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WOMAN.
i‘é‘lowers spring to blossom where she walks
The careful ways of duty;
rider hard. stiff lines of life with her
.Aro flowing curves of beauty.
'Our homes are cheering for her sake,
Our door-yards brighter blooming,
And-all about the social air
is sweeter for her comitzg. _~.
And pever tenderer hand than hers
L'n‘knits the brow of ailing;
.ZIcr garments to th ' sick man‘s ear
have music- in their t ailing.
Her presence lends its warmth and health
To all who come before it,
if woman lost us Eden, such
As she. alone restore it.
—John G. \Vhittier.
.c—l. l’lfih EER INCIDENT.
“Keep that kid quiet,” said Bankers
in a hoarse whisper.
"I'm doing the best I can,” said his
Wife, trying to hush the little one, who
auras sobbing and moaning in her lap.
Fin the baby‘s milk wagon a bitter
tight was going on between paregoric
and :pain, and the latter was dying
Exam. The wind drove the rain against
the side of the car and made it rock to
and fro. “manna,” saiers. Bankers
'IO her friend, “take that bottle and
holdit between you and a crack in the
car,.~and when it, lightens drop ten
drops into the spoon—I suppose we
must not strike a light.”
"You bet you don‘t strike any light
has unless you are ready to give up
your chignon,” said Bankers, without
taking his eyes from the crack through
which he was peeping. Emma took
rho bottle. and at each flash of light-
ning dropped a dropof hush medicine
into the spoon. and when she had put
in ten drops the Y gave it to the baby.
.That made twenty drops—~it was dan-
gerous—but it was sure. death to all
, eat them if the baby cried aloud.
The rain came in great sheets and
with such force that it seemed that the
aZfII‘ could hardly hold the rail. It was
not a Pullman car; just a common
red stock car standing on a siding
with a few armfuls of straw upon the
floor. Occasionally Bankers turned
to glance at the two women who were
crouching in one end of the car. and
”when the. ightning lit up their faces
«they were dreadful to behold. Now the
train, cold as sleet, came through the
cracks in the car and stung the faces
:of those within. Mrs. Bankers had
seen three winters at “'oodriver, but
.herfriend. the young woman who had
come out to western Nebraska to teach
school, vas in every sense a tender—
:foot, and the experience of this wild
night had almost driven her mad.
”There they. are," whispered Bank-
:prs. Now the women put their eyes to
.a crack, and when a flash came they
would see a reef ef' feathered heads
that formed a half circle around the
house like a feather boa about a
avoman‘s neck. Half the band dis-
mounted :and made a rush for the cot-
:tagc. ‘The door was broken and'thc
.rcd devils swarmed in. One of them
took a newspaper and lighted it at the
ggaopen fireplace to make a torch and by
:the light of it the little party in the
‘stock *ar could see. .the Sioux running
malt crouching, from room to room, in
:search of the occupants. Finding the
when deserted, and .smarting under
their disappointment, the Indians now
set fire to the house, and by the light
of it started to loot the railroad sta-
tion. less than a hundred yards away.
The station agent had been warned,
:as the others had been, by a Pawnee
scout, but had bravely refused to leave
lids :post. He had made no light, but
sat in one end of the dark little room
which served as a ticket office, tele-
graph office, and sleepingroom, and as
the Indians approached opened fire. At
:the very first shot the leader of the
:murderous band leaped high into the
:air, and came down on his feet, leaped
rap again and again, and finally fell in
at heap to rise no more. With a deafen-
ing yell the. angry'band made a rush
for the door and began to beat against
[it 'with tomaliawks. clubs, and guns.
illaving emptied his rifle the agent
‘now took up a pair of aid-caliber re-
volvers. and the lead fairly rattled
against the door, and no fewer than a
half dozen savages sank to the plat-
.aiform. causing the beseigers to fall back
:a space. From a distance they began
ate pour the lead into the building, but
she agent, crouching behind the little
'i‘ron safe. was still unliurt. An Indian
brought a torch from the burning cot-
.tagc and attempted to fire the station,
but the rain and wind put out the fire.
Two or three Sioux, noticing a string
of cars upon the siding, began‘ to
"search for stock or eatable freight.-
.ili‘lrojm car to “car they ran. thrusting
'szmiir rifles into the straw. "l'gh." said
an :old buck as his rifle found some-
:s‘h'lng soft in one of the cars. and Bank-
ers felt a hurt: in his short ribs. Laying
{"n' ild of the side of the car the Indian
?:"..‘_f..-':l‘ll to pull and strain. By the mer-
u-z-a' chance he had taken hold of the
‘ door, and now as it opened he
Bank—
“2's could have blown the top of the
's‘ionx's head off, but he knew that to
would be to attack a- dozcn red-
;sliins, against whom he could not hope
so hold out long. The women scarcely
:Znstmthcd. The baby, fullrof paregoric,
slept as though it had already entered
.upon its final rest. The other two In-
zdians had given up the search among
she empty cars, and gone back to the
station, where the agent, having re
beaded all his guns, kept the gang 110p-
Ip'ing and dancing about thestation plat-
tio'rm. The old Sioux at the car door
necked his head and listened. He must
Emcee fancied he heard something
lfinest-tithe, far now he put his hands upon
E128 sill and leaped into the car. He
kind scarcely straightened up when
Bankers’ rifle barrel. fell across his
tiefihered head, and he dropped like
a. beef. The school ma’am uttered a
faint scream, and that was—thelast
around that came from her corn ' for
me time. The Sioux never mo ed a'
finger, and Bankers, having removed
the warriors firearms and ammunition.
gave the gun over to his wife and. then
covered the dead Sioux with straw.
Already the little frame cottage had
burned to the ground and the rain had
nearly quenched the fire. Every at-
tempt made by the band to fire the
station had ended in failure, and the
Sioux were now preparing to storm
the fort. It was hard for Bankers to
keep quiet in the car while the agent
sold his life so bravely and so dearly
to the. Sioux, but there were his wife
and baby and the helpless school
ma'am, who had been persuaded by
the Bankers to come to this region and
he felt it his duty to protect them as
best he could. Presently Bankers
felt the stock car vibrate pereeptibly,
as though it were, being rolled slowly
along the rail. His first thought was
that 'the Indians were pushing the
empty cars down near the station and
that they would set fire to the straw,
and then there would be no possible
escape. Now’ there was a roar as of
an approaching train, and an instant
later a great dark object hove in sight
and rolled past the car. It was a lo-
:‘omotive drawing a dozen box cars and
running without a headlight. The
shouts of the besiegers, the rattle. of
rifles, and. the wild cry of the night
prevented the Sioux from feeling the
vibration or hearing the sound ‘of the
approaching train.
The agent, who had been severely
wounded. now crawled to the key and
called Ogallala. At the first attack he
had wired for help, and now, he told
the operator there he could hold the
place only a. little longer. The agent
vas still at the. key when the engine,
rolling up to the station shook the
building. and he knew the moment he
he felt the quiver of it that help was
at hand. Instantly the doors of the
box cars came open and a company
of Government scouts, all Pawnces,
except the oflicers, leaped to the plat-
form just as the band of Sioux were
making their last desperate charge up-
on the station. Before they could real—
ize that retinforcements were at. hand
the Sioux were beset by the scouts,
who always fought to kill. The battle
was sliort‘and decisive. and when the
Sioux fled they left more than half
their number upon the field.
Probably the. most anxious man in
the. whole party was the conductor of
the. special train that had brought the
scouts from Ogallala. He had ridden
all the way on the locomotive. and the
moment the train stopped he had
leaped to the ground and gone through
a shower of bullets to where the. cot-
tage which had been the home of the
Bankers‘ had stood. The sight of the
house in ashes made him sick at
heart. but there was still hope; they
might have taken refuge in the station,
and. facing about, the fearless conduc-
tor fought his way to the. door. By
this time the Sioux were giving all
their attention to the scouts, and the
conductor forced his body through the
shot- 'iddled door. The agent lay upon
the floor in a pool of his own blood. but
he was still alive. “Where are they 3"
asked the. conductor, glancing about
the dark room. ’
"Among the stock cars. it they are
still alive," was the reply which 111110
in a whisper. “I saw them leaving
the house at dusk—go to them—I'm—
I‘m all right,” and the conductor, hav-
ing placed the wounded man upon his
bed, made for the stock cars. .
“Bankers, where are. you ?" he called.
and Bankers answered, only two cars
away. Now the conductor lighted his
white light and climbed into the car.
The brave Mrs. Bankers greeted him
with a smile that soon changed to
tears, for in the light of the hand
lamp she had seen her baby‘s face,
and it looked like the face of a dead
child. “Emma,” she called excitedly,
but there was no answer. “Is she
dead ?" cried the conductor, falling up-
on his knees and holding the light
close to his sweetheart’s face.
“No. you .chump,” said Bankers,
“she only fainted when I killed this
Sioux.” and he gave the dead Indian
a kick and rolled him out of the car.
"But the baby,” pleaded Mrs. Bank-
ers.
“She's all right," said the husband.
“Only a little too much paregoric,” and
so it proved. ‘
“Here, Em,” said Bankers shaking
the young woman, who was regaining
consciousness, “brace up. You’ve got
company." s
"Are we all safe?” asked the
schoolma‘am, feeling for her back hair.
“Oh!. my dear. brave friend, you have
saved us all I"
"Yes. I 1:;iyecl --—,” said Bankers,
“hiding her- in the straw while the
agent was i. mg murdered.”
“But you saved the women,” said
the conductor, who was overjoyed at
finding all alive.
“Yes.” said Bankers, “that‘s some—
thing, after all.”
And all this is not a dream. It is
only a. scrap of the history of the early
days of the Union Pacific. The brave
station agent is an old man now, and
one of his legs is shorter than the oth-
er—rthc one that was shot that. night.
The baby. having recovered from her
sevcre tussle with Colic and pa rcgoric,
is now one of the most charming
women in a \l'estern city. The conduc-
tor of the soldier train is at this writ.-
ing a general superintendent of a well‘
known railway. The snows of forty
winters have fallen upon his wife’s
hair. It is almost white, but her face
is still young and handsome, and I re-
member that she blushed when telling
this story to me, and recalling the fact
that she had fainted in a stock car on
that wild night at lVoodriver.—New
York Sun.
S. S. Teacher—How is_it, John. that
I don't see you at Sunday school any
more? , . .
The Tif-l.ln‘ll')'lllflll-'-.‘$IC too busy now;
me rides Mike—New- York Herald.
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AN INHERITED GIFT.
REMARKABLE ACCOMPLHHMENT 0F
. THE SWEET FAMILY.
Bone-Setters by Nature, They Repair
Seemingly Hopeless Cases—Instinctive-
ly They Appear to Understand a Break
or o. Dislocation.
Dr. Charles Sweet was known
throughout New England as a natural
bone setter. He is said to have oper-
ated in more than 100,000 cases of
bone setting. lie aura: of a family
which for three generations has ac-
.)uircd renown for natural bone-setting
ability. although no member has had
more than common school cdncation.
The founder of it, who died some years
ago, l'tlS born in. Lebanon. and before
he was fifteen years old had become.
famous on account of his heaven born
ibilil'y to set broken bones. When he
was still a boy he used to amuse his
neighbors by dislocating the bones of
domestic ’arin animals~hens. geese,
cats, dogs and :alves—and then put~
ling them in place again.
He did the trick with ‘\\'t;ll’.l'_‘l‘."".‘.l :lcx-
'lcrity. A few years later he was the
most famous bone sd‘iicr in I‘ch ling-
land, and his practice ixtrrdcd into
all parts of the “astern Middle
States.
Often on being inti'odizcul to a man.
in sluiking hands with him he ;,:;:vc
the. stranger's hand an (dd. quick
twist. The wrist was immediately dis-
the
thumb was unjointed. and sometimes
every finger on the. hand was out of
joint. Dr. Sweet. although a small
man, had great physical strength. and
as thg fame of his singular doings
spread, persons became so much afraid
:if him that they hesitated to take his
hand.
It was imagined that the Doctor’s pc‘
culiar natural ' away
il’ltl
gilt would
with the. death of its possessor. but-it
was manifested in an equal degree by
>vcry one of his great family of chil-
:lrcn. and in turn by his grand—chil-
tlren. Both generations also inherited
his powerful physique and giant
strength. Each one a‘ an tariy ago im-
itatcd his practice of dislocating the
bones of: farm animals and then see
ling them. and nearly all his male de-
scendants followed the calling of
natural bone setters. The women were
equally expert in the art of unjointing
the human frame and rejointing it.
and in half a dozen Conniwticut townz;
lhcy practice. usually taking no fee
for their services.
The regular surgeons profess to de-
:‘idc the popular belief that the Sweets
possess a marvelous natural and secret
aptitude for bone setting.
It is said that not one of the family
ever studied even a book of anatomy.
«New Yer; Tribune.
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A Diamond Fingernail.
“'11011 the Comtesse was a very little
girl she fed sugar to a pet pen; and
had the tip of her right forefinger
crushed by the pony’s teeth. The nail
was split and in time dropped off.
When the new nail formed it was of
egregious thickness, but lacking a bit
in area. The thickness of the nail
made it amount to a disfigurement,
and the Comtesse was heart broken,
until in St. Petersburg She made the
acquaintance of a jeweler who had
seen employed to do work for the fam—
ily of the Czar, and who knewa thing
or two.
This accomplished artisan persuaded
the Comtesse to let him try the. ex-
periment of inserting a diamond in
:110 troublesome nail. “’ith delicate in-
struments he bored :1 hole in the bony
substance, put in a diamond rather
flatter tha’n the usual run of such
gems and carefully cemented the pre-
2ious ornament in place.
It was a very delicate job. Had it
tailed the Comtesse would have had to
go gloved for the rest of her natural
life. But it didn’t fall, and now the
Comtesse has the proud. distinction of
oeing the only woman in the world
who wears a diamond thus oddly.
Speaks “’ell for Boston.
The following answers are guaran-
zeed by a Philadelphia paper to have
been made at the graduation exercises
if one of the leading grammer—schools
)f Boston: “Name a fruit which has
.ts seed on the outside?” “A seed-
:ake.” “l ’hat are the. last teeth that
:ome to a man?" “False teeth.”
‘that is yeast?” "Yeast is a,vegc-
:able flying about in the air, hitching
tself on to anything.” “Name and lo-
:ate the five senses?" “The eyes are
.n the northern part of the face, \and
:he mouth in the southern.” “Explain
flinch,” and use it in a sentence?"
“Flinch,’ to shrink, Flannel flinclies
when it is'washed.”
Win-n to wma a Watch?
During the night your watch is
quiet. as it were—that is. it. hangs up
91' is lying down without being moved.
it you don't wind it at night the.
nainspring is their relaxed, instead of
)eing in that condition during the day.
By winding it in the morning the main-
spring remains close and tight all day.
it keeps the movement steady at a
time when you are handling it, run-
ning abOut the City tending to your
laily affairs. A relaxed mainspring at
this time accounts for fine watches
varying slightly.
A Son’s Novel Birthdrv (l—"t.
A well-known merchant of New'
York, when his father’s business fail-
are put an end to his hopes of a col-
iege education, entered commercial
iife, and thirty years later paid his
father‘s outlawed indebtedness iii full,
with 7 per cent. interest. Then. hav-
ng had the creditors‘ receipts bound
11 book form. lie presented them to his
’ather as a birthday gift.
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FASHiONS __IN 3WAlSTS. 7
Though Old ”waists “'ill Eventually Retire
it. \Vill Not be “'ltll a Rush.
(By Special Arrangement with the N. Y. Sun.)
The most fantastic feature ofdress
comes out in the little jackets of all?
kinds and shapes and conditionsof do;
coration, the latest of which is of kid,
all embroidered with silk and imita-
tion jewels, turqubises being the most
desirable, on a leather foundation.
This trimming is set; on in (bands
around the edge or cut out in. various
designs and appliqued on. Braiding,
in "arious elaborate patterns, is a fash-
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ionable trimming in London, and very
handsome braided gmvns are not un‘
common in New York, but the French
woman, who always avoids all things
severe in dress, rarely appears in the
braided gown. The boler0s are cov-
ered with embroidery" in fancy colors,
frilled with lace and trimmed with fur.
Very pretty little jackets are made of
knife-plaitcd frills of black chiffon three
inches wide, edged with narrow
cream lace sewn on a thin blacksilk
lining. with lace insertion in vandyke
tween. A practical style of jacket for a,
mixed wool gown is cut in square cor-
ners at the back, where it opens to the
neck, showing an edge of black satin
ribbon down either side, and fits in
closely to the waist just above a wide
draped belt of‘bias velvet. The front
is shaped in a sharp point at the bot-
tom, which reaches the waist line and
hangs loosely from ‘the shoulders.
Wide rovers of cloth, trimmed with
gold braid, finish the front edge, and
the vest is a wide fold of red velvet
down either side, trimmed with a row
of small gold buttons and opening over
a narrow vest of cream lace’; The col—
lar is of red velvet, with rounded tabs
at the back and sides and a lace frill
inside.’ . . . . '
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Another pretty evening waist for a
black skirt of soft faille silk. in pale
blue finely tucked in groups of five or
seven, and from the bust down’to' the
belt cream lace insertion an inch wide
is set in between the spaces. The front
has a slight pouclnand opens at one
side, being finished by a jabot of lace
from the top of the lace insertion to
the shoulder. and the sleeves are
tucked round. in groups, from the
small puff at the top to the flare at the
waist. -
Pat’s Idea of the Judge.‘
A member of the legal profession, of
very diminutive stature. was elected
'to the Bench some years ago in a Penn-
sylvania town: and one of the first
cases before his honor “'35 that of a
brawny Irishman of colossal size. The
son of Erin was charged with assault
and battery, and“ as told by the court
to stand up. The defendant did so, and.
though he was six feet six inches tall.
.-:he could barely sce’ the top of 'the mag- .
istrate’s head appearing behind the.
desk. Raising himself on tiptoe and
bending forward. with his hands be-
fore his eyes, as if peeniuug at some
distant object, the Irishman shouted,
"'Holy Moses—and is Patrick O’Mine-
lian going to be tried by a fairy?”
Not Phased for an Answer.
In a primaryschool the teacher un-
dertook to convey to her pupils an
idea 'of the use of the hyphen. She
wrote on the black—board “bird‘s-nest."
and pointing to the hyphen, asked tho
school, “What is that for?” ‘
After a short pause. a young son of
the Emerald ‘lsienpiped out. “Please,
ma’am,‘ for the bird to rooslit on." '1
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