BQYS.
ET w. ji scnr.:ri
I could have tolfl Lord Staines thai, Indif-' T"''ii ' yi too after So'oloi
remit on tile hnnttntr was llua-n u n i wi-morrow raoium:
".And to think," he went nn, without
heeding niy remark, "that she has spent
, the whole of her life in a country parson
age! Somtich for rural simplicity! Why
there isn't one of tlresc Bolgravlan women
who could hold a candle, to her for cool
tin!" . ,
1 don't know what he hil exported her
to nay or do, hut he was evidently an
noyed, and added that he wouldn't be in
Jim's shoes for a tride, He was obliging
me with his views upon feminine nature
in general, which, I am aorry to say, were
too disrespectful and too crudely expressed
to bear repetition when someiiody called
out to him that it was his turn to play.
lie had a long and rather difficult shot
to make, and at the Instant when he was
drawing hack his cue HiklaalUf a sud
den stepped close behind him. so that be
certain country gentleman to the neigh-
n uo was aevoiea to it, heart and
soul; that tins gentleman had recently
presented a well broken Middle horse to
in Ketrotneu; ana turtho, that when
Bracknell was-not out hu, ' o with tho
couple aforesaid he .was air. Ing himself
in some other and perhaps lass innocent
lasmon in the company of sneot them.
But I did not tell him this, partly becanse
I was not asked and partly because I am
constitutionally averse to being blown up
sky high. -r '
A few days before that on which tho
wedding had been appointed to take place,
I was invited to luncheon at the rectory,
it having been intimated, to me that I
should tie expected to make myself nsef nl
subsequently in helping to move furniture
and carry out other preparations for the
feast at which Mr. Turner proposed to
entertain his friends after the ceremony.
When 1 arrived I found Jim and sir.
Sparks, the curate, seated in the drawing
room, with our host, bnt Hilda was con
spicuous by her absence. Her absence
fltrt1f.fr ll1 Btiuntln 4n 4l. .M I L
unit end of it She gave a little crv and i bf 1ulte disagreeably conspicu-
ous when the clock struck half past 2,
by which time we were all verv knnr
having reached the extreme limit of our
subjects of conversation. In the course
thereof It had transpired that Bracknell
had come over in his dosr cart two
fell back uaon the sofa where I w .it.
ting. Bracknell, full of apologies and
alarm, dropped his cue and peered anx-
im!y at the blanched cheeks of the suf
ferer; JiBicaiuetcnrliic nnfmm htms
rim oi uie room; somebody ran for a glass : lnn!e nours before, and had pcr
of water; tho rest of the players crowded ' '"d Hilda to go out for a drive with
round the sofa, and we had quite a little hlm- "But she assured lne," said Mr.
scene. At length Hilda got back her . Turner, fidgeting about uneasilv, "that
breath, and, smiling faintly, assured us ' i)tB wou!cl back very shortly, and I am
that she was not . really hurt I altogether at a loss to account for this
"It is nothing nothing at all," she delay." ,
said. "It was my own fault entirely, and I "oh they'll turn up all right," re
I shall be ail right in'a.few minutes. I turned Jim composedly. "Bracknell
Please go on with the game and don't i mnt """fa what time of day it is. I
lookattne." I don't think they deserve that we shraild
To this day I can't feel sure that shorUd i wait any longer for them, thonc-h."
It on purpose. It she did, I am glad tof ' 1Jere tlie curate, a good natured but not
'Ywira.'.eetioua.t'dftiij.-!:t.ttv '.
"i.:wa U::ackki:iV
I can testify that the above is a strictly
literal repnulucfrou, because I wrote it
down word for winl, immediately after I
had read it, infrkiag u worthy of wmera
brance as a nmosiiy la the way of episto
lary composition.,.' Never,! itiinginc, wag
a trcarherotia act Rioral with more cyn
ical effrontery. Tho writer scorned to have
forgotten altogether that she had been
engaeed to bo teamed in the course of a
few diiya to nn honest man who had the
folly to ndoro eiv . One can't think of
everything, and I suppose she was fully
absorbed liv tit imlMivf,nf. '.mIiIa.......
set forth in her letter. . Sim nn. ,-,.,.. , A; Taylor, of the department of the In.
to avoid tnmcf ersary scandal; she did not . tvTmr wlth th" King's River Lumber com-
. U TOB THE -WORLD'S FAIR.
A. Mammoth Tree from California to Re
Ulilliited,
California Is to lie honored by having a
" ui una or ner tamous nig trees made
a prominent feature in the Uovernment
building at the Columbian, exhibition at
Chicago. The project, the accomplishment
or wnicu is tuny assured, is a unique one,
urcnt-ynuui me tree win no twenty-three
ieet in diameter and thirty feet Ion';. This
will be divided into throe parts, aud these
win oe piaceu m their natural position,
eno above the other, and so arranged as to
lormsomeinmg like a two atorv hnu
The contract for the tree was made by H,
wish to incur the discomfort of a stormy
interview with Lord Stuines, and sho was
determined ,not to part with her new
clothes. If she hail wandered away from
these main points s!w might perhaps have
confused her father's mind, which, to be
sure, was not a very dear one. .
I really could not see my way to offer
ing that unlucky man niurli comfort. "If
you wish for niy opinion," I replied when
he repeated his demand, "I should say
that you had better read the marriage
service over them and then pack them off
with all dispatch. .After that, it will be
your plenems duty to impart the good
panyin the soring of this vear. and t.h.
company is now at work getting it out In
their forest of sequoia glgantea In the
Converse basin on King's river in Fresno
county. .
The contract called for a tree20feet
Inches in diameter, but the tree actually
found will be three feet greaterin diameter.
There are of conrse larger trees in the
forest, but the requirement was that this
section should be perfect in all respects,
cylindrical, straight and without a burn
In the bark, and this was the largest found
toflllalltheseconditlons. Thetree select
ed, aays the San Francisco Chronicle, is
news to Lord Staines, keeping well out of ' one known as the "General Noble," It
think that she received a ewwHterably
smarter dig tn the rib than she had bar
gained for. In any case, this trifling inci
dent had the effect of producing a com
plete alteration in Bracknell's humor.
was naturally concerned uhrrhg hurt a
lady, and n t -T that his self reproach
.--meruaed by the recollection that he
had been saying hard thinm of h. .h.
minute before. He remained sitting be-
very intelligent young man, judged it ap
propriate to remark, with a loud laugh,
"I'pon my word, Mr. Leigh,, yon will
have to Jsok alter tfcis young lady. It's
early days for her to bejln driving of!
..i.u n Khj uarneior ami finding his com
pany so agreeable that she forgets to come
home to luncheon." -
After this graceful sally on the part of
the reach of his ami while vou do no. I
don't know that it is any business of
mine, but tn ccmnon charity I will un
dertake Jira. Muy Heaven send us both
a good deliverance!" j
As soon as 1 hail got rid of the Rev.
Simeon, I wcut to bed. I ponld think of
nothing but poor old Jim and the cruel
blow which It would be my lot to strike
him on the morrow. ,
-.w .UWUCUMIUJIX WO" C I " vx
side her after she had gently pushed Jim st"""k8 went into the dining room and
away, and the others, at her imiiu-
resumed their game, and I saw that a
rapid interchange of words took place be
tween them. Their colloquy was soon in
terrupted; hut it had lasted long enough
to bring a ellghtly increased color into
Bracknell's cheeks and a pensive look into
; , Knowing what I did of Miss
. Hilda, I was convinced that she must
either wish to subjugate him once more or
to avenge herself upon him; and, all
thiugs considered, tSiere seemed to be a
very fair ohance of her succeeding in her
aim. whatever that might be.
When I said as much to my other on
the fullowing morning, after giving her
. u, otwunv uica sue always likes to
have of what had taken place at the din
ner party and after it, she shook her head.
u.j .uxir Marry,- sue signed, "you
are too ready to seek for bad motives and
ntudy bad people that ia, a poor Hilda is
really bad. -If I were you 1 should And it
much more interesting to study Mildred.
Is she too good to be attractivef"
"Are you suggesting that I should fall
in love with Lady Mildred!"1 1 Inquired.
"My dear boy, nol What would Lord
Btalnea say? Besides, I am afraid you
would be a day too late. Have you really
aot discovered Mildred's secret, HarryH
you, who are so quick sightedl".
We all have our weaknesses; and
amongst the many to which 1 should have
to plead guilty, if placed upon my oath, is
.... i mat i can react tne hearts
and minds of my neighbors with some
facility. Kow, in truth, It bad not oo
oured to me until then that Lady Mildred
had lout her heart to Jim, but as I could
not bear to admit mv stunlditv i mH
nodirect reply, merely observing that there
was a difference between what was at
tractive aud what waa interesting to study,
and that bad people were more interesting
to study than good ones because, as a
rule, their motives of action were more
vuoeure-
"I suppose so," agreed my mother
absently. "I'oorJim!"
"Ucally," said I (because I was pro
voked with her for having seen what I
had faded to detect), "I do not under
stand why you should pity him. All la
for the best in the best uf possible worlds,
you know."
"I believe that all ia ordered for our
good," she answered simply, "though I
fear that you do not We must not pre
sume to say that it would have been
better for our friend to marry Mildred
than Hilda, who, after all, has a great
deal that is nice about her. PoorJiml"
My dear mother nermiot hAnwir I
of dry humor at tunes which, I think, re
freshes her. She glanced up at me half
deproeatlngly after this last ejaculation,
and we had a little laugh together. I
suppose she perceived as plainly as I did
that there wus trouble coming, but she
did not choose to talk about it before it
name, and probably she was quite right-
refreshed ourselves: but we liatoneri in
vam for the sound of Brackneli's chariot
wheels, and at length Jim, whose lawyer
was coming down from London to see
hira, was compelled to leave us. His
composure remained undisturbed up to
the last; but as soon as he was gone Mr
Turner confided tc me that he, for his
part, was lieooralng seriously alarmed.
"I would not mention it while James
v.-ns here," he said, "but It struck me
that Lord Bracknell was driving a some
what restive animal.
fearing that some accident has occurred."
If any accident had occurred within ten
miles of ub, we should certainly have
umi uy inai time, ami so I told him,
but he was not convinced; and as the poor
old fellow was evidently fretting himself
into a fever, I could but offer to scour the
ooumry m seurou of the absentees. Ac
cordingly 1 set out in one direction while
the good-natured Sparks trudged away in
another) and a very disagreeable walk I
had of it throuch the rain, which began to
come down immediately after I started.
Ivone of the people whom I met had Been
Bracknell, ppon whose head I did not in
voke a blessing when 1 reached home after
dark, drenched to the skin. I was per
fectly sure that neither he nor Hilda hH
come to any physical harm; because, ner- I
Hnna nf !,.. , . .. . I
CHAPTER VI. -As
matters fell out, the talk of enlight
ening Lord Raines was thrown upon my
Buuulucls, u Huuinon to tnat with which
! I had already salilled nivsclf; for scarcely
had I ll-.iis.lied my breakfast when Mr.
Turner arrived, trembling and breathless,
to say that he really did not feel equal to
encountering the brunt of his patron's
wrath. . .
"Indeed," he added, with a ludicrous
effort to regain his accustomed suave
pomposity, "1 am not sure that. if. nu
be right on my part, to do so. I have not
forgotten the very improper terms in
which Lord Staines chose to address me
when I called npon him once before on
era somewhat similar errand, and both
for his sake and for my own, any repeti
tion of such a scene is or to be depre
cated. To you profanity of language
would be less s!iocking-at least, I mean
that you must lie more accustomed to
hearing it: and er in short"
"In short," I Inremintod. n.i over m.
spectfully-for really the liev. Simeon's
aspect, at that moment was not calculated
to induce respect "you want me to do
your dirty work for yon.j Very well; I
don't particularly mind; 1 may as well be
handed for a sheet) no far ah-mh. Oniv r
don't propose to prevent:. Lord Staines
irom going clown to the rector;- later in
the day and shocking .you with profane
hrnstawr'-losjMTOtiij. altogHwycwr
fault that your daughter has disgraced
herself and Inveigled Bracknell into dis
puting himself with her, but you may as
well be prepared to be told that it Is. If
I were in yonr place I should be a. good
deal more friphteneti of Jim Leigh than of
Lord Kt.ifnf.
measures thirty-eight feet in diameter near
the ground, but as the obiect Was tn hnva
the section of the same diameter at both
ends, as nearly as possible, a piece is being
taken out of the tree at some distance from
the ground. To do this and to preserve
the section from harm by falling, as well
as to meet other requirements, has proved
to be a work of considerable magnitude.
The idea is not to send a solid section, but.
rather, the rim of the tree hollowed out
aud cut into segments of suitable size, and
all to be numbered so that they can be
erected at Chicago bo as to look from the
exterior like the solid section of a sequoia
thirty feet in height. The three parts into
whicn.the section is being cut consist of
two parts of fourteen feet each, to be hol
lowed out, and one two feet thick, which
will serve as a floor between the two stories,
as it were.
The Work Of CUttim?. lowpritifr ami
ing the segments is being pushed forward
'"jiuuj aa uussiuie. unci ir. ia Bvwtui
that the tree will all be shipped by the end
of October. To get the tree to a point
where wagons can reach it required the
building of a road two miles long. The en
tire exhibit, including the work, will cost
me government several thousand dollars.
The tree when erected at Chicago will stand
directly under the great dome of the Gov
ernment building.
v, MJN0RUM8.
, Why Is a farrow like a man ,4
HiicIiik lilastoelmiiM ail luioanf
The ffniir Ihwm tiln lietsta In rows! j :
V The other fellow liaii, di iysa ..
Why is a gmwe ery ilkn , ''. 1
A hay who km a tinini todtrilr i: . ' (
Tim xnver weigtm a pound, thtiy v. , '
; Tim tittin fellow pounclH away , ' ; ,f
Why doe a winning jokr bold " v .
. Reemniout whu huMRTOldt iv-
, The jockey's harm i ttnuwi, of mum,
. Tlw oMmr fvllow'B bowk! i hoarae. .
Why te a man who iutx dlHmreed "
His cold ilka tm who unreal your thlmtf -;
The flnst man's cold t well, we're told;
The second tellow1 wll Is cold.
t Why In a bons who anger dhow - -
Like my Uul who swimming goeflf - -:
towaobartmiirtbethbcrw, -.
Tlie happy buTa bare m a cross.
Why Is the dude ashamed to nhor
His sunburn like a teuner. ot -
'. One hides his urn from foollxh pride,
The other always tans his hide. ;
Why does a Btorm itayetf sal lor quit v
Resemble one who has ho sight ;
One cannot go to sea you know, -
The other cannot see toga
Why In a berry picking lad .w ; :
Like he who buys them, good or bad
The one gets all ho can, he beta
The man who buys cans ail he get
A letter writer, why la be
Like one who will a marriage seef
One writes a note; the other might
U interested, note a rite.
Why is a suiter answered "No,
The first, alas, may misa kiss,
The other Ot may kuw a miss.
-H. 0. Dodtfe In Detroit Ftp Presm
SUCCESS,
f
mm of that kind very rarely get their femlyr rciurL
necks broken nn m iw w v.-j ruumeu
cIpot youncf friend.
Mr.- Turner with, iig-
UieluXHe ev ST ,1 "!!f?,?' " excited, and 1 ,to no't
,,: . ' " M mucn a great deal too nmrh. That
lPIn to belong to the lower orde ii. but I T,L J0 ' V,,u, "I ,ha y
1 did think that between them thev wer. Z. .. uracm nerseii is to
carrying impudence about as far as it
could very wcH he carried. However, as
I did not at that time foresee that I should
ever write tlie history of these delinquents,
I ceased to think about them as soon as I
had llniBhed my dinner, and, having made
myself comfortable with a blazing Are
and a cigar, set to work upon an article
of which I Tioped to have the skeleton
completed before bedtime.
I was getting on quite nicely, and had
scribbled down several enlnMimmnt
ingsto lie scattered carelessly over my
composition and to cheer the persevering
she did very wrong In engaging herself to
James I allow, and he will not find me
eow to express my sincere sorrow and
sympathy: hut we must bear in mind that
ner auections were given in the first place
to Lord Bracknell. I will not say that
the young people were justified in taking
the law into their owu hands; yet I may
uouuv wanner rxiru Staines' motives for
forbidding them to marry were of the
uigiiesi ainu. now do not answer me, I
"S"' jou. i ram see that you are not
yet master or yourself. If you will allow
me I will go up stairs and sit with your
reader on his wav 1hm,,h . iw i 1 " 0P
informed that Mr. Turner was flown Sues' Court '- OT.
followed by the entrance oMr TuTneJ UmJ itw0il he absurd to waste
himself, in an indescXable ttl 'ZZ , !i,n.dlgnatioa " in-
CHAPTER V.
I am but a poor equestrian and can only
peak upon such subject with the diffi
dence which beseems me. but i have al
ways understood from those who ought to
know that tho hunting iu our parts is of
n Inferior , order. The covert shooting
on the other hand, Is fairly good, and that
belonglug to the Staines Cuurt property
may almost tie called fatuous. Now Lord
Btalnes had left, his coverts untouched un
. Hi Christmas, being, as I verily believe,
Instigated to this act of self denial hv a
desire to please his heir, who at that time
was one of the best shots in England
Great, therefore, must have been Ids sur
prise, and great also his disappointment
on finding that IJraokneU preferred to fol
low tlie hounds during his slay, and that
he could not even be persuaded to take
his gun out of its case on non-hunting
days. , .
"It seems to me' the poor old gentle
man declared in my hearing, "f.iiat he
must have taken leave of his senses. I
really can't account for his behavior in
any other way."
I could have aoconnted for it; though I
ra not prepared to say that my explana
tion excluded the hypothesis uf Insanity.
tion. On seeing his mile i nnH r,,,,,i.j
hair, I naturally concluded that i had
done Nemesis an injustice, and exclaimed,
Jttas there been au accident then after
But he spread out his hands with .
gesture of despair, aud answered: "Ah,
uo! 'noacciueut.no accident.) nii
After which he became so incoherent and
unintelligible Unit I had t seat him in
my arm chair, aid pour out a stiff brandy
and soda for him. This he swallowed,
throwing back his head and closing his
eyes, as if it had been hemlock; and when
he had drained the last drop of it, he felt
in his pocket for a note, which he handed
me.
"Read that, Harry," said he, tragic
ally. "Head it, my dear young friend,
and tell me, if you can, what is to be
done. Because I am willing to confass to
you that what to do I know not at all.
The note, which I perused with no
small curiosity aud astor.inhmBiit.
follows: ,
'Eov.it Horn, Srooaraoai,
Diab Pam-Wu Brackni'll and I were mar.
rtea before U repstrar here this morning. It !
It quite leuol and regular, of course; hut we
think we ought aot to omit tan reJIglous cere
mony, although circumstances have preveatod
us from going tbnau.-h it ia tim mln. ......
ami so we propose to drlveovcr curly to-morrow
eptitude.
"Pray do so, Mr. Turner," I answered;
"my mother will be very rtud to see you.
Only I hope you will kindly refrain from
expounding your views with regard to
your daughter's marriage to her, because
she is rather subjeot to attacks of
nausea." . .
With this valedictorv shot I t Xt
perform the first and least painful of the
duties which I had accepted. I found
Lord Staines in his study, and apparently
in a rather bad humor.
"Oh, how do you do, Maynardf" said
he, looking up from the letter which he
was writing. "Do you happen to know
anything 'about that fellow Bracknell?
When I was his age it used to be consid
ered the civil thing just to let your father
know when you proposed to leave his
house or return to it, but nowadays the
young men seem to think that they
rcUU . ,, uouce oi tneir fathers,
except when they want monev. Here is
Beligloug Differences.
In the greater concerns of life thorn
'are wonderful illustrations of the con
flicts Of opinions. There are something
over 1,200,000,000 of human beings in
the world. Among these are six va
rieties of religious belief; three of these
are said by one class to be false, and by
uuieiD inrea are saia to De the true re
ligion. And yet every religionist, every
secUriauclauusihat.,)ie.ua. she alone
are right. What our Chinese neighbors
say is "true" we say is "false." We call
them "heathens'' they class us as "out
side barbarians."
What we English sueakinff neonln
think is the right and the true religion
is in a startling minority in human be
lief or religious creed for there are
only some 3oO,000,000 Christians in all
the world. There are some 6.000,000
Jews, and they have clung with singular
IwrsisHjncy in an ages to their religious
belief ; it is seldom a Jew renounces his
faith; it is more seldom that a Chris
tian embraces Judaism. There are
more than 400,000,000 people who are
pagans and Mohammedans. Detroit
Free Press. ......
If to some theme 'tis thy Intent to rise,
Thou must attend how best to tune tn? tyre; '
Else wlh disdain thy well picked notes insptnb
Herem the secret of true triumph lies:
When thou would'at rear a work of mighty ilia.
Advance but slowly as a growing Are,
Scan well thy path lest hasty action tire, 1
Or like a name thy ardor's impulse dies.. .
Proceed with hope; believe the goal la view.
Let not mere failure prey upon thy heart;
Great oakR, remember, from small acorns gremv
Though it be trivial, welt perform thy part; ,
And persevering till thy labor's through.
Pull crowned success will into being start. " v
Edward K. Cowing in Detroit Free Press,
Scarfs That Demand a Pin.
The scarfpin should always be worn
with the flat, madeup scarf. There is
a place for its insertion, and by seeming
to hold it together it attains a utilita
rian phase, in that it is an aid in gloss
ing over the percentage of madeuD snir.
gestiyeness that is always more or less
associated with the imitative article.
The madeup flat or puff scarf, if worn
without a scarfpin, discloses its arti
ficiality in all the baldness of its me
chanical inferiority. It is a curious
paradox in the fashions, therefore, that
tne scarring that does not actuallv need
the scarfpin in reality requires it most
oi ail. 4
Iu the self tied De Joraville. or its
madeup reproduction, the scarfpin must
pierce the cross folds at the intersec
tion. Clothier and Furnisher,
A Clever Woman. ,
A lady of fine artistic taste has diil
covered that at church parade her
prayer book, by its incongruous color;
entirely ruined the effect of a carefully
conceived costume. It struck a discord
in an otherwise perfectly harmoniona
dress. This has been remedied hv
lfllH.r
business arrangements for which his sig
nature is required. I told him about It
wo qays ago, nut of course my conveni
ence counU.for nothing when it is a ques-i
tion of going to some confounded steeple
chase or otier." :
morning aud be married aiatis quite prlvatelv bv I 7 "10,U8M tnere WM hotting to be
you. I amaure you will understand howad'visi 5nlne(i by putting off the evil moment,
ble this Is la order to nrevent mmmini n,.i i "1 can't tell you where Lord Uft,i,.ll
not warn you that not a word muat be said at Staines," I replied, "but have
Btalnes court until it la all over and we.have left "" here W give you some very unDlens-
Lord Staines. Bracknell tltnka Lin father will
not have bieu made uneasy tyhia noa-iipiieai-auoa,
fx he often ruus up to Londoo without
iiieutloulUK that lie la going to do so. Please tell
Sarah that 1 shall want all my Miinga packed no
and that ske must begin dolngit at once, and sit up
all nlsluy i necessary, aa there l no time to lose.
1 hate er jnged another maul to meet us In Lon
don, net ibatl not take Bunui with ir, n ...
dmtiw ,urMlf about this auddea resolution of
oura tcpuwiu see that aUwUiooa right aj the
ant news atbout him. He was married
yeswraayair registrar's office at Stock
Ingham to Hi '. ;neT." '
leading tone of her garments. Tho
prayer book cover will henceforth re-;
ceive aa attentive consideration as th
bonnet, the gloves and the sunshade;
and no jarring note of color will he in.
troduced by means of a volume bound
in blue velvet or in scarlet morocco. 1
Loudon Graphic,
i' i
Perilous Hiding on the Iron Horse.
"Did you ever ride on a locomotive?" y
asked O. G. Haskins. . "'I tried it once f
and have no desire to repeat the expert- V '
ment. It was out in Colorado, where-
you sometimes run so close to bottom- "
less chasms that you could drop your ;
hat into them, and make turns so short i
and sudden that it nearly disjoints your f
spinal vertebra?. The master mechanic
was an old friend of mine and gave me
permission to ride over the road on the
engine of the lightning expresB. The
engineer did not appear to fancy my
presence much, but treated me civilly.
We. were: behind time, the-night was
black aa Erobus, and a terrific thunder
storm was raging. The entrineer temi i
determiaed.to go in On' time?; and tlie
way no rushed around those curves and
across canyons was enough to make a :
man's hair turn gray. ,
"The peculiar thing about these moun-;
tain engines is.that thev do not take a .
curve like any other vehicle. They go'
iiiuuging siraignt anead until you feel - f.
sure that they are clear of the track and "r
Suspended in mfdair, and then shoot
around and leave you to wonder by what
miracle you have been saved.' Tho -trucks
take the curve in the orthodox
manner, but the superstructure is so ar
ranged that it consumes more time in ; ;
making the turn. With the lightning '
playing about the mountain peaks and
half disclosing the frightful gorges and !
swollen torrents, the great iron leviathan :
swaying and plunging along that sfcp
pery, serpentine track, I first realized
the perils of railway travel and the re-'
sponsibility of the sullen man who kept '
his hand on the throttle and his oye on
the track. I stood with mv heart in m
throat, admiring his nerve, but not envy- 1
ing him his job. At the first stop I .
clambered back into the coach and staid '
mere. bt. Lotus Globe-Democrat.
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Bright 01,1 Men III ISsaei Cirantyi i I
Essex county, Mass., has been noferl A:
not only for its legal lights like Bufus
Choate, Caleb CtiBhing, Judge Story
and others, but also for its deputy
sheriffs, some of whom hava served
many years.
Of one of those men, Daniel Potter,
Henry VII.!
raarrk owngi
lean street
plains the
imoudenct
turone. V
Prince Bie-anAmer-h
This ex
Nprprlsmg , (ierman
At Hla Beat.
VisltoratSchool Little hov. von can nlh
remarkably well. , ,,
Little Iioy-Huinphl,you oughter see our
at Fargo Argus. .
Hbj AiiMw'a Katorlta Author.
"Mr. Ansou, who is your favorite authorf
isked a baseball 1st of the Chicago eapiam. i
7ork Sun.
many amusing stories have been told.
At one time he entered a newspaper
office m Salem, and addressing the only 1
scribe who was in sight saidt-
"I thought I would tell yon that to
morrow I shall go where I never went
before and can never go again," : '
The scribe, knowing his caller,
promptly "gave it nn." and t.h. r.
Potter said: . '
"It Is into my eightieth yearl"
Some years ago these old dermtl.a !,,,!
a gathering at the home Of a. wrlnln nn ..
of their number in Gloucester, V y
."..j lunuuug auout tne nr
host called the attention nfW ' ' - "
as old clock, a great fi , ' "' A
:He told hie friends cf is - A ; , v
ment to this ancient if 1 , ' ' V
cuite pathetic at cei '
remarks, which he I"' '
by sp ing in a voice
"Gentlemen, If .
clock every uig'i ,
years." ? " , .
He had evidentf ' ' , '
on iis visitors, wfe i, i. !
who had been caref '
clock, turned the tj 1 1 ,
by tlusstory by s '
"Well, If' .
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