National Republican., 1885-06-13

she did. But she summons up enough
courage to make another effort. Bending
/ herself in the shape of letter G she
makes dive. She safely passes one track,
and then another. and then a third, then
she broathes little easier and ventures
to curb her pace and turn her head.
There on the second track which she
crossed an engine Is pushing some freight
cars toward tho crossing. She forgets
that she has crossed that track. and again
retraces her steps. She is now thoroughly
excited, and doesn't know which way she
is going. She can't tell whether she has
crossed the tracks or not She stands
bewildered. At this juucture tall and
handsome policeman approaches and gal
lantly escorts her across the iron way.
She oyerhears the flagmau remarking TO
the switchman that "the foine lady has
got across at last" The policeman tips
his helmet as she thanks him, and then
she goes homo and tells the folks what q
gay time she had getting over the rail-
road.
Had a right smart of rain here in Chi
cago, guess" remarked passenger from
western Kansas. "Now. out with us we
have been just dying for rain. Every
thing dried up like Goldfish in salt bar'l.
The drouth got 50 bad that we were
afraid we'd lose all our crops, an so the
religious people called day Of prayer.
The churches an school houses was
thrown open an you never seen 80 many
religious people in your life. 1t beats all
how religious man gets whom his corn
crop is In danger. Wall, we met an
prayed for rain. Tho minister prayed,
the deacons prayed, we all prayed. But
the oldest thing about 1t was that a little
girl came to tho church with an umbrella.
What did you bring your umbrella for,
sis p some one asked her; do you think
it's going to rain p Course do she re-
piled. Amt we going to pray for It, and
don't the good Lord say, ask and ye shall
getT The faith of the little gal touched
all our hearts, / tell ye"
"But did it really rain? ~
"No, but before we got homo there
came the cusseiest hailstorm and tornado
that ever you seed. There want stalk
O any$hing green left in the hull coun'
try."'
'9euever took much stock in this evo.
luton, Darwinian theory of the origin of
man" remarked an elderly man, as he
moved to the other end of the car to es-
cape tho drawl and cigarette smoke of
dude who had just come in from the
sleeping car. "For years friend of mine
has tried to make mo believe in the
theory, and has argued IL all out. A
favorite notion of his is that at certain
stages Of the development and in certain
cases evolution turns back and moves
toward its originals. l never WAS able
to believe in the doctrine, but now that
SOC with my own eyes indisputable
proof of tho correctness of the latter part
of his idea am inclined to accept the
whole Of it,"
what proof do you refer tor"
"Why that thing down there at tho
other end of tho car smoking a cigarette.
It's hard TO believe that man sprang from
tho monkey but ii that isn't case of
Jhan re-evoluting toward the ape I'm no
good as an observer"
"This train Is rapid traveller" said a
passenger on tho limited; "wo must be
going az least fifty miles an hour. don't
like to travel quite so fast. 1t startles
me-"
"Pm right the other way" replied an
| other passenger; cant run too fast to
suit me. I'm accustomed to rapid trav-
cling at home, aud, as | am going away
for a month or two. it is relief to find
that there is something that can even out.
travel the thing I'm gesting away FROM"
Whats thatP
"Dly wife's tongue"
"Chicago whisky is bad enough" re.
marked one of the Iowa editors, as the
party started east on their excursion,
''but st. Louis whisky is the worst ever
struck Last year i was down to st.
Louis, and / guess l must have drunk a
J Gallon of the stuff. II was awful, though.