FRANCIS JOSEPH.
A BRIEF SKETCH OF THI EMPEROR
OF AUSTRO-HUNGARY’S LIFE.
Ills Assurances of Anxiety for the Crown of
Spain and the Cubfied Rumors of His Ef-
,. forts to Raise Europe Against Us Makes
His Majesty Interesting to Our Peep!
The assurances of anxiety on the
part of the Emperor Francis Joseph in
the Crown of Spain and the cabled
rumors of his efforts to raise Europe
jaolyglot empire of his majesty a. mate
car of direct interest to our people.
We have paid but little attention to
eke beer garden scenes lately in the‘
.mstrian Reicleig, and neithc1 the
-3&1scontent of the lfagyars 1101' the po-
Effical demands of the young Czéchs,
have much concerned the people of the
United States, since the exile and death .
afLouis Kossuth. When the great
Hungarian patriot came to this country
the people of the United States gave
him funds, a warm welcome in the
some of freedom and the privileges
usually accorded to a distinguished
stranger in Washington. Mr. Seward
and the late “Suns at” Cox and many
others made warm speeches appealing
to Magyars and to all American patri-
ots alike to stand by the Hungarian
cause. There is not any apology due
Francis Joseph for our action in 1870.
Though one portion of the dual Em-
pire would probably reciprocate by now
discountenancing acts of hostility
against the United States on the part
of the head of the state, it is neverthe-
less. a fact that beyond wishing well to
freedom everywhere .we have not as a
people taken any particular interest in
Austro-Hungarian affairs fer many
years. We may do so again because it
is almost impossible to doubt that the'
head’of the House of Hapsburg has dis-
played both in his own person and in
the case of his Majesty's Premier, Golu-
ch'owski, a tone of bitter unfriendli-
ms to the people and institutions of
the United States. Count Goluchow-
ski has gone so far as to publicly urge
upon Europe the necessity of combin-
ing against us commercially, and his
august master has followed up this
' step by repeated invitations to Euro-
pean Courts to intervene in our con-
29's: with Spain in the common interest
of h lame crippled, humpbacked, be.
wigged‘ and wrifikled monarchies
Europe. With the affairs of that con-
tinent we have no concern. It is not
the intention of the United States to
interfere in the domestic affairs of any
foreign people. But our espousal of
the case of Kossuth helped to create
the-autonomy of Hungary and as we
have-in: this country many of the for«
mer subjects of the Austrian kaiser,
the, political condition of the people of
cenpxral Europe can hardly be a matter
ofrindifference to Americans.
The people of the United States may
therefore be compelled to renew their
former interest in the Emperor Francis
Joseph and his affairs, apart entirely
fro'mithxo fact that he may at on time
spring into notice as the author of a
European concert against the new for-
w-lumfl policy of this country. Of course
wc‘have no fear of any such concert.
A1111 if'all Europe' would be so mad as
to regard" these United States as all
Europe once regarded the First Napo-
loon, this country has enough of the
fprmer subjects of these European
countries to stand between us and an
American Waterloo, even if all the na-
tive Americans kept saying nothing
but sawing wood. We need not
raise a hand should such an issue he
thrust upon us. Indeed the somewhat
rickety throne of Austria would hardly
hear such a strain just now as partici-
pation in a European concert would
put upon it. And the opinion prevails
in more centres than America that it is
the tact and urbanity of the Emperor
alone which makes the House of Haps-
burg a factor at all in Europe; and
that when Francis Joseph dies as many
lines of cleavage are likely to set in
through his mosaic empire as mani-
tested themselves in the onceproud
Empire of Charlemagne, of which there
is: now no trace.
The present Emperor was hardly
seated on the throne in. 1848 when he
saw the expulsion of Louis Philippe
engender a revolution among his sub-
jects, and it is not unlikely that to the
fear of seeing the-throne of the Bour-
“sons fall in spam, and thus the con-
tagion spread from Madrid to Vienna,
is due much of that solicitious-interes't
in-us now shown by the Emperor of
Austro-Hungary. It is not our fault
but Spain’s misfortune that the proud
and pedigreed race over which his ma-
jesty’s niece is Queen Regent should
so. conduct itself in Cuba as to make
American interv: ntion a humane neces-
slty as was that of Austria in Bosnia.
and Herzegovnia in 1870.
It may therefore so happen that
Francis Joseph would court the fates
and that the close of his reign would
see the renewal of those aspirations
for liberty which 111 1848 drove Prince
Metternich from the Austrian Capital,
and gave a free constitution 1.. “.4
Austrian people. The present Emperor
ought not to forget that it was the ab-
dication of his uncle Ferdinand which
kept the Hapsburg dynasty from full.
log in 1848. In order to qualify him
for reigning in this crisis, Francis
Joseph, then a minor, was declared of
age so as to give his ascent of 11113
throne the legal sanction of the con-
stitution in the eyes of the people. it
was only through the assistance of
wiser councils that those who now sur-
round him, that the young Emperor
was proclaimed, and it' was through the
military aid of Russia and by rather
clever manipulation of the popular
forces that a peace “was maintained
which secured the succession.
Nor can we forget that the practice I
of “petty intrigues such as is now attrib- '
md to him well becomes the Emperor
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of.
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, and his family. For a thousand‘years
' the House of Hapsburg has maintained
‘ itself by crimes that call for the con-
demnation of the decalogue. It was by
these arts that the dukes of Austria
Pushed that insignificant state into the
proportions of an Empire. It was a.
duke of Austria that betrayed Richard
Plantagenet to the Saracens. It was a
duke of Austria that held Richard
Coeur de Leon for twelve years in a
Danubian castle; and another of the
race that did all manner of hideous
things in order to incorporate the
. crowns of Bohemia Transylvania and
against the United States make the-
Austria. The character of his ances-
tors also well befits the present Em-
-:peror. In the dispute between Eng-
land and France in 1854 the aim of the
Emperor of Astria was to trim between
the contending powers. Calling him-
self an ally of the Western powers he
came out of the scramble protector of
Moldavia and Wallachla, and so be-
came one of the contracting parties of
the peace of Paris in 1856. He thus
vastly solidified himself in the seat into
which adventitious circumstances had
th1 ust him. He was also successful in
the attempt to maintain for a long
time the predominance of Austria over
Prussia in the Germanic Diet; and no
one will deny that the ill-starred at-
tept of his brother Maximilian to sub-
vert the Monroe Doctrine had the full
and unconditional approval of the
whole Austrian Court. He was then
the enemy of America as he is to-day.
Therefore there are many probabilities
as well as some powerful dynastic
reasons why the cables from Paris
which speak of the pernicious activity
of Austria do no injustice to the A113.
trian Emperor, whose family masked
in piety have ever been the unscrupu-
lous foes of liberty, and of whom a
caustic writer has well said that “they
gave idiots to Spain in the 811159 or
Kings, harlots to France in the guise
of Queens, tyrants to the Netherlands
In the guise of regents, monsters to tho
new world in the guise of warriors and
empty-headed bigOts to 10rd it over the
brave people of the Holy" Reman Em-
pire." This is a crushing indictment
and it is perhaps one of the retribu-
who is new conspiring against us has
no direct heir for the throne his fathers
had stolen and is likely to be succeeded
by a. madman who is never likely to
reign and who is One of the wickedest
men on earth.
THE AMERICAN PRIVATEER.
A Private Ship of War Bent on Doing It.
Boot to Help the Country.
When the American privateer came
to the front in the war of 1812 it did
not come as a pirate.
It came as a private ship of war bent
on doing its best to help the country,
which had only a. small naval force.
These vessels and their services to
the Republic were admirably illustrat-
ed in the case of the General Arm-
strong, a small ship mounting only
seven guns and carrying ninety men.
The General Armstrong sailed from
New York and captured many British
prizes in the first two years of the
war.
In September, 1814, she was lying in
the harbor of Fayal, Azores Islands,
when a British squadron of several
ships sailed in.
This squadron was on its way to Ja-
maica, where a great fleet was being
assembled by the English to capture
New Orleans.
On seeing the General Armstrong,
which was under command of Capt.
Samuel C. Reid, the British prepared
to attack her. The principal English
vessels in the squadron were the ship
Plantagenet, of 74 guns, the frigate
Rota, 44, and the brig Carnation, of 18.
Commodore Lloyd gave orders to
capture the Yankee so that she could
be used in the expedition against New
Drieans. All were sailing ships in
:hose days, and the first attack on the
‘Yankee" was made by a boat party
if 150 men.
These were repulsed with terrible
1055, and a second attack was made
with 500 men, which met with a simi-
lar fate. _
Amazed at the fighting qualities of
the American privateer Commodore
Lloyd then ordered one of the big ships
:0 be “worn” into position so that she
could get her big guns to bear on the
General Armstrong.
Before this could be done Capt. Reid
scuttled his ship and landed with his
men. The little company took refuge
in an old stone convent on a high hill
1nd defied the enemy.
The official report of the British Con-
sul shows that the losses on that side
1n killed and wounded was 300 men,
while the American had only 2 killed
111d 7 wounded.
By this gallant fight of Capt. Reid
111d his men New Orleans was saved.
l‘he British squadron did not reach
.ttack, and when they finally reached
here Gen. Jackson had the city in a.
ondition to repel their attack.
This wonderful exploit of the Gen-
eral Armstrong is not referred to in
any of the regular histories of the
American Navy, though it certainly de-
serves a place there.
The privateers of those days, so far
as this country was concerned, were
the volunteer navy of the Republic.
1bey strru k out boldly for the enemy ’s
.ouutiy and were ready for a fight at
1 moment’s notice.
The volunteer navy of to-day would
10 the same, thing if given the oppor-
{unity
For Pxofit and Pleasure.
In Paris the thousands of sardine and
ather tin boxes that are thrown away
every month are stamped by machinery
into tin soldiers, and sold so cheaply
that the poorest children can buy them,
while the "manufacturer makes a fair
are“,
"a" ”_r‘lAgih.
"A
flops of avenging time that the man ‘
l'amaica in time to co-operate in the ‘
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,upon rows of bebe velvet ribbon.
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NEW YORK FASHIONS
The patriotic American woman is
showing her loyalty to her country by
omitting to send her yearly order for
handsome garments and dainty bon-
nets to her Parisian dressmaker and
milliner. And the antagonistic man-
ner which France has evinced towards
the United States since the beginning
of hostilities with Spain, will be ex-
tremely detrimental to the conturieres
of that country in as much as thou-
sands of American dollars are deposib
ed in their coflers yearly by their rich
patrons from the land of the free and
the home of the brave.
But in spite of the all-absorbing in-
terest of the war question the latest
fashions still continue to play an im-
portant part in the daily routine of a
woman’s life. In fact to keep track of
the changing styles is almost an im-
possibility. Therc are some exquisite
patterns from Paris, however, which
may be copied by the home dressmaker
and which it is safe to say will prove
almost if not entirely as satisfactory
as the importations.
Sufi‘lce it to say therefore that al._
thin wool materials, including nun’1
veiling, albatross, challies, etammes
and the like will be extremely populax
this season. In wash goods ginghams
dimities, organdies and grass linen:
still hold sway, while for evening wea1
silk grenadines and satin striped Brus
sels net is quite the newest thing anc
make charming and novel gowns. Al-
the thin silks, foulards especially art
included in the materials designed f0)
summer dresses, and these soft pliablc
textures lend themselves very easily it
fashion’s whims in the tucks, shirring:
and cordings which constitute such an
important part in the composition 01
' the summer frocks.
White will be Worn very extensively
this season and white muslin gowns _fo1
morning wear are so becoming ani st
easily laundered they are bound t1
prove fashionable. An important item
in the wardrobe is the petticoat. Very
few of the summer frocks are lined
, therefore it is imperative that the un
' derskirt should be made with as mucl
care as the outer one. They are cux
quite long, just escaping the floor. Tc
wear with delicate reception or evening
gowns, white taffeta. is the most satis
factory material to use, while lawn is i
good substitute for lining simple sum
mer frocks, as it keeps its stiffness and
gives a prettyeffect to thin goods.
In the matter of trimming ribbon
plays a very important part. Plain
and fancy, gathered and ruched it wil
be employed on our summer frocks
Velvet ribbon is an especially dainty
mode of ornamen ation, and nothini
could be daintiei than a fine whit1
nun’s veiling dress trimmed with row:
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addition to this mode of trimming em
broideries, tucks and cordings an:
every conceivable conceit in the way 01
decoration will be seen.
arasols designed for the summe1
girl surpass all previous years in gor
geousness and elaborate decoration
There are para-sols made of 1113i:
striped silks and checks to carry in the
morning, but these are a small .ten
compared with the confections design-
cd .or dressy occasions. Tiny route:
are :1 popular fancy, while filmy lace
chiffon and gauze will. play a proml
nent pa1t. Canopy tops are often see:
2.1 ' i .11'e one of the populal shapes. '1' h
511 cksz on parascls me not as thin as
fcxmerly and the club sticks with hat
11ml wood handles are novel and prob
ty.
Of No Consequence.
Augustus and Claxa became engage:
after the usual manner of young pe oplt
who haven’t anything else to do, an:
Clara” manifested a disposition aftez
some time to dissolve the tie.
“A gustus.” she said one evening
“let‘s; don‘t be engaged any longer."
“What’s that for?” he inquired. with
some surprise.
“Oh, I'm tired; and besides it wa:
only a sham engagement on my part
anyway. Bet-3's ycrz' ring."
"Don’t trt'ible yourself about th!
ring. Clare: it‘s only a sham diamond
anyway. I ..
shillings,
meuts like this. l"ocd— bye Don’t tel
any of the othel A1113 about the ring
please."
The total"~ con. . required for a first.
rate man-cf-war weighs about so gong
_ght half a dozen for three .'
3 st to use in little engage l
Profit in Celery. - 4
Where celery can be grown well it
is a profitable crop, particularly if the
grower has a home market, and sells
direct to the consumer, as he should
do to reap the full reward of his la-
bor, and the capital invested. Good
celery is a good salesman, it not only
speaks for itself, but for all that goes
with it. The gardener that grows
good celery has his products sold in
advance, his coming is awaited with
interest, and he will soon dispose of
his load at good prices.
Celery is mostly grown as a second
crop, although not unfrequently as a
third. As a second crop it usually fol-
lows early cabbage, and the soil that
is congenial to the one is to the other.
The best soil for celery is a heavy,
deep, sandy loam, and the situation
is naturally moist. It is useless to
attempt the growing of celery on a
dry, light soil, as it will not endure a.
drouth. In such seasons the garden-
er loses his crop. Good plants are the
first requisites of good celery. They
must be strong, vigorous and perfect-
ly healthy. To secure such they
should be twice transplanted before
selling; they should moreover have
plenty of room to allow them to grow
wide as well as tall. When first lifted
from the seed bed set them five inches
apart each way. Do not cut back to
make the plants strong, as is a com-
mon practice, but let them have sufli.
cient room to grow strong, as they
naturally will Without mutilation.
Where cabbage is the first crop the
soil should be sufficiently rich for cel«
ery without additional manure, but
should any be considered necessary
let it be thoroughly rotted and put
under the plants, instead of around
them. Make the trenches deep and
put the manure at the bottom. Fill
the trenches with soil thrown out,
and set the plants on a level, nevcr
below the surface. Exercise great care
in setting, so that the crowns of the
plants are not covered, and to have
the soil pressed firmly about the roots.
Never plant the self-blanching var~
ieties, as the loss of color indicates
weakened vitality. To have celery
delicious and tender it is necessary
to earth it up, no matter what the
variety may be, For late winter‘s
use I prefer the best of the pink var-
ieties, both because of their rich, nut.
ty flavor, and their excellent keeping
qualities. If winter spinach is the
first crop taken off in the spring, and
this is followed by second early peas,
celery can easily be made a third
crop—American Ag‘rlculturallst.
Pure Kerosene for Spraying. 1
Prof. Smith of the New Jersey sta-
tion calls attention to the fact that if
properly used pure kerosene may be
applied to apples, pears, quinces,
plums, cherries, peaches, and a large
variety of other trees for killing the
San Jose scale. He shows that pear
trees were sprayed in February and
no series were visible until the fol.
lowing September. These probably
came from neighboring tree. The es-
sential point and the one that must
be observed carefully, is the use of
the finest spray possible that will ap-
ply a very thin coating at a time
when weather conditions are favor-
able for rapid evaporation. The trees
themselves ,should be dry when the
kerosene is applied. Any departure
from these suggestions may prove in-
jurious. At present there is no per-
fect sprayer or atomizer on the mar-
ket. if this is secured the kerosene
can be applied without much danger
of bad results.
Best Soil for Raspberries. J
Am; realty rich land will grow rasp-
berries, but a moist, well-drained clay
ioam is probably the best. For com-
mercial purposes, select a few var-
ieties that are well known in the mar-
ket, as a shipment of one kind will
sell much better than one composed
of half a dozen sorts. Spring planting
is most common and usually, most
satisfactory. Set as soon as the soil
is in good working condition, putting
the plants in rows six feet apart and
three feet apart in the row. Give
clean and thorough culture until the
latter part of August. ‘
1
far the Peach Tree Borer.
Whitewash makes as good a pre—
ventive as anything that can be used.
Apply to the trunk of the tree and
carry it above the origin of the main
branches, The old dead wood should
be pruned out and burned at once.
If the tree is badly infested with
borers, cut it down and burn. If al-
lowed to remain it will aid in spread-
ing be trouble. If only a small por-
tion has been injured, cut this away.
burn the diseased portions and white.
wash the wound.
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Sllolng Potatoes.
In France potatoes were buried in
the interior of a crimson clover silo.
The beat caused by fermentation
cooked them and they came out in a
much more digestible condition than
when they went in. In another test
the potatoes were surrounded by 1he
whole corn plant and upon opening.
both corn and potatoes were found in
good condition. The cooking was less
advanced that: in the clover silo.
er Treatment for Lice.
Two hens, badly infested, were
dipped in a bath of boiled older flow-
ers, twigs and leaves, the elder con-
coction being mixed with acme soft
soap. In both instances all the lies
were killed and the plumage in no
wise damaged.
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The Beautifylng Box.
In warm weather the face powdc1
becomes almostl a necessity, for :1
shiny, greasy complexion will spoil
the freshest and prettiest toilet 1m
aginable.
Few women are aware of the value
of soft tissue paper, such as men use
when shaving, if used to remove mois-
ture and “shine” from the skin before
powder is applied. Soap and warxu
water, with a thorough rinsing of
clear, warm water, must, of course,
be used once a day; after that the
paper should be aplied whenever the
face needs cleaning. The case for
holding this paper should be very like
the shaving paper cases We have been
making for years for brothers and,
cousins and uncles, but just double
the size, so that each sheet may be
as large as a full-sized handkerchief.
Any woman who tries this paper for
a week will wonder how she has even
done without it.
If powder is used luxuriously each
day after the bath (and, by the way,
when the powder is daintily per-
fumed it is a very subtle method of
making my lady a flower-like pres-
ence) it becomes, if bought in the or-
dinary way, a rather expensive item.
-'A dime and a very little time and
labor will supply a pint boxful. The
same amount ready made would prob-
ably cost fifty cents. Half a pound
of ordinary starch is to be well
crushed under the rolling pin, mixed
with two ounces of fresh powdered
orris root, then put through an ordi-
nary sifter and afterward shaken
through an ordinary bag of black
muslin. The orris root should be
bought at a reliable wholesale drug
gist’s, for, if fresh, the odor will be
almost precisely that of newly gath
ered violets. j ‘
A simple and efficacious cure fo1
pimples should be kept in the beauti-
fying box. The very thing is a. little
“flour of sulphur” (an ounce will cost
a few cents), blended with sufficient
spirits of camphor to make a paste
The instant there is a hint of such
a disfigurement rub a little of the
paste on the spot over night, and it
should disappear by morning. ‘
No beautifying box is complete
without soap bags for the bath. These
may be made of cheese cloth, or, bet-
ter still, knitted or crocheted from
soft coarse cotton, like that used fox
knitting wash rags. The softness and
delicacy of the skin after using for a
week a bag cunningly filled will in-
sure its constant use. The filling
should be a quart of bran, a table-
spoonful of freshly powdered orris
root, the same of almond and half an
ordinary cake of white castile soap.
shaved in thin strips; mix well. The
bags should be made with a draw-
ing string.
Rock salt does not suggest anything
very dainty, but if a quart is allowed
to melt occasionally in the warm wa-
ter for my lady's both it will tune the
skin and help to bring a dainty fiusn
to the cheek—Kansas City Star.
Bow Women May Succeed.
If there is any one thing which a
woman can do well, to which she can
give her whole energy, she will bi
likely to succeed in the doing of it
A woman was left a widow with
children, and no money. Sb:- was
gently bred and educated.
"But I know nothing tl1oro-:1ghly,’.
she said, “except cookery. I can:
cook.”
“Then find opportumties ts.- teach
other women to cook," said a friend
A few appliances were procured, and
she began lecturing and giving les
sons to women in cookery in the city
in which she‘ lived, and in the neigh
boring towns. She has earned a mod
erate but comfortable income for her
self and her children. _
A young girl, suddenly loft pcnni
loss. was an expert in nothing bu1
dressing hair. She sought dilligently
for business in one or two important
inland cities, where coift‘ures were no
known, teaching women how to care
for their hair and to dress it becom
ingly. and thus supports herself.
Still another girl, obliged to earn
her bread, recollected that she had 2
peculiar skill in putting up luncheon:
for the children. She sent out cards
and made applications to the mother:
of the pupils of a large private school
stating that she would furnish whole
some and dainty luncheous at recess
An old colored woman with a white
apron and gorgeous turban curricc
the white packages in a huge basket
The trade was unique, and proved sc
successful that it extended to the
students of a great university in tbs
same city. Half a dozen ol1"
"niamxnys" supplied their ravenous
dmuaud. affording a very satisfactory
pecuniary profit to the young woman
In unusual occupations there will be
few rivals, and if they minister to the
simple needs of :1 class of person:
they will generally meet with success
’11‘ conducted with ordinary good scns¢
and industry.
- Nature- "its Back.
The penalty for stiff lint-n collm
wearing for women is a ruined throat
Attendants at Turkish bath house:
musseuses and others accustomed t1
viewing large numbers of women wil.
all testify to the universal strip 01
ugly yellow skin that bands t'm
tin-mus of ladies whose necks are oft
times flawless. Nature does n01
stand abuse; she hits back. Apply
harsh and irri ziting ligatures is
and there is a pret
ty c1op of disorio -- .rs of one kind not
another to distrtss the. woman wlu
tortures her body into conforming up
what is for her an impossibleifasbion
DEPARTa -
'MEMTJ‘, .1. ~5. a“
THE PRESIDENTS.
First Washington the '
truly great,
For eight years sailed
the ship of state;
John Adams next;
then Jefferson. .
The latter for two,
terms came on. ’ ”‘3
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Then Madison and then Monroe,
Each two terms served, I’d have you know,
Then J. Q. Adams served four years;
Then Jackson for two terms appears.
Van Buren next, called “Matty Van;"
Then Harrison, one month’s brief spam,
John Tyler next; then Polk, James K.;
Then Taylor sixteen months bore sway.
Fillmore, the vice, succeeded him;
Then Franklin Pierce one term came in.
Then James Buchanan, until sixty-one
Saw civil war but just begun.
Then martyred Lincoln, elected twice,
Set free the slave—his life the price.
Then Andy Johnson the reins 'assumed; "
Then Grant, two terms, the hero plumed.
Next Hayes; then Garfield, whose short
life
Soon fell before the nssassln’s knife.
Then Arthur, his successor, came
Followed by Cleveland, of recent fame.
Ben Harrison the next we find;
Then Cleveland for the second time.
McKinley last of all we see,
The herald of prosperity.
Wild West Show in a Hospital.
In the Boston Children‘s Hospital,
two summers ago, on one of the hot
June days, when all the little conva‘
lescents who were able crowded
about the open windows, it chanced
that a horseback band of Buffalo
Bill’s warriors passed on their way
to the show-grounds.
The wildest excitement immediate-
ly took possession of the small in-
valids. Those who could see described
the procession to those who could not
leave their cots.
A little later, one wee lad, bed-ridden
by spinal trouble, was discovered
crying bitterly, on account of the lost
treat. A kindly nurse endeavored to
soothe him; and, trying to plan some
little occupation that would divert
him from his grief, she told him that
he might write to Colonel Cody, the
great Buifalo Bill himself, and ask
him for-,-a real Indian’s picture.
No sooner said than begun. A sim~
ple letter was sent, telling that he
could not see the Indians when they
went by the hospital, and how he
wished he had a photograph of one
of the band; but the long day passed
and brought no answer to the weary,
waiting little fellow in his oct.
“Colonel Cody must be a very busy
man," said the sympathetic nurse, for
the twentieth time, on the second
morning. “We must wait patiently."
But even while she was speaking, the
ward door opened, and in came a six-
foot Indian, painted, and wrapped in
a scarlet blanket, wearing a cap of
tall, waving feathers and leather
trousers, and carrying his bow in, his
hand. _
The little invalids fairly gasped;
then they shrieked out with delight,
as one by one, silent and noiseless,
but smiling, six splendid warriors fol-
lowed the first. '
That made seven in all, and, like a
well-trained regiment, they drew up
in a line, and gravely. saluted ”the
nurse. The poor woman was too
much scared to speak. But the child-
ren continued to scream their pleas-
ure.
The strange visitors had evidently
received explicit orders, for next they
ranged themselves, as best they could,
in the narrow space between the two
rows of little beds, laid their blankets
and bows on the floor, waved their
arms to and fro, and proceeded to
give a quiet war dance! Then they
sang! And then they fought a sham
battle, smiling all the while! When
at last they went away, a heartfelt
cheer followed them down the broad
corridor; all who could, ran to the
windows and saw them ride away on
their wild mustangs; and the happy
children in the hospital talked about
shows and Buffalo Bill for week:
Mien—“Little Men and Women.”
The Tame Ground Hog.
The little animal was taught to
come when called, and would run for
food when whistled to, or when he
'was called by, the name of Trilby 01 .
Chuck; but he appeared to like Chuck
the best. Chuck was» very fond 0!
bread spread with butter and sugar
If plain bread or bread and butte1
were ofl’ered him he would taste it,
make a wry face, spit out the bit if.-
liis mouth, and throw away the piece
he held, and then he would straighter
himself up and hold out his shining
black hands for bread with sugar on
it. He always sat up stifily on his
hind legs when eating, and it was a
comical sight to see him holding a
long: banana in his arms, until he had
.oicn the whole of it, blinking his
bright black eyes with satisfaction.
When the milkman rang his hen
Chuck would squeal loudly and run
the full length of his chain in his
eagerness for a drink, and woe be
tide. the dog or cat that came ueax
while he was drinking. He Was
taught many tricks, balancing a stick
on his nose, swinging in a trapeze”
drawing a toy cart, besides many
other wonderful acts. If all ground
hogs are like Chuck, they are cor-
tainly the most affectionate and
tractable of- animals. -—Our Animal
Friends.
‘1.
Norwalk Chronicler