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VOL. LXIV. NO. 35
I BRUNGLE:
BY SISFO
LT^'Look out o! the window here,'*
naid the surveyor, as the train rattled
across a short .trestle ou its way from
'Excelsio (fawn to Sau?BafaeK "Do
you see' that' '-wagon-bridge spanning
the washout np there?- Well, that is
the bridge my friend Bunglewits kept
in the brave days of old."
Tour friend -who?"
"Well, Bunglewits was the name he
went by. What his real name was I
klon't know. He M as a South-German,
I think, although he may have been a
?*ole or a Hungarian. At any rate, he
?'??'tV kad an unpronounceable name, some
thing like Bunglewits, and as he
seemed to be a very stupid, slow sort
of fellow, Bunglewits he was called.
He was not so dull, "though, but that
* he recognized the.ridjcule in the nick
name, and so, in order that his Amer
ican neighbors'- might have no excuse
for miscalling him, he/ assumed the
. simple name of Smith. But he couldn't
. get anybody to call him Smith until
his exploit of holding the bridge up
there relieved him from the nickname.
I eau tell you the story before we get
down to San Rafael. " And this is the
story he told.
f. Twenty-one years ago the silver
mining industry in Colorado was
booming from the discoveries at Lead
ville. New camps started up every
, whose, one of them being Excelsior,
tlie town we have just left. Among
'the.people who came flockiug in was
Bunglewits, then an apple-faced boy
of 17, square, solid and very strong.
He was an expert axeman and earned
a good living by cutting timbers for
the different mines.
, Bunglewits spoke English well
enough, but he was a reticent sort of
fellow, which is not. surprising, for
none of the inhabitants, with a single
exception, ever spoke to him without
trying to "take a rise" out of the
slow-thiuking German. It was much
to the credit of . Bunglewits that he
did not actively resent this perpetual
' . badgering, for he was surprisingly
strong, and there were few men in tho
cam]) whom he could not have
thrashed, had he been so minded.
The one person who treated, him
well-was Mrs. Benson, a quiet little
body, and timid, too, except when she
thought there was au injustice to be
righted. She was the wife of Martin
Benson, a prospector, well knou a in
the place. By way. of showing her
l?sapprpval of the general maltreat
ment of th? sober,hard-workiug young
German, she always addressed him by
the name he had adopted-Mr.Smith;
or, later on, when she caaie to know
him better, Henry. She opposed the
whole town by refusing to understand
when,anynne spoke to her of Bungle
wits. It wa3 a small thing; but, as
matters turned out, she had good rea
son to believe that her quiet cham
pionship touched the heart-nf the"3to-"
lid German boy. ?
The winter of 1877 was extremely
severe in all this part of the moun
tains. After the first heavy snow fell
iiTOcTobei- the ground was never clear,
for one storm.''followed another, until,
about New Year's, there were three
feet of snow on the lovell
One consequence of ^the. hard
weather' was that the timber wolves
became very bold. The few people on
the outskirts of town who kept a cow
wei-e careful to shut her up at night,
and very often in the morning the
tracks of wolves might be seen, in
the snow, where the huugry brutes
had walked round and round the shed
in the hope of finding an opening.
Two or three times during the win
ter they ventured to come right into
town,.when their visit would be pro?
. claimed hythe yelpiug.of souiecap
' turecTstr?y dog. Children were kept
indoors after suuset, and even the
men disliked going about alone when
the darkness settled down, for the
town was unlighted then,and tho black
woods-whenee- the-marauders came
fringed the little place closely on
every side. -
j--?-~~Mr8. Beuson'8 husband, Martin, the
prospector, went off iu December
down to San Rafael to look for employ-*
ment, for Le couldn't go prospecting
in three feet of snow. Presently Mrs.
. Benson had a letter from him, telling
lier to pack np and come down to San
Rafael with the two children on the
?following Saturday. She therefore
got ready and engaged passage in the
mail sleigh, which was a wagon-bed
set on runners. The distance is 30_
miles; the driver used to make the
-~-- trip down*one-day and" back the*next.
But the usual driver could not go
with Mrs. ^Benson and her two'chilr
dieu; for he came in ou Friday night
very late with bjth his bauds frozen
So it was necessary to find a man to
take his place.
Bunglewits heard of this, and being
out of work just then he applied for
the position, and as he knew the .road"
well from freighting. over it, he was
taken on trial. Wheu the cumbrous
looking sleigh pulled up nt Mrs. Ben
son's door next morning she was sur-,
prised and pleased to find in the new'
drivel- her young friend,Henry Smith.
Bunglewits brought ont her one big
trunkj'.handliug it "with, as much ease
as,; if -it -had fteen empty; next h? put.
his_passengers in the bottom of the^
mmm. ^vagon-T?ecl, so that the high sides
would protect them from the wind;
then he drove down to the p?stoffice
and took iu the mail sacks. Giving
no attention to the jeers and chaffing
of the-loafers about the postoffice door,
he cracked his w-Bip. and away they
went, squeaking over the.frosty snow.
They made the firsti'5 miles to tho
relay stable in due time, aud soon af
terward they were clear of the'- woods
*'jmd ont upon the rolling plain which
">xtap?dl?8ll the way down1 to San Ra
:faek The horses-wer? oh a brisk trot
when Mrs.Beuso? saw her driver sud
denly sit up straigilt hud turn to look
back.
"What is it, HenryV" she asked. '
"I thought I heard wolves,nia'ani,"
was the quiet reply.
The .next moment Mrs. -Benson saw
ii nv stoop- quickly and take : np the
? yhmr J*la il rhfA,;ii\n:z-!
' ' "i'es, ma'am. Get up, horse?!" '
..'v?' x^Jeei?giherself. froai her wraps and
*. " steadying herself br.hoMing _t;> the
dwVev's. .seat, the-little' worn?:if'stood
np, to ipoli back, . Half-way batwequ j
,.??" -V^^r* i^n-^afcfc
vVITSsM? I
RD HAMP. i?
one of the distant pine-clad slopes and
the road Mrs. Benson saw a dark
patch moving ^oward them oven the
snow, and, then the'familiar howl of
the timber wolf carne faintly to her
ears.
But this was not -all, for, like an
echo, came an answering howl. Look
ing in this new direction, they saw a
second dark patch off to the right and
considerably in advance of them, com
ing swiftly toward the road.
Henry lashed the horseB into a gal*
lop. Then he asked Mrs. Benson to
kneel down aud hold the reins for a
minute. Then he nu shipped the seat
and threw it out. Next he gathered
up the mail sacks and sent them after
the seat. Finally he lifted tho,, .heavjr.
trunk and- pitched it over the tail
board.'- As the load lessened the
horses galloped faster.
"When near the poiut at which the
course of-the wolves would cut the
road, Heury saw that his team would'
get. by safely unless.the foremost wolf,_
which was a good deal ahead'of the
pack, should reach the spot, first. The
horses seemed to understand; they
put forth all their 'speed, audi by the .
barest margin they passed-the point
before the enemy got there. But the
wolf was in time to spring open
mouthed at Henry, right-over the
whiffletree and the front of the sleighv
, It might have goue hard with .Bun-'
glewirs and with his passengers but for
his strength of arm. With his gloved
fist ho struck tho flying wolf a tremen
dous blow, kuocking it backward over
the sleigh front and into the road, so
that the runners caught it, bumped
over it and seemed to break some of
its bones. Up it scrambled, yelling
and limping.. The next minute the^
pack was down in the road, tearing
their hurt leader to pieces. v
This gave the sleigh a good start; it
also gave the other wolf peck time to
come np with the foremost. Henry,
looking back, saw that they had joined
forces and were all coming on again,
strung out in two long files in the
ruts of the road.
Knowing that his horses mnst sootf^
be exhausted hythe great pace, Bungle
is its checked them a little aud then for
a long time stood watching over his
shoulder the tireless, relentless gallop
of the wolves. They gained decidedly
ou a long upward slope, but in the
downward race ou the other side the
hcrses gained as much iu .their tuvn. .
'A?rthenext hill, however, the. team
plainly showed distress, came down to
a trot, and so continued until the
near approach of the pack sent them
flying again iu terror.
The towu was still five miles away,
and escape f feom'the > v/oivas, seemed
impossible. The horses- pi rglrt hold
their-own on the slope they "were then
descending, which, eontiriuecr^tb the
bridge over the washout, but after
that there would be a ratber""steep hill
of a mile or more to climb. Bungle
wits, quietly reckoning up the chances,
decided that the wolves would;oatch
them on the... .hill... He therefore
looked down at Mr?. Benson", who was
crouching, in the bottom, of the wagon
bed,holding her two terrified children
i? her arms, and said, with a matter
of-course air:
"If you please, ma'am, we'll stop at
the bridge, and I'll staud 'em off."
."Can you do it, Henry?" . ;
I '.'Yes, ma'am."
"Sure?"
Henry paused for an instant to
think and theu replied, "Yes, ma'am,
I'm sure."
"Very well, Henry. If you tell me
you're sure, I believe you are sure.
Just let me know what Fm to do,, ?md
nf do it."
"It is good," said the youug Ger
man.
Once more he plied the whip and
with such good ofiect that the wolves
were 200 yards behind when he pulled
up the,panting, .-tieuibiiug ? horses on
the bridge.
"Get out!" ho cried. . Suiting the
astiou to' the word, he sprang out
himself, -uubooked the hors s and
with a smack sent them on by them
selves. Next he__tijkle.d .-the sleigh on
redgTeTauld^wung it- round sc that it
stood lengthwise acioss the,- narrow
bridge, which it' completely blocked.
Glancing.up the hill, he saw # that the
wolves had halted in some doubt and
spread out widely. The energy and
clatter an<L formidable look, of- his
movements in throwing the sleigh
about had daunted i?i?in for a mo
ment*- ---- - ..m . i .i ii ? ? 11*. ? i j? ? ?
Seeing that he still had time to
spare, he spread the blaukets on tbe
bridge and called to Mrs. Benson ito
lie down upon them. She uid so at
once, hugging the ch ldren close:to
her. Henry theu pulled down the
wagon-box over them,.shuttiug them
in completely. They were as safe in
"there ' as in a bouse. Grasping the
axe, which always made part of the
furuiture of the stage, Heury awaited
the coming of the enemy. He stood
behind the wagon-box-no meau bar
rier, for it stood over three feet high,
iuclnding the runners, and was an ex
ceedingly awkward obstacle for hur
rying wolves to scramble over.
^Seeingkpujy one figure, ..and that at
rest, the wolves came ou again, but on
nearing TEe "bridge"fEey stopped short]
on the edge of the washout, as if sus-i
pectiug.fhe strange thiug before them!
was a trap. For several minutes!
they stood there, 19 of them, with,
their long,'red tongues lolling ont, j
and theu with one accord all turned
aud ran off along the top o?, the bank.
Presently they disappeared; but in
another moment Henry saw them lop
ing away, one behind the other, down
in the bottom of the washout. He
presiimed they knew of some way to
getup'tT??'opposite bank and were in
> ten?tug"to"-come*b'ack and attack him
'from behi?'.l. At thia wolfish,plajrj
Buug?ewits chucki?ti.for he was bright-)
enough to see that he could ?mt the
wagou-box between him! and .the
wolves again by simply cr'ossingi ?v?r
it; but he chuckled more at.thinking
how the wolves were giviug him time
^to-make^a bettei-derferrce. k*1 ?" -'
Tbe washout war, about 20 feet'w?de?
with perpendicular sides eight/nvteic
feet high, except, for an occasional
.breafcr l?Hi?bridge wa^foriued by tw*d
big tree hunks lyiug from bank to
bank as stringers^ across; winch were
set stout floor timbers, tightly jammed
down but not spi&ed t? tho stringers,
for in those days freightage was high,
and heavy things like spikes were nob
Used lavishly.
Bunglewits had helped to build the
bridge. No sooner, therefore, did he
divine the intention of' the wolves to
come behind him than he dropped his
axe, sprang to the far end of the
bridge and with one jerk wrenched up
one of the crosspieces and sent it
whirling inte !:ie washout. The first
one being out, the rest came easily,
and for a minute or two the ait
seemed to be full of flying timbers.
So hard, so fast and so intelligently
did the misnamed Bunglewits work
that -when the eager pack rushed to
the end of the bridge, expec;,.ug in
another moment to make an end of
him, they found bofpre them a yawn
ing gap ten feet wide and on the other
side the stout youug Germau with his
axe, defying them to "come on."
One of them, bolder than the rest,
ditL. "come - on, " but. he was motvin
mid-air by such a crushing blow from
the axe that he weht .tumbling end
over end to the bottom of the :washout?
At this a second w-oIfTwhicbchad crept
part way across one of the stringers,
thought .bettor of it aud backed care
fully off again.
Then they all "bunched" on the
edge of the washout, howling in im
potent rage at Bunglewits, those near
est him-pushing backward and those
behind leaping and struggling to get
to the front. If Henry had ever read
the story or Horatius he must have
thought their behavior to be strangely
like that of "t^e ranks of Tuscany,"
more than 2000 years before.
This had been going on for a quar
ter of an. hour or more wheu the
whole band suddenly dispersed in
every direction, and in a twinkling,
there was not a wolf to be seen. Their
sharp ears had detected something to
alarm them. In another minute
Henry saw, coming down the hill tow
ard him,a sleiglTdrawn by two horses,
which were being urged to their best
pace by four shouting men.
Henry held up his arms as a warn
ing to them to stop, and as soon as he
saw that they were slackening speed
he threw down the axe and turned his
sleigh over, and up rose Mr3. Benson
and her children, none the worse for
their temporary imprisonment.
Then the four men, led by "long"
Hank Marks, the keeper of the stage
stable, came balancing themselves
across the' stringers. They had no
idea that it was not the regular stage
driver who stood with his back toward
them; wheu, therefore, Heury turned
and faced them they ali, with one ac
cord, ..exclaimed:
"Why, it's Bunglewits!" i
"No!" cried Mrs. Benson, stepping
forward and taking Henry by the
hand. "It is nat iBnnglewits. It is
<UI? vavxr Haar fl'ian fl TTonr" a ''
"If yon say so, ma'am, it's so. .It's
Henry Smith from ?ow on."
The name of Bunglewits had died
with the wolf . that lay in the bottom
of the washout.-Youth's Companion.
. QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Excavations which are being made
at Dunkirk, France, in connection with
the extension of the docks hav? rj
vealed a wooden warship, with an
tique cannons, buried in the sands.
It is believed that the vessel belonged
to the Spanish Armada, which was
^fitted ont in 1587 for the subjugation
of England.
Consul Higgins, writing from Dun
?d?ej Scotland,', nptes.the use vf a milk?
ingnnachiue on'? farm near'the city.
The machine has beeu in use for two
years, and the owner indorses it as
practical and successful. The cost, he
thinks, is about equal to that of hand
labor, and tho device is most useful
when roliable milkers are hard to ob
tain.
Probably the longest beard in the
world is that of a metal worker in
Marseilles, France. The mau is sev
enty-four years uki. Wheu fourteen
years of age he had a beard six inches
long, lt grew from year to year, and
now his hirsute attachment,- when un
rolled, reaches the respectable length
of ten feet ten inches. When this
"mau goes but walking he carries his
beard-rolled up in a big skein under
his arm. Since he is rather small in
size, measuring but five -feet; three
inches, the beard is more than t-ice
tn'e man's height."
The windows of the first houses in
the colonies had oiled paper to admit
light. A colonist wrote back to Eng
land to a friend who was soon to fol
low: "Bring oiled paper for your win
dows." The minister. Higginson, sent
promptly in 1629 for glass for windows.
This glass was set iu the windows with
nails; the sashes were often narrow
and oblong, of diamond-shaped panes
set in lead, and opened up aud down
the middle on hinges. Long after the
, large towns and cities had glass win
dows, >-frontier settlements still had
heavy wooden shutters. j
Th?'Philadelphia County Medical
society had a. remarkable.case of ortho
pedic surgery presented to it a few
days ago, when Dr. James' P. Mann
exhibited the successful results of an
operation he had recently performed.
The patient was a twelve-year-old boy
whose right leg and foot were of nor
mal size, but the left leg was as large
as a full grown man's, while the foot
was so big that a man's No. 14 shoe
was necessary to iucase it. The foot
was twelve inches long and the three
smaller toes measured six inches in
circumference and five and a half
inches in length. A remarkable fea
ture was that the bony as well as the
soft tissueawereeularged. Dr. Mahn,
. after subjecting the foot to the X-rays,
made deep'.incisions aud pared down
the bones; besides cutting''away the
soft tissues! " The lad's, foot; was theu
.incased-in pins ter of paris. : The plas
ter wa< removed in' the presence of a
?WffllBBnjrmedical fm'en,' when it i was
found that? the'operation had been
entirely snrcessfnlicnd that not only
was the foot of. normalize, but within
a few flays the hoy \vijf* b| ?ble tQ
walk with it, ' . . g ?v .
DESIGN rOR SOLDIERS' Al
The monument to be erected on.Ei
' memory of the soldiers and.stfijors whc
'of a templo of fame, und will T^e eight;
marble. It will cost ?250,00Q.;
Mount Tom, tho site for the new r
the foot of "West Eighty-third sbreet.
New York side cf the Hudson for man
height of eighty feet is addcd*fa this li
There has never been a monument
soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, d
Grand Army of the Republic were unre
fitting memorial; bat finally the Legis
city to issue bonds-to secure a ?and fo:
ocoooooooooooo?ocjoo?oppcco
? International ?tlilet?o Sports ?
I to Be Held Annually^ I
oooooooooooooocooocooooooo
The great international athletic tbnr
ney is over and England'is th? win
ner. It was held at the Queenif.Club
and the Americans made a game fight,
bat were beaten, 5 to 4. The Harvard
aud Yale boys will have a chance to
retrieve themselves next year-ifithe
Englishmen decide to come io this
conntry for a return contest; .
Not in many years have Srifishers
taken such an interest in track and
field sports. What were said to be
'the cream of Uncle Sam's . amateur
athletes were sent over to do ? battle
with the pick of the country, and
royalty and commoners were, alike
deeply 'interested in the outcome.
Many thousands witnessed the con
tests, and fabulous prices wet?(paid
for seatsv Several hundred Americans
were late in seouring boxes 'and as
high as $50 a seat was offered^ h^the
THOMAS E. BUBKE. (
(Harvard's star performer,' who Was in such
bnd form that he lost tho hnlf mile race,
the English athletos thereby 'belDg ea-i
abled to win.)
supply had long been exhausted and
the money didn't tempt the holders.
The crowd which assembled was a
notable one. Two hours before the
' first event was called the spectators
began to arrive, 'and by four o'clock
every seat on tl>e field was taken and
spectators were lined np four deep
around the entire track. IQ all eight
thousand persons were present. .
To au American the appearance ol
.the field was ? revelation. Brilliantly
decorated stands, with colored awnings
and innumerable flags gave the event
quite a carnival-like appearance, suoh
as is seldom seen at an American col
lege meeting. This was, however,
quite in accordance with the ordinary
custom in England.
A pleasant feature of the day was'
the presence of the London Victoria
Military Band, whioh throughout the
afternoon enlivened the occasion with
popular a^rs. f -
' The Harvard' and. Yale supporters
filled two section'sin the stand !oppo-<
site the finishes, but with the ?xcep
'tiou of a single cheer on the occasion
of Fox's win in the purdie race there
was none of the organized shouting
that is a feature/of tfi?" Harvard-Yale
contests. ' &
Judging from announcements made
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THE QUEEK'?
(\Vhero the contests'betwoen tb? Am'
by. several speaker^, at the .dianei
given to the athletes ?aiter the garaef
were over, it is evident that tti'e' two
Euglah universities contemplate c
return visit to America uoit year.
[VIL WAR MEMORIAL
SD SA.ILOB3MIONCXIENT.
iveraid? Drive, New York City, to the
> fell in the Civil War, is in the' form
y feet in height, built of pure white
nonument, is a* Tound-topped rook at
It is the most elevated point on the
y miles,- and - when the monument's
andmnrk the effect will be magnificent.
; erected in New York in honor of thc
espite the fact that the members of the
imittingdn ;their endeavors to secure a
lature was induced to authorize the
r the building of the monument.
The members of both teams were in
excellent health and spirits, and made
the dinner the liveliest ever given in
London. They joined in all the
..popular airs.which :the band played,
and when American national tunes
were played, all *.tood in their chairs
singing and cheering.
The Americans came in for great
applause from both the Englishmen
and Americans present. Fox, Bice and
Palmer being. especially honored,
while Davidson, as the victor in an
event which all Englishmen feared j
ROBERT GEE]
would go to America, was greatly ac
claimed as tho . saviour of'"1 the day.
Then came brief' speeches from the
captains, of the teams, Vassal saying
die hoped to go to. America and give
them revenge, and, despite tho assur
aifce which'his- neigh1 bor, Roche, had
given him all- during the dinner that
the climate had nothing to do with to
day's results, he was very much afraid
that the tables would be turned on
them in America.
Captains Roche and Fisher, respec
tively of Harvard and .Yale, who fol
lowed Captain Vassal, both, made
modest; and. ' appropriate speeches,
thanking' the Englishmen for their
cordial-reception and courteous treat
ment and asking that they be allowed
soon to try again.
ChlneseJParantal Authority.
? remarkable event has occurred" at
Tsing-kiangpu. A man by the name
of King had a son who made his
.father and mother "lose face" because
of the wild life he led. He gambled,
loafed, smoked opium, etc. If he
stole, his father would be taken .to the
y?men and the w"hole family would
suffer for the son's villainy, and the
vital question was. How could the
family be- .protected ? At last they ar
'rfved at the conclusion that the only
way to protect tho father and mother
was to take extreme measures, with
the son, which they did with a ven
geance. The father and uncle took
him out among the. graves, followed
by a crowd of curious neighbors.and
CLUB, LONDON.
arican and British athletes took place.)
friends, and putting a rope aronnc
his ueok, each relation pulled on at
j I end, and the BOU was put ' beyond
H ruining the family in-t??s -world.
North Ol'ina Herald, -
I Sketch'"of .the teer
of Robert fe Ingersoll j
Tba death of Bobert G. Ingersoll at
?is summer home at Dobbs Ferry, N.:
Y.', removed a unique character from
the world's stage. | He?did not leave
life as he had wished; he .wanted'to
die slowly so that he could'note his
feelings and give to the world a fare
well message before he crossed the
threshold of the dea 1.
Colonel Ingersoll was the son'of a
Congregational minister. His . boy
hood Was spent in "Wisconsin and Uli
no;.Si He was educated in the public
schools; studied law, ?ud opened an
office in Sh?wn?etown, 111., with, bia,
brother Eben, who represented the
Peoria district in Congress from 1864
to ?872, and who died in 1879. Hob?
ert G. Ingersoll was' Colonel of, the
Eleventh Illinois Cavalry in the Civil
"War, and made an exceedingly-good
record as a soldier. He'was cap- :
tured by a force of Confederate cay;
-airy, but ho was -paroled and lie ref
i turned to his command. He was:
Attorney-General ofi Illinois in 1866.
Colonel Ingersoll's irrst attempt at
oratory, was a failure, but when h?
again essayed to speak he ' was s?c
cesful, and finally developed into one.
of Amerrok B 1 greatest ' orators.^ Hi|
speeches were marked by an iextraor
din?ry facility of pnrasihg and an na?
usual power | of graphic 'portrayal.
The. speech, which he delivered at the
National Bepublican Convention' in
1876, nominating James G. Blaine
and giving him the title of Plumed
Knight, attained for him national.
? fame.
His chief notoriety,'however, resta
upon his attacks upon the 'Christian
religion. He wrote, a number of books
and minor works, and several volumes
of lectures. He participated in several
theological discussions! with'men ol
national and international reputations,
the most notable one being with Mr.
Gladstone. He delivered lectures on the
subjects which made him well known
in ali parts of the country and they
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drew overflowing audiences. Colonel
.Ingersoll was ' sincere in his, convic
tions and it was due to thom that'in
187.7 he refused thepost;o? Minister
to Germany. ? ,
Colonel Ingersoll bas enriched Eng
lish literature by the eulogies which
he delivered at the graves of his
friends and by the patriotic addresses
which he made on national occasions.
The eulogy which he ' delivered at his
brother's funeral is considered his
finest effort, and .his address. Spoken
in New York City on Memorial Da'yin
1888 has become a classic. One of his
finest compositions is a prose poem
entitled "Life." . *
Colonel IngersoII'was a mau oflarge
sympathy. He was naturally a phil"
antrophist and had many plans for the
improvement of the conditions of the
poor. He earned great sums of money,
. both as a lecturer and as a.lawyer, but
he let them go like water. It was hit
habit to keep money an open
drawer, to; which every m eather of tht
family was free to go at any time ant
take what was wanted. His: home lift
was one of remarkable happiness, ant
he was never so happy as When sur
rounded by his devoted family and bj
his friends who thronged his-honst
from all the walks of life. \ He was i
constant student of Shakespeare,
whose works-occupied*the place in hil
home where in most homes in thii
country the Bible rests. He was nevei
more eloqont.or earnest or impressivi
than when talking of* the master play
wright. H? never tired^Sf delving ii
-Shakespeare's works-- and. .finding'ant
displaying beauties .bidden from th*
carelesffteader. .Wagner wasanothe:
object of his ceaseless admiration. Hi
loved music, and maintained; that-i
went most directly to thc heart whei
it avoief?? In?riotony.
Tlie Kine of a Pickpocket.
A somewhat novel method'of pick
iug people's pockets was resorted ti
the other day by a, thief in Germany
Disguising himself as'a lady and .car
rying a bunch of roses, he entered i
compartment in a r?ilway train al
ready occupied by two ladies and i
gentleman. . Shortly after the trail
started '.'she" dropped some of ''her'
roses, and on the gentleman's, picking
them up, smilingly gave him one, the:
offered the ladies " some also. Th
roses were heavily dragged,'' and whei
the travelers came to "th/ir sense'
again the "lady'-' had disapp mreftgin
all their-money 'and vajuai4e&>wit]
"her,"
' ' ' HOW CHICKENS TALK.
'i? it vii i 3 -**
Language of Feathered Folk That Haman
Beings Can Understand. . .
It is a language that human ears
learn readily to comprehend. For the
most part it is instinctive. A fuzzy
toddler ?ix hours ont of the shell has
five distinct calls. The first and loud
est of them is the lost note, uttered
when he loses sight of his mother, or
irnds himself ont in the cold. It is
" loud and very shrill. The second,the
hunger, note, is as shrill, hut more
plaintiff. As soon as eating begins it
I changes to a sort of satisfied chitter
ing. ? :. : . i i%
After eating they grow sleepy and
cry to he hovered. The note is some
what like that of hunger, with a
peculiar tremolo breaking it in the
miaVlle..: Very .rarely do the mothers
disregard it,, though' they, ;may be
riag?r to gd foraging over grass plots
or down hedgerows;
. The fifth note, the.chir-r-r of fright
or astonishment, is the. quaintest of
air. The'chicks th?mselv?s appear to
find? something in it distinctly huuior
,o.us. ; When they are a few dava oM;
if a big Wriggling WpT* or a fat, juicy
'bogj be thrown- ro "them With their
' Uauol-food.-they will first draw away
from it, .chir-r-jring. in. concert, then,
after eying it a minute, seizn upon it
and" toss it abolit with faint immature
chuckling cackles. This chir-r devel
ops at last in the gratiug call of warn
ingj'at'souuds' of which from their
. mothers even tho youngest scatter and
scuttle to cover. , ii
Anything,., a bird, a kite, even a
very small passiug ?IriuoV 'sailing in
the sky o'v?rheftd.will evoke this warn
ing, cry,., Let, one hen sound |t, -every
other will tnke it up. Often, oftener
than not, indeed, the alarm is a false
one, but centuries of. hawks nave im
pressed (Upon., each feathered mind
that "cl anger cometh ont o? the air."
and they govern Eh?mselves accord
ingly. i?*:V?&
. Everybody knows how hens clu?k
to their broods, but it may be; news to
many that,-though" .1 hundred hens
may be chicking in the same inclo
sure, the voice of each will be indiv
idual and unmistakable to her imme
diate family. A chick just out of the
nest may not'be able to discriminate,
but let him follow, for a day, and he is
past making mistakes.
Even more wonderful is the hen's
ability to differentiate her brood from
all the rest With spiteful, ill-tem
pered fowls this often leads to pitiful
barnyard ? tragedies. An intruder,
feeding peacefully among cuioks of
his o wu. size, shape and color, has
often been slain'with one'single blow
of a'sharp and'angry beak, i
?q .A.CACkj.espesially'a game cock,; or
one of Spanish'breed, has a . wonder
^.?.Uwnf. -?rnxr?: Bv moans of
.. chuckling! and chattering likeTs'o many
'blackbirds, or else wallowing/in light'
earth, pecking lightly as-they; scratcli,
and wallow, and ovidently finding it
good sport to throw dist well over
each other.
A hen, save when setting, will
,never.wallow alone. And when set
ting she is not normal, but a ragged,
unkempt and very ill-tempered shadow
of herself, scowling and pecking at
Whatever comes near her.-Boston
Globe. i _\
. t ! ; A Barber Shop Comedy. _
.In .Greenwich street there ils a small
barber shop. In 'it is a younfc barber.
He is au assistant and his- ?ame is
Guess. I He-has been employed there
only a few. days, but. he. came very
near losing his job and pu account of
'his name, tobi The proprietor was in
when he applied for, workr liked- his
.appearance, easily came to teyms with
him, and''assigned htm to a onair.
"What is yoiir name?'- asked the
boss.:. i -, ...
. "Guess,*' was the reply.- - ?
. ' "I am a poor hand at guessing
barnes,' but perhaps it ' may be
Schmidt."
-v"No;.Guess."
" ."Lutz, tbejo":" i
;,j y'Sjjt*-),: responded .,tbe; young marj
with a smile, "Guess!" -
. ""Huber,"-responded the boss, des
; perately. . t?a
??' ?The^oung maii shbdk his head and
again, relied, ?'Guess:'*.'' li. ? .
? -"See here, young fallow," said the
boss, angrily,/'if yqu can't-,-answer a
civil question, Ithink.you had-better
look elsewhere for a job. Now, sir,
I'm in n.oliiimor for trifling; (what is
your name?"
< " "George Guess.'"' '
Now, it happened that the boss's
first name was George, and, naturally,
he thought the young man was still
amusing himself in a most unusual
fashiou.
. ^"&ay!" he roared, "this has gone
far enough. If you will not ?tell me
your naine you will have to get out "
"I haye told yon several times that
my name is Guess, and also that my
first hame is George! If that, doesn't
satisfy you I'm afraid nothing ever
will.'-v; ; . v '..
Light dawned upon the boss bar
ter's mind, and the youug man went
to-work. -New York Press, j
? * i il ' ' ? ' .
Fireproofing Processes.
There are more than forty differeui
ways of chemically treating wood su
that it will resist combustion, By a
series of experiments with the best oi
these methods Prof. Thomas B. Still
man, of Stevens institute has just
, shown that wood eau easily and
cheaply be-made fireproof without in
the least impairing its strength or its
value for ..decorative purposes.
For i?stauce, ho soaked a lot oj
chemically prepared shavings iu alco
? hoi and then touched a match to them.
The alcohol of course blazed up aud
the ?h?viugs were soon in the midst
of a fierce fire. When the alcohol
had burned out the shavings were hfl
uucousuniecL Two blocks of wood,
one in its natural state, the other
"fireproof ed,''' were held ov? ria flame.
? The ?natnraif 'wood, Waa iinm'ediateh
consnined. . The '.'fireproofed" wood
smoked a little bat jrefnued to take
fire'. Tliese same chemical procepsef
.WE HERO.
'FT7
There was a man who chanced, one day. .
To hold a certain plac?
When Fate and Fortune passed that way
And looked him In the face! ,
When lt was time'to strike he struck
Nor stopped to weigh the cause ?
He wrought a marvel/by good luck,
And heard the world's, applause.
Then atraightway he that h?d boen then?
To strike when it was time v>s r~
Assumed a high and mighty air V
And thought himself sublime!
Ho made brave speeches unto mon, ~
He boasted of his act, r.
And lt became apparent then
How small he was, in fact, .
. tu,. .:***..&
Another chanced, one day, to be :
Where Fate and Fortune met,
He seized the opportunity,
His fame is spreading yet!
When it was time to strike he struck
Without a moment's pause, ,
And, full of wonder athis luck; .
He heard the world's applause..
"The mighty thing that I have wrought
A many another could
Have done, aa well as I," ho thought,
"Had he stood where I stood.
I merely chanced to be on hand y
To strike when it was time;"
3ut still be kept his counsel, and
Is, therefore, deemed sublime.
-S. E. Eher.
.HUMOROUS.
"Some men have the best lock!'*
"How so?" "There's McIntosh, for
instance; ice cream gives bis girl neu
ralgia.''
A-It is when a man is in troub'e
that he knows the. value of a wife.
B-Yes; he can. put all his prt pitty
iu ber name. . .. t
. Clerk-I am only waiting for you to
raise my salary, sir, to get marrie" "
Employer-Then don't expect it.
think toe much of you,
, "Doctors say mental depression
usually arises from stomach troubler *'
"That's true; nothing makes a man EO
low-spirited as not bavin g any thing to
.eat," .
"Were there no servants in the in
telligence ofiice?" asked the wife. "It
was full of 'em," replied the lonely
husband, "bu; they had all worked
for, us before."
Passenger (on ocean liner)-Think
we'll.break the record, captain? Cap
tain (witheringly)-Well, do you sup
pose .we are only running this ship to
carry passengers and freight?
Thei window has Ita pane, we know
But that's for giving light, .. '
And not to force some ono to walk
The floor with it all night.
Papa-I hear you were a bad gir
today and had' to be spanked. Small
Daughter-Mamma is awf ni-strict.
I'd 'a' known she used to be a scliool
teacher, I'd 'a' told you not to marry
her. ;> .
Hicks^Thera's Grillity. What a
?. .V._- t... . . . ? If V, ,11
. .. . v.-; du nb ' v -Thc du"
.,gu?58S what it is. Hus
band (with a slab of omelet between
. his teeth)-The diploma. ' ?
"The weather,'"-said the oldest in
habitant, "is not .what it . used to bo
,when I was a boy." "For that mat
ter," commented the smart young
man, "the weather is not what it was
seven months ago." And the oldest
inhabitant could not be persuaded to
talk for more than hour.
' Wheelman-I lelieve I'1 give np
bicycling. I am as careful as can be,
bnt every now aud then some acci
dent happeus. This is the second
time I've been arrested and fined for
runuing into people: - ^Businessman
I'll tell you how to manage, Just get
a job as a bill collector. Everybody
wi 1 dodge you th*n.
. Tanneries and Tanners in Jn?:?n.
T'-iore are but two tanneries of any
magnitude in operation; throughout
Japan-one located in Osaka and the
other in Tokio-and they are chiefly
occupied ' in supj?ly?hg th? leather
wants of tue army and navy. A large
tanning establishment.is located near
Kobe. It was formerly' nuder Euro
peau management,' lu;t,? after several
unsuccessful attempts, to-.operate it, it
bas been closed. There are. however,
many small "home tan carlies' Vin. the
country, aud they are;op?r?ted exclu
sively by the "Etas," afclasp of per
seus whose occupation is looked upon
as nhcl?ah. The beggars"K?jiki"con
stitute the lowest class in Japan, and.
next above them are the "Eta," who
monopolize the occupation of killing
animals for 1 food, the tanning and
dressing of leather; grave digging and
similar work. The "Etas" are popu
larly "supposed to be in possession of
a secret.method of tanning. ?, Tanning
being looked upon in Japan as a de
graded calling, it is not probable that
the industry will materially' improve
in the near future; and it is for that
reason, together with the additional
ones that cattle are scarce, and that
there is a growing demand iu Japan
for leather of all kinds, that the United
States has a field in which it may
largely increase its exportation of thia
article year by year.
The Flint Bomb and Mortar.
The Koreans invented the first bomb
and mortar. The lust for revenge had
taken such a grip upon them that
nothing sufficed to hold them in check
when once tbey had tlie'ehemy on the
run. Before the first year of the war
had expired the Koreaus had imitated
the firearms of their enemies, though
pebbles were at first the oniy missiles
used. They even surpassed the in
vaders in the use of gunpowder, for
the records tell us that a certain gen
eral invented a piece of ?ordnance
which, when discharged, would throw
itself bodily over the walls of the be
sieged fortress, and when it exploded,
the Japanese who had crowded around
to examine it were torn to Jpieces by
the riving debris or choked by the sul
phurous fnmes of the burning pow
der. The startling statement that the
mortar threw itself over the wall is
merely the work of au excited imagi
nation, whereby the projectile became
confused with the.machine used in its
projection. We are told that the ce
cret of the iaventibn perished with its
inventor, but that the. mortar then
used still lies in one of the govern
ment storchoiisos in the fortress of
Nan-ham, which' guards thc southern
approach to ' the capital.-Harper's
Magazine..