I "Tin I H - ilWMP'' Wim II -
HEARTSIE'S
.vha.k. wliiifk, whack:
,ne country stillness of
I south l '"''
na niii'riKwiii
. r i u'lio'l. III fct.HKl
l.lnir lliv,:ll'l II"'" "
, , i rickotty step of n corn
I tie- !.IB " "'"',
'I1' "" , til.tl I homo. 1I.IV.
fJV I.,, ml of n narrow board
I. ..f 111.! U'ltll 'if llll'll'
'iu,,:::::.i.v me .iw,..f
.knvii
, ii tin rl and l"i't. effect-
A,.ir"
IKlil''
g ii t r.i tii-. i Ins done,
. i, k.-l i " """
i ,,,.,.ilicr on tho tr.'Uiiil iiml
J "' ' . " 1 t III.. Mil. Ill
in
,iir ruthlessly against I'll- blooms
Imsll III Ills llllSte.
,V'as'!arh inside. The wood In ihe
' ..i.. ..,,.i.i..t-t,i,. t.i.t
rlil II I' was '. ri"'"" ""
'mil,'. Tli- dayllslit of the gray
i.rii.H.!i that fiolf In through the
VV illlMli n 11 HI"""" nuwsu
miliii sat in one corner.
U,.ri. vmi t hi-i-f I" mlled tin- mini:
0U tllll 1 'II lll!lt "J011 "'III
r mi iiMi'it tut tt tlnit
aru nr.u " "
,,:,. juii go in Jall-you nml your old
inNitli! V 1 1 understand!"
1 kii'uv. Init you nln't doing us
. .. ..ii.. .
jLlit," aiiere.l tne woman, iii; a
iilollt fr Ml'' Mings, "" wiimii -.-
Xptlngi Hi,, pirtiire what you H'tencu
,t line s 11 1' papers ivnui me nii-iin
,eus every llini' they bi'i'll hero."
I ii.-vi'i- authorized any body to rol-
l pivmriii. anil yon owe mo dear
t,t to vty Interest, since April. MI
ml Ii.n l; in n week "nt t'01'"
vuu'n- laid a linger on It yon II lie
brry.
Where s your husband.'
iliinii"; "'it gititu wood, i reckon.
I I... e.nll,l .. I.. I
,1' V'W SO I' HI- '... vv, (i.t.i
ni, Ii of tin' quilts we II have to keep
Am steady lire to warm by."
J ... MM., I. iiii.1,.i.uI.i m.I
W I'll. I'H III.I..I. HiJ U..14. I .-. ...1
at I say: you hear!"
Mr. Hcckwlth ain't goln' to touch
thin'." :i i.l tlie woman In a ile-
fSSCil Vol' "'. I'll! J "ll lie iiiikiii mini
us I'M M 'ipli'. Vim nln't leave lis
a a pullet lo raise from," eylni;
itfully the feathereil biineh haiiKln
a iin.l reii'iieil by their yellow lesju.
uu niul ln't 'low me ilat speckled
fpu? She's a sure layer nml nn nwnil
I',l niiiilier. I'd save you n couple of
, liisi chickens she'd hutch If you'd
five t It."
The sjual.er came rorwnni ana re-
iirili'il Iht creditor pleadingly, n re
rs'il eau'criiess In her niiiiilier as
inich she half expected he would
ftinply. She was tall, with a smooth,
Anin. Ini'ii.e-liroivn skin n ml good
f.itims. flmuliig Utile trnec of the
lirk li. Hat Huso and receding fore-
i-:nl of the typical negro.
Sici kle,l hen, indeed!" said the liian,
faviiia lief "IT. "I've got her now; the
i-kcns she ml, lit raise 1 might never
. I'm up to your tricks! (Set some
vmir neighbors to raise on shares
li, vmi. rmi't mcildle with the eorn-
&usi, now." he called as he drove olT
liis rattling road rart. "The 1-iw
fruvo them nails and It will be the
orso fur ymi if you draw auy of them
it."
lleartsle Ilcekivltli steniied outside
T:tr he was gone and looked at the
Srinimise dour with the tell-tale board
(truss Its face, then she looked pathet-
ill.v in tl pen trap door of the little
H llleiN,. opposite.
It ueti't he iii) use to shut It to-
.'lit," she muttered. "YA'e's ruinated,
mull ruinated, nml there nlu't nobody
nl ii'ithin' to turn to."
Half iiiieoiiscloulr she looked In the
rwtioti of the long nvenue of oaks
it stretched ncross tin. blir flat Held
front "f the cabin. As she stood thUH
V elderly m gro in n tattered emit.
itll liis head lle.l 111) In n Hint lev cn'liw'.
f"n uf S' ;li't's mi I KtrtiH'a fnmu mm Im.
tud her. '
'hit dchil gone?" he nsked lu n
fill, hl-ii voice.
Vis, Mr, lUi kwIth. He's cone, nnd
iTytliing giu with him. 'seus.ir
"in mid that little hamlfiil of nca
lilies In ii;,. con, hnnsiv ivlinl ivn nln't
1 lay hands on. K very body goln' to
i"v.' tl .u we's beeii shut up and
S.'iaci .1."
"Is .vmi .-how blm the n.UH'rs what
w iiii in -ive you in 'slderntlon of (he
Wii t
f'"-i.s il Ii. i cotlou nnd thliiirs wlni t
we
r.viMil on ,1,. ,.,.k ,i..,.v"
'IS- !''it that nml;,. nn ,1ir,.i.
He
&i ,. -" ' ' "
it as I
'w we give the things to the
i; 'ii. rapscallion men -leit lie
;i'l send m fetch Vin. He wouldn't
He m,. tmu'li ns tlmt sneeklri hen
'"H S Sllcll ,1 i-CLMlhir l,lvr tf ...I..I.-
I for llnyliodv to ml il linn 111.-.. !...
hl" pn.vs fur herself over nud over
l"i'.v y-n r."
I in
' : "Ut of the damp, baby," was
ll' Kcckwltll s;ll,l nn,l ii ll,,,..
tl,;:
r"l t :.o ( .ililn. wllero n lln.,t....w.!l
Plot hi
!''' chimney place blazed up
in 'veleonip, a brazen-totigned
i x'-ielf struck thirteen In hur
tones. Mr. Iiecklwtlfs
i:,'ii''d. "It's got us In a lot of
'nr.tli
I" k en i
. title
'h:''-:
"U.lle. h.
' " s mighty good company,"
"'"g up at the tall clock' In
frame,
' as of a sharp bill striking
"' Is came from tho Inner
'eekwlth looked at his wife
"lid. .
j-'Hl lv
IV,k',
l:.
h-'-.n. Mr
! 1 :'1 r 111,'itiia r,,. II. ..,. . ..... .
"Vli ',. i i'ii.k i. Mie expiaineu.
.., . , ami tne ( ,g was
"''I m i, , i .. . ... .
, ,. , "i hit iowis it tiv in
If .in, v,,,... .i . . : .
I
i..'i uuwn miiier tne lie,i,
X' the d.lor i ii.l ain't a-ir
''!ii:i'.
s ' mid like the Iird alined
" 'p it."
i' ltiicii chuckleil. "There's
"' f'c.ir bushel of corn down
; 'he fenee corner," he said.
- "lie there itself. I took It
U'T '
ir '!,
I Jl it ,
"as gone to the sto' for
i,:"'t goiu' to miss It out of
it'h."
i,.,- ' ''"'' Pullet, released from
i. : -
s'epped out near Its nils-
I I'- Uiiig
t"! -h
i.t tlie oven, against the
a few rriimlMi from the
T- . 1 i . .
JT'.. , a" l"u,'k
' ''1 fenthers stood up
. ; "' ; it was not prenoss.ing
;.";',r:"'. but Heartsje took ft up
kit 11 R-ntly. 9iAae of the
'TONEMENT....
"Tbat what make , ,. , ,.,.,.
hide. That while hen what died on i!.
nest was Its i her."
A buy ofalit in years, anie In witli
III-" Illllln III,! o(
,l,. ,1 i
put his Inir-
" " """ leu drew
of the llfepla,,. .,,! s
lug Into the tlanies.
near on,' corner
1 Silent, look-
"Ih you hungry. l,u,v" ,k,.,i l!s
glMlldllli.ther. Theresa piece of com
cake In t. oiiphoaid. Where lt,,l.
UlinV'
"l left him In the branch. II,. had
Jump a ralihit,- replied the child.
'That dog gut sense," pronounced Mr.
Hcckwlth. -ii,. know w hen there ain't
mithiu' fresh in the house. If that , l, k
man had kiiowcl he'd a carried llol
lum off Ion.' wid the other things. Von
sec! If Ii,. don't fetcli lu a iabl.lt to
night he'll p.i one l,y sunup. He's sut
tiugly a know In' dog."
Humpy was asleep and ltollmn. the
yellow spoiled cur. dozed tltfully be
foil' the lire that night, hut the ,'v. !!,..
nient of the afternoon had banished
slumber f ii.ni the eyes of Hearts!,' and
her spouse. They discussed and redis
cussed every phase of the situation.
"Is you think to mention them things
to him, lialiyV" the old man asked.
'Them things s rightly worth a heap
inure than 1.V
"1 nlu't crack my teeth on him nlxnit
em," said his wife. "I Just was all
timorsoine like for fear he would go
H'archiu' about and stumble on 'em. It
never 'ciirred to Inn, though to look In
that old trunk with the coverall tea red
loose and rags stiekiu' out. IK-'d'u"
took 'em soon as his eves light on 'em.
! but it wouldn't have been for no pay he
I would have took. He'd 'a' said as we
slealed them things and had us up be
fore the trial Justice you as a 'specta
ble member In good standiu' and me
what Is always been held to be a right
eous 11 v I it woman. He'd a bMikeii that
ground sure!"
"I believe you!" ejaculated 'Kiali.
lixikliig admiringly at liis ipilcker-w it
ted partner. "I never thought of that!"
"Mr. Iteckwith," said Ileartsle at
length lu an impressive undertone. "1's
got a notion that them things is a car
ry In' us to the devil. I's poiiderated oil It
now a long time, when you ain't had no
notion I was pomleratiu', ami in-coi'diii'
to my stakln' off we won't have no let
up this go in' down hill we're doiu' till
we gets rid of them things for good and
all. Ain't we work hard this year every
day the Lord send'?" she went on.
"Pat's what we done," allinned her
spouse.
"Well! Ain't we try our best Ins'
year?"
"Iiat we did."
"And de year before that? Ain't we
always been hard workin', and ain't
everything gone against us? The chol
era klllln' off us hogs and fowl nnd
t'lngs and skippln' other people's? Our
cow crackln' of her neck lu the ditch
and lllack Sally just naturally gittln'
poorer nnd more perish-away looklti",
the more feed we give her? Till the lions
say we can't keep her no longer? Ain't
all this what 1 tellin' you precisely so?"
Mr. Ibikwith nodded. His pipe had
long since gone out and he did not
know It.
"Well! Mark my words!" emphaslz
ing them witli uplifted linger, "Just so
long as that candlestick and that
breastpin and that piece of watch chain
stay there in that trunk where they Is
the old boy's goin' to follow us."
Mr. Iteckwith groaned with excess of
Interest nnd belief.
"Well! what kin' we do?" he asked,
helplessly. "I'llug 'em away? Hur.v
'em, what? If we was to try to sell
em we'd git took up."
"Fling 'em away! Hury 'cm!" re
peated his wile. "What good would
that do? 1'riali Hcckwlth, there's no
such n thing ns 'tonement, 'tonenietit
for wrongdoln'! If we could hit on a
plan to have them things go back to the
fnmbly they b'longs to the old boy
would' quit notiein' of us so close nnd
particular. We's In a worse fix than
we ever been In yet to-night, nnd If we
dmi't watch out plagues worse than
the white preacher tell about Is 'golu'
to 'stroy us dually."
"Hut the fambly nil is dead or else
move off, even the house burn down
nnd the land sell or coin" to be sell""
said Mr. Iteckwith.
"I know. 1'riali. what was It the old
boss used to think more of than any
thing else 'sides pond eat in' and drink
in' and he wife and children':"
"A good horse," ventured I'riah. Ills
wife looked disdainful.
"His hounds, tishlli':" Ileartsle shook
her head.
I dutino, less 'en you mean his nig
gers. Since you talk 'bout givin' of the
things back, supposln' we dig deep In
his grave nnd bury 'em there. He'll
have 'em then for sure, nobody eNe.
His grave right there by the church
without no headstone."
Ileartsle still looked Inscrutable.
"They ain't d"lu' nobody no good in
the trunk nnd they wouldn't be l"ln'
no good bury in the ground." she said.
"Since vou ain't 'member tiothlu' 1
mind vou how the nmrstcr think n
h,,,,, 'f he chun h. how he nrver miss
n SundaVtetidin' there and was a high
sitting membcr-that's Just .lie san,"
as saving he give money reghir and a
heap'of It. Now. If we give then. . . ngs
to the church In be name It would be a
tonement Just like It 1. 11 'b-ut In
bok." . .
Mr Hcckwlth was strongly stirred.
He gazed at his partner as though he
thought her Inspired. .
-If we could give then, things to th"
same church." went ou Ileartsle. n.y
poor Hegina would r-t i"r-
;,l,.r in her grave and we d have l-.. .er
l, k to pcrvide for h. r orphan h.
..i u.r. t th,. corner wneie
e I
i;iii.ii i"fc ,
slumbered
roll
pea
I nn icad nn,l eais,
efully
I's wished many um'-"
.. I
' . . I- ... ,.vi ii that m.v gal
had nan me si'uu-
took them things nud give I ; hem ...ck
ns was right nnd proper. When i.m.i
-.-lt,tl nnd used to lift thlugi out of
ladle' roond out of th pantry
closet I ued to teai era back In plae
and ,'old and whip her, but, after th
got crow, and was such a likely gal
as could speak up so smart, 1 hated to
own us ahe ; a common nigger
thief."
"How you am to give these things
hack, baby V asked the hl man. "The
church is nhm up these days. There
never Is anybody stiri-in" 'Unit there."
"I hear Km-line say ylsierday that
there's goin' to be prcachlir there this
Sunday. iVople is cumin' over here
from the city nnd they goin" to dredb
i nto It over again. She say It's a 'ver
sary and that It's the oldest church In
the whole country. There's to be u'
excursion."
"Hut how we klu manage?"
"1 plan It out like this." saldlleartsle.
"When they lifts the Collection (dey
calls it the loftory lu the white folks'
church! you could tote up the thlugi
and hand "cm lu nnd Vplaln w here they
come froiii and how It Is a 'loneinent
we made w 1,1 'em."
"Herure all the people?"
"Ye. 'Course the book say nbrnit ac
kiiowlcdglu' before men. I would sny
It myself, but It ain't respectful for
women to speak In church, and If I
patch youupproper seeming and do ymi
up a shirt with rice starch you'd look
better than me."
The rededleallon of St. Jllde' took
place the next Sunday. The excur
sionists were there lu numbers. Many
saw the old negro, with Ids grny wool
combed Into order and his shabby suit
brushed slick nnd spun, wulklng up the
aisle at a respectful distance behind the
acting vestrymen. Only those nearest
could hear what lie said, ns, having
deposited bis burden, he bent low be
fore the church olllcers and made hur
ried obeisance to the minister. Ilefore
they had recovered from the aurprlse
sufficiently to question him ho wa al
ready half way to the door, mopping
his brow that was tuolst wltb the
stress of exertion.
"Luck will turn now, sec If It don't."
said Ileartsle, as she Jolued him. New
York ICvenlng Host.
Muy He I'rrtiUtorlo Host.
MaJ. (. A. Vandegrlft, of the Hoard
or Administration, who was eighteen
years lu the lighthouse service uu the,
Ohio 1th er, tells of au Interesting relic
of prehistoric iigcsthat lies embedded lu
the river embankment a little below
low water mark. The spot Is a short
distance from Harton's Landing on tho
Illinois side of the river, nearly f.oO
miles below CI uc I iinat I. There at the
rare Intervals lu which the river stagu
Is at a very low polut Is seeu protrud
ing from the bank nud Inclined at a
slightly upward angle a portion of a
flat bout built of oak. The timbers, ns
fur ns can be seen, are rough and ap
pear to have been hewn with au un
evenly edged tool, probably of dint,
aud aro held together with wooden
pegs. The protruding portion Is small,
but there Is enough to Indicate consid
erable skill lu the fashioning of the
boat.
MaJ. Vandegrlft and several other
olllcers have seeu It only a few times lu
the many years they were employed,
on the river, nud once they examined
It closely. The wood Is now a hard as
Iron, and In a splendid state of pres
ervation, on account of having been
under the w ater for such a lengthened
period.
From the formations of tlie bank and
the surroundings, which have not
changed lu the slightest within tho
memory of nuin, the Major thinks the
subsidence that burled the boat under
the embankment must have taken
place ages ago. When telling of It be
said he has often regretted that he did
not make an effort to have It removed
nnd placed lu a museum. Such action
may yet I taken when the fact of tho
boat's existence aud locatlou becomes
more generally known. Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
A Snake Illie J if.
Scientists have found out that ani
mals and men can acquire the power
to ritdst the venom of poisonous ser
pents. Hy gradual Inoculation with
snake poison, certain sects of snake
charmers become able to handle the
most venomous reptiles with Impunity.
It has been nseertnlncd that lu North
ern India pimple allow themselves to
be bitten by snakes once n week orso,
because the poison produces In them n
form of Intoxication which Is ns nl
luring as the effect produced by liquors
from Indian h p. Not only does a
non-fatal bite by a poisonous serpent
confer protection against subsequent
bites, but the same rule seems to apply
to other venomous animals. Where
scorpions are numerous many people
can be found who are quite Indifferent
to their stings; and coming nearer
home, most keepers of bees will admit
that nfter they have been stung a cer
tain number of times tlie stings nre no
more painful than a slight pln-prlek.
Common experience Is thus able to give
strong support to tho conclusions of
men of science ns to the protective re
sults of Inoculation.
Thieves Who Stole Ten Millions.
The aggregate stealings of men .vho
violate public and private trusts, by
defalcation nnd etiibcMlomeiit, are
probably much greater every yenr than
those of the burglars and highwaymen
put together.
The record "f such stealings during
IV..",, ns compiled by the Insurance
companies which guarantee employers
ngainst ih" dishonesty of their employ
is, nnd the public against the llshon
, -ty of ollii lals, shows that the .llllil ef
$:i.4i;.".!C'l was obtained. The rases of
embezzlement reported numliered r.MO.
Of these fourteen stole more thnn ?.Vi.
(mo, twenty more than fvm,m, one
more than So"",' "A nml one more Ihmi
J . ( H 1,1 Hill.
City and county officials stole f 1..V.I.1,
;:,, banks lost J.'UWTo, agents cm
i,e.7.1ei $l.i.'7.. forgers obtained
$:!)l."i'ii. budding nnd loan associations
I7!i."" postmasters stole l.'ll'.M., and
the'inis.'ellaiie'ius defalcations amount
ed to tZV."-. New York led with
defalcations amounting to JlV.'i.M'l,
while the stealings of that sort In Ie
awire were the smallest amounting
only toRloA-QTclanil Leader.
I-ntiprttn llinls.
At Just nls.ut the time the Central
Park ostrich laid Its live pound egg a
Kentucky hen at Uwishurg laid a Ave
Inch egg shai-cd I ke a pipe bowl.
A jozen times a day something or
curs to remind a nian that he would.)
Id a r"lllon 10 laush more' lf l
talked le. i
$Q At Owl
e'W)
Wcident
The author of "iVgeneratlon," ha v.
Ing showu that the great tn ti of our
time are merely m ninny manifesta
tion of the human mind diseased, was
bluntly asked by a critic to deiln t in
difference lietweeu genius and insan
ity. "Well," replied .Nordau. "the lu
natic Is at least sure of his )nrd and
i'li it lien."
tieorge (iarrlck. brother of the cele
brated 1'avld, was the hitter's most de
voted slave and lalH.rtous p.i. k !cic.
Oil coming behind the vii,', he usual
ly Inquired: "Has Pavld wan ed me':"
It N'lng asked one how linege came
to die so soon after the dcin:c of Ids
famous brother, a wag replhil "Iatd
wanted him."
( Mice the opposition leader w ere i cry
anxious to tlnd out what curse i tiz
zy" Intended to pursue lu regard to a
certain matter. They turned l.ee up
on Ii 1 1 ti a well known polith .il ... .ui:.
She talked and talked, he gaed and
ga.e,. At length she asked him. He
pressed her hand, btoked nnut cttible
admiration, and observed, "1'ivr j dar
ling!" Sir Allien Hell, a verbose and prolix
but very succcful Kngllsh inlv.Kate,
owed his forensic vlctorlin largely to
his Iteration. When a gentleman criti
cised a Jury address of hi In nil Im
tortant cause, IVII "confessed and
avoided" tlie Justness of the criticism.
"I certainly was confounded long." he
replhil; "but did nut oltserve the fore
man, a hem y looking fellow In a yel
low waistinal? No more than one Idea
miild ever stay in his thick head at a
llnie. and 1 rcmliol that mine should
be that one; so I hammered till 1 saw
by his eyes that he had got it."
Two of the best iiialaproplsuiM I ever
heard isays Mr. Howard 1'aill) were lit
tenil by nn old holy or obscure origin,
Who lived III the West. She had two
daughters being educatnl in Pari. She
desiml them to return, and they plead
ed for a longer sojourn. "Theiu girls."
she wild, "has been so long In Paris,
they begin to think themselves Pali
slliss." These same girls were warmly
devoted lo private theatricals, and of
ten took part ill them. Somebody told
the old lady that one of her daughters
had engaged herself to a Frenchman,
one of the actors, whereiiiton she ex
claimed: "1 always said no good would
come of them amatory theatricals!"
Maurice Harry-more and some person
with whom he had business dealing
were walking down Fifth avenue to
gether. They passed a blind ma ii, w ho
st.Ntd with a tin cup In his hand and a
sign to explain the tdiuatlou on bis
breast. The man, whom Harryiiiore
was trying to Impress, slopped. With
great deliberation he drew a handful of
silver from bis iss ket. After shuttling
nud searching It over for some time,
he at last found a nickel, which he
dropped in the tin cup. Then he re
placed the sliver III his pocket aud
slowly bill toned his rout. Harry more,
who was Irritated at the interruption,
said: "oh, come along'." The philan
thropist looked nt him full In the eyed.
"Harryiiiore," he said, slowly nud ills-tliicily-ralhor
loudly, loo-"l always
give lo the blind." "You are quite
right." said Harryiiiore, quickly; "lliey
can't see what you nre giving them."
Judge Hoy Hcan. of I.anglry. Texas,
ihidares that he Is rbo "law west of the
Pecos." Leslie's Weekly tells all an
dilate told of li I in when he sat us unit
tier and held an inquest on the Isxly of
n man who had met a violent death by
falling from the great railway bridge
that spans the Pecos river. An exami
nation showed that the man had a re
volver and forty dollars lu cash in his
pocket when he was killed. After
swearing in a Jury and hsiklng over the
effects of the dead man, Judge Hcan
said: "lo'iitleiuen of the Jury, there
ain't no doubt nlstut how this man
came to his death; that's all plain; but
what I would like to know Is why In
tlie mime of thunder he i-arrlnl that
gun. Now, gentlemen, It's sg'ln the
law to carry a coueeolod and loadul
gun In the State of Texas, nud Jist
I ause this gentleman took it Into his
head to get killed I don't mean to let
la 1 in offend the peace and dignity of
Texan. 1 Hue him forty dollars."
Justice of the Pence Hounefol Is
known lu Chicago ns tlie "North Side
Solomon." Two neighbors had quar
reled over the ownership of a mongrel
dog. There had been several contin
uances, witness.- had I n sworn and
con liters worn, nnd lawyers had wran
gled tint il the Justice nnd the spit-tutors
as well were nil mixed ns to the
nature of the original proposition. To
ward the close of n wordy session, a
butcher's b,,y, who had stolen Into tlie
court with n basket of fresh meat for
bis employer's customers, started to
leave the room. The dog, which had
ls-cii lied to a leg of the Jiii-th e's desk,
s lied the meat, gave a tug that broke
the string, and bounded d-tuu the
stairs after the butcher's boy. The
crowd was on the point of rushing out
to rapture the fugiilve dog. when Hou
nefol sang out: "Hold mi there! If
nnvlssly leaves the room I'll line him
for contempt "f court. I.d the tain dog
ito" And the '!"-' went, and went so
well thai the lit I
him, and the '!.
,nts failed to n-covcr
was dropped.
Drill. i. ..log I i n Hnml.
The tJerinan ship Ni"l', which arriv
ed from Newcastle. Kiigland, early lu
.oveml.er, Ixuislff of the most lliiliiie
baud that has ever 1 n seen here, says
the Sail Francisco Chronicle. It eon
sists of an accordion, bass and snare
drum, a tai..l'unne and a triangle.
When the Nlobe left Antwerp alstut
seven months ago she shipped a new
crew, the men of which were strangers
to each other.
Peter Christiansen brought an ncror
dion out of his ch. st w hen the ship was
two days out. nnd Imt lialely he was
the Idol of the forecastle. Then ti'sl
fried Kleiig,-r produced a tambourine
nud shar.il tin- honors. Hut Peter wa
a leader and determined to have a baud
to lead. Heudrlch Willlg had an nr
for music, and he said he rould play a
triangle if there Mas one lo be had. Pe
ter tied a string to a marlln spike nnd
told ll'-ndih h to Ue his slieathklllfe to
lical a tattoo Julius Mullock rut the
liea-ls on a H'-miiK nnrn-i nii'i ravcreiM
lstli ends with canvas, which be sonk- I
ed with w utcr, nud, lo: he bad a snare '
dr.tm Carl H-nsen sawed the ends
off a fi ur Imrrel and. stretching canvas
over the apertures, created a tine sound
ing bas drum. Then Carl took the
heads off a coal oil can and made a pair
of c inlmis, and the little lierman band
w as complete.
THE LONGEST RAILWAY RUN.
From London tit llictrr, 1114 Mlln,
W illtn.it a M,M,.
The longest regular dally run made
without t,.p by any railway train in
the world has Just been placed on the
schedule of the l ! rent Western Hall
way of Liiglund.
It Is made between Paddlugtoii sta
tion lu Loud, in ami Lxel t, a distance
of Ul miles, lu three hour and thirty
six minutes, by what I known as the
Cornwall express. It Is remarkable
not so much owing to the time ns for
the fact that not u stop Is made from
one end of the run to the other. There
have I teen longer runs iiinde without a
stop, but they have been made by spe
cial ii nd not regular trains. The aver
age ssii! attained by the Cornwall ex
press when making this run Is ,M 7
miles au hour, although, owing to a
peculiar construction of the road at
Hrlstnl, lis miles from London, the
train Is obliged to slow down to a
s d of tell miles au hour.
The express train Is coin,,S"lil of six
long coaches, a tender and engine. An
American would call It a vestibule
train, hut the Fl.gllsh prefer to call the
curs "bogle clere sloi lcd corridor
coaches," bogle being a term applied
to the trucks. They are fully as heaiy
us an ordinary dm wing room car. each
one weighing iiImuiI -IT.imsi pounds,
while the train without the engine and
tender Weighs I i tons. The weight of
the engine mid tender Is S tons, mak
ing the total weight of the Main as It
rushes along on Its long run '.'-1 Ions.
iMirlng the run It Is necessary to lake
waler for the engine twice. This, how ever,
does lint necessitate III.)- Stop, ns
it Is taken up from a trench brsl.lr the
track as the train spruls along at near
ly a mile a minute,
The engine which draws Ibis essen
tially "through train" is a curious look
ing, ponderous affair, quite unlike any
locomotive seen on American roads. It
has on either side a single huge driving
W heel seven feet eight Inches 111 diame
ter, wlille what luiisl by comparison be
termed the small w heels of the engine,
six In number, known as trailers, arc
four feet six inches III diameter.
The water lank of the engine holds
oO.ttno gallons, and when running lit
full sp I there Is a sle.iin pressure of
li'J. pounds to the square Inch, while
there Is a healing surface of l.ot'.l
square f' et.
l'ncli day I he run 1s made, the train
leaving Paddlugtoii station at lo :'.'.
o'clock In the morning, and It never
rails In roll Into St. Pavid's station. In
Kxclrr, exactly oil time. The lime III
lowed by tilt' schedule for this run
makes no allowance for delays of any
kind. F.veii the time os' lu going over
the loop nround Hrlstol and lb es-
sity of slowing down when going
through Until Is not allowed for.-Ncw
York Herald.
I, list.
Men who can Hud Ihelr way through
boundless forests and over trackless
plains may easily be losl lu (he streets
of a large city, a truth of which the To
ledo Hlade gives an amusing example.
On the last trip of the Clt.v of Mack
inac Willi n cargo of horsi-s for a local
lumber firm came a backwoodsman.
Me had a great reputiillon as a "land
looker." Without a ipa i. by the
bark aud moss on the trees, he had
beeu known to traverse n quarter sec
tion without diverging twenty feet
from the straight line from stake to
stake.
Me had heard much of the city, and
thought he should like to see some of
the wonderful things that b had been
told about.
Me found work at once, his duties be
ing to deliver lumber to the retail trade
about the city. The llrst day a man
was scut with It 1 1 i to show him the
way about the town. Tlie next day he
was scut out alone, and did not return,
nnd In the evening was found on the
outskirts nl tlie town with his load of
lumber, so completely lost and unhappy
that he bad decided to stay there all
night.
Three times lie was scut to dellvel
lumber, and thrre times he was found
In another part of the city. Finally he
asked his employer for transportation
home, Said he: "I do not like these
places where the sun changes Its ssl
tion every live minutes, nnd one street
is made to go In four or live different
dlrerllons."
An Lniclrnt Mil.stlt ulr.
Many anecdotes have been told nl
liottschalk's generosity, but none of
his acts showed his real kindness of
heart more fully than the ilce.l he did
on behalf of il little girl. Tlie musi
cian was wandering In New Orleans
one evening, w hen he chanced to turn
Into a music hall.
Hearing the manager announce that
a little girl who was to have played th"
piano was loo III to appear, the kindly
Cottsclialk went behind the scenes and
offered to take her place. The child
was delighted, and so must the musi
cian have been by her simple remark.
Slie looked at him doubtfully and said:
"You had belter look at the score
The piece Is rather dilllclllt."
(iotlsehalli gravely remarked that he
thought be colli. I manage It, and was
allowed to go on the stage. Then the
Hildleice went wild with delight, for
the musician was Instantly recognized.
Ilefore he left the stage the nrtlst emp
tied hU small change Into his hat, and
his listeners nlso contributed generous
ly to the fund, nud showed the grateful
little girl that her kind substitute was
u ordinary person.
'Thus That klml.
Miss Mobile-Well, Martha, how Is
your husband now?
Mnriha I'o'ly, miss, po'Iy. He's got
that exclamatory rheumatism.
Miss Mobile-You mean Inflamma
tory rheumatism, Martha. "P.xelAina
t,.ry" Is to cry out.
Martha (with solemn conviction) -That's
It, mum, that's It! Me don't do
nothing but holleil'-Northern Chris
tian Advocate,
Ila.1 a
-When
Shell. II 11.
old Asa llrowuback
Farmer
rn bis squint ej nl son kciu over here
iicr lies j ",
w imt did yeow do?
Sou-I held
er band that beat tew
New York Press.
Assa bgosli:-
SUPPOSE WE SMILE.
HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
THE COMIC PAPERS
I'lensiinl Incidents (It i'iirrini( the
W nrl.lllvrr-So imc Hist Are I herr
fill lo 1)1,1 or ViiuiiK -r'uiiuji rrli-c
Hon that '.vcrjlmdy Will Knjoy.
Mori' l-'iin.
Mother - Instead of lH-.nlng the rat,
Willie, I wish ymi would amuse your
sell w Ith your doll.
Willie Yes; but when 1 bent thu cat
he how Is, and the doll doesn't. Huston
CIoIh'.
tl rr Weaktirsa.
She You took the words right out of
my month.
lie You inusn't talk while I'm kiss
Ing you. New York Journal.
!rl w rn the l.lnrs.
"She says she's '.Ti, but she's 3.". I
can read it between the lines."
"What lines';"
" Those on her face."-Harper's Ha
r.ar. tin Hie Hip,
Tenant Our house Is lu a frightful
cniiditlini, Mr. ijiinrterilny. One of tlie
walls Ii i bulged out three or four
inches.
l andlord Hal Then the house l'i
larger mid I shall have to raise your
rein. Philadelphia Press.
Ills Little Wraknraa.
lu, lulling Tourist tin okhihoinn) -What
kind of a mail Is your pastor, the
Itev. Jack .looks?
Alkali Ike-Finest kind of a feller!
Hain't gol but one fault In the world
he's so dangetl quarrelsome w hen he Is
drunk. New York World.
An Oil, I Aittvillltivlan.
Teacher - Noah sailed forty days and
forty nights.
IHeJi llh ks -And did It all without a
yachting cap.- Minneapolis Tribune.
Jolt fur Kx-t'realil -nls.
What shall we do with our ex-Presl-dents?
Why. set them to minding the
baby.- Chicago Inter Ocean.
How on 1,1 HcT
i She surveyed her lord nnd muster ns
i he lay snoring In the stupor of Intoxlea
! tion. She wrung her hands.
"oh, how ran lie drink so?" she
walled.
"How rnn lie?" she continued. "ICs
peelnlly w hen I don't allow blm more
than a dollar a week out of his salary
for spending money." Indianapolis
Journal.
funia llrlll.
"Why does Mrs. Ynn Meter hate Mrs.
Me Masters so cordially?"
"Somebody told her they looked
enough alike to Ito sisters." Detroit
New s.
A lit-Hnltlon.
Freddie What's a sickle, dad?
Cobwlgger-It's to rut grass with, my
hoy. Sometimes you will see a tramp
carry lug one around with him In the
winter when he Is looking for work.
New York Journal.
Very Onlck.
Mrs. Fiiriner You say you are a suf
ferer from iulek consumption?
Weary Willie Yen, lady; dese five
minute handouts Is suthlu' tierce.
New York Truth.
Tlinimlitrnl llualiand,
Jagson Howies (murmuring In bis
sleep)- I'll bid nine.
Mrs. Hrown (not yet asleep) Poor
dear! he's always trying to buy me
something handsome at those lovely
auclloii stores.-Omaha World-Herald.
Flooring the Teacher.
Tcnehcr-Johiililo, spell needle.
Johnnle-N-l e-d l-e.
"Why do you put the I there?"
"''very needle lias n eye, linsn't It?"
Philadelphia Cull.
A IllsicilaOnir Hlh.
Miidue-I think a woman on a ttlrv.
lie Is one of the ugliest sights there Is.
Yal.sley- She Isn't half as disgusting
n spi'i-tnrlc as a fellow on a tandem
Willi your own best girl. -Indianapolis
Journal.
A Forced I'm He.
Mother -Tommy, what on enrtn
baby crying for?
j Tommy-lie's angry with me, mini
I mn, because was trying to make hltii
i smile w ith your glove stretcher.
Punch.
The luff renrr.
"There is no occasion for you to envy
me," Mil lil the prosperous person. "1
have ns many troubles ns you."
"I allow you do, mister," admitted
IMsinal I .aw son, "but the difficulty
witii me Is that I ain't got uothlng
rise." I ml In mi ihiI In Journal.
Corrected.
Mrs. (iray -It's istsltlvely disgrace
ful, lllack has Is-guu courting agyiln
before his dead w ife Is hardly cold.
Mr. iray-My dear, 1 think you
wrong lllack. I happen to know that
his wife was cremated. Minneapolis
Times.
Is
r fin.
"TV you think, Professor, that thu
theory that Mars Is Inhabited has nu.r
practical value?"
"Io I think so?" returned tlie Profes
sor. "I know it. Some periodicals pay
SJn a page for articles on the subject"
Washington Star.
Iiml II All In llimse'f,
"Had a whole seat in the car to my
self coming up to-night."
"How was that?"
"Carried a cake of llmburger lu mv
pocket nud sat near the stoic."-Plain
UuuJer.
On the Vent, bale Limited
1-,,
! i
Mrs. Slow boy - Say, Mister Conduc
tor, don't this train stop at Pluiiktowu?
Conductor - No, madam. It dm-su I
even hesitate.
A Contra, II, Hon In Terms.
Johnny-What Is chllled w irfa-r,
papa?
Papa - Well, Johnny, n great many
people think there isn't any such thing.
Twinkles.
Thoroughly lured,
"tieorge, 1 hope our boy will never
smoke."
"1 don't think he ever will. 1 guess
I've thoroughly cured him of till liking
r.ir cigars."
"I low did you do It?"
"I kept him in the room while I
smoked one of those rlgars you gave
me Christmas."-Plain Penler.
An ICnJovutile I'rrfnrniiincr.
She I understand that Mrs. Knsdiet
play nl on the piano at (lie reception
last night. Old they appear to enjoy
her perform a nee?
Me Oh, Immensely. It was the most
enjoyable time of the whole evening.
Kverylsnly was talking away as If they
would split their thnsits. Hoston Trail
script No Opportunity to Ohsrrvi-. '
Mrs. (iaskett-Is Mrs. Snooper much
of a talker?
Mrs. Itlcketts-I don't know, I'm
sure; I've never sat in the same box
with her nt the opera or been with her
lu a whist gn inc. New York World.
Not Hard.
SUllcns-Is your pugilistic friend a
hard hitter?
Cynlcus Fvo never known him to
strike nnylusly for more Hutu fifty nt
a time. Philadelphia Itecord.
rainless Melhn.
Mra. Achein treading) The Chinese
are a cheerful people. In China, while
the dentist pulls thu tooth an assistant
stands by nnd drowns the lamentations
of the victim lu the noise of n large
gong.
Mr. Acheni-So they have adopted the
painless method of extracting teeth lu
China, too, eh? Norrlstown Herald.
Ellphalet I'ticlo Ephrlm, If yo kin
meek fow shirts nuteii three yah. Is,
how many shirts klu yo' git from one
yahd?
1'ncle Fpbrlm Well, honey hit de
pends on whose yah. I yo's lu.
A Mlaluke.
"Of course," said tho Jeweler, "you
meant well, but don't do It again."
"What do you mean?" Imiulred tho
man lu charge of the repair depart
ment. "You charged that last man so much
that tnstend of luiYing his old watch
fixed he bought a new one that I bad
marked down to cost ns nil advertise
ment." Washington Star.
When to Mop.
Tod -On you think It right to tench
a young fellow to play poker'
Ned -Certainly 1 do. Hut lie sure to
stop playing with him ns soon ns he be
gins to understand It. New York Jour
nal. A Cjueer Chicken.
Mr. More, a chicken fancier of (Jreal
Hend, Pa., has a queer chicken. It
Is a Plymouth Hock, two years old,
that In addition to nil the characteris
tics of a line cock, possesses the natur
al Instincts of a hen. Me crows nnd
fights nnd conducts himself as most
rhantlcleers do; yet he has beeu known
to adopt chickens, mother them, scratch
nud pick for them, raise a note of
alarm when danger appeared and fold
them under his wings at night. lie
raised two broods of chickens last year.
As soon as the chicks hatch under a
lieu, Mr. More removes them to a small
cop, In which the cock Is placed. Me
Immediately adopts them, and Is a
model mother until they are ready to
shift for themselves. New York Tress.
Horseflesh In London.
The meat Inspectors of London have
discovered that not only la horseflesh
erred to unsuspecting customers In
the metropolis as beef, but also that
goat flesh masquerades a veulson at
many restaurants.
Not Plagiarism,
Kpata Hackley la being accused of
plagiarism In his lust book.
Rooratoota I would not say that. lie
was merely collecting his thoughts.-.
Pittsburg News.
A l.esaon In Arithmetic.
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