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To Slctp,
O winged sit tp, dear sun of dnwfy n ,bt
Aii'l holy silence, born upon a hill
Aii rrad'cd in the crimson popples till
'J I-.y infunt heart was full of ull delight !
O sleep, tliog languid cha.er of (be ligbt,
iiiii to me now mi pinions broad and still
Ai:d r row ii my brow Willi kisses sweet,
r 11 J tliri.l
My rrslliss bruin wild shadows ( xutfitr.
II cat he on niinoryis with liillufiici kind,
Hiii-ldhijt my lnul upon your balmy
breast.
Till I i-liull lie, like an. Cupid, blind
A ii J sunk into nu c. stacy of rest,
Then let draw near nu borne iip.-n Ibe
wind.
fn eel vision nf line love and all thine.
h'ist.
-I from the Persian.
The Hero of the Stampede.
in iiiuma i. MuNrroiir.
in 1 1 io jrnr I" i was employed as
n liri'ilri' hi Mrii ill's ranch, out in
Western Iv.'iii.i-. Ours wr.s ono of
ill J liio-l extensive, lunches in flic
Male, n ii -1 ilic.o was quite a lilllc
ai my of n rn ami ho; s in connection
villi il. One of I lie duties wild which
Mo were charged win thutof Kropiiiy
(he range, which was government
In ml, frou of seniors.
"When j on ;.ce a covered wagon,"
said our milliliter, "keep your eye. on
il, mill hike i iiiu ih.it it don't stop on
our grazing lands."
'Hut f-ii iiusu. " questioned one,
"Iho owner of a wagon should refuse
to move mi, Ihi'ii what are wc lu
do?''
"I guess there's, ctiouch of us hero,"
replied 1 lie maunder, "lo sec that he
does move. If any mini tliouid he
foolhardy enough lo r rjiiut line after
bt-iug no ilied not lo il' hi, it will lio
Oil!- business lo lull! him out. We'll
Kill his hoists, I ill ii his wagon, uud,
if he's very obstreperous, we'll hunt,'
Iii in u litllo Our instructions from
Mr. Mcirill mo lo Keep this range
clear of n il lora, and we've got lo do
it or e!rr lose our jobs."
I ditl not look wiili favor on this ar
rangement, uud neither did the ma
jniity of the herders. O.ir sympathies
weri! wiih llie poor home-sit kerb, aiid
wc knew ihnt both the law jiiiiI i.-f
gave I lie lit the. right lo own tlio laud
(if which our i.iugo was composed.
However, wt: it i i nothing a I the tiuia,
lull roiiliiiiiL'il ai out our du it?.
) lining the next uionlli several
wagons tlrove across our range, hut
none, of ihem hulled within our limit
Then one day , hili; in Iho afternoon,
there rame an old canvas-covered
wagon, dilapidated to I he last degree,
drawn hy a span of poor, bony horns
that i oiild srarrclv more 1 1 1 ri t rrcrp.
saw the poor mil lit t rawling along
the edge of the limber and I watched
it unlit 1 enw it halt ul it point less
tin. ii u fourth of n mile from llie ranch.
J saw u mall come out of the wagon,
nnd tiller looking iihout for a iiiiuute
or to, juut't't'd In ii ii It i i 1 his l am and
turn llirm out It. gnue. I fell it my
duty lo w in ii him lo nunc on, mi 1
roth; down In I he wagon for that pur
pose. The man was n tall, lhiut
fickly-looking person w ho"' surround
ings pi oeliiiint d him a ic i i in of ex
treme jiovoily. I w an I , 1 1 1 1 c . I hy his
nppeitrancc, nud as gently as 1 could,
I informed him of tin; Heredity of
immedialely vacating the spot. As 1
spnko Ids pale, sharp features lighted
up with tlio lire of indignation, and in
reply ho said :
I've made my last iii"r, unless
I'm driven by force. I've been run
about from place, to place by tho cal.
lictneii till I've, pit nothing left, and
I'm tiled of it. This laud is open for
settlement and 1 have a right in a
rlnini here, ami I propose to have il."
"Hut you can't hold il," I reasoned.
"They'll burn your w ngon and Kill
your horses."
"dust let them try il," he replied,
laying his hand on u pistol which hung
at hi eido. "I'vo is A this left, and
I'm desperalo enough to use it. Some
df them wouldn't burn any more
W ago iii."
1 reasoned with tint iiia i a best I
could, bill he refused l move on, and
at last I turned away from him hoping
)iia presence might not be noticed that
evening by any of mir people, ami
that by tho following morning lie
might see the w inlom of moving on.
I hut) only gone n short distance
when I mil it little hoy running acrosa
llie pruirie, and as ho stopped lo ad
mire my gaudy "cowboy" iilliie and
trappings, I spoke to him and imke I
his name.
"I'm Johnnie Merrill," he answered.
"Me'n my pa just came down here to
day, an' my pa he's gone lo look tit
the cattle an' I'm goiu' down there lo
that wagon. My pa ho owns this
ranch, you know, an' he let me come
down hero w iih him this time."
"I bad not gone far, after leaving j
the boy, w hen 1 met n man cauteiing
along on horseback, and a be was a I
all anger, aud well d essed, I rightly j
Ju Ige.l thai he was Mr. Merrill, du-l j
a wo met he happened to notice the
old wagon, and reining in his horse,
he said :
Wlnil is that over there by the
limber? '
A home s-1 ker,'' I replied.
"Oh, a tipialicr, eh? Well, go over
and (ell him to move on."
"I'vo nlieiidy warned him," I
answered.
"Is lie going away, then?''
"I don't know. Ho is very poor,
and is very sick, but I think he'll go
tomorrow."
Mr. Merrill aw ul once thai I was
attempting to hcrccn the man, and
with a lias' i of auger ho said:
'You L'o down and Icil the boys
thai 1 mid that sijuutlcr iiiiiU not be
there at sundown. J you under
stand nie?''
"I du," said I, as I tin ned away.
I rode leisurely down in the direc
tion of llie lit i d nnd I found the boys
working the caltlo back toward I he
ranch.
"There's goiir to he a storm," old
JUe Sampson announced a I rodo up.
"These blamed cattle air the most
reslless uii' oncasv ciillers I ever see,
uii' (hat's a shore sign somethiii' i.
brewiiv' in Iho air. For a cent the
whole pack of 'cm 'ud go on a stam
pede." I informed old Ike, who was the
lender among tho "boys," of what
Merrill had said, nud the whole force
gathered around (o listen. I also told
of my interview with the Hiiatter.
Old Ike scratched hi head for a mo
ment, then slowly mid:
"Wul, lieie's a nice nics, shore.
I'm ngiu i-1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 ' tliciu scttlcis t il in
any scth way, but I reckon wo'll haft
to do it. Orders ii order, an' we've
got lo obey or else hunt lino her job."
That's a fact," replied J.ibe Mor
gan. "The feller has got to go, or
el-e we've got lo go.''
"Yep,'' agreed Ike. "Thai's the.
i?e an' shape of it. Ibtt, by gum, it
mayn't he no easy matter to tiol that
clia,- off. lie 'pears sorter game, an'
like enough he'll pump some of it-,
full of lead."
Tho boys" were still discussing
tin: matter, when before we were
baldly aware of it the. whole herd
broke into a stampede and went crash
ing awny, hugging close to the limber
and making tho verv earth tremble be
neath Iheir feet. Directly toward the
fcp j il at t ei'd wagon Ihey went, nud it
was a sight to sicken one when ho
looked upon that vast sea of cattle and
realized how iriesislible was the mad
lush, and how defenseless was niiyouo
who stood in the way. I knew that
tho old wagon and its foments would
be literally blotted out of existence,
anil I knew no mcuiia of escape for
llie poor sipiaitcr.
Merrill saw the stampede and eamo
riding down towards u but all at
once he stopped ft? if rooted lo Ihu
ground. Hi was near me, and I saw
n tlealhly whiteness come to his face
while he. stared fixedly in Iho direction
of llie wagon. 1 looked, loo, and at a
glance I comprehended it all. Mer
rill's little boy had evidently stalled
awa from tint wagon, ai d having
gone a do7fti yards or so, had slopped
directly in the track of the cattle, lie
stood gaiug a'. Ihu adviricing herd,
making no elloi t to escape, and it
seemed inevitable that hn inii-t ho
trampled lo deiith in another minute.
To attempt tho child's rescuo was
useless, for wo were uoar a half mile
away from him while the catilo were
but a few yard.-., and long before wo
could havo reached him the mad herd
would have swept by.
"My tioil. men," Merrill cried,
"can't something bo done to save my
child' It's awful, awful!"
On and on swept llie herd. I.es
I ban twenty steps lay between the j
child ami dcstruclitu. We held our I
breath and waited in terrible suspense. '
Merrill covered his eye.- uud groaned ,
in the deepr-t anguish. A moment '
passed. Then a murmur of applause
ran throughout our circle a nun iniir
scarcely more than a w hisper. Another
moment of suspmiFe. then a shout 1
long. loud, and hearty. The child '
w as safe.
The sipiaitcr had come mound Ibt
wagon, nnd at the risk of his own lift' ,
bail saved llie child. He had ill-lied I
forward and snatched llie boy from
under t .ic feel of the cattle, anil run- j
liiug back a few steps hud taken slid-
(or In hind a tree, pushing the boy up 1
among the boughs beyond danger. i
Another minute ami the licit) had j
passed, and wo were on the spot.
The child was unhurt, but the squatter
was less fortunate. He was bruised
ativl lorn by the horn-, and hoof, of
Iho cattle that passed near linn. The
tree was smalt ami uilordcd him but
partial protection, and oucj or Iwicu
h': was knocked dow n His injuries,
however, were not serious, as wo
were all glad lo know, and none of us
more glad than Merrill.
When tho squatter's eyes wandered
(o the ( pot w here his wagon hud been,
ami he saw the complete w reck of all
his possessions, he groaned and a dim
ness came to his ryes.
"It's all right, my friend," said
Merrill, laying his hand gently on tho
man's shoulder; "you shall lose noth
ing. You shall have a claim here ami
I w ill make up lo you leu times over
all you have lost. You shall mak
the ranch your homo."
Merrill kept ids promise?, and after
tho squatter had selected a claim he
helped him to build n hull so and fur
nish it, and besides loaned him money
to scud back eut lo pay pussago for
bis wife and children.
The employes of the ranch made up
a purse to present the sijitattcr, and
when the donations were all ill it was
found that we had the neat little sum
oft?l:)0. "K.iiough," as Ike Miid, "to
sorter bridge over in cum.1 o' sickne.-s
or gomethiiiV' Old Ike put the money
in u purse, and labelc I it. w ith a card
on w hich ho had scraw led with a pen
cil these word? :
"A present from the cowpuuclipis
of Merrill's ranch to iho man who,
though a sipintter, i a belter man than
any of us."'
Tho purse w as duly presented to ilio
squatter, with a lit t lo presentation
speech from Ike which was as unique
as appropri de.
F.vcry man cm tho ranch received
strict orders from Merrill not to molest
or iiilcif. re in any way with any
houie.-eeker who happened to sliiko
our pail of Iho coun'ry, and wo never
did from that day. I Detroit 1'reo
I'ress.
4 ii elephant Thai Coubl t'onnt.
Mr. Arthur I .'lay sends the follow
ing iii.-t.uicQ of I he sagacity of the ele
phant. It was lold me, he tays-, by
Mr. tiiuy, at t lie lime a iioii comuiia
sinned idhVcr in the first battalion of
i
j the. tiviieth rillc, but now ono of her
majc-ly' violin n of the guard. In
IS.'.I his regiment was inarching from
IVshaw ur lo KopuUic and was accom
panied l.ya train of elephants. It was
j ll.e duly of the mak out iii charge of
each elephant to picpare twenty chu-
i patties, or tint cakes made of coarse
i Hour, for his chirrge. When Iho twen.
ly chupatiies were ready, they were
placed before tho elephant, who dur
ing the process of counting niver at
tempted lo touch ono of them until the
full number was completed.
I hi the occasion related by Mr. Quay
one of the elo hauls had seiotl Ibo
opportunity of his mahout's intention
bring distracted for a moment lo steal
and swallow one of tho chupatiies.
When the mahout, having finished the
preparation, begun lo count them out,
be of course discovered the theft, ami
presented his charge with nineteen in
place of the usual number. The ele
phant instantly appreciated the fact of
(hero being one less than ho had a
light lo evpeel, and refused lo (ouch
them, cxprcsdu',' his indignation by
loud Irumpelings. This brought tho
conductor of the elephant line, (with
whom Mr. (,iiay had been in conversa
tion) on the scene. Having heard llie
e iinaii hi of the mahout (he con
dm lor decided (hat the mahout was in
fault for not keeping a belter lookout,
and ordered him lo provide tho
twentieth eaue al bin own cost. Whim
this w us prepared and added to tho
pile the elephant al oneo accepted and
ale them. Spectator.
Makes Mums Almost Indestructible.
(lerinun chemist claims to havo
discovered a prcparut ion, which, ap
plied to iho soles of boots and shoes,
increases their wearing cpialitics from
,'tiio io Kfio per cent. The soles are
supposed In become more flexible by
(lie process, and poorly tanned leather
alter being s..h.r led lo it is said lo
ticiomo a-, good as the best leather
made. The solo treated w ilh this prep
arat ion becoiucs w at ei proof. A not her
invention hai.iug from lieruiany is thn
titling of shoe lace, from scrap leath
er, hy which (,n the smallest dealer
is said to be enabled lo apply his ollal
In this use. Tlio iiiarliinii is simple
uud iut xpensixe. Setups of nil shapes
can be utilized, the o nation consist
ing simply of putting thn leather in
position and thru drawing it from tho
other side until the material is used up.
The plate of the machine i, piov itlt d
Willi time holes " adapted as lo se
cure pel feci rounding of the laces
w hich pass through Ihem. The knife,
is adjustable and permit of ciuting
with etptal easo from the lines! lo the
thickest work. t Iih ago News.
A I lllte t linage.
Old I i 'iend I on't mi remember
sweet Alice, w ho danced w ilh delight
when you gave her a smile, and
tumbled with fear al your frown?
Mr II. Holt, dr. Oh, yes. Mio
doesn't c io a cent for my smiles or
flow lis cither now. Wc'ro maiiied.
- New York Wccklv
(HILMEVS COI.l'MN.
WUAI TltrV SAT.
f rickets chirp, "Hello! Hello'
Sua will shine. I tell you so.''
Katydid of habit strict
Makes a point to contrudjet.
Locusts whirr, all In a tnarni,
"bis ten! 'Twill be vc--ry wnrm!''
Trrr-toad thinks that's cmse to fn I,
W lilacs: ''Noheatl I want It wet.''
JltillfroK's voice is thick :md lourso:
J.n.y thim.' croaks, ' ('lit m riiss!-'
I.ark -alla from the sunlit sky.
"I'll reach Heaven by and by.'1
liaby luulic, a merry cmw,
' Ttp.iusl c.jiucfryiu there. yu know."
M. Ni.holaa.
MOTIII.K OK PEAK!..
These shells aro colluded in great
numbers in Iho tropical sas, chiefly on
tho coast of Ceylon, .Mani.la, ( uha,
Panama nud the South Sea Island.
Those from I'umnnu arc small and
thick and aro know n in commerce ns
bullock shells." Those from Manilla
arc liiicst in quality, oftvii ns much as
n foot in diameter, round and flat.
There aro two varieties, Iho white or
siivcr-lipped, and the black-lipped.
I. irge quantities of these sh lis are
consumed in making card cases,
handles, of knives and parasols nnd in
inlaying fancy woodwork, but by far
t!.e greater portion is required for the
manufacture of bullous.
At Jerusalem there is a considerable
trade in ca! ving mid eugrav iug mother-of-pearl
shells, which are sold to vis
itors m souvenirs. Those tire known
as "pilgrim shell.-," uud Ihu subjects
illu-tialed upon them, as a rule, hear
6oiiie I Talion lo ibc incidents in the
life of Christ. Tie! t liincso carve
quaint devices in the same material,
iiinl in s inn: eastern countries the
lurgsT shells are Used in t lie construc
tion of Incises, panels, w jndow blind",
etc., being made of llieiii In milled oil
a flaming of wood.
In fact, limy mo among the most
useful us well as the most beautiful of
Iho very largo shell laiuily. Detroit
Fico I'n ss.
A TOI tlllNti Lllltr IINMiAI.
I.ililii Mabel is a bright, l-vahlc
Ilrooklyn gill, who makes pets of
bird-. Canaries aro her delight nud
mocking birds her passion.
Among hcrcolledion w as a splendid
specimen of the somewhat i.'iro Ori
ental pagoda inina. Ho tv.is a black
pliiinnged liulc fellow, wiih a shrill
voice and vicious manners. Ho was
not a songster, hut nu almost incoin
parable mimic. Xo sound seemingly
reached his ears (hat ho did not try lo
reproduce, and his cll'orts, if not ul
ways successful, were (cilaiuly gro.
lesque.
When Mabel was a baby (ill old sea
r.'iptuiu on returning from a vouigo lo
tho Indies broiighl the bird with him.
Il was a gifl for Maiiel and was at
once installed in a bandsomo cage.
This w as hung in the parlor, and l here
ho cliutlcred, squeaked and whistled
all day. Among hU most iierur.ilo
imitations were tho mewing of a cut,
the rih s of slreet venders, the haisli
lit icrances of a big African ;;ray par
rot in the dining room of the house
and scraps of conversation.
hen .Mabel mado her appearance
in the pailor every morning .lack
Haltered about his cage in evident de
light and in his loudest, shrillest loins
w mild exclaim ;
"M'o'ii, M ihel," and mo liltlo girl
always rr wauled him with a lump of
sugar or a bit of cuke, which Jack
would devour with much relish.
For live years .lack was the life of
that home, but ono morning when Ma
iiel came iulo the parlor .lack was si.
lent. To bit sine, he was upon (he
pi i cli in bis cage, but his fc .tilers
wcni mill d, bin eyes closed, bis
head drooped nud he w as mot ionics,.
Mabel's fi antic entreaties evoked no
le-ponsu from him. .lack was dead.
That al'tei noon a tearful lilllc group
of mourners stood beside a shallow
grave at ihe foot of the flow tr garden.
I'apa, malum i, uiit Flsio and M d I
formed Iho group. Aunt l lsie held a
liny pasteboard box in her hand It
w us .lack's collin. 'tenderly she placed
it in its tomb and papa, w ith a single
shovelful of t'iii t Ii, shut it from v'n w
No wolds went said, bill Ihu tents that
ft II w ci o mailt .
flei all tin other mourners
had gone away Main I I villained and
liupctcc ived by any one p'aivd at the
head of her pel's grave a small pine
board on width she had crudely
inai ked iliowt'iti-, "My Own .l.nk."
It was his only he.iiUtoiie - New
York I lei aid.
Au Inference.
"I'ooi Kiowu, hit's lost nil his moii
ov . Awfully hard up. Met liim in
the stii et Tool iiic all about it.
"How much did you want to bor
row ?' - New York lid -order.
An Albany, Kausti-, paper publishes
the follow ing item '.lobii Thomp
son's dogs aie all dead but twelve "
BROADWAY.
A Glimpse of a Great City's
Greatest Thoroughfare.
It's HurrylriR Crowds During
the Business Hours.
In the. series of at'' lei on the
"Oreut Streets of the World," printed
iu Scribiier, It. Il I jvis thus pictures
ISroadwiiy during tin; hours of its oc
cupancy by the New York business
men :
Tho business man knows Hroadway
as a street blocko I wiih moving drays
and wagons, with pavement which
movi) wilh unbroken lines of men, and
lint are shut in on cither side by til
lallesi of t ill buildings. It is a place
where no ono strolls, and where a man
cvi as easily swing his oai:e as a wom
an could wear a train. 1'cdcslriaus tlo
not walk steadily forward hero, or in
a straight lino, but dodge, in and out
like runners nu a football field
They all seem lo be dying (o reach
he bunk to have a check cashed
before .1 o'clock. The man who stopi
lo speak lo a friend, or lo ga; into a
shop w indow, U jostled and pushed
and sl oiildeied lo one side; everyone
seems lo bo trying to catch up lo tho
man just in front of him ; and every
one hits something to do and some
thing on his mio I to think of, (oo, if
his face telis anything.
S i inli lit nro they on Iheir errands
that ihey would not recogni.'1 Iheir
own wives if tlmy passed them by.
This is Iho spot on Hroadway where
tho thermometer marks fever beat.
It is tho great lighting ground of the
city, where Iho hat lio of bu-incss goes
on from H o'clock iu the morning until
I in the afiern on, at which lime Ihe
work flags a little and grows less and
less hurried ilnlil .'), when tho
armies declare on armistice for the
day and march oil' uptown lo plan a
frcs'j cntnpaii;ii for Iho morrow. The
ai inies begin lo at rive before eight
and gather from every point of t lie
compass. The ferry boats laud Ihem
by thousands and hurry back across
the river for thousands more, the ele
vate I roads marshal Ihem from far
uptown, gathering by eoiupuuics til
each station, where Ihey aro unloaded
and scattered over Ihe business dis
tricts in regiment.;. They cotno over
Iho Ilrooklyn bridgo by lens of thou
sands, in one long endless proees-ion.
and cross tho t ity Halt I'aik at a
quick s'ep. It is one, of the most im
piossive sights the city has to oiler.
Scribiier.
llie I'np (nneilidfeil Ilia Knoiny.
1 was recently in the stable-yard
belonging to a ft bud of mine w ho hud
a considerable collection of dogs,
among which aro a tierce terrier and a
spaniel of lender age. Tho terrier
bad ill treated Ihe pup on several oc
casions, so that Ihe latter was very
wary of him, uud disposed to concili
ate his enemy if possible. 1 ho terrier
is fond of playing with small slicks,
which the grooms ale in tint habit of
th "owing for him, nud Ihe pup seems
lo have uiiders'ood Ibis fancy, and to
have acted upon it. 1 saw him lake
up a small stick in his mouth and ad
vance toward Ihe terrier w ith il, arch
iug his neck and wagging his tail, as
much as lo say, "Please accept Ibis
slight token of my regard. " The ter
rier did accept il ; bo rushed up to tho
little dog, took tho stlcii and went on
bis way rejoicing, and iho pup was
instilled in bis wisdom, Huston
Post.
Sun Spots nnd Heart Failure.
Now spots were visible yesterday iu
the sun's northern hemisphere. An.
other disturbance marked by two
large spots is now seen in the sun's
siui'liorn hemisphere. The two dis
till h-iitccs have progie-scd nearly 10
gt iber across the sun's disk, and both
have been vt I y nciive. The magnetic
tli till bailee has been marked, and the
sensitives have snlhred seriously.
Those inclined lo ii regular action of
Ihe heart have been treat mflcrrrs,
and st veil sudden ileal lis h avc oc
curred. Last week was singular for
the number of such deaths. Tho sun
is a near neighbor, only : bout ono
hundred of its own diameters away
f i mil us, and wo feel the cllecls of its
changing energy in-.lantly. Koch.
o-,i r ( V Y , Democrat.
The llutTulo Kerry.
A professor of the North Dakota
.pci imental Station sat s thai tlio
most piolitic, uiitl, iu his estimation,
one of the most profitable fruits is the.
Iliillalo be i ry There (loutish in the
Mate tliice vaiielies of t berries, (w o
of laspbc l ies, one of cunants, one of
Jinn ben y, ono of slrawheriy ami ono
of wild grape, Ihe fruitage being thn
latest in North Dakota, where the
plants are dw ni fed - Hoslou Ht inld
Sheep Supplant Horned f at tie.
"Did you know that sheep aro rap
idly taking Ihe place of horned catllo
on the Montana ranges'-'" asked O. W.
Peabotlv of Great Falls, Montana, ut
Iho Hotel Metropolis. "Well, it's a
fact, uud sheep are n w w hero caltlo
were six years ago -on the lop of the
heap and tho sheep men are doing
what tho cattle men did, increasing
their herds until now one finds a sheep
ranch at almost every turn. A sheep
will (tet .it where a cow wili starve,
nnd with wool protected as il is, and
Ihe increasing demand for mutton both
here ami abroad, it seems likely that
(ho sheep herders arc uu (he road to
fortune.
"What caused tho downfall of llie
caltlo business? Well, opo thing was
the rapid settling up of the land, un
til il was almost impossible lo find a
good piece of grazing land accessible
lo water au.l timber. Mo-t of the
bottom lands arc taken up and
enclosed and thousand of acre;
of railroad land arc bought up
and a fence put around (hem.
F.vory milling camp that is slrtt'-lt i
sure death to the cattle that tniige near
it, as all of the land that is i f nay
Value is barred up, and freighters'
Stock that hauls tho supplies to camp
e l up what little fee l there Is outside
of the inclosm c.
I T u 1 1 1 1 i ii ;4 entile on a range, uu!os;
we have a very mil I w inter, is a thing
of the past, nud to feed hay at what it
is worth, considering llie low inark-M
value of cattle, is running into 1 1 I I .
IDy is worth from ten to iwontv -I'm
dollars in the strict, cattie are worth
fioiu nine to twelve dollar a he-id,
a d if the winter is no! severe a Ion of
hay will winter a cow, You see it
would pay better lo sell the hay and
save the ut mey hiss a well as the
(rouble of caring for the c.ittlo
' If does seem a si n," said Mr. Pea
body, (hough fully "lo ship lieifot
nnd calve,-at just ah nil what il cost'
for Iho freight, but we iiitit do it.
Cattle business in Montana is dead,
' but the sheep, they are good a; gold
j dollars." N'ew Yoik Telegram.
I General Scotl'a Hery Salad.
The lalo Chief .liistice Cli iVh
daughter tells (his story of a vMi lo
old tieneral i iheld cotl al ( o u s,
West Poinl : "Ho gave ns seals nl his
own especial table, and was very kind
lu us, but I was terribly afi aid of him
Ono of his greatest pleasures at the
table was to mix- llie most fiery ol'sd
ads, which he would send by his o'.vu
man (who always stood behind his
master's chair) with ihe general'
compliments, to the favored few. My
garlronouiic tastes were far from
being developed, and the old gentle
man's red pepper and inn-lard nearly
killed inc. I simply could not oat the.
burning slillf Feeling the general's
eye upon me, 1 vainlv tried lo swallow
it. hut faded ignominious!!, with
leai i coming into my eyes with Ihe
('Iforl To add to my discoiu fot I and
lilol'lilieal i. n, a voice roared out iu a
deep tune from the general's throiii',
The little Chaso does not like my
salad '" Ios(nn 'Iran-nipt
Ilea riled Women.
Bearded women have existed at all
periods of the w orld s history. Her
odotus has given us nu account of
Pcdusiies "above I la'icui nasstis,"
among whom Ihu chin of Ihe Piieslcs,
of Minei va regularly budded wiih a
large beurd whenever any great pub
lic calamity impended A woman of
Copenhagen, lintel fiaretji, had a
beard reaching lo her waist, denies
Ml. of Sweden had a female c.n ua
, dicr in his It 1 111 v wlio posses-ed the
; bein d ns well as the courage of a man.
; Margaret, Ditches of Ausina and
I (Inverness of tho Netherlands, had a
largo, wiry, stiff heard on which she
: greatly prided herself. Of lalo ears,
I Albert, Duke of Havana, repotted
I having a voting lad) cov erune-s in Ins
1 household w ho was the proud pos-ess i
of a very large black beard -St
I Louis Kopnldir.
Tho I irsl Oklahoma llomuers.
The first orgauied Oklalno.iu raid,
it is said, was made al night on piil
l, lHO, by ihirlee m, two 'f
whom as guides ni o ked ibe h ail !v
placing tdd bull'alo skulls at prominent
ridges, so that tho route is know n lo
this dav as the Hog's link Trail. A
locution w as sclci-ied on April ":'
cilv six miles square in a tea was sur
vived and three houses built, and
then on May lo came Lieutenant Par
dee with twelve soldiers and Iwelvo
Indian scouts from Foi t l.'cno and in
rested tho whole parly . , Chicago
llciald
What are ) om" qualifications as a
hots' leather'' Have v ou had any ex
perience?'' "Yes, sir, the very best."
'Mention 1 1 it-in, please." "I used lo
bean animal lamer in .lones' M,ag
d io."
Tribute.
(Ince thou hast walked beside lnc these few
years.
And my fate has intertwined with thine,
I know how love pa-tikes of the divine;
In saving "( oiiiBt :"' when tLc tool krow
fears,
In wbii-pering "Comfort" when sad eyes
lio Id tear.",
In lifting one above that crooked line
'J o which bard care w ould fain a life con
line, F'en while the liopelrss spirit peceveros.
Thou hast done this, and ionic, for me,
strong heart.
And lor the love-lii;bt sbiuhiK in thine
vis,
I would not even for a kingdom psrt,
Wi ll knowing I retain tliu greatest prite.
Fill' c ha. inn tin e and knowing what thou
art
I surtr am of God beyond Ibe skies.
A'lcU Towinend Stanton.
Ill MOKOl'.S.
It is always fly time with absconder-.
A steak is none (he more costly for
being rare.
There is a coiisl.niily growing de
mand thai other people be good.
How can you expect to get informa
tion from a hTcr when it is not post
ed? The tenor's- voice broke on (J aharp,
and the critics called it "A flat
failure''
"A man just bad a lit up here on
High slncl.'' "Did oil look at him''''
" Yen." "Xo wonder "
If tlicic is anything iu mimes, Iho
two most jioiilo languages of Iluropo
should be Polish and l iiiliish.
Yes, the doctor lias given him up,"
she slid fearfully. "Well," said tlio
.tiller, "there's one hop1 yet. Let him
give the doctor up."
Walls 1'oor Tiinmiiis ! I fear ho is
losing his iiiiud. Polls Well, there
is one consolation. When a man loses
his mii d he never misses it.
'J em her Tommy Slim-on, have you
any good excuse for In ing late?
Totnii y (beamingly) --Ycs'in. Teach
erWhat isit? Tommy Waftlos.
"I believe in never breaking failli
with a child,"' Said Mr. (.11111111.
Whenever I promise Unit boy of
mine a licking you can bet begets it."
First Fgg What are you going lo
do for a living? Second Fgg I ex.
pect (o become a spring chicken. And
you' First F.gg I am going on the
stag.'.
"How did the young woman you
wrote the poem for like if?" asked ono
of his friends of Wd io Washington.
"She didn't say any thing, " said Wil
lie, "except Ihnt I ought lo send it to
a chiropodist and have its feet attend
ed lo.
Hugo ( luniks cf Metal.
When excavations weto made recent
ly for tlio foundation of tho twenty
story Masonic temple, which is rapidly
going up at llie corner of Stato and
li.indolpli sircets, in Chicago, an eighteen-ton
muss of ir. n, copper and other
inelals was di-coered. A wholesale
hardware store stood on tho lot at thn
time of Ihe great contbigrnt ion of 1871,
and this mass of iron represents a por
tion of the stock which was incited by
tho intense heat and precipitated into
the suli-hasciiicui. It w ill ho exhibited
at tho World's Coluiiibiau Imposition
by 1. A. Mont.
The Copper (ttceu Company, at Bis
bee, Ari., will exhibit al tho fair a
mammoth sptcimen of ore from their
mines. The work of ehisi ling the
piece out has been going on for some
lime, and gn at tare ia being taken in
its extraction. It is eclimalcd that
when ready for shipment il w ill weigh
five Ions, and w ill bo in Iho shape of n
brick. I he specimen is from the big
slope from which suo'.i beaut if ul speci
mens ba e been taken, and will con
tain about every known character of
copper format ions and colorings. It
will, wnhout doubt, be the most at
Ira. live specimen on exhibition.
New i leans New I e!la
Hungary's tJiillasrli.
The paprica, a sharp pepper, found
nil over Hungary, is used extensively
iu the Mag car cookery, and the nation
al dish, giiliasch, is alvvavs Mtt'oiied
with it. Ibe lutior is a slew made of
equal ijiianiitics of beef, veal and
luinb. I ho meat is cut iu pieces about
two inches square uud put in a covered
stew pan with sullicicul water lo cover
it and enough papr'n a In give it a
sharp, luting taste, and allowed to
cok s'.owlv. When tho meat is
tlior utghly done, the broth is thickened
with II on 'and served.--New York
.loin nal
I lie Logic of Lieut.
I'.riggs You know thai donkey
stoi v you told nie? 1 toltl it to Miss
Tw 'tiling tho other tiny .
Criggs What did she think of it?
llriggs Sho said Ihnt every time
ii f ut this she saw a donkey it would
remind her of you The Continent.