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r 1 ? ? Swamp wwvvwvv 0 A STORY OF 1 / S wvwvw W By EBEN E ^ .0 Copyright by Robert Bonner's Sons. CHAPTER XYHI. ? 1 CONTINUED. There was to oe a camp-meenug? the first one ever held in Brownsville. "Conference" had graciously seen fit to grant that this opportunity for the outpouring of the spirit should be afforded the settlers in this frontier region, and they hailed the prospect with that delight which occasions of this kind always afford the country neighborhood, be it a new or an old one. In those days, more than at present, camp-meetings were held to be events that were not to be passed over lightly. They were considered something in the light of a religious carnival Thfl infprAst of ftverv one in the neighborhood and its vicinity was aroused and excited. It mattered not whether they were saints or sinners, whether they considered themselves as of the elect or the unregenerate, they were all interested alike. The elect attended to pray for the welfare of the non-elect, and for spiritual .? strengthening and refreshment for church and individual; and the unregenerate went to be amused, possibly benefited, and because everybody else woulc'i be sure to be there. The social feature was one of the chief attractions which the camp-meeting held out to young and old in those days. If there was not a growth in grace as the result of attendance, they certainly felt better acquainted with their neighbors. "I jest delight in a camp-meetinV said Mrs. Boone to Mrs. Porter, as they sat talking about the treat in store for the Brownsvillians. "It's jest like a great long visit, or a picnic that holds over. I always calcilated on gittin' lots o' good out o* campmeetin's, when I us't to go to 'em, down East, spiritoally an' otherwise. The very last one I went to I got that recipe for salt-risin's bread from Mia' - David Eilocum, an' the pattern I made my red and black delaine up by. You ' remember that black and red delaine, don't ya? There is some of it in that there chair-cushi'n ye're a settin' on thisminnit. An'when Nannie was a baby an' had the 'hoopin' cough, I got Bome drops of ol' Mis' Spratt, that lived down by Hunt's Holler, that did her more good than all the doctor's stuff. Mis' Spratt, she was a master han' when there was sickness 'round. I've alius thought an' I alius shall, that ef we'd had her when Solomon's .'nli' ami rlioil 'at.iil n1 T)nn. XailUCl Y* no OiV/iX ?UU U4WU) MV*V. V tor Bangs, she'd ha* bro't him thro'. One reason why I allns felt a leanin' to'rds her docterin' was, that yon knew snthin' was bein' done. "It was powerful, an' no mistake, an' when folks is awful sick it stan's to reason that they orter hev snthin' strong to correspond to the sickness, seems to me. Now Mis' Spratt, she was great on 'metics an' sweats. I know onct Solomon, he kep' a complainin' o' not feelin' well, had a pain in his back, an' his side, an' his legs, an' purty much all over him, an' I kep' a givin' him cammy-mile an' thoroughwort, an' puttin' on smartweed an' hops-an'-vinegar, but he didn't seem to git any better, "rney don't take holt,' says he. 'Send fer Mis'Spratt. I'd feel her med'cin'.' So I had brother Job go over after her, i and she come, an' brung a bag o' lobely. 'His stummick's out o' kilter,' j says she, a givin' him jest one look. 'I knew it was. He's got to throw up afore he'll feel any better.' Solomon, he groaned, fer he know'd what -was nnminV He'd took her lobelv 'metics i afore. Lan' sakes! how he did throw tip! I never see nobody come so nigh turnin' wrong-side ont'ards as he did. She kep' him a heavin' till much's three o'clock, an' then she swe't him? set him over a wash-tub full o' hemlock boughs, 'n poured bilin' hot water on 'em, with a quilt wrapped 'round him up tight to his neck. You'd jest orter ha' seen the swe't roll off'n him! It run down his face in streams, an' made a puddle on the floor. 'Dear suz,' says he, when she got thru with him, summers about six, 'I don't feel 's ef there was anything left of me.' He was as weak as a rag, for more'n three days, but it cured him. "I can't say I enjoy Mis' Spratt's docterin',' says he, 'but it's thurrer.' It don't seem's ef Mis' Pratt's ben dead nigh on to ten years, does it?" "It don't so," responded Mrs. Porter. "I feel more'n' more ev'ry day the truth o' what it says in tnat hymn Deacon Snyder's alius a singin': " 'Time Is wingin' us away In his etarnal flight.' Wall, we've all got to drop offn the stage of action sooner or later, 'n' ef we're prepared to go, I dunno's it makes much diffrunce when. It alius sets me a thinkin' o' such things at camp meetin' time," and she heaved a little sigh, appropriate to the occasion and the subject under consideration. Such preparations as were made for tnis nrst camp-meeuug m x>ruwu?ville! It was to the good housewives of the settlement what Thanksgivingtime is to the New England matron. Pies were concocted out of the limited material at hand. "Pie timber's awful ska'se," old Mrs. Snyder said, "but they'll hev tu hev pies o' some kind." Cakes were compounded as much like those of "down East" as it was possible to make them. Loaves of "ry'n-injun" bread were baked by the dozen, and pork and beans browned to " ! iU. tooiiisome unapness btoou uu me shelves of every pantry in Brownsville. A good many visitors were expected from "dowQ below," and tliey must be as hospitably entertained as the limited means of the settlement would admit of. "They sh'll hev all they want of it, eich as't is," was the sentiment prevailing among Brownsville housewives. A The men were no less busy in pre* pt\ 7f\ li Secret.! (VVWWWV aK :he frontier. ^ vwvwvw O C. REXFORD, ^ aSr010* w M^CtvtS / > paring for the great event so near at hand. f A place was cleared for the camp in a grove on Mr. Porter's farm. The i thick underbrush was cut down, and the small trees thinned out, leaving , some great oaks to give shade and ] shelter. When the work of clearing ; was completed, it was like being in a < cathedral roofed in by a green dome, ( upheld by curiously carved and twisted arches. Here and there the ] rays of sunshine struck through the 1 leaves and made flecks of gold on the j soft moss which carpeted the place; \ but for the most part the space be- \ neath the trees was filled with a t shadowy and subdued light that was ] delignttui, ana seemea to impart w the scene a character qnite unlike that of the open spot where sunshine met with no obstruction, and all was bright and suggestive of the farm and field, wad the work that had to be done there. The Boft, green gloom made the place seem like one set apart for worship. BenoheB were made of basswood logs split in two, with two logs at each end. These were placed about the little opening in the centre of the great group of trees in such a manner that they all faced the minister's stand, which was a fearfully and wonderfully constructed thin?. ''Looks snthin' like a hearse ofTn wheels, an' suthin' like the cabin of a canawl-boat," said Bill Green, irreverently. "One good p'int about it is that it's stout, an' '11 stan' a heap o' poundin'." In front of this stand was an anxious seat, to be occupied by conscience-stricken sinners who were expected to seek salvation in this season of grace. At each camp platforms were built on Btakes driven into the earth. These platforms were covered with soil to the depth of a foot. On them fires would be built at night, whose lurid glow would give the scene a brilliance it had lacked by day, and give to the place a weird, strange splendor that would not be without an element of fascination for the most matter-of-fact attendant. Among the "women-fplks" horsei t* 1 L ? J stealing was aimusi euuireiy iui(juiw3u i in the pleasanter excitement of camp- ] meeting. .< In saying this I should except, how- ] ever, the families of Mr. Boone and 1 Mr. Porter. 1 With them anxiety for Dick's safety i took away the capacity for enjoying i the camp-meeting as they would have i enjoyed it under other and pleasanter ] circumstances. ? "I wish the man who stole my i hosses'd feel the power o' the Lord ( constrainin' him to come forrud an' i oonfess an' restore to me my hard- 1 airnt proputy," said Deacon Snyder, i ' I do hope there '11 be sich an outpouring o' the sperrit as we hain't seen i fer years. We need it. We all need 1 it. I feel the need o* revivin' an' i strengthenin' more'n I ever did afore, ] fer I hain't b'en able tu stan' the loss j o' them hosses as I s'pose a perfessor orter. I've felt rebelyus about it. I hain't b'en meek 'n' 'umble-minded t enough. I know it. But it did go 1 ag'inst the grain to htov them hosses stole, an' it does yit when I think < how hard I worked to airn them ani- i miles. But I hope 'n pray it won't be < the means o' henderin me from doin' i what I can in my weak way an* man- c ner tu help on the gospill chariut ?t -a xi? ?:i:-? / iv^ r wiieii it cuuLieB vuiq way a-auxiui xer tuc kingdom. I don't want to be a stum- ] blin'-block, an' I hain't a-goin' tu." i Mr. Wayne's singing-school would close on Thursday evening. On t Friday the camp-meeting would be- 1 gin. i The singing-teacher was urged to \ stay and "help with the singin' " on ; Sunday, and he very kindly con- ; sented to do bo. 1 Mrs. Boone strongly urged Nannie to attend singing-school on the last i two nights of its session, and learn the 1 hvmns that were being practiced for use on the following Sabbath. But 1 Nannie was stubborn, and absolutely refused to go. "I couldn't take any interest in it, on Dick's account," she said. "And, then?I don't want to see Mr. Wayne. I wish I might never set eyes on him ] again. He's insulted me, and I haven't 1 spoken to him since, and I don't intend to. He's a fine person to lead the singing at camp-meeting, isn't ! he?" < Nannie's eyes blazed indignantly. "Wall, ef he hain't used ye right, I ! can't say's I blame ye fer not havin' nuthin' tu du with him," said her < mother. "I du hope, Nancy"?Mrs. ; Daama r? 1 rrn tto nnlln/l V? a* "W nr?ATT titV* JJUVUO oivrajD oancu uci jliouuj nucu she -wished to be very impressive?"I ! du hope'n pray, Nancy, that you'll ! tarn to the Lord an' experience His ( grace an' pard'nin' love in this camp- 1 meetin'. And I hope'n pray all the ! young folks will. I kind o' feel 's ef 1 they would, an' that we're goin' tu hev 1 a blessed good season." i But Nannie's thoughts were more ! about the bread she was getting ready : to carry to Dick that night than they 1 were about the Bread of Life, and it is < doubtful if she heard very much of < what her mother was saying. CHAPTER XIX. RHODA EXPERIENCES A CHANGE OF FEELING. < It seemed to bo the general opinion that since Dick's warning of the fate < in store for him and all other horse- i if aaiirrV*f V*Arao-ofooli'tirr Ttrfta 1 IJLI1C V DOj XX URU^UVj UU4 OW'DVbUiuig 11 wu at an end in Brownsville. Consequently, a feeling of comparative security took possession of the settlers. Most of them believed that Dick had belonged to a gang, if he i had not been the leader of it, and that his narrow escape from the fate meted out to horse-thieves had frightened i him out of the country. i That it was well with him yet, Nan- i ' r' ii''T nie knew, for the supply of daily brea^ which she deposited in the hollow tree disappeared as regularly as it was placed there. The camp-meeting opened with a great promise of success. The presiding elder said he felt "as ef there was goin' to be a reg'lar ol'-fashi'ned pour-down o' the sperrit, an' a stirrin' . i ? _i -11 Up 0' dry DOIltJB, wucrouyvu ait uuv brothers and sisters in Israel shouted a vigorous "Amen" in concert. There was a goodly attendance from "down below." Never before had so many strange faces been seen in Brownsville. It began, as I have said, on Friday. The first day got it only fairly under headway. On the second day the excitement, without which no campmeeting was considered a success in those days, began. Before night it had taken possession of most of those who were, or had mamKarfl nf one church or an UCOUj -- v. ? _ other. What the nature of the excitement was I shall not undertake to say. It was something which few could, or did, resist, and the anxious-seat was srowded with penitents. At night, after the great fires were lighted, the scene was one a Rembrandt would have delighted in, with its vivid contrasts of light and shade. The ruddy flames leaped up and lit the forest luridly for rods away, among the great tree trunks. Overhead the leaves shone like silver in the strong light thrown upon them from below. The rapt, eager faces of men ind women stood out with startling listinctness against a background of jhadow. They were all turned toward ;he stand, where two ministers exaorted and prayed, alternately, with jreat fervor and a goodly exhibition of ung-power. Devout brothers and listers said "Amen," regardless of appropriate time or place. Soul-stirring >ld Methodist hymns were sung? aymns which have rung down the fears like bugle-calls, and whose echoes yet linger on our frontiers, as ihe star of empire movfes westward. Rhoda Stevens sat near Mr. Wayne. I have made mention of the sickness )f her brother. Samanthy's hemlock sweat had failed to produce the desired effect. As Bhoda was entirely unused to caring for sick persons, an innt had been sent for from "down i>elow," to take charge of the sick boy. She had concluded, after hearing of ;he camp-meeting, to remain in Browns* rille until it was over, and, in consequence of her presence in the Stevens aousehold, the visits of the singingteacher had been infrequent of late, for he did not care to go there very nuch while propriety in the shape of i maiden aunt was constantly regarding him with a suspicious eye. It was perhaps a most fortunate thing for Bhoda that her aunt was needed there. Ignorant of the ways >f the world, and with confidence in the honesty of Wayne's intentions, the influence he had established over bier might very likely have been exjrted for bad. Such no doubt would lave been the case had circumstances been other than they were, and Bhoda seen left unprotected. She, in hei innocence, could not understand how it was possible for a man to be bad (rhile he appeared so entirely the opposite, and she wondered why he so abruptly ceased his visits after her rant came. Had she known the truth, jhe would have known that he felt ifraid of her aunt's sharp eyes. They were eyes that could see beyond such i mask as that which he wore. On that Saturday evening, at campneeting, he looked around from the Dench on which he was sitting, and net Bhoda's eyes. He smiled, and 11? - ~ ? ?J presently came auu Bat uunu ut?ug aer. "Axe you here alone?" he asked. "No, Aunt Sarah came with me," mswered Bhoda. "She's sitting over here with Mrs. Porter." "I hope she'll stay there, so that I jan have a chance to talk with yom, without feeling that she's listening to svery word," said Wayne. "It's been l long time since I've had such a ;hance." "I haven't seen much of you since Tom was sick," said Bhoda. "I hope pou weren't afraid of catching the ever?" "No, but I was afraid of oatching something from that aunt of yours," le answered. "I don't think she likes ne very much. At least it struck me ;hat way the first time I came to see pou after she took up her habitation in pour family. And then, too, I've been irery bury." Bhoda looked at him a little sharply .vhen he said that, for she knew bet;er. "You look as if you did not believe ne," he said. "Do I? Well, perhaps I don't." [To be continued. ] Cost of Royalty. The annuities paid by the British people to the royal family are as follows: The Queen, $1,925,000; Prince of Wales, ?200,000; Princess of Wales, 550,000; Dowager Empress Frederick, of Germany, $40,000; Duke of Edinburg, $50,000; Princess Christian, $30,000; Princess Louise, ?30,000; Duke of Connaught, $125,000; Princess Beatrice, $30,000; Duke of Cambridge (the Queen's cousin), $60,000; Duchess of Teck (the Queen's cousin), 525,000; Duchess of Albany, $30,000; Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, (the Queen's cousin), $15,000; children of the Prince of Wales, $189,000. Total, $2,895,000. The Queen also receives the revenues of the Duchy of Lancaster. During recent years these have amounted to about $250,000 per an num. When the royal children marry, dowries are usually provided for them. The last of the Queen's children to marry, Princess Beatrice, received $150,000 as dowry from the British people by parliamentary grant. Weight Soldier* May Carry. It is found as a result of some interesting experiments recently carried out hv tVifl ftfirmnn War Office, that for an ordinary man a weight not exceeding forty-eight pounds could be carried for twenty-five miles, if the temperature does not exceed sixty degrees, without any injurious effects, even wbeu continued for a number of days. If, however, the temperature is ten degrees higher, the same load has a temporary effect on the organisms. A weight of sixty pounds is the maximum weight which an ordinary soldier could carry twenty-five miles a day on Beveral consecutive days. $ MANY NEW 1 |^ BRAKES, BECOft MMMM Interest in the output of bicyoles for 1898 does not begin and end with the new bevel gear that is attracting bo much attention just at present. The new chainless comes as an experiment seeking popular favor, and the number'that will be in use at the close of next season will be very small when compared to the nnmber of chain wheels, although with a reduction in price and more perfected details the bevel gear is undoubtedly the coming wheel. The bevel gear will not be the only hanger III IIfn/*3 A ecceiv W mm new feature in bicycles for next \ year. Chain wheels are too popular, ] and too many of them are in practical < ase to be cast aside in an instant for i the nfiw hich-nrinflfl affair A v?ar nr / two ago most of the cycling public was made up of peoplq who could afford to pay the steep prices demanded by the manufacturers for their products. Sinoe then times have changed, and keen competition has become rife, which has brought the cost of bicycles down to a level that makes it possible for almost anybody to buy them. And with increased nnmbers there is an increased demand for a cheaper price and better quality. Outside of the chainless variety, bioycles, in all probability, will be CHAIN iiMnrrwiaiu* _ r AL/JU311'll-H I j c heaper next year than ever before, i while details in construction will re- t ceive more Attention than formerly, t for many have learned from bitter ex- ] perience that low prices, good quality and simplicity must be combined to insure successes in bicycle construction. Fixity of pattern has been put . forth as,an explanation by some for the present chaotic condition of the cycle trade. And it is true that in the present type of bicycles manufacturers think they have attained that point when departures will be in the nature of retrogression ratner than improvement. A local maker has perfected an arrangement of a hdllow axle containing an absorbent wick, doing away with the necessity of frequent oiling of the bearings; has devised an eccentric chain adjustment which regulates the chain's tension without disturbing the alignment of the rear wheel; has provided dust-proof buttonholes in the hubs, which permit of spokes being taken out and replaced immediately, and dispenses with the wrench for adjusting the handle bar or saddle by providing simple but at the same time ' radically new contrivances for holding i the seat post and handle bar stem in i place. i To regulate the height of the handle < bar it is only necessary to turn a col- I lar, which action will leave the handle 1 bar free to slide up or down. Revers- : ing the operation secures the handle ' bar in place. The saddle adjustment i is manipulated by pressing a small 1 lever which projects from the side of ] the frame. This action will incline : upward a tapered eccentric disk inBide i the seat post tube, freeing the post. When the lever is released the pressure on the saddle renders the adjust- i immmmT rHINQS |; N BICYCLES. 1: 1ING POPULAR. , ||& 1 I#?##?### I < ment firm. As both handle bar and | seat post tubes are slotted to receive the internal adjustments, they cannot be inserted oat of line with the frame. And these are but a few of the good things that the manufacturers have in store for the riding public next year. There are to be gear cases galore. Up to this time few makers in this country have made any attempt to fit gear cases 4o their bioycles, chiefly because there has not been a very large demand for them. The much-mooted question of power * <Qfc \ transmission will resolve itself in the o ninds of many riders, whose analysis i >f the enbjeot does not comprehend its c strictly mechanical phase, into a study tl )f internal gearing solely a mitigation if the nuisance of mud clogged and stiffened chains, a reform which gear ;a8es alone could accomplish without a sacrificing the many points of superi- a )rity which the chain possesses over a it combination of bevel gears. Unless b some unexpected discoveries are made C which will greatly improve the best of b present chainless patterns, a chain- e: Iriven machine will be preferred as si possessing fewer disadvantages, espec- a: ally as the addition of a gear case d will be an efifeotual remedy for one of a ;he principal drawbacks which bevel a ;ears are intended to overcome. tl There are several new designs of b landle bars on the market. One in T particular has a device which will ab- p sorb the vibration before it enters the ta jar. The bar is rigid in steering and tl s also rigid in climbing a hill, as the )ull tends to strengthen the spring by E vhich it is fastened to?the head.? tfew York Journal. . Couldn't Talk to Save Eli Heard. Several days ago a well-known nember of the Allegheny oounty bar, , eho is also prominent in Grand Army / aid Veteran Legion circles, appeared [i it his haunts, shorn of a fine gray j leard which had added much to his [ lignified appearance. He had worn ehiskers so long that his acquaintances often wondered what he would ook like without them. When he reurned from a trip to Canada minus iia beard evervbodv had to look twicrf o see if he really was the colonel. 3ome of his friends told him he was lot so handsome, and became in- ' erested enough to ask why he had >haved off his hirsute appendage. 3e has explained, probably dozens of imes, that it was all an accident. He lays th&t while he was in Canada he . vent to a French barber shop to have lis mustache and beard trimmed a ittle. He could not speak French, ^ ind talked to the tonsorial artist by ligns. When he thought he had made e mnwn fViA "Fr^n^hman what he wanted he leaned back in his chair ? ind the barber started to work. The irst clip took a large bunch of whiskers rom the left cheek, and before the jolonel could explain, two or three n nore clips were taken, and nearly half c >f his beard was gone. He looked in ti ;he mirror and was mad, but he could f, lot speak French, and, therefore, he f lad to let the barber complete the t! ob.?Pittsburg Chronicle. i b Crime and Atmosphere. g Dr. W. L. Moore, chief of the 1 General ; / //View "OF* 3 3 H 'Hanger- ; a ~1 Hub * weather bureau at Washington, who is both physician and meteorologist, states that during the months of January, February and March 1200 sui sides were reported in the United States. In July, August and September there were 1600. There were 1700 murders and fifty persons lynched or banged during the three cold months, and 2500 murders and 113 hanged or lynched during the three hot months, tl Investigations are being conducted in s< regard to the connection between crime and atmospheric conditions. g The hide of the hippopotamus, in d aome parts, is two inches thick. n . . K{ v;:' ;V>" Leave Better Than Lightning Bodf. The green leaf is the best conductor >f electricity'?that most powerful and lestructive of all the foroes of the ;arth. To guard our homes and pubic buildings from its destructive action, are ereot our lightning rods, whose sharp points quietly drain the clouds, )r, failing to do this, receive the discharge and bear it harmlessly to the jarth. But ages before Franklin pointed the first lightning rod to the storm, God has surrounded the dwellngs of man with a protection far more effectual than this; for since the creation of organio life every pointed leaf ind blade of grass has been silently lisarming the clouds of their destructive weapons. A twig covered with eaves, sharpened by nature's exquisite workmanship, is said to be three times is effectual as the metallic points of ;he best constructed rod. And when ?e reflect how many thousande of ihese vegetable points every large tree lirects to the sky and consider what nuBt be the efficacy of a single forest with its innumerable leaves, or of ft lingle meadow with its countless blades A COflBl- 11 NATION I" bell /WpQ\ BRAKE /fir**** y MEW iWIDLf* BAR f grass, we seq how abundant the proection from the storm is, and with what are Providence has guarded ns from be destructive force.?London Echo. The Locust Bean Tree. J account of the high price of forge for horses in South Africa, and lso of the sjnall supply, an enquiry i being made as to whether the locust ean tree cannot be acclimatized in lape Colony. The carob or locust ean bears a long pod, which makes v/inUAnf ?r\r\A Iav Itnvoflo io of fVa ^vviivuv ivuu ivi iiui ovU) aau ao h* Miv ime time more portable than forage, ad it is for these qualities that it is esired to introduce it. The carob is tree much resembling the apple tree ad flourishes in the countries around le Mediterranean. The pods have een imported into England for horseB. he Arabs and Moors use the sweet ulp for food very largely. The locust ee of America is quite distinot from lis. [enry Varley, London's B n tctaer-Preaclier h w ik He left the cleaver for tlie pulpit, uilt a church in -London, England, nd is now preaching to large audinces in this country. He is considred one of England's foremost evanelists. j China's Great Wall. The great wall of China was recently leasured by Mr. Unthank, an Amerian engineer. His measurements gave he height as eighteen feet. Every sw hundred yards there is a tower wenty-five feet high. For 1300 miles lie wall goes over plains and mounlins, every foot of the foundation <eing solid granite and the rest of the tructure solid masonry. The Rev. Dr. George C. Baldwin, f Troy, N. Y., has been marrying ouples for over fifty years, and his ist is said to have reached a total of 000. " At the recent gathering of Roger Villiams's descendants in Providence, movement was begnn to raise a great aonnment to the founder of Rhode aland-. The waters of North America are tocked with 1800 different varieties f fish. A Thoughtful Woman. First Farmer?"My ole womau is aer most thoughtful and generous duI alive." Second Farmer?"Dew tell?" p;-?ei4- "Whir wllATl fihe oes through my overalls after market ay, she jes' keeps out a quarter fer le ter give missionaries on Sunday." J swmtpww ? ' Somebody orawls into mtman'i fte<L . J Jast at the break of day, V < Snuggles up close, and,whispers load "Somebody's come to stay." Somebody rushes through the hoosey ' ivj Never once shuts a door: - I Scatters her playthings all around Over the nursery floor; Climbs on the fence and 'iears her elotbe^ Neyer a bit cues she?' Swings on the gate and makes mud pk0&& Who can somebody be? . Somebody looks with roguish eyes . Up through her tangled hair; Somebody's "me," she says, "but then , " Somebody doesn't care.". PITH AND POINT. 71 * PiVil. HnAMt/w?"Of AAnnn Ttm bull on wheat." Second Operator? . "So am I. Come and take a horn.' ? Pnck. "Tender-hearted?" said one knew him. ' 'He would not even hurt 5 a football umpire."?Cincinnati Ea? quirer. Waggs?"Awful case of kidnaping.,,; on the next street." Wiggs1?"What , was it?" Waggs?"Messenger boj^.-l He's asleep."?Truth. Binks?"Yonr -nepheir is quite ? promising young man, isn't he?" Jinks... "Well, he has never done anything v etee as yet."?Standard. "What ia the age of chivalry, ASnt Penelope?" "Those good old/tiinM^ -when men fell in lore with womjffm over forty."?London Tit-Bits. Minnie?"Nellie is a regular genius/ She puts her frizses up in tin. foil off r>ViamnoomA rtnrlm " Vu)m_'!And : * why off ohampange oorks?" Minnfe--i "Because it makes 'em tight.Judg?*y "You condemns us tramps," said;; Meander McWalk; "bat dere^ thing we must git crediiTer." ""What^*1 that?" "You don't hear of us indul-,,: gin' in labor riot#."?Philadelphia ;' North American. Fred (after the '.Mp you there?" Daisy (petnlantly)?'"Of?? course, I'm here!" Pred (after a pause)?"Daisy, it's a lo,vely evening,' but don't you notiee a draught between J US?"?otanaara. jenis?"Doctor, I We a fpg^uent and intense desire to ki*? young an A beautiful girls. Do. you thinfcl to get married?" His Dootor?f'JTo? ; under those circumstances you^ lM^! ter not get married."?The Tefloiri.' Book. Mildred?"1)0 you think his really5" lores her?" Adelaide^''I^flOn'fcV; know. I am wondering., He: had r t-i J ?!iL V_l# never jubbvu me wuu iwu uip umifyrj/. tion he threw into one he gayemeiusV" after the ceremony." ~ (5 eTfiiinA;^ Leader. First Daughter of the Revolution-^ } '* "She says eh^'d like to know for, her part, what praotioal good our eooiety does." Second Ditto?"Why, tfcVv mean thingl Just as if we hadh'i ; maae it aimosi' laaiuuiuwte w, wt'w.i triotio." Jodge. ' Mrs. 'Scrappe?"My husband ^ 1 I agreed the day we were married to I have no quarrels." Friend-^-I you lived up to it?" Mrs. Scrappe^-, I "Well, I have, but J don't tbini aiiy^.^l could keep John frpm being ugly afc?*l times.,"?Philadelphia North-Ame^- ij Mrs. Nobby?"Why do you ihig&fl the Hambys have given qp all Idea of getting into society again?" Mrs, Up- 1 ster?"They're only been out of town,. 1 fl IWU \r CCftO UU1B BMimimi I ?uw Mv ovwvyn charged her nurse and begun taka& : care of her baby her a elf."? Cleveland Leader. "Last night," said Mr. Boooe, '.*% fv think I made a remark to the effect that I had one of the ^Mtefttheadsitt y the ward." ' 'Something ot the aort^ said hie wife. "Well, this morning I feel fully prepared to say thai 11 waifr- Y right."?Cincinnati Enquirer! s! ^ "Six minutes to five," said the maj? with the settled look, as he glanced at , his watch; "I have only eleven minutesin which to play thenext game." "Gfot an appointment?" asked the other mail. as he chalked his cue. "Yes; my wife promised to be ready to go' drir- % ing at half-past three."?Detroit Freo' Press. ; Founder of the Bad Croat Society.. The name of the man who waathfr actual oanse of the foundation of tho Bed Cross Society, which has done to much to mitigate the horrors of war, r is little known to the present gen??- A tion. However, he is still alive, and, unfortunately, it is said, in bad circumstances. His name is Dunant, and he was born in Geneva in 1828. - *>- X. 1 A man 01 meaiys, ne appears vu iu?v m devoted a large portion of his wealth I to works of charity in connection with I his native city. The admirable labors I of Florence Nightingale, which attracted the attention of all Europe, 1 made a strong impression on M. M Dunant, which was farther increased^! by his own participation in the war o?^M Napoleon III. against the AjistriansV in 1859. There he witnessed war m I all its horrors, and it resulted in his publishing a book on the snbject I which at the time attracted much at* 1 1?T? 1QAQ Vio otorfprl nn ft nil- I leutiuu. JUU. AUUU AAV vw~ ? J grimage, at his own expense, to various countries, to stir np men into influencing the various government* into a conference which should have for its object the formation of some means for the mitigation of the horrors of war. The result was the . j historic conference in 1864 at .Geneva, j the outcome of which was the conven* i tion which has made modern warfare comparatively humane.?New York Ledger. Growth of Children. The average child, in its fourth I year, should be three feet high and weigh more than twenty-eightpounda; in the sixth year, three and a half feet high, and weigh forty-two; in the eighth year, four feet in height and fifty-six pounds iu weight; at twelve years, five feet in height and seventy pounds in weight is a fair average.. Growth is very irregular in children and young people generally; perhaps two inches may be gained in two montns, and for the next ten montha^fl not over an inch, even up to the age^f of ton or twelve years,?The Ledger. Curiou? Books. 1 The British Museum has books I written on bricks, tiles, oyster shells, I bones and flat stones, together with I manuscripts on bark, ivory, leather, I parchment, papyrus, lead, iron, copper I and wood. It has also three copies of I the Bible written on the leaves of the I fan palm. I