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| LINCOLN S BIRTHDAY. Margaret. Prince hnd not changed conn tenance when he looked upon Lottie. It was not the guze of a stranger nor was there a smile of recognition in it. To an observer it would seem almost like the curious look of a man who thought he recognized a face and was striving to re call it to memory. “■Now, all you people quit singing and talking and we’ll see what cupid has ! brought us,” said Maliel Hurvine briskly. I Tom Prince stooped over Kathryn at the piano and said, loud enough for Lot tie Meredith to hear: • “I trust he* will bring me something I more acceptable than the Dead sea fruit with which in the past he has Haunted “And collects the garbage.” said Kath me.” ryn, who had remained a silent listener Kathryn looked up and smiled brightly. up to this point. The words fell meaningless upon her ears, “Let her tell it,” said Aileen, “it’s a but Lottie heard and knew. good story. She’s all right. Let her The door of the parlor was thrown open tell it.” and cupid walked in with his freight of “I won’t tell you girls another thing ami white hearts and tiny pencils and with I won’t have anything to do with the par gay badinage the plan of writing the val ty if you don’t behave yourselves, now,” entines was explained by Mabel. A si said Mabel. “Well, the verses are all lence followed tor a few minutes, brows piled up on a table ami somebody reads were knitted in deep thought and the them out to the crowd, and everyone has I merry revelers strove to make rhymes and a chance to guess who wrote each one and : invent clever lines to carry on the enter to w hom it was written. Of course if the tainment. There were Aly looks and side verses sort of describe some peculiarity ' remarks from those who wished to let the of the person addressed it would help objects of their devotion know that they some.” inspired the muse. There was laughing “Oh. that would be lovely,” said Aileen; ' protest from the girls that some of the “I can see my finish when they get at my boys were “peeking” to see what was be peculiarities. If anybody writes anything ing written. And at last Miss Hurvine mean about me I won’t play.” said time was up, cupid made his rounds And so it was decided that it should be again and the white pat>ers fluttered into a Valentine party and that everybody the little wagon, each bearing its tender should come and that the boys should not or humorous inesage. Quickly they were know anything about the scheme until henped upon the table and the boys and they had reached the house, lest they i girls settled into their seats, wheu Barnes might come “loaded” with verses culled I w as called upon to read them. from handy volumes of quotations. “Here’s one that ought to get at least Mabel Hurvine’s home was ablaze with | second money,” said Barnes, picking up lights on the night of St. Valent ine’s day. a heart at random and reading: The parlor was hung with smilax and ; My valentine, with storm and shine, firns, and from the chandelier dangled a Is Ilk»* a changeful April morning; mighty Ueart pierced ty a cruel arrow. ’TIs strung«*, bur still I never will Be found her frown or sunshine scorning. Everything was ready for the Valentine “Are they all as bad as that?” queried party, and half the guests had arrived. Marjle was gayly singing “I Don’t Care Nlarjie fro mher perch on the arm of a if You Never Come Back,” while a solemn big easy chair, where she sat leaning young man played rag time on the piano. against Margaret. “Wait till I read some more,” said Half a dozen other girls w»re sweetly tell ing fibs to as many young men who hung Barnen. “That one was just picked up over their chairs or sat besido them and at random.” “But who is it for?” asked Aileen. seemed to be drinking it all in. The little “You can have it if you want it,” said cupid, proud of his importance, and im mensely concerned over the success of his I Kathryn, "I don’t see anyone breaking gauze wings, w as w aiting in an inner room any records trying to beat you to it.” for his part in the game, when Lottie | Barnes had selected another heart from Meredith tripped gayly up the steps ami j the pile before him and his face sobered kissed Mabel Hurvine, who met her in the a trifle as he glanc»*d through the verse hall. before reading it. Then he said: “Hold on. This one is al! right. J **Wait a minute before you go In,” whis- j guess it’s on the square, too.” pered Mabel. “Tom is here.” All the dancing light died out of Lottie I O foolish heart that quakes with fear Meredith’s eyes in an instant. Her cheeks ■ And strives to burst with agouy For sundered ties, oh! ecstasy! turned deathly white a moment, and then ! Be brave, be patient; she Is near. flushed red as peonies. “Tom?” she gasped. “Tom? You don’t Throb not so dolefully and slow, mean Tom Prince?” (> heart of mine, so ’ong bowed down. No longer may you wear the crown Mabel shook her head solemnly i.i af Of thorns for days of long ago. firmation and took both Lottie’s hands in hers. At Inst thy penitence Is o’er; “Ye:;, he rame about twenty minutes At last thy heritage is won, <> heart! thy sorrowing is done ago. I was o.s much thunderstruck as | And joy Is thine forevermore. you.” For a moment there was silence when “But, Mabel,” whispered Lottie, drag ging Miss Hurvine into a bedroom, where Barnes had concluded the verse. The they could not be overheard, “where did smiles had faded from the lips of every he conn* from? What on earth is he doing one in the room and glances of surprise here? Oh, tell me what to do, dear. I wore turned from one to another. Tom can’t face him before all this crowd.” Prince stood with his arm resting upon “I don’t know anything about It, Lot the piano and his head in his hand, look tie,” said Mabel slowly, “except he said ing steadfastly at Lottie Meredith. And be got to town today, and one of the boys she know. She did not dare look across told him there was a party here ami all the room at the steady blue eyes which the old crowd would be here to-night, and she knew’ were fixed upon her. She would he said he made bold enough to come up. ! not trust herself to return that gaze, for Of course I told him I was glad to see her heart was beating madly, although him. What (Ise could I dor ’ her face was pale. From the parlor came the gay tinkle of I “Well, we’ll all have to give that one the piano and a full, deep voice was sing- ’ up,” said Marjle. “Anyone w ho had that ing “O Promise Mo.” The chatter of] written at her ought to be picking out the many tongues and light laughter floated | bridesmaids.” on the air with the singer's voice and came j The laugh relieved the strained situa to the two sob tiin girls huddled there iu ! tion and Baines caught up a jocular verse 1 he bedroom. and rallied it off glibly. There was some “That’s him singing,” whispered Lot light comment from somebody and Lottie I tie. “!’d know his voice anywhere and slipped out into the hallway. She was not | that was his song always, you know’.” ; missed and no one noticed when Tom For a few minutes they stood there si Prince stepped leisurely to the door of the ! lently listening to the jollity in the par-[ parlor and followed, lie found her there, lots. Their hearts beat so loudly that they with wide, frighteu(‘d eyes which would Great Lincoln dlM a martyr, with a bullet In bls brain; The food he wrought for !’~o*dom’g cause wiped out a damning stalu; Mighty hears h. armed rebellion had yielded ou the field. • After four years’ valiant fighting for the biot upon their shield. The manacles of slavery were forever cast away. And four million former chattsls were re joicing on teat day; The cruel war w<is over; there was happi ness ar hand, WLn a dastard shot a pistol that resounded through the land. Four hundred thousand loyal Ilves were €>cr;ficed In strife. I'o give the starry banner a triumphant lease of life; The soldier boys were "omlug home, glad that the fray was o’er, And loud paens to the victors, Spring’s fragrant zephyrs bore; When the ruler of th's n.'tlon, the grandest man of all, Was called from his high station to repose beneath a pall; The gloom that then »pre id o’er the land caused grief most hard to bear. And In the loss each family were conscious of a share. His monument may crumble, as they us It has done, But his name Is on the tongues of men know the fame be won; And os hl < virtues come to light their ter floods the oarth. To tench our youths to honor him on duy he hud his birth. tell who lus the So February twelfth will mark a date each future year, That calendars will beat lu r?d to show w hem wo revere; For the name of Lincoln rails tc mind a man of humble bir«h. Whose fame Is now exalted In the highest niche on earth. —John McComb. A KNIGHT OF ST. VALENTINE, “Not for a minute,” said Mabel decid edly. “I do wish you girls wouldn’t be silly or I’ll never get through with thin. He has a cute little wagon filled with piece» of white paper cut in heart shapes and to each one is attached a pencil.” “Ro we can write home for money,” cut in Murjie. Miss Hurvine silenced her with a look of disdain and went on: “He goes around the room with the wagon and each one takes one of the lit tle hearts and pencils, ami then they are called upon to write a verse or a valentine to someone in the party. When they all get through/the cupid goes around again ft T was to be a val- f ntino party. That was what the girls decided after talk ing it all over half a dozen times, viewing all the Hchemvs suggested from every possi ble light and re jecting all except the one Mabel i! t: r v J n e bad made, that It chould be a valen- Margnret hud said she was shughride, n<»t just a poky cutler big enough for two, but a good o!d-fashionr«l big straw ride, with lots of buffalo robes and all the girls nnd al! the follows in the crowd. Bet the sleigh ride was outvoted by those who feared the chill winds would make their noses rod and blow their hair about un til they would not appear to advantage in the eyes of those for whose benefit the hair was curled am! the nose« disci eel !y touched up nt times. Hindu could see nothing but a musicale. Rome of the boys could p’a.v guitars nnd mandolins and th»' piano, she insisted, mid everybody thought In* could sing nnd that would make it nice. She even volunteer ed to arrange the program of mandolin music ami get copies of the "rag time” , coon melodies to help out those whose, knowledge of the fascinating jingles was confined to enthusiastic bursts in tin» chorus. But the musicale idea had few friends. It was too much trouble and (lie girls who could not play mandolins or pose prettily with guitars hung from their ihoulders on pale blue ribbons could not tee where they would come In except in the chorus, am! they each wanted to star, to the musicale was not a go. Marjle thought it would be lovely to Just meet at somebody’s house and not have any oh! set program, but let things take their own course and sing and dance and talk and perhaps eat after awhile. But somebody suggested this might get poky in a short time, nnd when Mabel Hurvine came to the rescue with the valentine par ty suggestion it was pounced upon with delight ami she was voted a wonder at concocting schemes to help distressed maidens out of difficulties. “But what do you do at a valentine par ty?” asked Aileen. “I never went to one tince the days when we used to have a valentine I m » x in school and the boys used to send the teacher horrible caricatures and some of the boys used to semi some of the girls pretty little cards----- ” “Oh, well, never mind telling u* about your childhood da\s,” said Kathryn. “We want to hear about thia party we arc go ing to have. Malsd is sponsor for it and the will have to tell about it.” “Why, It’s the easiest thing In the world,” said Miss Hurvine, who was small ami dark and whose eyes twinkled behind pince nea glasses “All you have to do is to invite a crowd of fellows and heard the quickened pulsations ns they dare to look at him now that they wers girls who know each other pretty well.” stood in the darkness with clasped bands alone. “That is easy for a starter,” said Mar Thru Mist Hurvine said: “Lottie,“ he said simply. lie, “for. positively, I don’t think any “1 must go hack. dear. They will miss “Oh. Tom,” sh' whispered, her eyes fill •rowd of girls knows as many boys as we me. Stay here until you arc feeling bet ing with tears, “did you iman it? Did to.” ter, and then go right out as if you did I you really menu it?” “Speak for yourself, please,” said Aileen not know he was here.” And then she ' “Will you try me oi.ee more, dear, nnd frith a toss of her head, but befoie the I slipped out and joined the merry crowd in | nee?” he asked. ?ontroversy progress» d further Miibel the parlor. And as she slipped Infe bls arms wi*h a Five minutes later Lottie Meredith happy little sigh tl> piano sounded once spent on w4th her explanation of the plan af entrapping unwary young men on St. walked out of the room with her head ‘ more from the parlor, the lerghter and Valentine*« evening. erect and s forced smile upon her bps, ' th * chatter of voices arose nnd floated by “Well, you get the crowd together at Carelessly she strolhnl into the room ' them unheeded on the n’ght air. somebody'» house ami then you have a where the piano was sounding and let her ■ •mall brother or aomebody, a sister if eyes rest for only an {nstant upon the tig . His Sentiment and Anto^rapb. you’re about half out of brothers, dressed ure of Tom Priiuv. fall ami hamNomo as I Abraliftui Lincoln on o received a le: ter ever, leaning over Kathryn, w bo waa try for g eupld.” asking for a “sentiment” ami his auto “1 hope he will l»r more thoroughly ing an accompaniment to a song under graph. lie replied: his direction. He looked up and their eyes dressed than the conventional eupld,” sug Dear Mndani; When ya« fr*n> a gest «*d Kathryn, “or the party is likely to met. Lottio tried to return his gaze cold- 1 •trangcr th.^t wbl< > ‘.s of live - «t •> iiy to !y. as if she had never before looked upon yourself, always inclose a »tamp There's break up right there.” “Don’t be a goose,” sab! Mabel sternly. him. but she felt her strength of wiU ( your »eutloicnt, aad here’« my an • -xraph. A. LINCOLN. “He wears a cute white dress and gauze leaving her. she fc’.t the hot bktod mount to her cheek, her breath camo quickly for w inga —” Good manners <n I goed morals are “And carries a mandolin strapped over an instant and she looked away to where Will Barnes was telling fairy tales to sworn frlcads an ! faa« all ea.--.’ wrtoL his shoulder,” suggested Hmda. HON. NELSON DINGLEY HUNTING RABBITS. ^port Abound« When Snow 1« Light and Air la Keen. A rabbit bunt Is a thing of yells nnd shouts and baying of hounds and wild excitement. About five bounds and a cur dog, four boys and a man and a light snow on the ground are the usual outfit. On the “crick” there are a lot of brush piles scattered about and Is any amount of cover aud brush and hiding places for the game. The hounds are put In and in about five minutes there Is a grand hullabaloo and a deep bay from one of the old hounds, fol lowed by the excited “yap” of the cur dog, and the game Is afoot. Very much afoot, for be is covering the ground with long leaps and endeavoring to put as much space as ¡wsslble between him and his pursuers. It is not a very long chase. The rabbit turns, dodges and finally nears where the man with the shotgun is standing. There is a sharp "bang” as the right-hand barrel Is dis charged and the rabbit keels over and Is grabbed by one of the boys just be fore the foremost hound reaches the spot. The forces now begin offensive opera tions. The cur dog Is sent Into the brush heaps and the boys climb up on top of the brush and thrash around, stamping on the limbs and making as much noise as possible. The cur squeezes around in the maze of brush and pretty soon the rabbits begin to move. The first gun is fired by the boy with the musket, who has stayed with the dogs. It Is an awful roar and It misses the rabbit. But an officious hound who happens to be close by grabs the rabbit and the boy slides to the ground and snatches It from the hound. Then he “hollers” .triumphant ly, “I got him!” Then he gets on another pile of brush and starts to tramp around again, Meantime the hounds are nervously trying to make themselves small enough to get under the brush piles, but with poor success. It Is the cur dog’s inning and he Is making the most of It. His eyes are snapping with ex citement and he is full of nervous ener- gy- Every hair on his back bristles with eagerness and his chief ambition Is to catch just one rabbit nil by hitn- self. There are hurried slides under the brush, quick plunges aud muffled barks, and the rabbits dodge the cur dog and dart out from under the brush heaps, only to be met by the accommo dating bounds or a blast from a mus ket, and if they escape all these there Is still the gantlet of the outer guard to pass. The hounds are jumping around among the brush piles, and whenever they nip a rabbit as it is driven out by the cur there Is a squeal and a muffled growl from the hound and then a_yell from the nearest boy. But the bounds do not worry the rabbit after he Is dead; they drop him and wait until he Is transferred to somebody's pocket. After the clearing has been thorough ly overhauled there is a counting up to see the result, ai\d late in the after noon the party will be seen traveling slowly home, all of them, dogs, boys and man, thoroughly tired out. But over their shoulders and iu their pock ets are rabbits, as many as they can carry, and they are all serenely satis fied with the hunt. The boy whose musket went off accidentally does not say anything about it, for fear It might be,urged against bls carrying a gun at future hunts. Rabbits nilapt their habits to the lo cality in which they are rai-ed. and this action on their part makes hunting them a question of geography, to a cer- Dineley, Jr., father of the present tariff law, ex-Governor The death of Nelson Dingley, since 1881. removes a prominent man from the political of Maine and Congressman ___ „ _ ’ - — - ... ...... au life of the nation. Nelson Dingley, Jr., was born in Durham, Me., in 1832. ___________________________ _ meantime . preparing . _ himself for college. .In early age he began school teaching, 1851 he entered Waterville College, subsequently becoming a student at Dart mouth, from which he graduated in 1855, He then studied law, but instead of taking up the active practice of his profession he entered journalism, becoming the owner and editor of the Lewiston Journal. In 18til, ’62, '63 he represented Auburn in the State Legislature, being Speaker in 1863. In that year he removed to Lewiston and was again sent to the Legislature. In 1864 he was again Speaker of that body and declined the honor in two subsequent years. I11 1873 Mr. Ding ley was elected Governor nnd was re-elected the following year. In 1881 lie was sent to Congress to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of William P. Frye and he had been continuously in that body since that time. He was a most influential member in the lower house, being latterly chairman of the Ways and Means Committee nnd floor leader of the Republicans. His tariff bill, to which ns chairman of the Ways and Mcuna Committee he gave his name, lent him addi tional fame. pears at the other entrance to the bur row, and then a diplomatic dalliance commences with a view to getting the brute back Into the box again. Some times he can be induced to get back to bis quarters without much trouble, but at other times he gets crafty, and the hunters will sit around for half an hour or so trying to coax him to leave the hole, There are ferrets that will some- times go down in a hole, grab a rabbit, gorge themselves with the prey, and then deliberately lie down and go to sleep, some six or eight feet below the surface. If there Is a rabbit In the hole when a ferret is put In, the rabbit bolts out of the place in a hurry. He is In deadly fear of this creeping, rat-like little beast, and he comes out with a bound, and then the man with the gun usually bowls him over. Sometimes there are two or three rabbits in one hole, and the hunter may get rattled, and score clean misses. But the rabbits only scurry off to some other burrow, there to be routed out again and shot at. The labbit gets out of the hole so quickly that It is almost Impossible to see liim come. lie is in the air the first you see of hint, and he is away iu an instant. CORN WILL BE KING. Western Cerenl Itos First Place at the Faris Exposition. Corn will be king at the Paris expo sition of 1900. The residents of the corn-growing section of this country have declared It; Ferdinand W. Peek, United States Commissioner General of the Paris exposition, has approved of it, and the visitors to the great fair will do the rest. The old world is to be given a good idea at the Paris exhibi tion of wliat American corn is. A corn palace will be built showing a tremend ous ear of corn rising tower fashion from its front, and lu this palace it Is proposed to have a corn kitchen and restaurant. In which corn bread, corn pudding, corn fritters, corn dodgers, johnny cake, succotash and all other forms of this vegetable will be served. Unexpected Honors. HUNTING RABBITS. tain extent. In some portions of the country, where the ground Is hilly, high and comparatively free from under brush, rabbits can only be successfully bunted with ferrets. They feed mostly at night and lie In holes In the daytime, and the hunter who traverses such a country with the best of rabbit dogs will have his labor for his pains. Neither with beagle nor greyhound will he be able to get a sight of a rabbit, unices he accidentally runs across a stray one. and that particular ••bunny” will "hole up” as soon as the dogs get on his trail. The only way to get rabbits In that kind of a couutry Is to go after them with a ferret. The ferret Is kept In a box until the grounds are reached and the hunters begin operations. It takes at least two persons to hunt rabbits with a ferret. If the thing Is done prop erly. One mau to handle and "groom” the ferret, and the other to shoot the rabbits. A dog Is sometimes taken along, but a dog Is a nuisance under such circumstances. When a hole 1« found, the box or bag Is opened and the ferret Is coaxed out. He comes creeping from his hiding place, and apparently very reluctantly. When he Is urged to go down and inter view the lodgers he goes most unwill ingly. After a wait of perhaps three or four minutes the tip of his nose ap Some stretches of country are rid dled with these holes, and ffteen or twenty rabbits may be gotten In a day. T1 e rabbits in this kind of ground are swift of foot, and usually In the fall and w'nter very fat. There Is a great deal of uncertainty about this kind of bunting, for sometimes there have been other hunters there before, and every hole drawn Is a blank. It Is splendid exercise, though: the climbing up nnd down the steep hillsides and walking through the woods In crisp weather brings many sets of muscles Into play. aui1 the air Is chuck full of ozone. Queer Names for Women. The wives of some of the Indian braves have names as odd and often as droll as their husbands. They seem to have cognomens of their own, too. and not to take those of their spouses only. Some of the actual names given in a census of the family of the scouts at one place include Mrs. Short Nose, who was before her marriage Miss Piping Woman; Mrs. Big Head, formerly Miss Short Face; Mrs. Nibl's. formerly Miss Youug Bear; Mrs. White Crow, form erly Miss Crook Pipe; Mrs. Howling Water, formerly Miss Crow Woman: also Mrs. Sweet Water. Miss Walk High, daughter of Mr. White Calf, and Miss Osage, daughter of Mr. Hard Casa» I A new version of an old story Is told in Judge. The young man who had returned from the war was the young est of the family. When he got home his father handed him the paper the first thing In the morning, his mother helped him first at the breakfast table, his brother offered him a cigar, and his sister asked him if her playing on the piano annoyed him. In the evening he was telling of the hard times be had been through. "But I don't mind,” he said; “it's worth it,” "You mean the experience was inter- esting?" said his mother. "Not exactly that. Y’ou remember when Aunt Jane, or Uncle Jeff, or the minister, or my cousin from St. Ix>uls came to town bow anxious you all were to entertain them?” “Y’es.” “Well, ever since I was a little boy. I have been jealous of those people, I’v« resented the way I had to stand around and not speak until I was spoken to, and let my favorite piece of chicken go to some one else. I tell yon war Is a fearful thing; but, on the other hand. It's worth a good deal to come back and be treated like company In your own home.” A Real Success. “That motor you are interested in never worked, did it?” “Of course it worked.” was the Indig nant reply. "It never pulled any cars or moved any machinery. But It made money for its owners, and that's mor« than most inventions do.” After looking at her troubles up on« way an«l down the other, a woman de cides there Is no other thing to do but put them on her shoulders, nnd trudge along. A man. however, will put them in a bucket and kick them over. Wuirt la the better way?