SHE DID, AND SHE DIDN'T.
Flic aonshl her "rlu-bta."
Robbed by wiiue cruel cbttuca of llfe.'a delights
Willi alaiMtiiMiiu aim rem tew tout,
Willi a half l1ulf which ilis counted whole
K.nrneM noilnulil. and luinrm not unaeied,
Hut hunif'-rlliK mid querulous and vexed;
Willi iiarvliu luailm-u lu a fruitless frame,
Ami with an (irMnc fur the tort of fame
tt huh ronien from I lie mere print In of a name.
blie clamored lur tier "rlglila," allowed soleuiu
rrart.
And men,
Hruteuien.
They only laushed.
She did nut seek her "rlliH."
fcbe dreamed not of some iiaib to mannish
lirlk'lllis
Hut followed nature,'! way, and deemed It
IfOud,
And bloomed from flower to fruit of woman.
howl.
she lo' I the "tyrant." bore her noble Dart
lu Ufa wllli hi in. aud thought Willi ail lirr
In-art
Hie bail her rUMim.
She bi'lil lhat wuiiflliliitf nieu and women meant
To be unlike, out eacu a upplrmi'ut
fnlo the. other. Tii bcrifemlv whim
lie UK not more lo her than she to him.
And little children gaihi-red at uer knee.
And men,
brute men,
Would die fur ruck as she.
Christian liilulllgenrer.
ANTONIO.
Antonio wa young, handsome and
gondolier. Ho lacked but two things
u gondola or ins owu ami au Kiiglixh
limn. Ho was too jxHir to buy a gon
dola, and though lio occasionally hired
an old and extremely dilapidated one
and trusted to Inn liundsomo face to en
able liiiu to capture a purty of fun-inn
ludiex V't profits had to bu divided with
tho owner of tho gondola, and thus were
painfully smull. The h-ughctto brought
him in n few fraucs per inoutli, und ho
pieki'd up other mnull huiuh by serving
ax second our whenever touristx could
bo convinced that a second our wuh iico
essury. Still, Aiitunio wait (lo.sx-rutcly
pour, und ho aud ti in young wifo were
often uiii'onifortubly hungry.
Now, if the Madonna would only send
him im Englishman, even if it were
only for a single yeur, Antonio could
easily nave enough money to buy him
self a beautiful gondola, besides living
in the lup of luxury. His brother Spiro
hud owned uu Englishman fur only V.t
months, and already ho wax a capital
ist, with his own gondola, and figure
it to yourself with 400 frantu in the
suvingx buiikl And Spiro had done
liothiuK to deserve thin blessing, for he
wan iiotoriouHly au unbeliever und nev
er went inside a church except when he
witii escorting English ladieH, when, of
course, ho prayed with fervor at tho
most conspicuous shrine, which wax
worth at leant 10 extra soldi of huouu
mnno, whereas Antonio wax deeply
religious and at least once a year gave
a wax cnndlo to the blessed Virgin of
Sunta Maria Zobeniga "But patience!'
said Antonio daily to himself. "Some
day the Madonna will grow weary and
will Hny, '(iive that Antonio au Eng
lishman, so that I can huve a little
peace and quiet ' Aud then the Eng
lishman will appear, aud Antonio's for
tune, will be made."
Of course Antonio knew of every for
eigner who came to Veuico with the in
tention of making a long stay. There
is no detective police in tho world that
can be compared with tho Venetian gon
dolier in learning the ways and purposes
of tourists. To know all about the for
eigjer is ut once bin business and his
cupital. Tho Englishman who cornea to
Veuico aud determine to spend six
mouths or u year in that enchanted city
may reach this decision on a Saturday
night and mention it to no living soul.
Vet by the following Monday morning
all the gondoliia-s in veuico know that
there is uu Englishman to bo striven
for, aud they have even settled in their
owu minds precisely what apartment ho
will proliably hire. How they arrivo at
this knowledge it is not for mo to say.
There ure mysteries in the Venice of to
day, as there wero in tho Vonioo of the
feu and of tho three.
Now, it fell out that ono duy Antonio
learned that au Englishman uud bis
wife, a young couple, who had every
appearance of sweet temper and scant
knowledge of the world, hud arrived ut
the Alhergo Luna aud hud told tho por
ter that they intended to take a house
aud live forever in euiee. Tho porter
wax an intimate friend of Antonio and
had been promised a handsome commis
sion to any foreigner whom ho might
place in Antonio's hands. Within au
hour after receiving the precious infor
mation Antonio hud put on his nest
shirt, hud said 10 aves at lightning
speed, had promised the blessed Virgin
two half pound wax candles in case he
should laud this desirable Englishman
and was back again at the Luna und
waiting to waylay his prey.
The porter presented Antonio and as
serted that, as a combination of profes
sional skill and moral beauty, Antonio
was simply unique. Mr. Mildmay, the
Englishman in -question, was pleased
with Antonio's clean shirt, and Mrs.
Mildmay was captivated by bis chest
nut curls and tho frank, innocent ex
pression of the young fellow's face. Ho
Mas hired on the spot, with the new
gondola which ho professed to own, for
150 francs per month, including his
board. He was to bring his gondola and
his recommendations to the hotel to be
iuspeeted that aftemism and was to bo
ffin his duties on tho following day, tho
Mildinays having already secured au
partiuont in advance of their arrival
lu Venice.
' The long hoped for fortune had ar
rived at last. "Ho is a man of excellent
heart, the paron," said Antonio to the
porter. "He will be as wax in my hands.
Already I love him and the sweet pa
rous You shall have your share of him,
ny Zaane. No one cau say that I am
"ot a just man."
Antonio hurried at once from the
hotel with a note from the porter to a
dealer in gondolas, certifying; that the
Nearer had secured a most eligible Eng-
shmau. He had to pay eavy price , , wif9 wa-
-r the hire by the month of a near y , D8ual .ZynM.n, ao he said.
w gondola, but th., payment, were to I g J 1 knoctly what was the
,hePuf"T U"""Vn"2 but he thought it was rheuma
Aiitomo did not grudge the price. Then Tne Millmayi ,hr,nK!,t it strange
he stopped at his house to show the new t)iat rm.nnmtisni should huve carried
RoiKkda to his wife and tell her the oJ, a Woman only 83 years old, but
Mewed news, and then, armed with his ttraI,Ke things happen in Venice, and
haptismul certificate and an old letter ,l0 cj,nilte in unqaestioimbly damp,
from a notary informing him that the Alltonj0 asked for a half holiday to at
ftm.Tal expenses uf his father must be t(n(1 tne fu,.rnl, and he added that on
Paid or serious consequence would fol- jtB plir(1n could advance him 800
low, he returned to the hotel. francs of his wages he should be unable
The Mildmays were satisfied with the tohave his wife from being buried in
gondola aud with Antonio's recommen- tlje jon diteh. Of course this could
dationx, for they could not read Italian D),TPr permitted, and Antoulo re
bajHlwritiug, and when Antonio in- the 200 francs, and Mrs. Mild
formed them that the notary' letter may toi,j j,er husband that if be should
a certificate that be was the most thiuk 0f deducting it from the unhappy
Jiouest man in Venice, and that it had man.g WBgei gj,, coold never respect
veen given him br Qennaa prince
wliom he had served 10 years, they
were not in a position to contradict the
Insertion. Moreover, they were already
pair iu love with the handsome and
huppy face of their gondolier and would
have taken him without any recommen
dation ut all sooner than lHV taken au
old and ulgy gondolier with the roconi
tuondatioii of the British cousul aud tho
resident chupluiu. The next duy An
touio entered upon his duties and began
the joyous task of making hay while
tho sun of the Englishman shoue on
him.
The gondolier in private service in
Venice doc many things wholly uucou
uected with his boat. n usually waits
on his master's table, he polishes the
concrcto floors, and he is sent on every
variety of erramL Antonio was tireless,
respectful aud cheerful, and the Mild
mays agreed that ho was au ideal serv
unt Of course they responded to his
suggestion thut he needed a livery, and
he was soon furnished at their expense
with a handsome suit of heavy blue
cloth, a picturesque hat, a silk sash and
an overcoat. He lmiked very handsome
iu his new drins, and the difference lie
twoen what he paid tho tailor and what
he charged his master provided his wifo
and his little boy with their entire
wardrobe for the coming winter.
Venice is a cold city ufter tho winter
fogs begin, und when Antonio advised
thoMildiuaysto lay in their entire stock
of firewood in September instead of
waiting until the price should be higher
they said to one another what a comfort
it was to huve a servant who really
looked after their interests. So Antonio
was commissioned to buy tho wood,
and he liought it Ho made a hand
some commission on the transaction.
aud iu addition he hail about one
lifth of the whole umouut of wood de
livered at his own residence. It is true
thut this was not quito enough to pro
vide him fuel for the entire winter, but
tho deficiency could easily lie remedied
by simply earn ing home three or four
sticks under his coat every night, uud
Antonio was not a mun who shrank
from any honest labor when the good
of his family was iu view.
Alsmt 10 days after tho arrival of his
Englishman Antonio informed him that
the gondola needed to go to tho squcro
to have its bottom cleaned, at a cost of
10 francs. This, however, ho insisted
upon paying out of his own pocket, lie
cause the foulness of the bottom hud
been incurred In-fore he entered Mr.
Mildmay 's service. This scrupulous dis
play of honesty still further convinced
the Englishman thut ho hud the peurl
of gondoliers, aud when the next duy
Antonio asked him to give him as a
loan, to m deducted from his future
wages, 60 francs, wherewith to make
certain essential but wholly unintelligi
ble repairs to the gondola, Mr. Mild
may was of his wifo's opinion that it
would lie a shame to require the poor
man ever to repay it.
Tho first thing that shook the Mild-
mays confidence iu Antonio was a ut
tlo incident iu connection with a chick
en. They had had a pair of roast fowls
for dinner and had eaten only one, in
tending to have tho other served cold
for luncheon tho next day. When late
in the evening Mrs. Mildmay acciden
tally discovered Antonio iu the act of
going out of the house with the cold
fowl stuffed under his coat, she demand
ed au explanation. "It is true, parono, "
said Antonio, "that I took tho fowl.
Aud why? Becauso all tho evening I
had seen you and tho parou sitting to
gether in such love und happiness that
my heart bled for poor Antonio, who
has uo happy firesido at which to sit.
And so I said to myself: 'Antonio, sure
ly you deserve a little hnppiness as well
as these good and noble people! Take
tho cold fowl and eat it with love and
gratitude in your heart!' "
Mrs. Mildmay could not scold him aft
er this defense, unilsho simply contented
herself with telling him that ho might
keep the fov 1 for this time, but that
such a method of equalizing tho benefits
of fortune must not occur again. An
tonio promised both her and himself
that it should not, aud though he con
tinued to keep his wife's table fully
supplied from that of the Mildmays tho
latter never again found him iu posses
sion of surreptitious chickens.
One day Antonio found a goldpiece
20 francs, iu fact on the flixir of his
gondola. Ho knew it must have- been
dropis-d by the paron, nnd ho promptly
brought it to him. "How wrong 1 was, "
said Mrs. Mildmay, "to doubt tho poor
fellow bicanse of thut affair of the
chicken! No one would ever have been
the wiser if ho had kept thut 20 friuio
piece, but ho brought it to us like uu
honest man." For once she was right
in believing Antonio to be honest
Nothing could have induced him to sul
ly his soul and hands by unlawfully de
taiuing his master's money. He was
determined to muko all the money out
of his providential Englishman that he
could make ill ways thut every gondo
lier knows to be perfectly legitimate,
but ho was no thief, and Mr. Mildmay
could fearlessly have trusted him with
all the money iu his purse.
Antonio was now ono of the happiest
men iu cunt', uui one morning ne
came to -Mr. Miliimny witn a iuce oj
pathetic sadness and asked for a day's
holiday. "It is not for pleasure that I
ask it," he said. "My only pleasuro is
to serve the best of musters. But my
little boy is dead aud is to be buried to
day. I should liko to go with the coffin
to San Michela"
Mr. Mildmay was unspeakably touch
ed by the man's sorrow and tho quiet
heroism with which ho tore it He gave
him the day's holiday and 00 francs to
ward the funeral expenses of his child
When Antonio appeared in the morn
ing, quiet, sad, but scrupulously anx
ious to do his whole duty, the Mildinuys
felt thut they really loved tho silent aud
stricken man.
Misfortune seemed suddenly to have
nin amuck at Antonio. A week after I
tho death of his child he announced in
him again.
For a time the darts of death tpured
the household (1f Antonio. The gondola
made its alleged monthly visit to the
quero to have its bottom cleaned
at Mr. Mildmuy's rxHuse, aud the
amount of repairs and paint which
it needed did seem unexpectedly large.
But Antonio was not foolishly irrasn-
ing. So long as he douliliit his wages
liy tradesmen's commissions aud bv
little devices coumvted with the keep-
lug of the gondola be felt that he
,was combining thrift with prudence.
Ho made, however, one serious mis
take, of which be afterwurd rciontcd
wnen It was too lata Instead of civ
ing the Madonna the two wax candles
which Im had promised her lie gave her
two steuriue cuudles, trusting that she
would not notice the difference. It wax
not iu kivping with his houi-st and re
ligious character, nnd there were times
when the recollection of it made him
fcl uneasy.
As the winter wore on Antonio's de
votion to his employers ucver slackened.
Beyond the commissions which it is but
just und right that the faithful gondo
lier should exact from those dogs of
tradesmen, even if they did charge the
same commissions in his muster's bills.
he was tirelinx in protecting the Mild
mays from inquisition. He was never
tint tired to do anything that ho was
asked to do, uud although, when his
brother Spiro was tcmiiorarilv out of
employment, Antonio discovcml that
there was nearly ulv ays too much wind
to render it safe to tuke the gondola out
with a single oarsman, aud that he
would, therefore, furnish a second oars
man iu the person of Spiro at his mas
ter's expense, ho never intimated that
he wits not reaoy to row hour ufter hour
while the Milduiuys explored tho citv
and the lagoou. Mr. Mildmay was fas
cinated by the narrow Venetian struts
aud sM-nt hours exploring ulouo every
part of the city. Ho was probablv iter-
fectly safe iu so doing, for highwav rob
bery and crimes of violence are ulmost
unknown in Venice; but, for all that.
he was always, though without his
knowledge, accompanied on his walk
ing excursions by tho stealthy and uu
suspected Antonio, who kept out of
sight, but iu readiness to come to his as
sistauce should the necessity arise.
Toward spring Antonio thought it
best to have his wifo's mother die, but
to his surprise Mr. Milihnav did not
offer to pay the old lady's funeral ex
peiixcs. He drew the line at inothers iii
law, and Antonio received only his half
holiday to accompany the corpse to tiie
cemetery. This miscarriage made An
touio think more than ever of thut fail
ure to keep his promise to the Mudounu
iu the iii'tter of the wax candles, and
ho sometimes wondered if she were capa
bio of carrying her resentment so far as
to take his Englishman from him.
There is gas iu Venice, but the judi
cious householder does not use it, save
when he desires to enshroud his rooms
in a twilight ghsiin. if he wishes a
light strong enough to read by, he burns
petroleum. It was, of course, Antonio
who supplied the petroleum to tho Mild
may hnuscholit, and equully, of course,
he bought the poorest quality and
charged for tho dearest Now, in spite
of all tho euro which a timid person
may lavish on a lamp burning cheap
petroleum it is nearly certain sooner or
luter to accomplish its mission of set
ting somebody or something on tire, and
Antonio's petroleum, which was rather
more explosive than gunpowder unue
countalily spared tho inmates of thecusa
Mildmay until tho month of March,
when it suddenly asserted itself.
It hapis ned in this wav: Ono eveu
ing Mrs. Mildmay took a lamp in her
hand and started to cross the wide and
slippery floor of her drawing room.
The rug on which she trod moved under
her, uud in the effort to save herself she
dropped the lamp. It broke, and iu au
iustuut she was iu a blaze.
Antonio was ill tho anteroom. Th
dixir was open, and he saw tho accideut
Ho sprang to Mm. Mildmay.'sassistunce,
He did not attempt to avoid the flames,
but rushed directly through the pool of
blazing oil, burning his fis t and unkles
horribly. He seized Mrs. Mildmay and
tore away her dress with his bare hands.
Ho had nothing to wraparound her, for
he was wearing no coat at the time, but
be clasped her closo iu his arms und
smothered tho flumes that had caught
her petticoat by pressing her against
his lsHoni. She escaped with nothing
worse tliuu a slightly burned finger, but
Antonio's bunds, arms, feet and unkli-n
were burned to thu bono. By this time
Mr, Mildmay, who had been iu his
study, heard his wife rolling for help
and made his npiiearunca
Antonio asked tho puronu's permis
sion to sit down for a moment and then
fainted awuy. The cook was culled and
sent for the doctor. She met Antonio's
brother iu tho callo, close to tho house,
and sent him up stairs. With his help
Antonio was carried to Mrs. Mildmay's
bedroom and laid on the Is-d, and be
fore the diK-tor camo tho wounded man
regained cou'inusnoss und thanked tho
Mildmays for their care of him.
The doctor, after dressing the wounds,
said that the man might very proliably
recover, but Antonio announced that ho
was alsiut to die, on hearing which de
cision the doctor changed his mind
"When a Venetian of tho lower class
gives up and says ho is going to die,"
laid tho doctor, "no medical science
can save hint. Your man will dio be- j
fore morning if he ha really lost all ,
hope. There, he says he wants a priest I
Von might as .well unier uis comn at
... L!.. II 1
on. I can no notniug to save mm.
"Paron," said Antonio presently, .
"would rou. in your great goodness, t
permit my wife to coins to sec me for
tho lust time?"
"Von shall have anything yon want,
my bravo fellow," replied Mr. Mild-
mav, "but I thought ywu-r wire was
dead. "
"I was mistaken about it," said An
tonio. "It was her twin sister who
died, and they were so much alike that
their own mother could not tell them
apart No; my poor wife is still alive.
May she bring my little boy with her?"
"Tell her to bring unvbody yon may
want to see, " replied his master, "but
I certainly thought yonr littlo boy was
buried last January. "
"The paron is mistaken, if he will
pardou mo for saying so. It was my
little girl who died Was it not so.
Spiro?"
Spiro roiiflrnied Antonio's statement
like a loyal brother w bo is afraid of no
fraternal lie, and Mr. Mildmay bad not
the heart to trouble the sufferer with
any more doubt of his veracity.
Antonio was duly confessed and re
ceived absolution. "Did you tell the
father about the candlss?" whispered
Spiro after the priest had gone.
"I thought." nuswertd Antonio,
"that pcrlia! the .Madonna bud not yet
noticed that tiny wore not wax, uud
that it would not Ihi wise to tell her of
it just us one is going where alio is. "
In the early morning Antonio died
with the siuilo tif un innocent little
child on his face. "1 have nerved tho
dear purou faithfully," be Mid just an
he died "1 know lie will take care of
my wife and child, and he will tuke
Spiro an his gondolier. "
Mr. Mildmay religiously carried out
Antonio's dying rcqtu-st. lln Installed
Spiro iu the place of the dead man, aud
he settled ail annuity on Zuuzc, the dis
consolate widow. 1I gave Antonio a
grave all to himsvlf in Sun Michele uud
a tn-autiful white marble tomlistoiie,
with the epitaph, "ltiav.-. Faithful and
Honest." He came to know somewhat
luter how Antonio had enriched himself
at his cxin use, but lie said to bis wife:
"After nil, my dear, Antonio wiv
strictly honest ai-cording to his owu
owlo. 1 think I have known some Eng
lishmen of unblemished reputation
whose honesty, uci-oiding to the English
code, could not lie compared with thut
of the poor boy who gave his life for
yours." W. L. Aldeti iu Strand.
A BUSINESS ROMANCE.
It In the True Story of the Ml of Hum
ble Young- Mn.
A young man who was working us
tierk in uu importing house had otvu
lion frequently in the course of business
to call ut a certain large manufacturing
establishment The head of the cone -em
Cook n fancy to him. One duy be usked
the young man what salary lie was get
ting, what his chances of promotion
were uud so on. He wax told and then
suid to the young man that he thought
there was a lntter opisirtunity for him
iu his office than iu the bouse w hero ho
wus then employed.
The young man repliiil that he should
of course like to better himself, but
thut bis engagement would not permit
him to leave forf some time to come.
The In ad of the house suid bethought
ho might induce his employer to let
him go. He accordingly wrote u note to
tho senior partner of the iuisirting
house, with whom be wus on intimate
terms, saying that he had formed a lik
ing for the young man, that he believed
there was u Is tier opening for him iu
his office nndusking thut he 1st released.
The next day the young mun came luick
with a letter iu which his employer,
while expressing regret ut liming bis
services, said that he recognin-d tho
larger opportunity offered him, und, us
he didn't wuut to stand in his way, re
leased him. The clerk went to work in
his new position und so confirmed his
employer's good impressions thut his
promotion was rapid He went from one
responsible pi it ion to another until ho
wus uext to the manager of the house.
A short time ugo the manager died, and
"our hero," imw no longer u young
mun of course, but still iu the prime of
life, took his place ut a salary very
nearly if not quito us large as thut of
tho president of tho United States.
New York Recorder.
Ciutom of I'olUh Women.
Iu Poland princesses und peasants
wear around tho throat several rows of
huge coral ln-ails which are supposed to
be lucky the bigger the Is-ads the great
er the luck and the dingy looking mer
chants of the "Zwierjciicta" (Jewish
quarter of the town), at ('racow, realize
small fortunes from the sale of these
coral in vk laces, for a Pole of the lower
classes will ulmost sooner go without
food or without her In-loved "vodki"
(brandy) than forego (his cherished or
uament. The "graude dame" issolouth
to separate from her lucky beads that,
when donning evening dress with its
paraphernalia of carlx und diamonds,
she curries them in her pocket or in the
inside of her corsuge.
While on thcsulijift of 1'ohind, I may
add that the orthmlox Jewesses thcro--with
whom the country literally swurms
ure easily distinguished, upurt from
any physical murk of race, by tho silken
wigs which they are forced to udopt on
the morrow of their weilding day. Their
religion exacts that on the w ediling night
tho tresses should fall under the bites of
u puir of silver scissorn, und the massa
cre is so complete thut, shorn dime to
the sculp, they conceal the skull under
a hideous construction of course si Is en
strands, highly oi iiuiiii uted iu most cases
with bands of black velvet sewed w ith
small pearls and turquoises. New York
Tribune.
Montroml.
Ruikcs usked Montrond once if it
were true thut Louis Philipsi guve him
a pension, tie uusweieil, ' jes, uo.uuu
francs a yeur for speaking well of him
in the clulw and in England. Montrond
before his death went through the form
of u conversion uud made his ace with
the church. When the priest asked him,
Y'ou probably iu old times uttered
many pleasantries ugaitist religion?''
No," suid he coldly, "I have been ue-
ensed, and justly iMvuscd, iu my life-
time of many vice. I have never Ui-u
uccusi-d of In-ing uu itulsvilo. "
Montrond wus uu inveterate gambler.
One day he had a quarrel With some
people he bud been playing with ut
cards. He (lew to Talleyrand in a stute
of great agitation. "Would you believe
it," suid he, "they tbreutened to throw
me out of the window?" "I huve al
wuys udvised you," said Talleyrund
very quietly, "never to play curds ex-
i ccpt on the ground floor. "Sun Fruu
' oisco Argonaut.
Hl.talor (llrla.
There are thn-o buildings in Philadel
phia in which the 'lvvaturs are exclu
sively run by girls. They use the Wum- (
u-n's i'lirist-nm ussweiut ion's big building,
u-t Kiflitceirt-h and Arch streets, the
liu-ls' High school und 'the Normul
K-hooL In the first building ull the em
ployees ure woinc exi-cpt the engineer
and flreniuu.
Soerlnct Isrfliiltion.
I "Mike." suid Plmlding Pete, who hud
bceu reading fn. in a stray scrap of pa
per, "what dm-s 'dernier reswsV meuu?"
Meandering Mike linked ut him w ith
the snta-rciliotis contempt of superior j
knowledge und replied, "Work." '
Washington Star. ;
The Ashley river, in South Carolina,
was mimed iu honor of Sir Anthony
Ashley Omin-r, afterward the amou
Karl of Shaftejtbury. The ludiauacalled
the stream Kiuwab, a word of doubtful I
significance. s
Ruffles for the wrists were originally
called baud ruffs.
ri'KNKKANOlIISdlJX
DOUBLE-1 ECK, THE COWBOY, AND
HIS MODEST RECORD CLAIM.
How lie shooed III Dislike Kur a llorao.
man Who llixle al Teot-t'hialljr Ilia
Spirit Waa Conquered by a Mild Man
nrerd Soldier W illi a Wlnrheater.
Now und then a "bad man" tries to
nltiv.ite something which ho mistakes
for humor. One of these devotee of lev
ity timd to haunt the cuttle range of
western Kansas, und every fall and
npring he u;in arcd in lXnle City at the
general "roundup." Every time ho
came lo towu he left sonic proof i f a
facetious mind, and w ax very sure of (ic
ing talked alsiut by every idle mun and
most of the busy ones who reisaiue
w hen the rush wus over.
His name was Eck Turner, though
Dodge City will best reinemln'r him by
the title "Uitihlc-LIVk," the duplicated
capital being U'oitard A- Loiiglirain's
brand, and he being one of their best
riders Iu fact, Turner might huve Ueu
foreman if he had cured for the position,
for he could ride well, uud there were
few more exnrt with the roH ami prob
ably none who could tsar fatigue mid
haidsbip more patiently than lie.
But the trouble wan ho wanted recoiii
a'iiso for the dull life of a cow!')-. Ho
didn't care for money. Any w ages going
were ncivptiihlo to him. Hut when tho
entile got rounded up und there wan half
a day's cm-qa from the ti-dium of labor
Kck Turner wiuited lux fling. Andheul
wuys went into town uud had it.
Now, a foreman cannot do these
things. He must stay by the herd all tho
time, preserve a clear head uud firm
place iu the saddle. Ho is the represent
ative of the owner tho custodian of
much wealth uud dissipation is not lo
he thought of.
One of Kck Turner,' ct bits uf hu
mor wax to pick out Moplo whoso up
M iiraucc displeased It i in and shoot just
near enough to them to express his sen
timents. Ho particularly disliked to see
horsemen go by on the trot. It wus in a
cowboy country, and cowlmys gnlloH-d,
whether or not they wero in a hurry.
And if the rider bad a habit of "ris
ing" in the stirriqix, us conventional
trotters often do, Kck Turner hated In in
violently. So that when he came down
Main street ono day nnd saw a rather
well dressed man go by trotting ami
"rising" w ith the motion of his horxu
Kck culled general ut tent ion to the spec
tacle. Really the trotter was not a very gonl
horseman. It was possible, as Kck ob
served, to "scodaylight nnder him" ev
ery time ho rose in the saddle. And the
glimpses of that recurring "daylight"
provoked Eck to a bit of pistol practice.
"1 1s t," said he, watching the rider
and reaching for a large revolver, pretty
well back oil his belt, "I bet I can shin it
In-twccii him and the saddle and never
touch a feather."
He hud been drinking in so decorous
a manner us to bo dangerous, and so uo
one interfered. Tho rider wus half a
block away when Kck fired, and thu
bullet must have gone true, for the rider
pasMil on unconscious, while a sign di
agonally across the street wus stmt term 1
by the shot
Ho tried it again later in tho day and
fortunately miraculously excan-d tho
infliction of injury. Isslgo City talked
HlMiut "Double 1. Eck" and his new joko
nil summer, uud in tho uutuiuu ho came
iu und tried it again.
Tho first shot ho mudo ho hit a man
in the leg nnd wus very indignant be
cause they would not give him another
chance, ussuring tho crippled victim it
was uu accident, uud urging him to
mount und trot past just ono time more,
rising uo higher than ho had done, and
guuruntcciiig to put threo shots out of
live between him und the saddle or buy
the drinks for the crowd.
But it was the uncertainty alsmt the
other two shots that interfered with ne
gotiations that and the trotting man's
persistent endeavor to enjoy the lrc4loni
of his owu pistol arm while Kck re
mained in his presence.
Kck thought it was funny, and that
hallucination grew on him till begot
into trouble. When tho wave of "Texas
fever" swept over Kansas iu ISHO, kill
ing off so many of tho Kansas cattle, a
state law stopn'd those "driven" which
had Inn'ii the life of western Kansas, und
Kck Turner lost his occupat ion. Ho went
farther went and south uud tried toshmit
tho top off a man's plug hut in Colorado
Springs Inmuuse ho insisted the fashion
wus two inches shorter than the mun
wus wearing.
At Lu Vcttt ho took exception to the
sputtering sound ixrusiouully made by
au electric lump and went ulnsit shoot
ing the curhons iu two till the city
marshal engaged in rcpurtco und shot
off the end of Kck's thumb, alleging ns
a sufficient reason the fact thut no man
with tw'o good thumlis could bo a reul-
ly "bad num." Eck replied III kind, nnd
there were no applicants for the sotloii
the marshal'i demise left vacunt until it
was known thut Kck had left thut region
und gone to Arizona.
At Fort Wiug'ite he hud tho misfor
tune to shoot into an ambulance driven
ky a very mild mannered privute sol
dier, who pulM up a Winchester and
crippled Kck for life, destroying the tine
fulness of both shoulders uud incidental
ly putting out his right eye.
After thut Kck Turner went to Flag
staff and developed a remarkable habit
of w inning at faro und taking euro of
his money. Ho confessed to a record of ,
five men slain, hut ho wns giveu credit j
for twice us many on nccount of his
well known mmlesty, and w lien he final- j
ly on ned a boarding house for seamen
in Sun Francisco he nriuitted ull tho
turbulent habits of his cowboy life to I
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unit away to torgeiiuineiw. .iu iuu
Herald
Tha llorac'a Hope.
Young Horse Nothing but work,
work, wink. I've a great mind to com
mit suicide.
Old Horse JIavo patience. When you
are so old thai you can't walk, you'll lie
advertised an suitable for a lady to
drive, and ufter thut you'll live in cune
and luxury. New York Weekly. t
It is supined that tho average value
df furniture r honse in the United
Kingdom in alsmt i'KIO. Tills estimate
Includes the valuable pictures, plate,
horses slid carriages, which are nppcu
duges of the more pretentious establish
ment. Lols-liu, also culled Indian tobacco, is
known as common herb, of tin growing
ax a weed iu many parts of the United
Stutes.
A QUEER OLD ENGLISHMAN.
Thomaa Ijiuahrr and Ilia Curloua tiiperl-eni-ea,
I'hylral and Olherwla.
Thomas Laugher, who is said to have
died ut the age of 112, bus uu amusing
record that conmvtn him with Holborn.
He was a well educated man, for he had
studied ut Chrisichurch, Oxford, for 13
years. In early life he bud Invu u wine
merchant in Tower street uud failed,
owing to the failure of a very large
honse ill the same trade, Neelo, Fordyce
& Co. It soafbvted l-auglier that he be
came blind und speechless, aud the skin
peeled off from the Whole of his btnly.
Though u wine merchant, ho never
drunk any fermented liquor for the first
60 years of his life. Tho old man's
memory wus pnnligious. He well re-mctuln-rcd,
in lTil.'i, siving Queen Anno
going to the house of x-crs, sealed on it
piUlnH behind the Lord Chas-ccllor, uud
he talked about the death of William
III. He had been uwell mm-lo mini,
rather a!vo the middle height. At NO
he had n severe fit of illness, und then a
fresh head of hair came, nnd new nails
on the lingers and tin's. A contraction
that tis'k place in the lingers of each
hand at thin instant remained always
ufter. Nothing in said about new teeth
(Mining in bin case, uud he must Siniii
have recovered sight and speech, which
misfortune had deprived him o so
abruptly.
He bad a sou, who died ut the age of
HO, and whom he always culled "pinir
Tommy. " This boy of fourscore (miked
very much older than his father, and the
fact led to some curious mistakes on (ho
part of strangers who saw them togeth
er. Oniv, when they wero walking iu
Holborn, tho son could scarcely keep
pace with the father iu fact, with no
great difficulty uud distress did he do so
that he attracted the attention of a gen
tleman, w ho went up to old Laugher to
expostulate with him on his want of
filial duly iu not aiding mure his vener
able father. The old man told Iiim of
his mistake, but the stranger refused to
give the least credit to his assertion un
til somebody passing ut the time, who
knew the laughers well, certified to tho
perfect truth of the story.
All four turned laughers then; at
their scuiration ull Hollmru U'limed
with smiles, uud grew quito radiant for
a moment, but the next second itrelapsml
into its bustling but somewhat melan
choly quotidian busimsK cash hunting.
Ono feels amused at this fussy moralist,
who showed such prevailing anxiety
und obviousness to direct others in the
path of virtue, smiting, nn the mote, un
conscious of the bourn. Notes und Que
ries. HOW TO REMEMBER.
Advice lo Thoaa Wlahlnc to Commit Hongs
or Mualo to Maniory.
"I wish you would teach mo how to
commit to memory the songs I want to
sing," said nn umutciir musician to a
friend "I huve never been nble to com
mit my music to memory ut least huve
never done sis and I think it would bo
of use to mo if I could. "
"Tho process is not a difficult one,"
wus tho reply. "I have always found it
easy to rcineiiilicr songs and ssms by a
certaiu rule or inethisl that I adopted a
long time ago. Take any popular song,
'The Last Rose of Summer, ' for exam
ple. It is n gmnl plan to reud it over and
get tho sentiment of tho verse, which
comprehends the idea of loneliness, tho
fuding uwuy of beautiful things uud tho
lack of sympathy iu sadness. The rose is
blooming ulone. Its companions are
faded uud gone. No (tower or kindred
is nigh to share its pleasures or answer
to its sighs. This is tho groundwork
the skeleton, so to sn-ak of the verso.
Impress this firmly on tho mind and
familiarize tho thought with tho senti
ment Imagine the garden with tho one
rose uud faded leaves ull arouijd. Once
this is fixed iu the memory it is com
paratively eusy to Ull iu the remainder
of the words. This is one of tho simplest
und surest wuy of committing tho words
of a song to memory.
"With most people memorising the
air of tho song is much easier, und this
is done by humming uguiu uud again,
referring to the iimsio whenever there is
uny question. It is iinsirtunt to learn
un uir correctly at first, for when a mis
take is mudu ut tho outset one is almost
certaiu to blunder ut the sumo pluce ever
afterwurd. "New York Is-dger.
RAW BEEF FOR WRINKLES.
A lilrl Who I'sed It Uer Ixiver, bnt
IHdu't ! lUek Ilia I'ltHUh
Joseph Sluviuski, u tailor of Browns
ville, Brooklyn, was to huve (nun mar
ried to Rosa Marks, a ueighlsir, with
whom ho had kept company for Hourly
a yeur, iu about a month. Rosu is
known ull over Brownsville for her good
looks and had many admirers before
alio met SlavinskL One day last week
Sluviuski received un anonymous letter
suying his ufiiunced wus iu tho habit
of using raw beef to beautify her face,
aud thut she used paint to blacken her
eyelashes. Sluviuski made ail investi
gation und is alleged to huve discovered
that thu girl hud wrinkles in her face
uud for a long time had nsed raw beef
to take them away,
Slaviuski wrote to Rosa breaking off
the engagement nnd requesting her to
return a diamond ring and a silk um
brella which ho had giveu her. She re
fused, and Sluviuski hud her in the Sec
ond district civil court in Broadway,
Williamsburg, on a summons to explain
why she refused to return the articles.
When Justice Pettersou was told that
raw beef bad caused the engagement to
be broken, he said to tho girl:
"If you have uned ruw beef on your
face, it's hail goM effect, for it undoubt
edly has drawn out some hidden bean
ty." The justice udded thut as long as Sla
viuski hud given the ring uud tho um
brella to Rosu they wero her property
New York Dispatch.
Thi-j Hate. It lo Atlanta.
Atlanta In quick to catch on to all the
latest curves. It wns announced not
long ago that tho milkmen of Inidou
in order to alleviate all suspicion of
adulteruted milk drove their herd of
milkers through thu streets and extract
ed the lacteul fluid in front of the resi
dences of their customers. All Atlanta
milkman has started in the fmitnteis of
the Londoners. Every morning soon aft
er daybreak a milkman may be seen
moving along Pullinm stnnt with a
herd of five fine milkers, stopping hem
aud there iu front of the residences long
enough to milk ono of the cows. Tho
cows aru well drilled and have b urned
the home of every customer. Tho sight
is a unique uue, and it serves to illus
trate the statement that Atlauta In keep
ing pace. Atlanta Constitution.
OX TIIE ROAD TO .RUIN
STORIES OF THE TEMPLE OF MAM
MON AT MONTE CARLO.
Roma of Theui True, Many I'alaa, bat All
lllfhle Inlereatluf -Ilaeknin and tba
"Welllns-ton lloot Sjalrni"- A Talk With
Mr. Spectator, a Mao Who Knuwa.
Rut who should this be sipping some
iced vermouth ut the marble table but
an old friend whom I will cull Mr.
Sinvtiitor. He live at Monte Curio, he
ban passed a score of seasons hero, ho
has plenty of money, ho gm-n to tho
Casino every day and every evening and
be never plays u cent It is his occupa
tion in lifo to be an observer of things
uud to mark the ways of mun and wom
an kind. Iu the summer he will murk
them ut Aix-les -Ruins, ut Lausanuo or
at Trouville. He knows everything
ulsmt what is going on just now ut
"Monty," what Russian priuecsx
pawned her diamonds hist week aud
what Cuban sugar planter did not die of
nimplexy ut the Hotel Cartnlsile, but
poisoned himself with prussio acid
"Ho wax a fmd, sir," quoth Mr. So.
tutor. "Why didn't lie goto the admin
istration? Why didn't ho miike his dec
laration? They knew well enough that
ho hud lost aOO.OOO francs in the course
of ten days. They would have paid bis
traveling and hotel expenses back to
Paris, or kick to Bra.il, for the mutter
of that. Ho was a fool, sir!"
Mr. Siectutor went on to explain that
when a cleaned out player made a can
did admission of his imptvuniosity thn
administration gave him a sum of mon
ey sufficient to defray his journey by
railway to the place whence he came
and his incidental expenses eu Mute.
He mentioned one cose iu which a whole
family of five persons Were allowed 15
louis npin-e to tuke them from Monte
Curio to London, the solo condition ut
tachod to the large Is-ing that the
recipient should not re-cuter the Cusino
unless he or she nvoud tho adminis
tration for their outlay. In the caso
which he cited, one of tho party, a lady,
who had not gone farther than Nice,
received some weeks afterward a hand
some remittance from England She
went buck blithely to "Monty," repaid
tho 13 louis, re-entered the Casino, and
backing t lie dotie dernier, not forget ting;
aero, won I'lltKI. "You are not to be
lieve," added Mr. Snrtator, "a tithe of
the sensational stories printed alsmt
ruined ganiewters hiuiging themselves tu
trees iu tho gardens, or blowing out
their brains iu tho reading room. " Tho
majority of these canards aro set on fisit
by obsenro French newspapers which
huve not In-cti subvontionod or brilx'd by
tho administration to puff Monte Carlo.
One of the pleusuntest characteristics
of iny friend Mr. SHctntor is that every
time you meet him he has a fresh story
to tell you about an infallible system for
winning ut roulette, nnd this time he re
galed mo with a succinct uurrutivo of
what I may call the "Wellington boot
system." Cuptaiu Buckutu had played
for ninny years a lurgo number of sys
tems, and by the time he was five and
forty had played awuy a handsome for
tune. A huppy thought mvnrred to him.
Ho ulways woro Wellington boots. His
oupitul was just 0 louis. This he
changed into 5 franc pieces, and he nev
er staked more than one piece ut a time,
and if he woii he withdrew his stakes aft
er tho third coup, His winnings ho care
fully placed iu u side jsicket, uud when
ever he hud won four pieces ho changed
them into a louis aud slipped tho coin
into ouo of his boots. He played for
seven consecutive hours Is'fore his stock
capital was exhausted. Then ho returned
to Nice, somewhat houvy of fisitstep,
and drawing off his boots, found thut he
bud won 1 00 louis.
"This wus two years ago," continued
Mr. Spectator, "und only last week I
found H.ickuni at a third class hotel at
Nice. Ho was iu a dressing gown und
slippers uud looking by no means cheer
ful. 'How ubout tho Wellington Unit
system?' I usked. 'Utter col lapse,' ho
replied 'Confoundiil run of bad luck. '
'And tho boots?' I went on. 'The boot?'
he replied. 'I pawned them yesterday
af lerniKUi. ' "
So this is "Monty" in full swing
"Monty," with its upa anil downs, its
ceaseless whirl of gavel y and dissipa
tion. There is no rest at Moute Curhx
When you are tired of play, there are
dramatic performances, there are con
certs, there is pigeon sbmitlng, and in
the spring uud summer there is plenty
of yachting. But all these are only side
issues. The Grand Trunk line of Monto
Carlo leads to tho temple of mammon.
It is crowded night and day by peoplo
lusting for money which they huve not
earned, und it is the road to ruin.
London Telegrupli.
Tha llarber'a LIU I. Job a.
"I see yon wear a (Jrund Army but
ton," suid the man iu the chair.
"Yes, aali," suid the burber, with a
smile.
"Belong to a colored post, I suppose?"
"No sail. The cullud post belongs to
me, suh. "
It wus not till ho had stepjied out ami
seen the barlier's sign that the customer
taw the polut Indianupolis JournuL
Tha HorMMhoa Mupwralltloa.
Tho other duy as wedding guests were
leaving the old South church a motor
man left his cur to pick up a hormwhoe.
For luck? Not at all, but because it luy
directly on the mil uheud, and in the in
ten -st of passengers aud possibly rolling
stock he gathered it not over tenderly
and gave it a II ing so thut it fell almost
ut tho feet of three ladies, one of whom
was ulsmt to pick it up, when a practi
cal member of the trio said : "Don't soil
your gloves, uud uever mind if tbersure
three nulls iu it It was not you w ho
found it, but the motormiui, and he has
flung it away, gmnl luck und alL " The
citizen puaisnl the spot threo minutes
later, und uo tnu o of the horseshoe wus
found. Why? Because- a Bucou street
girl's escort captnrod it aud curried it
oil on his cane. Boitou Post
Tha Wonaa'a Blbla.
We have rend some of the passages of
the commentary prepared for the "wom
an's Bible" by that very accomplished
Aim. ican woman aud Biblical stndeut,
Mrs. Elizabeth Cudy Stuntou. They are
a greut deul more satisfactory than
inuny of the comments upou the same
texts that we have read iu other and
morn pretentious commentaries. Mrs.
Stun ton's interpretative remarks are of
ten shrewd und sensible. They could
perhiipi sometimes be rendered mors ac
ceptable to the critical mind by the as
sistance of a rahhl well versed hi the
Hebrew. New York Sua.