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VOL. XXXV.
SALEM, N. C., THUESDAY, OCTOBEK 6, 1887.
NO. 40.
t VtOlM
The Tulare (Cal.) Time says that as
high as $29 per acre rental is paid for
land on the American River, in Sacra
mento County, for use in raising peanuts,
and considers it a profitable industry
even at three cents a pound.
English physicians say that a form of'
ophthalmia, caused by the vtiated at
mosphere arising from overcrcftf ding, has
been practically banished whenever sani-
t ary improvements have been Sntroduced.
Pure air 'produced immedptely better
eyesight.
Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier, who is a great
authority on pigeons, says that in spite
of the nonsense written about flying by
instinct, all practical men know. that a
bird flies by sight, and he has lost some
of the best birds he ever owned by
trying to fly them across London fogs.
A New York writer says that the two
principal causes which have led to de
cline in matrimony among fashionable
circles in New York are the "increased
comforts and diminished expense of
bachelor life and the over-worship to
which we have accustomed our women."
LOVE AND DUTY.
Oh, love Is for a summer day,
That dawns and glows and fades away,
And night comes down all dark and gray,'
And pleasures disappear !
But duty lights the nightly path,
And braves spring rains and winter wrath,
A star that shines from birth till death, '
Thro1 all the changing year.
Oh, Love seeks but for self -delight,
While lips are red and eyes are bright,
From elds gray lodes he wings his flight
Nor lingers sick beds near!
But duty's spent for others? sake,
By fever's couch will witcfr and wake,
Will dare the martyr's fire and stake,
And dry the falling tear.
Oh, love is like that poison wine
That tasted savors of divine,
Bat dnmk wfflauss the wretch to pins 6
With death throes dread and drear!
But duty's cup, though bitter first,
Soon slakes the sufferer's burning thirst;
And health and bloom that blessed him erst,
like June flowers reappear.
O'Neal Ryan, in the Current.
The Sutler's Daughter.
BY GEORGE F. FABI8H.
been in the saddle all day,
In the exhibition recently opened at
Havre there is an interesting collection of
ipecimens of poisonous fishes. Some are
poisonous when eaten ; others are merely
venomous. Among the first are many
Bparoids, a Tetrodon, and many Clupea,
which are abundant near the Cape of
Good Hope. In the Japan Sea is found
a very peculiar Tetrodon, which is some
times used as a means of suicide. It brings
on sensations like those produced by mor
phia, and then death.
A Western writer plainly sets the limits
to girlhood and dares to say when a wo
man is an "old maid." She says: The
longevity of girlhood, according to the
ethics of society, has increased in the last
dozen or fifteen years. A girl is not an
"old maid" now until she is past thirty.
Once she was an "old maid" at twenty
five. She is a girl now for five years be
yond that age. It is even deemed not
only possible but probable that some man
will find her fair and lovable after that
advanced age and she marry.
quar-
The Rev. Sam. Jones says: "If I
wanted to get good, square judgment on
something I had done, I would rather go
to a newspaper office than to any court
of justice. I know that newspapers probe
into men's characters, and the pure need
not fear all the newspapers in America.
The way to be safe from so-called news
paper attacks is to be a Christian. Tbe
reporters are the best detective force in
this country. They have brought more
criminals to justice, and punctured more
shams, than all other agonies combined.'
Mr. A. W. Franks has presented to the
British Museum a most remarkable coin
lately received from India. It is a
decadrachra of the Bactrian series, the
first ever met with, and bears on the ob-
verse a man charging with his lance an
elephant, holding a thunderbolt and a
spear; in the field is a.monogranij com
posed of the letters A B. The obverse
records some victory of the Greeks over
the barbarians, and the reverse may be a
representation of Alexander the Great.
The coin evidently comes from the dis
trict of the Oxus. and was struck about
the middle of the second century B. C.
In a pamphlet issued lately by the
United States Hydrographic Office,
Lieutenant Underwood says that fmin
eral oils are not so effective for use at
sea as vegetable or animal. A compara
tively small amount of the right kind of
oil, say two quarts per hour, properly
used, is sufficient, he asserts, to prevent
much damage, both to vessels and to
small boats, in heavy seas. The great
est result from oil is obtained in deep
water. In a surf, or where water is
breaking on a bar, the effect is not so cer
tain ; but even in this case oil may be of
benefit, and its use is recommended by
Lieutenant Underwood. He advises
that, when an attempt is about to be
made to board a wreck, the approaching
vessel should use the oil after running as
close as possible under the lee of the
wreck. The wreck will soon drift into
the oil, and then a boat may be sent along
side of her. ; . !
Two interesting bits of information
relative "to Colombia, the little Central
; American republic) are made public,
The first states that "the Government of
Colombia is authorized . to grant a re
ward of f 10,000 in silwr to every one
who discovers a new mercantile article
of export. Under this law Senor Rafael
Vancgas has filed two claims, one for the
discovery and employment of a valuable
medicinal plant; the second for the dis
covery that wild cocoa trees exist in
profusion in the virgin forests which
stretch frera the waters of the Ariari
down to the River Guayabero. If inves
tigation should prove the correctness of
this statement, it will throw millions o
dollars annually into Colombia and place
a valuable . article within the reach of
1 many who are now deprived of the use
of it owing to the price." The 'second
item says that "a newspaper at Bogota
(the capital of Colombia) reports that tbe
gold which is now . being dug out of-the
cemeteries at Hilandia and other places
near Pereira, in Caucsf, has led more than
1,000 workmen to flock to that spot, and .
' Vt a srvtvis-nT lira thtra within the
a ivwu iuw oyiiu . f - -
past four years which now contains more j
than fifty thousand inhabitants ' These (
people are almost all Antioquians, and the
majority of them have obtained Bumcieui
gold to render themselves and their f ami- (
lies independent of work for the remain
der of their lives."? ' I
i
We had
facing the sharp, driving snow, and
buffeted about by the cold north wind,
an til it seemed as if the very blood had
frozen in my veins, as my" horse con
tinued to move slowly forward, his head
aanging heavily down. It was nearly
midnight now as we drew in towards
the Fort Wheeler stockade and . were
greeted by the welcome challenge of the
lentry:
"Who comes?" V
Aroused into new life by the cry, I
' itraightened up in the saddle and shook
the weight of snow from my shoulders.
"An officer from Reno with recruits,"
said:
I heard the sharp click of the musket
Drought to a salute, and as we
oent down to ask :
"Where is the commandant's
"Straight ahead, sir; where them
lights be.r The women folks have a
party to-night."
Followed by the little troop, I pushed
forward across the snowy parade-ground,
beyond the short row of log huts, up
toward a larger frame building that
teemed fairly ablaze with lights.
As I halted my men before the bouse.
ind, stiff in every joint, swung from the
addle, the door was thrown suddenly
jpen and a dozen faces looked out
agerly into the night The officer in
Jommand, a tall, soldierly looking fel
low, with long, white mustache, stepped
autside, shading his eyes, and as I moved
Forward into the cirtle of light, a moving
nound of snow, his puzzled face broke
Into a smile of welcome, and he came
iown the sleps with both hands extended
towards me.
"Brian, by all that's glorious!" he ex
:laimed. "Welcome back to the old
regiment, my hoy !" And without wait
ing for a reply, he turned to an officer
beside him: "Fmley, take these men to
quarters and see that they are well cared
for. Now,. Brian, come in: no excuses.
please; you have had a hard ride, and a
.'hi j. .,, -i - .
mue nre win ao you gooa , ana alter
throwing my wet coat to a sergeant, I
had to follow Lis lead- into the pleasant
parlor. "3Iy wife and daughter you have
met before," continued the" colonel,with
Dut much ceremony. "Jlrs. Carter and
and Miss Socha,' allow me ; gentlemen,
this is Captain Brian, of 'ours.'"
We shook hands most cordially all
irouna, and 1 met not a few
In that little group men whom
i -
cnown in various garrisons and cam
paigns andquestions and congratulations
pourea in irom every side. The ladies
were of the ordinary style of garrison
women, pretty enough to pass muster,
but shallow from the limited associations
allowed them in the life they were com
pelled to lead, and the warm fire was
commencing to make me sleepy, when
my eyes fell upon a girl seated in the
turther corner of the room, to whom I
had not been introduced. She was more
than merely pretty, and something about
her strangely interested me from the
first. She was seated upon a low sofa.
carelessly talking to a young lieutenant,
whose name I did not know ; a tall, rather
slender girl, with large brown eyes and
a strangely fair complexion, almost like
marble, were it not for the faint flush
that occasionally crept into her cheeks.
She smiled pleasantly at something the
fellow was saying, and as she leaned
forward to reply, the firelight flashed up
into the masses of her hair, and gave to
it almost a tinge of auburn. .
1 ventured to ask the colonel who she
was, after we had completed our busi
ness together, and the only answer I re
ceived was: '
"She is a Miss Burke, connected with
the garrison."
And with that I was compelled to be
content, but more than ever determined
to solve the mystery, if mystery there
was. i .
"Compliments of Mrs. Colonel Car
lin,"said an old sergeant at my door
the next morning; "the ladies would bo
pleased to have you join them upon the
ice." "- . - -
Glad thus to kill time, I borrowed a
pair of skates and sallied forth. Walk
carelessly down the steep bank to the
frozen river, I found myself in the midst
of a merry party, and was at once taken
possession of by Belle Carlin, the lively,
pretty daughter ol the colonel, tiana-m-hand
we went, skating down to the
bend and back without halting. Tiie
ice was like glass, the air quiet and cold,
ana we spea aiongas easily as uirus upou
the wing. As we dashed back into the
little group, some of whom were without
skates, I notied Miss Burke, some dis
tance beyond the circle, alone, and glid
ing here and there as gracefully as if born
uron the ice.
Determined to know more of this
strange girl who so greatly interested
me. I broke away as soon as possiDle
from my companion, and with a dozen
strokes reached Miss Burke's side. She
glanced up, startled by the ring of my
steel, and hesitated as if meditating
flight. But for that I gave her no time,
for with lifted cap I asked:
"May I not claim your company for
one turn to the bend?" ;
TTflr dark, expressive eves fell as if in
embarrassment, but without a word she
held out her little gloved hand to me,
and then catching the stroke, . we glided
swifty away together.
"That was a most delightful spin,
Captain," she exclaimed, as we reached
the banks once more, her black eyes
dancing with excitement and her usually
pale cheeks flused in the keen air. ,
"Then shall we not have another?"' I
asked, looking at her in admiration.
J. verily believe she was
say yes, but just at that moment, Major
Dane, a tali, dark-featured man, who was
passing at a little distance, suddenly
circled about, and came to a stop before
I us.
M You so seldom skate with any one,"
he said politely to my companion, 44 tiat
we iorget to ass: me privilege ; out as
you have broken your custom and favored
Captain Brian, may l ;hope you win be
equally kind tome I" '
There was a moment's pause, as n m
surprise at the interruption, ana then
the girl glanced straight up into his
I face. .
" I am tired and shall skate no longer
i to-day," she said calmly.
The man looked down into her dark:
eyes, as if to read her thoughts, bowed
low, and turned away, apparently uncon
cerned. " Then that must mean me as well !
I whispered. . - t,
; " Could it be otherwise ?" her eyes
cast down. " I must get my hood, and
then I will go in, I think."
" You do not ask me to call upon you,"
I dared to venture. " Is it because you
do not wish me to ? " !
She crimsoned deeply, but held out
her hand.
'? You would, of course, be welcomed
but by to-morrow, I think, you will not
care to call upon Ada Burke." And be
fore I could say a word or ask a question,
she had turned from me and was flying
across the frozen surface like a bird.
I stood for a moment watching her
slender, graceful figure, when suddenly
she gave a quick cry that echoed along
the river, and the same moment disap
peared from sight.
"Mv God. an ice-hole!" cried the
Major's voice, but that instant I thrust
him heavily aside and was speeding for
ward. Such things pass so quickly as to leave
but a faint impression on the mind as to
minor details. I vsguely remember bend
ing over the ice-hole, seeing nothing,
hastily kicking off my skates and drop
ping into the icy water. I remember the
terrible struggle for breath as I felt
The time for the Major to prove his
wager was fast approaching, but I had
heard nothing more regarding it, save the
idle bantering of the mess-room, where
it continued a standard topic of conver
sation. Indeed, I now - instinctively
avoided the man on all possible occasions,
and when we met, as we often did,
coming and going from the sutler's quar
ters, we barely exchanged words of greet
ing and hurried on. I do not suppose he
liked my attentions to Miss Burke, but
I felt no jealousy of him. for I knew
well enough how he ranked with the
lady.
I could control my anger no longer.
. In the afternoon I sat down to do some
writing. It was an hour after dark be
fore I had finished, and I knew from the
rattling at my window that the wind had
changed and that everything promised a
dark, tempestuous night..
Just then some one knocked, and sup
posing it to be Flhley, I bade him enter,
without looking up. A gust of wind
swept over me, and a heavy foot dragged
along the floor. : 1 . . i
"Captain, your honor," said a hoarse
voice, and in surprise I glanced np to see
the sutler, Tony Burke, standing there
cap in hand, his face drawn down, and
coat laden with snow.
"What is it, Burke?" I asked, anxious
ly, for the man's face spoke of evil tidings.
He appeared to hesitate for a moment.
twirling his cap awkwardly in his' great
hands, but finally said, without looking
up
"I thought, maybe, - as how you had
been so kind to my gal, sir, and ought to
know that she is lost like "
"Lost? My God, on such a night as
this J"
1 "Yes. sir. She went out riding, : on
Yixen. your own horse, sir, just before
sundown, and and hasn't come back
For a moment the man broke down, and
I saw the tears start, but he drove them
back and continued: "I've been tryin'
to find her, sir, but it's just awful out
Bide to-night, and I didn't know anybody
to come to, only you." 1
about under the ice: the thrill of iov "You did right. Burke, ru Una your
rode by tnat swept over me as my hand clutched girl, or die with her !" and flinging on my
the girl's dress. How we regained the overcoat, I hurried from the room.
opening I know not, but a dozen strong
hands grasped us and drew us to the
surface, and then I, for one, lost all con
sciousness of everything about me. " It is
like the faint impression of a dream.
The shock and the cold, however, did
my system but little ; harm, and after a
warm supper and receiving tidings that
the girl, though quite weak, was in a
fair way to recovery, I felt so much bet
ter as to desire a change.
"Where are the boys!" l askea ol my
orderly, who was bustling about.
"All in the messroom. sir; leastwise I
have learned one thing more," 2 1
"from this accident to you to I
night. . . -
"I
said,
BUDGET OF "FUN.
v, I
I wanll
HUMonoca sketches from
VAItlOUS SOURCES.
She glanced up quickly into my face.
"What is itr' she asked curious:
"That I love you, Ada, and I
you to be my wife."
bhe did not withdraw the hand l
caught, nor did she look up again. 1
had my answer.
And there, out in the great white soli-
the little group of soldiers at our feet,! You " n mt m7 ride t,dear
we watched the light breaking into th Xnd my- hwt u dwply worried
eastern sky ana usnering in me nappiesi
Papa's Foot Took After his Mother
A Disa pointed Cyclone Her
Microscope Wntel to Ex
change II lm. Etc, Etc
ence. The auctioneer had the good mdkI wiwt j.
to join in the laugh, and. coolly forked I rwi Mj.
out the y.lSen; 1'rrley 1'oort. I ' Sr i w
kwj-m, yii,pmy, w mm mtm m ,
A common vagabond, a hasted tfeJaC
Ko place it has on hill or plala or ka,
IU growth k wmU; its life a piracy.
"Only a ind;
IU pale diara pQl no Utmi of perrame -
Tb ceded fruitage of its haggard bloom
day of both our lives.
jSven the Major was forgotten, and in
deed he never troubled either of ui
again. Frank Lcslift.
heard 'em laugliin thar a moment
:ago.
I found them gathered there, sitting
cozily around the great fireplace, with
the blue clouds of tobacco-smoke curling
up in rings to the ceiling.
"Have a chair, Captain" said Carter,
kindly; "you are the lion of the garrison
at present." i
"Yaas," put in Dane, with a drawl
that was decidedly irritating to my
nerves. "By Jove, if we only had a band
now, we'd make them play 'See the Con
ouering Hero, don't you know!" (
"Thanks, I answered calmly, accept
ing a proffered cigar; ;"but really I don't
feel that way at all myself."
"No: very cool, ain't you? Just like
a novel, by Jove I If only the heroine
was somebody, now, what a romance it
would be!" and he leaned back, staring
up hard at the ceiling. "By-the-way,
Brian I just took'thc trouble to call, and
the girl is coming on splendidly."
"I am very giaa," l answerea cooiiy.
"Bv-the-wav. Fmley, turning from the
It was indeed a terrible night, as I
found out before reaching the Colonel's
quarters, but I felt no hesitation, only
a burning desire to be off.
He looked up in astonishment as I
burst in.
"Well, Brian, rather an unexpected
call, this."
"I have a favor to ask of you, sir!" I
exclaimed, breathlessly.
"A favor oh. leave of absence, in
crease of rations, or what?" "
"No" impatiently "I want the
privilege of taking ten men out to the
Cedar Grove to-night."
He glanced into my face as u he
thought me crazy, and then at the snow
driving against the windows.
"Why don't you ask permission to
commit suicide?" he asked.
"It is desperate, sir, I know that but
Miss Burke is lost."
"Lost!" He started to his feet. "Poor
girll"
"Yes. lost," I cried: "since before
supper1 for God's sake, sir, can I go?"
The man in him answered at once. .
"Go, yes, and take the whole garrison
with you if you need it," but, waiting for
no more, I was beyond the reach of his
voice, and running toward the barracks
of my company. -
"Lads," I cried, coming suddenly
upon them, "I am going upon a des
perate service, and 1 want ten volun
teers. Had 1 said a nunarea l coma
have had them, and within hve minutes
we were beyond the gates.
It was indeed a rough, wild night,
and we found it out when we came upon
Life in a Haystack.
In the last ten miles of my walk, sayi
a urrespoadent in a letter from Italy, I
had noticed what seemed very ancient
and weatherbeaten haystacks, and ob
serving no farms or houses in the neigh
borhood, 1 had wonaerea now they hap
pened in that uninhabited region. This
question was soon solved. As l pro
gressed with my shaggy inena, we at
length came in sieht of one of these hay
stacks more dried and ancient looking, if
possible, than any that I had yet seen.
And from the top and sides ol this hay
stack I was astonished to perceive a slight
smoke arising. My ' first idea was, of
course, that the hay was on fire, and
during the few moments that were al
lowed me I indulged in a wonderful
amount of speculation as to how the rays
of the sun, at a temperature of ninety
degrees, could ignite even so inflanfable
a material as dried hay; all of which
speculation was knocked in the head,
however, by the simple discovery that the
haystack was not a haystack; that, on
the contrary, it was the residence ol the
Roman shepherd.
' As I followed the proprietor through
the small aperture in the side that served
as a door I could scarcely realize that I
was in Italy. When in the Indian
country a year or two ago I saw no
more strange or primeval sight than this.
The fireplace was a hole in the grouna
in the middle of the apartment; a straw
bed was on one side, and the furniture
consisted of one three-legged stool.
which my host offered me, with what I
thought unusual courtesy.
The shepherd s story was short, but 1
thought pathetic He had been brought
from Home when a boy, naa nrst auenaea
to a small drove of hogs, then was pro-
motea to nera sneep, ana wnen amvea
at man's estate was given this hut to
Bleep in and this ranch to protect. His
salary is seven cents a aay, out oi wmcn
he must clothe and feed himself.
"Many of the shepherds of the Cam-
Sagna," he said, "get only two cents a
ay, but then they get their clothes and
food."
"How much does your food cost you?"
"ASnnt fivA rents a dav. sometimes
six. but not otten. i must save at least
two cents a day for shoes and bats.- On
Sundays I always wear shoes and hat.
i'oor cnap i mat was ms nine uissi-
pation his little extravagance, shoes
and bat on bunday I His supper tnat
night (and mine, too,) consisted of black
bread sopped in oil, and 1 imagine, on a
salary oi seven cents a aay, tnat tnis dui
of fare is not often changed. I ques
tioned different shepherds at different
points along the road, ten, fifteen, twen-
ty miles, one irom tne otner, ana weir
different stories all agreed.
With thoughts of what you have felt, my
love.
Since swift from the house you hurried.
I know it was not your wish, dear heart.
To leave your hat behind you.
And pa would of worn hia heavy boota
Had he known that he would rind you.
But be had his carpet slippers on
As you rushed irom my stda so madly;
You can come with safety to-night, dear
love.
For his foot is swollen badly.
Judge.
He Took After Ills Mother.
Pupson (to his valet, who is fixing
him for breakfast) "I say, Fagg, do
you thin.. I shall evaw have any whis-
kaws?"
Fagg (after a careful exnmination)
"WelL sir. I really don't think you will
leastwise not to speak of."
Pupson "That s cussed qucah.
govnah has plenty and to spaiah."
Fagg "les, sir; but p'raps you
after your ma." Town Topic.
My
take
Her Microscope.
Mr. Squaggleton "Dear, dear, how
the world is moving, how science is ad
vancing! Why I see that they, have got
instruments now that you can look clear
through a man with."
Mrs. Squaggleton "n'm that's noth
ing. I hain't got no instrument at all.
but I've been able to see through you for
many a day."
Then Mr. Squaggleton went out on the
stoop and scratched his bald head for
fifteen minutes and thought and thought
and thought. BoUon Uourier.
A Disappointed Cyclone '
Intending Emigrant "Did you ever
see a cy clone?"
Man from Dakota "Only one, but it
was a regular old timer with all modern
improvements."
"Did it strike your house?"
"I should say it did 1"
"Ruined you, of course ; swept every
thing away!"
"No, sir; didn't take a thing. The
eheriti had been there that that very
morning, and he did the sweeping. You
never saw a cyclone so disappointed in
your life I" Harper' Bazar.
Wanted to Encourage Him.
"Patsy, come here. I wsnt to talk
wid you. Wil yei loan me two dollars."
"Indadc I wull not., Its ycrself thats
bin owin' me a dollar since the Fourt' av
July."
"An' wasn't it partly to pay yez the
dollar I owe yez that I wanted to borry
the money."
"In that case Mickey yez can have it,
for Oi always loike to incourage a man in
pay in' his honest debts." Merchant
Traveler.
CIrccmetance Alter Case.
"Tommy!" said a Dakota woman te
her young son In very emphatic tones,
"you have beca fighting again r"
"l-y-yes. m-ma, i Know uv diuo-
bered Tommy, as he wiped a bloody
nose on his coat sleeve.
"What did I tell you about Cgltingr
"Y-you, you told me notter fight.
but ."
"Don't go to trying to :iake any ex
cuses, sir I 1 don t ca-c n some omet
bo did pitch onto you. vou had no busi
ness to fight- and 1 vunish you lot
it just the same."
But there didn t no boy pitch onto
me!"
Then if you br-an It that r"kcs it so
much the worse come on out into the
woodshed with me P
"Ouchl Don't yank a felkr so lem-
my tell you! You know you an' pa have
been t ellin' you had thirty -six bushels o
wheat out on our farm!"
"Yes what of itr
"Why. Billy Smith said that you
didn't have no such thing, an I give him
a wipe side the head! '
"Did Billy Smith say that!"
"Yes. he did. ma. an he said what
wheat you did have waVt No. 1."
"Did vou mike him take it backr
"Couldn't. We had it out in the
alley 'bout ten minutes, and we both got
pretty tired an stoppea.
"Sfnnwl. fllfl TOUI M eiL. vou go
right back out an jump onto him again !
There's the little scamp out by the fence
now don t pay any attention to wnere
vou hit him bang him where it's the
handiest! Make him take that back
'bout the wheat if you have to stay with
him .till after daxWDaiota BtlL .
Blow broadcast over field and XaQowpUoa
Ia cuHen increase of Its hated raca.
"Only a wed;
Yet its pale capaotes may nf old a spell.
A filtered dust, a pollened aaracia.
Secrets of prios that science Inogs to win;
Occult and hidden power of medkina,
Only a weed;
Of thk be sore; it was not made in rain ;
The wandering thistle as tbe bearded grain
Is of God's harvest; and His richest gold I
The gypsy brotherhood of weeds may hold.
WORDS OF WISD03L
JSf J.nfl. conceited puppy in disgust, "I wish you the level plain and felt the full force of
hm t wi would inform me who this Miss Burke the wind that came sweeping down in
nom xnau - -, fierce gusts from the mountains, hurling
is r
Somebody laughed rather harshly at
the question, and I turned around angrily.
It was the Major.
"Who Miss Burke is?"' he echoed, as
if the question was a splendid joke.
"Well, I can tell you, if anybody can;
she simply isn't anybody, that's alL Do
you happen to be honored with tho ac
quaintance of Tony Burke?" ,
I shook my head not venturing to
speak. :. 1
"Well, you ought to know him. Tony
is a character. Why, he was sutler for
the Twelfth Infantry for years, and now
he is the sutler here,1 and Miss Burke is
his daughter. I never had the pleasure of
making the mother's acquaintance
deuced pretty girl the daughter, though,
ain't she?'.'
I looked at him intently.
"Not only very pretty, but a lady," I
aid. - ' i .
"Yes, and that is wht bothers Dane,"
chimed in Finley; "she has proved alto
gether too much for him."
The Major started as if tung by the
remark. i
"Do you really think so?", he sneered,
complacently. "I'll bet you a cool hun
dred that I can win Ada Burke's heart
inside of a month, if I want it."
"You're crazy, man."
"No, I'm not. Come, money talks
isit abet?" ;
We gathered closer about tne two men,
to listen. Finley's face reddened. For
a moment he seemed to hesitate, and
then replied: 1 , "
"It is not very ; gentlemanly, Major
Dane, but I'll cover your money. Now,
how shall we know the result from the
ladv herself?"
"Yes, if you like.' It makes no differ
ence to me. The bet is that I win the
heart of Miss Burke within a month from
to-night," and he passed out, leaving
me burning with indignation and a wild
desire to insult him in some way.
the snow, which was almost sleet, into
our faces as we pushed on. The keen
wind seemed to penetrate the heaviest
clothing and chilled us through and
through. We could scarcely see three
yards ahead of us. but on all sides
The winter rolled slowly along, with
concerts, parties, sleigh-rides and every
thing, in fact, that would help to pass
away the time where we could have no
papers to read, no news from the out
side world till spring.
I did not meet Miss Burke at the vari
ous little gatherings given by the ladies
of the garrison. She seemed to be more
and more ostracized as the weeks passed
on; but I did not forget or neglect the
girl. I felt for her even more deeply as I
learned of the hardship of her position,
and of her loneliness. Impelled first by
sympathy, I did call upon her, not only
once, out many times, uum Bjiuuamjr
g-ew into respect and mutual confidence,
f course the colonel's wife early took
me to task for this breach of garrison
etiquette, and Mrs. Carter hinted things
which .were very disagreeable 'to hear,
yet nevertheless I continued to pass many
evenings most agreeably in the little
cramped up parior at tne rear ut me
dingy sutlers store, ana, on jjuauam.
afternoons we frequently rode out to
gether down to the Cedar Grove and back
through the keen wintry air. I did all
this to tease the garrison," perhaps, as
much as anything else, but it ended, as
BiirOi tinners will, in mv falling in love
nirauuu. . I " " . .
intending to i with the girl. : . . ...
stretched away the. same dead level of
drifting, eddying snow.
I led the men down upon the river,
and by keeping close in under the high
banks, we managed to make very good
progress, without feeling the wind quite
as keenly; but nevertheless it was tough
work plowing, along ojver brittle crust,
and I was panting and breathless when
we finally mounted the bank again, four
miles above the fort, and came out into
the full fury of that prairie storm. ;
Bending before it, scarcely able to
breathe for the force of air in my face,
and staggering through the heavy snow
underfoot, I felt a hand touch my sleeve,
4,What is it, Morgan?" I asked of 4 the
old Sergeant.
"Parker, sir; he's plaiycd out" I
looked back at the dim forms in the
trail. " r .'.
"Have two men take him back under
the bank, and tell them to make a fire if
they can find any driftwood."
As I spoke, I stepped backward and
fell plump over somethung in the snowv
As I struggled, bewildered, to my feet, -I
saw the Sergeant bending down ; then
he lifted a light form In his arms the.
form of a woman.
She was alive and conscious. ThftJ
mass of snow had kept the cold from her,
but she was heavy with sleep. I ponred
some brandy down her throat, ana tnen
Morgan and I carried her down the steep
bank out of the fury of the wind.
"Sergeant," I said, as we placed her,
comfortably as possible, beneath a hang
ing, rock, and the men scattered in search
of driftwood for a fire, "we can scarcely
carry two helpless ones back to the fort
in this storm." 1 ,
"No, sir," he replied, glancing up at
the snow shooting over oar heads; "I
think we'd better camp here until morn
ing.
I went back to the girl, wound a heavy
shawl closer about her, and told her our
flr.?sion. f
She shivered a little, and drew up
closer to me.
"Father will worry bo," she said, and
then was still. . , i
The men made their fire, and nestled
about it, and thus the night wore slowly
awav. and I sat therein the deep shadow
of the rock, with Miss Burke leaning
heavily upon my shoulder.
"How the wind roars 1" she whispered
once , -i .
"It is a terrible night," I answered;
"and I thank God that we came in time.
How did it all happen?"
"I had dismounted to fix my saddle-
girth," she said, . "when the horse be
came frightened at something and ran.
Then I struggled on until I fell exhaust
ed. I scarcely dared to hope that -any
one would venture from the garrison on
such a night in search for me."
"You did us an injustice.",
"I might have done so to some, but
not to all." There was a depth of pathos
in her low words that touched me
deeply, . '
Thawing Oat the Frozen.
Many persons have the idea that life
is endangered only, if the patient be
brought too suddenly from the cold into a
warm place. They believe that,if One pro
ceed very carefully and slowly with the
warming, the coia camieyer proauce a
lasting injury to the system. There is
certainly no doubt that sudden warming
is very dangerous, and that a great deal
depends upon the right treatment of the
frozen limb. .Experience snows tnar,
while some people have - frozen joints
treated in such a manner that they are
completely restored, others are less fortu
nste, and suffer frequently in after-years."
But one must admit that intense cold
alone, without being followed by sudden
warming, which proves so disastrous,
suffices to cause severe suffering. In
this respect, a great deal depends on thfl
nature of the person. If very sudden
transitions from heat to cold and Irom
mI1 n Yiont Va avoided, a healthv person
can' withstand intense cold without!
serious conseouences, especially if he be
mentally active, energetic, and muscular,,
and has a sound heart that is, if his(
pulse be regular and strong. A robust)
person can withstand the temperature at
which alcohol and mercury freeze.
Members of north pole expeditions,
have experienced temperatures oi nity or
more degrees below zero witnout suner
incrharm.
However, it happens not unfrequently
that even moderately cold weather, when
the thermometer is but a few degrees be-,
low the ireezing-poini, causes ttcnuui
ills, and sometimes even fatal results.
This is apt to happen to persons who are
anaemic, poorly fed, effeminate or men-,
tally depressed, Old men, children,
anaemic girls, drunkards and people
with a weak heart, are all liable to be
frost-bitten, and easily freeze to death if
they succumb to sleep while exposed to
cold. They fall into a kind of stupor,
sit down to rest, soon fall asleep, and in
most instances never awake. For a long
time they remain in a condition border
ing on death; they breathe a little, and
the heart makes feeble attempts to main
tain the circulation of the blood. Pxpu-t
lar Science Monthly. .
dry
the
enough to float the
A Dry Time.
Wisconsin Man "Talk about
ipells. I tell you Wisconsin takes
cake this year."
Omaha Man "Pretty bad, ehf
"You remember the Lemonwier river?"
"Yes."
"Used to be deep
Great Eastern."
"I didnt know that."
"Why, you couldn't touch bottom no
where. Well, a short time ago I went
to look for that river, and all I could see
was a lot of fish in a moist place switch
their tails around."
"Humph! What were they switching
their tails forP
To keep the flies off." Omaha World.
Do what you ought, let come what
will.
The truest wisdom is a resolute de
termination. Poverty is the want of much, but
avarice of everything.
Industry has annexed thereto the fair
est fruits and the richest rewards."
A nohle nature can alone attract the
YrtM and alone knows how to retain
them.
PnmniM. like ecffS. unless they be
hatched into action, will run it
decay.
F.vArr man has follies, and oftentimes
they are the most interesting thing he
has got.
It is not enough to possess great
qualities, we must also have the manage
ment of them.
The man who goes iato business with
the devil soon finds that his partner is
soul proprietor.
It is no vanity for a man to pride him
self on what he has nonesuy got i
prudently uses.
The affections are like lightning; you
ran not toll where thev will strike till
they have fallen.
Vnrh as we dislike to admit our de
ffccts. we find it better to know and
guard against than to ignore them.
It is hard to personate and act a part
lonr. for. where truth is not at the bot
tom, nature will peep out and betray her
self one time or another.
Adversity has ever been considered as
the state in which a man most easily be
comes acquainted with himself particu
larly, being free from flatterers.
PITH AND POINT.
Jurymen, of necessity, often get in a
trying situation.
A man who does business on a larte
scale A coal dealer. '
Librarian (recording the condition of
a book): "1'sge 47 a noie (turns mo
leaf), page 43 another hole. Flufende
BUutter. J
Paper littles have just been intro-
duced. That will never do. What will
we have to throw at the midnight catl
EoAoa PcmL )
An iperienccd boy says he regards
hunger and the schoolmaster's rattan as
about the same thing, as they uoia maae
him holler. .
When the poet said the wind was blow
ing free he probably referred to what in
nautical parlance is known as "a dead
head wind." Life. I
Old Gentleman " My 1 what a nice lit
tle boy you . are, aren t you I Mnau
Boy "No, I ain't no nice little
boy, neither ; Tm Dutch Sickles, der
terror, and 1 can lick aajooay my
around here." Lfe. ! .
It is a aioralar iUm ! human nature
that when a man gives his wife a diaie
to buy a box of hairpins or a gum iuiS
for the baby it looks about i even times s
big as wnen ne pianas it uuwn v
ters. Shoe and Leather Keponer.
as old Tacm vrsrr.
A splendid lieutenant from Skya,
Was as thin as tos capital I i
He said : 44 It s too bad.
Bat then I can pad,"
U"ki iSnn thai fis-ares do lie.
' Life.
A rinrinnati nastor. in announcing 'to
his congregation that he was about to
w . V .. .1!) . Tnrincr
leave ior nis vscanua, --
my absence my brother will occupy the
J .... a. 1uaS mMt
pulpit and will take , J:.t.X
.a Mill ni.n.tuii A wa..
fmm th mpmbers of this church
while I'm away." Troy Tune.
It is said that nature shudders
When a woman throws a stone.
And that wbbfharpeDspeocils
Then all nature gives a groan.
But there's nothing that gives nature
More keen anguish and distress .
Than to me a struggling father
With m. hmi ho trua to dress.
. WadoS
The Old Oaken Backet.
She "Did you enjoy your visit to she
country, Mr. Jollyboy?"
He "iss, with one or two exceptions,
I had a verwy delightful time."
She "Ah, Indeed! Then there was
bitter with the sweet."
He "Hawdly bittah, ye know, but
verwy disagweable. You see, I thought
it would be a cbawming idea to a wink
from the old oaken bucket."
She "Why, what a bright idea. Did
you succeed?" .
lie "las, to me sorrow, i dwokc ou
two of me teeth on the iron hoop which
surwounded the edge, swallowed a piece
pf moss as lawge as me hand, and took
me mouth away just in time to escape
swallowing a horwid bug." Peel'' Sun.
Undersized City Children.
Citv children are apt to be undersized.
They strike me as microscopic frequently.
Ask a country man usea to iaas anu laasc
brought up on the farm the age of the
next boy he passes on tne pavemenis,
three chances to lour, measuring uw
height and shoulder girth with his eye,
he will put it two or three years lower
than it is. The fourteen-year-old aoesn t
look above eleven to him, nor the m teen -year-old
as if he bad entered his teens. I
. . . - a . 1 . V Amm
got bold oi some ngures mjo uu -j
which show tnat tnese tmngs pwu
as they are. Dr. Anderson, who is well
known in connection with tbe Physical
Education Association, has coroparea us
heieht and weight of 350 girls pupils of
a Brooklyn school where regular gymna
sium exercise is insisted upon, with
similar figures for 10,000 Boston school
girls taken at random, ine reuii
as follows: ,
Tww - ' 1 JL
wiik limM.... M T SS.JB ss.w suj- --
Whhost iU4 UAt .ss saw St- a-is
WSI4BT. ' ...
W.tk .icrdM fStl Sl.lt St-lS lSt-SS 111.44 in.T
WIUMHIU. SS.SS SS.S4 TSJl SS.SS SSISS-SS
Th. fitniri show an average, in height
at least, of two years difference, which is
attributed to no cause but educationof
the body as well as of the mina. ins
.nnmab of the opening of the.
. Saved by a Snake. v
An old colored man of this city breaks
the record in the way of local snake
stories, savs the Springfield Ohio corre-
snondent of the Pittsburg Dispatch. His
story is as follows : ."My little son had
been begging ail summer to take a swim
in Mad River, but we have been afraid
that if we let him go he would get into
deep water and get drowned. W e there
fore refused to let him go in every case,
Onn dar I went down town to get a
watermelon and let George stay at home.
I had hardlv irot out of the house when
.. ..
he concluded to take r rencn leave ana
cm to tbe river. He went to the bank
and in a short time had undressed and
wailed into the water. He enjoyed him
self wading around in shallow water for
a while, but belore long ne oecamc Ten
turexome and waded out towards the mid
die of the river. Suddenly he reached a
iumninar off place in the bottom of the
river, and in a minute .more was battling
Mt a sfrst j-AnwAnfr in fiftiMn feet
m iiu m bi vuk wua ivus m " g a ... a- - - ,
deep. He yelled with all his might, but school year ought to make parent cart-
. . . . . , - . I . .. i mnviM as well as
IS assist- I iui to nave lucje V '
His Consideration.
"Anil vtn aw MT that TOU
The Utility of Dogs la War.
The experiments which have for some
time been going on in the German army,
to test the utility oi aogs in wariare
have on the whole been successful. The
ancients used dogs for actual fighting
purposes; the Germans are content to
use them as messengers and sentries.
Ten or a dozen dogs have been attached
to the Twelfth Battalion of Light In
fantry, at present in garrison at Schwerin.
They have been placed principally upon
picket duty. - Hastily pencilled notes
arc fastened to their collars ; and the ex- '
periments have" shown that they are
usually carried speedily to the rear. At
night the dogs are found useful in giving
early notice, by their barking,, of the ap
proach of strangers. A considerable
neriod of training is obviously neces
sary before even the most intelligent,
dog will learn to dash off at the word of
command to the main body of troops,
which may be a mile or more away; but,
if a sufficient number of dogs can be
taught to do this there can be no doubt
that a canine messenger service will be a
valuable addition to the means of com
munication upon the battie-neia.
James's Gazette.
cannot
be mine." said Mr. Fitzpoodle. as he
causes serious .! withdrew the knob of his cane from his
' ! -.jii.ii a.: i i
moutn ana examineu h aueaiiT eiy to see
whether he had removed any of the var
nish in his efforts to smuse himself.
"No, I can never be yours," the fair
maiden answered. "You suit very well
for an ornamental appendage at parties,
hops and so forth, but I am afraid you
would not wear well as a nusoana."
"Yet aw I have heard you say that
I possessed one admirable quality."
"les, you nave one aamiraDie qu&uij.
You are considerate to your enemy."
Considers te to my enemyl"
"Yes, you never put an enemy in your
mouth to steal away your brains."
"No, nevah."
And that shows you to be very consid
erate to your enemy."
"In what respect?".
"In not imposing on your enemy an
impossible task." Botton Courier.
no one heard him or came to his
ante. He sank twice, and when he came
up the second time he gave one despair
ing scream, and looked around for some
thing floating on the surface of the water
)y which he could save himself.
. "Just as he was going down for the
third time he looked up and saw a long
black branch swsying down over the
wafer. Jnst as the current swept aim
under the branch he reached np with
. . . . 1 - TtTL.l ...
a final enort ana ciuicnea it. i-
his horror to feel the cold and slimy tail
of a snake in his hand. Desperation
made bim hold on, however, and he was
Faved for the time being. It was a hnge
black snake which had been grabbed
hold of, and which had its body wrapped
fnt. amiind tha limb of a tree, which
bent low over the water in a spot where
the river bank is lined with weeping
willows. The boy kept fsst hold of the
snake. In a minute or two the reptile
thrust his head into the boy's face and
hissed at him in a wsy that made him
shudder, but not let go. He yelled with
; wLc
text books. This is especially necessary
in the case of girls, for the average boy
;n to some extent look out for hixasell
in such matters. Philadelphia Prws.
Some Modem Golialhs.
The Chinese giant, Chang, is eight
feet three inches.
Gar Dolus tells of a young giantess
.... i
was ten I eel mgn- . 1
A giant eight feet high was exhibitea
at Rouen in 1755.
Lecat speaks of a Scotch giant eleven
feet six inches in height. I '
Thn Grecisn riant Amanab. now eight
een years old, is seven feet eight inches
tail.
The giant Gille de Trent, in the Tyrol,
and one of the guards of the uuxe ox
Brunswick, was more than eight I eel xpur
inches in height.
The Austrian giant Winckelmeier, who
exhibited in Pans, measur-
was recently
all his might, and a party of fishermen I jng m half feet, may be! re
hearing him came to his sssistance and 1 rded as a specimen of tbe highest
It is hardly possible to look at any-
I thing with the eyes of another,
Pat Him Oat.
George Ashmun used to tell a story
about an auctioneer who was provokingly
annoyed while in the exercise of his pro-
fession by the ludicrous bias oi a ieuow
whose sole object seemed to be to make
sport for the buyers rather than himself
to buy. At length, enraged beyond en
durance, the knight of the ivory-headed
hammer, looking round the room for a
champion to avenge his wrongs, fixed his
. . . i j: .
eyes upon a Dipea oi nug u.mcuiuu, m
v f i V. mw.A orlw1 nn(
"Marlow, what shall I give you to put
that fellow out?" "
"I take one five-dollar bilL"
"Done ! done I you shall have it."
Assuming the ferocious knitting his
Wrnw anrMdinir his nostrils like a lion's.
and putting on the wolf all over his head
and shoulders old Marlow -strode off to
the aggressor, and seizing the terrified
wretch by the collar, said to him in a
whisper that was heard ail over tne room.
"My good f rin, you go out with me I
give you half the money !"
"Done! donel" said the fellow I"
"Hurrah hurrahp scouted the audi-
- - . . . .. v; n.
extended a nshing poie to
caught hold of it, and in a minute or
wrn-mtL aafe on drv land, a thankful and
KDi.lrw5.rprl bov. The fishermen wanted
to kill the snake, but the boy begged so
v.ni for th life of the creature which
had saved his life that they desisted.
A Mother's Retort.
An American mother, traveling in
France, offered a half-fare ticket for her
wV.n irMi several monins oi uic
lookea
at her.
on.
full-fan- aire. The collector
......irUnnW at the child and
"Your son. is he under seven, madamef
"He is. monsieur." "Your son is very
for bis atre. mad am e." "He is,
monseiur." "Your son is altogether too
i,r, fnr bis are. madame." snapped the
man, exasperated at the American's cool
'Oni. monseiur. that may be,
til th mother calmly. "He is not
i11"- . -
French, you see, 7 London r ujar.
An orange tree will bear fruit until it
is one nunarea ana nn j j i 't
there are recorded instances of orange
trees bearing wnen btb nunmw
old.
stature aitamea oj me biuum
A Swedish peasant, cited by Bunon,
was eight feet and eight lines in neignt,
and the stature of the Finnish giant Cu
janus was the same, while Frederick
William, King of Prussia, had a guard
of nearly equal stature. f
At the opposite extremes may be found
numerous awans not more wa
inchesv and some even as little as sixteen
and even 4welve inches ia height; but
such dwarfs are only monsters witn atro
phied limbs or twisted backbones, or
stuntea lniants wbow
aggersted by their Barnoms. tau na
LiprtM.
iThen Apples are Rip.
"I've just got my jacket full of, the
daintest golden sweets you ever saw.
aid Jimmy Tuffboy as he rushea into
the house in a hurry. - t
Where did yon get them, jsroes:
inquired his mother. "Have jou been
in Srainkin s orcnaru again i t
"No, ma'am. That is, I didn't go
the orchard, but I found a splrsdid
nlare to sit on the wsll and rrsch.
UaHord Poet,