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THE E! vfi-E N l NG o AZ ET-TE'
BROWN.
It was pretty to see how she gazed ‘that {In}
As he led her, a bride, from the church awal'
There was trust in her smiling and hope it.
her eyes. .
For she truly believed she had won a pl izo.
There was no telling, then, she Would sum;
so , . ,
\Vhat Wonderful things he would do semi
day.
His genius would certainly win renown.
Fame. had not ing to give too good f0:-
Brown.
The years rolledon and the loving light
Still shown in her eyes as she watched our:
night.
He hadn’t done much in the way of art—
The career upon which she had set her heart
But politics yet his aid would claim
And he’d find his sphere and would hear hi:
name
Echoed in country house and town.
The world would clamor in praise of Bro-11';
Age hovered near; it was but to find
Her Old ambitions left far behind.
But she clasped his hand as he plodded on
Believing that fortune must surely dawn.
That wealth, which may come in a single day
Would yet turn honors and joy their way.
And then their own burdens of cure laic'
down,
The grateful poor should remember Brown.
Her disappointments could never dim
The loving faith that she had in him.
And she tenderly speaks in the same old way
0f the wonderful things he will do some day
She thinks that his virtues were far too greal
For a. thoughtless world, this , thoughtlem
world, to appreciate,
That the sweetest harp and the brightest
(31'0er
Are being reserved, as his due, for Brown.
—Philander Johnson. .
,LORNE’S LONG DRIVE.
This was the problem that confront-
ed a tall, well-formed young.man 01
20: Transfer a herd of 1800 cattle
from the Bar L. Ranch, of Texas, to
market in St. Louis in 60 days. Lorne
Mitchell stood by his father’s bed-side
and considered it
“Just this depends on it, boy,” the
elder man said. “If I lose it means
the profit of a year’s work, for there
is a forfeit up—if I get them there, we
will be well fixed. ‘ O, I wish I could go
myself.” -
“But you cannot, and I will.”
Lorne picked his company of cow-
boys, rode hastily across country al-
most as straight as the crow flies to
the ranch lands, gathered the herd ol
“long horns,” and turned the little sea
Of thin, nervous faces northward.
There was a sea of sharp, branching
horns, too, and such was the wildness
of the range cattle of those days that
horse or rider alone would meet death
among them. Only the man on horse-
back was respected. ~
The drove had been pushed onwards
with signal success for the firs!
few days till the drovers reached the
Bad Lands. There, one cloudy even-
ing, a dozen bandits swooped down up-
on Lorne and his cowboys, stampedec
the herd and bound the drovers, leav‘
ing them lashed each man to a sapling.
to free themselves as they could.
The hours went by and not one 01
the men could loosen the ropes which
tied them so securely to the strong
young trees. ' The night seemed an
age, and more than one of the borders
wished before daylight. that the cat.
tle stealers had taken the lives of the
whole party, so agonizing was the
strain on the swelling wrists and the
grip of the ropes on the throbbing
necks. . -
The sun was .just visible over a
thicket to the east when the cook call-
ed, “Boss! Say, boss!”
“Yes,” answered Lorne.
“I can move this here rope up the
tree.”
“Move it, then.”
The man stood up, sliding the rope
painfully higher and higher.
ling was "a small one and the knots haa
loosened a. trifle.
“Can’t you get'up the tree a ways?’
asked the leader.
“I’ll try- it,”
With a hitch and- a. catch the cook
who was the lightest of the party
found that "he could lift himself of
his feet, and then pinching the tret
with his heels made a few inches mori
progress.
This he did time after time until he
was three or four feet up the sapling
and the tree was bending over.
“Bend it my way,” said Lorne, sun
the man changed his position so as tc
incline toward the tree where the
leader sat helpless.
Then another hitch and , another
bend, crash, crack, and the cook, with
the upper part of the sapling still tied
to him, was on. the ground. But he
was near Lorne, and by a good deal o.
writ-hing and twisting got his teeth
near the knots that ‘held the lariat wit]:
which the leader was bound.
Like a. wolf gnawing at m'eat he'
tugged and struggled with the raw
hide, and at last was rewarded by a
slight relaxation. Again he bit anc
pulled—then, at last, after it seemec
he copld work IllO more, the knot gave
way and he saw Lorne rise pain-full
apd slowly and stretch his crampec
arms and limbs.
A'few minutes more and the cattle
men were free.
“That’s one step,” remarked Lorne
as they stood, a. woebegone company
in the early‘morning light. “’1' he nexl
is to find that herd of cattle.”
Going to the cook’s wagon, whici.
stood a considerable distance back ll.
the ravine, they found it had not bear
disturbed, and from its contents they
made a hearty breakfast.
A few knives and one shotgun Welt
found there for weapons, and L:.)l‘lir.
slung over his shoulder a sack of call
thirty pounds or more. ‘ -
“What’s that for?" ask-ed the cook.
“No-thing, perhaps,'but we may use
it mighty bad,”
Then they trudged away, following
the trail plainly marking the course or
the cattle. The herd had kept fairly
well together and run for two miles
before if. final-1y was halted by some
particularly'luscious pastul'age. ,
Thence it had evidently been driVet
westward ill-an orderly manner and m
:tnnuzalnr ovnn was ’in‘ night. '
The sap ,
-his bicycle tire.
_ great distances.
0n the little party trudged. The tw
horses belonging to the ccok’s wag- :17
had been found near the vehicle, in
the cattlemen took turns riding them.
By night they were still out of sight oi
the herd and Lorne had “serious
though-ts of giving up and returning
hom-e. ,, '
“We’ll try it one more day,” he an-
nounced, and the next morning, aftel
a meal on a jack rabbit their, gun
brought down, they followed the
herd’s course.
Late in the afternoon they climbed a
sharp spur of the Ozarks‘and saw on
the western slope a. picture that made
their eyes glisten. Scattered over the
rich grass were the cattle, and only
two guards kept the stragglers within
bounds. . .
The robbers evidently thought the-m
selves safe from pursuit and were rest-
ing up the stock before turning them
northward.
The _cattlemen watched until dusk,
then Lorne gave his orders.
“Stay here until you hear a. meadow
lark’s call over on the other side, Then
stampede the herd down the velley. It
will demoralize the gang and we will
trust in luck. They will think there’s
more of us than there are.”
“But how will you stop ’em?”
“Never mind-—obey orders.”
Lorne rode away on one of the
horses and an hour later was two miles
down the valley where the cliffs con-
tracted the outlet to the plains and yet
made a gap through which the herd
must pass.
Loosing the sack of salt he‘let a fine
stream run from the cover as he walk-
ed back and forth across the valley.
“There,” said he, surveying the
white lines dimly visible in the gather-
ing darkness, “that ought to do.”
A moment later the cowboys heard,
clear and sweet on the evening air, a
meadow lark’s thrill—repeated—and
repeated.
Racing down the slope they were
near the quiet herd before the catttle
realized their presence. .
Then with a yell and some outland-
ish cries they started the beasts, which
were only too ready to break away.
And break they did, a rushing, push-
ing mass of hide and horn, gall-oping
hel-ter-skelter, down the valley, un-
mindful of the two guards, who, re-
enforc-ed by two others, were vainly
endeavcring to stem the tide so rapidly
escaping. '
As the cattlemen came up, they be-
gan an attack on the robbers and soon
had control of their horses and two of
the men prisoners. But there was no
time to parley or hold prisoners, and
the men'wére released, while they went
on after the fleeing herd. _
“They’ll be scattered an’ lost, sure,
this time,” said the cook.
“Can’t nothin’ help it,” agreed the
chief herder.
But Lorne, sitting on a ledge down
the valley, heard the rattle of hoofs
and did not feel alarmed.
Upon the next instant depended his,
fate and his fortune. If the herd went
on and became scatter-ed over the
prairie and through the ravines, he
could scarcely hope to get the cattle
together before the robbers would be
reinforced. ' ‘
Nearer and nearer came the herd,
an occasional hoarse bellow showing
the excitement. The leaders rounded
the curve; an undulating mass, dark
and sea-like in the darkness, followed;
an instant now and the success of his
experiment would be shown!
Lorne almost fell off the ledge where
he sat in his eagerness to distinguish
what happened. The leaders passed
by, the next row threw down their
heads, the next tried to stop, the fourth
did stop, as far as the pushing force
behind would allow it, and then- the big
herd was crowding and fighting to get
a taste of the salt. It was a victory
for brains! ~
Lorne laughed almost hysterically as
he saw what had occurred.
All night the men drove the animals
northward, and halted at daylight.
As they rested, a. sound rose beyond
a little row of hills that made all their
faces beam with joy.
It was the reveille of an army camp!
A small force of soldiers from Fort
Smith, on a reconnoitering tour, had
camped for the night, and was glad to
act as escore for the young drover as
he pushed his herd toward the Missouri
line.
Soon the way was safe. Though time
passed swiftly, the city’s smoke was in
view, and the stock yard’s gates Opened
ten days before the limit—and Lorne
had won.
One day, four years later, some pris-
oners were brought into court from
Arkansas. One of them Lorne recog-
nized—the man helped tie the young
drover to a. tree. He longed to ‘visi-i
some retribution on the culprit, but
concluded that the court would do it
'with greater justice—and it did.
Finally Convinced.
“I have been a great many years
reaching the conclusion,” she said
thoughtfully, “but I guess I may as
well admit that my husband is the
most indolent man alive.”
“When did you discover it?”
“Yesterday evening. He puncturef
Instead of goin,
ahead and fixing it, he sat‘down in
half an hour to see if it wouldn’t go.
its second wind."-—-Washington Star.
, A Bee Line.
The eyes of bees are made to s:
When absent fz'c:
their hive they go up in the air it?
they see their home, and then fly tc
ward it in a. straight line and with
great speed. The shortest line betwee
two places is sometimes called a “bee
line.”——St. Nicholas.
01d MilyllnSL“Yollng man, m}
daughter tells me you kissed her lay
night.” Percival Tootle—“Well, if s3.
wantsto’ go bragging about it, that”.
he» nrivilniarfh—Clbicaza Record, 1 ‘
A
LEARNING OUR WAYS.
EDUCATION OF THE CHILDRED CF
THE LEGATION IN WASHINGTON.
The Present, Minister of China Does Not
Think He Would Have a Daughter's
l’oot Bandaged—Wii’e of Yang Yu's Sec- 2
rotary WOu id not Allow the Torture.
No better test of the gradual 10054
ening of the bonds which for so many
centuries have made China the most
exclusive and least progressive of na-
tion-s could be cited than the freedom
with which the children of the Chinese
Legation are now permitted to mingle
with American playfellows.
, It. was, indeed, but a few years since
the women of the legation were induce
the women of the legation were in-
duced to modify somewhat the absolute
seclusion to which they were accus-
tomed, Mrs. Tsin Kno Yin being the
first to exchange social courtesies with
the women of the Diplomatic Corps.
Nor was this tremendous innovation
accomplished without serious misgiv—
ings on the part of the Minister him-
self and considerable clever manage-
ment on the part of hisfriends.
Mrs. Yang Yu, her successor, easily
slipped into the way which had been
opened for her, her picturesque appear-
ance and charming personality making
her .a social favorite. At her first ap-
pearance in public, she was the object
of much‘ friendly interest and undis-
guised curiosity, but it soon became no
uncommon event to see her in public
surrounded by her little family.
The children were therefore early in-
troduced to American customs, and un-
der American tutors advanced rapidly
in the language. The spirit of Free-
masonry existing amoug boys made it
a comparatively easy matter for the
eldest son, a boy of eight, to make ac-
quaintances and gain friends. He was
placed in school, and possessing an un-
usually quick mind, soon acquired
enough English to prosecute his ordin-
ary studies in that language.
He became so attached to his school
friends and American ways generally
that when in "April last a change in
the Ministry was made the thought of
turning his back upon it all was a
source of the greatest grief to him.
The new Minister, Mr. Wu, being a
protege of Li Hung Chang, and, there-
fore of the more liberal party, besides
having studied law in London for four
years, had, perhaps, ‘fewer prejudices
to combat upon coming to America
than any previous Chinese Minister.
Mrs. Wu, however, early made her
entrance into Washington society, and
the only son, a lad of 10, was immedi-
ately placed in a private school.‘ Of
course, his school life seems a little
dull at first, as about all he can do is
to sit and listen to the other pupils re-
citing, his teacher occasionally calling
his attention to sotn'e’particular object
and requiring him» to. pronounce its
name. However, Washington teachers
have had considerable experience with
the children of foreigners, and have
consequently learned to adapt their
methods to them with a. goodly degree
of skill. .
Recreation time is quite a. different
matter, as games and toys, the univera
sal language of boys, are fortunately
about the same the world over. Balls,
marbles, tops, hide-and-go-seek, &c.,
are as much the part of a. Chinese boy’s
life as of an American’s, and with
these as passports Master Wu already
boasts his circle of boy friends. He
has even learned to ride a bicycle, but
owing to his costume is obliged to con-
tent himSelf with a girl’s wheel. Foot-
ball is also a new game to him. The
Fourth of July was the first fete day
that Master Wu witnessed in America,
and it seemed a very hemelike celebra-
tion to him, as fireworks, capacially
firecrackers, are used on almost every
fete occasion in China. The evening
display in Washington, however, was
a great revelation to him, as, though
the Chinese were the first nation ip
the world to make and use firecrackers,
and still continue to export them in
enormous quantities, they know little
_or nothing of colored lights, and the
brilliancy and magnificence of modern
pyrotechnical displays.
Life, however, is very far from being
all beer and skittles to Chinese boys.
They are accustomed to spending many
more hours a day at their studies than
the ordinary American youth. Master
Wu, besides his regular school work,
has a Chinese tutor, with whom he is
expected to work several hours a day
at his studies in Chinese. Chinese par-
ents are indeed exceedingly strict and!
careful inthe training and education of .
their children, rarely turning them
over to the nurses during their hours
of play. '
This cosmopolitan education of even
a. sprinkling of the younger generation 5
seems bound to have its influence upon
the ironclad customs of the old world
and the free intermingling of these
high-caste Eastern women with the
well-bred women of other nations, has
already begun to bear fruit. Mrs. Ho,
for example, wife of the Secretary of
Mr. Yang Yu, although herself the vic-
tim of bandaged feet, will not allow
the feet of her daughters to 'be bound.
Indeed, her three little children, all
born in this country, had American
nursesand 'were fed, clothed, and tak-
ven care of exactly as American children
are.
When the present Minister was
asked: .
“If you had a. daughter would you.
bind her feet?” all inscrutable look_
passed quickly across his face, as he
said: . '
“Madame, I have no daughter.”
“And if you had?” ‘
After considerable
slowly replied, _“I do not
hesitation; he '
think 1'
. should.” This _was a concessmn, as the
Minister evidently takes great pride
'TURK, FROM TURKEY.
THE HANDSOME SECRETARY WHO
LOOKS LIKE A GREEK GOD.
-—-e———t
Be is Making a Great Social Hit in Wash-
ington and that He May be the Posses- ‘
sor of Several‘lees in India Seems to
Make Him No Loss Interesting.
Selfeddin Bey, the secretary of
the Turkish Legation, is a pet in Wash-
ington society, where he is known as
the “Young Greek God.” The new fa-
vorite is a full blooded Turk.
One might suppose that a youth who
was in the habit of seeing wives by
the wholesale could hardly be looked
upon by American girls as a. good
match. But the fact that he may have
a dozen wives in a harem at home does
not at all trouble the Washington girl.
He certainly is handsome. His fea-
tures are very clear cut and regular,
and his dark eyes superb, none the less
so for the fact that they look rather
contemptuously at the fashionable
maidens who show none of the coy-
ness in vogue in the harem. It may be
that the girls are so used to admira-
tion that this very superciliousness
adds to his charms. His skin is of the
clearest olive, and his mouth curved
like a veritable Cupid’s bow.-
Selfeddin Bey wears ordinary civil-
ian dress, with the notable exception
of his hat, which is a fez. lie is of
medium height, and carries himself
very well. He is a. nobleman.
Rather an amusing story is told
about the young Turk. When he first
arrived in Washington he stood in
great need of an English teacher.
A friend put him into communica-
tion with a young woman who was
seeking pupils. She was pretty, and
belonged to an excellent family. Sch
feddin Bey'was quite delighted to find
so pleasing a teacher. Terms were
agreed upon, and all went well until
he suggestedthatthe young lady should
come to his apartments to give the les-
sons. She told him this would not be
possible. When pressed for a reason
she admitted that it would not be con-
sidered proper.
“Not proper!” ,cricd. the new score-z
tary in amazement. “I thought Amer-
ican girls did anything! You go the
theatre with a young man, you go for
walks with him, you take drives with
him; what is the difference?”
He dances, they say, like a moon-
beam on the water, and though he
speaks very little English, he can yet
make himself very agreeable. It is
recognized, however, by the Ina-minus,
at all events, that this charming yOung
Turk is by no means an eligible part-
ner from the. American point- of view.
Though a bachelor now, the time may
arrive when, returned to his native
country, he may commence in real car-
nest the business of acquiring a ho.-
rem. It would not be wholly satisfac-
tory to a Washington young woman to
find herself even the favorite wife.
Later on, tooserimm of a polygamous
young Bey. Later ,on, too—the Bey
having become middleaged and 3. Ba-
shaw—might take a notion to get rid
of her by the bowsttring and Bospho-
ru-s route. '
“Bey,” by the way, is a title of no-
bility, and Selfeddin is said to have
some fortune of his own. Whether or
not the latter point is correct, it is cer-
tain that he lives very modestly here.
His living quarters are a bedroom at
the Turkish Legation, now sltuatedat
No. 1605 New Hampsmre ayenue. Of
course, he is invited out a great deal.
and of dinner parties he is particularly
fond. The girls like to polish their
boarding school French on him—for he
speaks that language fluently.
Meanwhile he is learning to talk
English, and the chaperones keep a
sharp eye on him. Washington girls
have a. weakness for the diplomats. A
certain glamour envelopes these for-
eigners, with their professional repu-
tation for mystery and intrigue.
Nearly all the Turkish diplomats sent
to Washington have been Greeks.
Mavroyerli Bey was a Greek. Now
the Legation is Meets-m clear through.
—New York Journal.
Plainly 3' cos. .of Implication.
Senator Gafféry is very proud of the
length and breadth of the Mississippi
River when it confines itself to its pic-
ture frame; and Senator Aldrich is
fond of descanting on the “great com-
monwealth and sovereign State" of
Rhode Island. The other day the
heavy dowupour and the closeness of
the atmosphere in the Rhode Island
Senator's committee room evolved
some marvelous tales about trout. Sen-
ator Oaflrey spoke of a superlative
catch in which be estimated his fish
at ——-———pounds. Mr. Aldrich went
him one better by putting a certain
a catch of his down at forty-one inches
long.
“Where did you catch him?" in-
quired Senator Cattery, dubiously.
“In Rhode Islan .” "
"Hm!” said Senator Caffery; “there
Isn’t a river in the State long enough
to produce such a fish.”—Washington
Times.
Mrs. Hen'peck (reading)—“E[ere’s a
poor fellow arrested for manslaughter
the ,day before he was to be married.”
Mr. H.—“W ell, some fellows are
born lucky."
BABOONS IN ’OirRiOll“. ;..,
VHEY ARE A GREAT, TROUBLE.” TO " ‘
FAMILIESJN CAPE COLONY.
.
Possess the Face and Bark of a ling-.-
Terrorize Animals Whom They Delight
to Torture and then Watch the Suffer-
ings—Afra Id of Men but Not of Women-
The South Africa colonistshave, got
rid of their lions and elephants, but
they have not yet been able to get the
better of the baboons. A' baboon, al-
though something like a. dog, has all
the mischievousness of a man. It is
the ugliest animal in all creation.
Now this creature is the curse of
Cape Color-y. He commits demodu-T
tlons for the love of the thing. Any
imprudent tomcat flint ventures too
far away from home is sure to be cap-
tured and strangled for fun by a. ba-
boon. , Nearly all the Angoras, the
choicest and most costly animals im-
ported by the colonists, have been de-
stroyed by these huge monkeys. Even
the dogs share the same fate. The
bravest and most pugnacious of the
English canine breeds are unable to'
cope with-adversaries armed with just
as powerful jaws, and with the im-
mense advantage Of having four hands '
instead of four paws. With a dexter-
ity that conspicuously exhibits his sur-
gical aptitude, the baboon bleeds his
enemy in the throat, and in less than a.
minute the duel ends in the death of
the dog. . -
Although the baboon generally feeds
upon lizards and beetles, he does not
despise a few mouthfuls of mutton,
which he devours seated upon the back.
of his living victim. Unfortunate are
the goats and sheep that are attacked
by these cynocephali! When he finds
his appetite fully satisfied he enjoys
at a little distance the contortions of‘
his victim. He freduently 'attack‘g
cows, but never attempts to get into
close quarters with a bull. The ostrich,
thanks to his extraordinary speed, can
easily get away from the‘baboon, but
it is very much afraid of him, and im-
mediately runs 01f. on hearing his bark-
lt is noteworthy that nature has given
to the baboon not only the head of a
dog, but also the voice of a dog. '
One of the principal amusements of
these big monkeys is to gambol
around the wire fences that rotect fig
tame ostriches, just to terl'fy them.‘
The panic among them is St} great that
they often break their legs in the wild
rushes. This is a' pastime which the
monkey seems to enjoy hugely. It is
known that a broken leg for an ostrich
means a death sentence. '75
A baboon runs away from 9. man,
but he has no fear of a woman. They
travel in packs of about .fifty or sixty.
.They always keep out of gunshot”
range, and watch for a chance to do
mischief in the absence of shepherds
or guards. To get rid of the ugly ma-
rauders the colonists some time ago es—
tablished poisoning clubs, which were
subsidized by the British authorities.
All the old poisons and the new discov—
eries of chemistry were tried, but they
proved worthless. A hungry panther
or jackal might easily enough swallow“
a few grains of arsenic or a strychnine
pill placed in a piece of raw meat, but
a baboon is never deceIVed by so sim— '
ple a method.‘ He is a. delicate and re-
fined fellow, acgustomed generally to
live upon eggs, fruits, lizards, and dif‘
ferent kinds of insects. ,
His infallible instinct teaches him to
distrust men, even when they are of-
fering presents. With a marvelous
scent that might well do honor to a
professional expert, he detects the
presence of mineral or vegetable poi-
son in the quarter of mutton that he
finds by chance as he travels along.
Moreover, he is thoroughly aware of
the fact that wise apes in permanent
contact with barbarians from Europe
should never swallow pills.
These animals are possessed of al- '
most superhuman intelligence. It is
impossible to get. near them in the day-
time, and at night ,during their hours
of repose, they are always surrounded
by a cordon of sentinels, whose vigia
lance is absolute. At the slightest in-
dication of the approach of an enemy,
one of the se tiuels yells out: “Yah
hon! Yah hou. ’ and in an instant the
whole troop disappears. ‘ ,
It is also noteworthy that the ba-
boons never attempt to fly if the man
.who comes to trouble their repose is
not armed with a. gun. Although they
exhibit extraordinary power of meas-
uring by instinct the average range of
a rifle, and cautiously keep out of the
way, they exhibit no fear whatever of
cold steel. If they find themselves con-
fronted by a settler with no means of
defence except a. hunter’s knife, they
send a shower of stones at him, and the
lord of creation is obliged .to retreat
before a battalion of cynocephali that
hurl projectiles at him while keeping
at a distance, because a man, even
when he is beaten, never entirely loses
his prestige among baboons—Paris
Figaro. -
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The utterance.
What’s a fishing rod?”
“Its a handsome-jointed arrange-
ment your father holds out error the-
water.”
“What’s a fishing pole?”
“its a long wooden stick your Uncle
Bill catches fish with—Chicago Rec-
an‘
in the little feet'of his wiro.,——Now. "
York Sun. " " - -' '
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