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Between the strike nml the train rob
beries Itascoin , superintendent of tlio
L. nml W. rend , was having his hands
full. Secretly he hollered the Inttcr to
be the result of the former , lie lind
innde a clean sweep of the malcontents
ut Solent , utul the BtrlUers had been
Btrauded high and dry financially.
ZThora had been ugly rumors and
throntB , too , but BaHcom had gone
quietly on hja way. Sympathy In the
8mfllulnte'rlor ) city ran with the -strlk-
I'crsj and $ hat' ho thought the su'per-
' Intcudontjwjsclj Uejttto himself.
< , ' 1''V Vhcnthd"hnd 'Ordered the posters of-
sfeHng a rovhrd ? of $500 foi1 Informa-
'tlo'n ' Icnd.lng to the npprbliensldn of the
.trnliv robbers , he hud fett that It was
liio : y'wasted. . The average i'nhablt-
ant of Solent was not -looking for
trouble. . % ,
And now on \ crisp morning In De
cember two young people stood before
one of those' same posters , gazing as
If fascinated nt the " $500" In startling
crimson capitals.
"If we had that , wed get married
tomorrow , " murmured Harry Bronson.
Pretty Bessie Millar sighed profound
ly and looked no longer at the printed
character ? * , but Into her lover's eyes.
They were hone ; : ! gniy eyes , and she
wondered how her ft'ther ' could be BO
heartless. He hud said she should not
marry Bronsonuntil the latter had at
least SoOO to IIH ! credit In tinSolent
Savings bunk , and how was a shipping
clerl : at the freight depot to save up
$500 on a salary of10 a month ?
"Time's up. Bess ! " ho exclaimed as
a distant whistle proclaimed the approach
preach of the northbound freight
"I've J.iht a minute to help you Into
the sleigh. How's the Ice up your
way ? "
"Splendid , " she answered as he tuck
ed the robes snugly about her. "I tried
It this morning , and It's us smooth as
glass. "
"Well , be at the fwlllows tonight at
8 , and we'll have a skate. The two
mile spin will just limber me up. "
She nodded , and then Pete , the Swed
ish man of all work at the Millar farm ,
snapped the whip , and away they flew.
The Millar hom'e was two miles be
low Solent , on the river , and midway
THEN BHONBON'S COAT LITEBALLYWENT UP
is SMOKE.
a huge bridge spanned the stream
where the L. and W. crossed to the
town. Below this the road ran several
"U h- miles toward Dlgby. At 7 o'clock
Bronson strapped on the long bladcd
racing skates and with the wind at
bis back shot past the railroad track
toward the bridge. Just as he reached
this point a snap sounded and he vfcll.
The strop holding the lieel of the right
fikate had rotted during the summer's
Inactivity.
* He sat down on the stone , pier of a
span and adjusted an jcxtra strap. , A
ring on the Ice caught his attention.
Two men approached , and , drawing
the slide over bis skating lamp , he
crouched , listening. Quickly he recog
nized the voices as those of Harrlty and
Stevens , two yardmen who'had been
V , dismissed by Bascom. They were
grumbling because switchmen had
been stationed at cither end of the
bridge and they were obliged to climb
one of the piers. |
"We'll nx him good this time ! " growl
ed Harrlty. "He's- duo'at Solent In his
special at 8:20. : "
"I don't see why you have to pick
out a climb Ilka this , " snarled Stevens.
"We could drop down the road and
pull out a rail easier than this job. "
"Bah ! What's a climb to dumping
the sup.e In the river ? The plunge will
send the train through the Ice , with
water twenty feet deep. Put out the
old men , will he ? Well , the last one's
gone by his orders. "
As soon as the rullluns were safe on
the bridge Harry skated noiselessly to
the Solent side of the river , where the
shadows wcro deepest. As he reached
the shore something heavy shot
through the air and struck the | ce with
u crash. It was the rail. Later came
Uie sound of saws. They wcro cutting
the timber guard rails.
Itapldly the horrllled young fellow
reviewed the clmncos. To return to
Solent would bo too slow a process.
No tok'ifnui ) could now reach the
special. , Ilo must warn the superin
tendent , for to inform the switchmen
\
It cither end of the bridge might prc
: lpltate a light , llurrlty and Steven *
ivcre dcspoiuti' . lUnvn the river lift
ipcd to mei't the train , lifting his feet
lo the blade would not click as It left
the Ice. lie hud won the racing cham
pionship the year before , but never had
QO attained the present speed. As ho
shot by the willows jutting out from
the Millar farm he saw a Blender flg-
ire marching resolutely bitcfe and
forth on the bunk. A faint "Hollot"
reached his ears , but ho could only
tvave his hand In response. Three
miles beyond he hoard the faint whis
tle of the special , sounded for a grade
crossing. It must bo at Holt's , two
tulles below.
He swung In shore and clambered up
the stoop bank , not stopping even to.
remove his skates. Reaching the track ,
1)0 ) hustlly jerked off his coat , saturat
ed It with oil from his skating lamp ,
then with matchbox in hand awaited
the appearance of the special around
the bend. A sharp whlstlo and a flash
of light , then Branson's coat literally
went up in smoke. The warning was
BO sudden that the train rolled past
him before the engineer could bring
It to a stop. ' '
With Bascom came the president of
the road , Mr. Harding , and the two of
ficials listened In amazement to Bran
son's tale. The president spoke deci
sively :
"There must bo no mistake this time.
Wo must get those two men. We'll
run up us fur as the bridge and then
Bend on to town.
Hurry glanced up quickly.
"Kxcuse my making the' suggestion ,
but If you'll give mo n note to the
sheriff I think we can laud them all
right. You iold the train here , so their
suspicions will not bo roused , and
they'll probably wait In town till the
wrecking train starts out. "
President Harding gave the young
clerk n shrewd glance.
"You're right. Here , Bascom , give
the boy your coat. There's an extra
one in the car. If not , he needs It more
than you do. He'has a goodlsh spin
before him yet. And I'll write the
note. "
The next morning Bessie Millar ,
waiting for the mall at the postofllce ,
again stood reading the L. and W.
poster. Some one walked to her side ,
and she turned her head haughtily.
"Oh , good morning , Mr. Bronsou ! "
Harry led her to the deserted corner
near the money order department and
opened his butteries.
"Now , see here , Bessie , " he said ;
"there's no use getting huffy. I admit
I owe you an apology for not stopping
last night , but"
"You prefer Jennie Holt for a skatIng -
Ing partner. I snw you shoot round
the bend toward their place. "
"Yes , but 1 didn't stop. I guess you
haven't heard the news. I was on the
trull of train robbers and wreckers and
'slch. ' ' " There was u sparkle of mis
chief In his eyes as Bessie turned round
slowly and looked at him. "You know
I said only yesterday morning that If
we had the $500 we'd get married at
once , and as you didn't say nay I hold
you to the agreement. "
"I don't understand , " murmured Bes
sie , but her eyes were fairly shining.
"Where were you going ? What wcro
you doing then when I saw you ? "
And when Bronson had explained
his mission he added , with a sigh of ab
solute satisfaction :
" 1 not only got the $500 , but when
we're married I'm to have a position
In the Denver olllces with the' president
his private secretary. He liked my
my suggestions lust night. The salary
Is to bo $2,500 a year , Bess. Now will
you be good ? "
Bessie smiled up at him.
"I think we could both be good ,
very good , oil $2,500 a year , " she said
demurely.
_ _ _ _
Still Obedient.
Gustavo Dore was always a child , so
far as his mother was concerned. He
not only Ioved { but obeyed , her , and
when she died he said , with sad sin
cerity , that he no longer knew how to
live. An Incident which shows her In
fluence over him as a grown man Is
connected with a little party given by
him to show some of his friends an al
bum of his own drawings.
At a dinner over which Mme. Dore
presided a quarrel arose between Gus
tavo and his brother Ernest. Suddenly
Mme. Dore turned to the former and
said , as though he were a boy of ten :
"Hush , GuBtave ! I am ashamed of
you. " '
Dore , who had worked himself , re
gardless of the presence of his guests ,
Into a fierce passion , became at once
calm and silent and , bowing to bio
mother , resumed his dinner. '
But the Incident did not end here.
When the guests had retired to the
great salon , the brothers disappeared ,
to return In a few minutes each holdIng -
Ing an end of the colossal album that
was to be submitted to the company.
Mme. Doro followedNsmlllng at her
"little boys , " who were none the less
children because they had passed their
fortieth year.
Notloni Abont Sleep.
One of the rudest acts In the eyes of
a native of the Philippine Islands Is to
step over a person asleep on the floor.
Sleeping is with them a very solemn
matter. They are strongly averse to
waking any one , the Idea being that
during sleep the soul Is absent from
tup body and may not have time to re
turn if slumber Is suddenly broken.
If you cull upon u najlvo and arc told
ho Is asleep , you may as well depart.
To get a servant to rouse you , you
must give him the strictest of orders.
Then nt the time appointed ho will
stand by your side and call : "Senor !
Senor ! " repeatedly , each time moro
loudly than before , until you arc half
awake. Then he will return to' the low
note and again raise his voice gradual
ly until you re fully conscious.
SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE ,
Tim Mity lionrn Honu'tttlnir Km in I3v-
IT ) litiil } ' Vim Mt'et.
One of the most useful SUCCORS habits
one can form Is that of learning some
thing from everybody with whom ha
comes In contact. No Information which
can bo acquired is too trivial to bo Ig
nored.
Constantly measure yourself with the
men you meet. You will flnd that every
one can teach you something which you
did not know before and which , per
haps , you would never have n clianco
to learn again If you did not acquire It
from htm.
Daniel Webster once made n great
hit In arguing n case before a Jury by
repeating n story which he afterward
said ho had not thought of ttlncc he
hoard it fourteen years before. But
Webster wan always picking up some
thing for future use. Hl.s famous reply
to lln.vuet.thn greatest speech ever de
livered on the American continent , was
largely made tip of little reserves which
he hud picked up hero and there In his
reading , from studying men aad from
observation. \
Many a prominent novelist has col
lected material for his stories by mak
ing notes of lila conversations with
these ho has mot and by observation.
Charles Dickens got a grout deal of the
matter for BO nut of his novels In this
way.
One young man will go to n lecture
and after spending an hour listening to
the helpful , Inspiring words of some
prominent man will leave the hall or
lecture room without having derived
any benefit from the address. Another
young man will attend the same lee-
ttiro with an ambition to learn some
thing. He will drink in the speaker's
sentences as if he , wcro never to hear
such words of encouragement and In
spiration again. At the conclusion of
the address he will determine that ho
will make more of his opportunities In
the future ; that he will road more ,
think more , study moro , be more than
he ever was before. Such a young mau
has a purpose and Is determined to
learn something from everything ho
comes In contact with and 'from every
body he talks to. The other has no am
bition , docs not throw himself into
what he docs , lots his mind wander
hither and thither , so that ho never
wholly understands what people arc
saying and therefore never derives any
benefit or Information from those with
whom he converses. Orlaon Swctt Mnr-
den in Success.
SOME WRITERS.
Button wrote In lace ruffles and Alex-
andre Dumas In shirt sleeves.
Milton composed his "Paradise Lost"
on a largo armchair , with his head
thrown back.
Bret Harte's first literary success
was a little book called "Condensed
Novels. " In which he parodied some
prominent novelists of the day.
Austin Dobsln , the poet , wanted In
early life to be an engineer and was
preparing for that profession when his
parents persuaded him to enter the
civil service.
When Fox hud eaten heartily , ho
would retire to his study , envelop his
head In n napkin soaked In vinegar and
water and work sometimes ten hours
In succession.
Allison Is said to have consumed
twenty-tour years In the preparation of
his "History of Europe , " but many Im
portant literary enterprises wcro also
carried on by him during this time.
It Is related of Hall Calne , the novel
ist , that ho once worked in the Luxey
lead mines , in the Manx mountains , in
place of a young man who was 111 to
keep the young fellow's position for
him.
him.Mrs.
Mrs. Bolton , the Indiana composer of
the once popular song "Paddle Your
Own Canoe , " received the Inspiration
to write while sewing and fitting the
first carpeta for the old statehouse of
Indiana.
A College Slan and a Quotation.
Some one once said , "A Harvard man
knows all literature but the Bible , " a
startllngly sweeping generality , but
not without truth so fur as the Bible Is
concerned. A case in point came to
light the other day. Two Harvard men
were reading together some famous
modern orations , one of them a eulogy.
The eulogy closed with the words : " 0
death , where Is thy sting ? O grave ,
where Is thy victory ? "
"What a beautiful close ! " exclaimed
one of the students enthusiastically.
"The man who wrote such a sentence
as that proves that the grand style In
prose did not die with the eighteenth
century. "
It should be added In fairness that
the other student was a churchman
and said nothing. New York Tribune.
The Oatlrr Dibit.
One of the Interesting articles that
each governor of Massachusetts trans
mits to his successor Is the Butler Bi
ble , the history of which General But
ler wrote on the fly leaf as follows :
Jan. 1. 1884.
When I cirae Into the executlre chamber a jtm
BO , I could not Bnd copof the Holy Scrip
ture * I suppose ech governor took his vrajr
with him. A ( rlend gave roe this. 1 leave It * a
needed traniml. endum to my successor lo offlc * ,
to be read by him and till successor , each In
turn. UcNjiiii.i F. DOTLER , Governor.
Pei lml m Checked.
"No , " he complained , "I have never
succeeded In getting anything for aoth'
Ing. I-have always had to strive hard
for everything that has come to me.
1"-
"What about the mumps you had
last winter ? " , his wife Interrupted.
Chicago Times-Herald.
/
Soap has been In use for 3,000 years
and Is twice mentioned In the Bible.
A few years ago a soap boiler's shop
was discovered In Pompeii. The soap
found In the shop had not lost all Its
eillcacy , although It bad' been burled
1,800 years.
C'Ktrtntilp In Sinln
In Spain the courtship bogliiH with
gifts of ( lowers , nnd llio wedding fiiilB
with n shower of liliwmunH on llm don-
pie , who puss Into u Horn I bower on thereof
roof of the new homo. The suitor begins -
gins his comtHhlp by asking for u
gourd of water ut the homo where the
object of his affections HVOK. If this
request IH granted , ho may p 'nlHt lu
his attentions , but If It IN donled the
matter ends thoro. Lutor the ninn
culls again , accompanied by muHlcluim
nnd torchboarcrs , and whlio the man
dolin plnyortt Htrum tholr liiHtrumoiitR
the lover's companion mukoH hlH ad
vances. Any tlmu during the courtship
the suitor may be rejected by the gift
of a pumpkin. Throe times ho muHt
make formal suit for a wlfo , UH liln request -
quest cannot bo grunted at first. But
if her father lofuuon the third tlmo ho
may consult n magistrate , who do-
miinds that the duughtor bo produced
or that her father give liln consent to
the marriage , provided ho IH an honor-
ublo mini. Ho can then curry off his
bride. But this emorgonoy does not of
ten arise. Woman's Homo Con'ipiuilon. '
Pocllo HnlntnUoim.
In our salutations wo uro poetical
nnd pious without realizing it. "Good-
by , " which fi\llH HO lllppantly from our
lips , IH really "God bo with you , " nml
"Good duy" menus "I wish you u good
day a happy , prosperous dny. " The
I'liu'iiIclaiiH on meeting used to usk ,
"What occupies you ? " Another of
their everyday phrusos mount to ex
press Joy and pleasure WUH , "Flesh ,
rojolcol"
Kvory day ou our streets wo hour
the pot phruso of the Germans , "Wlo
gehtsV" ( How goon It ? ) or "Auf wloder-
behen" ( Till wo meet again ) . And the
Italian fruit dealer ut the corner culls
to his comrade,1 In his native tongue ,
"God give you n good morrow. "
The ancient Irish mother upon en
tering a house suys In her own lan
guage , "Tho blosHlngs of God bo on
this house. "
"Peace be with you" Is the Hebrew
benediction , and the answer Is equnlly
beautiful , "With you bo peace. "
For the Ilnnlinml.
A titled ludy wnrnod her new gurdon-
cr that her husband had nn Irritating
habit of disparaging everything he Haw
In the greenhouse and of ordering In a
reckless manner new plants to bo
bought.
"But on no account humor him , " she
Bald. "Whatever he says , throw cold
water on him , or ho will ruin us with
his extravagance. "
At this point the new gardener turn
ed on her a white nrid startled face.
"Ma'am , " he snid , "If ho orders mo to
pitch every plant In the place on the
rubbish heap , I shu'n't ever have the
pluck to douse him In cold wntor.
Won't It do us well if I get n druln of
warm water out of the boiler and let It
trickle gently down his neck ? " Lon
don Tit-Bits.
PrcMciitliiKT ArniM to n Cat.
Some fifty yours ugo u very high Eng
lish official died In a fortress at u plnco
that Is duo of the centers of Brahmanlc
orthodoxy , and at the moment when
the news of his deuth reached the
sepoy gunrd nt the mnln gate a black
cut rushed out of It. The guard pre
sented arms to the cut us u snluto to
the Hying spirit of the powerful Eng-
llshuiun , ami the coincidence took so
flrm n hold of the locality that up to n
few yours ago neither exhortation or
orders could prevent u Hindoo sentry
nt thnt gate from presenting nrms to
any cat that passed out at night. Bom
bay Times.
ProKremilve
A correspondent of the Lancet tolls
a story In reference 'to ' the rnpld growth
of the habit of tippling which may be
developed in unsuspecting subjects.
Two elderly ladles , he says , were sur
prised by n visitor in the' act of drinkIng -
Ing neat brandy. Upon his expressing
some surprise they said that brandy
had been recommended to them ns a
capital preventive against cholera nnd
that they first took It with water , and
then they took It without water , and
now they took it like water.
Garden * Conductor. .
"Isn't this awful ? " asked the com
mon looking man on the crowded street
car. "Isn't this awful ? Why , there are
already 105 people on this car. "
"it Is awful , " agreed the person ad
dressed , who was a street railway
magnate. "It Is awful. There ought to
be at least twenty more In here. I'll
take that conductor's number and have
him on the carpet tomorrow. " Balti
more American.
Hit It.
An Iowa man being examined In
Washington to determine his fitness
for n consulship was usked , "How
many Hessluus did Gt'orgo III. hire to
ccpio to this country to light the Amer
icans during the Kevolullou ? " Ho
thought for a long time. Then , ho said ,
"I don't know , but It was n darn sight
more than went back. "
Scientific Pact.
Doctor Speaking of your trouble
with your husband , do you know that
It is n scientific fact thnt meat causes
bad temper ?
Mrs. DeJarr Oh , yes ; I have noticed
It always does , nnd especially when It's
burned. Now York Weekly.
Mmle nnd MnUIni ? Up.
Mr. Splnks-Wcll , Willie , has your
sister made up her mind to go to the
concert with me ?
Willie Yes. She's made up her mind ,
and she's making up her fnco now.
She'll bo down In n minute.
The Wnlk-ln-tho-Wntcr , the first
steamboat on Lake Erie , mnde her flrst
trip from Flat Rock to Detroit In Au
gust , 1818 , leaving on Sunday nnd ar
riving on Thursday.
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A Defiance to the Sun
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and one advertises and tha
other doesn't-the advertiser
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This Is Assuming that his adft are
well written and placed In the me
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counties , South Dakota , on Tuesday ,
May 20 | June 3 and 17. Fare for round
trip from Norfolk , Nob. , to Armour ,
good for SI days , $9.00.
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corn , cattle , sheep , hogs and hay uro
principal products. Land in Ohas Mix
and Douglas counties from $13 50 to
| 110 CO per acre. Wild laud in Brulo
county , | 8 00 to $10 00 per aero ; im
proved farms from $13.50 to $20.00 per
acre. The O. M. & St. P. K. B runs
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Armour , South Dakota ,
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