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TIIE RED OLODD CniEF, FRIDAY, AlU 14, 18U6.
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SLEEP THEIR ENEMY.
TROUBLES OF NIGHT TELE
GRAPH OPERATORS.
One Relume Thnt Made a Trump Ancrjr
Alarm Clnrku, Dug, Tin Can with
String Attachments nml Many Other
UeTlcea.
s HEN I watm young
fellow I wiib night
tolcgrnph operator
nt a little wny Hta
tlon on n railroad,"
Bald tho individual
who works tho
Washington wlrc.tiB
ho removed a ahado
from Ills forehead
and Joined the rent
of tho fellows at
lunch, according to tho New York Trib
une. "I remember that our chief am
bition In thoHo days was to get as
much sleep as wo could nights without
being found out, so that wo could get
along without wasting so much of tho
day In bed. 'Pound' we UBctl to call
sleep In those days, Iiocuubo wc stopped
'pounding brass' to 'pound our ears' on
an exprcBs-paclcago pillow with a waiting-room
bench for a bunk. Funny
thing Is trade slang. In those days
there wcro very few semaphore signals
and we had to get out on tho track
with red and whlto lanterns nml swing
up trains, and our chlefcht banc was
n holding order, for there must bo no
sleep with that on our hands.
"For Instance, if westbound trains
dad tho right of way tho dispatcher
might send mo nn order to 'hold No. 'JS
for orders' and then run trains east
bound against It all the way up the line.
Quito a responsibility to put on a 17-year-old
boy. Well, If we happened to
be terribly sleepy It was a hard tight.
1 have been so sleepy that I daren't
sit In my chnlr for fear I would fall
asleep, and I hnvo stood up and walled
around ninny n tlmo for an hour or bo
'along In tho innall hours of tho morn
ing until tho order was revoked or tho
train got in. One way wo had was to
put a high stool out In' the center of
the iloor nml sit on that. If wo went
to sleep we would tumblo off. I nearly
broke my neck onco that way. I havo
often hnd my call on tho wire wako mo
up. There's something peculiar about
that. I havo been sound asleep In a
room adjoining the telegraph office, had
a train go by and an alarm clock go
off without wnklng mo up, with two or
threo Instruments clicking away llko
mad all of tho time, and then stnrt up
suddenly wide awake when boiiio ono
called my ofllco on tho wire. It always
seemed to wako mo up In the samo way,
I would dream that my station was be
ing called nml that some ono was hold
ing mo down to prevent my answering
It. I would struggle and strain to es
cape, nnd then suddenly wako up to
llnd the instruments calling, Just as I
dienmed they were. Once when I was
very sound asleep I actually got up In
my sleep and walked across a waiting
room into the otllce nml hnd my hands
on thctkey to answer a call before I
woke tip. i
"This wasn't lnfnlllble, however, un
fortunately, nnd wo used to try all sorts
of schemes to awaken ourselves, usu
ally beginning with an alarm clock.
Tho troublo with an nlarm clock Is
that a man gets accustomed to It and
falls to rouse. Wo learned that tho way
to use one was to glvo the alarm only
ono turn tho first two or throo times
wo trleu it, then two turns for awhile
and so on until It was fully wound up
och time, and when It began to lose
its effect, as it would like tho continued
uso of opiates, we discontinued It for
awhilo and tried something else. I
hnvo often set my clock twenty minutes
ahoatl, lay down nnd slept peacefully
for that brief period.
. "The greatest troublo we had was In
reporting tho passing of trains. Some
of tho night expresses would rush by
bo quick that wo wouldn't get thor
oughly awake, and then, by nnd by,
after the train had been reported from
two or three stations nbovo, wo would
perhaps weko up and And tho dispatch
er calling. Then ho would ask, perhaps,
for No. 41, and wo would answer: 'Not
yet.' There would bo n bad fow min
utes In store for us, for very sovero
things can bo Bald over a wire, and
they sound n thousand times worst)
thun fnce-to-faco abuse.
"For awhilo I had a dog who would
begin to growl when a train was a mllo
away and would wnko mo up, but nfter
awhile ho got afflicted In tho regular
way and would growl only for a tramp.
At last I dovised a novel scheme. I ran
a light string across tho track about
five feet from tho ground, tied ono end
to tho fence and ran tho other through
the keyhole. To this end I nttached a
coal-hod filled with pokers, tin cans,
etc., so that when tho train passed tho
string .iuld break and down would
come tho hod with a terrlblo clatter
and I would bo roused. Well, I had
It all nlcoly fixed for tho Chicago ex
press tho first night, when about ono
o'clock n tramp trudged along up tho
track nnd tho string caught him Just
under tho noso. Say, he was the mnd-d-st
man I ever heard. If I hadn't had
my dog with mo I don't believe ho
would ever havo calmod down.
"Thnt scheme was pretty satlsfactoiy
for .julto a whllo, but I got so that I'd
sleep through that, too, sometimes, It
would get caught occasionally and
wouldn't work, nnd It was a mean rig
ging to arrango, anyway, so I decided
thut the safest plan was to tie tho end
of the string to my arm. Tho first time
I tried that I was out of cotton string,
bo I rummaged around In tho ofllie and
found a. ball of this fine, hard twlno
which tho express peoplo use, and I
stretched that, like a big fool, tlol one
end of it nround my wrlHt nnd laid
down down on n cot. In about an hour
along canio tho New York limited,
about fifty mllea nn hour, and say!
why, thut twlno would havo towed a
canal-boat. Boforo It broke it bad Ho
XZB r
lift
ped over the cot, dragged mo hnlf way
acroia the floor, nearly frightened mo
to dnnth and cut Into tho flesh of my
wrist nearly to tho bone. My arm was
nenrly dislocated. You can hot thnt
I used cotton twlno after that."
NOSES MADE AS OOOD AS NEW.
Celluloid, I'Attsnre and Hntnetlmei n
rin(,er Needed.
Uo would not, with a peremptory tone,
Assert the noso upon his face his own,
Cowper.
And how could he If that nose were
fashioned of celluloid, gold, platinum
or even a baser metal? asks tho New
York World. "Building a noso" sounds
quoor, and yet that Is Just what sur
geons nro doing almost every day.
Evory surgeon who possesses mechan
Ical ability enough to bo called n "plas
tic Htirgeon" will tako a contract to
build n noso Just ns a builder takes a
contract for building a house.
Tho operntor, In tho case or n man,
tho bony portion of whoso nose bns
been destroyed, first removes tho dead
bono until bo flnds healthy bone.
He Is then ready to proceed with tho
building. Holes nio drilled Into the
sound hone for tho reception of the
mctnlllc frame work which Is to sup
port tho flesh that will give tho noso
tho nppcarnnco of having Its natural
frony nnd cnrtllnglnous support.
Probably tho most famous case of
nose-building is that of the iato Dr.
Thomas Sabine Tho opuratlon was
performed at Ilellovtio hospital. Tho
patient's nose hnd been entirely de
stroyed by a disease called lupus.
The surgeon transplanted the middle
flngcr of tho patient's hand to replace
the nose. To tho house surgeon fell the
task of destroying tho nail. For this he.
used n powerful acid. In rolntlng bin
experience iccently ho snld that ho sup
posed his work had proved .sucressful,
but nfter tho finger hnd been trans
planted ho found that the nail was In
clined to grow again, nnd ho was
obliged to uso tho acid repeatedly bo
foro It was finally destroyed.
There aro surgical records of othnr
similar coses In many of which the nail
had grown on tho "flnger nose."
In ordinary cases whoro only tho
bony portion of tho noso lina been de
stroyed, celluloid Is said to prove most
satisfactory, as It Is better borne In
living tissues thnn any other fliilHtnnce.
A case was recently shown at tho
Academy of Medicine. Tho patient wan
a young man whoso nnsal bones had
been destroyed through diseases. The
skin had fallen Into tho cavity.
The shape of his noso waB restored
by an aluminum tripod. Tho surgeon
drilled n holo In tho frontnl bono for
tho reception of ono branch of tho ap
paratus, whllo tho other branches fitted
into holes which had been drilled In
tho upper Jawbone. To tho'untralned
eyo tho noso had ovcry appearance of
being normal.
Certlllmte for Women nt Oxford.
Tho Council of tho Association for
the Education of Women In Oxford' has
decided, ponding the rovlval of tho agi
tation for conferring the bachelor of
arts degree on women, to Issue certifi
cates to those of Itfl students who hnvo
compiled with cortnln conditions of ex
amination nnd residence.
Thoy will be of three kinds, but It
will bo essential for all that resldenco
shall havo been kept In Oxford nnd a
class obtained In an Oxford honor ex
amination. The first will bo given for
tho strict bnchelor of nrts courso with
full residence. The second will be giv
en for a courso nppioved by tho coun
cil of tho association as an alternative
to tho dogree course. Three examina
tions will bo obligatory and twelvo
terms' residence, but thero will be no
limits of standing. For tho third, eight
terms' resldenco will bo sufficient, nnd
an Intermediate examination will not
be required.
The certificates will boar tho signa
tures of tho president of the associa
tion nnd the principal of tho college,
uaii or outer uotiy to which tho stu
dent belongs, nnd will bo issued only
to students whoso names have boon
on the booka of tho association during
tho requisite period of residence. By
tho present rules of tho association no
student can bo placed or remain on the
books unions she Is a member of Lady
Margaret Hall, Somervlllo College, St.
Hugh's Hnll or tho Hotly of Homo Stu
dents, but provision tins been mado for
the recognition, under certain condi
tions, of new halls. London Times.
The Itneiitgen !t)f.
Tho electrical other waves, which
Herz and others havo experimented
with, aro, ns a rule, too largo to de
compose tho salts of a photographic
plate, but they can traverse opaquo
substances, such as the human body,
without causing sensation, as Tesla'a
experiments showed. If thoy nro too
Inrgo to nffect tho sonsltlvo pinto and
tho eye, thoy are also too largo to Irri
tate tho nerves. Roentgen and others
have demonstrated, however, that cer
tain of these electric rays or wavo mo
tions can nffect tho sensitive (11m Indi
rectly by exciting phosnhoreaennpo In
bodies on which they fall. Henco tho
Hoentgen silhouettes nnd the crypto
Bcopo of Salvlonl nro nlroady familiar
to the readers of this column. London
Globe.
On Their Trark.
"Ha! hn!" quoth Romeo Gruffvolce,
tho tragedian, as ho wearily stepped
from tlo to tlo on tho wny In from
Frostvllle, " 'tis the first time, for
sooth, I havo jlnyed tho rolo of detec
tive Tho directors of this road know
mo not, but I am on tholr track."
Just then a train turned tho curve
and tho way It used him made him
feel very much cut up. Now York
World.
DECAY OF ST. HELENA.
Oreat llrltulrt Allow It to fall Into
Decrepitude.
Napoleon effectually prevented St.
Helena from ever sinking Into obscur
ity, Bays the African Critic. Neverthe
less, for some yenrs past the Island has
been getting deeper and deeper Into
financial straits, while tho population
has been steadily diminishing. St. He
lena Is only some 1,000 miles distant
from Cape Town nnd yet the Island is
comparatively unknown to South Af
rlcnn colonists, ns tho outwnrd and
homeward steamers to and from Capo
Town call there only onco In three
weeks nnd mnke a vory brief stoppage
And yet this historic Island Is well
worthy of a visit, not only from Its as
sociation with the great Corslcan hut
also because It possesses, probably, tho
finest climate In tho world. A con
ntant southeasterly trado wind, straight
from the pole, blows over the Island
and Bweeps away those germs of dis
ease which lie latent In less favored
spots. As a consequence, tho longev
ity of tho Inhabitants Is probably much
greater than In any other portlbn of
the globe. In spite of all this and the
proximity of tho Island to the Capo,
hardly a solitary Africander finds his
way thero from one j ear's end to the
other.
So much In reference to St. Helena
ns a bt'i.lth resort. Now let mo briefly
refer to a matter that Is of more vital
importance. The strategical advan
tages of tho Island have been fully
recognized by both military nnd naval
experts and the loyal commission
which wns presided over by the lato
Lord Cornnrvon recommended that It
should bo strongly fortified and consti
tuted nn Important naval and coaling
station for tho vessels of tho squndron
within the Cane command. Those rne-
ommendatlons havo, however, not been
carried Into effect. Certainly some
thing was dono to Improve the forti
fications ten or twelvo years ago, but
the guns nro now of nn obsolete typo
nnd tho diminutive irarrison mnlntnln.
ed In tho island Is utterly Inadequato
to tiorciul It. Moreover, though St.
Helena is supposed to be a naval coal
ing station, the ndmlralty mnlntnlncd
no coal supply there, tho coal for tho
ships on tho Cape ami west coast of
Africa stations being kept at Ascen
sion, which docs not possess even a
Rolltnry gun but Is a cinder heap upon
which many thousands nro annually
wasted.
Tho defenseless condition nf St. hm.
ena Is a mntter that Intimately con
cerns the South African colonies nnd
should engngo their attention. Tho Is
land Is utterly unnble to. hnln itsoif
Tho opening of tho Suez canal ruined
its prosperity nnd ever slnco It has
been drifting nearer ami nnnmr n
bankruptcy. The greater portion of Its
adult malo population bns mlgrnted to
the Cape nnd tho wlinlo rnvrmim nt im
Islnnd Is now only aomo fO.opO. There
nro only hnlf a dozen ofilclnls and tho
governor fills Innumerable other offices,
niuuiuiiig mat or clilef (and only) Jus-
uce. it is deplorable that Great
Britain should allow mm f ita nna.
sessions to sink Into such a condition
of decrepitude, nnd especially an Is
land which, lying in the direct route to
the Cape, must ever bo of considerable
Importance.
The Taper Returned.
"I'll toll you the queerest storv vnn
ever heard," said Chief Dickinson of
tlie department of fire the othor dnv
"and It Is a true story at that. In 1SG4,
toward me end or tho war, I was at
Fort Lincoln, nt Washlnctnn th inn.i.
er of a band of tho Ono Hundred and
Mftfcth Ohio Regiment. The war was
hot, and of courso we wore all Intense
ly Interested In the very latest wo
could get about It. Newspapers wero
scarce, and when wo managed to get
hold of one we regarded it as a treas
ure. Ono day I was fortunate enough
to got hold of a copy of the Philadel
phia Inquirer, which contained a lot
or wnr news. Arter I had read It I
handed It nround nmong tho boys,
and finally loaned It to a
man named Breymeler. Yester
day who should walk Into tho
office but nreymelcr, who returned tho
paper with thanks. Ho was looking
over his old papers to get Inrormntlon
to assist the widow or an old comrndo
in getting n pension, nnd ho ran across
the Inquirer. What do you think of
the conscience or a mnn who would re
turn a paper after all that tlmo?"
Clovolnnd Leatlor.
flame. I,nw In Central Afrlrn.
Game Is to bo preserved In Central
Africa. Major von Wlssman has sot
aside a portion or Gorman East Africa,
within which no shooting will bo al
lowed without a license from tho gov
ernor of the colony. A license to shoot
elephant or rhlnoccroa costn 500 rupees
a year for a native; females and young
elophnntB with tusks weighing less than
six pounds must not lift shot nt all.
White men will pay 100 rupees for tho
first elephant shot nnd 250 rupees for
ovcry other, 50 rupees for the first two
rhinoceroses, nnd 150 rupees for all af
ter them. Monkey, bensts of prey, boars
nnd birds, except ostriches nnd secre
tary birds, mny bo killed without a
license
Curlnu Writing Tahle.
Mrs. Wlnthrop "My husband Is go
ing to do most of his business corres
pondence at homo while I'm away in
tho country." Mrs. Merritt "Is ho go
ing to use that lovely dosk of yours?"
Mrs, Wlnthrop "No; he has bought a
tnblo covered with green cloth, with
tho funniest little hole cut in tho top
you over saw." Puck.
, Awfully Kiiineicd.
Hagghst "I understand that you
have been awfully squeezed In the city
or late."
' four now type-
DEMON MADE IN JA PAX
SUPERSTITIOUS ORIENTALS DE
CEIVED. Ilerania nirh In Three Months Cranial
linnet of lionet and Oxen, Horae
Teeth and Bteer'i llorni Usee .
Make the Skull.
HE skeleton or a
"demon" was re
cently placed on
exhibition In Ja
pan. It wna ex
hibited over hair of
t h e empire, and
caused an lmmcnso
sensation wherevor
it was shown. Tho
"demon" l tho
great bugaboo of
the Japanese
In tho olden times In which, accord
ing to native tradition, the demon ex
isted, It was possessed of enormous
strength, a voracious appetite and a
pestilential breath, devastlng n dis
trict with even greater dispatch than
tho plague
It Is supposed to have had n real ex
istence and to bo extinct only In the
fcenso that we know tho dodo to be ex
tinct. Henco there nro ninny nntlvcs
of Japan who believe that there Is a
possibility that one remaining speci
men of tho demon mny bo discovered In
tome remote place where It hna been
eoiicencled for many yenrs.
Therefore, the skeleton, fabricated
by an Ingenious Japaneso fakir,
nisod great curiosity, nnd thousands
or Japaneso flocked to seo It. Its own-1
er grow rich, nnd his specimen might
havo continued to furnish evidence of
the truth of some of tho astonishing
folklore tales of tho masses had not
tho fact that It waa a awlndlo been
proved by tho authorities. As It was,
tho excltomont over It was immense.
Hero Is what tho Japan Weekly Mall
says of It:
"A most Ingenious swindler recently
mot with woll-mertted punishment nt
the hands of tho Kumamoto pollco au
thorities, after having ror moro than
three months dono a roaring business
by Imposing on the credulity or the
Kyuaha people. Ho exhibited what ho
waa pleased to call the skeleton f a
demon, and has been convicted or
most daring duplicity nnd Bent up ror
a long term to a plnco whero flesh and
blood demons aro or not Infrequent oc
currence. "His name Is Mlchlgaml Kataro, his
native vlllago Bingo, his real profes
sion that of a papor-hanger. Being
dissatisfied with the profits derived
from honest trado, ho conceived tho
Idoa of manufacturing a demon of the
good old-fashioned ShutcndoJI type, bo
llevlng with Justlco that ho would
make a fortune by exhibiting so raro
and noteworthy an object. Ilia pro
fessional skill stood him in good
stead In carrying out this plan, tho
ingenuity displayed bolng well worthy
a bottsr scheme.
"In manufacturing the huge skull ho
used the cranial bones of horses and
oien. Theso he Joined together raost
deftly by covering them on tho inner
side with akin taken rrom tho stomach
of an ox. Horso teeth inserted the
wrong way wero placed In tho demon's
mouth, giving the skull a most fero
cious expression. Two homo romnln
od to bt soldered on In strict accord
ance with tho received traditions or
demons in Japan, and here again the
born of an ox wero pvt In requisition.
, EMiM i tin ISim,,,M, m XZZ
-wiMmMm
fmi MM9HK' wHBttHBfflve?
"The thorough preparations being
completed, he set out on a swindling
tour nnd enrncd a substantial sum by
exhibiting his handiwork.
"Hut fato was lying in wait for him
nt Kumamoto. Tho fraud was detect
ed and tho swindling three tho skele
ton, tho document and tho man were
Impounded and Imprisoned. The man
mado a clean breast of it, giving a
mlnuto description of tho manner In
which ho had mnde the skeleton, to
tho dollght of tho Kumamoto police"
A CITY PASTEL.
rictared In the Dent Where Kdltort and
l'roof'readert Toll.
Onco upon a time a wealthy proof
reader who possessed an entire box of
matches was accosted by an Indigent
editor who wanted fire for his pipe and
possessed nothing but a copy of the
'"Light of Asia." Tho proof-reader
thus importuned declared he could give
his comrndo no assistance, as his
matches were hard como by and he had
nothing but a good, fat Balnry between
himself nnd n heartless world. The ed
itor declared ho woa in the same fix,
nnd the proof-render relentod and gave
him ono measly fugitive match with a
head on it that was bo small It was
only a pimple.
"This mntch," said tho odUor as he
struck It, "which you have bo gener
ously donated to tho relief or suffering
humanity, hns effected a marvelous rev
olution In society for so smnll a thing.
I recollect my grnndrnther telling mo
of tho troublo they used to have In ob
taining lights In the old days. How ho
would sit up In bed whllo grandmn
would paddle around In her pretty bare
feet hunting the flint on cold winter
mornings, nnd how when stio had
THE DEMON THAT SCARED JAPAN.
round it while sho was knocking n
spark out or tho old flint and steel ho
wub 8iiro or another hair hour's nap.
Wow! That Infernal thing burned my
fingers. Gimmo another mntch!"
"Not to any extent," replied the opu
lent prooirender. "If you had spent
the time you wasted on that chestnut
In lighting your plpo you would -havo
been out or the woods. You can either
hunt n flint and steel or procure a light
from ono of Mr. Edison's candles."
Chicago DlBpatch.
Cecil Ithoilet an Utter Failure.
Tho astute president of the Transvaal
hns acquired for tho treasury a sum of
210,000, which will pay for many Max
ims, has silenced nil prominent British
oppononts of the Boer oligarchy and
has obtained a reputation for self-control
and merciful dealings with rebels.
Ho triumphs, In fnct, all along tho lino,
and will probably now devoto himself
with renewed energy to Ills two groat
objects tho acquisition of a port under
his own dominion nnd the destruction
of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, who U to him n
kind of bogy. We do not remember so
complote n defeat of a British party
anywhero and regnrd tho Incessant
paoans to Its leaders' ability as uttered
In contempt of all vlslblo racts. To bo
crushed in tho field, to bo defented In
council, to loso reputation and to for
feit great sums of money, these aro
feats suroly to which even the Incom
petent are equal. "I could have dono
that," said tho Austrian emperor de
posed ror incapacity, when ho heard of
tho loss of Lombardy. London Spec
tator. The Same Thing.
Hustler Why don't you go to work
and show people thero Is something In
you? Lnzlman Wouldn't an ocean
voyage answer tho samo purposo?
LouUvlllo Truth.
VAN TASSELL'S TEA.
lilt Fortune Vrto Told hut Not 1)7 III
Fiancee.
Young Van Tassell's flanco was still
In Boston, which mny hnvo accounted
ror that young man's presence In Miss
HeBslo Travers little den, which opens
directly from tho Travers parlor, says
tho New York Mali nnd Express. It
would bo difficult to Imnglno any thing
moro stiff and awesome than tho Trav
ers parlor, or anything moro graceful
and charming thnn Miss Bessie's little
don, unless, perchance, it wns Miss
Dessle- herself. Young Van Tnssell has
of Into been In the habit or dropping in
to seo Miss Travers at about tea time.
Just why he does this he himself could
not explain, but Miss Travers knows,
and there are moments when a queer
littlo triumphant smilo flickers over
her lips, and the very faintest, prettiest
blush Imaginable creeps up from her
neck, dying her charming faco a deli
cate pink.
Last night tho young man strolled
Into tho littlo room nnd found Miss
Ilcssle sewing, No ono else was .there.
Van TasselT has been wondering of late
how ho always happens to find his
friend nlono when ho drops in ror tea.
Thero always used to bo a crowd there.
"It's warm, Isnl It?" said Van Tas
sell as ho dropped comfortably into nn
ensy chair, which, by Bomo accident,
had been placed Just whero he could
get tho best view of Miss Ressle, who
was sowing on some dainty trifle
"Yes," said Miss IleBsie, without look
ing up. "Heard from Klttlo lately?"
"Yes," nald Van Tnssell, shortly; "I
hnd a letter this morning. What hnvo
you been doing slnco I saw you last?"
"I think Kitty Is quite the prettiest
girl I know," Bald Miss Bessie.
"Do you?" said Van Tnssell. "When
nro you going to let me tench you to
rldo a blcyclo?"
"Does Kitty rldo?"
"No," snld Vnn Tn83ell, "sho does
not. I say Bess, do you remember
when you used to ride on tho back Bte;
of my velocipede?"
"Yes," said Miss Travers demurely.
"I wonder If Kitty over did anything
llkothat?"
"I wonder," said Van Tassell.
"Wo used to have pretty good ilmes,
didn't we, dear boy?" said the girl.
"Awfully Jolly," said Van Tnssell.
Miss Bessie Blghcd very gently. A
sigh should not be overlong.
"Wo aro grown up now," she said
gently.
"Will you hnvo tea?" sho continued,
putting awny her work.
"Tell my fortuno In tho tea leaves,"
commanded Van Tassell as ho put
down his cup.
"If I can," said tho girl. "I don't
know how far I can go."
I'm very anxious," snld Vnn Tassell.
"The ruturo is a sealed book."
"That's the right phrase," Bald the
girl, laughing.
"I sec a dark woman," sho began, as
sho peered Into tho cup. "That's Kitty;
and thero Is a blond young man; that's
you; nnd there's another woman. 1
wonder who she enn be?"
"I wonder, too," sold Van Tassell.
"I I can't tell you any moro," con
tinued tho girl, "becnuse It Is so ub
Burd." "Go on, plenso," said Van Tassell.
"Tho young man doesn't really earo
for tho dark girl," said Miss Bessie.
"Now, don't you seo how silly it Is?"
Vun Tassel said nothing. Sometimes
this is wise.
"And, although ho doesn't know It,
the othor girl likes him a little. Isn't
It perfectly foolish?" nnd tV young
woman blushed gently.
"Oh, I Bupposo so," said Van TobwII.
"And nnd, I guess that's ,! I tan
seo," ended tho girl.
"I wonder who thnt other girl Is'"
said Van Tnssell.
"I wonder." said tho girl.
Haunted tiy a Voire.
Joseph Knecht, 73 years old, a vot
eran of the lato wnr, was found 1-: i
dead In a barn. A fow days ago'h
purchased 10 cents' worth of arsenic
nnd said ho was gonlg to kill himself
but nobody believed him. In connect
tlon with the circumstances Knecht's
death It la said that when he was a sol
dler In tho wnr for tho union a rebel
shot ono of Knecht's comrndejTlils oc
curred near tho rebel's homo and
Knecht vowed revenge Going to the
houso with a loaded gun ho slew the
rebel in tho presence of his wife and
ramlly. Tho woman screamed when she
saw her husband killed, and her voice
had such an unearthly sound that
Knecht said it always haunted him and
he was going to kill hlmseir In order to
get nwny rrom the result or his cruelty
-Philadelphia Inquirer. y
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to bo a reature or tho English highway
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