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Mr. sad Mm. E. R. Jarmin came to
Otemla froa Cohunbus, and will spend
the halidaya wih father -and mother
JaraUaaad their Oaoeola frienda,
ThoaoMior boys of the G. A.R.ha?e
held their dectioB of ofBoerafor theen-
aaJacyear, aad theee are the boys that
willataadbytheflacforthattiBie: W.
a Miller, eoamaader; Thoaua Klaaeey.
ooaiBModer: .Joseph Locke,
r.triea coawaander; Myron Brown.
H Ber. W. Criep, chaplian;
Wnd TlaiBa. Sunoa; H. Beaee. ofBoer
m ef theday;Oharke Barhhardt, delegate
ftn tka dmrmrtmmmt eaCamiHBMlt, WIW
Hm.MTb&, Welch aa alternate delegatea.
Tha anad naoale of the Methodist
I chareh have been greatly dia-
t is the beginning of their re-
riralaervieea, Pastor Parker had two
Bgagea beeidea Prof. Bill
of Chicago. The auaistera were
ail right has Prof. BUlhoreis baring 1
7"l gTaamliir- Mpar aanf ajge jaeet
jntf-' WABfiat over to wait for the wro-
rtegatweU.
of the groom, Mr. and
Mterflvawas M. Fairer, together with
wawwere ianted took the taaia
; aff the week to be present at the
raf Dr. J. H. Pnlver to Miss
.Iiaac tiddell that occurred at Omaha
at the Koamz Memorial church on
veninc. The church was
tifally aBd appropriately decorated
the ocosainn The ceremony w
by the pastor of the church
Doctor Pulver is one
mi mt hast Teaac wmb that has bred at
childhood, while hie life
Liddell ia one of the
ccttisat aad awe charming yooag la
saesof Oaaahaandone of the aweetest
saagaia. Dr. Palver k attending the
Ohiaiahtoa aedical coUege of Omaha,
aiU gradaata bi the apring and thea the
aoaala mill tear Europe for a year.
It ia woaderf ol how Oaoeola and Polk
aaaaty has growa aiaoe we came here
ia 1S7L Brhn"1 were soaroe then aad
there was aataMay pupils, jost look at
The county has 1,570
chihltaa aad the aeau-aanaal ap-
6f eehool moaeye that theee
brought iato the county
of oar city of Osceola
MaaaaaMlL
Qsssnls treat
3 aacaiaiinieoiBMUBie m legw"1"'
m mm m A" . - - - 1-. . .!
aeaa aftOalasabaa last week; H. O. has
a kaat ail trisads over there that are a)
-" m,
to greet oae oc tae oest
eoaaty.
aresandiag outcoarrat
tha good news that ia com-'
from the heaae of Mr. and
a.CF. TMMiaaw of Wichita. Kaa-
aaa, aa aeeoaatof Doctor Stork visiting
aVkaMma laariu a sweat littie 8
paaadhahyoa the 19th ef "December
I talaam that aasthar aad child
absent from
eke aver north of the
Platte, aroaad Oolurabaa. He
Sataraay.
Jaawa T. H. 8aundera came over here
e and remaiBed
I days last week. The judge was
kept pretty busy shaking heads with
eMfriaaasaadtae looks of the judge
I that ho ea joyed it.
who is oae of the biggest
1 of the state weat over to
) old frieads aad aaore
Joa,
that goes fiaatOa
roporta that they
life, aad that ia
1 a ever there for it
wjHIk aaaapjajiy
J. M. Jaraaa has heaa
hasaa aavaral wet
eaaacaaBar saa awaawawa vroaawia
laataashasrtaa was there.
Oar Beaaae aver here aa this aide of
tha aliai era laars.ijil "Itt srrrt ffrT
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aaaaahia ate KaaaaaW aeighheraoed
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It. Raglan Pmg w. wn r a.. mv minii
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$40 Outicnle Jaokete $32. OO
$0 Blended Ruarian Pony 32.00
$3 5 J8!!!! SO
$60 S!!!5! ..????. .?!?!?. 45.QO
$65 Blended Jjiver JMHnk 55:06
$0 nJW?! ,AS&0
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Max E. Bitner. president of the S. 8.
A. aad Frank Swanson went down to
Shelby laet week to see what the pros
pects were for a Sunday aohool conven
tion. The people did not tare oat very
well and by the looks of things they
were not anxious for a convention just
now, so it wae'eaUed off indefinitely and
the probability is that the next oae will
be held at Stroaiabarg where there are a
good maay Sunday aohool workers.
Oounty Judge Oampbell has issued the
following named parties permita to' wed
since our l8t report: Jessie J. Qaary to
Mies Maud O. Biggs; Jerry L. Crouee to
Miss Grace O. Mickey.- Three of them
were of the age of 34 aad aae 23.
The blacksmiths of Polk ooanty have
organized. They aay it ia not a treat
but just for mutual improvameat. The
ofacera are J. J. Gaylord, president.
Osceola aad the other offloere in the
association are from thedlaTerent towaa
of the county, Stromeburg, Shelby and
blk.
;;; SatirBphita Tnaafars.
'Beaher, Hoekenbetgaf 'k Chambsre
real estate ageata, report -the followiag
real estate transfers 'filed for record in
the office of the eoaaty clerk duriag the
week ending Dec 21, 1907.
H Hoekenbetger to Bertha Jaasgi. lots
1 and 2. blk 110. Columbus, wil SB 09
Louis Jichwartz to 8 J Rjaa, lota X, 4, 5,
6,blk2S2.Colaatbas,wd. SttOD
State of Nebraska to P C laaeuaaa. a aw
16-19-le, State deed.
Union Land Goto Mary Moetek, lota
and4.blk6.TarnoT, deed
C JCarris.eherig.toJLMyers. pt lot
. blk I. Ottk add to Hamphraj, deed.
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J L Flackaa toStaa Flaekoa. ae e aw,
BtMflW Wu. 1MBV Wm
Harjr Flaekos to Stan Hackes, a aw.
n 8torU to John 8ilTer, se ae7-17-
ZWf ana
S M Hansen to Col. Trust Co. lota 4. S,
8,blc "B", Monroe
ElleaYonaKtorHYoaac.pt lota 5 aad
6. blk S4. Colambos, wd
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Pioneer Towneite Co to Jobs Baaaal-.
auu,lotfi.blkl7.Lindaar.- 80 CO
K KriecBBias to Mary MoatTille, lota 3
aad4.blk218,Columbas,wd MO 00
Loaiae Federaon to Gao M Hatbaaacher.
all blk 14. Loekaer'sSadadd to Haaw
PsaXvya wQ 9RaV WM
J W Mylet to C A Siebler, a aw , as ae
Za w aw 3tvXcva. laaaif w
J WMylettoGeoOehrtag, e ae a. aa
aeSB-lSw.agreeaaeat. 7awW
. Fifteen tnaaten. total
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Jay Merrill of Greeley, Colo., and
Stanford Merrill of Bellevae, Neb. an
gueetaat the "home of their brother,
Forest Merrill.
Ma. Smith HUH trd and eon Frank left
last Friday for Clearwater,- Nab. to v ait
Mia. Hilliard's daughter, Mra-Haede. .
Mrs. J. J. Dodda aad chitdrea of
Cambridge Neb., arrived last Saturday
to spend the holidays here. They ware
accompanied by Mra. . W. F. JJadde
who has beam viaitiag for the last three
Wbl and Charlie Goaamaa rataraad
Tuesday from a two week vaat at their
old home at Crooksville, Ohio.
The Oconee gaa club held aahootiag
match Monday afteraooa so that every
body could have a Christmas turkey.
District No. 3, Miss LiUiaa Weldie
teacher, is enjoying a two weeks' vaca
tioa. On last Friday eveaiag they held
aa entertainment and Christmas tree.
District No. S5, Mies Mary Dineea,
tsaeher, ia eajoyiag a. week's raeataoa
dariagthe holidaya.
awjwaw aiw - ajoaey
CariierNo. 5 receiveda Ohriatssas
present ef a saokV of oata from Augaet
FiekeL "
AUiaaamioam on aae zwaae aaawaa fcogy 4 .y taw1 pibjrba,'"for I
laet Friday for a two weeks' vaaasiea, aave aotidag ta go heme with." Ha
with the saesptioa at the Kaeaali went hrtethe charehv-aad sasiag a
aohooL aad that' eland Meaday. awa hi flha erawd with a araDet ea hie
A. W -------- rf .v. !-. hack awppad ale hair mto tt aad
A. w. nana, si man or tna aaiiai, mmJi9M ,. jy- --j stelen aaraal with
BBWBjSMa nvw wsaua. waw aanai snaKajeiaaBy mmm j m. -- is a ta
ik? . - , . , . . waa aaaaw; warn ne ana sare aa is. saw
"jm waa sa aaU te aad hm aaaw that he
fartilsrssi., t - harried ea? ta tan thaeiaat aad tha
kt
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Ftm Jewess.
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of hoga in Oolumbus Monday.
Miss Bebe Bryaa left Saturday for
Kansas City, Mo- for a two weeks visit
with her sister, Lelia.
The embroidery club wae entertained
last Wednesday by Miss Jennie Oock-
aota Me. 1:
District No. 9. three miles east of
town, held a Christmas tree and enter
tainment with a program, last Saturday
eaening.
Mrs. Harry Newman, jr.. is spending
Christmas with har parents.'
Will Lackey is home from the State
agricultural college to spead Christmas.
First-class printing done at the Jour
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Oie ef theVTroubies That Deset Hoi
est Man in Politics.
I knew 'that a certain alderman in
certain' town oa Long Island was b!
tariff opposed to granting a franchis
to an electric line, and soon after
hearef .that the franchise had bee
granted and that he had voted for it.
met him on the train and said: "The:
yoa changed your mind about tha
franchiser' "Yes, I had to," he re
plied: "Any particular influence
brought to bear?" "Tea. My wif
persuaded me iato it" "And who' per
sanded you wife?" "Her brother
"Andvwaa he persuaded?" 'Tea. i
lawyer persuaded him." "And th
lawyer?" "Well, I reckon it was th
president of the company that per
saaded him. I stood out aad stoo.'
oat, hat tha persuasioa arms too great'
"I have heaa told oa good authority,"
I coatlaoed attar a bit, "that the com
paay gave' tha lawyer $1,59 to per
suade with.'' "Yoa don't mean It!"
gasped the alderman. "But I do. Yes
air. aa area fl,50v.n "Then he's r
duraed skunk and ought to be shown
ap. Ha penaaded the whole famll:
of as for S59 aad pat the rest hi bit
pocket! That's what a man gets foi
being haaest!" St Louis Globe-Demo
era.
tWOULD NOT BE HURRIED.
Rudely Aroused Oriental Made an
Indignant Pretest.
Tha 'Aaaerlcaa traveler who eadeaT-
. ,
ito hasten the comfortably-gaitec'
oriental against its wish soon come
ta 4hatt. That was the experience o"
"A j Woman Alone In the Heart oi
Japan." "Make the rlkman hurry. 1
have a date and can't wait here all
day." she said to the "boas rlkman" at
tha atattoa. He biased like a 'aery
dragoa. "Ven, yoa get so mad, you
ao can wait for die, you go find 'nod
aer rikaha,'' he said. She answered
ddy: "Dear friend, yoa do not
I am-not the least bit mad.
Tala is oaly a gentle American hustle.
If-yea want ma to be real mad, I will
ahem yoa the difference." "Ven, you
vas almos' mad," he laalsted. "You
aeasa bb like mad whea yoa say
"Ne aaa wait; anm' have riksha
harry up!" Youth's Compaa
TOOK Hit OWN FROM ROBBER.
Pilgrim Get Back His Stolen
Parse in Chareh.
From Cseaatochowa, the Mecca of
Pottah pUgrlaaa, comes an amazing
story ef coiaddencee. A pilgrim weat
to one of the prieaU and complained
that some thief had stolen his parse
while ha was at church, aad asked for
Tha priest reeoed that ha
had aa money aad that the hast thlag
far the pilgrim to do was to try to
find Urn thief. "I shall go Iato the
church aad steal atoaeyfrom
-a
jp
fliUlni
Caster
. "A laaf them are bulging forward.
I se:flith repHea to that' guesUon.
What'ahe matter wjth tha armyr
said a gffasled old sergeaat at oae of
the jBhhgo armyrecraitiBg oMces.
The.reaaons givea for deeertioas are.
pretty :Mbsa to the mark. too. But
some othera.
often desertions became epir
,a military post. Aay aum-
caa suit aa epidemic of
and SOthiag can stop it
short of fwltchlag the whole layout to
aaotner.Bost, aaerevaa mat aoean t a
waya wja.
"I reeeirthe Jntrwaa epidemic that
broke aatia Fart Sheridan a few
years ajpsV Iaaide of three nioaths
only a shaielon of sihe command waa
left The thing waa started by aa out
fit of unpopular oflcers. who fall to
laarreliag asMtag themselves.
"Oae aamineering or unjust oflcer
ia apoat can causa more desertions
thaa bad ratioas or crucifying fa-
tigae or practice march duy. Oaca 1
knew a little mat of a shavetail Just
out from West Point cause 28 men
from oae cavalry troop to jump the
outfit within two aaaatha after he'd
Jolnedjdowa in Ariaaaa. ' .
' Taje.dath of a wall liked oflcer or
jevencOf a very popalar enlisted man
willtaften start aa epidemic of deaer
tioaa Oace at aJittle two-battery
poet-la! the far aorthweat where I waa
otarJaaed there died a first lieutenant
who jtas Immensely popalar with the
enlisted men, aad that in spite of the
fact that the drink had got him.
"The desertions began the next day.
The post was not only" lonesome. It
seemed almost uncanny without him.
yLtttle unscheduled things will start
desertions. The reappearance at a
post of a former member of the out
fit togged out la joyous mufti and
showlBgother evidences of prosperity
always has tha effect of getting the
saaga-aoiag.
"Once I belonged to nn outfit that
waa atatioaed at the Presidio of San
Francisco. One of our men caught oa
as a faro bank dealer of a big San
Fraaclsco gambling house at the wind
up of his second enlistment It wasn't
long before he had an interest ia the
bank himself, aad he got the moaey
fast
"Well, all diked but In expensive
clothes and wearing the sparks and
dfngdongs, he used to drive out to the
Presidio behind 'a stylish pacer ia a
trig trap with yellow running gear.
After a few months of that the com
mandlag officer of the Presidio had to
reqneat that ex-swaddle as a special
favor .to him to cease his visits at the
poet' A larga.aumber of desertions
were easily traced ta his visits.
"The gang would took their ex-mate
over aad become ambitious all 'of a
sudden. If ha had made such a fine
thing of It ia civil life why couldn't
they do the same, or make some kind
of a stab at it anyhow? So they
hopped out of .the Presidio gate, not to
coaw back? aay more, just because
they : bad-seen all of these signs of
prosperity ;oa a man who had once
bunked aader the same roof with
them. J-
"Rumora, about the transferring of
outfits, toa, to another cause, and in
the aggregate a big contributing cause
to tha desertion business. Men who
enlist' in a certain part of the country
for servicaj to that section don't like
to make a-long shift to another part
with a different climate. More deser
tions resujjt from the shifting about of
regiments jthan ever appear ia the fig
ures. I
"Queer, too, tha distance some sol
diers will go when they get mixed up
with women. The most aggravated
case of that ktad I ever saw waa when
I waa la "the PhUipplaea the first
time.
"With my outfit waa a snappy,
hustling youngster from Tennessee, a
boy not much past his majority, who
got the corporal's chevrons very soon
after hitting the Islands for nervy
work In campaigning. The Ud had all
the makings of a fine soldier, and, as
he was wall educated, a commission
waan't ana too high for him to look
if he'd baftn of that mind and had
kept out df trouble.
-"But hej got all wrapped up with a
Filipino ajrl, the daughter of a Fill
piao preejdeat down Mindanao way,
aad whea. we were ordered to Manila
to take t$e transport for the United
States hefcoulda't see the thing of
leaving ti& girl. I believe they'd been
married! lAnyhow, when we went to
Manila tifls judgment-lacking gossoon
sUyedbInd with the Filipino wo
man. X
"But ha did something evea more
idiotic taga that When the old man
seat a nen-com. and some bucks back
for tha kfcl he was insane enough to
join the anemy the war was still
gong onaown there instead of -just
taking to? the undergrowth' aad stay
ing tharerfo? a spell jmtil the search
for hha as over. They got him by
the time war transport reached the
States. '
"Wen, d'ye know what that nice
looking aad bright kid from Tennes
see is doing now? He's doing 99 years
oa Aleatrfu ialaad for deserting to the
enemy hie court-martlal's sentence
waa death, "but it was changed to 99
years for? him. Did you ever happen
to take a took at Alcatraz? Well, If
you'd ever seen it you'd wonder kow
a white bay from Tennessee boy with
a head, evea if he didn't nave any
sense couUTlet a skinny, mop-haired,
pigeon-toed, rice-powdered Filipino girl
bind him at 'Alcatraz for a dose like
that evea if her eyes were fine!"
Teams That teem Strange.
There are many paxsUng differences
between Scottish sad Eaglish law
terns. For instance, bankruptcy Is
-in Scotlaad "aa act of seguestratJoa."
a solicitor m miner a wnwr or a
"law agent," the argument In n
la the "debate," aad aaataes la
Jary, a wiaagdoer Is a "dellaaneat," ae
idiot ia Scottish law la "a fataoaa
person,- hag a burglary la (with tree
Scottish X caution). "hoaaeBresklag
with aa'aggraTatioa." FlaaUy, aa aa.
tear lay at Bcotiaaa.
writes, hat the v
I tbere a'
m
lYi u- s
--m - tk Mel am
oat ate
that
t Aa coald have
r.
There she stood, phnaly
fore him, aad yet Wahace aid
reach oat aad touch her lei
he '.woke up.
? It waa with a paag that
that'It wasealy a
SSL
that aae waa aot
hot there.
Slowly he palled
thiakiag ever of that face, it
so aear ta ate. Aad yet It
a dream. The laaMaatioa
him, for aow he knew that tt
the face of his Meal.
The face haunted him; he
get it off ate salad- uwmewhere, aaaae
time, he had looked Iato those eyes
before. Bat where where?
AU daring areakfaat he thought of
it, and aow he had suddenly realised
that he knew It, that he waa familiar
with Its every featare.
But who was she? He waa dtaaJy
conscious that he saw that face daily.
Bat why why had ha aever realised
before that this really waa his ideal,
why had he aot thought of It whea
he had seen her. for surely this
the girt the easy one whs
ever ceaM love?
The strangeaeas of the
bothered alas, to' thlak that he
seea this face daily aad aever he
fore had realized that she waa the oae
forwhom he had searched so toag.
He blessed the .dream which had
brought 'the realization aad deterauaa
Uob to find her aad wia her.
Not one face did he mlas on his
ride to the city that morning. He was
certain of finding her somewhere, she
was so familiar. And yet try as hard
as he might, he could remember noth
ng of her except that face, those
-yes which he waa certaia he looked
into daily.
He did aot discover his ideal ea
the car, bat he knew that some tisae
luring the day he would confront her.
rhere could be no doubt of that, aad
is he walked slowly to the oflke he
jegaa building more grand and ex
ravagant air castles than he had yet
illowed himself to ladulge ia.
During the- morning he walked
.hrough the several oMcea where he
vas la the habit of goiag; searchiag
il ways. for the ideal that had been
evealed to him ia the dream, and
ertain that he would find her.
At noon he still was hopeful, and
Uood on the corner before going to
unch ia the hope of ftndiag that
:ace.
"Queer," he mased to himself. "She
nust he somewhere. I'll swear I've
seea that face every day for the
ust six moatha. I wonder where she
caa be?"
The whole moraing had heea wasted
a his. futile search, so that afteraooa
m turned resolutely to hie work aad
washed the face the Meal for the
tisae being..
A stenographer stepped iato his
office, he looked ap eagerly, hoptag.
ver heping but no, it waa aot
she.
Somehow the work would not go
ight and at three Wallace pushed
wck his papers peevishly, closed up
ds desk, and sat dreaming.
His eyes roved about the room ab
stractedly. He left his chair, walked
0 the wiadow, stood pensively lean
Hg on hia elbow, and looking far out
1 ver the city with a vacant .lover's
.jtare.
He mast find that face that Meal.
Hfe could aot work, he coald aot he
iimaelf. without it
Suddealy ate eyes started,' he press
jd his face agaiast the wiadow pane
n his excltemeat, aad stared straight
ahead of him.
Slowly the color left hia cheeks, his
liaads dropped limply to bis sides, his
head bowed, and a sad look came
.nto his eyes as he passed hia cold
land over his feverish forehead.
For there, across the street, oa a
luge signboard, was that face the
deal face a faaclful creation of the
idvertisers' art. paiated ia fiarlag
jotors, and her eyes tiwy were took
ng deep iato hia as he stood there
:urslng the dreanH-the Ideal that
nad caused such havoc la hia heart
REFLECTION.
A scandal has jast as maay version
m there are people who hear about
.L Florida Timee-Uaioa.
If there are no clothes hi heaven.
uaybe there will be ao femlatae aavy
here. N. Y. Press.
We are all compelled ta do a great
:eal of hard marching, bat the vic
torious soldier has aa easier time
A it thaa the soldier amartlag from
iefeat Atchison Globe.
Most couples would be happily asar
.ied If aeither oae of them had aay
relatives. Florida Tiraes-Uaioa.
After a man reaches 19, liviag muat
De a good deal like waitiag to go to a
dentist's to have a tooth pelted.
Atchison Globe.
It must be great to be so rich you
.an tell subscription committees with
jut busting your financial staadiag
that you can't afford to give anything-
N. Y. Press.
Little Pleasure ia It
Mrs. Dawdle Oh, 1 don't like to g-
to that' store. Shoppiag there Is' so
unsatisfactory.
Mrs. Wise Why, they have every
thlag yoa coald possibly seed there.
Mrs. Dawdle That's just it No
matter what yoa ask for' they can suit
you right off. Philadelphia
At the Dog Shew. -
"Yes. it's a atoe exhibit"
"Yoa don't speak very eathasteetic
aUy." "No; I had heard so much about
3cean grey-bounds, seadogs aad dogs
3f war, that I came here especially to
lee some, sad there is aot oaa hare."
-Houston Poet
it "Hew awl he get te
.Had he
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RAIN WAS SURE TO COMsw.
fie Certain That He
wweHffMI"' Wawavtlly lewtpaaBlVVa
A New York maa
summeriag In tki White meuatains,
on his return te towa? toM ef an ea
couater with a New Hampshire fana
er. It was late fat September.' aad it
wna-ainiost time for the eejulaox, or
rilaa storci." as the native js call it
iae city asan was planriag a certaia
trip-on his motor cycle, hat the mora
ing oa which he had heea inteadiag to
start was so- gray aBd overcast that
he felt some hesitation about settiag.
out. He waa trying to persuade hlm
nelf out of this feeling, even though
ids better judgment was agaiast him.
The mountains were veiled ia wreaths
of mist and cloud that had settled
dowa almost to their bases.-' He war
gettlag his wheel ready, whea oae of
the aear-by farmers came ap aad
leaned over the feace. watcatag hha.
"I s'pose ye doa't mind gettln aome
wet," he fiaally laslaaated. "Oh. 1
doat believe If s goiag ta rata." an
swered the optimist jaaatHy. "It
looks a kit threateaiBg. but-I thlak it
will clear ap by. boob, so I'm gohig to
start just the' suae." ' The farmer war
sliest a moment thea he pouted sol
emaly toward the clouds. which had
entirely shut out from view the mighty
mountaia four miles 'away. " "Young
man." he said Impressively as hf
pointed. "Looktkar. When the ctoud
settles down over Kearsarge, God
A'mighty coulda't stop the rata!"
HAD NO USE FOR BAMEffv
Deg latended fa Be the Only Pat in
the H
I awaed abteck aad tea terrier from
1174 te lSfll. I received aim when
eajte a puppy aad. he was. with me
through part of my university aad the
whole of my aeminary terms, ia 1S80
I married aad la 1881 my first child,
was bora. The first time she was;
brought down into, the sitting room I.
like a proud father, took the little oae
in my arm. The dog came hi aad ex
pressed his jealousy by. a series o"
growls aad aa attempt to get at the
child by jumping. I gave him a' hint
with my foot and he walked out of thr
house. We -saw nothing of. him foi
over three months. Oae day while
walking near the outer, part of .the
town where we lived we saw .oJV
Croaker,. aa we called khaw He' took
no-notice of us. but walked straight
to n place where there' was a trim
looking garden and -a aeaMookia?
house. Upon Inquiry we found that it
was inhabited by two elderly splaster
stetera. The dog had gone to them
aad coald aot be induced' to leave. He'
waa determined to avoid a slmilai
danger hi the future. Chicago Trib-
- Wrecks in anFranciece Bay.
What a melancholy sight the bottom
of San Fraaclsco bay must preseat
A diver receatlytold. of goiag dowa
to the City of Chester.-sunk- maay
years ago at the mouth of the -harbor
y oae of the large China steamers.
He descended with a stout heart' aad
a ariad lured to the tragedies of the
sea, but when he saw two sisters of
charity sleeping quietly la their berths,
aad aearby a maa on his knees; away
iag back aad forth with the motion of
the tide, aad a dim, mysterious light
over all the somber objects, his heart
failed him aad he gave the signal to
be healed above. The San Rafael lies
there, toe. She weat dowa la 191.
aeat te the bottom by a collision with
another steamer ia the fog.' The
relentless tide maa over her- 'easy
cabias aad beautiful- stairway, dark
with the passage of time.
Grief aa a Schoolboy. '
Grieg waa aot a pa'ttera schoolboy.'
Ia a description of, his daya at school
he wrote: "Knowing that by arriviag
late I woald aot be allowed to eatei
the class until the cad of the first
lessee, I used, oa wet aaoralaga, to
stand aader a drippiag roof, until I-was
soaked to the skla. . The Blaster thea
seat me home to-ehaage my clothes.'
bat the distance beteg toag thir was
equivalent to giving me n diapenaa
tton! Yoa may guess that I played
tala praak pretty- oftea, but whea at
last I carried it so far as to come-oaa-.
day wet through, though it had hardly
ramed at all, they became suspicious.
and kept a lookout Oae' fine day I
waa caught aad made an iatimate ac
with the birch!" - -
OtO MADE A SENSATION.
Had Caught the Mueic, Bat
Net the Werde.' '
A certaia yeaag TjaKartea aautoter
;s vtoltiBg a ftrtoad aad classmate who
lives ia Rexhary. says the Bostea Her
ald, aad while the two were sitting
le vteitiag
from the west toM tale
first I
mdaa
town salted L s.
dM the aoble work ef harytoae. He
had a voice that could shake saewa
talaa. aad whatever it lacked an aay
other featare It aaaae ap m
He coulaa t read manic aay
he could Eaghah. hat he toaraed at
very .readily. Oae Sagas
te he favored with a uv anthem
cause it was?a special acasiea. 1
the harytoae had eae portion aR
himself. Uafortnaately he had
maay of the practices. The aathean ,
went ajong' excellently aatll R rasas
to a beautiful part whfeh read: Aaa.
dying, bids, us aU aspire. Here the .
rest of the siegers stopped short, ha
that quick, sudden way that choirs
hare, and' la the easatag sti'laeas
sounded the ponderous tones of. the
blacksmith:, 'And dying brides
filled with fire.'"
; " . Polite Englieh tbep Gtrte.
T wish you would Impart mere ffa
'sitae shop girls," said' the Inveterate
chopper., accqrdiag to the New Yarn
Press. "I came across eae yesterday:
I was .buylag a little white eveaiag
dress. There were about a 'hundred''
styles to select from aad I task I
looked at fifty. I looked at se maay .
' that after aa hoar, when I" had at'toaf '
selected oae, I said to her with aa
apologetic laugh: 'I've heea aa awfaf
lot of .trouble te yoa. havea't'l? 1
thiak you'll wish 111 aever. eeme
.sgain. Oadeed. I will-not;' aha an?
3wered in her pretty EagUsh war- 'It
was ao trouble. Noae at all. It
been a pleasure, to 'wait je yoa.' "'.
la the Breslaa Zoological jGardea.a
monkey of rare iatelUgeace waa dte
. covered to he aufferfag'fibaidefectivd.
eyesight, caused 'by a cataract: A sec
reoa' perforated an operntlon reHev-'-
lag thn troaale somewhat, eat
eyes were stiR. Weak, aad it was
elded that the aoakey must
llaases to keep him, from toslag htev
sight eveataally. At first he fought
tha keepers whea they attempted te.
.vat ea the glasses, bat ahimatery ae '
learned the value of the leasee ae.thor
ughly that he aow puts oa ate "specs '
r7ery morning .and lays them In a safe,
lace at night before he geee to.
.:eep. . "
' The First War Bailee. . -la
view of the.auccesa of. the new
artrty airship and the part it 'will
probably 'play la the pent war R la I
interesting to-Bote' that baltooas were
Irst-used la wax as toag ago as 1794.
whea Guy toa "de" Moryeaa made two
ascents and obtala'ed Important" in
formation daring, the battle of Ftoarae.
rheir aext 'appearance was dariag tha
"tattle of Solferuot In 1859. aad.twe
.ears later the federal army employ
ed them near Washlagton. whifethehr
.use for-conveying the mall bags eat
of besieged. Paris to slmoet -too ..well'
known to need .medtioa.' The word
.'balloon, by- the way. baa maay mean
ings, although It te bow alnaost eatire
ly confined -to the-aeronautical aeaee.
OriglBally a .ballooB waa simply s
large inflated ball, like a footbalL-
1 from which it came to be applied to-'
the-game in which it '.waa. used.' A '
large, short-necked . glasa vessel. and'
a .method or training fruit trees are
also .among Its meanings, while the :
king of Slam travete ia hia balloon, .
which' is,- however, a' state barge- ef
gorgeous design: -
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