." RSS‘FI‘T'E. Sing, lark. far up the sky! Sing. throstle. for love’s sakel Sing. sing; as if no heart might ever break! Softly, oh summer sigh 0f winds. let patter down The blossom-rain, as if no storms had blown! Smile, flowers, along the way-— Your dainty presence stirs Buch blessed thoughts, ye little comforters! 0h, earth, for one kind day Let me be glad again- Forgetting grief that is and that has been. . -—INA Coonnnrru. A PATRIOT MAIDEN. In the summer of the year of grace 1776, when the American arrfiy was sta- tioned in New York, the commander-in- chief, General Washington, was indulg-i ing in a brief resting spell after dinner when he was approached by an orderly, who saluted and said: . “A young woman who calls herself Betsey Ann Blessing would have speech with Your Excellency. “Betsey ' Ann Blessing,” repeated Washington, with a momentary shrug of irritation; “who is she, and why may she not defer her business until to-mor- row? I warrant me that her lover is a prisoner of war, and die is ready to swear that he is a loyal Whig. What think you, Holdfast?” , “If you please, Your Excellency, she is well favored, as far as I could know from her crying; for she is in sore ‘ trouble.” I,“Aye! I am a true soothsayer! Cry- ing, is she? Show her in, Holdfast, and see that the guard trouble her not. I misdoubt my own judgment in giving audience to strangers in these troublous times. It mayhap that Mistress Bless ing prove a traitor in disguise.” The orderly ’soon returned, ushering in a girl so young she appeared like a child, and indeed, acted like one, for no sooner did she stand in the presence of the great man than she seized his hand —-that hand of stalwart proportions— and dropping on her knees kissed it with the ardor of a devotee. Meanwhile the bears streamed down her face in piteous torrents and her form shook with sup- pressed emotions. Washington had a tender heart and he was greatly distressed by this.un~ usual scene. “You have something to say?” he asked gently. “Speak on, but I beg, my child, that you cease weeping." "‘Oh, Your Excellency, you are too kind,” said the girl, and, risingto her feet, she uncovered a beautiful down- cast face, which glowed pink and dewy through her tears like a rain washed, sun-kissed rose. " ‘ - “Now, Mistress Blessing,” said Wash- ington, in his kinde:t manner, “tell me what brings you hither and what your errand may be?” “I came, hither to save Your Excel- leney’s life I” was the “startling re- spouse. Instead of laughing at the apparent presumption of the weeping girl, he bademher tell him everything, promising her immunity from punishment in case her news was not as weighty as she an- ticipated. Thus encouraged, she began her story. “On the morrow, Your Excellency is to 'dine with several officers of your command under guard?” “How know you that, girl?” asked Washington, much surprised. “Your Excellency will lay certain plans against the enemy before the com- Pally??? “Proceed l” commanded Washington, sternly. ‘ “Among the dishes set before Your Excellency will be a new vegetable of which you are very fond.” “Ah,” laughed the General, “you have lost or forgotten an order from the kitchen. Here is indeed a. new version of the mountain and the mouse.” “1 know not, gracious sir, what mean- ing that hath of the mountain and the mouse,” cried Betsey, “but if a mess of green peas be served at table on the morrow I beg and beseech you, sir, not to taste of them!” “Wherefore, Mistress Blessing?” asked Washington in his sternest manner. l” “The peas will be poisoned “How know you this?” demanded the general in the tone which made his sol- diers quail when they heard. “Speak and see that you trifle not with me. Nay, child, do not fear! If what you say be true, not you, but the traitor who planned the dastardly deed shall sufier!” ' “No! no!" retorted the trembling girl, “no one must suffer! Is it not enough that I have dared to come into a lion’s jaws to tell of the deed, to en- sure safety for the designer thereof? V Now that I have warned Your Excel- lency, permit me to retire from your distinguished presence.” General Washington gave a signal and instantly an armed. guard of' sol diers responded. . - “Arrest this girl!” he said sternly, . “and keep her under guard until such time as she send for me 'to confess her fault!” ‘ ‘ “That will I never, though I die in , prison!” was the defiant reply, as the , girl, who had entered bowed and weep- ing raised her head proudly, and walked out with the soldiers, like a young ‘queen. _, All was tumult in the kitchens at Richmond Hill. and cooks were running about getting into one another’s way, when a fairhaired youth in the garb of a serving-man loitered in and made his way unobserved to the great fireplace, where he uncovered the skillets in which the‘vegetables,were simmering on the hearth. When he came to that one containing the peas he dropped in a handful of some condiment, and in- stantly took his departure. . His next appearance was under the window of that room in which Mistress Blessing was inCarcerated. , “H-i-s-tl Sweetheart! The dose is ‘ ready. Keep heart until 'to morrow, when I willmyself release thee to ride pick-aback on my“ roan fhorse. It is .- told in the toyvn that Betsey Ann Bless .-. r" " 7' ‘7". . was overly G‘GAZETTE courage, sweetheart!” , “If you would befriend me. betake yourself to some safer place,” whispered Betsey’s voice through the barred win- dow high above him. “A halter will be ready for your neck if you are seen or suspected, and listen—if your- dose of mine I” ~, The youth went away, grumbling about all being fair in love and War. If Washington was different from his usual self at that historic dinner, the fact has not been recorded. There was much secret discussion of weighty aifairs withlhis guests, but he gave close attention to the viands set before him. It was not, however,~until the vegeta- bles were served that he made any al- covered, he demanded attention, and when all were silent remarked in aloud voice: “There is death in the pot!” . A great excitement ensued; the guests, who. were in full uniform, drew their swords and murmurs of “death to Then Washington sent for Mistress Blessing, who came with ‘a defiant light in her eye, and was given the seat of honor at her host’s right hand. She took it with a dignity that called forth approving and admiring comments. those of “76" were no exception ~to the rule. _ A servant was next sent out by the Commander-in-Chief on a peculiar er- rand. He returned, bringing with him a live and particularly active chicken, which partook eagerly of the dish of peas. And in five minutes by the watch it lay dead in their midst. Betsey Ann Blessing married her lover, after turning him into a patriot, and Washington himself gave away the bride. How much he knew remained his own secret, but green peas never afterward graced his table or were al- luded to in his conversation—Detroit Free Press. TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS. Firm Believers Expect 140,000 Existences Before Nirvana. ' Firm believer in the doctrine of the transmigration of souls, the 'Burman holds that the soul must pass through 140,000 existences before Nirvana, the sublime condition of self-loss, can be reached. From this weary round of repeated lives he cannot escape, unless by some supreme act of charity he can achieve sufficient merit to pass at death at once into the heaven of the Nats or Dewahs. Of such acts is the building of a pagoda to the memory of the holy Gautama Buddha. Hence it is that Burmah is the land of pagodas. From the summit of every mountain, of every hill or hillock, from above the cliffs and rocks, and from among the woods of the islands of the broad Irrawaddy, rise the graceful forms and gilded pinnacles of Lumberless pagodas. Often they are crowned by a golden tree or umbrella. Pagodas are rarely temples in the true sense; they are usually solid tapering buildings placed over real or imitation relics. Close by, among groves of palms and bananas, are generally to be seen the carved and seven-storied roofs of the Kioungs or Buddhist monasteries. Gray and light-hearted as are the Bur. mans, they realize another and future existence as vividly as they do the pres- ent life', and the teachings of the great Buddha are ever present to their minds, and influence them profoundly. In the Buddhist religion there is no God and no priesthood; but all men are given the opportunity of following the great example, by. retiring from the world in» to monasteries, renouncing the tempta- tions of the flesh and the devil, and liv ing an austere, self- denying life. en- gaged in contemplation, devotion, and teaching.—Cornhill Magazine. A Strange Spring. A mile and a half from Franks, I. T.. a very large spring of , clear, sparkling water bubbles up through the gravel at the foot of Boggie Mountain, tum- bles swiftly dOWn the hills over nume- rous falls and runs a big flouring mill at Franks for the Hon. B. F. Byrd. In the water is a substance that attaches itself to the buckets of a wheel, form. ing a hard, smooth stone about them that has to be broken off every six months with a hammer. Wood or bone thrown intothe water is petrified in a rious formations are to be seen in and about the stream. Near the mill the roots of a large fallen tree, over, but not in the creek, are all turned to stone.— Dallas News. Sober American Editors. Rev. Dr. Henry M. Field, editor of the New York Evangelist, thus notes an in- teresting feature of the recent meeting of.the National Editorial Association at St. Augustine, Fla., which he attended “Sitting near the entrance of the hall, and thus seeing from end to end, I did ’ not see a single‘\ man touch a glass of Father N u- , gent, from Liverpool, spoke of it in 9 amazement, saying that in England, I if over 300 men sat together at a table, they would not rise up before some of them would show the effects of liberal potations. what Icould have hardly believed ex- cept for the testimony of my own senses, but which was most gratifying not only for the editorial profession, . wine or mug of lager beer. Ben M To Read Sealed Letters. The contents of a. sealed letter have been photographed in France in fifteen seconds by the Rontgen rays. Envel- opes lined with tin foil are. impervious to the rays. Conservatism. “That,” said the engineer, “is a fifty- horse power engine.” yet?”—Puck. I ing is arrested fax-311.371 Keep up your takes effect, you are no longer a lover _ lusion to the food. When his» favorite vegetable, .a dish of green peas, was un- the traitor l” were heard on every side. ' Soldiers are proverbially gallant, and: very short time, and many rare and cu-_ I cOnfess I was surprised at but for the country which they repre- . “Don’t you figure it by bike-power. 4 p . LOVE STORY OF Two L'AWMAKERS. 'l‘hey Meet in After Years Upon an 1521““;- able and Friendly Footing. ‘ ' Many years ago there lived in Or. leans County, New York, ~two boys named Ford» and Armstrong. Ford’s home was in Medina, and his. folks called him John. Armstrong, who was known to his people as Billy, lived at few miles apart. . . . . Both boys were lusty chaps,reach' with a soul fired with an ambition to get along in the world. There comes a time in the life of every country boy when, after polish- ing his face with the kitchen towel, he finds it necessary to look long in the glass and note the growth of the down upon his cheeks and chin. It was about this period in the careers of John and Billy that they did What all other boyfl do. They fell in love with the prettiest girl in the neighborhood. " The trouble with our two boys was that they loved the ' same girl. She was a lovely little woman with pink cheeks, big eyes and a wealth of brown hair, in which the sun found glints of. gold. Although these boys lived within fen courted the same girl, they never met. John won a scholarship at Cornell and went to Ithaca to lay the founda< tion of his future greatness. Trown‘ upon his own resources when barely 10 years old,Billy was compelled to hustle for himself. Eventually he brought up in Rochester where, as a lawyer, he made money and reputation. In the hurry of this transition period the boys neglected the girl. Truth to tell, they forgot all about her, and they forgot all about each other,too. One night last winter Assemblyman William Arm-strong, of Rochester, the father of the bicycle carrying bill, and Senator John Ford, of New York, sat on a sofa in the reading room of the Kenmore, at Albany, discussing the Raines bill. It was a rather tiresome topic, and they soon dropped it and puffed away lazily at their cigars. “I say, senator,” asked Armstrong, “were you born in New York?” “No; I was born in Orleans County." “Where?” “In Medina.” “Well,” said Armstrong, “I passed my boyhood days in Albion.” each other. “Are you the fellow that was court- ing that girl?” asked Armstrong. “Yes. Are you the other fellow, the. hated rival?” “I am.” The two legislators snuggled up! closer on the sofa; clasped their knees with their hands and talked of the old days and of the old girl with the pink checks, the big eyes and the wealthfiof brown hair, in which the sun found glints of gold. “Billy, I wonder whom she married." “Blessed if I know, John.” . “Perhaps it’s another case of Sweet Alice, the old churchyard and the slab of granite so gray.” “No. She had too healthy an appe- tite. I’ll wager that she weighs 200 and has a son who wears his father’s cast-off clothes and keeps his trousers tucked in his boots.” ' Then the senator and the assembly- man linked arms and went out into the night. A ROLLING STEAMBOAT. Its Designer Expects It to Attaln aSpeed of Sixty Mllesan Hour. The State Deparment at Washing. ton is in receipt of a consular re port on the new rolling steamboat de signed by the French marine engineer Bazin, which is attracting the atten— tion of prominent experts in the ship- building line. By this marked inno- vation in marine architecture a speed ised, which closely approximates that made by the fastest express trains on the Continent. The rolling boat, as its name indi- cates, will not slide, as is the case with ships now in existence, but will roll on the water by means of huge hollow wheels or rollers. The vessel consists of a large platform, holding the boil— ers, machinery, saloons, cabins, etc., which is supported on each side by movable hollow wheels. The power is used partly to propel the whole by means of screws or paddle wheels, but principally to propel the rollers. Mr. Bazin claims to get rid of water fric- tion and resistance and with a mini. mum of expense and power to attain a 50-knot rafidity. The result which he has obtained with a model about four feet long on the lake at Vincenncs has encouraged him‘to undertake experi- ments on a much g' for scale, and he now has under construction at the St. Denis dockyard a rolling boat of 280 tons displacement, to be driven by 750 a screw and three pairs of side rollers, each about thirty-three feet in diame- ter. This boat will make its first trial trip in a few weeks on the Seine, thence across the channel and up the Thames to London. On the Safe Side. ‘ _ One hot day, after a long drive and a liberal fare, Barney turned into the best bar in town and uslml l'_-r :: “sprinkle, just to keep down the dust. ‘ The proprietor, who would rather. 1222'. other customers than peer Barney. came. inas the latter was raising th.1 glass. “Barney,” he said,~"»‘,I’d rather you wouldn’t be drinking, my boy. You know you were sorry for it before, and I suppose you’ll be sorry for this tee," “Begorra, I might,” replied Barney; “but, sure, it’s ‘ safer to be sorry for takin’ it than for nottakin’ it.” Albion. These two places are only, a 1 with a head full of brains . and each . - Mon. miles of each other and for months - And then they looked searchingly at . of about sixty miles an hour is prom- . Def-tn of an Infant Monstrollty. Sr. Lows, Aug. 21.-—Physiclans of this city have discovered ‘a remarkable phe- nomenon in the person of achild'8months old which died of senile deblllty. The child wasHei-man Robert Burch, the son grow after birth, but the head was fully developed, the face hearing all the marks of an old man, The head was covered with coarse hair, and on the face was a straggling beard. The Dead Yachtsmah. Brim, Isle of Wight, Aug. 21.—The memorial services here this afternoon, held as a trlbute of respect to the late Baron von Zedwitz, the German diplomat who was killed on Tuesday as the result of a collision between his yacht Isolde and Em- peror William’s yacht Meteor, were attend ed by representatives of the queen, the Prince of, Wales, all the yacht clubs and a large number of distinguished yachtsmen. Mrs. Snell Renounces Ber Claims. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21.—Mrs. Hulda Snell has renounced her claims to the mil- lions of the late Andrew J. Davis of Butte, Mrs. Snell claimed to be the wife of the millionaire. 'Detectlve Stillwell has been working on the case in Mrs. Snell’s. interest and has learned that there were .two men named A. J. Davis and she was the wife of the poor one.‘ A Half Breed Lynched. LEWISTON, Ida, Aug. ESL—Frank Blles, a half breed Indian from the Nez Perce res- ervation, was taken from the Asotln jail and banged by a\mob of indignant citi- zens. His crime was assaulting Miss Mary Richardson, a young woman 17 years of age. Miss Richardson, whose 'home is in Enterprise, Or., was in delicate health at the time. ‘ A Singular Double Fatality. MILWAUKEE, Aug. 21.—A strange dou- ble fatality occurred at the National Sol- Botfleld, 78, and William I. Gordon. They were assisting each other up the steps when both fell back to the stone floor and were hurt so badly that they died. Union Teterans’ Officers. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Aug. 21.—The na- tional encampment Union Veterans’ union has elected Charles W. Wood of Worcester, Mass.,national commander in chief ;- James W. Long of Kent county, first deputy Commander; P. G. Harsburg of Louisville, second deputy commander. A new “Bad mu» Killed. ' LAREDO, Tex, Aug. 21.—The notorious A. Y. Allee was killed in a saloon here by City Marshal Bathelow. Allee was charged with murdering three men. He began to show the dangerous traits in his character, and in attempting to arrest him the city marshal had to kill Allee. Well Known Railroad" Dead. PORTLAND, On, Aug. 21. —William Brown, assistant general freight agent of the Canadlan-Australlan line, died. here. Brown was a well known railway man and before coming here was connected with the Denver and Rio Grande.‘ .—————‘——- ‘ The Heir Apparent“ Persia. LONDON, Aug. 21,—A dispatch to The News from Tabrlz says that the shah‘s eldest son was today installed with great pomp as heir apparent of Persia. rilla,“SalesTalk,”and I al k show that this medi- cine has enjoyed public confidence and patronage to a greater extent than accord- ed any other proprietary medicine. This is simply because it possesses greater merit and produces greater cures than any other. It is not what we say, but. what Hood’s Sarsaparilla does, that tells the story. Alladvertisements of Hood’s Sarsaparilla, like Hood’s Sarsaparilla it- self, are honest. 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