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WHY HE COMES NOT. 6he ninti I Ht llin rrlun ar.ta to nlglit; Nn wir.l doc tlm tnii'il'-n ouk, V... a . . Hnnnui ll.rl, Jill I IIU TJ'ft I 1(111 ... Itll ...... w. .. V. Ami a teardrop irlcama like rfmiiionii br.jrht V j ilia i uou ut nor fuiTui v iiv l , Tli ft tun In bin Rlor has Ion since set, Tin' rob n Inn conn-d b Mnir: Willi tin) f nllinjr tli' it I Im Ii-ttvei aro wot, The hour In punt hihI he comoa not yet, Oil, why (loot he atuy so loon? In vain ahoseok to reatraln her tear An the urucioin moiiienl fleet; Ami her heart la Mind wlih double ami foars, A he lieujnlnir atiimla and utraina bur oar For the found of bur lorur'l feet. Oh, twautooua mnld at the garden gate, I pltjr thy woeful plight : nut ifnt then In, fur the hour la late, for thy lovcr'acoiniiitf no longer wait, He will not appear to n rht. Fain would tha youth to Hit sMo have flown. Hut ho hadn't a cliiinire or clothpa. For lila WHahorwoiimn, lir patience irono, 'J'o hi ahlrla mid collar and coirs bold on Till be paya up tbo bill he own, IhitUm Courier. WKOXGLY SENTENCED. An Innocent Man Bet Froo Af ter Five Years' Confine ment. A dory That Rhow Hoir Mlalradlna; Clr eumntunllul 4lili-nc May lie The I)4iigr nf Kntlroly Kelyliiff on Such Teatlniony. "The hardships anil wrongs inHicteJ by convictions upon circumstantial evi dence and mistaken identity aro well illustrated in a caso wh;ch cnnie under my not'eo and with which I had some thing to do, which shows its uncertain ty and tho danger of relying entirely upon such testimony, however clear and convincing," remarked Matthew Adams, ba'diiTof the Colorado Supreme Court, to a press representative. Con tinuing, he said: "In 1878 there was a man by the name of Mills arrested in Portland, Mo., lor arson, and delivered' by the oilicer liiaking the arrest into my custody as SheriQ of the county. lie was charged with setting tire to tho dwelling in which he then resided, bolonglng toono Haley. Mills was earnest and eloquent iu his denial of any knowludo of the origin of the lire. Ho was well and favorably known as a law abiding and industrious citizen, enjoying tho conti dence of the community, and his neighbors wore loath to belief him guilty of a capital crime. "llis protest at ons of innocence were of no nva 1. and. upon examination, the polico mag'strate found 'probable causo' tind lie was held without bail to await tho action of tho grand jury. Some weeks elapsed before his indictment and time of trial, and I had frequent con versations with him relating to tho cir cumstances of tho (ho. H' modest, quiet mannor and gentlemanly deport ment while tinder my Charge, and his apparently honest and straightforward statement asserting his entire ignorance of the crimo, exerted my sympathy in bis behalf, and 1 became convinced that bo was Innocent, and that tho real crim inal was still at largo and unknown to the ollleors. "Nothing occurred which throw any new light upon the crimo, and the com munity gouerally canto tolHevo in his ' guilt. J'ho grand jury returned an in dictment for arson against him. 'setting lire to a 1 welling homo in tho night f time, with intent to burn tho same.' tor which tho punishment under the laws of that State was death. "lie was put upon his trial under tlio iiid'etment.' Ho was defended by emi nent and ablo counsel, and tho trial jury was composed of upright and intelli gent citrons, some ot whom knew him well. "His trial consumed soven days, and lur'::g tho whole time lie sat with calm, pule face, watching it progress with nppniont indilVerenoo. Ilis wife anil lovely daughter his only child met him ovorv morning as ho was brought from tlio ja 1 to the court-room, and tliov both sat lv his side through all tho hours of each day, showng a devotion and loving solicitude that was pathetic. He was a promt man mid ono could see that liekeenlv felt tho humili ation and st gum of tlio occasion," but lid was a bravo man, and faced the charge with an unflinching conlidence that ho would bo llnally a :iUittod. The testimony and argument of the counsel was concluded; tlio orj charge of tho , court to tho jury was given and the jury ref rod. ' "During thoir deliberation upon tho verdict which would restore him to liberty and tho bosom of his family or to a solitary coll and linal execution, ' i M;n ...... .,.,. ii ,.... ,.,i U'k,,. 4,11119 n(H itj M 'rti (Til ii l ii ii nil,, uu. vi lii'll tho jury finally broiigh in thoir verdict of guilty the unfortunate man seemed stunned for a moment and his wife was so overcome that the ollieers were obliged to remove her. while his dnugh . ter, with loving devotion, remained by her father's s ilo, her hand in his, trying to choer and comfort him. An appeal was taken to the Supremo Court, pend ing which Mills was remanded to the custody of the jniler to await tho judg ment of the appelate court Upon re view, tho Supreme Court aflirmed the 'judgment. Nothing now remained for tho trial court to do but to pass the dread sen tence, Mills was again brought into court and was sentenced to ono year's solitary imprisonment and then to bo banged by the neck until ho bo dead, and 'may (!od have mercy on vour soul' were the final words that fell from the lips of the presiding judge, like a ' knell on tho poor condemned man's bust Lope. "It became my duty, under tho man date of tho cjjurt. to remove him to the Slate prison iu execution of tho sen tence. I will not dwell upon tho agony 'of the final parting from his wife and daughter at the jail, while both clung to him in an agony of despair. With a voice full of love and tondernessho told them to Iwof good cheer, to bo hope ful, that ho was innocent and siwn he would return to them again; and com mending them to his Heavenly Father, who had said, 'I will never leave thee V nor forsake thee,' ho turned to mo and aid he was ready to go. "There were live other prisoners who bad leen sentenced to various terms at , bard labor, also awaiting removal- to ,tho jicuitentiary. We took evening passage by steamer tor KooKiann. i Ironed the live together, placing them iu tin' cabin on main deck. After the moor'ngs were cast oft I invited Mills upon the ijuartor deck. I did not placo tho irons upon his wrsts. not that I do- red or intended to give him more lib erty or bett-r treatment than that ex tended to the other prisoners on board, but looking upon hipi more as an un fortunate victim of c rcurastanoos than as a felon. I shrank from driving the iron deeper in his soul. "The steamer had passed through the main channel, rounded hile Head, and was well out to sea. when wo reached the tipper dock: the city's lights were far behind us; tho clear rays of the -cape light' lent a brilliancy along tho steamer s course, and tho water's glassy surface looked like burnished s lver. Tho moon was shining clear and bright "No ono could be seen as wo paced the deck fore and aft exc pt tho helms man at tho wheel and tho watch oji the starboard bow Mills was calm, but there win d 'spa r in h:s every move mcnt and written in every linenment of bis pa'n face. In a lew hours 1 should deliver him to tho warden toenternpon his solitary confinement before execu tion of the death sentence. "We wore standing alone just abaft tho wheelhouse, looking out upon the moonlit waters, when 1 turned, and. standing before him with one hand npon his shoulder, I reminded him that he had been under my charge for several months; that during all that time h s deM)rtniont had been unexceptionable; that ho had been granted a fair and im part al trial he had neon ueleniwt bv able and honest counsel and whilt I doubted his guilt, tho presumption was too great and the eridence, though circumstantial, too strong for tho jury to report a different verdict from the one announrcil, and I sa'd to him lie could have no hope of executive clem ency in h;s behalf; that be was guilty because tho jury had so declared and the court had so adjudged, and nothing could be gained now bv falsehood or equivocation. I charged him to tell me the truth relating to the fire, and the poor condemned man quickly turned toward me, the light sea breeze fanning tho eray locks back from his brow, while tho reflection of the pale moon lont a woirdness to his faco. so full ol despair, and resting one hand upon my shoulder, and w.th tho other raised to ward heaven, ho said: " 'Realizing tho awful doom awaiting me that after tho year of anguish aud torture in my solitary cell, which is a part of the sentence pronounced upon mo, 1 mil to sutler an ignominous, dreadful death by my hope of heaven. I swear to you that I know no more how that tiro originated than yourself. Of what avail would falsehood be to iac now? I have received but kindness from you during ray months of impris onment. Jean not say that my trial was not a fair ono. 1 tind no fault with tho judge or jury, and ray counsel were untiring in their eHorts in my behalf. Yet I repeat and tha is all tbat is left mo now that as God hears mo that great Judge,, before whom I am soon to stand X am innocent "The poor man staggered like one blind, and sank to too deck. Never shall I forgot the agony dep:cted upon his upturned face at that moment. His earnestness and his solemn words im pressed mo withawo. I could no longer doubt hie innocence, and then I made a vow that I would do all in my power to savo him from tho gallows. "1 delivered him, with tho other primers I had in chargo. to the warden ot the pron, with pnpers ot commit ment, I could make no stay, as the ooieh was waiting for my return to the steamer. 1 hurriedly bndo him good bye, anil to be bravo, that. I would not forget him. It was pitiful to soo that strong man cling to me, weeping like a child, until ho was forcibly removed by the turnkey. ' "Upon my return to Portland I at onco conferred with tho county attor ney, and communicated to him mv ex- per once and my firm belief in Mills' Innocence. Ho heartily seconded my ell'orts. and wo soon had a portion signed by tho judge who prs.ded at tho trial, eleven of tho jury who composed tho trial panel, tho count v attorney, and nenrly all tho county and city olticers, with a largo number of prominent citi zens. Tho prayer of tho jetition was that tho Governor commute his sen tence to imprisonment for life. It was presented to his counsel, the Govemos granted tho prayer, aud Mills liio was saved. "Some five years later, at nino o'clock in tho morning, a white-haired man, weighed down with sorrow, came inio my ollico and inquired for mo. An ap parent stranger stood in tho doorway, lie looked earnestly for a moment, and, sowing no recognition in my face, w.th a sad. tremulous vo'co, ho said: 'Is it possiblo you have forgotten mo?' Not until then did I know that lie was tho same man who live years before had been convicted and sentenced to .death for a crime he never committed. Notic ing my astonishment at seeing him again in Portland and at liberty, he at onco explained that the warden 'had re ceived a telegram from tho Governor ordering his Immediate and uncondi tional release "In explanation of this action by the cxeoutive, I will simply state that some years after Mills' conviction a notorious character was arrested in the city for highway robbery, for which he was in dicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced to thirteen years at hard labor, and was confined in'the srtiie penitentiary where Mills had so long suffered. "His dissipated habits had already destroyed his health, consequently he soon broke down under tho rigofs of prison discipline. Heath was fast ap proaching him; its terrors aroused his scarred conscience to right a terrible wrong. Having sent for the warden, the dying criminal confessed that it was be who had set lire to the dwelling bv throwing a roll of cloth saturated with petroleum through tho window and under the bed of the sleeping occupants; that bo was incited to inflict this cruel wrong upon Mills in revenge for an old time grudge and enmity against him. "The saddest part of it all was that after having endured all these years of punishment ho came back to tind his daughter and only child dead, and his faithful, loving, devoted wife totally blind. "Circumstantial evidence, while In its jenerai cnaracter often seems more re lialilo than tho oral testimony of living witnesses, who may btj prejudiced or uribed, is, nevertheless, sometimes too itrong proves too much, and is liable to be misused." Denver Tribune-lie-lublicun. THE CHARTER OAK. HMorlo! Tree to Ha Found In All Fart or the World. On August 20, 1858. was blown down the famous oak called Charter Oak, a tree which for many years was the ob ject of veneration, because it was be lieved that it had been the means of saving the charter of the State of Con necticut Tho Winfarthing Oak in En gland, now white and hollow, measur ing some seventy feet in cirouruferonco and capable of holding in its cavity not fewer than thirty persons, was called the Old Oak as far back as the days of William the CViniUoror. What is known as tho Salcey Foret Oak, a really pict uresque ruin, and tbo object of many pilgrimages, is supposed to be 1.600 years old. It measures fortv-seven feet round near the ground, and has a cav ity fourten feet eight inches, and is twenty-ii n feot in circumference in side 'TheChan-'os Oak. nenr South gale, on the grounds of Michendon llotwo. is sixty feet high and eighteen feet three inches in diameter. W hen in fnll fol age it forms a magnificent nat ural canopy, and has tho appearance of a gigantic tent. In 1788. there fell to the ground one of the oldest and most honored trees in England. It was called Mag lalen Oak, or the Great Oak of Oxford. It was called the Old Oak by way of distinction when Magdalen was founded; and it was supposed to have beea a sapling when Alfred the Great founded the univers'ty. There was at one time on Mount Etna a chestnut tree, which measured 204 foet in cir cumference; and in the hollow some country people contrived to construct a houso in which they lived. There is a yew tree near Staines, called the Oak crwyke Yew, which is supposed to beat least one thousand years old. It was at this tree Henry VIH. was in the habit of meeting Anno Holeyn, while she was residing at Staines, and within sight of it wss signed England's great charter. It measured twenty-seven feet eight inches. Remarkable trees are to be found in all tlio old countries. They are numerous in .France. Italy. Spain. Germany and Austria. At the site of Heliopofis, about seven or eight miles from Cairo, Egvpt the traveler is shown a tree, still in life, but dreadfully hacked w th the knives of strangers, where, according to traditioa, Joseph and Mary and the infant Jesus fouml a temporary resting place. Our own Wel lingtonias, 450 feet high, ski feet ii circumference, a date back a far, per haps, as the days when, as Dr. Lindley puts it, "Samson was slaying hi Philis tines." Time would fail, also, to tell of tho famous forests and parks and ave nues which have commanded the admi ration of many generation Brooklyn Eagle. A GREAT C4JAE. Three Warm; HerrUga-Ute Oae Elislr tor I.eve-tflidc Toiitfc. "O, go way!" he said, as the other boy bent over bird and asked the causo of his trouble. "Jim, have ye got a headache one o' them reglar old r ppers what draws vcr shoulders r ght up to yer ears?" ' "Naw!" "(Jot the ager?" Naw!" "Some b'g boy gin ye a lickin' for sass'n' him?" "Naw g'way!" "Jim, hain't' I yerpanlner? Can't ye trust yer best friend? Now, what is it? Are yo in luv?" "Urn:" "Is she beautiful!" "Yes." "Mich and tonv?" "You bet!" "And thero is a wide social gulf be tween you?" "Um yes." "And her parents aro implacable?" "Yes." "Then, Jim, cheer up. I'll stand by ye. I'll get a note to her. I'll help yo plan tho 'lopement I'll lend ve my ropo-laddor and Sunday coat and silver watch-chain, and I'll gin ve five nickels to help you out on a bridal tower. Come. Jim come down the alley and help roe eat a muskmelon aud three herrings. I've been there, and I know. When a gal's implacable dad stands be tween her and the kid who wants to call her his'n it takes herrings her rings with worms in em three for a cent to pull his pining soul back into tho socket. Come, oldpard." Detroit Free I'r&ss SIZING HIM UP. How an Experienced Mother Aarertalbed the Financial Standing of llrr Daughter's Lover. "What were you and that John Mur phy talking about so long last night?" asked Mrs. Chinkle of her daughter. "O, ho was tolling me about himself and his people, his hopes and aspira tions." "Um um, murmured the old lady, he told you all that did he?" "Yes, mamma; and he told mo what he was worth, too." The old lady became interested. "Ah." said she, "he told you that did he?" "Yes, mamma." "And bow much did he say ho was worth?" "Nothing, mamma." I thought so. or it wouldn't have taken him so long to tell it." "O, mamma pleaded the girl. "Don't 0, mamma' me," inter rupted the mother, "I know all about that sort of stock, and you can send hi in word that if he conies here again ho'd better wear a life preserver." Merchant Traveler. Sympathizing friend "Is it true, my dear .Mrs. urown, mat your nus band committed suicide?" Mrs. Urown (r. ccutly bereaved) "I am afraid it Si'mimtliirinir friend "What in is.' the world could have induced him to commit such a rash and desperate act?" Mrs. Prown "I haven't the f.iintest idea. I never knew John to do such a thing befora." X Y. Time. THE SPANISH J. A Un-Kiiey Who I!iln't Prnpne to It AlHi.fd Wlihunt Onfond'nf lllnnilf. A few days :nce a stranger from the unconverted wilds of the East where tenderfeet atta'n the r highest state of sensitiveness, camo out to Albuquerqus, New Mexico, to vis't a friend. While walking along Railroad Avenue he said to Irs friend: "There goes a man I met up at L Junta," giving tho J its natural pro nunciation. "You mean La Hunta." tho friend replied. "That is a Spanish name, and in that language j takes the sound of h." "Is that so? Well, I must try to catch onto that." After stro'l ng along a short distance further lie aked: Where are thio 'Jemes Springs, of which I see so mu m in the papers?" "You should say Haymess Springs; they are over here in the mouutains about sixty mile;." "Darn tho language - r I reaks me all up. That's a pretty i e house over thero that Armijo' llouvt. isn't it?" and again he gavu the j its proper pro- nunciat on. "You mean the Armiho House; yes, it's a good one, too." "Damiseha way of abusing tho En glish alphabet. I reckon, then, that must be the Hafl'a Bros.' store dowu the street there?" "No. that is not a Spanih name. 1 think it is French. However, it is pro nouueed as spoiled." "Well, how in Santa Fe is a felloe going to tell what's Spanish and what isn't? Why couldn't they build their language accordin' to tho original i)lans?'? "O. you'll soon c ttch on. You w'll find it safest to give the Spanish pro nunciation to nearly evervtn ng here. An hour later they sat down at tho tabic of the San Felipe, Hotel, and after scanning the uill of fare, the stranger said to tho wa ter: 'You mav bring me a nice. huey n'eco of roast beef, some pig's howl with caper sauce, some fr'case! hack- rabbit, some pork with apple holly, some boiled potatoes wit'u tho hackets on unskun. vou know some tans wan currant ja I mean currant ham, and, ah. some " At this point the wa;ter swooned and tho guests in tho room lot out a roar ot laughter that gave the chandeliers tha chills aud fever. This made the stranger uVad, and he Lapod to bW fet like a crazy man, took off a is coat aud threw it down on tun noor and stamped on it and bowled: "You fellers are tryin' to play me for a sucker, but by the eternal, you've Struck the wrong snag! W hoopee! (ad ho jumped up and slapped his fists) I'm a destroy'm' cyclone from Illiuor. au' I kiu lick, tho bull crowd! Spanish? I kin sling more Spaa'-sh in a holy nunuAe than Montezuma could in a year! Mn I? Well I should chaculato that I kin! Lot some kliot pull off his backet and hump onto me, an' the first time 1 hit him he'll think he has the him-tuou! Spanish! O, I guess not! My name's Joremi I meau Heremiah Hones, from Jacksonville, lll'noy, an' when my dander's ut I'm a ravin' hyena. You plaved mo for a sucker, but vou musin t Iiudge a man bv h's looks. Whoou! go souud the hubiltw. Somebody couie out and face me. Let some hiw-crow ga loot come to the front and crilicao my Spanish hargou!" His friends got hold of him and took him from tho room, and as ho wont through the door ho remarked: "I kin take a hoke. but it makes me mad for a lot o' hackasses to try to play mo for a groeney." Albuquerque (-V. M.) Democrat. Powerful Ironclad. It is thought by uaTal architects that the limit of naval strength had been reached in tlio construction of the Italian monster ironclads Duello and Dnndolo. lauuehed within a few years. Rut the Italia and Lepanto. the most re cent additions, are heavier yet both in armor and ordnance. The last two carry four guns, each weighing 100 tons, and capable of throwing shells ol risiug 2.000 pounds weight. Rut tho British Government is to lay down one first-class ironclad, which will bo armed with two guns only, but these will be of llOtous weight will require more thsn ! COO pounds to load, and will throw a Palliser steel shell of 2.500 pounds. Tho armor of this vessel, however, will be but eighteen inches of steel on a similar thickness of wood, allowing that no attempt will be made to imitate the Italian method of ttrck armor. The most powerful ship in the British navy, the Inflexible, has twenty four inches of solid iron encasing her citadel, and twenty-five ' inches of sol d teak backing, while her eighty ton Armstrong gun throws a shot which has penetrated her own armor plates thirty-one inches' depth. A'. 1". Sun. White House Dresses. The white dresses so popular during the summer for general wear will re main in favor for , house dresses throughout autumn. Thoso made of white serge will have a touch of color added by a vest collar, and cuffs of the new plush with long pile, and dotted with metal-like beads. Whito pique dresses, with a vest of blue or black velvet will still lie worn by those who object to wool goods. A small Spanish jacket of velvet or plush, rounded or square in front and edged with the new rosary beads, will also be worn with white dresses in the house. Zar jwrs' Bazar. Purely Unselfish. Pubbs Ah, Jones, off to the country? Jones Yes, going to take a little trip to the farm. Dublis Do me a favor, will you. old boy' Just step around to my father-in-law', house near your place and toil my wife that I'm growing thin and pale, and going into consumption. , Jones Well, but you're not Dubbs Never mind she'll enjoy it and '11 extend her visit a couple of weeks longer. You don't know how she loves me. Til-LiU. . LYSANDER'S WOES. TTliy rarnt Prafer Indot,lon Tonnj M.o to Social Tram pa and Shallow. Fatad Dunces. "Doota are now made, to weigh three noundaeach. lining innn ahould think ol )i Ii when they call on their heat eirla and hear thoir fathers come down italr and tremble," At it again, Lysander! So when you call on your best girl and hear her father come down the back stairs you tremble. Well, I am not surprised. Neither is any one else who knows you. The only wonder is how you eyer manage to get into the houso. The young girl evidently Is not thoroughly acquainted with you, or per haps she is one of those young and fool ish maidens who would elope with a coachman if her father was rich enough to keep a horse. No wonder ber father objects to you calling on her. Though poor, he is not an Idiot Lysander, aud he has not clothed, fed and schooled a daughter for eighteen Jong vears to hare her wed a shallow pateif, long-eared dunce like yourself. He works hard for a living, Lysander, if you know what that means, and he ends it diUicult enough to support his family as it is, without adding a hungry, ill-bred, idle, shiftless, fat-witted loafer like yourself to the number. Ho labors from morning until night and when be sits down to his dinner he doseu't want to have his intelligence in sulted by hearing your feable at tempts to paraphrase antediluvian jokes that were moth-eaten when Noah built his ark. Of courso, Lysander. you regard the fuihur of your best girl as your natural enemy. He is. A msn doesn't raise daughters to throw them away, unless be is a good P.-ince in a fairy-story, or a Mormon with more girls than he knows what to do with But Lysander, let a decent, honest industrious young man, who has some purpose in life other than becoming the son-in-law of a wealthy man or a charge on the county, apply for a girl's hand, and notice how welcome he is made. Were you ever at the seaside, Ly sander? No. Not even as a hotel-waiter? Well, you ought to go there. The salt water will do you good. Just try it ince, and see how the mothers of young 2;irls fish for the right kind of young iien. Did you ever hear of match-making mammas? Well, you try reading a little, instead tl writing so much, and perhaps you will learn something. The average mother and the average father are on ;he lookout for a young man who can do something besides eat and wear out par or furniture. The bull-dog is always chained when hat young man calls. The father meets nim at tho door and shakes him by the land. The mother greets him in the parlor, and asks why he hasn't called before. If the young man stays until nidnight, the parents congratulate :homselves; and if he proposes mar riage, they have a notice of the engage ment put in the Sic'ti Reorder, and ;he young lady wear her engagement Mug outside of her glove, and all the )thor girls in the neighborhood grow rreon with caukerous, corrosive envy. That is the way the eligible young Dan is regarded. Lysander. If he juildn't be caught any other way, Ly inndur, the father would set out a free ii nc h for him, and the mother would lace the spare bedroom at his disposal. The mistake you make, Lysander, is n supposing that the father of a mar iageable young woman wants to have lor marry a man who limits his useful uss to being able to act as a scare-crow n a field of corn. Such things, though not essential on i farm, can oe hired much cheaper than hey can be married. Tramps and old clothes are altogether oo cheap in this great country, Lysan ler. for you to try and enter into com etition with them in the matrimonial vay. Puck. LOST HIS TASTE. "TS2l low a Colored Mlaala-lpplau Learned to Dlillke Smoked Heat. I was sleeping in a second-story bed ooai of a planter's house in Mississippi, ind it was not yet daylight, when some hing roused me up. I was listening to tear the noise repeated, when there :ame such a yell as fairly shook me out f bed. I ran to the open window, but t was too dark outside to see anything. Is I stood there listening I heard the .lank of a chain, followed by groans, ind then all was still. I went back to )ed with the idea that some crazy negro vas prowling around, and slept until mnrise. Then I looked out and solved lie mystery. A few rods awav was the imoke-house. A big bear-trap had been ei ai tne aoor, and it had caught a jrize. With one leg held as in a vice, tnd with his hands grasping a young ree to nom mm up, a burly big negro ooked up at me and called out: "Say, boss, but I want to git loose of lis!" " . When I went down and told the Colonel he expressed no surprise and ook no action until after breakfast rhen he walked out to the smoke-house, ind, after looking the prisoner over, he laid: "Does It hurt?" "Nebber was hurted so in mv life. iah." "Can't you get out?" "No, sah. I'ze bin tryin' eber since uidnight but I can't do it" "I have hams and shoulders in there." "Yes, sah, I reckon you has." "Are you fond of smoked meat?" "No, sah. I used ter be, but I ain't my mo.' I shall nebber tech smoked neat agin!" "Like to walk out nights?" "No, sah. Ize gwine ter bed ebery oight at sundown arter dis'" We got a rail and opened the trap and let him out He went off dragging his leg behind him, and as he reached the gate he lifted his hat and said: "Uerrymuch obleeged, Kurncl. If my appetite fur hams an' shoulders eber returns I'll keep cl'aro' dis plantashnn, an' doan' vou forgit ill" lktroit Free Tress. ' ENGLISH RAILWAY TRAINS. A Cemparlaoa, li.t.aa th. InalmHie,,,,,, brnall KnUl.h I.ooomotle. and c.' and the American Limited iKipreu The first Impression which an Arneri. can who Is experienced In railroad trav eling in his own country derives from tho exterior aspect of an English train U unfavorable The car, as he must necessarily call them, soera to be small they lack, apparently, the weight and solidity of the American passenger, coach; the compartments are narrow the ceilings low, the ventilation apparl ently doubtful. They stand upon two three, or more pairs of gaunt hH wheels, to tho axles of which their springs are directly geared. Ho misse the little independent vehielo, the truck or bogio, with its four or six, small com pact, solid-looking, wido-flanged wheels, which sustains each end of tlio Ameri can car that rolling gear which look strong, so adapted to inequality of rail or curve, so resourceful against disaster ' and so complete in its equipment. The cars are smaller there is no doubt of it They are narrower and they are short cr; and to the American eye they look even shorter than they really are, be. cause they have no projecting platform at the ends, no overhanging roof or hood, but are buckled close up to each other, and their contact controlled by small metal buffers, the springs of which allow a play of from oighto inches to two feet and a half between car and car. Tho Miller platform lh Janney coupler, the link and pin of ill the familiar devices of the United States, there is not ono to be seen. The brakes? None visible. Nor, for the matter of that, a brakesman. This influential and numerous Person has no existence in En gland. There is not even a rudimen tary type of him. That you do not find him is the first sum intimation yon receive that in English railroading there are no autocrats. The wheels are fitted with brakes, however, and the trained' eye notes a rubber bose connection be tween the carriages, quite different in its application to that known at home, but which nevertheless betokens the air brake. He takes account of tho dis tinctions of class, and rellccU upon his country's veiled progress in that regard in the matter of parlor cars and limited express-trains. Then he finds that there is no baggage-master to waft the volatile Saratoga to its doom, as his own newspaper would express it There is perhaps a luggage van or two.or there are in the carriages themselves luggage compartments according to the way in which the train is made up, the length of journey It is to take, or the custom of the particular lino under observation. His final contemplation is perhaps de voted to the engine, and if as' has ever given any of his attention to the Ameri can locomotive, it tills him with a deep concern. He recalls the imposing splen dor of the latter, its comfortable and lofty cab of oiled and polished wood, its gray brass bell, the soul-stirring whistle, the noble head-light and the cow-dostroy-ing pilot the great cinder-consuming smoke-stack (unless it be a hard-coal burner, in which case that feature shrinks to moderate proportions), the powerful drivers and compact cylinders, the eccentric connecting rods aud com pact cylinders, theconnecing-rods, and all its parts radiant with the glitter of polished steel or burnished brass, or decked with appropriated Vermillion or emerald green. In all these matters the English locomotive compares with it much as a lawn-mower does with a New York fire-engine. It is a humble, awkward green or monochromatic ma chine. It nas neither polish or decora tion about it. There is no cab. The en gineer and his fireman that is to say, engine-driver and his stoker, as they aro styled in England perform their duties with only such shelter as is afforded by a board sca-en in front of them, pierced by two round apertures tilled with stout glass, technically known as "specta cles." The smoke-stack is short and thick; there is an unsightly green hum)) on the back of the boiler; the cylinders are under tho front of the latter instead of on each sido before the drivers; the wheels are all largo, and the body of the engine is perched high np above them and looks ton-heavv and danger ous. The whole thing is rigid and stiff- looking, and to tho observer who nas had to do with the external aspects of lo comotives it is unprepossessing and un lovely The practical American engi neer whistles thoughtlessly as he sur veys it, and wonders to himself how long it would be before ha would ditch his train if he had to run on a new Western railroad witu such an engine. Where would ho bo on a sharp cure, or how would such running'gear adapt itself to an uneveuly ballasted track? The low center of gravity of the American loco motive, the weight distributed well down between the wheels, the play of the small broad flanges under the pilot truck, and the external gearing of the driving-wheels, all give the American engine an appearance of stability which impresses not merely the layman, but also tho expert llarpef$ Magazine. s m m m A Useful Lawyer. A certain pompous lawyer was telling his exploits at the bar to a crowd of lawyers, one of whom was a very sar castic man. "Why, sir," said the pompous party, "I have defended more criminals at this bar than all the other lawyers com bined." Of course you have," replied the sarcastic party, "and you have done the county a great deal of good by your ef forts.' "I should say I had, sir." "Certainly you have, for every one of your clients have gone to the peniten tiary on long sentences and the county is ri'd of them." Merchant Traveler. Vinegar without cider: Molasses, one quart; yeast, one pint; warm rain water, three gallons. Put all into a J" or keg, and tie a piece of gauze over the bung to keep out flies and let in air. In hot weather set in sun; in cold weather set it bv the stove, and iu three wet' vou will have good vinegar. When part of this has been used fill up with the same preparation, and in this way a supply of good vinegar can be kept con stantly on hand. S. T. Timet.