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P'-f «ti»! 4.-.f - - • . i - ,'• FALSE TEETH. % * HEN James Redfield, of fhan itedf e,";.- i> '; C h ic ago, was appointed Indian Agent he moved to ^Nebraska, taking with him his wife, a j*aby girl and a young Irish maid of the name of Mollie. Mr. Redfield en­ joyed frontier life, it being an agreeable lange from office work. But Mrs. ifiold did not like living in a log house at a small trading post on the v-jprairiea She declared that she would . • liave died of homesickness if the blithe, light-hearted Mollie had not always ^>j^|>een cheering her with: ; "Ah, but this is a foine country, Mis' " jledficld. Jist look at the big ocean of ad a-stretchin' to the end of the rurld." I !• ' "But it looks so lonesome, MolHe, to . neither hills nor trees," Mrs. Red- field would reply. f ""Tls the better wldout tlflrn, I'm |T"t^Mnkin*; they'd be for obstructin' our 'I „ foine riew," said the Irish girl. \,,, "Andboth day and night it is so still," « ^ iilfrs. Redfield said, sighing. rf!. "Do ye say it's still? Whin every i' aight of our loife we hear buffalos H-bellowln' an' wolves a-howlin' an' «rild Injins a-hootin' widin gunshot of 1 ' ^tur door. Sorra! an' ain't that noise ^ \* fnough for any livin' sowl?" declared ifollie O'Flynn. •~*w One Sunday morning in early spring rs. Redfield stood at the open door, 'r- Choking out across the prairie. The ' ikulls and whitening bones of slain buffaloes glittered in the sunlight. Crows, ravens and turkey-buzzards Aoated lazily between the blue sky and fbe brown prairie. Mollie, seeing her .jnistress' woeful gaze, began singing, i, '^Come Back to Erin, Mavourneen, Ma- fiipoiirneen." But Mrs. Redfield did not Jreed the Irish girl's song. Then Mollie suddenly recollected that It was Sun- so she said: "An' 'tis meself that knows that ye're listenin' fer. Mis' Red- fteid; it's thim church bells in Chicago. They was always remijidin' me of me ~4uty; but away out here I can't help •leself, and so the bells do not trouble "•|ne at all, and they've left me moind .almost since I've seen the grand loife ' «n the prairies." Mollie confessed. •*\ The secret of the matter was that Collie had three admirers: a mountain •'irmpper, a cowboy and an Indian. At •unset of that same day the mountain Rapper, on horseback, drew rein at the 'Indian Agent's quarters. Mollie was the log stable, milking the cow. She lord her lover call, "Whoa!" but she , jfld not come out to greet him for fully /fen minutes, then she walked leisurely > v|jiftcro8s the yard, balancing a milk-pail <>-#0 her head and humming an Irish inel- gtody, seemingly unaware of her admir- -•.:;S§r'8 presence. "Good-evening, Mollie," said the. trap- |":j)erP walking toward her, leading his by the bridle. * "Kyenin', Jim," Mollie returned, with ' flourish of her free arm. 3^ let me carry the pail," he said. "Go 'way wid ye. I'm no weaklin'," girl answered. Mollie went into the house. Jim ft|i?!arker waited patiently outside until :|i*he returned, then he seated himself by the side of her on the doorstep and dd: Tm hearin' you have another beau, cowboy, Charlie Rankin by name." "It's many a beau I have; the prai- ries is full of thim " "Nonsense, Mollie; be honest. Do ('t1,7oa think more of Charlie than you do . *f me?" Jim asked. *£,'l . . "I'm fond of thim all. Tis hard |1 ' choosin'," Mollie answered. 'p_r/••• "But I'm the one you like best, eh, i &r •MolHe?* Jim queried, nudging her with his elbow. "Go long wid ye. Don't be so famil- Tfis'f Jar," Mollie quickly said, moving away ifrom her wooer. LTT-T-- "But, say. Moliie, who alrthefellers what comes eourtiu' you?" Jim wanted to know. "It'g B0t fair to be tellin' on thim. jBut there's one I'm havin' nowadays I '"'i, 4'ont be loikin'; he creeps around like * 8nake in the grass; an' 'tis niver vunst I can git a good sight of him: Oh! there he is now, a-peekin' from be- hind the hen-coop." ? "It's an Indian," said Jim, jumping "Sure as faith it's one of thim hathen there," Mollie said. *4'11 shoot him down," declared Jim •AV«tv-.- Parker, runniug toward the hen-cOop. Mollie sat quietly on the doorstep. Jim came back in three minntes. "An' did ye kill him?" Mollie asked. "Nah, he wasn't thar," Jim answered. "He's a sly fox. I can niver ketch sight of him," Mollie said. In a few minutes Jim said good-night^ 7' to Mollie, mounted his horse and rode •way. The Irish girl watched the trap­ per gallop eastward, saying aloud: 44 Tis strange, but the feller what's furtherest away I'm fer loikin' the best." As Mollie turiled <6 go into the house asbadow fell across the doorstep. "Ow --ow! ye Ingiii, git away wid ye'." she screamed, hurrying in aud banging the door behind her. The next morning when Mollie was hanging out the family wash Charlie Rankin'rode by. Mollie saw him, but she was too busy to take time to notice the cowboy. He rode by again; still Mollie did not look at him. The third time be came in sigijt Mollie nodded her head. This gave the cowboy cour­ age to speak- "Fine morniu'. Miss O'Flynn."- he said, raising his broad-brimmed hat. "I s'pose it is; but I'm too busy to be heedin' the weather," Mollie replied. "I thought I'd call in the mornin', seeio' a mountain trapper takes your time every evenln'," the cowboy said, •winging himself off his mustang. **Hey, thar! don't be lettin' that crazy haste of yourn bedrabble me clean clothes," the Irish girl called put. from the clothesline, and tied it to a corner of the cow stable; then he asked: "How many lovers have you, Miss Mol­ lie O'Flynn?" "I don't be bothered countin' thim," Mollie answered. "Ain't you ever goin' ter choose a hus­ band? Women are scarce In these parts. Won't you be my wife?" Char­ lie Rankin boldly said to her. "Don't be a-botherin' me on a Mon­ day mornin' wid such nonsense. Hav£ ye no better work to do thin to be ridin' yer wild horse around the country a-askin' every girl ye see to be yer wife?" "Hold on, Mollie O'Flynn! I don't ask every girl to be my Wife," the cowboy said indignantly. "Sorra, I've no toime to be botherin' wid ye now, so be off, I say," Mollie said, waving her bare arms around her head. The cowboy jumped on his'mustang and sped over the prairie. Mollie, with her arms akimbo, laugh­ ed a good,"hearty Irish laugh. "He'll be back afore many days, or me name ain't Mollie O'Flynn," she said aloud. Then she went into the house. Mr. Redfield's office was a lean-to on one side of the log house. One after­ noon he was busy at work in there when Mollie came rushing In, saying: "I'll not be standin' it no longer. That sneakin' Injin follows me loike me THE INDIAN POINTED AT THE TKOFHtES, THEN AT MOLLIS, SATING, "SQUAW." r*: . V - shadow. I see his hathinish eyes a-peekin' at me round the cow stable whan I'm milkin'; he's lurkin' 'bout the hen-coop whan I'm huntln' eggs; an' whan I'm washin' dishes he comes an' looks In the window roight in front of me face." "Do you think he's an Indian?" Mr. Redfield calmly inquired. "Yes; an Indian wid a buckskin shirt on, an' fedders in his snaky hair," Mol­ lie exclaimed. "Oh, Neshoba; he's a good, peace­ able fellow; yon needn't fear him; he'll do you no harm." "Thin why do he be a-foUowin' me?" the girl asked. "I'm sure I don't know, but I'll find out," Mr. Redfield said, taking his hat to go out of doors. Mollie waited in the office. In ten minutes Mr. Redfield returned. "Mol­ lie," he said, smiling, "Neshoba wants you to be his squaw." "Squaw!" Mollie screamed. "That's what he told me," Mr. Red- Held answered. "The black hathen! Sorra! what does he take me fer?" the Irish girl wanted to know. "He's waiting outside for an answer, Mollie," Mr. Redfield said. "Tell him to skedaddle. I'll have nothing to do wid the loikes of him," Mollie scornfully replied. Mr. Redfield went out to talk again with the Indian boy. When he returned he said: "Neshoba insists on having you for his squaw. He offers me two horses and a cow, if I'll give you to him " "Am I a slave?" the Irish girl said in a fury. '•'No, no, Mollie; you're a free woman. You must decide the question. I'll call him in." Neshoba came and stood at the threshold of the door. "Do ye think I'd marry ye?" Mollie asked him. "Three horses, two cows," the Indian meekly said, with downcast e^es. "Ye're a pretty man for a husband!" Mollie screamed. "Four horses, three cows, five buf­ falo skins, two white wolf skins," the Indian offered.- ~ "Away wid ye!" Mollie exclaimed, stamping her feet, violently. "Four horses, three cows, five buf­ falo skins, two white wolf skins, four caribou skins," the Indian bid for his bride. Mollie's quick Irish wit came to her assistance. "I'll tell ye what I'll do," she said, with a merry twinkle in her eyes. "I'll be yer squaw If ye'll bring me fifty gray squirrel skins, a dozen mink skins, a half a dozen white wolf hides, an* the hides of two leopards, an' the hides an' antlers of four rein­ deer; an' ye moight bring me the wings of a white heron an' the breast of two grebe." Then Mollie added, laughing, "bring me a couple of the right-hand wings of the wild turkey to brush me harth whan I'm a-keepin' me own house.." The Indian, boy ejaculated: "Ugh! Ugh!" Mr. Redfield said: "Neshoba promises to get all you ask for." "All right, thin be about it, ye wild Injin," Mollie said, shooting Neshoba with her gingham apron. Neshoba raised his eyes and said to Mr. Redfield: "Before snow faills. Then he turned quickly and walked away. "Neshoba promises to return before winter," Mr. Redfield explained to Mol­ lie. It will take him all his loife to git all "You've asked a good deal of the poor Indian, 1 think," said Mr. Redfield. "Sure, I did. I want to keep him busy a-shootin'*wild beasts the rest of his loife, so hell not be botherin' me all the toime," said Mollie. The winsome Irish girl stood at the door to watch her lover depart. The In­ dian mounted his shaggy pony and gal­ loped westward. Mollie gazed stead­ fastly after him until the horse and rider were a mere speck on the horizon. Then she gave a sigh of relief and Went to work with a merry heart. All summer Mollie played the co­ quette with the mountain trapper, the cowboy and another admirer, a Mexi­ can ranchman, who had traveled many a mile on hearing of the Irish girl's charms. But she baffled them all. "Away wid ye! Yer blarney I'll not listen to," she would say. At another time she would encourage them, say­ ing: "Arrah, some day I'll choose me husband." So the three lovers waited patiently; each thinking that he was the favored one. One evening in early autumn Mollie was busy at work In the kitchen. She heard footsteps in the yard, so she flung open the door, exclaiming: "An* who comes a-courtln' me to-night?" * There stood Neshoba. Mollie could scarcely see him because of the pelts and feaithers ^hat hung from his body. "Ow--ow--ow! Begone, ye wild In­ jin!" the girl screamed. 5 Neshoba stepped across the threshold and threw down at the feet of Mollie fifty squirrel skins, a dozen mink skins, half a dozen whit^ wolf hides, two leop­ ard pelts, the hides and antlers of four reindeer, the wings *>f a whita heron, the breasts of two grebe and two wild turkey wings. The Indian pointed at the trophies, then at Mollie, saying: "Squaw." Mollie ran to the farthermost corner of the room and climbed upon a rough beam and there she cringed upon her perch like a terrified bird, while the Indian fixed his hawk-like glance upon her. Mr. Redfield heard the commotion and hastened to the kitchen. When he saw Neshoba he said: "Oh, Mollie, we've played a serious joke on the poor Indian. What shall I say to him?" "Tell him to be daclnt 8n' go away lolke a glntleman. I'll give him money fer all his hides," said Mollie. The Indian understood Mollie's pro­ posal. He said, persistently: "Squaw, squaw." "Sind him off, Mr. Redfield; sind him off!" Mollie said. Mr. Redfield argued with Neshoba, but the Indian stood resolute, saying: Squaw promise." Mr. Redfield offered him money, but the Indian would not take it. Mollie kept crying out: "Sind him away or I'll die!" At last Neshoba gathered-up his pelts and walked slowly out of the door. Mollie descended from the beam and fell all in a heap at Mr. Redfield's feet, crying: "Be me sowl, I've sinned!" From that moment all the blithesome- ness died out of the Irish girl's life. A great cloud overshadowed her gay spirit. Her merry heart seemed to turn to a lump of lead; she could neither laugh nor sing. Her three lovers called daily. Mollie told them: "Me heart is broke fer the poor Injin. I'll marry no man." Mrs. Redfield tried to comfort the girl, but Mollie answered: I hate the big prairie; it reminds me of Neshoba. I hate this wild, hathen- Ish loife. Oh, poor Neshoba! I've killed the honest Injln's sowl. I must go away to a convent to find comfort." So Mollie went back East and enter­ ed an order of the Sisters of Mercy, where she spent the rest of her life do­ ing deeds of kindness to atone for her sins. Every night she prayed at her window, which faced westward, for the soul of her Indian lover. Mr. Redfield never saw Neshoba again. It was ireported that he rushed unarmed Into one of the Indian battles and was killed.--New York Ledger. LAW AS INTERPRETED. A Oh, brave and wise and steadfast BOUI, ' • Whose nation decks thy tomb to-day!'- 80 long as this vast globe shall roll Thy praises shall not pass away. And we, whose fathers felt thy hand," Before whose blade they broke and fled. Will honor, with thy native laud. The noble memory of the dead! For more than fame, or patriot pride-- Before all things desired and fair- Is freedom! Stand thou there beside Her beauty In that native air Thy lightnings cleared, that we might iee The tranquil splendors of her eyes Smile down on all thy race to be. And its unrivaled destinies! Men spread the feast and pour tlie, wins In memory of thy stainless name. And honors ever shall be thine -- Enduring love and deathless fame! But though thy glory through the sphere Were carved and spoken, harped and sung. Thy ghost would not disdain to hear One tribute from an English tongue. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S DEATH. Centenary to Be Observed by What Was Called a "Mock Funeral." On that December day, nearly a century ago, when the body of Gen. George Wash­ ington was laid away in the vault at Mount Vernon. . "mock funerals" were held in many towns and cities east of the Alleghanies. Our great-grandparents were in their infancy in those far-away days, and many of them saw these "mock fun­ erals," which were conducted, of course, with all solemnity. From these sights of childhood springs the couviction in the minds of centenarians here and there that they were witnesses of the real funeral. Such is the trustfulness of old age in mem­ ories of times long agone! Ninety-nine years of national life"»have WASHINGTON'S FIRST TOMB. The right of the creditors of an In­ solvent to the proceeds of his life in­ surance is denied, in Roberts vs. Win- ton (Tenn.), 41 L. R. A. 275, where the only premium he has paid Is by a worthiest check. The negligence of a contractor or his employe In blasting rock on a vacant city lot, causing damage to a building upon an adjoining lot, is held, in Berg vs. Parsous (N. Y.), 41 L. R. A. 391, to give no right of action against the pro­ prietor of the premises, A gratuitous lender of brackets for use In a staging is held, in Gagnon vs. Dana <N. H.), 41 L. R. A. 389, not to be liable to a servant of the borrower for a defect in the brackets which the lend­ er did not actually know. The construction of an Insurance pol­ icy as to fires set by steam engines oth­ er than those "using coal for fuel, with sufficient wood to kindle or start the fire, is held, In Thurston vs. Burnett & B. D. F. M. F. Insurance Cpmpany (Wis.), 41 Li. R. A. 316, to be a question solely for the court. A statute prohibiting the deposit of sawdust In the waters of a lake, or in tributaries thereto, is held, in State vs. Griffin (N. H.), 41 L. R. A. 177, to be a proper exercise of the police power. With this case Is a note on the statu­ tory protection of water used for sup­ plying a municipality. The fall of a staging built in a new bulldiig for use by a servant of a man­ ufacturer of whom decorations have been ordered for the building is held, in Channon vs. Sanford compay (Conn.), 41 L. R. A. 200, to give no right of ac­ tion against the manufacturer, who told the servant the builder would see to the staging, although his foreman told him it would be safe. passed since then, and America has given far more attention to anniversary celebra­ tions of that happier event--the birth of its first President--than to the yearly re­ currence of the day of the funeral. This year, however, the centennial of that day will take place, and the observ­ ance at Mount Vernon will be on Dec. 14, the anniversary of the day of the death, instead of on the 18th, which was the date of the funeral. It is intended, nevertheless,1 that the observance shall take the form of a duplication of the funeral services, going over the same ground as in 1779. So elaborate are the contemplated ceremonies that already plans are being put into shape for the great event. As Gen. Washington was a Mason, the services over his body were conducted, in part at least, by the Ma­ sons, and so the anniversary services will be under the direction of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Free and Accepted Masons. The Grand Lodge will meet in Alexan- ^ closing it with brick, as had been the cus« torn at previous burials. The widow wst sure that she would soon follow her hus­ band. She lived only eighteen months af­ ter the death of Washington, keeping en­ tirely, it is said, to her room on the third floor of the mansion, and upon her death, in 1801, her body was laid beside that of her husband in the old tomb. Washington was buried in a mahogany coffin, lined with lead, which was put in a case cov­ ered with black cloth. • ^ , INGTON A RICH MAN. Owned Thousands of Acre* of I«and and Stocks and Negroes. When Washington died he was one of the richest men of his time. He owned lands and stock and negroes, and his es­ tates amounted to thousands of acres. He had houses in Alexandria, Va., and prop­ erty in Washington. He had valuable lands near the present site of Pittsburg. He was throughout his life a money mak­ er, and when he was a boy he got $5 a day and upward for his surveying. He put his surplus money into lands, and an advertisement in a Baltimore paper of 1773 states that he had 20,000 acres of land for sale on the Ohio river. His will, which is now kept about twenty miles from Washington, in the safe of the old court house at Fairfax, Va., gives a de­ tailed statement of every article he pos­ sessed down to the calves and sheep. His personal estate was then put down at $532,000, and this included a vast amount of tobacco, large numbers of cattle, sheep And horses, nearly all of which he willed to his wife. This will is now kept in a wooden box, the top of which is covered with glass. It was torn in two some time ago by some careless sightseer, and since then no one lias been allowed to handle it. The account books which are kept in the State Department show that Washington was very careful about keeping a record of his expenditures. He put down every­ thing. Washington's Golden Words. Interwoven is the love of liberty with every ligament of the heart. To persevere is one's duty, to be silent is the best answer to calumny. Without virtue and without integrity,, the finest talents and the most brilliai t accomplishments can never gain reaped or conciliate the esteem of the most valu­ able part, of mankind. Promote as an object of primary impor­ tance, institutions for the general diffu­ sion of knowledge. In proportion as th« structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened. Observe good faith and justice toward all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Let me warn you most solemnly against the baneful effects of the spirit of party. < * * It exists, under different shapes, in all governments, more or less stifled, con­ trolled or repressed; but in those of the popular form it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy. My first wish is to see this plague to mankind, war, banished from the earth, and the sons and daughters of this world employed in more pleasing and innocent amusements than in preparing Implements and exercising them for the destruction of mankind. Rather Jthan quarrel about territory, let the poor, the needy, the oppressed, of TOMB HOLDING WASHINGTON'S BODY SINCE 1831. Tktjr Keirhr Suffocated Htm, Inrt the Doctor Got Them, The fact tha,t the ihrpes of the Imag­ ination under great excitement often produce a corresponding physical fren­ zy was illustrated recently in the case of a man who had gone to sleep with his artificial teeth in his mouth. Waking suddenly with a choking sen­ sation, he found his teeth hafl (disap­ peared. He looked in the gfess of vratef where they were usually deposited, did not see them there, and realized that they must be far down his throat. Choking and struggling he hammered on the door of a friend sleeping in the house, who, seeing his critical condi-. tion, vainly endeavored to draw the teeth out of the sufferer's throat. He could feel the teeth, but had not the strength to extricate them. He ran for a blacksmith, who lived a few doors away, but the blacksmith's hand was too big to put Into the man's mouth. A doctor had been sent for, but he was so long In coming that the victim of the accident seemed likely to die of suf­ focation before the physician arrived. A little girl of 10 years was brought, under the impression that her small hand might reach the obstacle and withdraw it, but she got frightened and began to cry. The sufferer became black in thcface, his throat swelled out and his friends expected every moment to be his last, when finally the doctor "arrived. He heard the history of the case, saw that the teeth were not in the man's jaw nor in their nightly receptacle, felt the throat and chest of the sufferer, and cast his eyes seriously upon the floor. There he saw the whole set of teeth. He adjusted them In the jaws of the patient, told him to breathe free­ ly, and every symptom of suffocation disappeared. JOHN PAUL JONES. dria, and, escorted by Lodge No. 4 of Fredericksburg, in which Washington re- there dwell in peace, fulfilling the first and great commandment. cowboy led his mustang away j thim hides," Mollie said, laughing. Saved Her Scalp, A remarkable surgical operation has been recently performed in Paris. A laundress had her scalp torn off from the nape of the neck to the eyebrows by her hair catching in some beltiug. She was taken to the Broussais Hos­ pital, where Dr. Malherbe, after seeing her, sent for her scalp. He obtained it after a delay of several hours, shaved off the hair, washed it with antisepfics, and applied it in place again. The scalp has grown on to the head. London's Unfortunate Births. Over 1,000 children are born yearly in London workhouses. the earth, and those who want land, re- sort to the fertile plains of our western ceTved Tils first degree; Washinjitvn Lodfa* j coiiutry, the socond land of promise, and No. 22 of Alexandria, of which he was the first master, and Federal Lodge of Washington and representatives of every Grand Lodge in America will go to Mount Vernon and there repeat the services of Dec. 18, 1790. It is expected that Presi­ dent McKinley, himself a Mason, will make au address, and after the ceremonies a banquet will be given in Washington. The march to the, tomb will pass, of course, the old tofnb in which Washing­ ton's body was buried, and in which it rested for more than thirty years, though the objective point of the procession will be the new tomb, where the eoltin now is. In his will Washington stated that "the family vault at Mount Vernon requiring repairs, and being impro|>erly situated. I desire that a new one, of brick, and upon a larger scale, may be built at the foot of what is called the Vineyard, Inclosure, 011 the ground which is marked out, in which my remains and those of my deceased relatives (now in the old vault), and such others of my family as may choose to be entombed there, may be deposited." Not­ withstanding his request, it was not until 1831 that the new tomb was built and Washington's body placed therein. And What has become of the old-fashioned man Who carried his "books" home ev ery oleht after business hours} Dignity and Usefulness. During the American Revolution, an officer, not habited in the military cos­ tume, was passing a company of soldiers at work making repairs on a redoubt. The commander of a little squad was giving orders to those under him, relative to a stick of timber which they were endeavor­ ing to raise to the top of the works. The timber went up hard, and on this account the voice of the little great man was oft>in heard in his regular vociferations of "heave away! there she g6es! heave I10!" etc. The officer before spoken of stopped his horse when he arrived at the place, and seeing the timber sometimes scarcely move, asked the commander why he did not take hold and render a little aid. The latter appeared to be somewhat aston­ ished, and turning to the officer with the pomp of an emperor,- said: "Sir, I am h corporal." "You are not, though--are you?" said - - the officer. "I was not aware of It." And then the old vault was allowed toYnU into | 0ff hat and bowing, MI ask your state of decay. * ' 1 In recent years it ha> been rebuilt from a drawing in the Con­ gressional Library, , and it is now sur­ rounded by an iron fence, and is kept up with the same care as the new tomb. In 1837, when the marble sarcophagi in which the coffins of Washington and his wife rest were placed in the new tomb, the key of that tomb was thrown into the Po­ tomac river. At the request of Martha Washington a door Was made to the old tomb at the tiau of the general's burial, instead ot pardon, Mr. Corporal." Upon this he dismounted his elegant steed, llUng the bridle over the post, and lifted till the sweat stood in drops on his forehead. When the timber was elevated to itfi proper station, turning to the man clothed "in a little brief authority "Mr. Corporal Commander," said he, "when you have another such job and have ndt men enough, send for the com­ mander-in-chief, and I will help you." Onr Great 8ea Fighter Was a Scotch* man Born. John Paul Jones was born in 1747 In the parish-of Kirkbean, upon the Sol- way Firtlh, In the southwestern part of Scotland. His family name was Paul, that of Jones being assumed later. Thirty miles south of Kirkbean, on the; other side of Firth, and therefore in England, is the port of Whitehaven,1 whence he sailed during the early part of his maritime career, which began at the age of 12. His voyages, of which, however, only an incomplete record re­ mains, were chiefly to the West Indies and to the North American continent. In the latter an elder brother, William Paul, had settled at Fredericksburg, in Virginia. There John Paul visited from time to time as opportunity offered, and when William died in 1773, leaving considerable property, John went there to live and to settle the estate. It was then that he formed the purpose of abandoning the sea; moved thereto, doubtless, by the prospect of a rea­ sonable competence which had thus opened to him. The troubles of the colonies with the mother country, however, had begun already. A recent settler, without fam­ ily ties on the spot, with sisters in Scot­ land, Jones very well might have re­ mained at least passively a loyalist; but he was a reading man always, and had imbibed the ideas and the jargon of the century. With his native tem­ perament and caprices it was well-nigh impossible that he should remain inac­ tive In such stirring times, while his acquired views, his new Interests, and the weakening hold of home affections, consequent upon absence since boy­ hood, combined to impel him to take sides with the fellow-citizens among whom he was then living, rather than with those in the old country. For this he was called then a traitor; not wholly unnaturally, for the doctrine of Inde­ feasible allegiance was still maintained by Great Britain. It is singular, how­ ever, to find him again so styled in a very recent English work. A rebel he doubtless was; a traitor, perhaps, tech­ nically, as Washington might be called for the same reason; but he betrayed no trust.--Scribner's. Martyrdom. At tfcfi age of 17 Miss Wlllard records in her diary this tragic announcement of the end of her romping girlhood: This is my birthday, and the date of my martyrdom. Mother Insists that at last I must have my. hair "done up woman-fashion." She says she can hardly forgive herself for letting me run wild" so long. We've had a great time over it all, and here I sit like an­ other Samson shorn of his strength. That figure won't do, though, for the greatest trouble with me is that I never shall be shorn again. My "back" hair is twisted up like a corkscrew; I carry eighteen hairpins; my head aches mis­ erably; my feet are entangled in the slsirt of my hateful new gown. I can never jump over a fence again, so long as I live. As for chasing the slieep down In the shady pasture, It i9 out of the question, and to climb to my eagle-nest seat in the big bur-oak would ruin this new frock beyond re­ pair. Altogether, I recognize the fact that my occupation's gone. Rioh Bwurda. The most valuable sword in the world is that belonging to the Gaekwar of Baroda. The hilt is set with diamonds, rubies aud emeralds, and it is valued at $1,100,000. The Shah of Persia has a sword that is worth $50,000. It was worn by Nasred-Din on his first visit to Europe, about twenty-five years ago. The Czar and the Sultan both possess very valuable swords. Lord Wolseiey probably has the most valuable sword in Europe to-day. It was given to him by the Egyptians, and is valued at $10,- 000. Mexican Funerals. The Mexicans have a queer way of burying the dead. The corpse is tight­ ly wrapped in century plant matting, and placed In a coffin hired for about a shilling. One or two natives, as the case may be, place the coffin on their heads and go at a trot to the grave, where the body is Interred, and the coffin is then returned. When a man gets rich, the neighbor women peer back into the history of his married life until they find that his wife once kept a cow. This explains : everything. • •• "v v,'Lu? X •f.-V-f kyik Perhaps home is all the dearer to ; some men because they are seldom there. Organization is booming ln Toied<% Ohio. Over $13,000,000 Is invested in Vsiv mont quarries. ' , ̂ ̂ St Joseph, Mo., is to hove a new $2dU 000 shoe factory. Twelve average tea-plant* product one pound of tea. Sales of American horses to Mezhi ; now reach $100,000 annually. The highest wages received by 4nfH< hands In India is $4.50 a month. Colorado labor unions have elected twenty-two of their members to thft State Legislature. The Painters' Union of Denver askad for an increase in 1wag& from $2.50 to" $3 per day of eight hours. r The Sandoval Company at Carlyliv 111., agrees to pay the prevailing rati of wages for coal mining. w The Tobacco Worker^ j National Union is now located in Louisville, hat|»' lag removed from St. Louis. 3 The headquarters of the Internation­ al Barbers' Union has" been remove® £ropi Syracuse to Cleveland, Ohio. •^ The Schenectady Locomotive works . f has completed shipment of an ord«r ^ I for twenty-seven locomotives to Japan. The telephone subscribers of the whole world number abojit The United States stands at the tog) with 900,000. . i•?; The Colorado State Commissioner of 1 Mines reports that during the past yea® 30,231 miners were employed in the various mines of the State. i t Martin McHale, of Minneapolis « Minn. ,a member of the St. Paul Trade asnd Labor Assembly, has 'been ap­ pointed labor commissioner of Minne­ sota by Gov. Llnd. " ' .•••' Paper collars are being turned out by only two firms in this country, one In Boston and the other In New York. Their total annual output is from 2Qu ,, 000,000 to 25,000,000 collars. 1- •'* ; J. Bacon & Sons, conducting a larfe ̂ mercantile house in Louisville, Ky^ made a Christmas present of a paid-up $1,000 life insurance policy for a year to each of their 250 employes. Among the labor bills introduced In the New York Legislature are the bar­ bers' sanitary shop law, one to restrict sweatshop work, sanitary bakeshops and prohibiting employes from sleep­ ing in shops. , Fifteen girls in Bryan's confection­ ery establishment at Wichita, Kan., walked out recently because they could not get an increase in wages. |Xjbey re­ ceived 50 cents a day and "worked eleven hours. • -- The President and Secretary of the Cripple Creek (Col.) Trade and Labor Assembly were arrested on Indictments found by the grand jury at Colorado Springs charged with violating the Colorado boycott law. Corncob pipes are made by the car­ load in Missouri and sell for 25 to 27 cents a bushel. The industry is also an important one in Indiana, and one factory at Brlghtwood turns out be­ tween 4,000 and 5,000 a day. America has sold to other nations more products than ever before, the figures being $1,230,000,000 this year, against $1,099,714,807 last year, a gain of more than $130,000,000 in one yea* and a gain of $405,000,000 over 1895. The Garment Worker says it is about time some earnest and intelligent ef­ fort was put forth in the way of secur­ ing legislation which would guarantee to the workers a measure of compen­ sation for injuries sustained while em­ ployed. The consolidation of the Tin ajad Sheet Iron Workers' Union and the Slate and Metal Roofers' Union of New York, has been completed under the title of Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers' Union. It has a membership o| abotot 1,000. ; * „One of the notable-advances of a satisfactory year is the heavy gain in the output of pig lrou^ in 1897 the United States produced 9,050,600 long tons; in 1898 the output wifts it,712,0d0 tons, worth $102,000,000, an'increase ot no, less than 21 per cent. . 4 sFrom the stalk of t'ff-.co'ttdn plant can be produced a fiber Jtvhidif is just the thing for cotton bagging. The stalks yield 15 per cent, of their weight in fiber, Qiuch more than enough for bagging llie crop* The Scientific Amer­ ican predicts tha£ the new industry will soon take on great proportions. The State Labor Commissioner of Wisconsin Is carrying on a strong cru­ sade against the employment of chil­ dren In that State. No less than 300 children have lately been taken out of factories In Wisconsin by representa­ tives of the labor commissioner's of­ fice because of the discovery that the young people employed were under the legal age of 14 years, and therefore not of the age required by law for toctory work. ' Getting Rid of Prlotlonl' <A novel invention has been exhibited before a large number of persons by J, M. Alves, a Russian civil engineer, In St. Petersburg. With this invention he proposes to revolutionize wheel loco­ motion. By attaching It to the wheels of any vehicle friction is reduced to Its lowest possible limit. To the amaze­ ment of the spectator an ordinary horse easily drew a wagon loaded with two and a half tons of goods. TJ*e mechanism of this device was kept a secret, the wheels being covered with a wooden framework. This precau­ tion on the part of the inventor. It was explained, was because he had just ap­ plied for a patent and did not wish his invention made public until it had been protected by the patent. Steel rails now figure as the cheapest: finished steel product in wroitght iroH. or steel. A good lesson In the finance* of modern industry is also afforded hj' them. To establish a steel rail works* an expenditure of $3,000,000 is required before a single rail can be turned out. The steel is made to conform to an ac­ curate chemical composition--the moat accurate In the ordinary range of tech­ nical operations. Bitter words often result from biting A persimmon before It Is ripe. vd, - J. ..,1 Ah> MmM