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II. V. I.OJN JLOIN ,
liDlTOU AND rUoriUKTOK.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION,
Ono copy, jiio year "
One copy, six months .
Ono copy, three months
Silent Sound .
Ton do not hew it? Unto mo
The sweet low Boiiml comes ceasclessl y ;
.And, floating, floods the eurth and sky
With tomlor tone.
You do not henr the restless boat
Upon tlio floor of childish fi-et
Of feet that tread the flowery street
Of heaven alone.
At morn, at noon, at eve, nt night,
I hear the tter, soft and light,
And eateh the gnat of wings, snow-white,
Aliout my door.
And on the silent air is Imi no
The voice that from my world was torn
That left me, cotufurlliofr, to mourn,
For evermore.
finmothne floats up from out the street
The boyish laughter, bird like, sweet
I turn, forgetfully, toRreet,
My darling fair:
Soft as the ripple of the stream,
Tireoze-kissed beneath the moon's pale beam,
How strangely ivnl doth it win!
And he l ot there.
Ah, no; you cannot hear his call;
You catch no hiiigh, nor liulit footfall;
I am his inotlicr- th.it is all;
And Ho w ho said,
"I will not leave thee desolate,"
Has, somehow, lo.i.cd the bonds of fnt
And left ajar the golden g il.
Which hiil", my dead.
-X,lt IlnKs M, IV;.
A SINGER'S ROMANCE.
A full, rich, powerful voice, crude as
yet, nml untutored, yd with the unmis
takable attributes of genius u Voice
whii'h promised ii (flowing future.
"Sine; it again, Nora -tlnil'spletnliil,"
and the singer rommeii I ugain.
Full, swelling, pns-i-mute, until the
voice died awny in a trembling, wcird
like moan.
Scksk. -A large, scattered workshop
in the heart of the liu-lling, busy city.
Time Noun. Cast of I 'liarai ti rs - Some
twenty or more tin d simp-girls, add
around the stove, eutin their plain,
roar.se dinner. N"t a very romantic
affair, and yet from that shop was to
come one u ho should weave a romance
which I know to be true.
"If I had a voire like yours, Nora, I'd
make it tell,"' cried Maggie Hunter, a
good-natured girl, who sat by the lire,
contentedly munching an apple.
"If I hail your voice, Nora Ncale, I'll
tell jou what I'd do. I'd never rest con
tented in this old shop, but I'd make it
earn my living for me. God didn't give
you beauty, Nora, but lie did give you a
splendid voice, ninl it's your own, fault if
you don't make the most of it."
"Oh, do you n ally think it is good
enough for that, Maggie?'' and Nora
turned her Hushed face to the speaker.
"If I thought I should ever be n line
singer, I would work day and night for
it. I would be willing to wear a calico
dress all the days of my life, only to have
success at last."
"No need of your wearing calico nil
yoi.r life. Your voice will earn you silks,
if you only have sense enough to make
it," returned her ( oinpaiii.m.
All through the long afternoon strange
(aides ran through the head of Nora
Ncale.
The sharp click of the sewing-machine
kept lime to tlfe busy thoughts whirling
through her brain, and as she walked
hoine in the dull, November twilight, ft
firm resolution lillid her soul,
lrtmn .A yiun; ;irti. to wait
W mi Hie i..r i.ifl ii-.ist tin tfittM'kt'Crr.
Apj lv in No. II- .ii "ii tin et.
Nora laid the paper down. Outside
the ( hill, drizzling, November rain fell
drearily, making sad, desolate music;
but inside Nora's heart was full of sun
shin". She knew the h'-u.e well. Every
morning, fur over a year, sin-had pa ssed
it on her way to the shop, olten stopping
to le'.ir the mei l melody tilling the air.
How many times she hud wi-lud as she
n ad the name of the great musician, that
she could go to him and cultivate the
voice tiod had given her.
And now, not only to ruler his house
but to live there! What matter if she
was only the girl to wait on the door!
Would she not constantly hear the glori
ous melody floating out on the air, and
could she not gleam some knowledge
from what she could overhear?
"No harm trying," said Nora, ns she
folded the -paper carefully and went to
her room.
"Yes, I think you will suit. The fact
is," and the old housekeeper grew confi
dential, "I ain't so young and spry as 1
used to be. I find that running upstairs
and down stairs, is almost too much for
me, mid when 1 spoke about it to Master
Carl, he told me to get some nice, young
person to wait on the lior, and run er
rands for nie. Yes, dear, you look smart
nnd trim, I think you v ill do." And
Nora left the talkative housekeeper with
ft joyful heart.
A week later nnd Nor Ncale was nn
inmate nf Carl MatzeU'n I nt i fill 'jme.
The old housekeeper was in her room,
taking her customary nftci.iooii nnp.
Nora hud finished her work, nnd taking
some towels the, housekeeper had given
her to hem, she brought them into the
sitting-room, nnd sat down nt the win
dow to sew.
From the t ext room the voieo of one
of Master Carl's pup.'s practicing it ditll
rnlt trill, cn-no distinctly to her rar:
"Oh! if I could onlv hear what he tells
hi t, then I might practice it to-night,
after he goes out," murmured Nora, and
Norn drew the cricket softly to the door,
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VOL. VIII.
just in time to hear him sny, "Try that
again, Miss Morton. The voice should
linger a trifle more on the upper tone."
Again the clear bird like voice of ths
pupil rang out, until the delighted
teacher chipped liis hands softly, ex
claiming :
"Hravn, Miss Morton, that was finely
rendered."
Nora listened eagerly, until the rust
ling of silk warned her that the lesson
was finished, and she heard the lady rise
to go.
That night, after Carl Mai .ell left the
house, Nora having satisfied herself that
the housekeeper was busy chatting to an
old friend, stole softly to her room, and
commenced the lesson she had listened
to that afternoon.
Days nnd weeks glided away, and Norn
steadily practiced the lessons she stole
from her unsuspecting teacher.
A year had passed away since Nora
hail entered Carl Mat.eH's home. The
housekeeper was out, and Carl w as aw ay.
Heated before the open piano, Nora
played softly an accompaniment ; then
her full, clear, rich tones filled the room.
Trilling, like she had heard Miss Morton,
then bursting forth in full, clear melody.
The door softly opened, and Carl Mat
zcll silently took the picture in. Wait
ing until the singer had finished, he ex
claimed, softly:
"Very well done, Nora. Very well
done, in y gill."
I'lior Nora; a deep blush nvirspre.nl
her face; then, suddenly, she became
pale as death.
"Never mind, Nora, a happy Occident
has revealed to in- the power of your
voice.. It is my widi Cor you to com
mence a thorough course of instruction,
for I have every reason to believe that,
with proper training, you will become
one of the finest vocali'H 1 have ever
In nrd."
Nora knelt nt his feet in gratitude, nnd
imp) tiioiisly kissing his hand hastened
from the room.
"At last,'' she murmured, "at last. To
think 1 shall really become what I have
always longed to be. And Mr. Matell !
oh, he is so good !" and happy Nora burst
into a tl I of tears.
Never did Carl Matell have n more
industrious pupii than Nora, nnd never
was enthusiastic teacher more abundantly
rewarded. Two years from the time
Nora Ncale entered Carl Mat .ell's home,
ns an humble maid, found her dressing
for her debut.
N'or i" ; voii c trembled as she glanced
at the singing ma.s 1.. lore her, but one
look at her teacher's face reassured her,
and she nt in d amidst the wildest np
pllllis". Nora Ncale. rode home that, night n
distinguished woman. Her appearance
had been a conipicle success. Hut Nora
was not perfectly happy. Foolish Nora
had learned another lesson. She had
learned to love her noble teacher In vain
she chided and rrpio.u lied herself for
her foil v.
I.atc 111 t ( veiling Call Mat.ell, open
ing the door of the music room, was sur
prised to see Nora sitting in the utmost
abandonment, her head li sting on the
ta'de, le r lidi robes swci ping the floor.
Sob after sob shook hi r frame, and
Carl wati lied lu r tenderly, pityingly,
while a deeper, wanner feeling crept into
his he. nt. Anew emotion thrillid him
as lie looked at the young girl.
Th.il evening he ha I been proud of his
pupil, had admired her as he stood b -fore
the dcliglitid audience, but not until
he beheld her, desolate and alone, did
the love, long .-Itimhi ring in his breast,
wake to lull life.
"Nora," he cried, softly; and Nora
raised her lear-st.iiin d face from the ta
ble. "Nora, conic to inc;" and Nora
sped to the open arms, thankful for the
love and protection olfcrcd her.
Many years have passed away sine;
Nora Ncale became the wife of the noble
Carl Mati ll, and every year but strength
ens the love they bear each other; while
in the whole city th re is no happier
home than that of the wealthy music
teacher nnd his gifted wife,
MhKc.iI Intelligence.
Col. Wilhcrspooii, to whom we have
frcipiciitly referred to as the meanest
man in Au-tin, has In en in poor health
for sonio mouths past. The principal
cause of his feebleness is his unwilling
ness to feed himself w ith suflicient copi
ousness. A few days ago, while he was taking
the air, he met Dr. Perkins Soonovcr.
Witherspooii thought this was a good
chnncu to get some medical advice with
out paying for it.
"How do you do this morning, col
onel f" asked Dr. Soonovcr.
"Poorly, doctor, poorly. For some,
time past I have been suffering from
weakness. Ah you see, I can hardly
walk. What shall I take, doctor?"
"Take a hack," replied the doctor,
gruffly, as he strode off." fiitingt.
She Knew Him.
Sarcastic wife "Com in; home as
usual, I suppose V
Fond of stny'tig out late husband
"Yes, ccitainly."
Saicastic wife "Well, put this Icltct
in the first mail in the moruing, and il
you meet the milkman tell him to leave
two quarts." Julge.
It
IT1TSIJ()R)
THE MADSTOXH.
Something about a Supposed
Cure for Hydrophobia.
Doctors Say Both tho Stone, and (hires
Effected by it are Mythical.
"Madness in dogs," said n physician,
"is mentioned in the Iliad of Homer, nnd
hydrophobia is described ns a disease by
Aristotle. Democritis, the laughing
philosopher, developed II theory of the
inalady 40(1 years before the Christian era.
Hippocrates, the father of medicine, and
contemporary with Deinoerates, recom
mended the sucking of the wound made
by the bite of a rabid dog. In the ab
sence of a physician to cautcri.e the
wound or a surgeon to cut it out, the
medical fraternity of to-day would pre
scribe the same remedy. The first thing
nn aw kward person dos when he smash
es his linger with a hammer is to jam the
in jured member in hi- mouth. Persons
bitten by venomous snakes have removed
the poison in the same manner.
"The absorbent qualities of certain
kinds of earth or clav have led to their I
use in cases of prisonous bites to absorb
the poi-on. or laceration of the flesh to j
stop the How of Id I. When the soli- I
lary plowman cncoiinlin n nest of bees
nnd gets the woit of the contest he ap
plies a handful of cailh moistened with
tobacco juice to the stings. The adhe
sive quality of a spongy soi l of clay prob
ably gave rise to the mythical stories con
cerning the Use of loadstones fi r biles of
rabid animals. Madstones have a mysteri
ous history. Kvcrybody has heard of
them, but very few persons have seen
them. The riieyi lupeilias describe them
as light, porous stones which have the i
quality of adhering to a wound. Their
origin is not even hinted at, and their
peculiar qualities i.ro not given. Medi
cal authorities do Hot mention them,
though they speak of all the different
remedies applied to the wounds made by
animals alllicted w ith hydrophobia.
"Tradition says the stone is flat, oval
shaped, and of a bluish color. Il is said
that it will adhere to the poisoned
wound u:itil filled with the virus, when
it falls olf. After being washed and
soaked in hot water or milk il w ill again
stick to the wound if it contains anv
poisonous matter. It is laimcd that i
these stones me i-tMcai ii-il- if applied to
the wound scvciul days or rvi n several
weeks after the ii tim has been bitten by
the mail dog.
"The cures effected by this wonderful
stone are mythical as the stone itself.
The possessors of these magic healers
claim many lives saved from rabies. The
medical rciorils do not mention a. case.
It is impossible to lay your hands mi the
man who has been bitten by a mad dog
and saved by the niad-stonc."
Dr. tieorge I'. Cunningham has made
the study of hydrophobia a speciality,
and il is mop than probable has cauter
ized more wounds uiadc by dogs than any
other man in Chicago, His cilice is a
few iloois from the Chicaco avenue
police station. Kvrry person on the
North Side bitten by a dog supposed to
be iinnl rushes o tin- station and the vie
tim is liui lied o I r. Cunningham. For
ty to fifty dog-bitt' M people come to hill)
every year, and he estimates that he has
cauliried imr two Imiulrcil wounds
made by the-e animals, lint three per
sons who c Woiindi he has treated have
died of Indropliohin.
"If the iiiad-lotic is a fraud, the mnli
ral .fraternity ought to prove il," Dr.
Cunningham i-aid. "1 have examined
all the cm yt lopcili.is and nn dical author
ities that come within my reach to secure
some positive information concerning
m idstones. I have not the slightest idea
of their origin. I can't even find out
what they look like. I have nlwnys
wanted to see one so that in rambling
about I might pick up a stone that look
ed like it and make some experiments.
I have never seen a person ho had seen
one. They must have the power of n
sin tiou pump if tin y can draw out the
poison that has been in the system two or
three weeks, ns it is claimed they can do.
"I imagine that a inadstone has about
ns much effect as a piece of blotting pa
per. An) thing that has absorbent quali
ties would be beneficial, but 1 should
hate to risk n inadstone thirty minutes
nftcr the poison had entered the wound
even if it has the qualities claimed for it.
The virus enters the system the moment
after the bite. Not nil of the poison is
taken up nt once, of course, and by
prom p. caiiterialion the remaining virus
is destroyed." t'A ' .Vim.
Didn't Hurl Him.
A hillside farmer, driving a miserable
looking horse, stopped in front of a feed
store mill was trying to sell a frost-bitten
rooster when a man rushed up to him
and said :
"Look at your blamed old horse, up
to his eyes in my bale of hay."
"Is it your liny?"
"Of course, it is. Take your horse
away from here."
"Of ourso I will, fur I never like ter
tramp on a ma i's rights "
"Take him away, 1 tell you!"
"Yes, I will. Yn, back here! Well,"
he added as he climbed into the wagon
and started away, "thnr's one consolin'
thing erhout the transnckshun. The boss
don't 'pear tcr be hurt much." Aritin-
CHATHAM CO., X.
MIc t'nrs.
In a little gray house with a red roof,
which stands on a desolate stretch ol
beach in Ocean County. New .lersey
there hangs an oval iron case which hast
singular history. The house is a statim
of the l.ife-Saviug S 'lvic-, ami tin cast
is the first life-ear ever ti-ed in the world
Its story is as follows.
After the organisation of the Life
Saving Service as a branch ofthetiov
eminent, in lt-71, its inspectors visited
every part f f the coast to examine intc
the condition of tin: .station houses and
their equipments.
One of these officers was on the New
Jersey coast during n heavy storm, when
a ship was driven on the bar. lie saw
the desperate efforts oT the surfnien to
reach lu r in their heavy life boat. They
at last succeeded, ami took off as many
of the passengers as the boat would hold,
but ill returning, il was swamped by the
furious breakers, and rescued and res
cuers were wa-dicd into the sea.
For weeks and months afterwards the
inspector went about like a limn dis
traught, intent on devising a model
for a boat which should beat once light
enough to handle in such seas, mid heavy
enough not to be overturned by them.
The problem was so difficult that he was
in dispair. I'ul one day he startled his
companions by exclaiming, "Swing il on
a cable, and put a lid to it !"
The idea was at once curried out. This
life car was mada, -an oval, air light
case closed by a lid w hich si rew - dow n,
and hung by iron rings on a cable ex
tended from tin- shore to the ship. On
the first day it was u-.cd, two hundred
persons escaped in it from the '.l.vcso'r.
a vessel wrecked off the New ler-cy
coast.
These cars, of an improved shape, are
now to be found in every life-saving
station. lint this old battered veteran is
regarded with a touching pride and
feci ion by the brave s,irfmcn.
"She has done good work ill the
world," they say; an i pitaph w hii h w c
would all be gh,d to share with the life
car. Yoiillt'r I 'hiii pit ii inn.
Ilarpi-Iliiuling.
The Dutch planters in .lava invite each
other to bat soirees. The cavernous
south coast of their i-l, ind harbors my
riads of kalongs. or fruit-eating bat-, for
lle ir sie about the mo-t voracious mam
mals of our latter day creation. In a sin
gle night a full grown kah'iig will cat his
own weight in bananas, gripes, or
bread fruit, and in -Ire-.-of hunger will
attack any soft vegetable siib lance. and,
indeed, almost any organic .substance
whatever, for captive specimens have
'lien know to devour sponges and kid
gloves. A few minutes alter sunset those
harpies leave their dens, and, after cir
cling about the coast in shrieking swnrins,
decide on the plan ol thcircainpaign, and
descend en masse on the fruit groves of
the most convenient valley. At the first
like in the villagers snatch up their slings
and st.ul at a doublc-tpiii k, picking up
stones ns tin y run. Kvrry minute's de
lay may cost them a bushel of fruit, lint
before charging the marauder- tin y send
their best inark-nuii to oine vanjage
grouinl on the seavvaid sidi of the battle
ground, having found by experience that
the Hying harpies w ill take a bee line to
the coast. A few scouts then rush
in with loud yells, or open the at
tack by tiling off a bluiulerbus, and ill
the next minute the answering shrieks of
the harpies rise on the air, and with a
rush the whole swarm sail away, fol
lowed by a volley of buttling stones.
Filir A. ihir.il,!.
Cuts as lleil-fcllnivs.
In reply to the query of a correspond
ent as to the popular belief ll..i a cat w ill
suck the breath of a sleeping infant,
J!,ilulitn,l say-: ' Dr. Tomlinson of Chi
cago, dismisses the subject Social ically:
'What good do you suppose it would do
neat to draw into its lungs bnalh which
a human being has ju-l exhaled.'' Never
theless it may be said, with all respect
for Dr. Tomlinsoii and no respect at all
for superstition, that the warinth-loviiig
cat has a way of preferring baby's crib 11s
a sleeping-place to any other bed or cor
ner. If driven away, she will return
stealthily again and aain to the snug
covert. She loves, furthermore, to nes
tle (do-e to baby's body, as often as not
tlriisling her whiskered nose against the
velvet (heck, pink and warm with sleep.
Thus far, she may do no harm. Hut
when she occasionally curls her bulk of
live, six or eight pounds' weight upon
the slciqicr's heaving chest mischief may
come of it. To cs.-an; the risk of this
mischance, if for no other reason, keep
pussy away from your slumberi'ig baby.
Indeed, he is best off without any bed
fellow." The Doctor Nonplussed.
A little fellow happened into Dr.
Hutchius' oilier a few days ago on nn er
rand. The phys'cian looked him ovel
and rather sta'tling'y remarked:
"You're just the kind of a boy I'm
looking for. I'm going to Ki'l you."
The small chap was not a whit abashed,
but looking wisely up into the doctor's
face, asked :
"Do yon k'll ninny bo; s i:i the course
of the yc art"
The doctor gave him a quarter in
place of a dime, and fo'got to n?k for the
change. Mhni'tijiulis Tribune.
C, APRIL 22, m.
CIIIUHIKVS 0UMS. '
I
Two Nhlen.
Caty nt the window, looking dow n, i
Wrinkles up her forcho'id in a frown; 1
say., half pouting, "I would like to be
I'he little girl there in the slns't I sis-! i
s'ie doc-n't have to study hours and hours j
"Vway filial nil the birds and lusw and j
llower.-;
s'ir weiii-s her oii-.t dresses every day, 1
And when she wants to enn go out and play. !
s'ic never lias to sit still in n chair, '
So that she will not tumble up her Imirl
Oh. dear:"
Kilty on the sidewalk, passing by,
.i lances up ami gives a little sijji:
Chinks, half sadly. "I wish was there
Silting in (hat nice, soft cushioned chair:
Ain't Iht curls real pretty -mid In r dress; I
Sie doesn't wear oM, patched up ones,
guess; j
ml she has all the bread she wants to eat. !
I know she iI.h.s-mid cakes, and eiunly
sweet,
And pretty filings to play w ith. Henry mc!
Ilow 1 would like that hllle girl to In-:
Hi. dear-'
s I 'ninfiniii'iii .
I union ro mi -Vi II Inn.
f,e us see how tin Indian of North
Ann riea goes to work to write,
Sup e a wild Indian lieloiiging to
'hi great clan who-e members call them
selves the Turtles, makes a raid on a
ullage of huts and wigwams owned by
enemies belonginj; to the widespread
chili called lie lie, if clan. Suppose it
has taken the Turtles three days of hard
travel through forest . and over the hill- to
reach the I!' ai's. ',y means of their
1 rally spie. they find that I In- brave nun
:( the Hears arc away hunting luoo-e,
ind that most of the squaws and pap
pooscs are cither in the fields of maie or
in ihe woods, where the berries arc ripe,
.ind only a few old nun and women are
left behind to keep waleh over some
ponies and 0x1 11. Then Ihe Turtles, each
clutching his bow. co i p on the village
under cover of the woods, and with a
terrific yell rush at the wigwams. The
old people run into the bushes, frightened
almost o death, as you can well imagine.
Then the Turtles gather up all the ponies
nnd oxen, drive them off. burn all the
wigwams ibey can, and hurry home
with the rattle. Now these sav
ages think lin y have done quite a line
thing in robbing their neighbors of their
cattle and plundering and burning their
homes, as does one great nation in
I'.uropc, when, like cur l'uille chieftain,
badly coitiisi led by w ii ki d and ambitious
men, it robs another of a gli al province,
and forces the wretched people who
dwell there to obi y the laws of a nation
they dislike. And they wi-h to let
other Indians know what clever robbers
they have been. So the Turtle chief
chooses a piece of smooth, cream colored
birch bark, chews up a little piece of
tobacco to serve, us ink. plucks a twig of
soft wood for a pen, and w ith the tobacc o
juice draws the following pictures;
First comes a turtle, and i! is a very
big tunic, because he think- that he and
his clan are very great personages indeed.
Then he draws as many waving lines, to
represent bows, as there :11c Indians in
hi . party, and perhaps the same niimbi 1
of Indians with topknots; his lines bend
forward to show in what direclron tin
trail went. Following these, a rising sun
stands forilaybteak, and thr lines 1111
der it mean that three davs went by in
going to the Hears. Next, he puts down
us many funny little pyramids as then
were Hear wigwams, and draws them up
side (low 11 to show that they were dc
slroynl. After that, he draws, as well
ns he ran, a wie. wee bear, very small, in
order to show his contempt for the Ileal-.
Finally, he draws with the greatest rare
as many oxen and ponies ,c he has cap
tiin d, because he is chit fly proud of thi
partofhis exploit and uehe. all tin
world of the woods . know what a gn at
and successful robber he is. lb- docs
not tell that the Hear braves were away
w hen he surprised the camp, nnd prob
nl.lv does not 1 arc to tell that part of tin
story. We may understand it from the
absence of any sign for scalps. Had
there been n sisanec and men slain on
cither side, the exact liuiubi r of (lead
would have bu n noted by drawing just
as many human figures without tlieii
heads. --Si. Si.-l,-l,i.
Changing Ills Itnelor.
"I am lircil of Dr. Smith," said n sick
man to his wife. "lie dies me with
quinine until my cars arc ready to driq
off, and it doesn't help me n particle.
I believe I'll send for Dr. de Jerome."
"Hut coiisiib r his charges, my dear
$10 a visit."
"I don't care what he charges. I am
willing to pay for his skill."
So Dr. dc Jerome w as summoned, and
then after 11 careful diagnosis of the ens(
he said :
"tiive liim t n grains of quinine even
four hours. I'll call again to-morrow.
Ciood dav." St if Yml Sun.
Only Ills Shadow.
A gentleman called at the residence of
Professor Snore, of the University ol
Texas after dark. Matilda Snowball
was standing at the gate.
"Is the Professor in';"
"No. sah."
"H11I," said the gentleman, pointing ft
the window blind on which the .silhouette
of the Piofcssor was plainly portrayed,
"there he is now "
"No, sah, diit's not him; dst's nuflin
but his shaildci." Sii'tiiii.
NO.
..
i.imuMKs. Dunns.
How i.ilio Proved Uorscdf e
Woman tlfueat Ner ve.
A Wyatorn Btigi! Bohhery tint Emled '
Bally fur tim KobhT'.
Soon after the close of the civil w a'f
and when tie- West was a great deal (
wilder than il i- now, several of us took
the -i-igc one day from Ail tin to Kurrka, !
Nevada. Asa Iter of fad, iher were 1
live nn n and one woman, a dumpy btlle j
body with ro y face and blue eyes, whose 1
name was Mis, Dm, 1. 1 M. lived in 1
Kurrka, an I wa- returning home after a
visit. j
The -Inge route had b.- n clear of road j
agents for a long time. I -1 1 1 a a mailer of 1
ci 11 inoiiy each man carried a revolver in
a hostler In lied annmd him, and tie -te '
may have been t w o or t luce b, w c knivi s '
in the crowd. We goi away from Au
tin in good shape, and in an hour we :
wile a'l pntlywell n -pin'iitcd. Noth
ing of particular iut-p -I hippeiied lur
ing the day or early 1 veiling, but alemt
!i o'i o .; at night, while most of u, were
half a-lei p, the stage canu to a .-uddeu
hill, and a char, sharp voice rang out;
"If , oil move a fool I'll send a i nUi t
through your head! Inside tie- -tage '
there! No noii-eiisc, now ! Hand (hose
pi-tols out bull f.,n ino-t !" I
Hi t lirevv ihe door open and covered
(virihoiU with the urn!'' of hi-n vol- '
VI r. Slage pa I,", r- Il ive been 1 alh'd
( o ar.ls f.'i - 1 -; : 1 1 1 1 1 ing thi.s,i. lobe
"held up" ie, one man. The time bc
IW'i ll lie -(..ppage of Ihe stage and the
opening of tin door was s,. brief that
none ol u- loiild have pulled a pistol.
After that. n have made a motion would j
have been In invite a s)i..t. .ny one of ;
Us Would have hi en a f'"'l to rcsj-t.
"St'p down lure!" 1 oninianihd the ,
agent, and one ., one we "stepped." As ;
each man descended he pulled his pi-to
and laid it on the ground, and th' ii look j
his place in line. j
"Ah! a woman here!" said the agent j
as Mi's. Dodds started I me down. I
"You may remain in th'' com h. I don't '
rob women." j
She settled luck, nnd he turned to 11-, j
a pistol in each hand, and bri-kly re
marked: j
"Now, then, tim' is money. Kadi of
yoll g'llt- shell "III. .111-1 pine the boodle j
on th" ground. The man who attempts 1
1 i
to swindle me will Let a 'lose of lead." j
We beg.,,, to -h. II. I stood in a rest
the con h, at tin head of the line, and 1 ,
placed watch .Old nll t "li
As I straightened up I sa
Dodds hitching about in th
the ground.
lmle Mrs.
o:ieh. In
a few sieonds the barrel of a revolver
rcse I again-l the si,e of the opell door.
The agent had hi. h it side to the coach,
find was about iwdve bit away. If the
woman missed him she would eutainly
hit one of the lie 11 in line. .-In 1 1 1 1 i-l
know thi-
I I doi,;., If
take the chances
"t Hie don't be s
iboiil it.'
ill. d
the agent. "At tlii r.ile
into Kun ka for a w k !
At thai in tanl there y,
11 pint, and h leaped 1 h .1
fell to lln ground in a I
' vmi won't
.1.
W lilt
a ll 1 '1 and a
Ii hi - f. .1 aie!
1 p. We gl ib
bed I'oi 0111 pi-tos and in-led upon loin,
bill he was as dead a n nail. The bulb I
from lu r r. u.hi r h is -tuiel, him full in
the car and lie I knew what hit him.
We turned I., llie coach, and there was
little Mis. i.m. l iving jis Ii!,.-a w -
an. while the smoking i-cvoUu lay on the
seal. Wi ju-1 lill' d In r do'.Mi ami hug
ged her as if we Wi ie lu r li'.e blothil's,
for she had saved th" 1 loud a mailer of
$1-1,01111.
We couldn't pn a pc ' id il.:i In r,
but when got p. Kur-ha we m i h lu r
husband pocket .1 purse ,,f .--'.'iiio, and we
slipped in another loinili, I 10 buy the
little woman the nicest ilk .In -s in the
Silver State. Ih Ir-H ',. ..
Ihtcnuin. il to Vole.
Wr clip the following-, from aiMasgow,
(Si -inland. 1 h ltd : What will A1u.1i.1n
voters think of the fad that s l: p,
walk twenty miles to reeori! t In it- v...s,
and they walked it under torrent-of rain!
Ill other cases they had to cio.s stormy
channels in sm ill bo ils. So deter. niued
were the people of in native place to
vole that the nieii joined together and
hired a small -icanicr.
In another case the candidate hinisell
chartered a sli amer for the dav, and on
its arrival such was the tciupe-t that the
small bonis could scarcely gel out to it.
Not to be bealcn, lie- voters carried on
their shoulder- a large boat from far in
land and launched it for the occasion.
Thus, by boat and s, aiiu r and road, the
new voters found their way to the far-oil
polling booths, and for the first time re
alized they were men "f national impor
tance. Her Method ol'Kerenge.
"Here is rather a sad incident in th
paper, my dear." mid Squibiig.
"What is it ;" a died his w ife.
"A llohcmian girl in Chicago commit
ted suicide to spile her lovi r, who had
offended her."
"The foolish girl! 1 wouldn't have
taken out my spite in thnt way."
"What would yon have done?"
"IM have married him."
And Squildig went down town won
dering how he had offended his wife be
fore they were married.
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Newport News, 18S6.
The hug" son monster, the "Merrimae;"
The mad see mounter, the "Monitor"
You iiiiiv sweep the sen, peer forward and
back,
Kill never 11 sign or n sound of w ar.
A vulture or two in the heavens blue;
A sweet tow n biiilding, a boat man's call;
Tlie tar sc-i souk of a pleasure crew;
The sound of hammers. And thnt is all.
And when
nre the monsters that torn this
main .'
And w here n
shore'
The s,,,., gr.
Hi" monsters thnt slemk this
mad! And the bhore shot
Ilaiiie!
The mad sea nem Id's they nre no more,
'i he palm, mid Hi" pin", and th'.' sea-sands
brow 11 :
Th" far n solids of the pleasure erens.
The an- like b.-'.'iii in this building town
And tlmi istli- picture of No mil News.
- .f.ni.niii iiVcr 01 l,tilK iiilcnl.
Ill MOHOIS.
The
n dial.
Fell
iwyer's advertisement (.live mf
lipi'i i's -Those applied to vicious
What i
p- --sit.
It's lie
cially th-
The le
quickest
press.
Profess
. I iketi from yn before you
! Y"iir photograph.
litl'e ihillg- that tell -espp.
little brothers and si-tors.
1 1 . 1- cnrrii r that gels around
is I'm.' c Hnder of a prililing-
who is about to have his
hair culi I low cold is it in this room.
Prav allow me o kci p m hat on!
A we t. ni -iglit eir being t'dd that
the dried up man "f 1 In pounds weight
was .arts, the. New York senator, said:
"P.y g..-li! I'll hi I Ii" boards."
An Knglish paper rc ports that during
! ci nt explorations at Nineveh a petrified
umbrella was found in one of the temples.
Near by was the pt trifled man who was
ju-l about to make off with if.
Pi'ofo-si.i' Does my question trouble
yon. sir.' Student No. sir. "not at all.
Hut I inn a little in doubt how to frame
my answer so a-to give you the precise
information for w hich you seem to a-k.
"M-iinni 1." siid Johnny, "can any
bo.lv hear with their mouth.'" "No.
child. I ilmi'l think they can," replied
the mother, lin n, mamma, what made
Mi. .loin - tell -i 1, r he warded to tell
In r -nun 'lliing and put his lips to het
mouth in- tend of her car:"
I.indbii'1." said a Wisconsin trav
eler, riurfgiiig from the dinning-rooni
alt' r a long and liuilless struggle to se
cure 11 dinner "Landlord, there's one
thing oit haii' h' iv that's as good as the-
P diner 1 1
( hii ago." "I am very
vmi. sir. What is it ?"
glad
"The
It.
I Natural Selection in Mankind.
"'flu s,,ng.' t nu n in intellect," said
I'r.ifi's' or I ).nia in his closing lecture on
! J'.voliuioti in Peahody Mu-i 11111, New
j Haven, "are gradually taking possession
of the glob.-. I b 11- exemplifying natural
I si leciii.n. 'I'M- is s -i n in the spreading
out of Kn daiid's domain, lief ore 188
I it wa -11 1 j -I that that species had al
j w iv ; 1 i t d in the same condition in
which tin were thin hum. I. Now thif
1 ha- all v ini hi.l. The reason'-, for the
I iiiigi.-ition ol aiiiui il- and plants arc
I 'Weeping. All changes in physical con
Jdilioiis of inigiations may woik great
I . haices i'uIiit g I or bad. Let the
I tempi 1 at nre m hiiniidil of a climated;
llialigiil. it w ill be f. .)' t he belli lit of soint
and the di -,1'lvanl age of other-. Tliu-:,
1 cul lim: 'b.w 11 h ulc tins will strengthen
1 the gras- which wa- uiub r the tree, while
il will (row I out tin- weeds. Kcmaiii'
ol tropic.il sei.s are found in (ireat
j I'.rit iau. .'-In w ing I hat il w as once joined
I to Ihe ci ml in. ill. North America wan
on. e joiin il to l.uiop" across the Arctic
ocean, all'.wing the pas-age ol anim.ds.
M i'giiit ing; bii.ls and slorm winds maj
cany with lln-iii many hundreds of niilcf
small insi cis and The migration
of the potato bug from Colorado has b.cn
rapid, an. I wire il not for man's cue
there would have been a mm 'etc d -sliui
lion of the species of potatoes."
liluiiling tho Feeling".
"Curious how one's feelings get blunt
ed by I he sight of blood and horrors,"
says Sir t 'lias. Wil-011, in his new narra
tive of the Nile expedition, " There was
one strange incident. An linwoundcd
Arab, 11 11 11. " I with a spear, jumped up
and charged an ollicer. The ollicci
grasped the spear with his left, hand, nnd
with his right ran his sword through the
Arab's bo.iy ; and there for a few seconds
they stood, the ollicer being unable to
withdraw his sword until a man ran up
and shot the Arab. It was a living em
bodiment of on" of the old gladiatorial
fresc oes of I'oiupeii. It did not, strange
to say, seem horrible; rather, nftcr what
had picscil, an every-day occurrence. 1
Used to wonder before how the Ilomniis
could look on nt the gladiatorial fights',
I do so nn lunger."
No I'lieertalnly.
Angelina: Didn't you promise me,
Fdw in, w ben you went out that you'd
certainly be home by .inr?
Kdwiu: Yczh, my dear, yczh, and
here 1 11111 ,jc.h to the moment.
Angelina: Ju-t to the moment, in
deed! Do you know what time it is
now?
lid win: Je.h one, my dear, jczh one.
Jc.h heard it strike ouu over and oyer
again. LiJ.