WHEN I WAS A BAREFOOT ROVER.
Ob, tbe spoil and greed in the world of
men
And the strife that lives forever,
Are lost in the ways and dear old days
That the years can never sever.
I'd pass the haunts and marts of men,
And all its joys, moreover,
To live and dream one boyish dream
When I was a barefoot rover.
The shady lime, by the rip'uing grain,
And the meadows nuaiu to wander
The willow'd rill beyond the hill,
To the pickerel pond "down yonder."
To lie in the cool of the shade and dream
My youthful dreams all over,
I'd give all the world 1ms doled to me
To be a barefoot rover.
The bees and birds, the lowing herds.
The muddy cattle wallow;
The hollow stump where squirrels, slunk
And the nuts in "chipmunk hollow,"
The faint, sweet smell from the ferny dell
Where the wild How'rs used to hover,
And the woods, and brooks, and secret
nooks
Were mine a barefoot rover.
The chirp of birds, the lowing herds,
And the bumble bees' dull droning
Is music wall'd from the surging throng
With its never censing moaning.
And I'd pass the haunts and marts of men,
And iU arts and joys, moreover,
To lie ami dream one boyish dreaf
When 1 was a barefoot rover.
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orable year 18(11,
and I wh caught
In tbe current, though at college, and
with nearly all my class enlisted among
the first volunteers. My health not be
ing very robust, Instead of receiving or
ders for field service, I was commis
sioned to (111 u place In a disbursement
ollice.
One day I was summoned Into the
presence or my commanding officer and
told I was to accompany Capt. McKey
(we will cull blin) to a certain city for
money to pity the troops. The sum
was $100,0(10. We were given particu
lar directions ns to our going and corn
lug. The distance was so great we
were obliged to stay over night on the
route. A large city was selected uud
we were advised ns to the hotel.
When we reached our destination
('apt. McKay produced an old black
bug for our precious burden. It was
not an ordinary old wornout ling such
a one us nu officer might have used tin
til the gloss was gone and the edges
were white. Thorp was no air of an
dent respectability about It. Since It
was new much time must have elapsed.
and heavy wear must have beeu Its
portion, Judging from the patches
which were not of the same kind of
shiny black leather as the primitive
article
The Cnnlnln carried the bng and 1
watched the Captain. When the num
Iters traveling admitted of It, I took a
seat Just behind him; otherwise we sat
together.
I rather enjoyed bearing the com
melits of our fellow travelers on the
Captain nud his bag. One young lady
said to her companion: "If that nice
looking captain has a wife she ought
to be ashamed of herself for allowing
her btislmtid to curry such u fui'u.us
looking old bug!"
A couple of lads returning from
school took the sent vacated by the la
dies, and after they were settled they
commenced to look about them, and
one said to the other: "What's that
feller's rani; 7"
"Which one?" asked his companion.
"The one w it li the bug'" After study
ing some time he replied, "Brevet col
onel, I believe."
"Brevet Jnck-n nnpes!" exclaimed the
first loy. "1 believe he's h low-downer,
something like an 'orderly' or an 'ad
jutant.' "
"No, sir-roe, sir; he's a 'brevet of
some kind. Didn't we have the expla
nation of 'brevet' the other day lu class
as a commission which entitles an offi
cer to rank nbove his pay? Now that
feller ranks above his pay, which ac
counts for bis uniform's being first
class, for I'ncle Sam settles t tie bills.
Hut his pay does not allow hliu to have
other nice things like bags and
things."
Aside from remarks, we met with no
adventure, and reached the hotel where
we were to spend the n ,,'ht about ! In
tbe evening. We had determined to
avoid exciting remarks by making tin
necessary requirements atKnit our
room, so simply asking for a room In
the quiet part of the hotel where we
could sleep In the morning, we were
shown to one of n suite. We realized
we had made a mistake In this piirtlcti
lar when we wore alone, end com
menced to make plans for barricading,
ns the room had three doors to be
looked after.
"Now what will we do to the win-
flows?" iisueit t apt. McKay, as we
stood In our shirt sleeves, all heat
from our exertion of moving n heavy
mahognny bedstead without rollers In
front of one door, a marble-topped
washstamt In front of another and a
marble-topped bureau (also without
rasters! In front of the third.
I considered myself something of
senilis about a house, so I replied i lu1'
fully: "I think 1 can tlx the w'ndowa
nil right."
I took the chairs and the towel rack
nouie empty pustclmaril boxes found lu
the closet and a bamboo whatnot and
erected a pyramid between the wi'l
flows, sty lilea was to construct an
easily moved something so that htiy
one trying to enter by the wlndov
would give premonitory symptoms by
grand overthrow. The pyramid uot
being high euotigh, I bethought me of
the window shades. An unfortuaaie
thought, for I lamed my thumb and
skinned several fingers trying to got
the shades down. But at length v.e
stood In admiring silence before a pyr
amid that at Its base took In both win
dows and at Its summit, by tbe aid of
the rolled up shades placed like an "A"
to form an apex, readied nearly to tha
top of the room. $We felt safe and re
tired for the night.
I was awakened by thinking a do
tachment of artillery and an avalanche
from the Matterhorn were attempting
to enter our windows at the same time.
1 gave a leap from the bed to ascertain
what was the matter, when I found
myself all enveloped in window shades
(they having selected that pleasing
moment to unwind after having rapped
me awake.
Capt. McKay assured me hai 1 made
use of various strong expressions as I
struggled to free myself. After the
closest scrutiny, we could discover ns
trace of any attempt having been made
to enter our room by the windows, but
sundry movings about overhead led us
to conclude our pyramid had received
its overthrow from Jars from that quar
ter.
"Morn, waked by the circling hours,
with rosy hand," had scurcely uubarred
the gates of light when I felt something
more vigorous than a "rosy hand hold
of my shoulder, and opening my eyes
saw the Captain's face pale and dis
tracted In front of mine and heard him
say in a voice trembling with emotion:
The bag is gone!"
"It cannot be!" I cried, springing up
in a frenzy of fear. But dlligen search
could not reveal its hiding place, There
stood the heavy mahogany bed before
oue door, the washstand and bureau be
fore the other two, undisturbed! The
dust on the window let pes and sash
seemed to prove that no one, not even
the chambermaid, bad Interfered with
them for some time.
"Let us get dressed and notify the
authorities of our loss," cried the Cap
tuln In a hoarse whisper.
Both of us started to obey this sug
gestion and made such speed as we
could, considering our oft-repeated ten
dencies to stop and search in probaJtde
and Improbable nooks for the lost. I
saw Capt. McKay pulling out the draw
er In the bamboo whatnot, large enough
to hold a writing pad with a few peu-
clls; while I Hew with a b"ot half-pulled
on to search the top shelf in the closet.
"I have looked there six times!" the
Captain cnlled out. "I shall be forever
disgraced," lie added with a groan.
And our brave boys, what will they
do for their pay!" I said feebly my Im
becility showing Itself In my alluding
to such a painful view of the subject
when the Captain was so overcome.
"Do you think I shall allow them to
lose a cent?" he asked, almost fiercely.
"No, sir! I have $1,000 lu the bank and
I'll use every bit of my puy and forfeit
my pension to "
Kiip-a-tap tap, came a summons to
open the door, befor- which the heavy
mahogany bed stood us an impenetra
ble fortification. I, with boot number
one on and number two halt on, and the
Captain, with oue arm lu his vest, has
tened to remove the obstruction with
us little noise us possible, feeling we
would rather not have It known how
much we had barricaded. Several more
rnps ca mo before we were ready, but
at length we opened the door and In the
dimness of a dark morning we saw a
hall liy with a Jug of water lu one
hand.
I took the water, while the Captain
said lu nn excited tone: "Boy, run
down quickly and tell the hotel clerk
to come up here! Why don't you start?"
he asked. Impatiently.
"Yes, I'm going, mister, but fust let
me ax ye If this Here is yourur At
that he held up his other hand and
there welueheld the old, shabby, but la-
'stlmnbly precious bag!
The Captalu nearly swooned with
Joy, wlille 1 had presence of mind to
tell the boy not to send up the clerk
nud to give him a sum of money thai
made him whistle all the way down the
hall. The boy explained that he picked
up the bag Just outside our door. Then
we remembered wheu the lock of the
door had proved refractory, the Cap
talu hud set It there, but neither of us
had noticed that it was not picked up
again, liiesseti no snnomnessi we
agreed, If It could accomplish the re
markable feat of preserving the sum
of $100,000 lu the hallway of u hotel so
ninny hours,
When the Captain and I had snffi
clcutly recovered from falling on each
other's necks and weeping tears of Joy
over the recovery of our treasure, the
Captain said: "I can trust you not to
tell this, I am sure, for if you do, and it
should reach the (ieneral's ears, It
would menu the loss of my commis
sion."
I'hat Is the reason 1 have waited until
tills time before giving the public this
episode of the war Orange Judd
Fanner.
"ELDER" SAM PRYOR.'
He's Been Preaching 9r 81 Years, and
Shows' No bigns of Stopping.
Born in the eighteenth century, sixty
years a slave, fifty years the husband
of a slave woman, thirty-four years the
husband of a free woman who was
once a slave, and eighty-one years a
preacher of the Gospel. These are
some of the experiences which one
man, and only one man in the world,
has undergone. That man is "Elder"
Sam I'ryor, who lives In Limestone
County, Alabama, about twenty-five
miles from Huntsville.
Elder Sam, or "Uncle Sara." as he Is
affectionately called by his "white
folks," was born In Albemarle County,
Virginia, Jan. 1, 1795. His first master
boas has paid us all he could afford
Anyhow, he's always treated us a!
though we were men. His wife am
daughter have been good friends b
our womenfolks, too. They've dom
the fair thing by us, all around, anc
we won't go back on 'em."
Here shines out that spirit of broth
erhood which, if -permitted to have its
way with men, will preserA the na
tion. "At the heart of the whole so
dal problem," a wise writer, has said
"is the quiet, homely personal servlct
whereby one helps another. No legls
lation. no shortening of hours noi I
lengthening of pay-rolls, no improve
ment of houses nor lessening of rents
no establishment of the 'co-operativt
commonwealth,' will make much bet
ter a situation which sorely needs bet
tering, without this individual effort,
When every privileged family Is min
lstering In some direct way to some
other family less privileged, then the
social millennium will begin to dawn."
KLONDIKE THORNS.
Torturt
"EI.DKB" SAM l'KYOK.
was Capt. John II. Harris, who served
in the Revolutionary war. His young
mistress, Isabella, married Capt. Luke
I'ryor, a lawyer of Athens, Ala., who
still lives at that plnev, and Is between
80 and 110 years of age. Sam was given
to her upon the occasion of her mar
riage, nnd thus became a I'ryor.
Elder Sam lives upon the I'ryor place
nnd Is a great favorite with the fan)'
lly. He has been preaching the Gospel
over eighty-one years, and is a Baptist
missionary. When asked how he came
to be a preacher, he said that he re
ceived a call from the Lord eighty-one
years ago the second Sunday of last
May.
But how did you know that yon
were called?"
"Wheu God converts a man he knows
it," was the reply, "and when he calls
ti man to preach the Gospel he knows
It."
The old man continued: "God wnnts
religion dat de water can't squench nnd
de fire can't squench; Jes like ef you
put down dat hat an' lilt go through de
tire an' come out jes' like It Is ain't
burnt up dat's a hat. Dat's do way
God wants a Christian to be."
FAMILIAR TRICK EXPLAINED.
How the Talking Heud Upon the Table
Is ArruiiKcd,
One of the most familiar optical
tricks is the talking head upon n ta
ble. The Illustration almost explains
Itself. The apparatus consists of a
mirror fixed to the diagonally opposite
legs of the table. The mirror hides
the body of the girl and by reflection
makes a fourth table leg appear. It
Entangling Vines Which
Weary Wayfarers.
II. Juneau, of Dodge City, Kan., who.
with his brother, Joseph Juneau, found
ed the town of Juneau, Alaska, now
counted as the .leading citizen of thf
famous territory, has an interesting
story to tell of the dark side of life on
the Upper Yukon. Mr. Juneau spent
several years In Alaska, and helped
lay out the streets of the town which
now bears his name.
In speaking of his early experience
In Alaska, Mr. Juneau said:
"I helped lay out the town In 1881,
and have been there several times
since. We first named the place liar-
risburg, but the people changed the
name after a year or two. I have found
the country full of disappointments.
nnd I don't want to paint the picture
too bright. Enough has uot been said
of the dark side.
It Is no place for men of weak con
stitution. The hardships to be encoun
tered require the strongest hearts and
sinews, as well.
"I have seen nothing published of
the fact that a large portion of the
country Is covered with a moss and
vine which contains sharp thorns, like
porcupine quills, with saw edges.
These will penetrate leather boots, and
when once In the flesh nothing but a
knife will remove them. These are
worse than the mosquito pest.
"Along the sea coast Alaska presents
a grand and picturesque view tor
miles in extent, from an ocean steam
er, it Is a good Idea to get acquainted
with Alaska and enjoy its scenery. It
is a grand country to visit, and Its
scenery surpasses any mountain scen
ery In the world. Travel on water can
be provided for In comfort, and be en
joyed without great risk or danger.
"Alaska is a country on edge. It is
so mountainous. Basins are mainly
filled with lee. The weather Is always
hard lu great extremes. When there Is
no ice there Is moss and devil's club,
the latter a vine that winds about ev
erything It can clutch. Persons walk
ing become entwined In a network of
moss and devil's club, and passage Is
extremely difficult nnd 'torturous,' as
well as tortuous." Detroit Free Tress.
ADVICE FOR THE THIN GIRL.
G
IRLS with slender proportions
are usually picked out by their
more heavily weighted friends
as persons to whom lots of advice
about increasing their avoirdupois
must be given. Probably a little in
formation on this 'subject will be val
uable. The candidate for added flesh
should get all the sleep possible from
nlue to ten hours. In addition, a nap
in the middle of the day will help.
While napping no stays, tight shoes or
bauds must be worn. If one cannot
sleen oue should lie down in a dark
ened loon) at least thirty minutes In
stead. In the mornings a cold plunge,
or at least a cold sponge, must be tak
en, dashing the water on the shoul
ders, neck and collarbone, drying with
a Turkish towel and avoiding heavy
clothing. A thin woman should avoid
cumbersome wraps, heavy - weight
dress goods nnd linings. She should
not tire herself bicycling, and she
should have plenty of fresh air. Diet
deserves a consideration. For some
drinking malt, liquors is u great help,
but many cannot stand it. A diet wiui
an eye to acquiring flesh should con
sist of liquids milk, water, but not
coffee and tea; no hot oreis, plenty
of butter and cheese and good cocoa.
The very thin woman should have five
meals a day, should eat marmalade
and plenty of warm milk r.nd cream.
Indeed, If warm milk Is drunk before
retiring it is in Itself almost a sure cure
for thinness. Above all, eat slowly and
never exercise until a half bcur after
meals.
other and more delicate way for the
face? Women can feel assured that by
a systematic, intelligent and persistent
physical culture of their skin and com
plexion the hollows in the cheeks, at
the temples, under the eyes and about
the chin, also the advent of the mucb
dread crowsfeet, can easily be post
poned many years.
Killed a Hnse Bear.
Miss Hattie M. Hichards, daughter
of a dry goods merchant who lives at
130 West 8(ith street, New York, killed
one of the biggest bears ever slain in
the Dead River region of Maine. Mr.
Richards left New York with his fam
ily to spend six weeks In his handsome
camp at Chain of Ponds, on the Megan
tic fish nnd game preserves, which con-
UJ
-rife
SUIC IS HIDDEN nr TDK MIKKOR.
also reflects the end of the fabric hang
ing down in front of the table nnd
makes it seem ns if part of the cloth
were also hanging over the rear end of
the table. Then, too, the mirror re
fleets the floor so that the spectator
seems to be looking right under the
table and thinks he can see the floor be
vond It. The girl's head is thrust
through a hole in the table. Curiously
enough, the effect is more perfect when
the spectator Is quite near.
The King's Mlstnke.
Evidently the King of Slam is still
a good deal of a barbarian. If he had
profited as much by European Instruc
tion ns we have been told, he never
would have given such an absurd ex
cuse as he has lor deterring Ills visit
to the United States. It would take,
hi! says, six months at least to get an
Intelligent Idea of America and Ameri
cans, and, as he has only a few weeks
more to spare from affairs of state, he
is going to wait until he has more leis
ure! This will disgrace Chuinlongkorii
all over Europe, and ruin his laborious
ly acquired popularity. Any British,
French or German traveler would have
told 111 in that from three to six week:
here would enable a man of ordinary
Intelligence to know us inside and out
and set down the conclusion of the
whole matter In a big book. Haven't
they done it time and again, nnd aren't
they men of ordinary, very ordinary,
Intelligence? New York Times.
Hustles Here Aeuin.
When the Czar of Russia and the
President of France embraced at Crou
stadt roads they didn't dream that
their affectionate
greeting would
change the shape
of the feminine
form all over the
civilized world.
But so It was, for
no sooner were the
significant tidings
flashed over the
wires than the
SETS THK SKIRT. Clever iuubiuu
fashion-makers went to work to estab
lish the vogue of the Russiou blouse!
Now the Russian blouse, as all the world
kuows, is a baggy, puffy, sloppy look
ing garment, hiding all curves of the
human form divineand giving a general
air of limpness to Its wearer. This
effect on the figure must be remedied
somehow and bustles and hip pads
seem to be the only
counteracting In
fluence. So they
are selling rapidly.
Made of hair or
wire and ranging
In length from six
inches to the length hip iiiisri.K.
of the dress skirt, they are supposed to
give the proper'"set" to the skirt, while
the pads for the hips accentuate the
smallness of the waist, and so give the
desired hour-glass effect which is deem
ed necessary to emphasize the beauty
of the fashionable Russian blouse.
MISS IIATTIB M. HICHARDS.
Hovenle t by the Microscope.
A ready means of distinguishing be
tween fresh meat and that which has
been frozen, u writer points out, is fur
nished by the microscope. A small
quantity of the blood or meat Juice Is
examined, and if this is from fresh tlesh
numerous red corpuscles normal lu col
or and Homing In clear serum are seen;
while In the case of blood from flesh
that has been preserved by freezing the
corpuscles have dissolved In the serum,
and not a single normal red corpuscle
can be seen. The liquid must lie ex
umiticd beforo there has been any dry
ing. YoiiRir Indians as Fanners.
Out of r70 Indian Ih.vs and girls late
ly nt the Indian Industrial School nt
Carlisle only B4 are there now. The
other 400 are out among the farmers of
the State helping to harvest the crops.
There Is one thing that gets a man
Into more trouble than love; carrying
a pistol, and looking for a fight.
The Head Wuiir ss.
The head waitress is beginning to ri
vn I the proverbial theological student
In the dining-rooms of New England
hotels. She occasionally appears In
New Jersey. In a noted hostelry lu the
Berkshire hills the long dining-room
acknowledges the benignant sway of
the head waitress. Clothed entirely In
black, with only a Hue of white at
tluoat and wrists, her costume Is dif
ferentiated from the uniform of her
troop of assistants. All the other wai
tresses are In white duck or pique, stif
fly starched (no flimsy organdies or
Victorian lawns being usedi.
Along the long wall of the dining-
room is a row of well-separated high
stools. There Is one by each table, and
on this the waitress Is perched when
not attending to her table. It looks odd
Ht first to see them perched up high
when not on duty, but hotel guests are
not always punctual at coming to
meals, and the arrangement Is thor
oughly humane. The height of the
seat and Its position prevent what
would appear ns a breach of etiquette
did the waitress take one of the table
chairs. The fashion Introduced Is a
sensible innovation.-Philadelphia Record.
Travels Like a He- I Horse.
People are still at work Inventing
queer devices. A Detroit man has in
vented and patented a mechanical
horse which he designed to be propell
ed by a pedal chain arrangement. This
extends back to the carriage, which the
horse draws after it, covering the.
A MACHINE STF.KD.
ground with a lifelike motion of the
legs. The gait Is said to be very nat
ural and true to life.
Fair Play.
That Is a suggestive "strike story"
which comes from a Western State,
whose leading industry has of late beeu
seriously Imperiled. One employer's
hands refused to :go out" when others
did. "No," they said; "we believe the
Of Course.
"And so Dr. Cutting, the eminent
appendicitis expert, is dead? Dear!
dear! That's u severe loss to our com
munity. What was the matter with
him?"
"He swallowed a peachstone, and It
cot stuck somewhere." Clevelaud
Plalndcaler.
Told the Truth.
"See here. That horse you sold me
runs away, kicks, bites, strikes and
tries to tear down the stable at night.
You told me that If I got him once I
wouldn't part with him for $1,000."
"Well, you won't," Detroit Free
Press.
A woman who loves her husband
never attempts any explanation of why
she married him.
An Idcut Hostess,
She must never look bored.
She must make you feel perfectly at
home.
She must know how to get congenial
people together.
She must never let any one be stignt-
ed or overlooked.
She must bo perfectly unselfish nbc t
her own pleasures.
She must know how to keep conver
sation always going.
She must make you feel Individually
that you are the favored guest.
She must see everything, nud yet
possess the art of seeming to see noth
ing.
She must know when to ask the
amateur musician to dlsplar his or her
talents.
She must remember thnt nothing is
bo tiresome, so surely death to nil en
Joy ment, ns the feeling that oue Is be
ing entertained.
Fen t her Hons.
Feather boas are still very fashiona
ble; they must never meet under the
chm, ns they shorten the neck; they
should be Invisibly fastened on each
side to frame the face and protect the
back of the neck and ears, which Is
really all that Is needed. Neck ruffles
are popular also In three shades of rose
or lavender chiffon, silk, muslin or rio
bons. edged with velvet or gold braid.
Tnese niched collaret'es are prettier
for very young girls than the feuther
boas.
Restoring the Complexion.
If the complexion has been neglected
or Injured by the use of poisonous cos
metics or soaps, nnd It Is desired to re
store it to Its former healthful condi
tion, It must be done by administering
the proper food and nourishment to the
huugry pores nnd relaxed muscles. Is
It not reasonable that what can be done
(or the body can also be doue In an
slst of 250 square miles of the choice
hunting ground in Maine. Miss Rich
ards carried a rifle that had been made
expressly for her. She Is familiar with
the use of firearms, and has oftem
brought down deer, but this was the
first time she had had a chance to
tackle n bear. Suddenly there was a
loud cracking of the underbush, and
looking In thnt direction she saw a
huge black bear coming toward her.
Bruin trotted along in blissful ignor
ance of the presence of the young wo
man with rifle raised waiting for him.
When lie had approached to within 200
feet of her she fired. The bullet struck
the bear in the neck and made a bad
wound, which caused the animal to
grow very savage. It made a rush for
the girl, but when it was about seventy
feet away Miss Richards' rifle cracked
again nnd the bullet hit the benr behind
the ear and killed it. The bear was an
old fellow and weighed more than 400
pounds. Guides said it was the largest
killed In the Dead River region in
years.
Paris Skirts.
In Paris skirts are made with five
and six gores respectively. The latter,
measuring about four and a half yarns
round, is the most popular. Horsehair
interlining Is de rlgeur ami, to give
additional "spring" to these skirts,
French modistes stitch the horsehair
In with each seam, and while perfectly
flat and tight about hips and back the
newest skirts are more buoyant and
Irrepressible than ever at the hem.
Vocations of French Women.
French statistics show that there art
now 2,1!)0 women In France who earn
their living as authors or by writing for
newspapers, while there are only 700
painters and sculptors of that sex.
Among the writers are 1,000 novelists,
200 lyric poets and ISO who publish
children's stories and educational
works.
Latest Fad.
' Taxidermy Is one of the latest fad
of New York women. It Is said that
Mrs. Jack Astor started the fashion by
learning the nrt in order that she couW
preserve with her own bands the
feathered trophies of her hunting expeditions.
The Train Now Worn.
The train has arrived and fair ladies
will wear it this winter for home, din
ner nnd evenings, while even walking
gowns betray a tendency to to swees
microbes from the street.
Women of Finland.
In Finland women have the right of
suffrage. They usurp men's privileged
and are carpenters, paperhangera,
bricklayers and slaughterers.
Kvcry mother knows how . ard It Is
to put on a child's rubbers over bis
heavy shoes, and many a nurse will
testify to a bent thumb nail and an
abraded finger received during thte
troublesome performance. Oue mother
discovered by accident tuat by the use
of a shoe-horn the fractious rubber be
came amenable to treatment She slips
the shoe-horn Into the back of the rub
ber while the child presses bis foot
down, and lo! the overshoe Is on, sure
and firm, and the mother's temper and
fingers unharmed. It Is a trick that to
worth the trying.