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I ' FROM POORHOUSEl MLACE I I , I ! . . L ." .- ..l-j I .' UT i V I) BY MARY JLJHDL chapter vi. Mary had been at tht poorhous about (hit weeks when Miss Grundy ou day ordered her la tie on ber sun bonnet tod run across the meadow and through- tn we.nl nutil h cum to ry atubble, Ibe follow the footpath along th fpnc until ah cam to another atrip of wood, wlib a brook running through It And jut on the fur edge of tbetn wood, aald ah "you'll at th wen fotka to wort; and do toll Vm to coma to their dinner quick." J . It waa a mild September day. an. Mary determined not to hurry. She bad not gone far when aha cam auddenly npou a boy and two little glrla, who aeem ad to ba playing near tha brook, ta tha feature of tha boy aha recognised Henry Lincoln, and remembering what M My k..i .:.i ..r him. ! waa about tuning away when tha anmlleat of tha glrla ..niad her. and called out! "I here. Hoar. I reckon that' "Mary Howard I'm nttiic to sneak to her." "Jenny Lincoln, you mnetn't do any auch thing. Mother won t na K-nrvJ the tlrl railed Roe. But whether "mother would Ilka It or not. Jenuy did not atop to think, and !. toward Mary aha aald: "Have you mil to ulav In tha wootla?" wa Marv'a reply. "I cam to tha rulki la dinner." "Oh. It waa you that ecreamed ao loud. I couldn't think wbo it waa. dui w cu he dinner-timer Ya 'iU- It'a tiin .' "Wall, wa don't bar dinner until 2. nd wa can atay hera till that tlm HVn'l r..M nla with HI?" v. t can't: I muat to back and p ' .! XIarv. "Work!" repeated Jenny. "1 think It'a bad enough to hara to Uv In that nl.1 house without working: but coma and aee our fish pond;" and taking Mary a hand, aha led her to a wlda part of the etream where tha water had been dam med up until it waa nearly two feet deep and Wear aa ervstal. Looking In. Mary rould aee tha pebble on tha bottom, while a fiih occasionally dartad out and than diianneared. "I made thla almoat all myaelf." aald T ain n V "Hnr wouldn't help ma be cause ha'a ao ugly, and Roae waa afraid of hliLckinx her finger. Uut I don t cara, Mother saya I'm a great-grcat-l'r for gotten tha word, but It tneana dirty and careless, and I gueaa t do look Ilka a fright, don't I?" Mary now for tha first time noticed the appearance of ber companion, and readl It ncaed that tha word which aha could tm remember waa "slattern." She waa a ft. chiibhv little girl, with a round, sunny face and laughing blue eyea. while her brown hair hung around her fore head in short, tangled curia. Altogether he waa just the kind of little girl which one often finda In the country awinglng nn rated and making mud plea. Mar wax naturally rery neat; and In reply to Jenny'a question as to whether .he looked like a fright, aha a n.wered. "J like your face better than I do your dress." because It la clean. "Whv. to waa my dreaa thla morning, inM Jenny, "but there can't anybody play - In the mini and uot get dirty. Jeuur drew nearer to Mary and aald "If you'll nerer toll anybody aa. long aa ou live and braeathe, I II tell you aotna- thin." Mart fare the required promUe, and Jeuny continued: "I shouldn't Ilka to have my mother know It, for aha acolda lit the time now about my Vulgar taste.' though I'm aura Itosa llkea the aame things that I do, except Billy Ben der, and It'a about bim I waa going to tell yon. Ha waa ao pleasant I couldn't help loving him, If mother-did aay I mustn't. He used to talk to ma about keeping clean, and once I tried a whole week, and I only dirtied four dreaaea In nil that time. Oh! how handsome and funny his eyes looked when I told him sboiit it. He took ma In his lap, and said that was mora than be thought a little girl ought to dirty. Did you eTer sea any boy you lored aa well aa you do Billy Bender?" Mary hesitated a moment, for, much as she liked Billy, there waa another whom she lored better, though ha had never been one-half aa kind to bcr aa Billy bad. After a time she answered: "Yes. I like, or I did like, Ocorge 5Iore land, but I auall never aee him again;" nnd then aha told Jenny of her home In England, of the long, dreary oyaga to America, and of her father'a death; but when she came to the aad night when her mother and Franky died, aba could not . go on, and laying her face In Jenny'a lap he cried for a long time. Jenny'a teara flowed, too. and ahe, aoftly careaslng Mary, aald: "Don't cry ao, for I'll Ioto you, and we'll have good tlmea together, too. We live In Boston every winter, but It will be 'most aiz wecka before wa a-o. and I mean to aee yon every day." "In Boston?" aald Mary, Inquiringly. "Oeorae Uvea in Boston." Jenny waa ailent a moment, and then suddenly clapping her handa together, she exclaimed: "I know George More land. He Uvea Just opposite our house, and is Ida Seldon'a cousin. Why, he'a 'most aa handsome aa Billy Bender, only he teasea you more. I'll tell him about you, for mother aaya he'a got lota of money, and perhaps he'll give you some." Mary felt that aba wouldn't for tha world t ava George know she waa In the poorhoue, and ahe quickly answered, "No. no. too mustn't tell bim a word ' about ma. I don't want you to. Prom iaa that you won't." CHAPTER. VII. One afternoon about the middle of Oc tober Mary aat under an apple tree In the orchard, weeping bitterly. It waa in vain that Alice, who was with her, and who by thia time waa able to stand alone, climbed op to her aide, patting her checka and trying In various ways to win her attention. Hue still wept on, , unmindful of the sound of rapid foot- steos unon the grass, nor until twice re nested did ahe hear the words, "Why, Mary, what la the matter? What'a hap pened?" Then looking up ahe saw Billy Bender, who raised ber in his arms. Laying her bead on bla shoulder, aha lobbed out: "She's gone she's gone, and there's nobody'left but Sally. "Oh dear, h dear!" "Oone! Whose gone?" asked Billy. "Jenny," was Mary's reply, "She'a Sone to Boston, and won't come back till next May; and I loved her so much." "Oh, yes, I know," returned Billy. "I met them all on their way to tne depot but I wouldn't feel so badly. Jenny will pome again, and besides that, I've got some real good news to tell you. "About Ella?" said Mary. "No, not about Kiln, but about myaelf I'm coming here to live with you." "Coming here to live!" repented Mary "with aMtoiiiHhment. "What for? Are ' rour folks all dend?" Billy smiled and answered. "Not quite 10 bad as that. I went to school here two years ago, and 1 know I learned mure than I ever did at home In two senaons. The boys, when Henry LI coin is awny, don't act half bs badly aa they do in the village; aud then they usu allv have a lady teacher, because iti ehcaner. I suppose, for they don't pay them half as much as they do gentle men, and I think they are a great deal tn-j best. Anyway, I can learn the moat "Hut what makes yon coma here, and what will your mother dor' naked Mary. "She'a got a slater coma from tha Weat to atay with her, and aa I ahall go home every Saturday night, she'll get along well enough. I heard Mr. Parker In tha atora one day Inquiring for a boy to do chorea. Ko after twiultm imnner i offered my eervleea and waa pttt. Won't we have real nice tlmea going to achool together?" Three weeka from that time tha wlutcr a-h.vJ e.immenHHl. and Hilly tool up bla abode at the poorhouee, gntatly to tn aatlaractlon of Sally and Mary and groav 1 tu tha stinovance of Mis Untudy. -Smart Idear aald aha, "to have that vreat lummox around to h waited on and when ahe aaw bow nappy nw ir eoo awmed to wake Mary, aha vented h..r iiaiih.aaure unon her In various waya, conjuring up all aorta of rveeona why ahe should atay out of ecbool aa often ta poe- alble, and wonderiug "wnai me worm waa coming to. when young onee hardly nut or th eradle begun to court! It wasn't ao In ber younger days, goounvsa knows!" Much aa Mary had learned to prlae Sally's friendship, before winter waa over ahe had cause to value It atlll more highly. Wretched and deatltute aa the nnir erased creature now waa, abe ahoW' ad nlaluly that at tome period or other of her life ahe bad bad rare advantage for education, which abe now nrougni into, iih for Marv'e benetlt Each night Mary brought home ber booke, and the rapid Improvement which aha mad In bar atudlea wat aa much owing to Sally's useful hints and aaslst ance aa to ber own nntlrlng persever ance. One day when ahe returned from achool Sally aaw there waa aomethlng the matter, for ber eyea were red, and her cheeka were flushed aa It wltB weep- In. On Inoulrlng of Billy, alia learnet! that some of the girls bad been teasing Mar about her teeth, calling tnent tushea. Aa It happened, one of the paupera waa alck. and Dr. Gilbert waa at that time In the houae: to him Sal Immediately went, and after laving the case before him asked bim to extract the offending teeth Rallv waa cults a favorite wltu the doc tor, who readily consented, on condition that Marv waa willing, which ha much doubled, aa auch teeth came bard. "Willlne- or not. she shall have them out. It'a all that makea her ao homely," aald Sal. and. going In quest of .Mary aha led her to the doctor, who asked to look In her mouth. There was a hrre atruggle. a eoream sud then one of the teeth was lying upon the floor. "Stand atlll," aald Sal, more aiernly than she bad ever before apoken to Mary who, bslf frightened out of her wits. atood atlll while the other one waa ei tract ed. "There," aald Sal, when the operation waa finished, "yon look a hundred per eent better." For a time Mary cried, hardly know Ids whether aha relished the Joke or not hut when Billy praised her Improved looka, telling her that "her moulh waa real pretty," and when alio nerseir tlried h.r rea enouah to ae that It waa a rai Inuiroveinettt. ahe felt better, and wondered why she bad never thought d have them out before. Raoldly and pleasantly to Mary tha wiuter passed away, for the preaenre of Billy waa In itself a sumncnt reason wny she ahould be happy. He waa ao affec tionate and brother-like In hla deport ment toward her that abe began queallon- Ing whether aha did not love bim aa well, if not better, than ahe did her alster Ella, whom ahe avldom aaw, though aha beard that aha bad a gorerneaa from Worcester, and waa taking music leasona on a grand piano, which had been bought a year be fore. Occasionally Hiiiy ceneo ai sirs. Campbell'a, but Ella aeemed shy and un willing to apeak of her alster. Why la there thla difference 7" be thought more than once, aa he contrast ed tha aituatlon of the two girla-the oit petted, caressed and eurrouuded by every luxury, and tne otner roriorn, arsoisie, snd the inmate of a poor house; and then be built castles of a future when, by tha abor of his own bead or bands,' Mary, too, should be rich and happy. tell you. and ao much ta Wa, though I .. . ... , . . it, a tl.u' jtta tOW ail aooui over mm nm-m .- didn't you feel dreadfully T . Marv'a tears ware a anfflclent taawer, and Jeuny. aa If auddenly dlacoverlng aomethlng new, exclaimed, "Why, what have you been doing? , Who pulled youi iMthr ; Mary explained the clrcumetancee of tha tonth-nullltia- and Jenny continued i "You look a great deal better, and If your cheeka were only t tittles- fatter ttd your skin not quite ao yellow, you'd be real handsome! but no matter about tnai. aaw George Moreland In Boston, and wauled to tell him about yon, but in ,la.t nut ta: and than at Brat I rail " ' ... . . .. .LI.L -.kit afraid of him, ror you can i mm wi a great big fellow he's got to be. Why, he'a awful tall-and handsome, too. Koae llkea him, and ao do lota of the glrla, but I .i..-i hellava he carea t bit lor any them except hla cousin Ida, and I gaeaa be does llk her." Here the chatterer waa inierrupieu oy Henry Lincoln, who directly In front of k... U..U..I axraas the brook. He waa evidently not much Improved In bla mat nam, for the moment be waa aafely latd ed on terra flrma he approached Mary, ...IiIik her round Hie waist, cUlmed. "Halloo, little pauperl You're glad to aee me back, I dare aay. Than draw HI ner nesii utit v .. he could look Into her face, he contin ued. "Had your tuska out, haven't you? wn It'a nulla an ImurtivemeMl. ao much ... that I'll venture to kiss .voil." Mare atruualed. and Jenny eoolded, while Henry aald, "Don't kick and flounce so, my little beauty. If there a anyming 1 hate It'a aeelng gina maae two- th.v'M mmleat. That clodhopper BUI kisses you every day, I'll warrant." , (To be continued.!1 HOW WELL, IT HAS LINKED THE TWO TOOETHERI CHAPTER VIU. Aa soring advanced Alice began to droop, Sally'a quick eye detected In her Infallible signs of decay. But she would not tell It to Mary, whose life now seem ed a comparatively happy ono. Mr. and Mrs, Parker were kind to her. Uncle Peter petted her, and even Miss Grundy bad more than once admitted that "aha waa about as good aa young ones would average." uuiy, too, nan promised to remain and work for Mr. Parker during the summer, Intending with the money thus earned to go the next fall and wiu ter to the academy In Wlllhraham. Jen ny was coming back ere Ion?, and Mary's step waa light and buoyant as she trip ped, singing, about the house, unmind ful of Mrs. Grundy'a oft-expressed wish that "aha would atop that clack," or of the anxious, pitying eyes Sal Furbush bent upon her, as day after day the faithful old creature rocked and tended little Alice. At last Mary could no longer be de ceived, and one day when Alice lay gasp ing in Sally'a lap ahe aald, "Aunt Sally, Isn't Alice growing worae? She doesn't play now. nor try to walk." Sally laid bcr band on Mary s race and replied: "Poor child, you'll soon be all alone." There waa no outcry no audden gush of tears, but nervously clasping ner hans upon her heart, as If the shock bad entered there, Mary aat down upon her bed, and burying ber face In the pillow, aat there for a long time. But she said nothing, and a careless observer might have thought that abe cared Doming, as It became each day more and more evi dent that Alice waa dying. But these knew not of the long nights when wltu untiring love ahe aat by ber sister's cra dle, listening to her Irregular breathing, pressing her clanmy bands and praying to be forgiven if ever, In thought or deed, ahe had wronged the little one now leav ing her. And all this time there came no kind word or message of love from Ella, who knew that Alice waa dying, for Billy bad told her ao. The end came peacefully. There was some talk of burying tha child in the poorbouse Inclosure, but Mary pleaded ao earnestly to have her laid by her mother that ber request waa granted, and that night when the young aprlug moon came out It looked quietly down upon the grave of little Alice, who by her mother's aide waa sweetly aleeplng. see , Three weeks had passed away alnce Alice's death, and affaire at the poor house were beginning to glide on aa usual. Mary, who bad resumed her post aa dish washer in the kitchen, waa almost dally expecting Jenny; and one day when Billy came in to dinner he gnvo her the Joy ful Intelligence that Jenny had returned and had been In the field to aee him, bidding blrn tell Mary to meet ber that afternoon In the woods by the brook. Mary bounded Joyfully away to tha woods, where ahe found Jenny, who em braced her In a manner which ahowed that she had not been forgotten. "Oh," laid abe, "I've got to much to ALL MUST SERVE IN ARMY. Msvlaa rillnsna Cannot Kae I'oiat I nil Military lwt. Hv law every Swiss nilult ta liable to aerva personally, out m pnyaicai iem la ao atrU t that nearly oo Kr cem ", In fact, rejected. Tliea hay Instead I yearly tax of 3 shilling pet" hwa. who u Imtuiif mx of in-nee hi tue pouim. Ill priu tlce this lx la not t-xactwl from tin' very ptMtivNt, 'lite iiihii who mi im twentieth year pnsaca the leal la cauea uut to do bis "recruit aolimil" lu tun bar- rncka for period varying from an weeks Uiifantryi to three mmttbe (cav alry i. By thla abort training ue ai onc fulillla onvquarter of the whole military duties to which lio will aver ue liable, except, of coure. In case o( aotmtl Invasion, for the Brat thir teen years of hla aervlce he belonga to the "elite" ami la callM out every other year for a "itniwf of repetition." vary- lujf. according to the arm, rrotu four teen to plgliltH'ti days. Tim rtvalary nlono are called out every year, but ouly ten daya. In bla Intermediate years the soldier shoots it tilt own time and place, but under stru t government tHiudltloiia, forty rounda per annum it hla owu expense and at Hi time aud place Axed by the autborltlea for a "shooting aobool" of thre daya. With the beginning of the thirty third year the aoldler passes for twelve yeara Into the "Inndwebr." or Oral reeerva. Here he la called out every fourth year only, for from eight to eleven daya at time; during the other yeara be ihoota hla forty yearly rounda aa before. With hla forty tlfth year be pnasea Into the "InmlatruBi," or eecond reserve, which la composed of the whole body of cltl sens lift ween 17 aud W (except, of course, tint elite, the laiidwehr and the actual hall and maimed!. Thla body ta partly armed, partly lorted luto clerka, porter, etc.; It la never to b enllej out except In case of Invasion or similar Brent emergem lea. At 50 the cltlxen re tiree altogether. The euormoua major ity eerve tu the Infantry and have, therefor, at thla ige devoted a auiu total of not unite half a year leaa than ii.u hundredth nnrt. that la, of their tlvea-totheduty of contributing to that military aecurlty aud proaparlty of their country. And not a duty ouly, but to most a real pleasure also. It la the re- Iw ted candidate fho la pitied In Switz erland. Typical of tht icntltnetita which one may hear everywhere arq. tuose which were expressed to me Uy a bang er. no iiillltary faimtlo, but almply i public ifplrltod cltlaeu: "Next to tht pnlu I felt when one of tny tone wai relevtfM for the army, one or me saa- deat moments of my lift waa when th time came for my own lupcranuui tlon.""-Natl(iml Review. New Idea. The Kaffir have had an opportunity to lenrn aomethlng of the art of aurgery alnce the aoldlera and the military doc tors have overrun Africa. Poaalbly ad vancel methods will uot altogether aiiMTHfdo primitive aurgery among these people, however, for they are not fond of change. Time waa when a Kaffir with I broken leg submitted to peculiar treat motit. It was customary to place th limb In a hole dug in the earth, and keep It there till the bone were knit together ngftln. The leisure Hour tella of case It w bleb the tionea of a certain Kaffir lad, having been set by European aid, the Knfllr father dissented from the moto- od employed. He hod the apllnt re moved, carried the bny home on horse back, and then took the usual course of setting the limit In the earth. The pntiaeniience was that It took alx month to effect a cure. Kaltlr doctor ore hereditary, the cle verest son In the doctor' family being uaimlly chosen to nuceeed lila father, There are other modern thing that a Kaltlr has to lenrn bealde the newest mehods In aurgery. In hi language there la no such term aa "Thank you." Ho Is beginning to lenrn It, however, although he does not think It becoming to ahow any emotion whether of grnt Itmle or anything elae. When two Katllra meet one aaya, "I aee you," which la answered by "Yea. More poetical la hi parting word, "May pence go with you," to which come the response, "May penco atay with you." i - - r -jm ar-ufT i. irviV II ,..wlJje' IV'aOI II MIONSd X 'Vk,-" MM Mil II 1. 1. L Ml iWT U .. Wr.VMl'.HI ri M i 11 m lil V L,.L.VhJM. fllf III .Ilia. VI I 1 III III 11 ' T I 1 - " af-. 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It wm originally one of the town houses of th ElUgerald family, who owned I great deal of property m vlctulty, Including the famous Ulnster bout. Over th door of th hotel it th prcaent day tr th Fltxgerald rma, ind In the upportt are prom inent llgurei of two nionkeya, in com- memoiatlon of itrlklug famuy " dent When old Kllkee Caalle, oue of ne acatt of the FlUgeralda, took Ore, the heir to the ette wa afed by mon key, which took the lnfaut In hi rm iud;laml)erel from point to pAnt with IU preclou burden, finally reachlug tit ground with It In tnfety. Parnell'i first arreat wa enenea Morrlsou' Hotel on Oct !. 1H81 nell wa thence takeu to Kllmaltibam I Jail, where he wa confined as a "u- pct" until the following May. at tblt hotel that rarncll't friend, the lata Dr. J. E. Kenny, discovered i er nell'i extraordinary iiiperatltlon. Uo ln Into hla writ In room one day, Pr- nell aaw a grecu cloth on the table. He j at once bad It removed, and the tume j evening he refused to enter another room In the hotel In which three can dle were burning. Three canaienuca re lupponcd In the mind of eupersti ; ttoui people to mean death, and a green tablecloth foretella disaster. Parnell mora than one ld that the irisu cause would never prosper until the Irish people discarded green a tneir national color for the older blue. When In Dublin Parnell alway atayed at Morrlaon' up to the time of hla death. It waa there he ouuioeu the national program and the agrarian movement In Ireland.-London Man. CHINESE PEANUT8. science la MONUMENT FOR THE SOLQIERS. A awBumml twt tba aoldletsl Aad wasi will build II od Csa fa bulla U f auartoi, or brass, tiruatt, Uulissilsa th tuldlx's luvs? Cs f irl( It "lib laavttds A td as tfcslr lild as th- writ, riom ma lawusi shrlns tit tula laad of thla i Ik auluioal vttg uf III- Aad the answer csois: Wa would bull! It Uul ef ,r k(ts mad sura, Aad am of vu jiurati prayara sud Uart, asa ui or ur rsita i.-i . , W would bulll It out of lb great "bit Iruiha Tkalr das lb hath uuollflfd. Aad tha aculplurtd fofins ef tha a arats, Aad Ibtlr fires r thy dld. Aad whsl krol Igor in tha Mulutor earva la stoasi Caa lb rbl brtt b atad la b"4, Aad lb nsrbl lips to woaal Csa lb aasrbl brow b favaredl As lb Btarbl ys b aratad T hmk Ibalr last, as lb tag Bust pstl. Da lb roualry ibay bsv tai Aad lb aaswr eaot: Tb tgure ball ba sll brst sad (sir. Aad, as battlsg, a pur ad whit As lb lr abort lblr rl Tb Btarbl Up, sud brat sad trow Wbrraos lb laurel II, . iuuth a rtfbl l guard tb tl.bt Of th ld tag la tb kll A moeuaiBl for tb oldlrt Ptilll of a peepl lev. . Aad blwud sad deck! snd psnopllrd With lb hru k bnlll II oft And tkst V build II lstiy, la Pillar sad alck sad i. . . , Asd high la pea a lb oal ef O) II would emnnirttt -J ai Wbltcsnh Riley. CROOKSIE. ttettitttttttttttttT v. had Bvr known aay other 53 Church Property tn Spain. Spnln now boast of poasesalng more convents, more uionasterlea and more Jesuit collcgca, semlnnrle and eatab llHlinieiit of all kind tliun at any time under the house of Bourbon and Aus tria. The Inst census, In 1807, showed 28.M9 uuiia, 45,328 monks and priest, 1,200 Jesuits, nine archblwhopa, fifty one blahops, Ofty-flve dean and 1,213 canons In the country. The religion house of every kind exceed two thou sand. It I nt potMlble to aacertuln their real wealth or the value of their movable properly. They pay no duties on their real property nnd none on their workshops, at they ure not enrolled on the restcra of ratepayer, only having to pay on capital Invested In stock. One of Tuetn. "Do you suppose," naked the fair Hu litlla McGllllctiildy, "Hint the .lower creatures ever nave nny amnsementsT "Well," replied Jnson P. Simpson, "I have heard of a flnh ball." ' An Effect Spoiled. "After the ceremony the bride wept." "Grief at leaving ber home?" "No; the forgot herself, nnd held up ber beautiful long satin train going down the altle." nam than Orookale Peters, though there waa t rumor afloat In th tanamanta that h bad once been called Jerom. or Clerald-tbey had forgotten just which, what did it matter anyway i Onnkata was fsr more appropriate, for the only etralght thing about nim was the pslr of little wnue pine crutcoes. ilia memories of home were vsgu. There waa a misty outline of a big. red- fsced man, who stumbled in late, ami went to aleep In tha broken rocking chair, with hla mouth wide open, mere was a woman, too. Urookeie waa more airaui of ber. She had eyea that burned you, somehow, and atralght, black hair, with gray In it. Nance, people caucu nor. Once the man went away, but the wom an atayed at home, and kept the door locked and the old rickety bed against It. too. On day, Just at evenlug twl- light-that Interval or uiu ociore mo .niaea of th night began, two horsca cam down the narrow atreet and stop ped at Crooksle door, ids winnow In the court were raised and grimy facea peered out. Crooksle didn't know Just what hap pened; but there waa loud talking, and then th door gave In, and two wen car ried Nance, kicking and acreamlug, down the atalra and drove away. And Jsklo Boillnas had aat until dark on the curb ing alpglng over and over, lu a drowsy mnnntoae. "Crooksle's Nsnce hss gono In the pstrol wagont Crooksle's Nance hna gone In the patrol wagon." All thla waa long ago when Crookslo aa only a child. He waa nearly 12 now. Otbar tenements had opened their doora to bim, and there bad been a great ueai m do. There were babies to mind, and erranda to go, and ever ao many other things besides. As for ftance, be nan never seen her again, "I aay, Crooksle, doea yer want tor go nut ter the arareyard to morrow?" ask ed Jaklo Dolliiias oue evening. Jakle sold pspers snd was authority on the news of the day. "There's goln' ter be a big time out thare bamla olayln. an' speeches, an rial cannons, an' everybody In their best clothes I It's Mer-morlal day, for the herora, yer knowt" "What's them?" queatlonod Crookale. Jakle acratched bis head. The crown of bla bat was missing', that wa con venlant at time. "Well," Jakle anawered reflectively, "them's feller what what ngbte, or aomathin'. an' then goea an' dies, an every year the people goea out ter the graveyard an' takea nowera, an' sings, an prays, an' glta a hollerday, It'a nifty. Let's ma an' you go." The first ray of light found Crooksle awake the neit day. He knew Just where In a neighboring court a milkweed had opened some fussy yellow blossoms, and tha heroes should have them, every one. It all seemed beautiful out there In the cemetery. In the tenements death meant a black box for those who went and a black bottle for those who were left be hind. But this little world of grass and sunshine where the birds sang and tha flowers bloomed waa different. The exercises had already begun, and the eager, surging throng pushed and crowded on Its way to the aoldler' plot. Once the hoya were pressed almost under th feet of a big black horse. The lady who waa driving drew tha rein sharply and atopped. The boya stur- ed hard at her. "Ain't she a pretty one, though 7 whispered Crooksle, and Jakle nodded "Sure!" he said. There waa aomethlng In the little bent figure, and the pinched, paln-acarred face of Crookale that touched tb pretty lady, for ah leaned uddeoly toward the boy and smiled. "Wouldn't you Ilk t rldr sh s.ked. Crookale't hesrt gsv a great hound, and then atood (till. He bad never rid den In all hla llf; but now aomlhlng waa choking him. He ahook his hesd, and the lady drove up the bill alone. The morning wore on and noon cams. Children grew tired snd erlad, with their little feces bidden In their mothers' aktrla, or went ta sleep on the green turf. Women est singly or In groups oa th copings and at sandwich and boiled egg. Thus doe llf assert Itself lu th preseuc of dsth. At Isst th metnortsl address waa ever, and Ih bro balow th Btars and BtrlpM slept under a quilt of flowers. The volley hsd been fired, Slid th csn- n.m deen-woiitbed cry went echoing through ibe bill. Than there ws a lerrlfied alirlek. "Uuuaway! Hunaway!" aomebody call ed. "Look out for the rutawayr ami a big black hora cam plungleg dow the narrow drive, Th phaeton held the pret ty lady. People errined and acaitrJ like frightened sheep. There wa not man among IUimii who dared to slop tlx bst. Near the foot of the bill a tiny figur tood, with on Uul crutch outstretched. "Crookle! Yer duraed fool."' aci-vsm-d Jakle Holllnsi. "Crooksle" "tie! the kid out ef the way!" yelled a man. "He's ne and the women shut their eyea. There was a crash. The bora hsd struck something and stood still; a po liceman caught bim by the brldl. It waa hour before Crook! showed signs of returning to life. Then ther wss rushing sound In bis ears, like th wind la th pine; he wss drifting some where, and patches of red and yellow iihf daitpl In-fur hi eyea. II' routing round at last," aald th doctor. Then Crookil felt a aoft, cool hand on bis. aud looked up, straight luto th far of lb pretty lady. Tha n a it UliiD aa a lenuer iow through th dainty room and rtd lov limit on th little bed. Crooksle bad never seea sum s n before. He tried to sit up, oui feu osca m lrh cry of pain aud lay quit aim. "My precious little boy," said th pret ty lady. "My dear, brave little hero. Crookale' eye had a question In them .n.i tha doctor rslsed hi in on the pillow. Yer dldut mrsn mer tie earn. " 'Cause I'm crooked, yer know, ami there aln t any crooked onea, la tnerei "Crooked what, dearr aked tn lauy. "Hari.ra." he aald with an effort, "I ther any with bad backa, an' leg thst are aort r wabbly?" The bla doctor laid bim auoueniy down and walked away, but th pretty ladv Wn.,lt heald the little bed and took Crooksle's hsnds In both of hers. Hot teara were blinding her, but lo a woman It falls) thla duty of taking the pilgrims half wit to hesven. "Dear little man," ahe aald, mere a all aorta of heroes: big ones and littl ones, whits ones snd nisck ones; yea, dear and crooked onea, too. "An' do they put crooked ones out l,r. tha araaa au' the birds Is? wss the eager question. "Yes." "And will they give 'em flowers-vl'let an nerrywluklea an' pinks? The little voice was growing very wis "Yea. dear." aald the lady, "and the backa are all good In the land where the huroee go, and the leg will an grow it roue." A happy smile glowed for a moment nn tha little face, and Crooksle gave a l.i. contented sigh. "If Joklo-could nnlv know." he said. Next morning an early auubeam poep ed aslant through the curtain. It gllde! a pair of tiny Idle crutcbea and kissed a little aleeper. Some one had placed a aprlg of mountain laurel in th childish hands, for tu worm naa ioi nuoiur huro. Indlnnapoll Press. Boom I HooiAl Boom! One nior tb Mlutr rlug out, I.Ik ih gbot of ltll bout. That bs odrred y from tb bloody fry Whb lb oaiy put to rout. And lb Ulu inul M(ir. sad alow. A II did st uettyiur. wig . War abmtldar lo ikouldrr, sad bea I wb ha nit Thea who r sleeping and the tnd , , . roogbl for their oil lead. Ilnom! B.Kiml Boom! And lb kla r hrlsbt lht dsy, Wbao lbr td.ly wsri-bed sway la Ibalr manhood m'gbl to 8bt rr IB right. And bin Ibry jr to-days nut th rsohs at tula sad lb eomrai Aud tUe'brnd sl th. trigger And their ar H". sd tbrlr hv-ks sr ,M'' Who Br slole lody. Ilonm! H nil Doom! Otarf-x-h gr f"a tomb. Where I he t-H'lr nowera r . for tb lowly bed of lb honored Oreo, And over their hm bloom. And carry our lrll.nl of roae rr. And arm ef lb mesdo. snd lay ih" ther . U'llh ehaplels of Biyrtl ana wraaio "' over ih'r hrt lody. Youth' fompanloa. At the Top. On Memorial Day the flag flies at half mast, because It is a day of conimemorn tlon of the dead. It Is not uncommon for some person appointed to hoist the flag to run It up to the peak, forgetting the funereal custom; then soma veteran arrives, and cauavs the bnnner to be dropped to half-mast. This custom preserves the early seutl ment of the day, when It was more a day of mourning than It is nt present, l.ate Iv muuv veterans havo advised the aban donmcnt of the custom, and the Issue of an order directing that the ling slioun hereaftor always he rnlsod to the peak nn Memorial Day. Thla was the expressed view and wish of Ocn. Grunt. It was his opinion that wliU the day oneht not to lose, and ha not lost, Its signlllcance and aolemulty, It wa never! holeae not a day of mourning, but ona for the commemoration of and rejoicing In the noble deeds of soldiers. Ou such a dny It was fitting that the flag should fly at the highest point on the stuff ou which It Is placed. The matter received much attention at last year'a observance of Memorial Dny, and It la possible that the demand will And recognition, before the day conies around again, In ordera by some at lcaat of the department commandcra for th full-masting of the flag. a ' One More l"ulory. I.ient. A. W. Thomaon eays, In the In dependent, thst when the Civil W ar wai practically over, he waa aent from th ..n.n at IJncolntoB to Charlotte, N. U, under a flag of truce, lie enter i. town, and waa conducted to iea. Rcb ol'a headquarter In t large npper room, evidently a achoolroom. Our guide pointed ont me general, a fine, portly gentlemsn, seated at a table. advanced, ant laid my psper on tbt table. . ,. (Jen. Krhote, I presumer i ssiu. Theaa dlsustrhes are from (leo, Gtllain. Shall I wait for an auswerf' "Please be aeated. the general sain. Glancing around, I aaw atxteeo 01 eighteen gentlemen, all. with one or iwc exceptiona. lo military tinuo. Morgan cam up lo me, uoos uua ssld: . . "I believe you and I are aoi vour. atranger. ii. had lieen our prisoner a year or v before. While we cuaiteu. a a1;"'"-" In a civilian gnr anil turned to addre rs.m Kchola. Th cold stare of a glaei eye caught my attcnlloii, and the feature u ai, maw lilt rsuilliar. Ah. Jefferson Dsns: Are you per., -a ih vail I WSS UIJ !L..i.t llta face wss fsr more pless snt than our Northern papers had pic tured 1- . ...... A dispatch waa handed to uen. r.. .,,( rarenil II 11 an ik Half rising, he passed tht i,.rH.r to Mr. Davis, who read it alowly, ind then handed it back. Well, aald he. "we nave ioai a rone enemy. i.. It waa the new of rrestneni i.iun . BXHassinstlon. Where Coffee Came -ini. Them la extant a tale of the discovery of-coffer, a atory which might br siiKgeated to Charlea Umb the idea for hla "IMaserUitlon on Koaat Pig." Thl I the legend: Toward the middle of the nrteenin century a poor Amb wua traveling In AbvHuliiln. ami finding lilnwelf weak and wenry from fatigue he etopped nenr a grove. Then, belug in want or fuel to cook hi rice, he cut down a tree, which happened to be full of dead berrle. His meal being cooked and enteu, the traveler discovered that the half-burned berries were very fragrant Collecting a number of these ani emalilng them with a stone, he found that their aroma hnd Increased to a great extent. While wondering at this he accidentally let full the substance Into a can which contained hla scant supply, of water. I.o, what a miracle! The almost putrid liquid wa Innmntly purified. Ho brought It to bla lips; It wua fresh, agreeable, ntid In a moment after tbo traveler hnd ao far recovered hla strength and energy as to be able to remmie bis journey. The lucky Arab gathered us nuuy berries at he could, and, bnvlng arrived nt Ardnii, In Ara bia, lie Informed the mulftl v,f his dis covery. Thla worthy divine wna nn lu veternte opium smoker, who had been suffering for .veins from the effects of Hint poisonous drug. He tried nn" In fualou of the rousted berries and vvns so delighted at the recovery of his owu vigor that, tn gratitude to tbo tree he culled It cabunlij which In Arabic sig nifies force. They Ar Aertcan Product, bt MccaW Oriental Treatment. The lrana-Amertcan railway ha their aleut In all part of the world- commercial geut. Industrial agent. tourist agent, livestock agent, car ervtc agent, aud Oriental ageul, well at the regular aasortmctit and rlcty of freight aud passenger agent. Th Orteutal ageut of the Great North ern Hallway lu thla city Is Moy Wu Ten, a highly Interesting Chinaman, who carrle tn hi pocket a handful of Chinese peanut with which, from time to time, be regale hi friends. In the midst of business he auddenly con ceala bla band beneath his blouse aud asks, "Will you try a Chluese peauutT" The hand, soft aa thut a of geotle maid en, reapear with the nuts, aud you tre tempted. You yield with pleasure, teceptlng one. It reaeuibles the native "goober," which ex-Governor Campbell failed to corner, but la th most doll clout morsel In the hut shape that you ever tasted. Mr. Moy laughingly telle you, when you ask where more uuta can be bad, that they are uot Chinese peanut at all, but the famlllur old Virginia "goolier" prepared In the Chinese fash ion. "We take the raw nut," bo ex nlalus. "and dry It perfectly In tbo sun, leaving It mauy day on the house top. Then we oak It In wilt water-brine you call It-for three daya. after which we again dry It thoroughly.' Thl tuny lake a week. Then we put It Jn an oven In a Dan of very hot aand, and contluually ttlr until It ta cooked well done. That la - Nothing could be more lmple. The peanut the Italian roast In their heet lron cyllnder-no Chinaman would touch one! We say Chlneae peanut to have fun with our frlenda. There are no Chinese peanut. -New York Press. In the Obi World the tparrow col lect In great flocks lu autumn to feed upon th ripened grain, and tbt habit, or liitln't, to congregate atlll linger, Although It may be of no direct utility to the bird In their Ne World envi ron incut. , Thl conflict between en and land I golug on all over lb world. On tomt const th gnlna ileadlly, on otb era the land. In atlll other reglotn th Issue It wavering or doubtful, but tn aee. I easily victor on th west coast of France. M. Uul Boutan, of Parte, ba taken photograph t a depth of HO feet un der water. II expects to ltmpt pho tographing at a depth of three hundred feet and more, apparatu to be t down to that depih, the light being provided by ao electric battery. An American euglueer, Mr. W. H. Holmes, wbo hai recently returned from Korea, deserilwa a most admir able and useful the system that bat tmen In vogue there for many centurtet of keeping aa accurate record of th flow of river. Mr. Holme engaged tn bridging a river whose record ror ow year bad been kept uubroken. It wa explalued that Ibe history of the river previous to th beginning of the exist ing record bad unfortunately been de stroyed ly nM- The first discovery of natural gas west of Hie Mississippi Illver wat made at Cberryvaie, Kausiis, lu tHul, and this fortunate little city la probably the first to utilize. Its gna lu sounding fir alarms. The Mre alnrm licll wa de stroyed last April by the burning of a church, aud the Cherryvale Water Compnuy offered a large steam w histle to take it place. The wbUtlo wai at tached by a twoluch plie to the gat mln, aud the pressure of more than 0 pound to the square Inch produce a sound that Is described at "almply terrlflc." Oue of the methods of protecting broad gras bind from fire I to burn a wath called a "llreguard" around the area to b protected. A Montana stockman siiggesis that thl offer good opportunity for Inventors to da vit a machine which, passing over the ground Ilk a horse-rake, shall burn the grass clean from a apace about eight or teu feet III width. Already an BpprMua of litis kind baa teen Invent ed, bxiug gasoline to act the grass on Are and a train of steel brushes to ex tinguish It before It has spread beyond the pro-r limits, but the stockman thinks tint a cheaper machine can be made. "Flre-guarda" fifty tiillee, or more, In length, are desirable. 4'rofessor Llrelng and Professor He wer have recently established conclu sively the fact Hint both hydrogen and helium exist In a fire atate In th earth' atmosphere, a point which ba hitherto been disputed. Their Inveati gatlon waa conducted by meant of liquid air. After removing from th air every tram of ultrogen, argon and the couipouud of carbon, they found among the spectral line given by the residual gases not only those of hydro gen and helium, which ahowed with great brilliancy, but also traces of neou, and niinieroua other llnea not Identifiable, allowing that the composi tion of the air la much more complex than tins heretofore been supposed. Conjuring the Shark. In tbo Persian gulf the divert have a curlotia way of opeulug the season. They depend Implicitly upon the ahork coujurera, aud will not descend with out their presence. To meet thla dif ficulty the government I obliged to hire the charmer to divert the atten tion of the sharks from the fleet. A the seosou approachce vast uumlicrs of native gather along the ahore and erect htita and tent aud baxaar. At the opportune inoment-nminlly at inldnlgTit, o aa to reach I he oyster hanks at auurlne the fleet, to the number of eighty or 100 bonta, put out to aca. 1-ach of these boat carries two diver, a steersman and a shark charmer aud I manned by eight or len rower. Other conjurers remain on ahore, twisting their bodlea and J mumbling Incantation to divert the sharks. In case a mun-cater Is perverse enough to disregard the charm and at tack a diver, nn alarm Is glveu, and no other diver will descend on that day. The power of the conjurer I believed to bo hereditary and the etti ency of hi Incantations to be wholly Independent of hla religious fnltb. I.lpplncotf Magaxlne. A lry Bath. A Scotchman wnt once advised to take howerbntb. A friend explnlucd to him bow to fit oue tip by the use of a clsteru and a colander, and -Sandy accordingly et to work and had the thing doue at once. Subsequently tie was met by the friend who had given him the ndvlee, and, being asked bow he enjoyed the bath, "Man," he said, "It was flue! I Uked It rule weel, and keot myaelf quite dry, too." Ueing asked how be managed to take the shower aud yet remain dry, ne ivpuea: "Dod, ye dluna surely thluk 1 wits sne daft at stand below the water wit hoot an umbrella ?"-Londun Tlt-Itlta. Nice Uncle Peter. The Mall and Breeze recouuts the case of a kindly old farmer near Wellsvlllo, lu Frnuklln County, who has poBted the following notice on a tree on bit farm: When I was young nnd In my prime, my father's darling boy, To shoot, and hunt, and sport, and swim, I always did enjoy; I always tried to do whnt'a right aud never to do harm, So yon can shoot, and hunt, and swim on Undo rows iimu. -Kansas City Journal. Potatoes, piiranlpM, carrots, .turtilps and artichokes are highly uiitrltlous, lint uot so dlgeatlblo as aotne vegeta ble!. Potatoes are the most nourishing and are fattening for nervous people. In 1800 nil turglcol operation! were performed without the use of anesthe tic. The use of chloroform was not discovered until 1847. Ether was first used to deaden pain In 1846. Chinese Itoaarle. Some Chinese rosaries are made of wooden bends, with leather tassela, on which nre small brass rings, and are finished at tbo ends with brass orna ments and tags of leather. Women Worker of Ili ttaln. In proportion to Its population, the United Kingdom has a greater number of women workers than nny country, and among them no fewer than 010, 000 are eet down as dressmakers. Most girls can ploy the piano Just enough to spoil them for housework. MISTAKES THAT PAID WELL Error that Brought Profit to the Peo- p i Wbo Made Them. Mistakes do uot alway turu out to work to the detriment of. those wbo nuke them; ometlme tbey nre golden aud put a pretty penuy In the pocket Vi VUW uiuuucicta . . u v u w .uw tbo Eclipse stake at Sandown eight year ago the Prince of Wale tent hit friend Mr. Courthope to lay a bet on a bore called Orvleto. Hut Mr. Court hope misunderstood the name and placed the Prince's money ou Orme. When Orme came In a good wlnuer the Prluce thought, of course, that he had lost. Instead of which be bad won 130, tJ0. , A lucky mistake wa that which re sulted In the opening of the famous Ntemfonleln gold mine iu South Africa and the making of $30,00(1.000. It wa an error that saved a score of people from ruin aud made wealthy meu of them, for the original Inteutlon of twen ty poor men who were seeking fortune wa to buy a mine called the Reusnek farm. The prospector who examined this farm found that It gave great promise of a rich mlues, nnd they com missioned an agent to buy it tor u.- 000. The agent, however, got mixeu and made a hopeless blunder, through not knowing his district well, ue bought another place, called Nlersfou teln, for the prospectors, nnd the money was paid over before the dismayed gold seekers found they were let tn for a place they did uot want. They re fused to accept the deal, but the money bad beeu paid, aud retraction was Im possible. Worst of all, some outside people profited by the error and snapped up the coveted Rensnek. Before going to law to repudiate the transaction the little company had ft look at the despised Nlersfouielu place, and, on giving a trial to It. they found It worth while to haHg on. The other (,tnce the Rensnek gave out within a fortnight aud ruined the company which had bought It, while Xlersfonv teln become a uingntfleeut mine and ha yielded over f30.000.000. RECENT JUDICIAL DEcisiONS. Negligent handling of a derrick near a rnllrond track by employes of the State Is held, In New York, N. H. & H. R. Co. vs. Baker (C. C. A. 2d C), BO I U. A. 201, not sufficient to make the railroad company liable for Injuries to a passenger on a train who was In jured In consequence. Municipal giant to a street-railway company of the privilege of using It streets for the conveyance of electricity i. , nini-baliiirir Kl,irlrlr f.lirht IB unu, ... v"-- -a o - Co. vs. Clarksburg (W. Y-). 50 L. R. A. 112, to constitute a valid franchise and contract within the protection o( the Federal constitution; but an at tempt to make such franchise exclusive) waa held void. The administrator of oue who during the owner's lifetime died in possession of chattels, under au agreement by which she was to havo the use of them during her life, and that of the owner. Is held, In Salter vs. Sutherland (Mich.), 60 L. R. A. 140, to have no title which will support an action for their posses sion against a third person who wrong fully took possession of them after the) death of the bailee. If you amount to more than your neighbor, did you ever think that It may be because you had the good luck to bang on the sunny side of the walll trneu I go to o womap," s i