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THE SOUL AND SORROW.
Ah, iisy me not, O sorrow, in April days.
For when the skies are warm I fain would
sing;
When mounts the bluebirds' song 1, too, would
praise,
And lift my heart with every living thing!
The weight thou bring'st—yea, turn thy face
away
And journey from mo yet n little while,
Bnt leave mo bright faced joy in April's day
To wander with me through tho forest aisia.
One day, O Eorrow, will I go with thee
And learn the strength that thou alone must
give I
Tea, one day thou Ehalt come and call for mo
And I will walk thy way and learn to live!
But not in April days—when I would sing,
VTheu south winds roam the ever greening
i earth
And joy tumultuous In my heart doth spring
O'er every wiiuwood bloom that springs to
birth:
—Boston Transcript.
A FIREWATER SPRING
SANGUINARY PLANS OF WILD INDIANS
CLEVERLY FRUSTRATED.
How- a Smuggler e- n Government Rmr
vation Laid Out a Band of Red Devils
With Forty Rod Whisky and Saved the
Lives of Six Prisoners.
A htar man happcnc&n tnoet a man
who had served a term* .'two cr three
in various penitentiaries, hadn't served
seveial he should have served and is
likely to servo more before he is through
with himself. Of course that kind of a
man was interesting, and after a time,
when ho got to talking under the mel
lowing influence of things made for the
purpose, ho was more interesting.
''When I was 15 years younger than
I am now," ho said, "I was 6nt in the
mountains of tho west on a government
reservation, where I could make money
by selling whisky uuder post prices. I
was always on the make, and so I smug
gled in a dozen or more gallons and had
them hid in a cavo ten miles or bo out ,
of reach. Tho cavo was a kind of a two i
story affair, tho upper story being my
secret, and there I had my jugs of liq
uor hid away, and from thero I carried
it out in smaller quantities for distri
bution. Tho lower part of tho cave was
20 feet below tho upper chamber, and
in this part was a basin of water, which
bad dripped from the upper part. It did
not contain mere than a gallon of water.
I knew it was easily exhausted, for I
spent many a night there, and found
there wasn't water enough to boil n ket
tle with.
''Well, about the time I got in my
second installment of fire juice the In
dians got bad and began creeping in
toward the settlements. I thought my
cave was unknown to tho Indians as
well as tho whites, but it appears that
it wasn't, and ono morning I barely had
timo to slip oat of my down stairs room
and get up in tho loft before 10 or 12 of
the bloodiest looking braves yon ever
saw squatted in front of my residence
and began holding a council of war. In
half an liou- or more all of them except
one went away, and ho remained to
keep watch.
"At noon three returned with five
white prisoners, and at 6 o'clock the rest
of them came in with a girl about 4
years old. T nst what they were goinfc
to do was Lot apparent, and it wasn*
easy for me to find out, because whfen I
came down to a point where I could see
I was in danger of getting caught my
self. I did sc-o enough, though, to show
me that tho five white prisoners, who
were all old men, hadn't much chance
for their lives, but that tho child would
be carried away. To save myself had
been my first thought, and now to save
theso poor wretches was first.
"While I was debating what to do or
givo it up as a bad job one of the In
dians went to the Bpring and got some
water. That was my cue. In a minute
more I was back up in my chamber, just !
over tho headwaters of the spring, and, !
having turned the drip into another j
channel, I started a stream of that kill j
at 40 rod whisky down tho shoot and then
slipped back to watch.the proceedings. '
They were discussing when to kill the !
prisoners—I knew enough Indian to
know that. And when it was about de- I
termined to hold them over a day and j
see if they couldn't pick up a few more j
and have a real big time, another of
them went over to the spring for water. 1
This time it wasn't so much water as it
had been. Whatever it was made the
ugly redskin give a big 'Ugh!' of delight,
and the others went over to him. Well,
it isn't necessary for me to go into par
ticulars.
"Anybody, even a reporter, knows
what becomes of an Indian or a dozen
of them when there aro unlimited quan
tities of firewater at their disposal, and
as soon as I saw how the thing was go
ing I hurried back and set another jug
to work. I was a little afraid they might
get ugly drqnk and kill their prisoners,
bnt evideu^v they hadn't had much to
eat that day, and the liquor was getting
in its work on empty stomachs. What
ever was the cause, before I had any
idea that it was time for it the whole
of them was full, and in a few minutes
more they were lying around the little
basin of the spring so drunk they could
not move band or foot
"Then it was my time to play, and I
oorked op the liquor upstairs for anoth
er dV and went down stairs. There
timfl fhr-thwntat fanrannpi
we didn't know when the enemy might
make it unpleasant for us. So I told the
prisoners to take care of the Indians
while I tookcareof the little girl, which
I did by taking her outside of the cave,
where she could breathe the free air of
heaven once more. You see, I kind ot
thought they might like to attend to
"things themselves," he added apologet
ically and stopped.
' 'And did they?" inquired tho report
er as the narrator seemed to think he
had reached the end of his story.
''I suppose they did," he replied. "At
least, when I went back to tho cave,
about a mouth later, when the war had
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of them Indians almost as well preserved
as if they had been put up in alcohol,
that dern whisky of miuowas so power
ful, you know. I was always kind cf
sorry I hadn't sent the prisoners to take
care of tho little girl while I took care
of them Indians. By cripcs, I never got
a cent for the liquor they drank!"—
Washington Star.
even with the ' dun."
A Speculator Squares Himself With Ills
Lawyer Creditor.
The lawyer had won an imporlant
case for the man. He had dabbled in
stocks cf O!'^. kind and another, and,
hard luck having overtaken him, ho had
bolstered up his vanishing fortunes with
$50,000 r,f other people's money.
But the other people had troubles of
their own. They had \vant3 that needed j
catering to, and when they found that |
tho dealer in stocks had invested their j
means of srbsistcnce in an enterprise
that would lanefit no ono but himself i
they arose with a howl of righteous in-1
dig-nation at d brought a suit for dam-!
ages.
That was where tba lawyer had his j
chance. Ho knew the man was guilty, i
and he told him so. But for all that ho
cleared him. He charged a pretty big |
fee, $3,000 being a conservative estimate
of the value of his services. Tho man j
paid him $2,500 in cash aud promised,
to give him the other $500 a month of i
two later. That was more than three 1
years ago. The lawyer patiently waited ■
on his client for a year, and then hepnl j
the matter in the hands of a collector. <
In the course of two years tho collector
gathered in $400, and then, ashisBalary I
was more than eating np the amounS
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collected, the lawyer took the case from
his hands and gave it to the office boy.
As an incentive to energetic work, he
said:
"Jimmie, there is $100 coming to mo
from Mr.--•. If you can get anything
out of him, I'll give you half of it. "
Jimmie's eyes snapped, and he wens
to work. He labored diligently for three
months. Monday morning at 11 o'clock
(H X X U UULh
ho would go into the office and present
his employer's claim, and so run the
gamut of the other five working days, I
and then repeat the procedure the sue- 1
ceeding week. The man got mad about
it at first and threatened, to throw the
boy out of the office, but he finally
thought better of it aud contented him-.
self with turning Jimmie away with
some stinging rebuke. \
Jimmie kept up the daily siege till
last Thursday. Then he was sick and
could not come down town. About 2
o'clock the lawyer was in his private
office holding a consultation with two
clients, when there came an imperative
rat-a-ta-tat on his door. He bade the
visitor enter, and a head, half concealed
by a shock of bushy red hair, wastbrusi,
nto the room.
"Please, sir, " said a high keyed voice, j
"I'm from Mr. ——, an he wants ta;
know why your boy ain't been over to- j
day to dun im for that $100 he owe3
yon. "—Chicago Tribune.
Wanted a Clock and a Timepiece. i
"I want something handsome in tha 1
way of a clock," he said to the jeweler, j
"We have a very fine line of goods," !
was the response, "and tho prices ara
very moderate."
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I don't care anything about tho I
price. I want something that will show
at a glance that it cost a whole lot of
money."
"Certainly. We have some beautiful;
imported goods. "
"That's the idea—something thai *
came from abroad. I want an onyx ped
estal and ormolu trimmings and a'
statue on tho top of it. " i
"Here's a veritable work of art. "
"That's pretty well, bnt I'd like'
something more attractive than that
It's tq be a birthday present to my wife.
We haven't been keeping house very
long, and she's been worried for fear
people would think we were going with
out a clock because wo couldn't afford
one. I'm going to see that she hai
something so handsome that it'll dazzle
everybody who comes into the parlor
and so precious that it has to be kept
under glass like a specimen in the mu
seum. "
"How is this one?" the jeweler in
quired as he lifted a massively ornate
article from a shelf.
"That's the very thing. That'll please
her almost to death. Pack it up and ship
it out to my house and send the bill to
my office. "
"It'll cost $125," tho jeweler mildly
suggested.
"That's all right. It looks as if it
were worth it. "
He started for the door, but came
back and said, "By the way, you'd bet
ter give me another clock—one of those
small nickel plated affairs that cost
about $1.50, so that we can stick it off
in an obscure corner to look at when
we want to know what time it is."—.
Washington Star.
PICKING CHICKENSTO MUSIC
Queer Customs cf the Italian Poultry
Dealers of San Francisco.
The sailor has his musical shanty to
which ho keeps time as he trots about
the capstan until the anchor is hoisted
to tho peak, the farmer trills a lay to
lighten his labors as lie pitches hay into
the wagen, and theso songs aro familiar
to mauy, but who ever heard or saw a
gang of Italian chicken pickers sing and
denude fowls to the time of tho music?
Such a sceno can bo witnessed ifhy
Friday evening in season at tho Clay
Street market, while tho employe'. - of
t market, while mu empiuji. - u,
the big pou-fry houses that have their
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places of business there arc preparing for
sale the chickens that tho housewife
buys for the Sunday dinner.
The rum scat themselves in a half cir
cle and each takes a fowl. Ono stroko
cf a siiarp knife across the throat puts
tho unfortunate squawking broiler out
of its misery, and then tho foreman of
the gang starts his song. As they catch
tho air and the time the others chime
in, and in an instant tho plucking be
gins. With rhythmic motion the nimble
fingers grasp the feathers aud pull them
out during all the time of the song.
Feathors fly in all directions, but the
song goes on until the last pinfeathers
are removed and the carcasses are tossed
into a pile, ready for tho man who puts
on tho finishing touches and prepares
them for the inspection of prospective
purchasers.
The rapidity with which a chicken is
stripped of its feathers is astonishing to
the uninitiated who have tried it but a
few times, and so adept have these men
become that they finish their fowls al
most simultaneously, aud the process is
repeated in unison. Three dozen birds
are not considered a heavy night's work
for one man, and when.pressed for timo
they manage to compass even more than
that.
The song they sing is remarkably live
ly and sweet and much resembles the
song of the fishermen as they row their
boats, though the time is mnch faster.
—San Francisco Call.
FOOD FOR THE CATS.
English Sparrows Hare to Fight For Their
Lives In London.
If left to himself, the London sparrow
7° nl u l prob3bly "uWply exceedingly,
for there is enough waste from every
hnman household to keep at least one
pair of sparrows. That would give some
thing like l.oOO.OOO sparrows to the j
area of greater London. But these tig- j
ures do not represent actual facts. The
sparrow population is rigorously kept
down, not by want of fecundity—for at
the zoo, for instance, where food and
shelter abound, the birds seem to breed
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at all seasons of the year—but by the
operation of the natural enemy, that
great fact in all wild life, which even
tho progressive London sparrow cannot
avoid. The natural enemy in this case
is the London cat. If any ono will cocut
up the number of houses in bis or her
knowledge which do not possess a cat,
the numbers and ubiquity of the natural
enemy will become apparent. Poor
people keep more cats than rich people,
so the small houses abound in cats.
Rich folsk cats which have largo
houses, ns a rule, only catch the spar
rows on their o'wn estate, but poor cats
havo to poach at large, aud their ravages
among tho young sparrows are prodi
gious. It has been observed that a spar
row killing cat bags on an average two
young birds a day. No amount of cor
rection seems to prevent their indul
gence in this form of sport. They know
it is wrong, but it is too fascinating.
Ono young cat of the writer's acquaint
ance went into a fit after a mild beating
for killing young sparrows, and as soon
as he recovered went off to catch an
other. A cat in the same house which
was surprised with two naked nestliDgs
in its mouth slipped them underneath a
mat on the stairs when it saw its mis
tress approaching. Nature is too strong
* or aud tho drawing room pussy
pussy
seems no more able to resist the tasle
for sport than the stable cat—London
Spectator.
Spanish Inefficiency.
Spanish inefficiency lias been shown
up in a ludicrous way by the recent self
floating of the new cruiser Princesa de
Asturias at Cadiz. Tho vessel, which it
had taken seven years to build, got stuck
in the mud whea they tried to launch
her over a month ago. After trying their
best to float her without success for 30
days the Spanish engineers gavo np the
job, adopting the usual Micawber policy
of Spain of waiting for something to
tarn np. They were justified by tho
cruiser's slipping into tho water of her
own accord one afternoon when no one
was watching her.
The Green Cross.
In addition to the Red Cross and the
White Cross there has just been estab-I
lished in Vienna a new order, to be
as tho Green Cross. Its object is
to give succor to Alpine climbers and
excursionists in mountain regions, (t
originated in tho Austrian Alpine club.
The intention is to establish huts on
high mountains and to keep supplies ai d
relief stores or boxes containing articles
likely to be required in emergencies at
conveniently located points.
Printeis and women are somewhat
alike in one respect, as both spend a
good deal of their timo in making up
thei r forms.
The Jersey City Woman's club pub
lishes a little newspaper called Our Club
Outlook.
HIS WITS SAVED HIM.
The Diver Feigned Death That He Might
Escape With Ills Life.
Some years ago, upon the coast of
France, there occurred one of those ro
fiauvu, vvvm.ovv.
mantic episodes that seem to belong to
the realm of fiction. A vessel had found
ered within sight of port—gone down
with all her cargo. Two divers were
sent to report upon the causo of tho dis
aster and tho prospect of raising tho
goods. One of those represented the in
surance brokers, who had instituted tho
investigation, and tho other the captain
aud owners of the ve-sel.
Tho brokers' man touched bottom firefc
aud found himself on a bed of whim
sand. Ho was fortunate enough almost
immediately to discover the wreck and
at cnee climbed the crags upon which
tho vessel rested. Investigation showed
him that there had leen foul p4fy, for
an auger hole was plainly visiblo in tho
hull cf the ship.
He had turned topointent his discov
ery to the other diver, who wa:i now by ,
his side, when he felt himself suddenly
clutched by the waist and dragged down
upon the sand. Here his assailant mur- !
derously attempted to break tho glasj
of his helmet, but the assailed man
fought desperately for his life. 1
He firmly believed himself to bo in
tho clutch of a madman, and for a few
minutes the water was thick with Band j
that flcW up around the combatants. In
the end too first diver was worsted, and
his assailant forced him to lose houl
upon his line.
Death seemed imminent, but the div
er's wits did not forsake him. Finding
that ho was no match for his adversary,
he fell back aud apparently swooned,
and in this condition the other man pre
pared to leave him, cut off from com
munication with the upper world. Hit
gave the signal to be drawn np, but n1
he began to ascend the apparently swoon
ing man sprang to his feet and clutched
the rising man's legs with a firm grip,
and the two were hauled to tho eurfaca
together
Then, indeed, tho ready witted diver
fainted in earnest, and before lie regain
ed consciousness his enemy had escape I
to land and when captured wavnttomp';
ing to leave the country. At tho trial k.'
explained the reason of his conduct.
It was the old story of greed leading
to unlawful deed aud of the resulting
to uuiawiui deed aud or the resultinr
danger inciting to fresh crime—an over
insured cargo, a scuttled ship aud then *
a frantic effort on the part of the ship-'
owners to avoid disgrace and punish
me ut by offering to the diver a Bbare . I
the profits on condition that the discov
ory, sure to be mado by his rival, sboul I
never bo heard of.—Yonth'sCompanion. i
Aa to Ballets.
A Bridgeport (Conn.) inventor bail
patented a "mushrooming ballet " Thia I
is designed to fill a very important want j
in modern warfare, tho new styled rifli'
projoctilo having proved too humane.
The trouble with tho latter is that, hav-1
ing only tho diameter of a lead pencil I
aud traveling with a velocity of half a I
mile a second, it is apt to pass clean
through a man without disabling him.
Itlackswhat is technically called "step- '
ping power." The ballet devised by tb>
Bridgeport man has a cavity near the
point, which causes it to "mushroom"
—i. e., spread—on striking, so as "tl
produce a large and lacerated wound,
accompanied by great shock." In tinn
of peaco it may be employed for killin.'j
lions, tigers and elephants.
Tho very newest thing in this line,
however, is the aluminium bullet. Of
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intended for use in war, but for hunth^ 1
aud shooting at targets. Ordinary bul
lets have an excess of force for sndi
purposes, traveling unnecessarily far.
Those of aluminium, on the other hand,
have about the same force for short die
taiiccs, but their velocity diminishes
rapidly beyond 300 yards. For small
game a person fond of shooting ma
avail himself of tho novel idea of an- j
other inventor, who suggests that ti • 1
plate shot would be preferable to the j
irl".rTbe«late™,COW!
ed w,th graphite, to blacken and polish
them, and this is alleged to be objec
tionable because the graphite fouls ti
gnu. Furthermore, the lead is acted
upon chemically by the animal juice,
so as to be injurious to the eater of th.i
flesh. This is obviated by the coating
of tin.—Boston Transcript.
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plants which were evidently intended
* or poppies.
The I'oppy.
The poppy throughout the cast is an
emblem of death. In many parts of In
dia this flower is planted upon graves
and in cemeteries. Whether or net the
ioea was suggested by the poisonous
character of the juice is uncertain. It
is believed that the poppy was known
«i* a funeral plant to the ancient Egyp
tians, for npon tho tombs opened by Bel
zoni there appeared representations of
Alfred the Great.
According to the mest reliable English
historians, Alfred the Great, in 872
was the first English sovereign to wear
a crown From early inscriptions and
historical records it appears that tho
Saxon kings before tho time of Alfred
wore simply a band of pearls around
the head as a mark of royal power.
has long been re
an embleni of coquetry. One
flMRl dictionary declares that this sym
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