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"Ibie Ye cxle Tlij uk:"
The invMcrioiis tlirrml o' life
W hieli lies in ii t H 1 1 I I skein
Of !ill ics ;i 1 1 I jnv k nii'l Vi'liihss Impi s,
All knotted ut thins with 1'iin,
Hill iintivisl its H'Mil -iiing
As ymi '-line v novlo Hi ngc."
I .J iliitb of every ilay
foil f rsi'lt ft. in he:nl In ft t-t.
I ri.llir. Ii'in(; v. I'l :i:M.i!n' In . tit ninl drain
Agiin-t thi-itriAl im su s hi lit?
Woiil.l umi' In . ill miiI' ;i i i'l in?
tllll.V "till ' VI- IH' Vtr till ll;-,o!."
Anihil'oii iih illicitly give I
I'm- ri lies, nr I im-. it f I too
llntn iiu'i iiii:ii(l ihi- mih , mi Ii ii lu-l
Ami r ii i'ii mIi i; i i? .'y:r oe.
on. I urn lin- In llir ttupl?
ff vi- "ye I r lr tlixiip-.-" I" iii'l.
Willi i'mi' iii 11m' In :nl ninl niiinl,
I He's -keln in ii. t:in:Ii'. in i.
I'llNHl-is ils !liy -.1 ! :i niiu by lillr,
ll'cii iluwn tu I lie oiel i.l' iIiivh.
'I'lii'ii "; I- l i-it tli n;-,i " vv ill .
Tu I'l" i.i. i hi Mill1. M.
- Aire Ai in t r r . In frank l.flii h.
THE FIRST DELEGATE.
. I 'MI . HIT! It.
Aiii.ii1 vva- up Iii her ears in work.
Slit- had ri. nil- in lii.- ('.infill Lorenzo
Fra.-oi's to i-il, ii.. I looking fi r :l 1 1
li)U whirl of gaiety, sinco Lorenzo
was a mini li I-.
in mii' unit in.i own vi-iti'il. l.nion
. ' u ife wa- mi !. aboil with a uiihl
attack nf pom i-v. The children hull
liri'ii ( n t In her mother's, :nnl f nicl ,
faithful l.nrii. i was 1 1 i : ; hi- own
imals; luil even mi, Aimii' had found
Mrs. I'ia-ir in II c ilep'h of a despair
which wa- iinl.. fianlir.
I'm- tin- n nli in., ! was Iti li,- held
in Ihrir rl. tn i h i im wool. , and they
WIMi' In ( mi i lii'ii al least fi'iir nf Hit'
delegates, ninl In1 -irk ah d, with I ln
ln'il-i' in ili-.ii'h'i- ami not a hit of
cooking tt' ) in' !
.Mime naii t-.-i 1 1 : -1 1 -it her pillow,
ami -mill il ri'inf.u tingiy.
Then I'm j: I .iii -mi u li I cm
hi' i-aiil. i Itergelicallv ; "an. I I'M -
longer III III the week I calm: fer.if
noee-sary. M ( In-1- id in'l n. i-'ltii'
I'll hoi' ymi i:il-ly tlnvn ;!i I ho r-.n 'Vr-
diii-i', ami slay 1:11 yim'10 nji, Tilh y. I
kmnv Imw In Hulk, ul klKHV. lull't
wm iy u h'l ii. nv."'
Tlio iloaii"-! j;ii I in tho Hm lil !'
'iii- Tilly I. a. I sihi-il, i I nlly, to
l.i iei.o thai niyiit. riiijwwi'i, i hi
ninl the lic-l, mill nun (.' I Im- ni-llirsl,
loo. os, i-ho' i iinii-nal ioiy w
I w niiiloi' how it o. ni"i hln- i'ii'1 in ii-
lioil. or i-iim:i,;,', t t-n r" Ion
wi'io ihoro hi-t winlor, Ihon- was that
wiling man -ii ii wan his naiiio?
WtiiihorK f 'liito.iinh;-'--w ln pai'l l or
rvory alloulinii, ai il soi innl n nioo."
oo yum; moil who pay haml-
himi'i jiirN ovi'ty attoiili.ni ilnn'l al
ways waul In inauy llii'in.'' iiai'l , -if.
oil.ii, willi ntiox ioiiOil wuililly win
'in. N it hnt thai Aiinio in j;ini,l
niHlj;li f.ir III.' ho-l of tlnlii. J I it t
I'vn hoai'l i-inoo llial tli.it yming
Whilhy wont Vi"l."
I lu'l'i' A mi it:' hoart iliilii't p-j
willi liim," Tilly iiiiii'iiiiitoil.
Thai w as Imw it oamo alnnit that
A li ii io w as np In hor oais in work.
It was S.il unlay nl'loi imon. SI o
ha. I washoil a low tilings that inor.i
ami -li. iiiloiiiloil In hako hioail
anil m'Iiio inuiikiii .ios umi tt f .ko,
ami niako ,-iiilo tuul oi anhoriy muioo
In Iiio nihi, aiiil ilo the Mnall iron-
A while chilli hminil her yellow
hoail iifatly, anil a loop apiciii i-.ivoio.l
hor from chin to foot . A low hlumlo
locks oo.iioil .vttily, ami hor hoaloil
chocks wo.o hocaiiiiiiply ro.l.
! II I -hi' Was inn nishiayly liusy to
give a thnii-lit t.i hor aiioararo.. ; i-li '
was iiayiii;; lo hoisolf that il' anyihiiijr
1 1 ii I o H i- I lo inlcmipt hor, shu i-hmilil
lic when the l nr boll ioaloil.
Mio -;."sio, ami nroano.l. D.cail
ful! She took hor hanils mil ,.f t ho
lironil-i'Hii.'li, hut they wore ilonphy,
ainl Ihoro wcro vmioin hininlos mi
bor airoii.
Sho know I ho pics woiiM hum if
h!io loft 1 1 it-1 1 1 ; mnl how coiihl rlio stop
10 oiiioi lain aiiylinily ? It w an a
tlntioil ami llu-loioii younp i.'isoli
w ho wont f row niiii;ly li tin? ihior.
It was a man. I M' o nu-o it was u
man! S:io hail known it woulil ho a
man. Ii was a in ni willi a hoanl am)
an utterly ahsiiiil lon; coat to liii
11 . Is, at) thotili the Ihcriiioiiiclcr wai
a . -ro.
Annie iliil not like i cccntrioilics.Miil
die ili'likcil hcanls. Sins toai'loil
Hlilllc the third button of tho ohjec
ti inahlo coal.
-Welly" she sai.l.
"I you I " tin- viili.r utaui
nicieil. Ami then tho truth il iwncil uieii
Aiinio.
"( h !" she f;il lei cil ; "you aro one
of the ilolopalos? You'll exonso me
I oimlit to have know ii ! Hill we ili.lu't
exj'oct hiiv till Moinlay. t'oino in,
jilonse coiiio in !"
She w as miioli aha-hoil. A minister
umi i-In.- with a yicay aproii, ami a
la;.' ii. ninl her hcaill Sbo lalkcil on
w ith iiilo;o io hasle.
"Mr. I'l aser iliil not look for any of
the ilohfiatoji lliis w eek, bill of i; huso
run itrn very welcome, lie isn't al
homo just now, I ill you will lay yniir
coat nil' ami mako yourself e.iiufnrl
iib'o? I'm soiry, but Mr-'. I'YasiT is
ill. I am their cousin, mnl I am takim:
her ilace as iieiirly n I can."
She win t-hakiii'T ilnwu thu hami
Ion nor i.i tho iarliir, Iriviu ivon Ihe
tlclejjalu a chair. Sho tlmnlil her
ciiliiilily iii; hi lo thaw him Mini
ami the huso-burner.
Hill ho sal ilow il with hi i coat mi,
without rosioiiso beyoml a couli. Ilo
seomoil bI ill'.
Annie Hippost'il ymiu inini.lors
wen! ciiiuiuoulv jilll ctoil llial. way.
lr wasn't ho yinni? Thai hoiriil
hoiiril inailo it tl i Hi i-itlt to jmlo, mul
the uirlor wai tliin.
".Mr. J1' rascr will ho sorry not to
have been bore to reooive you," faiil
Annie. She cuiti iveil to slmvo a foot
si. ml within tho man's reach, ami
I'lactvl the last uiapa.iuc on tin! talilo
Hoar him. The pies were enpros-inj;
her thoughts ohii lly. "I know you'll
I'xcusu mo? I'm mi busy ju-l now!"
"('ol liiinly, cei liiiuly I" tho ilolealt!
rosjiiiiiiloil, iiii'kiiit; evident the fai l
that his voice was heavy t'tintl:;h to
keep the sli epio-t emif; rotation aw ake.
4'l.i't lot me ilotain you."
'I'll conn! buck now anil thou,"
Annie tlmu;;lit, with ircovercil M'if-posso-sion.
Ami when tin' pies woro out of the
oven, ami tin) luea'l in, she tlitl o.o
batk, willi a set little .lna-o for llm
t lilei laiuiui'iit of the earlio.t delegate.
"Will the coiifcreiii'.' In: a larpo
iiiiij'' shir ipioiiod. "Mr. I'la-or
thinks HO."
"lie ou;;hl to know," tho delegalu
it j lined.
S.'iiie of his di".nily had cvaporatod
before the genial plow of the base,
burner, lb? leaned forward with his
clhoWM on his kucos.
Il w as in 'ontiellsvillo la.-l litiio,"
said Aiinio.
'Where l ho oIioom' fat-lory is," siiitl
the tlelepate. "I suppose tho confer
ence subsisted mi choose mainly. "
Annie smiled. 'hy, the delopato
w as ipiili! hi iphl anil liiiuiol'.nis.
'l'ln o-o always makes you think of
pio," Im addod. "I bop your pardon,
but do I htuoll pumpkin pio hakinpr"'
You smell piimpkii baked,"
Annie laiiphcd. "Would you would
you have a piece?''
The delopato niado tl jjosliuo of
pleased assctil.
"Theie's iiolhinp I'm no f.iud of,"'
ho declared.
Autii ; w cnl mid hrnupht it i'lie
delopato was siirpri-inply iiiiini.iiii
teiial; but he wasn't the poki sho had
lakt ii him fur. As for that, she could
remember w hen Loicii.o In tl been a
re-ii 'nr ".-ase.''
She put the pie, a hi and thick ami
tli l ii ii.iiH-lni'k in wctl-e, on a china
plalo, ami the plate on a napkiiicd
tray.
"All!" said the tlolejate, snia.'kinp
his lijis. "So many thanks."
'l'erhaps," said Annie, eoiiscionoe
Htrickcn, "you liavn't had any din
ner?" "Well a lunch," tho tlelepalo an
swered., hesilatiiiply.
"Wouldn't you like Waill"
A 1 1 u io whisked away, and came
back willi coltl moat and milk mid
In i ad ami butler and pickles.
i'l.o delopale prctid I hem on I ho
centre-(able w illi uu air of extreme
satisfaction.
' I was htiupry," ho said, in hit
heai so-soundiiiu' voice. 'Kami-died.
I feel liko a tramp, thouph, lo ho pet-
tiup away with nil tho cold loud
you've pot."
(ieliinp away" with lliinns wan
peculiarly iinoloiieal. Annie wavered
between iislniiisliui.'iit and minii.
Shall you mako mo ohop wootl in
tho back yard to pay for it?'1 queried
tho tlelepate.
I'd rather you'd Mono raisins,"
Haiti Annie. "I've pot a cuke lo
make for Iho dclopalon. I'ousiu Tilly
iiyn that the eonforonco tlelepate are
dreadful oalors."
'It's fi cin beinp aski'd to tea iio iniii'li
by ineiubei s of their coiipro pillions,"
said llio lioli p t', "ninl not beinp piven
inythinp bill lea and preserves. When
l hey pot whore there Is soiiielhiup lo
eat, they eat."
Annie tillered. Sho wished the
parlor woro less dim, or llial he would
look at her inoro stpiaiely. A really
humorous minister was Fomcihinp
new. She could almost forpive the
coal, which Wiis still on, mid the
beiu tl.
1 it poinp to be a fruit cake?"
said the delepate. "Willi ciirranis,
besitlei the riutins?''
"Ye," Annie rosp lutled.
"And citron:
Ami fill-nil," aniil Annie.
"1 w ill blone Hi raisins," said the
delegate. "I liko fruit uako next to
pumpkin pie."
He took up (he emptied Ii w ith
mi en husiastic, llnurish ami followed
Annie lo the kiiehcn.
She was filled willi astonished
.in.ll-eiiioiit. Was there ever hiii-Ii ii
c.iii foi'i'iiee tleiepalt) surh II minister?
t'- i'lainly iio was jolly, but wan ho lo
beexaoll) approved of? Shu was bo
w ilih'ieil.
"If you coiihl lend mo a dish-apron,"
said the delopale, "why, I could pilch
ripht in."
Annie tunic in .i.il at him. It
was not dim in the kiloheii. The
li'ht from llm smrh window fell
Hiuarely upon him.
Slio, di'iippoil with a crash tho spoon
umi tin dish she had laki u, and paspu l
and wavorcil haikward.
".loe!'' sho died, faintly.
Tho delopato jumped and p. aspeil
her.
"Don't faint, Annio! Annie, dear,
d'Mi'l ! Oh, liitle pirl, aren't yotl i.la.1
to seo me? It seems as tlioiiph leoiiitl
cat you alive! Km-iiso Iho t'xpreioii.
I;'s Wesiern. Annie."
"It i-'iii't be vim, tloe!" id lied,
clutchi'ip Iho lapels of the lonp eial.
"How when doe, due, I wasn't to
have Hocn you npain till next sprint;!"
"I lidii'l I tell von I should coinn
back fur you as soon as ever I was
alile?" ho doinaudod, foinllr. "D d
I waul lo wait till next sprinp? No!
And I'm able now, Annie. The real
eslate btiinos in Wi-omisin is a lirsi
rale one, Annie or il ha- been for no'.
Whil'ock V Co. (and I'm tho cumpaiiy )
has In urn ii 'i I fail ly hooinod and l'o
o.iiiio haok for my pnuui-ed w ile. I
pot lioiiin yesterday, mnl when 1
found you were hero, I iiiado u boc
line "
"Mill, .loe," sho inlei tipteil, pro.
loslinply mid unsteadily and It-inlcrly,
"that awful coat and a beard!"
"The climate in Wisconsin is lo
blame, for both," ho pleaded; "and
fur my aw ful cuhl, loo. To think
you didn't know ine, Annie! (Hi, it
was rich! I was wondci inp how
lonp 1 could keep it np."
"I was so ll.istt'ied w ith the hurry
I was in." she said, slow ly mi I
wonderinply, "and I was so far from
o.xpecliiio you, .l ie, dear, and so sure
that you liiu-t ho a tlolopale. Ami
your hoanl and hmp foal, and your
lioarseness, ami tho parlor was so
dark! 1 know theio was s.iinethinp
tpieer mnl natural about nil Iho funny
lliinpH you voro savinp. How eoultl
I have been so stupid?" sho mar
veled. "You could hardly have helped il,"
he doehircd, w ith his ami straueoly
looatcd.
"A delepate tho liist conference
tlelepate!" hIio cried. "(Hi, doe, Ihe
joke is on you! And, .Joe," she
beeped, willi feminine iihrupl iiesn mnl
soflnees, "you will have that beard
oil', won't you? Dol"
"I'll leavo Iho beard," said the first
tlelepate, bestow hip a ki-s, "if I cm
lake you."
"I shall sou Tilly safely (hrouih
tho conference, Ihoiiph," mid Annie,
tlyiup to take oil' Iho applc-sauco be
fore it burned.
"Nieo younp men," said 1. trcu.n lo
bis wife thai evoninp, bi.m.irously,
"do, pet haps, of tenor thmi not marry
the handsome pirls. they have paid
attentions to."
Ilycini; l.iuin; I'lnwers.
It is said that two poor Parisian
women, who earn a livelihood by
iiiakinp artificial Honors, have hit on
u procesii for ilycinp naiiiral lloH-er
in brilliant hues. Public altontiou
was called to Iho mutter by florists
who received in a lot of Dowers sumo
swcft-willimns of a bright prcon col
or. It see ins that one of tho women
poured some paint into a bowl in
which some natural Howcm sho wan
eopvinp had been put in water. Tho
next day she w as astounded to find
that Ihe Mowers had assumed tho huo
of ih" paint, lieinp a woman of in-
ipiirinp mind she coiitinueil ex per i
moiitinp ami succeeded in protluciiip
various colors never intended by na
ture, bill very available in art. She
immediately commenced dyeiup How
em for tho market, and extended her
practice lo other sorts of blossoms,
including w bile lilacs and cauielias.
The only colors employed by her at
present are violet, preen ami pink.
The riolet is obtained by ti-iup Iho
"violet of Paris" dye, and the other
two aro due to chemical compounds
w ilh hmp names, ouo of w hich con
tains twelve and the other twenty syl
lables. New Orleans Picayune.
A Simple Test.
Mrs. Sharptone I fear my hus
band's mind is nil. clod. In there any
sure lesl ?
Doctor 'loll him y ou'll never speak
to him np.tin. If he lauphs, he's suae.
N. V. Weekly.
tiiii.ini:vs (on i.
RIWK OF Till: 1-1:1 -ll'l 'MS.
Tlii' Aniori' iui privi'l' uti il line
I'.i'iiln in seventeen cil-IiIi nine.
t a-liin-.'liiii was Hit li I liiffini,
Wlin ruli .I two term-, :iul A. lain.'' one;
.1. Hi is. ,n, .M:ilis.iii, Miinnii-,
S il fur two tonus ta. li : ii.nl -o
i.'uiiiey Adams cairn- f.n oi.e,
W lull-.lai'ksoii throii h two leim- ' . tun :
1 1 i in hi ilie l ami h II lour je.-ir-I'ur
Tyler; one term IV k :i ; :ir-. w In n
Taylor ilieil. mi l loll lln., .e ns
I'or I' iluiore; one nil m ' Im rieicc
Ami I'm Il:in:in; I, in. in IIh-.i
Wnssliot us his se I Ii mi I.i -111.
Ami .lolitiMiii sat until . "inn- iii'.uit
I 'or I wo terms; ll.m - f u-one : in I -cut
four iiionlhs for l:oii. !.. wlm was killt !.
Ami Arthur the vai u.t ..ill e tilY.I.
Then I'levelainl n b-rin ili.l win,
Ami imw Hie si e.iie ll ini m I-In.
New 'i ..-h'is l uii.'.s I). nmcia'.
I'l.-iilKi'l' iil'lt I'l.ll-n I ill: i;iii:in,
A inple pair of robins have been
I'b-erved to bring over one hundred
worms to the yonii in iheir ne. i in
tho course of an hour. When pluu",h
inp uu a sod for summer fallow wo
have noticed numbers; of Iheiii on
paed in pi'-kinp up the while piuhs
mnl wire wornis thai so ofteii infest
oltl pasliuo. No one should erui!:;o
the few chi llies they may tal.e. Tl oil
favorite food in their w inter ipiailors
to the South is Iho berries nf the sour
piiliis ami the fruit of Iho pokohorry
Irec. The younp birds w In n caught
enrly are easily trained, bear o uil'u.o
meutwell in a capo, food on bit ad
and vopel.-ibh' food, sinp well and
make cheerful house pels. They un
tile tamest and most dome. lie of all
our native bird', and -IhhiM l.o
piiariletl and protected lo the fullest
ileprce. New York Voice,
T"MMV, till'. M li-i: I I I I'll IM'.
In India the elephant is tho I'rioml,
pcrvanl, protoelor of Iho family . lino
should see a certain Tommy, whom I
know, lakinp his master's children out
to walk.
There is nolhinp to fear for llioin ;
neither serpents nor wild bca-i-;
marshes or pools. Tommy watches
over them w ith more solie'tiidi' than
the most zealous nuiso could show.
lie walks w i'h slow steps alniip the
Utile footpaths. He aiioiiiiiioilitos
his pace lo that of the smallest child,
lie pathoiH How crs for ilicm. lie
plucks fruit from (l.o trees, he.
plunders tho snar canes. At the
wishful pesturo of a lihli? hand ho
breaks: a branch for iho one who
want a whip or a -word.
Tho wholo bevy of children ate
eallinp Tummy here! and Tommy
there!
"I want (hat bin manuo up theio to
eat."
Tommy plucks the in ui;:o for Iho
child.
"Oh, Tommy '. ol mo that hutd !'.
lly!"
Tho huge elf ph ml softly approaches
(he butleilly ami brines it a captive
into bin trunk by a sharply drawn
breath.
"1 want (hat piolly yellow flower
that ouo, ripht ihoro in (he middle
of Iho pond,"
Tommy poos into the water up to
bis nock to pet Ihe lily.
At Ihe sliphle-l -omul w Inch is nut
clearly accounted for, or if he sees a
jackal or a hyena in the jungle, he
tpiickly gathers the little tl ick between
hi.s foro feet under lite protection of
his trunk, lie hopins to roar with
linger. lisash r falls on w hatsoever
threatens to touch one of his children
tiger, lion or man is instantly
crushed to Ihe earth.
On the borders of the (ianpes, in
'lie llat marshy land covered with
jungles ami streams, the homo of the
rnynl tiger of llcngal, combats occur
almost daily between this wild animal
and tiro elephant, who is puardine iho
flocks, Ihe servant, or tl hihlrcii of
bis master. Tho tiporsof this spoeios
nro so ferocious Unit they never tie.
clino Ihe leiltle, although it invariable
results in their being oru-hod urnler
tho feet of their huge foe.
Pitiless as the elephant is in his
bailies with (he tiger, the boar, Ihe
rhinoceros, animals which he never al
lows to e-eape him alive, ju-t so gontlo
is he, ju-l so kind and humane toward
all inull 'ii-ive creatures. So slronp
is this disposition iu him, that w hat
ever empire yon may have over him,
you can never persuade him to de
Hroy an insect.
The tiny red, black-spotted hugs,
which Ihe children call "lady birds,"
me plentiful in India, only larger in
si 7.0 by half than the I'.iu opoan and
American bugs of that name. As an
experiment 1 huvo oftou seen one of
theio insects set on ii plain surface
on a t iio of Iho court yard, for ex
aiuplcand tin elephant hidden tit
crush it by selling his fool on il; hut
neither his master nor his keeper has
ever succeeded in preventing him
from stepping very high over it, with
evident euro to do it no harm.
DHAI) SHOTS.
Womlt'ii'iil M.irksinaiisliin of
tlic Texas Rani'is.
Hanilliiiji Wovolvcr ami l-Jiflo
Willi tiui.il Karjiltty.
The KaiiL'ors were ih.' I.ireo-t men
I saw in Texas, the Stale of hip men,
says 1,'it hnd 1 1 itiliu;.. 1 1 ivi-, in Uu'.
j p. r's Weekly. And - nf I In-Ill
w t l .! Icln.'irkahli handsome iu a -un-1
hi -ow no 1, bio la -liolll.h -red, o:i-y.
: iii inly way. 'I hoy wi n' a' -o -omo-
what shy with the s:rai,;''-is, li-leliilio
! Very intently, but speaking little, and
j then in a slow, penile olee, and as
! liny .-poki! su seldom, tiu-y sinned l"
j think what I hoy had lo say was ton
: valuable to spoil by profanity.
I When Ceueral M.ibry found they
would not eM il,..j- adventure, bo
; -iskoil tin m to show Imw th y eoultl
i s'iiii'I, ami a- wa-: -vmii'l hi up they
c -ulil il ', and ni'l soiiielhiup ahead)'
done ,thov woul al i ii a- gleefully as
' t-o'iooiboys a! n oes i doing "-ltilib;."
Tiny plarod a l-oanl a fool wide and
two lei t hiL.i, some -i y feet oil in
Ihe prairie, and Mierill S hoeley opened
i In .-: Hit io- by whipping mil his rcvol
j Ver, turning t in Iho air, mid shout
in;.', willi the si.-his upside down, iuio
; the htiir. e)e of li e lupl otiipi il lar
1 pet. lb-did this w ill out ili.-e.uil iiiii
j iii" what he was -aying lo luo. but
rather as Ihoiiph l.o w . I o puiii;! Mat inp
hi leliiai k- Willi and. hie t nine-.
j Thou he said, -1 didn't think a' you
'. II lliei'll W Ollid let a little ollt-pl'llliy
i sin i ill eel iii the I'u -I shut on you."
I ie . oiil allot d lo sav luis beeaii-e ho
bad been ii I! .inpi-r himself, and his
brother .b.e Was on" of the best
t i ( ii i- Ihe l; angers have had, an I ho
lid a I nf hi- six l.i'i'ihei's are all over
.-i fool I, Lb. I 1 1 : th" taunt pi-otliicctl
: an iu-laiit'iiio'iii- volley Ir-.m every
man ill the o.'iupaii) : ll.ey did not take
; the trouble to ri-'. bill sir M frelii
Where I hey hap eio'. I to I"? silling "I'
lyinpiiinl la kinp to. 'other, and the
air rang with lie; rep -its ami a
hundred 'piifk vibraliup little gasps,
like the sin:;i'ig of a wire -iring win ji
it is liei!eiiet on a banjo.
They oxhihilod soino iiio-t woitdt r
f ill shoot inp. 'I'li'i- sho; willi h b
' hands at 'ho samo lime, with Hi?
' liaiiim. r uiob ru 'at h, holdiiiL: Iho riiie
in one hand, and never, when it was
; a revolver I hey wen? it-iup, willi u
ptani'i! at Ihe si;?!i!s. They would
' some times lire four -hot-fr..m a Win-
i cho-ler beiweeii the litnt! they lad
' pieked it up from the ground and bo-
, fore il had nestled o miforlalily tipaiust
(heir sli'iulder. They al-o s.-nt one
' man on a pony raeing around a tree
'soul ;n thick a a man's leg. Mini
w ere ili--ati--liotl l.t i aii-o ho only put
f ur on' of six sh.os into it. Then
(i.-lieral M.'lbry, W Im -eemed to think
I did fully aj preei ile what the)
, woro doing, ;:ave a itu ho-ior rillo in
(';. plain I'.ni' k- and inyndf, ami told
! u- to show which of u- I-. u Id first put
eight shois into the I n eel.
Il seoins lloil to shoot a W iiiehe-ti r
ymi have io pui a lris;eor ouo way
I and work a level' haok wauls and for-
wards; ibis wmi'd iiailtrally -uggi -t
! thai there are throe movements ---one
i to throw out the empty shell, one to
replace it w ith another r irlridge. Mid
(he third b cxplod- tin- caitridgo.
! Captain liruuks, as fu- as I eoultl
1 make out f i 'III the sound, llseil nn'l
j one inoveuioiii lor hi- on ire oigl.'
j shols. As I pin-sod, tlm Irial was
more lo -h iw Captain llronk-'s tpiiek-lies-
than his inai k-iiiaiis!iip. I paid
no alletiliou to the l argot, but devote.)
myself ussi'liiou-ly to manipulating
the lever and U'ipg.T and aimed
blankly at the prairie.
When I hail lirod two shots into
space, (ho captain had put his eight
into tho hoard. They - nnnl.-.l as
lin y w ent oil' iike In e-ei aekors vm-'iI
started in a barrel, ami mini', in rum
I parsion. like minute gun- at sea The
I h'anpers, I found, nfier I saw more of
' I lulu , ciiiild not shoot as rapnlv willi
I a revolver as wi'h a i.lle, ainl ha I bo
i coiiio so ex pel l with the smaller wea
pon that ill-load of pio-sinp th trig
ger for each shot, liny Would pull
steadily on II. and .-nap the I annuel'
until the "ix shots were o ban-led.
.-
How lliirh a Ibis- Vtill .luinp.
1 Souie lime lll iup Is m there w a
quile a tli-eii--ion iu Ihe ii::ler a- !
how h'gh a suialj-iiioiilli ba-s would
jump when hooketl, and, if uu iiieino-
, ry is correct, writes a li-boi m in, iho
tliseiissiun suddenly ended with an
j editorial of live or -i Im.'-, in which
Uiolhor llariis expresse, a d aibt if
they ever tloaiod lie' water in irelliaii
i I s inches. Ai Ihe time I thought I
knew this to be contrary to my ex
perience, but, as it wn- not my fune
ral, 1 remained silenl. That some
bass perhaps a large majority do
not clear the surface moro than IH
inches is no th hi hi true, ami it is
equally ti no that others exceed (his
limit. Kigh'oeii inches is a baby to
what a number of my catch this fall
made; n leap of two feet iibove the
surface was not linroinmoii, and I had
one lliret-pouiider to clear tho water
as iniieh as throe fool. I am as cool
and clear le aded a- the next one when
I hook a li-h, and as I carry my bait
iu a ealvaiiioil iron minnow bucket
ill-tool of ill a gla-s bo, lie, I will not
come down an h from (ho above
iL'ino-: it is lather In low than above
the distance he mad-, and I could but
w i-h lha' so gr: ml a hup for liberty
might result iu his freedom. The
-niall-iiiiiiilh v. ill h ap higher, leave
t!,o wnler iifieuer, light longer and
Willi more spirit when hooketl in Iho
lower j IW (hail when honked ill lire,
upper, mid the i hauei s of his final
capture are about one in the foiiuer
to thice in iho hitler. Iu a number
of instances, whore (he water was not.
above throe to five feet. I could sot:
every move Iho li-h wmi'd make, and
at times as in my as three or four
would make a dart for my minnow
at the s line in-'anl, and. to my sitr-phi-e
and chagrin, the -iiialle-l olio ill
the -eh. ml would get there lir-t, as a
rule.
Never in all mv li-hiu?; have hiss
spit nut Ih" ininiiow us they did oil
thi- trip. In fully the a-os out of
liv e the ni'ii on W would be spit out
:.n I I'ooiul above the s. in-1 1 on boiling
tic li-h, and -i v eral times, w hih; play
ing the hooked ti-'i, I could s e anoth
t r old "iu--" tiling to nppropi into
Iho minnow above the sin :i as it wa
hoiiej inn ried through the water by
the ina I i u-lios of hi- more iiiifortu
n a to kin -in in Si I. mi is l.'epubHc.
A iimler in Music.
Sir .lames Paget -ays that ho once
heard M lo. .lanoih i render on tho
piano. a presto b) .Mon.le's-oliu ill whi'-h
she bad to play ''' note- in four
miiiuie- ami three seconds! livery
one of those note- involved certain
movements if I be lingers, and in many
there woro m .veinouts laterally as
well a- tho-e up and down. I. I us
-ay that there were three tli-liiiet
uioVi'tiionls I'm- each note. .'s Ihoro
w eio w only-ft nir no'os per m ml,
she moved hoc li gi i -nl loa-1 soveuty
Wii di-linol liiii"- oa. h second. More
over, each of llie-i? Holes was ih'toi
1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 1 hi the w ill and aliolod to a cer
tain place, w ith a certain force at a
certain lime and with a certain du ra
tion. Th roftire. there woro four tlis
tinet tpi ililio- in each of Iho seventy
two movements in eaeh soeoml. Sueh
wire ihe transmissions outwit d. And
all those wore conditional on con
sciousness of (he position of each
hand and ea -h linger befoic it was
moved, and by the -tunnl and Ihe force
of ea. h loii'-h. Therefore there were
throe conscious sensations to every
HOC.
There wore i vent y-t w o trau-niis--ion-
per -i com!, Ill to mid fro, and
those w illi constant change of ptalii y .
And then, added to that, all tho lime
tho inoliioiy was i oineiuhei ing eaeh
nolo in iis duo time and pbioe, and
was exeiiisf.l iu Ihe comparison of it
with others llial came before. So that
ii would he fair lo say that there were
not le-s ihaii Iran-missions of
nerve force lo and from the brain mil
liard and inw ard every second dm ing
that wonderful performance
Louis ICopuhlic.
Itoinarkahlc lialtle I'spcilieiits,
One of the liio-i r.-in n k ililc battle
ex pi'dionli on l oi in d was adoplod by
M .lln iilaies, King of Pontus, who.
liuding Iniu-elf over. oino liv the
b' .mill tlencial I .t i . 1 1 1 1 1 1 s , caiiscl
tpiamiiics of gold lo be Fcattcied on
the field so that I In pursuing sold ers
were retarded by their ,-ivai ice, pans,
ing lo pick il up. S uue of the
engines of war n-o l iu those times
were tremendous :i Hairs. There wore
iiiovah'e lowers, sheltering ho-iegers,
which could be wheeled up lo the
wall-of a belong uro'l oily, ovortop
ping them. Abo luge ranis and
poinle I beam- eal ed "lerebra-," for
liming holes through walls. There
were "catapults," for throwing
in ti h t y stones ami m lehines for cast
ing Hauling dm ts, w hieh were leri-i-li'e
indeed when Ihe roofs of building-
wore almost invariably of thatch.
I he -lingers of the lialoi ic Isles worn
ihe most skilful mark-men with their
poeuli ir weapon thai ever lived and
il is re I ilod t li.it they used to train
Iheir children iu its uso by denying
them food as a penally for mi-sing
tho latgi I. Ito-ton Transcript.
A Uaii of Note.
Mm. (iaibl-Mrs. II abb tells melipr
tlaiighlor is going to marry a man of
note.
Mr-, liabh Thai's (pteer. I heard
she w as en taped (o a trombonist.
(iood News.
Secret TIioiikIiIh.
h'il'1 it true tli.it thoiiKhts are things
Sii'low-etl with li'itlieg, brentli and wings,
iml Hint we scud them forlh to (111
Ihe iMUliI willi g'Ki.1 rtsiillH or 111.
I'bal hi. h we r-ill our secret thought
I :pt i .It to the earth's remolest spot,
ni le.ives its hlessiiiKS nr ils woes
.ike trucks behind it as it rocs.
I is I lull's law. Koincnihor it
; n iniir still clittiiiher as you sit
i'nli ihtnudil you wmild not dure bite
kiioii ii,
' iol yet iicike toiiiiR.les when alone.
j I' iese llinulils have life, and I hoy will fly
! iml have I heir impress by unit by,
j bike some niursh breeze, whose poisoned
I bitiith
I Ureal he- into In. nits Its fevered breath.
; inl atlcr .mil have piite fori;t t
ir all niilrnWii Home vaiiislietl t liollplit,
I li n k to your uiiml tn mske its borne,
) A tlove, or riven, il will come.
lie ii li I mur n oft thoughts be fair;
I'hcy have a vital piirt ami share
1 In shaping HnrM- ami innlillng fate
j iml s syalein i- so inlrii'iite.
1 Kiln Wheeler Wilcox.
Ill MOIfOl S.
(if two women choose (he one (hat
Will have you.
The only way to got a hen out of tho
' "ai den is lo go i-low but shoo'er.
i
i "l'i had to he cut by old frionds,
i Iml it's vvot-e lo be dropped by tho
sheriff.
' "I'.xt u-e the liberty I take," ns the
j convict reintii l.e I w hen lie escaped
from the state prison,
j If ymi do a man a favor do not let
him know it. or (he chances are he
I will eiuiio hack for another lift,
j It is worth noting (hat people who
: seem familiar with the English lan
! guagc lake the greatest liberties with
I it.
llright Child 1 know what they
j call 'em, mamma, when theru'a
.three twins. M iiuuia What, Ivaty?
: llright i hild (iihlels.
due thing is to be said in the
- loafer's favor. Time does not run
! away from him as it does from the
i busy man. Days do not Hip out from
! urn lor his lingers faster than he can
count (belli,
i A Texas gentleman applied to a
friend for information iu regard lo a
j certain man whom ho wished to cm-
ploy on his ranch. "Is ho honest mid
! reliable?" "1 should say so. lb? is tried
! ami trusty, lie has boeii tried four
: limes for Mealing horses tuul be got
clear every lime," was the reply. -
Doctor: Your husband appears to
be run down, anxious mnl over
worked: but I see no signs of insanity.
Mrs. Van liiverside: I'm sure bu' in
danger of It. Disunity runs in his
family, you know. "Iioesit?" "Y'ch,
indeed. Two of his sisters had
chances to marry rich men, mid then
married poor ones."
Ten llidbirs Would Have Keen ( heap.
" I he invasion of tramps and beg
gars into New York, whieh peop'o
are complaining of," said a clerk in
an uptown hotel Ihe oilier day, "re
minds mo of a similar experience we
h id out iu San Francisco eoiuo years
ago, when I was keeping a small hotel
Ihoro iiivsolf. Every (ramp and
blanket-man,' us they called, (hem in
Ihe slate, seemed (o have "(ruck 'Frisco
ut the same time, and ym may imag
ine that Iho regular beggars whom wo
had always with n were dmgiistod.
The nuisnneo became so great that
charily got dammed up lillogcdior,
and the fellows took to threats to ex
tort alms. Nearly everybody in 'Frisco
in those days, however, carried a
pi-lol, mid after half a dozen of tho
loaftirsgol shot the fraternity becauio
ill-courage, I ami left (own as suddenly
as tin y came.
"I had a ni- e little hotel, newly ninl
finely furnished, ami 1 was catering
lo aipiiel and respectable family (rude.
I. ots of ladies iu the house, you lin
ib eland. Well, one day u man enmo
up io the desk mid asked me for noiiio
assi-taiieo I refused ami ordered him
mil.
If v on ilon'l give me ,1'," ho said,
.'I commit Kiiieido right hero in
your hotel."
"I was am used at this novel threat,
and iiskoil him. with a laugh, why ho
tlid iml make il ,im.
"I'm not joking," he answered.
"Cot out of hero," I siiitl angrily.
"The man pulled a pistol from hia
p ickct, and thinking ho was going to
-hoot uif, I grabbed mine. Hut ho
put the muzto of the weapon into
his own mouth and blew bis bruinc
all over my expensively frescoed wall.
The trouble I bad with the iuquest and
the e.'i-i rend me moro than $10
was worth, lint worst of all, novcral
lu'i vous Indies, gootl customers, loft
my Imuso ami took thoir families with
i beiu. They never coiihl sleep, they
'.aid, in a hotel where a horrid man
had blown out his hra'na. -New
York Tribune.