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BoundUloru BILL KINNY, OF DRY FORK Bill Kinny, of Dry Fork, killed r, prom inent man of the-commtmity, and' the - authorities, after somo -littio "medita- e-G-tneml lion, decided that he ought to be arrest- much of yo'self; but Ray, I told the boys over at Shady Grove that yon would come back with hie, an* I wish «yovi would.” .» “I’d like tj? aceommodate Von, Mark, but jf don’t feel' like et roll in’ to<lay.” “Sorry to hear that, for I told tlic boys that I’d have you in jail by 12 o’clock today.” / . - x ' “I wish you Indn't told them, Mark, an’ yon oughtentcr done it, fur you didn’t know how busy I moat be.'' “Yas, snebbe 1 done wrong,” said the sheriff, “hut I didn’t know after all that fling aside your business The boys aii all expectin' you.”' "Yas, :lie boys up the river expected Jackson oner; but ho didn’t come.” MOONLIGHT. you couldn’t and come along with me ed. But Bill objected, and when three deputy sheriffs called on hint he laid a Winchester rifle across one comer of his’ homestead, killed one of the, deputies and so painfully wounded the other two that they strolled back to. the Shady Grove court house. Several days later, ■while Bill was sitting iu front of Ins door, Mark Townsend, the sheriff in chief, walked up to the fence and lazily placed his arms on the top rail. Bijl reached back and took up Ins rifle. “G^od momin’, Bill.” “Hi, Mark.” “Had a good bit of fm<t last night.” _ “Yas. rather. Which way you trav- elin\ Mark?” “Oh, no way in particular, ’Lowed - ynu moot l>e lonesome, an’ I thought I’d drap over and talk with you a while. Don t make no difference how lively a feller is he’s apt to get lonesome once in a while, ’specially this time of the year.** “I reckon that’s trne,” Bill replied. “Some fellers come out here the other day, and one of them got so lonesome that he just natchulljr bad to laydown.” “So I beam,” said the sheriff. “By _ „thr wajr^he adikatl, "tiiem feU«rs that wawte*!- rntr ^ Jfryft •** yw* ^ Bhadv Grove With them, didn’t they?” “\fas. they Towed that a jedge down tliar wattled to make ^iy ac<juaint- auce»** s<»r exelaimed the •dge if a mighty Uig yofi'd like to meet rtiesalttinfloTjof the moonlit air. Night's *k>wy breath, the fragrance of the trine; ' ■ Pho waste of moving waters everywhere. The whispering <>• waves—a hushalivine— Iieagnes of soft murmuring dusk to the sea’s rim. The Infinite, illimitable sky. Wherein tin- great orb of the moon on high In stillness down the quiet deeps dot li swim; Behold the awful beauty of the night. The solemn tenderness, the peace profound. The mystery-tied’s glory in the light And darkness lx)tfi—hts voice iii every soundl Re>ilertt and behold where hand in hand Ureal Nature ami great Art together stand! -Ctdin ThaVtcr in Lcutury. DORA. ‘an you “So I henrn,” said the Kheriff; air not cotmn’ with me?” “That’s what I ainT.’’ “I’ll bet you fifteen dollarsj Bill, that y o ^\ , *1 a hhman being could “I II take that bet, but in the tnean- time if y m don’ take yo anus 6fferi that fence I’ll drop yon right in yo’ tracks.” “That’s the way I like to-hear a man talk, Bill. Say, last night the jailer and his two sous went ’possum huntin'. They called up the dogs—and they have got nemo of fhe finest hounds you over saw-- and here they came with brightness in their eyes an’ deep marie in their voices. Yon ought to have heard them go ‘ounk, onuk, *onuk.’ Well,they went out. an’ about inidnigli^ they came back with two of the biggest and fattest 'poePums yoji ever saw._ Weil, they dressed them right thar an’ th-« an' put them out on the top of the honsc so the frost could fall on them, an* this inarmin' they took them down an’ began to Imkcthem along with come sweet pffntocs. Then the jailer’s son be says, says, he, 'Pop, we ain't got no ragulaf wildcat litker to go Tile night after his stepfather, Squire flalsted, whipjv.id Haryhl Burr for a thing he had not done, Harold ran away. No one knew it but l, and I was nobody. But l thought as much of Harold as ever think .of another, i And I knew that he was wronged, and 1 j felt that Mrs. Holding had done a dread- wit h %* le%e *pr>ssmns.’ So the old fid thing when she took Squire Flalsted ! for her second husband, and let him rule ; her. take i»os«es.sion of her money, and ill use her handsome boy. j 1 had bad my share of it too, for while | Mr. Kobling Jlived, and while slie was a widow J was like a daughter of the ! house. But no Rootlet had she comeback from her honeymoon trip than all that was altered. The wjniro looked at mo j coldly, and l heard him ask Mr?. Hal- ; sted who 1 was. “Her mother died when she was born,’* MrRj Hahted said, “and I took the baby, to my own nursery, where Harold lay iu the cradle.” “More fool you, my dear,” said the iquire. j “The father went away,” said Mrs. HaUted, “and waa h>Rt at sea—so they •aid—and I kept the little girl. r ‘ - ■ - i£ seamstress of me. I w^s ashamed to say why, bnj^it is' bocause I Uwkedrather stylish and was called pretty; and so many questions were asked mo by guests. As a seamstress I could stay iu my upper room and work. I was so thankful for the change. Now I could read a little and be, mure to myself. 1 made the finery for the young ladies of the family, and no one troubled me. Once, indeed, a rich old gentleman, having somehow got ray story from good old cook, Rohght mo out and made me a proposition of marriage, saying it was a shame that such an elegant woman should live as l did. But I thanked him find declined his offer. 1 was hot un- haBEy jaoW.jexcept that 1 piasd Cor pews I ofTTiirold, for m all these years no word j bf hickory wood had CAmie from him—none of those let ters he had promised. I felt sure he was not dead, and it was very natural that ho should forget to -write; but my heart bad no rest. He was twenly-six years old. by this time, and in all happened. My yMlow was often wet with tears from thou girts of hiiii—fancies of what ho- had suffered, and longing to meet him, or only see him, from afar but once again. ■ *■ At last newsj came. Mr?. Halstead enmo running into my room wild with j- y- “News of my lioyf* she said, holding a letter toward me. “I thought yon b.ad forgotten all about him, madnm,” l said. 1 was sorry the next moment, fur sho burst into tears and faltered through lu>r sobs: , .. _ “Yon d.m’t know what it 1-? to Ik? the Wife of a man who dominate* your will! QttnVflcflktion* u Husband*, FtoU'rt J. Burdette Says: “You say you demand a domestic, useful woman ns your v\ ife, If that is so marry Nora Mulligan; your laundress' daughter. She Wears cowhide shoes, is guiltless of cor sets.. never had a sick day in her life, takes-, in washing, goes out house clean- ingomd cooks for a family of seven chil dren, her mother and three section men who board with her. I don’t think she that time much might have TWILIGHT. , ' . ■ ' ' ' b'f-'' ' • •: Oh, twiHkht hunr uf faint and mf-dif! light. When aliafiovva fatl atrosw (he fading lawl, .. And lets.; f'>ru«»((en voice* of the pact Float bat'K and chant like Rplritaof the clgiit, Ijj voices wul and solemn, till at last, h Wavedng. they eeaso iu the uncertain light. When mists along tha hruter ri«o nnddrift . And haiy- upon Ujq rimpling wav« tola clear. In which the dark reftection , » of i!u> irctsa Sluwlowy. indistinct end ’appear. Would marry you, b*^use Con Reagan, f specter*, (all and Ka«nt. th.e,*cdprtrt«k tim rue .v piker, is her fctj i0 of man. Whilst from their topm wi bon^lut the net;Unit “Let .us examine into your qualilicu-j crow tioiis as a husband after your own mat-'! Utters ita dosolato and direfui cry. rimoniabIdeas;4ny bo*. Uan You shoul- Tic' c.ndul.u!:’g mds swny to the hi ivjkV der a barrel of flour ami carry it down [ '' That o'er titom'sighs Ha pisintivo wailing cZlar? Gan you saw and rjdit lea ct^rds : in the fall so as to have ready fuel all winter? Can you -«pade-up4 — rr > half dill Here of gronmi for the kitchen • Oh. Rihad hnnr, drc.unliko and yndlsttnct, garden. Do Non knew a\hat will take Uetum,an<l hold cnmmtiBion v,ith.Lh«soufi lho lime taste out of the cistern? And tMfTSBfTind r-acred Iw.ur of dyi-.-s^ can you paUsh the leak in the kitchen WKos*^ divdh fT«c lialknvcd An : 1 b duth toll. Wo have io twlT As M’cf*lhe tianqull water it <1 «# fiu;vi Tr fluTT^r^ht hT,;!! like vespers seft it spunds. “““■ <• ^ ^ aw KOir-t* HJIWW IlWSnlim |. er <Al .„ rerjc n fortonc in ( aliform*, an.l go op hi the moup tains. • -n-.i-e * -she i< not n ladv I.t fho coming hmue lo see me. Fid ia In “TheyomigMler went, Imthccoulihi’t *. u i,,.. .,r *v.^ York and will be here tomorrow. I never have forgotten or rt*ase«l to re gret other things.” 'Then she wijKHl her eyt-s and said; ‘'But, as far as" Harold goes* it Is ail over. Me lias written to he is “Yon don’t r\v sheriff. “ VV'y, tin* j man. an’ Bit think him, Bdl” “I would, but you s © 1 ain’t in so ciety thL* year." **tk»rter retired, air yonT* •dit I was a-gi bright f this hen* lib vilW »0*»t la*.” tl fwsk II “The young feller went, Imtheconlitn’t find no licker, an’at last he m.h*ii a <>le feller drivin’n wagin, an’ when h - .oakud the ole feller If he c«»nhl git any licker he swore that he didn’t know nothin' keep her in their part of tlie and teach her her duties as wait- tlmui Unoold for the ler trimmins c I in’ a Wtle •*** an’ yai- almut it: ‘but.* say* he, ‘if yon will take a jug up the hillside an’ put a dollar un der it I don't know what mont luipjjen, but whcii you Corno l*sck I don’t believe tiH* dollar wiTl be there.* Wall, he went k* an* pat a dollar ‘1 sen' house ress.'* . *Oh, Mr. Hal M 1 cannot do that.” “My dear,” said Mr tlinster here.” St. cried, the bride, tlaUed, “I am 1 will be pleased: his little m ent of g and D q.jo morrow, tie? girls are wi brother is delight the room again, tv. and 1 K*t dov : a great roof? “Gan you bring home a pane of gla.is and u wad of putty and repair damages in the sitting room window? Can you iuing soiuu ckonp paper on tho kitchen? Can you fix the front gate suit will not sag? Can you do anything around tho hoiiso that Con Ueagnu can? My dear, dear boy, you see Nora Mulligan wants a ’higher |ypo of true manhobd. Y ou ex;>ect to liiro men to do all Uk* man’s work alxmfe tho hoi^?. but you want your: wife to do anything any woman can do. “IVlievo me, my son, that nln^-tenths of the girls who play tho piano and sir.g • so charmingly, w hom you, in your limit ed knowledge, set down nn inere butler- j (ii'-R of fashloti, nhe better lilted for wives ! than you an* for a husband. If you want to marry a find class cook ;uid expertcmxxb, honeekis-p^'r do your courting iu the In-j Udligenc© officn. lb» if you want a wit»- itNiwy the girl you with dim- j>iml kMiriw awd a riw" IflTM Him SU'llfT!?!'!'*' nml her love will teach h.*r wl! these things, ray boy, long before ytiti hav© learned ot»e-h4?f of rimr own hubun." KntclYl io’.i (<» *tIwited*fbtf1miiLL ilr^oii -&t J. titringor in Dohduton Mludtratc<l \L IT ws rnt had i if IK* bad Ar(«r Tuolc Anect Mr. Toole one or two nrausin hand. .Tub before a ml t Us* * Ve it to New Z« ; Stories have c« leaving Napier I ion with a cabr: he r ov m-mni :n si t *11. r d.ssi ♦s along iu withdr re- :ht- >; 1, an’ □t, sai\ tl 1 want j-( u never rou. I tiiat Ua.k lamin’.” them,” the h. ' | ns still 1 Uiink once iu a while, a min'down, jit do want Non to Ily as be j**dge is a fri.*ud of mine to meet bun.” “No. I’m obb'egrd to hankered after IIh-jk* Ih 1 pride thesnselve* on their . “I don't exactly cravt sheriff r* joined, “whII. 1411 nhont in his month. “ . we ought to meet tlieta llut aay. Bill, there’s Shady Grove that 1 inwt.* “Whoi* her “Ham Powers." “He's the jailor, ain’t h**?” “Yes, an' the l<w»t on© yt>tlrPTCT rcen.” “Si they say,” Bill replied, fonilling his rilh\ “In fact, them fellers th.«t was lien* the other day wanted me to meet him.” “Ho I beam,” paid the sheriff; ‘ but 1 lowed that mebby they didn’t extend the invertaiion in u soft and gentle vnough way." “Oh, 1 didn't have no fault to find v.itli the inveruition. 1 jest didn’t want ergo, an’ sorU*r ptUled back .a little, an’ then one of thorn laid down an’ the other two linqKsl might ly.'’ “So I hearn,” said tla* r.hcrilL “StiiL “Ttragtir mri ul be a ;.iY annKithcr way of puttin’ the invertation. Gentleness always pays. Yon can roinc- tiinea lead a man with a string of lH*ads . when you couldn’t drive him with a hoop pole. Yoiv reoollcc old Wash Bowles, that was once the ttkcrt&ef' this \rtnmty, don’t your “Mighty well." - ’“Ah, ha! Well, that old feller had . more gentleness and consideration for’ the feelins of other folks than any man 1 ever Been. Ono time he had to hang a feller named Brice, an’ Brice sorter kicked against it, bein’ a feller that was hard tor please anyhow, so Wash, in that soft way of liisn, stepjHxl up to put on the rope, an’ says, ‘Brice, you'll please excuse me, but I’ll not detain yon “but a moment.’ So I thought tiiat if I’d come here today'with strong consideration an’ smooth gentleness you inout accept tho filer’s invertatiop to come an’ Ki>eud A while with him.” “No, I’m oblecgod to you/ I don’t care about goiiT today. I've got to ‘go over the ridge an* whip a feller tumor- rer, an* if I don’t do it I’m afeered he rvmt be disappointed. Well, now, Mark,” he added, “ef you ain’t got? no further bus’ness with me I reckon you'd better be shovin’ along/’ “But I have got some further busi ness with you, Bill. I want you to go with ine an’ set* the jailer.” “Wall, I ain’t goin’.” . . “I Towed you would, Bill.” “You don’t say so.” “Yas, an’ J want you to go Yflth me.” “How many men did you bring with you?” “None at all, but you air a-goin’.” “Mebbe; after all these here cartridges is shot off.” “No, I thought you would go with me without having to waste any of the cartridges. You know the price of brass au’ powder h^v riz mighty of late.” “Oh, now here, Mark, I don’t care nothin’ for expenses. I don’t mind ehootin’ a few holla into a feller that wants to put me in jail and afterward hang ./ “I am glad you ain’t stingy, Bill. Some Of the boys over at the store said that > you was mighty economical, hut I’m glad to see you ain’t. It hurts a man mightily, you know, to have it uprated aruund that lie u close/’ 4 “i know that. Mark, and Fm alius * try in’ Kurd to keep tiiat charge from t*nn’ flung agin my .•fitt W imow yw j tlnnk to up on tii nnJc r a jug an’ went away, bat bless yo’ life when Ih* mine hark the d dlar was gone, but the jug wan tilh-d with the Iwet lick.*r that luul puns I it.-. tecM. y are goin’ to r.vt j utatoe* a l**a l on it •ays IX wer? life Wt it. it ti in the th An’ ho »t dinner t«Mlay tin*? have them pogumMi an’ hw nu* that «M lieu* r tint’s got like a dew drop; an’ say, the jailer t’.uit yon mar share th** f»*a*t.” “Look lew**, Mark, 'yon ain't tryia’ to trifl * with my balin’*, air ri*u?” “No, I’m tell in’ the* Lord's truth; aay, that ain’t all'. The Perdu© 1 caught a big War down in the K*tt- an’ after'cIHitkt they nir ;?»in’ to set dogs on him in the Jail yard righ cell. Tf?.ak of that.” Mark, I am nliout con- go with you if you’ll kt when your wrists lid f«ir me. an \u full riv.*.r c*f vn "L<>»k hen*, v©rte«1. an’ I’ll tue take my rile* along.” “No, can't do that. Bill, an’ tK^wles I'll have bi bar. h uff you. Possmu, •weet potatocH. licker with a licad on it like a dewdrup au’ a lx*ur light in full view of J»>’ cell.” “Mark,” said Bill, as he put down bin riff**, “fetch on yo* handcuff*. Blam**d if I ain 't with'you.”—Opie P. Bead in New York World. On** Kim! «*f T* ;%chl»ic. A good story* i* told by Mr. Jtontrgu William.’, c.mcernin * an argument that took place a* t<* v lu tlu r or not att-rtoin I>oy <vf v» n* t<*n«ler jvaru-vc;w uldcnou-di to i>e iiworn as a witnoa. A\ the sug gestion of one of the qpunatd engag d j iu the cn«e he was interfugated by the judge, when the following colloquy ttH»k place: “Now, mr.littlc man,” said the judged “do you know what will become of you if you tell an untruth?’’ “Hell fire,” said the boy, without mov* j inp. , “Well, and what will Income of yon,” continued his lordship, “if you play tru ant and do not go to school?” — ‘“Hell fin*,” said the boy. “What if you don’t like your blethers I and sisters?” ^ ' “Hell fire/’ again said flic* boy. -j “What if you stay out late when your mother sends you on an errand?” “Hell fire.” “ What if yon spill the milk?” ! “Hellfire.” His lordship ran through a long list of faults, some of them of u very slight de scription, but the jienalty was always the same—“hell fire.” At the end of the examination the L'anted counsel said: “My lord, I hardly think this little boy sufficiently intelligent or instructed fur his evidence to be admissible.’’ “Indeed!”exclaimed the judge. “Well, now I entirely differ with you. lie seems a very good little boy, and if he grows up in his present belief, and thinks the direst punishment will be visited upon him for every fault he may commit, he will probably make a much better man than yon or I.” The boy was sworn.—Pall, Mall Ga zette. A Man Who Has Work ad* Hard. Sir Henry Ptwrkes, the premier of New South Wales, commenced to earn his own living when a child nine years of age, and he has been a hard worker from then till now. He never wont to school for more than tliree months in his life, and from* the ago of nine he has been entirely dependent on his own ef forts. He arrived in A/istraHa a voting man without friends, without money, and with no letter of introduction to any one, and liv**d in the country for nearly two years without seeing a human face tiiat lie had seen before coming qut. Now lie has Ven premier of New South Walewbout ten year©. He d'lee not be lieve there is a man in all Atu>raba who 1 has worked harder than he has at man- l ual and other labor. ' Ho is doa© n, 1 felt cast down and degraded. 1 wore big crash aprons that covered me from bead to foot, instead of my pretty mus lin and silk dresses. 1 w.i* delicate, and waiting is hard work are slender. Mrs. Hals ted did all she cc I used to hear her pleading with th squire to let her send me to • boarding school to leuru to be a teacher, but he called her a/Tittle gooee,” and she fan cied him very vis©. But for Harold I should nev r hare known anything, as after school he used to come to me and teach me what ho lutd h nmed himself. C»»ok would whisper: “Tiiat’s right. Master Harold. It’s a good deed you are doing.* God spare you. I was never taught to rule mc- self. ©n account of nn evil minded, step father iv me own that put pie to wdrvicc Ufore I could get schoolin’, an’ I know the Inna.” And not a servant but Would have waited in my place, for they sjiid 1 was too small to carry dishes; but the cruel squire would lu»ye me come in to make sure that be was oK*ycd. Mrs. Halstead rwifly felt badly about It, 1 know. But two little girls came soon, and then a little, boy, and soon she cured nothing for her own-splendid boy A ■WfnffRmird kHP WW for rbl-? . Cut I am wandering away from the morning when Harold Kobling, just eighteen that day, walked down the gnr= den path iu the gray morning light, and I with him, choking down tuy sobs. For Bow the one being'1 loved was going away from me, perhaps forever. It was only 5 o’clock, and no one was np. The grass was wet Avith dew, and there were only a few pink streaks in the sky to tell that day was coining. We did not dare to speak until wo got out of hearing of the house, but then 1 said: “Oh. Harold, what will you do v ith no money and no friends—alone in the world?” “Many a young fellow haft done the same sort of thing,” Harold said. “No man with his limbs and senses need to starve, and I mean to make my fortune. But I’d rather lA’ork in the trenches for m^daily bread than to live in Squire Halstead’s house, and with a mother ho has bewitched into doing what he wishes, whatever it may be. It ivas a crime to make a servant of yon, little sister. But femeiitber, the moment 1 have power in my hands all that shall bo altered. 1 Will Avrite to. you, and you shall know I just how 1 get on.” Cut noAv we had got to tho wharf where he was to take a little market boat to New York, and 1 was .obliged to leave liim, for he did not want the squire to. find out what he had done un til he was fairly out of reach, and then he put his arm about my waist and kissed me. / “Goodby, little sister,” ho said, “good- by, Dora, my pet Keep np a good heart and never forget to answer my letters.” And he was off, and 1 went homo weep ing as though my heart would break. There was a terrible time at the house when they found he was gone, and the squire swore he should never enter his doors again. Bnt the squire's daughters, who hated Harold as their father did, though he was their own mother's child, said they were glad he was gone. And only 1 remembered him, I think, very long. A weak woman was Mrs. Hoisted, and her husband bad got her under his power. The way he managed her ha© i II* tl parson from who went away. “1 expect he will give rnts.” 1 heard one of the j older brother who is rich to l';^w We ma t pet him good natured.” “(Jh. y girls have a gem run.' And I b h or Harold Itohling ns lots of pres- rirls say. “A a is a great 4hing him and malic the other. “When a father as we have tber is a godsend.’* » returned in rags. I should have wcl- dh •d fur him, not fur his had returned -poor it have yritten. i*ut the self- Im. 1 car | money. And if lie w;.s 1 to iv hem );< 1 Im W w< 11. But 1 tried top | ish thoughts away and rejoice for his rako that he had prospered, even if he ha»l forgotten his little sii-ter Dora. The morrow came. As 1 wit at my i machine 1 hAinl the sounds t*elow that told he had arrived. 1 heard his mother cry ont and the squire eay heartily, | “Welcome home, my buy!” -and his sisters squeal add giggle after a way they had. Then the great drawing room doors wore closed, shutting me out. 1, who loved him so dearly, went back i to ray room alone, uncared for, wretched! I felt as though my heart would break. 1 could no longer keep back my tears. Half an hour passed; thou Rome cum came to the door—a Rcryopt—whp tyld FlBWHWy tu.'if I w.i- V. . ... 0 i : ti/ ! tr io,. * A.\ Trembling, quivering,Reeling as I had never felt In.fore, I obeyed tho summons -i I opened the drawing room tloor. • Tlie squire Rtoo*i before tiie fire, im- j portant as usual, ono hand in the breast ! | of hi$ coat, the other waving toward me as he uttered these words: “Dora, 1 have Rent for you because Master Harold has returned, and wishes to meet a faithful servant of the family.” But before tho words were out of his mouth, Harold, handsomer and larger, but the same for all that—the very Har old that I knew—rushed forward/and took lioth ray hands and bent down and kissed me. * “1 tohl you. sir,” ha said, “that I wanted to see Dora—the dearest being alive to me! Such words as you utter I cannot permit you to speak as though they were mine! You have never re ceived any of my letters, Dora, but 1 have guessed Avhy.” “I never have received a letter, Har old,” I answered. “So 1 'thought,” said he. “Wo will not ask who kept them from you. hare no wi di to quarrel with any one; but you Avere my only friend years ago when 1 went out into the world home less and penniless, and I have come now to ask you to share with me the home that I can now offer to you.” “Share your lionre, Harolu:‘’ cried the squire. “Tho girl is not your sister. It can’t be done. It would bo improper!” “I am glad, sir, that the girl is not my sister.” replied Harold, “for she is the girl I want for my wife: and here, before you all, I ask her for her heart and hand, and proud slmll I be if she will give them to me.” I could not answer, bnt ho saw all I felt in myyface, and led me away with him. -_/ There was no quarreling. People like the squire and his family never offend rich people, and I am the happiest wo man living.—Mary Kyle Dallas in Fire side Companion. a to a faro. The matter arose from a mi** ; understanding on both sides, but as 1 Took* was determined not to p.\y the j antuunt, which lie considered unjustly • dfioandctl, and n* the cabman was equally determined to have it, • tura- j tnom was the resnit. The evening pa- jKTft annunnard the fact, and stated that Toole would defend tlie case in person in the iv*idt?nt magUtr***'*,, court. A large ew'»v,l a* w uibh'd nt the court homo in c*Miiftcqiu*!H*e, but Tot le, having 1 seen tlie paragraph referring to tlu? mat ter, preferred paying the claim to being ! made a fn*e show. Tlie crowd rajiidly j melted away wh»*n this wits announced, . hut tfto fact of tho payment did not up- j puuH; the irate cabman, and when Toole | drove down to the launch which was to ; take him on hits way to Auckland, one . of the cabrm-n on the stand called wut for “Three gmios for Toole,” “Oh, make it four, do!” cried Toole, ! and four they made it It was probably the first time the f.> ■ moos conn'd fan had ever l*een irrixined, | and he was hugely tickled at the dem- onst ration.—London Tit-Bits, - i Tlio Itolli«rk!hliS CharlG. • Aaitory about the bond of the hanking honse of Ibffhsv’hlhlfl was r* bated at the Grand I’acific hotel by Baron Heinrich, of Berlin. “.Sour) years ago the cld carhicr of tho gr *at c^tabUshincnt,” said the Baron, “went to lw>th*chibl and told him that after thirty yearapf service he hud managed to iwve^XHKOOO francs and he <h*>ind io go into buaincHS for hini- self. His employer regretted hUcashier’s departura, but l»a<le hiingoo.! luck. The e.X'hier embarked in speculation nod in if short time lost every cent. K**cogni2- iltg the fort that whilo he w:u» a good servant he was a poor master, ho called on the Rothschiloii told his story and asked ft>r r*-etnployincut. “Tli'i banker Inataflad him Ijt his old plscc, nud advancinghim*u yenr’ssalary n<lvi«*d Wm to invest it la a ccrtiiri Stock, Tber^ii. r Put Tl^ fasfrurfi* ! his brokers how to act, and ■ latwccn them t!iey sent t!Ye price np to ! a j^iint at which tho banker advised the c.-ishicr to sell. Th« cashier did so at a j profit that ri ccujH**! f^r all his lonsia. | Tlie price tUctf set fil'd down to fta nor mal figure, and tho banker charge.1 him- aelf with tht* SoO.OOO. franc© which he knew his old employ© would have been ; too pmud to take outright as a gift."— Chicago Dost, HteWri- aronseil by thfestafemcnl of rturthem Siberiii arc famine©, compelled to re«Sfi|i food. The fact h that ci era luavo simjdy Ijccu ii they luiA'e jatnjied at ont caring, or i**rhap» make i-iquirkft, and bccacEj&i that a Ktiitf.ncnt about being to use w ;od for food would 1 rending page foi* their books, fcrcnco show what a diHre:-alng they tlv ui.aclvcs imud have had’a such .surroundings. Wtkxl in a certain form is a Lena rivefi all alongJLho nc in the immediate noighlKgfcoo l of Y nlKk, In fact wherever the Yakut riff North of Vi*rd ^ i slid fir.->1 valley 4, it may 8,aid^ f flu otb r wool than the larch,/ uiiLft eqgth of the tree limit no other. /§! Thu natm* eat it becain o they} H\oti wTietl fiali are plentiful it forms jKirt *»f tho evening many cleanly stripped larch every hut testify. |n*ople know bv CxpBL^,^^^— tho fact of their eating wood .•oair l,i ^ BMiipathieA of ©trar^ers, and ©lire ~ itftpr it to excite pity and to obUmA. of tea and tohjettfc They scrap# off thick layers tmiuriUntely wader tho b of .a log. and chopping it fmomix if snow, it is then boile*l in a kettle. & times a little fish roo h tnixc*l with!! and further senth cow’s milk or “I have often,” eaiya William B* hnetac, “seen it eaten with mt thing nddib'nml, *altlu>ngli, os in d present instance, there was apfswfe* enough other fexx! on hand,"— tvi Compunioa. ’ Tits VVsj4 df Old Time lloatos^© Visiting in D >*b u aetma in Clld Ii© to have been at?*'0*l**d with some culti* s, an 1 if tlie i , ifi*r«.nt©a which would naturally draw from tries H tho rdd r ^unlft Ifo aulh uiDesof the town wet# MriQ toiuol to W* ov *.’given to the m ment of bonamluy, whatever nuMTI certain i corrw^fi Tlicr© than the Tb« Trie* of Wintloi*. • is nothing stranger to youth persistency with which ag© f**rs its experienc©; them U nobuing more trying to agn rir-.n the determination of not to acrept it The fathers, mothers rod guardians who hart* learned |n©Jft| of ih# Instil—^ l f ! w«> hard j art th. I# kncwietlge. otis jiri.*e, to those they lo\a yonngFtcm will liavo non# of they tmtst buy tln*ir own whalv their own wcir*l," “f*ny the pip 21 he glad to im without its ruin But the it No ut, “dre# ft” them HUtorte Belt. One nf the moRt remarkable historic j relies in Hlnxlo Bland Is the lx*ll on the 1 Butterfly factory near th# village of j Bayleevilk*. Around this lx*ll alsmt four j inches from the crown is this suix*rscri[>- ! i tion, “I'etcr Scoesf, Amsterdam, Anno i ! r,'fiT. M. K. Fecit." It is fhos gj t forth | i-that iVt.-r Sei*<*st made this WIlin Am-j t-M”» i dwnrm ♦#»-- -yAjtr- fgfffi* '•plio flgur*-s | J carvc-1 on the bell, togctluT with other • | authenticated facts, lead to the belief i tbaLthislx‘11 was long ucved on a convent iu llnjrlaml, and was sequestrated dur ing Die Reformation. It is also a part of its history that it was used in tho English navy on theship Gnerrierc, Av’uic’n was captured by th© United States ship Constitution Aug. 19, 1819. The lx*ll was subsequently sold by the Uyitad States authorities with a lot of captured stores, and thus came through the hands of the late Stephen H. Smith to its present place in the But terfly factory.—Pawtucket (It. I.) Trib une. ft* Iv*** No yearning affcctiuii can F’iiei.1 them from the tfhua and temptations they rush so gayly to meet, Bnt why should th© elders continually mourn that such la th# case? They have iqxmt their live© in learning how to liv# So did their predecesaora. Tlieir chil dn-n will do the same. The law i© uni versal., Knowledge come© *only with ago and wrisd.an With tin? clwe of life, it mnst be that it was so intended. The blunder© of youth, th© struggle# of ma turity. 'the regrets of ©ge, are all part of th© inevitable training of each sonl. a training necessary before it is prepared to cuter dn a fuller life.—Harper’s Bazar Ixen th© ci*m with indirk meet in j of tho selectmen held on Nov. 10, 1740, for record bc*dns os fallow*: “Mrs. Heir knh Yunait, A| s Hat She with On© Clnbl Is epBi© into this Town, from mI \ i.-it her Lister, that She intend© tnrn in th© Spring. & that She brought with her to th© Vain© of Hun !n*d Pound# in Money aasl Si hold Goods. **I.ibe-ty t# Granted her to tarry til the Spring, and then to return to f' WK*h With ner Chikl tar givei lubinnify th© Town," The p«ood folk of Boston wore in a pal? petnal panto iu tbo#o day* lest th*- should get upon their hands to ink#* of paupers ttat really hokmgr.1 to-i other community, and it I© vary that they had good reason for ttair ‘ • ©imI their precauUbua On© wvmld lUj* poae, however, that a woman who coal 1 bring with her a coup’.© of httndrel poqn*la in pdd ©tkl gear might be of anf- ficienl inqmri.anco to bo spared th# fo.*- maliry of appearing befer# th# a#)#i > men nt the town. It would be intrnt Ing to kuow how tniall an amount of b- lotigiiigw wouhl Lave fulraittcd her to th# privilege of pouring th© winter with hut sister.—Boston Courier. Foie Pulley for Are I .am pm. MoKt of the arc lamps used fur outdoor lighting are hung fr..m a cord passing over a pulley, and their safety necessari ly depends on the strength of tills cord. Usually there is another pulley fastened to the pole, and the cord passes over this pole pulley down to acleafior a windlass. As this pile pulley is rarely fouud to ho iu line with the cord, the result is that the ropq scrapes on the edge of the pul ley and Aveur.s out in a short time. A remedy for this hqs been provided in a sleet proof pulley, AVhioh fits the up turned end of an ordinary pole.step, and which can swing freely on this support, tt is evident that ^uchapullcy is quickly put up and will always stay in line With the cord.—New York Commercial Ad vertiser. Horne (to hiR friend at tho concert who is applauding enthusiastically)— For goodness sake don’t, man; that was alwininable! You'll bring that cruel music butcher out again!” O’Bowie (With increasing enthusiasm) —Go<xl! ('an’t you see he’s half faint ing with exhaustion? I want borne re venge, my boy.—Exchange. Captor* of a Whale on the £*•*« Coast. A whale nearly fifty feet in length was captured in thw Eiver Crouch, near always made me think that there must ; Burnham, Essex. The river S© a mil© be something in magnetism or hypno- wide, and the whale had become strand- tisiH. She seemed to have lost her aenaei | #d on the bank, special trains xmreyed or to have groam mentally blind, and be thousands of people to inspect the inou- l«d her where h© would.. ster. It was seised by the customs offl- r Just about this tima f fell very IH, oer and sold-to seventeen pounds ster- and whan I gre v bettor the sqtnr#, \ flag for fifahition purposes. It is I> . ~ * it ayr Mofllc. aait feadfl *<o jr?**** u© sttl^^Mi >©>,—. _ V*' ' - It should bo remembered that' the deeper tlie well the larger tho area from which the rain water finds its way into it No discharge© or other secretions froip the room of a sick person should be thrown oh the ground or buried in it within at least 10U feet uf the well. " Th® fill. i-\ lew. To the newspaper interview we nre indebted fur a vast amount of enlight enment, learning and wisdom that the interviewer bus got from men who. wffh- out liis sugijreaDoft, wowbl nerer have' given it fo tho world. The principle of interviewing, going right to the source of information, gives us accuracy also And take it all in nil, tho American newspaper contains tho must truthful history that has ever been written. A fine interviewer is on© of tho'riwwt valuable men on n great jonrnah ' He must be a man of education, acquainted with affairs, skilled in the use of w&Fds. above all, he must possess an instinctive understanding of^human nature. A fine man who is being interviewed is like a fine fi<di that you have hooked. You will full if you attempt to “yank him." You must humor him a little; play on! and reel in; let him have his own way and then he is lost and you land him.— Philadelphia Ledger. I ' —- I)®r*-ct®-«n(1 Excellencies. * 1 “I am sorry, Henry,” said Uncle ! George, “that you exliibit so little pro. ! ficiency in orthography. That letter you I Avrolc to Mr. Brown the other day had so many misf iled weirds that it set the whole counting room iu a roar." ; “H’m!” s:iid Henry. ‘‘That’s just the | way in t|ii8 world. Tliere wore a good many, words in that letter that I know | were spelled right, but of course I get no credit for that."—Boston Transcript y New York has contributed 20 cabinet officer© in all, Massachusetts 24, Penn sylvania 22, Virginia 21 and Ohio 17 Missouri cow on well down toward the foot of the list with 4 to its credit. All of tho original thirteen states except Rhode Island have been represented at on© time or other in the president’s min isterial couneiil. — ■ ——- ■ e>.a»f- ii.,. , ti „ Tho Ut© & S. Cos was toasted once at a dinner in New York by an admirer who told him he joked too ranch and recommended him, iu Emerson’s lan guage, to “hitch his wagon to a star." He promptly replied that ho would do so and that the star should bo Bin us. W-wo’* WaaUorful flats. Waco. Tex„ is infested with rat© Id cotuitieas legions. They mu thrxmgtL the Greets, invade tlie stores ai d ree:- d©we*w, devour grain. Hoar and greccr* ies, and make tbcmselres nnmit igutdd nui«ince»s which the application of ordB nary and extraordinary rcme<lics ho© failed to remove. While they accept al* rnoet anything that come* in their way as edible, they Imre a penchant tor egfrg and tho way they convey them from the nests to their holes i# thus related by Kam Whaley, the jailer, who has made their habits a study: “1 set an old black hen right uptLere,* he said, pointing to the comer of the jail yard where Sheriff Dan Ford’s horses are stabled, “juid they carried off every ©jef and broke tho hen up. She went to Jay- * ing Again in two weeks, and made he* nest in another stall Two eggs were In the nest, and these remained undis- turbedrfmt when the third was laid it disappeared, two still remaining. I watched and.saAV the rats come—four o( them. “The smallest of the quartet stradd’ed his four legs over th© egg, hugged it tight, then rolled over on his back, hold ing »he egg tightly pressed against hi# belly. One rat took the prostrate on© by the earn just like a boy holding tb© han dles of a wheelbarrow and kept steady, while the other two took him the tail, and away they went, ptu-hi and pulling until they got thus^g their hole under tlie brick wa’d.”- Bt. Loms U!ot>e-Democrat The Dublin and WrighteviUe railroad, extending a distance of nineteen mile© between two Georgia towns, baa been called th© “cheapest railroad ih the world.*’ It was built and equipped for Mrs. John Drew has been on the stage for mxty-tw> years. She is ©oventy-on© years old, and when a child of nine she appeared in ©everal pUya in the Look- via© theaters. She was bgm in Ixxidca, and was advertiaed in $4,000 a mil# and ha# earned 40 per cant a yea*. - ^ •. . ’ '• There k a law on tb# statute book# of Ifwwchnaetta requiring that aay person finding property to th© vain# of this# dollars or moc# shall'have th# «u»# re- Jto flew**! SnUxtituto for Tea. There nss never been discovered a gooff Kubstitut* for tea. During the war of* the revolution our forefathers adopted a “liberty ten,” which was mod© friKn * four lei red plant called “loose strife.** This plant was pulled- up like flax; its stalks, stripped of their leaves, were boiled, th© leaves were then put into an iron kettle, and the liquor of the stalks poured over them. After this process th© leave© were laid upon platters and carefully dried in" a brick oven 1 for the purpose. ^ - Tea, flavored with vanilla and rnm, i*' a popular drink iu Germany. The n prevents the tea drinker from 1] awake at night—Detroit Free Preaa. In Greece there are SO.flOO hire©, pro* dudng 3,000,000 pound© sf Denmark 410,000, prixlnrijag pounds; In BoarialK luuxifi; in 5,000,000 nowads; im