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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1891)
POST-MERIDIAN. AITCIINOO.V. When In thy Rlaai thou ntudiest tliy face, Not long, nor jvt not feldoin. halt n polled And linlf attracted: xrhvu llioti hnst lichcld Of Time's rIoiv r.tvas-es the c nimhllng trace Deciphered noiv with ninny an Interspace Tho charnctcis cretthile thnt Ileuuty Rolleil), Anil In thy thront u i-hoakliiK fear liutli swelled Of low, prow n cold, vliiilltiK thy einlirnce: OjuIiI'M thou hut rend my vnzcof ti'mltrncia Affection fused with pity previous tears Would brln? relief to tliy unjust distress; Thy visage, even ns it to me npiK'iirs, Vould mviii to thee transfigured; tbou would'st blest I We, uhonmnLso, Dearest, seal red wlthyenrsl i:vknino. can not wither he rVrlium not pray hairs Nor furrowed cheeks bavo made the thrall of Time; For Sprlntf ll-s bidden under Winter's rime, And violets know the victory Is theirs. Eien k the corti of Kt'ypt, unawares, ffYond Nllut shelters with eniuilflng s'lnie; 'So Etna's hardening cnis-t a more stililliuu Volley of pent-up tires nt InK prepares. O face yet (air, If paler, and serene. With sense of duty done without complaint t O venernhle ero'Mi: a living Kreen, Strength to the weak, ami couniko to tho faint Tliy blenchiiis locks, thy wrinkles, bavo but lieen Fri-sh heads UKm the rosary of a salntl Wendell I. Garrison In Century. MSCUED M LUCK. In the fall of 1800 I was employed as a clerk in a Kcneral fstore at a crosH voiiila In southern Imllatia. The store, chtirch aiml a hluck-milli nliop, with two rtst tlenecs, uindc up (lie buildings, and the, families of the merchant and the black smith were the only resldent.s. The coun try about was thickly settled tip, how ler, and trade was always good. llcforo the mcreliMut engaged me lie announced that I would have to nleep in tho storo o' nights, and that unless I had pluck enough to defend thu place against imi mnders he did not want 1110 at any price. 3Io hhowed me a Khotgun, u revolver, ami spring gun, which were ti&eil, or on rtrnnd to lie tiBcd, to defend the place, and ithc windows were protected with Btout blinds, and tlio doom by double locks. The close of the war had drifted a bad popula tion into Indiana. Tho highways wero full of trmnp, and there were hundreds o 'men who had determined to make a living Tjy some other menus than labor. Sev eral attempts had been made to rob the 'store, and it had come to that pass that no clerk wanted to Bleep there alone. The merchant seemed satisfied with tho answers' I gave him, and on a certain Monday morning 1 went to work. That siitne night a store about four miles away was broken Into and robbed and tho clerk seriously wounded. Two nights later three horses wero stolen in our neighbor hood. At the end of tho week a farmer whojWT.s on his way homo from our store ivnti robbed on the highway. If I had not Ibecn n light sleeper lrom habit these oc currences would have tended to prevent too lengthy dreams as I lay In my little bedroom at the front of tho second story. The revolver was always placed under my pillow and tho shotgun stood within trench. The spring gun was set about mlilwny of tho lower lloor. It was a double barreled shotgun, each barrel con '"tjtlning a big charge of buckshot, and tho lumi who kicked the string and disoliavged "tho weapon would never know what hurt . Oilm. ttdid not seem possible that any ono : vonlil break into tho store without urous- , ing ine. There was no door to my room, ' and after the people in the neighborhood had gone to bed 1 could hear tho slightest noise In the store. I had looked tho place over for a weak spot, and had failed to And It, but. my own conlldence camo near proving my destruction. I should have .told you, In describing the store, that just over the spot where we set tho spring gun was an opening through which wo hoisted anil lowered such goods as were stored for a time on the second lloor. When not iu use this opening was loveted by a trap door. Toward evenln- 'ti tho tenth day of niy clerkship, I lie "d up a lot of palls jindTulis, and had just lluishcd whentrado became so brisk that I was called to wait upon customers, hater on I saw that I had left tho trap door open, and I said to myself thaf I would let it go until 1 went 'to bed. Tho store h 1 tho only burglar proof safe for miles around, and it was customary for tho farmer who had 100 or so to leave It with us. Ho received an envelope iu which to Inclose It, and ho could take out and put In as ho liked. On this evening four or llvo farmers came In to deposit, and, as I afterward llgured up, wo had about ijl.oOO in tho safe. There were two strange faces in tho crowd that evening. Ono belonged to a roughly dressed, evil eyed man, who an nounced himself as a drover, and tho other to a professional tramp. 1 gave tho latter a piece of tobacco and some crackers nml choc; o and ho soon went away, and W) were so busy tip to tl o'clock that I did not glvo the drover much attention. "When wo camo to shut up the store ho had gone from my mind altogether. Wo counted up the cash, made soino charges in tho day book, and it was about 10 o'clock when the merchant left. 1 was tired out, and I took a caudle and mado tho circuit of tho store, set the spring gun nun went lo bed. 1 bad to pass within nix feet of the trap door as I went to my Toom, but 1 did mil see it. It was a rather chilly night iu October, and wo hud no llres yet, and as 1 got under tlio blankets tho warmth was so grateful that I soon fell asleep. It was tho llrst night I had gone to but without thinking of robbers and wondering how I should act iu ciiso they camo In. I did not know when 1 fell asleep. I suddenly found myself half up right In Ixsl, and there was an echo In tho store, us If the fall of something had aroused mo. It was 1 o'clock, and I hail loen asleep almost three hours. Leaning on my elbow, I strained my ears to catch the slightest sound, and after n mlnuto I hoard a movement down stairs. "While I could not say what It was, a sort of instinct told mo that it was m-ulo by .tonio liuuiau ix-lug. Kverythlng on tlio street wns as silent 7s tho grave. My window curtain wua up, nnd I could see that tho sky lmd thickened up and was very black. I did not wait for the noise to bo rojH'utwl. I was just as sure that some ono was iu tlio storo as if 1 had already wen him, nnd I cnpt softly out of bed, drew on my trousers, and moved out Into tho big Toom, having tho revolver iu my luind. There was no door at tho head of tho stairs. I Intended to go there and listen down tho stairway. As 1 was moving across ttlio room, which was then pretty clear of goods as far as tho trap door, 1 suddenly recollected this opening and changed my couroo to reach It. It was terribly dark in tho room, and one tinfuinUiur with tho pluco would not huvu dared to move a foot. Half way to lliu trap 1 got down on wiy hands ami km-vs, and as 1 reached (hp jK-nliig, I bellied down on my Momuch. Thorn was a dim Ilulit down klatrs. Thut wt Itlul thu fact I hut miiiiu ono wits In th toro, After a mlnuto t heard wliUpors, then tho movement of feet, then a certain t-oumt which located the Intruder to a foot.. I drew myself forward and looked down the opening. I could sec n lighted candle and two or three dark figures at the safe, and 1 could hear the combina tion being worked. .My llrst thought was to drop my hand down and ojien lire in their direction, but 1 remembered thnt we had so many articles hanging up that no bullet had a chance of reaching to tho safe. I was wondering what to do when 1 heard one of the men whisper: "It's all d d nonsense. We might Work here a week and not hit it." "Hut I told you to bring the tools nnd you wouldn't," protested another. "Oh, dry tip" put in a third voice. "What we want to do Is to go up anil bring that counterhopper down and make him open the box." "I'll give tho cussed thing a few moro trials," said the llrst man, and I heard him working away again. My eyes could not have told me the number of robbers, but my ears had. There were three of them, and they were no doubt desperate and determined men. They spoke o bringing me down to open the safe as if no resistance was anticipated or taken into account. Indeed, they might well reason that they had me at their mercy. The rain was now falling, the night was very dark, and a pistol shot In the store could not have been heard in either of the dwellings. If they had rellectcd that I ' might be armed, they would have offset ' it v. Ilh the fact that I was a boy of IS, , with a girl's face and probably a girl's nerve. 1 don't deny that I was a bit rattled, nnd that my lip would quiver in spite of me, but I wns at the same time fully determined to protect the store if it I cost mo my life. How to get at tho fel- lows was what bothered me, but that trouble was soon solved. "There," whispered the man nt the combination, us lie let goof it, "I won't 1 fool here nnother minute. That kid knows I the combination, and wo can muke hitu wo'-k it. Come on." They were coming up stnirs. The best place for me would be at the head of tho stairway. The stairs hail a half turn in I them, and I would lire upon tho first man who came within range. I heard the men coiniui; back to the stairway, and my ' iter'., gave way. It wasn't from coward Ice, but tlio knowledge that I was to kill n human being lipid me. I decided to retreat to my room, and, if tliey persisted ' In coming that far, I would shoot. Tho I trio had rubbers on their feet, but they I came up stairs without trying very hard I to prevent making a noise. Tho ono who came llrst had the candle, and, us he got to the head of the stairs, I saw a knifo in his other hand. They made no delay in approaching my room, and with a great elTort I braced myselt lor what I saw must : happen. They could not see mo until I within three or four feet of the door, and their Hint intimation that I was out of bed was when they heard mo call out: "Stop, or I'll shoot you!" I hud them covered with the weapon, and for ill'teen seconds there was dead silence. Then they got a plan. The man with the candlo dashed It on tho lloor, nnd I suppose they meant to rush In on me iu the dark but 1 checkmated It by opening lire. They then either meant to retreat down stair. or toward the rear of tho lloor, for I saw the three together moving olT, and fired at their dim llgures. Three seconds later I hero was a great shout of horror, followed by the Iro : mentions report of tho double barreled spring gun, and then there was absolute I silence I think I stood In tho door, shaking like a leaf, for fully threi minutes before tho silence was broken by a groan. Then it camo to mo that tho robbers had fallen through the open door upon tlio cord leading to tho gun. 1 sti uck a match, lighted my own candle, nnd, going to tlieopcning, saw t lino bodies lying below. Untitling buck to tho bed room to recharge inv revolver, 1 then went down stairs to investigate. It was as I suspected. Tho three had pitched down together. The top of one's head hud been blown oil' by the shot, mi second hud a liolo iu his chest us big us your list, while the third, who was responsible for the groans, was severely wounded in both legs. It was three months beforo ho could bo put on trial, and he then got four years In prison. The whole thing was a put up job. Tlio "drover" wns a t'hlcago burglar called "Clawhammer Dick," and ho had hidden himself in tlio .store thnt night, and then let his pals in by tlio back door. They had a horso and wagon iu tlio rear of the building, and tho plan was to rob the store of goods us well as to get at tho money iu tho safe. A bit of carelessness on my part not only saved tho store nnd probably my life, but wiped out n very desperate gang. Xew York Sun. A ltoyut " Cute of nmerKHncy." Tho 1'rlueess of Piedmont's dress caught in the spur of nnolllcer of lancers; result, a tremendous rent in tlio sweeping skirt, and a long whisp of gown trailing on tho lloor. Before tho princess had tlmo to appeal to ono of her ladies in wailing, tho crown prineo of Prussia had produced a pretty lit t lo morocco etui, from which he extracted a dainty pair of scissors, and kneeling down at the feet of tho bride skillfully cut away the wreck. After ho had oHVctuully relieved tho prin cess of her incuuibraneo ho rose, bowed profoundly, returned his "caso of emer gency" to his pocket and resumed his place by tho king's side, amid the subdued mur murs of satisfaction of all tho ladies near him. Tho tremendous social success thnt at tended his graceful little net Ion was tenfold enhanced when, later m in the evening, it camo out that, on Victor Kinmanuel complimenting hlu uncut the forethought ho displayed iu carrying a complete trousse about with him, even In tho ball room, "our Frltx" replied: "The whole merit of tho idea belongs to my wife, sire, not to mo. Long ago she gave me u rocket necessalro with all sorts of useful things iu It needles and thread, button hooks, sticking plaster and scissors, ns you saw Just now and mado mo protnlso to keep It always Iu my pocket wherever I went. What took place Just now only proves that lam a lucky fellow tolmvo such a clover wife to look after me." "Mon archs 1 Have Met," W. lleatty Kingston. 1'luU In New York. Tho flat system is move and more ex tending, and while It gives rct for the weary and freedom front nnnoyance on the one hand, it on tho other hand, a hi Paris, covers up some amount of linuior nitty. It enables, however, a great many poor girls employed in stores, telegraph ollloes, theatres, etc., to go by twos ami threes tottothcr and get cheap and com fortable home, h Ich they cunnot get In largo hotels or jwor, oxm-rowded hoard li.g hou.es with wretchedly cooked food, llehls, they gtt to lutvea pridu lit their lulls homo, wliieh iWy wiuiu with tuMu and comfort. .Now York Our. Kniua City Journal, Muyn't OUuMMdW Kiul niWo4 w cor rvolly culled utrutu doiiwr A HUNT OX THE PLAINS. HOW SOLDIERS CHASED ELK THE NE3RASKAN HILLS. IN i:xritlii Moment for Morses as Well lis Men Plan of Attack 1,'poii a Herd A lllir lllllieli of Sleepy Kill .V Shower of Snow HalN. Not more than a hundred yards nwny was n line grouping of gnino that would have de lighted the heart of Landsecr, nnd certainly delighted mine. .Slowly retreating until tlio friendly ridgo once moro covered us, wc crawled back through tho cactus to rejoin our horses nnd our impatient comrades. As I mounted I said briefly thnt our time was nt hand and the battle not far on". I beliovo tho horv-s knew this better than tho men, for ns I camo crawling back through tho snow every eipiino ear iu the party followed mo as closely as if I had a bushel of oats in my posM-xsion; nnd when 1 mounted my own little borrel ho was trembling from head to foot, nnd ho laid his uoso against my knee as if to gain information in his own ixxniliar wny. 13 very horse in that platoon knew as well as every man what was ahead of him nnd lietter, too, for all of them had been iu those exciting chases moro times than two thirds of tlio pnrty. Tlio only noises that broke tho hush of tho still morning wero a few hurried whisjKrs and tho ominous clicks of tlio breech locks ns tho cartridges fell homo iu their chambers. All tho horses' cars wero as rigidly set toward tho crest, about a hundred yards nwny, us if they were a chargo of fixed bayonets, and tho red dilated nos trils, tlio fixed eyes and tho heaving breasts showed that tlioy, too, felt all tho excitement of their masters. THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN". Wo had arranged our plans tlio night be fore, and now we hurried to carry them out. Down tlio hollow of tho rnvino tho hunters, separated from ono another by a space of from threo to four yards und facing tho ridge that hid us from tho unsustccting elk, wero stretched liko u skirmish line, whilo I rodo out in front of tlio center of tho lino just far enough to bo easily seen by all. Looking hurriedly along tlio littlo line, 1 saw thnt all wero ready, with tho loaded carbines pointing in tlio air, tlio butts resting on tho right thighs, and a couple of spare cartridges in eacli man s baud, liaising tlio butt of my carbine, high iu tlio air ns a signal for start ing, 1 took a half dozen steps forward ut a prancing walk, brought tho carbine down to a level, nnd tho lino took up a trot for a dozen yards. Then I raised tho carbine muz zio ii) nnd tho parly broke into a long, swinging gnllop. Half way across tho frosted slope, tlio carbine was raised to full arms length, und wo burst over tlio ridge at a gait that Hanover or Inxpiois might envy, nnd with an unbroken lino worthy of tho Cent On riles. Tho swift imimtus carried tlio sweeping crowd half way from tho ridgo to tho sleepy elk beforo tho latter gained their feet, und by tho time the duiufounded brutes had "bunched" tho llr.t net of an nll'righted herd wo wero right in among them. Many of tho older hunters dropied their carbines across their s.:iddlo bows, and, draw ing their revolvers, delivered a deadly ilro nt blinding range. Dashing through this littlo bewildered herd like a gust of wind, tlio hunting party swung to the left of tho slope of tlio long ridgo where, from 1.10 to :i00 yards away, tlio main herd had "hunched," 000 to MX), if not 1,000, strong. With all tho rough rattle of shots, tho hard hitting of horns against horns, und thoilruiuliko clatter of tho hoofs, there was a singular silence, incongruous with so much rapidly varying excitement, for orders had been given that not a whisper should bo heard till tho elk had broken in mi orgaui.e.l run in a delinito course. As the western wall of elk horns ojiened iu that direction, with u princely buck nt tho head, there went up from us a yell thnt clove tlio very clouds, and scattered the baud only to bunch again. That shout delayed them hardly three seconds, but thnt three seconds made a success of tho hunt, and before it ended wo wero among them, every cltien nnd toldicr now his own indi vidual commander, und responsible for his own success. A KHOWF.lt OF SNOW I1A1.L3. Far down on my right the marshal's enr blno hud boon knocked from his hand by the horns of a plunging buck, while near me, on tho left, a burly Wurtuinborger corjioral, with empty, smoking pistol, brought the bar rel down liko a club on thu head of nil elk that wns trying iu the crush to push its way directly over his horse. Tlio elk fell to the ground stunned. It was hand to hoof nnd horns for a brief second or two, and then the great surging mass broko to tho westward and tho long chase began. It had been all our wny so far, but to the lussistnnee of tho herd there now came ono of the mast unex pected allies that even an old hunter could imagine. It was tho soft snow, that up to this time had helped us in tracking them; for, ns tho herd surged ahead, there came from their feet one of tlio most persistent showers of snow balls, of iron liko con sistency, that any one was ever called on to face, and wns surpasM'd only by those thrown by the horses themselves, which, strung out iu disorder, the men and horcs iu the rear had to face as well. Kvery ball that struck u horso delayed him. Ono man, struck on tho head, was disabled from managing his reins, wliilo nnother, struck full iu the face, had his upju-r lip split upon to the teeth. Many followed his example und withdrew from tho battle. The elmso over, tho party slowly assembled near the bodies of the tlrst victims, und tho two wagons with n number of men putting in an uppearauee from camp, wo retraced our stejis to it, each one recount ing his personal adventures. It was growing dark as tho sergeant iu chargo of tho wagon jvirty rnpjied at my tent anil rcjxirtcd; "Tlu wagons are in with tho carcasses of nineteen elk, and I am satis fied wo have gotten them all, sir." The next day wo started for home, Frederick Schwutka iu Tho Century. Tho Will turn of America. It Is twice as diflicult to keep waiters under control here as iu Kurocau cities. They liavo to lo constantly watched cr they be coine careless they Uko the manners of good waiters. The fact ts, the average American diner is the best imttuvd man on earth. Tho swells ot tho hij;hont rank iu this country will accept attendance iu the dining room thnt would drive a Frenchman Into hysterics. Thu full-blooded American, if his digestion is jKTfect, w ill Uxtr anj thing with an easy good nature. If a trained waiter from Paris or Ivondon is placed in ono of our leading hotel or roktuunmt dining room, lie is coiwpicuou for his duferom und ivevt. lie is polite, quick and dexterous, and attempts to as&ikt good digentiuu by show ing a tlwiro to please at every movement. But among Amsriean (vitrous thoo lut,iu will w war out in 1dm than a month if thu waiter is net whu-ImI i-)o4y. They Uniume kx tlrt, uiwl that stop is fol lowed by toogrwul lumiuarity. The lunlmiov and good nature of ilw uusats and the talk and nlrof theoUwr waium ruins lilm. No Iwtd waiter own Up a large rwritiiiriiut or dlnlnif room Mjm4tU tilt wd Imlp In Urn tt, tuwl it is liUW IkMUyIh wwluru tritii lintel UlMldvr lit UluUi PoUUATUt, Ill tteti.rl. Customer What's the charge? Darber Thirty cents. C Thirty cents! Why, I thought you cl urged only fifteen cents for a shave. D. Yes, sir, but you see you haven double chin. (. Do you slinvo yourself U. Yes, sir. C It is w ell that you do, or your shaving would ruin you. You would be charged sixty Ci'Ks every time. B. Why sot C Because the way you talked to me dur ing t he oMrntiou of shaving shows you have a quadruple chin. Boston Courier. A Financial Itlutr. 'J! Bracer (the tough) That chump sand bagged me. Mr. Oflleer! Mr. Mellel-soil Knn'lwigged benothin'i I'm down from Dutchess county t' buy a boss. Thnt feller tried t' grab my bank, V I jest give him ono with tli' institoniioii. Puck. Another Victim. Romantic Lover (to himself) Sho has re fused me. Sho shall sutler! I will darken her life at the cost of my own. Ah, ha, proud beauty! You shall drag through the coming years knowing thnt a suicide's blood is upon your head. Shoots himself. Curtain. Tho Proud Benuty (reading from the paper thu next day) Mr. A. S. S. Softhead, a houiderat Mrs. Sliindiet's boarding house, No. IkvKEI Avenue X., committed suicide last evening in his room. Ho bus appeared un well for several days. Tims one moro case is added to the long list of sad suicides from la gripi-. New York Weekly. A .llrun I'llng at tin- Central City. First Manager St. Louis is a pretty dead theatrical town, isn't iti Second Manager Dead is no nnmo for it. You have to tend carriages to the dendlienW;. First Manager But a good deal depends U)H)n wlint. the at traction is, doesn't it? Second Mimugor Doesn't make any differ enco nt nil. You couldn't get a good audi' enco for tho Declaration of Independence) with tho onginul cast. Chicago America. Itell'ltllltliill. Tho salesman in the music store hud suc ceeded at last, after an hour's hard talking, in working oil" u cheap, wheezy, screeching llddlo on a customer ut lour times its value. "Where shall 1 send iW" ho inquired. "To No. 1114 Slugg.street, Hut A." Tho salesman's jaw fell. Ho had moved with his lamily the day beforo to No. 014 Slugg street, lint B, on n two years' lease, Chicago Tribune. Tho liil lii ts tint l.Mst Word. "You always say 'I guess,' " sidd tho duko, "and really, 1 detect your Americanisms they're so jolly vulgar." "I noticed you did not, object to borrowing n lew legal tender Americuni-ius from mv brother Inst evening." "True, my dear young lady, but you also might liuvo observed that I got rid of them as fast as I could." Life. An Aliiiiuliig DIsciimtv. Gus Why, Algy, what is tlio matter? Aro you sick? Algernon No, my denli fellah, but I'm fwightened about myself. A doctor told mo yesterday that the air Is pwessiug on mo with u pwessuro of fifteen pounds to the inch. That's a tewwible thing, und I don't Imliovo I can stand it much longer! Muusoy's Weekly. They Wero (imiil. "Go get mo some matches," tho baron or dered his valet, "and sen you try them liefore you bring them. The hist wero no good." The valet goes and returns. "Well." "They aro nil good, sir. I tried them every one." From tho French. .she I.lviil to l.eiirn. Cnustique And so old Mrs. Gadd Mr. deadl Mr. Cury News Yes, dead and buried, Mr. Canst ique Dead and buried! Humph! I'll wager that by this time sho knows all the family antecedents of tlio woman in the adjacent lot. Life. She Mistook the Number. "You ought to have seen thnt young fellow travel when he left thehoiiso last night," said Mabel's younger brother at the breakfast ta ble. "Ho struck a 'J:10 gnit." "No," said Mubel's pa, thoughtfully; "it wns a nine gaiter.'' Washington Star. A Vast DIMeiviU'x, Splugle How did you come out iu thnt em lx)7zlenieut case against you I SMinglo Oh, 1 was discharged, Spinglo By the jury J Spangle No; by no employer. Lawronco American. t he Dlllli lllly. Maiiuim Oh, children! why can't you be good and stop quarreling nil the tlmef Jiinmle Well, ma, 1 want to bo a black smith and Jennie an anvil, but every time I hit her she hollers. New York Morning Journal. Looking for Number Two. Shoo Dealer (to young w idow, who is haul ing over a pile of Indies' slippers) Aro you looking for nuiulier two, nut 'ml Young Willow (blushing) Yea, sir. Are you mi unmarried maul Ilurllugton Free Pre. An lAilmnue. Ono day In nn exewo of folly, Tho tlato 1 lmu reason to note. To take for a tlrnw my dear Molly I "hpoutod" my sirliig overcoat. The sWkU '"lb tbf y merrily Jlngksi, Tho air a us fcwrWing ns wine, My SloUy ' cbwk htslitafiuly tluclod, llw npwt too una divine. A nhM iUltv l4t-ti-tt dbtlMtr, TU INJ1 I l utKhSd U HOM Till kIi-c. iHMt, u I'm a ktiauir, Wo i up tltMt inuc uvMvuau I wwira fui oust now uu) lugt I tmtl IU an ll'u Kt, A Mif fWHtettnt l-lh I in fiij. -imt, rr M kpui, utt tiMgl, It) lAks) tliw fur uto "!( l "imt" it. "Jtatf "" ".. iduApK THI BRAVE AT HOME. Th maid who binds her warrior's sash With smile thnt well Imr pain dissembles, Willi lienenth the (trooping lash One starry teardrop Imngs and trembles, Though heaven alone recoiils the tear. Anil fame shall never know- her story Her heatt hi shed n drop as dear As e'er bedew ed the Held of glory. The w ife w ho girds her hii-dand's sword 'Mill little ones who weep or wonder. And bravely sx-aks the cheering word. What though her heurt lie rent asunder, Doomed nightly In her dreams to hear The liolt.s of death around him rattle, Ilath shetl as snored blood ns e'er Wns iioured niou the ileld of battle. Tho mother w ho conceals her grief While to her breast her son she presses. Then breathes a few brave words and brief, Kissing the patriot brow sho blesses. With no one but her secret (iod To kLo-.v the pain that weighs upon her, Bheds holy blood ns e'er the sori Itec-civetl on freedom's Held of honor. T. Uuci-nnnn Head. How Taper Cur Wheels Aro .Made. Richnrd X. Allen, the inventor of the pajwr car wheel, is iu town just now. Ho is hero lo meet Georgo Pullman. When Allen mado his ilrs. set of paper car wheels in ISO!) ho was laughed nt, nnd it was with difficulty 1 that ho got tho uso of a wood car for six months to test his invention. The Pullman Palace Car company gave him his llrst order for 100 wheels in lbTl, nnd a few years later tho Allen Pupcr Car Wheel company mado 17,000 such wheels in ono year. Ono of the first sets of wheels experimented with under a sleeper is now on exhibition in Hudson, N. Y. It has a record of .'JOO.OOO miles' travel. Only the body of the wheel is of paper. Tho material is calendered ryo straw "board," or thick paper, mado at Morris, Ills. This is sent to tlio works in circular sheets of L'i to 40 inches in diameter. Two men standing by piles of tlieso rapidly brush over each sheet an even coat of Hour paste, until there uro a dozen ot them, which innko a layer. Tho layers are subjected to n hy draulic press, with a pressure of 500 tons. After various other manipulations several of these twelve sheet layers are pasted together, ...... 'I .1... cn ..t ..: i i.i..i.. until mi-iu miu luiiuuii uii uuim uiuchs con taining 120 to 100 sheets each, compressed to C 1-U or 4 inches thickness, just the size to fit tho inner circle of tho tiro. Chicago Journal. A New Application for Klertrlclty. I Pathologically considered, tho electric cur- ' rent has been and is doing a vast amount of good, nnd physicians of tho highest repute do not to-day consider themselves fully pro vided with tho quota of their requisites until they liavo a standard set of instruments. Electricity is by them applied to nervous dis orders, and by surgeons in cautery to great nd vantage. Dut why not go n stop farther? It is a fact 1 thnt, properly applied, tho electric current ell'ectually destroys all diseaso germs in im- , puro water. Then why not destroy similar germs nnd organisms in cellular pathology? Why not apply this attributo to tho extinc tion of all cancerous growths nnd skin or 1 tissue diseases? Thero is room iu tho sugges tion for much interesting experiment. Wo do not mean electro-cautery, but tho applica tion of what wo may term electrolysis to organic life, nnd its resolution into its harm less elements. Kloetrical Review. Italics for Colored Ilellea. All tho world does not know that thero are hair stores in New York where colored belles can lit themselves out in nrtilloiul bangs, switches and knots ull ready to set on. These institutions nro low, to bo sure, and uro located on uniiretentiou.su venues und humble streets; but they undoubtedly fill n very noticeable "long felt want." Tho hnir used in mo mnnuiuciuro oi tneso tilings is blacker than Egyptian night, verv shinv. nnd seems to lend itself to tho kinkim: nroeess with tho . . , , ,.T, Y . 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