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HO USE FOR SORROWFUL SONG. Oh, what is the use of a sorrowful songV The,world knows enough of sadness. gares press wearily, troubles throng, Ml is bitter nnd grief is long, And never is too much gladness. Oh, what is the use of a sorrowful song. When we jnjight sing one of tliauksgiv- ing Tluit never a soul is too deep in wrong, Though years, are heavy and sin is strong, To climb to truest living! Oh, what is the use of a sorrowful strain That brings but tears and grieving! There's never a life so full of pain •But hope in •some corner may bud again, And bloom into sweet believing. Oh, what is the use of a sorrowful song That eases not one heart's aching! The hearts that are happiest pass it along, For mirth is heedless and joy is,strong; But it bides in the heart that is break­ ing. --Detroit Free Press. JERRY'S CHOICE. "Now, see here, Jerry," exclaiteed" Farmer Jolnlson to his man of all work, | ,Mye needn't git oneasy jest because old '.Podgers hez offered ye a dollar a month imore'n I'm pay hi' ye. I reckon I've got about ez mucli money an' kin afford to pay ye .about ez. much ez Podgers kin or ihebbe a little more. * ^Ye'r' a fust-class Worker, Jerry, I'll admit that, an' I don't want ye to be. gittln' dissatisfied or thinkin' of diggin'. out. so I'll make a bargain with ye right how before we go any further. If y.e stick to me an' work ez well ez ye've •hta workin' right along fer the next twoyears, I'll pay ye the same as Pod- •"WIJAT D'YE SAY TO THAT, JERRY?" •gers offered ye, an 'at the end of the •two years I'll give ye the best critter on •be place. Yes, sirree, Jerry, ye kin take yer pick of any critter on the hull place, from a sheep up to a horse, or •even a gi-raffe or elephant, if I happen to have one of 'em on hand when "it comes time to take yer choice. "What d'ye say to that, Jerry? Is it • bargain?" "I'll. do it." answered Jerry Brant, quietly, "and there's my hand to bind the bargain." No farther mention was made of the bargain between Jerry and his em­ ployer until they were seated at the dinner table, later in the day, and then Mr. Johnson, with a merry twin­ kle in his eyes, glanced across the table at his better fraction, and said: "Well, mother, I had to discharge Jerry an' hire him over agin to-day." "You seem to be in very good humor about it, so I judge the difference couldn't have been very serious," com­ mented Mrs. Johnson, who used to be a Yankee sehoolma'am before she mar- lied and therefore didn't handle the U. 8. dialect with the off-hand familiarity of her husband. "Serious? Ye kin bet it is," ejacu­ lated Mr. Johnson. "Why, I've got to pay him yl a month ruore'n I did be­ fore, an' at the end of two years, if he stays right along, he's to have his pick out of the critters on the place to take along with him and keep for his own. I expect he'll take a horse, but I can't help it. I wasn't goin' ter let old Pod­ gers hire him away from me, an' then go around chueklin' over it behind my back for the next six months." "Mr. Podgers made an attempt to hire him, did he?" "Yes, an' a purty nervy attempt at that. Offered him $1 more a month, but I settled the matter in a hurry by pHin' the best critter on the place on top of that. But if he stays the hull two- years I reckon he'll earn it--eh, Jerry?" Jerry blushed, and answered that he would do his best. "Didn't you exempt my pony, papa? I. really can't think of allowing/Mr. Brant to run off with that, even if he does earn it," exclaimed farmer John- eon's pretty 18-year-old daughter, May, with a sidelong glance of admiration at Jerry's broad shoulders and manly features. "O, Jerry wouldn't be mean enough to take the pony, I guess," interposed Ber father. "No," said Jerry, "I don't want the pony--unless the rider goes with it," he added, sotto voce.- "Eh, what's that?" demanded Mr. Johnson. "Unless what? I didn't ketch tlie tail end of that remark, exactly." Jerry's face turned crimson, and he was about to repeat the remark, when tfiie quick-witted young lady came to the rescue. "Mr. Brant"--she always called him by that title, because she considered it more becoming and dignified than Jer­ ry--"Mr. Brant says he doesn't want the pony unless the bridle goes with it, 1'believe," she explained, ingeniously. "Hugh! I reckon a halter is all he'll get with her if tjikes that pony. There wa'n't anything in the writin's about < throw in' in a bridle," said Farmer Johnson. "You needn't worry, father. I think Mr, Brant will be generous enough to spare me my pony," said May, reas­ suringly. "Yes, you may keep your pony," agreed' Jerry, with an undisguised glanoe of admiration at the pretty face ilpf opposite him. . May's eyes fell before his, but not un­ til they had flashed back a look that caused his heart to beat high with hope. The fact of the matter was that stal- ' wart, good-looking Jerry had long acT- "•: aaired his employer's handsome and ac­ complished daughter," but to-day was the first time he had dared to let her know if, either by look or speech. later Jerry surprised Mr. Johnson by asking for the hand of his daughter In marriage. ; Mr. Johnson wqs; engaged in the pas­ toral occupation of milking a cow at the moment this question was sprung upon him, and lie nearly fell off the stool in astonishment. "Want to marry my darter, May?" he gasped. "I guess not, young man! Not if the court-knows itself. I've bin edyercafrn' her fer suthin' higher than marryln' her father's hired man." "O, if that is the only objection. It can easily be removed," interposed Jerry: "I don't expect to remain any­ body's hired man after my two years are up. I believe I told you when I came here that I had just graduated from college, and intended to make the pursuit of agriculture my life business, instead of goiag into medicine or law, or any other of the already over-erowd- ed professions. I believe a man with brains can put them to as good use in farming as in anything else, and I pro­ pose to prove it. " f "I am studying the practical side of the business now, and at the end of my two years I propose to go West and buy a ranch and strike out for myself. As far as my education is concerned, I don't think I shall ever give your daughter occasion to be ashamed of me, and as to supporting her comfort­ ably and in becoming style, I believe I shall be 'abundantly able to do so; and " "Can't help that, Jerry!" broke in Mr. Johnson. "I hain't gointer have ye lVS- gin' May off jest because ye two young folks imagine ye'r in love. A woman is a mighty queer an' onsartin sort of critter, anyhow, as ye' 11 find out soon enough when ye get hooked up in double harness fer life with one of 'em. an' if I was in your place I wouldn't be in any hurry 'bout takln' a yoke of that kind on my shoulders." "Anyhow, if ye insist on gettin' mar­ ried in spite of my warnin' ye'll hafter pick out some other partner besides the one ye've got yer eyes sot on at pres­ ent. My darter is goin' back to college next week to finish up her edyercation, an' when she gets through her school- in' it will be plenty time enough fer her to commenae thinkin' 'bout the men. She'll forgit ye by that time fast enough, so ye might as well give up all hope right now of ever gittin' her. "I like ye well enough other ways, Jerry, but I don't care fer ye in the role of a son-in-law. There, now, ye've got yer answer fair and square, and if ye want to stay an' work out the balance of yer time, we'll drop the love bizness right here, an' I'll treat ye as well as ever; but if ye don't care to stay under the circumstances it is all rig(it, an' I CAPTAIN OF A STEAMBOAT. M RS. IDA MOORE LACH-mund, captain of the steam­er Robert Dodds, is the only woman in the log-rafting business. Her home is in Clinton, Iowa. She is a.Colanial Dame, a Daughter of the Revolution and a relative of the Pat­ terson family of Philadelphia. She is justly proud of her success in timber towing oh the Mississippi, Six years since Mrs. Laehmund purchased the Robert Dodds and fitted it up for tow* Ing the great log rafts from the head waters of the Mississippi to the big P change his linen at least once a day lb' a sort of religion with most men. With women it is different. They will in­ spect their collars and cuffs after a hard day's wear, and decide that they will do, not recognizing the fact that if any. doubt exists on the matter they should be consigned to the laundry without a demur. Again, a man is much more concerned as to the state of his shoes than a woman; even the poor clerk on his meager salary spends his nickel a day for a shine without grudging, and if it be imperative that the nickel be saved he gets up earlier in "the morning and wields the black­ ing brush himself. The woman will gown herself in Worth's or Paguin's latest creation and forget to look at her shoes; she is willing to condone the loss of one or two buttons and the consequent baggy appearance of her extremities; like the , peacock, she trusts to the gorgeousness of her plu­ mage, and lioiies that her skirts will cover all defects;" MRS. IDA M. LACIIMUM). shan't blame ye any fer goin' which is it to be, Jerry, stay or "I'll stay," said Jerry, quietly. And stay he did, performing his duties as conscientiously and thorough­ ly as ever, although the farm life sud­ denly grew sordid and dull when May went back to her college studies. The months rolled swiftly round, however, as months have a habit of doing, until eighteen of them had been crossed off the/calendar of time. Then May, as bright and winsome as of old, Igame home with her dimples and diplo- rtfa, and though he did not even dare to look his admiration, Jerry was straightway;.transported to paradise. Jerry's >t£rm of service finally ex­ pired, and he regretfully announced that the time had come for him to strike out in life for himself. "That's so, Jerry," said Farmer John­ son. "I had clean forgot 'bout yer two years bein' up to-day. Waal, I'll look over accounts an' settle up with ye af­ ter dinner, an' in the meantime ye kin be lookin' round an' sorter makin' up yer mind which one of the critters on the place ye want. I believe ye was ter take yer choice when ye quit." "Well," .said Jerry promptly, "it won't take me long to make up my mind." Here he stepped quickly across the room to where May was gazing discon­ solately from the window and whis­ pered a question ifv her'ear. For an in­ stant her eyes met his, then she rose with a smile, placed her hand confid- mills at points as far as 500 mile# southward. She handles more than $500,000 worth of logs each season, and in transit they are entirely at her own risk. This is no small responsibility, as the rafts are kept lying in hundreds of bays and sheltered places along the river, in order to keep the mills in ma­ terial. In an emergency the steamer makes a run to one of these bays and drops a raft at the mill's dock. Mrs. Laehmund brings rafts of a million feet down the river, and she plans her trips so that the mills she supplies are never idle. The value of the rafts ranges from $10,000 to $12,000 each. An ordinary rah covers a surface area of five acres. All the details of the business and the management of the boat and crew are under Mrs. Lach- mund's supervision. She buys her stores and fuel and hires her own hands, and she is as familiar with the steamer and the rafting as any man on the boat. The crew of the Robert Dodds consists of twenty-one picked men. The river men, from master to roustabout, treat Mrs. Laehmund with the utmost deference, and her crew is one of the best on the Mississippi. Mrs. Lachmnnd's home is in Clinton, Iowa, where her husband is in busi­ ness. They have three sons, the eld­ est of whom is a sophomore in the Uni­ versity of Chicago. The two younger ones are in a preparatory school in Clinton. Their home is one of comfort and refinement. Mrs. Laehmund is a handsome woman, sensitive and re­ fined. She is an accomplished musi­ cian and fond of literature and society. Sncceasfnl Woman Lecturer. Greek archaeology is the specialty of Miss A. Gordon Dunlop, who has won fame in this branch of science and is now in America Novelty in Bridesmaids. It was something- of an innovation at a wedding lately to have the brides­ maids enter four by the right and four by the left door of the church. It was such a surprise, says the Philadelphia Times, that the wedding party should thus separate that the audience did not at first notice that two processions | were simultaneously making their way j to the altar. The bride, on her father's I arm. entered by the middle aisle, when her attendants had accomplished about half the distance up the right and left aisles. She was preceded by two ush­ ers and her maid of honor walking alone, another pair of ushers closing the procession. As the bridesmaids reached the chancel they formed a lane through which the bride slowly passed, to be met at the altar steps by the groom. Girl Runs an Knginc. California has a young girl who has solved the mysteries of the locomotive throttle. The curves and grades of the roads are not obscure to her. She is Miss Lola M. Coulter, a fair-haired CALIFORNIA FRUIT FARMS. HE COULD KICK. A Mule }hat Would Be Very Unpop* ular on the Avenue. Enormous Profits that Some of Them Are Making: This .Year. "It is only since the year 1890 that the people of California have shipped their fruit to the New York hnd Phila­ delphia markets in any large quanti­ ties, but California fruit has found Its W ay into Eastern cities more than ever j few nails and tools in the,bottom of his this summer," said a gentleman who buggy. On a trip by Round Gap on one is the owner of 10,000 acres of choice ( occasion I found a blacksmith shop at fruit land in Tehama County, CaL, to the forks of the road, and, as usual, a a Star reporter. balf dozen or more men sitting around 'California fruit has acquired a . it in the shade. My turnout needed At rare intervals along the mountain roads of West Virginia and Kentucky the traveler may come upon a black­ smith shop, but he is much safer in the shoeing of hife horse if he will carry a world-wide reputation on account of its size, shape, color and flavor. The larg­ est fruit farm probably in the world is that of the late ex Senator Stanford. It contains 35,000 acres, and the grapes raised and wines made there bring in not less than $75,000 a year. Ex-Gov. Bidwell has a fruit farm containing 18,000 acres. Some of the cherry trees on this property have been growing for twenty-five years and the branches form a circle at least sixty feet in diam­ eter. Not more than a dozen such trees can be profitably grown on an acre of land on account of their immense size and the lack of room. I have seen $174 worth of cherries picked from one of tlie, Bidwell trees, and cases are well authenticated where cherries to the val­ ue of $200 and over have been gathered from a single tree on other fruit farms. A full crop of cherries from the Bidwell orchard will bring its owner anywhere from $30,000 to $35,000. "Just to-show you how enormous the profits of fruit farming are, a friend of mine, the cashier of the Fresno Nation­ al Bank, owns 325 acres near Fresno, which he turned into a fruit farm sev-. en years ago. His wife manages the farm while he attends to matters at the bank. Perhaps it is due to his wife's able management, perhaps to the fer­ tility of the soil, but lie told me recent­ ly that his profits this year from 325 acres would be over $10,000, and he showed me books, and figures to sub­ stantiate this statement, which I, knowing tlie fertility of some of the j California fruit farms, have not the slightest reason to doubt." some repairs and as the smith was pot­ tering about it inside, I made talk with the men outside. One of them wanted to sell me a mule which lie had hung up .on the fence and I started in for a dick­ er. After wfe had been talking for per­ haps a quarter of an hour, the smith asked me to step inside and show him something about the work he was do­ ing. As soon as he got me away from the crowd he came close and grew con­ fidential. * ' "Y'ain't thinkin' uv buyin' that crit­ ter, air you?" he asked in all sincerity. "Well, I don't knoAV. I want a mule and that one looks all right," I said, i "You. can't tell a mule by his looks, mister. Mules is fer all the world like women. "What's the matter with him?" I in­ quired, quite ignoring the comparison. "He ain't safe. Course I ain't got nothin' ag'in' the mule ner the owner and I'd be glad enough fer him to git the money fer him, fer lie owes me fer the shoeln' uv him, but.I don't like ter see a stranger tuck in an' done up like he's tryin' to do you." "But you haven't told me what's the matter with the mule," I insisted. "Will he kick?" "That's his weakness, mister," re­ sponded the smith, letting Lis voice fall to a whisper. "You won't believe me, p'raps, but I'm tellin' you he's the kick- in'est critter in the mountains. He shore is, mister, and I hope I may die right here, ef lie can't kick the sody outen a biscuit, an' never crack the crust. He kin, mister, er I'm a brother to him." CALIFORNIA'S GIRL ENGINEER. girl of 14, and when she met her first railroad train a few weeks ago it was only a few days before she was in the cab. She lives in Tuolumne County, where railroad trains have been un­ known until recently. j She immediately made the acquaint­ ance of Engineer Brown, and after three or,four lessons she could manage : the throttle, set the brakes, round up j toward the turns and put on more speed for the steep grades. Engineer MISS DUNLAP UTHI°S IS THE ONE I WANT." ingly in his aud together they faced her father. "This is fiiy first and only choice," ex­ claimed Jerry, with a ring of mingled pride and triumph in his tonesv "But ye can't do that--tain't in the agreement. I said critter, not wimmen folks, an' I hain't gointer allow no such " "Just a moment, if you please, Mr. Johnson," interrupted Jerry Brant, drawing himself erect, with proudly flashing eyes, and still retaining May's hand. "Haven't I heard you allude to the women as queer critters, consarned critters, plaguey critters, and I don't know how many other kinds of critters during the past two years and upwards that I have been with you?" "Yes, I s'pose ye have," acknowl­ edged Mr. Johnson, "but--er " "All right, sir," interposed Jerry, briskly. You promised me the best critter on the place, and this is the one I want--and the only one." Farmer Johnson gazed at the hand some and smiling young couple before iiim, in a half-indignant, half-indulgent sort of way for a moment, and then the latter feeling got the better of the struggle, and he quietly remarked: "Waal, a bargain is a bargain, an' I s'pose I'll hafter keep my word; but I say, young man"--and Mr. Johnson's eyes twinkled mischievously--"don't ye think ye sorter missed yer vocation, not bein' a lawyer instead of a farm­ er?"--Utica Globe. lecturer on the history and philosophy j of pottery, sculpture and painting. Diana of the Sierras. Forty-five deer have fallen before the rifle of Miss Cornie Chittendon, of Cummings, Cal., in six years. Miss Chittendon possesses the keenest in­ stincts of a sportswoman. Since baby­ hood she has been accustomed to live an outdoor, self-reliant life. Her par­ ents, with whom she has been brought up, own a sheep ranch of some 400 acres, part of it having been pretty rough country, and over this aud the surrounding forests and hills Miss Chittendon has been accustomed to roam at will almost since she was first able to toddle. When quite a little girl she was taught how to handle a gun, and very soon became so expert in its use that she could hit a bird on the wing three times out of five. Her fath­ er's ranch is hung around with the antlers of deer and the tusks of wild animals, while the floors are covered with the furs of foxes, bears and wild­ cats that have fallen before the deadly aim of this modern Diana. delivering lectures illustrated by 000 s tereopticon Brown says she learned how to handle ' the engine much quicker than any fire­ man he ever had in a cab with him, and that he never bad to repeat any in­ structions. It appeared to be second nature with her to operate machinery, for she mastered the most difficult de­ tails almost instantly. The more in­ tricate the mechanism the easier she learned its use and just how it was affected by adjacent pieces. Her'cool head and steady nerves never fail her and she always has her hands on the throttle and air brake lever to bring the train to a standstill at a moment's notice. views. She is a young English­ woman. a protege of tlie famous Eu- g 1 1 s h authority, P e r c y Gardner, and the friend of Burne-.Tones, Hal- man Hunt and others of the pre- Raphaelite school of art. Miss Dun­ lop has Achieved great success as a One Sensible Woman. A crowd, a supposed mad dog and a "tall, well-dressed woman"--theseAvere the parties to a lively scene hi Broad­ way, New York, one afternoon last summer. The dog, a small one, sud­ denly began running about in a circle and crying plteously. Somebody cried, "Mad dog!" Somebody else repeated the cry, and some men and women were scurrying in all directions, fright­ ened out of their wits. How the affair terminated is thus reported by the Tri­ bune; When the excitement was at its height, the dog rushed around under the elevated tracks at the corner of Thirty-third street and Boardway. At this moment a tall, well-dressed wo­ man, who was coming down Broad­ way, stopped and looked at the scurry­ ing pedestrians and then at the dog. It darted across the street toward the place where the woman was standing, and as it reached the sidewalk she stooped quickly and seized it by the back of the neck, and carried the now whining animal to the up-town ele­ vated railroad station stairs. Those who had fled from tihe dog stared at the woman in amazement. All unconcerned, however, she began to pat the head of the terrier and speak to it affectionately. The spectacle of a woman fondling a mad dog was so extraordinary that several hundred persons quickly gathered. "Everybody seems to think this dog is mad," she said, with a laugh, to a policeman who came up to investigate the matter; "but I know all about dogs. I know from Ills cries that he has lost his master. No mad dog ever races around in one spot, the way I saw him do." By this time the terrier had quieted down, and was nestling close to its new-found friend. The policeman found the woman's theory of the cause of the dog's antics correct. Tlie dog and his master had been separated when the owner boarded a car. TREED BY A BULL. Paper Published by Women. There has just been launched in Paris a daily paper devoted solely to the interests of the fair sex. It is pro­ duced entirely by women, and not only are the editors, the managers and the staff of reporters women, but the type is set by female compositors, and it Is reported that even the printers' devils are feminine members of the genus "gamin." The name of the paper is La Fronde. Used as a noun, this means the implement of ancient warfare with which David slew Goliath, while to the verb "fronder" the translation to sling, to censure, to blame, to criticise and to Conducts a Grocery Store. Another Denver girl has come to the fore by striking out in business for her­ self. She is Miss Elizabeth Collins, and is a true type of American wom­ anhood. Bessie, as she is known among her girl friends and cus­ tomers, runs a grocery store and is meeting with Will " excellent success. RKSSIK COT,I.IVS. Miss Collins is a pretty blonde of 19 summers. She grad­ uated with honors last year at the North Denver high school. When the fall term of school commenced she grew restless, with nothing to do, her school days being over, and while chat­ ting with a friend one day, tilling that she hardly knew what business--to' choose, her companion suggested that she adopt the grocery business. She made up her mind to embark in that line, and with some capital furnished by her father soon had the place .11 readiness for customers, and these came in gratifying numbers. The Man Had Been Fishing;, and Had Luck, but It Turned. Lyman Ward has been visiting. Since his return home he has told one or two of his friends, confidentially, about his encounter with an ugly bull. He was out brook fishing and was alone. He had had excellent luck, and was about starting for home when his attention was directed to a bull which was mak­ ing for him with all steam on. It need­ ed only one glance to show him that the bull was out for blood, and Mr. Ward dropped his fisli rod and took 'efuge in a small spruce tree, which he iiad barely time to reach. The bull was greatly disappointed with this maneuver on the part of Mr. (Vard and commenced pawing the earth and bellowing loud enough, as Mr. Ward thought, to be heard in Lisbon, liis former home. In its rage the bull tore up several small trees in the im­ mediate neighborhood, while he dug a '.iole in the dirt big enough to bury sev- sral men the size of Mr. Ward. To make a long story short, the bull kept Mr. Ward a prisoner in the tree Tor two hours. It was a question who ?ould stand it the longer. Mr. Ward had a case full of cigars, and he made himself as comfortable as possible. When the bull ceased to make music he would drop his open knife upon, his back and then draw it up again. Finally the bull's attention was at­ tracted to another of its kind, and Mr. Ward improved the opportunity to get out. But for a high, strong wire fence he might never have reached home, for on the other side of the fence there were no trees, and he knew that the bull could run faster than he could. The bull, however, gave^Pitw after one frantic attempt to weather the barbs. c AN ELOQUENT PRAYER. And It Was the First that Was Eve* Delivered Before Congress. It does not matter who the member of Congress was who was doing the talking, but he is one that is supposed to know as little about religion as he knows much about politics. "Don't be alarmed about me," he said to three or four correspondents the other day, during a passing visit to the capital, "but I've got something you haven't thought of in a thousand years, and I'm going to read it to you. It may remind you of our very dear and good old friend, Chaplain Milburn, but that's no harm. What I have here }s a copy of the first prayer ever delivered in Congress. I found it in an issue of Thatcher's Military Journal, bear­ ing date of 1777, and it is credited to Rev. Jacob Duehe, rector of Christ Church, Philadelphia, who subsequent­ ly proved traitorous to the noble cause of independence. The prayer is as fol­ lows: " 'O, Lord, our Heavenly Father, high and flighty King of Kings and Lord of Hosts; who dost from Thy throne behold all the dwellers on earth and reignest with power supreme and un­ controlled over all the kingdoms, em­ pires and governments, look down in mercy, Ave beseech Thee, on these ,American States, who have fled to Thee from the rod of the oppressor, and thrown themselves on Thy gracious protection, 4gsirlng to henceforth be dependent only on Thee; to Thee they have appealed for the "righteousness of their cause; to Thee do they noAA r look up for that countenance and support which thou alone canst give; take them, therefore, Heavenly Father, under Thy nurturing care; give them wisdom in council and valor in the field; defeat the malicious designs of our cruel ad­ versaries; convince them of the un­ righteousness of their cause; and, if they still persist in their sanguinary purposes, O let the voice of Thine OAvn unerring justice, sounding in their hearts, constrain them to drop the weap­ ons of war from their unnerved hands in the day of battle. Be Thou present, O God of Wisdom, and direct the coun­ sels of this honorable assembly; enable them to settle things on the best and surest foundation, that the scene of blood may be speedily closed; that or­ der, harmony and peace may be effect­ ually restored and truth and justice, religion and piety, prevail and flourish among Thy people. Preserve the health of their bodies and the vigor of their minds; shoAver down on them and the millions they here represent such tem poral blessings as Thou seest expedient for them In this Avorld, and crown them Avitli .everlasting glory in the world to come. All this we ask in the name and through the merits of Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Savior. Amen.' "--Washing­ ton Star. Mr. Ward left his fishinj string' of fish behind. tackle and Indian's Word of Honor. "It is true that an Indian's Avord is his parole of lionr," continued the Col­ onel in a reminiscent mood. "When Ave were stationed near Tongue River the ! Cheyennes killed some men and ran aAvay from the reservation. Their father promised to bring them or send j them in at a certain time, and Ave heard ; hey Avould come in fighting. Fearing i that a number might be killed before ! they were overcome, troops Avere or- ! dered from Fort Custer, and they came I to the reservation and Avaited for the I tAvo Indian boys to give themselves up, I as they had promised. Sure enough. I they saw them coming over the hill with their Avar paint on, dressed out in i j all their finery and firing as they rode, j They met the troops fighting like devils, i One of them fell, but the other actually j fought until he Avas shot by a man in | the rear ranks. They kept their parole, ! but fought every inch of the way to death. "And those Cheyennes were not bad Indians--they Avere of the dime novel sort, who long to emulate the deeds of other braves, and become reckless in a fight. Then, knowing that they had to suffer for the crime, they determined to sell their lives as dearly as possible." College Girl a Saloonkeeper. The niece of an ex-Governor of In­ diana is running a saloon at Wichita, Kan. She Avas educated at one of the leading colleges of the country and is a highly accomplished musician. She says the Kansas boom caused her downfall. Her husband lost all his money and died, leaving her penniless Doj that Jumps Into a Net. Engine company No. 1 of Pittsburg oAvns the prize fire dog of the country. oppose all equally apply, and, judging [ He has the usual liking lor "running from the first number, are singularly with the machine' and can do all the After that, hpweArer, their acquaint­ ance rapidly ripened, and a few weeks Trifles light as hair sometimes turn the whole course of a man's appetite. appropriate, since it is full of abuse of everything that can be possibly con- strued as the handiwork of man. ' 1 Women Not as Neat as Men. Women, in the opinion of a Avrlter in Godey's Magazine, are very neglectful of the minor details of their dress. In comparing the fair sex with men in matters of neatness the Avrlter sayS* "Women are endoAved with strange vagaries, and while •extremely fastid­ ious in many ways are very neglectful in others. Even the swellest' society girl is not as particular as to the fresh­ ness of her collar and cuffs as the plain, everyday man of business; to old tricks, but he has many new ones. Among them Is a high jump Into the fire uet. ife comes out of a third-story AvindoAv Avith all the ease and grace of a bird and lands in the net Avhieh the boys lipid Avitliout a jolt. His name is Judge, lie can smoke a pipe, but does not do it often enough to injure his health. Electric Bread-Cutter. A machine has been devised Avlilch goes by electricity and which can cut and butter 750 loaves of bread an hour The butter is spread very thin by a cyl indrlcal brush--go thin that a large eav ing of butter is guaranteed. Efficacious Prescription. A lady AVIIO had suffered tortures from a corn upon one of her toes called on a professional chiropodist. He soon relieved her Of the hardened little of­ fender, and besides paying him his fee, she thanked him heartily. "Please tell me, doctor." she said, "hoAv I can prevent another one coming in its place." "Well, madam," he replied, after a moment's reflection, "I am doctor enough, perhaps, to give you a prescrip­ tion that Avill always prevent a corn from earning." He, tore a leaf out of a note-book, AA;rofe a lew Avords upon it, and handed it to her. It read: "Looslioo. Apply one a day." "You can get it at almost any place," he explained. "There is no charge. You are welcome." After inquiring in vain at several drug stores for "looslioo," she showed the prescription to a friend, Who stud­ ied it a moment and said: "Why, that is plain enough. It means 'loose shoe!' " The prescription was tried, and proved effec.Sv- A Rainbow in the Moonlight. The great lunar rainbow seen from the houses on the cliffs at Nahant and along Marginal road on the night of a recent great storm Avas, on the Avord of an astronomer, a most unusual, as it was a most splendid and impressive, sight. Halo rainboAvs about Lady Lu­ nar or bits of rainbow on "the little clouds sailing around the moon" are i not uncommon, but a full 1>OAV span- i ning the heavens is not often seen by ! night. It needs a full and brilliant moon I and a small slioAver. The one Avhieh j hung in the heavens above SAvamp- j scott and Beach Bluff slioAved Avith pe­ culiar radiance across the Avater to the j people at Nahant Avliose backs Avere ! to the big bright moon that came out of | her flying storm clouds long enough to | SIIOAV a quarter hour of the phenome- I noil. The red and blue in the great j boAV were fairly pronounced, the or- | auge was fainter and it required help from the Imagination to distinguish any of the other four prismatic colors before the rainbOAV began to fade. Then the most distant right end of it gloAv- ed with increasing yet "ineffectual j fires." If a "rainbOAV at night is the j sailor's delight," 'tis surely the solar bow which is so often seen before sun­ set. The astronomer AVIIO has never seen but one full arching moonboAV in his observant career notes that the chances are few- indeed for mortals to observe this glory of the Lady Luna. In the first place, there must be a full moon, and there are only about thirty- six chances in a year, a tenth of the chances to see a solar rainbow, and these mgy be quartered by the fact that most people are not up all night, as they are all day. If there AA'ere quite as many moonboAvs as sunbows propor­ tionately--and this is improbable--we have only one-fortieth as much oppor­ tunity to observe tiiern.--Boston -EA'en- ing Transcript. A pound of phosphorus heads 1,000,- 000 matches. A ton of oil has been obtained from the tongue of a single whale. OA*er 000,000 pounds of tea are con­ sumed in England daily. Web to the length of two and a quar­ ter miles has been drawn from the body of a single spider. A newly discovered spot on the sun, Avhieh is visible just now, is said to be 30,000 miles in diameter. A complete electric ploAving plant has been installed on an estate in France, in the department of the Tarn. Engineers in Germany receive from the Government a gold medal and $500 for every ten years of service without, accident. Telegraph Avires will last for forty years near the seashore. In the manu­ facturing districts, the same Avires last only ten years, and sometimes less. To cool a hot room, Avet thoroughly a large sheet and hang it up in the mid­ dle. The temperature will go down ten or twelve degrees almost immedi­ ately. Bicycles are now being made with one of the tubes in tlie frame plugged at each end, to be filled Avith oil through an inlet at the top, and drawn off be­ low, so that a cycler need not run out of fuel for his lamp. - The oldest building in the Avorld that has been uninterruptedly used for church purposes, is St. Martin's Cathe­ dral at Canterbury. The building was originally erected for a church, and has been regularly used as a place for re­ ligious gatherings for more than 1,500 years. Southern Sketch Writers. A casual glance at the,., magazines and book catalogues o^-fco-day shows that Avhile New ..England is doing good Avork in the way of serious produc­ tions, such as history, science and a feAv cases of essays, other sections of the country are outstripping it in a field that for long Avas regarded as exclu­ sively its own. The south and west have come forward in the last feAv years as serious competitors in the fields of the short story and the novel, Avhile the feAV poets of any notable strength that are IIOAV Avriting come from the same localities. The names of John Fox, Jr., James Lane Allen, Miss Murfree, Joel Chandler Harris and Miss Magruder are among the best knoAvn of modern American fiction, to say nothing of the meteroic authoress of "The Quick or the Dead." Haanlin Garland and Bret Ilarte probably lead the whole Avestern contingent, which seems to be groAving in popularity with each succeeding season.--Philadelphia Inquirer. A Woman Mint Farmer. A woman.living in Louisiana is sup­ porting herself comfortably on the pro­ ceeds of a farm oi which she raises nothing but mint. All the principal hotels and restaurants In New Orleans purchase their mint from her, and she makes enough during the summer months, when juleps and other cooling drinks containing mint are in demand, to enable her to live comfortably through the Avinter. When Salmon Were High. On June 12, 1775, upAvard of 2,400 salmon Avere taken above the bridge in the River Tyne, and sold in NeAV tastle at Id and l^d per pound. Soap Went Down Hard. A Devonshire woman of mature age Avent into a chemist's shop and said to the assistant: "I've got a cruel, bad cough, surely. I've heerd that they BroAAru's bronchial troches are good things, llav'ee got any?" The assistant pointed to a small box on the table and said: "Yes, there they are." "HOAV much is it?" Avas the inquiry. The price Avas paid and the old AA-O- man took her departure. At night the assistant missed a box of glycerine soap (three cakes). A couple of days afterward she returned to the shop and said: , "I Avaut 'ee to take back two of them things I had t'other day\ I took one of 'em. It was mortal hard to cheAvi. and aAvful to sAvallow, but It cured the vough/'-^-PIttsburg Dispatch. J