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TBS -5b - ,- - rt ; i- J.v r I i "v . n.s- r$!SJt-ffert. .. r r -. .s? -""' --- - ,jhis. - -- . - wi -- .r . - r - . -,-v- jn;n -"-v ' - -" V " m - - - - - - --- - mm ii " mmm f -- - r -ss-?.-. -cs . : ii-r-ara2a&- w. - - a r csMeaK E . - . jf AH""-" . wi9!i I' BA h - . V - A ' N I- .- & . jk ' . n '! .-' At pi If'-"?' 3 VOLUME XXVII. LOVE IS EVER YOUNG. HE HAD NOT the least sbame about telling her age. On the cou trary, she was rather proud to do so. It was some thing to be proud or. Not that she was 64, but that at 64 she looked not a day orer 48, and a blooming 48 at that True, her hair was silver, but what a waving wealth of silver! And it was not sent to soften wrinkles either. She wore as many of these ornaments as It is legitimate to wear at 48, and more. Oh, she was certainly a ' wonderful woman for her age, was Mrs. Joseph Allestree! Quaint, indeed, she appeared, par ticularly oa a certain evening, stand ing in the old square portico, with the sua shining straight under the trees into her face. The house at her back was low and long. It stood endwise to the lazy lit tle river that flowed at the foot of the abruptly sloping lawn. On the other side, at the end of a long, shady av enue, was a gate with an old-fashioned woodca arch over it, concealed by . vines. It was toward this gate that Mrs. Al lestree looked, leaning forward eager ly, like a girl, one hand shielding her eyes from the level sunbeams. She wore white think of her daring to wear white! She was watching for Joseph. He had gone down to Stone ton only a mile distant for the post at S o'clock. That was two hours ago. Joseph did love dearly to gossip with the old farmers and shopkeepers, but he really ought to re member dinner time. But Joseph had not forgotten his dinner. At this very minute the gate opened and his little gig rolled in, fol lowed by three enthusiastic dogs a St Bernard and two red setters. Mr. Allestree. after ombracintr his wife as if he had just returned from a year's Journey, went in with her to dinner, and Mr. Allestree was but I will not describe him; simply he was everything that the husband of Mrs. Allestree should have been. Forty-two years had gone by since their marriage and in all th.it time they had never been separated a single day. "Dearest," said Mr. Allestree as they sat down, "I own you an apology for my tardiness, but it couldn't be help ed. I got a letter calling me away on an important matter, and I had to stop to attend to some things in the Tillage. I must go immediately to morrow." "Oh. that Perley affair," she said, glancing over the page. "But, Joseph, can't you put it off? Remember, the Kennedys are coming in the morning to stay over Sunday." "I cannot, Henrietta. It's got to be attended to at once." . "But, Joseph, you can't go without me. Tou know you never did such a thing." "I am afraid I must do it this time," he. replied, mournfully. They sat in silence for some min utes. Twice Mrs. Allestree wiped away a sly tear with her napkin. At length, bravely assuming a cheerful aspect, she asked: "How long will you be gone?" "I can't possibly reach London, ac complish all I want to and get home again in less than ten days." BURST INTO THE ROOM. "Joseph. It will kill us both." "Ah, no, my dear," he laughed; "it Won't quite do that At least, I hope not It will be very, very hard. But think, my love, we were apart for five long years once on a time." "Ah, Joseph." with a sob in her voice, "that was before we had ever lived together. We only knew each other by letter, you know." "And a mighty comfort did we take out of those same letters. Isn't it strange that in two and forty years we should never have had occasion to write to ono another? Not since you were Henrietta Shower." "It is a singular circumstance," she replied. "Yes, we can write. Do you know, Joseph, the thought of it al ready consoles me a little. It will be such a delightful novelty." 1 It was a good thing for Mrs. Alles tree that she expected visitors. But after the guests had departed her con dition was pitiable. Especially as no letter had come. . Mr. Allestree had gone away early on Saturday. Now it was Tuesday. She had managed to be patient over the Sabbath, but on Monday morning, .when Jimmy came up from Stoneton empty handed, she had refused to be lieve that he had not dropped the let ter or that the postmaster had not overlooked it . There were only two deliveries In the twenty-four hours, and at the evening the same performance was re peated. On Tuesday Mrs. Allestree went herself to Stoneton and delivered a severe lecture to the postmaster upon . the general indifference of government oBcials, thereby greatly annoying the. poor man. Mr. Framwell began to dread the hoars of delivery. Twice a day, what ever the weather, Mrs. Allestree pre sented her handsome, anxious face at the window. When he handed out the post to her and she found not the letter she teaged for, aa angry ,face U was that peered In at him, and a stern albeit well-bred voice that demanded of him 'te haat through every box, lest per chance he had made seme error in dis tributing. The deserted, neglected wife, mast fclMRf fff body, and aha wM - tit jttfC. .'s-.n-.t'fe-ajr.. - NUMBER 17. blame her husband. She did Mot at! Irst even dream of blaming Joseph. By the middle of the week her whole mood changed. She felt hurt deeply hurt There seemed to be no reason, no excuse for such neglect To think that this, their first separation in so many years, should be unbridged by a word! She could not have the consolation of writing to him, for he had left no ad dress, there being an uncertainty about the very part of London in which that troublesome Perley was living. It was the way of men, and he, it seems, was not better than the rest of them. Once out of her sight he forgot forget all the love and daily devo tion of forty-two years. By Saturday morning Mrs. AlleBtree was ill ill enough to go to bed. Jim my had to fetch both posts, and, after delivering in person the first one, he vowed to Molly that he would not ap proach Mrs. Allestree agaia jwhile Mr. Allestree was away. All day Sunday Mrs. Allestree lay silent In a dark chamber. Molly could not get a word from her, nor would she eat It was almost restful to be so weak. True, she was in despair. She had given up all expectations of seeing Joseph again, but, compared with the bewilderng tossings of vain conjecture, her present state was one of quietude and peace. But by Monday morning sho was suffering torments once more. She felt that if Jimmy returned without either Joseph or a letter she would surely die, and, indeed, she nearly died as it was. When the wheels sounded again up on the gravel, Mrs. Allestree sat up in bed. She was Whiter than her hair. No voices were beard below. She clutched her heart and gasped. But presently a. door opened and a step came up the stairs. It was the step of Joseph. As he entered the room she fell back among the pillows. "My dear Henrietta, what'3 all this?" He looked around almost accusingly upon the two frightened women, as if he had caught them in the act of as sassinating their mistress. "Didn't Jimmy tell you?" she mur mured. "You know Jimmy never tells any thing. He did say you weren't well. But have you been very ill, dear?" The women had withdrawn, and he seated himself upon the bed. "Joseph, you might have sent me one little line!" "Wh what? I don't quite compre hend. A line?" "Yes it wouldn't have hurt you to write a line." "Henrietta, I wrote to you every day and sometimes twice a day." They stared at each other. "But I never got a solitary letter," she said presently. "I sent to every delivery went myself until I became ill. Mr. Pramwell said there was nothing from you. It nearly killed me, Joseph." "However," he muttered, "they couldn't have miscarried I Henriet ta! I have it! Wait; I'll be back in twenty minutes." and the gentleman fairly ran out of the room. He laughed all the way downstairs and she heard his ha, ha's between his shouts for Jimmy to bring back the trap. In a few minutes they rattled out of the grounds, and within the time mentioned they rattled back again. Mr. Allestree tore breathlessly up the stairs, bursting boy-fashion into his wife's room. He carried a package of letters, which he spread out in a circle on the bed. There were fourteen of them, and every one was addressed to Miss Henrietta Shower. For a short space nothing was said, and then the two aged lovers began to laugh, and they laughed until they cried. "Joseph," she said, "it's very funny, very, but It was almost the death of me. How did you come to do it?" "Why, Henrietta, love, when I once got out of your dear, familiar presence the old days came back completely. You were little Retta Shower, and " Joseph Allestree blushed; he did not often quote poetry "And our two and forty years Seemed a mist that rolled away." Ia a Cecoaaat Orchard. A Yucatan correspondent of the Philadelphia Record describes a large cocoanut plantation of a New England man down there. "On a tract of 1,000 acres (purchased from the government at the rate of four cents per acre) he has set out 10,000 trees, and expects in due time to make a princely fortune therefrom. It requires-six years for the trees to begin to yield returns; and it is estimated that in ten years from the time of planting the grove will he worth at least $1,000,000, on which it will yield an annual income of 10 p?r cent A full grown cocoanut tree will mature from sixty to 100 nuts every year. Another American is experiment ing in this neighborhood on ramie, or vegetable silk, and declares that its cultivation is to become an important factor in cloth-making materials. Ra mie is a member of the bromella fam ily here, known as 'silk grass', and grows wild in the hot sands of the coast. Today it is worth S3 cents a pound in Manchester, England, where the demand for it is immensely ahead of the present supply." Swear by the Kaiser. The German kaiser certainly has the faculty of making himself popular with his youthful subjects. Here is a story from Dresden illustrative of this. The emperor was returning from his morn ing ride up the Tannus strasse on a re cent visit to the Saxon capital, when a small boy with a pack of books swung over his shoulders, ran up to his im perial majesty and yelled at the top or his voice: "Ach, Herr Kaiser, do let us harve a holiday tomorrow!" "Ja, Ja," came the imperial response, and, laugh ing at the schoolboy's petition, the kaiser rode on. But on the morrow when the boys of Dresden went to their several schools they were told that in response to a petition made to the em peror by one of -them his imperial majesty had been pleased to grant them a holiday, and, with three cheers for the kaiser, they were at liberty to go on their way rejoicing. Leavitt There Is a woman who treats her husband like a dog. Bob Aubuses him? Leavitt O, no. Pets and fondles him. New York World. The Wizard of the Nile," Victor Herbert's latest success in. comic opera writing, is soon to be produced ta Vienna and later la Pari, gtJC?-iv.J-J 3 - - '-to? -RX-as. ; -"?. CALIFORNIA PRUNE ORCHARDS. Kara Bwrty Aimmt ItorfMt Ciltl vattoa of the lt Ttmk A ride through one of the vast prune orchards when the trees are in full bloom is an experience never to be for gotten, says Harper's Weekiy. Some of these orchards, consisting of 500 acres, contain 50,000 trees, their ages varying from 5 to 10 years and planted in regular rows from ten to twenty feet apart No pebble nor clod nor blade of grass can be found among the friable soil of the miles-long aisles wnicn in tervene, tassellated by the flickering shadows of the swaying snowy petals which project on either side from flower-laden branches. . Bird and bee and butterfly are alive 16 the situation and puncture the perfumed air of a cloudless May morning with song; buzz and voiceless wing. Among 'the em barrassment of beauty walks, the alert injIgeBt orcJarti4watcWag.wlth. the trained eye -of an artist the de velopment of the tiny bud of the em bryo prune upon the tree until picked at the prime of its perfection with the deft hand of an expert. In order to pro duce the desired uniformity of size and shape each fruit-bearing bough is sub jected to such thinning -and pruning that there lip scattered aobut the base of a tree often more rejected prunes than are left hanging upon its branches. As the eastern plum pest, the curculio, is unknown in California, as scarcelya drop of rain falls upon the trees from May until November, and as there is no scorching sun to shrivel the delicate skin of the prune nor rough wind to mar its contour, a bough of full ripened clusters represents one of perfect prunes. In an area from six to ten miles square planted with fruit trees 18,000 acres are in prunes alone. They cover the billowy surface of the majestic foothills, as well as the plain, with a beautiful irregularity impossible to describe. At plucking time' thou sands of busy- hands are at work chiefly those of boys and girls pre paring the luscious fruit for curing Un der the rays of the midsummer sun. The average yield from the crop is about eight tons per acre. The aver age cost of caring for the orchards, harvesting and curing the crop. Is $39 per acre, leaving a net income per acre of $210. Lived Without m lira la. A Williamsport man has surprised the scientists by living for years with out a brain. John Bly, aged 20 yean, who died recently, had suffered for a long time with a tumor, which grew into the very base of the brain and oc casioned his death. The growth had a visible effect upon his brain and the case became a curiosity to the medical profession. The tumor was imbedded too deeply into the brain tissues to ad mit of an operation. It was found that the tumor was nearly as large' as a billiard ball, it was so located as to demoralize the nerves of the sight cen ter and, as a consequence, young Bly was blind for over three years. It was developed at the autopsy that the entire brain had been hollowed out by the action of the tumor. The cavity was at least five inches in length and was filled with pus. All that was left of the brain was a thin shell, com posed of the tougher tissues, which were less susceptible to the proceeds of decay. When an incision was made in the shell the whole mass collapsed. The circumstance which made the case almost unprecedented in the an nals of medical science was the man ner in which the patient retained his rationality and faculties under the cir cumstances. He had the senses of touch, taste, hearing and smell, had very tolerable control of his locomotor muscles, could talk, and, in fact, was comparatively discommoded In no other way than by the loss of vision. His re tention of memory was remarkable. He was able to memorize poems up to within two weeks of his death. Wilkesbarre Record. Lucky Thirteen. "I believe that the number thirteen brings me good luck," said P. T. Thorn ton, of Louisville, at the Metropolitan. "I don't knew whether or not it was be cause I was born on the thirteenth of the month, but I have watched it for years and whenever there is a combina tion in which thirteen appears it is a lucky one for me. I am as much of a crank in favor of the number thirteen as anyone can possibly be against it. If I am having a dull business on the road I ask the hotel clerks to give me room No. 13. It is remarkable how many hotels have no room with that number, and I am told that I am the only man who ever asfts for a room with that number. Most men object to be given such a room. Washington Star. ferelaa Khwlena. Summing up the present missionary force in foreign fields the Rev. Frank S. Dobbins in the Examiner (Baptist, New York) says there are 11,574 mis sionaries. "These missionaries are di vided into 6,355 male and 5,219 female missionaries. They represent 218 so cieties in America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The army of native preach ers and the salvation of the world'de pends on the native ministry, 'the for eign force simply inaugurating the work numbers 70,033. The present strength of the native church in non Christian lands, shutting out of the count all the converts connected with mission churches in the Lutheran countries of Europe, is represented by 1,157,668 'communicants.' In 1894-5 $14,441,807 was given for foreign-mission work through the 218 societies." i Karth. Rotation aad Xavtaa Tralas. "I had an interesting conversation with a western scientist the other day," said N. S. Moore, a Chicago traveling man, at the Raleigh, "about the effect the rotation of the earth has on moving railway trains. He claimed that a train going eastward is accelerated by the earth's rotation, while one going west ward is correspondingly retarded. Trials of railroad speed, to obtain the best results, he says, should therefore be made from west to east The sci entist backs his theory up with -elaborate mathematical formula. He goes' further, and estimates that a train run ning either north or south loses by reason of the earth's movement, on ac count, he says, of the earth's pressure against the right rail. A train capable of making seventy miles an hour loses two miles. It is such an interesting proposition that I should like to eee a teat made," Washington Times. "S,- rjfc. r sSC - ". - 5i!j?&hSr;Sta5t ' !SZ-:I-fZ.' y-- . . -a-atp air- afcTaa.r f Zr . COttJMBtJS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST AMERICANS IN PEflllu Correspondent JdiNs the CUBANS AS A PATRIOT; UmM. t Gt HI. DUyatehM ThrKh B. Bwohn aa Adhiat ( Flhtl Gnwt-Artist Dawl.y. Kxple hy Wnltf. Tells f H IIOMAS R. DAW ley, J. a photog rapher for Harper's Weekly, who was imprisoned for two weeks in Monro castle, and then ex pelled from Cuba, recently arrived in this city from Ha- vana on the sieaav JSSSli i igsy r Orizaba. raliralcernihCe ideatity.of the man. mrnal. He brlnra news I TNe soldiers." he continued. the New York Journal. He brings news of Grover Flint,- the Journal's corres pondent with the Insurgents, from whom no word has been received in so long a time as to cause considerable solicitude among his friends. Flint had declared to Dawley that when he found it Impossible to get his dis patches through and to serve the in terests of his newspaper he would fight for the rebel cause. And he has done so. Ten days "before Dawley left Havana be learned that Flint held a commis sion as major on the staff of Lacret, and in that capacity aided in receiving the last filibustering expedition that landed arms and men near Cardenas. "Flint, I heard, appeared at a plan tation near Pinar del Rio about two WONDERFUL SIGHT v 1 IP aW amamW. aammmB '--" " "O.-'.- (mat -W '- I "a aH C- alVriafaa J?L, aTeyllfHaBHeraBBtlamrlL a"PTfflBsHpte&. SaaaaMamHBIiii3i"f aaJmaBV. I The building now being erected at Broadway and Ann street, New York, will be twenty-eight stories high, and will completely overshadow every build ing in the vicinity. It will be 437 feet high from curb to roof, and St. Paul's church, the steeple of which is only 340 feet high,' looks like a pigmy beside it. The contractors are using "outside elevators" for hoisting up stone and iron, and at noon every day workmen come down by this perilous route in preference to descending twenty-eight ladders. Crowds gather every day to see the workmen make the trip. New York Journal. weeks ago. He hardly had sufficient clothing to cover his body and was al most barefooted. He was in good health, however, and was on his way to join Gomez. He was given good cloth ing and continued his journey. He has had a military experience, and is con sidered a valuable acquisition to the Cuban ranks. He is a splendid fellow, perfectly fearless in the face of danger, and you will probably hear more of him as the fight progresses." Dawley was arrested three times pre vious to his incarceration in Morro' castle, but each time managed to se cure his freedom. He has had a wide experience in Central and South Amer ica, and speaks Spanish fluently. He had little trouble in going to and from' the Spanish to. the Cuban lines. "I had just finished paying a visit to the camp of Antonio Maceo," said he, "when I was arrested, on June 1 by a detachment of Melquizo's men. Mel quizo is the butcher who shot in cold blood Delgado and Cassanova. I had just left the rebel camp 15 minutes be fore, but the Spaniards did not know this, nor did I tell them. They searched my belongings and then I was put through a rigid examination. Securely bound with ropes, I was taken to Ar temisa, and then I was put aboard a train bound for Havana. Half way to Havana an old insurgent to whom I was tied was taken oat of the car. 1 did not see him again. '"When I arrived at Havana my bonds were untied. It was a blessed relief, but it was of short duration. I was given in charge of two mounted police, and was tied up even more se curely than before. I protested, saying that I would aot endeavor to escape, bat they laughed and said tay woald si - . : -. --. u -. --32. hot take the word of a prisoner. On being taken td Morro the' large ropes were removed and lighter ones sufc 8tltuted. I have seen many Spanish prison but Morrd is. the worst. "At first, Gen. Bradley Johnson,- the Journal correspondent was denied per mission to see me, and I had some dif ficulty In getting word to our consul ate. Wcyler is a liar, and I believe he is a coward, also. He tried to frighten Johnson, but could ndt do ax The feeling against Americans' l& grSwing more and more bitter each day, and is nearly at a critical point. Any one of them found outside of Havana will be shot without ceremony, I honestly be lieve. "Before I came away I received cred ible information that Melquls went down to the trocha and finding aii American in the vicinity killed him. i was unabie to learn anything con- 'arc killing few rebels, but the unoffcnslvc noncombatants arc falling beneath sword and bullets. Both Spaniards and Cubans need better marksmen. The Cubans descended upon San Juan dc los Ycras one night and burned the principal buildings. The Spaniards oc cupied a hill commanding a godd range of the town. As the budding burned the insurgents danced around them In jubilation. Outlined against the glare of the fire they made targets that you would suppose dny marksman of aver age ability could reach. The Spaniards fired more than 2,000 rounds, and It seems almost incredible that only one man was hit. The waste of ammuni tion in the campaign must be simply enormous. SEEN IN NEW YORK. "The insurgents are sure to win. They are good fighters, and have their hearts in their work. That tells the whole story. I do not believe that Weyler will stay there long. Even the soldiers are becoming dissatisfied with the manner in which he is conducting the campaign." New Msmmirrlng Trocesa. The London Lancet reports the in vention by Sig. Carlo Vercellonl of a process by which a dead body is her metically sealed in a coflln from the walls of which certain chemical ex halations are slowly and continuously liberated. The gases and moisture given off as the result of decomposition are thereby counteracted .and absorbed and the bodyis gradually transformed into the mummified state, being per fectly dry and retaining every' feature as in life. The dead body of a child re duced to this condition is on view in Milan. The head, body and limbs of the child are admirably preserved in their natural relief, the hair is blonde as injife and a look of repose charac terizes the ensemble, though the com plexion of the body is of that yellow ish copper' color peculiar to mummies. The Grewth off Baataa Hair. The rapidity of the growth of the hair varies much in different persons. It has been calculated that the beard grows at the rate of one line and a half per week, or six inches and a half in a year. On the bead the growth is much more rapid. Exchange. Orders have just been sent to London for 5,000 Bibles, 5,000 hymn books and 5.000 catechisms to be sold in the Fiji island. rLj' - 5, 1896. EOR THE CANNIBALS.) GHASTLY PRACf i6E9 POUNDED ON ANCIENT THEORY tmi Rim Fleah t Gala, Strength 8av.ee' iVha Belle. That Caras aad Other Valaabltf QaalltUs Ceai. treat the Practice. pgi HE "z&ML ctoid HE story about cflnitibals la Africa, bf Captain Hiride at the M&if Ing of the British association, says a writer in the Satur day Review, arous ed sufficient inter est, to make the subject worth pur atilii: He noticed aia-J6NWcEL-J!5e ,- tbt ihJL habit of breaking the legs oi their game several days .be fore they killed them, in order to make the meat more tender.- Inquiring as to their reasons, he was told that this was the result of experience with human flesh; that they always broke the legs and arms of their captives and then tied tfaefn tip to their necks in a flowing stream; in Such a waitlist they couid neither fall asleep; and dr6w"n Kdf commit suicide and ttiat at ,thfe" end of three days they could be killed with the assurance that they would be very tender eating. As the president of the geographical section remarked at the time, it is necessary to divest oHrlve3 of all insular prejudices in treating' dt cannibalism. The idea of eating a part of a deceased human being with the ob ject of acquiring some of his qualitios and virtues Is widespread and has been so from time immemorial. SiicB cM rificial or sacramental eating i3 common- to most religions. In Pern a figure made of dough is baked and eaten and the people talk of this as "eating the god." In certain harts Ot France a figure la made with the last of the harvest Corn ntid eaten under the impression that it contains ths spirit of fertility. This was the earliest form Of cannibalism, and the very name of cannibal is derived from the Caribs, who used to devour (heir enemies with the idea of acquiring their courage. They were the bravest of the aborigines of South America and did not pursue the practice to supply themselves with food. They pretended they cblild distinguish the flavor of a Spaniard, an Englishhlflit and a Frenchman. A French traveler who has written about them indulges the traditional vanity of his nation by de claring that the French flesh had far and away the superior flavor. In some parts of England it is the custom, when a man is laid out, to bake what is called a Corpse cake. This Is put td rise near the tire on the dead body, arid is supposed td absorb the virtues ot the deceased.- iH the Balkan states a little baked image accompan ies every funeral procession, and the mourners eat it afterward, exclaiming': "God rest him!" In Wales and Here fordshire there exists a regular paid functionary known as the "sin-eater." He is described as a "long, lean, la mentable rascal." On the breast of a corpse the relatives place bread and cheese and beer, which the "sin-eater" consumes, in order to appropriate the sins of the deceased. Formerly he re ceived six-pence for his trouble, and took care to make himself scarce as soon as possible after his duties were performed, but of late years his price has risen to half a crown. Cannibalism has been surprisingly little discussed in books of travel. We are told that in such and such a dis trict cannibals are to be found, but we hear no details, neither how the flesh Is prepared, what joints are' preferred, nor to what extent the practice is pre valent. Captain Hinde asserts that nearly all the tribes in the Congo basin are or have been cannibals, and that the practice is on the increase, not merely fcr superstitious reasons, but also for the provision of food. There is a certain sturdy, fat race in Africa which has never been famous for its prowess, hut which is made a regular" staple article df diet Wholo cargoes are constantly carried up the river and sold to the natives for food. Inquiries for a fresh supply of slaves will often be accompanied by the com plaint that "meat is scarce just now." The Batella are described as a fine race, with no old or infirm persons among them. The reason of this is not far to seek, for at the first sign of de crepitude' the sufferer is killed and eaten, parents even being devoured by their own children. The members of this tribe consider human flesh the greatest of delicacies and are ever on the watch for any excuse to kill and eat their comrades. The fate of the indi viduals is decided by their king. So soon as a victim is appointed to die, mobs collect outside the king's house and the victim is given over to them alive, but does not long remain alive, for the people tear him to pieces as quickly as a pack of hounds will make an end of a hare. Each sets himself out to cut off his favorite tit-bit, and no one makes it his business to kill the victim first, lest a coveted piece should thereby be lost. Altogether Too Literal. She glided into the office and quietly approached the editor's desk. "I have written a poem," she began. "Well!" exclaimed the editor with a look and tone intended to annihilate, but she calmly resumed: "I have written a poem on 'My Father's Barn," and " "Oh," interrupted the editor, with an extraordinary suavity, "you don't know how I am relieved. A poem written on your father's barn, eh? I was afraid it was written on paper and that you wanted me to publish it. If I should ever happen to drive past your father's barn I'll stop and read the poem." Saved by Saaaalae. A writer in the New York Ledger says: "I think the superb health of my fata lly is to a great extent due to the hab it we have of almost living in sunshine. Every bright day all the shutters' arc open, and the entire house gets the benefit of sunlight. It drives away dampness, mold, microbes, and blue devils, and puts us all in .good humor and health. I cannot imagine good sanitary conditions and darkness. Even my cellar is as light as I can make it; and whatever fruit and delicacies need to be shut away from light, I put ia close cupboards or covered boxes," - ! - - -jt .:.. EDUCATION OP PRINCES. Say um Urn There are two little toy bow coa spicuoas la Europe eae la 11 " other 9 jreare of age; one is a crewn prince and the ether a crowned king; the former is the most dreary and self conscious little prig that ever was drilled in a pipeclay aad buckram and the other w still a high-spirited child, bold, saucy afld lovable, but both the Prussion Kronprin a4 the Spanish Rey Nino have already but one thought id their young heads war, says Oulda in the Forum. The pompous little Ger man iiprfMtattt lives for dreams o Strategy,- maBeiiWrs, krlegsplel, the Importance at buttons, the dignity of stripes and grades the superiority of gun-powders and chemicals, and the bright Nino climbs on Marshall Cam pos' knees and begs to be told how MOrsni.killta ia Morocco. Cabana in Cuba, and how many years he will have to waft before he, too, can have the joy of killing ihitd, s Divine edu cation of Christian princ3f These Children are taken respectively to the Lutherafl service and to the catholic mass, and they flfa alike toM that they are the servants of the 8mvef Peace, and what are they in truth being mate both by education and example? They are being made the scourge of their own generation And of the generations id comei They aTe being taught to hope for Sn" to aspire to direct tho slaughter of their 6dpi and of neigh boring peoples, to find their toys in military "science, their theater iB the battlefield, their .ambrosia in blood. Tho little lads' Ot their own age who. mn now before their carriages in the dust, shouting their names with Joyous outcry, will be for them a score of years hence crippled, maimed, riddled with shdd torn with explosive bullets, drowned by terpedoes, blown up by mines; thousands yet Uflboru will arise to curse them; mothers will ask their dead sons at their hands and ask In vain; villages will burn like wisps of straw and cities crumble like trodden ant-hills at their word; they are inno cent as the atoms of tubing or the tin sardine boxes .which hold the detonat ors and the iron nails of the bomb, but as these are filled with the deadliest fumes and fires of hell, so arc these boys from their earliest Infancy filled to the throat with the lust, the pride, the appetite of war. An tTaitecltled Qaeitlnn. It was growing dark as I rode up to the dugout of a pioneer and called "Hello!" A great racket was going on inside and It was five minutes before any one paid any attention to me. Then a tall, lank and rawboned woman came to the door. She was breathing hard and seemed to have undergone great excitement and it was a minute before she could get her breath to in quire: ' "Well, stranger, what Is It?" "1 want sapper, lodgings and break fast." "Wall, I dunno." "Were you having a racket wtlh a wolf or A bear in there?" I asked. "Say, Sol, come out here!" she called in answer, and half a minute later a long-nosed, long-haired, melancholy looking man showed up beside her. "Sol, do you own this 'ere claim or do I?" she asked. "What docs the stranger want?" he queried. "To stay over night." "Wall, he'd better light down." "That's accordin. Stranger, at 3 o'clock this artcrnoon this 'ere critter riz up and claimed to own this 'ere out fit. I riz up and denied it Then we sailed in, tooth and toenail to see which was the biggest man and we've bih bltln', kickin', scratcbin' and pull in' ha'r tip to this minlt. You kin light down if you wantcr, but the fout muat go on." "Yes, the fout must go on," added the man. "I may git the gouge on him and make him holler in half an hour or we may struggle on till midnight I'll never give in." "Neither will I!" "Then I might have to wait for hours to see who was the boss?" I queried. "You mought, stranger," she sol emnly replied. "You bet you mought!" he grimly added. "Then I guess I'll ride on." "That'll be the best way. Now, then, Sol, I'm a comin' fur ye with both feet!" She ran in on him, and got both hands in his hair and the two rolled down the step into the dugout and were banging about as I rode away. Ten rods away I came across a boy 12 year.; old sitting on the tongue of a cart and as he looked up I asked: "Well, sonny, do you live here?" "I dunno," he replied, "I'm waitin' to see. If dad licks we both stay home and mam travels; if mam licks she runs the ranch and me and dad takes a walk. Mam's out of breath and dad' gittin' weak in the knees and I guess I'll know, all about it Inside of an hour!" 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