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\\‘:1sl1111g M11110 Easy.
by following- thine directions. which
wrfirprlnt brig-11'. in :1 few work‘s tinic
11 “:11 be seen 111:1! the clothes have
1-1‘1 :1 tiirvuigh 11 new lib-aching process:
1'1: one bar of soup use three table.-
. , ‘ ' ‘
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2113 11-2 1 lw r :1 {311113.11 of live or six int
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\‘f‘ » 1gb 11:11: r 1:1 111-.- 11' I110." to boil the
." 411:3. :11le ton table-spoofils of coal
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‘;.‘.V1‘cn"."if s’ll' wry, ll" it cvmclo :1
1w: 5'. u: rc'c moral clothes in cold
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p.51. . :11 d ‘11“:rr w the prom“. Lemon
*'.C':.1lli‘:l livt'c ,v:1$lcl~ good.
7/ Sultllvl‘n Mounted on Ponies.
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t 1 g: 1'11 111.11.“ “me: the otlicer to
3.76:1. . 1c.“ tln- lvft slinu‘der. and ordinnry
1 ,1
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1 .1, 11 n::-l 1311 <11 :11‘1- ‘
. . 3. 1 1:11. 1: 1111.1» mule things
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'lm \: «a m .: 111 12111 be easily re:
1;. :1“ l-u‘ t'fm 13111111 p‘ut‘wl will lxc,
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:1‘ 1".“ be 111 the 31‘“) :11111 1111111, 1111 the
~"
“h 1n 111' :u*1;:1..lvlr:rd for our slutches,
~-.-. , .2111 in 11;: 11511211111111]. The pro:
5131'“: h 1» w) 1 and the force is to
15 ., :Ulw‘ul mer sevmnl districts in
g: :11: on of ~1-v-snty :Eve 12111. The men
an” amp and of mi in: lightweighu from
'91:? 1113111; rigiméiite here. 11nd llI‘i‘ all
inmnt». «1 m1 strong. hurdv llurmcse
pwuw, 11111.1 twelve 1151» 11* two inclice
171..-. 111- v :‘1‘1'111‘1111'31 with Martini can
111’ ~ and {1111-11 bfzrkcd sword buyonrts.
'l‘lw nniznuuztiwn 1" t-nrsied in bandolier
0]. 1.4.“
l 1:111 11 urn: ~a<ldie< 11nd, bridlcs are
”Leif 'l‘ is burp“ I\ found mostefiicicnt
:21 denim; 1.11! 11.1mm from the thick
«la-nu. fur: ~t iiiii‘zlc 21111 10111.: elephant
L‘.’2\n~.‘\‘ilt‘r' 2111-. ruemy is in tho habit of
lv‘ng ii: and-ml: and suddenly firing on
.qu troop-1. .\ hllll lnr corps of mounted
11'. '1 1‘311‘11 twin: formed from the native
1'1'211111':1.~i.“~——r 1.1.1.: .1171 Graphic.
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lle 1mm 'I‘uuk 111111 Down.
Slick“ —“'l‘hnt’s the Hun. CraigSwnl»
There‘s nothing
in 111w \vurhl cowl enough for him. I‘d
llkns to see th'n‘n vi! taken out of him,“
Jenks »—"'l‘h:1t wouldu t be hard to
NW, \\ 11v. ll‘lf‘l‘t“ :1 little fellow here in
:im finial who tak-rs him down almost
«any niurning.“ .-
1.1- ck: w‘Nlood for‘ hirer! He must
have grit in him \\’ho is be?" .
Jenko -—‘ ‘Tnc elevator boy."r-Buzur.
.s . . .W...
Winter‘s Chums.
Win-n the air is cold.
And 1111- Winds grow bold,
A11 1 the ro as of snow do the our“! unfold
W hen t: e home 11ng low
And the lyflfihj. I‘rnm row
T‘nelr mellow 21mm in n goldonrtlow,
And Winner n chum ngun you know.
When: are uses that
'ut in field or fell
3-,: with violets meet In the old hm glad
i‘lo, gag! they bloom ’
int ow room
A «1 when rhuwdflyondouot
u y E h doom
A, ten-doll” on” 1 m I l t
liprcsrut 11:0. 1 IlCVi‘I‘ slinll bf.
: living It’lailvt‘, :11 the past time of which
' I 110.1' wmc \1‘:1~ my Slwlt‘I‘A-lllill‘l‘ltfll to
, in 1 1:1‘.:Ct‘. IN :1 lurcd'cr of hope“.
1111:11111-11 113 1‘l‘=5\t‘l over to linglind on
i Tits lid. of c 311m; 10:1 1111:11‘2‘1‘1.
. Iittlc girl I
1 \1 rri- putty. 11nd her VOlv-J was :1 rennirkr
:_ \\ 111‘11 slu- loo
‘ rcndy cu-uugli to tail-:7 almu!
* 11}. c3
. \ll't-i'tiuux 1:1 111*. 1:111:111‘r‘s uni". l1 Ik‘l‘kl‘ll
4 ofg in! 1:.1111- to 111.1 1‘}‘1'\‘.:l:‘.il it 111111111111
, so ill 11
: lli\ Ilt‘l\l‘, 411111 I cnn‘rcxl I 11 1111' bus.
1 111111111111.
THE SHOW.
“Snow. snow,
Thou 11"., I tmw,
The coverlet. whito,
&ft and light,
Of the old giant‘s bed in the skyl
, No!
Suith the snow,
011 foolish man
To think you can
Tell whence I come or whither go.
I am a dew drop in my birth,
And. like the angels, start. from enrth
To go up high;
And 111311 again
Return to men,
In ve‘tmv‘nt white :in l’ncw,
To hide the oarth and leave the sky in view.‘
_ ahlmvs V1111 Blake.
FarmerTFairweather.
I‘x‘i' \\'Il.l{lI-2
I.
I :1111 1111-1114 susviviugwitncs: who np-
pcnn-l . a! the trial 21 d unlcsa l n'ducc
to \VI'lIlll‘: \\lll1t I happen to know. there
COLLINS.
; “ill b. no record of [111' true particulars
_ let! after 1111' 111*:1tl1.
11h:- town of li:.!111in~!er, and round
é about it for 111:111)‘ :1 good 1 11211311 mile,
1‘11111 knouu 11* Name llouinlwood. l
Ihn'v lever lw:‘11 111:11'1‘iel,:11111,a1 my
My 0 .c
11 111:111 11111111111 )lorcoin. lie was settled
X1.\\'
bllFI‘J‘S“ :11111 \\'1‘:il 1) 11k again.
I funk s:11‘l1:j1d">‘.ikctollincuui (111111
rcl'ihvil to b:- ill‘L‘u‘nl :11 the w 111111134.
XCPII‘
cw‘ :111‘11 nieces 11' 11111-3 l1:1«l .lreeu tiny,
g 1:11:11! p1-r11.1p~' 11.11‘9 recoucilcrl Inc with
1111‘ si‘Ir-r ‘.\\ it w:1<, \\'.- ncvvr \\ rptvlu
» I'll 11 oile-r :1ltc!‘ \lll} went to France with
. Ilt‘l‘ limbmil. .\1.11 1 never saw hurngiin
until a: c l:1_\‘uu ‘wr dc.11hln-:-I. So 111.1c11
‘ 'niiorzt 1111:3111] to begin with.
ll. '
which it is neithwr
aunt to ilwcl‘. «111 in this
1 itc=1111~!.1'1.>c<‘
Dl‘lulilll nor pm
3 phi-v, :‘11‘.1\l\il:\‘ll the 1113“ ufznv incuznw.
, ‘Vill e. lw:1‘ Silll 111211- I‘lllllt‘ of 1111‘ lifc.
* I 11 .rl no vlmnc but to make the licsl of
3 1111111 11113.3:1111, :11:~l 111 cam my bread b_v
guing'nu: tn Mrvi 1:,
11111111: 111‘113‘1112‘11 111v~elf “’llll g-r-d
. rm111115111‘11‘l:1lio'.is. I nppln-d for 1111» v:1~
cunt pl 11‘1‘ of liouwkccgn-r to Rumor
l‘:1:1'\v.:1tln-r, 1 1111111 11rd of 113111 n“ :1
well 1.1111) will 11:1:l1clor. 1‘11‘111‘11111: h s
111ml 111;;11011 1111‘ Hill?" :11 :1 11»-r!hc:lv d:-
rei-tiuu brynnil l}ct:nin\ter. 11111 1 posi—
ti‘icly ilccln’c that l had never been in
his lion-e. nor rxe‘linuged :1 null with
him. on the day win-:1 151". f r h for the
f;.1111
'l‘lic dour was opcti-e‘l to 111:1 by :1 11in"
11111114 d 1111'. 11 r Manners
ubiy fining:11-torl11'ruge. rho 11:11. l
1111} :1l.~o 111011111111. 1111‘ lined, blui- cvce 1
e1": \;1\\' in :1111 young iri-nlireK-fuvc.
1 :it you. the c was inst
a c:1.~t..1stl:1>.vv.1al 1!. 111 her iv!" 1‘yt'.I;.er‘
..1
., 1.5711 tinnibc, 1111.1 nut :1. ilcCuz‘ni‘ty 111:111)‘
scuw of the cord The uni- druw luck
that lei-111d 131111 in 111 s ullivruiso 111e:1s~
. 111;: 11111113.: pvrwu \v.1\!1111ts‘111-11:1d mllicr
:1 :11 it‘ll imzk. and ilint she >cc1n: d to be
11 :1 nun-.1 in ltcr spirii‘.
lint, likc most people, the girl was
I 111‘1’52'lf I
found that iu‘r 11511123 \\'.1\ 113111 town“,
and 111:1: slic llfltl lmt 111:11 111'1‘ purrntx‘.
I‘nruii'r l nirw :1211:-r w:1< lzc‘r q:1:1:di:1:2,:u
“vii :u 11‘! 12111-12 :11111 lie 11 31111111111: of
ten lb 1: null po.:111<.:e:lyuziil wading
for 11. r \\'ll\‘ll she innit: 31!. 11:2 ‘
\thu would 11 come of the unincv if
she 1111311 in her 11111111, wnx' more tl1:1n~
111111 could lx-ll in - llcr 111iizl;cr§s tine
11:111 been llil‘tF-iil)‘ 211' u to hex. bv
Ilt‘l‘ vanity 111 3LT 11 -w 1 admin 11 hcr 131111111
gvlll wnlch. I
"1 11111101011 are 1‘ 1min; to \tuy iLch,
511951111 {.1 11:9.
T.::s s-enrwl. :1-1I thought,
fancy to like
to :1
111111111 want 1111-
u
rather 11
5111111111312
“\\'l1_\‘ to >t.1y with
yiiul“l:1<1\ml.
-\11~l Nllt: 1111111: 11- r IlCilI. 31111 11111110111-
ing‘ln sny. 'l'lie,f:1 1111-1" came in fr 1111
it‘S§
11.11 RT 1,
\t 1' c sulnc time I
wi:li mine surpzisr'. 111:1! “111:1 \lll\llt.‘~l
out of the 11111111 ll. one door wii‘n llt‘l‘
uncic 1:“th in by tho other. '
llc was plmsnl 111111 my recunnicndm
; lions, out he civillv iitIer: d me so lzclent
, wages.
\02‘1111‘1‘1‘, 11c \1'.1\".\t ll {:1 ‘ to
look up 111. and not 3:13 some farmers :ue.
sh v: 11i_v in 111‘ divas. >11 fur 11111111111121;
nu many 11 tlii~1ni~ ':11)lv‘ 1111111, :1‘s Il.l.\
been fulwiy 1154-11911. I gltidly cugug-d
to take my plum at the {111111 on the next
tiny at l.‘ O‘clock. 11-1 111.
.\ f iendly neighbor at I‘H'Illlillbtl‘y,:
one .\l:1\!cr 1 (inch, gave me n catin Ill“
3.33;. We arrived true to 11193 appoinmd
time. \\'nilc .\ln~!cr iiouch wnited 11)
111211: my bov after me, I opened the
gurdru-zuie and rang the bell at the
dour. ’l’hx-rc was 1111111151“ r Iliad just ,
111113,; onrc more, when Iheurd :1 scream
in the hour. These werctlie words’
that bullowi d t11c,>1‘rcnm.iu a voice':
which I recognlzcd as the voice of Dina .
'L‘oomb: ' ,
“ 11 uncle. dwn‘t kill mel“
I was (1‘10 frightened to know what to
do.
dreadful cry 11s I did, jumped out of thc ;
gig and tried the door. It. was not fa<t~
cued insider Just as he was stopping;
over the luresliold. the farmer ibounced
out. of :1 100111 that opened into the pns~
Ingc, and asked what he did there.
My good neighbor anuvcrcd, “Herc,
air. is Dame llouuilwood, come to your 2
house by your own appointment."
’l‘hvrcupon Farmer l’nirwvutlicr said,
be 111111 changed his mind, and meant to
do without :1 hou~ekecpcrt lie spoke in .
an angry mnuncr, untl‘lrc tack the door .3
in his hand. no if he meant. to shut. 11.1
out. lint before he could do this, we'
heard nlnonning in the room that he had
just come out of. Says my neighborfi
“Thurs somebody hurt, I‘m afraid.“ ,
Says I: “ls it vour niece, sir.“ :
'l‘hc' farmer slammed the door in our
faces, 31nd then locked it ngninst us. *
There was 110 hr lp for us after this. but
to go back to Betininster. , ‘
Blwtcr Gouch, n cautious 1112111111 all
thinge, rccummendel flint he should
wait awhile before we Spoke of who:
had nppcncd, on the chunev of receiv-
. ing 1111 e \plnnntion and apology from the
farmer, when he recovered his temp 1r.
I ngrrml to 111‘s. 1311! there? I run a wo- '
1111111, and I did tnkr a lady 1:1 particu-
lar friend of mine) into my confidence:
The next. day it was all over the town.
Inquiries Were made; some of the labor-
ers on the farm Said strange things: the
Mayor and Aldermen heard of what was
going on.
Fairwcntber, he was cblrgrd with the
murder of his niece, and I was culled,
dong with Muster 60qu and the labor-
ers, no witnesses Igln'inst him.
The in: end outs of the law are alto‘
gather beyond me. 1 cm only report
that Dina 000mb It: certainly missing
—-nnd ‘ ‘ token with what. Muster
Goueh end bed lieu-d cud seen. In: (as
the lawyers said) the cue outlast the
Muster (411111111, having 111-:11‘11 that,
When I nmt axiw Farmer"
farmer. 1113 defence wu thlt Dina w
a bad girl. He found it necessary, atand~
111g toward her in the place of her father,
to correct his niece With a leather shop
from time to time; and we upset his tem-
per by trying to get into his house when
strangers were not welcome, and mi ht
misinterpret his actions. As for the is-
, appearance of Dina. he could only con~
clndc that she had run away, and where
she had gone to was more than he bod
been able to discover. ’
To this the low answered: “You have
friends to help you, and you are rich
enough to pay the expense of a strict
scorch. Find Dina (bomb, and produce
: her here to prove‘whnt you have said.
i We will give you reasonable time. Mnke
the bra! u!‘ 1!.“
Ten days passed, and we, the wit-
_ nesws, were summoncdvngnin. How it
came out. Idon‘! know. Everybody in
j Ilctminstcr was talking of it ; Farmer
I“all‘\\‘0:1l.lll‘r‘r niew had been found.
The girl told her story, and the prople
who had discovered her told their story.
3 It was all plain and straightforward.and
1 had just begun to wonder what I was
wanted for, when up got the lawyer who
nskcd that the witnesses might. be or~
dun-d to leave the court. We were turned
our, 111111ch czue of an llSIICI‘LIIIlll we were
scn!
spool; to the identity of llinn, one at. :1
time. The pnr<on of Farmer Fair-
win-1 11ers pzirish church was 111:: first wit-
111'ss cullcd. 'I‘uen come the turn of tho
laborers. I wn< suit for Inst. 3
When I had been sworn, and whcn
for the authorities wanted us. to.
11nd tlu:fnr1ncr‘s interests in Charge, and l at the distributing ”mm where all the
: pouches to the rnilwnv station 1111.1crs11r-'
vcillnncc, but soon wa< intuitively snti~~
tlic'girl and I were, for the first. time. set. =
eluw together 121cc to face, 11. most extra—
ordinary intircsl seemed to be felt in my‘
ex idencfi.
them once nlrcndy, ten days since.
How I tirs! (111113: to be in l)i~ ‘
‘1 :1 ', n 1101‘ 1 1" 11 in: 1: .‘ 1 1 . - - 1 . .
1131;71:1(111: :\ 11:11,," :1- ilf‘i In rtwriul {31:1 g \\ 11 cu 111s 1111111 :1 eye thought suspicious.
I 1 ‘ ; h " ‘ ‘ ' ~ ‘ ‘ 3 I‘ve rholcs \verc ntni/c l w111 ‘
‘ ' ‘ 1 ~ 1. Lu 1 )S‘,»
11 ~us wlizcli I answered as I had zinqvereil . l t111. 1 1
mid: “Is that Dina l‘uomb?" I was too i
111111311 (‘\\‘llt‘\le—I may even s;1y,too much ,
frighwncd ~10 111111 n1_v11c:1d and 511: who
11 us speaking to 1111‘. The longcr l luokcd 1
at the girl. tl1e1uurc certain I felt that I
wn< -. ;' looking :1! Dina.
giving' evidence on her onth I was
bound. emu:- wlint iiiigli! of it, to It‘ll the
1111111. To thewoicc, which had asked
me if 111:1! was llinn \‘ooinb, [answered
11.151111'1-11': “No.“
My reasona 11 hen given, were two in
number. but both this girl's :vcs
“'1'“: :|€.Sll'ul‘_:'ill n“ straight. could lye——
1111 so 11111cl1':1~' lh- vcatigc of :1 caxt
1‘ vuld I see in her left cye. Secondly,
51“} was fatter than llinn in~ the face. and
futlcr in the rink and arms, and rounder
111 the shoulders. I 1-w111-sl, when the
luwyer put the «inn-stinu to 1111‘. 111:1! she
was of the sun-.1 bright as Dinn. and 11nd ‘
1b: ~111nc complexion and the same line
blue vulflr in her byes. lint I stuck fast
to 11m tlllIt’l‘l‘lli‘t‘S I had noticed and
they sud I turned the scale against the
prbmlcr.
.\x’ l afterward discovered, we
nessm 111111 no: been agreed. The 1:111 1r-
.crx dcrlnred 111:1! 111- girl w.1s llinn. The
Firm-11. who 111:1 seen llinn hundreds of
times :1! his sch Ml, snid ij\:1r!lv what I
11:111 5:1111
\vcrc Mulglll for 112111 found the next day.
’l'hcir 118111110113' wns 011' te~tiniony rc-
pentcl again and. :13411111. 1 our still". the
ntnuuinzilzle {other and iiiullicr who 11nd
\ulrl theirvhild lorpurpox‘ex~ of decepliuu
. were ‘\I:‘(‘<1\‘L‘l‘1‘d, and were afterward
pliuix'ln‘d, along with the i coplc who had
pnid the money. ‘
l‘rin-n 1.0 the wall. the prixonrr owned
that. 1-‘11‘ 11111
3 was redoubled
‘: was fond of hunting, and every evrningr ,
. ing.
ZWcut in the
wit~ 1
cher c.1111p-311-nt, \vitncsscs '
~rnvugh, lii-wcl‘cr, to aroma no suspi
failed to 1111111115 runaway ,
nine. and that, in trrrur of being.r con~ l
demnml to dw on the scaffold for murder,
11 ~ 11:1 1 111 11b- 1111‘. d ‘spcrnlc 11110111111. to
:31 111111~1~1faciuitt d by deceiving the
l.1\\‘. His. cunfwsimn :1vnilrd 11in1 1111111;
1113.:2 his Snli‘lllll ussvrtionwif innucmce
:1\‘.1:inl liiiu nothing. Furlncr Fair»
‘\\.:1lllt)f w .15 hungml.
I\'.
\\'itl1 1119‘ passing :1w:1ybf timc, tlic
1111311111.)~ «if tuings piixx‘c; ‘11\v:1_v too. I
was lAt‘gllllllllfl to bc an old Winn 111,,nnd
the the Il‘i’tl \v.:s only remembered by
{'1111‘ 11' pea-pl» likc 1111‘3-11". “'11 11 I got :1
li-tti-r 1111:111113; to 1111' >l<lt‘l‘. It was \\ ril—
tc.:1 for llt‘f‘ by the English (‘onxw at the
French town 1:1 wliivli she lived.
= v 1111‘s.
‘; game
‘. Ila-IV.“
llcin-j
{mini-.1 1111* 111:1! she 11:1d‘bccn 11 wi low '
for some yours Il‘lnl 1 and 11 ‘ summoned
in ‘ i:1~t:u1ii_v to, hcr bmlxidc. i: l wixxhi-d
tn ~1-1.‘ lier 11::11311 lwl‘ure >11c died. .
1 11m _,11~! in 1111113 to find her living.
8110 \1 us pus! spcnking to 1111-; bublhunk
(lull, sh.~ under-stun 1 who! I meant when
I kiswil her. and asked her to forgive
1111‘. Toward owning the poor soul
passed :1wn_v quietly, with hcchcuil rest
in: on my breast.
The connil lind writt-cn down what
she w:111!c:lto >:1_v to 1110..
my $15191“: 11ml) 11111 was the wrclch who
11.111 :1<~i\tml 1111.- csc 1pc of Dino t‘ootub,
and who had thus been the. means of
‘ Inst.
:towu. but without
I leave the ’
; persom who may read this to judge whit
. 1111‘ feelings were whcn I discovered that
cnnilcuiningnn innocent man to death on ‘
thc scnlIold.
1‘11 one of those \‘lSIIS on business to
England of which Iliuvenlrcudy spoken.
he had met 11 litzlc girl sitting under a
hedge at the side of ilie high rond,‘ lost,
foutsorc :11111 frightened, 11nd had spoken
to her. She owned that. she had run
away from home, after 11 most. severe
beating. SI“: showed the marks.
worthy 1111111 would have put her under
the protection of the nearest. magistrate.
My ruscullv brothcr~in~lnw noticed her-
vnluublc watch; and, suspecting that she
.uiiglit be connected witn wealthy peo~
Z plc, he encouraged her to talk.
, he was wellnssnrcd of her expectations, -
3111111 of the use to which he might, put .
: them, in her friendlcss situation. he ofv
{cred ’0 “do!“ her, and he took her away 1 cent. and then refuses to settle because
When
with 111111 to France. ‘
My Slotel‘, having no child of her own,
, took 11 liking to Dina, and readily be~
lievcdiwhut her husband chose to tell
her. For three years the girl lived with
them. She curt-11 little for the good
woman who was always kind to her, bu“
she was most unrewzonubl fond of th
villain who had kidnnppe her.
After his death, this runaway crenturo
wthcn aged fifteen-11m: missing again.
She left. a farewell letter to my sister,
saying that she had found another
friend; and from t‘nt time forth naming
Z morchail been 11:11:11 of her, for yerrs on
vcnrs. This had weighed on my si‘ter‘s
11111111. and this wnswhat. she had wanted
to tell me on her deathbed. Knowing
nothing of the trial. she was aware that
Dina belonged in the neighborhood of'
t Relminister, and she thought in her i:—
norancc that I might communicate with
Dino‘s friends, if such persons existed.
'On my return to England. I thought
it aduty to show to the Mayor of Bet~
, minister what the Consul had written
from my sister’s dictation. He read it.
i and heard what I had to tell him. Then
be reckoned up the years that: had
passed. Says he: “The girl mustbe of
age by this time; I shall cause inquiries to
be made in London.“
In aweek more we did hear of Dina
00011111.
1 country. with a French husband ct her
heels, bad proved her claim, and bud
' got. her money.-— Youtls’a Companies;
‘ W
l When deco a man lave off loving u-
: cent—When be is that. but no butter.
A.
She had returned to her own 1
_ . ' ciInrls w ~re 11111 ‘wnrdcd.
\\ hen :1 vou-c \vnrncd, inc to be careful . I l
and to 1 llit‘ my time. and another voice '
. 11111113 111‘ - ‘ E : 1 ' ‘ ~'
\\ list could I du.‘ As an honest woman . L 1mm" C8 1nd datc 111 11111
on either, an em clcpc was forged for the
- for it ICIII‘CS, and so '3 he never did like
, else, and he never used a particle of the
A .llAlL THIEF.
CATCHING A POSTMASTER WHO
STOLE LETTERS.
Clever- Work by 11 Special Agent
of the Postoflico—A Squir-
rel Hunt and Its
Result,
By far the largest percentage of mail
thieves are among the I’ostniustcis, their
assistants and the Star lloutc messengers.
The way they are caught. is sometimes
very inter.~sling. as the following 0351‘.
told to a correspondent of the Xew 0r—
leans Mans by Special Agent John ll.
Ctr-well, will show:
_ Some years 1120 numerous deprcda-
110115 on registered 111:111 matter were com~
muted in the neighborhood of Vienna or
Mindcn, 1.:1.‘ llcgistcrcd letters Would
turn up with money contents either short
or totally lacking. The complaints came
from half :1 dozen little towns, and the
department soon centered the mischief
malls c’onccutmtcd. L‘rowell was detailed
for the workmnl 11c :11‘rchd on the scene
as 11 szranger who was looking around to
buy :1 farm. He was nrarly worried to
«both practicing llllS racket, as about
1011 of the adjoining farmers wi~hcd to
sell. t‘rowc‘il quietly watched. He first
plavcd the nicx'scngcr who carried the
fit‘tl that he was not the man. Then he
run med that it must be the Postmaster,
and he ,«znvc thu! worthy his attrution.
t‘nsunlly he became acquainted with him,
lonfcd around the ()iIil‘C. but saw nnilnng
muncr was busy at night, but. t‘rowell's
In the 111c:1n~
time the robberies Continued. even while
Howell was on the watt 11. The
dcpnilnicnt sent him the envelope
to examine, and auddv‘nly he
saw how the thing wns done.
Nun)” little poslntliecs l1€1vc no postmark
stump. but simply ranccl the stamp 111111
(‘rowcll suddrnly rcincnibCrcdthu! all
the losses 11 ore from olliccs of thii kind.
Sure of his 1111111 11 1w, his survqiilnncc
In :stndying the pint—
111nsler‘s private 11.111115, he found that he
on nttnck of nervous headache“
or two would tnkc , his gun and have. :1
stroll. somctiinv he brought back 113
bird or two or u Squirrel. oftcncr noth— ,
t‘rowrll noticnl, also. the! he ever 1
some direction, so 1::- Sub
lnwcd him one evening. Dodging be-
hind trees, lying down behind stumps,
and usingr every effort to watch him and
keep himsvlfcnnrc .led, 11c saw his 111:111
go to an old Ilt‘t‘.l(‘t'k around, part some ,
vines and fumble among them. Soon he 5
went annex-.3111] then t‘ruwell “'1!“ to the
trcc. To his gratification he found in» 3
side :1 hollow. (’vut‘cilml by the vincs,
numerous regiuer 1‘u\'1lupci, \"Ill‘ 11 :1
close examination proved to be duplicates ;
of 1110 ones for“ nrded to 111111 by the dc
unrtmcnt. Ili‘plzu‘ing the torn envelopes;
he “cut back to to“ 11 :nidquictlv waited
until 111 x1 evcning. Then he proposed ,
11 hunt. wnh the postmaster. which was i
:1cccp!cd. (‘ruw ell 111011 to borrow :1 ‘
gun. but puzp M-iy failed. so when 1191
met the p stmziurr lie 5:111 : “Never
11111111, no will nw _\‘ >11r gut , shut about “
This \\':‘.8 sniwsfuctory. d t rnwrll led
the way rmvznd the re“, skillfully
c1011 Nearing the tree (‘rowrlL who
wm carrying the gun, suddenly said >
"Whisti :1 Sipnrrcl.“ and pointed to
the tree. "(lo there 21nd shake those
I saw 111111 run in the hole.“
The 111142115111: not «Firing to refuse,
but fer-11123.: rulhcr 11111‘01111'»r!:1blc. \chit
t xll’cvinc. shock it, :11111 said; “'l'lirrc ,
is no hole or squirrvl here.“ '
“\‘cs their is." mid t'rowcil.
there. Put \our hand
‘ "”101 c‘s
i 1 the
““1131 do you mum?“
fright: 11111 111:111.
“1 111111111 11111 lsnw b1: 31.11110. go in
111:1! liolc ycslcnlny eventing. and 111:1! I 1
11111 :1 pm! 1111111: inspector and linvr~ brcn
Illlllllllg'lllul 3:111:13 for [lure .niouths.
Now 1.11111 1! out “ ‘ ,
'llic 1111111 obeyed, and (‘rowcll said,
referring to his littlc book \1liilel1c held
the gun rcnil)‘: “Jivc 1111‘ No.—«,“ 0112. ,
1131111113,r one nftcr 1111- other tin- tzunp. rcd ;
p.1ck:1g.-;c~'. The prisoner handed cutli in l
:1 dzizcd way, and i I'U\\'tl1 11 11111.1 pleas-
antly ieumrk a: cucll was laid down:
“‘louowc 1n=~ ten dollars on that five.
dollnrs on that.“ and so » onliuunl to the
lie thcn murchrd his prisoner to
any uppnrcnt sur-
vrilluncc. Arrived tin-1c, 111‘ said:
“Now, onto your bumbnicn. [11011113,
and whoever 3111111111, and 1cpi:1(‘c every
cent of that moucy.“ 11} that night the
money was paid to t‘rowcll, but the,
)IOSllll:l<ch‘ was tried and convicted all
the same.
llmv was the stcnling done ‘3 Simply
enough. A package was cut open. and l
the letter inside cut upon and the con- ‘
tents rcinoved. 'I‘ln‘re bring no postmark
asked the
direction, and the red cuvclopc replaced
by another-properly indorscd in the hand—
writing of all who had handled it. The
extra red envelopes he had sccurcl in
New Orlcnns, on some pretext, from the
ollice. 11nd his stock showed up all right.
.0...— ————~..
Three Kinds of Subscribers.
The subscriber who takes a paper year
after your. and tinnlly when asked to pay
the paper anyhow an: never read it, is,
says an exchange, like the rum who buy-
his groceries for years, never paying 11
the sugar 11nd sand in it, and the tea was
not as good as he could get. somewhere
soap he had bought. He never could
get ahead of the grocer like that. It is
only the innocent printer that can be
gullcd so easily. . .
The so and k‘nd of 11 subscriber is the
one who reads the paper and then pays
for it. He is like the man who buy: on
overcoat, wears it. out. and then pays for
it. . e is 10,000 times better than the
first kind, but he is bad enough. ‘ .
The third kind is the man utter the
rinter‘s own heart. He pay: in advance
or his paper and is happy. Ila is the
man who pays rush for his groceries,
me ii ines. 11"‘dwarc, jewelry. dry goods
and everything else that he buys. It is
this kind of mrn W110 keep :11 kinds of
budncss alive. and without whom a
:suund in the throat,
301111‘ dizlcrcn c bring that we
$1310.
1 spurs to my horse 11nd dashed up to ’thc
‘L‘oluncl of the regiment firing, and in
town would be es dead as n copy of the
“Congressional 11W 11.” ‘
m
The Amateur Cowboy Cloned. .
The boy who we: not afraid to go West
And m bunt up the Indians wild,
Who, munch-kin: ‘11] never pull down bk
ves
Nor with lion or bear be mild,
Has n creepy crawl that will over him fall
Win-n he‘s Bred “nook j: 1k“ from
3 tool:
And be 3.1391 111de enraged cud mod,
Anna: ‘11: with which or rule.
And be, who has sworn to know no four,
And to be u cowboy has vovwd,
Now Moth biscbeer when his dud 1101115}
In“.
TIIB H013 DUO 1‘03.
Chopped-Hand;
The following very simple direction is
recommended: “To keep the hands
smooth they should always be rinsed in
fair water nfter soup has been used. It
is well to use soap.and soft water,avoid~
ing. however. the use of yellow or baf
soup. and also the colored (‘astilcz but to
prevent roughness it is absolutelv neces—
sary the hands should be rinsed in soft,
[air water, and then made thoroughly
dry on the towel. And it is well to avoid
going out into the cold directly after
washing. A proper observance of these
directions will always keep the hands
smooth.“
Sleep a Preventive of Headache;
A scientific writer says: “Sleep, if
taken at the right moment, will prevent
If the
subjects of such headaches will watch
the symptoms of its coming, they will
notice that it. begins with a fcelin of
wearincss or heavim-ss. This is thefifn’
a sleep of an hour. or even “two, as mifure
guides, will effectually prevent the 1311‘
ache. If not. taken just then. it 111 be
too late, fur. after the attack is; fairly
under way, it is impossible to g sleep
til} far into the night, pcrhwps. , It is so
common in these days for do 1 ‘rs to for-
bid having their patients wnkgd to take
medicine if they are asleep when the
hour comes round. that the people have
learned the Il‘3\0n pretty well. and they
generally know that sleep isb.ttcr for
the sick 1111111 111cdicinc. llut it is not. so
well known that sleep i< :1 wondcrful pre—
ventive of discawn better than tonic
regulators and stimulants."
A Simple Cure for Froup.
Mrs. G. J. 0., Cincinnati, ()hio, says
in the household column of the Free
Prise: .‘lothcrs with ~\oung children
will do well to remember that oncthird
of a 1cn<ponuful of powdered alum mixed
with double the quantity 0! sugar will
give 2111111151. in~t:1ut relief in croup. It.
is nlm good for :1 hard cold. as the
mullcst children take it without trouble.
|1lnd it enables them to eject from the
little stmnnch Wllll Cannot be raised in
anv other way, and I‘clit‘f follows as a
natural consequcncc. II, when that
:ltend disc-me which so often proves fatal
first nukes its appcarnncc, when the
young mother pcrccivcs the difficulty of
breathing, or the rattling. gurgling
which is the sure
forerunner of rroup, if 1111-11 this simple
2 remedy were pruuipily administered and
rcpezited as often as there was need, lherc
- are fcwcu»cs. Ithiuk, that 1111:3111 not be
3 cured.
, youngr 111111110318 do not know what to do,
:nnd if :1pliysic111n is not within handy
The great trouble is that many
reach the little one is often past human
- aid brfnrc help can : omc‘.
I cannot close my letter without speak-
: 111g :1 good word for “llriln‘s Sage Tea"
for the hair. i know thc remedy isgonl,
and have a recipe similar to 1111‘s, the
niwnys
drop in :1 frw pieces of old iron into the
ten \1‘111lc sleeping and 1cmovc thcm
n hen it is collemc gentleman nepmint-
nucc of mincguho was quite young 111d
: yet nearly bald, tried it with exccllcnt
rcsulis, and icing something of :1 joker
attributed his smccss to the fa t that. he
11:111 dropped nn old horseshoe that he
had found into the lcn to consolidate his
3"-.ood luck.~~ 11% it were: but us another
gcnllcnnn liiul it with cplnlly good
sin m 5:1. who only dropped in :1 few old
n.1i‘snnd broken bits ofiron.wc:1rcC3m~
pcllrd to think that the virtue lay not
so much in the boilcil»1lown hor~csh0c as
in the irui itwlf, which is said to be
good for tho scalp. lt may not prove
ellernvc in every case. but so Simple 11
l't‘llbkly is Well wonh tryirg by those
vlio :uc untlriunnt’c enough to lose their
: linircnrly in life.
. ____.___.._
A Close llcconnuitcr.
I “'1: :1 mrmber of :111 .\l 1b:1n1& rcgh
ineut belongin: to Lindclls Battery.
nndcr l.1en!en:1nt~1lencrnl '1‘olk, and. as
‘ the ickc is on myself. your rezidces will
pardon 1111- if I hide my identity by
simply saying I \\“\S 1111 ot'ticcr. It was at
the battle inf Perryvillc, and toward
evening of our 11 "dust day‘s fighting.
_\ «lctarlimvut of new men 11.111 :nst
come up, and were preparing for action.
lsucldcnly ubwrvcd :1 body of men. (‘0 -
fedcrntcs, I thought. who \vcre firi g
dcx‘nltury shot»: at our now friends. I
said !o myself: “They llI‘e sa'lly n1 ~
taken, firing on their comrades after 111:1
I‘ll see if I ciiu‘t 3111 1 it.“ I put.
laud tone; :rkcd:
“\thit do you n1~‘a.n firing at your
own friends?‘
He answcrcd with surprise: “Friends!
I 11111 sure they are the enemy.“
“Funny! I have only inst left. them
myself. I :1111 your superior, and I com-
mand you to cease ; firing, or I‘ll report
you. “11:11 is your mime?" .
“I nxn4.‘oloucl Grover, of the 'I think}
Seventh Indiana. Who are you?“
Imagine my astonishment to find I
was among the Yonkers. I saw ‘thcre
was no hope only to brnrcn it out. The
shadows of approaching night lassistcd
the ilCCcpliou. I assumed :1 bold de~
mennor, and said:
‘ 1 ll show you who I am.
sir. at one 1.“
Tlicn. in even greater haste than I had
approached. I entered oil, and in a
roundabout way reached my men.-— 0111'-
cirgo Lodgcr. .
Stop firing,
Occupations of Great Men‘s Fathers
The Ha local elm-hos been investigating
this subje:t, and says that the father of
lkmustliencs was a blurksmith: of
Euripides, a dealer in vegetables; of
Socrates, a medium: {sculpton of
of Epicurus, asbeplierd; of \irgil, an
innkecper. Columbus was the son of n
wool curder; Shakespeare. of a butcher;
Luther, of a miner; Cromwell, of a
brewer; Sixtus 1 , of 11 swineherd;
linnmm, of 11 poor country minister:
Franklin, of'n soap boiler: llousaciu. of
a wetchmnker: and .1 urat. of an inn-
keeper. The writer concludes that the
mothers of these men may have been the
source from which their genius was the
rived, cud, indeed. it. is ' known that
some of them were women of more thou
ordinary excellence.
Snow. '
Snow is composed of fine crystals of
various forms. as any one can satisfy bin»
self by examination with a microscope.
The snowflakes in each particular storm
have aimilu general characteristics,
based robably on the electrical condi-
tions 0 the ntmospbere from whence the
storing proceed. According to this theo-
ry the blinding bliznrds of Western win—
ten ore of etc trio origin, 111d possibly
similar in character to the cyclone: which
prevail in the same lorolitien during the
summer ind fall. The snow in these
bliz orda is as solid cud com on ice,
end close examimtion of ‘t cryatnln
shows them to be wed duped. and
capable of being doflyggmmm—
Boston Oultt‘mi‘or. ,-
Andboeonolopoorbo' Mount,
Meant.
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOL’RCI‘E.
No Change—Hard ly What She Meant
——Dldn‘r. \Vnnt a Tutor—Tho
Boat was Punctpal—A
Slight. Correction.
Peckhnmlmceting an old friend»—
“IVhy, Dingley. is this you!! I haven‘t
seen you for ten years. lion-r are you,
anyhow?“ '
Dinghy—“Oh, I‘m just like I used
to be. By the way, Peckliam. how]
your wife? You u~c.l to say you had
the boss girl when you were single."
Pei-khan) (sadly—.“Shc‘s still boss."
-—I.{r‘c.
Hardly What She Meant.
Edith—“What a lonesome spot 1150-
cial gathering is where one is such a
stranger!" ‘
Harold—“It. is indeed, 'pon honor,
doucher know."
Edith—“I don‘t. know what I should
have done but for you. Your are the
oasis of the evening‘s desert."
IIarold--~“l:enllv, I om beholden to
you, Miss Edith."
Edith—“Yes. dear Harold! your are
the evening‘s oasis—the one green spot
in all the dreary waste.“-—-Fulio.
The Boat “'as Punctual.
Captain Selab Dustin. who has com-
manded lake cmft with-ant. number, been
skipper of 11 woudynrd. and encountered
:1 good deal of rough legal wcnthcr dur-
ing his stormy career, at one time ran a
boat b.-twccn Detroit and Port Huron.
The captain prided himself on the punr~
tunlity with whi: b the lines were cast off
and his boat left for its destination. One
day. while taking on freight preparatory
to ploughing the waves in the direction
of Port Huron, a stranger walked on
board and accosted the captain as fol:
lows:
"\l‘hat time does this boat go?“
“It. 9 o'clock sharp.“
“Does she go on tim v“
“She docs—right on time."
The prouwctive passenger here pulled
out his watch and exclaimed:
“Why, it‘s nquarter after 11 now."
customs tint. Cnptain Boculnrd bod lot!
of the desired article; that was enough—
Cnptsin Bnculurd sold the invoice ct $8
a cup. He rushed to the polaco and
poured out his dunks. _
“Not so fat," said the Bey; “I u!
not. doncyet. Cull my \‘izicr."
The V'izicr Ippenrvd.
“Proclnim,” 81nd the Boy, “tint every
Jew who keep: 3 cotton cap another
hour will have trouble with you. God
)8 great, and I am a lineal descendant
of Mabnmct."
. The visitor made a grand salute. plac~
111g his'left leg on the back of his neck,
according to the custom of the court,
and retired.
When Captain Rnculnrd returned to
the dock he found the twenty thousand
Jevé already awaiting him, cap in hand;
He might have had the caps for nothing;
but dc~irou~zto leave behind him a name
for generosity and greatnus of soul, he
purchased them at two cents apiece.
Washington's Death anl Obselnits.
After \l‘nshington‘s retirement to
Mount. Vernon he busied himself with
his farming interests, and during the
last few weeks of his life he was omn-
.pied devising :1 system for the mono - .
ment of his estates. "My great concern,“
In: said at the-time, “is to have all these
concerns in such a clear and distinct
form 111-11 110 reproach can attach itself
to 1111: when I have taken my departure
for the land of Spirits." This system of
farm management. was intended for his
overs era. It was written out on thirty
folio pages, :1ny completed December 10,
17:110. 2
The next day there was mud and rain,
and Washington noted in his diary that
at night there was a large circle round.
the moon. The morning of the 1211.!
was overcast. That morning he wrote
a long letter to Ilamilan——tlic last. he
ever wrote-in regard to a. plan for o
military academy. About 10 o’clock he
started on horseback to nuke his usual
round of his farms. Soon after noon it
began to snow, and then turned to a. cold
rain. Xotwithstaudiug the inclemency
of the weather 11:: continued to ride on,
and did not return to his house until
after 3. “'11 11 his secretary. Mr. Lear,
e\prcss:-d the fi-nr that he was wet. be
mhwen-d no, his great . out had kept him
dry. sud sat down to dinner without
changing his (Ire-s.
The night was a very stormy one. and.
Without the slightcd perturbation and
in 11 tom: of draw-ling plucidity the cap- ;
lain responded: 1
"Well, sir. this boat has been gone {if .
two minutes." Then he resumcdhii su- i
pt'I'YI‘IOIl of 111: loading of freight.—
flefroit Fri: Puss. l
He Didn‘t “'nn! a Tutor.
A well to do resident of Holmes (‘oun- 1
1y recently came up to Cleveland withl
quite a load on his min-l. He has a
daughter just growing into womnuhool 1
and wanfs to give berm better education
than the facilities of his ncighborhood g
alIord. In pursuance of this idea he
called on 3 Cleveland friend last week ;
and asked his a: vice. 1
"Well,” said the friend, “you might i
send her up here and give her the advnn- 3
tngcs that. our schools afford."
“I don‘t know,“ answered the father.
“I hate to have her leave home. She 3
ought to have just a: good an nducnti 1n '
as the best of ‘em. an‘ I can afford to pay "
for it, tco. I want her to learn the 1:11»
gungcs, you know, an‘ dancin‘, an' cti»
oucttc, 2111‘ music."
“Supposc.” said the friend. “suppose
von gr! a tutor for her.“
' “.1 too!e17“ cried the father. “gosh,
111311, I don‘t expect her to plny in no ‘
buss hand: If she learns the pinnnv.
that‘s cnough.“—— ( 'Ieru'un-i Sun.
A Slighr Correction.
"Mrs. Smith." said a Chicago travel 3
111g 111311 to his wife. “A111 I the senior
111-‘111bcr of the. partnebhip which we
formed over a you 320 with the as>ist~ .
once of the preacher?“
“Ccrtnmly,” 'I‘Cpill‘d
mcrkiy. _
“Do I hold a controlling interest in i
this business:“
“(If course you do. dear." i
“A111 I the Secretary and Treasurer 1
and Business Manager of this COIICt‘m.’ "
A111 I responsible for itsbusincss stuns!“
“To be sure you are. I never said any» 1
thing: to the contrary. did 1;“ she rc<
spinded. .
“N ow, what I wish to direct your :1!-
tcntion to, is this. Your household ex
crises have brcn running up to an alarm-
ing figure, and your demands for pin
money may be 1mpcrly described as ex~
orbitnnt. I iave decided that I must
take steps to keep you in check.“
“3 . :o'ur grammar a little
bit.” she inquired, sweetly.
‘ ‘Ccrtninl y. "
"You menu ‘checks' not check. Plu-
rnl number. you know,“ was the firmly
spoken rejoinder. 3
And he didn‘t attempt to argue the
poi nt. ——-_l!c-n In: 112‘ Tm rd. 1‘.
The ch‘s Justice.
A certain Captain Bnrulnrd left Mor-
scillcs for t‘hina, but beingbutl’eted by
the winds he 11: ilei 11p in the herbor of
Tunis to await wenthcr. The Collector
of the Fort came on board. Captnin
Baculard represented that he wns frcight~
ed for Canton, that he had nothing to do
with Tunis, and that he only put in’from
distress of weather. But the collector
exhibited manifest necessity that he
should for): over. Captain Baculnni did
fork over In a rage, but instantly re-
paired to the palace of the Bey, demand-
ing ‘ust-ice.
“ cod Frank,” said the Bey, “I am
your friend—God is great. ant do you
want of me?“
“Highness,“ answered Captain Bacu-
lnrd, “your custom house has robbed
me. I lure forked over—fork back.“
“Excellent individual," answered the
Bey, “in this country, when we have the
dust. we keep it. The original acqusi~
tion is a. di liculty. To fork back a thing
is unknown in Africa."
“But shall I not have justice?“
“Certainly, every one has justice in
Tunis. ‘ Will you have it in French or
Tunis fashion “
“Highness. I have bad a luwsuit or
two in Frame. Justice in French insh-
ion~—-God forbid."
“But. I don't press it on you.‘,’ observe i
the Bey. “If you choose the French of»
tar n11, I will speak to your consul. He
loves justice. good mnn-Jhree of my sub-
jects npplicd to him your: ago for immu‘
nity, end they will get it next your I
think—for he loves justice." . ,
“French instice, never! give no the
Tunisian: I in a hurry."
“Do it then. God is great,” said the
Boy: “what is your cargo '1" -
“Marseilles soap and twenty thousnnd
cotton oops."
“I: is well.
quil."
The Boy summoned the Vizier.
“Vizier,” said be, “we love justice.
We love the Franks. Proclnim flint
every Jew who nppcnrs to~morrow out of
doom without o cotton cop, will have a.
lime transaction to settle with me.”
There. are twenty thousand Jew: in
Tunis, and not one tingle cotton ea in
the place. Tney .11 made their Willa.
‘Mrs. Smith,
Go “my end he tran-
? a; a signal that “'adiington was
the next morning he complained of 3
sore throat. In the evening he was
hoarse, but in spite of his hoarscucss he
ovensioually rend pas-ages aloud to his
. sccrctarv and 3115‘. Washington from the
newspapers which had been brought in
from the pueto Eire. When urged to take
some medicine bg-fore retiring he replied:
“No; you know I ncvsr take nothing for
11 cold. 1.1:! it go as it came."
, 'rblll night he became extremely ill~
he had a severe chill and experienced
much dizliculty in breatthg. But he
i Would not allow the household to be dis~
tnrbed until morning. Then I garzlgv,
l was prcparcl for his throat, but in the
attempt to apply it he was almost suffo-
cated. A sen‘anf wos di~pntchcd to AI-
cxnndrin for Dr. (fraik, and in tile mcnnv
time he was bled by one of his Overseers.
Dr. (rail: arrived about nine o‘ciock and
_ later in the day two other physicians were
called. All the etIorls of the doctors to
relieve him were unavniiing. :rd between
ten and eleven o‘clock that night he died.
Mrs. “'asliinzton sat at the foot of the
foot of the bed waitcbinz him when his
spirit passcl away. "Is be gone?“ she
asked, in a calm tone. Dr. Crriék was
unable tn speak. but held up hi: hand
dead.
"It is well,“ said the grnnd old dame.
“All is n 1w over. I shall soon follow
him.“ “‘nshington expired without a
struggle ora sigh. From the fir~t he be-
lieved the attack would prove fatal And
during the d‘l)‘ frequently gave. expres-
sion to the fccling or resignation with
' which he met his end.
Tue rimlins of the Father of his
Country were buried in the family vault'
3 at Mount Vernon on the 1‘11; of l)cce1n~
her. The rubbish had been cleare‘l away
from the entrance to the tomb and :1 door
3111:1de to close the vault. which before
11:11] been dosed with brick. A schooner
was placed in the river to fire m.nute
guns 11d there were eleven p:eces of can-
, nap in the funeral procession, which be-
gun to move about three o‘clock. The
Virginia militia formed 311).? escort, then
came the General‘s horse. with his sad-
dle, holsters and pistol. led by two
grooms in black. The body was borne by
Free Masons from the} Alexandria Lodge.
“'nshington's family and personal friends
followed, the corporation of Alcxandrio
and p‘oplc clasing the procasion. The
Rcv. Mr. Davis read the funeral service
and male :1 short address, after which
thc Masonic ceremony was performed
and the body placed in the vault.
The scenes at. Washington‘s deathbed
and at his obscquics wrrc charm tcriied
by that grandeur of simplicity which
was :1 marked feature in Washington's
character. — — Cri- icnu'o Ne w.
.._.__.————-—-,
Superstition Among French Peasants.
Another instance of the superstitious
nature of French pcnsants has just been
exemplified by a crime which was corn-
miued in Brittany. There was 11 fumily
consisting of a widow named Jallu. with
her two I sons and two don .vbters;
and the sons, who, were miners, had
heard somebody say tlnt one of their
sisters, the eldcst. was pasc-aed by the
devil. Thinking that this terrible on
position, which they in Iicity believes:
would bring ill-luck to t. e mill. the two
men resolved to shield themselves from
the dcmoniac influence of their sister b
murdering her. The neighbors. whob
some apprehension of the catastrophe,
went to the mill, but found their.»-
trance borrcd by one of the Julius, who
stood with his younger sister-.211 thedoor,
both brandisbng hatchet: with which
they threatened to murder uy'one who
came near them. The two were. how‘
ever, seized and mgr-powered after u
long and dangerous st uggle, during
wlrcb they bebnvod like munincs. In
the interior of the mill house wan found
the body of ' Esther Jalln, the eldest sir
tor, who was alleged by her relatives”
he possessed with the demon prrde. _
woman was put to the multntro’cpn:
torture. boring bren piermd in “non!
rts of the body by n slurp instrument.
fibrin her ngouv her 11101 or and nistor
pay by her side in order to exorcise
the devil. All the members of the 181113
family have been placed in on nylon-
11016-1qu Tdofiapli. -
2A1: Insect Tramp.
A summed house-ca} porosite baboon
found by a French actual at, P. Hyg-
uin, to be in reality no pusszte praying
upon the fly‘s body, but simply the near
man cheesc-mite calling itself of tho
first means of transportation to a new
source: of food: supply. Tie era-chip,
with a remarknblo power of adoption”
to envimnmenbbecomes greatly abused
on attaching imlf to the fly or other an-
mal. but usumca it: origin: form.
multiplies npidly. on reaching mitoblo
feed‘ grounds. This dinner, ex~
loin. ow fmbcheooe cm becomin-
ected with units. even when careful
placed onn shell on; from nil annuals
mums of
when myhrnedthmuzbon oflwof
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