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VOLUME III.
CLARE, MICHIGAN,'SATURDAY. JTJN& 11, 1 SSL
NUMBER 20.
WNGS   OF  THE   SCIENCES-MEM-
CIIVE.
I
Wl, would 70a Btndy medioine, get lMumlsc m»-
tomlcal,
Tint fill your mind with aU tha 1«« ot am»elw
and of veins;
Th* names tbat tiioy c»ti boast ot sound, you'll say,
extremely comical,
But you must learn thom «re you try   to eaw our
aches cud palnB.
To grin derisively you line tho musoulua-ritoritts.
The steinits-cltiido-mcuitoid serves to turn the head
away;
WVU land upon Eotl's island, nor will think the work
laborious,
To cross tho Pom Variolic! many times a day,
la course of time you'll loarn, no doubt, tho laws of
physiology,
With a.l that Foster, Carpenter and Huxley well
must kuow;
W«'U hopo you'll pay  attention to professors ot
pathology,
And gaz« ou all the wonders that tho inlcrogoope
con show.
Tou'll find how blood Roes through the lunge, and
how they're oxidizing tt;
How certain foods oan do us good, whUe othors do
us harm;
tlw body's Hke a steam engine, 'tis roally not suiv
priBing it
Should take a regular amount of fuel to keep
warm.
with chemistry, and pharmacy, and surgery, and
boiauy,
And jurisprudence medical, I fancy yon will find
Enough to fill a busy brain—that Is, It you hava got
any;
Tou cannot cure the body till you've amply stored
the snind.
Tou'll come when wo aro ill, like Bomo benevolent Inquisitor;
Or Rallaut feats of  surg.-ry shall atartla all the
town ;
While plunging into lunacy you may become a visitor
Appointed by tho Chancellor, Uk« Dr. Crichton-
Browno,
*«re, surely, Is a grand careaJ^to car* our poor humanity
Of all tbe Uls to wliich our flesh Is heir—a noble
strife
Tc wage against each fell disease, disorder and Insanity—
To wrest tho victory from death, aad give thrf patient life.
Aad whon you'vo studied all you can, in ordor categorical,
When you have worked at every branch of science
undor sun,
Tou'll And—thc illustration's not my own, but Id
historical—
Tou pick up pebble* on tha shore—you've only
Just begun t
LooeiRBS To Let.
An Episode of the French Exhibition.
During the Exposition, Paris was vis-
itod by mania for  lodge-letting.   Prom
tho middle of April, hanging up at the
doors of the houses, in the fashionable
*nd central neighborhoods of the French
oapital might be seen bills witjj "JpH
.   aparteinent   meuble a louer present-
',,- meat "—"Handsome furfiished,,apart-
* ^tZtA^^^-^^SB^ z&Qfi' %&n$v;&piy;
y' emigrated to some distant outskirt, giv-
"' ■ * ing up their apartments to strangers or
foreigners, in consideration ot receiving
«ome thousand francs, wht'e. they themselves nestled down, duriug tho great
influx, in some humble loea vy, within
or without the walls. Iu letting, there
■was no distinction of nation mado ; the
terms were thp same for one uv.il all—
for the native compatriot, as will us tho
Milord Angl:iis—for the German Baron,
«s well as th.» IviisHian Boyard, the
Polish Ci>uut, the dollar-laden American
—for everybody, in short, who could pay;
that w;is the oue condition.
Madame de Y , a young and hand-
jome widow of 25, who, on the first of
April in that memorablo year, had
thrown off her weed-%" resigned
herself, among the rest, to the
reigning epidemic. One morning she
ran for the lodge-keeper of the houso in
which she resided in the Chaussee
d'Autin, ami ordered him to nail up at
the porte-cochere the universal bill.
"Bless my soul! what running up and
down I shall have of it!" exclaimed, iu
petto voce, with a piteous shrug, the
seemingly-disconsolate porter, but who
inwardly rejoiced at th'- circumstance; '
for he, ul>-o, hop il t.) r -up a golden harvest frtuu the new-eom.-r.s,
"N'importe, Aiulr.'," continued the
ohurmiug young widow—"X'imuorte;
let mv upartiucnt for 3,1)00 iraues, and
you shall.have ym-.i- connui.ssvm of—hf
mo sec—5 per cent., if to a bachelor or
widower; *ip.*r cent., if to a marriet'
couple without auy infantile encumbrances ; and 3 per cent., if to a f-.'ini!,-
—and there are o francs to drink my
health."
"Alas! alas!" groaned the porte-
cochere Cerberus, as he pocketed the
silver piece and promised, in a tone of
melancholy devotednefis, to do his best.
That evening the widow, accompanied
by her feinme de chambre, took up her
quarters iu a small cottage near tha village of Eoutenay-aux Kosos, outside the
Barriere d'Eufer, aud contiguous to the
pretty Bois de Meudon, where she rusticated in the full enjoyment of her independent widowhood* till the expiration"
ofthe term.
On the 2d of August following, Madame de Y  returned to Pans, aud
drove to her residence, believing that
her apartment, which had been let by
the concierge, was vacated and ready for
her.
"Madame," said Andre, " the gentleman has not yet gone."
" What gentleman, Andre?"
" The lodger, madame, Monsieur do
B , a  provincial   gentleman,   very
comme il faut. Yet it is not my fault,
for I informed him, three days ago, that
his time was up, and that he must go;
but he said to me that it wa9 all right;
it, was his affair, and he would Bquare
all matters with madame."
"Go and inform him, Andre, that T
have returned, and want my apartments
immediately."
" Useless, madame—completely useless. He was headstrong as _ a donkey;
he wouldn't listen to ^e; it is with you
alone he wishes to confer."
"Be it so, Andre. Go before and announce me."
Madame de Y was received most
graeiously and politely by tlio provincial
tenant, who thus addressed her:
" You cannot conceive, madame, how
comfortable I find myself in thia your
pretty apartment, and how muoh I desire to spend in it the remaining tim» I
have to stay in your charming capital;
41 fondly hopo you will have the
goodness to allow me so to do. Whatever be your terms, I accept them beforehand. "
To this the widow replied, somewhat
surprised, that she had no terms to propose ; that she wanted her apartment,
and must have it. But greater still was
her stu-prise when she heard the provincial declare his determination to keep it,
even if it was necessary to stand a regular siege.  Madame de Y endeavored,
as gently as possible, to make him understand the impropriety of his conduct;
bnt all tono avail, for the tenant pleaded his cause with grace, eloquence ancl
wit. The debato beoame warmer and
warmer, tho gentleman losing, aud the
lady gaining no ground, while Andre
slipped away to his lodge, informing his
better-half that the storm was gathering
above. At last, after muoh speechifying on both sides, the gentleman, breaking a pamo of apparently deejj reflection, spoke again :
" Well, madame," said he, " there re-
mains'but ono way to arrange our little
dispute, so as to enable you to resume
possession of your delightful residence,
without ousting me from it."
"What is your moaning, sir?" demanded the bewildered young widow,
looking still more charming in her
umaz-'uient,
"My meaning is this, madame; my
name is Arthur—Baron Arthur de B—,
I belong to an old and honorable family
—am a bachelor, aud 82 years of age.
My estate-* yo worth 50,000 francs a
year—hut thin I mention out of respect
to th'j laws of business; and despite the
originality and quoenii ss of mv eoudu -t.
wluch may pmhaps havo offended yon,
I am considered a very good-natured
person; aud, upon tho whole, I flatter
myself I am a mint fully capable of making a lady huppy. Will you, therefore,
do me the honor of accepting my heart,
my hand, nn i my fortun" V"
To this sudden proposal Madame de
Y— rej died wilh dignity; "Your jest is
not in very good tuoto, sir, and all I can
do is to lungh ct it."
"Serious, miht serious, madame, lam
indeed—and, on the faith of a gentleman, I beg you to believe it."
"Whutj, sh! you propose marriage
merely tligt you may not hava to give
iip'piy ipa&tments i"   •       ' .
bi|;'i%4p?9-^!?n Hi!tj£^unt, iajswjfiiijp, .•
but s'tiU'inoro Because, of a more ovej>
powering reason; ior among the many
considerations 1 have had the honor of
laying b"fore you, tliere is one I dare
not mention, but allow uie now to confess it—I love you."
At this avowal, Madame de Y— blushed
to the eyes.    What lady, young or old,
would not liave done so,   particularly
when the avowal camo from a young, J
handsome and wealthy man?  However, j
she took it iu good part, and laughed :
outright at her interlocutor ? j
"You aro laughing, madame, and!
however— ;
"Your folly provokes my laughter, i
Monsieur le Baron. I really cannot help 1
:,. ii t
It, (
"Nevertheless, madame, Ican assure j
you I am fully master of my reason, or j
ut least lus much of it as remains, sub- j
dued as it is by intemepassion." i
"What, sh! intense passion at first '
sight!" I
"You forget, madame, that I have I
been living three long mouths in your j
apartments, and that your portrait, j
which I now see. is an adorable likeness,
is hanging up there iu the next room.
It was the first object that caught my
attention on entering, and I have looked
at and admired it every day since. Nor
was I captivated by the charms of your !
beauty alone, for I am -well acquainted
with your merit in everyway, your many
-uporior qualities and your irreproachable character. A mau, however so little
he may be versed in womanly affairs,
c.-mnot spend threo months in a lady's
apartment without noticing aud studying
many thiuus disclosing her habits, her
tastes, her feelings. I have beeu an
acute, and, perhaps, an indiscreet, observer, madame; and what I have discovered has captivated my heait forever. That heart I offer you again, and
humbly wait your answer to know my
fate."
Thero was no bombast, no fanfaronade
in the Baron's language, it was1 the resolve of a man who had made up his
mind, and was determined to succeed.
But the more he urged his suit, the less
he advanced in it; till at last the widow
signified to him, in due form and unmistakable phraseology, that ho must
instantly shift his quarters—thus giving
him his ieave, and intimating to him at
tlie same time that he must never think
of setting foot in her residence again,
" Very well, madame—I withdraw,
and will not return till yon invito me to
do sq ;" the answer to* which parting
words was a saucy smile, and a toss of
the head which evidently meant, "You
havo long to wait, Monsieur le Baron,
before receivinir suoh an invitation."
However, at the end of a few days, the
invitation was sent, and the Baron arrived just as the widow had completed
makiug herself more charming than over.
" What have T beon apprised of, sh?"
said Madame de Y  to him, as he
Featetl himself in an arm-chair a la Voltaire right opposite to her. "During
my absence, you brought my long-
pending lawsuit to an amicable arrangement."
" Why, yes, madame; but you must
be neither pleased nor displeased with
me on that account, as I acted only in
uiy own interest,"
'" How so, if you pleasp, Bnrpn ?"
"The fact is, the lawye'rs' clerks were
calling here with their papers every day;
and, owing to a heavy and protracted
suit I once had myself, I have an utter
aversion to every ,' limb of the law,' as
our allies, Messieurs les Anglais, have
it.    Being acquainted with your ploin-
aious ! Baron, what will my friends think
of me aftor suoh an affair ? You have
compromised me terribly by your generous, .your noble,  your magnanimous
tiff, who is a debtor of mine, I made use - eondnok"
of my influence over him, and soon got \\ "'Tis true, very true, de»r lady, and
him to forego his unfounded claim, audi' "T" - ■   *     ■   ■
forego his unfounded claim, anu.r-*- now begin to sea I acted too rashly
he made over to me what he ealled his; *pon   the   impulse   of   ths   moment;
rights.   It is therefore an affair betwoun   «"!■ that, in fact, I ow* you a repara-
liim and me.   But  rest   assured, mad- r«°n."
ame, that your delicacy aud susceptihil
ity shall never have to complain of my
proceedings. Your lawsuit is forever
quashed, and that is all!" Whereon
the Baron looked the widow, steadfastly
but respectfully iu the face, and gave no
further explanation.
Madame de Y was somewhat confused; but, in spite of herself, she was
continually forced to think of her ex-
tenant.   In eveiy room of her apartment
Madame de Y  thought so likewise.     "Well,  my dear Baron," said,
she, proffering her hand, "sines itwas
fo be, it must be, so let it be—wo are
friends,"
■ " And betrothed ones, mr oharmer."
^^Mied   the   enamored    Baron,-  fondly
, .j-lJuessing to his lips the widow's ripe,
red  lips.      "And  the   marriage-day?■
When?"
"Oh, dear me|   Mon Died]  what.a
he had left some souvenir of his sojonmj^Boan |   In a "month hence."   And tho
—poetry, penciling, songs, music com
posed bj himsolf, thoughts and maxims, ■■
etc., written hi her albums and scrap-
book. All these gallant attentions
seemed most charming to her, while
they piqued her curiosity; and whou
that important part of the female constitution is awakened other sentiments
soon come forth and blossom.
Now it happened that, the day after
the Baron's invited visit, a poor woman,'
her last munificent donation, whieh, she
said, would keep her and hers forever.
"You were absent, my too-generous
benefactress, but JL had tUo honor of
meeting: here with your husband."
qompaot was-sealed.
PAEAGIUrJHC POINTS.
"My husband?" ejaculated the widow.
"Ah,  madame,   what   au   excellent,'
what a kiud-hoarted gentleman!   Ah,
how well you are mated, for you suit
eaoh other admirably.    Yes, madame, I
told him everything and how kind, how
Providence-like you were to me.   He
seems to love you very much, and how
could that be otherwise ?    ' Good woman,' says your husband to me, madame,
'your benefactress is absentfor the time
being; but, before she went, she lefr
this with me for you, and thereon he
put in my hands a pooket-book con tabling bank notes—a fortune, madame.   I
waa loth to accoptitatfirst, butho would :
have mo take it, although God knows [
you ha-'e already done much for mo aud J
my poor fatherless children,
madamo, how happy you
Buch a husband t * But
just reward*! your exoelleiffc
Qi^Kan^vtt-tu^sr May
and preserve you  both foi! years anc
years to come."
tw You can never persuade a man that a
paper that has his name iu it isn't worth
i^atliug, .       . •-.,.'
/iTlTGRE's a hitch somewhere, and it be-
pius to look as though the next World's
j?air would, have to be heldin'the next
wftrld, if anywhere.
who says
this coun-
t£yis'to lose 15,000,000'iuhabitants by
angidemic. Will you take cholera in
Jtours?
rJ&rLiEArivii.i.T3, when an actor fails to
i^sspond to an encore, tho audience give
Emphasis to tlie call by opening fire on
3ie .scenery with revolvers.   This geuer-
■'ally brings the flushed, triumphant star
hinilingly to the footlights.-*-Argo.
' IXuii'EjiTNq: Old Twiggs-—''Hollo,
Jbue's, got your feetsoppiug wet Jiaven'f
you? Why don't you wear r ubbers, as I
do? I haveu't wet my- feet in six
months," Jones—"Well, I should think
you'd bo ashau^jd to aay soZ-^-Jfarutfrd
. lampoon.
pBOPEsgoit (to student who writes,
■not'for -the masses', Trtit fpr the educated
■tayry-ti'You. should writd so that- the
mo«t ignorant of yorij audi&uce ,capi un-
dentond' all -vou c?ui say." Student
fcJn*zIedy-'?Wli«it parfof my production
iit'ljut olear to yon,* si?''"'   "' Z .  '
gone—find I appeal to yote sentiment
to induce you to draw your feet undeir
the seats tyhile-I'inake a general hunt."
The passengers good-naturedly complied, and,' after being bteied four
blocks past his ciorner, the fcan reoov-.
ered his sacred relic- and jtimped off the
car.—Detroit Free Press.    <:
WOKDS.
"Htrange, strange, passing strange!'!
thought the widow. "Bettlomy Ivdiou- '
lawsuit—provide for my poor widow tiii-.l
hor children—leave some trace of Jar;
self everywhere around me! llut mer. >
aro such queer characters, such orijiji:'--1
nowad-iys." She resolved, however, in;'
to sjwak to the Baron of his gomu- ur j
conduct toward her proteges, fearful L a i
sh«». might betray her striinibititi at s ■ j
noble an iictiou. But another cireua- j
stance soon enmo to light, and eau*-.t, j
tne Baron to bo invited, suddenly n-.i; i
nervously, to call a second time. ' Tiii> ;
ciroumstauvo waa as follows:   A .youit;* j
coxcomb, Leopold de 11 , imagiiiin-  j
he hud fallen in lovo with  M.uliitn.^ u, i
Y , been us *, living in tlie iiov.se o i  I
]> mite to 1 ers, he ha t v\ an ;. d * i w , ii 1 j
then to see her at the imleony tieiotv j
mis.-ing her all on a su.ideu nr' her ii. j
part ure frum her apartment.   After inniiy
days'anxiety he determined upon wm
ing h>r a billet d'nu; informlug h->r o
iiis love, and t--tutiug that he wo..11 cil. |
that evening for an tuisv.-r. liavin-
written hia note, he wrapped it up in u
small paper parcel and jerked it ove.
rhe balcony into the window. It happened that the Baron hud just finisac
ihe second breakfast he had taken in
tiie lion.-e, and was poring over th.
newspaper when the parcel dropped ititc
t.io room. He took it up, aud, finding
uo supersfrixition, he opened it uud iv.«.
tue fallowing:
t.'in-r.Hing uuiylibor, for wuekB nnil wc Us-
U.vc i adm.ri.-d you from my iviaJow-JOiit o.e-
y> s-itir. O how mi|wilutivciy liiqjpy bho.ll.l I
uo wen.- you to do uie tiie honor of admitting
uiii to your jn-eseik'e, aud .allowing mo loUo-
L-luro mvHi.il and cfavu pardon lor my pi o-
s;mij);iou. At t! thin cjvonmg, I «ill cnil, a.ni:
for uilimmlou and lem-u my late. Till then,
uniititui) will £iiJe away liko yearn from my mill .lU-nt heart. FurewbU till then, goddeBa ot
my adoration. lkoroM>.
He came, and tho door was opened to
him by the Baron in propria persona.
'' Is Madame de Y at home ? "     '
" She is not at home for you."
"And pray, by what right do you refuse me admission ? "
" Methinlis that right is very evident."
"And you are here in her apartment?"
"True; but for the time being it is
my owu."
Tho dialogue went rapidly on from
cross words to a challenge; and on the
morrow a duel took place in ono of the
coppice-woods of the Bois de Boulogne,
This time, Madame de Y had every reason, she thought, for blaming
the Baron's conduct; so another invitation was sent to him, which he duly attended to.
"How is this, Monsieur le Baron.?"
said ths widow in tremulous and_ro
proachful accents—"expose your iif«
with such a puppy—a life so useful, so
precjous I O, truly, I cannot but think
you mora foolish than wise."
" I confess, madame, that I was
wrong; but I merely wanted to put the
young puppy, »s you justly call liim, in
his right place, and save you forever
from his importunities. He scratched
me, but I gave him a gontle sword-thrust
which will prevent him from annoying
you for some time to" <5ome. WaS that
not a service worth hav^iijj, my charming landlady ?"
"Yes : but at suoh a price-—tho risk
of your life' and my-reputation I   Gra-
i themselves.   Wines and liquors of the
l very best."—Paris Letter.
\    Ai.ur.>?, of the New York Times, says
j that tho lean who wishes to break off
the habit   of smoking should postpone
the lighting of his first oigar rive minutes each day.   In this way the hour
j i'or beginning to smoke will bu gradu-
' ally put off until after he has gone to bed
and got to sleep.
Lessor in natural philosophy: "Wliich
is the more deiicat" sense, feeling or
slight?" asked a professor. "Peeling,"
responded a student, "(live a proof of
it, with an example." "Well, my chum
eau feel hia moustache, but nobody else
can see it," responded the student,—
Columbia CiJIe-gc SjHi-t-itm:
A FAJtor.t surgeon udvfc'es ono of his
patients i.i undergo :tu ont-i'at'on. "Is it
very Sevei\?" ::S"tf tiu- patient, "Not for
the patieit," says the doctor; "we put
him to sleep; but verv hurd ou the operator." " How so?" '"' \\\- suffer terribly
from anxiety. Just think, it only succeeds onco iu a hundred times."
Happv is tlie uneducated man, for
naught does ho kuow of perlulions,
planets, etc. He might hear that Jupiter had bounced into Mars aud knocked
the stuffing out of him, and he would
peacefully remark: "Them niggers
is alius a iightin'." and never think
anything more about the matter. "Where
igiiorauce, ete."—Frausrilh Argus.
A crrv woman recently sent a leiter to
a friend in a farming towu asking tlie
number of eggs a heu would lay in a
day. Hhe know, she said, that they
would lay a dtweu or more, but sho
wished to learn the exact number, as
eggs were very high, and she thought
considerable money might be made by
keeping a lieu.
It ih said that women in boarding-
houses are proverbially tronblesomo and
dissatisfied. The nest opprobrious
observation which his landlady is
ever known to level at a paying male
boarder is that .he is as ""fussy as a
woman." The highest eulogy which she
cau pass upou a favorite female boarder
is that "she makes as little trouble as a
man."
A house painter who is at work ou a
scaffold three stories from the ground
falls from it upon the sidewalk, where
he lies limp and apparently lifeless. A
crowd of benevolent folks surround him'
till his pulse returns aud his eyelids begin to flutter, when a good Samaritan
jilaces a glass of water to his lips. The
sufferer (feebly)—' 'How mauy stories has
a fellow to fall in this ward before he gets
brandy, duruye?"
They Lot Him Hunt.
In malting change on the Woodward
avenue ear yesterday a passenger
dropped a penny ou the floor, and it
went tinder the gratiugs. Before he
made a move to find it, he stood up hi
the middle of the car and said : "Ladies
and gentlemen, I kuow just how you
feel about thid matter. I've been there
myself. I know that any one of you
hadrather putyoiu'hatid hi your pockets
and give me 2 cents than to see me gdt
down ou my knees and hunt around for
that cent. But lot me explain, I do
not care for the money, having over
15 cents left iu my pocket, but that
penny is an heirloom in the family—a
sacred relic to remember the dead aud
Ihe Ingenlons. Trick of an  Outlaw.
A formor companion of the notorious
toad agent, William Le Eoy, tells the
following reuiarkttble^story to a reporter
of the Denver (Col.) News.- "When
Billy was sentenced I WaB within easy
call, and since that time I have not been
asleep. Some years ago the boy used to
be with a suide variety company and
played the character of a female_ impersonator, and he was well up iu his business, too, and if he had stuck to it wonld
not have been compelled to go to holding up coaches ou the foad'for a living.
'His old girl, who has'been yith him
from time to time for-- three years, and
who loves him better, if anything, than
I do, lives iu Del Norte and we rung her
into the scheme with us. As planned
by, Billy it was to bring her up to towja
and get two suits of clothes for her just
exactly alike—that is, dresses of oue
eolor, 'shawls of one color and hats aud
veils of one color. Then we wero to get
a. suit of clothes, men's clothes, for Billy,
and the extra woman's rig aud men's
clothes were to be kept ready for a close
'call. We were to keep a close lookoiit'
for the time wheu he was _ to be takefn.
away, get oan the traiu with-him, and
then at tho first opportunity Whieh
offered at night we were to take whatever: guards Were with liim, put Alp a ]0b
on ihem, aud dress Billy like the girl.
Then wocould go ou our way rejoic-
iurr.
"Tlie day came aud we knew all about
it, arid when the carriage containing Lo
Hoy and his guards drove up to the
train, the girl and I were already On
board* Tliey took one double seat and
we took the one directly behind tliem
and awaited developments. Along in
tho night all tho passeugers got to sleep.
Wo wero in a sleeping-cor, ii' it was not
called such. ancLCalitril's boy got awful
sleepy. I felt sorry for the' poor little
devil, ancl was glad when ho went into
the car foi-a nap. 'Billy w»s also yery
traotable. Cautril was'Tthiwty' that night,
'audX-phtup a job'on -him, ..Gomg' to
thVwater tank, aftej- gauging Jus. drinks
and the tiirie between theiu,- X .poured
naswomo eratpiit'dtt■?»!«];.jMt "fi'b tlie
Vui/:v-s/^i ■^as&'taOT^w^'
drink aud made so much noise about-
gulping it down that Cautril got awful
thirsty. 1 had no more than gaiued my
seat till he made a dive for the tank, and
without tilting the cup filled it aud
emptied it. To partially kill the, stench
of the crotou I had put a dash of "burned
liquor in it. If Cautril tasted anything
wrong in the wator he attributed it to
hi* sour stomach, aud so w;id nothing.
It was not many miunttv until the
Deputy Marshal felt a general weakness
about 'his bread basket. When Cautril
left and slammed the door to, wo r.cted.
All of us were np and doing iu a second,
for none of ns had beon asleep. The
irons were off Billy in less than ten
seconds, and tho extra suit of woman's
toggery was put on him. Wheu ull w as
finished he curled down in my seat, just
like the gill hud been, and the girl got
up and skipped into another car. My
next move was to put my head over ou
Billy's shoulder, aud in another moment
the brakeman came in. As he passed
by with his lantern I raised up us it
awoke by the noise aud the light, aud
discovering that the prisoner was gone,
raised the hue and cry. The brakeman
took it up, everybody woke up, aud
Cautril eame out of the toilet-room.
Then ensued a scene of confusion. He
wanted the train stopped, aud the conductor would uot stop it until he got to
Hays City, five miles away. When we
got there the girl got off, Cautril got off,
aud his assistant -with him, aud Billy
aud I went on with tho train, tieidell
almost to deatli."
"Where is Le Boy at the present
time?" asked the reporter.
"He is safo," was the reply.
Judging from the statement made by
tho train-recker Le Roy has gone East
for a time, but will soou return, place
himself ut the head of his gang aud once
more take the road.
jhc tey^jjvom
Atlantic Ocean Patrol.
The New York Times makes a good
suggestion and asks this question:
"Has not the time come for the governments of Euglaud and the Umted
States to take some action to diminish
the risks of oeeau navigation? Evory
municipal government patrols its streets,
aiid there is uo good reason why the
great oceau highway should not be patrolled. Were England aud the United
States.each to provide two steamers, the
route between New York and Liverpool
could be thoroughly patrolled. These
government steamers could remove
sunken wrecks, warn passenger steamers
ofthe locality of icebergs, aud afford relief to shipwrecked vessels. A steamer
with her machinery broken dowu would
be towed free of charge by the patrol
steamer, and would not, as is too of ten-
the case, decliue assistance-in order to
save §30,000 or $40,000 of salvage, A
shipwrecked crew compelled to take to
their, boats would have a reasonable degree of confidence that iu two or three
days' time a patrol steamer would pick
them up, and the owners of a missing
steamer would have good reason to believe that, were she in danger or distress,
help would be not far off.
This world is full of heroes. There
are thousands of them to-day, who are
working hard for $12 a week to feed and
clothe and provide a home for their
wives and children.
.   Messengers, of low and WeSBiiige,.
Bentijjg pr?cl(iaa pre,
i Bringing p&ioe with soft careesings,
Whom yap gtfef before.
QiU-liinfla fair of pet-futtod flowers
Falling on tlio Jteart,.
Bringing back forgotten hours
With tbeir titaglo art.
Zephyrs from- tho land of gladness,
With tbeir viewless wings,
Fatmiug brows onee 3ark wi'h sadness,
Curing anger's stinge.
Adder's l.inslng all seenroly
Ou tbe darkened ground,
Winged daggers, aimed too surely,
IVweiful to wound.
Lightning Btrokes, fierce) aud resistlcM,
Withering treo nud flower,
Dark-lined, mighty torrent', restless
In their sullen power.
Sometimes messengers of kindness,
,       HoinelUnes two-edged swords,
Humetimes curing pain and blindness—
Such are little words.
Idle Men In tie Hous^ of Commons.
Everybody who harf ever read it remembers   Carlyle's   famous description
of the work-house of St, Ives, iu Huntingdonshire, aud what the picturesque
tourist saw: "I saw sitting on wooden s
benches, iu front of their bastile, and
Within their ringwall and  ite lailuigs
some half hundred or more of these men.
Tall, robust figures, young mostly,, or
middle age; of honest countenance, many
of  them thoughtful and even intelligent
looking men.   They sat there, near by
one another, but in a kind of torpor, and
especially in a silence 'which was very
striking. -Id  sileuoe;   for alas!   what'
word was to be said?   An eartlyall lying round crying: 'Oonie and till, me,
come and reap me;' yet we hero set e.n-    ■"
chanted!   Ih  the   oyes  and, brows  of
these men hung the  gloomiest express
sion, uot of anger, but of grief andshame-
and manifold inarticulate distress and
wearihess;   they  returned   my   glance
with a glance that seemed to say, 'Do
not look at us; we sit enchanted here w&-
know not why,'   The sun shines and the
earth calls, and, bythe governing potfera
aud impotences of this Euglaud, we an?
forbidden  to . obey.   It  js impossible,
they tell us!   There was something, that
reminded me of Btmt&'s hell in th,a look
of all tliis; aud I'roda swiftly away,"   .
An exactly similar scene may be .witnessed any night "by a, tourist, picturesque or otherwise, ivho finds hfsj way   • -
to tJie.HousQ of Commons.   -Tliere they
are, moody and listless oh their bonehes,
flitting aimlessly hi flier and thither from
' fioitidor to corridor, sauntering through   ,2 '-
idling, :u .the  smoking - 1
u- f;j_r eua^javrvr^o^jt''1-^
throiigh tho drettiry hours,  4nd  hoj.ukig?
tigainsthope that the morrow hiay break
the horrid spoil, And so "mauy of them ■
thoughtful aud intelligent looking men,"
—Pail Mall Guzctte. _    _
" Couldn't Think of Such a Thing.*'
A newspaper man in .Nevada wa-
writing a story whieh had for its heroins
one of his old flames, who hud the goou
luck to escape marrying him. His whe
at the breakfast table wus insisting thai
she herself should bo introduced in tiie
work of fiction as a charming creature.
The husband demurred, sayiug his imagination was not equal to the task. The
jocular debate was carried to the door
when he was leaving for the ofiice. Hi.-
wife stepped out and cried alter him a&
he reached the sidewalk: "Well, 1
shall insist upon your marrying me in
the end."
" Cotddn't think of such a thing, my
dear," responded the heartless man,
buttoning his coat aud striding away.
When ho returned at noon for lunch the
partner of his poverty was in the lowest
stage of depression, and ready to weep
ou the slightest inducement.
"What's the matter, dovey?" cooed
the molder of publie opinion.
" Matter?" whimpered dovey ; " matter onough, plague take it. When you
went away this morning, and I called
after you that you must marry me—
meaning in that wretched story—1 didn't
see until you had gone that Mrs. Jones
had her head out of tlie window aud
Mrs. Brown on the other side waa sweeping off her porch. Both of 'em looked
at mo with eyes like saucers, aud I was-
so confused wheu it flashed upon me
what they must think that I blushed up
to the roots of my bang and rushed into
the house. It wasn't ten minutes till I
saw Mrs. Jones—I was looking through
the blinds—till I saw Mrs. Jones glide-
into Mrs, Brown's, and she stayed there
for an hour. It is sure to be all over
town that we're not married."
The Happy Ghutt and tie Bull.
A very short-lived, conceited littlo
guat settled on the horn of a bull, and
sat there for some time. At last, in despair of attracting attention, the insect
remarked that he supposed he had been
a great burden to the bull all this time,
"Not in the least," responded the
bull, pleasantly, becoming at last aware
of the'existence of the gnat, " I did
not kuow you had come, and I shall not
niiss you when you go away. Shooh,
fly, don't bodder me ! "
"Ah!" exclaimed the' gnat, in triumph, "I have at last compelled you
to recognize me."
Moral: Some men are of more consequence in their own eyes than in the
eyes of their neighbors. — Galveston
Nitws.	
An invention which may prove oi
much importance iu architecture au£
sculpture has recently been made by Dr.
Gehring, of Landshut, Bavaria, By
means of au enameling liquid, he claims
to bo able to render any kind of cement
or stone harder thau granite, and gives-
it the appearance of any other mineral
desired. The outuual may also be applied)
to metal, and is said to effectually preserve itfromruat,	
Indianola's Mayor has resigned. The
salary was'only about §17 a year.
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