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POORHOUSEl MLACE
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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."
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THE VETERANS' It,
INO OF FAMOUS HOSTELRY,
Betel Vkin Parnell Irw Vp Irish
Caaspjlin Plaet.
Morrinoti'i Ilotel, one of the old land
mark! of Dublin, la being raxed to tbt
ground to ifford a lit for office for an
tnaiiranca coinnnnr. Th building tin
' historic associations for Irtshmeu, aud
wn otic imoug th best patronlxua
and moat popular hotel In Dubltii. It
wa fatuous aa Paruell retort.
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
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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