
knowledge and coming up full ami pour- on the part of the purchaser being "an
ing into some other man's reservoir. ( eminent standing in his own country."
and so going down and coming up un- i it may be presumed that the inquiry on
til the hoops burst, the staves tumble in that point is not severe. The Sultan of
and their wcarv souls llv out of the Turkey will make you a Chevalier for
well's mouth and out of the Rritish Mu- $125. You may become an Earl, of the
seum library. Eor certainly Mich a life , ort created by the little Republic of
kills them off: dries their flesh to leath- , San Marino, by paying $3,750. or a
cr as thev breathe this atmosphere of Raron for .SS4. Secular dignities by
Oiu uooks, oiu icainer. oni parenrneiu,
,i i i.i .;i.. .
old paper and old mustv ideas
Here, also, in this great and silent
reading-room, is the British female
mummy, a living cadaver or literary
jjhoul, 'feeding on tomes; working fo"r
?canty bread by digging up long writ
ten nonsense or lies, or strings of words
too complicated in structure and too
unintelligible as to comprehension to be
aeemed other than the deepest wisdom
Here she is, poor thing, with her note-
book and pencil, her parchment-hi:e I
romplexion, her well-worn bombazine,
her ringlets in wormlike convolutions,
her lank and bony form painfully sug
gestive of the nearness of all parts of her
skeleton to her skin that skeleton and
that skin and all the rest so strangelv
kept alive, when for her there is so little
io Jive on. Maybe she is also "making i
fame" for somebody fame which may
la.t a hundred year--.
HONKS, STONKS ASH MlMMIf.
Other great rooms are full of bono?
and .'tones ami supposed wisdom in
bones ami .stone-. Mummified animals
taken from I'irviitian catacombs,
pecially eat; -core and .scores of ght-s
jars full of mummified eats, or what
i onee were cats now all fallen to piece-,
i and hones of cats skin of cat-, caw.-, of
j ancient cats and embalming -ag- of eats
feline skulls rib-, rag- and dii-t all in
a jumble.
Other damp halls holding Egyptian
mummies -ome ipiite perfect in their
painted case, muiic decayed, vvith-kcle-ton
hands and great and little toe bones
turneil up and -.ticking out of the bur-t
ami tattered cerement-.
Some of the halls abound plentifully
in Egyptian -tone collin-. ransacked
from their grave- and earrieil oer the
sea ju-t :e mv nohle Engli-h Lord's
collin may be -J.O'H) v car- heiic-bv -oinc
curious nice whose reading of Engli-Ii
history may be conden-ed to a p-igefull
of date-. Some of ihc-ccjiliiiis weigh
ton--. It mu-t have taken a contractor
j to undertake an Egyptian fimcral. I
' uppo-e when the relatives took their
last look of the dear dejiarted mummy.
1 they put up the -hear- oer the hou-e,
j took oil' the roof ami let down a thou
I -and r mi pound- of .-tone lid. Then
the gearing wa- made fa-t to the thrce
! toii Mone bo it-elf. and .-i or eiirht
vok. (f OMi 4Itv,J,. u-,.n. ,,; to the
i - .-.. I. .!....!,- ..I
uoi.-iiug appaiiim-, mm -i -..... ..
i me raie oi an men a mniisn. me ..nr
phagu- went up out of the room before
tlie ees ol the mourner-. At tin-rale
il mu-t have taken a week to get it to
the cemetery. The funeral pace of to
dav i- a hor-e race to that of the ancient
Egyptian-, 1 nt what a delusion was
llicirs to think they v.eie holed for all
eternity. Here llp-y are in aland un
knowniit their time, and peeped over
and into In a mighty nice, some of
who-e representative- from York-hire a-.
thc twi-t their neck- over the -ide-, re
mark: Oh. .say Hill. Wot a "og trough
this "ere would make, eh?" Poor dese
crated Egypt!
5HMUM ATrKVIlANT-.
And this is the I'.riti-h Mu-euni at
tendant. One guardian to each room.
(Generally -it- on a bench and -leeps.
Or wanders about betwixt -leeping and
waking. Carrie- in hi- hand a wand
like a billiard cue. Svinbol ofauthorit to
H"' trespassers and .li-turber-. Seems
1'"1' "' l uhde -leeping on his
bench. Dittouhile -leejunoii h.s ted.
I don't mean to -ay that tlie poor man
1'T" :i lit-siltliv, legitimate .-Jeep. lis
eye-- are generally open, ami hi- other
m-im's about half awake. It the run-
Hlim to which hi-, tiresome, tedious,
mmiotonous employment reduce-, him.
'"' ! ""thing to do but to May in the.se
great, damp lulls :md watch lhe-e dead
tilings. Hones ami .-tones. All tlie nays
of hi- life are so pa-sed, save Sunday,
amid dead bones ami stones, mummies,
eollius and dead and -tuil'cd elephants
lions, tiger--, rhinoceroses, giraffes, hye
nas ami all other beast.-ami all other
birds and bones of dead mammoths and
all these dead things-all his life long
-taring at him out of their bony eye-
sockc'.s. or wor-e. oui oi gia-s eyes,
tho-e -ad imitations of natural optics.
This is bad enough, but it i- not a'l. nor
the worst. Resides Mhe dead bea-ts
birds and mummies, the-e hells ol
stuffed and honv dcadiic-- are tilled bv
visitors -hundreds of them. The P.rit-
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isii piioiic iioiii ine i oiuiiis iui oiu-i
"do" the Mii-emn before they leaVtj
town and die. Here they are. coming
ami going, wandering hopelessly amj
di spairingly about tlie-e great, gray,
damp halls, taking death-cold- ami
peeping at the eaes tun m UeaU thing
. . ...
back at them
m. and wondering and long
ing how ami where they re ever to get
out of this va-t and wonderful place.
ind wi-hingthev were out. ami getting
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lea.lness ami live misery aiiout mm ami
H kills lmn. yet lie lives
I'rcntic- Muljonl, in .
vet he lives on for vears.
San 1'ntnrisro
LirOttt('tC
How a Rarher Develops
"How long does it take a man to learn
the barber business?" aked a reporter
while undergoing a ton-nrial operation
at the hands of a colored profe ional.
"Well, dat depends on how much talent
he has for the business," wa- the quiet
reply: "generally takes 'bout a year."
" How do they begin?" aked the re
porter. " Hey" generally begin by black
in1 boots. Den deystan" roun an watch
an ole barber .-trop his razah. an' watch
him shave. After a while dey lets "em
put the lather on. Den pretty soon he
tries his han" at shavin. Somebody
comes dat's verv good-natured, or nieb-
... -.-, , ,.
wn,s a 5,1:ive Iie:v,;k:? a friend to do it
but I never heard it called by dat name
afor." Jioston Courier.
l,,t J-opcaie represumcu o iiie tyi
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to be in the market. To become a
Count from this source costs $5,000. It
is also said that in Russia, Portugal and
the German States, though the Govern
ments do not barter away'titles directly,
the roundabout payment of fees to
officials will produce satisfactory results.
Large numbers of Socialists have
recently been expelled from three im-
portant German towns. Thev number
in all -120. For each town the number is
as follows:; Berlin, 155; Hamburg, 195:
Leipsic, 70. Xcarlv all have wives.
children and relatives dependent upon
them for the necessaries of life. Many
have gone to England to seek new
homes and many nave come to these
shores. . Four of them had been in tha
German Parliament.
jj- Jlciimrkahlo Flow From a Franklin
(Pa.) Oil Well.
Am one familiar with the heavy oil
I'evelopmcnis knows that a goodly part
f the drilling is done on the hill known
X-. th- " Point," near Franklin. It ri-e-from
the bank of Fn-m h Creek in a very
abriqit manner. Philip Gro man's
brewery i-situated at the foot of South
Park -trect, on the we-t -ide of the
creek. His beer au't is on the other
s-idc. It i- an imineu-e vault, bla-ted
out if th" solid rock, and penetrate
into the hill-ide nearly lnij feet. In
tin- is stored large quantities of lager
beer. The ca-k- that hold the beer
contain on an aeraire about ten barrels
1 each. One ca-k in the rear end of the
! ault is u-ed as a .-upply ca-k. All the
' other- are connected with this one by
i pipes, and the supply ca-k being -unk-j
en. i- alwav-, kept "full of beer. The
! hill at thi- "place is .-o steep that it can
1 not be a-cended.
Above thi- vau't. on the hilltop. Rial
, & .son own a lease. They drilled a
I number of wells on their h-a-e and they
were all profitable. Some time ago
, they located No. '.I directly oer this
beer vault. The rig was built and
j things ran along in the usual manner
for "ibout a week. When thev had
reaehed a depth of It") feet. I'tJO feet
' . . it . i .1
less than where tliev u-iiauy nno i:ie
sand, the drill .-truck, a creice and
drotiiied awav several feet. The tool-
i were withdrawn from the hole and the
' bailer run. It came up seemingly full
of oil. Rail as they would theytoiild
I not exhau-t the -upply. They decided
; to tube the well, a'el were ordered to
: do -o by Mr Rial. The next day t':e
well w'as tubed without being shot.
I They commenced to pump it. and it
threw- the fluid out at a great rate. No
I ticing something queer about the oil.
' one of the men tasted it. He found it
I so good that he put hi-, lips to the pipe
J and took long gulps of the delicious
i -lull". Fir-l one and then another drank.
I Thev became what is known as drunk.
The owners vi-ited the well, drank, and
were overcome. Operators came to see
il, drank, and were overcome. The
people of the town, who had heard of
it, went up the hill, drank, and were
overcome.
Little by li'tlc t.hey came to realize
what thevhad been drinking. One man
was found in the crowd who had tasted
beer before. He atlirmed that it wa
beer. but they laughed at him. How
would this Rip Van Winkle elixir get
into the bowels of the earl!.? At la-l
Ihcy decided to call in undoubted au
thority on the beer que-tioii, and sent
for Phillip Gro man. Gros-maneaine.
Ileta-ted it once, twice, and then he
tore his hair. " Is it beer?'' they asked.
"Reer? Yes; its inein own make.
Mein Golt in Hitnmel, you are pumping
ni4.iii beer vault dry!" Such was the
fact, and the way "that well was .-hut
down was a caution. They visited the
vault and found it to be ,-o. Three of
the large casks were empty. Oil City
)i rrick:
Pickerel Fishing Through the Ice.
At this tin:" of year there is no more
exciting sport than pickerel li-hing
through the ice. And. taking the whole
year round. Maine sportsmen have no
pursuit that is more exhilarating. Pick
erel bile well after the ponds have ju-t
frozen over, ami the lisjiermeu like to
get on the ice about as -non a- it will
bear their weight. Talk with an incor
rigible angler for half an hour and you
will generally lind him full of old chimney-corner
super-titions and traditions
of the forest ami -tream. One of the
current beliefs is that the lir-t time a
green hand goe-out he i-bound to have
good luck. Another tradition is that
pickerel sometimes swim or .-coot on a
down grade, and sometimes on an up
grade, and that when they have their
noses pointed toward the bottom you
can't catch one. if your pickerel bail
were peaches and cream. The pi-cato-rial
belief in the inlliieuec of the -igiis of
the almamic i- profound. And your sly
old fisherman generally consults his al
manac before he catches hi- bait.
"When the signs are in the belly they'll
bite well every lime. I don't know
what the meaning of it is. but I -'po-e
they're hungry." aid a eteran whom
we con-ultcd on the zodiacal que-tioii.
Fi-h will not bite well when I hey are
spawning. Their many trait-afford a
wide range for study. " Fish are dread
ful contrary critters." is the way the
afore-aid veteran sums up his philoso
phy. When the pickerel fisher finds
the signs and the weather right, he
takes Ids dip-net and goes down to the
river after live minnows for bait. These
foolish little fish are attracted into
the line nie-hes by meal liberally
fed to them. The pickerel doe.-n't rei-i-h
dead food, and must be caught' with
live bait. The fun of pickerel-li-hinc is
in your ability to have -o many -trings
a-going at once. Twenty-live is a fair
number, although two men can ti-h with
forty. Cutting the holes through the
ice is fun. if you have a sharp chisel and
I he ice isn't over four inches thick, but
when you have two feet of -olid freeze
under you and an old ax with which to
penetrate it. it's more like business. Two
men generally go together, and one set--the
sticks and arranges the lines while
the other cuts the holes. The man who
-ets the lines first gets the bottom and
id justs his bait about two feet above it
more or less, perhaps, according to
his own idea of the correct thing. The
lines are attached to poles set in the ice
at an angle of about forty-live degrees
over the holes. Each line is al-o looped
over a bob screwed loosely on the pole,
so that when a pickerel bites and darts
off. the bob is turned ami forms a cross
with the longer stick, thus signalizing
the fisherman. One of the ways of the
pickerel is to chew his bait a little while,
and this is in favor of his catcher. When
the pickerel commence to bite before the
lines are all set. :is they frequently do.
the excitement is at its pitch. "There
goes one!" shouts one man. There's
another!'' shouts his chum, dropping his
ax and running to pull him up. and
when the twenty-five or forty lines are
all in. ami are pulling -harp, who then
wouldn't be a pickerel lisher? LcicMon
(Me.) Journal.
A Homance of the Jeanncttc.
For more than eighteen months past a
beautilul and accomplished young lady
: of this city the lovely and roiiiance
I inspiring footstool of the angels has
1 leen in a constant state of hope and
despair. The news received night be
fore last from the wandering Jeannette
has sent gladness and sorrow to many a
breast, but to the young lady in ques
tion it has created the most anxious
fears. Yesterday, just before the San
Francisco train pulled out, a matronly
old lady might have been seen support
ing a heavily veiled young woman.
They were evidently mother and
daughter from the tender and motherly
manner in which the elder lady looked
after the slightest want of her compan
ion. A Times reporter, noticing the
couple, surmised that the young lady
was laboring under some great mental
sorrow. He looked toward the coach
from which the ladies had just alighted
and saw that it was a private carriage.
His curiosity was aroused. He ap
proached and cautiously interrogated
the drh er. The old coachman was very
reticent, and the news gatherer was
about to give up in despair when an
idea struck him. He. put it into execu
tion at once by telling the old man that
his interest in the two ladies had been
aroused from the fact that he believed
he saw a family resemblance between
himself and them.
'I just arrived here the other day,"
said the reporter, "and I have every
reason to believe that the elder lady is a
very near relation of mine."'
This nad the desired effect and xha
poor old man unfolded a story of ro
mance in real life that never occurs
more than once in a century. It seems
that Miss wa vi-iting friends in
San Francisco during the winter of
1678-'J. She met Lieutenant Dancn
hower. of the Tinted Mates Navy-, a
noble specimen of manhood. The Lieu
tenant was smitten with the fair daugh
ter of Los Angeles. They met often.
1 and the sequel wa- soon evident in a
! desperate hue affair. Rut the old. old
saying that true love never ran smooth
j was never more plainly ilhi-trated than
in this cae. For -eieral month- there
was not a happier pair in all San Fran
I cisco. This earthly bli-s could not la-t
long, however. The Lieutenant was
then under orders to sail with the ill
fated Jeannette. A- the time drew near
i tie -weet girl became -ad and pensive
and it was a common thing for her to
meet her loer with tearful eye-. She
i told him her fears, and pleaded with all
! the eloquence only known to a lovely
' maiden, but her lover had been ordered
by his country to go to alino-t certain
death, and his honor would not permit
I him to break his word, even for the
: being he wor-hipped. Tie sad day of
separation finally arrived and the two
devoted lover- parted, possibly never to
j meet again in this world.
I This is the sad -tory told in brief by
the old coachman who related his tale
' with tears in his eyes.
" Yes. sir,1' said the old fellow, "she
has been a different girl ever since.
I Thev had only known one another a
-hurt time, but I don't b -lieve two peo-
pie ever loved as " ! this devoted
couple. Why. -ir. I. m :her -aid that
-when the Lieutenant esoie to bid her
good-by it took two o: his brother offi
cers to -cparatc them when the mo
ment of parting came. She fainted al
most as soon as he was out of the house.
When she revived she ordered a car
riage and immediately repaired to the
Cliff House. As soon as she arrived
there she took a stand where she could
'ct a "nod view of the Golden Gate.
Neither commands nor coaxing could
move her until she was satisfied the
vessel had passed out to sea. After re
turning to Lo--Angeles she led are
tired life, having been convinced from
the fir-t that -he would never -ee her
lover again. She ha- never failed to be
up by daylight since the .Jeannette
sailed in order to read the telegraph
news. That. sir. has been the only thing
that has ever intere-ted her. When -he
got the Times thi- morning and read
the news from the Jeannette you might
have heard her screams almost
a mile off. The whole family
wen! in bed at the time. When
they reached her she was in a faint and
everybody thought she was dead. Rut
God was not kind enough to put the
poor "irl out of her mi-erv. The lir-t
) thing -he said was; .Mamma, take me
j to San Franci-co at once.'' She don't
' seem to know what she want.-, but her
mother would start for the .-pot where
the Jeannette was lost it her daughter
would a.-k it."'
" How old is she?"
" She was nineteen la-t Oclo't rr. hut
to look at her now voti would think -he
was at lea-t thirty."
, The young lady is well known in this
city, and up to "within the jia-t two
I years was one of the brighte-t and nio-t
I "beautiful of Los Angeles belles. Her
' name is -uppre cd for the pre-ent. and
her unfortunate hue affair is known by
' but few. :ts the family has made every
; effort to keep it quiet.
I For the sake of the girl, il" for no
otherreason.il i- nio-t devoutly hoped
that the third boat with the gallant
, Lieutenant and hi- brother officers will
y'ct be saved.
1 This is probably one of the --adde-t
i stories that has ever been chronicled on
the Paciiie coast. The young lady's sad
history i- very -imilar to Lady Fratik
i lin's. "and -he will undoubtedly receive
J great sympathy from the feminine por
: tion of "the whole countrv. . Aii'iUs
(Cal.) 'Huns.
-
General Grant's Cigar.
A friend once said he made a calcula
tion that the value of the cigar--inoked
by General Grant during his campaigns
would pay the whole cost of the late war
and leave a re-pcctablc balance to begin
the next. This wa- probably an ex
aggeration, but he certainly did smoke
a great many line and costly cigars dur
ing the period alluded to. The writer
was a witness and partly an aetor when
four of General Grant's very costly
cigars were consumed, or rather de
stroyed, in a very brief space of time.
Shortly before the close of the war he
had occtision to bring .some important
dispatches to headquarters, ami. as soon
as they were opened and digested by
the General, an invitation to breakfast
followed, after which a cigar was ten
dered and accepted, and the General
and the writer proceeded down towards
the wharf.
This, which was an entirely new
structure, was of immen-c length and
had been built to replace one destroyed
by lire, the result of an explosion of
shells which were being landed for the
ie of the arm v. There had been great
lo-s of life from this accident, and to
guard against repetition of it, the Gen
eral had is-ued an order that no smok
ing should be allowed on the wharf. To
carry out the order the more effectually,
sentries had been po-ted at each end,
with directions to allow no one to pa
with a lighted pipe or cigar. The Gen
eral, who desired to give some instruc
tions to the writer to lie adopted on his
return, had evidently forgotten the
terms of his own order about smoking,
and stepped on the wharf cigar in mouth.
He was immediately confronted by
the sentinel (who happened to be a col
ored man), who presented arms most
respectfullv. but added: "Regparding.
Gineral, but dere's no smoking" Towed
heah." The General flung his cigar into
the James, the writer followed suit, and
we proceeded slowly down the wharf.
Upon arriving at about the center of it
the General stopped to emphasize some
particular he was desirous to impress
upon me. when he mechanically took
from his breast pocket two other cigars,
handed me one. and from his fusee case
produced a light. After we got our
cigars well started, he proceeded towanl
the other end of the wharf, entirely ob
livious of the fact that there was another
sentinel there.
Upon arriving at the end. however,
the sentry, another colored man, drew
himself up to his full height, saluted the
General, and immediately- added. " Reg
parding. Gineral. but dere's no smokin'
Towed heah." Whereupon the General
turned to me and said, "Confound these
niggers, let's go somewhere where we
cansmoke." and flung his cigar into the
river, w hieh was followed by mine. It
was supposed at one time that no cigar
could be manufactured too strong for
General Grant, but that has proved a
fallacy. When he became President,
some friends, knowing his taste for high
flavored tobacco, sent an order to Hav
ana for live thousand of the largest and
strongest cigars that could be made,
cost being no consideration. They were
duly sent, when the order was com
pleted, to New York, and co-t without
duty SSOO a thousand, or eighty cents
apiece. They were so strongr however,
as not to be smokable even by the Gen
eral, and he had to give most of them
away to any of his friends who would
accept them. Philadelphia Press.
m
A Chinese steamer the Meifoo
has arrived in the Thames. It is the
first of a regular line of steamers sailing
i under the Chinese flag, intended to carry
on direct import and export trade be
tween the two countries. The Meifoo
brings three thousand tons of tea. and it
is said to be the first Chinese steamer
; which has ever delivered s-ucha cargo in
Esgland.
Occnpatlons for Winter Ercnings.
In the long winter evenings there arc '
manv hours that can be made most u-e-ful
in the household, if the father and
mother will only adopt some plan of in- (
-truction and entertainment in which ;
all the household can be included. It
is too much the habit in familie-. both !
in th" country and city, to leave each
member to go its own "way. The father
reads his newspaper beside the center ,
table, and wishes no disturbance in hi? .
vicinity: the mother, perhap-. is bu-y '
in the nursery with the younger chil- j
Jren. or engaged in hou-ehold duties, ,
or absorbedm the page- of a magazine, ,
ir book, and takes Iixt I - heed of the (
vcupations of the older members oi !
the family. Perhaps tlie young men
-eek amu-cmeiits abroad, and are al
lowed to return home when thev please.
umjue-tioned concerning their method ,
nl pas-ing mo long evce'ng. i no t
older girl- receive their friend-in the
parlor, or gather around tie table or j
piano, occupied with fancy work or
inu-ic. Etch one is independent of the
other, and there is no community of in-
t ere.-t. which make- the boi.d of home '
happine-s and inerea-es the love of its
inmates. In families tlm- managed, '
what wonder that the -on- -eek ques
tionable aniii-ciuents. the daughter-'
make ill-a-.-orted marriages and lead
unhappy live--, and the pareuts find,
little Iiappine-s in their children. In
their youth they gave them -belter and '
food. "and cared for their health: but (
they did not intere-t them-elve- in inak-,
ing knm- i'i'; they did not give them
real heart love, and "teach them that in'
their society they could always be enter-,
Gained. i
Every evening there sh uld be an !
hour given up to the little folks, when'
voung and old jilay together. "The
wise man is he who keeps his child-!
heart," has been trulv -aid: and the man '
who cannot frolic with his children i
reallv to be pitied. No matter how
high his .station.:! good romp is thebe-t '
exercise for him and for his children-'
and the father who joins in his son's '
sports, play foot-ball with him. -lides
down hill aiid skates on the pond, is the
father who-e old age is the nio-t ten-'
derly cherished, and whose gray head i5
rarely di-honored. i
Occupations for winter evenings, ol
course, mu-t be varied according to the
eircuin-tanees and tastes of the family
but music should have its place in tli
home life, whenever it is practicable,
anil in that family where the piano L'
alwavs opened ami the mother ever
willing to play accompaniments a'ld to
lead the singing, the happic-t home lift
is found. One need not be able to play
or sing -cientilic inu-ie to give plea-ure '
to children: and if the father is not will-;
ing to lend his aid to the general enter-1
taiiiinent he should at lea-t not throw aj
wet blanket over those who participate
in it. by objecting to the di-turbaiief
they create. The best way not to be
di-turbed bv the noise is to join in the
amusements:, but if you cannot be s(.
unselfish as to rejoice in the others' joy, j
quietly ab-ent you r-elf from their mid-t.
There are many quiet games which '
can be played in a large family thai
are both iii-tructiveand aniti-ing. Aftei '
the children's hour of fun. there could !
be an hour of reading aloud by some ,
member or members of the family.!
There can be no better wav to increase
the taste for choice literature than by i
home reading, whether in a large oi
-mall circle. In a village, a youny I
people's club could be formed, to meet
once or twice a week and take up a'
course of reading, either hi-torical or;
political, or in general literature. Hall
a dozen or a dozen young ladies and
gentlemen would lind -ueh a way ol ,
pa ing an evening quite as entertain-
iii-rlvas if it were -pent in silly com er-a- '
tion' on dre-s. fashion and go ip. Read
ing aloud is achariningaccomplishinent '
when one excels in it. and by practice '
almost everyone can succeed in it. am1 ,
take turns in the reading. In a circle ;
of old friends of my acquaintance, some
of them high in" the lifties. reading
aloud while theothcrs worked, has been
a practice for over a third of a century,
and the mo-t charming hours of theii
lives, nnt-ide their families, have beei,
pa ed in this manner: and many a his- t
torical work, many a biography, ami
many a noteworthy novel, have beei, (
read by them, and are always closely
a ociatcd with each other. '
The reading club need not be given
up wholly to the young people, but the
middle-aged and the old will also fimi
theni a delightful entertainment in the,
long snowy, dark evening-, when tin'
monotony of home life seems almo-t un
bearable." and the seven evenings of the
week are looked forward to with almost
dread, as they mu-t be pas-ed so stu
pidly. The evening paper once read
paterfamilias falls asleep heide the fire '
the kitten purrs upon the hearth run
and the dog sleeps on the door mat,'
while the mother clicks her knitting
needles and sorts her wools, ami chide
the children if they are too noi-v in
their plays; and so the dull eveniii"
drags along, until the father arouse,
himself and thinks it is almost bed-time,
and the mother put- away her knitting
bag or her mending-basket and rejoices.
Are not many hours of the winter e?en- j
ings wasted. "or passed in such inonot- j
onous occupations that the mind fairly
rusts out before the body wears out? j
Cor. Country fit nllt man.
Geraniums in the Window Garden.
It is very rare to see a well-grown ge
ranimn invvindow culture. Even if the
plants bloom fairly, they are often
drawn up. misshapen things, not pleas
ing to look upon. In the majority of
cases, plants that have lieen set out in
the garden for the summer are allowed
to gfi as you please." The roots find
ing an abundance of rich soil, the tops
grow off at a famous rate. At the aj
proaeh of cool weather the plants arc
taken up as they stood: if any cutting is
done, it is at the roots, to bring them
within the limits of a pot, and the plants
are placed in the window. As a conse
quence of such treatment the majority of
the h'aves fade and fall, ami show a lot
of long, lankv stems, with a small tuft
of leaves at the top. This condition of
the plants is due either tr a lack of
knowledge or to timidity. Amateur cul-
tivators. as a general thing, seem to fear
to use the knife: could the plants cuffer '
oain. they would not ho more reluctant
:o cut. The proper method is to pre- i
pare the plants for taking in long before
the time for lifting them : but it i- too late
to ail vise that as it is to suggest pruning !
them at the time of taking them up. .
Even at this late day it is better to cut
back the geraniums to a good shape j
than to let them remain as they are. Of !
course each plant will have its own ,
needs in this respect, and only general ',
advice can be given. Cut back the long ,
;tems in such a manner that the plants
will form a low, rounded head, and re- !
move altogether such branches a will .
make the nead too much crowded. In .
pruning the stems, cut just above a bud
or leaf scar. If the cut be made just be
low a bud. or hat f-wav between two
5uds. the stem will die down to the next i
bud below, leaving an unsightly :ub. ;
Kew growth will" soon start and the :
plant will, after awhile, present an ap
pearance so greatly improved that the '
owner 'will regret that it had not been ?
done before. Geraniums are not the
only window plants that need pruning i
to lseep them in a neat form, but those
who take proper care of their plants can '
do much of this by pinching with the
thumb and finger nails, or removing al- .
together those buds that appear where a
shoot is not desired. American Agri- ,
cuUurisl. i
In 1873 the Back Bav District, ol I
Boston, was an unsightly marsh. Nov j
it supports epine of
the fizist bolldligs
m the cirj.
it.ksona!. m !.iti:i:iky..
-A ::ue toli.tn ! Weira: W.-h-ngtoii
nuiy 1h part of th iHitooitH f
he pruN-ed centennial celebration of
hi- birthday .
- .Mr. Remiii i- a small. thickt and
c?uni-y-looking mail, with a nmnd far.
w hich but for nis tin? brow ami thght
ful eyes wiMild be roar-e.
A ortrait of Pre-nlent GnriVld
painted n porcelain br II err Sturm.
ire-den arti-t. ha- been -cut fnnu GT
nrmv a a Chritma- gift fr Mrs. Gar
field'. Mr. Tennyson is engaged oh a new
Crimean war invent. This tim to will
rehearse the deeds of the Heaw Rrig-
le at Ralxklava-de.-d- which were
little, if at all. le-s aIorw than tho-i
of their comrades.
Mr. Sullivan, the composer, has
gone to Egypt fir the winter for the
benctit of "his health. He will there
complete the imiic for a new cumie
opera, which is to be produced imul-taneou-ly
in England and America.
Gsrilialdi i-- not the ignorant, un
cultivated man that many people -tip-po-e
him to Im He know- inauv language-
and many literature-, ami lie is
well ver-ed in mathematics.. A- a child
he was contemplative, poetic and fond
of solitude
" Mark Twain' ha- become rich
enough to be a Inmefactor of y oiing
arti-t-and literarv men He gave Mr.
W.H.Gillette the :J.xyO u ilh w hich
the very siicceful play "The Profes
sor" was first brought out in Philadel
phia, and more recently Mr. Clemen
sent a young Hartford -cnlptor and his
wife abroad for a year to study.
- tin hi- death-bed Ole l'ull wound
up his watch, a large, heavy, gold tim
piece. with his monogram mi the ea-e.
ami said to hi-wife: "When my hand
is powerless to do this again, send this
faithful friend to Prot. Poreum. in
memory of our warm friend-hip. and
with the request that he w ill wear it him
self." - Senator Jones, of Florida, is said to
be "more familiar with the works of
Edmoml Iturke and kindred English
statesmen than any Senator on his -ide.
In oratory the natural genii!-of hi- race
a erts it-elf. and hi- eloquence a-toii-ishes
thoe who best know the smooth
faced, sandy -haired, and good-natured
joker of every day."
- Mr. Sergeant Rallantine. the cele
brated English lawyer, ha- written a
voluimi of personal memoirs, which will
undoubtedly be the -eii-ation book of
the .-ea-on in London, lie wa not
only mixed up in a variety of romantic
ca-es, but had opportunities of peeps in
to the interior bfeof aristocratic person
ages which few could rival.
iimoi'ors.
-The loafer can never be reduci-d to
his last loaf, ami made to work, while
free lunches abound. .V. f. 1'ifninm:
-"A fellow feeling makes us won
drous kind." but not when the fellow h
feeling for your pocket-book. l.uiitll
I 'tiurii r.
No matter how rich a young man
may be. he always prefers mending hi--ti-pender-
with cord to purchasing a
new pair. - I'uek.
- Climb as high, young man. as a
worthy ambition will let you; but nev.-i
despise the ladder which a-si-ted you
upward. - Ytmkt r.-t Oaztttt.
- Here we have a Young Man. He
is looking at the Large Hou-e. which
belongs to a Gentleman who ha- a
Daughter. Will he go in? Yes. if the
log is tied.--Ciirii'y Tri'ntnr 1'rinhr.
- It is predicted that ice will be high
next summer. What with high-priced
coal in cold weather and eo-tly ice in
warm. life i- hardly worth living, unle-s
one can be a dealer in one or both the-e
necessities. - IUkIihi Traiirrijt.
When an ultra fashionable lady can't
suddenly turn a street corner without
the brim of the aggregation on her head,
called a hat for short, rasping the eves
of a man on the oppo-ite side of th
street, it is time for the great public ed
ucator c.'ilh d the pre to enter an em
phatic ppite-t again-t tin fashion. - .Vr
rii'iin: IU ral'l.
- It i generally difficult for littlechil
dreu to di-tiiigui-h between toads and
frog- they look -o much alike. And -o
ve-terdav When a live-v ear-old girl on
We-t Hill saw th" deii-e fog that
-hrollded the street-she tried to explain
it: "See. mamma, what toady weath
er!" "'Toady weather: what do you
mean by that?" queried the puzzled
mamma' "Oh. I know-," said a -even
vears old listener: "she mean- froggy
weather'." i:urlnt(t'n Ilnirkt j .
-Mi-s Hortense is working a Reaii
tiful Piece of Embroidery. It is a mot
to in Green and Gold. It a-k What is
Home Without a Mother. When Mi-s
Horten-e gets it I'one. -he will (Jive it
to her Pcau. who Tends a I'ry Goods
counter. You cannot -ee Mi-s Horten-e"-
Mother. She is in the Rack
Yard doing the Week's Washing. Ry
and bv she will be bringing in Coal for
the Parlor Stove, becau-e Mi-s Hor-ten-e's
beau i- Coming to-night. Dra
ft r Trittiinr I'rim r.
Towards the close of the year, bu-i-nes,
men are anxious to -ettle up ail
oiiL-landiiig accounts. This appears to
be the ea-e ill Houston more than in any
other place in Texa-. An Aii-tin gen
tleman, who wa- in the Ray on City a
few da v.- ago. wa- standing on Main
street, "talking to a well-known journal
istic celebrity, when a man with a red
face and a handful of bills, stepped up
and said to the joiirnali-t: " Now. -ir. I
want you to pay this bar bill vim have
been owing for'two year-' "My dear
-ir." responded the joiirnali-t. "you
seem to flatter your-elf that you are tho
onlv bar-keeper I owe in Hou-ton.
Those bar-keepers I've been owingjor
four years have to be paid firt. First
come", first served, vou know."
f.'cttinir On a Fa-t Train.
Is was al a way -t..tin on the Wxbn-h.
An old man and woman with bundles
and packages arrived from out in the
countrv. They exported to get on the
train for Detroit- Tlie station aent
told them the train always stopjed.
'Just put your thing- where you ran
get them q'iiefc." -aid l he agent, "and
when it conies along jnst tjtt on."
1'here was an " extra"" on the road as
it happencl, in advance of the " rt-ii-lar."
In a few minutes they heard the
sound of the approaching extra. The
lwrtrage was all -ec-iircl Bn" "he two
waiting pas-iner.' ?.r ck to the
ed:c of the platform. Tho train weal
bvat the rat" of forty miles an hottr.
When it had i.s-el the obi woman
dropped her Inindl? awl ni-hed to the
diKjr f the oftiee -hakini: her tt-t. .She
screamed out. Vou big-headed fool,
did oti -av ge; aw-en?"
The old "man rnhed aronl the plat
fonu cal'ini: for the acnt to come out.
The agent came to the door. There was
a sniiie on his faee.
Don't come ot a -railing : t rae! Ky
the liv in-Holly." -an! the oM gentkt
nien. "we've a iHtin to pace ymi
arrunil this platform -ix time- fa-ter
than them keers went! Vou bla.:el
sool. dvl you say gtl on? Phi you think
a man of my aire could z?t on a streak
of gTea-ed lightning? Vou may play
tricks on orae folk-, but don't you try
any game on me! Iiecau-' a arm live
on a railroad he doesn't have to know
it all. I'm feeling hungry and .me
body is liable to get chav ed up afore I
leav-ef
Before anything erioti happened,
the regular train arriveJ. and the couple
boarded it all rizbt. The railroad agent
felt reiicvctl. He doesn't like the boys
to hallo. "Did you iay gt 02!" at hii.
Ikzroit Fro. Pros. '
Our Yoiin? Headers.
TUK DKA KET MOTIIKK.
WJk-m th- t-r tH C '";'
An.! ttH-.l..rVn. '"'' fV
Wiw tlr wnimsr-" .trMnrrr;ai
llnj tt hi4i- & .
I rHwil. Ilmj m..HT' tP.
I'HtlMj nrw !-miI hrrt.
,4 He lt tl to.IV. loo-INT
TUt Aibw4ii linn.- Jtf Ui-
Of -lint thr-, !"
Sm - h.TW nir I'
1h u 4oi ert ! I1.
-!. th verv .lrHrt Mhr
In all Ihe wrM. I !:
Vlfl he ! tfi r te el"r
km 1 In..- II art -- f
St'SY AMI 1URY.
On a bright, warm dv . Sttr carried
her babv brother out : he grnl farm
yard. R was a verv plci-wni pUc. A
targe Imnt .-..! t one -M .'
rhkke:v-. dnck- and !eJ
.nit of it to str.iv alot tin- targf grw
I.. Ami in one corner was w? c.eiir
Mllltl.
Ml-V
knew she -h..W . 01 !?
.......
thing- ot hrre. .-wwl ta iwt
,v.u,M lit.. t. see them. t. She w!k-
.1 ..........I till tk.. littl twt l?o leI.
Mh! hod his head on Wr .Clrr. TjJ $& ZZIu, X
the curried him to a ion;;. nw nu ! tur the.,wi.
where the sheep and eaUie were fe. in ' t ,v !th the n-arlul IMrtv
w inter There w as aie hav m W- ' !. rt t.4j .. hi
i u. I k.. .. ir HM.I " vittini? be. ".atln. Han. ilw
eer; -he laid him oh it. N.l. "Jk a,,, Hn- the .! .uw- '
Mile him. siig softly . I M k " awiarf The f. i. Um i--Hlig:
t hie wkia all tarn. a4 I
" WuiHi!l)o k'tvi UnfeH . Un. .t eitarr
What wiH rM irow, "TlM i lriM" rtatrm-
t'..r mv little leii.v tilrf " Nat It fc a Irtw ae 1? '
N.KHin-.' w lrnht S tJ- riufr vj..
Or -..ft n- In mrlw. hlr.
" Wlmt wiH . !.
Want will h hnnir.
To lm4e Ut lrvire n"?
.Vn tHW ihm -H..H ta.- a iUtng '
Am) here. tr tieiir "
Mix, moo-on" .1mI tHethiu Wt
far f mm S. . " m tbinlt lt o. ,
.!.. t.rt" il Ms. Li m .Ier-e Cow
! m. ked verv doiiblfiillv ht l'.rthy. Sukl ,
I she t an h. kH-k up his UecK l '
i frolic all over the rd?" !
Win. no." said Su-y; "ne can I ;
walk vet."
Ah; how old is he?" "Xcarly n year
old." -aid -u-y.
Nearly a car! .My chihl walked
be for she "wa- two dHold'" Tb- w
gave a -eornfiil sitilV and walked ottHith
otit another lmk. I
ltua-aa." said an old sheep, walking
up with a -now -while, downv hunH.
I .et m.-see. llei a nice Utile thing,
sure enough. Pott ha- he oiilj tw
leg-"" " I'hat"-nil." smlSu-v.
Then mine i- vvoith twice iu much.
r it . .. I I i..... i.t.:. ....u.
oi eotir-e. ii vim mu i urne. ".
we mitrht make a bargain.
Hut Uf
-eenis to have no wm1"
No. ina'ani." said Susy, but mt
what pr.dty. eiirly hair he haw." "1
don't think 1 would wi-h to trade, thank
vou." and -he and her hunb trotted :
awav and went lo eat grav.
iiiack iiuaek' ipitiek! I.i't lite lake
a liMk." and .Mr- I'uck llevv up on the
edge of the manger.
His feel don't look an if lnil imiken
fiiod si inmier." .-he nihI, JokiMg itf
labv's pink dimpled tin's,
"uh. he e:inl swim at all." Ui!
Stisv .
-I'ood-bve." said Mrs. Ditek. "All,
my ifiirlmg- enn .swim.
M'hip! ehip: chil
!' was imt nei
sound Siisv heard. I-nun it iiist m an
l'ntni it
old ilm-tree which -IimiI near, n rnhiii
flew down, and perehed on the end of a
pitchfork,
side lo ;id
w i-e way.
he turned her head f rltt
gaing at It.iby in
What can he sing?
verv
Miid
sahl
slie.
"Oh. he can't sing at all yet,'
Su-y: "he too little. ,
"Too little!" exclaimed Mm. Ked- ,
breast. "Why, he'Mrcmctidotii! Can't
he -iti": Fee" fee fillv fillv -woet -
weet'
"No. no." said Suy.
"All my children -aig well at four1
mouth-, litis he little ted feathers 011
hi- breast "" J
" No." said Su-y. i
I -hiHihlifl like In hint vow ftn-l-!
ing-. lnit oii -if Imiw murh I slnnihl ,
lose on an exchange, and I'm wire yot '
would not vvi-h that."
"No, I shouldn't." said Suy. And
Mrs. K. cdhrcat llevv away.
"Chick! cluck" chick!'"" 'Teepr
jieep!" Mrs. While Leghorn lien came
along with her downy chicks. N
wonder slie filled and fumed Mnd
cackled at Mich a rite. Snj thHight,
with twelve babie-. to look after.
"I haven't much lime to look," Mini
the hen. "and I -hould hardly by wilting '
lo trade. Can your babv y 'peep -peep
when he's hungry" ;
"When he's hungry lie erhs hut not
peep peep. " ."nid .-H-v.
" I see hi legi are not elhm". either.
wi I'll bid you a very goid afternoon.''
Off -he wi.nt. milling Iit feather, awl
clucking and .scratching till &ty '
laughed aloud. '
" I don't wonder you lagh.M jHirrel
.something near In". Suy turned in
great .-uqirbie. TIhtc. at the other
end of the manger, in a co.y ir
ner. w.is her old gray ent," That
wasn't all. There were three
little kits: a while one. a Mack one and
a j;ray one. Suy haI not tbetn
before, and she fond fed tl-iii lovinglr.
"She' m tiroml line he Un
twelve!" srh! .Sirs. Tim. hoiking after
Mr-. W. L. Ibn. "Now think n m'l
family is mm h better- three, for in
stance. Don' t you think three .. nigh " '
"Indeed." .atd Snr. "I tiiink oe'
enough; if it's teething."
"Mine never have trouble with their
teeth. And jrbaps I can never tench '
yHir lahy to jhiit. or to cnU-U tun . '
Still. 1 believe I JI takf him. and Wyou
have one kitten. a I have three." i
"Oh. no; you don't undcrtan! me." !
cried mlsv. " I don't want ' change at
all. I'd rather have my little brother
than anything !- in the world."' Hut
Mr. I'u-s took hohl of hirn a if toearrr
him off. I'aby rare a M-'rearn and then
Sii-v awoke! Then he looked around
witfi a laugh. a he thought of aH he
had eeen and heard in her dream. nre
he had sung here!f to -Jeep be-ide thj
baby.
Madam Iu at br a hole watehiog
for rat. There vraMi't a kitten anv-
where. Mr. Hen m fuming aad cack
ling and jeratching harder than erer,
but Iu did not eeni to care whether
-he ha! ? welve chickens or a hundred.
The calf wa feeding "uieUy by It mam
ma, and tne heep and her Iamb lay na
iler the old elm. And in the brant-he
Susy eofthl har Mr. Ilwibreat t.-achia'
her biplie to jing.
So then Sit-y ran up to the hooe aad
foum! titjer waiting.
lia.br liehl 'jut hi.i am aal wa w
on ht iiKther top. a happy as eoufcf
"-
.-uy iooseiat toimaail -anl: (;-!
has niaile ererybdy and eTentautg
love their own balriai Ut. hain't he?
inamma?
Vci. W'f u-r.uli! ti.. i-. . ,.4
., k.-.,. it.,: .. :r.v.:"... tt:.:".-":
"Ye. inlee!.' '.-.i! s.v Jl ml-. tk
rocke.1 the baby's craille" that night ah
miL-heil her little -on- in thU wa :
-Sothln-jc rJH tin. nothing win do; ttjj aiaj
i iT"TC,n' """.W mrrnl. ,
Alrcer.tnrti.ora.,r air. -riH a bai
tike his: tie rouarl.
it Stichotas.
A much-litigated fteer cae. whklt
baJ excited -i liniuleboro. V:.. and
employed the count r's heavy legal talent
to ctlle the important pus!tton whether
hair would grow on a clipped livine't
hair would grow on a clipped Uvine't
tail, resulted! in a dUagreEnTcnt of th
jury; and then the IiuganU Mttlerl il
!.-. a. -w - a 1 - - ..I-.A. uJal & JI t.
between thcraselvcs wjvhoat 4kcloii
thtir solution of the qusstios.
j i:i rn:ii:vr in roi iikvu-k.
', The t'lllill C'Hrl kr lhstl
r re.
An unuMMl article h"m the R.Ke..f N
V . frmrrt mmt ..'. mm r. p.i,
ot paper leeothr. vl teen '
war k rtmwrmtUfm. rfli in Mfeaet e
a4eUM 4mt ApmmrmntU r
ww tvmmftyn In .--fceter. m w
IMC frft tlie mW iwt
pr J H. ... i -
eat IB Keck "
AWM rh ettelkW r'
per A trw JUim lre. Mr -
fiat. UcKlUMC b "&
aajrenroe trn ! "'ii'
tik t ,.-.! he ln.iMaaHaV
i the fmtal la-jalrie fefc a- -I
at mu aOee t.- the TalMlWy wf '
i bat the mm hern nwavtna r
tavtKitt - U tttyrri'iiaa tf
I Mart! ereeN
; H'ttB taw r4 ta tie rer
! tkte ir nl!et:.n It He
. Araree- JTmul tr- t
tnterrtrr werutre! " Tt ''
IWtar, rwate.1 qattc -
Unt iteaM-t aNt tae ten
Here In .l e
ara iwi tatei'
- Krr one ef taeai ! - '
in I e pPe rm . -
f"-
, -,.,..
t OVIlMkltlM-3 mam.
m I
iittbMc Urt
n, in it wi
Ii
, ZfiSXJ,
t
I
h
Ir !
.'j f.,,, ul
f the time; .''lM
M rTrtwi Ike
eat
t.
tkm lNrra t rearm
1111; I '
Wa it.t..r'kae len lts .
m e beui4 Uk- t th'
I b.ive Hit aiel ml i
Milmi .r m,t.lt.M .if tke Wl
! rat tae -inih wX PrGtM
j aifKUia W itk ko tw l '
I atora Uwn .i oin mhi-mih
trv to Welti I he tttaf- ne
Mt tlMH trjlmr ! ree tar t .
m. wtn Nul lle Nl
Wl aviOlreeitv 1.1 the k.ktar
WKiat n( theae llneil "
" till, then. I Hht t
eahl that mf than . half I
wear artM in-u iat'
Ulf'
IVrrlwl Tt'Waa fc !
nuri mv t.lnjj taffh- 1
raiu It i HriM nar 1 -Muinv
iorm It la a hlra t.
all the llttlet (floa '"
r. tueirri .-ne hIm aaa I!"
hack hmI recall tiwmtratta t ! '
nU-tati it lret at the ttaf
Mrnlvala. atte, heart "
walarktl Ierr aal . r.-n.
h bit b 1 re ra raoa ! ' 1
re
" twl iUl alt I hear raaea l n
tone, at flrt '"
lrrt ae .if tarm. aal
rurnt ;it I wa ! the tnwe'i
rrtue.lv Warner Pale kl-i-
t lire I H4K !
feiMt ta thla aialter ami V I
irfhrrii li aee the fart all I "
taiicvr al. Wh. Ihere are 1.
eearinr n th ie. t If
iiiofr nhoui II aI Mr w .
He Man trh tr aie aa I. a I
test MMM l Mm heater tt-4.
twt tt lie ulje.t atnl ta
fcl than i " te I., at' I
HMire. the 1 krmi.1, at the I no
want tail lliere rr an . 1
hawnC the nt'irtnitog lM'e '
ea-e. Its alni(4e aal ileetlrt
taut there la but una wa B) '
enipe.t"
I ulh M!tnet ot tar imta a. 1
I-Uir' .!. the eja,faf k
itay nail ralle.I un Mr Waraar at '
ne'wt eti I , hatige .treel A I
aer wa iiwliue.1 1. rriw-ent. I
that the Inf. rmalxet tteiret a
atnrmlaic tn. "I tlrtcBt'a
Maaer 1 Mttaxit laalaaUr ftwi '
earne.il)-.
Il irae that nrarM 1
' erea.r.t .-vl-full an. I
tatlBtl. . tli .t In the Kt ten
Baa beea 'i ' J'er relit !. ' '
men It haa rarriett oil 1
Baae. Vtl-M. C e-!.lr. fc'
other Thi. ! left Mr anl
KroMih than that t bm ..l! . i
I-iain! It miMt he alaln t-i -MMrtethm-
nitt'l tie fcte ml.
or there la no ktM-HMt where I' '
"ln .ii taints aunt ae.d'
with It' t.xlat .In not i'
Warner
"llntntreilw rf tamaaii !!.
itan(" "i thai truth nhtrl Be
IIIY n.ilW-e A M.ntlM-at tof
)tean im-'tlra ruilee '
Mia rl.nan mi lae hlt- t t .
He awt rar im fluil nmlerit..
il ami hi aaonliMt the Mial - -iHrailiin
( tai te rlM a. 1
orrtrr t'ntran the t.ilraat I- -
ami anbealta tfiinla he iavt ; -the
r atrnl a nf vhrh wera ilr
niieisi ' Aal a g-fM-w
a we hare aera the nrthi allhf lav
nil) .Inn ton hi It my.Mtr in h at..
Ie. t health.' ami he u'lmllte.f ata .-,
the il-uul teat. Aa he m atrheil the fe
itMinleAanre imhl'ilr rlaaagi t ! r
(.mmatul reith hit hHa ami inatr
Ti4." he aafcl iealleaea. I Ba
(aiii ltl M-rrT : hate IMakt'a fl
thr Hi-lneT ' ami la Baa taaa a jmmt
ea. ."
" Ym hellrTa tlten that It aaa mi
ol It mm ami (re..ral aafctmian
the nrr.n ami la Bttrte.t a'ttll Hr
" It ata mi mymptft ..' Ma ua
ntea t ail. I'vaail aotnmar
the -awie impUtm. ami lreaenlli
the arat Kirnttttan 'lae alaxMeat (
n! an Xeiner OHCrah afcnajM he
trlKe terrr Ut ant one I kaiw '
tall.ni aieaal r I Bate hea law
tace oJ fcfclner dlaaaae "
" Vw t:mr w lr llenlrai'a rmm
" Tea. 1 have N.lh read arai Bear '
"it U rer n4erfal. br M mt? '
'- rr broralaeat raae, hat m.
than ii grant Mtaa othera thai ha
my m4!re BaTlatt hmmu ratvafia
ne,ia "
Vim h-thn thaw Uat fM)(B'
if rureil ?
"I Larelt ran. I aaflar It Irnaa tl
J
enre tit fctuwtrerti nt
nt teimlaeat pen
n Ir hota Umlr f
weir fter ny U
ami Iriet. ! r
You !, A yttmr r"B eperlea
itr
" A (earfirt I hmt felt laatpihl "
fltteit ti 't.,nm Uh rear. iBat 1
Xnr ahat milmtt Ba" rhea. BeeTer t-
It ktae ittaVallj I lhnayit tar a
little mx am! m did la aVaH.aTa
tnee iearnMt that naeof the BBiailaai
rlty fmM mm mat to a jmatmami e
rtreet it 4mf. wbaj 'Taar ' '
ho -ill r.letat Fi'tkiti 1 yma' Ihe" "
ta-l yttnUl hare pftnm trae ii I ha4 '
tsaalelr mm arwt ami anil the fame'If '
J-orn m WmT' i Safer Katar aad '
Car
- Vmi thi eaarett vnat aM;ar(ue
.. tt fitaaml a to tattBMi I'
the pnfMriaat rttten llh lH raax the 4
errr nt the ; pfmrmi
tt. iff ,t atwt aw that Ur f'ratg aaa of '
with fc! faetntmr. to aaafy tba atv -j
tavtian-la -W wanteat n. I Iherrloey t.
MtMI. aa a 4at I ieI hiiaaiatt.T J
8rin:. V. llnjf It rrhia their r -ami
wt tt l kmnr ta erer pari al Aav
I A in Try tlrrtx jre. ami Baa beeu
aV)Hai.Ul fcereairtr "
The firVar e-(t Mv Wxea-ar. BaeB -?er'Mt
iHk the earaeatana amt atseervt
UU tateaeat ami aeit paal a rail t- tJ
A. J-U.m.re, at ata feahfrarn t'- "
Utrru Ur Iattlaaora. ihainuB haw
irar.! neat mmt aaUori anaaaaraaa)
sltkl-. haul tt hVatta. nt -bV Ba a bm
litr mljU- tmrium4j aaa'teaat tmt
Uoo that aere arvjBMMHaM Blaa
' iMit mat auie a ritaraaaraJ imateai at "
n nt Mr H IL Vvm mm tWa r
J Ie-t'
" Te. r '
- Waat4i4ta94aaarHilaiwrmi''
- The ;rrvr of tmj tmvm wA tamt faeta
Xiea ahtamtaaee -
- Ab.i ahat tH tbe eriatitiaai
A erVm t!ixae '. the Vainer
- IM ygm Utek Mr Waraernama1
imf ffKaa Be av
- NV. r. I Ud mat tawBtc tt
"-Wrnn, tmrUtoA. that v
laL BB In that tta. eer
- Ix j IcMmr tatac xhtml
watea rnreit am r
-Te.
e. I lase rh rait aH mily I It
crttieal exaasaatina. aWat at ajtaTaH
K
-. "j v
V rxtblMl the Uieaa
XCuZl'"mT "ke . iflZ
J&lLZ. "S
taaatno! Dr KeaVxt, Mr Wjrmjr at I
Uufcaoe- the mamaitr U t-romi amm-
i ttea Ami the .utrwau ibt a. aat
f s b.k I dajiNal Tier aar-tI
, ji,, jj. gf-at 4u$fn f ta iJj-
oaeo! lae aweit Weptle ami daasn "
ail 'ili.a. tiut It ex fiHmsztr mvmmmm.
"naiBslj irej? i it k eaa
rttL ...
Tarepiuphon &s Uil imataum ttmmtir
, mucxrikvi at Thebe rudi Soi m ta?
1 "lf? ,,Vto tItr "" lB4rk.
i TrCJ1 , T e,r H? u. Ur
&'& JSLj
J tobitcnm. KrquiaiseaMeat to
I ana. anal bImUW- - . "
Kin ASaW ouaai'
cj'lljutaireatt. jm1
j rasa, c sJcrrJ eaco Eria y Brae. -J
ir1' V1-
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