A WIN TER : NIGHT STORM. " -f
Wounding the boughs that ban do leaves,
The northeaat blast assaults these eaves,
Whereavt lu dread I hold my breath, "
Jaa though I heard the voice of Death. ' '
And 'ncjUu the cloml truwu tortured sky,
; Where yet a moon's ghost wanders by.
The pines $rm, oo yon hillside lone.
r Ay twere. na arc of some Mtrange sone.
: The fremeniof some eircje vast ' ' '
From .mysteries of Bloom upcast.
. Here only visible to sight.
Mid the tempest's evokinx might.
Hashl Is my pale lamp listening . -. -To
secrets that these wind tiends bring?
A speech 1 know not, yet can fear.
As close it whisiers to mine ear!
"-William St m tilers in Boston Transcript.
NAUTICAL OXEN.
: Among nis neigtiDors Job Haines was
oonskleral a pretty fair sort of a man.
He hail settled in the little town in the
' southern part of Kansas, where he lived
4ta an immigrant, from New Hampshire,
and he brought his Yankee sharpness
with him, but as he dealt fair and. at
tended to his own business he passed.
The only member of the family besides
Job and bis wife was Ike. a nephew
: whom Job had taken to bring up, as he
aad no children of his own. Ike was a
typical New England boy about fifteen
years old. He had been brought np in
' one of the coast villages of Maine,-and
, bad a great love for the sea.
Job, like the majority of Yankee farm
ers, was a firm believer in cattle, and
did most of his work with oxen. One
day he said to Ike: "Ike, if youH take
that pair of yearling steers and break
uiem iaj worn you can nave mem. Ike
was exceedingly well pleased at' that,
and at once assumed charge of his new
. possessions. If ever a pair of young
oxen were well taken care or they were.
He groomed them as carefully as the
horses, so that their sleek coats shone as
glossy as silk, and he was so kind with
. them that they were as gentle as sheep.
He named them Jack and Billy.
In his western home Ike never forgot
the far off ocean. It had been the one
. "hope of his life to be a sailor, but his
4teing sent west had destroyed it. When
Ids uncle gave him the. steers to break,
the idea came to him that though' he
could never expect to tread the deck of
his own ship, he could use ship phrases
in the education of his oxen, and thus
always be reminded of his own home be
side the sea. Thus it was that Jack and
Billy were educated to work, "broken"
totally ignorant of the usual commands
ojr which oxen are managed. "Gee"
and "haw," "git up" and "whoa" had
no meaning for them whatever. It was
haul away" and "port" and "star-
tMrad anil "lining " fifx.m oil - .
ck. The oxeth grew and waxed strong,'
, and his uncle often remarked that he
' ever saw a team that could do more
work than those oxen and Ike. No one
kat Ike ever thought of handling them
The nearest neighbor to the Haines
was Deacon Merwin, a good man and
jillar of the church. The good deacon
aw that Ike's yoke of oxen were work
rs, and a desire came over him to pot
atoes them. He offered to bay them sev
eral times', but Job always said that they
belonged to Ike and were Hot for sale.
The deacon asked Ike if he would sell
them, but met with such an indignant
refusal that he felt angered, but did not
give up the idea of possessing the cattle.
Finally he went to Job and said:
"Neighbor Haines, if them cattle'll
-work good every way 111 give you $400
. for 'em. Thyr to much property for
a boy like Ike to have, and it is apt to
reate in him a bad sperrit and make
him feel above his elders." '
"Well. I don't know, deacon. The
boy sets a ileal by them cattle, and a
promise is a promise. I gave them to
him if he would break 'em, and he has.
so rm bound to keep my part."
"That's, all true enough, neighbor
4 Haines, but Ike's only a boy, and then,
remember, $400 ain't offered every day
for a yoke of cattle. Why not sell me
- - fy " aiIAWAftCA JAT lvI
break: that 'ud do him jist as well."
The deacon's $400 and persuasions
finally weakened Job's scruples, and he
gave in. The deacon was to try them,
and if they worked all fight was to have
them for $400. How to tell Ike what he
had done was a poser to his ancle. His
aunt declared it a downright mean piece
of business, and told Job plainly what
be thought of him.
It was finally decided not to say any
thing to Ike until after the sale had been
made and the cattle gone. In order that
Ike might not be on hand to see his pets
sold he was given a holiday, and sent to
spend the day at a neighbor's, a couple
miles away, where there was a boy of
ais age who was sort or a chum of his.
The next morning Ike was off bright
and early, and the deacon was on hand
shortly after. It would not be fair to
. Job to say that he did not have any mis
givings. He would have backed out of
the bargain at the least chance, and he
really hoped that the deacon would not
be satisfied with them. The oxen were
brought out and yoked to the cart with
out difficulty, though the ' deacon re
marked that they did seem "kinder
. atoopid." Job and the deacon climbed
up into the cart
"Geeupr
The oxen turned their big eyes round
inquiringly. "Gee' up, there!" repeated
Job; but they did not move a hoof.
"That don't appear like good break
ing," remarked the deacon. , '
"They're broke all right," replied Job.
"Come, gee up, there!" at the same time
be gave each a prod with the goad. In
cwpuuw? to uie proauing tne cattle
' walked off toward the open gate, in
which direction their heads happened to
be turned. Job did not want them to go
"in the road, so he shouted out, "Hoy!
. hoy!" to turn them around: but the oxeu
bad no idea what "hoy" meant, and o
kept going straight ahead. Job shouted
louder and struck Billy with the goad.
They quickened their gait into a trot and
turned out into the road. Then Job
shouted, "Whoa! whoa!" but they did
not mind that either.
"They don't appear to be as well broka
I reckoned on," remarked the deacon.
u UXf te the crrnTewed the
, proceedings. .
. "lneyre brofce well enough, - replied
Job, rather nettled,, ''but I'm strange to
them; nolxjdy but Ike ever drove them."
"Well, turn them about," said the
deacon.
Er.t they paid no- heed to any com-
! mand, and finally, exasperated, Job
I struck them botlf with the goad, and'
! they startedat a full run down the road.
Clattery bang! the cart went, and both
Job and .the deacon were compelled to
hold on the cart stakes to prevent being
bounced out of the cart.
"Stop Viu! , ,Stop 'em!" shouted the
deacon. "1 want to get out. , Whoa!
whoa! whoa! ye varmints!" But the
oxen only tossed their heads and ran the
faster. "Stop 'ein, can't ye?".
Job was downright' mad by this time.
"Stop 'em yourself, yon old fool!"
snapped he; "'you know as much how to
8 top 'em as I do." .
"Well be chucked' ont and killed!"
shouted the deacon, as the cart banged
over a stone.
The oxen were now thoroughly fright
ened, and running away for fair, and
both men were badly scared and holding
on for dear life. All at once an idea
struck Job.
"Say, deacon, can't you talk some sea
talk to 'em? That's what . I've alters
heard Ike talk to 'em," he called out ar
the cart bumped along.
"Brother. Haines, such sea talk as I've
heard ain't proper fer a pillar of the
church to repeat, and IH call meetin' on
you fer this il we git out alive,? replied
the deacon, with as much dignity as he
could assume while holding to the stake.
"Do try, deacon!" shouted the terrified
Job; "it .may save our lives."
Just then the cart gave a fearful lurch,
and the deacon banged - his head against
the stake he was holding to with consid
erable force. " This made him boiling
mad in addition to his fear. "Splice the
main brace! Shiver my timbers! Pipe
all .hands to grog!" and then, as that
had no effect on the frantic team, "Boat
ahoy!" and then losing all control of
himself, "Ahoy! Ahoy! drat ye. ye
blankety blank brutes!" and the deacon
let out such a string of profanity that
Job turned a shade or two paler.
While this was going on the oxen had
gotten over considerable ground. The
people along the road gazed in' on
mouthed astonishment to see two such
staid citizens going along so furiously
with an ox team, and were terribly
candalized at their apparent hilarity.
Ike, totally unconscious of what was
going .on at home, was plodding along
toward his chum's, when he heard a
fearful clatter coming behind .him. He
turned, and could hardly believe his
eyes. There came bis pets Jack and
Billy at a furious pace, and his uncle
and the deacon in the cart. ' ,
"Stop 'em, Ike! stop 'em!" shouted his
uncle when he saw Ike.
Ike stepped to 6ne side of the road
and as the cattle dashed np called out,
."Belay. Jack! Belay. Billy!" At the
sound of -the familiar voice and com
mand they stopped at once, and went
quietly up to their young matter.
'IH havfc tne law of you for tnis, Job
Haines," snarled the deacon, as he pain
fully descended from the cart,
"And m call church' on your retorted
Job as he rubbed his, bruises. "I won't
belong to any church with a man that
kin swear like you kiri! A purty deacon
yon be!"
"If 1 had a, brat like that I'd skin him
alive!" roared the deacon as he glared at
the bewildered Ike.
'Isaac, take them cattle home at
once.- said his uncle. "As for this
wicked man here. I shall never notice
him again."
Ike took the cattle home. His uncle
walked. His aunt told him about the
contemplated sale, and though he ex
pressed commiseration for his uncle it is
doubtful if he felt any. His aunt said it
served them just right. Ike kept his
oxen. Texas Sif tings. - ,
Not llest, but Chang of Occupation, a?
As for the feeling that we need rest,
rest, rest, it is often a fallacious one. It,
is action which makes muscle. The
spirit of life enters into us when we take
a vital part in today. Often we suffer
from rest. A change of occupation is
what we most need, as a rule, and the
relief hours of an active person turn out
to be very intelligent We must rest,
but we need not lose our electricity,
which the will, the ' thought, can com
mand at all times, and which ought to
be on guard, like an orderly, to summon
us when we should become alert.
. Headaches evaporate if we must exert
ourselves for those we love, or we almost
forget the pain, which is the same thing,
and ill temper cannot flourish unless we
have idleness in which to reflect upon
the motes belonging to some one else.
With energy leading the way, ennui
lifts from the horizon, and we see color
and distance again. There are women
who labor day by day in hunger and
despair. It seems as if others might la
bor in comfort and health, instead of
sitting down to lassitude and sighs.
Harper's Bazar. . '.'-.
The San as an Artist.
In a summer holiday every one's face
and hands are more or .less tanned by
the sun. And the same artist is all the
time active among the tenants of the
orchard and the garden. A snow apple,
ripening on its stem in October, shows
this plainly. The sunward side takes on
a vivid scarlet, while the treeward half
remains a pale pink.'- Sometimes a leaf,
blown down in a storm, will lodge near
an apple stalk. Cemented with' a little
moistened dust, it clings to the fruit
long enough to leave the record of its
stay in an outline of its crumpled form
Where the leaf came between the ap
ple and the sun, the coloring touch of
the' solar beam was securely kept off. . -
Young people in France and Germany
imitate this stray work of the leaf with
very pretty effect. An anchor, a heart,
a shield or an initial is cat in paper and
gummed to a ripening peach, apple or
pear. The fruit is plucked in due ' sea
son, and when the bit of paper is re
moved its outline is disclosed in hues
much fainter than those of the surround
ing rind. Youth's Companion.
llONESTCAp MEMORY:
IT LOOKED AS THOUGH THE MAN
WAS GUILTY OF A CRIME.
A Case Which Shows That Circumstantial.
Evidence Is Not Always ConclqiiiW
Proof of Guilt A Woman Makes Up iat
ForbearssM Her Jjnnm of Memory. ;
Two weeks ago a family of two per
sons husband and wife rented a small
apartment up town and proceeded to
furnish it. The carpets were supplied
and laid by a . reputable house. Soin
thing about cue of them was unsatisfac
tory, and a man was sent to investigated
The wif-3 Mrs. L. was on her way out
of the building to post a letter vt nen -she
encouD-tered him. Recognizing him, she
said: ' Here is the key; I will be back in
five mi nutes. Go up and see what can
be done." ' . T '
No sooner had she got on the street
when she thought suddenly, of a roll' of.
bills, nearly $100,: which- she had care
lessly left in a glove box on her dressing
table. There was nobody in the apart
ment, as no servant had yet been en
gaged, and she was tempted to return at
once to look after, the. money.- "But
surely." she thonglit, "that man is hon
est: I need have m- fear.", and she har
ried on. .
In less than ten minutes she was back,
and met the carpet man just outside her
door. He stopped and spoke with her
concerning the troublesome carpet, and
promised a speedy remedy. They sepa
rated and she entered her apartment.
Almost mechanically she went to her
dressing ' table and rained the lid of the
glove box. The money was not there.
DAMAGING EVIDENCE.
Without delaying an instant she har
ried into the hall and down the stairs,
overtaking the carpet man as he had
reached the street.
"Will you come back a- moment,
please?" she said.
He did so at once. When they were
again in the apartment she faced him.
"A curious thing has happened. When
I went ont this morning I left a roll of
bills $90 in that box over there. It is
gone now."
The man did not seem to understand
for a moment. '.'Well," he said unmean
ingly. '
"Well," repeated Mrs. L., "there was
nobody in the apartment but"
The man interrupted her.. "God,
madam," be said earnestly as the signifi
cance of her words dawned upon him,
"you don't think I took your, money?"
,'I don't know what to think," replied
Mrs. Li.; "the money was there and now
it isn't." ' '
"But I'm an honest man," he went on.
"I've got a. little girl. Do you think I'd
steal? . Why, I've been eight years with
So-and-so. They know my character.
Look around for your 'money. Perhaps
yonr husband. took it." ..,
"That is possible," said Mrs. L. "Will
you come with me to his office and find
out? ' .. .
He acquiesced and the journey' down
town was made. Mr. I, had not taken
the money.' The man was greatly dis
turbed. ;
"You can search me," he sajd. . "There's
my own money," producing a small wad,
"left from my last week's wages. I
haven't another cent about me-7 And
he turned his pockets inside oat, .'
Mr. I. was impressed with the man's
appearance and earnestness. Mrs. L.
was puzzled and her money was gone.
A CASE OF POOR MEMORY. .. .
"However, nothing further was done at
the time, and the man went back to bis
work asking only that he ' and not they
report the occurrence at the carpet deal
er's shop. Mrs. Li. went home and ran
sacked drawers and boxes, moved fur
niture, and opened trunks in a vain
search for the money. Several days
passed, when, on going to an upper
shelf in a wardrobe. Mrs. L.'s attention
was attracted to a towel pinned in a rolL
What was that? she wondered. She took
it down and opened it. Inside was a
discarded wallet, and in the wallet the
missing bills.
And they had been put there by Mrs.
L. herself. She recalled, on seeing them,
that the night before the man came she
had thought, ju.tt before going to bed,
that it was careless, with sq many per
sons coming and going in the course of
the settling process, to leave money loose
in a box on the table, and she had elabo
rately thought out this hiding place.
Then she had slept, and by morning had
lost all recollection of what she had done. ,
It was late Saturday afternoon when
she found the money, and storming, but
It must "be related to Mrs. L-'s credit
that she did 'w hat she could. She sent a
dispatch to the man in care of his firm
stating that the money was found. On
Monday she went .to the shop and ex
plained the matter to the superintendent,
ssking that the man be asked to come
to see her. He did so and received an
ipology for the imputation on his houestyJ
Then Mrs. I. tried to reimburse him .
for his "loss of time;" this he would not
permit. The money was found that
was all he wanted. So it all ended hap
pily. But the story may be taken as
Forcibly illustrating the uncertain value
Df two things a woman's' memory and
circumstantial evidence. Her Point of
View in New York Times. .
Miraculous.
"Bre'er Johnsing, does yd' blieve in ,
miracles?"
"Does I blieve in miracles? Suttenly
I does.. Didn't I jest have one of 'em
Sown at my. house?"
"You? A miracle down at your house?"
"Yes, Bah; dat's what I said. Dey was
fes' fouh chickens in my coop when I
went to bed las' night, an' when I woked
ap dis mornin' "
"Dey was eight?"
"Eight? No, yo' fool manl Dey wasn't
one. Done stole."
"HumphI Wha's de miracle?"
v "De coop was lef." Judge.
A Clamr Hssid.
-I tell . yon, laugh as yon will, Mr.
Softey has a clear bead."
"Indeedf"
"Yes; clear of all brama." WartBharsV
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The Gate City of the Inland Empire is situated at
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ITS TERRITORY.
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