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HANNAEEF OFFER.
"Jcaieh.’ said old Mrs. Conner. "if
you‘rewttocbusyl‘dlikeyoutoetep over
totheBarkors‘andtakcamwfor mo."
“ All right. mother.“ said Josiah. “ What
i it ."‘
“ Why. I'd like to have Hannah‘s help
whilethobcardsrsarohore." said Mrs. Coo.
aer. “dodityoa'llaekhor ma to let her
some. and tell her I‘ll give twelve dollars a
mouth. I shall feel Iottkd. If Ranuala Bars
ker won‘t come, Sarah Smiley will. But
hrah has to ho told everything. and Han-
nah. she just use what‘s to bedone anddocs
it. Come right out about the clot. I don‘t
waottchethoughtto be asking favors of
my neighbors‘ daughters; and llaunah is
practical.“
Josiah (Donner. who had been boring the
geniec. put his hoe in the corner and went
into the honor. llo took o8 hie gray flannel
shirt and put on a white one. a liuon coat.
and a straw hat with a blue ribbon around
it. He further sacrificed to the graces by
tying his most becoming necktie around his
throat under a stid new mllar. Hi: mother
noticed thin. but made no rental-h. She was
rather pinned that he ahould he particular
for mm which she kept to herself.
She watched him go down the road with
a certain pride. for she thought him very
good-looking indeed. “ Not the sort of man
for an old bachelor,“ she thought, “ but he‘s
dve-aud~thirty to-nlorrow, and I can‘t see as
he‘s taken a shine to any one yet."
Shs sighed as the thonght crossed her
mind. For though when a son desires to
marry. his mother generally opposes it,
when he does not she is always anxious that
he should.
“ Hannah Barker is a capable, saviu‘
girl,“ she said to her millnpou, as she rub-
bed it. “ But beauty is all young man over
think of, and Hannah isn‘t pretty."
And just as these words passed her lips
Josiah entered the Barkers‘ gate.
Mrs. Barker, a very fat and very stupid
old lady, was sitting on the porch shelling
peas. She had a reputation for making a
mistake whenever it was possible, andJceish
knew it.
“ Likely enough. if I‘m not careful. she‘ll
think mother wants Hannah to help her for
nothing.“ he said to himself," so I‘ll begin
in plain words that she can't help undcrs
standing.“
Andthenhemsdehisbowandsaid:
" Warning. How is your health.
Ill- Barker 1"
. "Well," said Mrs. Barker, slowly. “it
a: entry. humor to @413»ka g; au‘t
wane.” ”Barker thought it ungwutflf‘finn
tobetoowen, and alwayssneweredin these
terms to any inquiries regarding her health.
“How’s your poor ma 5"
There was no one less to Do pitied in the
phce than Mrs. Conner; but “ your poor
ms" was a form she invariably used in in-
quiring after any one‘s maternal parent.
“ Mother is well.“ sold Josiah. taking a
seat on the lower stop, “ and she sent me
over to make an offer to Hannah."
“ Lort" said Mrs. Barker, dropping her
handful of pea-pods. “ I want to know."
“ You set we‘ve got boarders. They're
coming up Monday,” said Josiah. twirling
his straw hat, “and mother thinks Hannah
beats every girl she knows. She consider!
her worth more than twelve dollars a
month: but, at the some time, I was to
make her that oler, and she'll wonder it a
favor if she'll accept it."
.“Hannsh ll worth all that,” said Mrs.
Barker, with a sigh. “ I'm sure I don’t
know how I’ll do without her myself. Still.
Ihadn‘torterstand in her way, I know;
and Mali. has made all the gingerbread
and for two or three months.
and Samuel an milk the cows."
"Why, yes. milked four at Ian's
age," said Josiah.
“I want to know!” said Hrs. Barker.
. “ I don’t know
when I was more surprised than by that
our you jest spoke of making to Hannah.
Ibadn'tthelsadidssitwastbugbtcf. not
sin‘tmywey.‘
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‘Sk‘lp'aaieiliiaowfi‘ “
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iicrthathewasgoius. Hiswholethougbt
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shine in the Barkers‘ parlor. ho urrvrd hin-
aclf for a great elort. He was utterly
without vanity. 'tbe idea that Hannah
couldbeploesed neveroccurredto him. It
wastoapolcgisetorasecmingplece of in
"denounotto get out of an unintended
was.“Whatcan Raunahthink of such a
picceofbudneaef“
Itwuavor'ymisersbleyouug man who
aatcnthegreaa rep acts in the hrkerv'
parlcrathst.waltiugtorllaunah‘accmlag.
Atuaamuepwc-cdthednaadhe
leckedup. Ranaah. is a becoming
mohwlthaaambsr comb in her khck
hair.etocdhefore him. She laughed
showedherwkitetseth.
own he dreadfully ashamed of it. I know.
“eldest We mightbecousius, or almost
brother and sister. Oh. what would ya
kavedone, Jonah, it 1 had believed thstyoa
mahoreto-daytomakeanolerf“
Raoul! looked very bright and natty.
Ber checks were pink and her eyes shone.
Afterward her mother said that Josiah must
have been inspired to do as well as he did,
hutitwesaverynaturulsortof inspiration.
What he answered was this, though
haduot beenabls to think whathe
say as he cams along l
“ I wish to goodness you had belle
Iannahfornowlshell have to do
everagaia. and maybegotthe mitten.
“It‘ealmosttoodreadful to joke bod
afterall“said Hannah. “his will bees
ashamed. I act."
“ I‘m not joking now, anyhow," mid
Josiah. “ Hannah Barker, I haven‘t quite
as much brass and impndcnoe aayour
mother thought I had, but I have enough to
get on with, after all. I always have loved
you, but I never could see that you liked
me. Will you try to! Will you marry me?
Don‘t say no, Hannah. or I shall think it is
out of revenge for my mistake.“
“ It was mother's mistake." said Hannah.
“ Don‘t make one now, Josiah. There
ought to be a great deal of love before
people marry.“
“ There is on my side," said Josiah.
He had risen from the sofa. and they
stood looking at each other now. They sat
down in two chairs. one on each side of the
window. The moon was rising over the
hills. The shaded lamp was not obtrusive.
kfter a while Josiah took llannah‘s hand.
than his arm stole about her waist.
It was twelve o‘clock when he got home,
but his mother was sitting up for him. She
looked at him inquiriugly as he began to
wind the clock furiously. When he had
finished he went toward the stairs, but half
way up paused a moment to say:
“ Mother, I guess you'll have to put up
with Sarah Smiley for a mouth. It will take
Eannahastcngae that to get ready, she
says. Ieuppoeoehe'llwantto makes silk
mess and some other things.”
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IUD BATES.
Here in Austria they excavate a marsh
where decaying vegetable mold and water is
in abundance, cart it to the bath-houses,
grind itinamill, and pass it into a large
hok. where it is mixed with water and heat-
ed by steam. From the took it is drawn oil
into portable bathtubs, where it is again
mixed, more water added, and the tempers-
ture brought to the desired grade. Then it
is wheeled into the bath-room, and the un-
fortunate bother plunges into a black, bad-
smelling mixture, where he remains from
twenty minutes to half an hour, when he
steps into a second tub, toll of pure water,
toeleauee himself. The mod is too pre-
eloustcbewasted, soaftsrbeingused it is
deposited in a great heap, where it is said
to remain ten years before it will be at for,
use a second time. These heaps remind
the dairy farmer accumulates behind his
sow-stable. Themudbathispopularlybe-
lievedtobsvcrybenedoial in all cases—a
noses sun as rscacaarn.
houdou with Benjamin West. the
paintingpm-trultsatdtuapieee. Onhlear.
rlvalinlaoudonhewrototo his parents in
RewYork thus:
anxiety,andthatiuaulaetantloculd oom-
areuotpseaedoveriu an instant, and we
must wait tor long weeks before we can hear
from each othc.” This letter was found in
his shots. and on the back in Horse‘s hand.
writing were the words: “longing for a
telegraph even in this letter." . lls also in-
vented. during his wanderings. a pump. a
fire engine and a machine for cutting mar-
his. but in the midst of it all kept his mind
onthetelegraph. On his way home from
nurope the eecond time while at the dinner
tabletheideacametohint. andhowout up
oudeoktothiukitcut. Thirties was the
laternptiou of the electric spark and the
current. makiu three “on by uu‘rkblshg
which he could form “alphabet. Heepeut
several Mess nights working out his
scheme. This was in 1839. but it was eleven
years before he even got a intent on it. lie
was very poor. had three motherleae children
locarofor. andwasofteu on the verge of
starvation while experimenting with his
scheme. He took a room in the University
holding on Washington Square. Row York,
so poorthat he had;to buy histocdaudcook
it himself; be concealed from his triauda hie
misery and went out at night to buy his
meat and tea and carry it hours unseen.
“Thatwaamy modooflifeformany years,“
he said. There he discovered the relay, or
a means by which the current which. through
distance hadbecome feeble. could be rein.
loroed or renewed. Ilaiuiltou Fish went in
was to see hie little telegraph in operation
and about a mile of wire was suspended in
eucoeadve turns about the walls, a small
battery in one corner of the room. a sort of
clock-work machine in the other, and the
sounds of “ click, click. click.” In 1887
manages went through ten miles of wire.
The first message sent overfthe wires at a
public exhibition in Now York‘waa in these
words: “ Attention, the Universe! By
Kingdom Bight Wheel i“
In 1838 be exhibited it to President Martin
Van Buren and his Cabinet, and then applied
to Congress for dtmxm in outer turntabliuh
its successful experiment. lie was two
years in getting an appropriation : he had to
borrow the money to go to Washington to
exhibit and explain it. John P. Kennedy,
of Maryland, tool: hold of the bill. Osve
Johnson, Kentucky, proposed to give half
the appropriation to the science of mesmer-
lam. Sam Houston said that Millerism
ought also to shore tho appropriatou. On
February 23, 1842, the appropriation was
passed by the House, yeast 89. uays 83, a
mjority only of six. Morse ant trembling
in the gallery. “ If by any means the bill
should fail,“ said Morse. “I shall return to
New York without the fraction of a cent of
money in my pocket." It passed the Boosts
only a few minutes before midnight. The
Whig National Convention met in Baltimore
my 1, 1844, and the telegraph announced
to Washington the nomination of Henry
Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen. 0on-
grp coulghare bought the entire invention
_ . armor-on,
KNIVES DURING Till WAR.
new They Were to be Used by the Santa.
cru Soldier.
tugs}; :53. x.
A few days ago we went into the store of
II elderly gentleman and saw a handsome
pistol in his desk. Expressing astonish-
ment sttbis belligerent sign, he opened a
drawer and exposed to our view a long, two-
edged knife with a wooden handle. It was
sharppointed, about ten inches long, and
would make a man shudder to look at it.
He told us it was one left from a number
soldto the first soldiers of the late war.
This brought to our mind the days of 1861,
when the knife was esteemed the beat
weapcntc make so code! the Yankees.
The cannon, sword, gun and bayonet were
not enough for the intense enthusiasm of
the patriot-of that time. They meant to
go into close quarters and despatch the
enemy with the bloody knife. It would not
snap, audits work was quick and sure. Bo
theblackamltbshops of the country were
heptbueyinturuiugcutthefatslaud'mur.
lerous weapons. It was mid that Sashes
wouldmnddrestfloognngerbut when
the“coldstosl" wasputtothsmthey
wouldturn and use. One idea suggested
soother,andwecalltomemory the fancies
humongmmuck for is unmasked.
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hlepoaitlon. Downthmitwasasdark
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doctorbhghhwhlchocaaisaadotg
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was rescued. hora Dr. aspen own story
the. following facts are gatheredi 8W
tromtmere‘heapheweut to Oceans and
turning up the river weutalouu the brink a
and then deciding to go around under
the Devil‘s Pulpit. mended about too feet.
Ila continued his journey until he got direct-
ly under the Pulpit. when, to his amaaemeut.
hefoundthathe could go no further and
turning around discovered no way of retreat.
Not returning at the appointed tints search
was made and about ten o‘clock that night,
aftertheautirepartywas wsarled with the
fruitle- eearoflug, and had decided that he
badtoundawatsrygrave, aeutalllight was
eeononauarrowlcdgeeome three or four
feet wide and ten feet long. about four hun-
drudfeotfromtho top of tho Pulpit. and
one hundred feet above the water. It aceta-
ed impcmlble to rescue him alive. and after
several attempts to get within calling die-
tauce the partydecidedthey wouldbeohliged
to wait until morning. At daybreak, armed
with ropes, refreshments and a code of
signals, they again started on their perilous
mission. From the top of the all! the doc-
tor could be soon, a more speck clinging on
to the almost perpendicular wall. Five
men, taking the ropes, worked. their way
down until they got within tlfty feet of him,
and then threw him the rope. The way the
doctor grabbed the rope showed that he was
still in possession at his remarkable muscle.
Without a moment‘s hesitation he made fast
one end of the line around a stump, and
reading the note of instructions, made the
necessary preparations and quickly descend.
ed to the bottom. where he found the rest
of the rescuers ready to receive him with
open anon—Tallulah Letter its the Atlanta
Constitution.
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RUNNING CATTLE IN d STORM-
One evening a military camp had been
made just ahead of the cattle, and on the
same side of the creek with them, up which
theherd walboing driven. A storm was
coming up, and the cattle exhibited some
uneasiness. Mr. De Basseontword to the
milltsry oflccr that he had better get his
men, wagons and animals on the opposite
aldecf thscreekandoutcfthe way as it:
esyy, getting up, lying down again and shift-
ing about as if uncomfortable. At last,
about midnight, 'there came a sharp flash of
lighting followed by a heavy peel of thunder
and in an instant the whole herd were upon
their feet. “ Mount and whip out,” tried
De Hans, and the harder who wasat the head
of the column drove o! a few ofthe leading
steers in the direction they were to go. All
the cthere followed, and the herd was soon
in full flight. The borders made no oflorl
to check or control them further than tokesp
them going straight ; they rode at the head
of the column, one on each side of them
swung to the right or the left. and keeping
the trail. binds andpreclpices were avoided
and the open tint ground courted. The run
lasted about two hours, when a gorge was
neared, in which the cattle would crowd and
break their limbs. They were now quite
tired, and the borders determined to exert
their authority and stop the run. The head
of the column was bent out on the prairie,
and circled round and ronuduotil the cattle
becsmetled up in abuse ball and could not
move at all. In this way they were obliged
to stand until morning, and the harder- Iii
lag round and round them audkeeplugthsm
completely tied up. At daylight no were
to “open out." Fir-Hire outer edge seat-
lersd,tbeu layer afterlaysr until lb huge
pliecfbeefwescncemoresherdarsjagas
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