Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-28

Again We complied with his wishes, ana
after great deal of whipping. shouting
any prying he finally pulled through. We
were just on the point of throwing our
rails down to get back in the stage when
the driver shouted back: Hold on, gentle
men, don't throw your rails away, please.
There is another place a few hundred yards
ahead. where we shall need them again,
ard there is no fence near there.
There was big, tall man in the crowd.
1 think he was one of the new members
from Texas, who, when this proposition
was made, drew himself up to his full
height, and swelling with Indignation,
tlurted out: Well, I'm willing to pay my
fare and walk part of the way, but Ill not
consent to carry a rail-
Yes. sab, means of travelling have great
ly improved since 1 was last heah,' con-
cluded the gray-haired colonel, as he edged
over towards the bar.
At 4 recent wedding the bride had re-
tired to her dressing room to don her trav-
cling gown. Her mother had been dead a
year or more, and she had had the con-
slant care and companionship of her little
sister ever since their afiliction. The maid
was buttoning the brides boots when the
little seven-year-old entered the room. She
went to her sisters chair very thought
fully. Drawing a letter from the little
pocket. she said:
Alice, here is letter to mamma.
have just written. telling her all about the
wedding. VIII you send it to her?"
The elder sister, little shocked, replied
as gently as possible that she couldn't
send a letter to mother.
Then the little one. looking quite bright,
said promptly:
married. you will be getting little girl,
and when you send for her just give the
doctor this letter, and he can take it to
mamma when he goes for the baby
And there on the envelope was the adj
dress. printed as best she could:
ITO Mamma,
In Heaven.
Kindness of the Doctor"
She took the letter, and Rugged the little
one close to her. to hide the tear which
was rubbed off on the curly, brown head.
Congressman Southland of Ohio owns two
dogs that are In striking contrast. One is
a full-blooded English mastifr, weighing
about one hundred and sixty pounds; the
other is one of the smallest Of the terrier
species. his weight not being over three
pounds. The little dog will curl up and go
to sleep on one Of the paws of his big COM
panion, and the greatest affection exists
between the two. The terrier takes the
reatest liberty with the mastiff barking
at him and biting him. Don will stand
this patiently until the small dog nips his
heels and hurts him; then he picks the ter
rier up by the nape of his neck, and, TAX
ing him to the house, deposits hiEl at the
feet of his mistress, as an indica ton that
he wants him kept away for time. In a
few hours they will be playing together
again.
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The following anecdote is told of Judge
Minchell. chief justice of the supreme court
of Ohio:
1t seems that he with a legal colleague,
oft in,
mer to pass the hours in pleasant man.
rer with the aid of conversation and cigars.
An empty chair stood near an open win
dow, and the rain drifted in completely
flooding the seat. This seat consisted of a
leather cover supported by springs, which
rested on a wooden bottom. When the
rain fell on the seat it passed through the
holes in the leather and completely filled
the space below. A friend entered after
the storm had passed and walked over to
the chair, the seat of which now gave no
evidence of the moisture beneath, but
when he sat upon it the springs allowed
him to subside to such a degree that the
water by natural law was forced up
ward, much to his discomfort.
He did not receive any sympathy in his
sad plight, but being possessed of a nimble
wit, proceeded to get even by catching
some one else in the impromptu trap. He
suggested to Judge Minchell that he should
deliver a political address and thus attract
a crowd, who would serve as victims of the
bath.
The judge accordingly stepped upon a
box and began an impassioned harangue
upon the rights of man. while the origin
ator of the plot went out and spread the
news that Judge Minchell was making the
effort of his life. The water-logged chair
was placed near the door, and the first
man to enter naturally dropped in it with
sigh of relief that he had been so lucky
as to find place to rest himself. OF
course the seat was at once vacated amid
sundry expressions of surprise and disgust.
He was then informed of the state of af-
fairs and given another seat. Still the ora
tory went on. and each succeeding auditor
sat in the chair, swore and moved on. 1t
Is said that the greater part of the male
population of the village where this oc-
CURED, called for their 'other pants" upon
going home after the diversion drew to a
close.
Il have always been inclined to help a
woman in Distress" said a western man,
but there was one occasion when this
chivalrous feeling resulted somewhat dis
astrously to myself
Il went out to Montana several years
ago, and without having had any previous
experience III western life, took up the &C.
cupation Of sheep herding. Sheep herding.
by the way, is one of the most monotonous
methods of acquiring livelihood in which
a man could engage. 1t takes him away
from ell civilized life, and he sometimes
does not see fellow-being for a month or
mere. My cabin was on the head&aters of
Arrow creek, at the base Of the Highwood
mountains, where, after the sheep were
corralel for the night, 1 would lie In my
bunk and think of the home and friends in
the states, which l would not see again
for 1 knew not how long.
Zone dark, stormy night, when the rain
heat on the roof and the lightning flashed
through the chinks in the wall, was star
tied by cry, a long wall of distress. 1t
had note of anguish, not such as a man
would utter, but in the faltering tones of a
woman.
I'm moment I was at the door, and
throwing it open stepped outside. AS did
so l was struck down. my back was LAGER
ated by sharp claws and the coat was torn
from my shoulders. Then, as 1 rushed into
the cabin and closed the door, the low wall
ing cry arose once more.
Il never again attempted to rescue a
mountain lion, under the impression that
I was aiding a female in Distress"
Permanent.
From Harper's Bazaar.
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