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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1901)
! & &i&&yZXf&Z etty , ot j he . By J. H. CONNELLY. Cfip/rlslit , IBM d 18KI , b/Hobnrt Uon cr'ifiwii. tAII rlphU re * rr d ) CIIAI'TIOU Xll.-tCoiiliuued. ) Quick nnd terrible In bN sudden wrath the Riant sprang to Ids feet and without n word blurted nt a rapid wulk for the hcene of conlllct. His lu-nvy rillo was Kripped iu his left liuud .and his friends , louring he Avould do a score ot murders If he went Into a li ht with that weapon even though be u.sed it only as a club luid hold of It und of him , crying : "Leave the nun , Uncle David ! Leave the gun ! " A dozen of them together so tried to hold him , but soiling his Jaws together , tightly , and with his eyes bla/.lng , he utroQu on , not seeming oven to observe what they were doing. And the terror ' of his coming Hew ahead of him , no that fleeing Mulveils shrieked Into MrClos- kcy's ns they Juried by : "Uniil Save yourselvesl Uncle Dave IK coming ! " dimerous , ( locking from all directions at the war-cry , ashed no questions und made no parley , but fell straightway up on every Mulvell In sight. Speedily the lighting WIIH general over ono-imlt tin ? town , and the roar of coinlmt was like thnt upon u hard fought battlefield save that there was no sound of hreurms. Ktrangdy enough , though the combat- nuts were fi-cnssicd with rnge , hometimos in desperate straits and frequently hud loaded guns in their bunds all through the strife , not a single shot wns llred , und Chough there were many broken limbs and bruised skulls , no one wns shot or murdered. Thut fate , however , would Lave befallen John Cameron had his res- rue depended solely upon Uncle David jinil his Cameron brethren. Hetty Mulvell happened to be in the street und to bear , bv-fore It reached Uncle David , thnt alarming cry ; "They're killing John Cameron in Me- Closkey'sl" Without an Instant's hesitation she run to iter lover's aid nnd fenrlesHly plunged into the murderous conlllct nbout him. In ten seconds more , she would have been too late. The second Cameron had disappeared runong the unconscious Mulveils strewing the lloor , and John stood'aloue , with his foes closing thickly nround him , wound- lug eneh other by the eager ferocity of their blows nt him. Still he wielded the lieuvy stool , and , wherever it fell , an jinn dropped disabled , or a man tumbled lieudlong with u bruised skull , but the end1 wns plainly near. He was too much exhausted to evade blows , and gradually they were beating him down ; his brentli cnme In hoarse gasps ; blood from n gash in his forehead run Into his ejes and Winded him ; yet he fought desperate ! ; , to keep his feet , knowing well that to .fall was to lose hope. As Hetty sprung into the door , n man knocked houseless by one of John's wild sweeps of the stool , fell ngnlnst her , dropping Into her anus the rille with which he hud been endeavoring to brain lier'.lbver. She seized the gun nud held It , while slipping on one side to let him tumble to the iloor , where he Iny quiet. No one sccuicd to notice her advent , nnd for n moment she stood Irresolute , hunllj Able to see anything clcurly In that semi- obscurity , Into which she hud so sudden ly come from the brilliant sunlight out side. > Then her overstrained senses seem ed to Intensify her powers of perception , end she saw with Inexpross-ible horror , nnd inoro clearly ns it boomed to her tlniii toy mere natural vision , death hovering over her lover. A 'Heavy ' iron weight , hurled by some cowardly miscreant behind him , atrucl ; the back of his head and sent him plung ing forward , houseless ; with wlde-stretcli- cd bunds , face downward to the lloor , At that moment cainu the warning yell from a llccing Mulvcil at the. door : "IJtin ! Save yourselvesl Uncle Dave IR conmig ! " The wolves did not wait to mingle their quarry , b.ut struck by sudden terror , dashed to the street nnd lied nwuy nil BIIVP one , Unfits CJoldio. lie had been keeping himself ns safe UH possible , on the outer edge of the frny , waiting for euch nn opportunity us this , nnd now cpcnng forwnrd with n shout of triumph , ( twinging nn nx above his bond. But be fore he could bury its blade in the brain of the helpless man prone before him , hU Infernal joy was blighted. Love was hwlfter than hate. Strong us an Amu- con and quick ns n panther , Hetty do- Ih ered a crushing blow upon his 'right bhouhler with a rille that had KO provi dentially fallen Into 'her hands , and he Mnggcred buckwurd with n scream of puln , ns his shattered arm fell to his side. "Cowardly murderers ! " the girl cried , swinging the rltlo to strike ngain , With nn oath he jumped to the door to escape , reaching It only In time to meet Uncle David , who floored him by one of those mighty blows the giant so seldom trusted himself tp strike. Hetty dropped upon one knee nnd rais ed her lover in her strong arum to a sit ting posture. The sight of his sad plight quite overcame her. ' "Oh , my love my darling ! They hnve killed you ! " she moaned , sobbing , and kissing htm. Undo DaVid brought In n hnndfiil of enow , which he applied to his brow and temples. Slowly his consciousness relumed , nnd w..iout ' any vague mental wandering * , en h as might well hnve boon expected ; fi > r his first feeble words were : 'It this lun't a dronm , I'm In big luck. I\.is.i me ngain , Hetty , if It's real. " CIIAPTHH XHL C'liistnble ' Mulvoil's jlno scheme hnd w 10 utterly to naught. HI * ussistnnt O ildio's collnr bone und shoulder hud b < en so mushed that H wns feared he w U bo somewhat crippled for life. He hrnsdf had been so mauled thnt it wns nt tVt doubtful if he would recovermnd a fortnight In bud hnd not nltogether muilo him well , The MulvellH had been thoroughly whipped In the tinea t faction fight that hnd occurred lu years , and , for it nil , there was no offset iu injury to flW - John Cameron. The young fellow's hurts hail been almost cured by Hetty's kisses even before Undo David led him away from MeCloskey's ; nml us for the stain ( hut was to have been put upon his good name It hud not stuck , . The arrest was so far a failure that nobody seemed to veineniber ( hut It hud been seriously In tended or ntteinpteil. Goldie's epithet wns recollected only us n foul Insult mount to provoke a light , not us an ex pression of nuythhiK thnt could possibly hove been intended II'M un allegation of a fuel. Taken all in all , "Training Day" hud turned out very badly for the Mul- veil Interest , so fur us the constable eould .see ; nnd ho felt u good deal of re luctance iiboul milking another attempt to serve thnt wnrrunt. Khnooii had not the satisfaction of knowing it , but In one way the events of "Training Day" had wrought grievously for John and Hetty. The light hud roused - ed up all the Mulvoll fire latent in her mother' * breast. Had pence maintained between the factions , It is altogether probable that Mrs. Mulvoil eventually would liuve grumhllngly , but without ac tive opposition , seen her daughter courted and oven married by n well-to-do Cam eron , and , when mutters hud gone HO fnr , dnnccd at theli- Wedding with right good will. But Riich hopes were not to he thought of now , when the feud blazed again nnd the Mill veils had been whip ped. ped."Them Cainerons will be walking ajl over us and wanting to hung their huts on the lorns | of the moon , now , " she de clared , "but u Cameron hat shall never ( ind a nail in my house again. Three times now , that John Cameron bus been hero after you , Hetty , and If he coined the fourth , I'll scald him. I wonder you van sit there and look me iu the1 fncc af ter what you have done. Surely he must have bewitched you. But twice he bus sat up with you , the last time only the Sunday night before the light , after you making a monkey of the 'decent man who Is kin to the Mulvells. And yet you go fighting for him ; against your own people , too. What would your father say , If he could see you now , Pd like to know ? " "If my father were alive , he would be .ishamed of me If 1 wouldn't fight to pre vent the cowardly murder of u helpless man , whether friend or foe. " "H-m ! Well , I don't say : 'No' alto gether to that. When you saw a thing like that about to be done , of course 1 wouldn't blame you for stopping It , if you .xiuld ; but what business hud you to be there to see It ? Why must you poke your , nose into the men's lighting among themselves ? " "To nave John Cameron's life. " "Well all right ; you saved it though Micro's neither hide nor gntOo In n girj lighting against her own people. But- yon saved It. And now let tli'ut be the end of your colloguing with him. Let me hear no more of your John Cameron. If he conies here again , as I told you .be fore , I'll scald him and you may speak to him just' ' the once more to tell him en . " f Hetty knew her mother wns lu earnest , nnd that it would bo useless to attempt argument with her , KO mild nothing in replybut If Mrs. Mulvell imagined that lier dictum put an end to that love af fair , she was never more mistaken in her life. * * * * * * * John Cameron of coursi,1 , had to bo in formed of Mrs. Mulvell's uncompromising hostility , but it did not seem to depress his spirits greatly. "That's all right , " he said , complacent ly. "If she takes any comfort in feeling that way , I have no objection. In fact , I think it Is rather fortunate she comes out so Hat-footed about it , for now you < ee , Hetty , there Is nothing for us butte to go right oil and get married. Your ideu of waiting until spring will not do tit all under these circumstances. You see that ? " But Hetty did not quite "see that. " She hesitated at a conclusive revolt against and casting off of the accustomed trammels of maternal authority. 1't tool ; t'nuto ' convince her that her mother was not , ami miner no proimitic circumstances ever would be , amenable to reason in the matter of John Cameron. And until that had boon established beyond ipiestlon in her inhul , her meotihss with John were necessarily clandestine , infrequent and unsatisfactory. They BUW each other at rhnrtih and spelling scliool , but she did not venture to permit him -to accompany her home from either or hardly even speak to her. That they ever hud opportunities for exchange of those weighty trllles and im portant nothings thot lovers find it so necessary to say and so sweet to hear was almost wholly due to Danny. John hud given him thut promised ijuii , and the Imp's gratitude was us unbounded as his joy. John's generosity had quite won his heart , and made his si'rvlce In thn lovers' behalf active , energetic and con tinuous. It was only necessary for his sister to say to him : "Danny , I'm going over this afternoon to Aunt Kliza's , " or "to .Mrs. 1'lotts , " or to some other neigh bor's , and the chuncea were ten to one that , either in going or returning , she would encounter John Cameron. But the season was against open-air courtship. Cupid in great-cunt , fur cup nnd overshoes - shoos Is little like himself as lovers know him. John , being a decidedly practical young man , did not take kindly to divorc ing love and comfort to suit the whim of any old woman. "Don't get your bad : up nt my saying go , Hetty , " he would argue , "but it Is dernud iionneiisii fprou and me to wade around knee deep lu the snow , getting biuUlliiT every day , when we might just as well be sitting cosily by our own lire- gUlc , iu our own home , leaving tho.su who don't like it to do the wading and siiulUini , ' around outside to their heart's content. " The Impression was growing gradually stronger in Hetty's mind that John wua about right. Their only really comfortable Irter vlt-WH were at tlio house of Mrs. I.'jvh thu distant neighbor whom Hetty hud been visiting on the day nhe riBwiod John from hlu perch on a knob of thtj Devil's Backbone. That good woman intuitively grasped the situation IIMJU | the occasion of the young couple's find apparently ac cidental meeting in her presence , and thereafter , If the course of their t/uo love did not run Mimiothly , the fnult WUH not hero. During bourn ut u time she would leave them alone together In her cosy Hitting room , while nhc busied her self with household duties In the kitchen , hinging like a lurk for sheer sympathetic hnpplnetm of heart , and keeping a sharp lookout on the lane , to see that nobody came to surprise them. But that WUH all too good to liiflt. Mrs. Mulvell looked with suspicion upon the great intimacy that seemed to have sud denly sprung up between Hetty and Mrs. Davis. " 1 don't see , " she said querulously to Mary lOlilcr , "for what she wuntB to ride over there two or maybe three times * In a week. I'll be bound it's no 'Itoso. of Sharon' or 'Liberty Trde' quilting pat terns she dues be going after all the time. And the easy way slie takes It about that John Cameron not being let come snoop ing around her , Is'nt natural. It wouldn't surprise me a mlte > lf she met him over there , ami I'm just going to find ou { the first time she goes to Mrs. Davis' again. But don't you tell her I said so. " "No , 1 will not , " promised Mary. Ami .she did not. But that evening , when she and Hetty were sitting togeth er by the kitchen lire , Mary , affecting nn air of mystery and pretending fear of be ing overheard , said , in an impressive whisper : " 1 was looking at u book of Danny's to-day tlu > one' about birds and beasts- anil came acr < > s bomething that I do not believe. " Hetty , who was no thick-witted girl , unable to lake u hint , comprehended readily that she was to look for a mean ing under the more words which , in them selves , were certainly not of so incen diary n character ns to domain ! such cau tion in their utterance. But she simply replied , with a glance of Intelligence : "I should think so. I've rend thnt book myself. What was It , dear ? " "It soys that when the ostrich is pur sued by hunters , , it sticks its foolish head into a pile of sand , imagines itsdf then entirely covered > from sight , ami lies there1 quietly until its pursuers come nnd seize it. Do you think it can be true that there is any bird so simple ? " "No , I don't , " answered Hetty , prompt ly , with her eyes snapping us she leaned over close to her friend's ear and whis pered with emphasis : "Nor any jjirl , eith er about here ! " The next time Hetty rode over to Mra. Davis' to get some points about a pecu liarly intricate pattern on which her heart wns set Danny started out a good hour before her to go squirrel limiting Mrs. Mulvell offered no objection to her daughter paying the visit , and did not even notice the disappearance of the erratic Danny , who went nnd came with his gun ns he pleased ; but au hour after Hetty rode off the old woman saddled another liprs-c nnd followed. John Cameron , by appointment made nt their last preceding meeting , was wait ing at Mrs. Davis' for his true love , when she arrived and breathlessly told him she wns almost afraid to come over for feat her mother would be upon her heels at any minute. "How could she know of our meeting hero ? " asked the young man. "I don't think she knows , lint 1 am sure , from something Mary Kldor said to me , that she suspects , and if. .she does , she will do her best to find out. Danny Is In the bushes by the road ut the edge of the woods , and will lire two shots if she comes along , so as to give time for you to get out of the way' and I guess there is not much danger'of ' her catching , us , but it does make mo fed awful nervous. " "And it makes me feel 1'onsnrncd mean to be dodging and hiding in this way. 1 toll you what it is , Hetty : If we are to be chased out of here , that settles it , I'll be u sufferln' lamb no longer for any old womnii under the broad canopy. ' Which do you think you'd prefer , to live with the rest of your life your mother or me ? " "Why , what n question , John ! You know well enough. I love my mother ; but if I have to give up anybody , it will not be you , John. " "Then Is she follows you here to-day , off we go to-morrow. What do you say ? " "I'm not saying anything , John. " "And I'm talking for two ? " " 1 guess you are. John. " Seizing her impulsively In his embracu and kissing her , be exclaimed : "I'm the happiest fellow in the Key stone btntc , my darling , and 1 hope to thunder she comes. But it's clearly un derstood that , whether she does now or waits for another occasion , her appear- nnco shall be the signal for you becoming Mrs. John Cameron the next day ? " "Isn't that just a little a little sud den , John ? " "The more sudden it is , the less chance Is given for anybody anticipating and in terfering with it. " While they were still engaged in provi dentially laying their plans to meet the probable contingencies of the near future , Mrs. Davis , who had been left watching the kitchen , suddenly put her plump , Rood-uatured face in nt the sitting room door , culling o them : "Two shots hnve just been fired , Het ty ; by Dnnuy , I guess. If so. she'll be here in n minute , nnd we've got no time to lose. John , snatch them horses out of the bedroom. I'ush that stand buck , Hetty , and get hojil of the end there. Don't let It conio loose on the big oiiu. " While she rapidly gave her orders , the young man quickly brought out and set up the two tall trestles , locally known nn "hoi-sea , " upon which the women lift ed the quilting frame previously rolled up and laid on the lloor along' the wall jiud pegged it out so ns to expose n gen erous expanse of the elaborate patchwork stretched upon It. Then Mrs. Duvis con siderately withdrew , to see If Mrs. Mul veil WHS really coming , but almost In stnntly reappeared , exclaiming : "Lnw snkest If she isn't ni the gate itlready ! And she's 'lighting down to open It herself. Up with you , John. She wants to surprise us , nnd we musn't le her do It. " John laughingly scrambled up n Inddcr pendent strnlffht ngalnst the wall , am disappeared , through a square open trni In the slab celling. Then , detaching tin ladder from Its hooks , he drew it up iuto the loft with him. i Mrn , Dnvls nud Hotly , taking seats on I oppo tO Jthlex of the quilting frame , upI - I poured to be gravely occupied wit ) > the intricacies of' Ihut overpowurliiRly mag nificent hut exceptlomtll.v dllllciilt pattern known as "tho Mexican 1'i'ny and Cy proM-nixl-Slnr Border ; " presenting n tableau so Innocent nnd undeserving of suspicion thnt when Mrs. Mulvell abrupt ly opened the dour nnd entered upon It , slip blushed for her error and preclpl- tniicy. ( To be continued. ) POCKET THE PERQUISITE. MernlicrM of CnncrcBH Make n Uooil ' 1 liltii : Out of Stationery Allowance. When it wns decided some years ago to allow each member of the house the the sum of $1125 a year for stationery It was supposed that the amount would bo expended for that'purpose. . The fact Is , however , that u very large number of congressman use the com mittee stationery , which Is supplied by the government , and pocket the iSlli. is an addition to their salary. The re port of the olerk of the house , glvos the lainos of thu members who accept the money each year and their number shows that thu custom Is increasing. I'lii1 custom Is conllned to no section. Some of ( he best known men In the louse pocket the money. The mem- ) or.s who use only $1 or $11 worth of stationery are also very numerous. J'hey draw nearly the entire allowance u cash , adding the amount to their salary. The comparatively small inionnt of stationery used and the very large proportion of cash paid out ins led to some suggestion of the aboli tion of the stationery privilege , but It s not at all likely that such u proposi tion will be adopted. Quite a number of members llnd the ippropriatlon of $1,1200 to each congrcss- uan for a clerk to be very acceptable is another addition to the salary of Ti.OOO a year. They are not compelled o make public record of the nuine of the dork , but It Is known that many of the wives , daughters or sons of the iiembors do duty as clerks , In order hat the money shall not escape from ho family treasury. Mail No Use for Oil ! Men. During the long years of service as > ortcr of a downtown hotel ho hnO ; rown a luxuriant heard of half and ialf while and brown. Ills vener able appearance attracted the attcn- Ion of the proprietor during one of the atter's tours of inspection and criticism. N "How long has that porter been with is ? " he asked of the clerk. "Fourteen years. " was the answer. "Too long , " commented the owner of the hostelry. "Lot him go. " The clerk knew that defence of the mrter was useless , but called the man ) ofore him. "Do you want to keep your Job ? " he isked the aged servitor after Inform- ng him of his discharge. "My family depend on my earnings lore , " rcpjjcd the old man. "Then got n clean shave and return is another man tomorrow , " was the re- > ly. "I will hire you over again. " "Who Is the new porter ? " inquired he proprietor two days later. "I don't know his name , " said the x dork , "but he soms to know his busU " ness "That's so. " replied the owner of the tote ) . "He's a good deal more spry than that old man wo had. " As nn KiiRliHliumii Seen UH. "The now Washington , " says an Eng- Ish writer In the London Spectator , "Is clean and beautiful. It Is doubfu'l wlicthorany such delightful residential street as Massachusetts avenue Is to be found oil the globe. American domes tic architecture Is as successful as pub lic architecture , Is expensive and often bad , but In these Washington avenues It is carried to the height of comfort and beauty. The green , well watered , feneelos-s lawns , the grouping of gables and oriels , the pretty porches and ex- qulsltotreosaud ( lowers combine to give a most delightful series of pictures. There Is not the ostentation of New York or Chicago , but there Is more charm. " The Almost every body knows that In Scotland the halfpenny Is called n "bawbee , " but bow It came to , receive that miuio Is uqt a matter of such common knowledge. It appears that the first attempt at the portraiture of the unfortunate Mary Queen of Scots , was made In her earliest infancy , and her "woo" face was engraved upon the Scottish halfpennies at the tlmo of her coronation In 15415 , when she was but nine months old. A number of these small coins are still preserved and it ( will be easily understood that the name "bawbee , " or baby , was original ly given to the coin bearing the baby's clllgy. An Uitplciisiiiit Jitoa. "I suppose It would delight you be yond measure If all those mysteries about the Imbltabllll.v of Mars and the conditions on the inooti could be finally settled. " "Delight mo ! " ccliood the astrono mer. "Certainly not ! What would be come of the income I derive from the composition and sale of theories on the subject ? " Washington Star. A Conclusive Argument. Thlnkslt Do you th.nk our Pre l- dontlal campaigns nro too long for the best Interests of the country ? ( irabslt Yes. For Instance , you make a bet right after the nominations , nnd , win or lose , you're out the Interest on your money for , three or four months. Harper's Bazar. Itay State Public- Schools iu 10-15. The tlrst public schools were opened In lir ! > In Massachusetts. A popular novelist Is never a geulua to hla stenographer. GOOD Short $ torie $ Here Is the latest story of Judge Henry M. Ilowland , one of the moat popular aftur-dhinoi' speakers of Now York : "There WIIK a little boy who wus 'mdly ' puzzled over the theory of evolu tion , lie wont to his mother and ask ed : ' .Mamma , am I descended from a monkey ? ' ' 1 don't know , ' sfio answer- i'd { 'I never'ni6t any of your father's people. ' " Herbert A. Giles gives the following example of Chinese humor In his "His tory of Chinese Literature" : "A man who had been condemned to wear a wooden collar was seen by some of his Ci'lcnds. 'What have yon been doing ? ' they asked him , 'to deserve thin ? ' 'Oil , nothing , ' he replied ; ' 1 only picked up an old piece of rope. ' 'And you arc tel l > o punished thus severely , ' they said , for merely picking up an end of rope ? ' 'Well , ' answered the man , 'tho fact is that there wna a bullock tied to the other end. ' " In his biography of Phillips Brooks , Alexander V. G. Alien of Cambridge tolls of a clergyman who was go'ing abroad , and talked lii jest of bringing back a new religion with him. "You might have some trpuble In getting it ( through the custom house , " some one remarked. "No , " observed Bishop Brooks ; "we may take it for granted that a new religion would have no du ties attached. " Another person , for the sake , no doubt , of argument , once drew attention to the fact that some men , calling themselves atheists- seem ed to load moral lives , and Brooks promptly disposed , of It. "They have to , " said he ; "they have no God to for give them If they don't. " An old Scotch fanner once went to have a troublesome tooth oxtracto : ! . Said the dentist , after looking at the offending molar : "It Is a very ugly one. 1 would advise you to have It out by the painless system. It Is only a shill ing extra. " He showed the fanner the apparatus for administering gas , re marking that it would cause him to fall asleep for a minute , and before he awoke the tooth would be out. After a slight resistance the sufferer COnSCnt- uu , iiiui-i-i'iuu ; ; lu ujieil HIM Jllllne. < _ < I | , ' never mind paying just now ! " said tho' ' doiitlst , kindly. "Hoots ! " answered the1 cautious old Scot , "A1 wasn't thinking o' that ; but if A'm gii'cii ta sleep A'1 thoclit A' wail like ta count ma siller fust. " Frederick the Great once had occa sion to.rebuke his cavalry for shirk ing their duty. According to "A His- tary of Frederick the Great , " he said : "Gentlemen , I am entirely dissatisfied with the cavalry ; the regiments are completely out of hand ; there is no ac curacy , no order ; the men ride like tailors. I bog that this may not occur again , and that each of you will pay more attention to his duty. But I know how things go on. You think I am not up to your dodges , but I know thorn all , nnd will recapitulate them. When the season for riding-drill comes on , the captain sends for the sergeant major , ami says : ' 1 have nn appointment this morning at , tell the first nontenant to take the rides. ' So the sergeant ma jor goes to-the senior subaltern and glvos him the message , and the lift tec says : 'What ! the captain will bo away ? Then 1 nm off hunting ; tell the second i lieutenant to take the men. ' And the second lieutenant , who Is probably still > Jn bed , says : 'What ! both of them away ? Then I will stay whore I am. I I was up till three thinmorning at a' ' dance : toll the cornet I am 111 , and he' ' | must take the rldos. ' Finally , the cornet - not remarks : 'Look hero , sergeant ma- 1 Jor , what Is the good of my standing , out there In the cold ? You know all ! about It much bettor than I do , you go and take them. ' And so It goes , and what must bo the end of It all ? What can I hope to do with such cavalry be- j fore the enemy ? " Unulu .James. Uncle James , from away out West , came to town one day recently to visit his kinsfolk , who live in 13th stret , just above Iowa circle. It so happened that nobody In the family except the sccouil daughter , Nancy , hail soon Uncle James In years and years , and , as she was unable to leave bor room , Johnnie , who Is lii years old ami as Ingenious as they make thorn , was told to go to Die station anil moot the gentleman. Undo James alighted from the train ami walked slowly toward the station en trance , looking this way anil that for somebody to welcome him. IIu hail passed through the gate and was outer- Ing the waiting room when Johnnie ran up behind him ami touched him on the ann. "Lemme parry your traveling bag , Undo James ? " ho salil. "I'm Johnny. " Uncle'James was delighted. "Why , how In the world illd you know 1110 , my boy ? " he asked. "I wasn't sure until 1 saw your back , " Johnnie made answer. "Nancy told mo how you looked , and as soon as I got behind you I know It must be you. Nancy said you was a water-melon- shaped man with a double chin on thu back of your nock. " Washington I'ost. Trying to He Kunny. She Well , I must go ami shell the pods for dinner. He Slioll the peas ? She Yes ; Where's thu can-opener ? The Weather Mau'n Complaint. I try to please my patrons , but thu con tract Is no fun , For farmers now want lots of rain anil carpenters wn'nt none. Love may be blind , but in financial matters It baa a sensitive touch. ( ilrU llrluliU-r In Sclio il. Girls liavc a higher average for brightness In scliool than have boys. Nine per cent more bright girls than bright ; boys were found among these 17,000. There were found to be 35 per conl more bright colored girls than bright colored boys. Among children of strlckly American parentage boys arc Inferior to girls in algebra , drawIng - Ing , language , music , penmanship reading , spelling and strange to say- manual labor. " Hoys are equal to girls In only four studies and excel them In but two. Sociological condi tions nro found to affect the girls moro than the boys , poor conditions having a tendency to lower their relative abil ity more. BUD as between lazy ana nervous girls and boys , of the same category , the girls are much ahead of the boys In mental ability. Colored girls are found to be superior to color ed boys in six studies , equal in three , and inferior in two. Girls can remember more than boys. This was proved by reading a story Tor three minutes to several thousand children and by requiring them to write all which tbcy afterward recol lected. It was found that growth of memory power is more rapid in girls than In boys , probably because girls mature faster than do their brothers. Boys are found to be more sensitive to heat than girls. This was deter mined by aid of a queer instrument consisting of two thermometers fasten ed together. One was heated until It registered ten degrees higher than the other. The two were placed against the surface of the wrist in a line at right angles to its length. The child subject was asked which was the warmer and on replying correctly the themometers were retained against the skin while they approached each v * other in temperature and until ho /r / could not determine which was , the warmer. Then the difference In de grees indicated the sensitiveness of the subject in discriminating degrees of heat. 'TO CHKIi A CII > IX OXJ ? IVY Tnke Lnxm'ive BromoQninlne Tablets. All dniwcistsrefnmi the money ifit fails to p.nro. K.v. . Grove's signature is on each box U5o. A Bounty Hint. To keep the hands white and the skin soft and velvety nothing is better than very thin oatmeal gruel for Wash ing them , says a girl whose pretty hands are the admiration of all her acquaintances. Boll the oatmeal in water foran hour , strain and use thu liquid 1'or toilet purposes several times a day. It should be made fresh .each day , as it soon becomes sour and un fit lor use. The hands should be bathed in It as in water. Do Yonr Vcet Ache nn-1 Burn ? Shake into your shoes. Allen's Foot- Ease , a powder for the feet. It makei tight or Now Shoes fool Kasy. Cure * Corns , Bunions , -Swollen , Hot nmJ Sweating Feet. At all Druggists nnd Shoe Stores , IT > c. Sample sent FIIEI8. Address Allen S. Olnmed. LeUoy , N. Y. Now SI uric Church "What , dc vou think of the ' 'Charge of the Liht Brigade ? " \ Gotham "Well I think It was the greatest charue in history up to the time that Philadelphia doctor asked $190,00(1 ( for attending a man who has gone to a place where he can't have any run for his money. " Another Clilnosn I'uzzlo. The Chinaman finally ligured tin matter all out to his own satisfaction. "Charge what you like , ' \ hcsaid tc the representative of the other pow ers , "and I'll add the amount to the tax on your goods. It is all absurdly simple when one stops to think of it.1 "But where do we win ? " they asked anxiously. Chicago Evening Post. 'I'h in Drowson. To launder the exquisite elections ot muslins and lace in which this suasi.u abounds has become Quite a problem ; yet the most delicate materials will not ba injured if washed with Ivory soup and then dried in the shade.Rut little starch need bo uaod. ELIZA It. PAUKEK. I'liNliloiiN lii Allllliini-y. . The Marquise hat , made entirely It ( lowers , Is enjoying a spell ot popularity , and very pretty it looks when made of pink rosebuds. ID coarse straw , the turned-up sides are some times composed of wings , for , sari to say , birds' plumage is again be ing employed to a considerable extent in millinery.1 On some of the latest French mil linery , wings alone form the trimming , wings in every shade and hue , un re lieved by any other additions , such as chiilon or ( lowers. A Itovttlntloii. If there arc doubt.ng Thomas' or Maid ens lair , or those unfair lain who would b ' lair , let them use Dr. T. IVlIx Ooimml'a Oriental Cn-iun. nnd prove the elllcaey of what thn pronrla. tor has BO lout ; tned to impress ori the minds of all in nearlv nil pms of tie \ \ oriel. As a Skin Purl ( lor an t Jieautiliur It has no cmial or rival. If Hit- reader would prove the virtues of Oriental Orcam itso it where n Scratch or slight Cut. or where a Mack-bend or Pimple is troubling yon. lum vou srpi'H healing and wirifv- mg oualities-iUt d .Cs . its wort : well , then jvndihe adverti-umont again lor further ostimonv of its virtue * ; ami hv ' using IJcuut"l rC1 > eW 1)0lh You'th fim NEW XonKXov Uth , 1737. FJRD. T. HOPKINS Ksq. : 1 would likfl to know the price of One Dozen bottles of your OriontnCream , at i I use It nnd like it. .Would like to get suV- ly to take on inv tnnr. soon 3 posslblo ' - Answer and oblipe , Mus. J.\MIS : HROWN J'orrnn Urevoort House. New York. Valour n Yellow Artist. "How did he commit suicide ? " inquired - quired the eager reporter of the Yel low Enterprise. "He went into the Bull pasture , " growled the life insurance agent "with one of jour art supplement * sticking out of his pocket. " > < fZ *