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THURM0NT, Frederick County, Maryland Thursday August 3, 1896
Al.
THE BUILDING OF A STAIR.

Good resolutions. backed by whatever
plea Of advisability or necessity, are not
always certain to bear fruit after their
kind. When Ringbrand flung himself
down beside the log to wait for the
dawn, he fully intended keeping awake
in order to take advantage of the earliest
light for the beginning of the new en-.
deavor. So ran the alert determination;
buthew ewho watches may not lie quietly
with closed eyes. and when Ringbrand
sprang to his feet out of sound sleep
the morning was far advanced.
Reproaching himself remorsefully
for his want of vigilance, he recalled the
details of the plan which had suggested
itself in the night, and went Immediate
ly to work. He first ascertaincd half
the length of the log by measuring it
with the rope, and with the dimension
thus obtained he gauged the varying
width of the cavern until he found
point where the walls approached each
other so nearly as to make the interven-
ing space correspond exactly with his
measurement.
The next step was to cut the iog into
two pieces of equal length, and, drag
ging it out into the better light under
theaperture, he narrowly missed throw
ing it down upon another package Of
food similar to the one found in the
same spot on the previous morning. 1t
was welcome surprise, and he stopped
work long enough to devour the hard
corn-bread and greasy bacon, thinking
that the daintiest breakfast ever
brought him by the well-trained waiter
in the grill-room of his New York club
had not been eaten with keener relish.
ut must be the woman" he solilo-
quized; "it can't he anyone else; and it
these fellows have put their devilish
plot in motion I'll get no more rations
from that source, because they were to
send her away to-day. After all, though,
I don't know as it makes much differ
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ence; if another night finds me still in
comes of me-"
Putting the shadow Of despondency
into words had the effect Of defining it.
and he shook it Off resolutely. "That'll
never do; there must be no ifs and ands
about it: I've just got to get out OF here
while this daylight lasts"
He swallowed the last mouthful OF
bread and fell to work again, beginning
to cut groove around the middle of the
log by incessant and careful strokes of
the pick. In turning the piece OF
timber, he saw where the mountaineer's
shot had plowed deep furrow in it,
and he knew then that the bruise on his
arm had been made by the glancing and
half-spent bullet. He scarcely needed
the grim reminder, and Us he bent patti
emily to his work he thought how quick
ly the school Of privation and hardship
begins to impress its lessons of inditfer-
ence upon the mind.
There are many things easier OF &C.
complishment than the cutting in two
of six-inch stick Of tough oak with the
dull point of pick as substitute for
an AK; and the muscles of Ringbrand's
back and arms were in painfulrebellion,
and his hands were sore and blistered,
long before the thing was done. AS
college man, he had been rather fond at
athletics, and the training of the
university gymnasium, reaching up
through the everything years of Sc
dentary habit, gave him the power of
endurance and enabled him to keep
steadily at work in spite Of the protests
Of back and arms and hands; but this
did not lessen the acuteness of the pain,
nor did it dull the keen agony of appre-
hension that seized upon him as he saw
how slowly the cutting progressed.
Notwithstanding his perseverance and
the feverish energy with which he
worked, the hands of his watch marked
the hour of noon when the last remain
ing fibers of the wood gave way under
the blows of the pick, and, stopping
only long enough to get drink OF water
from the pool, he carried the pieces to
the point determined by the measure
ment with the rope, and began to tit
one of them breast-high between the
vertical walls as the first round OF his
ladder.
"By Jove! talk about special provi-
dence-what chance would l have ii
this bit of timber hadn't tumbled down
here?" 1t was comfort to think aloud
in the dead silence of the place. "Now,
if can wedge this so it will hold me"
A half-dozen trials went for nothing,
and he sat down to worry it out in
theory. "It's too long-that's what's
the matter with it; but if cut it off it
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Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmitsburg at
s26 and 10 40 m, and 8 81 and 8 SO p m.
Leave Edgemont for Waynesboro. Cham
bersburg Shippensburg, and intermediate sta
tions at Z O6 and II As a m and IS p m.
Leaye Hagerstown for Cherry Run and all
points on Potomac Valley Railroad at 8 03
m and 8 05 and 1Opm.
PRR Leave Bruceville tor Frederick at 40
a m and s 40 p m and for Littlestown Tan
eytown s. Columbia at 9 44a m and As p m.
Daily-all otherIdaily except Sunday.
tStops to land Passengers for Baltimore.
tStops only to land Baltimore passengers
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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-11-19

The beginner should not try to swim
any long distance at first. As soon as
he finds that he can keep his body
floating easily on the water by means
of the strokes he has learned, he
should aim to perfect his form rather
than aim to cover long distances. The
stroke which has just been described is
technically called the forward breast
stroke, and although there are a great
many other kinds of strokes in swim
ming, this is the easiest of all strokes
to learn, and the one that is most
generally used, except, perhaps, for
racing.
One of the most common of the fan
cy strokes is the overland stroke.
This is performed by placing the body
on the right side, with the legs held
out firmly perfectly straight. One leg is
then brought up in front and the 9TH
er is lifted up behind, and the next
motion is to bring them together with
q swift. scisSOrs-like motion, eXerting
as much force as possible. In the
meantime the right hand is moved out
in front and brought down through the
water as far as the left thigh, while
the left hand passes out of the water
from the rear forward, and Is drawn
back similarly through the water,
thus pulling the body ahead. Just as
one might pull ones self along by
means OF a rope. Harper's Round Ia
BILE.
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While no formal announcement has
been made that this work is to he pub
lished this fall, It is known that the
work is practically completed, and it is
only awaiting a favorable moment for
publication. 1t will be undoubtedly
the most important literary biography
of the century, and will deal with
""ntH ard persons tc an extent that is
almost without a parallel in modern
times. While Tennyson was for Il
large part of his life a r%ecluse, and did
ct like to he in the forefront of every
thing, he was always in the center of
what was going OH in his w day, ard
his life was spent in directing and con-
trolling many of the chief movements
of his time. without seeming to be at
the head of them. The publication of
"Talks With Tennyson," by Mr.. VIII
frid Ward, in the New Review" and
republished in "Littells Living Age
for August s, shows in n remarkable
way what may be anticipated when
this biography is given to the public.
1t will be read with intense interest
and enjoyment, and if it fails to show
how and WHY TcnnySOn maintained
his supremacy as Il poet and rs Il
leader of English thought. SO strong is
his hold upOu English literature to-day
that it will have to be rewritten to
meet the demand of the h~our.-Boston
Herald.
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A WELL STOCKED STREAM.

The Old Farmer Charged n Big Fee
for the Right to Fish, if You
Could.
l had just gotten my rod together
and was hooking on q worm when the
owner Of the brook, a sturdy and some
what Unlocking farmer, appeared on
the bank beside me-. / offered a short
s%alutation, and received one in return
considerably shorter than my own. I
ANY trout III this brook" l asked.
"Chock full on uni" t
You allow fishing here, of course?"
"Yaas, eff the pay is all right" j.;
j"How muchY' 81
give dollars n trip, now she's
stocked"
ooh, she's stocked, is she? Well, I'll
give you So; in advance, too"
He pOcketed the money, and 1
washed down the brook, a basketful of
half-pounders swimming before my
dazZled vision. In the first three miles
the only bite had was from my coat
pocket. l spent an hour casting in 'the
pool,' and another one through 1.-The
cut and finished out the afternoon
skirmishing around the shores of "the
pond" Then night came ON, and 1
was glad. If ever l have an evil deed
to perform, anything like numbering an
able-bodied farmer, l perfer to do it
after dark. On my way to the station
l stopped at the house of the farmer
and inquired for him.
PAS gone tttr the village" said the
boy; got some money turday, so
he's gone over tur git some groceries,"
Your father told me the brook was
stocked" 1 said fiercely.
$50 it's"
Il don't believe there's a trout in it
over IN inch long"
81 don't nuther," said the boy; "pa
didn't stock 1t tell las, summer.'-
Lewiston Journal,
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drew the cover, and the bee raised
laZily out, circled about in the air a
few times, and then flew swiftly off to
the eastward. Much excited, the boys
waited, and presently the bee came
back, bringing a companion with it,
and both settled down in Franks box.
We've hit it the first time!" shouted
Con, delightedly.
Then Frank pat down the cover and,
with the bees in the box. the boys
walked as far in the direction that the
bee had gone as they could and feel
sure they were on the right track, and
then the bees, beiug again loaded with
honey. they let them out and watched
their flight. This was repeated many
times. The hours slipped quickly
away, and slowly the sun was sinking
in the west.
IF we don't get there soon," said
Con, Pm afraid they'll stop for the
night"
Another trip will do it." answered
Frank, encouragingly. 1.-The trips of
the bees are getting very short"
II don't know just where we are"
put in Frank, doubtfully, for they had
heen travelling through unsettled coun-
try nearly all day, and Frank wasn't
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want to come down where we work
eight hours a day with the thermome-
ter making all the time from ITO to
12O degrees and see what 1t feels like"
But he never got any farther, for at
the bare mention of ITO degrees the
group melted away like the mist before
the rising sun; several members being
seen = few moments later holding
themselves up in front of a soda water
fountain with their eyes turned heaven
ward.
A newspaper man who happened
along just in time to catch the closing
remarks of the oiler became interested
and followed the man across the street
to his place of work. 1t was one of
those gigantic structures which have
reared themselves all through the
down town district in the last few
years. The building ran up to a height
of fifteen or sixteen stories. Six Gle
vators carried the traffic up and down
throughout the day, two of which
made no stop below the eleventh floor.
In the building were BARRIERS shops,
lunch rooms, telegraph and telephone
stations and all other FORMS of luXuries
so necessary to the business man of
the present day. The superintendent
of the building was found in ain amia-
bic mood, Which permitted him to re-
lax his FACE into Il broad smile rs tie
subject of the heat in the engine room
was mentioned.
"Well," said he, "Ill confess it's Il
pretty hot place to work in, but the
men get used to it and l never hear a
kick from them. Most of the men
have worked in the marine service and
they take to the work like a duck to
the water. In fact, if the truth We're
known, they look upon this work in
the lower regions of an office building
as the %softest kind of a snap. l prefer
them to the ordinary u of this kind
of help. They are by far more con-
tented and satisfied with their work.
Then, again, they are more active in
performing their duties than men who
have been used to working OH the land
all their lives. These men have been
brought up in a school where, when it
came time to work, it meant hustle or
bust."-New York Tribune.
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sure that he knew the way back
again.
Frank was too much absorbed to re-
ply. The bees had just settled again
into his box, and he was ready to take
up the march in the direction from
which they came. The boys stood in
Il natural opening among the trees.
The woods rose high on all sides, and
Frank was confident that the bee-trce
was only n short distance away.
Come on" he shouted to the boys,
and taking the bee-box and staff, he
led the way into the woods.
Whats that?" asked Con, suddenly
stopping. In sure it was someone
shouting"
Foolish said Frank, don't YOU
know we're ten miles away from any
houses?"
A moment more they plodded on,
and then Fred stopped, listening.
Il hear COW bells" he said, positive
ly. and Con agreed with him, but
Frank said it was only bullfrogs.
In two minutes they came to a rail
fence, and Frank didn't know how to
express his surprise. Con and Fred
ran forward and broke through the
bushes, and there, not 100 yards away,
stood a small log house. and back of it
was n man working among some bee
hives.
It's Jim Cooks place." said Frank,
the moment he saw it.
"Where's the bee tree?" asked Fred,
who didn't quite see through the stu
alton yet.
Right in those hives" said Con, not
at all good-naturedly. Frank was too
much chagrined to say a word.
Don't go up there" he said, finally,
cor they'll find we've been out chasing
tame bees"
But the words were hardly out OF
his mouth before they heard a voice
calling them by name, and then they
saw old Eph, his shoulders fairly shiv-
ering with suppressed mirth, come
down through the field.
Did We find that bee tree?' he
asked.
All three boys Redeemed when Eph
peered into the bee box. When he
saw the bees inside he went off into
another bit of laughing.
Bee men ought to be able to tell
wild bees from tame OTeS,' he chuck
led, and the three boys We're too much
ashamed to offer any defense.
1T served us just right" put in
Fred, as they walked toward Jim
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NnmeIeSS Towns.

In the United States there are three
postoftices which bear the name of
"Nameless." One is in Laurens county,
Georgia; another in Campbell county,
Virginia; and the third in Jackson
county, Tennessee. At least n of
them. that in Georgia, is a place of
some Importance.
1t received its peculiar name in this
way: After the postotlice authorities
in Washington had decided that there
should be an office there, they sent to
the most prominent citizen of the place
and asked him to suggest il name. He
chose one that he liked very well. and
while waiting for the government au-
thorization, he pleased himself with
f~ancying a large town growing up
around him to which he should have
given his name There is much in Il
name, he argued, and this one will
have a great deal to do in making the
prosperity of the place.
Then the answer came from Wash
ingt0n that the name was too much like
one that already existed in Georgia.
and hat the department could not
sanction it. Another name was called
for. The citizen put his brain to work;
it was harder than before; but this
time he chose a name that he felt sure
the government would accept. But the
same answer was returned.
He tried it again and again, and to
every name he offered the department
objected. This took a deal of time, and
all the while the mail, for want of any
other designation, was coming to
"Nameless, Laurens County, Georgia"
And it came as quickly and safely that
way as any other.
AT last, as this citizen AYERS in an in
terview with a reporter of the Macon
Telegraph, he sat down and wrote a
list of several hundred and sent
it to the department. saying that if not
one of these was satisfactory, the post
office must remain nameless, for he
had exhausted his ingenuity.
In due time the. answer came from
Washington: LET it remain Name
less" And ever since then it has borne
that name. And, after all, it is not
such a bad name" says the founder of
the town that has grown up there.
Whether the postoffices which lear
the same name in other states received
their appellations in much the same
way. is not known. Usually, when no
other name could be found for q new
postottiee, the name OF the reigniag
postmaster genearl has been given to
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Peculiar Election Custom.

There is a strange custom attendant
upon local elections, which has existed
in Brown township, Delaware county,
Ohio, for the last thirty years. 1t is
that of eating forty dozen hard-boiled
eggs on election night at the expense
of the successful candidates. Neither
the bill of fare nor the number of eggs
is varied. When the count is finished.
a committee having been selected to
secure the eggs and boil them. they are
passed around, and everybody eats in
the utmost goodfellowship. Only one
man ever dared to brave popular SEN
timent, and refused to pay his share
of the expense. He had been elected
by a large majority, but was defeated
at the next election for 10 other rea-
q than his want of respect for the
custom. No n knows how the GUS
tom originated.
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A Dog With n wooden Leg

Did you V G hear of a dog having a
wooden leg? asks a writer in the New
Unity. l know a man neal where I
live who had n small dog, one of
whose front legs was crushed by a
wagon wheel. Being somewhat of n
surgeon, his master carefully ampu-
tated the crushed leg, and when the
wound had healed, provided the dog
with a light and strong wooden leg.
In the course of time the little dog,
which is a very intelligent animal. be-
came aware that he could rest his
weight upon the wooden leg and use it
for walking purposes. In walking or
trotting the dog always uses his arti-
fetal limb, but if he has occasion to do
any fast running or leaping he will
gracefully hold up the wooden leg and
depend solely upon the other three for
the service required.
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find no trace of any stills. In fact, it
seemed to be one of the most religious
communities in the country. There
was a church, which | was informed
always had the same kind of revival it
was having then. People would go in
and out, and every night there was a
baptizing. After meeting every one
got drunk, but l coul see no liquor.
l made up my mind that the
still Twas in the church, and sent word
for a posse to come. This they did,
and we captured the meeting. Under
the pulpit was found the whisky. The
stove was hot a stove at all, but a still,
the smoke of which passed through
what looked like and came out of a
chimney. There has not been a revival
in that church observation-disclosures
Star.
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A dangerous requirement of il pet
blue jay is told about in rhe American
Naturalist by James Newton Basket
of Mexico, Mo. The blue jay referred
to somehow learned that parlOr OF
popping matches would make a de-
lightful splutter and flame if properly
manipulated. The bird was in the
habit of beating much of its food
against some hard substance, perhaps
for the purpose of breaking or soften
ing it. 1t probably treated n of the
parlor matches in this way one day,
and so learned that they made a
noise. When a match was given to it
he would hop on a chair round and
strike the illuminate against the wood,
end on, repeating it rapidly until the
head was ignited. Then it would
throw it away and watch the flame.
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The Full Moon of Coconnuts.

In Bombay, when the rainy season
is over the fishermen and their wives
and children gather by hundreds to
keep a festival which they call the
full moor of the c%ocoanut."
The feast occupies two whole days.
The idea that inspires it is that the
sea is very powerful. The simple
minded people think they ought to
praise it because It gives them their
bread, and so, rs they stand upon the
shore, they beg it to be good to them.
They ask it, in caressing words, not to
be angry or stormy when their little
boats shall go out. and they tell it
they hope it will give them plenty of
fish.
Not only the fishermen, but owners
of boats and shfpbuilders, and some
times rich merchants 60 to the sea-
side to court the favor of old Neptune.
Every person carries a gift of cocoa
nuts. Wading out into the surf as far
as possible, he filings the rough.
brown fruit into the waves. After the
cOcoanut has been received by the bill
lows, the devout finish by Offering a
crown of flowers. The waters are COW
eerd with beautiful wreaths and gar
lands, which are given in thankfulness
for past favors.
Little does the ocean care for the
flowers and the fruit which are poured
into its depths. But the festival
makes the grave men and women as
eager and happy rs children; and
when they go hcme, at the end of the
second day, they carry with them
memories which will make them Joy
full as long as they think of the full
moon of the C%ocoanuts."
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There is now in Pittsburg an English
evangelist and detective, who was in
strumental in bringing about the ex
posture and Imprisonment of Oscar
Wilde. His name is William Huckle,
and he has told the Pittsburg Leader
a startling story of English immoral
ity. He says the investigation of the
Wilde case began eleven years ago..
Another case similar to Wilde's was
that of Gilbert Kirlew, a nag of
the Strangeways Home for Boys at
Manchester. He says that scores of
England's ~aristocracy fed the country
and an earl committed suicide. Lord
Salisbury, Huckle declares, owns a
large amount Of property back of the
Strand which is rented for immoral
purposes. He says that Sir William
Harcourt does not bear q good reputa-
ton for morality, and that this pre-
him from becoming premier,