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'N one corner of Col, Wallett’s plant little hut occupied by old lived by herself nearly twen few years her only work had been to knit such article a‘am Wallett” had dir built of log: two or three feet above the mq other a wooden door swung on ¢ small window, covered with greased paper, admitted a te room, rly whiteness, single moss rose bush nodded and waved. Inside old granny sat !n a great arm-chatr, her needties clattering pusily. Her gray, wavy Pariew in the middle and drawn back ov few rays of light into the siz threshold, scrubbed to a one side, threatening to lose its plo forehead. Her eyes were lttle and ¢ they ‘sparkled and bl’niced as they super of her large, hardened hanils red lips moved abou row of tecth, which occas! thick tongue. She was ; gingham wrapper, of wi proud, for now and th while she carefully smoothe? « her dress. On a table near by few pe ware were arranged w precision on a red mat. In one corner of the room we foned bed, whose earthen floor had been swept, but was up It was dusk when granny carefuil work and settled beck In he was nearly aslecp when she heard thud! it went, then was still for 18. Zoblins unearthly things came into her mind. She the door, Nobody was outside. She looked around was repeated. Visions of ghosts, ho’ the room, but saw nothing unusual, ‘Wat yo'se 'fraid of, nohow? Ar’n't naut hyah," she mumbled to herself as she sat down again, Some time passe? The old woman was do when suddenly the floor near her >»gan to crack. Btared‘in terror. A dirk, erasned! by a human hand, CROCKEIT AND THE PANTHER, When Davy Crockett was on his way to San Antonio to fight for the inde- pendence of Texas—thia in the year 18%6—one night found him on ¢he banks of the Navasola River and ‘his horse broken with fatigue. What happened at thia point we'll let Davy tell, says the Milwaukee Sentinel. ‘Near the margin off the river a large tree had been blown down, and I thought »f making my lair in tts top. ‘While beating about the ranches I heard a low growl, as much as to say, ‘Stranger, these apartments are 4 ready taken.’ Looking to see what sort of a bedfellow I ‘was Hkely to have I discovered an enormous Mexican cougar some five paces away. Rays of light darted from his large eyes. “One glance satisfied my: there was no time to be lost. I fired. The ball struck him on the forehead and glanced of, Going Uttle except infuriate him. He sprang at me. I jumped aside and hit him with the barrel of my rifle, He made at me again, and I drew my hunt ing knife, for I knew we must come to close quarters. He seized my left arm and begen to tear the flesh, when I thrust my knife into his side, He let AN ADVENTURESOME DECORATION DAY, By S. HUFF. The hole grew tn size, at the ground, until a white man’s face and shoulders peared in the gap. ig to run. “Le quiet, my good woman,” came from the stranger, ing but a wounded Close you ping her eyes upon the unwelsome visitor, she re- luctantly did as she was bid. The soldier stre ow help me out, aunty.” G tock his hand tn hers and pulled him to his feet. face was thin and pale and hesmeared with urrounded by dark cireles and ume from a cut on his forehead. One arm his side and his clothes were At one end a rough stone chimney 10: coverod his hand, saying, J near by a His eyes were j torn and bloody. ‘Tiow'd yer get hyah, chile?" asked granny, eyeing the poor man ar} answered; “the rebs will ba No place to hide here, is there?” 7 y around A flask of brandy she had had hidden somewhere and offered a giassful to the chair as he dr: lng the glass on the table «in thet thah hole, quick.” from which the yhmy n owas un! ‘htened man. Granny placed her chair over the Me looked ¢ drouchi out me wrink! Ing to the place potiesely white, io knit rapt). mun shines bright in de ole Ka’ y darkies am go © so much nolse. nee: head in the d clevah rascal you've got ti hyah or we'll whip y: Ms summah an’ rs that man now yo! talkin’ ‘bout, sah? ¥ oken. the man who had s Wille this con vates had oughten know T ain't got no man hyah,” granny answered, looking angrily at t knitting for that time it was dark om his hiling place. ‘Ge rod, ax he took another sip of | ation wan going on several tered the room, looking behind the table, iy half an hour before ahe sick, Chioe. Nevah was feelin’ answered granny, as she ose! the door. The child's bare feet could be heard . that |clupping against the ground as she ran away, to yoah own maw, no The the knife bh kea granny oried, gathering up | Be quiet now. d out nny to foot. “I'l tell you all e room. Granny an, who at noise ?* kK. “What's ¢ nny sald, ger had ecessary. Into the gap | pulled the table p in the Bat und her, Seizing fg loudly: ome, out spoke a young BNO Ups) EEL ty ern WORK alr and t The old ne} hack.” “Niggahs haven't en: Ve'll get him soon, though, Ks came from the men as tl as bewt\de “Smarting with his wounds. and he pressed so close stepping backward my ught In a vine. > ike a nighthawk on a Junebug. He selzed my the hindor part of his body was toward my face, I grabbed his tall with my left hand. with my right I stuck and summoned all hurl Gim down at me again, strength to of the river. is worked him to the very edge and he lost his balance. He fell, but he dragged me with him. “Fortunately, the bottom of found myself uppermost. almed a desperate blow at hls neck. strugkled a few moments and then his rength told me I was sa “LT returned to the treetop mysclf as comfortable a bed as a man, need ask for. Comanches joined me, and some of the warriors discovered the cougar and began skinning tt. noticed how many s and when T told nim of my struggle he fumes. In no way can the fragrance ary |S! Next. moraing itty |!3!08 ‘The chiet | pe wished to adopt me Into hin tribe, which | honor I declined.” — CURIOSITY OF HEREDITY, the next generation, but when eminent It 1g one of the curiosities of heredity that while the children of young parents are usually brighter than the children of old parents, the children of the old par- ents develop into the most intelligent men and women. <A good illustration ot is 1s to compare the savage naccs, which marry at a very early age, with the white race, which 1s the latest in marrying of all races. : Teachers amore the negroes of the South, in the Philippines, in Polynesia, and in Avsialla tell us that the dark- skinned children in their schools are brighter than the white children, yet we never look for great men among these races, and we would not find them If we aid look. ‘All of the great men of the world, Ike Aristotle, Bacon, Cuvier and Franklin, have ‘been sons of very old men, When eminent men like King David, the Catos ‘of Rome, the el@er William Pitt and cer~ ‘tain branches of the Dana, Lee and Liv- ingston familles of America have sons late in life, the eminence is continued to _——— = ORIGINAL JUDGE LYNCH. With reference to the origin of the term ‘Judge Lynch,” the story current fn County Galway 18 chat Judge Lynch's sop, for some offense or other, was tried before his father, the Chief Magistrate of Galway, says the Liver- pool Post, The young fellow was very popular, an¢i the Sheriff absconded and the executhoner decampeu’ but to the old Judge justice and judgment were and before sunset hg had ipexorab) Magee executed his aon. The following fe the inscription which the correspond~- ent himself copied off the stone the last time he was in the western city: “This ancient memorial of the stern and un- ending justice of the Chief Magistrate of this city, James Lynch Fitastephen, elected Mayor, A. D, 1493, who con- demned and executed his own son Wai- ter on this spot, has been restored to {ts ancient site A. D. 1854, with tho approval of the Town Commissioners, by thelr Chairman, Very Rev, Peter Daly, P. P., Vicar of 8t, Nicholas.” "be fareseing is susmounted by tho Mull and croes-bones, and ts let in the walle of what was once an old Domin- igen rear, but js now @ modera ehureh, —————_- SUNSTRUCK CANDY, “lt 1a very difficult in hot weather to please women Who are confirmed cundy~ eaters," says & manufacturer, ith chocolates and caramels, particularly, we have to stand @ pretty large pecunt- ary lose when jo thermometer ap proaghes the # mark. Chooolates besin tu perepire badly then, and a very short exposure gives them an actual case of eunetroke, They have to be made fresh every day in order to be sent out of thy EOFS OE BU ee nnen mente tm and Solomon have sons jn e the | the Chicago Post. be} found in the British nobiti family begins with an eminent man, and) noble ‘branch through the eldest son. nence is very rarely continued third generation, and usually disappears It js true that produced in thi but during the 800 years which the Jaw of primogeniture has been in force every such cage has come about through some accident which has’ ell nated the eldest of the eldest and has| have no difficulty in put In some younger branch to In- hherit the ttle, The conclusion to be drawn from this js that young men should not marr; in the sccond. reniain old bachelors pe- Unmarried people do nor lve As long as married people, and no miserable as helor with relatives, DAILY FASHION HINT. Readers of The Evening World: For Women To cut this ten years of a Inches wide, & yards a 414 yards 44 Inches wide will be costume for &| The iniquitous waste of war, 534 yards 37 inches wide, or The pattern (No, 4187, sinew 6, Pret nu i Beale on Tae | Mona The woman who has never triod aters, Which leaves A distinct floral ess spraying of some delicate toilet water after an austing y of busin hief is not shopping, calling, study or brain work | form, he faint or the multipiiclty push + has not learned its v Is regarded the nerves. There are properties in a wel essence of violet, orange flowers. verveine or sweet lavender—whetner | tolerate no other fragrance applied to the body or diffused by an | ————— atomizer through the room. The virtue of perfume as a purtfer, sclentists say, is not sufficiently recognized in West couatries. In the East it ts per! understood, and ils lavish use is lees asa safeguard to healt! It {8 an established fact that persons } who work on the flower fa n | fondness for violets inc of the Ort are remar' healthy, says the Toledo Blade Aside from Its healthfulness there is tain suggestion of persona! dainti-| ness in the discreet use of delicate per-) subtly indicated as by the CUBA’S ADVANTAGE, | woman from her drawing-} texion of her ply be- cause of necessity the cook has been living in a croisture-laden rising from steaming pans and kettles, | while mistress has M ing proce says Lesile’s Monthly. been complaining that her com } lotions have been tneffectual, w | rellty the atmosphere in wh! jlives has made these lotio! sary and yet In we takes it for granted, as a rule at she must be nervous. Iso, that] 1 | ne: of time and money, the comt should still be unsatisfactory, her. Yet, if she were spending a year in right is in the first grade Jelshth grade boy 4s not so t Day poems written, Its author's name fs not known, The beauty of its rhythm] Hemedy eo and sentiment makes Jt worth reprint. | Dear Mra Aver Ing. To-day, a8 the pulses powerfyl Of the glad young year awake, It would scem that, with tokens flower-] p01). 4) ful and #6 ‘A nation had gone to take Chappea {They a red and chapy pm 7 formula: (While marching in throngs processional | yi of mellowed #od)— Chapped and Red i The sky for 4 blue sional one-half ounce; honey ( And to tell its grief to God. ounces; white wax, ne i jwater, one and one-half dunces; But more than to march regretfully, {0.4 44) fr an one hal mene With earth-reverted gun, Vitsacws “fi ie wax, rose Water And more than to merge forgetfully | .'° )0%) (um SPIN The Blue and the Gray in one, Mislie arate edt ere Is to yearn with grand unantinity stove or lninp. When the ingredie That war might forever cease, are Ui ighly meited aod ming! iis sweet suvlimity gether, air, a And to love w ‘The thoughts of an endless peace, [until cold. For how is your service beautiful, Recipe for Good Tooth Powder, Oh, mourners who weep to-day, Dear Mra, Ayer If the hands that are now ao dutftul Abcut thres roonthe exo. I Shall to-morrow spoil and slay teeth cleaned by a dentist; If the hate that your love js levelling proosutions 1 have Shall later lift its brow, m clean, small And redden with bloody revelling tartar have wluricd to form Tho graves that you garland now? |you lwt me have a formula by could remove the tartar For only when all humanity ie ionch cowann Car whic i aly Bhall have learned to well abhor formula will remove the tartar so lately The tmperious, blind insanity, everpeyth Pre am STC TTA WIM the splendid and stainiess purity Thiv iw alvo intented for Mra Dir to-day boam out afar Giraice tpoath Powder own phe darknens of futurity Ae Ra Aee cooraine star, Itated chalk, mix uncer; stone, powdered, one ounces you shed upon | powder, one ounce; then m, weil the | bloom of co shine So D OVE *TWIXT LIFE AND DEATH. t HIM FOR TWO DAYS AND NIGHTS. grasped them eagerly. came un rubbed his arms until {and again for having of six who we! cae sine track, Tn my and a half. 7 hence Ing the bedclothes Is ver sick?’ ¢ door had bi and many women of fash! eachet odors all the tve of the necessity {¢ roof adjustable desk: She must have skin foods and creams, and powders, is accepted as 4 fact. Thut ‘Vids group of boys from a@ public sche Just why, after all these expenditures | introduction into each class room of a num! Gate pupils who are too small or too larg and the next tw three boys on the left are in the eighth «r , yet the 8 first grade, says the Ch report, say's that cont. of the puplis are too provid st for the tin the first grade ov desk. Avabla or in the Soudan, ae hie grale ere aucnilaneera Biss cago Tribune. ‘The Child’su upon the climate. In her drawing-room} urements taken show th = h la worse than elther—however, | | if whe dovs not even approach the real] !rse er too small for cause. other 4 tes varies down to abou oll of cloves sh fine bolting cloth, 1 would like a remedy for my hands. dients and mix thor I would Jike & remedy that would whiten them, hands with warm them thoroughly Japplyp the mixture for which cure for stubborn hal man who has boen in the habit ‘omb and brush hair in the eentre of his head that stands straight now the b nds and honey together | Jing the myrrh, and beat! tartar with @ little orange wood stick bonase of mag- ounds bY | nosia, ong:halt ounce; Armenian bole, one-half ounce; of] af rove woranium, thr "Got a ything to eat? at the door. Granny ked toward the door. n opened however, there ds. in THEIR DESKS “ARE. MISFITS. t¢ reentage of misfits in THE NATION’S DEAD. HARRIE’ r HUBBARD “AYER. ‘This was one of the, first Memorial | * TEkbS HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL, stone und cuttl An Obstinate Taft of Hatr, I his ite pin the alr, rber ACR e wentloman try the anti-kink edy on the tuft of hulr. | give you es; yoliow wax, 1 e010 WOM, vat Pace Vowder. what Kind of powder 1 uine o make Wa Gnd eyelunies MADGE ‘or whion I give you good, Do not attemp the eyebrows me at the At mtore now Kum he ance; pure 1 Muli), three ty ahd’ sift aneouan ing wk; elect wl that bolting elk, aift the ueh another bit of olin wilh, pertume wilh Maree ‘drops EDEN Of oll of rome I'm avful hun"— asked a boo et orris Yanke violet, @x- ete, all They violets are | fragrance to ever: jr j pare! o> hed says the P. In . is eusiiy unders 87, GRONGE VEUNY CATMUAGE & motione good-by."" hah legged “No, 1 Granny, am Decahrashun Day?” Granny was awakened by a Uttle thas tn a woriil voice. The old ™ rose and dressed slowly. Presently whe threw her door and, squinting her eyes in the bright |. reprovingly: “Desecration Day! ‘Wiat yo sech a thing, boy? I nevah heerd 0° Look dah comes a man on hoahsback." Shading her 67s with her hands, ‘Grenny looked -whete the dial pointed and saw @ man, covered with dust, black horse, ‘whose efdes were fleckT> with ‘The man sprang from his saddle and, Pegi horse in the road, ran up the short path to the old negress and the boy stood. ‘Frightened, Cutting and buttering a few slices of bread and mixing a glass of brandy and wa them to the man, who still remained tn the hole. en he had finished eating granny persuaded him to come to the bod, where sho dressed his wounds by candle sclous during this time him In a blanket, forced him to take ‘some brandy and man to speak. “Miss Granny?” he asked, lifting his hat. “Evalene Harriet Brown's ma whole nate ’ hyah T's called Granny,” came the as Granny placed her arms aktmbo and searchingly at the aew arriva’ ‘Oh! beg your pardon, Miss Brown,” sald se many, making a low courtesy, "I am from Major Crate ford Floyd, to whom you rendered a setvice edie He has charged me to deliver this token of the high esteem he has for 2h So saying, he handed Granny, who was th surprised, a neat Ittlé package, which she cook wie out answering. “Yes. Gen. Logan says that hereafter the 90th Gay of May will be called Decoration Day and the people of both north and south will put remembrances 6m their soldiers’ graves,’ the man continued. “ Floyd desires me to say he will always yt and hopes to be able to do more for you when ¢he ~ good old thmes return, Have you any message for Her patient be- Granny wrapped worked for two duys and nights, the man remaining asleep all of thts time, except when awakened for some dainty granny had prepared. Three weeks passed. The man's wounds had healed splendidly, A billet remamed in bis left arm and gave him some ‘trouble, but he determined to leave for hendquarters in spite of his nurse's objections After much trouble in getting a horse all prepara- He thanked granny again ved his Ife and promised In answer to her ‘tlons were made to leave. ehe stould hor from nim again. question about himself he sald: “My name is Crawford Floyd. I am one of a party seat out by Grant into the Confed's intry to learn what they could for the use of the orlhera army. ‘Threc of us were captured |ovirmish at Pord Fork and taken to the temporary prison wt Apple Valiey, rides wore shot for attempting to escape. however, and got the arm, The men knew detachment out to bunt { One night T slept In the little house over because the place ts ‘The old woman hesitated, After a few moments she : “S-8—Sa—Sakes alive! I done concluded dat man he fergit this hyah poah niggah, I@ow know w'at's in dis hyah bundle, but you’ tell Majal Floyd ef he evah gits neah trouble roun’ dis hyah place again he oughten know whar te’ come! “That he will; T vouch ft,” replied the messenger, where two of my ' being shot in T wae a spy and rent a I was nearly the hi. Needy Ived there, sed to te haunted, as you told me. t dinger of betng recaptured and ith, #0 I determined to tunnel underground ler to met the beasts off my weck T had quarter rations for a week ou have aeen. for alr and drink, digging with the dagger y work and 1 often suffered : riy giving up in despalr, T happened k through the floor of your house, my good angel. Tell nobody what hear from me egain, which will not be long, I hope. inscription on the back, which read, “Ons : The war soon be over now. ‘el ¢ Hundred God bless you and ‘The soldler rode off in haste. Granny stood watch- him untll he was out ‘n spy, Bet this in an old cup and hidden away as securely as the brandy had been which she had given the wretehed spy.—Pittsburg Gazette, hyah niggah gits ketched , Granny,” the boy went on; fan way, but Granny walted (for | a se the contents of that package ell for The major will let you hear from him #0om, od-by."” ‘The words were scarcely spoken before the man had — mounted and was riding away. The old looked at the package with a smile. “Wondah watts she sald, as the package was laid on ¢ table and slowly untied. The sight which met eyes made her jump, Before her lay a qircular plees of gold, the first she had ey touched. Taking the door, Granny turned It Wer and over, Slowly and tediously she spelled out the SOME INTERESTING F FACTS ABOUT PERFUMES and heliotrope, white rome, Land sandalwood are to be elopes, or in Jars, ribute In ounce or pound, to as yers of cotton, fl China stik 7 nel reoor bureau drawers ¢ tmenis imparts a fain here ea perfumed Mas ently intr 1 may A nove Hinto dress. w hats, o J placed in wa urmmoires and au| manner of receptacles for wearing ap- | for fin etlon of 8 word, Oriental orris, Japanese. and te ing jes” ure ites, ome in ¢ silken page, soled ieude battles of er and tvory, SOME SLANG PHRASES. ‘he famous phi trot reply of hes ¢ W soldie vers! meaning Im npell, when tha » had free seats at the theat rvided with Syor of a skull or the expression was anc ertain of feked the bucke ure periphrase for, dying It War the custom of the Huns to put a feather In thelr cap for e Turk jee the origin of “feather Gr. 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