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CAllDS, THEN HEATH A DOOMED DESERTER WHO PLAYED POKER AND WON. An a Prcllmlnnry to IUs Kxevnilou lie ITiuI IU-4 \\ lnut:iRH Dlfttrlhatcil j Anions t!ic lleittberN ot the S?inu?i j That Shot Him to Death. "It is a curious fact," said a metu* bcr of Company A, Third Maryland, "that military execution had a peculiar fascination for men who were daily . accustomed to see hundreds slain in battle. Men whojdtovel a breastwork In on a trench full of slain comrades nild 0I1OW linnltnrtr ni* nnf ?,..!? wliIlc nt the Job with ji callousness < which only such frequent scenes or oc- ! currencos would make possible In the J human heart became peculiarly sensl- j tlve and alive to the solemn parade : and formalities of a military execution, i "In our regiment we had a private ! soldier sentenced to be shot for desert- i lng to the enemy. Ills name was j Thompson, and he belonged to Com- j pnny K. This man Thompson had de- ' sorted off vedette post one night and I some two months afterward came into our lines, where members of his own company happened to be on picket duty. Thompson did not calculate on this. Ills idea in coining In was to surrender as ar Confederate soldier and be sent north. It happened near to the Weldon railroad, where our division of the Ninth corps was then posted. Of course, on being recognized, lie was taken to headquarters, ami a court martial was immediately convened. It leaked out somehow that Thompson was not the humble soldier he seemed, but a Confederate otllcer aud spy. lie had been an officer In the United States navy before the war. Ho resigned and .went south, where lie secured the coni. mission of colonel of infantry. ! "Being a Mnrylander of family, efforts were made to save ids life, but in a quiet way, as liis relatives feared to disclose liis real identity for fear ho would be hanged as a spy instead of shot as a deserter. Friday, the day set for execution in the Army of tiie Potomac, came around too soon for Thompson and hi3 relatives. The night I>IC1 ivuo lie iliiu IIVI'U UllOVillCU null Jill efforts bad failed at Washington. I 'was on guard duty over him, and my brother was one of the detail of twelve men selected as the liring squad. My brother didn't like the job, and came to the tent where I was on guard to consult with me how to get out of it. Thompson overheard our conversation, and, knowing my brother by name, he broke in: 'Say, Tip, you must not back out. I want you In the squad, us I know you are a dead shot and will save me from the sergeant.' "It war. the practice for the sergeant If the bring squad failed to kill the I doomed man with a volley to place the I muzzle of his rifle against the temple f of the prisouer and blow out his brains. "After Tip had consented the ollleer of the guard permitted us to play cards with the prisoner. lie had a roil of bills, o.r.d wo were soon In a stiff poker : game. Two guards, Including myself, my brother Tip and Thompson, composed the quartet. We played until gray daylight, and Thompson skinned tho party of every dollar. He had phenomenal luelc and watched the game closely. "In the afternoon he was to die, and about noon he asked to see the lieutenant of the Gring squad. Handing the oillcor $o00, ho asked him to divide it equally among the men detailed to shoot him. "The division was drawn up and formed three sides of n square, the fourth side being open, where the grave of Thompson was freshly dug. Tho band played the dead march in 'Saul,' and Thompson, at the head of the liring squad, marched around the three sides of tho square, with the cofiin in which lie was to be inclosed carried immediately behind him. licaching the open space, tho coffin was ret down. Thompson seated himself on the end of It, facing the liring squad, about twelve paces distant. The death warrant was read, and the chaplain tied ids handkerchief over the prisoner's eyes. 1 watched Thompson, curious to note if hi: huum ma; ihi? reports or mo IUUS- | he's that killed him. Presently 1 heard the lieutenant's low voice: 'Ready! Alia! Fire!' "In the nest instant Thompson toppled back into his. coilin a dead man. The reports of the mur.kcts ho never heard, as^ I saw him swiftly full over before 1 dtafil the guns crack, and so 1 tattled this disputed point to lay own satisfaction, and to that extent the execution of Thompson Interested me and no more."?Washington Fost, T?> Thrcnil a IJnlr TbroiiKti n tVnlntit. To pass a hair through a walnut without boring a hole seems an Impossibility, but the feat has often been done. The hull of the walnut when examined with n strong glass Is seen to have Innumerable small openings, sonje of which load entirely through the nut. The trick consists In using a very tine linir and an infinite amount of patience. Puss the hair Into one of these minute crevices and urge It gently along. Sometimes it will appear on iuh in hit cine ill iiiu ursi irini, DUt it it comes out ut the liuiuircil and first ' you will be very lucky. ' ' Il?i Had I.carnod It. "I heard a good story the other day," began the grocery man, "about a ccr? tain politician." i "That will do." Interrupted the disappointed otBceseeker. "In the llrst \ place, there are no certain politicians." ?Chicago News. t And Onu of Tlicm Wont Wrontr. Adam was lucky In another way. lie ] had no friends to coiuo around telling him how he ought to bring up big boys. 1 /?Chicago Kecord-Herald, I ** v" . . ' " ? ' '; .' " r.i ^ ' K.-. , -r i>TT 11?11 ?|??I WTM FORCING A FASHiON# liinv !Ints Were Intradcrfi] to tlie Se~..tli African Suvr.jt^N. Ar.odci Do Vllllcrs, a lijor. was tho per?- a whu lirst Introduced Lats r.innaj; the t'ur.ii African natives. fa;.s the II.; tiers' tla/.rtt \ and profit. not philanthropy, was his motive. One nit?r :il:i;f many years :,y,? lie chanced in Port Lli.Ml.otli to come across a consign* r.UMit i;f damaged lints offered for a intra font;, lie houglit the whole lot. packed them away in his wagon and slarto.l !' r Kallirlar.il. When he r ached Tcinhuhind. l?o unloaded his stack, opened his kegs of liquor, withont which no trade was made I iu those t'.nvs. and lioirnn business tin* ! Liu found Ma venture likely to prove nn unprintable on?. The unlives did not want lint::-. They wanted blanket/ and beads an 1 looking glasses ami above nil liqu ?r. but they !r.?l;ed askance at bats. Then a 1 Idea canto to Andries. lie wanted to introduce those lints. lie did introduce theiu. Ills simple expedient was to refuse to sell anything to a Kallir unless ho bought a hat too. The Knilirs wanted his goods, so they bought the hats. When a Katllr buys anything, be feels bound to make use of It. The natives therefore donned their head gear and returned to their kraals. Now appeared the brilliancy of the trader's idea. Fashion rules the world. It is as ctrong in Africa as in America, and when those who had stayed at homo saw tlio travelers return in all the glory of this strange covering they felt behindhand and old fashioned. Their desire to possess the latest thing in hats became intense. They paid Andries a visit, and his stock no longer hung heavy upon his hands. The hats wore so n sold. This happened some time ago, and now every trading store keeps a supply of hats constantly on hand. They are said iO l?o manufactured expressly for the natives, and no one who glances at the show will doubt it A JUGGLER'S TRICK. Clever Foul of Illusion Performed l?y mi Emit liidliin. The wonderful fonts of East Indian jugglers have formed the theme of many a letter from travelers In the orient, but none is more surprising than that for which an old Readog vouches. While ho was an officer 011 board a I'. and O. steamship two natives came aboard at Madras, he says. They wore a juggler and his assistant. After they had performed a number of minor feats and gathered quite a crowd around them they called for a sack and a piece of sailcloth. These having been provided, the chief juggler mado a small tentiiko structure with the canvas and some stools. lie then placed his assistant in the sack and allowed a sailor to tie the knot which bound him a fast prisoner. This done, the chief carried the sack into un open space, warning the people to stand back some distance, and then carried on an animated conversation with li'.s assistant, whoso replies could be distinctly heard coming from the sack. Suddenly the chief | rusucu tor ward, picked up the sack and duatpod it overboard, where, to the horror of the passengers and crew, it sank out of sight. Immediately the captain rushed forward and seized the man, under the full belief that he had murdered his companion,- but the- juggler only smiled -and, pointing to the canvas, asked that it be rais*cd. This was done, and the supposed drowned man was discovered squatting, on the deck. So realistic had been the throwing overboard, however, that it was some time before the surprised passengers could realize a murder had not been committed. Claircli mill WurUmcn. It would be an exaggeration to say that all working people fool antagonistic toward the church. Their general attitude is rather that of Indifference. The thinking poor are well enough aware that there is nothing unnatural in the sltunti a and that if the tables were so turned that world advantage shifted to their side it would probably remain unchanged. At times their feeling. especially toward the clergy, Is curiously sympathetic. "Say." remarked a labor loader of vivid mind to the writer?"say. I'm awfully sorry for ministers. Most of them are real good men. They know well enough what Chrlot meant, and they'd like first rate to preach if they (land. Hut, Lord, how can they? They've got to draw their salaries: they've got families to support." All Hi is quite without a touch of Irony.? YIda D. Scudder lu ] Atlantic. Pulling Ont (lie Pcpr*. Rusie. aged four, had been out In the country on n visit. On her return fiho urged her mother to let her keep a cow. "But. Susie," said the mother, "there Is no one hero to take care of the cow and milk It." "Oh. yes. I'll do that, rnammn." "Can you milk a cow? How do you do it?" "Oh, 1 know how. I'll just pull the pegs out like the man does."?Lippineott's. Tho RespanklbllKy, Anxious Father?Do tho best you can for him, doctor. That la all I cau ask. If It Is the will of Providence? Surgeon? Don't try to place the repponsibllitj' on I'rovldence In this case, Mr. Mc.lones. You bought tho toy pistol for the boy yourself. Ill* Art. "Oh, Mr. Growelle," gushed Miss Nupson, "how did you ever learn to paint such beautiful pictures?" "I asked a man ou:e," replied the artist. "und he tel l mo how." -IuClnuapoUaNew^ _ i, * * ?i ? < ~-ysmm*.rm*. ) A CONTRAST IN BOYS1.1 j ... j , TOWN AND COUNTRY LACS IN THE j ' STRUGGLE Or LIFE. : ] i Cf the* P.Ion V.lso Ilnvo Achieved , Cn-i.t Prominence 1 :i I'utiMo .V!i..!ni : the It urn I Cojn Are r.: Const Twenty (u One Over the City I.uiU, A country boy's Inclc or opportunity ' la Ills best equipment fcr the serious s struggle, of life, This sounds paradox- ' leal, but it is true. It is just as true ( as the opposite proposition, tbat the , 1 greatest hindrances a city boy lias to I contend with ore the opportunities [ * which besot liim when you;:.; and pur- 1 ; sue him till ho begins tho r.al business : of life, a business which each individu- i 1 a I must carry en for himself. For the i 1 city boy everything is made as easy as ! f possible. liven pleasure) becomes to | ! him an old story before he is out of his ' teens, iirought up in the f verisb rush j ' of a place where great things are hap- . 1 pen:uk day by day, l:e sees the world I with a cynic's eyes and despises the : ( small things v. hich, Sike the bricks in i 1 a house, go to the upbuilding of char- ; actors and careers. lie believes in us- j ing largo markers in the game of life; 1 J for pennies and small units of value he j has little taste? and scant regard. ! * The conditions surrounding the conn- ! try boy are as different as possible. I 1 There is a deal of regular work that \ every country boy must do, and this regularity of employment, mostly out j of doors, Inculcates industrious habits, j while it contributes to a physical tie- I * velopmcnt which in after years is just j as valuable as any athletic training j * that can le had. lie cannot run as lfast perhaps as those trained by a sys- j teni. He may not be able to jump so | high cr so far or excel in any of tho ! sports upon which we bestow so much I time and from which we get so much ! of pleasure, but his development enables him to buckle down to the hard work in which hours aro consumed and from which very little or no im- I mediate pleasure is extracted. Ills j strength may be something like that | of the cart horse, but the cart horse I Is to bo preferred where a long and steady pull Is required. Tho thorough- ! riii'ii Imi'iiii l.-io > ?5 -. i?; ? t.? --i* 4 ..fV ..w? 1MIU % HHV Ul j speed and canters Willi delightful lightness and grace along the park bridle paths. l>ut the liravy work is the work most In rtomand. and for that we . wn?t 11:r? draft ntdmais every time. Ifuthusiass.! is the spar to endeavor, and at I!:o same tiiue it is the saver of life. The country boy whose atnbl- ( tic a has taken b!:n to town conies ClheJ with enthusiasms. liven the little tilings are novelties to him, and as lie accomplishes tills n:al that he feels that he is doing something not only interesting, hut valuable. His simple tastes have net been spoiled by a multiplicity cf rriatiiier.tic.a". and so lie is 1 a!, d if everything peed that conies ( i: a way. At thirty, if he leads a clean , life, he h"3 more cf th.o boy In him than his city cousin has left at f.lteen. ' He (iocs what is before him because it is his duty, while the other Is apt cynically to question the value of doing anything and ask, "What Is the use V Gf the rum who have achieved great prominence and high lnilnenco In our affairs of state the country boys are at least twenty to one over the city* lads. Nowadays indeed our cynical city lads Jook upon no 11 who take an active infcrc-Jt in public affairs as rather low , f.!Io*.vs ami unite beneath their associ- ^ ;tlc:i and ncticu. Hut the countrv bovs I I are rt the top In other linos of endcav- ( s;r. In finance they are pre-eminent, , ::r -.1 tii:? vivat bad!; presidents today i.i { the gr. re (.tics nearly nil learned to | read and. to cipher in country schools wlior.j birch and ferule hud not sueeum'.rb tj the civilizing Iniluonces of ?eic?. ilie pedagogy. Our groat rail- , ways wore in the main built by thorn, i and today the administrators of those ' : rcat ni-s are in groat measure from farms and country villages, from places where work began in early Infancy and a sense of duty developed while Ktill the lisp of childhood llu- j gored. Pome city boyn. however, are of such sturdy stuff and endowed with such natural gifts that they succeed by reason of their Inherent superiority. Others succeed abundantly because tliey have used their opportunities wisely and In real life have pursued the saiue ] course which enables so many country j boys to win fame and fortune. The t more honor to them for having sur- t vlved their too great opportunities, j Hut the country boy when lie comes to ; town reaches out for tlie* high places. ( Though not nil find scV.s of the j mighty, nearly nil of (lie exalted stn- | tlons are llllrd In the end by men of ( country birth and country rearing, for usuuny start oui \vn:i t:.e rounu theory that what la worth having is worth striving for.?John (iilmcr Speed ^ in Orandur Magazine. j , i r.rotcli Civility. A lady went out in search of two ^ others who hail gone out for n walk c some time before. She met an old man r.nd asked lum If ho saw two ladles pass this way. "Nu, nor 1 wlsna looklu' for them." 1 She met another and asked the same question. "Nn, but there nileht'a' been t tcu pasa't for ouythlog 'at 1 ken or g care." At last she met ft boy and asked the fir.me question. 1'e replied, "Ma, 1 China fe?o ony hdloH, but I saw twa < a ill' .wires."- ijcottlsii American. t til;* rn>'<* Future. "Are you educating jcu hon for any particular calling?" \ "Yes." / N ^ "What?" "'' "Weil, he made his own selection, unit as n??ar as I can had out he is educnllinj tlm -t il to he the husband of Ah { heiress,"? Chicago I'ost* ?/*"* < ' RICHARD WILLIAM V AUG HAN CUe I'"!:-: t Kli tJ;:.t; I":>r;;v*r unci ^ tI:o Jitciy < ? - all. The story of the :: >-.t bank f^rg::*, Richard "WHiintu \ !*n:i, Is little . mown. Ynuj-hai: vv.a the brother of a 1 tal.'ord lawyer ard 1 .vatae cl.rl; to a i solicitor in 1 .nation. I to wLhed to n.'.rry his m ...tor's ilauy I:for and proiu>. I to produce the sum of iil/J'JO, viiicli. lie said, his mother would pre it to him. half of it to be settled ou ds wife. Un these terui3 the father oaseiit. d to the marriage,and Yaughuu V.rinod a mouth's leave of absence. lie occupied this period in obtaining ugravotl impressions in imitation of , " lay minx or imigland notes, ' , r.-Ii! , lx was not such :i ditlicult matter . I) n, sir ii filings as forced notes be- . : unknown. With ilfty of these h .111 notes he presented himself at the ipp anted time, and his tlnncce accept- i t: her share in perfect pood faith, and ;ha marriage preparations were pro- i , ie< iled with. I rnfortunately ho wanted ready 111011- : . ;y and put two of his own forged i lotcs into circulation. They wore oka 1cvivd, when he hecaiue alarmed and . ; ! ?i to pet back the notes he had ri.en to the young lady, but she re* has -d to yield them up, suspecting to'hkiR of their true nature, and wii-u 1 daughan was amstcd next day she I ivouhl liardly believe even then that \ >ho had been deceived. The forger was tried at the Old Paley on the 7:ii of April, 17.18, spending A'hat war. to have I ecu his wedding lay in the condor.'ned cell. Pour days ' ater he was hanged at Tyburn.?LouIon standard. CIcI Kr.it i "i.r r.i^lu Poiierr.ion. Old Doston is vividly brought to nluil by the following excerpt from he selectmen's riluutis. dated Nov. 1, .701), containing instructions to watchlien: ' i:i going the rounds care murt he aiceti that the watchmen are not noisy, nit behave themselves with strict do orur,!. that tiny frc .nently give the ;ime of the night and what the wtatlir is with a distinct hue moderate i'oIco, excepting at times when it is necessary to pa.-s in silence In order to ielect and secure prrsons that are out m unlawful adieu-. "You and your division must cnieavor to fu; press nil routs, riots and >lhcr disorders liiat may be committed :i me i3: ii:t nnu socr.ro such persons , is may bo guilty, that proper stops J nay bo taken next morning for n U'osocr.llon as the law directs. We ab- t solutvly forbid yonr taking private j satisfaction or any bribe that may be jfTemd you to let such go or to conceal i heir oii'euse from the selectmen." i Character lu Mok;i::mos, When Austria was only a dukedom. there were three rulers avIjo won for Lhcniselven the respective titles "Catlila!5c," "Glorious" and "Warlike." The first was perhaps a religious man, like , Ferdinand the Catholic ?.f Spain. The , second may have'he? n like Lorenzo the , Magnificent and the third a great warrior. And so from these titles or nick- , names we have likewise some idea of the conditions of the people while ( these dukes ruled. 1 France has had a most wonderful as- j sortment of kings. One was the Little and another the IJold. -One was the Stammerer, another Simple, while a third and fourth were Indolent and < Fair. These names are descriptive of Llio kings themselves, hut it is hardly to be supposed that a king who was indolent or simple did much to further ] the interests of his subjects. But when , ivo find Itobert II. called the .Sage, Ave J 'ilze tin t he ruled wiselv mid tlmt . lie people were better off for it. [ An Artlst'n I.tuner.(. Otto La sins in his diary describes a vnlk lie took one day with liocklin, tlio "am ?r.s artist, near Zurich. Boeklin j r, as in raptures over the colors of the ( Ultnmn leaves, the blue sky, the i louds. "Ah, those are colors!" he ex- \ . labia d. "If we could have those c:i >] >ur palettes! How weak nre our means t n comparison with those of nature!. ) iVhite ia our best light, nr.d only by c itcans of clever contrasts can we so- j ure effects approximating the natural > >nts." t 11 The Art of Working In j The Ilomnos copied tlie tJreek and a Etruscan goldsmiths' work, though j hey also often used the ornaments hemsclvcs taken from the ancient ombs. Much of the art of the ancients n working gold was lost until early in ^ no nineteenth century, when Kignor < Jr.stellani found some of the Etruscan ( Methods ! till being employed by work- n neu in a village in a remote corner of lie Apennines.?London Times. j n Tvo Call For I.elr.nre. ^ "What, you back to work, Pete? j iVlien i saw you fail off the building | esterday. 1 never expected to see you , vork again." | ^ "I t'ouglit dat too, boss, but mah | p vlfe do:ie let mail accident assurance j 'xpiali last week."?Iiulinnapolis News. ? Why Freddie Scowled. n Guest?Why do you scowl at mo so, v Freddie? j Freddie?Cause you have eat nil tko ake and haven't married either of my listers yet.?Llpplucott's. g? A Perfect IJotlcr. Mrs. Glltedge? How do you like the v lew butler? ' Glltedge? He's n peaeh! Made mo ' eel nt homo at once.?Life. j( If some men would i vet more, they j vould be brighter; If some women i voro brighter, they would reflect more. -Chicago Now8. Gculus nnexerted 1b no more genius { har\ a bushel of acorns Is a forest uf 0 >aks. jwttin'nrnfri'T iWirri * ' Jismami?u?mm ^ ?i ? THr.Y GOT F.TIE Si:ATS. In 0.*<lci* V.?*vt W.im i'ronMitl)* Hon- O iir?il sA (!ic ilii.\ OIIU'C. Onr.? when Nat Ooodwin was play- j i:i two men approached I I iiinnnxc:*. v. ho was statr.liim in the j ly ?l?hy i f the theater, an l introduced | 1) h > s i;s n eov.ple i f actors. Their vr > s w re entirely unknown to him, II :: i t'.i > nothing to show that is ; y \vwhat tiny ekiliued to be. fc \; ; t yiy 1. refused to give them ' iu 1 , but they wore persistent. One , ft )i the men i:i particular was offensive- fi y so. lie : ;: .u his list under the b; nana "i:ikm.1 and demanded who II ft v. s t' it dared refuse him passes. rc ' I'll s< e Mr. Goodwin*" ho ijeelnred. 'I ll s- ? If a little Avliipper Snapper si i!e> you rati refie -i e seats. Yea don't tl: mow wli i v.*e are. eh? Well, who are I ton? I. tV your card. I'll see Mr. lit ' < ; It." la The luana;* i\ who fer.red a scene, rti landed over one of his cards and told is a men he was responsible and quite h: a illlnir to take the consequences of re- y< fusing to give th.in seats. hi A l'ew minutes later the two men wane back to the tluat r. One of them hi sad wri.'.i n "Ikiss two" 0:1 the man- In Iyer's curd, lie presented the card at In he box otliee, and it was promptly al icnorcd. Then they went in. ti When, half an hour later, the man- hi war's attention was called to what bi >n 1 bean dene, ho was at llrst inclined o: o take some severe fiction, but later 1; ie raw tke joke on himself. lu "I.at them alone," he said. "If they've d ;ot nerve eiioarh to do that, they are a mlitled to seats. You had better send ui usher down and ask them if they ni tvoulua't like u Vox."?Chicago Trib- In me. ct ni Sn::i Joi:on to Itejiorterq. ll! A prominent Baltimore physician rt oils in the I'.alliniore Sua the follow- tl ip- anecdote about Sam Jones, the la Jo. rcia evangelist: oi \yiieu several years ago Mr. Jones 1) vns at Ihnory Grove camp, the news- sj viper report of his sermons caused tc ii:u to complain. h! At the last service he looked down hi it the ropcrtt rs. who sat at a table tl uov iii uum in Liu* {Hill'll, JliHl NIIUI li' "And I want to t< il you follows tlmt w like you n lot in spite of your m:;ui'o'ul faults. You 1 oys don't treat mo In lg'nt, though. Yen take my sermons tl uul pick out a piece hero, a piece there ft mil a piece somewhere else. Then rt on string the pieces together, n:ul, ni mturaliy, they read funny. w "Now, suppose 1 reported the Iii',do 1'' hot way! A ur:n asks me what the P iib'.o tells him to do. I rend ia one o] ls.ee. 'And Judas vent or.t and. hanged iimself.' I turn over and rend, Tio tl h .u and do likewise.' And in another tl dace 1 f.nd. 'And d.o it <;u! -Idy.' ''I "Now, you see. hoys, that sort of 11 Ling won't'do. It ain't fair." n< tr liov.' si (Scat Ftirc.r ia tiled. While UlcLet, the famous surgeon, was dying of typhoid fever he turned .o an oi 1 colleague who was sitting betid Lis in u and said to him: n" "My friend. I am lost, hut it is some l1' ;cnsolatio:i to know that my ease is \ c' very curious. During the last few i Jays I have noticed some odd symt>- i tl toma, and 1 am studying them care- j t< fully." , i'' "Oh, you may recover yet," said the 111 friend. j ?' "Tlmt is Impossible," replied Illelmt, i r< "ami if it v. re i^ot for one thing I j would 1 c quite willing to die." i C! "What is that?" asked the friend. j "I iim exceedingly sorry," answered ; L' ftielmt. "t!;;;f I shall t have an op- j lorlnnlty to perform an aulopsy on ' u.vsejf after my death, for I know that "f i would make some wonderful scion- S: ltlc discovery." tr An hour later he was dead. hi *!arc.i 'gSint Svim. I linvo many times soon lmres. sever il of them at a time, erosa a stream to 'ecd 0:1 sr. mm r evenings ;r.nl coolly 111 clr.ra In the name way hack to the 1,1 voods. says a wrlh r i:i London News. n,! Hte act has 1 ecu quite voluntary, but so >no thing I have noticed?they invaria- 's )ly t-at up to see it' they had time to or irors before any surprise came. For it nstanee, the movi ;n< nts of a person if miking along a footpath in the ?1 is- so unco would b* watched with some in muioty before the plunge was made, as have also seen snakes swim across as itrcams in the same way. apparently ne o bask on the sunny side. g? pr r.i'.ioripHffil, "Mamma." she said, "what preacher lo you think I ought to have marry lecil and me? 1 feel as though Mr. nil Goodman is so young, and, not being 1 [tarried himself, he could hardly"? of "Oh, psunw! Have Or. Kasleigh. h.i 've had l.hu for lour of mine, and Ijo 1 lways gave thorough satisfaction."? m ihlcago Itocor Mlorald. 1 tli SlicTvril 1 She fonltl Do. do Phoxy? I got a g od square meal last wl light, the i'.rst it; several weeks, and I II iavo you to thank for it. Friend ?Me to thank? Well, that's ewt; to n.o. * ] Phoxy?Yes, I know. I telephoned to he iy wife yesterday morning that 5*ou ho roro coining out to diuiicr with'me.? lie 'hiludelphln Press. in to A Good TnlUer. til Clnrn?Is Mrs. Flitter a good conver- PC rationalist? Dorothy?'Yes, indeed. She makes ou think of lots of good things to ' n.v, hot talks so much that you don't Jti; ct a chance to say theiu.?Detroit a "ree Press. ' - do Compromise. ly "Why should religion and science Fi unrrel?" "Why, Indeed?" ' "Why not say that man is descended gk rem tho monkey Kvo made of Adam ho nd let it go at that?"?Puck, do - -^wiurW mm mi ir. u jmSiSSSSm? A TRUE HERD. u? of the Kind Thrst Cell Little ItecoKnltton Here lielotv. Did you over know a hero real well? know at least one and quite Intimate* Who7 1 uni afraid you would hard* ' recognize his name, nad besides It ould not be just right to give It here, e is only an old bachelor who works t a k!io.;?. lie lias been at one bench >r something like?well, from this you ay judge: When he began, be was esh from school, lie lives in a little ante house, with an absurd little tckyard hardly more than bigouough ?r the syringa bush and the ash bar* 1. "The first morning I started for the iop," he once tohl me, "I cut across 10 back yard and climbed the fence, have been doing it ever since, and it is been a long tiuie." In the tiny \vn is worn a deep footpath. The top lil of the back fence is smoothly pollied. His feet wore the path. His inds polished tlie rail. And all these Kirs he has worked at the same ?nch, doing the same work. Not that he lacks intelligence or that ? never had an ambition. Intelligence 1 most certainly has, no mean lore of :>ol:s and a wide, generous grasp of flairs and the drift of things. Ambl011 he had, too. but that was before is feet had worn a path across the ick yard. I am quite sure that he ice loved. In fact. 1 suspect that I now the one he loved, and that she ived him. But he never married. She id, though she has been widowed for dozen years. But why, you ask, with intelligence ad ambition, did he stick to his ciicli? In an upper room of his little ittagc is a window blind which is over opened, Behind that blind, peer* ig out through the shutters with un>cogn!zi?g gaze, sits one who bears ;o outward form of manhood, yet cks manhood's mental qualities. The 10 behind the blind is his brother, ownstnirs, puttering feebly about and leaking only In high, thin, querulous ines, is a wan and bent old womanIs mother. 1'or the sake of these two 2 has worn the path in tlie lawn; for ieni ho put away ambition; for them a stilled the love that once stirred itliln him. lie Is past middle age now, thin as to air, stooped as to shoulders. Yet is lore a tenderness in his voice, a cheer* 11 sweetness in his smile, a patient >S.lirnntlf?n i'l liis Iwln l l'in M'na lake his manner of such mild gentleess as you might expect in a saint. ro:n him ccrnos never a word of comlaint; about him is no trace of disPl'ointnieJit, no hint of bitterness. Anil so, though few know his name, tough lie wears no glittering gauds, tough he gees his way unhampered y pomp or circumstance and all unicognizod by church or state, 1 eanjt help but count hint one of earth's^ ue heroes. Don't you??Sewell Ford i Bruudur Magazine. V * Miiuck RiiiI 111.1 ItnriiH. Did Moses have horns? Certainly M, but if you have ever had the Icasure of examining a copy of Miaul Angclo's great picture of "The awgiver" you have wondered why te great painter surmounted the paiarehal face, gray hoard and becomig priestly gown with a pair of horns ineli resembling those of a two-yoard atilinal of the bovine tribe. Tho :ason is this: Jerome's Ilible, the atin Vulgate, tells that when Moses 1:110 down from the mountain top his tee was "radiant" (rayed) with tho rent light shining from his pure soul. 1 the Creel: Septuagint the trnnsla* 011 said it was "cornua," meaning radiant." Jerome used this later ver0:1 in making his I.atin Vulgate and anslutcd "cornua" as "cornuta," the st meaning li<.rned. Angelo made s picture accordingly. Soil Is n Living; Organism. Formerly tho soil was regarded as literal matter, simply decayed rock ixod with dead organic matter, says 1 exchange. Now we know thnf tn?> il is a living organism whoso life as important as that of the animal the plant itself. If the soil be killed, is absolutely sterile. In other words, the life of organisms which make il fertile are destroyed the soil is capable of producing a crop. Plants, a rule, cat only mineral food, sucli phosphoric acid, potash and nitric id, but animals usually cat only ornic foods, such as fats, sugars and otein matter. IUn Cnxe Not So limt After All. "Ah, it's a sad old world," sighed the an who had been cheated out of ?20. "Yes," assented his neighbor. "Ono my horses got his head fast In tho lyrack last night and broke his neck, was offered JfJOO for him less than a ontli ago." "Pshaw! That's too bad. Looks as ough it was going to brighten up, >esn't It?" And be went on his way liistling cheerfully.?Chicago llecorderald. | IliN Itevcnjce. M. Colomh'.es. a merchant of Paris, (I his revenge on a former awcot. art, a lady of Itouen. when he left r by will a lepraey of $<>,000 for havtr some twenty years before refused marry him. "throuprh which." states e will, "I was enabled to live indendcntly and happily as a bachelor." ( i StrnnKcm Slow. "You ought to see the lovely letters y husband writes," said tho bride of month to one of her girl friends. 'Oh, I've seen a few," rejoined the nr girl friend. "In fact, I've got neara trunkful of them in the attic."? tchange. * Veil In action there is wisdom and >ry and happiness. Action rouses pe, and hope rouses action.?Freem "v M