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Hf- loo iooralft. i Till- CLAIM. )ry of Wostorn Ad tivery Re warded. for Tii.'s Paper AM llVDOX slow lv propped him self up on hi* el bow :in«l 1 bi Sr. II .] I mot iM II' that »wle Wall *v SO VP tov tea ct,*!" mo MTftll arsdc ibejr Ih: De bi Pt" be si rled s the its ar. bis i only wge «lan ItoB I ar in• 111' parceled »ut, him. Hank 'lowed his woiuiuiM }iek(*d she'd aid befoi'f ilidn t. low to do no An' blamed if ^1," ha-ln't Blamed lit o:i 1 him. 1 v iswer- 1. hej j) p..,| |,' ,j d. lit tie Jini grew ''i-Miliers, rough and they were. lieneath 'ors beat hearts that toward the or- 1 1 s am" ami "Uncle ^dled 1111*111, and they 1 the titles i.s if they i 1 ives ill reality, iu 'J.V ))l'o\y. »y h*»w to trap eot '"dibiis, how to ride a f" throw a lariet JII'CURACY will hrot I him u iii-i, i he fell l)i- n i'n jJ'if r. DA Kt iTA, S i Hi '1 1 akfi, up •19 o ii«. j. i i had been Among i,,,. Jim mule i, .,.f a trip he made h, Otflf-, :i i brot hi-!'-. •I 'm faff, unshorn ...1 yellow, toward i.e. door as his i vol In*i" 1 a i n I ,tc red. "W a: i wh-d, Our day, so i:xt«* in brick-colored j,,| urned a I lie iiiit rid i i a be i i. lined i' iL of «.f i'e a.1 w- »•. 11 i S: K il" i 11 t*Si -la 1 ,i lid, routtii' taki. -f uii »U' v. 1) -h -f fre- llollse. I !li a and Hank 1'. d. o-.. -f Her ehoii" was a Ms tall as a a i ie an' inir'L if I*1' he 'l'-nderson s i'i\ 'fiire i '•i^ned the l,,nd-in* t-«.ij v with MM* S-Z IN: \V v 11 Miiiilii liowed .-•w o' tuck a U al, 'lore •', a I'i that !ia 1 Hid, t" 1 s am s pi'ijioniM'd Would have parsed u-ks the time that «')iiired sipiat te r- lo aims bclcri granting same. U p. whil tl(d out a trap and superin of n, full-sized "down" days, the '-etween the. inter -md perspiring, e\- u rkings of ,t trot- U "dark s the. bid became of the Western at the work ia '"'''OK bviiU' 11. "n, l.-.i- 1 mail-. n I 1 •1 -a to th.* u for the 1 had long ago thi- l'ocK-wi-cds dismant led, "'Hid ,, at the .-WpeiU S i 1 1 v'rm.us oi *ih» eu a- riding t- 'd that. 1 -S.St ill ii' .1 it!! it iimi ml'- ill. on ycr s if h: insteai! I WDl i i claim bein" 1 IT AS A MKIi'A I" s||,) .r him. vaeaiH. -t"fk pm«\ an" part tie ^in v 1 -iinn 1 a t\voiiM laku ii Iir»i}r fiirn 11 ui nu-sin I *1 o' argvin' to nial.c iiini^ w:u,'t ji^t I,..I.l.u I"1 s1' l,v'' """Tliiif.- f:i.-. I 1-f. li-11." .Jn«h nn 1 Haul l-ausfd for btf.itii. swell'd, a- ii.i'ii .. a eMs ot a fix i":' Wh-V I,in 1 |." ji,., ei.uld "O, bul III' has to bf (daim llll 1 1 'l" U ye re to .nd to tiling, an .. r.i n I |''d the mystery of and why some vege ^"^d in 1 I U n emerged n but I'm nced'cI ai home. h..,.e,-.or I s,,]',- 11H f'sl IO11 l""lt til- V Ih'Ie l.'l -1 'III !lll* time. I luia. til. over ieto tin n.'M «-.-«.it:. i ildse'-iin. slide, an then cam- I 1 U I ia ,,,, If he a-st iKil-L Mil 1" F» ,h. worn in .hifi.rn au M" 1 ,, I.-, eat. an* that would i|,' Ihit rilfomcovcr be i:'ia)(i-'v 1 ii"-'" 1 awav fluid. Aii ill told hiai of !n f]:ldli'd t.. i -i m: |i-(. l..oped •ind the air ,,, v- I" liraein^lv .. he ean." ii, ..i,. .i» ,: ,• n a •'•'v i i ii mid, a Jiit coming over the to tin- northwest attracted his '"'it mil. Although a considerable away, the boy wsis crtain •i^nre was not that of ,n.. ,f hn man- 'I v,' 1 i I r- I ,, ,. i i I 1 1 r"' 'iHarity I'tit Wl.a u ulkinu i: towsi ,) a-i- 1 'i i id i a- I 'pe s(i»' ..: I e\am a belated 'a ti -ts a -1, -i. «.us of so far ahead. 'a child, little "itrht. I'r-1 i v she. h:ul 1:MI SII claim where accn ia he care of tile •/'swiff and lu,d followed her u In), ii"' -aspectin^ that she iind hi'::, did not one-' h-ok ei dis her. Higher mid .didi'd the cloud. Now it was i aek above, but below it ami as it advanced seemed de lilotting iiiit th" landscape •_ reat. white itiljielletrabh* ]iall. im I I1 ti -111 an nu apj. ia til- far behind, 11 y and her was evidtJWt in zed his danger, for hi brisk run aiuld ashed 'tw ills hack. single instant little Jim Tin a 1! at ci wav 1 somber chnitf.'.-^Jt'S- iieross the sky and the iey i.urstsi.f wind, that sent. the. tumble weeds hurrying across the prairie, fol lowed each other in quick succession. Thi white wall below the black of the blizzard seemed eating the landscape away as it advanced. Th- man on foot, has "almost reached the wire fence of !lie claim, and at that instant the child from the gully and trotted helpie.-s'v forward. If he urged the MOIIV onward, little Jim could reach fheshatk before the inspector, hold ,he claim, and, at the same time, be, safe from thf blizzard's rage within ^Ije 1'ar of the shacL ]f lie attempted to -ave the thild ttiug along on the prairie, the in .hat'k nn 1 en was the dead to faee. I»Ut nd in his tie ttt®: tut and was ru-in-'iiwav at thetopot the animal's .Ipmftuua:- the little iigure of the 11. ,_ ctoi' would tind the 'ii!fil,:md then,te, tie iy dai^'fi- of the, blizzard lie hesitaicd sratvi- a se e s i i 1 e a IMHiv's head sharpi 1 ih,a lis in 11 -.J iine of white beneath 11:.- i .aeJc I,• 1 reaehed the top of the ri-f -..hen lit:! Jim. drew rein bet-ale tin '.child, and, in spite of the pony's almost frantie ef forts to be oil", bent and lifud her up bffore him on the saddle. Almost like a flash the pn:iv -pi"i,i-_c aw ay, mid behind them came tin- dull his- of the blizzard. As they tn/ned *•&/ /it /-I if'• U S sf- n I I.A !!li uiMn i«• m. a::d all a' ut w a s-•:i. !|sltini» mass ..f -now. that .-!)• I •. ward by tin- i- iiurrieaiie, •uuvd to cut tin? llesh like a knife, it i~ as if a midnight of whiteness •tiled upon them, and. strain his .-- bttle Jim could scan his jiony's ear-. Thedt iiied almost to T1 ie man closet 1 the our and sprang to where the p-my was, almost caress ing wifli his cold nose the stove, within which cracked a cheerful lire that a portion of the pine table had been ,-ae ritic.'d to kindle. As he strove to dis mount, little Jim's benumbed body si-enu to collapse, and lie tumbled to the floor with the !a!f-urcon'-ci'u4 child in Iris arms. An hour later, i:i spite of the bliz zard that hiss'-d wiiitoii there w a- ,-diack on Josh Hw-u's claim. Tin i--\ei nu:"!.! land i i- .a'tor al do-., to th" .\ e nnd iii l.i~ arms slept h's sin: il daughter u !r little Jim h.cd si heroic.-liy -eued from 1 terrible d-eafh in the iniz./.ar-i. .Near at hand sat lit tle Jim himsiaf. now comple'elv tliaw-ed out, and r-lating the storv ol 'sum's ague. Josh's a-i'ideni an».l Ids own emba.ivor to hold the claim. On the opposite side of the stove and as near as he could get without burning, stood the pony with the steam rising from his wet sides and his countenance showing as complete satisfaction as a horse's countenance is capable of ex pressing. When, after the blizzard was done, the story was told the Hydon brother* by the. inspector, Sam turned to Josh. "Wal, I'll be dad-gummed!' 1 1 1 lie said. "Me, too!" answered Josh. "Wal. he hold hit!" tho latter said, presently. "You bet! Sam answered, with em phasis. Sam and Josh, each cured of his in firmity, are growing daily more pros perous on their claims, to which, the required time having elapsed, the (iov crnnii'iit has given them deeds. In a certain (iovernment land oflice, is a young clerk whom the present in spector is sure will soon receive a pro I motion to an inspector-hip. Wheu over he vi-its th--ni, a« lie frequently does, the liydoni brothers sti.l all him little Jim and In* addresse., th.-m as Uncle Sam and Uncle Joh. TOM V. .Mr, .. -,N. —Miss Aii her adopted dt left he an, John Trait l'j P.-.-RSONAL AND LITER AH -•vlnevJS' Jii !sui w. n b, rrowi -v. I Uy lin, ..1 v of ticles. V $rii.A:?v w the n rk and e s'.i-'i ic.udi th ds :i\, .,v bi'hin.d 1 i• ii-. but fa.s'o th.-tn s i.,'--: speed e:iie the n -i.i:i_' ad oi b', i './.u i -,i. Then, a- they :i.!n -'aehed he ^ap ii i wire lee. it i :iied is if the day is.:'! suvl- T'i'- YI: i ,e heir hearts, ,.ia'i .!. a: 1.1 it a few minute-, at mo.-l 1 His benumbed h,a inir to the bridlf-rcin wa- cr ing in shrill tope that were whirled a'.vm at lit mid f: Mued I lieil a lie (all a 1 eea-eM |r '.cs and only moaned a: 1 1 Itiale »j:!ii !•'.! a if he ".Id fall i pless and il •'•'.'1 to tie- ground. animal sto])'ieil "i si d.!- i,i\ tS. l.e riders wer a'. m-.-t 1: a -1 a e i! TiaMa- was a dark, in :sti 11 (11 n.ass 11 betore t'p- ai-'s a se, :u a- little Jiiil UttiM'e ,1 \i 1 it opened a trill 1 and revealed ihedoof oftheshaek, and about the man's head that was thrust out for an instant, the sii- w w hilled and hissed, as if to punish iiim fur his temerity in facing its wrath even a little. With a bound the pony sprang forward, throwing the door open, almost knocking the man down, and as little Jim bent low over the limp child before him, nearly sweeping the two from his back as he forced his way to the welcome heat within. 'I .R-'ST pap 1 Y. di!i said: "There art 1 tw- 'rtir.£ every ••'•. Ii buying? Is 11:-* A. liroiisuii Aleotl ere it pwi ible. he wa eor.rteoi. 1 ••xees^. Il'i would have been polite tu Satan." President Eliot, of Ilar\ard, 'hat he disa]proves of all kinds of ir. tereolle^iate contests, an 1 v, ..n',d abol ish them if he had the p. HIT lefen :i mis:q)plie tt do so. Mr. (iladstouo rxhvays «pcvik» of i n u n i o n a n K i v His enenii"s claim th'i* th!- U I n MI ».f i. rlaiu ar -woman in the I'M-in-•-- IH*WS- heard from up to tlate is Miss Allies McMillan, the 1 ca.1 ed itor of the Seward J'c/tiorrat of Ni'bra.-• k i. She is but lifti-m e.n and an e\- dent news jrathen-r. -The story of tl 1 1 deep .M-h i- fin ox- pensive one. 'i i•»st of eonipiVin^ and publishing l'e ports of the ('hal ':••.•:• i i is said to have al i'i a-l ••.. tAn Ituudri 1 thousand poi.r-ds, 11.•: v,•fk lein^ still unliii- -1. W. ('1 nroop, c'iliior of the Mounl rii':,-:.:i! (la.) Free 1 'rc-c, \va writ in a 1'w ?ys a ro an article o:i the 1 ••".i i 1 nu ru :'s death from ovcr\\i" \. iilenly l.e paused, pu' his ii -art. fe O till! his ha iai Jloor a corpse. Jennie June, who recently became •"••prictor of jo-h s lUnk-, bc gan her literary caree:* at. lioekford, 111. Tor sonic time sU,. id her lite band, Mr. 'I'oly, ei.l 111 -1 a weekly pa pe" lii-a-a Tiicy failed to make the vent 1:!"• .1'. and return, to the East. (.'u^eii Victo-j recently oommis s 1-licit one of la-r loyal subjects in Washington to procure for her an auto graph of (ienera' Jackson, whom she much admired. The messenger secured a let!- written to a member of the House, in which the President said lie hoped Congress would pass u bill pro hibiting the delivery of mails Sunday. The United States is the only coun try i:i the civilized world that docs not plot literary man's property in his In. 1. as much as it protects his prop- i i v in his hoots. Ami yet "good e.', is :11d o'.l.erwi-e respectable :r"Uii iy ib-fending this iniquity as patriotic, and got rich ap propriating foreigners 1 productions' If the poor woman be an English wom an any thief may steal her story, rob her of her twenty-five dollars, and she can not get a copyright for it .so as to protect her ag.rinst the plunderers. HUMOROUS. A Western man says he never I knew the real meaning of a "red scent until ho went into an Indian wigwam.—Boston ttu'ktin. —"Will you give a penny to a little waif from Liverpool?" whined a ragged I boy, as he approached a man on Broad way. "You are a biir way from Liver 5 pool, my lad, so here's ten cenis," was the reply. Tejrus Hiflinqs. "How do you suppose the slang phrase '1 am laving for you.' originated?" asked the Casual Caller of the Snake Editor. "An old hen made that remark to her owner one day before Ea.ster, 1 Woman (to has given sonm you like y-a-n kin st while you're .-.tin' rainiu* so hard." 1 Li iiiitcd." 'J 1 was the re pi}-. in: 1 to whom she -Id potatoes) "It into the cowshed them Taters i*'« Tin mo "Thanks, .In ie. Au }', Do .• know. Mi-} Mabel I red why lny brajn is so in- No. Mr. Minus.wii, ii'-oi-y He— It is be often start a train of She "Ah, ye.-! The 1 »I i 11 iiuitcd Another Poet Crushed.- "Barber, I want my hair cut quite, short." "All right, sir but. you said tho last time you wen? in that you intended to let it. grow a foot long." "i know I did but the poetry I sent to the, magazines has been declined.--S^Urasl a S'alc Journal. I —Would-be author—"My greatest difliciilty is lack of speed in writing, I my fdeas flow faster than my ink.'* Cynical Acquaintance—"It is, indeed, a misfortune that your ideas should thus escape you, for I've noticed their I paucity in your book, my boy."—/os-. ton Budget. —Little Bertha tries to feed the cat some grapes, and on the cat refusing them tells her t-hat she will have tlieni again to-morrow. "But, Bertha dear," says her mamma, "cats don't cat. grapes." "Neither do 1 eat spinach," Bertha retorted, "and yet I ahvav* get it again." Frankfurter Zeituiuj. —Western editor (to assistant)- "Then* are several words in this Eu i ropeau correspondence that I am un able, to make out. See "u hat you caa do." Assistant, (after a vain effort) "Tht«y are all Creek to me." West*, eru editor (to ollice boy) "James, ask the European correspondent to step, here ni'-mcnt."—Life.