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Seeds and Words.
I dropped a seed besido a path,
Anil went my busy way,
Till chuiuo nr fn'e -1 say not whicb-
I.ed mi', one summer day.
Along tin- .self aauiij utli, and lot
A llowcr blooming (here,
A fulr as eye bus locked upon,
Anil sweet us it was fair.
I dropped a sympathetic wrd,
Nor st.aycd to watch it grow,
For little li ii.linii's needed when
The seed is Hood we sow ;
JSut once I m t the man ngnin.
And by the ghidMiuic wy
He tiHik ii i y 1 1 1. 1 knen 1 sowed
The best of seed thru liay.
Working far Uhc.g Sam.
A Wo't I.KIIK S STOIIY.
TUo life of a feminine clerk in ono o!
the (i vrr iimnt D.-pnilmcnls at Wash
ington is not 1 any nnnni a bad ci
istence. 1 have trie I it nml sneak from
C)tp?ricne
Ono d iy nt long ngn I found my
way to I lie otli .- of ilio f-crrclnry in the
Interior Hepai in ut. A colored man
of grent dignity oat outside of (be door,
and upon my entrance into the ante
room roe re pcctfully and, taking my
cird, wavul .no to a teat to await re
sults while ho disappeared tbioiigh u
doorway oppodtc me.
In :i few ntiutitcs 1 was ushered iutn
n largo ro"in, half t llice, half library,
nml faring a digiulied gentleman who
rose and pdi'cly asked uic to ho seated.
1 lo still li t t n lis band the hitter I
had sent in by the porter together with
my card, lie b uck border .f which
locked a s -tiangc ::iil forlorn us my
life H.ii t'i'ii. In art lew words in pos
Bib'e I to'd lii'ii my history up to that
moment and why 1 had appliel to him.
Would l.e give me a position as a clerk
in I i.w' Dopi.r. men 1
Ho silently liin-d over several pack
ages of pa; er lyi'lg on the desk Inside
him, aril then s.i.l: "D you know
your application makes 101 that 1
now havj bef.-ro m -, asking for clerk
ship, i i tbi.i Department?
0:io thousand ami one! Ih-w q-iukly
my thoughts fl-w taik to (he .trains of
5 favorilu wait,, "O.io Thousand mid
One Nights I" The room and tho tnan
before mo faded before nuothcr vision
a group of gny young girls dancing to
the music of that wait m it dripped
from my carele-s fingers. "One Thou
sand umHVio N fjlitj-1 I.css than that
many nights before I had been one of
a paity list, tiing to that music played
by a (t'liuin band, ' 1'uder tho Lin
don'' in Uerminy, loved and curid for,
wUh no thought of sorrow.
I was brought sharply back to the
present, with its bitter contrast, by the
entrance of (be porter, followed by two
gentlemen. Tho Seeretery shcok ny
hand as a Lire well, mid promising
to send mo an answer in the morning,
ba le tin porter see me s afi ly to tho car
in the next Htuet. In niraiiging my
veil a watch guanl unclaspe..! and
dropped with a rattle to ti c (1 n r. One
of tho gentlemen who hud just entered
picked it up, mi I looking sign jlioantly
at it and then to the K-cictary, huuded
it In n;e. It was tho tqinro aud com
pass set in largo white diamonds, be
longing to my husl'iiu I. Ido not know
wdie her that little incident helped me
to gain my jiosition or not, but have
thought possibly it did, as 1 saw tho
somo d'Mign hatijiii; from a chain worn
by the Secretary .f tlio Interior.
' Next morniti'T the bell boy brought a
note and a large otli in! document cjii
tabling my appoin iment to a cle:kth:p
in the Pension OfhVo at n salary of
flOOJ a year. 1 v.n to go the follow.
iug Mouday morning nt 9 o'clock for
examination and to ba assigned to a
room with others thus employed. The
next two days woic pent in search for
a boarding-house. Of theso 1 founil
plonty, but nt not oi:o tlcsirsblo place
could I get room and board without that
all-import i ut thing, s.imi roc mim iubi
tion, a thing I ha I u ;ver onca even
dreamed of Imvi'i
1 think my c. pei ienec thoso two days
ought to bo written, nnd would be in
teresting, to say tho lent, to students
of human nature. Sly only crime, un
fitness or whatever you insy tcim it,
as expressed or hinted. n my Icing
"so young," 'So p:elty'' nnd "a
widowl'' Think of it. I wished most
heartily that day that I might be old,
gray nnd hideously ugly. 1 nm g ml
there were no wilked fair io j about that
could change peep at Uy:r own wish.
I fear I should b::vo I c 1 1 left repent
ing, a clerk to ti n da; in that obi
gloomy budding on tho nvenuc. As 1
could not change my fnci, ami certain
ly it was not ray foriu o, 1 decided to
change my tactici, and through the
means of tho telegraph I was cnab'ed
to secure satisfactory references, even
for that particular .ind pump-red class,
Washington landlai:ei.
On tho Mmday following I w -nt to
a building on Tenth street I think the
sam ons where President Incoln was
carried mortally wounded; if not, it
was next door to it where the exam
inations were bel l. In answer to my
rap I wni admitted to a long, low-i-cilcd
ro in filled with writing tnb'cs
nnd chairs, t ono of theso lub'.is
twolnlies were busily bonding over
pen and iuk, evidently umhtgoing the
irdcnl thr uh which I must pass. A
short, stout gcutlinun with a pair of
largo giern glasses surmounting bis
nose looked over my paper of appoint
ment, nnd giving me a chair a, one of
the vacant desks, pu'. before rro suic1
printed questions. 1 think I pas. d
cicditnbly, for I was uot requested to
rowrito or given aiiy hiuts, at one d
the other two was.
While my pipers wcr3 being folded
nnd written upon I lookel with curi
osity at my comrades. One wu un
doubtedly a "s hnolmarm." It showed
for itself in niiny ways. Tal', thin,
plain, with an intellectual fuel. Hie
w u-t e carefully nnd without stuly her
answers to tho questions and fold-d her
ptip-rs with a precision nud neatness
that spoke well for any work entrusted
to her, and made me feel gte;n wi:h
e..vy. IJ.i;h la lie) hil rerclied that
stage in li'o cull -d one of "uncerliiin
i-g-." Why uiii oitam lciuld never see
plainly. Hut (he otliei wiitcr interest
id me. A lady without doubt; once
'of tho v rid," but of it no nirre, was
niii'en pliialy on tho strong, thought
ful fare an I in tin dign fi I, queenly
I'gme. Ago nud mm had lined the
one" li:ir.ils'"iii fact? and whitened tho
hair. I, .tir I leai red In r liist ry
anil that in Miinii-es won- curie!,
liy a stroke of fate our desks were next
to Hl'li ether for ma:.y m nibs nud
th'OU.;h her cveniuilly my life's story
was changed. Sie mi the widow of a
once noted niiny olliier. Thiough tho
c.tr lessness of trustees her fortune wa
swept nway. The same gov rnnient
that In norod her busl and w hic liv.ng
soon gave her liv ans of ',irn.ng her
bread. A bill bad been ml 1 1 duo d in
c ni:resj to give her a suhable pension,
hut whs delayed and seem d a'nust
hopelessly ci-t aside. Liter it was
giantcd nnd she gladly resigned her
position to others nio;o needy ami le?s
inicnslin.
We all three b it that building nnd
went to the pension ollicj on Twelfth
stieet. It was a lela l t me to be
with the two old t led ail they
both as uio.id a care and helpfulness
that I have lie v r icismI to remember
g'alefully. Another otliee, with several
desks, occupied by ine.i bus;ly writing
and messengers coming in an 1 going
out, (ariying papers. Wo waile I some
time, nnd nt last, our pap-rs being seen
ami approved, we were given cards,
with our name! and number of building
nnd room ther. on. Tmc ". cliool-teacher-'
Hail "goo I-l y ' and went to
another bu I "ling, wi.il" the other lady
and myself followed a messenger up n
flight of Mails nnd into a large, well
lighted roo!ii. It was tilled w.tii "le ks,
men, women nnd chairs, ami ail swim
in a ceiifu.ed ( iii lu hi for-) my fright
ened cvei. In n moment of c Mpniiio
1 began count. ng, an I fou i l lint t'icre
weic eight clerks ns.tigue I iu this
room, seventy of whom were men and
ten wiiuen. The disks weie an iiged
in rows, as at school, eight rows, with
six in a row.
The ladies (ail, with on-! exception,
looked like ladies) hi I tho lightest,
waimest sido of the loom nud were in n
row by thcniilvc. Tlio sei.i'ch of
pens, or rattling of papers, with an oc
casional subdued leimiik, was all that
bioke the silvuee. At ill! enl of the
room nud fining tie others wire the
desks of tho Ciief an I A"--islant Chief
of the di -idon. I abnn-t cxpcc'cd to
scrapples, knives a id in. rides there; it
set in -1 lie a ''giown-up" schoolroom
over whic'i two tiiuhen pris'lol. A
soldierly lookin; gentleinait cam-.: for
ward, and ofloriug clia is, looked at
our ear-Is. In a few miuu'es wo were
tlwiwn t be In I ies' do ik-room, a small,
neat rum, cared for ly an rol-rly
colon-1 w.unan (onie a inaiil to one of
the mistresses of the White II iu -0. ami
upon our return were g ven dj.ki at the
end if the line of la-lic.
Tho work was making out papers
for pension cn-c, c -pying old war
records and trying to rewrite Ilia rec
ords of the revolutionary war. These
last werorially inter sling, c ml.iin ing
many qu i:nt historical facts, th it lie
hidden in tic: oil yellow parchment".
In one of tli! payrolls was pinned a
receipted bill, male out to "(ieorgc
Washington f ir jc sho-jing of one
horse'' by ono '-I'liineas iS-oly." 1
Ii vo forgolttn tho amount, but tho
debt was pai I. T. cio were many
funny applications for pension., the
rea-ons for npp'ying being absurd be
yond belief. One old fellow nppliel
becauso "his wifu's lirst husbnn I had
been killed in battb. nn-1 be, having
liiarrieii her nnd cn'luro-1 her temper
nnd bud cooking for mmy years, until
death release I her from thii world
and himself fiom the two above trials,
he des-iel a pensk.i on that account."
He Tried to Lift '.'Oita Pounds.
There were probably a huridrcl peo
ple in tha old Island Ilouso Depot in
Toledo, when a tall, thin man, who
might have been -1 ) years old and did
not look to wcigli ovjr 90 pounds, who
had a rope harneis on him, pav e I
around tho waiting room ami said:
'I am going to giv an exhib tion of
s'rength outsidj the b lildhi', and shall
expect tho tmall sum of a dime from
each looker-on. 1 am going to attempt
to raise adoa-l weight of tw i tois."
All tho men an I quite a number of
tho women went out, anil enough
townspeople camo down to mnko a
crowd of 300. Tho thin mn passed
around through the crowd and took up
a fol lection, an I ho mint have got nil
avcrago of ten c.-nls for ever oni pres
ent. When he had pocketed tho moaey
he approached several large grin Istono)
lying in a heap and chained together,
iind announced :
Li 1. ci and (tentl-m-n Ithnnkyou
kindly for your coulrdm'ions. Iljro ii
a ilea 1 weight of 200i) pound. I shall
attempt to lift it."
An iron bojk in the harnesi was
hooke I into tha chain shackling tho
grin I, tones, an I the thin nun bgan to
straighten up. II.! was cic;:r.igel and
iipplauhl by thn crow I, but the strain
ho put out wouid not hive raited fifty
pounds. II- kept at it threo or foul
mi ni'.cs, ti ii 1 lhe:i unh o!c I and backed
olT, and said :
' Li lies and ge.itli in n, it's no use; I
can't do it. I have trial and failed.-'
"!-e here lliii lo iks iik-j a frau 1 1"
ci-laim- d a nrri who h 1 1 chippe I in a
pi irler.
"O i, don't say that!'' sorrowfully
r.'pli'--1 t'.te tlii i mn. '-You all saw
me t r v .
'Hut you led us to believe you could
iift '.'it I I p un Is."
"Well, I was in hopes I could. I
n-.i'ly wisli I c u!d, hut I d :i't bclicvo
1 ever can.'1
'That's pretty thin!" growlod re I
whiskers, "and I'm a go id mind to
givo you a ta-te of my bo ill'1
' O i, ple-r-o don't ! I tried 1117 best,
and wiiei a man Im doin his host sut.-h
talk hurts hit fj.lingi. You don't
know how I) idly I w i lt to lift 2 )J0
p -un Is. "
'I be'i.vo yen are a fakir."
"A fikii! Hoar him, ladies and
gen-l -in -i, ! I!-e.iuM' 1 a'li not ni strong
as a d ray liorsu le calls me a fa'tirl
Tnis is too much loo much! 1 am
used to adversity, but this b ea'n me!"
And le sat down on the ");)() pounds
of col I g-in Istones a id wept like a
child wept ur.f.l (he crowd scattered
and he could got awi with his $30
w ithout being kiekel. Tili ih It'. t,l
Loth Hiiil Traits.
I have a fiiend here whun I want
to bit rod i c ) you to," le. sai I, a'terthey
had in 't and cha'tel a unineut in tho
Krie depot across t he r.ver.
'Oh, ccitainly."
"I beg to state in :id v.uic", however,
that he has ( c curious ti nt of charac
ter w!i!c!i you may expect to see do-
ve 'p ii.
"All right. My friei.ds contenl
that I also liavo one."
Tho two xvero introdoi'd, shook
ban Is, passed the usual talk, an I lifter
four or live minutes N ). 3 suddenly
q :.;,el:
"II tho way, hive you a pocket
kn ife!-'
Yes."
"If you plots'."
He pined his nails nn I talk" 1 for
three or four min ites longer, and then
put the knife in bis pu ke an 1 e.xou ed
himself on the griti'ids that ho mist
look after his burgage.
"That's bu trill," whispercl tlu
man wlio ha I iniioduced him ' he's
liken your kni.'e tinny wi'h him. t'uri.
ous, isn't it ?"
"Not hid; so cuiio.H as my trait!"'
excl.iiino I th-3 other, and striding after
tin1 man le sei.cd him by tho shoulder,
whirled him around iu a savage manner
nud said :
"Either return that knifo or I'll lick
you out of your boots right hero and
now !"
"Ah! Meg par Ion!" and tho knifo
was linndcd out so quickly that it
seem :d to bo red hot.
Thinks She Is SIMI a Slav?.
Sirs. It. vens of Lee county, (i.i. , Ins
an old negro woman who does not
know that she is fiee. When freedom
dawned upon lie negroes, nnd they all !
darted lo leave, t lis old woman, who !
is deaf and cannot talk well, could not
be male to understand it, and she has
not found it out to this day, nnd is
st ill living on the ni l plantation.
Atlnnt ( Cons' ilufi 'n.
A ISusinoss Ki'nson.
Sir. Chatter It is wonderful how
many men ro ruined by the liquor
habit I
Sir. Ducket! Not nt a!', wonderful.
They use it at vsholesalo nud buy it at
rctad. M',
CHII.PKKS'S ((II.I MN.
Till' I.ITTI.E .-Kl--n;l'-.
The rain was fallinp stra-lily.
The ebmds hunj; lliii It and low.
When mother said, "'Tis j.i-t tliedny
For little Nell to sew."
And Nellie jiiadly liroti"bt berch r
t'li.se t-i her mother's -ido;
Ami tlen a cuuiiiiiK thimble put
"n Tail Man's head with pride.
Hie tl.eii "iiinuunil fr in i tl (lie spool,
And lip-I.e t lie Cotton thread;
And eli. cd the end and twisted it,
"To i.iake it slinip," d- said.
- .loo... i.i fif'iir.i.'r.
im t.i: rim.- f- rni;v.
"Tell us a stoiy, l ailo l'll'.l," said
I! di and Al ibi-, i u iniiig to him,
Whit about''' .'aid l uck- l'hil, na
ib climbed on his right kn- o mi l
Archie on bis left.
'"Oh, about something that happened
to you,' sn d II b.
"S -instiling when you weiealiitlo
boy,'' said Aren e.
' One, when 1 wis a little hoy," snid
I'nc'e I'.i I, '1 asked my mother to b't
K a i I myself go nnd play by the
Vu Ib-y your broiler,'' nskcl
11.
"No; but h- w.v very fod of play
ing with me. M : mother s iid yos ; so
we went il l I had a good ileal o f spoil.
'After a wlide 1 took a Oiing'c for a
1 oat mid sailed it along the bank. At
last it began to get into deep water,
w herj I cou'dn' t re i 'i it with a stick.
Then 1 toll ll'y to go and bring it to
mo.
"He almost always dil what I toll
him, but this tini'! lie did not. I begin
fccoldiig h in aid It' ran toward i lion'.
"Then I was angry. 1 picked up a
stone and tluew it at bun in bard as I
coul I. "
"Oil, I'm I ; Phil! ' said Archi ".
",l st then II y tinned his head, and
it situeli linn right ovjr his eye."
' Oil, Uncle Phil! ''
"Yes, it mali! luni stagger. II.' gave
a little ciy and lay dow n on the ground.
' Hut I wis still nngiy with him. 1
did no! go to him, but w.oled inlo the
water for my boat.
"I'.ut it win deep t than 1 tlioii jht.
llcforo 1 knew it I was in a :tn n; cur:
rent. I scream-.' I as it i.irried mo down
Mieiun, bu! no men were near to help
me.
' I'.i! :n I wen! down under tho deep
walir. something look hold of me nn-1
dnggei mo toward shore. And when
I was safe on the bank I saw it was
It y. Ho ha 1 saved m .- lite "
"(iood fellow I Was he your cousin? '
n-ked K -b.
"What did ou ay to '. im?' asked
Archie.
"I pu" my in ins nrou i 1 t!.- dear fel
low's neik mid ciie I, a.i I a led hiiu to
forgive m -."
'What did he say?'' .v!-d liny.
"lie said 'How, bow, low! "
''Why, who was 1! anyway!'
asked Arch:e in gicit a-tonis'im ut.
"He was my dog," nid Fiicle Phil
"the be :l .log 1 ever saw. I have never '
been unkind to a dog or to any other'
animal si ico, and I hop: you will never j
be." (Jar l.i't i- On s. !
A Novel Kail war. i
Tlie town of Oitauo, Oil., has n
novel :ruiinv.r. T;m railway is s-mo
six a-vl a hilf n.iles in length, with
heavy grades ns it approaches the h lls.
Tiio tar is ilinwn up lull ai d over tho
leiels by a pair of mills, but in going '
down gradis the mules ride, nnd the
i
Can move by gri.vily. A pl.-itfoim with
folding sides is provided, which is sup- i
polled near one en 1 i-.pi n a pair of
wheels. Tin- opposite en I of the pint-
form is stippoitel on the ca-. When
the mu'es arc the tractive power the
sides of the plat foi in are lolded dow n
nnd the whole rolls back under the bot
tom of the car, where it remains and is
drawn along the tin -k with the car.
The wheels on which tho platform is
canied are of small diameter, and near
tbeiu is a biakj bearing directly on the
rail when applied ly the conductor.
On I lie down gin-le the p'ntlorm it
truck is drawn out from beneath tho
car, , the sides nie raised, and the "iiatd
rails, etc., n c ad j isted. The mules are
driven up n the p'alfoim, the gales aro
closed and all is leady for (he decent, j
The mules quietly s-iind,wc!l fenced in, l
while tie enr rapidly runs down tho
grade. .Y. )". 'irJunt.
A Hisgusted Judge.
It was not many mouths aro that two '
lawyers who were Irving a case in a
couit not far fr m this city bulldozed
nnd blaekgnarde I ouch other until ,
vituperation an ! insult lost their sting, '
and ineli drew on the rcsoureoi of hit ,
hip pocket. Five times they banged
away at each other an I nobod was
hurl. They prepare 1 to reload, but J
the judge, who hid been an excited
spectator, sprang to bis feet and yelled: j
By Heavens, gentlcmon, if yen shoot ,
again and don't ki 1 etch o'her, I'll
have you both arrested for contempt of '
court I" fytiane Fall (U'uiA ) Snitt-
ANTELOPE KILLING.
An Animal Which is Nearly
Extinct.
A "Round Up" In a Bat bod Wire
Enclosure in Wyoming.
An inb i" -ling story of nil antelope
hunt in Wyoming was told in a down
town gill ito e the other day. lilt,
though inter in ;, it w is by no mtans
clotrbigto the pirlsnio:i who d real
the utter detitie':en of all f.ane by
u-el-.-ss slaughter. P. n;'pears that a
laige ranch iu Wyoming was managed
by ii i K lglislm in an I ow n-! I chiefly by
I". iglishinen, although there was Hone
Amei icau capital inves e-l. Tnc la-ich
includ "I eiglilei' i n'ctims of Ian i, nnd
was laid out tiucn miles wide ly fix
long. Tiie whole was enclosed by n
five-wire buikthorn fciu-) of tie most
substantial charae'er. Largo breadth
la 1 b en s i-.v.i to w'uat, an I so last
spring, iiLirwarm weather cinie, the
anicl" p sgai'uered fr un gtea: I sMric-s
!- at th you ig ginin.
To the min I of the F. i;lish m linger
of th-- e-tate ti.i - c ill.d for a violent
remedy. Ti.e an'i lopes mu-t be exter
m nati-l. lb- t li' lefor .- sen' t hi.
friends ai-nn I all ml, a-i I apiriy was
paMiered as if for a wo f bun'. Moult
ing tl.clr lo-r-c:", (bey fol i-n- I a line
ii"-ross on-. end of th- plant itiou and
then rodo sbwly towaid tie opposite
end, intending toc'rinr the game and
then sh 'i t it down c.'info: t ibly, ju-t as
tl"! ua ivei in Alriia drive g one into a
V shaped corral an 1 bu'cli.'r it.
Tiiis wii, iu i le p issili" -, will skilful
liiauagoineiit, by tin l.e: t! at antel pes,
although i If-y easily j uupe.l a fence w hen
entering a field, g '. m cm . led when
chased by a w hoopm ; tang of hoi semen
that they mn bit'i'-r ail yoi along the
fciu", tl tl 1 1 at la st lli.y o'lirgJ back
an on ; the adva-i i t ; butchers.
The line iu this cas ! was foitu iat--Iy
no! well man i:;e 1, lln u;'i the stall lit
er was ba 1 eiimtgli. Ti.e men m line
were armel rh repering nil s. II.--foie
more than hilf the gi -u-id was
covcio 1 two or threo of the pi'ty be
came soixcited cv -r tic! nppen:. -nice of
the gam.- that they opened tii-. Ante
lopes ili.it were Ir.im l.'"'l;o I .V'U yards
n way wetc siiot a t w t !i the ell i t ut aiarin
ing tin in and c itli i g ill my of them to
utamp-de back throng i he line before
it had c'oe I i:i sullicienlly to in ike the
slaughter com p ete.
A lit: I.; later, when the game was
being dtiven toward a omit, a bunch
broke luck through tic line, ail two
of ib - iii !n got down i If 111-' r b rses
nnd sU"t (lire- d id. 1' happeuel (ha!
this killing was d vie in a h il'.ow where
t ho re-t i f the ii.e i iu lini did not see
it. Sitlieliic kept advancing, an',
luckily for tic a: -c'ojo, a wnl tiing
gnp was left in tl-e citie of th" line;
where tlu tw tiiea had dioip e'd out j
(o cut tin- lhr.i' s if tie game shot, j
Through thii gup in -r ' than a -eore if i
the nntelo es o c pe I. j
Having li-iisli-d with the thr-e d -n l j
a-itelop'S tic two m-n gallopel on
lifter the lilt'. When they oveitook it
there were si ill nearly a bun li ed ante
lopes enclosed within it, aid the. long
rang-' shouting was -till serving losave
tha lives of some, of (le tin foi Innate
bi n-t t.
livcntunly, however, tie men got so
cloe to tie gillie that livi antelopes
were k.liel lr iu one I u-ic'.i. When
these had been a:tiii b.-l to the gland
final onslaught was made. C'n iously
enough ll happcnel th I t ie main body
charged on a u: ll a1: hi I be-n re-erv-ing
his Hie in or I -r to mike it deadly
at si. oi t range. His iis-oiia.es looked
on as the giin.- t.ppr in d.c I him with
(lie liveliest an! ii ipa;ioin of se-ing a
great (.laughter, but only to s-o him at
last working tli." pump ban 11: of his
gu-i with dsp-rato but unavailing
energy. He went til ough all (he
mo ions prop-rly, but no ibisii nor
smoke was e -n nor was any report
lioatd. Again the pump would be
worke I, but with the same result.
When the game bad all seittored nnd
other men in the lino li.i'l killed thiee
head only, they gntheied about the
ltti kless gunner. II) declared that be
had somehow forgot'en to charge bis
nngi.zine, and le vtas in a stato o
great excitement over it until some of
the party went to the pli.es where be
hiol stood when trying to (ire. There
they found a mag -.ineful of cartridges
lying on tie? srouii I. An examination
showed that tho c; rtrid res hud been re
loaded by tlio gunner himself, but be
ha 1 forgotten to reinovj tho old caps
from tie shells, and put ou new ones
before reloading.
In all el.'ven antelopn worn killed in
tho round up, and it is supposed a
dozen men were w ounded, but escaped.
Tjat waibal enough, the ugh not so
bad as other rouu I tips which were
probably hell afterward were
likely to be. It se-mi particularly un
fortunato that an animal like tho ante-
lopo should bo slaughtered in such
mere le-s fashion, when it is remem
bered that Hive in We-tern Texas and
in two or three districts in the northern
i art of the ciuutry the sptciei is ex
tinct. -V. J". .S-I.
An Obliging Spaniel.
D igs nie useful to mankind in many
ways, but it is doubtful if more thin
one bai ever been ucd us a hassock ut
dinner tim".
The d"g in question is a very I nt
cickcr spmicl. N'onily every evening
in (ho weik i( ft Hows two q i-.-tly
dtcssed W" l'i -ii to a table d'hote icstat;
rant not far front 1'iiion Kquire. Into
the dining n" in tin canine stru ;p!e',
panli' g furioii-lr, nn 1 as soon ns a tn-
bio bin been n lccted, under it he
crawls and lies down. (i -n rally bo
rests hit bend on bis fin-paws nnd
blinks bis eyes until the I .st cop of '
i olT- e is dia ned.
As soon as bis inlsti-. ses .-.re seated
they place their fi et en tie spinu-l's
buck, n:id thus they sit an ! i at and
i ' a'. The dog doesn' t soim to mind
it nt nil. I i f. or, he re's vety mm It as
if In' like 1 serving as a hi-s-c . lis '
eves every bo ly whocn'crs He re-taur-ait,
and when he siei a p't-cn who
doc-n't plia e l is i-iltirated sens- he I
uttcis a low gro-.tl an I st c ,s his hea l j
tut I her down between his piws. A.
little dig iu tie ribs fn in one of (be
"iiia'l b- o s g ne'all silences hiiii.
W!i :i d liner is ov-.-r this u-iful
fpmii.l wndd es out from un b-r tho ,
table, Ilea's him
falsetto b.ik a
wav.
If lo a sliaki, gives a '
1 goes his itpopk-tie
j
Ail I ii (I i in nud African Farm Pest.
Ii io tiie b cud is not eonllied to
any ono louutr.', it is particularly the
pest of the, farmers in In lia and Africa,
win ro the siioeco, or lo t winds, f.neli
tales the hatching of the e.'g;. A short
time ago the pests bill cied terrible
siilTniiigt i.i the people of A'g'T a, aud
at S -!ilT the strejts and iviiki were in
vaded by the in-eets, w'ncli w .-re often
so iiuui' ioii! as to ob-enr.- the s in, an I
did not d .parl u-itil the; ha I left acres
upon aoroi of desolation behind them.
The farmers a' Hon-Siada dig big
treni-hes in the soil, b,- the sol : of which
are plac I pice s of canvis, i -ivercd
w.tli metal binls, and when the
lie iches a e tide I with the insets, the
men b at them with lliili uitil they
arc nd icel ton p'llp. T.iis.lo-s littlo
ood, however, ou account of tin lar;
uum'ier. A fesv years ago squadrons of
cavalry were emp'oye I to beat down
tho locusts, but to little purpose, nnd
the government has been unable as yet
to discover a leme ly. .1 ; V.i-i A iri-,-.V
,,-.'..'.
Abn tialeil Males.
An nm-ieut SI ss. I. a. very III.; "I
can no in no be Oa.," she ciicl; "l'il
goto SI iss., if I g-t wdl. nnd lo (ho
Lor I my tins confide. ' ' (ioandl' I.
Ph.," she whispered low lo Del, a sis
ter by her bed; "ai l b other l'i'., tell
hill) to come I'd see tiiein nil I. fore
I'm dead. ForO., I Wis, I'm grow
ing worse, nul soon He., Jordan's
brink l llglile. Tie Ind., 1 know, is
near at hand; soon, soon I'll be a heav
c i ly bride." Tl.cy gathered round the
i i-k m lid's be I, a id nbb-l aloud
with heartfelt "grief. "Why, why
do.t (iy for SI .' Y u know 1 soon
will Iind relief. S i ui s(r A I a. I wi.l
see, and brother K is. , wi.o'v - gone
before; and tu.c'e Wash lire
death stepped iu and look tie mai l to
t'other shore. Alas! but "b-ath Tex.
in all in; wo enn't e i ip--; bis scythe
do SIo. lie i lb, tie poor, tie lam)
the halt; e'en kings mu-t b' by draih
lai 1 low.
SI ignition of Big (iamt.
Suite of tie Slaine huuteis report
that the ciirilou aro fast leaving the
.Maine forests un 1 are going north into
Nova Scotia. .l-Ln Hailing informs
us that John Francis of tlio Trout
Brcok legion inn' I'aplain Barker of Ilio
lliiureloy likes, two well-known bun-
ters, rep rt that the caribou have been
leaving their localities for the past tivo
years and now only a stray one is found
in the wood. The deer, !i the con-
trnry, are growing no re plentiful m
these parts and nre fast l-.iv ing the
Slachias nnd Fuion river region. The
huntcra nro unable, to assign any tei'on
for these movements of game. llmyr
(AV. ) C'cmmt niit.
Taking 'nre of Number One.
'can, run to tho pistry cok's nnd
get mo a couplo of pitti-is. II -re aro
six sous. You may eat one yourself."
Jean comes running back with bis
mouth full nud bis hands empty.
"Here, Monsieur, arc threo sous; thcy'sl
only one patty left.'' .' It tdiC'iL
i
A Groat SiiceoM.
'Howdd that photograph you tojk
of me come out ? '
' Beautifully. It looked so much
liko you my wife wouldn't Iirvo it
around the hvuse, so I destroyed it.'1
I Spilled Milk.
j A pentlemnn who chanceil toirae-!
A w e child cryini; in the street.
I Paused in bis course to ask it why
And what it was (hat made i( cry.
"1 los( my penny, sir," it aul.
"Here," said the friend, "is onei nstead.'
lint hardly hod lie turned togr
When tears again hepan to How.
l.'ettiruing to the child snid he:
' Now, why are all (lie tenrs I see'.'"
I d have two pennies now." it wept,
'Ifl the tlo r one bad kept."
How often will cMontrh we've sighed
I or something we have been denied,
t'ur natures nie witli buisrinirs filteJ
!' r cr-am that is forever spilled.
- i liit-drv 11: raUl.
ill .Monous.
1
' Vlien n (urilo wants tl look into
y thing he puis out his bea I.
Tiie man who lackt netvo nover
I ii g!it to hedtate about gotuj to tho
dentist's.
A :ip rhas ! - n started at Jlel"
Ii mn" ca'.le I the policenvii. If it
d.i 'sn't give club nres i( in y have to
Sir. F.gg If you won out in a boat
w i t it your wife and your sister an I tho
I o it should upset, which om would
you save.' Mr. Hogg SI self.
Jntlivi d.ys of eli c-t ricity death
j-n't oi lige I to v sit a muii; he cau
n-'tilv h m by win-if be nan's him.
f ill present prices for horses con
tii u- to picviil, even a man with a
ni-g, inure in i lu able !o gjt ri I of it
at a piofi.
j; , Agent Hut, sir, pe limps I am
iiunoyin y in n i l interrupting your
j business. Hit v o im Not at all sir;
you d. n't disturb me iu (lie least. I'm
not lis:euing to a wor 1 you say.
'Oil, no, there isn't any f ivoritos in
i this f imily! ' sol iloq iiz id J diany; "oh,
j no! Igti'si there ain't. If I bite my
! ling'r nails I c.ilcliit over the knuckles.
Hut the baby can e.-it his whole foot,
and they think it's just cunning."
I Tin-re wns n young lady called Kate
, Wl haltered at such a ureal rate
That the ; pie they said.
' s-he w ill talis otl' her head;"
I ill' dear, hut a ten ibl" late!
Piercing tin oar t. is sa' 1 to qu'e'eon
tin' s.g'il. Is (his the rea-i" i lb it con
ert singers try to attiae- utlentitn to
tlem e vet by a shri ik at lite cloin of
ll.cir I erforinanei'..'
A Deadly King.
stly ring, unguarded by polico
A c
or speciil w.-t'climai, hangi .u pended
by a silke i cord wound tie nock of a
statue of the SI ii 1 of Ainu) len.l, tho
patron siiint of Sl.a drid, in one of tha)
be iti;i ful paiks in lb s Spanish capital.
It is set with diamonds and pearls, not
withstanding which there i.s no danger
of its being stolen.
Tiie greatest thief in Slab id would
rut touch it any quicker (ban he would
(be lato ou bis own mother's i-i fli 1.
Its history is in ioin nn I interesting
a-i I equal to anything foun I in medi
:ov T fiok 1 oe. Tue ring xv.is undo for
K ng A if tis i Nil , wit) gave it to his
c oisin, the pretty M ii 'le., nn the day
of the i let rotbal. the w re it during
her short married life, tli her death
tl King prcseiitel it t lis grand -ii'.odier,
(iien ( "iris! in -i. Hio died
soon, aid th- King jnsse.l the dead'
little circle to his sis'er, infanla del
I'.lir, whodel v. it hi ll ! ll nt tilth.
Again it .started on its deadly rounds,
next finding a pl.ee oa tie linger of
I'iuistina, the youngest d -ug'iter of tho
Huke of Mont pi nsirr, I u- i i b-ts than
three uiontbs i he also was dead. Al.
pbonso ii- xt put the ling in his own
i a-kct and live I less th in a year nfier
hi doing. No won lir it safely hangs on
a statu" in an uugu ir l I square. C'i-
.M..l V..1 .
A Inmli With a Trunk.
Lint week AU-x Cunningham brought
into our otliee n fully developed nnd
well ferine I lamb that ha 1 been horn,
on his place, near town.
There is nothing remarkable about nn
ordinary young lamb, lt.tt when w
state that (his lamb ha 1 n (nmk on the
oud of its nose or where his nose ought
to lave been, exactly like an elephant,
sav this lamb was oho of the great-
est frenks of na'tiie ever witnossa 1. It
Hioke 1 exae ly liko a ininiaturi cle-
jiiiaut, and wli.it produced tiie malfor-
inition or freak of nature no one hns
yet been able to a lvaneo nny theories
whatever. 1J lite a largo n umber of our
i people f.iw th-3 lam I) and all wore
1 Mruek with the curiosity. Tho Iamb
died soi ii nftcr its birth and it is a
I pity it could not have live I. Summit
I (.Vi ) S n tint I.
The (Jin st ion is l'n a nine red.
"Yi tl aie nn niitlioiily en feasts of
stienglh, 1 believei" icinnrkel a strurj-
ger to the sporting editor,
The latter bowed, mi l replied:
j "'What cnu 1 do for you?"
j 'I wish you would tell mo which ll
' the stronger, tho female shoplifter of
the woman who hold) up a trninl"
il-iny't WetV.y.