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TDS LAST CHARGE. hi ■ on. trrrifle and thnnJcrou*, . u. : ■ .Min ing tlw wild galea, r v.i.Le.ieU that writhe and wind un ,:ri U liiT-ir piercing Urath wailtt 6 (a t i jgetlii.r jour forces; i ■ ;. f..r that mah.’S ibt beat V ■ a tv', irlwind of heroea; . foiefallici*! Cavalry, chargef ir ri v: a ilread note and dangeroua; < ;id i t 11 iv desperate breatlii i liv of i>. tinging and Hangoroita, I ue - , > irons that rode to theit n vs, sm) ride forward the griidnn. v me o it ce more loud sm) largr! 1 loti deed rnrn, that wc ride on v brother* once! Cavalry, charge 7 5 a note tensor ami tremulous; . 8 lost to us, so!) for our rica*!! c autre! Oh, li t your nine emu - r >'J ike souls that have fled! l V .’ Ve are fifty that foliowl '* ri ' r bursts over its marge I V : !>5 his horse into their hollowf - ' . , them! Cavalry, charge! : Uouve in McClure's Magazine. F, JLED WITH A ROD. i- De Hod XIUNt Be Iron, Willi ■ Kedhot Tip. ! — a j] ot | 1(>r mpfiiods of control v 1 i beasts fail the keeper has only t ■-I I v an iron rod, which has been n . dhot at one end,” said an old circus man to a Star reporter recently. > and tigers,” be continued, "will ’ : l••’fore the heated poker, and no In: .:<! how rest less nnd fretful they uu have been the sight of the glow i.’ iron Immediately brings them to *'■ Lest of animal senses. It has nn i hypnotic Influence over i have seldom hoard of an 11 : *1 being burned in this manner, I .’ever. vo there Is nothing cruel in i i treatment. It would not do for the kt •r to burn flu* charges under his for the scars would mar tinUi d for exhibition purposes. The li 1 Iron is a terror. Just the same, at order its persuasion the kings of are docile and ready to do v )i i- wanted of them. ■us menageries the animals O ) i ■ ■ une almost unmanageable. r f*I H true of the younger specimens, ' i not like the idea of being i ■ so much hauled about • oi o n eut off from the light of ’ d world. When It becomes : do glvo their cages a tbor ' sanitary cleaning, one attend the beast In n corner by of the redhot iron, while nn ■>r 'ughl.v cleanses the remain :> i i' (lie cage, the work being ■ 1 by brooms and mops outside. In changing tlie .la from the cages ein ; the road to the larger nnd dimis quarters at the win what we call a strong bo.t i e wagon is hauled along ■ <-uge and the steel strong i both ends. Is CODS fit u ted a The ao.’nml hesitates to ' •fM’ruey through such 0 * a Bus¬ •r ing object, however, nnd filed iron must be brought i I Washington Star. Won t |» to the I.lnitt. ,v< ; society woman tells a story :: very little newsboy who so nppre :< il her kindness to him at n news I dinner that be went to the extent ct great suffering for her sake. At 1 d she thinks It was appreciation, It t lit >rs have doubts. At all events, the mug woman who. with n number < : hers, was engaged In serving the l>< noticed this litth* boy way off at •.' i■ ad of the table. Many of his lnr £ fejlpws were already hard at work oj he various good things, but this lit t fellow had evidently been neglected. Clearly here was a ease of urgent ehar t lly. m> the amateur waitress flew to hla side, nnd for an hour she saw to It that It, dl«1 not lack for anything. Plato after plate of turkey was literally si vi red upon him. Finally, ns she sri another piece of plum pudding In f; nt of him, be rolled his eyes meekly t< ird her and snid In muffled tones: “Well. miss. I kin chew, but I can’t swaller no more!”—New York Sun. Ouidn nnd the Dncheaae*. Lord ’itathmore told a friend how he 01 me took Ouidn in to dinner nnd how d:-appointed he was to find tlint the novelist devoted herself to the dishes rather than to Intellectual refreshment IN' said at last in despair nt having 0 ;>• been able to get “Yes” nnd "So" in answer to the different subjects lie introduced: ‘Tm afraid I’m singularly u ; fortunate In my choice of topics. Is there anything we could talk about to Interest you?” o wlileh tbe chronicler of society’s s! wl ualngs replied; “There Is one ; which would Interest me ve.-y n h. Tell me about the duchesses. I 1 vo written about them all my life ami never met one yet.” Tlie Double Letter. > double letter Is scarcely of use ir. nay language. Sometimes we are pt 'consistent. Letter must have t titt i'lil one. The double letter oni affects the pronunciation, i! not bo Well to drop the tter altogether? It would polling and save time too.— id Queries. he Trtith Kurtwl. You look like a good and t Tell me—Is your mis t; lly out? mn'nm. * 0 tic She Is, At the elbows, ma’ain.— ( i nine. ‘ " r man is captious and Jealous. • •pi-tuons about trifles. He < If to tie slighted, and Ik thing that is said meant a fiver Is not silver at all. i v of various of the bn*cr n N*b was inveutod in China uci 0 there for centuries. t v P* I - m I ■i , y. V I m iffua y A * 2*i K'T f :-y' Is the one you can’t af¬ ford to miss. Fust think THIRTEEN 1 S EVEB.Y MONTH t For 12 Months. 4 m 1 tit J Hf r-M y. N! t rsj 8 Subscribe At S% m D» 1 E I I [If K*> Our fee returned if wo fail. Any one sending sketch and description any invent,:ou will promptly receivo our opinion freo concerning the patent¬ ability of same. “How to obtain a patent” sent upon request. PateriH secured through us advertised for sale at our expense. Patents haken out through us receivo special notice , without charge, > Tun Pate; jt Record, an illustrated and widely circulated journal, consult* by Manufacturers and Investors. Send for sample copy FREE* Address, VICTOR J. EVANS & CO., (Patent Attorneys,) Evans Building, WASHINGTON, O. C. The Drnrer He Ditln’t Make. In a certain parish near Dumfries, Scotln'K’, n tie s-ly made elder was uioned to the sickbed of a parishioner. Being naturally a bashful man. he was in gr*at anxiety ns to the “prayer he wad ha’e to pit up” and wished to avoitl going altogether, At length he was persuaded by his wife nnd start ed on his errand, On his return his wife greeted him with the query: “And how did ye get on. William?” “Oh, grand! He was deid.” Hotel Life. Jackson—What time do you wake up In the morning usually ? Jimsor—Four o'clock. “Great snakes! Why so -arly?” “1 board nt a lictel. uul that’s the hour the mnn in tlm Pert moh yoes tr bed.”—New York Weekly. In every home there is tr mhle Sun¬ day morning In finding the 5 mu’* dear, unde rwea r.—A to I li son G loin-. The life of nn Australia 1 native rarely oxcccijs GO years. .1 ■ be depended upon to do ns ranch rs any other heart in Jericho. The paper wer t round, and men put down their names from 1.7 to 50 cents, Bach one find an explanation to make, lie was thro win out a feeler, hut eould re depended upon for $100 if there was need of it. The sum of $1.8!) had bin raised and there v.as a general feel; sli through the crowd that Jericho w; - doin herself proud when i.hsb Bilik ,.s aim* s/iunteriu in. Deacon .Sfioonei at owe explained the. case to him and added: •T.isb. yon are known to be a big hearted man. and we all know you will glad to contribute to sicb a worthy cause. Clve us your name.” ”1 see." said Lisii ns he took the pa¬ per, “that you bev raised $1.80 for a sick and distressed ividder who has lived among us for 15 years.” “We bev.” “Am! it's all goin to l>e hers?” “Every cent of it.” “And you want me to make it up to $2 and do old Jericho proud?” “That’s it. ldsli.” “Waal, you'll liev to excuse me. The widder don't happen to need the con of our tbrobbin and sympa thefie hearts. She died abo’ut an hour sgo. and her sister Is com in down from Albany to bury her!” M. Quad, PAID FOR THE PICTURES. the Money Came From That Settled the Dill* “For diplomatic kindness I will never forget one man.” remarked a well known sportsman of Pittsburg, “He knew how to do the right and although it didn't cost him it helped a crowd of ns out of an embarrassing predicament f*r the time. A party of young fellows, myself in the number, were camping years ago on the Beaver river, not far from Hook point. None of us bad much money after getting our outfit nnd the farmers got about all that whs left lu exchange for milk and butter. Oue three of us decided to go up to the picnic grounds, and. just as luck would have it. we met a crowd of girls from Our own town. It was a happy meet¬ ing all around until some fool girl suggested that we all get our pictures taken. To save our lives, the three of us hoys couldn’t have raised a total of jfl cents, but like true soldiers of for¬ tune we decided io go ahead aud trust to luck to meet, the obligation. “The artist eyed us rather queerly and our hearts began to fall. After a whispered consultation 1 was delegated to take him aside and negotiate with him. I was authorized to stake every¬ thing we lia<l. even down to our good names. 1 stated the case briefly but eloquently, and I must have made a good impression, for. when I bad fin¬ ished. he said it would be all right. The strangest part of it all to me was When he handed me a dollar bill. ” T know bow it is myself,’ he said. Won want ta put up a bluff before these girls. Just hand me the dollar for the pictures when I'm through.’ •That was what pleased me. nnd I flashed that bill before ihe girls with the air of a magnate. It was just a month Infer that 1 learned from a brother of one of the girls that they had noticed our worried looks aud had forestalled us by paying the pho¬ tographer ihe dollar I flourished so proudly.”—Pittsburg News. Too Hurried. A “tenderfoot” who was trying bis luck on a western ranch was at first horrified by the table etiquette which prevailed among Ids associates. Oue day his feelings evidently came so near the surface that a cowboy whose performances with a table knife of unusual size had aroused the ten derfoot’s amazement, paused with an¬ other kuifeful of food half way to his lips. “What’s the matter?” inquired the cowboy with disconcerting promptness, Ir the tone of one who moans to be answered. “Ab—er—nothing,” hastily responded the tenderfoot. “Look here.” cried the cowboy, with an accompanying thump of his un¬ occupied hand on the table, *T want you to understand that I've got man¬ ners, but I haven’t time to use 'em— that’s all!”—Youth's Companion. Something For .\oihln*.~ Some time ago there appeared in sev¬ eral Paris papers an advertisement of an obscure fruit dealer, lu which he of¬ fered to give n prize of 5 francs for tbe largest apple sent to him. Then fish caught at the bait with marvelous ra¬ pidity, and in less than a fortnight the advertiser had received enough fruit to stock his store for the season. Natu¬ rally he was glad to pay 5 francs for tbe largest of the lot. and Just ns natu¬ rally he kept all the unsuccessful speci¬ mens for sale from his shop. Besides, tbe advertising resulted in a large in¬ crease in his business. . A Harsh Fate. "Yis. poor chap," said Michael, “he had a hard toime av It- He ought t • be glad lie’s dead. He nlver bad not. av tbe blessings av tbe rich. The out* tolmc he iver rode In a carriage w t. - loife was phwln he wint to his fum-i aL”—Chicago Times Herald. Lucky Binglra. “Ringles Is n lucky mnn IDs thr' goes right on whethei (ic is nai, i.y n: Sleeping, sick well " or “Wbat Is Mingles' business v “Watchmaker.”-Ohio State Journal English women are not supposed to read the dally newspapers They take to the weeklies, and that Is why loin don has a great number of that class of a high order. In the sixteenth century it was eus totnary in Germany to got up at 5 o’clock, dine at 10, sup at 5 and go to r*t* For CIil KnTdopes. Rigid economy is the mother of a# j cumulation. Oue of the busier buSl ness men of this city, with offices m Broadway, never purchased a scratek f book in his life and never wastes a fresh piece of paper on a memorandum 0 r a column of figures. Every envet ©pu that conies in his mail is sliced apart, back from front, and the front or address side, is preserved for use. The inside forms a clean, smooth sheet It’s by GU inches. One of the j millionaires of Boston made his start i by saving empty nail kegs and selling them back to the nailmakers for 10 j wn ts each in trade. His clerks were accustomed to kicking in the staves an <] burning them in the stove.—New York Dress. An Equine Banquet. Horses were the sole guests at a re¬ cent diuner given by a company of English men and women who went from Loudon into the country for (he sole purpose of entertaining their font footed dependents. The menu Includ¬ ed chopped apjdes and carrots and slices of white bread mixed with 4 tew handfuls of sugar. V THE GEAHD SCHEMER AN INTERVIEW IN WHICH HE TALKED TO GOOD EFFECT. He Joyfally Sabserihes to n. Home and Pliilantlivopically Ponntls a tlopta— Then, Tknnkj to His Trsst I ing Caller, lie Indulges In a Sub¬ stantial Lrc.-.ch. [Copyright, 1003, by C. B. Levis.] Major Crofoot, grand promoter and general originator, was just making ready to go out after a luxurious 15 cent lunch when there came a timid knock oa the door. It couldn’t be the agent of the building after the four months’ back rent, for he would have boldly knocked the doer o’ien; his land¬ lady, to v.iiom lie owed §13, didn’t know where his office was; the tailor had grown discouraged, the coal men always sent his bill in the forenoon, cud should it be a bill from the cob¬ bler he would dispute its correctness. In answer to the major’s “Come ini” a young woman entered. i “I—I have called,” she began, “in the interest of a new industrial home scon to be established. I am soncTing per sonal subscriptions.” j “My dear woman, sit down—sit right down,” cheerily replied the major. “We may call this a coincidence—a curious coincidence. Not half an hour ago i began drawing up plans for just such an Institution. It is to be called the Crofoot Self Supporting Home.” “Then you would not want to sub-' scribe to another, of course?” “Perhaps co. You may give me whal particulars you can.” : “It is to be a home where children without parents and friendless old folks can be provided for. In return eg | ea IteL I gIr <2S& i Will iltC £s?=s»--— r~ “PLAIN AS DAY, MY DEAR YOUNG WOMAN.” for their board and clothes they will do what work they can. I believe they will make brushes and brooms.” “Exactly; I see. A noble idea, my dear woman, a noble idea and a grand charity, and you deserve credit for in¬ teresting yourself. We cannot have too many of these institutions, and I personally feci that I cannot do too much for them. You may put me down for $10.” “That Is very nice of you,” she said as she wrote his name in her book. “I have taken 200 subscriptions, and yours Is the most liberal of all.” “1 never do things by halves, miss. When I enter upon a charity, I do it with my whole soul. You may make my subscription $15.” “How gooil of you!” “And now about my own home, the one I have planned. You will prob¬ ably be Interested in it. 1 shall ereot a building to accommodate at least 250 Inmates. It will uot be an industrial home In the usual use of the term. Per¬ haps 1 shall change the name to ‘The Crofoot Utopian Power company.’ The first idea Is the care and comfort of the unfortunate; the next to make tliem feel that they are not dependent upon charity.” “That is good cf you,” observed the caller, “How best to do this was long a puz¬ zle to me, but I have Solved it at last, When Major Crofoot starts in on an Idea, he never lets it get away from him unsolved. There will be no manu¬ facturing in my home. The inmates shall simply cat. sleep and walk about. Your countenance expresses, surprise, but let me add that each and every one shall earn his keep.” “1—1 can’t see how.” “The simplest thing In the world. In the basement will be a 5.000 horsepow¬ er engine. Pipes will lead to it from every room. That engine will be run by what may be called lost power. For instance, you sneeze or cough. There is power there, but it is wasted. Y'ou fall off a chair; you sing or whistle; you yawu. It takes power to do it. but the power is wasted. By a system of pipes all this lost power will be con¬ ducted to the engine to run it. No coal, no gas, no wood. Engine runs right along day and night aud has power enough to supply all factories within half a mile of it. What the factories pay will keep the home going. Do you understand?” r What an idea!” gasped the woman. r Not a bad one,” smiled the major as he walked around, “and I am sole eng- j inator. All others will be imitations, All I shall ask of the inmates* is to take comfort. As they rock to and fro in 2 T.U rocking chairs the engine is work ed up to its full capacity: ns they move a cress the floor, eat, sleep, quarrel or j make 250 up they furnish 188 me power. Out : of people will snore in their sleep. These snores will give me a | pressure of 50 pounds on the engine.” “Wonderful! Wonderful!” she whis pered. “It’s just making use of'natural phi¬ losophy. It is not a stock company, and there will be no dividends, but I want outsiders interested. I want 100 people to take shares of $17 each in or der that they may help me run the borne and receive a share of the public praise. The superintendent alone will receive a salary. May I offer you the position?" “I don’t believe I corild take it. Yon gee, I am only a volunteer canvasser.” but I am satisfied you would malce a good superintendent su'» see that none of the power was wasted. I can say that the salary will be at least $5,000 per year.” “It is awfully kind of yen. but I fear I must ‘decline.'' “Then I will not press yen. 1 will, however, put you down for a $17 char and whenever you are near the house you are entitled to drop in and stir up the Inmates. The harder you stir them the more power we get. Have you $2 Lundy, miss? If so, I will use it for revenue stamps.” “I don’t understand,” she replied ns she rose up with a puzzled look. “Plain as day, my dear young woman. I subscribed $15 to the home you arc canvassing for. I put you down for $17 for a share in the Crofoot Utopia Power company. The difference be¬ tween $15 and $17 is $2. You bad best pay now and hare it over with.” “Cut I don’t see,” she protested r.3 her eyes grew big. “Then we will go over it again. If you add 2 to 15 it makes 17, doesn’t it? And you owe me just the difference. This being my busy day”— She looked at him in a vacant way for a minute and then laid $2 on the desk and walked out without a word. Ten minutes later she was back with the real estate man on the first floor, aiK j the rea l estate man pounded on the ^ 001 . aU( ] called out: “Open, you sleek, slick, man, and Land over that $2!” “Yes, you talked me out of $2,” added the woman. No reply. “Open, or I’ll kick the door In!” “Yes, we’ll kick the door in!” The silence of death. “Major Crofoot, you are a scoundrel!” “Yes, a deep dyed scoundrel!” But the major heard not the words. He had seized the money, locked up his office and gone down by the back stairs after his luncheon. He no lon¬ ger figured on a 15 cent “grab,” but his thoughts bounded forward to a GO cent sit down with plenty of elbow room, M. Quad. FIRST PAGE FOR SPEECHES. Rivalry Among Consffssaitn For a Good Position In The Record. The effort that is constantly being made to secure the printing of speeches on the front page of The Congressional r.ceord is not generally understood. Senators and representatives naturally desire to have their deliverances in congress receive as much attention as possible, and there is but one publica¬ tion in which they can monopolize tlia front page la a display of their speeches. That one publication is The Record. Of course speeches that are printed in regular order in the debate, ap¬ pearing on the day after they are de¬ livered, are io be found only in their regular place in The Record. But :a the cases of speeches withheld tor re¬ vision there is an opportunity to have them displayed on the first page of the official report of the proceedings. This is merely done by an arrangement be¬ tween the senate and house by which this privilege Is about equally divided. Senators nnd representatives who withhold their remarks for revision frequently inquire when they can havO the first page of The Record, which la generally reserved for at least a week ahead. r l he general rule Is, “First come, first served.” In this way those who want to make their speeches influential will at times arrange io have them on the fir; ; page of The Record on the morn irg of a day when a vote is to bit taken, in order that they may be. brought prominently to the attention of their fellow legislators just before • they are to take action on the .matters of which they treat. It is'in the na¬ ture of judicious advertisement Washington Star. Lincoln Conlcln’t Do ft, “■When I was in Springfield. Abra¬ ham Lincoln and General Baker, who was killed at Leesburg. Ya.. during the civil war, made tlie race for tbe Whig nomination for congress.” said. Dr. L>. B. Hill. “Both were Whigs, a inf both were keen for the nomination. Both had a strong personal following..and if both ran the Democrat would win in the district. So a primary elec'tion was necessary to settle the contest. Baker won. Both men were at SpHugTFiffd when the news came. Lincoln was de¬ pressed. The crowd to cheer him up called on him for a speech. Getting up. he said: ’Gentlemen, t I’d like to comply with your request, blit 1 can’t make a speech now. I expected to re¬ ceive the nomination, but 1 failed. If I had won, I know Baker would have got up here and so charmed you with his eloquence as to make you believe you had done him a favor by nominat¬ ing me. But I can’t do it.’ ’’—Argonaut. They L’scil Clean Ones, The head master of a boarding school in Sheffield is very particular about the behavior of his scholars during meal times. A short time ago the master ob served one of the boys cleaning his knife on the tablecloth ami immediate ly pounced on him. "Is that what you generally do at home, sir,?” he asked sternly. “Oh. no.” replied the boy quietly. “We generally use clean knives at home.”—London Fun. Superlative. “There’s a lucky man for you!” “How's that’:’’ “Why, he’s got n butler so dignified that he even awes the cook into sub mission.”—Exchange. —- The native dress of the better class of Japanese of both sexes Is a loose wrapper, open at the chest nnd nt the waist confined by n girdle, Munster. Germany- has a high school which Uas been in existence 1,100 v
