A LOVE LETTER.
A letter, lore, a letter, love,
I send to you a letter,
Anil every line's n link, my love.
And every word's a fetter
To bind your heart, by love's own art,
To one who loves you better
Than all the world. Although bet eon
Your city and his prairie
A thousand miles do Intervene,
Fair fancy proves a fairy,
To brine your fac your tender Brace,
Your truth that cannot vary.
A letter, love, a letter, love,
I meant to write n letter,
And every line a link should be.
And every word a fetter,
To bind your heart, by love's own art.
To one who loves you better
Than all tho world. But still I pause.
With precious moments palter.
And fear to tell you all because
I fear to fall and falter.
Like ono who lays, with humble caio.
His tribute on an altar.
Bo take the few poor words I send,
And read the lines between, dear.
And like a lenient lady lend
Your love to make them mean, dear,
All lips would sieak to brow and cheek
Could heart behold its queen, dearl
Kate M. Cleary iu New York Ledger.
THE CAPTAIN'S GRIP.
An old California friend John Wil
son, let us call him for convenience had
been fctrolling about New York, refresh
ing his memory, visiting new points of
interest ami generally "taking in" tho
sights. Iu piloting him round tho city 1
naturally stumbled upon tho Eden Mu
see, and took him in to seo tho grisly
groups and tableaux in the crypt. lie
was very much interested in them and
repeatedly expressed surprise and admi
ration at tho skill of the workmanship
and the artistic ipid realistic ellects of
the grouping and attitudes. , Having
wont the blue during tho civil war ho
was especially attracted by tho repre
sentation of ( nster's last fight; but I ob
served that ho could hardly tako his eyes
off a group of figures in oriental cos
tumes, and that for somo minutes after
examining that group he continued
grave and absent minded. Presently, at
luncheon, I asked Jack what particular
memory that oriental tableau had stim
ulated. I put the question advisedly,
because I knew that my friend had seen
men and cities and experienced many
and strange adventures, and all his sto
ries were good, while most of them wero
apt to be new. So I deliberately angled
for a yarn, feeling that it would har
monize better with a cigar than a fresh
descent into the streets. Jack, on being
questioned, fell once more into kis ab
stracted mood, and. after a minute of
silence, said slowly:
"1 was thinking of a group 1 onco saw,
not composed of wax figures, yet as rigid
nnd motionless, in which an Oriental
boro a conspicuous part."
After this beginning, of course, I did
not let Jack go until he had told his
story, and what ho said is now repro
duced here:
"After tho close of tho war I found
it impossible to bettlo down again to
humdrum work, but I soon found that
if I was in search of adventure it would
bo necessary to try somo other country
than my own. Tho United States was
at that time bound to make up for lost
time. All the business and money mak
ing tendencies of the nation seemed
stimulated to the uttermost. Specula
tion was booming: the war spirit had
put unheard of audacity into all kinds
of commercial enterprises, and, gener
ally, tho hour of the capable had come.
I did not happen to be of these. I had
a little money, enough to live upon
comfortably, and 1 felt no inclination to
go a-grubbing for more. Action, excite
ment, picturesqueness, tho unexpected
were what 1 desired, and I began look
ing over the world for soma situation
containing a promise.
"At last 1 got tired of waitiug and
tried to compromise with myself by a
course of drifting. 1 drifted to tho Pa
cific coast: thou to the Sandwich Islands;
from there to Japan, and after a stay of
several months in ono of tho most in
teresting countries and among tho most
delightful people 1 know I found my
way to Cantou. This was some time
after Horatio E. Lay's fiasco. You re
member about that? No? Well, this
Lay was a blue blooded English diplo
matic fellow, who thought ho could do a
stroke of business for himself by under
taking to organize a fleet for tho Chinese
government wherewith to put down
piracy, at that time very troublesome,
especially in and about Kwangtung.
Lay obtained some sort of authority,
went to England, bought or built a lot
of gunboats, fitted them out for service
and eugaged Capt. Sherard Osborne, a
gallant naval officer, to command tho
squadron.
"But this was not what the Chinese
wanted. Their idea was to man the
vessels with their own ieople, and give
them native officers, too. Of course,
this would have resulted in one of two
ways; either tho pirates would havo cap
tured the gunboats promptly, or the
commanders of the gunboats would have
gone into partnership with the pirates.
That, however, was nobody's business
but that of the government, whoso sub
jects were cutting ono another's throats.
Lay was repudiated; the contracts made
by him were rejected, and, finally, SirF.
Bruce solved tho difficulty by taking
Osborne's flotilla off the hauda of tho
Chinese government. Most of the gun
boats were sent back to England, but
ono at least remained, and tho under
standing was that tho government
would buy her if sho proved up to her
guarantees.
"Now, to test such u boat, it was
clearly useless to send her to Bea with
Chinese officers; and uveu a Chinese
crew could hardly do her juatlco in tho
engine room ud atuko hole. So it was
determined to make u trial trip with a
scratch crew of white inoni urnl when I
heard that they were looking about for
somebody toruiumiiud her I jumped t
the opiwrtumty. ami listened to oiler
,y bt-rvtw.-. ' biuw I was In the
imvy bofuru tho war. mul I had jul it
good tfiNiiuiMlMi ' !' w M "V"
fcelf (Wllliwteiit l" ltHtfu ! MJX
mil Liafl. i.uluuIuM
jur ThuHviv www. wl carrying
cf ono hundred men. Well, I had
friends, and got tho command; nnd
after tho usual trouble in scraping a
ship's company together, nnd then drill
ing them into something like working
order, I was ready for sea.
"Tho Chinese authorities had consid
ered that it would be as well to make tho
trial trip pay expenses, if possible, by ex
tending the tests so as to "ascertain what
the gunbaat was good for in action. At
that time the mouth of Pearl river was
infested by piratical junks, which found
shelte? and e;tsy means of escape in tho
numerous small islands and estuaries into
which the delta of that stream is divided.
Tho pirates usually confined their atten
tions to tho craft of their own country
men, but occasionally, when the grist was
very short or the opportunity very tempt
ing, they would attack some small foreign
merchantman; and. m these cases, they
made it a rule to kill everv soul on board, '
as tho simplest way of preventing those
awkward foreign protests which were
euro to stir the mandarins up to a serious
crusade against them.
"You, of course, understand that pi
racy in China is not regarded ad a hein
ous crime. The Mongolian view of tho
business is pretty much that which ajl
the western nations held in the Sixteenth
and Seventeenth centuries; only there is
less romance and more practicability
about the pigtails. Very respectable
Chinese business ni-?n interest themselves
in piracy along the Kwangtung coast,
just as staid old English merchants used
to interest themselves in smuggling a
hundred years ago, and nobody thinks
the worse of a man for having been a
pirate, provided ho has been lucky at
it. As to the taking of life, there is
Kn miirli Kiiii'vfliiims htiinnnitv in China.
lif,. n.or i k.t littl. wm-Hi livini for'
rlio m.'ii'nritv. that. : ntiblin. nninion isnuito
intlifferent on the subject.
"While I had been drumming up my
crew in Canton I had fallen in with an
American skipper who had for some time
been sailing n good sized coaster for a
wealthy Chinese house. Ho had his wife
with him, and they were both very pleas
ant people. He was a Cape Cod man, not
pretty to look at. fur he had tho leanest
frame and the bi,;ge"t bauds and feet I
ever saw. His hands, especially, would
have attracted attention anywhere, not
only for their size, but for tho look of
the latent muscular power in them. Ho
was not one of those disagreeablo big
fisted men who think it a good joke to
crush your fingers in shaking hands
with you, but when ho did shako hands
with a restrained, friendly grip you felt
the possibilities of his squeozo ilainly
enough. You will seo later on why 1
dwell upon thij physical peculiarity of
Capt. Wiusar, for that was his name.
His wife, I fancy, must havo como from
the south. At all events sho had a
southern complexion a clear pallor
with black eyes and hair and a southern
suppleness and grace of bearing. Sho
was not exactly a pretty woman, but
decidedly pleasing, and her composnro
and quiet, gentle manners won upon
you steadily. Bqth of them spoko Chi
nese fluently, and they gave a favorablo
iinnnmit; nf til. lvrmll
I "They had a special pet in a Chinese '
I i i i m:.. t j i i.. i
steward named Tin-Ling, a burly, round
faced fellow, who would havo passed
muster anywhere for an honest man but
for his eyes. They struck mo as treach
erous from tho first. Ho never looked
anybody squarely in tho face, or en
countered n steady glanco without
squirming. 1 concluded, however, that
his employers understood him, and, any
how, it was no affair of mine. My ac
quaintance with tho Winsars lasted
until tho captain's vessel, a small bark
named tho So Kiang, was "ready to sail
on ono of her regular coasting cruises.
She would be away somo threo months,
and would visit a number of little ports.
I expected to get away about forty-eight
hours after her, and tho evening beforo
sho left I took supper aboard her with
the skipper and we drank a farewell
glass. As I was going away I happened
to seo Tin-Ling leaning over the sido
talking in a low tone to somo rough
looking men in a sampan alongside, and
in a half joking way 1 said:
" 'Winsar, don't you think you trust
that fellow too ranch? If I were in your
place, with nobody about mo but Chi
nese, I should keep a pretty sharp eye
upon a fellow with eyes as shifty as his.'
"The captain laughed carelessly, and
merely said something about Tin-Ling
being all right, and so we parted.
"In duo time I got away on my gun
boat, and down the river we went, the
machinery working smoothly and the
boat answering her helm smartly. We
I were armed with two Armstrong guns
'of small caliber and a couple of Gatlings
..... . n . -A -ii
for close quarters, besides tho usual small
arms, rockets, etc. quite enough to keep
off any number of Chinese pirates, or to
give a good account of them in a square
set-to. It was my intention to begin by
exploring the nooks and crannies of tho
Pearl river delta, and I had taken a
pilot (an old pirate) who knew thoso in
tricate waters thoroughly.
"We reached tho mouth of the river,
anchored for tho night, and next morn
ing at daybreak hove up and began to
thread the creeks and estuaries of that
region, of course with due caution and
tho lead always going. Tho first day
brought no grist to my mill, and that
evening I brought up between two islets,
and, being doubtful of the neighborhood,
I kept a boat's crew rowing guard all
night, for it was so dark in thero that
tho pirates might havo surrounded us
without leing fceen, provided they were
quiot enough. However, wo wore not
disturbed, and tho second day opened
without much prosrwet of excitement.
Probably tho pirates hud got wind of
our expedition and hud made themselves
scarce. In any cane there was nothing
to do but to go on, and on wo went,
Tho scenery wits tntertMtiug enough if I
had cured for thut, hut I wiw fidgeting
U) try the gnus on n mult of jiiruto junk,
mid tho I'lwa of iHiing fooled was not
bOOthllltf.
"Wo were summing lowly along,
dodging end tuniliitf tp uvuM tho nil
inoroiu shuiiU, whvn uMtiily w pooullur
rlpj'Wifif rwtUjntf muih1 bfoku thu iluiic.
1 u! urn rmiiUxl Ihu liuiw U wua
iho mm of h wM vuly,iwl ll
of courso indicated a fight somewhere
and in all probability an attack by tho
pirates on soni" vessel.' I waited for tho
smoke to rise, and thus ascertained tho
scene of the di. lenity, whatever it was.
The white sun. o showed abovo the trees
about four miles off in a straight line as
nearly as 1 could judge, but how far tnat
meant by water it was qui to impossible
to tell. My delta pilot, who had pricked t
tin his ears like an old charger on hear-i
ing the firing, told mo ho knew where
the lighting was going on and could tako
me to it, but it would require a full hour
to get there. Thcro was no help for it,
1 of course. Wo could not straighten or
' shorten the winding channel, nor could
1 wo clap on full speed. The firing mean
timo continued in a queer spasmodic
I way, and at intervals tho rattlo of the
' matchlocks was punctuated by a much
clearer, sharper sound, which I felt Mire
was that of a rifle or a revolver. This
made tho case more serious, for it looked
as though the pirates were attacking a
foreign (that is, European) vessel.
"It was tiresome work crawling
through these passages, and I was afraid
wo should bo too lato for help in rescue
after all. But at last we rounded a
bluff point and camo suddenly into a
sort, of lagoon, threo times as wide
as tho average passages, and then we
saw what all the fuss meant. There
lay my friend Winsar's bark the So
Kiang, fairly surrounded, at a distance
of a hundred yards, by vicious looking
junks, which were popicring her at
leisure, but not yet venturing to board
her. Probably they had suffered from
Winsar's fire and concluded to keep on
shooting from a distance until they had
killed or wounded him and the boat
swain, thev being the only white men
on tho trader. Winsar's
Chinese crew
seemed to have taken no
part, in tho
fight ; at all events they were not visi
ble. The attacking junks were so occu
pied in baiting poor Winsnr that they
did not see tho gunboat for a few mo
ments, and I had tiino to give them ono
smashing discharge from both tho Arm
strongs and both tho gatlings before
they recovered their scattered wits and
sprang to sweep and sail in desperate
hurry.
"I suppose I ought to havo armed my
boats a:id chased the ruffians, but I was
feeling uneasy about Winsar, whoso rifle
1 hail not heard for several minutes, and
I remembered, too, with fresh misgiv
ing, tho sinister looks of the pet steward,
Tin-Ling. So after driving half a dozen
junks ashore I drew alongside of tho So
Kiaug, piped away the cutter and went
nboard her. The first thing I noticed
was that tho deck was deserted. Tho
next sign I looked for was marks of
blood, but thero were none. This seemed
to indicate that tho crow had not risen
upon tho captain, mid perhaps also that
he had not been wounded. But, if nlivo,
where was he? Silenco reigned through
out tho vessel. I went down tho com
pauionway into tho cabin. Thero was
no sign of life there. I of courso knew
tho position of tho captain's cabin and
hastened toward it. Coming out of tho
glaro of tho sun my eyes could not in
stantly adjust themselves to tho senii-
darkness of tho cabin, but by tho time I
rrmrdiptl tltiwlnor I rnnld sen well eiioinrll.
reached tho door I could seo well enough,
nnd tho scene that met moon tho thresh
old brought mo to a dead halt.
"This is tho tableau I thero saw: On
tho standing bed placo lay tho body of
Mrs. Winsar, tho face white, still, fixed,
with horror in tho wide open eyes. A
thin stream of blood had trickled down
her breast. Over her. in tho act of
striking, leaned Tin-Ling, his right arm
extended, with a long knife in tho hand,
and tho point of tho blade suspended not
two inches above Mrs. Winsar's heart.
Holding tho assassin in an iron grip, ono
tremendous hand enveloping his throat,
tho other clasped about tho wrist of his
knife arm, stood Capt. Winsar. His
form was drawn to its full height;
his eyes literally blazed from a face
white as death, and ho stood as if turned
to stone. His steward was as motion
less. Thero were the threo actors in this
frightful sceno, apparently all paralyzed
or petrified; and I seemed myself to bo
stiffening into tho samo ghastly rigidity
as I stood thero looking on.
"At last I roused myself nnd stepped
into the cabin. My movement broke
tho captain's tranco of horror. Ho gavo
a deep sigh, recognized mo and 6aid
wearily: 'Tako this devil, Mr. Wilsou;
ho has killed my wife.' With that ho
relaxed his hold upon Tin-Ling's throat.
I looked at tho Chinnman, whose head
fell limply on his shoulder, and saw at
onco that ho was dead. His neck was
broken, and, in all probability, in the
very moment Winsar set his grip upon
How long tho captain had stood
thero. holdintr the corwso. wo never
there, holding the corpse, wo never
know, but it was at least ten minutes.
As wo raised our eyes from the black
ened features of tho traitor a faint sigh
caught my ear, and, turning to tho bed,
I saw that Mrs. Winsar'B eyelids were
quivering. 'Captain!' I cried excitedly,
'I don't think your wife is dead, after
allt'
"And, to cut a long story short, she
was not dead; sho was not oven danger
ously hurt. Sho had caught Tin-Ling
rushing in upon her with his knife, per
haps bent only upon plunder at the mo
ment; but sho shrieked, and tho steward
sprang upon her. Her husband had
heard her scream, nnd rushed below at
tho very instant Tin-Ling's knife was
descending. Its point had cut just deep
enough iuto tho flesh to draw blood,
when thoso iron hands gripped him; and
I am inclined to think that tho death of
Tin-Ling could not havo been more
midden aud painless had tho agent been
electricity, Instead of bono aud musclo.
"This was tho tableau tho figures in
tho crypt of tho Eden Museo recalled to
my mind," wild Jack Wilson, as wo
passed out into Broadway aguiu. U, F.
Parsons in New York Ledger.
Tim Widow Would llu Ahlo Id J'y,
Youiitf Doctor to Old Doctor Doctor."
I )mvo told you how I am treating tliat
Patient. Dj you think I should tiliaiiuo
the outline of tiuutiiiunt any
"Ihu liu ipd imy iinmuyt"
"N i. hut Ids life U IlimiM "
WmII, Jiiit ntluuo ygur wmt
TAKING GRAVIS CHANCES.
CARELESS RAILWAY EMPLOYES WHO
ENDANGERED HUMAN LIFE.
itiuuilni; on Antithrr Train's Time How
iUf Mrrpy llcudiil Operator (lot Into
Trouble mid Out "f It Tlio ConlrulotM
of a lYleBrnplirr.
I wns formerly ngent for tho West Shoro
road nt a little station a few miles oust of
Ainoteriluni, N. Y. A work traiu, consisting
of mi engine mid n mimlier of lint cars, n us
employed on tho sst'tiou nenr my station.
Knch "night they were exj voted to drop the
Hat curs on somu of the sidings in that vicinity
mill In y the engine up for the night nt Am
sterdam. On tho day iu question tho truiii
hml been worUing later limn usual, nnd when
the tinit cnine to quit they found tlmt they
were tropo-sing on the time of n ;ms.-eiiger
train. lnteml of Hugging themselves to my
station neeonllng to rules, they took chimees
uiul oaiiio Hying down at tho nito of forty
miles an hour, shoved two ears on tho siding,
nnd rushed olT for Amsterdam In front of tho
passenger train, only seven minutes ahead of
her time, when their limit w-ns ten.
KtlHNO TO DEATH.
The engine wns going backward nnd in
order to get to Amsterdam ten minutes ahead
or the jKissengef they would have to ninko
the run three minutes quicker than sho did.
Hv the time they got out of sight they worn
Imrly ih iug. Hye witnesses of tho occurrence
told ine it tool; them julsix minutes to coma
from tho place where they were working,
throw iu the two tints, mid get buck u dis
tance for the round trip of seven miles.
When the engine reached a curve about
half wa between my station ami Amsterdam
tho tender left tho track, nnd both wero
thrown into a ditch bottom upward. Tho
engineer wns killed nnd tire conductor so
badly scalded that for a long tiino his life was
in danger; but, thero belli,; a strain of hero
ism mixed with his recklessness, ho crawled
on his hands and knees back to a curve mul
with n red light signalled the oncoming pas
senger train to stoji. He was found insen
sible from his Injuries when the train pulled
up. Tho track was torn up for a distance of
twenty yards, nnd but for tho fact that I had
notilled tho passenger engineer to Ihi on tho
lookout, null tho conductor's heroism, an np
palling catastrophe would havo resulted,
1 don't suppose thu passengers ever realized
how near they enmo to meeting their God
that day, mid I was informed that tho com
pany did not even compliment tho conductor
for his bravery, to say nothing of paying his
doctor bilU
TIi: Ol'ElJATOIl SLEPT.
Ono of my telegraph friends worked on a
Missouri railroad a few years ago. Ho was
10 years old at that time. Thero wero only
threo stations on his division whero tho pas
senger trains stopped, mid nt Hoonovillo,
where ho was operator, tho conductors regis
tered their trains as they passed. Ho hud re
ceived mi order to flag mid hold tho east
bound passenger for orders, but after repent
ing tho order he forgot to put out Mi flag
nnd aftcrwurd fell asleep. Tho train arrived,
was registered liy tho conductor, and do
parted, Tho westbound train had orders to
run from Knyotto, tho next station enst, to
Hoonovillo, regardless of No. 4 (tho eastbouud
train). Their orders wero already signed,
and so far as tho dispatcher knew, they wero
then on their way to Uoonoville. Ho called
Hoonoville, but got no response. Ho called
ngniii mid again, and Anally my friend, the
operator, awoke and answered.
"Is No. In sight!" ho inquired.
"No."
"Well, you go out on tho plntform nnd seo
if you cun hear anything 5f them."
My friend went out, looked up nnd down
tlio track, but could see nothing. On his way
buck to tho instrument ho glanced ut tho
register, saw that they had left whllo ho was
uslcep, and hurried to tho wire.
"They're gone," wns nil ho had strength
to suy.
"You better tako to tho woods," snld th
dispatcher, "If I can't catch them at Kuy
etto you'll seo trouble."
Then ho culled Fuyctte hurd and fast. "I,
I," cuino tho answer.
"Can you cutch No. UJ"
"I guess so; I'll try."
Then tho wiro opened nnd tho dispatcher
nnd tlio miserable youngster Ht IJoonevlllo
waited with bated breath to know tlio fate of
a hundred unsuspecting human beings whoso
lives they hud put iu jeopardy. At lust it
came:
"Yes, I caught them just na thoy wero
pulling out."
Tho dispatcher's uuud dropped from his
key and his who'.o body shook with tho reac
tion, whllo inspiration streamed from every
pore. Tho operator ut Hoonovillo nearly
fainted away, but quickly recovered, and
opening his koy, suld: "Hero's my resigna
tion; I'm goli'K to skip out."
"No: don't say a word uliout it, and I'll do
likewise," was tho dispatcher's reply, and no
ono but the operators ever know of it.
For ten years I was working us night oper
ator at a small station near the Pennsylvania
border. Night after night I would fall asleep
and fall to report trains, receiving only
slight reprimand from tho dispatcher, which
I know would bo repeated ud infinitum with
out anything more serious coming of it. All
torts of excuses wero invented by tho oper
ators to account for their attacks of sleepi
ness, and some (myself among them) didn't
oven take the trouble to excuse themselves.
I know of one operator who made a regular
practice of pulling his old mattress up before
a hot fire after ho ate his lunch, stretching
himself out, aud going to sleep. When h
woke up he would ground tho wires, find out
from the other operators about what time
the train had passod his station, nnd then re
port to tho dispatcher. This was douo night
after night anil month after month. F. M.
Jones in Buffalo Express.
The Veuerublo MMslier.
Two ladles were stnudlug at tho corner of
Bush nnd Kwiruy street about 0 o'clock
waiting for a cur. Iloth were young and
pretty. An elderly man, whowj mustache
was wliito but curled up nt the ends by the
bur!er, and wbowi tlio und clothing were a
credit to his hatter und tailor, edged up to
the ladies and stared ut them. Ho shifted
arouud, and besides sturlng mule his best
effort at a fascinating smile. Thou b coughed
gently, wiped his bpi with a dainty silk hand
kerchief and smiled again. At last ho llf led
kU hat and bowed. "IniUo," sold one of the
young ladle to the other, calmly, "glvo the
poor old mnu a nickel. Ho U evidently too
thulU to ask (or iu" Ban 1'raucUco lixoui-
luur, ,
Wlmt lutnlliU IJ On.
Bonn fraturws of the tralllo 111 meat ara
niii rimrUbu, as the following Incident
howsi A Imw d) o an omnibus coa
Uuuuir was Imprisoned for ovwdrlvlnif two
aijjsi ninl tliuiiUHl Jwrws wiul i bad pur.
i-Um1 fur uit t nothing. In Iho ilsfviiw
H earn ut inul Him worn out milmslt wru
uuisoid miiUnvw Ut furihor work, but,
ao.njfd.iii5 Ut f uruwr uwur, (or uothr
,,..,.w. Thav wi.ru lllUuilwl Ul fUlllUll
U far Um nuuufauturwr g( Uf m,-Iw
lltiuintien Urdurnl to l'lcurn.
jfThflru is nu English literary man who at
the "nd of each jenr eiietrntes Into tho pub
lish d fiction mid extracts therefrom very
o'teu somo exceedingly Interesting figures.
Tho results of his researches Into fiction of
lSti are entertaining. Of tho heroines por
trayed in novels he finds 3T!i wero descrlUxl
ns blonde-!, while lit) were brunettes. Of tho
Kt.' heroines 4U7 wero beautiful, -71 wero
mnrried to the men of their choice, whllo 150
wore unfortunate enough to lx Itouud in wed
lock to the wrong man. The heroines of fic
tion, this literary statistician claims, aro
greatly improving In health nnd do not dio
ns early ns in previous curs, although con
sumption is still iu the lend among fatal mal
adies to which they succumb.
Early marriages, however, nro on tho In
creuso. The iieisoual charms of thohoroiues
included IHI "expressive eyes" aud 71U
"shell like ears." Of the eyes Mil had n
dreamy look, if.V flashed lire, whilo the re
mainder had no secial attribute. Eyes of
brow n mid blue nru in the uscciiduut. Thero
was found to lo u large increase in tho iium
Ikt of heroines who possessed dimples, IMi
wero blessed with sisters and iil'J had broth
ers. In 47 cases, mothers figured ns heroines,
with U'2 children between them. Of these 71
children were rescued from watery graves.
Ladies' Home Journal.
A Wenllier lllnl.
Probably not ono out of ten of the vast
number of peoplo who frequent State street
ever have noticed tho weather dial that i
cozlly iHTched within a pediment on tho At
lantic bank building.
Those who do notice the dial naturally in
quire how it is that the arrow moves as tho
wind blows and indicates the direction of tho
breeze on the cloekliko fnco marked with tho
letters N. E. S. W.
A careful examination front the street will
reveal a big vane stationed several feet be
hind tlio pediment. As the wind blows the
vane, tho vane moves tho arrow by means of
cogs, ono at the bottom of the pole to which
tho vuuo Is attached, working on another
connected with the arrow on the dial. This
simple machinery is located In tho attic.
This dial has been on the Atlantic bank
building about thirteen years, and tho occu
pants of tho building say it has given general
satisfaction, although tho arrow, when tho
wind is frolicsome, sometimes' revolves with
such velocity as to indicate a cyclone.
There are said to bo about threo of theso
dials ia Uso iu this city. ileston Olobo.
A .llullier's Line,
Some vcirs ago tho visitor who wont on
Saturdays to the penitentiary at Fort Madi
son would seo at certain times a lady in tho
I olllce of tho warden. Sho was always veiled
and dressed in deep black, lly her sido thero
would bo a comict, n boy hardly 17 years old,
a slight, handsome lad, whoso frank fuco
seemed in striking disharmony with tho deg
I nidation of tho stripes ho wore.
) It was mother mid win, nnd ho was, indeed,
i hnrd hearted who could witness their meeting
anil their parting when tho allotted tlmoal
i lowed by the prison rules for such interviews
' had expired. Tho mother lived ata distance,
but eveiy week, rain or shine, brought her to
tho placo again to see, to cheer, and to help
her boy, to wring her heart with a fresh
agony, for sho was a proud woman of high
station hi society, but to show that thero was
ono friend in all the world to remember and
to sympathize.
It" has boon years since that boy wns re
leased from tho prison walls, and ho Is today
a prosperous aud honest man. Tho mother's
lovo helped tho boy back to butter ways.
London Church News.
Vtir Cold In tlio lleml.
Thero aro a number of ways of aborting a
cold in tho head, but most of them aro by th
means of quite powerful drugs, which a por
son unfamiliar with their uso Is nover justi
fied iu taking on his own responsibility. Tho
Swiss hothol of treatment Is ono of tho
simplest anil most elllcuciotis. It is applied
In this way: Half fill a jug with boiling
wnter, nnd Into that put a teaspoonful of
well powdered camphor. Eushlou out of
writing paper a funnel, with which cap tho
top of tho jug. The camphorated steam
should bo Inhaled through tho uoso for ten or
fifteen minutes, tho inhalation being re
pented, if required, ovory four or flvo hours.
If, In spite of its unpleasantness, tho Inhala
tion Is insisted in, It.lssald that threo ropo
tltlous will usually effect a cure, howovor so
voro. St. Paul Globe.
The National l''lowr!
A wonderful thing Is clover. It means
bonoy and qruani; that U to say, Industry
nnd contentment; thut Is to say, tho hnppy
bees in perfumed fields, and ut the cottage
gnto old boss, tho bountiful, chuwiug satis
faction's cud, In that blessed twilight pauso
thut liko a beuedlctlou fulls between all toil
and sleep. This clover mukus mo dream of
huppy hours, of childhood's rosy cheeks, of
dimpled bubes, of wholesouio, loving wives,
of springs and brooks mid violets, and all
there is of painless juy and pcueof ul human
life. A wonderful word is clover. Drop tho
'c' ami you havo tho happiest of mankind.
Take away tho 'o' nud 'r' and you havo the
only thing that makes a heaven of this dull
and burrea earth." Col. Itobert O. Ingersoll.
The llntnlan Fly.
Undo Dnbney Jones informed The Edge
field (H. C.) Advertiser that Its account of the
Hesslau fly did not correspond with the gen
erally accepted tradition concerning that lit
tle test. Ho says thut his father, who fought
iu tho revolutionary war, told him that when
tho army was disbanded by Washington a
number of Hessians remained In this coun
try, and, being of a restless, nomadlo tein
jwrament, distributed themselves pretty gen
erally, somo of them drifting down to Caro
lina. The next year thoy sent to tho Fuder
Iand for wheat to plant, and when tho wheut
camo up tho fly upeared, so that the larvm
of tho fly must huvo been brought over In the
wheut. We suppose Uncle Dubuey' account
is the correct one.
Ilewure of These Coins.
The IlrltUh ontml at this jxirt ii good
enough to warp all thoso Intending to visit
Europe that tho Iiritlsh government will not
redeem English gold coins of uduto preceding
Queen Victoria, except nt their bullion vnlue,
Tradosjwople und tho hotels ia London urn
r 'lUingto receive them, except with adlv
count of seven Mjnce or fourteen cents on the
iwund. It will Ihi iivcoswry to avoid rocelv
hiK uny old lirltUh sovereigns or hulf sov
ereigns when buyliiK money to tako nbourd
ship, utiles you aro willing to stand the do
ductlon of two or threo conU on tho dollar,
Ilostou Transcript.
Mr. rniU' JlW'iii'iUllun.
Once, mikI mico only, has Mr. I'urnell lxn
known to qmitu etry In a shiouIi. Work
Ing up lottiird his jwrorulUMi, be doolsrtsl
thut they would never rt until they hml
nmdii lhir oouuiry i wdl iho M dream
I'llst ttawsr U tho imiUi, first jswsl of (he M.
"(Jem. Kmr said tt frtvhd HiUlbow,
"Uii, yi.' rpHil Mr I'mi null, "but wr4
t a mUvr wurd "
J taVtf I ha fl Wild Mho wul MihWUJ a
Id Wad!" nmdm-intf of thofsmllnir )lu wu
Mr Jmmi. lUvww vf UmJ.
CONGRESSMAN CRAIN'S POKER STORY
YTUy llr Wrmi'I Shot on tlm First Nlchft
Hint 1 1 cut It Ksritpril on the Second.
Congressman Crain, who represents
tho Galveston district of Texas, tolls
some remarkable stories of poker play
ing in that state during war tiino. It
was an epocli there of lawlessness and
mob rule, and personal bravery wns tho
quality of leadership. Ono night ho
was playing in a game with threo or
four others, ono of them a desperado
named lloyd. Tho latter took ad
vantage of the conviviality of tho pro
ceedings to hold out a card, and Crain
saw him do it. On tho spur of tho mo
ment Crain said. "Hoyd. you aro cheat
ing I"
It wns a foolish thing to do, unless
with pistol in hand, because it meant;
immediate murder. Hut, to tho sur
prise of every one, Hoyd simply turned
very ptilo laughed and replied, "Crnlr
boards at my house, yon know, and so
I can't aflorti to shoot him."
The next evening Hoyd camo unin
vited Into Crain's room, whero some
other men were, and offered to play
Crain a game of two handed "freeze
out." Tho latter assented and they twit
down at tho table, while tho rest drow
their chairs back and waiteti for tho
tragedy they supposed was coming, A
few minutes later Hoyd again cheated,
so openly that he doubtless intended to
bo caught, and Crain at onco charged
him with the offense.
Immediately Hoyd leaped to his feet,
seized two chairs and threw tlusn into
tho air. Ono of them struck Hoyd as
it fell, nnd ho drew tho pistol ho had
ready, crying, "Crain, yon hit mo with
a chaiti"
"Liko a Hush," says Crain, in telling:
tho story, "my instinct as a eriminaS
lawyer camo to my aid. I saw that his
purpose was to claim self defense m
shooting me. So, without stirring froiu
my seat, I pointed my linger at Boyd,
who had mo covered with his gun, and
said: 'llovd, yon know that isn't true.
I haven't touched you. If you want
to light I'll accommodate you any whero
you liko and with any weapons witliht
nu Iimir of this time. Let's fltrht. if
need oe, nut more s no uccusiuu iur
, . . i , .. : r
murder!' "
Crain's coolness of notion saved lihu
and tho duel nover camo off, bocauso
ru! i.. 1 II,. U.....1 n L.rw...OT.
Boyd's acquittal of murder subso-
nuontlv. Later on, however, Uoyu
was killed with his boots on hi n row.
-Washington Star.
A Moron's Intelligence.
IV 111:11 01111101 tl'im.' HIT liuiou rtiiuiia
XTt i lw.-,.
that 1 am not proceeding on my pro-
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best stylo and proceed to tlio nccus
lUMIUll t;iiutuil( i"JH, imhiuhk mi; bu
It ll-11f t I-..
rt a
tho church door, and woo to tho teuio
that mav ehauco to tret hi ahead
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Will HO IMUKU L11U ULlUlillll IU Hi ill 11
Iiil' to tho church.
I'U'M Wfl)l4 IIIMI fill fl I I Ml I Jl V. I I.IM1IV
niv wifoout for a rido on Holton inotu
tain, and In going had to pass a church,
VVI S SS V va v-v r jjift w v "T I. -
nfiu iw-iiififi ti urrtii ir wim fimv wi
,. I. it a i f i. At.
on no camo 10 anoiuer ciiurcu, 0110 u
iirinnii Ufa iiriu iiiavriir 1111111 iif in i iiiiih 1
Ktnn. id iiv Hiirnr so J01111 iimuo a
niiH'r MriHiLr iiiiiiri m muii. uu
WH K fllLV I1U Will DJIXS HULL CUUICll UlUI
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A Physician in llartrord Times,
Ciiltlvutlnt; the Kuliliur Tree.
ml... . I. ..,.,.,.. I ,l.i,tlt It, tlm wrtrM'
j - -
Inn nf 11 HVlldlcjltH to CllltiVlltO tllO TU
steps havo already oeen taicon to
nut tho KiLino idea bv sowing tho
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tiii fjiittmv 111 rniiiifr irtiiii liijll imiiui
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III Will irn o vt w j - mwmv
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wmir ir ih ill urusuiiu riiicuuiuuuu u
tiwi it rii rt 11 r unrrfKH fii 1 1 1 in iix iitirii nttii
tho syndicate proposes to carry on til
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not far from the gulf, where thot
ia win 1 iti iiuiaL nil uiiiuiu &ua
operations.
The rubber tree crows witn ureal
nifiitif urwi it rraa rif 11 vnniirii nih w
ittJ,l fliiit fwnnfv f'ftimriH nf mil
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iritsit fi mmmmim mriiru uu luu uuin
to bo Invested. Now York Telegram.
MUtook u fiiiuke fur u Fence UaU
fed Ills hoga tho other morning an
vls onnlni on tho foncu looRiiiff
thoui eat when ho felt Hoinethlng chilJ
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.....i . . 1, tit itr tit (tit, ritiir nit 11
nlauoil his olbow about midway on
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si is iv ii niiiiiiii. ou 111111 iuu h a vaa
11ml tirnu iiiiiftfr mill msi iinun nil 1.
1 itt i j 11
Mi 1 1 fttwl II U VCill lYflllifl MIlDIKrHU. UU
up vigorous and rapid caiwrs about M
rl I I .t......t.,it.rta MP MPUIt
savs ho took hU elbow off us wxm
vj 1 i ia i o vwhii i'"""" r -
found that tho aiinku did not want It
stay on. liu t man TliueS'JoiirimL
mi... ..mi.i.tiu rtKi 1 iiii 1 tit wuiur
i..s iiKiUkiMun itfiiitrti u'iju imuiriMiru.
hi 1807. with a onpltal of ,000,000,
..1. 1,. 1. i'i ruwi 11 1 11 11iy in 1 ia iMintriiiu
hy thu pity of llnmUlyu, I.WX,000
tlm lty ut Now York wnl 5W,Wja
trlvutu inillvhiuiiia, id w tw ih
vii iirliLw wmt in4'W h mi wurni
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