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VOLUME V. LAKE PROVIDENCE, EAST CARROLL PARISH, LA., SATURDAY, D~CEIMBER 31,ISo.
A RIDICULOUS MUDDLE. '
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Sow rt cOme Near SeparatUn
Two ovhing lart
MisS Lucy Meadows had two ad- 't
mrers, each of whom endeavored to n
court her while the other tried to do ti
the same thing. The experience is not
uneommon, but it is always exciting. i
It is scarcely necessary to say that ft
Lucy was like most other girls and en- tl
joyed the excitement. At heart she v
was an honest maiden, but she was ad- t
dieted to harmless flirtation. She gave i
''-.- e.'oM'o liUttle enoouragement, but s
not too much, and excused her conduct c
on the ground that she did not yet e
know whiceh she liked the better. I
In fairness to our heroine it must be r
confessed that her excuse was not a r
bad one, for her admirers happened to I
be as nearly equally desirable as they c
could be. Each was fairly good look- t
Ing, each could make himself qul4 A
agreeable, each had average intelll I
genes, each had a good business and I
attended to it in a commendable man- I
new, and neither had any glaringly bad I
habits. By anxious mothers and prua
dent fathers they were both considered I
good catches for daughters.
To the young men the double court- i
ship was not so pleasant as it was to
Lucy. They were often on the tenters I
and regarded each othel with jealous I
eyes whenever they met. But fate had
decreed that their charmer also should 1
have her feelings not slightly disturbed I
after she had for some time contributed 1
to their torment without any compuno- 1
tmon of conse!ence.
Her punishment was meted out to 1
her one winter evening. She had been
to the theater with Jacob Walters, the 1
suitor who at that time was to a small 1
extent more in favor than his rival I
The couple were strolling along watch- I
ing for a horse car on which they could I
ride to Lucy's home. While they were 1
chatting to their mutual satisfaction
they became involved in a jostling
erowd that was pouring out of another I
theater. The girl became separated 1
from Mr. Walters, and hurrying for. 1
ward in search of him in the indistinct I
.light, found- him, as she supposed, and 4
linked her arm in his with that oonfld
ing and affectionate touch which men I
like to receive from those whom they I
adore. She walked contentedly in si- 1
lence for about a minute, when for the
first time she raised her eyes to the
face of her escort. She gave a little
scream and quickly drew her arm from
that of her companion. He was notJ I
cob Walters, but John Iutchinson, her
other admirer.
"'Oh, excuse me; I did not mean to
1-"
"No exdase is needed. I am delight
ed, I assure you," replied Hutchinson,
who had concluded from the charming
manner in whith she had attached her
self to him that sbo intended at last to
show a marked preference for him.
"Oh, what shall I dol How shall lex
plain my conduet?" she continued, not
heeding his words
"No explanation is necessary. Tell
me," and be bent over her eagerly,
"were you not about to reward my de
votion when you were frightened by
your own boldness. Oh. tell me there
Is hope!"
He attempted to place her arm in his
and to walk as they had done when
they met.
"Yoen must not; you do not under
stand," she cried, as with a desperate
effort she extricated herself from hi
"Whataos all this mean?" was the
inquiry irexcited tones.
Jaoob Walters was again by her side
* after an saniousseareb.
The rivals glared at each other.
"It is none of your business," shout
* ed Hutchinson, who proposed to show
his sweetheart how doughty a chain
pion he could be.
"You must not quarrel," exclaimed
the girl as she ran between the angry
men. Overwhelmed with distress, and
confused in her mind, she extended her
hands towarrt Walters
"Forgive me," she eriedc "It is all a
dreadful mistake."
"Do you asuppose I am a fool? You
deserted me to go to my rival when you
were bound by every rule of politenemss
to allow me to escort you home. Your
conduet is smaning."
"Your language is amsdin*, als I
desire you to understand that I shall
protect this young lady from insult,"
said BHtchinson with dignity.
Luqy turned toward him and said: "I
beg of you to keep stilL You do not
know what you are talking about."
'Plese enlighten me, then."
'- -"I Walters wasesortig me home
from the theater; we became separated
is the erowd just before I met you.e I
mmardd for him and when I took your
arm I thoulght you were he. You were
the last person whom I desired to see
sertehe eircamstanes"
'*"alk yeo, I sha/l endeavor to
avld met you hereafter.""
u.cy , her mistab, but knew not
how to retify it. Her intentions were
goc, bat sta her conafsed attempt to
make s satisfactory eaplanation she
had BIro Uaity of a weefte Iak of taet
Namturally at this disagreeable moment
she turned to herother lovenr for sym
..o at least must understand the
sIatiaon and must know that I am pot
to blame." she eried, in appeaIng
"I am It artised," he repl-ed
ocet patien she etslabmed: s "Yoe
S" h e o astelIdlo I shsll k no me
. c.s elths erof you-"
.creP~d iat the reet, ad
arps thy could raecver frome their an'
-b pib se ear was Mearryin
do ou think?' ahed Hutcab
: ohe is a eaeomeeate fit."
; $t:as tiedr to baoodwink both
aq.~Yst rbad bees our dUsereaee
ff ,we hwarea *o Scause
dg1·4bshW e
pose that eaah of as shall solemnly
promise the other never again to seek
her hand in marriage ."
"Your proposal suits me exactly."
They shook hands earnestly and os
vowed again and figain to be faithful
to their pledge. They were as friendly "nC
now as they had been hostile a short ns
time before. sep
Meanwhile Miss Meadows also cher.- nto
ished anger. She resolved never to -
forgive either of her admirers. But at gla
the end of a week her mood was some- the
what conciliatory. She reflected that upc
the young men must by that time real- kin
ize that they had made fools of them- le
selves and that she had done nothing ma
of which she need be ashamed. She rop
expected that they would soon seek her ha,
presence in a sheepish manner and she -
was prepared to show a gracious de- bill
meanor and to let bygones be bygones. cas
But weeks went by and they did not an'
call. She met them several times and nui
they hurried by her and returned her bri
greetings with cold, formal bows only. the
It was now her turn to be very un- wh
happy, especially as it was revealed to ape
her that she did greatly care for one of said
her former admirers, viz., Mr. Hutchin- of
son. She knew now how to decide be- bit
tween the two, but alas, the opportun- sat
ity to make such a decision might never put
return.
Mr. Butchinson also became uneasy. the
He was astonished to find how deep gir
his love for Lucy was and how futile on
were his efforts to overcome it. He me
bitterly regretted his pledge, but as he hip
himself had been the first to propose poi
the compact, be could blame no one fro
but himself for making it and was un- we
der the strongest kind of an obligation of
to keep it. dal
The painful sitpation was soon fur- the
ther complicated by an act of Miss pu
Meadows She began to encourage a ma
middle-aged widower named Slawson, ed
who had -long desired to show her -
marked attentions, but who had been sti
prevented from doing so by her cold tul
demeanor toward him while his two ig
younger rivals were in favor. He was ins
now filled with inexpressible delight g
because of the winning smiles which in;
the charming maiden for the first time q,
bestowed upon him, and he was so be
elated because of his unexpected suc- an
cess that he did not stop to inquth why de
she treated him with a cordiality that rei
she had never before manifested. But wi
unlike the infatuated Mr. Slawson, sh
Lucy was not dominated by sentiment gi
alone. She was as wise as a serpent,
while seeming to be as harmless as a is
dove. She hoped that her gracious e
treatmeut of the widower would render a
Mr. Hutchinson Jealous and cause him r
again to seek her society for the pur- he
pose of preventing, if possible, a third ye
admirer from winning her affections th
The maneuver was skillful but it ye
only brought about a part of what she Is
desired, and even of that part she wa t,
ignorant. Mr. Hutchinson was made ei
desperately jealous, but the agreement ,
with Walters, which, of course, was t
unknown to Lucy, prevented him from fr
endeavoring to become reconciled to or
her. o
STwo months clapsed. Seemingly o=
Hutchinson was determined to main
tain his indifferent demeanor. Miss di
Meadows was discouraged. Shd believed tb
that the young man did not recipro- a
cate her love for him and she began to er
think that the best thing she could do 0
would be to marry Mr. Slawson. To
be sure, he was a widower twenty t
(years older than herself, and had two w
' daughters, each of whom was not much
d younger than she was, but be was also w
wealthy and lived in a fine house. o
a Moreover, she rather liked him, and he
adored her. She might do .worse than b
to accept him as a husband. t
At this critical time Hutchinson, un- a
able longer to simulate indifference, d
resolved to tell Walters how he felt, al
though he feared that his former rival
k might still love the girl as much as he g
himself did. When the two young men
* 'next met Hutchinson, growing red in
the face, broached the subject that was
d uppermost in his mind.
"I want to ask you," he said. in a f
blunt and desperate way, "whetheryou
a re willing to release me from keeping
the compact by which each of us d
Sagreed not again to seek to marry Miss a
Meadows? I confess that I now love v
her more than I ever did. I suppose o
Syou may love her, too. I would like to c
be free to court the girl again, and of ti
course if I had that privilege, you, too, t
Swould again have a right to show her a
attentionsa provided yon desired so to d
do Let the better man win, I say, and o
Sif either of as is to win we must be 0
lively, I tell youea, for the widower is a
making alarming progress in the im- Ii
provement of his opportunities, unless (I
I am much deceived." I
Waliters laughed as the other spoke i
and looked at him in a peculiar way. I
"I release you from your promise. S
Go ahead and may you have good
luck."
Hiutchinson was much surprised. a
"Can ii be that you are no longer in- i
terested in Miss Meadows?" be asked, t
doubtfully.
"I am no longer interested" a
"May I ask the reason?"
"Yes; confidentially I will tell you a
Sthat I am now in love with another I
SgirL"
"I am so glad I hope she will '
reciprocate your affection and that U
Syou will be very happy," said Hutehin- I
son, s he fervently shook the hand of
his companion.
S"She has sredy acepted me." i
"Good" I
SAt two o'clock in the afternoon of I
that day Mr. BHuthiason -tood before
Miss Meadows in the parlor of her I
home.
"Am I too lateI ' be askd. 1
"No; but you would have been one
hour from now."
S"What do you pee~ n
"At three o'clock Mr. Slawon will
receive his answer." I
"Wh\at will yon say?"
"'Had you not called, my answer I
woeld beyes."
"What will it be now that I have I
"No"--J-. A. Boalls, in :aso
e at wotl reaby dIan't kow
laew dab other half tkrbelit I taUlg
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FOREIGN GOSSI,P a
-The lace bark tree grows in the a
West Indies. It is a lofty tree, with u
ovate, entire smooth leaves and white 11
flowers. It is remarkable for the to- Z
nacity of its inner bark and the readi
ness with which the inner bark may be g
separated after maceration in water ii
into layers resembling lace. t
-In the kitcheui of Richard I. of En- p
gland 300 persons were employed, and a
the queen had a like number to attend a
upon her service. During a famine the t
king entertained 6.000 persons daily. a
He valued himself on surpassing in f
magnificence all the sovereigns of Eu- f
rope, and lived as if he possessed inex- d
haustible treasures. t
-Ip the year 1661 a gathering of no
bility and gentry took place at New- I
castle, England, to celebrate a great
anniversary, when, on account of the 9
number of guests, each was required to I
bring his own dish of meat. Of course I
there was a sort of competition in c
which strove for pre-eminence; but the I
specimen of Sir George Goring was con- I
sidered the masterpiece. It consisted U
of four huge, brawny pigs, piping hot,
bitted and harnessed with ropes of 1
sausage, all tied to a monstrous bag 1
pudding.
-At an entertainment In London for
the benefit of a certain fund there was
given a representation of "the old wom
an who lived in her shoe " The mam
moth shoe, which was at least nine feet
high, with the width and length in pro
portion, was filled with many children
from three to ten years old. The old
woman herself was a clever young girl I
of sixteen, who taught her children to I
dance, sent them out to walk, gave
them singing lessons. endeavored to
I put them to bed in the shoe and did
many other funny things that delight
ed the audience.
-An instructive and pathetic custom
still prevails in Munich. Every desti
tute child found begging in the streets
is arrested and carried to a charitable
institution. On his arrival he is photo
graphed-dirt, rags and all. After be
ing maintained and educated, when he
quits the institution to begin life the
before-mentioned photo is given him,
and he is required to make a solemn
declaration that he will keep it as a
reminder of the wretched state from
which he was saved and the kindness
shown. The charity has received many
gifts from its reclaimed waifs.
-The new British house of commons
is much older than the one that pre
ceded it; that is, the av6rage age of its
r members is much greater. The ages
range from twenty-two to ninety. It
has two members only twenty-two
years of age, and Mr. Villiers is again
the father of the house, being ninety
years of age. Pour other veterans are
Isaac Holden, eighty-five; Mr. Glad
' stone, eighty-two, and C. Wright,
e eighty-two, It has forty members
whose ages range from twenty-two to
thirty,. 143 from thirty-one to forty, 197
a from forty-one to fifty, 173 from fifty
0 one to sixty, seventy-eight from sixty
one to seventy. and four from eighty
one to ninety.
--In the early days of England wed
ding rings were made of rushes, but in
this age even more curious materials
are sometimes pressed into service when
° emergency demands it. Many cases are
0 on record where rings of brass or iron
0 and curtain rings and door keys have
o taken the place of the bands of gold
0 which nervous grooms have mislaid.
One bride is said to have been married
" with a leather ring, cut from a finger
a of one of her gloves, and another em
1 barrassed young couple were relieved
by a suggestion from the minister that
the wedding ring be cut from a visiting
Scard. Quakers and Swiss Protestants
' do not use rings at their marriage cere
1- monies. The Irish have a strong objec
1 tion to any but gold weddings rings. In
O St. Kilda wedding rings are made of
worsted.
's WHEN THE EARTH DIES.
a Iome Day the Solar System HMst Isevita
Sbly Epire.
ig Consider a flywheel or clockwork as
a driven by a weight and the heat-gene
SI ated by friction against the motion of
SI wheels and pendulum and by impacts
aI of teeth against the pallets at an es
to capement Our knowledge of proper
of4 I ties of matter and of modes of propaga
, t;~u of heat by radiation or conduction,
r and of the efficiency of heat as a motor,
o discovered by several thousand years of
d observation and several hundred years
be of experiment and dynamical theory,
i suffices to show that when the weight
n- is ran down and the potential energy
a (or capaecty to do work) which it had
in the beginning has been all spent in
a heat, this heat is not available for rais
i. ing the weight and giving the clock
1 work a renewed lease of motivity.
ad The solar system, according to the
best of modern scientific belief, is dy
namicallv analogous to the clockwork
n. In all the essentials of our considera
i, tion. Not going back }n thought to a
beginning, of which science knows
nothing, let as compare the solar sys
tem ma it was three thousand years
i ago with the solar system as it is now.
er Let our analogue ben clockwork which
three hours ago was known to be going
ll with its weight partially run down,
at and which is still goingwith its weight
n- not yet wholly run down.
of During these three thousand years
the sun has been giving out radiant
beat ~Ught being included in the desig
nation "radiant heat") in alldirectiona,
of propalgated at the rate of about nine
a and a half millinm million idlometers
or per year, and therefore twenty-eight
and a half thousand million million
kilometers in three thousand years
a We do not know whether the Itght
whish left the san three thounad
years ago is still traveling oat
nl ward with almostrandhaminahed anne
gy, or whether nearly all is already
dlsipated in hest, warming the
re laminieroas etheror poaderab bodip'
which have obstueted its course; we
we may, I think, feel msue that it is patly
still travelng oatward ~s radiant he.
m and pautly spnt (or disipated) i
warming poesrhbleusiter (or ponder
as Helmholtz was, believe, in reality
the very first to point out, in the shrink- I
age of the sun from century to century gt
under the influence of the mutual grayv
itational attractions between its parts. I
The heat-producing efficiency of the fire thi
which there would be if the sun were a Irs
globe of gunpowder or gun cotton burn- of
ing from its outward surface inward- de
that is to say, the work done by the sh
potential energy of the chemical le
affinity between uncombined oxygen ve
and carbon and hydrocarbons, at- hs
tractive forces as truly forces TI
and subject to dynamic law as is the sp
force of gravity itself, is absolutely in- In
finitesimal in comparison with the work th
done by the gravitational attraction on me
the shrinking mass adduced by Helm. wi
holtz as the real source of the sun's ins
heat. de
The whole story of energy now in the ro
sun,whether of actual heat correspond- rn
ing to the sun's high temperature, or of th
potential energy (as of the not-run- all
down weight of the clock-work)
potential energy of gravitation de- sa
pending on the extentof future shrink- is,
age which the sun is destined to experi- th
ence, is essentially finite; and there is in
much less of it now than there was three at
hundred thousand years ago. Similar lil
considerations of action on a vastly
smaller scale are, of course, applicable w
to terrestrial plutonic energy, and qi
thoroughly dispose of the terrestrial tt
"perpetual motion" by which Lyell
and other followers of Hutton, on
as sound principles as those of the bi
humblest mechanical perpetual mo. R
tionist, tried to find that the earth can as
go on forever as it is illuminated by rc
the sun from infinity of time past to el
infinity of time future, always a habita
tion for-race after race of plants and
animals, built on the ruins of the habi- es
tations of preceding races of plants and m
animals.
The doctrine of the "Dissipation of w
Energy" forces upon us the conclusion so
that within a finite period of time past v
the earth must have been, and within o0
a finite period of time to come must m
again be, unfit for the habitation of y
man as at present constituted, unless al
operations have been, and are to be, d
performed which are impossible under n
the laws governing the known opera. t]
tions going on at present in the mate
rial world.-Fortnightly Review. o
a 0o
WITH A MORAL. a
Despair and Rauin Were Left in the Track
S of the Blithesome Youth.
A free and joyous youth, whose wide si
Seyes looked frankly upon the world,
s and who also wore a sash and a pink I
t tie. What secret guilt was on his soul, n
o that he quailed before the elderly man b
n who overtook him? Why did his cane,
Y that he had been dragging harmlessly tj
e behind him, handle down, slide into the
L gutter? Why did his breath come in e
quick, short gasps, his teeth chatter a
and his knees knock together? The y
0 elder was, in appearance, a person of n
7 wealth, for the quality of his garb be
- spoke it, yet, his attire was recklessly
- disordered; it was rent and stained; his
hat, though it bore traces of former
care, was dashed with the filth of the
I- streets, and the look of grief and pain
n showed that he was a man who had
Is suffered. With firm and impressive
n port he bespoke the youth's attention.
.e "Young man," he said, "I have :
n watched your course when you have
re not heeded me. Be warned! It may
Id be the careless gaiety of your years
. rather than wilful crime that you need
d to guard against, but, ah! remember
rr that, although you have not yet fallen,
- your acts are hurling others to despair
Id and ruin. It is your way ever to look
It forward. You do not hear their groans,
g their cries, their curses. 0, reform in
ts time and cease this evil, or some victim,
e- less lenient than I, may come upon you
e- and revenge himself for his catastro
In phies by cutting you off in the flower
of of your youth. Another repeti
tion of your offense may bring
calamity on you and woe upon
your household. To you the con
sequence of a misstep seems small, but,
ah! think what it means to those above
a you in years and station, who have
families dependent on them, who stand
of high in the social and commercial world.
ts Will you see these brought low, help
Slessly, hopelessly, through your act?
SYou weep, it is time. Look back and
Srealize what you have done."
, The young man looked back, for the
, other had got through shaking him
of then. He discovered that eight people
s had slipped on the banana skins which
h, e had blithesomely strewn over the
t sidewalk in his march. He'fled when
he saw the ambulance coming.--C. S.
d Montgomery, in Brooklyn Life.
An Old Ina at Croydos.
. In the midst of what is nowadays a
very disreputable quarter indeed, in
e Market street, Croydon, is an old inn,
Sthe '"Old King's Head," which is, in
k some sort, of historic literary interest,
Sfor in "Prmterits" Mr. Ruskin writes:
," * * of my father's ancestors I
wa know nothing, norof my mother's; more
a- than that my maternal grandmother
rs was the landlady of the 'Old King's
w. Head' in Market street, Croydon; and I
h wish she were alive again, and I could
og paint her Simone Memmi's King's Head
n, for a saign." Here, in the midst of a
ht quarter now given over to sleeping
places for tramps. and facing what is
rs on Saturdays a street market of the
at type familiar to Londoners, stands this
ig- ancient bonse, of red rick, grimy with
s. the grime of centuries, but fated soon
s with the neighboring streets to be
i cleared away for improvementa.-Hlack
ht sad White.
- -During a thunder-storma the air is
a of asech varying 4emItythat thander
ad peals aMnever heard at a dIstance co
at responding to their violence. For the
em' same reason the roar of eannon on a
dy field of battle is not notieble, nd the
he day has often been least within a short
s distance.otf the reserves ofthe detested
we army, which were waiting for the
ly souad at artillery to all them to the
t seeane of action. The air at nightis
l m-c homogemeons and hence sonds
b areh heeard m, ielJy a farther thau
w) Ia the daytime. In toggy weather
A HARD STORY.
ti ndy Iymplaty sd T2re ast sewus h
the akLhsg or Iad News
Looking over the journals of old Fsa
ther Ward, for many years a pastor in
Ironburg, a railroad and mining center
of Pennsylvania, writes a correspon
dent, I came across a narrative which
shows the difficulty of breakhg the il
news of aceidental death, and also re
veals the fact that the roughest natures
have in them true sympathy and tact.
The engineer of whom Father Ward s'
speaks was a well-known character in
Ironburg. He died two years ago. Fa
ther Ward was writing in his study one
morning, when the bell rang and his
wife came up to say that a rough-look
ing man wanted to see him. He went
down at once, and there stood a rail
road engineer, evidently just of from a up
run. He.was standing in thehal, and
I the minister asked him to come in and
sit down.
"Much obliged, but I'd rather not,"
said the engineer. "I haint time. Fact
is, we run over a boy comia' in, and I
thought maybe you wouldn't mind com
in' down to see if you knew his folks th
and could break the news to 'em gentle km
like."
"Why, of course, I'll go at once." I cel
went along with the messenger, asking Hi
Squestions as we walked hastily down to ,
l the tras a
1 "How did it happen?" ni
"Well, that beats me. You know the so
big embankment this side the bridge? hc
We were running by it, when the boy sh
I seemed to falWfrom the very top of it, pi
Y rolled down to the track and under the w
n engine wheels" as
"Was he killed at once?" I
SI was dreading the whole affair, and
especially the telling the news to his
I mother, whoever she might be. w
"Yes; I don't think he was conscious b3
I when the train hit him. He was spared
n suffering. We picked him up, and c
t when I reached the station at the end
I of my run I had him carried right into d,
it my house, and then I cape up to see p
f you. You remember when you came ,
5 and broke the news of my Willie's sud
, den death to me, parson. It seemed to c4
r me then that if anybody could sympa- H
I thize, you cculd."
I recalled the time when I had been gi
obliged to go to this man and tell him t<
of a distressing death in his own family, 1t
a death that had occurred while he was it
of on a long run. I
The engineer spoke again, after a ec
le slight pause. a
1, "Death is awful sudden sometimes. of
k I hope you will be able to comfort the w
1, mother, parson. It will be a great si
Sn blow to her." ti
"Yes, a great blow. How old was n
iy the boy?" v
me "About ten. A beautiful boy. Brown, s
in curly hair and blue eyla About the h
r age of my Wmlle. You don't think, do h
se you, parson, that you will dread too
Df much to go and tell the mother that b
e- her boy is in Heaven?" 0
1y "No; but, of course, I dread the duty.
is Think if it should be my own boy!"
sr "Yes; and, of course, it might be.
1 Same as mine was taken sudden when I
n had no thought of it. We ought al
d ways to be ready, oughtn't we, parson?"
re "Always," I answered, with a curious r
n> feeling of dread upon me. We had
we reached the house. There was a crowd
re about it. They parted silently and
'Y respectfully for us as we passed in.
ua And even as I grew near the bed where
ed the mangled form lay, I did not realize
er what had actually happened.
n, My friend the engineer laid one hand
r on my shoulder as he drew a covering g
l from ofi the face of the dead, and said, c
s, in tones of sympathy which nothing
in but his own sad loss could have taught
n, him: "Parson, it's the hardest thing I
-u ever had to do, and I've bungled about
° It, but God can help you and the mother i
'er to bear it."
And I looked into the face of the a
o dead, and it was the face of my own
on boy!
I had forgotten that he was at play
t, that morning with a neighbor near the
embankment. In some way, we never
learned how, he had fallen over. But a
Idto the day of my death, come it soon or a
late, I shall never forget the feeling
that came to my wife and myself when 1
d time had healed the wound of our loss
-the feeling of kinadred sympathy and
tact which sorrow teahe even the
i roughest hearts to show to others in
e bereavement.
ch Those words, "God can help you and
Sthe mother to bear it," proved to me
en the value of my own eonsolations in
s. the presence of the lst grim enemy
and my own great loss.-Youth's Com
panion.
a -Testimony diBers as to the feeling
in of the soldier on going into a fight, ad
In, the many experiences related during
in the recent encampment by grand army
at, men.to their always-willing listeners
. showed that in their warhlstoris there
Iwas no uniformity of either fear or dar
e ing. The major of a New Hampshire
er regiment said: "I always felt timid
g's when the shot began to teach a, but
da assoon as we got into action I wasan
aid ried away by ezoxitement. I am not
ad usually a profaneman, andM I have mo
a recollection of talking rougbly to my
g troops, yet a good may of them have
is asred me that all through a fight I
be would swear lik--well, likea trooper."
,his Another man, a colonel, said: "It's all
ith nsense to ay that a mamn doesn't feel
s afraidatthe beginsing of a ght and
be allthrough it. Of eourd he doae B
k has r0esn. SheVman said of Gen. Sam,
er thatbhe wasthe only mea who grew
bolder as he grew elder, but the oly
r i ma I sr aw who as~ly -ma to
dew west to Ight, sad to easr i sites' he
lus. was io it was Castor."
*o -CheatauSr oght to be ebemp thb
the year, L they e abudsI,4 sad aear
ted oost seven dollars a bshel Ia Ro be
the ork. The cbest ant tbhies bea
the bythe eaddae or at the edge, etdear
t i, in-g-o a o weal ik d wde-aad
adso Itrfasito *S 5- * t dsad. w
;baa Buaes. aestg, V. ., *s tre am
. -·- -a1 ieaL sa w a
Sfrudas [ Ov d the w ter
asenme cerCt.
Western judges hae been the ban of TI
many jokes and yarns, and whle the ste
stories have made intersting reading, a f
they have been .generally taken as the whil
h breezy offsprings of some imaginative fes
mind. Such was the ides I enter es
tained previous to my introduction to Ti
some of the honoread pholders of Mjue stg
tice, but a short sequaintance with rit)
d some of thele abuard eootreetions of a
the law has dissipated any misgivings I
Shad in regard to the truth and veracity te
of the sribes.
In 1886 there was a body of United "
States soldiers at Fort Coebhe, in Tom wit
Green county, Tex., and as a natural
onsequenee a small town had.sprang
a up just seroes the river. San Angelo A
d was hot a place of much importatce at
id fih, but it soon sprang into pream1
aenes as the toughest town in that $
tough stale. Its inhabitants were hief- H
ly gamblers and saloon men, with a low
large cowboy floating population, all
men to whom the six-shooter was as ho
a much of a necessity as their food, and It
the use of it as common as that of a trM
le knife and fork.
Shooting scraps needed no court to me
settle them. They settled themselves. H1
g Horse-thieves received no mercy. But T
when at last one day a petease came
up, it was deemed necesasr0r the di T
nity of the place that a justiee of some so
be sort should be appointed, and that ins
e? how Preusser got his title. He was a
7 short, stocky-built German, with small,
t piercing gray eyes that were twini 4
he with mirth or emitting sparks of an ,
as occasiep required. His word was
law, and on sne occasion when he die bit
charged a poor woman who had been
is arrested for stealing bacon, and aganst '
whom the evidence was conclusIve, a
Us bystander exclaimed: SO
ed 'Why, judge, you ean't do that; it's
ad contrary to law," the little judge braced the
ad up in his chair, and, bringing his fist
to down with considerable emphasis, re
°a plied: "Blast the law; it's justice vat
ne we vantr! and the case was settled.
id- Numerous stories might be told con
to corning his rulings in different eases.
m- How, after fining a man for disorderly no
conduct, he paid the fine himself and
en gave the prisoner money enough to get
im to El Paso. On one occasion two be. *5f
ly, Ilgerents were up before him for fight
ras ing, one with his head chopped open '
with a hatchet, and the other minus an e74
a ear and his nose held in pllee with fra
a strip of plaster. He beard bothsldet
as. of the case, and, finding the quarrel
he was the result of a mutual msunder 1
eat standing, discharged both with theeau
tion that "If eider of you vellers eooms ps
as up before me again, I'll gif you path a
veek in jail." Then he made them pal
shake hands, and invited the prineipals
e in the case and witnessed so drink at chi
do his expense. tim
too One day the settlement was startled ga
at by the report that a young lawyer bed
come to live there, and there was great T
rustling to see who would give him r
the first case. Two cowboys got
be up a dispute about the ownership
n of a saddle, and then shook dies to
.1 to see who would have the lawyer. x
al- When the case was called the court t
aroom was crowded, the judge behind Nc
oe his desk looking more solemn than p,
usual, and the lawyer, a young sprig fe
nd straight from an eastern law eehool ae
with an uneasy look on his faces
and a pile of law books, oee h
e pled a table at one side. There were
many witnesses to examine, for every- th
body wanted a finger in the pier and he
nd when the evidence was all in the law l
ing yer made quite an eloquent plea, and de
aid, clinched his arguments by reading the
ing decision of the United States supreme h
ght court in a parallel ease. As* he sat d
g I down with a confident smile the de
out fendant wore an air of defeat, but the
her lttle judge arose with an air of judicial w
authority that would have stricken as
e supreme court judge dumb, and eaeed
awn the utter collapse of the young lawyer
when he declsred: "I oferrale dat de
dlay cision, and der defendant vinsa"
the It is probably the only ease on reecd d
rwer where the decision of the United States
But sapreme court has been set aside, but o
n orsuch is one of the unoertanties of the
ing wild and woolly west-Detroit Free
hen Press. ______
nd A DOUBLE VICTORY. 9
the The Way It U ll 5 steeds Ater a Jean 1
ain ltseal Disemessedos.
"Hellol" msaid Black, as heranagala st
and White on his way from the jont pdt. t
I me icl discussion the other evening. "Been
in listening to the speeches?" i
my "You bet y'er life! Didn't our hma a
o slaughter tlMe other fellow?" a
"Well, I should may sol Headed him
of at every turn." ta
ling "Ourside was vastly in the majority,
and wasn't it?" I
ring "Yes, indeed! We did all theappleaud h
rm ny Ing. No ue in talking, we've got the b
ners other fellows on the mr!n"
Thea' t's what we have, but they'll
d n ever be able to get in out of the wet."
i "You're right! Ben ean nmever led
LmM them out of the wildernaes"
but "Ben can't? What do ye msesai
eat sren't you a repMbliean"
not "Republican? WelL Iguess ne."
a rOh, I ee now Ihqw it ; I mksto
my yeon for snothmer fellow."
ba5 And each oe at time brekfastaMe t
h I te nt morn g told thoes aJbt bl
m." how maeh the better ofi hipav Lad
sall at the Joint delate the ght hiers
e Joint politieal Aleninss are sahot i
and tie ely thing in which beh sies ,
a - ....oi· w tai rreQtory.-che
o A Chsbm . Ii55
m' he many more times are m et , tio ash
mse to marry youar
ths qesti, bUt thn rn'atme*erb e s
ro me lmeert* One of the eL ene
r-, g-rt rm ,awrpseag to shorne *el
ee weakening."-Tarss ifmags -
S Druggiest (to Mrs. Peated.g, wheo m
or buys aythitg hat mps)-Di'N
Xis. ?sar- Btredge.-CIa yetJ3 ts
GtEEK MET WWdC.
ins the *55 h ts
Ue mdem US, .
of There were two tables in this TIn
he street saloon. At as at a man with.
tm a frayed cost and a haeklng cogh,'
he while upon the other leaned a stout
ie fellow, in whose countenance melan"
er. eholy and despair were traeable.
to The behking cough seemeat be Pgt
a. ting worse all the time, until the man
Ith with the frayed cost wa purple in the
of face, sad seemingly on the vere ofdi
ps solution. The stoat fellow stared at
ty the dfoor, and gave noheed to the sat
tering of his fellow-creature.r
ted "Oh. dear oh, deari" gasped the mas
em with the frayed coat. I wish I-hook
ral -honk--might-hok, houk, hoak
elo A paroxysm of coughing followed al.
l at most er7y word.
ms- "I hldn't--bouk.-got gay lunep
hat hok, hbok, honk-to speak of."
lef- He glanced furtively at the stunt fel.
a low. The latter remained impassive.
all "There's only--hoak, hok, honk,
as honk"
ad It looked as if the man with the
f a rayed coat would bnt a blood-v5el.
"Honk, honk--one thting that helps
Sto me-hok-and that Is-honk, hbok
res. liquor."
But The stout fellow sighed.
me "This is cruel world." he faltered.
The man with the frayed coat
me coughed violently, and nodded his head
a LI in sequiescence.
Sa "An unjust world."
al, The stout fellow knit his brows.
"I mustatarve," he dismally decared,
"because no man will hire me."
a n "He noatemplated his cleanched bead
die. bitterly.
16 "I ask for work and they moeek me."
nat Tears sprang to his eyes.
e, a "Yet in all my trials I have one con
solation, and that"
It's He turned his sorrowul face toward
wed the man with the frayed cot.
IWt "I's liquor."
. For a time they contemplated each
vat other in silence. The man with the
backing cough was the Aratto speak.
0o0. "Have you the price of a drink?" he
. asked, with a tinge of doubt in his ms
Wrly nar.
and "No."
s get The hacking cough was msuddenly
Sbe. still.
ght- "Can you-"
,pea The stout fellow was speakhig with
s an eyes fixed severely upon the man inthe
with frayed coat,
ides "Set 'em up?"
rrel "No."
der. 'they rose simultaneously.
aun- "And I wasted all that coughing ou a
ans penniless vnag
nthe "And I was working ea the sys
hem pathles of a drunken tramp."
iptes With glances of mingled disgust sand
k at chargin they slipped into the drka s
that enveloped the world and were
rtled gone.-C(ancnsati Commereal Gasette.
'had
TO EXTERMINATE MOBQUWTOE&.
him DelugeTheb1NeeleEg le-si ISh mess
got Osam .
shP A writer on the subject of the es
die termination of the mosquito tells of an
ry experiaeant he made with keroasse as
sourt the detroying agency in the Cateidlls.
bind Noticing a few mosquitoes about the
than porch of his cottage he amde a esaeh
sprig for their breeding-plaes ad ound It ist
hoo, a rain-water pool having a surface r
f of sixty square feet in the neighbor
e hood. Eggs had been deposited freely
we on the water, and it was very plaint
very- that the oottager wasdestined to be an.
and liyed by innumerable mosquitoes u
law less a remedy was applied at one. He
Sand determined to try osene, and spen
kled four ouanes of it over the esr
'r face of the pool. At the end of tea
days it was covered with dead imwts,
w do which the writer estimates at 7,400.
Most of them were gnats, but there
were 871 female mosquitoes sad many
na males. The number may appear tel.
'sd ing enough, but on that score the ei
wyer perimenter has this to say: "Now the
average number of eggs laid by a to.
male mosquito s 800, and the destree
bd tion of these t871 speemes preveanted
t the development of 111,00 individas
b of the nat genersten. Moreover, eo "
tain females ew away iaftEr tohing
Fethe srface of the water, and padeabt
edly died at some dlstinee frns the
pool, y that the ~eet of the appli,.
tioh was even gretater tan these gl
J4 urea indicte. In fact, the epalig
of the remedy was only limintted
rait by the number of the moequl*
polt toes seekin the surfaee of the
'Been pool for egglaying purposes, and
in n lecality of greater moesquito ab.
r man dancehet estimates of the potentiality
of the remedy would have been enosr
d m m And now as to the question of
expense. This experiment proves that
st this rate of eppliatteonee barsrl et
kerasee costing four dollrs ad a
@ladu hell (and the theaejset o oil is prefers
t the de to the more spemare), wi mc
caesfally est ntaity-sin shoceaud
hey'l squa r t af t a rfw r ae It is
wet." probable that there sie many mosquito
Sa riddeR neighborhoods where the total
sa dof the breeMdinpses does not a
mesa; ceed thisL re o,and where atthe sglit
epenue meatimed, provided the appH
t" atio he made earlyin Juh somet
istoek bedad the asi tenera1oa, th am
ben qt the bing pest may be reduced
Stabe to a minir -."-N. Y. Pos.
it, him ________ _ .
e "ay fr hisnd" and **genla~
about fi·end" age m ases thea which there
If yes wate i to btsta g
be dons In seperste p amrm' em,.
te iend in5e a r of meant wo
l omyea s1 *g 46titbh Ce totHeI*
thatyeuar Me isat la day ostb.
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