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J .L FLOWER SONa ',1 Ln I cl.11.UI1.1r f .t up tun way sklte, H1' , . 0I)i,)r bruukk-l am btuifliiug wli WlMT . -.I.... II Ltlmnlivlu ., ' ' i.nr the;n in you' dreams M you 11 ..i ,.t.ilr. frloffed lashi up, nl.ut ao Terr jjft ' Puii" '""r tWr, t b'Ue ey " K0llt B r'o'v"" l,'rr',n,,''E "mt T slumber K), i.nif ileal isiis, 1 tliuuld like to know? tW " -U.rtrude Alger. XATKLLA. yy.r was genuine '-''-'onie I" the deli "I'T.m, 1'imllno, denr girls. How i how very d,,s. lids i charming." f!;il. x"1"'1 v01"" m"" c"lir,t'"Kly kissed JhoUM' was a mansion nt llio south. Jetty, t0P tll,lt whlMll" 1111,1 ru" ' ''""'.''rot'tli'st lllilo durky Imaginable i ncJu-a Hio Jtillifst lmiKli, put his dusky " in the rich 'd '""I I'"'! turning . ... ...... hit r v "ji'iiy. J"" ' culled Tante; l.ut Z.U,"eUtM "Lathe,' refrain. Tun.,, atern.y. with" Ihe (cur. . , minima iiubii JUT CllceHs, qileslloUCll hi love will, NaMla, separately one ,,i all as thev imthi-rid Villi have f:lllen I heir." I..,'')'1'''.'1"-'1 T;"'" 1 ITU UIIXloll I.) Know nil ii 1 k . i u Iht." I-..1.HI.W her v,hi';,. i r;,', , , wi, ,...,-,;,,,,,. u.!,,,,,, r,,,,,;,; ,, I., i I.,,,,, ;l ., slowly .i ' "l fn.m l,,,l,y. si,, was ... . ..- i I'll ilPil Mi,-1. I, Vi'l.lf ii m ii ii" r a 1 1, r 1. 1 1 in', Hint i1 in1 I.; i. A' k lir v.inti'viT you a M'.'ttiivttv.. llil'll leaving ,lUy II,;, ..1.11.1 ccciiingiy l.rli.'ht. "I: I. IIIIU IHI Mill H." shceall .lil " I hen r;i it-' Iht i-.i'i l,w,L...i ...i i .1.. , ,, . on in inn nil (i ii i IV i' soltly outlined l.y I),,, nilvrry ,,,r, 'V,hy:M she Hkfil, hIi,. terribly m; In ml, call It:" 'Sail? in no pinchim holy I ,inilil ilo von think !.,. u n it afraid I have liven mkiug mwlf .k,yi) I only. Imnglned it Kr Humid didn't seem to nol in-, ami lfiin.lil u very oIimtt- fllit ' " ii mtli' w""")' M'"'1' ""ui,l,lf".,,Piinliy. .Now Pi'1". i'"u'." "ni1 N'lWi'K Iht ' . ,' those of Iht two tall nlitn-n, . SintekJ tl' wy tlintiiKh the (trout hall, ,1 up the wl,lo mall-case ,0 ,lu'ir , 'H,"l-'t whert-, wli'' lmrll" kI"s' sl"J ll-fl tl"""1 "Tlioo!" Tbo fair luilml ulster turned slightly. I'l'licol" Pauline ilroppttl her gloves, lint, Jacket Mi tbe sofa. rewe (lreanilnK? TbDifhtfuIlv, Theo deftly rondo a tight tali tit her nlovt'S and with a precision worthy of herself tossed them direct, in tl.ice opi)site. "I'm uot, l.ut perhaps Pauline started. The words were ronifulty P!iken. Moving over to the ViuJowqiile'lly. sho rested her lianils on lt led-e and leant far out. Her Bister, in tie room, lw" Imstlly HCttinu things to ""The day w"9 0,10 ejc1,,,!,"e beauty. T!ic air, heavily laden with ucucla sweet ,,,s. stirred hut slightly. 1'iui line, wen r;t lirushiii away her clinulii hair as m divaiiiiii!:, rested niotioiiless at the timliiw. H")' ,vas P"ssil, "'Kilt. Thebushcs. the trees, thickly duslerim;, iel the large garden with their heavy ,ta,v3. The thick foliage of the trees, inrnil hy the slight breeze, rustled softly. jUTeitt ncorii leaf swept timorously the ,ift cheek pressed to the hard wood of the inU", wt :t :. ! i and agaiti. The o'd tree close to lite house and shading many of U nwms, could, by siivtchlng liront the long, slender hraiich, keep the kaf tapping gently. The girl's blue eyes ten elK'iud wide, but she seemed to no liwtwtiilna. The lon Jotn-ney had tired xr unduly- She wag resting. A parrot, heard him chatter, chatter, tiresonie bnl, la the room above. Acorns drop ping, xlie heard them plainly, one, two: tirn, one. The birds everywhere were linting. each a different song. What n ri-tlins they did make among the leaves! Fyhting some live or six were busy at It, twirling in now great circles, men troll ones, and at each other. So close nVycmne to the head below them that tin lir they made milled all her hair. Hut still she moved not. The birds on the pound lHMieath the window wildly (hiril ns they pecked for worms. She Winl the slow, heavy tread of some one walkmn through the grass. Looking ilarply, she saw plainly n powerful negro (..mini; to the house. "A slave" she breathed the word. He neared the house, oiIh1 nuil entered a side porch. A straw ht drawn low over his forehead had kept lis to from view. Jlut instinctively she law It was a line one. A Ilgure, grace tiil, alight, c:ime hurrying by. Pauline, Itaiiiiic nut still further, waited. Xatelln" The figure stood motionless. The rtupely head moved eagerly from side to Je, tlieti drooped. When, as n low note i i bird, came the words, "pus nminte- laut." ' Xatelh, look lip! Here I am." Pauline laughed at the fright, the stir prie in the great eyes raised to hers. A nuilcof wonderful swectuess nw on the Rlli In u inonient. "Ah, missy! Welcome' Welcome!" ''St. Xatella, Tante had written so tatli almut you that I knew you at once. You were nut with the other servanls then we came?" kXii, missy, one of the pickaninnies as sick ami 1 staid with it." "Xatella, is you comiii'?" "fioou," Pauline said. fith a low lmw of her head she turned mjr. "Bnntiftil. She Is far, fnrlovelierthan I hsd ever tlO'ight. A creole! n slave! it be p)ihIe,' She felt suddenly ekiital. I'luler the window it was Harold she saw wnlking, with his long, easy "At He was out of sight in a moment. But still she heard the Round of his clinking, the whirling of his riding hip, stiu Knw the liny light gleaming Lke a fire fly on his linger, and reinem N the ring with the the soltuiro Tuute ""eivenhlm recently. "AwywiBick? What is it? Pauline, do jnnhfar?" Theo shook her roughly. "Supper? Did Fjsny it was reudy?" But her sister hod "ttheroiiin. ilavc 1 been dreaming, or what Is it? I Mstrnnce, Rt range." She dashed the cold water from the "f' again, yet again, over her face. . Homesick?" The laugh which fol- Zt lla(l tremor in it. I'auline was "rely 1. Jn stairs, In the high celling dining "W. with its armor nnd stiff hackvd ".scatci at the table,the family waited The uneasiness In the hesitating voice ceased. "Her health Is perfect, nml she Is so proud that never for n moment would she think of n negro on the place, all hough they all worship her. There is Pierre, the hauiNoiiiist of negroes, who loves her devoutly, l.ut she Pierre" Tante laughed gayly. During the weeks which now followed there were lmlls and parties without num ber given to Mrs. (iridium's nieces. It mattered not at what late hour the gh'ls returned home, always seated by tlio burning loirs of the ojicn fireplace waiting for thcm.eilliersewliit'ordt .ing, was Na tclla, a brilliant picture but a selling of lurid gold. The time had come now when the visit must end. It was the lllght before their departure, when the greatest event of the year took place, when the negroes' ball was at hand. Candles had been lighted and placed In the wide drawing room In every conceiv able corner. !y the order of Tanle all the female revelers were to come to that room nnd show themselves. "To nniuse you girls," she said to them. A dress of pure white had been mnde ess'cially for the beauty of them nil. Na telln was to be simply resplendent. Pau line nnd Theo were to see to the llnishing touches. At nn early hour knocks fell on the drawing risun duor, nnd the black laughing faces peeped in to see If missus And the young ladies were there. Such giggling, high merriment, wild laughing, and outbursts of singing, iniule the room shako Its sides in sympathy, and the very mirrors to reflect from nil comers the grimace nnd proud turnings. Put they were nil sent out at last, mid Nntella summoned. Sho entered the room stalely nnd soberly as usual, her regular features looking like inarl.le. The laughter died slowly from Tunic's lips. Her glasses were suddenly in need of a wiping. With trembling lingers Pauline and Theo pinned here and shook there the white dress on the motion less Ilgure. "Look at yourself, child 1" It was the voice of Tante sounding strangely severe. Kalclla moved at once to the mom and stood si 111. The large mirrors on all sides Hashed her back a proud, da..liug picture. She seemed to lie in every spot, to fill the great room nnd crush the silent watchers out, Jettv tumbling iu broke the spell. The carriage was at the door. Taulc bad given them the family barouche. The cruiichingof the horses' feet on the gravel, the screaming and laughing of the gather ing revelers were now plainly heard. Tante rose nnd, leaning on her nieces, went out to the veranda to sec them off. Seated on his high box Pierre, the coach man, the II nest negroof them nil, held the prancing horses well In hand. "(Jit In, you chilens of Hani, clt In," he called In a voice of iron. They obeyed nt once. Pierre gathered the reins to gether and raised his whip; turning then, he scanned the dusky faces. Mammy, the black cook, watching him, called out im Diitiontlv: "Sake alive, honey, where's that gal Nntella?" Harold had been leaning nonchalantly eyeing the scene on avert, nda pillur by the side of Pauline. Without looking round, she spoke to htm ns mummy called: "llurold, will you find Nntella?" "She has not been here for some time. It was her sister's voice, hushed and close to her car. Hut even os she spoke a white form rushed by them, was pulled into the carriage, and the horses had dashed off. "Theodore, Pauline, come In; we are going to have a storm." Tante Btood in the doorway. Theo went up to her nnd drew her in. Already the Wind was banging doors. The night was of a pitchy darkness. Pauline, in her dark dress, was not visible on the veranda where she stood. A strong blast of wind, coming suddenly, buffeted against her. Frightened, she turned to enter the house, when, in one breuthless second, she could not move. Leaning up against the pillar where be had been liefore was Harold, with u face of fearful anguish. His head was bared nnd fallen, with a look of deep despair. His eves sounht hernial the veranda, cut ting the rery blackness with their inten sity, and vet with a distant look about them. His lips, tightly compressed, were blanched, us were likewise the cheeks, the brow nlMjve them. The only hand she fdw hung stiffly by his side, between the fingers of which was crushed a half smoked cigar. She tried to speak, to walk, but could not, when, with a mighty effort, Fho made her way to a door near by, sprang up the st.-irs nnd snnk ex hausted on the floor of her room. She lay there how long she knew not, trembling., -in. flint. sufTerinu face before her, when t, l.,l " Her sister coming in PHBlUl'. " ---- - Inter was surmised to find her sleeping. Why had she descried them this their i ..i.rl.t when Ihev bad been SO jnl!y. nnd Harold had kept them laughing with his songs? m,, r., Iloil ns she thought. hen ni last she slept, Pauline opened wide her ni ti.p iliirktu'ss. 'Harold, what was the matter with him? What did it mean? That dream, how plainly she remcmlicred it; the lirst night there by the window." She shivcred. How cohl sue wasi inc... ......... together In the drawing room. I p stub wan the doctor, lie now came ami, with his hand rotlng u the dour, l.wed to Tanle. "The girl has U'cn nlsoiii J. She M overtaken, my dear lady, without doubt, by the spasm- In the s. where she w.i found. As I he M-rvmiW lell ine. she left them apparently well nt their iiiurtcri to come to her room ill the luiiise." The doctor bowed holeinnlv nnd was fchowiiniit. Tantu motioned the fright ened group nway. "No crvlng, no screeching, near this hou.e." si'.h m,i,i ii fiercely ns Ihey went l.y. "Taute, dear, but It Mtcr we should' leave to-night, for you see. how excited Pauline Is, uu.l the change Is necessary at once for her." Theo stroked the white hand gently. "Yes," the answer came sadly. "Pau line is not herself." llan.ld went with them to the station, nnd Pauline wondered why it was that no one saw, us she did, how old and harsh looking be had grown! "Harold," they are standing nlone to gether nt the station. "Harold, I found this iu the cushion of the carriage coining here." He caught her hand which held the ring and pressed it tightly. His face was turned from hers. The ring pierced her cruelly, nnd involuntarily he ex claimed: "t'ousln, sweet little cousin, a thousand pardons and as many thanks." The ring w as on his linger. The Imt was close drawn over his eyes. The train com ing In, Pauline hastened for the last time to bid gnodhy to Taute. "Your ear, dear, give it to me. I must whlser." She drew her down. "Pierre, you know Pierre, my handsome coachman, He has imt been seen since last night, nnd 1 heard he was In n had temper at the ball because Nntella proudly refused to dunce with him. He must lune mixed the h.Imiii at the supjK'r. Nntella, my beiiulilul Nntella," and weeping bit terly Puiilliie left her, with the rurluius of her carriage closely drawn. Harold (iridium, a week idler the girl's departure, sailed fur Kune, to be gone for several years. Tante, iliar soul, wtm broken hearted about it, ns w ell ns Theo. Konia irginia in The Home .lonrnal. 1)0 l)0(iS SKK (i HOSTS? ALMOST BURIED IN CINDERS. FOR IF ERUTE3 SEE GHOSTS THEN THCfiE MUST BE GHOSTS. lan. .lra In I'rnva Thai l( llaa lli-fli I rlulilrneil In Miiiim.4 la Whlih Kplrlla War Hslil In lluii Aiirari.il. Oiie.lli.ii i.t Animal liniiiurtalily. TKAMl'S ON KAILKOADS. How Creole funk friths. The Creole style of cooking hard shell crabs Is highly approved l.y epicures, but It doesn't recommend liself to Mr. liergh's society for the prevention of cruelty. A big Iron pot is pitl over n verv hot lire. The ImiIIoiii of the pot is then covered w ith, say, three pints of the lic-l while wine vinegar, into which n few pinches of salt lire thrown. I'pon this Is sprinkled red pepper. Then two or three narrow sticks are placed iiIh.vc the liiiiid, the ends rest ing nt the sides of the pot. The cover Is put conveniently by for hurried action. Then the live crabs niv packed in to the full nnd the cover is put on. The steam of the condiments soon enwraps them, and when the carapax is cardinal red, "a disli lit for the gods" Is ready for the refriger ator nnd then for the table. It Is said by those who nave eaten crabs rooked Iu this tiecnliur wav Hint the natural moisture and flavor of the meat are preserved mid that the boiled condiments give singular piquancy to it. linked tomatoes partly st u lied with crab meat is n new delicacy, nnd u juicy tomato wilh a layer of cruh meat cooked Creole style hn't so bad. It Is called yum-yum iiud is fully entitled to Its suggestive designation. New York Times. The rirxt ( li-cul.ir Snir. The circular saw was In operation for sawing lumber on our falls some years previous to 1M0. The inventors of the circular saw wero .Messrs. .Jacniiith & Kastmiin, who carried on the manufacture of lumber In the cove, their mill occupy lug tho site where the pulp mill now stands. I well rememlirr seeing this snw In operation previous to lHil), cutting out clapboards. The logs were sawed Into four feet lengths and placed on a machine propelled by water power nnd somewhat similar to a turning lathe, where the bark and sap wood were taken off. They were then fastened on the clapboard machine, the log turning on its center and n row of clapboards cut off by n circular snw around the log, nnd if tho log whs of sufficient dimensions a second row wus taken off. Tho log was propelled back nnd forward and turned l.y ninctiincry. irivlntf tho thickness of u clapboard by an tnilev without the aid of u mill man. The nincblno wus considered n great invent iou nt the timo and attracted much utt' iitiou from strangers visiting the town. liiuuu wick (Me.) Telegraph. rate nf a Short Stnrjr, I onco wrote a little tale In half nn hour and would then have been glad to sell it for if 5. I peddled It to nearly every paper In the United Slates and Canada without avail. When nbout to cremnle the story n new miner ntitieared. I offered my sketch ,..l li.ul the pleasure of correcting the proofs two days later, conscious that tho following week would bring me $.:!, the ninioa nml the rorivr ir it ot niy SKCicn. As long ns the paper existed I was one of J htT. The Runner wna limT nnd merrv "Kand Pauline talked together, while 'o tad Harold made the slender glasses witli the merriment of their lungh- The low windows were ojiened wide, ftirora bpf sent Puulino looked out nt r moving bushes and snw tho ""'Eleamimr ul,. i .i..i. ci. , "- '.'...I If 111 lllC lll-il LII3. l-Jl.w - ..... .1,, "tiMd m .. .... . ..- .i- i !... S'ib l.iv nnd thought ""o sin more quiei luiui nit i wui. : , , ,. .!,. Jhea,rttlieyiinBC8toftlicin : hour passed. Sho bad slept and awuk ... im. Kind eyes of Tante rested ene.l; u was auuui u look of love on Theo nml on Har- i Pl,e slept again and, wnklng. fr'nn tbe darkness half gone. Her wrapper lay on chair close by. X inler the dankt , even, she was shivering; nnd it look She rose anil v-rnpitu m ow nnu iookcu uou and .1 '"7 1 Lisienin distance They cn:iie inm U r . .1 J.iiknew thevhad returned. She .HoU to hve the window .o go to l.Mf Mlltll' t IH'ltl - light wiwiiainfultoher eyes imr them witn ncr u.i" the sun to burst. Some time ago I ha I unmet hit g to say rn uiiiinal immortality In thnl article I briclly referred to tlio arguim ut, now not uncommon, that some amiuam a sar to have intercourso with Isiugs, or forms and states of being, iiusein by us. , This on the face of it is not iiuprulmble, but it may 1k a stretch of our own im agination to assume that this ts a vision of ghosts, lint if it can Is? sIiomi first that, ns Wnlluco affirms, objivtive phan tasiiis appear to men soinetiuies, nnd to dogs sometimi's, then it would Ik- hardly fair to assume that men are to have a spirit life hereafter nnd the dog not. It might Ixvome tnvosurv for us to shnvo li;u k our dividing line liotwccn iuiinor- tals and nouiiiiiiiortals, and take over on our side at least some of the Iva-ls. Is tho Indian right who, in Poto's language, believes "his faithful dog will bear hilil company in tlio spirit land." lucre seems, however, to In- il cotivictioii in the minds of some: o' .rven that dogs Hot only soinetiuies, but at all times, see uud hear what we do not hear. first of nil. in justice, let us get the facts, or tho averred facts. In Rod ami (inn appears the following letter: "Sir, there is reason to believe that animals can see spirits. At any rate, 1 have it very remarkable fact to relate. There is in Devonshire a large, rambling old house, which has long had the reputa tion of being haunted, l amilv niter f.iinilv tried to make it their home. One after un-oilier they gave it up. all for the sjiiiio reason that was frequent sjkv- tral ongoings in one of tho corridors. Sometimes the ghost was seen by one member of the household, while it was invisible to others close by," which, of course, would indicate that the seeing, or not seeing, deK:nled on tho ocular condition of tho family. At least, a skeptic would strongly urge that tho probabilities wero in favor of visual de lusion. 'Sometimes mysterious sounds showed the ghost to ho nlx.ut. while he was not visible to aiiv of the watchers." A BCAllKI) PlH). Hearing easily follows hysterical see ing. I lui.'o myself seen wires and lamps when 1 knew noiio existed. "The fam ily that last occupied the house thought U tierce dog might settle the problem, on tho supposition that a human trick ster was at tho bottom of the disturb- unco. Uu the first night of the dog's residciuo the snrlral rattlings wore heard. Tlio watchers took the dog to the corridor True to tho instincts of his nati'ro he rushed to the front, bark ing savagely. Suddenly, when half way through the corridor, tho dog stopped uud gazed upward in evident terror. His tail dropped, and then he retreated trembling. Hut to tho human eye nothing was visible. I his story is authenticated as coming from iersonsof umtuestioned veracity und excellent powers of judgment. If you will excuso me for turning aside from the main thought 1 will give one or two illustrations to show that ghost seeing is not so improliuhlc us you have judged, runny Kemblo tells us that when residing in liittenhouso squaro her maid, sitting so that she faced and could see the staircase and HPIH'r landing, saw tho door of her lied- room open, and an elderly woman in A flannel dressing gown, with a bonnet on her head, come out, walk tho wholo length of the pnssngo, and theu return deliberately in tho same manner. The maid knew her mistress wasdown stairs, and ulso wus confident that no such per son us sho saw could bo in tho house. Having good nerves, tlio woman did not ut firbt tell Miss Kemblo what sho had seen, but ransacked tho rooms to see if sho could solve the puzzle, till the time afraid her mistress would be disturbed by some similar apparition. She after ward came on a portrait In the house suddenly that was an exact copy of her ghost. A gixid chance, of courso, for un imaginative maid, or a cunning one, w work up a lino yarn. Yot it is something that Miss Kemblo believed tho girl did see un apparition. STItANflE CASES. Tho Epwortli pursonago enso, involv ing John Wesley, is of great value bo- cuuso it links both man and beast in the II a W..I. Ill Hat, tint frarlull Dirty, but lllilu l (irl Iha Munajr After All. He stood in the Oruml Central station fanning huiiM-lf with Ins hut, ami the ciudens on Ilia bald lu iui looked like pe kt on a Hard boiled egg. Kvery square inch of liisahort fat person was Is-grinicd and dirty. "'S'i.se I look like a Digger Indian lust dug," he remarked, puttuig his head Int.) the window at the bureau of infor mation, and letting his imitation leather viiliso drop on the lb sir with a thud. "lili, well a little jagged, perhaps," re fp in. led tho clerk politely, "No jag around me," said the dirty tourist indignantly. "I only got in ten minutes ago." "So'" "Yes. Haven't washed sence we left Council Ul-.ffs. Would you believe it!" "Oh. yes." "We had a gay time, I tell yer." "How's that?" inquired the clerk. "Well. .ou see, a feller from South I Dakota opened the winder just ill front ' of tno a while after we had started and 'the cinders come in like it was a hail storm. 1 didn't wiihtto'pcnrdisohligin, ! so I st ix si it fer three hours, and then I ' leaned over to the South Dakota feller, I nnd says I, 'Little dusty, ain't if.-' 'Meb I be,' suvs he. 'Would you iniiid shuttin down that winder fer a sh-11?' says I, us pcililo us you please. "I find it very iiuiioyiii. 'I would mind,' says he, 'and if I can stand it, I'll M you can.' 'Well, if it's a Iw-t, you say,' says I, 'I'm in it. I don't h-t no South Dakota feller bluff me. I'll l't you fifty dollars, even money, you'll weaken oil that open win der In fiiro I do.' Ilo looked surprised, but he says, 'It's ago. o put up the money with tho con ductor, and he snuggled up to his winder and I behind, takiu the dust sorter sec ond baud. Attheendof the first twenty- four hours we wasn't purty fer a cent, uud 1 fit;' J the other feller was sqiiirinin a goo 1 deal. So when tho tram stopiied fer dinner I sneaked out to the engineer and gave him my last ten dollar bill, uud says 1 winkin, hen you start up the engine ll ll be a pcriieKier lavor io ine if you won't screen back them cinib-ts let Viii llicker for two or three hours; just buzz out every cinder you'vo got. " 'My coal, says he, a winkin back, 'is terrible, soft uud muddy today.' "Well, sir, tho next three hours was awful. I never seed such smoke und coal dust anywhere. The way that en gine snorted und blowed and them cin d.-rs rattled and pattered most scared the passengers off the train. It ac.ually seemed us though the screen business had busted clean out of the smokestack and let the coal blow through iu chunks. The dirt was so thick on my face you could have wrote my name iu it, but that feller from South Dakota he caught them cinders right in the neck. Ho was almost buried. There was cinders iu his hair, cinders in his mustache; they worked down inside his collar; into his ve.it pockets. And when lie started to brace up on a chew blamed if he didn't bile more cinders than tobucker. About then it came up to rain, nnd for an hour that feller from South Dakota locked like ho was dredged up from a mud pond. When the rain stopped and tie was wipin down the mud, along come a red hot cinder us big ns a pea and lit on his beard. The brakeuinii helped him put out the fire, but just thou the train topped nnd that feller ri np and says he, '1 weukon, take the cash,' and he walked right off the train. Then all the passengers congratulated ine. They said I wus dirty, but game." "So you got tho money ';" inquired the clerk with some interest. "Well that's the trouble," rejoined the THEY GET OVER GR3AT DISTANCES ON SCHEDULE TIME. LONDON THEATFR TOUTS. Whan Thry Can't (lei Inalila 1 hry llava Iha lira! That Iha l:1rlnr IDnrila, ami bi.iualliura Thai la Vary liuml, Thougli a Trllla llaiifariiiia. While trainmen are of one iniiid in re gard to the annoyance which tramps cause the railroad companies they dis agree uliout the methods of these indi viduals in "doing" the country. In spite of the strict rule of all railroads prohibiting tramps, these professional travelers get over the road somehow or other with astonishing rapidity. They have Ix-cn known to come trout San Fran cisco to New ork in but a trine longer time than it took Mr. Mackcy on his record breaking trip. It is by no means certain that one of these nomads didn't accompany Mr. Mackcy part of the way across the continent on I lie fast mail train. Tramps lire partial to mail trains. Tho trucks are roomier than those of the ordinary coach or freight car. Whatever doubt there was nix. ut Mr. Mackey's beating the record there certainly wasn't any doubt that Mr. Tramp beat the railroad company. There are tramps and trumps. Many a poor fellow who has spent his last cent und is out ut the elbows wants to try bis luck in another part of the country, but ho bos no means of getting there except his heels. These will not carry him far without hunger staring him in the face. He slinks about some freight yard, and when a train is pulling out begs a train man to carry him along a bit. Ilo ad mits that he is a tramp, but he isn't; he's a beggar and a tenderfoot. There are others, who have just got their hand in, traveling from town to town, uud when a trainman catches thein stowed away in a box car they whine piteously and recount their sufferings or those of a sick family miles away which they are anxious to get to. HOW HEAL TRASH'S ACT. . "These are no tramps," said a brako- man. "There is nothing interesting aUmt them ami they are a nuisance. The professional tramp is a character, and sometimes you meet with one so slick that he deserves to beat his way. The real tramp makes no excuse wheu be is discovered. Nine times out of ten ho makes a threat, and as a good many of them go armed it is dangerous to meddle with them. For if there is a human being who might bo expected to value his life cheaply U is u tramp rather than a burglar. How many times have 1 had a trump snarl at too with n string of oaths and wind up by threatening to put a hole through met "Probably tramps will hung on to most anything, from the brukeshoe to the wheel box," suggested the reporter. "No," said a triiiinian of the Central Hailroad of New Jersey. "Many eople have erroneous ideas ubout the habits ol trumps. Personally 1 never saw a tramp ou a truck, but others say they have. Trumps generally pull for an empty box car, if there is one open. It is curious to see thein search the yard over, impure about the departure of trains und their destination and the stops they make along the way. Why, Saturday night, just before leaving for Phillipsburg, 1 went to search my train for tramps, and 1 found an empty rail lirook car full uf thein, right next to the train shed. They knew goiuelnv that the cur was going home, und that it went to the cud of the jouruey. They alwuys seem to want to go as far as possible. I "These fellows set up a whining and .. ... .. , i.iin.o.. I i: t uiny Traveler. , x u-u,. eo , to let the... go along. They engineer blamed I hat one y c ss , w MM m wusn l goin me one oeuer .... u... m , . . . . rn! i with li wanted logo to Phillipsburg to attend flow I'atmna A'i Simla Rllaarahla by Clnak. I'marsiiiiua ami Olliar l lauda. Yon have scarcely put your nose In sido a theater before yon nre seized nsin and cnllisl to stand and deliver. First it is your coat. Men and women rush after you und K.ster you for your coat. They would rojoh e ff nil were roollsli onotign to yield to their importunate demands, und risk colds, coughs, influenza and bronchitis for tho rest of their natural lifo Why, it is mildness to ventureinto tho stalls without a draft protector. Modem theaters are so constructed that they are mere draft traps. If vou are seated near tho door you risk a stiff nock. You must wrap your cloak aronnd you and lie careful to protect your legs from tho blasts of wind that potir in from every crack nnd canny. If you are In the center of the stalls, at many theaters directly tho curtain is raised a tornado of wind rushes across the footlights and catches you by the throat. I often think that women urs mad who venture into theaters with low dresses in winter time. It is bad enough for men. And vet these attendants get qulto of fended if we do not leave behind us the only garments that will protect us from sudden death. Kcmcinlcr that no one is free from tho theater highwaymen. Even those who go In with orders cannot get out of the cloakroom or programme tax. At last they must pay. I reinem Ut onco going into a theater with a friend who hud a keen sense of tho lu dicrous. I think it must have been W. S. Gilbert. It was a morning perform ance and ho was attacked in the usual way: "Coat, sir!" "What do you want with it!" "To take it off." "Very well." he murmured Innocently. Tho highwayman prepared to strip off his coat, and behold! my friend, who had prepared for tho dodge, walked away in his shirt sleeves! Ho hud only put on his overcoat, with nothing un derneath it Unconcerned ho wus preparing to en ter the stalls coat less, when the attend ant rushed after him. "Look here, sir, you must not go luto the stalls like that!" Why not'r" ho asked with a bland and innocent nir. "You asked for my coat You have got it. What uioro can you wont?" I no coat nnu ciouk netms unving ueeu disposed of, you encounter the second rank of touts. Now it is a programme for which you must puy. They inso- ntly bar your passage. They dun you mid din into your ears, "Programme sir!" It is not a civil request to know if yon would like a programme or not, but a demand with un implied throat The implication is that you ure a stingy person, who has no right to be soon in the stalls. Uut this is not all. Having gone through the first easy stages of theatrical purgatory, you nro worried all the even ing with ice sellers nnd chocolate vend ors and stale cuke providers. If yon are iu tho stalls, safely wrapped up from the drafts, these touts edge iu botwoeii the very narrow nnd uncomfortable stalls and generally tnako liny. They tread on your toes, they disturb the lit tle nest you have made, they muke havoo with tho Iddies' buck hair, pulling out confiding hairpins and crushing the re sult of tho maid's handiwork. Thoy don't care if they dig you In the eye with un ico tray or powder you with the refuse of siMingo cuko or bury you under chocolate boxes. Thoir duty is to inako ns much mouey as possiblo for the speculating contract tor. It is not thoir fault, poor things. They all get a commission on thoir wares and it is their duty to tout. Clomont Scott in London Graphic. conductor, and they it'id ski piwd together. . r i ..iii...i.,.i A iiil timv ., ti, ,iit.,r tiion.'ht it worth "Soon after our largo mastiff dog came covering by special copyright. Two bun- am run to shelter lietween us. While in.i nnd thirty papers considered tho i.u disturbances continued ho used to sketch good enough to risk violating u.o .. im ,,ai, and snap on one side und copyright, nnd among the .Mi, lNJ una ue- t,w oth(,r nm, , fr0IJU,.ntly U'fore any ..ii. .'...I i he storv in the two preceding years. r Valentine. M. D.. in Tho Writer. C'uuclit. At a certain station large quantities of idntnn nml apples were being reported na mission almost daily in the large person in the room heard any noise ut all But after two or three days no used in tremble and creep uwuy before the noise begun. And by this the family knew it was nt hand: nor did ine onservution ever fail." The testimony here is cer tainly credible merely us honest ussever- i... ... fvi.n Ii. iiwli.i. u-lii.tlu.r ... 1 l I...!- il...f ......... n. nf to UUOII, mil wc ui i.-v .......... hampers ...m it u-. some electric or magnetic nhe- too love on Theo nnd ou Har hnu1" . tllinkiug they will man thought. " 3 "rapper was ended, and only " iMavening had gone, when the first "'"IU a SOlllhnrn f... I l...ca irii-la ffetant clime, vis g tl honTe of I' "i'. ,nt to the wi fc," passed. 2 tj. . "er sister, wnen mourning tti.V0,,lcir room, were stopped by ; , ,; ClUing: T vrV uho Rai'1' eomincf Int0 ,he nsn' fctka , Patella she is to wait on von; ? ,M ynrown. You will find B C4fii1 I ''""' craclonsly. She had given ternnld. As Theo blew out " tut night, some hours later, J. i?!1"' tfr ,st?r "m her sleep by . crnlv; 00 "ply: know who this Girl is Tnntl much (ifthe one she calls Na- "Sohm ,n!sf1 herself on her elbow. 1 hU to-morrow;" fell back 1 pillows and slept, r-,'- . ,rpp- not the one by the The half and, shield- she waited for She would sec it for .. . .. ....... ... rn the lust time in nil us sj.u-'"" - southern land. A gleaming mi oi u ..c !? ffr,i,ht her sight. It appeared to be ! wound around the tree's trunk. . Some remnant of the ball, she thought. I ci - ..ai a.R looking nt it wheu the sun d reeled her powerful rays full upon it on n f ce with eyes wide op-n meeting unflinchingly-on parted. Hp, , an tt brow. With a cry which woke her sister novated to the dead face of Nntella. s aring st her-nt the sun. "n.shadl.nUflgg.nd tl.elr songs, i M an.". , . London. Circumstances pointed to ine probability of the pilfering taking ldare ,,t tlm sending station. The ugent hit mum a novel lilail for detecting the thief. h- bud lad tx.rter placed in one of these hampers returning empty, which was large enough to hold him, covered tlm ton with canvas ami laue.eu u Plums Perishable." with the address ;.. full Toward midnight the lad got crumped .ml fMlt anxious to get out, but he stuck manfully to his post. By and by one of the night shunters came into the shed to examiue the wagons labeled for the next in.in. He irroped about tbe packages, mid cut a hole in the canvas of the ham ivlw.ru the lad was concealed and felt for the plums. nomenon that the dog felt or was ghostly presence. v s ,,... A verv strange case is reiHiiiuu uj uu. Hodgson in Septeinlier, 18!)u, in which a white lady appeared. "The third night the haunted man's dog crouched und stared, und then acted as if driven around the room. Brother saw nothing, but heard a kind of rustle, and then the poor do2 howled and tried to hide, and never again would that dog go to that room. Koliert Dale Owen reports a case oi haunted man who had not been alio for yours to keep a dog I confess these cases all seem different when looked ut with amm knowledge of dog nature I am sure that a scared man would scare out pensively ut the Forty-second street huckmeii, "that I m too honorable nun confidin, always been so. Say,' ho added iu a whisper, poking Ins dirty head in the window, "gimme a quarter fer a waoh, will yi?" New York Tribune. FlmllnR Ilia llrlila. In one pnrt of tho Canton of Ticino a very quaint marringc ceremony prevuils. The bridegroom dre.,.ies in his "Sunday best, and nccompunied by as many friends and relatives as he can muster for the fete goes to claim his bride. Finding the door locked he demands admittance; the Inmates ask him his business, and In reply he solicits the hand of bis chosen maiden. If his answer be deemed satisfactory ho is successively introduced to a num ber of matrons and maids, some perhaps deformed und others old and ugly. 1 hen he is nresented to some large dolls, nil of which he rejects with scorn, amid general merriment. The bewildered liriiloLTismi. whose Imiietuosity and temper are now sorely tried, is then in formed that his ludy love is absent and invited in to see for himself. He nudies into tho house und searches from room to room until he finds her in her bridal dress, reudy to go to church. Then are his troubles over und his state as a benedict assured. Swiss Republic. do:? out of Democrat. his wits. St. Louis Globe- IT., uvia terrified, however. !o find hi fainted llnr-nh with fri-ht when the porter revealed Horseflesh is used for human food In htms'df and recognized him, with a large Denmark. Sweden and Switzerland, and , ,. . ..ii ..i rmii Viv Ida niile. The also in several parts of Italy. It is not ,. in a rotiole of davs tlisj- considered lit for human food in Uuchur """l,r - ...... i,,.,.,... o,.il tin. rmrter received promo- est. Scotianu or r.ngi.ni". .-...n . mi tion. London Tit-Bits. i , -""' 'fee. noi ine one ny i n the r songs, mro- -- init ther in the depths ot the ' n8 and the leaf swept not the cheekof W The., and Pauline were Si,,, but the cold tlass of the closed M . Itie Kindincr r.m.ini ronil !...!,. and sec meU 10 mum hi rl.:r"n the house Harold Graham ' ' r The party under the tree n....nta knew nothing, and could Ur. ndred the handsome, proud btlt sob snd wring their tawl L turned a corner and bowed Alnii.hty! Lord. Almighty I. Fine OiifHllon. The Germans ure a very philosophical ,i LAinra hat iriumentative race. Two -.,rkuien in the great Krnpp cannon manufactory were overheard disenssinj ,, inmortarit question. "It. your opinion, Johann," said one, u tlm more important Part of a W Uitu - - ...., ,ntiie hole or the steel.' The hole of course, Ueinrich," said the otlnr. "li-canse what use iu the world would a cannon be without any hole in iC .... i You are wrong. Johann. ItsthesteH that's more important; for how many men could you kill with a bole with uolhiag around itT - Youtb'sCompan.oo made in I MM. 1H75 and h,n to mtnaiure it into London, but they were not sue ceesf ul. Philadelphia Udger II Utnl Off. One of my fellow stndeiits once Ix.uglit an old gun. which he intended to use in aiiT.io nrivate theatricals he was pnaltio- ing Several of his fellow comrades were in his room one night and the gun came op for criticism One of them picked it up and pointed it. pulling the trigger. The others followed suit, lax after six or seven of thein had tried it. the next one pn!led the trigger, the gnn going off and blinding one of the poor fellows for life, as well as disfiguring him. -London Tit-Bit Trying to lluy Hark Ills Own Hotly. This queer story comes from Massa chusetts: A man who lives in a suburb of Lowell is seeking to have a deed given by him twenty years ngo recovered. The deed conveyed his body to a surgeon now pi.u-ticing iu Great Falls, N. H., for the sum of ten dollars and other considera tions, possession to be taken on his death. Since tho deed wus made the giver has made a fortune in South America and has decided that he would like a Chris tian buriul. Tho deed provides that the body shall be dissected and the skeleton articulated and presented to a medical university. The luwyers have decided that the dis?d holds good and that the only alternative is to buy off the doctor. The giver of the deed has mndo a bi, offer, but it has liecn refused. Ilurtford CourunL 1 the funeral of his brother. 1 drove them all out. None of them was u professional, They didn't know one another, and they all scattered In different directions. IIKVKNGK FOB ILL TKKATMKNT. Of course they will get into any car that is left open, and if there is anything eatable they ulways help themselves. If there isn't an oien car they will try to Uud a car of lumber. That is more ex posed, but there are ulways some vacant nooks between tho piles of boards, and they muke very gixxl bunks. When 1 wus running on a Long Brunch train we hud nn experience with tramps at fllnta- wan. We picked up a car of lumber there. A gang of trumps hud learned of its time of departure und that it wus through cur, which just suited them, They always try to get a 'through sleep er, like passengers wiio puy ttieir way, One of them, who had a wooden leg, they DUt on ton of the lumber iu plat.) sight, and then the? appeared to go away. Of course the traitiiuen wouldn't put a de formed until off, and apparently he was the only one who wus going along. But no sooner did the locomotive signal to start than the gang lit npon tho lumber car like a swarm of beos. We went back and nulled them all out from the ere? Ices, and we got curses in return. "The next eiKht when a freight trulu came along the switch at Matawan was oiit-n, and the train smashed a lot of cars I nn a siding. The tramps were around later to see the results, and they asked the agent whether that was Porter train. No, said the agent.and they were very sorry that they had made a mis take. "An empty box car or car of lumber lacking, they look for a car with a good sill at the end. But not many cars are built that way now. Where a car ha ladders within reach of the bumpers tramps will stund on the bumers and make a long journey sometimes in that position. But generally there is nothing to cling to at the end, and many a pro fessional will stand between two cars with a footon one bumper and tbe other foot on the other bumper. Of course this is reckless, for trains often break in two, and dowu goes the tramp and one sec tion iroea over him. Probably more tramps are killed in this way than any other. New VorK sun Inatlnrt of Iha Mnwrnger rigaon. Upon what tho messenger pigeon's wonderful faculty of finding its way homeward over great distances depends opinions differ. Some ascril it to an exercise of highly developed intelligence others to an almost inconceivable er fection of sight, and yet others to in atimt or intuition. Tbe fact of the matter la, it Is one of those mysteries of nature that perhaps will never be reveal ed, and stands side by side with the ac tion of the grilse or young salmon, which finds iU way back uniTringly to tbe same stream that it left nearly three years Cigar Fuat Loiif. The birirest cigar actually smoked by the better class of the Philippine Is landers, especially at Lozon a place not ed for tbe universal habit of smoking. practiced by all classes, ages and sexes. It is no uncommon thing to meet re sectable islanders puffing away at cig are a foot in length and thick in propor tionBoston Globe. Ou Thief Thai Kill. The thing that really kills a great many neorde is laziness, though the doctors before as a tiny par. -Denver Re- generally manage to find a more respect- publican. able name for It-Rain's Horn. Marco lliiuitria. Soon after Fitz-Greene Ilalleck had published his stirring "Marco Bozznns, io roiieuted tho poem to a lady, an inti mate friend of bis. She expressed greut admiration of the beautiful lines, but when ho was in full enjoyment of what he considered hor perfect appreciation sho surprised him by tho innocent query: "Who was Marco uozzurw "Well," said Mr. Ilalleck, despondent ly, "what's the use of becoming martyrs for liliorty or of poets cclubruting heroes If ladies won't even inform themselves alniut the events of the duy'r" The remembrance of another Incident connected with the poem never failed to elicit a groan from its author. At a certain dinner party ut wmcn ne was present, it wiui expected that each man should sing a song or muke a speech. Among the giuwts was a, Dutch Jew, whose English wus execrublo, and he had been previously persuaded by a joker to commit tho wholo of Marco Bozzuris to memory that he might recite it for the gratification of the poet and the poet's friends. Tho day came and the Uutchmun was called upon to speuk. "Shentlemnns, said ho rising, "icau neither make do sjieech nor sing de song, but I vill didiver von grand poem. This he proceeded relentlessly to do, and Ilalleck, when he beard bis hurmo- nious measures delivered in a mixture of English and Dutch, wus divided be tween the temptation to luugh and cry. Youth's Companion. Ha Rarkuned II Would Ron. One of the most interesting characters in American history is Oenerul Zachary Taylor, "Old Rough and Ready," hero of Buena Vista, father-in-law of Jefferson Davis and twelfth president of the United Hates. We all recollect how Daniel Welxder sneered at him, before he was nominated, as a "backwoods colonel," and refused to let his friends put him on the ticket for vice president with Taylor for first place, thereby missing his hut and, as the sequel showed. Uut chance of becoming president Millard Fill more, of New York, took the despised second place and thereby had nearly three years in the White House, General Sherman used to tell an amus ing little story of Taylor aueut bis nomi nation for the presidency. At that time General Taylor was stationed at New Or leans. He was Kentuckian and the Kentnckians were very properly proud of him One day shortly before the conven tion met at Baltimore he was approached at New Orleans by an old Kentucky friend, who said: "General, we want yon to run for presi dent." Who wants me to runT asked Gener al Taylor seriously. "Why, we do all your old neigh bors." "Well, then, if that's thecase," replied the old hero, without changing the ex pression of his face, "1 reckon I'll have to run." Detroit Free rres. ... I r