VOLITICS ASP POLITICIANS.
Tho more they investigate Ohio politics
tlio loss tliejr seem to know about them.
Flood, the bonnnza king, vrants to go to
the senate from California iu tho event ol
Senator Miller's death.
Senator Uowen, of Colorado, thinks it
fnir lcglRlativo warfare to mnko usa of the
tariff hill to eocno the protectionists into
voting for silver coinnge.
It is predicted thntthenextcongressionnl
elections will nhov whctlKT or not the low
tariff democrats ran afford to separate
from tho protectionists.
Tho.'republicati contestant for Congress
man Weaver's scat claimed to have cvl
denco of 300 illegal votes cast for his ad
versary, and part of these ho traces to tho
insane asylum.
The success of tho temperance movement
in Georgia is oncournging the prohibition
is tw of Tennessee, especially in the eastern
half of the state, and an effort will be made
to elect representatives of tho movement
to the next legislature.
The Washington correspondence of the
llotilou Post intimates that the silver prob
lem will be solved by a compromise, and
that Speaker Carlisle will bo the medium for
adjusting the differences between the presi
dent and the silver men.
Thcro does not appear to be a sentiment
strong enough iu Now York to justify tho
calling of a convention to revise the stato
constitution. Tho prohibitionists favor
the project in the hope that they mny get a
prohibitory amendment submitted to tho
people.
The opinion is growing in Nevada that
that state has been represented in tho sen
ate long enough by millionaires who pur
chased their beats, and a party is forming
favorable to an honest election. ICx-Con-gressman
Wren is tho candidate of tho lat
ter faction.
A Philadelphia paper has. information
that tho decision of the Missouri prohibi
tionists not to voto for any man for tho
next legislature unless ho pledges himself to
support a prohibitory constitutional
amendment and a local option law mny
disturly the plans of some candidates for
the next Uuited States bonatorship from
that state.
A CONVICT'S DEATH.
Urn. Anna Taylor IUus Her Iilfo Sen
tence iu the Anuiiiosii I'oiiiteiiltir'.-v.
Mrs. Anna Taylor, a convict serving a life
sentence iu the Anamosa penitentiary died on
the evening of Sunday, February 14. She was
8enter.wed for the crime of murder. The crime
was cummitted In Clinton county, John S.
Taylor, who is also serving a life sentence, be
came enamored of her. She returned his pas
sion. They had clandestine meetings hut be
came Impatient of the restraint Imposed uK)ii
them by Taj lor's wife. They resolved to get
lid of tho wife, and planned to kill her by
poison. Anna bought the po!on and Taylor
administered It. The wife died suddenly and
In terrible agony, reproaching her husband for
his pcrfklity. The day the wife was consigned
to the earth Taylor married Anna. Suspicion
pointed to their crime and they wero soon
afterward arrested, were both convicted nnd
(cut to the penitentiary for life. Mrs. Taylor
was llrst sent to the Ft. Madison penltcntlury,
where thti served two years. Then she
was transferred to the Auamosa p3n
Itenllary, and hud been thero three years
when she died. She was a victim of
consumption. Towards the last she
became petulant In temper and was very
troublesome. She protested her innocence to
the last. An abhorrence to being buried in
the couiict's cemetery tilled her mind contin
ually. Kvery cent of money she could obtain
by making fancy work and selling it was jeal
ously hoarded to buy a lot In Kiverside ceme
tery and t'j pay the expenses of a civilian's fu
neral. At the time of her death she had gath
ered enough money for the Jmrpose. Warden
Martlu directed that her wishes should he
carefully carried out. Tho funeral as held
Monday afternoon, Feb. 15th, at 3 o'clock.
The body was enclosed In a handsome coillu
aud tho melancholy white plumes of the hearse
waved above It In the blunte.riug wind as the
little corUige moved to the city of forgetful
ncss, where are neither palaces nor prisons.
Sho was 35 years old when shu completed the
journey of life.
"II BATE IOWA SOLDIERS'
Tlio liitRt WorttN of J ml go lumen I
Mitchell or NcbruaUa.
Dps MoineH (la.) special: This afternoon
both houses ol the legitdaturo adopted reso
lutions of congratulations of tho reunion,
nnd proceeded in a body to join the pioneer
legislator.'', vrhotQ meeting was addressed
by Judge Iliburd, ex-Go v. Gear, and others.
Speaker lfend, on behalf of tho prexent
house, presented a cano to Hawkins Tay
lor, ns tho representative of Iowa's terri
torial legislature.
When .lames L. Mitchell was called, he
spoko a few sentences, his last words being,
"Uravo Iowa soldiers," when ho suddenly
fell. There was contortion. Senator Cald
well, a physician, wns near, and gavo In
stant nttontion, as did another physician,
but it. wue ol no life. Ho was dead. Tho
assembly adjourned in great sadness, .1. 11.
Giinucll hiviling them to hold a memorial
meeting nt tho Grand, where ho hud an up
poinlmeut tospcuk.
Judge Mitchell was captain of company
K, Twenty-ninth Iowa. At ono timo he ro
sided in 1)uh Moines. IIo was iu the Iiouho
of tho ninth general assembly, and took a
furlough to attend the oxtrn Honnion; wan
badly wounded at Jenkins' ferry. IIo sot
tied at Nebraska City after tho war uud
his death nrentosa vacancy in tho judgeship
of tho second district of Nebraska, llowns j
50 year old and of stalwart. Iramo uud im-
posing nioin. Tho addresses at the evening
meeting paid high tributo to hia character
and public serviie.
The Eight Hour Movement.
The eight hour movement, says a Chi- J
cngo dispatch, is ns-iiining formidable pro
portions in this city, nnd promises to ba
very general among wngeworkors, both
organised and unorganized. Already the
Jlricklaycrs' union havo decided to stand
for eight hours work at elht hours pay, ou
Mny 1, 1KN0, ns recommended by tho Fed- I
erii'tion of Trade and Labor unions of tho
United Htntes and Canada, uud us they
number 1,001) inou in fact all working at
tho trade iu Chicago theirilBiuaiul is likely
tobemccded to. Tho I'lasterei-H union,
numbering some 1.501). have taken like ac
tion, as also the lathers, carpenters and all
building trades. Tho Ciganuaikers' union
bus also decided to make a stand for eight
hours, and tho Tvpo)!rnihiial union, num
bering mhhc 1. 000 meinliers ywteiduy de
cided to rll into line and work eight hours
Irom and after Mny Land inviU-d tho
other pi inters' unburn in th country to
co operate. Tho uneral feeling among tho
woikciH Kcrtus to be to accept elht bourn
pry torclghthourti work. hih uiHMMtyetur.
urn nnd employers jtvwrwllv ln iit hm to
htrviiuoublyoujiet to tbwr prodding.
THE PARADISE OF PROGRESS.
THE WAIL OF THE ror.T OP THE PUTOIIB.
In old Anno Domini
(Vanished hath the nnclcnt style)
Men could look upon the sky,
If the earth were wholly vile.
Now nlas, "Wie heavy change!"
All our star-gazing Is done;
Terrible machines and strange
Glide between us and the sun.
Land laws onee. they left us when
Our democracy was new;
Gavly they came back again,
Came the sea laws, air laws too.
" Fined for trcspasclng on brine,"
Kvery day wo note It less,
" Killed when bathing on the lino
Of a submarine express I"
In old Anno Domini,
Iu the happy days gone dim, '
Men could sail upon the seas "
At their pleasure dive or swim
On the panda the children played;
Now the sand, they tell us, fails;
There's u tax on every sp.idc,
Stringent rules concerning pall.
In old Anno DomlnJ,
Men were simple, merry, kind;
Never struggled for the sea,
Never yuarreled for the wind.
Earth hath been a peaceful place I
Free from folly, free from jars
Were the simple, early race
That could look upon the stars 1
Andrea Imwj, in Longman's Magazine
Doctor Antekirtt.
A SEQUEL TO MATH I AS SANDORF.
3E5y Jules Terne,
AUTnOIl OF "JOURNEY TO TIIE CENTItE
OF TIIE ItARTII," " TRIP TO TIIE MOON,"
"abound Tnr. vonu) in eioiitx
DAYS,'' " MICHAUTi STKOOOFF,"
" TWENTY THOUSAND liEAOUia
UNDEB TIIE SEA," ETC., ETO.
Translation cojtyrtoMtd by O. 11. llanna, isss.
CHAPTER V.
TOE WIDOW OF STEPHEN BATIIOnT.
Tho arrival of Doctor Antekirtt had
been noised about not only iu llagusa,
but throughout tho provinceof Dalnnitio.
Tho nowspapers, after nnniiuneing tho
schooner's arrival, had hurried down to
tlio prey which promised to yield such a
series of sensational articles. The
owner ol Savarona could not escapo tho
honors nnd drawbacks of celebrity.
His personality was tho order of the day.
Legend had seized upon him for its own.
No ono knew who ho was, whonco ho
camo or whither ho was going. This
was just tho thing to piquo public euri
osity. And naturally where nothing
is known tho liold is mora open and
imagination has moro scope.
The reporters, anxious to gratify their
readers, had hurried in to Gravosa
some of them even wont out to the
schooner. But tho personage about
whom tho rumor was so busy was not to
bo seen. Tho orders wero precise. The
Doctor would not receivo such visitors.
And the answers given to tho visitors
wero always tho same.
" Whero does tho Doctor como from?"
"Whero ho pleases."
"AVhorois ho going?"
"Whoro ho likes."
"But who is ho?"
"No ono knows, and perhaps ho does
not kuowany moro than you do."
Not much to bo gained for their
readers from such auswers as these.
And so they gave roins to their imagina
tion. Doctor Antekirtt becamo all thoy
pleased. Ho becamo all these inter
viewers at bay thought fit to invent
To somo ho was a pirate chief. To some
ho was an Africau king cruising incog
nito in quest of knowledge. Somo
aflirmed that ho was a political exile,
others that a revolution had driven him
from his country, and that ho was
traveling for purposes of science aud art.
Tho readers could tako their choioo.
As to his titlo of Doctor there scemod to
bo two opinions; in the opinion of somo
ho was a great physician who had
effected wonderful cures in desperate
cases ; in the opinion of others ho was a
great quack who would havo had somo
difficulty in producing his diplomas.
Under any circumstances tho physi
Bicians of Gravosa and Ragusa would
havo no chanoo of prosecuting him for
the illogal practice of modicino. Doctor
Antekirtt maintained a constant reservo,
and whonover a patient had dono him
tho honor to consult him ho invariably
declined.
Tho owner of tho Savarena took no
npartmonts on shore. Ho did not cvon
enter any of tho hotels in tho town.
During tho first two days after his arri
val at Gravosa ho hardly got as far as
Kagusa. Ho contontod himself with a
few walks in the neighborhood, and two
or three times ho took with him Point
Poscade, whoso natural inteUigeuco ho
appreciated.
lint if ho did not go to Ragnsa, one
day Pescado went thero for him. Ho
had been sent on somo confidential
errand, nnd these woro his replies to tho
questions asked him when ho returned :
"And so ho lives in tho Stradono?"
"Yes, Doctor that is to Bay, in tho
best street of tho town. Ho has a houso
not far from tbo placo whero thoy show
visitors tlio palaco of tho old doges; a
magnificent houso with servants and
carriages. Quito in tho style of a mil
lionaire." "Aud tho other ?M
"Tho othor or rather the othors P
answerod Pescado. "Thoy live in the
samo neighborhood, but their houso is
down a narrow, winding, hilljr Btreot
that tako you to houses that ato more
thau modest."
"And their houso ?"
"Thoir house is humble, small nnd
dismal looking out side, but I should
think it was all right iiibido. It looks as
though tho people that lived thero wero
poor and proud."
"Tho lady V
"I did not seo her, and I heard that
nho hardly over went out of tlio Buo
Marinolla."
....
' '
NO, YOIT CAN STAT, BOUIK, YOU AltK
"And her Ron?"
"I saw him, Doctor, as ho camo back
to his mother."
"What was ho like?"
" Ho seemed thoughtful and anxious.
Thoy say tlint the young follow has secu
sqrrow. And ho looks like it."
"Hut, Pescnde, you have soon sorrow,
and yet you do not look liko it. "
"Physical suffering is not moral suf
fering, Doctor. That is why I havo
always hidden mine and even laughod
over them."
After this tho Doctor stopped his
walks about Gravosa, He seemed to bo
waiting for something that ho had not
desired to provoke by going to llagusa,
where tho news of his arrival in tho
Savarona was of courso known. IIo
remained on board, and what ho was
waiting for happened.
On tho 20th of May, about eleven
o'clock in tho morning, tho Doctor was
examining tho quays of Gravosa through
his telescopo when he suddenly gavj
orders for the whale boat to bo launched,
entered it and landed at tho molo whoro
a man seemed to bo watching for him.
"Itishe," said the Doctor. "It is
really ! I recognize him, though he is
so changed."
Tho man was old and brokon down
with age, and although he was not more
than seventy, his hair was white and hia
head was bowed. His expression was
sad and weary, his face was feebly illu
minated by tho half-extinguished look
that his tears often drowned. Ho
remained motionloss on tho quay, never
hnving lost sight of tho bo.tt since ho
left the schooner.
The Doctor looked as though ho did not
see tho old man, still less roeognizo him.
Ho took no notico of his presence.
Hut before ho had taken many stops tho
old man advauced upon him, humbly
uncovered.
"Doctor Antekirtt ?" he asked.
"Yes," answered tho Doctor, looking
at tho poor old man, whose eyes as they
looked at his gave not the slightest sign
of recognition.
Thou ho added :
"Who aro you, my friend, and what
do you want with m ?"
"My narao is Jlorik," answered the
old man, "and I am in tho scrvico of
Madamo Bathory, and I have been sent
by hor to ask you to make an appoint
ment for her to seo you."
"Madamo Bathory?" repeated tho
Doctor. "Is sho tho widow of tho
Hungarian who paid for his patriotism
with his life ?"
"The samo," answered tho old man.
"And as you havo never seen her it
would bo impossiblo for you to know
her, seeing you are Doctor Antekirtt"
Tho Doc. or listened attentively to tho
old man, who kept his oycB on the
ground. Ho seemed to ask if tho words
contained sonio hiddon meaning.
Then ho resumed :
"What does Madame Bathory want
with me?"
" For reasons you can understand, sho
desires to havo an interview 'with you."
"I will go and seo her."
"Sho would prefer to como to you on
board."
"Why?"
"It is important that tho interviow
should bo secret."
"Socrot ? From whom ?"
"From her son I It is not dcsirablo
that Mr. Pierro should know that
Madamo Bathory had a visit from you. '
Tho reply seemed to surpriso tho
Doctor ; but ho did not allow Borik to
notico it
"1 prefer to go to Madamo Bathory's
house," said he. "Can I not do so in
her son's absence ?"
"You can, Doctor, if yon can arrange
to come to-morrow. Pierro Bathory is
going this evening to Zara, and ho will
not bo bock for twenty four hours."
"And what is Pierro Bathory?"
"Ho is an engineer, but up to tho
present ho has not boun able to securo
an appointment. Ah 1 life ha been
hard for his mother and him."
" Hard 1 answered the Doctor. " Has
Madamo Bathory been iu want ?"
Ho stopped himself. The old man
bowed his head uud his chest heaved
with sobs.
"Doctor," said lio at last, "I cannot
tell you more. In tho interviow whioh
the desires Madame Bathory will toll
you all that you should know."
It was evident that tho Doctor was
thoroughly master of himself to oouccal
hia emotion bo successfully.
THE ONLY FltlF.ND OUIt FAMILY HAS.
" Where docs Madame Bathory livo ?"
asked ho.
"At llagusa, in tho Stradono quarter,
at 17 iu tho Hue Marinclia."
"Can I see Madamo Bathory to-morrow
between ono and two o'clock in tho
afternoon ?"
"You can, Doctor, and I will intro
duce you."
" Tell Madamo Bathory she can expect
mo nt that tinio."
"Thank you, iu her name," replied
the old man.
Then after some hesitation :
"You "may think," added ho, "that
she wishes some favor of you."
"And what may that bo?" asked the
Doctor, quickly.
"Nothing," answered Borik.
Then, af or an humble bow, ho walked
away down tho road from Gravosa to
llngusa.
Evidently tho last words had boon
rather a surpriso for tho Doctor. Ho
remained motionless on tho quay, look
ing after Borik as ho walked away.
And when ho returned on board he shut
himself up in his room and remained
there during tho rest of the day.
Point Pescndo and Capo Mntifou took
advantage of tho holiday thus given
them. Thoy did themselves tho pleas
ure of visiting tho inir as spectators. To
say that the active clown was not tempted
to remonstrate nt tho clumsy juggler, or
that tho powerful wrestler did not burn
to take part in tho struggle between
tho athletes, is to say what is contrary to
tho truth. But both remembered that
thoy had tho honor of belonging to tho
crow of tho Suvuronn. They remained
ns simplo spectators, and did not sparo
tho bravos when thoy thought them
deserved.
Tho next day tho Doctor went ashore
a little alter noou. After ho had sent
tho boat back he started along tho road
from Gravosa to Bagusa a lino avenuo
a milo and a quarter long, bordered
with villas and shaded with trees. Tho
avenuo was not as lively as it would bo a
few hours later, when it would bo
crowded with carnages and loungors on
horse and foot.
Tho Doctor, thinking all tho time of
his interview with Madamo Bathory,
followed ono of tho side streets and soon
reached tho Borgo Pi He, a kind of stone
arm which stretches along tho triplo lino
of the fortifications of llagusa, Tho
gato was open, and through tho three
walls gavo access to tho interior of tho
city.
A splendid paved road is tho Stradono,
extending from tho Borgo Pillu to tho
suburb of Ploccc, after passing straight
through tho town. It runs along tho
foot of a lull on which rises quite an
amphitheatre of houses. At ono end is
tho pdaco of tho doges, a lino monu
ment of fifteenth century nge, with an
interior courtyard, Roni'issanco portico
and semicircular windows whoso slender
columns aro worthy of tho best period of
Tuscan n rc h i t ee t u re.
Tho Doctor had not to go as far ns
this. Tho lino Marinolhv that Borik
had mentioned tho day beforo turns off
to tho left about the middlo of tho Stra
dono. If his pace t-lackoned at all it
was when ho throw a rapid glanco at a
mansion built of granite, whoso rich
facade and i-qunro out-buildings woro to
thorightof him. Through tho open gato
of tho courtyard ho could seo tho muster's
carriage with superb horsos, with tho
coachman on tho box, whilo a man-servant
was waiting on tho flight of stops under
tho olegnnt veranda.
Immediately uf forwards a man got into
tho carriage, tho horses camo out of the
courtyard, and tho gato closed behind
them. This was tho individual who
tlireo days beforo had accosted Doo or
Antekirtt on tho quay at Gravosa; ho
was tho old banker of Trieste, Silas
Toronthal
Tho Doctor, desirous of avoiding a
meeting, turned quickly back, and did
not resume his journey until thocarringo
had disappeared at tho end of tho
Stradono.
"Both in tho samo town I" he mur
mured. "This is chance ; itia not my
fault."
Narrow, steep, badly paved, and of
poor appearance aro tho roads which
open on to tho lo't of tho Strndoiie.
Imagino a largo rivur with tho tributariai
on ono of its sides all mountain torrents!
To secure a little air thd houses clustor
on tho hilUsidu one above tho other and
touch ono nnolher. Their eyon look
into their cyos, if it is ullowiible, to to
speak, of tho windows or dormers thai
opeu along their fronts. Thus they
mount ono over nnother to tho crest of
ono of tho two hills whoso summits aro
crowned by Forts Mincelro and San
Lorenzo.
No vehicle could travel thcro. If tho
torrent was absent, except on days of
heavy rain, tho road was none tho less n
ravine, and its slopes and inequolitio?
wero rendered passable merely by stops
and lauding-places. There was n great
contrast between tho modest dwellings
and tho 6plcndid mansions of tho
Stradono.
Tho Doctor reached the comer of tho
Rue Marinella and began to mount the
interminable staircase whioh did duty
for it. Ho had gone nlwut sixty yards
when he stopped in front of No. 17.
There was a door opened immediately.
Old Borik was waiting for tho Doctor.
Ho introduced him without saying a
Avord into a room cleanly kept, but
poorly furnished.
Tho Doctor sat down. Thero wai
nothing to show that he felt tho least
emotion at finding hinmolf in this houso
- not even when Madame Bathory
entered and said :
" Doctor Antekirtt?"
"Yes," said tho Doctor.
"I should havo liked to havo saved
you tho trouble of coming so far and so
high," snid Madamo Bathory.
"I camo to call on you, Madame, and
I hopo you will think I am quite at your
service."
"Sir," replied Mine. Bathory, "it
was only yesterday that I heard of your
arrival at Gravosa, and 1 immediately
sent Borik to request an interview with
you."
"Madame, I am ready to hear what
you havo to say."
"1 will retire," said tho old man.
"No, you can stay, Borik I" answered
Mme. Bathory. " You nro tho only
friend our family has, and you had
better know all I nm going to say to
Doctor Antekirtt,"
ITO EE COXTINUKD.I
All Indian .Jury Trial.
Recently n large number of Piutcs
from the 'northern part of the county
congregated here for the purposo of try
ing Willow Creek, Charley for killing
his wife. Court was convened by
Naehes. iu the court-house yard, where
the walls reflected the sunshine and
sheltered the jury and spectators from
the eool north wind. Twelve stalwart
bucks, among whom wero two brothers
of the deceased woman, wero selected
ns jurors, and a large number of In
dians, wrapped iu blankets, and several
whites, were present as spectators.
Tho jurors were sealed in two rows of
six each, facing each other, the avowed
friends of the accused being- on ono
side, and those who were supposed to
be indifferent as to his fate, and thoso
who were to decide the ease according
to tho evidence anil customs on the
other. All smoked cigarettes vigorous
ly, the accused furnishing tob.ieeo from
a sack of the weed to all who desired it.
Naehes opened the ease, and, though
he spoke in his native tongue, ail who
heard him readily perceived that he is a
natural orator. "Words llowcd from his
lips rapidly though emphatically, and
his gestures wero graceful and dignified.
IIo was followed by Doby John, dipt.
Charley, Paradise 'George, Leo Winne
nuicca, and Paradise Charley, a brother
of the dead 'squaw. Knch and all of
of Ihein made eiequont talks, and never
hesitated for hick of words.
Princess Sarah, the only woman,
white or Indian, present, spoke in Eng
lish, giving tho substance of tiie
evidence given by the men. She said
the murdered woman had lived on the
Pyramid reservation many years ago,
and acquired bad habits. She left her
husband, went to Quia river, and took
up with tho accused, who was then a
boy. She lived with him for eight
years, and frequently went to their
wickiup drunk. Charley also became
nddieted to drinking, because ho know
his wife was unfaithful. While crazed
with liquor, he killed his adulterous
wife, and when he became solwr forgot
what ho had done, uud supposed that
she had run oil'. A month after ho
committed the deed, it occurred to him
that he had murdered her, and he told
her brother, Paradise Charley. Char
Icy approved the act, and as ono of tho
jurors, advocated tho acquittal of his
sister's slayer, on tho ground that he
was justified in killing her. All the
Indians agreed that "firewater" was a
curse to the tribe, and thoy earnestly
beseeched the young men to let it alone.
Tho jury, by unanimous consent, ac
quitted the accused, and then each In
turn lectured him on the evil of drunk
enness, and entreated him to bu sober
and peaceable henceforth.
Tho deliberations wero conducted
with much gravity, and only when
Doby John referred to his noso as an
indication of his love for whisky, and
told the accused and tho young men
generally to follow his advieo rath
or than his example, did the solemn
visaged jurors Imjulgo In a laugh. ll'tH
nemucca Silver Stale.
Which?
Tho board of directors of an Ohio
bank held u meeting the other day, and
after tho body had adjourned tho presi
dent sent for the cashier aud said:
"James, it has boon a long timo sinca
vour books wero examined."
"Yes, sir."
"Tho board has deckled to employ an
oxport to go through them. The re
sult will ohow that you aro strictly
honest or havo been embezzling from
us. Aro you ready to accept tho situa
tion?" '
"Of courso I am."
A week after when ho wrote from
Canada, ho kindly inquired: "Has
your expert discovered tho which of it
yotP Please charge my account with
$9,600 additional, and believe mo yours
truly." Wall St. News.
In gazing upon tho forbidden garden that
crowns some lofty hill Inaccessible, to us, wo
mny forget the fruits aud (lowers that are ly
ing In profusion at our feet uutasted aud un
appreciated. It cost tho people of thU country (0,500,000
to feed nnd blanket tbo Indians last year. In
1S83 the cost of these wards reached nearly
$10,000,000.
It BaTCflFuol, Anyway.
Old Settler In Tho I.owiston Journal.
My health got run down, I failed in
trade and I thought I would go to
farming. I bought mo a pieco of land
in Aroostook, built myself a cabin and
Ect to work elenring it. This was for
ty years nco. It was in tho fall. I
didn't havo timo to build much of a
house, so I just clapped shingles over
tho cracks. It was rather cold for us
my wife and mo. Wo didn't elcop
very comfortable night3. A friend told
us to get an air-tight stove, put a big
chunk of wood in when wo went to bod,
and the conls would keepall night and
warm the cabin. Thoso round sheet
iron air-tight stoves had just come in
to fashion then. I got mo ono nnd
set her up. A short timo beforo I turn
ed in, I put in a heavy chunk of beech
wood that I'd sawed riijht off a log.
We turned in early nnd began to talk
over our prospects in our new life.
"What a grand thing that air-tight
stovo is for us, Mary Ellen," says 1.
"Yes." says she, '"but ain't it get
ting a little too warm for comfort?"
I told her I didn't know but it was
and so I turned down ono quilt. Be
foro wo got to sleep wo had to turn
down another quilt. It was a cold
night but that now nir-tight seemed to
heat up tremendously.
"I never saw such a heater, Jerry,"
nays Mary Ellen.
"Neither did I," snys I.
In tho night I woke up nnd it was so
warm that I turned down another
quilt nnd left nothing but a sheet over
us. Well, in tho morning I got up and
went to tho stovo to stir up tho coals
and put on sonio more wood. Coalsl
Bless ye, there wasn't a spark in tho
stove! That big beech chunk wasn't
oven charred. Thero hadn't been
enough firo in thnt stove, nil night, to
tech oil my pipe with. Tho beech log
was too soggy to warm us up, bub
that new air-tight stovo and our im
agination did tho business iust ns
well.
ABoy Hero of Gettysburg;.
0. C. Collin in a I.ecturo in lloaton.
Thero camo upon tho screen tho
manly countonanco of a boy of 10,
Lieut. Bayard Wilkcrson, conimand
iiiR Battery G, Fourth United States
Artillery. When tho war began his
soul was on firo. His father obtained
for him a lieutenancy in the regular
service After Fredericksburg, in tho
absenco of tho, captain, ho becamo
commander and carried tho battery
to such efficiency that he was honored
with tho right of tho line. On tho af
ternoon of tho first day on Bar
bour's Knoll, north of Gettysburg, ho
was under n severe liro from thirty-six
rebel cannon. To encourage his men
ho eat on his horso amid tho tcrriblo
Htoiin nnd directed tho firing. A shot
crushed his leg, and ho was laid upon
his blanket. With his sword ho twist
ed a tourniquet to stay tho flow of
blood, then severed tho mangled Hosh
nnd torn cords with his own knifo.and
went on directing tho firo of his can
non. Pin ched with thirst and burning
with fever, ho sent a soldiur to tho
almshouse to fill his canteen. When
he returned a wounded soldior said:
"O that I could hnvu a taste of thatl"
"Drink, connade, I can wait,"1
said Wilkeson, and tho soldior,
unablo to stop when onco tho cooling
draught touched' his lips, drank it all.
Lieut. Wilkeson was takon to tho
almshouse, fell into tho hands of tho
rebels and died that night because
thero was no ono to ministor to his
necessities. "To mo," said tho lectur
er, "Bayard Wilkeson for patriot
ism, heroism and sacrifice will bo ov
er an inspiration."
Tho Trials of Youth.
"Tommy, will you have somo moro
pudding, my son?" asked Mrs. Smiley
at tho Christmas dinner. Thcro was
a largo company prcsont, and sho
Bpoko very pleasantly to Tommy, for
sho was afraid ho might bo disagreea
ble Tommy was in the habit of mak
ing disngrecnblo remarks when thero
was company. "I don't know whoth
er I will tako any moro pudding or not.
You aro always saving that I eab as
much as four boys.' "Why, Tommy,
you know bettor than that." "Yes,
you and pa aro always sayijig I'm no
hotter than a pig. Aro you suro
enough in earnest when you ask mo if
I want somo moro pudding?" "Tom
my, I'm ashamed cf you. Won't you
have samo moro pudding, just a little
moro? Come now, that's a good boy,"
said Mrs. Smiley, looking at him as if
sho would liko to skin htm nlivo.
"Well," replied Tommy defiantly,
"I'm in a fix. If I say I want some
pudding, then you'll say after tho folks
aro gone that tho littlo pig had to
havo pudding twico. Jf I don't tako
any more pudding, then you'll say
that I ato so much turkey thnt I
couldn't eat any moro puddin' when
you offered it to mo. Darned if I know
what to say." Texas Siftitigs.
A Disgusted Soldier.
From Toxas Sittings.
An Irshnmn serving in tho United
States army in Texas and belonging to
tho infantry was in tho habit oi stand
ing with his toes, pointing inward, to
remody which tho Sergeant continually
addressed him whilo on parade with,
"Stick out your toes, Patrick." It
took Patrick years to acquire tho
habit of sticking his toes out. Just
about tho timo ho had succeeded he
was transferred to tho cavalry, where
his habit of sticking out his toes inter
fered much with his usefulness as a
horseman. Tho Sengeanb was con
tinually calling to him: "Stick In
thoso toes, Patrick," much to his dis
gust, nnd he oxclaimed with tome em
phasis: "Divil tako such a service.
For fivoyears itwnsnothlnjs but 'stick
out your toos, Patrick,' and now it'u
stick In your toes, Patrlok.' Thwrii
is no plana tho blackjuftrda."