The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 5, 1886 Page: 2 of 4
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THISTEPHSNTILLIIIPIEI
if hi *> iianl>>«n(h "2* 'bftif'aM
***«d In all my life
•y Q«o. W Janka.
■XMFBSMViUJi
THE ANGEL OP MY HEART.
aiaca a*oio.
Wkn IL# twIUfht ritbm loaaly. and I alt
Ai ofim ia« tkadow*
oomn to nMt mo. from tfo land
wk anBfMitari,
-lk« Anf*lol
_ and
my H«art
and tit# bealde mo. and I tafco for
m mi no.
lava thrill and gladden. with a lore
bold bar. till tb*
walk tbo
hand mi mi no,
I my pula** thrill ml
that fc***uj« divma.
AM 1 oiMP b* r Oloao. and
world r (pa out of alyhl.
And #■>d la baad toyvibar
Than whataror l« tha fairaat, In thla poor
hoarf of rata*—
Ai bora aitrOtt tho Looey from tha roaa’f
■ wtp rWl wlao.
&uedr*w* with iroutlr
tyar.
Ue woman, oilrd
_ _______ with our aitua
around eaen otborrrylny like women and
not any of ua knowrlog what we were cry-
ing about
*That aettlad thin** with ua. After that
we waa brother* Juat Ilka we uarti to be.
Well, U'a a long atorv. and I kue*» >ou
won't care to hear *t all. bo 1*11 cut It
aliort. When 1 waa twentynme 1 waa mar-
ried. Jim waa our beat man, and my oldest
boy la named Jamea Churchill Browu.
bout a year or ao later J im married. Bite
waa a cripple and supported her mother do
nig acwti j. But It a lie had been a royal
priuceaa Jim could not have treated net
' piano*#, that lead nn
Uhl* • praye .
To follow in h*-r footstep# throu#h the path
way ot the air.
rampant, wherever pain
•Lff*-rtQf with the look
low,
d soothe them, a he bid*
Wherever <rime li
end wo.
Lift up the be*dt of
that eil men hu
Hhe bi«*a cue bend an
me wipe iholr tetri,
And father up the stiti-tus of the raveled we1
of loan.
To we*ve them In a varment, that la
some fair and pu
nr b
With the atr* nr<
petirnoe to
And oft w hi
whole-
re.
thero la In hoping and tb«
adure
en m«>at l need her, when my path
a»om* overgrown
W’.tkihe fo-.iea end temptation# that nn
wayward life bu known.
And I on# with cea»*tc*a longioa for the Joy»
h«* obo> were mine,
»•»*. !*■ femle pity I can feel her piano* *
Oh, then.
aa«i>»
rpoo mr bended ap.nt, and 1 riee refreah
to »a> .
I will b** an
the
trongaod faithful howe'er
way
O rare **d radiant Angel,
a dream.
know tfco'rtb u»
And yet so teal end potent do thy ministra-
tion* «e» m.
1 hat w in u acroaa the rivet w Ith old Cha ron I
shall j
1 thall took to see thee atandlng again at th«
morning's glow l
JIM CBURCHILL.
Tho Life, Love and Death of a Brave
Man.
HKNJAM15 IfORTIIHOl*.
It wa* tluMy. hot and badly ventilated In
doors, although out of door, a cold ram wi«
healimr cheerlessly against the car window
nnd the damp, raw wind was as fresh as the
brown hills and ke-covertMl marshes It blew
over. It was an accommodation tralu on
one of the trunk lines in tbe central part of
this state, and theielore a better condition
of affairs could not have been expected. No
matter how cold the weather or wet, it Is ul
weya hot and dusty on an accoui mods turn
tram. The colder and wetter it is outside,
the ho*ter and dustier inside, and the more
unpleasant it U the slower the train humus
over tlie rails, the m »re frequent the stops
H makes, the larger the crowd of oncoml ug
pissengers, and the greater tho throng of
goers out. At raladne bridge the train
came to another s op. On the uncovered
platform of the railway station there were
gathered a few shivering would-be pa>aen
gera, eager to barter one eoodltion of dis-
comfort for another almost equally as disa-
greeable and impatient at thedelay, for who
ever knew an accommodation train to be on
time** Among them were a man dressed
like a farmer and two little girls—the elder
less than six years old and the younger her
junior a year or ao—with fresh, smiling,
di«zpled face* and sweet, prattling voices,
which even the rumble of the train, the
ykprYy dust. t!io plashing rain, the smoke,
tin* heat and the crowded load of ill-temper
eri passengers cop Id not cloud or silence.
They came into the car where 1 sat. The
farmer and the younger child found a vacant
seat in front of me. I moved nearer the
aisle to let the other climb over the paretds
by my aide in x* to tlie window, out of which
she gar si Into tin* rain and through the
bllndiug clouds of smoke «dilcli covered the
soggy fields with an intensity of delight that
was so unaffected tlmt the train ought to
have fell fl *tter had it had sense enough to
foe! anything,
**I dess love to ride on the cars, don't you?’’
she asked after the train had resumed its
tiresome ) mroev.
“Sometimes," 1 replied.
“I do all the time. My papa is an engin-
eer."
“Then you ride a g<n>d deal? ’ I venture*!.
“Not v *ry much," she answered with a
little sigh of discontent; “not as n»U?h as 1
want to. Since mamma went away, pspa
won't let me, and grandma always cries
when I go on the cars,"
“Ah!*
never expect to
the «»|*en Wtudn
out of atuMi im
heard what she aaid
Than, juat at I wi
band, Jim took It
111«- -st
•round niyoeck,
bud or not. ho wm ao Mill,
[u shoal to Uk« back mr
lo both ot bl* to hard 1 ai-
hr threw
kissed nir on
>l,i Ml 7 UW a, IJ waa
flopped down on a chair, stronger,
lUr a baby. Phillis. the little VO*
too. and there we all were with
■y »»«,
and cried
y belter. Alter he KOt on the road lie
nit Iter a little house near ns and there
they lived anti there these little tola came
uto the world. About a year art) a lltuc
ouy caiue to Iheli cottage, but be only stayed
a day or so, suit when be went back to where
be came from be took the little mother back
■on, and tbeae Utile ours were left behind.
Jim never lost heart, bourn, but the blow
uearly killed him He *ioo,l U|> under It
brave as a lion, aod you'd never have known
(ioui In, face, except ttiai lie dldu't eiulle
uie way be used to, that be knew what sor
row waa. One eveulnr last week It whs
ft day with Jim—lie anti l'lillll* was out
ratkinrby the cieek that run* through my
ue e tnv by tlie red barn. It was just misk
ami my little buy was luunlnr on all
pUi nut 11. the snow w hen tney came lo
-abroad crossing. Jusias they no. II
Jim beard a whistle. It waau'l time for
was luunlnr on sliead
o the
t here
It wasuT time for Hie
regular train, so hr wssn't watching out for
danger. It w»« a special aim It w«* coudnr
found the curve like lightning. My little
Jim was playiug ou (he eulve-t.
Phillis heard lire which-, she saw the boy
in tbettack; *he heaid the raitle ul the eii-
*loe ju*i as if it wa> a dream, Then she
rave a little scream and (ell down on ti.e
load In a larut—”
"K«t Creek!" called out the conductor,
GOOD LUCK FROM SNiEL
The Maddening Dane* of a Dusky
Voudoo Quson.
Frank lad Contortion* of Fanatloal
Davotaa-Frothlno ot tha Mouth
and Falling Sanaalaaa from Bxar-
tlon. _
ss toe train slop|ied again In tlie storm.
"Oh. Uncle llobI ’ cued the little maiden
bv my sole. ‘ Lo< k out tf
lucres Aunt Phillis and cousl
here’s Kiandpa and grandma 1
funny lisiklnir blsi k ivsgou tha
[.link ! * hit#* i-iiiitllilHfl d* lilt* I
ai.f! w li at a
l is I Look?
I/ook ! ’ anc contliiUcd. a« the farmer gaili
cr**<! tvgether hi*charge# ami .*tarl«d lor
1 lie <lo<»r. 'I hey are potting a black box in
iln- wagon, and Aunt Tullns it* crying awful
hard."
* Yea." replied the farmer as he brushed
away a tear from hla eyea. “Yea, that a
Jnu hurchlll, atrauger, in the box." N. Y.
Graphic. ,
THE PHANTOM.
MAVAHU TAYLOH
Viral t 1 all writ In tliamanalon,
In tho old, Taruiilar a«at;
iade and aunahloe chi
the uarpvi at my fee
vrd
O’l
aae each other
llut the •wrtt brler * arms have wrfttlod up-
wards
In the summer* that ■
vnd iht* wniow trails Ua
To an when 1 •<
i that are p**\
aila Ua branchea lower
■aw toeui laat.
They strive to*hut the sunshine wholly
From out the haunted room—
III the tioua«« that <
o fli
w 11
bOUBe
ith itience and wn
once wa* Joyfu 1,
t h gloom.
Aad many kind, remembered face*
Within the doorway oome —
way out:
Voice* that wake the sweeter music
Of one tbsl uow is duin j.
hey sing. Id tones as glad as war,
Toe song* she loved to boar;
a d the
summer garlan da.
er were dear.
They brant the rose In
Wooae flosen to he
Vnd still her footstep* In the passage.
Her tdushes at tn«* <P
Inr tdushe* at tn** floor,
rier timid word* of maiden welcome,
i In
t ome bach to me once more
Vnd all forgetful of my
rnmlndtui of my gair
I mink she ha* tut new
And soon wit: come *g
iy lef
sin.
8be stays without, perchance, a M oment,
To drt*»a her dara*urown hair;
>ar the rustle of her g irmouts,
lr!
hear
Her
light step on tbe aial r
O fluttering heart! control thy tumult,
L. *t lindane ihbll il I
V chf'i'k* betray the ru*n
Her (MJtultig bring* u> uie!
tfane rIomi d e
the rush ot rapture
the tarries long: but lo! h
Iteyoud the open dm»r.
ind gilding i hroiign t he f
s long: but lo! h whisper
quiet sunshine,
knd gitdmg ihroiign
A snadow on the floor
ih! 'll** the whispering pihe that calls me,
The vino who*t- *na«iin
And my patient heart unis'
Nor ctinle her .ong delay
heart
*ny a time
lent is ever at
pihe t
w stravs;
t still await her,
llut my heart grows sick with weary waiting,
A* many a iitue be ‘
ler n
\ et
never passes
efore;
the Ibrf'shold,
o'er.
A Naw Orleaui corrcapondent gives the
fullowloK tlirllllna description of a dance by
Marie Leveaux, the negro queen of the vou-
deoa.
It wm about 11 o’clock before a message
to the queen secured su entrance, and after
peealng a strongly guarded door the visitors
were ushered Into e brilliantly lighted room
about twenty feet aqusre. There were pro-
bebly thirty dusky women and men seated
on tlie floor, the one occupying a chair being
tbe queen, Marie Laveaux. Sb e waa then a
cafe au tail Degress of about fifty-seven years
and was dressed In dark striped calico with
a highly colored handkerchief wom In the
creole style, a la tlgnon.
Some forty or liny tallow candles, placed
In bracketa around tbe wall, added much to
the quaint effect, and tliclr mellow light
softened the outline ot some rather unpre-
possessing laces. Tha majority ol the wo-
men present were under twenty live years
and quite comely.
In one corner of the room sat the musi-
cians, four In number. One caressed sfftc-
tinnately a well worn txinjo; another held
between Ills knees a rude ilium made of
hollowed gumtree log, eovered al one end
with tight y-bouml sheepskin; u third held
In either hand the Jaw hones of a horse, In
which the loosened teeth rultiist on Ihe
slightest movement, and the fourth toyed
with s small drum, made hy coveting Ihe
0|ien end of u large gourd with raitle suake
skin.
About six l*et square of tbe centre of tlie
lloor w as covered with rod calico, each cor-
ner of which was ornsineuted by s burning
candle. To the uninitiated the “..preaii
ou this calico seemed lo be a little lea.t, for
there were oranges, a black looking cake,
two bowls of water slid a plate of something
looking something like water cress, but on
closer Inspection It could Is- seen tlmt some
of the articles displayed were anything but
edible.
Willi mouths open, and comb and gill:, of
purplish blue, two cocks’ heads confronted
one another at one end of the cloth, while at
the other a human tibia resti-d on a cushion
of black feathers.
In the centre of the clotli was a small In-
dian basket made of cane and tilled with
S|>aitish uioss. (.listening In Ihe light that
penetrated the loosely packed moss the cells
of a drowsy suake could be distinguished.
As all present were seated on the floor
with their barks to the wall aud their chins
resting on their knees, the while guests as
smued the same position after sufficient
"aerougtng. to secure room.
There was a silence of about a minute,
when the queen, liirnlngto the musicians,
said; “Commence/.!" Four deep notes
were sounded on the (i string of the banjo,
followed by a rapid picking on the others,
and the drum responded. This instrument
was beaten with the palms of Ihe hand and
thesmind was that of a dull, heavy ham-
ham, him.
i’ossibly this had bien going on five tuiu-
utea when a tall, lithe negro of about thirty
sprang from Ids place in one comer of the
room, and. with head held aloft as If in de-
tiance, stepped out near the cloth on the
lloor. He wore a check shirt and cothmade
pa.its. Two smnll rings of gold hung In his
ears. Ills expression betokened great nerv-
ous excitement; I he eyea were staring wildly
his lips compressed and his bauds clinched,
Moving slowly around the cloth in a tot-
tering walk. the motion of his knee keeping
time with the pulsation of the music, he
looked not unlike some fanatical devotee of
the East. The blo.nl seemed to have disap-
peared from ber.cnih Ills black skin which
had assumed a j cllow tint Uint added to Ills
wild appearance.
After a tremor so violent that every limb
shook as w ith ague he began lo emit short
sharp ejaculations, beyond the reach of anv
letier combinations to express. They sound
ed somewhat like “Yelep! lllyah! Hivalii’’
Then In Ihe Creole negro patois he sang a
meaningless song Ihe refrain of which was:
Oh! I)ecali me.
He zoo! Be zoo!
of an artist In
to haring Bara mrehautoal aklll. Mostvro-
know something about tawta* and
have iittia difficulty Hi hemming and stitch
ingi but when It Outturn to lutng, tHmining
knd Dm thing draaaaa. Where real laata and
Judgment are required, tbo
find* a rooky road. Hack dressmaker hat a
peculiar way of ffnlahutg a drew, a*
tailor haa of making a ooat.”
“What can a dressmaker earn attar she
hut learntHl tier trade?
“It depends upuu her skill and ability. If
she It smart she can get bd.SU a day, oilier
wise she uuty not get more than It.SO—that
Is, alter aim has taken teaaoos for one tea-
son. Koreladiee who auperlntriid tne work
ecelve au average of bdSa week. They are
women of long experience tn the trade. Ho
far a* aremuisklng at home la coucerneu.
Tho other day an
the MaMertiNi Prison.
the why, my dear boy. what pn aar*i
“You art? v«ry—«w <Mch i
ikiiiklttM HrtwlMl llkdi iwft
m stronghold from Which rotor
•«d Paul wm forth to Tholr
Uowth-An Awe Inspiring
chappie.” drawled _ _____ | .....
couldn’t get along without him—couldn’t
' ” and he took out bis cigarette <*“
really,’
-UA
The man stepped up and unbuttoned
**“6oucher notice his veal, dear chappie?’'
■aid the lu-Iu. “It’s made of sandpaper. I
use him to sereteh matchee on.” The
Waap.
Kluotrloal Burgary.
the paper pallet ns manufavlured by a num-
ber of houaeam lh‘~ *■*■■' -----
this city have greatly sim-
plified malleis. You see tint cn«rt on the
“■aiir’
“Yru,” was the reply “hut I don’t under-
stand it’’
“I don’t expect you to,” laid the lady;
“but any woman with the aid of that dia
and paper pau-mx cau be her own
paper paiem*
uresamaker, although she
taaen a lesson In her llte. Uf course any-
“of,
body who intends to make dressmaking a
business must have the aid of au expeil
cured teacher. As w Ith many other trades,
apprentices get uo pay while they are learn-
" There scetas to be quite a variety in the
spring styles this year,' observed the report
er. f lancing at the gorgeous display around
the room.
"Yea,” said the modiste, “there Is variety
enough Idk all conscience, but It Is simply
(liseiiuraging to tee how few people arms
well. It is so hard for women to see that
the charm of dreas lies in not being ultra-
fashionable or showy or odd. Custom has
p..tsuch limitations to a man’s attire that
he cannot dress in outrageous bad taste with-
out making himself a subject of ridicule.
With woman the case Is d.fferent. 8lie is
permitted to wear rich fabrics of many col-
ors, lice ana Jewelry, (lo right out here on
Broadway and behold Ihe c miu-queure.
You will see women with loud. Inharmo-
nious colors, and gems blazing nn every tin
ger. All they care lor is show, and lliat
A student 81 years old, In the College
Burlington, Vt., slipped ou the pevemt
and (trained hie thigh. He soon tost the
use of his left leg and suffered excruciat-
ing pain. He went to New York, wee placed
on a cot In the Poat-graduate Hespltal, and
on January 85, Dr. J. Milton Roberta, a pro-
fessor In the Institution, performed on him
a remarkable operation.
The young mau was put under the In-
fluence of ether, and Dr. Roberts, with a
scalpel, laid bare a portion of tlie blp bone
•bout three Inches wide then he called Into
play a bone cutting machine. Invented by
himself and called the electro-osteotome.
It I* worked by an electric battery and can
revolve surgical Instruments 18,000 revolu-
tions, If necessary, In a minute.
The Doctor attached a small drill to the
Instrument and cut out portions of the hip
bone up to Its heed, a distance of four
Inches. These pieces of bone under the
microscope showed disease. Tbe doctor
then used still larger drills until there was
u space large euough to admit the entrance
of s man’s linger. He now wanted to aee
ihe exact condition of affairs Inside of tlie
bone. To do so he used a novelty for tills
class of work—a tiny include cent electric
light, about as big as a pea. This Dr.
Kotierts Introduced inside of the passage In
they call living stylish. Y«u will see wo- Roberts introduced inside of the passage m
uien who nelight In defying fashion and oth- the houes, and the several flashes of light
ers who are her abject slaves, regardless of enabled him to see Just where tbe diseased
taste o: common sense. ’ "------ .
"Well, madame, is it not In the power of
tlie dressmaker to alter this state of af-
lalrs?"
"1 don’t see how. We have to make what
boDe was. Then he took up his drill again
out the diseased bone wherever It
and cut
wee necessary as easily as If the bone were
before him on an
ooen before him on an operating table. Mr.
Roberts put In a drainage tube to takeoff
diseased matter that might form, sewed up
yov. know.” Ole wound, and applied antiseptic bandages.
“Is your business one that men ever take A hypodermic Injection of morphine was
|given to the patient, and when he recovet-
ed from tbe effect ot the ether he was In a
there Is a demand for. Business is business
till kllftw.’*
ttpF’
"Oli, yes, there are male dressmakers tn
this city.”
“Do they mske more money than women?”
“From 88 to ft) a week more. Men are
better Ilian women at making waists, which
■ re 111 some particulars like tho coat you
wear; bull never saw one who could drape
r skirt nmnertv ” New York Mall and Kx-
sutisfactory condition, and It Is conjectured
that he will In a comparatively short time
be able to use his disabled limb.
a skirt properly,
press
A Fashionable Thief.
A Missouri Heroin*.
_Last summer when Prof. H. of Washlng-
ton, a gentleman well known to the sclentl-
tic world, returned from Europe, he brought
Mrs. S. J. Duffy of De Soto, the lady who
ao gallantly held the inob at bay aud saved
the llte of Yardmaster Tod, who was pur-
sued by the Infuratetl crowd to her home, Is
receiving unstinted praise at tlie hands of
the peoplo of De 8oU>, who have determined
to reward her brave act In a substantial
manner. A purse has been started and a
handsome sum already secured, which will
be largely augmented and presented to the
heroine with appropriate thanks and com-
mendation for her daring mid timely act of
unselfish heroism. She is described as a
petite brunette, quiet anil retiring tn dispo-
sition, good looking, and Ihe wife of a loco-
motive engineer on tlie Iron Mountain. Her
husband, 8. J. Duffy, had been guarding the
company’s property at the roundhouse, and
a short time before the excitement had ar-
rived home and was nsleep. Before retiring
liv had placed his revolver on the dressing
i pi _______ ______
tse, and as Mrs. Duffy went to meet the
mb she saw tt and carried It with her to the
door. The pursued man was breathless with
fear and exertion as he rushed past her Into
the house. He hurriedly and briefly told the
story, and the lady was quick to understand
ury. and the lady was quick to understand
id prompt in her action. Her anpesranee,
volver In hand, had an electrics! influence
am
revo
on the crowd.
“Slop where you are I” she cried, raising
her weapon. "X will kill the first one who
attempts to enter.”
Tlte mob, astouishod and awed, was con-
quered.
“We want that scab,” said a venturesome
leader.
“If you mean Mr. Tod, you cannot touch
hint. He belongs in my house, and I will
not permit you to enter It.”
There was no evidence of bravado In her
manner. With flashing eyes and uplifted
arm, her weapon pointed directly at the
mob, she stood her ground and held It at
with him a camel's-halr shawl valued at WOO
as a present for his wife. A lady friend to
whom Mrs. H. exhibited the gift Inquired If
there was any mark upon it by which it
could be distinguished In case It was either
lost or stolen. Mrs. H. replied that there
was not. After her friend’s suggestion she
marked her Initials upon narrow pieces of
tape and sewed them in the centre of the
shawl. Last week Mrs. H. attended a re-
ception at a fashionable house In the north-
western part of Washington city. Every-
body who was supposed to be anybody was
there. When Mrs. II., at the conclusion of
the festivities, looked for her shawl, It could
not be found. 8he inquired of the maid In
attendance, who remarked, that a lady al
that moment leaving the room had taken a
shawl similar to the description given by
Mrs. II. The latter, addressing the depart-
ng vuest, politely said:
“Excuse me, but 1 think you are wearing
my shawl.”
“You are mistaken,” was the freezing re-
ply. “I bare nothing that does not belong
to me.”
A close Inspection, however, convinced
Mrs. H, that she was correct In her surmises
“You shall not leave this room,” said she,
qntll 1 have personally satisfied myself that
I am In error,” Then, turning to several
ladies who were watchlnt "
adiea who were watching the proceedings
vlth astonishment, Mrs. II. continued;
“If one of you ladies will examine the un-
! that
hay until llte Mat or of the town arrived and
urged the people to disperse. St. Louis
(•lobe-Democrat.
der side of that shawl, you will find my Ini
Hals sewed In the centre.”
The garment was grasped by two or three
curious hands simultaneously. A single
glance showed the letters “E. J. II.” pre-
cisely as Mrs. II. said. Meanwhile the aris-
tocratic thief wts fleeing down stairs ns fast
as shame and ridicule could drive her. She
Is the wife of an officer In the United States
Naw and a descendant of one of the bluest-
blooded families.
THE MISUSE OF HOLIDAYS.
The music grew loudef, and faster the
dancer followed It. Tim others in the room
took up the refrain, swaying the body back-
ward and forward In time. I’resently a
voting win
joined tin
voting woman stopped out on the floor and
male dancer. -—•
The Ulrl Wo All like.
Tlie plainest girl I ever saw was the fav-
orite in niy native town. Even body liked
her. Beautiful? O Do, she is not beautiful
—that Is, outside, but inside she is an angel.
Nobody Hunks of calling her beautiful. No
one ol a dozen ran to,, whether her eyes are B“,P'
mark or blue. If you should ask them lo J T|ie man struck tbofloor with tils bai
describe her they would only say: "She is | and u sounded like tlieexjilosioti of a imisk-
juaf right,” and there li would end. * '
was waxing >
'mill
eider and I
The excitement
: stronger. The voices were now
l lie drum lieats sharp ard savage.
The two dancers were confronted fur a luo-
“Dldn’t you know thatV You know my
paper she remarked with such cohfldeficr
In mv knowledge that I was almost asliatneo
to sav that I didn't.
“Don't boihrr (lie gentleman," interrupt,
ed tne farmer as be turned half around in
his seal and fai -d me. “hbe is a big talker."
“She doesn't bother me In Hie least,” I
made ha-to to say. So, r assured Ihe Hill,
maiden iurm d l er face again to the win-
dow. and in a moment was too much ab
sorhc l In (he fl.eiing panorama to remem
tier anything but the passing pleasure.
“Her father was an engineer on this road
—JIMChurchill. Ever heard of him? ' con-
tinued the farmer after a short pause. "Ntx
Well, I ain’t suor'sed. Yet he deserved to
he known more’n lots of men that gets their
names before the public. Jim and 1 war
schoolboys together up the country nrai
Palmyra. We was both raised In the sam
township, and We used to tnlnk when we
was men we’d he partners, and we was—
almost. Jim was bigger'n me, stronger and
a year or so older. ! was only arum amen,
the other bojrs, and If it hadn't been for Jim
I'd probably been licked every day In my
life. But Jim wouldn’t aland anything ol
that sort. Il« was as brave as a giant aim
never allowed any one to be Imposed upon
while he conld prevent IL and when tlie
bo) a learned that he meant what he said
they let me alone. So we grew up together
Uke two brothers. He loved me because 1
was weaker. Just as a tathcr love* a baby
end I Just worshiped him. I'<r a died for
him (tranter, just as easy—If he’d ouly said
the w irn. You ought lo have knowed Jib,
Churchill. One Jnn Churchill would makt
up lor a half a milllou sum fellows as me
and tne ordinary run of folks.
When we was about sixteen years we bad
our flist tr >ubie. Blie was Ihe prettiest girl
In the oountji and she was just m sweet and
good as she was pret’y. She was a dominie’s
daughter, and win n ane came to school Jim
and! b ah aatoiiroapa for her at the sa up-
time. Funny, siranffet, how a pretty girl
will oome betweesi old friends. Two men
can live like twins a whole lifetime, but jus>
let a pretty woman oome In and they will
flgnt like brotbe-a In law oyer a will. When
little Pbill a c»ui* to school, and Jim amt 1
ran race* to aak to see her home or to fetch
her to ringing school or Sunday night meet-
ing, toon, stranger, we knowed the firsi
trouble of our live*. Somehow we grew
cold like and before thel year was endc
we did not speak. One nicot J Im aod I roe.
at her noose. I was only seventeen then,
and Jim was over eighteen aud as big as a
bmib. He had a beard, almost, and ae wa-
re handsome as a picture. He didn't know
1 waa there, or 1 don't think he’d a called.
I had been there about an hour, and juat b.
fore toe knocker sounded Phillis had told
me the old story we Ml of re toy* to hear •>.
walK and 1 felt as happy »"d ItaM-hrerted
rit. When Jim came in and saw as
HHtto m pwHr he^rwmed^to
8he Is a merry hearted, fuu-loving be-
witching maiden, without a spark of envy
j or malice In her whole composition. She
enjoys herself and wants everybody else to
| do the same. She has always a kind word
j and a pleasant smile for the oldest man or
I woman; in fact, 1 can think of nothing she
resembles more than a sunbeam, winch
brightens everything it cornea lu contact
with.
AH pay her marked attention, from rich
Mr Watts, who live* In a mansion on the
hill, to negro Sam, the sweep. All look at-
•w her wi h an admir'ng eye and say to
Hietuselves: "She is Just the right sort of a
girl!” The young men of the town vie
with one another as to who shall show her
the most attonttou; but she never encourages
them beyond being sitnoly kind and jolly,
so no oue can call her a flirt; no. Indeed, the
> oung well d. ny eucn an assertion as quick-
ly as she.
"Do girls love her, too?” I asked.
Y es, wonderful to relate, girls likelier
too; for she never delights In hurting their
leellngs or saying spiteful things behind
their backs. She is always willing to Join
In their little plans and to assist them in any
way They go to her with their love affairs,
and she manages adroitly to see Willie or
Peter and drop a good word for Ida or Jeu-
ule until their little difficulties are all patch
ed up aud everything g-ies on smoothly
again, thanks to her. Old ladies say she Is
delightful. The sly witcn, she knows how
to manage them. She listens pauantiy to
com pi sluts of rheumatism or nturaigla, and
‘hen sympathize* with them so heartily that
they are more than halt cured. Eli Perkins.
The in mi struck ihe floor with his hare foot
mu
ce.
scri
v, I
ing each other ail the time, their hands on
re
Then commenced their d»nce, the
motions of which are difficult , to desi
Tney turned around a common centre
their hips, their bo lies half bent forward.
Apiatieidly possessing a perfectcommand
over every niiisele of the loins and back,
they would make one side quiver and jerk
while the oi her half ol the body waspertect-
Iv qtiie Cent. They twisted and contorted,
tibrau d and trembled—every change being
visible even through their clothing.
The man was now In a state of frenzy,
and with a growl not unlike that of some
animal the male dancer tote the shirt from
Ins book and stood naked to uie waist
Hound and round they weut; the spectators
now organized lulo a moving chorus.
On the 11pa of the man white frotn began
to gather. Ill* eyes were almost fixed. He
beat hts breast with the ejaculation of every
syllable. The tension was too great to last
long, aud pie-cnlly. with a low groan, he
-auk to the lloor. The woman stooping
over him continued her song.
The queen slopped from her place and
gave the prostrate fellow a drink Horn one
of the howls on the cloth. Tins revived him
and he resumed Ids place opposite the mul-
atto woman. Tne fall, ortne waior, seemed
to have brought hack his senses, and alter
one revolution, with his hands on the wo-
nioii'a uhiiiililiini liu nl<*ti ml nn this mint
Mistakes Made by People Who Oc-
casionally Taka Recreation
Writing about "The Misuse of Holidays,”
Dr. Andrew Wilson remarks that there is a
wise method of spending our leisure time,
as there Is a foolish and body-wearing fash-
ion of dealing with IL Rest, in the holiday
sense, does not mean absolute inertness, but
repose of the faculties, powers and energies
which are ordinarily exerted in our dally
associations.
It Includes and makes allowance for the
bringing Into play of fresh muscles, new
thoughts and novel experiences of men,
cities, sports and surroundings at large. To
the bringing Into play of these new faculties
little used In our usual employments. Is add-
ed the stimulus of pure air and fresh scene-
ry among which they are exerted. Hence we
understand that holiday rest Implies healthy
She Got Acquainted.
“Hold on to the young man in front,’’ said
a young lady’s escort, os they seated them-
selves on the toboggan. "But I don’t know
him. ’ ’ “Well, take hold of him and get ac-
quainted.” “Sir!” said the Puritanical
miss, with an offended look. Her escort
chuckled and dropped the conversation.
The toboggan started. “Oh, my!’ ’ squealed
the nervous young lady, taking a very light
hold of the blouse of the young man In front
The escort chuckled a little more and the
toboggan flew faster. As the side struck
the level the young lidy hohned into the air.
She threw her arms around the neck of the
young man in front and clung to him like a
well-licked postage stamp to a letter. When
the toboggan came to a standstill the young
ladv was still tightly clasping the stranger.
“Well, did you get acquainted?” Inquired
the escort, with a grin. '’You horrid thing!”
was her only answer. Chicago Inter-Ocean.
three cua-TOMBRs.
The circus, the oauoas, toe crocus—
Three curious customers they I
activity ol powers which, but t«r the oppor-
. It a nurds, would be apt to lie dormant
aud unused.
man’s shoulders, he picked up the nioss-flil-
ed Indian basket and presented It wan a bow
mult j
ad unused.
In tills view of the object of rest It would
be a ihoiougn mistake tor a busy man not
an invalid to bury himself In some dull re-
sort where he will simply languian without
the slightest ol Interest being evoked by Ids
surroundings. Equally erroneous is the or-
uinary hurried “iour,” In which wego with
a rush Horn place to place, xulpiug down
novelties as we would bolt a ten minute rail-
road station dinner, wuiioutglving ourselves
time adequately to digest and really enjoy
Young people are apt to abuse their holi-
days bj over-exerting themselves at some
particular sport or exercise. "It is difficult
to over do exercise In the case of young and
hoalLliv ii...iikl» tint ih, «„.... .......
ing gray.
Three curious customers they I
They bua and the bio m In tae focus
or Spring's warm and lengthening
ome men circulate with tha elr
And others In osucusrs croak
hey all unrelentingly work us
Till bankrupt In temper or "bi
’be crocus, the clroui, the osuc__
(Julie curious customers all,
'hey oome wlih a Spring lust to walk ua
More swiftly along to a rail.
—Columbus Dispatch.
to every one In the room.
Each In
A BIO BEA-TURTLE ON LAND.
turn stroked the head of the suake
Ihat lay colled within. The male dancer
tnen took a mouthful of water from ilio
bowl and ejccu d It lo a line spray on all tbe
sitters, al the same time saying in patois,
"Good luck tills year.”
The music seem d to reawaken, and sing-
ing uow berarnu louder. Four people look
the floor ana gave a repetition of tne v,
dance Just <le-crlbed. It was carried a point
further than Uie first, aud all but one of
those engaged fell In convulsions.
healthy people, but the walking tour~may
nevertheless he overdone, the cycling excur
slon may he of too extended a nature, and
yachting or boating may be rraughl with
just a lntlo too much exposure to wind and
weather.”
How an Able Olvln* Snores.
“Look out, dar, child; travel softly. A
preacher’s steepin' in dar.”
This was the greeting a Press reporter re-
ceived as he boarded a Pullman sleeping ear
this morning at the Union depoL The com-
mand was obeyed, but tbe reporter’s atten-
tion was arrested by a rattling noise that re-
sembled rravel falling upon a tin roof.
‘Dun dat beat de world? He’a done been
alia' IW.arfiMhlMl
PARDON FOR A FAT MAN.
snot tin' like a disabled engine for about ten
hours. He—he—he beat dem all, he does.
How the Gigantic Monster Game to
Be In the Far West.
The discoverer of s gigantic extinct ses
turtle found near Fort Wallace, In Western
Kansas, first observed the large bony shields
projecting from a bluff near Butte Creek.
They were carefully taken out and brought
to Philadelphia, where the restoration was |
made.
Thrffore tippers alone were nearly Are feet I
long, while Its expanse from tbe tip of one
extended flipper to another wai about sev-
enteen feet The question may arlae, How
did the sea turtle become buried In a bluff is
tbe 8tate of Ksnaaa?
A natural supposition would be that Kan-
sas is the bed of a former ocean, and so It Is.
Ages ago, lo arbst Is called hy geologists the
Cretaceous Period, that part of tB world
was tha bed of a great sea. In whieh the
■rent turtle swam, together with other moo-
•tors of curious shape and sppearaaae.
Gradually the crust of the earth waa rmlaeo,
the water fell back or became IndoaeU and
I -ft the Inhabitants of the t ret toenua Haa
high andory. to b« eovered by the earth and
preserved tor ua to study agea afterward.
The shores of this anctaet ocean are really
found and followed by geologist*- Its ex-
t haa bare traced oe bur Western plains
ami
the
»L
WHAT DRESSMAKERS EARN.
__ Isa ex-
bean traced oe bur Western pl>
bv theb.eaenlog aad disintegrating rams
that havebeetifound upon aod bureau,
surface. Charles Frederick Holder, la
Nieholaa.
A Contrast ofthe Earnings of Male
and Famale Dresamaksrii
A number of quiet, neat looking girls
were busy sewing upon some new spring
goods si a fasliionahle up-town modiste’s
when a reporter called. Tho head of the es-
tablishment was dressed In black with the
utmost simplicity, which contrasted strik-
ingly with the brilliant dresses scattered
around her.
“I have come,” said the reporter, "lo
know something of the manner in which
women learn the dressmaking trade. Are
there any schools where the business Is
taught?”
“I never heard of any. When anyone de-
sires to learn the business she goes to a
prentice at any other trade.”
“Most women who learn dressmaking ex-
pect to work at tt lor a living. I suppose?"
Tbe modiste smiled re she answered: “It
Is sueh a bother to learn It that 1 don't think
any one would go Into It for :un. Oe.-aaion-
ally, It la true, ladies learn in order to un-
derstand better the fitting of their own
dresses, bnt re a rule dressmakers' appren-
tices expect to gain a livelihood by their
trade.”
“Uow long does It take them to learn?"
“Walt, that depends upon the student.
Generally a girl should master the trade In
ore «arena. A good dressmaker should
hare a quick eys for form and color, she
A Louisville printer named Dick 81ms,
who has Just been pardoned out of prison,
has had s romantic career.
While working at tbe rase before the war
81ms Inherited a fortunu of 1180,000. He
led a fast Ilfs, and In a few months lost all
bis money at faro. After drifting about for
a time he went to Chicago and set up as a
divorce lawyer. He entered the Federal
Army, and while In service found a coffee
sack containing *850,080. After hiding It
He is Dr. Talmage, the Brooklyn preacher.’’
The porter refused to disturb the eminent
divine and he slumbered on sod snored loud-
er as the train left for Chicago. Pittsburg
Penny Press.
■CHAPPIES.”
Sharps and flats—Needles and dudes.
Boston Post •
A very slim dude and a very stout cane
h ive been known, to pass for brothers.
oncl for taf
■ '■It geai.wv, Jlltri IllUlllg lb
ys he turned It over to Ills eol-
The colonel kept It
for a few days
■Ml... ifckMftre. '
only too well, and after the war built a pal-
Pniladelpbls Herald.
The dude Is going Into the dictionary, but
there’s very little of tbe dictionary In the
dude. Boston Courier.
alls! residence with It tn Nashville.
Suns went on from bad to worse until he
was oonvlcteri ot securing a fraudulent pen-
sion. The other day he waa pardoned,
chiefly on account of his site. He weighs
8*u pounds, and the presence of such a big
man
Atlanta
mods, and __
In prison excited general sympathy,
is Constitution.
Whatever faults the dude may have he
talent
___________________r any o
hi le anything of whlon they are not In poa-
acsaion. Boston Courier.
cannot be accused of hiding his
It is ImpoeriDle for an^ one to
der a bushel.
Ha Would Havo hla Llttla Jokee.
“Grover," remarked CoL Lamont to the
President In the sane tilled seclusion at their
private parlor,” will you lend me a cork-
screw?”
“Dan,” Inquired the President gravely,
a season ot Jeffersonian almplt-
“la this
eltv?”
“Of course it l»," was the prompt reply.
'Then, Dsn'l, pull the coo out with your
if K ’’ anti Dia PreaUant asm I lest aroui.
Ctroumstanoes Altar Cases.
That the admlnlstatlon of Jostle* Is often
affected by extraneous circumstances la a
•ruth which beoomes evident early lo Ufa
The bright fl year-old son of a genial cler-
gyman of tbe historian’ acquaintance had
been encaged, with some or hla friends, Tn
wrongdoing, rzxl he was sailed Into tho
liousa under circumstances that seemed
ominous*
Did you get licked?” Inquired one of his
teeth.” and the President smiled good
n*luredly as bo carelessly laid his round,fat
hand on the Jug, Washington Critic.
SfflSKMi
A Useful Attendant.
Berry Wall may be the king of the dudes,
but the emperor ot that fraternity Is cer-
tainly a Boston exquisite now at the palace.
This hot house flower of modem “aaaaloty”
Is followed eearywhos hy a solemn foot-
man, whp has never bean known to open
bis Ups.
Tho y
colored:
like a b
the aunty.”
the aged
ire__
dal Gasetts.
■ saint's loboiso.
A Rome correspondent of The Ktto
York Sun writes: One feels a strange
sensatiou on being told, on entering a
place: Here both Sl Peter and SI.
Paul were imprisoned while undergo-
ing their last trial for professing the
Christian faith, and from this spot,
lbrough yonder narrow ajierture in the
living rock, they were led forth to the
capital above for judgment and for ex-
ecution when Nero’s sentence condemn-
ed them to death. So I felt, as did my
companion, though born and reared in
a creed differing widely from my own,
us we sot about exploring the Maiucr-
tine prison, on what wa* once the stoep
dope of the Capitoline hill, adjoining
tho fainou* Tarpeian rock.
The ground lias been greatly raised
here above the level of the forum by
the accumulated ruins of ages. So we
enter from the stroet the Church of St.
Joseph of the Carpenters, built by tlie
guild of that name on the space occupi-
ed by the prison built here In the rock
by Ancti* Martins, one of tho early
kings of Rome. Mars waa the Latin
name for Manters, the Etruscan god of
war. whom Ancna specially honored.
In this prison he lodged the most illus-
trious taken in battle until their fate
was finally settled—lienee its name of
Marmertine. We enter. The part ad-
joining the entrance is a sweet, quiet
little sanctuary curtained off from the
laxly of the church. There are quite a
number of worshipers there, persons of
every rank, performing their devotions,
and quite heedless of what is pussing
lOyhiipjl-them,-,» Asjn kjrnsl before the
liljnqjtfwl' we lio%r tlin sodality of car-
penters (Fiikt/uami) chanting the evon-
ng office together in tlie church proper,
l'heir voices, like those of all Romans,
blend harmoniously without a single
rote of discord. The hearts of the peo-
ple are In these exercises.
Alter a moment's prayer we go to
tho jiorter and ask him to the under-
ground dungeons of-Alums Martins and
Servius Tullius, for tho space now oc-
cupied by tlie little Church of St. Jo-
seph was io all likelihood a later exca-
vation for the lodgers of tho jailers and
guards. It wa* sacred ground, howev-
er, iu the eyes of tlie Christian* of
Koine. Tho porter opens for us n
strong iron screen lo the right of tlie
narrow, low corridor in the solid rock,
and, lighting n lump at tho end of a
pole and holding unother light in his
hand, lie invites us lo follow him down
tho stone steps. At the bottom wn turn
to the left and arc in tho very prison
tilted or const meted hy Ancus Martins
(or Maniertius) fur his enemies. It is
shout 27 feel long by 20 wide, and about
12 feet iu height. Until the occupation
of Home hy the Piedmontese it wus a
chapel culled Nan Pietro in Carcero (8t.
I’etor In prison), now- it is stripped of
all its Mcrcd furniture. Look up to the
rudely vaulted and massive ceiling.
There, in the midst, is the hole in the
solid roek through which prisoners
were let down into this dismal ante-
chamber of death. And in the midst of
the lloor beneath you is another hole,
on a vertical line with (he upper, through
which prisoners 1 condemned to death
were let down by ropes into tlie litter
darkness, horrible liltli, and indescriba-
ble despair of tlie Tullianum, the dun-
geon invented by King Serving Tullius
for his worst fix1*.
There is about tlie place an air of evi-
dent and ntvftil reality before which all
questioning doubts vanish. In a cor-
ner lo the left on entering is a solid
granite pillar tn|iering toward the top,
in which are still remnants of Ihe mas-
sive rings and staples by which prison-
ers were held fast. It is surrounded by
an Iron grating which effectively pre-
vents tlie curious or the pious from
chipping off fragments. For Ihe popu-
lar tradition is Hint both the apostles
were chained to this, and how many
oilier Christian martyrs after them dur-
ing the next two centuries and a half?
We go round and round, examining
every part of thes • walls. If they ha I
tongues to tell of all the scenes of woe
and horror enacted there! But if they
could only relate to us (lie doings and
sayings of the two glorious diciplcs of
Christ who were, under Uod, the par-
ents of Christendom and Christian civ-
ilization! Here, during his imprison-
ment and lieforr his thud condemnation
to death, St. Peter wrote his second
epistle. Here St. Paul, his companion
in captivity, also wrote his Epistle to
the Ephesians, his second to Timothy,
and the epistle to Philemon. Here they
were lovingly, faithfully ministered to
by the |X!rsons mentioned in these let-
ters and hy others. Tliet* there was
_jk I grehing
spring eh Ihe floor, and tlie apostle,
with chained hands, stoops to adminis-
ter the sacred rite. The soldiers of the
guard are waiting for their turn In the
background.
Look! At your feet is the identical
spring of pure living water. The guide
lifu off (be lid of tlie tank and you see
the water bubbling up. A pipe drain*
It off to the neighboring Cloaca Max-
ima. They say that the spring gushed
forth at Peter’* prayer. Why not# In
Jerusalem, at the very outaetof hi* la-
bor*, hi* shadow, as he passed through
tho streets, sufficed to cure all forms of
disease. What could Christ refuse to
his prayer, wheu lie stood, at the gate
of paradise, ready to be crucified like
hia Master, and for that Master's name?
Now examine every party of this
dark dungeon—this hallowed si>ot,
rather. Sec, here are some ol the
iron fixtures which held the condemned
forcibly in an upright posture till the
end came for them. Shall 1 say that here
Cicero had executed the companion*
of Catiline; that here Cassar command-
ed to be Ignominloualy slain the heroic
Vcrcingetorex, that Gael whose only
crime was to love the independence of
hia uslivc land? Here, too Jugurtlia
perished, and many others. But 1 must
not mix up these profane memories
with tiiat of tho two great apostle*.
From hero they were taken to the
upper prison, and through lliat opening
in the rocky wnlllo tho Sculic Gemonite
on their way to execution. Is't us fol-
low them to the top of the Capitoline
plntform. To our rigid as wo turn
southward rises on ono extremity of
the hill the glittering marble mass of
the temple of Jupiter. Isiok across that
sea of shining palaces and across the
broad Tiber to where, on the Vatican,
stands Nero's palace, with liis gardens
and his circus. Where now stands tlie
Basilica of St. Peter's, with its colon-
nado and tlie palace of tho popes?
Follow the crest of the hill from the
Vutican southward to that point on tlie
Janiculum where is now St. Peter's in
Montorio—thither Peter is lod through
Rome and across I lie Tiber to die.
No wonder that in that church Ireland's
exiled princes—the O’Neill and the
O’Donnell—should have asked to lie
buried.
And now, from tlie broad platform
of tho capitoi, turn your eyes lo the
loft across Ihe Palatine mid tbe Avon-
tine to where the Ostia gate and the
road leading to the then great port at
Ihe mouth of the Tiber issues from it.
There Paul Is to be beheaded. Through
tlie long lines of tlie palaces of the
Cirsurs and the magnificent streets and
suburbs the most eloquent interpreter
of the new religion is led amid scoff's
and insults lo die.
Aye. but from their blood Christianity
sprang up. In a few years Nero's own
hixly was to ho cast, nnked, unhurled
for days, on tlie s|xit on which wc stand
of the Scalic Gemonite.
Before we descend look at that verts
erable church and monastery of Ara
Cell, in which rest tlie ashes of the
mother of Constantine, built upon the
very spot to otir right once occupied
by the temple of Capitoline Jupiter.
Church and monastery have been lately
seized by Ihe Piedmontese govornin nt,
and arc to be demolished to make place
for n grand monument in honor of Vic-
tor Emmanuel.
All, well, tlie ruins of the Capitol
have looked down on many races,
kings, aud dynasties culling '.br»nselves
Ihe conquerors, mid masters of Koine.
We have climbed up the Kcula) Ge-
luonia* leading to (he T:irpcran rock,
and now wc nrcon ihe Via Triauiphalia.
Who will conquer Christ or tho revo-
lution?
A Rinister oAfi
Gordon’s C’rew.*
“What am I going to tell yon," said
■ ell of tho schooner Fame,
proached nearer lo tlie end of llieir race
the divine “virtue which went forth
from them” and healed many in bodv
and soul went on increasing.
There is, then, about this little chap-
el of Nan Pietro in Carecre an air of
such convincing reality that one wishes
to kneel and kiss every stone in these
walls, as if Christ’s own presence and
unction had consecrated them over and
over again.
Our guide beckons us to the wall of
the prison facing the entrance. A
square space yawns there half filled up
with rocks and mortar. This lod right
up to tlie Sealtr. (h mnnur (tho Stairs
of Wailing) outside. Through this nar-
row aperture prisoners were led, or
pulled up, rather, to the winding stairs
leading to the tribunals in the capitoi
above. Through this same narrow up-
erturo tho bodies of prisoners executed
After Treatment of Scarlet Fever.
The last stages of .scarlet fever, that
of desquamation or tho time of llte shed-
ding of tlie cuticle, is al tended with dan-
ger both for the patient ami attendants;
the patient is peculiarly liable lo com-
plications arising from taking cold
easily, and tlie desquamative scales are
a frequent and most curtain source of
contagion to thoec about the patient.
A writer in a British Medical Journal
■ays:
“Now to obviate this dnngor, I have
for several years been in tho habit ol
having my patients sponged over the
whole surface of tho body twice a day-
commencing ns a rule, about a week
In the lower dungeon, or Tnlliamim, from the appearance of the eruption,
were hauled tip with a rope and cast on j and continuing tho process until the
the Seala demonics, lying exposed | desquamation is complete—with a uiix-
tliere for some timo heforo being thrown I turo of one ounce of oatmeal to one
Into the Tiber. ; pint of boiling water; tho solution tobe
Yea, it Is all fearfully real. And now ; made fresh every day and usod tepid,
wn turn to go down to tho Tullianum j or at such temperature as may be con*,
itself, tho aliotto of Pctor and Paul dur- j forlabiy borne by the back of the finger,
ing tho Interval between their oondetn-1 Aly reason for using this is that tho
nation to death and execution. K/„ven J gluten in it sticks tho scales to eaclt
steps load down lo it. A brick floor of j other and lo the surface of the bodv
the seventh century has replaced the , thus allowing of their being removed
ancient rndo and filthy level Into which I from one sponging to another, without
tho condemned were lowered through j the ordinary risk of infecting cither nt-
thc corresponding manhole* in the cell- nioaphere or ciollios, and greatly lesson-
TllTh 1 ,h0. Wnl‘ 11 " '“W"' of spreading the disease.
Capt. Rockwell of
•'ooourred about ten years ago ou Luke
Michigan. 1 was then in command of
the schooner Gordon, ami in tho grain
trade. Ono afternoon, just before wo
were ready to tow out of Chicago, a
stranger came aboard with a big bluck
cat in a rude cage aud offered her for
rele. I was bom with a constitutional
hatred of cat*. Ou board of a gralner
there arc plenty of rats and mice, but
I’d rather have tho vermin running
over me in my sleep than to keep a cal
aboard, as many vessels do, Outside
of mv hatred forests I didn't like the
looks of the man. He was u rough-
looking fellow, with a cook eye aud
two or throe fronf teeth hanging out to
windward, and If I’d liuve wanted somo
one to do a bit of dirty work I’d have
picked this chap from among a thou-
sand. I sent him off in a hurry, as you
may guess, but as lie reached the wharf
he turned the cat loose nnd cried out:
•My curses on tho ship and crew
forever!’
The feline might have run into the
elevator, but she didn’t. Slio just
scrambled right aboard of us. and in a
whisk was out of sight down the main
I latch. Borne of tho men looked a bit
serious nnd some treated the matter as
joke, and just heforo night we were
towed out and had a fair wind to lay
our course. The hatches were all bat-
tened down, of qsitirse, and nobody
seemed lo have given a thought lo the
cat while getting out of the harbor. D
was as fine a June night as you ever
saw, with a moon so bright that you
could sea a vessel a mile away, and n
breeze to send us along at about fiv
miles un hour.
“Well, we had made everything ship
shape, and had supper, when the black
eat was suddenly seen on lire end ofthe
jibboom. She was looking inboard
us, her hair on end and her ey
ing. I brought up my revolver to hare
a shot at her, but just us I was about to
pull trigger, tlio eat yeowled out In
dismal manner, nnd down cam
peak of the mainsail, the halyard
ing us if they had been cut dean
with a sharp knife. They were
stout ropes, and nobody could sav tiny
had been broken by any sudden
1
ag ship
e black
d of the
o.trd at
s bluz-
to haro ^
ibout to §
■ut in u
nr1 tho je
sshow-' 4B
i aero is N*
re new, v-
How tc Talk Well.
The art cf sgrecablc conversation is
one all men admire, and lire t men are
anxious to learn. There are few sub-
jects upon which lining p . pie oftener
seek advice from tiiosc whose greater
experience enables ihctn to give wise
t oillisel. It is freqlle’.li; -nal of maiiv
kinds of t n.chir if • sample s butter
than precap1 . ut Hi's is not so in re-
gard to tin :i.. of colt V.*1 sat .on. Yon
may boa: m hi .ii talk with wonderful
brilliancy, nn I i t talk no hotter your-
self the l you il d before. You must
have rules to observe lath r Ilian per-
sons to iin taf v
Boswell accounts for il............
dinury accuracy mid flow of language
of Dr. Johnson by saving Hint "lie hud
early laid it down a* a li.xc I rule to do
his best oil every occasion and iu every
company; to Impart whatever lie knew
in the most forcible language lie could
put it in: and that, by constant prac-
tice. and never sufl'ering any circles*
expressions to escape him, or iiilempt-
ing to deliver h's thoughts without ur-
tlre conversion of the officer* of their j ranging them iu the dearest manner,
guard— Processus and Martinian—and j it became habitual to him."
of some forty soldier*. Anyone wire | The course which was pursued by so
has lead the Acts of the Apostle, i eminent a scholar, whoso conversation-
can not help believing that as they ap- : al powers alone sufficed to make him
celebrated, may well lx: followed by
the youth of our day wire want lo
learn tho niuch-covotod art of conver-
sation.—New York Ledger.
We had lu reeve new ones, mid when
this job was linislie I I went forward to
put n bullet through I hat cal's head.
She set up a dismal yeowling, and a* I
pulled trigger down enure the whole
ores ail. both throat and | uak hall arris
having parted. 1 hoped I iiad killed
tire black witch, but when tlie smoke
lifted we saw her in tire same place,
safe and sound. Every man a boar I
agreed that the halyard* had been cut
with a knife, and a* the men passed
them from hand to hand they began to
mutter against me for trying to bring
about a calamity by seeking tho cat's
life,
“By tlie time we had the foresail up
again the eat had d sapp“ared. going no
one knew whither, and the weather had
suddenly changed until tlie moon was
overcast and the bronze was a third
stronger, 1 never saw tlmt craft steer
as she did that night. She’d yaw and
sw ing, and gov wild, in spite of ail the
best sailor aboard could do. By tlie
time wo were oft' Waukegan there wa*
a smart sea on and a nasty look nil
around. The wind gradually limited
into the northeast, and we ha I to go in
stays and make long Uiard- dead to the
ea»L and then make our gain ou tire
other leg as we ran lo the northwest.
Every time we went in stays the sehoou-
er acted like a balky colt, ju-l barely
keeping us out of irons, nnd the ugly
cross sea banged her about until every-
thing groaned. We were about to go
in stays for mir board to Hie northwest,
and the men were aloft io cure for tho
topsails, when tlie Gordon slipped into
a hollow and rolled port and starboard
like a stuck whale trying lo g,-t rid of
a Imrpoon. Thera wa* u loud sqiutll
from Hie cal, which creature, il appear-,
waa in tlie mainmast crosstre**, a terri-
ble scream from Ihe sailer, and as tho,,
Gordon rolled to starboard lie was filing
clear of her side by thirty feel uud wi.iTT-
down like a Slone.
“By this lime t!re crew were so
worked up lliat mibo it would turn in.
and every man • emed to b momen-
tarily e.xpceling some new disa-t t. It)
came lie lore midnight. Tlx) wind ’
limited dead lo Ihe north nnd grew
stronger, and a* we ciuiic about from a
run to the nortliw ‘sl Hie Gordon mi-siri
her slays, was taken fiat aback, and
several calamities followed. Throe or
four seas boarded us and swept tji •
deeks. Hie forcltooin jihad nnd crashed
a sailor's skull, and jib and outer jib
whipped loose, and went sailing away
wtill the wind. Wo cam* within auticc
of being dismasted, for the men cow-
ore i down in abject terrui\ju^1 t
Hints’ and myself Imd lli(v'lWfl(^^)ilc
on our hands. Wo finally got her head
off, nnd ratchcd away for lire Michigan
shore, but before daylight wc sprang a
leak, and wo ninde Grand Haven only
by the skin of our teeth, with our cargo
damaged more than iM.OOO. From an
hour past- luithiiglit. to broad davlight
tha# Infernal eat kept uji a steady walk
between the two masts on flic triantic
stny, and now and then she would utter
n yell which brought all our hair on
end.
“Taken altogether we suffered a loss
of over 84.000 and lost a life, nnd it was
all on account of that cockeyed man
and Ids bluck cat. No sooner had wo
got into port than everybody except the
mate ran away, nnd tho cat leaped to
the dock with n farewell yoowl and
took rofugo in a pile of lumber. The
story of our mishaps got noised around,
and tho Gordon had to be laid up for
the rest of the souson for want of men
to work her."—Kew York Sun.
of gut Wmm. representing th. baptism , Secondly, the gl./ten IRU „pTho
by St Peter of the officers, Processus and 1 of ,l'« new skin, and protects it from
Martinian, together with (heir compan- 1 i1'0 ro,d- •*. P«teb by patch it becomes
ion*, which took place on tho vorv last 1 , rr’ "ntl ,huN <° »ay the least, greatly
’ “ ^ "I * ' ,l“ -^^Qf^lrop^y wbjhsooften
night the apostle s,>ent on earth." It U j rl*k of ,lrol
*♦«•*!<* XWMkfltoh. Ik* oftrers |
Wanted.
IIorBor, so rich that it wouldvO&tue i
prisoner to break out ^
A farm that will galfee something
more than a mortgage.
A fialt lliat can be weighed by its
own scales.
A river that docs not have to be
dammed before it is worth a cuss for a
mill.
A few crumbs of comfort from a
talde ol facts
Sonic information ns to the best
method of hrctikittj' a mule without
breaking Ids neck.
Hciliii appliance tot weighing my
word*. i ' i V cALa* j
A string of list for t» Iyr*.“'ZWrWl
f-VM
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Jenks, George W. The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 5, 1886, newspaper, June 5, 1886; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857480/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stephenville Public Library.