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t'Vt ' FNCLK NED'S jDKFKWSifi. fc- •" 'V '•"' lt\ hi-ixlren an' sistahs, I rise* foh to 'aplain Die uiuttith dat yon's talkin' 'bomt--I hope to make it plain. IV lx-rrv sorry dat dc t'ing hab come bcfo' de chu'ch, . when I VplaiMftt ytm *01 Me Mat tt>« auffin much. My frien>, your hvunble apeakah, while trablin' here belofr, J6»b ueblxir cared to hoard up gold an1 silver foil to show; We'n only Btoppin" here a spell; we all hab got to die, * - *»>' *o I alwsyB tries to lay my treaaahs up on high. 'Bfcr's jeat one t'ing dat peetera me, an' dat am difl, you see. Be ravens fed old 'Lijah, but de critters"wont feed me. De.vV got above dar buaineas, an* jest goes swoopin' roun\ An' nobber turns to look at me 'a-waitin' on de groun'. * waited mighty aarttn like; my faith was pow'ful rtrong; rec koned dat dern pesky birds would shuahly be along. But oh, my frienly hearahs, my faith it cotched a fall, I>e aggravstin' fowls went by, an* nebber stopped •tan. De meal an" flou' was atmos' gone, de pork bar! get- tin' low. All* so one day I 'eluded dat I bad bettah go Tt> Brudder Johnson's 'tater-pateh an' borry jest a few, *Twas oTejaiif Yore I got to start, I had so mo£h to do. ' It happened dat de night Was dark, but dat I didn't min', » I knowed de way to dat ar patch, 'twas easy 'nuff to fta', Afe' den I didnt ear* to meet dat Johnson, foh I knowed Bat he would nam me 'bout de mess ob 'taters that I owed. Agot.de baskit full at las', and tuk 'em on my back, I n' den was gwine to tote 'em home, when eome- thin' went ker-whack. I fought it was a cannon, but it jest turned out to be Dat Johnson's ole hoes-pistol ^a-pointin' straight at me. I tried to argufy wid him; I "pologized a heap, But he said dat stealin' Waters was mean as stealin' sheep. Ob course I couldn't take dat ar'; it had an ugly Roun', The only t'ing foh me to do was jist to knock him down. My bredren an' sistahs, de story am all told (Ob course I pounded Johnson till he yelled foh me to hold), An' now I hopes you 'grees wid me dat dis yere case, an' such, Am berry triflin' mattahs to fotch befo' de chu'ch. j the rigl feeling i^NDA. .eJ at my provi dential esci*^, v T . contact with the des­ perate characters which I had left at the settlement, when my acute, trained, ever- alert ears detected" the sound of swift riding. In what direction? From be­ hind me ? Yes, for the mildly-floating breeze blew from that quarter. The face the woman dropping a tub half filled of the prairie in this section was a little ^ti, . y, there's the rain barrel out­ side, ' said Ir4n desperation. " They've tried that onoe, they may not look in it 'again. And before you would be able to speak a sentence, the water was dashed out of the cask, stealing down into the arid soil, and I was in the barrel, and SAVED BY A COFFIN. Riding hard and fast, almost as for dear life, along the wilds of the vast and lone Western prairie, I found myself, to my intense astonishment, entering upon a straggling settlement, and pulled up to reconnoitre and consider. That I had missed my way was all too plain ; for, on the course that I ought to have come, there was not a cabin or a single settler. Somewhere or other I had got out of the right track and into the wrong one. Almost any traveler in the border sec­ tions would have been rejoiced to thus stumble unexpectedly upon a place where fyod and shelter might be obtained. At another time I should have been so my- self. *Not now. In the breast-pocket of I my closely-buttoned coat I carried five thousand four hundred and ninety odd ! dollars in greenbacks. It was during ! our time of war. This money had been ; given into my charge to carry it without stopping, and by the most unfrequented 1 route, to Fort L , and place it in the : hands of Col. Southard, who was waiting for it. j "Get through at your best speed," ' said the Major General to me when I; was on the point of starting. " The ; money has been long due, and Col. j Southard is showing some irascible tem- i per over it. Should you scent danger on route ride in a careless manner, as I though you had nothing about you. Be ! very cautious." j " Is it known that this money is going to him ?" I a ked. j "It is not generally known. Some | few, of course, inevitably know it--the mail agent and a clerk or two. Still, I j don't see that we need fear treachery i from them; I think you will be aU I safe." 1 I But here I was, having lost my route, j and not knowing whether I was safe or 1 not---at least, whether the money wonld ; -be. And, now that I had blundered on j to the verge of this scanty settlement, j what must be my course f Should I hnlfe; for refreshment, as any ordinary traveler! would, or should I ride straight through • without stopping ? The Litter course might of itself escite , ' Suspicion. 3or pushing on to the house ! of entert^pBient with the most careless I i«ir I I got off my horse. V been at work 1 wa», no •fljjtabfc, watched for on this route j «at m ot$||R|( and should need all nrr j •oauaing to escape--if escape were indeed i possible. W&& were only two men in i *he bujpl when "X entered, the land- ] lord ana the 'iMMftiefc* I ordered suppes •] * Mid sat down. , Two travels next rode up and ordered ] drink. One of them went with the hot*- j ler, the other threw himself down on a bench outside and began filling a hu.ge | pipe. Strolling carelessly about the; room, I managed to glance ft©m the win- j dow. My heart leaped into my throat, ' for in the man seated there I recognised | Bill Wolf, one of the most desperate j characters that ever figured in the araml* ! o" border ruffianism. Yes, it waa cer- j tainly he, and no other. There was the | huge red mustache, the thick, hairy j throat, and the shoulders hunched up around his head, suggesting the shape of ! a mammoth clam--and there was the! voice with a deep-down intonation, like , the plop, plop, plop of water hurriedly j leaving a jug. I sat down again and went through the j form of eating my supper; but whatever ! appetite I might have felt, on my en- ! trance into the inn, had vanished now. | The discovery that this dangerous man, i Bill Wolf, was at my elbow, filled me j . with suspicion and di^e apprehension. ; His being there might be all chance; but I --I did not believe it to be. j Presently the men came in together, and ordered supper. Mine was finished, and now was my chance to leave. Paying my score, and saying a general good evening, I crossed the dim, smoky barroom. They took no notice of me whatever, not even returning my good night, only the landlord looked furtively after me. My spirits rose; I hoped my fears had misled me and that I should get safely away. It looked quite duskish outside, but he hostler was flitting about the stable with his lantern, which emitted but a little more effulgent light than a white bean would have done; he brought out my steed, and I trotted away. The moon --a little past the full--woidd soon rise; and I pushed along at a smart trot, so as to get well out 'upon the plains and into with water in at the top as a cover. She had barely time to, re-enter the house, the door of which fortunately opened on the side away from the moon, when a rattling vehicle drew up at the door, and I heard a voice raving and swearing at the woman for something done, or undone; and then from the bunghole, the plug having been dis­ lodged in the upsetting of the cask, I saw the furious return of the three other renegades. Hearing Dick's wheels they must have turned back. As to the steed they supposed I was on, they knew they could catoh that up at any time, what­ ever the delay. There ensued a good deal of loud talking, explanations, and oaths. A jorum of hot nectar was prepared, and they all went in to partake of it. Dick refused to join in the hunt after me, on account of having to take the coffin to its destination. " Any way, we are bound on the same track," cried Wolf, "so you may have the pleasure of seeing us wing the tur­ key. Five or six thousand dollars. It's a' prize we don't get a chance of every day." "Won't old Southard swear when he finds the money don't reach him, and he doesn't know why!" A shouting laugh. Dick's voice was heard as it died away. "Is there water enough out there, Jenny, to drink my horse, -v „ " I'll see," she returned, moving slowly over the sill. And then, leaping to the cask, she lifted out the tub and tipped my barrel over a little so that I could spring out. " Hide where best you can," she whis­ pered. The best place, the only place seemed to be the dark corner between the cabin wall and the barrel. Dick came osit, and led his horse up to the tub to- drink. Then, turning the wagon endways, he went indoors, brought out the cofSfea with the help of one of the others* and aid it into the vehicle. Bill Wolf canoe out next. : " I've made another jug of neeSar," called out the woman. And at the tempt­ ing words they all went back to tfhe cabin. I believe the woman did rif to give me time. At that moweni a wild and desperate plan entered any brain; but, feeling for my knife, I fmmd that it was misscag, along 'with the belt! to which it was at­ tached, In the cmddcii jostle which She steed bad given me,, the girdle had b«»a snapped; and IOHB witfhont my knowledge. The horses of tl"» three renegades--my own, which had been retained by th.3 hostler atf tlhe xin> arowng them--wene hitched en* the fusttiar aide of the dooi}. where tli© moonlight!, striking by the end of the cabin j rested fully fipon them. lit was suici le to attempt- seizing one of them--my own, a&<U had hoped so dt**-- and riding off; so 6 embraced the only, alternative,. Creeping into the wagonj i lifted the coffin-lid, and again lay down. in the long:,, narrow ijiisora. There wii» n« choice. The flood of moonlight swepttgO' i*nr toward my- hiding-pliuw that ouu^a pant* of was conceaKad by tlit barrel, antf! krscnv that discovery1 was inevitable, for the man's horse stood in 3*«ch a position thuek; in order to recover +he laweos, he nrisfci fe#ve trodden napon iue; and fchere was no earthly tiling as fa j - a^ tifoe eye coiald retuE*d, i raaeh over tlhe plain, behind which a noan i cxmld hide. Ah, bu2 what iif he shoi?M re-adjust liis- freight?' Cfrsi you think. h©w my liea ±<beat a-wvva# tiae thought? ¥«« wonder «faat my aitiiii eronld be ? I had none; oiiher tha» :Ae h«pe of having one ma s to deal ii' Dick par 9fed wiiifli the res.it.and w^tf aib«». He had said he won; & .go wit.i\ therm as far as jhe Forks;" alfĉ r whiijfe, a» I comj st­ rolling, but not so as to afford any shel ter, and not a shrub or bush dotted the , expanse for miles. I drew up my horse one moment to listen. On they came. No-chance trav­ elers ever rode like that. It meant pur­ suit. I gkve my steed a lash and he broke into a convulsive gait, hove his body up with one or two plunges, stumbled, go­ ing down from his knees to his nose, and pitched me literally heels over head. For an instant I was paralyzed with as­ tonishment, wondering what could have taken my trusty and good horse; the next, I seized the bit to fetch up the fallen animal, for there was no time to lose. But what was the matter with the horse? He had a white spot on his face, and this white seemed to come off on my hand as I touched him. A wet, slimy, sticky substance, bearing a re­ markable resemblance to whitewash. With my heart in my mouth, I stooped to feel his white legs and feet. Yes, tkey were whitewashed, too. The trap­ pings had been taken off my own horse at the inn, and transferred to this worth­ less animal, which had been whitewashed over to imitate mine. This discovery brought an appalling interpretation of the oncoming horsemen. I gave the horse tke whip as soon as his unstable legs were well under him, and sent him scouring on ahead; while I ran off on foot to the right, making for a little hollow that I saw in the distance. This proved to be a shallow, dry ravine ; and here, to my profound astonishment, I discovered a low cabill, or hut, about the dimensions of an ordinary country log- cabin. Dashing up to this, for it was out my only hope of shelter. I gave a rapid succession of knocks. A shrinking, pale and cowering woman opened the door. " What is it?" was her first question, noticing my breathless haste. Had I taken a moment's reflection, I might not have given the' true explana­ tion as I pushed in by her. In all proba­ bility this secret hut belonged to my enemies. The moo* was coming up dry and red in the east. "Is there any chance to hide here? My horse has thrown me, and I believe a party of desperadoes are close up with me." She mechanically closed the door be­ hind me before I had finished my ex­ planation. " No, no; there ia no place," she gasped, her ear catching the sound of the coming horsentea. ** This is all there is ; this one room," My eyes had been seeking foe a piece of furniture, or else thjtf I mig&i! le con­ cealed in--all in vain. Suddemljy they rested on a dark object ia1 the for corner. " But this ?--what's th»?" I eaclhsaned, making a rush for it. "It's a coffin," was Her re­ sponse. " But there's no other chance-- they are turning up to rtie dooK- Get in." I had bnrelv time to pfcoe in this receptacle for the dead, wfajui a hoarse voice that I had n w too good cause to know, that of B41T Wollj. was heard outside. His heavy whip simck the door. " Here, you Dick !--Is Dio& here 2" The woman threw her apron tueiz' her head and opened the dooiy " WTiere's Dick ?" "He has not come back! the woman. " Oh, not yet! Jenny, ha w ye heard a horse go by yonder ?" "Yes, just but now. I BtoakSed thinking one of ye might be comiag. Seemed to have a small man OH it." " Driving on like the devil --eh ?" "Going fast," she answered. " Y%mi mighty perhaps, hear its track, still," ;she , . added, passing out and pulling the d<to»! headed, his *ay wou.IL lie- «ne road and to. "Listen !" But Bill Wolf must have be<«of a s ts* tffaeirs anotli *j The three -4hers xraanted, and all v we pickjus nature. I heard him Map from.; alwmt to stiuiy when :he -woanan ran ®wt his hone. For the life of rm I coiid.! some sort-of a bl:#3icett, aad muttered not help pushing up the coHrnhd bva ! »fi*nethiiig about ccapwiin# the co Sn. •hair'i bscadth, and looking through t&» j Bick yelled «t to h i -ito.-mmd her «rn chink, A fire wa3 burning om the sto ae } bnmness and let the t -liinp, ;iiane. heartli. Bill Wolf had a ha ad on eaebi , door-poat. His brutal head s thrift^; l5**" inside the rotisa, peering abov.i.1 " "What's that ?" he questiooed. A.td: my heart stood still, for I kne v-he spola' of my retreat. " It ia Staffer's coffin," she- answere<Vi " Blue Hex left it ivere for Disktotaia over to-night." " Staff r ejjacalated Wolf, i emtemptirt OUH^T. "A co4&ssl for the lik »"of liim i' As Staffer made his own bed, so let hiaa. lie on it." " The boys wish it," said Ae, " aai. Diek prtmaasecL" Dick be I He ough'^to be he ».. But she Mcceedet1! int afficomplis'imag purpoiau Dis;|o»ii^ tiie 1 4m- Itet across the ccifin; as •'lie was beginning , drive awny„ she j«m- ttsrived to lif :tits hd :«d. 'irop ins:'le a bowie-knife . You mugylh* sore I e mied ift heartily, ad gave hen ru Messing Jwo, iMxir tiling; jsnd the ^fatr w& I ma te of id was to lo> ^e the lid ujj> j&st a fra tfw»n. So that my breathing' wna easy, tl.aagh nay position .\rvnn cran .-t^ptlx. " We'll ieat up the ;«siae speedily IM>W," said ifce horsemeni tese to ar itiiier, iflae quantil yirf whislzTrtJiifry had in: "iiajbed, in the shaj o of " nectan;," somewluit im- 5*?ding theisr utterance.. 41 He c; jt't by Aie you sure he is not in? You've r.»fe' miracle have go'»^eft into the waded got him ia hilling anywhere ' f WoM, aU snsipkion, wen^ up to tide rnia bactiel, aascl I heard him shake it. II Bjappoaw he thoo^ht " Dick ' "might h >ne taken tefuge im the water ; t'ien he cane to the door and looked in a fain. S< <*£»>. tied, be turned away, and mounted lii» hurst-. belt by Bi xtord Sprt*ga>. " Horse caraldn't fejilto Mm ther n" " Dick, " they calhid back, as tl ay were riding on, ."'acool t -«i>w humlre iapiee ! Throw out your oVL slaell and jpm the hunt." The whole scene is vividly pictured in my mind now. The moon-lighted prairie, the sloping ravine towards which the renegades had been dashing, and the wagon standing in the trail. I mounted one of the horses and urged him onward. All might have been well, had not the quick ears of the men caught the echo of his footsteps. Looking round, they saw me making off--and I think must have known me, for I, was lighted up by the bright moonlight. With a wild shout, they came on in pursuit. There was the sharp report of two rifles. I felt a sting in my foot, another in my shoulder; but the horse Was unharmed, and the race for life began. There was one disheartening disad­ vantage for me : I had no saddle ; but I was riding for my life, and I held my steed between mv knees, and took the broad trail with the fury of a tornado. The issue would rest chiefly with the horses. I knew nothing of the one which I rode ; I knew nothing of those that were pursuing me, excepting my own white-faced horse. He could run like an antelope, and outwind a hurricane. On, and on, and on, my steed, desper­ ately spurred with the point of the knife, bore ahead, actually causing me to gasp for breath; and not 200 yards in the rear rode those would-be assassins. On the rolling prairie now; and my animal took the declivities With a plunge, and the elevation with a sure, fierce stride. Across the brawling ford now--. but crack came another rifle echo, and again a stream of fire seemed to srtrike my shoulder. They were closing in­ closing up. I could now make out only two horsemen following. One of these had discharged his rifle at me ; the other I supposed was keeping his in reserve until he should be a few yards nearer. I knew not where I was, how far I had ctme, or how far I had to go ; but I did think and hope I must be nearing civili­ zation and Col. Southard's camp. Could I keep up this pace'( Would the horse fail me ? Away and away went we ; I in front, they behind. A momeatary dizziness threw me fair- ward on mj horse's neck. Whether I should have yielded to the - faintness, I know not; Imt a distant sound struck on my ear, and brought me up. Oh, it was good, that svmd !--but I was not sune yet, I broke isito the wild, long, fierce yell of the bowler rangers, and sped on -Sgain ; but m?'iorse had that peculiar twist now and itoen in his gait that told me he was faltenanig. Again that eeha reached me, swelling out on the rlaag wind, and my hear# leaped up. It w»s the shrill music of the fife, and th^anrnble of the drums of the infantry; who were probably return­ ing to camp ¥nm some expedition to Fort L . Again I sent out that long, wild, border cr$ and I knew by the «gnicker breathing of the fife and. the ripid pulsing of drum, that the sol* daers had heard, aract were coming to my- rosicue. A ^arting shicit fried at random, and n«f two pursuers - tttamed; they could not face the soldiers* Bat one of them, at lewi, was not d xne with. I called my- heise with a peciiSay whistle that he knew. I repeat**!• and repeated it;, and, them I heard him coasje crashing again in pircwait, while Eia- rider shouted and lasrked him, and t ied tw pull him round the' other way. 36h a brief space of> tixur^ Wolf, for he* itr was, wrestled with* the animal, lashed, goaded, roared at hifar bitt Jerky* whdBtle- calljlfcept his mind and head toward me. Wo<4' only gave u] :the fruitless straggle and leaped from h j» back, when a squad of i ifcrntry dashec i O«T a billowy swell' of fie prairie. "'Mis Wolf," I panted, as they bore dovwt " Go in p of him; I am all rigli j 3&ow." Ni« need to ur ^»' tihtmi. A price was set oiD Wolf's head, as<they knew, for he was the most dar^gepoms and desperate out'i-y of the time..-. I just saw some of theiai % off--while the plain seemed to be lining and falli ng aibwut me, and then qui'Jtilty fainted; witli fatigue and excidewmt, chieflywath loss of blood. A ad when my ejnes. opened again, they fell Mr. Wolf- -a prisoner. Ovar men had brought him in;to.receive his deserts. As for myself, XJ was. saved, and the moi»TF also. " was a nein tossch, Captain," ob­ served one of the m*?xa to me, ",and I sho iM not have -iMed the coffin aJall." BlMt it was tlie that saved my life. Rule.- Winter.̂ go to bad, with cold damp LIFE 0> THE PLAINS. A Duel by Moonlight--Eleven Shots Fifed. [From the Cheyenne (Wyo. T.) Leader.] George W. Via has for some time past been in charge of a band of horses be­ longing to E. W. Wliitcomb, Yia's head­ quarters being at a ranch some twenty- five miles south of this city, on Box Elder creek, in Weld county, Col. A. H. Swan had a number of horses in this band also. A short time ago Mr. Swan discharged a herder named Granville Peak, but, not liking to turn the fellow away entirely, he told Peak to join Yia, and thus earn his " grub " until he found work. Via came to Cheyenne last Fri­ day, returning Saturday, and that night Peak inquired if he had brought any money for him. Via said he had not. Peak then asked Via to loan him a re­ volver, saying he wished to go out and kill a rabbit by moonlight. Via handed him a five-shooter, and Peak started out, but soon returned, saying it was too dark and that he did not feel well. He stock the weapon into his boot-leg, and the men then took one or two drinks of whisky, when Peak proposed that they ride to Calloway's sheep ranch, six mile# distant. Via consented, and they saddled up and started. When about a mile from their cabin Via asked Peak how he was feeling. "Pretty well," he replied, "only I'm awful dry." Via passed a bottle of whisky to him and Peak took a large drink. Via, noticed a strange glitter in his eyes as he returned Che bottle, but thought nothing of it. A moment later Peak diew his revolver, threw his arm across the saddle and shot Via in the leg, infficting a painful wound xa the right calf. He then whirled his hearse, spurred him forward, yelling like a demon, and again firing at Via. The latter drew his revolver and opened a lively fusillade, eme shot striking Peak in the hip near fiie spinal column, passing through his body and lodging just under tflie skin of the abdomen; another taking effect in t&e back of the neck and caning out through the jaw, while a third mortally wrmnded Peak's horse, and a fourth passed through his hat. Peak of course eauptied his revolver at "Via, three of the fi-re shots inflicting serious wounds, the fisat being, as stated, in the calf of the leg. The second struck him in the groin offid ranged upward, where it raay have stvrsck a vital place, while the third ball stsnsck him in the left wrist, shattering •he bone, and making an intensely pain- fuS wound. When they reached the cabin Peak's pony fell dead. Aftifer lyipg theue a short tam'e Peak' arose, saddled" another horse, and rode to Calloway's sheep ranch, six miles distant, where he warf eared for. Via was brought to this cifr$, a surgeon summoned to atte ad him, and is as comfortable as good cursing can- make him. Peak is said by Mr. Whiifcornb to be subject to periodical at­ tach of lunacy, and when in such con­ dition will rtnaa himself, rush about ex- citeniy, shoiiting' that somebody ie-'"after himf" brut never attacking his comrades. It ir-# probable that he was out of his mind when Via reached home, aad that the whisky he drank caused mu'iier to enten his crazed thomghts, with &e ter­ rible result abo*re skated. MY LITTLE MILLIONAIRE* •#4nd so yon have married an heirean ' di- . _you. Tom, who at college avowed jfaat, of all thingR on earth, you deteetea f, Vine ladies, nelf-conscious a»d proud ' £ Ah. well! I don't blame you, Rood fellowjj voJ _"The next one--who known 1--may be iney * *&r ' tempore' still ends ' mutantur/ And then ' nos mntamur,' you see I * * l#w, what oould I do but make aaswer VTo such an assertion as this. Wjien looking ankauce from his glamee-- An odd, quizzing way of his-- My chum, for the sake of old friendship, Demanded the how, when and where Aad then a description, verbatim, Of her I had called rt wi ilHonaire." To speak the plain truth, I'll acknowledge •The word may have dropped from my pea When writing in haste to my elaesmate The news of our marriage--but then , I d never a thought he'd constrae it In this way--the mischievous boy!-- "An heiress, self-conscious, pisiHd. hbllffhtT '<--* Ah, little one, timid and ooy. What thought had " we two" of bane Mere, Of bank stock, or wealth of the tbine. When, standing beneath God's blue heaven, Eye to eye, lip to lip whispered " thine ? n , Yet, dearest, if riches are counted . By measurement simpl.> and true, Gold locks, ruby lips, heart's rare treware, Ah, how can I give you your due f And though, when we talk about money, . Good fellow, r\u lost in the mist, fittnoe all that I know of " bonanzas" X.iee just in my brain and my wrist ' Still, when you ccsae down to the matter Of rare, sterling wealth, I declare You were right, afiier all--I hare married1 t An heiress--a true millionaire { >«wr feeti. Iai going int;*oai coMer air, teep the mo-aSbi resolute "jK- cfojsed, tliat by com­ pelling the air: to; pass circnitously through the n» m aiad head, iitmaybe- cosae warmed bafoiie breaches lungs, an«L iftius prev>>at> those shock * and sud- de a chills whicl i'neqfsently end,in plueri- sy ,pmeumonia ,anii other se-iwus form^ of hWase. Sever sleep vittii ihe head m the drafht of aiii open doc mor window. (Li.4 more e wer %e on the Jwer hmbin tkam on the bady. Have aa extra co~*i e in# within « say reach in (xmi of a sudi- d xn and great ,oba«ge of weatfcher duri^ t ie night. ISever sta-ji atill a moment oufc.oi vigors, especi*il|r at street awrners, aivtQ ^la^ing walk». ;l even a slioi-^odiBtauce. Never rids* rwstr the ope a window -4 a vehicle for u ^iagle Imlf-ni note, espeejilk % if it ha# Iwrvn preced-3d by a wjJlt, ^ Stewart. J sdge ~W. W. Camepbell, writin *: from Valley, telfe tlie story of dhe in- vittiilioiii giTen„ t& Mr. A. T. Ste^+art to bec-jone Secretiirj" ©f the Treasury He says*: "1 dined with Mr. Ste wart in cojijpany with Gea. Grant on the day wherndie invitatieaii to become Secretary of $ie Treasury was> given personally to liiraa A»we passed from the p artor to the dinini^-roonii he pressed m rvhand, saving OD%, 4 It ha» come.' AfteT Gen. G»imtrlpf3, Mr. Stt?*«art opened the sub­ ject saying that, though the iii /-itation hail been; kindly said earnestly gi«en, he coiiifl noil possible* accept; tliat 1 :i» busi- ne'is-wn^so extensiw he could :oBit well leave it); and beside^ he had no *^4itical e.-aaprienee, and,, iwliille he might be able to. manage the finaiweial departi aent, he w?.>nld nut be a*iii> to meet the political wishes-of tlie Efepisbliean partj.: After h"»irB o£ earnests diijcnssion it wtj* finally agreed fiiat if Igiucsoft Davis, who had e qgressed a wish to be Assistarit Secre- tt«^v of State irniiiich office he ^fotained aotl abllf filled),.. cooM be induced io take the plkce of hist assistant in ttue treas- Kiajr-he would accept." After it ,-®as dis- owrtnl that aaj olid statute fo i>ade his Ir^Ulin^ the olSce,. Mr. Stewa't wiid to 'rfae J\idge that in,lii« judgment liue course be offered to isnlJie with his i mercantile i^isiness would hiwe been a e abstantial iompifeuice with the law; thai he had caretnily mat need a system ir i Ms mind for carrying o^.tlie departmen 4, and add­ ed, " I would have taken tlie cath of of­ fice:'"--New Tribune. The dx jeer mumlodbdi some fo«ign an­ swer, as f the neeolHr were closing his "Are yoo in pursuit of lie man f£*ne ; understeading, andtwlnipped up*iis> horse. by?" asked the woman in » timid, If lie did attem^tf t® move tb» coffin, I less tone. ' was lostu * l̂ alnnble li -ea have thv» Wn lowiof^ r , -- 0 j t n e i i ) s e t o g r o w t o a f o r m i d a b l e 1 "Ay. Bat what's it to jim if we tub-* \ Theyjtept witltoL bailing d^iAance for h^atfe ^^^ntlv ̂ Rtrove,! ! a^d that the Indiaas invariably He can t have gone far ather, ontthatt tlie leiv^jfih of thr» or more s^Uies, Dick PITH AID POINT. ISN'T this tlie era of good feeling?-- Graphic. Feel of a buzz saw and aee» ONE of the most important rules in iii® science of manners i» an absolute silence m regard to yourselves, < A DOWN-EAST paper says there is* so fog bell that is no- more use than a boifled carrot hung in as boot-leg. MB. SIMMS says if "A wasn't for the holfe in the hoop you cv&ldn't put it on. the fccrrel, and the banc! would burst. AL MAN who had beei at a crowded ball' said he was fondlof rings on his- fingers, but he didn't a&mire belle's 011 his-ttees. TfesE longest day in Bpitzenberg is three and a half months,, *nd yet a fellow can bwrrow money by agt»eing to pay it bacMv ikvmorrow. LAHY (to waiter)--" DOKH put that ioe into ifiie goblet with jonr fingers." Waittna--"Lor, ma'dm, fi don't mind; my hands are very warm.' AN • insectologer has danovered that the b««t time to examine the wonderful archisfecttire of the hornets nest is after the hornets have moved out, A Jtrscas, sentencing a mam to deatt). obserrod ; "Prisoner at Aa bar, you will eo©n) have to appear bt.tore another and perhaps a better Judge ~ WXHIXJK a ndutn was singiag the other day, "There's a GoodTii*> Coming,' anoth:«r man arose and said, "Would you kindly fix tlie exatet date f " FilT a blessing it is," tays a hard­ working Eineialder, " that night niver comes on 1 till late in the day, when a man isstired and can't work* any more, at all, .at alll A GERMAN Baroness, a* Lake George, was very mraadi surprised vken a lady knocl^ad at; her door, and aaked for a pattern of lieu black silk oveiaidrt! She 1 didn't ^et it.. Tm mam idio boxes up the water- pipe.i in Ilia, house so that diey cannot1 free le and bsprst is just the n;an who will be followed .to his grave by sad-eyed gho rtS of foaaty starved plumbiers. A^-Englirfi church sexton lung him­ self to the t<mgne of the big foell in the steeple, and now the said beL jsfives forth nothing buc" toliemn, muffled n»tes. Sex- tonij^liouldni# spoil bells thaiiiway. AvWiscoNiHN lumberman ofifers $30 in cash for " a wtitling good wife---one who is 1: t»t too hif^i-nosed to growfet on bean sotpj" Ali't'eatales reaching this point car go through without change of cars. AY a certain supper of sheef«' heads a guest was so; charmed with bi» fare that lie threw doawa his knife and fork, ex­ claiming: " Well, say I, sheeps' heads foi ever." '•"There's egotism/' said Jer- ro d. Miss Ro^ot--" Groodness! the fire is oik I thought it was weiy cold.' Beau--" Slusll I get my overcoat and pit* it on Miss Bose --" Oh, no; b at^ (glanciag iit the clock) hadn't- you better put it on yourself ?" IN the pae^ent state of a aim regard- i?ig the safety of theater^ tlie ballet A vuld seem be an entertainment most likely to iaeptr confidence among the f pectators*, judging froma the large j • amount of IhDse displayed the stage. " WHICBB is the largest glland ? " asked a Chicago)Metlical profess* of the new­ est anivail in his class the other day. The studevt buried himse-I in deep and attentive thought for a moment, and then, b^-htening up suddenly, ex­ claimed:. "The largest: gland, sir, is- En-gland. T " Then the jy»fessor kindlM .\liSw WrlaiUfl- in Sweeplr.^r Carpets. Ja all our experiments we have found ^ notfbing so s.«.-fe and serviceabje as moist- -• jetj the ;p>«tth aside, and aathetically 5M.1- enw4 bran, ilnsteadof stopj|Hig to cleau< vised hi® to think no moos1 of medicine, tin* broom «wcy few minutes, sweeping but to jjfcin a minstrel show, or enter an, tlui' carpets ^ath bran not or-afjr cleans tliu*; ^ caipet, free* idiom almost oatirely froiai d-ost, but kwpts. tlie broom clean at the saume time. It must be ir twstened oni|r e^ugh to afc.lk.1 the jjarticle*together. It wet, thwe are tlie sam»v objections is t«» each of die various wii-«i above mt»n- feoned. Iff will leave tlie oarpet so <lnn»p Hhat the diet will settle arer it, and *ill deface the carpet more tVan it will cltan it. Besidifs> it makes lie work much Intimidated The people of Los Angeles took ave ̂ r uniquo method of preventing a threat­ ened i ifiux of Chinese laborers. A parr­ ot' 6(X )arrived there a few days ago aad camped near the new depot. The ciia- "zens immediately staofcd the report that the peculiarities of &e climate causes the ist>se to grow to a formidable length, animal" Biding away in search of me rod. trf what I carried. Wolf cls-^tered off.. Tbe woman watched him join two cotr&Bd^a, who had waited at a littl r distance, -Idjen she came in, and barred she door. 2 was out of the coffin in a tri<*e. " What shall I do ? i*hat shall 3do?" gasped tlie woman. " rhev will iie back in twenty minutes; f«cr I beli*«e that vour horse is yet in (fight; and oay hus­ band is also liable to. come at any mo­ ment. " "Your husband might perluqpa shel- ! ter me. He--" smashing the lit-j«y wagon *itong at a steamijg pace; mi I expect^, that tlie coffin wiiuld be puttied out. By-amd-by, thave was a s\>ttkni shout;; a loud 14 hiUy-hi)."' as if t\ro huntsmaji had "ighted lii^ quarry. Jfteame frevnt tlie i.q^ht. No<liin^ but aii nnwarraiob- able amount ol lienor eouli have infills eiifxd them t<> conduct tlieiwelves as tl.ey did And to nvaie this nois-w. The prt iSa- biiiiJy was tliad not a s^iil (gave the rote th*y fancied Awy were- pmrsuing) was wiaiin miley. iml miles, ">tnt men bittnd oa these ravite are cantvvttti. No suwuer was the noue heard th&o. my drivevcame " Him ! " she emphasized, it in de- j to a halt. listening Ss>r a" momejA, ke spairing tones. " He is Kll Wolf's threw the jeins acroee* tlie horse% Reaped I suppoae you ha*o managed 1 down, anOi sitarted ofl bo-wards hia jriends. brother. Aid they give I to affront some ol them. I no quarter." j I looked around in deqpair. To ^o I out was to meet this Dick; to stay m ; meant discovery, probably death, tlie ; coffin was no longer a viable, for Pick , was coming for it. "It is death for yoet, any way," she ! moaned. " I hear th<t cattle of Dick's axle-wiieela alreadv,"' v Perhaps the tf'mpfekttion of tlx« money (that thfjr might t&^n be divuftng) was too nitvis for him. For <«e insttmt wy heart stopped beat­ ing at thought <4 tiie hazard wlneh I waa abont to run. TV* next mownt I sprang fro»s» the coffin to tlie gixvAud. A few Lightning-like strokes, and 1 had sewied the traces aiU'l Uie bands off harness. gotxl healtki permanently^-destroyed. Never pxjl tm a new 3wot or shje- iaa beginning A journey. Never \nwar India-ruMter in ookii.<Jity weather. If compiled to face * fitter colcimixl, throw a LandkercAmf over tht* face ; its agency is wonderf ail in modifying the cold. TlioBft who are efwjjy chilled voi going out of i»4>rs should, liave some e*>tton- battingr attached to vest or crfiiergar- ment> JO as to protoefc the space between the isWulder-blatVi. behind, tlite lungs beingr attached to die body at t&ftt point; a litWle there is, -worth five times the amexrnt over the ehest in froni. Kever sit for aaore than five minutes at a time with the back against the fire or stove. Avoid sitting against cushions in tlie hacks of pewa in churches ; if the un­ covered board feels cold, sit erect witJh- out touching it. Never begin a journey until breakfast has beeu eaten.--Joumwt oj Health. SIXXBKN blast-furnaces are in operation at tlie Vermont copper mines. with mwch moisture. Distribute* the bran e wanly over the floor, and then sweep ua. usual. Th* bran scouw and cleans tiW whole fabric. Very little dust is mad** when swe«^sing with iit. and Chianmen by their aDongated appendage and wring their heafe off. A few aoin- utes before the time- for the departure of tlie train for Indian Wells the Chinese seised their baggage, dashed it from the scarcely any settles after the \»virk is j caua, and stamped*! over the lnllaaut of accom^jashed, because eVery thread, bit ' ~ " of pajper, hut or dv»t, is gatliejed into the lxitsK of bran that is moved over the floor, and is so thoroughly ine-.wporated with it that it canm»t be easily sepamted. Caiyets swept in this manner gather very litfcje dust, as will be plainly aeen when they are taken up for shaking.--Mrs. H. Ill Bcechrr. The Fop's Coat* While a young lady at a recent evening party was talking about the " psych o- logical significance of dress," and main­ taining that a person's character could to a considerable extent be inferred from his attire, a foppish young Englishman, wearing a blue coat and brass buttons, inquired, with a supercilious air, what that kind of coat indicated, to which tlie young ladv instantly responded, " The blue is indicative of the wearer's feelings • the bcass, of liia manners." Married at a Circus. That two circus performers should consent to be married in the ring, and thus be used as an attraction to the show, is not remarkable; but that a ! clergyman could be found to take part in • the exhibition is astonishing. Such a thing took place in Philadelphia, the persons being Miss Mia Stokes, a rider ; Rudolph Mettie, an athlete, and the Itev. S. S. Huff, an Episcopal pastor. The bride and the groom appeared as usual in the regular entertainment; and then the marriiige ceremony was per­ formed, to tlie great diversion of the as­ sembly. MINNIE WEISS, a servant in a family at i Omaha, has received intelligence that she < has inherited $240,000 by the death, of a relative in Gerwauv,