U T 4r 1 4 rf I NO POCKETS IN A SHROUD Oh jc who how tt Mammons thrinc Wlioo hearts with Rroii ate growing cold Who turn jour hacki on things divine And worship hut the god ol gold What will It profit you when death Iaj6 low the head so Mngl proud And rols the wasted form of hreatht There arc no poclcH In a shroud Your thoughts ly day jour dreams by nght Arc hut of gracplng golden gains Your guide Is hut the txacon light Of rlchts burning In our lraln You aft all nobler alms behind And struggle as a madding crowd To clutch the tlolUnt but youll find There arc no oikcti In a throud Yc usurers who grind the poor Hem nth a cold relentless heel Who owrMiadow many a door With cloud it mlwry and feel No r jmpalhy to see thern He llcncath the hand of sorrow cowed Rrmembir when jou come to die There are no pockets In a shroud What Is the profit to the man Whose life to Mammon has been given A bridge of gold tan never span The gulf bttween the earth and heavent What will It be to him to find The wealth with which he Is endowed At deaths gate must be left behind There arc no pockets In a throud Thla life Is but a span today Were her tomorrow we arc gone Have faded from the earth away Into iternltjB strange dawn Yet in the hungry greid for gnlns Too many nt the gold shrine bowed Forget that when the life spark wanes There are no pockets in a shroud IKmcr Post THE MOSiS TROOPERS w How a Unity of Cnnndlnn Troops Uiiintciitlonnlly Invaded th United States HV PPHnTl TT A T T Cojyyrtvht 1000 by Enin Kanlman vta Not fnr from n certain point ou the long boundary line which divides the territories of American Jonathan from thoEe of British John Is a fair Cana dian town which contributes a squad ron of cavalry to that small but tc mnrkably elllcleut little protective army known as the active militia The major commanding this squadron is a line fellow take him by and large but he has one small fault lie is a little set in his ways and little used in this connection is merely a qualification suggested by courtesy for when he makes up his mind you could not convince him that he is not right with anything less than a Maxim at close range A few months ago the major com manding completed the cavaliy school course necessary for the confirmation of his provisional commission and 10 turned home with brain pan brimming iWith military enthusiasm Of cotnse the squadron enjoyed the benefit of his new ideas After various minor Innovations came a deluge Nothing would satisfy Liin but that the light dragoons must take a practice raid instead of camp ing at the town race couiso and enjoy ing diws parades sham fights and flirtatious with the young women vis ltois like any volunteer coips In spite of a senilmutiny which was not entlte ly confined to the ltnk and file lie car ried his point and pioudly read off the department of militias permission to his assembled tioopeis The whole town tinned out to wit ness the statt and cheered them nobly Even old John Giibbs who can show bervice medals for half a dozen regular army campaigns in foreign lands de clared that it looked like the teal thing this time sure enough Every scarlet coated trooper in nddition to usual equipment had a bag of oats three days food lotions for himself blankets and extra kit stinpped to his saddle Theie weie camp kettles cof feepots frying pans and what not The small boys ran alongside of the de parting cavalcade and screamed with glee The general ctowd voiced noisy wishes for the success of the outing The troopers felt the martial blood etirrlng All was Joy and happiness excepting pet haps among the well laden horses But that is a detail Amid noisy jluglo of accouterments applause from the onlookers and much raising of dust from the clumping hoofs away went the Light dragoons So long as they kept to the highways all was conventionally well but of course the mojor commanding did not feel satisfied with this He was out for the most realistic Imitation possi ble of a wartime cavalry laid And bo on the morning of the second day While the men were sleepily and te luclnntly making ready to abandon their bivouac lie called bis officers around him and laid down the law Let us suppose that we are ordered to cut the enemys line of communica tion at Blankvllle explained the ma jor commanding at the same time pointing to the topographical map spread out at his feet Bang up Ideal Splendid Ton hon or chirped a Junior Hetitenaut who Kfts known to receive square envelopes bearing the postmark of the place All the main roads are strongly pa trolled went on the major command ing Impressively and It will bo nec essary to make a cross country trip Ilcres where we are now pointing to the map and here Is Blankvllle Its a fine chance for us to get in our rough riding I should Imagine so remarked the veterinary lieutenant grimly All vir gin country opparently No settlets but plenty of stiff hills thick woods and broad swamps If the horses can stand It Im sure I dont care But how In the mischief will we find our way asked the senior cap tain who was of a practical turn of mind Dont believe any of us know much about that section Fleres the map ond Ill plot our routo by compass declared the major commanding sternly producing the lat ter article from his dispatch box Itt one of the last tulugs we took up at the cavalry school The topographical Instructor complimented me on the lapld piogrcis 1 ituulo In tills btanch of the oluntary M miles The senior captain continued to look dubious but It Is hard to reason with oven a faultless coiiininfidltif otllcer And the major So the light dragoons deserted the hiond though winding tond leading to known places mid blindly followed their commandant In his bee line cross country trail It was prosaic field and pasture rid ing for the first few miles Then came trees so close together that it was dif ficult to fitjd passage wide enough for man and beast The column had to wriggle Its way along much after the fashion of n snake Heglons of rocky bowlders and Impassable streams di verted them still further Yet they held onwuid right lustily and traveled many miles with occasional halts for rest and tefreshment of chargers and men About midnight as they waded knee deep In muck leading their worn out steeds by the bridles striving to cxtilcate themselves from nn apparent ly Interminable quagmire which some body had fot gotten to show on the of ficial map all the rank and file and twelve thliteontliB of the olllcers made up their minds that the commandant guide was at fault He however con tinued calm and serene with sublime confidence In bis new acquirement Jirly on the following morning aft r as good a nights repose as It was possible to obtain In a mosquito In fested vale the squadron met new tumble The air became full of smoke and wood ashes The breeze brought along with it n sound of roaring and crackling which set the poor beasts to quivering and made the men Impatient of delay A fot est fire evidently was raging in the uelghboihood nnd speed ing In their direction It was a poor place for human beings mounted or unmounted to find themselves Bvon the major commanding deemed It nd vlsable to chnngo their course tetn poinrtly and they plugged along for seveial hours In an opposite direction to that from which the smoke seemed to be coming Nevertheless the fire drew nearer and with true pleasure they emerged out upon a promising road Which way now sir asked the senior captain tiding up to the com mandant and casting sheeps eyes at the dusty thotoughfuie actoss which the membeis of the squadron were slowly uiglng their horses Pass the word to halt dismount and slacken gitths for a shott test leplled the major but dont let either of the trumpeteis sound a call or Ill stt angle them ih 7 What ejaculated the sub ordinate Im afraid that Ive made a con founded mess of it groaned the su pel lor Oh were all right now cried the other checi fully We can make quick time by sticking to this road and its bound to btlug us out somowhoie What do we look like demanded the major with appaieut lnelevancy Cr I beg jour piulon sir leplled the senior captain opening his ejes In astonishment at the question What with faces and clothes sciatched and torn fiom brambles and blanches and plenty of dirt fiom soot and mud caked all over hoises nud men we nie a ptetty tough looking lot of soldieis of the queen More like gueirillas or train robbers Why my dear fellow began the senior captain teinonstiatlngly Hush intei mpted the major com manding 1 think I hear wheels com ing along the road Quick Get the men to cover Everybody bide AVe must not be seen Thunderstruck at the Incoherent speeches of the commandant and be ginning to suspect that his brain was affected the senior captain did not make proper haste In executing the strange order especially as It struck him that over a bundled troopers with saddles half off their sweating steeds could not find close ambush In a hur ry So the bulk of the squudtou was on the road in plain view when the mysterious cause of their comman dants perturbation appeared at the bend It was a rattletrap of a buggy drawn by a similar specimen of a nag and holding n single individual ap parently a well to do farmer At sight of the soldiery the newcom er pulled the poor horse up on Its haunches and without pausing for a second glance turned his vehicle so short thnt the off wheels went high off the giound and lashing cruelly at the plunging quadruped scuiried out of sight again as if fiends were after him Now weve done it growled the major commanding At least Ive done It he ndded In a semlapologetle tone Ive lost my way and brought yon over the border Were In the United States now Hey snorted the captain Yes and that fellow In the buggy has gone off to teport us to the author ities most likely went on the other gloomily I suppose you can imagine what that means With all due defer ence to the great republic they are mighty touchy about such things as finding an armed body of British sol diery on their territory Theyre not likely to listen to explanations for awhile Shouldnt wonder If they made an International affair out of It Our government will have to reprimand us anyway Ill be broke of course and probably the squadron disbanded What can we do voiced the senior captain pensively Do Nothing replied the major commanding concisely But as were In for a lamb we might as well take the whole sheep and start back home by this road Well thats better than It might be put In the other philosophically I dont know went on the major relentlessly ye will have to pass i Cllti NORFOLK NKWS KUIDW HlV 2 MUH through Dnshtown and inn bo get ar rested by the eh II nttthoiltles and ho Jailed as suspicious ehaiacteis Itll haw to be a piettj smait Van 1 kee constable that can serve a wan ant on us while woie galloping alllruied the senior captain i Just at tills moment n shower of blazing sticks hot coals and wood ashes set the horses to prancing wlille the approaching clouds of smoke and lucrensli heat gave winning Unit It was no time to linger The little mounted column was foimed up In ranks and moved ahead at a btlsk tiot But word of their piedleament bad been passed among them and the faces of the tioopers wore a by no menu happy expression Debouching from the thickest part of the fot est about half an hour later they came upon the outlying white houses and ted bains of the American village of Dashtowu The road which they were tiavellng formed the main and only stieet of the hamlet the buildings lining It upon either hand for n mile or mine At the crest of a little hill near the center of the place a lot of farm wagons some of them loaded with hay and grain weie drawn actoss the roadway The Canadlnns weie not left In doubt long as to the Intentions of the peopleon whose domains they wete tiespasslng Sevetal vlllageis stopped boldly out In front of the barricade and opened lite with titles and long baireled ducking guns The first bullet cut a gash In the plump cheek of Tmmpetcr Ned ntnl the healthy joung fellow started In to bleed like a stuck pig Steady men Halt ctled the ma jor commanding with teais of anguish pouring down his checks although his voice was like a nick The troopers iclned In their chargers Several bullets came pinging through the nlr but luckily the distance was too great for aecutate aim and all the missiles nfter the list chance shot went wide or fell short of the mark I want to acknowledge to you that Its oil my fault getting you Into tills mess bellowed the major wildly but for the honor of the service we must take the medicine together Right about face Slow and easy Thats It Retire tit a walk As if on parade the Light diagoous bad pivoted their chargers In the nar row roadway and they fell back at the slowest pace possible to their tightly reined steeds As soon as they were again In the shelter of the woods the column halted The surgeon lieuten ant proceeded to bind up the trivial wound of the elated young field musi cian The major commanding swore toundly and In the intetvals held forth to his assembled olllcers I cant undei stand such a hostile re ception he tattled away Indignantly Our nations ate not at war nor Is theie any datiger of such a catastiopliu just now so far as I know Its bad enough to be liable to civil an est here nud disciplining at home without inn nlng the lisle of being shot down on sight I dont think theie can be any moie mlseiable feeling tlim this of be ing tinder the without hope of retalia tion Those follows If you will paulou me sir Intel ruptcd the senior captain I would point out that something must he done and that very quickly We have this foiest fiie diawing up rapidly on our rear anil these armed vlllageis In ftont Itetrent by cither Hank 1 take to be out of the question consideiing the trouble weve already had In navigating through the woods Just bo put In the major command ing his face slightly Hushing as lie spoke We will send a fiag of truce forward Have it made ready But something white that might serve for the signal of peace was haul to find among that flannel shiited squadron The lint rolls of the sm geon lieutenant were the neaiest thing to the color wanted but they weie a ttifle too gray for the purpose The major solved the problem by dismount ing unbuckling his sword and revolver belts nnd handing them and their at tached weapons to on orderly In spite of the protests of his confreres he started to trudge along the rood lead lug Into the village Ive got you here nnd Im the one to get you out he nnnounced sue clnctiy If not grammatically They wont shoot n lone and unnrmed man even If he has no white Hag You know that as well as I do But of course It Is my duty to make provision even for the unexpected If anything should hnppen to me he went on pausing a moment to turn and directly nddress the senior captain you will be In command Sui render freely to the opposing forces nnd lay all the blame upon my amateur pilotage And he went on his wny Begoira If anything does hnppen to the major I dont Intend to give my fcclf up so easy growled a quarter master sergeant resting carbine on the pommel of his saddle and pioccoding to fill the magazine fiom his cartridge belt A dozqn or more of the men at once followed his rash example The offi cers were too intent upon the receding figure of their self appointed emlsbiuy to uotlce or check them The mnjor strode along unharmed although not unnoticed ns several gun barrels gleaming from behind piles of cordwood nnd other vantage points at tested until he was within 20 or 30 paceB of the wagon barricade Then a bturdy young farmer came forward and cried Howdy stranger What might be your business Although the major was pulling for breath by reason of combined excite ment nnd walking exertlun lie endeav ored to shout an explanation of mat ters but was Interrupted by the other who ca Inted hed best see Top Smith The officer was accordingly ubhered In behind the barricade and brought before a tall and elderly man who sat upon the top of an up ended cracker box with his feet sprawled out In tiotit A long baneled rllle leaned ngnliiHt his left shoulder while his two bands weie employed In whittling thin fdlveis fiom a piece of clear pine Willi a Keen edged hunting knife All around lit in weie gtotiped the ilieu women and Million of the village Many weie aimed with 1 1 lies and guns while the balance had eailiidgo bills powder Husks and bullet pouches stt ting about them and evidently acted as a soil of itmiiiuuitloii icscivc Iliad to meet yer mlslei teniniked the eldet after tin major had been In ttoduced by the young runner But ho paid this without so much as pausing or taking his eyes fiom off the whit tllug operatlotiH The major commanding told the tale of how they had all unknowing stiay ed Into the tenltoites or the Tutted States In as few words as possible and respectfully asked permission for his troop and himself to pass on to their own countty unmolested It sounds straight enough stian ger leplled Pop Smith as soon as the speaker had finished but Ill Just oioks question another witness Ive hail my doubts about Stopping shot t In his evident misgivings and bill Hug the stick of wood upon which he had been whittling Into an adjacent gulden batch he shut up the knife and called nt the top or Ills lungs Sethi Seth laiklns Whole be von Here 1 be a nasal voice replied and n vvoithy whom the major coin iiianillng had little illlllculty In lecog nllng as the occupant of the buggy Willi li had so hastily letienteil on catching sight of their an ay stepped forwaiil Nuow Seth you told us that you saw a whole Biltlsh at my loaded down with plunder and looking like veiy devils didnt you liiqulied the elder giavely Well theie was a gang or them nnsweied the rustic suillly And thev Hied a lot or cannon and rllles at vou went on Pop ielentlcss ly with diy humor In his tone No I never said that retoited the other quickly I said they was get ting icady to when I dusted off so quick as not to give them any chance But you saw in the papers that theie was going to he war between England and Anieilky heroic long Yes Ive feud that lots or times nnd sove you Seth LnikliiR went on Pop Smith Indignantly vouve told some pretty tall hunting and fishing yams In your dny but I Mini If this last ligamaiole dont lav over I he whole Idling or them Then tinning suddenly upon lie major commanillng But mister theiesone tiling more needs to be cleaied up Whats all that smoke behind vou If It hadnt been tor that wed onlv laughed at Seth and his string or wild talk It looks most tarnation like as If somebody had been setting fiie to houses and buus and standing ciops Im not going to take no The woods are blazing and the lie Is coining this way hastily Intel uipl cd the olUccr Theiell be houses and bains and standing ciops binning In teal earnest and right around heie too if something Is not done In a liuiry Gosh all hemlocks ejaculated moie than one or the male audltois Have you any spate axes went on the Canadian Hull gloss new ones Just come In replied Pop nodding acioss the stieet towaid n stoie building which bote a sign leading Ebeneer J Smith Post olilcc Then I can help you fight the Ire with a bundled good men cried the major commanding at once stilpplng off his uniform coat and climbing ou top of one or the wagons or the haul cade In order to signal to his troopers to come on Well try a match to see which side can bet the chips lying the fastest It was a gieat day The combined forces of the townsmen and Light din goons soon cleaied a broad stilp of woodland to fence off the advancing flames The women and children made Biicli a fuss over the wounded trumpet er that the boy Is nearly spoiled Tor or dinary life The troopers were feasted and entertained to the verge of acute gastritis Moreover they were passed ftee and clear to their own borders and everybody sworn to silence con cerning their mishap A certain mini company of a certain state national guard has accepted an Invitation to In vade Canada becretly next summer nnd If all goes as It should some of them will meet brothers In law as well ns in nrms among the Light dragoons New York Press The Crlllonl Mnmenl Would you mind telling me how you became a succebbful man nsked the visitor Why 1 couldnt talk about that now answered the man with a wor ried look Its too enrly In life But you have made n fortune nnd engineered great enterprises and se cured the confidence nud applause of your people and Oil yes But tliots oil in my regu lar work Havent you heard about what were doing now Why er I cant say thnt 1 have Were going to give a party Itll be one of the biggest ever given nud youll hnve to wait till my wife sees how I behave before Its decided whether Im a success or not Wash Ingtou Star The Loaf Dear The little dear Is lost again she said as soon as bhc got home Oh that pug Yes that pug If you must talk like a brute and I want you to advertise for him And this Is the advertisement as It appeared Lost A sausage shaped yellow dog answering when hungry to the name of Baby A reward will be paid for his return to 17 Blank street dead or alive Household Words Iliilliil Iriiiu tt Idiplil Iiiiii One ol the funniest evpei limes In tin hotel lire snlil tin old eletk vviih ton In li Itll n man leglsleiid hi name without wilting 1 1 In town nflii It as Is the custom When I culled his attention to It he said I luiilu I foigot It but I feel a little hit tttuld about It The hist time I was awav rioui home I reglsteted the inline of my town and the eleik asked me what state It was In I got mad In a minute and wouldnt stay In the house I went to another bouse ami teglsteied fiom Btooklvu and the next tin 1 appealed In the paper ciedlleil to New oik I showed It to the ticik ami he said he changed my place or nsldeiiee on the book because nobodj ever reglHteied fiom Biooklyn I told the man he tieid have no fear or having the Incident repented In our place piovldeil lie wauled to wilte the naine lie said he would think about It and asked to be shown his loom so I saw no moie of lilm tin til late In the night lie then asked me ir 1 had an atlas He studied II minutely for a row minutes measiiied distances with his two hands like a rainier and then he called me and pointed out the mime or a town I asked him IT that was his It Is the name all light he leplled lint 1 dont know whether the town Is still theie It Is the hooiiilucst town jou ever see and when I left It was giow In so fast that ranneis In the niljolnli state weie buinln theli fences to keep the town fiom giovvln light over em Chicago Inter Ocean AVn ihtii Ileus IIiiuiImoiikT Sir lloiaee Walpoles descilptlon of the maiden queeti diawn liom liei poitialts ami fiom conteiupoiaiy tie counts Is not a very atlinetlve one A pale Itoiuan nose a head or hall loaded with ciovvnsand powdeied with diamonds a vast tuff a vastei raithlu gale and a bushel of peails aie he says the natures by which eveiy body knows at a glance the plenties or Queen Ellabeth But notwithstanding that she did not caie for ait and that knowing her lack of It she alleeted to despise bodi ly comeliness sllll she loved to multi ply poitialts or heibeir In them she could appear ically handsome Yet If she has been llatteied In Hie exist ing likenesses or her she must have been not meiely plain but a teiniiik ably ugly woman Ieiliaps the truth Is that witli the most coinlly Inten tlous the paltiteis of the time did not know how to piovai Icate The queen savs a fuielgn observer is rail but wilukled Her nose Is a little hooked her lips thin and her teeth black She wine raise hair and I that led Her bosom was uiiioveied as all the English ladles have It until they man j That the palnteis fiat teied her In some degiee we must Infer fiom that lad that she was fond of sitting to them though sho ould not bear the sight of a minor w libit so ciliated her that her attendants weie obliged to hide tliebs when sho was present Ait Amateur IVIien Women Iliijeil rl lf The following Is 1ioiu an in tide In the London Geneial Adveitisei of 1717 On Monday last In playing the Wo mens Cilcket Match the Company bloke In so that It was Impossible for the game to he plavd out and some of them being very much riightened and otheis hint It could not be fitilshd till tills Moinlng when at Nine oclock they will finish the same hoping tins Company will be so kind as to indulge them in not walking within the Itlug which will not only be a great Pleas me to them but a general Satisfaction to the Whole All Gentlemen and La dles that have paid to see this Match on Monday shall have the Liberty or the Giound to see It fiulshd without any other charge And In the Aftcr noou they will play a Second Match in the same Place seveial huge Sums being depending between the Women or the Hills or Sussex In Oiange Col oui d Hlbbons and those or the Dales In Blue The Wickets to be pltchd by One oClock and to begin Play by Two AiIiIIdk IiiRnll n Injury Ho had been studying bhorthand thinking it might be a help to him In his business and naturally he was In terested In IL So It happened that when he did something to displease his wire and she stinted to tell him what she thought of It all he asked her to wait a minute Walt a minute she exclaimed In astonishment Why I dont like to miss such a splendid chnnce for practice he teplled reach ing for his pencil and paper Pin tialnlng for n speed certificate you know and rapid dictation Is Just what I want Now go ahead Ilolh Glnd Said Mrs Gadabout who had come to spend he day to little Edith Are you glad to see me again Edith Yes nim nnd mammas glad too replied the child Is she Yes mm She said she hoped youd come today and have It over with Ohio State Journal Irrrhra It is claimed that ao000000 leeches are used annually In Fiance and Eng land alone A single company In A us tialla used to export 2000000 to 3000 000 a year to Europe 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