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NTH WENT FISHING
I USED HIS HOOK ANO LINE IN A j
Bip CLOVER FIELD.
nccled lilt Couniilrt t«
r.o Was Ao|(!lag Fur. but Hs
|nntl.v l/ajidi'd the Prise For
ilrh He Was Strlvtn*.
Line young men wb« enHsted thus
Itlie war witlliEpatu. but never saw
active service, were-talking over
days In uuifonu one night and
Ifiteiestlng stories of camp life,
young man who had been a Uospl-
Itewani told this story:
jnjiitli tu our camp In Georgia
enough to drive n man to despair,
not only wnfs it hot. but every day'
eased our .belief tlmf the. guverti-
|t had iio Intention of giving us a
iiee to get Into action or to let us go
to our homes. It was u mighty
^h predicament for n lot 6f young
who had left business and every-
■ else In a burst of patriotic eutbu-
hu and expected to gt*t Into o scrap
|iort order. The mob Worked every
they could to get their discharges.
It was at a time when the man
n pull couldn't get auv more thnir - ovor them.”
‘ *V T .. “Ckf annru,
THE ACT OF A HERO.
Re Mucked a Life Oat of a Pool of
Molten Metal.
Tnree men came np carrying a long
I Iron shaft, which bad been cut In two,
J so that an Iron rlug could lie Inserted
between the two halves. An empty
crucible a foot ✓wide and deep hung In
the ring. The forward end of the pole
held a crossbar, making It, os It were,
« huge T. Two weu held the T part of
the pole; the third grasped the rear
eu4- The crucible hung betwoeu. . The
remainder of the molten metal from
the culuiou wns tipped. Into one cruci
ble, and the men trotted off with It, the
.two In front with strained faces, the
tuau behind driving them complacent
ly, the oddest ti-am In the World. He
steered them through u doorway, niul
.they emptied theft crucible lute a small
mold. As they went they kept step in
an unusual limuuer. Instead of step
ping out right foot with A&l foot the
left man's right leg'and thy right man's,
left leg went forward together, km*.-
fylth kUee, foot with foot We asked
why; ., i ,
.“That" wild Ourgulde, "Is to prevent
them from tripping. If they should
fail yop know, tlist metal would pour
non without a friend. After awhile
boys gave up trying to get their
HIV’S and made up their uiluds to
anil bear It.
s a hospital steward 1 used to hear
n3 deal about the health of the reg
it from the surgeons, and one day
s very much surprised to hear one
em sny tliat he was afraid Cinch
bmpnny C wns going to lose his
id. 1 knew Cllicb ns n big, good na
fellow, -who tried to got a dls-
ge'ns soon a* he learned that wo
not going to have a light. When
ailed, he became sullen nud moody
more we watched him the more
Inccd wo became that somethiiic
wrong with him. Every time w<
around we found him mumbling
Imse'f. and one dny a crowd of as
ad him seated cu a stump In the
Idle of a big clover field, holding In
{it of him a long pole, attached to
li was a piece of cord, on the end
blob was n pin bent to resemble a
look. Ho would drop the hook 111
he long grans and let It stay thor
fi time. Then he would make a
nnd when the book fell would sit
wnt< h the end af his line Intently
ry once In awhile he would Jerk The
out of the grass as though he bad
a nibble. Once one of the boy*
pod hp and ’Haiti:
‘What are you fishing for?*
Ie got uo ohswyr. Ail Cinch dlt,
to turn a pair of -hollow eyes on
and then resume his fishing. After
n gang used to go out aud watch
eh every afternoon. They would
e In the gross nnd almost but**
li la lighter at the seriousness with
h the poor fellow would cast his
of wrapping eonl nud Ids pin t
k and then sit and wall for a bite
ry once In awhile one of the boys
id saunter Out and say: i
'What are you fishing for, Cinch 7’
t got to be the regimental saying.
1 suppoSa that the question, ‘What
yon fishing for. Cinch J' was thrown
he man from Company C a hundred
les u day'. By aud l\v the news got
[the officers thnt Cinch wns going
They heard aliont his fishiug In
fields, anti cue day the surgeon
or weut out and witnessed the pCr
muce. He went hack a ml reported
the colonel that unless Clucb wns
barged at ouce he would he hope
Jy insane. The result whs that his
dition was telegraphed on to Wash
on and discharge papers were re
tied at once.
The colonel In the goodness of bis
rt went to look up Cinch nud give
the news. He found bltn sitting
a stump In the field fishing away,
lie around blot sat about fit) of the
'Intent, one of whom wonld yell,
lmt are yon fishing for. Ctneb V
‘ry few minutes. The colonel step-
I up anil touching Cinch oo the
aider said:
‘Cinch, we think your health de-
uds that you leave the service, and
we hyve procured an honorable dls-
irgc fot you. Here It Is.* and be
hied Cinch the papers,
Cinch dropped his fishing pole and
bbed the papers. He gave one look
them, and whim be saw that they
all right waved them trtuuphant-
over bis bead aud shouted at the
of his voice:
This Is what 1 was fishing for,
ig ye alL This Is what I was flsh-
for. and 1 got It too.' And with
he went dancing over the field.
»lng ns standing there, the first
sis of the truth creeping Into onr
Ins.
The colonel looked foolish, and by
1 by we began to sneak away one
one. There was oo doubt bat what
'Of course such a thing never hap
pened?”
“Ycfc,' It did one$ Ohe or the then
Went down. Tbs other Jumped dear.-
but the fellow ou the fioor swam lu it."
"Horrible! Of course he died Instant
ly. poor man?”
"No; the foreman of the carrying
gang, taking In the situation, made
severaV terrific leaps for hhu. jumped
right into the middle of It. picked him
tip and threw’ klni out of It bodily.
Then lie Jumped clear himself, with
the stuff dropping from his shock.
They troth went to the hospltul. bet
they tire all right now. Heroic, wasn’t
it? By the way, that's him. the fore-
man, Jim H., over there uOvl. He is
still looking after those fellows.'*
► We looked oyer to tivh'ej't? a big tpute
eulnr fellow, was, difecTIng a gang pf.
men manipulating molten metal. 'He
was nbt disfigured, aud he did. not lopk
like'a here. but. thereafter the grime
that covered him seemed noble Indeed,
a jut he wouhV hot say a Word 1 of ills
feat when <ve sought to talk with liim
nbo.ut It But Jim ■R. will prpbab|y
never want for a J,i>b q« ,lpug as Bald-
win's Is working.—From uii Article in
the Baldwin Locomotive VVorks In
Frauk Leslie's Popular Monthly.
ONLY AN OLD &ON(3< 1
-- • o' ■ ■ '
Oat It lUastrated tT»e Cni-lotitr of a
lien York CrotVdf
It was only u song, imd oh Old one jut
but It came,near causing a block
on the Broadway surface Hue, tpe jollier
day. The singer was as .black as tin*
coal hi the cart he was delving, but
that fact cast no shadow on his exuber 1
out spirits. AM he swung his chariot
from Broadway Into I’drtlamll Street
he raised bis voice. Thcli the trouble
began.
When the uotos of “Old Blac'k' Jpe"
rang out high aiul clear above 'the 4111
of traffic, expressions of blank, aumye-.
ment Overspread the faces of the bfr
rylng pedestrians who Thronged the
sidewalks. Necks were craned In 1 a
vain search for the location of soiiic
newly patented phonograph. Crowds
collected aud gazed vacantly upon the
alii as' If they expected to locate tile
sound In some office window'; teams
were drawn up until a long line iof
trucks extended Up Cortlnndt street to
Broadway, barring access to the stroll,
thnt their drlfers nilghi ascertain the
cause of the crowd’s curiosity. Sud'
dhnly ft newsboy cried:
“Ah. rubber! Dontcher see lt*a only
de bigger a-slngln V
Tlie crowd laughed- The darky, nov
lustily holding forth on "The ftutvnnue-
River." turned sharply. Into I'lliiit*!.'
street, totally oblivious to the excite-
ment he had cuuscd. The crowd thei.
dispersed, and the iong Hue of wugo!) <
began to move on<-e more.
"Well.” esclnlmed a Joreeymnn or
his way to the ferry. "New Yorkers enli
country people curious, but"— H--
shrugged his shoulders and passed on
—New York Mall and Express.
“THE FRENCH 9HORE. w
Wk*M Misery, Squalor, Hanger end
Cold Male Id Newfoundland.
Misery, squalor nnd wretchedness,
accentuated by an almost ceaseless
struggle with hunger and cold, are the
portion of the Inhabitants of the
“North 'Shore,’’ In, Newfoundland.
Their little hamlets are perched In the
rifts In the almost unbroken bills, nud
the fierce storms sweep the' surface
almost to their doorsteps, ■ while 'fdr
seven months of the year their const
is blockaded with lee and they are cut
off from all communication with the
outside world.
The only industry Is codfishing, and
cod hi the sole medium of exchange.
The people rarely see money, and bar
ter Is the system of trailing, a quintal
of .cod being the unit of value. The
Heeds of tfcic fisher folk are only' sup
plied by the Itinerant trader, his
schooner being laden with'previsions,
clothing and . fishiug appliances. . Thus
have.these people lived for generations.
They are Ignorant, for the moons of
education art? nonexistent, the children
being content with what satisfied their
fathers. The common objects of every
day; life are unknown to them. They
have neither horses uor cattle. Only
a few of the older folk who hftve ven
tured smifh have Any knowledge of
these things.
There are no ronds nnd therefore no
vehicles. ^Travel is - by boat during
the summer and over the Ice. floes dur
ing the rest of the year. The fevy let
ters for the clergy and others who cam
read are conveyed ’to the settlements
by dog teams during the winter,’ and,
sate for 'the fortnightly visit-of the
mallbont during the period of open '
navigation, a., si earner Is never seen
by the residents. ■,
With such mnrvols as elWMe tele
graphs. telephones hnd vlretrle light
they are of course' 'Unfamiliar, and
their standard pf J/)t>i?|l>gej)ee latest
Indicated by,staring that li Is not un
usual to find n Justice of the peace Who
CSnnot Write his oUrt uamCt—Cham
bers’Journal. ’ ..ii ,
Trfamm of tbr White Boone.
There are donbtlcss lu eyery larg“
etty lu the country larger and more yal
cable eollretlons of brh-n-hrac and art
furniture than that to be found In tlie
private apartments of the executive
mansion, hut It Is a question wlietbei
there Is in the length and breadth 01
the land any other half so Interesting
Rarity Is. of course, a universal ctmmc
tertstle of the artistic ge:n* w-fllten-i
throagli the home of the presidents
but better than that Is the fact that al
most every piece Is fraught with mem
ortes and associations that make If ;
A MAN AND HIS VIOLETS.
ifito sioYr o* Ac vtn4 , i*«i( 'kiiir
1 WMl anilvtilTk* Flonni. ^
“Yes, It was a lovely bunch «f vlo-
rk’ts,” slgliPd }¥ 'Thq rypelved
them, "but; I wish they bad never com*'
to nie.‘ Vou see, It trap this W.it^: .TIi.-
man who sent them Is'but of those a tv.
fully dick fellows' who boro you to
deoth-nthe kind you feel so gludjto jscc
talking - to fsauiC' one else, don't yon
know," she emjed appoullugjy.
"Ye*: I've seen th? type," sjfiupgtbet-
lefl'hy idplfed her auditor.
"Well, db 1 my birthday be sent thnt
lovely bunch of vlolels—perfeet -beau-
•ties they wcre-rtylUt a dear llttje note'
,tq ; t^e effect that tye hpd tp’gb out of
"town, but would' be' reprt’sefited by
these little purple clad messenger*; sc
Ilke Hiy-byes and whose fragrance a!
ways reminded him of me. I thought
the note *Wtbfir hiee.*-'she concludi’d
pensively, “and. lint the flowers In the
parlor 011 the center table, writing bark
that'I Lad done no. Why In the world
was l so prompt?” she walled.
”H was no more than polite.”
"Ob, much more! hjy dear, if la al
ways Idiotic to go Into detail* llkq-thkl.
Well, be did not go out of toWh. but
wak ’fortunately’ detained nnd cttipe
around after' dll to' tell the so. Aud
those wretcbid rlolots"-r-
"Uurel.v. they wereyiU right?” t r
,‘‘l,.fiad loaned Jhein to Anble to'wehr
to' the 1 Bianks' dltiiier. Of'course I
hod to teH ‘hlm that the heat of the,
room was too great, and I bad put
them In the Icebox, Just as he whs
going niut l was congratulating myself
on my escape lu sailed that mlserntlle
girt, violets and all! ' If be had' ouiy
gone, as be said be would, It woiflri
have been all right. Men are so unre
liable!”—New York Mail aud Express.
Animal Peculiarities.
If a female fox (vlxeb) gets caught
In a steel trap mad Is-discovered by
the male or fox dog. It is said be inva
riably kills her. although I hove Hot
heard ft stated that the vixen would
kill'the dog fox or another vixen or ffte
male another mftlo.
If a cow becomes impaled on a fence
and groans with pain, the whole herd
Instantly rush wildly to the spot, fight
and apparently do their best to destroy
her If not beaten off.
A bog confined with others In a pen
brenk* out and on being returned to
the pen Is at once set upon and bitten
by the others.
Why. with all the Instinct animals
possess. Is the desire so strong to in
jure or destroy rather than to help or
rescue?—New York Sun.
Can be properly run without beirg
Advertised,
And rid'advertising pays better than
neVps^viper ^dvert;*iitg. Tbe flews,
pilptr goes Into the homes of the
people and is jjead through. If bar
gains are offered, they make a note
of it.
LMT
*• ■ ’»-! (idof* iM ’ .
first-class advertising mediunu,
As 1 ’it f* 1 read Ay the people ve^y
.. lit thl* i A'oanty and jJ>jr
edlinlifi*.
»1 Iwi
prized (tossesMloD. Of the whole oum
tier probably half are tbe gifts oi king-
regimental question. ‘What are you and rulers, tokens of appreciation frets*
dng for. Wncbr bad been answer-! friendly gallons, and »»>e remtrtndei
and in a most emphatic and aut> j having been fashioned especially fi.
Ring fashion. Cinch was as sane as the White House, have no duplicate
rbody, but when he found be coaid anywhere else in tbe world.—Woman
get an honorable discharge In one 1 Home Companion.
i lie tried for it another.”—New j — — ■- ■■ .
rk Sun. - I ‘
. | From Manila to Australia Is “like go
tat we Vail “tlmV’ la but a single |ng down n river, for one Is out of sight
ray thrown across tbe Infinite void 0 f land only two days." Tip* voyage
etern.ty. and “life” la but a floating hmts 21 days, but the course Is through
P ‘‘ r or mote that vanishes even os ft tlie south sea Islands, which accounts
rnes risible tbercon. for its resemblance to river navigation.
Wood Tliat Cnm
Among lu many curious - products
South Africa includes tbe “sueoze
wood” tree, which takes Its name from
the fact that one cannot cut It with a
saw without sneezing, as the fine dust
has exactly the effect of snuff. Even
In planing tbe wood It will sometimes
cause sneezing. No Insect, worm or
barnacle will touch It. It Is very hitter
to tbe taste, and when placed In water
It will sink. Tbe color Is light brown
and the grain very close and hard.
For dock work, piers or Jetties It Is a
useful timber, lasting a long while un
der water.
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