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AN OU T-OF-DATE COUPLE.
\"-.11» 510111; of date, they say—
-\'—1l 2111.1 1.
V". 0 low in an old- fashioheil \1' my
Lon, ' since gone by.
, In everything;
And l-«we’ll. I will own to you
lie is my king.
Vie. met. in a romatic way
‘ l".\'ixr, glow and gloom:
He \1'. 1111-11 me on a winter’s day,
Up] in a 100m.
‘ 01; through life 5 hours of storm and str
,\\' hen griefs befell
Love l; p; our small home-corner warm,
Aiul 11.11 was well. ‘v
05?,
Ned binks no woman like his wife,
tut let that pass. .
Perhaps we view the dual life
Through roses-to glass.
E'en if the pmspects be not bright.
We 1111111 it true
The heaviest burdens may grow light
When shared by two.
Upon t-lc gilded scroll of fame,
Eniblazuned f: Ll‘.‘ ,
I cannot hope to rend the name
I moudly bear ,
But happy in their oven flow
The Years roll by,-
W'e are behind the times. we know—
Ned and [.
BRAVE LITTLE KYUSE
When there were no railroads west
of Missouri or east of California they
used to carry mail and light freight 01
horseback between St. Joe and Sacra-
mento. This service was known as the
pony express. Horses swift and strong
and riders brave and enduring were
employed and relay stations were set
fifty miles apart, across the Great
American desert.
Of course the West was wild at that
time, many riders were murdered, ant
the letters and other valuable article:
taken and destroyed. Indians woulc
steal upon those little stations, kill th1
keepers and carry the horses away with
them, so that when the weary rider ar-
rived there was no one to take his
place and after gazing on the black ru-
ins for a moment he would push his
tired horse on toward ,the next sta
tion.
At first it was hard to find men whc-
were willing to face these dreadfu.
Indians for the pay offered by the
company, and equally difficult to gel
men to- dwell alone in these solitary
stations to protect and care for the
horses. ‘
Away out in Wyoming there lived a
trapper, known only by the name 01
W'hipsaw—a name given to him by :1
gambler in Deadwood.
A Sioux, who had a hideous scar up.
on his face, had come to this trapper’:
camp one winter’s day with a Pawnee
baby, naked and nearly frozen. The
Sioux wanted to sell the boy and the
trapper gave him a.knife and kept the
child. The young Pawnee was not
more than 3 years old when the trappez
took him from the savage, warmed hin
fed him, and put moccasins on his lit-
tle brown feet.
Two years later Whipsaw went tc
keep the station called White Hor51
for the pony express, taking the Paw
nee with him‘. The little fellow grew
to love his white father, and seemec
to conceive a. bitter hatred for all In--'
dians. One day some friendly hunter:
called at the station. The little red
skin slipped out quietly, cut the ropes
and let their horses go. At anothei
time he attempted to shoot an Indiai
who had stopped at the door, but
couldn’t raise the rifle. Like all In
dians he was ever alert. The scratcl.
of a prowling bear' on the cabin door
or the cry of a lone wolf on a far-on
hill would bring him from a. sounc
'sleep. He would hear the hoofsof the
incoming horses beating the plains a
mile away, and long beforehis white
master could hear the faintest sound.
“Kyuse, Kyuse,” he would whisper
in the dead of night. He was an alarm
clock for the station, and at his warn-
ing the rider who was resting thero
would get up, throw a saddle acros:
the back of his broncho, and be read)
to snatch the pouch from the man W111.
was then galloping down the trail.
The little Pawnee was never too colc
‘or too sleepy to go out and welcome
the weary rider, and pat the nose 01
the spent steed, saying softly the
while, “Kyuse, “Kyuse.”
It was the boy’s great fondness f01
horses that caused Whipsaw to cal
him “Little‘Kyusé.” '
When they had kept the station a
year Little Kyuse was known, by rep
*utation, at least, to every rider on the
entire route from St. Joe to Sacramen
to. Once he‘had warned the men W111;
were sleeping in the cabin, and the)
had gone out just in time to save the
horses that were about to be stolen by
Indians. The story of the boy’s do
ings reached headquarters, and th1
President of the Pony Express Compa
ny sent a short, light rifle to 'th1
young watchman, and before he war
6 years old he had killed a. wolf tha.
came to the station while he was alone
One night Whips-aw woke and, founc-
the boy sitting up in his blankets lis
tening.
“Kyuse?” asked Whipsaw. "
“No, Kyuse,” said theboy,l shaking
his head and looking serious.
“Sleep,’ said the man, but the Indiai
shook his head.
“Wake up here, Bob, ” said Whipsaw.
“suthin’ s goin’ wrong”
“What is it?” asked the rider, rub,
bing his eyes.
“I can’t make out clear, ” said Whip
saw, “but suthin’s wrong. This kid’:
cockin’ his car, an’ when I tell him t1.
lay down he shakes his head.
Whipsaw lit a match and looked a.
his watCh. »
“Long time.” said the boy, shaking
his head. “Long time—no kyuse.”
Then they knew what the chilc
meant. It was 1 o ’;clock the pony ex
press was an hour late, and the boy
knew that it was so.
For another hour the two men ear
and waited for a sign from- the boy
who listened for the sound of the hors-
e’s feet. Presently the Pawnee crawled
out, put his ear to the ground, came
back and'shook his master.
"Kyuse?” asked Whipsaw.
“Heap Kyuse,” was the boy’s reply,
1. 'nd they understood. It was not the
lone rider,
upon mischief.
Little Kyuse seized his rifle, slipped
out, and the two men followed him.
To guard against surprises of this sort ,
Whipsaw had dug short trenches, deep
enough to hide a. man, all about the ,
cabin, and now, to his surprise, little
Kyuse planted himself in one of these
holes. Without a word the two men
took places, one to the right, the other
to the left of the boy, and waited.
When the robbers had reached a little
sag in the desert, some 500 yards from I
the station, they dismounted, and now
came creeping upon the lonely cabin.
One came crouching so close to Whip-
saw that he could almost have reached
him with his rifle barrel. The trappci
was sore afraid that the boy or Bob
might open fire, for how was this child
to know that he was waiting for the.
band to assemble near the cabin door
before attacking them? But little Ky-
use was as wise in this his first fight as
a white man w0uld be at 21. The
clouds were breaking and in the star.
fight they could see the Sioux, six of
them, near the cabin door. They lis-
tened—one of them pushed open the
door. ' Now an Indian went in, came
out a moment later, and they all filed
in at the very moment that Whipsaw
was about to open fire. Instantly he
changed his plan. They would chaige
on the cabin door and fight the gang
which outnumbered them, even count
ing the boy, two to one. Without a
word Whipsaw got to his feet and in-
stantly his companions we-~ at his
side.
Bob held his rifle, the trapper laid
his upon the ground, and held a six
shot revolver in each hand. It was ti
be close and rapid fighting; he Would
empty his six— —shooters first and aftei
that the knife. Little Kyuse grasped
his rifle with fourteen shots in the
magazine, and he knew how to work
it, too. There was no word of com-
mand, but as W lipsaw leaned forward
they all started double—quick for the
cabin. Ten paces from the door they
stopped, the boy still sandwiched be.
tween the men. The Sioux must have
heard them, for now they came pouring
out. Before they had gained the open
air the little party opened fire. Two
of the Indians fell and the others re
turned the fire, but vflth bad aim. An-
other round from the white men and
two 'more Sioux bit the dust. Bob was
pumping his rifle when a ball from the
cabin door shattered his right shoul-
der. Dropping his gun he pulled his
six-shooter and continued to fight. Hav
ing emptied both of his revolvers,
VVhipsaw slammed one of .them into
the the face of a Sioux, who came at
him with a knife. The two men began
fighting hand to band now, while Lit
tle Kyuse kept pumping small shot in-
to the other remaining Sioux. Seeing
Whipsaw hard pressed, the boy began
to watch for a chance to use his little
rifle. Bob succeeded at last in stOp
ping his man, and then fell weak from
loss of blood. Whipsaw had been shot
and badly cut, when his antagonist
paused to get the advantage. Instant-
ly Little Kyuse shoved his rifle as near
the Sioux’s left side as he could get it
and pulled the trigger, and the big, bad
Indian sank in a. heap.
.Thus did. Little Kyuse rewardthe
white trapper for his tender care and
avenge the death of his father and
mother, who had been killed by his
captor, the Sioux.
In the sag not far away they found
the horses that the robbers had ridden,
and the express pony, with the pouch
still on the saddle, standing in a bunch,
their bridles tied together.
About a mile up the trail they found
the body of the rider, stiff and cold
with a bullet-hole in his head, 'and
carried him back and buried him. and
there wouldn’tihave been a soul at the
funeral, only for Little Kyuse.
The next day, when they were cache
ing the carcasses of the dead Indians
Little Kyuse shocked and surprised the
white men by constantly clubbing and
kicking the corpses. Of a sudden b1
gave a yell, seized his rifle, and began
emptying it into one of the dead In
dians._ Whipsaw took the gun away
from him.
“See! See!” cried the boy, poir ting
at the Sioux, and the trapper recog
nized in the object of the boy’s wrath
the hideous features of the scar-face-
Sioux who had sold the child at whose
hands he had, in his own good time,
been taken oft—New York Sun.
British~ Admiralty’s lied Tape.
Every one who has to do with the
Admiralty is familiar with amusing
tales of the glorification of red tape
Here is the very latest.
ago a workman in one of the dockyard:
lost a government candlestick, val
ued ata few pence. This was con-
sidered suflicient excuse for a re
port by the local officials to W 1. "to
ball. A long. coriespondence 01
the approved government office typ1
ensued,“ and it is estimated that no-l
less than £5 was spent in the officials
time, ink, and paper. After ev eiy as
pect of the case had‘been weighed, the
' wOrkInan was.direoted to pay the local
Officials the sum'bh 5 pence, being th:
value set upon this particular candle
stick. Of course, if the man had bee.
in private employment, little or no 111.
tice would have been taken of such -.
triviality, or, at mOSt, he would have
paid his foreman the value without any
rid-tapeism.
Murderer (jrstlcaptured to his (331111
panion)—-Good-by, p- rd; we sha
meet age. 11 in the wax- figme 1111158111.
I‘hegei 1.e Blaettci.
but a band of Sioux bent
Some time .
' To‘wEDrREiTY GALS
REASONS GIVEN WHY CHINAMEN AT-
TEND SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Naive-Admissions of a Laundryman Who
Appreciates Instruction—Foolish Love
of an American Girl for one of These
Pigtailed Heathen’s.
The ma1 riage of a Chinaman to his
Sunday school teacher in New YOrk
'recently has caused many persons t0]
‘express very decided vieWs about teach
ing the Chinese in our Sunday
,schools. Many prominent ministers
system of employing young girls to
teach Chinamen. Those who have
carefully investigated the subject say
that the Chinese care nothing for our
religion, and merely profess to do so
[or the sake of certain material advan-
tages gained. Among these are oppor-
tunities for learning English, which to
them is a valuable acquisition, and of
flirting with the young women who
teach them, and in the end marrying
them. That they accomplish what they
set out to do is evident from the fact
that there are more than one hundred
Chinamen married to American women
in New York and Brooklyn.
At one of the recent Sunday school
entertainments which was gotten up
for their benefit, one of the Chinamen
said to his friend:—-“Idols no good.
Thrown ’em away. Melican man’s God
heap best.”
“Will you love Jesus?”
teacher of a new comer.
The heathen answered with jerky
gravityz—“Me learnee speakee Ling-
lish fast; then me love Jesus.”
“Lee, do you go to Sunday school?”
was the question asked yesterday of a
laundryman.
“Yes, ebby Sunday,” was the laconic
answer after he had paused to artis-
tically spray a shirt with his mouth
full of water. . ,-
“How lon'g have you gone?”
askeda. -
Lee’s reply.
“How did you come to go?”
“Him Sing, he keep a store on Pell
street. Him tell me, ‘You want good
plans go Sunday?’ I tell him ‘Yes.’ He
say, ‘Velly good place in Fourteenth
street, and you can learn English; lots
of pletty girls- No cost anything. I
say, ‘All lite; me go.’ He take me.
go see. Sing hab a. nicee little teacher,
pletty girl.
“My teacher heap old. I think about
hundred years; she good woman,
though. She ask me my name, then
"he sa ‘Lee 11 be ood ' . ' ‘2 .
a y yo g ,Chinalmsg; Z ary is attached, while their schools are
9
no do bad. You no play ‘tan.’
Yes I no play.’ make me heap bad
luck. I lose that night. I no play no
more. By-m-by all over. I plomise to
come back. Sing take me to his teach-
er. She say, ‘You come see me some
time with Sing.’ ‘All lite,’ I say. and
we go. . '
“I say, ‘Sing, him nice girl.’ Sing
1ay, ‘You bet; him heap good girl. I
think she like me velly much. I think
she mally me if I no alleddy mallied in
China. You no .tell her, though.
“I plomised no tell. Sing and’ I go
many times, ebby Sunday. We go see
her house. Keep nice house; nice furn-
cher; cost lot of money. Pletty girl
give Sing nice plesants—gol’ watch
some money besides. She like him
velly much. Las’ summer him Sunday
school 'boss he say, ‘You Chinamen
have nice time here. You well tleated;
now youboys tleat teachers well. You
go catchem steamer; go down river.
Nice ’scursion. All lite; we go catch-
em steamer. Go long ride on river;
by-m-by we come to place. Nice
grounds. Have eat. Then some Chi-
namen go lowing in smallee boat. I go
swing teacher in big swing. Sing go
in boat. Pletty soon I swing Sing’s
teacher. Nice girl. After while she
stop; she say, ‘Lee, you tell me some-
thing. ‘All lite,’ I say. ‘You know
Sing,’ him teacher say. I say, ‘Yes;
him my cousin. What you think,’ she
say; ‘him make good husband; good to
his wife, tleat her well?’
“I not think. I say, ‘Yes’ In, him
make good husband;_’ him send money
abby month to wife in China.’
“ ‘What! Him mallied alleddy?’ she
say, an’ she turn white alle same nice
clean shirt. ‘You tell um truth, Lee?’
‘Yes’m, I no tell lie;
Ah Sing, him mallied and got. tlee
child.’ She say, ‘You bad China boy,
gou go way,’ an’ she fall back like dead.
1 get flightened; go away and tell oth-
ar'teachers; bymby she all lite. She
no speak to Sing. Sing fin’ out, he
velly mad. He say ‘What you tell?’ I
=,ay, ‘Because him truth.’
“Nex’ Sunday Sing’s teacher no come
‘0 school. Sing heap mad again. Teach-
.er never come again. Sing go to him
house, but she no see him. Sing no
speak to me now. Him no more, go to
school. "
The ministers say the Chinese are
especially fond of women. teachers.
When the Chinese arrives in the Sun-
rlay» schools they bow politely to their
teachers. The teachers greet them
very effus‘ively, and endeavor to make
.them feel at home.
At'length the service begins. All the
Chinamen are at their tables, each
with his teacher, 'no-t uncommonly a
young girl, by his side. After short re-
ligiOus ceremonies the English instruc-
tion begins, which is far the mostim-
portant division from a Chinese point
of view. The teacher and pupil sit
side by side while the teacher unravels
the mysteries of English for the bone-
fit of her pupil. This arrangement has
been disapproved in many instances,
and attempts have been made to seat
ieacher and pupil on opposite sides of
die table, but this innovation was re-
:elved with unqualified disapproval,
11d wherever attempted caused the
‘ ndsy ,school to be boycotted by its
Chinese pupils.-New. York Herald.
.- - s .
go bad place. ‘
and others are decidedly opposed to the 'l
L'rnE 11711 E n 111 G c A 2 ET T E).
HE" GOT THEM BOTH.
the Flodéling Lawyer Makes a Splendid
Stroke of Business
“My best stroke of business a was
when I first hung out my shingle in
the West,” said a lawyer who now han-
dles none but the most important and
remunerative cases.
“As I was pacing up and down the
little office one morning, wondering
what I could go at if my first case
didn’t come soon, I answered a. knock
at the door to meet a. young lady who -
bad all the glow and vigbr of the prai-
rie with the easy society ways of the,
cultured Eastern women. While I was
trying to recover my breath she told
me that she was a messenger from
her father, who had heard that there
was a new lawyer in town, and wanted
his opinion in a. matter that threaten-
ed to lead to a lawsuit. 1 took the let-
ter she handed me and found it signed
by the rich old ranchman.
“ iBut your father asks an opinion
’Witbout making any statement of his
case,’ I said after reading.
" ‘It’s evident. that you don’t. know
papa. If you sent back for further in-
formation ‘he would denounce you as
an ignoramus and have nothing more
lto do with you. Write something
learned in language but obscure in
ideas. Quote 3. lot of your musty old
legal maxims in the original Latin,
and, above all things, abuse the other
man with merciless bitterness.’
“In three hours she was back from'
her shopping, and the ‘learned opinion’
iwas ready. The language was ponder-
ous. The sentences were long and in-
volved. The Latin was injected with-
out reference to the context, and the
“abuse was underlined with red ink.
She read and laughed until her spark—
[ling eyes rained tears down her bril—
' liant cheeks.
1
.from the State.
1
1
12.—L
“Pletty near two years now,” was :He had at last found a lawyer.
‘You must arrange to do
all papa’s law busin-ess,’ she warned me
at parting, and I danced a boisterous
solo when she was gone,
“Next day came a letter from ‘papa.’
That
opinion was worthy of a Webster or ‘21
Cheats.
me 'his attorney.
Later I got the
daughter.” -
JEWS IN THE i’RANstAL.
Steps to Be Taken for Their Bette1’l‘1e-1t-
ment by the President.
The Transvaal is one of the few
countries with pretensions to consider-
ation as civilized Powers that debar
Jews from all participation in the leg—
islative and municipal government.
Moreover they are disqualified f1 om
filling any public office to which a sal-
the 6n1y ones which receive no subsidy
It. is largely due to
this that the efiorts of the Boer Sec-
retary of State, Dr. Leyds, to secure
support at Paris and Berlin against
the British Government have met with
such signal failure, the immensely
powerful influence of the Rothschilds
and of the other great Jewish finan—
ciers-who control the money markets
of Europe being exercised against the
Transvaal. It is to secure legislation
removing all the disabilities under
which the Jews now labor in the Boer
Republic.
_..—.-—_.._.. - .
PLEASANT 1:511 THE GOVERNESS.
The King of Siam Evidently “'ished Hot
to llIake Herself Useful.
The King of Siam was educated in.
his youth by an English governess
named Mrs. Leonowens; hence the
fluency of his English. When Mrs.
Leonowens arrived at Bangkok the
present King’s father said to her, to
he1 great surprise: “I have sixty-sev-
en children, and you shall
them, and as many of my wives as,
may wish to learn English. And I
have much correspondence in which
you must assist me. And, moreover,
I have much difficulty in leading and
translating French letters. You must
dndertake these. And, furthermore, ]
have by every mail foreign letters
whose writing. is not easily read by
me. You shall copy them in round-
hand for my ready perusal.” This
was a small order, even smaller than
the average English governess’s share.
-—New York Journal.
Twin Difficulties.
Fair Visitor—I suppose, Mr. Pal-
:te, that true art is very difficult to
inderstand?
Mr. Palette—About as difficult to
indeistand, ma dam, as it is to sell.—
Dctioi‘. Free Press.
RIG 211‘ IN IT .
Old Spurhumper.—-Speaking of coast-
ing. Well, say!
He enclosed $1,000, and made 1
educate -
- maker.
'ROYALTY’S TRADES
'MANY OF THE CROWNED HEADS OF
EUROPE SPEND TIME AT LABOR.
A Nnnlber of the Most Humble Trarl’es
Seem to mke the Fancy of the Noted'
Workmen—Kipg Humbert a. Shoemaker _
and President Fauro a Locksmith; ' r
We know a. good deal about the sov-
ereigns of Europe, but how few of us
are aware of the fact that almost every
one of them is skilled at some trade
and could doubtless, in case of neces—
sity, earn a livelihood thereby! An
ingenious French gentleman has de~
voted 3. good deal of time to this sub-
ject, and we are indebted to him for
much of the following information:—
President Faure, of France, accord.-.
ing to t-hisgentleman, is an admirable
looksmith, and spends many leisure
hours in‘ practising his trade. No new
invention appertaining thereto escapes
his eye, and no one. is better able to
judge as to its usefulness. In han-
dling the necessary tools the President
is said tube exceptionally deft; indeed,
those who have seen him work describe
him as a first class locksmith.
The tastes of Czar Nicholas lie in a.
different direction. Farming is his
hobby. There is nothing about the
Russian method of agriculture which
he does not know, and this knowledge
has come to him, not from bodks, but
through long and steady practice. Be-
fore he became Emperor he spentssome
years in the Caucasus, and while there
he devoted much of his time to farm-
ing. The imperial estates there are
of vast extent, and nothing pleased the
heir to the crown more than to wander
over them, watching the superintend-
ent and farm hands at work, and occa-
sionally taking a hand at the plough
himself.
Typesetting is said to be the favorite
pastime of the German Emperor. “This
restless dreamer,” says our informant,
“is a. skilled compositor. Like the
mozzks of old, who used to spend many
an hour in illuminating manuscripts,
he loves to spend his leisure in picking
out type from the cases and in placing
them in forms. To give birth to words
in this fashion is his supreme delight.
King Humbert of Italy is a shoe-
No better judge of leather than
he, and apparently few more skilled at
cutting leather and at fashioning shoes
therefrom. We are told that he plies
his tools with uncommon dexterity,
and that he takes special pains to make
shoes of an elegant appearance. Utili-
ty, however, is never sacrificed to beau-
ty. He believes in strong shoes, and
hence those which he makes will wear
to the last thread. Still, he IS an artist
in his way, as is clearly shown by the
fact that he will never condescend to
repair shoes. That is a work for a jour-
neym‘an, not for a creative artist.
. Like Mr. Gladstone, King Oscar of
Sweden is very fond of cutting down
trees. In his dominion there are per—
haps more lofty pine trees than any-
where else in the world, and nothing
delights the monarch more than to
take a. holiday and go: out into the for-
est with his destructive axe in hand.
He is known far and wide as an ex-
pert woodcutter, and this is no small
_ distinction, as any one who has 'tried to
fell a tree will readily admit.
“The Prince of Wales,” says our
French guide, “is a fine weaver, and
frequently manages to kill time by-
fashioning cunning devices of wool and
thread. He'has already woven several
fine carpets and quilts, and, as he
shows as much zeal in the work as
ever, he will doubtless weave a great
many more.’
Rope making is the Duke of York’s
hobby. He has a. spacious workshop,
in 'which he makes stout ropes for
ships, as well as hammocks and straw
matting. These he distributes among
his friends, and it need hardly be said
that the demand for work from the ,
royal workshop is constantly increas-
ing.
“Every member of the royal family
of Great Britain,” we are told, f,_‘is more
or less skilled at some trade. Such was
Queen Victoria’s wish, and surely it
was a wise one. Though her children
and grandchildren will never have to
earn their bread, no-matter what po-
litical revolutions‘may occur, it is well
for each and all of themto know some
useful trade at which they can pass
their idle moments profitably.”
Another famous man who is a scyer-'
eign in his own way is also a trades-
man. Tolstoi 'can make as good a'lpair
of shoes as any man in Russia, .and
there are few tailors who can excel him
in making a. well fitting'suit of clothes.
—New York Herald.
Paradoxical.
M1s.Swellington—-—Are you sure this
s the fashion? <
Modiste—Oui, madame! Ze v’er lat-
5t.
Mrs. Swellington—(still doubtful)—
Queer! It looks well and feels comfort—
.ble.—--.Tudge.
Brown-JoneséHé is wedded to his
" bottle.
.‘1oncs-Brown—Yes,
he calls it
Gllll’li. \1'13'n.——~’l'r11tn, '
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