We theiignt B '' HI last anouiil
couie
The ri'x.' would lose its thorn.
nJ every lip but Joy's be dumb
tt'iifii l-"ve. '' Ixjve, was burn;
Thai nriy tears should start to rise.
No tiigui u ertaiie ou mora,
r nuy guests Sif grief surprise
Wiiiu love, sweet Lve. was born.
And when he came, O Heart of mine!
Aol siood within our dour.
No joy ur dreaming could "Jivine
I MO IUC"SIU0, Ml DllH,
The thorns sbull wound our hearts
again,
t... ..... tl.n fanp (if vnn
HUl " .....
For all the guests of grief and pain
Shall nerve him evermore.
Arthur Sherburne Hardy.
fllE heat rolled up In waves from
the suu-sonked land into an at
mosphere already surcharged
with heat. For a number of hours the
birds had ceased song nud twitter. The
sharp chr-r-r of the grasshoppers and
the steady click, click of the harvester
seemed to voice the misery caused by
the stilling air. Not the slightest breeze
ruffled the broad expanse of ripened
wheat; uot a motion except of men.
machine and horses. White streaks of
lather showed on the horses wherever
touched by a strap of leather, and
though they lagged miserably at their
work the driver was too enervated by
the heat to urge them to a livelier
salt.
A bill, broad-shouldered young man
walked toward the team and held up
one hand with a gesture of command.
"Take the horses. Mart, and put them
iu the shadow of the barn; they'll get
siiastruck If you don't look out. We'll
unit, all of us, until It cools off a lit
tle."
lie walked slowly toward the house
and threw himself dowu In the shade
of the porch The other men lounged
In the shadow of the barn.
"Good thing Jeff Cooper thinks some
thing of bis bosses," muttered Mart.
AT Ills FEET LAY HILDA.
"He don't care for anything but what
costs him money. No wonder his wife
left him."
"Where did she go?" asked one of the
men, lazily.
"Nobody knows, unless she went
back to her tolks."
"What did she go for?" questioned
the man again.
"Hot tired of workln' like a beast. I
guess. All ,IelT married her for was to
work. She used to milk the cows, take
care of the bosses and do most all the
chores, then go into the Mold and work.
She drove the team ull through bur
vestiu' last summer."
"She was a Swede, wasn't she?"
"Yes; a strong, red-cheeked young
woman, with big blue eyes, and hair
Just the color of that wheat field dowu
there. A young Swede was workin'
for Jeff, and they left about the same
time; guess there ain't much doubt "
"It's a lie!"
The men Jumped and turned to look
Into Jeff Cooper's white angry face. He
was trembling, but bis voice was cool
Hid steady.
"My wiie never left with any man; It
was not like her. No better, truer
woman ever lived, and any man who
ir. s to say anything different may an
swer to me." He clenched a pair of
liuge lists and looked at Mart, who did
ml answer for a moment, then he
asked,
"What did she go away for, then,
and where is she?"
"1 don't know: but I know that when
1 Hud her she will be as good and pure
a u littlicoiiild."
'"I'i'y you hadn't 'predated her a lit
tle mure when you had her," returned
lart, scornfully. " 'Most always If a
"mil thinks anything of his wife he
don't set her to workln' outdoors, like
a man."
"1 uever wanted her to work out
doors. She liked to 'tend the horses
nd drive them, to sit on the harvester
ud ateh the wheat fall. 1 did every
thing fui ber tlint I could. You thought
whin you built n mud bouse for your
that you bad done wonders; I
built a frame house for mine, mid put
a I'orcli on It, when every board In It
ost me most n bag of wheat, and that
otjhe railroad twenty miles away."
"Look! 'Look!" interrupted one of
the men. "A cyclone!"
The men jumped to their feet. They
tt'ulil hear, the distant roar coming
nearer and nearer, nnd nil earth ,.,id
lle heavens seemed tilled with the
eathorliiR fury.
"It's going toutli of us," said Mart,
uopvfully.
"'1 here's ei.ough of it coming here.
Get the horses into the cellar, cjuiek!"
wniiiuinded Jeff, running ns he spoke
to the horses, that stood pulling at their
miters, their sensklve ears pricked for
ward ns they scented the coming tor
nado. Iu a moment men nud horses
were U the cyclone cellar uud the
TliE THRILLING
The cycle whirl is the latest sensation of the bicycle world, savs the New
I ork Journal. This apparatus mnkes it possible to hold bicycle races on the
stage of a theater. In fact, there are two pursuit races daily at a New York
theater, in which several noted stars of the cvcling world take part.
Ihe men whir) around the basin with almost incredible speed. So steep is
the track banked that the men appear to defy the laws of gravitation. To the
spectators they seem to be riding around a picket fence slightly tilted. In order
to cover a mile the cyclist has to make between 123 and 150 laps. When two are
going at full speed they present the appearance of two colored streaks Hying
around with lightning speed.
"Dare Devil" Schreyer of mile-a-mlnute fame, and King and Snmuelson.
known as the "hobo" team in the recent six-day bicycle race at New York, are
among the men who risk their lives daily giving exhibitions in the "wooden bowl."
It takes skill of no mean order to race in this latest evolution of the bicycle
track.
heavy door bolted. Through the thick
earth bankiug they could bear the
crash as the cyclone struck.
"It's a big one," said Mart; "If we
get the whole of It you won't see your
house, barn, harvester or wheat unless
you go Into another county and gather
them up."
Jeff did not answer. He was uot
thinking of the safety of his property,
but of his wife. Was she safe out of
the track of the cyclone? How fright
ened she had been the summer before,
when just u slight cyclone had passed
through his tields! How she had clung
to' him iu the darkness uud perfect
safety of the cellar! He could still
feel her strong, young heart beating
wildly against his own as she clung
to him In an agony of fear and dread.
Why had she left him? He had asked
himself the question hundreds of times
since she had left him three mouths
ago. He suspected that she had gone
home: It was only fourteen miles away,
but he was too proud to make uuy
search for her. Surely she would come
back some time! Mart's words burned
his ears, though he did not believe
their evil suggestion.
"It's over, I guess." Mart's voice
broke upou bis thoughts.
He went to the door aud unholted It.
It opened outward, aud when he
pushed It struck something that had
been blown against it. He pushed a
little harder: the door opened a cruck,
and the mun looking over Jeff's shoul
der, said.
"The house's left, for one thing."
They pushed hard against the door
until Jeff could squeeze through. He
looked down at his feet.
"Hilda!"
At his feet, her long, fair hair swept
about her by the wind, lay Hilda. Oue
arm sheltered the baby that Jeff had
never seen; it moved and cried, but
Hilda lay motionless, her white, up
turned face ghastly beneath its coat
ing of dust. Jeff took tlie bany from
her arms and gave it to one of the
men: he then .stooped to raise Hilda.
Mart sprang forward to help, but Jeff
pushed him nsideli nud, unassisted,
carried her to the house and put her
upon the bed. His face was as color
less as hers us he rubbed his hands
and called her by all the old endear
ing names she had been accustomed to
laar from his lips.
"No use, Jeff; she's goue; you can't
bring her to," said one of the men, Iu
the hushed tones one uses iu Uiu pres
ence of the dead.
"She Is uot dead! She must uot die!"
contradicted Jeff. "Hilda! Hilda!"
There was more determination than
despair iu the cry.
"I can feel her pulse." he cried, hope
fully, a few moments later. At last
she opened her eyes, but there was
no look of recognition in them. After
awhile the dazed, bewildered expres
sion left her face, nnd her lips parted
in a smile us she looked at Jeff. He
motioned the men from the room nud
dropped upou his knees beside the bed.
"Hilda, how could you leave m
so?"
A troubled look came Into the child
like blue eyes.
"They did tell me Mart's woman,
and the others that ull you cared for
nie wns to work. And sometimes I felt
that the work was too hard, so I
thought 1 would go away till I was
once more strong aud could work for
you."
"They lied, Hilda! It wns you I
wanted, uot your work! Where were
you when the cyclone struck?"
She wrinkled her forehead a little In
anxious thought.
"I was home. I went out with baby,
nnd I turued this way uud walked a
long time; t lieu I saw the cyclone com
ing nnd was so afraid." She shud
dered, nnd Jeff patted her hand reas
suringly "Then I run. Oh, I run
miles, miles! Then the wind took me
up. and then I forget till I saw you,
Jeff."
Mart put his head In at the door.
"The roof of the barn's goue, nnd the
harvester's missing, aud every bundle
of wheat's been blowed gal'uy west,
and nil that was standiu' Is flat. It
was u terrible cyclone, now I tell
you."
Jeff turned a happy face, nnd said,
"Not a terrible cyclone, a blessed one:
it brought my wife back to ute." Farm
and Fireside.
"CYCLE WHIRL."
CONQUERED THE BAKER.
Elephant Rrougrht His 111-Natured
Friend to Time.
Among the many odd presents re
ceived by Queen Victoria was nn ele
phant, which, when a mere baby, was
sent to ber by an Indian prince. He
traveled as a deck passenger on one
of the Indian mail steamers from Bom
bay, and us he had attained but the
height of a well-grown calf and wns
always docile und tractable, he was
permitted to have the run of the decks
for un hour or two every morning.
By the sudors be was culled the
"bos'u's mate." owing to the penchant
he had for carefully picking up every
loose coil of rope that he could Uud aud
then throwing It over the side, beiug.
ns Jack said, "as bad us a naval lieu
tenant for keeping the decks tidy."
Among other acquaintances that he
formed was that of the ship's baker,
whose galley be soon discovered to be
the place of origin of all the sweet
dainties with which he was feted. Here
he took to making a regular moruing
call, and was generally regaled with a
tart of piece of cake.
But one morning, when he called and
extended his trunk, as usual, the cook
happened to be In 111 humor, and In
stead of a cake the elephant received a
tap on the trunk from the rolling pin.
The blow was not severe, but the
bos'u turned tail and went trumpeting
up the deck, where he took n position
that enabled him to watch for bis as
sailant. Before long he saw the baker leave
his "shop," and having apparently
made up his mind what to do, the bos'n
pumiptly marched down, and with a
lew vigorous sweeps of his trunk
cleared every shelf in the bakery.
Loaves, tarts, cakes, putty pans and
cuke tins lay in a confused heap on the
deck. This achieved, he bolted like a
mischievous schoolboy, and was locked
up iu disgrace; but when the circum
stances became known the popular ver
dict wns in his favor, aud he wus al
lowed his liberty us before.
Bos'n was no sooner set free ngnin
than be marched down to the baker's,
and from that day he never failed to
exact his tribute. It was regularly
paid, nnd he nnd the baker beenme the
best of friends. Youth's Companion.
ELECTRICITY HASTENS CROPS.
New Jersey Truck Farmer Taps Trol
ley Wire for licntlit of UurUcu.
The Bordentowu (N. .1.) Trolley Com
pany is suing one Micbaelis Queutes
ky, a Bohemian truck farmer at New
Egypt, for the larceny of its electric
current. The ciicumstances of the
thett are so peculiar and interesting
and seem to point to results so import
ant as to raise it from u petty crime
into a great discovery provided, of
course, the facts are us stated.
Measurements at the power house of
the trolley company showed that there
was a loss of current somewhere along
the Hue which could uot be accounted
for. This loss had continued for some
time Experts were set to work uud
after much search, discovered that a
farmer bad Ingeniously tapped the
wire conveying the current from the
power house and wus utilizing It to
stimulate the growth of vegetables.
There was a network of wires on
his truck patch, S(J0 by 2W feet, on
which his radish crop whs grown. He
had by this means electrified thegrouud
in some way und claims that since
stringing his wires he finds that radish
es, which previously needed six weeks
to come to maturity, could be brought
to the marketable condition In fourteen
days. This, If true, means that by
causing electricity to circulate through
the ground three crops may be raided
and gathered in the time hitherto re
quired to mature one crop.
This Is of first Importance, says the
New York Times, and if established by
Investigation it Is a discovery whicii
should increase the value of land und
reduce the cost of food vegetables. As
a discovery it would be worth many
fold the value of all the current of the
Bordentowu Trolley Company.
No Deer.
"Bascotn will uever be mistaken for
a deer."
"No, he's more apt to be mixed up
with the modest animal that displays
ears In place of autlers." Wusbiuytuu
Star.
HE WAS GETTING POSTED.
Wanted to Lrarn Something About
the Stirrinit Life of the Wml,
lie had ihe look of a man who would
not give another man a fair show, and
It was only a minute after he sat down
in the seut beside the cowboy that his
nature wus fully exposed.
"I sup)ose you have had some nar
row esctipcs from the Indians?" be
queried as a starter.
"WelL yes." was the reply. "It was
only two months ago that as 1 was rid
ing across "
"And of course you have seen beam
In plenty?" interrupted the Kastemer.
"Y'es. I've seen bears. One day about
six weeks ago. as I whs looking for
stray cattle among the foothills. 1 "
"And 1 have heard that the wolves
out there are very savage."
"Wolves? Well, the timlier wolves
are bad critters to meet when they
happen to lie hungry. One day last
winter, when the suow was about three
feet deep. I was making my way
around "
"And Is it true about there being so
many rattlesnakes out there?" cut In
the questioner.
"There's rattlesnakes, of course," re
plied the cowlioy after a puzzled look
at the other, "and tneblie they are as
thick as the papers tell of. Yes. I've
seen a heap of 'em myself. I was Just
thinking of a narrow escape 1 had last
summer. I had got off my cayuse to
look for tracks or lost cattle, when "
"And were you ever In a prairie tire?"
"Pruirie tire? Yes, three or four of
'em. It wns only Inst August that ns
I was loping across a prairie about
twenty miles wide that "
"And how about landslides aud ava
lanches?" "I've seen 'em both. The biggest land
slide I ever saw was two years ago last
fall. It was over at Panther mountain
I was within half a mile of the base '
"Were you ever run over by a stam
peding herd of cuttle?" Interrupted the
listener.
"Y'es. I was," slowly replied the cow
boy, who, says the Detroit Free Press,
seemed to be somewhat out of sorts.
"Was it a big herd?"
"About 10,(HK) steers."
"And of course you were trodden Into
a shapeless, lifeless mass?"
"Of course."
"That will do thanks. I've always
had considerable curiosity about the
West, and I thought I'd post up a lit
tle. Much obliged for all your Infor
matiou, and good-day!"
RECENT JUDICIAL DECISIONS.
The owner of a team In charge of a
driver Is held In Perlstcln vs. Ameri
can Express Company (Mass.), 52 I.. II.
A. 059, not to be liable for Injuries
caused by Its collision with another on
the uighwuy If at the time the driver
hus depurted from the prescribed route
for some purpose of bis own.
A slot machine seized by police offi
cers under statutory authority for
the prevention of crime, which
wus designed to be used In vio
lation of the gambling laws nud inca
pable of being put to nny legitima;e
use, is held in board of police commis
sioners vs. Wagner (Md.), 02 L. It. A.
775, not to be recoverable by uu action
of reple- In.
Examining physicians who sign a
certilicate required by statute Iu order
to commit a person to a hospital for
dipsoman'acs and Inebriates nre held
In Niveu vs. Ltoluud (Muss ). fi2 L. It. A.
780. uot to be liable to one confined
therein without cause, where they act
In good faith and without malice, since
the privilege attaching to witnesses
and to cases of privileged communica
tions nttucbes to them.
The State, as accuser In a crliulii.il
proceeding, does not seek the convic
tion of one ot its citizens unless the
evidence shows his guilt beyond a rea
sonable doubt, tlie Supreme Court of
Georgia holds, iu the case of Ivey vs.
State (3!) S. IS. Bep., 4Zi); nor will it
permit its prosecuting officer to use
any unfair means in the trial, or Illegal
arguments In his address to the Jury,
to the prejudice of the accused.
A railroad company Is uot liable fcr
damages resulting from an assault and
battery lutlicted by the station agent
upon n person wheu it appears that the
difficulty which gave rise to the beat
ing arose out of a personal quarrel,
the Supreme Court of Georgia holds,
iu the case of Lynch vs. Florida, etc.,
It. Co. CM H. E. Itep.). uud that the
agent, so far as related to his partici
pation therein, was ucting upon bis in
dividual lesponsibility and uot within
the scope of the business of his agency
as an employe of the company.
11 isreprcsen i el.
Subscriber You misrepresented me
In your paper.
Fdltor How so.
Subscriber Oidu't you say I was the
buppy father of a bouncing boy?
Editor Yes.
Subscriber-Well, it's a case of twins.
Ohio State Journal.
Not Going; Into the Milk liusineks.
byte I hiar ihul Perkins bought a
cow when be wns down iu Maine.
Browne Is that so? Why, where in
the world is he going to keep her?
Whyle He Isn't going to keep her.
He shot her for a deer. Somen ille
Journal.
liuiKliun pied.
"He's no piano player."
"You're wrong. lie's a gre.it player."
"A great player! W hy. his hair is no
longer than inlue." Wiislilngti.u S;ar.
Not a Novelty.
"The new Holland submarine boat
stayed under wuter fifteen hours."
"The Spanish fleet did better taan
that." Washington Slur.
Man was made lo mourn and woman
wus uiudo to furnish the cause.
STRANGE SERPENT
I PRAliOX OF THE EVEKGLAOKS."
N enormous reptile, more like the mythical dragon than a I .nil serpent,
has been killed by a hunter in the lower Everglades. For lis) years it
has not only lieen a tradition among the Seminole Indians, who lire in
' the Florida everglade, that an immense serpent made it home in that rig ion,
and they allirm that two Indians had been carried off by the monster,
j Uceeutly Busier Ferrel. one of the boldest and most noted hunter at Oknrbo
! bee. who for twenty years has made the border of the lake and the everglades hte
I home, on one of his periodical expeditious into one of these lonesome wilds
I noted what he supposed to be the pathway of an immense alligator. For -i
era I dsys he visited the locality for the purpose of killing the saurian, but was
; unsuccessful in finding him.
Finally he decided to take a stand In a large cypress tree and await the
coming of the alligator, taking provisions to last him several days.
For two days he stood on watch, with his riile ready, but without the desired
success. He was becoming discouraged, but determined to give one more day
to the effort. On the third dsy, before he had been on his perch sn hour, he was
almost paralysed by what looked to him like an Immense serpent gliding along
the supposed alligator track, lie estimated It to be anywhere from twenty to
thirty feet long anil fully ten to twelve inches in diameter where the head joined
the body and as large around as a barrel ten feet farther back. The snrko
stopped within easy reach of his guu and raised lis head to take a precautionary
view of its surrouudings. As it did Ferrel opened tire on it. shooting at Its head.
Taken by surprise, the serpent dashed into the marsh at railroad speed, while
Ferrel kept up fire on it until he had emptied the magasine of his ritle, but failed
to stop it.
About four days afterward he ventured back Into the neighborhood to see
how things were, and almitt a mile from where he Hrst saw the snake he saw
a large flock of buzzards and went to see what they were after, and there he
found the creature dead and its body so badly torn by the bur.ards that it wae
impossible to save the skin, lie however, secured its head and has it now la
his home on the Kissimmee river. It is truly a frightful looking object, fully tea
inches from jaw to jay, with ujly. raaorlike teeth.
AMERICAN SCHOOLS EXCEL.
ChicHK" Professor t5 Ives I'nrt U-ulurs o
Pt tii iciuy in Kuroprun (school.
The American schoolboy is two indict
taller than the average Kuropean
schotdboy of a like age. writes Prof.
Watt, of Chicago. I am positive of this
declaration after a tour of inspection
of the various schools of Kurope, nnd
I place the usefulness of the Instruction
Imparted, from nn educational aud h
hygienic point of view, as follows:
First, the I'nlted States; second, Kng
laud; third, Germany, closely followed
by France and Russia.
There is a great difference In the
school systems, but In two ways Is this
more noticeable, viz.. inspection of
school work und Its results. The system
of inspection abroad has been develop
ed to such an extent that it Is more of
a science than an ordinary routine, as
n this country. The Inspector spends
at least a day a month iu each room,
making copious notes of both teachers'
und pupils' work, criticising In open
class the deficient studies and com
mending those that are satisfactory.
1 am willing to concede that it Is pos
sible to be more definite abroad thnn
at home, owing to more spcclHc alms In
A MKltlf'A.
t NOI.AH!.
the minds of both the educators uud
text-book writers. Text books are rare
ly changed abroad, und u student Is
taught rather lo irasp and retain de
tailed information than look for It in
himself. Blinders, us It were, lire
plat ed on his eyes, so that he Is unable
to look sidewise. Certainly these schools
are more advanced In theory than ours,
hue we surely excel I hem from a practi
cal side. We aim lo impart a theoreti
cal und practical education combliieif.
and more nearly to procure the ucme of
usefulness in after years. Then, too, the
natural tendency of the American
youth to upply knowledge us soon us
acquired is a superiority that greatly
aids the teacher lo attain results. I'rob
ubly. nud most likely, the luck of the
foreign student of this essential is on
account of the system of supervision
and restriction that obtain abroad. It is
inmost a crime for n junior clerk to sug
gest uu improvement to Ihe manager
of a corporation and likewise it is con
sidered very bud for a student to ud
vuuee uuy Ideas In class.
Any one of the foreign schools Is bet
ter equipped, more expensive to main
tain und better lilted to exert an Inllu
ence iu the student body than ouis. but
the medieval practice of restrictions,
places them beyond the pale of our
work. Omitting tlie English schools,
u'.y one of the others has a distinct ad
vantage over our schools from the fact
that reading and spelling ure mastered
in three years, because words ure
spelled as spoken. Muiiy of our pupils
ure unable to read English ufter ten
years' steady application. Arithmetic is
much easier abroad, because the tubles
ure founded on the decimal system, like
our money, and require very little mem
orizing. It Is conceded that a boy coin
ing out of tlie preparatory school on
tlie continent Is about two years ahead
of our boy of the same age who is grad
uating from our high school. While
this is true, our boy has done nt least
three years more work In mastering the
reading, spelling nud grammar of our
difficult language with its barbarous
spelling nnd numerous Irregularities of
grammar
Then. too. our high schools take In all
clusi'ss of boys who can afford to re-
SUIN IN EVERGLADES.
FKOM A SKETCH BY AN INPIAM.
main Iu school, because we are an edu
cated people, while In Europe no com
mon boys attend the secondary schools.
Only those who are In training for pro
fessional careers and who are supposed
to be specially well endowed mentally
enter those schools at nil. Again, the
mutter of tilting a pupil so that he Is
able to step Into an office us soon as ho
Is out of the high school Is not consider
ed abroad as It Is here. Little or no at
tention Is devoted to what we call com
mercial training, such as shorthand,
typewriting and commercial law. This
Instruction is only obtained by n Euro
pean student In a college course.
The Name openness of mlud so notice
able In the American youth Is totally
lacking In the foreign student, and he Is
Ueld to the facts In his books until he
has no breadth of range. He spends
much less time In the open air and
takes less exhilarating exercise than
our boys. Add to this the scientific ven
tilation of our classrooms, the dnsh of
our methods, shorter hours of Instruc
tion, more cheerful methods, periods of
relaxation more frequent, and It Is no
wonder our boys grow two Inches taller
than the foreign boys wheu tuken age
for age.
OK It MANY.
The America II does not work a colt
before lie has grown, and It Is on this
Ideu that our educators refrain from
putting our students to Ihe severest
mental lest. We do uot ask how much
can possibly be accomplished by a
child, but how much Is best for hi in.
The f iillest.answer to the whole ques
tion is to compare the ages of the aver
age college graduate. In this country It
averages about 22 years, while abroad
it Is about 2S years, and from I hut wo
see that our pupils progress slowly In
uu educational Hue ut first, but after
the fuculties are thoroughly developed
a very rapid advance Is made, unit we
aim us nearly us possible to devolep the
menial mid physical natures of the stu
dent ut the same time, 'ihe success of
this plan, 1 think, is evident from the
number of young men ut the head ot
the many large Industrial establish
ments successfully competing with the
product of the world In every Hue.
A tucHlioii of Need.
"What have you douu with ull the
money 1 gave you for cumpalgu pur
poses?" asked Senator .Sorghum.
"I have put It where It wus iiucdcd,"
answered the agent.
"'flint's what I thought," was the dis
consolate answer. "Before I can rely
on getting It ull placed 1 suppose I ve
got to wait until you get more tliuu you
need." Washington Star.
Kliu Wouldn't.
"Be mine!" he cried.
But she wouldn't, for she was an heir
ess uud knew that he looked upon her
us a g'.dd "mine." Phlludcluhiu Bullu.
I tin.
Every time a girl falls to get a letter
from her steady she looks upon the
mull carrier with suspicion, and, rather
than think tlie steady has grown cold,
she concludes the mall carrier has
stolen the letter.
If you do not receive a buttle of elder
berry wine occasionally as u present,
you have no friends who ure really old
fashioned. Too ninny people do what they
should do and then expect credit for lu