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to see the object in question which he
held in his hand. 1t was a country
newspaper published at an interior Ken
lucky town, and he was pointing to. an
address label on the margin. 1t read:
'Haniford, Mary E.-Jan. l, 49,"
1.-The camper must hev left it here"
Zeb muttered as if speaking to himself.
~ thought she was dead years ago, an
this is only two months old. Boys, he
exclaimed, with sudden burst of ener-
gy, ''we must catch that camper"
'No, Zeb, we can't now; the storms
gittin' too bad replied Mangel. The
frame of the little cabin shaking in the
wind seemed to emphasize bis state
ment.
81 say we nauSt!" was Zeb's response
"She may be along-who knows?" He
strobe through the door and vanished In
the sleet clouds without.
''He mustn't go like that, him sick SO
an ALL" spoke stoop-shOuldered Yer
monter known as McNash.
ssKerrect, but wen all perish in this
blizzard eff we follow him. don't know
ez we kin git home anyhow" replied
Mangel. ''Yit we'll try" he concluded,
leading the way to the bunch of ponies
outside.
Zeb was a speck on the south-bound
wagon trail, and they raced with the
wind toward him.
'sAll tn wagin's goes this way" he
Numbered above the noise of the storm
when they had overtaken him.
They spread far apart and galloped
on. Zeb led them. he seemed to have
an unerring instinct that was taking
him to the object of his search.
And it was true one, for as they
dashed down slope into one of those
draws" or ravines, that CROSS the roll
ing prairies in every direction they
came on a travel-stained prairie
schooner, or covered wagon, seeking
shelter behind struggling group Of
sunhowers, while team was shivering
Just beyond.
Zeb leaped from his painting calouse
and threw back the curtains that closed
the end Of the wagons covering.
For an instant his eyes were unable
to pieAse the semi-darkness and then he
saw the ill-deflned figures of an elderly
man and woman.
Half dazed, they sat up
''Maryr' called Zeb, feeling rather
than seeing that his hearts wish was
realized.
Her answer was not distingutshable
but in a moment the rescuer was inside
the wagon, chatting her numbed hands,
while the others were doing a like serV-
ice for the father.
1--WE must git back to tn cabin, boys, "
said Zeb. Gwen freeze here. They're
half froze, now"
''Au of us can't stay thar" spoke UP
the Vermonter. ''Mangel kin help ye,
an tn rest of us'll slope fer our shan
ties"
This was agreed to, and before the
ponies and their riders were entirely
out Of sight over the bluff, Zeb was drtv-
ing the team of the campers at rafting
pace toward his claim.
It was two days before Mangel could
return home, but life was not unpleas'
ant in the cabin with the campers stores
! for rations. And then to see Zeb's hap
piness was something.
Just to think, Zeb,' said Mary, as
they were bidding Mangel goodbye,
shat for ten years 1 had thought you
as good as dead and you were certain
! that was-and to find me and father
on the way to brother Toms as you did
it is like novel"
''Only amt quite so pretty ez used
TO be-" put in Zeb.
| "While 1 am an old maid of-well,
won't tell how many years" laughed
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mounted quickly Sprang forward.
9TH gang'll be ready, I s'pose?" half
shrieked the other, as he followed after.
Then coming closer, he continued,
while the two ponies Hoped lazily over
the prairie. in course tn thing hez
got ter be put stop to-
AN Zeh's bein' sick, too, makes 1t
worse. Thar he is at Mangel's cabin on
his back while all tn fellers are busy
seem &c. Gher cattle an things y"
s'poses his claim is all right, speshuliy
at this time O. year, right in dead WIN
ter an blizzard likely ter come up
sny minute. But all to once he looks
over cross tn prairie an what duz he
see but smoke comm from tn chtmbly
of his cabin. Some pesky claim-jumper
thinks he's got bonanzy; but don't
yer fergit tibet they'll be some mighty
interestin' fun in tn nighborhood OF
thaS cabin ter-mOrrE
It was an intensely cold, still and
painfully clear winters morning when.
according to programme, the knot q
settlers gathered at Mangels for their
proposed expedition.
s.Git ON. fellers," called the leader,
and all swung into their saddles AS
they did so pale figure rode from INC
stable. -,
'Why, Zeb, you're not goingF ex,
claimed MangeL You amt Wen
enough"
ayes, am" replied that individual.
''It's my funeral, an I'm goin' TO new
part in it,
aD'ye know what day 1t is, boys@
suddenly asked Mangel.
Saturday" responded some one
mo, not that; but of tn year ltS
New Years." :,
s'AhI then this ere's q New Years
CALL" said Zeb, and he laughed In
feeble kind Of way.
The others joined him, and all though
of happier New Year days passed In the
old homes, far from the prairies.
Zeb seemed most pensive Of all, anc
did not look up until the leader sudden
ly remarked: ''They's a storm comm
| yonder."
A gray mist had risen in the north ant
was rapidly approaching. The mel
knew that 1t meant the terrible blizzart
in which neither man nor beast is sur
of existence
But they were approaching the house
and hurried on.
eth Teller is late gittin' up, note'
one, as the little caIvacade drew nearer
"Why, he's gomez" said Zeb. I'm
afraid they amt nobody ter home te
receive our call"
The billiards. first fierce breath strucl
them as he spoke, and before they coul
dismount the fine, feathery flakes Q
snow were covering their coarse coat
with white
"If they've gone out in this storm
Zeb began.
ats tn end of 'em," completed con
panion. but let's hurry, boys Husti
in an we'll warm little an skip fe
home"
They needed no urging, and in mi
ment all were huddled around III
earthen fireplace which did duty at OF
end of the cabin for cooking and hea
ing purposes. Zeb began picking !
some papers to light fire. Sudden
he stopped, and, faint and weak as
was from his recent illness, he locke
2 almost ghostly in his tropidation-
'sDid-did-any ot--you- fellers bril-
this here9' he asked, slowly, and Wa
a...Aa.asa AAsAhrs nfYnae
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idea of throwing himself under the To-
comotive as too uncertain. He was go
ing to adopt mode of death which,
while more painful, would be absolutely
sure. He was going to eat a kiln-dried
railroad lunch counter sandwich.
Just as he was reaching out for the
fatal sandwich 1 grasped his suicidal
am and led him away where I gave him
my caad and told him that 1 had come
to saveNhim and Jennie from a fate
worse than death.
Bill was surprised, but he consented
to abstain from sandwiches for the pres
ent. 1 asfed him how his wife was
coming Only
"Great Rssvens!'' he exclaimed, 'she
is starving "a death for sealskin sacque.
It's all my fplt, for she is an angel of
goodness. NAyer a harsh word from
her lips. LesNpe go and eat the fatal
sandwich
''Bill, " saidA they are not healthy
when indulgeot in to excess. I'm your
friend, and I've \got the money to help
you and JenniA Here is $500 for O
sealskin sacGue for. Jennie. Here is
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81, 900 more to get some wet grocerts,
etc., to celebrate this New Years EN-. |
Tell Jennie you rung in cold deck d
your boon companions. Wipe that I'd
mato off the back of your neck. All \
ask of you is that you swear of on
whisky and cards"
There was happy gathering in the
Bill Boozle mansion that New Years
eve.
Bills swear-off held good. Not a
drop of whisky passes his lips. He
takes bottled beer and gin azzes in
stead, and instead of cards I give him
tips on the Wall street market. Jennie
is as happy as the day is long, parading
the streets in that sealskin sacque.
And I am welcome guest at their
house. My appearance is signal
for burst of delight from the children.
We are all happy, so 1 will ring down
the curtain before something happens
to mar the tableau.
THE END.
NorE.-I desire to call the attention of
the reader who has waded through the
foregoing to the fact that 1 have kept
my promise of writing a story out of
the usual line. Variety is the spice of
life. ALEX. E. SWEET.
Author Of "Jennie's Lovers" etc
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when I proposed to Jennie, but fou
koay ueaYs later

when proposed to Jennie, but four
teen years later.
Yes, there was Bill Boozle, with q
nose looking more like a Chinese lantern
than a human organ of smell, playing
cards with his boon companions, and he
seemed to be the booniest of the gang.
All at once l saw Jennie. She entered
all at once. But, o, how changed, and
for the worsel She went up to him and
said: civilian, where is that sealskin
sacque you have been promising me for
q New Years gift for the last ten
years?"
He didn't know where it was. Jennie
turned and went out with look OF such
intense anguish on her features that l
halfway felt sorry for her-husband,
when I thought what was in store foI
MIN when he went home where sne
could talk to him more freely.
When Bills boon companions heard
how he had deceived his wife they De-
come indignant, and threats OF lynchlng
we're freely INDUCED in. One OF them
| seized missile, and before could stay
his arm he hurled it with all his force
| at the inattentive husband. 1t strucA
| him with full force on the head, and
the next moment his head and shiri
were covered with crimson gore. de
had been struck by an over-ripe tomato
NorE.-Authors of noVelettes arr
warned that a patent for this startnns
climax has been applied for.
The storm of indignation assumed
such dimensions that Bill Boozle ros'
to his feet and staggered out OF tn
grocery, one of the jewellers giving Mn
a parting kick that raised him on Tn
ground. 1 followed him He mean
dered on both sides of the road IN ZIG
gag fashion peculiar to men who tax
too many whisky straights- he wa
going to the railroad station kept o
pursuing him. He evidently conten
plated throwing himself under som
passing train. Then he changed b
: mind and started In the direction OF tn
station. Ia moment had ekvine
ais lnsantlnna ne lad given Np z
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A Christmas Echo.

Judge ito prisonerl-You were seen
bv the officer, sir, lodging about the
back streets and evidently trying to
avoid meeting any one. You were there
fore arrested by said officer on the
charge of being suspicious character
But, be that as 1t may, as you appear 10
be a respectable person, l will discharge
YOU from the custody of the court II you
can give satisfactory reason for your
suspicious actions when arrested
Prisoner Cbrokenly)-I-1 was wear
ing, your honor, for the first time a
necktie, a Christmas -present-from-
my-wife, and 1 was afraid to m-meet
any
Judge promptly and decisively' but
visibly affected)-The prisoner has the
sincere sympathy of the court and Is
honorablv discharged--Life.
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Mary. 'And you took US for claim
jumpersF'
"Waal, amt you got tn CLAMP Say,
Mangel," turning to his comrade, tell
tn boys to come over ter-morry. They's
ter be weddin' here, amt there, Mary?"
But Mary had fed indoors.
The wedding was held, however, and
the claim jumpers stayed on zeb's claim
at least one of them/did-
And the proprietor never objected.
Indeed he is frequently heard to boast
of the pleasure resulting from his strange
New Years call.
CHARLES MoREAU HARaER-
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Hs I.eoked Up che Address.

"Can see Santa CLAUSE" asked the
small boy, entering Fogg's toy-store.
He's not here, sonny" returned the
old man, kindly. why do you look for
him in my placer"
swell, 1 saw your name on the wagon
he sent me, and l thought l might get
him to trade it for pair Of skates. "
Puck.
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Wanted to Please.

"Wkat would you like to have for
ChristmasP" asked De Brute of his wife.
81 haven't made up my mind yet"
"a sealskin sacque?"
"Oh, yesr'
''Or a pair Of diamond earrings?"
THAT would be lovely?'
'Or silk dress@'
"I need new dress very much"
'Or nice pair of new shoes2"
'sThe old ones are getting rather
shabby"
Wen let it be pair of shoes, then.
I wanted you to be pleased, though. -
Merchant Traveller.
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HERE is, for in
s t a noe, one
character famil-
lar to the read
ers of Christmas
and New Years
novels, who is
conspicuous in
my novelette, by
his complete alb
sence. I refer
to the a ged
tramp who has
s cen bet err
days, and who
invariably Sc
1ects this sea-
son Of the year,
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piles, Piles! Itching PiIes!!

observation-disclosures; intense itching
and singing; most at night; worse by
Scratching. If allowed 70 continue tu-
mors form, which often bleed and ulcer
ate becoming very sore. Swayne's
Ointment stops the itching and bleed
ing. meals liberation, and in most cases
removes the minors. at druggists, or
by mil, for % cents DE-. Swayne q
a.. s1hil q E.lnhia. Rprl-nll
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Good Reason Why.

Mamma-well, Willie, what good re-
solve are you going to make for the New
Year2
Willie-I won't fight with Johnny sny
more.
Mamma-I'm very glad my little son
secs how wrong and sinful 1t Is to fight
Wilne-Yes'm. He always ticks me.
-Munsey's Weekly.
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After church on Christmas Day

The Rector-You seem unusually hap
py this morning, Miss Alice-the joys OF
Christmas, presume3
Miss klice-Yes, the joys of Christmas.
I received twenty more presents than /
gave. Isn't that enough to make me
feel gay?-Harper's Magazine.
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The SILLY GirIa

'tGirls are no good anyway" said lit
tie Johnny; ''they amt got any sense"
Flows that?' asked Merritt
Because" was the reasonable reply,
las soon as their stockings get big
enough to hold lot of things they stop
hanging them up."-Judge.
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In Hot Water,

Rigby-Why so glum, old boy9
Digby-We had Christmas-tree at
our house last night, and by mistake
when l was giving out the presents
gave nice diamond pin, that my wife
intended for me, to my cousin who Is
nameSake of mine.
Rigby-Why don't you explain 1t to
him?
Digby-I can't; he sailed for Europe
this afternoon before l had a chance,
and my wife has been nagging me even
Einee.-Judgc.
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ZEB'S NEW YEARS CALL.

AMI to learn
i'm a lesson, did
you say?"
"Yaas, an in
a way that'n
keep tn measly
fellers out o
the kentr y.
he la t tie T
speaker h g n
crack ed h / s
long ma k e.
w h Up as h 9
spoke, and the
bronchO u pom
which he was
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s'How to Cure All Skin Diseases"
Simply apply "Swayne's Ointment
No internal medicine required: Cures
the face. hands, nose, &C., leaving the
skin clear, white and healthy. Its
great healing and curative powers are
possessed by no other remedy. Ask
your druggist for Swayne's Ointment.
aprI-9I,
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JENNIE'S LOVERS.
A Somewhat Original New Years
Novelette,

introductory Note-The author desires to
call the attention of the reading public to the
following New Years novelette,, and TO prepare
them for the surprises that await them IN case
fney should decide to read II.
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A Song of Christmas.
Sing a song of Christmas,
Stockings full Of toysi
Just the thing 20 please us
Little girls and boys.
Now they ell ere emptied;
Lots for me ami you.
Wasn't that pretty thing
For Santa Claus to dof-Jucge.
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Puck: w. Fearless Gall-Why
didn't you introduce me to your
friend Astorbilt just now? DIDN'T
YOU see me wink at you? Gorham
Ware-Yes, and / would have, my
dear how. with pleasure; but you see
Astorbilt winked at me first.
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RemarkabIe Rescue.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, PIaintieId, III,
make 8 the statement that she caught
Did, which settled on her lungs, she
was treated for a month by her fam
i ly physician, but grew worse. he
told her she was hopeless victim OF
consumption and that no medicine
could cure her. Her druggist suggest
ed DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption; she bought bottle, and to
her delight found herself benefited
from first dose. She continued It's use
and after taking ten bottles, found
herself sound and well, now does her
own homework and is as well as she
ever was. Free trial bottles of this
Great Discovery at w. P. Wcldridge
& Co.'s drug store; large bottles 5Oc.
and 81. [2[ male ly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-23


Marmalade is doubtless an excellent and
nutritious accompaniment to bread and butter
at breakfast 1t is reported to be largely con.
sumed-under the name of '.squish"-bv
Oxford undergraduates when in training for
races. Bnt the pleasing theory on which it.
patrons have hitherto gone has been that none
but the very soundest oranges were used In it,
manufacture. Probably this is the case With
tho best makers of the conserve; but 9 rsther
lurid light has been thrown on the subject by
case heard at the Woolwich police court.
An inspector stated that complaints were made
to him as to the condition Of some oranges ex-
posed for sale at the local market On examining
three boxes they we're found to contain :
s'black pulpy substance" which was ''quite un-
at to eat" The owner of the fruit made the
horrifying suggestion that 1t ''could be chopped
up for marmalade," and ct the hearing of the
case he defended himself on the ground that
the oranges were merely frosted" Another
witness mentioned the disgusting fact that
while the "pulpy" oranges cost IL shillinRs 9
boz those sold For marma1ade only fetched 4
shillings. The defendant was let Oh with
warming, ~ there was no proof that he knew
the oranges to be - bad q they undoubtedly
were. For the public the important point &
70 discover what proportion Of their mstutinal
nerInalade u made up Of the s'black pulpy
Substance" Aforesaid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-23

London Industries says: The estimates for
the French navy for the year 1891 amount to
2ls, 767, 7o2 francs (fs 75o, 1888. Of which 50.
600 900 francs Ca, 0Oo OO0) are reserved for the
construction OF new vessels or the alteration OF
existing ones. During the present year there
will be in course of building in the government
dock yards six ironclad battle ships two first
class and four second-class cruisers, two tor
pedo cruisers, two transport avisos. two tor
pedo avisos, one second-class transport steamer
and one sailing frigate. and of these nearly one
half are expected to be completed during the
year. The vessels under construction in French
private yards include two ironclad battle ships
two armored cruisers, two third-class cruisers,
seventeen 6rst-class torpedo boats, two sea-
going torpedo boats and two vedette boats OF
these there are expected to be completed dur
ing this year one ironclad battle ship, two
third-ciass cruisers and all the torpedo and
vedette boats.
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1.-THE Ideal Wife" Described.


Whether with a view to give precision to
1.-The young mans fancy" at this pairing sea-
son, or merely to keep the gentler sex in
formed regarding the demand in the matri-
monial market, our contemporary, 1.-THE
Young Man" has been melting its readers to
define "the ideal wife" The replies appear to
agree that this perfect person must strive to
exist solely for her husband pleasure, profit
and convenience. One tersely. if q tribe uu-
dramatically, says: There should be
healthy compact between tho piano
and the wringing machine, so that the
dignity Of labor is not superseded by
the dignity of art, but each contribute to
the domestic felicity" Another, who may have
been dipping into Schopenhauer's abominable
chapter on Women" put his views into the
epigrammatic form: Zone whose life says my
husband and L and not L and my husband !"
Cardinal Wolsey's EGO ct meus Rex would
have been more appropriate still. Culling
further samples from the epistolary anthol-
ogy We find that in the view Of various
correspondents the ideal wife ''has skill enough
to cook q good dinner without being waste
full, taste enough to dress well without being
extravagant, tact enough to know when and
how to speak" and that moreover she must be
lone whose love prompts her to do what she
can 10 make home on earth q stepping stone
to . home in heaven One matrimonial
mouopoiist even goes SO far az to say that she
must prefer the company Of her husband to
that of any other man, and let people see it :"
We had always thought that letting people see
II, )" in such cases, was considered rather bad
maunerh
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The Old Man sings.

There's wabble in the jingle and stumble in
And the accent might be clearer and the volume
be completer,
And there might be much Improvement in the
stress and intOnatiOn,
And a polish might be added to the crude pronun-
citation;
But there's music like harper played before the
ancient kings,
When the old man takes the fiddle and goes feel.
ing for the strings,
There is laughter choked with tear-drops when
the old man sings.
And we form ring around him, and we place him
In the middle,
And he hugs to his ~tnersd cheek the old
And smile comes on his features as he hears the
strings vibration.
And he sings the songs Of long ago with faitering
And q phantom from the distant past his distant
music brings,
And trooping from their dusty graves comes long
forgotten things.
When he tunes the ancient fiddle and the old man
sings.
We LET the broken man play upon the broken
And We press around to hear him as he sits there
The sound of many wedding bells in all the music
Then We hear their clamor smothered BY the
sound Of funeral drges.
IT'S the story OF his lifetime that in the music
And every life's blind mans tune that's played
on broken strings
And 80 we sit in silence while the old man sings.
w. @. FOSs.