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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. PUT AD. IN p- iR’lbtto jU-1* V! Mir," rifths w*q 1 work tip your business to a • -• 1 • j payin M I. Onr ibook and job office is busy turn ing ont HrtL-clatttt job work all t.be time, and we propose to give nulls- faction at reasonable prices. Lf yon need anything in the job printing line, write to us or see u» before placing your order. , It will pay you. BSSFSOTFTXLX.? THE SEARCH-LIGHT.