WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, AUdtTST Iff' 1880.
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DAKS W1TE.
Up in tho early morning light,
, Sweeping, dusting, "setting riglitj"
I Oiling nil tho households springs,
Sowing buttons, tWng strings,
Telling Bridget what to do,
Mending rips on Johnnv's shoe:
Running "up and down elair,
Tying baby in tho'chalrj '
Cutting moat, And spreading broad,
Dishing out so much per head,
J-ating as alio can by chance,
Giving husband kindly glance,
Toilling, working, busy life,
"Smart woman,
Dan's wife."
Dan comes homo at fall of night
Homo so cheerful, neat and bright;
Children meet him at tho door,
Pull him in and look o'er.
Wifo asks "How tho work hvi gono!
Busy times with n at home!"
Supper done, Dan roads with cose
Happy Dan! but one to please.
Children must bo put to bed
All tho littlo prayers aro said,
Little shoes placed all in rows,
Bedclothes tucked o'or littlo toes
Busy, noisy, weary life,
lured woman,
Dan's wife.
WHERE THE CHESTNUTS USED TO CIBOW.
11V llOM.N ItoVEU.
Hoighol tho leave aro falling
From the maplo tree at last!
Tho autumn brcczo is whispering,
"Tho summer timo ho past."
Ah, well do I remember
A sununor long ago,
In tho green and shady woodland,
' ' ' Where tho chestnut used to growl
Ah, well do I rcmcmW,
With Nelly's hard in mine, '
Saunfring gaily In tho shadows,
Of the elm tree and the limoh
With merry laugh out-ringing,
Oh. joyously! wo d go,
Thro tho green and shady woodland,
Whcro tho chestnut used to grow 1
'Mid the daisies and tho clover.
Tripping childrcn-liko and free,
And kissing lip and prculng
My littlo one to mo!
And swearing by tho angel
And cv'rytliing I Irow,
That I'd bo trucks hcas.cn, ,
Where the thcstmit uscl to growl
Ah, well do I remember
A summer long ago,
When we parted from each other,
Whcro tho chestnut used to growl
And wonder in my fancy
If ho' married yet or no,
And if sho think of "Jimmy."
Who loved her long ago.
Oft I think when sumnitr come
(For return it will again)
111 visit tho old woodland
And weep away my pain?
Mayhap I'll meet sweet Nelly,
And should I, her I vow.
To kiss and never leave her,
Where tho chestnut used to grow!
JDP THE COLUMBIA.
A trip up tho Columbia i o common place
that not many of our readers would caro to
hear it rsbcarsed. There aro but few Ore
goniana who have not at tome time gono Kast
of the Mountains, cither a a business venture
or on a visit of pleasure. The jourroy is re
lieved from monotony by the frequent changes
mado from steamboat to cars and from rail to
boat again. The boats are large and commo
dioustome of them really elegant in their
appointment, they are officered by gentle
men who do all they possibly canto accom
modate passenger. Of course there aro soma
alway aome chroulo grumbler who oin ties er
be pleased at anything. The table are good
and waiter attentivo. Very soon the steam
boat must retire, giving way to the locomo
tive which will go pulling up and down this
great highway of the northwest. We had
not realized this, until we taw the grading
nmnir inn ruci ait,iiava. i muii tiu n uiuii'il 11
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no. nu.se wy w .
andiron. e navo rcau irum simo w nine ox
the progress of the work, yet 'until we aaw the
hundreds of men at a hundred different
points, we did not realize th.it tho work was
r jally going on. V. ery few mile w bite tent
And shanties could be seen on the iterlilo
tandy bank of tho river. Gangs of white
men with team doing such part of the work
a was necessary with horses, then mules and
carta dumping aud filling in. Tho iuovitable
Chinamen following up with wheel-barrow
and shovel. All day the near or distant
sound of blasting is heard and we watch at
time to toe the smoke follnw the dull thud of
the dyanamite and tee the rock fall into the
Columbia, tending the tpray high up in the
sJr. The boat cftui lands to put ashore the
mat of rice that form the staple food of these
Lord of Chiuatiien in every camp may bo
seen their favorite pig luxurianing in the
warm sand sheltered carefully by boughs of
willow 'until! tWrdoom is staled,
Wo are told'HSt it is with difficulty that
w hito men can bsgot to do the work that
mutt be done by white lalw if this be the
case, why bowl about the Chinese, without
whom none of these great works could be
accomplished.
THE HAU.M OF THE COLUMBIA,
If any great painter would with to depict
desolation in its might, lie could find the weal
and real in tho scenery between The Dalles
City And Celilo. As w e saw it in the glimmer
of the evening) it teemed to us to embody the
heigth And deptli of dread, barreness And
desolation. The bare lava rocks thst tower
each side of the gorge; the hot difting sands;
the rough and ragged fissures, throsyh blch
the Columbia seeths and surge,, gives a
weird forsaken look, that haunts the iinsgina
tion. A gaunt old squaw atanda upon a rock
supported by a stick; her blanket spreading in
the wind, sho looks like ao uncaring spint
gazing at us with 'her bleared eyes. She
doubtless ia cursing the white man. One
lialf -naked Indian stand oier a whirb'ng
eddy scooping with his net for salmon tho
last nd only right now left for him.
Out on tho bleak rock a few wretched
hovels built of driftwood and trtatsj shelter
the last few of a onee mighty race that fished
here long ago, Before tho hut lie aomo little
children who start up and about as wo go
by, running towards us foltowed by dopa who
outnumber tho children. Wo aro near cnongh
to boo their littlo black eyes and dusky 'faces,
and a tho wind blows back tlicir long black
hair wo ace laughing children, happy even in,
tlicir wretchedness of degradation.
ben TOURISTS
Hero loavo us aa tho train alow up to allow
thorn to get off, returning afoot to Dalles
City. Professor Browcr, of Yale, aiu Prof.
Sargent, of Harvard, who are hero in iho
intcrcst'of tho Census enumeration, but mora
particularly interested in tho flora and forest
trees of this Coast-1
Colilo ia tho '' place of tho winds," and as
wo Iio hero a fow hours wo go tramping up in
tho sage brush and sand to tlie top of tho
hill. Tho sand so filled our eyes that wo
quickly find tho shelter of the steamers cabin,
From this point to Wallula thoro i not a
trco, only a few willow now and then, oc
casionally a lioute is seen belonging to aome
cattlo ranch. Wo aco few cattlo aa tho bunch
gross grows a milo or o over tho high barren
bills that conflno tho Columbia. Hugo balca
of wool lio on the banks ready for transpor
tation, so wo concludo sheep livo not far away,
, THE SISTERS Of CHAMTV
Of whom thoro are six, form part of , our pas
senger list. Some are going away tip among
the Couer 'd'lano Indiana, aomo to Walla
Walla and aomo to Colviilo. Whatever may
bo the difference of creed, wo must respect
their kindness to she suffering.
A woman on the boat was suffering with a
cancer which had been recently operated on.
Tho Mother Superior offered to drew it, which
from neglect had become fearfully offbusivo.
Tho poor woman woa much rcliovcd and felt
grateful to tho good aistcr for such real kind
ness, one from which tho best hoartod would
unintentionly shrink,
Umatilla otico promfscd'to be quite a placo
of importance, but will proliably novcr be
more than a litilo shipping placo.
Aunt Hrrrr.
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Mrs. I Garfield.
Sho ha "tho philosophic mind" what w ords
worth sings oft ahe has n self-poise, a strength
of unswerving, absolute rectittulo her husband
ha not and never will have, though hor tem
perament do,e not glvo her the capacity for
thotcasons of moral enthusiasm which aro
poasiblo to him. Much of tho time that other
women givo to distributing visiting-card,, in
the frantic effort to make themselves "leader
of society," Mrs. Garfield spend in tho al
coves of tho Congressional Library, swelling
out book to carry homo to study whilo die
nurse the children. You may be suro of ono
thing tho woman who read and studies
whilo she rock her babies will not bo left far
behind by her husluuid in tho inarch of actual
growth. I havo seen many women como to
tho surface of capitolian lifo out of obscurity
and go back into obscurity again) have seen
hundreds of so-called "leader of aoclcty"
shrivel and go out in tho scorching flame of
fashion) whilo I have followed with a tender,
heart this woman, the wife of a famous man
a woman whom nobody called a "leader."
She, meanwhile, has not been lifted oft" her
teei, a many women are, ny ner nutuanu
riling fortune) no "spreading" forth In style
of dress or living, on "aire." And in Wash
ington, in official life, that mean everything
indicative of charactcri Sho ha moved on
in the tranquil tenor of her unohtrulo way,
in a life of absolute devotion to her duty-
nos. cr forgetting tho demands of her position
or neglecting her friends, yet making It her
first charge to Idea her home, to teach her
children, to fit her boy for college, to be tho
equal friend, a will a tho honored wife, of
her husliand. Gentle, patient, unobtrusive
almost to timidity, keenly intelligent, liber-
a . . .
"lv educated, conscientiously devoted to
everything gooJ-thl. i. the woman w ho w ill
,., t, 1(wlnl
perpetuate the loving, consecrated lifo that
to-day abide in tho White House, if as itl
mistress she entera it,
The Mother Rules tne World.
It is hard for a young mother, who has not
yet overcome tho way w ard tendencies of her
own youthful nature, to realize the influence
she exerts over her own little ones, Sho ia
constantly surrounded by critical imitators,
who copy her morals and manners. Aa the
mother it, ao are her fcona aud daughtera. If
a family of children aro blesned with an in
telligent mother, who ia delicate and refined
in her maimers, aud doe not consider it
necessary to be one woman in a drawing
room and an entirely diilerent person in every
day life, but who is a tnie mother and al
ways a tender, charming woman, you will In
variably see her liabits of speech snd perfect
manner repeated in her children. Great,
rough tneu, And noisy lioys will always tone
down their voices and step lightly and try to
be more mannerly when she stops to give
them a kind word or a pleasant smile) for a
true mother will never fail to say or do all the
pleasant things that she can that will in any
way help or lift up and chear those whose
lives are shaded with care and toil. The
mother of to-day rules the world of to-morrow.
Some women make a great fust and labor
hard in trying to persuade a ben not to tet.
The same amount of work ami ingenuity di
rected in Another channel might retolutiouize
society in some particular, but ahe never
thinka of that. To prevent A fifty-cent hen
from setting a w Oman III devote five dollars
worth of time and lalwr. A New Jersey wo
man is an exception. She placed a red hot
glass egg in the nett and the hen toon lost all
appetite for setting. The fact that the barn
burned down and the ben, perished in the
flames may deter tome women from trying
the tame experiment, but it can be recom
mended as going to the spot.
Tho division question still worries
Umatilla count.
Jr Owt- 'XsVf ,t 1
qi CT'"i!'f(t-
THE SPIDER'S LESSOH.
A tyrant in my border dwells
In Austrhn black and gold)
Wrought all In allver aro hia cells,
Fiue-spiln. a thousand fold.
His (.welling has no dingy roof,
Nor dismal underground)
Tho sunlight gilds it slender woof
On fragrant bushes bound.
And at hi leroe, every morn,
Such brilliants do appear
Aa no'er in any, court woro worn
By Christain monarch dear,
No prison dungeon ha this wretch
hero victims, .out of sight,
His cruel jealousy may fetch
And keep in hopeless night.
btlo atratagems ho springs
QHPBii
nds
armies passcrs-uy, (
hia aoft ailk abont their whits.
And hangs them up to die.
I came to sweep hia work away
With swift, impationt hand)
.
iiut ncro tlio lesson ol tho
Ho teaches, as I stand.
Tho tyrant Luxury doth so
Our winged soula entwine.
Ana bimit us lettered in ni
To meek tho frco sunsliln
Tho aubtlo web afar 111 leave
Of flattering deceit)
The gorgeous apid'or shall not weavo
Hia fetters for my feet.
Tho cyo that views tho.hcaven in faith,
Tho hand with Justice armed,
Can aoo tho snare that binds to death,
And scatter it, unharmed.
-rJulia Wwd Howe, in Scribner'a.
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'. OCR LETTER BOX
Wo aro sorry to givo our littlo readers so
few letters this week, but wo aupposo that
tho warm weather must havo taken them to
tho sca-aido, and aomo to tho mountain.
Then many of out; boys havo been haying,
and aro now getting ready for harvesting.
We know tliat thoro will bo many disap
pointed little folks when thoy open tho Fak-
Men this week. Wo, ourselvc will have to
confeaa that tho hot weather has mado u foci
disinclined to write, or do anything else that
wo can help. The weather Is ao much warmer
and the dust is more unpleasant hero in tho city
than in the country. Wo hope our littlo col
umn will bo bettor noxt' week. Wo put our
little letters In this week without any com
ment. 'We acknowledge the receipt of sov
cral packagca of bluo camaa aced. Also
from n little girl at Oregon City a plant
known a Indian poke, or scientific name of
bcratum virlde, a beautiful plant. Homo call
it Indian pipe, on accomtit of ita resemblance
to a pipe. It ia found in forests generally
fir grove, and it of quick growth and short
lived. Who can tell us more about this
plant!
July 23, 1830.
Kditor Homo Circlet
Well, littlo girl and loy, I want toVU
you aliout myself. I am a littlo girl 00 "year
old. Ihavejuipott.'l milk two cow and
most of tho time foAA; I help plant in the
garden, and hoc, and nclp carry jt hay on
pole. I can do seven kind of palutiav anU
drawing. lean wallcU miles in a day) IT
can play tho piano. If this doc not flnd'tho
way to tho waste basket, you may hear from
mo again. Your respectfully,
Au.nt Clara.
Wwto.v, Or., July 30, 1850.
IMitor Homo Circle
I have teen ao many littlo letter in the
FAiiMru, I thought I would write one. I
never wrote a letter to a paper before. Our
school was out the 20th of June, our teachers
name was Mits Header, sho promised those a
pnzo that camo every day; my prize was a
littlo book. I study arithmetic, geography,
reading and spelling. Aa this ia my first
letter, I will close. Your truly,
WAKREsJejuur,
Afi'l euatk, July 20, 18S0.
Editor Home Circlet
Wo aro fom little girl writing together)
wo arc the four littlo girl that staked out
the hens, and wo do not think it is a good
plan. Wo staked an old hen out for a week
in tho lot, and ahe hung herscli for three
tUjt. Two of us are 12 and two are 10.
Good bye, Im M. Hkiihiott.
Kmmi V. Bolt.
Katie Hruuiorr.
Lrcv.A. Bolt.
Wmtux, Or., July 30, 1880.
IMitor Home Circlet
I w ill writo again and tell vou w hat I kt ow
about the subject of Itaia, Ituwia U re
markable for its griat area, excessive climate,
vatt forests and grassy plains) it is chiefly an
agr'culturo and grazing country; its yield of
wheat and other grain is abuudant) itl largest
cities are St. Petersburg, the Capital, Moscow
and Warsaw. St. Peter i tho largest church
in the world, it it in Home; it length is 007
feet, width, 4i hlghtli, MS. That is all I
knew about ltussii. I am glad Aunt Hetty
asks us things about geography. I went to
school w ith Mary Dorr, she says she knows
lots about Kussia. A IJuueu't said lunch
that is worth readin;, I will close, hoping to
bear from all tho little readers, Aunt Hetty
and Aunt Buth. Your truly,
MaikiikHkmikil-k,
Jackmxwiui., Or., July 12, 188a
IMitor Home Circlet
A my cousin tale the Fakuek, anil I am
A reader of it, ami like it best of all papers, I
thought I would attempt to write a few words
from Southern Oregon. A I have not seen
any letter from tliebojt or girl out here.
The crop look wry well considering the cold
backward Spring, ami harvest i almost here;
the lay trop 1 about taken care of. I have
been attending school in Jacksonville the past
Winter; we are liaving vacation from now
until the first Monday in September, then we
w ill resume our studies again for the coming
Winter. I am very anxioua for school to
commence again for wo have audi a good
school, and I liko to go very much. I hopo all
the girls and boye liko to go to echool as it is
a good thing to havo an education. I must
closo for fear my line becomo Irksome and
find tho waste' basket, wishing tho Fakmkii
and its writers success.
Yours truly, Hattik Giliikut.
MAtir.soo, W. T.) July 27, 1880.
Kditor Home Circlat
I wroto one letter to the Faiimfh and as
you was ao kind a to publish it, I thought I
w ould write another one. Thero is ono store,
ono blacksmith shop, a butchershop, saloon,
two hotels, two livery stables, and seven
dwilling houses here) papa and maln.v both
belong to the Grange, and I Intend to Join It
a soon as I get old enough. Mama and
brother Harry and tho baby went down to
tho farm this morning, it is twenty-two miles
from hero, thoy will be gono thrco daya. 1
and aittcr Jane staid here to keep houao for
papa, ho is agent for a flouring mill here. I
never studied history to I cannot' give any
description of Itussia. My sister Jane and I
had a pet lamb, but gave it away; I named it
Dandy. I havo not tried Ottie C's receipt for
marble cako jet. Wishing success ami long
lifo to the I AUMEli, I will closo,
Yours truly,
Han.vah V,
July 22, 1880.
CitMIAM", W. T,
Kditor Homo Circle!
I havo nccr studied 1
il cannot
say anything In ;wrliculai
.lussta, but
I will say something a'
o valley.
This is a beautiful v
trop river
runt through it, In
abundance
of Salmon and troi
iicnce to run in
thj fall of, the j ci
of my littlo
friends have to!
studies, I think
I haoaright to
ieyt wo havo no
Summer school) wo
thrco mouths
school in tho W
.wo just as well
could have a six tiiontl
My Teacher
name wo Mis Edith Scammon. I studied
reading, arithmetic, spelling, grammar and
geography. Wishltyr success to tho Fakm eh, I
will closo. Kcr yours,
. Coiia K. Huddle.
P. S. My mama want io know why
somo butter don't harden a well as other
when put down in brine.
Autisvai.E, July 2.1.
Kditor Home Circlot
I will tell you where w a lite, we live on a
farm thrco miles from Aumtvillc, and ten
miles from Salem, - I havo four head of cattle.
My granpa gMune a fllley worth 81A0. I
thought I wJB v tell you something about
Itussia. The Kutsian empire lies in Kuropo
and Alia) tho norcm part of Aala belong
to Husiia. Iluajja, which lies in Kuropo it
a vatt territory, mbout cqualm cxtoitoltlff
mo uniuxi JJlAt.And embrace moro
than all the ocr parts of Kuropc.
population Is About 70.000.000 ltuttta
Kuropo extcuds from tho northern or froren'
ocean on tho north to the Black sea on LUa
south, a (listauca of nearlv 2.000 mlW fK
Uo cast it itsotvaratoa trout Asia bv the Ural
mountains, on the west it is bounded by tho
Gulf of Finland. Tho capita' of Kussia is
St, Petersburg, situated oil tho rivcr'Neva.
It ia a tplen.liil.-4ty containing half a million
people.f I tnfnkmuaaiA I S.i inturestiiiv sub
ject to writo about and I hopo to bear some
thing from tho littlo girl and boya About
Ilutsia. I will close for this time.
William H. Howu,
Pi eaunt Home, Or., July 23, 18S0.
Kditor Homo Circlet
A all tho little girls aud bnys were writing,
I thought I would write. I am ten years old.
I have got 30 old chickens and 20 young ones)
I have got four sisters and two brothers) I
havo got ono aistcr older than myself and
three younger. My pa takes tho Faiimlk
and I like to read tho letters from the litilo
boya and girls. I live about throe-quat tcra of
a tnilo from Pleasant Homo poatofllcc. V
havo a dog named Tray. I do not go to
school now, school closed tho 10th of June.
I mutt closo by withing tho Faiiiiicii good
nieces, Noiia Maxwell.
ScoTwnuiMi, July 20, 1880.
Editor Homo Circlet
Good afternoon, bojs and girls, I came to
have another nice littlo talk with you. I
went to the Fourth of July at Scottshurg,
did not havo any picnic but had a nice dance,
danced until 4 o'clock in tho morning, had a
splendid supper at Mr. Palmers. I am going
to tell you what my pet is, it ia a littlo fawn
hia namo ia llillie, beat that if you can with
pets, any of ou. lam not a -qualntcd with
Katie 8., but I will do all I can to help her a
little. There aro two or three lxijs who
write too bad about her, Writo Katio and
let them know that you aro in tho laud of the
tiling jit. We do not luarany more from
Loiisick Pickwick,, I guess he it waitihg
until Katie write again so ho can aaycoino
thing more alwut her. Well, as Aunt Hetty
wanted all of the lioya and girl to w rite
something aliout ltuuia, I never stu lied
history so I cannot say anything about Kussia.
I would like to know how old Katie S. Ii. I
am going to raise stock enough to get mo an
organ, I have two eows and two talyts to
start with, and mother can gite me lessons
ao I can stay at home ami learn to play, I
would like to know of all the boy aud girl
w ho has got an organ. With good withes to
Aunt Hetty ami all the !oy aud girl.
I will close, Frankie Bcknett.
A.v phi Scotch lady, who hail no relish Jor
modern church music, was expressing her dis
like for the tinging of an anthem in htr owu
church, one day, when a neighbor said) "Why
that ia a ery old anthem. David sang thst
anthem to Saul." To this the old Udy re
plied, "Weel, wee, I uoo for the first time
understati' why Haul threw his javelin at
Daw'd, when the 11 sang for him."
It would never do to elect women to all
offices. If a female Sheriff should visit the
etidtnee of a handsome man ami tell hit
Jealous wife that the had an attachment for
him, there would bo a vacancy iu that oUicc
in about two minutes.
lHR,
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Dan's Fourth of July Prlaoner-The Flag Pux-xlo-othor
Puzzles.
It was morning of the Fourth day of July.
"But which Fourth of July!'1 aki Tom, for
Tom 'remembera that thero havo been one
hundred and four good daya of that namo
ainco tho old bell rang Out it glad tidings
from Independence Hall.
It was tho very darkest Fourth c cr know n
Did it raiu on that Fourlht Yes, but tho pco
plo w ero not troubled by tho rain. Thoy w ere
troubled in another way.
It was iho morning of tho eighty-seventh
Fourth of July tho 6110 that camo in thoyear
1S03. As littlo Dan Hargrcavo rubbed hi
oyci open that morning ho could eco a streak
of gray light in tho 1 Jwt. Dan' body waa
w edged In bctw ccn two stones. A bit of moss
oil ono of tho atones had been hia pillow and
his bed for tho night had been a very hard
one, Indeed.
"I'm wet to tho skin," aald Dan. "In fact,
I really bcllovo my faco ia clean for tho first
timo in 'thrco daya."
Dan drew a littlo looking-glass from hia
pocket and held it licforo hia nose. Ho saw
that tho burnt powder and dirt had been
washed off by tho rain, Dan got up and walk
ed a littlo waya from hia bed. Ho was search
ing for somo ono who would pivo him a cracker.
Ho soon camo upon a man stretched out at tho
roots of a tree. Dan punchnd tho man.
"Get tip." said Dan, "it's daylight and tho
Fourth of July."
Thero was no answer) tho man did not move.
Dan put his hand down and felt of tho man's
body, which was cold.
"Poor fcllowl" aald Dan, "ho'll alecp along,
long timo."
Dan woa a drummer lxy and ho waa on
Culp'a Hill, which. I n part of tho battle-field
at the town of Gettysburg, hcjond tho river
Susqellauna, 'in this Ktato. All around Dili
,wero sleeping toldier. Tho aoldiera were
ery tired. Thoy had marchtd hard for
ecyeral daje and they had fought for three
day. Tho battle hod begun on July I, and
had been waged throughout tho aecond and
tho third, and would it bo kopt up on tho
Fourth? Dan didn't know. Ho left tho cold
tilctit man and walked down tho bill. By-
and-byo ho aaw a soldier t landing upright w ith
hi back to A tree.
"Hello," said Dan, "it's tho Fourth, isn't
it! GotAcraokert"
Tho soldier knew Dan ami loved himatuuioh
if ho had becu a sou, He told Dan to "feci
In there," pointing to a pocket in hia coat.
Dan got a handful of crackers.
"I'm just going dow n to that spring I aaw
yesterday," Dan explained, aa ho moved off.
"Vou oughtu t to go," replied tho. soldier.
who was on guard, "tho rebs might get you."
"Tho spring s in our linos," said tho boy,
''and I want some water for my coflec,"
And ao tho littlo soldier stepped iinlotly
.with soft tread down tho hill. Ho munched
da crackers At ho went. They were real
cracker biscuit crackers, not firecracker.
Tall oak aud uhottuut tree tlood all around.
The grass that grew between tho big rocks
was wet. Sometimes Dan had to climb o er
a fallen tree, for great balls of iron had hitscd
through tho tree-tops on tho morning of the
day before and thousands of licrco littlo bill
lets had hidden themselves undor tho bark of
tho trunks of tho tree. The spring of w ator
was down in a bitofa valley. Itistherotothit
day and tho 'writer of this law it once
and drank sweet, cool water from it,
using for a cup part of a broken shell.
Dan leached tho Miring ami took a drink.
Kverythiug was still. Dau dipped hit little
tin bucket in and was about to return when
he heard a groan. Dan listened,
"Oh, mother, mother!" clod n oice from
Vie rocks near by. "Oh, rain, rain fall on my
tongue!" .
"That's boy!" Dan explained, "and I do
bclio uho's A rrb,"
Dan crawled toward tho pile of rock. As
ho drew near tho placo whcro tho tuflmr waa
ho raited hi head and iiocred our. Ho taw
a loy lying flat on hi back, Tho boy was
ragged ami by hia tido was a drum,
"Ho's a rcb." said Dan tohlmtilf, "but he's
w o) tided and it's the Fourth and I'll help him."
Then Dan walked boldly up to tho wounded
uoy
"Is that inothei!" asked the wounded boy,
You can't ace, can) ou!" said Dati) "your
eyes ore full of dirt and blood. Take a drink)
there, that's right. Where are you hurt!"
"It's a bullet iu my knee," said the boy;
"my neck' hurt, too. Aro jo a Yank!"
"Yet, I'm a Yank, but 111 tend to you.
You've liecn here a good while!" The loy
groaned aud salud that he had been wounded
tho morning before. Hi name wo Thump
tint's what tho toiler cullid him, "Little
Thump" and his mother IIvcm in Guoiia.
Pan wohcd 'lhiiiup' face. Ho went luck up
tho hill, mode somo collco atroug, black cof
fee, w ithout sugar or eieam ami ga o 'Ihuiii
a drink.
"Don't go to sleep," aald Dun, "I want (.u
to surrender,"
"Who's licked?" asked tho lwyi "oh? my
leg, my Ieg(y
" e vo licked, I giioss," Dan replied "any
how, I think I'll tako you to the hotpjtal. You
don't want to die here, I know,"
Dau gotdown on all-fours and Thump crawl
ed ou Dan's lock. Thump groaned, for hit
leg pained him whenever ho mou-d. Dau
asked Thump if ho could hold on and Thuu.p
said lio'd try, Dau mot ed slowly up the lull
w ith Thump's arms around hi neek. Kvtry
now and then the Yankee boy would stop to
rest. The toldivr w ho had advised Dan not to
go to tho spring stopped him.
"It's my Fourth of July prisoner," raid
Dan.
"There's an ambulance about a quarter of
a milo over there," aald the soldier) "hurry
up, or tho little rob will die,"
Dau hurnej as fsst as ho could, and toon
Thump was In one of the field h(j,itl
among wouuded Union tolditr. A surgeon
dressed Ida wouudi, taking the bullet cut ol
hit leg.
"Will he get well!" asked Dau.
'JO ye!' replied tho surgeon.
And hodid get welLX Dan n6t'lio in this
city Mid every Fourih pf Jul ha, tccciVes, n
letter from Thmnn.'whb Ii n than ahovwhn
live iu fctAcori, Ga. ,As or that ,Fourt)i of
July liflSCI, it waa not ao dark a day after
all. Thero waa no moro fighting at Gcttya
burg. Both armies kept quid, and on th,o
morning bf tlio 5th Genctal Lee retreated
towards the South. On tho otlitho wholo
country knew that Gcneial Grant had taken
Vlcksbiirg, too, Indeed, tho Fourth, that
looked so gloomy when Dan crawled out of
his hard bedtat daylight, shou'd really have
been a day of great rejoicing. From that day
the tide of war began to roll back and peaco
could lo acen under tho clouds.
A Wife' Mtiatngor,
Joseph Stewart, of Cohocs, is convivial by
nature and occasionally so in practice. Joseph
is married and has a- wifo whqni he loves, bill
ahe boa a beautiful maro that Joseph owna.
and of which he has mado a great pet. Now
tho maro is never ca.y unlet w hen in company
with her lord nnd master, and, from long com
panlonshlp, isacquainted w ith Joseph's haunts,
nnd if let alnuo will follow him liko a dog.
Now, last night Joseph was out with sonic
friends catuasdug tho propablo result of tho
Chicago convention, and tho party were enjoy
ing themselves iu n saloon. Joseph, knowing
hia favorite maro v as safely housed in her stall,
and fancying his wifo in bed asleep, did not
dream of any Interruption to Ida pleasure.
When midnight camo, how over, tho party
were astounded by tho appearance of tho maro,
in tho open doom ay, nnd tho animal, stretched
her head forward in tho direction of her mas
ter, whinnered in a manner which teemed to
say, "Joo, it Is timo you w ero at honied' An
instant later tho knowing animal repeated tlio
summons, and was about to step inside, when
Joo tald, "Bojs, itli my maro nnd 1 have got
to go; but I would liku to know how- iho got
out)" aving which ho departed, tho faithful
lieast following, with her nosa ovsr her mas
ter's ahouldor. Mrs. Stewart, who jumped
into bed lust a her husband opened tha front
door, ami who waa chuckling inwardly, might
havo explained how tlio maro mt loose i and
Joo gucstcs, but he don't ray much. Troy
Tunes.
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