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T twenty-two, Cal Vutiport,
lx ftt't tall, strong, swarthy
and Inn..!- wns at oucc
the most luliTi-Btliis iiml the
most unpopular character In
'till North rinn. N. Y. II..
du.it with his mother, Irish ty birth,
washerwoman by trade, au.l relict of
tin' Only pure-blooded Hollander ever
known In tht village, lu a wulto-wiish-ed
cottage fronting a Uttlt-ttSSd side
ilr.s't. Aside from Deacon Oroott, of
DM l ifcwlll Baptist Church, who wns
too l.l to work, mill, besides, liu.l a
mil.' money laid hy. nnd oi.i John Tom-
lln-ai. who lived 111 the big while
bouse across from the postolHcc and
wvh rich, being worth 110,000 at least,
and DMty be more, C'nl wus the only
grown nuin In the place who seemed to
tiuve no regular oceuiiatlou. Hence his
uuKiilarlty.
"Vou see, doctor," Jabcz Huggles, the
wagou-miikcr, explained to me ono day,
oon after 1 began practicing In North
lisa, "Cal ain't got no gumption, tu
fact, he's wul, what you might call
slilfi.ss. no won't never work none
tt all, Vcptlu' when the beans Is rlp.
Thru he does go out Into the field and
pull, sometimes, though he didn't hint
year, When he's n miu' to bo kin do
tuore work 'n anybody I know, for he's
the ablobodledest man any where round
here, hut you never see him n-pltchln'
no hay, nor n-workln' In no harvest
field; not even when such men as Su
pervisor Itulger or Deacon Wurhoys Is
offcrlu' two an' a hn'f a duy to save
their crops,
"No, sir; he'd ruther live ou his poor
ol.l mother than to work, an' about all
be does Is to go'u git tho clo'es In a
basket before she washes 'em, an' korry
"tin home afterward. You kin see 'lm
a-doiu' that every moruln' an' every
Ulglit rcgiur. What he dors lu the mid
dle of the day Is a myst'ry to every
body. Sonic days he goes n-llshlu', but
that's mostly on Sundays. Week days
be geli'nlly shots 'Iniself In the house
J.st to loaf, I s'pos". I sh'd think
'twould make him 'shamed to hear the
piuiii.i u. . lie sc. ...M.iii urn ins iii. mi
cr's to work over the washboard an'
be's layln' round, a,.lolu' DOthlo',
"gome day the boys 'ii ail git mad 'n
run him out, unless he braces up and
K"i's to work. When that happens
North Pisa '11 git a notice lu the county
paper, sure."
In spite of the wngon-innker's story,
I fniiiiil It hard to dislike Cal Vanport
without knowing more concerning him,
Olid I Invited talk about him from va
rious village magnates. Hut the testi
mony thus gathered was all of one
sort. It was clear that all the men of
North Pisa both hated and despised him
ns mi utterly worthless vagabond. The
feeling of antagonism between Cal mid
Ills kind, however, was "like a Jug ban
dle, all on one side," as I found nrhen
learns to know him personally, if over
there was n man who lMire nobody 111
It was Cal Vanport, and before I hud
met either Cal or his mother face to
face I perceived that BO the of the woni
en of the place held the young man In
better esteem.
"They may say nil the mean things
they want about Oil Vanport," said
Mrs. Miggs, the sturdy old blacksmith's
Wife, who had two grown sous ..f li. r
own, "and I won't deny that It does
look like small potatoes and few In the
kill for him to live ou his mother's
enrnln's, as he 'pears to; but they'd be
some happier mothers In North Pita If
nil sons was like him. I know some
young men In this village that Work
hard enough an' save their money that
ain't near so kind to their mothers as
he Is. When Mis' Vanport was younger
an' Cal' was a goln' to school an' she
used to go out to wash, which she don't
do no more, she told me he never spoke
a sassy word to her In his life. I wlsht
everybody could say as much for their
boys. I told my man ylstl.ldy an' It
Blade him mad, that some folks I know
would bo wlllln' to have their boys a
little larder If they could only sny what
Mis' Vanport kin, but they can't," she
concluded, lu a tone clearly showing a
desire to 1k confidential, which I care
fully Ignored by promptly bidding her
good day.
The more I heard about the washer
Woman's shiftless son, the more I liked
him, somehow, ami the r agon-maker
told me n story two or three days later
thai added to my Interest.
"There goes the girl that Cal Vanport
wants to marry," said Boggles, stand
ing In front of his shop and pointing
ai rasa lbs street to a tall, good-looking
young woman, undoubtedly the hand
somest in North Pisa. "Yes, she Is the
daughter of 'Squirt Woodmanslo. and
when she was lu the same school le i"
In the village that Cal went to, the two
Rot to thlnklu' n lot of eneh other. Of
course, her folks didn't like the Ides "f
her marrvlu' a washerwoman's son.
and so they sent her away to school for ;
year or two. At that time most folks
kinder sympathized a Itli CM but now
he's growed up so shiriess Ilk" they
don't no more. Her folks is a-tryln' to
Rlt her to marry Hilly POchener, the
berry farmer. He's a likely chap, with
his land most paid fer, but somehow
ni r.,r
r.,-u Bne non I seem io .-are ion. I
him Cal Vanport ain't got no chancet,
'hough, and he ain't a-tryln' none,
BattbtS, he ain't got ttttSMJfc gumption. I
I Herd 1,7m to,, 'Squire WoVtamnsle
right here in front of my shop one night
right here In front of my shop
B8
almnt a year ago that he shouldn't try
to s.-c Helen no more. I thought they'd
in' n itgnt Mint ulglit. The 's.iulre h
culled Oil n shlf'l. ss loafer right to hlg
face and swung his big cnue real
threnteiiln like. Then the 's.julre said
Helen didn't think DO more of Cal than
a yellow dog. Oil kep' still till then
nut at that he picked the 'simlro up
jusi sir iieti neen a baby mi' kerrled
him out In the street, a klcklu" i
a-wlggllu' like all possessed.
"It was then Oil said he shouldn't
try to see the girl. Hut bo told the
'squire that he'd better not mention her
name to him no more when he was
a sp. akin' about yeller dogs If he want
ed to k. ep out of trouble, on' the 's.iulre
slu t right up mi' went home. Cal does
sometimes seem to have a bit of spunk
In him, but you'd think he'd be 'shamed
to let his mother work so hard an' he
do notlilii. why, say, the washings
that little old woman '11 do In one day
are sometimes big enough for two or
three like her. Some thinks she has a
machine, hut nobody can't git no furth
er Into her house than the front room,
late years, ami uolsjdy cau't And out
not bin'."
At about 12 o'clock one night the next
wis-k tny doorbell rang furiously, and
when 1 went down I found Cal Van
port walling for mo. His face was pale
ami he was evidently much excited.
He said his mother was very 111 and he
hoped I'd hurry. I found her not nearly
so bad off as Cal had feared, though she
would hare to stay abed some days,
and preparing some medicine with my
own hands I gave Oil Instructions for
giving It and started to go. Cal follow
ed me Into the yard.
"Nobody must know mother Is sick,"
he said earnestly, and I'm going to tell
you why. Doctors have to keep a good
many secrets, and I gUeSS yOU call keep
mine'."
Then Oil Vanport told me his own
stiu v. It took him an hour or more, but
it made him more Interesting to me
i than ever, au.l It won for him a devoted
friend. A mouth or six weeks later
along In the fall all North Pisa know
cal Vanport'a story as well as I did,
and when the facts came out he took a
new position In the Community at once,
it all happened at eVarty given at
'Squire Woodmsnale'i home lu celebra
tion, so it was understood, of an en
gagement to marry that had at last
1 n arranged between Helen and
Hilly Pllchener, the fruit farmer.
Everybody of any standing In North
Pisa and around about for miles was
Invited, and everybody came, for such
social gatherings were rare esaiUKh
then. Of course I. being ths village doe
tor, was Invited with the others, and.
of course. I went, though I arrived Into
anil went away early. Isiiig called to
attend n patient In spite of the rumor,
there was no formal announcement,
though all the men winked knowingly
whenever they taw Hilly POchenSf In
Ills Sunday go to-ineetlngS and the tight
boots, from Wblth he was suffering so
vcrelv. The supposed bride to be seem
ed rattS out of sorts when I saw her,
nnd I wondered If. down In her heart,
she was thinking of Cal Vanport
It was an hour past midnight when I
returned to the village from the drive
to attend my patient, and I noticed us
I drove past the Woodmanslo house
that Its windows were still brightly
light.il. though the guests were rapidly
going home. As I drove slowly by
caught sight of a tall, broad-shouldered
llcure standing In the deep shadows of
some shrubbery. It was the figure of
Cal Vanport.
Suddenly there was a cry from the
house, then a bright light and long
tongues of flame ls-gnn to leap from the
windows. In an redlbly short HsttS
the entire upper pan oi .ut- uUm. -
ni.loTj. In nil II.ST.HII
mere wssi i
, (.m,.,,
wildest confo-lon. M.-n ani SM
ran screaming from ths U,D"
ture,
li.l t o re "!' " .
j for this one JZZZZ
to be accounted for. when suddenly IBS
"STAGOBRKD THItODOH THE POOH WITH FlLCHKNKIt."
cry. "Where's Billy Pllchonerr was
ruined. The next mluute ho was seen
In a second story window, to which 1.
had struggled, gasping for breath ai.d
with his clothes u lire lu half a dm I
rule, . u M n.n.1 Uo, lKTU ijgjjj M
of his senses I... u.,.,1.1 i -.. i
and saved himself, for he was not more
than twelve or flftecu feel from the
ground, hut as It was he was as help
less as If he had been a thousand feet
up. There were shouts that he must ho
saved, of course, but nobody stttttsd t,.
uu.ierstan.1 how It could bo done, and
while the talk went on the lire boned
Uiore fiercely.
It was thru that Oil ii tin, rt on urn
- -.i 1 II llll
to the front. Knowing hliu as I hud
come to know him. I should not have
boeu surprised at what followed had It
basa the girl iii danger, i must confess,
however, that under the ot.cumstuiie, I
1 wan thoroughly dated. There were B0
bidders handy, nnd hardly time to raise
them If there hud Isvn. for Fllohen r
bad evidently fainted, and If resetted at
nil must In- rescued quickly. Oil saw
that In a flash, and Instead of walling
to discuss things with auyonc he whip
pod off his coat, threw It over his head
to protect himself from smoke mid
flams us much as potslble, and rushed
straight Into the binning boost. Then
wvro jviu of. "Why, it's I'ui Vanport I
Btop hlmr' and the like, and while
these were still sounding Oil hbnsell
appeared at tho window with PUchoner
lu his arms.
Then Oil disappeared to tight hlg ,vny
down the stairs to life and air again,
for he dared not Jump with his heavy
burden, I thought BO would never get
out, but he did, though It stomed BOOrS
before he staggered through the dis.r
with iiicheuer. comparatively unscath
ed. It had all taken little mora time
than It takes to r.a.l It, and the "shlf
less loafer" pit round after round of
the henrthsst cheers.
Hut although Fllchoncr was safe and
sound, Oil was painfully hurt. A broad
red gush across his face showed that
he would probably Is- a handsome man
in. mort, mid the moment after he was
relieved of Fllchetier's weight he Stag
gcrvd and fell unconscious. 1 had
Jumped from my buggy, and 1 ran to
him, but Helen Wooduiajislo was thero
before me and Bhc dashed water
brought from the well Into fill's face,
while I hastily Itouiid up the gash be
fore taking hliu to the little white
washed cottugo, which was not far
away. Helen went with DM to the cot
tugo, nud Insisted on remaining while
I complet.il the dressing of his wounds.
It was Helen, also, of all the North Pisa
folks, who first learned what I had
found out some time before. Mrs. Van
port had a washing machine. Indeed,
but tt was human mid not wood and
Iron, nud Its mime was Cal. Ills moth
er's health had long Ik-cii so bad that
he dared not leave her alone, and, lie
sides, he had found that with his gn at
strength lie could earn more at the
Waahboard than In the field, and all the
time he had been held to be a "SttlflSSS
loafer" he had actually been saving
monty. With which in time I leant
to go away from North Pisa mid begin
all over again.
This Is about all there Is to tell tboul
the case of Cal Vanport, except that he
got well In good time, that ho was ever
afterward the most Mipular man In
North Pisa, and that when Helen
Woodmansle was married Billy Pllcht
ner was not the bridegroom.- Rocky
Mountain News.
Swapped Couples in Oklahoma.
A Sensational case With a funny lids
is reported from U Reno, A couple ar
lived at the principal hotel and regis
tered themselves ns mail and wife. In
fact, they were elopers, one having run
away from a wife and the other a bus
band. In the oourse of a w.s'k the In
jured husband and the Injured wife nr
lived from Kentucky and caused the
arrest of the pair. The desert. sl man
and woman had never seen each other
before, but while waiting for reiilsl
Hon papers from Kentucky they stop
pel nt the same hotel, and fun 1 an
acquaintance, Having a common grist
tliey became Interested In Bach other,
nnd on the day the requisition papers
ere to arrive they astonish. si the offl
oad by eloping on their own account,
going to Texas, where they are uow
supsscd to bo. The first pair of . lop
ers were released from Jail, and the
Kentucky officer returned home, aft.-r
Informing the local pas'r that he
"hoptd a rattlesnake would bite bin) If
he even traveled a thousand mlbs
again to help a couple of men trad"
wives."- Kansas City Journal.
lAing Auntrallsn Tele;rap!i Mno.
Among the most remarkable works In
Australia Is the OTerland telegraph
from Port Iarwin to the south of the
continent, which was completed In
1172. Almost the whole 2,000 miles of
Its length was through uninhabited
country much of It a waterless desert
The wooden poles were prcparisl ut the
neareet available places, but some had
to l carried Into the Interior, and the
total cost was l.KVi.'.
A woman prefers a husband tahVr
than herself, so she can pretend to look
up ohm
up to una
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jET IS ALL L UC II.
JOKES FROM THE PENS OF
VARIOUS HUMOHISIS.
I lr.ii.unt Iiui.lrnln 'C.ir,lnu Cm
World Over - HUII. it Are ' her r
fal la Old or Yonag - I unnr
beli-ctloihi Ifett Vou Will i:,ioy.
Qettteg si Ike Pai -
Tills coffee has Ms good qualities as
well ns Its bad points," remarked tho
dyspeptic Kmrder as he tailed for a
second cup.
"Ind.elV" ejucrt.sl tin landlady.
"Yes," he fJOtttltPSd; "Hie bout that
can lo sal. I about tt Is that It coutalne
no chicory."
"And Its worst poln(V" ask.d the
landlady.
"Is that It contains mi coffee," was
the BPga.Wt.1r1 reply.
A i...i Resjw it,
II" And am I to understand that
your r. . -1 Is tlimlT
She It Is.
He Th. n life no lone r lias a ehurm
for me; I shall hang myself.
Hl'.e Will you grant me a f:iirt
lie Certainly. Name H.
Bht Dtacofldnnt your , stetSMt else
where; pupa objitis to your hangliitf
around lu re.
To lie Kiire.
AiLL!
'Ow do they make lot cream, Jem
Biy?" "Wy, they Uik.s It In n cold oven, o'
course!"
Why lie Krepa at It.
"Hosh! li.m't t. ll me you can't ult
chewing whenever you want to. If you
can do It, how does It cotuo that you
keep right OOf
"Sh Q-hl My wife has never caught
me at ii as yet." Cleveland Leader.
r.unll)' ArrunKCil.
"Hear Charlie, if l marry you, w in
you get up nnd make the llres In the
morning?"
"Darling girl, we will get married. In
the summer. Before winter TOO. will
get Sised to the Idea of making the
llres yourself."-Chicago Record.
Changed Ills Mind.
"I thought you said. Is-fore the war
broke out. that you UHtOdtd to eulIM?"
"I did Intend tii, but Just Is-foro the
first cull for troosi wus Issued my
wife's mother got a Chants to go to
Europe for the summer."
Too Much for Iter.
Qertmde Bow an- yon getting along
with your Spanish lessons?
Minicciit I've bad to give them up
for the present. My teacher has ner
vous prostration,
Gertrude Why, how did she ever
come to get that?
Mllllceiil While riding dOWUtOWB In
a street ear the other day she over
Ihii nl n young man pronouncing tho
names of some of those Cuban towns.
Miu. iu Bxplaloed,
"Why do you spnm my wealth 1" tho
aged millionaire ask. si.
"I do BOl spuru your wealth," tho
beautiful girl answered, "I merely
spurn the conditions that go with It."
A Fcrew I.ooc Homrw hern.
"So those people who have mOTOd In
Oext door proleud to be from Hostou,
do they."
"Yes."
"There must be s.-ni" mistake. I
heard the madam calling to h. r little
son Arthur lust ulglit mid she didn't
proliouinv his name 'Au I huh.' "
Puiiurr of u Uaat Toilet,
Plremao You're safe now. Not hurt
anywhere, are you?
Roacoed Parly No, no; Ah'm no
hurt. Ah'm no hurt (Catches sight of
i his nether garments.) Kb, moo, but
Ah've got a rare twistl-8kel.ii.
One Wife Too Many
"Alfonso," said Mrs. Midas, "hero Is
n beading In this paper that says, 'Had
line Wife T"" Many.' The rest of tho
' article is turn off. How many w Ii i do
you think the brute had?"
'(in.-, probably," was Midas' prompt
reply.-Exehange.
Other Yror, Other TltlCi
"I laughter, who Is this Mr. Bttgens
Wadswortfa Carringtog that is colling
on you s.i often 7
"Why, paps, he's tho Iwjr we used to
call itiister' wlieii he lived next door."
Ton Much.
Mrs. frondlng-I hear that your girl
has left. What was the trouble?
Mrs. Wilby- Oh, It was on account of
ber bicycle.
Mrs. Gooding I shouldn't think
you'd obji el i" ibaL Most of then uavo
whiM-ls now, you know.
Mrs. Wllby-Yes, but she wanted my
husband to pump up her Urea,
3
Ths l.lahl that Palled.
loftletgb- Miss Cutting Clara, you
are the light of my life, and "
Idas Cutting Pardon me for Inter
ruptlBg you, but did you ride over on
pttftf Wheel this evening?
Btdltigh Yes; but why do you nskl
Miss Cuttliw Merely to warn you to
look out f.r the ix.lliv on your wuy
le on', ns you are liable to be arrested
for riding without a light.
I'.HlHh nulla."
No lloulit True,
Wheeler -I wonder what has bttOMM
of Walker; I haveu't seen hliu for a
wsaa,
Rfdtf I saw his wife yesterday. Shr
raid In- was learning to ride a wheel.
Wheeler How's he getting illolg?
Itjder Ofl crutch, s, 1 believe.
FosMthlauJ for Nothlnu.
DtXOfl Hlftklus seems to bt enjoying
the fortune his aunt left him.
Hlxon Why, I understand Ih lost II
nil In n wheat deal six months ago.
Hlxon So he did; but It has supplied
til its with a never falling topic of con
versation ever since.
llnw He M.in.iuril It,
AM Wright My wife and I DStd t
quarrel nearly all the time, but now w
have the most jH-aoof ill home you evel
saw.
Henry Peck -Indstdl How do yon
manage It?
Ai. Wright- I simply make my wlft
so mad she refuses lo sptsik to mo.
ii. i i tin PisrarlM on it.
He Yes, I really f.'.i as If I ought tc
do something for my country.
She Oh, well, I think you have doui
something for It.
He 1 don't know w hen or how.
She Why, you were nway lu I'uropt
all last summer, weren't you?
After the Uimrrrl,
Mr. PUmkty Ah, y.", every day 1 mil
reminded of the fact that a man's .log
is his most gland fat! friend ami ad
mirer after all.
Miss Sharpson Well, yon know, lga
have no sense of the ridiculous.
The Poor Locked,
"Bridget, did you fix that sugar buck
et so tho nil's could not get In?"
"Yls, mum. OI tuk th' handle off th'
00Ttr,'V-Dp tO I 'ate.
A Kc ill ill I ne Marvel.
He Your friend Mrs. Husklns Is the
must original uoinan I ever no t.
She Iiiileisi: What ha e you discov
ered about her that Is strikingly orlg
InaJl
He Why, when she hasn't anything
to say she doesn't talk.
Vex ut Ion,
Her Mother (to bride-elect) What:
frowning on your wedding day?
Hrldc Rise) I'm in a quandary. If I
go to the alta( smiling people will say
I'm Klmply CrBjy to get Charlie, and If
I look solemn they will say I already
regret the step. What shall I do?-Tld-Hlls.
A i in. hi. i.i i PreeerlptttWt
"Doctor. WttJ do yot advise me to do
so moot walking In bo! wi BthorT"
"I thought If you saved ear fare you
might pay It on my bills."
Horror of ('nmh.it.
"This wur hns simply rulinsl ma,"
"How's that?"
"Tbs belrtsi I was courtlBg has got
tngSgSd to a soldier."
One Mhii'k Oitnlon.
Little Alfred Pn, why do s.,ni" people
rail It Sabbath, Instead of Sunday?
Pa I guess tiny'i" afraid tbs public
wouldn't Ittd out that they were relig
ious If they didn't call It that.
He IIMn't C.uem.
"Well," said the enthusiastic now nil
clc, as h" ss'pis) Into the crib, "I sup
pose you'll call It Dswtg, of course?"
"No," wild the baby's proud papa,
"we've select. si a Isiter name than
that."
"Oh, Bobaon or Bcblsy. I presume?"
"NHUier. Wo are going to call It
Hlanchc, after Its mamma."
Chatnpagnn from Appl" Parlnga.
The practice of tbt economics in tbs
fruit raising lections of th" west has
dsveloped a new article of export I n
til recently the orchard owners mid the
evaporator managers did not think of
utilizing the .sires and pmiugs of up
pics. They occasionally sold them tu
the Jelly -makers or fed them to the
hogs, but more generally allowed them
to accumulate as refuse lu great heaps,
which slowly fermented and decayed.
This year lu many places the parings
and cores are being saved. They arc
spread out In the hot sun ami dried,
after which they are packed In large
sucks and held for buyers, who gather
them up and scud them away In cur
lots. The distillation of the dried par
ings ami con s In these large qtttBtlfltt
Is Prance. It Is no S'-oret that the ref
use of the orchards of the Missouri val
ley and the Or.ark country Is now larg
ly employed In the manufacture of
champagne by the thrifty wlneiunkcrs
of the vlms lnd slopes of Franco. 8t
louis Globe Democrat
A mau lows to cat and a woman eats
to love. -
PAINTED ON A CLIFfc
AeiillmentH of I lull Citlxrii KiprrMSd
In tillnltttta Wuy.
William Qlbaon Of V ernal. I'tah, was
taken with the Idea that to paint tin,
motto, "Remember the Maine," high
upon the face of
II cliff 111 Ashley
canyon would be
a titling way to
represent the sen
timent of the rlt I
S.'IIS of Ashley
valley. Painter
Leo . Volght
Hulled to go up
nud do the work.
A new flve
rlghths Inch four
stranded Manila
nils' was used to
hoist him to tho
spot ou the liltT
selected for the
painting, which
from measure
ments taken was
HoN feel from the
bottom and -."
fisi from tbt top
sasna
Of the cliff, not
allowing for
stretch of ropv.
rw
This Would show
the cliff to lo
BIIAVK of.llVMN no
INO HIE WOIIK.
twenty eight f.s-t
Washington moini-
higher than tho
msnt
tbs start wus made from 0 lodge
alXt) feet from the base of the rlltr.
Whcu Mr. Volght was rals.sl ulsuit 100
feet from th" hslgo the twist In the
rope cuus.sl hliu to whirl around very
rapidly and, to use his own expression,
th.. eaanyon was full of cliffs. There
iver.. cliffs to (ho right of htm, cliffs
(o the left of him and cliffs all around
him. It looked as If he were turning
fast enough to throw his boots off.
The children yelled, the women
screamed and some Bhtd team of sym
pathy for, as they supposed, n doomed
man, but the twist w as sis.n out of the
fops and the bravo tiermnn was hoist
id tu the right point nnd did his work
according to program.
DESERVES MUCH CREDIT.
WUcnmln Hoy Who Won Fame for
ravsrg In th War with Vou In.
Carl W. JnngSO, the lieutenant of tho
nnvy who wus In command of the
rVejnpatOCh when that Utile auxiliary
bout was us.sl to cut the Mbit from
Santiago to Kingston, Is one of tho few
InrvlVOrS of the Maine disaster, and a
braver man does not wenr tlie button.
In a war full of Incidents like thOSS
that have mads this war unlliM, ex
ploits must ,e of an extraordinary and
anbeard of cbaracttr to attract atten
tion, Jungen's font 111 culling the n
ble under a shower of Spanish shells
has Iss'ii dwarfed by other dramatic
mutters, but not even Hobson was
braver thsn were Jtingen and his men
mi tlie Wiimpatuok. For fifty minutes
tlie little tug worked nt the cable, whlhi
a Spanish gun poured a continuous tiro
uiwu It, supplemclitis.1 by u fusillade
from soldiers on tlw ahore behind fortl-
fli'iitloiis. Jungen's inline has U-en
frindy mention. si In tho dtsptiobst, mid
he deserves all the credit that will Iki
given him. Culling a cable Is a prosaic
Job, but the WampatttCh and her men
mads It a spectacle. Jiingcn Is a Wis
consin boy, ami was rals.M to his pres
ent rank In 1N.
80ME VERY OLD PISTOLS.
Small 1 in .Hi"- nt hang Ago and
How They Were, t.'aeil.
The faii that tho government regula
tions do not provide for Its naval of
(1. ers any prescribed style of pistol bus
caused a renewed Interest In the side
arms worn by our prttsnl hens'S. Not-
withstanding tbs cJrcumstanoss, no
naval man In authority Is without his
faithful lltitlo pistol, and many of Uao
r ,40
AvAtt rs
r
I'Istoi.s, oi.n ash xr.y.
ih-adly n.apoiis are handsouicly flu
labamt It Is said, however, that the
workers of a couple of centuries ago
put more elaborate skill In tho decora
tions of the arms of those days than Is
used now. Hut now the wish of tho
bearer Is to owu a thing of usefulness
rather than Is'iiuly, and no one pre
sumes to compare tho rapid, faUil llttlo
Implements of to-day with the clumsy,
slow, blundering arms of tho uurly
days of thu pistol.
At Cloac. Uanae.
Hattle- Ho you and Juck quarreled
did you?
Ella Yea; he said something that 1
didn't like, and I told him wu must be
strangers henceforth.
Hattle And did he fall on his knees
and ask you to forgive blm?
Klla Not h". You see he thut Is, bll
kuctw were occupied at the time.
Home men are always out when their
rouutry colla.
The bicyclist gets there with both
pedals.
ItfVH.lMlll
km m k
ism
O. W. IDIOM,
IB
CO. H'8 MASCOT.
fnuth ".i v .i.i Volunteer Hove a rioat
for u i Companion.
(n the transport St. Paul, which
went from San Promise., to Mantis,
was a iKIssenger entered on the pur
ser's Ms! as "one currier pig. on." What
might have N-cn a white-winged ines-
engec wus, in f.u t, notbbMj but a billy
goat. Hilly was Ixiok.sl as a tarrltf
pigeon becaoaoarmy regulations do not
provide for poaaga of goats Tin' end.
chewer Is the pn,HTty of Co. II of tho
South Dakota Volunteers. lie wna
taken to Sail Francis, o from Water
town when the regliueiit was ordered
to Join Merrill's troops. Co. II was
"IIII.I.Y.
the crack one In the South Dakota N i
tlOUa guanl, and was belter known as
tlie lioveruor's guards. Hilly lias hStU
a (Sinstant Companion of the soldiers
for years.
When he sailed for Manila the ani
mal WOtB ns natty a blue blouse as any
vol un tear ever put on. Also there was
a bawnntt f Bowers on his bead, and
around his hBCh he wore an amulet
with this Uucrfptloni
"I'm u butter from the lulls of S.nitli Dt
knt ii,
As frolicsome iih ever WOTS n whisker;
I'm a I'nthler mill the very kind of a goal a
Human being in front if should walk
brisker."
He known Intuitively those who are
entitled to solutes, and If any other
Hrsoii tries to give him orders be does
not hesitate to butt them. When mi
officer stands lu front of him mid or
ders 111 i it to attention, he will rise on
his hind legs and make a dignified
solute with his right forefoot balanc
ing hlmsWf the while and looking as
military as (Misslble.
Slu. It Is the duty of tho church
and of Christian i pic to fight sin of
all kjnda.-itev. p. c. Ottrntck. Cincin
nati, o.
Mvo with (Sod.--We were created to
love and live with Ood, Itev. .1. K.
Montgomery, Presbyterian, Cliielmiatl,
Ohio.
Seetloiiallsm. Wo foster sectlounl
feelings no longer. Fraternity Is re-Instated.-
Hev. F. It. (in linglon, Con
gregatloliilllst, San Francisco, Cal.
lleii. -Whatever helps to strengthen
the nation helps also the cause of true
religion. Hev. A. V. (1. Allen, Fplseo
pallaii, Cambridge, Mass.
Mercy for All. The love of Christ
ptnSSth knowledge; none are beyond
the reach of Infinite mercy. Itev. Mr.
HarN-r, Baptist Columbus, O.
To-morrow. To-morrow belongs to
our Heavenly Father; I would not
know Its SSCfttS If I could. Kev. Dr.
Cuytsr, Prcsbyteiimi, Hrooklyii, N. V.
War. I uin not war's apologist. No
man who tries to follow Cartel can, be
cause war means fight, and light means
kfll. Hev. J. M. Scovlll, Haptlst, Phil
adelphia, Pa.
Without (Sod.-If the Hlble had until
In,: to stay the hunger or ijticiich tho
thirst, then Indeed Is man without Qod,
- Hev. C. 0. Hall, Presbyterian, Nevvr
York City.
Fduciitloii.- Through cWUteatloS MI
per cent of humanity are left free to
rervs In the grander Interests of educa
tion. Hev. Lyman Abbott, Coiigrega-
Uooaltot Brooktyn, N. Y.
Bvointlon, Bvolntlon is opening the
doors wider mid wider to fr.ssloi d
ndmlts n "living will" In Qod ami man.
- Hev. T. T. Munger, I'liltarlan, New
Haven, Connecticut.
A I. ail, of (Sod. Men an- turning
wenrlly from organization ami ritual
because there Is no! enough of Uod 111
them. Itev. F. James, Hplseopallmi.
Philadelphia, Pn.
ilr. at Helps. Pleasant greetings and
cordial hand clasps from the lull) do
more for u church than powerful sp
inous from the preacher. Itev. Pratt
Crane, Methodist, Chicago, 111.
Woman. There Is no cause In thjt
world that can fully succeed If woman
sets herself Bgslnsl It. No CttttBS "an
fall If she unitedly supports It. Uev.
F. Ooodchlld, Haptlst, New York City.
Belief.- Belters In (Sod ami In man
and trust and serve them. Hollow lu
purity, In love, lu honor, lu usefulness,
Ho brave and full of hope. Itev. J. W.
Atwood, Episcopalian. Columbus, ().
Cotton Mills In Hwltserlanit.
lu Itiiar. Switzerland, there Is a 1 1 1. -000-aplndbl
cotton mill run by electric
power from the lthoue, which river Is
only a few hundred feet away. Three
motors are kept, of which one drives
the openers, cards, combing machlues,
druwlug and flyer frames, nud supplies
j'-i I. nuii ., the --.nil. I drives the mules
and the third the ventilating fun und
workshop.
Men With v. heels In ihelr head are of
a mvcbaulrnl turn of mind.
It's a mean man th.it Isn't a hero m
the nyce of his dog.