The Taylor County News. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, November 15, 1895 Page: 2 of 6
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JAMB A. M WIT
ABILENE.
TEXAS
THE DREAMER.
He lores to watch tta waves at play
Leap up tke rocks with ceaseless roar.
And see taelr saowy showerlag spray
Dissolve in pearls atoac tae shore.
The western sky Is dear to him
When rosy day with twilight blends.
And on the ocean's pnrple rim
Tae sun a globe of flame descends.
The white cloud sailing in the blue.
The white stars peering through the night.
He lores because they bring to view
The fringe of the infinite.
He hears the music of the sklei.
The thunder's bass the song of birds.
And vainly tries to crystallize
His soul's rich harmonies Into words.
And wandering in the autumn woods.
Far from the sight of human fco.
His fancy fl is the holltudes
With Khapeft of beauty and of grace.
What boots his Idle dreams to those
Who with unconquerable will
Toll from the dawn to Iho daylight's closa
To keep the world from standing still?
He smiles and nays his drramlnc tends
To show the beauty of tfetlgn:
To shape men's lives to nobler ends.
And draw them nearer th; Dlvln
J. Scott. In Chambers Journal.
AUNT LIDA'S HOLIDAY.
HY .TI'IIITH .SrEXt'EIt.
C r m ARCKLLA stood in
lior li5irlv f n r-
..jfefBEaVV) A "ished room her
small h a n d s
clenched looking'
down with anjrry
eyes upon her
shabby ill-fitting
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It was against her will that sho
had come tho year before to live with
her two maiden aunts in the old home
but hhe had had no choice and at her
mother's death had been obliged to ac-
cept the only refuse offered her.
It was .such a wretchedly tumble-
down old house: and Millinjjton. two
miles distant was an isolated sleepy
little town Aunt Kita was old and
partially paralyzed and deaf; while
Aunt I.ida slim ami angular with her
filmwer of .spindling curls tried to ap-
pear ridiculously youthful for a woman
who must be thirty-five at least.
The trio had been sitting as usual
that morning in the great sunny
kitchen where Mareella was learning
to "tuck" the heavy comfortable on
the uilting-frame. when the Milling-
ton stage driver had handed in the let-
ter which hail had such an opposite ef-
fect upon two of the little circle.
"Now who can it be from?" Aunt
Kita had said adjusting her glasses
with unsteady hands. "It's post-
marked New York an' the writin's
kinder familiar (iris do you s'posc
Cousin Marg'ret 1'ecknian could "a
wrote?"
"Maybe she has:' cried I.ida: 'an'
maybe sh-'s wrote to ay she's 5ent us
h bundle of old clothes! Hers are al-
ways so nice: and" glancing at her
own sadly antiquated gown -"I hope
there'll W something that'll do for
me. with -leeves real fashionable an
Mgl
"Why don't you read it?" asked Mar-
eella. with youthful impatience.
"We don't get letters every day
child." Aunt Kita said with a quaver
of- reproaeti. as she solemnly broke the
seal.
"Here. I.ida" she added after a mo-
ment's pause "you read it aloud.
Young folks has better eyesight than
old uns arter all."
Marcella's lips curved scornfully for
even I.ida seemed to have Mime difli-
cnl'3' in deciphering the tall angular
handwriting. Hut at last amid fre-
quent ejaculations of astonishment
and delight the contents reached the
listener-' ears. The letter was indeed
from the wealthy widowed cousin in
.New York and the gist of it was this:
Mrs. lleekman was going south for a
time but the friends she had expected
to join hail changed their plans and
she wanted some one with her as com-
panion for tin six or more weeks be-
fore her friends lion Id coiiip. Henicm-
bermg her pleasant visits at the old
home in her oi;th. she now wanted to
repay her cousins" hospitality by in-
viting Lida to go to Washington with
her. If she could do so Mrs. Itcekuian
would not only pay all her expenses
but would also send monev at once to
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provide whatever traveling outfit she
might require.
It was as if the sky had .suddenly
opened before Lida Marlow and she
had caught a glimpse of heaven
through the crack. he was in a per-
fect tremor of ecstasy and there wns
no question but she could go. During
y all these years since Rita had hnl her
"strokes"' Lida had never left her for a
night or day: but here was Mareella
now who could unquestionably All
her place during her six weeks' ab-
sence and so the beautiful holiday of
which Lida had dreamed ever since
her early youth was unexpectedly
about to become a reality at last!
As Lida was awkwardly penning her
delighted reply. Mareella stoyd in her
small bare room lillcd with dismay at
the dreary prosreet opening out lcfore
her. Oh! it was hard to be young and
have all pleasure denied her! If she
could only have a pretty new trav-
eling outfit and go away from thii
endless routine of dish-washing and
cleaning-up and mending of frayed
garments and caring for helpless Aunt
Kita. and have a happy holida3 in a
beautiful gay city why then -even if
she had to return to this dreary homu
once more she would have something
to look back upon and dream over her
whole life long.
put inch bMpina w wot for bar.
-
mr Aunt Lida. witk r vidlav
losja jrirlkkaek and lov of tmimi
flaerj lowborn; saeh an qaportaaitj
hoald eoase. JAad sore than crer
Mareella rebelled ajrainst her hard lot
and thonjrht cuntemptaoosly of the
harmless foibles of the two poor wom-
en to whom fche owed her daily bread
and the roof that sheltered her.
They made no outward show of af-
fection themselTes and so had taken
Marcella's undemonstrativeness as a
matter of course. Their dead half-
brother's only child was their nearest
of kin; and though they said she
"warn't much Marlow but' in name"
hey wil lingly shared all they had with
her and without ever suspecting that
she in silence scorned both it and
them.
After the coming of Mrs. Beekman's
letter and before the time set for
Lida's departure Mareella grew more
unhappy every day. It was bad
enough that Aunt Lida should be go-
ing away; but it was harder yet to
passively help make the new blue
serge just such a gown as she longed
for and could not have and to listen
silently to the endless instructions
about everything that she must do
during the six long weeks when Lida
would be gone. Mareella ecaine so
taciturn as the days wnt on that xin-
obscrvant Aunt Rita noticed it.
"What ails the child?"' she said.
".She grows queerer an' more one-sided
every da'.'1
Hnt Lida was not disturbed; she was
as near to perfect happiness as she had
ever been in her life. The new gown
with the biggest of leg o' mutton
sleeves was Hearing completion; she
had chosen the pattern herself; Miss
Lane the Milllngton dressmaker had
fitted it and whatever Marcella's
faults might be she was a clever
needlewoman and more handy tnan
Lida herself. Mi had a new "mantle"
too. of the latest and most youthful
fashion and the prettiest new hat
imaginable.
It was on the day the blue serge- was
completed that the crikis came. Aunt
Rita had been unsualh trying; even
Lida's infinite patience was sorely
taxed and Marcella's small stock was
entirely exhausted. Suddenly the
young girl threw down the staking
she was darning and bolted from the
room. Lida looked after her. amazed.
Then she swiftly followed her while
Aunt Kita who sat facing the window
and whose deafness prevented her
from hearing their abrupt departure
fretted querulously on. ilut Mareella
heard the patter of following fo-.t.teps
and turned suddenly.
"Why do you always follow me and
spy upon me?" she cried desperately.
"Can't 1 have even a minute to myself?
or must 1 sit anil sew for you forever
without any pleasure or a moment I
can call my own? I've never been
happy since 1 came to this hateful
house! And now to be left alone with
her- I shall die! I'm just a slave that's
all and nobody cares anything about
me!"
"(lirls" came Aunt Rita's quavering
voice as she turned and missed them
"girls where be ye?"
'Cirls'!" Mareella echoed with
scorn. "There's only one girl in this
house ami her girlhood is dreary
enough!"
The swiftness of her sharp speech
and all the bitter injustice of it fell
upon Lida like a blow
"What do you mean Vella?" sho
g.isped. "Did you want to go to
Washington?"
" 'Washington!'" the girl cried bit-
terly. "I never was asked! Nolirtdy
evei wanted me. I wouldn't go now -if
I was paid for it!"
Then she rushed up the few remain-
ing stairs to her room and belting the
door behind her broke into passionate
tears.
As the next uncomfortable day drew
on towards evening. Lida began to ail.
She. too had been unusually silent all
day. but the tirst sign she gave of feel-
ing bad was when she set about brew-
ing herself some boneset tea. After
that Aunt Rita began to worry lest
she should get "down sick" and be
unable to join Mrs. Reekman upon the
now near-appointed day: but Lida
"guessed" sho would "be all right
soon."
She did not seem to improve how-
ever and on the morning before she
was to go she eame downstairs with
her head all swathed and pinned up in
a towel.
"What am I going to do?" she said.
"With a face swelled up the size o'
two a body couldn't think of goin" to
New York to jinc Cousin Marg'ret: yet
1 can't bear to disapp'int her. with her
plans all made an' tickets bought for
two. Look here. Mareella s'po-e I
send you in my place? I realty ain't
equal to goin". an" if I write to Cousin
Marg'ret an tell her how it was I
guess she won't mind. An 'Cella.
you'll have to wear that new blue
serge with the beautiful big sleeves; I
shouldn't wonder if 'twould be a per-
fect fit we're jest the. same height an'
it's a leetle loose for me. You'll need
it an the mantle too-an" the new-
hat. Oh. my!" she interrupted herself
with a groan.
Mareella stared at her aunt with an
expression of mingled amazement and
joy. "Io you really mean it?" she
ashed eagerly.
"Of course I mean it" said Lida.
"How could anyone go lookin like
this? (Io try 'em on now quick while
I write to Cousin Marg'ret. Then I'll
come an pack the trunk for you. Oh.
dear! that pesky tooth!" and she turned
abruptly away.
That day passed rapidly enough and
Mareella was in a rapture of excite-
ment. She could hardly believe it true
that she Vas really to go to Washing-
ton in her unt Lida's place and she
guiltily felt that she was not as sorry
as she perhaps should be for the un-
lucky sufferer. Kven when she awoke
the next morning she trembled lest
Aunt Lida should have recovered sufti-
cientlv to change her mind. Hut when
she went downstairs at last arrayed
in the fashionable blue serge gown
which fitted her slender figure to per-
fection. Aunt Rita was in her usual
place by the window and Lida was
busy getting the breakfast her head
still tied up and hooking more woe-
begone than ever.
"Wns an wus" she answered short-
ly to Marcella's question. "Come eat
your breakfast You took so long
prinkin' that like enough the stage'll
be here afore you're done."
Indeed the stage did come lumber-
ing along soon after: and while the
little old trunk was being strapped on
behind the young girl with the most
jovous face she hnd worn since she
Made her entrance into the old home
bent to give Aunt Rita the required
good-by kiss.
Take care of yourself ohild as
doa't make Coasla Marg'ret on bit of
troabla Aunt Rita skL ia qaaraloM
warning. "Lika aomga Lida's goia
to bt down sick ia bar bed am ase all
but helpless in my chair while yoa're
rgallaTantia round Washington !
" Twon'tr'be so bad as that" inter
posed Lida a forlorn enough figure aa
she looked at her pretty young niece
with wistful eyes. "Enjoy it all you
can Telia" she added earnestly "an
trv to b'lieve we did. care for you' after
all"
Then the stage rolled away with
Mareella inside and as it disappeared
around the bend in the road Lida un-
wound the towel from her thin un-
swollen face and having wiped her
eyes upon it she folded it carefully and
laid it away.
"So this is Mareella Marlow" Mrs.
Beck man said curiously scanning the
young girl's bright face just after her
arrival late that same afternoon. "And
"l0 YOU KNOW WHAT YOl'lt At XT It VS
WHITTE.V ME?''
your Aunt Lida is sick. 3011 say and
so sent you in her place to accompany
me to Washington?" Mrs. Ileekiiinu'.s
well-bred face hid every trace of her
mingled amusement and annoyance at
her country cousin's presumption.
"Ami this is her letter of explanation?
Well sit down and excuse me a mo-
ment while I read it."
Mareella obeyed anil cast quick ad-
miring glances at Mrs. Heekman so
handsome and well dressed thinking
with a touch of scorn of the forlorn
figure of Aunt Lida as she had seen
her last with her tied-up face and the
shower of faded yellow curls.
Suddenly Mrs. P.eekman looked up
from the letter and her eyes rested
upon Mareella with curious attention.
"lo you know what your aunt has
written me?" she questioned.
"No. ma am." said Mareella all at
once feeling strangely small ami fhy.
"Then read this dear and learn
what a kind and generous so'ul your
Aunt Lida is."
This is what Mareella read:
lKAK fOl'IN MAIKiltET I was all tu
renily to come to you. ami cry Happy whM
I fiiniKi that my Niece Mareella was very MK-
r:iMe Slu is Youn an sho wants to have a
Good time poor Thinxan Its KiKht she should
1 know for I never hail much !ool times hen
I was Young an I've always heen hoping for
them anil when your ICtnil letter came 1
thought I was koIhk to Have them now. Hut
I can -'et alor.p without Them lictter than Mar-
eella can though jct at tlrst I couldn't hear
tho Thcnflu of GIvIiik It all up And so 1 take
the I.It'erty of sending Marcollu to o with
vou la my Place Imping you will Kvcuse the
Llhem for I want her to be Happy an so
would sUter Kita if she know. An its no mat-
ter atout your Olilii.-ed and AtTei-tion.ito
cousin LnA Mahlow
"I' S I male Ilelleve to Mareella that I
was Sick an couldn't -'o 'Twasn't right to De-
ceive her. hut I couldn't soe no Other way "
Mrs. Heekman watched Mareella at
she read her aunt's strange letter ami
saw the look of amazement and the
q:ick tlush which overspread the young
girl's face from chin to brow. Sud-
denly Mareella sprang up. There was
a new and tender expression in her
lovely eyes.
"Oil! how good and kind she is$"' she
cried impetuously. "And 1 never
dreamed of it I never knew! I thought
she was really sick and" hanging her
head in sudden shame- "I didn't care
- except to be glad to wear her pretty
new clothes and go instead of her. 1
must go right back" eagerly. "Could-
n't 1 go to night? And I will take care
of Aunt Kita and do everything will-
ingly while Aunt Lida goes to Wash-
ington and hasher loveU holiday with
you."
Then Mrs. Heekman smiled and rose
to kiss the penitent flushed young
face.
"That is the right spirit my dear"
she said with approbation "and I will
write and tell Aunt Lida exactly what
you want to do. Hut localise she has
schemed so generously to give you
pleasure 1 will take you to Washing-
ton to-morrow for two or three weeks;
then you shall go home and take care
of Aunt Itita while Lida comes to me
for she must not miss her happy holi-
day." -Demorest's Magazine.
A .iutge' forty Wink.
Sir Frederick I'olloek. chief baron of
the Knglish court of the exchequer
like a once renowned justice of tho
supreme court took a nap pretty regu-
larly about midday. His waking was
comical. For when his "forty winks"
ended he would start to seize a pen.
and with imperturbable gravity say
to the arguing counsel: "What pago
was your last citation?" The harmless
deceit was humored by the bar. and
only once did it provoke tartness.
This came when an old sergeant re-
torted: "Did your lordship refer to tho
last citation made before your lord-
ship gave Somnus a new trial or the
citation I made when your lordship
produced a gap in my argument?"
Nothing nettled. Haron Pollock im-
perturbably answered: "The one im-
mediately preceding the gap." Upon
another occasion a young barrister
from a .provincial circuit about to
make a suggestion regarding an infant
heir remarked addressing Sir Fred-
erick: "I assume that your lordship is
a married man. and" Ifut before he
concluded the sentence the chief
baron with a merry twinkle in his
eye at the assembled bar. responded:
"It would not be a violen aSMttnption.
for I have five great-grandchildren
and the total number of rav descend-
ants is eighty-fiva" Gr een Hay.
Waggles "Yis madam. I am hun
gry. You wouldn't lelieve it; but I
was wonct a man ov remarkable mu-
sical abilities." The Woman "Well
to bring back old times to you take
this ax and chop a few cords out of
that woodpile." Syracuse Post.
In mediaeval vlmes not only were
living prisoners ransomed by their
friends but a ransom was demanded
even for tho bodies of those slain in
action.
M4M
PITH AND POINT.
aUBSSSBUSBBSSS
Coptouauaas and alaaplWtyv varl
fry sad unity; eoaaUtutereal greattaaaa
f character. Lavater.
Brittebar "Ara your 'huawfarta
era ia Auwrlca generally ruudr
"Well no; those I have aaai aara aaea
atost laferaally Mae." Toledo Blada
"Sorry inadaai but you will hare
to get somebody to identify yon." "The
idea! Don't you think my name right
there on the check?" Uston Trans
cripL
You may hare noticed that we
don't have so many moonlight nights
as we did years ago when yon were
young and went courting. Chicago
Herald.
"Say guide what does that me-
morial stone commemorate?" '"I put
It there. It is upon that spot where a
tourist once gave Are marks. " Flia
gende Blatter.
"I am very sorry Karl you didn't
admire my new frock. Everybody
says it's charming." "Your friends
nr dear pay you compliments I pay
your bills." Lustige lilatter.
Illabzer "Out in the country don't
you find it aggravating having to hur-
ry to catch trains?" Mazner "Oh
no! It's hurrying to miss them that
we find aggravating." Koxbury Ga-
zette. Ulobhs "Your ocean voj'age seems
to have improved yon. You look
stouter." Slobbs "I lost five pounds
just the same." lUobbs "Seasick?"
Slobbs "No; poker." Philadelphia
Record.
Street Tar Conductor "I can't
take this Canadian money. The com-
pany won't take it from us." Mrs. Z
"Dear met If that's the case I should
think 3-ou'd be glad to take it." Kox
bury Gazette.
"Do you think professor" said a
musically ambitious youth "that I
can ever do anything with my voice?"
'Well" was tho cautious reply; "it
may come in handy to holler with in
case of lire." Washington Star.
- "Do you think" said Chappie
"that a gentleman ought to speak to
his barber when he meets him on the
stweet?" "Certainly." said Hriggs.
"It is about the only chance he has to
get a word in." Indianapolis Journal.
- Mrs. Hillus "Don't you lnJiieve It's
true John that a person partakes to a
considerable extent of the nature of
the creature he eats?" .Mr. Hillus
"No I've been eating fish all my life
and 1 can't swim a stroke." Chica
Tribune.
"Do you find this weather oppres-
sive?" he asked. "Yes." she replied;
"it's very hot and tiresome." "Would
it make matters more endurable if I
were to propose to you?" "Oh yes. Do
propose iee cream soda water and a
drive."- Washington Star.
The Hicycle Fad. lie "Wait
awhile dear and I'M buy you a wheel."
She "When?" He -- "Next year.
They'll be much cheaper then." She
"Well I don't want one then they'll
be so common everybody will havi
one." Detroit Free Press.
AN UNSAFE SAFETY.
A Hlryptr Tlist Was Not Fully I'p to F.x-
prctat ion.
"I'm going to sue you for damages"
he said in a loud voice as he entered
the bicycle store and shook his list in
the face of the proprietor.
The angry man's trousers hung in
ribbons about his feet his coat was
torn straight down his back and his
elbows rrotruded from his sleeves;
mud bespattered him all over and
there were several cuts and bruises on
his face and hands.
"Whit do you mean?" asked the man
thus so rudely addressed.
"What do I moan?" repeated the dis-
reputable looking one. "Look at me!
Uesides the injuries to my person and
my clothes which you can see and the
injury to my feelings which I can not
express 1 am quite certain that three
or four ribs are broken and besides
that the bicycle you sold nie a quarter
of an hour ago is now a hopeless wreck
a few squares from here."
"Hut my dear sir" began the dealer
in wheels now angry himself. Tho
irate man interrupted him.
"Tho condemned thing ran away
with me plunged into a telegraph
pole threw me against the curbstone
and now you may behold the result."
"Hut how on enrth do you make me
responsible for all this?"
"You sold me the confounded thing."
"True: but if you do not know how-
to ride I am not responsible for what
happens."
"Not responsible! Of course you are
responsible! I asked you distinctly if
It wus a safety bicycle and you as-
sured me that it was. I am now going
to consult a lawyer and see if you are
not responsible for your own words."
He left determined to see if there
was anv law in the land. N. Y
World.
KrMson For DUIntiorltlnjr-
It has been remarked that the disin-
neritiug of relations is mostly for
venial offenses and not for base ac-
tions. The last Irish Lord Fitzwil-
liain left his property to Lord n-dow;
but one morning at breakfast the in-
tended heir after helping himself to
cream caught the last drop upon the
rim of liis cup. which was thus brought
into contact with the edge of the cream
jug. Lord Fitzwilliam contended that
this was an ill-bred action and. as the
offender persisted in ridiculing the ol-
jection. his name was forthwith erased
from the will. Kane Casaubon left no
part of hi-goods to his sou who had
joined the church of Koine but "onlye
one cup of the value of thirty crowns.'
N. Y. Ledger.
It Stood th lit.
A public writer had a partition wall
fixed up in his study and ordered the
carpenter to make it in such -a way
that no sound could penetrate
through it.
"The best thing will be to till it with
shavings." said the man and set to
work.
When he hnd finished his employer
went and stood on one side of the par-
tition and called out to the mao who
was on the other side:
"Do j-ou hear vac. Jankte?"
"No sir" was tho prompt reply.
Taeglische Rundschau.
Steadiness Wanted.
Mrs.' Wick wire sat up and shook her
jleeping husband's shoulder vigorously-
"What is it?' he mumbled.
"I want you to snore either in so-
prano bass alto or tepor and confine
yourself to one tone. You keep switch-
ing from one to another so rafdly
that I can't sleep." Pittsburgh Dis-
patch. ' I
FOR YOUNG PJEOPLE.
A PUZZLED LITTLE BRAIN.
Italaklttosavtrri
Taat wkea e ltttls eallaraa aesa
Arc fast ssteea seta early 1
Tacked nstl ia als dewar ia
Soom caUirsa lhrtac far away
Are p sad out-of-doors as stay..
Asd taen my tasclser says tae sua
Waea all als ahlatsc hers U &ae.
Uoas dowa to a!na aad Japan
To salae as brkskUy as ae cm.
So wjea I lie down ta aw rest
The little Japs are setaf dressed. .
And wbea at aaora ay prayers are said
The Chlaeso f Iris are colas' t bed.
But oh. it seems to me so queer.
They do aot do as we do here!
Zltella Cocke. In Youth's Coinpinlc
THE MYSTERIOUS DICE.
iBtcreattns; Variation ef a Decidedly
Katertalalar Experiment.
A simple experiment with which
most people are familiar is that kuown
as the "dance of the puppets." A
piece of glass is plaeed over two books
resting on their edges while under-
neath on the table are laid a number
of light objects such as bits of cork
paper or the pith of the elder tree. The
upper surface of the glass is rubbed
with a piece of tlannel or other woolen
material previously warmed before the
fire. Tin' glass thus becomes charged
w ith electricity and all the objects
leneath it are seen to fly upward then
Ml back again keeping up a lively
sort of dance.
An interesting variation of this ex-
periment is illustrated here. Procure
a box with a glass cover such as doll's
furniture is sold in and from a piece of
the pith of an older tree cut three little
cubes of equal size like 'dice marking
rhem with the required number of
dots by mean' of a pen and ink. Place
these in the box and rub the cover
with a piece of warmed flannel or
cloth. The three dice will fly upward
and stick to the under surface of the
cover. Now ask anyone present to ndd
up the points marked on the dice.
After a few seconds without having
touched the box count them up your-
self and you can siow your friend
that he was mistaken in his
count; instead. for instance of
seeing . 4 '2 giving a total
of 1'J as In' imagined. the
points are 1. :?. 4. which only give s.
And yet the dice are fast to the under
surface of the cover and no one has
touched them. In a few seconds more
if you look again yon will find a new
combination and so on. th' mysterious
changes continuing to take place for
TlIK MYSTKKIOl'S CrnKS.
Rome time. The secret is this: The face
of the cube which tirst comes in con-
tact witJi the glass loses its adhesive
force little by little and finally bo-
comes detachvi. The cube is how-
ever retained in position bj- the at-
traction ulong one edge and instantly
tho face of the cube nearest that edge
is strongly attracted toward the olec-trifii-d
glass ami flies upward to give
way. after a few seconds to a third
face and soon until all six have had a
turn when the cube falls back to the
bottom of tho box. The experiment
can bo renewed as many times as de-
sired by rubbing the cover of the box
as before. The mysterious dice are
productive of much amusement as long
us the secret of their rapid changes re-
mains undiscovered by the spectators.
Once a Week.
RED CROSS DOGS.
rralm-tl KmtI:iII- for lIotiIlnI crvtr in
th- ;rrm:i:i Army.
At Loehcnich. near Cologne in Khine-
land. a novel experiment in dog-training
for army service is being made by
lean ltungartz. tho animal painter and
animal lover. His success in training
dogs for active army duty reconnoiter-
ing. sentry and messenger service has
been certified to by tho t'orman gov-
ernment; and now Mr. ltungartz is ed-
ucating a number of dogs for hospital
and ambulance service and these are
the so-called "Hospital or Hod Cross
dogs."
For thi duty the Scotch collie is
chosen since Mr. ltungartz believes
that this breed has no equal for intelli-
gence docility and fidelity. Tin lied
( nss dog is fitted with saddle bags in
which ho carries besides his biscuit
everything necessary for the first
bandaging and a well-protected flask
of brandy. A largo rod cross appears
on the saddle-bags and a lantern is
strapped on the collie's back at night.
Anyone familiar with the annals of
war knows how tho death roll is.su oiled
by thoe of the woinnlud who have
crept auay intoditch or hedge to escape
the bursting shell and rush of hoofs and
wheels and not found by the hospital
service are reported as "mising." or
are discovered too late for relief.
Hero tho noMe duty of tho lied ("ros
dog comes in. There is no thicket too
dense no ditch to deep but that these
keen-scented quick-sighted collies can
find the wounded maniand once found
they give tongue and do not leave him
till help comes.
Tho dogs are also taught to crouch
beside the wounded man. that he may
open tho bag ami find the reviving
flask. The little lantern securely
fastened to the back strap enables the
seekers to follow the dog on dark
nights and it moreover conveys hope
to tho wounded when the friendly
light appears.
Mr. ltungartz tells of remarkable
work done by his dogs on nights so
dark that the seeking party passed
within five foot of the prostrate man n
open ground and but for the collie
would not have found him.
Vounjj lloy0l f'rufraoton.
A bright boy in the wholesale dry
goods district ot New York has a long
list of customers whose pencils lie
keeps sharpein!. and who also patron-
ize him for new pencils. He has a pat-
ent sharpener and gs from store to
store and office to office and he makes
tat ween ?" and $7 a week working
four or five hours a day.
No Room for Doubt.
Mr. Xcwwed (sniffing) These egga
do not seem very fresh.
Young Wife Nonsense my dear.
They are just out of the htorc' -N. Y.
Weekly.
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to visit other reaches. He
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HE SAVKD HIS MASTER.
cause of the inconvenience of traveling
to get checks cashed He had taken
some f000 with him on this trip and
for protection carried a revolver. Some
two miles from the nearest ranch he
had occasion to make a stop in the
sage bruSh. His revolver he had
dropped into one of his "chaps" aathe
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the. riders in that
As he remounted
conn trv are calle
his
horse the revolver was discharged.
Ho had dropped the pistol in the "chap
with the muzzle p. and the hammer
hit against the horn of the saddle. A
ball was sent up through his groin
and. passing upward through his lKxlyj
came out tahind one of his shoulders:
Ho fell to the ground but rallied and
mortally wounded though he was. lie
once more climbed into the saddltt. but
could not sit on his horse. Fainting
from loss of blood he tumbled out of
the saddle a second time.
When be revived his shepherd dog
wps over him. acting as though fully
auaro of the serious nature of what?
had happened. The dog was one of
two which (Jillen had trained to herd
horses and cattle. Realizing that he
was probably mortally vvounded. and
that prompt assistance must be obtained
if the slight chance he. had of surviving
was to bo made the most of Oillen told
the dog to "go to MeYey's ranch."
This was the nearest ranch and one
from which ho might expect help to be
sent as soon as they could know of the
accident. There were other randies
in the surrounding country but assist-
ance might be obtained more quickly
from this one.
The dog whined and cried and
showed a desire to stay by his master's
side but I'illen scolded and told the
dog to run the horse to McYey's.
Finally the dog started the horse ahead
:f him. and made a bee line for. the
ranch mentioned. (In the way the
horse fell in with a band of fifty other
horses but the dog cut him out and ran
him at full speed to the ranch.
On arriving in sight of tho ranch the
dog began barking to attract attention
and when tho dog and riderless horse
arrived at the place the people knew
something had happened to (lillen.
As soon as tho dog saw- that the blood
on the saddle was noticed he turned
and excitedly manifested a desire that
the ranchmen should hasten back to
where Cillen lay. Horses were quickly
mounted and the horsemen had difli-
culty in keeping the dog in sight so
great was the animal's haste to return
to the sid of his wounded master.
(Sillcn was still alive when his friend."
reached him.
REMARKABLE SONGSTER.
Tin Orjrn lllnl of the Upper Araimns la
South America. .v
The batiks of the streams in the vi
cinity of St. Paulo in the Tpper Ama-
zons in South America are dotted with
palm-thatched dwellings of the Indi-
ans all half buried in the leafy wilder-
ness the scattered families having
chosen tho coolest and shadiest nooks
for their abodes.
The traveler frequently hears in the
neighborhood of those huts the organ
bird tho most remarkable songster by
far of tho Amazonian forests.
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When its singular notes strike the
ear for the first time the impression
cannot bo resisted that they are pro-
duced by a human voice. Some mu-
sical boy must bo gathering fruit in the
thickets and is singing a few notes to
cheer himself.
The tones become more fluty and
plaintive. Sometimes they resemble
the notes of the flageolet and the-trav-eler
is almost persuaded in spite of the
nbsurdi'y of the thing that some per-
son is playing that instrument in the
primeval forests.
However closely ho may scan the
neighboring thicket no bird appears
although the voice seems to he that of
some one near at hand.
The bird is rarely if over heard in the
Lower Amaons. It is the only song
bird which makes an impression on the
natives w-ho sometimes rest their pad-
dles while voyaging in their Mnall ca-
noes along the shady by-streams as ii
struck by the mysterious sounds a
high eompliun it. indeed for the usual-
ly impassive natives to pay the feath-
ered songster.
The Captive Cucumber.
"Oh. my!" Willie couldn't believe
his eyes.
Nevertheless there it was. a large
green cucumber in a glass bottle that
had such a tiny neck!
"How could it get in there and
whole. tio. papa?" asked Willie in
wonder as he carefully examined the
queer curiosity.
"Willie boy. it grew th?re'" an-
swered papa nailing into the boy's up-
turned face.
"How could it? .See. the holo isn't
bigger than mamma's thimble and the
cucumber fills the whole bottle!" con-
tinued Willie more incredulous than
before.
Then papa explained: "You see. I
took tho bottle out into the garden
just after the cucumber began to form.
It was then very easy to put the baby
'cucumber into the bottle. Of course.. I
was ver careful not to Injure the stem
or the vine and so the cucumber just
grew in its little glass house until ifa
a captive sure!"
4'Oh!" laughed Willie in great de-
light. ".May I do that next year?'
Certainly if you wish." said oapa-
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Farm Field and Fireside.
BY THE SCIENTISTS.
Scientists predict that in a century'a
time there will be no disease that is not
curable.
At the lowest ocean depth at which
specimens of the bottom have been
brought up one hundred and sixteen
specimens of infusoria were found.
Sxow at a.very low temperature ab-
sorbs moisture. Arctia travelers take
advantage of this fact by spreading;
their wet clothes on the snow and they
soon dry.
Dn. Lawrie of Hyderabad says that
there are no parasites in the blood in
malaria and that the Italian investi-
gators have mistaken the nuclei of tho
white .cells in the blood for microbes.
The most- powerful telescope now in
use magnifies two thousand diameters.
As the moon is 240000 utiles from the
earth it is thus to all intents and pur-
poses brought to within 12(1 miles of
our world.
Paris has established a municipal
laboratory for bacteriology in the old
Loban barracks. whereAanalyses of sus-
pected cases of dyphthoria. are mado
within twenty-four hours after the ma-
terials have been handed in.
- Kocu's tulicreuline which has been
cast in the shade of late by Dr. Rom's
antitoxine now turns up again as a
remedy for insanit3. Prof. Wagner
Ton Jauregg of Vienna has experi-
mented with it for four years curing
many patients and improving the men-
tal ami physical condition of all on
whom it has lcen tried.
THE WORLDS CHRONOLOGlia
Tiik "Era of Abraham" began Octo-
ber 1 V. 0. 2010.
TllK Chaldean monarchy is believed
to date from 23 "rt H. C.
TllK Hebrew figures place the date ot
the flood at 1. C. 2340. '
The Olympiads consisted alternately .
of forty-nine and fifty months.
The ancient Mexicans had a year of
eighteen months of twenty days each.
Caesau's reformation of the calendar
was really made by Sosigenes B. C. 40.
Tiik exact length of our year is '505
days G hours l'l minutes and 4S.G sec-
onds. The Hindoo chronology extends to
6174 B. C: lkibylon 615S 15. C; China
6157 It. C.
Until 11. C. 4S2 tho Greeks began tho
year at the winter solstice; after that
at the summer.
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