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M
KS. MAJOR MURNANE sail
ed boldly across the paradt*
ground. Miss Hubbard from
her lounging chair on Cap
tain Welr’a porch woke to sudden ani
mation at tbe sight.
“There she Is!” cried Miss Hubbard
“And. oh. there's poor Lieutenant
Vaughan—I beg bls pardon, the rich
Mr. Vaughan! She’s as gracious as a
duobesH, and he—I did think, for all his
gray hair and plain looks, that be was
a mau. But now—it Is simply disgust
ing.”
The thftig was so ridiculously evident
that every dweller in Officers’ row was
amused, but none dared speak bls ntlud
before Mrs. Murnane, the C. O.'s wife.
In the management of Mary Murnane’a
love affairs remonstrance by eveu the
major himself would have resulted dis
astrously for the major.
That m«.*ek old campaigner rather
yearned for retirement, but Mrs. Mur
uane objected. To leave tte army
would have meant quick death, for her
soul was soldered to the U. S. A. With
such danger thredteulng she must take
means to be au officer’s uiotber-ln-law
and thus retain a considerable amount
of Influence and authority.
Lieutenant Vaughan had pro(>osed for
Mary, aud, however things had ts-en in
tbe past, be was now very eligible,
with money and Influence. He bad
been extremely poor when be first ven
tured to love Mary, and Mrs. Muruanv
had been worse than plain s|M)ken tc
him. Mary had been very gentle with
the hardworking, Ignored, middle aged
lieutenant, and her mother had been
angry at her forbearance. Now. bow
ever, hla elder brother, a wealthy man
and much In evidence in Washington,
had died without a family aud without
a will. The lieutenant was wealthy
aud could command influence, could
rise In the army list. Oh, meek old
major, die as soon as you have got your
retiring pension! Mother Muruane has
arranged for her future amid the de
lights of Washington.
“Mary,” said tbe grim Mrs. Murnane,
“Mary, my dear, I have misjudged
Lieutenant Vaughan. Accept hlui. He
la in every way wbut 1 should desire
your husband to be.”
“Hut—oh, mamma!”
Mrs. Murnane put her gloved Auger
to her lips and smiled condescending
ly-
"Mary,” she said, “I know all about
thut young man Graves. Chut! When
a girl Is your age, she always has a
young man Graves. I have told Lieu
tenant Vaughan that 1 have t>een mis
taken and that he Is now welcome at
headquarters. He seemed, I confess,
surprised, but be laughed aud—er—
blushed. My child, marry him and for
get the young mau Graves.”
"But—oh, inaiuruu!”
"Mary Murnane,” her mother cried,
with tbe gleam in her eyes whleb bad
for years overawed tbe poor subalterns
of the army, “I know wbat Is best for
you, and I have told you what to do—
accept Lieutenant Vaughan! Why, you
used to like him.”
And she mulched away.
But, although Mary, like a well dis--
positioned young lady, should have
been quite willing to marry him off
hand at her mother's order—Mary sat
down and wept. She was helpless.
Consider that she knew nothing of
the world outside strictly regimental
laws. The fort was 125 miles from a
railway, and nothing stretched be
tween railroad and ¡»st but a few
scattered ranches and the reservation
of an Indian tribe. Iler friends chang
ed from month to month. Her father,
for all bls scars, was no help to her.
Her mother was the ruler of her ways.
What on earth could the lonely girl do
but liow acquiescence?
When the elderly and scarred Lieu
tenant Vaughnn left Mrs. Murnane, be
pass«*d on to the adjutant's office. In
the room sat a young mnn who bore on
Ills sleeves the sergeant’s chevrons of
the signal corps. He rose ns liefltted
his rank and received Vaughan with a
smile of hope.
"Sit down, sergeant," said the lieu
tenant. He snt down himself and sigh
ed. The two were silent for a moment,
and then Vaughnn spoke, twirling a
pen In his bands.
“Have you,” said he. "all your sig
naling apparatus ready for the expert
ment?”
“Quite ready,” the sergeant answer
ed, with a quiver of excitement.
"Then,” said Vaughan slowly, "the
experiment will take place tomorrow
afternoou. How's your weather report
for tomorrow ?”
*
The slgnnl officer picked up a paper
an which he had been making calculn
tlons and read from It:
“Slightly higher temperature; light
winds from southwest.”
Vaughan rose slowly and sighed
• gain.
“1 have a bit of news for you from
Washington, Sergeant Graves, You
uot* i need to rncuGon It, bat your nxanc
la first for promotion. I think you can
count on a commission in your corps
Within a month.”
“Good heaven, sir! If you only real
ised what you have done tor me' —
"For—for you? Well, you're a good
fellow. Graves,” the lieutenant said,
“but don’t (latter yourself that 1 did It
for you.”
“I know. I know,' said the sergeant
and flushed and looked down. “I am
hardly worthy’’—
“Oh. don't slop over!" said Vaughan
roughly. “Have yonr Instruments.
cameras, everything, ready for tomor
row. By tbe bye, have a heavy top
coat ready. No; have two.”
“I had thought of that.”
"As we've thought of everything we
ehould succeed,” said the lieutenant
che«*rful!y.
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There was an evening at tbe C. O.’a
that night, and Mrs. Murnane waa ur
bane and gracious aa she glanced at
Mary and Lieutenant Vaughan In a
coruer.
“I am so glad.” she »aid to Miss Hub
bard, “that every obstacle has lieen
satisfactorily arranged and that Mary
is at last free to follow her own heart's
lead."
The lieutenant certainly looked devot
ed aud' Mary much agitated at bl* rar
nest advances.
“It la such a dreadfully dangerous
thing to du,” she was saying. "Oh.
dun't look round at mamma! She'll
auspect.”
"She is entirely willing now.”
Tears came in Mary** eye*.
"Are you -sorry?" she said.
Vaughan, with tbe elaborate courtesy
of a past generation, kissed her band
and. having done so, looked boldly Into
the eyes of tbe C. O.’a wife.
"She’s delighted to see us so ebum-
he murmured to Mary, “so de-
"8/«c is worthy ot you. lieutenant.’’
lighted that It seems almost a pity to
elop«*. She would so much admire the
feathers and trimming* and the regi
mental band and the”—
"Mr. Vaughan.” Mary almost sobbed,
“you are speaking of my mother, and I
—1 am an undutlfui, a wicked, a cruel,
a wretched”—
Vaughan drew closer to her.
“Little girl,” be said, "I beg your
pardon. 1 have no right to tease you,
but you know as well as I do that
when your mother is In the trenches It
takes a lot of strategy to dislodge her.
Now. listen. Tbe experiment takes
place tomorrow afternoon. I'm ready.
Are you?”
Mary trembled.
"Oh, I dare not!”
"There Is no actual danger, and, upon
tuy soul. If you don’t, 1 can’t see but
that Mrs. Murnane will”—
"What?”
“Do as she wishes to do," cried the
lieutenant almost angrily, “and, how
ever happy that might make me, I
could never agree to make you misera
ble.”
His voice was hoarse as he went on
slowly:
“If a man cannot sacrifice himself
for the girl be loves, he has a very poor
notion of what love really Is.”
Mrs. Major Murnane rose from her
seat, anti almost like soldiers Jumping
to attention tbe otber ladies moved and
rustled to tbe command. Mrs. Mur-
nane inarched—one, two, halt—to her
daughter and Lieutenant Vaughan.
“Lieutenant Vaughan,” she said, “you
have gained the love of an angel, and
she Is worthy of you. God bless you
both!"
She kissed them each upon the brow
and made a quick triumphant officer's
about face and marched back to her
seat.
Mary slipped away, and Vaughan
afterward hade lila hostess a dutiful
farewell.
He was out early tbe next morning,
but It seemed that others had been
up before him. He met Murnane ou
the walk, and Mary's eyes were aglow,
and she was a-trcmWe. She held out
her ha nd.
"I know all that you have done,”
she said, "and I thank you so much.
It is grand to have power and to use It
es you have done, John.”
“Now, what Is all this about?”
“Don’t pretend you don’t know.”
"But I don’t.”
“Why, Arthur—I menu Mr. Graves—
has bad a telegram. His commission
Is signed, and we know you worked
hard to push him to the front. Thank
you. thank you!”
“And who told you nt this early hour
that he had got a telegram?”
"I Just met 1dm.” she said.
“Oh. dear—those early morning walks
• nd morning rides!”
"But now he is a commissioned offi
cer. John, don’t you think my mother
might yield a little? Do you think we
really ought to do this?"
"1 have known Mrs. Murnane,” said
Vnughan slowly, “for twenty years,
and 1 know that she will never yield.
I confess I am afraid of her. and I be
lieve If she perseveres she will really
compel me to marry you.”
“Oh. John, but this looks so desper
ate a measure!”
Vaughan looked round the broad
plain.
"Before you could get to tlie rail
way," he said, "you would be overtak
en, and Graves would be put under ar
rest, and you would be sent to a con
vent. Now, by my way you canuot be
pursued, and. you see. you will compel
your mother to give her assent. Three
t/clock. please. You are a very nice
girl. Mary, but I don’t want to be aero
talking to you today.”
At 3 o'clock tbe high bluffs behind
Officers’ row were crowded. In the
foreground were Mrs. Murnane and
her staff of officers' wive*. They hung
r.bout Lieutenant Vaughan and tbe
major ami Arthur Graves, and Mr*.
Murnane had a great deal to any. She
xtiHxl well to tbe front and received
belated congratulations on the engage*
Bient of her child to Vaughan, and If
Mary blushed and trembled at bearing
them, why, that was natural.
Vuughan was In great spirits, but
Graves was i very nervous and silent,
Very soon ( a great balloon rose, In-
tint.-il. from the ground, bearing a car-
Wage filled wlth all kinds of Instru-
meats and Vauglian and Graves. It
ans held captive by a single atout
rope. It ascended to a considerable
height and waa then brought down.
“You would hardly believe It poeai-
Ide. Mrs. Murnane,” said Vaughan to
tlx* lady. “When you are up. you can
«ee every bush and stray steer for
miles nod miles. I took two or three
shot* with the camera. They will give
vuu a new idea of the country about
But you should go up yourself. Won’t
THE LONDON TAPSTER.
you?’
lar*
Laek Starle. That Taka tka
But Mrs. Murnane Imperatively de
Flaea
°H> BeRRlaR.
clined.
The plain and open tapster wbo Re-
”1 could trust myself anywhere with
you. Mr. Vaughan.” she said, “but I rosta you In the street purely to beg
should get dizzy.”
aiay generally be known by ar arnaz
"Perluipe.” said Vaughan, "If Mlaa ing overpoll tenesa in opening the con
Muruane would”—
vertatiou. He la the only person I
“Certainly.” cried Mr*. Murnane.
know who beg» pardon for taking the
"Mary, my love, please Mr. Vaughan.”
Mury suddenly weut white, and liberty of speaking to you. aud by this
I sign you shall know him. They all be
Vaughan whispered, “Be brave!"
II In by begging pardon for taking this
“I am afraid,” said the girl.
"What nonsense, Mary!” her mother : not »o very rare liberty, but only the
cried. “There's nothing to be afraid of. iluffer* go on straightway to Up. Tbe
proficient tapatera approach tbe tap
Go along.”
Vaughan led her to tb<* car of the bal s^leway». <to to speak. Something like
loon. where none was allowed but this, with a quick touch of the hat
those employed, in a few minute* tbe brim:
"Beg pardon, sir, I’m sure 1 'umbiy
balloon »oared again, higher and high
er. und Vaughan, to Mr». Murnane’a beg your pardon for takln’ the great
great astonishment, walked calmly liberty of apeaktn’ to you in a public
thoroughfare like thia, which I am
back to the ladles.
“Mr. Vaughan.” cried the C. O.’a quite aware it is a great liberty, air,
wife, “what have you done with Ma- though trustin’ you will kindly pardon
the great liberty of a pore, ’ardworkln'
ry?”
man. sir, in takln’ tbe great liberty of
"She’s up In the balloon, of course.”
“And with whom. pray, since you are askin’ if this street is the 'Aymarket,
sir?” (Or the way to the Strand or the
here?”
“With Lieutenant Graves. He's the day of the month, or something.)
You answer the question, but you
aeronaut, you know, and there’s only
don’t stop the stream of apologetics.
comfortable room for two.”
Mr». Murnane grew purple.
"Thank you. kindly, air," pursue* the
"Bring them down, sir!" she com tapster, pouring out tbe words, “thank
manded with the voice of a battalion you kindly, sir, If you’ll so far pardon
chief "Alone with that man! Mr. the liberty of a pore, ’ardworkin’ man,
Vaughan, you ought to have bad more sir, In askin’ tbe question, which un
sense, ami Mary engaged to you!”
fortunately I was forced to take the
"Engage«! to—me?”
great liberty, sir, through bein’ out o'
The pc pie around bad all their eyes work eighteen month* an’ nothink to
uml ear»'and most of tbelr mouth* eat since last Tooeday fortnight, air,
Wldeopeu. Mrs. Murnane gasped.
ujion my word of honor, which notblnk
"Do you deny the engagement?”
but the cries for bread of fourteen
"Why. luy deur lady.” said Vaughan young children in arms would prevail
very coolly. "I thought you were under on me, sir—so igstreme kind as you’ve
:l lulsnpprehenslon lust uight. Did you bin to me, sir, which I shall never for
not know Miss Murnane refused my get—to take the very great liberty, air.
offer ?"
in a public thoroughfare, of askin’
“The dlsoliedlent— She dared!”
which Is tbe nearest work’ouse?”
"But you yourself told me very plain
If once more you give him informs
ly to cease any attentions to your tlon Instead of coppers, you only pro
daughter.”
voke another speech of the same sort,
“I? Oh. that was months ago!”
for he can go on like that for a deal
"I am unaware,” said tbe lieutenant longer than you want to listen. It la
"ravel.v, “that anything ar all has hap only in tbe extreme that be will direct
pened In that time which should have ly ask for money, though I fancy that
altered your mind on such a subject”
it is merely caution that mark* his
Mrs. Murnane changed from purple guarded way, as they say in the lyric,
to a horrible yellow aud gripped her for if accused of begging by some
parasol like a club. Miss Hubbard tit watchful policeman be can always
plead that he was only asking a harm
tered audibly.
Then the iudignaut mother marched less question. And the questions are
rapidly over to the man in charge of endless in variety. I give my solemn
the rope which held tbe balloon. Sud word that I was once buttonholed by
denly be began to yell.
one of these seedy tapsters with the
"I.ettenant — Leftenant
Vaughan, apologetic request that I would tell
plase. yer honor, come here quick! The him the number of stars on tbe na
ro|>e's slippin’, the balloon’s tuggiu’! tional flag' of tbe United States! Tbla
Quick! Ob. murther!”
Is a simple fact.—Leona rd Larkin in
Mrs. Murnane charged on tbe mau In tbe Strand.
a fury. Vaughan followed leisurely.
They were too late. The rope slipped,
AN ARCTIC MEAL.
and before a fair wind the balloon sail
ed suKMithly away, tbe desperate* lover» Gettlas Supper For Mea aad Dose
waving adieu.
oa the Polar Ice Sheet.
Mrs. Murnane did not faint. She
Dogs were unhitched and fastened, a*
walked over to Lieutenant Vaughan usual, aud then each of tbe Eskimos
and shook her parasol in bis face.
climbed over the Ice foot with bis snow
“Mr. Vaughan,” she screeched, "do knife aud disappeared behind tbe para
you know uiy daughter Is In that bal pet. where the other two were already
loon with a man wbo loves her?”
cutting snow blocks. I fastened my
Vaughan look«*! longingly at the fast dogs, got out their ration of pemmlcan,
disappearing balloon, and bis weary out It up and fed them, standing by
eyes w re wet. He turned to Mrs. with whip in hand to see that there
Murnane aud held out bls hand to the was no bullylug, and that each dog got
frantic lady.
bis share. Then I unpacked tbe cooker,
"With a man wbo loves her,” be oil can and kitchen box, passing them
aald, "and with a man she loves. Is It up the ice foot as high as I could reach.
not? Be gentle, dear Mrs. Murnane. I did not wait for the completion of the
Was It not a happy accident?”
Igloo to commence my preparations for
The old woman In a passion of tears supper, but with a few strokes of the
flung the offered hand aside and went spade excavated a niche in the snow
home.
bank, put the cooker in out of the wind,
It was only a few hours afterward filled the lamp with oil and the boiler
tliat tlie major received a hysterical with Ice, placed a few snow blocks
telegram from Mary. It came from a around it for stffl better shelter and
railroad station where Graves had lighted up. By the time the igloo was
dropped the balloon:
completed I had enough water melted
Foiglve—married—mother entirely in control.
for our tea, aud supper was entirely
Had to do as alie said—could not—next to your
ready by the time my men had fed the
self and to Arthur—the best, most unselfish man
dogs, and they lost no time In freeing
In the world is Lieutenant Vaughan.
their clothing of snow and Joining me
In the Igloo. Still less time was con
PICKINGS FROM FICTION.
sumed in putting away the tea and bis
cuit and pemmlcan, and less again In
Ambitious people must always be dis falling off to dreamless slumber.—Com
appointed people.—"Fame For a Wom- mander Robert E. I’eary in Outing.
an."
Tbe best kind of courage often conies
Saw the Whole of It.
from a full stomach —“Captain Mack
Alexander weeping because the world
lln.”
was so small has a counterpart in an
Love la like honey—It must lie taken old inhabitant of Luas, a pretty little
by sips. One must not swim In It.— village on Ix>ch Lomond side, Scotlaud,
"The Pharaoh and tbe Priest.”
who at last has been persuaded to
The man wbo Is weakened In well climb the mountaiu which has tilled so
doing by tbe ingratitude of others is large a part of bls horizon all the days
serving God on a salary basis.—“The of his life. In Luss he has lived, as his
Power of Truth.”
fathers lived before him, and from
Nine times out of ten a woman fulls Luss he has never had the ambition to
through love, and she must be reached Journey, even as far as Glasgow. But
by love if she la to be restored.—"Down some one got him to tbe top of Ben Lo
In Water Street.”
mond tbe otber day.
"Eh, mon,” said he, with great self
Don't call yourself a friend and be
thinking all the time what tbe otber congratulation, “but the world's a big
side of the friendship can do for you. place when ye come to view the whole
of it!”
—"Aunt Abby’a Neighbors."
Philosophy Is primarily a matter of
Rat 1a Mis Beat.
food; secondarily, a mutter of clothes; i
A certnln congressman was very busy
it does not concern tbe bead at all.—
at his desk in the house one morning
"Two Thousand Mlles ou an Automo-
when a page announced, “A gentleman
bile.”
in the lobby to see you, sir.” “Tell him
Half the trouble of this troubled I’m not in my seat,” said the congress
world comes from the fact that, for man after looking at the card. The
oue reason or another, women are not boy, a sturdy looking chap, did not
able to look up to the men with whom move. “But you are In your seat, sir,”
they have dealings.—“The Vultures.”
he answered in matter of fact tones,
A Casale of Inecrlplloaa.
"I was in New York one day and
took a trip down to Coney Island,"
said the agent of a Pittsburg nail
utiti. ’I bad heard of the stick feiiow*
down there, and so I left my watch at
home and carried a dummy across
which I pasted a slip of paper bearing
the word*. 'Look Inside for a fool.’ I
liadn't got the aalt taste of tbe ocean
yet when tbe watch disappeared, and
It was three hours later, as I sat in a
booth drinking beer, when I felt that
watch In a side pocket of my coat. I
pulled It out in amazement, and I
found my slip of paper replaced by
one t»e*ring tbe words. ‘Ixmk outside
for an ass!' It may be that I got the
bulge on tbe gang, but somehow I
have always thought that they camt
out a trifle ahead—Just a trifle.”
Barberin* I eed ta Be aa Art.
Time was when harboring was a way
up art. In ancient times barbers were
surgeons, tbe only persons wbo could
scientifically “let blood. " In Loudon
there Is still a barber surgeon class.
They possess a cap given the guild by
Charles II. Around tbe barber's pole
still twines tbe snake, tbe subtlest
beast of tbe field, a survival of tbe bra-
sen serpent lifted up In tbe wilderneaa.
the symbol of tbe healing art.
"and I can’t say you are not.” The
congressman looked at the lad angrily,
but. seeing that he was In earnest,
moted Into tbe vacant chair of bls
neighlMtr. "Now tell him l'm not in my
seat.” v'Yea, sir,' said ti»e buy briskly
and went to deliver the message.
EaRBRenaeat BlaRS.
The cvs » ab ' of girine engagement
ring* rank* back to long before the
Christian ent. With tbe ancient Egyp
tians engagement ring* were always
of Iron, to Indicate tbe mutual ascri
tte« of liberty of the contracting par
ties.
One of the very earliest adornments
of betrothal rings was a loadstone,
which symbolised the attractive force
which drew a maiden from her own
family circle into that of her husband.
It is believed that tbe fourth finger
has always been tbe bride's ring finger.
Hard ta Far* With.
The man at our boarding house has
the remain* of a once prosperous
pocket comb, from which tbe teeth
ha ve long since fled.
"Why.” we ask him, "do you carry
that -thing around with you—that
Worthless old comb?”
And be replies:
"Well. I can't part with It"—Balti
liore News.
A
national phantoms
NAPOLEON'S AWFUL HAND.
Di
(HOSTS THAT HAUNT THE UNITED
STATES CAPITOL.
; A Mary «4 Serelrrs That Malk al
.
MlRhl Wbea tbe Halls at LeRlala-
tlaa Are Gleecxy aed Deserted, ae
'
Teld by Mae ef tbe Old Geards.
Like moat repositories of good stories,
tbe ancient man wbo has spent dec-
■ ides as a guard in tbe capitol in Wash-
I lngton did not yield up the fullneea of
bla narrstory riches without a struggle.
"It’s unpleasant to be made a mock
of by the skeptical,” be protested. “Do
you believe in ghosts, young mau?”
"If anawerlug in tbe affirmative be
gets au Interesting tale. I do.” returned
tbe writer.
"Well, slurring on tbe premise that
you du believe to some extent lu the
su|ieriiatural. 1 will admit you to my
confidence.” resumed tbe old guard,
and here go«*» for the authentic yarn
of the spooks that haunt tbe nation's
capitol:
“In the loug, monotonous watches of
the night Innumerable are tbe s)*ooks.
hobgoblins and tbe eerie, vapory
thing» which glide from the shadowy
nooks aud crannies of the intangible
nowhere to people the capitol'* vast
stretch«** of darkness. Of course you
know of tbe extraordinary acoustic
freaks which obtain in many parts of
the great building—how a whisper, a
breathed word at oue particular point
Is audible at another score* of feet dis
tant? Yes. Now, at night these acous
tic spirit» simply go mad. Where they
by day were pygmies they expand into
giants, aud a whistle, a sudden sound,
a footfall, resolves Itself into a pan
demonium.
"Weird, terrifying noise* beat upon
the eardrums of the watchmen a* they
pursue their lonely patrols through the
seeming mile* of corridor*, and then
the spooks, the shades of tbe nation'*
great, the astral bodies of those that
tolled lu obscurity for the nation’s good,
dodge the watchmen’s step, some
grand and awful in their speechless
dignity, some creeping humbly about
in apologetlc silence, some laughing,
soine sobbing, but all of tbetn horrible
—horrible.”
Th«* old man paused to muse.
“Do you know.' ,” be said, breaking
Into bls owu reverie explosively, “Feb.
23 is a date dreaded by many of tbe
capitol night guards? It was ou this
day. lu 1848. that John Quincy Adame
died In tile chamber of the bouse of
representatives, now Statuary ball,
where tbe exact spot is marked by a
brass tablet. Promptly at midnight
ou every anniversary of his death the
shade of John Quincy Adams appears
In a sort of phosphorescent glow over
this brass tablet. Ob. dozeus of guard*
have seen it from time to time as well
as I. and I can refer you to many of
them for affirmation of my assertions.
"Once over tbe spot tbe shade begins
to gesticulate, after tbe manner of a
member addressing tbe bouse. Then,
all of a sudden, tbe fine face becomes
distorted aud agonized, tbe gracefully
waving arms fall convulsively, and
down sinks tbe shade with all the
movements of an expiring wan. Then
the phosphorescent glow fade* away,
and tbe ethereal effigy dissolve*.
"But. although lost sight of. its pres
ence Is still made known by tbe 'clump.
Hop. clump. Hop.’ of jpvlsible foot
fall* departing down one of tbe long
vacant corridors.
"Stranger than this Is tbe ghost of
tbe entire congress of 1848, which ap
pears In vigorous if spooky session ev
ery once In awhile in Statuary ball, tbe
old ball of representatives, as I have
previously remarked. luaudlble, but
spirited, are tbe debates; energetic to
tbe bursting point of vehemence are
tbe Bilent political dissensions. Pro
voked by a doubting Thomas, a mem
ber of tbe capitol night watch aeveral
years ago made affidavit that be bad
seen this ghostly congress in session.
Yes. be was a sober man aud true.
“The shade of General John A. Lo
gan Is a frequent visitor at tbe capitol*
Almost every alternate night at half
past 12 o'clock this ghost materializes
at tbe door of tbe room occupied by
the senate commi’tee on military and
militia. Silently the door swings open,
and out steps tbe looming and lumi
nous presence, to stalk In stately dig
nity away Into tbe swallowing gloom.
This Is a favorite phantom with tbe
guards. Its conduct Is exemplary.
“Then there is tbe shade of Vice
President Wilson, wbo died In hla room
In tbe senate end of tbe capitol, you
wllb recall. Its peregrinations are few
and desultory. When It does come,
there is always an expreasion of con
cern and aelf absorption in tbe ghostly
face. Tbe movement* of tbe vapory
body are restless and hurried.
"All of tbe older member* of the
night watch are well acquainted with
Vice President Wilson's apparition and
never tall to salute IL although, truth
to tell, tbe shade remalna haughtily In
different to tbelr deference. This spook
rarely falls to put In an appearance
when the body of a dead legislator or
statesman of national renown is lying
In state in the capitol.
"Deep in tbe subcellar vaults spook*
of lesser magnitude revel in hordes.
Immediately beneath tbe hall of rep
resentatives every night la to be found
a tall, erect, gaunt specter, whose Iden
tity La* remained a aiystery for y-ara
tn aplte of unceasing efforts on the
part of tbe night watch to uncover
the secret of its origin aud anteced
ents.
Its band* are clasped behind
Its transparent back in a convulsive
clutch, and tbe face evince* a condi
tion of emotion* prodigiously wrought
upon. Many attempta have been made
by guards with rubber soles on their
shoes to catch this wraith unawarea,
but failure is the Invariable result
Presto! It baa blown Into thin air be
fore tbe aleuthlng watchman Is witbin
forty feet of it"—New York Herald.
Ureal Mi
are at Waterlee.
•ail.
Napoleon, according to Alexander
Duma*. lost such battlea a* be did lose
because lie wrote such a fieudlsh band.
His generals could not read hl* notes
and letters, typewriting bad not been
Invented, and the trembling marshal*,
afraid of disobeying and striving to in
terpret the indecipherable commands,
loitered, wandered and did not come up
to tbe scratch, or not to the right
scratch. Thus Waterloo waa lost. Can
not you fancy Grouchy banding round
Napoleon's notes on that sanguinary
Sunday? "1 aay." cries the marshal to
his aid-de-camp. "la that word Gem-
bloux or Wavre? I* tbla Blucher or
Bulow?” So probably Grouchy toaaed
up for it. and tbe real word* may have
been none of these at which he offered
Ills conjecture*. Meanwhile on tbe left
and center D'Erlon and Jerome and
Ney were equally puzzled aud kept on
sending cavalry to places where it was
very uncomfortable (though our men
aeldoni managed to hit any of tbe cav
aliers, flring too high) and did no sort
of go m I. Na|Kileou may never have been
apprised of these circumstances. His
old writing master was not on the
scene of action. Nobody dared to say.
"Sire, wbat does tbla flgure of a ceuti-
ped mean, and how are we to construe
these two thick strokes flanked by
blots?" The Imperial temper was pep
pery; the great man would have torn
off hla Interrogator’* epaulet* und
danced upon them. Did he uot onee
draw his pistol to shoot a little dog
that barked at tils horse? And when
tbe pistol missed Are the great soldier
threw It at tbe dog and did uot hit bltn.
The little dog retreated with the hon
ors of war.
Such was the temper of Napoleon,
and we know what Marlborough
thought of tbe value of au equable
temper. Nobody could ask Bonaparte
to write a legible baud, so Ills generals
lived a life of conjecture as to his
meaning. and Waterloo was not a suc
cess, and the emperor never knew why.
Of all Ills seven or eight theories of bls
failure at Waterloo, hts handwriting
was not one. Yet if this explanation
bad occurred to him Napoleon would
certainly have blamed ills pens, ink
mid paper. Those of Nelson at Copen
hagen were very bad. "If your guns
are no better than your pens,” said a
Danish officer wbo came In under a
flag of truce before the fight and was
asked to put a message into writing,
"you had better retire."—Andrew Lang
In Longman’s Magazine.
SICKROOM PHILOSOPHY.
Never confine a patient to one room
If you can obtain the use of two.
Never play tbe piano to a sick person
If you cau play on strings or sing.
Never stand and fidget when a sick
person is talking to you. Bit down.
Never complain that you cannot get
a feeding cup if there Is a t«*apot to be
bifll Instead.
Never read fast to a sick person.
Tbe way to make a story seem short
is to tell It slowly.
Never Judge tbe condition of your
patient from bls appearance during a
conversation. See how he look* an
hour afterward.
Never put a hot water bottle next to
the skin. Its efficiency and the pa
tient’s safety are both enhanced by
surrounding the bottle with flannel.
Never allow the pa’’ nt to take the
temperature himself.
Many patients
are more knowing than uurses where
there Is a question of temperature.
The Title at “Mr«."
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WHY WE ARE AGENTS
Nero Are Some of the Convincing
Facta That Caused uo to Take
the Agency lor the Fulton Com
pounds. the First Things Known
that Cure Chroaic Kidney Dis
eases.
First, let II ks Alsllastly udersteoC tkal
every one of leeoeaee below h*<l beeudt*«iu*e4
by oe* or more pby*iol*u* as chronlo **4 I*
curable; seueaA. so** tbe eerlelety of the re
sult* *s shows by the recovery also ot the
trleodi they told who wore similarly stBloled
wilb suppoood lacurablo kidney dlaeaaea.
N. W. Spaulding. President Bpauldlu* Saw
Cb , Saa Franolioo, had a reoovery la bla owa
family and told sevaral others a bo recovered.
Adolph Weak*, oapllallat, San Francisco,
recovered himself and told two friend* who ra-
^DrCarl D. Zlele, pioneer druffisl, tat Pacific
street, San Fraaclaco, recovered himself and
cave It to more than a dotes pa Henle who re
covered.
Charles Engelke. editor of the German paper.
Ban Francisco, recovered himself and told II to
a number wbo reooverod, one ot them being
Charles F. Wacker, the Sixth at res I merchant.
R M Wood, editor Wine and Spirit Review,
recovered himself end lold II to several who
reooverod, among them being an old-school
physician.
Bdward Short of the Saa Fraaaiaee Call so-
covered, also throe ot hie friends, ria: William
Marlin, Captain Hubbard ot Ibe Honolulu route
aad William Hawkina ot the U. S. Quarter-
master'* Department ot San Francisco.
John A Pbelpe of the Hotel Repeller, Saa
Franciaco, and two othla trlendc. etc elo
The kidneys are the sewers that strain the
Sicons out of the system. We can aland the
rangemenl tor a abort while, but when tbe
lutorterenoe becomes chronic (permanent), aa
■rat explained by Bright, 11 la only a question
ot how long before death will enauo. It is then
called Bright* Dleeaee aad Incurable. AU
kidney troubles develop into thia form about
the Mb to Wth month. Tbe above eases were
Incurable by all other known mean*. People
having kidney dleeaee ehould begin at Bret with
the oily known thing that will cure It it it ban
reached the aerioua close.
Fulton’* Renal
Compound tor Bright'* ar a Kidney Dieaaoea, 11:
for Diabeiea, (IK)
John J. Fulton Co.,
Washington street, Ban Fraucleoo. aol* com
pounder* Bead for nuufiUtal. W* WO th* nolo
agent* tor this city.
Save the Baby.
The mortality among babies during the
thiee teething years is something frightful.
The census of 1900 shows that about one in
every seven succumbs.
The cause
is
apparent.
With
baby's
bones hardening, the fontanel (opening in th*
skull) closing up and its teeth forming, all
these coming at once create a demand fur
bone material that nearly half the little
systems are deficient in.
The result Is
peevishness, weakness, sweating, fever, diar
rhoea, brain troubles, convulsions, etc., that
prove terribly fatal. The deaths in 1900 under
three years were 304,98«, to say nothing of
the vast number outside the big cities that
were not reported, and this in the United
States alone.
When baby begins to sweat, worry or cry
out in sleep don’t wait, and th* need It
neither medicine nor narcotics.
What the
little system is crying out for is more bone
material. Sweetman’s Teething Food sup
plies it. It has saved the lives of thousands
of babies.
They begin to Improve within
forty-eight hours. Here is what physicians
think of It.
2934 Washington St.,
San Francisco, June 2, 1902.
Gentlemen—I am prescribing your food in
the multitude of baby troubles due to Im
peded dentition. A large percentage of in
fantile ills and fatalities are th* result of
slow teething. Your food supplies what th*
deficient system demands, and I have had
surprising success with it. in scores of cases
this diet, given with their regular food, has
not failed to check the infantile distresses.
Several of the more serious cases would, 1
feel sure, have been fatal without it. It can
not be too Quickly brought to tbe attention
of the mothers of the country. It is an ab
solute necessity.
U C. MENDEL* M. D.
Petaluma, Cal., September 1, 1902.
Dear Sirs—I have just tried the teething
food in two cases and in both it was a auc-
cess. One was a very serious case, so crith
cal that it was brought to me from another
city for treatment. Fatal results were feared.
In three days the baby ceased worrying and
commenced eating and is now well. Its action
in this case was remarkable. I would ad
vise you to put it in every drug stere in this
city. Yours,
I. M. PROCTOR, M. D.
The title Mrs. waa In olden time ap
Sweetman’s Teething Food will carry baby
plied to unmarried as well a* to mar safely and comfortably through the most dan
gerous
period of child life. It renders lanc
ried women and to young as well as ing of the
gums unnecessary. It is th* safest
old. Sir Walter Scott spoke of Joan plan and a blessing to the baby to not wait
symptoms but to commence giving It the
na (unmarried) as Mrs. Joanna Baillie. for
fourth or fifth month. Then all the teeth
Although it was not perhaps so univer will come healthfully, without pain, dis
sal to address quite young children as tress or lancing. It Is an auxiliary to their
regular diet and easily taken. Price 50 cents
it was those over twenty-one by the (enough for six weeks), sent postpaid bn re
ceipt
of price. Pacific Coast Agents, Inland
title of Mrs., yet it was frequently
Drug Co., Mills Building, San Francisco.
done. Tlie most ludicrous example of
this occurs in tbe register of burial*
for the parish of St. Margaret, West
■ Hat Cras» Baas.
minster. The burial of Milton's second
In Its early days, when, it is to be
wife and that of bls infant daughter, hoped, it was more toothsome than it
iiaiWMl after her. who died at tbe age Is now, tbe hot cross bun played some
of five months, are both recorded in part in converting the people of these
that register, the name in each ease Islands to Christianity. Pagan England
being entered as "Mrs. Katberin Mil was in the habit of eating cakes in
ton,” without any mark of distinction honor of tbe goddess of spring, and
save tbe letter "C” for “child,” after Christian missionaries found that
tbe second name. Even In the reign of though they could alter the views of
George II., hr we read In “Pope’s Let the people in reference to religious
ters,” unmarried ludies used to be matter* they could not Induce them to
styled Mrs.
withhold from tbe consumption of con
fectionery. So they put tbe sign of tbe
Woadertal Insect Vitality.
cross upon the bun of the Saxon era
It is a standing puzzle to tbe ento and launched it upon missionary enter
mologists how frail little insects of the prise which baa extended through the
mosquito and butterfly order can brave Intervening centuries and survived till
the cold of an arctic winter and yet re now.—London Tlt-BIta.
tain tbelr vitality. Tbe larva of tbe
milkweed butterfly has been exposed
A Wet t'a»tor»lla.
to an artificial blast 08 degree* below
Never leave an umbrella standing on
zero. Taken out of range of this arti the point in tbe ordinary way when
ficial blizzard and gradually "thawed wet. The water trickles down, spoiling
out" this same worm was able to creep tbe silk and making tbe wires ruaty. It
In less than half an hour afterward. Is also a mistake to open it and leave it
Butterflies have been found flitting Joy standing, as this stretches the silk,
ously alvout In tbe highest latitude man making It baggy so that it is Impossi
has ever penetrated, and the mosqui ble to fold it smoothly. The proper
toes of Alaska and Greenland are way Is to shake out as much of the
known to be the healthiest specimens water as possible, then stand tbe um
of that race of little pest*.
brella on Its handle to drain.
oi C’ktoeoror«« os rll»«»’«
It takes a very large dose of chlo
roform to anaesthetize tbe Chinaman.
He |>as»es under It* Influence more
slowly and rarely shows the eicltement
oileu characteristic of tue initial stage
of amrstheaia. Still more rarely doe*
be suffer from sickness on bls return t*
consciousness. Thia greater apathy of
nature helps to recovery from severe
accident* and operations.—London Hos
pital.
A Basle For Social aaeeeaa.
Mr. Blank-I was rather amused to
bear tbe children soulplng about tlieir
Gaad Easash as It Is,
little playmates.
“Doctor. If a pale young man named
Mrs. Blank -Tbe little dean! if they
Jinks call* on you for a prescription only keep on, bow they will shine in
don't let him have It”
polite society when they grow up!—Ttt-
"Why not?"
Blta.
"He want* something to Improve hla
appetite, and be board* at my house.”
Ideas generate Ideas, Ilka a potato,
which cut In piece* reproduce* Itself In
CaaraapatbaSia.
a Multiplied form.
"Thia Is a cold, unfeeling world,’’ ba
Brine spring* flow under th* town ot
remarked bitterly.
Norwich, England. They bar* been
“Ha!” returned bla companion. "You
too. have beard tbe ribald laugh when there for centuries and war* used for
you *ilp|*ed ou a banana akin, have th* production of aalt long before the
Chrtatlan •*•
you?’
Caiapas fatuas
Arc Odloa*.
Perkins, Jr.—Why don’t ye buy that
horse of Seth's, pop? He's got a One
pedigree.
Perkins. 8r.—Pedigree! The question
la. Is be wutb anything? Why, boy,
them sassiety folks wbat comes here
in tbe summer haa pedigrees.—Brook
lya Life.
A Barrier.
■What have you In the way of beef
steak today?' naked tbe clwerful cus
tomer wbo hadn't paid bla bill.
"Well,” replied the frank butcher, “1
reckon about the only thing In tbe way
la Its price.”—Baltimore News.
lavaatlaatlaa the Delay.
Bunday School Teacher—And It took
Noah 100 years to build tbe ark.
Street Arab—What was tbe matter?
Waa there a strike?—Puck.
Maaple.
Ethel—A sixteen page letter from
G«*orge! Why, what on earth doe* he
••yr
Mabel—Ha aaya be lore» me.—Pitts
burg Gazette.