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Oziel noted that he glanced continually
back and az last caught the lads hand
in his and dragged him impatiently on
ward. But he did not know the land suf-
fciently well, for all his speed, to avoid a
marsh, and then there issued from his
Vexed lips a hurricane of profanity as he
spTashed heavily through H. losing
ground That gave Oziel and The crowd
behind him time to win space. but the Two
advance runners were launching the boat
when Oziel was yet 80 yards from IT, Each
to a side they set Il on even keel and
started 10 with a rush 10 the sea, The tide
being far out Justin hailed. painting:
Haste the. Ozicl We cannot wah"
Right on the call came Lynch5 shout:
"Walt for no man, Ia with you, boy!"
lie skipped alortly round the bow ns TIC
boat noatcd ard threw Justin &c.,. iu pas
sion OF haste. gave great thoYe ana
spring. knee decp from ID" wlter. 10 hint
SELF ny that ono. woe ht che waters
edge. and the necteat OF the hawllng herd
close behind him. Into the waves he
splashed ana af.er tle toaf doFp' Tlfeiy
Justin Wna spraA INK Boz the bow. ana
Lynch was puhlaT out fte fflla. Hf
QzieHE ffct cnio 'ea ne nnieH The rover
waited uot. 20 $50 kUcfs, to hii waist.
10 bis neck MAS Jliel before nc g1pps4
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GETTING AHEAD OF BRER FOX.

Wie-Sah-ChaelS, the Gay Indian God,
plays the Ola BrambIe Bush Trick.
Tell the gentlemen now. Ba' e." said
one of the Breeds, chow Wiesahke beat the
Fox" Evidently they felt that their hero
lay under a cloud through the Fox's cum
ming.
We'll" said Baptiste. cts YER short
story; IN tell him.
zone time Wiesahke met the Fox near
some thorn bushes. Good mornin', Broth
err say Wiesahke.
"'Good moruin', Brother say the Fox.
"'You YER smart, Brother Fox say
Wiesahke. You run YER fas', Ell? But
YOU can do treek what I cam
What treek that? say the Fox.
&" This treek, say Wiesahke, an he
jump into the bush an scratch hes own
eyes out.
You eyes out now, Wiesahke. Can you
put them in again? say the Fox.
" Yer easy, say Wiesahke, an he Jump
into another bush an scratch them in
again. Try that say he.
The Fox he jump in the first bush, an
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was to seek his hospitality on board the
vessel. In his confusion he turned help
Iessly to Justin and the latter broke out
with warmth which gfaddened Oziers
heart.
s'Nay. then. Master Lynch II that be
so. YOU must go by yourself and take but
nv thanks for your kind offers. Oziel and
! keep together, for, indeed, he is as broth
err to me-" -,
The gentleman Of a minute since, with
his swinging blow and the tripping, saus-
0ed mountebank dancing In his quiet cor
nor al once were merged again In the hot
sailotinan, and Diyey Lynch launched
mon Inc lads torrent Of oaihs, proper
enough maybe on his deck. but horrify-
ing indeed 10 two lads brought UP Ia ihe
GOOD and clean-mouthed town OF Boston,
o,bero each such curse would have been
worth Eve shiliines 10 the outraged mag
istfntcs. They drew back together, amazed
ana ~, was quick 70 soo his error. chang
me again with his Dlayaetng qulckness 10
o0d.humorcd apology
sskVcro ever such ptefiHh boyff The
v,airh b after sou. 900 there you dNy
daily. making IL maH VINO j foolish enough
NJ Iha you faivcr in fhc night"
nut SO you ngi, elled justin, "tAat
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rolled and pitched at her cable The sky
had grown hecked with fieeey clouds,
swiftly speedily, behind which the moon
raced merrily. The breeze played its mu-
sic on the rigging, and the waves were
white-topped and swelling. II was a brave
night. with the wind from the land, to
put TO sea, and Dixey Lynch took quick
advantage OF 1t.
"upi Upl Up with ye, ladsg' he cried
down hatch, and az the words three
men came. with numbering legs and heavy
eyes. "Our cargo's aboard-ail tho cargo
Gabriel Murrin win ever give us, and a
brave one, 100, II ye knew 81. Rouse We,
SO sleepy. overfed, Misunderstanding lubberEi
Haul on the mainsaiil Stir yel Boston
town may 80 Durn-we're FOR the Indies
agaluw
While he 20 cried he himself with a
man he lugged 60 him before the fellows
eyes were well opened, was iabofing M
The bow. holsiing anchor. Then the aait
wind and tho sense Of freedom bred by
dc sea thrust on sad matters from OzieTs
mind. and De- ran 20 help. The nd Of his
hard muHoles told quickly. ard i.ynch
greeted hla coming with r. gay word.
"catch hold. ny iusiy purinni So
fhou'ft roi afraid 90 use thy mmberine
eieplan. limbs, 4 lcei Yarn, but u como
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OUT WENT ED1soNs PRIZE PACKAGES

your turnips rot. What base desires men
nourshl Now Justin Hallowell l war
rant, Is dreaming OF the gold to be picked
up abroad by any man Of spirit who has
a heart to disdaln the growing of cab
bagos"
Indeed, sir cried Ozlel. who, anxious
as he was to be on good terms with man
in whose power to a considerable extent
he was, could not submit to SO insulting
a sheer, 81 would have you know that in
a good Gauge my vafor though / be farm
bred, VIII show as bright as any mariner
advonturer's."
He spoke with heat but Dixey seemed
amused. Yet he replied with some sharp
ness;
You have a spirit, boy. Hark ye
though, and keep your tongue In check.
For Master Iiallowell I have regard as
bis fathers son. Tor you il is another af-
fair. ! desired not your company but as
you're here. let us have all plain. Your
hereto comrade, mark you, Is a guest OF
honor, and shall be companion Of my cab
IN. Dye mark that? We make a difference
across seas 'twixt gentlemen born and
peasants. Mayhap," he poked his red face
at Oziel, "mayhap you wonder that / so
much befrlend him?"
OIttl was dHBefeu now, ana, WIN reds
son, sore al the promised separation from
him Of his friend
'Iis none of my business" said he,
holly, Save that comrades we have been
since ever he remembers, and, IL so be
you meant him not well, Master Lynch,
why then, as a while ago you told your
man Noll Dade, I'd wiring your neck and
that you may depend on"
II was a bold, foolish speech to utter
Oziel thought the skipper would have
drawn a pistol. His fingers clutched at
the butt OF one, and his face turned an I'M
holy purple. But he checked himself and
thought a moment, then said quickly
MY lad. you'll know your place before
long, and be more wise than beard Dixey
Lynch. Meantime, II you'd eat, go 20
work"
Il wish for nothing more reasonable,
sir" said Ozlel Lynch sent him with
an oath 10 the bow at once to coil a rope
whose blight traied IN the water, ana
Oziel went, stumbling with unaccustomed
step on the slopiDg deck. Lynch, with an
ugly grin, went 10 the tller himself.
Lively. yOn bitter-mouthed lout Of a
plowman," he cried, and Ozlel, furious.
tried to balance himself on the plunglng
fea-swept nose Of the boat, ana felze
the rope. For a moment. as he stopped,
be had no control Of his legs, and. az that
moment The nloop swung suddenly Ia the
Wind ana Oziel went overheard.
To 10 Continued
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my sloop. Are we to be honored with your
company"
Oziel had no word to say. In the hurry
of the hour his wits had been tossed here
and there, and at this blunt inquiry he
was brought to realize his position as
with splash of cold water. In his heart
he was calling the man a murderer in de-
sire at least if Gabriel Murrin were not
really dead, and a speaking one at that
for laying the blame on Justin. Again but
a short time back he had as good as called
the man a liar to his face, and now he
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WONDERS OF sHoEMAKERs' WAX.


Experiments With This Common
Substance That VIII Surprise Boys.
One of the most apt illustrations ever
made by Lord Kelvin was his likening
the lumeniferous ether to mass of shoe
makers wax. What lord Kelvin said of
shoemakers wax may be tested by any
boy in a manner that viii astonish his
playmates. First let it be said that the
ether penetrates all space. 1t is as rigid
steel and yet so flexible that it does
not retard the passage of planets through
space in the least. 1t is an invisible sub
stance which travels in waves through
all things. Now to illustrate the nature
of such paradoxcal material Lord KEEL
win searched everywhere, and at last con-
cluded that shoemakers wax represented
it best. He made tests and this is ~hat
he found.
He melted some wax in a common glass
lumber After it had hardened he tried
TO thrust a lead pencil through it. It
would not go. Then he placed a coin
on the surface of the wax, and left It for
several days. When he again visited 1t
the coin had sunk TO the bottom of the
glass. The wax had closed over 1t ana
by lifting up the glass and looking through
the bottom he could see the coin lying
there. Had the wax been as deep as
well the coin would have gone on sink
ing until it reached the bottom. This
proved that the wax would conform only
to very slow movements If he had tried
to push il too fast ii would have resisted
him.
An idea struck the scientist. If the
wax acted like this toward the COIN now
would it treat an object which hoated! :
lie accordingly placed cork in tuih-
bier and poured hot shoemaker's wax upon
it. The wax hardened with the cork at
the bottom. Yet when Lcrk Kelvin looked
at the bottom of che glass in day or two
he found the cork had disappeared. IL
was somewhere in the mass Of wax, ana
probably rising very slowly, but surely,
toward the top. Sure enough after siV-
en- period of time the cork peeped above
the surface of TIE hard wax ana nnally
il rose to a point where it remained haiI-
lmbedded in the wax, just as 1t Would
have done I'm a glas, II water. 1t rose no
higher than this, however, ana cork
screw probably would not have pulled lt
from the wax. Yet It's own buoyancy had
raised Il up from the bottom, through what
seemed an impenetrable mass OF wax.
This. In fact, is the popularity of shoe
makers wax, that IL reslsts al sudden or
quick movements, but Is highiy susfeplple
10 very slow and prolonged pressure. II
you pressed a fiat iron hard down on a
lump Of wax for a day or two you would
find the lump nattencd out under the iron
SO curious Is this property OF the wax that
tuning forks have been cast from pieces
OF a. Those forks were capable OF vbra-
ton. giving a musical note and being set
folng BY vibration from another tuning
fork, yea when one Of them was lnid across
thc open mouth OF a jar, u slowly coli
ilafed and FEN into che iar 90 . fhapoleas,
~ mass. Any boy may perform those
l'N. Nmfnfs ana iAo lesson lp physics 20
D." a fhffcffom b. nO less YH.uahif thnu
l.o kppseuisnf Hhieh tAe performance AZ
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push II rapidly through the peanuts In the
open basket. A few nuts would rattle I'M
side, but almost Immediately dozen or
two would jam or wedge 10 the narrow
mouth OF the measure. When lifted up,
the measure would appear 10 be full, and
as the trick would be performed IN fun
view of the purchaser, the latter would
suspect nothing and allow the boy TO
dump the contents of the half empty can
into his pockets, when, or course, all trace
OF the deception would be lost.
Mr.. Edison laughed heartily at the re-
membrance Of the trick and with the In
centlye thus given, stories of train boy life
flew back and forth. The two men, for the
time, became train-boys again. They for
got the trlumphs and cares Of their after
lives and the rest of the company present
listened silently and enjoyably TO the rem-
iniscences OF the days when the greatest
inventor in the world sold newspapers and
peanuts. Some Of the stories told by Edi-
son have been published, but the follow
ing one has never before appeared In print.
The "stimes."
Curious how these things come back
to you" said Mr.. Edison. Il remember
funny thing that occurred on one OF
the old three-ear trains In my day, you
know, they used 10 run trains made up
of three coaches-a baggage car. a smok-
ing car and what we called the ladies'
car. The ladies' car was always last i'm
the string. Well, one day { was carry.
ing my basket OF nuts and apples through
the ladies' carl hadn't sold a thing SO
far-when l noticed two young fellows
sitting near the rear end Of the car. They
were handles, what might be called dudes
now but we called them STILES In those
days. They were young Southerners up
North on a lark, as found out afterward.
Behind them sat a negro valet, who had
a large iron-bound box beside MIN on the
seat Probably he was an old family
slave. He was dressed in as many col
ors assan English fiunky.
THE young men were complaining OF
the dullness Of things. They stopped when
they saw me. / same along wabbling nv
basket from side to side as ! asked each
passenger II he wanted to buy something
when 1 reached the Southerners / asked
them II they wanted some. No. replied
the fellow nearest 20 me. We do not, and.
furthermore. we are not going TO have
any, whereupon he grabbed the basket OUT
Of my hands and dumped the nuts and app
pies out OF the window. Here's your bss-
lset.' he said, handing Il 70 me. For a
moment ! was too surprised to speak
Then ] yelled az him 10 a way that made
everybody jump around. / did not say
thing 1 just yelled az him on general
principles.
" What's the matter. boyY ho saM when
! stopped. Some Of the passenRors laneh-
90; others we've indignant ara sefae WHO
had uof seen hia action simply looked a.
noe in ama1emert One mao TUNED arouna
nnd said' ny staff where have az y
COnunued ga Fnea Xhirteen.
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PAGES II TO 20.
EDISON AND NrooDEMus.
The Great Inventor Tells an Anus
ing story of His Trnin-BOy Days.


BY Theodore Waters.
One day recently, Thomas A. Edison
was sitting in his little Office on Mount
Musconetcory. where his iron mine is To-
Gated He was talking to several business
acquaintances and in tho course Of the
conversation. one OF the men present
stated that he once had been a train boy.
'Were your" said Mr.. Edison, charac-
teristically p,unging into this new subject.
Il was one. you know. What road did
you ran one"
Grand Trunk, out OF Port Huron"
did you? Why, so did /. But / was
before your time. ! say, do you remem-
Dor the peanut trick?"
Indeed / do. Wasn't it the very first
thing they taught US before they turned
as loose? Everybody knew that. Why it
doubled the output l remember once
didn't jam them tight enough, and they
fen through just as / was about to turn
them into the pocket of a countryman.
Oh, wasn't be mad Wouldn't buy the
nuts and cautioned every one on the car
against me. Said / was a sharper and
rouscd things generally"
The peanut trick of the old-tlme train
boy was executed as follows: The tin
measures which the boys used were long
and narrow They tapered gradually be-
ing slightly smaller at The top than at the
bottom. IN filling a measure the boy would
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Oziel ave and Won are no erre ia he
charged with the rnurjer of nav uncle
God send he be not de,d-as 5onv
the blow. and YOU must haye been seen
with him in town and lD,e his known
you went to meet us al The landing place.
It's the town gaol for US all, aud 1 am
not like to run and leave my friend to
stand the brunt alone.
It was well ana brave,y argued, and
Oziel never liked MS friend So much as
at that speech, although he had not as
yet seen his own peril so pain as now.
The two stood togather and waited for
Lynehs answer. while the sailorman,
whose first plans we're thus apparently
checked, muttered curse on the big
New Highlander for an mtarloper but just
then their dispute was Interrupted The
darkness of the night was now part dis
PEELED by the appearance, Of the moon and
the sky was clear. As they stood i'm the
light stones throw from the merchants
house, there came to their ears a clamor
of voices in the direction Of the town. and
on the wind sang chli's shrln, excited
cry:
"Hey! grannie: The watch be coin' to
seize evil-eyed Justin Halloweu. with The
devils print on him. MAY 1 70 see? IIev.
granniep'
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hes eyes they scratched out, too Then he
jump in mother bush quick, for he get
fraid, but he can scratch them in again.
Only Wiesahke can do that for he's a
god, you see.
Then the Fox he's bin an commence
cry, an say oh, Brother, can see.'
''Then Wiesahke makes the Fox promise
never play treek again, an he put hes
eyes in for him.
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On hoard the Golden wish.

Oziel found the other two at the back of
the house, and, in their attitudes he saw
that dispute was between them. The
man Lynch was two PAGES ahead of JUS
tin, in an apparent hurry to be gone, bu,
the young Englishman held back. When
Oziel joined them the lad cried out at him
fretfully.
What kept you, Oziel? Sure It's no time
10 dallyp
Lynch broke in before Oziel could an
swer.
How is this then. Master Hasket2 In
faith there is but scaut room on board
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"A Natural Query-Mr fiatte-"Yes,
Johnny santa Claus always comes down
tne chimney" Johnny Won't lhe Jams
iior lei BIN ceme W tie slairs3'- Brook
I.(u Liza
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THE SNAKES MARK.

Being an Account of the Finding of
the Lost Treasure of the Halloween
Family.
BY. p. Y. BLACK,
Copyright, 1893.
CHAPTER III.
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PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

Dudley Hardy has designed about $50
posters
Dom Paul, it is said, has latterly be-
gun to assume "a little more Of the
pomp and ceremony of a president. He
now has seven troopers to escort him
from one government building to an
other
Among Col Roosevelt's less known
hunting expeditions was that Of
tramping upon rattlesnake in Col
orado The reptile stung the future.
Rough Rider and made sick man OF
him for several days.
Mrs. John Wood enjoys the reputa-
ton in the profession of being the.
most word perfect actress in this
country. She has a wonderful mem
DRY. studies quickly, and is seldom
obliged to- resort to gag
The grand duke Of Meck1inburg-
Strelitz has just celebrated his seventy
ninth birthday He is thus only five
months younger than Queen Victoria.
The king. of Denmark, however. is. old
er than either, having passed his 8Oth
year, while the grand duke of Luxem-
bourg. the Oldest Of the rulers Of Eu>
rope. is over 81
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date and unobtrusive flowers still lift
their heads into the late autumn air.
Over all there is an atmosphere Of
loneliness, Of something akin to sor-
row. Gray is the house and gray the
hair Of the sweet old lady whose mem
cries are also gray with sadness. Happy
student life surges past the house, but
no more than loud laugh now and
then penetrates it's walls. With the
tragic events of September, 1879, the
accounts of these two women were, to
all intents, quite closed.
Within the gray walls the same
grayness meets the eye Simply but
comfortably, almost cozily furnished,
the rooms with their high ceilings and
small windows seem to tell Of other
days and older times and Of associa-
tons somehow, like the trees and flow
ers outside, transplanted. Indeed, the
pictures and the furniture are family
treasures and heirlooms, brought
across the plains from the old New:
Jersey homestead.
q Mrs. Meeker is a small woman. bow
ed with age-she is now SO and with
the gentlest and kindest of manners.
She has fine, clear, blue eyes and
low voice, whose exquisite quality ex-
presses more than anything else could
the refinement Of family through gen
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.GHIEiFI1, !. nIIR AtIY:-

+ Immediately upon learning that Cap
tain Jack and his braves had ambush
ed Thornburg's command Chief Doug
lass and twenty warriors, abandoning
all pretense, attacked the agency build.
ings. Mr.. Meeker had with him there
two members of his family-his wife
and issdaughter josephine. They, ac-,
scompanied by Mrs. Price, wife Of the
agency blacksmith, upon the first
alarm, ran to the milkhouse ands smut
themselves in. Agent Meeker and
every man at the agency was shot
down and scalped. From their pitt
full place Of hiding the, women heard
the sounds Of the butchery, but their
eyes were spared the sight Of that hor-
ror. Then presently the Utes set fire
to the milkhouse and the women were
forced out, to be made captive and car
ried away by the marauding band.
For three weeks the three women
were held captive, borne helpless and
in agony Of mind and body over rough
mountain trails and subjected to dire
full threats by the drunken Ute braves
almost every hour of the day. Then
they were released on the order OF
.Ouray, head chief Of all the Utes,
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wholly in the past. The contrast was
not without it's lesson, not quite lost
upon many of the thinking women who
stepped lightly past the historic little
home. Vs. l{.
First, of the Meeker massacre, for
that is the story that is wildly and
painfully recalled whenever an Indian
becomes his own true self again, in
spite Of government ratlons and civ
ilizing influences. It was in 1878 that
/ N. G. Meeker, a philanthropist teach
er and dreamer of the school Of Emer-
son and other New England transcen-
dentalists, was appointed agent for the
White River Utes. 4 It was at his own
request, for he thought that out Of bar
barian and savage material a civilized
and industrious community might be
organized and valuable citizenship Gre
ated. He had already founded the coll
ony at Greeley, with the support and
encouragement Of the editor Of the
Tribune From the start it had pros
pered, and, seeing that it's success and
usefulness was assured, Mr. Meeker
longed to devote his energies and tai
ents to the uplifting Of the red men.
His benevolent regime, which was
rigid enough in it's discipline, was not
suited to the control Of the Utes. They
became FESTIVE under restraint, chafed
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co the limit of their endurance, and
finally broke all bounds and began to
harrass the settlers. Property was
stolen, cabins were fired and terror
was spread for miles around the reser-
walton. The influence Of the good chief
Ouray was for a time strong enough to
hold back the eager warriors from the
warpath Four chiefs unde the lead
ership Of Captain Jack paid visit to
Governor Pitkin. They wanted the
agent removed. They said he had or
dered them to work and the Utes
would not work They wanted none.
of the white mans civilization. They
wished the white man would keep
away. They wanted many things and
did not want many things, but above
all else they demanded that Agent.
Meeker be removed.
It was easy enough to guess what
was impending. Governor Pitkin saw
it and advised Washing ton that prompt
measures should be taken to- prevent.
an Indian uprising. Mr. Meeker wrote
to the same effect, declaring that the
presence Of soldiers was necessary and