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DO TOUK BKST,
TS fa all well to drift idly so,
life's steady stream in its silent flow
May cany na down from the hi.ls of light
ZbSo the dark and desolate night,
nt is not well to work idly no.
'Toe life we lire and seeds we cow
"Will bring us a hsrrest soon or late.
Of peace or pain 'Us the wjll of fate.
It f s well to wish evil po,
.Not to oor most Implacable foe.
The years of time m their rapid flight
"Will crash the wrong and reward the right,
bearing us swift comes eternif y's night,
And jiutloe la sore, if slow.
PhaadelpMa Time$.
MY SALLY ANN.
When de 'possum is a-slttin'up in de tree.
An' dered bird's a-hoilerin' mighty high,
in' de coin am a-marvin in de hot summer air,
An' de clouds goes a-sailin' 'long by,
On. den I tink of my Sally Ann,
De Taller girl up by de creek,
Jul' slap my hoe on de bright red sau',
Fo Til tee her de en' ob de week !
O Sally Ann! Sally Ann!
Busy as de bee.
She's de girl fo me!
When de ole sweet tater'a a-growin' mighty fas',
An de squash an' de pumpkin very flu',
When de ote turkty-gobblin goes a atrutten' pas,
An' de water-melon's rip' to de tin',
On, den I tink of my 8 ally Ann,
De y&llar gal up by de creek,
JLn I work mighty iss' an I hoe up de Ian,
Fo I'll see ber de' 'en ob de week!
O Sally Anu! Sally Ann!
Fin' as you kin see,
Sally Ann! Sail!
She's degal fo' me!
Tf ollie Wilson's Burglar.
Mary Wilson had passed the first
seventeen years of her life in a country
village; then she went to the city to visit
her brother and found its attractions so
alluring that six months passed away
and the time of her return to country
life was, as yet, indefinitely postponed.
For two months previous to her visit her
untry friends had vied with each other
in telling her tales of the cunning, the
wickedness, the subtiiity of the city
sharpers, pickpockets and burglars, until
the idea became firmly fixed in her
mind that she was going into a den of
thieves; but as yet, she had met with no
adventure worthy of note, and was fast
teaching the conclusion that city people
were no worse than their country neigh
bors, when something occurred which
caused her, for a short time at least to
change her mind. But of this, more
.anon.
She was still heart whole,although she
Jhad been sought by several very eligible
suitors since her arrival in the city, for
she was a pretty girl, very desirable for
her own sweet pake, but stHl more so as
Mary Wilson, sister of the wealtny and
influential lawyer Wilson, and this was
how matters stood, when one Sabbath
-she chanced to see a stranger in the
pew adjoining her brother's, and could
not help seeing that the stranger was re
garding her with admiring eyes, very
handsome eyes they were, too, but Bhe
tried to dismiss all thought of him, and
them, as she had done of others on simi
lar occasions, bat found it impossible.
Those dark eyes presented themselves to
her mental viBion with a persistency for
which she could not account.
On Monday evening her brother
"bought tickets and invited his wife and
sister to attend alecture; and Miss Mollie
caught herself wondering, as she donned
iier cloak and hat, if the dark-eyed gen-
ueman wou a oe mere, and if be would
xuujf. at xier. one iouna ine lecture in
sufferably dull, and concluded, after a
time, to return home. She whispered
this intention to her brother, who saw
her to his carriage, and giving instruc
tions to the coachman to return for
them, he went back to his wife, while
Miss Mollie was driven rapidly home
ward. Arrived there, she left her hat
and cloak in the hall and ran lightly up
the stairs to her room. The door was
partly open, although she was sure she
'iiad closed it, the gas was turned low as
'She had left it, and in the half light she
saw, before she reached the doorway, a
man in the room. His back was toward
Jier, and he was walking toward a large
-closefcat the other side of the apartment.
iHe opened the door and stepped inside.
One glance told her that the key was in
the lock; she ran swiftly across the room,
her feet making little or no sound on the
thick carpet "Confound it," she heard
him mutter, "why can't tney leave things
where a fellow can find them?" "Yes,"
"she though t,"her first surmise was cor
rect; it was a burglar." Like a flash she
threw herself against the door and turn
ed the kf-y. She was terribly frightened,
rant! ielt quite sure that she should faint,
-but hb her prisoner made no demonstra
tions beyond trj ing the door gently, this
tiasiiigcsoon wore off. She turned on the
gas and drew a chair in front of the closet
.door, where she eat down to consider
w"hat it would be beBtto do. If she called
the servants they would be frightened;
there would be noise and confusion, and
.perhaps ne would get away. If she went
'down after a policeman, he might get out
while she was gone; no, she would stay
where she was and keep guard until her
brother should return. She had surely
caught him, and did it very neatly, too;
and the more she thought of it the braver
and more jubilant Bhe grew. She wished
he would speak; she was anxious to
know how he felt about the situation.
Presently he did speak; he had a very
pleasant voico; he tried the door again
-and asked:
"Who locked that door?"
And she answered promptyl, "I did."
" What for?"
"Why, to lock you in there, of course,
ana 1 aonc intend that you: shall get
away euner.
There was silence for a minute or two;
hen the prisoner remarked: "Don'tyou
think this joke has gone far enough,
Jlollie, dear? Now let me out. There's
darling."
"Oh you wretch you villian ! How
dare you?"
"How dare what?"
-"Why, call me that."
""Thought it was my sister. By Jove,!"
lie exclaimed in a lower tone. Then he
bent down and lookod through the key
'hole. This was what he saw: A grace
ful girlish figure, robed is some soft,
clinging material; a bright, self-reliant
. lace, framed by masses of fluffy brown
hair. It took him some time to make
'.these observations, for the key-hole was
so small that be could see but a part of
the yretty picture at once. Then he re
raarked, UI think, Miss, that there is
some mistake."
' "Oh, yes, I svppofte so," sarcastically.
"I think I came into the wrong
ilLaase:"
r
"I think yon did."
"Isn't this No. 4?"
"No, indeed, it is No. 2."
i "Well, I stop at No. 4, came there on
Saturday to visit my sister Mollie
Brown. The houses must be j?6
I went to the lecture and found it dull,
so came home, or thought I did."
"Humph! a likely Btory.w
I hope you may find it acceptably
remarked the young man, who occason
.11. aKKixri in lTtAratnra. Then the
comical side of the affair forced itself
upon him, and he Isoghed, actnaiiy
laughed; she heard him."
"You seem to . enjojr the situation,
she said somewhat spitefully, thinking
it proof of his royal depravity."
"I do, immensely." .
' "I should think you would, with he
gallows staring you in the face."
"The gallows?"
"Yes, I am sure my brother will have
you hanged."
"Your brother?" then doubtfully and
hesitatingly: "Are you Bella Clark?"
"No, indeed I am not," very energet
ically; for Bella Clark Dr. Clark's sis
ter and Mrs. Brown's neare&tneigbbor on
the other side was what Mollie Wilson
always designated as a "die-a-way sort
of person," and was her special detes
tation. "I am glad of that," said the prisoner
in relieved .tone.
"Why?" with evident interest
"Well, you know," confidentially, "I
should not want her to capture me."
"I should think not. Well, you need
not fear, she will not, now."
A moment's silence, then.
"Don't you think it cruel to keep a
fellow-being shut ud in the dark for so
long?"
"A burglar isn't a fellow-being; he is
just a a a -burglar."
"A burglar, whew? Do you think I
could put one of my cards through this
keyhole?"
"I am sure I don't know."
"May I try?"
"YrS."
Then came a jingle as of silver money,
and a rustle of garments as the man
searched his pockets.
"Well, nang it all, l naven t got one!"
"I thought you bad not."
"They are in the breast pocket of my
coat; I left it in your hall, will you not
go down and get one?"
"And have you come out and murder
me while I am gone? No, sir."
"Will you please let me out?"
"No, sir; never."
"What, never?"
"Well, no." smiling in spite of herself,
"not after that."
"I suppose I could kick tne door open."
She gave a little scream. "Oh! don't;
please don't do that."
"Well, there, there don't be frightened,
I will not kick, nor even try to get out."
Then there was silence, and she began
to feel doubtful about her prisoner, and
was debating with herself as to whether
she would not better call a policeman,
when she heard her brother and his wife
in the hall below.
"Harry." she called from the head of
the stairs, "come up here at once."
Harry came. "What is it, sis?"
"I've got a man shut in that closet I
think he is a burglar, but he says he
isn't, and I began to fear that he is tell
ing the truth."
"How did you get him in there?"
"Well, I came np the stairs and he
was just going into the closet, and I ran
and locked him in."
"Yes," said a voice, almost choked
with laughtuer, "and I'm here yet"
"Who are you?"
"Charles Kingsley, visiting my sister
at No. 4. next door I presume left my
hat and coat in your hall. 'You will
find letters in the coat pocket; you can
verify my statement in a moment, if you
choose."
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"Charles Kingsly? called at my office
to-day with Brown;" then to Mollie. "It
is all right, sis; burglars do not leave hats
and coats in the hall. I have met this
gentleman. You may come out," he
added, opening the door. And Mr.
Kingsley advanced into the light room
and looking quizzically at his goaler.
She gave one glance at the laughing
brown eyes bent upon her, and then fled
from the room. It was the gentleman
she had seen in church.
"Ah! you are Mr. Wilson," said Kings
ley, in a pleased tone, as that gentleman
held out his hand. I hope you will par
don me for entering your house in this
manner. I arrived on Saturday, the
houBee are just alik6 on the outside and
inside, too, I believe, and in the dim
light I did not notice the number. I
should have noticed that this was a lady's
room," said he, glancing at its dainty
furnishing, "but the gas was turned low,
and the room I occupied at my sister's is
furnished much the same; in fact, she
gave up her own room to me, for the
house is full of company. I went into a
a closet for a boot jack I thought I had
left there, and put my hand into a band
box; had just concluded that I would
better have more light when the door
closed. I fear I frightened her very much;
will you present my regrets and say that
I am truly sorry?"
"Come over to-morrow, and dine with
us, and make your peace with the young
lady yourself," said WilBOn.
The invitation so cordially given was
accepted; in fact, Mr. Kinsley became a
frequent visitor at the Wilson home
stead, somewhat to the disappointment
of his good sister, who had fully intend
ed he should marry Dr. Clark's bister
and heiress, Bella, and who, as soon as
she had made np her mind on the sub
ject set herself about defeating her own
wishes by filling ever? letter to ner
brother with praises of th9 paragon she
would have chosen for him had not the
fates willed otherwise.
Six weeks from the date of his incar
ceration in the Wil6on mansion he en
tered the parlor and found Miss Mollie
alone. "Miss Wilson," he began, "when
I came here six weeks ago you thought
I came to steal, but you were the thief,
for you stole my heart You made me
an unwilling captive then, but I have
been a willing one ever since. I came
here to-day to ask if you will be my
wife."
And for all answer she laid her hand
in his and hid her rosy blushes upon his
shoulder.
Boyal Blood.
We are all kings and queens in this
country, and we have a right
to have as good blood as that
which courses through the veins
of emperors. If the blood is poor
and the cheeks are pale; it is well known
that Brown's Iron Bitters is the great
tonic which will give color, vigor,amd
vitality. Mr. M K. Gibson, of-West
ointjMisa, says: "I felt weak and de
biliated. "Brown's Iron Bittsrs smaie
J me strong and well."
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FARM AND FAMILY:
A good'fxed fob poskkbs.
Pigs relish green corn, and when they
are o fed they consume the entire stalk
they get quite as much benefit is they
do from the grain alone later on. The
nutrive materials which go to make the
starch of the hardened grain are now
scattered throughout the stalk in the
form of sugar, and are in their most
easily digestible condition.
ABICHSOIL.
Although the rich soil of Holland is
worth from $300 to $400 per acre, a large
portion is devoted to pasturage and
meadow. She feeds over 150,000 head
of cattle, although her area is usually
600,090 acres, and produces annually 21,
000,000 pounds of cheese and 1,000,000
pounds of butter. The cows used to
have been carefully cared fo? centuries
for producing the larger yields of milk,
and are now now unexcelled.
- A SSMEDY FOB SCAB.
The treatment usually practiced for
scab in sheep is to steep one pound of
tobacco in a gallon of boiling hot water;
then add four ounces flowers of sulphur
and stir frequently until the liquid is
cooled to 120. It is then poured over
the sheep, along the back, and as it
runs down rub it in the scabby part
with the hand, using also a corn cob to
break up the scabs. The same treat
ment will prevent healthy sheep from
being infected. Apply onc6 or twice
and then keep the sheep in a dry plac
for a few days.
BREEDING PIGS.
If a sow produces two litters each year
it follows that during two-thirds of the
time the energies of her svstem are di
rected to the growth of these litters be
fore farrowing. This leaves only four
months of the year to suckle the two
litters, or. only the length usually al
lowed for one. It sometimes happen
that sows are bred soon after they have
farrowed, and are thus required to carry
one iicier wnue suckling another. But
this always results in the diminished
thrift of one litter or the'other.and often
in the injury of both, as well as the sow
herself.
FOB THE DAIRYMAN.
The introduction of the creamery has
wrought a wonderful revolution in dairy
methods. Scarcely ten years have passed
since co-operative butter-making came
into vogue. Yet in that brief time the
butter product of Iowa has been raised
from only a million pounds annually to
almost 100,000,000 in 1884; from a few
hundred thousand cows to 1,200,000 in
1880; from an inferior article of "Wes
tern grease" to a superior article of
"Iowa gilt-edge butter,' and from a mere
pittance to a handsome price per pound
Cows have nearly doubled in average
value. The acreage of pasturage was
greatly increased, which rests the eoil
and the farmer.
EIGHT POUNDS OF AMBER.
London Truth.
A piece of amber weighing eight
pounds is at present being exhibited in
he Mark museum, at Dantzic,for which
he owner has refused 1,500. It is prob
ably the largest piece in tne world with
out blemish. Frederick the Great, more
than a century ago, paid the same snm
for apiece weighing thirteen pounds
which is preserved in the mineralogical
museum at Berlin, but it has gaps and
cavities. Two beautiful pieces of work
in amber are also to be seen in Berlin.
One is a flute, which also was an acqui
sition, oi ireaericK tne lireat. The
other isa complete tobacco pipe, belong
ing to Frederick William III., the father
of the present emperor. It bears an ad
mirably carved likeness of that mon
arch. A YOUTHFUL PENITENT,
Newman Independent.
A ph'lanthropic lady saw a couple of
urchins puUing each other's hair, and
separating the combatants, she proceed
ed to lecture them kindly on the evils of
fighting.
Both bovs seemed trulv nenitent nnA
before leaving them the lady said:
"You wouldn't pull Billy's hair now,
would you, Johnny?"
"N-no, mam," faltered Johnny.
"And you won't pull Johnny's hair
again, will you, Billy?"
"No, mam " replied Billv. "but I
i "
"That's right. Billy. You would rath
er kiss him, wouldn't you?"
"No, sir; I wouldn't! I'd -tother
break hie durn back!"
NEGRO AND AFRICAN.
Atlanta Constitution.
It is a common mistake to regard the
term negro as synonomous with African.
The word negro does not denote a na
tion, tut an ideal type constituted by
the assemblage of certain physical char
acteristics exemplified in the natives of
certain portions of Africa and their de
scendants in America and the West In
dies. In Africa the area occupied by the
genuine negro, men with black skin
thick lips, depressed noBe, and wool
hair, is exceedingly small compared
with the remainder of the' continent
As a rule the prevalent color in Africa is
that of the Arab, the Indian, and the
Australian. The true negro districts are
the Senegai, the Gambia, the Niger, and
the intermediate rivers of the coast,
parts of Sudania, Sennaar,Kardofan, and
Darfur. People who are certainly not
negroes inhabit the whole coast of the
Mediteranean, the desert the Kafir, and
Hottentot areas south of tho line Abys
sinia, and the middle and lower Nile.
This does not leave much territory for
the typical negro.
A WESTERN VOLCANO.
Virginia City Chronicle.
A volcano has broken forth in the
mountains sixty miles southwest of
Bishop creek. A party- of frightened
sheep herders rode intoCandelana a few
days ago covered with dust and ashes,
and with numerous holes burned in their
clothing. They reported that on Satur
day they were Btartled by an unusual
rumbling noise and trembling of the
ground. At first they mistook the noise
and rumbling for thunder, but it was
quickly followed by a tremendous ex
plosion, and on looking up they were
appalled at seeing a mountain not rar
away belching forth a colum of
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and smoke several hundred feet in
height; The air was soon filled with
fiery cinders and. hot ashes, which came
down npon them in clouds. The affreight
ed men immediately , drove their sheep
in a phw of safety, and rode to the near
est settlement with the startling new?
Several exploring parties havelonsto
the scene of eruption. A bright pink
glow noticed in the hirizon at Virginia
City for several nights is believed to
have been caused by the eruption.
WHY HE OBTAINED a StrBSTTrCrE.
Toronto Troth.
A very good story was told the other
day of a young man painfully conscious
of an exterior scarcely worthy of his
character. Accompanied by the young
woman whom he married,he stepped in
to PhtoSrpaer,s drew the artist
aside. He wanted their "picture's" taken,
but-had a special favor to ask. "Her
folks, he exclaimed, "go a good deal on
style. They never saw me, and if I send
them my face they'll be dead agin me.
I'm a sight better than I look, and when
people come to know me they vote me a
brick. Now, then, what do you say ?
Will you stand in? She's willing. Those
big whiskers of yours It'll take them at
once and create harmony. You look
like a solid capitalist, and they'd take
me for a petty larceny thief." Of couse
the photographer could not refuse a
favor so flatteringly proposed, and the
distant relatives, no doubt, in due time
were gratified with his portrait Eide by
sid with that of the young lady.
REPORTER VISIT THE HOLY LAND.
An Instructive Study ot the Geography of
That Region.
Minneapolis Tribune.
"I have been up to see that great pan
orma of the Holy land you were speak
ing aoout, said me reporter, as ne
dropped into & cushioned chair and ele
vated his brogans on the city editor's
desk.
"Well, how was it? Tell us all about
it. It is so long since I was there I have
forgotten about many of the points of
interest."
"Well, I went up one flight of stairs,
from Seventh street into Mount Olivet,
and sat on the ropes that surrounded it
to keep spectators from falling off into
what appears to be a life sized section of
sheol below. Then the professor came
up and took a long stick and began
poking it at Jericho and the Dead sea
and Damascus and other places you have
probably read about."
"When I went to Sunday school we
didn't go around poking sticks at the
Holy land."
"Well, that was because you went to
Sunday school in California, where they
advertise the garden of Eden as a suburb
of San Francisco. Besides, you didn't
stick to it long enough to learn anything
about it, anyhow. Don't you see, this is
a panorama, an illuminated canvas dis
playing the whole country in miniature,
just as you see it from a balloon view
with the mountains and villages, the
hills and seas, and rivers and cities, in
fact the whole contour of the country
displayed in their proper proportions. 1
tell you it was pretty fine, but it takes
a fellow who is well-informed in bib
lical lore to catch on to the interesting
points. The professor with the long
stick pointed out Jeruselam and the
temple, with its many courts and gates,
and the tower of Antonia, on the right,
where Paul was rescued irom a mob of
influential citizens, who waited on him
for the purpose of carving him into
small pieces.
Then I wanted to see Lot's wife and
the place where the young dude who
went down from Jericho fell among
thieves and was robbed of his watch and
valuables.
The professor took his long stick and
pointed out a green spot on the map
which is claimed as Lot's wife.
"I hadn't expected the lady to look
so fresh, having been salted so long, but
it must have been the paint.
"Said he: 'I have a chunk of the salt.
When we go down the mountain I'll
show it to you. It's modern Lot, of
course.'"
"Job lot I suppose," chimed in the
city editor."
"Well, then he displayed Bethel,
where Jacob slept with a stone for a
pillow; it must have been rocky travel
ing in those days, and the roads where
the caravan used to run from Damascus
to Egypt before the Northern Pacific
was completed, and the vineyard of the
chap who walled up his lot and then
went oft into a far country; maybe he
went to Jeruselam to apply for a fourth
class postoffice the professor didn't
eay.
Away out on one side of the scene
were a lot of white dots which repre
sented the cities of the plain, every one
containing 15,000 people, twenty of
which Solomon gave to some royal duff
er for furnishing cedar wood for the
temple.
"But the most curious thing about the
whole business was the mountains and
valleys, very life-like, indeed; the moun
tains all cut in gorges, with streams
running down to the valleys below,
which were most luxuriantly furnished
with herbage, palm and fig trees, and
other vegetables to order.
The professor gave me some points
about oranges growing 'six inches in di
ameter, and grapevines as thick as the
electric mast, bearing bunches of grapes
twenty inches long."
OBSERVANT MAMIE WITHERSPOON.
Texas Sittings.'
'So this is your birthday ,is it,Mamie?"
said a visitor at the residence of Colonel
Witherspoon, the whole family being
present in the room at the time.
"Yep, this is my birthday," replied
Mamie.
''And I suppose you have had lots ol
presents?"
"My birthday 'is of no account," re
sponded Mamie, shaking her head; "it is
on the 25th of the month. My sister haa
a much nicer birthday than I have.
Hers is on the 3rd of the month."
"What difference does that make?"
"It makes all the diflerence in the
world. Papa has got lots of money to
buy presents with on the third of the
month, but I don't stand any show at all
on my birthday, for then his salary is al
most all gone."
After the visitor had departed Mamie
was very much surprised at getting
something on her birthday for which
she was not prepared.
An extraordinary wedding occurred
u Pierce county, Georgia, recently.
William Harrell, aged 40, a well to do
farmer, married Sallie Wilson, sged 10
years amd 6 months.
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AKENTUCKISJi'S OSNKROVSNsXSS.
How it Bared the Necks of Tklcrrea Tfke
Had Bobbed a Benefactor.
In the recent -examination here of
Frank Howard for the killing of Charles
Williams, writes a Lander, Wyoming
territory, correspondent to the St. Louis
6lobe-Democrat,one of the witnesses call
ed was George Baker. The appearance
of this man vividly recalled to our cor
respondent a dramatic criminal incident
hat transpired in the Big Horn country
two years ago.
In the spring of 1882 the Baker family,
numbering some fifteen persons.all told,
with three wagons,crossed the Big Horn
mountains from the neighborhood of the
town of Buffalo, where they had winter
ed, and struck the Big Horn river just
below the home ranch of the mammoth
cattle firm of Mason & Lovell. They
pulled into the ranch with tired teams,
and almost in a starving condition them
selves. Mr.'Clay Anderson, in charge of
of the Mason & Lovell ouf fit at that
point, recognized Baker as a man he had
known in the old Kentucky state, and,
thongh the reputation he had borne
there was none of the best, the princely
hospitality of the ranch to all comers
was extended to him. The rich, inclos
sed pastures along the river bottoms
were proffered for their tired stock, the
shelter of the ranch accorded, provisions
furnished in abundance, and when after
a stay of ten days, the family once more
moved on tney dirt so with an ample
supply of every thing they needed from
the stores of the ranch. In the fall of
1883 the Bakers were again on the trail.
This time they were headed up the Big
Horn.retracing the way they had follow
ed in the spring of 1882. They had spent
tne intervening time in a section furth
er to the west, and had left only before
they were driven off, leaving behind
them a most unsavory reputation. On
arriving again at the hostitable ranch of
Moson & Lovell that they had such good
canse to remember with gratitude, they
found no one there. Anderson and his
outnt were aosent on tne annual spring
cattle gatner. Here was an opportunity
congenial to the Baker character and one
which the Baker family did not neglect.
The ranch was gutted at once ot every
thing portable and the plunder stored in
the wagons, that soon were rolling again
up the valley of the Big Horn. But
IS emesis, in the shape of an outraged lot
of cowboys, was already astir. Ander
son, the day of the theft, sent a man to
the ranch for a few articles stored there.
The messenger discovered the robbery
before it was six hours old, and at once
rode at breakneck speed to the cowboy
camp to leport. The next morning's
sun found the boys on the ground, and
the trail was at once taken up, and as if
followed the main wagon road of the
country, was followed at a lope. The
Bakers had pushed on all night,and had
succeeded in placing the Big Horn river
between them and their pursuers. Strik
ing the ferry where the marauders had
crossed the river. Anderson fousfd the
boat on the other side. Without a pause
Anderson spurred into the fierce current
and breasting the icy waters, reached
the other shore. He was instantly and
gallantly followed,and soon the cowboys
were riding straight upon their qnarry
now in sight. Uttering a few hurried
but comprehensive orders, Andrson
dashed at once to the lead wagon.driven
by Baker himself, and, with garments
still dripping with the waters of the Big
Horn, threw down a heavy Colt's on the
old thief, with the stern command,
"Hands up." He was obeyed with little
parley, the old woman only whining,
"Don't kill my old man, Clay. You can
have your things." By this time the
other wagons, under the guard of pistol
muzzles, had approached, and the whole
party were speedily hustled to the
ground while the wagons were searched
for the stolen goods. These were all
found, and the demand of the cowboys
now was that the robbersshould be hung
to the end of their own wagon tongues.
The woman and children broke into
screams and cries of entreaty for mercy,
while the men, with bleached faces but
sullen mien awaited their fate. Ander
son quieted the tumult by telling the
woman that their husbands would be
spared, and then addressing his cowboys
called their attention to the helpless be
ings wno would De leit snonld tney carry
out their determination to hang the men.
The boys at once gave way and told An
derson to settle the matter as he thought
best. This was speedily accomplished
by the payment of a round sum in money
for damage done the ranch, the imme
diate return of the stolen goods to where
they were taken from,and a stern warn
ing to the entire gang that they would
stretch hemp if ever caught on Mason &
Lovell's ranch again,eapplemented with
the assurance that their woman and
children were all that saved their worth
less lives on the present occasion.
How to PMotogTaph the Hands.
Art Amateur.
Hands are ant to look large in a photo
graph, not because the camera has a I
special tendency to Uke hands large, as J
some people seem to mine, put Decsuse I "
few people understand that a well shap
ed hand is, in fact, the length of the face,
and proportioned on that line. But since
hands are supposed to be of more than
normal sise in a nhotozraoh. it mav be
well to adopt some of the many ways of
disposing of tnem so tney will look
smaller. One of theeo is to rest the hand
on the little finger, curving the fingers
lightly inward. The best use of ths
hands is to allow than a nataral pose
with relation to some object as a letter,
bookorpiscc of boidery.
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Has permanently located In Wa-Keeny.
Chronic Diseases and Diseases of
Women and. Children Specialties.
Medicine
all farnlaned. No Drag Store Bill
Chargea Seasonable.
49 I win also do allklndaof Dental Work at
seaaoaabla prices.
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Besides in old school building, northeast coren
of the Park.
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A favorite prescription of one of tna
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Drinkable Sea-water.
Cassell'a Family Magazine.
A simple plan of making sea-water
platable would he a great boon to mari
ners cast away in boats or rafts, and also
to our navle lorces. Mr. Thomas Kay
has recently shown that i he beneficial ef
feet of sea-water as a drink are chiefly
due to the presence of chlorine, which is
combined with sodium and magnesium.
It produces thirst and scurvy when taken
in excess. In order to remove the chlo
rine, he mixes sea-water with a certain
preparation of citric acid, or silver cit
rate, and thus produces what may be
called a mild mineral water, which is
drinkable, and being nearly free of pre
cipitated chlorine, is not injurious to
health when taken in moderate quanti
ties. At a recent meeting in Manchester
he treated a pint of sea-water brought
from beyond the Eddystone with 860
grains of citiate of silver, and four grains
of free citric acid. Silver chloride was
precipitated and the ovelayinghquid de
canted and filtered; each fluid ounce
of it contained about eighteen grains of
citrate of soda, one and a half of citrate
of magnesia, half a grain of citrate of
potash, one grain of sulphate of magne
sia, half a grain of sulphate of lime, one
fifth grain of citric acid, and less than
half a grain of undecomposed chlorides.
The salts of soda in this liquid are
diuretic, the salts of magnesia aperi
ent, hence it possesses medicinal proper
ties. It could be safelv used to moisten
the tongue and throat and drink in small
quantities, xne curate oi silver employ
ed to treat the water should be kept in a
stoppered bottle, covered with India
rubber, soas to exclude light, air and
organic matter, as it is easily decompos
ed. As an ounce of citrate of silver con
verts half a pint of sea water, a man may
keep alive for a day upon it. Seven
ounces will, it is therefore inferred, keep
him alive for a week; and it has been
proposed to stow bottles of the salt un
der the thwarts of lifeboats, and in the
lockers of certain life-buoys which carry
restoratives.
PafcUe Spirited Colored Mea.
Lake City (Fla.) Register.
Great Drake is due ta th a AtitAmnu
and public spirit of the colored men of
our county. We are proud of it,and it gives
us sincere pleasure to refer to it One
of our colored men subscribed $500, and
others from $100 down, to our college t
There are fifty or sixty subscribisg and
taking stock in our ennntv fair Th Mi
ored men of our county have responded
whenever the public interest demanded
it, and the response has been unhesitat-
A FrI" Teste Deatk.
clance News.
It ia said that the prise of 40,000 francs
offered by the French academy for son
CCTtautsstfdath, to prevent peopls
from being boned alive, was five to a
Ehysidan who announced that, on hold
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