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-? ?? ?????? * ? ????????????????? ? ~ " " IS5T7ED SEMI-WEEKtY l. m grist & sons, pubiinhers. } " ? ^amilg fteaspajjer: <J[or the promotion of the political, Social, Jijrieutturat, and (fommetitialt_3?t<r<s7s of the |eopte. {ta^SS^^n^i?SS?m' "ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKvTLI^7s7o.rWED]SrE:s5^LY, AUGUST 22, 1900. _ NO. 67. ' - ? ? j ~ ? ' " " _ iiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiii || MALCC 11 A Tale o! Moral Heroisi || BY CHARLE = = Author of "In Hia Steps," "Ci = = l~ardy's S EE OOFTOIGHT, 1900, BT X lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lustrations CHAPTER XIX. FAITH FINDS A MORE CONGENIAL POS TION. That was the most remarkable con Dany dinner that Mrs. Fulton ev< knew In her house. Faith insisted o going to work as if nothing unusui had happened. By 7 o'clock ever] thing was ready, and the company st down. Malcom Stanley rubbed hi eyes several times as Faith came i and removed the various courses an served with a quiet dignity that mad its impression on every side. Mrs. Fu ton was visibly embarrassed by tb fact that the girl who was In h< kitchen, her "help," was the daughte of Malcom Kirk, who was the authc * of such stories in the newspaper; Roy had discovered his authorship f once by asking him a leading que; tion, and Malcom had not been able t conceal his identity. There was a unusual respect in the young gentl< man's attitude toward the Kansa preacher, a respect, which, howeve did not prevent him from eating tt ? larger part of a dish of preserves ui observed during the general excih ment of conversation. Malcom Kirk looked proudly at Fait every time she came into the room, an the fact that she was there serving 1 household work did not disturb him c give him any false feeling of sbami Even Mrs. Fulton had a vague dawi ing of the fact of nobility in servic that had been an unknown thing 1 her, although she could not help fee ing astonished whenever she looke around the table and realized who h( guests were. After dinner was over Alice insiste on going out to help Faith. Her mot! er did not rebuke her, and Faith grab fully accepted her aid. When the wor was all done. Mrs. Fulton came int the kitchen. She was struggling with an tsnusui emotion, ana it was not easy tor uer i say what she had prepared. "Faith?Miss Kirk, of course?yo mast come into the parlor with us thl evening. You ought to have told m .. who you were. I?I?perhaps, I hav not treated you just right. I did nc know"? "Don't say anything about tha ma'am," said Faith. "This experienc has been worth a good deal to me. I'i afraid I've had some un-Christia thoughts about you." "You do not need to say any thin about that," said Mrs. Fulton hastil; Then she added in a tone that mac Faith feel that she had been thinkin a good deal of Faith's efficient servie "We shall not know how to get aloe without you. You have quite spoile us for the average help." "I'm glad if you've been pleased," ri plied Faith, and that was all that ws said then, but the atmosphere betwee her and Mrs. Fulton cleared up woi derfully. That evening was not soon forgotte by the Fultons. The three guests ha a good deal say. All of them ha seen a good ileal of the world, an each, from his own point of view, W? a fascinating talker. Mr. and Mr Fulton sat silent and Intensely inte ested. Mr. Fulton quite forgot h business interests for awhile. Allc and Faith sat near together and listene breathlessly to one or two stories Ma com Stanley told very modestly aboi some genuine adventures In the mil ing districts of the African Transvaa j Roy, who was just beginning to di vour books In much the same mann< as he devoured pie, leaned his chin o his hands and his elbows on his knee * 44You ought to have told mc who yi ucrc." Irtrtb-inrr nn nt thp tllTPP mPTl wllfj rc resented so much that was heroic him. But perhaps the one person who ii pressed the whole company most dee ly was Malcom Kirk. ? There was something so modest, y so manly, so winsome in its genuii Christian sympathy In his whole ma ner, that even Mrs. Fulton was pr foundly moved by it. "I like that Mr. Kirk," she said her husband that evening. And tb meant a good deal for her. Malcom and Stanley remained th night at the Fultons' at their urgent r quest, and in the morning after brea fast, while Mr. Fulton and Stanli were talking business in the librar iiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiinnmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiy I llllllllllllllllllllllllllll!llllllllllllllllllllllllllll!llllllllll|g i KIRK. II i iffln Overcoming the World, g = S M. SHELDON, 1| J uciflxlon of Philip Strong1," "Robert = EE ' Seven Days." = = E HE ADVANCE PUBLISH INO CO. EE by Herman Heyer. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||lllllllllllr j| lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllln; ] Faith and her ratfrer held a conference P j. In the parlor. "I had planned to take you back 8 j. home with me. my dear." said Malcom. u ,r "But Raleigh told me last night of his ^ niece. Miss Varney, and said there ? li - r j was no doubt of your being able, with L p. his recommendation, to secure a good * position there. We want to do what r [9 is best in every way. Your mother n is homesick for you too." A "Well, father, I feel as If 1 ought to ^ le stay in the city if I can really become r j. a breadwinner. Let me try it awhile * ie at the studio, and If 1 fail then I'll * jr come home and spend the rest of my c [r days cooking for you and the boys." 8 )T "How about your work here, Faith? c a Are you under promise to Mrs. Fulton lt to stay any length of time?" )j g_ "No, father. But I think it would >0 be no more than fair for me to stay * n three or four weeks until Mrs. Fulton ^ has time to work in some one else." ^ "I think so, too," replied Malcom, * r who In all his relations to others was ^ always guided by the strictest sense of 8 fairness and honor. "Do what is right 8 ^ in the matter. Better talk frankly with Mrs. Fulton about your plans, and let . her feel that you are willing to stay as 8 0 long as it is right." When Mrs. Fulton came In, Malcom >r and Faith had a talk with her. The c B result of it was that Faith promised to 1 * remain with Mrs. Fulton another 3 ^ month. Meanwhile she was to see Miss Varney, and If arrangements 8 .? could be made she was to enter the * studio at the end of the time of her 1 service at the Fultons'. Mrs. Fulton * ?r r was considerably surprised and a good . deal pleased with the arrangement It was a good deal more than she had supposed Malcom Kirk or his daugh?" ter would agree to do, but she did not know either of them as well as she did 0 afterward. Malcom Kirk spent a Sunday in Chi- J cago, and Faith had the great delight 0 of hearing him preach In the church where she had gone to the evening * u service that eventful Sunday before. They took tea with the pastor that e evening, and the next day Malcom ? started back to Conrad. Malcom Stanley went with him. There was. If the truth must be told, 8( ^ a secret disappointment in the heart * of the young Englishman that Faith 31 was uot going home too. But the two n men said'goodby cheerily to Faith and were whirled out into the west, while '8 Faith went back to her work with a r* brave heart, in spite of a little feeling Ie of homesickness that crept over her at a lg the sight of the two stalwart figures e: ou the platform of the receding train. b l? Her relations with the Fultons were a ^ decidedly different now. She was care- v\ ful not to presume in the least on the It change in their thought of her, and o 13 when Mrs. Fulton asked her that day v, :n If she would not sit down at the table a a" with them she said she preferred not \ to, which was entirely true, for Faith f< !n believed that if she was to serve the p ^ family as she ought at mealtimes she tl (1 must be ready to do so in the most ef- B l" fective manner. And she knew she l> IS could not do so if she ate with the rest, ti s- Mrs. Fulton was much relieved at It r" Faith's action in that particular. It h 's seemed to Faith, however, that when p re Sunday morning came and Alice asked o d her to come into the family circle to g prayers she ought to go, and she did so o quietly and enjoyed it. d 3' When evening came, Alice wanted to s< ' go to church with her, and Mrs. Fulton li ^ did not say anything. The new order t< ?r of things was unheard of, but a girl tj n whose family friends included men C s, like Franclf Raleigh aud Malcom Stan- S( ley was not an ordinary hired girl, and . Mrs. Fulton reasoned with herself ac- jt 1 cordingly. 0 But before tliat Sunday came Faith a and the artist had gone to see the famous lady photographer, who had talc- ^ en a liking to Faith at the beginning. ^ She readily agreed to take Faith on ,j trial at the end of the month, and Faith ^ went back to her kitchen quite ex- tj ultant at the prospect. _ "If I could only send $10 or even $3 ^ a week home, I'd be the proudest girl ^ In this city." she said as she prepared -g the dinner that evening. "And then, in | time, perhaps I can have a studio of n my own like Miss Varnev's. I know I have plenty of artistic ideas, and maybe one or two of them are original." s So she sang light hearted as she ^ worked, overcoming the world of her l( selfishness and her trials, for it was not all heaven on earth always even in j( that well appointed kitchen, and there were many things to tight without and . within. d But when the time of her stay with the Fultons was out she parted from m them with genuine regret. It is very j certain that Mrs. Fulton dreaded exP* ceedingly to "break in" the new girl ^ to and at the last she even urged Faith to finiBoln nnntliPV llinntll. u- "We will give you $5 a week if you ? p- will only stay," she said anxiously. "And you can play the piano if you et want to." she added, with a short . ae laugh and a little embarrassment, n- "I'm sorry, really sorry, to leave ^ o- you, Mrs. Fulton. You have been very c good to me. Hut I feel as if the Lord I1 to meant me to do something else. Forat haps"?Faith said It a little vaguely, f but she Jiad brooded over it a great !! at deal while at work in the kitchen? '' e- "perhaps I may be able to do somek thing to make American girls willing ** ij to go out to service." 7. "I wish you could. Really you have 0 to idea what 1 nave suffered from my telp In the last 20 years," sighed Mrs. ?ulton. Roy was Inconsolable. He wanted , ''alth to bake np 100 or 200 apple plea tnd leave them In g cold storage plant tear by, so he could have something to at between meals. "Tell you what I'll do," he said a reek before Faith's time was up. '"If ou will bake a pie every day and send t over from the studio, I'll give you ay kodak. It's new, but I'm tired of t anyhow." Frflth laughed, but declined the offer. "Then I'll give you the kodak anyray," said Roy, and he Insisted on ^alth taking it, and his offer was so iressing that she had not the strength o refuse. At the earliest opportunity he sent him a photograph of a street irchin eating a pie, holding It In both lands, and Rov delierhtedly framed It nd hung It up In his own room after lis mother had refused to let It adorn he top of the sideboard In the dining oom. But Faith experienced the slncerest egret in parting from Alice. The two firls entered into what proved to be a eally genuine friendship. There was 1 lot a particle of pride or jealousy in Alice's nature and not the least feeling >f social caste. She wanted Faith to ! how her how a certain finger exercise m the piano was best done and more ban once expressed the greatest ad- ' iration for Faith's accomplishments. The friendship thus begun has lasted 0 the present moment Then there ' >egan a new life for Faith. She seemtd at last to have found her place In he world. Miss Varney was more 1 han delighted with her. "That girl," ^ he said to Francis Raleigh, who called ' it her studio a month after Faith had >een there, "has brought more new deas into my work than all my other issistants. She will make her mark n the profession." 1 Faith was in the next room and , ould not help hearing what was said, 1 mknown to the artist. She trembled ! vith pleasure, and when she wrote lome that night she gave her mother 1 1 glowing account of her work and its 1 tope for future success. It was with 1 he keenest pleasure that she was able I o inclose in this same letter $10, 1 vhich she had saved from her earnings ' n the studio. 1 To BE CONTINUED. 1 ??< Miscellaneous grading. ? i SEEING FOR HIS LIFE! j j lev. Mark B. Grier Tells of 1 the Situation in China. , CATHOLICS PROVOKED UPRISING 1 < i jinethlng About the Boxern and Their Ob- j ject?Dancer of the Native Chritftians? j Dangerous Oveiland Trip to Safety. ? The last issue of the Associate Re- , >rmed Presbyterian contains the fol- | >wiug letter from Rev. Mark B. Grier, i Presbyterian missiouary in Chiua : I As we pen these lines lor me rres- ' yterian, we are somewhat in the situtiou of Lot as be made his way?toaid Zoar?escaping for our lives?at ;ast it is under the conviction that ur lives were seriously imperiled that re have left our home in the interior nd started south to a place of safety, 'ou will, of course, have seen long.be>re this reaches you, telegraphic reorts of the very critical condition of liiugs in China at this lime. The loxers are a secret organization that egan ostensibly as a patriotic associaon to aid in the suppression of law ssness. As it increased in numbers, owever, its real animus became aparentjViz: the complete eradication f Christianity from China. They beau tneir attacks first on the adherents f the Roman Catholic church. No oubt the highhauded conduct of >tne of these adherents, using the polical influence of the foreign priests ) oppress others, accounts in part for le bitter antagonism to the Roman 'atholic church that is almost univeril. The Boxers began their destruction i the proviDce of Shantung, just north | f us, and as was to be expected the j iob did not long observe any distinc- , on between Catholics and Protestants. | ,11 alike were followers of the foreign j evil. Their homes were burned, j leir property stolen and themselves \ eateu or killed. The native autbori- , es took no effective measures to sup , ress the movement, and it rapidly iu- | reused in extent and violence. The 1 rst foreigner to fall a victim was Mr. ] books, an English missionary, who i Iter being wounded aud stripped of early all his clothing and exposed all t ay when the weather was freezing, i ras finally beheaded. Since this events i ave followed upon each other so rap- i lly that it is difficult for us iu the in jrior to keep track of them. A vast , mount of mission and other property i as been destroyed. A number of for- i igners, both missionaries and others, ave been killed, the railway from i 'ieu Tsin to Peking torn up aud the I lation burned. < The last uews that reached us was i bat a state of war existed. A large i umber of marines had been landed i rotn the foreign gunboats and an ad- ' ance on Peking begun. The governlent, hitherto secretlyj is now openly aking sides with the Boxers, aud ome battles have already occurred, i 11? c xin.iipc oi-o a f nrpspnt, wni'lf. .lie lureigu |/u w ci o u> v i?v ^/. Vw? ? ... tig together; but of course are at a reat disadvantage and all together j an only put a small force in the field I .ntil reinforcements can be sent from i ome. It had been our purpose to < emain at our station all summer. It ; * only about six weeks since we got ack to our station, and it was very i ard for us to make up our minds -to j tart out again overland in a springess cart. But one telegram after an- i ther came from our friends iu the < INDIAN FAMIJ The above picture is reproduced fro Peters. It is not an isolated case. Th famine districts. A few cents are su woman or child a day. People in all j ing to a great fund that is being rais York. At the request of The Christiai people of this section. They are urgei they see fit. All contributions sent to ' will be duly acknowledged in this f Herald, which will acknowledge them south not to attempt to stay, as the risk was too great, so, at last, most regretfully, we packed our trunks and prepared to leave. Not least amongst our regrets was leaving the native Christians in their helplessness. If the Boxers reach our city the Christians can hardly hope to escape. Our presence, however, would only have aggravated matters. Our greatest fear was not from the invasion of the Boxers, but from local uprisings as soon as it was generally known that war was going ou in the north. In that case we could not got away even if we wished. So I called upon the local officials aud asked their protection for our little church and the homes we were leaving, which they promised, one of them offering to take charge of any valuables that we (tared to entrust to him, and return no demand. This offer we accepted ; but, of course, it covered only a few articles of small bulk. Ths rest of our things we left in our room just as they were, with a feeling that we were very probably looking upon our little home Tor the last time, and that the next news would be that it was in ashes. On Mouday, June 25th, we bade good-bye to our native friends (there were no foreign ones, as all had left) and started with three carts, three Irivers, six mules, one servant and a mounted guard of four that had been furnished by the official. Two days and a half took us over the 80 miles to 5u Chien, where we struck the canal, and secured a boat. We found here trust stores of ammunition and guns oeing unloaded from boats to go by mulecart, oxcart or wheelbarrow to he scene of action, some 16 or more lays' journey distant. Soldiers, too, were to be seen everywhere ; but no violence was offered to us, and now (ve are quietly and slowly makiug our tvay down the canal. We had quite a scare last night af:er midnight. We were sound asleep svhen we were aroused by a loud coniiiotion outside and some one called )Ut "robbers." I scrambled out as ?ast as possible, and got a cartridge iu,o my rifle which was standing near it hand. With this and my revolver, [ prepared to make some sort of de "ence. We soon learned that none kvould be needed. The trouble was in the boat just ahead of us on which i thief was caught. He attempted no 'esistance, and was soon taken into custody. We cannot say now what is >ur destination, as we do not know vhere will be a safe place. Probably Shanghai would be most secure. We lo trust that peace may soon return, ind all these things may redound to he furtherance of the gospel. OLD MARYLAND SUPERSTITIONS. Witch Killing.?If horses are so bady bewitched that one dies, the followng will deprive the witch of her pow;r: Take the dead horse out into a leld and burn the carcass beside a tree. Kirst eui a cross in rue tree, then drive a nail in at the cross. Now take your rifle, which must be loaded cvltb a silver bullet, choose a position so that the Are Is between you and the tree, and shoot over the fire at the nail. SYhen you hit the nail, the witch will lose her power, and you cannot uiiss fvith the silver bullet. To Sell Oneself to the Devil.?Go to the crossroads at midnight alone and t)lay on the banjo. If you really want to sell yourself, two black dogs will ippear and will dance as you play, rhen you promise something fearful. Any one who thus sold himself was said to he able to outplay and outdance my competitors. A Method For a Girl to Try Her Fortune.?Put an egg to the fire and sit an hour. The wind will howl and the [logs bark, and the man you are to marry will come in and turn the egg tround. If the egg bursts, you will die [or possibly, my informant adds, you will never marry).- Baltimore Sun. A STOKY OF LI. How The Ohl Fellow "Cussed" A Harmless Dragon, An eye witness tells of an astonishing scene that occurred at Fumes Ab j hey when Li Hung Chang was entertained there by the Duke of Devonshire three years ago. After luncheon Li Hung Chaug and his secretary were separated from the throng of magnates and wandered into the abbey grounds. Scattered about in the grass were a number of ancient gargoyles, carved in all manner of shapes ; but i>ne of them had some sort of likeness fe sufferers. iul1 m a photograph of Indian famine suf- ^ar e same thing is to he seen all over the jar fficient to furnish food for one man, ^ >arts of the United States are contribut- or ed by The Christiau Herald, of New lt a Herald, we lay the matter before the ma d to contribute money in any amount jg The Enqeirer, whether 1 cent or $100, wa taper and forwarded to The Christian ^ again- a t to a dragon's bead. Li walked up to up to this and examined it intently. Then he patted it with his hand, ran his fingers gently over its eyes and nos- ? trils, and, altogether treated it with j approbation. Then all of a sudden gQ the old man's temper changed. He must have seen something that previ- Qye ously escaped his attention, for he went an^ into a terrible passion, and, taking his doc stick, he struck the thing over the face fully a dozen times with all the force ^UI at his command. His secretary stood by and never moved a muscle until the old man's fury was exhausted, when gea he led him away. But even as he an(< went he continued talking violently, e(j and at least half a dozen times he t0 turned around and shook his stick at wa, the offending piece of sculpture. Despite his deep philosophy and his acquaintance with the west, the instincts y of the barbarian are deeply engrained ^ in his nature. What in the world did enc he see, or think he saw, in that drag- ^ec on's bead? Very possibly it reminded Tll( him of home.?Boston Herald. ? He SAPPHIRES NOT ALL BLUE. the tap "It is commonly believed that the t sapphire Is known only as a gem of a" car rich velvety blue In color." observed an or , experienced dealer In precious stones jy ' to the writer the other day. "As a ke matter of fact, the sapphire occurs In wli various hues. In Ceylon, for lDstaDce, T where the finest specimens of this gem Is f are found, It ranges from the soft vel- fijjg vety blue to the peacock blue, gradu- wjt ated In the latter to an almost faultless white. It also occurs In whites, greeus BOq and yellows, the latter shade being gee] known as the oriental topaz and the ^j8 green the oriental emerald. ij> "The white sapphires are often found kl8, clouded or streaked with blue, so that hls many specimens are cut which are 0f white when looked at transversely, but ^ having a bit of fine blue tint on the ander point Then there Is the red sap- cbe phire, or Ceylon ruby. It is valued as 0 highly as the finest Burmese rubles. E Those most highly prized are of rich jflg pigeon blood or rose red color. 0f "Some very fine sapphires have been 0pe found In Montana during the past ten j0TV years. The American gems are light blue, blue green, green and pink, but ope the deep blue and red stones, which are grj, chiefly In demand as Jewels, have so far never beet: discovered In any part of this country."-Washington Star. Hi MEMORIES OF A WALTZ. a E "Did you ever try to dance with a a c< foreigner?" asked a Louisville gentle- w^' man who had been traveling abroad. ttie "I did once," he continued, "and that me experience was more than enough for 'n? mo It hnnnnnnrl at a hall at MuSta- W01 plia, at the Hotel St. Georges. I asked ba* an Austrian countess to waltz, and when we started I supposed we would Peo dance in the leisurely American fashion. The countess had a different idea fi??t in her head. She preferred to whirl froi madly like a dervish on a space that could be covered with a parasol, and rig1 on account of her superior strength I clung to her. and we began to spin. P'e< "Finally, when it seemed to me that 80U we were performing our antics on the ceiling with our heads hanging down, tho I could stand it no longer and, gasp- cok ing for breath, suggested that we sit down. I saw two chairs galloping m,s around the room and prepared to catch rlv( them on the next lap. We steered for "1 them, I clinging helplessly to the nth- eac letic lady, and then we sank down. I I v sat dazed and almost insensible until I wa: was aroused by the countess saying: tbe " 'Excuse me, but we are sitting on I the same chair.' "?Detroit Free Press, m? . , . tlm TILLMAN'S MAN. par Although the Senator DoeH Not Say So, He in Working For Gary. Chester Lantern. Q Senator Tillman has not yet called ^ his mau for governor by name ; but be has made it very plain on every stump in the state from which he has spoken whnm he wishes the faithful to vote , for. He compliments Hoyt for his ^ sincerity and bis ability, but denounces him for his prohibition views. He * gives McSweeney a backhanded lick ? for not enforcing the dispensary law, and upbraids the people for elect- , ing men to office who are so weak tul) that they will not enforce this law. jjas Really, however, he hates McSvveeuey ollj more for a little too much stiffness on car( one or two occasions than for this al- qjj leged weakuess. Then Governor wll( McSweeney has been two friendly with an(j people whom Senator Tillman hates. ^e. also, with nine-tenths of the peoof the state, recognizes the fact that terson and Whitman are not in it. .""hen who is his man ? We believe would have called him by name the tday he entered the campaign, hut his little experience a few years ago rnch matters when be named John ry Evans for the United States sen. Ben may be most any old thing; he is not a fool of that variety, i suppose the word has already n passed around, ana ir you waicn truly loyal, who render unquestione obedience, you will see what it is. A KANSAS BLIZZARD. TVhen a real Kansas blizzard rts," said a native of the state, "the >w at first Is usually soft and fine 1 comes down with an ominous let. Then It Increases In volume, 1 a wild wind burls it along. It is nding and enveloping, and, aside m being freezing cold, one cannot t lose his way. The storm someles lasts two or three days. When i of these blizzards comes up, the mer who wants to get from his mhouse to the stable or milkbouse ;es a cord and starts for the stable mllkhouse, as It may be, even If is only 50 yards off. He seldom kes It the first time, and the cord to keep him from getting lost and ndertng in the snow. Sometimes people stand In the door and beat in can for a signal to any one who y be out in the storm, but this is of le use, as the noise of the wind Is so at that It drowns almost every othsound. 1 know of a case of a man who got t going from bis stable to the house, swiftly and blindingly did the storm lrl down upon him. He stumbled ir the entrance to a cyclone cellar 1 crawled In there and dropped the ir after him to keep out the snow. ? snow fell faster and faster and led the door so deeply that when It s all ended and be tried to open It found It Impossible. His family rched the country around for him, I It was not until the snow had meltand gone and some one happened go Into the cyclone cellar that he 3 found there."?New York Tribune. TEACHING A HORSE TRICKS. ou can, with patience, teach your se politeness?to bow to an audle, to say "No" with more or less islon, to kiss you or even laugh. i animal may be taught to bow by ping him on the back with a whip, bends his bead in trying to avoid annoyance. The trainer ceases the ping, caresses him, then resumes ill he repeats the bow. He Is again essed and presented with a carrot something of which he is particularfond. At last it comes about that "bows" upon any movement of-the ip toward his back, o teach a horse to say "No" a pin astened to the butt of the whip. A :ht scratch is given to the horse's hers, about where the collar would At this he shakes his head and n learns to shake It whenever he s the butt of the whip coming near withers. he trainer teaches the animal "to 3" by feeding him with apples from mouth, gradually lessening the size the apples till the horse does the k without any, or he puts salt, of ich horses are very, fond, on his ek, and the animal naturally licks ff. [e Is taught to laugh by gently forcthe butt of the whip in at the side his mouth, then prying his mouth n with it. Caresses and carrots foltill at last the slightest motion of butt toward his mouth makes him n it. He does not really laugh; he is.?Good Words. DW FAR APART DID THEY LIVE ? [ was at the capitol one day." said toston lawyer, "in attendance upon jmraittee having In charge a bill in Ich my clients are interested. On long, leather covered settee near two southern members were smokand conversing. The following ds were Jotted down by me verIm: 'Majah, 1 was down among youh pie last summer, and I wanted to I Gen'ai Blood's plantation, but I off my road. Where does he live m youh place, majah?' rvUnn'l. he lives near me, a it smart piece south on the river.' 'Does lie live a right smart smart ;e or a right smart right smart piece th. majahV 'Well, it isn't as far as either of se pieces; just a right smart piece, >n'l.' 'Then that must be the reason I sed It I went too far around the ;r bend.' Vow, these gentlemen understood h other beyond a doubt But what font to know Is, how many miles 3 it from the major's plantation 10 general's? And for the life of me m't solve the question. It haunted so that I stumbled two or three es when subsequently making my ument before the committee, of Ich these two members formed a t"?Washington Star. LAWTON'S RUBBER BATHTUB. eneral Lawton made it a habit of life to take a cold water bath evmoruiug before breakfast, and le campaigning he curried with him ubber tub. It made no difference *re he was, he always ordered the ful of cold water to his quarters ry morning. 1 following the Apaches he reached nouutaln. lie knew that the Inns had tied there, and before pursutheni farther he left his rubber and other tent equipments at the n nf fi,n innnntnins In nhnrap of an and faithful sergeant to guard jfully until he returned. It was an trick with that tribe of Indians jn being pursued to cincle around return to the exact point whence ' y started. ( The general left the tub ana started out after the Indians. They circled around, covering a wide territory, and beat General Lawton back to the base of the mountain. When he got there, he found that the old sergeant and his six men had been killed and that his tub had been carried off by the Indians. The Apaches evidently learned how highly the general prized the rubber ti?b. for they placed great store by It after they had captured It and guarded It as closely as they did their own lives.?Louisville Courier-Journal. NO TWO THUMBS ALIKE. No Two Thumb* Alike. It Is not alone on questions of handwriting that handwriting experts are called upon to testify. Thumb impressions, around which Mark Twain in "Puddin'head Wilson" built his ingenious story, have sometimes formed the basis of very convincing testimony. Conan Doyle said that Carvalho's de ductions in the case of the robbery of $25,000 from a package of the American Express company, for nicety of reasoning and extraordinary coincidence, eclipsed anything any one ever dared put Into fiction. In 1894 Asa Guy Gurney was tried on the charge of stealing a large sum of money from the express company. It was proved that Gurney had opened the safe where the package bad been placed, taken it out and deposited it in another safe. It was found that a large sum was missing. The evidence was purely circumstantial. The envelope containing the money bore upon it however, a thumb impression. Mr. Carvalho testified that the impression on the envelope and several Impressions of Gurney's thumb corresponded exactly and contended that there were no two thumbs in the world alike. But such evidence was too subtle for the rural Jury which tried the case, and the prisoner .was acquitted. It is to be recorded as a tribute to the accuracy of Carvalho's testimony that Gurney soon after confessed. A THEATRICAL PUZZLE. "There is something absolutely baffling to understand," said a theatrical manager, "about the perfect regularity of the sizes of audiences for any given play. You know I manage two theaters here in New York. One of them holds about 2.000 people and the other holds about 1.000 people. "Now, when we have a play that Is what we call a great success at the small theater?such a success that we have to turn people away every night? It IS almost invanaDie mat uie uuuiuer turned away Is not far from 30 each night?that Is to say, 1.000 people come and get In and 30 come and cannot get in. And when we have a similar success at the large -theater the average number of people turued away is just the same?about 30?that Is, 2,000 people come and get in and 30 come and cannot get In. "Now. to all appearances .the one play has made just as big a hit as the other, so why Is it that Just about 1,030 people want to see the one every night and just about 2,000 people want to see the other every night? Why do the 2,030 never come to the small theater? They never do. Such a thing was never heard of. It's a little section in the law of averages that 1 never could understand."?New York Tribune. QUICKSANDS HIDDEN UNBER CLAY. Curious but dangerous freaks of nature frequently found in the deserts of Arizona are called sumlderos by the Mexicans and Indians. They 'are masked pitfalls of quicksand that occur in the dry plains and are covered with a treacherous crust of clay that has been spread over them In fine particles by the wind and baked dry by the sun. The peculiar properties of the soil retain all the moisture drained into them after the Infrequent rains and allow it to be filtered to unknown depths, so that a man or a horse or a cow or a sheep that once steps upon that de inofontlr atnka nnt. nf t'CpUYC UUOl, 4uow*uwrf MM.** eight beyond hope of rescue. The sumideros are on a level with the surface of the desert There is no danger signal to mark them, and their surface cannot be distinguished by the ordinary eye from the hard clay that surrounds them. They occur most frequently in the alkali covered flats and are often 15 or 20 feet in diameter. Sometimes they are only little pockets or wells that a man can leap across, but the longest pole has never found their bottom. A stone thrown through the crust sinks to unknown depths, and no man who ever fell Into one of them was rescued. They account for the mysterious disappearance of many men and cattle.?Chicago Record. Our Firsl Postal Rates.?The first law of congiess fixing rates of postage went into effect June 1, 1792, with rates as follows : Wot exceeding 30 miles, 6 cents. Over 30 and not exceeding 60 miles, 8 cents. Over 60 and not exceeding 100 miles, 10 cents. Over 100 and not exceeding 150 . miles, 12% cents. Over 150 and not exceeding' 200 miles, 15 cents. Over 200 and not exceeding 250 miles, 17 cents. Over 250 and not exceeding 350 miles, 20 cents. Over 350 and not exceeding 450 miles, 22 cents. Over 450 miles, 25 cents. It would seem that postmasters of that day must have been greatly perplexed In adjusting the rates on each letter under such a diversified schedule as the above. The weight limit was one ounce (single), but a single letter was a single sheet, two stfeets double, three sheets triple, four sheets a quadruple letter, even If the whole four did not exceed an ounce. ttaT The horse has a smaller stomach in proportion to size thad any other quadruped. .^v ; ,. . i&jf.