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"4 . J' The Wedding BY JBANNETTE ! fN / LL the settlers who constituted what was i \T,1 locally called the "Lumley Pass folks" were hard working and unimaginative. They ggj Y w?fe much given to ->T staying at home and minding their own business, in the . aenee which oonveys ttfoaMtyilf o! ih*.' tercet i^anybo?jf$<^y ' Long reaches of rough mountain roads; frequent torrents, which rushed rudely wherever resistance was most readily overcome, combined with somber stretches of dense forest to discourage sooiability. Nevertheless, when itbecame known,, in a general way, thpt the tip1 ; tilted log house?a &euee hoary with age?about which the halo ofromance had never clung, was to b/the seat of a wedding, interest in ^Became vivid, and visitors multipliea miraoulously. ' The house stqo? althekhead of th^ ' Pass, and gaye it * Peter Lnnriey^daught^who was to be married. 1 That pieoe of inforniation percola- i ted through Peter himself, one evening when he had lingered at the stor^ \ in Hogan's Qnlch long enough to forget his usual taciturnity and wax confidential with other late stayers. . On that occasion Mr. Peter remarked, in a general way that "women folks was a cussed lot of trouble when they got marryin' in their heads, <ml.barcaaLnnTimftohlft tihnnftfnl that hp, , didn't have but one gal to turn the world upside down just because a fel- , low had asked her to change her name." l This amiable allnsion to his only daughter, coupled with the fact that, , earlier in the evening, Mr. .Lumley had openly invested in ten yards of white "cross bar" muBlin and a "scalloped" handkerchief, fastened the im- , pending change of name on Sue Lumley. Until that cross bar muslin and embroidered handkerchief were aotually transferred from Hogan's ^counter to the gummy sack which already held Peter's supply of tobacco, seed pota- | toes and rope for plow lines, the general publio had laid no particular stress npon Peter's outburst. > Never before had sue Lumley been ] an objeot of even passing local inter- ; est No one had ever associated her name with a possible lover. She was , accounted rather a spiritless creature, totally lacking in grit Grit is a moral quality in high repute with your mountaineer. Being motherless and sfcfterlessi&^e had grown tip with even, fewer feminine accomplishments thaVfell 4<S"the Jot of other Lumley Pass girls. Arwedding presupposes a man. It' ! was a long time before local gossip fastened upbn the right man for "Sue ' Lumley's beau." When it did, ouri osity was merged fi3Ttvpm2&?uient bpc^ , dering on indignation. "Was Brad Martin bent on throwin' hisself olean away ? H&cTBrad Martin turned plum idiot?" were questions which everybody was asking bnt no- ' body answered. > " Bradley Martin was what might be | % called a newcomer, haying only lived iri tie neighborhood ofXumley s Pass 1 foaz or five years, -None of his forbears had ever tilled the rooky acres he called his own. .if & '(% cr. ] .He was a handsome fellowj *-witJi- ^ broad shoulders and strong, swift legs, which carried him over the steep mountain path-with thssMefobtednesa-' rvf fKo rifAftf. libera waaa'ti. a girl within twelve miles of Peter Lumley's old gray house that would not have lent a willing ear to Bradley Martin if he had come a* courting. But Sue Lumley, of all the Pass girls! Martin and Sue alone knew the very beginning of the love affair whose imminent culmination was agitating the scattered settlers of Lumley's v Paas. They had first seen each other when the Pass lay iu the shadows of evening, whicb came e^riy and lingered ' long in the mountained-walled clear* ing. . U M She -was sitting alone-on the rougb. pine slab that did dtfty for front-doojr step. Her lapwas-inll of corn and of ,, corn cobs." A pile ofunshelle'd' corn was stacked on the slab within easy reach.- ?With -it-fin^ disregard forirgr ' own cutiole, she rubbed the grains free from the cob with the reddened ball of her right thumb. When all the corn should be shelled, she would lift up her voice shrilly, and countless feathered pensioners would make glad response. Roosters, forgetting to be stately, Guinea fd'wls grown suddenly gregarious, pigeons swooping from aloft to share in tha liberal largess, would all come, flattcria'g, dying, scrambling, hurrying, each filled with genuine human greed, striving to get ahead of its fellows. Sue rather liked "feed time" to come. It broke up the dreadful monotony of her day,'iand:introduced, cheerful clamor into profound silence. She was left very much alone during j the day. Her father her four un 'couth brothers were always off as 6oon j as the breakfast of black coffee an 1 l greasy bacon she got tip at dawn to ' prepare was disposed of. What their business was, beyond the making and garnering of the meagre crops, which seemed nerarJLQjesult.iji-.. any betterment of her own condition, she did not know. Nor did she much care. She was not -of a -specnlativeturn. She went the'clull round of her sordid duties niiquestiontnjr/ utrr'epiu^' ing. She had condensed the ethics of the case, with unconscious philosophy, \ into a siDgle aphorism; ^ I V me1L 1 *y. _. ... vft . /J&\ ^ f ; B. WALWOBTH. "Frettin' don't do no good, bc whar's the use of frettin'?*V^ --~v,., -Under softer condttwflfl^uhe mi^l have developed into an tfffBBffilSonlj pretty girl. The first time Bradlej Martin saw her her face was as the face of a guardian angel to him. Theii introduction was a strange one. She, shelling corn for her poultry, lifted t*er Ea6315 coftduTfc tSef* ehad?Jw&' T%e familiar JandacAP^ .-qaftat/attdtq r,f precise stage of obsourity before she oalled the wanderers home for the night. From the stile that oroaced the rude yard fenoe the mountain footpath dropped precipitately downward. This rendered approachtdtte.lidiMepos'sibte wdth'ouPany warning weV beforehand. Standing on this stile, holding his hat in onej^ind, while Tfith'thf? other he dasnedgreat bead# of sweat from his flnai actta> ft frittf/! vi' her oleartrfrrow^syefl stranger, and strangers were not common at Lumley's Pass. She stood np, wjth the corners of her check apron gathered toother m eoha^ically 'Vlth thrifty thougW^for her ^shelled oorn. S^i^gained malignity* c^ibaftgartf posture. She was talr, and just now she was standing on the defensive. -?iWho be you?_ .And,wjwrt-.be yog Odin' aUgdiidatraft. wtill she asked, in a slow, gentle drawl that gave no indication of her perturbed state. * Hei wie? wm aa wwt m a wood pigeon's note. Her eyes were clear, steadfast, fearless. In spite of her coarse cottQn gqwn,?there was - a oer/ taizi fcif iff cdhm&Rt tain girl which imposed upon the stranger. Bat it wa9 a face to be trusted, and the man on the Btile stood in sore need of a friend. k V TT ? ,r^ \ strides. She cam# see Bib oroaa breast heave with the breath that came in pants. . r ... ,Wo'tfare>alotjfc#*l^a8kfe'8'. ZJ ment oT his voioe ana manner, out her fright did not appear in drawled answer: : -* ?J\ t ry 'lma, whfctUYb&V'v-' 0,44 A kqgaujcr sittek&aiK "What for shall I hide yon? Who be you, and what you been up to? He cast about mm exciteaiy who eyes that looked like a hunted animal's. "11 you don't want to have murder ?a~y?o?~ooa]| hide ner I -got into troubla.down in Davis'sJOelL A man kmfid.^" Circumstance? point to it 'ffot iottjsui. I've been ruling and hiding for two daye. I'm about spent. Il they get me I'll swing. For Heaven's sake, girl, bide me quick 1" "Quick" was a word seldom heard in that loa^ifejr, mote seld?oi aotedi?p?n. Slwrteleasg^ tie corners af her>pj:An and let 'Hie shelled corn stream into a flho norer once took her eyes off the travelstained garb and the haggard face of the man. before h$r. ,3he carefully dusted the loose, bran frdm her Work yion^a littfrvvfl' qnonlrmo Again: % / 4i* - v .; > . ' *>?' S v .'-: 'And be you bloodgiiilty?" k "I am not.'*-,* .$ "You don't talk like Lnmley, Pass folks. Yon be from townflomeffhere, I reckin. How can I tell whether yon be lyin' to me or not?" ' ' "I swear before Hea^^/ljanjjflnft; cent." She darted away from him, but was back beforehe naa time to conjeoture. She held a tattered, backless book in her hand. V . "Uhiswere mammy's Bible. Ctpyou sw^ar on that?" The stranger laid his right, hand solemnly on the book: "By your mother's Bible I" "Come " 'long then. Pop and the boys-will b^home soon." vShe wrapped the book in her apron. x j ?:m. a av, ouo lUiiiCU oniLiij nuu icu iuo waj t\j anoWBtabk, many-degrees more "Tielapidated than .the dwelling-house? which is condemning it totally. Slip* ping through crevice by preference to wrestling \yith the huge, unmanageable,doors, she pointed'upward to a loft-raggedly fitted with - bayr* "T&S man was close behind her. .up and. hnrrnw~andas~the hay. Quick?I hear a mighty tramplin' of hoofn! But don't you be scared, I'll manage 'em, You can tfi^s' me." -. ^ It took-4he/f?gitive'but a ee?oti4-to vault upou the ramshackle feed-trough and from that into the hay-loft. She, standing on the edge of the tiough, scattered hay ojer him liberally. She was singing -lusfcily,.somewhat disoordahlly, entiijeLyJjy hoajg-anftde .aiathoda, fthile she was about4tf The tramping of feet had succeedod to that of hoofs. Filling her arms with hay, still singing at the top ol her voice, Sue left the barn just ic ti$?to ooftfc?nt ger feftgr, brrftbpVS and lialf a dozen other mountaineers. Shfi leannd asrainst the-barn door and starad-at theBi..^.. v? "In the name er wonder, folks, what's up?. A barn raisin^\On top "ot. the* hay^wlth^ trhichv hei arms were filled lay her bine apror folded about the old Bible. She spec' ulated vaguely about the probable fat< of a girl who ahonld tell a lie with tbt Bible right under her nose. Hei father wa3 spokesman for the searching party. -n "Jeb "Wilspn's been dpne for dowr in" 1)6vis'siJ'ell'By'jrToifn cnap. We^r* looking for him. Seen aDjbody pas this way, Sue?" Sue laughetl scornfully: . "Likely, ain't it, so many folks pas* this way!" Her father laid bis hand on the olnmsy latoh to the sagging barn door. . Sue straightened her back against it resolutely. ' Not in there, pop. I 're just found that old yeller turkey hen we .thought the minks had got. She's sittin' up in the hay-loft, and I wouldn't have her pestered for forty Jeb Wilsons. No, I wouldn't! She do look so peace* ful and proudlike. Bud Fxank, take the gentlemen to the spring house and give 'em a bait er buttermilk. Fresh churned this mornin', gentlemen. And you uas do look like you'd been * jjiwallerin'/yo' peck er dust all t' onoet/' v Lumley took hiB hand off the latoh and faoed toward the men. ,'JWe're foolin' away valerble time, jH merits. Will you step down to the. milk house and wet yo' whistles before we start ag'in ?" . "Won't the gentlemen stay and take a bite?" Sue's hospitality waxed ' urgent as Bj^perceived-lrex fath?* was bent on pushing forward. " 'Twon'fc U >iake me mptt^n hall an hour, pop, to-' ' get'em dgmelfen' h<^*' J ^They'ITnave sometmng hot when we ketch the feller that done for Jeb Wilson; so will he." This wittioism revived the flagging Ergy of his^foUoTOES, %nd a riod excursion tfe^he spring house, tAhfed the"%feftid#fte%rafr them mount their horses and disappear down the steep, stony bridlepath by whioh they had come. When the last hoof-beat had oeosed to sound upon the rooky ground* phe fed her prisoner, and loading him i down with proriaiphB'Mfd Ujoa&ad-/ 'Vioe, sGht him away in dn opposite - direotion froni^tbat taken bv tfae i horsemen. He turned and tfaved his i hat to her .before the black Woods swallowed hiik up. . ' \ >j \Df. oourM I won't never qee him agafttf!i?ahe !aid stoMlge^iand know as I care to; bat I lied for him, right on top of mammy's Bible, and /Jh?t,s gojn' to ^ake it^ard fflf me to^ Ui fount of faoiT she^TonudTn iiBiblVtoVorgrt hi?a\Moat-aad <aj/ She called herself a mean spirited creature for clinging so tenaciously to , hig.cmemqry^ bnHt did jaot mend the J Waiter ttifl/'uVj. U W j xJ^xs Jeb Wilson's real slayer was discov* eredand summarily dealt with. Jeb Wilson himself was well nigh forgot* teu when Bub, aittmxTwrtfarBfartrrtwtt*' ing corn, as she had been doing that ' evening, lifted her eyes to gauge the A re'(frailntri f*f "t.krf. 'p?HH$SV2EWttir<ii^ TOWPft/H1? StAJP'B,dfr&PB, OA the stile that spanned tne rude yard fence. . .Slig satqjiitejfttilL^bq^ a slfiw, sweet ffijaite ?am^t^l|?r^jp^Sn^ ^fft^d lig?? " into her clear, steadfast eyeB. "You be come back I What for?" - He was by hqr side in a few swift, L -stMffrt.ii Si filld ont his hafld&fd-fcer*' ptfraM dqyfti^p hej ^glifte^J^oti' "I'm building a house oyer t'other/ J skte O \ Ingoing Voifve{here^V'*A > l ijyoloz^&a&iandswearlr in the gin's sun burnt cheeks in a hot torrent. , [j * 1'&n?.goio&& Jhlstfe in my house when it is finished." "Tea"?it was almost a whisper. She fell to shelling corn as if the world held no other possible oocupation for itUlo haw dm seatedJiimBeli boldly on the slab by her side.J' He laughed'and- filled ^ hie%ftbdsu\^b CQijlJibp ?, v "Don't you want to leain something about the .girl I'mJmilding-that. house for?" "If you be anxious to talk about "her." "Lam." . He fltffig'the corn from him, and the pigeons cam? in a^hite-winged ttiuaog touToca?eitho',tf'^3tet"~' - - * "She's the pluokiest girl I ever sair. She's worth ten dozen of me. She got -3Aft?An<- r>lAfl?oaf Kmtrn Atrao 4Ti fha i'JUU U w CD V) U4CB1 CDVi (W* w r|Nt? VJ Wif -*M kuv world, and?and once upon a time she saved me from being hurried out of * the world by a lot ..-of -idiots who infisted upon calling me a murderer." V Skiwly the truth dawned upon Sue's "T min^.^ She leaned toward hi? with, hands folded on her knees., jfe . "I lied for you mammy's Bible! 'Bpw are we going to get around thatff g ; *'Weare not going to tryto get around it. We are going to forget it. - no one Bead Know m wi met before." And Sue placed her hand in his, with a smile of absolute trust and content. - -Pending the-furni^hiogroMHS house and^he fencing of >his .farm, Martin pent much time at th^ Lumleys's. 1 Peter fanoi6d he 9ame\ tnere' to learn - Wrisdona-ia Y&rtfi'iag of hhb. Frank tbongbt be came to learn bow to make make a colt paoe. masculine -member oMhe Lumley-bousehold/irad bis own solution of the myster yj Sue alone knew wjxy be came. Marf -till alone knew bow bp'had been sayedfrom an ignominious death by the superb coqrage of the mountain girl. - -Ne-eee- elfcajwll eve^-kn^whowhanii^ some Bradley Martin came to "throw ? kjBag.qlt.aaaj^onJ.ejfy: fina ?New York Ledger. . The World's Telegraph Wires. A jperm&i^ export,. a careful e^mate/has aript^nceuT |h?t the total length 01 Telegraph lines'in the world 1 is 1,062,700 miles, of which America has 545,600 miles; Europe, 380,700; Asia, 67,400; Africa, 21,500, andAus* traha, 47,500 miles. The United States ] has a greater length than any other A 'c<5tfhtry, 403,900 miles, and Russia comes next, although European Rus| sia has only 81,000 miles. The other ! countries follow in this order: Ger' many, France, Austria-Hungary, British-India, Mexico, the United King1 ,dom, Oataada; -itsly, "Porkey, the Argentine Republic, Spain and Chile. - hfpoint of-proportioir, however, Bel^ giu'm leader "with iOSf mites of wire for 1 every 1000 square miles of territory; Jftrmaijy^somggsg^V-wi^ J^50 miles; Holland is oniy slightly behind Ger1 many, and the United Kingdom has 280 miles of telegraph lor every 1000 ' miles of country. Au Univise Father. r - Professor Giesler, of Gottingen,*saw a little "buy crying- itf-th? Afreet, &nd, l being of a kindly disposition, stopped r to*comfort him. "What is the matter^ 3 little boy?" he asked. "Don't you know me, papa?" replied the child. ! Theprofeesor hastwenty-four children. BUDGET OF FUN. HU310R0US SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. A Case of Unwisdom?Helping Him r Ont-i-WUllnrto Oblljje?Fooled ?The True Reason?An Ambiguous Position, Etc* >" There was a man in out town, He wasn't wise a bit: His business kept a-going down? * An advertiser? Nit. ?Boston Courier. HELPING HIM OUT. Little Brother?"Do you know what "ostentation" means?" Little Sister?"The way other people show off." ?Puck. _____ " WILLING TO OBLIGE. "You are well fitted lor the posi ti&n, but I .should prefer a married Jkman." :j/y. ft, ' "Perhapuyre can arrange rod* I s?e you hive'daughters."?Life. t TiiViililr Yiry^ fphtif'rit rj-Xu-M THE TBtTE REASON. Dashaway?"I have an idea; that Mrs. Hightoner has asked me to dinner in o^der to.fll] ud. " _ _ ^Olever&rf^yXhaf? ifhat jfe're '$} g&ia$ ioT^dJ^MaX^Lide.^ii ^ Os on "wall street. Uncle Josh?"There's lots of money ' dropped in Wall street, ain't there?" ephew?' 'Lotsvof 11?" Uncle Josh? "And it's all dropped l>y folks that's tryin* to pick it up.,?? If'* -WW- 5" removed the danger signal. ' "I see that you have taken dow&th'e barometer that used to han^ on-your f ^^Yes; it was too*eugg^m. *'5?8ere' was always a Btorm brewing."?Detroit Free PresB. P yOOTiKT). \ f c. &?Q& Sama^jtan?^'Don't ^?u kqow^ ' Deuer than to arive that poo^horse up hill so fast?" O'Connor?"Up hjll, is it I, ?Oh! see it! ?Pearson s Weekly. WONDERS OP SCIENCE. UP?fry these S iny ma gaiag te make life easier for you." "How, precious?" ' "Why, yon can-lie an bed and fiadJ rfiUiptt/ jSrt td 'j^ np^ ______ I THjqihl%E? LAUGHED. , r^^^^jaid^naggs, "I dogs have more sense than their masters. " ? "XeV- chimed ia Qraggs. Jlhave. *'0*^ims&h l '&LklV/iJ& . . .GAijilAGSJiJ ado She. (with_ cheefiL. buried- -pja, ^ toh4ul<k*H"B6feHr4*6** Prt?T< 1W . " %&&?$?.aSffiS ^'^a? ?>a*C* iU iiOr/u She ? "Nonsense! It helps my toothache I"?Life. ,Vu,wi IMPOSSIBLE. The aeronaut looked down on the fleeeY clouds. j * anywhere else than here I would have " 1 hefdeif that"I"wa8un3er tBe'weatherT" ?Indianapolis Journal. ^ HEASONEI)" B!j^ ANALOGY. ^ Teaofter? "What "is a synonym?" Glass*21*!! word that means the same aw anaifofir write**,*: Teacher?"Well, what is the synonym for teacher?" Bright Pupil?"Please, ma'am, it's_ : old maid. "^Washington Times. Sfp ?\y. < >.! W.i -$i\????. fflg ixvpa NOT LOST. Jfc Mrs. Vaj^ockj(ind.ignantly)?"JJra. ' it - _tr ?c yj Jjone, xue ooiur an u?wo uunui uxy li new table ooyer on apcount of the ' .Jiorrible wasting flpiiTyon use." ~:+ Mrs. O'Lone (pacifying)?"NivfcrV moind, mum. Shure 'it all wint into the other clothes, mum."?Judge. A REPRIMAND. Teacher?"Thomas, I saw yon laugh just now. What were you laughing about?" Tammy-- "I was just thinking about., something." A :'j "You have no business thinkingduring school hours. Don't let it occarM a^ain.J'-^nfcwers^ / \ , I. J ^ rA^BUEL jdtlfjjj>i T "Do you not think it is time," said the lady with the air of uncertainty J 'Banging about Eer age, "that we should stand.tip for our rights?" "If you allude to marriage riteB," gurgled the sweet young thing, "I think it Was time long ago." The otfeer glared.?Cincinnati Ei^ * ^uirer. - -?. <WMI iihhh.H HIW- 1 " 11 "This is a remarkably high flavored roast," said the King of Mowpka. "It is from-that late -Chicago individual," said '/ "lam really surprised. That Boston missionary told me expU^i^:and> distinctly mat vjuiuttgu pcjujuio wtio utterly devoid of taste."?Indianapolis Journal. ~ ^v J l /V VI AN INSTANCE. . "Moral courage," 6aid tlie teadfelr?'' "is the courage that makes a boy do what he thinks is right, regardless of the jeers of his companions." "Then," said Willie, "if a feller has candy and eats it all hisself, and ain't afraid of the other fellers callin' him stingy, is that moral courage?"?Cincinnati Enquirer. - - -> W> V-' V-/ VICTIMS OF THE PIANO. I see," said Mrs. Fogg, "that nervous disorders are caused by the piano." "And drifts t.hfi naner eav that the - TttlflcipHl' tmflterera are ixut tiie^eTBons' who do the playing?" replied Fogg. "Probably not, however; what is the use "of saying what evetybo3y"knows^ ? ?JP-Q3tOftjFranscript. w ON GUABD. Dobbins?"I didn't know you had organic heart trouble, Bright's disease, hereditary consumption and hardening of the liver 1" Bobbins?"I haven't." Dobbins?"But you insinuated as much to that man who just went out." Bobbin??"I knaw. He.is a friend, of mine and a life insurance agent."? Puck. \ MAKING THE BEST OF IT. Museum Manager?"You know the sword-swallower who.- went. West, to seek hjs-^ortune?'* J 1 * + Fat Lady?4<Tes." Manager?"He wants to come baok." Fat Lady?"To swallow swords?" Manager-^:'No they've tarred-, ml feathered him^and he ifpints to^jrose \ as the.,nian*bij^r! "?Chicago Be^or^ The drummer looked out of the window of the little tavern at the farm wagons slowly edging along almost hub deep in mud and asked: ^HawjJidJirey ever oome to name this watariogaadTillage 'Highland?' " **>MJ,HSwiW*4leard definite," the landlord replied, absently patting his toothpick back in the box, "bat 2 gaess it come from the price the time we had a boom on."?Cincinnati Enqairp". An accident or death is almost of daily occurrence in the mining districts of Sooth Wales. 4 A yonng fellow being^^atwofyaxk journeyed to a certain inin'e>in search of employment. ?|?|pi \ - -"Have you a job yoTl{^(^aEft^give.-mw', he a^ked of th^&a^afei^^^ . Jj^p^ into' the War of soipe oerio^ killeior wounded!" was the reply. One of the strangest discoveries in moo iVtal mo/^A 1 llUO LLIOUUL J U1 Tii^XUld n HO 1/UdV UK?UP | .by Road. Overseer Henry Harrison bands. The skeleton is thatara man, and is regarded by all who have seen 'Mas aa^ exceedingly vaJaabl^Mii is now in Washington. It will probably be sold to the Smithsonian Institution. Wiiiie Mr. (Jawood was engaged in improving one of the country roads in King George County he dug down. aliment his piok struck a piece of iron. iHiaA/or^Bljrji Vginift ariM^ad^ ihd dug ??tiA ikn V\?^Tr ^V*A ?Aan1^ ILU bUOl iiAVU DUC UBU&I Tf XVU VUO iWOUiH that he brought to light the j&jpplete ^kel^ton ofnjqtw #^oaa^, With the jfc^aptioa ^Sv^tbAvgi^flQiag sfeell, in bands of iron. On the top of the akall was a partial cap in whioh there was a rounaea. tne neck, arms, torso ana leg&J x??ha. itiiJOKre'^haKxl/faQieavy an i&j?^$tijpt??^ipgfeO fc?Wn. Y Jl&a/ ,beliey$d >y_T. Virginia, Jjiafcqnana- that 0^AAteelW(W-i^ fhaf -?d4fcf>erate ^me^an^gSe^^a^^^ip^arn4kf^ndtaili&jblcMfcl 06 to> &^ep^&?&rJonnd might indicate Hhat fna ezeootion was made on the side of .-Ve public road, as was often the custom igrfbose days. "" nnrgBDHMl those who hare ieeen this cpriouaielic 'ai*Mcfcp hatB- giyen tfitenjfeai#? hitftptfy of ^^nifcMiCT!^ attMfWfn^thrfKttt#?l criminal was a notorious Indian obief tanzy tribe, which gave tbe pioneers in the npper part of what is now King George Quality, bat which still re^ taino ifc* nmiifji crfiftt dfiftl of trouble and onnoy&j^^:-According to tradition, this tribe was, <otfcen visited by tttg'fTOBffCTg'Jf'gtdif Powhatan, aSfr" on this sappo3itioa cortain State historians believe that the remains are those; jof- a <-?qousin of Pooahoa^agp Wtfile ihis iiay'ibo a more or lejsiijppri . stretch of the igination, itj^tiibveiv^ f the difio^M^: It is certainty w^h^ oat 'eizcejpti<^i one of the queerest finds ever' maide >in '^Virginia. ?New:, York v jonaj,: fg i [iifpjMm-** ft Hen's Eg?.- ,<fe .1 i widftlv knoTOiiCitfifrim. neer on the Lexington division of the flhflaftpftafaunfl Ohio Railrnfid. hanft hen's egg on which is depicted apon its shells, with true outlines and perfeot distinctness, a locomotive headITpft. .Ok C, > The . other morning^iwhile goiag oat on "the road beyond 'Aden Sprihgs, Ky., the engine pulling at th^ilMfal spe^d,'. Owens ran \down ja \ffook/of chiokenajtjjat ^^e^^rajdning ujjpri "the tract, Onq^of these, a heB; was struok by the pilot, knocked down on JJae track and ran over. WEen Owens left rtfie*a?6fat ^HvT Hill, while they were taking Water, hd walked forw&d an&*.disoovered between the gratings of th?"pildt the eg?T It had fallen into an apertnne just large enpogh to h old i|,without allow ing it to roll sitter ^Sy. N On the remainder of the ran [into frapngtrar himself and flicinaii dis? cussed the peculiar marking of the egg. Owens is holding the ^specimen as* a cariosity that he.yaLpes. at bein? werth it? veighi-in pf6ki/-i-,Nw YorkRecorder. i? T<rmcTe , ? A wealthy r$siden$ of Kokomo^Igd.j -iS,goiagv3f<5/ move lo JBeoria^lLMljd nn'll tftlra hifl fifiO.OOO house with him. Xhe bouse is oi 'stone -and brick -and ^mcbmn^lyMhrifched-tmri decorirted. It will be taken down very carefully, the stone,f pressed brick, plate glass, mahogany * panels, atwT^every other part befijg carefully, marked, aa^ wiH, be ship^44>ysi&iLjfc> jRgpxia and $?ra, reconstructed. The cost of moving the residence will be about $15,000.? New York-Sun. v? w W^/1^ > ^ V t i i w/ ^ Biclics Frcm an Accident, The bbop of a^Dublm ^tobacooaiet was destroyed by fire. "While the owner was gazing into the ruins, he noticed that his neighbors were gath"eiing-the snuff from the"1 canisters. He tested the enufF, and discovered thftt the fite"had lArgelj improveiLits pungency and arooaa." fie securec^noth^-flhop^ buflt.->/hinMelf--a loLoiovens, subjected the snuff to a heating process, gave the brand a particulai name, and in a few years became rich through an accident. ' ? '' "V. * ' >-/ - f v/'f f;1 . ? *V.jV? POPULAR SCIENCE. I?* " " Tatal cases of' measles in ILondon rose during February from fifty <a week to 119; ' A . It is' said thai stammerers rarely if ever show any impediment of speech \ When 'Speaking in tohisfr&rs. One of the latest novelties is a ! phonographic olook which calls the hours instead of striking them. ' f .* j t - - f . ' | A fossil dragon fly has^-been* fonndr in France which measured twenty* j seven inches aoross the wings, and had a month full of ?harp teeth. In Egypt there are annually eight- \ eenjmpre Jhirtr> deaths to 1000 of^opujatipj^ana^the net increase ' hasltten 1,500,000 in twelve yean. j It ;ia. said tfyat aijf Englishman has j j sujfteetJftfr inTmotographing at one , end of a wire objeots ecposed between two vacuum tuDes at tno otner ena owtithe wire. | In France hospitals for infectious i, diseases are iai nished with telephones, ;1 so that the sick may converse with \ their friends without danger of com- 1, munioating disease. Acoording to La Nature,' angle f worms can be obtained anywhere by wetting the ground with a solution of , iblufeaiitxieL o\ wiU^oapsuds?which 1 , them out in surprising j. Since 1872 about seventy lines of. }: rack railway, with a total length of 500 miles, have been built in different parts of the wqrji?;- .'--Th^jarSTworked by 808 lo^m^rplKli^yBeavieBt weighing sevett^Jtohs. A )^an)>Bepta^^^o Liver lor 1895 than 11 in 1894. The rate is stated as nine- f teen per one thousand of population, j Typhoid fever and diphtheria claimed 1270 and five thousand viotims re- ? spectively. !] Clarence S. Bement, of Philadel- f phia, has been warded a silver medal f byJA? Bayal Aoademy of Scienoe at i MoaakAi^4r his untiring servioes in'ad- \ vanoing the cause of mineralogy. He I is said to have the finest mineralogical j collection in the world. * 1 IT&fM&bi: tteorge .uavidson, of ian : Francisco, is making plans for an' exnoditinn moit (Ka Vn?fli m arm At. in ole. He B&jfB that he 'thinks the J ] fixing' of thet exact looation of the : North magnetic pole more important to science and the world at large than I the discovery ;of the North Pole itself. 1 Some experiments recently made by j British ships in the Mediterranean on ! the ehoie. fortifications are reported j to have orepted something ofasansa- ! '/ion among t^e officers of the royal < navy. It is said that it was clearly { proved that {he shore batteries cannot withstand the fire of even the rsmaller guns.' ^ f A Lucky Purchase. At a sale of unclaimed goods in a storage warehouse in Ban Franoisco. , Qast week a man realized about $1000 on an investment of $10.50. , Among the goods put up for sale were eight ordinary paoking boxes. They were offered just as they were, contents un, Known. an ii |p fa mH ouet, A man named . Belasco bought seven at Jl.Bjf The boxes had been ^t?r?d for ^jfaty years by an Australian mercnanTwho had a branch house Jn San Frsrteisco^ This man, whose name was Eeetch, died in Melbourne,? and nn nlaim ever was madti for his I boxes. Belasoo1 took the boxes home, and ppen^t first contained portmanteau, and \t he Drtt 'thxHg he found in it was , which he subsequently sola to a d ealer for $250. In the next box was $50 in United j States gold coin; in another, some i :v<itobC^we^ in^^tti^^; allied, dir will realize,4botTt JlOO^jb^ I his 6peonlatiootf; After opeoicg ttk ifirsi bo'x h^ha^ried oi^ a^r^he Gambled Away $500,000 in (Ine Trip. Captain jWwWU Pnbl^i ?* eld Miasissippi steamboat man, tells the : Washington Post a story of a game of cards played by a cotton broker named | Weed during the war. "He boarded my boat," he says, "at Cairo after he j had made a successful trip off a cargo ( of cotton for the landing. He placed in tbe clerk's office of the boat a box about tbe size of a candle box, bat t secarely nailed and strapped with iron bands. Weed hailed me as I was pass. ,ing4htpnghv Jbe. laly n. _ 'Capjiwn.' said ie, rdend pe a Jfey an(y roat ] carpenter;?/When they jvere on hand ] he told flipboy 'to biing th^.boj_out|* j and the carpenter to open it. 3t wa* . 'jfnlJ ot/crisp greet backs. Then hy . j .4JXP celled jfljpii.np Willi fit tfatKeaipo : of a gang of old river sharks, ana hj j tbe time we got down stream he did \ ' not Have' a dollar. loA fflfl B6 lftBt ?500,000 between St. Louis and New Orleans. The last timu T saw Weed j he was rive^-reporter in New Orleans, i Ree?S?T"bs perfectly happy as though* he still had his ?500^000." " ^ FullYik'luvfi r-. > It is fiQfljn^Qnly .supposed that Mr. Ghfrmbexl&irwas tlie^reateat amateur ' rrrnnroP in th? Wfirlfl, lltlt this 1 , ia Tan from'being-the-case. fliscollec- . j 'frrbn 000 to 8100,000. : The collection of the Dowager Em- ' jaress of Germany, however, is worth nearly'double that of Mr. Chamber- 1 ['lain: Miss Alice jjpthschild is a most ^pxhufiiastiaiuwjicailurist, her collection of roses alone being valued at S50,000. The Archduke Joseph of Austria owns $200,000 worth of \ tftffrfcfs'. W. W. Astor recently paid S6000 to an English grower for the stoflk of a sjngle variety of rose-tree. Chrysanthemum Salad. In Japan the flowers of the chrysan- ' -^hearamo oonotifento ? popnlgr-dish. During the months of November and Deoember bunches of them^-washed ^ufid tajefuil^r~diflVf!lv^* W be seen in thej^bresjif all the^aalere in vege"taSles. Almost "all tfle varieties are i edible, strictly speaking, but those to which preference is usually given have 1 ] deep yellow flower heads. WHEN THE COWS COME HCMMB The light-oa the mountain fail* aslant, *, I The birds in the busblare still; ^gj H rhe cricket chirps in &e pasture'j^ftnt When the'oowkcame'&ver the MIL H rhe tofnllQjjn circle abopt the eat as, Jl A piuesiar mounts me skyi ' , -.'fl rhe squirrels rustle the golden sheaves When the cowb are passing by. . B Over the valley the shadows crtflp, *'? >tfMj Darkvnlng the green of the ptae^ . * * Jjfl Down In the garden the honeybees aleep-.vWK Hissing the breath of the klne. ' B */T - -r;* ~J .--> ? * > ? -?i rue iinki^oibelia is ssraefc torn* *ir,. * ?* But sweeter^ J?ord?of<A soog r&4t the near As she follows the cow* along. J 7". r-fn/r uc.;< fv*?,Tr;~? '<{ : rno?r,:J wmh'dti love^wM**. M v<4Aftftoo?ftaK9 fl#H?W-poffl?h/ 'ssfiittSwM TiA .Kitq^ wtU'^xi jo.iw ty onnrtH :wt^;m| lM*?fd It U .b-rnjjLOti SfUMtf ,1*M v S?Vent *-?:miMM eittl4lu?fdi^|ir)l^| j:??iea8tal? a> hnq?Tto Prti>pfrvgrt?*<,'M J| ia?i}ttoteoitto*wSmWMrwVefiV U .i''Sb&t&e*m<IIiet!th*l,toM*otM get s *toafa ea^wwo;!' , '??on ahoaldB m.tWWeH wmiiY&iMPWM badjl?:iii ii int -The -taftu who ir>?to&?irM<wtetajrfl Ukatr' >tfra: ?i?eag<n Stool ?&. (Chica&f JfittA 'fHesiiMuW 9tzang*?it*K M2Sfa?SJ $ bcrtoL'^Teiaa ^tftings ^*Sio a*; 01. gooa smseriKU ?yjaiwagu uwuh^h l^road.tow?' fertil^ wra&ingly: *'1 have baenW keeping it for ^^^j^n. "-States ju&Ggfl ta-tlffi'rWfSBMit'^aahier he remarked, I I lAupaat^n .,y?w oMplHwl ^JSSISMM graph a^iw ,?initci tut \nirjifl- rrf ?uii';<it'i** story' yon"tcU;^ut^ won't work." fl We?y WatkinS?"'fUoujpp it won't. fl D.'j<?4pow^ ^^trareRb' fl "Yes. Bat itis all [ -W??-"S4iaH J'pat^^iwfttfa B your shirt, dear?" Hnsband^J^^ajfl on earth are you thinking of? Do youH want to ,rain me?" I have a meeting fl with my-Jka-e&tortf^hfe-^Bof^ag-."? fl Bpar&iMomentB.. ... nmv /?<( m * ?i<fl before the fir^tfn^ stretched ?Judge.' ?' ?*. Il'*> builul *.: :o <M,; 'J-**../ .<<iH ' u k n If* It ti'?y /'niJ[ Suicidal Wasps ITfWtrtGt* if* *B M. Hen*yjM;Fr?iifchinan, being our- fl ss^sssl o4 >a J?a^ -<pafc oi, ^tenzine ip Atf>Jd*.fl jseeffls to. havfl^iven npt&a^iieqpaj.M hia back, and, bemirng np his ab- B domn> pJaaiedviua his body and thfln-iiwd. M. Henry B allowed his scientific interest to' Orer-fl U^Ttlkcii. /MiiriiiiuIw WttH 18, ,??WP?$> 4pf wMsffifl thai, rcaepe, au,der ,4&ima^>?W<!n)RjjB stances, .commit -anicide.,. - The .ItaJiauB scientist.- Ccsare Lombraf o,-with~ inteteetrnff-theories'ofj <oktte>'4|i rela-H ticm' td' animjir^ife," ccmW'^oa%tK?6?H gWe?n ttet?tfthtf'$syt}W aAd' mbtb'id' -^flections 'of'fHb&'iriS'B mmmr:r.r:;^( uy:~J 2jI-N>3^F^^3S3KC JIM -An inventor-prop oeae toatilizetheM compass- of a ehip to-warn' navigators? of the approach- of 'danger.- - He -fa#sM rtrttffitnicte'd' ^ '6mripas< WWclfi^regti-H lattdr byr t'hfaitoiWhtiltcwitt effected 1>>" fo&T bhH board the ship, but -will 3?ei. kfeelljy^| WWWtg-tB mluiite' BjuiptouyfwaB any. other magnetic influence ejcertedfl ffflfd^Ue ^aa^tfjito ptrs? aibly two* miles.' 0 Ttrw * com^ss whenH affected byi the magnet i s m oscillate* about an eighth'tirbtfiilbh, eo the infl vrator asserts; When it is so afleeten* the metal , connections' on' the- Tim ofl t&e..dial*pure ..ivii*-?<>iust3 ,? . oattBhjtf1'bellfi '.to' Tififi^'in tire ecgittifl ~ y%? 4''V ?':* s># /* 'k''**'H room, aa well -as in. ttxe pilot honttft aruM nl/, ',* ^ n ' .? 1' < - '? -1, l>4Vu ik* v^H j?No Mqinds at JIeal$.,K' H r - -?? Ul ; C- >:? i u/r * * u? ?.*u< -t > v i i % A ---Htmecan believe'"wbat one readsM the ileah-reducing system may[V& pafl in-a line? "No liqnidatineals:'' Thiffl ia 'jawl to be "the Jo^y\jf?j?i?Jt6'CirB Schweninger^ Bismarck's physician* makes of hie patients who wo,uld deO crease their weight, and-by it alone claims to be abj? to make the stoutesfl 'person become normal in size.?Ne^H Ynrlr Ti'wipb IB