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If you want a canopy ’, for a party or a wed- ding. I will supply it at two hours’ notice. . A letter or postal card will receive prompt at. ' , ten’tiOn. P. E. CALLAHAN, + . Awning Maker, 53 Cross St. Norwalk. .-. L Rode down the pike to teach her "'1 I 'JIOI’S LITTLE GIRL. from London, which there split in two, " the junction, round a. bit of a curve, ~ened the old an’ rotten supports 0’ the n... I char 'FAIR INEZ. 0, saw ye not fair~ Inez? ’ ' ‘ 1 She got upon a bike. ' " And folks that saw her start declan 'L‘hey ne'er beheld the like; '1 She wore a pair of bloomers. A dickey and a vest; The neighbors held the wheel for her- ' Fair Inez did the rest. . 7 And with the lovely Inez ‘ A gallant cavalier To pedal and to steer; _ . I He whispered airy nothings, .I'si‘I'I‘ He boldly scouted fear. .".-2 ‘ Until he struck a. jagged rock a 1 I I And landed on his ear. .. If“, ‘ I saw the lovely Inez ”as? «I . Descend along the shore, 4 - _. ‘, And there was dust all over "I 1 .4: I' “the bloomers that she wore! ' ' Upon her face she landed. u .., She’s beautiful no more— " 2'11 wager such a mixed up mess '9 I Was never seen before. ’ ‘ D Alas, alas for Inez! 5 She went away with song; ‘ With ri Lbons on her handlebar, And shoutings of the throng 1 She came back all disordered, Nor brought her wheel along— The doctors say ’twill be a month Before she’s well and strong. -—Cleveland Leader. ‘izs ‘Iiit’r No sir, I’m proud an’ thankful to say that although I’ve been a Signalman : now for close on a quarter of a‘ century, I’ve never yet had an accident at my box. I’ve come very near it on several occasions, as you may guess; but, somehow Providence has always seemed to step in just at the right mo- ment an’ prevent it. One case I can call to mind- every bit as plain now as when it happened, fif- teen years ago. At the time I speak of I hadn’t been ; appointed Signalman at the old junc- tion down yonder more than a fev months. ‘ It was a pretty busy box, an‘ there wasn’t much time hangin’ on your hands, so. to speak, but what bit there was I generally employed in polishin‘ up the big levers 0’ steel an’ brass, an' thinkin’ o’ the wife an’ child at home. We’d been married about six years had Jenny an’ me, an’ a happier couple I don’t think you’d have found any- where. The house was always com. fortable an’ nice, an’ as clean as con- tinual dustin’ an’ scrubbin’ could make it. We’d never had but the one child, little Nelly. She was just five, an' it would have done your heart good tc see her, wi’ her Winsome ways and he! prattlin‘ baby talk. As for Jenny an’ me, we just idolizec her, an’ nothin’ less. Nothin’ was toc good for her. Many a time have I gone wi.’out tobacco for a week in or- der that she might have a new pair 0 slippers or new pinafore a bit sooner. Well, on this particular mornin things went on much the same as us- ual, an’ I was kept pretty hard at it till about 12 o’clock, pulling back the lev- ers an’ enterin’ up in my book thc times 0’ the trains as they passed. After that time I had a bit 0’ slacll till the 1 o’clock down express was signalled an’ then Nelly would bring my dinner down an’ stay playing about in the box till I’d eaten it. She came regularly, an’ I used to look out for her toddlin’ down the footpath at the side 0’ the line—I’d cautioned her never to go off it, an’ as'she was a sharp, little thing, she soon under- stood why—wi’ my dinner basket hung over her arm, as proud an’ pleased as possible to think that she was takin her dad his dinner. . The express was late that day, an I remember wonderin’ what could hay! delayed it, as it was usually signalled punctual to the minute. At last, how ever, I got the ring on the bell tha‘ told me it was approachin' an’ not long after I heart its rumblin' some two or three miles away. After I’d pulled my levers over, an’. set the signals off for it to run into the station, I went to the side 0’ the cabin, an’ looked out 0' the ' window. The first thing that caught my atten- tion was a man, about a hundred yards , off, runnin’ wi’ all his might toward} me, waivin’ his hands an’ pointin' in a! very excited manner somewhere. “What’s up now?” thought I, but I couldn’t make head or tale of his ges- ticulatin’, so I waited wi’ some impa- tience for him to get nearer, an‘ then 1 saw that it was one o’ the platelayers belongin’ to the gang that was workin‘ near by. “Swith the express on to the loop, Jim, quick,” he gasped. “The bridge has fallen in.” Before I go any further, let me ex— plain the position 0' things a bit. . My box was a junction. as I’ve told you. To the south was the main line’ one comin’ through the station here, an’ the other missin’ it and goin‘ round the ‘loop,’ as we call it. On the station line, about three hundred yards past was a large trestle bridge over the river. It was gettin’ considerably old, an’ they had been talkin’ about re- newiu’ it for some time past, but some- how the months had drifted past, an‘ no start had been made on the work yet. ‘ Instantly I guessed what had hap- pened. The rains durin’ the last week or two had been very heavy, an’ the river was in consequence flooded, an' runnin’ very strong, an’ the unusual weight an’ the rush 0’ water had loos- bridge, which never ought to have been l allowed to get in such a condition, till it had suddenly come topplin’ over into the seethin’ an’ boilin’ flood below. I For a moment I was'staggered by. the suddenness o’ . the i en‘s, but then I I “Anything, else?” the navvy had shouted was the only thing to do. . - — ‘ i _ It was impossible to pull the expre:s :up. The driver had seen the signal: Zofi, an’ knowin’ that he was behind Etime, was beltin’ along as fast as his iengine could go. It was afore these :days 0’ trains fitted from end to end wi :continuous brakes, that’ll bring a train éto a stand in fifty yards, an’ I could see ,Ithat unless I switched it on to the loop :it’d go dashin’ along an’ into the-'rivei on top 0’ the ill-fated bridge. I felt a kind 0’ dizziness come over 'me as I thought 0’ all them passengers a-sittin’ in the carriages comfortably 'readin’ or lookin’ out at the green an yellow fields as they passed, bein’ sen‘n ,wi’out a word 0’ warnin’ to destruc' tion, an’ sprang across to pull the lev- ers back. As, I did so I thought 0’ little Nellie a-comin’ down the loop wi’ my dinner, an’ how surprised she'd b: to see the great express rushin’ towarc :her, an’ involuntarily I cast a. glance Eout o’ the window in the direction I ‘knew she’d be comin’. Aye, there was the little figure i ,loved so well, sure enough; but what gwas that that ‘made my heart grow Esuddenly coldwi’in me, an’ sent the Eblood surgin’ up to my temples till my 'grain felt on fire? Passin’ my hanc facross my eyes, I looked again—surely 'I must be mistaken! . No. It was no delusion—there was my little girl walkin’ in the font foot— a thing she’d never done afor to my knowledge—right in the tra a o’ the advancing express. She had got the basket in one hand, an’ was holdin ,‘her little liat up in the air wi’ the oth- er, an’ I almost fancied I could see the ,laugh 0’ childish glee on her face as 3she watched the bright ribbon flutterin in the breeze. “Nelly, Nelly!” I shouted, desperate» 'ly, but she evidently didn’t hear, for 3she took no notice. A sickenin’ foreboding 0’ ill came over me, an’ I stood wi’ my hands or the lever irresolute. If I pulled the lever back it meant al- most certain death to Nelly—chubby, rosy-checked little Nelly, the darlin ‘0’ her mother’s heart; the little, win- some child I’d played wi’ on my knee ,ever since she was a baby, an’ if i didn’t, it meant equally certain destruc “ tion to the .express, wi’ its heavy . freight 0’ human bein’s, which was by this time not more than a couple 0. hundred yards away. That terrible struggle between love an' duty, which took place all inside 0 half a minute, will never be wiped of] my memory. “Switch her over, you fool!” yellec the plate-layer, who had now got close up to to box, but then he, too, caught Isight 0’ Nelly, an’ was silent, for per 'haps he too had got a little girl at home. His shout did not rouse me, however for wicked thoughts filled my brain 'Who could say wi’ any certainty what lwas the reason if I didn’t turn the 'course 0’ that train? Most likely it would be supposed that the shock had dazed me, an’ rendered me incapable 'o’ actin’ promptly, as had been the case wi’ so many men afore me. Why shouldn’t I let the express go on un- checked, an’ save Nelly? Thank God, though, the horrible temptations wasn’t for long! I was one, but what was I compared wi’ all the vast host 0’ wives an’ daughters, an’ husbands an’ fathers, that would be thrown into sorrow an’ mournin’ if any accident happened to that train? I should be branded ever after with the curse o' murder. an‘ worse than mur- der. No. I would do my duty at all haz- ards, an’ the big drops 0’ sweat droppec from my forehead as [thought '0’ the sin I’d been very near committin'. "Nelly. Nelly!" I shouted through the window, as loud as my‘ parched throat would let me. “lie down, lie down," an' I pointed between the rails; then, wi’ one brief prayer that came right from the bottom 0‘ my heart, I flung the handle back only just in time. I heard the points come over, the en gine almost strikin‘ them as they did so, but just swarvin’ in time to get on the loop—~an’ then I knew no more, for my senses were mercifully taken away, an’ I fell to the floor 0‘ the cabin in a dead swoon. 7|: 3|! 2!: 9 It 4: * When I came to again I was lyin‘ in my own. room at home, wi‘ Jenny bend- In‘ over me, an’ passin' her hand over my hot brow. .“Nelly,” I murmured, shudderin'ly_ expectin’ to be greeted wi‘ a burst a sobs. ‘ To my surprise. however. Jenny went away, an’ in a few seconds, durin which I lay in a kind 0’ sleepy wonder not havin’ quite recovered from my swoon, returned, leadin’ by the hand our little girl—unharmed! After I had caught her up in my arms an’ kissed her passionately again an’ again they told me how, on hearin my shout. she had obediently lain down an’ how the big express. by some mer- ciful dispensation 0’ Providence. had passed clean over her wi’out harming her so much as a scratch. The passen- gers, when they got to know about it, collected a sum 0’ money for me, an called me. a hero, but none 9’ them ever dreamed 0' that terrible tempta- tion. ‘ The Buffalo Commercial tells a story of a little girl who was greatly dis- turbed by the discovery that her broth- ers had set traps to catch birds. Ques- tioned as to ,what she had done in the matter, She replied: “I prayed that the traps might not catch the birds." “Yes,” she said: “1 then prayed that God would prevent the birds getting into the traps, and,” as if to illustrate the doctrine of faith and works, “I went and kicked the braced myself togethr .an’ saw when ' trains all to pieces."_. T HE“ E v E N91 N G G'A’Z ETT E I 1,000,000 PENSIONERS THIRTY-TWO YEARS AFTER THE \VAFITHE LIST IS GROWING. Last Year. showed an Increase of 12,850, Ten Years-After the Cessation of Hostil- ities the Number \Vns Only 234,821 and Rahiilly Decreasing—A Boom Since ’79._ A statement drawn up at the Pen- sion Office shows that the number of pensioners on the roll for June 30, the end of the last fiscal years, was 983,528. This prodigious total breaks all records, the surprising fact being that nOW, thirty—two years after the close of the civil war, the number of pen— sioners is larger than at any preced- ing time, although the ravages of death among the survivors of the war are now becoming so great. In other words, the influx to the list still ex— ceeds the increasing outflow. In 1865, the last year of hostilities, the number of pensioners on June 30 was set down at 85,986. A year later it got into six' figures, with 126,722. The increase thenceforward. was steady, yet moderate, until 207,495 was reached in 1871. Two years later, in 1873, what then appeared to be its maximum was attained, June 30 show- ing 238,411; for the following year it fell to 236,241, thl; being the first de- crease in a dozen years. The next June there was a falling off to 234,821; the next, to 232,137; the next, to 232,- 104; the next, to 223,998. 4 But then, just as a continuing ebb, with these five successive years, seem— ed assured, the tide turned. The Ar- rears and other pension acts made a vase difference. In 1879, the record for June 30 rose ‘to 242,755, and each suc- ceeding June from that time has shown an increase, larger or smaller, up to the'one just past. In 1883 the number had grown to 303,658; in 1887, to 406,007, while in 1890 it passed the half-million mark, June 30 of that year showing 537,944. Thereafter it took prodigious bounds, influenced largely by the Disability Pension act. The first year’s jump was nearly 140,000, to 676,160 in 1891; while even that was outdone by an in- crease of nearly 200,000 in the follow- ing twelve months, to 876,068. A third increase brought the number to 966,012 on June 30, 1893. Just there, however, when there was a general expectation of reaching the million mark the following June, since fewer than 34,000 net additions were required to do it, the annual gain dwindled to a few thousand, the num- ber reached being 969,544. The next year the gain was smaller yet, not quite a thousand, the total being 970,- 524. When, therefore, last year, the gain fell off to only 154, the total being 970,678, it seemed an easy prediction that this. year there would be an actual 'loss, and that the ebb would again set 1n. . But, on the contrary, the gain is the striking one of 12,850, or the biggest in four years; and with only 16,472 more to be made up, the million mark may soon be reached. Thirty-two years after the end of the civil war, the. number of pensioners on account of that war exceeds by about a quarter of a million the num- ber of soldiers actually engaged in ser- vice in all the armies of the Govern- ment at any time between the firing upon Sumter and the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. The army of pension- ers after a third of a century is be- tween thirty nd forty per cent. larger than the fighting army at any one time during the war. Since the end of the war more than two billion dollars, that is to say, more than two thousand million dollars, has been paid out in pensions. This is two-thirds of what the ci'il , war in its entirety cost the govern- ment. It was in 1872 that James A. Gar- field, whose patriotism and liberal dis- position toward his fellow veterans no one will deny, declared that the pen— sion list was then “swollen beyond all account.” “I am the last man,” he ex- claimed in the House of Representa- tives, “to say- a word against voting pensions to all persons who deserve them. But I wishlto say to the House that more frauds are being perpetrated on the Government by claim agents in difierent parts of 'the country than from almost any other single source.” In that same year, 1872, Gen. Garfield, as Chairman of the Committee on Ap- propriations, expressed the opinion, which we have frequently quoted, that “we may reasonably expect .that the expenditures for pensions will hereaf- ter steadily decrease, unless our leg— islation should be unwarrantably ex- travagant.” And since that patriotic and pro- phetic warning of Garfield’s the num- ber of pensioners has quadrupled, the annua‘ .expenditure has inoreased five- fold. a; '11 the total outlay of the Gov- ernment has reached two billion dol- lars! Mertie—Was he nervous when he asked you to marry him? Marie—Well, I thought at the~ time that he was rather nervy.—New York Journal. DIVIDED AFFECTION. Bell—And so they were happily mar- ried ‘2 . Nell—Yes; each of them married sombody else. ~ The superb cake of Toilet Soap in‘every package of Ivorine supplies all that a Wasnmo Downer, ”family needs and saves many a bill for Toilet Soap in the course of a year. . . THE J. B. WILLIAMS 00., Glastonbu L THE MEXICAN SHEPHERD’BOY. They Control their Flock by the Use of n. Sling. When going up the valley of the Rio Grande, in New Mexico, my at- tention was drawn to the flocks of sheep and goats, and their pastores, of shepherd boys. These little shepherds wore neither hats nor shoes. Their only garment was a. tunic, reaching a little below the knee and.confined by a girdle, from which depended a small pouch or scrip. A quiver, with bow and arrows, hung athwart the should- ers, and the right hand held a sling. Presently a stonegfrom the scrip was hurled forward toward the right or left. to make the flock swerve to the left or right. It was impossible net to recognize little “David, the son of Jesse,” and one might have almost ex- pected to behold Goliath, the Philistine coming to defy the children of Israel. The portraiture of the scene de- scribed the Bookof Samuel was too ex- act to be ascribed to accident, and, for the first time it occurred to me that David bore a sling not for the purpose of slaying bears or lions—or even Philistines—but to guide and control the flock,- and that these little shep- herds of a kindred race, dwelling in a country not unlike the pastoral regi- ons of Judea, very naturally continued to re-enact the scenes described in sacred history—Catholic World. She Was Excused. "A A pleasant story of her youth is told by an old lady whose early home was in Concord, Mass, says the Youth’s Companion. She was on her tardy way to school, crying in anticipation of dis- grace and possible punishment, when 'a deep voice by her side said: “What is troubling you, my child?" Between her sobs Annie explained. “I will write a note to you-r teacher, ,asking'her to excuse you,” said the stranger, kindly. The little girl protested. He did not know her teacher. It would be of no use. But the big, black-haired man had written a few words on a page oi his note-book, and, tearing out the leaf, handed it to the child. “If you give your teacher that, 1 think she will excuse 'you,‘ he said, smilingly. _ Still unbelieving, the little girl hand- .ed the paper to her teacher, who read its contents and promptly excused the delinquent. The note read: "Will Miss —— excuse Annie for being late and oblige her most obed‘ lent servant, Daniel Webster.” She Ably P’Krried the Question. A lady who is a city missionary be« came much'interested in a poor but ppparently respectable Irish family named .Curran, living on the top floor of a great tenement house in the slum district. - ’ ' hvery time she visited the Currans. -.e missionary was annoyed by the ....i ing and the whispering of the other .omen living in the building. One .zy she said to Mrs. Curran: "Your neighbors seem to be very Lricus to know who and what I am ..d the nature of my business with J11.” “They do,” acquiesced Mrs. Curran. “Do they ask you about it?” “Indade they do, ma’am.” “And do you tell them?" “Faith, thin, an’ 0i do not.” “What do you tell them?” “0i just tell thim. you are me dress- maker, an’ let it go at tha .”—Harper’s Bazar. Conn. Makers of Williams Famous Shaving Soaps. Write Iorillustnted ntangue ofcholcepmnlums. ll BULLETLPROOF CLOTH? Test Tried on a Dog and only Made Him Whimper. A new cloth which stops bullets has been invented. Its efficiency has been proved in Chicago. The tests were made before men of science and others interested in the practical work- ing of the invention. It was a. thor- oughly serious affair. The tests were made at the Chicago College of Surgical Dentistry. They were conducted by Dr. L. Borland and Lieutenant Sarnecki, of the Austrian Army, a friend of the inventor. The latter, who was present, is Brother Casimar Zaglan, a lay member of a religious order. He urges the adoption of his invention in the interests of humanity. Seven doctors were pres- ent, and also the representatives of the Humane Society, as an experiment was to be made on a live dog. The progress of making this is kept secret. It looks like a kind of silk cloth braid, and is about half an inch in thickness. The cloth was tried on the dog. A cloak of ordinary cloth was wrapped around him, and a shield of the bul- let—proof material was tied on one side. Lieutenant Sarnecki fired a .38 cali- bre revolver at him and hit the shield fair and square. The dog wagged his tail to indicate that nothing unpleas— ant had occurred. The ordinary cloth was then re- .moved and the shield tied to his side. A .44 calibre was fired at him. The shock staggered him and he whimper- ed somewhat. When examined he was found to be quite sound. Probably he was slightly bruised—New York Jour- nal. u oao MEDARIES THAT‘SMOKE‘ CIGARS. Travelers Resort to It to Control and Keep the Beast Up to Its “'ork. There is no reason why a dromedary should not be partial to a good cigar. Most dromedaries, according to a me- uagerie proprietor, are particularly fond of tobacco. smoke, and can. be ' made to do almost anything under its . anything else. influence. II "Travelers in Egypt,” he asserts ‘rely more on tobacco smoke for their control over these huge beasts than When traveling 0n long journeys the dromedaries are in any cases required to travel night and day without rest, and the beasts are kept up to their tasks by smok- ing cigars. The driver carries a tri- angular piece of wood, which is pierced at one point like a cigar holder. This is inserted in the mouth of the beast, the cigar being lit and pressed into the hole in the same fashion followed by man. , "The dromedary immediately closes lts eyes and puffs away through its nos- trils until the cigar is burned away.”— Answers. . .. Dings’b'Isselllble. . In the Nile region of Egypt, infested s it is with crocodiles, the native dogs ften have considerable trouble in Se- :uring a drink at the river’s edge, say: .he Baptist Union. But their experi- ence has taught them cunning, and tha average dog knoWs how to effect a wily“ and successful bit of strategem. HI‘ .guns up the river a little way and be. . gins a plaintive howling. 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