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ePiy tot 'ution. 1 Sta. " th lorr. I hed 0, 1 Hlk, V. " hav "Hr fir, d.l.U. ' 111 ni """ran,,.! en Ujd W th.,,1 ttfl ... Li, i, Hi word unanoken. fault nhich csreleaa Uauda r f"-' "d d0U';...1 d broken V'l'ZVlh our erring fort bsd rusu m . ...... i. ,.r I.K'ihrD ll"" uu'" - - I"' i. Ms (Oil 1'"' d 1 H0Wr 10 .ll".'r.' ,,i.i fuller mil our snirita wj ,re would be burden bard to txf. TJTanoel unawares. who read might almoat irr the prett, i,...r. act of lore aud duty ."' '"'U Fal.b. with ber i i tbt Dth of lif. .bould lay I r.'r' 'ru' and the boyish , Jdt of perfume and "uu uit to kiss ber cheek be I 0M, tl orchard bousba. Then ,be . Tn-o lb"-". now b,re "ould b ,0rT of ,h Tou" lOttf who went uu grew oiuer and sterner. bo struggled uud won -aud forgot. After while be took the pen and wrote agulu. A month later the editor waa etartlcd Jo find among bla personal mall at the office an eovelopv bearing the oatuiiirk of Hay nor. "My Dear Ford: I hare read the story. 'Under Orchard Bougba.' lu the Now a Daj a. and though you have changed the name or the people ami of the place I knew at once that It wan our story. But, deur. you abould not have euded It ua you did. When Fred Reynolds falla asleep U me little rail way atntlou. where he la waiting ror bla train, and the young girl COIDM In with ber artuful of apple blossoms, whose fragrance, ItMllag Into bla dreatna. mnkca him fancy hluiaclf ouce wore lu the old orclmrd; wheo be wakes to tin, I It hut a dream, ami knowa at Inat the one thing hla life haa lacked lu the mldat of Ita aeemlug pros perity; when, Mated wltb a auddeti heartalck louglng for a alght of the Faith he had known, be ruahea to the ticket office and aaka for a ticket to the little village; nh, fori, why did you not let him carry out hla Ural Impul why did you make blin bcaltate and turn bla back on the hope be might bare mode bla own, "I cannot aay more than thla If you care to come to Itaynor you will dud me waiting In the old orchard, aud you will find me atlll "FAITH THORNS." w,,.m nre we outwardly rewarded done. I-Tbr V""' heart" are by the world ,li, iinlid ; Tb. tricked harreat nbcre tbe good bate iu u. L I A ,. klj IjoJ J1'1 10 rrery nonri in uirui-n uiu- Ml jlrre tOBM! nn angel, whom we ennnot tor. . . I ... .. tt. ..nth. I tt'tlO StflVeB TO IHy us liww iur t'oiu Itrwouen, ABd in narrow way where faitb mi) he. I Qi) oainc It Couaclcnce. and be brlnga ua rusct Sfft rote, borrowed from the brow of Peace, Or thorns nn wlncD remorseful LDougDt rfpoaea, lafl" "ll"c bBrP tormentlngi nerer (MM rbrn In u -Tive temptatlon'a atorm to wen I her. Lft eii -r) ilioiight and crery deed Improve. t.ii fjoaacli ii r timla no cruel thorns to gather. But crowm the toul wltb joy, and pruee. and lore. .BteklDOnd Keligioua Herald. Under Orchard Boughs. So - v sum All S 'f WW 1 J WHERE BRAVE HIGHLANDERS LIE BURIED. A YCUNO HEROINE. OHAVKS OK THE ULAi K WATCH iHIOULaN P.H) KILLtU AT aUOBUffOJI tUlt Three hundred yarda to the rear of the little townnhip of Modder Hirer, on Dec. IS. tome lifty Highlander!, wbo bad fall en wltb their general, were buried. Tbe bodlet of lien. Wauebope and other otll cert were Interred In front of tbe graret of tbe tuldiert. Tbe tituation of tbe graret it picturewiue. To tbe wett Ilea tbe broad rlrer fringed with treet, to the eatt lit the neigntt held by the enemy, while north aud toutb the undulttiug reiut ttretihea out to the MritM (Jen. A. (i. Wauehotie. Ittelr ronitnanil- Ing the Hmhlund llrigade with Urd Me Oil three dnya Ford Asbcroft. editor of the popular Now-a- Daya Magazine, baa been kept ut home by a wretched cold. Today be felt al most blmaelf again, but a whlatllug, driving euowaturm, u tlerco blizzard, aucb aa aometluica strikes New York In latter part of February, was rag in?, and forbade blui to veuture out. Tired with the unwonted luuctlon of the pat two days, tbe editor's thoughts nirned tu his work, und be began to (uoildtr the make-up of tbe uumber mw lu preparation. "I'm not quite satisfied wltb the May lumber," bo murmured. "It's a little Leavy for Mny; there ought to be more of ibe light aud life aud blossoming ol Hay lu It Now, those Tastollos' Wl haven't any really good spring lory In tbetii. Tbe "FatteHes," a new department of the magazine, wore short sketches, with hardly plot enough to be culled itorlea; sometimes a light cbaruoter study-a delicate word palming of ooie aspect of nature. Mr. Ashcroft took an art calendar from the wall by bis side and turned the leuves until be came to tbe May Kg The picture wus un excellent vopy of a water color palutlug. It rep resented an orchard of apple trees, COT trol with their pink and white bloom. A young girl stood uuder ouo of tbe twt, leaning gracefully against the gnarled trunk, her bauds clasped loose ly before her. The whole wus delicate ly tinted, and seemed almost to carry with It a faint fragranco of tbe blos-oui-ladeu May. Hit thought went back to the Tillage if Raynor, whore he bad spent a few Bombs years ago. Some college prank had brought hlui Into touble wltb the faculty, ami be bud boon suspended 'or four mouths. His father had Bent nlm to the little Connecticut village to "Peud tbe time wltb an old college ckeniate. One of the vlllnee aMrls. shv little falt!i Thorno, had from tbe Urst held raptlve bll boyish fancy. As he came to know her better, ber Influence In maied, and be Mid to himself that he Imd round the pearl among women. Brought up lu n Quaker household, for f'alth was an orpbau and lived wltb w grandparents, a certain qualntness. eu lid like simplicity aud directness, made her seem unlike tbe other merry, ehattertng country lasses. Little by uttle be and Faltb came to be more and more to each other; the wild rose flush In her cheeks deepened wben he was by, a sweet shyness made the blue eyes droop before bis. She would not let him blud blmaelf 'y any promise; they were botb too Joung. the said. He must go away low, tlnlsb his college course wltb hon or, and then, when he bad taken tbe P!ee waiting for blm In bis father's oliee. he might come again to Kaynor. and he would tlnd her waiting for blm. . on this afternoon, with the Feb rtJ0 btorm raging without. Ford Ash "oft 8 thoughta went back and llnger rt on the aprlngtlme Idyl of those long So years. Could It be twelve years- 01 1 "ould be 29 now, but somehow MM not think of ber as looking touch older than the young girl be had eft lu tbe orchard. Surely sbe bad ot loet that pure, cblld-llke face a '"tie older, perhnps. a little sadder, but Mill with those Innocent, wistful 'J1- And be well-be was 34; he had "red In the mmt q ,ue rush aod of cty life. "It would make a good Taatelle.'" "finally remarked, and turned to bis 8li- ,0ok up bis pen and began to "te. Slowly at first, thou, as the past tned to come nearer, his pen moved "ore rapidly over tbe page. He told the college youtb In tbe little village. r the thy maiden wbo won bis boyish ""ft; be described tbe old orchard lth Its glory of apple blooms: be ""Hied almost to Inhale their delicate "France as he wrote. The wbole "tty Idyl was old In simple words. w'th sucb exquisite an Uiat oae Ford Asbcroft crushed the letter lu his hand with a muttered Imprecntlou "Coward!" bo said to hlinself fiercely "Couldn't I have found enough lllerary material without dragging poor little Faith Into print? It waa a dnatardly thing to do, but who would have thought ahe would buve aeeu tbe thing And now " He hastily put the letter lu bla pocket as the sound of voices was heard In tbe ball. The next moment the door wns thrown open and two children rusbel In, tbe older oue exclnlmlug breath lessly, "Pupa, papa, the carriage has come, and mnmuin Is ready, and you said you'd go to wide wlv us today 'cause It's my birthday, and I'm U yean old." Asbcroft picked up the child and gnve her half a dozen kisses In honor of tbe dny. Then he went for n drive with his wife nnd little ones, the pathetic letter from Faith Thome still Id bis pocket. Chicago Times-Herald The Land of Windmills. Great (lapping sails all over the land make Holland look as If a flock of huge son birds wore Just settling upon It There are snld to lie at least 10.000 of these windmills In Holland. They are employed lu sawing timber, beating hemp, grinding corn and many other kinds of work; but their principal use is for pumping water from the low lands Into the cunuls und for guarding against tbe inland freshets tbut so often deluge tbe couutry. Many of the windmills are quite simple uffalrs, but some of the now ones are admirable. They are so constructed tbut by uu In geulous contrivance they present their fans or wings to the wind lu precisely the right direction to work wltb tbe requisite power. Ill other words, tbe miller may Indulge In a quiet little sleep und have bis mill to study the winds und make tbe most of them without bis assistance. If there Is only a little wind every miiI will spread Itself to make the most of it; but If a big "blow" should come, they will all shrink up and giro It only half a chance to move them. If you want to see windmills lu all their glory, you must pay a visit to the land of windmills.-l'lttsburg Dispatch. To M ike OlOtb Fireproof. The American cousul at Freiburg, (iormany, reports au Interesting dis covery by German scientists, tbe appli cation of which will render cloth aud wood fireproof. Tbe uiuterlal used to brlug about this result Is uow belug manufactured by a Ucrmau firm, and great things are expected of IL Tbe American contul declares that ha has experimented wltb tbe discovery, aud has found that curtains, carpets, cloth ing, draperies and wood to which tbe liquid has been applied refute to yield to tlnmo. Even when cloth wus covered with kerosoue aud the oil burued out tbe liber of the goods was only charred, while the piece remained Intact It Is claimed that with the use of this chem ical application hotels may l e made absolutely tlrcproof. aud that It will re duce tiro risks on Inside property very greatly. The chemical Is soluble, and Is therefore Impracticable ror outdoor use. Garments, curtains or carpets that pass through a laundering process must be treated again. It Is claimed, however, that the scientists who have worked out the process believe they can render It waterproof In time. OttAVB or OKM. WACCIIOri. tbuen't force, wbo wat killed at tbe bat tle1 of Magerafonlein, waa tirat buried on the battlelield by tbe aide of hla brare men wbo alao fell iu the battle. How erer, the Hon. J. D. Logan. M. L A., of Mntjefoiite,n, thinking rightly that tbe late geueral'a family would be anxioua, at tome future date, to arrange for tbe reinterment of the body, offered to bare It trantfrrred to bla own cemetery tem porarily. Accordingly, the body wat ex humed, and wna tf Dt down, lu charge of tome officers, including Cspt. Kennie, A. D. C. to the late general, and Mr. ligao, wbo weut up wltb tbe coffin. The body arrived at M atieafoutf in on Dec. 2 Magerafouteiu is ou tbe line of railway LetHeeii tape town aud De Atr June tlona. Neil morning the train with Ibe bod), Ita eaeort and uiuur inoiiniera tuur rd out of the atatlon to trarel to tbe cemetrry, which la situated four mllea away from the little town. It ma only a ruu of but a few minute, and then tbe pfOOf SSloil ttsrted scrota the Karroo. The Karroo it often tsld to be dreary and dull. To tome, however, it it far Otherwise, The detolste, Hal lopped hilla boldly cut out from the horizon uml over I'... Ling ibe tilent plaint below, have a grave majesty of their own. A more nn poalng background to that mournful pro Passion following the boil) of the High Isud chieftain could not well be dungm, I. The body waa placed on a gnu carriage, and waa escorted bj 196 oActra ami men. including aome of late general'a brigade, and attended by tbe band of tbe Duke of Edinburgh's Own rolunteert aud the pipers of tbe t up,- Town Highlander. When the proceaalon began to more the Stillness of the Kanoo was broken by Ibe strsint of (tie band. At length the cem etery waa reached, aud the coffin waa carried by men of the Second Hlack W at, h to the church. The brat part of Ibe Mrfiee a conducted by ihe Her. It. Price, chaplain to the volunteers along tbe linea of communication, and the sec ond portion by the Iter. Mr. Robertson, chaplain to the Highland Brigade I who firtt found the geueral'a body). Three rolleya were Bred orer the grsre, which wss surrounded by besutiful wreatha. and Ihe tad ceremony waa orer. The illuatrationa are from photographa by K. D, Edgecombe, Beaoforl West, lu the l. ml.ni Illuttrateil Newt. " FIGHTING MAC." New Commander of the llluhland Hrliiude l a I - Holdler. "Fighting Mac" Is tbe name by which Itrlg. lieu. Hector Macdonald, who succeeded tieii. Waucbopo as tbe com mander of the Highland llrigade. Is known lu tbe nuuals of tbe Hrltlsb army, lie Is nn Ideal soldier ami bruve as a lion. Macdonald hns never forgotten Ma- Juhu Hill, says nn English writer lu giving a summary of the Scotch sol dier's characteristics. Though taken prisoner on that day ho remained to tbe end uulienton. for when after a trips to South Carolina aud Georgia. Is a keen observer of people aud cus tMSa, "The most Incomprehensible be ing in the world." ho remarked tbe other day, "Is that isvullar type of person wbo dosorlties himself as a 'Southern gentleman, sab.' Tbe simple word 'gentleman' hns no meaning to hiiu at all. Hut a 'Southern gentle man Is quite another matter. iu my lust visit to Atlanta 1 mot an old chnp who was as garrulous as be was proud Of his lineage, nud who waa as oor as he was proud. During our conver sation he said so much about South ern gentlemen that I made l.M to nsk desperate resistance he was at last un- , him fur dellnltlou of the term. V v- ...I .... 1 . , armed and a couple of lloors rati nt " , " ," ro bin.. Macdonald met them will, bis l""rk wl1" Kr,'"f I'!. """ nnfce.l tuts uml hla assailants went " " " l""'""e.i .ui.v is.iiy eise reeling back. Finding him so bard to to shnvc blm and wbo hns never black ed bis own boots.' Philadelphia Record. tackle, they wore for puttlug a bullet through his head, but a Hoor with ou appreciation of pluck Intervened. 'No," be -aid. "this Is a bravo man and we shall spare him. Let us tuke Siiper.tltic.ua irri i,i, Which Thej DEATH'S HEAD MOTHS. blm prisoner, nt all hazards." Bennett liurlclgh holds that Macdon ald has Just that touch of genius which distinguishes Ibe grout soldier from tbe good one. Undoubtedly ho hns the ca Are KriEiirdcd In 1'oluild. Iluttertlles may moan much lu tbe way of auguries. Tbe variegated ones, of bright coloring, are fortunate, espe cially If fluttering near the wayfarer. paclty for taking Infinite pains. The ' Hut the bronze butterfly, or moth, Is grind of work ho has been through lu "ol lucky, of nil the race, however the Soudan, "making riflemen from num. B BV, hector macdoxai.I). The Umbrwlla nird. The umbrella bird, which bas oome resemblance to a crow both In slse and Dlumage, Is so called from a wide crest which spreads out above us oeaa line lin ln,, next tight and I will taue care a parasol. This crest Is composed of that this slave driver of a colonel does mud," probably uo oue but himself knows. It Is to blm and to men like blm (lint the new Egyptian army owes Its existence to-day, and the results were for ull the world to sec at the Atbara ami nt Omdiirinan He Is a stern dlsclplluurlan, -paring uo man. himself least of all, but he Is adored by every black Soudauese and brown "Glppy" wbo ever followed blm Into battle; for be Is a leader after their owu hearts. In spite, however of the warm liking he Inspires lu those nliove and under him. It Is on record that some of his dusky Soudanese once mutinied against blm. Mncdonnld's method of dealing with the outbreak once again Illus trates the man. His regiment bad of necessity to make long forced marches under the tierce desert sun, nnd the conditions were so hnrd that tbe men be, nine mutinous. One day during the march Macdonald heard two or three of the native soldiers saying: "Walt long slender feathers, rising from a contractile skin on tbe top of the beud. Tbe shafts are white, aud the plume glossy blue, hair like, aud curved out ward at the tip. When the crest Is laid back tbe shafts from a compact white mass sloping up from the top of the head, and surmounted by tbe dense hnlry plumes, but when fully spread k. , forms n nerfeet. slightly elon- o-t,wl,lnme. of a beautiful shining blue The rebels grounded their arms In color. Tbe length of tills dome from ' sullen lUonca, not come out alive. 1 myself will shoot blm." Macdonald recognized the men by their voices, called a halt aud sternly ordered the culprits to stop out from the ranks. Facing them he cried: "Now, yon nre the men wbo nre going to shiHit me In the uext light. Why wnlt so long? Why do not do It uow 7 Here I nm shoot me If you dare!" the most dreaded as au augury Is what Is commouly known as "death's bead moth. People who are very Hrui o DerVC In other matters have often boon much agitated In tlndlng one of these In a room. The villager does not sim ply augur death from the llkomss to the skull lu the marking of ibe back, but vurlous minor misfortunes. This moth (whose scleutlllc name, Acheron tin utropos, Is sultlcleiitly grim) Is a very largo oue, and, flying into cottage rooms aud making for the candle, oft en extinguishes It, which doubles the terror of omen. It Is worth while re calling to mind, lu view of the gloomy auguries which lu many places accom pany Ihe moth's appearance, the fear It excited lu parts of Poland lu 1834 It swarmed In the potato fields these and Jasmine plants being Its favorite haunts- and ut dusk luto open collage windows. The noise peculiar to the moth be came to the terrlliod peasantry a voice of anguish, ami when It flew lulu the light and ettlngulshed It they antici pated war, peatllence, hunger and death to man nnd beast; In fact, the wildest horror, as described In the contemporary uivounts. overspread in that year a very wide district Even now, however, so many decades later, and In much loss Impressionable rural England, the aspect of (lie moth ami Its sounds are soon and heard with dread. From the yellow and brown tailed moths, too, similar, though less terrible, omens arc deduced. Possibly the markings on tbe back of the death's bend moth, which are suffi ciently startling to a nervous crson or Invalid when unexpectedly seen, ac count In some degree for the 111 omen which Its appearance Is deemed to be. -Geutlemau's Mugazluc. front to bnck is about five Inches, the breadth four to four and a half Inches. Tbls bird Is a native of the Islands of the South American rivers, being sel dom If ever soon ou tbe maiulaud. A Gigantic Moth. Tbe largest Insect known to ento mologists Is a Central American moth, called tbe Erebus Strlx. which expandi IU wings from eleven to eighteen Inches. Naturt Intended that peoph? should Why don't you shoot?" asked their coloneL "Became you don't seem to rare whether you die or not," and that re luctnnt answer explnltied the secret of Mnedonald's power over half savage soldiers. There was no more grum bling, and the same men and others like them followed blm devotedly through the battles of Gemalzab, Tos kl. Afadt, Ferkob, Atbara and Omdur moo. Insuring Hallway Kniployes. Tbe New York Central Hallway Com pany bns made arrangements with two largo rnsualty Insurance companies lo Insure the lives of Its employes. Spe cial rates have bt en secured and the rail road company has so arranged that In event of any employe so desiring Hit amount of the premiums will be de ducted from bis wages each month and turned over to oue or tbe other ol the Insurnnce companies which havt the privileges of insuring tbe employes Olrl't Work svt ., Klre Htfutrs th I -.ion. I . Wall. "Iu these days." Geueial Gordon ouce said, tadly. "the race is for honors, not honor, aud for newtpaper praise." Is It true? The mott hopeless among ut mutt admit thnt If true there are excep tlout. In New York n few weeks ago. Mitt Minnie Bwarte, w hile out seeking work for the aupiurt of her younger broth ers uud tlattrs. came upou a gTMt Are. eU learned that a uumber of tlremeu Wad Juat been dlsubled. She rati to a DtlgBboriBg grocery, bought a gallon of milk, had It boated, ami carried it to tbe exhausted Sremea Then ahe assisted a physician to re vive tboee who were overcome by smoke. She climbed a fence, and wilh an axe made an opening for tbe men to drag In their hose, and then, discov ering two wounded tlremeu slipping luto a water tilled cellar, she held them each by a log llll help came ami she herself was faint and exhausted. Tbe fire commissioner, learning of the Important assistance of this Pi roar-old heroine, invited her to call at bis office, in a heartfelt little speech ho presented her. lu the name of the grateful department With a purse staffed with bang notes, roan came to Ibe girl's eyes, but she put aside the purse. She wus doonll touched ami grateful, but she could not take money for doing what was nor uuty. and a privilege as well. And III this resolve she bus ever since per isieii. ii is said try spectators ut the fire that while Miss Swarts worked so valiantly for hours, scores of able bodied men stood outside the lire linos curiously Imiklng on. A quick o; e to see where one mav Ihi useful, an ability to act wisely In an emergency ami sturdy refusal to be paid ror It: ihose are refreshing attrib utes tu either man or woman, and lift me Humblest life out of the common place. VANILLA AS A POISON. lsner Lurk. In the X.mr of the loin- tOti Household Article. Ordinary vanilla extract Is poisonous in some cases. A certain fearful Inter esi attaches to nccouills of nolsoiiliur ny substances lu common use. and the Interest becomes almost painful when wo learn bow dllllcult It Is to provhb in occurrence, vanilla Is a case lu point. Fortunately, thanks nr. parentiy more to luck than Bjurtblna else, cases of poisoning from tbls cause are ran-. Nineteen ticraoiia one of whom subsequently died suffered so veroly. Wnsserinaiin lolls us. from the effects of eating some vanilla cream Tbls was composed of mill,, eggs, sugar nun navon-d with vanillin (the com merciai article prepared from conifer inj. mo illsb bad been cooked In the evening and allowed to Stand, uncov ered, In the dining room till noon next day. Investigation showed that the eggs and sugar wore good, that the milk alone was harmless and thai the vanillin was pure. The fact that tbe cook ami landlady, who had merely lasioii the illsb. bad also become seri ously III, suggested the Idea thai the polsolious agency might have under gone further development after being swallowed that Is, that It was bacte rial. Wasseriiiann boiled three flasks containing, respectively, plain milk. milk flavored wltb vanillin nnd a solu thm of vanillin In water, then lot thein stand olghtis'ii hours at a tomporntiire of 37 degrees C. C.iS.il degrees F.). Some of the contents of each flask were In jected Into mice. The milk flavored with vanillin was poisonous, the other two harmless. Hrltlsb Medical Journal. Mm, k b nulleta. If you take a dozen soldiers as like each other as pens so far as height, weight, strength, ago urage and general appearance, and wound them all In precisely the same way, you will find that scarcely any two of then are affected alike. One man. on receiving a bullet In his log. will go on fighting as If nothing had happened. Bo does not know, In fact, that be now contains a bullet. But perhaps lu two or three minutes ho will grow fulnt nnd fall. Another man, without fooling tbe slightest pain, will tremble all over, totter, und full at once, even though the wound Is really very slight. A third will cry out In a war to At a reception in London a pompous literary man tald to Charles G. D. Itoberls: "I live upou manutcrlpt. My bouae It a book, and my evening suit l an es-ay I wrote fur the Plank Moutbly. At for my Inst poem, It Is a " Here be paused for a word, which Prof. Huberts supplied. " ci garette. I supiioftv." While on one of the crowded Isle of Man bouts an oldhatn man, who stif fens! severely from sea sickness, was overboard to say to his aen: "Jimmy, I've gotten a stick, wl' a silver knob on't aw boa in; tint can have It. There's two or throe quid I' t' bank, ami It's far I' burylu'. An'. Jimmy, bury me In th' Isle o' Mon. I can't stand this trip again alone or deoad." lu n murder trial In Pallas, Tex., the other day. the QOUMOl for the defOUao was examining n venireman regarding bis qiiallflcatlont to serve. The camll date admitted that ho had 0DC0 botfl a member Of a Jury w hich tried a tie gro for murder. It Is not permissible in sucb caaee to nsk the result of the trial, so the OOUnSOl said: "Whro Is that negro now?" "I don't know," was the reply; "the sheriff hanged blm ut the appointed lime." i'lMin one occasion, at Vienna, a Ba varlan noble was uttering a philippic against the Hungarian spelling ami orthoepy, ir. Maurua Jokal, who was present, listened with grave attention until Ihe noble bad concluded. TlitMl be rose bowed, and remarked: "We do sx'll badly, and pronounce even srorso, but. your excellency, that Is a part of our national courtesy; we do II to give foreigners an excuse when they try to speak in our beautiful language." Tbe good advl f the Laird of Wat arton, In AlMTdtvushlre, to a sheep stealer, roads like a very practical Joke, lie had himself sent the man lo Jail: and In those days aheap stealing was a capital offense. Visiting the prisoner (be night before Ibe trial, be asked hi in what be meant to do; 1o which tin pri-oner replied that be Intended lo confess, and to pray for mercy. "Con fess!" said Watertoni "what, man, will ye confess and In- hanged? Na! na! deny It lo mv face." He did , and was acquitted. The following Is told by tbe grand daughter of an old lady who llvisl lu one of the Southern Stales, and bad been known throughout the neighbor hood as one who bad a keen sense of the ridiculous. After n long Illness her final hour was supisised to have come, ami her children and grandchildren gathered round her for a last farewell, when suddenly she oietusl her eyes, and, on seeing the mournful oxpres -hois of those nlsuit her, remarked with all ber old time vigor: "Tbe Watched pot never bolls." In the course of an nddress delivered duo nfternisin at Mount Horuiou, Mr. Moody referred to n wooded elevation as " I oinptatloli I'olnt. Olio or Ihe trustis's remarked Unit be had never board the ssit called by thnt name lo fore. "Neither have I," the soaker re plied "Why did you bit upon such a name as that?" came the Inquiry. "Oh!" snld Mr. Moisly, "liecnuse I thought that some day some ouo might be tempted to erect n chapel for us on that point." The remark was duly re peated, and his wish hns since Isocn gratified, for n beautiful stone chapel now adorns tbe little hill. THEY LOVED THE NEGRO Orleans Times Democrat, presented a Shock ut one of tbe banks the other day, and while the uiouey waa being count ed out amused himaelf by balancing coins on tbe marble ledge lo front of the paying teller's window. Finally he pet formed un sxtoniablng feat. He first balanced a silver dollar so ll stood up on edge. I ben placed a half dollar edge lo edge ou top of it, and completed the pyramid with a bright new quarter. Ills manipulation as he deposited ihe coins one ou tbe other was ls-autlfully delicate, and the speclucle of all throe standing without t.upport made the toll er's eves protrude from their toekets. Why, that's perfectly tunaalnnT he OtClnlttlOd. "1 wouldn't have believed It could Im done:" The other altaclnn looked ami uiurvclcd. "It takes steady nerve to An It," said the young man carelessly, und sweep lug the coins with a dexterous grab be dropped them Into bis pocket, picked up his money, ami strolled out. it wat not a busy hour, and aftOT ho wna gone all hands begun balancing silver, or rather trying to. The thing was as fascinating as the old "pigs In tie clover" puxaie, because one could come so near w ItbOUi doing it. Nearly every body succeeded In balancing the llrst dollar and n few managed to poise the BO cent piece for an Infinitesimal, breathless Instant, but It nlvtnys fell down ugaln, and that was as far along as any one could got. For nn hour or so (hero was silver all over the floor, ami tlie bookkeeper bad lo make gissl a dollar that rolled Into a crack. Next day the dexterous young man aauii lorctl lu Willi another chock. "We were all trying that balancing trick of yours yesterdav." remarked the toller over the bills, "but none of us could do It. You're right when )oU soy It takes steady nerves." "Ye os," replied the young man, grinning, "and It's also facilitated by a little shoemaker's wax on the edge of the coins." The language used by the ofBce Immediately thereafter was high ly picturesque, but would not have sounded well at a rhautauqua meeting. Father and Hon Defend I lo ir Former slave, Wrongly Act-uaed. Gen, Itanium of AblK'Vllle, S. C, had Issly servant befON Ihe war who apiil him lu everything. Peter so lov ed his master that he grew to talk like him, act like blm and ulmost look like blm. He Uvea to-day, tlie heart of bos pltiillsy, Ihe soul or Honor, oue mm day two white mon drove up to the door of his cabin and usked If he bad any liquor lu the house. He wild ho hnd alsiut a quart. They offered to buy. He refused to sell, but. Just as his old muster would have done. In- sited thorn to bnve a drink. Having drunk they hnudod blm a half-dollar. Of course, like his master, he declined Instructing Ihe I'rofeator. Sir Walter Scott used to say that much of his knowledge came from the most Unexpected quarters. Ho rarely lost au opportunity of talking to a chance acquaintance, and his friendli loss wns generally repaid by some In teresting glimpse of human nature or a bit of odd Information. An Incident lu Ibe life of tbe luto Professor Paiia, the distinguished geologist of Yale Uni versity, shows bow hard It la to Judge of n man's knowledge from his appear ance. "due day," says n younger scientist, who accompanied lana on several of bis expeditions, "as wo were driving through the Berkshire Hills, wo enme to an abrupt turu In the road where IV hat appeared 03 be granite was ox poscl by tlie roadlde Limestone wns to be expoctisd hero, and Professor I latin. Jumping from the buggy, exam ined a bit of It through a pocket Ions. "He was Just saying, 'Yes, Hint Is certainly gneiss,' when a countryman came along lu n wagon, and with nn unmistakable Yankee accent, snld, T reckon you call that there rock lime stone, don't you?' "Professor Imuu looked up. nud snld, 'No, It's a kind of granite.' He was very careful to say 'granite' and not 'gneiss," the scleutlllc name for a kind of granite rock. " 'Wnl,' said the cumin man. It effloresces with ueld, anyhow.' "1 have a very vivid picture In my memory of the way Professor Dana whipped out his Ions anew and glued his eye lo It. After a moment or two ho look up, Inughcd, and acknowledged tbe 'beat.' "It turned out that the strnnger was well acquainted with the rocks of the region, having made a tour us assistant to another geologist many years lie-fore." frighten his comrades, and will forgot the coin. The scoundrels went lo town everything lu tils agony. A fourth will and swore out u complaint that he was grow stupid ami look like nn Idiot. Some soldiers wounded In the slight est manner will have to be earned off violating the dispensary laws. 1 hnppomsl to la lu (Jreenv Hie Ihe other day when the trial ttsik place, tlie Hold, others, although porhape ! and aaw a reveiatlon. Pateri counsel fatally Injured, can easily walk to tbe was Hon. Illinium's son, adjutant geu ambulance. Many die quickly frotu'eml of the State uuder Oov. John the shock to the nervous system. Gary Kviuis, nnd the chief wltMai for A very curious case Is recorded In the dofeliso was the general himself, the surgical history of our civil war, who had Come over from Abbeville, In which three offleera wore bit Just at distant abOUl 1K miles, to say a word the same time. One hnd bis log from for bis former slave. The general look the knee down curried away, but ne rha aland and his son said: An Kitremlst. "I always believe lu giving every man his due." "Yes, but you curry It to an extreme." "How so?" "You never give men anything but due bills for what you owe them." Cleveland Loader. Not Yet Knllrely Oermanlsed. BrOfl at this late date a number of the men of Alsace and Lorraine op pose service In the QUUIU army In the thirty nine districts of Mots eighty nine persons ou Jan 1 were before tbe court on this account When a school teacher bakes a cake. "A Houlhern Gentleman. Hah." John It. Kendrlck, Jr.. who was born be unlucky: more twin bsbles are born j iu th, goutb aud wbo makes freo,ueut everybody wante to taste it. than twin caivea, rode ton miles to tin- hospital. Another lost hia little finger, and lie became a rnilng lunatic. While a third was shot through the body, ami, though he did not shod n drop of id I externally, dropped dead from the shock. Hide on a Cowcatcher. But few bystanders at tlie arrival of train 10 at the Krle station Wednesday evening noticed that the pilot of the locomotive contained a passenger, says the Mend v ill.- I Pa. I Star. Sinn, ling on the little stop or fisitlsiard, at the bot tom of the COWCatcher was a man, lint less and with his hair blowing In the wind. All the wny from Urcciivlllc, twenty six miles, ho had occupied that position, where a loosening of bis hold or uu unusual Jolt of the engine would have meant Instant death. Ho hnd been stealing a ride on the train and wus put off by the conductor when the train reached Greenville, losing bis hat in the affray. Be had Just time to rOach the front of the engine, where he cor rectly Judged that uo one would ini lost blm. He stated that be was a rail road man by profession and had learned the busluess on tbe Krle road. When last seen be wus Inquiring the way to tbe railroad offices, where he hoped to secure a Job. Makes a Clean Hole. The Mauser bullet makes a clean per foratlon of hone and muscle. Soldiers shot through both cheek bones have Bat Yon Mast Plrat l.'nderatand the lost tbe sense of smell and taste, hut. Virtue of Hhoemaker'a Was. are otherwise quite well. Most of the A young man from a wholesale house wounda are lu the hands aud arms. ' down ou the river front, says the New "What Is your name?" "I am General Barnum, sir." "Whore do you reside?" "In Abbeville, sir." "How long have you known the de fondant r "Sixty Ave years, sir." "What is his reputation T" "As gissl as any man's In thla court room, sir." I "Would you trust him?" I "Trust Peter? Why, I'd trust blm With my Ufa, my honor!" The Jury didn't leave their seats. The scone "sorter touched me up." I mot young Barnum and asked If be received anything for his services. "Ac cept a fee from Peter?" he said In amazement. "Why, sir, I'd us soon think of charging my father." "You uud your father came US) mllea to clear this old negro?" "Yes, and we would bnve come LIKK) or lO.istO. Old Peter was a sis-ond father to mo. He raised me. When I waa well he played with inc. when I was 111 he nursed me. When I wns a laiy I'd rather sleep In Peter's cabin than In my ow n U-d at home. I'd rath er take a snack with Peter In those days than dtne with the President." I'm afraid we Y'ankees don't under aland the "nigger" question yet. New York Press. Dainty Thlmhles, Ladles of high class In China use tbe daintiest thimbles Imaginable, some of them uolng carved from enormous pearls, ornamented with bands of fine gold, on which nil manner of quaint nnd fnutnsllc designs are engraved. A mother of pearl raee Is always made to keep the thimble In, and with It the Chinese lady has a pair of deli, ale scissors of ll m st steel. inc.,se,i In a sheath of mother-of-pearl, with a nee dle case to match. The Queen of shun owns a thimble which was n present from her royal husband. It Is made In tbe shape of n lotus band, of tbe finest gold, nnd Is studded with diamonds, which are so arranged that they form her name aud the date of her marriage. Marriage a I rj. In Cripple Crook a sturdy miner drove up to the minister's house with a young woman to whom he desired to be mar ried. When the ceremony wns conclud ed and the minister's foe came up, the happy man discovered ho had left hla money lu his other trousers. "What's your usual fee?" ho asked. "Some times wo got t'i, sometimes said the parson. "Then that ulu't uo usual about It," decided the happy man, quickly adding: "Tell ye what I'll do, mister; I'll gumblo with yer. I'll wnlt a year, an' If this pans out O. K. I'll give ye ten, an' If It doan't " He smiled.-Sun Francisco Wave. Destroying llallroads. A small contingent of Boors has real ized the usolessnoss of merely touring up a section of railway and throwing the rails Into a stream the usuul Boer method of destroying a line. What they uow do Is to In at the center of a sec tion to a white heat, nud curry the rail by Its two cool ends to the nearest tree or telegraph pole, round which they twist It lu sucb a way that It Is ab solutely Imisiaslble lu use It Agalu for railway purposes. EASY TO BALANCE COINS. Tea and Coffee. An eminent doctor says that no per son should be permitted to drink tea or coffee until he or she has allulnod the 1(g of IS years. In the youug tboae bevorugoa uuduly excite tbe nervous system, and have an Injurious effect upou the digestive organs. An Immense Match Factory. The largest match factory Is In Aus tria, aud each year It uses 22,OtX) pounds of phosphorus, turus out li.GOu, 0X10,000,000 matches, and for the boxes, 100,000 feet of wood. Boll down tbe conversation of soma people and you have uotblng hut cou deused air.