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The Commonwealth. I'lRLIMlI !) UM KI.V. GLEEN WkOD, : : MISSISSIPPI. CRAPE UPON THE DOOR. Bombt r crape. sei crape, n uis use drape Doors thruujrh which Death uninvited came In dread and awral shape, Waving slow to and lro irong may kr. the thought One hom> cloud of bitter woe— Thou ham been through lo s cmblen of th'.s e : less tVh'.M dark* ?r nate hop' laced alt. nty d fei the raeli turn like the- lack-luster bh k. And the s no longer shone in h.-ai •t hope-illumined track. Yet th 0 >; ars have brought to me bet ter views and thoughts . f the*'. For each sorrow hath it experienced souls I have learned that 'r.eath thy veil shine; the light which cannot fail, beckoning through the darkness and the gale, e of grief, badge of grief, back of thee, in grand relief, Lies the glory which the reaper finds with in the golden sheaf: Death is life, end of strife, close of years with evil rif'*, The beginning of tlie winning: rest when sheathed the surgeon's knife. ow wh;i ! Harl iiompward Bads •Ours the. tear, theirs the cheer, an l Heaven vistas vast and clear, IV he re their wings may spurn the chrysalis which hampers spirits here: Where each joy they c views from earth-mists free, Proves the story of the glory that Is rlth id promised y -u Somber sign, proof benign of a thought ful love divine Which hath made Death bur Its messenger to lead us Welcome, friend shattered who earist end woes and ilrits rut minist ri ; in grateful I. EDGAR JONES. Un ihy kindly trust we bend. i i iVm i it » s' « ï tu; c t iWb m mu s V» i « V* aiu iV . I MY FRIEND CARLO j ji Jt Jt 5; A STORY OF ANIMAL SAGACITY. Si lS ' I N OTWmiSTAXDl.NC; the fact tha » been written of so vol* enture to offer an abso hos" dogs hi uminously. 1 lately authentic sketch of transcendant •rits •h recognition. To give u detailed account of this noble creature's extraordinary doings would fill a large volume; therefore 1 will confine myself to recording a few of those which 1 deem the most notable. <h si Early in the spring of lHJ.'l, when I •aru old and living in th*' as nine township of Toronto, Canada, my father bought from the "Six Nations" Indians, then occupying. ; river Credit, eight miles from our farm, a dog, whom, in honor of a deceased predecessor, we named Carlo. This ani mal was said to be then two years old He weighed, perhaps, (»0 pounds, and •was not particularly prepossessing in appearance, being of u mixed reddish •color, with an unusually large head, drooping ears, tremendously powerful jaws and a tail no more tin long. That member had docked, however, but was an heredi tary peculiarity, as was am ply proven by the fact that many of Carlo's progeny, hile,became quite mimer-! • brought ith precisely similar tails -i very strange, and s tion goes, quite unique circumstance. 1 hav with only rudimentary tails, but never. reservation the ten inches bee i w hielt,uft er t ous in our neighborhood, w forth • oliservn know n hundreds of (logs hot* except in this instance, of any tha* orhl w ith one apparent came into the ly cut off in the middle. At first none of us thought much o/ Cntlo; but it was not long before w** discovered his value, and to me lie soon became a constant companion, play mate, protector and friend. Little by little, as his good qualities were re vealed. we found that his sagacity was wonderful and his courage and faith fulness beyond all praise. Not only in one wie did he excel, hut as watchdog. •attic driver and hunter, retriever, sheep herd he was perfection itself. He ft a red occasion, tackle a bear, wolf or lynx as readily ns a deer, fox or rabbit. Of course he could not, unaided, kill adult wolf. living thing, and would, on n full-grown bear nor but would often harass and detain or the other until the pursuing hunter got near enough to shoot it; but he did once, after n terrific fight, kill a larg* lynx, an animal so-formidable thnf not dog in a thousand will face it. A curious peculiarity of Uarlo's was that although the game he was at the moment chasing might never have been sighted by the listener, any thoroughly familiar with him, could al tell of what-kind it was merely bv the dog's manner of baying, and also whether the scent was fresh or stab*, lie had one style of bark for a deer, an other for u bear, another for a wolf and «till another for a fox, a o»»e wavs ildcat, a rac what not. coon He was the very best •oon dog" I heard of, and would kill of these misyhieyous' creature«. ever one however large and fierce, in less than five minutes after coining wp-with.it. The raccoon always throws itself upon its back when fighting, and. instead of ■klrmishin# around, snapping at and «raring the skin as ordinary dogs do. Carlo would instantly snizn it by th" throat and never let go until it was dead, thus not damaging the pelt at all. Between the ages 0( 11 ami 17 years hunting by night was one of my coon favorite sports, and when following Carlo his voice always told mr as plain ly as by articulate speech whether he was running on hot scent, had caught ills quarry on the ground or had-treed It. In the latter ease my comrade and I would build a fire and chop down t he tree, whose top could scarrely.ernsli'to the earth before Carlo would have the Never once did he let one escape coon. to another tree. Altogether, aside from the fact that their akin* were worth in the proper season 60 cents each, it was very neces sary totlestroy tip-se obnoxious though interesting animals, as they wrought sad havoc urnong tbe green corn and oat* and not infrequently carried off outlying young ducks und chickens, ft wus a singular Idiosyncrasy Of Ctr lo's that, although born nmqng and brought up by Indians, be would never, after coming into cur possession, let one of this nice approach the hmhe without showing the most violent an ger, ind-if »be red man still persisted he, would seize some part of his dress and prerifbi bis farther advance until mime member ot the family Interfered. • ' Even then hi* would not I *e «ight o' the unwelcome visiter until he had foi lowed him beyond the bo. nduries of oil of \\ much intelli^»* a proves. I think', »bat h> lir.d line: treated bv }»!> first own. ; On three several occasions this doy saved my fife, each • : me displaying a surprising' degree of calculating judg ment. » - Through th$ farm n creek, and 1 Carlo's acquisition*by ns. when T had' gained his love and confidence, there: occurred one night a tremendous down pour of rain, ■ ■ hole length- of called Etobicoke j ; iths after I a si ream .lune, a few veiling the m I. to bring irig next home the c farther side of the ly, instead of g.-iutr around by a rather distant bridge. : angry flood. • Hut in a moment 1 was • feet and bv the outward ih. »asttiring •y rash i. I ■'«Pt-'l » f.ml tin set of the current whirled like a feather toward its turbulent center. Being at that time unable to swim. 1 would cer tainly have drowned then and there had not Carlo plunged in and* effected a rescue—and in a manner evincing al most hurpan intelligence. The brave fellow evidently knew that I was mpeh heavier than himself, and was not to be retrieved so' easily as a wounded duck. So, instead of seizing me haphazard and perhgps drawing • head 1er water, he dextrousl) caught hold of the front ? corner of im coat collar, thus, in effect, enabling to rest my head upon hi.s if 1 ? However, the moment lu : ished. ! lost all fear, recovered my presence of 1 mind and cheerfully said: Carlo." Let p guess my intention, he i stantly obeyed, whereupon ! slid hands filong his back and grasped his stuhhv 'tail, w h ! . with a yelp of n.ani j fest delight, ho struck diag ami downstream, tiy.ving ashore to the opposite bank, though at a point fully 100 ytinîs bel had entered the water. ally ne * sa i ch Thei l it was mosst tone!.ing s joy. After lovingly licking my face and hands, lie scampered up ami down tlie hank like : wit lhl thing, rap I turously barking and shoeing his hai» pincss in every possible way, while and then darting back to my side to re Whet lected the *cc the creek, but did not- -follow them satisfied vith this fun, he eol vs and made' thei across, thinking, perhaps, that 1 was not yet to be trusted alone, ami that it w as his duty ' to .accompany me home by way of the bridge. Almut two months afterward Carlo -aveil me from being torn to pieces by a cougar, an animal extr.emely rare in western Canada even at that early day, called "pajEher" by the bid hunters, thouph th rue panther does not exist in_any )f America. A« a full ac (^ount. of This, adventure has already been published, I can only say here that, had'it not been for my faithful friend's extraordinary sagacity in discovering the crouching beast and his dauntless ge in attacking it, I should most certainly have become its prey. As it was, thanks to the dbg. the great cut was shot by in y father, I receiving one half the bounty money and my gal lant hound unstinted praise. Perhaps dogs may not possess w hat we, in our wisdom, call inductive soiling powers, but Carlo was gifted with something murvelously like such. Mere instinct will hardly account for his conduct in the follow ing instance: One summer morning, in March, lS.'M, 1 was standing ut our hack d overlooked the creek and a opening out of the lairnyard beyond. In this paddock were at the moment frisking a number of February-horn lambs, while theit* mothers were nib bling such chance tufts-of grass as had ,escn|>ed the winter's frosts. While I looked delightedly at the in nocent creatures' gambols, n giant-gray wolf, having sneaked unob served fro,ill the forest, » half mile Further up stream, suddeul.v leaped , the low fence, dashed through the flock. lamb in his mouth and was off ; forestward like a flash. . which little field ! great, seized i Carlo lay dozing in the sun at try* "Kook, Carlo, look. I fried, j ! I . , , ' in direct punu.t and thu« prematurely I alarm the brute, give it a long «tart and l thus entail upon h.n. sei fa probably hopeleas «tern chase? No; hedhl «orne- ] thing far w,«er and more eftert.inL | Without giving tongue at all. he «tart«] off at fu «Jan up my sl - ' " e atream. far enough from the hank « I brnk to prevent the enemv seeing him, ! * . , /.«' c . and was at the edge of the forest some , , ,, little tune before the encumbered wolf ,, . . A . . could reach its shelter. J hen, eon , , , , , , . cea cd bv impinging hushes and trees, , , * , i .i » . he bounded through and across the . crack, hid himself in the brnahwood j „„,1 met the ravenon. beast face ,» face ! when it came along. Meantime, hear-1 ing me call, several of the fa. y came I to the door and witness«! «hat foi- - j feet. pointing to the retreating wolf. In instant he caught sight of the milder, but did he rush across the creek j ma I lowed. On seeing Carlo, the half-starved wolf (1 not at once relinquish his prey, but ! swerved from his course and tried to gain the woods at a morn distant point i -a fatal mistake on his part, for the \ dog, nearly as swift as he in any case, on liim before he had gone 100 feet. Then he dropped the lamb and attempted to close with Carlo in a death struggle. He might as well have tried to close with n lightning streak. Every time he made a rush at the dog the latter sprang aside, and the Instant the wolf turned again he seized it by a hind leg, bringing it to the ground, while always avoiding the deadly grips of its fearful Iv armed jaws. ' 'This maneuver was repeated again and agnin, and, rage as he might, the wolf could neither k«* away from, nor , fiia peraeoutor. The that my elder brother had waa he fasten his fangs result time to run up and shoot the beast, which wus so wholly preoccupied in the not to notice his approach. 1 leave the reader to judge whether, in this chase and attack, the noble dog did not exercise what may fairly be called reason? fight Time, pregnant with many of my and Carlo'» adventure*. pu»sed on; I v*»H is y «am-told and he, presumably five, wa* In the zenith of hi» powers, and bad -bédome much heavier than when 1 first''knew him, when he saved toy life in* tlhUÄilrd Urne, in this wise: One gftcmsofi ■ in Octobw he and I were passing through a large field wherein vert pMtu.'iag a muolm of own the#»c vvi.-s a threc-ye*r uys thot. ffîit cattle. Amo: old bull, will a quite gentle animal, often liihien 1 o and fro In fact. 1 nud his back. The •ar* of those camlet liicii unci, ith red A strong wind wa hit those dî ing, and just as wo ■ .. id> of the bull, a ht ; inis exposing a largt lining. )e of the cloak er [muse of the :ht of this »kno.N On catching le dor, the bull cluu e moment to a vit li a hoarse, in a peacefully ered head a: roar, h 1 î il. charged fini. lifted not (*' st ump or \ ree n< ar in cards or brute lutd but r» to c •ould have be l-'liplit ..î my purl even if 1 bad hieb 1 did not. But, than thought of it, in my mortal fright, 'Carlo! 1 did think to him, for. gasp: Carlo!"-—a swift as an arrow and fiercely d. comma is an en g for raged tiger, the good dog spn front of the bull, ard, not squarely i •ith a little detour. but ing ubout, he came alongside the •neast's shoulder, and deftly seized him the tables -. N. e re 1 the No longer ith a vengeance. •as the bull's deep roar the exultant lueror: an ns! trumpeting i sccoml it changed to the pitiful beate m ; ard, : culMike bleating of ! , l>t distracted by pai tossed his 1 to free himself from the v of those i and fright, he on attempt 1 ihe grasp ould never le . whit, n .■ r's bidding go except ut n inns til vieton Fimlinp- all his .'Itorts <if m. avail. Ill :id ! frenzied creature vit !» (dinging dog »able t carrying the strike the d utterly •r with his vildly eked com lint ants. the field Art •areened the interl if hile the other rattle, seared out their wits at the strange spectacle, hi!. srampe lord and master to his fate. • a full half hat seemed to r or hour and to the hull probably an age of ?nt, the running fight continued, the sorely punished beast growing raker, until at last lie every moment sank to the ground utterly exhausted; w hereupon Carlo ei ously wagging his short tail, and with his beautiful brown eves and triumph back to \ joy* "Wasn't that ant bark seeming to u.sk: well done, master?" After this severe lesson no creature could be better behaved tha vas the to more th; h(Jod thrusl upon h „ ; sh( . lu .|,i e ved it , alld ; H „„reaaoiiulbly proud of the fuel, Sllture ller in rotlIlc |, KOft , ; {ormbil , mo i d . Hut sl „. hus ,. ise „ conquered bull, who thenceforth inCar a parti cu lo's presence always put larly subdued air, while I might have flaunted my red-lined clonk in his face a hundred times without exciting him an intense disgust. Bv such deeds ; I have herein re veil as by his invaluable serv in the hunting field and on the farm, my dog became famous through out our whole township, and, had 1 been base enough to do so, I might, scores of times, have sold him for more than the lated, as price of a first-rate horse. He lived to he 13 years of age. and then, though apparently in good health, painlessly died old head rested lovingly I buried him hile his grand my knee, the hank of the stream vherein lie and I had si often dis ported ourselves, and. full-grown mi as I the as, I am not ash; •d to con fess that I shed childish tears over his grave, which T afterward large stone slab, taken from the creek's lark.»I by a ! bed and rudely skilled hands: igraved by my tin My Friend Carlo; N. Y. Ledger. Faithful Unto Death. SHE WAS A NEW WOMAN. lint \\ he li the Don* lie Her She Uenkened. Follow There is m •urthly doubt as to her *w woman. She s not born , neither was new worn; v wonia i perior to nature. She believes with all , H . r heart , with all her soul, with all j m j n( ^ j n the right divine of woman ! to govern, wrongly, perhaps, but still I to govern. She is one of those Patrick Henrys in petticoats whose burning I brinffs conviction to the .oui» l f liumln ., |s wilu „, reil(ly agree with bfr A „ n)rpady Btatedi there is no ] eart , |lv „„ U) hrr n 11( . w | wuAn ;,_i„ lheor y, at Jn pruc ^ Wel| dim . r) . nt . She'« the sort of woman who «hrinki I , ellmb „ „„ the tub |e if anyone »„g ! ...... , . gesU that there is a mouse in the * ...... 4| room. She believes the placid old turn ... 4 . .. , ' . . . lly horse the fiercest sort of u steed, * . . . and knows that her life is in danger . ....... . every time she climbs into the phaeton, . J . . . . 4 1 .. . j hh "' ,,, "' lls P^Lv^wnh terror if «he ! J" «; d «' f ,he ' ' !l,1<l , . .. pfoi.ahiy fain.t If a 11 le I f . . '™> »er path. 1 he - " f the neighbors--she byes the j country, where no household »s com i tli out several of them—fill her j ! m,,uI ad, unreasoning fear. One day she went dow n to the vil* ith i lu! ? e 1 "" 1 w! " 1 ,e,n P te<) l,u > I»'*-» \ Uir »'" (»'••»>' nl,al ; A * «bn was lunar ''igthnm homo in triumph a large .Nnw* loundhind, waking from his noonday '"■[>• »«»iked out to meet her, sniffed hpr P'™ «"J f,!l1 solemnly in behind >>«r. At the next place she passed two more w ent through the same nanvers, then one, then three, then 'wo, and so on Uli every place she passed had yielded its quota of dogs, 1 ' m ' by one they fell in1o line. Kniell big her pies und following her loving. ly. 'hey juin«* in '•>' procession, pftc big solemnly after this timorous new womuu. IIer ' w 'art w as Water ami her 1. .She knew tbat it bones wr would be of her new womanhood to die in de. as 1 heroic thing and worthy fense of her pie». She «aw vision» of the neighbor« finding her a mungled ( orp«e, but »till faithful to her charge; of a Blender white shaft in «orne peace ful cemetery bearing the inscription! "Faithful Unto Death, thought of her motherie«« children, her sorrowing husband, with only a heroic memory to commie them, and her cour age fuiled lier. She felt that it was better to live a new woman than to die Then »he I I swiftly bomewartb-Vbieago Chronicle. a hero. So she gently laid the piea down on the path that the dogs might devour them in |>eai'e and unmolested sped NEW UriLDlNU XEKDElU Present Government l'r\ tl.i lie 3 thoald Bo Vi*.e;itod. ; Ob la %y î'.iirlj I»«-'-. \tl ft cetic-l I») the (»avert \\ b> < (il % ei trr.e( (Special Wash l 'ruinent print Thc g g uihce is hu h it is : g as though U might be ..i le used looks centuries ohi. Pi*t*\ o us to t lie Mat day of Ma g hud be the g< riiuit i.c first met w a.\ s. No o\ ided for the . March ». ITv York if 000 copies of the a pies of the jourmilk in the s- nate and house of u présenta •IS U! Hie first appropriation made by the federal e ided specif igress ieally for printing, was enacted i 1 ». "for the expenses of lire The sa $2.261 for the r\ and printing made an appropriation of sieretary of state, "including the pub lication of the laws uf the first session of tue Third congress." 1701 to 1810. the gi eut * •act to the 1 ' mting was give I. lowest bidder; but *• ■esolutii rrent g for the electi. all lulls ii •ho English in he paid ion fixed the prices IV i- the v b\ the printer of cos ; Au A joint resolutim ith till £in»t ... t ''-Hi.dispel» .i.i' Of p. ci ft h .'in. This if printing the work of ed until 1 tt>:' hut it grew to he • it in as passed pro\ kling lent of printing. hose duti >m dealers wed by the tend all* the lone for the government, by , , . h . . ,, .... the house and senate printers. I he , . . . . 1 . , ■ , .. uet also fixed the prices to be paid foi , 1 j composition and prass work. . . .i i I. ,S a significant fact that the pov. eminent iirinting «»» re«ar. «1 "*? i .nn.ter of such inportancent this.nrl> , , i . »u.» w « ^ » - j I to a duel. In lH4l, Senator King, of j , , . .ii .... , r i Alabama, and Senator Henry. ( lay, of ,, . . ii- i Ki atuck y . became involved in a bitter tit t ■ controversy over the appointment ot . . . . ... i si..,.,,*,,- I tie senate printer, and Senator King i h i J , i • ,. , , „ lin,.i challenged Senator t laj to fight n duel. A compromise «•«< effort«! by the mu- j frit'mls uf the sluatoi's nud nodut'l "tt advertis in paper, and buy all paper ?nt. a 1 super printing •oasion it r.lmostled day that one tuu 1 v:is fought. ssman John A.(iui'ey, of Ohio, of the comti.ittee op ntatives is chairma printing of the house of repre in I860, and be was the author .f the bill to establish a government priming cilice, which was passed by both hous * ; congress »ml approve.) by J-reniclen« | May 31, 18150. Althouif i ! t i nttoned 1» is name is not ofte public print or in private conversutk a ! all of the employes of the governmen printing office know Mr. Hurley's »am ii nil reputation, and speak of him with profound respect and admiration. On the day preceding the vote Mi. Hurley delivered a speech in ad vocacy of his measure which was con vincing and eloquent. His speech w also quoted in the senate in full, f was influential in Hint body also, his most impassioned utterances Ohio statesman declared that, tl * no possible opposition to founding of a government printin; pt the opposition of parti ship, which he deprecated with.se« Epitomizing the history of the pi* printing, Mr. Hurley said: "Sir, the public printing has h ninde u subject of general discust si rife, and even quarrels, in both hoi ol congress, and between the van«, political parties, with short lute lor u full half century, and up to thi the bill, t E J4 V i\\N ! » r / x X FRANK W. PALMER. (Head of the Government Printing Office.) vi ry hour is as prolific u source of public debate, personal speculation and com mon scandal us at any former period. | lt J-as brought more contempt and dis- j grace upon our government than have j come from any single cause that can be mentioned. 'If consult the records of 1810 we that the con shall find a far back greshof the United »States floundering in tl.c mire of printing ruscnlity, unable either to get its work done at the prop *'• time . 4 . ... 4 . I stipulated, or even with tol- ; erableaccuracy. It was horribly execut- , cd, on poor paper, and never ready when j wanted. "The efforts of the spoilsmen of all i parties have ever been to crush out the labors of those seeking ! • radical and genuine reform in that department. The mere partisan does not want the door of the • treasury closed against him just as ha is about to lay hold of Its keys; and an the printing spoils ha^e been regarded as among the most valuable under the j government, mere politicians have al ways hdd a strong desire to retain them." Public Printer Palmer Is a splendid • xeeutlve officer who has had great ! experience in the printing business and who occupied the position of public printer under the Harrison adininis- j tration. He says: -I am not a spoiis tfian In the strict sense of that word, »lihough f believe that the political party placid In power by the people should dominate the affairs of every administration. j While I urn not * •poiUmnji, I am at the »mm; time op- ; posed to the application of the civil ! •ervice law to the government printing j office. I think it is nbatird to require j printersand bookbinders to pasn«chool-ji* boy examination*. It i» ab, o the height of folly to require laborer* and workmen in the various I brauchet of iue printing office to pats j ■killed • 'i ,. ivil The civil but a m of Therefore I ns t. id p util olkee. Only <• \. r ach >1 b li»''- „< the- pi of ' li hat one . ■nt te .f the \merii lu- capita 'ksliop, 1 ro.m w in -1 pi act Ica I dl tin* public j tha art ither has hieli m.ue tha ement and progrès« uted to the n«l\ of hu Its site sh dd be a lofty ele\at d fl« e the possibi dump* a bo lit \ k-4\ » H . a i v; iitl 1 ^ y j \ . ' ni'-' w S.Ï>À, »i -i » •* • : ' I ii u\v M : ■ • X'tMO >M. '< »M I't bSI Til K . 4 . . .. . , .. . with the splendid arelntret me ot I tic . ... .. , , , lllltru building. I he people ol thin eountiy n , 1 , , , j will approve large appropriations to , ,i; . i curry out this purpose, > emvut ' lvi . k i tlionxaml» »I the .. ... , # burdcI1 u]lt)li ' tll J lllM)afer , I trilling in eompui'.son to tin* great und j . , ... , i permanent henehts seeuretl. , , n 1 lie first pubi c printer was .lohn I). .... ■ . , ■ Detrees, ol Indiana, who was appointed ,, , , '. I early in lhfii by Fresideut Abralu . * , , , ... , , hiiicolii. He held the olliee until , , j y 1 «' 1 » 1 '** ■ '"j « 1,s ''. v er.-si.lct Am .,» Johnson, and Cornelius Wendell was appointed, hut ris tenure of olliee was very brief. Tin at that time in coutro rriiufiu) Hpnt (Husks Olfiec. ha I this im congres* versy with President Johnson, and iu ; !HU * | n ' s,onMl b - v l1 "' ! ,llu ,lt1 '' of congrestiiiimil printer. On April 14, 1 M U, A. M. Clapp, of Ne York, was appointed and hehl »)u> « the winter foliowing the congres changed the met hod of appointment March 1, 180'J, Mr. Defrees enate unde! ! v V J rs i c A I » c f, y h* i ft 3 V N c H * * / V / r « 0 V 1 A c V i n n rt* w 8 ? rf rf A X 3 •f Un •pu N s •I • rnesprctrU IIa*«uII. | "Haven't they had some kind of]rum pus in Rev. Mr. Pfiftlily's church ?'j Jle was taken suddenly ill Sunday morning, and Mrs. Pfifthly, like the good little w'oman she is, went to the church and preached in his place." "And the congregation, I suppose, :t of presumption, Y thought it w | and a plain disregard of St. Paul's tench j ings about women speaking In church?** j "On the contrary, she gave them mon so much better thon any her hnn hand had ever delivered, that they want her to do all the preaching hereafter*— Chicago Tribune. a n i' The ( «im I Hennit. Why, where in the rid have you I been, Fred?" asked Mrs. Dasher of her ; , j i ! "To the race«." "So wuK your father, but he'« been back these two hour«." "No doubt. But he didn't have to walk back. I'll take no more tip«."— • Detroit Free Préau. A Clear Conaelei «•e Oltinlned. Broker'* Wife—Ilow happy you look, niy dear. What Is the cause? not taken any innocent and confiding j man's money for 24 hours, Broker—A dear conscience. I have "I am glad to hear it." "Yes; you see my partner died last night and our office was closed to-day." —Yellow Kid Magazine. ! j KflcntlrM lHdl|c»«tlon. "I never kin feel no aympat'y wit atrikerK," ko Id Meandering Mike. "1 don't Htr dut you've got any cairn« ter blame 'em," replied Plodding Pete. "Dere ain't no exeuxe fur 'em," wa* the emphatic reply. "It'» dcir own ac j tion» dat bring» 'em to it. Dev didn't huve no bu»lness goin' ter work in d« fir» 4 , place."--Washington Star. ; ! j j tical turn, "I wonder how much powder destroyed dally in uneie»» aalute«?" "There ninit Ih* a lot,'' «aid the frivol ou» girl. "But I «appose women will go I on kiaaing one another just the MUM." j —JudiauapoU» Journal. tR,l,iN SMllttm. ".I wonder," sold the man of a Ma, Is MAIMfcD CHILDFUN'b CLUB. »Led ... .. ('all I I». : »•U I I« Ml* *<■ * \ tin* I.i •ill headquarters, r streets, the epportt i 111 pro \ emr r as they are. - ■d a fondness f They a i d \ a t" t \ me id thei hit juvenil« .1 their i Mrs. S. Ik I'nfielil, fahle. nt the place, sa; t hat In il i.i hti ' et of find there 1m Irr.uh left fn I hunt'll r ri ppln I. III. . .hi I.C «I their aille tin ( Inly I he pro he !•! after I b i'or the das Out lost n Mask. i ho ha ing I« h. ith heaps and Id." he said. hi-, bright ev. • V of it hen ps C« it »1 the c 'p; fulfillment. "Wl.at will \ ith it the re d. porter ns < »li. I'll build i lice 111 ne f. r mnnmm .ould start a hie hoys and papa, and thei I fa X If the; out is •re poor, I'd semi eitlu t hen tin- country, like M rv l-'/ i field does, and if they g hurt at th. ild give the •him* I lots I We make mil like -I lots of money. care, hul r d. Is and lingers, and it keeps •k, and l't like lose froi I hers scold. The g »anifested among flu embers of the Kittle Crooked (hing hundreds of children in tIn eut b Mready ils ele\uting infill being felt. The other dnv 1" * '. w1 '<* the country ^'itsh air . Aral her ds ext. .list riet a here I he soeinI sett lei ^ J|A V y 4 "yler Iri «dion and STRICTLY IN THE LEA'""'. and At $35 ur. 00 V ' C E. GILLESPIE: The Ghieagi 18 FIRST .. A CREAT m ,1 X *n!lBNTAlJ.7 I» »»» »'« ««»vo.-; elftllatn T».«> trl.iiiuii) of if thu .1** 1 lim<% of t.f <J«-i , iImvuIv. h iij»*« •f Uic ditrti|iUoo « lutltialoii on tin* to dit*« «I Un win («• thn pot Ah h u« •pu liif nsllh »•■IP. a»1 OOftTlIlrf ••»' I » Ml • |. »pulltm, nnn ion «if TUP. ' M IV )*»'»<■ 'MKONji'i.i-: win nu • .1 rin: !lt« l»t»T entirely H*- «1 lively irujrm OMnt a i'ay ** "ry f/imtl" y/lthln 0v*- »« nows»»'tp r r Couy of a IT r«-: •I It* publlnivtl. mlrvi« uf nheiipii**** nn»1 viiu«- <• uawm 'v m* he would toss up to decide. One of our passengers, who is taking $1.000 wit» him, Ims worked 100 feet, of his ground and refused $200,000 for the remuimler, and confidently expect« to dear op $100,000 and more, lie has in n bottle 9 12 from * pan of dirt. His pay dirt while being washed averaged $2.»0 sn hour to each man shoveling In, Two others of our miners who worked their •wn claims cleared up $6,000 from the day's washing. There is about Jf> feet of dirt above bedrock, the pay streak *aging from four to six feet, which is tunneled out while the ground Is frozen. Of eonrse the ground taken out is thawed by building fir.-s, and when the thaw cornes and water rushes it» they set their «Iniées and wash the iirt. Two of our fellows thought a ♦mail bird in Hi«* hand worth a large hh om* in the hush and sold their claims for ST."».000, getting $4,500 dr moinder to he paid in monthly install ments of $10,000 each. The purchasers had no more than $5,000 paid. They •re 2») days thawing und getting out Jlrt. Then there was no water to sluice a- ith, but one fellow made a rocker and n ten days took out $10,000 for the first installment. Ko, tunneling and roek rifc, they took out $40,000 before there was water to sluice with. "Of course these things rear! like •.he story of Aladdin, hut fiction is not it with facts at Klondike. The * round located and prepared can b» worked out in a few year», but there h still an immense territory untouched, ind the laboring man whoennget there with one year's provisions better chance to make a stake than in my other part of the world." -Sun Diego (Cal.) Times. 1, the re n ill have Til for Tut. "You don't know much about the city. Jo yon?" «aid the city cousin in hi» su perior way uh he wa« »bowing hi« country relative around. "No more'» you do about the farm," was the prompt reply. Chicago Pont. -One-eighth of the entire popula tion of Great Britain live withiu the tells si London. PIONLERS IN TM£ COLC *j III. I. lu IK Ic ;* «I (a (In I'r AA Th \! .. -!. if tWO Hoî. Î ek r ist, l Police Tool . when the fr • I. « 'hifll ..i d fill ^ -..Uli ,„T oil aid and or the î ■ rout failli*. * Mm m.-H. of Mi|ihr . d the |Kirty «ill « !.. .idvillc. 'TM . the height of iU for miner*, . î : î . and hefor»* *ek hr 1 3 : a \»-,i ,,-d t he lie left his e can > \ er heard fj a • ! Hi ley spent Iptu l.ea.kille ith Vi . and thei decided t. sit ko !«"• »' • l' i <« : :. lauding In Wash lie ing furn t*d ,,S t hi a prospecting mb* up n party finally reached tho boat was for Alaska o and the two The •cMsary I the con* a'begun. I'pfon, • m«!ii of the parly wanted a sirlwtan •e • i get' l'\ ati- tin stream, d aft a in! ,h u i hl irait, but the • a 1 1 tin -Md Hi Ids. and during the cot tli" party divided, eight: hoi ri dlv building boot, d< I ime to build ol the) w hill the other fm I he prtn i don« 1 . Id men started up the raft. \ iik. end day fier l pt on. HI ley ntnf ertook find •-.■i- ed He- r.- t t.f the party, whose raft 1« H broken, destroying their pi'ovihiont gings. The fournt«n proceeded up the Yukon, and about their first ramping ground discovered gold. 1 heir •i mi pa n inns 1 ail I heir he) \ had about sr veeks* provision», stay there and dig until •re exhausted, when nud derided I the prnvis ould go back to the const and they p,( pure for another trip. Pay dirt Wll averaging over $lfii> jjer day for each man. whe* • night the other party, which had followed them, stole thi'il guns and provisions and compelled the û to board and nil started for -.j Upton and Kiley did not at* \4 turn, but finally drifted buck ■ I loth hud nome gold, • back to Alpena, married - Â I for a time lived mi a farm in Mont* V lo the coast tempt to to Washlngt and Kilcv e eucy county, lie also operated a •I<m in this city for Homf knitting time, lie went west again, but finally brought up in Wisconsin, wher« he nop a fruit farm on I he went wide of Hike Michigan. Upton drifted Into ( alifornin and Is now connected with the sugar refin ing company of Spreckels & Co. In San 1'' raneiseo. It is claimed that the party of which Y •nibers were ; to penetrate th« interior of Alaska. While lit Sitka, jimt before they started home, the party miff 4 . Swineford and a prospecting party who were about to explore Alaska. .;|j Upton and Hilcy were well known in li Alpena «hou» 17 years ago. and ruMiiy É ^ citizens will probahl) r. >-n II » he j miner ffl V^niid 1he time when the.\ left for thi J|A ! askan fields. A 1 ',' tin Mich.) Echo. f Upton and Hilcy were Hie first white <. !.OJD PATTERNS. Try Tliem on fin* lncB|»erlrm*«»il Ma >i Xfilter of Snfety. "Sny. is this a dry goods store or* M man's shirt, store?'' was the query that addressed to another as they $ stood looking in a Fourth street win- Ê .low of a prominent haberdashery. : j JL "Don't know. 1 vet's go in and In- '% .. vest i gate. They did. "Do you mind talking if there's noth* 4 ing in it ?" oik* of them asked of one o# 'h the clerks. "Course not. That's what i in paid for. "Well, is this a dry goods store or* shirt store?" "Shirt store, sure, and one of the 1**M. Why?" "Honestly?" "Yes; take an nffldnvy If you wish." "Young man, do you mean to tell .gi in all honesty, having in vi*«w youi everlasting future, that you make end sell shirts from those magnificent dress goods in the window?" "That.'s what we do, sir, and lota uv 'em, too." Why, I never sow a man with one 'em on. Where do they wear 'em or wlicn: "Oh. they buy one or two nv and then they go to thecountK forf-vo or three days, and if they iou't kill anybody or break a few ear drums, then they sneak back to town Oh, you'll see lots uv 'em in the f*IL Wouldn't von like to have us make vot* . half dozen T' up "Not on your life. My wljc would have 'em cut, down for ftbirt waist« Vor, you know, the ) inwide of a week. •hirt wniMt* are made with amall That wbh done no th * women could «teal the men*« «hirt«« No, I ffiieK* I don't want any. Not to day, at leant. Much obliged for your explanation." "Don't mention it. Call a^ain.'*—• Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. •deevcH Cool mm«I Collect*«. Hired Man— I've been try In* to hlr* jot to work for Smith when ray time'* J out here. Jle said he'd see you yes tee* $ dny anil get your recommend. I ft'po«* J y ou told him Î was stiddy, nnd nil that? Farmer .Tosh Kmmalong- -stiddr?,' a Yes. I told him you was stiddy. ) n fucty'Mjï I told him tliat if you was any , ÿ I'd have to put one of them (-n you to see whether you'd rn«»\'fd at . % ill or not through the day.—Up-.t ♦-lînt* v .VHpnnrMr Wrslhrr Chart«. The Japanese government now Im«W H'try day three weather chart«, shioK include observa tiou« in China and Kin-Kin islands, enabling captains w »rtaln tlw* movement« of storms irai days in advance.—Chicago iftfatiF' 3cenn. Y, Knglami sent 360,000,000 tueos by telephtmt- last year, M,000,006! that» the year ueforo m