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sr?r?,'B- gfee WixtUin gailtj garble: gftuKsfa" ptorarfog, gxl XO, 1890. VQiiiSfpSii? LOSS. Something: Is gone; I know It by thi pain. But yesterday I had it; To-morrow, though I bade it, It would tint come again. Something is cone; What shall wo thatthing call? A touch, a tone, that thrilled me, A hidden joy that filled me! Say, that is all. And now 'tis sone. Lightly at first it came; The sky a, little colder. The heart a little older, All else the same. All clso'the same? O death, all covering sea! Come with, thy floods end drown me; That thing I sought to crown mo Was all the world to me. London Spectator. JOE LAMPORT'S JMTSEY. It was scfciMCThere'in the Forties that I took cbargo of the youn'.ters who camo to school in theol&Iog school house thai stood near Sycamore creek, in western Indiana, la those days tc'nool was 'Scepf rather than taught, and th teacher was the master by might as well aa by title. Like many other fcchoolmastera of hat day, I "boarded 'round "with the scholars' The school house was one of tho backwoods land a log cabio, with open fireplace and two windows, each a-dozen or more panes in liorizontal length, and but a single pane in height. Tho seats wore prknitivo, and tho two Jong plank desks rivaled the- windows in Jenpjth. l'egs in tho wail served for hats, .caps and bonnets, and ihelvns in tho corners .held dinner baskets and the like. Across tho creek from the bchool house, at -tho top of a hill ovrlookinz the -little valley 'through which Sycamore creek ran, stood the Lanlrfort cabin, a hewed log structure, two rooms and a Left in cizo. A foot log, chained at ono end to a treespanned tho stream just below tho ford, aud served as a bridge for foot passengers. The Lanklorts were looked upon asia set of nf-'cr-do-weite. Tne children were almost always tardy afc,sckool, though they lived so near tho school house. Thero'wero live of them in attendance. Jim. tho oldest, was in his fifteenth year; but he was corsidered somewhat feeble minded, tho result, it was said, of an injury received in early child hood. Kaxt came Sob, a boy of 11, and then Sally and really, I havo forgotten tho names of the other two. "An' ther"s two mora of us to home," said Bob to mo one day. "Jantsey an' the -baby." "How old isJintsey?" I inquired. "Oldor than me. Sho's noxt to Jim,' was "the reply. "I should thank she would liko to come to ,scbool with thojest o you," I remarked. "Courso she would, but she's got to help (mammy. Mammy, bha-a mighty poorly some times." "And. is 'Jint'wy' your sister "s real name?" "Well, wo call her that all but mammy. 3Inmmysho alius calls her Janie." It was a.queer loolang little figure which Ftood at tlio-thrashold of the school house one forenoon iot long after this conversation a 13-year-old girl, under sized, almost dwarf ish, but lithe m body and well proportioned, lexcept that one shoulder was slightly higher lhan the other. Her face had a prematurely jold and somewhat sickly look, but it was ligated up by oyes of peculiarly penetrating ,gaze. It was Joe Lankfort's Jintsoy. She had brought innch for her brothers and sisters, as she explained to mo in.alow and timid voice. She placed tho dinner basket on ono of tho shelves in tho corner, on the girl's side of the Jjouv?. "Mother's ailin' this mornia', and overy Ihing's late," she added, as she turned to tho door to leave. Then, attar a quick courtesy, she passed out and vmt homo. In tho courso of time I began boarding with the Lankforts. I found Joo Lankfort to lx one of the people who seem to enjoy life best when more or less miserable. Hia mam sourco of sorrow was an "everlastin' mortgage," as ho called it, with which his farm was burdened. This incumbrance stood in tho way of nil sorts of praiseworthy fcchomes, for Joo Lankfort was a man of good intentions. Ho would build a new bouso when bo had paid off "that everlastin' mortgage." Jmtsey should go to school "right straight along" when the mortgage was lifted. Tho ailing wife should have the "bsst doctors in tho state" but for the mortgage. The ailing wife and mother went about tho hono slowly, as if in constant pain from wno hidden malady, but doing domestic svico as though her ailment wero a mere trifle. But Jintsoy was it seemed to me, tho rul ing spirit of tho household. On her face the mother's oyo rested in reliance and confi dence: tho father's counxenanco grew loss anxious when Jmtsey r-poko to him; the j children seemed to regard Jinteey as mender in-chief of all childish woes and mishaps, nnc' thpv came to her continually with their petty I mala. I And Jim, tho simpleminded fellow, watch- ed his sister mttch as aa over obedient dog j waicnes uis master. i-iise a uog, 100, uu growled, snapped and snarled at tho rest j-ornetimes, but at tho feet of Jmteey ho wor sh.ped. To him her word was law. "Jmtsey can do more with Jim, when ho gits into ono of his mad spells, thau mo or tho o woman." Joj said. Joe Lankfort bad taken his wife "to see thii doctor" it was moro economical than uaking the doctor to come aud see the patieut I - and tha physician's decision, after a care f ,-J examination, w as brief. In a few words, w ltu perfect kindness, he told them the ti uth. Tlrs. Lankfort was doomed, aud when they -wi-nt home Uiey carried a burden beside Virion the morgago soMucd as light as air. "Unless a change for tho betwr takes place .soon, Mrs. Lankfort, the ca&o wul become in curable. Iu fact, nothing can euro you now; .but travel might benefit you eoaaiderably." Toat evouing, just before bedtime, Mrs. Larkfort called Jirusey into the kitchen. Th daughter laauod, as if tired, against tho jamb of the fireplace, as her mother sat down an tha only chair in the room. "Janie."' said tha mother, after a brief s.ifiice, "Jsui. l'vo got soiaethin' to say to yon. Tm sickly, yon know, an' tho doctor isys I've got to take a journey a long jour-r-V." Tho girl looked quickly into her mother's face in awouaering way. "An' you'll have to look after things white Tm gone, Jmne," the mother wont on to say, ".a my plaee, Janie, f'r tho house work'll have to go on jest the tame." JaniojshSCted her position until her fore liead rested on her forearm, and she looked trsisbt in th half empty fireplace. For tae indefinable- cauco sho dreaded to look 1 ,ir in her mother's face. "You know how tho housework is done, Janie. You won't h&Vf much rouble to git through with that. What I'm bothered .tbout is your pap an' the mortgage. Mebbe, though, he'll git through somehow. An' Jim! Poor Jim, he's got yech a teoip-r when he's roused up! I'm so afeartl that it'll git I mi iato trouble. Yi v know he baint j,r1R"r N- -"r,- '- -. heart halted When Baby was sick, we gate hsr Cistorts, When she was a Child, she cried far Castorta, When she became Mte, she dung to Castorio, Whea she hid CfeiWran, she gave tiem Castarfa, a moment in Its teatln "haint been quite rghfc Eence the horse kicked him that time. You'll havo to look after him a-right smart, Janie." "Are you goin' to be gone f'r a long time, mother?" Janie asked, as it began to dawn on her mind that this was to be no ordinary absence. "F'r a long time, Janie, 'cordin1 to what the doctor say3.' "Where d' you iavo to go to, mother? The girl dropped at her mother's knee as she asked the question. The mother reached down, and with both arms drew her daugh ter to her bosom. "Janie! Janie! Janie! Don't you under stand? Them that takes the journey never comes back agin." The daughter flung her arms around her mother's neck and sobbed in utter abandon ment of grief. The mother's heart was too sad for tears. At length Janie grew calmer. For many minutes mother aud daughter sat in fcilence, while tho teakettle in the fireplace sang a mournful plaiut, and tho clock, the mantel's only ornament, beat time to the sad tones. A step was heard at tho door leading from tho living room, and the next moment tho father entered. Janie rose and glided up stairs to her cob in tho loft. Joo Lankfort looked inquiringly at his wife. 'Tve told her," she said. He bent over his wife and kissed her on tho forehead without a word. Then he hastily went out at the door through which he had entered. Left alone, a far away look came into tho woman's eyes, and an expression of resigna tion took tho place of the sadness. Her house was in order now. Sho had only to wait in patience. And she had not long to wait. Within a fortnight there was a fresh mound in the neighborhood .graveyard. A rough slab of sandstone stood at the head of tho mound, to bo replaced by a gravestone "when tho mort gage is paid off," the bereaved husband said. The burdens of the Lankfort household henceforth bore heavily on Jintsoy's shoul ders, but sho went bravely to and fro, and if bhe ever faltered no ono knew it but herself. Sycamore creek was "up big, an' still a-raism'," when old Hudnut, tho gray haired, ill tempered and close fisted holder of tho everlastin' mortgage" crossed it on his way to Joo Lankfort's for his annual "intrust." As the old man did bis own collecting, ho took his own time for it, and that is how it camo about that iu the evening ho sat down to the supper table where Joo Lankfort's Jintsoy, now budding into womanhood, pre sided as hostess. This duty she performed with so much dignity that the old man's at tention was attracted, as, after the fashion of early days, ho helped himself to the eat ables set before him. In the course of tho meab the guest had oc casion to comment on the delicate flavor of some apple'butler. "It is just like my mother-usodto make," said he. "Is it somo of your manufacture' he asked, turning to Janie. "It is some that mother made; some that we've kept ever since sho died," said Janie, with a little embarrassment. It was a triOing incident, but, curiously enough, the old fashioned flavor of tho applo butter reminded tho old man of his boyhood's days, the days of a sweeter and more gen erous life. For tho moment his heart was lender, and ho fully appreciated tho saerilico made by his young hostess in setting before an unwelcome guest the treasured work of loved hands. Ho nto on in silence, and, lost in the dopths of his remimscont mood, forgot for a while the avarice and selfishness of his later life. But Jim, simple minded fellow, grew moro and more angry as he saw his dead mother's dainty disappear before the old man's appe tite. "Don't let ole Hudnut havo a bit o' that,' ho had said to Janie whilo she was setting tho table. "It's too good f'r hun." But Janie considered her duty to her guest, even though he held tho ''everlastin' mortgage." "Go and fetch Mr. Huduut's horse, Jim," said tho father to his son, as soon as supper was euded. Thero was a dangerous gleam of mischief in Jim's eyes as ho went out. Janio saw something was wrong, and followed her brother to tho stable. "What's the matter, Jim?" sho asked. He did not answer, and she repeated the question sharply. "Kothin' much,"' ho said. "What are you goin' to do? Out with it, Jim!" Sho spoko in a tone of authority. "Goin' to put a couplo o' cuckle burrs un der old Hudnut's saddle, that's all," said tho boy, as ho opened the stable door. "3Souo o' your nonsense, Jim. You know what mother'd say if sho was livin'. Xon jest soddlo that horse right, an' don't you go to playiu' any o' your tricks on Mr. Hud nut." Then sho dropped her voice to a kmdly tone, and added: "Do jest what's right, Jim. Tho man that cats at our table must bo treated jest liko ho was our Iriend, Jim recollect that." Sho returned to tho house, and Jim obeyed tho order, as Janio well know ho would, though why he didnotarr' out his original plan he could not have explained. Perhaps lie began tojook upon the guest as a friend of the family, as Janie's last remark seemed to make him. It was growing dark when Hudnut mount ed his horse to start home. Lankfort cau tioned him about tho ford : "It'll bo purty nigh midsides to your horse, an' you'll havo to draw your feet up or you'll git 'em wot. Don't eer- straight across f'r t'other side jest turn a right smart up stream. If you don't you'll git into ten foot water at the fur end o' tho foot log. Bo might- koerfui, now."' "Oh, I'll havo no trouble in crossing," said the old man, as ho started oST. Hudnut gave his horse the rein, and, yield ing to his mood, begau talking to himself. It was a habit he had. "That Lankfort girl is a real little lady, ain't she, Hudnut!" he was saying as his horse stepped into tho swollen stream. "What a pity they're so poor Whoa! Hold on, here! How was it. Hudnut? Steer a little up stream, or straight across f ' He hesitated a moment, and then started straight for the landing opposite. Iu a quarter of a minute rider and horse were floundering in the "ten foot" hole of water at the end of th foot log. Somehow the old man lost his scat aud v as carried by tho current against the foot log. which ho caught with both hands, and was out of im mediate danger of drowning. He was on the up stream side of the log, and the current held lum against it with such force that be strove in vain to climb out of the water. In bis boyhood ah, hia happy boyhood! be could swim ; but with chilled and rheumatic limbs he dared not make a trial cow. Ho was fast growing benumbed with cold. What else could ho do but call for help! He shouted onoe, twce, thrice eaoh time with all his might. The last two times he fairly shrieked, for he began to realiao the gravity of wie situation. It was these last cnae tfbich Janie's ears caught as she opened the door to admit Jim with a big armful of wood. "WhatV that, Jim P she askfd anxiously. "It's somebody at the tord,"' she addod as the c?y was repesiwL "The lantorn, quick, ! Jim! Bob, run,rotis3 stahio and call fatberF ! Without waiting aa instant, the girl dashed ( out at tho froat gate and ran full speed down the hill toward the ford. As she reeched the ', border of the stream, aaothsr call for help '. was heard. ' "Don't give up help sa-comiaT shoe ted j Jaai in return. It was too dark to se dis- j tiactiy tho f ituaaoa. and she dur4 not try , to croa m sbc foot lee. '. "Where cr yonf axtd Laskfort, as toon i as ae aad Jim had reached the csat with j the laatesra. ! "Hare agcisst tie foot log!" w the reply, i mzed tho voice, In spite of its sliaky fbrie3. "Hang on, an' we'll soon git you out." Taking the lantern in his hand, Lankfort started to cross. His weight caused the foot log to sag a little; it dipped into the current, and the waves, in somo places, dashed over it. There was no danger that tho log would be swept completely away, for it was chained at the Lankfort side of the stream; but there was the risk of being thrown into the stream in case the ourrent should prevail against the unchained end of the log. Lankfort went slowly forward until he reached the chilled and almost exhausted old man. By this time the rest of the Lankfort family wero at the water's edge. Just as Lankfort stooped to lift Hudnut to a safer position.'a large stick of floating tim ber was carried full tilt against the foot log. "Hang on f'r dear life!" shouted Lankfort. "Hang on, an' the foot log'll swing 'round to shore. It's chained at t'other end." Old Hudnut needed no second bidding. Dropping on his knees Lankfort managed to fend off the "rail cut"' which had caused the mischief. In tho meantime the foot log, held by tho chain, swung around, carrying its-freight of human life to shallow water. When Hudnut reached the shore he could scarcely walk. Jim and his father helped tha old man up the hill to tho house, where he was made comfortable. But the shock was too severp, and Hudnut's ago too great, to make his recovery an easy thing. For days ho lay ill, and all tho whilo Janio trott-d around caring for his wants, busy among her brothers and sisters, and keeping up the housework just the same. There was no thought of heroism on Janie's part. She was just trying to fill mother's place, and that was all she thought about it. Tho day after the old man was brought to the house, when the chill was on him, and when he refused food, Janie camo in with a small dish in her hand. "You seemed to sort o' like this applo but ter,'' sho said. "Don't you think you could eat a little o' that?" There were no "airs5 about Janio in this little proceeding. Hudnut was "company," and that was enough. Tho old man took somo of the butter, and now and then some more of it,' with other food. "I'm getting quito braced up," said he. Hardened as the world took tho old money lender to be, all this unconscious self sacri fice was not lost on him. By and by he was ready to go home. Jim brought his horse, and with some difficulty tho old man mounted to tho saddle. "Look here, Lankfort," he said, as he sat still before starting, "I've been some trouble to you and your daughter, and I'll settle it with you one of these days." "Wo don't make no charge, Mr. Hudnut," said Lankfort, with sudden dignity. "Aud I'm a thousand times obliged to you besides,"' said tho old man. Then, lifting his hat to Janie, who stood in the door, the old man bowed with old fashioned grace. Re peating his bow to tho rest of tho family he touched spurs to his horso and rode away. Naturally Lankfort was disappointed, for tho old man's promise of settlement "ono of these days" was not very assuring. Of courso "no cbargo" was made, but Lankfort could not help thinking, " 'Tam't easy f'r a poor man, this sort o' thing, besides" and then ho went about his work, mumbling over something about tho mortgage. But poor Jim, who had groomed tho old man's horse so faithfully, was downright an gry, and gave vent to his feelings freely, the children indorsing his sentiments as ho gave them utterance. Even Janie caught tho con tagion of dislike, and sighed as sho took up her daily duties. "Now, Hudnut,Vsaid the old man to him self, as he crossed tho stream, now placid enough, "now, Hudnut, you'vo got to do tho haudsome thing by the Lankforts. I'll toll you what j-ou'd better do, Hudnut in fact, you'vo got to do it. Figure out tho amount , of interest which Lankfort has paid on that j mortgage and deduct it from the principal. ' Eh? Better give up the mortgage and take his note for the balance, Hudnut and bo easy I on him, too." i After riding on awhile in silence the old man resumed his conversation with himself: j "You can do better than that, Hudnut. Old man, d'you hear? Bogood all over, Hud nut, while you are about it" Ho chuckled as he spoke. "Instead of keeping that nolo for the balance, suppose you just deposit it iu the j bank to tho daughter's credit, with tho un- j dcrstandiQg that she is to have the interest as long as the principal of the note is unpaid. That's it, nudnut! Fix it up just that way." . And so, bo it said to tho old money lender's lasting credit, Joo Lankfort's "everlastin' mortgage" was transformed into a blessing to poor hard worked Jmtsey. And thus a now era dawned upon the ne'er-do-wells of ' the hewed log cabin on tho hill. Lucius Goss in You tli's Companion. Wonderful Tiagcr Kinc. Medicated rings, having the supposed power of alleviating or curing disease, can bo traced into the misty past back as far aa tho timo of Marcus Aurelius. Trolian, a physiciau of tho Fourth century, possessed a signet riug ujion which was engraved a repre sentation of Hercules strangling tho ISamsean lion, and which was reputed to bo a certain cure for colic. The English king, Edward the Confessor, was presented with a ring of romarkablo powers. It was a never failing cure for the epilopsj- in any of its stages. After the death of Edward it was kept in Westminster Abboy for several centuries. St. Louis Iieoublic. Cost of European Parliaments. The most expensive parliament is the , French, since, according to the returns for ' the year 1S3S, the two French chambers cost no less than 12.1-i3,0SS francs. 2ext in order ' follow the Spanish- parliament, with 2,229,205 ; francs: the Italian, 2,150,000; tho Austrian, , 1,S10,6';7; the British. 1,293,000; the Belgian, . 000,121, and tho Portuguese, 7o3.000 francs. The German parliament (reichstag) costs the least of all viz., 479,037 francs. Frankfur ter Zeitung. Hotter Go on Z'oot. In Woods county, O., lives a boy 14 years eld named Johnson, whoso father, mother and two brothers havo been killed a&"various Jinies within tho last five years by being thrown out of a wagon. He thinks walking good enough for him, and wiil not even ride on the cars. Detroit Free Press. Saccharine is a substance 300 times as sweet as sugar. It comes in packages of about 150 ! sounds, and is stunningly gotten up, regard- jass of expanse, and is incased in aoopskfrts, bnstles, velvet bodices and silk goTms. Sich- j mend Recorder. I Wring Hia cfc. Waiter (coolly) Did you ring, sir? j Guest (angrily) Did I ring? Well, I like , that. Why, man, if Pdbesn ringing; for the ' lire department and tbey came no quicker than you tha city wodd be in asbe; by th3 , ttoc ' Waiter flcily) Probably, sir! I'm not in- J terested in real estate hereabouts. L;wrance i American. j One Ailrantas, j Mrs. Blinder I'm so nervous aboai fire, ! especially now that that hotel has bees built ' on ibe lower corner. Mr. Blinder Oh. don't worry; we are safe. Spink's coal yard i&Locweea oar boose and ire awffl. ingrs protecuon eeogga. xus coal never bems. Harpert Baxar. Knpld Transit In OiIchs. Passenger Bound for the Scberbs (waking soddesly from a protracted sieepr Cowdee tor, wast station k ihisf Conductor Chicago. We havea't got owt of tho dwot yc Chicago Tribeas. Urew Ike Andlewce, Any tray. A western clerTymsn drew a large coagr- j gallon U near htm preach on "Looktzrj Backn &rr by anoouncxas his subject ib d- ; vance, and thn dettvored a disooerse on Iijts wifa. Watcrbnrr frrrrfr" PUNISHMENTS OF SEAMEN. rhey Are Often Illegal and Sometime Marked by Great Cruelty. The trouble on tho United States warship Enterprise, recently ventilated in the course of the inquiry at the Brooklyn navy yard, -wherein McCalla, HANGIXCJ BY THE THTOIBS. the captain of the vessel, appeared as defendant, has called general attention to tho severe and often unlawful pun ishments inflicted on seamen. Confine ment, deprivation of shore liberty, or a reduction of rating are the only sen tences lawful under tho laws of the United States, yet ever and anon stories reach the land of the terrible treatment received by Forecastle Jack at the hands of his captain or some other magnate of the quarter deck. The illustrations given ghow some of the "milder" sorts of pen- THE SPREAD EAGLE. alties incurred for such offenses as in solence, drunkenness, or overstaying shore leave. The devices of a martinet or a severe officer may include tortures never dreamed of by Dante when writ ing his "Inferno." Gen. Eclienck's I-ong I?ullic Service.. Less than a generation ago Robert Cumming Schenck was noted as a- sol dier, a diplomat and a leader in public affairs. His recent death at Washing ton at the ripe ago of 81 brings him for the last time, outside the pages of perma nent history, into public promi Wd nence. He was V..'! born at Fran O., in 1S09 ceived a college education, served in the state legis lature and was in GEX. R. c. SCHENCK. congress a3 a Whig from 1842 to 1851. He spent two years as minister to Bra zil, and at the breaking out of the civil , war entered tho conflict on the side of J the north as a brigadier general. Ho was in the field two years, and then resigned because of his election to congress from an Ohio district. He served three term3. ! He was minister to England in 1S70, and , in 1871 was one of the Alabama claims i commissioners. After his retirement from that board he participated little in public affairs. European War Rumors. Spring brings with it the annual crop of war rumors from Europe. Bulgaria's throne is as shaky as ever, and tho situa tion in that principality is said to be very menacing for the peace of the states in the Balkan peninsula. Trouble in the Bal kans will, of course, involve the great powers to some degree at least, and may lead to an ultimate appeal to arms. The white laundrymenof thoeast, par ticularly New York city, have combined for the purpose of securing tho business j that now goes to their Chinese rivals. The attempt has proved so far success ful as to elicit a letter of protest from Shen Woon, the Chinese consul at New j York. Lawyer, Soldier and I'nbllc Man. i Governor E. W. McComas, who died j recently at Fort Scott, Kan., after a long i and well spent life, was noted for one , peculiarity he disliked to have anything j published regarding himself and declined i tJ tell his age. It is known, how ever, that he was born in Cabell county, Ya., was educated in Ohio, and began the practice of law in the state of his birth. Ho served as captain of in fantry during the war with Mexico, afterwards en tered the Virginia legislature. ancLin 1S52 was elected lieutenant governor on the ticket with Governor Henry A. Wise. This place he resigned- on removing tc Chicago, whero be resumed work at bis jprofesskm and gained art-enviable stand ing as th bar. In 1S3? he became chief editor of The Chicago Tiroes, and held that position nntil tho pj-Fsr "sas pur chased by tae late Wilbur P. Storey. He went to Nebraska in 1S7S, and finally lo cated at Fort Scort, Kzn., where he died. The later years cf iiLs life weredevoted to literary work. CerO Sal Two hdie girb wrt payiR together. One praeaded that sb was Mrs. Liaoota, aad tJe otaec hai sfa uras Krs. GarfieltL Mrs. Gsrifeld wes c&Iuas oa Mrs. Liacofc, aad when si -was about so leave Mrs. Lta ooin.id: "I sbculd be iefimA V aar jog ramais all nifhi. Mr. GarSeJd." to waiea Xra Gar field reohad po.:tiv iteatsbe wooM btfimtfd to da so. bat Lhax ib had bo aizte. ill iai ml f ber. Oh, wdl." crrfrfe-rf Mrs liaoola. oar- dialrj. "1 oaa lead yse ea o bcitirs I iiiidrtir-:rrirs CfecTTer. l rn i tr-v- .r-tjvi . ,Efh.&A- iVfU SifUm. a. -H Ms if , ffiri, i E. vr. M'CCOSAS. FOR FORTY" YEARS A FIGHTER. The Xon and Arduous SIUHsry Career of the Zate Gen. Crooi, Tho great cavalry fetdess of fhs war on the sido of tha northern states of tho Union have nearly alf "jahtBifk&xa&jxiby." Sheri dan, Caster and Eilpatrfck live now only In history, and: ths recent demise of Gen. George Crook adds a fourth to tho distinguished group. Gen. Crook wss in many respects a typical American soldier. Bern a Dayton, 0., In 1S29, he entered West Faint in 1S4S, and hi3 life from that on. till its closo was nearly always filled in with active aad ardu ous work. His first erperienca in the field was during tha Indian wars -which mark tho early history o2 California. In 1857 he broke tb power of tho coast In dians, and during the sice years preceding the civil strif o he came in contact with near ly every savage tribe west of the Rocky mountains. In lSJIha entered tha service of the north as commau dcr of anOiaoregi- 3jJ& mest, and gradu- rij;j any ruio iotuuu (SSp various graues io that of major gen eral of volunteers end brevet bnga- GES1. GEORGE diOOC dier general in the regular service. However, hi3 actual rank was the same at the closo of the war as nt the beginning he was still a captain. In IS08 he he was made lieutenant colonel of the Twenty-third infantry, end in November of that year tho general, who hod lately controlled tho movements of (30,000 men, was engaged in leading sixty soldiers against the savages ofldaho. His campaigns against the Apaches and the Sioux cover tho years from 1S75 to l&SG, and as an Indian fighter his name will ever re main inseparably connected with tha history of tho west. At tho time of his death he held the rank of major general, and was in com mand of tho department of the Missouri with headquarters at Chicago. Six Cents for a Blighted Zotc An ungallant jury awarded damages re cently in the small sum of six cents to a mid dle aged maiden lady who claimed to bd the victim of misplaced confidence. Despite her threescore years sho had succumbsd to the tender passion and vowed to wed a musical gentleman of half her age. The marriage day approached and the trousseau was ready, also tho lady, but at the last moment tho wooer grew cold and cried off from his bargain. Then tho law was appealed to, but it has granted little satisfaction; for how can a pal try sixpence compensate for tho loss of a hus band? At any rato, though, the verdict has placed tho lady in a proper light before the world and once again shown that "men are jray deceivers ever." J. Y. Scammon Eventful Careen. The career of the lato Jonathan Young Scammon, who died recently at Chicago, was of that varied nature which characterizes the lifo history of may prominent men, particu larly those who aro Americans. He began as a lawyer, drifted into railway construction, identified himself with the causae! education, went into politics, managed a bank, founded an insur ance company, es tablished three newspapers, saw b i s great wealth swept away by the disastrous fir o of 1S71, and spent tha fi closing years of his life in an endeavor to pay his debts and achieve a compe tence. Mr. Scam mon was born in J. T. scajtmox July, 1S12, at Whitefiold, Me., and went to Chicago in 183o, where ho passed the remain der of his life. Besides tho business enter prises with which ho was connected, several public institutions owe their existenco to his care and munificence. Ho endowed the Chi cago Hahnemann hospital, paid for the erec tion of a Swedenborgian church, donated an observatory to tho Chicago university and defrayed all its current expenses for several years, and was an ardent supporter of and contributor to the Chicago Historical society. Yet a little before his death ho told a friend that he "didn't know where to place his hand on a $o bill he could call his own." Hat Killed Many Mllllotr Ho;:. The champion hog sticker of the country Is probably John Wesley Haslett, of Kansas City. He has spent fourteen years as a pack ing houso employe, and regards tho killing of 2,000 hogs a fair day's work. Figuring on that basis, and allowing 800 working day3 to a year, it would appear that duriug bis career Haslett has presided at the obsequies of near ly 8,600.000 porkei-3. The largest number ever slain by him in ten consecutive hours was 4,01b. Despite the fact that his hands are daily dyed in blood, Haslstt is a mild mannered man of domestic hahits, whoso peaceful dreams are never disturbed by tho ghosts of bis innumerable victims. A Knif Blade in Ills Brain. A pin prick may kill a man, and again ho may survive the most serious Injurias. This is so well established as a surgical axiom that the doctors are not often surprised. But the results of a po!t mortem at the London hos pital recently gave ample cauw for ajtonfOi ment. The "subject"' had died of phthisis. On opening the he&d the br&in was found to bo normal, but protruding through the left sido of too temporal bone and lying between the convolutions of tho bra.n tho operating sur geon discovered part of the blade of a knife. The bono bad healed on the surface and thero were no marks on the skv.lL A curious accident partially blockaded traffic on Broadway, Cew Ywk city, the other day, for several hours. An ice wajjon aud a truck collided. The horrs hitchfd to the former vekicle slipped against the guard to a man hole, pushed it &4de and fell ia, so that only the bed and fore legs remained above ground. Aftfr tho horso bad died the body was hauled out with a derrick. Th scn2 attracted thousands of spectator. , K How n Farrcd a Cortoner. "loot here, young n," itd tas lady to the shoe clerk, "I dor.'t wear any nsca bo as this h is a seTec" "A seven: Lt rae res. Oh, y; it wa a mistake la stampias: tb number. Tnym how got a figure 2 upside down.-"2-- . "i . - Sa-i t?SJ V smmm wwSw N.W "Tl mSNJ-srWK5i Tf 2 V 9 V . A . w rl?1 m "' V SK y w p-aS , -. . 3 . f -ja;F 'w - y-gag?j i. 'mwi S?Sr5m a3 iS ' im&&. & rJ'---vT r.i-sx &wm s & aj w m i JE2"T?' before they gofrSapwib. s -s-1- --'gL fife proverb r5,n "The pa,n seys to the pohKeep off- or you'll smutch m If yoer grocer s&uis joa szjtMnz in place t SATOLIO, scsd it back aad insist npon bariasjast Tribal yon onkrL SAPOUO sIttsj rfres saUsctij. Oa floors, tables aad painted Trerfc it acts liie ic&sra. Fw kwsHb? poU, peas aad xaetefc it h& no renal. Eroryl&bc fWes aller H, a erea tkt cMI dren deHrltt ia ttsln? R Is their ztUm?is t iI? xrms4 Um heic STN-OCST iIOR&AS S053 CO.. "BW YOKS. 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Train will beat tho record on his tiip around the world?" "I hope not." "You hope not! Why o' "Well, I think it would bo nice if hi were to give up when he got about half way around and stay there."" Lowtll Citizen. "rV-cro rt Trent To. Ha (at brcaifet) I shall never ask. you again what you do with your pin money, my dear. She Why not, nenry! He riMve found out. I stepped on aboa sis hundred of tho darned things when I got borne last night. Lawrence American. William L. Hilton, of Franklin, Ky.t when on his dvath bod last June, thrwwr a package containing 3200,000 into tlif firu ratber than leave anything for his wife to iaheri. It was supposed to have bocn cnasuxiti, bnt re cent development o to taoa- that it was rescued, and detective and iawvnrs haTe stepped in and are now earchiag for tbe fortune so strangely muring. A Mil&neso inventor U wild to bare pro duced a simplified phonograph whtch rapro duce all iorte of sound with marvelous ac caracy, aad which is neitbar cosily ia con struction or liable to get out of order. Tho big coal strike in Yorfcifcire, England, involves the idleneca of 3B0,0U) minor. An equal number of worker in otkr trad- are ciso unemployed as a coBec-qttcnoe of tbe dtf-ficaJ'sJ-. Odd SnpenUUmi of the Itrc! AfmMe. According to (.rtmm.it ix tbtt Cevii br, ' out of wsos znoath.i the sua! mas m '.' tcape of a red mouse. Tare we are told ' -. in Thcnngia a rvinl. girl fell oalep wbii her companions were eheOto; note, -nhmn ' tbey observed a little red lnowo creep out her-parwl lips &wl ran out of tic wtatow. One of thoc present &fao-jk tits akqprr, bat, not swcrdu in awftkeotaj her, sieved br to tm other room. PrcscatZy tiue tacte re turned to where tha girl bmd btn antiac but, not findfo: her, vnihd Tae girl died insUmily. A mnier cutting urrwood in tba Biaek ?orft fefl aiieep over hi week. Hi eoci p&atea wtw a mc2? cx vp oA of hit lammth aad rem away. Otbrs were called d a thorough stares auj for ta mrjox, bwt k could not bo I ctoi. TH xsilkr w-rrer at, ok. In Sohsaila. it win formerly ceBUoVre -tn geroox to al-p wka thtrUy, tm tta aol wac Mire to lt&ve &?- body in march of water.- C Low Jtapcfabc. - Business Manager. SPBCIAI i. Our Scale Rooks arc Printed on Good Paper. riUCIi LIST: Single Rook $ 75 Three Uooks 200 Six Hooks ttW Single Itook by mail, prepaid .... SS Address, THE IVICITTTA KjIGLE, JFicftfta. Kansas. R. P. inRlOCR, itusinma Maantcur. 1 UJMCSU4MTED WITH THr GtOOS?r OF TMC COUVTSyVnU CilAtN MUCH IMfOflVATION ffOU A TUCV OF THll IMP Of TMJ Quean MIM & Pacifie By. Including X.ine T.r-at and "Wnnit of tb Vhioarl IUvr Tha Direct Route to on it from OHICAOO. ROCK ISLA5TD. DAVBKPORT. D8 2COINWJ, OOUNCII, BLCTT8. "WATXHTOWX. SIOV3C FAJLL8. SSrNKZAJPOI.TS. 8T PAUI ST. JO XVII. ATCII1BON. 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Spirit Lake aad atoaa yalW via Bcxk ZaUnd. The Tavartte Llaa to 'Watrtow3. Blotix Fall. th Rummer Ktarta aad Ilunttoe aad TUoiss Orounda of tha JTartaw uu Tha abort L via Sosec and Kaakakae affort facUHiaa to travel to aad from TadLaaapotU. Cta OHMtt aKl otfeer Boutfeera potata. For Tckt, Xm, Foidrm. or drtred laftmca Uoa. apsly at aay Coupoa Ticket OBm, or addre E. ST. JOHN, JOHN SEBASTIAN, Gael Xanajcer On". Tkt. Ct Put At- CHICAGO. ILL. MISSOURI :-: PACIFIC BAILWAT. Tho raoH popnJar Tont to Kansan Olty, Ht, Ixmls and Clilcaffo ana all Pola ta JB&Kt aed KortX alao to Hot Bprtnzs, JLrk., ew Orleaaj, Florida, azul'ail jmtalM Bo nth aad .South oast. SOLID DAILY TEAIHS -wrrwxio- St Louis, Kansas City, Pueblo and Denver, -TTB- Pnllinaii Buffet Sleeping Car3 -TU TXE- COLORADO SHORT LINE Tfc SbarUft HanUi to fit. Loals. 5-DAiLY TRAINS-5 aAKSAS OKI TO t7. LOUIE f PsllwaE limit'l Strpinz Cars. 4r KocUaSac Chair Oanu H C. 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