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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1884)
5r. ' V l7' 'WMi'' &&. ttB" t-'J . ii. miiiKi- -n I l-lll III I I mil I I "i'.'i '' " TITT-... . . . . . "" J - -..- "" " jv J" Y" i Tt'T-'.-V-?- " " , , "' w-i; -ij ' . , C . Cr-3 . U JB '' the lor ---K lr v-? mi. 'fmr.'m:? , m " thiSBffiii n i H hr f ClOUD C HIP P - - r - A.C. HCSMER, Proprietor FRIDAY. MARCH 2S KS4 riz; love of ms life. Oh, no. T never mentioiiMier, 1 ne er bmtthe her name, T?r,,-, ,u memory totir uo Me a wasted n.une. , JNo vimn of her haunts nie now. Lnhroken is my res., Io Jdss is Hid upon licr bro'v, None on her Hps is pressed. I never bother as to how ls worn the forehead tress, lieru turns and freaks. lon't rrifeiacnow. ? Hop 11 . ....i - -.if,. .... .1.-. . ' 1 -,."- ;'.oupi- III! IIIMIVVS. J lion i no unuWi in my soul ivi Mic Knottier choose. lien no lovesick lin.irolc io conjure up the blue". Ah. no 1 never mention her. The pirl who'll rule my li.c, ho-e maiden nanial'lf alter To the ik-ai er naiiif r w tr.. 1- I t-ll no f riendt. dehjrhtedly Of the treasure I !iall pt-U 1 t-peak not of her. For you Beo 1 have not met her yet. y. Y. Jmirnuu THE IIAUNTEW TOOL. The -sun was setting over tlie Gangas one l)riglit .summer evening in 1871. The day liad been a hot one even for Indh., and it was an unspeakable relief to every one when the scorching sun be gan to decline at last, and the length ening shadows of the tall palms along the riverbank told that night was tit hand. And now the Hindu inhabitants of I... -.r.i. !! 1 . . viiu uui"iiuoiiuf vuiaire, who nan neon 1.. ;n.. .....: ...1 . .i .1 . 1 ling uiotionlcas all the afternoon under jc shade of their reel-that ched roof. The IIed oroftlii-vastoM-nirchiiig banvan tree.s " """li"1 L " I' - SSS!.li,ir,'itTe ln,I,ill dow,lto The Commissioner nodded with the Sl?.? 'i 1 1 f.i nir of a man who understood the whole ri?; ilf -i rwboe VtalTair perfecllv, but .till he said river so lovely and silent all throtijrh I nr,tu;n burninir dav became all alive vin iiuisu auu nubile. t.iui(iren nrni i.r. ...:.. 1 1 .. , . -,.-i, , k'd in the broad, still pools.or chased jiqr in anu out 01 tne tall. bamboo clump that grewaloii"- . Women tilled their earthen pitcBcrs from the stream, or washed their threadbare clothes. Vlcn began " il 1 1 . 1 rlV to -oour uieir orass loians (ar-nicing 1 l" , Z 1- ji .- e .7 P vessels), or to kindle lues for the cook- iu.r of their evening meals; while a little farther d(w the stream, a group of T. 1J . .. .t f It yming gir. n:miHR win water, fell to splashing niiglit am main, amid ,'minir jn"- waning out in tne siiautnv g each other with shouts of merry lausrhter. 'Jro anVnc unaccustomed to tlie wavs , i 1.1 1 j . Ol musa iuiiiti u;ie si-i-uieu sil.iuge enouirn.o see. upon tlie wn-ts and ill the girls, and nianv unkles i nearly of tleiiiothers likewise, heav bangles of soliisilver. which any Western lady rti"htave been proud to wear. But the tindtpeasants, to whom savings-banks ire ijsrly unknown, have no way of ceejnr their money safe except by arA'iig it about with them in this fasAo a somewhat hazardous plan, it? must be owned, in a e-iuntry Swarming with the most expert and .. aanng thieves in the world. r Suddenly, one of the girls, who had ventured a little fa'th'r out into 1 sjiyam than the rest, disappeared under xv ater with a piercing shriek, as if "ragged down by .-oni" overpowering force. A few bubbles that rose sullenly to tho surface were the only token of her fate, while her terrified companions turned and rushed back to the shore as fast as possible, screaming: 1 "A crocodile! a crocodile!" ' Several day passed before an' of the villnge'women dared to approach the scene of tins terrible mischance. At length one. bolder than the rest, ven tured m again, and the others, seeing that no harm came of her daring, began to follow her example. More than a week passed without any accident, ami everything was beginning to go on as usual, when, one eening, a second girl disappeared in precKeh the same man ner as the first. The terror was now universal, and all tlie bet hunter? of the village st them selves with one accord to get rid of this destroying crocodile. ililf T. mt 5 .v.rr. l'liil Baits Ave re laid traps set, men posted along the bank with loaded guns to keep watch for the monster; but. look for him as tney might, nothing was to be seen of him. Several days later tluMwfu of one of tho villagers" was washing her ivhite xvrapper on the bank of tlie rier when it slipped from her hands and lloated slowly out into the wide, still pool formed by the bend of the stream. The woman at once waded after it, and h:id just succeeded, in clutcliing it, when she vras seen-by those ou'the bank to give a Hinwa biwi, uuun au.s .u. in- Nveiy xmo inn air itiiu uimiwmi iinuei water just as the other two had done before. 1 - .V. ..t. i ft i- i . l About three days after this last catas- tropneiMr. uenrv parK. uic ltntisn Commissioner for the District ol Cstf-F'liU '5- J unley wallah, was at work in his ollicc - Vvaraid a. perfect mound of paper, halt-, ing every now and then to wipe his streaming face (which, despite the enormous punkah, or swinging-fan, worked by his native sen-ant outside with a cord passed through a hole in : the wall, looked very mncli like a half- , melted snowball), xvhen he was sudden ly disturbed by a knock at the door. "Come in!" cried he. snappishly. ex pecting the entrance of some Hindu farmer or peasant with a complaint as long and unintelligible as anAssria'n inscription. But at the first glimpse ol the person who eutored his face cleared at once. The x-isitor was a tall native, with the handsome features and stately bearing of a Mahratta. Ills figure, nearly six feet in height, xvas so gaunt and sinewy that it seemed to be made of pin-wire, ond his piercing black ees looked out from beneath the lolds or nis wnue tur- ban with the quick, keen. U'Ht.lltlll 11 IIIVIUIU glance of a practical hunter. .. Jn truth. Ismail, the jvianratta, was xvell nscd to tracking other game beside deer or tigers. Over and above his oc- cnpations as scout, ,,. - hunter anu mvern- ment courier, he -was in constant re quest as a detective, and, for tracking down either.a wild-beast or a criminal, -.he had no equal in Bengal. Gliding into the room as noiselessly as a sliadow.ntc made a low salaam, and said in hispwn language: "May the humblest "of his servant, speak tothe Sahib?" master). ,. there v:.v noLJiing,pariicui;u i nun hie. -it must be ..dm.UeJ. in- the sneak-. -----------------------------------H-----. I - tl!k. i k VM !.-. J - - - l.i3BfesSfi-. s -.;-.:- ,:;' "- - .- . ifi&Vff Mi " x!Wi&. M iHk .-.. ..--r,frr-3y?r,T'-ygr H. I CT-PS-M-ik I iV"i' , , r!f--PJPJPJPJPJPJPJPJPJPJPJPJPJ-------;'---:' -' l ,. , - , f -ni" T x - i ii. T-Tr-TT" I SS5Swe"TXX. "'' l. .. i Biik!r i m -i-r- ik. "-" - 3S-v rgT8 ir'S b??rin; 0n contrary. lielie.d ! h,mci crettt. and looked the Con.mis- ! sionur full in the face with the air of .1 1I,an ""-'ho knew his own value, and had Jsoniethingto tell which hi; frit to his Mortn hearing; but Mr. Sparks,with xvlmm Ismail was an old acquaintance, :i)M-arul to understand these signs per feclbyi, and said "What has Ismail to tell? lam list ening." Thavo been at the village of Ram ganj,'" answered t!ie Mahratta, laying a fclight stress upon the last word. "itamganj?" echoed Mr.- Snarks. "Ah, to be sure the place where that CrOCOdlll' I.T1 Tir-nli rur m. c. iiinv iwu. crocodile's cen beatin.rim so manvneo- , pie." "Are you quite sure. Sahib?"1 asked the Hindu, keenly watching the effect of his words, "that" it was :. croc-ad. le tiiat did it?'1 - Tl:e Engliilimau .started, and looked fixedly at Ii..air.- imumvable face: ' "That's how I heard the .story told," rejoined he. "If it wasn't a crocodile, what w:ls it?" "Dili the Commissioner. Sahib," in quired Ismail, "ever hear of a crocodile being so nice in hi eating as to devour t none but women, and only such women as had plenty of silver bawlcs o?i?" Again Mr. Sparks gave a slight ' start, and the sparkle- of his ee showed that lie was beginning to truess the riddle, but he took care to make no interruption, seeing that Ismail wished to have the pleasure of telling the whole .story himself. "I went to the village," continued Is- i mail, "and talked with the people. i Then I dived into the river fmv lord 1. .1.... t ...... .: -t. .. ivuuva iii;ii j. can nun v w:iv uuuu'qi .-,.. .. ,1 ., ,. Jt u:..ii, "a ' "Z t, ' 1.." -r" .".. J ':": , ' ,.ti" "i- Sahib understands how it was done," proceeded the Hindu. "When any woman worth robbing went into the water, the nooe tangled' her feet, aud the robber, hidden among the bushes on the opposite hank, dragged her down and drov.ned her. and then plundeicd the corpse at his leisure." 1 see, sain .ir. sparks, "nell, Ismall k ,, . ' Government I see, said Mr. Sparks. "We . reward of a thousand rupees .$."00) for everx murderer brought to justice: see what you can make of the cr.se." The Mahratla'.s black e.es flashed fin', for live bundled iloll-ir- is mure to a Hindu than lie thousand to a while man, and such a change did not cmie to him every dav. lie wiil out witli out a word, "but Mr. Sparks felt satisfied -that there would 1k news of the crim inal before long. Ismail plunged at on-e into the sur rounding jungle, and traered it at a pace which few men could have kept up over such ground and in such a climate, till he came in sig:-; of liamganj. but instead of entering the village he struck down a In -path to the river, swam across, went slowly up thn opposite sMo till he came to two bamboo-clumps ch-.se together, ami groping in the wateV be- sule them, pu'u 7?c .mvt turn suie them, pulled a rope. IT!. -1 ... . " stone upon the j;jIU.,u'j tia.L.,srd n:s ncxi n.oe "a:is to nun: out a e:r sharp edge of . h'oh In to ami fro t.HithcM only bv one strand. One .slash of hi long, sharp knife would have done the work mueh quicker, but Ismail doubt less had his reasons for what he did. Then placing the stone in the shallow water with the sharji side unnermost. and the rope lying right aero-.s it, he x'anisjied in tlie thicket. An hour had passed since iris disap pearance, and nigiit had already set in, when a dark ligme cam-' ertepingup to tne sani snot, : hnlf-sevcrf.l cord, aitod in his hand. tnd pulled at the which instanth and held up the lignt of the rising l.icm rough and The man stalled, broken ends to the 11100:1, but .hiding frayed as it by constant rubbing, and feeling the sharp-edged stone liin-just underneath, he appear. d satisfieiTlhat it must l:ae been an accident, and knelt down to knot the cord together again. So engrossed was the villain with hi treaeheious work that he ncer lific-i his head lo look around him, hutcien had lie been less prooccupid he would scarcely have l.e.trd the miviIe fo it fall of one who had been tracking the tiger-and; antelope through their native jungles ever'since he was ten ears ohl. The rogue was stiil quite un-u-jK'-iou of harm, when a tall, s'-adowy figure rose behind him as suddenly as:f it had started up t'ir.iiig'i the earth, and a tremendous blow livmi a heaw bamboo elubf faijm:r .)(;n his femed herd like a thunderbolt, felled him the earth. senseless to Th-t v..i-v- n.n-i.. ii...w,.(f..ii... ,.i.i. - "- -.....- ,.., ,.. .....,.....iui;ru iiiuun was sent oil lo jon pSC.nrted the nearest British -.ui-by a strong guard ol native pujjceuiun, io oe trieu am 11 . . - , ':-', executed, as he deseived, while Is mail received from the hands of the Commissioner himself, together with a warm commendation of his shrewdness, the thousand rupees which he had so well earned. Uavid Kcr, in The Conti nent. A good many young people try to he original, ami make a in" sorablc "mis takc in tlie endeavor. The. imagine they can turn the whole world loiinil op sonic eccentricity of dress or t. ha-.io.-. or by some method of speech. In gen eral, they ofl'-nd their friends, and de light their enemies. As a matte r of fact, people had better let well al'.ne. take up the custom of those about them. and rest assured that what t hi collective xvisilom of the world agrees to do, is ou the whole, best The Household. In the neighborhood of Agra . in few- India, sit-fiu children from a monhs,to four hsito four ear old,are stated to been carried rfT'oVyolvfes duriu"- have the recent hot weather 'and the raitisC The"ra'ines bordering on Mho Jumna and Chumbal Rivers are infected bv these animals, which are annarenilv hrl- .- -,..- .. . ... pnmini- mnro nnil rioro .fr..ir -inr ...... ...... v. ......- . . ... iar bv x-car. Along the side of the Sierra Valley, at an altitude oP fifty "to. one hundred feet, there is a warm belt, free from frost and climate changes, and which can produce all (he hardy fruits to great perfection. San Franchr.j Call. -- -Al)mr Ijov mih1 hU-fntVr for . . . . v ... moneydoncd himaaMMf a judgment. .H-. .-..t.tl. . Imltatlou Stained Class. Among the many Uses of the printing press none is more novel than the pro duction of imitation stained glass. De signs for any pattern desired are en grayed on wood. The blocks of wood are placed on-anold-fasluoned band press, and then arc inked with oil colors compounded with special reference to the use for which they arc intended. Then a sheet of very thin hand-made porous paper is laid on, and a prolonged impression given, in order that the color may thoroughly permeate the paper. j-acn color isol course, printed at a separate impression. Having com- pleted the printin rr iirr.rva tlin r1.fT.T ent pieces of paper' xvhich compose the sign are soaked in warm water half an hour, taken out, the water sponged off and then coated on ono side with a thin cement. A similar coat of i !.... .,, ..iiit-i- cement is given the glass to which the paper is to be applied, and then the -isner is laid on in nl:uR. and vn.rnUh.l over. I lie plain glass window becomes at once, to all appearances, a window of stained glass. The effects of the lead lines, the irregular pieces of Htaincd glass, the heads of saints and soldiers, the antique, or the modern Japanese de signs are all to be had as brilliant in color T as the genuine glass. Will the stuff last?" was asked of a Broadway dealer. I A Washington correspondent writes "We have had it in all sorts of places, ' that in one of tho departments at Wash where it was subject to the action of ington a needy female descendant of frost, moisture, the direct ra.s of the George Washington's relatives was np sun, and artificial heat for live years, pointed not long ao. In the War I)e We warrant it for ten years, if the owner partnient is a irraiidniece of Kosciusko. of the glass will varnish it as often as it as oiien as he would a piece of furniture." "Suppose it gets dirty? "Use soap and water as vou wonld on any other varnished surface. Its merits are onlv now becoming known because of a prejudice against imitations, and a fear among some people that the frost will nun it. Hut within a year we havo himself bv his gifts of works of art to applied over forty thousand square feet ' various institutions, recently celebrated of it. Our customers include the best his seventv-third birthday by o-ivin" to Long Branch and Saratoga hotels, own- tlie Women's School of D'esiTin Phila ersof new business blocks on Broad- delphia t went v-t wo choice copies of old way, -fashionable churches in New York masters, especially imported bv him and Brooklyn, aud apartment houses. I self. Tliev- eomi.i;,e i-n.-ix ..f ivnrl-a When the reporter of a Brooklyn paper wrote up one of the churches there as having magnificent new stainexl glass ";"?. v...... ..... ......-.,. 6". ' w.in,,ow-S when. 111 fact, the old six-by nine glass in the old trames had been covered with our paper, we naturally I church for eleven dollars. A real glass window opposite cost one hundred and sixty-live dollars. Members of the con gregation have assured us that our.s is more admired than the other. Thecost of decorating a window is seventy-five cents a foot. Any one can do the work. X. Y. Sun. A Chinese Prince and ii'cte. His Cabalistic I We shall shortly -Franco-Chinese ti have in the courts a rial, which promises some ot tlie spiciest developments. A Chinaman, who had saved come money while a waiter in a cafe, and arrayed in the most gorgeous Oriental costumes, poised as a Celestial Prince.made the ac quaintance one day in June of Mile. G at a concert in tho Champs Elysees. Harassed by her creditors, who threatened to eject her from her home, the supposititious Chinese Prince was a perfect godsend They hail din- ! Tll Mffntn!4 .lfli-iiifr lililoli tli& PtMrtn, I spoke of his immense wealth. To be lieve him he owned half of the city of Shanghai. As he had forgotten his pocket-book Mile. G had to pay the bill. The next day, perceiving her eni- ' harrassed position ho told hor he would give her a draft for -.'JO.OCXJ francos, and drawing from his pocket a long sheet of Chinese paper scribbled it full of gro tesque characters. At the bottom he wrote the following address in French: "M. Escn-Ang, banker, 18 Kuo dos Europcens, Shanghai." As soon as he departed Mile. G reflected that no one here would cash ' the draft, and as her creditors would not ' wait until a remittance should arrive from Shanghai, she quickly made up her mind to leave for the Flowery King dom. That same evening she departed from Pnris for Marseilles, where slie took passage on the Nadyr. The voyago lasted forty days. At last she arrived at Shanghai, and showed the draft, but no one knew the Chinaman. There xvas no Rue des Europcens. The de ceived voyager had the writing on her slip of paper translated, and it read: "I am very happy at the attentions which Mile. Hortense G has shown me from the moment I made her ac quaintance until this morning. That is why I have delivered to her this certifi cate as a recommendation. Paris, June 21, 1883. Mile. Hortense G returned in the steerage. Three days ago she met the Chinaman in tho Place de la Concorde. The yellow-skinned visage and pig-tail suffered considerably in the encounter. She has begun suit against him for 100,- uuo francs for damages and her x-oyage to China. Fans Cor. X. Y. World. A Little Romance. - Even Vermont now and then has its little romance. Here is the .story of one from the Burlington Free Pre.s: "Last summer some Burlington peo ple were visiting in a Western town, and there formed the acquaintance of a furniture dealer who had recently buried his second wife. They ioked him n little .aooui ms future matrimonial prospects and he candidly admitted that he would like to many again, and asked them if iney knew an eligible lath. Subsc- quentlyhe looked at their photoo-num album, in which was the picture of an unmarried lady of this city, which took the widower's fancy, and he was told her name. The Burlington people thonght no more of 'it, but after their return home were surprised to learn that the Western gentleman had opened a correspondence with the lady alluded to. The course of true love ran smooth ly, the Western widower came to Bur lington on Friday of last week, saw his lady-love forthe iirst time, aud the mar riage took place on Tueadav- the happy eoupls stalling at once for the West." fill mm in whiM. -uvic thn ninlnrn .. r. The latest slang -- is "slim.' 'sum" is a dude: a "slimeMi " " dudenc. - Chicago Journal. , hopped on to the top r;ul of the fence, uf th,. :UKient 1)eIau..irt. Iml5rms ,vl;, llappe.1 our wings and crowed. occupied the State, diet! at Hamil- 1 "How does he cost compare with t()II N imr. u MnaH VlU T genuine g huss. ,on, reeentlv. lie was seventy-one "It costs about one-tenth as much. XIMrs ,lf . aml ,vas , - He put a large window in a country ,iM(Ui,.,i t,T.i;.. ti ... 1 1 n.BS03AL AND IMPERSONAL. ,u.u.... .I......... i .s.s., ... ,,. ....u pbi win. i an hip laxts eoiicete.t in ;.an Sam Ro," the son of awcalthy China man of San Francisco, has disowned the boy who, as student of the Chicago university, has become a Christain. Chicago Xcws. A remarkable instance occurs in the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Weeks of Porthmd, Me. Her bath, marriage and death oecti -rod-alike on the 21st day of the month. B6sttiL-Po$t. General Washington aud General Sherman, by a curious historical coinci dence, issued their farewell orders to t lie army on the same .day a century apart November 1, 1783-1S&5. Mitchell Putnam, one hundred and thrca ears of age, tiaveled alone from Texas" lo South Carolina to see his I ,, ! lorm,'j' "" ot home. He was a soldier in tho 1811' and in the Texan htrnjrirle. 1 .- ... . ari-en county, ueorgia. boasts or a resident who participated in seventeen naiNes lor the lost cause, was wounded several times. Las been struck by light ning three times, lay insensible from one shock three days, is now not more than forty years" of age,' and is as l.calthv as nil. mnn 51 ml ..7i-lic ..v-nr- two "ndred pounds. Chicago Times. In the Interior Department is cn.plo.cd n ine interior ucnartment is eninlo.etl a great-granddaughter of Thomas Jef- fer.vm. Her little salary .supports her aged and invalid mother, who is tho . last surviving grandchild of Jefferson. I. Sun. -Rev. Dr. U. L. Magonn, of Phila- delphia, who has alread'v distinguished by Giotto. Fra Angelieo.' Michael An- 1 gelo. Lei ' revfrj(, ' onanla da vmei, Kafl.icl. Cor ritian and Andrea del Sarto. it 1 umripii ta 1 'res . Samuel Build Riley, believed to be I ne last descendant left in New Jersey ago most Dejawares remoed to a reservation in New York, and the race is now prac tically extinct. Xi ivark Register. -Rev. Dr. J. W. Seott, of Washing ton. I). C. recently visited his daugh ter, Mrs. General Harrison, at Indian apolis, and stopped for a few days in Oiiio. For forty years Dr. Scott was prominently identified with educational i:i:Mitions in the West, and no liring man ins 1. 'oore loving eonstitucney than he has, scattered 01 oadcast over w land. He was a Professor in Miami University, one of the Founders of Fanners" College, and the organizer of two successful female seminaries, and in every place was loved and honored. He is now in his eighty-fourth year, as full of life and energy as many men of lifly. and takes a full interest in all questions to make the world wiser ami better and hnnnier. Chicaqo Irwunc. "A LITTLE NONSENSE. You'll have to take the will for the i deed." is what the heir said to the lawyer w hen the latter presented his bill. After Decern tier tho yard-stick will he llvuil no lnno-nr in nmnsnrmir r(W(R Thirty-six iiTche.s is thought to be long enough. A. i. Intlcpaulcnl. ' A sick friend writes to us to as ' certain the shortest road to health. , Tiiere are two paths allopaths and I liomu'opallis; ou lake your choice and pay our money. Huston Louncr. A Yankee has invented a new procc: for huling boots and shoes. If he can last a ten- ear-old boy's shoes so that they will last two weeks without re- j quiring naii-soiing, ne snoui-i open a branch ollicc m this town. Aorm loirn Herald. It is said that a baby can wear out a one dollar pair of kid shoes in twenty four hours. This is pretty fast work, but a Brooklyn baby can do much better. It can wear out the patience of an average man in about seven minutes. A". V. Mail. "Never mind, my young kid, I'm going up to see our mother aboutthis." "That's all rhrhr," yelled baek the small boy: j ou just go right along up there. Pa filled a man full of buck shot the other dav for goiug to see my ma. Texas &ifttngs. A course of lectures on the arch narchctype, the entomarchetype, tho onithmarchetype, and so forth, opens in Boston this week. Persons are re quested to purchase their tickets in ad vance and avoid the rush at the door. Rockland Courier-Gazelle. A Chicago young man in a rash moment, says an exchange, told his girl that if she would hang up her stock ing on Hallow E'en he would fill it to the brim it h something nice. When he saw her Mocking he was undecided whelherto get into" it himself or buy her a sewing machine. .V. ". (Iraphie. A G"orgia farmer bought a grand piano for his daughter. His house is small, and, to economize room, the lower paitof list' partition between the kitchen and the parlor was cut out, and thu .'n.- .Vn,, OI t,M. l,'an., ?l',t'k through. 1 1'lsClll- a now s;t,s at the keyboard, sing- iiur. "Wild will enre for mot!iii nntt1'" "Tv --- ....... and the mother rolls out doughnuts On the otherend of the piano in te kitchen. . Louisville CouricAjounutl. t tit. itfii" nullum tin Oh, yes," said tlie eldest Miss Culture at table d'hote, the other even ing, "I breakfasted xestorday with Mrs. Brainwait and wo en joyed a delicious repast excellent cofi'ce, superior breud .and piseatorial giobes done admirably. fUliaif s.'.cd her friend. "Piscato rial globes," repe..t line- Ifostou miss. "And what under thesmiare they?" "I heliexe," said Miss Culture, drawing I hessojf u .stiffly. "I believe HiieuHured iLsh balls." yor , ui-i'ii.ii .(tia. iu l,n IJUlll Illt rair-ed near Crookstown. Man j-ears ot the descendants of the IS a i iit(iiile ivili then. . if... i & 'Running Trains by Signal. , Welt ,t ,., .0,ne Vi,ajs since T have worked at train-dispatching. " aid the old train-dispatcher, "but I suppose it hasn't changed much since I quit it. cy- oepting that it is easier now that they have double tracks where they used to have single. No. there's no secret about , the more lonely from the tokens it beara" it; I don't mind telling you how i of the busy sceiru it has been. The way it is done, but I'm afraid you'll find it so that once led down to the stream is simple it will not make very interesting most likely growing up to bushes Tho" reading matter for )-oar paper.- First, ' fnill itself was dismantled" years ago, you know, there are divisions of a rail- and you wiifl see wheels and other parts" road. For instance, the main line of of its ma'chinory leaning against tho th old Chicago, Burlington- & Quincy walN, where they have stoou so long road, where I-usotl to work, is divided that they have grown gray and mossy into three dispatchers' divisions the as the granite boulders which support first from Chicago to Mendota; the sec- thenr. it is a peculiarity of people who' ond from Mendota to Galosburg, and the have such property that they never" third from Galesbnrg west to Quincy throw awav nor destroy anything which and Burlington. I used lo work at An- has ortve been- of -Jervicc, although no' rora, and we had charge of the first, or one knows Iwlter tharf they know that east division. When a regular train 1 for all coming time these" objects must was ready to leave Chicago on its sohed-. remain utterlv worthless. Tho tmo ule time it started without orders, each , lumberman will never be found convert telegraph operator on the lino reporting ing his worn-out yokes and sleds to"any to us when the train p-issed his station, other purpose, nor using them for fueL This report we entered ou a sheet kept They have acquired in his eyes sacred alwavs before ' us, and at a glance we ness from their associations; and he" coukl tell where every train on our divi- leans them carefully tenderly, we may sion was at any time. If a train was say against the walls which flank his not ready to leave on or near its houso 011 the roadside, and' there they schedule time it lost its right to tho will rest so long as he lives, with the' road, and had to run as an extra. An hope on his part that no one will come' extra train always .had to have orders after him to disturb their repose. Seat before it could leave the Chicago yard." tcred along the path to the mill one wilF "How do trains get those orders?" sec lying on tho grounds beams and "Well, when Conductor Smith, say, planks which had been brought so far is ready to pull out of Chicago he goes in their purposeless removal and there to tnc telegraph ollice ami a-skv lor Ins nnloK rriinrtv.ra..i-ir.nh .;..... r.i,,- at Aurora that the train 'is readv to start. and the dispatcher sends a reifular tele- gram to the conductor and engineer of the train. If the train is to run wild the telegram reads: ".To Conductor ami Enplneer Train Xo. 13 (forlnstunw): Hun to Aurora ns u wild train. "This is signed by the chief train dis- natcher. Then the' conductor .semis .in ! ancivur In tl.u iKmf iIIuiuiL-Ikik !.... " 'I understand I am to run to Aurora us a wild train. John Smith, Conductor, No. 1...' "The dispatcher replies thus: 'To John Smith, Conductor No. 13: Tour andentamlinff is correct.' "I he conductor now delivers a copy of the order to tho engineer, ad the train is ready to start. Of course, abbrevia- tions are used in much ot tins telegraph ing. For instance, the conductor's un derstanding of his order is sent over the line thus: '13, run to Aurora as a wild train 13 meaning I understand': and the dispatcher's reply to this is simply: ToJohn Smith, conductor No. lo; O. K,' with the dispatcher's initials."1 "What is a wild train?" "A train that has to look out for noth ing on the road but regular trains. It keeps out of the way of all trains that have schedule time, that's all." I "Suppose then; are extra trains on the road for this No. l."i to meet, how do vou give orders then?" "Simply add where he is to meet ' Har in layers along the side of the tim extras. As 'Run to Aurora as a wild bw.t nmi lhertf show how slowiv an( train, meeting extra, P.rnwn conductor, . Iimv gcntlv the forces of Nature are ai xiiusuait;, uuu tira, uuva wuuuo tor, at -Mapcrviiie. ' "But do ou never hold regular trains for extras ?f' "Oh, yes. often. If a wild train can gain more time than a regular train would lose we sometimes hold the regu lar train at a station uutil the wild train gets there." "How do vou do that?" "Well, suppose Smith's wild train was coming west and I should see that it could reach Hinsdale five minutes ! later than the reerular eastward-bound ! train's time for leaving there: I would rather delay the regular train livn minutes than have the wild train wait twenty or thirty minutes at Riverside, so I send" a telegram thus: "To theOperntor. IlhiP'lalo: IIld train No. 12 until I0:.Vi o'clock for No. 15.' "Then to the operator at Riverside I send thus: " To Conductor and Engineer No. 13. IMvr lde: Vou have until 10:.Vi o'clock to mako Ilinsdnle for No. 1.V "There you see I have one train held while another train is on the road." "How does the operator at Hinsdale stop No. 12." "As soon as he receives orders to hold the train, he shows a green flag or lantern which alwa s means that there n I are telegraphic orders for the train." "That seems verv simple," said the Daily News representative, but often there are many accidents attributed to the dispatchers." "Yes, but most of the collisions that arc so attributed are results of careless ness on the part of tho line operators. Sometimes an operator receives an or der to hold a train and forgets to show his green signal. If the train does not happen to stop at that station regularly it may go whizzing by and get away from the operator before he can catch it. That is one cause of accidents, for of course the other train thinks it has a clear road and coine-s right along. An other cense is the failure of engineers lo see the green light. This is not of very j frequent occurrence, however, for en gineers are the most watchful men on earth, I believe. I often wonder how they manage to see everything along the road and keep watch "of their ma chinery and clocks and steam-gauges and time-cards all at the same time." "How do dispatchers keep this record sheet of which you spei.k?" "They have ashcet ruled into squares. The lines across the sheet indicate the stations on the road and the lines up and down show the trains. Every lime a train is reported as passing a station the dispatcher marks Ihe time in the square that indicates both that train and that station. Thus, if train No. 13 leaves Riverside at 9:10 the dispatcher makes those figures in the square that is below tiie number of tiie train and to the right or left of the name of that sta tion. A glance, therefore, shows him where the train was last reported as leaving. If in due time it is not re- j" ... J". I," ."iT nPXl iauo? . )Vter caljs uptheoperatoraml asks t ii me tram is in sight, it it is not. aud the dispatcher has reason to think tho "i train is stalled or broken down between stations', he gives the operators on each side of it orders to hold all trains until the troublo is removed. There is noth ing intricate, you see, in the system. If every ni.in does his plain duty there is no danger from running trains by telegraph. The main trouble is, cheap operators are apt to bo stupid men, and jrood, smart opera me companies rareiv pay cnouri to rnt i" p s't;ons. Uucaao ... .. . - ,V' -.rfit-JSttV. t- iW Relies la Maime.- Mam- of the old mills are gone, but ' now and then one is yet to be met with on the bank of some" rapid streim, alf t fallen into ruin, however. It is com- . monlv off the traveled road a little,. and the spot where it stands seems all abandoned. i'i m;n win koo rnoi-i-. . iM n. , lect. Boards arc irone from its walfL leavinr tho frame exposed asa skeleton- The roof is broken, and a portion of it t has fallen from the weight of snow with' which it was loaded in winter. The' foundations have been washod away on: one side, and the old frame leans out ; over the water. Braces have fallen at one cud. ami hang swinging by a single 11111 TliO Vltir-1-lfll h'lH hmbon 1nOSP from the side of the mill, and fallen into' fho channel of the stream. There it lies, its rim half filled with sand, its ' floats gone, and the joints all open from alternate shrinking and swelling and' i w,irn:n. in tho .in. I-pt" i?nwn thn ; Ktreani"hu,rc ,wa,ns aru lodged among the rocks. lliese wero parts of the foundation of the mill. Mud-sills they max havo been, laid deep and firmly bctfded in the ground to sustain the' weight and jarring movemont of the mill-gear resting on them. Now the water and weather have rounded ofl their corners and worn the surface smooth. Knots, if there xvero any, pro trade in rounded knobs. Spikes aud nails are left prominent, and are coated thick with rust. The worn surface ol the wood has a silken lustre, where the loosened libers, bleached almost tc whiteness, show the sheen of a satin finish. The rings of annual growth, as I tliev- u-rf flit flirnnrrh In hewinrr. an- ooer.-itino- to take anart and to scatter. I I "I - T atom bv atom, the fabric the sunbeam wrought ages and ages before. lioston- r o o Transcript. --- A Bad Place.- The country hotel is not a place of blissful repose, and there is one in Ar kansas which is rarely visited tho seconc time by tho same man. Several nights ago a gentleman, hungry, wet and tired. stopped at the place, and after parth satisfying his appetite with cornbrcaa a and bacon, went to bed. Just as he sun to sleep, a negro entered the room, shook the tired man, and said: "Boss, yer'll haftcr git outen dis bed. De boss's son hab jes' got married an hah fotch his wife home. Hate tei' 'sturb yer, but de happy pa'r must hal dis room." "Why didn't you tell me before I too.' the room?" said the tired man arising "Case da wan't married den, sah." "Didn't .you know that he was golnj to marry?' "Sorter 'spicioned it. sah, but yor set de laity dun fooled de boss' soli threi times, "an' we didn't know but sho was gwine ter fool him agin.1" "I wish she had. I don't see whi- people want to marry when it imposes f hardst hip on others. ' "Doan sec rayse'f, boss. Jes' step dii wav, an I'll show yer a good room." The tired man was shown into a roon. which could not have been much worse than the one he hail jnst left, and whlcb was certainly no better. He throw him self on the bed. and had probably beet asleep live minuter, when the negro en tered again, shook him, and said: "Hates tointcmip' yer. Colonel?" "Then, why the devil do you?" "Showed yer in the wrong room, sah Dis one habdun been engaged by s travclin" gentleman." He cau't have it." , . Jj'J11 . I'd 'vise vcr. boss, not ter argx wid vise vcr. boss, not ter argv Bad man an' totes a elf-cocker. Showx-er ter ver room, sah?" The tired man followed the colored gentleman to another room, which was little better than a stable. "Yer ken rest here, sah, mighty peaceable." The man was soon asleep, but aftei nwhile he was aroused by the negro, who said: "I Iiastcr 'sturb yer again, sah. Trav elin' man down stairs what 'gaged dis room. Said dat ef I didn't gix-e him de room or de dollar extra what he paid fur it, dat he'd kill bof ob us.-", "Here, take him the dollar.-"" "Thankee' sah I feels safe .now,' and he left The next morning the man learned that there had been no marriage. but that the negro had been paid extra by travelers for the best rooms, and that the dollar had secured him his room as the last man who arrived only offered the black rascal fifty cents. Arkansato Traveler. -- The first published proposition for the adoption of uniform time standards came from Prof. Charles F. Dowd, of " Saratoga, N. Y. "The development of the idea into practical shape, and the" securing the assent of the railroads to the adoption of the plan, are the work of W. F. Allen, editor of the Travelers' Official Guide, ot New York City. X. 11 Sun. J Speaking of French peas, the New York Mail says: "They must be eaten' to be appreciated." Thus French ppjw differ very little in one respect from all other kinds of foodr- Mc.&T"Vye Saw-Mill Ttt"i--- - n- B , -p.. mk, fflj-B-B-.- -: i ift ; o-J i I V, Si' . Z 4 KS . m t - i .- "SCTawgygy-----,. f , j.