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WOMAN

Flowers spring to blossom where she walks
The careful ways of duty;

Our hard, stiff lines of life with her
Are flowing cones of beauty. '

Our homes are cheering for her sake,
Our door-yards brighter blooming,
And all about the social air ..
Is sweeter for her coming. .,

- And never tenderer hand than hers

Unknlts the brow of ailing:

1 Her garments to tha sick man’ 5 car

Have music in their t ailing.

’ Her presence lends its warmth and health

To all who come before it,
If woman lost us Eden, such
As she alone restore it.

—John G. W'hittier.

 

.. A PIONEER INCIDENT.

“Keep that kid quiet,” said Bankers
in a hoarse whisper.

“ I’m doing the best I can ” said his
wife, trying to hush the little one, who
was sobbing and moaning in her lap.
In the baby's milk wagon a bitter
fight was going on between paregoric
and pain, and the latter was dying
hard. The wind drove the rain against
the side of the car and made it rock to
and fro. “Emma,” said Mrs. Bankers
to her friend, “take that bottle and
hold it between you and a crack in the
car, and when it lightens drop ten
drops into the spoon—I suppose we
must not strike a light.” '

“You bet you don't strike any light
here unless you are ready to give up
your chignon," said Bankers, without
taking his eyes from the crack through
.which he was peeping. Emma. took
the bottle, and at each flash of light-
ning dropped a drop of hush medicine
into the spoon, and when she had put
in ten drops they gave it to the baby.

. That made twenty drops—it was dan-

gerous—but it was .sure death to all
of them if the baby cried‘ aloud.

The rain came in great sheets and
with such force that it seemed thatthc
car could hardly hold the rail. It was
not a Pullman car; just a common
red stock car standing on a siding
with a few armfuls of straw upon the
floor. Occasionally Bankers turned
to glance at the two women who were
crouching in one end of the car, and
when the lightning lit 11p their faces
they were dreadful to behold. Now the
rain, cold as sleet, came through the
cracks in the car and stung the faces
of those within. Mrs. Bankers had
seen three winters at Woodriver, but
her friend, the young woman who had

_, come out to Western Nebraska to teach

School, was in every sense a tender-
foot, and the experience of this wild
night had almost driven her mad.
"There they are," whispered Bank-
ers. Now the women put their eyes to
a crack, and when a flash came they
could see a roof of feathered heads
that formed a half circle around the
house like a feather boa about a
woman's neck. Half the band dis-
mounted and made a rush for the cot
tage. The door was broken and the
red devils swarmed in. One of them
took a newspaper and lighted it at the
open fireplace to make a torch and by
the light of it the little party in the
stock car could see the Sioux running
half crouching, from room to room, in
search of the occupants. Finding the
place deserted, and smarting under
their disappointment, the Indians now
set fire to the house, and by the light
of it started to loot the railroad sta-
tion, less than a hundred yards away.
The station agent had been warned,
as the others had been, by a Pawnee
scout, but had bravely refused to leave
his" post. He had made no light, but
sat in one end of the dark little room

which served'as a ticket office, tele-

graph oflicc, and sleeping room, and as

the Indians approached opened fire. At

the very first shot the leader of the
murderous band leaped high into the
air, and came down on his feet, leaped
11p again and again, and finally fell in
a heap to rise no more. With a deafen—
ing yell the angry band made a rush
for the door and began to beat against
it with tomahawks, clubs, and guns.

Having emptied his rifle the agent
now took‘up a pair of 45—caliber re-
and the lead fairly rattled

half dozen savages sank to the plat-

. form, causing'the beseigers to fall back

a space. From a distance they began
to pour the lead into the building, but

‘the agent, crouching behind the little

iron safe, was still unhurt. An Indian

, brought a torch from the burning cot-
, tage and attempted to fire the station,

but the rain and Wind put out the fire.
Two or three Sioux, noticing a string
of cars upon the siding, began to
search for stock or eatable freight.
From car to car they ran, thrusting
their rifles into the straw. “Ugh," said
an old buck as his rifle found some-

thing soft in one of the cars, and Bank-

ers felt a hurt in his short ribs. Laying
hold of the side of the car the Indian
began to pull'and strain. By the mer-
est chance he had taken hold of the
car door, and now as it opened he
thrust his hideous head inside. Bank-
ers could have blown the top of the
Sioux's head off, but he knew that to

’ fire would be to attack a dozen red-

skins, against whom he could not hope
to hold out long. The women scarcely
breathed. The baby, full of paregoric,
slept as though it had already entered
upon its final rest. The other two In-
dians had given up the search among

the empty cars, and gone back to the .

station, where the agent, having re-
loaded all his guns, kept the gang hop-
ping and dancing about the station plat-
form. The old Sioux at the car door
cocked his head and listened. He must
have fancied he heard something
breathe, for now he put his hands upon
the sill and leaped into the car. He
had scarcely straightened up when
Bankers’ rifle barrel i'cli across his
feathered head. and he dropped like
a beef. The school 11111‘11111 unwed :1
faint scream, and that was 111'1 1:11:
sound that came 1'1-om im- (fail'lii 1- for
some time. J’I‘he Sioux never luUVt'tl a

 

 

 

 

£nger.‘ and Bankers, having removed
the warrior‘sfirearms and ammunition.
gave the gun over to his wife and then
covered the dead Sioux with straw.
Already the little frame cottage had
burned to the ground and the rain had
nearly quenched the fire. Every at-
tempt made by the band to fire the
station had ended in failure, and the
Sioux were now preparing to storm
the fort. It was hard for Bankers to
keep quiet in the car while the agent
sold his life so bravely and so dearly
to the Sioux, but there were his wife
and baby and the helpless school
ma’am, who had been persuaded by
the Bankers to come to this region and
.he felt it his duty to protect them as
best he could. Presently Bankers
felt the stock car vibrate perceptibly,
as though it were being rolled slowly
along the rail. His first thought was
that the Indians were pushing the
empty cars down near the station and
that they would set fire to the straw.
and then there would be no possible
escape. Now there was a roar as of
an approaching train, and an instant
later a great dark object hove in sight
and rolled'past the. car. It was 'a lo-
comotive drawing a dozen box cars and
running without a headlight. The
shouts of the .besiegers, the rattle of
rifles, and.the wild cry of the night
prevented the Sioux from feeling the
vibration or hearing the sound of the
approaching train.

The agent, who had been severely
wounded. now crawled to the key and
called Ogallala. At the first attack he
had wired for help, and now, he'told
the operator there he could' hold the
place only a little longer. The agent
was still at the key when the engine,
rolling up to the station shook the
building, and he knew the moment he
he felt the quiver of it that help was
at hand. Instantly the doors of the
box cars came open and a company
of Government scouts, all Pawnees.
except the officers, leaped to the plat-
form just as the band of Sioux were
making their last desperate charge up-
on the station. Before they could real—
ize that reiinforcements were at hand
the Sioux were beset by the scouts,
who always fought to kill. The battle
was short and decisive, and when the
Sioux fled they left more than half
their number upon the field.

Probably the most anxious man in
the whole pa1ty was the conductor of
the special train that had brought the
scouts fiom Ogallala. He had ridden
all the way on the locomotive, and the
moment the twin stopped he had
leaped to the ground and gone through
a shower of bullets to whe1e the cot-
tage which had been the home of the
Bankers’ had stood. The sight of the
house in ashes made him sick at
heart, but there. was still hope; they
might have taken refuge in the station.
and, facing'about, the fearless conduc-
tor fought his way to the door. By
this time the Sioux were giving all
their attention to the scouts, and the

conductor forced his body tl11ougli the

shot- riddled door. The agent lay upo: 1
the floor in a pool of his own blood. 111:1
he was still alive. “Where are they?"
asked the conductor, glancing about
the dark room.

“Among the stock cars, if they are
still alive,” was the reply which came
in a whisper. “I saw them leaving
the house at dusk-go to them—I'm—
I'm all right," and the conductor, hav-
ing placed the wounded man upon his
bed, made for the stock cars.

‘ Bankers, whom are you. 9” he called,
and Bankers answered, only two cars
away. Now the conductor lighted his
white light and climbed into the car.
The brave Mrs. Bankers greeted him
with a. smile that soon changed to
tears, for in the light of the hand
lamp she had seen her baby‘s face,
and it looked like“ the face of a dead
child. “Emma,” she called excitedly,
but there was no answer. “Is she
dead?” cried the conductor, falling up-
on his knees and holding the light
close to his sweetheart’s face.

“No, you Chump,” said Bankers,
“she only fainted when I killed this
Sioux,” and he gave the dead Indian
a. kick and rolled him out of the car.

“But the baby,” pleaded Mrs. Bank-
ers,

“Shes all right,” said the husband.
“Only a little too much paregoric,” and
so it proved.

“Here, Em," said Bankers shaking
the young woman, who was regaining
consciousness, “brace up. You’ve got
company."

“Are we all safe?” asked the
schoolma’am, feeling for her back hair.
“Oh! my dear, brave friend, you have
saved us all!” ,

“Yes, I played —-——,” said Bankers,
“hiding here in the straw while the
agent was being murdered.”

“But you saved the women,” said
the conductor, who was overjoyedI at
finding all alive.

"Yes,” said Bankers, “that‘s some-
thing, after all.”

And all this is not a dream. .It is
only a scrap of the history of the early
days of the Union Pacific. The brave
station agent is an old man now, and
one of his legs is shorter than the oth-
er—the‘ one that was shot that night.
The baby, having recovered from her
severe tussle with colic and paregoric,
is now one of the most charming
women in a Western city. The conduc-
tor of the soldier train is at this writ-
ing a general superintendent of 11 well-
known railway. The snows of forty
winters have fallen upon his wife’s
hair. It is almost white, but her face
is still young and handsome, and I re-
member that she blushed when telling

this story to me, and recalling the fact'

that she had fainted in a stock car 011
that wild- night at Woodriven—New
York S1111.

S. S. Teacher—How is it, John, that

don’ t see you at Sunday school any

ore?

The Iiaundrymaane: too busy now;
me ridee Mike—New York Herald.

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e001) ROADS 951111111111

A PROPOSITION TO ABANDON' MOSS-
;'COVERED CUSTOM.

[he Plans Adopted “’here Good Roads a‘re
Made—Money Enough is Spent Each
Year in Making Poor Roads to Revolu;
tionize Our Highways.

The Lykens, Pa.,1 Register has taken
pains to compile interesting data con-
cerning good roads, and the conclusions
drawn by the editor are as applicable
to this vicinity as to the enterprising
town of the Keystone State. lVequote
the article entire:

“The people in the neighborhood of
our larger cities and towns are wak-
ing up to the importance of better
roads, and each year the demand for
better roads
more prominent. Much of this is, in
country districts, attributed to bicy—
cles and bicycle riders, but a. little in-
vestigation will show that progressive
farmers are moving in the same direc-
tion, and that the motion bids fair
soon to be an irresistible one and one
which must be acknowledged and pro-
vided for. In some of the counties in
the southeastern portion of Pennsyl-
vania this movement has forcedthc
construction of Macadam and Teli‘ord
roads at an expense of from $2,000 to
$3,000 per mile, for the cost of which
townships have been bonded. This has
been undertaken after a full and fair
vote of the taxpaye1s and a full under-
standing of the p1obable effects and 1e‘
suits of the system.

In many townships in Chester county
this plan of constructing first-class
roads has been tried with excellent ef-
fects, and it is likely to be followed by
other and adjoining townships. It has
been found that the decrease in the
cost of repairs will soon assist in pay‘
ing off the cost of better roads, and
that as an investment of capital it ex-
ceeds government bonds and similar
interest-paying securities. What can
be done under the conditions which
surround the cOunties alluded to will
and can sooner or later be done in other
counties, and the inference is that the
good work will spread in all directions
from the centers already established.

In Ohio the road laws of the state
permit the construction of permanent
roads by a vote of the taxpayers with-
in one or two miles of the road whose
land is taxed for the whole cost of the
road. It is claimed that in all cases in
which roads have been constructed
under these laws the land adjacent has
increased in value to a greater extent
than the cost of the road, and that
this, too, has proven an excellent-in-
vestment of money and capital. 111
New Jersey a somewhat similar sys-
tem is being pursued with the best of
results, but in this case the cost of the
permanent roads is equally divided be-
tween the township, the county and
the state. Each year the amount of the
state appropriation for this purpose is
increased and there appears to be no
letup in the good work. Such improve-
ments are made by a vote of the local
taxpayers, and once begun appears to
be permanent and increasing each
yca1.

Any plan fo1 the pe1manent improve
ment of our roads should be g1adual
in its work and not place too large a
burden upon the taxpayers, either 10-
cal. county or state. A fixed amount
should be set aside each year for the
work, and the result accomplished
slowly but surely, every year bringing
some increase in the amount of good
roads in the township. In many cases
it will be advisable to establish a
bonded indebtedness so that future
generations may assist in paying the
cost, but we think that as a rule it will
be found that money thus spent .will
be returned in the increased value of
farm property along the line of the
permanent improvement and that the
whole cost will be more than repaid in
this manner.

First repeal the right to work out
the road taxes, have them paid in cash,
and then see to it that the cash is 110n-
estly expended upon the township
roads. W e have, during the past fifty
years, expended enough to have ma-
cadamized our roads from one end of
the state to the other and as the result
11:11:11 1-0111!»- -.1hich are not any better
than Hwy were fifty years ago. Why
not charge this plan and try some oth-
er? It would be diflicult to select a
worse one and the chances are that a
change would be for the better. At any
rate, as a starter let us repeal the work
tax and substitute the cash tax and
then elect supervisors who will see to
it that the money is honestly expended.

The Mikado and His Wife.

A refreshing little incident occurred
during their stay at their old home, the
palace of Kioto. Together they ram-
bled through the gardens, recalling
their early days among the familiar
trees and shrubs, and we are told that
the Empiess was invited to go up the
ltai1s of the “Shishinden, ” the august
audience hall wheie the Mikado of old
used to administer public aflairs, and
where 1.111 female had yet set foot.

it is their daily custom to dine to-
gether in the evening. and undemon-
Itrative as we naturally are, it is said
that no sign is wanting to show that
they enjoy more than their share of
conjugal felicity. Reports also say
that there never was a woman truer t0
the old teachings in respect to the
womanly disposition and demeanor.—
Japanese Lady in The Chautauquan.

'Eviated.’ _
Marc Antony held aloft the bloody
toga of. his murdered friend Caesar.
“That rent”—he pointed toward the
reeking garment—“is due to Brutus.”
A voice from the gallery broke the

_ breathless silence.

“Why under the sun don"t you pay it
to ban "”
And 1: e bouncer did his work. —

' Judge.

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FASHiONS IN WAISTS

Though Old \Valsts Will Eventually Retire
'it.}Vill Not be With a Bush.

(By Special Arrangement with the N. Y. Sun.)

The most fantastic feature of dress
comes out in the little jackets of all
kinds and shapes and conditions of de-
coration, the latest of which is of kid,
all embroidered with silk and imita-
tion jewels, turquoises being the most
desirable, on a leather foundation.
This trimming is set on in bands
around the edge or cut out in various
designs and appliqued on; Braiding,
in various elaborate patterns, is afash-

 

ionable trimming in London. and very
handsome braided gowns are not un-
common in New York, but the French

woman, who always avoids all things'

severe in dress, rarely appears in the
braided gown. The bolcros are cov-
ered with embroidery in fancy colors,
frilled with lace and trimmed with fur.
Very pretty little jackets are made of
knife-plaited frills of black chiffon three
inches - wide, edged with narrow
cream lace sewn on :1 thin black silk
lining, with lace insertion in vandyke
points and Spangled with jet set in be—
twcen. A practical style of jacket for a
mixed wool gown is cut in square cor-
ners at the back, where it opens to the

 

 

ncck, showing an edge of black satin
ribbon down either side, and fits in
closely to the waist just above a Wide
draped beltof bias velvet. The front
is shaped in a sharp point at the bot-
tom, which reaches the waist line and
hangs loosely from the shoulders.
Wide revers of cloth, trimmed with
gold braid, finish the front edge, and
the vest is a wide fold of red velvet

down either side, trimmed with a. row'

of small gold buttons and opening over.
a nariow vest of cream lace. The col-

lar is of 1ed velvet, with rounded tabs _
at the back and sides and a lace frill ‘

inside.

 

Another pretty evening waist for :1
black skirt of soft faille silk in pale
blue finely tucked in groups of five or
seven. and from the bust down to the
belt cream lace insertion an inch wide
is set in between the spaces. The front
has a slight pouch and opens at one
side, being finished by :1 jilbOl’ of lac-11
from the top of the 1:11-11, insertion to
the shoulder. and 11111 sleeves are
tucked round in groups. from the
small puif at the top to the flare at the
waist.

Pat’s Idea of the Jo-i ~1-

A member of the legal profession, of
very diminutive stature. was elected
to the Bench some years ago in a P01111—
sylvania town; and one of the first
cases before his honor was that of :1
brawny Irishman of colossal size. The
son of Erin was charm-:1 with assault
and battery. and was told by the court
to stand up. The defendant did so. and.
though he was six foot six inches tall.
he could barely see the top of the 111:1 gr-
istrate’s head 111,1pearing behind 11::1
desk. laising himself on tiptoe 1112.1,
bending forward, with his hands be-
fore his eyes as if peeiing at so. 111
distant object, the Ilishman shouted,
“Holy )IOSCS—and is Pnt1i1k O Minc-
han going to be tried by :1 fairy?"

 

 

Not. Phased for 1111 Answer.

In a primaiy school the teacher 1111-
deitook to convey to her pupils :11.
idea of the use of the hyphen. S1111
wrote on the black-board “bird‘s-nest.“
and pointing to the hyphen, asked 11111
school, “What is that for?"

After :1 short pause. a young son of
the Emerald Isle piped our, ”l‘lc..se.
ma’ am, forgthe bird :1 rocsht 31.

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AN AMERICAN Qli EEN.I
”OUMALEA” HOBBS IMMEDIATELY
NAMED HIS BRIDE“UL.AL.iE.”

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The Colonel Proves His Loy:'1ltj :0 11-11

Illikans by Rejecting 01;: fun .-

-‘Al

_ from the British Governmcnt.—Doesn’t

Care for the Civilization of His Race.

Colonel John F. Hobbs, King of the
Cannibal Islands of lllika. was mar-
ried holiday week to Miss Ella Collin,
of New York city. As soon as the mar-
riage service was concluded "Ouma—
lea” Hobbs—which is the same as to
say Caesar in the language of his sub-
jects of the South Seas—proclaimed
and crowned his bride as “Ulalie,”
that is to say, Queen of lllika.

“Oumalea” and his American queen
are likely to be received by his people
with extraordinary honors and c011-
veyed from shipboa1d to Illika in his
famous war canoe of sixty rowers,
which is capable of a speed of eighteen
miles an hour, and once was rowed
around an English man-of-war as it
proceeded under full steam.

Colonel Hobbs, about six years ago.
was sent as a special commissioner by
a Sydney (N. S. \V.) newspaper to i11-
vestigate the conditions of an abomi-
nable traffic in Kanakas by the Queens-
land sugar groweis.

Colonel Hobbs‘ schoone1 11' as w rocked
by a. hurricane. He was cast adrift,
and after floating by means of a life
belt until nearly exhausted, was picked
up by a canoe manned by natives of
Illika, which, by the way, is an island
not down on the map.

They did not devour him, but treated
him kindly, and in return he rendered
them services which led to his being
created a war chief, and later on the
death of the reigning king, “Oumalea.”

These islands, which contain a popu-
lation of thirty thousand souls, have
since become :1 diplomatic quantity.
Both Great Britain and France yearn
for them on account of their pearl fish—
eries, but a trcaty prevents either
Power from asserting sovereignty.
Britain. however. has sought to coddle
"0111111111111" Hobbs with the following
tempting offer:

llcr Britnnnic Majesty’s Ministers
told him that it' he would permit them

to establish a trading station at Illika'

they would confer upon him the honor
of knighthood and also assure to him
the honor and his subjects the protec-
tion of the British flag. Colonel

Hobbs. who is a simoupure democrat, '

laughed at this proposal, and then they
said they would give him $75,000 for
the permission to work the pearl shell.
deposits of the islands. He put this
temptation behind him with equal firm-
ness. He declared that he did not care
to have his subjects contaminated by
civilization. ‘

“Oumalea” Hobbs says his Illikans
are now a. simple and virtuous people,
unlike their neighbors, who have fallen
under the influence of Europeans.
Their moral code teaches that selfish-
ness is the cardinal sin, and, "in a word,
for an Illikan to desire anything be-
longing to his ’ncighbor is believed to
arouse the profound displeasure of the
“great white Spirit Father.”

It is not necessary for Colonel Hobbs
to be always in his kingdom in order
to maintain his sovereignty. He pos-
sesses the token which is known 'only
to the princes of this people, and the
revelation of which, either by himself
or his heirs at any time will insure the
ready recognition of his kingship. The
Illikans firmly believe that when he is
not with them he is in direct commun-
ion with the “great white Spirit
Father.” He has abolished cannibal-
1sm. .

 

The Hair Cut Cure.

The latest cure suggested for the re-
lief of headache is a haircut. A cer-
tain physician has met with great suc~
cess lately in his treatment of persist-
ent cases of nervous headaches, and
he has finally disclosed the secret. In
each case, he says, after the patient
has laid bare a long tale of woe——of
sleepless nights and miserable days—he
prescribed, briefly, a simple hair-cut. It
is not necessary that the hair should
be cropped off short. The curative
property of the treatment is based on
the fact that the tube which is con-
tained in each single hair. is severed in
the process, and the brain bleeds, as
the 'barbers say, thereby opening a
safety-valve for the congested cran-
ium.—-Tid-Bits.

 

Close Relationship. 0

A man was divorced from his wife,
and she married again, whereupon hus-
band No. 1 inquired of No. 2: “What
relation are you tome?” ‘

“None that I know of.”

“Yes, you are,” said No. 1; “you are
my step-husband—I stepped out and
you stepped in!”—Tid-Bits. . '

 

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Sher-Fond of dancing?
He—Awi’ 1y.
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S PEN ITENTIARY

THE WARDEN’S KINDNESS AND THE
GOOD“ RESULT OBTAINED.

4

It is Located at 11‘th Leavenworth, and is
the Pioneer of Other Government civn
Prisons “ hich \Vill Grow Up Over the

Country in Due Course of Time.

The penitentiary is located at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan, and is the pioneer
of °othcr Government 'civil prisons
Which will grow up all over the coun-
try in due course of time. ’

Ilo11 many people. in the United
St? 11.15: are aware that there is one
United States penitentiary in all of the
United States? '

At Fort Leavenworth is the only
prison which is a United States penis
tentiary.

The prison force consists of the war-
den, assisted by' a staff of seven of-
‘ficials and fifty guards, and is con-
ducted on a strictly non-partisan bhsis,
though lVarden French is a Democrat.

Warden French disciplines by kind-
ness and firmness. Guards or officials
are not permitted to strike a prisoner
except in defence of themselves or
others, neither are they permitted to
use profane 01' abusive language.

The majority of the prisoners are be- -
tween the ages of 16 and 30, and three—
fdurths of the convictions are for 1:11-
ccny, counterfeiting, violation of rev 0-
nue laws, and assault. Almost all
callings are represented, there being
two editors, five printers, three preach—
ers, two bartenders, one doctor, four
lawyers, and 343 farmers, this last be-
ing a most comprehensive term in a
section which is largely out of doors.

As an evidence of the good that is
in these men, “’arden French told :1
number of stories, one of which is the
following:

“I was sitting in my office when an
elderly woman, accompanied by a
younger, came in, and the older woman
asked if they could see any of the pris-
oners, I ‘told her they could if they
were relatives, and she told me her
boy was there, and the husband and
brotlier-in—law of the other woman
also. They said they had come from
Muscogec, I. T., and that they had
driven the entire distance of 500 miles
in a. backboard with two horses and :1
dog. She pointed out of the window
and I looked and saw the outfit an-
chored just across the road. I sent
for the three men, andrwcnt with the
twowvomen to meet them in the room
for receiving, and there the poor old
mother broke down on her boy’s neck
and cried, the boy, a young fellow of
eighteen, bracing up quite manfuliy
and not showing a tear. I told her not
to cry so. but to cheer up the others.
for the boy was a good boy, and would
soon get out and be all right. After :1
while she was chatting away cheerily.
and even got‘so interested that the boy
moved over where he could see out
of the sallyport across the road where
the turnout was. 'He nodded over that
way, and said to me, “That’s my dog
over there, sir. I‘d like to see him a
minute.” It was so wistfully spoken
and it seemed such a small favor that
I let him step out to see the dog. He
stood by me and gave a little short
whistle, and the dog looked 11p quickly
as if remembering something. He
whistled again, and the dog got up
and began to show signs of excitement.
Then he called him by name, and on
the instant the dog gave a cry of joy
and came to the boy with a rush and
flung himself all over his master. The
boy could keep a stiff upper lip when
his mother wept over him, but he
couldn‘t stand the dog's joy, and he
broke down and cried like a baby, the
meantime hugging the dog and kissing
him as if he were a human beinm
“’hen he had fin-ally quieted down he
said the horses were his, too, and he
would like to step over and see them,
and I let him go. The horses knew his
voice and whinnied when he spoke, and
he rubbed their noses and laid his face
down on their necks and wept some
more. But it was doing him good and
I never interfered, but let him have‘it
out. He came back at last to go in
where his mother and the others were,
and I could see it was a great effort
for him to leave the dog, so I told him
to take it along in and make afamily
parting with the dog and all of them,
and enjoy himself all he could while
he had the chance. He did it with
many thanks, and when the party
broke up at last it seemed to me al-
most as if we had had a revival of re-
ligion, and the efiect of it on that boy
I am su1e will never be effaced if he

lives to be a thousand ”'—\'ew York -
Sun. _ ~

Funeral Customs in Greece.

Many funeral customs in Greece are
unique. The body of an unmarried
girl is always dressed as a bride, the '
common saying being, “She is married
to death.” The body of a boy is al-
ways dressed as a sailor. ”Women never
accompany funerals to church or to
the graves. Processions are always
on foot. the priest leading, accompan-
ied by acoly tes bearing the cross and
lanterns. The body of the deceased isi
invariably exposed to view, and at th
close of the service in the church”
which concludes with the words “Takg

the last kiss,” both friends an
strangers piess about the body and
give this token of farewell. f

 

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Eflicm. y of I) Fell: Hat. - .‘

It is not generally known that when
a person falls into the water a com-
mon felt but may be made use of as a
life-preserver, and by placing the hat
upon the water, rim down, with the
arm round it pressing it slightly to the
breast, it will bear a man up for hours.

 

 

Fixed.
Goshing—Why do you call her of a

certain age?
Barke1'-—Becanse she never changes

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