Which Was
the Coward ? - * * tltltt . ? J
Hob wax flitting on the i > orch looking out
over the bayou , whtsc waters -were spark
ling In the moonlight. Ho was rot feeling
h Pl > y. That was why lie had stayeJ at homo
! one.tjithor than accompany his aimt and
undo to spend the evening In the village.
One of his schoolfellows had tried to pick
& Quarrel with him. The rest had urged him
on 'to ' fight , Ha had refused , giving as his
reason a promise made to his dying mother ,
whoso brother and husband had both fallen
victims lo a quick temper , that ho would
never fight with another except In ? olf-do-
fcnio. At this the other boys had laughed
and called him a coward. Tills was the source
of Dob's trouble "In a nutshell , " and ho
thought It was a pretty hard nutshell , too.
Dtit the worst of H was that ho had. . como
wry near breaking his promise. It had ta
ken all Ills self-control not to spring
Into Hie midst of those thoughtless , Jeering
boys and fight the 'wholo ' lot of thorn. Ho
WAS a newcomer , had only lately como to
live with his aunt and uncle In their Klsr-
Ida. home. The Iboys did not know him very
well , but tome day , when he had a. chance ,
lip would show them that because a boy re
fuses to go Irrto i senseless fight ho need
not b.o a coward.
"Hello , iHob ; pap sent mo over to see If
your uni2lo will lend him the big shears to
ipruno the orange trees In the mrnlng. "
It was John Dunn who spoke , the very boy
nlib had trial to make him flght , and had
called htm a coward ,
'Ulc's In the village , " said. Deb ; "you will
liavo to wall and ask him when he comes
backer else como over In the "
/Crash , .bang , bump , 'the ' clatter of falling
boards , the loud sncrt of a horse , arvj tlio
hiss and roar of something that was not a
horse , whatever It might be. The boys
stared an Instant , then started for the stable
whence came the noise.
"It can't bemy jiaiiy kicking llko that , "
a .
over ngaln called Deb a coward. It , TVA ;
John who had reason now to hang Ills
head.
.1111. ( illAYTOl' .
HIM Olim-iM nll < ; n I'IMIII ( lie
of Walnut * nnil Otlu-r Mutter * .
"Thero arc -doubtless living , " eald Mr.
Graytop , "persons of mature years who re
member cracking wuluuts on a flat-Iron ,
placing the point downward between the
knees and cracking the nuts u-lth n hammer
on the heel of tiio Iron * . Thcro may oven
bo persons who remember turning the ban-
dlo down and crackJng nuts on tuo bottom
of the Iron , when mother wasn't looking.
Tien came the nut cracker , and the old way
of cracking nuts began to Mil Into disuse ,
"It scorns to mo that wo don't crack and
oat walnuts around the flro so much as wo
used to , though perhaps I am mistaken In
that. Tut I am quite sure of tills ; that whllo
the modern nut cracker may save our lingers
some , It oin never have about It the asso
ciations of romance that cluster round the
flat-iron and ] hummer.
"A irran who wanted an apple , and who
was at work at a desk * " a window la the
second story of a bullcMSK In the city did
not , as It might bo supposed ho would do ,
got up and put on his hat and go down to
the ntrcet In search of a vender ia get one.
What he did do was to throw up the window
by his slJo ani rising , throw on-e 'foot ' out
I
gasped Hob , "for he Is sick , and .can't even
stand up. "
A threatening hiss greeted them as 'they
reached the stable door , or what was loft of
It , arjS then whack , within a few Indies of
lidb's logs , came a. flcrco iblow from the tall
of an alligator. Another vicious blow brought
down the door post and a shower of beards
that fell rattling around and over the mon
ster
In the light of the full mr.on , and tint In
Florida IB wondrously bright , the boys could
ueo tbo alligator lying clrso to the pony ,
which was struggling vainly lo get on It ?
feet. The huge reptllo was roaring nn < i
lashing Its tall In a rage at being disturbed ,
anil was plainly hesitating which to attack
first , the boys or the pony.
"Jerusalem ! " gasped John , "that's the big
man eater they've been trying to catch thCHO
three years. Come , let's run. He'd Just as
lelf eat us as look at us. Run , run , lio'll get
us Instead of the pony. "
Without a backward glance John lied as
fast as his legs would carry him.
"Which of us Is the coward now ? " shouted
L Dob. A big polo stood against the wall. lie
i seized It , and leaping over the ruins of the
doorway got Insldo the stable just as the
alligator made n plunge toward the pony ,
tearing the flesh on Its Hank. The pony
kicked. In Ha terror and agony , and by good
luck one of Us hoofs struck tlw monster full
In one of Its eyes.
Hearing with pain , It whirled round and
tried to ntrlko the pony with Its tall. Instead
It struck and crushed an Intervening post ,
bringing down a lot of boards and shingles.
For a few moments Bob could not sec either
pony or reptllo , both bolng covered by the
debris. The alligator was wild with pain and
rage , the pony wild with pain and fear , and
such a squirming and tussle as they kept up
under all that mass of timber was never
seen before. *
The Hall tall of the alligator sent the small
boards and shingles ( lying Into a shower
around bravo Bob , as ho stood watching
a chance to strike. The moment the mon
ster's bead emerged from the debris the
sharp pointed polo went well down Into Its
HH LAY INSENSIBLE AOUOSS THE
SIONSTEU.
open Jaws. Its sudden sldo leap gave a jerk
to the polo that sent Deb ( lying upwards ,
turning a somersault that landed him peril
ously near that lashing tall. A swift roll
over and over and the brave Bob sprang to
liln feat , nothing daunted ,
The snapping ja\ss wore fast making
Iclndllug wood of 'the pole , so Bub ran to
the wooOihea near by and snatched up an
ax. The powerful tall was playing a flurco
tattoo among the splintered boards , tliu
cruel JIM were almost free from the polo ,
but Bob , coal and calm , waited his chance
* nd brought the ax down on the alligator's
head , It was a lucky blow , for It etruclc
the uninjured ejo and completely blinded
Us owner.
HUelng , roaring , Its tall lashing , Its fierce
Jaws snapping , the reptllo plunged forward
and frem ] Itself from the mass of wreckage.
Tills was Just what Bab wanted. Down came
( ho ax with a right good will on that lor-
rlblo tall. The llrst blow disabled It. A
eocoad uud a third completely severed It.
Dawn cainu the an ngaln and again , now un
the armor-eaaed body , now on the head ,
now on tlio lifga , A few momenta more anil
the hugo reptllo lay dead.
When Hob's uncle and aunt got home
they found him lying Insensible across the
mounter he had ( lain , not hurt , but overcome -
como by oxh&untlon and excitement. Neither
wo hi * pony Btrloitsly Injured ,
The alligator measured fifteen feet In
length , in | in stomach were found two tin
can * , three llghtwood knots , a man's leather
* boa with tlio foot bone * still In It , some
piece * of a clay plpo and a portion of a
cloth vent , with tli" buttons on It. John
Dunn hod * pokcn tlio truth. It was really
the itme "mancator" for whoso capture
hunt after hunt hod be no uiado without auc-
Vai.
Vai.Hut
Hut the beat of It nil wiui that no ooe
THE SHARP-POINTED POLD WENT WELL.
' DOWN INTO ITS OPEN JAWS.
upon the coping that projected just under his
uludon' and over the door and windows of
i tlio llrst story. Looking down. Jie caw In the
street bslcw , directly In front of the building ,
a licensed vender with n push cart full of
apples. To him lie said 'HI ! '
"Tho push cart man looked up ; the man
above patsed downa r.'lckel , which lanJed
square In the center of the cart. It seemed
as though the vender knew ithls second
story customer , for , without a word , he se
lected three fine red apples which he- threw
one after auot'lier , to the man above , who
aiught them skillfully and .then disappeared. "
"In n city street the other day , " Mr. Wln-
gleby said. "I aiw stanSiug over a sidewalk
grating , through which came a current of
hot air from some onglno room below , a llt-
tlo girl. In winter you see boys standing
or Ijing on such ! gratings to get warm ; this
llttlo girl was standing there for the fun
of seeing her oklrts round up like a bal
loon.
i "When I was a boy , when schools were
I heated iby furnaces with hot-air registers
i In the floor ua I euppose many nro still
| the girls used to flock over the registers to
I got warm when they came Into school on win-
j ter mornings ; no boy could get near a regis
ter when the girls stood on It.
I "I ifever lest but one umbrella whoso loss
i disturbed me , " Eald Mr. Wlngloby , "and
that one I lost overboard on a fishing excur
sion. Umbrellas lost ashore are of some use
to someboJy , but I didn't see what possible
use that umbrella could beto tbo fishes. "
N A5OTIIKK LOOKS.
Ix-tchwoith Smith In A Tiup Republic.
I 'member suuh a lot of things
That happened lonp ago ,
When mo an' Jim was C years old
An' now we're ten or t > o.
Cut those I remember beat
Tliu ones I 'rnoat can set1
Are the things thnt used to happen
When mother' looked nt me.
One tlmo In church , when me an' Jim
Was Hnlckerln' out loud
Tlio minister was prayin' 'nn
The peoplo'H lioadn wan bowed
Wo had the blKKCHt kind of jolto
About n bumblebee.
But things got rjulet rather quick
When mothuri looked at mo.
And then there's sometimes when I thlnlc
1'vo lind such lots 'of fun
A-goln' In' a Hwlmmln1 with the boya
Down there by J.ones1 run ,
Hut when 1 cet back homo again
Just 'bout In time fop tea
Thorn's a kind of dlffcr'nt feeling comes
When mother looks at me.
That tlmo whPn I was nwful sick.
An' the doctor shook his head ,
An' every tlmo pa come around
HlH even wan wet nn' red ; '
I 'member her hands on my fuco ,
How soft they used to be
Somehow the pnlu Deemed easier '
When mother looked at me ,
It's funny how It makes you feel
f nln't afraid of her. i
Sho'H about tliu nluest person
You'd find most anywhere , ;
nut the qutereflt sort of feeling ,
As queer IIH queer can be.
Mnkpa everything neem different ' ,
When mother looku at me.
IMIATTIiH OlTHi : YOUXOSTKItS.
One of Omaha'g llttlo tots 3 years old ,
hearing her grandma and mamma talking
of Thanksgiving day , realizing from the con
versation that It meant a good d'aner , such
cs grandma gets up , said to her mamma :
"When will Thank God's dayi 'bo hero ,
mamma ? "
Ho waa a small boy not euch a very
small lioy In an out-of-town school. Ho
had written a composition. It was upon
the subject of dogs. Now the teacher of the
school as a man , dad ho was rot popular.
Ho wa what the boya calloil "mean. " They
dlsllKed him thoroughly , from Iho Upa of
hu fihlulns shoes to the ends of hla pompa-
aour-combed hair. In tlio composition there
was a story of a dog. It was the story of a
very mean , dog. and as the composer of the
literary effort came to the. last lice he read
It emphatically and with great diatlnctuess
of uttciunco , and thd hearts of all the other
Binall boys In the room , as the-y listened ,
quaked , half with delight , and half with
fear , knowing what wan to follow , and gaz
ing , fascinated , at the upright colffuro of the
master , as the reader ended : . "And that
dog was BO mean that his hair stood on
end. "
Llttlo B-year-oId Helen wa , lecturing her
coualn , au AJelbert freshman , on the evil *
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"Why , " she said , "a blR boy llko you
shouldn't bo so foolish , I'd be ashamed to
have so much fooll. > hne j about me. "
"Why do you call him foolish ? ' Inquired
her uncle.
"Just 'causo ho Is , " said Helen. "Why , If
ho keeps on lio'll bo most half as foolish aa
his father. "
And the poor uncle hadn't a word to say.
A charming young matron of the upper
Sixth district Is the mother of six lovely
children , all girls , sayfl the New Orleans
Times-Democrat. A few evenings ago , after
dinner , whllo eoatcul around the hearthstone ,
eho and her husband became reminiscent , re
lating many happy episodes which occurred
during that bllHsful period nearly all young
pecylo know when they were ongaged. That
the llttlo group listened with lively atten
tion was fully demonstrated the next day bj
a conversatlcn between one of tbo younger
children and a new wood vendor who had
recently moved Into the neighborhood and
came around soliciting orders. The door boll
rang , and ana of the children , Anita , not
walling for the sonant to answer , went to
the- door herself , when the following dialogue
took plare :
Wood Vendor Good morning , llttlo girl ,
Is your mother engaged ?
Anita ( with astonishment ) Engaged ! Why ,
my mamma Is married , and has six children.
IJxlt wood vendor In confusion , amidst roars
of laughter from the older children , who
were listening behind the door.
Llttlo Johnny was 8 years old , therefore
ho could look back to several Christmas hall-
days with a lively retnembranco of what
they were like , and what had taken p'.ace on
these festal occasions.
Ono of Johnny's Ideas ( not original with
Johnny by any means , OH many a parent can
testify ) was that It Is a boy's mission to make
as much ciolgo as iiosslblo In tbo world , and ,
In spite of frequent admonishing and moro or
lets frequent whippings , ho persgverlngly car
ried out the Idea on all occasions , except when
ho uas atlcep.
Johnny \\as fulfilling lib mission with moro
vigor and enthus'asm ' than usual en Christmas
morning , relates Harper's Magazine , but no
body paid any attention to him except his
Aunt Jane , who was visiting Johnny's parents
during tbo holidays , and nbo filially grew
tlrod of tbo noise and said :
"Johnny , It Is very naughty to keep up such
a din and racket all the tlmu nnrt If you don't
stop It I fihall liavo to cpcak to your mother
nbaut It. "
"Huh ! Wet good'll that do ? " scornfully
demanded Johnny.
"Why , she will whip you If you don't stop , "
threatened the young man i aunt.
"Guesa m > U" retorted Johnny , with an air
of triumph. "Chrls'mas ain't my day for
glttln' whipped. I allora git whipped the day
before Chrls'mas and the day after , but I
never do on Chrls'mas. "
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JIUIjIllAY JOY. ; I
Wnshlneton Star.
It was , ohortly after Cnrlstmas and the
other suit of clothes
Was donnud Inxtetid of ho'.lduy nrray.
And thoughtH of sordid cares , llko shadows ,
once apraln arose
To illm the memories bright of Christmas
day ,
When a sudden joy < A cut through me. Prom
the corner of my vest ,
To awaken mo from musings that grow
sad ,
I brought , from weeks It might huvo been
from many months of rest ,
The dollar that 1 didn't know I had ,
Llko the nugKot which'Gleainw yellow on the
Im'.f-desiialrliif. eya
Of the miner who so long has tolled in
vain ; H
Llko tbo Ball that , ' " sqen at last against a
blank and cruel iky
From the fragile raft adrift upon the
main : '
Llko the butterfly that flutters , with a fas
cinating fpoll , '
Through the hourrf in hen slilno and roscn
inaclo us clad , ,
A thing of radiant beauty , from Its daik ,
unnoted cell ,
Came the dollar thn.t I didn't know I hud.
i
And the faces pictured on It grew beneficent
and kind , '
As tlio unfamiliar features caught my
glance ,
And they granted an , exemption from the
penaltloH wo find ,
When the fiddler /mist / bo paid by those
who dance. '
How visions of email luxuries , dismissed
with stefn resolve ,
In economic righteousness full sad ,
Cumo back , like gay kaleidoscopic figures to
revolve
'Hound the dollar1 thnt I didn't know I had.
Jltu-UliMi'H A nil rji Siilvc.
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In Cllntcci , Mass. , a newly wedded couple
and their friends eat out on their wedding
journey In a coach whicli bore tlio placard ,
"Just Married. " i i
THIS HIM TIMISItS.
There Is a peddler In New York who has
recently acquired a third set of natural
teeth and Is about to celebrate the event
by getting married.
Dr. Miner Raymond , who died lately In
Chicago , was said to bo the oldest theologi
cal dtudent In this country. Ho began HIo
as a shoemaker and ended as the head of
tbo Garret Illblican institute of tlie North
western university.
A Uoston girl wants { 50,000 because aNew
Now Yorker refuses to marry her after
promising to do so. The defendant's solo
excuse Is that lite prospective mother-in-
law always insisted on klsslpg him good
bye whenever ho called.
Ex-President James H. Falrchlld ot.Ober-
lin college celebrated his SOth birthday on
Thanksgiving day. At the time of his rcalg-
nutlon , In 1881) ) , ho waa said to bo the old
est colltgo piciildent In point of length of
sorvlco In the United States.
Levl H. Paxson has been fifty years
In the service of the Philadelphia & Uead-
'cis Hallroad company. Ho began as a
brakeman of a ecu I train , and is now at 70
years of age superintendent of motive power
and equipment of the entile system.
Admiral of the Urltish Fluot Sir Henry
Kcppel , now In the 89th year of his ago and
the seventy-sixth of his service , has lately
undergone a serious operation , but his flplcn-
did constitution has halted him through , and
at laU accounts ho Mas making good progress
toward recovery.
Joseph P. Elitt , aged 83 , has Just been
'admitted .to the bar at Evansville , Ind. Ho
has been for Hovcral years a Juatlco of the
peace , but had never studied law until ho
was elected to that olllco. The only member
of the bar In .Indiana who has moro years
on his fihnuhlern 1s Colonel Ulck Thompson
of Terre Haute.
Roger Smith Howes has been an official
of the town of Moscow , Me. , for fifty years ,
and for a long time has boon town collector.
Hu makes his rounds on foot , though now
upward of threescore and ten , and ho nays
hu expects to servo the town until ho Is
100.
100.Mra.
Mra. Ann J. Stiles , who erected Stllea Hall
at a cojt of $31,000 for the religious and
eoclal uses of the students of the University
of California , dlc4 recently In Ilerkelcy at
the 4ge of 81. Mrs. Stiles was born In
Mlllbrae. Moss. She has lived In California
elnco 1SCC ,
The combined ages of elx men who acted
as lull bearers at the funeral of Jarm-a
Orlgbby ( himself 95 years old ) at Grace
MethoJlat Episcopal church. Indianapolis ,
was 493 yearn. Tbo men and their age *
are a follows ; T. it. Chill , 0 ; J , 1 < \ Daugh.
erty , 85 ; G. W. Ilyan , ; D. G. Kern , 70
U. Shearer , 77 , and J. L. Avery. 2.
Andrew Ilravo died a few days ago al
Hlllavllle , Mass , Ho was a wealthy and ec
centric man , and had built for himself
twenty years ago a tomb In Pine Grove cem
etery , where his body was laid. His coflln
was ready and the ceremonies prepared. Ho
had oven selected the text from which his
funeral sermon was preached and had Indi
cated tlio form of service which he desired
should bo used.
Lawyer Lorrn ! Andrews of New York City
has applied for a charter for the Jilted
Lovers' club , an organisation compcood of
young1 men of various ages and complexions
\vlio bivo a common sorrow. No one will
bo eligible who baa not been "trun down"
by t'oino ' candid and unreiultng ] ! female.
The members of the Jilted Lovers' club be
lieve that no tie can bind men clo.ior than
the bond of mutual disappointment In love.
A letter from Cadiz , 0. , says : "J. II.
Wharon and wife of Tippecanoe will celebrate -
brato their golden wedding anniversary next
week by n big family gathering. W L.
Miller and wife will celebrate the fiftieth
anniversary of their marriage on next Tues
day. John Patterbon and wife , of near
Corihoctcia , celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary today by a gathering of 150
friends and relatives at their home. "
In a lonely spot In the extreme south
west portion of Indiana Is the quiet and
eecluded homo of "Aunt" lietty Howling ,
who celebrated her 101st birthday a few
weeks ago. She Dot only bears tliu distinc
tion of being ono of the very oldest persons
In Indiana , but the more unique distinc
tion of being the oldest old maid in Amer
ica. "Auut" Detty , as ho Is familiarly
known , was born In Kentucky la the year
1786.
1786.Tho
The growing popularity of Tbamkeglvlng
day as a day on which to marry Is Illus
trated by the Issuing of seventy-five mar
riage licenses In Plttsburg and 100 In St.
Louis , It Is a capital Idea , this uniting two
happy days , lor , as one of the St. Louis
papers points out , the marriage ceremony
opens up a long vista of recurring thanks
giving , bared upon the one bllHsu ( ) < stcp HO
wisely taken on that day a continuous grat
itude finding Its annual climax on the great
American holiday.
His grace of Manchester , who recently
nought , 'but ' failed to secure , matrimonial
alliance with two Immensely wealthy Amer
ican girls flr.H with Miss Astor and then
with Miss Goolet has been ordered Into
quod for default In payment of a livery
bill of | 250 , The genlleman with a slraw-
berry-leaf coronet Is In a predicament simi
lar to that of Iho Individual who , digging
for a woodchuck , was asked If ho thought
ho would get It. aud answered : "del ill
I've got to get it. We're out of meat. "
NEW
COLLAR
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I will glartlv f cm ! In uny sum rcr In n plnla t ruled
I'nvelopu I'llltH u pri'scrlpllon with full dim- ,
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! gS DO Vd'J KNOW
DR. FELIX LEJJRUN'S
Steel I Pennyroyal Treatment
is tbo original f ml only F1IKNCH.
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Mycri-Ulllon urua Co. . ti. E. Cor ICIh und Tar-
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Absolutely Cured In from Three to'
Right Days by the use of the I'aniou * "
The Greatest
Hair Tonic Known.
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COKE CHEMICAL WORK ,
171173 Randolphilroct , Chicago , Ills.
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