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Show MY KINGDOM little kingdom 1 iorWNi, M here thought 8 ar.d feelings And very hnrti 1 find tbe taak. Of governing it Well. A dwut!; Fwr passion tempts and troubles me, A wavward will misleads; And seltisbneHs its shadow rusts On all my will and deeds. How can I learn to rule To bMhe child should. Honest and brave, nor ever tira Of trying to do good? How can I keep a sunny sou! To shine along life way? How can I tune my little heart To sweetly sing ail day! Dear Father help me with the lovs That costeth out my fear! Teach me to lean on thee, and feel That thou art very near. 1 1en-fiel- jer-Vetin- That no temptation is unseen. No childish pilot too small. Since thou, with patience infinite, Dost soothe and comiort all. not nk for nnv crown lint that which all may win. try no t onquer any w orld txcept the one within. I do Be thou roy guide until I find, Iwed by a tender hand, Thy happy kingdom in myself. And dun to take command. Louisa Alcott. THE REFUGEES. nving lived In East Tennessee several years previous to the war, ijj - ij(- al-- ,i though residing in Ohio when hostilities I the coun-- j try from Knox-- v u nct-bega- i 11 e to the North Carolina lino on the east, nnd from Knoxville to the Kentucky line on the north, very thoroughly. I hud gone over almost every mile of every highway, and I knew many of the mountain trails und short ruts. 1 had been surveying and mapping public and private lands, nnd this was a work calculated to fnmiliarizo me with the country. I was in Itogersville only three months before the opening gun, nnd I knew that a strong I'nion sentiment prevailed among the mountaineers. hile the people of other sections of the south were enthusiastic for war, the mountaineers of Mast Tennessee and western North Carolina, with very few exceptions, werengniust it. They argued so well nnd so persistently as to call forth the bitter enmity of the Confederate government, and such of them ns entered the Confederate ranks were forced to join under penalty of being shot down in their tracks. When they realized that war was inevitable, nnd that they must take sides, there was a general movement to escapo to the north nnd join the I'nion forces. The hardships, perils nnd tribulations of these refugees have only been faintly outlined. Where one got through the lines five wero killed by the soldiers on watch to intercept them. Where one family reached t ho Union lines entire, a dozon were broken nnd scattered, never to be reunited. In the summer of 1 SG2. acting under military orders, I made nty way from Bielimond, Ky., into the lilue Itidge mountainstogntherand bring out as large a band ns possible. After more or less personal peril, mostly from guerrillas nnd Ibushwhackers, I reached the locality lmil in view, which was a neighborhood in ft cove on one of the branches of the Tennessee river. A few youngtnen bad linen recruited for the Con federate service, but ns yet no force had bt'en used to secure recruits. Several men of local renown wero beating up the districts for recruits for guerrilla cavalry companies, nnd every avenue of escape to the north was closed nnd carefully guarded. I went into the mountains in the guise ot a purchasing agent fertile Contederate government. nnd, ns I had been liberally supplied with both Confederate money and gold, I was in a position to carry who knew me outlay role.did Those know what my not personally sentiments were until secretly informed, and, ns I appeared to he busy looking after horses and mules, the Confederates seemed to have no suspicions. Within a week after my arrival I men were defound t hat t wenty-onsirous of makingan attempt to reach the Union lines in Kentucky. The matter nud been talked over previous to iny arrival, but no decided steps taken. The lender in the movement was a man of about 30, named Joe lenfield. lie had ben married only about four months betore my appearance at the cove. While uneducated, be was intelligent far beyond his class, be realized that the struggle would be tierce and bloody and one to last for years. lie felt that everyone capable oflwaring arms must takesides, and nshis love for the Union was strong he was impatient to getaway One af the greatest difficulties encountered at the outset was the fact that at least half the men wanted to take their families along. We had a journey of over 100 miles pn an air line before ns. As we should be obliged to travel the distance would be tifty more, and every mile of it in peril ot our lives. Our way would be over mountains. through forests and thickets, across creeks and rivers, nnd exposed to nil sorts of went her and I exposed the drug on our move Y e fmrd-ship- d, g Uonfeder-atesoldier- y Mor for ments which tne women would be certain to prove. Of the thirteen who wanted to go nine had from two to five children. 1 tlntly refused to lead any such party, knowing that we should be captured and shot within a day or two. This caused a diviA mountaineer sion of numbers. named Henderson, who had a wile and four children of his own, agreed to lead thosi having families, while I took the others. When ready to start I had ten men, and three of them were going to take their wives along. The women were Mrs. Mrs. (irnham and Mrs. Bross, and were nil under 30 and in robust health, latch one dressed in men's clothing and carried a shotgun. Our party was to have two days ticklish ejart of the other. It was and business, holding meetings arrangements, for there were plenty of Confederate citizens mixed up with the Unionists, nnd werenmri hingand riding over the county. In most cases the men dispose of their livestock, but every- thing else had to be abandoned, borne of them had good crops and qozv homes, nnd had worked hard for a. score of years to accumulate what they lmd! I did not, however, hear one single regret expressed at having to leave property and comfort behind, except that the confederate government might profit thereby. Our party got away scan after dark on the evening of August 13. We had appointed u rendezvous on the mountain, and at dusk everybody was there, fourteen of us in all. Each person carried a bundle containing clothing, blankets nnd provisions, mnl each hod a rifle or shotgun. The women could not have been told from the men lor their dress, and each had on a pair of new stout boots, purchased for the occasion. Every family would be missed next day, and theeonclusionin each case would be such as to encourage every effort for recapture. At about 9 oclock, having planned the order of march and given instructions hearing upon emergencies, I took the lead straight up the side of Smoky mountain, which is one of the spurs of the Alleglmnies, beginning near Clinton and running partv. 15 Dl AX it'CIDENTAk MEETING IN AFCICA. That night we made fully twenty miles, always in the fields or woods in the timand next day was ber. We knew that every road was guarded, and tw ice during the day squads of cavalry were in sight. We were undiscovered and however, and by a hard push on the third night we reached the eastern elope of the Cumberland An hour before daymountains. break, us we were about to cross a road, and while two of the men were scouting ahead to see that all was clear, one ot them, named Saunders, walked jdump up to a man in citizen's dress who was petroling the highway with a gun on his shoulder. He took Saunders for a farmer living in the neighborhood, and explained that sixty men belonging to a company recruited nbnut Montgomery had been sent up there to stop refugees. He said our part was expected along that night, and that everyone Cbolre f or Ilright loung Eyes to Make 1 liein Urighter An Accidental Meeting:. discovery. When daylight came we went into hiding among the rocks far up the mountain, and, while no one came very near us during the day, we saw regular treiops, bodies of irregulars ami in evcitizens moving We moved on ery direction. again ns soon ns darkness came, day-lig- s a n e - M wm Wort of the Wits. Live within your income, because it is very inconvenient to live with- out it. a woman wants the earth it with a view of giving it to some is man. It hurts less to hit tho nail on the head than it does to hit it on the When finger. The man who is alone with his thoughts often is surrounded by the deepest solitude. There is nothing worse for the harmony of an orchestra than to have a trombone player get ofl his base. John Gall is a Sioux chief and not their vile-- t and most inhuman assions New York man, as some people erare aroused. They ait like u.ld !easts, a clutch at the head, smear e.u ii other in roneously suppose. Y'ou cannot althe face with blood, and a general ways judge a man by his name. scrimmage always ensues, resulting, St. Louis Girl What did you find more often than not, fatally. Ncrifoer for February-- . in your stocking, a grand piano? whole village is wiid is, expectation of the event. Groups of Ci.ncsn are to be seen, drummers at wo: k, ar.d every kind of musical instrument beadd to the tumult. The head, after ing severed, is jerked ofupthein the air by pole. the released tension Then, upon the sight of tne blood, the only-meetin-g party crossed the highway without i Pid you see any grizzlies out that way.-- ' is a question tli.it lias leen put to me seveial times since my return from railwav surveying in British Columbia. onited when I AnJ people seem re ly tli.it I saw very little of these formidable animals that I never even aimed a gun at one, and that the I ever lmd with one of the beasts was a purely-- accidental affair, winch I made all possible haste to terminate. One Saturday- - afternoon the sixth inday of August, my memorandum forms me having finished up my weeks work of triangulution, I took a tin pad amt s:t off to gather tiernes. Setting off to return to the camp at length, 1 to take a route farther back ueciu.-from tile creek w here the undergrowth was less dense, and by so doing 1 found keeping in the rattier better footin belt of pines and hemlocks just at tbe foot of the cli s. After traveling for a mile, perhaps, I sat down to re-- t at a pla. e where the hollow widened hack a little at the point of opening of a side canon. Directly behind where I had been sitting there was a clump of dogwood rank and thick. I xteppedquietly around I this, w hen could I credit my eyes was within thirty feet of a huge, iron-gre- v animal, which stood with its back to me tearing open an old log! di-a- pi traveled all night without being nnd next day lay bidden niinost at tbe western base of the mountain. On this night, after we had been afoot about three hours, we reached the Kentucky line, but soon alter doing so, and while moving cautiously upon a highway, we were challenged from front and rear simultaneously-- , and we realized thnt we had walked into a traj. Eire was opened on us at once, but we left the road, elimbed among some rocks to the right, and soon returned the firo into Kentucky and Virginia. We with spirit. The force opposed drew had three of those spurs to eross be- away to wait for daylight, nnd after fore reaching the Cumberland moun- scouting in every direction nnd find tains, on the state line, and between ing ourselves surrounded we intrench PHch spur was a valley and a river. ed ourselves and prepared for the fight would bring. When Our route for the first twelve miles we knew was over a CDuntry thinly inhabited, morning cmne we found nnd we had noalarms. We had made hemmed in by a force of about 300 about sixteen miles and had descend- men. a portion of whom were enlisted ed the spur almost to its northeast- soldiers ueting under commissioned ern base, when we had our first en- officers. Then occurred what war history counter, and I saw of what material the men wero composed. We were describes ns a defense without its following the mountain trails, walk- equal in the history of the whole ing by twos nnd every one on the struggle. They opened lire on us alert, when we caught sight of a fire from every side, and every one of our at n, iiend in the trail ahead of us. party replied as fast us a sure shot 1enfield crept forward to investigate, could be counted on. From 0 and after a quarter of an hour re- o'clock in the morning till 9 tliere turned and reported a Confederate was no letup, but we were so well jacket, lie hud only seen one man, sheltered behind the rocks that not and he was asleep, on his post, but one of our party was scratched. M'e from tlio looks oi things he believed were then summoned to surrender, others to ho in camp near by. The nnd upon returning a defiant rejily-picket lmd been stationed here to in- body of men numbering 130 charged tercept refugees, nnd fart her progress our position. To get at us at all by the trail was blocked. they had tc appear in the open road, After consultation we turned to the and we broke them three times before left but bofore we could flnnk the the real charge was made. Then as picket we met with such a sheer de- they tried to ascend the steep side of scent that wo had to turn back, the hill we had them at our mercy. lenfleld nnd two others were sent to At noon we were again summoned the right, and in a little time return- to surrender, and when we refused ed and reported the way clear, and they brought up a six jiounder and we soon passed thedanger. Descendopened on us. The first shot went ing almost to the valley we turned ten feet above our heads, nnd nt the to the left nnd entered n dense jiine second the gun burst and killed four thicket just as day was breaking. It men. At 2 o'clock they charged was only after I had seen blood on again, nnd were driven back, an hour Pen field's clothes that he exjihvined later a force of Union cavalry, out on that in scouting to the right hid a reconnoisance, swooped down nnd the force to a man, taking jiarty hadinstumbled over a soldier bagged wrajiped his blanket, and the out- 178 prisoners, two army wagons, and cry lie had been about to make was another field piece which had just prevented by a thrust from a hunting come up. We then had only three knife which reached his heart. This bullets per man left, and must have occurence was to be deplored, but no soon been obliged to surrender. Wo one could bo blamed for it. We re- found, upon counting up, that we find wounded tired into the thicket until there was had kMed thirty-eigh- t no danger of being seen, and then sixty of the mob, nnd the only casulour men were posted ns sentinels, alty on our side was a flesh wound and the others ate their bread nnd received by one of the women. New meat nnd lay down to sleep. The York Sun. forenoon passed quietly away, nnd at 1 oclock three others nnd myself relieved the sentinels. English Law. I nt once made my way to the When Aaron Burr was In England northern edge of the thicket, where I the Spanish minister asked for his could overlook the road descending into the valley ns well ns a part of expatriation the ground that he had t lie valley itself, nnd a brief observa- been guilty of undertaking an expetion satisfied me that we were being dition against the pursued. I saw a score of mounted colonies. British authorities were men riding down the road, and another body in the valley below, nnd bound to take notice ot this demand their actions showed them to be in a and to give due consideration to the state ofexcitement. We had no doubt international question involved by beeu tracked as faras thepicketpost, the course of the Spanish nmbassa-Th- e but from that point our pursuers diplomatic relations of the wero uncertain whet her we had pushed three the United powers, great secreted ourselves. on or States, Spain and Great Britain, At about 4 oclock a body of about were to some extent involved. Mr. twenty men, some on foot and some Burr was summoned to appear, and mounted, searched the western half was given an opportunity of making of thethieket, andsomeof them came his own defense. He boldly declared within filtj-- feet of us, but they made and claimed his right ns a British no discoveries. Wo heard several of subject under Magna Uharta to rethem loudly declaring their belief that main unmolested in the country to we were miles away, and ns they left which lie owed allegiance that he our thicket for the road the search was entitled to protection by virtue seemed to lieiriven up. The major por- of his birth under the British govtion of our pursuers were guerrillas, ernment long betore t lie independwho would have shot us down w ithout ence of America, nnd that Groat mercy. When darkness came, and Britain could not refuse to recognize we were ready to move again, five of the right of nnv subject born within the men came to mo and declared the realm of its colonies. Many lawtheir intention to return to their yers were consulted on the subject, homes, llealizimr the that and after very full consideration it us their nerve gave way, and was determined that the position they dot idod to return while it was taken bv Mr. Burr was the correct I time do to was so. yet arguing one under the English laws. The with them when one the partv negotiations ceased, and the Spanwho had to the east on his ish ambassador had the mortificaown hook returned nnd reported a tion of witnessing the tolerated preslarge force of infantry going up the ence of A nron Burr in London, remountain road. He believed there cognized ns a subject of Great Rrjwas a full hundred, nnd as it was jdain am anl at t!i same time a citizen o! that they would guard every avcuue flic Bailed States of America. s E Still. would be shot down, no matter whether they-- surrendered or resisted, lie had eighty rods o the road tc patrol, and as he was about midway of his beat, Saunders thrust n knife into him, believing this the only alternative. He then took the body nnd concealetl it in a thicket, nnd our Spanish-America- SACKI-Flf- Tiedins urnlis-turbe- oin-selve- neck: hts hands and arms are also blackened up to the elbows, and the same with his legs down to the knees. Around his loins fie wears several wildcat skins. Stand.ug in front of his victim, he makes at firstto two aor three proper feints with his knife, get bending swing. Then, deliberately down and taking a piece of chalk, put tliere for the purpose, he draws a ttiin line around the neck, and putting a little fine sand on lus hand so as to get a good grip, with one quick blow with his kmle, severs tbe head from the trunk. Until just before the execution FOE YOUNG FOLKS. of return th five rimugeo nn-i- r minds and d.fideii to keep on with the Chicago Girl ! 1 a ten acre No; lot Travelers Tree, traveler on his way from with a house on it. the coast of Madagascar to the capital, Terliaps the hardest test a man Antananvo in the mterior, hid emptied is to sit from can give his his water flask and was lie lleuud. his love own the read and letter Missionary down thirst, says asked one of the natives of his party when it is five years old. Thlr-t- y . A European self-respe- .sulK-mi- when he would he able to obtain water. Any tune you like it, said the na- AYliat is sweeter than to have a tive, smiling. friend that you can trust? asked The European saw no signs of springs Sawkins. To have a friend that or water, but the native conducted him will trust rejilied Lawkins. you, palm-liUof a trees, to tall, group the of on ti.e a cluster edge standing in It is very strange that among those forest, with straight trunks and blight who set themselves up as great guns lromthe broad leaves growing green opposite sides of t tie stalk, and making the ones of the smallest caliber are the tree appear like a great fan. The the biggest bores. white man gatd admiringly at the tree. Just now the traveling public eon- You think it is a fine tree, said the native, but I will show- you what it is sists mainly of experienced couples good for. who have been married ever since s lie pierced the root of one of the Christinas. Chicago News. the at the point where it joined tree with lii.s spear, whereupon a stream If every-- man had to follow his own of clear water spurted out, which the advice nine out of ten of us would and European caught in Ins water-cafound cool, fresh and excellent to drink. stop giving it. Burlington Free The party having satisfied their thirst lress. and taken supper, the native who had Does fortune smile on you? asks spoken went on. This tree, which is good for us in a friendly exchange. No, sir; nor the e leaf-stem- mi. s n. o- - i ai gv.-ss- . '4 1, ';. ii more ways 2 wood. ting 1 had scarcely moved when the hear farthest away, which stood facing me, suddenly looked up and uttered a peculiar grunt. Instantly both the others looked up and faced stopped grubbing, suddenly- arouud, swinging their heads from side to side, and holding their noses low down to the ground. My heart gave a bigger jump now, if possible, than it did w hen I first discovered them. Involuntarily I cocked the little rille and raised it. The nearest of the thret liears, hearing the snap of the lock, growled and ran a few steps toward me. Thinking that the creature would be upon mo next moment, I aimed at its head and pulled the trigger, Click! The false cartridge did not go off. But perhaps that circumstance saved my life, for the bear stopped just 1 as snapped. In an ecstasy of fright I seized the rille by- - the skeleton breech, and raised it to strike with the barrel. And when I lifted it the bear raised himself and brought up both forepaws lit a manner much like my own arms. I did not expect to get away alive. But instead of leaping upon me, the reat brute at length dropped from its upright position nnd moved a little to one side, keeping its neck bent around, and its eyes fixed askant on roe. The others also drew off a little way. I was but too glad to imitate their peaceable example, and retire. But I had scarcely moved a step, when, with a low snarl, the largest of the three ran back toward me, and stood swinging its head as before. Again I clubbed the little rifle, raised it and stood facing the huge creature with a breathless anxiety. And again for some tune we stood there face to face, staring hard at each other, until at length a second time this great, gray ogre of the dark foiests moved off sideways and askant. Seeing that they appeared to resent any movement on my part, and feeling extremely anxious to respect their wishes, I now remained motionless. All three bears moved gradually away from me, and, at a distance of sixty- - or seventy- yards, resumed their previous occupation of tearing open the rotten logs. Watching for a chance when all three of their heads seemed to be averted, I bush, slipped around the cought up my pail of raspberries and stole away, as noiselessly as the fright and nervous excitement from the meeting which I had just passed through would permit me. As rapidly as I could get on I made t, my way hack to our camp. II. B. li dog-woo- d Mi-var- C. E. Human Sacrifice In Africa. The victim is placed on a block of wood, with his legs stretched out stiff in front of lam. Beside each ankle a small stake is driven firmly into the ground, tbe same at the knees and at the sales, running up under the arm-pitThese are then firmly bound together by cords securing the body-- rigidly in its position. His head is thea placed in a kind of cage, formed bv a ring of cane fastened around the neck, with numerous strings attached to it, which are drawn up over the head ami tied together in a loop. A pliant young sapling is now stuck in the greund about twelve feet from the victim, and bent over toward him until the extreme end is caught in the loop, and all the strings round the ring are drawn taut and tbe neck stretched stiff bv the s. strain. call the travel- sweet. OF THE GRIZZLY. For an instant I stared as if petrified. A sense of awe stole along all my nerves. I knew that it must be a grizzly bear, and us my eyes took in its full dimensions. 1 saw tivo others farther on, all similarly engaged ripping open the great decayed logs and grubbing for the ants, borers and worms in the rot- xvetl-nig- oue, wo ers' tree. Bui where does the water come from that the tree contains? asked the white Is it taken up from the soil? man. The said the native. Oh, no, leaves drink in the rain that falls on them, and wfien it has passed all through them it becomes very pare and mmmm IN THE HAUNTS than The executioner then makes his appearance, by the young men and women of the village, 'each bolding over him a palm leaf, forming a kind of canopy. On reaching the victim they fall back and leave him there alone. He wears a cap formed "of large black cocks' tails; his face is blackened with charcoal down to tho The Kyes of a Hoy. The boy of whom I write is never at a loss to find something to observe, says Forest and Stream. Last, year a heavy shower caught him while he was fishing. From his retreat he kept an eye out to see whatever there was to be seen, and shortly observed the dragon flies, great and little, settling in the tall brook grass for shelter from the rain. Before the shower was fairly-- over lie saw the cedar birds come and drive the dragon Hies lrem their covert, hunting them down in all their dragon finery. The great three-incflies, painted with black and yellow, were too strong lor the birds, but the lace-winge- d h f rT 3s Ptm ,reF esn is 'tore ryiiu hoj girl with the fortune either. Yon- - $ nm kers Statesman. jjea All great men he st He, pathetically: have smoked, my dear. She, with elens animation: 0, if you'll only swear off until you are content. There is said to be so much cent at the of Pennsylvania that one of the pro-- Sufessors calls the 6tateof tliidgs that pri prevails there What yer got in yer basket Jim? asked one little boy of another. A jeme Give us a piece, jtreu; poundcake. A pound f Life terrupted the questioner. cake of soap, said the boy with the usy, UUiO O! basket. In Georgia lias turned out a couple of k0Ve, electric girls and now some one lias discovered an electric mule. Wenev- j; $ er saw a mule that didnt carry a jsf$hr fully equipped battery around with foTtitH Fom, him. love-makin- g 1 n. - I'' in- - T(i little slender fellows, done up m fancy colois, brown, green, blue and dusky, became meat for the hunters. Is This fail, when paddling up Caucom-gomo- c stream, we saw i edar birds sitWhy, my dear, ting out on the rush beds near the middle of the stream. This was just after so sour thisr. been catchin, showtr. llad-thellubbv I drank three p morning'.''' jadragon flies! The loyr was uot tliere to glasses of milk last night and got. tell us. in a thunder-storcoming. Some time ago I remonstrated with caught New Y'ork Herald. him lor throwing stones at a kingbird, home. iv li but I was told that he was doing it only The women folk arent so stupid sa to please tbe bird. True enough it dicl as some people would make them Lfn please tbe bird. From his perch on a When they get hold of a pieced Jst' out. high tree the kingbird calculated the of wedding cake, they sleep on it. f fry curve of each stone, chattering his as the missile whizzed by, rising Were they to eat it, they know verytt fse a few feet when he saw that it came too well that sleep would be out of tbi t Mne r!ani near, only to settle again to the same question. 1 place. As it amused both bird and boy-- , I allowed it to continue, and for several days the kingbird returned daiiy to en- te it seems hard to hang four;1 ij h( men at once, but the Ohio law in n' severe. I tell you, it is pretty) tthf more joy the sport. One could not be even the best of boys tough to wake a man up at tvfoj. ii and not sometimes enjoy hectoring o'clock in the morning and take him: v ttrd Oh. they get; 3 ica other creatures, but frequently the most out and hang him. Who get used to it? alloc distress is caused by the mod innocent used to it. intentions. The boy is always bringing chippies " and young robins, leaving the distressed parents to mourn until their offspring Ls returned. One poor song sparrow doubtless denounced id in as a murderer because lie choked one of her yellow-mouthenestlings by feeding it with strawberries against her expressed wishes, although the jury impaneled on the case gave it an acquittal. Once I knew him to catch in his hand a yearling common tern,, perfectly able to Hy. P'rom babyhood the boys cry lias been for sumsin live to play wiv. No matter wliat the creature was a dog, a kitten (any stray kitten was treated by him like a princess in disguise), a bird, a young mouse or even a toad. home d full-grow- n Amazed. The natives of tropical countries are seldom so much astonished as they are when first introduced to snow and ice. The congealing of water is a phencm-no- n A they are slow to comprehend. few months ago, says the New York Sun, Sir William McGregor enticed sev- eral New Guinea natives to the hitherto unsealed summit of Mount Owen Stanley, the loftiest peak in British Austral- asia. On its barren summit, nearly o thous. and feet above the zone: of vegetation. big icicles were found, md the natives, when they touched them, declared that their fingers had been burned. A year ago, when Mr. Fillers Mount Kilimanjaro, in Africa, his native poi tiers, who hud lived all their lives near the base of ties great mountain, pulled off the boots with which they had been provided, and plunged into the snow ui tlveir bare feet. merrily They lost no time in plunging out again, and lay writhing on the ground, 1 that their feet insisting had been severely burned. Home Central African natives who bad been introduced into Germany mistook the first snow-storthey saw for a Might of while bmterllies.'and Lieu- tenant on L rancois savs the mistake was a very natural one.' One da v w nen he was ascending a tributary ' i the he saw for the first the fiUoT :Vh agreat sw.mof T hut- - teenies, and the speetaclo closely rs sombled a gentle fail of sabw. l Yes, is Why, the Judge. that men, wake em Dr. tten tbeir Senator Vests Little Story, abou very Senator Vest of Missouri has dej wliofi veloped a great reputation a s a story yet w up." I teller among his committee col A leagues. The sessions of the commii-- place teeun commerce are said frequently ft; his be made up of thirty minutes dH TOigli of po cussion of bridge and. light-bobills, and afterward of an hour s' 4ie f o g story-tellin- the world's-fai- r by Senator Vest. AVb'V delegation front Kem hya was ia the city Senator Vet est a spent muck of his time about Louis headquarters. One evenirr speaking of campaigning in Misseor be said: At one place where I was boobj to speak there was a mania tbecro-- ; crazy drunk, who, made frequent h, terruptions, nnd who wa finally ca? ried away. lie escaped from his ca:; tors later in the evening and, the crowd till he found r drew a revolver, which he flourishabout his head. Then pointing D weajiun directly at ray stomach , said: j Tm going to blow out J brains. And I think, said the sena' quietly in conclusion, that he D? New where he was aiming. 1. on is Si bontt-throug- - s . i Lon Lived Doctors. rhysieians appear to co quite generally to the familk junction to heal themselves, when the complaint is old c average age of the decedents Massachusetts Medical society ing the year 1889 reaches -' - - - . which comes very close to the of life allotted to man by the F let. Boston IleraM, |