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THE CHEROKEE ADVANCE.
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EXAMINE HOW YOUR HUMOR W INCLINED. AND WHICH THE RULING PASSION OF YOUR MIND.’
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v GLUME Vi.
CANTON. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MORNING, APRIL 3, 1885.
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NUMBER 14.
IN THE RANKS.
BT BUSK I,. cntXSLm,
His dcalh-blow struck him, there In the
i auks—
There in the ranks, with hit face to the
foo:
Did hia dying lips utter curses or thanks ?
No ono will know.
Still be marched on, lie with the rost—
Still he marched on, with his face to tho
foo,
To tho day's bitter business sternly addrest :
Dead--did they know?
When tho day was oyer, the fierce fight
done,
ITts ohocks wero red with tho Bunset’s glow,
Aud tin y crowned liim there with their
laurels won :
Dead—did he know ?
Laurels or roses, all one to him now—
What to a dead man is glory or glow?—
Bone wreaths for lovo, or a crown on his
brow :
Dead—doos lie know?
And yet you will soo him march on with tho
rest—
No man of them all makes a goodlier
show—
.In the thick of the tumult jostled and prist:
Dead—would you know ?
A STRAIGHT DIAGNOSIS.
BY ELEANOR KIRK.
"Tito doctor says it is malaria.”
"How did you got mnlariu ?”
"Oli, Aunt Alary, just as if ono could
tell anything nbont malaria 1 It is liko
the wind. It cometli from no one knows
wliore, and bloweth where it listoth;”
anil the invalid turnod her pretty flushed
fnoo on tho pillow with a movement of
unmistakable irritation.
‘‘lllancho, dear, have tho kindness to
look at mo a minute,” said Miss Alary
Harrington, firmly but kiudly. "Wo
don’t want to mako any mistakes to start
with. You know I am vory blunt, and
you know that I havo opinions—”
"Aud I know there is nobody in all
tho world like you when one is ill,” the
young lady interrupted; "and that is
why f. bijggod aud prayod mamma to
6Quit for you. ”
"That is very pleasant and encourag
ing as far as' it goes,” said the lady, "but
I can remain, Blanche, as your nurse,
only ou tho condition that you obey mo.
I urn ready to unpack and stay, or put
on my hat and go.”
Alias Harrington’s gray eyes were ten
der and smiling, and her whole face was
aglow with active benevolence; but the
broad brow and the firm mouth had also
much to say of careful study and strength
of character.
"Why, auntio, I should givo up en
tirely if yon disappointed mo now,” tho
invalid replied, with quivering lips. "I
have just lived on tho thought of your
coming. ”
"Well, will you obey mo?”
"Yes, auntie, and I hope you’ll re
member that obedience is not my strong
point.”
"But I hnvo your promise, and that
will do,” said the nurse, cheerfully; "and
now we’ll see.”
"Nineteen years old,” Aliss Harring
ton said to herself, "and confined,to her
bod eight weeks with malaria? Boili !
A bad tongue, feverish, more emaciated
than 1 had expected to find her, pain in
her side, intermitting pulse, constant
oppression of the ebest, baoknche, acute
headaches, cold extremities, and no ap
petite. Aud this is malaria? Bosti
again ! I wonder what tho doctor did
before tho word ‘malaria’ came into use.
I must ask this physioian his reason for
calling this a malarial attack."
Aliss Harrington was as good as her
Word, and forcing her opinions aud her
doubts quite into the background,
started on her tour of investigation with
an appearance of implicit faith in the
ability of the medical man to answer her
questions.
"Is there anything the matter with
tlio plumbing ?” the lady inquired.
"There isn’t a sanitary precaution that
your brother has not taken,” the doctor
answered.
"Do you know of other cases of ma
laria in this locality ?”
“Oh, yes; malaria is by no means a
rare product in this neighborhood.”
"Bnt it is very high aud dry, aud con
stancy swept by sea-breezes^”
"Yea; very high and dry.”
"And very gay?” Aunt Mary sug
gested, demurely.
"Yes; exceptionally gay.”
There was a comical twinkle in the
gentlemau’s eyo that told of a quick ap
preciation of his companion’s remark.
"And late hours, and thin shoes, and
low necks, and salads, aud souffl is some-
time?’ induce malaria, I suppose ?”
“Without doubt." '
“Weil, why don’t you say so, then?”
Aunt Alary had kept her claws sheathed
just about as long as was possible.
• A pby.ni.tn cannot safely mefldlo
with the private lite of his patients ex
cept in extreme eases,” was the unruf
fled response. "If I wore to take the
brood platform wh’ch yon recommend,”
Hie gentleman added, "I should not
only not do tho least bit of good, but I
shouldn’t have a patient left. My repu
tation would be simply that of au old
busybody aud an old fool. But, madam,
this is an excellent field for yon, aud 1
am sure wo can work together with the
utmost harmony.”
"Perhaps you nro right," said Miss
Harrington, thoughtfully, "but I don’t
exactly roo it. Of course, if your pa»
tients arc nil idiots, that settles it.”
"You would scarcely call your niece
an idiot,” said tho doctor, "andshoisas
fair a representative of the class as I
oould nnmo.”
After a few days of Aunt Mary’s
efficient nursing, her patient felt able to
sit up, and her maid was directed to got
together tho ncoessary articles of ward
robe. Among tho first things presented
wero a pair of black silk stookings and u
nair of kid slippers.
"What are these?" Miss Harrington
asked.
"Why, they nro (ho newest stylo of
dippers, auntie,” said her nieoe.
"Paper solos, and throe-inch hoels
‘npered down to a cherry pit in the mid-
die of the foot. I presume yon wenr
those all the time yon are in the house ?’’
"Why, of course, auntie.”
"In the dead of winter as well as in
the dog-days ?”
Tho young Indy laughed merrily nt
I tor companion's old fogyism.
"Certainly. Just see how pretty they
look with tho silk stockings.”
"How many corns have you,
ninucho ?”
"Oil, only two or three little bits of
ones. I semi for n chiropodist once in
a while, anil then I’m all right for ever
«o long.”
"A girl of nineteen with her feet in a
chiropodist’s handB 1” said anntie, with a
wry face.
"That isn’t anything. Why, almost
oil tho girls ” ^
"Not tho Blighmt4onbt of it," tho
Wdy have nothin*
else, I suppose, to put on yonr feet but
these things?”
"No, auntie, and I wouldn’t wear any
others if I had.”
"I have now accounted for yonr back
aches, Blanche,” said Miss Harrington,
"and we will prooeed to eliminate the
spinal column from the oharge of
malnria ; it is perfectly innooent.’’
Aud now the nurse examined the
other articles laid out for use. There
wasn’t an inch of flannel to be seen;
nothing but the finest and most elabor
ately beru filed and embroidered linen.
"And you do not own a flannel petti
coat, Blanche?”
"What in tho world db I wont of flan
nels ? You know I almost always go'out
in the carriage, and there are lots of
warm robes."
"It is about as I supposed,” Miss
Harrington remarked, sadly, "Your
break down is due to perfectly plain and
mil oral causes. There is nothing in the
least mysterious about It. You have de
formed your leet, weakened your spine,
aud consequently your whole nervous
system, by the shod you have worn. By
a series of exposures you have reduced
your vital force to suoh an extent that
reaction was impossible without further
prostration and a complete cessation of
irritating causes. Here are your corsets.
How much do they measure, please?”
"Nineteen inches, auntie”—the young
indy was almost ready to cry now—"anil
they are a whole inch larger than most
girls of my sizo wear.”
“What is your size ? Hero is a tape-
measure, and I will soon tell you. You
have lost considerable flesh, and I shall
have to allow for shrinkage. Twenty-
four inches just as you are, Blanche.
Think of it! A tweuly-four-incli waist
squeezed into nineteen-inch corsets!
We'will now clear tho heart anil lungs
from the charge of malaria. Your ir
regular pulse, the cutting pain in yonr
side, your uneven aud most inadequate
respiration, can be traegd directly to
tight lacing. Now-I ha$ this to say,
my child. I shall not permit you to
■wear one of those articles as long as yon
are under my care. If you will accept,
a pair of my quilted slippers, and allow
me to wrap yon in blankets till yon have
some clothes suitable for a convalescent
to wear, all right. If not, yon must find
some one else to take care of yon. My
time is altogether too precious to throw
away. This may seem very cruel,
Blanche; but I really think it would be
far better for yon to die now than to be
nnrsed back to the old shameful condi
tions. There is nothing before yon but
a life of invalidism if yon decide to go
on as yon have begun.”
“But how can I wear horrid old shoes
and old scratchy flannels, and have a
waist like a washer-woman’s?” the girl
inquired, between laughing andwcryiDg.
"You haven’t said anything about i
goloshes and loggings yet-, but perhaps
you’d liko to have me wear thoje ?”
"Shall I get the blankets aud my
quilted slippefs, Blanche?” Aunt Mary
inquired,
"Yes; bring the gnu-boats and the
flannels," her companion replied. "And
if you can find a few hen’s feathers to
stick in my hair, tho resomblauoe to a
Sioux squaw will be still morestrikiug.”
After this Aliss Blanche hail some lee-
sous in physiology and hygiono, and
very interesting and profitable topics
they proved to be. She learned the
reasons of things, aud hail sense enough
to accept aud utilizo Them.—Harpcr't
liazar,
lion Steel I’ens are Made,
First the steel is rolloil into big
sheets. This is cut into strips about
three iuchos wide. These strips are
annealed; that is, they are heated to a
rod hot boat and permitted to cool very
grodnallv, so that the brittleness is all
removod and the stcol is soft enough to
bo oasily worked. Thou tho strips are
again rolled to the required thieknoss,
or, rather, thinuoss for the uverage
steel pen is not thicker then a shoot of
thin letter paper. Noxt, tho blank
pen is cut out of (lie flat strip. On
this the nnmo of the maker or of the
brand is stamped. Next, tho pen is
molded in a form which combines
gracefulness with strength. Tho ro‘n;d-
ing enables the pen to hold the too "mite
ink and to distribute it more gradually
than could bo done with a flat blade.
The little hole whioh is out at the end
of the slit serves to regulate tha elas
ticity, and also facilitates tlio running
of tho ink. Then comes tho prooess of
hardening and tempering. The steel
is heated to a cherry-red and then
plunged ouddonly into somo cool sub
stance. This at once changes the qual
ity of the metal from that olfcsoft, lead-
like substauoo to a brittle, spiugy one.
Then the temper of tho steel must be
drawn, for without this process it would
bo too brittle. The drawing consists
6f hoatfag w»o pon' until it iftikeMwr
certain color. The first color that
appears is a straw color. This changes
rapidly to a blue. The elasticity of tho
metal varies with tho oolor, and is fast
ened at any point by instant plunging
into cold water. Tho processes of slit
ting, polishing, pointing and finishing
the pens are operations requiring dex
terity, but by long pructioo the work
men and workwomen become vory ex
pert. There have been few changes of
late years, aud tho prooess of manu
facture is much the same that it wfls
twenty years ago, and the prices are
rather uniform, ranging from seventy-
five cents to $4 a gross, according to
tho quality of the finish.
Exhibitors of the Elephant
Standing near tho desk of the Fifth
Avenue Hotel a day or two since, I saw
a neatly dressed, gentlemanly man step
up to the clerk and say: “I want to
see the town and am a stranger stoppiug
here with you.” Tho clerk without n
reply, turned and whistled for a bell
boy. "Call M said the olerk.
In a moment a large, good-looking man,
as well dressed as any gentleman on tho
street, appeared. The olerk introduced
him to tho person who wanted to see
the sights of a great city. “Whatever
this man does is all right,” said tlio clerk
to him. "He is our man, and ho knows
the ropes.” Tiie two stepped aside,
talked in a subdued tone a moment,
and then parted to meet again later.
The next morning I saw tho two men
in the barroom drinking seltzer water.
They both looked „as tliongLi they had
mado a ui^'ht of i’v. Ail tho great
hotels keep good-looking, well-informed
men to show a stranger around. It is a
costly business to the visitor, but any
one coming to Now York is willing to
bo robbed, espooially if he is bent on
seeing tho elephant.—Phildelphia
News.
The Presidential Vote.
The Tribune Almanac for 1885, pre
pared by Edward AlcPherson, gives tho
popular vote of the last Presidential
election as follows:
Cleveland..... 4,874,9KG
Maine 4,85i.981
Duller 175,370
8t. John 1: 0,309
Total 10,052,703
Cleveland’!! plurality 23,035
Lost It.—The discoverer of the richest
of the Leadville silver mines sold his
claim at once for §40,000, aud during
the following year the two purchasers
made §1,000,000 each from it. Mean
while the discoverer squander"? 1 his
$40,000 in prospecting, and tho other
day, a homeless tramp, applied for a
night’s lodging at the Leadville station
house.
THE LIME-KILN CLUB death.dealixo dmii.ci.oths.
IiITTI.IC I.Kxnom IN TilK I.ANUDAOD
IIR TIIK PAY,
r«. Wiifkln* Tnkrn in Timh hv fh* Pre.l-
tlrut lor I mini'll, K in mo iimli l.niin.
(Fromlli« Datroit Pros Press.)
, ^ "If Brudder Shindig Watkins am in
•<“ hnll to-night he will pleaso step dis
Pay,” said Brother Gardner, a* every
body except Bed IV ek Taylor drow in
« 6 feet aud ceased coughing,
"f Brother Watkins had jammed himself
Into the northwest corner ami was rub
bing down a bunion with a fragment of
frindstoue, but be slipped on bin shoes
sad made his way to tho Prrrldont’s
desk with a look of keen expectmoy on
his fueo.
4 "Eruddor Watkins,” continued tho
ftesidcut, "about a y’ar ago 1 I nil a few
Krorde to any to Clarified Dsvi- on tho
kubjeck of Inngwtdge. I no* want io
spoke to you indiwidually. Ou sebernl
different occoshuns 1 bus hoard you wind
np an ohsorvashun wid turn dig nulit.
■Hns you got any diggin’ to do?”
. "N—uo, sail,”
"Ain't gwlno to dig a oollar or a well ?’’
‘ "No, Mali.”
"Do you know anybody named
Bobs?” *
s "I reckon not, sail.”
"Den why did you coll on Solis to
cum an dig ?”
, "I dnano,”
"Um I Ou odder occasions, IJrndder
Wstkins, 1 has heard you spook of aqtta
pura. Has you much .of a winter's
$took on hand ?”
*> "I—I—no, sah,"
"Dat’a too bad 1 1 war’ gwine to buy
a ton or so of yon. All out, eh ? Now,
Brndder Wstkins, what did yon mean
one dny las' weok when yon told Oivea-
dnni Jones dat yon foit en dithabille 9"
"1 duau’ remember, sab.”
"Doan’ eh 1 J)oan’ happen to hov
ysny en dinhabiUa in yonr pooket to-
might, do you?”
) "No, sail.”
'Cat's sad—worry sad I At do oyster
, iC'-H*** «*«**.* 7^
dor Oallforth dat yon nobber went ont
^'nights widout yonr nimiiiaeimilibuncu-
ranter wid you. How many times doos
it shoot, Brudder Watkins?”
"I—I duuno, oah.”
"Whioh pooket do you oar’y it in ?’’
"None of ’em.”
"Brudder Watkins, look me in de left
aye 1 De mnu wjio has looked iq at do
baok doah of a college am not spesl.u-
ally called upon to give de fack away.
Au’, too, de English laugwidge am so
plain an’ easy dat anybody kin make
hisself understood widout breukiu’ his
back. When de President of u Repub
lic like dis sends fo’lh iui annuul message
in Rich eimpio English dat skulu boys
kin swaller ehory word, dur liaiu’t much
call fur do likes of us to stand on do
hind platform of a street kyar an’ call
oat: ‘Ad interim ami cub ,\utnani gen-
erit ante bellurn comma je fun!' Wo
know it widout his giviu’ hisself away.
"Tako yer scat, Brudder Watkins, an’
let mo hope dat you will honcefo’th use
de langwidge of tho kentry in impartin’
de infurmashun dat you went to bed
wid cold feet an’ got up wid a back-
aohe. If you war’ publishiu’ a cheap
arternooD paper, for circulashun among
people who had spent years at cohege,
it might do to frow Greek aud Latin
into your editorials, but in yer present
condishuu you kin git trusted fur bacon
in do English laugwidge, an’ pay when
de bill am made out in de same.”
At nil Excentlon.
Tho late Capt. Isaiah llynders, of New
fork, as U. 8. Marshal under Buchanan,
xeouted Hicks, tho pirate. Ono who
witnessed tho affair says: When the
Marshal was about to adjust the rope
under the neck of nicks, who had been
found guilty by n jury of his peers of
piracy on the high Hoas, the crowd
ironnd the island kept shouting.
"Down in front; sit down there so I can
see.” And shortly some one shouted.
"Three cheers for Alurshal Rynders,”
which wero given with a will, and then
eumo the shout for “a speech, a speech,
a speech,” whioh seemed for a moment
to rather abash even Isaiah Rynders.
Ho hesitated a moment, then whispered
in the oar of the pirate, who answered
and seemed to hesitate, until finally
Rynders dropped tho rope, which he
was just about to tie in a big knot
under the left ear of tho convict, and,
stepping to the front, raised his shiny
hat gracefully, waved his oane to com
mand silence, and in a very genteel
and graceful manner said, "Pardon mo,
fellow citizens, pardon me; the gentle
man declines to address his fellow
citizens to-day,” and returning finished
file rope, and quick us lightning
touched the spring, and down dropped
the pirate, a dead, man, and the Mar
shal, waving a graceful farewell to his
constituents, disappeared.
LITTLE BABY JIM
A Till' rSn«»rltrei>pr MUcnafStl nt Wt»l
fllie I'omul In I lie Ullcliou.
A iidy • housekeeper, writing in a
western magazine, expresson the follow
ing vory plain views ou a homely but
important subject, sbo says; t
"1 had some neighbors ouco, clever, j
good sort of folks. Cue fall font o' 1
them were sick at one time with typhoid
fever, Tho doctor orderod the tinogai
barrels whitewashed and threw about
forty cents' worth of carbolic act l into
the swill-pail and departs 1. I m»6h lute j
the kitohou to mako gruel, 1 needed n j
dish-cloth find looked around and louud j
several, and suoh ‘rags I' I burned them
all aud called the daughter of th ■ house
to got me u dish-cloth. She looked
around ou the tables.
" 'Why,' she sal I, ‘there was about a
dozen here tliiH morning,’ and she
lookoil in tlio wood-box and on the man-
tle-pieco and felt in the dark comet ol
tho cupboard.
" ‘Well,’ I said, ‘T Haw sonic old black I
rotten rags lying around and I burned
them, for there is death i:i sue!) dish*
olbths as these, and you must novi r use
them again.’
"1 'took turns’ at nursing that family
four weeks, and 1 believe those dirty
disliolothn wero iho cause of all that
hard work. Therefore, I say to every
housekeeper, Keep your ditholoths
clean. You muy wear yonr dresses
without ironing, yonr Bun-bonuets with
out elastics, but you must keep your
disheloths clean. You nifty only comb
your hair on Sundays, you may not
wear a oollar uulosa you go from home,
but you must wash your diBboloth. Yon
may only sweep the floor ‘wiieu the sign
gets right;’ tho windows don't need
washing, you cau look out nt the door ;
that spider web on the front poQpk don’t
hurt anything; but, os you lovo your
lives, wash out your disholoth. -Let the
loxtnil get ripo in the garden (tho seed
is a foot deep, anyway); let the holes in
the heels of your husband's fqainrgV go
nnilarned; let the sage go Ubgathei'Qd;
lukUte.iiW'Vwi’^tdiooa K^ ljssj^tmdays
without MaelcirfgV W tftoucnB airrimf
weeks ob one wooden egg ; but ilo wash
your dishcloths. Eat without a table
cloth ; wash your faces and let them ilry ;
do without a curtain for your windows
aud ouke for your tea, but, for heaven’s
sake, keep your diskoloths clean.”
cAnisra a cooi.nkmh to urniNf) tr
BKTWKK.N MAN ANI» WIVK.
Th* Ntory i.fa Mill* RatinUMnst’a ClaaeCail
r.oiu u Hand llarac.
How a Prize Ham was Cured*
J. R. Woods, of Albomarle county
Va., who rocoived tho first premium fo
a Virginia hum at tho State ttgriculfnrit,
fair, describes his prooess of earing us
follows: "I out out my hogs when the
animal licnt is out, aud to 1,000 pouuds
I apply about one bushel nud a peok of
Halt, I put on Iho flesh side of my hams
between a tea aud u tablespoonfpl of
saltpotro, before applying suit; if large,
I take them uy and result whore needed,
doiug this sooner or later, impending on
the weather, whether mild or oold. I
hung up my hams in four or five weeks,
before whioh I apply as much flne-
grouud black pepper as can be made to
adhere to the ilesh; do not use any
sugar or molusses. Light should bo ex
cluded from tho house, especially during
the fly season. Brooking should bo done
in damp weather, and a part of the time
the wood should burn in a blaze to dry
tho meat somewhat, being particular in
not having tho fire too warm. If the
meat in the fly season is given oat after
dark and before light in the morning,
tho pepper will be ample protection
against the fly; but if the house is
opened daring the day, it may be neces
sary to use paper bags. No one can
have first-class hams without having tlio
right sort of hogs. The common black
hog furnishes excellent hams, but tho
Berkshire, or Berkshire crossed with the
Slack hog. makes as good as I ever saw. ’ ’
A "Boy’s” Brace nt Table.
The following incident is vouched for
by parties well acquainted with tho
"boy,” ijow a young professor in one ol
our lurg^l cities. He was the son o)
a clergyman, und (hough only fivo years
old, bright and clear bevomJ his years.
It wits at a dinner given by his mother
lor a few intimate friends. Master
W was allowed his usual place at
table, but becoming unruly, was, by
way of punishment, transferred to a side
table, whither nurse had removed his
little plate, knife and fork by mamma’s
order.
No sooner was the little fellow seated
in his high chair again than, bowing
uis head und clasping his hands on hir
soiled bib, he lisped, with apparent
reverence and groat gravity, "Oh, Lord,
I thank Thee that Thou hast prepared
a table for mo in tlio presence of miuo
enemies.” It was with difficulty that
the "grown-ups” kopt their smiles from
becoming audi hie. -- Harper* n Magazine.
Baby Jim, of tho Foundlings’ Homs-
had a very narrow escape lost week,
says the Ciiicago Inter-Ocean, He i*
red headed ami freckled, but he is luaty
enough for a farm hand. VVhcu he wan
about eight moulliB old a lady who had
no children took him to bring up. There
were prettier babies than Jim, but some
how she took a fancy to him, Iu spite
of hia fiery hair there was something ur
his face that made him handsome. In
telligence Mas iu his eyes and people
who looked at his bead said he would be
heard from in the worhb lie was heard
from very frequently, and that is what
came very near changing the whok>
course of bis life.
The husband of tlio lady who took
Jim did not liko him. .Tim’s voioe was
not mimical nml his red hair did uok
match the furniture in the handsome*
home to whioh ho had been taken. The
wilu’s attentions to him may havo mado
the husband jealous, too. Something
was the matter witli Jim all tho time,
and tho man of the house got tired ok
him, though his wife enjoyed it alb
Whatever .Tim did was fun to her. She
rigged him np in new clothes and fash
ioned raauy pretty garments for him
herself.
For a time tbo husband, who had sub
mitted at first in silonoe, said little, but
after a while it liecame evident that
trouble was brewing in the family. Tho
man was ill-natured, and baby Jim’s il
luminated countenance and uproariouo
volco aggravated him. There were some
harsh words between Imsband and wife/
some tears and reproaches, f pi low ad by
n day of reflection ou the part of< tbo
wife. Toward evening sbe.ipado up her*
mir.de Takiijg Jim in'her arms Bhe sum-
'Atoned her-carriage apd drove rapid'y tc
*l)o homo, where, with mauyi tears and '
earcssls, she 16ft lilm‘, telling .the reason
sayiug tbit she jv.opidsend Lisboan-
That night when sue waa picking up
the little garments and toys and packing
them carelessly in a small trunk wbiob
she had labeled Jim, ber husband, who
had finished his cigar, Inquired:
"Where’s Jim ?”
"He’s gone/’ she said.
"Where ?"
"I took him baok to the Foundlings'
Home, and I’m paoking hia things
now."
Bhe didn’t look np. In fact, her head
was bent lower than seemed necessary.
The husband looked thoughtful, turned
around on his heel, wliiRtled a little aud
walked into tho library. Ho begun to
fool that he lmd won u great victory over
a baby and a woman, but he oould not
i x(ract* any oomfort from tho reflection,
Tlio house seemed quiet, and he half
wished he oould hour Jim yell and his
wife laugh. Jim waa uot so much a
nuisanoe utter all. It might be handy
to have him in the family.
The next morning at breakfast ho told
his wife that he had no idea that Bhe
would send Jim back to the home. He
may have expressed a wish that she
would, and even oommanded it, but he
didn’t a'.wuyH mean what he said when
he wus annoyed by business oares. If
she set so muoh store by Jim, she had
better go and get kirn. He thought he
could stand it. It is vory hard for a man
to own up.
That breakfast was never finished.
The horses were at the door as quick as
they could lie harnessed, and as the
wife lett the house she exclaimed :
"Oh, what if he should be gone 1
Drive as fast as you can.”
"No danger,” said the husband, listen
ing to the reoeodiug wheels, "He’ll be
there."
Aud so he was. He was in line with
the others, taking his gruel aud yelling,
of course. The lady explained her
errand, seized him to her breast and
made him cry still louder. Then she
drove homo with liim, hugging him
olose all the way, and that day when the
trunk was unpacked she sang so loud
that eveu Jim’s war-whoop, occasioualiy
raised in defiance, could not be heard.
It was a olose call for Baby Jim.
A HoosrcK Falls lady who is promi
nent in the revival work iu the Methodist
Episcopal Church recently knelt iu the
uislo near somo boys who wore laughing
at tho earnestness of the Christians,
anil prayed: "O Lord, these boys
think they are awfully smart, but we
beseech Thco, good Lord, to make tfleir
hearts os soft as their heads."
A Bctrpbise.—A New Orleans paj
makes this surprising statement: Noi
mg surprises a man more than bei
killed when be expects te kill hoe
bodv.