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CHUB. f i A Romance of West Virgink; r ? ? H I BY DAVID LOWRY. 0 t _________ t b CHAPTER I. t TTJE FIGHT AT THE CORNERS. "Touch himl Put a finger on him If t. you dare! I'll put a bullet through the first man "who makes a move." Th* crowd fell back before Chub's t flashing eyes. r Every man there knew she would j, shoot as quick as she would look or speak. s Chub Dawson held her head erect, de- L fiant; her bosom heaved with emotion. ficr hands clutched her rifle with a tenso t grasp that afforded an outlet for the passion that blazed out in the defiant d threat that caused those nearest her to rj recoil in dread. "You are a lot of cowards. A great et of big, hulking loafers, to set on one *" ftan. If he had a fair show?as he will ave?he'd whip the best man your crowd can pick to set up against him. I want you to leave him. Git, now. If P there's any shootin' done now, I'll take a hand in It myself." . "Sho! now, Chub, you'd oughtn't to." ? "Steve Treddle, the best thing you can j do is to cut stick9. Who made you pokesman for the Corners?" _ The crowd laughed, faintly, to be sure, but the contempt in Chub's voice echoed !" the sentiments of more than one there. Besides, the crowd was ready now to laugh at anything. ? They had witnessed enough blood- ~ Inttine for one dav. and Chub's appear- f; ance on the scene, unexpected as it was, ,tJ proved timely in more ways than one. * The crowd looked at each other sheepishly, and slunk off. Soon there was .. only Chub and Dan Bash left. ?J "You had to fight, I suppose," said , Chub, as she looked, first at the gjound, then at Dan's face. Dan's eye was marked. There was a red gash on one cheek, too, and bis , clothes were covered with dust?dust , that had been lying on the road. "I couldn't help it." . Dan did not apologize?did not explain. He simply told the truth. "I suppose I can tell how it happened. , You quarreled with Ned Monk." "No. He quarreled with me." s' "Couldn't you get awayfrom him?" "Why should 1 try to avoid any man?" Dan looked at Chub in a way that brought the blood to her cheeks, and knowing it Chub grew, or pretended to 01 grow, very angry again. B "Yes, it is a nice way for men to maul and pound each other?to bite and kick, ? and ? and ? and scratch ? and?and? 1 irnnfrA and n Chub paused for lack of words to express her disgust. "I tell you it was no more my fault 4han it is yours, tic crowded me twice. 1 was here on business. I didn't come of my own choice. I had to talk to the -echool directors?had to wait here to see two of them, and the crowd was here, ehooting at a mark. I was sitting right -*rhere you are standing, when first Ned ? Monk tramped on my foot. I pushed him off. and when he didn't apologize X aw he was half dru_c_k. Then he was beaten?tley all beal him shooting?and lie wanted to fight, aud picked on me. When he said he could whip me, what T ought I to have done? Run?" "No," said Chub in a low tone, with flaming cheeks. ^ "I didn't! I stood up; they all gath- fc; ered around, and. before he suspected it, jj< 2 had him on his back. % knocked ? him down three times in succession, and h then his brother Bill came at me. I _ knocked him down, too; I had them tc down, when one of the gang hit me with * stone on ths check-bone, here." D( "That knocked me down?then three of them were on me at one time. That 80 was what made me pull the pun, and a.5 Bhoot Ned Monk. If I had shot him c through the heart, I would have served birtj rijhtj the co\yfrd:w d^Yes, you Would/' kaid Chub, admiringly. "Well, I didn't know the ins and . ?uls of it. 1 beiieve you, though. I'd 11 sooner take your word, Dan Bash, ihan the whole crowd's!" " "I'm obliged to you, Miss Dawson." "Don't 'Miss' me?my name's Ju&t bi Chub." " "Well, Chub, then. I owe you my life.? 11 "Nonsense. Nothing Of the kind. I Just happened to come over in time? tfc that's all. 1 thought our Ben was here sc ?and " Chub paused. She could not. would ar not tew a lie. and the truth was she had w heard the shouts of the combatants *s p< he stood on her father's back porch. b] There was no one in the house but st herself. To pick up the rifle she was familiar lo with, and had used for more than a year, and run over the low hill between her father's house and the tavern and in smithy occupied less than two minutes, se She burst upon the crowd like an ol avenging angel. in Her hair. worn in loose curls, was fly- cc lug over her shoulders, her bonnet had fallen back on her neck, and her face tt was Bet with scorn and passion as she aimed her gun at the crowd and commanded them to desist b' Half a dozen had gathered about Ban g< Bash; they meant murder, but I)an managed to get his back against the C smithy, and was striking out right and left when Chub Dawson interposed in the very nick of time. c< "You'd maybe best go to our house b till pa comes home, Mr. Bash." p, Dan Bash meditated. a It was good advice. The chances were that if he met any of the crowd controlled by the Monks they would resume the quarrel, and he would either ? suffer at their hands or be compelled to kill some of them to save h'.s own life. ^ But Dan's sober second thought gov- u ?rued him. s; -No, 1 am obliged to you for the offer, _ but I'll not let anything prevent me from attending to the business that C( -brought me here. I'll go back the way 0 T. (?me." p "You know best," said Chub, stiffly. Then she looked at him covertly, turned i, > v. ...Ik! In n..r> TJocV, uuu ua^icjjcu iiuiiio, nuiiv ?>u.u ^ looked after lier. "She don't think how nnieh I've saved a her. What a splendid woman she is!" l)an added to himseif as he s^t down (, again and sighed. t The landlord, who hod remained Id t jo Is nouse all this time. iooKing on, c&me a r-ufc now. f Then his wife, an old woman, much older than the landlord (it was said he married her for her property, stood in ^ the doorway, looking at Dan Ha9h. UI told you you'd find it rouRh travel- * Jng on the mountains," said the landlord " with a cough. , ?Vj>b?and irore than me finds it rou^h," replied Dan. dryly. "The boys tiunn yon are too?too " a "I know what you would say," in^p.r- . jiosed Dan. "Too fine. Well, I wear a j clean shirt. I keep my face clean?and 3 mind my own business, Mr. Potts.v E "Yes, yes?you do, indeed. ?am& t time, the boys 'round the crlk think * you're kind o' nysc* "Well, I think an Amerfcan cftlzei ntitled to his opinion. I have mine. "I'm not agrcein' with the boys, ] >ash. Ob, no! Not at all!" "Mr. Potts!" Bash spoke 6harj lis voice expressed contempt ft 'otts. listening in the doorway, thou ;e was "awful high-strung." "Mr. Po don't care the price of a pine cone he opinion of such of the 'boys' as oean. Respectable people I respecl ton't waste time on any others. ! letter things, more important thing ccupy my mind, and you are at libt o say this to the 'boys' when yon hem a?ain." "I?I?I'd ought to to!d you, Mr. Bt >ut them two directors you say you w o see?why. I heard, this morolqg iow they'd~"change<I their mind omin" over to the Corners." "What's that, Mr. Fotts?" "Why. they're goin' to 'Squire Me< o a plowiu' match?some new-fang low, I reckon. So, you'll not meet iere to-dav." "Thank you," said Dan Bash, as tarted to his feet. "I'll try to see tt iefore ni^ht." As be walked down the road rapi< he landlord shook his head slowly. "There'll be trouble grow out o* 1 ay's work, Susan. Mind my woi "hor^'ll he trouble erow out of it T oung man's powerful set in bis wa icnverful headstrong." Meantime Dan Bash walked rapi long the road. He was resolved lake up for lost time. It was all ortant to see the directors. He ] luch at stake. His pride was invol ow. He could not, would not t ack; come what might he would rem i the district until he was compellc< jave it. A little more than a mile from orners the road dipped suddenly i avine?a cleft between the mount aps. There was a very larsre spring be ravine, and man and beast \ omed the sparkling clear water t hallenged them there. Dan Bash ] laked his thirst often on the roads bcre. and even now he promised himi good drink when he .reached pring. Just beside the spring, concealed tie thick bushes near it, sat. the Mc rothers and a crony who was un tieir control. Bob Squatty was not a bad man. as, unfortunately, easily influenc nd when he had a glass of liquor un is vest was as irresponsible as inatic. The Monk brothers were talking in 1 >nes to Bob as they were resting in i lade. u.nvn^ -squaiiy," s>aiu ^eu iuuua, nuoic appens, you must be as silent as rave." "Or maybe you'll go to an early grav lid Bill Monk, meaningly. "Exactly." echoed Ned. "Oh, I'll be mum,'' said Squatty, ever told on you yet, did I?" "No, you never did, Squatty," s; ill. "Bill," said Ned, looking athis broth lo you know, I believe Squatty woi tther have his tongue cut out or ,-es burned out than give you and way?" Squatty shivered and tried to lau| )h, here, now, you fellows know ] ith you. What's the use talkin'?"/ "None whatever," said Ned Monk. He arose, stepped out on the ro; ossed it, looked over to the Corne id came back. minrit Afnm*Q t.hp OTfi *e may want you to help dig a gri mnd h^rc socn." Squatty shivered again. Ho knew they were there for murd rho could it be but Bash? 'Well? ould help?ho must help, Squatty si himself, but his cowardly soul seem i shrink into even smaller dimensic > he shivered the third time. "Squatty" said Ned Monk, as rought his hand heavily down on stener's knee, "we're goin' to settle! ash. He's comin' down the roi e'li be here dreckly. If you don't hi -we'll kill you! There ain't no char i go back on this deal, Squatty." Voor Bob Squatty's teeth chattel 3w, but he was in for it. He woi ive his throat cut if he didn't obei > he concluded he would render all i distance in his power, so as to mak ean, sure job of it CHAPTER IS. LYING IN WAIT. But the Monks were not to have It leir own Way. As rapidly as Dan Bash strode aloi lere were feet as swift as his. A pair of light feet that cut acros illslde, within view of the trave tad; a pair of hands that pushed as: ashes and overhanging branches ees quickly. it was Beiie Dawson, otherwise kno iroughout the district as "Chub" Da in. Instead of going home again, as Bj id Mr. Potts surm'sed, Chub paus hen she disappeared around the h mdered, and suddenly made her v. 7 a short cut across to a point wh< le could observe the road. Once there, she shielded her eyes a oked steadfly. What did she see? A man. Yes, Dlainly a man. He stc i the middle of the road. Chub coi :e him turn and look back. Then i jserved a second man. He, too, st< i the middle of the road, and, like rairade, looked back. "The cowards!" Chub muttered. ie Monks. Chub mused. "If I go back home and find ray fath y the time we can get around the; Jt the advantage of him." Then another thought darted ii hub's brain. She caught her breath "Maybe they mean to murder him." It was an easy matter. Anybt >uld conceal themselves among 1 ushes, pounce on the wayfarer, ov ower- kill him and conceal his b( rnoug the heavy undergrowth. Chub looked again. There was nobody in view. The assassins had conceuiod th< ilvea. Chub darted onward, forgetting t nr rifle was hanging loosely in one hf ntll It caught on a twig. Then i lddenly stopped, examined it carefu rasped it tightly, and ran on again. There was a life at stake now. { Duld not walk. Over the bouldc ver loss, over the clear spots and rot laccs she knew so well, Chub 6ped. "I hope I'M be in time?I hope I'll i time," sbo said to herself as urried towaid the spring in the ravi Meantime Dan Bash walked fas nd faster toward his fate. Ho was resolved now to decide uestion whether he would remain he district, at fair wages for teach ho school on the mountains, or "g round roots" for such wages as arraers could afford to pay him. He had excellent reasons, satisfact o himse'f, for carrying out his origi Ian. There would have been less j on to remain in the district if he iot encountered the ill-will of the yoi ucn who assumed the right to con he school and ail public affairs, by xercise of mere brute strength. The Monks and their associates jee it reason. Common sense, and ; >lay, and justice were things they ne .ook account of. As Dan Bash walked on, swinging l free, independent gait, ho reinembe he murderous looks Ned and Bill Mi ;avj hi? vheo Chub Dawgoo interpc a is in time to save him from being maimed ? or murdered by the gang. Mr. He realized fully the nature of the contest he had entered upon, but he had not p]y. invited it* The quarrel was forced upon Trs. him. ght But he had a good deal to learn, tts. He did not know the depth of the for meanness to which the Monks would you stoop to get the better of an antagonist. > I He had yet to learn that the Monks and pve their assistants deemed all means fair s fcj that promised them advantage. They jrty never "ought on equal terms, or singlesee handed. There was always somebody in reserve?something that could be counted on with almost "dead certainty," to emant Pl?y Ned Monk's own words. . as The reader has seen how the brothers ('out pressed poor Squatty into their service. ""I hear him coming, now,"said Ned Monk to his companions. "Now, Bill? I'll aim at him tirst. I'll try to make 'led Pure' Jugt when he comes level with u3 Sem on the road. If I don't bring him down, you shoot, then we'll both jump on him, and Squatty here will help the best ho I VnAwa Vinnr " The little group of assassins held their breath until Dan Bash came within fifty yards of their place of concealment ,^j9 Something caused Bash to halt ds ^as a forewarning? He glanced up and down the road, Btoopcd suddenly, and picked up a stone ' and a heavy stick. Then he walked on. oj As he neared the spot where the trio 1 ^ were concealed, Ned Monk held his rifle , firmly in his hand in front of him, ready Lad 10 br5nS UP 10 shoulder. ved Dan Bash walked on resolutely, all urn unconscious of the danger threatening ain himj t0 As Ned Monk observed him nearing him he drew up his gun. His finger was the on the trigger, when a crack of a rifle ri a startled the group. A bullet cut a twig ain just over Ned Monk's head. . ln Dan Bash halted. He thought the ye]_ shot was aimed at him. 1.0+ Ned Monk rose up suddenly. His com panions half-rose and peered around, j(je right and left. ?e]f Dan Bash walked on, grasping tho "tl,e stane in one hand, concealing it from view, and resolved, in case ho was assaulted, to wield his stick to the best mk advantage. jjgy He was opposite the spring when suddenly Bill Monk and Squatty rushed out jjg on him. ie(j The assassins had changed their plans. (jep They were resolved to carry out the a original scheme. They would kill him, and then take inw care of the person who had shot at Ned the Monk. Bill Monk had a knife open in his ver ri^ht hand; Squatty had, a club. Both the were approaching him?the one with upraised knife, the other with upraised e," club?when a shot was heard; Bill Monk's arm dropped, and the next mo? T^n mc/>n cni?onn> Ktkfuroon 'Ma/1 UJClIb VUUU XJt* ?f out! cpuu#, wvvnwvu aiw "I Monk and his brother Bill. At the same instant Dan Bash brought aid his stick down so hard on Squatty's arm that that individual howled with pain, er. He thought his arm was broken, aid "Murderers!" his Chub Dawson at that moment was the me embodiment of vengeance. Her eyes blazed with Dassion as she jh. urned, first to Ned, then to Bill Monk, f'm "You Monks, as sure as you stand there, I'll bore a hole in both of you. You think you are not watched. Well, ad, yon had best move on now, or you'll :rs, have more than Chub Dawson to deal with. Take my advico. _ Move! Make rcL ive yourselves scarce as quick as your feet will let you, because you may came to grjff jf you don't." er Ned Monk half drew his rifle. He had half a mind to fight the woman, and the lid man she had defended a second time that ied daym3 "Come. Ned. We'll only make trouble fightin' Chub," said Bill Monk, hastily. jj6 He thought her father was following. hj2 Her language warranted some such inian ference. As for Squatty, he was already om*>r* qwott fie ranirilv frnm illA rfLllfTA id. "J "v - "f j - a]p of Chub's rifle as he could move without lca running. "Curse her! She's wounded my arm," e(j said Bill Monk. Q],i "The next shot will be nearer your j heart. Mak? another move ? dare to the touch Dan Bash, and one of you dies, if ea I dio the same minute." "We'll remember you. Chub," said Ned Monk, as he hastily walked after his brother Bill. "Do," said Chub. Then, elevating her U voice: "You don't want a lock of my hair, I guess, the way you are moving. " The last thing the cowardly trio heard as they walked on down the dusty road was Chub Dawson's ringing laugh. | J [TO BE COKTIJtCED.j Ide of POPULAR SCIENCE, wn kW* A leech has three jaws, which form - ? J _ 1 . Lflh a"laU^eie(l The solid nutriment in an egg equals ill, one-third of its weight. ay Nearly 300,000 pounds of aluminum L're were produced in this country last ,od India ink ie made in Japan from the soot obtained by burning the shells of >od an oily nut. ild A hive of 5000 bees should produce ,>od pounds of honey every year and hi9 multiply tenfold in five years. Dew has a preference for some colors. ' t'3 It is said that while a yellow board attracts dew, a red or black one besido er it will be perfectly dry. jr'll A new glass for thermometers is unaffected l?y a heat of 1000 degrees, the at0 ordinary glass being unreliable above 750 degrees on account of its tendency )dy to soften. the The carbon of the food, mixed with er- the oxygen of the air, furnishes fuel >dy for the body, which evolves the heat in exactly the same way that a fire or candle does. ?m. Experiments have been made by MM. Goutes and Sibillot with the view of bat ttUCipiI-Lig Hi lliillii Hiil 113 U HlltkClllu n/i md the gas-holders of dirigible balloons she instead of silk or other Btuffs, and the Hi. results of their experiments have been satisfactory. ,r3| A trolley wire snapped and fell on igh the South Boulevard, near Third avenue, in New York City, and one end, to from which a white flame shot, struck she William J. Jones in the right eye, ,^e* destroying the sight. He is suing for >L6r AI nA AAA .1 ., %?1UU, uwu uuuiitgce. the In producing the metal of the in future, aluminum, America is in it, as usual. Bauxite, the aluminum ore, was first found in Pike County, Ala6 bama, in 1889. The Warwhoop bank, ory in the latter place, lias been quite exnaj tensively operated since 1892, and '(.a. considerable quantities of the metal had taken out. ang The Northwestern Lancet is authority for the statement that the drowning re(j of expert swimmers is not to be exfalr plained as is commonly supposed by iver cramps, but by the perforation of tho ear drum. Tho vertigo and unconat 6cioueness which precedes death is ro{j caused by the water entering the body through the perforations in the drum. THE BROWNING. HOW THEY MAY BE RESCUE AND REVIVED. A Timely Description of the Metho of England's National Llfe-SavJng Socicty?Hints Which May Save Human Life. M W are all of us i % B lazy? ^?? too self-indulge SL to take any pai to learn those 1 tie things whi Jfy pi might easily IJ jl ' learned, and whi l(?IL.tiki. "ou,ld ^ "b ^ T *r thorn/I t sand and cm emergencies of daily life. For i stance, the revolving year brings rou: to us again the bathing season and : attendant casualties. How many us have the faintest conception of he to act in case we are present at any these casualties, how to rescue a swu mer who is in danger, how to resus< tate the apparently drowned ? Y thousands of lives are sacrificed eve: year in the ocean, in lakes, in rivei and a large proportion of these mig have been saved by rightly direct effort at the opportune moment. Whi of us can say that he may nq$ at ai time make himself responsible for tl loss of a valuable life through tit criminal negligence? The English are ahead of us in reco nizing this great truth, and in devi ing plans for lessening the perils those who go down to the sea or tl river in boats or in bathing #3ress( In the year 1891 they established National life-saving society, whic though one of the youngest of tht National institutions, has already s complished much, and promises to i crease in usefulness as it grows in pn lie confidence and widens its sphere activitv. i The last annual meeting of the s ciety was held early in March of tb year at St. James's Hall, in Londo The Duke of York was elected Hono ary President, and young Lord Amp hill, who made a remarkable record Oxford as an oarsman and- swimme was unanimously elected Acting Pre) dent. The Duke of Teck was ma Vice-President, while Messrs. Willia and Archibald Sinclair were continu in office as Secretaries of the societ // / ? f '' - 7$ A SERIES OP ILLUSTRATIONS, SHOWINC the positions which they have held fro the beginning. Their rooms, which a also the headquarters of the eociet are at No. 2 Clarendon square, Londi N. W. The aim of the society is, in brie to promote and extend among the pu lie at large a technical knowledge the methods of life-saving, and of r suscitating the apparently drowne With this object in view, they ha1 formed classes of instruction throug out the country, and arranged f public lectures and demonstration .1 i ?ii mi 1 ~ A.-U - tne arm. xney are uisu uomg me best to stimulate public opinion in f vor of the general adoption of swir ming, floating, diring and life-savii drill as a branch of instruction schools and colleges. The demonstrations which they a giving are full of interest, ns will 1 seen from the accompanying picture taken at a recent exhibition in Lo don. The squads or classes are first i structed on dry land and then 11 movements are carried out in the wate This double instruction is necessar because it is easier to explain the exa reason for every movement while stan ing firmly on land. The subseque object lesson in the water is render< luminous by the preliminary explan tlUIid. Tlie rescue drill comes first in orde The initial method shows how to de with a person who is lying quiet or di ftblcd. He in turned on his back ai the hands of the rescuer are placed ov< the ears at the back of the head, tl mouth being kept clear of the wate This is very simple and it restores co ftdonoe to the rescned. The secor and third methods are more corapl< #?*w? wooni! nf IwilHl'M (iiiu muntmbc tuu lucuiin wi in persons who are struggling. 1 these movements the subject is currit either by the elbows or under ti arms. The fourth method is vei pretty, and is used when the in perilled swimmer is tired out or i jured. Here the rescuer swims wi1 the breast stroke, and the eubjec lying on hie back, is made to rest h hands on the other's shoulders. ] Shis way a person may be carried wit! out fatigue for a considerable di tance. ??? After the rescue drill- the class goes ? through the various methods of resus- Hei citation. This is a subject concerning gest r JD which the profound ignorance of the ton, public is only equalled by its cheerful ? ? and reckless assumption that it knows ag all about it. The society indorses what is known as the Sylvester method, which is briefly as follows: The moment the patient is brought to dry land all tight clothing is removed. The neck and chest are ex00 posed. The face is turned downward with one of his arms between forehead nt and ground. Water thereby escapes , PB from the mouih, and the tongue falling J forward leaves the windpipe free. ,-Y The mouth is cleansed and wiped. If De satisfactory breathing commences the /.^ circulation of the blood is assisted by f firmly rubbing the limbs upward, and lU" if possible the body is restored to heat 1 e by means of warm flannel, bottles of If/Jli lD" hot water and heated bricks applied to \M[I the soles of the feet, the thighs, the pit > I of the stomach and the armpits. On the restoration of life wino or brandy )W may be administered. ?* But if the breathing is slight or ab*}* sent, different measures must be tried. p1" The patient is placed on a flat surface. face upward, the shoulders being sup ry ported by a cushion or any article of EqUjt "B> dress at hand. The patient's tongue Bjx f( is drawn forward and fixed by passing high, an elastic band or piece of string over ,joe8n the tongue and under the chin. An jje a7 operator at the patient's head grasps j the arms just above the elbows and on 118 draws them gently and steadily upward ?<j) above the head, where they are kept 8' for two seconds. The chest being thus uge(j'i ls" expanded air rushes into the lungs. wjj0 t ?* Then the subject's arms are turned 8]avefi down and pressed for two seconds -*ff iS- against the sides of the chest. By this a mer a means air is pressed out of the lungs, wa8h and by repeating the process about nn(je] :ir fifteen times in a minute natural Qf ? lC* breathing may return. Immediately it comp; n* does ho heat and stimulants are to be funer b" applied in the way already specified- obsen of ?New York World. dayB' 0_ me ar Did the Flood in 2000 TVords* to acl n. If the Chaldean flood tablet which r- Johns Hopkins University sent to the . t- American Bible Society is a fair sam- ? "F at pie of the books of 4000 years ago a ir, Chaldean Library as extensive as the 1 e' ri- Astor Library would cover Manhattan wa?Tc de Island. The tablet is a complete book .m in itself. It is a plaster cast from b?ys ed a modern reproduction in clay of the afl?T? y, eleventh book of the so-called Izduboi iL broth -~-T ?. rockii 9 an ex than \\ favor: - 5: I HOW TO SAVE AND REVIVE THE DROWNING. ^Uf?6 not D( m or Gilgamesh legends. It contains not re the Chaldean account of the flood, y, written in cuneiform text more than officei on two thousand years before Christ. has 1 The tablet is about ten inches long aftern ?f, by seven wide and three-quarters of we r? b- an inch thick. It is written on both Clebu ?->f oiflflo in thrpfl ftnlnmnn and contains along e- 331 lines, or about 2000 words. 'By * d. The restoration is the work of Pro- burne re fessor Paul Haupt, of Johns Hopkins, boots h- one of the first scholars of his day in prival or the study of antiquities. The original erate of ? rocks sir p10"11 n- battle |g Dw THE TABLET, T. y *c^ tablet was found during the British ^ excavations in the valley of the Eunj. phrates and Tigris, and was broken in thirteen pieces, which are now in the British Museum.?New York World. r. Witchcraft in the Scottish Highland*:. ^ From a remarkable case heard in the ^ Oban Small Debt Court the other day, ] gather tlmt a belief in witchcraft is ei Htill more or less prevalent in the Highlands. One dairyman named Caiupr' bell sued another named Black for u" damages which he alleged ho had su?11 . taimul in his character and reputation 3X i in consequence of the defender havin,., ^ , asserted that "he had an evil eye/' ; and that with this wicked organ he ; had injured two cows by "upsetting'' js. I and "felling" them. I am glad to say B ^ | that the Scotch law does not recognize | this cause of action, and the sheriff | ^ J dismissed the case. Are there no ^ i schools in Oban to root out such dense d" ' ! ignorance.?London Truth. ^*5?^b ThepetofaBrooksville (Fla.) young a- | woman is a pig, that follows her about -P*10 {the streets as though it were a dog. 1? the ' * - . . . ' rr-y le Biggest Man in New York. re is a good picture of the bigaan in New York, John A. Seathe colored watchman, of the r I / JOHN A. BEATON. i Able Building. Mi. Seaton is jet seven and one-half inches and weighs 287 pounds, but he !t appear to be abnormally stout, simply big all over. id a chat -with him the other day, lich occasion he said: 0 I care if people stare at me? to tell the truth, I have grown bo it. I am a descendant of people snjoyed the distinction of being 1 on George Washington's estate mnt Vernon. At one time I was ober of the Capital police force, ington. Later, I had an office : the Government. It was part r duty, from time to time,' to ac any Congressional junkets on al tours. I was present at the uies of eome of our leaders in gone by. A gentleman once made i offer to go with him to England ; as his valet, but I preferred to n the United States. / remember on one occasion I took i in a sleeping car and got caught i folding beds and nearly lost my I have never tried that sort of >f sleeping since. am married and have a family of and girls. The children are ; the medium height, all of them, ugh none are as tall as I am. My er, now dead, was taller than I We were both in the same trade ttracted much attention. cannot sleep in an ordinary bed. there are some disadvantages in so tall. Yon see, I have extra beds, extra sized chairs, extra furniture in my home. I sit in a ag chair of extra size and smoke tra sized pipe. I do not eat more an ordinary man. I have no ite dishes. How do I account for ze? Oh, it's nature, aided by the air and a decent, healthy life. I that way." Seaton ia a modest, intelligent seful aid in the big building he jo much to adorn. The ladies apto be delighted with his heroic rtions, and many are the adg glances they cast at him.? York Herald. l Story of General Clebnrne. ring the last year of the war bei the States the writer was An A/Iin ton+.Dan oral An thfl staff iieral Thomas M. Scott, of Lou,, Loring's Division. At the batFranklin, November 30, 1864, General Scott and your corndent were wounded. Early next ing while walking about the buildid grounds, whither a large numf our killed and wounded had carried, we came upon the body neral Pat Cleburne, guarded by r three officers whom we took to his staff. It was tenderly laid a temporary bier under a large near the house. We simultanj noticed that the loots of the iero were mifsing, hie feet dressed m a pair of white yarn socks, "hat a. shame," I suggested to al Scott (who promptly agreed me) "that Confederate soldiers 3 rob the body of a man like Cle," for we know that the body had sen in the hands of the enemy, ren for a moment. 3U are mistaken,said one of the s. "General Cleburne's body lot been molested. Yesterday oon, two or three hours before sached the battlefield, General me noticed a soldier limping the pike entirely barefooted, ill that's holy,' remarked Cle, dismounting, drawing off his and passing them to the grateful ;e, 'by a,l that's holy, no Confedsoldier shall march over these barefooted while I, though ted, am so securely clad.' That r Cleburne went into yesterday's unshod."?New Orleans Timescrat. i topaz took its name from a . word meaning guess, since the its could only guess at the locallere this beautiful stone was ob[. Force of Habit. * i sMf. tographer?"Head a little more left, please."?Truth. ' -m Pf ' M v;' 'y THE GOOD TIMES COMING. 0. the good times aro comin', no matter what they say; You kin hear 'em htimmln', hummtn' fer % hundred mile away; They're a-eaiiin' through the summer, aa* "gyi a-fightin' through the freeze; A-ridin' down the rivers an' a-blowin' in the breeze! Comin*, . I.?><?,' A-hummin'Like a regiment a-drnmmfn* Lane baft get a tumin', Buttermilk's n-ohurnin", So keep yotx lamps a-burnin' Till the good times come! ' 0. the good times are a-comin': you kin BM ^ 'em on the run, A-twinklin' in the dewdrops an' a-shinin' hi' the sun 2 f A-dumpin' o'er the daisies, an' babblin' in v the brook, An' lookin' at a feller like his sweetheart ' uster look 1 Comin', . ' / A-hummiu . '-V Like a regiment a-drnmmln Lane has got a-turnin', Battermiik's a-churnin'. So keep your lamps albumin* > Till the good times come: , -F. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. . prm AND POINT. A sea bass?The fog-horn. Humility is the uniform worn by arrogance when on dress parade. Charity which begins at home frequently finds itself too busy to go out. The mosquito gives you some mnsio Y-Y^ and then takes up a collection for it.? Yv'w?.v Galveston News. Stomachache and marriage arc the fijfSb world's two greatest means of doubling people up.?Truth, 4'I anticipated as much," said the "tourist" as he started ahead of the [A bulldog.?Plain Dealer. With inconsistent woman, "a sight to behold" and "not fit to be seen" are synonymous terms. ?Puck. Some people imagine that they de serve a month's rest every time they , 3gjl do right. ?Galveston News. ?' The man who'is the life of the com- ./,.|Ks| pany often bores to death the other fijwEM fellows who want to tal^ ?Truth. While it is true that the poor man is s compelled to hump himself to own a bicycle, it isn't the price alone that does it.?Buffalo Courier. Some of -the best products of literature are due to absent mindedness; the average genius gets his conceits |.?0ij out of his head. ?Boston Courier. Among: the vain men whom we meet, The vainest; one of all Is he who boasts of his little feet. When his head is just as small! A man little dreams when making \ great efforts for success, that he is doing the very work that will one day make Him conspicuous as a hae-been. r||f "Poor fellow! Did he lose his : eyes in the war1?" "Oh, no. He tried j 'HfifiH to pass ft woman on the street when she had her umbrella up."?Detroit '-M'S? Tribune. Fred?"What do you think of my ifes! argument?" Will?"Sound?most certainly sound." Fred ? "And what else?" Will?"Nothing else?merely sound."?Boston Globe. "I am taking cooking lessons of Mrs. Pi crust." "Do you find them ' ^ beneficial?" "Very.. I hare already learned how to tell when something's ' burning."?Chicago Record. X May?"Dear, do you see that stupid -M fellow trying to flirt with me?" Joe? yjsj "No; he is trying to flirt with me." May?"Dear me! how much more stupid than I thought."?The Club. * . She?"But you have no reason to bo inalous of me, vou know you haven't." . * * ? w He?"Reason! Reason! I dispensed ,'t with my reason entirely when I fell in i love withyoa."?Indianapolis JournaL Mrs. Younghn'iband?"Why don't ' . yon go for a week's holiday, George? Your employer can surely do without you." George?"I know it; bnt I don't want hun to find it out."?Tit* Bite. | "It is very std," said the twentydollar bill, "but since that stuck up gold piece has been to Europe and J come back, it positively refuses to J recognize me as an equal."?Indianap- ->>. olis Journal. "That makes the third woman that has fainted at that counter this morning." "Have they discovered what the trouble is?" '-Tes; a new cash * :f-ih boy that brings the change straight back. "--Chicago Inter-Ocean. Short-sighted gentleman chooses a pair of spectacles. "These glasses," he says, "are not strong enough for me." "But, sir, they are No. 2." i * 0 2" "wnat xiaveyou uuiv iuiiu, V' "Anil after that?" "After No. 1, ;V" sir, yon will want a dog!"?Tit-Bits. Boerum (doing his best to make a favorable impression, lias jur; finished . his best anecdotc)?"Ha! ha! ha! That's a pretty good story, now.'1 Miss Acre*--"Yes, I think so, too. And they say poor Unclo Phil, who was killed at Gettysburg, never tired of hearing it."?Life's Calendar. Young Rorty?"What do you mean when you say you are a gentleman be- ! ?in Kneinodd?'1 ''OM L'UUSU Jr VUX aic iivu iu vuwamvwm. Horty?"I moan, sir, that to bo a ; gentleman 1 must have no business." Vminn ?"Ah. I nnderstandnov) f r' "?J ?' . _ You mean thnt you havo uo bi'.siness to be a gentleman."?Brooklyn Life. ? Tlie Man That Women Lite. An English magazinc-Iately offered a prize for the best answer to the question, ' What kind of a man docs a > j woman most admire?" Here is the winning answer: "The man must interest by unconnuonness, either in ipjiearance or manner, or be must ' t have the indescribable quality called ^harm. He must know his own loind ind steadily work thereto, even to. masterfulness. Ho disregards 'they ?iy,' and is not one of a herd. His friends are men?not women. He is mly once deceived by the same per- I jon. His perhaps hasty temper never I unstounkindness. He needs sympathy jj ind solace in a sometimes divine die- | jontent. He abides under no failure, I 3ut goes on. His occasional want of . 1 success only attacbeo and rivets his ^ letermination.'! J i , ?