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Th Canadian branch of tbs family
.-In in B I""" '
. n, mi r iiMfjtinfnriu why.
i i hiTcn t got anything against my
' imnther. but I dou't like the re-
It living with. Emperor
latloM
hvilllam-
! n.ieeu Victoria la an admirable worn-
I au excellent queen, but .hi.
act 1W ' "
f !h fait il't she In no Judge of poetry.
rtud KIpHuif sny China' fleet could
nut the eutlre American navy,
Mr Klpllnx occasionally unloads a bit
f'.ntertalnlng Action on the public
jjmt be doesni k'i " !
Th Kuint'oeciiiT wrro iu-ju ui
... . 1 . .. a
their distinguished townsman when
k mfl a candidate for Governor, but
.Her bla Inauguration he did not be-
itoW a i"K """ ujiuu
taeffl.
The London Chronicle Is slightly mls-
tiken when It says tnat "ImviI uuu-
Mren's failure, etc., has done more to
hreed bud blood between the two ua-
tiuu than President Cleveland and Sec
retary (Miiey comuiueti. ins loniHUip
mar be a thorn In the flesh ou the other
ilde, but he is only a Joke over uere.
The Vcuezuelnn commission will be
a Dtiz.lcr to the learned Prills!) critics.
It contains two Itcaublicans, two Dem
ocrats ami one mun or inuepenaciit
views. What the British critics must
discover Is how the verdict of this com
mission can be alleged to be dictated by
partisan sentiments.
; .... 1
William Watson, Lewis Morris and
Alfred Austin have all been considered
by Queen Victoria ns camllatcs for tho
laureateshlp. If she nail uot stopped
when she tlxed her choice ou Austin
the chances arc that cventuully she
would have pitched upon a poet for tho
posltlou.
Austria s new nuuisiry lias scut a
circular to all public; prosecutors re
minding them that the freedom of the
press Is guaranteed by the constitu
tion, ami warning them that the Ille
gal practice of confiscating newspapers
ou the ground that they Incite to hatred
and contempt will no louger be toler
ated.
. m . - j
It Is John Bull's ready assumption
that he Is the uaturul lord of the earth
that has brought bliu Into collision and
forced upon bim a recognition that be
Is everywhere muklug antagonists of
those who ought to be his friends. Just
now lie Is re ding very augry and threat
ening to tight ull the rest of the world,
If necessary, to keep what he bits got
and wt what he wants. But be will
cool down when be takes a calm view
of the situation and will see the neces
sity of letting other people's H)ssesslons
alone and of mending bis own manners.
The art of etching seems to be won
derfully provocative of humbug. A
few Hues which, were they drawn on
paper with peucll or pen, would es
cape comment, become (says the Na
tion) Invested with a wonderful Inter
est when they ore scratched on cop
per. Time was when Mr. llamertou
had to complain that the public knew
nothing of etching; but that time Is
long past, and to-dny an artist who
falls as painter and draughtsman has
but to publish his feebleness in sev
eral "states" to become a considerable
personage. Iteproductlons of a good
many things are Important only be
cause they are etched.
Oeorgo AV. Smulley, American cor
respondent of the Loudon Times, Is
trying to show that there Is ground for"
Impeachment proceedings against Pres
ident Cleveland. Mr. Kmalley's con
tention Is that the President, In his
message on the Venezuelan qtiestlou,
by bis threatening statements, usurped
the rights of Congress, which alone has
the power under the Constitution to
declare war. There might be some
point to Mr. Rmnlley's contention If tho
President bad used langungc threaten
ing war lu hla Intercourse with foreign
powers. But the Constitution gives
lit 111 the right and makes It his duty to
communicate, with Congress by mes
sage. It Is ridiculous to any thnt he Is
liable to Impeachment for making rec
ommendations on matters that are
solely within the power of Congress to
determine. It might as well be said
that he Is liable to Impeachment for
recommending certain revenue legisla
tion. N
An Incident lu Illustration of a smart
trick said to lie not Infrequently played
by coyotes in securing food from among
the herds of sheep on Western ranches
Is related by a rancher of Grant Couu
ty. Oregon. He had a herd of about
1,000 sheep, and recently missed a Urge
number. In searching for them a herd
er found three sheep lying ou tbe brink
f a precipice, their throats marked
with the teeth of a coyote. He made
his way to the bottom of a canyon, 300
feet below, and there found the bodies
f 110 sheep, or rather parts of their
bodies, for the coyotes had been feed
ing on tbelr carcasses for a week or
more. From other Incidents of like
character It was concluded that several
coyotes bad got among the herd when
the sheep were driven off their beddlnu
ground during a storm, and had herded
them to the brink of the precipice,
much as a lot of sheep dogs would
drive sheep. When the edge was
reached the coyotes pressed the herd
so hard In tke rear that the 110 at ttitt
front either Jumped or were pushed
over the precipice.
Colorado Is red lu the face with the
Qergy it Is giving shouting to the
rest of the world, lu the expectation
of calling maukln1' attention to the
marvelous richness of Its gold mines.
At present from the stockholders' point
of view, all there Is to Colorado Is Crip
ple Creek, aud Cripple Creek Is cer
tainly a wonder. But It does not mat
ter If the second level of Cripple Creek
ere as rich In gold as the surface of
New Jerusalem, there would be doubt
ing Thomases In plenty. The world's
notice has been drawn to the sag In
the values of the South African stocks
In London, Paris and Berlin, and as a
consequence all stocks of gold-mln
. I
ng companies everywhere are looked
wuif umy yuuuuui jvm
ji. wpital ) owned by human
being, and human being, hare a dls
Inclination to be taken In twice by tlx
same fame. There U no doubt at all
uipi mere are ricn mines in south Af.
.., ...u mere is scarcely less doubt
'u" ,w rlt,1 mlnei lu Cripple
Creek. All the tame, gentlemen with
wo,,11- Jt at the monieut,
rather take a flyer In something el
'
thin,
luan goiciuihilng shares, miles some-
PI,r attractive ran be offered.
The war ware I not without It hit
mora for dUlnicrcatc.i sixvtators. At
any other time the way la which the
aercue British subject hn arisen ..i
stnuqied around In much wrath and
fury would be an effective antidote to
...... .101 j. iiih Muiiaen assemblage
. .,.,-, 111 diplomats, the hasty
1 mn.it ti. " ' ,..i.t .
" iniiiiiui councils and the
mysterious talk of motMilizing armlet
nd of navies suddenly sent Into com.
mission are an exciting a anything out-
- ' i'uiiiii-ui convention.
.no nuim autiiirniy IMfolUfS cognizant
of the existence of a South Afrlcuu re
public which bad Ihvo nlumlM'rlng
Ieacefully for several yean without
being so much a not Ired. A party of
overambltloui Englishmen g0 on a
trip In the republic's terrltnrv. and ti.
poet laureate of Knglnnd writes a won
derfully and fearfully bail poem In
houor of their 111 advlsvd picnic. And
to cnp the climax the Kuiiieror of the
most ImiierlouHly governed country lu
uuroe, next to uusHia, alia down and
coiujhmws a letter congratuhitlng the
people of the republic upon preserving
the Integrity of their free democracy.
Kaiser iineim Interrupting his work
of puntHhlng people for lese-majeste
concratulutea I'rexldent Krueger on le-
hnir or political freedom and thereby
liecomea a nionl lntorlHtlng lublert of
obnervatlon. Ill nrent-nt policy mnv be
wine, but It Ik oIho gayly and charming
ly Irreconcilable with those autocratic
apeevhes to the relcliHtng. It will lie
surprising If some or the kaiser's bo
ciullst opiioueuta In that chamber do
not allude to the IncMent with gentle
but alncere Irony. On the whole It la
a matter of satisfaction that both Wll-
bclin and bis Irate friends In London
are doing a little to make the situation
amuslug. These things relieve the
train.
The anonuncoment that Mlsa Clara
Barton and the American branch of the
tied Cross Society will undertake the
work of carrying succor to the on-
pressed and starving Armenians fore
casts a work which. If successfully per
formed, will be historic among the
world's great Christian enterorlses.
Failure Is not easily accepted by the
Bed Cross society. Probably there 1
no other organization In the world
which could attempt the enormous task
with half as effective ah equipment as
that which Miss Barton has at her dis
posal. The world baa seen bow the
combined powers of Europe have pal
tered and trifled with the task. There
Is an evident need of the services of
some organized body which shall be ab
solutely neutral not only as regards the
Turkish domestic affairs but as regards
the powers of Europe. Such a body Is
found In the Red Cross society which
by the agreements enacted with various
nations stands as a perfectly neutral
agent Its flag enjoys special protec
tion on any field and Its forces cannot
be hampered In their efforts without a
specific violation of International agree
ment Representing no nation, but act
ing on behalf of all, tbe society will be
able to assume an activity In Turkey
which no national or aeral-publlc body
of any other kind could undertake with
any prospect of success. Miss Barton's
announcement of her Intention shows
still the firmness and decision which
characterized ner efforts as a young
woman, and the public may look con
fidently to see her genius for organiza
tion, her executive talent and her noble
humanity rewarded with success. She
understands thoroughly the gravity of
the work before ber and the dangers
Involved In trying to relieve the Ar
menians In the face of the fanaticism
of the lawless Kurds and hostile Mo
hammedans. But she has the strength
of the Red Cross society, ber own na
tive ability and the friendly recogni
tion and sympathy of the United States
Government to sustain her. The pray
ers and the earnest good wishes of all
Christendom go with ber, and substan
tial means of support should be prompt
ly forthcoming when she asks them.
Tell-Tale Coat Collar.
The man who thinks he has the best
of his tailor had better take off his
coat and examine the tag under the
collar, which with great care the fash-
loner of garments has sewn In. There
let him look at the stiu-lilng which
binds thait Innocent-looking bit of linen
to the cloth. Let him then see whether
the tailor Is a fool or not.
As surely as bad hnbiu leave their
mark upon the countenance of the
wicked, so the wily fashioner of ward
robes has set his seal. The honest mnn,
the boat, the slow payer, the schemer
and the doit are known by the stitches.
By their marks ye shall be understood,
or words to that effect
The object of this now sartorial fancy
Is to enable knights of the shears to
tell at a glance whether you are good
pay or not It's all In the threads, as It
were. Here Is the key to these ingeni
ous tabs of the tailor. The "Jog" stitch
Is the one regularly used for good cus
tomers, who require good work. The
criss-cross la significant of slow pay.
The stitch with dots and dashes, which
looks like the Monte alpbhnbct, tells
the Inquiring tailor that the owner Is a
bad risk. The reverse dot stitch shows
tbe good fellow who wishes his friends
to dress well, but bates like thunder
to pay what they will finally owe on
his Introduction.
The round curves are used to Indicate
a mean man, and the tag with convex
loops at each corner Is a sure black eye
for the wearer. It's s good heme, al
together, the tailors think.-New York
World.
Squall.
'Were tou ever canght In a squall?"
aticed an old yachtsman of a worthy
citizen.
Rather," responded the good man.
"I have helped to bring np .eign
babies. "London Tit-Bits.
Proof FoeJtlTa.
"Wilkes baa removed to Brooklyn. "
What makes van think so?'
iT7. 1. . ir. hi totter 'Tours.
Troiley c0mio Weekly.
11B ! I1MU1UK . .
TH6 PARROT.
TU derp tlTectlona of Ui bru
That bcaren to lITing thing Imparts
Arm nut t'lcliulveljr y mi mi J
By human heart
A parrot from th HpanUh Main,
ull rmin a4 , .,rly cgt. cam o'er
. ,1l'h.' "" 10 ,h bU'k domain
Of Mulla'i hum.
r .plrjr ftrf, whi n hf had won
Ilia ijluiii.it,, ut tilvailvut huo,
Bla natlva fruiu and akio and aun
11a bade atlluo.
fur thrM ho changnl Hip amcka of turf,
A hcalh.Ty Und and mUty aky.
Ami turm-d on rwka and ruglng aurf
Ilia guldin 17a.
But. M-tM In our rlimat cold,
H liv,l and cbatUTnd many a day
Lnlil, with agii, from grw-n and gold
llui wlnK grvw gray.
At Uwt, whi-n blind and aermlng dumb.
He anildrd, UukIuhI and atuke no mora,
A Huinli.li mrangur t'hauoed to coin
Tu Mulla'a allure.
He hailed the bird In Bpanlah porch;
The bird In tianUb xch rilled.
riapui'u round the cage with joyooi
Proiiiied down and dlnL
"T. Campbell In American Woman' Journal
KATIE.
There are fow more cheerful dIucos on
a cold winter night than a smithy, with
its muring fire. Tho ruddy glow and
sparkle of light, the interested fucea of
the village loungers, tho roar of the bel
lows and thechocrful ring of thesmith'i
Hummer ou the anvil all combine to
make np a comfortuble rural picture of
light aud warmth.
The smithy at Uodscroft on a cold De
cember evening was no exception to this
rule. It was wttnii and bright and filled
to overflowing with villuge gossips, met
to talk over the events of the duy. The
group of men collected ronnd the tire
was just such a group as may bo fonud
ronnd any smithy fire in the country
bard beaded, hard featured, bard fisted,
shrewd, sensible men, keen politicians
learned in polemical controversy, fond
of argument ou most subjects and able
to take au intelligent although ofteu
prejudiced Interest in almost all the
leading topics of tho day.
Such were tbe louugers collected ronnd
tho smithy fire at Uotlscroft listening
eagerly to a mun who. was in many re
spects dissimilar to them. There were
about him au euxy breadth, a freedom,
an expunsiveuess of gesture aud mrniuer
which suggested colonial life. He bud
an air as if the village street was scarce
ly wide enough fur his swinging stride,
as if he felt the little world of tho
smithy, the arena of the intellectual he
roes of Uodscroft, narrow and circum
scribed. He was good looking, with sun
browned complexion aud dark eyes with
a merry twinkle in them, while
strong, squarely cut chin and jaw gave
character to a face that would otherwise
have been only wenkly good uatured. A
large, wiry haired dug of a mongrel and
nondescript type lay at his feet and
formed the theme of conversation.
"It's a bonny dog o' its kind, and a
gnid dog, I 'so warrant, but I will never
allow thnt it s a collie," said one speak
er.
"Did I ever say that it was? It has
nothing of the collie about it, although
it has more than a collie s intelligence. "
"It's a dour looking beast," said an
other. "It reminds me of a wolf I once
saw in Wombwell's meuagerio that came
ronnd this conutrysido four years ago
come Lammas. Ye 11 miud it, Uoordie?
"Yon 're none so handsome yourself,
Jock," said the stranger, "that you
should object to the want of beauty in
others. Did yon never hear tell of the
old proverb, 'Handsome is as handsome
does?' Bill, here, is better than he is
bonny, and that he has proved. "
"Tell ns all about it It's just grand
to bear ye telling those outlandish sto
ries, said one of tho bystanders.
"It would be away out there in Ans
tralia, I 'so warrant," suid another.
"Yes, boys, it was," said the tall,
bronzed, bearded man who owned Bill,
and he tossed bock his hair aud gave his
forehead a rnb, as if to quicken the
bump of memory, and straightaway be
gan. "Yon want Bill's story, mates. Well,
here it is. Some of you iiere, I don't
doubt, will remember that when the old
man died in the bard winter of '70, I
left the old country, thut was pretty
well used np for me, to try my luck in
the Australian goldflelds, where they
used to tell ns down here that tho gold
might be got for the mere trouble of
lifting it np. hat I got, and that was
never vory much, took a precious deal
of hard work, I cau tell yon, and what
with one thing and another, I tired of
it and went up the country to a big
squatter, a kenned man and kindly, for
he was one of Hnuter of Uodscroft s
sons, and hired myself to be one of bis
shepherds. I had a good berth with
him, nothing to compluin of, either in
the way of work or meat or wages, but
it was an out station, and it was terri
bly lonesome, I missed my mother, poor
old body, more than I can toll you.
Many a time it wonld have done my
heart good just to have beard the click
of her knitting needles or seen the
whisk of the skirts of her old black
gown, and sometimes I laughed and
sometimes I almost shed tears when I
thought how it would have amused her
to have seen me with my sleeves turned
np kneading dumper or toasting a bit
of mutton at the smoky fire.
"Howover, it was better, as I often
said to myself, to be alone than tether
ed to a bad neighbor, and my sheep
kept me in so much work that I bad
very little time for thinking. Every
now and again they would take a wan
dering fit, and I would got np some fine
morning and find the hull 01 tne nirsei
gone, ana nouiing lor i do vo wur
the country fur and near till I came
upon tbe track of them. I have seen me
ride 80 miles before I came upon them. "
"Eh. man. but yon wonld be rear-
tome when yon did?" said an old school
fellow appreciatively.
Tbe big Australian witnerea mm
with a look and went calmly on.
"I was out one dsv after a sot. or
those long legged wooly trespassers, that
were as swift as a deer and as cunning
tbe oldest fox in your spinneys here,
and I had not seen as ranch a a print
of one of their feet I had been riding
. . .
since the morning nroice, ana 1 w"
spent with hunger and fatigue, when
the night came down upon me pitch
dark, not a star visible a deep Egyp
tian durkness that could almost be felt
could not so much a see my hand
When I held it np before me. "
Ye were aye a baul billy," said an
other retrospective schoolfellow, but
that wonld daunton ys. What did ya
dor
"What could I do? To turn back was
more dangerous than to go forward. I
let my home solve the difficulty. Ho
eemod to see what was before him. I
con Id not, and we went ou and ou and
on till I saw a shimmering gleam flaeh
through the mirk durkness of the night
aud heard the rush of water. It was a
creek, ns we cull them in those parts,
and ns the horse made no pause I rode
boldly ou, and, by Hod's mercy rather
than my good guidance, we stumbled
on a place that wu fordabln and got
safely to tho other side. The step bunk
was overgrown with bush, us I could
see by a glint of moonlight thut flmdied
out all of a sudden, and I was jnxt tak
ing a look ronnd to see if I eould make
out where I was, w hen my ears were
pierced by the most awful cry I think I
evcrbeurd. It was so loud, and so shrill,
and so fnll of pain, thut it fairly mude
my blood run colli I leaisvl out of th
saddle in sheer fright ami looked aroniul
mo like a man bewildered. Tho wide,
bore pastures and ecrnbby bush around
me were void of any humun habitation,
and yet it was liko the cry of some poor
bnmau creature in the extremity of dis
tress. It was so ghastly, so unearthly,
that the horse I was riding, although
be was a steady old brute, shied and
swerved sharply rouud. Ho was in such
a puuio thut I could not help remember
ing mother's old world stories about
ghosts, although I tried to tell tnvself
thut there was uo such thing. However,
1 1 w .
gnus! or no gnosr, 1 was bound to go
ou, so I set a stout heart to a stey brae,
and when I fonud that I could licit force
tho terrified brute np the bunk I (lis
monuted and tied him to a young gum
tree.
"I hud scarcely set my face to the
bank again when tbe same cry sounded
out once more. I toll you, mutes, it
made the blood run cold ronnd my heart,
it was so shrilly wild, so unearthly, so
despairing, aud, to muke it worso, tho
black night cume down on me aiiu
mirk and heuvy like the blackness of tho
parish mortcloth I used to wonder at
when I was a boy. I bod not tho least
idea in what direction to tnrn and was
standing irresolute when I hoard tho cry
again, aud it sounded nearer aud was so
distinct that I thonght I could go
straight to the very spot it came from.
The bimk was so steep that I had to
scramble np ou my hands aud knees, of
ten slipping back and stopping to listen,
but loon Id henr nothing except tho soft,
gurgling plush of the water down be
neath nut. I was not sure which way to
tnrn when I board tho cry again right
out of the scrub before me. I was in tho
right direction, that was one good thing,
but I will never deny that I was fright
ened a bit, it was such a torriblo cry and
the spot was so lonely. I had that spirit
in me, though, thnt wonld not go buck,
and I crept forward ou my hands ami
knees toward the top of the bunk, which
was covered with a close, low bush. It
was a bit of a climb, and I bud stopped
a minute to get my breath when I
thought I heard a low moaning noise
close to me. I gripped my revolver, but
it was of little use in the durkness, so I
took ont instead a big bowio knife I al
ways carried aud held it ready in my
band. The next moment there was a sort
of hurtling rush through the air above
me and something leaped right down
upon my shoulder. I gave a yell and
then another, nud then away down tho
bank we rolled, riving aud tearing at
each other iu au agony of mortnl fright
As soon as I could get my right hand
free I gave a desperate thrust with the
knife, and with a yell of rage and pain
the creature dropped off from me, aud I
heard the thud of its full on some pro
jecting rock or bush thut had canght it
in its descent
"I wits more frightened than bnrt
and soon scrambled to my foot As 1
smoker is never withont mutches, I soon
hud a light, with which I groped my
way down to where, the creature lay,
and what do you think I fonud?"
"A toeger maybe," suid another old
school fellow.
"Ye silly gowk, there uro uo tigers in
Australia. I fouud Bill; but, my wjrd,
be was not the comfortuble, well fed
beast he is today. I don't think I ever
saw such a dog as he looked then either
before or siuce. He was a gunnt, sturved
skeleton, bleeding slowly from a wound
iu the side, which he hud got In the
stmggle with me. Ho made 110 uttempt
to escape, but lifted his head and gave
me a look so pathetic, so almost human
in its mute, reproachful apix-al for help,
that it fuirly went to my heart. I ske
gently to him, and ho looked np at me
as if he would fain huvesisiken and told
me his story. Ha li t me stanch the
blood that was trickling from his side,
and I bound up the wound as well as I
could. He then staggered to his feet
aud whiuod and caught my slcevo with
his teeth, and showed me as plainly as
if he bad spoken thut he wuuted me to
follow him.
"I took np the lantern and he wagged
bis tail and licked my bund, and we
scrambled np the bank together, and
then always whining and looking back
be led the way into the bush. The brush
wood was so thick aud dense that I was
almost beat I could scarcely force my
way through, but whenever I stopped to
get a mouthful of breath he whined and
fuwnod ou me, nud pulled at my sleeve,
and showed such au agony of distress
that I could not but pity the poor dumb
beast and make all the haste I could to
follow. By this time the day was be
ginning to break, aud it was not so dark
as it had been. He had led me to a sort
of cave formed by a shelf of rock pro
jecting from the bunk, and there, wrap
pod in a tartun shawl, was a sight that
brought my heart to my month. A girl,
a hit lassie, so sorely wasted and si-ut
that I lifted her up in my arms like a
child aud carried her out to the open.
Her eyes were closed, and she seemed
too far gone for speech, bnt there was
life in her stiM, as I conld see by the
flickering of her eyelids when I stooped
down to look at ber.
"As for the dog, who had crawled
after ns, ho looked np in my fuoe with
bis patbetio eyes fall of dumb prayer
for belp, aud then, for he was fairly
beat and conld not, I believe, have
dragged his trembling limbs another
step, he stretched himself ont ou the
grass beside her and lickod her little
wasted band. I was in sncli a state of
excitement myself that I fairly trem
bled. I scarcely knew what to do, but I
got some water and laved ber fuoe and
moistened ber lips, and when she hud
swallowed a few drops xho come ronnd
so far that she coo Id utter a word or two
in a fuiut whisper.
"Thus, bit by bit, I got ber story.
She and ber father bud boon on their
way borne from the goldflelds, and be
bad a considerable sum of money on
hjmj ow much she scarcely knew, and
it made llttlo matte, for it was all gotfo.
In a darksome gnlly on the mod he had
been set upon aud robbed aud mnrdercd,
and she bad fled to the bush like a dis
tracted creature aud wandered about day
aud night till Bill hud come buck toher,
and alio hud followed bim to this cuve,
where she had lived for some weeks on
snch berries aud root as she could find.
She was afraid to leave its poor shelter,
for she hud lost her way completely und
was thoroughly bewildered, and so when
tho supplies of roots and berries, never
very plentiful in an Australian bush,
began to run short sho gave herself np
for lost and lay down in despair to die.
Poor tiling I My heart wits in my
month ns I listened. Haunt and haggard
as sho was, it was easy to see that sho
had Wu a boiinlo lassie, ami her voice
was so soft aud sweet that it was liko a
song from paradise. 'on must not
speak of dying, ' I suid, 'you thut have
all yonr lifelieforo you und can scarcely
tell yet how pleasant a thing it is to
live,'
" 'I have no desire to live longer,' she
said 'I hnvo nothing to live for, now
thut my father is gone,' and she closed
her eyes and shuddered.
"Sho spoke with a psetry accent, and
ber voice sonuded iu my lonely ears like
tho sweetest miisio I bud ever heard,
but although she was so gentle and
sweet sho quite knocked all the conceit
ont of mq, aud I could ouly stare at her
aud mumble. : 'No, no. Yon must uot
tulk of dying. '
"When she revived a little, I carried
bor down to tho place where I hud left
my howo, und liy bis aid had got her
homo to my hut, where she lay for
miuiy duys more dead than alive. She
wanted nothing but a sip of water or
tea, and when sho came around a little a
mouthful of dumper. It was a poor fare
for an invalid, and one, too, who had
evidently beeu daintily nurtured, and I
expected nothing but what it wonld kill
ber outright. She rallied, however, and
got np at lust, and crept to the door,
and the fresh air helped to strengthen
her, and, as was uaturul for so young a
creuture, the heuvy cloud of grief thut
bud overshadowed her lightened a lit
tle, and she began to sing softly to her
self in a sorrowfal, heurt broken way
that saddened mo to bear, bnt was bet
ter for herself maybe than the silent de
spair in which she had been siuce the
day I fouud her.
"As for Bill here, ho had got better
long before she was ablo to move about,
and although he always took charge of
her he showed a great affection for nia
aud liked nothiug better than to follow
me about
"I could make ont nothiug clearly
about Kutio for thut she told mo was
bor name exoept that sho was the
daughter of a poor geutlcmau ; thut ber
mother was dead, and that she and her
father had always been all iu all to each
other. He had niudo money at tho dig
gings, but that was gone. She was all
thut was left, nud I could see for myself
thut she was the bonniest bit lassie that
ever gladdeued a man's heart Her eyes
wore' bright aud blue, liko the dewy
blnobolls I used to gather when I was a
laddio ou tho Uodscroft rigs. Her hair
had tho color and glint of burnished
gold, nud her chocks begun to show the
loveliest color, like that of the sweet,
fresh wild rose.
"I think I see her as if it were but
yesterday, shaking buck the curling huir
from her brow aud lifting her bonny bit
face to mine and asking how sho was to
do this and what she was to make of
thut, for she hud never been used to
work, and I had to show her how the
simplest things wore douo, bnt alio was
quick at the uptuko und never needed to
be told a tiling twice, and I liked bur to
ask my advice, for when sho did so her
eyes wonld shine liko gems aud her face
wonld flush up almost as if she likid
mo, but that, I told myself, was impos
sible.
"The long and tho short of it was
that I began to liko her too well for my
own isjace. The only buppy moments
In my life were spent in wutching hur
or listening with the keenest delight to
every word she uttered.
"She told 1110 ofteu about the books
she had read, and sho spoke sometimes
of tho lifo sho had led a life altogether
nnlike mine. My heart sunk within me
wheu I thought it over. Whut was I
thut I should think of winning her love?
I had nothing to offer her but the true
affoctiou of a fond, loving heart I
oould not even tell her how well I liked
her. I trembled before her likeau aspen
leaf and conld scarcely got ont a word
if it were to save my life. Thnt was a
rough time ou mo, mates. I was so
wretched that I got sour aud gruff and
spoke sharply to the vory creature I
oould have fallen dowu and worshiped.
So from less to more she got to think
thut I was tired of her presence there,
and one evening how well I remember
it she wus standing fnll in tho blazo
of the firelight, her figure erect, her
hands loosely clasped before her, hex
bonny bine eyes fixed wistfully on mine.
" 'I must have been a great trouble
to yon,' she said qnietly, 'and yon have
been very good to me. But now I foci
quite strong. If yon will put me on the
right road tomorrow, I will go away
with Bill aud never trouble you any
more. '
" 'Where?' I almost shoutet, clutch
ing Bill's collar as I spoke.
" 'To tho city. It wus there my fa
ther was going. '
" 'Have you any friends there?'
" 'No. I have no friends anywhere,
but I have, learned to work. I shall find
work there, I hope. '
"'Stuy with me, Katie,' I cried in
utter despair. 'I have not much to offer
you, but I love you. You must have
seen how I lovo yon. '
"She did uot answer me in words,
bnt she stole her little soft hsud into
mine. Howhappyl wasl I could scarce
ly believe in my own good fortune, for I
had never dared to hope that it was pos
sible thut she oould like me,
"There was nothing to be gained by
waiting. Handsome trousseaus are hot
easily come by out in the Australian
bnsb. We went down to the station,
where the parson chanced to be making
his ronnds, and were married. The very
loneliness of our life made onr happi
ness deeper, I think. We were like Adam
aud Eve in paradise. I never saw the
sun shine so brightly as it did thut
spring or the grass look so fresh aud
green, and my bonule bit lassie was as
pleased as a queen aud as blithe as a
mavis. If I were to speak forever, I
conld never tell you of all the true and
tender feeling of a lad and his lass who
love each other as we did. Earth was
like heaven to ns, and that lonely little
bntanEdea Woe is me I We were driv
en too soon from its shelter.
"She was as merry as a 11 u net, at I
said before, and ber eyea glanced like
diamonds, aud her check bloomed like
the red, red rose, but for all that the
canker wus at the root of my bonnie
flower. She complained of uo pain, und
sho seemed to grow bonnier every duy.
Yet sho grew weaker also, and she knew
it bet-self, but I struggled sore uot to see
it
" 'Wheu I cannot stay any longer with
you, John,' khe said, 'pruuiiie to bury
me beside my father. '
"For I had gono ont to the bush and
looked for tho -murdered mun and fonud
him lying where sho hud covered him
up with leaves and moss. A ghastly ob
ject he was to look at, with his skull
bcutcn in and hi clothe all covered
with clotted blood, and I hud laid bim
in a decent gruvo and happit him np
close and warm for lovo of her, that
waseveu then the very light of my eyes.
" 'Don't sjiouk in that way, Kutio,' I
cried. 'I cannot liear it Ob, my lassie,
you aro better today I Toll me that you
feel stronger I'
" 'I think I do,' she answered, look
ing wistfully at me, but thut very
night, when we were sitting ou a bench
I hud put up outsido the door, she lean
ed her head nKuinst my shoulder, and I
thought sho wus tired aud was falling
asleep, but after a few minutes sho
opened her eyes, and there was a sol
emu, faraway look iu their blue deeps
that fuirly frighteuod ma 'Johu,' she
whispered so low that I could just heur
ber by bending dowu my cur to her
month, 'John, yon have been a dear,
good husbaud to me. Kiss me and bold
me fust, for I feel as if I were slipping
away. '
"Woe's mo, how gladly wonld I have
held her fust forever, but I could not.
She was slipping away front me aud
from all things earthly. There was a
flutter of her bonnie white eyelids, a
long, long, gasping breath, aud sho was
gone. Bill, there, is all that I have left
of her, and, rough, mongrel tike as he
is, the muuey is not coined that oould
bny him from niol"
Uo drew his large brown band across
his eyes. "It is years since now, and
the world hits used mo not unkindly. I
am a pnssrous man, aud my wife np
there," and he pointed to the village
ion behind him, "is a good woman and
bus mado me an excellent wife, and we
are happy euongh. I bavo nothing to
complain of, but, oh, I never lay my
hand on Bill's rough head but I think
of my lost lovo aud the place where she
lies by the sidu of hor murdered father
fur out iu the Australian bush!"
Chambers' Journal
General Grant and the Circa liar.
The following is an extract from a
onrious Japanese "Lifo of Uoncral
Uraut," portions of which are printed
iu The Century :
A year and a half litter a circus rider
entered his village. Desiring to see the
allow, Ounuido Kucn, ou his father's
arm, entered tho place. Pointing to the
horse ho insisted on riding it himself.
His father consequently asked the circus
rider to let his boy ride, Uuruudo Kuen,
allowing iu his fuco perfect sutisfuotisu,
rodo ou the neck of the horse and ap
peared us if ho was persuading tho horse
to go. Ono day, when he was older, he
was playing ball by his owu house, aud
he accidentally broke a glass window of
his neighbor. Having regretted whut he
had dono, he mado up his mind aud
went into the neighbor's house and ex
cused himself to the lord of the house,
saying: "I accidentally broke the win
dow of thy honorable hotipe. I hove no
word to excuse myself. Tho ouly thing
I cau do is to my father toll, a now glass
window bny, this loss repuy. Please ex
cuse." This house lord, having been
much pleased with this child's nunsnul
thnughtfuhiess, withont any condition
excused hia sin. Indeed tiurando Kuen '1
heavenly nature is like a serpent which
bus its own nature wheu it is but au
inch lung.
MR. CARROLL'S GREAT IDEA.
It Put a Man at Hla Ileal WbM H I
Bald t' by a Kobber.
Taylor Carroll Is engaged in dovlslng
a formidable system of defense for lone
pedestrians when they wander in dun
gerons places where police protection Is
Ineffective and tho rit-k of being "held
np" Is ever present His plan la to con
vert the erect hnroau body into a minia
ture revolving turret, armed at four
points and capable of dealing death in
front, rear or flank simultaneously or
of sending fonr successive discharges
In the sume direction.
Mr. Carroll's design is still in itt rn
dimeiitnry stnge, with numberless minor
dot ull to bo elaborated, but bis oentral
idea is well doveloped. He tayt be bus
not yet prepared diagrams or experi
mental apparatus, but bus merely out
lined it menially.
"I wonld have a small storage bat
tery worn in a belt," be said, "with
small copper wires running from it np
thrnngh the sleeves und connected with
each baud ou the great or middle finger
with a copper ring the thumb can reucb
lu the pulm of tbe baud. When the
thumb touched the ring, an electrical
current would discbarge fonr batteries
loaded with ball behind aud in frout
This discharge conld tuke plaoe when
the hands were being hold nndor the
threat of au armed robtwr.
"Tho ring should be placed beyoud
the reach of the thumb exoept iu cases
of emergency, so tho thumb will never
discharge tho battery accidentally. "
Mr. Carroll is not a practical electri
cian or mechaulo, being an actor by
profession. He has not figured np the
weight of the storage battery to be car
ried on the belt, nor is be adverse to
considering the advisability of substi
tuting a dry primary cell.
In bis zeal for the application of scl
ent iflo methods to the protection of the
citizen the inventor has apparently left
ont of sight everything but the tactical
advantage of the lonely pedestrian at
tacked in front by tbe bold marauder or
oluped from behiod by tbe lurking gar
rotter. That be has not yet Sgnred out
how a slim young man is to avoid as
suming Falstafflan dimensions when be
bracet storage batteries and arsenals
aronnd bis waist.
Nor does he forecast the possibly trag
ical cousoqnenoes that might some day
result from the clasp of a loving band
upon the thumb and palm that carried
the potential copr appurtenances be
describes, making inadvertent electrical
contact and producing a catastrophe
when only endearment was intoudod.
Chicago Tribune,
In 1880 the amount of capital invest
ed in cotton factories was $208,000,000;
ten years later it bad risen to I864.0OO,-
000.
CLEVELAND'S MOTHER.
aha L'a. to Cat Orovcr's Hair Wki
lie IVaa Vunna.
The accompanying cut Is taken from
a portrait of President Cleveland's
mother.
She came from Baltimore. Neal was
her maldeu uaine. Hit husbaud,
Ororer's father, wa once her school
teacher, lie wu much older than she,
silent and severe; lie aunuy ami cheer
ful. The qualities are mixed In drover,
fthe wa not ambitious. She thought
(J rover would amount to les than tun
oilier children, because he was always
so fat and dull. She died before her
son beenme great. She always fed her
elilldtvu well, allowing them to eat
sweets. Khe never had alcohol In any
mam r
IK. ( I.eVKI.AMl).
form on her table. She was never rich.
She used to cut drover's hair and make
hla clothes herself when he was youn.
Her home was a happy one.
THE WAV THEY DO IT.
How a Portuaur Hotel Man Pre
cat Ills Hill.
A Portuguese writer finds fault with
English hotel keepers for using a print
ed form of bill on which the plain re
quirements of a simple traveler are lost
amid a multitude of Items. In Portu
gal, when the traveler asks for his bill,
the landlord pleasantly rubs his hands
together and auswers: "Whatever your
excellency exiiei-ls to give."
Of course this will uot do, for ths
traveler Is sure to offer too little or too
much, and to be thought either a spend
thrift or a ulgKard; so he has to make
a speech, thank the landlord for bis
confidence, and beg for a detailed state
ment Theu the landlord, politely dep
recating anything of tbe kind, Is slow
ly persuaded to check off the various
Items upon the Unger of hi hand, with
a long argument before each successive
Quger Is doue with and doubled down.
"What does It conic to?" asks ths
traveler, taking- out his purse, when the
hand and aivount are closed. "What
did his excellency not add up?" His
excellency, having been Incapable of
this act of mental arithmetic, the addi
tion la gone over attain, from the little
finger backwards with a finger or two,
perhaps rememlierlng forgotten Items,
brought Into acount from the other
band. The sum total Is gladly paid,
and host and guest part mutually con
tent the guest knowing that he has not
boon overcharged more than perhaps
a thumb and ono or two fingers. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
CURIOUS MUSHROOM.
"1
A Tropical riant Called the Lady with
the Veil.
One of the most curious formations
of tropical vegetation Is the Dlctyo
phora, a sort of mushroom, which,
while not poisonous, Is not edible, on
account of Its disagreeable anicIL This
plant Is very rare, and la found ex
rluslvely In the troplcttl tone. The cut
allows a specimen grown In the Cam
eroon, In Equatorial Africa. The lady
with tho Veil appears at first aa a
small egg'8haMd mushroom; the stem
then grows to a height of from Ave to
LADY WITH TUB VML.
seven Inches, raising the first growth
to the height Afterwards tbe top turns
to a hat-lmpcd, greeulsh and spongy
structure, beneath which the white
net of ulcrs grow downward. Tbe top
of It has a strong, disagreeable smell,
which makes the plaut noticeable for
quite a distance.
HISTORIC SCENES.
Cnlqs CaUbratloa Bald lUoantly
King. ton, N. T.
Kingston, N. Y., bos just bad a
notable week, long to be remembered
in that historio town, which Is so rich in
its associations and relics of tho. early
period of the Empire State and ths
American republic Here it wus that
the first souatn of tho ttate convened
Sept 10, J 777 and tbe first ttate con
stitution was adopted.
In front of the old courthouse Govern
or Clinton was inaugurated. All this,
together with the loading events and
scenes that occurred there during ths
century previous to thit ttate organisa
tion aud tubseqneully down to 1788,
was graphically depicted iu a histor
ical pageant nndor the aosploesof Wils
wyck chapter. Daughters of the Ameri
can Bovolutiou, at Kingston Opera
House every night for one week. All the
prominent characters were personated
by their descendants, as were tbe chief
participants as far as possible.
The character of Wsshlngton wiy per
sonated by Colonel William IX IL
Washington of Virginia, who is a de
soenduut of tbe family in three lines.
He Is the exact hght of Washington
and is also a civil engineer by profaa
i,n Mni-h nf the scenery bad been es
pecially painted for ths occasion, and
great care bad been bestowed ou ths
ooatnmes. many of which ars valued a
btirlooiui,
Mm
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