OUR FLAG.
At the reeeol aluklng nl the ear ah to at Apia
CApialB Of UIM Ol llH-lll vnlrlH) Ul Rag uq
aid Tltt nirooa buaid enotlierof thedoonwd
aal greeted U wlih dm. bk-h aaa r
Hkled u with their u4 breuth u lb loyal
(aid and bia nwo I
Arrow the peach tilow it 7 of aprlng
The Miwn dark vlmid are looming;
Wnn nilk-n tnkv llir un-aaers nag,
The iliumlif hhiiII tanniing
i
The hwlilled tti wti 1 1 m ml apace,
Koch at he aiK-hor alraliilug;
BLu-k. black t all of heaven a facet
It Ibiliieua twin thai raining
Decniiii,U-,l n- k-avea iim inlat edge
The hidden reel enwivaiiiiug,
Bui cruel as lirll 1 lie bicgeil ledge
nVneulli Unas- Millet seething
On. on thejr iiane Hi pom dumb things,
The norm wind lli-uvly driving;
At hf dread wih k em-li trvngtr suit,
r or eon,iieM uiu,tly alrlvwg
"If we 1111M die" - tlx leader 1 vole
Uuumclled nit nur of iliiimlrr
"It Is our uu and wieuin choice
To die our deal llug uniltr
"For UK today the haille Acid
U when the seu an lyiun
Wevtalui a rlglii eecaiioot yield,
To Klory In out dylUK "
HeceA-ri. upon 1 he topmost mast
Tlw Hlara and Su iv were floating.
The algid I like a lruni(-t nliut.
And other alil quick ool lug,
Cp to tlie any then mjunilx a cheer
That alar" the echoes Hying
Bark cornea the ausaer. loud and clear.
Prom gnllaut heart, though dyiug
A moment apui-u, the tun In lirioa
liapllw I hi- Hag k lying.
Anil from the breakers come 00 sign
Of Umg or of dying
0 flax, dear flag, once mora thy name,
Aa alway in thy atnry.
Baa aet a thousand hcurt aftama
For thee uud for thy glory
Aunle HruiiwD Klug Id Harper's Boiar.
DOVKIt'S STRATAGEM.
Prior to t0."i7 a large tract of lake ter
ritory lying Is-tween tho Upper Pes
Jlolnes uud tilt r.ig, Sioux rivers was In
fested by one of tin- must villainous
bands of Indian outlaw which the In
dian policy of the government has ever
called into being It was the band of
eleven, led by Inkpaduta Scarlet Poiut
who in the winter of '57 massacred a
half hundred settlers in their scattered
cabins uIkhiI Okolioji. Spirit and Pelican
lakes, and carried it niimlier of women
into 0 captivity far wio..- i ' t: rt death.
These Indians, disullcclcd Wupckuta
Sioux, had been outlawed from their
own trilie for the murder of their chief,
Tosngi. They were the pest and terror
of settlers in middle and western Iowa
from the time that scattering colonies
first came in until their depredations
and atrocities culminated in the Spirit
Lake massacre. On that occasion whole
settlements were annihilated, their in
habitants lioing generally taken by sur
prise and killed inside their snowbound
cabins.
Previous to this massacre, which re
sulted in the capture und punishment of
a part of them and the disbanding of
the rest, these Indians subsisted by beg
ging and plundering among the frontier
settlements, by hunting and fishing about
the northern lakes, and by a sort of black
mail uiKin tho Wapckutas, whose village
was In the pie stone region.
The village of lukKiduta was on the
upper Dcs Moines, near the Minnesota
line. It was moru-than a hundred miles
from any settlement, until the ill fated
fujuatters of the Spirit lake tragedy set
tled ubout the lakes There were no
troops stationed within a week's march,
and the frontier (settlements were too
weak and scattered to offer organized
resistance.
Occasionally bold trappers, in spite of
numerous warnings of the danger, es
tablished and maintained their trapping
grounds within the hunting circuit of
lnkpaduta's band. Among them was
Jake Boyer, n fearless frontiersman,
who went among Indians regardless of
danger one of the sort of adventurers
whom, strangely enough, the savages
seldom molested.
Joke knew Inkpaduta and his follow
ers. He visited their village every fall
and spring to trade ammunition or
trinkets for furs.
On one of these excursions he carried
a double barreled ritlo which lie had
bought in Dubuque. It was a fine wea
pon of (ierman pattern, silver mounted,
and had cast him a hundred dollars.
The Indians wero much taken with this
gun, and one of them, Feto Atanka (Big
face), wanted to swap a pony for it.
Iioyer told him that nothing less than
twenty-five prime mink skins would get
the gun. that when lie could produce so
many whole skins, smooth and white in
side, ho would swap. These terms of
trade were made known by signs and by
the use of such simple English words as
the Indians understood.
A few months later, in autumn, Boyer
was visited at his cabin on theOchcyedan
by several of lnkpaduta's hand, among
them llusan (One Leg). Makpi Opetu
(Fire Cloud, a son of the chief) and Big
Face, Boyer found them squatted in
front of his dugout upon the side of a
blutf as he came in from a morning
round of his traps. They rose as he ap
proached with his rifle across his shoul
der After a friendly round of "How
llowsl" Big Face drew from his blanket
a bundleof black looking skino. "Uuh!'
said he. "Me bling urn mink, you give
um up gun.
Jake saw at once that the mluk were
warm weather skins, and worthless. No
doubt they were the eltaof all the minks
taken or shot by the members of the
band during the summer and early fall
months, and had len intrusted to Big
Face in order that so fine a rifle might
belong to one of the band.
The trapper drew back and shook hut
head in refusal to receive the skins He
waa about toexplain what they perfectly
knew to be true, that the pelts were of
no account, when, with a sudden spring.
hig Face was upon him. The others in
Kantly sprang forward also, and Boyer's
riSe was wrenched f roiu him W1)PD he
was forced to let go bis gun he dodged
juicily into a thicket of bushes which
jjrew up to the duor of his habitation
The Indians fired several shots after
lun, but he was not harmed. He reached
bis canoe, in which he kept a squirrel
nfle foi ehting musk rat and other
mall game, secured the weapon and
OiaJe his esca through the tall grass
of Hie bottom, whither the Indians did
Dot pursue him.
He made his way to a settlement sixty
miles distant, and tried to raises party
to go and hunt lnkpaduta's band, and
drivs them out of the region: bnt be
could not find half a dozen men within
a circuit of thirty miles bo bad In
terest enough in bis cause to make tt
their own. But be found one adven
turous fellow, who went back with him
to his trapping grounds on the Ocbey-
ulan t"oh reaching the dugout, they
found, to their surprise that Its con
ten n had not been disturbed. Lying
Inside the door was the Identical pack
of worthless mink skins which Dig Face
had brought to trade for the rifle. The
trap were also nil in their places.
Evidently tlie Indians had been some
what alarmed after Jake's escape, and
wished to leave the Impression that they
had been dealing in good faith, and had
kept to the letter the bargain which had
been made for the gun.
This fact gave Iioyer confidence, and
he boldly set about his trapping again,
determined to watch his opportunity,
outwit the Indians, and recover hia val
uable, rifle. Durum the next month he
busied Ilia hrnin pverv flnv with arlimntM
and finally hit upon a plan which he de
termined to carry out at once,
Li'fivillir Ilia miiinulilnn Itl rnrtrn ti
the dugout and the trapping, he set out
tor rort iHxigewitli two small pome
packed with the fall catch. At the Fort,
which was merely a frontier tmilino
station, he sold his furs, procured am
munition, Mantels and some trinkets to
trade upon, and set out for lnkpaduta's
village, a he had been in the habit of
doing at that season of the year.
In suite of all that had hannened ha
expected to make the savages believe
that he was still friendly to them, and
could not attord to lose their fur trade
for such trifle as the loss of his rifle and
the attempt on his life. lie did not be
lieve they would dare Injure him again,
for they would surely know that he had
spread the story of their attack ujxin
him at tho settlements, and his going to
them directly from the Fort would nat
umlly make them cautious how they of
fended him After getting among them
he hocd to recover his much prized rifle
by a stratagem.
He found onlv a few old sauaws and
children at the Dos Moines village, but
was tmormed that the bucks were
camped ul Lost Island lake, where they
bad gone to hunt for elk.
It was but a half day's ride to the place,
and he discovered the tepees of the band
as he approached the lake shore at sun
set. The most of the Indians had got in
from the day's hunt, and as he rode tip
were lying about the fires waiting for the
women to boil some meat for their even
ing meal.
They got up and gave some grunts of
surprise as he approached, but immedi
ately broke into most cordial ''How
How's!" and grinned In a way that be
trayed their pleasure that he should
come among them in so friendly a fash
Ion. He had always dealt more fairly
with them than traders were in the
habit of doing.
Big Face, One Leg and Inkpaduta
were among those who greeted him. He
shook hands with all, telling them he
had come to "swap" again, and acted as
though nothing had happened. They
were immensely pleased, and one of the
young bucks assisted him in unpacking
and then picketed his ponies with their
own.
That evening and the next morning
wero spent in trade; and for a half dozen
red blankets, some ammunition and
beads, Jake came into possession of all
the beaver, mink and muskrat skins the
Indians had.
After tho swap had been completed to
the satisfaction of all parties, Jake pro
posed to Inkpaduta that he and a picked
number of his men should ridoover to
histepeeon theOcheyedan a little more
thou a half day's ride and hunt elk ut
the head waters of Stony creek, where
ho knew that a big herd of them were
feeding.
Ho had no winter's meat laid in, he
told tho chief, and since he had traded
his large gun to Big Face ho had no rifle
that carried a ball large enough to kill
on elk. If he would go over with his
men and kill him Jake two bigelk. he
would give the chief the smallest pony
ho had brought with him.
Inkpaduta was taken with the offer,
nml pride ntlv took all the trantierhad
said in sincerity. Ho consulted his bucks
and found them all eager to go, os the
white man had described the herd as a
big one.
The camp was hastily struck and the
whole arty set out for Jake's headquar
ters, where they arrived that evening
and camped for the night. Jake had
told Inkpadula of his partner who, he
said, had no gun, but an old musketthat
would only shoot small shot.
That night, when they were alone In
the dugout, Jake instructed Williams,
his partner, that as soon as the party
6hould have got out of sight he was to
pack what furs he could on the pony left
him, cache the rest with the traps, and
make haste for the nearest settlement on
tho Little Sioux.
Next day, at noon, the hui.ters were
camped near the source of the Stony,
and Bcouts were sent out to look for the
elk herd, which wassighted before night.
A plan of the hunt was determined on
before they slept, and as Jake was con
sulted, he so managed that he was to be
of the party. They were to go in three
squads inclosing the band in a triangle,
in which rode Big Face with Inkpaduta
and one of the chiefs sons, Roaring
Cloud, or Makeahotoman.
Bi" Face had made no ottcmpt lo
conceal the rifle, which was still in his
possession; in fact, he had carried It
with a good deal of flourish and dis
play, evidently proud of owning such a
piece of property.
Before dayligbt the next morning the
hunting iities were mounted, and cir
cling the region where the elk had been
seen. There was a keen wind blowing
from the northwest, and as the elk were
n that direction the herd was sur
wiuded without difficulty. Two par
ies convergiil. one from the north, an
ther fm:n tbe west, and the third, in
which wu;. Jake, moved slowly forward
from the win: beast
It was plain that the herd should be
driven tow.nd this last party, who were
to rush in u.n their front and turn
them about This would bring the whole
hunting "rty ujkjd them.
In one respect the plan was perfect
At about sunrise the big drove was seen
by lnkpaduta's party, and Boyer ob
served, with no little satisfaction, that
theelk were coming directly toward him.
They came right on without seeming
to see the hunters, who had spread a Utr
tie and lay close along tbe backs of their
There were more than two hundred
elk, and Boyer said it was a spienuia
sib.t to see them come on. the bulls in
the lead, "an acre of branchin' horns,"
as he expressed it "movin down swift
like the front of the wind in a bluxard.
When the foremost elk were within
eunfdv the Indian straightened up,
and with I. Kid yells daned their ponies
at the fa f the herd- But Instead fit
turnin- the whole bunch spread out liks
a fan and went bv like a shot scattering
continually a they aped on
The Indians whirled their ponies and
gave chase, having fired several Ineffec
tive shots, and a each selected his game
the maneuver drew them rapidly art
This was precisely what Boyer had
hoped for. and he followed Big Face,
keeping him all the time in view. The
Indian umn overtook a fat cow elk,
whose calf got In her way and impeded
her progress. Big Face rode alongside,
shoved the muule of his gun almost
against the cow's side, and killed her in
stantly. He had fired one barrel before, and
with a whoop he now circled his pony
almut, sprang to the ground and stood
over tho dead elk, evidently satisfied
with his morning's work.
This was not what Boyer wanted at
all, for there were still other Iudians In
light. In fart, nearly the whole party
was by this time racing along in pursuit
of the herd
But, knowing that he had not a mo
ment to sjuire if he would allay suspicion
and catch Big Face with unloaded gun,
hedrewupalnngside. Quickly dismount
ing, he stepied in front of tho Indian and
covered him with the light rifle, which
he had not unloaded.
"Give me my gun or I'll shoot," said
the trapHr, sharply.
Big Face saw that he was trlc!:ed, and
that Boyer had the best of him. Like
all of his kind ho was a coward at heart
and w ith a sickly grin of fear he laid the
ill gotten rifle against the elk's body and
stcped back.
"Now, let go that pony and walk off!"
commanded Jake, with a meaning ges
ture. The Indian obeyed, and hurried
away toward the retreating elk at a pace
the meaning of which Boyer knew well.
Jake's first move was hastily to load
bis recovered rifle with heavy charges,
having kept balls in his pockets that
would fit the bore. Then fastening his
small rifle to the saddle of the pony he
had ridden, and tying that animal to the
lariat dragging at the neck of Big Face's
pony, he mounted the Indian's horse,
turned and rode northeast toward the
Minnesota settlements which were then
the nearest white habitations.
Just as he started he looked back over
his shoulder and saw Big Face making
frantic gestures from the top of a kno
about a hundred rods away. But the
whole party, elk and all, had passed out
of sight into the valley of the Stony, and
the last that Jake ever saw of the band,
as he spurred his pony in the opposite di
rection, was tho outwitted Big Face wav
ing his arms.
It was a daring stratagem which had
secured him his rifle and a "pony for
damage," and oue which a man less
hardy and keen witted would never have
planned, and certainly could not have
succeeded in carrying out
InkKtduta and his men evidently gave
the big elk herd a long chase, without
any notion of what had happened in their
rear. If any of them had seen Big Face and
Boyer near the dead elk they must have
thought the white man had stopped only
to take charge of his game. At any rate
they did not overtake Jake, who pushed
rapidly on to Lake Shetek, where at a
settlement ho was safe from Indian as
sault Later, he Joined Williams at Fort
Dodge, having passed through lnkpa
duta's country in the night After that
he trapped west of the Big Sioux, as he
considered the lake region "unhealthy"
for him.-Frank Welles Calkins in The
Youth's Companion.
Sir Edwin Arnold.
Any 0110 who exects to see In Sir Ed
win Arnold a man who suggests the wild
romance of his poetry will bo disap
pointed. Ho is quite small, with a very
thin face, the most striking feature of
which is a long nose, which gives
him a somewhat Jewish cast of counte
nance. His beard is iron gray and thin,
and he brushes it out from his chin. My
impression is that he is bald, but I cannot
speak with certainty on this point, for he
wore a skull cap nil the evening Sir
Edwin is an amiable gentlumun and a
clever journalist as well as L poet. It
was, however, his poetry that made him
famous. Mr. Andrew Carnegie, by the
wav.owns the original manuscript of the
"Light of Asia, which was presented to
him by Sir Edwin a short time after the
book w as published. BoBton Transcript.
Clewa to Crimea Through Conrerwillon.
"To my mind there is no field for the
silent mysterious detective who never
says anything to anybody except the
story Itook writers." remarked a man
who is old and experienced in police
work. "1 have made lots of cases, and
every one of them I made by talking
You can't get cople to tell you anything
without talking to them. Wherever 1
go 1 always try to get into conversation
with people, esccially with children.
Children are very close observers; they
olways remember what they see, and as
a rule tell it accurately."
That Waa Different
"Pan I I have a word with you in prl
vatef stammered the youug uian, as be stood
at tbe door of the private office.
"Come In!" replied tbe bead of the Arm.
"Now. what Uf"
"Yon vim are aware of the fact that
I"
"That you have been with this bouse fur
four years. Y ea, air, 1 am swara 01 mat iact
Want to leaver
"Oh. no."
"Didn't know but you bad bad a better
offer. If so, you can go."
"That's not it. sir."
"Ob. It Isn't Waut an Increase of salary,
Ho vout Well. Vou won't itet It We are
now paying you all you are worth and a little
more."
"It lint that lr."
"It Isn't I Then what are you driving atf
"I want your daughter Molly."
"Humphl That's differeut Go and take
her and be banged to you I I thought you
were fishing for a raiae of salary." Detroit
Free Press,
To the Mlolater.
He Now, dearest that we are out for a .
walk, is there any place you are particularly
desirous of going to! I am at your service.
She (abylyt Yen, George; I would Uke to
go to that big white botue over on tbe next
corner.
He All right dear. Some friend of yours
Uvea there, 1 suppose.
She Yea, George, the minister.
He "caught on." Yankee Blade.
She Bad Olvra Ber Mil.
(On tbe way to Sunday school) Mamma,
70a bavent given me my five ccnta yet to
send to tbe beatben.
"I have just given it to the beatbeo my
self. Tommy. Tbe conductor charged me
full fare for you." Chicago Tribune.
What Dial the Bmleaaa,
Tom Bpsedie I nnleratand that yovr old
aunt altered ber wlil at the but moment
leaving yon out in the eold. Cot vow off with
a shilling, ebl
Jack Ouepbat-5o: cot me off with a eocV
fcil. Lawrence Americas.
MADE OYER.
"Hannah," said Farmer Hull, aa be hurtled
into the farm boil kiU'beu, "be youeipecliu'
a letterf
"No," answered his wife promptly."
"Who'ae writ!"
"I dunno, utiles It's thet high flyiu' alater
f voura, Julyett Wlmt'a her iisiiie. Like
nun abe is tired of livln' atarvhed up In tbe
city 'taint eniiy place for real human folk,
enuy way an' no she's comlti' here to niak
us a viait"
"Do she say so!"
"Law aakea, no, Et warut put In the law
an' comman'menta when w was married
tbet you was to 0en my letters, uor me
yourn. Take au' open it yourself."
80 Mr. Hull oiKiied tbe letter and began
to read it
"Jest aa I remarrked," said the old man,
'aint it, Hannah r'
"No," said Mr, null, handing him the
letter, " 're I make It out It's Juat tbe other
way. Juliette wants us to go an' viait her.
She says she'll stan' the ex'ue nd ia jest
sufferiu' for somebody to make over. Now,
w hat does abe meanf
Tbe old farmer read the letter with much
car and paimtaking.
"Ool! me go a visitiu' whar they eat break
fus in tbe middle of the day, an' wear their
Sunday close the hull week. I rsyther guess
not. But, mother, if you want tor go thct's
anuther tiling. You kin have tbe money the
eld mare fetched you nigh about raised Bet
anyway. I'll gin ye tbet"
"There's my new alwy," said Mrs. Hull
thoughtfully. "I'm right glad I got a good
piece. It's as shiny a silk. But, lane, it
wont be much in tbe city I I've heerd that
tbe shop girl there wear real silk an' satin
very day."
'root things," said her husiiand; "it must
be dretful to her to drvs to death all tbe
time. Where' the iuk horuf I'm goin' to
write to the children tbet their ma'sgoiu'
a-vlsitin'."
Aftur manifold preparations, Mr. Hull
was ready to go and visit her stylish sister,
tbe rich eity w idow.
Tbe Brat thing her ulster said to her was:
Hannah Hull, you're a frlgbt 1 must niak
you over."
w hy, Juliette, I think you're real mean,"
aid Haimuk, with some spirit "I id fifty
cent a yard for this alpaeey, and my buuuit
cost nearly five dollars."
Don t say buiuut for goodness sake. ou
have no it vie. You've lived dowu ou that
old farm till you look 100."
"I be ever 60, Juliette, but then I'm only
two veers older'n"
Hush I Never say anything about your
age. It Isn't polite, liaiuiau, l must mane
you over. You wont be tho same woman."
Mr. Hull made such a long visit mat tier
husband became uneasy. The doughnuts
and pie were giving out, and liesldo ho was
lonesome. Ha wanted his Hannah home
again. He didn't hanker after tbe city, but
ho made up his mind one day that he would
go and bring bis wife home.
"Tbe old gal will be glad to see me," ne
said to himself; "it's a moat killed ber I ex
pect by this time, slttin' up so straight and
eutiu' all ber vittleswith a fork, au' belli'
away from me. I'll be bouu' it'll give her a
turn to see me."
It did. Tbe sister had tried tbe glass of
fashion and the mold of form, with wonder
ful effect on Huiinah? Hue had also intro
duced Mrs. Hull into "saasiety."
When Mr. Hull arrived he was hown into
a darkened parlor by a smirking maid.
"Have you a card, sirr" she asked pertly,
"I don't play keenls," said the old man re
provingly, "you jest tell Hannah there's a
gentleman here to ee her."
"Heg (tardon, air."
"You needn't You halu't done nothln'.
Jest go and tell Mrs. Hull there' a geulle-
ninn kern to ee her."
The girl went, and the old man chuckled to
himself. He wore hi store clothes and bad
a baggy carpet sachel in his hand. His gray
locks bung about his rugged face and mads
it picturesque.
The door oiwacd and a strange laoy enterea
with a very pink and white complexion. Hue
wore a voluminous blue silk dress, and walked
on shoes that were mounted on French heels.
Her hair wa a wicked yellow.
"Hanah didn't say anythV about enny
other woman a-vtsitiu' here. Who kiu she
ber be said to himself.
As the strange lady advanced at a queer
hippity-honnity (rait, something In her pres
ence grew familiar.
The old man got to bis leet and loveiea one
band over his eyes.
"Uood inornin', ma'am," be said hesitat
ingly. "I was exjwctln' to see my wife Han
nah. I kinder thought you might bo her sis
ter. I aint seen her iu a good many yean,
but she ain't cs young es you be."
A shrill, affected laugh, that died In a
falsetto shriek, greeted him,
"Me don't know me I Juliette, come here.
Dau'l dont know bis own wife."
The old man looked at ber attentively.
"Yaller hair on a woman of 601 lied rose
in ber cheeks like s gal of 101 Where's tbs
old woman that was my wife Uaunabl I
don't want no ballet dancer in her place."
"I've tried to be fashuu'ble," moaued Han
nah, siuklug into a heap on tbe floor.
"I've spent hundred of dollars on her,"
exclaimed ber sister, as she looked on, "and
this is your gratitude."
"You've made a cbromo of ber," persisted
Dan'l; "look at that ha'ar."
'It's a pompadour," sobbed Hannah.
"It look wuns than a barn duor; an' look
at ber cheeks."
"Bloom of youth $1 a bottle," grumbled
Juliet Us; "she's made over."
"Hannah I" exclaimed ber husband se
verely, "I'm ashamed of yon I"
"So be I," sobbed hi wife, "but if you live
in the city you must do as elty folk d."
"Whar' your new alpoecy tbet you
thought good enough for tbe uresyduit's
wifef"
"In tbe closet upstairs."
'Out inter it, and wash tbe yaller outer
yer gray ha'ar, and the red often your
cheeks, an' klin home I Ob, Laud, kin you
aver show yer face at conference ueetin'
agiuf"
"Dan'l a crank," said Juliette to her
weeping sister up stairs as aba tried to soothe
'""No, be aint! an' I wusa fool to think I
could be made over I Hake alive, bow glad
1 am to set Inter mv own shoes again."
Wben Hanuab entered the parlor again
aha was clothed and iu ber right wind, lier
tmaliand beamed upon her.
"Ool!" he exclaimed, "I've got her back!
It's tbe old gal herself this time, as nat'ral as
life au' es nurty es a pietur'l 11 lue cnn
dreu's mother. Hurry up now, an' doan git
left I shan't take a twc of comfort till I get
you safe down bum agin os tbe old farm."
jlrs. it 1 liayue in muvn 1 a rwa,
The Proper Way to O Aboai ft
Mia Hurryup Ah I George, you cannot
tell what trouble a girl has who is receiving
the attentions of centltmau.
Mr. Holdoff-Troubles, tarSet Of what
nature. trav?
Mia H. Well, one's little brothers are al
ways makim fun of one, and one' relative
are alway saying, "When la it to come offr
as if marriai; were a prise fight But that
knot the wont There's tbe InquisiUvetieaa
of one's parents. Tbey waut to know every
thin. There's ue.now; be is constantly ak
In? such a orations aa. "Carrie, what are Mr.
HoldofTs intentional What doe be call upon
you so regularly for, and stay so Ufa wben be
dues calif And be sometimes looks so mad
wben be saks tbeae question that I actually
tremble.
Mr. H. And what anawer do you make to
bis queatione, Carrie, dearest f
"--I cant make sny at all.!
for.yo- -..you b.v -ua auyuHus; w,
tk-u, ir,.M..rr .hu.ed arnwthinc In1
. rmrriM. .riA atit time ber father que -
UM ber abe will be ready with a eaiiafactury
ntf.-bn Courier.
I
lliryrlo for fngll.h fkildlem
The blcyelo force that has been organ.
l.ed iu connection with the English vol
uuteer rerentlv had Its second Held ma
neuvers, the hrsl having beeii held at
Eader. Itaiuv and disagreeable weather
embarrassed the troops on each of these
dates, but the result of the turnout has
been very wttisfuotorv. On the recent
trials the nun covens! alsmt 1(K) miles Iu
forty-eight hours, fighting, scouting and
camping by the way. There were seven
tivtt olliiers sud seventy -seven Uieu out,
t ado up of representatives of a number
of the leading volunteer regiment.
The force was divided Into two bodies,
0110 retreating and the other following It.
At fretpicut intervals the retreating force
Dude stiuids at bridges and other eligible
I ilnts of defense, uud tho pursuers were
romjicHcd to halt, dismount, send out a
'..irivih line and jHTform all the other
preliminaries of attack, a though In
aetive war. It was found that two or
three men left behind by the retreating
bodv could muke a show of force at a
bridge Unit would greatly deluv the ad
vance of a pursuing force,' and tlieu could
mount mid swiftly ride away under cover
ut a hedge and cacao to the maiu body.
This ability to light and run away with
greater facility than the ordinary lufau
tryuinn Is oue of the chief poluts urged
by the bleycler.t hi favor of the uew
"arm." It 'is said that scouting and re
ruunoiterliig parties mounted tiou bicy
cles could do much more effective work
without risk of capture thau uieu on foot.
In these maneuvers, although the re
treating force numbered but three otliccr
md twelve men, they succeeded In delay
ing the pursuers so t hut it took them
'.hree hours to cover a distance easily
niude In less thau two when no obstacles
ru interposed. Three of the retreating
force dallied too long at a bridge, anil
were ridden dowu and raptured by a de
tachment of the enemy. There were no
Other losses. The chief dillleultv expert-
meed was due to the number of parallel
Mads occasionally converging thut ran
through the country traversed. The re
treating party had to keep scouts con
itantly ahead picking up tlie luy of ths
luud and bringing in reports, to pro
tect themselves from tho danger
of being flanked 011 some of these
Mads and cut off entirely at a con
verging point. In a country with on
good mala road and but few side roads
the success of a blcvcle corps In obstruct
ing the passugo of an enemy would b
much greater. Ilicvcles have not yet been
Introduced iu the 'British regular army,
but if their success among the volunteer
continues, It Is expected that a similar
rorps will be organized in each regular
regiment. New York Sun.
a
rmcrnulon In far Brakes.
Every year has shown progress In per
fecting the comforts and safety of the
railway car. Iu 1MIU the Hod go baud
brake was Introduced, and Iu 1S.")1 the
Stevens brake. These enabled the ears
to be controlled In a manner which added
much to the economy and safety In hand
ling the trains. In 18011 George Westlug
houso patented his air brake, by which
power from the engine was transmitted
by compressed air carried through hose
sud acting Umiii tho brakes of each cor
In the train. It was under the control of
the engineer, and its action was so prompt
and Its Kiwer so effectual that a train
could be. stopHd In au Incredibly short
time, and the brakes released In an In
stant. In 1HI the vacuum brake was do
vised, by mesus of which the power was
applied tu the brakes by exhaiiHtlug ths
air.
A difficulty under which railways suf
fered fur many years was the method til
coupling curs. The ordinary means con
sisted of coupling pins inserted Into link
attached to the cars. There was a great
deal of "slack," the jerking of the trntn
Iu consequence wus very objectionable,
and the distance between tho platforms
of tho cars made tho crossing of them
dangerous. Iu collisions one platform
was likely to rise above mat or tlie ad
joining car, and "telescoping" wus not an
uncommon occurrence.
The means of warning passengrrs
against standing on the platforms were
characteristic of the dangers which
threatened, and were often Ingenious In
the devices for attracting attention. On a
New Jersey road there was painted on the
car door a picture of a new made grave,
with a formidable tombstone, on which
was au Inscription announcing to a ter
rified public that It was "Sacred to the
memory of tho man who had stood on a
platform. " Scribner's Monthly.
I'alng Second Hand Tin Tana.
Economy may be the secret of wealth,
but there are cases where It does not pay
to economize too closely. A method Is In
use, and has been recently patented, of
using again old tin cans from which peas,
lobster,- salmon and other edibles have
been removed. The practice may prove a
pernicious one, and the cans should be
relegated to the furnace and rolling mill
before being agalu used for canning food.
At best, cans are uever preservea, alter
the food has been removed, In a very
clean condition, to say tho least, and the
acid contained Iu the food often causes
poisonous compounds, when combined
with oxygen 01 tue aimospncre.
The old cans are, It Is stated, collected
In the "revamping" establishment, the
dumaged top removed, and the cans
thoroughly cleansed. If tills statemeul
be true, there may be no objection from a
sanitary point of view, but It is doubtful
If cans can be cleaned short of removing
the entire coating of more or less oxldlzeu
tin coating with which they are covered,
thus leaving some of the polsouous mat
ter to contaminate the next food placed
Ul the can.
After cleansing, the old bottom Is
punched to serve as a new top. and a new
bottom soldered on from the Inside,
through the punched hole. It might be
well for purchasers or canned goods to ex
amine the construction of cans when
fiurchssing, and promptly reject all goods
ikely to be in rosea or cm if, that srs
"second hand. Boston nmitret.
aclioula In ttuaala.
According to the lulest educational re
port of IW4.only l.S0.Wloof the Ki.ow,
OX) children in the Kussian empire at
tended school Alsiul DO ivr cent.
therefore, of young Itussln receive no in
struction at all. In sixty government
there Is only one school for secondary
instruction to every ID. 000 boys and
(XXI girl Only Oil er cent of the boys
of an age to attend a public high school
can I accommodated For girl, the
numla-f of such schools Is even more In
significant The schoolmaster cannot lie
auiil to heahruul in Itussia yet Science
A Butterfly Social.
A "butterfly social" Is one of tbe novel
entertainments for raising funds in char
itable work. The room is decorated with
butterflies of tissue paper, and In tbe
center of the ceiling a huge butterfly of
wire and thin silk or paper is suspended.
some three feet from one wing tip to the
other. The legs of the insect are of
wire, painted 'daclc Those who preside
over tbe affair are dressed to resemble
different varieties of butterflies, in blue
and silver chiffon, black, brown and yel
low velvet, with gauze wings and but
terfly for a hesddress. Exchange.
. . u,.
Jn - fa
paid at all A grocer and provision
! dealer failed in Glasgow.
uis uauuiueej
1 were 1,470, while bis assets auwonted
I to one-sUtb of a penny per pound,
1
MEXICAN lTthMCDIO-S,
DREAD OF FRESH AIR CARRIED TO
A LUDICROUS EXTENT.
Dwelling That Are Damp, III Smelling
and I'eatlferuiia A Ciirlntia lllallke ul
( old W ater ( I1II1II.I1 I ear of Uuxaa.
Indian Contempt fur Ilia White.
Most rltie have some reason to show
for their liH'ution. Uostou sits by her
broad bay, Chicago by tho lakeside. New
Orleans In the b'ud of her Imperial river,
Guanajuato and Zacatecas by the side of
their rich mines, but there is no sound or
sensible reason for thu location of the
City of Mexico In a low and swampy
tract, when right at baud wen building
sight of Incomparable view, of perfect
sanitary conditions and certain to afford
apace for the amplest poftMlble expansion of
the town. Temporarily nothing I being
done, 011 any comprehensive scale, for the
advancement of the plan for draining the
valley of Mexico, and Incidentally the
city. A company of Ohio origin Is dig
ging a canal under contract wiih the city
government, and It get its pay rcgtilurly,
as the rulers of the city are food paymas
ter and honorable lu all their dealings.
Hut the big plan seems to have Urn
let drop for a while for some reaviu uot
apparvnt.
Meant 111111 the death rate is extraordin
ary, and w hut should ho 0110 of thu must
healthy cities on tho globe, standing as It
doe at morn than 7,-VK) feet alsive the
sea level, is 0110 of the most unheulthy.
Tho ravnge of what may bo tunned dis
ease engendered bv dirt and dummies
are something frightful typhus fever
(not the milder typhoid), smallpox, which
Is always existent somewhere, consump
tion, dyseuterv, etc., carry off thousand
every year. I no lot or tlie poorer classes,
and of those between poverty and com
fortable circumstances Is a hard 0110.
Their dwellings are damp, musty, 111
smelling, tetlfcmu. It Is among these
classes that the death rute Is very high,
but among the well to do people who live
011 what Is hero called tho "primer plno,"
or first IliHir, or, iu New Kiiglaud, the
second story, the mortality Is not greater
than In llostou. The tiecullurity of the
climate Is that Its lack of oxygeu renders
recovery from sickness very dilllcult.
Once let yourself run down, and It Is hard
getting up again. Tho languor of the
climate, the lack of llfeln the air, conspire
to keep the Invalid weak, and It Is the
rule of the doctors to send patients out of
the city as aoou as It la possible to remove
them.
UKDItDOMS SKALKD AT KI01IT.
Out on the hillsides tho country people
are robust and randy 111, unless they hup
pentobe of thut class who try to keep
mslrooms hermetically sealed at night.
This prejudice against the night air Is
very gn-ut and widespread. 1 suppose
that eight-tenths of the Inhabitant of
this fit v shut up their bcdMoms as tight
as a drum every night of their lives. Thus
they breathe their own ellluvla, and pine
away to tlie pmllt or tlie doctors and l lie
drug shops. This fact accounts for the
many mottled and sallow complexions one
sees. 1'cople who have traveled, or those
who ant of receptive minds and have
studied the matter, let the night air cir
culate in their apartments. Their good
blood and clear complexions testify to
their olxHllenre to hygienic laws.
Tho dread of the fresh air is often car
ried to a ludicrous extent. 1'cople sit for
three hours In a dirty, stuffy theatre and
breathe the air of the sewers midcrnnatn
tho lloont, Inhale all tho liiitnau exhala
tions which contnmiiiato tho tinngitated
air, and then, on going nut into the com
paratively pure air of the stn-et, keep
hnndken'lilefs to their mouths and nones.
This morning I noticed a sallow womau
rldlnirou the l'aseo lit her coupe, a tup-
dog ou her knee. The gloss windows of
the vehlclo were tlglitiy sunt, so mat
none of the glorious air of the morning in
that favoted sjsit should by chance cuter
ber withering lungs. J ins was tue old
monkish idea; In the convent the pious
brethren pnfernd close cell and musty
tomes. They dreaded water, aud soup
wus ttnknowu to them.
' A curious prejudice exists among many
people here against cold water when they
have a "catarro" or cold In tho head, or
even a touch of chill la the bones. For
weeks, till the cold has gone, they reso
lutely refrain from touching water. An
other popular prejudice here Is thut
which Impels a family to move out of a
house when any member or 11 lias Uled.
Fur this reason It Is needful to be cau
tious lu taklnir a house or apartments till
you have made certain that no one has
recently aieu tnereiu 01 a couiugious uis
ease, do far does this prejudice go that
many people abandon their old homos on
tbe dealli 01 a niumucr 01 me lamiiy.
lillMMSI! FKAH UK DISEASB.
It don uot seem to be so much a sutwr
s tit Ion as a childish fear of disease. Aud
vet these same people who would not eon
sent to remain In a house thoroughly and
scientifically disinfected, with uew wall
pajx-r and uew paint, will move to a house
with a stagnant ditch near at hand, aud
Will shut themselves up lu their bedrooms
at night like herring in a box. i he old
houses here show iu their construction
the dread of air and sunshine. With little
narrow windows, brick .floors and tight
doors, they were certain to become musty
lu six months' occupancy. The ancient
convents had windows of tho size of prison
windows. Churches were built so that
never by any chance could a breath of air
irnt lu to disturb the worshipers. All
this the white man did. But the Indian,
living mainly in the open air of the
high sierras, Is s different sort of creature,
a man who can make sixty miles or more
a day. He It Is who eats with an appetite
Ids frugal meal, and has the good sense
to beat his Idols when they do not grant
Lis requests Immediately. These are the
men and women with broad chests and a
color that shows red blood aud rood circu
latlou. They have missed the rutlnements
of the white race, but have preserved their
livers and their lungs. In the heart of
the Indian their lurks a contempt for the
sickly colored white man. He regards his
Dale faced brother as a man of artltlce and
endless reflmlneuts, who must have st
band an apothecary shop and a doctor,
who dares not live out lu the free country
unless protected by servants, dog aud
guns. The white man takes a horse for
a journey of five miles; the Indian will go
twelve times as far In a day on foot, and
will be well and ready for another tramp
the next day, when the white man's horse
would be used up with two-thirds ths
same amount of travel. Oeuerally a vege
table eater, the Indian of tbe Mexican
sierra I a proof that meat Is not a neecs
sity of life. He eats a frugal meal of
corumeal tortillas, takes a drink of pulque
or water, and wears out the meat eat mg
dweller in towns. largely It I the good
air tbe Indian breathe that makes hiru
the strong and enduring man that be U.
Mer ou Cor. Boston Herald.
OermaT's Canter Pigeon.
The war department of Germany pos.
ajMuwa fl.fJOO carrier niireons. and baa tha
right to nse 100,000 birds beljnglng to
.1 ! 1,1 II... , I .. H
lue lamer rigeou 1 uaiai ev-tvi.
Life ef Aalm.
Sir John Lubbock, of England, 19 staj
luA il,a liahlta of anta (or tweutv-two
years to discover that their average life
1 , .1 1 ... j
IS only luiny uw uaja
An order to sn encampment of British
volunteers Is, "all Lair to be cut quits
abort, and where possible the mustache
only I to be worn."
Cricket 60nol
Cbtrp, mad cricket. In the STfa
t'hlrp. thins a-arniluu aud freef
If thy chirping could be word,
T'll nie what the wont would bef
Chirp brill, chirp soft,
I'll blKb, i low;
In vine, aloft,
la grain, below;
Only tell-were kind poke.
If In wonla tby tumult limkef
Cricket, would thy word be wise, (
r of biuiler tilings, aud sweet.
If you aeut out verlaU aong,
Aad Dot clatter, from the wheat
Chirp alirill, chirp soft
Tip high, pipe low j
In trluee, aloft.
In grain, below;
Only tell-were kind word spoke,
If la words tby tumult broke?
Dealest thou In memorlea
float thou know of ancient liiln(Sf
anyhow, 1 lore thy note
Wore tlian any bird that alng.
Chirp ahnll, chirp aoft,
I1 high, pipe low;
In vine, aloft,
lu grain, below;
Only tell-were kind word tpoks,
If in wnnla thy tumult broker
Lew Vauderpoole la Outing.
Chinamen a "High l.lTera."
Nearly all the Chinamen In New York
are "high livers" In diet. The poorest
laundryman will have chicken or ducks
st least once a week, and these are bought
alive, a Mongolians are extremely afraid
of stalo meats. Contrary to the general
Impression, rnts, ruts and jinppies are no
more commonly eaten by Chinese than by
Americans. I'oultry and pork are the
favorite meats. Vegetables of all sorts
are abundantly used; and pastries are
made lu an enormous variety, but always
of easily digestible Ingredients.
J hey are very clean lu their cooking;
even the rice that they buy from Chris
tian groceries Is washed with at least
seven separate waters, to make sure that
no traco of un Chinese handling remains
to make it religiously pernicious, lint
tlicy'iilljosso8s an unaccountable love for
old hats. An ordinary Chinese laundry-
man will wear the same list rurninety
niuo years If It can be kept together so
long aud lie would even then go Into
three years' mourning for it. WoiigC'hlu
roo lu lue cosmopolitan.
Temperance and lleg-ularlty.
Temperance la superior to regularity,
and there la nothing regular lu nature:
everything I governed by circumstances
and environment. The aulmal, vegetable
and mineral kingdoms are Irregular; tbey
may run by the season, but not to tne
minute or the hour. Kut the right thing
at the right time, follow the dictates of
your apiK'tlte. and eat and drink with
moderation, ibis is tne Kino, or regu
larity I observe. I uover have taken any
note of the hour or minute for taking
meals or doing anything else circum
stances control me. You may Inquire
what moderation Is; sud may say what la
nioderatlou for one may be Immoderate
for another. Very true. The answer to
this Is that If persons do not knew what
temiHirance and moderation are, 11 is ineir
misfortune The plain truth Is, that few
Is'rsona ever And out bow to eat and
Irlnk until ago overtakes them and It be
comes too lute to reform. Wllsou Mac-
Donald lu Herald of Health.
A Governor of Greenland.
Tlie governor of the Danish colony of
flreenluud receives by the ship which
brings him his animal supplies, copies of
the daily pillars of Copeuhagon for the
year preceding. Ho arranges these pa
lters In the order of their dates, aud then
quietly and calmly reads a paper each day,
just as though It waa iresii irom tue
;iress. lie is sometimes sirougiy leuipivu
:o peer Into futurity by reading some pa
pers ahead when he comes across Interest
ing news; but he resists the temptation,
no matter now anxious lie ts 10 auow ine
fate of some measure. One day a paper
for each day la Ids rule; and so at the end
of the year he Is thoroughly familiar with
the news of the preceding year, lie says
he Is lust as hanpv as though he pulled
eoeh day's paper off the press. New York
Trlbtiuo.
Another Bash of Invalid.
Now there is another rush of Invalids
like that of tho consumptives who go to
the abattoirs to be cured, 'ibis time tne
rush Is bv rheumatics who believe that
they can be cured by standing near the
dynamos In electric light establishments.
This new fad grows out of the Idea that
men employed In the manufacture or use
of electricity never have rheumatism or
neuralgia, it is said to do a iaci, anu
another statement Is that If a rheumatlo
gets work that takes him constantly be
side dynamos bis disease quickly leaves
him. New York Huu.
Extinguishing lleraelf.
One day a negro woman, quite show.
Ingly gotten up as to dress, came to me to
know If I wished to hire a servant. After
a few other questions 1 asked her name.
"Harsh Maria Jones Mason," waa the
satisfied reply.
"How do yon come to be named Jonee
and Mason, tool" I asked.
"liecase uv them other Joneses," she
answered, tossing her head. "They'se
low down and I put the Mason on to ex
tinguish me." Detroit Free Press.
Blch Men ef Kew York,
Forty years sgo a book was published
on "The Illch Men of New York." It waa
designed to Include all worth more than
flUO.OOUl Only seven years ago at a great
breakfast of bankers on Fifth avenue It
was sgreed that nobodyln New York
could be called rich unless worth more
than a million. The limit has since been
raised aud It ts going- up every year.
New York World.
Took Wonderfully Welt,
"My speech took wonderfully," said tha
stump orator, with undisguised pride;
."all my good poluts were recognized Im
mediately." "Yes,'1 was the reply of Lis cynical
friend; "tut then, you know, when you
make a point it stands out so prominently
like a mountain In a desert." Boston,
Transcript.
Aa Unfair Advantage.
I "U
a I V
I
If I get out of tbla, Bridget, but ITl make
you Jumpl"
"Faith an' I know that same; so I'U uh
sit ber till you change your nwind, that's
slL"
And the does.I-Ufe.
A Maaa Inalnmatleaa,
"I never explain my jokes, air," said Us
humorist, curtly.
"That's where you're wie, old boy," a by
stander remarked. Sotuerville Journal.
Laagh and Grew rat,
Marrunan I'm getting stout, and I don't
know bow to accoout for it
Mrs, Marrunan I guee it mutt be UugSr
Lug at J!Wir own Joke. Lowell Citiaeo. (
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