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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 19.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA WEDNESDAY. AUGUST i8, 1897.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,423.
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WILFUL EMILY.
(By Jenny Wren.)
ON'T. .Miss Emily
dear, don't!" I ur
gently pleaded with
the v.'illful young
beauty who liad so
impetuously been
relieving her mind
of certain matters
resting somewhat
heavily thereon. I
was only house
keeper at the Hall.
but from Ions and faithful service, and
the fact that the girl who had just
thrown herself in such cireless grace
at my feet had lest her mother when
almost tco young to remember her, I
felt more privileged than perhaps my
position otherwise would explain.
"And why not," she questioned, in
answer to my protest. "I don't love
bim. I I hate him."
She was speaking of her cousin Ar
thur, but as she finished, the pretty
head, which had borne itself so de
fiantly, went down on my lap, and the
burst of tears .which followed disa
roved the truth of her assertion.
No one rould have seen the two to
gether and not acknowledge their fit
ness for each other. Although
bnt cousins a second time removed, a
faint likeness was perceptible, but
Arthur's mouth intlicited greater firm
ness, and the will which was so neces
sary in the encounters between the
two. He was the only one that did not
give up to Miss Emily, who sometimes
Jhwarted her, but always so gently, so
tenderly, 3-ct, withal, so firmly, that I
think heroin lay the very secret of his
Charm. There was no regular engage
pent between them, but it was an un
derstanding for all that, although half
the young gentlemen in the country
were contestants for the prize, but.
F.avc a little harmless coquetry, she
gac them no encouragement.
I could but smile as I stroked her
pretty golden-brown hair, while yet her
head lay In my lap. at the very April
shower which was all of grief my dar
ling had ever known, for, ere I had
quite finished my few words of com
fort applied I scarcely knew to what,
she had once more sprung to her feet,
and in a few moments I could hear her
sweet o!ee carolling through the
halls. Then tinder my window I heard
the imperative order to the groom:
"Saddle Bess, Tom, and bring her
n'wund at once."
"She's hardly fit to ride. Miss, this
afternoon, the man respectfully ans
wered. "She's skittish at the best of
times, and she's been so long unused
I'm most afraid she'd prove too much
for you."
"All the better," was the reckless
answer. "Bring her around at once."
Glancing from my window as the
voices reached my ear, I saw Mr. Ar
thur sauntering up the walk. He quick
ened his step a little as he overheard
the discussion, 6aying, very quietly, as
he approached:
"Surely, Emily, you will not be so
rash as to mount Bess today? You
must not think of such a thing."
The girl turned haughtily toward
Mm, surveying him a moment in sil
ence; then, as though remark were un
necessary, turned again to the groom:
"Do as you are bid, Tom. I will now
' dress
"Emily, for my sake!" I heard him
Bay In a low tone, but the contest of
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THE RESCUE,
the morning in which her will had
been forced to bend made her determ
ined now.
"You are detaining me, Mr. Traff
ord." she answered. "I shall have
barely time for my ride."
"You must not, Emily; indeed you
must not. My uncle would not wish it,
and in Lis absence I must prevent it."
"How dare you"' she exclaimed,
stamping her little foot. "How dare
you speak so to meV If you have ever
considered yours the right, it is can
celled from this moment. Heaven help
the woman you would make j-our wife!
She would be your slave. Give her my
warmest sympathies. Mr. Trafford; 1
cannot offer my congratulations."
The young man's face flushed hotly,
and he shrank from the words as from
a blow, but he had no time to answer,
for Miss Emily had already flown past
him into the house, and I saw him
turn and walk slowly to the stables.
In a few seconds more the groom
brought the prancing animal, holding
firmly to the bit while Miss Emily
sprang lightly into the saddle. She
seemed such a very feather to
manage the spirited horse, yet I could
not help the thrill of pride as I watched
the tiny hands bring her into such
quick subjection, and the straight,
lithe young figure sitting her seat to
such perfection.
The groom stood watching her anx
iously down the avenue, but I was not
surprised when she had once disap
peared from view, although greatly re
lieved to see Mr. Arthur leap into the
saddle and follow her. I knew, himself
unseen, he had determined to keep her
in sight, and I somehow felt safer to
know she was in his charge. Cruel as
had been her words, he loved her too
well to heed them at such a time.
The afternoon slowly passed away.
tSThat was it that caused such a shad
ow of dread to creep over my heart?
Somehow, I cciild not shake it off.
From time to time I would steal away
from my other duties into my dar
ling's room, where everything so re
minded me of her. picking up the ar
ticles she had thrown round in her
reckless haste, and when all was in
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order, looking for something else to dc
to detain me In the spot. Yet I would
not ECknowIcdge the real extent and
reason of my unersines. even to my
self, until the sound of horses' hoofs
rapidly Hearing tho house suddenly
lifted the load 1 had unconsciously
been carrying and brought me with
almost a cry of thanksgiving to the
window. Yes. there was my darling's
blue habit fluttering in the breeze. Sh6
had icturncd unhurt, but the excite
meLt must have been too great for her
strength, for. even from where I stood,
I could but note the deathly pallor of
her face, and hastened down to meet
her.
Ere I reached her side I saw two of
the men, in obedience to some hastily
itsuert commands, spring into their
saddles and ride rapidly down tho ave
nue. Then in another moment Miss
Emily lay almost fainting in my arms.
"Oh, Nanna," the exclaimed. "I have
killed him, and he will never, never
know how dearly I loved him."
I -almost cairied the poor child to
my room and laid her on the sdfa.
roting. as I did so with a shudder, the
two or three bright, red stains on her
habit. What did they portend?
From time to time low moans es
caped her half-parted lips, and I could
but contrast her with the bright, will
ful girl who had ridden off a few brief
hours before so full of hope and hap
piness. And then, in broken words,
she told the story. How at a sudden
turn In the road, she had caught sight
of Mr. Arthur following her and In
very pervcrseness of spirit touched
lightly with the whip the animal which
needed restraint rather than urging,
then turred her head in the direction
of the pits, a road at any time danger
ous, but now, maddened by the touch
of the whip, the mare had taken the
bit between her teeth, and the little
hands clenching the reins were power
less. Mr. Arthur saw her peril, and,
putting spurs to his horse in reckless
defiance cf harm to himself, had put
him to the leap, endeavoring by leav
ing the road, to head her off and seize
her rein. It was a race for life. A
heap of stones lay upon the road. On
one side there was barely room for a
single horse to pass. Could he reach
that firt, he might save her. There
was no time to question. By an effort
almost superhuman he directed his
horse to the pass, and seized the bridle
which now lay powerless in her grasp.
The mare swerved back, his own horse
plunged, and. In some way, how, she
could not tell, he lay beneath the mad
dened animal's feet, his head striking
on the cruel stones. The shock had
brought the mare to reason, which now
stood still and trembling. But Arthur
had saved her life by giving his.
I could but comfort the child as best
I might, when outside came the tread
of feet, and I knew they were bring
ing their sad burden home. Pressing
a kiss on her forehead, I went for
ward to meet it, but as through my
tears I bent to look over the dear face,
I, too, almost fainted, though this
time for joy, for the great brown eyes
were wide open, and I could almost
fancy smiling into mine.
The physicians gave us little hope
at first, however, and it was pitiful
to watch Miss Emily steal in and oul
of the room when he lay so white and
still and suffering. All her old will
fulness had gone now, and I could see
how her heart was centered In him,
but at last we knew the best and the
worst. "Life would he spared, but Mr.
Arthur would be a cripple for life."
"Through me, Nanna all through
me!" she moaned forth when she heard
it. "How he must hate even to look
at me!" But I had watched his gaze
fellow her too often not to know dif
ferently. I was busy one day in his room (I
think they scarcely knew I was there)
when Arthur called her to his side.
"I want to say something to you,
Emily," he began; "something which
has been a long time on my mind. You
must not reproach 3-ourself for this.
Ycu must not let it interfere some day
with your giving your love to a man
more worthy of it, and you must re
member no one will rejoice more than
I in your happiness."
For a moment she stood still, her
cheek flushing and paling; then she
threw herself at his feet, "Oh, Ar
thur," she exclaimed, "will you not
take me? Have you learned so to
hate me that all the old love has
gene?"
"Gone!"' he answered, stroking the
bright hair. "Emily, can a man part
with that which has become a part of
his soul? But, my darling, I cannot
consent to your tying your young, joy
ous life to mine "
"Arthur! Husband!" ehe whispered
softly; then I stole from the room,
knowing my presence would not be
missed, and sure my darling would
win her cause. Nor do I think, in the
many happy years which since then
have rolled along, leaving me an old
wcmai' now. either has ever regretted
that for once and the last time Miss
Emily had her willful way. New York
Ledger.
Dragon's Horn Trumpet.
Germany is not only fertile in com
posers, but it would seem also in in
strument makers. It is but a short
time since Ritter's viola-alta became
known. Since that we have heard
something about a violette and a 'cel
lono, or similar names, and the newest
invention is a dragoon horn trumpet.
The new instrument is oval shaped and
terminates in a horn representing a
dragon's head, with its jaws wide
open, and a curved tongue in the mid
dle. The cup shaped mouthpiece Is
bent like that of the bass clarinet. The
dragon horn trumpet possesses three
valves and an apparatus for the regu
lation of the sounds which allows the
player to pass, without ceasing to blow,
from the loudest forte to the softest
piano. The timbre is described as par
taking of that of the corno di caccia
and that of the trumpet whence
the name. The happy inventor is C.
W. Moritz. of Berlin.
A Pacific Settlement.
An unsettled boundary question has
for some years disturbed the relations
of Peru and Bolivia; and the question
assumed a threatening aspect a feT
months ago, when Bolivia occupied by
force territory which Peru claims,
as her own. Wiser counsels have pre
vailed, however, and the two republics
have submitted their dispute to the ar
bitration of the Queen Regent of Spaia.
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
COOD SHORT STORIES FOR THE
VETERANS.
A. Tara Abeat Senator Frjra ef Maine
Soaae Folk Still Believe Tbat Jeff
DavU tVaa Ilaased Sam'i Foarth of
Jul Ulatake.
Coin labia's Iletocs.
UEAT Christopher
brave he
was! To steer
Across the broad
Atlantic s wave
And still to perse
veio. In spite of all dis
couragements. Seeking an un
known shore!
I'll learn like him
to persevere,
A n 1 Wisdom's
fields explore.
But greater was George Washington,
Who even In his youth
Was honored for his faithfulness
And strict regard for truth:
Of all Columbia's patriot soal
The noblest he. indeed;
And like him I will try to be
True true in word and deed!
And there are other noble name
Writ high on Glory's page:
Our country loves to honor them.
And shall for many an age.
But highest on the roll of fame,
Kngravcd in lines of gold.
The name of Abraham Lincoln
Shall ever be enrolled.
"Hath any greater love than thla.
That he his life lay down
For friend or foe?" For this he wrars
The martyr's starry crown.
Tribute of love to him I'll bring-,
Friend of the lowliest.
Champion of every righteous cause.
Of all the poor, oppressed.
A Yarn Aboat Senator Frye.
He never met his match but once,
and that was in the person of Col.
Frank Wolford, a quaint Kentucky
mountaineer who afterward came to
congress from an old-fashioned seces
sion district The adversaries arranged
for a joint debate before a gathering
of lumbermen and moonshiners, and
Frye, who was invited to speak" first.
drew upon his fund of pathetic elo
quence to describe the magnanimity
with which the republicans had treated
the confederates after the war. Wol
ford followed him with the declaration
that the republicans had no right to
talk about magnanimity "when they
had hung Jeff Davis the day after the
surrender."
"Who hanged Jeff Davis?" demanded
Frye.
"Grant did," Wolford roared back.
"It's an infernal lie!" shouted Frye.
"You know better than that."
"Oh. I do, do I?" retorted Wolford.
"Here, John," 'beckoning to a gaunt,
broad-shouldered, heavy-browed bush
wacker who stood near. "You get up
on this platform and tell the folks
what Grant did to Jeff Davis."
Up jumped John.
"He stringed bim up. He didn't give
him no chance to say his pra'are. I
wuz thar m'self an I seen it"
The audience looked a little puzzled.
Frye was so respectable in appearance
and yet here was an eye witness
ready to refute him absolutely. Frye
was simply struck dumb. Not so the
Lushwacker.
"Hit any o you'uns wants ter 'sputc
my statement " he paused, laying
his hand significantly on the stock of
a huge horse pistol that stuck from his
belt. Nobody seemed anxious to dis
cuss the matter.
"You seen Jeff Davis hang?" asked
Wolfcrd, triumphantly. "What else
did you see?"
"I seen him buried," answered John;
and then, without twitching a muscle:
"I wuz one of the pallbearers."
Frye was offered another chance to
apeak, but politely excused himself.
As scon as he could get back to the
railroad he took a train for home.
Bourrienne in The Illustrated Amer
ican. Sim'i 4th or Jaly Mistake.
"We was on our way down to Bris
tol," said the old man as we sat smok
ing on a log at the door, "when my
t;on Sam turns to me and sez:
"Pop, are yo a bigger man man hc
Fo'th of July?"
" 'Mebbe I ar',' sez I, lookin at him
outer the co'ner of my eye an won
derin if he'd got one of his cantank
erous fits on.
" 'It's a powerful big day, he goes on
arter awhile.
" 'Party powerful, sez I.
"'And yo' ar' a purty powerful
man?'
"'I reckon I am. Did yo want to
say anything beyond tbat. Sam?'
"'Jest a word, pop. Fo'th o July
is a powerful day, an yo ar' a power
ful man. but I am feelin' that I kin
down yo' both. Yere's a level spot,
with soft sile lo fall on, and I'm gwine
to tnckle yo'.'
"'Better keep on yo'r side of the
road, Sam. I ain't feelin' any too
balmy this mawnin'.'
" 'Don't crawfish, pop, but throw
down yer hat and gimme the best
ycu've got.'
"Wall, I seed that he was cantank
erous." continued the old man. "and
that I'd got to take it outer him and
so I throwed down my hat and drawed
a long breath and got readv.
"'Pop,' sez he, as he spits on his
hands and dances around, Yo' needn't
worry about mam, as I'll take good
keer of the widder. Yere I cum!"
"With that he pitched in. I was
waitin' for him. Sam was a purty hefty
feller, but he didn't weigh no ton, like
he thought he did. When I pulled him
out of the sile I thought he was dead,
but bimeby he opened his eyes and
6ez:
" 'Pop, has thar' bin any wah around
these yere parts?'
"'Just a leetle wah, Sam.
" 'Did the continental army git
knocked into a cocked hat"'
" 'No, my son; the continental army
cum out on top the heap.'
" 'Then I reckon I was mistook. I
reckoned I was a bigger man than my
ole pop. Fo'tn of July and the conti
nental army all mixed up, bnt I bit
off too much and hev got to spit it out.
Help me up, pop, and next time I feel
cantankerous I'll tackle a mounting!' "
Rode Awheel to War.
Wilfred Pollock, who was the first
pnrrpsnnnrlpnt in nu a hiprrlo inctooil
of a horse in the recent Graeco-Turk-,
ish war, says in an interview in the
New York World on the wheel as a
means of "getting there" in a chase
for news:
J "Sometimes I had to get off and
walk a mile o- two; sometimes it was I
Uat did Ut carrying, aid sot tfet a
chine, but this was seldom, and nerei
for any great distance. Oil the Othet
hand, the zigzag cuttings tip the ihahj
mountain passes are so weli grade
that it is quite possible to ride ur
them if the surface be good and the
wind friendly. Riding .down and my
machine had no brake one had to re
member that the corners of these
twists are not banked, and the Khud
as they call it in India, often offer?
many hundred feet of sheer drop. B
this time my success in outstripping
other correspondents in the, several
races to telegraph ofTices was beCom
ing notorious, and bicycles be'eamt
quite common adornments of the car
riages in which my colleagues chieflj
traveled. Not only did the bicycle
prove much faster, even on the Greek
roads than even the Greek horse ot
carriage, but to sling it onto a train
or steamer 'was the work of a mo-
. ment, and a horse is by no means sc
easily manipulated. On three most
impottant coensions my materia:
reached England at least a whole daj
in front of that sent by any other En
glish correspondent, thanks to the bi
cycle every time."
Senator Frye bn Hawaii Annexation.
I am now, and have bfcgn fof years
on enthusiast in favoring the annexa
tion of the Hawaiian islands to tht
United States, for many reasons, somi
ot which I give. 1. New England met
and money lifted these people front
barbarism to a high grade of civiliza
tion. Partly by reason of this thej
are now thoroughly American in spir
It, enterprise and sympathies; theii
property is two-thirds under Amer
lean ownership; their business rela
tions arc almost entirely with us, w
buying nearly nil of their product and
selling them almost everything the;
use, and our ships practically doing
this entire carrying trade. No two ol
our states arc more closely allied in
these regards than are these islands
to this republic. 2. From a commercial
point of view annexation is a necessity,
unless we propose to surrender to
Great Britain and Russia the com
meiC3 of the Pacific ocean, which will
in time exceed, in my judgment, that
of the Atlantic. In thiB regard the
control of the islands is of vital im
portance. This has been recognized by
the statesmen of the past for 75
years. Our presidents and secretaries
of state' have constantly warned the
nations of Europe to keep their hands
off Hawaii. Had it not been for this
attitude the Islands would have been
seized long since. 3. Annexation is a
military necessity. The islands in the
hands of a foreign power would be a
constant menace to our Pacific coast.
They have the finest harbor in the Pa
cific, easily made accesible to the lar
gest vessels afloat, and capable of de
fense at small expenditure. That it is
a critical time for the islands I think
no one can have doubt, and that the
treaty now pending is opportune all
will admit. The groom ought with
swift steps to seek the willing bride
and consummate the marriage. Hon.
William P. Frye in The Illustrated
American.
A Learned IlermH.
In the edge of Wise county, Virgin
ia, not far from Pound Gap, lives one
of the most scholarly men in the south.
He is a hermit, living in a mountain
cabir, with no companion save his
dogs, says the St. Louis Globe Demo
crat. Forty years ago Henry Lewis
was a leading society man of Balti
more, but the girl whom he loved prov
ed false. He fled to the old world,
hoping to drown his love amid the
gay scenes of Paris, London and Rome.
Later he went to Egypt, passed
through Asia and returned to America
the day after Fort Sumter was fired
upon. He joined the confederate ar
my and served with distinction to the
close of the war. After the war Lewis
bought this mountain cabin and has
been living the life of a recluse ever
since He has a fine library, of which
he makes good use. Once a month he
goes to the neighboring village and
lays in his supplies. He is a fine lin
guist and is well versed in geology,
mineralogy, ornithology, but never
talks upon these subjects unless re
quested to do so by those who visit
him. Lewis is nearing 70 and is grow
ing feebler every day and it can't be
long before he passes away. It is the
opinion of the country folk that Lewis
is only an assumed name and that on
his deathbed he will reveal his iden
tity. Washington's Wife.
So much has been said about the
father of his country that the Buffalo
News is moved by the gallant purpose
to give Mrs. Washington some recog
nition. It remarks that, being a wo
man, of course, it is taken for granted
that Martha Washington never had
birthdays to celebrate, so it is no more
than fair to give her just a bit of at
tention. It is said that Martha Washington,
like all good women, possessed a mind
of her own and was capable of com
manding her household and, occasion
ally, her husband. A guest at Mt. Ver
non once heard her distinguished host
ess giving George a piece of her mind
after they had retired for the night.
He listened in profound silence and
when she had said her say, he answer
ed, pleasantly:
"New, good sleep to you, my dear."
It is interesting to know that she
wore upon har marriage with Col.
Washington a wedding dress of heavy
corded white silk interwoven with sil
ver threads. It was elegantly trimmed
with heavy white satin ribbon bro
caded with silver leaves. The dress
opened over a white satin quilted
overskirt. She wore white satin, high
heeled shoes of the period, with dia
mond buckles, ruffles of point lace and
an exquisite suite of pearls, necklace,
earrings and bracelets. She was at
tended by three bridesmaids.
A Shrewd Financier.
It is worth reviving, that sweet little
story of cne of the princely grandsons,
who asked Queen Victoria for a sov
ereign and received instead a lecture
against extravagance in the royal hand
writing. The boy politely thanked
her:
"Dearest Grandmamma I received
your letter, and hone inn win
think I was disappointed because you
couia not send me the money, it was
very kind of you to give me good ad
yice. I sold your letter for 4 JOa."
01ACH THEM TO COOK.
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iMjptAN WOMEN GOOD MATURED
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Laath to Confess Ignorance Rose
'edlelne-IIIrd'a Experience With the
Wrabblug Brash Scenes on Issue Day
Learulu Culinary Art.
TANDlNO'on cith
er side of the long
table, wat c hi n g
with attentive eyes
that help the un
derstanding of the
unfamiliar 1 a n
guage, they show
yf wnST themselves ready
IVfijS' pupils, using the
aH& strange cook i n g
utensils with an
adaptation that has no awkwardness
in1 it," says a writer in the American
K;tche Magaalne; "They aro not
milch, but exact; and nothing seems to
be too much trouble, although one wo
man rid: 'She make us wash our
hands very much when we cook!' The
yeast lesson is often asked for, and
as we" teach the simple potato yeast,
without hops, it is quickly learned and
very helpftil in putting good bread into
the homes. Occasionally we have
found on visiting the cabins an array
of crisp, brown loaves that would do
credit to a Boston cooking school.
"The physician complains that these
people eat too much meat, so we have
confined our lessons during the sum
mer to luncheons and dinners with
out meat, the women doing all the
work of preparing and serving the
meal and afterward making the kitch
en tidy, under direction. They do so
well and are so good-natured and the
pleasant smile Is always lurking in
the corners of their e3-cs of trembling
on their lips, ready to break and ripple
over the face at the slightest provoca
tion. Even the old Women, whose lives
have been spent Under the conditions
so hard that there is no grace or beau
ty left in the seamed and weather
beaten faces or the bent figures, show
a hearty friendliness in their pleasant
smiles that explodes the idea of the
liard-visaged Indian so long pictured
as typical of the race. Sometimes, how
ever, they are loath to confess Igno
rance. Our laundress, Rose Medicine
Bird, professed perfect familiarity with
the scrubbing brush and attempted to
use it in our absence. On our return
we found her sitting in the pool of
water looking woefully at the brush;
on seeing us she said: 'He no good.
He no make it dry. Gimme towel.'
"Teaching cooking in the Indian
homes gives opportunity to exercise
much ingenuity. After collecting from
out-of-the-way corners, scrubbing,
scouring and washing, we are often
limited to a dishpan, iron kettle, frying-pan,
biscuit-pan, and perhaps a
knife, fork and spoon, but these last
are not always to be found. The tin
can comes into use on all occasions,
although we find few at the cabins,
but the absence of markets brings a
good many to our home, which are
carefully washed and made to do duty
as pails, cups, receptacles for tea, coffee,
sugar, rice, oatmeal, and even as bak
ing tins, the pretty round loaves giv
ing us dainty circular slices for our
poached eggs. Of food materials, also,
wo find but scarce supply. Flour, bak
ing powder and salt is the limit in
many houses, and if by chance the
supplies include sugar and lard we
are fortunate and extend our lessons.
Milk and butter we find in only one
or two homes, where by much encour
agement we have been able to intro
duce them. But with the few conven
iences it will be a long time before the
use of milk will be a regular and per
manent custom. Some of the dishes
cooked by the Indian women would be
appetizing were their habits more
cleanly. We cook our squash by Mrs.
Mary Bear's recipe. Perhaps you would
like to try it if it is not already famil
iar to you. Cut the squash into half
inch cubes, put in a baking-tin with
butter or drippings to season. Bake
In the oven forty minutes or until soft.
Sprinkle with sugar, salt and a very
little pepper. Return to oven for ten
minutes, stirring once. If the squash
be of good quality it has the flavor of
caramels (?), nuts (?), something
good, I don't know just what. But our
work is not confined to cooking one
day in each week is sewing day, when
we arc glad to welcome our women
and give them help in what ever work
they are doing cutting garments,
mending, making over. The four re
maining days are devoted to visiting,
then the lesssons receive practical
demonstration in their own homes and
become of real value to them, we hope.
We plan to help in whatever may be
on hand cooking, serving meals,
mending or making garments, attend
ing the sick, bathing baby, or in as
sisting in making home neat. We have
grown to think that nothing is out
of our line and to adapt ourselves to
all situations, even to sleeping in the
cabins when attending the sick, al
though the last is a severe trial. Once
in two weeks, on Saturday morning,
the agency commissary is a busy place
when the Indians come for their issue
of rations. It is a gala day and they
come in holiday attire. Gay prints,
gayer blankets and bright faces give
color and animation to the scene, which
is interesting indeed to a novice. They
come in big, lumbering farm wagons
drawn by two Indian ponies, the one
spring seat occupied by my lord, the
head of the family, while the women
sit on the floor of the wagon and bear
the jolting of the rough roads uncom
plainingly; nay, with faces absolutely
jolly with smiles. Behind the wagon '
follow the lithe young colts, any num
ber from two or three to eight or ten,
some cf them so graceful, slender and
beautiful in every way we long to pet
them, but they are too shy.
"Everybody Is jolly on issue day.
There will be a feast in every. home,
when it is over and having enough
to eat the Indian is care-free and
happy."
Mke a Cash Register.
Mertle Fred kissed me more than
a hundred times last night. Alice
Pooh! I never count kisses. "Neither
do I; but my little brother was hid be
hind the sofa, and he did."
Unique.
"Yes, I come from Podtinkville, Me."
"Is it noted for anything?" "Yes; it's
the only town that hasn't more pretty
girls trvvn any other place of it size
a the country."
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COMING KING AFTER LbARNING
Frlace Kal Wha. Heir t tho
m of
Core. la la Aaseilca.
Pric3 Eul Wha, who will probably
succeed to th throne of Corea on the
death of his father, the reigning king,
arrived at San FtaflciWO the other day.
Tba young mad, who is Only 20 yean
of age, has come 16 America to finish
his education, and is accompanied by
two Coreans of noble birtb-Pak
Yonk Kiu and Sin Sang Koo. The
first named, who was charge d'affaires
of uhe Corean legation at Washington
or three year'd, hdfl been commission
ed by the King of Corea to escort the
prirce to America and see hifn com
fortably established in some eastern
instltiitiefl of learning, where he can
take a three years' course in English
branches. Prince Eui Wha is not the
heir apparent to the Corean throne.
He is the second son of the king, but is
expected to succeed, since it is gener
ally understood that the crown prince
is an Imbecile.
STORYETTES.
When the war broke out the late
Gen. Francis A. Walker. tVho had
graduated a year before from an east
ern college, went to the front. He ob
tained a leave of absence to go home
to Massachusetts, and arrived there
without having notified his mother
that he was coming. When he ap
proached the house It was evening.
He peered through a window and saw
his mother sitting alono, knitting.
Then he stepped softly into the room
and standing before her said, sudden
ly: "Mother!" Mrs. Walker started and
looked up at her son, but did not rise.
"Francis," she said, severely, "have
you left the army?" "No, mother only
on leave. I'm going back next week."
"Then," Gen. Walker used to say, "she
jumped from her c!iair and came and
kissed mo. I have always wondered
what she would have done if I had left
the army."
A countryman strayed Into an art
store the other day and seemed most
struck with a picture representing a
lion stalking in solitary majesty
through the ruins of an ancient tem
ple. Ho inquired the name of it. "A
Lion, after Geromc," answered the
proprietor; "you seem to be pleased
with the picture?" "Yes," the old gen
tleman replied. "I do sort of like it.
That's a powerful ugly lookin beast
thar, and I swan I don't know as I
blame Gerome very much for gittin'
out of the way."
The professor of mechanic? at an
English college once gave a lecture up
on the locomotive and was particularly
struck by the absorption of one juve
nile listener. He spoke to the student
after the lecture and asked h!m: "Well,
I suppose you understand all about the
locomotive now?" "Yes." was the re
ply, "all but one thing." "And what
is that?" oaid tho rntouo., i.;ait..
"I can't make out what makes the lo
comotive move without horses."
No Inrrc:c for Willie.
Willie Penholder (with an Injured
air) You told me last month that you
would raise my salary. Stingy- Russell
Ah, yes, I did succeed in raising It
after considerable trouble."
FOR SUMMER HOMES.
A few light canvas folding-chairs are
a great convenience in the country, fot
they can be carried around the piazza
and grounds at will.
Japanese and Canton rugs in porce
lain blue and white, green and pink can
be bought very reasonably. They weal
well and may even be laundered.
Chairs of rattan or wicker with
backs of gayly striped aleppo cloth hele
with bows of Turkey-red calico make
pretty splotches of color on a summci
veranda.
Rattan couches with a bright Bag
dad curtain thrown over them look well
mingled with the other furniture and
they are piled 'vith cushions of cre
tonne and denim.
In an unpretentious cottage sitting
room the common red veranda chairs
look nice if upholstered in bright
chintz or denim. Plain or figured
burlap may be had for hangings,
screens and nphosltery.
For draperies it will be found tbat
charming effects can be arranged with
the art muslins with their oriental
colorings, the dotted Swisses with flut
ed frills and the thin eastern silks.
Everything in the summer home
should be fresh and clean; old, dis
carded furniture should be tabooed. At
tractive furniture is of oak or map'e
upholstered with very fine Canton mat
ting in the natural tint; it does not
catch the dUst and can be readily
cleaned.
FOR THE VERANDA.
Steamer chairs, with cushions of cre
tonne, are comfortable. Growing vines
and flowers clambering up the railing
add to the pretty effect.
In another cocner of the veranda the
hammock Is swung and If there is more
than one hammock so much the better.
Hay, freshly dried, makes a splendid
stufling for the hammock pillows,
which should be made of crash and
bleached linen.
The real drawing-room of the cot
tager is the broad piazza, which should
be made decorative as well as comfort
able. The first thing is to stain the
floor with one of the prepared tints 30
tint it may be easily wiped up, with
satisfactory results.
The side on which the sun shines
should be protected with bamboo
blinds, which can be purchased cheap
ly in the Chinese bazars, of which there
are a number in Chicago. These blinds
are provided with strings and can be
raised or lowered at will.
One end of the piazza may be sepa
rated by gay Japanese screens to form
a small reception room, where tea or
Iced drinks may be served. A few reed
chairs, a rattan divan and gay-colored
India stools are scattered about. The
wicker tea table has an embroidered
linen cloth and a service of Delft. An-
nthpr tnhle holds the latest mnr-aTlnc.
and books.
Buttercups were devoured recently
by an English child with a fatal result. I
At least the coroner cauld find no
other cause for deathi
MACHINES FOR BREATHING.
But few sightseer at the national
capital find the patent office the most
interesting po!nt to visit, yet there Is
probably no public building in Wash
ington about which have centered so
many high hopes, so much ambition,
keen reccarc'i and hard study. The
patent office, indeed, is a soxt of Mec
ca for the inventive geniua of the
United SiatC.t.
At th time this is written SG2.43S
patents art here recorded, and an ex
amination of the models of them, pre
served in tho cases, would occupy tho
student for at least a year. Among
tho oddest of recent patented devices
are two "breathing machines," one by
a man in Buffalo, and the. other by a
Brooklyn physician.
A machine for breathing may at first
thought appear to be superfluous, and
even ridiculous, yet both of these con
trivances arc 'of benign intent. They
are designed to preserve life, or to
resuscitate suspended animation, as in
cases of drowning, choking, or a sud
den failure of the heart's action.
Physicians, as is well known, often
attempt to produce artificial respira
tion by extending the unforunate per
son on the ground or on the floor, and
alternately raising or lowering the
arms. At best this method is unprom
ising, and it is to render such artificial
respiration more effectual that the two
inventions above-mentioned have been
sought.
The Brooklyn doctor's device con
sists of an air-tight chamber, or box.
in- which the sufferer from suspended
respiration can be placed, all save his
nostrils andmcuth, which arc open to
the external air. By means of an air
pump, connected with the chamber and
worked rapidly by a rotary shaft and
crank, the air is by turns exhausted
and admitted, thus causing, by pneu
matic pressure, the lungs to be alter
nately dilated with air and compressed
at the ordinary intervals of breathing.
The Buffalo inventor seeks to ac
complish the same ends by means of
a bellows and tube accurately applied
over the nostrils and mouth of the
person. Alternate inspiration and ex
haustion of air in the lungs arc thus
brought about. The air-tube before
entering the nostrils passes through a
small heating apparatus. This raises
the air to the temperature which it
would reach naturally in the air-passages
of a healthy person.
Human Freedom in Afrlra.
Two recent occurrences have greatly
promoted human freedom in Africa.
One is the emancipation of slaves in
Zanzibar, through the proclamation of
the sultan, at the instance of the Brit
ish government. The other is the
breaking of the power of the Fulahs, a
Siavtt uauius Bcjiii-jiau turn: m iue
western Soudan. This lias been accom
plished by Sir George Goldie, the Brit
ish administrator of tho Royal Niger
company, and is a. direct result of the
expeditions against Benin and Nupe.
The Fulahs, through force and super
stition, and gained ascendancy over th
Hausas, one of the most promising Af
rican tribes, and the British used a
force of these Hausas, well armed and
organized, to inflict .1 crushing blow
upon their tyrants. The territory hith
erto controlled by the Fulahs was ono
of the last strongholds of slavery.
rower of the l'rcs.
Wendell Phillips once, when he waa
Interrupted by an unfriendly audience,
stooped down and began talking In a
low voice to the men at the reporters'
table. Some of the auditors becoming
curious called "Louder!" whereupon
Phillips straightened himself up and
exclaimed: "Go right on, gentlemen,
with your noise. Through these pen
cils," pointing to the reporters, "I
speak to 40.000,000 people."
II in Failure.
Tourtist (in Oklahoma) Did young
Mr. Eastman, who came out here about
a year ago to grow up with the coun
try, ever attain his ambition? AJkall
Ike Wal, no; we planted him all right,
but he never sprouted.
Rivatn.
Florence Everything is sold by
samples nowadays. Annie Ah? Is
that why you allow so many chaps to
kiss you ever summer?
THE TENDER PASSION.
He I love you better than my life.
She Considering the life you lead, I
cannot say that I am surprised. In
dianapolis Journal.
Mr. Spratts If there are microbes in
kisses, what disease do they produce?
Miss Killuff Palpitation of the heart
Philadelphia Press.
Belle Why did you reject him last
evening when he was willing to wait
till tc-day for his answer? Blanche
Because I saw he meant to stay until
he got it. Spare Moments.
She Did you have any trouble in
getting papa to listen to you? He
Not a bit. I began by telling him I
knew of a plan whereby he could save
money. Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Cruel and unnatural!" moaned
Trickly. "Her own father has broken
our engagement." "Forbidden your
marriage?" "No, but didn't you see
by the papers that he had failed?"
Detroit Free Press.
Madge I think Jack is going to pro
pose to me soon, mamma. Her Moth
erWhy do ycu say that? Madge
He took me out to look at some tan
dem wheels last evening. Philadel
phia North American.
Amelia Swear not by the moon, the
inconstant moon. Augustus Then
what shall I swear by? Amelia
Swear by that which you hold invalu
able; something that you cannot live
without. Augustus Then Amelia, I
love you! I swear it by my bicycle.
Tid Bits.
Hc They say that wedding rings are
going out of fashion. She Oh, I don't
care. If you wish to dispense with
the ring, dear, it will make no differ
ence to me. But why didn't you give
me some warning of what you were
about to say? This is so sudden. Then
he thought of hnrae and mother, bus i:
was too late. Clvrdand Leader.
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