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A little nonsense. **Talk about snaps,” said the man on ■ e $1i.98 bicycle. And just then it pped.—Indianapolis Journal. ,ngicks—‘‘Which do you think is likely ! , married first, a homely girl or emart girl?” Wicks—“The one that * asked first.”—Somerville (Mass.) Journal. >'one But the Brave.—“Could you ye a man who wns cowardly. Julia?” • Well, I should want him to have cour- ! a?e enough to propose.”—Chicago Record. Anxious Mother—“How is it that you . *ye B0 much trouble with your house keeping? You told me your wife could " Adult Son—“She can. “Then nhat is the matter?” “She won’t.”— A'. Weekly. “ Arrah, go ’way wid yure little Long Oilund p’raties,” said the newly-ar rived Mr. Murphy to liisv nephew. ,,1-jjure, thim we raise at home do be b0 big that half a bushel o’ thim ’ud gll a bushel basket.”—Judge. Granby—“He said that people eat too much flour bread; that there is I nothing so wholesome or so nutritious as corn meal. What do you think of that?” Dandy—“Think he is in the j ,,0rn meal business.”—Boston Trans- ! cript. In Doubt.—“Is that your baby?”; ofted the interested' party. “What a cute little child. What is he saying i,ow?" “I don’t know," replied the r erplexed father. "You see, his moth- : er carries the code book.”—Philadel- ' ' phia North American. A Missed Chance.—She—“Have you ever xormeu UU) iucu Ui vwiui un really looks like?” He (after some de liberation)—“No. i don’t believe I have.” He found loitering on her rich papa’s porch unpleasant after that.— Cleveland Leadc-r. Thrift.—I’nrker—"My wife has the most extravagant ideas of economy.” Barker—“IIow bo?” “She sent me a telegram last week while I was in Phil adelphia that cost me a dollar and a half, just because there were only three of my stamped envelopes left.” —Life. The great ship reeled; clearly she Lad got her death blow. “Lost!” shrieked many of the passengers. But there were a few who remained calm and set about overpowering the crew and took other measures looking to the preservation of life.—Detroit Journal. SAVED AN AMERICAN ARMY. The Deseemlnnt* of n Sew EBglnnd Heroine Meet Annually to Tes tify to Hee Bravery. The memory of a woman who pre vented the command of Gen. Sullivan from being massacred by Indians in 1799 lias just been honored by a cele bration in the town of Coiesville, near Binghamton, N. Y., by her descendants. On the farm of Thomas Taylor, in the town of Coiesville, stand* a tumble down log cabin. The cabin originally was the property of Zedekiah Hamlin, who. with his family, eame to this section from Connecticut before the breaking out of the revolution. The valley was a meeting place for the In dians, and, while the trines were all friendly, Mr, Hamlin, with an eye to the necessity for jxtssible future de fense, built his house like a miniature fort. One daughter. Dorothy, was known far and wide among the red Inhabitants of the valley ns “Wachita," the song bird, if a papoose was ill she would visit the lodge, sometimes traveling miles on foot or horseback to administer simple remedies nml croon it to sleep. Thus she gained the good will of the red men and was safe at any time of the day or night in the depths of the forest. This was the state of thing® when, in 1799, the news was flashed among the tribes in this section that Gen. Sullivan, vith troops, was coming down the valley to avenge the Cherrj' valley massacre, and, though the In dians in this vicinity had no hand in it. aU would lie slain. Night saw the lulls in and around Binghamton red with signal tires summoning tribes from all quarters to a conference at the junction of the- two rivers. Miss Hamlin had a brother in Sullivan’s army, and this was known to n squaw whose baby the girl hadsaved by care ful nursing. At dusk the second day after the “big talk” the squaw crept t° the threshold of the Hamlin cabin and whispered to Miss Dorothy that if she wished to save her brother she •hotild warn the white soldiers to avoid the rnnin road nt a spot between this city and Union, as a large body of Indians was in ambush there. In order to find him Miss Dorothy must go alone. The brave girl did not hesi tate for a Tnoment, but, hastily pre paring, she started out with onlj' the ; Rtars for a guide. Her travels through i the country and contact with the In uians had given her an insight into Wood lore that now' proved valuable, After 54 hours of continuous travel *®e reached the outpost of Gen. Sulli ; Van’s camp and delivered her message, I A company of soldiers was detailed to ®**he a flank movement on the enemy ftBd drive them from ambush. The attack was such a complete surprise to the Indians that they retreated hi haste. once n J'car—on the nnnlver ..c.j of this flay—ttie descendants of , Miss Hamlin and a few invited neiph- ' hors commemorate the event by a pic- - nic in the woods near the lop cabin, '• nnd at ench patherinp the history of the brave net is read. The picnic has | been a family tradition nmonp the Hamlins of Binphnmton for years, and each member of the family considers it a sacred duty to attend the nnnual patherinp.—Chicapo Chronicle. BRITISH OFFICERS AND MEN. A Thrilling Incident of the Recent Fljcht on the Indo.Af glian Frontier. At a recent flpht in the Khyber pass, in Afplianistan, Col. Plowden’s com mand formed a part of Gen. Hamilton’s rear puard, and had to cross a bit of exposed pround swept by the tribes* men’s fire. Here three men were struck by bul lets; two of them could walk, but the third was disabled. No surpeon was present, and Col. Plowden him self dressed the men’s wounds. After this the men had to retire across the exposed pround, and Corp. Bell was killed. Col. Plowden, Lieut. Owen and Lieut. Fielden carried the dead man up a hill, and by and by the command had to cross another ex posed spot. Somebody was sure to be hit now; it happened to be Private Butler, and fhe ball struck him in the leg, so that he could not walk. Capt. I’arr dressed his wound and Lieut. Car ter took the wounded man on his back nnd carried him. But, alas! midway of the exposed pround, poor Butler, br he lay on the lieutenant’s back, was struck apain, and the force of the ball knocked the heavily-laden younp officer down. He pot up and once more shouldered bis burden, when Lieut. Fielden came to his aid, and together 1 hese officers car ried Butler to a place of safety. Then it was found that he was dead ns the result of the second shot. Meantime Col. Plowden and Lieut. Owen were carrying Corp. Bell's body across the dangerous ground, and both of them were wounded in doing so. They struggled on in spite of their wounds and reached cover with their xad burden.— Youth’s Companion. RciliM'inic (lie Stork. Visitor—IIow’s business? Boatman—Business! Why, there iv«n’t no business since these ’ere bi ”vc!es come inter fashion. Why, they "omes down ’ere, takes our fresh air >s xve’re celebrated for, and pumps i inter Iheir blooming wheels andi it away with ’em.—Phil May's \nnnal. About one month ago iny child, which is fifteen months old, had an : attack of diarrhoea accompanied by vomiting. I gave it such remedies as are usually given in such cases, but as nothing gave relief, we sent fur a phy sician and it was under his care for a week. At this time the child had been sii k ten days and was having about twenty-five operations of the bowels every twelve hours, and we were con vinced that unless it soon obtained re 1 lief it would not live. Chamberlain’s I Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedj was recommended, and I decided tc try it. I soon noticed a change fot the better; by its continued use a com plete cure was brought about and it is now perfectly healthy.—C. L. Boggs, Stumptown, Giltnar county, W. Va. For sale by F. C. Savage. Tht Hnicle nn«l the Slnrn nm! Stripe* I should like to call attention to one of our London churches. Little Trin ity. in the Mlnories, though very in teresting both to English and Amer j Scans, is not, I think, so egeuerally known as it deserves. The church in question has been llie burial place of the Dnrtmoutlis. Before the Washing tons left England these two families were united by marriage. On the wall of Litttle Trinity church may be seen the stars and stripes as the coat of arms or banner of the Dartmouth*, nnd the eagle as the coat of arms of the Washingtons, afterward to become the flag nnd emblem of the great na tion across the Atlantic.—London Spectator. The Best Remedy For Flux. Mr. John Mathias, a wmll knowr I stock dealer of Pulaski, Ky.» says “After suffering for over a week wit! ! flux, and my physician having failet to relieve me. I was advised to try Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy, and have the pleasure of stating that the half of one bottle cured me.” For sale by F. C. Savage WANTED. [Clip this out and paste it to your letter.] The Post-Dispatch wants an agen in every hamlet, every village, every town, every city, 'this is the oppor tunity of a lifetime to establish a prof] itable business. It costs nothing te try. You can get the support of voui leading citizens, who will be only tot glad to see you start. The Post-Dis patedi is in great demand. It’s a grea paper. It’s a member of the associatec Press. No other St. Louis evening pa per enjoys this distinction. The Post Dispatch has war correspondents at at points of interest and with the fleet! now in the Pacific and Cuban waters By mail only 60 cents a month. 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