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7. the woodshed that she might have something alive to sooid. III, Is the little bridge cottage that tajghtsst a old man with bowed head. For many weeks he had looked forward to Marion'a return with a hungry longing. The house was delightfully clean, "for.

Gold Dust." he explained to their dog, so named from his bry-" 11 act color, "we don't want the darling to 'come home and work her pretty fingers to the bone first thing. Indeed we don't." Then he, accompanied by the faithful Gold courted rheumatism and went Into the woods, bringing, back quantities of green, stuff, which heiung everywhere, and with his stiff old fingers fashioned the word "Welcome out of arbor vita and hung It over the mantel shelf. There was a email turkey hen In the cellar, plump and tender. There were good, things of all sorts In the pantry-. "For.

I allow. Gold Dost, that we'll have a proper feeling for dinner this Thanksgiving, eh, old follow Gold Dust licked his chops and wagged hit tall solemnly, for If there was ever a dog that loved a good dinner It was the one addressed. But now It was all over. The unsatisfactory message from Aunt Perkins had arrived, stating that Marlon had concluded to stay over Thanksgiving with them. "She promised.

Gold Duet, she ssld the old man, "and she ain't never broke her word yet. think It's the old cat's work." he added, disrespectfully of his martial sister-in-law. "Ef Marlon had made up her own mind that she'd stay, she'd a writ us with her own hand full of lovln', coaxln words, such as alius gets around her old dad, but It don't make no matter, she won't be here now, nohow, whosevers the fault. and the old gray head again went forward en the table. At 8 o'clock the ferry was due.

for the river was not yet trosen over, and the ferry boat was still running. When the first whisUe for the bridge sounded. the old man arose and lit his lantern and went out to open the bridge. Two weeks before the porter of the red express had been discharged for dishonesty and Impertinence at Biidgeton, and the big. 1 burly fellow hung around the town, doing odd Jobs, and plotting vengeance against the cozrductor and crew of the red express, and tonight, with the aid, of bad whisky, he had matured his plans.

He was hidden In a dark corner of the draw, as It swung open, and Ablram stood a moment looking town Into the river, after the ferry had steamed through. Then, as he turned to close the draw for the red express, due In fifteen minutes, he was seised from behind and thrown down. Half stunned, the old soldier struggled to arise, but the negro held him fast and bound him tightly with a long rope, gagging him to prevent any outcry. It was 8:05 when Marlon softly opened the door of the bridge house and called, "Daddy, darling." No one anrwered but Gold Dust, who was left in charge. He Jumped all over her, and was demonstrative enough for four dogs, but Marlon wondered at her father's absence.

"He ought to be at home now. Dusty." she said, and the dog looked toward the open doer. Marion stood on a chair to reach her rifle, which was loaded, and hanging, slung up by her father's, over the word "Welcome." which she kissed with happy tears in her eyes. That something was wrong she at once saw when she reached the bridge, for the ilra was still open, and she could hear the red express at Bridgeton. Quickly she got Into her father's boat, moored at the shore, and, rowing with superb strokes, was quickly at the bottom of the stone pier, on which revolved the draw.

Then she stepped out on to the metal rounds of the workman's ladder, that hung on the pier, and swiftly cHmbed up with her rifle slung across her shoulders. She came up with cat-like stillness, and the negro, who was leaning out on the opposite side, listening for the train, had not heard her. Softly she swung herself up, and covered the msn with her rifle; then he, hearing the click, turned with an Imprecation and looked Into the shining barrel. The minutes were few now, as the train had left Bridgeton, and soon the whistle would ask If the draw was all right; then It the lights which the negro bad placed were right, and there was no answer from the bridge, they would come on to destruction. "Cut that rope! cried Marlon, In ringing tones; then when the old soldier was free, "Give him his cane," and her father sprang to the signal lights and tore them down.

Then the whistle of danger rent the air, and the red express stopped just on the edge of the bridge, while the men ran forward with their lanterns, waiting until the draw swung to p. ace, when they found the young girl -still covering the cowering brute, while her father leaned, faint and sick, against the rail and told the story. The Thanksgiving feast the next day was crowned with a telegram from the president of the road appointing Marlon assistant bridge keeper at a modest salary. It was while Marlon was relieving her feelings by dancing around the room, with Gold Dust a most willing If awkward partner, that Uncle Eben shuffled meekly in, and told them Abby had' sent him for Marlon. They wrote a merry letter to Aunt Abby Perkins, signed with their full names and titles, declining her request with thanks.

Then they fed placid Uncle Eben with a feast of good things, until he could 'eat no more, and Marlon decorated his horse and buggy with green stuff, until he looked like a moving Christmas tree. They were so happy and care tree that when Aunt Perkins herself cams they teased and laughed her Into a certain grim sense of satisfied duty, that gave Uncle Eben a peace-' ful season Of repose for at least a week. And she said on all occasions that "that gell and Ablram is a pair of plum and act like a pastel of gumps, but they ain't no denying the fact that It was lucky Marion learned to shoot a jrell ss to sew." HIS FIRST DANCING LESSON Not a Lesson In Steps, but One. That Was Valuable "The first lesson I got at dancing said Mr. Graytop, "was a great surprise to me, and It was not a lesson in dancing, either.

I didn't go to dancing school at all until I had come to be a man of some years; then I went to the school of a teacher who was well and widely-known, and who In the course ef a long -experience had tamghl the art of dancing to many thousands of pupils, boys and girls and men and women. Itwas a big school, and at night, wheal attended, there were always present, among others younger, others as old as myself, sad sometimes men even older, "In the large hall In which class lessons were given la this school there was down each side, with 1U back against the-wall, a continuous seat. Upoa these long side seats stretching the length of the hall (which was high and well lighted) the pupils used to sit before the" school began- la the evening, and between the lessons, and whan the dancing Blaster was explaining and personally Illustrating some step. Oa the alght that took my first dancing lesson I sat before the opening of the school oa one of those long side seats, one of many sitting along ea the same side. The dancing master, entering from am came down the vacant center of the hall, ready to begin the work of the evening.

He looked at -the young gentlemen sitting along, and whea he came opposite to where I was he turned la that direction, and presently that he was approaching me; and i felt an honor that he should seek me out thus publicly to address me oa the occasion of my first alght la the school. "Approaching, with aa air ef perfect good humor, to which was. added, whea he came very close to a friendly and at the same stme curious smile, which I did not at the moment understand, -he raised his hand and quietly but firmly removed from between my Hps the toothpick that I -had there, and tossed It carelessly nnder the seat; and then with the same friendly little smile, he turned away. It had all been done so quickly, and at the same time so smoothly and quietly, that I doubt If even the two young men sitting oa either side of me- realised what had happened, and a moment later he was walking calmly on down the center of the hall, completing his preliminary Inspection of the school. "So my first lesson at dancing school was a lesson In manners, and It was one that I hare never ceased te be grateful for." sA HOME THERMOMETER.

More Sensitive Curial than Ordinary Instruments. Mer- The necessary materials are a bottle of about two ounces' capacity and of the thinnest glass that It le-potilble to obtain, a long glass tube, a yard or forty Inches In length, of small bora (one-eighth Inch) and moderately thick walls. This tube may be purchased of a dealer la such materials tor a tew cents. It should be of a variety known as soft glass, because It may be desirable to bend It and with hard glass this Is a difficult process. There la further necessity for a small bottle THERMOMETERS FOR of about two or three ounce' capacity, preferably with a narrow neck that will Just admit the tube above mentioned and yet allow a little play through which air may have a passageway.

The thermometer will be a rather large affair, and It Is better to fix It permanently to the wall In some place where it Is Intended to be used. Procure a cork that will tightly fit- ths large thin glass bottle and perforate with a hole. Into which the glass tube may be tightly fitted This operation may be performed to beet advantage with a rat-tall file, which Is first pushed through the cork In a straight line and then the hole Is filed so as to fit the tube exactly. The tube and bottle are then fitted together by means of the perforated cork, as shown In figure This Joint must be absolutely air tight, and for this purpose It would be better to soak the cork In boiling paraffin wax and to have It thoroughly smeared with soft hot wax before making the Joint. This Is the most careful part of the making of the Instruments, and upon It success depends.

The apparatus Is then set up as Is shown In the figure, being suitably supported to the wall by blocks of wood and tin clamps, and the lower end of the tube IsMlpped la some colored solution contained in the lower bottle. Water colored deeply with ordinary bluing or aniline Ink will answer very well. A piece of pasteboard should be fastened behind the tube conveniently for making a scale. The range of this thermometer will be found to be confined to a limited number of degrees, but the space traveled by the liquid for a single degree la remarkably long. The larger the bulb the more sensitive the thermometer will -be.

The thin glass bottle is the bulb of the thermometer, and the position of the liquid In ths tube la the Index of Its temperature. The lower the liquid the higher the temperature, exactly the reverse of the mercurial thermometer. Therefore, If no further steps are taken to adjust the height of the liquid la the tube It follows that the absence of any liquid In the tube itself Indicates that the temperature Is the same as at the time when the thermometer was put This would probably be between 60 and 70 degrees, according to circumstances, and may be ascertained accurately enough for the purpose by means of a mercurial thermometer. However, It is probable that the maker of the Instrument will desire that It Include a higher temperature, and for this purpose he must proceed as follows Let us suppose that the highest temperature that Is desired that the thermometer shall indicate be 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Hang a mercurial thermometer beside the bulb of the instrument you have made, which la called an air thermometer, and cover the bulbs of both Instruments with a pasteboard box filled with soft cloths saturated with hot water.

It Is Important to the accuracy of the results that the bulbs of the two instruments be as near together as possible." Bubbles will begin to Issue from the end of the tube of the air thermometer, and when 110 degrees Is reached on the mercurial Instrument the box of cloths should be promptly removed and the pubbllhg will cease and the liquid will begin to rise In the Then the absence 'of liquid In the tube Indicates that its bulb Is at a temperature of about 110 degrees. By means of the box of cloths determine a number of point oa the Instrument, using water of different temperatures. Let the indicators of both Instruments come to rest before marking the scale of the air thermometer la these subsequent tests. Having ascertained ten or fifteen points, the intervals between them may be spaced off with dividers into ths appropriate number of degrees, and thus the scale will be completed. The jrolnts determined by waiting tor; the.

mercury to come to rest are much more accurate than the first point. the first point In the method Indicated was. of value because it adjusted the height of the liquid to about the range it was desired to give the instrument. It the Instrument ia ever heated any hotter than the maximum temperature It was Intended to measure, some of the air will bubble out, and the accuracy of the scale will be V- V-" It is sometimes desjxed to indicate the outdoor temperature; for this purpose It Is merely necessary that ths bulb ef the thermometer be placed outdoors. This may be very conveniently accomplished as shown la figure Ths wall is pentrated by a long gimlet, and the glass tube Is bent at right angles and forced through the hole and fitted Into the bottle as previously described.

The calibration of the thermometer- under- this circumstance Is performed la a similar way, the mercurial thermometer, being hung beside the bulb of ths air thermometer In all cases. To bend the glass tube for making an outdoor thermometer, hold it at the point to be bent, over the flame of a spirit lamp, being sure the tube Is dry Do not breathe into It before heating, aad once la the flame keep It continually revolving between the fingers. Presently ths glass will he felt to be yielding at the heated point, aad tC moment later It will get red hot. It should then be removed from the flame and be slowly bent, the arms of the angle being bent outward from the operator. If too hot ea the Inside of the angle the tube wUl buckle; If toe hot ea the outside It will flatten.

Practice is necessary make toinnithtUr JA.j Eire stJKDAT- Irtish opEAtfr kothmbeii 21, isot, a. first-class bend, and It will be bettor for a novice to experiment with small hits ef tubing before heading a large one. The air thermometer, as arranged la figure 3, will enable the outdoor temperature to be observed from the scale which Is Inside a warm room. WITHOUT THEIR DINNER. li -) Plan Adopted by Wet African tfhndren for Raising Money.

Going "without their Thursday- dinner Is the sacrifice some little girls at Cape Mount. Africa, make for sweet charity's sake. Nor ta it for a week or a month or a year, but for ten years, without a lapse, these brave little colored girls have been denying themselves that they might have something to give away to others. At this point la Africa there Is a mission school, la charge -of some American ladles. About thirty little girls belong to It- Some yean ago ten, to be exacttheir teacher tcld them the sad fate which befell superfluous little girl babies In China that more often than not happened that they were drowned, their parents regarding It as too expensive to rear them.

The students were also told that the missionaries la China were often able to buy these babies, and then, of course, they were brought up as Christians. To add a mite to the fund for this purpose at once became the desire of the little Cape Mount girls, who were themselves being educated In the Christian religion. At first there didn't seem to be anything that they could do. They racked their little brains trying to think how they could earn a penny. INDOOR AND OTJTDOOH.

At last some one of the older children suggested a plan, which at first probably sent dismay to a few hearts, but in the end all thirty gladly consented to a Thursday, week after week, without a dinner. The sum thus saved at first seemed small, but at the end of a year It was considerable, more than enough to buy not Chinese babies by the dozen, perhaps, but by the piece. One of the missionaries in charge of the school at Cape Mount started a Sunday school class at a new station recently. She Invited the children to spend an afternoon with her during the week. So eager were they to accept the Invitation that they appeared about 10 o'clock in the morning.

"Of course, they grew hungry, sol put some cakes and bananas on the table and iavlted them to sit dowa, the missionary wrote home. It was the first time any of them had ever eaten at a table In their lives, and before I knew what they were doing they hsd thrown refuse pieces on the floor under the table. The bananas were piled on a large platter In the center of the table and I told them to help themselves. Immediately each girl began reaching for them with both hands, some getting as many aa seven or eight. told them to put the fruit back and take one at a time, explaining that "people" did not grab things, Ths way the bananas disappeared was a marvel two bites to a banana.

Two dosen bananas to a Cahl Is only a taste, such is their capacity. It we could only give them the gospel In like dosesl But I have hopes oJJ my girls, appetites and all some day they will want things different." Christmas boxes for the African mission have recently been sent on their wsy rejoicing. Besides useful things, articles which would show the boys and girls how people live in civilised lands, and used as object lessons, were included. There were dolls' furniture-all the little Africans at the mission were supplied with dolls little dishes and kitchen and garden tools. Among other things always acceptable are soap, handkerchiefs, towels, wash, cloths, paper pads, lead and slate pencils, thread, needles, scissors with round points, and thimbles.

FALSE FACES. Thanksgiving time is the busiest season ot the yesr for the manufacturers of and dealers in masks and false faces. The fantastical costume the old custom of masking and dressing up for amusement Thanksgiving day keep up from year to year In many parts of the country, so that the quantity of false faces sold st this season is enormous. jij -ir- i i I Hi. i i in BOMB STRIKING THANKSGIVING MASKS.

The manufacturers maka a point to get up new styles, and this year brownies, "yaller kids," parrot visages, and many other novelties will be oa sale. Masks of prominent mea aad the foremost political leaders are mads by some manufacturers, and large-slsed false hands, feet, noses, ears, are also new and amusing. There Is aa abundance of styles ef faces characteristic of every nation ot ths greatly exaggerated facial peculiarities, and a full line of animal and birds beads. Some have eyes that may be made to squint." For those who would not wear comic faces there are the soft, screen-like silk masks! These are made of fins netting, are painted, and attempt to improve while disguising a person's appearance. Although the bulk of the aupply comes from Germany, there are two or three concerns la this country which manufacture good masks, ta spits of ths foreign competition.

The common, papier-mache false faces sold tor a cent are practically 111 from Germany, while those nade hers are of the better grades. The cotton gaase. masks' are much better and stronger than the common paper ones. and. being porous, allow air.

and light to pass through them so that thsy can he worn with comfort." Masks are all hand-madeV In making the common ones, quantities of paper are soaked la a mixture containing glue and else, and While moist this pulp is placed between the faces of flat metal molds had the molds placed la a press. When taken out the paplsr-maehe face Is allowed to dry It Is then trimmed and colored. Sheets of loosely woven cotton cloth are soaked In a mixture of glue and she la making the cottan-gause faces, and whea pressed la the mold the cotton Is so pliable that It readily stretches or contracts to ths form ol ths face. In making long animal faces, however. It Is sometimes necessary to sew pieces together.

STUDYING FOR FUN. The Game of "Great Artist" and "Uncle Sam's Mail." It is already time to be discussing Christmas lists, and the boy or girl who thinks with dismay that he or she slready possesses everything desirable In the way of a toy ought to take a run through the shops. Ths dealers are Just getting la their first assortment of holiday goods and already their shelves are pretty well loaded with something besides the mere playthings for very little folks. They are preparing aa array of toys intended to do something more than amuse; the arts and science. The best of the new games of cards la called ''Great Artists." It Is plsyed ss the well-known game of "Authors," only famous painters are chosen instead of writers and each player tries ta make In his hand a collection of the artists' most noted pictures la place of books.

Ths card for this game form a beautiful glased linen pack, each one bearing a tiny Illustration in half-tone process of some one ef the noblest paintings la the world, with 1U title and that of the painter- beneath. Multiplication lotto should be given the boy who wants to fasten the knotty points la the long table, from twice. one to twelve times twelve, in his mind. This time the lotto cards represent colored pictures, from which star-shaped pieces are cut out aad used as checks. In the blank spaces, thus high oa the cards, numbers are written, and the person who calls out the game.

Instead of giving simple numbers, announces three times alee or seven times seven, eight times twelve, or four times Six, and some rapid multiplication Is required to see that the proper numbers are covered. Any error in doing so Is easily detected, for every star-shaped piece goes to fit a special apace In ths picture card, and Is also numbered. Misplacing a star disarranges ths picture, therefore, the player must be keen at multiplication and have an eye out for the artistic arrangement of his card. "Uncle Sam's mall" is quits as good sa Idea for fixing geographical facts about the United States easily In one's mind as lotto for the multiplication table. Two or four persona play with dice and little printed cards and tiny leaden engines over a big railroad map of the country and learn the chief postal stations, where the deserts, long bridges, tunnels, and widest rivers are, how registered mall and postal notes snd first and second class matter are all handled and delivered.

It Is an Ideal game for boys, who will find also quite to their taste the neat toy typewriters made tor the especial comfort of school children. These small machines, with their simple, stent mechanism, cost all ths way from 3 to $12, and write clear, neat, type on paper as wide as the ordinary note sheet. Their closest rivals for favor In the boyish heart are the handsome polished wood boxes holding complete yet perfectly safe apparatus for 150 Interesting electrical experiments, directions for which are all given in a book that goes with the box. Any boy who has a turn for this science can get a good foundation knowledge of the wonder and practical uses of electricity from one of these boxes, no bigger than the ordinary nursery tool chest and costing to 10. Girls who have a natural taste for pretty artistic work need no longer confine their ambitions to paint, boxes, since there are now miniature appliances in cases for making day figures and plaster casts.

In one box comes two cases of plaster of Paris with directions for preparing for use. a set of metal molds, and all the tools for casting a dosen or more heads and figures in high relief. One set of molds gives the'facea la relief of famous American statesmen and generals, another shows authors and artists, a third flowers, snd fourth famous statuary. When the casta are made metal skeleton frames are supplied for encasing every perfect example that the little worker wish to preserve and hang oa her' playroom walla. Besides the casts a girl can ask as a Christmas gift for a box of tools and patterns for hammering designs out on thin plates of brass and copper or perhaps a box which contains sa outfit of tools, a book of directions and a few blocks of wood.

From these things she can carve out a full set of parlor furniture for a doll house or a stamp box and letter rack for her own desk, STAGE COACHES IN In 1762 there were, strange as It seems, only six stage coaches running ia all England, and, of these were the only public vehicles tor travelers. Even these were novelty, and a person named Joha Crosse thought they were such a dangerous innovation that he wrote a pamphlet against them. "These he wrote. gentlemen come to London upoa every small occasion, which otherwise they would not do. except upon urgent necessity.

Nsy, the con-enlency of the passage makes their wives come often up, who rather than come such long journeys oa horseback, would stay at home. Then whea they come to town they most be la ths wade, get' fine' clothes, go te plays, aad treats, aad by these means get such a habit ot Idleness and love of pleasure that they are uneasy after. Even people who come to the city oa steam ears are sometimes slmillarty affected by the visit, evea mate this day. THE 8NAKE-S TAIL, Sorne Popular Japanese Games. The Jspansse children play some good games that might help American youngsters through a wintry afternoon.

The girls, big girls, too. have a very pretty ball game that they call "yemsrl," which mesas hand ball, but it is not at all the same thing as the hand ball we know. A number ef them stand in a circle, one ot them takes the ball they use one about two Inches la diameter aad throws It perpendicularly on the ground. As it rebounds she strikes it back with her opea hand. This she does aa oftca' aa she can do so without moving from her place In the circle, but when it rebounds nearer to some other girl as it will be sure to do soon It Is the part of that girl to strike it down.

So the game goes ea till some girl fails to hit wham she should, or to make It rebound, aad then she la cast out of the circle. The game goes oa till only one girl is left; snd then she has the honors of the game, "kachl," or victory, as the girls call it, There Is another merry gam called "catch" lng the snake's talL" One player la selected to be the catcher, and the rest range themselves1 in a row, oae behind the other, each child putting his or her hands oa the shoulders ot the-cblld la front of him. The catcher stands la front ef the row some feet away, and whea the row is ready the game commences, and It consists of ths catcher's efforts to catch the last child in the row, while the row defends Its tail, ths snake's tail. This ta usually theemallest child playing, for the row la graduated by sise; the catcher must not push any one la the row, aad the chela of the row must not be broken; either action constlutueea "foul;" when the "tall" la caught that child becomes catcher, and the catcher becomes the talL A variation oa this game la for the catcher to cry out that he will catch a child. "Which child do you wantr asks the head of the row, aad then the catcher says third, or fifth, or whatever he will, aad thea the row tries te defend that child under the same conditions as before.

MONKEYS AS MINERS. A. traveler arriving from the Transvaal tells of aa inhabitant of Pretoria, a gold miner, who owned two little monkeys intelligent snlmsls that were accustomed to follow aim into ths galleries. They saw the workmen engaged in picking up the mineral, aad. la virtue of their gift of imitation, they did the Distinguishing easily the trsces of the precious metal they soon became expert col-laborateurs and the proprietor thought he saw a career plainly indicated for other monkeys.

He procured a force ot twenty-four of them, which. Initiated by the two first, soon became so expert as to replace five or six workmen and to pick up the ore nicely la little hespt. These monkeys, it appears, were very honest, not hsvlng been perverted by the human miners. They did not think of steeling or hiding the nuggets, they did not drink, they were not difficult In the matter of wages, they did not dream of organising a syndicate. In short, they are model workmen.

AMBULANCE DOGS. One may see any day circulating In the streets or the village of Lecheusch, near Cologne, regular battalion' of dogs. Their naater-4s tralnfng them for ambulance service In military movements. Each animal carries upon Its back a little saddle furnished with pockets containing all that Is necessary tor a first dressing ot wounds, as well as a bottle of brandy. The dogs are taught to recognise the wounded, and to stoop down to them, la order to permit tbem.

while awaiting the stretchers, to quench their thirst, snd to alleviate their Bufferings a little. A large red cross, is marked on ths saddle, and leather straps serve to fasten around the neck of the animal a little lantern that la illuminated for night service. The ambulance dogs figured at the German maneuvers last year, where their usefulness was appreciated; so this year their instructor has been engaged to train a whole pack. He has chosen Scotch dogs, of medium height, whose docility aad intelligence in learning are said to be remarkable. THOUGHT IT A GRAVEYARD." I tow Saperatltloaa Miners Kept Away (rem the Richest Strike.

"All this hyar excitement 'bout the diggings at Klondike," remarked Colonel Ham Splogett of Arizona last night, as he wheeled bis knife upon his cheek, "reminds me of the dsys when Arlsony was prime and rich In placer stuff ltselfT No dlggtn's then like Artzony's. Men. from sll over the hull darned States was comln' every day, and the prairie schooners meandered across the deserts like they wuauster ths sand instead ot the grass. Every man what could carry a shovel wua hustlln' fer the drain's, and women too. fer that matter, wua plodding tor ths groun' whar the red gold wus sleeping among the gravel.

Whea I reached the dlggin's I found mighty nigh enter everybody else thar afore me. Camp wus made, -and mighty' nigh every claim along Chlckaloo Creek wua taken nr. T.llr. msnv other of the hovs. I had ter ret out and try fer a new place.

Found S1 good float while pros pec tin" the side of a big gulch, an' follerin the lead, darn me It I didn't come across the richest bit of gold-bearing gravel I had ever seed. I had been creepln' crlong on my knees most, chasing up the float, and when I did grasp what I hed found darn -me when I looked up and got pa my feet If I hadn't found a'graveyardt. Thar, right whar I wus lookln', I seed four HtUe crosses, planted Just whar the gold wus the thlckeat, Wall, it kinder went agin my grain to disturb a burying ground, so I went erlong and located a claim right Jlntag the place with ths crosses. The- boys csme out and located tco, and Insldo of a week the new dlggin's wus. Just a-boomln.

"We all cast greedy eyes on ths claim with the graveyard, but nary a feller hed the nerve ter tech the place, an' it wus mighty hard fer the boys ter' go near the place after nightfall. It seemed' like the gold must be thar mighty thlk, but we let it alone. About a month later I woke up early one morning, an, out oi my ebaaty, I seed a camp slaked on the graveyard claim. I wus up la a Jiffy, aa', pulifng my gun. "roused one or two of the boys, aad started out to Investigate.

No desecration fer ma We wasn't gola' ter allow any teaderf eet to break la upoa the sanctity of the creeses, and-we hed our minds made to that point. We roused up the newcomers and told them they hed ter get. They Just laughed, and that made as kinder msd. When we wus getting fighting snad one ot the new gang told ne not to worry they wus all right, and hed a right ter the claim. Hs said they had planted the crossee and knew what wus under them.

I said. Tea, he said, 'mule hones, and Come with me wo I'll show Ws went, and with his shovel he threw the dirt out ot the biggest grave aad uncovered the skeleton of a mule, sure enough, but what made my eyes big wus the sight of a bucket of gold right between ths front legs of the mule. Wall, to make a long story short, those fellers had been working dlggia's thar, ea. no win' what kind ef men miners wus hed planted stuff la the middle of ths beet claim while they worked off ter oae side. Smart trick.

They hed) gone for provisions Just afore I found the gulch, aad when thsy hed come hack they hed found the gulch alive with folks, but, as they figgered. the crosses was alt right, aad they staked the claim la the night, abandoning the other one In the. near hi 11a. They wanted the best thing last, knowing how ths miners wus corn-lag In, aad they got it. It I ever come across another burying ground) la a placer country you bet I won't do a thing ter it-" New Orleans Times-Democrat.

COMPLICATIONS. (Readers are invited to aid la ear "Compllea- by the contribution of good, original cha rades, ealgmaar rsbasea. ate. Communications for this department should be addressed te K. B.

Chadboara, Lewlaton. Me.) He. 0,910, Balgma. (In Competition.) -Thar were slants of eld. there are slant todav.

Attend wall 1 tell tbem. then who are they, say 7 Number one, la a cavern of wonderful slss. At ths farthermost end each Invader defies. For to take out his corpulent form would result In the cavern's collapse In bo manner occult Tba behtnS ais broad back la aaotbar whoa Slrth Mark the end of a mile aa he lies ta his berth. Nov, the next oa ths deep doth a far Journey wend.

Os his head at the nratv oa his feet at the end Yet another rides out la a horrible light. Who la farthest In depth aad la highest la height. Then a Blender tho' tall one, all opea In guise. Stands stately aad strong la the midst ef the skies; A twin brother he baa follows after the one Who him follow, whose weight If "Us told by the ton, Is Sonnies la millions: If poet say well. He was twice la tbe aUatWioat place ef bell.

And the seat but tor oat la the bat of hi same; HI face Is kaowa widest ta murder sad shame. There were giants of old, there are giants today, Dfciat attend aa I told) Then who are they, say NOVUS HOMO. Lsssbnrg. lad. He.

Half lasre. (In Competition.) 1. Female rule or dominion. S. Kntanriement a.

Affected with a stricter. 4. On ef a a family ef nematode worms sen-rail- aalted with Trlchocephallda a. Spanish iter O0-174). The anterior layer ef the 7.

BalnU a. Striated Trickled id. A coal scut-U. U. To.

IX. A latter. MENTOR. Chicago. 11L e.

lZv Teraalmal Oeletleau (Ia Competltloa.) TO MABEL. P. Amid earth's changing aceaes, halt sua. halt aaqe. There stand a Boosted castle, wore and arav: A boa.

the turrets WUOLJi winds sometime play, But of tener a storm make men afraid. Beneath the walla that shake. Ilka booea anataldL lieta aad whit Lev have Btraggled for the sway Through Youth's fair springtide aad Time's later cay. Within Hate's shadow. Death's black plumes betrayed! But la! What spell Is east? The walla turn gold.

Soft, cloudless skies smile dowa ea one gray towers. And deep within sweet strains LAST-music start: Usht ianshter from the cavernous halls op-rolled Floats dowa the wind, with mingled scent of flower For Love hath won the Castle ef a Heart! BEECH NUT. Newburgh. N. T.

Ke. a81S Dlaaae. (Ia Competition.) A letter. I To drive (Stand S. Small piece.

A Clings i. Texan Kuans S. The Caesar of India T. A petitioner. A laser gulL A skink.

10. An emmet- 11. A letter. X. 1 C.

R. Lyons. N. Y. We.

8,914. Linked Charade. 0n Competltloa) It was aa Damascus blade, he thought indeed, be kaew; In modest triumph he dUplarcd Its ONE-TWO line aad true. For half a year he ranged TWO-THREE and BtamnouT famed basaars: He went across to Scotart for turbans sad er-msrs. Such scarfs, aad shawls, snd tronser-bags repaid his eager sesrefc.

All hung with tassels, tabs, and tags, like THREE-FOURS on a birch I Till, growing bolder, he exploged a darksome Inner den. Wher fortune led him to this rword; he bought It-there and then. Hi sanguine WHOLE I andcrstood, and asked to touch the brand. A spot of rust, perchance ef blood, I scrubbed with steady hand. And brought to light eventually this mystla legend graven: "MADE AT THE EDOEWORTH FACTORY.

CUTTER dc SHARP. NSW HAVEN." M. C. 8. Springfield.

III. He. ssre. (Ia Competltloa) A Russian Inspector, overseer, or commissary (StandJ. Thin, superficial muscles of the face thst draw the -corners of the month backward t.

They who Issu. emit, publish, e. Most painful. A Aa arcoreal boa ef cither of tb genera Epleratos and Corallus Of good bearing or manaer T. Arranged Into a vista GREEN WOOD.

Cinci-nati. Ohio. Ke. '91eCarae. (In Competition.) Ten years! what a change It brings! -A stranger In my satire town I strolled.

Another flock the battered school walla hold Tet I alone am changed with wanderings. The portal ot remembrance backward swings. Lost scenes and face throng the old domain; I gaxe upon It with a curious pain. And lose the sense of time and present things. The childhood grimness Is all pathos now -I catch the glimpsing of boyish head.

Where our old spellins-clasa had daily rowj Who from Its TOTAL now can lift the relit On "TWOED o'er seas, moat lost, too many dead. And savers! ef the brightest OXES In Jail! PALLAS. Pawtucket. R. he.

EM1T, Dlaaaoad. (In Competltloa). letter. Z. The cock ot a run-lock.

A letter, z. The cock ot a gun-lock. coot cstsnd 4. Weeds t. Post weeds (obs.i.

otBce, Waukesha. Wis. C. Old-fashioned ornaments for the Inside of watch cases. 7.

It ilea theologian and author, d. 1630. A The merluee, A short 10. Son ot Gad (Smith). U.

A letter. CALVIN. N. J. Ke.

Traaiyesal. (Ia Competition.) Around the table gathered once a dosen minus two. Of "spirit rappers." with crowd of -others there to view; The table cat sons capers strange which pus-sled nujr men. But on who saw Its antic said the causa waa MAGIC TEN. SWAMP ANGEL.

Rock Falls, UL Dlt Competition.) materials, t. First physician Empress of Russia. 16S2-1757- (MORSE) A village of Franc. In Hers nit." A Villas of Auin, in r-- ii (ob-). s.

Aa academy, f. Panes of class. Brooklyn. N. T.

He. CM20. Deealtatleau ln. Competition.) A child, 'amid the flowers, st play I saw. at early dawn of day.

Upholding In his dimpled bands Aa hour-glass with sands. Where, fallen from the western skies, The slory o( the sunset lies. I see a TWO man tottering An empty hour-glass In his hand. brief though It be, ere sands of gold A fleeting, fitful hour have told. Youth torn to age; a passing day.

Life dawns aad glows, and fade away. DORCAS, Whltehouse N. J. i He. eatOlaaaoad.

"(In Competition.) 1. A a a- Flir. compound In which sucrose or some analogoua carbohydrate combine with a base to form alt S. Seising S. The fast-t horse la ths world.

T. Ranged at large (obsj. i t. Oas who is sparing 6tand.V t. Go In.

Id. The pike. U. A letter. OLD tlndlaaapolis, lad.

Me. -eZX Pallad roaae, (In Competition.) Under the loo. sat 'a shade. i Screened from the dasty road, A babe with Its pink toes played. Whilst I and my son's wife sewed.

Lifting my eye. I perceived Hers on the child by her side. "Hardest to be Said ibfl, "re the truths world-wide. "Straagely these lives are wreutht. That Ood may take or give; One moment our being caught.

A faint cry, and we live!" To my son's wife then I said, Smiling a Ilttl. "You e-r. Making that latest which led. -ALD, EB. IU.

October Solving. Total pussies, GO. Jo Mollis conquered (0; The Poser, 4: Stocle. 48: Svsmp Ansel. Mentor.

46; X. L. C. S- Grace Palmer. IS; M.

C. 8., Deltas. SI; Old Soldier. 17; Z5: Torfiid. 24; P.

A. Trick. 22; Blsness, 19; Charles Elder. Elolse and Arcsnus. 14; Willie Wilkin.

12; P. X. Jl Mssy Kaiker. W. B.

Staatoc. L. M. Terry. Mrs.

T. F. Bangs. Poly. -Helen- H.

Kve. A. R. 10 or lees. Cryptogram solvers.

Jo Muliins. Delisa. Prise Winners 1. Jo Mulllns. Miami.

Mo. M. C. 8.. Springfleld.

IU. J. Grace Palmer, Marquette, Mich. It was the cryptogram that floored The Poser. The Oracle, we rejoice to note.

Is still alive, aad It promisee as entertaioment through the winter. For lack ot a better name, S.S14 Is called "linked charade." It snswer Is a word of four 11a- bles. Green Wood favor as with what he bellerea will be hi last square, as the rush for the dollar leaves him no tics for more. Bat as the sea-, on wears on La may find the temptation toe strong to resist. Aaavrera.

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0A A I PSALTER I A BOOSTERBOCS WA T.B A 8 -S I A -DIONS ACS- K- -v, Rublglnoa (Rab-big-gin-aoee). t.SSS AHA 0 A TB ALASOIANX OHTJROHOR I ANTIGONE A 8 IE ITS Poverty, overt. M96 PUS A 8 A PENETRATE NUT TOCK ACK 8 A 8 A BE STABS t.S9 Now, won. GETTYSBURG. Lenrtre Sara LeWai Reipesilbl fer Ptekett'a Dlsaatrows Chergre.

Ever alnce the suppression of the rebellion historians have differed aa to whether Lee. or Longstreet was responsible for the die- aster at Gettysburg, the friends of each claiming the other was to blame. The nar- rator was present on the scene of the great a few year aso. when the great soldiers, both Union and Confederate, who had mingled la that bloody fray met there again for the first time since the memorable events -of thirty years before. Longstreet made little concealment "then regarding his contention that it was Lee who ordered the disastrous Pickett charge and lost the day.

Oa that occasion many errors of history were recorded. The guide who directed the movements of the distinguished) party adopted a bold move te surprise Loagstreet Into a dee- laratioa of his feeling on the subject. Said he. standing beeide the Confederate leader, who held a sonnd-gathering hand to ear: "Whea the flower of Virginia's chivalry, Pickett's division, arrived oa the night the second day. General Lee determined te em- ploy these fresh troop to make an assault the next day oa Cemetery hill under cover of a terrific cannonading by General Alexander's guns, while an assault la the rear was -to be made at the same time by General Stuart's cavalry- who had beeh sent around to the, left tor that purpose It ia gener- ally believed.

General Longstreet, that he ordered this ia the fare of your protest; that he commanded Pickett to take this com- -mending position occupied by the Union troopa." Longstreet'a face glowed) with suppressed) In a voice-that showed no quaver -of age. and at the same time striking forth with his right arm as though he would smite a foe, he cried out: "He said. "We'll strike them right here. We'll strike them right And with a repetition ot Lee's words the arm again shot forth. The guide told how Pickett's men had marched to their death across the wheat field.

"What is the distance from here to where they emerged from Lbs woods ssked Long-street abruptly. "Exactly one mile and a quarter, waa the reopoase. "Ah exclaimed the veteran. "Lee said before the charge that the distance waa 1.140 yarda. I'aalo) it waa a mile.

I waanearr right than he. In all history prior to that time there were never charges of a greater -distance than goo or TOO yards. Thee there was never before a charge ot such length." Philadelphia Time. 1 Maaafactsr ef Perjfaaaery. (jreat changes have been recently made la Europe ia the manufacture of perfumery, which I new done largely In the laboratory by cjem- -lata, who produce much more delightful and lasting odors than were distilled by the old processes.

Some ot the scent are made ex- pressly for royal persons and those attached to the different court, aa are very expensive..