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'SKEY ~5v :'.;f tow**4hhn, the smothered «*7, "Sergeant Tier- down half co ' '%Wvipp," Ct toaaa boy. SMBST? weUUntgh don» th wit* a* .be sprang thrust his I f f ' The voll of the i-evellle drums and the trumpet's braxen falsetto did not in the least to disturb the mo- rose meditations of Private Patrick Tiernan, Seventh United j States cavalry, who was walking post f' , lit Fort Runyon, Mont., in the gray '( that Christmas day morning in the V! -fVear 1890. Private Patrick .Francis * Tiernan, < Troop K, until day before yesterday a sergeant of twenty-seven 7 ^years standing, was now walking post A ' s like the veriest "rookie" in the Port V Jtttnyon outfit, reduce to the ranks by \ the finding of a court martial for and that court martial led by the order of his colonel. ,/4A»d:-the colonel, the man with whom soldiered all through the that the officer was rising step atop from the ranks of a subaltern to that of the commend of crack cavalry regiment of the ser- After the mounted thi new guard had t morning Private been Tier- •#ISS Îtimmade his way to his quarters and Tiernan rode past the scattered out­ lying slacks, and reaching the heart of the place made straight for the bar of the "Jolly Trooper." He called for brandy, filled the glass, raisejd it, and then as if mirrored in its contents he read the words: "I've known the chevron and the plain sleeve to do the trick as well." Tiernan put the liquor back on the bar, paid for it, and turn­ ed for the door. Then the thought of the gibes of the recruits came into his mind like a knife. He turned to the bar again, touched the glass, dropped it and then said sharply: "Give me a bottle of brandy " He took the flask outside and put it in his saddle bag. Thus far he had kept the letter of hie word. Tiernan headed Joe .Hooker for the railroad station. The wind was sough­ ing along in a way which the experi­ enced trooper knew presaged a blis- sard. At the station platform Tiernan found the post ambulance. The driver said that he had been sent over to meet Colonel Blake's sister, link Car- WA foto «m Exposure had work. \ Then a his as tfe* of hi* t , Into the saddle bag. There ww die bottle of brandy tntaot In atrie#*enantlty of the stimulant was forc^toetween the lips of the storm's tietitts and signs of return­ ing consciousness were almost imme* diate. Tiernan used his saddle blan­ ket and overcoat as a furtjier profcsor Hon and soon succeeded in getting the three into a still mono sheltered «06k. After long wafting the storm subsid­ ed, and then came the thump of hoof falls. A minute later a troop of cav­ alry, led by Colonel Blake, round the edge of the bluff. 4 Colonel slipped from his horsi took his daughter into his arm* troopers started a fire, and when genial warnith had made Itself felt the story was told in a few words. "Sergeant Tiernan," said Colonel Blake, "that bottle of brandy saved three lives." "Maybe," returned Tiernan, but yon may thank what you said this morn­ ing for there being a drop in it" Patrick Francis Tiernan, retired first sergeant K troop, Seventh cav­ alry, weaht a massive gold watch. In­ scribed on the inside of one case are these words: "From Molly Blake to Sergeant Tiernan, Non-commissioned Officer and Gentleman." Within thr back case Sergeant Tiernan had en­ graved these: "I've known the chev­ ron or the plain sleeve to do the trick as well. Christmas Day, 1890." IN THE HOULOW IN THE BANK HE SAW THREE FORMS, ; - ; a word to his fellows, left the headed for the stables, .tifa-lui pa seed the door of the commls- 119' the Colonel rune out and met ,.^N**ee to face. Tiernan's hand went Hi cap in rigid salute. gw:-"iaood morning, Sargeant" said ifpMtawi Blake. The old title slipped -?** aatarally. ,'"5" "Private Tiernan, sir, " now," was % anowm in a tone that implied it ; 3mH be a pleasure to add, "Thanks '^fnfMa." ;.;f • ""As fan will, Tiernan; where are gainst" %:i ~I*si an «M guard post; I've walked , a9 JtfWhf and rm going to ride - :pm t» Unas cm. *r.~ going tHritic today, ser- title again. "PWvalswslr; I don't know; there's that care." we've soldiered in the for nearly thirty years, a growing fault A deep . and a liking sometimes moves ^ j, f ' FWVATi PATRICK FRANCIS TIER­ NAN. a man to do a disagreeable duty. Enough of this, however. I want you In promise me that you won't drink today. Get out of the mud, Tiernan; est out of the mud. Promise me you'll not drink." "What's my word worth ? not an ofltesr and a gentleman." * "ft does not always need a strap on the Shoulder to make a gentleman, Tiernan. I've known the chevron and the |Nn sleeve to do the trick as wall, Promise me." Ti» answer came half sulkily: "Well, if you want me to promise, I Will.** Then the trooper -turned and away to the stables, taking no of the hand which he knew was held out to grasp At the stables he threw a saddle on Hooker, and with a more vl- front the spur than the horse fait at e "charge" Miles Clttr that heel across the In sight ruthers, her son and the Colonel's daughter, Miss Molly Blake. 'They arrived," said the driver In response to Tiernan's question, "on an earlier train than was expected and left for the post in an open wagon be­ fore I arrived. Mrs. Carruther's son, who came with her, hired the team, said he knew the way, and would drive the party ove*. They've had half an hour the start, and if they keep to the new road they can make the peat before this blizzard is strong enough to hurt them. It's too late now for me to put back, howevA, and I'm going to stay here." Tiernan looked at the sky. The clouds had banked up thickly, and the snow was coming faster and* faster, blown by a constantly rising wind. "The last time young Car ruthers was at the post," he thought, "the old road was in use." He does not know of the short new one. If he takes the old trail round the bluff they're lost" Then he thought of Molly, whom ten years ago in the far^off Apache coun­ try, he had taught to ride. Molly, for whom he had been bodyguard all through her childhood. Without a word to a soul he mounted and struck off into the very teeth of the storm. "Don't fail me this day, Joe Hooker.** he said. The horse, as if in answer, galloped steadily forward. The air seemed turned to ice, yet the wind kept ever rising. They came at last to the parting of the old and the new roads. Tiernan slipped from his horse, and at a part of the now disused trail, sheltered slightly by an embank­ ment, he found the fresh marks of a wheel. Carruthers had taken the old roundabout road. The blizzard was at its height Tiernan blinded his horse and bending low over the sad­ dle kept him to his task with encour­ aging words. For an hour they kept steadily on in the face of the tempest. To any others than that plains-tried soldier and steed the blizzard would have meant death. He had hoped to overtake tUose whom he sought in time to take them back to the new path. The hope was given over* long since. Suddenly Joe Hooker stopped. There was an obstruction on the trail. Tiernan slid from the saddle, his limbs already stiffened with the cold, and with one hand on his steed's bridle he led the way gropingly for a few steps. There he found an open carriage empty and with two horses overcome in the trail. Tiernan's heart nearly failed him. He knew he was almost on the point where the trail rounded the bluff. Perhaps the carriage occupants had sought shelter under the lee of the embankment Toward it he made his painful way. A cry came faintly to his ear above the howling of the storm. He Stumbledon with his left hand still grSsping tight- ly Joe Hooker's tirlrtln fa aitntlirir moment the steep embsnkaient Stout out some of the fury of the wind - tftfor 7**0*. Says an enthusiastic mother: don't believe there is anything on thi face of the earth that gives more pleasure to the average child than a Christmas tree. It does make a good deal of trouble for the elders, but surely it is worth while! One is only a child such a little while, and one is grown up so very long! We grown up people are very well satisfied to have our yearly presents just given to us, but surely we all can remember how the value of the gifts once increased in proportion to the way they were giv­ en. Was anything more delightful than emptying a stocking, especially when each thing was wrapped up and tied. The presents were so much more desirable that way than if they had just been laid out on a chair or table. And if they came on a Christ­ mas tree, words cannot express how much th&t enhanced their value. Sure­ ly that childish delight repaid all the hard work that fell to the elders' share, and the remembrance of it now goes a long way to lighten the work of it all for our own small boys and girls. "A big tree is glorious, but, after all, the Christmas we always looked back on as the very best was the one where we each had a little tree of our own. They were from about six inches high, for the baby, up to three feet for fa­ ther. They wertr planted In lovely pots, and were decorated with little bits of candles and cornucopias, on each tree a different color. There was even one tree for the pets, and no sin­ gle one wqp forgotten. Every dog, cat, rabbit, guinea pig, or doll had a gift with its own name marked on the out­ side. Truly that was a Christmas! I only wish I had the nine little rascals to make all the happiness for, and the means to do it Children are endless trouble; but how forlorn it is not to have them to trouble for!", / "*•" '^1 r n!f'J ISP® 4» - t i' ifei! till The new mint building in Philadel- is almost completed as to its Walk* and roofs, although work has hardly been begun on the interior of the building, and the contractor, Charles McCaull, says he cannot prom­ ise the completion of the entire struc­ ture until next May. But already enough has been done to give a good idea of the character and style of the itmcture of the building. The mint is plain in style, being built of gray granite from Mount M- ert. The most elaborate work on building will be at the Spring street doors, where beautiftft carvings are being put in plaoe. The numis­ matic room of the new mint Is to be the handsomest room in the building. It* decorations will be on the most magnificent scale and the greatest care will' be used in its construction. Many rare and beautlfnl marbles will ^ ein^torad and carvings and bas re­ lief* will adorn all the walls. The granite used in the new mint building is extremely hard, tiie work of the carvers difficult The grain is coarse and tough, rendering it difficult to get the smoothness neces­ sary for every piece used in the build­ ing. The carvers have been at work on the building for more than a year. Important B/ue HooKi A, blue book of the South African dispatches from January 2 to October 24 has been issued. It largely con­ cerns the Cape Colony rebels and mar­ tial law- The conclusion to be, drawn from the mess of documents ie the eagerness of the Cape Dutch to take up arms end especially the willingness of the border Dutch to join the invaders without Compulsion. Sir Alfred Milner, writlhg to Mr. Chamberlain, September 3, cites a statement by Mr. Weasels of the Cape house of assembly, who is also a member of the Afrikander bund, that 65 per cent of his constituents joined the boers of their own accord. Referring this, he eaid: "Not only border Dutch, but Dutchmen all over the Colony, one by one, made their way to the boer lines." The high commis­ sioner quotes from a letter doted Kroonstadt, September 25, 1899, and written by Mr. Blign&ut, -brother of P. J. Bllgnaut, state secretary of the Orange Free State, as follows: "The only thing we are afraid of is that Chamberlain, with his admitted fitful- ness of temper, will cheat us out of a war Mid consequently out of an op­ portunity to annex Natal and Cape Colony and to form a republican United States of South Africa." W//«urV Tttr1(fiy.' ^ Rosie WUoox was a little girl of U yaars. Sbe lived wtth her parents on a thrifty farm in the Mississippi val­ ley. She had one turkey of which she thought a great deal. He had always been very tame and was a great pet with all the children who lived on tha surrounding farms. His name wan Bronsie. Rosie named all of her pets, according to their most striking fea­ ture and his color was bronze. As all Mr. Wilcox's turkeys were young, Rosie never feared for hers. One day near Chrlstmis Mr. Wilcox said: "I'm ruther sorry, little one, but I'm a gonter sell yer turkey next week." Rosie was dumfounded, and her father, seeing the pained expression on her face turned away. 7hen Rosie had partially recovered her senses she sat down on the bottom rung of the ladder that led to the gra­ nary and thought. At last a bright thought struck her. She would sell him to Farmer Max. She knew fa* would take good care of him, as he was making a collection of beautiful fowls of all kinds, and was not Bronsie beautiful? Certainly. Arriving at this conclusion, Which greatly comforted her, she got up walked slowly toward the house, where mamma had been calling for at least IS minutes. Next morn­ ing after a troubled night, Rosie arose, and dressing quickly, hurried down the road with her turkey. She paused in front of the large white farm house to recover her breath, and th§n went on to the barns, where she saw the farmer milking his cows. He was very glad to take the turkey and promised Rosie a good price for him. Mr. Wilcox did not see his daughter until that noon, when he said: "Yer turkey didn't like his new home, so he come a-trottin' inter the yard 'safternoon 's though be owned the whole world." Rosie could have cried, but she only hung her head. "Never mind, Rosie," said her fath* er, "I guess yer two good friends fief sure, and I guess, too, that I part you." A pious Liverpool lady has devotadi her' odd moments to writing ont a8 the hooks of the Bible. s One of the finest buildings in the Wall street district will be the new home of the Stock Exchange, which, t-nto % It is expected, will be ready for oo> cupancy on May l, 1902. It will not ba a skyscraper; indeed, it will be only four stories high, as this will give enough room for the exchange.' According to the plan of the archi­ tect, the walls are to be of marble, and along the front and extending the en­ tire height of the building will be six Corinthian columns. The building Is to be set on caissons, an<| the founda­ tions are to be stink to a depth of sixty feet. The whole butM|ng, tlle estimated cost Of which is about fl,600,000, will be lighted by electricity generated by the exchange's own. plant. Ohio Utitter. This picture shows the Cleveland and Pltteburg Railroad Flyer Which, with its 100 passengers, leaped the tracks near Beaver, Penn., and dashed Into the Ohio river. It is a miraculous fact that only one man, Adam Casey, an express messenger, was killed. He was in the express car, which, being next to the engine, was detached and floated down the stream, becoming hie coffin. The hero of the wreck was the engineer, Albert Caughannauer, who, clinging to the throttle, was carried into this river with his engine. ea* caped with the loss of part of his foot The engine went far into the stream. Launching Japanese Warship . rlmk M The launch at Barrow, the largest battleship in thf1 new cote on a small circular platform at­ tached to a red and white balloon. This is • characteristic of the launch g fefrjnise frUtkahlps.' In- Japan *At the time tills picture was taken it had been taken ashore and Was being drawn up the embankment by derrick. The safe in Express Messenger Adam Casey's car was recovered subsequent­ ly. It was locked and the contents had not been disturbed. It is said that the safe contained #100,000. CIMIV Loftw Cissy Lo^tus, the well-known actress and mimic, entered a libel for divorce in the common pleas Court at Phila­ delphia tjie other day against Justin McCarthy, her hus- b an d, on the ground of cruel a w l b a r b a r o u s t r e a t m e n t H e r counsel, William G. Keir, filed the libel in the name of Louise H. Mc­ Carthy, giving her address at 1231 Arch street At that address all In­ formation was de- Cissy Loftua. nied. The woman in charge said she did not know either Mrs. McCarthy or Cissy Loftus and that neither one nor the other lived there. In spite of these denials, however, Mrs. McCarthy was said td T>e in the house, but denies her identity to newspaper men under ad­ vice of her counsel. * and day Of the birds, who, imsy of Btiavtes&eai dayiirtair' ftftaHN&r million tut birds within the mm that one-third of these > at nay one time, let the IN tk« nest with food every H^a ; the basis we tplee is «8N enough, yet it means &irtiH*ar dr«d million meals furrdshed to in£ant bird8 of Wis state each day in* the breeding season. Professor. Treadwell has recor the case of a young robin that he in confinement and fed on worms. The weight of the bird taken each day and also that ot food consumed. He found that In weight though he ineimpff da}ly atiowance from ten to t«p|y-f«un twenty-five and worms; it was not until the f«| day jrhen he gave It sixty-eight wWgMng thirty-four tfaat the bird throve and toersiisd biOlt On (fa$t day the bird weighed twenty-four pennyweig] that It consumed forty-one par more than Its own wtfgfat in The amount of food that has to' supplied by the old birds might inspire human parents with hoi and consternation. Tet so rapid is gfowth of the nestlthg, so Vital fire within its little body .that la evident even tills quantity not suffice unless it were of thi; nutritious kinds. Of the , mori sentlal food constituents, such as ; telds and carbohydrates, fruits tain a very email proportion and substances must be sought elsewl and hence the young birds' food of necessity, and as proved bj servation, does consist principally soft bodied insects.--«of. Praeger. " TIM Good S(t««ti »t » Crwiry^ In a summary of the points in fatj o f t h e c r e a m e r y s y s t e m , t h e U t ' States Department of Agrii^tnil;j the following: "First---The quality of the factory product is equal to or than the best of the single dairies] the same community* "Second--A greater quantity of ter produced from the samn cows.j "Third--The average selling pi; and the net returns par liound of ter considerably increas^. "Fourth--The gains sufficient to < er the" whole cost of vanning creamery, thus causing: "Fifth--The cash income of farmer frofn a given number of col as much and usually more than the old system, while at the time. "Sixth--All the labor, trouble expense of making and marketing butter is removed from the farm households. "Seventh--Relief from the lal caring for the milk and ally results in adding to the of cows, and the effect of the rivalry between patrons of the ery, with the frequent money of the butter capacity of the tends to a constant improve them, and in the consequent p* Th* Galloway*. The Galloway is cms of the profitable of the beef breeds, tha points >atr valne ava early lad high ti(Uity of Tha usefulness of the OaUoway ial feed lot is beyond question, and] ability to withataiid hard is great For this reason tha at succesa with Galloways come from the coldest regions of C and tnm the warmest ssettons southwest. As the bnffiJo haa paared the Galloway has nat herited the business of prod« choice robes, and we predict that will be more and more as the years go by. It tremely difficult to pick a beef that will be round sup places, and we do not attempt to any such superiority for the Bnt the writer does claim that ] very large number of caasa tha; loway will be found superior b of its rivals. A short Shank long loin, as possessed by this means money made out of the that goea to build up the fr should be , remembered that it no more feed to pro$me a tarn high-priced loin tlkia it prpdnee a pound of almost bona, and hence oar breeder. |y dartre the' cattii thaf wQI i most loin and the least shallc, •«r a Stup*. The butterfly invariably sleep head downwards. It contracts its wfapg to the effect is to reduce its slqe and I a narrow ridge, hardly in shape and color frc«L tftniis#l on thousands of other stsaos The butterfly also sleeps on of the stem. In the mornings, the sunbeams warm thap^ greypied sleepers in the open their wings, and the bonnets are starred with a living flowers of purest axure. A pony of rare quality has i killed by accident in the north land. Though actually Myifi* has for years held the " " as a jumper all over the land and south of Seofitti it won/ismr. iastr: races. It was while fanea that it got impaled on a pll A man gains strength every time ha admits his own wwiaats. * IV California strawberries noli New York market sell at $1# A. ' * v , " A-r > %